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* 11 ??? THE UNION TIMES. UNION, 3. SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LKSSON FOR JUNK 7 IiCK?on To\t: MVarnlnj lo t?i? l>Isciplcs,'' liiiko xxll., 'i-l-.'iT ? Golden Text: Plill. II., 5 ? Commentary, f!t "\fl thcrrt wns also a strife among them. win m of them should ho accounted fu. *^r It whs tin) last night before Golgotha. It was the night of Oetbsernuno .til l < nly a few hours before thnt conllict. lie li." I ;;:eu the r>assov?ir with them hi?<1 bnst iu?tituied the Lord's supper. He h;nl washed tke.r feet and taught them how to huinh tiise'ves. He was about to hum hie Hiin-df into death for them, and they .Were t.>!!? :i-; of who should have the highest plaeo ||i w ii'oiie l!o was! How little they knew H.rr! * II'' that is greatest among you lot him le> .i- t.je younger, and lie that Is chief us lie that doth serve." Lot gentiles who thiol.- -o I..U M,. ... ...... it is for the preyeut piven, let them talk of Lordship and ruling, hut lot the redeemed of the 1 _<>r :. \v i" with Him wait for the kiupt;-: tn.uk of roipninp without Him,hut rather >t us think of reuouuciup solf and of how w" t.,.-?t make it manifest that wo aro H.9. If i* well enough for the gentiles, who live toy for this world, to stive special attend n to what thoy shad oat an l dr'nk and wear. ' at those who nro heirs of tint kingdom to seek lirsi the kins; lorn in all its interests. sure that our Heavenly Father, who kn- weth our nosd, will see to all those things f<T us (Math. vi? 27. -I ,?ti anions; you as He that s?rveth." Tuo Son < f Man eanio not to l.o ministered unto, hat c ? minister, and to give His life a raus ?m r many (Math, xx., US), lie lived M>t to ; a.-" Hitns'lf nor to seek His own will or pi tv (Him. rev.. 1; John vL.jj.i; viii., 50). He did not stand up for His ripht?, as we sav. ever did well, and oft suffered for it. and always took it patiently, leaving ns tr.i xa'vplo that we should follow His stens {t it., 2>). 21). 'JM \" are they which liave continued with M my temptation1." How kind it was i'i .1 :n to say so. Ho must have taken the w.li ' '.! . dee I. He has a way ?>f tnugnifyiup whai we would like to do for Him mi I T p vinp us ere lit beyond what wo might think we deserve, lie cannot possibly siv or v.-roup or over st it" a matter, but He ; < a?5- heart and jr. ige.a according to motive a:.d ih'sire. Lot u> have uioro Kindly judpiv.en: or others. 2\>. \i: 1 I appoint unta you a'kinpdom. as My !"..fher hath appointed tint > Me..' Ho ir H.::: in His prayer a littie later on : iiat >a:ne \ niug, " 1'he p|>?rv tvliieh 'L'liou pa vest M > 1 I.eve pivou then*." i J dm wii., 22). Hear Him il - > i-t iiv-sap" to tiie ehiireh on eartli. ' urn that overe uuetli will I prnnt to sit Menu My throne, e\-t?n as I also < v l am set down with My Father on ft-.- : r H"" (If -v. til.. 21). *,i\l .* Vt? 11 til V i?:i* :m.l .IrlitL- nf AT t? - * - J taVr ii My kingdom .?ii< 1 sit on throrios j g i iwi;!v tril) *s of Israel." Compare Math. - *. Vi\; may therefore oxpiv; t-> - the t wr.v apostles (tli? right out) iaki;i* .! ..i-M j luce) in the kingdom ruling over e.ve tribes of Istnel. Some day w?s.i;:,i i i-kirlv ami understand, as wo .. anil . .. >>v. ih" reuuoiiship of tho twelve apostles 11 tho tvvi-lvo trioe.s of Israel to tho N "v Jcrusu.uut, tit? Lamb's wife, of ll-v. x.;i. 31. And the Lord said. Simon, Simon, bohold sat in until desired you, that ho may sift you us wheat." TJte V. says that satan .vcWc.t ;cr i.in. "it H" hail O'hfen satan a property, iiku Judas, IIo would not Imvo needed to ask for him. It is a oomfort that ataa itinot touch a child of God without lr?t obtaining permission. He had to coil ?ss t hat t'fd had tnido a fence about Job, * net H o<: .Id not lav a hugcr upou Him uui.l Go l puvmitted Him. 32. " li lt 1 have prayed for Then that thy '.lith f ui not. and when thou art converted i or turned again) strengthen thy brethren." ."Vter <:- u * of those of whom He said, "Ve are lerin." and lie that is washed Is clean every wait'' (Johu xili.. 10): therefore we have the hard's own testimony that Simon Pater va- a saved man, and a truly .savo.l man oa?. never be an uiisavo I nian (John x\, "27. "2S , i lie may wiuder and stumble as Simon was an uit to do. Thou ha must turn again to the Lord and be forgiven these wanderings and w?lk ntoro humbly with Go How very thankful we should be that our IItgl: l'riest ever liveth to make interce<":oii f .r us. And he said unto Him, Lord, I am roviv t < with thee, both into prison and to dealt'.'* 1'oor. self confident Simon! How lit:! - a-* knew himself. Wear" to have no eon'i len inourseive? . In;*, r *iy wholly upon the Lord. The only safe jdaee is, "Not I. hut t'iin.-i." "Not 1, but the grace of God" (Gal. l:.. I I' >r w.. lib I'iiil. iii :tl n..lf onlliin if Ito tho .viuj; afur oiT, ?inl that ? itonial of liia I. li.ithor let us "Do ju.-tiy, I ivo in?roy aiul walk humbly with u i ul" (>!lo. vi.. s>. 