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BY MAT
V
EvR Mother Will be
down on the twenty
fourth, with ray friend,
i it z "n a i v-v -
Alien XiSiwaia. tie s
a splendid' fellow, but
rich, and a little fastid
ious, perhaps bo hare
5.tr t very thing in trim.
(5 " But that -warning- is
imneecsiary ; you are always ready.
YcursaflectioDately, RoTAtDraT."
That simple little note brought con
sternation into the Dent household,
for tho cook and niaid-of-all-wcrk had
just takea French leave, and it would
be impossible to fill her place on short
notice, for servants did not flourish
readily iu the quiet little village.
"nat shall we do'
exclaimed
Mr.-. Dent, sanciuS araund at her
lhrt-3 daughters with an
expression of
tragic cespajr.
"Telegraph to Hoyal that he must
bring a cook down with him,' said
Ange, the youngest, with an irrepres
sible smile. .
"Xousense ! To-morrow is the
twenty-fonrtb, and we will have to all
enter the kitchen, and take it .turn
obont. until 1 can engage a cook."
"Ob, mother! yon know it would
spoil icy complexion to bend over the
hot stove. That plan will never do,"
can! fair Gertrude, folding her soft,
liiy-white hands.
"And if we do the cooking, who will
entertain Mr. Estwald?" said Mira.
"Well, you know we cannot get one
nov, for love or money," sighed the
troubled matron.
"Yes, you can, mother mine Here
fs one for love," said brown-haired, J
brown-eyed Ange. "I will be the cook
until you can get one, and Royal's
fastidious frieud need never know it.
My name is'Polly Ann, and I'll pre
pare the daiutiest dishes, and you can
triage -a boy to stayin tb.9 dining
room. "
Mrs. Dent hesitated, but Gertrude
and Mira applauded the plan eagerly,
ts it would leave them free to enjoy
the society of rich Mr. 'Estwald, and
trv their fascinations on him, for each,
inho secret depths of her own mind,
determined to win him, if woman's
charms had any power.
"You are m.aking quite a sacrifice,
Ane, my dear child, and I do not like
to have jou banished in that style."
"But it is self-banishment," said
Acge, gaily, giving just one regretful
H-.gb, and then entering heartily into
the work before her.
Royal came at the appointed time,
accompanied by a handsome man
of eight or nine and twenty, with
blonds hair and moustache, keen,
clear blue eyes, and the winning ease
-ud grace of one long used to the re
ined and cult ared circles of society.
The,Misee3 Dent were faultlessly
Pressed, and charmingly cordial," and
Mrs. Dent beamed graciously ; but
Koyfd glanced around with a dissatis
fied look.
"Where is Ange?"
"She she " the mother began,
and then not being in the habit of tell
irg falsehoods, she broke down.
"She has gone on a visit to Aunt
Mary's," said Gertrude, smoothly.
"Must have been rather sudden !"
he eaij, surprised.
"Ob, yes. Ange, dear child, is so
flighty," murmured Mira, turning to
Mr. Estwald with a sweet smile, and
there the subject dropped.
But passing through the back entry
an hoar later, Bojal was astonished to
find a young person, half hid in a
huge cook apron, in his arms; to feel
the fond pressure of soft arms around
nis neck, the touch of a velvet cheek
to his.
"Halloo !" he cried, falling back a
step.
"Oh, Royal, don't you know me?"
"Ange !" he gasped."
'No-Polly Ann, the cook," she
corrected, with a soft laugh.
"What is the meaning of all" this
mystery 5" he inquired sternly.
"Don't speak so loud," she 6aid,
and then explained the situation.
"Hang it all 1 I'll have a cook, if I
have to go back to town after one.
Here I brought Eetwald down to see
you, and then find you banished to the
kitchen ! I've a great mind to raise a
"If you do, II will spoil the din
er !" she cried, in alarm, then disap
peared in the pantry.
Royal jjhjwered at the bare wall for
a minute; then a smile suddenly
spread over his face, and he went back
to the parlor, whistling cheerfully.
The dinner . was faultlessly cooked
and servedand after it was over, and
her mother canio out, insisting on
hashing the dishes, Ange bathed her
face, put on a fresh, white gown, and
taking a book, sought the solitude of
the orchard.
She climbed to her favorite seat in
the fork of an old apple tree, and had
beenthere long enough to get rested
and cool, when a gentleman came
sauntering through the shady sweet-
less oi me oia orchard. -
Ange did not see him in time to run
iway, or even tret down from her
lercb, and sat still aad almost breath
.1 W
Cook.
CBIir.
less, hoping he would pass by withou;
seeing her.
But he came on straight to that car-
Hrcalar4re-a fold of her dress brush-
ng his sleeTe7TIeglanefc;:--BpJL and
wia quicxiy :
"I. bfg your pardon."
