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"f* gfnolfi. to Agrirnltorr, frrtirrtfrt, :."?*** 4E&/--1SUW SU1TTES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA. APttTT, 19 i?R9 SABBATH SCHOOL ? '" * INTERNATIONAL LESSON EOF APRIL 21. * i I Lesion Text: "Tlio Two Great Commundfiucnt n," Mark xli., liH-31? Gulden Text: Rom. xtii., *?? Commentary. ; Let us l*>ar in mind that wo oro in these lessons in the last week of our Saviour's life on earth and only two or three dnvs before His crucifixion. Ho is speaking His last wortis to them, and overy word is weightier than they imagined, and of more importance than ever we have yet seen. He continues to speak unto them in parables, because they After the parable of tlifc Vineyard, tho Wicked husbandman, -and the rejected Son, of last day's lesson. Ho then further taught them by tho narable of tho marriage supper uud the wedding garment (Matt, xxii., 1-14); after which the several despisers of the grace of tlio Lord?tho worldly minded Herodian. *i... " inuuui csacmuceo and the self righteous Pharisee?come forward in succession opposing the Saviour, but are each and all of tuein Sut to silence. This lesson tells of the last of lose opposcrs nn<l the Saviour's answer to them. 2$. "And ono of tho scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that lie had answered them well, asked Him, Which is the first commandment of all?'' From Matt, xxii., 34, 35, wo learn that this scribe was a lawyer and a Pharisee, juid that ho came tempting Iliin. That ony man or compauy of men should think that they c ould entangle Jesus in His talk, or catch Him in His words, and to that end feign themselves just men (Matt, xxii., 15; Murk xii., 13; !.?_ *e xx., 20), seems to us vory foolish indeed; hut wo must remember that t hey did not know Jesus and were blinded because of their uubclicf. What seems more strange is, that oven now in our day there is just tlio same spirit that was manifest in these unbelieving questioners 29. "Jesus answered him: Tho first of all tpb commandments is, Hoar, O Israel; tho Lord e' uod is one Lord." In this and tho next rev e <>f , ;* le--'-u Jesus quotes from Dout. \i., 4, 5; the word in Him richly ni:d lie had answer for every one from it. When tempted by Katun Ho overcame him by j quoting from this book of tho law, and how I often wo find Him saving "It is written." or "Have yo never read in the Scriptures? ' It is the sword of the Spirit with which we must become familiar if we would be soldiers of i Christ, and use it skillfully both for our own ! defense and for the overthrow of the enemy, 1 The words "Hear, O Israel," are found four j times in Deuteronomy (v 1; vi., 4; ix., 1: xx., 3); twico in reference to obeying (loci's laws, I and twice in reference to Tfis presence with i CI,.,... '1*1* ? " ...v..., x no humous auout tliom lmd gods I many and lords many, hat Israel was chosen ?wd separated from nil other nations to lie a Witness to the truth of the one only Living und IYuc God, to whom they were to.render a cheerful and whole hearted obedience, lie on Ills part premising to bo their salvation and tlielr glory. V.A,.1<1 tl,ou sl,nlt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, ami with all thy soul, and 1 with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. , xhis is the first commandment." When (; ?<! i Xpimo from the mmtktnp, rimiktrig, xit hi"! (m)v~ ] eretl Mount Sinai, out of the midst of the ( lire, the words of the ten commandments, of winch, the Saviour hero gives tho sum, Ho , prefaced them with these words: "I am tho , Ixord thy God, which have brought theo out of the land of Egypt, out of the liouso of Vnnnlugo" (Ex. xx., 1, 2), and more than eighty times this fact is mentioned in the law, the prophets niul the Psalms,cither ns an evidence .of His great love or as a reason why they should obey Him. It was not till after He redeemed them from Egypt's bondage that Ho gave them I lis commandments, nor did Ho ash them to love and serve Iliin until lie had proved His great love to them. He comes to us with the great gift of His Hon Jesus Christ, assuring us that He so loved us as to give llis Only Jtegotten Son for us; Jesus Himself assures us of llis love by giving Himself for us; and the Spirit through the apostles is ever repeating the same great truth, and not until wo can say: "We have known and lielieve tho love which God hath toward us," can we also say: "We love Him," and then wo will be sure to add: "lleeause He first loved us." (1 John iv., 1(1-I'd.) God made man for Himself that He might lavish His love upon us and that we might bo for His .rl. ...... I.iiwr 4l.nl IT., l.rtu ......nl.ul I .. . < I only Himself can satisfy our souls which lie lias uuuV, and having given Himself for us and to its in the [wmm of His Son, it is surely reasonahle that wo should give to Him in return the love of our whole heart, sou), mind and strength. ' Ml. "And the second is like, namely, this: Thou slialt love thy neighbor ns thj*self; ?i- there is none other commandment greater , than these." As love to Hod comprehends the lirst four of the ten commandments, so love to man comprehends the other six; and as our golden text says "Lovo is the fulfllling of the law." These very words, "Thou slialt love thy neighbor ns thyself," are another quotnt ion from the law of Moses, and ore found in J^<*v. xix., 18. When wo think of the full significance of this love as defined in 1 Cor., xiii., -1-7, long suffering, kind, free from envy, not. vaunting itself, not puffed up nor la-having unseemly, socking not her own, not provoked (It. V.), thinking no evil, etc., where can we look for any illustration of it except in Ilim who in our lesson has thus replied to this scribe? It is ns if 11c said to him, in Moses you find tin5 law, but in Me you find the law fulfilled, for that law is in my heart, and I came to fulfill nil righteousness; receive Hie, poor, helpless sinner, and I will lie to you the end of the law for righteousness; yea, 1 will lie your righteousness. IW. "And the scribe said unto Him. Well, Master, thou hast said the truth; for there is ;>nc God; and there is none other but He." Tlie