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I.4 " ml 8ills Carrying $1,440,062,545 Passed by the Fitty-sixth Congress. CHAIRMAN CANNON'S STATEMENT Say* Concres* Ha* Rfiluc?d ApprnprlaJ ion* SI33.150,091 Cn?ler Those Provided by It* Predecessor and Hal Made an iunual Reduction in Taxa Inn nf K t I .OOO.OOO. I Washington. P. C.?Thp total of appropriations at tlif second session of the Fifty-sixth Congress, just ended, according to a statement prepared by Chairman Cannon, of the House Appropriation Committee, is $760.011.0S3, and the grand total for the entire Congress. $l,440.0G2.r?4r>. against $1,508.212.037 by the Fifty-fifth Congress. Mr. Cannon's statement adds: The increase over the appropriations made at the first session of this Congress is less than $20,000,000. and this sum is morf> thf?u accouuted for by the increase of $10,124,450 made on ac' - " ' nnH Kir Slfi . COUni OI HIP piHSlMl Willie mm >'J 513.057 in the bill that provides for the maintenance of our naval establishment and for the construction, armor ; and armament of the new ships of the navy. Slight increases are shown in the bills providing for the Agricultural Department. the army, the diplomatic and consular service, the government of the District of Columbia, fortifications, the Indian service, and for legislative. executive and judicial expenses: but these increases are more than offset by the substantial reductions which are indicated in :he Sundry Civil act. In deficiencies and for permanent appropriations. Included in the last named is the provision for our annual interest charge, which by legislation enacted by this Cougr^ss has been reduced in a sum that will amount annually to $9,400,000. Tiie increase on account of miscellaneous objects is occasioned by the appropriation of $5,230,000 authorized by legislation at the first session of this Congress for the St. Louis Exposition. The total appropriations made at the two sessions of the Fifty-sixth Congress are $128.150.001.SO less than the appropriations made during the two ?Amilnn c-AeoiAnc nf i nvonwrlintv Pnn. I A UUIL orccivuc vi * ?*\ pivvvw.up, wm gross. The new revenue law passed at this session will, it is estimated, reduce taxes for the coming fiscal year $41,000,000. bringing our total estimated Income for the coming fiscal year, including postal revenues, to $07;-,.033.042. The large deficiencies provided for during the fiscal year ISO!) by the first regular session of the Fifty-fifth Con gross, amounting to $3 40,772,3S0.00. were almost in their entirety to cover the expenses of the military and naval establishments during the fiscal years 1800 and 1000 incident to the war with ^>pain. The most marked increase indicated in the appropriations for ordinary expenses of the Government made for * the two years 1001 and 1002, at the two sessions of this Congress, over those of the two preceding years. 1S00 and 1000. provided for by the Fiftyfifth Congress, is for the postal serv ice. This is the one branch of the public service that cannot be re strained in its growth. It registers, with precision and exactness the welfare of the nation, and the agricultural. industrial ar'l commercial condition of the country. That the growth of the postal service for the two years provided for by this Congress is nearly eight per cent, greater than was the growth of the appropriations made therefor by the Fifty-fifth Congress is a source of congratulation. CRIVIE TO C1V? FRIEND A DRINK. Topcka Penalizes Hospitality With Fine anil Imprisonment. Topeka. Kan.?An ordinance has been adopted by the City Council which, it is believed, will make it almost impossible for the "jointists" to <lo business in this city. The ordinance makes is unlawful to treat a friend to a drink of liquor in a private house. A man is declared to be guilty of violating the ordinance if he is found in a place where liquor is Knlfl Tho nrriilinnpu dnoc nr?f rnnnirn that an actual sale sliall he proved. Heavy tines and imprisonment of thirty to 100 days in jail are the penalties for violations of the ordinance. AN ATTACK ON THE KAISER. Cpileptic at Bremen Gives No Explanation oT II In Act. Bremen. Germany.?While Emperor William was driving from the Rathskeller to the railway station a man threw a piece of iron into his carriage, but His Majesty drove on without stopping. It is stated that he was struck on the cheek and slightly injured. The man who threw the missile was arrested. His name is Diedrich Weiland. He is an epileptic, and answers In a confused mauner the questions put to him. The Population of Alaska. According to a bulletin issued by thtr Census Office, at Washington, the population of Alaska is 03.592. The total land surface of Alaska is r>90,SS4 square miles, and the average number of persons to the 100 square miles is eleven. Nicaragua!) Judge Killed. Judge Meza. of the Nicaraguan Supreme Court, was killed at Granada by Senor Laca.vos, whose father lias been well known ia Nicaraguan affairs. 