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/ OUR FORHUtf COMMERCE The Nation’* Trade Aceonnt for the Fiscal Year. The Balance of Trade in Our Favor $202,944,342. ri. G. Brock, Chief of the Bureau of Sta> tistics, has completed his statement of for* •ign commerce for the month of J une and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892. It is a remarkable and gratifying showing of the value of oar foreign commerce, which is unprecedented in the history of this coun try. The aggregate value of the im port* and exports of merchandise attained its highest point. amount ing to $1,857,726,910, as against $1,- 729,397,006 during the fiscal year 1891, an increase ot $128,329,904, and an in crease of $370,193,883, since 1889. This is also a very large increase over the average ■nnnwl increase for the last ten years from 1882 to 1891, which was $25,421,517. Since 1889 our commerce has been making tre mendous strides. There was an excess in the value of the exports of merchandise over the Imports of $202,944,342, a very large balance of trade in our favor. The value of our imports of merchandise during the last fiscal year was $827,391,28 4, as against $844,916,196 tor the fiscal year 1891, a decrease of $17,524,912, but an in crease of $114,979,606 over tue average an nual value of imports for the past ten years. There was an increase of imports of coffee, raw silk and sugar, but a decrease in the imports of tin plates, manufactures of silk, wool and tobacco and vegetables, fruits and textile grasses. The value of imports admitted free of duty was $458,001,145, an increase of free importsover the fiscal year 1891 of $91,759, 793. At the same time the value of dutiable imports was $369,390,139, a decrease of $109,- 284.705. The value of imports of mer chandise free of duty during the last fiscal year exceeds like imports of 1889 by the sum of $201,514,067. In 1889 the per cent, of free imports of the total was 34.81. In 1892 it was 55.88. In 1889 the average ad vaiorem per cent, of duty on all imports, free and dutiable, was 29.69; in 1892 it was 2'».65. It will be ob served there has been not only a very large increase in the value of free imports over prior years, but a large reduction in the average ad valorem per cent, on imports, and the lowest since 1861. The total value of our exports of merchan dise during the fiscal year 1892 was $1,030,- 335,626, as against $884,483,810 during the fiscal year 1891, an increase of $145,851,816. This is the first year of our commerce when our exports of merchandise have reached a billion of dollars. The average annual value of our exports for the past ten years has been $754,345,8-14. The exports ot the last year exceeded that average auuual value by $275,- 989,782. This large increase in our exports of 1892 over 1S91 was made up largely of bread stuffs, $173,706,945. and cattle, sheep and hogs, an increase of $3,801,396. The value of meat and dairy products exported in 1892 was $137,411,385. There was a decrease in the value of cotton exported of about $32,000,000 because of low C ices. The value of exjxjrts of the five iding products were as follows: Cotton, $258,447,741; breadstuff?, 1301.828,601; pro visions, $137,411,386; cattle, sheep and hogs, $35,654,384; mineral oils, $44,782,125; all other exports, $137,665,370. I bis statement shows a progress in our export trade that is not equalled by any other Nation. The total number of immigrants arriving in the United States iu the year ending June 30, 1892, was 691,320, as against 555,- 496 in 1S9I, an increase of 63,824. From Germany came 130,622; Russia, 84,269; Italy, 60,944; Sweden aud Norway, 57,153; Ireland, 55.381; England and Wales, 50,182. NEWSY GLEANINGS. The plague is raging in Persia. Italy has twenty-two crematories. “SiBASTRourtpods prevail in Japan. The cranberry cr^JPpromises to be large. The British Parliament is to meet August 4tb. Anti-Christian troubles in China con tinue. Mount ^Etna’s eruption continues to in- «reaae. Yellow fever is raging in Vera Cruz, Mexico. Heavy rains have delayed farming in Canada. The outflow of gold continues to attract attention. The cholera epidemic is spreading throughout Europe. A big wheat crop is expected in North and South Dakota this season. New Mexico is enjoying the first rainy season it has had in four years. In Arkansas over 9338 farms have been inundated, causing a lots of $10,000,000. The New York Arion Society is meeting with brilliant successes m Germany and Austria. The pack of fruits and vegetables in Maryland this season will be far below the average. There is quite a rush of people into the Southern States who have a few thousand dollars to invest. The latest issue of Trow’s New York City Directory, just out, gives that city a popu lation ot 1,651,540. Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany succeeded in catching a whale fifty-four feet long off the coast of Norway. The starvation of thousands in the drought district of Mexico is avoided only by Government aid. During the second quarter of this year there were organized in the South 761 new industrial enterprises. Italy is much exercised over the scarcity of fractional silver currency and is trying to stop its purchase and exportation. Seven counties of Northern Texas have refused marriage license to a boy of sixteen and a widow of forty who has'thirteen chil dren. , The Papal encyclical of the Columbus celebrations directs that on October 12th the Mass of the Trinity be celebrated in the Catholic churches of tspain, Italy and Amer ica in honor of Columbus. There is much speculation in Washington just now over the statement that the Wash ington Monument, 555 feet high and fifty feet square at the base, is perceptibly inclin ing Irom the perpendicular. At the funeral feast of Ya-ten-e-ouitz in Oregon, the wile of the dead Umatilla chief distributed eighty-two ponies, fifty shirts, 101) blankets and a number of pipes and beaded articles among the ludiaus and others who attended. Fully 6j0 Indians were feasted on a free dinner. In the northern part of West Australia farmers have to stand by and see t'aeir flocks dying for want of food and wj ter. The sheep actually eat soil to allay the piuigs of hunger, which only hastens taeir dtatu. The settlers are virtually beggared, with nothing but poverty staring them in the face. A PITCHED BATTLE. Attempts to Attach a Circus Result in a Pree-for-AlI Riot. There was a serious riot in the village o£ Phoenix, N. Y., a few nights ago, in which two persons were fatally hurt. It grew out of an attempt on the part of Deputy Sheriff Vickery and two officers to attach the prop erty otDownie & Callagher, circus owners. The combination travels by canal, and while on the way to Phoenix from Oswego the circus boats ran into and damaged a canal boat. The managers refused to settle, and attachment papers were taken out. Wneu the officers went to serve them the circus men resisted and began shooting. The vil lagers were attracted to the scene, and a gen eral skirmish resulted, during which one of the circus hands and one of the officers were fatally hurt. A large crowd assembled, and threats of lynching the circus men in a body were made. The wrath of the crowd was finally appeased when twelve of the circus hau ls were literally dragged to jail. * he villagers guarded the jail all night to preveut taem from escaping. DEMOCRATIC NOTIFICATION Cleveland and Stevenaon Officially Informed ot Their Nominations. Eighteen thousand persons attended Madi son Square Garden, New York City, to wit ness the ceremonies of notifying Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson of their nomination for President and Vice-President by the Democratic party. The unusual spectacle of a notification of nomination to candidates for President and Vice-President in the presence of an im mense gathering of people was a success. It was the first time that the method of performing this important and time-honored ceremony m public has been attempted, and the citizens of New York approved it by crowding the vast auditorium to its fullest capacity. The doors were opened shortly after 7 F. m., and within twenty minutes every available particle of space was occu pied, both seats and standing-room, except the boxes, which had been reserved for men prominent in the Democratic councils, their lamilies and other friends. The boxes were not long in filling, and soon the great structure contained a mass of enthusiastic men and women, actuated, seemingly, by the one purpose of doing honor to the men who are to lead the Democratic party in the coming campaign, and who were about to receive official notice that they had been chosen to perform this duty. The audience chamber had been hand somely decorated. A large platform had been erected for the speakers of the evening, and the various commit tees interested in the proceedings. Above the platform a canopy had been placed, in which the inscription. “Cleveland aud Stevenson” spelled out in elec tric lights. flashed above two large, silk American flags. Representations of all the States of the Union, and festooned with American colors, decorated the spaces between the boxes around the circuit of the hall which was brilliantly illuminated with electricity. At 8:15 <?clock, the candidate for Vice- President, Mr. Stevenson, arrived at the Garden. His appearance brought out a demonstration of applause, which lasted for four minutes. The tall candidate from Illinois bowed very impress.vely and then sat down. When a moment later Mr. Cleveland stood upon the platform, the applause seemed to have gained redonbled volume. Nearly every man was on his feet shouting and waiving his hat, cane or handker chief, and most of the women joined in the acclaim. For several minutes, while Mr. Cleveland stood bowing his acknowledg ments, the cheers were continued. Nicholas M. Bell, of Missouri, tbe secretary of the Notification Committee, opened the proceedings by introducing Congressman William L. Wilson, the chairman of the committee. It was the duty of Mr. Wilson to inform Mr. Cleveland of his nomination, which he did in a speech which drew great applause. While Chairman Wilson was speaking Mrs. Grover Cleveland entered the building with quite a party of friends, who took the box reserved tor them at the left of the stand. She was recogn’zed and cheered. When Mr. Cleveland advanced to reply to the address there was another outbreak of noisy enthusiasm. Mr. Cleveland did not wait for order before beginning bis speech. He looked around to see that Mrs. Cleveland had been safely tea ted in her box and then began his reply. The first few sentences could not be heard except by those immediately surrounding him, but order came later. The cheering which followed Mr. Cleve land’s speech lasted nearly ten minutes. Then Mr. Bell, the Secretary of the com mittee, read the formal notification of tne nomination on behalf of the members of the committee from tbe National Con- Ten t.on. Ex-Judge White, of California, then arose to address Mr. Stevenson and notify him of his nomination. Mr. Stevenson received al most as cordial a welcome as did Mr. Cleve land. when he advanced to reply. He waited patiently for the cheering to cease, and when sufficient quiet had been secured for him to be heard, he delivered his speech. Tbe reading of the statement signed by the full Notification Committee to the Vice- Presidential candidate followed, and then the assemblage adjourned. After the meeting at the Garden the can didates were driven to the Manhattan Club, where thousands personally greeted and congratulated them. CHILE’S GENEROUS ACT. She Gives S'? 