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REV. DR. T ALMAG E T A 7KS FOR MIS T HhEM HetaaNo symnpitby With Sta r Yet Points Oat the DaTen o strained Anusensnt- i:.e ' Lead to Sin. From an unus':m a Talmage in this dscorse amusements and applies tests they may be knowil asgoC o The text is Judges xvi, - " came to pass when ther s wae merry that they said, Cal er that he may make us sPar-- And _:T called for Sam-on cu t c: t:-ep house and he made tntn spo. There were 3,0W0 peop:e assemb Ad, in the Temple of Dagoi. TnV Jad come to maze sport ol e--ei, s Sa'son They were all ready to-, thie enter:.m ment. They began to clap a;.d un impatient for the amusemt n ct ' o , and they cried: -ech h . Fetch him out!" Yod I s e blind old giant comna:zg, ed by' hand of a child in te Eve ry m':dUS the temple. At h-s rirst apparan there goes up a-shout of Lu:er A derision, Tne :'blnd c - tends heistired and W self against the pir ' so he says to the lad wo "Bring me where t;e n are." The lad does so. strong man puts i andLs ca on the pillars and, with ie - push that mortaL ever maae himself forward untL tne N - c comes down. in 6Lunders u grinding audience iaie . - wine press. "And so " t iD when their hearts were mer-y, they sid, Call for Samsoz, may make us sport. Anid it -ycc for Samson out o. the pr3iSC, '.u-.0 and he made them sport." user words, there are amusemen:s ia' are destructive and bring down wzas:er and deata upon the heads of the~se who practice them. While they laugaL aind cheer they die. The 3,Co wau per ished that day in Gaza are ncumog compared wim the tens of thoua I who have been destroyed, body, mind and soul by bad amusements and --y good amusements carried to exceo In my sermons you must have no ticed that I have no sympathy with eclesiastical straitjackets or with that wholesale denudciation of amuseme-s to which many are pledged. I belve. the church of God has made a tr emen dous mistake in trying to surpress heI sportfulness of youth and orive out from men their love of amusement. If God ever implanted anything m us, he implanted this tesire. But in stead of providing for this demand of! our native churcn of God God has for the main part ignored it. As in a riotthe mayor plants a batter at th end of the street and has it fired en, so that everything is cut down thar happens to stana in the range, tne good as well as the bad, so there are man in the church who plant their batteries of condemnation and fire away indiscriminatcly. Everything is condemned. They talk as if they would like to have our y cuth dress in blue uniforms, like the children of an orphan asylum, and march down ';e pat of life to the tung of dead iarc.a in "Saul." They hate a blu sash, or arosebud in the hair, or a! tasseled gaiter, and think a man al moat ready for tne lunatic asylum who utters a conundrum. Young Men's Christian associations of the country are doing a glorious work. Tney have fine reading rooms,~ and all the influences are of the best kind and are now addieg gymnnasiums and bowling alleys, 'wnere without any evil surroundings our y oung mneni may get physical as well as spirituai' improvement. We are dwmndling away to a narrow chested, weak arm ed, feeble voiced race, whzen Gcd calis us to work in which tie wants physi cal as well as spiritual aietes. I would to God that the time mright moon come when in all our colleges and theological seminaries, as at Princeton, a gymnasium siaii be es tablished. We spend seven years of hard study in preparation for the min istry' and come out with bronchitus and dyspepsia ~and liver complaint, and then crawi up into the pulpit ani the people say, "Doesn't he look heavenly!" because he looks sickly. Let the church of God direct rather than attempt to suppress the desire for amusement. The best man that the world ever knew have had their ~orts. William Wilber-force trun-I ed hoop with his children ; liiartin Luther helped dress the Christmas9 tree. Ministers haye pitched quoits ; philanthropists have gone a skating ; prune ministers have played ball. Our communities are filled with men and women who have in their souls unmeasured resources for sport fulness and frolic. Show me a man who never lights up with sportfulness and baa no sympatny with the recrea tions of others and