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or. imm'S mm. The Me\ed Washington Divine's Sunday Discourse. Vfe DIMUIWI TiflW h Moral and Religion* Standpoint the Welfare of All ih# Tovre.fi and Cities of Onf Cod Mr j*-tT JPolnta the Wajr to MonlrliVaV i'urlty. " Text: "O, thoU that art situate at the entry of the pea.,v~-Eaokiol xxvlL, 8. This is A l>art of an Impnssionod a.o;Irophe to the city'61 Tyre. It was a beautiful City?a majestic city. At the east and of the Mediterranean it sat, with ourt hanJ beckoning tho inland trade and with the other the commerce of forelgO nations. Jt swung a monstrous boom Across Its hiirbor to shut out foreign 'enomins, and tticn | swung back that boon! to let in its friends. Tho air of ( he desert was fragrant with the Hpices b.oAgiit by caravans to her fairs, and all febas were cleft Into foAnl by the kcela of lier laden merchantmen. ller markets wore rich with horses and mules and camels (rem Togarinah, with uphdlstery and ebony and ivory froth Dedan, with emeralds aud agate and coral from SvrU <?!" _i-.- ? -- - j , n.?< wuiu ironi neiuon, with llnost needlework from Ashur and Cliilminl. Talk about the splendid staterooms of your Cunnrd and Inmnn and White BlAr linos of international stonmera- whyN IhO benches of the staterooms in those Tyrian *hipS "were all Ivory, and instead of o??f coarse canvas on the masts v>f the shipping they ? 11ad t he IInest Unfeft, 'quilted together and inwrought Willi embroideries almost miraculous for i?%Uuty. Its columns overshadowed all nations. Distant empires felt its heartbeau Majestic city, "situate at the entry v' I he sen." But where now is the gleam of her towers, the roar of her chariots, the masts of her shipping? Let the fishermen who ?lry their nets on the plaeo whore lilio onco xtood; let the sea that rashes upon the barrenness where she otice challenged tho admiration <>f all Rations; let the barbarians who build their huts on tho placo where her palAOes glittered, answer the question. Blotted out. forover! She forgot Ood, and tied forgot her. And while our modern bitiea admire her glory, lot them tako warning at her awful doom. .-'(lain was the founder of tho flrst city, and 1 suppose it took after him in morals. It is a long while bofore a city can get over the character of those who founded it. Wh ere they are criminal exiles, the filth, "and tlie prisons nml ti?? ? ? -- , ..vunncui'i y nru inu shadow* v>f sucii founders. New York will not for 200 or 300 years escape from the i good influences of Its founders, the pious settlors whose prayers Went up from the i very streets whore now hanks discount nnd i brokers shave, and companies declare dividends, and smugglers swear custom house , lies, and above the roar of the drays and the vraeli of the auctioneers' mallets Is heard i the ascription, "We worship thee, O thou 1 almighty dollar." The church that once stood oa Wall street still throws its bless- i ing over all the scene of traffic and upon i the ships that fold their white wings in the | harbor, Origiually men gathered in cities | from necessity. It wa.i to escape tin* in- | cendiaty's torch or the assassin's dagger, t Only tie" very poor live.I in the country, i those who had nothing that could be < stolen, or vagabonds wlio wanted to be unartheir pla"e of business, but since civ- 1 Mlzation and religion have marlo it safe for | men to live almost anywhere men congre- i gate in cities because of tho opportunity f |-.,r ??m. nri! not necessarily i< evils, as has sometimes been argued. They j have been t he birthplnce of civilization. In ? them popular liberty has lifted up its voice, i Witness Genoa and Pisa and Venice. I'ho | entrance of the representatives of the cities i <n the legislatures of Europo was thedoath | blow to feudal kingdoms. Cities are the < patronIzers of art and literature?architecture pointing to its British Museum in i London, its ltoyal Library in Paris, Its < Vatican in Home. OUl?? hoM ?*>-. .?? - | scepter. Africa was Carthago, Groeeo win ? At hens, England is London, France is Paris, i Italy is Home, and the cities in which Cod i has cast our lot will yet decide the dostiny i of the American people. < At tliis season of the year I have thought < it might be useful to talk a little while i about the moral responsibility resting upon I the office bearers in all our cities, a theme I as appropriate to those who are governed < as to the governors. The moral character of those who rule a city has much to do with I the character of the city itself. Men, women I and children are nil interested in national | 1 politics. When the great Presidential olco- i tion comes, every patriot wants to lie found I at the ballot box. We are all interested in i the discussion of national llnauec, national I debt, and we read the laws of Congress, i and wo are wondering who will sit next in I lie Presidential chair. Now, that may be i all very well?is very well, but it is high ! time that we took some of the attention which we have been devoting to national affairs and brought it to the study of mu- i uieipal government. This, it seems to mo How, is the chief point to betaken. Make the cities right,and the nation will be right. I have noticed that according to their opportunities there has already been more cor iu|'ii'iii in iiiiiiiii-||iiii Kuvrriiiin-niM in mis country than in tho State mid national legislatures. Now, is there no hope? With tho mightcst agent in our Innd, "*o gloriotis gospel of Jesus Christ, shall ?.ot all our eities ho reformed and purified and redeemed? I believe the day will come. I am in full sympathy with thoso who are opposed to carrying polities Into religion, but our cities will never be reformed and perilled until we carry religion into polities. 