5 . 0 ®© Indemnity lor the Attack on the Baltimore Seamen. Chile has given $75,000 in gold to the United States to be distributed among the families of the two seamen of the United States cruiser Baltimore killed in the riot at Valparaiso last October and to the members of the crew who were wounded. The tender of that sum was made by Senor Errazuriz, the Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs; it was accepted by Minister Egan in behalf of the United States as “a frank, friendly and entirely satisfactory settlement of the deplorable occurrence at Valparaiso,” and Secretary of State Foster has just an nounced that “an entirely cordial and mu tually satisfactory settlement had been reached between the Governments of the United States and Chile” upon the subject of this indemnity. After Secretary Blaine wrote January 30 that the President believed Chile’s sense of justice would enable the two Governments to make honorably a full end of the whole matter nothing was done till last month, when Senor Errazuriz entered the Chilean Cabinet as Minister of Foreign Affairs and communicated to Mr. Egan the disposition of the Chilean Government to come to an adjustment of the Baltimore indemnity. Mr. Egan was informed by Secretary Fos ter July 1 that the President was much gratified at the indications received of the disposition of the Chilean Government, and that he did not doubt that it would be ready to make a liberal indemnity to the families of the deceased and to the wounded sur vivors. Senor Errazuriz addressed Mr. Egan a note on the 13th p.acing at the disposal of the latter the sum of $75,000 in gold and ask ing him to cause it to be distributed among the families of the two seamen who lost their lives and to the surviving members of the crew wounded in the affair of October 16. On tbe 17th inst. Mr. Egan replied, cordially accepting the offer. The Baltimore indemnity finds no exact precedent in the diplomatic history of this country. According to Captain Schley’s report two of the Baltimore’s men were killed in the Valparaiso riot, three seriously wounded and fifteen slightly injured, making twenty men killed and wounded. Chile’s indemnity money could be divided into twenty parts of $o75Q each. CROP REPORT. Comparative Acreage of TV hea'’. Corn, Tobacco ami Potatoes. The report of the statistician of the Ag ricultural Department giving the compara tive acreage of corn, potatoes and tobacco and the condition on the 1st day of July of corn, winter ani spring wheat, oats, rye, barley, potatoes, tobacco, the grasses, fruits and other minor crops has just been issued. The returns show tae acreage of corn, as compared with the actual area of last year, to be 95.6 per cent. The reduction of area is not equally dis tributed. being mostly confined to the great corn-producing regions of the countrv. This decrease, the report says, has been considerably offset by the increased acreage in tbe South, where during the last year eleven cotton States have given consid erable breadta to tbe cultivation of corn. The condition of the crop, 81.1 per cent., is the lowest July average ever reported by the Department. The condition of wheat is very favorable, there being only a slight de cline in several of the minor producing States. The condition of oats, 87.2 per cent., is the lowest July condition with one excep tion ever reported. The month shows a slight increase in rye. The condition, how ever, is slightly below that of 1891. Barley has changed but little during the month, but the average reported is the highest ever known in July since 1885. The acreage of potatoes is very low, there being a decrease in the largest yielding States; the early ap pearance of the potato bug has ruined many crops. This month, the report continues, as generally considered the largest yielding one in the year. The returns from tobacco, althougn very favorable, are smaller than for tbe co{'esponding month last year. THE ELECTIONS OF 1892. Offices to be Filled and the Dates at Which They Wdll be Held. The elections of 1892 inc.nle those in ajj^ the States for 444 Presidential Electors, which will be held on Tuesday, November 8. All will be chosen by the several States at large, except in Michigan, where two will be chosen by the State at large and ten by Con gressional districts. There are also to be elected the National House of Representa tives (two members have already been chosen in Oregon) and State Legislatures, which will choose twenty-six United States Sen ators (one Senator having already been elected in Rhode Island by the Legislature chosen this year). The other elections of the year are thus grouped by the Albany Argus: Alabama will elect Governor and State officers August 1 and nine Representatives in Congress November 8. Arkansas will elect Governor and State officers September 5 ani six Representatives in Congress