31. "1 : 11 t if . Polor, tin* <* >ck shall not orow tin- lay hoforo t'aou .shall tlirieo ilony thuii IviiL Vf-t Jh1.'' Hi' kii v.v what was in IVtor I an ii.,know it froai the t>oi?iiittiittf. y-'t vi?ii tiiui a'l tho way through. I ha\?' ofton oau vfla 1 that Ho hasu war loumi out anythim; now about mo. that Ho know iijoth.of uiritlv front tho s;art aui lovoU uio \;hi'tj I wu- il'M'1 in sin. 3*?. "W.ii-n I -out you, without purso or v.'rip -hoo*. laokvit vo aiiythiu :f Auct thi'v -ii.1, Nothing." I'liat was tii.<cau> < Ho ont u,::i. Wii mi wo i*'1 <>n His hustling.*, - out i'V 11ii .. Jio will in to all tho -imply. :>C. "lliti ii |.v, liotliat hatit ajuirso lot aim t.iko it an ! iikiuviso hi- .-orip, mi l ho that :ntli ioi -o : I tot him oil hi- ttarmont anil l uy < no " I'Sii at l'n-i .-iyi.i I ?* iliflloult, ? ui in t ovr'tt ' v -r- ts I thin;; :t i* oa.-y. Ha 1 !l .Ii.v Mil! i! oa 'h to Jiavo ;i - .vor l aiit not ha'- *ii'l that two s\v. ; i- w - i :ii ?: ; i for voii \Viiat, ti'.ui. ; 1 ii i.in.' Wiioti !(" .-oat tlioin, IT to : ..f thoin, a:i i tit >* la 'ko.l nothiii.', ! .'. i. aithoiivtii Ho -.ii; -on Is thoiu. llowil : h with tii'vu as forinorly. Can thiyiru- Hitu a for.a m t>If nut, lot thorn ; tk .r- an-l -orip aul -w : I urol lakooaro f tl. Mi,- . \ | ? oil til i 'lp!o that tr o.l hoip.-t,. who h'lp thoin-o|vo.. As Potor Muiiiloi o i with u ? -w /r I. -o will all hlumlcr wi'.o'.r -l t 'lotu-'Mws iMth.'i tlia'i lli'ii. ..7. " i ;hin^s o,.n ' ruino M" havo an ?-il I. :\l IV I'll'l II >VV II I" : IIIII ll<* I, '< till n t!.e ii it >.v H" wouM i> <tij -ill?'il us n in'ili'j'a What, then, w >1; >1 tnusu po >r j-!u, ,i. .1' C uii'l tln'v tru-t their Heavenly Father. r w ii<i nit thmr ii"| l?; ilnsho.l to the -r- :mt wit-Mi II * whoa; they liu I fnllow. i I ii oriioilli'1' Ha l they oulv hiflii'V I ail Hi-. ;vorl?, nr. 1 that 11 vv..ul 1 r1..-''a .'ii in. h .v.- -tr.'ii.; ile-v an,-nt h.iv beeu. ? J.rlicit A; - " : exposi*- a N.?w V >-1: paper ". a. 1'.? 1 Mrs. Nansen 'N.v.i'?i! -:i n 1.1.1 !. loo.-; xi< > .. . 11 1 ?? :* 11 nrel tiljrrnn tr.d, oariinlf. ^ !< Mi- -t- .1 v. I. s dU.. i.. !!,<: : 1::. 1 ..in f:\tnt !;:;!.ie v;:o;o i !!nr veiites." This o! m-.- ; .'\ji!i ii ? !.. .1;. we l?e! ! p. >ve en:v!y ,-.t t'..- factory tii ,t 1. 1? i'."leil. 1 111" Jin yi. ;;r.j Villi;>. < : 11:ist:lit! i." "Tien." 3 i'i ;Tar: < >! vi.!. "why <i > y.i-t J;* ' : "> ' M'i: t':il* 1 >'*;: Indian.!? ::: .ial. ?- 1 DKATII ANI) DKSTRl'CTJOy. Towns In Iowa and lUliui* Almost Wiped Out. Monday the villages of VuleriH, Mingo and Santiago, Iowa, on the Chicago and Croat Western itailroad, was nearly wiped from the fnco of the earth by a cyclone, and adjacent counties were laid waste with considerable 1 loss of life and great destruction of railway nail other property. The storm occurred between 9 and lOo'elock, accompanied by a deafening roar, a deluge of rain and hail. Its 1 track was sev? ral miles in length and from a quarter to a half a mile in width, lteports say fourteen were killed at Valeria, and live at Mingo. At Santiago, Mr. and Mrs. IlaU lenbuugh and grandchild was killed. The following buildings were wrecked in Valeria: ' Chicago and ( rent Western depot, one drug ' store, three gcuorul stores, pos'-ofllce. Catholic church, one creamery, two blacksmith shops, and twenty-live dwellings. In Valeria, seven members of a family ] nntned Fniloiw, father, mother and live , children, were found dead among the wreckage in one room. Twoehildren nntned I Aikens, two Indies named Dickey and Mrs. I tisborn. were also killed outright. The property loss Is estimated at over ylOO.OOO. A j great amount of live stock was killed ami the crops in the path of the storm utterly 1 destroyed. I The list of killed stands as follows: Jasper County, In.. 10: I'olk County, In., 9: ltoek- i ford. III.. I. login. III.. 1: North Metiregor. i In.. 12: Durango, la., 5; Fort Scott. Kan., 2. 1UV rivtiu n i US IIIIYU'- III Iowa, whop1 tho counties of Polk aud Jumper were devastated by two tornadoes. At Chicago basements were Hooded and considerable damage done. Two inches of rain foil. At login. .John Keough, engineer of the State Insane Asylum, was killed by a lulling chimney. Tin1 Klein Sowing Maohioo and Bicycle factory was blown down. At Kookford four kllhal and many injured, a < number of them fatally, is the result of tho eyoloue, besides great loss to property and tiie complete destruction of croi a. COMMKllCIAL COXDITIOXS Practically Unchanged?Crop Prospects Improved. I?un and Drndstreet, of New York, iu their weekly review ot trade, say: Failures for tho week have been '23'J in the United States against '215 last year, aud 20 in Canada against :U last year. The improvement in the trade situation iseonllned to the demand for hides, leather and shoes, the tendency of prices of same to advauce, and an improvement in request for dry goods and hats and shoes from wholesalers at St. Paul, Kansas City, Omaha ami Baltimore. The erop outlook iu South Carolina aud Kentueky is brighter because of rains, and a generally better feeling exists nmoug sugar producers ami handlers in Louisiana and Texas because of the recent sugar bounty decision. General business centimes quiet, and at large financial centres less commercial paper is making, even at lower rates. The price movement is again downward. win-in corn .inn oats, as wen as pork an?l laril, exhibiting unexpected shrinkages. ColTee, co'toii ami petroleum are likewise t lower, ami sales of pig iron and billets by middle men luiVM been made a shade under normiunl figures. Wheat. Hour, coal and cloths are practically unchanged, while rellned sugar and tin plates report advauces. 