I
fE STATE CULL1NGSL
a wiaigi ""
Nrti Citt Mooonhl BM
will light anything nd
the property of William Wllk-
ittackadMr. Wllklntoo t yeat
V Annie, kn cckfi- htr dowo
evrtl boles In ' tJ.
oT5irr ArroiiiTi. ,
..-rr.f. KoihMck of
appointed botanist, and Colo
Heading, engineer, of th Fore
mon, crs tfd I y nt c
I"" .
Tl governor signed th
rills: Relating husband
lint her capacity t acorn ra and
Jroperty. to an and ba . nd
h.t win. and .nabllng tham 10
ilnit each other In certain case;
I ilia court of common l to
Jllegof bonds to th common
ilroad and cannl com ante to
hunt of damages for taking land
ml in catea wher thera la a dt
rtful or defective title, n whera
Interested la absent, unknown,
I of full age. of un-otind mind, or
Vause cannot ba bargained wlth
rith any nolca or bar a bond
them, and appoint guardian
k trustees lor such person. Keg
I the antlifaction. xlnguinmnt
jt of dower, legscie. or other
ton Und. . ,. .
pernor hai vetoed tha following
I To p'ac a copy of KmuU's
iln every pnbllcschool library
orrerd all effort to make tha
renl'h a distributor of inch books
ted: to provide for tha publication
a of charter and document rela
pornilons filed with Iba secretary
com moil wealth t lie tm bl lent Ion
ail enornioui work and large ex
ke Htate. for which no provision
riade: relating to debt not of rc
dent a bill embracing the pro
(this bill but already been approT
o?
S t a AiraoTan An TtoKn.
tiao. Governor Paulson appror
on Monday. Among them the
To provide for tha punishment
wilfully procuring tha ptibllca
e itateinenU; relating to the 111
istee, ate., of atatementa thowing
ier of investment; making appro-
the State Collie; to regulate the
ant and provide for tha eafety of
nd children In manufacturing and
lblihmenta; to provide for cost" of
luntingdon county of thoaa who
m law while inmate of the Kefor
a authorize the retention of clerk
jjutant General' leiartment to
Iter bill; funking appropriation to
tpense of compiling and publish
wi of the I'rovlnc of l'nnsylvan
if to the boundary line between
i borough and towmhlp": fixlti
Slion of accounting oltlcers
I charities; o apply tb lWth sec
m penal law of March 31st, 1WW, to
lswa; making appropriation for a
Jblet to repreeent the aoldier of
pylvania ('ontlnental line on th
bnument being erected at Trent ouj
for the Incorporation of com pen
a manufacture of silverware and
I the bill vetoed were these: Ex
Fayette county from tha provi
de act relating to payment of a
i for tha destruction of foiea; to
ha proMcution in this State of ao
ch, at tha time of commencing th
I barred by tba law of tha Stale Ol
which tha causa thereof arose.
ir.MIITLVAMA'a HKSOURCKS.
im-iiia Pennsylvania' resourca
town at tba Chicago World' Kail
orated form on four large maps, to
itel in tba Pennsylvania ritat
. Theae maps have been mad by
lllodgett, at the request of th
Fair Commission of this Mate,
vania' mineral, agricultural, man
ng and railroad and commercial
are presented. Mr. lllodgett hua
d that the agricultural interests in
aled a capitalization of ll.i'iO.uuo..
roducU being valued at 40().000,000.
cspltal Is placed at IU3O.0UU.O0U.
xltictt wortn IU0.0UU.O0i). The coal
value In 10 yeara is stated to be f 1,
Ml, for 4M,OQO,000 Ions. Iron show
p advanccand there was a slight de
in natural gas. The supply of
m remain about the same. About
rtures, Mr. Hlodgett'a msp say that
)u,0mj are invested, and that fl0.
inure than this capital were earned
r. Hailroads and co rmerce.in their
Inve interests credited which are
lit I.Wsi.uouooo. with net annual
l for W1 of (410,000,000.
Rommok, a farmer of Kdenbnrg.
county, was driving a vicious horse
luny with several mora Into Dura
irday. lie struck it with a whip,
tierce brum at once attacked hlru
Mm with both fnet. lie was buri
al feut away and as he arose was
I again, receiving a kick that fraottir
iw. The animal aeemed content
is, and Mr. Hobinson staggered to-
house. Ha had nearly reached it
le horse rushed at him attain and
lim through th kitchen door into
hen, fracturing bis skull, lie will
y die. Th bora was shot.
charge to the Fayette county grand
I'niontown on Monday Judge
Id It was the duty of township
tor to put up fingerboard at all
da, designating th places to which
irent road lead and th distance
He directed the supervisors to
with the law In this regard and said
Uey failed to do so he would direct
friship constable to report them to
! which case ha would Impose fine
ir each failure.
RWaaaa, who ba been lnvoetlga
flea or iousa plagu in tha northern
Jancaster county, ha been sum
lo W aahingtou for a conference with
n of Agriculture Morton and 1'rof
)t the Entomological bureau. Then
ibt that tha plagu Is spreading and
In In seriousness. At 8t.retrsbur
tcU have been discovered in a tobac
Jbouse. and a number of people liav
Iprlved of work in consequence. Dr
iiu been advised of their preaenc
inor bouses in Kast K-arl.
Standard plate glass work of Butlei
led and Just how long the suspension
Bliau cannot b stated now. Th
it being very dull at present, on ac
4 osssat cm of building operations.
