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1 3FTHE ifP80PE1AT[QMS 8ills Carrying: $1,440,062,545 Passed by the Fifty-sixth Congress. CHAIRMAN CANNON'S STATEMENT Say* Conjjre?* Ha? Reduced Appropriation* SI-3.150,091 Coder Those Provided by It* Predecessor and Ha? Made an Innual Reduction in Taxation of S4 1.000,000. Washington. D. C. -The total of appropriations at the second session of the Fifty-sixth Congress, just ended, according to a statement prepared by Chairman Cannon, of the House Appropriation Committee, is S760.911.0S3. *iud the grand total for the entire Congress. $1,440,062,545. against $1,568.212.637 by the Fifty-fifth Congress. Mr. Cannou'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 more than accounted for by tho increase of $10.124,4"?0 made on account of the postal service and by $13.513.057 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 iht> Agricultural Department. the army, the diplomatic and consular service, the government of the District of Columbia, fortilieaX?' Al T 3' n n/1 fAV lonrtc. IIOUS, l lit? l mi lit u serniT, .1 jj*i iui lattve. executive ami judicial expenses: but these increases are more than offset by the substantial reductions which are indicated iu :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 Congress has been reduced iu a sum lhat will amount annually to $9,400,000. The increase ou 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 $128.1.10.001.SO less than the appropriations made during the two regular sessions of the preceding Congress. 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 $675,633,042. The large deficiencies provided for during the fiscal year ISO!) by the first regular session of the Fifty-fifth Con gress. amounting to $349,772,380.90. were almost in their entirety to cover the expenses of the military and naval establishments during the fiscal years 1899 and 1900 incident to the war with Spain. The most marked increase indicated in the appropriations for ordiuary expenses of the Government made for the two years 1901 and 1902, at the two sessions of this Congress, over those of the two preceding years. 1809 and 1900. provided for by the Fiftyfifth Congress, is for the postal serv ice. This is the one branch of the public service that cannot be restrained in its growth. It registers, with precision and exactness the welfare of the nation, and the agricultural. industrial and 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 n OAn r\ f CRIVIE TO GIVE FRIEND A DRINK. Tnpoka Penalize* Ho*j>ltaUt.r Wifli Fine and Imprisonment. Topeka. Kan.?Au ordinance has been adopted by the City Council which, it is believed, will make it almost impossible for the "jointists" to do 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 sold. The ordinance does not require that an actual sale shall be proved. Heavy tines and imprisonment of thirty to 100 days in .jail are the peualtics for violations of the ordinance. AN ATTACK ON THE KAISER. "Epileptic at Bremen Gives No Explanation of 111* Art. 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 stomiinir. It is stilted that ho wns struck on the cheek and slightly injured. The man who threw the missile was arrested. Ilis nnme is Diedrich Weiland. He is an epileptic, and answers in a confused manner the questions put to him. The Population of Alaska. According to a bulletin issued by th<Census Office, at Washington, the population of Alaska is 03.592. The total land surface of Alaska is 590.SS4 square miles, and the average number of persons to the 100 square miles is eleven. Nicaragaan Judge Killed. Judge Meza, of the Nicaraguan Supreme Court, was killed at Granada by Senor Lacayos. whose father has been well known in Nicaraguan affairs. 2,000,000 Acres oT I-tind Sold. The property of the Diston I.ana > \vUIllIJilu,v. UMii|inMUj; ..uuv.wuu iivrvs In five counties of Florida, which has been in litigation for some time, has been sold to C. W. Ward, of Washington. IX C. The price is said to have been $70,000. Massachusetts Judge* in KoIjcr. For the first time in 12G years the 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. ot Clinton County, was taken to the penitentiary at Frankfort. Ky.. to serve ft life sentence for murder. Brown, when thirteen years of age. shot from ambush and killed Celia Jones, aged twelve, who threatened to tell her father of an insult young Brown offered her. Einperor Annals Boxer Decreed. In an edict the Emperor of China ftnnuls all decrees and reports rendered from June 20 to August 14. 