Iwill show y ouj a man who is a stumbling b~iock to "he kingdom of God. Such men are car - catures of religion - They laed yo-ung people to think that aman is good in proportion as he groans and frowns and sighs and looks sallow, and that the height cf a man's Christian stature is in proportion to she length of his face. I would trade __t_50 such men for one bright faced radiant~ Christian on whose face are the words "Rejoice evermore !" Every morning by his cheerful face he preaches 501 aermons. I will go furtber and say that I have no confidence in a man who makes a religion of his gloomy looks. That kind of a man always turns out badly. I wcund not want him for the treasury of an crphani asylum. The orphans woukd suffer. Among 40 people whom I receivedl into the church at one communion, there was only one applicant of whose piety I was suspicious. He had the longest story to tell, had seen the. most visons and gave an experience~ so wonderful that all the other apli cants were discouraged. I was not: surprised the year after to learn that! he had run cff with the funds of the bank with which he was connected. Who is this black an gle that you callI region-wings black' feet -blac-k, fethers black! Our, religion is a bright angle-feet bright,eyes bringht wings bright, taking her place in the soul She pulls a rope that raches to te skies and sets all the dells of heav~en a chiming. There are some p'ersons who, when talking to a minister, a ways feel it polite to loak lrubrious. Go forth, 0 people, to your lawful asmusment. Codi means ycu to be happy. But when there are so many sources of innocent pleasur~e w. y tamper with anything that sdan'er ous and polluting! Winy st.op a ears to aheaven fuli of songsta-s to listen to the hiss of a drag on :\W turn back from the mnountain sid a"l a blouom with wild io wers and. a a with the nimble torreats, and~ wi blistered feet attempt to comthe P"ot" sides of Cotopaxi! Now, all opera houesi theaterv bowling alleys, skating riziis and a' styles of amusement, gocd and i out ontrial todaysand judge ofthem by certain cardin~ i prin cips. ir you must judgeo a n v mm its hurtful result or by- e a action. If an amuee. m home at night nerv'ous oyo a. tO' n~ceF.n er V arc V;Cta 'J 11 LC' andl ifee u &"at :i~s mlu~:; or s?.S e are c x . - :c r~ t c -.9 .::ec e Dorro we as~ lim- e-~ gtm anon a~Nu s..'yg tu: L'nr u w::u gt ws hoop o ab tno ca ses to stame stome t es QtLciomoue t~:.~ Wo a pres~ go~ ato amue.:s theat te s. o~r ; '-ad uje ur ow wh. th an uears, iad riow. Frsnt they goa io~ elbinat ma~et andpto.er-the~ takiag on fiu au naetsa far p on ars tin. rhe does o sto snort of te cmtentr. Tnhye isn;a rni eneht Pand are iere r e :, vic.it of utn.uegausr tomet is~ sinl avee ad r.i ng::; on an ass mae t go andbe aas, ~ L h ~ c:.onuaa~.g i , bolie o ie acuognc V-Us crmes tby t e hcomauonishp agint whis emiyrthe you.ng yof fundoug ~"ocit.:e eimpoye uneporthe, iar rth aLem e d ac u;t. Wy Lec andry enou t,o pay ar ;a! a ~ire, but not genog sacenar ome Chiinlaueen. An m d 1gai an eo g one ad an poare fora iTie ougWui;.s:.ei whic theys pA yo. Ifeyou w b el asocite wt heu iantem pere, th the uCle sith the abanned, nuenw-s. UoWV~rI o isl.N Cower. wLor theyLS be dreo d, in criLe~ atkthe ha cL.; ad eg: r 0gaiiemplYerIe oialied wUt LI.eUzO te tuirs, For' aptlie, tr he isap the neamens ofid te it V CA. Iw hey waed:y, weheno om:: are de stryed. r are wt not e=, - t cet rto tope ri ainde am thensa youae d,::ac. 'sze wail w1 e no1 one ea r a !n For telas. Tceye o v er trp da nation. uts the staye, some to te me.gn tho1 o he eeted evi thaenc panon temel lowes Iwle lasw msy eg toes cirtn. have~s bno s~rcnu. Ny unnsl. Nou hrow. er we t h kirae mn hrme of d Fort Toaestr, vI Otrupf tohae waere dad.y I r galry te toculas .tilled- b w th g suacttirs, For ppa, the Lap ping no sc c the s:h:a. Fo :urtain,, Fore tragedy,~ te dom -esthe elr stred , d or ta rce oh eeto Isc er adlthe .d God -o Ihe yom a to hae oiver ct* ers Co the l'eft. relain, any, asemin tohae gie staund distate fordomestic life ws od ishomnyc bngtdoeticcrce atave ben rcknu o y hsinful amuse andr:.saw Te ate wettl n usnger fagnts ofa blstsad houehods ban, if yu ave wsdeedawy I shued dto chmou rec bk by~ th thoeu nd a On wod, "s.e.met yu okowthat