November 8. California will elect seven Representatives in Congress and a Legislature to choose a United States Senator, vice Felton (Rep.), November 8. Colorado will elect Governor, State officers and two Representatives in Congress Novem ber 8. Connecticut will elect Governor, Stats offieerv. four Representatives in Congress, and a Legislature to choose a United States Senator vice Hawley (Rep.), November 8. Delaware will elect a Representative in Congress and a Legislature to choose a United States Senator, vice Gray |Dem.), November 8. Florida will elect Governor, State officers, and a Legislature to choose a United States Senator, vice Pasco (Dem.), October 4, and two Representatives in Congress Novem ber 8. Georgia will elect Governor and State officers October 5 and eleven Representatives in Congress November 8. Idaho will elect Governor and State officers, a Representative in Congress, an 1 a Legislature to choose a United States Sena tor, vice Shoup (Rep.), November 8. Illinois will elect Governor and State officers, and twenty-two Representatives in Congress November 8. Indiana will elect Governor and State officers, thirteen Representatives in Con gress, and a Legislature to choose a Unite 1 States Senator, vice furpie (Dem.), Novem ber 8. Iowa will elect Secretary of State ani eleven Representatives in Congress Novem ber 8. Kansas will elect Governor, State officers, and eight Representatives in Congress No vember 8. Kentucky will elect eleven Representa tives in Congress November 8. Louisiana elected Foster (Dem.) Governor ani a Democratic Legislature to choose a United States Senator, vice Gibson (Dem.), April 18; will elect six Representatives in Congress November 8. Maine will elect Governor, four Represen tatives in Congress, aud a Legislature to choose a United States Senator, vice Hale (Rep.), September 12. Maryland wiil elect six Representatives in Congress and Legislature November 8. Massachusetts will elect Governor, State officers, thirteen Representatives in Con gress, and a Legislature to choose a Unite 1 States Senator, vice Dawes (Rep.), Novem ber 8. Michigan will elect Governor and State officers, twelve Representatives in Congress, and a Legislature to choose a United States Senator,vice Stockbridge (Rep.),November 8. Minnesota will elect Governor and State officers, seven Representatives in Congress, and a Legislature to choose a United States Senator, vice Davis (Rep.) November 8. Mississippi will elect seven Representa tives in Congress November 8. Missouri will elect Governor and State officers, fifteen Representatives in Congress, and a Legislature to choose a United States Senator, vice Cockrell (Dem.), November 8. Montana will elect Governor and State officers, a Representative in Congress, and a Legislature to choose a United States Sen ator, vice Sanders (Rep.), November 8. Nebraska will elect Governor and State officers, six Representatives in Congress and a Legislature to choose a United State* Senator, vice Paddock (Rep.), November 8. Nevada will elect Supreme Court Judge,a Representative in Congress, and a Legisla ture to choose a United States Senator,vice Stewart (Rep.), November 8. New Hampshire will elect Governor and two Representatives in Congress Novem ber 8. New J«^»j will elect Governor and State officers, eight Representatives in Congress, and a Legislature to choose a United States Senator, vice Blodgett (Dem.), November 8. New York will elect Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, thirty-four Representa tives in Congress, and the Assembly of 128 members to take part in the election of a United States Senator, vice Hiscock (Rep.), November 8. North Carolina will elect Governor ani State officers aud nine Representatives in Congress November 8. North Dakota will elect Governor and State officers, a Representative in Congress, and a Legislature to choose a United States Senator, vice Casey (Rep.), November 8. Ohio will elect Secretary of State and twenty-one Representatives in Congress November 8. Oregon elected Supreme Court Judge and two Republican Representatives in Congress Jun® 6. Pennsylvania will elect thirty Representa tives in Congress and a Legislature to choose a United States Senator, vica Quay (Rep.), November 8. Rhode Island elected Republican Gover- ncr and a Republican Legislature, which has elected Aldrich (Rep.) to the United States Senate April 6, and will elect two Represen tatives in Congress November 8. South Carolina will elect Governor and State officers and seven Representatives in Congress November 8. South Dakota will elect Governor and State officers and two Representatives in Congress November 8. , . Tennessee will elect Governor and State officers, ten Representatives in Congress, and a Legislature to choose a Unite 1 States Senator, vice Bate (Dem.), November8. Texas will elect Governor and State offi cers ami thirteen Representatives in Con gress, November 8. Vermont will elect Governor and State officers, two Representatives in Congress, and a Legislature to choose a United States Senator, vice Proctor (Reo.), September 6. Virginia will elect ten Repressntati ves in Congress November 8tb. The Legir.ature will elect United States Senator, vicj Hun- ton, appointed pro tern. Washington will elect Governor and State officers, two Representatives in Congress, and a Legislature to choose a United States Senator, vice Allen <Rep.), November 8. West Virginia will elect Governor and State officers, four Representative; i-j Con gress and