serilie ltelievcd in one Hod and thus far accepted the truth, buttle was blind to the fact, that the Truth stood before him in human form, Hod manifest in the llesli. He knew that the God of Israel once tabernacled in a tent in the wilderness, ami also at tlilgal and Shiloli in the Holy T>mid, and afterward in Solomon's temple at Jerusalem; but he did not know that the same God had now emtio and had already tnliernaeled among them more than thirty years in the body prepared for Him (John i., 14; Hel?. x., .r0; and that it was lie that talked with him. ;c?. "Ami to love 11 i 11 with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, ami with nil the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." Truly this man seems enlightened; lie not only knew the truth when ho heard it, but Im seemed to understand it, and to know the difference lictweoii outward, formal worship ami real heart service; lie seemed to understand that no amount of hurnt offering or sacrifice would avail unless there wns on the part ol' the offerer a spirit, of true obedience and n grateful sense of the love of Clod. H4. "And when Jesus saw that lie answered discreetly, lie said unto him: Thou nro not far from tlu> Kingdom of Hod." He knew the trutli, lie understood the truth, ho <|K)ke well of the trntli, ImI ho did not revive the truth. He was very near ciilerin'," just at the door, and the door was ojk'u. Ik we do not read that, lie entered in. Ho was in a measure convicted, tint not converted. How near one may Ik- to the Kingdom w it limit entering in is made awfully clear in Hob. vi., l-l?. It. V., where we are told of some who were enlightened.tasted the heavenly gift, were made partakers of the k Holy (ihost, tasted the good word of Clod, and the powers of the age to come, and yet fell away. John x., JJ7-DD; I John ii., I'J; I'hil. i., Ii, and other passages make it iiimiistakalily clear that the truly saved are forever saved; but Ileb. vi., 4-ti; xM ttd-t'D; 11 I'ct. ii., 'JO-iW, tell as how miieh one may know and enjoy, and yet he !o t; how very near one amy I? and yet not enter in. The Ijonl .lesus Christ, is the only Saviour, and the only saved ones are those who are truly in liim.?Lesson llvlpcr. ) RELIGIOUS READING. Sanctified. "Sanctified in Chri t Josur." (t Cor. 1 &) Chureli of God, beloved ami chosen, Cuurch of Christ, for whpm He died, '' Cla'm thy gifts and praisa the Giver? "Yonre washed an 1 sanctified," Sanctified by God the Father, And by Jesus Ghrist His Son, And by God, the Holy Spirit, Holy, Holy, Three in Oue. By His will He sanotifleth. By the Spirit's power within; By tho loving hand that chastenoth Fruits of righteousness to win; By His truth and by His promise, Bv tho "Word, His gift unpriced, By His own bloqd. and by union lVith the risen life of Christ. rtot by effort or tlnne own,? Sin's dominion crushed and broken By tho power of graoo alone? God's own holiness witiiin thee, His own Inauty on thy brow,? ThisstiaU ho thy pilgrim brightness, This thy blessea portion now. He will sanctify thee wholly; Bodv, spirit, soul shall Imj Blameless til! thy Saviour's coming. In His glorious majesty! He hath perfoeted forever Those whom He luith sanctified; Spotless, glorious, and holy Is the cuurch. His chosen Bride. "More Tbnn Conquerors." | A conqueror may compel subm'snon, but he cannot eomiiel love. The conquered nation may be tilled with hatred and thirst for revenge. Christ is more than a conqueror, for He not merely subdues 11 s p ople under His sway, hut IIo draws out their aITcctions to Himself; His enemies are thus changed into loving and devoted friends. The persecuting Saul, breathing out threat'nines and slaughter, and making havoc of the cnurch, became tho devoted apostle Paul, to whom "to live was Christ." The I hristian is "more than a conqueror." The tribulation, distress and persecution but lead him all the closer to Christ ; so that ho not merely submits to those seeming ills, but lie rcioie s in tribulation, and ne'.ually thanks Christ for sending it. The sting is taken out of the persecution, and tho Christian rejoices that ho is counted worthy to suffer for Christ's sake.?Gc.orye Jeffrey. Nno Strife Up Hero. It is said that an old Scotch elder had once n s rious dispute with his minister nt an ciders' meeting. Ho said some things that nearly broke tno ministers heart. Afterword he went home, and tho minister went home, too. The next morning t.lio elder came down, anil his wife said to him: "Ye look sail, John; what is tho matter with vo ?" "All," he replied, "Vou would look sad, too, if you hail such a dream as 1 have. I dreamed that I h:ul been at the elders' meeting, and lmd said somo hard things and grieved i the minister; and when ho went homo I I thought ho died and went to heaven; mnl when I got to the gate 01 heaven out 1 panic the minister and put out lps hand to i lake niCj saying: 'Come along, John; there's ' VU. "I1 / 111 nappy to SCO 30.'" I Ik g his pardon, and {oniitrrn,-*?-M%-}wv9??tiv to < ?lder was so stricken with the blow that two weeks nl'tcr ho nlso departed. "And I should > not wondt," said ho who related tho inci[lent, "if he met tho minister at hoaven's < sate, and hoard hiiu so}': 'Come along, John; there's nno strife up here.'"?British Worknutn. Denied, Yet Answered. When Augustine, in his homo at Cartling res -lved to visit ltoine, his mother wished either to prevent him from going, or to go with him. Ho would listen to neither proposal, anil resorted to a triek to carry out his plan. One evening ho went to tho soashoro, and his mothor followed. Tliero were two chapels dedieated to tho memory of the ninrlyr Cyiirian, and lio pressed her to sp 'lid one evening in tho church of the mnrfcyr, while ho wo.dd aecom])any a friend on board a ship, there to say farewell. While she was there in tears, praying and wrestling with O-d to prevent tho voyage, Augustine sailed for Italy, and his deceived mother next morning found herself nlono. In quiet resignation sho returned to i' e eitv and continued to pray f r the salvation of her son. Though meaning well, yet she erred in her )>rayo- x. for tho journey of Augustine was tho means of his salvation. The denial of tlieprnj'er was in fact, the answering < f it. Instead of tho husk, (Jo granted rather tho subslnnco of her petition in the conversion of her son. "Therefore, ' said ho, "O (toil, thou hast rogard to tho aim and essence of her <1 sires, and didst not do what sho then prayed for, that thou mightest <lo for mo what sho continually implored."