1900, In order that no trace of them be preserved In hlatory. A CANNIBAL IN THE NAVY Commander Tilley's Story of the Savage He Rescued in Samoa A Fugitive in Hie Totalis Wood* ?nit in Fear of Hi* Life?One of the Abarenda'a Crew. Washington. r>. C.?Commander Tilloy. the Naval Governor of Tutuila. reports to the Navy Department that, as an act of humanity, he had added a cannibal to the crew of the United States ship Abarenda. He gives an interesting narrative of how he c.me to cive succor and shelter to the stranger. "I have the honor." says Command?r 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 German plantation in Upolu a long time ago; that he was badly treated, and 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, hut I hardly believe this, although he may have done so when he was hard pushed hy them. At any rate, tiie Sanioans were trying to kill him. and I took him on board ship to save his life. His people are cannibals, and he joes not wish to return home for fear that after his Ion? absence he has lieen forgotten and will be billed and ?aten. "He is very industrious and useful jn board ship, doins willingly all kinds Df mental work. I have issued a ration to him. and recommend 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. He is about forty-five years of ace. and is :attoed over all his face. He is perfectly tractable and good matured now, ind is liked by the crew, who have ?iven him his clothes." KILLED FOFJ A SIX-CENT LUNCH. Four Walter* ronnoeil on Penniless Man and Beat Him to Death. New York City.?Because he could Dot pay six cents for a lunch he had ?aten, four waiters pounced upon George Gala in a Bowery restaurant and beat him to death. I Gala was a laborer from Providence. R. I. Hp ate a plate of butter cakes and drank a cup of coffee. Then be told the cashier he had no money. Several waiters attacked him. accordins to a Bowery custom. One man hit him in the face, knocking him against a counter, which his head struck with srreat 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 restaurant. James Francis. William Dennis. Israel Spelhnan and William Allen. were arrested. WOMAN PLAYED MAN FORTY YEARS i 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 arrest for alleged money frauds. The prisoner, named Catherine Coombe. aged 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 nrteen, 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 Hia Discovery to tlie French Academy of Mcdicine. 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 50 fatal to sheep. He says he has successfully used the remedy in 1500 cases in two years. 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's New BI<1 For Trade. The German Government lias appointed commercial experts who will be attached to the German consulates at New York City. St. Petersburg. Calcutta, Constantinople, Buenos Ayres anil 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 Bill Signed. President McKinley lias signed the Army Appropriation bill, which contains the provisions relating to the relations of the United States with Cuba and the government of the Philippines. Kear-A(lruir.i! Schley Ordered Home. After over one year's absence in command of the Soulli Atlantic station, Rear-Admiral Schley is to be brouclit 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 horse and a Jersey cow belonging to .Tosiah Marsh, of Frovidence, R. I., fought a duel to the ( death In the night. Prominent Peopie. Kins Charles of Portugal weighs 300 pounds. Premier Waldeck-Rousseau. of France, has recovered Lis neaitn. Earl Roberts's is the first, name in 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 military ensign. Senators Taliaferro, of Florida; Lindsay, of Kentucky, and Harris, of Kansas. were born In Vlrelnla GfflTIC STEEL TBDST The Capital of the New Corporation Will Be $1,154,000,000. CARNEGIEGETS $25,000,000 CASH An Official Statement Issned br JMorgan & Co. Relative to the Plan ol Consolidation? Syndicate States That It Gets No Profits tkcept Those Which Come From the Exchange of Holdingi 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 Compnny, American Steel and Wire Company, American Tinplate Company, American Steel Hoop Company and American Sheet Steel Company, which, together with the Carnegie Company, are to be merged Into the United States Steel Corporation. It is supplemented by an address of 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 win oe ui iu'.s amount $425,000,000 is seven per cent, cumulative preferred stock; an equal amount of common stock 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 5f 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 capitalisation 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 terms. $25,000,000 in cash, were acceded to. It says in reference to common stock dividends: "For the purpose of avoiding the necessity 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 transaction 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 certificates, "and the entire plan of organization and management of the United States Steel Corporation shall be determined by J. 