~ GOVERNMENT OFFICES Presidential Nominations and Senate Confirmations. The List of Appointments in the Diplomatic Service, WHITELAW REID, MINISTER TO FRANCE, Fifth Day's Nominations. The President sent to the Senate the fol- fowing nominations: William W. Thomas, Jr., of Maine, to he Minister to Sweden and Norway. | Samuel R. Thayer, of Minnesota, to be Minister to the Netherlands. | Charles E. Mitchell, of Connectizut, to be i Commissioner of Patents, | Nathan O. Murphy, of Arizona, to be Sec- | pl */ of Arirons. Smith A. Whitfield, of Ohio, Assistant Postmaster-General, Abraham DD. Hazen, of Pennsylvania, to ba Third Assistant Postmastar- General, Joan W. Mason, of West Virginia, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue, | J. Granville Laach, of Pennsylvania, to be Appraiser of Merchandise in the District of Philadelphia. i David M, Lines, of Louisiana, to be | Special Examiner of Drugs, Medicines and | Chemicals in the District of New Orleans, John P. Ward, of Oregon, to Le Appraiser | of Merchandise in the District of William | ette. in the State of Oregon and Territory of Washington. W. Budd Deacon, of New Jersey, to be Marshal of the United States for the District of New Jersey. John 8 Burton, of Mississippi, to be Marshal of the United States for the North ern District of Mississippi Edwin J. Kursheedt, of Louisiana, to be Marshal of the United States for the Eastern Dist~iet of Louisiana. Prvi D. Slaughter, of Nebraska, to be 1 of the United States for the District braska i lism H. Whiteman, of New Mexico, to / ssociate Justioe of the Supreme Cours of ‘erritory of New Mexico. i All tiese nominations are new except that of A Hazen for Third Assistant Post | master-GConeral. He held the same office for elmos: twelve years under Republican ad- ministration, till relieved by Mr. Cleveland. The Dead Letter Office and contracts for stamps and envelopes are under his control The Senate in secret semion confirmed the | nominations of J. F. Dalton, Postmaster, Salem. Mass : Cyrus Bussey, Assistant Seo retary of the Interior; John A. Kasson, William Waiter Phelps and George H. Bates, Commissioners to Berlin in the Samoan conference. to Second i i Sitth Day's Nominations The President sent to the Senate the fol- lowing nominations Whitslaw Reid, of New York, editor of the Tribune, to be Minister to France Julians Goldschmidt, of Wisconsin, Consul General at Vienna i The nomination of Eugene Schuyler, of New York, to be Assistant Becretary of State was withdrawn. He declined the appoint. ment. Andrew C. Bradley, of the District of Co lumbia, to be Awsociate Justics of the Su- prame Court of the District of Columbia, Johm RB, McFis, of Now Mexico, t As sociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of New Mexico Frank I. Aikens, of Dakota, to be Asso. «ciate Justion, of the Supreme Court of the | Territory of Dakota, i Postmasters: Massachusetts ~C. C, Mer. | riam, Shelbourne Falls; M. F. Fitch, Win. chestor; G. A. Draper, Hopedale; E E | Fuller, Taunton, HKhode Island-J. E. | Bowne, Central Falls; Connecticut-J, W, | Hague, Torrington; New York—J. W, Corn. | ing, Palmyra; J. M. Field, lye; J. Buckley, Caps Vincent; New Jersey —G. Van Wyckie, Matawan, : The Senate on this day confirmed the fol. | lowing nominations: Rathbone Gardner, District Attorney for | Rhode Island. i Elbert 0, Weed, Montana. James C. Perry and Alex. C. Smith As. sistant Surgeons in the Marine Hospital Ser | ica, i Brad. D. Slaughter, Marshal for Nebraska, | Smith A. Whitfield, Second Assistant Post. i , Hazen, Third Assistant Post- master-Genera!, ! Samuel R. Thayer, Minister to the Nether. y be District Attorney for | way aud Swedan, ] lands, i William W, Thomas, Jr., Minister to Nor- | | i Seventh Day's Nominations President Harrison on this day sent in the | following nomisations: ; Frederick D. Grant, of New York, to be Minister to Austria-Hungary, John C. New, of Indiana, to be Consul General at London Paul Fricke, of Texas, to he Marshal for | the Westren District of Texas i Seligman Bros, at London, England, to be special fiscal agents of the Navy Depart ment at London, Passed Assistant Engineer David Jones to be a chief engineer, Passed Assistant Engineer James H. Chas. mar to be a chief engineer, To bo Passed Assistant Engi Amist. ant Engineers Reynold T, Hall Ira N. Ho be Li grado 0 outenants, senior Lieuten- ants Frank Fletcher, Alexander Sharp and H H. Hosley., To Lisutenarts, junior grade—Ensigne P. J. Werlich, Simon Cook, John