llUOE (VOLl)KX DOMll
Tjir KW f.lHKAKY AT WASHING-
ION WIMj iik conspicuous.
Palace of Cilas nml Mer-I !M Cost
$.om,ooo Vast Store of
Itooks-A Talk With 1,1
lirarlHii Spoflord.
,' -fint, ivew lors rrea
ft v i Iim an ititerestinf,
Lv Washington letter
riAt.: ilcseribinc the new
. "A
National Library
building. The
writer, Frank O.
Carpenter, nay :
I spent an nfur
r.oon thiH week in
coin? through th
r.rw National liibriry luililiri. It
will he I In finest )iihlic Imililing in
the fluted State, ami it will bo the
liut bi auti'nl library in tho world.
t covers nearly four acre ntul it is
nlrea.ly uuiUr roof, v Its wnlla ore a
lii.li i.n those of the tallest Now York
tint, nii'l yon cm lose, yourself in its
Img corridor nn.l wiuiliiio; jinHsHpics.
It Ins ii dmiic plated with tho purest
of ir ild, iir,er than the largest circus
tout, Hiid tin) guidon torch which
llmncs over its top, though it look
tint logger nroiind than your lift ns
v:cfd from tin Capitol, is in roulity
ns hi;,' i hogshead, and it tiniy be
u from A!eHH.irin and fardowuthe
l i t iinm. T'nih new library building
it n work of wi tiderfnl ntt. Its ex
terior is ii.Hile of tlt ali crnnite cut in
place smooth tlmt it looks like
marlile ntul ornamented here and there
with wonderful carvings. The build
in lms nbont 1 Slid windows, and the
four fide of the main gallery havo
thirty -three groat arches, the key
tones of which are images represent-in-;
the heads of all tho races of the
woild. F.vcry typo of man known to
ethnology Into a place in otic of these
HrchcF, and the fares are marvelous iu
their eJ.eetttion and character. Over
JlMiUillliMI
IT'- . 1 1'" ---- IJ.U---J-H --
V'ue maiu entrance aio tne types oi the
highest order of men, such ait the
Greek, the Lutin and tho Saxon, while
at the back of the building you find
the lowest types, such as you Und in
Africa and iu the South Sen Isluuds. I
can', describe tho wonderful execu
tion of theso figures. They are the
most lifelike pictures in stouo I havo
eve r seen, and they neem to almost
talk to you as their utern, stony eyes
look down ut you from over tho win
dows. The building covers nearly as much
space as tho Capitol. Its dome ia not
bo large, but its plate of gold makes it
infinitely more conspicuous. If you
will take five city lots and carpet them
with tweuty-four-carat gold you will
get an idea of the golden quilt which
covers this immense dome. There is
no room iu the United States so large
that it would fit this great golden car
pet, and it is the largest golden dome
in the United States. It has been
called the largest golden dome in the
world. But this is a mistake. The
dome of St. Isaac's, in St. Petersburg,
Las n smaller diameter, but it covers
more space, and it cost intiuitely more
than this. It took 200 pounds of solid
gold to cover it, and wheu you remem
ber thutgoldat the mints is worth $17
an ounce you will sco that even at that
low ruto the St. IVtertburg dome cost
$40,000 to gild.
HOK. A. R. SPOPFORO.
The gold on the dome at Washington
lid not cost one-tenth of that amount.
It was put on iu little sheets, each of
which was about four inches square
and one one-hundred and fifty-thousandth
of an inch thick. It takes two
thousand Mich sheets to make an
ounce of gold, and this amount will
cover a space about as large as that of
the average ball vestibule. The gold
made in this form costs 827 au ounce,
and at that rate it must have cost over
$00,000 to gild St. Isaac's. I went up
to the top of the golden dome yester
day and took a look at it. The gold
is laid upon copper, and it is polished
eo that it is as bright as a uew wed
ding ring. It is said to be very dura
ble, and is on the whole, I doubt not,
cheaper than the white lead with which
the Capitol dome ia painted nearly
very year. The gold was pat on by
specialists, who worked nndcr eanvaa,
and one of whom nearlj lost Lis Ufa at
tho work.