"It is granted," she said, frLjidly,
apparently in teat on her book.
He stood still. -'I
am a stranger here; came down
with my friend, Koyal Dent, this
morning, t You are a member of the
family, I presume?" lifting his hat,
and speaking in the most respectful
tone.
Ange raised her sparkling eyes,- a
slight smilo curling her fresh, red
lip?.
"I am the cook, sir." .
Ab, yes ! It must be delightful to
serve so charming a family," leaning
against a low, . sweeping bough,, and
looking at her with friendly very
friendly eyes, thought Ange, feeling a
trifle warm.
"Are you laughing at them, 6ir?"
- "No, indeed; I am in earnest 1" he
quickly cried.
"Just as I thought ready to. flirt
with mistress or maid' said Ange to
herself. She stole a glance at him.
lHe is Tery handsome; but beauty
sometimes covers a very deceitful
heart. I shall test this fine gentle
man." He interrupted her thoughts,
"May I have an apple?"
'If you like them so green. They
are not good without salt."
"Then I wish I had some salt."
"I will divide mine," she said, gra
ciously, and held out her pretty hand,
with a lnmp of salt lying in it.
Encouraged by her friendliness the
gentleman drew nearer, and while
they partook of green apples and salt
their acquaintance progressed rapidly.
Mr. Estwald exerted himself to be
particularly agreeable and interesting
to the pretty cook, and ' she listened
and .felt the charm of his manner,
though laying up retribution for him.
. That meeting was only the begin
ning. A week passed, and every day
Allen Estwald managed to see the cook,
for Ange still filled that position, and
though indignant at his persistence
she could not keep the tell-take red
out of her face when she met his
frank, admiring eyes, or check a thrill
of pleasure when ehe heard his voice.
At last they" succeeded in securing
the services of a Btout woman, and
with a little nervous laugh Ange said
Aunt Mary wished her to return home.
"I will come this evening, and be
introduced at the tea table," Bhe said,
and went away to her favorite haunt
m the orchard. She felt sorely
troubled. It was her duty to betray
Estwald, but she shrank from the task
with trembling dread, and finally de
cided to keep silent. Just as ehe had
arrived at the generous conclusion he
made his appearance.
"3o your situation has been taken
from you?' ha said, with grave con
cern. - -
"Yesj" heaving a sigh.
Whit will you do?"
"Try to find another."
"I can offer you one if you will ac
cept it," speaking slowly and doubt
fully, and coming quite close to her.
"You are kind," she murmured,
averting her face. "What will I have
to do?"
"You will not have to cook, thall
1 give you a list of your duties?"
"If you please," trembling at her
own daring.
"Then, the first and most important
duty will be to love me as deeply and
as truly as I do yoa,' coming nearer
still, and stretching out his arm until
it half encircled her.
"Mr. Estwald sir! how dare you?"
she cried out, turning her flushed face
rand flashing eyes toward him.
"Hush, "Ange 1 until I have finished.
"Ange? You know me, then?" -"Yes,"
hajaid, and boldlytook her
hand.
"Now, how long have you known?"
she faltered, blushing deeply.
"Koyal told me the first day. Now,
may I go on aad tell you about that?"
"No."
"Why not, Angw, darling?'
'Because I am angry yery angry
and I wish you would go away," with
quivering lips and tears trembling on
her eyelashes. '
Not until I ask you to be my wife,
dear. I fell in love with your picture
before I saw you, and Royal's account
of your manifold perfections deter
mined me to see and win you. if I
could."
He talked eloquently, and must have
won her complete forgiveness, , tot
when he lifted her down from hex
perch, he kept her close in his arms a
minute, and' stole a kiss from the
sweet lips, unre baked.
They met Royal at the upper edge
of the orchard, and he came near hug
ging them both in his intense satisfac
tion. Gertrude and Mira could. not grudge
Ange's happiness, bat they were never
able to understand how she won Allen
Estwald's love. 1 ; :
honest and true-
brother. ,
out uuii risi
slfiab," said their
"But she is not pretty;" "
"There I disagree with you ; but
there are other attractions besides
beauty."- -They
continrJ to be puzzled, pos-
sibly because they did not care to
understand. Saturday Night.
If umber of Hours to Sleep.
"In the matter of sleep." remarked
a well-known physician, "there are as
many peculiar 'things as there ara
about eating what is one mana food
is another's poison." The same applies
to sleep. This much is generally
known and accepted by standard
authorities on the subject, that tall or
bulky people require more sleep than
others, and that women can get aloog
on much less sleep than can men. Aa'
with animals, human beings, sleep
much longer and heartier in the winter
than at any other times. People of
extreme old age require as mnch sleep
as infants, and it is beneficial to both
classes if they can sleep one half the
time, or even-a greater proportion.