1'ides and leather arc lirm at recent advances and the tendency is upward. The iron and steei markets are weak, with lower prices, because the demand for lluishod products is entirely inadequate, though prices of these are higher. Pig iron has fallen over 1 per cunt, since April 1, but the average of finished products has been advanced fi per cent. I.ower quotations tor Bessemer and grey forge and local coke at Chicago with stoppage of two-thirds /if the furnaces* iu Virginia, some in Pennsylvania nUj-* thers in the Mahoning and Shenandoah mVieys result from inability of manufacturers to sell nt prices which their combinations demand, Bessemer billets being undersold by open hearth, bars by steel bars and nails by new concerns, which are rapidly putting in machines. Plates weaken ami there Is no improvement in sheets or rods, but beam | makers have raised the price $2 per ton, making a slight advance in the average of all prices for the week, it is possible that rebuilding after the disaster ut bt. Louis may ulTect ijon ami steel extensively, AOA1NST SUNDAY TRAINS. The Presbyterian Assembly Resolves to Petition Congress to Stop Them. The Southern Presbyterian assembly, in session at Memphis, Tenn, struck a big question Friday. An overture from the synod of Texas advocating a mammoth petition to congress and the State legislatures favoring , the enactment of Sabbath legislation. The j committee recommended a negative answer. j 'l'his brought some of t!; * ti?? *-t debating of | | the assembly. lion. W. W. (' x. ??f Corinth, Miss., mailt* a strong speech j<ii-.i ling for the Petition. H? suit: "It is t1 * inalienable right of each member of the I'resbyto' inn ! Church to petition tin* civil power. Tim Supreme Court of tin* United State* has decided that tli" Stato governments have | rights to pass laws forbidding the running of trains, interstate or otherwise. on the Sab- I hath. Tin" great corporations nredo.ng what , the Stat" and National governments d: re not j do. They deny to a largo body of citizens i the right to worship (iod according to the ' dictates of their own consciences. I,et us do , all in our power for the protection of these i and other employes who are forced to labor on the Sabbath." F>r. Wodrow look the ground that this is 1 not a Christian government and the church j has no right to ask its aid tor religion. The Jews have a right to be heard. Several Hue speeches were made and the t assembly decided in favor of the petition. The First I're.sbyterinn Church of Char- i lotto. N ? was select,.,i unanimously for the place of ne\t meeting. \ paper was intr.i! duecd bv I >r. I I' Si,.HI. of to .1 1 ? .. _ ... ......... ... iip niii'Mi'l, > it. , expressim. ?->*iiiwith the j..*..?f Ar: lnenia, will.-.i v..i. a i >;>(< ! I y n rising Vote. A rf.oliilii'd of thanks w is intr.?I1 un<l ndopteil l.y a risini? vote, I?r. Mallard. the moderator. tmt-1.' some very feline remarks. Tim assembly ar an.I .anj; "lllest '?? th Tie That Hinds i?ur Hearts la hristiau I.mvc." 'i '.i" nio.|.-ra:.>r th? n .Ii.~ '.1 v?*. 1 Hi" as11 Iy \v1111 prayer, "ailiin; another t.? ui""t in tti" First Chutvh, Charlotte, tlio third Tuesday in Mav, !sj7. A l)K\ \S I AlINti ( VCI.ONK. ' , ! Kansas Attain A Isited l?y a Destructive Storm. i a vorniiilo pa.s.'.i throin.li the western par. , of Ni-o.h-.lift .-ounty early Sunday mornim:. j La Fontaine, a \iila^o< f "DO souls, was al! tnost destroyed. T.vo business houses. ti. i | Missouri I'i it!" depot and tie- hr'stiao "iiiireh was wreck I and almost every ii use in tiie villas- \va- damaged. A s.-..r>- .f far,it hoiis. s iiorili, e.ist and west \\. re .' -tr d. | Aaron 1 id wards, a farmer, was nitally in) jiired hip I in.i it \ ahers -everelv hurt. Tim , av'u'reirate i.,~. ..n fen.', niel ; r-.periy :s . vJa.ono. Jin.I and r dii a r.ij ante ' tlm wind and de-:r >yd e\ ry \.siij^-..f \?i>oiu. i tioii. I'll"daniai;.' to er.-ps is ii.-ai-u.ul>|e. 'I lie area ? f the damage I -i..-dre l ;s .:U.iit 7.* kuaare nni. s. fnylrijj the Snoar Homily. The | nited Stat, s Treasury department l.as i.eirun tiie paymeiit >-f tie- sinmr !..mnty under tin- reoeiit deeisi -:i of ti Si,pr.-,:.e i oiirt. Th" .nin.? new I iii:? pni I ai ;.:. i r tin- }i^3S,U00nf.f>ro|>rintioiiof accrued l> uinty due at til"- time the i .uintv iav. was r ! ale.i. 1'h* r-- ar-> I.M.'j of tins u;t>? . mu:s.?. RIYER AND HARBOR YETO. I'UKSIDKNT CLKVKIiAND GIVK8 HIS KKASONS. It Would t'reute ObllRiitlons to the Amount of $<10,000,000. The following message was sent to The House by President Cleveland Saturday, vetoing the river and harbor bill: 1' '/'it t/n Unti.sr nj' l{cprrMt u(ativcH'. 4,I return herewith without approval, House bill No. 7J77 entitled 'An ?