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IILESBEADOFTHEAfilT ( Nominated by the President For ] Lieutenant-Genera!. ; i Tur PADIMCT v/ntcn THAT WAY ! inL UnUlllLI IVILl/ l nni ???.? 2 ( J Question TV as Submitted to T'em For i Consideration ? Young, Chaffee and ] MacArthur to lie Major-Generals ? ( Leonard Wood to Be a Brigadier .In the Regular Service?Other* Promoted ] i Washington, D. C.?The President 1 has sent to the Senate the nominatfon of General Miles to be LieutenantGeneral of the United States Army. Accompanying the nomination of General Miles are a large number of other ? ?" o?nnlntmonti tlio mrtct llTinor OiUiJ a^t/tiiiuivubo, ?UV U.W. J J tant of which is thar of Major-Gen- j eral A. S. Chaffee, who is holding his ' -commission as a major-general of vol- ' unteers, to be a major-general in the * regular army. 1 General MacArthur. who in the reg- i - ' ' MRS. AND M R. (Kansas "joint" smaahe ular army Is a lieutenant-colonel in the 1 adjutant-general's department, is made c a major-general of regulars. s Genefal Fred Grant receives an ap * * ? " * J 1 pomtment as origaaier-generui, umi * so does Governor-General Wood, whose s actual rank in the United. States Army at the present time is that of captain and surgeon. ' A striking promotion is that of J. Franklin Bell, a first lieutenant of cavalry, now serving under a volunteer c LIEUTENANT-OENEHAL SELSON A. MILES. ? commission as brigadier-general, who ' Is nominated for brigadier-general. I General Bell will be the youngest offi- i cer in the list, and will be lieutenant- s general commanding for many years \ In the ordinary course of promotion, t cutting off General Wood from that t rank. He gained his promotion by r signal gallantry and ability displayed- a in conducting the military expedition to Northern Luzon. t An unusual course was pursued by t the'President with respect to the nom- t ination of General Miles to be lieu- o tenant-general. The question of mak- s "lng the nomination was submitted to a the Cabinet, and a ballot was taken t s BBIOADIIB -GEXEBAL 3. PEANKLIN BELL. 8 (He gained bis promotion by sipual gal- "v lantry and ability In tbe Philippines.) o upon It. It resulted in favor of the nomination, auu 11 was luereiure aeut i to the Senate. Following is the President's lis*: ' * Battleship "Wisconsin In Commlulon. With little ceremony the battleship (Wisconsin, the newest and speediest ? of fcer class, was formally turned over ? to the United States Government at t San Francisco, Cal. Captain George t H. Reiter took command of the new fc battleship. Filipinos Kill Insurgents. Natives have reported that the na- f tives of the Island of Mindoro, P. I., t rose against the insurgents and killed 3 the insurgent Governor. There are uo <2 troops at Mindoro. a Minor Mention. Mississippi has chosen the magnolia as her State flower. Porto Rico reports its largest crops t Of sugar and tobacco. Chicago has issued 400 'icenses to t auto operators up to date. s The herring catch off Newfoundland ;will be a total failure this season. b The troubles in the Far East are be- P lieved to be causing the prevalent slump in the silver market. i; The California Senate has asked * President McKinley to remove Federal Quarantine Officer J. J. Kinyaun from I the port of San Francisco. e To be Lieutenant-General of the Vrmy, Major-General Nelson A. Miles. To be major-generals. Brigadier3eneral Samuel B. M. Young, Colonel idna R. Chaffee. Eighth Cavalry; 3rigadier-General Arthur MacArthur. To be brigadier-generals. Colonel Fohn C. Bates. Second Infantry: Colore! Loyd Wheaton. Seventh Infantry; Colonel George W. Davis. Twenty third Infantry: uoionei inraiunSchwa n, Assistant-Adjutant-General: Colonel Samuel S. Sumner. Sixth Cavilry: Captain Leonard Wood, assistmt surgeon; Colonel Robert H. Hall. Fourth Infantry: Colonel Robert P. Huehes. Inspector-General: Colonel Gfeorge M. Randall, Eichth Infantry: Major William A. Kobbe, Third Artillery: Brigadier-General Frederick D. 1 Krant. U. S. V.; Captain J. Franklin [ Bell, Seventh Cavalry. j SALOON SMASHER? AT WORK. | VIrs. Nation and Other Women Wreck a ' Topeka "Joint." Topeka, Kan.?Mrs. Carrie Nation ind three followers, armed with latchets, did S1500 damage in the 'Senate," the finest equipped "joint" J n Topeka. She did more, for she 1 jained the first police co-operation giv- ' ?n to her since she started on her sa- ' loon-smashing career at Wichita a 1 nonth ago. The police followed up , ; NATION. I >r and her lAisband.) ' ler raid and arrested the proprietor >f the "Senate." Mrs. Nation was irrested, but promptly released. s There are? reports of plots to injure i tfrs. Nation. It was said that several aloon men have charged thick glass ( jottles with tremendous pressure, so < hat an explosion will follow their be- ( ng broken. She Is not at all disturbed >y these stories. ^ Mrs. Nation has dictated an appeal . 