1 look over our cities and I see that all groat interests are to lie nfTeeted In the future, as they have been ulTeeted in (lie past, by the character of those who In the diiTeremk departments rule over us, audi propose Sfe classify some of these interests. In the first place, I remark commercial ethics are always affected by the moral or immoral characterof those who have municipal supremacy. Officials that wink nt fraud, and that have neither censure nor arraignment for glittering dishonesties, always weaken the pulse of commercial honor. Every shop, every store, every bazaar, every factory in the cities feels tho mornl character of the city hall. If in any city there bo a dishonest mayoralty or an unprincipled common council or a court susceptible to bribes, tnthat city there will be unlimited licenseforall kinds of trickery and sin, while, on the other hand, if officials are faithful to their oath of office, if the laws are promptly executed, if there is vigilance in regard to the outbranchings of crime, there is the highest protection for all bargain making. A merchant may stand in his store nnd say: "Now, I'll have nothing to do with city polities. I will not soil my hands with the slush." Nevertheless the most insignificant trial in the police court will affect that merchant directly or indirectly. What style of clerk issues the writ; what style of constable makes the arrest; what stylo of attorney Issues tho plea; what .stylo <>i judge charges tho jury; what stylo of sheriff executes tho sentence these aro questions that strike your conating rooms to tho cantor. You may not throw it off. la tho city of Now York Christian tiior hunts for a groat whilo sahl, "We'll have nothing to ilo with tho mnnngoiucnt of |?il>iio affairs," and they allowed everything to go at loose ends until there rolled up In that city a debt of nearly $120,000,000. The inuniei|ial government became a hissing and a by-word in the whole earth, ^ and then the Christian there limits saw their folly, and they went and took pos' session of the ballot boxes. I wish all eoni' merelal men to understand thai they are k not independent of the moral diameter of the men who rule over them, but must bo thoroughly, mightily affected by them. So also of the educational Interests of a city. l>o yon know that there are In Ibis country about 70,(HMt common schools, and t luil t lierc arc over8.000.000 pupils, and thai tie majority of those schools unit the majority of f hose pupils lire ia our cities? Now) this great multitude of children will bo affecto<l by tho intelligence Of lgnoranCO; the virtue or tho TicOj of bparddjor bddcdtion Rod boards ot Control. There are cities whcr.' educational affaire are settled th 'iii- Ion Caucus ia tho abandoned parts bt Iho eltlos by mon full of ignorance and rum. It ought not to be so, but. ip many cities it is so. I hoar the trdmp of odfiitng generations . VlfU that groat multitude of yod tit: BUd.Il bo for this world and the hex! will bo a (Tooted vory much by the character of your nubllo schools. You bad bettor multiply tlio moral and religious influonces about tho common sohools rather than subtract from them. Instead of driving tho Btblo out you had bettor drive tho Biblo farther in. May Clod defend our glorious common school system snd Rend into rout iind confusion ail Its sWorn enemies! I hav?' rtiso to sav that tho ehar^oter of nm.'lnlc In - : * nt ? ciijr uuocis ^n? oomestio oirclo. In ft city where grogshops hnvo their own way, And gambling hells are not inter (tied with, and for fear of losing political influence officials closo thoir eyes to fostoring abomlnations-?in ftll thoso eitlos the homo Interest?. need to make lmplora^lon The family circles of the city nlUSl inevitably bo affected by tho moral character or immoral character of tho9o who rule over them. I will go further and sAy that lhA tcliglous Interest* of a city arq thuM affected. The church to-day. has to contend with evils that the eliil law ought to smite, and while I would not have the civil government in any wise relax it9 energy in tho arrest and punishment of crimo I would have a thousandfold more energy put forth in the drying up of tho fouutains of iniquity. The church of God asks 110 pecuniary aid from political power, but doed ask that in Addition to all tin' evils we must necessarily eontohd against we shall not have to light Also municipal negligence. Oh, that In all our cities Christian people would rise up, and that they would put their hand on tho helm before piratical demagogues havo swamped tho ship! Instead of giving so much time to national politics give some of your attention to municipal government. I demand that the Christian people who have been standing aloof from puhlie affairs Come back, and in tho might of God try to save our cities. If things aro or havo been bad, it is because good people hate let them he had. That Christian matt who merely goes to tlie polls and casts his voto does not do his duty. It is not tho ballot box that decides tho election; It is the political caucus, and if at the primary meetings of the two political parties unfit and bad men arc nominated then the ballot box has nothing to do save to take its choice between two thieves. In our churches, by reformatory organization, in every way let us try to tono up the moral sentiment in these cities. The rulers aro those whom the people choose, and depend noon it that in all the cities, as long as pure hearted men stand a'oof from politics because thov despise hot partisanship, just so long in mr.ny of our cities will rum mako the nominations, an i cum control the ballot. box. and rum inaugurate the officials. I take a step further in this subject, and isk all those who boliovo iu the omnipotence of prayer, day by day, and every day, present your oity officials before God for a dossing. If you live in a city presided over ?y a mayor, pray for him. The chief magistrate of a city is iu a position of great responsibility. Many of the kings