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r jjWTEItSM The Johnstown Disaster Practically Dnn of A 111n licpcaicu ai nuoiiu* UFE AND PROPERTY DESTROYED. Hreaklng of the Ureat Dain at A u 81 It Leaves the City Without Water oi Light?Great Havoc In the State?Vant Sections Were I'nder Water and Heavj Damage Done?Many Lives Are Lost Austin, Texas (Special).?The groat dano icross the Colorado Rlvor, near this city, jrltioh was constructed seven years ago at i cost of an even million dollars, has been wept away by an unprecedented Qood la -jhat river. The break caused an Instant ilse of fully tlfty feet In tbe river below he dam. This torrent of water swept town upon the broad valley below with all jts force, leaving doath and destruction In kg wake. The great volume of watet ?blcb came down the river undermined he power house at the dam and it fell Jnto the river, earrylug with il ISOO,000 worth of machinery. More that ffw lives were lost Including those In Aus | IJn. Tbe total loss In property is placed ai >3,000,000. The power house of tbe municipal water. Mectric light, and power plant, sltuate< {mmediately below tbe dam, was flooded instantly aad eight persons, men and boys, rrere caught in tbe powor room, and all ex >ept one were drowned like rats In a trap. Those who were drowned In the powei foom were John Eaiz, Walter Blossom. ?rauk Plnget, Thomas Kirkpatrlck, and i'Old Dan," colored, all employes, and tbrei froys who were watching the flood from th< <>ower house windows. A family of sij kegroes living in the yalley south of th< itty are known to have been drowned, t The situation in tbe city is most serious tbe wreckage of the plant means that it Kill take several week to obtain even e temporary water and light system, if il tan be made possible even tben. In tbe Ineuntlme the city will be in a bad sanitarj iondition. All tbe hotels, private residences, stores And the like are without water, and there Is no Are protection, i It is below Austin for a distance of 200 Killes that the greatest havoc has beeo Wrought by tbe Colorado Rlvar flood. Re-' ports received here show that the wall ol water came down upon tbe homes of hua< ireds of families without warning. Almost avery wagon road bridge across the rlvei between here and Columbus, ft distance ol * *- ~ P ?? ? probably l&u mues oy ibc cuung ui wi river, whs destroyed. Ttiis accumulation of drift added to tb< destructive force of the flood, and fewresi. llences and other buildings that-were in lti [>ath are standing. Many o( .the bridge; were erected after the destructive floods o| last year, and the losses'to the several 3ou at tea from tblssouroe alone will be verj heavy. >' Report* from Uja^nefgbborlng c?untr> are to the effect thv everything is undei wnter. In Williamson Couuty, norlh ol here, railroad brjdges and trackage liavt been laid waste Old all trains have stopped runulag. Hundreds of head of cattle huv? seen drowned and miles of fencing tori down and washed* away. Iu Bastrop County and in the southern portion of this county similar conditions prevail, everything being voder water, and much loss o! property is reported. ' As a rule the Texas rivers are now fall? > 1 U J? tag ana mere is uui uiuuu uuuk? vi >? buu~ Bral flood. The orops have been damaged over a wide area, bat there is 9ttil time foi (or farmers to replant If they can get till seed. The railroads have lost many small bridges, and it will be & few days beforf traffic resumes its normul condition. < Smithville reports tremendous rains bavi fallen tbrouKbout that section. It is estimated tha,t 5000 acres of growing crops it the bottom lands within Ave miles of towi have been inundated by from ten to flfteei feet. The loss will reach $50,000. The stoofc has been drowned. Other sections report the entire destruction of all crops. $61,219,916 FOR THE NAVY. fhe Largest Appropriation Bill Eve) Keported to the House. Washinotos, D. C. (Special).?The Nava Appropriation bill was reported to tha House by acting Chairman Foss of the Naval Committee. The t aoitnt curried bv the bill is $61,219,910, tb? largest over re nortod to the House from tae Naval Com (EOltteo. For tbe purpose of further increasing the naval establishment of the Uuitec States the committee recommends that tht President be authorized to have built bj contract: <' Two 9ea going coast line battleships, tsarrylng the heaviest armor and most powerful orilnance for vessels of thoii (das3 upon a trial displacement of about tij?00 tons, and to have the highest practicable speed and greatest radius of action and to cost, occlusive of armor and armament, no*' exceeding s3.C30.000 each. i Three armored cruisers ot about 10.00C tons trial displacement, carrying tlu heaviest armor and most powerful ordnnuce for vessels of their class, and to hav? the highest practicable spesd uud groat failius of action, and to co#t, exclusive ol armor and armament, not exceeding $4,* 250,000 each. i Three protected cruisers of about 8000 tons trial displacement, carr>ing the most powerful orduance for vessels of their class and to have the highest speed com-, patlble with good cruisiug qualities and i grent radius of action, and to cost, exclusive ot armament, not exceeding 42,800,00? MOB BLOWS U? TOLL BRIDGES. Two Toll Houses Alio Destroyed by i5t Men Near Lo;ansport, lad. . > Indianapolis, Ind. (Special),?a mob O' 150 men burned two toll houses and We* up two bridges on the Logatusport aoc. Burlingtorpike, near tho forme? city. Ont of the toll Iioushs was occupied and tbt family was moved out by the mob be'on the^TOrwaM applied. ' . , t". i The. bridges that were wrecked with : dynamite were stone and Iroa 'structures and were built recently at a heavy cost to the turnpike company. The. Logansporfuud Burlington pike is the only toll roac in tho county and ttie poople were Indlg nnnt over the toll charges and the. re|asa. of the company to sell to the county ?' that the road might be-free. American Scoat'a Eacape. The famous Amerloan scouty-P. B. Burn ham, who wa? oaptured by the Boers a Jhabn Nchu, Orange Free State, has sue ceeded in escaplpg, and Is now at Bloem fonteln. .T 1 Arizona Train Kobbera Break JaLl. There was a j*il breaking at Tombstone Ariz., and Bert Alvord and Brr.vo'i'wan, th* two Fuirbank train robber*, 'escaped. I.' their light they were aided by pals outa(d? nnd Jailer Uraven was killed.. Thpy re cently robbed the Soutliern PAcIflo trait nouf WuH-honL- nn.1 tunnrari *00 000 lioeri Km?It? Recruits and Sappllto. European recruits for the Boer army ar< continually being landed .at'Lorenzo Mar ques from German and French steamers and large assignments of provisions an, also being forwarded tbrdugh "Ptotugues* "iust Africa to Pretoria. " Kansas City's Balldln; Fund. Work on rebuilding the Democratic Con vention Hall, at Kmsas City, Mo., is al ready under way. At a mass meeting the popular subscription was run up in twc Lours to $5G,448. Tills, with the $150,00C lusurance and the foundation already in. would provide a better building than the i one destroyed, but the committee will raist ?100,000. The new hall Is to be flreproof. 