dayon'a' ru ae ot liete ado ane yu nrseersaher to beu caitl fur n are soo go outn in sthe rl and inalt ira eoroc ou ae to haven oers he -ou at tovether uretions, ac al~as if yuhe ito snoer te grov ofa onex wh er t te deanbe of echis . Chita w anld Ifsa her o int "o -" ri-o e r tine and heard~ h'er ay or c a there ' "s, ai 'e,.' i u:i therlte. Ard a the patsemdt rush unehi the. ?o mmry~ of thatodaren in th prsec ofme bud anges youpreomie o befaith 'ulinj e an sirow an in~ scnes and ine neah;e oy the eorut" tos plent ioyrs wheia s~ads toete future tya eteca an d th~ael excte Ior ne o-e 5 as' spe n oalle foe a nd you kew he mus die ara y*e pt o'.esarm taround eac of.n 1ou -e, n rugtimvr nearicgtne in.e thtd m;sb teas;dby h famil Biweei it'tre3. evnylvei h re but xpresiv reod..bits. n 0u aof, every (olcc yno re' onl. f vIry doorwvay Tou enter: 'v r we. rr to: Sd a, hh rur guau j cee- wthmeC c~citne ge cd ::~~~~ c vec nal syn I~~~~ o rerouecls of bewa C-1 crk ..:; :a d.e I ediso r de 7ees T :r S no G 0 ofg ou ane :.ap z; s,'n w Lce o i wors--ipt d ar: trug meaos 0 -: ai d 1t -- Ian m.a 7 :.i:.. "t Em 4 %.Our c z: fl l u z.n i . a :c-.ver t '. "s v .a . u -. -i A( : d-I of ioecs ";:.I :"Iv .L)~ ~~A 5.. z aL I, an n.e Ic sr ha uw tr iA' e h c ed fOm1 .i-l e s l to de: C"r,-' La e au r 1. a s c. r . i -a. ;. er w A aA... i Ll. o esesarma: LJ( ouisa :t t dri. 1Ae i :* Ld andt Iu 'e i-..;. Isid cit ue ;o.d inere was a~ serpeut, and ini an LUZ to . Lad anigeI, ''hat is ti. ' t:: srpent o. stiging remaor e. n teole*-t s e ou ih:: road tuee 1as a do, and :ie man asked the ad n - -tnai, is .ht lion?" And the an wert was, "tat Is tela Cia:i L e u I.gn the a:I, in te man a aea uiz eu l. a!I, --dwr. isv that vus ,.re 1 A i. e anser was, ''That is zie yaoure waso ing for the carcess.s oi the slai. A..d t.nen?i n an be gan ',o try 3o pali cLi of nim the 101bs fo oneilng iat Lad wound hm rouia and r and he said to the badi angel, 'Wuiat is it that twists me in this awful convlu~itiloni" and tne anager was, "Ihat is tne worm that never dies." Anu then the man said to tne bad angel: "Wnat does all this nman? I tiuted in wNa you said at wce corner of the street that night. I Ie aUt it ali, and wny have y ou thus deceived me ?' Then the last diecep tion? feli cif the enarmer, and it said: "I was sent fortn fromn the pi to de stroy your soul. I watched my chance for many a long year. V% hen you hestated tit nmgni on the street, I gaineal ny triumpn~f. Now you are nere. La, ?.a Y juiare here: i Gome, nowr, be t us ili inese t wo chalices o f nre and crizxc together to darkness anu woe and deato. Hai, hail. O' young mafi, will the good angel sent Iorth Dy Unrist or the bad angel sent formn by sin get sne victory over your sous fnheir wings are interlockedi this moment above you, contenaing for your deinfy, as above the Apen nms eagle and condor .tight maiuay. This nouir may ccide your destiny. ON~ -;O WAa-MIN GTON. AuL.sc3a Mectinsg eZ 1,ho National Eac~rca tional 8Asociattenl Jaly 7 -le, 1898. The National Association is now rcognized as one of the most power fui sgencies of educational develop ment in America. Tne vital questions concerning education are taere dis cussed by the ablest men and women in the nation. Every kind of institu tion is there represented --the universi ty, the college, the academy, the pub lic school, the kindergarten, the nor mal school, the technical school. These meetings are attended by thou. sands of teachers from every state in the Union arnd from Cansda. A visit to the l'-ris c AmericC is one of peculiar interest. N.o othe city in America cffers eu::a a variet ci objets ef interest and instruction Te Capitol bsilding is a magnificen soestructure 750 feet long. In thi masive plie are the chmbfers of Unitedt States Senate, House of ltp resentatives, Supreme Court and vari ot or rcoms, such as tne. Presi det' room, the mable roocn, 'he la a~-s' poarlor and statuary hll Nar, by 's taene congresional 'o-'ary, Lh bestequpped ini America. .'cat tea over ine city of neairly 40 irhbitantLs are the~ stre, war and oav buiain. the treasury, the oat es Giee Lhe agr:iutural esid~g th ura of e gravfing, the Smih sosiufn institution ad national mu rabn. the crdnance mus:um, the Wite House, the Corcoran art gal lery, the totanica: gardens, tue Wash ington moLnumenit, tne arsenal, the avy tard, the socaier s hcme?, tue general pcstcilice, F'or.i's theatre, etc. Ju-,t across the Potomiac is the famocu.. Arlington, the former home ber E. Le. ien mies down. 1he rive is A . ssion daring the meeting of the Asocatn. ty'-ie hodes. J3ard peir dgy. M reea an, ranges fromi .