< ? mnbln" Appropriation* for construction, repair and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors aiul for other purposes.' "There arc four hundred and seventeen items of appropriation contained in this bill and every part of the country is represented In the distribution of its favors. "it directly appropriates or provides for the immediate expenditure of nearly ?14,OOO.ODO for river and harbor work. This sum is in addition to appropriations contained in auother bill for similar purposes amounting t<> a littie more tliau three million of dollars, whieh have already been favorably considered at tiie preset session of Congress. Tho result is tiiat the contemplated immediate expenditure for the objects mentioned aiuouuts to about ?17,000,000. A more startling feature of this bill is its authorization of contracts f " r,' "r and harbor work amounting to ?G2,DOO.OOO. i.ej.igh the payments on these contracts are in most cases so distributed that they are to be met by future appropriations, more than ?3,000.000 on their account are Included in direct appropriations above mentioned. Of the remainder nearly ?20,000,000 will fall during the llscal year ending J uue 30th, 1393, aud amounts somewhat less in the years immediately succeeding. A few contracts of a like character, authorized under previous statutes, are still outstanding, and to meet payments on these more tnan ?4,000.000 must be appropriated in the immediate future. "If, therefore, this bill becomes a law, tho obligations which are imposed on tho government. together with appropriations for immediate expenditure on account of rivers and harbors, will amount to above eighty millions of dollars. Nor is this ail. The bill directs numerous surveys aud examluatious which contemplate new work aud further eoutractsand which portend largely increased expenditures aud obligations. "There is no ground to hope that in the face of persistent and growing demands the aggregate of appropriations for the smaller schemes n it covered by contracts will be roduced'or even remain stationary. For the llscal year endiug June 30,1393. such appropriations together with the installments on Contracts Which will fall due In that vonp e:in buriUy be less than >r:l0.000,000; and it may reus >uablv be apprehended that the prevalent tendency toward increased expenditures of this sort and yie conceulmeut wldeh postponed payments afford for extravagance will increase the burdens chargeable to this account in succeeding years. With the obligation imposed by the constitution on me. it seems clear that I only discharge a duty to my people when I interpose my disapproval of the legislation proposed. Mauy of the objects for which it appropriates public money are not related to the public welfare and many of them are palpably for the beueflt of limited localities or in aid of individual interests. "Ou the face of the bill it appears that not a few of these ulleged improvements have, been so improvidently planned and prose-^ euted that after an uuwlse expenditure or millions of dollars, new experiments for their accomplishment have been entered upon. ' While those entrusted with the management of public funds in the interest of all the people can hardly justityquestionable expenditures for public work by pleading the opinions of engineers or others us to the practicability of such work.it appears that some or the projects for which appropriations are proposed in this bill have been entered upon without the approval or against the objection of the examining engineers. 'I learn from official sources that there are appropriations contained in the bill to pay for work which private parties have uctually agreed with the government to do, in consideration of their occupancy of public property. "Whatever items of doubtful propriety may have escaped observation or may have been tolerated in previous executive approvals of similar bills, I urn conviuced that the bill now under Consideration nnem tbc ??? to insidious and increasing abuses, aud is in itself so extra vacant as to be especially unsuited to these times of depressed business and resulting disappointment in government revenues. This is emphasized l>y the prospect that the public Treasury will be confronted with other appropriations made at the present session <>f Congress, amounting to more than ifoCO.OOO.bOO. Individual economy and careful expenditure are sterling virtues whi'-h load to thrift and comfort. Economy and the exaction of justillcutiou for expenditure of public money by the servants of tie people nro not only virtues but solemn obligations. To the extent that the appropriations ntaiued in this bill are instigated l?y private iuter<-sts and promote local or individual projects, their allowance cannot fail to stimulate a vicious paternalism aud encourage a sentiment among our people, already too prevalent, that their attachment to our government may properly rest upon the hope and expectation of direct and especial favors and that the extent to which they are realized may furnish an estimate o? the value of goveri mental < are. "1 believe no greater danger confronts us as a nation than the unhappy decadence among our people of genuine and trustworthy love and affection for our government as the embodiment of the highesr and best aspirations of humanity, and not as the giver of gifts, and because its mission is the enforcement of exact justice and equality and not the allowance of unfair favoritism. "I hope I may be permitted to suggest at a time when the issue of government bonds to niaintatn and financial standing of uutry is a subj-et of criticism, that the contracts provided f->r in this bill would create obligations of the United Htatcs uiiiounwng ii rtju.uuii.ono, no loss binding thar. i.s bonds for that y.im [Signed.