I can't describe the wondera of the
interior of the National Library. My
THK flOMF. DOMR.
head buzzed as I walked through the
many rooms and tried to uudetstand
it all. You could lose yourself iu its
basement as in the eatacombsof Home,
and wander for hours trying to find
your way out. The grand ht.iircase,
which takes up a space erpial almost to
that of a quarter of an acre, is to be
finished in wh:te marble, and thn
grest marble columns which rise one
above another are already in place and
surroiindod with wooden boards to
keep them from injury. The reading
room will be the rotunda in the center
of the building, and it will be covered
with the dome. This room will bo as
lar;e as the rotunda of tho Capitol,
and its area will be about a quarter of
an acre. It will have seats for 'MO
renders, and the disks of the.e run in
concentric rows around the central
desk iu which the manager of the
reading room will sit, and from which
he will have connections with all parts
of tho library by pneumatic, tubes or
other modern inventions, which will
enable him to send a message iu tho
twinkling of an eye t. any part of this
great book palace, and by the touch
ing of a button bring back the book
he wants. Klectrieity and everything
that tho modern mind can think of
has come to the aid iu adding to the
THI NEW NATIONAL LIBRARY AT WASBrs'0T0.
conveniences of the library, and it is
now thought that an electrio railroad
will be bnilt to carry the books from
the old library of Congress in the Cap
itol over to this new building.
From this great central dome run
out like arms massive buildings in
which are to be housed our national
library of tho future. These are
known as book stacks, but tho word
couveya uo idea of their character.
Imagine a great, long warehouse, with
glass walls as high as one of the
largest New Y'ork flats and hundreds of
feet iu length. Let the sides of these
be wallled with glass act into squuro
columns of white enameled brick and
have the plate glass wedged into these
columns without frame work, as is tho
case in windows. Make tho interior to
consist of one mass of iron network
runuing from the floor to the roof, so
that when you stand within it you see
nothing but iron frames rising one
above the other and filling the whole
vast high room. This may give you
some idea of the book stack. The iron
network consists of book shelves, and
these are reached by stairs which run
from ono tier of iron to another and
by walks of iron paved with marble,
which are suspended between the tiers
at regular iutervsls from the floor to
the roof. There are several of these
vast book warehouses in the building.
The one I have just described will con
tain 8011,000 books, or more than
are now iu the National Library. The
walls of glass give perfect light and
the books are so arranged that the
greatest number can be packed into
the smallest compass, making every
pamphlet thoroughly accessible.
I have not spoken of the 1800 win
dows of this building. Those of the
interior and of these stacks are set
into the walls, great, massive pieces of
plate glass, as large as good-sized store
fronts. It is not possible to raise or
lower them, and they are made so fop
the protection of the books, in order
that no dust may enter. The ventila
tion is all done from the roof, and
theso windows are washed from the
outside by means of a little railroad
which runs around them from story to
story, on which the washers can stand
and scrub them clean.
The acres of floor in this great book
palace will be of marble. The walls
of the rotunda are of colored marbles
from all parts of the United States,
and in the whole vast, high four acres
of wonderful rooms not a splinter of
wood has been used. All is composed
of iron, stone, cement and glass, and,
as Mr. Green, the engineer iu charge,
told me, there will not be enough
wood in the building when it ia com
pleted to make a match.
This buildiug is to cost $0,000,000.
The State, War and Navy cost $10,
000,000, and upon the Capitol has been
expended, all told, something like
$18,000,000. Uncle Sam will get more
for hie money out of this than ont of
either of the others. All of the work
is being done nnder the Government.
and everything in bnilt to outlast the
ages, and of the vcty best material. In
one of thn rooms I found an army of
carvers at work making wonderful dec
orations which are t adorn the ex
terior, and throughout the whole
building everything went on like the
work of an army under perfect con
trol and in perfect order. The building
will be completed in about two years,
and within two years and a half the
now library will be in thorough opera
tion. From here I walked over to the
Capitol and took a stroll through the
library of Congress. Every available
room in the building is picked with
books, and the library proper is so full
that you have to inarch through single
file iu order to get from ono part of it
to the other. I pushed my way past
a mountain of bound newspapers up
to the main desk, and asked Mr. Kpof
ford, the librarian, to toll tno some
thing about the condition of tho li
brary to-day.
There are in the National Library
nearly 700,000 volumes, and in addition
to this there are over 'JUH.iKNl pam
phlets. Mr.Kpoffrd'i brain is such that
he knows just where each one of theso
700,000 volumes stands; r.nd lie can
tell you in an instant just which of
them ought to help you on any sub
ject you are Mudying. It is the sumo
with the pamphlet", and the vondcr is
how one litllo iron pray head can hold
it all. He is n curious looking man,
as dark as n Spaniard. lie lias black
hair und whiskers, now mixed with
gray. His eyes are bright. His frame
is short, lithe and wiry, nnd every
atom of it is made up of muscle. Ho
is the busiest man in the Capitol build
ing and he knows how to do worK
quickly. He dictates all of his cor
respondence, and his ordinary conver
sation, which is cienn cut and exact, ii
as classic as the mass of books which
surround him. I always feel afraid to
report him. He says just what ho
means, and if you misplace a word r
a figure you feel that it will cause his
black hair to stand on end iu in.ligua
tiou wheu he reads it.
