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TWICEHillGEDBYAMOB
An Alleged Firebue is Roughly Han
O w ?
died at Matawan, N. J.
FINALLY TAKEN TO COUNTY JAIL
Town Goes Wild Over a Succession ol
Incendiary Blazes ? Rope Fail* to Kxtort
u Confession From Cliarles Herbert,
and He is Turned Orer to the
Authorities?Ileld For the Grand Jury
Matawan, X. J.?Charles Herbert, a
resident of this town, wastwicchanged
by the neck by exeited citizens because
he was suspected of having set an incendiary
fire. He persisted in asserting
his innocence on being let down
the second time, and the crowd contented
itself with having him locked
up in jail.
The business portion of the town was
swept by an incendiary fire on January
27. The firebug had not been discovered.
There was an alarm of fire
while services were being held in the
churches Sunday evening. The wor- [
shipers poured out upon the streets j
and several of the churches were emptied
of their congregations, services
being discontinued.
The blaze was in the stairway of a
building occupied as a dwelling by
Mrs. Herbert, mother of Charles Herbert.
After it was put out the stairway
was examined and found to have
been soaked with kerosene. The
streets were by this t'me full of citizens.
who stood about in excited
groups, vowing vengeance on the incendiary
if he could be caught.
Certain persons began a little detective
work on their own account and
discovered, as they thought, circum- j
stantial evidence against Charles Her- j
bert. He is the father of a family and i
lives on the outsuirts or me iowu.
; A vigilance committee was appointed
and sent for Herbert. He was
found and dragged to a nearby barn, j
A pair of plow-lines was procured, j
and with cries of "Lynch him!"
"Siring bim up!" "Hang the firebug!"
the crowd put a noose about the man's
necl;. threw the line over a beam, and
hauled Herbert off the floor.
i After lie bad hung a moment he was
let down and asked what he bad to
say.
"I am as innocent as an unborn !
child," he cried.
Again lie was jerked from the floor
and suspended three feet in the air.
After he had been nearly straugled he |
was again lowered and still stoutly i
tnaiutaiued his innocence.
\ Herbert was so earnest in declaring |
that he had had nothing to do with j
the fire that the mob cooled down and j
the noose was removed from his nock, j
Followed by an excited and yelling :
fcrowd Herbert was taken to the Town !
Hall. There is no direct proof of the i
hiau's guilt, although there is said to I
be strong circumstantial evidence j
agninst him.
Tlprhert's hearinir was waived, and '
he was committed to the county jail j
at Freehold. The authorities hero j
feared for his safety in the town jail, j
He will now he held for the action of j
the Grand Jury. Residents breathe I
more freely, believing that the lirebug j
has been caught.
NEW GEYSER IN THE YELLOWSTONE. j
Appeared With a Terrific Explosion Ke- j
cently?OIu Excelsior Kesumun Play.
< Helena, Mon.?A special from Liv- j
ingston. Mon.. says that tourists to |
the Yellow Stone National Park next
. Season will be treated to nil added at- |
traction in the shape of a wonderful j
new geyser, which is said to rival any
of the old ones. James King, who has
been living in the park during the
past winter, says that eariy on the j
morniug of February 18 he was j
awakened by a terrific explosion. He !
'discovered the nmv geyser. about 2(10 j
feet south of the famous Fountain gey- j
Ser. It was sending a solid column of I
hot water fully GOO l'oec in the air. th;?
water gushing forth from a hole about I
five feet in diameter with a loud roar. I
Mr. King says that for one hour and |.
thirty minutes the column shot up. It j
then subsided and has since been
playing at regular intervals of about
two hours.
. Word has also reached Livingston
that the Excelsior geyser, the largest
and in some respects the most wonderful
geyser in the park, which lias not j
been in a state of eruption for several j
years past, commenced to play on I
Washington's Birthday and continued
for over five hours.
ROTTEN-EGGED A MEDICAL STUDENT j
Revenge Upon the Youth Who Objected
to Removal of Ilia Mustache.
Baltimore. Md.?After waiting more
thau a week for tin* ill feeling engendered
by the arrest and fining of several
colleagues for cutting off his mustache
to subside. Harry Schurman,
the hazed medical student of the University
of Maryland, put in an appear
ante at the medical school with the
avowed intention of resuming his studies.
His stay was an unpleasant one. In
less than an hour after entering the
building Schurman was pelted with
eggs, anathematized, scoffed, hooteu,
hissed and groaned at. To further emphasize
their dislike of the mustacheless
student two-thirds of the freshmen
left the assembly room in a body
and refused to listen to I>ean Coalc's
lecture on chemistry while Schurmar
was in the audience.
ItnBsian Peasants Starving to Death.
Thousands of peasants are said to be
dying of starvation in Russia.
Girl* Exclude All Tipplers.
At a meeting of the Circle of Kinpr'a
Daughters of St. I Alice's Reformed
Episcopal Church, at Wilmington. Del.,
each member pledged herself not to asDnnlitii
with nnv /trlnkini? voimi* mail.
The question of cigarette smoking was
also discussed, but the young women
took no definite action about it.
New Gun For Battleship Kcarsarjje.
The United States battleship Kearsarge
must have a now thirteen-inch
gun to take the place of the weapon
injured in the recent explosion.
Labor World.
Striking moulders .it Cleveland, Ohio,
have reached an agreement.
