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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. . '
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.