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PAN-AMERICA IS OPM \ Message Conveying the President's Congratulations Read. FORMAL EXERCISES POSTPONED "i, Brilliant Electrical Display. Forty-six Aerial Bombs and a Flatter of Flags Announce That the Exposition Has Becan ? Flight of Homing Pigeons "With a Message to All the Americas. Buffalo. N. Y.?A telegram, from President MeKinley marked the opening of the gates of the Pan-American Exposition on Wednesday. At 8.30 Vclock a. m. the turnstiles clicked and :he first visitors passed into the grounds. The President's message follows: "Memphis, Tenn.?The President di; ?... ?? i t \ _ rects me to convey his congratulations to the citizens of Buffalo upon the auspicious opening of the PanAmerican Exposition, so rich in blossom and ripe in expectations. May the hopes and ambitions of its promoters be realized to the fullest measure. "By direction of the President. "George B. Cortelyou, "Cnnmforv tr* tho I^vosjirlpnt " ?JtWi V IM? J IV w*v * ?. The beautiful electrical display at night was the culminating event of the opening day of the exposition. The attendance in the morning was small, owing to the threatening weather, tvhich kept away many from nearby towns. Later in the day when the sun broke throflgh the gray clouds, the crowd began to assume the proportions of an exposition throng The gates were opened in the morning without ceremony, the opening Jay ceremonies having been postponed Until the 20th, when they will be combined with dedication day exersises. At 2 o'clock forty-six aerial bombs were fired, one in honor of each State of the Union. At the same time the T?" mM4 mm (r^TW^ RAM-AMERICAN CXPQ5ITIOIS. flags on all the buildings were unfurled to the breeze. The stadium was ablaze with colors. From six lifty-foot poles upon the Tribune fluttered the Star Spangled Banner. Fifty-six poles upon the general bays supported the Fan-American flag, and forty-six poles in the other bays held streamers bearing the festive colors of South American countries. When the Government building was thrown open General Brigham. Chairman of the Government Board, made a brief address. Other speeches were made by President Millburn, Mayor Dlehl and Director General Buchanan. Pigeons were released, which carried to Oil City, Cleveland, Toledo and Pittsburg this message: "To the People of All the Americas: "Tuis message of greeting, borne to you by carrier pigeon, announces the opening of the Pan-American Exposi tion, and extends to every one an invitation to participate in the pleasure and benefit of this six months' festival." Business Failures For a Week. Business failures during the past week, according to R. G. Dun & Co., numbered 215 in the United States and twenty-six in Canada, against 204 in this country and twenty-two in Canada during the corresponding week last year. F Boot and Shoe Trado Conditions. The boot and shoe trade is in good condition. Some factories are better supplied with orders than others, but nearly all manufacturers are doing a fair business and the market is strong. The Centre of Population. The Census Bureau, at Washington, has issued a bulletin announcing that the ccntre of population of the United States, excluding Alaska and recent territorial assessions. on June 1 last, was six miles southeast of Columbus. Bartholomew County, Indiana. Wheat Exports of a Week. Bradstreet's says that wheat (Including flour) shipments for the week aggregate 4,282,189 bushels, against 5.306,217 bushels the previous week and 3,683,863 bushels in the corresponding week of 2900. a THE CHINESE INDEMNITY Frenoh Official Dispatch Says It ij to Be $273,000,000. United States and Great Britain Opposi Proposal of the Other Powers That Customs Duties Be Increased. Paris. France.?The Foreign Office has received a dispatch from Pekin announcing that M. Pichon, the French Minister, has presented the report of the Committee on Indemnity. The amount China is to pay has been fixed at $273,000,000. Official advices from Pekin say the Ministers are divided into two parties in the discussion to decide how China is to raise the indemnity. France, Germany, Russia, and Japan agree in favor of raising the customs duties, which can be relied upon to produce a great part of the requisite sum; the imposition of a duty on i 1 1 I I ' *' "y ' I < .. . ],. ' 1 -v V , I ' junks, which will constitute a tax on inland navigation, and the taking over of some of the likin (provincial transit duties). On the other hand, the United States and Great Britain decline to agree to an increase of the customs duties, but they do not appear to have presented , a counter proposition. The fact that the United States and Great Britain have joined hands on this question has t caused much disappointment here. The action of the United States is at- | tributed to the influence of the Amer- , ican trading community in China. It is believed that Great Britain, if alone, > would yield, but fears are entertained that her scheme is to prolong the negotiations until her hands are free in Smith Afrirn. when shf? would show a stronger policy in Chinese affairs. The indemnity figure is under wlip* , had been expccted in Paris. j HEROINE REWARDED BY PROXY. Niece of TTomait Who Saved Seward 1 Gets a Position. Washington. D. C.?Miss Marguerite ; T. Coleman