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 pub liciy IIlHKlUj; jjL'lMini.ii rAiiiiiii>i?.iwiie> wi any kind. It roads: "It is proper to state that J. P. Mor.can & Co. are to receive no compensation for their services as syndicate managers beyond a share in any sum which ultimately may be realized by the syndicate." CHOSEN ASSASSIN FROM AMERICA. Ann Who Killed Himself Instead of Italy's King Once Lived in Paterson, X.J. London.?An Anarchist named Peroni committed suicide in Rome a few days ago after making some astonish* A ili? ri;\uiawuns. aiiiuuk uiun he said that he had been selected by lot at Marseilles to kill Kin:; Victor Emmanuel. On arriving in Home his nerve failed him, and he killed himself by opening his veins. The police have now discovered some confirmation of his story. They have j 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 Hid Post. Word was received at the State Department, in Washington, that Alexander Wood, of Pennsylvania, United States Consui at Kiel, Germany, died Df paralysis. Mr. Wood was appointed Consul at Kiel in October, 1S00. Honsn 1'nsMed Army Uill. The House of Representatives, at Washington, removed ail possibility of an extra session by concurring in the Senate amendments to the Army Appropriation bill. The vote stood 159 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. Cert'cra Now a Vice-Admiral. The Queen Itegeut of Spain has signed a decree appointing Rear-Admiral Cervera to be a Vice-Admiral. 811,588,960 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 mints iu February, 1001, was $11,5S8,90G, as follows: Gold, $9,230,300; silver, $2,242,100; minor coius, $110,500. Our Shlpg Not Going to Cuba. The Secretary of the Navy, at Washington, 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 ref?'?m this cruise.. SHOT HIS MUSIC TEACHER '( Then the Love-Maddened Young i Man Killed Himself Slip Had Kcjected Him and He Waylaid 1 Her Coins: Home ? A Letter rti-nre Him to Desperation. f Mouut Vornon. 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 suicidp by firing another bullet 1 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 marriag? to the young man who attempted he^ life. Miss Treulib was returning home about 8 o'clock p. m.. when Campbell, , who was hidden behind a tree with f 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 i shots in quick s'tlecesslon. I went to ? the door, and as I opened it I heard j Dorothy crying for her mother. She I was lying on the sidewalk in a pool i of blood. Campbell was lying a few I feet away. When I reached my I daughter she said. 'Oh. papa, he has 1 shot me and then killed himself.' With the assistance of neighbors I carried her into the house and theu ran for a doctor. I never knew until to-night that Campbell was in love with Doro' TT -J ?? ? UAMtJA frtf fho loot my. ne visueu#iuj nuuor iv* *?.?v time on Sunday night. lie appeared to lie iu pood spirits and be and Dorothy sans: and played together ail evenius. When my daughter visited her aunt, Caiupboli's sister. Campbell always brought her l*;ine. 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 and a very attractive young woman. She has been giving Campbell violin lessons for some time. Campbell has been employed as an electrician at the 1 plant of the Westchester Lighting 1 Company, in Mount Vernon. He ] boarded with his sister. Mrs. Anna Treulib. who is Miss Treulib's aunt, ami whose house the young woman ] frequently visited. His sister said that he had frequently spoken of his love 1 for Dorothy, but that she had dis- 1 couraged 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 pre- , cipirnted the tragedy, is one which was . written to Miss Treulib a few days , ago by an aunt in that city. In this , letter the nunt asked Dorothy to send | her her picture as there was a young ' ma,u in Boston who would send a por- I trait of himself as soon as it was received. Mrs. Treulib believes that iilis i?irt*r uiu?? iu ur?jjt:iution. Campbell's relatives iu Yonker's and liis mother is dead. . ' i CITIZEN ARMY FOR AUSTRALIA. Sew Federation Taking Steps to Frorlde For the Na:'o:ial Defense. Melbourne. Australia.?The idea of a citizen 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 he adopted is that formulated by i Brigadier-General Gordon, commandant of vhe South Australian forces, under which every man who is physically lit aud between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one will be 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 uecesslty arises. The Federal Government would, under this scheme, provide instruction, arms, accoutrements.ammunition and uniform, and would pay "ach man who made himself efficient a bonus of ?.">0 to $150 a year for non-coms, and regular army pay for officers. Each State would raise sufficient men to guarantee immunity against attack by a foreign foe. aud 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. ALLECED HYPNOTIST TO DIE. Woman For Whom He Committed Double Murder Says lie Hypnotized Her. Kearney. Neb.?Frank Dinsmore, who two years ago murdered his wife and John Laue because of his love for "VT?.o T mm ivnc enntnurwi,! /Inn fit JL4CIUV, ? t40 OtUlVUUtU IV/ 11CUIII. Mrs. Lane is also in jail in connection with the case, though she has always contended that Dinsinore hypnotized