> Cents avard to?.rd, per da y, Ataericaui plan ranes from 61~- up .Jv en. D 'ardin' aouses clier rates fromto7 cet to 55 per day for- rooms onmy, ands Kl 25 o $2 W. pe d ~' 'or roos The railronds will e' 0on trip ton -a~ July 4th, 5:3, had 3 limitd ~tJy 16.h. It, h ev~r, Ime tikets are eeepositen with ire jaint *ike agont in W asning oo. : a u' : oerse of 50 cents, on o eor J :y Astci.ion metts at Hlarris Spig Jly 1-. Ai party of te..at a -ae irte-er '5) i leVEr e f . ai o \. i' ~ , u . .5 . C.NE C SL C5 At -. "pr <j A".i A l fiattr' .%i. s kutura.i ( i VP/ -i's Iii r Is N~% r ern. - r . < . "'C-a (s th' r . c ad u~~ 7rz:e"r t~tt n :C--, --7 4 an s t t r se a t-er the t ir Bat ua~e W~s ma,:: Leiter have . ..-'C m --na c.o'rsc eiL ' b*r LY" a. s r ae't 'i"'r I a ''Wt d ccuc .L1- be oc :0 -as:u :- c'pa, re - e ,10 S oiei dealepra said T ,i-.cr coup has given a r . nadis ianuke Lo t; demsand cr 23ikirt l t,9C;5-1 0~ a a ~ in StI pambn U"i0 o st hri;S C mie n Htho :oun the fnral subave bee ti2o gc l- g i.-- ith e sresff,) p i aml rfe No r the r'-at mi~sisC of commonlers ara nv' itir fuss. 11' ih e iriqaiy ofceto ter s gha dea h si d: in heat shaL: result ia ging tre consumers and producers toether a an irresitible assul upion this sj robbery, tce cs: to the counthry :i lare w.l not be too uveat." iepynuterers a fruOetion that a fartier exhirnatonof the 'Lzmquit and -robbery" referred to roula be of interest to th Consitbtios reaers he said: sWhll resu may Say ta e al, gsmbimg is robbery. Tse ma n io a rambles on ctrs roe only himself or ntagoist. The man ho gambes in bread or w othing stuffs robs Lu fianit . e am one o those who .ure to saly that azi inio~aity may pro-l pely and om.bi to be attcked and tambped ont bd lAW Tan is the nur mesnta.ist ave mainc wh hbe! -- canty ma pole goose wb dare~ tou can, ta el morality may pro-4 thatli aysou to be ttackedo good tmed out7 b lat. Tths pthe tr pse tofr soeyi adotlyznuctedvern met avetinot o~ pgainsit ghenb linecriticalctri icy ee youd cahe IlglaTe loas no opte. staue ba'ook pope~ good bygo ads,u wher the m::ker soncsly ro byla te ohis auns hey are noaril otatedo avoon the price of fuood andalting ling-in act, they roep ilns ohe hon e lawsi rouw noes the ottun book prhicoamaning o at. ds, whre ebe that Leite diealfo solasstr atnfo the micet who presy uthe pre o thfoond ecohing es tufse andoteneb rf millions ofs heat pwoule. ow oes cte oan certan justecmnta. li al2It lis lwkeths Tetat Lucn;,t e diterd o ilaustr aifr the . meho wit peisy aete, rupae whatd were x'- prctll bet to i aont ofu ilinsta wheat would' be- ae EJa c" o a ceisn daanceI.: Hecaed it sllirg whet- at 70s , to - be- deiw te e a - is, L cite wo l be~ ine" wi' r o" eis ono thebe e1, -fth c':m byn :ix e tt'nte uh is ht'o' n e:1i. ltdby th -tr qo atit o. t-:- eeisac:m iie - 0r' 9 of 'c:pr.. ec'.' a-rsv''e t~nandn h-. r. 4 n zfl : 1 h aaoinmitttz '11~ at~i~ariat day L en theexhae-e ij who rdd .d ~->d - , .Q - - - ne tee i ej?0h - t-- Ca a .n.ire-' tiiCe amolst' park i'.y a ' w 1a wigiest orn s of Moser Carlo are, cu and -.ipt~ -- "-"-'.xa?i e Mu, w-o t er-nayu ms'at"c n I miu i- C s an v Cc uavr:g. pla d-ub"e> a" mc-. Ia. do 10:,say a:.21 oota i c25. esare invaro'b- tied ri.'e Ua e nt'std it D'.C h.a d of ca-' fe m an uIav - .--he-committee man bepr fecu hoestandrefainfro s1 c lationth-mslves .p'r-y t the~ resut be a ptely letius q..-- -tc-.-T won: thisway. a e:to.itr VC eitetAi hn e rn cr.,aton ry a t rii.: . t stomach or '.be mk o m eo' erinth c:d e mt d theyat L ay frcm tre .'ara iis a r - rO. Li-.t s sit' To. Aly cr merdy -c-Et etac b n aai at:u prou' as be daot to~ do' "He dnd et o re ol 'e" wheat s m U us --S wi aS fadse. et ou .ac u a . e. only a-er .;L canierecs a : orcr ;o secure i e a int ~.i on hs . s . g bas na r to mulupI is Wi. g.Af 3 ad 'oret C h U Pri::e3 UP to 77 cain by --i-g':.