2000 Munnulmans Slain. As a result of a religious war in Abyssin la tbere was a battle near Jubltil, in wlilcl Jiggiga, the Christian Governor of EUrar, /was victorious. Two thousand Mussul mans were killed. King Meneiek will sen' Wfi tal&Jaraamenla to Uur*? MORE FIGHTING IN LUZON Insurgents and Amerfoans Meet ir Several Encounters. Filipinos Munler Native* in Sympathy With American* ? General* Ai?k For More Troops. Manila (By Cable).?Reports of enco;:a ter9 between the American troops and tin insurgents continue to arrive from matn points. Captain Sturgls, while reconnoit ring, struck an insurgent outpost on tfcj Novallches Road, tire niilas distant froir Manila, killing two and capturing ton. Ai were in full uniform. Unfortunately, Cap tain Sturgis's force was not large enougt to pursue the main body. A detachment of the Forty-second In fantry, while scouting in Lagana Provluce was pursued by the insurgents aud oblige< te take refuge in a oburch at Paete, wlier? the Acaericaus repelled the rebels until re inforcemeuts arrived* Lieutenant Gordon. with a company o the Sixteenth Infantry, whiie scouting near Aparri. Cagayan Province, engagec the insurgents. Lieutenant Gordon was wounded. The insurgents made a hfght attack npoo Calbayou, Island of- Satnar. They killec the sentry, swarmed into the town, anc searched the house of Major Gilmore, o! the Forty-third Iufantry?;wIio was abseut They killed hls oook. Ultimately the Amer leans drove them o. of the town, killlu^ (our and oapturlng twelve. General Young, commanding in Nortt Luzon, has made sev ral requests for rein forcemeats, representing that bts force is Inadequate; that the meu are exhausted bj the necessity of constant vigilance; that ht is unable to garrison the towns In bis juris . diction; that.-Lhe insurgents ace roturaiug to tbe district and killing tUe-amwos, and tijwt It is necessary for htm to irinlot punishment in several seottous before the rain; season begins.' jyjt- i; General James Bell, who u i#'command in Southera Luzon, has madeslmilar repre sentatlons. He says his forces are laud* quate and that he merely hoWsa few towus without controlling the ttrfltory. The President \aE the town of Snmal Province of Batarfn Luion, and anotliei prominent native bavq been assassinated became they were known tor be frleudly tc the Americans. . $be President of nnotbet town has joined the iusurgents because they had threatened to kill him if he di<* not. . ; , -i .. i - %; GENKltAL OTIS KGL^VCU, War Oepartmrat Grauts His Kequeat tc K?turn to tlte triUteO State*. Wasuinqtos d'ijfo, (Special).?The official announcement wall made at tho War Dedartmeut that Major-General Otis will return to tbe United States within the next two months. He will be succeeded la command of tbftdbrlslan of the Philippines by General HacArtbur., General Otln's return is in response to a cabled request in whicb be says that private Interests require his return to the Slates. He adds that he believes nmttera, c*n be placed In quite satisfactory, condition by .that date, ''altnough a large repressive military force must be maintained for some time." 8ectetary Root said that he did not expect that General Otis would be able/ to leave until the arrival of tbe Philippine Commission. The Commission will arrive in Manila about Hay 15. There has been uo action taken regarding General Otis'* future command, a* he will be on\waitlug orders for several months, ani?ihere will bi sufRcieat time in which to decide upon a command foj him. ' FIVE MURDERERS GARROTED. Porto Rican CrlraluaU Pnt to Death bj the Spanish Method. Pond, Porto BHjo,'.(.Bjr OibleJ.^imeon Rodrigaerf, Carlos Piwheco,'' Hermoffenes Pf?U?oo, E0g?nio Rodriguez' and Rosalie Santiago bare boen put to death by the gatfote. Thpir orime wa?! committed In October, 1898, .wtoeu they murdered a family at Yauco. A Knag. of-tf'we|nSy entered the boose, killed ttfe falser and compelled the daogbters to join IB a-wua annuo uvuuu ttie corpse. Only of tbeaien were cupEarly in,tbe morning, the- condemned men were takeafrom tfrfc/ailsep/frately lu carts, ?nd^ the men were plaoed W&I\; the post fiud the machioa' crcetiStt fcfoeckj when the execationartlgbteMl Hdrew. Before this tbe men made the crowd, declaring tbeir InnO#^R? Thousands Of persons wit (MM Re er ecutlou and expressed pUjrJ| Hk, condemneairiwi ana indlgn*tloa|^^BiSxeputioners. " There was no vtirfej^^^urtver,, aud the police bandied the criSjK ttgooa order. Acompauy ot Amerioftl^Rintra was present, but their servicafl^Efe.noM GENERAL JOHN S{0W^mB^ He Was Prohibition Chico, ChI. (Special)-?General well, the Prohibition -candidate', fdij^ffiSSldent In 1882, who died at hta'ho??Wii tills city from heart failure, waM^BBjH qua wumjr, n^/UBar^ , at <1,000,000. ~g.; / " A dispatch th? American, British* Frenct ' Ministers Mexican a Duel. A duel was''4bBgh^fiv.t'de oats^cU <bTth: City of.. Jleilooj.-Sf^liou by two_ women said t6 be connfe'tiba* with -prominent families of the capital. * .Piitols w.ero the weapons, and of;tU?%attlelpaats wa? seriously wouttaad.^ '. '\ ?-2?? y , British Officer Shot at Etj^iinanlt, The extreme vigilance of Great Brltalr In protecting theBecrets ot the Eaquluaault fortiflcntlons and the nav? yard at ?ks torla, B. C., was exempUlled when Lieu tenant Reginald Siott, Rpyal Navy, waI I shot by a sentry for faliiug to answers challenge. There was a strong wind bloW' ing toward the officer, and he claims hi answered the challenge, but was unheard, The sentry Bred twice over his head, ane then twice to kill. Oupen Review* IrUli Children. Queen Victoria reviewed thirty thousand children from nil parrj ot Ireland ii Phoenix Purl; Dublin. ? ]drTtalmages sermon. SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED DIVINE. Subject: Victory In Retreat?The Trlumpli of the Wicked in Short?Flee From Temptation?CulmujilY Mar lJe Averted by Itunnlng Away From Evil. [Copyright Ifuu.] Washington, D. C.