a Legislature to choose a United States Senator, vice Faulkner (Dem.). November 8. Wisconsin will elect Governor and State officers, ten Representatives in Congress, and a Legislature to choose a United States Senator, vice Sawyer (Rep.), November 8. Wvoming will elect Governor and State KILLED BY LIGHTNINa, A Man, His Wife anti Three Chiltlren Found Dead at Richmond, Va. A family of five persons were killed by lightning a lew nights ago at Richmond, Va. They were asleep in their two-story residence, just beyond the eastern corporate limits of the city, wh?n struck. The bed room was in tbe upper stor3*. The building was isolated and tbe windows were raised. The house was set on fire, and the tragedy was discovered by fire issuing from the rooi. The persons killed were Dale Emmett, thirty-one; Alice Emmett, thirty-two’ Lilie Emmett, six- Norman Emmett, three, and a seven-months-old infant. The father was a carpenter, who, with his family, went there from Westmoreland County, Penn., about a year ago. When the rescuers reached the room by ladders Mr. Emmett, his wife and baby, lay in bed, while near by were smouldering the remains of his six and three-year-old chil dren. The family were ^buried next day, three hearses carrying the bodies to the grave. Ixa-groweks in China are being ex horted by emissaries of the “Literati” to pull up the plants and grow sweet potatoes instead, so that it will not be necessary for them to trade with the “foreign imps.” RELIGIOUS READING. I heard an old f p-mer laik one day 1 Te'line bis listeners bow In the wide, new country far away The rainfall follows tbe plow. “As fast as they break it up, you see, And turn the heart to the sun, As they open the furrows deep and free And the tillage is begun, * The earth grows mellow, and more and more It holds and sends to the sky A moisture it never bad before, When its face was bard and dry. “And so wherever tbe ploughshares run Tbe clouds run overhead. And tbe soil that works and lets in the aun With water is always fed.” I wender if that old farmer knew Tbe half of his simple word, Or guessed the message that heavenly true Within it was bidden and heard. It fell on my ear by chance that day, But the gladness lingers now, To think it is always God's own way That the ranefail follows tbe plow. — [Mrs. A. D. T.Whitney. THE ASSURANCE What change took _ Jesus as he ascended t’ not be able wholly to change we know, for inherit tbe kingdom that the putting off o THE ASCENSION, ice in tbe body bis devotion, his as he rose out perceived no strong telescope does not affect the sjtrit. The real change from earth to heaven I s shown in the ascen sion. Jesus talked with bis friends up to the moment of parting- He was the same in bis love, his intermit, thought, bis worefl;, ot sight. Tbev change. Had some been in their hands they might have pur sued bis ascent still further and proved that distance did not change the character of the spirit. He was the same during the first moment out of sight as before; so the sec ond and tbe third; bad be come again into sight iiy the scattering of the cloud, he would have been the same. T ke height of heaven does not make one anofiKir person nor does the transit from eartli tTbeaven. And that which was true of (Tirist is true of oux friends and w ill be trul of ourselves. A living man with all his cfiaracteristics passed into iicaven in sight of mortals. There is then assured one living person iu heaven who is as when lie was on earth. The disciples would have lit en the same had they ascended in s body. The removal of our spirits from the earthly to the heavenly body, from earth tc heaven, wilt be as little mock as is here dis cerned and with as little diminution ot power or conscious life. We may all take sublime satisfaction lor ourselves in the as- ceiision as portraying the naturalness of the life in heaven and the fact that we pass the border line, wherever it is, without jar oi friction or change in the quality of oui habits; with the woman who loses hei self-respect and that of others; with a ronr who ends a respectable life with somi deed that is dishonorable; with all who fol low 7 any course that brings its penalty ol shame, "suffi ring, and death. It is the first little step that does all; and it may not he si very had a step in itself—only a little wrong It in a v he only a mistake, indeed, but thi end comes ail the same. Let every hoy anc girl re member this. Just as it does not dc to make a mistake at the bead of tbe stairs so it will not do to make even a mistake ii the beginning of life—especially a mistake o tbe sort that leads to evil—for it often bring: one to the bottom at last.—[The Myrtle. SUNDAY IN THE HOME. In many families the problem^pf tbeother six days in tbe w eek sink into utter insignifi cance when compared with that ever-recur ring and seldom answered question, “What shall we do with the chi dren on Sunday?” Perhaps the old ways of keeping the Sab bath day were too strict, perhaps the new ways are too lax—there are any amount of perhapses, but thev don’t count for much beside the undoubted fact that, in most homes, Sunday is an unsatisfactory day for both parents and children. Some excellent words by Elizabeth M. Rowland, in the Congregationalist, bear on this subject: “No child wants to rest on Sunday. By the time he is through with a late breakfast he is rested to death, and wants to begin liv ing again. Now what shall the parent do? “Take the little ones to church, so young ami so constantly that the habit will be second nature. Suppose they are restless, there are worse states. Suppose they get tired ; let them sleep—their fathers often do. As they get older, accept no excuse that would not keep them from a picnic or a Christmas tree, and encourage them to be regular at the evening service also. Don’t delay buying the needed boots, nud if the new dress isn’t done put on the old one. To be sure this would oblige the parents them selves to go in all weathers, whether the wardrobe pleased or the minister interested, just as they did when they first joined the church—which is another way of saying, ‘We must be better Christians ourselves.’ “Tbe Sabbath seems to be tbe natural time for Bible study at home. By this is not meant settling a dispute between two children, sending one up stairs to learn the first Psalm, and seating the other on a cricket by your side to B^udy the Beatitudes. No exact rule will apply, but the broad prin ciple can be held up that God’s day is the fit ting day for the study of God’s Word. ‘•Is it behind tbe times to jflead for the old- fashioned habit ‘of committing to memory’? In the Sunday-schools of thirty and forty ^ears ago weVaid our verses,’andthat was all. Our lessons are more interesting now-a-days, our classes better taught, but what do our scholars carry away? Again, not to know many of our standard hymns is to be de ficient in religious education. Most children sing a little, and since ‘singing is the only accomplishment we take to Heaven,’ we otight to encourage it more on earth. “Tbe children will study every Sunday | more willingly if too much is not required at a time. They are restless and fond of va riety, and ipustn’t be expected to be so much better students than their parents.”— [Golden Rule. of It THE FIRST FALSE SI I P. is the first false step that teils. 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We are guided by the Providence of God, by the Word of God and by the convictions of the Holy Spirit. I do not say impressions, because that does not go deep enough. 1 say convictions. An impression may be upon your intellectual nature, but a conviction strikes clear down to the conscience. The Holy Ghost can put convictions upon us that are as deep as our very souls. And so God leads us. Tbe Lord never makes one of these things to conflict with tbe other. The Holy Ghost never guides us contrary to the Word. The Word never guides us contrary to Provi dence : and Providence does not .guide us contrary to the Word or Spirit. So that these three elements of Divine guidance art alwavs harmonious. When you want to bt divinely led. consult God’s Providence, and consult God’s Word, and consult the con victions of the Spirit upon your heart: aad the Lord, if you are humble and teachable. Sill see that yon are properly led. inner being. 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They do it in just the right way, too — by using Nature’s own methods. That’s why they’re better than the dreadful, old-fashioned pills, with their griping and violence. But they’re better in every way. In size, for instance, and dose. They’re the smallest and the eas iest to take ; only one little Pellet is needed for a gentle laxative — three for a cathartic. They cleanse and regulate the system thoroughly — but it’s done easily and naturally. Sick Headache, Bilious Headache, Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all derangements of the Liver, Stomach and Bowels are prevented, relieved, and cured. They’re the cheapest pill you can buy, for they’re guaranteed to give satisfaction, or your money is re turned. You pay only for value received. Something else, that pays the dealer better, may be offered as “ just as good.” Perhaps it is, for him y but it can’t be, for you. I used August Flower for Loss oi vitality and general debility. After taking two bottles I gained 69 lbs. I have sold more of your August Flower since I have been in business than any other medicine I ever kept. Mr. Peter Zinville says he was made a new man by the use of August Flower, recommended by me. I have hundreds tell me that August Flower has done them more go«/d than any other medicine they ever took. George W. Dye, Sardis, Mason Co., Ky. $ — OR. KI L. M EZ R’ S S^P FROM THE ‘PACIFIC JOURNAL.” ‘•A great invention has been made by Dr. Tut!. Tliat eminent chemist bas produced Ms Hair Dye which imitates nature to perfection: it act* instantaneously and is perfectly Iiarmless.’* Drive. 81. Office. 39 A 41 Fark Place, >'. Y. CO WEST. The Harvest la South Ltakota is the mostwon- Jerful yield ever produced by any Western State. Thousands of men can get work at big wages all summer and tall harvest.ng and thie«hmg. Lands are cheap but rapidly advancing in value. 