her. Everything points to this as a fact. The woman hns never been able to testify against Diusmore, fainting away every time the accused looked her in the eyes. Cause of an Explosion in Spain. An explosion in the custom house at Irun. Spain, was caused by a workmnn opening a case of guneotton with :i hammer for the purpose of verifying the contents of thirty-four similar easvs that were passing through the custom house. Twelve persons were killed, and five seriously and tifteeu slightly injured. Farmers Ffeht a Fatal Duel. A street duel was fought at Park vim*, in., it,v .101111 cuiyuer ana is.iric McCuIlom. farmers. Both men wore fatally wounded. There has been illfeeling between the men for a lonp time. Snyder had a shotgun and McCulloin a pistol. Million* For ? Boys' Asylmn. Justice Palmer, at Denver, Col., has sustained the will of (Jeorge W. Clayton, bequeathing more than $2,000,000 to found an asylum for white boys btI ween ten and fourteen years old. 3Tur<l<:rer Cheats the GaIIowr. John Popoviteh, one of the four Montenegrins sentenced to death for the murder and attempted robbery of Paymaster Hosier, of Mount Pleasant. Penn.. hanged himself in his cell. He used the chain that holds up his bunk. nnu was aeau wnen discovered by tn?' jailer. Thirty Vessels Overdue. Marine underwriters in Boston have compiled a list of overdue vessels, all of which sailed before the recent northwesterly pales. The list comprises about thirty vessels of all descriptions. \ SOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. 3RECNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS. Light in Our DarknfiM ? I-onelr Day*? Leading In Prayer?The ?hore!e?n Sea if God'it Love?faithful Unto Death? Tills One Thins I ?? rhou hast arisen, but Thou ileJinost nuver. Today shines as the past. A.1I that Thou wast, Thou art and shall be ever. Brightness from first to last. Sight visits not thy sky, nor storm, not sadness, Day fills up all its blue: L'nfading beauty and unfaltering gladness, And love forever new! Flight of the world! undimming and unsetting, O shine each mist away! Banish the fear, the falsehood aud the fretting. Be our unchanging day! ?Horatius Bonar. Lonely Day*. Among the hardest days wo ever live through are those which follow on a jreat bereavement. We are stunned if ivn I*;iiI nrnliinariHl enre for ail invalid. Ol' iu anxious time for weeks in a sick hamber, where fever or some other malady has run its course, at the amount >f time left on our hands. We are conscious of our loss at the table, in the ibrary. after supper, when the postman rings the bell, when frieuils call. At times the sense of loss is almost insupportable, and the time drags on slowfooted. that was once so light of pac?. But there are rifts in the ?:1 om. If nil* loved ones have gone to heaven, they are not, for God has taken them. If ive believe in Christ's assurances of the future life', we shall find our loved ones ,vhere there are no more partings. If we leiieve in service there, as in service :iere, it will soon be a great comfort that they who were about the Master's business when abiding with us. are absent from us. but not absent from him. and :hat they are engaged as much and as lctively as ever in errands of duty livinely ordered. Bit by bit to the most iorrowt'ul, time and faith bring teudet lealing. and we learn to take up the maimed life and to gather up the fragments and to go on in the strength of the Lord our <?od.?Aunt Marjorie, in Christian Intelligencer. Treading in Prayer. ft is because we believe ill the priesthood of ail believers that we are justi5ed in the request which we often make L- 1 * #*hiirn]i til IO lll'YIflll lurilll'tl.-. U1 luv vuu.v.. ?'lead in prayer." It is a sacred office, xnd no one ought to respond to the call unless he realizes just what it means. The leader must somehow suddenly t'orlyet himself to such an extent that he L-an enter into the moods of many and roice needs which are not his own. The joys and the griefs, the struggles and he attainments, th? petitions and the thanksgivings of his fellows must be so really his tiiat he can lead the souls of 3th?rs to the throne of God in the husb jf those solemn moments. It is a luirlen. It is a privilege. There are men and women who are priests of mighty [lower in the worship of the churches. They can lead in prayer because they Imve learned the way of approach iu secret as they have dwelt with God. No man can lead who does not know the way: and no man can lead who doe? not know what the responsibility ol leadership means. Let us make out souls ready for the high privilege ol leading in prayer. The Sliorelem* Sea of Col's Lnv?. Better sifts than we can imagine are held in reserve for us. The blessings retine with our refinement and greater with our greatness. Who can fully explore the recesses of light, the reache? )f divine beauty, the spreading avenues Df virtue, the endless depths of truth the shoreless sea of God's love? It wil require an eternity