-e quotatio,- S it ccuried to i an thn M.:e dvanageof i agns. Heid :, zornro C d&rd~ I h-u S n o ai 'nn tO' a red u t. h co.d fIorcc the pricz upin iU~y Tua at i s pr esel Za. Le 1id 'and n- cryfun encer, ~ 1 w11 C"rd- us ad 1af .3:cy ie . c"e'.y: couldC noI L"y Ld " C. 1na a "Le l 1 -1 i2 en -y rspec., C Ide O cis -ot : d t hcr i .c o 0 "t Li::rle get r he b j Pr t 1'. 0i( a''. Ur~xnyC n t i exhae : "it a~ts ad h sreis ap..o m ee who 'U pc' :e".gt L.long without It. Ie ". es p ated i'e p ery cLi sr Leoe ~ t' i,*,i.U I C i" t as t-rs 1"c C. a frc: p Li phe t er Lme rus eo t. ant nes Ijnu O~d in thprice, ep ry J prac 4S. Tse SAM, is iLrue ear ange outr onal the rsi t t are goddOC .su the iIOW LU UaeiuL.rest o. 1:0., opatei dtal ers. You Dotied i up-Cs thet Leil er go o ta ; ne wheat pit and ilt 1,he pric cllps ce aeore the hr car joad :fe w wi goC, to Chi "Ca;;-o : - o up the fa rri and t! is ix teeo set Lhe L e m of ti Prices e;ry iarme re ba us get i h c entroi. T e ar insnows tlnat there has n-o such thing occurred on the grain exchauge hine he to yile ois, VU Huten,' an IaCIe o te cten exancise sice i mai operaoted a similar dea in cu: thn. A the years ta ear caanges hiave been la the hands iL: btars m the f all1 and f t he ie spro-g. The mass of thle farmers have to seu in the fall. They can't hold. "-L soi tnis instance, the cott,&on farmer is ground between dhe upper g:d thi teiner millstone. The bears are in control of wa he has to sell, whaie the balls are m control of wha hle has to buy. Tnis is th-e culminating infasy o the sstem, and it shoul be simped out utterly. "I i ntroducd a bil last Decmnber that is the result of several years' saudy of this :estion. If all the pe pwle interested in ir prices based upon actual supply and act.ual demand will get behind this bill: ;t will be made a law. When I say people interested, that means both consumers and pro. duces, bothre rnosbei nr thi vi Itc su an otrae that anycs man tcr ruosdyofmn hul d avrce abidslut conho humane bres ofthe lroduftthf andthour. mIt ishinfosshen suo suahmbler Tiemoe posion bothatn sumers a mnc pro crthe honiest ti the ourato the ex- erlcie tha tpend it will be s as olog a baer thed uan reabt. Telwof th anthel makyes thtosesill be taued under tmposaibe.enue biotheon suersu andht l produ ecthe poes ploilety oa the cld-ial cbie to Amn the may: hatem that will be burdes:s. 1. Inere is a proty stI.-' tax of ten cents a pound on tea. 2. A oeersandtoaceO ta" ""l'u '3. L'' i::s':c: >eie will c'~os 80 c'ents a tS speic tax. new sxaite mu - ''C'~e~ n.I s. gavernment. . Llegraun :11l:gdis ust a . Wis andi slepla car tie'~ts 1w . r ande :tIl iuers (Ptax, ' uLnr t 0 -1 ' ef 1 - a .u 00 ,n ,s than MG0 t tais' L" x goes 2:1 a uay a o 5 pr' esti'. o:: I g-c" s os over' #1,0?1;) iuerird by re~no - reoauve or not connecte d Besides~ these' proVions, there is a : oud Jeat''re, but ii. is not thioug ht tha i sinu be necesary to issue all in bod iu'.norizLid uder the x geeo ofthe war. UI'w to "aeccol. "" ea -nge has the following ad ress0 to usiess meu. If you expect tcarg'er in th~ .batle of today y~ou wiin h.e to ;''(o' vrour truoupel la a stauy way'. If yoa tOOt yourLti l~itl -whistie ' nd la aie your horn, te's not a soL vil! kno y thta1 you -'ere evt e bor. T e man that- own his acres~ is Vne manu Snat pjo as suI "aadteuan' th"a keos things nai 'ing is the man tat.' here to siy.a he man who ad-vertises witt a sort of sude jer is the msn 'ho cia~e the prti -n-'er" u u~e he tia) wor. T"e man who j-ct h a ca'o a suoter, b-a. a ' ad ta ma-es yOu thin h; an ihepai ei dverusemntzt as he plans a wesl.i. sibse, andI in si uueo his busissa is as soi as a rock. -ra~ a to nu ::e BiockcX'.e Atostcd vessel, the Amap~ala lz .Tard"'y mo7ig liin me Ao.e' can nag' and in c~aare e as cripturedFriday..~ a .ac a me., we3 leain .han nd. turg nd wa ion to ") ce wanC Qand- chlr..n? n~s menon os~d, re: aa p~se"gen :1 GUJLE~ W-. .Y W -- w w.O-t- v A . -, i1 t.the C 7 ~ 0., t: Cj. -7d Lic- a e P.. 15.h r1 iJ St e a d a AA U; ~ ~ VJ t.JI!' 'I!. L 'Al IC L. .C 3~~~~;a il s u ad ! : ~ m lfrt ;'m li-a i nael C E r. A 11 -5 c ro 4.14 0, i" r~ \ 4 ' 1)~ ~~ 1.4,~~rc1 7 S 'L T: 3 -.i . * 3~ '170 3. 2.' e n :ase mrn tda . the vum k. .inautilof coadi e duiar .