--From an old time battle scone Dr. Tulmapre in this discourse makes some startlinc saggestions'as to the best styles of Christiau work and points out ' ' 1 - ' "A ?? ? ? ^Iaiio f'lllnroa' frAV* illreason ui su uiiiujr (/iuuj , Joshua viii., 7, 'Then shall ye rise up from tliH ambush anil seize upan the city," Ono Sabbath evening, with my family around me, we were talking over the scene of the text. Iu tho wide open eyes and the quick Interrogations and the blanched cheeks I realized what a thrilling drama it was. There i3 the old city, shorter by Dame than any other city in the ages, spelled with two letters, A, I, Ai. Joshua and his men want to take It. How to do it is the question. On a former occasion, in a strightforward, face to face flght, they had been defeated, but now they are going to take it by ambuscade. General Joshua has two divisions in Ills army. The one division the battle-worn commander will lead himself, the other division he sends off to encamp in an ambush on the west side ot the city of Ai. No torches, no lanterns, no sound of heavy battalions, but 30,090 swarthy warriors moving in silence, speaking only in a whisper; no clicking or swords against shields, lest the watchmen, of AI discover it , and the stratacem be a failure. If the roistering soldier 4kA To?nallflali nfinv fn?*o?Afa h lineal f rII IU lUOiaiucinuu Uiu.; along the llae the word Is "Hash!" Joshua takes the other division, tbe one with which he Is to marah, and puts It on the north side ot the city of Aland then spend the night in roconnoiterlng in the valley. There he Is, thinking over the fortunes of the coming day with something of the feelings of Wellington the ulght before Waterloo or of Meado and Lee the night before Gettysburg. There ho standi in the night and says to himself: "Yonder Is the division in ambush on the west side of Ai. Here is the division I have under my especial command on the northslde of Ai. There is the old city slumbering in its sin. Tomorrow will be the battle." Look! The morning already begins to tip the hills. The military offlcersof AI look out in the morning very early, and, while they* do not see. the division in ambush, they behold the other.divisions of Joshua, and the cry "To armsl To arms!" riugs through "all the streets or the old town, and every sword, whether hacked and beut or newly welded, is brought out, and all the inhabitants of the city of Ai pour through the gates, an infuriated torrent, and their cry is, "Come, mni'fl n 11 ifL- work with Joshua and Lis troop9!" No sooner had these people of At come out agalnat the troops of Joshua than Joshua j^ive such a command us lie seldom gave?"Fall back!" Why, they could not believe their own ears! Is-Joshua's courage falling him? The retreat is beaten, and the Israelites are flying, throwing blankets and canteens oa every side under this wowe than Ball Bun defeat. And you ought to hear the soldiers of Ai cheer and cheer and oheer. But they huzza too soon. The men lying in .-n^fabusli are "straining their visiou to get some-si,.na 1 from Joshua that they may know what time to 'drop upon the city. Joshua takes bis burnished spear, glittering in the sun like a shaft of doom, and points it toward the city, and wben the men up youder In the ambush see it with hawklike swoop they drop upon Al aud without stroke of sword or stab of spear take tbe city and put It to the torch. So much for the division that was in ambush. How about the division under Joshua's command? No soouer does Joshua stop in tho flight tban all his men stop with him, and as he wheels they wheel, for in a voic* of thunder he cried "Haiti" one strong arm driving back a torrent of flying troops. And tben, ns he points bis spear tluoiigh the golden light toward that fated oity, Ms troops know that they are to start for It. What a scene '1 fcl.A .llotoiAn in amlMiol) whldh 11 was WUOU LUU UIIUIUU ku ixuwuou ...... bad taken the city marched down against the men of Ai ou the one side, and the troops under Joshua doubled up their enemies from tho other side, and' the men of Ai were caught between these two hurricanes of I-iaelltf.sh courage, thrust before and behind, stabbed in breast and back, ground between the upper and the nether millstones of God's indignation! Woe to ! the city of AI! Cheer for Israel! Lesson the ilrsl: There Is such a thing as victorious retreat. Joshua's falling back was the first chapter in his successful be'iegement. Aud there are times in your life when the best thing you can do is to I run. You were once the victim ot strong I driuk. The demijohn and the decanter were your fierce foes. They came down ! upou you with greater fury than the men of I Ai upon the men of Joshua. Your only snfety is to get away from them. Your {fdtoaipating companions will come around voa for your overthrow, itun for your BFall back! Fall back from the drinksaloon! Fall back from the wine :yl Your flight is your advance; your wit in vour victory.' There Is a saloon [j?wn on the next street that bus utmost Mferi the ruin of your soul. Then wl>y do Hn go along that street? Why do you not through Aome other street rntlierth:ui ptace'of your calamity? Aspoon?o|'<ot brandy taken for medicinal purT poses by ?'man who twenty years before ihad been* reformed from drunkenness ^hueied into teebriety and tho grave oue of | -the best friends I ?er bad. Retreat is converted infidel. IIo is so [-'StrongJ^dw in his faith la the Gospel be j h^cmjurpad auythlnc. What are you BaHMm^Kiliigbroke? Andrew Jackson Tyadall's - Glasgow Unl{HHgj&flHha*? Drop them and run. You before you die unless you qurtt^a?4sphese men of At will be too Tarn your buck ou tho ran!? and;flle ePwabell^r. Fly l>f?rore tbey cut you.' wHb?r|Kir swords und transfix you ' SH?'s victorious retreat !n the rettritni|($Nmd. Thousands of times the ~'kinjM^Hn^6^.rlat has seemed to fall back. When^y.^eVdgK.the Scotch Covenauters cave a ;d^ej)?raBfee to the heather of tho Vnlgttla&d^^w^i^-,the Vaudolf of France liidiymwiniin rnthnr Mian make uti j aBcbrUt'Ii^ifU{li|Qder, wt)eu ohSt.Burtbo[ lomew-9 assassins rod? '.brough the streets of Paris, crying "lull! (. 'Death'to tho Hrtjmenots! Kfttl" when MgtfJaoe GrtyWBentl rolled from the executioner's blouk, whon Calvin was lmd;vpiC&Q'Bed la tUo,cpiJBtlo, when -Tobn Knox for the truto,:i?.liBii Jobn.Bunyan lay *'f$ittng in Eedfbrdjnii, saying. "It God "will btoJp me aiid .my.-. pbyMcal lite coatlnues, I will stny;?ere uucll the moss ; gfows oa my eyebrofiratbor than Rive up i the days of retreat for tbe /"church were-days of vlajory. fcf^-.Ilie.pilgrim fathers fell Lack from the j; i qther^sia'e^of thAsea ftf; Plymouth Rock, a jP are marshaling n. contiueut for i M Chrlstfitnlzatioh of the world. Tliu I -Church ot Christ failing "hftek from Pled tnoot, falling back from; Bus 8t." Jacques, falling back from at. fieaia,.fulling.-back from Wurfemberg castles, falling back from the Brussels market place, yet all the . !