There is one thing I would like to im
preaaupon every one, and that is, it
is positftelywinjuriou3 for any ons to
Jeep longer'tltsxis actually necessary.
"When you hear people talk ol
forcing themselves to sleeyjong hour,
it-means as much as if they overdrank
or overfed themselves. I am strcT&gly
of the belief that while six or. seven'
hours is long enough' sleep for the
average healthy person there are those
who need an hour or so more, as there
are others who thrive- mentally and
physically on four hours sleep. '"Early
to bed and early to rise is a splendid
doctrine, but in cases where one can
not get to bed early they should nol
force themselves to rise early. Sleep
all you can naturally, but never sleep
for sleep's sake, or longer than is
necessary." Washington Star.
Burglary is Now a Science.
The modern burglar is a scientist
and inventor in his way. Recently a
new era in safe -breaking and other
branches of the cracksman's art has
opened, andthe famous jimmy, so
long rampant on the successful burg
lar's coat of arms, is to be superseded
by more convenient labor saving tools.
In Marseilles, France, the other day
a gang of ingenious cracksmen entered
a banker's office armed with a steel
saw of the newest construction and a
handy little gas enginew There was
no need for the exercise of muscle,
nor was there any necessity for a good
strong wrist at the saw, as there was
at one time in (he annals of famous
robberies.
The light engine wa9 started, the
saw put in the proper place, and the
connections made. Seating themselves
serenely upon a couple of chairs near
at hand, these modern burglars
watched the true and rapid work'ot
their appliances.
The big safe might have resisted for
hours the force of human hands, but
the 6aw, impelled by the engine, it
could not stand against. The stout
iron safe promptly yielded up its con
tentsof manythousands dollars' worth
of gold and bonds, and in a quarter oi
the time it would have taken to have
committed the robbery under the old
conditions the burglars were well out
of the building with their booty.
Training of German Princes.
The life of the German Emperor'c
boys is by no means one. of luxury";
for they are allowed only about au
hour and a half a day to themselves,
while the remaining time, even on
holidays, is given to study and physi
cal culture. Up to the age of nine,
life for them is one grand holiday, but
after that works begins. Here is the
routine followed: In summer they
are out of bed at 6 o'clock (iu
winter an hour later). Breakfast ia
served at 7.30, and consists of one cup
of tea and a roll ; from 8 to 9.30 they
are studying, then a second breakfast
of bread, and water tinged with red
wine, is supplied. Immediately after
ward they work -at their books, the
time is divided until 1.15 with some
physical exercise in gymnastics and
horse exercise. After dinner, which
is spent in company with the military
and civil governors of the castle, they
have a brief breathing tirre to them
selves. But this soon passes, and thej
are again with their tutors studying
science and musio until 6 o'clock.
Thereupon supper is served, and at 8
o'clock all are in bed. The boys arc
considered very proficient in the sad
dle and in all other outdoor sports.
New York Independent.
Benefits of Aerated Water.
A very general impression prevailt
that the substitution of aerated waters
f op-ordinary, drinking water is a great
safeguard against zymotio disease,
Mrs. Percy Frankland shows, in a re
cent article in Nature, that though
this impression is more or less justi
fied by investigation,, it should only
be encouraged to a moderate extent.
The most satisfactory fact established
by the experiments of several investi
gators refers to cholera germs, and is
that these bacilli cannot live in ordi
nary seltzer and soda water longer
than three hours. The bacilli of
typhoid fever live much longer under
the same circumstances, and no de
gree of safety from them is secured
unless the aerated water infected . by
them has been stored for at least a
fortnight before use. Storage of the
waters has been proved of undoubted
service , in the destruction of disease
germs, and, in the absence of pre
liminary precautions by the manu
facturers such as the removal of all
bacteria present, by boiling, distilla
tion or - sufficient filtration. Mrs.
Frankland recommends it as s measure
ol great hygienic importance. -
A new copper mining field is to be
opened up near Silver Cliff, in Coster
County, Colorado. , .
"Because- she is
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
THE SAGE CAN SEE NO OBJEC
TION TO BEING A PLUTO CB AT.
if ousenolu Duties Engage tils At
tendon at Present.