?Sel. Ripeness in Character. Rev. Charles H. Rpurgeon beautifully illustrates the marks of ripeness ill Christian character sum-what as follows: Olio mark is beauty. Rife fruit Ins its own perfect beauty. As tho fruit ripens, tho sun tints it with surpassing loveliness, and the colors drojioti till the beauty of tho fruit is equal to the beauty of the blossom, and in some respects superior. There is iu rip* Christians the beauty of realized sanctitiealion, which the Word ?f <?od knows by tlio name of "beaut3* of holiness." Another mark of ripe fruit is tenderness. The young, green fruit is hard and stone-like; but the ri. e fruit is soft, yields to the pressure. <'iin almost be moulded, retains the mark of the linger. So it is with the mature Christian; I10 is noted for tenderness of spirit. Another mark of ripeness is sweetness. The unripe fruit is sour.and p-limps it. ought to be, or el-e we should 1 at, all the fruits while they are yet green. It inav, therefore, lie in the order of grace a lit thing that in tin- 3'outhful Christian some sharpness slu-iil I 1?* formed which will ultimately be removed. As we grow in grace we are sure to grow in charity, sympathy ami lovo; we shall hnve greater and more intense affection for the person of llim "whom having not seen, wo love;"'we shall have greater d-dight in the preci mis things of His gospel; the doctrines which perhaps we did not understan I at Urst, will becomo marrow and fatness to us as we advance in grace. We shall feel that tln-re is honey dropping from the homo comb in the deep things of our religion. We shall, a-t we rip-n in grace, have greater sweetness toward our fob l...u <'l>i-ivtifnw Itilli'i-.siiiriled Christians limy know a groat deal. iiut t hey nro immature. Tlios'* who nro quick to censure may he very in judgment, hut tlioy nro as yet immature in heart. I know we who nro young beginners in grje> think ourselves qualified to reform the whole Christian church. We drag her liefore us ami conilemn her straightwav; hut when our virtues hecomc mora mature I trust we shall not he more tolerant of evil, hut wo shall ha m ro tolerant of infirmity, more hoiieful for the |H>oj)|e of (1 <1, anil certainly less arrogant in our criticisms. Another ami a very sure marl: of ripeness is a loose liokl if earth. Ki|>e fruit easily pnrts fro n the Imtigh. You shake the treo and the ripe apples fall. If you wish to eat frtsh fruit you put out your ha* il to pluck it. and if it comes oil' with ilitth ulty you feel you had I>etter leave it alone a little longer, i.nt when it drops into your hand, quite rendv to he withdraw n from the branch, you know it to he in go-id condition. When I he wire i m connect ion with tho hatlery. you fe?l its tingling touch, if Christ in me is working mig lily, I. a morn w ire, may so d lif" thrilling through another whom I touch. Fillet with the fulness of I !<kI, I in iy minister of that fulnes k> nrwly b ails. />/ . H. Hwislin. TEMPERANCE. ______ . si STRIKX FOR FREEDOM. Oh, slave of the cup, say how long will you kneel; The yoke on your neck, the chain on your heel. The stripes on your back, the dust on your lips, And body and soul in the darkest eclipse* Do you broatho the free air, is this a free land. Where you kiss the red rod in the Bacchanal's hand? Will you cringe to tho men who stand by the bowl. When giving tho stripes without stars on tho soul* | ?riii you go to tho altar o( freedom, and then, Like the craven, bow to the merciless men nr |yli.?.,i ii 1 * When lie, for pieces of silver, his Master sold? Will you lie a slave on American soil, And leave in saloons tho hard earnings of toil; Will you blot out tho stars on tho flag of the free And lie scourged by its stripes on the suppliant knee? With your neck 'neath the feet of tho tyrant you fear, Give your money and life to Gambrinus and boor? No! Arise and be free in a land that is free! Let your appetites drown like the swine in the sea. Tho spirits you drink are the spirits of wine; Not changed from tho water hy wisdom divine; But liko demons of evil that entered the swine. Now let your motto be: "Freedom is mine!" ?O. IF. Bunyay, in National Advocate. A NEAT RETORT. Pastor Home, of Ayr, Scotland, having uiade a pungent reference to the drink truffle in one of liis sermons, letters poured in upon hiui calling him everything but- a gentleman, and one publican sent him a ticket with these words inscribed on it: "Admit the liearer to any lunatic asylum in the United Kingdom Or Cokmies. Reserved seat." Mr. Homo's retort was rather neat. "I was always of opinion," said he, "that publicans kept admission tickets to lunatic asylums, for the use of their customers, and now I am sure of it. I intend to get that ticket framed as a trophy." A DEPLORABLE PRACTICE OF WOMEN. Tho use of stimulants before and after every slightest effort or exertion by reiined and well-oared-for women is another practice which disgusts and surprises me. "Ob, dear, I have had such a long drivo 1 must have a 'drop' of sherry," and "I am going to have suou a long wait I must take a 'taste' of claret," mnl "Oh, dear, that woman i?...,..i ? ? * * -- - ? 1 ran i ao a tiling till I havo a sip of port, ' etc., etc. Wines are supplemented 1?v w hiskies and punches, these again by cordials, pink, blue, green and red?it al- 1 vvays makes me think of the application of | liiacking my best shoes. I always know then that they are through the liest half of their 1 isefulness, that the more I put on the more ' L have to, and that 1 can never stop it once roeTcneer uF'SJSVXST' strength lent to your vitality, dear ladies, by J stimulants is pitifully shin and is bound to ( ;rack the leather.?,Ww York Star , THE DRUNKARD'S SON. A bright looking boy entered the Chestnut Street. Police Stjiiin" h?t r)igi>t JJo UOCElcd , to lie in great distress. 