| Ci.kvki.axd. "Kx?'<*utiv<? Mansion, May ii'.i, lo'JU." Tlio Sugar liounty Law Is Valid. Tho Cnitt'd Stab's Su|>roino Court announ it-, .' i-i >ii in tlm sugar l>oiuity .-n.-os of tin* I nitod Stub's vnrsus (lay and t!: lb-alt y .-onij-aiiy. Tin* I'tL-n-.s wuro brought to t-st tli*- <-<>ii?titutionuiity of tli" ruling of Coinptroil.-r l; -wl>-r >i>-iiyiiig bounty to tho -agar j-lant-Ts undor tin- law of tin.- last oongtI lit- ( mioii ->f tip- ooiirt was hundnd :.>wii ! > .1 i.sii 1'. .-kliani and alllrmod tho o|dn; .a in 11 i.--...w. holding tho sugar I o ,nt\ law v :.d and ovorruliug tin* aoni|>* t olb-r, in-- i-j iiiioii was na uiianimo;.J ca<. Prohibit)<>ti ( amiIda!os. Tli'- l'rohihiiioni-ts, in s. asion at i'lttsburg, I'i.. !i.i\o i. - i.n:it I .1 .-l.n i l.o\oring of I'. uti-noro. M l , -..r i'r>--id<-n! Huh-.Johnson, fliii i'-r \ . !'r---i b-nt. I'liogold o|otin-nt ; r- I iinnb-1. and th -ilv?-r. or hr-aidgu.i -n-'i.t I -:t t n- av>-ntion and or ;a-u In r .: : j ooavnti >n. A ?ulTrngn i>i.in . va- ndoi t>-.|. Mr. I.'voring Is a i-r .miii' i.t - ii;/- ii 111Iti i: >i-o. lb-has for ' > ':.g t.:> I "ii uxigi.O'd in t :r -rati'.o and u. i.r r... THK FIFTY-KOUKTII CUNUKm A Synopsis of the Proceedings of Uotb Houses. THE 8ENATE. MORMt The lost of the genetul appropriation hills (the deficiency bill) engrossed tlio attention of the Senate Monday. As reported from the committee It covered Items aggregating about 000,000, about twice the amount that It carried when It came over froin the House. In its progress through the Scuate Monday, the aggregate was still further increased by the appropriation of over a million dollnrs for findings in the French spoill/.ation claims and of findings of over a half million for (ladings of the Court of Claims under the Bowman act. At tlrst there appeared to be n purpose on the part of Mr. Butler to antagonize It with his own bill prohibiting the issue of United States bonds without the consent of congress, but he yielded to the appeal of Mr. Hale to allow the deficiency bill to be disposed of and of 5-174,443 for tlio Chateau claim in building an iron steam battery in 1804 so as to leave the way clear for the consideration of the bond bill. TIKSDAT. In the Senate Tuesday the House measure known us the "filled cheese" bill came up under tho lend of Senator Sherman, of Ohio. Tt? nhl??t (u t.. .11- >1 Hud sale of hii mliilttinUiHl article of food l>v imposing heavy license on manufactures aud wholesale dealers. Senator Rutlor's bond bill wont over without notion. It did not pro-tout many points of interest. Tiie Senate agreed to Senator ltutler's amendment to the detleiouoy bid returning S. 11. Fowles' salt duty, $187. It nit rood to Senator Prlchard's amendments rospootively of $022 aud t:75?5 lor settling title and paying court expenses in tho Cherokee Eastern Hand suits. On tho delleteney bill the Senate placed $1,000 each for \V-?odard, Cheatham, Lockhart, Martin, Shaw, Thompson, Murray, Johustou and Mooreman. other contestants and eoutestees having previously been provtded for. The Senate allows Eurmfold fiercer, for a war claim, $7t!7. WEUNKSUVV. Wednesday Mr. Cannon. Republican, oi Illinois culled up the general delleieney bill and addressed tho llouso in opposition to tho motion made Tuesday by Mr. Hammond, Republican, of Pennsylvania, to concur in tho Souato amendment appropriating money to pay French spoliation and war claims. Ho said that early in tho session there was passed n deficiency bill enrryiug about $7.000,000. Tin* pending bill as It passed tho House carried u total of $4,703,000. To this tho Senate added vl>,200,000. The report will be considered Thursdav. THintSDAV. In tho Senate Thursday tho free aleohrl repeal bill was received from the House aud referred to the fluunco committee?Mr. Harris stating that lie would ask (lie Senate to take it up as soon as the conference reported on the Indian appropriation bill was disposed of. The conference report on the Indian appropriation bill was then taken up. It ni"t determined resistance on account of nil amendment contained in it (and which bad no basis in tho bill as passed) providing lor extending the rights and duties of eitir.cnshipto t he Indians of the live civilized tribes. The matter went over without uctiou. FHIli.tY. The Senate Friday passed without amend iin-iii iwo measures oi legislation that had their origin in the House uud tliut now only need the signature of the I resilient to become law. The llr-?t was the hill to .