$&* triumphing. Notwithstanding all tbe' -Ceve^ses which the Church of Christ suf '.'fers, what do we see to-day? . Twelve thoa3and missionaries of the ?row on heathen grounds: eighty thousand ministers of Jiwns Christ In this land; at ?ea8t fouc, hundred millions or - Christians on the earth. Falling back, yet arivauclug'until the old Wasleyan hymn will prove trae: . The Hon of Jadah shall brealc the chain And give ua the victory again and again! But there is a more marked Illustration of victorious relre&t*. la * the life of our Joshua, the Jesus ot the ages. First falling back from au appalling height to au appalling depth, falllDgfrom celestial hills to terrestrial valleys,'froin throne to manger; yet that did uot ^eem to suffice Him as ' as a retreat. Falling back still farther from Bethlehem to Nazareth, from Nazereth to Jerusalem, back from Jerusalem I- to Golgotha, baok from Oolgotba to the f mausoleum in the rock, back down over the precipices ot perdition until He walked i amid the caverns- of the eternal captives and drank of the wine of the wrath of ! Almighty Ood, amid the Ahabs and the Jezebels anil the Uelshazznrs. Oh, men of the pulpit .and mnu of the pew, Christ's descent from heaven to earth does not measure half tho distance! It- was from I glory to perdition. He .descended Jtito . bell. AH tho records of earthly retreat uw as nothing compared with "this .falllutf back. Santa Atiua^with the frkfnttapt* of his army fly lay over the plateaus ofltexlco, And Napoleon and bi3 aimy retreating from Moscow into the awful snows ot Russia are not worthy to be mentioned with this retreat, when all the powers of darkness seemed to be pursuing Christ as He fell back until the body of Him who came to do such wonderful things lay pulse, less and stripped. Mothinks that the city of Ai was not so emptied of its inhabitants when they went to oursue Joshua as perdition was emptied of devils when tliey started for the pursuit of Christ, and He fell back and back, down lower, dowa lower, chasm below chasm, pit below pit, until He seemed to strike the bottom of objurgation and scora and torture. Oh, the long, loud, jubilant shout of hell at-the defeat of the Lord God Almighty! Lesson the second: The triumph of the wicked is short. Did you ever see an army in. a panic? There Is nothing so unrfbntrollable. Jf you.had stood at LongBrldge, Washington, during the opening of our sad Civil War, you would kaow what it la to see an army run. And when those men of Ai looked out and saw those men of Joshua in a stampede they expected easy work. They would scatter them ag the equinox the leaves. Ob, the gleeful and jubilant descei.t of the men of Ai upon the men of Joshun! But their exhilaration was brief, for the tide of battle turned, pnd these quondam conquerors lett their miserable carcasses in the wilderness of Bethaven. So it always is. Th?itrlumph of the wicked la short. Ton make $20,000 at the gambling table. Do you expect'to keep it? You will die in the poorhouse. . YdU make a fortune by Iniquitous traffic.^ Do you expect to keep it? Your mo.qfiy'will scatter, or it will stay long.enough'to curse your children after you are dead. \ . Call over the roll of bad men who pros* pered and see how short was their prosperity. For awhile, like-the'me? of Ai, they went from conquest to conquest, but after awhile disaster rolled backuooa them, and they were divided into three ports. - Misfortune took their property, the grave took 1- - J- -.-J -1,1 iLioir uouy uuu mo lost wuau iuu& iuou soul. I am always Interested in the ball d? iag of palaces o,( dissipation. I like to have them built ot the best granite and btfVe the rooms made large and to have the pillar*, made very firm. Ood Is going to'cooquet them, and they will be turned into asylum." and art galleries and oharches, * How long will it take your boys to get through your ill gotten gaina? The wicked do uot live out bolttheir days. For awhile they swagger and strut and make a great splash In the newspapers, but after awhile it all dwindles down intea brief paragraph "Died sudde:qjy, April 8,1900, at thlrty-flv? years of;afce. Relatives and frleuds of the family arerinvlted to attend the funeral on Wednesday at 2 o'clock trofti his late resi dence on,j$adisoa square. Interment at Greenwood or Oak Hill." Soifid of them; jumped off the docks. Sorno of them took prussic acid. So&e ot them fell under the snap of a Derringer pistol. 8ome ot them spent their days in -a lunatic asylum. Where are William Tweed and his associates? Where are James Fisk, the liber* tine, and all the other misdemeanants? The wicked do not live out half their days. nioamiinffiiA O wrnrli! nt riarfena.uRl Come up. Hildebrand and Hentjr II and Robespierre, and with bll4t?VtBft:>fcnd bUspliemlag and asLea lips, bifla oat,'"The trlampb of the wicked Is short."^" ,v" Lesson the third: How much may be accomplished by lying in ambash for opportunities. Are you hyperorltical of Joshua's 1 maneuver? Do you say that It was cheating for ,him to take that city lyyc ambuscade? Was it wrong for Washington to kindle cnmpflres on Jersey heights, giving the impressiou to the opposing-force thai a great army was encamped there wbez there was none ;\t all? I answer, it thf war was right, then J5shua wus right ii bis stratagem. He violated no1 flag o truce. He broke no treaty, but by a lawfu umbuscane captured the oity of Ai. Oh, that we nil knew hpw to He in ambush for opportunities to serve God! The best- of our opportunities do not lie on the surface, but are secreted. By tact, bj ' Btrutageu, by Christian ambuscade, you may take almost any castle of sin "fo; Christ. Come up toward men with a reg. ular beslegemeut of argument, and yov mill ho rlafmifoii hilt lllflt wait Until till door of their hearts is set ajar, or they art off their guard, or their severe caution i: away from home, and then drop la on thea from a Christian ambuscade. ' There has been many a man up to his chin in scientiflc portfolios which proved tuero whs no Christ and'Jio divine revelation, his pen a sclmeter Hang into the heart of theological opponents, who never tneiess has been discomfited nud captured for God by some little three-year-olil child who has got up and put&er snowy arm; uround his sinewy neok and asked some simple question about God. Oh, make a flank movement! Steal o march on the devil! . Cheat that man intc heaven! A $5 treatise that will stand al' the laws of homlletlcs may fall to do that which a penny tract of Christian eutreatj may accomplish. Oh, for more Christians In ambuscadenot lying in idleness, but waiting for,a quick spring, waiting until just the right time comes! Do not talk to u man about the vanity