'to the children of the high schools ? >f the United States" in which she ' lrged children everywhere to smash jarroom windows with rocks. When Mrs. Nation appeared in court 1 0 answer the charges of "disturbing ue peace" and "smashing a joint" I he first charge was dismissed, not- 1 vithstandlng the crusader demanded t 1 trial, and hearing on the second charge was set for Thursday, the j >risoner being released without bond. ] Mrs. Carrie Nation is an excellent t ype of a woman with a mission. Sho s not only a reformer but a smasher, ind she strikes first with her tongue, ind follows it up with blows from hei latchet. Her particularly strong point s "joint," or saloon, smashing. She iays that her right hand is the hand >f the. Lord and that she has been tflvised of God to destroy the rum raffle in the United States. Mrs. Nation was horn in Kentucky, ler maiden name was Moore. Her oother died in an asylum for the inane, her hallucination being that she vas Queen Victoria. Mrs. Nation's lome is now in Western Kansas. Her . lusband is a lawyer and she is a ihyslcian. She is of medium heignt, ind her hair is becoming gray. Mrs. Nation helieves?and her bus>and so advises her?that the proper- . y used in a "jo;nt" is used contrary 0 law, and that to destroy it is not inly right, but lawful, and therefore he proceeds to break It up. She hag 1 belief that only through her death ?y violence at the hands of the liquor eller will the Nation be so aroused as o put an end to the traffic. Mrs. Nation is a good platform peaker. a woman of more than ordnary ability, and has a fair education, oupled with the knowledge derived 1 rom extensive Bible reading. Hex ame is extending beyond the borders if Kansas, and gold badges and latchets are brought to her by every rain. Falling Off In Pressure of Gus Well*. The annual report of the State Geoogist shows a falling off of thirty )ounds pressure in the Indiana naturil gas field in the calendar year of L900, the greatest falling off in one; rear since gds was discovered in the 5tate. He says the supply will ba jractically exhausted in four or five rears. Dead at the Age of 108 Years. Mrs. Julia Armstrong, aged 10S j rears, a resident or Minnesota lor ilxty years, Is dead. She vvas the vidow of the late Thomas Armscroug. if Winnebago Falls, N. Y. \ President Sig^ng Army Law. President MoKinley has signed the Irmy Reorganization law. Son Disappeared Klghteen Years Ago. By the tiling of John Lacy's will at '' s'ew York City, leaving $100 of his ' 300,000 estate to his son Jules, it has >een learned that Jules vanished eigheen years ago, and has never been leard from since. 1 Third Pair *f Twins In Four Tears. Twins born to George Rector, a armer, near Terre Haute, Ind., were i he third pair since his marriage, four 'ears and three months ago. The first lied in infancy, and the second one? , ixe fine babies sixteen months old. Doings of State Legislatures. A bill to restore the death penalty las been introduced in Maine. A bill to abolish the death penalty ias been introduced in New Hamp hirp The Delaware Senate has passed a iill abolishing the whipping post and illory. The Minnesota Legislature has voted a favor of the popular election of 7nlted States Senators. The lower house of the Teunessee legislature has adopted a resolution xoresslns: sympathy with the Boots. THF NEWS EPITOMIZED I WASHINGTON ITEMS. The War Department ordered the discontinuance of the sale of beer, wine, and intoxicating liquors on all military reservations and army transports Special Committee of tho House on the St. Louis Exposition voted to re- ( port favorably the hill appropriating 85.000.000 for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. j The Army Appropriation bill provides $118,000,000 for the next fiscal year. Secretary Hay wns advised by Minister Hunter, stationed at Guatemala City. Guatemala, of the suicide of Sidney E. Everett, of Massachusetts. Secretary of the American Legation. t A colonization project Is under way I In Southern California. This is for Hie purpose of colonizing a portion of ihe Texas rice fields with Dunkards. 1 sf whom there are a considerable i jnmber in Southern California. I The animal transport Oopack sailed ( 'rom San Francisco for Manila with ^ ro.? horses and mules on board for irmy use. These are said to be the j inest animals ever shipped to the J Orient. ; Boyd Wallace, who killed Robert Stafford in Washington in August last, ] ivas sentenced to be hanged April 12. ] The output of United States postage J stamps at the Bureau of Engraving i ind Printing during January was the largest in the history of the GovernTient?$31,020,558. President McKinley will appoint more than 300 officers to staff places in the new army. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Surrenders and minor skirmishes ontinue in Southern Luzon. P. I. A 'ew insurgents have been killed, rhere were no American casualties. Senors Borua ana ?mim. r?pre?fuing Porto Riean planters, will present o Congress the protest against The J Hollander revenue bill. Serious labor strikes were declared n three Cuban cities?Havana. Santa 31ara and Cardenas. The Cubans are ighting against the employment of American laborers. - j Major - General MaoArthnr's mes- J ;age regarding the Philippines situ- i ition speaks of the insurrection as j 'inflexible and chronic." The Custom House receipts in Cuba luring 1900 amounted to S10.0S4.370; n 1S99. S14.S54.261, showing an increase of SI,230,115, or over eight per ent. J The Administration is searching for 3 Dlaces on the Cuban coast over which I t will retain control. t 1 DOMESTIC. jj Two hundred and fifty Chicago saloon keepers were arrested for keepng open on Sunday. A S900 shortage caused the arrest j )f Joseph Fitzgerald, employed in the j " -' 5 Af Votv Vnvlr i seaDoaru :\unuum uuua, ui -v? ^ 3tty. I Standard Oil shareholders on March J 15 will get a twenty per cent, quarter- t y dividend, the company distributing 4 *20.000,000. Fire destroyed the Masonic Temple it Toledo. Ohio. Loss. $150,000, fully nsured. * The Virginia Military Academy at Richmond. Va.. refused to reinstate : Bradley T. Johnson, Jr.. and four I >thers dismissed for hazing. Starving and unusually fierce wolves j lave appearpd 011 the streets of New J Suffalo, Mich., and the town is' ter- j orized. The Couutess Boni de Castellane 1 ;old to her brother. Edwin Gould, ler interest in six pieces o? real esate in New York City for $45,000. Miss Sarah Small, of Nashville, Ga.. ,vas so seriously burned by her dress etching fire that she died. With several policemen, their con- : ? ;tant enemies, in the van, 250 boot- ; < jlacks marched from Boylston street j f o the State House at Boston, in sup)ort of the bill* before the Legislature ^ lllowing them to wield the brush on t Sundays until noon. Rosalie Fontaine was attacked by SVarren Matthews, a negro, who was 1 iromptly lynched at Ocean Springs, 1 Miss. t Evidence is accumulating that Miss t ~ - * ?- UMU.I A Kiih. May Li. * OSDUrgU was UlUCU uj a uuijlar in Pittsfield, Mass. Conflict between missions in Schen- 1 ;ctady,'"N. Y.. threatens the compact between the Unitarian and Universalst churches to respect the territory of ?ach other. . 1 Banished for ten years from Ger- * 21 any for duelling. Carl Dammann, ' ate a captain in the German Army, J :>lew out his brains at Wauwatosa, . IVis. * J FOP.EIGN*. ( King Victor Emmanuel, at Rome, re- J 'eived Mr. George Von L. Meyer, the lew American Ambassador, who pre- * unfed his credentials. King Edward VII. issued addresses j :o his subjects in general, and those n India and the colonies in particu- ] ar. * . The Japanese oil well owners are i tn tichr the Standard Oil t nS?""""o ?? ? o ? Uouapauy. A cyclone at St. Malo, Channel Isl- t mds. wrecked the steamer Eugenie, c ind the. crew perished. t Emperor William has conferred upon ^ Earl Roberts the order 01 the Black Eagle, the highest German decoration. The London World states definitely ' that the Balmoral estate in Scotland ^ md the Osborne estate in the Isle of Wight were bequeathed by Queen Victoria to King Edward. These properties are too large and expensive for j my one except the King to maintain. t Great Boer activity is reported from the Transvaal, the Orange Free State [ind from Cape Colony, and there is a constant clamor for more British p troops. j London crowds cheered Emperor i William upon his departure from Eng- t land. c According to a census recently taken in Mexico, the population of that country is something over 13,51)0.000. a gain of nearly a million since 1805. t At a meeting of 5000 Boer sympa- f thizers at Frankfort. Germany, a res- ' olution was adopted appealing to Great c Britain to stop the war in South Africa. c The Chinese Plenipotentiaries couferred with the foreign envoys at Pekiu regarding the punishment of officials, and it was agreed that a list should be submitted by the latter for the consideration of the former. Sixty-five officers and 2800 men in the Kussian service returned from China. Addison C. Harris, now representing the United States Government at Vienna, Austria, expects to resign in the spring. The Famine Commission in the Bombay Presidency used strong language regarding the famine administration of that Dart of India. fOi MARSHALL MY" rhe Centennial of His Taking His Seat as Chief Justice. CELEBRATIONS IN MANY CITIES [mpreselve Ceremonies In the Honae of llepreaentatlvef ? The Freaident and Cabinet Attend ? Addresses by Chief Justice Fuller and Wayne MacVeagh? Simla BarAgaocIallcns ITnnorthe Juria* Washington. D. C.?The centennial mnlversary of the installation of John Marshall, of Virginia, as Chief Justice >f the United States was commemorated in the Hall of the House of Representatives. The programme, arranged by the joint committee of Confess and William Wirt Howe, of New Orleans, President of the American Bar Association, was simple and diglified, as beca^o the life of the great Judge. The President, his Cabinet, the uembers of the Supreme Court, the Diplomatic Corps and members of the