-jponl that section of the existing tarilT law which provides for ?i rebate of the tux paid nu alehohol used in the arts and ia medical preparations. The second liiil passed by tlio Senate also had reference to the tax on spirits; hut its provisions simply were to iuclude pears, pineapples, oranges, apricots, horries and prunes in the list of fruits from which the brandy uiay be distilled under existing regulations. The present law embraces only apples, peaches and grapes. The bill ami the veto message were referred to the committee on appropriations. The prohibitory bond bill was taken up as unflbished business and its author, Mr. Uutler, Populist, of North Carolina, made au argument In support of it. An agreement was made that a' Una) vote shall be taken upon it before the adjournment on Tuesday next. THE HOUSE. MONDAY. Monday's session of the House, under the rules, was devoted to District of Columbia affairs. The calendar was soon cleared, however, and the remainder of the session was spent in eommitteeof the whole, considering the bill to repeal tnat section of the present tarilT law providing for a rebate on alcohol used in the urts and in medicinal compounds. The report of election committee No. 3, in the case of Martin, Populist, vs. I.ockhart. Democrat, from the sixth district of North ? arolluu, iu favor of Murtin, was ordered printed. TCI'.SDAY. Representative Mettle Tuesday secured front the House conferees their consent to the Guilford liattlo Ground item of SI,000 for its euro us a national park. This is on an n>i< ii "in itmi [ircoini'.i law as soon us signed ov the President. Tho other Gullford moasuro is separate. With an atnandment the House, by n vote of 103 to 60, passed the bill to repeal seetion 01 of the Wilson tarllT law of 1*04, which provides lor free alcohol in the arts and manufactures. WKIlNKSOAY. Wednesday the conference report on tho naval appropria'ion bill was taken up, read and agreed to. A lit left some matters still unajusied in ronf? reuce, including the question of buttleships, a further conference was ordered. The "tilled cheese" bill being taken up. on which the pending question was the amendment offered by Mr. Dubois. Itepuhlh-nn, of Idaho, imposing an additional tax of 73 cents a barrel on lager beer, ale and porter. The vote was taken au<l the amendment was defeated: Yeas 27; nays 34. Butler's bond bill went over without further action. THURSDAY. Thursday the House resumed the discussion of the contested election ease of Johnson vs. Stokes, from the seventh South Curoiinu district, Mr. Overstreet, Kopuhlican, of Indiana, speaking in favor of seating Johnson. It was developed iii his remarks that | there were four reports in tin* ease, the mn| joritv agreeing, however, that Stokes was ! entitled to retain Ids sent. Chairman McCnll i was of the opinion that neither party was I ..I.1 'I lw. ? * ......... ... wi 11 .n iiuim>riz"?l to aid the St. I.ouis eyelonn sufferers, and resolutions was adopted to that end. KII! DAY. Friday the contested election crsc nt Johnston (lb-publican) vs. Stokes ilitimoiTHt) from the seventh district of South Carolina whii'h has horn under debut" in the Mouse three days, reached a vote this afternoon out was not ilnuliy disposed of, on uccount of tho dilatory tactics of the advocates of the contestant's claim to the seat, his rij^ht to it helm; approved by a minority of tho committee on eloc'ions No. J, wiiich considered tho ease. By a Vote of 105 to 95 the Mouse refused to substitute the resolutions reported by the minority, declaring Jidiston eh'eted ai d entitled to tho seat, and Stokes not elected and not entitled to the seat. f->r those < f the majority, to tho dir< ct contrary. On tlie i?>solution of the inaiority, declaring Johnston not electou, the vole was 10:1 yeas. 1?'J nays, and in order to i ostf'one further action until there was a la roe attendance, the friends of Johnston resorted to filibustering tactics, and so exhausted tho session. President <'ieveland's veto of tho river and harbor bill was read and reform i to the committee on rivers and harbofs. Convention of Itiisluess 51 en. Tho National Convention of Business Men, which assembled in Philadelphia, l'a., the week for the purpose i>f birth tiiiiJ tho development < f tie- export tr.l le of the I'nited States, ua. i*o!nprl-|mI oi delegates from 11 fty eomiie". ;.d a;:,| ianiiufaetniintf ori;a:ii:'.:ilions, re, resenting marly every State in the I'niou, Tie1 Convention was held under tie-au-pi 'i-s of the l'liiladelpliia M use tun. % KILL ARK'S LETTER. WILLIAM IS GETTING TO DE SOMKWIIAT SKNTIMKNTAL. Ho Indites an Interesting Kplstlo on the Subject of Flowers. I am not a linguist, but havo been told there is no lauguage but outh that haa a word or expresaiou signifying "homo" in the awoet, sentimental meaning that we attach to it. There are words enough that mean a dwelling .... .