1 asked him as to tho story of tho li
brary and as to the new building. He
said : "Before Congress came to Wash
ington it had access for a time to the
books iu the Loganian Library iu
Philadelphia. The little city con
tained a number of scholars and there
was not much trouble iu getting infor
mation. When the capital was moved
to Washington, however, Congress
found itself iu the woods and there
were no books of reference or general
libraries. When Jefferson became
President the library was first estab
lished, and au appropriation of 81000
a year was devoted to it. In 181-1 wn
hud here about I1000 volumes. Then
the British came and burned the Capitol
und the books went up iu smoke.
A short tinin after this, President
Jefferson, who hadgotteniutotiuaucial
straits at Mouticello, ottered his
library for tale to Congress. He had,
all told, between six and seven thou
sand volumes, many of which were
valuable and rare. Congress paid him
$23,000 for them, which was, it is
suid, just about half what they cost
him, and they were hauled in wagons
from Monlicello to Washington. Par
ton, Jefferson's biographer, says they
made sixteen wagon loads of books,
and that Jefferson was very sorry to
lose them. In 1851 tho library had
increased 55,000 volumes.
Then another fire occurred and 3,",
000 of these were burned, including
many of the most valuable. Tho fire
took place from defective flues, and
only 20,000 volumes were saved from
the ruins. By this time Congress
thoroughly appreciated the need of a
good library and the year following
$72,000 were appropriated for uew
books, and tho appropriations havo
gone on from that time to this until
we now have 080,040 volumes aud
220,000 pamphlets. Last year we
added about 18,000 volumes to the
library, and the copyrights are now
increasing oar stock at the rate of 0,
000 and upward per year."
The late Senator Stanford's favorite
seat, a large and comfortable willow
obair standing at a window in the
Stanford mansion, in Ban Fraucieco,
where the Senator used to sit and
watch the scene of the street and bay,
is kept by his widow just as he left it,
except that across its capacious arms a
broad leather strap has been buokled
to Dreveat ooounauor.
KEY8TONS PACES.
rrpunun i vpu
WtlAT WOri.O TOt7 TBIKt?
Wb.it wivtil I you think If the bird and f.i
ShouM snv that fhff dsw nnd thn wpt sum
mer shower
Were not what they wanted to batiie iu aul
drink,
TheyM llkn something stronm-r ,
Now, what would you think
And what would you think, smno fi'.ivn.int
sprlnn ilny.
If thn ro! in anl wron nnl j rMty liliijy
Kliould k rinlliiK- an I milium t uuso 0t
stri m drink
(Just llko mn un l lioy0,
Now, what wjuld you think'
And what would you think If vmt nield s
l'lViUi't
And found that the Hjvtit aeted tho
s.irne way ;
AnJ V of tlii'm tipv I i.iiiv of a drill'...'
( Mow iin'-r It wiul I be)
I'.nt what would you think
Well, If it N s!Iv and f.iolmli f,.r t'i v,i,
1'oti t yon think It 1 T iri for th l.iv :m I
Hie iiiii
Who lose ti th Cielr l oliiw and ulc, tc
through ilrluk ,
Now, wiiat ! yMi tinni,
iou!li' i'.M iT:iu ? Hum -r
A VTlovt. lANirS.
Aa art I 'll) lii t!n Journal i rtl .--. Prm-s,
l .1 -voti'd to tho ahrniiii.- in-r vw,- .if Mil
eld 'i in that eoiiutrv t!i iiii iiI .t i th-
lakim their own liv.rs in li.n l.i-inif h.t
W Al:i, it .tii;;!t,,n,.11,,!y l.e M itm i!.
Votes an aitiele ,. t. ,ri..i, ,,f ,ruk,..
Iie.-. willed it ..-huv to I n n i.e.ll.!e for
many sul.-i.Ie. an I tun. h erii: It eon-olu,.--
-i .il.-ol,.. Ii.ru eon-liltil .... ., .
l "ak. a p"nl i.i tin- human I eim-. it i ,ii
a N.iti. ual ilaiji..-.-' an I e.irnt . 'v i-.vomi-Una
la tdo ( jvoriiMU'iil toeliivk Hi j r.iri.
nnvnrvTrs i r riir. stvv rut ;:.