F. Fill. more, Edward Riodes Stitt, of South Carolina, €0 be an amistant sur, 1m the navy, Colonel Frederick DD. tirant, “he nominee for Minister to Austria-Hungary, was born at Bt. Louis, May, "0,150, und is the eldest son of General UU, 8. Grant, Colonel John C. New, the nominee for Convul General at London, was born July 6, 1531, and was graduated at Bethany Col Virginia, in 1551, after which ke w. He is now Clitor of the Indianapolis <oyrnal thee mead n executive on dn the afternoon the Sevats confirmed the follo ving nomina- | ordinary | poral, A aheil | both ton Territory, to be Governor of Washing- ton Territory, Oliver C. White, of Dayton, Washington Territory, to be Secretary of Washington Territory. Henry N. Bland, of Montana, to be Chief Justice of the Suprema Court of Montana. John I. Fleming, of Colorado, to be United Btatos Attorney for the District of Colo rado, Postmasters—-John F. Mole, at Adams, Mass. Seth Pratt, at Litchfield, Conn. Charles ££. Doty, at Soutn Norwalk, Conn. ; | Henry P, Horton, at Philmont, N. VY, : Fred: erick R. Hoag, at Phelps, N. Y.; George H. Shufeldt, at Chatham, N. Y.: Herman F. Fox, at Genava, N. Y.; Hugh €, Thomas, at Granville, N. Y.: John MM. Sutton, Wood- bridge, N. J,: SBtaven A. Philley, Troy, Als; Carlos G. Wilson. Milledreville, TIL: Alan-~ won H. Reed, Flora, LL: Willlam 21. Parks, Petersburg, Ill; Graham IL, Rice, West Su- perior, Wis.; Daniel Korns, New Philadel phia, Ohio; John F, Welch, Nelsonville, Ohio; George W. Faker, at Athens, Ohio; James 8. Reeves, Union City, Ind. ; De Witt CQ. Carr, Fowlerville, Mich, : John FP. Yost, North Bend, Neb,; John W. Banbury, Brit- ton, Dakota. In the distribution of Executive patronage the ollices had thus far been distributed as follows: New York 4, Massachusetts 1, Michigan 1, California 1, Minntsota 1, Indi ana 2, lilinois 2, Maine 2, fowa 2, Pennsylvania 1, Wisconsin 1, 1, Connecticut 1, New Jersov 1, Delaware 1; total 23. No resident of New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Nebraska, Missouri, Ohio 1, | West Virginia | TELEGRAPHIC LEANINGS, An Interesting Budget of Late Dispatehes, ' A Chinese Rabble Sacks a British Conzulate, The Department of State is in receipt of information concerning the recent riot at ¥ of the stoning of the Bikh policemen of the British quarter by a crowd of boys and young men. t ocourred on a Chinese holiday | when business was practically suspended in the {town and when the streets were thronged with idlers, The quarrel of the boys was as- sumed by the men, and a general fight en- { sued. A Chinaman was knecked down by | the police, mnd the report was current that he was killed. Immediately the enraged mob attacked and burned the police stations. The | roadway was thronged with 20,000 rioters, who surged toward ths United States and British consulates When the situation becams alarming 500 | soldisrs from the neighboring barracks ap- pearad upon the scens, but their appearance | served only to excite the derision of the mob, Oregon, Nevada, or any Southern State had | Undeterred by the soldiers, the gates of the received an appointment up to this date, Ninth Day's Nominations. The President sent the following nomina- tions to the Senate during the forenoon. James Tanner, of Brooklyn, N. Y., to be Commissioner of Pensions, James M. Shackelford, of Indiana, to be Judge of the United States Court for the In- dian Territory, Zachariah L. Walrond, of Kansas, to be Attorney of the United States Court for the Indian Territory. Thomas B. Needles, of Illinois, to be Mar- shal of the United States Court for the In- dian Territory. Walter FP. Corbett, of Georgia, to be Marsha! of the United States for the Southern District of Ceorgia, Edwin Willits, of Michigan, to be Assist- ant Secretary of Agriculture Commodore David B, Harmony to be Rear Admiral. Captain Francis M. Ramsey to be a Com modore. Commander Captain ron Commander RB. B Bradford to be Commander Lisutenant KE, H. C tenant Commander Ensign John G, Guinby to be a Lieutenant, Junior grade Lisutenant-Commander verse 10 be a Commander Lisutanant F, PP. Gilmore to be a Lisuten- ant-Commander JAoutanant Frank E. Beatty, junior grade, to be a Lieutenant Ensign Thomas 8, ant, junior grade Manly Fitch Gates, of Peansylvania, to be an assistant surgeon The Senate late in the afternoon confirmed the nominations of A. 1B. Bradley, Assistant Justices of the Supremes Court of the District of Columbia: Frank I. Alkens, Associate Dakota: J. IL McFia. Associate