!,,iv!0,. empany saying
building trade la practically at a
?U in most oi th Urge citiea. 7
taiu i' "ulk"rMn' roery ator at
ijtiawaa blown open by burglar.
l!??"' ,h,tor. carrying with
kst book containing $4uu. which th
k who wr frighteued away, failed
WMof Rharaokln capitalists have
fb.ftandaradiKgin, for aold In
- ",J,!pVnw c' Hall. I'artl.
hj aoow say that tha ourt
1 tVU,
c
h" ?.f.Bl'.' 'county
lie imt iwr' " nM containing U
mLV.tfr? nuni hen
.- pneasanu appeared.
I the reporter who allows hi
Jitlontorun riot who Is con
f gettlnu Into u row.- '
mm OLD TICXBT CH08IW.
Ohio Hpublion Stand Br th Viator
of Two Tear Ago.
Tb Ohio Stat Rpubllcan Convention
met at Coln-nbus, on Thursday, renomi
nated th old ticket and adopted a platform
by acclamation, heard th Issues defined by
Uorsrnor MMtlnley, and than adjourned
Following I tb ticket:
Governor William McKlnley.
Lieutenant Governor Od. Andrew Harris
Stat Treasurer William T. Cope.
Attorney Oeneral John K. Richard.
8npreme Jude Joseph H. Jlradberry.
Member Board l'ubllo Work Frank J.
MoCaulloch.
Food and Dairy Commissioner Dr. F. B.
McNeil.
Tba convention waa harmonious through
out. An eagle was adopted as th party emblem
to be placed at the head of th ballots.
Purine" th see-ion th Duke of Veragna
tntered by aide door and was shown to
bog dxorated with hpanlsh flags. II war
instantly recognized and heartily cheered
by the delegatee. The Duke remained for a
few moment and watched tb proceeding
witn evident interest.
Governor McKlnley, after accepting th
nomination, reviewed the work of hi ad
ministration and the State issue nd said;
"The National Democratic Administra
tion hss dona nothing thus far, except to
create In the minds of business men a deep
distrust. 1 he financial situation which for
th moet part has prevailed sine the 4th id
March, ha not been In proved, nor h a 'be
financial stringency been relieved by any
thing th National administration haa bkI.I
or done. Th 100,000,000 of gold rrv
of which Mr. Cleveland In bis first admin
istration set apart as a sacred fund to redeem
the green harks and which sum he dedicated
to that purpose and no other, has been en
croached upon. . Mr. Cleveland's course lias
JustiMed the alarm. He put up the danget
signal and the country look not of It and
wns naturally mont distrustful and disturb,
ad.
Tl Democratic victory of has not
been ahie to bring the better time pro i is
ed. It lias not been able to maintain th
good lime which were enjoyed everywhere
In this country nn the day of the victory.
Business failures have Incrrnsed, ban ill
have suspended, money Is harder to borrow,
and borowers are compelled to pay higher
interest for their loans than for many.tnany
years. Feverish uncertainty prevail in
very financial and tiuilne-s circle.
"Notice bas gone forth that not only Is th
tariff to be revised, but that ttie pension list
Is to be revised. War Is to be waged upon
tho pensioners of tha country. No honest
iian will object to a purging of this roll of
all who ore unworthy there. K very case
must rest u on its own facts. I do not ob
Ject to unworthy men being taken from It
as such but I do object to the impresshui
which in some quarti-rs is being made that
the pension business is a fraud. No outlay
of th Government Is more worthly be
slowed or more widely distributed than the
money that goes to the soldiers of the coun
try In the form of tensions. It should b
remembered that tensions are better than
standing armies.
"This Is the time for all good citizen to
help inspire faith in th futur ami dispel
fear and apprrhenslou now so prevalent in
business and Unsocial circles."
The platform adopted Indorse tha prin
ciples of th Minneapolis convention, the
administrations of 1'reeldent Harrison and
Uovernor McKlnley, favors biennial aes
lions of th Stat legislature and says:
We favor the policy of full and adoquat
protection to American la' or industries
Th best exemplification of tbs reciprocity
that has found eipr salon In tha itatutea it
tb McKlnley act. We cordially declare out
adhesion to th doctrines of that great
meoaur.and favor such amendit.aiite there
to for protection a time and xerienc
may show to ba advisable.
"Ve adhere to th Republican policy ot
granting pensions lo the wounded and die-
ii .-1 . J : . a . i 1 . -
war. and tba wtdowt and orphan of such
as are deceased, and! wecondemn th un
friendly and unjusU poilcy already madi
manifest by th pre:)ut Democratic admin
titration.
"W favor honeat vicney, composed oi
gold, silver and paperlrlaiiuaiued at equal
valu and under Natll'al and not Mtatt
regulation. The financial honor of tin
country must be maintained and It credit
preserved unimpared. Th weuk and vao
dialing course of th pruont Nationul ad
ministration in dealing with the nnancia,
situation meet our condemnation.
PENN8YLVA NI A'ct PBOHIBITIOH
TICKET,
H.T.Am Named for Buprema Judge
and J amaa Kent for State Treasurer.
Th 1'rohibltion Stale Convention which
met at Harrisburg, l'a., to nominat candi
date for Judge of th Supreme Court and
Plato Tra surer was a marked success. The
Credential Committee reported 3ii delegate
prevent. The convention recognized in it
organization the young element in (electing
as Temporary Chairman Ie Urumblne, of
Lebanon, who informed bis hearers on as-
suming hi duties that the success of tha
Prohibition party could only com through
its representative elected to controlling
positions in the Government. II declared
that the late Slat legislature waa tha crea
tion of Senator Quay, and that such men as
lie were mud possible by tba power exerted
by the saloon element, Tammany Hall
got lta power by th sum Influence Th
dally piesa was subjected to adverse criti
cism because, in bis opinion, it bad 'failed
to array itself against th liquor tiatUc.
Ther Isn't a roan," ha added "from Urov-
er Cleveland down, who dares to lift bis
voice against th license system. "Mr.Cirura-
bin waa vigorously applauded.