and juoons and emperors of other days had no meh dominion. With tho scratch of a pen i" may advance a beneficent institution or >nlk a railway confiscation. Ry anpointnents ho may bless or curse every hearthdone in the city. If in the Episcopal hurohes, by the authority of the litany, ittd in our nonepiscopate churches, we very Snbbath pray for tho President of the United States, why not, then, bo just as learty in our supplications for tho chief nagistrates of cities, for their guidance, >r their health, for their present and their jverlasting morality? Rut go further and pray for your common council if your city has a common ",V\V&uvP.3tei Wg.tor-M^etottrtr-ihT 1 jvil. They have many temptations. In tinny of the cities whole boards of com- , non conncilmon have gone down in the maelstrom of political corruption. They mild not stand the power of the bribe. Uurruptioji came in and sat besido them iml sat behind them and sat bofore them. They recklessly voted nwny the Imrd-earned moneys of the people. They were bought out, body, mind and soul, so that at tho end of their term of office they hud not enough of moral remains left t<> mako a decent funeral. They Went into office with the huzza of tho multitude. They camo out with the anathema of all decent people. Thoro is not lineman out of a huudnHl that can endure tho temptations of the common councilmen in our great eities. If a man In that position have the courage of a Cromwell, iit 1 T tie lnuepenMonoe or mi Auurew cacKxoii, mill tlio public spiriteduess of a John Frederick Oherlin, and tho piety of an Edward Payson, lie will havo 110 surplus to throw away. Pray for those men. Every man likes to bo prayed for. Do you know how I)r. Norman MeLeod beeamo tho ipieen's chaplaini* It was by a warm hearted prayer in tho Scotch kirk in behnlf of tho royal family one Sabbath when the tpiccn and her son were present incognito. Yes, go further, my friends, and pray for your police?their perils and tomptations, best known to themselves. They hold the order ami peace of your cities in their grasp. Put for their Intervention you would not be safe for an hour. They must face the storm. They must rush In where it seems to them almost instant death. I'hey must put the hand of arrest on the armed maniac and corner the murderer. They must refuse large rewards for withdrawing complaints. They must unravel intricate plots and trace dark labyrinths of crime and develop suspicions into certainties. They must be cool while others are frantic. Tlioy must be vigilant while others are somnolent, impersonating the very villainy they want to seize. in the police forces of our great cities are to-day men of as thorough character as that of the old detective of New York addressed to whom there came letters from London asking for help tea years after he was dead? letters addressed to "Jacob Hayes, High Constable of New York." Your police need your appro ia!i ?n. your sympathy, your gratitude, and, above all, your prayers. Yea, I want you to go further nnd pray every day f *r prison inspectors and jailk coper ',v^:? awful and beneficent, lliiugn men. cruel men, impatient men, are not IL for Close places. They have under t b dr care to?n who were once as good as yoi, h it they got trippod up. llad c en\ui i.v, or strong drink, or strange tion of circunistnnces (lung tli ii . mg. (iodown that prison corridor and ie I; tliein how they got in, and about tli ir I i uili 's and what their early pro ; e ! i i e wore, and you will tlnd t hat they are very much like yourself, excud in this, that"(In I kept you, while He did not r's. r un t hem. Just ono falso step madeth i difference between theui and you. Tin v w. :. i in o ti.ian priso^bars, moro than jail f:i-c, more than handcuffs and hopples, I more t hnii a vermin covered couch, to roi i'.hmi t 'cie. Tray t iinl (lay by day that the men who have ihcsounforiuuates in charge mny he merci"ii, chrlstinnly strategic, ami tlic means of r 'formation and roseao. Some years ago a eity pastor in New York was called to tlic eity prison to attend a funera1. A young woman had eommitteda crime and \ incarcerated, and Iter mother came i > visit Iter, and died on the visit. The m n nor, having no home, was Iniricd from It r daughter's prison cell. After the service was over the imprisoned laughter en ,i ip to the minister of Christ and said, Wouldn't you like to see my poor iiio: her \ed while they stood at the eoilln the minister of Christ said to that imprisoned soul, "Don't you fool to-day, in I lie presence of your mother's dead liody, as if y.m ought to make a vow iief.ire tiod that you will do difTorontlj and live a h'ltcr life?" Hho stiipd for t few noi!ii"?it*. and then the tears rollei down iicr checks, and she pulled fron I her right hand tho worn out glovo tha shA hid j>dt 8n lii hondr df theobsequie^ ' -j and, having bared her right hapd, she M put It upon the ohtll brow of her dead J mother, and said: "By the help of God I swear I will do differently! God help 1 t mol'f And, she kept her tpw. And years II aft,e?, when she was told of tho incident, j she said: "When that minister of tire j gospel said, 'Qod bless you and help vou | to kqpn the vow that you have made.' i I crlod out, and said: 'You bless me! Do you bless ine? Why^ that's tho llrst kind word I'vo heard In Ton years,' an I it thrillod through my soul, an 1 11 w n the meaps of my reformation, an 1 over | sinco, by the graco of Qod, I've trie I n to life a Christian life." Oh, yes, there tl are many amid thd criminal classes tlia*: g may be reformed: Pray for the nleil who ' (j have these ypfoj-fdpate9 in Charge, and ii Who knet^s that when you are leaving tho : t< world you may hear tho voice o." < ' 1st ! h dropping to your dyiqg pillow, t.-.y'.