-dcre: v i'r u a irj ie cou uc waL~flt s u ocne~ wds fr cnc. o. tihe po'.de ai! racrnari: tuie ;a icr ;: 1n : i ! :. c:u. , 17us ith ccoai daae to cotnn and frit ;Iis u co: ; r i L. T fu wm eUx;eALS Sver niir asor s weou're in eav-: vi50, Spirtantar a.. 1 iC ere drn wt4he arvine t m areal 4 3. aru 3, Cu- . . r ieso 31,e ar.-. Ucre CR.:1 CONDITIONS NMded moisture hiv g bna sip. I ig beeu weii ca!Atvito-d .ad Fields: red rm Wceis, s3ae 1cops aie mad. srauid imrovement during t; ee corny a toacc S~t lat e.s drou ;.I cro rai fi...e sg r iag conc tios merly san rem car sassei de icinc of1 spir:n .g1 sca ais prebg 'a motr than the~ u::ul amouhti lif clods druing ft. Up~ althoughy al rentd cloudy dotomo c~ ands. Tue~ avae p~ere-ntore bof oorignt usoi, was n3pe ent. pre Iphed posspnle.,Hilt accormpai:.dth thundtcs ersor sri man uto wthe icoal damage~ tro ctton dg aruit Sevred wirstorms Sccure iboGreem vile, Spartanurg anodd bey ecssiv iels danging cor and fri trees.y Irjy byuo~si hais an high wtd to o; I coxe t lie aes.dpatia ple in sbnan.y land. theri hv geben ccl aitad ndl fields iree Crom wee, taplee thpsall made14 raid~t impoveen g.drcte wee pint~jy,.'* ofno oial extent, to W cor andCV obcco by t heae drugh. , tion Eey pate corn' is tass low~ , a' o pidistaf ss, ad is r proisng -at i.e pinigi new iooJiJ Cae. and groig ~ fas.U ancra isCg"hab, a is lad, aswl as he and oa-sts stub bie scds, wicahv eeooebe pared and plnedt or Vaiu Is cc a.ne reor seiosinur oh c~or prspct fr ther dut, and almough geeall corn hase mae pa d have een ilodedtb excessive cor duin "'e lastI o the wek. gc *oe the eir Sate an aria it~ri areon sndy lnds.Orert Ietr comisard otbl l d inda cunt, coton sed tat Is li derati h ~ud ic tw plne iny: c~ o.g up t due sa:.de. sim~s an -i atgt atog ~ainitrutddr N AL L AROUND MiX UP. as~~~~~a ,-; -'e!; d Iver Repab - ar 41: 0ehigon Combine. rr overrnor, ex Congressman Jus .itR. Whiting of St. Clair, Demo For L, eute n ant Governor--Michael F M'cDonald of Sault St Marie, Dem Fr -e-etsry of Skste--L E Lock of dwater, Populist. F'r Auitr Gei:eral--John L. Fris v of m*sdale, Silver Republican. l.r S A- Treasurr--Dr. Edgar B. Smt fDetr-oit, Democrat. For Atrreey General--Royal A. H C J, a, Silver Republican. For L Commissioner--Cariton eck of L4.per, PopLi; t. Er Superizenent of Public In - o-rs Florence Renkes of -ry co.inty, Silver Republican. F1r Member Statr- Board of Educa ierGrg~'e E Willets of Calhoun count, y, Po~pulis. Tne tb:ve ticket was nominated Wednesdlay by the State conventi n of tl! D-criirats. Potulists ard Sil ver I -publicars of Michigan. It rep reseuts aa tqual distribution between .he Ihr e p.rtIes The ticket was rati ted in jCiit conventicn. The platforms .o rot coniflict on :y nii.1 point. Tcatadop.ed by P s, perhaps, less radical ha A he Lrr; and, at the rf quest of Fulss a plank was icserted in )Jeuweratic pla;!o, i favoring the aive and re-erendum. The SIl r R.epuIcans al-o modified their :!aratica to makaie it nore in sceor e with the )2rmiccratic platform. Slte cl.)ses wikn a nessage of arig to W. J. Bryan. A joint e-nti ratifitd the ticket and ar for an aggressive plan ol A 7 HialY HOUb 8A. TLE !o Cubn Itisurge tq id the . ;boat arrived at Ki3y West .a Irday afterocon from the blcckad irg -q:adron oil Cardenas. She had umisi ct orat id tow with six ca ba:.s fron Gornz, camp aboard. They e :h camp of the insurgent leader JL1c 20, with dispatches and are the srst urect messengers from his Cimp si::ce the beeinniug of the war. They reported that Gen. Gomez is erjo3ing splendid health artd spirits, and that -.ih health c f the Cubins in the field is -xceilent. Tae beadquarters of the lsur -nts is some place between Re :e :ios and SanctiSpiritus and is un moi'-estad by Spaniards. The messen gets are under orders iroin Gomf z to e P sE cret military movements .and tt! strength of the Cuban army, but they adtmit that the irsirgents sti'l lack arms and ammunition. The znes.eagers will leave at once with dispatches for Gen. Thomas Estrada Palma in New York. On June 14 an engagement tock place bAtween the Cubau and Sparisa forces at Punta Algere, lasting 30 hours. Over 200 Spaniards were killed. The Cubans icst nine men. They were unable to follow up their victory, owing to lack of ammunition. An Important Q aestion. Te Chicago Dispaich asks what the Uaited States Senate is going to do with the brbery charges against