W. A. Stewart, of Cambria, wa made
chairman of the Committee on Credential;
K. D. Nichols, of Luzerne, chairman on
Permanent Organization, and W. W.Hague,
of Warren, chairman of tha Committee on
Platform.
Dr. .Samuel Daggy, of Philadelphia, who
was chosen ernianeut chairman, referred
with evident gratification to tha compara
tively Urge vote cast by th Prohibitionist
at tba last presidential election.
On the list of vice presidents of th con
vention were placed many old and active
workers In tb Prohibition party, including
James Black and H. D. Pattou, of Lancas
ter; D. C. Irish, Lswrenoe; W. W. Hague,
Warren; Aglb Rickeils, Luzerne, and A. A.
Stevens, Blair. While th Commute on
Iteaoiutions was about to retire for delibera
tion, tho Rev. Mr. Viven, of Philadelphia,
augKested that tha platform ba made a
brief as pmalble in order that it might
receive recognition In th daily press.
This proposition took with th conven
tion, which refused to table a resolution to
instruct tba Committee on Resolutions to
condense lis work, and adopted a prool
tlon to delegate Viven to Inform th coin
roltiee oi th desire of tb convention for
short platform.
Chairman Patton gladdened tb hearts of
th delegates by tailing tbem that tha
change In th ballot law would benefit tb
Prohibition party.
About 1.&00 was subscribed of tb $3,000
wanted for campaign purpose.
- Mr. IlennetL who I known a tha "Kan-
saa Cyclone," amused his hasrera by stating
that Harrisburg was tba only city in which
h had seen tha Rogue Gallery, meaning
th ploturea of member oi in legislature,
displayed In bualneaa man's window,
tl T Amu. of WilllamsporL waa nomi
nated for Supreme Court Judge, and James
Kant, of Dlawar county, lor oiai irea-
It 1 as cowardly to talk about
man behind bin back as it In totbrow
itooes at hi bouse In the dartc.
GOD'S THRESHING
PK.TAI.MAOa OM HUalAM TRIALS.
Aa Xloqnanl Barmen la Which tha
Winnowing of Orala la Used a aa
Illustration of th Oood That
Za Brought Out of IvlL
Tixt ! "'or thr jtMe ore not fAeoaAed
" lrntii initrvmmt, wetfAer U a enri
raeef rarnerl ahoul upon thr mmmfn, but thf
fitrhrt art benfen out trith a ttnff and iKt cum.
min teith a rod. Jfrsvui com is rtd oe
cie K via not nrr 6e thrathtna (."
IsMah xxvllj., J7, M.
There are thre kind of seod mentioned
fltohea, cummin and corn. Of tho last wa
all know. Hut it may bo well to state that
the fltohea and the cummin were email sels
like tha carraway or tha chickpea. When
those grains or herbs were to bo thrashed,
they were thrown on the floor, and tha work
men would coma around with staff or rod or
Mall and beat them nnttl tha aeed would bo
eepnrated, but when tha corn waa to ba
inraabed that waa thrown on tha floor, and
the men would farttxn horse or oxen to a
cart with iron donted wheels. That cart
would b drawn aronnd tho thrashing floor,
and so the work would ho anoompllshed.
Different kinds of thrashing for dlfTemnt
product. "Tho fltchea are not thrashed
with a thrashing Instrument, nnlthnr 1a a cart
whl turned about upon tha cummin, but tba
fltchea are bnatn out with a staff and tha
cummin with a rod. Bread corn la brulaod
twv-auao he will not ever be thrashing it."
The great thought that tha text prewar
npon our souls la that we all go through some
kind of thrashing prooesa. The fact that you
may be devoting your life to honorable) and
noh purpose will not win you any eaeapn.
Wlllierfnre, the Christian emancipator, waa
In his day derisively called "Dr. Cantwell."
Thomas Ilablnton Maenulny, the advoeate of
all that waa (rood long before, h liecnma tho
moet conspicuous hIMorian of hi day, waa
caricature! In one of the quarterly rvvlews
ae "llnhhletonirue Maenulay." Norman
MeLeod. the great friend of tho Hcoteh poor.
Was Industrl.iusly mllnil In nil quarters,
although on the day when he was carried out
to his burial a workman stood and looked at
the funeral procewdon and said, "If he had
done nothing for anylMxiy more than he haa
done for me, he should shine as the stars for
ever ami ever." All the small wits of Ixn
don hail their fling nt Johu Wesley, tho father
of .Methodism.
If sueh fiien could not eMcapn tha malign
ing of the world, neither can you expect to
Kct rid of the sharp, keen stroke of the f rib
ulum. All who will live godly In Christ Jeaus
must suffer persecution. lW-sld.w that there
are tho alckneesen, ami the lankrupteea, and
the Irritations, and tho disappointments
which are ever putting a cup of nloes to your
Hp. Those wrinkles on your face are hlero.
glyphlee which, if deciphered, would make
out a thrilling story of trouble, Tim footstep
of tho rabbit Is seen tho next morning on the
snow, ami on the whltn hairs of the aged are
footprints showing whernswlft trouble alight
ed. Even amid tho Joys and hilarities of lifo
trouble will aoinotimi' break In. As when
the pec pie wern assembltHl In the Charhs
town theatro during tho Revolutionary war
nnd while they were wttn.nxlng a farce) and
the audience wan In great gratulntion the
guua of an advancing army were heard and
tho audlcuee broke up In wild panto and ran
for their Uvea, so ofttlmes while you are
seated atntd the Joys anil fentlvttle of this
world you hear the cannonade of some great
dbMMter. All the tltchce, and the cummin,
and the corn must come down on the thrash
ing floor nnd le pounded.