1 "Well, my little fellow," said the big, but , kind-hearted Sergeant at the station "what , is troubling you?" 1 "Please, sir,is my mamma locked up here?" "Who is your mnmma?" "Please, sir, her name is Martin." The Sergeant looked at the record book on which the names of all prisoners were regis- 1 tered. i "Yes, here is her name." , "Please, sir, can I see her?" "She is drunk. I don't think it would do you any good, my little man. Como took again in nil hour." i The poor little fellow, with his eyes filled with tears, turned slowly, nnd reluctantly left the office. i In exactly an hour he returned. He had not been very far away, but sj>cnt the time in going from storo to store watching the hour. This time he was admitted to the door of the cell. The mother had recovered partially from the drunken stupor. "I will let her out in n little while, my | hoy,'' said the Sergeant, pnttmg the hoy s curly head. The latter's eyes brightened. "Oh, thank you, sir," he said. "Where is your father? Is he dead?" "No, sir, papa, he is at home." "Why don't ho come down for your mother?" Again the boy's eyes filled with big tears. "Because, sir, he is drunk, too." "Poor boy," muttered the officer, "if you should "row up to be a sol?er man yon would indeed be a model." "Mamma was always so kind and good," he continued between bis sobs. "Papa drank so hard, and then she thought she'd stop him if she did it too. No they both get drunk so often." The recollections of his miserable home seemed to flit across thelioy's mind and again he burst into tears, and the officers expressed much sympathy for the l>oy, whoso love for a drunken mother was so earnest, so deep. It was a temperance lecture that npixxUed to (lie heart.?St. Louis Star Sayinys. TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. The saloon must have boys, or it must shut ap shop. South Africa has u Woman's Christian remjierancc Union composed of natives. An Inebriate Home for Women has recently been opened in the north of London. There were 52,702 arrests for intoxication and disorderly conduct in New York city in 1888. Eighty-one new members have been added to the Central W. C. T. U. of Chicago during the past year, and more than ?10,000 have passed through the hands of the society. An English brickmaker, after careful investigation, reported that among his men the beer drinker who made the fewest. numl>er of bricks in a given time mndo 87,000 less than the total abstainer who made the fewest miniiier in the same length of time. Air. lb II. Hurwell, of Allegheny City, Penn., recently did a week's campaigning for the amendment at Erie, under the auspices of the W. C. T. U. It is stated that 3000 jiersons signed the pledge, nearly nil of whom were men and l>oys. Four hundred young men sigmsl after one meeting. To throw a liomli, to sot a tiouso on tiro, to wreck a railroail train, are inconsiderable offenses compared to the ileeds of tho men who have introduced into millions of homes |H?vcrty, wretchedness, ignorance, crime and death. How long, asks xion's Herald, will a Christian public tolerate such criminals tibroail ? Miss Frances E. Willard and Miss Anna (iordon left Chicago recently forasix weeks' frii? in the South, during which time they will attend the annua! W. T. II. Conventions and visit the leading cities in Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, liouisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Indian Territory, returning by wny of St. Louis enrly in ^iay. Itov. Dr. Daniel Dorchester, in the hulcpendent, compares the cost of pauperism in three cities ami two large towns at periods twenty years apart, the first I icing a period of prohibition and the swond of license. He shows that in these five muiiici)mlities in twenty years the increase in cost of pauperism under license averaged 482 percent, over the cost under prohibition, the average increase in population being but 77 per cent. SWIFT BY A m. Terriflf Storms TV^gboi Virginia and Maryland, The United States Ship Pensaool Sank at Norfolk. A dispatch from Norfolk, V?., say Thunder and lightning, hail and snow and howling gale were what the people in th vicinity were treated to the other day. Th continued all day and changed at 10 o'cloc at night to a regular cyclone, the win I blowing upward of flftv-four miles on hou until 5 o'clock that morning. The wind cam Was eighteen inches higher than ever recorde before. Tho United States ship Pensacola sank i dry dock, where she was being prepared fo sea. Her sea mlves had boon opened for it spection and another one was being cut. Th tide flooded tho dock and she filled with water and, getting off her keel, sank before she oouli bo got in position again. A diver will hav to be sent down and her valves stopped u; and tho ship pumped out. Tho Simpson Dry dock was flooded and tho damage may reacl $40 000. The lower part of tho city was flooded b; tho tide, mid flro broke out on Wate street, caused by slacking lirno on thi wharf of John O. damage & Son. Th entiro block, with tho exception o Savage, Sou & Co.'s, commission mer chants, was in flames. The old Cotton Ex change building, containing about 800 bale of cotton, and the warehouse of J. W. Perrj & Co., containing about COO bole of cotton, woro totally destroyed Santos & Bro., coal dealers, losi everything except their office build ing; Batcheldor & Collins, coal, lumber and lime, are damaged to the amount of $4000, John A. damage's loss, including building, is $10,000. . Tho loss on buildings and stock de stroyed iu this block is estimated at $150,000, partly insured. It Is f>>*obablo that ifeo lossef sustained by tho wholesale grocery merchant* from the wafer forced info their warehouses bj tho unprecedented tldo will nearly equal thu amount. Hundreds of barrels or sugar and flour and other goods are ruined. During th( storm the roofs of tho Opera House, Masonic Temple and many dwellings were torn off, mul the Virginia Beach Railroad depot is badly injured and the track for hundreds of yards is seriously damaged. In Portsmouth lire destroyed tho lirno and lumber yard of Trugie & Hill. Tho wires along tho coast were all