-ij, | J "I was slek and la prlpon, and you visited t mo." yea, I tako tho suggestion of tuo, Apostle Paul and ask you to pray for all e who aro In authority, that wo may lead y quiot and peaceful llvos In godliness andhonesty. u My word now Is to all who' may come fro . hold apy public position df trust in any V cltV;. rod ^re Oou'drepresentatives. God, tl the King and Ruler anu Judge, sots you in n His place. Oh, ho faithful In tho dlsouarg i ni of all your duties, so that when ail our b cities are in ashes and tho world itself is a l> rod scroll of flamo you may be in the m-ws?y ci and graco of Christ rewnrdod for your ci faithfulness. It was that feeling which gavo such eminent qualifications for offl ^ (] to Neal Dow, Mayor of Portland, and ts Judge McLean, of Ohio, and to Bcnja- li mln P. Butler, AttOrney-Oeneral Of Now tl York, dnd td Goorgo Briggs, Givernor tl of Massachusetts, and to Theodore Fro- ol linghuyson, Bcnator of tho Unite I 01 States, and to William Wilberforce, u member of tho British Parliament. Yon may ol make tho rewards of eternity the omolh- pi monts of your olRes, What care you for tl ndvorse political criticism if you have Oo 1 r>i on your side? The one or tho two or the to throe years of your public trust will pass \V away. And all the years of your earthly sor- H vice, and thon the tribunal will be lifted, cr before Which yoil and I must appear. May eh God make you so faithful now that the la?t sceno shall be to you cxhlianftlon And rap- pi turo. I wish now to exhort all good peo- pi pie, whotlior they are the governors or tho tli governed, to make one grand effort for the w salvation, the purification, the redemption fo of our American eities. Do you ifot know v. that there are multitudes going down to tli ruin, temporal and eternal, dropping so quicker than words drop from my ni lips? Grogshops swallow them up. gl Gambling hells dovour them. Houses en of shame are damning them. Oil, let us c< toll and pray and proaeh and vote until all 17 these wrongs aro rightedl What wo do we must do quickly. With our rulers, and on en tho satno platforms, wo must at first come pt before tho thronoof God to answer for what tli wo havo dono for tho bettering of our great be towns. Alas, if on that day it be found that ni your hand has been Idle and ray pulpit lias ih been silent! Oh, ye who are purs and of honest and Christian, go to work and help si< l\J IIIHIkO tuo UUU3 |iuru llll'l llOIPVSl llllil Christian! jn Lost It may have been thought that I am dc addressing only what are called the better \V< classes my flnal wor.l Is to some dissolute ih soul to whom these words may come: th Though you may bo covered with all crimes, <t though you may be sinttteu with all lepra- It stes, though you may have gone through dc the whole catalogue of iniquity, and may w? not have been In church for twenty years, pu you may have your nature entirely reeon- rn structcd, and upon your brow, hot with infamous practices and besweated with exhaust- sa ing indulgences, God will pfn-o tho he flashing coronet of a Saviour's forgiveness. jul "Oh, no," you say. "If you knew who I th am r td wlioro I camo from you wouldn't pji sa, ^at to mo. I don't believe the gospel jaj yon are preaching speaks of inv ease." hii *' ??. it does, my brother. And then, when th *TU\fU Jut?''c\J- ntvr^t Having only two pieces of money left, she in jingled tho two pieces of money in her Tn hand and said, "St. Teresa and two pieces tu of money nre nothing, but St. Teresa and be two pieces of money and God are all Ht things." And I tell you now that while a G< slu and a sinner aro nothing, a sin and a en sinner and an all-forgiving and all-compas- w< sionato Ged aro everything. Jo Who Is that I boo coming? I know his se stop. I know his rags. Who is it? A Lc prodigal. Conic, peoplo of God, let us go fo out and meet him. Get the best robe you can find in all tho wardrobe. Lot tho an- Si gels of God fill their chalices and drink to dt his eternal rescue. Come, peoplo of God, th let us go out to meet hhn. The prodigal Is wi coming homo. Tho dead Is alive again se and tho lost is found. hr riensod with tho news, the saints below In songs their tongues employ; . Beyond the skies the tidings go, And honveu Is filled with joy. Nor angels can their joy contain, j1' But kindle with new lire; ,M "The sinner lost Is found," they sing, w And strike the sounding lvro. ,l' o< HONEYMOON IN A BALLOON. Jl Tl?o Bride Became Frightened and 01 Jumped Into tlie Tennessee. In tho presence of several thousand paid 2li guests William ltobcrtson, export rifleshot and bronco buster, of Mustang Walter's o Wild West 8how, playing at Chattanooga, h Tonn., and Miss Cynthia Kenua were mar- J, riod. The couple took their places in tha tl ear of ft balloon, anil as soon as tho cere- T mony was performed tho balloon was cut d loose. b Up probably 100 feet and above the Tenn- fl osseo ltlver tho bride became frightened nud *1 jumped out, narrowly escaping drowning. The groom stuck to the balloon until ho o arose probably 1000 foot, and then gralu- \\ ullv (IfWPGniliMl. 11 After tlio bride had boon resuscitated and pi the bridegroom hml boon picked up'from tl the tangle of ropes the couple wore placed b on an improvised platform at ltiverviow tl and hold a public reception. Miss Kennn ^ resided in Hill City, a surburb of Chattnnooga, and married against tlie wishes of jj her parents. t FEARS THE UNITED STATES. J Statements Nald tn Have lteen Made by Emperor William of ( rinany. The Paris correspondent of the London I Times reports a conversation affecting to " represent the views of Emperor William of 'i Germany, in tho course of which, speaking r of Ids anxiety as to the future of Europe, " he says that lie does not fenr Chinese am- 11 billon or the anarchists, ltitt lie does foftr 11 tho expansion of one of tho great powers * and the Intervention of the United States In tho affairs of tho Old World. Tills, according to the Times correspond- 11 ent. is the reason why the Kaiser does not " allow himself to he drawn intotlieainbitirffis H conceptions too readily imputed to hint by I those desiring to disturb Europe on tho pretext of wishing to prevent him from disturbing it. FLIES OVERRUN ARKANSAS. < Small l'ests, Worse Than Grasshoppers, I>rlve Out tlie Keshlents. Columbia County, Arkansas, is now suf- . fering from a terrible pest of Hies, and 1 many citizens of tho county are said to be < fleeing to other parts of the Ktnte to escape t tho insects. 