has been appointed to a position in the Treasury Department at $G00 a year. Her aunt. Mrs. Marguerite Coleman, who has been in the department for twenty-seven years, iias resigned on account of failing health, and the place was gjven the younger member of the family so that the support of the elder should not be removed. Mrs. Coleman saved the life of Secretary Seward when an attempt was made to assassinate him on the night ( of April 14, 18G3. She was an attendant by the bedside of the Secretary, who was lying ill in his home. An invalid soldier named Robinson was also caving for the Secretary. As Payne, the would-be assassin, dashed up the stairs he encountered Mrs. Coleman. She tackled him, screaming for help, and Robinson met the fellow at the door and also grappled with him. Seeing the struggle Secretary Seward rolled to the opposite side of the bed, and. although Payne got loose from the soldier and attacked the Secretary he was not able to seriously injure him before help arrived. BRIGADIER-GENERAL HARE'S RETURN The Gallant Trooper TV ho Tlescued Gll? more and Shields. New York City.?Brigadier-General Luther R. Hare, who rescued Captain Deveraux Shields. U. S. A., and Lieutenant Gilmore, U. S. X., in the Philippines, arrived here on the American liner New York. (Jeneral Hare is hastening to his home, at Sherman. Tex., because a member of his family is dying. General Hare said: "I was at Aden when told of the capture of Aguinaldo. The war is practically over, but a sort of military police will be required to break up the bands of Korwlifu I'hn flinmtn in tllf> Philin pines is very trying on Americans, and all soldiers sickening on field duty must be sent home to recuperate or else they will never get well." Indiana Banks Prosperous. The reports of the State banks to the State Auditor of Indiana show the total assets of the banks are $24,230,8~>0.14, an increase of over $700,000 since the January report. The bulk of the increase is in loans. Deposits have increased about $500,000 and surplus about $40,01)0, showing a generally prosperous condition of the banks. Germans in Canton. It is reported that the Germans have selected a concession at Canton. China. Minor Mention. Steamship managers in San Francisco. Cal.. have combined. It is estimated that over $1,000,000.000 is invested in the electric railways of the United States. The recent earthquake shock in Italy cracked one of the paintings by Raphael in the Vatican. Dispatches from Cape Town and Sydney. N. S. W., report the appearance of a brilliant comet. LI Hung Chang has appealed to America for relief from effects of famine in Shan SI, which threatens 11,000.000 Dersons. i + FOBGED i i MB SCALE Former Mavor Jones Victimized Indi viduaSs and Banks. EVERYBODY HAD FAITH IN HIM Consequently Poor People Took Thell Money to Him For Investment, R?lylnjf Solely Upon His Excellent Reputation ? Victims, Including: Banks, Lose to the Amount of 8225,000. Little Falls. N. Y.?Additional developments relating to the wholesale forgeries committed by -ormer Mayor Hadley Jones, of Little falls, are of a most startling nature. His schemc to bunco banks by putting up forged certificates of stock of the National Herkimer County Bank of this city as collateral for loans is developing into one of the greatest bank swindling games that has been unearthed for some time. From the evidence uimv in it ib cerium iuui ?ueu tmr final roll coil of bank victims is mads up it will be found that his winnings from bank forgeries will be over $150,000. Later developments also tend to show that he got away with the larger part of the money. # Jones had been engaged iu forging mortgages for several months. Ho enjoyed a high standing as a lawyer and had a large practice. Poor widows and orphans are numbered among his victims. Every one in the county had confidence in Jones, and among his clients were many women having small savings and they would ask him to invest their money in real sstate mortgages. Jones would draw i mortgage covering some residential property, forge a fictitious name to the instrument, record it and then file it away in his safe for the client. When the interest was due on the mortgage Jones would pay it promptly. His scheme for swindling the banks was one recently put in practice. The Indications are that the proceeds from the mortgage forgeries had been squandered in gambling and wildcat investments. His interest account necessary to keep him from exposure an account of the crooked realty 1 Liuiiaauuuuet was gruwiug iu aa enormous figure. Then lie worked out the bank scheme for the purpose of gathering up a large fund with which to leave the country. He was able to work the bank scheme by reason of the fact that ho had in his possession valid certificates of stock of the National Herkimer County Bank owned by his wife. Mrs. Jones owned ninety-six shares of the bank stock, made out in series of twenty-six shares and seventy shares. With this stock certificate as a copy Jones had a new stock booii made on the representation that it was for the bank. He secured the bank seal in the same way. then he secured a letter from the bank officers to the effect that his wife, Mrs. Emily Jones, was the owner of ninetj'-six shares of the bank stock In series of twenty-six and seventy shares, and the market