1 have a tew choice pieces that 1 can yet -ell for &l to $bau acre. Finest land in tbe world. Write to me for further 'nformatlon. Chaa. L. Hvde, Blerre. So, L>ak. FRAZER gIeVI e BE8T IN THE WORLD. Its wearing qualities are unsarp&ssel. actually outlasting three boxes of any other brand. Not kneeled by heat. £*f GET THE GENUINE. J FOR SALE BY DEALERS GENERALI Y. Mr. Darius Waterhouse. Chattanooga. Tenn. says: “It cost but little to try Braaycrotine and a trial is all that is necessary to convince the doubting thousands that it will cure head- f <he.” AH druggists, fifty cents. ULCERS, CANCERS, SCROFULA, SALT RHEUM, RHEUMATISM, BLOOD POISON. these and every kindred disease arising from impure blood successfully treated by that never-failing Ewd beet of all tonics and medicine*. Swifts Specifics SR Books on Blood and Skin Diseases free. Printed testimonials sent C application. Address Swift Specific Go ATLANTA. CA. EvERffloTHE" Should Have It in The House. Dropped on Sugar? Children Dove to take Jobnsoh’fAhodtke Liniment tor Croup,Colds, Sore Throat, Tonsllitis, Colic, Cramps ana Bains. Re lleves all Summer Complaint*. Cut*and Bruise* like magic. Sold every where. Price 85o. by mail; 6 bottle* F.xnres* bald. $2. LS. JOHNSON & CO.. Boston. Mass. RLE'Hg guff SfOVEpoLisH DC NOT BE DECEIVED with Baste*. Enamels, and Paints which stain the bands, injure the iron, and burn off. • The Rising Sun Stove Polish Is Brilliant, Odor- teas. Durable, and tbe conaumer pay* for no tin or glass package with every purchase. Bl r ££!U A Kl,'-l& , purify the blood, are safe and rf . k xactual The beet gieeral family ( j medicine Known for BiUousneas.o 'Constipation. Dyipenda. Foul# Breath Headache. Heartburn. Loaaf ■ ' “ rr-: and* burn.] , ot Appetite. Meats. Depreaetoo,! Painful Digeation. Plmplea. Sallow' . — Complexion. Tired Keeling, anc- S everv svmptom or oweasa resulting from impurev blood or a failure bv the stomach, liver or inuetlueej •to perform their proper functions w, a ! over-eating are benertedhy taklngaTABl LE after ^ SeacLmeal. Price,by mail.IgrosaM: 1 bottleUc Ad-• adroas THE RIFATS CHEMICAL CO.JOSpruoe St. JUT.a e Agent. Wuatedt EIGHTY per rent profit- i 4»d» w^^^******^ .N Y S U—30 BETTER DEAD • THAN ALIVE. Dutcber's Fly Killer is certain death. Files are at tracted to It and killed at once. The- do not live So get away. Use It freely, destroy then egg* and pro ven! reproduction. Always ask foi butcher's and get best results. FEED'S DUTCHES DB G CO., - b . ALBANS, VT. ■ Pieo’B Remedy for Catarrh the Best. Easiest to Use, and Cheapest CATA R R Sold by druggists or sent by mail. 50c. E. T. Hnzeltlne. Warren. Pa. LOVELL DIAMOND CYCLES Lovnil For Ladle* and Cents. Six style* in Pneumatic Cushion and Solid Tires. Diamond Frame Stee Drop Forgings Stee< Tubing Adjustable Bali Bearings to al< running parts, nc udirg Pedals Suspension Saddle. Strictly HIGH GRADS in Every Particular. BitTtlr Catalogue FKKE. Send 6 cent* in stsuip* for onr 100-page Illustrated cata logue ot tiong, Rifles, Revolver*. Sporting Goods, etc. JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS CO.,Mfrs., 14? Washington St.,BOSTON, MASS- CAUTION,— Beware of dealer* anb- Stituting shoe* without \V. L. Uougiaa n bottoi name andthe price (stamped on bottom. 8uch eubetitut tone are fraudulent and eubject to prosecution by law for ob taining money un der faliie pretences. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE FOR _ GENTLEMEN. A genuine aewed ehoe that will not ri pi flue Calf, seamless, smooth inside, flexible, more comfortable, stylish and durable than any other shoe ever sold at the price. Equals custom-made shoes costing from $4 to $5. The only 93.00 !8hoe made wilU two complete eoles, securely sewed at tbe outside edge (as shown in cut), which gives double the wear of cheap welt shoes sold at the 1 same price, for such easily rip, having only one sole sewed to a narrow strip of leather on the edge, and when once worn through are worthless. Tbe two eolesof tbe \V. L>. DOUGLAS 83.00Shoe when worn through can be repaired as many times necessary, a* t he^r .This is the Shoi will never rip or loosen from the upper, .users of footwear desiring to econo- mite, should consider the superior qualities of these shoes, and not be Influenced to buy cheap welt shoes sold at $8M. having only appearance to commend them. W. L.. DOUGLAS* Meu’s 84 and 85 Fine Calf, Band Sewed; 83.50 Police and Farm- ; 82.50 Fine Calf; 82.25 and 82-00 Workingmen’s j ' ' 82.00 and Youthir School Shoes; Ladles* I Hand Sewed: 82.50. 2.00 and Mlsae? 1.75 Beat Dongola, are of the tame high standard ot merit. era; .xrx-xrilTT-i >»•> Will give exclusive sale to she* dealers noagents. Write for catalogue. If not_T< lit nd general merchants where I " direct to raj rockt .. rite for catalogue.' If not for sale in your place send dirt stating kind, size and width wanted. Postage free. VV . L. Douglas, B ha vo £ta£ argument, ling Company, of Jersey City. N. J., | I have undertaken to guarantee to ! 'their Advertiniug patron* a total ► circulation for their variou* papers ,nf not le-R than ONE MILLION. ! iThle means an addition of .SQO.OOO to ! four present li*t8. It has been said i that to secure a half million new I * subscribers in sue months is a busi* I ^ ness impossibility. This is pro bar • bly true by ordinary or common methods, but NMT TU(J£ when the edort is associated with the kind of enteiprise that appears in this prospectus. Five hundred thousand new sub>*cribers will mean to us more than $WH).000 of advertising revenues during the next five years We can afford to pay f01 them at least half'tlielr value to u» We &t e willing to do even more than this, if neoesaary. i and to that end have originated the . 