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r iriEMCil They Elect Delegates to the National Convention at Philadelphia, i GOV. ROOSEVELT IS INDORSED. I ' / 1 ' The Republican State Convention Was J Held in New York City?President Mc- I Kinley's Administration Indorsed and Ql) Kenomination Urged?The Delegate* Elected?The Platform Adopted. New York Citv (Speolnl).?The Republican State Convention met in the Graml Central Palace here and elected delegates / and alternates-at-Iarga to the National I Convention to be held in Philadelphia, J and also Presidantial elector? and tho / electors for the Congress districts in tho .State. The convention held two sessions. The machinery of the convention moved la the most expeditious fashion. Tho committee on credentials, for Instance, had not a contest to present. This is the first Instance of tne kind in a great many years. i: The delegates elceted to the National" Convention are a3 follows: At Large?Thomas C. Piatt, Cbauncey 31. Depew, Theodore Koosevelt, Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. ' Alternates?George H. Roberts, Jr., of Kings; James A. Roberts, of Erie; George ) J. Smith, of Ulster; John Ralues, of Ontario. J The Presidential electors chosen are as I follows: I -.At Large?Edward II. Butler, Erie; m JFranklin H. Mitchell, Mouroe. For the Congress Districts?1. Samuel J. V Underbill; 2. Samuel Holland; 8. Michael 1 J. Dady; 4. C. H. Russell; 5. John Kissel; I 6. H. 0. Fischer; 7. Joseph Simonson; 8. William E. Billings; 9. H?rman J. Katz; 10. Prank Eiifoile; 11. Samuel S. Koeuig; 12. Arthar P. Sturges; 13. James Yearance; 14. E. W. Bloomingdale; lo. Willlam Sherer: 16. F. V. Millard; 17. Clarence Lexow; 13. John M. Cordts; '19. Petor McCarthy; 20. Samuel L. Muason; 21. W. S. C. Wiley; 22. Royal Newton; 23. ;Wllliam T. O'Nell; 24. D. 31. Anderson; 25. Robert McKinnou; 26. William G. ! ? Phelps; 27. Ransom B. True; 28. Robert Bushby; 29. F. D. Sherwood: 30. Churle3 F. Prentice; 31. George Eastman; 32. .Christian Klinck; 33. George Urban, Jr.; 34. Herbert C. Rich. I The usual committee to All any vacancies that may occur was appointed. I Senator Elsberg, who was the temporary chairman, "and Representative Sherman, who was the permanent chairman, both declared iu their speeches that Roosevelt would he renominated for Governor. Mr. Sherman thrice referred in glowing terms . 'to Admiral Dewey's achievement at Manila, . land in each case his words Of praise were receivoii w?n suouce. , The platlorua adopted by tlio convention < Is, In part, us follows: ^ The Republicans of New York, represented in their State Convention, congratulate tbeir fellovr-tountryraen at the beginning of another National campaign that the ;plcdges on the faith of ,which McKinley and Hgburt were elected four years ago have been redeemed. There Is 110 louger controversy as to tbe value of auy Government obligation; Gold as the National standard of value is now established in the ;law. j Referring to the enactment of the gold law embodying the principles enunciated In the St. Louis platform, it continues: j Public confidence tbat'tills would be so and the fact that it is 30, taken in connection with the passage of tariff laws which cupplled to the Government the revenues it needed and to the country's industries a ,' healthy and sufficient protection, account ' for a prosperity which has been National in its scope and which gives to the HcKIa* ' ley Administration a distinction no. less' significant of competency in Government than the success of the nrmy and navy. , The administration of President McEinley is unqualifiedly indorsed. It is then stated that the splendid business condii tions which began with McKlnley's elocJ ,tion, and which still obtain in every State T !of the United States, vindicate the country'3 judgment upon the issue created in the op posing party platforms in the last national I eloctiou. ,, T'.itf platform pays a tribute to the w<Jrl? j of the executive departments of tlie Government and to the valor of our soldiers and sailors in the ^Spanish-American War. ! Referring to the new issues arising oat of the war with Spain the platform says |tbat it would have been the odCfcard's part |to remove Spanish authority without ourselves assumioff responsibility for the preservation of public order uud the fulfllljment of internal obligations. A policy has been pursued upon which the Republican Iparty confidently appeals to the patriotic judgment of the American people. It 13 a j policy characteristically Ainorlcan. 1 Regarding our new possessions, tho j (platform declares that tlve lndependeuco ; of Cuba, pledged to Cuba, and proclaimed i jto the world In the declaration of war, has I been secured and advanced by every pub- ' .110 act; that in Porto Rico, whicb has be- j |come for all time American territory, civil 'government aud liberal laws have been , Provided; that tho insurrection in the j hillppine Islands has been overcome. ) The platform calls for the renomlnatlon j of President McKlnley in these words: ;Under the administration of William Me- j Kinley the material interests and the j (p^e?tlge of the Unltod States have notably .huvuucbu tiuu mo rvepuuimnua ui i*ew I York with unanimity call for his renomlna- J tlOQ. j Upon State matters the platform in- i Idoisds the administration of Governor j Roosevelt, and says that his acts have jus- ! tifled that public confidence in his Integrity which was so strong a factor in tlio election of 1893. The State issues which will be discussed in the coming campaign were left to the State convention which will nominate State officers. But public attention is 'called to the record of the Republican Legislature which has just adjourned.The Leg- ' islature of 1900 has distinguished itself fly a rocord which has been almost entirely free of criticism. Its legislation, clean and necessary, has satisfied the constituencies lepresented and the people at large. iThe platform concludes: ' The Republican Party goes to the people in this election with that confidence whioli proceeds from the faithful and satisfactory performance of duty by every offlolal in the State who holds "his commission in Its name and by reason of Us support. f * / IllinoU'a Flag Law Unconstitutional. The Supreme Court at Springfield, III., has decided tbat the Illinois Flag law is unconstitutional and an Infringement upon the personal liberty of citizens, depriving them of privileges Implied by the State and Federal constitutions. Against Co-Ed Societies. The girl students of Swarthmo^e College, at Philadelpnla^re worried because of an rr iralWHft hhfl RrkltPll Mfimi fT A TO lUUUiaUVU V? MWMWQV.W ., to them that3e<R0tr%ocletl93 must be abau- [ donod at tbe end of the term. There are three womes's soclotles ia the college, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta and Phi Kappa Phi. The Board of Managers think that the societies interfere with social life among tne girls, only about onethink of them being members. Tbe boys will support tbe girls In an effort to bare the ordi^r withdrawn, as tbey fear their fraternities may next come under the ban Boer-British War Xotes. i Boer raiding parties have operated sucjaessfully in the southern part.of the Orange j irree State. ' Queen Wiihemlna, of Holland, has sent a [personal letter of sympathy to General Joujbert's widow. A deadly lung sickness has broken out among the oxen with General Buller'a army in Natal. J^Tbe circulation of the London newspapers has increased from twenty to 1W per cent, since the beginning of the war In South Africa. War correspondents In South Africa say that tbe land in the vicinity of Klmberiey la so sulphurous that even ants cannot exist udoq it. L ;;v&t HOOPS OBDERED OUT I i Sent to Croton Dam to Subdir Italian Strikers. BLOODSHED AND DEATH RESULT, The Strike at Croton Dam Ammineri > Serious Aspect?The Sheriff Appealed to Governor Koosevelt For Troops? The Cause ot the Trouble?First Trial of Strongth Between Opposing Forces. Niw York City (Special).?The strike among the Italian employees on the new Croton Dam for an increase of wages assumed such alarming proportions that nearly six hundred troops, over half of | them calvary, were ordered to the scene of , the strike to preserve order and protect property. The contested grodnd in Westchester County is three miles from the Croton Landing station or the New York Cantrai road. It is to the east of the road la the Crotoa Valley. At this point the dam that is to check the Croton water and form aa immense reservoir is betDg built. On each side of the narrow 9tream hills rise to the j height of more than 200 feet. The trouble was due to a demand of the | men for greater pay. They hud been : working ten hours a day for $1.25 a day, i and they demanded $1.50 for eight hoars' i work. There were employed .on the works about 400 Italians and about 200 men of : other nationalities. The latter were em- : ployed largely iu the more responsible | places and took no part iu the ^trlke. [ The principal leader and spokesman for , the strikers was Marcello Rotello. ' The troops ordered to the Crotoa dam, j almost as great in numbers as tliostrikers, i urnrn nn thiita- ' '?.>? Squadron A, the craclc cavalry ^qcrmpany ! of Manhattan. Troop C, a similar body, of firodklyn. Two companies of Infantr^'of the First Rosrlment, one from Yookers.5utd one from Mount Vernon, i SherifTMalioy came to NewXork City at the request of Majdr-Gea'qrai'Boe, commandlng the National'Guard,'and after a ! aeries of conferences, withr;all theparties ! Interested made a formal; demand upon ! General Roe for the assistance of tho militia. General Boe had previously communicated by wire ^vlth Governor Roosevelt, and the latter was qolek in his response, alrecting the head driiie National Guard to grant the demand df : the Sheriff i? oae was made. . The cavalry fbroe numbered 350 men and . officers. Eacl^ man carried a sabre, a revolver and carbine. Captain C. I. Deber- , doise conimaridad TrqUgjgp, of Brooklyn, ; and Major OllvfljrB. Bufipman commaudThe SeventhBj^lmelPI>f'this city was ordered out anfcgent to-ttuMftene of action. The first blooarover thwHftka was shed when an unknown man rt??'and killed , Sergeant Robert J) oughyji of the Eleventh Separate Oompany^SHKuntrVoruoa. The Sergeaut was nuMBpfee rounds with a , corporal s guurowMugwv u?uici<?. An air gun was. flijfiipon. No report was heard. Sbot iSIflKh tbe abdomen, Sergeant Douglass fSTT ?p the ground exclaiming to ills little command: "Boys, I've been shot; load quickly and flrel" A. volley raojctoiit from the mnskots o( the mllltla meat -#<> answering sliot came back from the a&sean eneipy. Sergeant Douglas was taken baok to .the camp and he died within tan arriving 1 . Strike 1 eader^d?clajed,,it6afjjh mda-wera violence. Theflb&tlag closoiyfotiMpd u peace declaration by f Italians had been getting renjfijlor any trouble that* raIgb t^'grov JjK of a strike, nndtfei&oaAftt araririS^HKmnnl- ! tioo. From Sing" 'Slag ?JHHBbUned : rifles and pistols, and'lijbm^peMby towns tbey purchased ammunition; They also bonght threis .cases ?of revolvers from a gunsmith ln81ogBmifr Wfrne it was , known that th^ffiapPBhia, It was not ; thought thiey We? an w?U supplied as they ; are until the first ta?tv of strength win made between depaty^sherThla test decided to send a q eogluowas nQaded . to operate the puaipln^ Mbat the dam. night, and at TM??n for an engine to g<r M and bring up some cars of coal IyligiflBKTtxe fltHkera saw the engine oome odtraod thlakinsr that the oontraotora were?*b^ to try to I start up wtthoot making a'aWBroieat with them, they swarmed oac of sHnjousea on the hilt and down the hilWidSHbward the. works. They came &ra64fflH?h olubs, : etoues, shotguns and revolVMgfflfe... 1 Engineer Jaooby had engine out than it was MUflijpnded. Tfeey threatened to kill hlui tfyu?.M!id there If he tried to ran the englM^Wfih.liandfal of j deputy sheriffs who- wer&- present were i powerlesa to driv? off; t^^rpw^ fU?y and Jacoby decided to rfctvp."ap ;tmi attempt. Jacoby left the .enfcfae feiCfthea the Italians retired toth?hU\tOp, ba^lefc a guard on watoih to prevent Vrarthftft at UU cue mil wuoro SIUIUV luv uvuiraiiua i office was a little knot,jot meoJ-'Oaflj^their number, wit h. a-ql&sfeea. j took In the picture and.: saw the Winchesters. *nd the showtqg^BH arms made by tbe striteru he said: 98? "This chiag calls for troops. Jfy OMHw cannot cope with asituation like thla.^%5w 1 After tbe lucldout had pfosiad and Utile Italy bill was patrolled by word was received thera would betft idepredatton tommifted unless tbari waa an attempc to put men to work. ' Tha-B&erltt left for White Plains to.oonsult wwnor Boosavelt by 'phone in regard to calling outtrooDs. As he left thedam to drive Croton Landing Station ho passed/.ttjjgrogh the Bowery, where one/were' i leaaingou ri chatting Before the Boer i^a^^putatloii left Milan,'Italy, It iS ataMmgjfo opened, in the presence otrJlatoqMB^sealed' dis patohes which tnevawrapfc rrpm Pretoria, and found Lthc>p!z;itlon to and the surrdndeif^^^^^^^nrUllery, General WliiusBm^b London. General White, commander of the Ladysmith garrison, arrived In London on a special train from Liverpool. Ha was immediately recognized by the people at the station and enthusiastic illy cheerei. Great crowds. surrounded him and he shoot liands with at many as possible. Lack of Pt>r#Ci?nii in Porto Kico. Three thousano^people are dying in Porto Rico for ladk of medical supplies and the inability:, of many districts wUere the population reaches thousands to sup 9ort a resident physician. ? Tlie