It seems to me that the demagogues
aro underrating the intelligence of I he
people when they denounce a candi
date because he is rich or becaus
he owns some stock in 'a national
bank. That is all that I have seen
charged against Mr. SewalL Seaborn
Wright, who was the chcicaof the popu
lists, spoke honestly and frankly when
he said "I regret . to say that I have
no stock in a national bank." I dont
suppose there is a reputable Populist
in the country who would refuse! to
own some of it if ha .could gelj it
fairly. This effort of the demagogues
to excise in the, poor envy and hatred
of their more fortunate fellow citizens
is shamefully disgusting. If a man
acquires wealth honestly he should be
commended for it. , Abraham was rich
and so was Joseph and Laban and Job
and Solomon, and Joseph of Arimathea,
who laid the body of Christ in his own
new ' tomb. ' Every - man who is any
account is trying to better his condi
tion and would get rich if he could.
So X dont believe that the Populists are
opposed -to Sewall because of his
wealth, and when I hear any of their ;
leaders say they are, it is my opinion
they are lying". They talk glibly
about plutocrats and - some of
them, seem to think that wealth and
Pluto and hell are all mixed up to
gether. The fact is thot Plutus, who
was the god of wealth, was a very dif
ferent person from Plato. For a long
time he gave riches to the good only,,
but Jupiter did not like that and smote
him with blindness so that he could
not tell the good from the bad, and
ever since then everybody has had an
equal chance to get his favors. " Myth
ology says he was club footed and slow
in movement when approaching a man
to give him money, but when he took
it away his feet took wings and he
fairly flew away. They must have got
ten that idea from the scriptures which
say riches tako wings and fly away.
Plutus was a good hearted, - clever,
generous god, and I don't like to hear
him slandered. The bay with the
cornucopia was his mark, his ensign,
and I never see that picture but what
I think of him and wish he would
come this way and empty his horn
of plenty. I would like to feel the
feeling of a plutocrat before I die. :
But the long agony will soon be over
and it will be a great relief to us all,
whether we loee or win. Once I heard
Bob Taylor, who was running against
his brother, make ,a speech, and in
closing he urged his hearers to vote for
him, but said ho: "If you can't con
scientiously do so, then vote for my
brother Alf ." If Bryan is not elected
it will be a grain of comfort to know
that some of my good neighbors are
gratified. If I possibly can lam going
to rejoice with those who rejoice. But
there are some signs that I do not like.
Who i3 backing up this anarchist,
Lauterbacb, in his treasonable utter
ances? He rays that if there is not
one way to prevent Bryan being pres
ident there is another. Does he mean
to have him counted out by bribery as
Mr. Tilden was? Has he got the
scheme fixed, and is it to be done
with' Hanna's barrels of money? I
read sometime ago a boast that
$10,000 apiece would buy every elec
tion manager in Chicago. That would
take only a million to buy 100 mana
ger?, and they say they have got ten
millions at their command. Is it pos
sible that b good, so honorable a man
as McKinley would consent to such
iniquity ? I don't believe it. Maybe
the conspirators have plotted a scheme
through the courts to get a bill of in
junction and let Cleveland hold over
pending the litigation. I wish I did
know what Lauterbach means to do in
case Bryan is elected.. It is getting
verv close now. close in. time Rndolos
in count-. The belting is uoout even.
Two months ago it was fifty to one on
McKinley. From time to time it
dropped to ten to one, and then five
to one and three .to one and two to
one, and now is about even and few
takers. I know a New York man who
writes for a Republican paper and scar-
rifices Bryan awfully.-but says in a
letter to me, "It looks now like he is
going to be elected.'
Well, we will wait a few days longer
and see. I am prepared for the worst,
and for the best, too. I have my con
victions and my hopes, but both may
be wrong but I am no pessimist. I
do not fear that the nation will be
ruined if things do not go my way.
Man is naturally a vain, conceited
creature and when he forms an opin
ion he wants things to happen that
way whether it is the right way or
not. He delights to say, "I told you
so." - - ,
Now I am going to quit thinking
about politics for a day or so at least.
For my wife has forewarned me that
it is the right time to tako up the
plants and b nibs and pot them and
put them in the pit. She is very care
ful about the kind of soil I plant them
in, and so I have to fake the wheelbar
row, which is the nnicycle now, and
get some leaf mold from the corners
of the fence. Then I have to get some
fertile from the barn yard and mix
with it and some sand to go on top.
She bosses it all very kindly, and I have
nothing to do but the work. . I like
that. It relieves me from responsibility.
If a plant dies in.the pit I can say, "I
fixed it just as you told me." She has
given the heifer calf to one of the
shildren and now the old cow is lowing
ill the day long and the calf is bleating
at itsTiew home and rpy wife ia so sor
ry for both that she wants them
brought together again. I believe she
sympathizes more with the cow than
the calf, for she says that children
soon get weaned from their mntW
1ut the mother never forgeta her
child. That ia so with human beings,
but not so with animals. Their affec
tion is strong, but their memory is
weak. In a few days that cow will for
get she ever had a calf. Providence
has arranged all these things. It is as
tonishing how many little things there
are to do about the house and home.