1 Ho editor or ino .ungnoiiu onuuur, mo oldest papor in Southeast Arkansas, lia<i to i suBpond publication for a week, and lias f taken his family and gonoto Saline County. The pests literally cover the face of the ; i earth, they are bo abundant, and are hourly r increasing in utiinbers. r They arc worse, if possible, than tlio i grasshoppers of Arkansas in 1874-5. It is 1 j doubtful if any of the other papers printe t < i j in the county have issued that week, as | t ' none of them has reached Little Hock. fflii Sabbath school NTERNATIQNAL LESSON COMMENT! for julv m; 1 > ?1 ?Mon Text: ' -r.til Mil the Plilllpplai Taller," Acta xvl., M-34-Golden Text Acta ?vl., SI?Commentary *>n the Lm eon of the Day by Rev. D. M. 8 tea mil 22. "And tlio multitude rose up togothei gainst them, and the magistrates rent of liehc clothes and commanaod to beat them.' t) mil^li for ^plrUntarferlnir.wlth .the got f this ^orJd>tn^ prmt-adf IhepAwe^of ftp Ir, Irtr, when .the defil'S property fi niched, he soon begins tp roar.. Our ?ori us taught us that true fellowship wltl Ilm will surely bring the samo treatmen' hat He .received (John xv., 18-20). Thi f.orld,i the rfli^sbr and' the devil arp all do Idedly nghuist God, ?hd if wo are for Got ro must be against them at all costs. 23. "And'when they had laid many strlpei |m_>u mum iner cost mem into prison barging the jailer to ktjop thpp) safely.' fith no gentlo hand had the# taken of loir clothes, and thero would bo no lov? or gentleness in.thia scourging. It moani inny and hoav$ stripes upon their ban acks. K mean# real pain and much of It esldos the humiliation of being treated a* rimiuals when they wero perfectly inno ont. Paul, afterward speaking of it. says Wo were shamefully treated at Philippl' [ Thess. ii.t 2). 24. "Who, having received suoh a chnrgo trust them into theinnef prison and made loir feot fast in the stockft." Neither b icre any tenderness In this man's handling f them. It is injustice and cruelty through' nt, the devil and his followers let loose pon tho children of God, strango mystery f iniquity which has been causing tho poolo of God to suffer ever since sin entered lis tvrirld, Itnd the end is not yet. If any io citit tell why God permitted tho devil i tempt Eve, wo tvill gladly listen, If not, 0 will still believo that God is lovo, trust Im for grace to enduro meekly all that ones and wait for tho heroaftef, when we all know. 25. "And at midnight Paul and Silas -nyed and sang praises unto God, and the -isoners lienrd thorn.'* Hero, surely, is io victory of faith and obedience to tho ord, "Rejoice and bo exceedingly glad, r great is your roward in heaven" (Math. , 12). Tho same God who could prevent io lire from burning Daniol's friend could otli the bleeding backs of Paul and Silas id fill them nnd their dungeon with His ory. They did not praise becnuso of cirnnstances, but in spito of circumstances, insider that mighty "yot" of Hab. ill., , 18. 2G. "And suddenly thero was a groat irtliquake, so that tho foundations of tho ison wero shaken, nnd Immediately all O doors wero opened, and every one's uids wore loosed." Ono has said that, though they had not influence enough irearthly friends enough tojfceopthem out prison, there was power en nigh on their le to shake the whole earth, if necessary. 27. "And tho keeper of tho prison, nwnkg out of his sleep nnd seeing the prison ?ors open, ho drew out his sword and iuld have klllod himself, supposing thnt o prisoners had boon fled." It wnssoinoing new In his experience to linvo prisons safe without bonds or bolts and bars, was nnturnl for hhn to suppose that open iors meant escaped prisoners, and if this sre SO it mount ilnntl. In 1.1 ?l.i-i. w irposed accomplishing by hifl own linnd tlier than that of others. 23. "But Paul cried with a loud voice, vlng, Do thyself no harm, for we are all ire." Hero was good for evil surely. The llerliadnot thought probably of easing eir sufferings in the least degreo, but iuI would have no harm come to the iler if he could prevent it. This is like in who prayed, "Father, forgive?honi, for f&fK.rfght an<fsprang and came trembling and fell ilown before iul and Silas." How Ged does turn tho Ides! See tho man in authority bowing fore the apparently helpless prisoners, j now saw in them representatives of the >d who could dosuoh wonders as shakethe rth and open prison doors. Was it not ir. h while to suffer as they did thus to afrd an opportunity for God to show Himlf through them and on their behalf? >t us accept all events as opportunities r God to show Himself in and through us 30. "And brought them out and said, rs, what must I do to be saved?" He >es not seem to have considered whether is treatment of prisoners was right or rong in the eyes of the law. He only ems to know thnt he is a sinful man tviug special dealings with a great God liom lie is not prepared to meet, and mt he had better consider the matter at 1 costs, and that very quickly. 31. "And they said, Believe on tho Lord >sus Christ and thou shalt be saved, and y house." What a simple message and >w definite. He is not told to stop doing rong and try to do better; to follow Christ id do somewhat as Ho did: to give up his eupation and go preaching with the lostles. He is not even told to pray oi iad the Scriptures, but just to do the one ily thing that a helpless sinner can do, id that is to receivo as a gift tho Lord sua Christ (John i., 12; Horn, ill., 21; vl., I; iv.. 5; Titus ill., 6). 