Mark Hanna. The caarges are of a most serious character and they have been made and presented in due form. As the Dispatch says: "Forturately for Hanna there is a war though ne asserted there would be none, aud that war has drawn attention from his disgr acef ul acts to matters of apparent ly larger moment. Apparently larg er, nat not so in reality. There can be nothing of more importance to the people of this country than the honsty and patriotism of its lawmakers. Foe without can be met and conquered but foes within are a constant and deadly mensace to liberty. It should not be forgotten that tue report of the investigating committee declares Mark Lan na, personaily or thorugh his agents, guilty of btibery. He is al leged to nave bought his seat in the United States Senate as he would buy a seat in the Board of Trade," and details of the transaction are circum stantially given by the investigating c znmittee. G e mian ship Hela Up. The steame~r Francia Capt. Schrc t ter, of Hami u -g, bauod from Samana, Santo Domiingto, for San Juan, with prseng:s only, wos stoppel six m?uec L'ortn of tna Porto Rican coas. at ncoon on Friday by the American auxiis.ry eruiber dt. Paul, which fired b anad solid shots across the Fran cias bows. Au cii zer of the S:. Paul baarded the Francia and told her cap tain not to enter Saa Juau. Captain deurotter continued on his cruise, wh~eupon the St. Paul signalled, ' y crxiers or i will iire into you.' Tue F rancut ooeyed and was~ followed fo tour :tours bythe St. Paul. She arriv~d at st. ThOnLas J ane 25, bear r. Sdu J i n, A letter from Vieg ;lz m:..s i1i. A uexcin waranlips nave Der S a fr t~he last ten dalys Gif i A' it~n c-oast. 1rin N *.4, northtound expres -, on th'e B~u--lington was delayed at 10:30 Sat rtays night one mile north of White 1In11, Ill, by an attempted nod-up. The robbers cra wled aboard me engire and shot the engi eer Tae robbers were frightened otwand secured no booty. As the ga n oped at the C & A cro:sing, a n..a~ m~ ian c:imnbed over tne tender wn levee r?.olver. Fireman Georg Savage ju .> --. from the en gine jost as tne rooat i -eJ, the bullet taking etfect in the engineer's side. The robber then sprang fco-n the en gtiue and ind. Eaigineer thempsey wasenried into the baggar- car un cojnscious ad died within 2; .anrutes. l3koanounns vse:e immig(i~y put en tiie'.raii of the murderer. Whi.le sheliag t- a ..-i ris of Santiago de Cuba Friday, tne cattieship Texas was struck by a 45 Inch shell, wntch passed turcugh her i~ort side, al. in F.OW. Blakely, an apprentece, an wounddeiht otuers. The Texas, wit' aLnm er u: 'a asnorts, was mam ra a em west . a entrance of Sau iago habor as.a snielliug the scus A Sp>n'a ta .ery on the i west of the harbcr o e .ed fire on tre rps and for twei> sours here -ce as a jivly ex'nas shott. *n Sp-'a-rsiards snot wil1 4 a the last * e':n ce-is and explom . Blak-ily, eg-' of hisc comanios were wounded a' 2e sau~e time A -ocsiee .com Hans Kong say: '--S Aern a sapply ship *i - y < ..'i*i De scy t~o prccare ers siz su thernecessaries for .a ::::t, s wui anchored a few mila :r- her iu Chinese waters, l. x La cmoeled to leave by the esttorities. The Cninese dL.cted States Consul Wild * , at Hong Kong, to take the Z i ro ou of the jaridtetion of the em prrat once, and refused to allow rer even the customary 21 hourd stay. The Royal s the hgehst grad- baning powder knowr,. Actual testfahow it goes one third further thdan nv other braad. ~IF a I ~OY POWDER Absolutely Pure Spaniab ignornCe. It is difficult for intelligent Ameri an readers to believe the stcries of irofound ignorance existing in Spain. yet, the plain truth is, the half has tot been told. The nAgnitude of what the Spaniards do nct know is ;imply appalling. We hs:' z own ccustomed to misnke nade by the papers of Germany, France and even >f Egland in dealing with American dffairs, but errors made by t e Span sh press challenge credulity itself. Astonishment is increased when it is known that these blunders are made by the comparatively intelligent men of the nation ar.d imagination is s'un ned when it attempts to conprahend the ignorance pfrvading the masses. It was rec Aly stated editorially in the impar-4l, one of the leading and most intl 2ntial journals of Madrid, that the onig way