It took all the day yesterday to put
down the carpets for the winter. They
were shaken and beaten thoroughly
last spring, when taken up, but my
wife wanted them shaken again. The
furniture had all to be taken out and
the books in the bookcase dusted, and
the old sofa mended. The paper mat
ting and a lot of newspapers had to be
spread on the floors before the carpets
were put down. The' window glass
were washed and everything renewed
and brushed up for the coming winter.
That is all right, and I am glad that is
all done, for it is a power of- work. I
dident do much of it, for now I am
like the clown in the circus who al
ways gets there just too late to help
move tho thincrs out of the xina : but I
nad the back fence to fix up. The old
cow had broken it down to get to her
calf, and I had to go after her and
drive her home. I used to have boys
to do these things, but they are all
gone and I am the only boy h?ft on
the premises now. It is hard, but it is
fate, and I am not complaining. The
old mare is 28 years old and ean hard
ly travel, the old dog lies in the piazza
and can hardly wag his tail, the big
old oak in the back yard is dying at
the top and man cannot, escape the
common infirmity. The poet says hat
"man was made to mourn;" but I do
not think so. He .is born to trouble,
but he needn't mourn about it. Let
him fight the battle of life bravely.
Bill Abp, in Atlanta Constitution,
LATEST NEWS. '
- At Norristown," Pa., C O.' Kaiser
killed his wife, hid all the valuables
and charged the crime to bandits. In
vestigation followed and he committed
Buioide.
I Advices from Constantinople say the
commission appointed by the Sultanlo
investigate the recent riots in that city
has submitted its report, which merely
states tho facts elicited. The commis
sion estimates that the number of . Ar
menians massacred is 2,250.
W. S. Stratton, the millionaire mine
owner of Cripple Creek, Col.,' a few
days ogo took a bet of $100,000 "on
Bryan against $300,000 on McKinley.
I At Louisville, Ky., CouncilmenGeo.
Weber and James Sowders and Alder
men C. - J. Jenne and Richard V.
Breuer have been indicted by the
grand jury, the former on the charge
of attempting to bribe Councilman W.
J. Fnller, and the other Jor selling
supplies to the city contrary to law.
Monday Wm. J, , Bryan closed his
campaign at Omaha, Neb., after de
livering a dozen or more speeches in the
different halls of the above city.
1 All of last week, up to Monday pre
vious to the election, Mr. McKinley
received throngs of enthusiastic gath
erings from the different parts of the
country. ,
- The total visible, supply of cotton for
the world is 3,051,951 bales, of which
2,747,854 bales are American, against
3,261,549 bales and 2,992,339 bales re
spectively last year.
i A cyclore swept over the city and
province of Seville, Spain, last week,
wrecking a great many-houses and kill
ing and injuring a number of the in
habitants. I R. A. Denmarck, of Savannah, Ga ,
has been elected president of the
Southern Railway, to succeed "Presi
dent Baxter, deceased,
i At Cleveland,. O., The American
Wiro Works has started up on double
time and is running .full blast, over
1,300 men now being employed.
i CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.
The Sultan oi Turkey ;Comlng to His
Senses.
The latest from Constantinople, Turkey,
lavs that since the recent visit of the Russian
Ambassador. 1L De Nelidoff, to the Sultan
aad the long and important audience that
followed, it has been noticeable that another
change for the better has taken place in tho
attitude of Abdul Hamld and bis advisers
towards the Armenians In particular and the
reform : policy"! general. It Is known that
M. De Nelidoff used very plain language to
the Sultan and it is apparent that the latter
was convinced that the Eussian Ambassador
was In earnest. This, supplemented by grave
reports received by the Sultan from the Turk
ish Embassies at London and Paris, pointing
out the distrust and irritation caused by the
attitude of Turkey, haa brought about eager
professions upon tho part of the Turkish gov
ernment of desire to honestly push tho work
of reform, and, as a commencement, five
Christian deputy governors have been ap
pointed In Armenia, and it Is probable tuat
there will be ohang3 shortly in the composi
tion of tho Turkish ministry.
BOLD, BAD ROBBERS.
! . - --, . - .
They Had Things Pretty Much Their
, Own AWay in Oklahoma.' -A
special from Guthrie. Okla, says: The
Sac .and Fox Indian, agency, sixty miles
southeast of Kansas City, Mo., was held up
and looted by the same gang of bandits who
looted, the town of Carney recently. Sae
and Fox Is only thirty-six miles from Ca rney.