, Longshoremen on the Great Lakes
Will probably ask increased wages this
fcprine.
i In the United States about 12,000
persons are engaged in making lampchimneys.
| Fifty per cent, of the men formerly
employed in the building trades in
feerlin, Germany, are idle.
I The scarcity of labor in some sections
of the South is a matter of serious
concern with those who employ
haUtrod lahnr.
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NOVEL TEMPERANCE WAR
jfoung- Women Will Not Associate
With Young- Men Who Drink.
Jfflcer* of Riplej Conn I y* Intl., Calle<
*? t? Vinlnurp _ IIof h
V|'UII IU OUJ?J?i r.-ic ?
Sid cm Form Rival Clubs.
Indianapolis. Ind. ? The officers o
Ripley County have been called upoi
to suppress disorder of a novel char
acter at Osgood. At the opening o
winter the young women of the towi
got together aud signed a pledge no
to associate with any young man win
drank. The young men retaliated bj
agreeing not to associate with ani
young woman who had signed th<
pledge.
The winter gayeties in the towi
were brought to a sudden close bi
these two agreements. Night aftei
uight the young women attendee
church without their male escorts am
the young men entered church in i
body aud took seats by themselves
As time passed the novelty of the sit
uatiou wore off and the young met
made proposals for a compromise, but
the women were firm and adheret
strictly to their pledge. Each side ir
the meantime had adopted a badge
The young women formed an Olc
Maids' Club and the young men ar
Old Bachelors' Club. The two organi
nations adopted rules that separatee
them more and more.
Then the young men from the sur
rounding country invaded the towr
and found themselves suddenly verj
acceptable to the young women. Ii
two weeks one of them married c
young woman who had been engaget
to one of the town young men wher
the split came, and a few days latei
the town young men were surprisec
hw tim mnrriasre of another youni
woman at the church immediately af
ter the morning service.
The young men thereupon declare*
war upon their country cousins. Tha
night every country boy who attendee
a girl to church was egged a:; he wen
home. Since then the disturbance:
have taken on a more serious form
and several young men have beer
stoned and one or two quite seriouslj
injured. Other visitors from the conn
try have had their horses' bridle;
taken taken off, their saddles cut tc
pieces, their harness riddled, and theii
buggies ruined. One night a younf
man started for home and all the
wheels of his bugpry came off, the nut;
of the spindles having been removed
by his rivals.
A few days ago one of the country
boys discovered some one unhitchinj
his horse and opened fire upon hin
from the door of the house where li<
was calling upon a young woman
The shots were returned, but no on<
was injured. When he reached hi;
horse he found that the animal hat
been cut with ? knife in the shoulder
The liveryman who has taken care o\
the horses of one of the country boy;
has received anonymous letters tureac
ening to burn his stable if he persist!
in accepting the patronage of the visit
ors, and even the hotel keeper has
been -warned not to lodge the objec
tioyable visitors.
At the Inst meeting of the Old Maids
Club resolutions were passed denounc
ing the outrages and calling upon tin
officers to enforce the law. It is sai<
that there are dissensions In the 01(
Bachelors' Club, and that a minorit;
favor the cessation of hostilities be
fore all the girls are married off to tin
country boys, but the majority an
still adverse to a compromise, and i
settlement Is not yet in sight.
DESERTER BROUGHT BACK.
He Will Bo Imprisoned For Life Bccaus
lie Joined Insurgents.
San Francisco.?'The transport Solaci
arrived here from Manila with six otli
eers and seventeen privates sick an<
wounded. She also brought thirteei
military prisoners, among whom i
Frederick .m. isaiier. :i uesener, wn>
was captured while serving as an ofii
cer iu the Filipino army. He is undo
sentence of life imprisonment.
Baker was an American private sol
dier, who jointed the Filipinos am
was made an officer of the insurgen
army. He was captured and court
martialed, but escaped the death sen
tence. When he was captured he as
serted that he had been taken prisone
by the Filipinos, and was forced to ec
tor the ranks and fight, under penalt;
of death, but the Filipinos proved thi
was a lie, and that he had enlisted an'
was on their payroll.
RUSSIANS BURIED ALIVE.
Twenty-elffht Bodies Found?Revival c
the Self-Iinraolatlng Sect.
London.?Mailed news from St. Fel
ersburg reports that a search at Teras
pol revealed the bodies of twenty-eigli
persons who he 7c been buried alive
They apparently belonged to the sell
Immolating sect which caused a sens?
tion throughout the civilized world i
1897. Kovaleff, the chief of the seel
who was then sentenced to perpetua
confinement in a monastery, will be r<
arraigned in connection with the pres
eut discovery.
It is understood that writings an
sacred pictures of the sect that wer
found with the bodies have been
turned over to the religious author
ties for investigation. The sect, whie
was generally called Itaskolniki i:
1S97, is now referred to as the Bj<
tfuny.
, Surgeon's Knife Slips; Fatal Result.
Miss Via Lewis, a young woman c
Fiuillny, Ohio, died as the result of a
operation for tonsililis. The surgeon'
knife slipped, severing an artery, an
before the surgeon knew the result c
his error she was In a dying conditioi
She died in twenty minutes.
Turkish Troops Kill Eulgurians.
Six Bulgarians were killed and thre
were taken prisoners in a tight whic
occurred between a large body of Bu
garian agitators and a force of Turl
ish troops at a village near Cuevghel
Macedonia. Several of the Turks wei
wounded.