Jus tice, New Mexico; H. N. Blake, Chief Jus tice, Montana: J. D. Fleanery, District Attorney, Colorado: M. ©. Moore, Gov arnor Washington Territory; O, ( Whits, Secretary of Washington Terri tory. N. O. Marphy, Secretary of Arizona Jains Goldschmidt Consul-General at jenna: Edwin Willetts, Assistant Becretary f Agricnitare, and a largs number of Post masters. After discussing the matter for over three hours the Senate confirmed Whitslaw told, of New York, to be Envoy Extra and Ministar Plenipotentiary to ‘rance, and Fred 1). Grant, of New York. to Minister to Austria Hungary The nominations of naval officers for promotion roported recently were all confirmed William T. Sampson to be Leutzs to be a Lisu- George A. Con- Rogers to be a Lisuten Justice, of we Tanner was born in Schobarie Co. At the age of seventeen be enlisted as oar N.Y. | an private in the Hight New York Volunteer: n the feld he was made a cor I at Dull Run tors away and his career as a soldier in the War Depart. was awarded him uring his connection with the department bo studied law, and in 156) was admitted to practios. Since he has been an active worker inthe G, A. | For gallantry of his loge A clerkship Wash agton was ended meni at COLLISION IN CANADA Terrible Disaster on the colonial Railroad. Intepy A shocking collision occurred on the In. ternational Railroad, a mile and a quarter from Rimouski, Canada, at 11.30 o'clock in the morning, by which five mea were in- stantly Ji and threes others fatally Worn Heveral passen orn ware nu Jess injured, while: both ® engi: Ar pied wera completely demolished ® express train, consisting of engine, baggage, second.cias: smoker, two first-clase and two Pullmans from Halifax for Montreal loft Rimouski at 11:10 o'clock, sixteen min- utes behind time, and was running fast to make up, When turning a curve. a few moments out from the station, a spacial freight which had loft Bic, the next station, three hours be. fore and had just got clear of a snow drife, was encountarad before speed could be slack. ened, Hoth trains cut into and half way through each other, making the mst dread - ful wreck imaginable, The killed are: Harry Michand., condue- tor of special. James Whitney, driver of the oxpross; J. Foley, fireman. Michael Ls vesque, brakeman ; messenger Driver Whitney was found in his engine with his skull split in two, reversed and his band still held the throttle valve, which showed be died doing his duty, Foley was found in the smow under the wreck The Lodies of Michaud and Levesque were not recovered from under the great pile of vesque, fireman, Fatally inj 1: Antoine | Jolivet, engineer of prcinl Si rthur Le Harry SMw, expres debris until five r, M., when the track was i again clear. The doctors did all in their power to alleviate the sufferings of the in. Hom Wing were brought to the Rimowski CLEVELAND VISITS CUBA. The Ex. President and His Friends ona Pleasant Jaunt. Ex-Prosiden: C fifty.second His sogine was | | United States | ware assaulted and the British consilats burned, the Consul barely | sscaping with his life by climbing over a | rear fence, With much difficulty the two Consuls, with thelr families, effected their ascaps, and reached a mail steamsr which had arrived just in time to evads ths fury of the rioters, who were in hot pursuit The mob made various unsuccessful | offorts to board the vessal, but it was re pulsed in each instance. The arrival of a origade of soldiers in the evening and a | British man-of-war the following morning bad the effect of restoring quiet, apd British coosulates Killed Herself and Child. A few days ago ¥. E. Rand, a conductor ou the Chicago, Barlington and Quincy Ching Kiang, China, The troubles arose out | PILLOWS. RECUMBENT COMFORT. A Block of Wood Has Evolved Into the Present Luxurious Headrest— Bamboo Pillows ~KEarly English Bolsters. There is little doubt that the first pil low used was a block of wood, either hollowed out to fit the neck or a plain section of a stump of a tree, is still used by savages, and no one who has not tried it can imagine how restful such an arrangement is, The prime ob- ject of the pillow was not to afford a soft place for the head to lie on, but something that would keep the head in a proper position when the body was in a reclining posture, and to brace the neck. If the reader will observe the tired man he will remark that the first portion of his body that gives way is the | ad, When sleep comes on this is the | | as hunting parties or