There were four masked robbers mounted and
armed. They first rode to the office of Acent
Thomas, presumably to demand 45,000 in
greenbacks to be paid as annuities to the See
and Fox Indiana soon. -
Mr. Thomas was out. and tho robbers went
to the store of Mrs. Fannie Whistler and took
$480 and valuable papers from the safe. They
then held up J. W. MofStt's place and got $5 9
and a gold watch. Chief Keokuk's place was
robbed of t SO ond $3,000 worth of notes.
The boldness of the robbers frightened the
traders and people -so badly that they were
anable to resist. Tho bandits, on leaving,
rushed through the grounds of the govern
ment Indian school firing their guns.
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL : LESSON
' X'lllTDilnnn a !
FOB
i
wesson Text: "The Temple DedU
Cated I Kings vlil.,
Golden Text: Hob. It, 20 -V I
-tr?v -uommentary
, " .wu wuuni mo attar or tns
pord, from kneeling on his knees, with hit
ku up 10 neaven." in tnat position
iUnt of all Israel had Solomon prayed to the
. v?1,. he dedicated to Him the templa
Which be had been privileged to build. Tho
temple being finished, they brought to it tho
ark of tho covenant from Zion, and tho tab
ernacle from Gibson, with all tho holy ves- I
sels, and put all In the temple (verse 4 and 'i
i5?r.0Dv L S 4. We 11X8 not toll Qat any
pi tie tabernacle furniture was used Inths
temple except tho ark of tho covenant j
.verytnin!jbut tho ark was on a much largoc I
and grander scale. They bad ten tables and 1
tea c&ndlestfclra. m h. .b I
T " t -"- Dwug wu
lalning nothing but the two tables of stons
(verse 9). When Solomon had made an end
or praying, tho fire came down from heaven
nnd corsaid the burnt offering-and th
sacrifices, knd the glory of tho Lord filled tha
bouse so th&t even the priests could not enter
into 1 he hov6 because of tho glory (II Chron.
Y4 , 1, 2, v., 13, 14). f -
o5, " And ho stood and blessed all the eon
rr gationof Israel with a loud voice." Tho
eight divisions of his prayer may be easily
recognized by tho eight times repeated,,
Hear Thou in heaven" (verses 80. 82 84.
SS, 89, 43, 45, 49;. Tho object of tbo teinplo
is seen in the oft repeated phrase, '-An house
for the name of tha Lord ," or "For Thy
name" (rerses 16, 17, 18 10,20, 43, 44, 48), in
order that '-sll people of tho earth may know
Thy name, to fear Thee, as do Thy people of
Israel (versa 43), for there is . no "God in
heaven above or on earth beneath like tha
Lord God of Israel (verse 23), who doeth
wonders for His servants, requiring of them
only that ihey walkbeore Him with all their
heart. His people are a separated people
unto Him from all the people of the earth to
bo His inheritance" (vsrse 53). . .
56. Blessed be the Lord that hath given
rest unto His people Israel, according to all
that He promised i Ihere hath not failed
one word of all His good promise, which Ho
promised by the hand of Moses, His servant"
Before he prayed ha also blessed the congre
gation,, re erring to the Lord's goodness and
faithfulness in having fulfilled with His hand
all that He spake with His mouth (verses 15,
24;. Jn Joshua's farewell he also said, "Ye
know in all your hearts and in all your souls
that not one thing hath failed of all the good
things which the Lord your God spake con
cerning you" rJoshua xxiii.. 14.)
57. "The Lord our God be with us, as He
was with oar fathers. Let Him not leavo us
norforiakeus." qod had, through Moses,
Hjs servant ppoken of this rest for His peo
ple, And this place where Ho would -cause
His name to dwell (Deut. xiL, 10, 11), and
He had also given them these promises:
TheLord tby God, He it is that doth go
with tbee; He will not fail thee nor forsake
thee. . Fear not, neither be dismayed" (Deut
zxxi., 6, 8). His great encouragement to
Moses himself and to Joshua and Gideon was
I will bo with thee" (Ex. iiL,'12: Joshua i.,
B; Judg. vl.t 1C), We may well be content
with 6ach things as wo have since Ho hath
said, 4,I will never leave thee nor forsake
thee';rHeb.xlii..5).