Labor World. The English working-man has 278 working days. Half tne striking miners In the Pittsburg, Penn., coal district have returned to work. ' Seventeen per cent, of the watchmakers in the United States are women. In 1850 all were men. The Building Trades Council, of Chicago, is trying to end the industrial war there through arbitration committees. ' The section men on the Erie Railroad 'have received a voluntary advance ia i wages from $1.15 to $1.25 a day. i The Parisian cabmen have petitioned the ! authorities for permission to raise their fared durira Ui* Ejnoaltion month* DR. TAMAGES SERMON. SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE Br THE NOTED DIVINE* ' Subject: The Remrrection of Christ?The of Spiritual Gladness and Refreshment?Victory Over Death and the Grave?The Mission of Flowers. [Copyright 1W0.] Washington, D. C.?This sermon of Dr. Talrnage rings all the bells of gladness, especially appropriate at this season, when all" Christendom Is celebrating Christ's resurrectioo; text, John xix., 41, "In" the garden a new supulcher." Looking around the churches this morning, seeing flowers in wreaths and flowers in stars and flowers in crosses and flowers in crowns, billows of beauty, conflagration of beauty, you feel as if you 9tood in a small heaven. You say tbese flowers will fade. Yes. but perhaps "you may see them again. They may be immortal. The fragrance of the flower may be the spirit of the flower; the body of the flower dying on earth; its spirit may appear in better worlds. 1 do not say U will be so. 1 say it may be so. The ancestors of those tuberoses and camellias and japonicas and jasmines and heliotropes were born in paradise. These apostles of beauty came down in the regular line of apostolic succession. Their ancestors during the flood, underground, afterward appeared. The world started with EJen; it will end with Eden. Heaven is called a paradise of God. Paradise means flowers. While theological geniuses in this day are trying to blot oat everything material from their Idea of heaven, and, so far as I can tell, their future state is to be a floating around somewhere between the Great Bear and Cassiopeia, I should not be surprised if at last I can pick up a daisy on the everlasting hills and hear it say; "I am one of the glorified flowers of earth. Don'c you remember me? I worshiped with you on Easter morning In 1900." My text introduces us into a garden. It is a manor in the suburbs of Jerusalem owned by a wealthy gentlemaoof the name of Joseph. He belonged to ?}e court of seventy who had condemned Christ, but l??* '???^ an t-Kfl .nnnof lira A ? Kalnr* a I IIu U(IU vyicu 1U mo 'uvgaiitw, vi, uuiug n timid man, had absented himself when tho vote was to be taken. At great expense he laid out tho garden. It being a hot climate, I suppose there were trees brond branched, and there were paths winding under these trees, and here and there were waters dripping down over the rocks into flsh ponds, and there were viues and flowers blooming from the wall, und all around the beauties ot kiosk and arboriculture. After the fatigues o! the Jerusalem courtroom, how refreshiug to cocao.into this suburban retreat, botanical ana pomologlcall Wnuderlng in the garden, I behold some roclcs which have on them the mark of the sculptor's chisel. I come nearer, and I find there is a subterranean rece33. Icome down the marble steps, and I come to a portico, over which there is'an architrave, by the chisel cut into representations of fruits and flowers. I enter the portico. On either side there are rooms?two or four or six rooms of rock, the walls of these rooms having niches, each niohe large enough to hold a dead body. Here is one room that is especially wealthy of sculpture. The fact is that Joseph realizes ho cannot nlways waMc thl? garden, and he bus provided this place for his last slumber. Oh, what a beautiful spot in whlc^h to wait for the coming of the resurrection! Mark well this tomb, for it'fs to be the'most celebrated tomb in all the ages. Catacombs of Egypt, tomb of Napoleon, Mahal Tnj of India, nothing compared with it. Christ has jusc uoou rauratjrou, auu ma uuuj win ut> thrown to tbe dosrs and the ravens, like other crucified bodies, unless there be prompt nud efficient hindrance. Joseph, the owner of this mausoleum in the rocks, begs for the body of Christ. He washes the poor, mutilated frame from the dust and blood, shrouds it and perfumes it. I think that regular embalmment was omitted. When la olden time n body was to be embalmed, the priest, with some pretension of medlcul skill, would point out the place between the ribs where the incislon must be made.aud then the operator, bavin? made the iapislon, ran lest he be slain for a violation of the dead. Then the other priests would come with salt of niter and cassia and wlno of palm tree and complete the embalmment. Cut I think this embalmment of the body of Christ was omitted. It would have raised another contention and another riot. The funeral hastens on. Present, I think, Joseph, the owner of the mausoleum; Nicodomus, tbe wealthy man who had brought the spises, aad the two Marys. No organ dirge, no plumes, no catafalque. Heavy burden for two men as they carry Christ's body down the marble stairs and into tbo portico and lift the dead weight to the level of the niche in the rock and push tbe body of Christ into the only pleasaut resting place It ever hnd. Coming forth from the portico, they close tho door of rock against the recess. The government, afraid that the disciples may steal the body of Christ and piay r^burrootiuij, oruor iuu sem ui iuo san'hedrln to be put upon the door of the tomb, the violation of that sen), like the violation of the seal of the Government of the United States or Great Britain, to bo liftfoved with great punishment. A commuiy of soldiers from the tower of Antonia u detailed to stand guard. At the dooz of tne mausoleum a fight takes places.which decides the question for all graveyards and cemeteries. Sword of lightnUijf against sword of steel. Angel against military. No seal of letter was ?nr mora easily broken than that seal of VffiigilntUMirin on the door of the tomt\ :s shroud of fine linen, ie pavement, moves out isrsinthe dooiway, adpen air, comes up the jecomes forth InworkfS'It, from the fact that tasonry can never mend >rever it Is u broken give this piece of marble to a- dead Christ Instead of ? soft pillow for thellVtag Jesus? If they tad expended half the value of that ton^tftomake Christ comfortable, it would not have been so sad a story. He asked bread; they gave Him n s' oue. Christ, like most of the world's benefactors, wa? appreciated bettor after. Be was dead. Westminstor Abbey and monumental Greenwood are the world's attompt to attae by htfdtyn to the dead for wrongs o the'lhrlag.. v,'^et's corner: In Westminster Abbey attempts to pay !or the sufferings of .'Grub street. Go through that Port's corner in Westminister abbey, There is Handel, the great musician, froih whose.