value of the stock was about 1G7. Jones would always issue the forged stock in series of twenty-six and seventy shares, made out in the name of his wife, the same as the valid shares. This forged stock was put up as colateral for commercial paper made by Jones. If word was sent by wire to the National Herkimer County Eank regarding the stock, back would come the word that Mrs. Jones held the same number of shares of stock. Thus be would be able to secure the loan on apparently the most gilt-edge security. He secured his first loan from the Dank or Asntabula, Ohio. His loan at this bank was $0000. He secured 50000 from a Providence (It. I.) bank, $9000 from the Troy banks. $9000 from the Long Island City banks and a loan from Tarry town banks. Thfe valid certificates of stock were put ujv with the local banks as collateral. Twenty-six shares of the stock are held at the Little Falls National Bank and seventy shares are held by the bank in the village 0.' St. Johusville, N. Y. His mortgage forgeries will aggregate $75,000. but the proceeds derived from this source have been lost in playing horses and faro in Albany. He had a mania for gambling and gained something of a reputation as a plunger in the White House colony of sports in Albany. His wife's fortune of $40,000 has also been squandered, but his bank forgeries are of recent occurrence, and it is generally believed here that this fund was built up for the purpose of leaving the country. Notwithstanding his faults, Jones and his young wife were very devoted tr\ ofinli nthor U'hilo lio fnrcrprl lior name to bank certificates -without the least hesitation and squandered her fortune, it is not believed that she knew anything about his crookedness or the fact that her entire fortune was swept away until she was summoned to the Grand Hotel in New York City on April 9 on a telegram 10 the effect that her husband was very sick. This telegram was a deception, but on her arrival the husband told her the story of his downfall, which resulted in her determination to stay with him and follow him in exile. Nothing has been learned of the whereabouts of the fugitives. Itivul to the Steel Trust. The Pennsylvania Steel Company, a rival of the Steel Trust, lias been incorporated in Trenton, N. J. ' S Sugar Trust in Torto Kico. TV?f\ \ Mini'i/.on Silica** Tvil?f it TO ported, is securing options on largo I'orto liican estates. Two New Brlj;iuller-General8. ]'resident McKiniey has appointed Colonel Merritt Barber, of the Adjutant-General's Department and Major Oscar F. Long, of the Quartermaster's Department brigadier-geuerals of volunteers, on account of their long and faithful services in the campaign in the Philippines. Maya Rebellion Practically Over. Mexican troops have captured the capital and practically ended the rebellion of the Maya Indians in Southern Mexico. May B^uce Chinese Claims. Information received by the Srnu Department, at Washington, from Special Commissioner liockhill, at Pekin, has created the encouraging view that the Powers will consent to reduce their claims against China for indemnity so that the aggregate will be within $200,000,000. A "Jack the Ripper" Caught. The notorious "Jack the Hipper," who mutilated eighteen women, lias been caught at Ludwigshafen, Bavaria, red-handed by two detectives dressed up as young women. > * ' LAST MPS TO Cl? ru^ Hauo s fWkivp Talk IIIC ucicgaico HUTV M ..... With President McKinley. TRADE RELATIONS DISCUSSED Che Cuban Delegates Complete Their Labors?They Make a Final Plea For Reciprocity ? The President Promises to Appoint a Commission as Soon as the Government is Organized. Washington D. C.?The Cuban delegation completed its labors in Washington on Saturday. In the morning che delegates met Secretary Root, arho escorted them to the White House, where they had a final and decisive talk with President McKinley. Then chey paid a viilt of courtesy to all the officials whom they have met, and finally they started for New York City, Homeward bound. The proceedings at the White House were interesting and important. Senor Capote acted as spokesman for the delegation. He thanked the President for the many courtesies shown them, which they accepted as expressions of pood will to the Cuban people. He invited the President to visit Cuba, to see for himself the conditions in the island, and learn from contact with the inhabitants of the love and affection which the Cubans have for the United States, and their appreciation of what has been done for them by this Government in their struggle for freedom. Senor Capote asked the President to 3o something for the Cubans upon an economic line, especially in the matter of reciprocal trade relations. He said that it was especially desirable to have something of tnis kind done before the next crop was harvested, in order that the Cubans might realize the advantages to them of closer political and economic relations with the United States. In reply the President said it was Impossible to settle the economic questions until the political questions were disposed of. He told the delegates to first form their Government, and then they would be in a position to enter into negotiations with the United States as to trade relations. Senor Capote responded that something ought to be done while the Cuban Government was