My subject, in tho first place, teachea us
that it la no compliment to us If we eacape
(Trent trial. The Ittchea and the cummin' on
the thrashing floor might look over to the
corn on another thrashing floor aud aay
''Look at that toor4 muterablu bruised corn.
We htn-xonlv nea a uttie nouuuiW hjlthat
Hba been almoet deetroyed. WeU. the com.
If U bad Una, would answer and aay i "Do
you know tho reason you bare not been aa
much pounded aa I have It la because you
are not so much worth aa I am. If you wore,
you would be aw severely run over.
let I nore men who suppose they are the
Lord' favorites simply because their burna
are full, and their lutnk account 1 flush, and
there are no funerals In the house. It may bo
because they are tltches and cummin, while
down at the end of the lane the poor widow
may le tho Lord's corn. You are but little
pounded beiMtuso you are but little worth.
and she bruised and ground because alio la
the best part of the harvest.
1 he heft of the thrashing machine Is ac
cording to the value of the grain. If you
have not been much thrashed In life, perhaps
there Is not much to thrash. If you have
not been much shaken of trouble, perhaps
there Is going to be a very small yield. When
there ara plenty of blm-ktHirrlea tlieKHtheren
8o out with largo baskets. lut when the
rought has almost consumed the fruit then
a quart meaxuro will do oh well. It took the
venomous snake on Paul s hand and the
pounding of him with ntoiiea until he was
taken up for dead, and the Jamming ngiiin-tt
him of prison gates, and the KphcHtnti vocif
eration, aud the skinned ankle of the pain
ful stocks, and tha foundering of the Alex
andrian corn (thip, and the beheading stroke
of the itomnn sheriff to bring Paul to his
proper development.
It was not because Itotiert MolTut and Ijidy
Rachel UusMell and Frederick Ohcrlln were
wonto than other people that they had to
suffer ; It was W-au they were Ix-tter and
God wanted to make them beet. Ily the
carefulness ot the thrashing you uiny ul
ways conclude the value of the (rraln.
Next my text teachc us that (tod propor
tions our trials to what we can bear, the
staff for the fltchea, the rod for the uuiiimln.
the Iron whoel for the corn. Hometiiues
people in great trouble say, "Oh, I can't
bear it'" Hut you did bear it. God would
not bavo lent It upon you If lie did not know
that you could boar It. You tremblod, aud
you swooned, but you got through. God
will not take from your eyes one tear too
many, nor from your lung one sigh too
deep, uor from your temples one throb too
sharp. Tho perplexities of your earthly
business have not in them one tangle too In
tricate.
You sometimes feel a If our world were
full of bludgeon living haphazard. Oh, no i
they are thrashing Instrument that God Just
suits to your caae. There is not a dollur of
bod debt on your lodger, or a disappoint
ment about good that you expected to go
up, but that have (rone down, or a swindle
of your business partner, or a trick on tho
Iiart of those who aru In the same kind of
luslneaa that you ore, but God intended to
overrule for your Immortal help. "Oh
you aay, "there 1m no need talkluu that way
tome, l don t like to bu cheated aud out
raged. Neither doca the corn like the corn
tbrowher, but after It has beeu thru lied and
winnowed it haa a grout deal tietter opinion
oi winnowing nulla nnd coru thraMhnra.
"Well, ' you eay, "if I could choose my
troul.l.a I would bo willing to be troubled. '
Ah, my brother, then It would not be trouble.
You would choose something that would not
hurt, and uuhna It hurts It doea not get sono-
tlllud. Your trial perhaps may bo chlldloas.
uchs. You are fond of children. You say
"Why does God send children to that other
household, where they aru uuwolcome and
are bunteu and bunged about, when I would
have taken tbem lu tho arm of my uffoo-
nousr lousuy, "Any other trial but tins."
lour trial perhaps may be a illHllir-
ured cuunteuaiico or a fuoe that 1h
emilly caricatured, and you say, "Oh.
I could enduro anything If only
was good looking." And your trial perhaps
is a violent temper, ana you nave to drive it
like aix unbroken boniea amid tha gunpow
der explosion of a great holiday, and ever
and auon It run away with you. Your trial
la tha aathma. You aay, "Ob, if it were
rheumatism or neuralgia or erysipelaa, but
it U this aathma, and It la such an exhaust
ing thing to breathe." Your trouble la a bua
band, short sharp, auappy and croas about
tha house aud raising a small riot because a
button la off ' How could you know tbo but
ton is on
Toor trial I a wlf aver la eoatewt with tha
errant nnd she a doven. Though aha
waa Tory careful about bar ppaaranno in
yowr preeano onoa, now aha 1 careless, be.
eense she fld bar fortune la mods J Tour
trial la a hard School leaaon yott cannot
learn, and yow have blttea your Anger nalla
until they are a tKht to behold. Everybody
baa some vexation or annoyanoe or trial,
and ho or she think It I the one leaat
adapted. "Anything but thla," all aay
Anything hot that."
Oh. my hearer, are you not ashamed to ho
complaining all this time aaralnat tJod? Who
managea the affairs ot this world anyhow?
I It an Infinite Modoc, or a Bitting Bull sav
age, or an omnipotent Nana Hahlb I No, tt
la tha most merciful and irlortous and wise
Rafng In all the universe. You cannot teach
Omnipotence anything. You have fretted
and worried almost enough. Do you not
think ao? Home ot yon ara making your
selves ridiculous In the slirht of the angnl.
Here la a naval architect, and he draws out
the plan of a ship of many thousand tons.
Many workmen are engaged on It for a long
while. The ship is done, and some day, with
the flage up and the alrgorgnou with bunt
ing, that vessel Is launched forrtouthampton.
At that time a lad six years of age comes
running down the dock with atoyboat which
he haa made with his own Jackknlfn, and ho
aay i "Here, my boat Is better than yours.