ot this world ou the day when he has bought something at "12" and 1? going to sell it at "15." But talk to him about the vanity ot the world on the day when he lias bought something at "15"aud Is compelled to sell It at "12." , DO uoc run a mam* uispusmuu iui i wronR way; do not take the imperative mood when the subjunctive-mood will do just us well; do not talk la perfervid style to a phlegmatic nor try to tickle u torrid tempernment with an Icicle. You can take auy man for Christ if you kaow how to set at him. Do not send word to him that to morrow at 10 o'clock you propose to open your batteries apou him, but come on hirr I by a skillful, persevering, God direotec ambuscade. Lesson the fourth: The importance of taking good aim. There is Joshua, but how are those people im ambush up yonder to know when they aro to drop on the city, and how are these men around Joshua to , know when they are to stop their fight ' and advance? There must be some signal ?a slgual to stop the ouo division and tc j start the other. Joshua, with a spear op ' which were ordinarily huug the colors o j battle, points toward the city. He stands ! In such a conspicuous position, and there | is so much of the moral ng light drippina j from the spear tip, that all around the j liorlzoa they sen it. It was 113 much as tc say: "There is the city. Tako It!" God kuows and we know that a great . doal of Christian attack amounts to noth- > lug simply because we do not tales ?ood alia. Nobody knows ami wo do not lcnon ourselves which point wo want to take when we ought to make up our minds what God will havens to do and point our spent in that direction aud then hurl our body, mind, soul, time, eternity at that one tar get. In our pulpits and "pews and Sundayschools anil prayer moetiugs we waut to get a reputation for saving pretty things, and so we point our spertr toward the flowers, or we want a reputation lor saying sublime things, and we point our speac toward the stars, or we waut to get a reputation for historical knowledge, and wo point our spear toward the past, or we want to get a reputation lor greac iioeraniy, so woswiuk oar A[k,ear all around, wlitla there, is the ol?l. world. proud, rebellious ami armed against all righteousness, nnd instead oi running any further away from its pursuit we ought to turn around, plant our foot In the strength of the eternal God, lift the old crow and point it in tha direction or the world'* conquost till, the redeemed of earth, marohlug up from one side and the glorified of heaven marching dowu from the other aide, the last* battlement of sin i? compelled to swing out the streamers of Emanuel.:a.0 church of Qod, take aim and conquer! ;r i believe that 'tl? next year will be the mo9t stupendous " year that heaven evei saw. The nations are quaking now with tlie 00.11 log 01 UOO. XC If III WII yoat ui .fruwessei fotSitbe njeo ofjo*6?fl, ^ut oi doom for the men of Al. You pl^t you^enr to the rail tflfcck, and you c?a'hea/tbe trftfn com log miles away. He I put my ear to tie ground, and I hear the thuuderlog on of the lightning train of God's mercies iii'd judgments. Year of mercies an.l of Judgments; year Invitation aud of wnrolng; year of jubilee and of woe. Which side are you golugto be on?with the men of AI or the men of Joshua? Pass over this Sabbath Into (he ranks of Israel. I would clap my hands at the joy of your coming. You will have a Poor chaoce lor th|s world and the world to come without Jesus. Yen cannot stand wbnt is to come upon younnd upon the world uuless you have the pardon and the comfort and tho help of tUhrixt, Come over! 0a this side are y<*Br happiaess and safety; ou the other *1# are disquietude anil despair. Eteru.il dfifent lo tire men of Ail K'^ruol victory to the men of Joshua' & * THE GREAT DESTROYER. SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. fbe Song of the Brewer?How Ho Pushing His Vile Trade in Our New Vosxesslons ? A Lesson Taught by ? Jtonkey Which Topers Should Heed. [Tiie cargo of the first 9hlp of tbe new iue between San Diogo, Cal., and Manila .'onsisted of whisky and bder.l ftnv rrnt- ,1/% vrm dink nf mlnft soldiers In blue, And vat do you say of mine mariners'drue? Tec^.wa^*brave, noble fellows to pour out dere bloBd, And do such hard'vork for mine breweries' Rood. Ven Dewey sail in mit bis donder and blixen It didn't take long for his gunners to fix 'em For Dewey and Sampson, oh, how I (lid cheer! Dey opens new goundry for mine lager beer. y Vas aere elTer a frient like mine dear Uncle | Sam? Don't he do for mine blshness sboost al' vat he can? ' dakes all his goundry from seaside tc shore, An den ho pays millions to get me som< more, Ho goes mlt his navies var ober de sea, An conquers ntfw peoples an gives dem tc nje. , An Cuba, she^mnkes sooch a beautiful QelJ For dose barrels of lager mine breweries ? yield. And he gives me Ills boys, Shoost as if dey vas toys, An some of dem drinks, I see dem and dinks Vat recruits dey will be _ , Yen dey ootnes home to rae. vou come mlt your gospel or sneer, ? come mlt mine gospel oX beer. You vlmmens vat tench^. You lellnrs vat breach, K Shoost do vat you oao. Make de headea a maa; But I'll pall him'bacfc Along de old track. You vlll please understaa Dot jie vas my man. Shoost look at de stars Vat vly ofer my bars; , j Jjiioost sbe how dey vloals, An look at de boats. > An loolc at dem ruds, , Anse&de big sums. Vat de Government spends, Yich mine lager defends.' Cy Lbe holy red (lew which has watereltlio 50il tu the far away fields which oar heroes have trod, Dy the lives of oar brothers, so valiant Id light, ' Who so bravely have battled for order and light, By the prayers which have floated frotr nanny a home. ? Anil have gone up like incense to garlanc the throne, Slay tbe fruits of our victories never, be given For tbe curse of tbe race and dishonor tc beaveo, And our star Spangled banner, our joy anc delight, Which should evermore float o'er the true and tbe right, ? Which should ever be pure as the souls ol ourslrej, And ever be sacred a* liberty's fires, As clean as the nir is iu which It shall wave, Ad emblem of all that Is worthy and brave, Should never more have such a lager beer smell, 4.3 would make us afraid 'twas the banner of hell. "i ?Rev. C. Harrison, in National Advocate. A Monkey'* Sense ?. a ??rat>*;*rd'?? The atory goes that an Italian showman nee bad a monkey that rode on the back: X a hound while four dogs danced. One lay the little show was passing tturongaa nrt where there were some deer;'She ound saw them, and, true to his in*tm?c,. ;e tore after them. Poor Mr. Moakey mm :haiaed to Ills collar; so be had to sco along, juch as he wished uot to. H* chattered ud screamed, but all la vain. The Uoaad 'ept up the cbnse until the sho?ta?a 'nally succeeded ta stopping him and took he frightened monkey off his back. No :oaxlng or threatening could ever induce ;he monkey to get on that dog's back '.gain. Compare,' now, thl* raonkey'p conduct vith the conduct ofithe man who Is being . uined by strong drink. He gets drank, obers off, regrets his having been so leastiy, vows he will drink no more, and :hen goes back to his cups agsiju. Truly, Sam Jones was right when ue said hat. considering how soma men b?bave, he Darwinian doctrine of evolution is a 'errible reflection o* tha monkey. We once read of a monkey on board a ihip that tbe sailors induced to drink vhisky until he became very drunk; but tfter he had sobered otT, when they brought >ut tho bottle again lie instantly skipped iway to the very top of tbe mast, and mil.I nnt tin Induced to soma down as lonir ! 