58. 4Vrhat He may Incline our hearts unto
Him to walk in all His ways." To know Him
is the greatest thing on earth, and perhaps
fa heaveD, too. It is better than wisdom or
riches or might (Jer. ix.; 23, 24). Ho said In
His great prayer, "O, righteous Father, tha
world bath not known Theo tint t
known Thee" (John xvii., 25). and in verso
S He said that It was eternal life to know
uou ana iesu3 unrist
59. "And let these my words, wherewith I
have made supplication before the Lord, bo
nfgh unto the Lord our God day and night"
Solomon asked this in order that-tho Lord
may maintain his cause and tho cause of
Israel a3 each day shall require. See margin
andR. Y., and also Jer. lit, 84, where tho
Hebrew phrase.is the same. It is a daily re
lying upon the Lord to manage all that con
cerns us. and He will surely do it for all who
truly rely upon Him, not only day by day,
but every moment (Isa. xxvii., 8). -
60. "That all the people of the earth may
know that the Lord is God, and that there is
none else." For that reason was Jordan
divided (Joshua i v., 24), and for tho same
reason will God yet do wondrous things for
Israel (Ezek. xxxviii., 23). He would do
wondrous things for His people to-day If
they would but live wholly for Him and
serve Him In sincerity with all tho heart
He Is still saying. "Call unto Me and I will
answer thee and show thee great and
mighty things which thou knowest not"
(Jer. xxxiii., 8). It is written that "tho
pleasure of the Lord shall prosper In His
hand.".. And If His saints would be cheer
fully in His hand and at His feet for His
pleasure, what might He not do? (Isa. lilt.
10; Deut. xxx, 8.)
6L "Let your heart therefore be perfect
with the Lord our God, to walk In His
statutes and to keep His commandments, as
at this day."- Pavid, ere he died, admonished
Solomon to serve the Lord with a perfect
heart and with a willing mind, and prayed
God to give him a perfect heart to keep His
commandments- (I Chron. xxvili.. 9; xxtx.,
9 The T.nr.1 emrl in Ahrom WolV h.fA
Me and be thou perfect," and to Israel.
"inou snait do penect with tho Lord thy
God" (Gen. xvii., 1; Deut xvlii., 13). As to
daily life there is no one perfect in the sense
of.beiBg. without sic forflI all men. tha Lord
Jesus Christ was . the only man that .ever
lived without sin, but any redeemed soul
can by the grace of God live and walk up
rightly and have a whole heart lor God,
whieh is the sense of perfect in these texts.
62. "And tho king, and all Israel with htm,
offered sacrifice before the Lord." Notice
tha oneness of the kin&r and all Israel in tha
matter of the sacrifice. Every sacrifice truly
onerea to uoa irom tue time tnat tno jjora
God made unto Adam and Eve coats of skins,
and clothed them (Gen. iil., 21) pointed to
that of the Lamb of God foreordained bo-
lore tno iounoaiion oi me worm jl trei. i.,
nn " - - . '
63. "So the king and all the children of
Israel dedicated the house of tho Lord."
And tha Lord accented tho house and filled
it with His glory, as wo have seen. We are
commanded to present our bodies a living
sacrifice as temples in which God the Father,
Son and Spirit may dwell (Horn. xiL, 1, 2;
John 3d v., 17, 23). And as truly as we do
this by virtue of His blood shed for us, Ho
of Jesus Christ and fill us with His Spirit,
even with all the f allness of God (Eph. lit,
nl mi 1 1 1, n w Ik. J"
creatnessof His power toward ns who be
.. n . . ax V ITaImm
UeVO .pn. L, jursaou
Money Lenders Now fn Politics. -
The People's Party State Central Commit
tee, of Minnesota, announces that it has received-over
500 letters from different sections
of the State saying that mortgage loaners are
rivinor warning that la cas uryan lsveiecsea
tbev will promptly commence foreclosure
proceedings on every mortgage m thirtr pos
session which is overdue, and that insurance
agents aro notifying policy holders that they
'will cancel all insurance in case Bryan wins.
This Information has greatly intensified the
political feeling In Minnesota, end threatens
to make the election the warmest which ever
r occurred there. - -- -:
Clirarmakers on Strike.
Six hundred Operatives in Ifanrara's cigar
factory struck at Tampa, Fla., because their .
demands for an Increase In wages were not
Acceded to. The eigarmakers are all Cubans
htmd Spaniards. Much baa Diooa prevails
mn win not allow other workmen to take
their places.
JfEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
The section of foreign markets of the Do-
rartment of Agriculture has Issued its circu- -ir,
No. 10; on the coarse of wheat produc
tion and exportation in the United State?.
Canada, Argentine, Uruguay, Russia and
British India from 18S0 to 1833. It shows
the annual average production of wheat by ,
quinquennial periods, and the very decided
increase In the wheat i productions of the
United States, Canada, Argentine and Bussla
during the last fifteen years. A simulat
growth would also be shown for Uruguay
were the statistics available for tho entire
period. India alone of the six countries has
suffered a decline. The circular also pre
sents a table containing the annual average
exports of wheat and wheat Hour, expressed
in bushels of grain by quinquennial periods,
at tho same countries, which indicates in i
striking manner tho marvelous growth -which
has occurred since 1880 : in the -volume
of wheat distributed by : some of
the principal wheat exporting countries.