down. The snowstorm began at Charlottesville. Va., early in tho morning and continued through the night. The telegraph wires were badly broken down along tho Chesapeake and Ohio and tho Richmond and Danville railroads mid all trains ? ? *? ?1 rnl- - electric light wires were down in the city. t he worst storm of the season prevailed at ^ i w" u'i ' a> commenced with thunder and lightning, and was followed by rain, hail and snow, augmented by high wind. At mno o clock tho snow and wind showed no abatement, and reports denoted tho storm general throughout the State. A furious snowstorm and blizzard nrorapidly, n loud clap of thunder from sonth ?ast startled tho citizens. The winds were eery high all day. Telegraph wires were lown in all directions. This is the severest storm this Into in the season for years. Tho storm in Washington badly interrupted jiectricai communication and workmen were busy all day repairing damaged telegraph ind telephouo wires. Thoro ore 884 poles lown between Alexandria and Fredericksburg, Va. Tlie barge Sunrise, bound from Norfolk for New York with coal, was towed to a buoy in Delaware Bay and anchored by the tug 11. W. Morse duriug a heavy gale. At midnight the barge foundered. Tlie Captain, his wife and two children and one seaman wero tost. Joseph Coyle was tho only survivor of the wreck. Coyle, in tho open boat drifted ashore near tho Government pier. He was picked up In an exhausted condition by one of the crew of the Lewes Life-Saving Station. A dispatch from Baltimore says: xteports coming in from tho counties m the State show the storm to have been a very peculiar one. The snow aud rain was accompanied by thunder and lightning, and much damage was done. Near Mount Airy rain began to fall in torrents and continued until at about 2 p. M., when the snow began. In some places It was from eight to tenrinchea^ieop. A terrific gait of wind was blowing, and the snow was bliiuling. A singular feature of tho storm was that while the snow fell thoro wero continuous peals of thunder and vivid flashes of lightning. From Knoxvillo down tho tele graph polos and wires were strewn in all directions. Throughout tho State nearly all the wiros were down. On the bay the wind blew a gale. TEMPEST-TORN TAHITI. The Society Islands Swept by Hur rlcans and Torrents. The samo hurricane which raged so dis astrously over the Samoan Islands Marol 15 was felt with terrific force at Tahiti where tho island was swept by wind am flood, and thousands of lives were said t have been lost. The waters poured over the level land forming the outer portion of the island, am the capital city, Bapoiti, was entirely sul mergea in the torrent. Houses were carrie away, tho pub'.io buildings ruined and dc vastation was spread every where. The interior of the island is mountah oua. Some of the lvacple managed to reae these high lauds and thus escaped the flooi but tho number who perished is far largo and was beyond calculation. Tho level tracts of land in the island nr fertile, and tho chief dependence of the in habitants for food has been upon tho fruit ami vegetables raised there. Thesa oro| wore destroyed and tho people who escape the flood found themselves confronted by th danger of famine. Tahiti is about 1500 miles from Ramon, i an east south-east direction. It is thirtj two miles long, and the island is uride French control. Its capital city, 1'apeit has about a thousand inhabitants. On tt Island of Tonga thirty iwrsons jierished an the storm did great damage. Oto A ATT ~VXT A ATTT TAA'TAT uininujji .tin u Jjiuxxi. A ltcport That Tlioy arc MarcliiiiK T ({elher to the Knsi Const. Advices received at Brussels, Belgiui from Stanley Falls state that Arabs who ha arrived there report that Henry M. Stent and Einin Pasha were heard from in Febr ary. They were then marching towai Zanzibar, with several thousand men, wonn and children. They also had (1000 tusks ivory. The Arabs who brought news Stanley and Emin arrived atStaidey Falls February. They claimed to have seen Sta ley several months before that time. This report, says the New York Post, seei to 1k> a confirmation of the rumor, publish recently, that Stanley was on Ins way to t East Const, and it would also indicate tii he had safely rejoined Emin according tot plan mentioned in tho letter just publish* nnd that the latter had determined finally return to civilization with all the lin women ami children attached to his co mand. This would apparently fulfil the nm object of Stanley's e.\|iedition, although tin is n political side to it yet to lie explained. Thk Paris Ex|msition will extend two ai one-halt miles long and one and one-hi tiilcs wide. It will la; opened May 5. avi xvu>' \ ' THE BIO CELEBRATION, Completed Official Programme if tho Exercises. The following is the official programme the Washington Centennial Celebration < eroisee at New York: g Wednesday, April 17.?Formal opening the Lean Exhibition of Historical Portra in the assembly room of the Metropolit Opera House, at 8 p. m. Monday, April 29-Arrival of the Pre b: dent ana Cabinet at 11 o'clock, a. v., - Elisabeth port, where they will embark . once for New York city on the United Stat 18 steamer Despatch. Governors, Coram Is sioners and other guests Will embark at 9. 