forming. He thought that, while the United States was exercising control, there might be arrangements perfected, similar to those under contemplation by the Secretary of War in 1898, when the Government first passed under control of the United States. He told the President that the Cuban Republic did not wish to be born in poverty and rags, and if it could not be wealthy, it would at least prefer to have something with which to support itself, and to have its people in prosperous conditions, or with prosperous conditions before them. The President again reverted to the fact that under the present conditions, as the Secretary of War had advised them, he did not see how it was possible to settle any economic questions before the Cuban Government was formed. He would appoint Commissioners immediately after a Government was organized to negotiate with similiar Commissioners from the Cuban Government for reciprocal trade relations, and he believed that the United States would be ready to deal in a manner wnicu wouia ue uenencuu 10 both countries. He thanked the delegation for the Invitation to visit the island, and told them to assure the Cuban people of his friendly interest in them anu his desire to see them contented and prosperous. Senor Capote later said to a reporter: "We have concluded our business here. We have had two interviews with the President and four with the Secretary of War. during which all matters that we came here to discuss have had the fullest and most minute consideration. We came to consider the relations between Cuba and the United States and these, both political and economical, have had the most careful attention. We return to Cuba, and will deliver to the Constitutional Convention all the information we Imvft nhtninoH infnrmntinn wlil/Mi is highly important and interesting." General Wood liad an hour's talk with the President before his departure. He did not care to speak for publication or give his opinion of the result of the visit of the Cuban Commission. There is a general impression among those who have been in close touch with the Cuban delegates that they will recommend the acceptance of the Piatt amendment by the Constitutional Convention when they return to Havana. Secretary Root has made it plain to them that the amendment is the United States policy. STUDENT KILLED ON A STAGE. Loaded Pistol ITgcd Accidentally in a Play Given at Burnsville," 2f. C. Eurnsville, N. C.?While playing the cragedy "Last Upon the World." in the closing exercises of the Stanley McConnick High School, a real tragedy was enacted, when R. N. McInturf, one of the students, was shot and killed by Baccus Bailey, another student, both representing characters in ti?e play. When it became necessary for Bailey in his role to defend himself with a revolver against a drawn knife in the hands of Mclnturf. be used by mistake a loaded pistol instead of the one with blanks, and in the presence of several hundred people Mclnturf was shot dead on the stage. The boys were roommates and special friends. Texas Family Burned to Death. In a tire which destroyed a stable and three residences at Houston, Tex.. Job Coppling, his wife and three children were burned to death.. A negro lias been arrested on the charge of having tired the building to revenge his discharge by his former employer. Safe Blowers Rob a Bank. Safe blowers robbed ihe bank ??t Ludlow. 111., aud after destroying the saf:? with a charge of uitro-glyceriue made off with $15000. They left no clue to their identity. Prominent People. Sidney firundy is fifty-three years old and has written his lifty-third play. The King of Saxouy is one of the most approachable of European soveromna Secretary of War Root has abandoned his projected trip to the Philippines in consequence of the improved situation in the islands. The Czar of Russia is 4 wonderful whistler, and can whistle the most Intricate variations on national airs. He entertaina intimate friends in this waym V THE GREAT DESTROYER 1 soiMe startunc facts about ii the vice of intemperance. Women and Temperance ? The Reason 8 Why Many of Them Can Understand Sirs. Nation's Motives ?The Misery Which the Llqaor Habit Brings. Very few women can be found who will admit that they sympathize with Mrs. Na- v tion's strenuous campaign in Kansas, but y there are probably many who can at least n understand her motives. C "Every woman who has suffered through t alcohol,' said one the other day, "feeb a o responsive thrill whenever a Kansas plate- n glass window is shattered, because she t teels that the power of evil that liquor can exert is diminished to some slight degree 11 in that far-off region. P "All women are at heart abstainers, ? whatever their pretence at other opinions b may be, so soon as they have^seen a hus- 15 band, brother, father or lover dominated ? by a taste for liquor. They know that 1 nothing in the world can bring them the n same amount of suffering. It means to . them the loss of everything in the world, and they dread liquor accordingly. jj "Women of wealth who are assured of a certain prosperity whatever may come to them, nave less to suffer than those who have to fear poverty with the attend- ^ ant distress ana mortincation as a resun of the abuse of liquor. Not only the man ? suffers then, but the woman and children j, are