-ir.uBic yop hear to?iy; but while I Iodic at his statue I cannot help but tbmk of the -discords- with which his fellow muslcltifctrted to destroy him. There is.tbo tomb of Joha Dryden, a beautiful monument;'?,but 1 cannot help but think at seventy.J'&ars of age he wrote of bis being oppressed in fortuno and ot the contract that he bad just made for a thousand verses ut sixpence a line. Aud there, too, you find the monument of Samuel Butler, the author of\"Hudltii[as;" but ^hlle I look at his monument lu .Poet's corner I cannot but ask mTself where he died. In & garret. There J safe/ tti? costly, tablet in the Poet's corner?the oostly tablet to one of whom tho celebrated^W&Her wrote: "The old blind schoolmaster, John Milton, has just issued a tedious poem on t(te fall of man. If the length of it be no virtue, it has none." There is a beautiful monument to Sheridan. Poor Sheridenl If he could have only discounted that monument for a mutton chopl Oh, you unfltlal children, do. not give your parents so much tombstone, but a few more blankets?less funeral and more bedroom! If five per cent, of the money we now spend on Burns's banquets could have been expended tn making the Uvlag Scotch poet comfortable, be would not have been harried with the drudgery of an exciseman. Horace Greeley, outrageously abused while living, when dead is followed * toward Greenwood by th<* President of thg | United States and the leading men of the army and navy. Massachusetts trios to ] atone at the grave of Charles Sumner for | the ignominious resolutions with whioh her legislature denounced the llvlnpj Senator. Do you think that the tomb at Spriug.leld can pay for Booth's bullet? Oh, do justice to the living! All the jus? tlce you do them you must do this side the gates of the Necropolis. They cannot wake up to count the number of carriages at the AKoanutoa nr fn nnMna thn n nil ah nf fhn Aberdeen granite or to read epitaphal commemoration. Gentleman's mausoleum in the suburbs of Jerusalem cannot pay foj 'Bethlehem manger and Calvarean cfoss and Pilate'3 rufllan judiciary. Postmortem honors cannot utona for ante-mortem ignominies. Again, standing in this garden of th< sepulcher, I am Impressed with the fad that floral and arborescent decorations ar< appropriate for the place o{ the dead. W( are glad that amoug flowers and sculptural adornments Christ spent the short time ot His inhumation. V I cannot understand what I sometimes see in the newspapers where the obsequiej are announced and the friends say in oon> nection with it, "Sendnoflpwere." Bather, if the means allow?I say If'' the mean* allow?strew the casket tflth flowers, thfl hearse with flowers, the grave with flowera, Put them on the brow?it will suggest coronation; in their hand?it will meao victory. ', : Christ was buried in a garden. Flowera mean resurrection. Death is sad enough anyhow. Let conservatory and arboretum contribute to its alleviation. The harebell will ring the victory; the passion flowei will express the sympathy; the daffodil will kindle Its lamp and Illume the darkness. The cluster of asters will be the constellation. Your little child loved flowers when she was living. Put them la her hand aow that she can go forth no more aad pluck theal for herself. On suashiny days tafce a fresh garland and pat It over the still heart.. Brooklyn has no grander glory .thaa Its Greenwood, nor Boston than its Mount Auburn, nor Philadelphia than its Laurel Hill, nor Cincinnati than its Spring Grove, nor San Francisco than its Lone Mountain, But what shall we say to those country graveyards with the vinos broken down and the slab aslant and the mound caved in and the grass a pasture ground for the ! sexton's cattle? Indeed, were your father r aad mother of so little worth tnat you cannot afford to take care of their ashes? Some day turn out all hands and straighten the slab aud bank up the mound and cut away the weeds and plant the shrubs and flowers. Some day you will want to He down to your last slumber. You cannot expect any respect for your bones If you have no deference for the bone3 of your ancestry. Do you think these relics are of no importance? You will see of how much impor- j tance they are In the day when the arch- | angel takes out his trumpet. Turn a^l j your cemeteries into gardens. Acaln. standing in this carden of the ' new sopulcher, I am impressed with the ! dignity of private uud unpretending obsequies. Joseph was mourner, sexton, liveryman ?had entire charge of everything. Only four people at the burial of the King of the Universe! Oh, let this be consolatory to those who through lack of means or through lack of acquaintance have but little demonstration of urlef at the graves of their loved ones. Long line of glittering equipage, two rows of silver handles, j casket of richest wood, pallbearers gloved ' and scarfed, are not necessary. If there ] be six at the grave, Christ looks down from heaven and remembers that is two more than were at His obsequies. Not recognizing this idea, how many small properties are scattered and widowhood and Orphanage go forth into cold ' charity! The departed left a small prop- < erty, which would have been enough to 1 koep the family together until they could ' take care of themselves, but the funoral j 1 sinenses absorbed evervthinc. That went I 1 for crape which ought to have gone for bread. A man of moderate means can hardly afford to dio In any of our great cities. By all meaus, do honor to the de? parted, but dc not couslder funeral pageant as necessary. No one was ever more lovingly and'tenderly put away to sepulehet than Christ our Lord, but there were only ' four people in the prooeasion. Again, standing in this garden with a 1 new sepulcher, I am Impressed with the 1 fact that you cannot keep the dead down. f Seal of sanhedrlu, company of soldiers J from the tower of Antonla, floor of rock, ' roof of rock, walls of rock, door of rock, ( cannot keep Christ iu the crypts. Come j out and come up He must. Come out and f come up He did. Pjreflguratlon. Firs; ' fruits of them that slept. Just as certain* ( ly as we go down iDto the dust, just so c certainly we will come up again. Though [ all the granite of the mountains were piled ' on us we will rise. Though burled amid the corals of the deepest cavern of the Atlantic Oceaa, we will come to the sur* ' fac<\ 8 With these eyes we may not look into ' the face of the noonday sun, but we shall have stronger vision, because the tamest thing in the laud to which we go will be . brighter than the sun. We shall have f bodies with the speed of the lightning. 