2,000,OOi) Acre# of Land Sold. Tlie property of the Diston Lnna Company, comprising 2.000,000 acres In five counties of Florida, which hos been in litigation for some time, has been sold to C. W. Ward, of Washington. D. C. The price is said to have been $70,000. MassAt-liusptts .Judges In Robes. For the first timo in 120 years tht judges in the Supreme Judicial Court, at Boston, the highest tribunal in Massachusetts, appeared in robes a few days ago. In Prison For Life at Fourteen. Travis Brown, fourteen years old. ol Clinton County, was taken to the penitentiary at Frankfort. Ky.. to serve n life sentence for murder. Brown, when thirteen years of age. shot from nmbush and killed Cella .Tones, aged twelve, who threatened to tell hei father of an insult young Brown of fered her. Emperor Annals Boxer Decrees. In an edict the Emperor of China ftnnuls all decrees and reports ren ' . (Jered from June 20 to August 14 1000, In order that no trace of them be preserved In history. * \ 11A CANNIBAL IN THE NAVY I Commander Tilley's Story of the I Savag\? He Rescued in Samoa A Fugitive in ?he Tutuila Woods and in Fear of Hi? Life? One of the Abarenria'a Crew. Washington. D. C.?Commander TI1ley, the Naval Governor of Tutuila. reports to the Navy Department that, as nf hnmnnitv ho; had added a cannibal to the crew of the United States ship Abarenda. He {jive# an interesting narrative of how he erne to give succor and shelter to the stranger. "I have the honor." says Commander Tilley. "to report that I have on board the Abarenda for protection a Solomon Island native who was found in the woods of Tutuila. where he had been a fugitive for more than twelve years. The man is a savage, is very black, and deos not speak any language which any person on board the Abarenda can understand. "Through an interpreter at Apia I learned from him that he was brought from the Solomon Islands to work on a Herman plantation in Upoiu a long time ago; that he was badly treated, nnd that he and two companions ran away and got over to Tutuila on a raft. There they fled to the woods and remained as outcasts. ' The two companions are dead. The statement of the manager of the plantation is that these men ran away over twelve years ago. and that he does not want this man returned. "The Samoan natives assert that this man has killed some of their people, but I hardly believe this, although he may have done so when he was hard pushed by them. At any rate, the Samoans were trying to kill him. and I took him on board ship to save his life. His people are cannibals, and he ioes not wish to return home for fear that after his long absence ho has been forgotten and will be killed and ?aten. "He is very industrious and useful jn board ship, doing willingly ail kinds .if menial work. I have issued a ration to him. and rooommend that he he allowed to remain on board some vessel of the navy until he can take care of himself. At present he is a perfect savage and unable to take care )f himself on shore anywhere. lie is about forty-five years of ace, and is :attoed over all his facp. He is perfectly tractable and good natured now, md is liked by ihe crew, who have given him his clothes." KILLED F03 A SIX-CENT LUNCH. Four Walter* Poanred on Penniless Man and Beat Him to Death. New York City.?Because he could not pay six cents for a lunch he had ?aten, four waiters pounced upon I George Gala in a Bowery restaurant I and beat him to death. Gala was a laborer from Providence, ft. I. He ate a plate of butter cakes and drank a cup of coffee. Tben he, told the cashier he had no money. Several waiters attacked him. according to a Bowery custom. One man hit liirn in the face, knocking him against a counter, which his head struck with sreat force. He fell unconscious and was dragged to the sidewalk, where a policeman found him. An ambulance was sent for. but when it arrived Gala was dead. Four waiters employed in the resraurnnt. James Francis. William Dennis. Israel Spellman and William Al len, were arrested. WOMAN PLAYED MAN FORTY YEARS Worked as a Sailor, and Made Another Woman Her Wife. London.?A remarkable story of male impersonation was revealed in a police court here in connection with an irrest for alleged money frauds. The prisoi^r. named Catherine Coombe. ased sixty-six. appeared in the dock in male attire. For forty years Catherine impersonated a man and worked as a sailor. She says she was married at fifteen, taught school, and then thought there were better chances of advancement as a man. Eventually she married a lady's maid, with whom she lived for fourteen years. NEW CURE FOR SHEEP DISEASE. Dr. Jarre Announces His I>i?covery to the French Academy of Medicine. Paris. France.?At a meeting of the Academy of Medicine Dr. Jarre announced the discovery of a remedy for the foot and mouth disease, which is so fatal to sheep. He says he has successfully used the remedy in 1500 LflOCO IU H?U JCUIC. It consists of a concentrated solution of chromic acid, chemically pure at thirty-three per cent. This is employed as a caustic to the sore. The cure is rapid and certain. Dr. Jarre says that M. Depuy. Minister of Agriculture, has promised to ?ive the remedy official tests. Germany'* New Bid For Trnde. The G-ernian Government has appointed commercial experts who will bo attached to the Gorman consulates at New York City. St. Petersburg. Calcutta. Constantinople. Buenos Ayres and other ports, and who will report on the best means of promoting commerce between Germany and the countries to which they are accredited. Army Appropriation I$IU Signed. President McKinley has signed the Army Appropriation bill, which contains the provisions .relating to the relations of the Uhired States with Cuba aud the government of the Philippines. Rear-Admlr.il Schley Ordered Home. After over one year's absence in command of the Soulh Atlantic station. Rear-Admiral Schley is to be brought home within the next two months, and he will be succeeded by Rear-Admiral Barlett J. Cromwell, now in command of the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Horse and Cow In a Duel. An old liorse and a Jersey cow belonging to Josiah Marsh, of Frovidenee, R. I., fought a duel to the death in the night. Prominent People. King Charles of Portugal weighs 30C : pounds. Premier Waldeck-Rousseau. of ! France, lias recovered his health. Earl Roberts's is the first name in J King Edward's new visitors' book. Senator "Billy" Mason was a schoolmate of Senator W. A. Clark at Bentonport. Iowa. The young Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha has passed his examination as 