District Bar Association attended as nvlted guests. CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL. Addresses were delivered by Chief Justice Fuller and Wayne MacVeagh. ["he exercises closed with benediction >y the Rev. Couden, the chaplain of he House. In one of the galleries was f\ Lewis Marshall, of Orange Court louse, Va., the oldest descendant of 3hief Justice Marshall. All over the United States Bench ind Bar collaborated with men high n civil government and social station :o pay homage to the memory of John Harshall, of Virginia, the great Conititutlonal lawyer, Chief Justice of the Jnlted States Supreme Court, who ook office 100 years ago on February k, ltfUi. MAESHALL HOMESTEAD AT RICHMOND, TA. All the courts of higher jurisdiction, Mvll and criminal, were closed. Liti- , jatlon on commerce and trade was suspended, and appropriate exercises vere held by the bar associations of he States and Territories. The colleges and schools devoted to :he study of the science of the law put iside their usual routine in honor of :he memory of the great jurist. The United States Supreme Court aad been In existence eleven years ivhen John Marshall was appointed :o preside over It. He held the office :hlrty-four years. MUST RAISE A NEW ARMY. Etecraitlnc Stations Havo Been Estab llshed All Over the Country. Washington, D. C. ? War Departnent officials are preparing plans for ecruiting the regular army up to the naximum strength of 100,000 men provided for in the Army bill, which las just passed Congress. The reguar army now consists of about Go,000 nen. and 35,000 more are to be re:rulted as soon as possible. The maters which will receive the earliest atention are the appointments of the jeneral ?nd field officers and the re:ruitment of the ten additional reginents of infantry .and cavalry authorzed by the bill. Recruiting stations have been estabished .at all the nrincipal centres of )opulatlon, and all available officers n this country have been assigned to ecrultlng duty. There is an immediate demand for it least 5000 rccruits to meet defiilcncies in the Philippdnes caused by he necessary discharge of the entire volunteer forces by the 30th of June it the latest. Including line and staff the Presllent will have to appoint about 180U tfflcers tq.jmeet the requirements of he new law. Large OH Strike in Washington. Natural gas and oil are reported to lave been discovered in large quantlles south of Walla Walla, Wash. Cadets to Graduate Immediately. Orders were received, by Colonel illls, Superintendent of the Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., from Adjutant-General Cor bin to take steps o graduate the first class of cadets in Monday, February 18. No Hawaiian Law on Opinm. Judge Humphreys, at Honolulu, Havali, has rendered a decision declaring he Hawaiian opium law unconstituional. This leaves the Territory with>ut any law 'to regulate the sale or use >f the drug. "Wife and Two Daughters Poisoned. When the youngest daughter of rohn Wold, a wealthy farmer, of Waren, Minn., died a short time ajjo, leart disease was assigned as the :ause. As Mrs. Wold and her oldest Laughter had died some time before inder similar circumstances the stomich of the youngest daughter was sent x> Minneapolis, and it was found that he girl had died from poison. For a lumber of years past Mr. Wold had jeen actfng strangely, and had prellcted the death of each member of lis family who has died. He Is in cus ,uuy. t . .' :-J:: .. THE SABBATH SCHOOL NTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS run r-CDMUMni it, Subjecl : Jesus in Gethsemanr. Matt xxvi.. 30-46 ? Golden Text, Luke xx. 42?Memory Verged. 39-41?Commentary on tlie Day's Lesson. 36. '"Then.*' This was about midnight. "'Cometh." After they had left the upper room where they had eaten the paschal supper. "With them."" There were only eleven now; Judas was absent making arrangements for the betrayal. "Unto a place." Jesus oftentimes resorted to this ^uiet retreat with His disciples (John 18: 2) for refreshment, retirement, quiet instruction and perhaps prayer. "Gethsemane." The name means oil press, an emblem of trial, distress, agony. "Sit ye here." He left eight of the disciples at the entrance of the garden. ."Pray." Christ frequently went alone to pray. 37. "Took with Him." Further into the garden, to a spot more retired. "Two sons of Zebedee."" James and John. The three disciples Jesus took with Him had been witnesses of His transfiguration and slory, and were to behold His humiliation and agony. "Began to be sorrowful." To oe penetrated with the most exquisite sorrow and overwhelmed with deep anguish. "Very heavy." Sore troubled; a stronger word than the other. 38. "Even unto death." My soul is so dissolved in sorrow, My spirit is filled """l. nnH nnorllisll that if YY1LU OUtll ajjVM/ ?? 