banquets, | soft pillows of these couches were stuffed EGYPTIAN HEAD-REST, portion that first grows heavy and un- stable. Not only is this because the muscles of the neck relax in common with all the other muscles of the body, but the head is relatively the heaviest part of the body, and at the same time the least supported, { small, snd at the first symptom of weak- Railroad died of consumption at Rock Island, | [iL, next day neighbors noticed that the Zand house was unusually quiet lscided to force an entrance. Mrs Rand was found dead in bed, with her children in her arms in a dying condition Before re tiring Mra, Hand bad placed where it could readily be seen au open Bible with the xxii Paalm marked. Near by was a note explain ing that she was so grief stricken that she had resolved to take her life and the lives of hear children. She had told them that they would wake that morning in another world, and requested that she and her children bs buried in the grave with her Iate husband. Ibs prompt efforts of phaysiolans asd frisnds saved one of the children. The other lied. The woman took s deadly polson and then turnad the gas on. Shs was a young snd popular woman in the society of that own Fatal! Dynamite Explosion A Irads of cannon, followed by the ascension of % huge black cloud of sm heigot, startisd the inbabitants of wood, N. J... and those of other adjacent villages at 1 P.M in the afternoon. The re. verberation rolled over the country and as is iravalad axcited wonder, for the earth was thaken an if by an earthquake, a was swident that a terrible force bad at The cause was found in an sxpiosion in the works of the { 3, three miles from plosion hed occurred in (homas Haggerty and both of Manchester, the only « the room. were killel Ii family. Nicoolas was unmars was perosplilde in all the § within fifteen: or twenty miles sd It been work Toms Hiver the ms » ex Reaten to Death by Hallstones. A baistorm which swept across New Han wer County, N. C. a fow days ag fmvorest on record f ita damage was next day the killing of Benjamin yOUng ored man, by the hail foora was sught in the storm in the suburbs of Wi mington and was beaten Ly the enormous hailstones until he was « ately ethatiate] He was discoverel aller helpless on the ground the mouth and nose, and his condition was wo alarming that a paysician for bast before he arrived Moore was dead rops, stock and bullding Known until nol Ton strangest fact of all EI g the tf He was bleading at rm Yih The damage 0 wan HOTINOUS Last Years Light Wheat Crop { and It was | | back, the head ness in that quarter the head topples falls. Again, when one lies down, whether on the side or the $8 found to be out of alignment, When lying on the side the arm may be thrown up to rectity this, but | this at best is an uncomfortable position {| over on his back or h | WORTIDESS ADDeEars, § the support is prin and the pillowless sleeper will soon roll s face. When ly ing on his back the head sinks and an arch is formed, with the shoulders and occiput as the supporting piers and the nape of the neck as the keystone, There it is that the of unrefreshed is that needed. Put first sign there it ry | something underneath the arch to keep Ho it was that the {| dren of sound like the combinsd roar of hun- | . o3 : \ | porting the arch and thrust in | oke to a towering | Lake | he strain aod rest will be the result. finrt observant chil- men saw the necessity of a wood to illit up. The desired result was effected and, ss was said just now, { those who have not tried this simple pil. ow can form no ides of how restful an | arrangement ita nited Stats Dynamite | The shook | yerns and villages | was the | The full extent | was | the wooden | panyin The Ch tion of bamboo {or el and Jay AnoLe all a pillow. Infact ow, or neck-rest rather, it all the Oriental arrested civilization. The fashion of their use goes back a long way and the Egs ptians used a wooden head rest of the shape shown in an accom- These were especially Use a ge f common uations or g cout, | adapted to the preservation of the elab- States Department of Agriculture gives the | result of the investigation through its corre spondents and agents and the Merchant Ml Jere, and the records of inspection of the average weight of wheat by States during the current year { The general averags is OHA5 pounds, the lows: average of six years In the spring wheat region the range is from m Dakota to 55 pounds in Nebraska, | makes the crop equivalent to 291.000.0 