32. "And they spake unto him tho word f tho Lord and to all that were in lib ouso." They were tho messengers of tin ord of Hosts, and always ready to dolivei ieir message, or rather His message hey would speak of Him who was foreor allied before the foundation of the world lit had been recently manifested in tin csh as tho Hon of God nnd only Saviour o iniiors. 33. "And ho took them tho snmo lioui f the night and washed their stripes, ani as baptized, lie and all his straightway.' lalleluiah, what a Saviour! He saves in ..II .......1.... 1.1... U~ KIIUI* (in t* ii" ivi rnu IIIIII. liu Ni\r hem fully ami freoly by His own proclou lood without any works of theirs, imi hen begins at once to work in thorn th< ood works which Tie bus before proparoi Bull. 11., 8, 10). Wo do not know thut th iller or nny of his household ever hcnri hese tiding before, and yet thoy believe u oon at thoy hear. May Ood by His Kpiri waken His people to give all on earth th rivilogo of hearing of lllin who still re eiveth sinners. 34. "And when he had brought then nto his house he set meat before them nd rejoiced, believing in Ood with all hi iouso." What a happy home, what a glo lous change, and in so short a time! i Ittle while before they wero a householi lit of Christ, and therefore unsaved; bu iow a household in Christ, and therefor lived. If the jailor had killed himself am lied in his sins, ho would hnvegono ou nto eternal torment, but now ho has etei at life. Why are not all believers joyfn ,nd ever ready to pass on the good news o uch a Kaviour and such a salvatton?,csson Helper. Taxes. The Outcli have nu original way < ollectlng the taxes. If. after due n ice has been given, the money is in icnt, the authorities 14) ace one or tv mngry militiamen in the house, to I edged and maintained nt the expem ?f the defaulter until the amount of tl ax Is paid. Mrs. Yeast "I wish 1 could think < <nuiot hing to keep my husband at lion it nights.'" Mrs. l'unelieon?"Get hit i bicycle." Mrs. Ye/ist "That woul lake hini out more than ever." .Mr I'ni'i liroir "Oh. no. it wouldn't! M !u .baud got one the day before yesle lay and thed ?ctor says lie won't boot for a nionth."-Household Words. % " j Hsu PUDLIC DAYS ARK OVER Queen tihiotla lie*Del Aftcr-the Celebratlofr to flcr If ome at WirtdsOr. " A Ldndon special of the 28th say8: The Q&esi' returned to London this , afternoon, her final jiftrtM dlati, pud * made what is most probably hoif last jubilee appearance, Jfor, with the celebra. tion that closes at AHersbot, the stato r api>earance of Her Majesty, ft to sahl f on fair official authority, will be llnish ed, and henceforth, for whatevor span * of life may be left her, Queen Victoria ! will fcohfiufe herself to such tvork for tbo j state as caii bfe dbufcnt Windsor, Hrtltild* ^ ral ofr Osbornb. All these dfilcirtl funtfj tions, drawing iootna, public CerCi monies, opening towii balls, h&spitnl* I an?l the like, tfrill bring the sCvereigu face to fitce with the people, ^-vill now ' be relegated to tbo Prince and Princess ; of Wales. F The Queen thinks she has done > Cnougli. The unexampled devotion t and acceptance of her obligations to > her poople, have, after sixty years, ? well won her rest, in so far fliS the 1 sovereign can, sho now proposes to let the burden of responsibility fall on 5 those who must bear it when sho passes away. It was the kuowlodgo of , this, pathetically mingled with loyalty, ) that lent such a deep interest to today's proceedings, fittingly devoted in the I first interest to a visit to Kensington. ' Going to her birthplace, pfobab y for , the last time, revived for the Queen . all the sweet associations of her child| hood, made more solemn to her in that it was here she first know she was I a Queen, and that on this day, 5'J years > ago, she was crowned. As Her Majesty has always cherished with pas| sionato attachment, every tender sentiment, today's visit was one of mingled I pleasure and sadness. It seemed indeed a farewell. Her Majesty arrived at Paddington at 12:85 p. in. Khe was in the best of health and walked with less difficulty tluiu usual. The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Sergius of Russia and Princess Hoati ice of Rnttenburg, occupied scats in Her Majesty's carriage. ENORMOUS WHEAT CHOP. East Tennessee Fanners Have Cause to Rejoice. id? most remnrkahlo wheat crop ever known is now being harvested throughout east Tennessee. Tho season has been a perfeet one and the farmers had planted an unusually large crop. The output will be enormous. Already the sale of new wheat has begun and six thousand bushels of tho llrst and earliest crop has been delivered at Kuoxville at HO cents. This is not the price to he paid for all wheat, as opening quotations aro (18 to ?H cents. Shipments to the East have already begun. Tho price paid last veur at tho opening was GO and (15 cents. To Itoduee Freight Hates, Commissioner D. G. Purse, of tho Savannah freight bureau, appeared before tho State ltailroad commission ?? '* * ? ? ? cotton exchange for a reduction in the present cotton rates between points in the State, of 25 per cent. The grounds for the application are that the rate on cotton is tho sumo today as it was eight years ago, when cotton was worth 88 1-8 per cent more than at preseut, and that the annual production of cotton has increased very largely within that time. Resolutions to this eflect have been adopted by tho directors of the cotton exchaugo. Ijyncncd for tho ITsnal ('rliue, A negro named Harry Gilliam was forcibly taken from tho Monroe county, (Miss.) jail lato Monday night, carried five miles from town and hung to a treo in tho middle of tho big road, where his body was found. He was the negro charged with having robbed a white woman at Okolona, and attempting a | criminal assault upon her. Ho was