7 speedy succor be not given to My body death must be the immediate consequence. "It was an agopy that would destroy His life if it continued." This sorrow He felt for the sins of a lost race; Isaiah 53:4 explains it. The agony became so great that His sweat was great drops of blood falling down to the ground. "Tarry ye here." Spoken to the three disciples. "Watch with Me." It was not a sign of human weakness that in such an hour as this Christ sought for human sympathy; this desire for fellowship in hours of darkness and of sorrow is strongest in the hearts in which love is the richest. 39. "A little farther." About a stone's cast (Luke); 150 to 200 feet. There were now three divisions to the little company? the eight, the three and Jesus alone. "On His face." This was the ordinary posture of the supplicant when the favor asked was great, and deep humiliation required. The head was put between the knee?, and the forehead brought to touch the earth. "My Father." In all our addresses to God we should eye Him as a Father?as our Father, and it is in a special manner helpful to do so when we are in an agony "If it be possible," etc. This has been generally explained in a way to make it appear that Christ was fervently asking the Father, if possible, to remove the cup of His coming death and sufferings from Him. A more satisfactory explanation is that Christ was asking the Father to remove the present cup of intense suffering, which was done when the angel came strengthening Him. Jesus knew that it was the divine purpose that He should come to the cross, and it was in harmony with this plan that He asked that the death agonies of this hour might pass from Him. Christ prayed to have the suffering that threatened His life there in the garden relieved in order that He might go on and finish. The great horror of Jesus in the garden arose, not from fear of Calvary, but from fear of failure, through physical suffering, to reach Calvary, and thus to lose all for which He left heaven. "Not as I will." Jf it is Thy will that I t-hould die here in the garden instead of dying on the cross, as foretold. I submit. He was entirely resigned to His Father's will. 40. "Cometh unto the disciples." He did this three times during this awful hour. He apparently desired communion with them and the sympathy arid comfort which they could give. "Asleep." Luke sa3's they were' sleeping for sorrow. And yet we cannot help feeling that'if thfey had had a deeper sympathy with Christ and a fuller realization of the crisis they would have kept awake, and not have been found sleeping on guard. Christ's gentle reproof implies this. "Unto Peter." Peter had just made loud professions. "With Me." He was suffering for them, but only expected that they would watch with Him. "One hour." Sometimes Christ continued in prayer all night, but He only asked them to watch with Him one hour. 41. "Watch and pray." A testing time is coming, and you will need to watch carefully and pray earnestly. The Christian is kin danger of falling a prey to the ivorld, the flesh and the aevil. The person who fails to watch opens the door for the tempter to enter. We should guard every avenue of approach and see to it that the enemy does not enter unawares. Eut watching and praying go together. Prayer without watching is hypocrisy. "Into temptation." The enemy was near at hand; they were about to undergo a very severe test. Would their faith and courage fail them? God is able to keep us from entering into temptations, even though we may be in the midst of temptations. "The spirit indeed is willing," etc. They desired to watch with Him and thus show their sympathy and love for Him, but their bodies and minds were weak. 42. "The second time." His g?ing the second and third times shows hoV great was the burden, and Hia intense earnestness and perseverance. tVhat an example is this to us? If it were necessary for Christ to pray three times, how many times ought we to pray? 43. "Their eyes were heavy." They could not keep them open; they were not able to resist drowsiness. Mark tells us that they knew not what to answer Him when He aroused them from their slumbers. They had no excuse to offer. 44. "The same words." They best expressed the desire of His heart. It is certainly right for God's people to use the same words in prayer again and again, when they come from hearts filled with strong desire. 45. "Sleep on now." Jesus had gained the victory. The hour for watching was over, and now they could take their rest. But how is this to be reconciled with the command to rise (v. 4G)? Some think this was spoken ironically, and should be read in the form of a question. Do you still sleep on? But probably there was a short period of time before the command came to rise. 46. "Let us be going." To meet Judas and the soldiers. Jesus is ready, and He knows what is before Him. Without hesitancy He turns His face toward His terrible sufferings of the cross. He does not flee from danger, but goes willingly to His death, for for this cause came He into the world. I)RTO?s:e(? by TJghtnln?. The United States Weather Bureau began the first systematic attempts in 1898 to ascertain the amount of damage done by lightning in the United States. The statistics collected for 1899 have just been published in the Monthly Weather Review. The number of buildings damaged or destroyed by lightning in 1899 was 5527; in addition to these. 