Brigadier-General Scliwan Retires.
Brigadier-CJeueral Theodore Schwa
has been placed on the retired list t
the United States Army on his own a]
plication under the forty-year servic
clause.
Drowned All Her Six Children.
At Uniontown, Whitman Count;
Wash., Mrs. Rosa Wurzer, an insai
woman, threw her six children into
well thirty feet deep and jumped in c
top of them. She drowned all of thci
by holding their heads uuder wate
She was rescued herself by iielghbo;
and is under arrest.
Belgian Towns' Sympathy Wiili Kmc*
Three hundred and fifty-six Belgia
towns, having an aggregate populatk
of 2,691,000, have passed resolutions <
sympathy with Mr. Kruger and favo
ing arbitration of the South Africe
question. ? .
V
: (STEALfflGSOFACENTDHY
) -
Losses to the Government Amoum
to $16,000,000.
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-I0W SOME OF IT IS RECOVERED
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j Many Defaulters Joined the Army During
tlie Spanish-American War ?Government
Kept Their Salaries, "Which
Were Applied on Their Old Indebtedness?The
Record of Embezzlements.
Washington, D. C.?In 310 years tho
gross receipts of the United States
Government have amounted to $32,603.313.r?4S.13.
In that time the Government
has lost through dishonest
agents and officials approximately
?10,000,000. Gradually portions of
these defalcations are being collected
by Uncle Sam's agents. Occasionally
some bondsman of a defaulter, who
failed to make good his pledge, has a
oalanee due him from the Government
from some contract secured or services
rendered, which is withheld and
applied to his former indebtedness,
lu this way a considerable portion of
the $115,000,000 due the United States
:s gradually being collected.
Reimbursements were numerous in
:he Spanish-American war. A number
of men who were defaulters, or
who had been on the bonds of dishonest
agents of the Government, secured
positions in the volunteer army.
(>i e/inio nuuui! thoir nn?:iti&fipil nhlic:!
I VUMVB c,?
1 tions had been running on l'or a pei
riod of forty years. They supposed
r that the account had been lost sight
1 :>f by Uncle Sam's agents. Imagine
; their surprise when the paymaster
visited their regiment and tendered
thein, instead of their salary, a cortiti1
cate of receipt for the amount of
t money due them, which had been ap1
plied on their old indebtedness to the
t Government. In that way a good
3 many thousands of dollars were collected
in ISUil and 1839.
[ At the Solicitor's office in the Treasr
ury Department is kept a minute rec.
ord of all Government creditors whose
* i terms of service has expired. This
> record dates back to 1789. It includes
: not only a list of defaulters and em*
? bezzlers, but a list of their bondsmen
? as well. In some cases the amounts
j are small, while iti others they extend
1 into thousands of dollars. In nearly
every case the defaulter had given a
t bond which proved worthless or was
? insufficient to cover the amount of his
i shortage. In some cases not a dollar
i was realized on the bond which had
been accepted by Uncle Sam's agents,
j It is an interesting fact to note that
? for twenty years after the organiza1
tion of the Government there was not
a single defalcation. From 1SU0 to
f 18-10 shortages in the accounts of the
i Government officials became numer
ous, and from 1840 to 18i>0 there was
I - Tli/> vant-c
3 tt very lliiiitvfu muicagr. xuc uu
- from 1800 to 1S70 exceed any similar
3 period, as the opportunities for em!
bczzlements were greater. The Postoffice
Department has been since the
;* beginning of the Government the most
- opulent ticld for the defaulter. Short2
ages iu the accounts of postmasters
1 from 1820 to 1880, when the system ol
1 inspection became extremely rigid,
7 were of frequent occurrence. In most
' cases, however, the full amount of the
2 defalcation was collected from the
[? bondsmen. In about ten per cent, ot
3 these defalcations, however, the bonds
proved to be practically worthless,
and Uncle Sain became the loser.
Shortages for small amounts were
usually paid promptly by the bonds?
men, but when it came to settling for
a large amount it has been more dithcult.
The Internal Revenue scrvico from
j the beginning of the Government to
j the present time has been remarkably
s tree from dishonest officials. There
0 is not a case on record in the Treasury
Department of an Internal Revenue
r collector being a defaulter. Treasury
officials are at a loss to assign a real_
son for this, as the system of inspectiou
is no more rigid, and as the
t amount of money handled by Internal
Revenue collectors is greater than that
KM AMI* nflmi' rvrfwoolc f\f tllfl
^ il?t Liu it'll ifj auj v/vuwi vui^.4M4w v?
,. Government.
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i. RETIRED LIST COSTS $2,000,000.
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" Lar^e Increase of Inactive Officers Sincc
j Spanish War.
Washington. D. C.?The retired list
of the army now costs about $2,000,OOC
a year, the personnel thereof havlna
increased to 707, as against 053 in
,i 18.07. This is shown by the Army Reg'
ister for 1001, lately issued. The list
has made a considerable net gain iu
numbers since the war with Spain. ospeeially
in general officers, lieutenant
colonels and majors.
; In 1807 there were four Major-Gen
erais, 20 Brigadier-Generals. 103 Coll"
onels, 30 Lieutenant-Colonels and 8!:
f1 Majors on the retired list. The total
j of all grades was 053. The Registei
| for 1001 shows that, including one
West Point professor, there are 701
5" retired officers of all grades, of whom
. seven are Major-Generals. 50 Brigadier-Generals,
105 Colonels. 50 Lieu
* tenant-Colonels and 141 Majors.
|* NAVAL NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED
b
n All Except Those of Sampson and Schlej
? Approved by thu Senate.