to reach and realize the rising degrees of life and joy before tbe soul once awakened to its true ant1 highest mission. On the contrary, stay dim- upward faith, which gives character a drift in the better directions, arrest nil" communions with the superior in fluences, engross us in the world, casl us into the darkness of eclipse thai atheism draws over the hidden aw higher universe, or fetter us iu the coils of a heartless creed, and you as surelj repress life from its unfolding as yoi would stop the growth of the tree bj denying it the sun and air. There i: no regeneration for us from less tt more of righteousness and peace, save <t the better contacts that Christian faitl and works will secure to us (howevei perfect we may be) from year to yeai and from age to age. Fnlthful Unto Death. On the deck of a foundering vesse stood a negro slave. The last man lef on board, he was about to step into th< life-boat. It was almost laden to tin gunwales, to the water's edge. Bear ing in his arms what seemed to be { heavy bundle, the boat's crew, wh( wiili difficulty kept her afloat in tin roaring sea, refused to receive him. I be came, it must be unencumbered ant alone: on this they insisted. He mils 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 there, warmly wrapped, lay twi little children, whom their father hat committed to his cure, tie Kissoa men and bade the sailors carry his aflfec tiouate farewell to his master, tellini him how faithfully he had fulfilled hi charge. Then lowering the ohildrei into the boat which pushed off. the dar! man stood alone on the deck, to g< down with the sinking ship, a noble ex ample of bravery and the "love tha sceketh not itd own."?Selected. Thin One Thing I IJo. Paul was a tent-maker, a philosopner and an apostle; but when ho spoke o his life-work, he did not-say. "Th?s three things I do." but, "This one thin] I do." Neither did he say, "I press ro ward the mark for the prize of 111, three callings;" but, "The prize of th high calling of <?od in Christ Jesus. He had three callings, but one of thes was the "high calling." The other were made a means to an ?nd. Am when he signed his name, he did 110 write. "Paul a tent-maker," or ' Pan a philosopher," but "Paid an apostle. So should every believer in Chris count himself a Christian first, and business man afterwards.?United Pres byterian. Who hath sailed about the world 0 his own heart, sounded each creek, sur veyed each corner, but that still ther remains therein much terra incognita t himself??Thomas Fuller. Small Death Tate at Havana, Cuba. According to the report on vital statis tics sent to the War Department at Wash ington by Major Gorgas, chief sanitarj officer of Havana, Cuba, the deaths then; during January numbered 476, the least reported tor tlie nrat montn or any yt-iu on record. 'ihe death rate was 22.75 Deaths from yellow fever decreased during the month, while those due to tuberculous increased. Crusade Against Indelible Fen?il. A crusade against the indelible penci has been begun by physicians in Chicajft on the ground that it is so poisonous as tc to cause sore lips and fingers, or even death. THE SABBATH SCHOOL : j INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MARCH 24. Subject : Jesus Crucified and Burie J. Luke xxlll., 35-53? Golden Text. I. Cor. xv., 3?Memory Versed, 46, 47? Commentary on the Day's Lesson. 35. "Derided Him." The crowd mockad Him from 9 till 12 o'clock. But there were also friendly watchers at the cross | (John 19 : 25-27). 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 Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene, with' several other frtetads (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, but this, unmixed with any drug, was accepted. 38. "A superscription." The white tab, let 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." "?*m 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 1 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 Per' sian origin, denoting a beautiful park, garden or orchard. It designates the I abode of .the righteous in the unseen world, the home of repose and joy beyond the grave. ( 44. "The sixth htfUr"?N'oon. Christ's I third saying on the cross was spoken just before this to His mother and to John: I "Woman, behold thy Son." "Behold Thy mother." John 19 : 26, 27. Jesus in the i midst of His sufferings was thinking of 1 others, and while on the cros3 made proj vision for His mother. "Darkness." This darkness continued three hours, from ! 