bushels of 6) pounds each, less by nearly | 000,000 bushels than the quantity in meas ured bushels. ‘Coal Production of the South, The Tradesman, of Chattanooga, Tenn. , - i 5 1 { twentieth | were not only used by those who slept commercial . The March statistical report of the United | OT8te eoiffures so much in fashion amon we Ea 4 o wi , H the women during the nineteenth and dynasties, These head rests upon the mais or skins of wild animals | laid upon the tioo.. but were also used on the straight couches which did duty | a8 beds, : i 3 | immediately | were used for a bed, one above an The Jews, however, never ured the | Woad.rest, unless it was during the time following their Egyptian At first thick cotton quilts the captivity. | other beneath, while the third was folded | fiat and used for a pillow, has compiled a table from official reports of | turn gave place to the roomy divan, each of the FNouthern States showing the | coal production in 1835, The total produce tion in West Virginia, Maryiand, Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, Arkansas and Texas in tons, valusl at the mines at $190.510.777, against a I production of 15,201,743 tons in 8%, valted at §16,598 507, Shot by His Son John Giddens was shot and killed at Green ville, Texas, by his son MeGangle Giddens, a | boy of seventesn. The boy has froquently | naked his father for a pistol. but had been refused. Te secured possession of a weapon, { and while playing with it was discovered | by Mr. Giddens, who asked for an explana tion, and this =o angered the Loy that he shot his father through the breast, | The President's First Aot of Meroy. | The President has commuted to {mprison- | ment for jife the sentence of death imposed in the case of Albert Green (colored), con victed of the murder of James Lucas (colored), TWO BROTHERS HANGED, Georgia, | (HSS was 18,001,567 | These in about which were a number of cushions stuffed with goat's hair, and were un. doubtedly used for pillows Bible as having been carried about by | the owner was evidently nothing mor. | than a mattress, | more The Oriental bed gradually developed into magnificence thax comfort, as | may readily be underwood on reading Baron de Tott AR ARGIOMAXON PILLOW, “The time of tuking our repose has now come,” he writes, ‘and we were conducted into another la room, in the middle of which was » Kind of bed, without bedstead or curtains, Though the coverlet and pillow exceeded in ificeace the richness of the sala, which likewise ornamerted the ! over them, which, however, did not pre. { vent our being very sensible of the em. | bossed ornaments underneath,” The latter | { show than | framework of their couches was wrought {out of costly wood or metal { or variegated fabrics Babylon, It rests upon the | | neck, a column often disproportionately I Were on Fren The bed | which we read about so often in the | a thing of | Two large pillows of crimson satin, covered with the like embroidery in which | there was no want of gold or spangles, | rested on the cushions of the sofa, brought near to serve as a back, and in- | tended to support our heads, The tak- | ng of the pillows eotirely away would | have been a good resource if we had a bolster : and the expedient of turning the | other side upward having only served to | show that they were embroidered in the | same manoer on the bottom. We at last determined to lay our handkerchiefs | This was evidently more the luxury of of use, and even 8 wooden | neck-rest would have been preferable, The Greeks and Romans, despite their | { love of the severely classical, were very | fond of cushions, and used them as pil | lows, a specimen of such an arrange. ment Leing shown in the cut. The Fome. times the lower part of the couch was iraped with silk embroidered with gold thread, representing figure scenes, such The with wool and covered with rich purple imported from SU and ungainly though much of the | medieval furniture was, the “knights of | 21d” and their ladies were very particu. lar i Norman the comfort of their beds. beds had ornamental testers, ind were furnished with quilts, spotted or striped linen sheets and a covering of badger, beaver or marten skins, and pil lows stuffed with wool and generally overed with silk. The bed, indeed, during the Middle about { Ages was the principal piece of furni ture of the sleeping-room. It was orig. oally simple in its forms, although the sutique tradition of the bronze bedstead ems to have survived in Merovingian and