1 military ensign. Senators Taliaferro, of Florida; Llnd | say, of Kentucky, and Harris, of Kan! Bas. were born io Virginia ^ S GIGAITIC STEEL TiSIj The Capital of the New Corporation Will Be $1,154,000,000. CARNEGIE GETS $25,000,000 CASH An Official Statement Issued by J. Morgan & Co. Relative to the IMan ol Consolidation?Syndicate States Thai It Gets No Profits Except Those Which Come From the Exchange of Holding! New York City.?A circular has been issued by J. P. Morgan & Co. to the stockholders of the Federal Steel Company, National Steel Company. National Tube Company, American Steel and Wire Company, American Tinplate Company, American Steel IIoop Company and American Sheet Steel Company, which, together with ttie Carnegie Company, are to be merged into the United States Steel Corporation. Tf iC QimnlAfrinnfrt/l 1\tt on n/l/1t*oca rtf *? OU^^IUUICU ICU UJ uu UUUICOO VI the Board of Directors of the various companies, urging acceptance of the terms offered on the score of decreased expenses and larger net earnings without advance in prices of manufactured product. In order to carry out the provisions of the consolidation, the capitalization of the United States Steel Corporation will be $1,154,000,000. Of this amount $425,000,000 is seven per cent, cumulative preferred stock; an equal amount of common atock and $304,000,000 of five per cent, bonds. The bonds are to be used only in acquiring the bonds and sixty per cent, of the stock of the Carnegie Company. An underwriting syndicate of $200,000,000 has been formed to finance the plan. J. P. Morgan & Co. will manage the syndicate and exchange the bonds and stock of the new corporation for those 3f the subordinate companies, and $25,000,000 in cash. The syndicate is to retain all stocks not required for the acquisition of combining companies. According to statements made by officials of the various companies entering the combination their aggregate net earnings for 1900 were sufficient to pay dividends on both common and preferred stocks of the United States Steel Corporation, besides allowances for sinking funds and maintenance. The capitalization of the company may be reduced if the entire capitalization of the subordinate companies is not acquired. The circular settles beyond cavil or doubt that the Carnegie Company was not acquired until Mr. Carnegie's terras, $25,000,000 in cash, were acceded to. It says in reference to common stock dividends: "For the purpose of avoiding the no cessity of interruption in the declaration and payment of dividends, when earned, upon the common stock, concurrently "with the payment -of dividends upon the preferred stock, there has been inserted in the charter of the , , United States Steel Corporation a proposition to the effect that whenever all quarterly dividends accrued upon the preferred stock for previous quarters shall have been paid, the Board of Directors may declare dividends on the common stock out of any remaining surplus or net profits." In order that there may be no misunderstanding:. either now or in the future, as to who is supreme in the trust, the following statement is made: "The undersigned (,T. P. Morgan Co.) are authorized to proceed with the proposed transaction whenever in their sole judgment a sufficient amount of the stocks of said companies, or any of them, shall have been deposited. They reserve the right, at any time, in their discretion, to wholly abandon the transactioi and to withdraw their offer herein contained as to all the depositors." And while the supremacy question is uppermost the circular says that all forms of bonds and stock cortificat.es, "and the entire plan of organization and management of the United States Steel Corporation shall be determined by .T. P. Morgan & Co." The closing paragraph will gratify the heretofore unsatisfied curious interest of every general reader, because Mr. Morgan has not been given to publicly making personal explanations of any kind. It reads: "It is proper to state that ,T. P. Morgan & Co. are to receive no compensation for their services as syndicate managers beyond a ohnrn In nnv cum tvhirh ultimately may be realized by the syndicate." r CHOSEN ASSASSIN FROM AMERICA. <?an Who Killed Himself Instead of Italy's King Once Lived In Paterson, N. J. London.?An Anarchist named Peroni committed suicide in Rome a fewdays ago after making some astonishing revelations. Among other things he said that he had been selected by lot at Marseilles to kill King Victor Emmanuel. On arriving in Itome his nerve failed him*.and he killed himself by opening his veins. The police have now discovered some confirmation of his story. They have searched Peroni's lodgings and found letters from Bresci and other desperadoes, portraits of the King and Anarchist martyrs, including Bresci and Ravachol. Two letters bore a New York portmark. The police say Peroni was once arrested in Paterson. N. J.. an suspicion of being concerned in a local murder. Consul Dies at His Post. Word was received at the State Department, in Washington, that Alexander Wood, of Pennsylvania. United States Consul at Kiel, Germany, died Df paralysis. Mr. Wood was appointed Consul at Kiel in October, 18'JO. Hounn 1'aRfled Army Bill. The House of Representatives, at Washington, removed all possibility of an extra session by concurring in the Senate amendments to the Army Appropriation bill. The vote stood 150 to 134. It was a strict party vote, with the exception that four Republicans voted with the Democrats. The bill was taken to the President. CerTera Now a Vice-Admiral. T)in Diipfin TN>n>nnt nf Knnin lins signed a decree appointing Rear-Ad tuiral Cervera to be a Vice-Admiral. ,? I 811,588,9GB Coined in February. The monthly statement issued by the , Director of the Mint, at Washington, shows