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: "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" Matt. 27 : 40. The fifth saying was: "I thirst." I 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 revcorded in John 19: 30, and was His sixth saying on the cross: "It is finished." "Father," etc. This was His seventh say' ing. "The word 'Father' shows that His j soul has recovered full serenity." Not long before this when struggling in the ! darkness He called to His "God;" now the darkndss is jjone and He sees His 1 Father's face. "I commend My spirit.'' r I deposit My soul in Thy hands. Here is another proof of the immortality of the t soul, and of its separate existence after death. "Gave up the ghost." He di?t missed the spirit. He Himself willingly t gave up that life which it was impossible 1 for man to take away; He thus became, not a forced sacrifice, but a free-will offering for sin. 47. "The centurion." The Roman officer who had charge of the crucifixion "Glorified God." When he ^aw "what was done" he acknowledged that God Himself was showing His approval of 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 avis! AAnalannofiAn tmftn Kn .Tniva 1 49. "All his acquaintance." They bet held him with the deepest sorrow over s their irrevocable loss, which was not yet i softened by the joyful hope of the resurrection. 1 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 1 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 identify this with Rama in Benjamin, or j Rama in Ephraim, the birthplace of Sam j uel. The form of the name is more like j the latter. "Himself waited." He was a secret disciple (John 19: 38), and "waited , for the manifestation of the Messiah's * kingdom." x 52. "Went to Pilate." He went in bold ly. It took great courage to do this. He * had been a secret disciple and afraid of public sentiment, but he is fearless now " I regard Joseph as one of the noblest characters referred to in the New Testa mcnt; he befriended Christ in this hour of awful darkness when even the disciples forsook Him and fled. 53. "He took it down." Joseph was as* f sisted by Nieodemus (John 19 : 39-42); they wrapped the body in linen with i? spices, and placed it in a new sepulchre, in a garden near by Calvary. Isa. 53: 9. jr Eight-Handed Children Are Brighter. ,, Professor V. W. Smedley, of the Child s Study Department of the public schools , of Chicago, declares that from experiments he is convinced right-handed children are , naturally brighter than left-handed. Pu[J pils who find difficulty in articulation are most often left-handed. The right hand t is controlled from the left side of the a brain, and the left hand from the ritjht side. Speech is controlled by the right side of the brain. The overdevelopment ! of one hand or the other is thought .n f this way to affect speech. I) ^ Geographic Nann* In the Philippines President McKinley recently transmitted to Congress jtlie report of the Board 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 ' by the executive departments. The list ; comprises 4000 names, occupying 191 tvpe; written sheets. The board adopted the spelling found on the Spanish official charts and the English pronunciation as ; nearly as possible after each name. Switzerland's Co-Opcrative Society. The Co-Operative Association of Basle, ^.Switzerland, contains 19.011 members, who > bought nearly $2.1)00,000 worth of provi' sions, etc., last year, and got back nine > per cent, of their expenditures. This has i led to the formation of au opposition association of small dealers. .... . : ;.v^/ ; - _ . \ ' i? i ^ THE GREAT DESTROYER! SOM* STARTUNC FACTS ABOUTI THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. fh" Epitaph of a Drnnkard ? Alarming of Drink In the "Country of" ?ur?1Tlne"-One Alcoholic For Every Ten of tlie Population. ^raj*. who lies here? Why, don't von know? 'I'" st8nnri?rin(r. stagserinir. hoozv -7oe. Whit. Hear! .it. last-' T /lonfh f'ould never utrto his lone. long breath? True. death ne'er threw his dart at him, tt?t kille'H: like David, with a sling. Wither he's trone we do not know, VVith ?nirit? above or so'tits below? "* But if he former taste inherit*. He's quaffing in a world ofvsoirit*. ?Boston Herald. Alcohol and Crime in France. In a thoughtful an<* suggestive article inj % recent issue of Lie Matin. M. Henry Fouquier moralizes on the two faces that hu-' man character nresents in the events { chronicled dailv in the newsDaper*. One' moment the reader is thrilled with the ale of heroism such as was shown on thel beach opnosite the stranded oacket boat 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 bonders if Paris will not soon hold the record for horrible crimes French character, nevertheless, still in the main deserves the old proverb "Bad head, but good heart." Paris has known nil the follies, including that of blood, but it. is not in history that one must search! for the reasons for the present moral de-J generacy. Says M. Fauquier. "It is still. I believe, accidental and curable. Poor Baudelaire. great ooet. but absolutely unreasonable man, imagined that, he was ooen-i ing to us the door of 'artificial paradises'! m eulogizing intoxication in its variougv forms. In reality, the onen door is that! of bell. It is alcohol, in all its forms,' which creates these veritable demoniacs,i who sometimes furious, sometimes be-1 sotted, live in our midst, numerous enough! so that their crimrs do