Washington. D. C.?The Senate it
executive session confirmed all the
(j naval nominations for promotior
D scut in except those of Admiral:
s Sampson and Schley.
d
l? Cattle Disease tn the 1'liilipplnea.
i An epidemic of rinderpest exists it
the Visayan Islands, P. I.
British Forbidden to Lout.
e Lord George Hamiltou. the Indint
h Secretary, answering a question in tin
1- British House of Commons regard in;
J- the looting in Pekin, China, repller
1. that Hit; British troops had been for
'e bidden to loot.
More Missionaries Slam In China.
Two native Christians from th<
^ northern part of the Province? of Shan
Si, Cliina, report the massacre o!
P* twenty rnaie ana female missionaries
:f and nine children, who haver been miss
ing since October.
y Third Trial For Dr. Kennedy.
w A third trial for Dr. Kennedy
a charged with the murder of Dolly Rey
,n nohls, lias been decided upon by Dis
m trict-Attorney Philbin at New Yorl
r City. The lirst trial resulted in con
rg viction, but on the new trial which wa
granted the jury disagreed. Pendini
a third trial he will lie released on bail
^ Smallpox In Pennsylvania.
)n The smallpox epidemic at Loyalsool;
ville, has spread throughout Lycominj
r. County, Peno., and one ease has bcei
^ discovered in YVilliamsport. The Boar*
of Health has ordered compulsory vac
<>lnatinn
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A LYNCHING IN INDIAN/
Negro Taken From Jail at Tern
Haute by a Mob.
fipnrn'n iruril. Who Murdered Miss Fink
elutein. a School Teacher, Flanged and
Burned Before a Large Crowd.
Torre Haute, Ind.?Ward, the negrc
who murdered Miss Finklcstein. c
school teacher, was caught by the po
lice and confessed his crime. Late:
he was taken from jail and lynched.
An infuriated mob gathered in fronl
of the city jail and battered down the
outer door. Jailer Lawrence O'Don
nell appeared with a shotgun and fireil
over the heads of the citizens in a vain
attempt to stampede them. Three dep
uty-sheriffs were wounded by shon
from.the crowd.
The report of Ward's coufession was
passed through the streets, and, rein
forced by hundreds of recruits, the
mob redoubled its attack and succeed
ed in entering the jail. Ward was
dragged from his cell into the streel
and lynched. His body was burned.
The crime for which Ward suffered
death was the murder of Ida Finkel
stein, a Jewess, twenty years old. wht
taught a country school four miles
a ~ti._ Ci I, ~ 1: m.,*A Irx
iroiii me cuy. ouc mt-u iu uiu vnj
and was on her way home when as
saulted. Ward shot her in the hear
and afterward cut her throat with r
knife. The girl walked a mile aftei
the assault, and revived sufficient!}
to give a description of her assailant
but died in five hours.
Ward was arrested and confessed tc
the crime. His only excuse for the
murder was that Miss Finkelstein
called him a "dirty nigger" ami
slapped his face. Sheriff Fasipr. fear
iug violence, communicated with Gov
ernor Durbiu, and the Governor or
dered Captain Thomas, of Company P.
to place his company, fully armed, ii
n position to be immediately ready foi
duty in response to a call from tin
Sheriff. . Before the Stariff could cal
on the militia the prisoner was in tin
hands of the mob.
There was no attempt at disguis<
made by any of those in the lynching
'xirty.
EDWARD'S VISIT TO GERMANY.
Empress Frederick Wanted to Cousul
Him About Kor Will.
London.?King Edward wont to Ger
many not because the Empress Dowa
ger is considered to be in great an<
immediate danger, says Truth, but t(
discuss private affairs of importance
with her.
I DOWAGER EMPRESS FREDERICK.
The Empress Dowager is about t<
make a new will, and she is anxious
that both Emperor William and lvinf
Edward should approve the proposet
arrangement of her affairs. She ha!
an immense fortune, entirely at ho:
> own disposal.
THIRTY.FIVE MINERS LOST.
Imprisoned In a Burning Shaft, Foreipn
* ers Perish in Wyoming.
Kemmerer, Wyo. ? Thirty-five for
eiguers have perished in a lire whicl
' was discovered in the sixth level o;
the Diamondville Coal Mine No. 1
: Only one man. John Anderson, wai
l able to reach the main shaft and es
; cape, so quickly did the fire sprea<
i through the level.
The fire was discovered in the sixtl
; level of the mine, when the night shlf
i of men. all foreigners, had been a
work several hours. They were scat
tered along the workings, some dis
tance back from the main lead.
Every plan known to mining experti
was quickly put into operation for thi
> checking of the fire, but without ap
I parent effect. Bauds of men won
down the shaft repeatedly and tried ti
face the flatnos, which were eatinj
' their way through the level, but wen
i invariably compelled to retreat.
EXECUTIONS IN PEKIN.
Clii-IIsln and Hsu-Cheng-Yu Are Pill)
P.nlio'iflml
> Pol: in. Cliinn. ? ChiHsin (forme
Grand Secretary) and IIsu-Cheng-Yi
(son of the notorious Hsu-Tung) wen
publicly beheaded. The stiver ii
! which the execution took place wa
guarded by French, Gorman an*
j American troops.