that the total coinage executed in the United States mintr, in Febru1 ary, 1001, was $11,588,000 as follows: Gold, $0,230,300; silver, $2,242,100; minor coins, $11G,500. Our Shlpa Not Going to Cuba. [ The Secretary of the Navy, at Wasbi Ington, says that the North Atlantic squadron is not going to Cuba at present. It is going now for a cruise through the West India Islands, and will not touch at Cuba before Its refrom this cruise. SHOT HIS MUSIC TEACHER Then the Love-Maddened Young Man Killed Himself She Had TCtjected Him and He Waylaid Her Going: Home ? A Letter Drove Him to Desperation. Mount Vernon, N. Y.?Because his pretty music teacher, Dorothy Treulib. had refused to marry him. James Campbell, a young man of this place, waylaid her near her home and after shooting her through the head committed suicide by firing another bullet into his brain. The girl was taken to the hospital. The bullet entered behind her ear and lodged beneath the left eye. Campbell was also taken to the hospital, but did not regain consciousness. Miss Treulib is nineteen years old. She is the eldest daughter of Albert Treulib. a merchant of Mount Vernon, and was related by marriage to the young man who attempted her life. Miss Treulib was returning home about 8 o'clock p. m.. when Campbell, who was hidden behind a tree with a revolver in his hand, sprang out and shot her. The girl's father said to a reporter: "My wife and myself were, eating supper when we heard two shots in quick succession. I went to the door, and as I opened it I hoard Dorothy crying for her mother. She was lying on the sidewalk in a pool of blood. Campbell was lying a few feet away. When I reached my daughter she said. 'Oh. papa, he has shot me and then killed himself.' With the assistance of neighbors I carried Iipv into tlip house and then ran for a doctor. I never knew until to-night that Campbell was in love with Dorothy. He visited my house for the last time on Sunday night. He appeared to be in good spirits and he and Dorothysnng and played together all evening. When my daughter visited her aunt. Campbell's sister. Campbell always brought her home. We looked upon him as a relative and thought that his attachment for Dorothy was merely family friendship." It was learned that although Miss Treulib did not regard him seriously Campbell was desperately in love with her. Miss Treulib is a blonde aud a very attractive young woman. She has been giving Campbell violin lessons for some time. Campbell has been employed as an electrician at the plant of the Westchester Lighting Company, in Mount Vernon. He boarded with his sister, Mrs. Anna. Treulib. who is Miss Trculib's aunt, and whose house the young woman frequently visited. His sister said that he bad frequently spoken of his love for Dorothy, but that she had discouraged him by telling him that Dorothy did not care for him except as a friend. She thinks that the Boston letter which Campbell in a note left by him. complained of as having precipitated the tragedy, is one which was written to Miss Treulib a few days ago by an aunt in that city. In this letter the aunt asked Dorothy to send her her picture as there was a young man ill L-sosroo who wouiu seuu a purtrait of himself as soon as it was received. Mrs. Treulib believes that this letter drove Campbell to desperation. Campbell's relatives in Yonkcr's and his mother is dead. CITIZEN ARMY FOR AUSTRALIA. New Federation Taking Steps to Provide For the Na'"onal Defense. Melbourne. Australia.?The Idea of a eitizeu army for the Australia Commonwealth is taking a very strong hold of a large section of the people. The scheme which seems most likely to be adopted is that formulated by Brigadier-General Gordon, commandant of the South Australian forces, under which every man who is physically fit and between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one will bo taught to shoot, will undergo an army training for a certain number of weeks every year, and will undertake to join the ranks of the Federal volunteer army whenever necessity arises. The Federal Government would, under this scheme, provide instruction, arms, accountrements, ammunition and uniform, and would pay "?ach man who made himself efficient a bonus of $50 to 5150 a year for iion-couis, and regular army pay for officers. Each State would raise sufficient 1 men to guarantee immunity against attack i)y a foreign foe, and would supply the needs of the empire in the event of any such emergency as that which in South Africa has found so loyal and enthusiastic response. Under this scheme it is calculated that it would not be difficult to raise within five years a capable and efficient citizen army of 300,000 men. ALLEGED HYPNOTIST TO DIE. Woman For Whom He Committed Double Murder Says He Hypnotized Her. Kearney, Neb.?Frank Dinsiuore, who two years ago murdered his wife and John Laue bccause of his love for Mrs. Laue, was sentenced to death. Mrs. Lnue is also in jail in connection With the case, though she has always contended that Dinsmore hypnotized her. Everything points to this as a fact. The woman has never boon able to testify against Diusmore. fainting away every time the accused looked her in the eyes. Cause of an Kxplosion In Spain. An explosion in the custom house at Irun, Spain, was caused by a workman opening a case of guucotton with a hammer for the purpose of verifying lh<> contents of thirty-four similar cases that were passing through the custom house. Twelve persons were killed, and live seriously and fifteen slightly injured. Farmers Flcltt a Fatal Duel. A street duel was fought at Parkville. II!.. by John Snyder and Isaac Met-idiom, farmers. Both men were fatally wounded. There has been illfeeling between the men for a long time. Snyder had a shotgun and McCullom a pistol. Million** For a Hoys' Asylum. Justice Palmer, at Denver. Col., has sustained the will of George W. Claytoil, bequeathing more than $2,000,000 to found an asylum for white boys between ten and fourteen years old. Murderer Cheats the Gallows. John Popovitch. one of the four Monteuegrins sentenced to death for the murder and attempted robbery of Paymaster Hosier, of Mount Pleasant, Penn., hanged himself in his eell. lie used the chain that holds up his hunk, and was dead when discovered by thf jailer. Thirty VenRela Overdue. Marine underwriters in Boston have compiled a list of overdue vessels, all of which sailed before the recent northwesterly gales. The list comprises about thirty vessels of all descriptions. I r ? ' . 