-i i?? i ?? u\'uo?rt (?11 ikUKIIU^ JIUHl', (Hll* liUUlU LlHi u broader compass mid includes all the emotiouul surroundings?the garden, the well, with its old oaken bucket, or the crystal spring at tho foot of the bill?tho vinos over tho door and on tho lnttice?the shado trees, tho loudscapo view from tho window, tie cradle and tho old arm chair; the clonk on the muutle, tho pictures ou the walls, tho faithful watch dog, tho playful kitten, aud ever the crickets' chirrup on tho hearth. But more thau all these aro the loved ouch who meet us aud greet us at the threshold. The wise mau tells us of tho timo when mau goctli to his long home and the mourners go about the streets. Our home here is very brief, wo know, but it is the dearest spot on earth, and should bo loved aud cherished by every oue who goes out from its sacred portals or returns within them to rest from tho cures of a busy world. It is one of my constant regrots that there are so many good people in this great big world who havo no home ? not an aero on God's green earth thoy can call their own. If every family had a home the childron would grow up better citizens, better patriots; tho parouts would hold up their heuds aud be thankful to God for his blessings. The good wife and daughters would treasure the vines they planted, and tho llowers they grow iu the front yard? flowers that are tlio smiles of God upou a sill-cursed world. The poet suvs: "The world liiv* nothing to lnstow; From our own selves our Joys must flow, And that di ar place?our homo.'" 1 wns ruminating about these things as I sat iu my verandah in tho shadow of the vines?tho Virginia creeper, the madieru aud cinnamon vines that by day and by night are climbing Ir.igher aud, enlarging and uufolding then tender leaves that will soou cover the trellicc. I love to watch their daily progress. I built the framework foi these vines and am proud of it, even though my wife did boss the job, anil me, too. 'Twas she who made me set the posts out two feet from tho edge ol tho verauduh floor and brace them tc tho top of tho columns. 'Twas she who suggested caues from tho cane brake?long canes that wero stuck it the ground and their tops cut even aud fustened to the crossbar. Those caues are just one foot aparl and arc interlaced with horizonta canes, also a foot apart, and tho basket work keeps tho whole fabric good and stroug. btroug and vigorous vinei have already climbed and twined around every cane, but sho said thor< must be windows in the lattice, so thai we could sit iu our chairs aud see tin traius go by and the carrisges and hi cycles and fnueral processions aud pic nic parties and the children going tc school aud look at our neighbors win live across tbo way. So there is i space of threo feet where tho vinei cling closo to the perpendicular poles but mto not allowed to send out anj horizontal shoots. This gives us amph vision cf tho outer world, and I si daily thero in my big nrin chair am rest my feet upon the railing and rum inato upon life with its blessings am am thankful that I live. Just a word about that railing. T used to be about three feet high am studded with upright balusters, tho toj rail too high and the bottom one to< low for a good foot rest. So wheu bought tho property tho first thing did was to reform the long verandah It cost but a trifle to take out tho up right pieces ami lower the top rail iiu< run n middle ono and then put shor square pieces between them and alter uate them like a rond to Jericho. Tliii makes the cheapest and most comfort ablo railing in the world, and gives at: old man choice of threo elevations foi his feet and givea a modest womai choice of two. I have already observe* in my brii f life that there are tw< classes of people who like to elevatt their pedal extremities when in a stub of innocuous dcuetudo?old men am lazy lawyers. Old age ia excusable for his legs nro tired, especially whei his corporosity increases with nd vancing years, or he is bossed uroum tho flower garden l?v his loving wife the average lawyer is excusable, too, suppose, for it is the brain that quick ens tho flow of blood to tho extreini 4 j : f 11 i - > in:*, inni it me nriim iiiih notmng t< work on ? no cases, no clients?the leg: get sleepy urul must have rest. I can tell n town loafer's age protty well by hi? posture when Heated, An old, confirmed loafer wants twi: chairs, one to rest Imh feet upon. I he is a lawyer he prefers a table. Hut I nm olT the subject again, j was thinking about the tlowers?tin new and beautiful flowers that Mrs Arp got from Mr. Herckmuu?thesi cannas that are ko gorgeously lovelj and are now blooming into beauty We had some yellow ones before, bill now have other colorsthnt are brillian and attractive. 1 decorated my vegO' table garden last year with sun llow ers, but 1 don't think my wife fancied thern. She Raid they made In r eye: tired, but she is delighted with tin crimson ami orange and variegatei cannas and her Mureschnl Neil rose and carnation pinks. She want oii'.a or So worth of new ll-fwers even I | spring, and up to this time she has had it, thank the good Lord for His mercies. The weather lias boen awful hot, but I hnvo had to dig and fork tip the grouud and haul fertilizer in the wheel barrow aud lay off a new llower bed aud change plants from tho old ones and tote water aud sprinkle and rake around till mo nether garments were moist and bb salty as Lot's wife. It hasn't rained a drop in throe weeks, notwithstanding my rheumutio pains aud my wife's corns nnd the rooster's crowing in tho night, and so I have everything to water every evening. Wo liuvo had no man servant but me for a long time, aud my wife says 1 look exceeding well, considering ago and iutlrmity, and the girls smile around on tho sly