1c o'clock, . ii., on the steamer Erast Wiman at the ferry slip foot of W? Twenty-third street, and prooeed to Elii it bethport and to meet the Despatch and ? ? company her to the city. The steam r~ " I'be line of United States war slifpe, yacl d and steamboats will be formed iu the upp bay and after saluting will follow ?? a oraer: 1, President: !i, fclovemors and Coi r iniBsionvrs; 3, other guests. On arrival i the foot of V\ all street, a barge manned t 0 shipmasters front the Marine Society < New York, Captain Ambrose Snow, co: 1 swain, will row the Prosident nsbon 0 He will then l>e received by Chairma p William G. Hamilton, of the Committee r States. The Presidential party will I 1 escorted to the Equitable Building, where collation will be served and a receptiu j given. This will consume the timo from r until 4 o'clock. After the reception at tti 0 Equitable Building the President and (lot 3 emors will proceed to the City Hall, undo f military escort, whore there will be a publi reception in the Governor's room, from 1 t tl o'clock. g In tho ovening occurs the Centennial Bal r Tuesday, April 30?Services of thank?gi> 9 ing in the churches of New York nn throughout the country at uine o'clock a. v 1 A special service of thanksgiving will L givoa at St. Paul's Church at niue o'cloc t a. M., which tho President will attend. At 10 a. m. the commemorative Centennia ' exercises will take place on the south iron1 of the Sub-Treasury Building, tho sceno o the inauguration ceremony on April So 1789. The exerciser will cpnaiat of nraypi . by tho Rev. Dr. 11. S. Storrs, a poem lb ' John Greenteaf Whltfcler, an oration bj Chauncey M. Depew and an address bj * ('resident Harrison and benediction by th< ' Most Rev. Michael Augustine Corrigan ' Archbishop of New York. ! After these exercises tho military parad< will take place under command ot Major ? General John M. Scofleld. The right of linn is given to the military and naval cadets, followed by the troops of the regular army, i ami the National Guard in the following i order, each State contingent t>cing headed by its Governor and his staff: Delaware Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgiu, Con i uecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South i Carolina, Virginia, New York, North Caro i lina and Rhode Island. Tho other States i will follow in the ordor in which tliev wor* uumittou into tli* Union. Following "will l>o two hundred companies of tho Loyal legion and then the posts of the Grand Army. ' The route will be up Broadway to Waver ley place, to Firth avenue to Fifty-ninth street. Tho reviewing stand will 1* at Madison Square aud Twenty-fourth street From 5 to V o'clock a reception will bo given tho President by tho Art Comraitteo at the Loan Exhibition rooms in the MetropoliW^edcerday"' May 8?Cloao of the Loan Exhibition. i i ii? NEWSY GLEANINGS ItussiA has 138 vessels. An ico trust is tho latest. Florida lias frcsli pineapples Profound peace reigns in Samoa. In America there aro 500,000 Jews. Louisvillk is to linvo naturnl gas. Frogs' legs cost fifty cents a pound. Boston oats fifty tons of candy a day. Chicago receipts of hogs arc increasing. The United States has ninety-eight vessels European crop prospects continuo favor able. The number of priests in this country i: 6118. ' Murders arc decidedly on the increase it Paris. i In Germany there are one million surplui i women. A foreign steel rail syndicate is bcinj 1 formed. A strong current of emigration to Chili is noted. In nil there arc 70.-/0 miles of pipe lines ii j tho world. Louisiana strawberries are in the Nov 1 York market. Cincinnati is paving its streets wit! Georgia granite. Thk zonavo uniform is to bo abandoned ii the French army. The brewery combination in this countr; has not succeeded. Maud 8., queen of the trotting turf, is nov fifteen years of ago. The annual production of mineral oil i i 200O million gallons. , Tiik Hessian fly is destroying the wliea ,j crop in central Illinois. 0 Gas wells are being struck along tli Rocky Mountains' slope. s Farmers are paying high prices for sec 1 wheat in the Northwest. 'j A boom is on in the City of Mexico nti prices of real estate are high. All the election cases in Indiana ha\ i- been quashed by Judge Woods, h Jt costs two cents per ear per mile to ru i; electric ears in New York city. In five years there has been coined in gol *103,775,000, silver $203,1)53,000. One thousand locomotives and steamei ;s aro now o]>eratcd by petroleum. ? English and German bankers ore gobblir u up gold territory in South Africa. No Russian liable to military service n permitted to leave that country now. f- Florida has sent 2,000,000 young oranf tr trees to California since last September. '? f The Indiana legislature refuses to alio natural gas to Ik- piped out of the State. An Australian experiment of shippit oranges to London proved very successful. There will bo about ninety vacancies tli year at- the United States Naval Academy. During the last seven years Atlanta, Gi ?* has j?ut nearly $1,000,000 in her streets at sewers. n The Spiritualists of Hoston recently eel ' brated the forty-first anniversary of modei vo spiritualism. l>y Nkaki.y two hundred thousand barrels u- apples are lying unsold in tlio northern pa r,l ot Now York. en Alabama got the first Postmaster a of pointed in the Southern States under them of administration. 1,1 Trotting begins to Is- recognized in Er land. A track for it is to be established ji ns out of Liverpool. el A NEWSPAPER trust is lteing organized \j? England. Newspaper men are ordering si iai> plies from abroad. he The Chinese are getting ready to build < si, miles of railroad,571 locomotives, l.V) eoael to and 0.VJ cars. All American make. '') A meat syndicate, to lie known as I American Meat. Cornpany, has been orgi 1,11 ized in Philadelphia with a capital of & >ro 000,(100. Mr. Kkrlv, of motor fame, announces tl ho has found the missing link necessary make the vibratory resonator ami ethe generative evaporator a success. FILLING THE OFFICES." of Close of the Special Session of tin of United States Senate. ? of Two Nominatlnnn Roionf/ul ?*?; - ? *>UJUUVUU (Ull JJ Eight Not Aoted Upon. i at Fifteenth Day's Nominations. ** Jamas N, Huston, Chairman of the Rev. publican State Committee of Indiana, to o*' be Treasurer of the United States. Ellis H. Roberts,editor of the Utica (N. Y.) ijr Morning Herald, to be Assistant Treasurer * of the United Statee at New York city. *" William P. Wharton, of Massachneetts, to " be Assistant Secretary of State. g- *sSjSi MtStSBkSUM 9WM . and Docks in the Department of the Nary,to . fill a vacancy. ' s L. Bradford Frinoe, of Santa Fa, New 'V Mexico, to ba Governor of New Mexico. 