1 ... f GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. PRECNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS. I.izlit in Our Darkntm ? T-onelv Day*? Leading in Prayer?The f>horele?? Seu >f God's Iiiive-Kaitlil'ul Unto Death-* ThU One Thing; I Do. Thou hast amen, but Thou <ltr.'liaost never, Today shines as the past. All tiiut ruou wast, mou arc auu ?uuu be ever, Brightness from lir.^t to last. Night visits not thy sky, nor storm, nor sadness, Day fills up all its blue: Unfailing beauty and uufaiteriug gladness, And love forever new! Light of the world! undimming and unsetting. O shine each mist away! Banish the fear, the falsehood and the fretting. Be our uncluingiog day! ?Horatius Bouar. Lonely Day*. Among the hardest days we ever live through are those which follow on a great bereavement. We are stunned if we had prolonged care for an invalid, or an anxious rime for weeks in a sick chamber, where fever or some other malady has run its course, at the amount of time left 011 our hands. We are conscious of our loss at the table, in the library, after supper, when the postman rings the bell, when friends call. At times the sense of loss is almost insupportable, and the time drags on slowfooted, that was once so light of pace. But there are rifts in the m! om. If iur loved ones have gone to Heaven, they are not. for (Jod has taken them. If we believe in Christ's assurances or uie futurt* lift', we shall find our loved ones where there are no more partings. If we believe in service there, as in service here, it will soon be a great comfort that they who were alwut the Master's business when abiding with us, are absent from us, but not absent from him, and that they are engaged as much and as actively as ever in errands of duty divinely ordered. Bit by bit to the most sorrowful, time and faith bring tender healing, and. we learn to take up the maimed life and to gather up the fragments anil to go on in the strength of the Lord our (Jod.?Aunt Marjorie, in Christian Intelligencer. Leading in Pruyer. ft is because we believe in the prfesthood of all believers that we are justified in the request which we often make to devout members of the church to "lead in prayer." It is a sacred office, and no one ought to respond to the call unless he realizes just what it means. The leader must somehow suddenly forget himself to such an extent that he can enter into the moods of many and voice needs which are not his own. Tin; joys and the griefs, the struggles and the attainments, the petitions and the thanksgivings of his fellows must be so really his that he can lead the souls of others to the throne of God in the hush of those solemn moments. It is a burden. It is a privilege. There are men and women who are priests of mighty power in the worship of the churches, Tliov cnn lend in ul'ayer because they have lea mod the way of approach iu secret as they have dwelt with Cod. No man eati lead who does not know the way: anil no man can lead who does riot know what the responsibility of leadership means. Let us make out souls ready for the high privilege of leading in prayer. The Shoreless Sea of Go I'* Love. Better gifts than we can imagine are held in reserve for us. The blessings refine with our refinement and greateo with our greatness. Who can fully explore the recesses of light, the reaches of divine beauty, the spreading avenue? of virtue, the endless depths of truth the shoreless sea of Cod's love? It will require an eternity to reach and realize the rising degrees of life and joy befort the soul once awakened to its true and highest mission. On the contrary, staj our upward faith, which gives character a drift in the belter directions, arresl our communions with the superior influences, engross us in the world, ca.sl us into the darkness of eclipse thai atheism draws over the hidden am higher universe, or fetter us in the coil? of a heartless creed, and you as stirelj repress life from its unfolding as yot would stop the growth of the tree bj denying it the sun and air. There i: no regeneration for us from less tf more of righteousness and peace, save ir the better contacts that Christian fait! and works will socure to us (howevei perfect we may be) from year to yeai and from age to ape. Faithful Unto Dentil. On the deck of a foundering ves.se stood a negro slave. The last man lef on hoard, ho was about to step into tin life-boat. It was almost laden to th< gunwales, to the water's edge. Bear iug in his arms what seemed to be : heavy bundle, the boat's crew, win with difficulty kept her afloat in th< roaring sea, refused io receive him. I he came, it must be unencumbered an< alone: on this they insisted. He mus either leave that bundle and leap in, o throw it in and stay to perish. Press ing it to his bosom, he opened its folds and rhepo, warmly wrapped, lay twi little children, whom their father ha< committed to his care. lie kissed then and bade the sailors carry his affec tionatrt farewell to his master, tellin; liini how faithfully he had fulfilled hi charge. Then lowering the childrei into the boat which pushed off, the darl man stood alone on the deck, to g down with the sinking ship, a noble ex ample of bravery and the "love tba seeketh not its own."