also actively victims of the misfortunes g' that overcome the husband with the taste r for liquor. a "Every woman knows this. She may < not have suffered it in her own life, but n she has seen it in the lives of others, and j knows what may come to her, and that t knowledge makes her an opponent of a liquor, and a determined advocate of tem* t perance, if not of total abstinence. e "The woman of wealth who sees her I husband a drunkard will not necessarily I .suffer privations and the humiliations that p follow. She will be merely embarrassed c and mortified so long as her love for her o husband continues." e "It is not only the material troubles that drunkenness causes a woman," said an- v other woman, "it is as much the thought h that she has a more dangerous rival for her n husbandJs affection than any other in the h world. . No woman is so likely to turn him ? away from his home and his wife as liquor. 4 Drink absorbs the mind of the man with a . taste for liquor as nothing else im the ? world does. "it ia that, knowledge that arouses the ? jealous fear of every woman who sees j1 drink taking a hold on her husband or J* lover. She knows that for no woman P would he neglect her, spending his time elsewhere and his money until what ha . would under ordinary circumstances give * to her is wasted for his own pleasures, j. She knows that no woman could cause this t| ch&nge in the man she loves and who loves ^ her. "But liquor can, and she knows also that n other things may follow in the course of j. drunkenness that are harder for her to ti bear. That is one thing that makes every J woman an enemy of liquor and more or a less a champion of Mrs. Nation or any propaganda that would diminish men's ti temptations to drink." c! There was still another view of the d question come from a third person who f had said nothing in favor of the smash- n ing process during all the talk that had fi nrererled. She felt herself now equal to saying what she thought since the ice had tl been broken. a "Women have other reasons to sympa- o thize with any attempt to decrease the p1 drinking bv their men outside their own 11 houses, she said. "Nothing ever made me a stronger advocate of temperance than ? the destructon I see men causing to their health by careless habits of drinking a 1? cocktail before luncheon, two before din- \ ner, wine with that meal and two or three ^ drinks during the course of the evening. That is what its victim would call moder- ? ate drinking. But it would not need a doctor to tell him that he was ruining his health. "Of course he will see no signs of harm e( during the days of his youth, although the j, 6eeds of evil will be plantej then. Wait n until he gets into the late thirties, and all n the results of those years of careless life g make themselves felt. He is damaged t1 then in health to a degree that no amount g of prudence can ever correct. lie may by a self-denial and strict diet keep himself more or less comfortably alive. But we see " the difference in nerves and bodily health. w "That has always seemed to me the best n reason in the world why women should be 6i the friends of temperance. Not all of us suffer the worst effects that drink may ci cause, but thousands of us are familiar g; with the smaller evils of it."?New York w Sun. b a Russia Needs More Jails. G If Russia enforces its new laws against tl drunkenness it will have to more than J double its jail capacity, though jails are v very plentiful there. The new la.v provides that all persons found intoxicated in n streets or public places shall be imprisoned b for terms varying from three days to two " weeks. A repetition of the offense is pun- o ishable with three months' imprisonment, a It is estimated that if this law is enforced v the Government will be caring for ten per cent, of the population in its jails. C As the liquor traffic of the empire is " largely in the hands of the Government it o knows what to expect. The annual sales k amount to about S4,000,000 gallons, and the gross receipts are $1,175,000,000. The retail p sale of liquor is restricted to places where n food is also furnished. Vodui, a liquor " distilled from rye, is the usual drink of the t< peasant classes. It is sold at about $1.45 a ii gallon. w Alcoholic Drinking and Crime. g Professor Ferri's study of criminality in ? France shows the fallacy of those who ar- I cue that crime is due largely to spirit f n drinking and advocate the diffusion ot J jj wine in countries prone to crime. Accord- j ing to Ferri's statistics the statement of i the amount of spirits consumed and the ^ number of assaults and homicides do not agree nearly so well as these do with the amount of wine consumed. Another proof / of this fact is that the day on which most p of the crimes are committed is that day v on which wine is most used. In Germany thirty-eight per cent, of 2178 crimes were fi committed on Saturday evening. J.n Italy ]j a similar proportion of crimes are com- ii mitted on holy days, when much wine is yt consumed. . 