1 tan est and most iiifreniou* plan of | (liMxibutinK Cush Premia*- or j Rewards of Merit amontr new sub- I Ncribers that the world has ever known. The plan or method is in . conflict with no law ajjaiost lotter ies or scheme* of chance, it in- f vt»lves nothintr that is illegal or im- | moral: it places a premium on bcMlns; it is. in short, tbe very- espcnce of what is commendable, honerl. liberal aud attractive. FWWWWWWWWWW* w wWWV WW WV I RAIN k Eor CORRECT ANSWERS to ANY ONE of the following Ten Word-Riddles the American^ Publishing Company will pay the following GASH REWARDS For a correct answer to any ONE word, ♦2O.0<> I For a correct answer to any TWO words, jK>o.oo ! For a correct answer to any THREE words, $75.00; For a correct answ er to any FOUR words, ♦ 100.00 For a correct answer to any FIVE words, ^125.00 Fora correct answe" to any SII words, #150.4)0 Fora correct answer to any SEVEN words, #175.00 I‘ci a correct answer to any EIGHT word*, #200.00 For a correct answer to any NINE words, #2*45.00 f or e coj reel answer to all of the TIN words, #*<£50.00 As SPECIAL GRAND REWARDS we will Pay in Cash:| For the FIRST correct answer to ALL of the entire Ten words, $5,000 < For the SECOND correct answer to ALL of the entire Ten words, $3,0001 For the THIRD correct answer to ALL of the entire Ten words. $2,000, Here are theTen Word-Riddles—Can You Solve Anv of Them? 1 i B-rn-- A XAMK MAlli: FAVII.1AK BY GREAT ADVERTIS ING TO EVERY MAN. V.OMaN AND CHILD WHO HAS LVLR VISITED A CTKCLS. -ty 3 B1 — e It Ml NO GUALITY “/HEN POSSESSED BY I "'OMEN THAI \TTRA<TS YHE ADMIRATION AND < -FTKN WINS THE. 1.0VL . F .MEN. WAS NOT CONSIDERED DESIRABLE AT THE MINNEAPOLIS NATION W. REPCDMCA.V CONVEN TION 1)Y A .MAJORITY OF THE DELEGATES. -le SERVED TO DEFEAT JAMES G. BLAINE FOR THE , PRESIDENCY IN 18*4 0 -ol--- THAT WHICH YOU CAN secCRE TO THE AMOUNT OT- (5.000 IE YoU WIN THE ITRST PRIZE HEREIN ( OFFERED. c -r- THAT WHICH WOMEN KNOW HOW TO WEAR TO 1 ; BETTER ADVANTAGE THAN MOST MEN. -i-ht -ar-i--n SoM 17 HING WHICH JOHN L. SULLIVAN, CORBETT J A* KSON. SLa YIN AND OTHER BIG PUGILIST.! EXCEL IN OCCUPIES THE MO'-T RESPONSIBLE AND PORK- MOST POSITION CONNECTED "ITH THE GOVERN MI NT AND PROTECTION oR THE PEOPLE AGAINST loRtlGN OR HOSTILE NATIONS 9 -ict--e THAT WHICH PLEASES OR SATISFIES THE EYE AND WHICH H .RUSTICALLY EXECUTED, AT TRACTS THE ATTENTION a.ND EXCITES THE AD MIRATION Ot LOVERS OF THE REACT 11- CL •10 Qu-e-Vie 1 RoRAM.Y CONSIDERED OF GREATER CONSE- I V> EM E AND MORE SOUGHT AFTER BY THt: IDLE 1 j EXCLI H\ E !.\l) T ITLED ENGLISH NOBILITY THAN l:T THE AVERAGE BUSY, HUSTLING AMERICAN Explanation, . t-acn itmdie * il. found comp thi Ka< h da*!* jx-aring in The partially word* indicat** the ah?* nr* of a certain I “'h*n the Iettvr> hie M;; piled the word 8t?i*eled to foiin )** f AA\11*I.K: H —i- e m nu thintr * very funner should po>?e.s«. In, ai-e the uit.Kteu ,eltei * o Mid a, uhc a l eu prcpeiJy »i.>eit*d tJ.e ct n p eteU word 1» HoRSR. paid in cash the VERY DAY anv answer is found to be correct Each answer will be numbtreo as receive*, to be examined iu the order of its number, when foiiiKi correct a New \ oi k Certified Hank ( beck lor the full amount of whatever ■aid Mich n-rret i ai.swn ^ei uiee wii) oe sent the- VER Y I»A Y the award is made. I* V* ■ ' $1 It I ’ It If .''eu or.iy s.-ive one ■ » ■ -■ ■ ■* ■» word you will receive land r rew '$20 in Cash ; you are not routined to any par .tu nlar word—any one <f the entire ten will bring you a 1*20 ei sh reward—while if you are [bright enough toj-o ve mi rethan one your reward I will be increased in proportion from iSi.TO to $250. Also rerne.nner that you donot nave to be • flri-t. or last with your answ-t- EVERY .correct au-wer for e»eu a single word I wins a splendid cash reward. al!. just as you arrange between yourself andi those v\h(;s<* liiLiue.*- you &exid. In every cnael y\e will pay f|j<* lull nniount ol ilie re-\ ward lor cor M*<| :iii*wer» to the permon. who toend* |he uuiue**. /*i i r r<n<l a:itv fi? without nthtcrij,tionf—they \ vi j]i receive no attention and cannot ncAMibly win l a toward even if correct. < The Only Condition. J The object of this extraordinary offer 1*. of conr«e fto secure Subscribers at or.ee and in large nurri- ^bers. We therefore require that .50 cent* for a year * subscription to some one c.f our pa; ers [shall be remitted w ith cverv answer. We publish • four great papers : The A mericn n Fireside. The American Homestead. Tbe Ameri. • can Household .lournal. and TbeAmeri- k can Cottage Home. Name your choice of anv lone of the four—they are all the same price 30c ^a year. If you send answers to moie thi n one word you must send a separate name and .The for ’every word you answer. Thus, if vou send lanswers to two words, send an extra name be- Isldes your own and $1. and so on—one name and r50c. for a year’s subscription for each word ? ou answer. The total amount of cnah rewards hat von receive for correct answers can be di- [ vided pro rata among the list, or you can keep ft Protection. ^ lr . s? Wll an - - a menr.-4 to IHl.'.rd 1 . , , ewa aik appear ance of irregularity or collu; ion. a < opy or the* original t# n ward* Fek>< t< d to niiake up thej above wc rd-Hic<:!<>» is rei.oftited with Mr. C F f >MITH. Superintendent of the Jersey t tty Pol Ice \ i 1 ! under I. to be opened December ii V u nuer sea i.io ueopensu uecember, Jl. isw. m tr.epresence of w itnesses, after this con- u si closes. The complete list will be printed in/ 1; U lii the .Ii unary issues of onr four papers, sol tl.nt a.I who have not received rewards for correct' nnsweis u :I1 know w herein they fai!-d. This- method of protec t.on is due toal) concerned, a n <1 , absoluiely itrevenls everything that isi no; w ball v hbne-* . * •criber. Ill SIGN ATE THE WOHIiS YOU ANSWER BY* TUtin numbers, and be wise and send vouri answer at once. I Address all letters and make ail remittances, payable to the Treasurer of the American Hub listing Co., as follows : [Hon. .T, F KELLY, Treas., *■* "“‘Ii:" Jersey City, N. /