Clii-Hsin met his fate in a dignirie<
manner. Hsu-Chen-Yu was slupefiei
with opium. They were both dressei
in their Chin se official costumes
' without the insignia of their rank.
Many British Officer* L'lsmissed.
Mr. P.roderick, the War Secretary
stated in the British House of Com
inons that ten officers had been dis
: missed for their connection with sur
renders of British posts in Soutl
\frica.
Hawaiian Postal Card* Destroyed.
The Postofiice Department at Wash
iugton has destroyed about 54,000 pos
. lal cards which belonged to the repuli
I lie of Hawaii. They were about 28.<X>
one cent and 25,U(M) two cent card
burned.
Secretary Vanderlip Ueftlgii*.
First Assistant Secretary of th
Treasury Frank A. Vanderlip sent hi
resignation to President Mckinley, a
{ Washington, to take effect March -1
Mr. Vanderlip sails for Europe ti
s study financial conditions at all th
r important capitals. When lip return
I lie will enter business iq ?ew ion
City.
Ituflftln Nepflu Money Quickly.
"Russia is In dire need of money im
S mediately," says the St Petersburg coi
" respondent of the Daily Mail, of Loc
" don, "and M. de Witte will be eon]
'' , "ollod fo nosrotjai'o a
\ TIE GREAT DESTROYER
3 SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
6Ij Pledge When Leaving Mother ? The
Rum Truffle Denounced? 1 Strong Ar*
ralgnmcnt. of the Infamous Kufdncsp
by the New York Tribune.
Ah, 110, my friend! I have resolved, and
purposed in my heart
No more lo touch the deadly draught, I
\ ,.U? 1- ?
viit/uac ii winter part,
l I've hutl my share; 1 know it's worth; so
tempt me not. my brother.
Thai 1 would never drink again, I pledged.
when leaving mother.
i'll ne'er forget the dear old sou!, 'twas a
pathetic parting.
. She said, "Good-bye; God bless thee, lad."
1 felt the tears were starting.
I felt a choking in my throat; I tried, but
[ could not smother.
i God helping me, I'll never break the pledge
1 made to mother.
She's in the evening of her life, facing yon
western skies.
5 Her sun, descending, soon must set, on
other shores to rise.
! 'Twill leave behind an afterglow, upon my
path to shine;
; Inspiring me to ever shun the treacherous,
t rutiy wine.
I Her prayers and tears have followed me
across the raging main.
, 'Tis possible her loving face I'll never see
again.
' If in this world we never meet, we'll hope
to in the other,
Because I've kept the pledge I made when
I leaving mother.
i -Written for the Ham's Horn by R. Hal
ford, Sanford, Me.
, A Plunderer of floincg.
A trade which flourishes upon the ruins
' of its supporters, which derives its rev
cnucs from its plunder of homes and from
i the defrauding of helpless childhood, from
1 the degradation of manhood; which re
quires tor its prosperity the injury of the
community; which ministers to every
vile and vicious passion and propensity,
which makes drunkards and thieves and
' embezzlers and gamblers and wife-beaters
1 and murderers; which brutalizes and deF
grades all who are brought in contact with
> it, cannot claim the respect, and assuredly
1 ought not to be able to claim the encourj
agement of the community.
It indeed indicates the extent of the
t prevalent demoralization that a business
so inherently infamous, so unquestionably
> against public policy, should have been
permitted to establish itself so firmly that
those who pursue it are convinced, not
only that it is legitimate, but that it is
"entitled to protection and respect."
t liut upon what ground do these bold
claims rest?
What constitutes a legitimate, respectable
business?
Ts a business which debauches, impoverI
ishes and injures the public, cither the
) ' one or the other?
> When such questions have to be asked
it is time that they were settled dctinitely.
At present rum selling is technically legitimate.
That is to say. it is not unlawful.
But since its consequences are what we
see, it would bo an abuse of language to
term it respectable.
But it does not stop at these insolent
pretensions.
It tells the people it has the political
powers, that it is organized, and that it
will light reform and temperance with the
votes of the unfortunates it has imbruited.
This, then, is what the community hae
to face.
It must either submit to the political
supremacy of the rum sellers, it must
either accept their government, it must
either bow to their standard of morals
and declare them to be entitled to "pro:
tection and respect," or it must make up
its mind to a conflict, the aim and end of
which shall be the overthrow of this abominable
abuse, and the protection of the
masses against the worst foe of civilization.
They will oppose any reform whatever.
i They deny the rights of the people tc
protect themselves at all.
They claim the right for themselves t<
poison and brutalize and degrade all whom
they can reach.
They think they will be supported in
this by the public they ileece and injure,
and upon the persistence of whose animal
appetites they coarsely ejaculate.
Hitherto they had unhappily been justified
in this dependence.
The men who had most cause to loathe
the business have been among the first to
- uphold and fortify it.
j But a change is even now passing over
3 public opinion.
, It is becoming more and more generally
J recognized that intemperance is at the bottom
of two-thirds of the social, political
3 and moral evils that retard progress and
c perplex and harass the legislator.
It is being comprehended that an effective
franchise requires sobriety and intelligence
in the voter.
In fact, it is being realized that the future
of the country depends largely upon
mastering the elements which have their
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origin in ana aerive an ineir .suengt.ii
from rum, and which militate at every
i turn against good government, pure social
P conditions, religion and progress.?New
York Tribune.