2' Dnmns Above All Others. I venture to say, from my experience or this sin of drunkenness, that it has ruined p more young men starting in life, it has robbed of their honor more pure women, js it has brought down more gray hairs with bitter sorrow to the grave, it has emptied j, more churches and chapels, and I say it 0 has damned more souls than all the sins of j the Ten Commandments rolled into one.? Canon YVilberfore. s si The Crunade In Brief. r Wanted in every community a law and p order revival. f< Legislator \V. S. Howard, of Georgia, has prepared a bill prohibiting ''treating" in saloons, and loruiuuuig creim iu ouloons. A bill has been introduced at Trenton, t( N. J., making "treating-' a misdemeanor. It is baelccd up by the church people and oppojed by the litjuor men. P A curious effort in behaif of temperance S( is noted on i.ie part of the iielgian Governnient. A prize has been offered for the t| best picture showing the evils of drunk* p eness. bi After the habitual use of alcohol its sudden stoppage may derange the central nervous system. The attempt to have the Maine Legislat- ft ure adopt the resubmission of the prohib- ^ itorv amendment has failed, and the com- )r mittee reported to the Legislature, "Ought |j not to pass.'' js The various temperance organizations of w Pennsylvania are making vigorous efforts p to secure an amendment to the ISrooks u: high license law, providing for local option in wards, boroughs and townships. The trouble with Cupid iu Chicago is that he drinks too much. Out of the sixteen men and women who asked Judge tl Dunne to repeal the_ fatal wedding clause, L an even dozen said mac nquor auu csmtu i iv away their love. ' p t * . - " ; * r ; ' ' ' ' , k - . ^ - / ' '/* ? { [HE SABBATH. SCHOOL YTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MAY 19, object: Jesus Ascends Into Heaven, Luke xxIt.. 44-33 ; Acts i.f l-ll-Golden Text, Luke xxlv., SI ? Memory Verses, 9-11?Lesson Commentary. 44. These are the words." Now you fill understand what seemed so dark to ou when I told you about the Son of nan being put to death and rising again. ,'hap. 18:31-34. "The law?the probpets? he psalms." The three Jewish divisions f tne Old Testament Scriptures, here lentioned as containing, each of them, hings concerning Christ. 45. "Then opened He." Now by the nfiuence of Christ they see, not only the rophecies which pointed out the Messiah, ut also the Messiah who was pointed out y these prophecies. "Understand the icriptures. Jesus opened their minds by xplaining to them the true meaning of he prophecies, and by unfolding the true lature of His kingdom. 46. "Thus it is written," etc. Here are he twogreat essential facts of the cosel. 1. Tne atonement of Christ. 2. His esurrection from the dead. 47. "Repentance." This implies that a measure of divine wisdom is communicatd to the sinnner, and that he thereby ecomes wise to salvation. That his mind, urposes, opinions and inclinations are hanged, and that in consequence, theje s a total change in his conduct. "Remiaion of sins." The forgiveness of sins, the emoval of the punishment, and delivernce of the soul from the power of sin. In His name." As obtained for sinful len by His atoning sufferings, as he fruit of His intercession, and he effect of His grace. "Among 11 nations." God wills the salvaion of all, and Jesus tasted death for very man. "Beginning at Jerusalem." iecause it was thus written. Isa. 2:3. lecause there the facts on which the gosel was founded were transacted; and beause Christ desired to give further proof f His love and example of forgiving His nemies. 48. "Ye are witnesses.'' They had been rith Jesus throughout His ministry, they ad heard His teaching, they had seen His liracles, they knew His character, they ad seen Him after He rose from the dead, nd now their work was to bear witness of bese things. 49. "I send the promise." The Holy rhost which was promised to the churcn hrough Christ. "Endued." Invested, or lothed with. "From on high." It is :om on high, and therefore draws the soul pward, and makes it aim high. Thi9 ower was the promise of the Father; it Duld not fail. 50. "As far as Bethany." Not the vilige itself, but on the descent to it from fount Olivet. "Lifted up His hands." 'robably to lay them on tneir heads, for hat was the ordinary way in which a lessing was given. Gen. 48:8-20. 51. "Into heaven." The disciples did ot see Him rise out of the grace, because [is resurrection could be easily proved by heir seeing Him afterward; but they saw [im return to heaven, as there would be o other way to prove it. 52. "Thev worshiped Him." In gratlude for His blessing upon them. The loud that received Him out of their sight id not put them or their services out of lis sight. "With great joy." Every soraw had been turned into joy. They were all of love and joy in the Holy Spirit. 53. "Continually in the temple." While bey abode together at Jerusalem, waiting na praying with one accord for the Spirit f power, truth and holiness, they went 0 the temple at the proper times t join 1 the worsliip there performed. 1. "The former treatise." The gospel f Luke. Luke was the author of Acts. 0 Theophilus." He wa3 probably a magitrate or high official who had been conerted to Christianity. "To do and teach." 1 very important statement, dividing the ork of Cnrist into two great branches; he one embracing His work on earth, the ther His subsequent work from heaven, '".'i > TT-1.. r*\ l i> '1. "A nrougn me xioiy vjuust. uuu ave not the Spirit by measure unto [im. John 3: 34. Jesus who was anoint1 with the Holy Ghost (Luke 4; Matt. 12) i the power of the Holy Ghost, gave comlandments to the apostles to be His witesses, so that such commandments were iven by the Spirit abo. "Apostles." The ivelve generally called disciples in the ospels are in the Acts spoken of a a postles, or "those sent forth." 