Just look at this Jlbboom and theae weather
cmae Jack braces." and ho drops his llttlo
boat beside the Breat ship, and there Is a ronr
of laughter on the docks.
Ah, my friends, that srreat ship Is your life
aa Ood planned It vast, million tonneil,
ocean destined, eternity bound. That little
boat Is your life as you are trying to hw it
nut and fashion It and launch It. Ah, do not
try to be a rival of the great Jehovah. Ood
Is always right, and In nine caeca out of ten
iou are wrong, liesends Just the hardxhlp.
net the bankruptcies, Jnut the crow that it
beet for you to have. He knows what kind
of grain you are. and Hesendstha right kind
of thrashing machine. It will be a rod or
staff or iron wheel Jnut according an you are
fltchea or cummin or corn.
Again, my subject teaches us that Ood
keeps trial on us until we let go. The farmer
shouts "whoa " to his horses as soon as the
Krnln haa dropped from the stalk. The far
mer come with his fork and tosses tip the
straw, and he seca that the straw has M tro
the irralii and the grain Is thomiuhly
throshed. Ho Ood. Rmltlng rod nnd turn
ing wheel txith cease as soon as w let go.
We hold on to this world with Its pleasures
and riches and emoluments, aiulourknuf kh
nre so firmly set that It seems as if we could
hold on forever. Ood comi-s along with
some thrashing trouble and ImuM us loose.
We started under the deliHlon that this was
a great world. We learned out of our geog
raphy that It was so many thousand mll
In diameter and so many thoiiHatnl mile in
circumference, nnd we said, "Oh, my. what
a world !" Troubles came In nfter life, and
this trouble sliced off one part of the world,
and that trouble sliced off another isrt of the
world, and It h:M got to be a smaller world,
and In some of your estimations a very In
slgnlllcnnt world, and It is depreciating all
the time as a spiritual property. Ten per
cent. off. fifty per cent, off, ami there are
those here who would not (rive ten cents frir
this world for the entire world -as it soul
possession.
We thought thnt friendship was a grand
thing. In school we used to write composi
tions about friendship, and perhaps we
mle our trraduatlng speech on eommenci
m en t day ou friendship, oh. It was acharnnxl
thing. But does It mean aa much to voii on
It used to? You have (tone on In life, and
one friend has betrayed you, and another
friend haa misinterpreted you, and another
friend has neglected you, and friendship
cornea now sometimes to mean to you merely
another ax to grind !
Ho with money. Wo thought If n man had
a competency he was safe for all the future,
but we have learned that a mortgage may (hi
defeated by an unknowa previous Incum
brance ; that signing your name on the back
of a note may be your business death war
rant that a new tariff may change the cur
rent ot trade i that a man may be rich to-day
kuu V""" -morrow.- tui.t oni ) .
misfortune, la trying to loosen our grip, but
still we hold on. Ood smite us with a staff.
but w hold on. And He strikes us with a
rod. but we hold on. And liesends over us
the Iron wheel of misfortune, but we hold on,
There are men who keep their grip on this
world until the last moment who sugg.-st to
me the condition and conduct of the jh m ir In
dian in the boat in the Nlagar.i rapids com
ing on toward the fall. Hoeing that he could
not eeaM, a moment or two before he irot
to the verge ot the plunge he lifted a wine
bottle and drank It off anil tnen tossed I lie
bottle Into the air. Ho there are meii who
clutch the world, and they o dowu through
the rapids of temptation nnd sin. and they
hold on to the very last momenroiiiie.uriiiK
Ing to their eternal damnation as they go
over and go down.
Oh, let ko : Let go : The best fortunes ore
in heaven. There are no absconding cashier,
from that bank.no failing In promises to pay.
Het vour affections on t hint's alsive, not on
thing on the earth. Let go '. Depend upon
It that God will keep upon you the starr. or
the rod, or the Iron wheel until you do let go.
Another thing my tezt teaches us is that
Christian sorrow Is going to have a sure
terminus. My text says . "Hread corn Is
bruised because he will led be ever thrashing
It." Blessed be Ood for that. Pound away,
O flail. Turn on, O wheel' Your work will
soon be done. "He will not lm ever thrash
ing It." Now the Christian has almost as
much use In the organ for the stop tremulant
as he has for .he trumpet. But after awhile
ho will put the lost dirge Into the portfolio
forever. Ho much of us as Is wheat will Is'
separated from so much us is chaff, and there
will lie no need of pounding.
They never cry in heaven because th'-y
have nothing to cry alHiut. There are no
tears of liereaveineut, for you shall have your
friends all round alsiut you. There are no
ti-ars of poverty because each one sits lit the
King's table and has his own chariot of sal
vation aud free acceesto thcwurdrolio where
prince gvt their array. No tears of alcknewi,
for there are no pneumonias on the ulr, and
no malarial exhalations from tho rolling
river ot lite, aud no crutch for the lame Uuih,
and no splint for the broken arm, but the
pulse throbblngwlththeheulthof theeternul
God In a ulluuttellke our June before the
blossoms toll, or our gorgeous October bo
fore the leave scatter.
In that land the souls will talk over the
different mode of thrashing. Oh, the story
ot the staff thut struck the inches, and the
rod thut beat the cummin, and the Iron
wheel thut went over the coru ! Daniel will
describe tho Hons, and Jouih levluthaus,
and Paul the elm wood whips with hlch
he was scourged, and Eve will tell how
aromatic Eden waa the day Mho left It. and
John Rogers will tell of the smart ot flame,
ami Elijah of the llery team thut wheeled
hliu up tho sky steeps, und Christ of the
numbuess and paroxysm aud hemorrhage
of the awful crucifixion. There they are be
fore the throne of God. On one elevation
nil those who werektruek of the stuff. On it
higher elevation all those who were struck
of tho rod. On a highest elevation, und
amid the highest altitudes of heaven, all
those who were uuder the wheel. He will
not ever le thrashing it.
