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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'
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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.
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11A CANNIBAL IN THE NAVY
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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 ^
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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
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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*
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MARCH 24.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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