729 buildings caught fire as a result of proximity to other structures that were fired by lightning. The report says that a conservative estimate of the total loss by lightning during the year would be $6,000,000. A Lincoln Relic Dentro.yed. The house where Nancy Hanks olighted her troth to Thomas Lincoln has been destroyed by tire. It was the first two-story residence erected in Boyle County, Kv., and was over a century old. It was built by Jud^e .lames P. Mitchell. Here it was that Nancy Hanks, a frequent visitor to the Mitchell family, accepted, in the winter of 1805, the hand of Thomas Lincoln. Railroad Earning* In the United States. From returns of 181 companies, covering 163,214 miles of railroad, tne gain in earnings of the entire mileage of the United States is estimated at $125,000,000. Production of California** Cretmorles; The total value of the productions o| the daries and creameries located in Cali fornix and their by-products is e3tiinate< at $15,500*000. / . . >. ; ' I GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. T PRECNANT THOUGHTS FROVI THZ g( WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS. Thft Spnnnrl PI urn TIim Oh^link and ill* >pi Well? L>aily UoIiik ? i-arbnarHiicv ol the Holy Spirit?>pirllual suaieitauc* ? A Pool of ISethettlu. Unto my loved ones have I given all? V The tireless service of my willing A hands, The strength of swift feet running to W their call, Each pulse of this fond heart whose " love commands The busy brain unto their use?each grace, V Eacn gift, the flower and fruit of life. W To me ^ They give, with gracious hearts and tenderly, " The second place. Such joy as my glad service may dis- W pense, _ They spend to make some brighter " life more blest; T The grief that comes despite my frail defence, They seek to soothe upou a dearer breast. J Love veils his deepest glories from my ** face: " I dimly dream how fair the light may be " Beyond th<5 shade where I hold, longingly, The second place. And yet 'tis sweet to Know tuat, though I make y< No soul's supremest bliss, no life shall tt lie . cr Ruined and desolated for my sake, Nor auy heart be broken when I die. ti And sweet it is to see my little space 5 Grow wider hour by hour; and gratefully it I thank the tender fate that granteth cl me ,l< The second place. J'j ?Susan Marr Spalding. d! Tile Obelisk and the Well. pi There is an Oriental story of two a' brothers, Ahmed and 'Omar. Both , wished to perform a deed whose mem- j|, ory should not fail, but which, as the years rolled . on, might sound their fa name and praises far abroad. Omar, ^ with wedge and rope, lifted a great q, obelisk on its base, carving its .form in tl beautiful devices and sculpturing many a strange inscription on its sides. He di set it in the hot desert to cope with its vi gales. Ahmed, with deeper wisdom and ea truer though sadder heart, digged a tc well to cheer the sandy waste and P( planted about it tall date-palms to ^ make cool shade for the thirsty pilgrim find to shake down fruits for his huu- a ger. . ' H These two deeds illustrate two ways " in either of which we may live. We ft, may think of self and worldly success ^ ana rame, uvuig 10 mase u uuun- spieu- (.j. did as the tall sculptured obelisk, but |1; as cold and useless to the world. Or j[' we may make our life like a .well in the ei desert, with cool shade about it to give gi drink to the thirsty aud shelter and i*e- ti freshment to the weary and fairit.' er Which of these two ways of living is B the more Cliristlike, is easy to decide.? tl Kev. J. It. Miller, D. D. si w M Dally Doln . ^ Let us day by day do all the good we can. The apostle was intent on beneficent action, and day by day he sought S* strength for such action, and looked for 01 renewal through it. He did not put his m faith in the periodical doing of great deeds, but in the faithful pursuit of a daily helpfulness. In one of her letters Miss Ilavergal writes: "The bits of co wayside work are very sweet. Perhaps tj, the odd bits, when a!l is done, will w] ' lly come to more than the seemingly greater pieces!?the chance conversa- re tioos with rich and poor, the seed sown 3a ia odd five minutes, even the tables w< d'hote for me, and the rides and/friends' w< tables for you." This doing of good in sa a small way at every opportunity makes *v< many rich. Said the painter of antiq- of uity: "No day without its line," and so j" one by one his masterpieces came to ,1C perfection. Let our motto be: "No en day without its beneficent deed, al- en though that day may be simpJe and ob- Jjjj sctire," and we, too, shall turn out mas- P' terpieces which no mere artist can rival. ?Christian Advocate. n.j th Forbearance of the Holy Spirit. [y: Yon meet