1 Our bodies Improved, energized, swiftened, ! clpritiod?mortality, immortality. The* " nf Hio nravafnlran ft(T ita hfncAl ftlld ' flu us flat Into the dust. Oh, my brethren, death and the grave 9 aro not so much as I hey used to be; for c while wandering in this garden with the J new sepuicher I And that the vines and " flowers of the garden have completely cov- a e.ed up the tomb. Instead of one garden 5 there are four gardens, openlng'into each ? other?garden of Eden, gardou of tne world's sepuloher, garden of the earth's J regeneration, garden of heaven. Four ' gardens. -Bloom, 0 earthl Bloom, 0 5 heaven! Oh, my friends, wake up to glnd? ' ness on this Easter morning! This day, if 1 I interpr$$ it right, means joy?it means peace wit& {leaven, and it means peace with all the world. Oh, bring more flowers! Wreathe them around the brazen throat of the cannon; : plant them in the desert, that it may bios- ? sotn like the rose; braid them into the ; mane of the returned war charger/ No j more red dahlias of human blood. Give us white lilies of peace. All around the J rtoffh a^flw Ifl atttom A n H annn t"h A I I rough voyage of tho church militant will 1 be ended, and she will flail up the heavenly " harbor, scarred with many a conflict, but ? the flag3 of triumph floating from her top- j 1 gallants. All heaven will come out to | 3 grefct h-sr Into port, and with a long re- f verberayng stout of welcome will say: 1 "There ehe comes up the bay, the glorious c old ship Zion! After tempestuous voyage c she drops anchor within the veil." "NAVY DEPARTMENT EMPLOYES. 3 Secretary Long's Interesting: Statement l1 Transmitted to the Senate, 3 c An Interesting statement has been pre- |, pared at the Nuvy Department at WastI- ^ ingt$aJp response to a resolution of the 3 Sen^tft^cnlling upon all the departments f for | record of the number of persons em- { ployed, ciassiflel as to age. Between 14 t and If'.yeMftlnalaslve there are 9 em? t ployes; botire?a. 20 -and 29 years, 118; be- ^ tween 90 an^39 jeare, 144; betweeu 40 and 49 yeajtk^J-ibetr?reen 50 and 59 years, 66; betwaflMfeand My etas, 20; between 65 and 69 Uaw, 7;'t>e&ween IB and 74 years, 7; between^j> aaj^fv years. 6; above 80 years, 1. .' The HVenupo Hge of the 458 employes of tfee depart (Sent 1&.39 40-229. There are 393 f mala ^mpfoyos an U7erage age of i 38 81-liJl, and M'lemala employes of an average age of W56-65. Most ol_ the fe- , males are employeflfa the Naval war uocords office. Notwithstanding there are 40 employes over 60 years of age, of which qumber 6 are. over 75, Secretury Long reports that there are no employes on the rolls peraanently inrapacitated for the performance of manual labor. Ia tbe State Department there are 0 employes between 60 and 64 years of age, :i like number between 65 and 69, 1 between 70 and 74, and 2 between 75 and 79, but all are reported to be mentally and physioally fit. Strength of Foreign Missionaries. The total missionary force under leading Christian societies doing strictly foreign work was 14,210 last year, and the total native force was 54,420. There were 20,223 schools, With 944,430 pupils, and the income for the year was $14,513,972. A "Lnry" Baft to Cross the Pacific. A rait to contain 14,000 piles Is now being coustmoted. at Seattle, Wash., by a8an Francisco firm to be towed to Japan. TOM/1 completed the raft will be 635 fe<tf!t$r, flfty-thwa feet in diameter and will 0?Qtain H.000.00tfoet-*4.|iMnb?c. . - ' X f THE GREAT DESTROYER. SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Hard Cider?An Episode Which Iteveals the Utter Heartlessness of the Average Itani Seller?Opened Hit Bur to n Drunken Man Despite a Wife's Plea. What aiJs that mau? He walks with a swagger So very pronounced It is almost a stagger; Now,that lie is tipsy dou't erarbo thinking, For how can that be when lie's only been drinking Hard cider: What makes him sullen, so savage, and " cross, And for words of profanity ne'er at a loss? What makes his breath so oCTonsive nad strong? He doesn't drink anything all daylong But hard cider. What.makes his face such a cardinal red? Suggesting the thought that he ought to be bled; His eyes look exactly like ripe melon seeds, And to care all these ailments it must be he needs More hard cider. A Typical Saloon Keeper. No one will accuse the Post-Standard, of Syracuse, N. Y., with being an organ of any temperance society, hence we give the following story as related by one of Its staff a place in out colamns: "Don't drink anything more to-night. Please doa't." "Stop your infernal whining and come along. I guess I know wheu I've had enough." It was 1 o'clock In the morning, cold and stormy. A young woman, bareheaded, thinly olad and shivering inside a ragged blanket shnwl that was thrown over hex calico dress olung to the arm of a big, halklng fellow, evidently her hasb&tid; ' who made his way unsteadily toward a. hitrtrth nf oalnnna nnh fnr frnm fliA liAflPf nf the city. : The words recorded above and a rough ' shalfa ot the slight girl whom he held firm- ; ly by the shoulder were the man's answer to her tearful pleading.' He staggering, she beseeching him to return, they passed the ; fliitlron corner of the block ut the lntersectloo of and Genesee streets, neithed> 1 observing ft silent figure muffled, t* the chin In ft warm ulster, that stood in ihft: ^ shadow ot the building watching thgm. J This man was the proprietor of on? of the ' saloons. He stood still until Iiesawtlio ' pair halt before the door of his place, : which had just been closed for the night. ! A late pedestrian who had observed all < three approached. The saloon keeper, < whom lie knew by sight, remarked cnsu^ ally: "There's trade headed for my place. I'll have to go over and open up." Still the distracted "Woman's pleadings and the man's churlish replies could be heard, but It made no difference to thefeaf 3 loon keeper. Soon a light was burning 3 over his bar. . . . 