Oh, my beorent, Is there not enough aalve
In thla text to make u bluster largo enough
to heal all your wounds? When a child is
hurt, tho mother 1 very apt to aay to It,
"Now, it will soon feel better." Aud this Is
what God aay when He unbosom all the
trouble In tho hush of thla great promise.
"Weeping may endure for a night, but Joy
cometh in thu morning." You may leave
your pocket handkerchief eonplng wot with
tears ou your death pillow, but ynu will go
up absolutely sorrow lees. Tbey will wuar
black i you will wear white. Cypreawst for
tbem, palm for you.
You will aay: "la It possible that I am
here' la thla heaven? Am I o pure now I
will never do anything wrong? Am I so well
that I wlH never again t slckV Aru those
companionships ao firm that they will never
again be broken' la that Mary? Is that
John? Ia that my loved ou I put away Into
darkness? Can It ba that theae are tha fueua
ot tboaa who lay ao wan and emaciated In the
baok room on that awful night dying Oh.
how radiant tbey amf . Look aw taasa ! Bow
radiant they are !
"Why, how unlike thla plaea at from wtiaf
I thought when I left the world Mow. Mln
later draw picture of thla land, hot how
tame compared with tha reality f They tol
me on earth that death waa s unset. No, not
It la sunrise? Glorious annriee! I sft th
light aow purpling the hi Us, and tba cloud
flame with the coming day."
Then tba gatea of heaven will be opened,
and the entranced soul, with the aoutenee
and power of tho oelnatlal vision, will look
ten thousands of miles down .upon the ban
nered proceaslon a river of shlmmerin
splendor and will cry out. "Who are they?'1
And the angel nt Oo standing oloaa by will
say, "Don't you know who they are?" "No."
aay the entranced soul, "I cannot gueaa who
they are," The antfel will aayi "I will tell
you, then, who they ore. These are they
who came out of (treat tribulation, or
thrashing, and had heir robe washed and
made white in the blood of the Lamb."
Oh, that I could administer aomc of these
drop of celestial anodyne to those nervous
and excited souls, if you would take enouith
of It, It would cure all your pangs. The
thought thnt ymi are going to get through
with this after awhile -.ill this sorrow nnd
all this trouble. Wo shall have a great many
grand days in heaven, but I will tell you
which will be the grandest day of all the mil
lion Bgeeof heaven. You s-iy, "Are von sum
you can tell me" Yes, I can. It will lthe
day we get then-. Horn- say heaven Is grow
ing more glorious. I suppose It Is, but I do
not en re much about thut. Heaven now is
good enough for me.
History has no more gratulatorv seeno
than the breaking In of the Kngllsh urmv
Uon Lncknow. India. A few weeks N-fore
a massacre had oc-urrc I at Cuvviiporv, nnd
SfiO women and children had been put In it
rixm. Then live profi-sslonal butcher" went
In and slew them. Then the bodies of tho
lain were taken out nnd thrown Into a well.
As the English army came Into Cnwnpor-t
they went Into the room, and, oh, what n
horrid scene! Sword strokes on the wall
near the door, showing that the poor things
had crouched when they died, and they saw
also Hint the floor was ankle disp In bliHid.
The soldiers walked on their heels ncross It
lest their shoe tic submerged of the carnage.
And on that flour of blood there wore flow
ing locks of hair and fragments of dresses.
Out in Lncknow they had heard of the
massacre, and the women were waiting for
the name awful death, waiting amid anguish
untold, waiting In pain an I starvation, but
waltlngherolcnlly, when one day llnvelock
and Outram and Norman nnd Sir David
llalrd nnd Peel, the heroes of the English,
army hirjut for them! broke In on that
horrid scene, and while yet the guns were
sounding, and while cheers were Issuing
from the starving, dying pisiple on the one
side and from the travel worn and powder
blackened soldiers mi the other, right there
In front of the king's palace there was such a
scene of handshaking and embracing mid
boisterous Joy us would utterly confound the
pen of the poet and the pcm-U of the puintcr.
And no wonder, when these emaelat-,1
women, who ha-1 suffered so hcrnl-ally f,,r
Christ's sake, map-lied out from their incitr
ceratloiis one wouiide, Kngllsh soldier gut
up In his fatigue nnd wotimle and h-am-d
against the wall mid threw his cup up and
shouted. "Thr heers, my boys, for the
brave women !"
oh, thnt was an exciting scent! Hut a
gladder and more triumphant s eue will It
1st when you come up Into heaven from the
eoiilllets nnd incarcerations of this world,
streaming with the wounde of battle and won
with hunger And while the hosts of Ood
are cheering their gnat hosnnna you will
strike b'uids of congratulation and eternal
deliverance in the presence of the throne. On
thnt night there will be bo:i,'!r-s on every hill
of heaven, and there will be Illumination In
every palace, and there will 1st a caudle In
every window. Ah, no; I forget, I forget.
T.'iey will have no need of the candle or of
the Mini, for the Lord God glveth them light,
and they shall reign forever and ever. Hall,
hall, sous aud daughters of tho Lord God
Almighty !
SUNDAY SCHOOL
r.nss.nr' tor tusniv. mn i
The I'amod Dine Law.
Tlio Wue law of Connecticut were
an called liecntiso they were printed on
Ditto tinned paper. These arc aotne of
them :
"No one) nhall lie a freeman or havo
a voto unless he ia converted and a
member of tine of the churches allowed
iu the dominion."