with persons whom it is impossible to comfort, reminding one of r" the man who locked himself up in f*kters and threw the key away, so thafc [V* nobody could unlock him. I have found frj some in the fetters of despair. "Oh, I j am the man," say they, "that has seen |a] affliction; pity me, pity me, O my ;0 friends!" and the more you try to com- Qe fort such people, the worse they get: and therefore, out of all heart, we leave them to wander alone among the tombs of their former joys. But the Holy Spirit is never out of heart with hit those whom He wishes to comfort. He as! attempts to comfort us, and we run to away from the sweet cordial; He gives lot some sweet draught to cure us, and we fai will not drink it; He gives some won- o\\ drous potion to charm away all our th troubles, and we put it away from us. SUH tie pursues us; auu uiuuku ???.- ?uj that we will not be comforted, He says ye we shall be, and when He has said, He ' does it; He is not to be wearied by all our sins, not by all our muraiuriugs.? Pr< Spurgeou. ] Spiritual an We cannot always sit at the com- do munion table. We partake of the feast ' not so much as a luxury?though it is ' that?but to give us strength to work ye We think our Sabbath services, our ' prayers, our Bible reading, are our re- ' ligiou. It is not so. We do these things ' to help us to be religious in other ] things. These are the mere meals, and ed a workman gets no wages for his meals. It is for the work he does. The value of this communion is not estimated yet. It will take the coming week to put the 1 value upon it. In itself it counts little: [?< we shall see what it is, by what we shall ? be.?Drummond. ? rii A Pool of Ijj If I desired to put myself in the most pj, likely place for the Lord to meet with me, I should .prefer the house of prayer, fj, for it is in preaching that the Word is |;j] most .-blessed; but still I think I should equally desire the reading of the Scriptures; for I might pause over every verse, and say, "Such a verse was / blessed to so many souls; then, why ^ not to me? I am at least in the Pool ' of Bethesda, I am walking amongst its porches, and who can tell but that the >n* angel will stir the pool of the Word, !,a( wiiiisi 1 ue neipu'ssiy oy me siue 01 it, waiting for the blessing?"?Spurgeon. Many of us feel that we never can l>e i trusted long with happiness. There are \ soula which- are soon heated and hard- tji< ened by sunshine.?Bishop Thorold. ( th< Boy Fall* From Bed and Die*. rWhile participating in a pillow fight r.< \ his home in New York City. Robert A tj,j Page, the eight-year-old son of Arthur A , Page, a stock broker, fell from the bed and died two hours later from a fractun 3tl of the ekull. The three children slept in ' the same room, and they began to romp qu around on the bed, assaulting each ot.hei > with pillows. Durinsj the fight Roberl j|1( fell from the hsd to the floor, and he wai picked up unconscious. co! Oil Wells In New South Wales. Extraordinary results have been ob- 'a' lained in New South Wales by the Gov- tei o,",niflnf wlm lmv*? hnnn bnrinc? He V- ? lliliv IIW Wt "" * "* ? ? O oil wells. A number of tanks have been ^ completed. I ho . ,f .. V, j /. J .-...?.^ ; --vr. ' v ' r' jjM EE GREAT DESTROYER ?? OME STARTLING FACTB ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. lie Drunkard ? Frightful Nightly Aier* age of Bloody Crimes ? The Liqnof Traffic to Blame For More Than Half of Them?Facing the A\rfal Facts. Tliat left him void of reason and control? chattering, idiotic shape? A ruined ; soul? .< /hat drove the sparkle from those eyea? What loosed that maudlin tongue? r fhat caused that hectic flush to rise, That hectic flush and nerve unstrung? . 'ia fhat banished pity from that breast? fhat lulled that'conscience to Its rest? fhat kindled out to waste that'brain? What quickened but to clog the mind? ^hat dyed that cheek to leave the stain? Of guilt and shame behind? fhat fanned the latent fires of hate o fury's maddened state? fhat aimed the deadly bow The helpless hand must strike? he blow that fell on friend or foe, On friend or foe alike. aith. Hope and Love. The Solemn Vow* las! Alas! Where are they now? /'here are the safeguards of the soul? Why must those life stars sink? fho shall answer? Call the roll. Who shall answer for the curse of Drinkf ?NeVv Voice. Thrpp Mnrrl?r? fin TTAnr. Ten thousand people are murdered every >ar in the United States, fully one-half le victims falling at the hands of liquor* azed criminals. One murder every twenty minutes for le period between 8 o'clock at night and o'clock the next morning. While this is an appalling xjatementyel is but a moderate estim$?v, and in* udes only the actual reports murders, )ne of tne many crimes that are never ported or investigated being included. ; docs not include supposed suicides, the illing of those who nave mysteriously isappeared or the deaths of scores anc{ jrhaps hundreds of tramps and other* , )out whom nobody cares to inquire. During