?Selected. Thi* One Thlnjr I Paul was a tent-maker, a philosopnes and an apostle; but when he spoke o his life-work, lie did not say, "Thes three things I do," hut, "This one tliit) I do." Neither did lit? say, "I press to ward the mark for the prize of in three callings:" but. "The prize of th hich calling of (Jod in Christ Jesus. He had three callings, but one of thes was the "high calling." The other were made a moans to an ?nd. An when he signed his name*, he did tu write, "Paul a tent-maker," or -'Pai a philosopher," hut "Paul an apostle. So should every believer in Chri> count himself a Christian first, and business'man afterwards.?United Pre.byterian. V.'ho hath sailed about the world o his own heart, sounded each creek, sur veyed each corner, but that still ther remains therein much terra ineoznita t himself??Thomas Fuller. Small Death IiRto at Havana. Cuba. According to the report on vital statis tics sent to ttie War L/epartment at ?vusu ington by Major (Jorgas, chicf sanitarj officer of Havana, Cuba, the deaths then during January numbered 476, the leasl reported for the first month of any yeai on record, 'I he death rate was 22.75 Deaths from yellow fever decreased durinf the month, while those due to tuberculo is increased. C'ruRnrie Agalnot Indelible Pencil. A crusade against the indelible opnci has been begun by physicians in Chieac on the ground that it is bo poisonous as ti to cause sore lips and fingers, or evei death* irrrrc qattqaTTT SPTTOnr, iii ILi OADDX11X1 wvjuLvvjj INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MARCH 24. f Subject: Jesuit Crucified and Burie .1. > Luke xxllL. 35-53?Golden Text, 1. Cor. xv., 3?Memory Versed, 46, 47? Commentary on the Day's Lesson. 35. "Derided Him." The crowd mocked Him from 9 till 12 o'clock. But there were also friendly watchers at the cross | (.John 19 : 23-27). Jesus was not wholly deserted in this sad hour. The women were last at the cross and; first at the grave. The three Marys were.there: Mary, the mother of Jesus; Mary, the wife of Uleopas, and Mary Magdalene, with several othet. friends (v. 49). "Save Himself." They thought that if Jesus were the Messiah, surely He could deliver Himself from the Roman cross. 36. "Vinegar." It was about the time of the mid-day meal of the soldiers, and they in mockery offered Him their sour wine to drink with them. The soldiers pretend to treat Jesus as a king, to whom the festive cup is presented. The first drink of vinegar and gall Jesus refused, hut-, this, unmixed with any drug, was ac cepted. 38. "A superscription." The white tablet nailed upon the cross, above the head of the victim, to declare the crime for which He was crucified. It was a common custom to affix a label to the cross giving a statement of the crime for which the person suffered. "Was written.'' Pilate wrote this superscription evidently in derision. "King of the Jews." The words are somewhat different in the different gospels, probably because some of the writers copied from one language and some from another. The truth was proclaimed in jest; .Jesus is in fact a "King with many crowns." "W 39. "Railed on Him." The two thieves crucified with Him may have belonged to the band with Barabbas; they evidently knew something about the Christ. One mocked, the other prayed. 40. "Dost thou not fear God?" Whatever the reckless crowd may do, thou art near death; does this have no effect upon , you? 41. "We?justly." He is a true penitent, confessing his sins. "Nothing amiss." He may have heard and seen much of Jesus at the trial. It is more than likely that at various times he may have joined the crowd where Jesus was speaking, and have known of His miracles. 42. "Lord." The very use of the word implies faith. "Thy kingdom." He thus recognized Christ as a real King. His prayer shows that he believed that Jesus was the Son oi God; that He had power to save, and that they would continue to exist in a future state. 43. "To-day." This was the second saying of Christ on the cross. This verse is a strong proof of the immortality of the soul. "Paradise." This is a word of Per1 sian origin, denoting a beautiful park, garden or orchard. It designates the abode of the righteous in the unseen world, the home of repose aiyl joy beyond the grave. 44. "The sixth hour"?Noon. Christ's third saying on the cross was spoken, just before this to His mother and to John: 'Woman, behold thy Son." "Behold Thy mother." John 19 : 26, 27. Jesus in the i midst of His sufferings was thinking of ; ocners, ann wane oh me uu? mauc |jiui vision for His mother. "Darkness." This darkness continued three hours, from 1 noon till 3 o'clock. "Over the whole land" (R. V.) Of Palestine. This darkness was typical of che moral blackness that filled the land. During the darkness occurred Christ's fourth utterance on the cross: 1 'My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" Matt. 27 : 40. The fifth saying was: "I thirst." ! 45. "The veil?was rent." The great veil of the temple that hung between the ) Holy Place and the Holy of Holies, forty cubits (sixty feet) long, and twenty (thirty feet) wide, of the thickness of the palm of the hand, and wrought in seventy-two squares, which were joined together. 