not arrest our attion save when they are committed ia' some unusual way. | "In certain classes, at least, there is one> alcoholic for every ten of the population,-: whether they be conscious of it or not.The devoted men who have made themselves the apostles of the crusade against alcohol, which I deem one of the greatest movements of our times, give in their pamphlets and their lectures, which can-; not be too great in number, the eloquent! nicture of the ravages that alcohol produces, in whatever manner it Is introduced into our economy. Onlv they do not insist? enough, perhaps, on disguised alcoholism,; that is alcoholic poisoning in subjects that! possess all appearances of temperance and: who are really not drunkards. Hereditary? or acquired nervousness has so developed: in ouv race that the evil of alcoholism can; cause its havoc in meu who do not sua-, pect it. "I knew a literary man, who was not' only full of talent and a gallant man, butt moreover of a most scrupulous correctnessof life. He would have died of shame to he a drunkard, yet he was one in his time.j ftxperiencmtr nervous irouoies, menumg symptoms of naralysis. he went, without; revealing his identity, to a great physician. The doctor, after a rapid examination,! said, rather brusquely, 'You Are losing' your time comine to see me. You know very well that if you want to be cured you have only to stop getting drunk.' "Only those who know my friend can imagine the indignant stupefaction caused by these words of the doctor. | "/I? I, a drunkard! I was never in-l toxicated once in my life. I never enter! a cafe. I dine with my family.' "Explanations followed. My friend' drank one bottle of wine a day and one. 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-l son can insinuate itself without noise,; without excess, drop by drop, one may. jay, and yet may take oossession of the: ' place all the same. It is a Tartufe whoi iwaits the last act. delirium tremens or( oaralysis. to proclaim himself master of! the house. It is for us, by every means,; to close the door on him. In this emer-' jency I understand the state r?ason. for. if one uses it for temporary and personal:. affairs. how much more legitimate is its! ase when it is a question of guarding thei iealth and greatness of our race." Women and Intoxicants. ' Here is a copy of a resolution passed re-. :ently by the Catholic Total Abstinence' Jnion of America at its convention inj Philadelphia: "Whereas, The virtue of a nation ib' lever higher than the virtue of its women. The motners of the nation form the habits' )f the youth. It is a lamentable fact that | ;he drinking customs of society to-day' 'oster the use of intoxicants among worn-, >n?women of the higher grade of society, vomen of culture, wealth and influence,; A'ho should be eminent in respectability, ind virtue, as the example is apt to bei :ollowed and the customs become a norma n society; be it "Resolved, 1, That we urgently advocate; ;he establishment of women's total abstilence societies and the forming of public i >pinion against this growing abuse. i "2. That we recommend open meetings, ectures and the distribution of temper-' ?nce literature in places in which the in-' nterest in total abstinence is flagging." Alcohol in Wine. 1 Two and one-half ounces of absolute al:ohol are equal in volume to five 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-, ists who have analyzed six varieties of the: inest wines, native and imported. I give the result of these analyses by volume in common measurements, each being some1 * 1 manonva orotoH t.rt wnac icss tuctu tuc uiv.u>juti... ivoid fractional reckonings: Two of our 'inest California wines contain six tablespoonfuls of alcohol in a pint; one much .aunted American wine has a little over fight tablespoonfuls of pure alcohol in one, pint; one brand of port contains seven tablespoonfuls of alcohol to a pint; one Frenon wine, imported and much adver-' tised. contains five tablespoonfuls of alconol to a pint; the lightest wine, a Califoraia brand, contains four tablespoonfuls of alcohol to a pint.?Dr. C. A. Greene, ia the Medical Record. The Road to Fortune. William Waldorf Astor, in reply to the' question. "How may a poor man make a, fortune?" says: "Rum and tobacco he should entirely avoid. No man can make money unless his brain is clear, and clear it cannot he when clouded with the fuinea of alcohol nd tobacco." The Crusade in Crier. If liouor and opium are not good for the i ?:u ? ? ?loico nvnlnin uncivilized. Wilt some viic T requests the Chicago Record, just where they benefit the highly civilized nations? It may he 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 cloor?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 effect 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 ^4. A AAra oil rvvor f ThcV OUL cll> oaiuuu uwio au v>v? . _ 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 lads to run errands that may lead them to the very nit of destruction.