3 The late pedestrian heard the souncftjf a ' scuffle, the saloon door swung open and ' the girl, crying as if her heart would ' break, burst out of tho place, disheveled, ' aud ran up the street. After a little the 2 light in the saloon went out, the intoxl- ? cated man emerged, staggering more than I before. Then the saloon keeper also came out, locked the door, buttoned his warm ? ulster up to his chin aud with a satisfied 1 and contented air started toward home. . Driven to Blindness by Drink. Thomas Ward, the Yale graduate, whc was told by several Camden (N. J.) physl :laos thut, unless l^e stopped drinking, he ' ivould become blind, has been uuable to ' rtrif fnmnhflnn Racnrrl Ift^q n f fchfl Z result to Ills eyes, he became drunk again ] find lav all nlgbt In the city jail. Ward, while drunk, became involved In i fight, and received a blow under the eye * ivhlch cut a big gash in his cheek. He (ell ? :o the floor and the wound was filled with , llrt. Iuflamo?atlon.?et In and the sight was ; llmost destroyed. He was told that if he i Irauk before the wound healed there would ? je no help for him. f, Ward is a well educated man, having p jeen graduated from tbeYaie law school. * kVuile in college be drank heavilvt and . vftor he left school he went from bad to \ vorse. He was full of remorse as he lay n his cell. But he has lost all hope and ill belief in. himself. "It Is no use," he laid, "Tbe appetite for drink is too strong ' or me. I could not give it up. I began * o drink while I was in college, and, tin- 5 sonsclous or the evil which would result, s sreated an Appetite which has become my naster. When I first began to practice I ^ uid brilliant prospect3, but my liking for 1 Irlnk destroyed them all. 3 "It may be that I shall become blind, as ? ho doctors said I would, but I do not pare my more. I am worthless, and it does not 1 natter.' * . i Alcohol, tlie Skin, and the Heart. :l A. party of Americans in crossing Sierra :i Nevada encamped at a spot above the snow i lne. Some of them took a good deal of ' ipirits before going to sleep, and they la; >1 lown warm and happy; some took a mod- Ji irate quantity, and they lay down some- !i vhat but not very cold; others took none 3 f nil nn<l Hinw liv dnwn v?rv nold and T nlserable. Next morning, however, those G vho had taken no spirits got up feeling Iulto well; those who had taken a'little j> ;ot up feeling cold and wretohed, those >< vLio had taken a great deal did not get up 3: it all; they hud perished from cold during -i he night. Those who took no alcohol t cept their hearts warm at tbe expense of 'J heir skin, und they remalped well; those ? vho took much wanned their skin at the ixponse of their hearts, and they died.? 'I )r. Carter. ' ^ r< P Sale of Brandy Drops Stopped. r< The sale of candy, with the innocent outide appearance of an ordinary ohocolate r Irop, but containing, It Is said, brandy, in itores in the neighborhood of Public * Icliool 57, Lee avenue and Van Brunt treet, Brooklyn, has aroused the actlvi- ?< :ies of the W. C. T. U. A crusade against ' he sale of those brandy drops has just Q >een successfully finished, and no Jonger J' s ibis particular brand of confectionery P' illowed to be sold in the vicinity of that ' cbool. It is said that the sale of the irnnrlw ilrnnq atnnnad bv two of tha 1 ? leventy-two special deputy sheriffs ap- * jointed by Sheriff Walton at the request of ho W. C. T. U. and other allied organic- 51 ions. The shopkeepers nave sent tb.- L. sandy back to the wholesale dealers. w a prink Slay* More Than Battle. H Under the present law the consumption J.1 it spirituous liquors in the Philippines Is t ^ lew and growing business. One of om ontemporaries says: "It is probably not lutruthful to say ot the deaths of the >rave boys who have gone there from lomes In every 8tate of the Union,one-half; ai ixceptlng those .killed in battle, huvo been rom the use of intoxicating drinks taken ?< n United States ships, sold by men from J' he United States under the protection ol J1 lie American flag."?The Evangelist, New fork. 01 The Crusade In Brief. The liquor devil is the same old devfl. Wine has drowoed more men than water. n The Society of Total Abstainers, just oriued in Vieuaa, is the first ever estab ishod in Au-ttria. B Under the "Indiana plan," ti..rteen paitf 'evangelist-*" are devotlu,' their entire ? Ime to prohibition party work in thf ? loosler State. u The Board of Ald.irmen of Kenosha, Wis. fc ecntiy p;issed an ordinance compelling g; inloonkeepers to post in their saloons a ltai ^ if Hih Itnntcn luihltual rininlriirrfa nf Hi* >t own, to whom no intoxicating liquors uuat be sold under any circumstances. Dr. John Midden, professor of pliyst nl )tosy In the Wiscomln College of Pbysl ci ilnns and Surgeons, believes that it is tlx o: jrovlnce of a physician, even more than o! D lie moralist or philanthropist, to do wlwil ii le can toward the suppression of alcohol n "Beer and nhisky go with the flag to oui lew possessions and no obstacles are inerposed. The Government shares iu the jroflts." Thus boasts a liquor paper, 3hampion of Pair Play. This ouijht to nake every American patriot blush wltb 0 ibame. m Priests ip charge of the Polish Catholic di mrlshes in northwestern Chl6a|fo are or b; cunlzlng tbeir charges for aafj&a agalns' m be concert and dauce halts itia beer gut P1 lens of that district, which tboy say are loingajjreat deal of harm among tbelj at foun? veor'e. 111 V -a*. nfiJdsi' . ' r-;. I TIE SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MAY 6. Subject: .Jeans Warning and Inviting, Matt x!., "0-30?Golden Text: Matt, xl., 28?Memory Verses, 28-30?Commentary on the Day's Lesson. 20. "Then be^an He." After He bad spoken the works recorded la the first part ui me cnupiur. 'xu upnraia. ' .iinoune, and pronounce judgments against them. The more Go^ does for men the loss excuse liavo they for continuing In their sins. Jesus had done all He could for these I alties, or He could not have reproachod :bem for their Impenitence. "Because Ihey repented not." The only%ay to And peace and favor with God Is by repenting of our sins. Christ did not upbraid them because of their sins, but because they did not repent. The Impenitent heart treasureth up wrath. Rom. 2:5. 21. "Woe unto thee." It "would be better to translate these words, "Alas foi thee!" This Is an exclamation of pity, and It is evident that our Lord used the words in this sense. "Chorazln." A town on the northwest shore of the sea of Galilee. Its location is not definitely known, but it was near Capernaum. "Betbsalda." On the northwest shore of the sea of Galilee, north of Capernaum. It was the birthplace of Philip, Andrew and Peter. "If the mighty wovks." Tte great miracles. A miracle is a sigu,.a wonder, anda mighty jeed. Acts 2:22; 2 Cor. 12:12; Heb. 2:4. 