3 Drunkenness Cured by Medical Science
] T. D. Crothers helievcs that when inebriety
shall bo more generally studied and
treated as a disease by the profession, a
degree of curability will be obtained far
beyond any present expectation. The cont
tinued or occasional use of spirits to in
toxieation is not the disease, but is a
symptom of some central irritation and
exhaustion: also of poisioning and starvaB
tion. Many of these cases are self-limited,
^ and follow a certain course, dying away
after a time. The subsidence of the drink
symptom by the removal of the exciting
t causes and building up the system to
3 greater vigor and health is the only ra?
tional treatment. The highest medical
|? judgment will be needed to determine the
exact condition in each case and the possible
range of remedies required?not any
one drug or combination of drugs, not socalled
moral remedies, not appeals to the
will power, but a clear, broad, scientific
i- application of every rational means and
measure demanded. ? St. Louis Medica'
Iteview
r
A Warning to France.
j France would do well to heed the warn_
ing of her Chamber of Deputies as to absinthe.
Ten million quarts a year is an
1 enormous consumption for a liqueur. This
means a quart to every three of ponula1
tion, men, women and children. A drink
1 that besots and stays such men as Guy
j do Man passant, Alfred de Musset, Hande,
laire and Theodore 13arriere is better
oarrcd.
Tippling in tlie Boudoir.
Drinking among women is greatly on the
- increase. You have the insidious tippling
' of the boudoir, the reckless intoxication
of the ball room, the blind indulgence of
'' the sick chamber. There is no doubt that
the drinking of women has enormously
i increased among us of l.ite years. In Manchester
in a quarter of a century the percentage
has risen from eighteen to twentyeight.
In Sheffield, in two years, the proportion
had risen from fifteen to twenty*
[* four per cent. In Liverpool, in one year,
there were more women committed than
1 men. In London the number of women
D summoned for drunkenness had grown
s from fifteen to forty-nine per cent., or
nearly one-half of the whole.
The Crusnile in Brief.
P Men. not drink sellers and "strong
s drink," make a city.
t In one London district within a radius
; of .'500 yards thirty public houses and live
I<liniw ivnrii .aiiT?ni-n.i?;f>rI
u wv?.. ""I'l
e The Free churches of England have
s started a twentieth century temperance
crusade for n million new pledges.
The existence of shopkeepers' licenses
promotes female intemperance, and is a
matter of urgency that they should be
abolished.
On several occasions Archbishop Keane
has preached temperance sermons, and he
says no property belonging to the churcb
l* can be used for saloon miruoses
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THE SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENT^
FOR MARCH 17.
Subject: Jostis and Pilate. Luke xxiil.
13-20?Golden Text. Luke xxiil., 4Meunory
Verses, 20-24 ? Commentary
on the Day's Lesson.
Introduction.?We left .Jesus condemned
by an irregular meeting of the Sanhedrin,
hastily called together during the night
at the palace of the high priest. The Sanhedrin
reassembled at daybreak (Matt. 27:
1; Mark 15: 1; Luke 22: 0G-71K at their
proper place of meeting in the council
chumber near the temple gate. A formal
vote was taken and Jesus was taken to
the Roman court before Pilate for the approval
of the sentence.
13. "And Pilate." His capital was at
Cesarea, but it was his custom to go tc
Jerusalem at the times of the great festivals
for the purpose of securing order
Writers speak of "his corruption, his acts
of insolence, his habit of insulting the peo
pie, his cruelty, his continual murders oi
people untried and uncondemned. The
Jews naturally expected that he would
willingly put Jesus to death without special
inquiry into His guilt. Pilate greatly
hated the Jews, but he was afraid of them
lest they should report him to the emperor
at Rome; which they did six years
later, and he was deposed. "Called together."
Pilate summons the riders and
the people and makes another strong appeal
to them in order to get their consent
to release Christ. Instead of calling them
together he should have dispersed them
as a riotous and seditious assembly.
14. "As one that perverteth." As one
that has taught doctrines injurious to your
religion, and also to the civil peace and the !
Roman Government. "Having examined."
At the first trial he had heard all that
could be brought against Kim. "No
fault." They had failed to prove a single
charge.
15. "Nor yet Herod." Christ had traveled
extensively in Galilee and yet Herod
brings no charge that He had ever attempted
to raise an insurrection among
the Galileans. "He Bent Him back unto
us" (R. V.) This involved a distinct acquittal
of our Lord from every political
charge brought against Him. Had He in
any way been guilty of (1) perverting the
people. (2) forbidding to pay tribute, or
(3) claiming to be a king, it would Baye
been Herod's duty, and still more to Ijis
interest, to punish Him. His dismissal of
the case was a deliberate avowal of His
innocence. "la done unto Him." "Nothing
worthv of death hath been done by
Him." R.'V.
10. "Chastise Him." John says that Pilate
took Jesus and scourged Him, but
this was not done till a little later. The
evangelists "make it clear that the scourging
was inflicted as a separate punishment,
in the hope that it would suffice, and not
merely as the usual accompaniment of crucifixion."
The scourge of leather thongs
was loaded with lead or armed with spikes
and bones, which lacerated the back, chest
and face till the victim sometimes fell
down before the judge a bleeding mass of
torn fiesh. Thus "He was wounded foi
our transgressions, He was bruised for out
iniquities, the chastisement of our peact
was upon Him, and by His stripes we an
healed." "And release Him." Pilate
hoped that when they saw Jesus scourged
they would be satisfied, but not so; they
were clamoring for His blood, and nothing
short of death on a cross would satisfy,
them.