The average yearly export of wheat and
wheat flour from the United States increased
40 per cent from 1830 to 1805 j Russia mado
nearly an equal gain; Canada,: although
rather -U nimportnit when, compared with tho
United States and RufsIs, shows a growth
which Is proportionately even more rapid,
the average net shipment per annum having
tripled since 4SS1 '85. ; But the wonderful
growth in exportation Is exhibited ia Argen
tine and Uruguay. From the average of
2.000,000 bushels in the quinquennium 18ft
'85, Argentina's shipments increased to an
average of nearly 85.000,000 in 1881- 95,whlle
in the same period Uruguay'snet exports per
annum advanced from about 77,000 bushelj
to more than 1,000,000 bushels. Tho total
quantity of wheat exported from i tho six
countries during tho fivo year period, 1881
'85, averaged 233,000.000 bushels, and of tho
five years l891-'96. 852,000,000 per annum, a
total gain of 114,000,000 bushels. Tables are -also
given showing the wheat area, produc
tion and exportation of the six couatrljs
from 18S063 ia detail. v , ; ; 1
It is stated authoritatively at tho State De- ,
partment that Consul General Lee's return
to this country at this time Is without any
other significance than that the state of af- '
fairs in Havana is now so satisfactory that.,
his presence there is not urgently required
and that ho has been able to leave his ofaoe
in the hands of Tice Consul Springer. Gen. .
Ie has merely seized this opportunity to
visit his family as well as to see his son, who
is a cadet at West Point, and posslbly.to tako
his family back to Cuba with him next
month. . ' -
The President has denied a pardon to
Luther A. Hull, oi Georgia, sentencea tn
January, 1891, to Imprisonent for llfo In the
Ohio penitentiary for conspiracy and mur
der.: i . I - - - ; -4 ' . ..
The Treasury Department has instructed
Tr Raifknr commissioner at New i York to
land 213 Armenians on their giving bond in
f 100 each, xnese Armenians aau uwa uo
tained as likely to become publlo charges.
A TALE OP HARDSHIP. .
Whaling Bark Returns After Thirty-
One Blonths of Absence.
The whaling bark John Winthrop has re
turned to San Francisco, j Cab,' after an ab
sence of thirty-one months during the great- .
er portion of which time she has been within
the arctic circle. There is not a barrel of
oil in her hold, or a pound of whalebone and
her logbook shows only bard luck. Tha
Wiatbrofkhjulatfs additional particular"! 7f ;
riots last winter among the whalers. When
a party of twelve left Herchell Island for the
mines last March they stole all of the Win
tbrop's dogs, sleds and firearms. A search
ing party went in pursuit and was mostly
made up of officers, tho bark's crew was so
mutinous that the officers wore obliged to
stand two out of three watch and it became "
necessary to doubly guard tbo store-house,
i Severe' deserters were captured and
brought back: at least one froze to death and
awful hardfhips were encountered. Captain
Simmons says sailing vessels are useless in
the Arctic regions because the currents are
so strong that the ship is unmanageable In
the gale of wind,
. ' : ; i
Massacre in Eastern Turkey. !
Advices from Hsrpoot, Eastern Turkey,
received at Boston, Mass., confirms the dis-..
patches to the Associated Press In regard to
the extent and barbarity of the recent massa
cre at Egln. Those advices state that many
of the dead were left in the streets for days
as the food for dogs, and large numbers were
thrownelnto the Eupfarater. The bodies
were seen floating down the river xony or.
fifty miles below the city. In some cases
whr.iA families were obliterated. , Exact sta
tistics, of course, cannot be given now, but it .
is feared that 2,000 la an under-estimate. All
the testimony at hand concurs in showing
that the massr ere was official and that it was
Wholly without reason, j, - j ' 1.
k M : -.I .:. '
! " Shot Her Son and Husband.
Mrs. J. W. Alien, of Mary svUie, Mont, shot '
at her husband with a rifle, but missed him J
and killed her twelve-year.oId son. She
th.n flraii ivm mora shots &t her husband.
one bail i fracturing tho skull and the other :
breaking nis arm. tie wu piwij um. mo
couple bavo not been living happily together.
Allen whkpped bis son and this-eo enraged
Mrs. Alien war. sue pics.ru uj wro iw
began shooting. '.. '.,t .- I
- Georgia Legislature Meets.
1 The Georgia legislature met last Wednes
day and was Immediately organized. There
wai no contest of any offices, all be fag set-
la lbv caucus. Tha Hon. Robert Tiarrwi-;
,wa; efeeted president of the Senate; Hon. C.
i . iray, president, pro tern.; the lion, it A,
ea'iins of Putnam, was elected Speaker; the
Ko i. W; A. Dodson. of Sumter, Speaker pro
tea., and Hon. Mark Hardin, clerk. :
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