the last ten years the number t murders in the United States has stead* y increased, almost annually, until at i-escnt the yearly average of 10,000 is a .ir estimate?and more than one-half ol lis vast number of murders are, beyonq lestion, the direct or indirect result of ie liquor traffic. I Eminent criminologists believe that mur? ?rers are largely afflicted with hereditary ce. An investigation made by a Chi< igo physician regarding the iamilVp hi84 >ry of one murderer sentenced Vo th$ enitentiary last year seems to bear out lis theory. It seemed that he came from a respect* ale family of workingmen. The mothe* * i the murderer was an industrious womj 1. His brother was a clerk and bore a >od reputation. His father drank heav* y, but was not criminally inclined. On irther investigation the physician learned lat the criminal had had two uncles who id died in convulsions when quite young, he murderer's grandfather on the motn? 's side, had been an epileptic. The andmother was sound and normal. Both ic grandparents of the murderer's moth* were normally and mentally sounds ut the murderer's great-grandfather, irough direct paternal line, had been a licide. On going further back, and by riting to the murderer's former home in Massachusetts, the physician learned thai ie murderer's great-great-grand fathet id been a confirmed drunkard, and in 4 ; of rage had killed a man. This great* eat-grandfather was hanged back in Rev? utionary days. Since then three othel urderers have descended from his familyi The Ram Demon at "Work. Medical men and sociologists are beming alarmed over the great increase in e number of persons suffering from bat- they are pleased to call alcoholism, early all the N'ew York City hospitals ceive such patients from time to time, ys the Rev. John Jo3iah Munro. The jrkhouse and the almshouse on Blackill's Island are full of them, and the inne pavilion on Twenty-sixth street, at ill as Ward's Island Asylum, have scores men and women suffering from this contion of disease of body and mind. Alco lism is the last stage of chronic drunkness?nature's danger signal that the d is near. You may call it delirium tre* ens or insanity or any other name you ease, but the sad fact is that it is a sure rerunner of death. Some" men and women are all right lien sober, but after each periodic spree c body and mind become more parazed until death quickly ends their suffings. It is strange, indeed, but true, at many of those who suffer from alcoilism have the kindest and most genial tures. They suffer eternal ruin from e unintentional goodness of their iends which they are unable to resist, have known so many of them. They are rge hearted, generous persons, and make fcial companions, but this is their weakss. " It Sounded Awful. A temperance lecturer was preaching on 3 favorite theme. "Now, boys, when I k you a question you must not be afraid speak up and answer me. When you >lr nrrtiinrt llnH SPf> all tVlf>SP fine hoUSCS. rms and cattle, do you ever think who rns them all now. Your fathers own em, do they not?" 'Yes, sir," shouted a hundred voices. "Where will your fathers be in twenty ars?'' 'Dead," shouted the boys. 'That's right. And who will own this Dperty then?" 'Us boys," snouted the urchins. 'Right. Now tell me, did you ever in iug along the street notice the drunkjs lounging around the public house or waiting for some one to treat them?" 'Yes, sir; lots of them." 'Well, where will they be in twenty ars from now?" 'J)ead," exclaimed the boys. 'And who will be the drunkards then?" 'Us boys." Everybody was thunderstruck. It soundawfully. It was awful, but it was true. What Each Gets. From a bushel of corn the distiller gets ir gallons of whisky, hich retails at $16.80 - c 25 ie U. S. Government gets 4.40 ,e railroad company gets. l.OO ;e manufacturer gets .15 ' \ e Tetailer gets 7.0ft e consumer gets Drunk e wife gets Hunger e children get Rag* A Proper Sequence. \.t the New York automobile show there ,s an amusing suggestiveness about the ctaposition of three machines on the tin floor. Ranged in a row there was a ; truck bearing the word "Champagne" large letters, and the brand next to it d ambulance and next to it a police pail wagon. The Crusade In Brief. \!cohol diminishes the vital forces. jnless the liquor traffic be destroyed ; home will die. Jnless the liquor traffic be destroyed * church will die. rhose who tipple are apt to topple. Unless the liquor traffic be destroyed is nation will die. rhe suppression of the liquor traffic i? II "n:irjimount issup." L'he North American Indian was con* ered largely by the aid of rum. The discussion provoked in England by e discovery of ar6enic in cheap Deer ha? veloped the fact that the same mce has also been found in the mor$ stly brews. Ihe Government officials of Mexico art iing interest in the newly inaugurated nperancc movement, and the Board of :alth is giving encouragement to th* nperance workers, for the vice of alco lism is reported to be growing there.