11 Louis A. Walker, of Helena, Mont, to be 'y Secretary of Montana. James E. Kelley, of Nebraska, to be Receiver of Public Monoys at Bloomington, ?u Neb. ' George H. Shields, of Missouri, to be Assistant Attorney-General of the United States, vice Zacli. Montgomery, resigned. Drury J. Burchett, of Kentucky, to be Marshal of the United States for the Dis~ trict of Kentucky. The following confirmations were made by r the Senate: Louis Wolfley, of Arizona, Governor of Arizona; C. T. Ashley, Indian Agent at Cheyenne and Arapahoe, Indian Territory; W. W. Junkin, Indian Inspector; I J. E. Kelly, Receiver of Public Moneys at Bloomington, Nob.; L. A. Walker, Secretary of Montana; J. N. Huston, Treasuror of the . United States; E. H. Roberta, Assistant ' Treasurer at New York; E. IL Terrill, Minu ister to Belgium; J. I* Abbott, Minister to Colombia; 0. A Schoboy, Indian Agent at , Fort Peck, and a large number of nmkmn?. t ^ ? Sixteenth Day's Nominations. Robert J. Fisher, of Chicago, I1J., to bo As , msmnt \jumnii?noiiCT \*t ?* ??-.????v.,*.on * r P. Vance, resigned. i , Commander Bartlett J. Cromwell to bo a 1 , Captain, Lieutenant-Commander Goorge 1L Duranil to be n Commander, Lieutenant ' Uriel Sebroo to bo a Lieutcnant-Commauder, i Lieutenant Moses L. Wood (junior grade) to lie a Lieutenant, Ensign James II. Glennon , to bo a Lieutenant (junior grade), Commander John W. Phillip tc be a Captain, Lieutenant-Cominauder Fraucis M. Barber to be a Commander, Lieutenant Albert It. Conden to a Lieutenant-Commander, Lieutenant David Daniels, (junior grade), to be n Lieutenant; Ensipn Harry 8. Knapp to be a , Lieutenant, (junior grade); I'a sod Assistant Paymaster Josiali It. Btanton to be a Pay( master, Assistant Paymaster Thomas J. , Cowio to be a Passed Assistant Paymaster, , Second Lioutonant Harry K. White, Marine Corps, to l?o a First Lieutenant. Tuo Sonato confirmed tho following nominations: Georgo H. Shields, of Missouri, to be Assistant Attorney General; Drury J. Burshett, to be Marshal of Kentucky; Robert J. Fishor, of Illinois, to be Assistant Commissioner of Patents: Captain Geoijre B. White, to bo Chief ofthoBuycf.V ?C Ya?ds ?va4 Rocks^ L I nittrlctoj (liortia' ' . , John B. Henderson, of Missouri; CorUuhu* N. Bliss, ef Now York; William Pjnckuoy Wliytc, of Maryland; Clement Studebaker, of Indiana; T. Jefferson Coolidge, of Massachusetts;^ William ? J^mcoU^ of t BouUi Tnlm R <i Pitkin, of Louisiana; Morris M. Kstte, of California, and J. P. lfunsom, of Ueorgia. delegates to tlio Congress of American Nations to bo hold in Washington November, 1KX!>. The Naval promotions sont in by the President were also continued. Near the close of business Vice-President Morton said: "As the present occupant of the chuir is about to vacate tho chair for the remainder of tho session, ho desires to avail himself of this opportunity to express his grateful appreciation of the courtesy and con sideration which he has received from overy member of this body. Ho desires also to express tlie hopothat ho shall tind at the Next session of tho Senate every Senator in his seat in good health, and that ho shall then have an opportunity to resume and contiuuo ' tho agreeable relat ions already established."' Mr. Edmunds then offered n resolution g that iu the absence of tho Vice-President Mr. Ingalls bo chosen President of tho Senate pro tern. > The resolution was put by tho Secretary and agreed to without division, and then Mr. 0 Ingalls, escorted by Mr. Edmunds, had the oath of office administered to him by tho , Secretary and took the chair, expressing at tho same tiino his grateful acknowledgments to the Senate for tlio renewed expression of v its confidence. The Senate then adjourna l sine die by a 1 strange coincidence on tho samo date on which it ad journed four yoars ngo, leaving 1 uucoufirmoi less than n do/.eu nominations, and among those only two of any imporlnuce?that of William Whitemau to be Assoy cinto Justice of tho Supremo Court of tho Territory of Now Mexico, and that of Edv ward Kursheed, to be United States Marshal of the Eastern District of Louisiana. 3 The Senate's Work Summarized. ()f the 310 nominations sent to the Senate during the special session by President Harriio son the following were rejected: Murat Halstead to bo Minister to (Jormany. i IsacloreS. Loventhnl to bo Postmaster ct Modesto, Cal. Tho following remained unacted upon (and id therefore died) at the end of the session: William H. Whiteman to b.> Associate Jusr0 tice of tho Territory of New Mexico. Edwin 1. Kurshecdt to bo Marshal for tho Eastern District of Louisiana. In Postmasters?Kittrell O. Haiders at Minot, I?ak.; Carl C. Crippen at Kusfcis, Kla.; Hurt <1 C. Drake nt Gainesville, Kla.; Robert K. Rebout at Ruslivillo, Ind.; George 10. Nlchol s son at Nes3 City, Kan.; Famuel C. Moore at Findlay, Oliio. President Harrison's nominations voro '8 contained in -84 messages. During the special session of the Senate at the beginning of is President Clovelan l's term ho sent to the Capitol 118 messages, eighteen of his noiniT nations failed to receive confirmation, but s there wero no rejections. At the Inst session of Congress during Hayes's Administration w the Senate faded to act on lOUof his nominations, and rejecte I three?an une<|ua]ed record. lis ANNIHILATED HER FAMILY. i A Despairing Motlier Dostroya Hcrself and Tliroc Children. I Mrs. Margaret Kiidoin and her thre.i cliilr? dren were burned to death in their home at Milwaukee, Wis., early in the morning. The of house is a small two story frani9 building i f two doors from Walnut street, and Mrs. Kinlein, with her children, occupied the three ip- rooms on the lower floor. Upstairs an old 'W man named Lawrence Jung lived with his son and two daughters, and they were uvvakened about 'i o'clock by the smell of smoke which seemed to come irom the room below. The son got up and going outside saw smok< pairing from the lowar rooms. He smashed n in a window but got no response, and thei R ttirnod in u tiro alarm. in the middle room on the lower floor, th< Vid doors of which hod been tightly closed, thi lies charred bodies of Mrs. Kinlein and two sons John and George, aged ?i* and four years re ,. spectively, were found. Later the body o the infant son Richard, aged two years, wa found in the basement, a hole having burnei "V through tfffc floor, through which the horl; had fallen. There was every indication thu lat 1 the mother had deliberately burned horsel to and tier children to death tiy building a fir ral beneath the lied