46. "With a loud voice." As it were the triumphant note of a conqueror. What He said first at this time is recorded in John 19: 30, and was His sixth saying on the cross: "It is finished." "Father," etc. This was His seventh saying. "The word 'Father' shows that His soul has recovered foil serenity." Not long before this when struggling in the darkness He called to His "God;" now the darkness is gone and He sees His Father's face. "I commend My spirit." I deposit My soul in Thy hands. Here is another proof of the immortality of the soul, and of its separate existence after death. "Gave up the ghost." He dismissed the spirit. He Himself willingly t gave up that life which it was impossible 1 for man to take away; He thus became, i not a forced sacrifice, but a free-will offer r ing for sin. 1 47. "The centurion." The Roman offir cer who had charge of the crucifixion, j "Glorified God." When he saw "what ) was done" he acknowledged that God 4 Himself was showing His approval of i Jesus. "A righteous man." An innocent man. According to Matthew he confessed - Jesus to be the Son of God. 48. "Smote their breasts." In token of alarm and penitence. They were to some extent penitent for their actions. Awe and consternation seized upon the Jews. 1 49. "All his acquaintance." They bet held him with the deepest sorrow over i their irrevocable loss, which was not yet s softened by the joyful hope of the resurrection. i 50. "A councilor" (R. V.) That is, he > was a member of the Sanhedrin. He was :> also a rich man. f 51. "Had not consented." He had i either voted against their action in the t council, or, what is far more probable, r had absented himself and taken no part in the proceedings. "Arimathaea." Some i# identify this with Rama in Benjamin, or j Rama in Ephraim, the birthplace of Sam ] uel. The form of the name is more like ^ the latter. "Himself waited." He was a secret disciple (John 19: 38), and "waited ? for the manifestation of the Messiah's Irinrr/^nm " j, 52. "\Vent to Pilate." He went in bold |. ly. It took great courage to do this. lie 0 had been a secret disciple and afraid of public sentiment, but he is fearless now t I regard Joseph as one of the noblest characters referred to in the New Testament; he befriended Christ in this hour of awful darkness when even the disciples forsook Him and fled. 53. "He took it down." Joseph was asf sisted by Nicodemus (John It): 39-42); they wrapped the body in linen with ? spices, and placed it in a new sepulchre, in a garden near by Calvary. Isa. 53: 9. Ripht-Hancteci Children Are Brighter. ,, Professor P. W. Smedley, of the Child s Study Department of the public schools . of Chicago, declares that from experiments , j he is convinced right-handed children are naturally brighter than left-handed. Pupils who find difficulty in articulation are most often left-handed. The right hand ;t is controlled from the left side of the :i brain, and the left hand from the right side. Speech is controlled by the right side of the brain. The overdevelopment of one h.ind or the other is thought in if this way to affect speech. ft u . Geographic in the Philippine*. President McKinley recently transmitted to Congress the report of the Hoard on Geographic Names on the coastwise names in the Philippine Archipelago, upon which there was urgent need of uniformity, both in spelling and pronunciation, in their use r by the executive departments. The list ; comprises 4000 names, occupying 191 type* v ii'i'itton sheets Tiir> hoard adopted the : spelling found on the Spanish official charts and the English pronunciation as ; nearly as possible after each name. Switzerland'* Co-Operative Society. The Co-Operative Association of Basle, ^Switzerland, contains 19.011 members, who i bought nearly $2,000,000 worth of provi:> aion9, etc., last year, and got back nine 3 per cent, of their expenditures. This has i led tc the formation of an opposition association of small dealers. > ... 1 ...v.; THE G8BAT DESTROYER1 SOM* STARTL1NC FACTS ABOUT) THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. rti? Epitaph "f a Drunkard ? Alarming Rava*?* of Drink in the "Country oT ?nre Wine"?One Alcoholic For Every Ten of the Population. tVay. who lies here? Why, don't yon know? 'T^ *ta"-m?rinr. stagp"?r'ne. boozv -Toe. Whs*. dead at lash? T thouebt that death f'ould "ever ston his Ion?, long breath? True, <*eath ne'er threw his dart at him, T*"t killed, like David, with a sling. Whither hfcVpone we do pot know, ' With ?^?rits above or spirits below? "** Put if he former tarte'inherits. ' He's quaffing in a world of sniritp. r?Boston Herald. , Alcohol and Crime In France. In a thoughtful an^ suggestive article in I * recent issue of Le Matin. M. Henry Fou>-' quier moralizes on the two faces that hn-> (;-5 man character nresent9 in the event* | chronicled daily in the newspapers. One moment the reader is thrilled with the. tale of heroism such aa was shown on the' beach opnosite the stranded nacket bo*t; La Russie. and the next is horrified by'' the recountal of crimes that offend every sense of morality, decency and humanity itself. Tn view of recent events, he wonders if Paris will not soon hold the record for horrible, crimes French character, nevertheless, still in the main deserves the o'd proverb "Bad head, but ?ood heart.". Paris has known all the follies, including that of blood, but it is not in history that one must searchj for the reasons for the present moral de-, ^eneracy. Says M. Fouquier. "It is still. I believe, accidental and curable. Poor Ban-, delaire, great poet, but absolutely unreacnnaYila mir? fKaf V?