"No dissenter from the esHentiul
worship of this dominion elutll lio al
lowed to tfivo a vote for electing; lnn
iMtrates or nny other officer. "
"No food or lo l'ine; ahull I'e offered
to it heretic."
"No one ahull cross the river on tho
Snliliitth Init nu nuthorizud t-It-rgj-num."
No one nhnll travel, rook viettinla,
nutke lieds, sweep houses, cut Lair or
hhavo on the Saldiuth duy."
"No one ahull kie hit or her chil
dren on the Sulilutth or feaetiiiK day."
"The Salilmth day wliull begin at
Minuet Saturday."
"Whoever wears' clotliea trimmed
with itold, ailver or lume luce nliovo
one shilling a yard alntll lie presented
I iv the j-'rand jurors, and tlieaelectmeu
ahull tux tile estut. MM."
"Whoever liriugrt curd or dice into
tho dominion hIkiII lo lined jCr."
"No one hlnill eat mi lice pies, dunce,
play cards or play any instruments of
music except the drum, trumpet or
jewaharp."
"No man nhnll court a miiid iu per
aoii or ly letter without obtaining tho
consent of her parents : i!5 penalty for
tho llrst offence, 10 for the second
and for the third imprisonment dur
ing tho pleasure, of tho Court."
Sizes In Tl?cr Skliw.
Thnt tho Royal Henal tiger is no
iiicoiiHiileruMo 1 wast ia a well-known
fuct, hut to even give n approximate
gut-HM on the length of one of tho
liunihtcr'n skins would puz.lo many
persona who reully believe themselveH
to ho naturalists. For the heueflt of
tho llcpuhlic'a Hcieiititic readers, hh
well a tho woiild-he Ninirods, who
wish to uppour to ho loaded with uui
mill atutisticH and facts of nil kinds, I
will any thut tho length of the lurgest
tiger skin over taken (akor being
btretehed and dried) wuh 13 feet l
inches. Thin nutat not ho taken aa
meaning tho actual length of the living
beuet, for tho akiuH expand sur
prisingly whilo undergoing tho curing
proceed, u groeu akiu of teu feet being
accounted u wonder ; iu fuct, Mr.
Iuglia, tho recognised tiger authority
of Great Britain and India, any that
tho greatest kuowu length of au un
ilreBMod akin wua 10 feet 2 1 inches. It
ia Indicved, however, that the pre
ileoeaaora of thb present tribe of
Uougaluao cat were from a fifth to a
third larger than tho gigautic striped
feline thut roams tho Indian jangles
of to-day, aud thut tho old stories of
their carrying off full-grown oxeu are
not exaggeration. St. Louia Ko-publio.
Mslah' Kingdom," Mat. 111. 1-3X
OoldnTxt: ML IU, 17. Com
mantary.
1. "Behold, I will send .my messenger, and
he snail prepare the way Imfore me, and the
I-rd whom you seek shall suddenly oome to
Ilia temple, even the messenger of tha cove
nant whom ye delight In. llehold He shall
come, salth the Lord of HosU." Homo 40(1
year before Christ came, and more than 100
year after the restoration from hahylon,
this servant of the Lord uttered His message.
It Is the word of the Lord to Israel (chapter
L, I), and alsiut twenty-live times we find
"rtnltb th Lord" or "Halth the Iir.l of
Hosts." It has been called a mlnature of tha
times before the duy of the Lord, when un
godliin-ss shall prevail and the I,ord shall
come. The Inst words arcsuggesttvo of Hint
who was made a curse for ns. John the Ilup
tlst was the messenger preparing the way of
the Lord nt His llrt coming (Luke I., 7fi),
but KMJnh will be tho messenger at His see
eu. I coming (chapter lv., ). John came Irt
the spirit and owcr of Klijnh, but he waa
not KHJah ( Luke I., 17 i John 1., an. Hail
John ami Jesus Isx-n received the kingdom
would have come, tail Isith having been r
lecteil the kingdom Is postponed. Jesus
Himself said that Klljah shall come (Math,
xvll.. 10-1.1 1.
J. "Hut who m.-iv abide the day ot HI
coming? ' This Is not the birth In Ilethlo
hem, but the coming In Mwer and giory.
He ill, tint come Judging nnd overturning,'
but In greet grace nnd love and humility,
calling men unto Him. and Instead of even
ing His power against Ills eiii-mles He suf
fered Judas to betray Him. Ills disciples to
forsake Him and the Unman soldiers, at the
Instigation ot the Jews, to take linn mil
cruelly Him. He had pwr to keep His llfn
or lay it down, und II" chose t,( ,,v h ,i,,wn
( John x., ini. Hut when He eoim as a r
llner He will be Judge, and other lives will bo
laid down.
.1 "And lie tlrnll sit ns a rellner .-unt pur"
fler of silver." H will be the time of Israel a
redemption, the restoration of all things of
whli Ii the (irnphet.s have spoxen. win u th-t
Notion shall lie all righteous (Luke xxl.. if?,
lis i Ads III., il , Isu. ., ai). Tl miinef
of II Is given In Isu. I.. aj-j7 ! will turn My
hand upon thisi. and purely purge nwav th
dr s-. uinl take away all thy tin i ait-rwanl
til.. II shall be ciilli'd the city of righteousness,
the faithful eltv." rice also Z.s h. xlll.. H, SI.
'1 wo parts an- in slain or perish, mi l It la
the third part that is to ! retires).
4. "Then shall the ciftcring of Jtnteit and
Jerusalem (., pleneant unto the Lord, as In
the iluyn of old arid ns In former years."
When He en inn the llrst time, they crucified
Him j then their city was destroyed, und b
this day they lire a iople scattered and
I led. a byword and it reproach. Hut
when they shall sen Him coming in power
und glory they shall be as a Nation converted
lu it day (Zech. in., y: xil.. 10; xiil.. 1).