i recognized by bor out 01 a party 01 iiair a dozen arrested as being the guilty > person. The court and officers at Oko> lona, fearing a lynching, removed the 1 nogro to Monroe county jail, at Aber' deeu. [ i Killed by a Fall. ! A derrick on the roof of a new build" . ingat Atlanta, On., foil Monday, knock" ing three workmen from a scaffolding I on tho ninth story. Two of them were ' dashed to instant death on the ground, 12.1 feet below, and tho third was saved [ in a miraculous way. The killed are: . l'nlmetto Ayers, colored, ngod4<>, living . at Austell; Charles Knrgill, colored, 9 aged 85, of Atlanta. \V. M. Itrown, s white, a carpenter, was cut about the 1 head aud arms. 0 1 ? o C?olng to Inflict a Final Hlotv. ' Senor Cnnovas del Castillo says that t in case tho Spanish forces in Cuba 0 should suffer soverely from sickness during the rainy season, tho governa meut will send 20,000 additional troops i, to the island in October, in order to 9 maintain the army at tho full strength, * and to inflict a final "blow upon the inj surgents. t i) New Postmasters. j Virginia Charlemont, Maggie I*ricer; 11 am met, M. Muddiest on Markham, F. S. Mnvly; Price's Fork, It. L. Olinger; Itobions, C. A. Smith. North Carolinn Mainly, W. C. Deal Itrown, Eli brown; Connelly Springs John Miller; Eldorado, H. A. Mender son ; hCerry > ille, J. L. Stroup; Pan 0. dloman, J. V. Ivory; Jlillsboro, J. C ut Cheek. u Daniel Speaks for t*11 Du, ,0 At Waaliington on the 27th Henato Daniel, of Virginia, was tlie chairmai ii* and principal speaker at u largely at tended Cuban muss meeting held at th Columbia theatre. He declared that th condition of a (lairs in Cuba was one o ie war with the sword, torch, dagger am in knife. It was not only a condition o Id war, but a war of murder and arson. a. ? , Strike Declared Off. All the striking members of the Noi lt York Tailor's I'nion have returned t work and the strike declared oil' SIWITOH'S LEASE DECISION To Hint Ift Referred the Third Issue, As to Whether THERE WAS ERAUD IN THE The K^ftillon of the Lease of the N. C. It. It. to the 3tmthern K. It.?The Road Could Lease. TTi A special from Greensboro, N. C., to tbei Charlotte Observer, of June 80th, says: "The decree in the ease of the Southern Railway te. the North Carolina Railroad et als., was handed down toduy by Judge Simonton and filed hore by the clerk of the conrt. The decree goes over tho evidence, and is contained in eighteen typewritten pages. To the threo questions: "1st, as to whether tho North Carolina Railroad could lease; 2nd, wiu the lertSe OJIectltod in conformity with the requirements vi riiu cunnurr ?ru, was me ieu>c cx?cutod boua tide, without fraud and malpractice?" Judge Simouton answers: i net, the North Carolina Railroad had the right to lease. Second, the lease wan executed in conformity with the requirement" of the charter. ihird, as to whether there was fraud, the question is referred to Hon. Kerr Crnige, as special master, to take testimony and report. State Attorney General Z. V. Walser, Governor 1>. L. Russell and the now board of directors nro given 00 days to file testimony. The complainant and the old board of directors are given nu additional ('?< days to tile testimony, after which Attorney General Walser aud Governor Russell are given twenty days to reply. The special master shall then report to the court as soon as possible. In the meantime the restraining order remains in force. TWO HAD COLLISIONS. Three Killed and Twenty or Thirty Injured. Three persons were killed outright and twenty or thirty injured in a rear end collision on tho Chicago & Northwestern early on tho morning of Juno 30th, at West Chicago, thirty miles out from Chicago, on the Galena division. The killed are: Mrs. John Godding, of Appleton, Wis.; Miss R. Shiftman, of Appleton, Wis.; an unidentified man, supposed to ho u tramp. The injured passengers number twenty or thirty. All were Christian Endeavor dolefrntltH \vlw? !*?( ( Miitimvn Francisco. The trains Mere sections lour and five of tho Christian Endeavor special sent out in nine sections. Section liyo ran into section four, which left Chicago fifteen minutes ahead. No. 4 carried tho Wisconsin delegates from the main line. No. 5 came up he-' hind ut u great speed and tho shock of tho collision was terrific. TIIR VANDAIJA WRECK. A dispntcli from J. J. Turner* general manager of tho Vnndalia lluilroad liuo, dated Torre Haute, Intl., savs one of the Christian Kndeavor excursion trains was wrecked nt West Torre llauto. The dispatch says nobody was injured except three postal clerks, and their injuries are not serious, it is learned that it. T. Sherman, of Indianapolis, a mail clerk -on tho St. Louis train, was killed and that W. 1*. Conn, of Indianapolis, baggagemaster on tho west-bound train, was fatally injured. Sam Parkinson, muil clerk, ami Frank Owens, lireiuan, wero fatally injured; OHIO DKMOPItAJ'S NOMINATE. Silver Republicans, Populists an?l Prohibitionists Will AJso Put Out a Ticket. At Columbus, ()., on Juno 30th, the following Democratic Stute ticket was nominated: For Governor lloraco L. Chapman; Lieutenant (lovornor?Melville D. Shaw; Supreme Court Judge ? J. P. Spriggs; Attorney General?W. If. Pore; State Treasurer-James A. Wilson: Hoard,of Public Works?Peter II. Degan; School Commissioner ?Hyron II. Hurd. Tho convention was one of the most memorahlo political associations in the history of Ohio. Everything was for free silver, arid every speaker drew cheers by some mention of Bryan. \ motion was made to endorse W. J. Bryan for the presidential nomination in 1000. Tnree cheers for .Bryan were then given. The silver Republicans hold a conference and expressed great indignation. They said it was truo that they had announced that they did not waut a place on the State ticket, but the announcement was not made until they were told that tlioy could not have it. They appointed a Stato committee to 1 call a State convention to nominate a separate ticket. 