/\ jng to us the door of 'artificial paradises'] in eulogizing intoxication in its various forrns. In realitv. the ooen door is that! of hell. It is alcohol, in all its forms,: which creates these veritable demoniacs, who sometimes furious, sometimes be-] sotted, live in our midst, numerous enough; so that their crimes do not arrest our attion save when they are committed in. some unusual way. j "Tn certain classes, at least, there is one* alcoholic for every ten of the population,'- . '.3 w-hether thev be conscious of it or not. The devoted men who have made them- r--;3 selves the apostles of the crusade against alcohol, which I daenvj)ne of the greatest movements of our times, give in their; ?3 pamrhlets and their lectures, which cannot be too great in number, the eloquent" picture of the ravages that alcohol produces. in whatever manner it is introduced into our economy. Onlv they do not insist enough, "nerhans, on disguised alcoholism,', that is alcoholic poisonine in subjects that! possess all appearances of temperance and: who are really not drunkards. Hereditary1 or acquired nervousness has so developed in our race that the evil of alcoholism cancause its havoc in men who do not sus- , | pert it. j.:>M "I knew a literary man,- who was not' only full of talent and a gallant man, but moreover of a most scrupulous correctness of life. He would have died of shame to be a drunkard, yet he was one in his titae., Experiencing nervous troubles, menacin*1 symptoms of naralysis. he went, without: revealing his identity, to a ereat physician.' La The doctor, after a rapid examination,: said, rather brusquely, 'You are losing; your time comine to see me. You knowj very well that if yau want to be cured; you have only to sto.ni getting drunk.' * i ^ "Only those who know my friend canj imagine the indignant stupefaction causedhv thpsp words of the doctor. ( "/I? T, a drunkard! I was never in-. toxicated once in my life. I never enterr a cafe. I dine with my family.' "Explanations followed. My friend) drank one bottle of wine a day and onej finger of chartreuse after his coffee. For him that was alcoholism. j ? "We must understand it. Alcoholic; poisoning exists outside even of habitual; intoxication. The enemv of human rea-! ...{*? son can insinuate itself without noise,: without excess, drop by drop, one may; $ay, and yet may take nossession of the place all the same. It is a Tartufe who I jwaits the last act. delirium tremens or! oaralysis, to proclaim himself master of; the house. It is for ?is. by every means,: to close the door on him. In this emer-' rency I understand the state reason, for! if one uses it for temporary and personal j iffairs, how much more legitimate is its i ase when it is a question of guarding thel lealth and greatness of our race." ' / y/3 Women and Intoxicants. Here is a copy of a resolution passed re;ently by the Catholic Total Abstinence* Union of America at its convention in! Philadelphia: # # . "Whereas, The virtue of a nation ig; lever higher than the virtue of its women." The mothers of the nation form the habits: >f the youth. It is a lamentable fact that; he drinking customs of society to-aay oster the use of intoxicants among worn>n?women of the higher grade of society, vomen of culture, wealth and influence,: vho should be eminent in respectability. ind virtue, as the example is apt to be ollowed and the customs become a norma a society; be it j "Resolved, 1, That we urgently advocate; ;he establishment of women's total abstilence societies and the forming of public >pinion against this growing abuse. ; "2. That we recommend open meetings, ectures and the distribution of temperince literature in places in which the innterest in total abstinence is flagging." : *? Alcohol in Wine. *5 ..; Two and one-half ounces of absolute allohol are equal in volume to live table- . spoonfuls. This amount of alcohol is found in ten tablespoonfuls of the purest whisky or brandy. I have recently secured the services of two eminent chem.sts who have analyzed six varieties of the inest wines, native and imported. I give the result of these analyses by volume in ;ommon measurements, each being somewhat less than the measure stated, to ivoid fractional reckonings:' Two of our inest California wines contain six tablejpoonfuls of alcohol in a pint; one much /aunted American wine has a little over iight tabiespoonfuls of pure aiconoi in one oint; one brand of port contains seven tabiespoonfuls of alcohol to a pint; one French wine, imported and much advertised, contains five tabiespoonfuls of alcotiol to a pint; the lightest wine, a Califoraia brana, contains four tabiespoonfuls of alcohol to a pint.?Dr. C. A. Greene, in the Medical Record. The Road to Fortune. William Waldorf Astor, in reply to the question. "How may a poor man make u M fortune?" savs: "Rum and tobacco he should entirely avoid. No man can make money unless his brain is clear, and clear it cannot be when clouded with the fumes of alcohol nd tobacco." The Crusade in Brief. If liquor and opium are not good for the uncivilized, will some one please explain, requests the Chicago Record, just where they benefit the highly civilized nations? It may be true that the man who wants a drink will get one, but the all-night and Sunday saloons are the means of a good many getting drinks who do not want them. Every fresh drunkard, every little child who goes for beers, every new bottle of gin uncorked, every new sign painted over the public house door?all these are new arguments in favor of the need of temperance. A temperance restaurant in the Rue St. Antoine, Paris, is run by the Christian Endeavorers. They have a daily clientele of about 100 working men. A league is being formed for the purpose of assisting to give eifect to the wish expressed in Lord Roberts's recently published letter relating to the treating of soldiers and sailors home from the war in South Africa. "Bob's League" it is called. Neat little blue signs have blossomed out at saloon doors all over Chicago. They read thus: " Telephone Company: Public Telephone: A. D. T. Messengers." This means that a telephone company of this city is booming its business by clasping hands with the saloon. It means that that telephone company is hiring young Iada to run errands that may lead them to the very nit of destruction. m