Then shall it righteous Nation glorify God,
un I all that -ce the-n shall u'kiiowc,i.c them
He the seed which tue Lord bath Worse 1 ,la
lx.. -J I . Ixl.. ;i .
6. "And I will come near to you to judg
ment, and I will In' 11 SWIft Wiille.M agulllnt
those that fear not Me. saith the Lord of
Hosts. ' In connection with the forglvenis
of the penitent, tin-re must ! Judgment on
the ungodly. It will Ih "the day of the
Lord's, v engeaticeauil the year of recompense
for the controversy of Zlo'll." "the ility of tho
Vengeance uu, I tile year of Ills redeemed"
(lna. xxxlv. ;lxlll.,4 When He comes to
Is) glorltlcd In His saints, it will Is' to yield
vengeance on them that know not God aud
ols'y not the gospel ill '1 less. I., 7-10 1.
K. "Korl am the Lord : I chungenot there
fore ye sons ot Jacob are not ouuMimed."
Long suffering and abundant in goodness nnd
p.. ' name from the beginning of their
' ' . . i. - , e-i oi ins
covenant He will have mercy notwithstand
ing all that they have done (Jer. xtxl.,
.17). "He being full of compnssion. forgav
their Iniquity aud destroyed them not -yea,
many a tune turned He His linger away and
did not stir up all His wrath'' il's. Ixx.ul..
SH ). '
7 ."Kctiini unto Me, ami I will r- tui a un
to you. sayeth the Lord of Hosts. Hut ye,
said. Wherein shall we return.'" lie re
remtud.s them ol the iniquity of their fathers.
Kveu Moses testillcil In tiles Words. "Ye
have Is-eu rebellious against the Lord from
the day that I knew you'' tleut. ix.. 'H).
Yet He Is ever pleading with them to return,
Is-CHtis" He Is love ft 1 1 1 1 bus loved them Willi
an i.'Vt'rlnstmg love (Jer xxxl.. :o.
H. "Will u man rol God Yet ve havi:
robls'd Me. Hut ye suy. Wherein iiave w
robls-d Thisi' In Utiles and nlTcrtngs." In
Ncheniiah's day the l.evttes aud singers were
o neglect. I that they had I i h ave their
work in the house of God and ,;olo the Melds
for a living. I uu-i. the tithes were id
brought lu i Neh. xiil., Hl-l.'i.
"Ye are eurseil with a curse, for ye luiva
rolilsnl Me even this vt hole uainui." I'urs 'd
Is every one that coulliiuct'i not in all things
which are written in the I o k as i he law to do
them (Gal. til. 111'. Whosoever shall Keep
tie- whole lnw mi l j-ri o Tdnl In one punt is
guilty of all '.l.i. II., 101. Ananias an t
bMpphfra died Im'i-uiisi they pretended t (
give nil, but kept back part of the pric.
How iiiiiby sn,,b.iM,.,iths there would ne to
tlay if all the liars and deceivers and nhlicrs
ol ( ! in un.' an. I money were dealt with
Eii- Aiianiii and Niipphiru !
10. "Hring ye nil un-tithes into the store
house that there may Is- meat iu mine house,
uud urovc .Mo mot-herewith, hint'i tho Lord
U Un " Here i- u tUalltiuo lio.n Un; Lord
of Hosts iu whn-h He says that if we obey
Him in this mntlcr of tithes He will give such
blessing thai there will be luck of room to re
ceive it It Is the testimony ot thousands of
believers that since I hey Is-gan to give to God
a tenth of every dollar they have prospered
beyond nil precedent even lu temporal things,
und uiin-h more In spiritual things.
11. "And 1 will rebuke the devour r for
your hakes, and buTliuIl not destroy the fruits
of your ground." The tithe would recognize
nil us the Lord's, and He would see to it be
cause they acknowledged It an His. The de
vourer and dent roycr through the world and
the flesh is continually getting the licet of us
until we present our bodies a living auerilliw
to Him who redeeimsl us ; then He takes con
trol of us aa Hie own isissessiou und rebukes
the destroyer.
12. "And nil nations shall cull you hiiti.oL
for ye shall lm a delightsome land, auith the
Lord of Hosts." This Is Israel's restoration
In the lutter duy. The enemy shall 1111 the
breadth of Iuiinaniiol'H laud, but shall be
broken to tihs'es ( Isu. vlli., H 101, und the
glory of the Lord shall rise umiu Israel. Theu
gentiles shall come to her light, und kings tu
the bright uens of her rising ; the wealth of
the gciitllcH shall come unto her, and the na
tion and kingdom thut will uot scrveher shall
pcrinh" (Act lv.. Ufl ; v. 10).-Leon Holier.
lllilNt.ING IIHAVKN M KI U.
It Is a blessing of ni l nge, when it doc not
eeni so mill h thut (lie wesrv pilgrimage is
lending upward toward the Uimi of rt, is
that tho blesst'd country is somehow
brought nearer, ir if it hud comedown Iroui
liixt. Kor Jolin, In Ins old no, . w th
Holy City tli sceinllng ; and many, ilka the
sged wnlclier in l'ulmos. have Icnrutd to
iook upward and say, t ome, Lord," instead
sf saying, "Take m wav." And ruost of
til this I true of thus who have outlived
:hebt-lovd oi old time; for the gathering
feet of the desr one gone press down the
very blue alhive ua, and bring lieavtc
mry near. Ily W.L Prime.
Death Invadi a Churoh Frooslon-
At Liixuuibourg, Holland, a shell from a
military drill ground xplo d in th midst
of a procession of Catholic, who wr
marching to a chapel of th Virgin to pray
for rain. Sevtu parsons war kllltd and 30
other fatally woundad.
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