in which this gov ernment could k-!ep ti;e south in peace was by the presence of a strong armed force and the adoption of the most drastic military measures. The form Confederacy was rerresnted as one awaiting the landing of the Spaniards to make open revolt, and Gen. Lee "who was kicked out of Havana by Gov. Gen. Blanco," would leave the insurrection. "This Lee," says the Imparcial, "is the same Lee who was general in chief of the civil war from 1850 to 1855, and Y hose surrender to Lincoln, in the last named yearbroke the revolution." It is further repre sented that the acts of Lee in Havana "were for the purpose of plunging the government into war with the king dom of Spain, at which time I e ard his followeis would rise against Senor McKinley." El Heraldo, another leading paper of the capital, informs its readers that all the available trocps of this country are in the far west. They are repre. sented as a paltry aggregation of ill paid, poorly fed men who prefer any other industry to that of fighting. Spanish readers are further informed that there is but one rail way by which this impotent army can be carried to the seaboard, and that single line is so badly constructed that it is about as dangerous as war itself. "At one point," says the editor, "this rairoad passes over Niagara Falfls, a cataract 1,000 feet high, near Labrador. At last accounts the brids e at this place was in a very dangerons condition. t need surprise no one to hear that some agency has made it more so," a clear intimation that the work of Spanish spies is laid cut for them, and another suggestion that the plans were devised by the proul Castillian who was recently told by the Canadi an authorities to move on. El Tiempo had this jaicy special from Havana: "Word has juist been received here that the Indians are ris ing against the Yankees in Micaigan, Illinois, Ohio and other places. The farmers are petitioning the govern ment to protect themn from the blood thirsty savages who are burning houses and killing on every side. Troops are askedi for at Colorado, in the State of Denver and at San Luais, in Missipa. Btatfalo Bill, a notorious outlaw, the leaner off a band of half breeds, has risen against the American government and is burning towns near his birthplace in New York:" "In this same line of e xqoisite hu mor, bred from ignorance, Edi Diaro says: "It wil :ao doab:. surpris.e our readers to learn that the Yankee pres ident, Magginly, is a naturalized Uai namani, having oeen bra in Canton-," and El l'ais gives tuis graphie des cription of the United Sta'.es: "The cuntry is not it to live ii. Tue cli mate is me~rable. Wnieu li. is not sleeting or sao wing the heat is almost unbearable. A valanches are frequent at all times, an I these threaten the pricipal cities. As for the peopie, besides the few whites engaged in business along the eastern shore, the remainder of the cooatry is one vas plain, covered with ladians caled cowboys, and great herds ..f roarniing cattle." Add to this the assurance which Weyler gave the government, that with 50. 000 soldiers landed on our shores he could in one weena' time march from Boston to San F'rancisco, as well as to the q aery of Gea. Cor rea as to "what is to hinder us from taking our army fromn Cuba some night to the United States and inLvest ing the capital at Washington next da i" And the convictiin is fLorced that the Spaniards have learneli very little about this country since they stunbled upon it ia 1492. Blia 5nor: oX Amn:t ion. J. A. Vargos, the former Mexioai consul in Unicago, is the recipient o. a signiti:ant letter from tia vana. The writer is a relative of M:.Vr gos, and an clii.:er in tus Spanisa army, connected with tae j adicial branch of the ser vice. The comrn ni cation asserts that the hpanisa nave not more than 14) rour-ds of suots for esch cannin in and acoa d H van, Bread in that ci;.y, acoinrding to tne writer, has risen tu taree ~tune its former price, and so a 'eaans to be unobtaiaable. AU o'tar food is scarce. Moi ey to bc Be tunded The secretary of war sen ) a~ se te Saturday a copy of~ ab '~tor the indemnidation of Lhe goVm:io's o states for the expenses incuerrd by them in raising troops for the Sparisn war. It is similar in its provisions to th acte of rm. fo a enurpose.