3. ^'Passion." Sufferings on the cross. Infallible proofs." The single Greek ord, translated "infallible proof," deotes the strongest proofs ef which a ibject is caDable, an irresistible proof. 4. "Not depart from Jerusalem." The aming of the Spirit was to be at the next reat feast after the crucifixion. They raited by prayer, by conference together, y doing necessary duties. Vs. 13, 14. Promise." Jesus thus termed it, because k>d the Father had promised the gift of tie Spirit, through the prophets under be ofd covenant. "Heard of me." In [is conversations with them. See on erse 4?. 5. "John." The Baptist, the foreruner of Christ. "With water." John's aptisrn was a baptism unto repentance. With the Holy Ghost." The outpouring f the Spirit upon them would eradicate 11 sin from their hearts and fill them rith love and power. 6. "Come together." At the Mount of liives. V. 50. "At this time restore." Wilt thou break the Roman yoke from ff our necks and immediately erect the ingdom of the Messiah?" 8. "Shall receive power." They were romised the power of the Holy Ghost i order to properly carry on God's work. Witnesses." They were to be witnesses j a crucified Christ, a risen Christ, a comlg Christ. "Uttermost part." etc. They ere to begin at home, with the Jews, and radua'ly reach out until the glorious ospel reached the whole human race. 9. "A cloud." Perhaps it was like the fiery, cioudv pillar," the symbol of God. hat led the Israelites through the wilderess; or Elijah's storm chariot, or the right cloud of glory which overshadowed lira on the Mount of Transfiguration, 'his was His "royal chariot," as Chrysosi>m calls it. 10. "Were looking." (R. V.) Wondcrwhat it all meant. "Two men." ir, form of men. "White ap ? ? v.tw _ arel." Matt. 28:3. The white garments ere an emblem of purity. II. "Shall so come." The second or nal coming. This will not be in obscurity ke Ilis first coming; but '"He will come i power and glory, on the clouds, and ritli His holv angels with Him." Matt. 1:30, 31; 26:64. A New Bridge For Duluth, Minn. A traveling-crane bridge on the same rinciple as that recently noted as having een successfully tried at Roaen, France, i now to be built at Duluth, Minn. There i so much water traffic constantly passig through the big canal there that any rtlinary type of bridge would greatly hiner navigation. Accordingly a framework ill be constructed over the water from hore to shore at a height of 150 feet, and uspended from this will be a platform unning on an overhead trolley. This latforin will carry passengers back and jrth at frequent intervals, and yet there ill be no interruption to navigation. German Sinking Societies' Federation. Following the Emperor William's hint, a "deration of the German male singing soieties is now being organized for the purose of being able to offer regular prizes to smposers for melodious, deep-feeling folkings, and to foster their masterly rendion. At Emperor William's express wish ue German singinq societies aDroad, esecially those in the United States, will c invited to join the federation. AcHylcne Gas For Llchthonsei. Consul-General Guenther, of Frankfort, ermany, reports that at the lighthouse of ltenbnich acetylene gas has been experitented with, as the strongest petroleum ght proved too weak for this station. It stated in German papers that the results ere entirely satisfactory, and it is exected that acetylene gas will now be sed extensively for lighthouses. New Zealand to Mine Coal* Mail adriccs from New Zealand report lat Premier Seddon is about to ask the ogislature to establish a colonial coal line to supply the State railways and rivate consumers at a low figure. v - - ' - -t' .-'' "v. '' ' . r 'i GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. ^ - '.4jj9 PRECNANT THOUCHTS FROM THE WORLD'S GREATEST PROPHETS S Threo Old Sawn ?At You Pray ?Relax*. tion ? Practical Preaching ? Blo?*om. ing In Heaven?A Prayer for GaidanM ?Failed Where He Felt Strongest. If the world seems cold to you, Kindle fires to warm it! Let their comfort hide from view. Winters that deform it. Hearts as frozen as your own To that radiance gather;. You will soon forget to moan, "Ah! the cheerless weather!" If the world's a wilderness, Go build houses in it! Will it help your loneliness On the winds to din it? Raise a hut, however slight: Weeds and brambles smother; And to roof and meal invite Some forlorner brother. If the world's a vale of tears, Smile, till rainbows span it! Breathe the love that life endears, Clear of clouds to fan it. Of your gladness lend a gleam Unto souls that shiver; Show them how dark Sorrow's stream Blends with Hope's bright river! Lucy Larcom. As Yon Pray. And as you- pray, 0 lonely heart, sc shall it be with you. Spirits that have stood alone for Christ touch yours, and breathe their courage and their com- > . radeship upon you from the hidden world. Men aud women who were misunderstood, as you are, kneel at M nn/1 rnrt!