17. "Must release one." This verse is
omitted in the Revised Version. But see
the parallel accounts. This custom was in
harmony with the nature of the feast and.
however it originated, was so completely
established that Pilate was obliged to attend
to it.
18. "They cried out all together" (R
V.) The chief priest moved the people
(Mark 15: 11); they were like a pack of
bloodthirsty wolves. "Barabbas." An insurrectionist,
a robber and a murderer.
He was actually guilty of much ?vorse
crimes than they had charged against
Jesus."
19. "Insurrection made in the'eity" (R.
V.) He had a short time before this evidently
been a ringleader in an outbreak in
Jerusalem against the Roman Government.
20. "Willing to release Jesus." It was
probably at this time, while the people
were clamoring for His death so loudly
that the messenger came from Pilate's
wife (Matt. 27: 19), urging the release of
Jesus, and stating that she had just suffered
many things in a dream because of
Him.
21. "Crucify, crucify Him" (R. V.) Let
Him die the most ignominious death possible.
22. "What evil hath He done?" How
many and what various persons bear testimnnv
fn llm innnronpo nf ftio T-Tnlv Dnr?
?V V"W ""X/V.W..VV V* V?*v. v?v
Pilate, Herod, Pilate's wife, Judas Iscariot,
the thief on the cross, and the centurion
at the crucifixion. '"And let Him go."
Pilate is laboring hard to release Him; he
could have ended this whole matter with
one word. It was at this juncture that
Pilate asked, What shall I do then with
Jesus, which is called Christ?
23. "Instant." Insistent, urgent. "Prevailed."
The reason why He finally yielded
seems to have been the one given in
John 19: 12, If thou let this man go, thou
art not Caesar's friend; whosoever maketh
himself a king, speaketh against Caesar.
24. "Pilate gave sentence." Before Pilate
pronounced the sentence he took
water and washed his hands publicly, thus
expressing in acts what he uttered in
words, "I am innocent of the blood of this
just Person; see ye to it." Matt. 27 : 24.
Pilate again ascends the judgment seat,
which was set up in a raised place in the
open square, and delivers his final dccree.
Jesus is now mocked the third time, about
8 o'clock Friday morning, in the court of
Pilate's palace. Matt. 27: 26-30; Mark 15:
15-19; John 19: 1-3. When Jesus is brought
out before them JL'ilate makes one last effor
to release Him. John 19: 4-15. Now
it is that he permits Jesus to be scourged,
hoping that will satisfy them, but the cry
is still, "Crucify Him," and He is taken
back into the court and His own clothes
arc put upon Him.
26. "Laid hold." Compelled. "Simon
of Cyrene" (R. V.) Cyrene was a city situated
in a province of the same name,
west of Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea
"There was a colony of Jews in Cyrene.
and they had a synagogue in Jerusalem.
Act.? 6: 9. "Coming out of the country."
1'hey were taking Jesus out of the city,
and they met this man. "Bear it after
Jesus." He assisted Jesus, who evidently
was exhausted. Simon bore the hinder
part, Jesu3 the fore uart.
Skeletons Found In a Texas Cure.
W. Van Sickle, a Texas legislator, has
returned from a visit to _\\ estern lexas
with the report of the discovery in the
Chisos Mountains of a cave in which were
found the skeletons of twenty-six human
beings. An examination proved that they
nre not skulls of Indians. It is the impression
of Judge Van Sickle and others that
the bones are those of members of the expedition
of Cabeza de V.ica. which started
out to find an El Dorado in the sixteenth
century. Their route was across Texa.?
from east to west.
Brown-Tall Moth Threaten* 15:iy State.
After giving ut> the task of dispossessing
the gypsy moth the agriculturists and
park commissioners in Massachusetts find
now that thev must combat with the
brown-tail moth as well. As the Lsgislat
ure na3 refused to appropriate any more
money to kill out the gypsy moth, personal
appeals are being made to householder-;
and farmers t<> assist in the new
<rork of destruction. Unless steps of a
most radical sort are taken, it is said that
the State will be overrun within a short
time with the brown-t?i| pest.
Wffe Must BuMit Ills Tomb.
A monument to consume $23,000 of hi?'
$70,000 estate is ordered by the will o
Henry Weisen, at New York Citv. Tin
testator also directs that the wife mua'
spend this sum before inheriting the es
tate on Dain of forfeiting the whole prop
erty to Edna Mork, sister of the decedent
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GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN,
PRECNANT THOUGHTS FRO\A THE
WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS.
A Man quern (l p?Fixing the Heart on God
Look Toward the Sun?The Mont Valuable
l.emona ? Give 1/4 Childlike
Falth.>l>rawing Up Oar Obituarlem.
A little old woman before me
ii'....f .i i.. i .1. , t
?t t-m siowij uown nio .street.
Walking as if aweary
Were her feeble, tottering feet.
jjj
Frmn under her old poke bonnet VH
I caught a gleam of snow.
Ami her waving capstring fluttered
Like a pennon to and fro,
%
In the foI?I.-? of her rusty mantle
Sudden her footstep caught.
And I sprang to keep her from falling.
With a touch a* quick an thought.
^ hen under the old poke bonnet
I saw a winsome faee
Framed in with the lint-white ringlets
Of the little maiden AJrace.