to see how a little uxorial taffy spurs mo on. Had a letter yesterday from a suffering benedict, who says his girls wuntod him to stop choppiug cottou and sowing peaR aud send some help to take up tho curpots and whitewash tho palings and tho trees nnd the pig pou und clean np things generally, for some town kinfolks were threatening to visit them. Ho said he wax about to outdo the girls, but his wife re-enforced them and Raid they dident ask tnioh favors but twice a year nud were the best daughters in the world, and she thought ho might spare u hand for a day or two, and now he writes to mo for advice. Must ho surrender and take a hand from the liold or not? No, of course not. Tho way to do is to do all these littlo household jobs yourself. You can take up a carpet and hang it on the paling and beat the dnst out of it as well as anybody, and whitewashing is nothing hut good fun. You can hang a window curtain or put in a pane of glass or mend a baby carriage or repaint tho mantel piece. My girls papered every room in our house. Their mother trained us to do all theso things, and it saves a <ot of money. My friend, that whitewashing must bo dono if the world comci to an end. Let the cotton suffer for a day. I expect you have too much planted, nnvhow. Everybody around hero has. Tho good wife nud daughters hnvo to stay in the house or shout it nearly all their time, niul it should bo made as pleasant and inviting as possible. Yours in sympathetic bonds.?Hii.n Anr, in Atlanta Constitution. TULKUKAI'HIC TICKS. Report says there are COO A. P. A'u in North Carolina. Scott Jackson, tho murderer of Pcnrl Bryan, has been seutouced by tho ' court to bang Juno -9th. The Northern Presbyterian General Assembly has fixed upon Winona, I ml., ns the next place of meeting. Chief Justice Snodgrass, of the Tennessee Supremo Court bench, has be.*-i lined Sod aud costs for currying concealed weapons. Francis E. Shobtr, a member of the Forty-first and Forty-second Congress, aud at one time Secretary of the United StateH Senate, died in Salisbury, N. C., Friday. t ? The next General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church will bo held in Charlotte, N. C., in the First Church, tho third Sunday in May, 1897. A motion' for a now trial for Scott Jackson, convicted of Pearl Bryan's murder at Cincinnati, O., was overruled by Judge Helm Friday, aud Juno 30th set as tho date of execution. During a balloon ascensiou in Martensville, Va., Friday, an old colored man named Archie Brown was caught in the ropes and cariied up a distance of 300 feet, when befell, lie was killed instantly. The decision by the Now York Court of Appeals as to the constitutionality of the ltaiues liquor law does not set at rest the legal controversy over tho matter. It is now claimed that tho law is in coutlict with the 1 United States coUBtit"Gn*i. ? ^ > CONDITION OF Til K CROPS. | Cotton an<l Corn Generally Good, Hut Cereals are lielow the Average. The weekly weather and crop bulletin of the department of agriculture at Wushing. ton contains the following reports of crop conditions throughout tho 8 uth : Virginia? Richmond?Droughty conditions which have been prevailing were broken by tho rain of last week; general improvement . all crops noticeable; winter wheat heading short; rosebugs tliVeaten destruction of grapo 1 crop in Rockingham county; potato bugs 1 doing sonic damage. , North Carolina Raleigh -Temperatures above normal, and excess of precipitation in central portion very favorable; drought ? still continues in West and along Southeast j ' coast; minor damage by hail 17 counties; wheat ripening, short but with good heads; oats a failure; cotton and corn in excellent l con lition. South Carolina?Columbia Unevenly dlsi tribiitcd showers except over southeastern portion, where drought continues; corn im 5 provinc, is healthy, clean and earliest ready I to lay by; cotton within exception well cultivated, clean and healthy, chopping nearly tlnished, squares forming plentifully; fruit and minor Held crop generally poor. ) Georgia- Atlanta Another very hot week, u but crop conditions slightly improved by local showers; crops clean and well cultivated. ami cotton standing drought well; corn needs ruin badly; fruit continues to shed; i gardens and pastures drying up rapidly. , Tennessee Nashville Good rains gener. ally over the State; great improved condition of growing and mntrmg crops; too much rain ] iii western section: crops getting grassy; [ wheat ripening and in fairly good condition; corn and cotton grwing well; tobacco ar?A mostly set Jiud plants doing well. ^ , 1 The Coroner's Figures. r The thousands of men at work In the ruined district at St. I.ouis, Mo., are bringing order t out of chaos and it will lie but a few days bet fore nearly every trace of the material i wreckage caused l>v the tornado of Wednesday lias been cleared away. The following j is the llgurcs m conpilcd by the coroner: Known dead in SI. Louis I'.M; unknown dead * in si. Louis s. 3 I'.itally injured in St. Louis 18; missing in 1 Sl- , j Known dead in Last St. Louis 13'J; un^ known dead ii. Last St. Louis:). Fatally injured in St. Louis 1. Total , I fatalities lis, . M