Carlovingian times, Subsequently the bed was made altogether of wood, which, after the twelfth century, was MEDIEY AL PILLOW, carved or turned, painted or inlaid with ivory and eolored woods, The pillows sbroidered, and a rich coveriet, sometimes made of costly fur, was jaid ription of the sleeping apart. the wife of a retail dealer in a from a book called *‘le Dames,” by Christian de | give an idea of the extreme which was indulged in by tradesmen as well as noble. mien in fourteenth century. The two rooms preceding the bedchamber tained a richly-curtsived bed, and the se a great sideboard cov- ered r, which stood a Pry silver The spacious and beautiful chamber of the mistress of the house was hung with tapestry richly worked with her device in gold. The hang- ings of rge and beautiful bed were very rich, and the carpets about it were worked gold thresd. The sheets, which of lheims linen of the ut. most Snes were valued at $650, Over these lay a covering of woven gold, covered with a linen sheet as soft as silk, woven in one piece, and so large that it covered the whole bed and fell 10 the ground on all sides. It was a novelty valued at $400, The lady lying in the ~ les luxury the each con like an great deal of the la in were ess, | bed was dressed in crimson silk and her pillows were of the same material em broidered with pearls. The bed and its belongings continued to bold their importance during the Henalssance, and they were always re garded as a work of ert and an ors ment to the dwelling. The bed retained its canopy, but was fread from the chest | INTERNATIONAL i disciples must be. [ ducted along these two lines | was i Bagi iimeelf was like the Messiah prophe. {| who runs before the great King | meant by SABBATH SCHOOL NAL. LESSON oR MARCH 21 Lesson Tons The Quarterly Ro view. Golden Text: Acts il, 22~-Commentary. The lessons that we have studied have ex- hibited both the authority of Christ and have | set forth the principles of His kingdom. The bave shown both what He is an Let the review what His be con THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIsY 1. His royal! authority, Jesus enme as a King. Assuch He was preceded by a herald, whose duty it was to prepare the way for Him, When John the Baptist declared him- | self to be the vole of one crying in the wil. derness, Make yo ready the way of the Lord, be spoke of himself as a herald, and pro. claimed to the Jows that their exported King nigh, They thought that John the sled, so wonderfully endowed! was he, but he tried to give them some the superiority of hin King, by say- ing that he was not worthy to stoop down and uniooss the latchets of Hissandals, He told them that whereas be baptized with water, the coming Ome would baptize with the Holy Spirit and with fire. Compara- tively ho was but as the humble messenger What was this superiority of Curist was shown at His baptism, hen the heavens opened, the Spirit descended like a dove upon the Baviour, and a voices from out the heave ens was heard saying: “This Is my beloved Bon, in whom I am woll pleased.” Then was made manifest the fact that Jesus was the Bon of the King of Kings, 2 His suthority as a toacher., That was one of the first things which struck the multitude with smazement., He did not in struct after the usual manper, He did not teach like the scribes who cited decisions and preosdents, and piled high their authorities, to bolster their own statements Jesus did nothing of the kind, He spoke as if He Him- self were the source and the fountaino! truth, conception of 1 He did not sock confirmation even by Moses, but laid down principles beyond those which the ancient lawgiver had ever uttered. His “Verily, verily, 1 say unto you" had the force of a “Thus saith the Lord.” He so taught that even His own townsmen wers compelled to ask, ‘‘Whenoe then hath this man all these things™ They could not reconcile the wis- dom that appeared in all His speech with the limited opportunities which He had had in Nazareth. They discredited it because they could not account for it. The very reason which caused them to reject Him is the one which now leads many to acknowledge Him as Lord His extraordinary power as a teacher is manifest in the parabies which He put forth, 3. His authority over demons. And that, again, was the cause of great wonder. No one before had been able to exorcise the evil spirits which bad taken possession of men. Sometimes, as in the case of the demoniac at Gadars, it was dangerous to have anything