'Which were done in you." According to :his passage, most of the miracles of Christ ffere done in these cities ot Galilee, and yet not one is recorded in the Gospels as laving been done la Chorazln and Beth* mida. This is a confirmation of John !r:25. "Had beon done in Tyre and SIdon." ryre and Sldon were lieatnen oitlos sltuited on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Their wlokedness was proyerblal. "They would have repented long ago." Oar Lord intimates that If Ezeklel aad performed as many miracles in those :lties, as Himself had In Chorazln and Bethsatda, they would have repented with :he deepest and most genuine sorrow. "In laakcloth and ashes." In the East it was sommon for .mourners to put on a black ?arment which resembled a' sack, with loles for the arms, and to put a?hes upon ;he.head, ' *23. ,"M6re tolerable." The degree of ;oar misery will be greater than even that >'f Tyre and Sldon. Everything will help :o overwhelm the Impenitent at the bar of }od. the benefits and favors w hlch they lave received,' as well as the sins which hey have committed. "At the day of judgnent'L The flnal judgment. From this ve.learn two important truths: 1. That he punishment to be indicted upon wicked nfc In thei life to come will not all be >qual. 2. That great punishments befallng sinners In tills life "will not screen them rom the wrath of God in the lite to come. 23. "Thoa, Capernaut?....exalted unto teaveo." A Hebrew metaphor, expressive ntne,utmost prosperity, ana tae enjoyoent ol the greatest privileges. Thlp was ery properlyospoken of Capernaum, beauso !q It our Lord bad dwelt, and baa wrought manyot His most wonderful mlrulea. It had been dignified above all the Itles of Israel, "shalt be brought down to i?U." ' 'Unto hades." B. V. jTenfiporal udgmenta soon after came upon all ot these unpenitent cities, and they were so comiletely^desfroyed^ bat their ezaot location las slnc^-boea In' doubt. Oapemaum was o be, brought down to a state of dcsolutlon. 7his prediction was literally flulfllled. 24. "It shall be more tolerable." The estructlon of Sodom occuirad.nearly 2000 ears before Christ, and Jade (verse 7) ells us that these; people Are-flufferlng'the ongeanoeof eternal fire, and yet'it will be lore tolerable for them' at fife judgment ay than for those who live and die infldels nder the Gospel. 25. "At that time." It t?ould seem that j t this point some communication was iade that pleased Jesus andfle broke forth ato thanksgiving. "I thanlLThee," I fully onfess, fully acknowledge TEJm justice of i 'hy'doings. "Thou hast hid theae things." tospel truth, the things that pertain to i Els kingdom were not perceived by the Iwlse and prudent," by the scribes and 'harispes, who were vainly puffed up and rho rejected, the true light. "Hast reealed them unto babes." Unto those who feel tnolr.depenaence on CJoa and eek His aid." . i *26. "Seemed good In Thy flight." God has | ordained strength" "oat of the mouth of < abes and sucklings." Psa. 8:2. He ''hatlj hosen the foolish things of the world tri onfoand the wise." 1 Cor. 1:27. 1 27. "Alt things are delivered onto Me." < s it He had said, do not be led by the ex- c mple of your great and learned men to < light and despise Me, for humble as I ap- I ear to be, all things relating to the salva- 1 ion of mankind are delivered into My I ands, even all authority, power and judg- I tent. "No man knowetk the Son." No i lan can fully comprehend the mystery of I je incarnation, tne character ana the.at* i ributes of the Sen, and the great work He < as done and is to do in Baving the world. But the Father." God only can under:and Himself. "Save the Son." No man an understand or compehend the Father i His nature, His attributes and His'provienoes, save the Son. "Will reveal Him." 1 hose who desire an acquaintance with od must come to Christ. 28. "Come unto Me." This implies simly believing in Christ and becoming His ' )llower, or disciple. This is one of the ' tost precious Gospel invitations to salvaon In the New Testament. "All ye that i ibor and are heavy-laden." Those labor>g under a seBse of sin and laden with thn uilt and remorse of a wicked lifer-such I < re invited to Christ; not merely to the tiurch, but to Christ. "I will give you jst." Every word in this promise is imortant. 1. Best is promised; soul rest; i 3st from sin and cankering enre; rest from ' le fear of death and the judgment. 2. his rest Is promised to you. Weak thougb an mair Ka an/i 11? rttA nrt/i aln fill vnf L/vl mnj wu, nuu uununuj uuu oiutui) jrvi.| > you Jesus speaks. 3. It la promised eely, "without money and without price." ; is the Rift of God. 4. It 19 promised with artalnty, I wilL If you will only "oome nto Me," nothing?do power on earth, lalj stop Me, I will Rive you rest. 5. Who rpmises this? Is He able to perform? Yes, is the eternal "i" who speaks the word, ad He alone Is able to save "tinto the utter^ ost." It Is the Son of God who says, I ill give you rest. 29. "Tate My yoke upon you." Accept [e and the Gospel I brluR. Christ's yoke Ik, His will. Our study is to know what He ills for me. 2. His rule. Liberty in Christ oes not mean liberty from oontrol, that jpuld bo lawlessness. The best way to be ;j ee from sin's dominion is to be well un- j sr the control of Christ. 3. His discipline. i re are under His correction and Instruc- < on; we are In His school. "And learn of , :e." .He Is the great teacher, and Ho (aches humanity. We are to be humble it ad lowly in heart as He was. i 30. "Yoke easy...rbnrden llprht." The s nnmandments of God are not grievous to " le one who accepts Christ fully. It is 3 (?bt because it is borne in love, with a tj ood conscience, by the help of the Spirit .'God. "double"turr~ets~a"ppr6ved. g eport of Naval Board of Inspection on s< Admiral Sampson's Invention. * The Naval Board of Inspection, of which ear-Atfmlral Frederlok RodRers is Preslant, has submitted an unanimous report a the receut trial of the battleship Kear- ft urge. Concerning the turret tests, the si oara says: "During the afternoon of April 3 the G >ur uuna in the forward turret were fired multaneously at 4000 yards range, and iree of the projectiles apparently fell In le same spot; one fell about Sflfl yards ayond, but in line. ? "The four guns from the after turret a Iso were flred simultaneously, and in this ise three projectiles fell in the same spot; tie eight-Inch projectile fell to the right. ? uring this test the blast from the eight}ch guns In the superimposed turret did ot inconvonience the people in the thixjentb-Iucb turret." fl ' * t\ 3( 'France Has a New Armored Train. * France has adopted an armored train. ^ no with armament complete has been anufactured at the Indret works and been 3< Ispatched te Cherbourg. The train, drawn f Conical-shaped engiuos, can travel sixty 0 lies an hour. It presents a strange, sersntllke appearance, especially in roundg curves, as the cars are cylindrical In * iapo and overlap each other like enor- ' ous scales. a ... | |j GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. PRECNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS, On I lift Surging Sea ? Sold iers Must B? AIa<to in llattle?"Iu Go<l IVe Live"? Christ's CiloriouH SucceM*?The Necea* aliy of Sect?a I'my?r for Patience. Soft mist floats over the sombre sea And hides tho sunshine (uid bides th? shore; I trust tbe Pilot who, gatdlng mo, Has goue this way oeloft. Soft lights shine through tbe shadowy"1 gloom, Glimmer and fade and glow again; I Like jewels rare or a rjph perfumo Are the lives of noffltnuu. Soft eyes watch over my darkened way-, They see my loneliness and grief; Thby see the light of eternal day Coming to bring relief.. . Soft hands linger with fond caress On tear-dimmed eye and whitening hairy They minister in their'tenderneas To lighten all my care. 8oft voices pierce the great unknown And tell of the great uaseeq that lies Beyond the ken of the mind ulone, Beyond our touch or eyes. Bo I trust as I sail o'er ttrq sea of life; Faith's vision makes my dark way, plain; I feel tne comfort that follows strife, The joy that hallows pain. ?Balph Edwin Horn. Soldiers Must Be Ifad* in Battle. It is only in strong weather that a man gets faith. Faith is not an attainment that droppeth like the gentle dew from heaven> It generally comes in the whirlwind and the storm. Look at the old onk3: how is It that they have become so deeply rooted Id the earth ? Ask the March winds and they will tell you. It is not'the April sbowet .. thfit Hill If ni* iho onrafif Wnw onnoltlna Knf v??v* i?