19 tiie bottle wns la sight. Would that nea and bovs LaadL as ranch dense In this ejfird as monkeys.?R^Ilgloui Teleacope. J arize Haknr'rt Opinion of Saloons. Recently Judge Baker, of the Federal* Court. Indianapolis, in passing sentence upou a young man uamea Deeming for assisting in the robbery of a poatoffice, adid: j "It is an unpleaaant thing to send au intelllgeut young man like you to the penitentiary. It is a sorry thing that so many young men do not realize until It ia too late that the saloon leads to priaon. I doubt if there is one man out or flfty that lam called upon to send to priaon that ioes not begin his career by frequenting mloons and gambling places. It the young nen of the country would study the priaon records of the various penitentlariea it .vould be to tliem a stronger sermon thanill the temperance lecturers coald evejfydeIver. When you get oat of prison there .vill he little uope cor you unless you rigut lbout face?turn your face from the saloons. I think I will send you to the vorkhouse. Maybe -the memory o! your leail father aud mother, and the prayers )f your good mother, offered fpr you In four childhood, may yet mafee a man of you." Bueming wa* then fined 110 and pent to :ho Marlon County workhouse for six months. , Heredity. The terrible result of drink to the inno5eiit childreu of the drunkard, was recenty brought out by tho investigation of Dr. 5. G. Howe, who traced the parentage of :hree hundred idiots, and reported to the Legislature of Massachusetts that of the :hree hundred, oue hundred and fortyjeven were found to be the children of drunkards. In one Instance seven Idiotic 3bildren wore the offMpring of a dhinken father aud mother. This faot of inherited disease is a terrible contradiction of the argument that'a man has a right to drink if he wants to. Tlt? Craande In Brief. Is it by your vote that beer and whiskj follow CUe flag? A man baa no right to clothe the publlcau's wife in sllkg^and bis own in rags. How many there| are wno have been brought into the fold of total atstineuce by the touch of love! The touch of love and the' kind word have made many drunkards sober and helped to stop those who hud commenced the downward cureer. Ihe City Council of MorgansQel 1, N. Y., has begun a new treatment of the saloon evil. An ordinance recently passed ctfmsaloons to close at 11 p. m. ' > The Young People's Temperance Feder.v lion of Americn, composed of church societies, bus established an official organ. Cider at first may be sweet and tempt lng, bat It Is a dangerous beverage, as alcohol appears In It in a very few hours. It la sarer by far to let it entirely uloae. New York has a law which provides that "noperson under the Influouce of liquor shall have charge of explosives, boiler, engine or hoist, or he allowed in any part <>f a mine." It Is stated that Russia has tnlcen in hand the combat against alcohol. The State has granted 280,000 roubles to the committees at 8t. Petersburg, Moscow and Warsaw alone in carrying out reforms as to tbe reduction of the number shops. ! ^ GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAM PKECNANT THOUCHTS FROM THE WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS *Sut Once?Entering: tlt? Holy WarfareThe Church the Living Master?Hid ins One's Pain in One's Hem t?Prayei lor Self-Knovrledge?Church Growing We pass this way but once, dear heart! 'Musing above the birch logs' flare, Thu booming of the mighty mart. Borne to us through snow-laden air, Our talk is of Life's little day. Between us and the embers' glow A phantom wavers, spent and gray, ion leannataiea awnue ago. We pass this way but once. The seeds, From lax or heedful hands that fall, Will jield their kind. Lush, noisome weeds Our wild remorse cannot recall ; Sw^ot herbs of grace and goodly grain We idly strew or plant with prayers? V Others will reap, for loss or gain, & , And, cursing us, will burn our tares. We pass this way but once. Though hard And ?teep the climb through blinding heat % And Ci uei frost, and sharp the shard 'Gainst which we dash our hurrying feat Our toll and hurt leave scanty traoe? A blood-stain on a displaced stone, Vague lettering on a bowlder's face, Perchance the echo of a moan. We pass this way but once. Thejoy | -That might be ours today, withheld (As you might dally with a toy), Changes, like fairy gold of eld. To withered leaves that mock our tears, The love denied, the hope delayed, Whate'er the wealth of future years, % Remain, for aye, a debt unpaid. With thy dear eyes on mine, dear heart. As at the margin of the sea ' Which thee and me one dav must Dart. Forgive all that I could not be. Aseoll thou me while I cast out Dark fancies that have wrought me pain. Let love's strong faith bear down weak doubt; We shall notpass this way again. ?Marlon Harlarid, in Harper's Bazar ' 'W* Entering the Holy Warfare. .. On wishing that he were better than he is, vthe first thing for one to do Is to carefully Hhterviewhimself; examine himself in the ,light' of the standard presented in the life ol. the spiritual Leader of the world.. It la not anshrbiking, timid, fearful, superficial examination that is needed; neither anything In the line of a morbid introspection that takes note of, magnifies and constantly dwells upon what it sees is unholy within; but a courageous and thorough inspection of the inner life, and outei life, too, it necessary. Having learned what needs to be done?wbat ought to Ix changed, repressed or eliminated, and what needs to be encouraged, developed or cultivated?then enter upon the holy warfare with the determination to win a grand victory over every foe. The resolution to become better is in itself a great deal, but tc resol ve^uiot alUhat is .necessary to insure success. To ."put off che^ld man"?the old ways?