in which they ull slept. Mre Kinlein lost her husband about a year ago. NUMBER 16. ??????????w?s??? A" REJECTED NOMINEE. Marat Halstead, Whom the Seuete Re rased to Send to Germany* J Murat Halstead, nominated by President Harrison for Minister to Germany, and rejected by tbe Senate, is one of the best-known figures in American journalism. He was born in North Carolina in 1S?0, but moved to Cincinnati with his parents in 1843. He be gan me as an office-boy and than became a reporter. Later he entered Farmers' College, and continued to contribute to the newspapers. He worked on several papers atter leaving college, and in 1854 became a member ol the llrm which owned the Cincinnati Commercial, a paper afterward consolidated with the Gazette. Mr. Halstead has for many years been a force in Ohio Republican polities, although he has made some remarkable changes of opinion. He strongly criticised General Grant's course during the war and was opposed to the use of colored troops. He was one of the Liberal Republicans who supported Horace Greeley for the Presidency In I8rj. He was formerly an opponent of Mr. Hlalno, but is now u warm friend of the Secretary of State. Six of the Republican Senators?Messrs. Suay, Toller, Ingalls, Plumb, Evarte and >t?wi'g ? ?ro l)ndarstood tp have Vpted agajnfrt Blackburn and Call?for him, making the vote 25 to 1> against confirmation. Eleven Republican Senators in all are said to have been ready to vote against him if moro votes' to reject nod been required. The Republican opposition to Mr. Llalstead was because of attacks upon Republican United States Senutors winch he bail made in his paper a few years ago for refusing to investigate charges of bribery in connection with Senator Payne's election by the Ohio Legislature. THE PARNELL COMMISSION, sir 1/iinricR Ilussell Makcn Hi? Opening Speech for the Defense. The Parnoll Commission resumod its sitting in Londea. Sir Charlos Russoll openod Hie case for tho Pnrnollite... Ho declared tiiat the testimony of the 310 witnesses produced * by Attorney-Ucnerai Webster, leading c< iuS l,mes> wtls irrelevant. Ho admitted that crime prevailed in Ireland to a greater or lew degree, and said that the colHipsa fil. tliq . ?*>" r.v.s rnan in ftlia * >.- , , 1k> in feasible. Judicial rulea ware i,.va(M > ij when n whole people moved. He.daclaro l that thoughtful mittvU woro convinced thai ihe timo had come to try the oxperiinont ol home rule in Ireland. A RUSH TOR LAND. Many Thousands of Settlers Seeking, Homesteads In Oklahoma. A Hood of applications for iminigraut rates to Oklahoma is pouring into tho StLouis railr&dd olllco.3. There is only room for 10,000 homosteads, and applications for over 30,000 persons seeking low rates of transportation from St Louis have been rocoivod. Much sulTering is anticipated this coming summer niul fall among the shut-out pilgrims, many of whom will undoubtedly "move on'' to Texas and Kansas. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Ivino John of Abyssinia is dead. The Popo is a very lino chess player. Seckktahy Windom is worth $5,000,000. Sknatok Stanford is worth $40,000,000. ^ P. T. Baiinum Itegnn poor aiid'has now <5,000,000. Km dehor Franz Josef is to visit Berlin about tho middle of August. The Empress of Juonn has abandoned her intention of visiting tliis country. The Prince of Wales has accepted an invi tatiou to dine with Mrs. Bonanza Maekay. Murat Halstead, islitor of the Cincinnati Coinmcrcial-Gazettv, is a sufferer from erysipelas. Mrs. Amelia Rives-Ciianlkr, the authoress, is just, twenty-six years old, having l>een born in 1WJ3. Bismarck looks pale and haggard and hns grown tci years older in appearanco in the last twelve months. Thk Emperor of Austria lias given orders that his dead son's name shall never ugain be spoken in his hearing. Tiie Into John Bright had on the walls of his study a portrait of Gladstone, one of Lincoln and one of Washington. Stonewall Jackson's widow is now living In Randolph County, N. C., with her father, who is ninety-one years of age. Kino Alexander, of Kervia, is n tall, well-built, boy, but awkward and shy. He takes much interest in natural sciences. Admirai, Kimrekly, who is in command our Pacific squadron, is fifty-nine years of ?gc, six feet in height, well proportioned, and quick in all his movements. The family of Assistant Postmaster-Gen?ral Clarkson is composed of five persons? himself, Mrs. Clarkson ami three sons. The ddest son is eighteen years of age and the youngest six. Tiik will of the lab" John Heott, of PittsI?urg,President of the Allegheny Valley Railway, leaves nothing to Ins wife, while hi* three sons get only ?1 each. The estate is valued at *J<X),<XX>. Miss Clara Huntington, the daughter of the railway magnate, has ?4,(XX),000 of her )wn, and will inherit four or live times as jiucb. She is about twenty-three years old ind goes but little into society. Ward McAllister tlio fumed lender of she Four Hundred Aristocrats of Gotham, is -lose on to sixty years of age. Ho is a tall. A'cll-built man, with a brown mustache and jjoatce, slightly streaked with gray. One of the closest students of the Indian inHMt'III .IfHI I fill- til l lld IN'Mt IlllUillltitl jn lOM.ia in Hit' fountry in matters relating to the Inlinns is Misc. Kate Proxoi, of Philadelphia. I'ho Iiulian in bobby, and she is said to <ive $100,000 a yt-ar out of her own income tc 1 *.ho Indian I)c|Kirtmcnt at Washington. , t'liANU Kan M.iau, the interpreter atI :aohed to the Chinese legation at Washing- - ^ , ',011, is tlrscrilxxl lis q gigantic blonde Cliinnnan, with a profile as regular as a Creek j ilatue. He comes from the north of China, 5 ivhere, owing to the severity of the siiiiiptutry laws, the race is kept, intact, as to its uii1 isual size and peculiar attributes. ' Miik. Ki.i.a Clvmkii, the now President ol J sorosis, is said to Ih> the liandsomest member 1 >f that highly intellectual organization of ? women in New York. Mho has a sweet, MnJ lonna-lik( faee, hi" dark eyes, and a soft, jew voice. .Mr>. Clyliter is a widow, who was * eft a large fortune by her husband. She jossosse* exquisite taste in dress, and ia, in W t, an ideal Provident,