Mantle anil cap together
Dropped off at my very feet.
And there stood the little fairy.
Beautiful, blushing, sweet.
Shall it be like this, I wonder.
When at last we come to stand
On the golden gleaming pavemeut
Of the blessed, blessed land?
Losing the rusty garments
We wore in the years of Time,
. Shall our better selves spring backward
Serene, in a youth sublime?
Instead of the shapes that hid us
And made us old and gray.
Shall we get the child-heart back again
With a brightness that will stay?
I mused, and the little maiden
Slipped her dimpled hand in miue:
"f wns rmlv iil-ivirnr" sho whisnprpd.
"That I was ninety-nine."
?Margaret J'L Sungster, ia Christian
Intelligencer.
Fixing the Heart an Cod.
Throughout Christian history uo characteristic
of the genuine believer has
been more noteworthy than the fact that
(ioil is the chief subject of his thought
and affection. He may be the busiest of
men, with large and diversified interests
of all sorts, and he may have gained sue
cess and honor by his energy and skill in
his occupation. But it is his peculiarity
that lit* is animated in all his business or
professional intercourse by the distinct
purpose to serve (Sod. and that, whenever
I here comes an interval, his
thoughts turn at once in some form tc
his Heavenly Father. He does not parade
the fact. He is more apt to be
reticent about it. But, as you- grow
intimate with him. you learn that his
relation and that of his fellows to the
Almighty, his obligation to live
righteously, and his privilege in experiencing
and illustrating the divine
love are the background and foundation
of all that he does and is. His heart is
fixed upon God.
Look Toward tlie S119.
eJ
"How are we ever to clothe our , >?
limbs with vernal robes, and decorate the
floor on which we stand with nowers
again?" the forests moan, when wintry
winds go howling through them. They
cannot do it by themselves. But with
r?rw? slr?\v tilt of Hu? nlrl onrtli on ita n\*is.
God turns its fare a little more toward
the sun. And lo! the sap asleep within
the frozen ducta awakes and winds along i i
its ways. On every limb and every
branch ten thousand thousand buds appear,
ami swell anil burst, and lo!
"Comes the spring, with all its splendor,
All itft buds and all its blossom,s,
All its flowers and leaves and grasses." .. -p
"How am I to slouch off my old vices?"
cries humanity. God knows. How am I
to adorn myself with new virtues? God
knows. How is the millennium to come?
He can bring it. Some time He will
give the old earth a quiet tilt up to the
face ot the Sun of Righteousness!?
Charles Frederic Goss, in "Hits and
Misses."
Tlie Most Valuable Lenionn.
t
The things we prize most are not those?
we have gathered, as one plucks flowers
on a summer hillside, from the gardens
of ease and worldly pleasure. They are
things that have become ours through
pain, struggle, self-denial, and tears.
The lessons learned with greatest difficulty
are the ones that are most to us in
value and profit. Out of the hardest experiences
of struggle and sacrifice we get
tne qualities til at are tne origruest ornaments
of our character and the noblest
elements of our strength. The lenses
through which now we wee deepest into
heaven once were salt tears. The treasures
we hold now with firmest clasp once
seemed marred things, unsightly, unlovely
things we shrank from receiving.
The points in our past which now appear
to have been fullest of outcome of
good for our life, are those which at the
time seemed (Jod's strange ways with
us. Christian joy is transformed sorrow.
?J. R. Miller, D. D.
Give Un (lilMIike Faith.
Teach us, O fJod, to remember always
that we are thy children and to go with
singing hearts along our way of pilgrimage.
Put the new song in our
mouth, that its melody of praise may
cheer our hearts when trials come and
speak to others of thy presence aud thy
iov. (Jive us the childlike faith that
rests upon thy fatherly provision for the
life on earth and thy large promise for
the life that is to come, and in simplicity
of trust and purity of love enable us to
grow out of all stain of sin and deformity
of character into thine image. For
Jesus sake. Amen.
How inconsiderate we are in most ot
?ur complaints! What if the prospect
from your window does not please?
Hack of that fact there arc still two
sjrcat causes for gratitude?first, that
you have a window; and, secondly, that
you are able to look through it. Shelter
and sight?what superb blessings, both
of them, when you count them at their
worth!?James Buckham.
We draw up our list of obituaries on
a totally different principle from that 011
which they are drawn up in heaven.
We record the death of the man; Ood
records the death of the ideal.?George
ilathe<on, I). I).
As snow is itself <old. yet warms and
refreshes the earth, so afflictions, though
in themselves grievous, yet keep the soul
of the Christian warm, and make it
fruitful.?John Mason.
Prayer and watchfulness brine us to
(Jud's school. wh? may trust him
for th" ti'urhinz.
A Lpffal Code of Ethic*.
The State Bar Association of Wisconsin
has adopted a code of ethics as a basis
for future disbarment proceedings. Attorneys
are urged to refrain from criticising
the acts of iudees. Kxcessive hospitality
toivarJ judges bv lawyers is condemned.
All lawyers are urged to refrain
from laying legal defeats to incapacity or
prejudice of the judge. Newspaper advertisements.
circulars and business cards by
attorneys are declared to be legitimate.
New York's Police Pension Rolls;
New York City's police pension rolk
carry 2043 names, including widows, an4
I the payments for police pensions last yea?
added up 8889,371, of which nearly $370,001
1 was contributed by the active member*.