< life?and to "put oil the new man" oi thought and fefeling andaotion,requires that the mind and heart be strengthened and for tined at every point. .The Church the Living Master. We have been rebelling against out own good. Grown-up little children that we are, we have been trying, to outwit our own happiness! This notion of the undesira?llity of close and confident relations with ($>d has been fostered, unconsciously, perhaps, by the church which should have thrown its'influence the other way. In order to magnify the Lord the. church has minimized our Heavenly Father, so that instead of the children running with gladness into loving arms, we have been shy, and only approached when urged, tempted or crowded, and then in a half-hearted way have paused Jn apprehension to hear the message we knew not that we wanted. Jesus' was the revelation of the Father; and as the father was revealed In all the tender beauty of His nature human hearts- were irresistibly drawn to Him. The church is the Master still liying upon the earth, and is, or should be the revelation of the Father, so that we, seeing Him as He is may be quick to respond to the call of His heart. Hiding One'a Pain in One's Heart. We go about whining: "0 dear! my saffering!" And so we give people ihe conception that God is very hard, and everybody, pities us, and it is rather comfortable to be pitied. You feel that you are somebody if yon excite somebody else's pity, and in that you get your reward. But if you anoint your head, and1 wash your face, and put on your sweetest look, and dress your nicest, and live your sweet orderly self," hiding your pain in your heart, Goji wbo seeth in secret will reward you openly, and you shall live to see what you thought absolutely ^necessary in your life to be a handful of withered leaves. 1 thank God for my appointments,because.I see now >that they were -His appointments.?F. B. Meyer. A Prayer for Self-Knowledge. Holy, holy. Lord CJod Aimignty, wno arc of purer eyes than to betrold Iniquity, who searchest the heart and triest the Innermost thoughts, I beseech thee now to assist me in proving my own heart and life. Enable me to try myself by the standard of thy holy Word and discover the true state of my soul. Give me repentance for all my past sins, lively faith in Jesus Christ, the only Saviour from sin. deep humility before thee and such tempers and dispositions as are (meet for those who assemble around the table of our gracious Redeemer. These things I ask for bis name's sake. Amen. Tlie Clmrcli Growing in Power. Religion is on the increase in spite of the alleged ."decline of the church,' and tbe next decade is to be marked by a most magnificent advance of Christianity. It is true there are those who are suffering today through the selfishness of others, far too man} . . ^ ? {? out DOC Denny su iiiiiuy us iu w?iv so-va.i' V good old times." It istrue there are churches which are not tilled with worshipers today which once were crowded, but where thnro was one church DO years ago, there are -' ! now. and their aggregate attendance could not be crowded in the old building. Never was there more being done for humanity and never, in a wiser way than today. There should be no no relaxing of standards, no lowering of ideals. Tim [Teacher should cry aloud against the evils that exist today. Lift uprjour heads. Believe, work, live.aud the kingdom shall come in. I enjoy acknowledging God at our meals very'much. I r.ever before realised so constantly His gooi} hand in temporal blessings as since we commenced this exercise. Before the first attempt, the trial became greater and greater every hour. After commencing it gradually lessened from meal to meal, till now I feel that the privilege far overbalances the trial.?Mary Lyon. He that thinks be hath no need of Christ hath too high thouglns of himself; he that thinks Christ cannot help him hath too low thoughts of Christ*?John Mason. The Lord tolls us to carry our cross and ~ rifir C.'ISC OUT c?*rt\ uui ?>rJ k?.j -??- ~ ? cross and carry our care." Therft was a church in the bouse before | .there was a church iu aocsctv.?Ilev. C. E. .feflVrsen. Texas Wheat Put to a New Um. " " i The Bureau of Foreign Commerce, State ! Department, W >sliin;?ton, has been ini formed by Mr. James B. Simpson, of DalJ las, Tex., in regard to a specimen of Texas | wheat sent to France to be tested as to its i lltness for use in the manufacture'of macaroni aud like pastos, that "It has been j demonstrated beyond question that all | oortuern Texas is periectiy ndaptoil to tne i growth of the hard, glutinous wheats now ! iu such greut demand iu France aud Italy. I *,ndlaus. TJl?^?ftlTrty-nve\8an9 and Foiesi, nvo OI>lp"OWSi3,.'2p Kleiapoos, 23fi T iud 581 PottawMomlea now crt? the | KwlSomTe reservation In Kansas. k L v,:j? >' ? ' ' * l..i I ii ' ' TIE SABBATH ? SCflOOtj INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS tfOR APRIL 29. v ? *? .. . Subject: Joans and John the Baptist, Lakd tII., 18-28?Golden Text, Mark vll., 31 ?Memory Veraea, 22, 23?Commentary on the Day'a Leaaoo. j 18. "Disciple* oT John showed him.'? John was-confined In prison In the fortress of Maohfflrus, on the snitliera border o| PersBa.i His confinement-wa? not of thfl closest'kind, as his disciples were allowed interviews with him! "Ofallth?se things.'' Ph? mlrnolrts whlfth .Toftim had riArfnrmnd: and, perhaps, an account of some of Hu pobllo discourses. 19. "Art thou. He that should come." 3ome suppose that John sent this message; for his own information, others think that Lis purpose was to confirm tne faith of his . disciples in Jesus as the Messiah, while alt agree that John was anxious to have Him ieclare, openly, His Messiahsbip. John had been in prison uow about six months, wd during all of that time Jesus had been snjoylng the greatest liberty and had performed many miracles, and John may have been under a atrong temptation relative to Lhe Messlahsiilp of Christ. If He were the Messiah why would -aHow His forerunner to languish so long in prison? Why did He not openly declare Himself? Those were questions that/mfeht8$)in. mysterious to Jo^in. But he took the proper means to get rid of bin doubts, If doubts lie had; his message is straightforward and open, and Is addressed directly to Jesos.'' "Or look we for another." John had confidence in tire integrity of Jesus, and t)elleved that il , He, after all, were only a forerunner, like himself, He would say so plainly. 20. "The men were come unto Him.