'The Populists also agreed tlint they would hold a State convention and have a separate tickot. The Prohibitionists will have at least two separate tickets, so there will bo . six Stato tickets in tho field. ' Bicycles Coino Down. Tho 1'opo Manufacturing Company, tho oldest bicycle builders in thif ' country, and who make high grade wneeis, 01 which uiu price huh imen heretofore held at $100, announce tluil after duly 1st their I HO 7 standard will be Hold at $75. Sickness Kaglug In ('iibn, u Thero aro 1,500 sick Holdiera in tin hospitals at Manzanillo, Cuba, an< e sickuesH prevails at a high ratio througi 1 the entire province of Santa de Cuba ] Meds end other nursing facilities hav< I been forwarded from Havana. Tin Hoattie Hrothors, a prominent firm o English planters, in the Manzanillo dis v trict, have offered tho government om o of their warehouses as a f VMry lios \:i THE MARKETS. NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES. Now York June 38.? Cotton steady, Middling upland, 7}; Middling Gulf ?. Futures, closed steady. High- Low- Cloe_ est. est. ing. June July 7 80 7 30 7 80&81 August 738 7 34 7 27?28 September 7 08 7 04 7 06@07 October 6 89 0 86 0 88<?80 November 0 84 6 83 0 84@85 December 088 085 0 8?@88 January .......... 0 01 0 80 0 01@03 February 0 88 0 08 0 05?90 March 6 00(&7 00 April ,... Mfty ? LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Liverpool, ^uue 29. ? Middling 4 5-83. Futures?Closed StetMy. v June. June and July 4 08 s July and August 4 03@04 August and September 8 68(&<14 .September nud October 8 57(^58 ()ctob*r and November. .... 8 52 November and Decouik IT. ... 8 40 agent. The case will be taken to the Court of Appeals. NO FURTHER LEGISLATION. A Quorum Cannot bo Held In tlio Senate After tbe Tariff Bill la Out of tlio Way. The prospects are that there will be no otlior legislation of importance at this session of Congress, ex6ejit the tariff bill. It has been stated before ^hat neither the Hawaiian annexation treaty, nor any currency legislation will corno up in the Senate. It is a^o known that a quorum cannot be maintained in the Senate after the tariff bill is out of the way. As soon as the bilf is sent to the House the Senate will take up the general deficiency bill, and it is expected that considerable time will be occupied by it. The Senate will consider ,a number of nominationsover which thero is some contention. It has been suggested that the Alaskan boundary treaty may be called up, but as it will provoke 1 considerable discussion it will bo al? lowed to go over until next session. ! i He?"Do you remeinlivr when llrst wo [ met? The dew was on "the gTT.*S?4ll? air was full of summer Scents, jrnd4? She?"Yes; and now there's no ^pmiyer, no de vv, no grass and no sense. By, tlio way, have you heard of' my engage- * > ment?"?Detroit Free Tress. , . , ' ' " .vtwi imw did ho dlo?" asked the Jody 1 who had come West 1o Inquire after \ the husband she had lost. "Er? by-jW . i quest, rnn'ain." said tlie < genifci?i^u(<v.. -'"3| a lK?y, as mildly nnd regretfully The doctor?It's twins, t'; & 9 husband?I might have kno\ & my wife's theory that'two c?gfl ffij cheaply as one.?Tld-Blts. * * B3 ?tr v j December and January 8 47(3148 . )t 1 January and February 8 47(^43 February and March 8 48 y, I March and April 8 49 (l, . OTHER COTTON MARKETS. ?-I Charleston, June 28.?Cotton firm* middling 7$. ; ., Wilmington, June 28. ? CotjtonV steady; middling 7$. . ?' Savannah, June 28.?Cotton qnipt^ middling 7$. ? Norfolk, June 28.?Cotton steady; middling 7$. ('linrlotte, June 28. ?Strict good middling 8; gootl middling 7 90; strict middling ....; ihiddling 7 70; tingea 7$<$7 75; stAins 6 50($7i. Columbia, June 28.?Good middling 7$; strict middling 7Jj middling 7j|; strict low middling 7J 9 low'- middling 7?. Market steady. , ;? DALTIUOKK PRODUCE MARKET. ? ? . Baltimore, June 28. ? Flour ? DulL,. Family 4 00($4 40; winter wheat patents 4 50(<$4 70; spring wheat patents 4 10(^01 4 80; spring wheat 8 85<$4 00. , ^ Wheat -Steady. Spot and June ...:; July.. Southern wheat by sample," 88(^72. .. Corn?Firm. Mixed spot and 1 ;July 20(3120)1; ApgUHt,20^<V? 29$. Stoamer mixed 27$(&27f; Southern white 314; j ellow 83<gl88$. '' . ' ' f :f RICE. Charleston, June 28.?The rice market was nominal, with no sales. The<quof. tations are: Prime fii @5|,,J 1 Good 44^,44. , Fair ...4 <<?4| Common ...3^08^' 1 NAVAL STORES. < . ? It < i Charleston, June 28.?Turpentine market was firm at 24$; sales none. Itosin Arm; Hales none. * ? ?v ' B C and D. .$ 1 25 K ;..... 81 05 EF 180 M ....... ;:,'T1 W G.../ 185 N 1 85. II... \ w 150 WQ,.2 00 I \ .... 155 W W...... sales 1,170; receipts 8^052; A, D, 1.80; E, 1.85; F, 1.40; , G, 1.45; ^ \, H!, 1.60; I. and K, 1.70; M, 1.80; ^ !.*}? . M Wilmington, .Tune 28.^?Turpentine ' steady at 24@244o. Robin steadyat' " 1.25<"> 1.80. Crude turpentine .lirji); hard 1.00; soft 1.80; virgin 1.U0. ^ Tar' llrin at 1.05. COTTON KBKI) Olh. . . J , |i . New York, June 28.?Cotton seed ojl. steadier; prime crude 20; do' yellow,' 28J<gl24. against vTndkriiilt: J. K. If nntt, Injured by u Stone Froip a If 1 liftt, Awarded $8,500 Damages. A special to the Charlotte (N. C. )-Ob-*^?> ? Herver from Asheville, says tlie United States Court jury, in the qasq of J, .Ed-,, ward lluntt vs. Chas. McNameo has returned a verdict awarding the plaintifl 38,500 damages. Huntt was injured in'05 by a stone from a blast on Mnrket street, as he stood in front of the Swanaiinoa Hotel. The stono came from an excavation and was thrown several hundred yards, passing over a threestory building and falling on SOutb Main street, breaking his leg. T^ee*cavation was for the Young Men's Institute, which George W. Vanderbilt erected for colored people. The verdict is agaiust Mr. MoNamee, Vauderbilt's