to do with such unfortunates. Bul never one came into the presence of Jesus whom He did not rescue io came that He might de stroy the works of the devil A word of command, and the evil spirits departed, leaving their victims again in their right minds. In witaesing His power over them people wore Jod 10 ask: “What Is this? and immediately answered their own question by saving: “A new teaching! with authority He commandeth even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.” And His ability to help thos whose spirits are unclean is shown even now, 4 His suthority as a healer. In what striking ways was that made manifest! He took by the hand the feversd mother of Peter's wife, and straightway the fever left ber, and she arose and ministered unto Him and His disciples. He laid His band upon a leper, who was “full of leprosy,” and instantly be was cleansed. A timid woman touched the bem of His garment, and forth- with she felt within herself that she was made whole of her plague. He told a help Joss paralytic to arise, and without delay be arose and took up his bed and went out glorifying God A blind man called to Him from the wayside, and in turn be was called before Him, and when told to go tis way went seeing. Mark, it would seem, salected those cases which would especially exhibit the suthority of Christ, for the instances mentioned are not those mon ailments They indeed are so extreme that they allow of no suggestion of worse cases which might have bathed Him. And then He bad author. ity over his own authority. He could de- pute it to others. It was not something which He alone could use He gave power to the twelve to go forth and cast out demons, beal the sick, and even raise the dead 5. His authority to forgive. When Jesus saw the poor paralytic, and noted the need of the soul, so much deeper than that of the body, be impulsively said: “Fon, thy sins are forgiven” His power to forgive sins was immediately inwardly questioned, tut He demonstrated that He had the right by commanding the helpless man to rise up and walk, In this He indicated what is the true values of miracles. They were not merely to remove afflictions, bul to show that He bas the power to forgive sins Miracles are not now wrought because power is established. His authority to ive is pow being abundantly proven by the Righer miracies of changed lives THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM, It was not until a long list of miracles had been performed, such as bave Leen enu- merated, that Jesus turmed to His disciples asking thom, first, for the opinions of men concerning Himself, and then for their own, { con | When they had declared their faith in Him as the Christ, the Bon of the living God, then Ile bagan to reveal to them that He | should die and rise agein. An increasing tenderness marks His teaching from titne., He tells them not only what He is to suffer, but what they must do and be, 1. Cross bearing. In making known to the | Twelve that He should be offered up at Jeru- AX EARLY EXGLIEN DOLsTER, like inclosure with which Gothic taste had surrounded it. The feet were treated artistically; the sides. and especially the | inside of the raised headboard were richly earved and four parts at the cor ners, either shaped like carytides or like | fluted and twisted columns supported | the framework of the canopy, which was | of silk or velvet, The heavy curtains | which closed its four sides were trimmed | sither with fringes or lace. Coverlett were spread over the whole bed made of | the costliest Venetian Ince, aad the pil- | low eases were embroidered in silk and | gold. Since that time the silken pillow has | grown out of fashion or is at best but an affectation. Apropos of affectation, how. ever, the recent revival of the silken sheet makes it perfectly possible snd in- deed probable that silken pillow caves may once more be the proper thing on the bed of the rich. But the cover of the pillow is after all but a matter of minor importance, The size and stuffing of the article are the prime consi tions, «San Francisco Chronicle. “Losing His Head" salesn the Saviour taught them that His own | smorifice was pot the sxception in His king | dom, but that in laying down His life He was but acting according 10 a principle which ap- plied to ail who would foliow Him 2. Child-likensss. The spirit of ambition has mo defeats § Jove for the children they still discover a new love for Christ, Blt
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