** These disciples of John-needed enoourage< ment. It was a severe test to them to see John In prison so long. 21. "In that same hour He oared many." They find Jesus In the midst of His miraculous activity. Some suppose that these disciples only remained with Jesus one hoar. "And of evil spirits." In the account of the siok here healed, Lake, the physician, distinguishes the demoniacs from naturally sick persons. 22. "Go your way and tell John." Jesui kept them long enough to show them the remuncaoie cures wnicn He was performing. Christ would have men judgaof Him and of others, by their- works. Thi? Is the only safe Way of judging. A mtla Is not to be credited because ho professes to know, but because he demonstrates by his conduct that his pretensions are not vain. Jesus answered John's inquiry simply by a clearer presentation of the great truths of His'gospel, and more miracles performed, each one of which was typical of the spirit and power of the gospel. It was precisely the same evidence that convinced the apostles and the multitude of believers. The argument is as potent now as la the time of Christ. "The blind see." In His reply Jesus combined the highest wisdom with the highest power; He appealed to His works bv which John could not fail to recognize Him as the Messiah. ' 'The dead are raised." They probably witnessed the raising of the widow's son at Naln. "To the poor the gospol Is preached." ThlsJIs tne crowning proof of His Messiahshlp. The preaching of the gospel to the poor is tbo Highest signature for the divinity of the gospel. The I croatest mercv and the greatest miracle ' of all. Jesus set out the same old truths with new .clearness, in a new light, so we need expect no new truths, but tbe same old truths and promises, with new dept|}s of meaning?tbe old Bihle la a new light. 23. "3hall not be offended la Me." Christ's education at Nuzaretb, His resi! doace la Oalllee, the humble life of His | family and relations, His poverty, and tbe I lowliness of His followers?these and tbe like were stumbllng-bloolcs to many; he is blessed that is not overcome by those things. See 1 Pet. 2.7. 8. 24. "He began to speak unto the people." In answer to their thoughts and seoret questionings. They might imagine from John's message that the Baptist wavered in his faith, and that his Imprisonment had shaken his constancy. Our Lord, therefore, reminds them of what John was. "What went ye out. ...for to see?" This is a reference to John's early ministry, when the whole country went to hear and see him. Matt. 3:5. "A reed shaken with the wind." The reed of Palestine is a very tall oane, growing twelve feet high, wltl^ a magnificent blossom at tho top, aad 90 tender aud yielding that it will iio perfectly flat under a gust of wind, and immediately resume its upright position. So far (root being a reed shaken by the wind of (KHraUpopinion, or affliction, John was I a rock?a man of inflexible resolution and 1 <Artjinuffa that afnrtil nnmnvAil 1UTUWIIAV Wl*?.4?0v( v..M. wwv. ? though beaten by many storms. 25. "A man clothed (u soft raiment." A second, excellency of John was his sober, self-sacrificing lif?. Gorgeous raiment was the mark of effemloate persons; John waa clothed with a camel's-bair garment A preaohfl^f the gospel should have nothing about Wm that savors of worldly pomp. "Are Inktmrs' courts." If ^ou desire to sea gorgeous apparel aud delicate living, go to Herod's palace. Christ's forerunner dl(J > not.resemble any of the great persons thai , , lived In kings' courts. The wlldornes* prophet was entirely separated from the vrorraly spirit of his time. 26. "Much more thun a prophet." 1 Because he was himself the object ol prophecy. 2. Because he pointed out th? I Messiah, whom others foretold, and saw Him whom kings and prophets dosired to j see. 3. He was forerunner as well ai prophet. It was his mission, not merelyt< foretell the coming of the Lord, but to pre pare the people to receive Him. He was prophet, a teacher, a man dlvinelf^OA* missioned to point out Jesus and Hfe sad* vaticn, and he was more excellent than any of the old prophets, because he had th? honor of dying for that saored truth whleb ho so boldly proclaimed. 27. "Of whom it is written." In Mai. 3:1. An allaslon to one who went before a 11 * - ??.?*! Akafa/ilna nilf of fhri nr.H iUUK 10 rouivtg mi wU??v.v- -_ , and prepare far His coming. (See third lesson of first quarter.) John "was the instruraent In the Lord's hands of preparing the hearts of flhe peoplo to receive Jesus. 28. "Not a greater." See on verse 26. No one In any age has been superior to John in greatness of soul, in suit-denial, In disinterested and heroicitl devoteduoss to the service of God, and to the interest* o! the kingdom.of God. "Ho that is least in the kingdom of God." By the kingdom of God is meant the fulness of the blessing*", of the gospel of pence, which -was nof known till after Christ had been crucified, and had risen from the dead. Now the' least in this kingdom who preaches a ; crucified, risen and glorified Savior, It greater than John, who was not permitted tc live t? see the fulness of gospel grac? He Is greater than John not in personal oharaoter, but he lives in a better dispensation and has greater privileges. ' . LOSSES BY FOREST FIRES. I (hey Reach MHIIoqa Yearly?Atteaipi Made to Prevent Them. Investigation of the causes, effects and oceans of prevention ot forest fires in the West will be carried on this summer io Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Now Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming. Montana, Idaho and South Dakota. Besides Held study, designed chiefly to dlsjover means-6t preventing the evil, the division is making a historic record of al' important fires which have occurred in the United States since 1754. Although incomplete as yet, this indicates that the unnual recorded loss by forest burnings in the United States is, at the very lowest, $20, J00.0Q0. It will probably run far above this mm, as the Pacific Coast States have been >nly partially examined. Accounts of over 15500 disastrous fires jave been obtained in ttie seventeeu State: )lreudy< examined. Michigan, Minnesota ind Wisconsin have suffered the most severely. These records are taken chlefiy from newspapers, and where it has beet possible to compare thetn with the figureDf practical lumbermen, it has beeu fouut! ;hut the tendency of the press is to underestimate the damage. Foitofllce Named For Breed of Catfl. Cat fnnciers In Ltucola County, Ure* I nave obtained the consent of the Postofflc< Department at Washington to the christening of their postofflce by the n:irao of Anuria. The first Postmustor of Angora Dears the surname of T?m. iVeddlnfi In Germany. The Gorman empire registors more thaa a thousand weddiujrs a dnv. ir V * ujdfrfezu. . . '?