| VI fcUW OHVVIi iUI?J OUUOUlUt', UUk It was March's rough wind, the blustering month of old Boreas shaking the trees to and fro and causing the roots to bind themselves around the rocks. Bo must it be with us. We don't make great soldiers in the barracks at home; they must be made amidst flying shot and thundering cannon. Storms and tempests are the things that make men tough and hardy mariners. They see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep. So with Chirstians. Great-faith must have great trials. Mr. Great-heart would never hav oeen Mr. Great-heart if he had not once been Mr. Great-trouble. Valiant-for-truth would never have put to flight those foes, and have been so valiant, if tne toes had not first attacked him. So with us: we must expect great trouble before we shall attaia to much faith.? Spurgeon. , "In God We Live." By creation we aro God's. Called into existence by tho flat of His power, He owns us by a natural claim that nothing but an- . uihllation can annul. And not less by preservation tban by origin are we God's in a formal sense. What Ho has done for us in the continuance as well as In the conferring of life, establishes His natural possession of us. As at first, so at every subsequent moment, He confers existence, i*nd if He should cease to do so for an instant, we, not self-supported any more than selfderived, should that instant drop into absolute death. It is of His ordaining that we enjoy all the moans of life?air, light, food, for the lower, and vitality and inspira:ion for the higher being. It is the same merciful Hand tbat "te.npers the wind to the shorn lamb," the same willing Ear that UtUlCbU WUU J VUU^ 1UTVU a WUO ^(*UiU benignant Eyo that "noteth the sparrow's fall," that Is, also, outstretched for the 3upply of our wants; that Is attentive to our , jails, that is w-itchful of all our interests. It Is not a mere figure of speech, penned first by the ancient poet anil quoted afterward by Paul, with evident approbation, that "in / God we live anil move and have our beinpf." It is a literal truth which we ought both to recognize and feel". Christ's Glorious Success. iiightly understood, any movement includes its beginnings as well a3 its fruition, ind in estimating the success of Christianity , t would be unfair not to look back to its jrigin as well ns to include its present suprenacy. Thus regarded, Christ'ssuccess In winning the affection and confidence,the reverence and the penitent devotion of men is '* teen to be a phenomenon more striking and nore splendid than anything elae in humaa history. perhap3 In the history of the whole universe. We can form some conception of aLah^w Kuf mKan ?r* n Anma Ku anH KtT lb diLcauy, uut nucu uumu, kjj nuu uj f Into the divine presence, and are instructed iibout the divine plans and how they have been fulfill^, then it will be apparent to as, is it cannot be here, how great, how substantial and how glorious was the success 3( Christ in His redeeming work. The Neceiilty of Sect* No one can in these days work effectively (or tjie promotion of religious truth and life > tvho is not allied to some one of the exist- ' ing sects. Consequently he who fails to ipprehead the real need of denominations ?na the servioe they render to the world when conducted a* Christ intended they should.be conducted, is not making a just incrimination. Every real Christian is inleed capable of discerning good in all other lenomi:;ations than the one he supports, ind be cordially admits that each one is ' loing good, while he believes and declares ;hat his own sect is the best and most deterving of support, because, in his estimate, {represents to the world more truth than inyV>ther. A Prayer for Patience. Forgive me, Lord, that I have made for nyself so many crosses which thou hast not ippolnted. My sins are heavy on my back md my refusals to take up the Cross which hou hast given have only brought me leavier burdens of my own reckless choosng. I confess my sin aud ask thy pardon ind tby help to relieve me of all needless veight, to give me my own proper cross, ind to enable me to carry it with cheerful ieart and full assurance of thy loving care. .' lo counsel me and lead me in the way, and 4 ... ustain me ever for thine own love's sake ? Linen. The Most Acceptable Fast. TJie fast most acceptable to the Father Is bat of abstinence from wrong-doing In very way; to deny the demands of pride, elf-love,"uncharitable thought aud unholy eeling. In action every one may well conlderthe words of the prophet of the olden lino: "Is.not this the fast I have chosen? o loose the bands of wickedness, to undo he heavy burdens, and to l*?t the oppressed ;o free, and that ye break every yoke?" 'bis also is good practice for every day and eason, for the individual and for men lo heir various associate capacities. Do not judge Christianity by the wont hat claims its name; no. nor even by the est?know it and judge it by Christ himelf. The true Christian religion is religion s Christ taught it and lived it.?Rev. I. P. oddingtou. As a very little dust will disorder a clock, nd the least grain of sand will obscure our :ght, so the least grain of sin which is upon le heart will hinder its right motion toward rod.?John Wesley. Be sure that you are sorry for yo'ir slnsot 8imply that they were so unprofitable, r that your wrong-doing was discovered nd brought its penalty. TO PERPETUATE FAME." tofeuor Holden'* Monument to Tell of Ills Wonderful DUcovery, The Will of Joseph W. Holden, of Otiseld, Me., who proclaimed in many loclres that the earth was flat, has been presuted for probate. One feature of the will was that a a, :alian marble monument to cost $300 lull be purohased with the following inirlptfon upon it: "Professor Joseph W. Holden, born ia tisfleld, August 24, 1816. "Died , nged years. "Professor Holden, the astronomer, while boy at school discovered that the earth tint and stationary, and that-the sun and oou do move." - .