/A rAll tnrtW J UUl ?51UV, uuu kMunv JVM ?HV .. that you are understood in heaven. Souls that have agonized for souls, entet- your solitude of agony over unheariag bearers, and make the very , pain a fellowship of suffering that is akin to God's own joy. I know not who your Moses and Elijah are; they are the ministering spirits appointed and sent forth of God to minister to you in time of need; and as you px-ay they come to you as Moses and Elijah came to Jesus on the Mount; and as those other nameless ministers from heaven came to Him in the wilderness of temptation and in the garden of wrestling, they make you know the blessed commuuion of faithful hearts who are always lonely, yet never alone.?James MurselL Relaxation. Relax. Relaxation is of more value than distraction, pleasure or holidays. Relaxation means the freedom of orgaas and tissues from this hateful tension. How often do we hear a hurrying woman say: "I haven't time to rest, en miir>li tn Hr> " Hnrrv nnd worry nre physical sins. Wheu you fee! most hurried or worried, then is the time to relax. What is relaxation? Simply doing nothing. Give up; let go; surrender the nerve forces. Here is the first step toward iearniag how to relax; With the arms hanging at the sides, forcibly agitate the hands until they feel heavy, like dead weights. Shake them forward and backward, laterally and in circles, from and toward each other. Shake alP the stifiness out of these direct agents of the mind, that by their restlessness and tension report mental straiu. By continued practice of this simple exercise you will soon become able to withdraw nerve force from them at your will.?Journal of Hygiene. Practical Freaclilns. The demand for practical sermons is one that assails the ears of every * preacher nowadays. Laymen call for something that shall be plain and practical. It is our purpose to offer a few suggestions on this theme from the standpoint of the preacher: What does the man who calls for practical preaching mean by the term? Our preliminary task is to get somehow upon common ground. If by practical preaching we mean that which has for its subject-matter specific discussions , . of the practice of the Christian life? that is, such preaching as aims to give specific directions as to how men are to realize the Christ-ideal in daily life? then we are instantly shut up to a very narrow range of consideration. If, on the other hand, we may consider as practical all preaching that includes the presentation of the great ideals and sanctions of the Gospel of Christ, then our thought may be given a far wider range. Blocfiomlnc in Heaven. There nre lives which are cut off here / before any of their powers are developed. A thousand fond hopes gather about them?all a? mother's dreams of her child's future. Suddenly they are stricken down in infancy or early youth. The bud did npt have time to open in the short summer. It is borne away, still folding up in its close-shut calyxes all its possibilities of loveliness, power, and life. Sorrow weeps, bitterly over the hopes that seem blighted, ami cuts on the marble shaft an unopened bud, a torn branch, or some other symbol of incompleteness. Yet when we believe in immortality. what matters it that the bud did not open here and nnfoid its beauty this side the grave? There will be time enougn in neaven s iohr sunihicr iui every life to put forth all its loveliness.? WellspriQg. A Prayer for Guidance. j 0 Lord, I have a busy world around me; eye, ear, and thought will ba needed for all my work to be done in this busy world. Now, ere I enter on it, I would eommit eye and ear and thought to Thee. Do Thou bless them, and keep their work Thine, that as through Thy natural laws my heart beats, and my blood flows, without nny thought of mine, so my spiritual life may hold on its course at these times when my mind cannot consciously turn to Thee to commit each particular thought to Thy service. Hear my prayer for my dear Redeemer's sake. Amen.?Daily Morning Prayer of Dr. Arnold of Rugby. Failed Where He Felt Strongest. Peter failed in his st congest point. Courage, outspoken holdu.'ss, devotion to his Master, were his pride ami boast. Here there seemed little danger of failure; and yet just here he did fail. Where we feel strong, we are liable to lie ungtiarded. anil we fail there f->r that very reasou. It was now that Peter was "sifted as wheat." Part of what he thought was wheat was really chaff, and this terrible sifting under temptation blew away in the roughest manner most of the chaff?his inconstancy, his fiery temper, his self-confidence.?Peloubet. As God changes the weather, so does ho regulate the vicissitudes of a miction. Bombarding Mall Cloud*. During 100') some 15,000 hail shooting stations were established in Italy and a very large number in France and Austria. Tl... ,>f tUn ITriifail Strains AJr>nhhlv 1 1IC L'llllWI \/L VHIfcVU J Weather Review reports that there in, so far. no evidence whatever that the shooting done at these stations lias had any effect upon hailstorms. The quantity of powder em' loyed is usually so small that the vortex rings do not rise further thap?1000 feet. They do not, therefore, the clouds. The best that can he sSWiifor this method of changing hail into rain is that its advocates are still hopeful, but even its best friends confess that nothing has been proved, and that the whole matter is in its experimental stage.