A .iio Hi-keeper In I'.eliii'.-ili i.su .tdiH re.
marka'.le aniioun 'einetit : ) wid to noti.y
tin) wile who Im. a ilrntikar. I lor a lnni.au i,
or a irieiid who N uaiort 'in itely .:si.,ite I,
In tflvii me iiott.-.i In uritiiu of j.i.-li eaies m
willed you are i:i.'r. te.l. au I all in -!i lmll
Imi ex. In ln.l from n, y t laee. I . t I it'e-i
mothers. sl-ter .'111 I iirnthers ilo il ieWI.-.e
and their roii"t will he eo:ii tie, with. 1
psy it heavy lax (or;ini prlvile,." l r-tailm,'
i.ii ir. und 1 want It iiistiu.'Uy uu ler-ioo
.hut I liavn mi il.'slre to sell to minor or
Ir.iuk.ir.l, nor to the iletitut. t mu m
firt-h-r that they miv their niou -y an I put it
wlier It will do tno iuoh uo 'd to i i.i-ir
families." In ether worts, this niIooii-kiM-per,
liks: I'.il.eifo, hellev.n ill turning his
(tra liMte- out of doors und In aleuvin tlie.a
k ust-ru I i.ih; cuurtK onlv wiimi their
trlendi tiru perfectly wimii,-. -Cnrnliau
UjuIo.
ron Toi'Mfl me s to roNirs.
Th Rreat majority of thoso who nrc en
lavnd I y strong drink did not 'xa their
rarer of sslf-ili-st ru.'tlon In the drviu shops.
While tint lower olae of dr.iukards are vic
tims ol saloons, the morn ri'peetutilo sort
l-iMH with thn social kI.iss. It wnssat thn
social party, or in the Millard room, or tho
elul), or at the wcililinx that the fatal lial.it
wm formed. Not m iny liitn to itrlnk alone,
or from sh.rnr sppnti'o for stimulants. The
Klass was eff. rHit to them l.v sumel ody, and
Iroio wunt of moral eourivte or from a desipt
to appear "ciitlouiaiily," they eolisciiled t
Urink.
1 wss ones at a weeding In a 'Vnteel"
circle of soeiciv where the popping of chain
i it'un corks whs like the raltlo id inu-ketry.
Vi! hln a lew years I met the oldest son In
(hat f.iir.lly a continued drunkard, Ills pa
rents had tempted other people s so. is ai'd
had ruined their own '. Tho man who sets a
iloo.'inter on his ta!dn sets a trap tor his hoys
that may land them iu perdition. The young
la.ly who offers any intoxicant to her vi.tiug
Ifcntliil i friends deserves to lc? at
wretched otijeet, a druiiksrd a wile.
Tim drinking iisaires lire sadly en the In
creass In this country In social life, at res
laur.ints, at elulis. and eeu In the fashion
nhle shonpinit resorts f.u ladies' Wlillenm
elilef discussion Is ahou! pr ilul.itlr.i: saloon.
Hatsii Is stealing a march on us l.y tempt iiik
young men to l.n tipplers. Tue only sale
KUar l for anyyouut; lima even thoiili le ha
a proli-snln t hrisliau Is entlrn al nlini'n 'e.
ll.i never knows what latent appetite he may
have within until the sp.n k touches the gun
powder. A youtiK man ot my iieipi ilulanco
i ohurcli meinher) louiid l.elore lie was
awar", that he was I ec-oiiiunf a slave to tho
Pottle. Uo sad', to m "My young asso -i-atci,
Invito me to drink with tt;e:ii mid urn
ruining me. Allerthis when they ask me to
iliuik 1 shall kno'k thi'iu down''' llo was
terrilily in earnest ; and uo wonder lm had
teen daviug with viper: ut tho uiouUi ot
bell!
Kor two ras..ns every conscientious young
nam ouuht to pledge himself to total ul stl
iiHnce. I'lrst, for his own ake, for lm don't
know how soon he may hecome a tippler.
hi ndly, lor tho sake of others whom lm
may tempt to ruin hy his example. Let lr.
Ueeley or any other man who Is making
Bioney hy "cures for druuUeiiiiss," SHy what
they will, the reform of Inebriates isdiflleiilt
aud rarv. Tho ono tlmn to stop drinking
treacherous Intoxicants Is to stop before you
begin. liev. Tbeo. L. Cuyler, V. l.. In
Vouuk Men's tra.
tKMiKHAvrr rrws ami sorts.
Arclu'iacon l-'urrar says I'.ritslu found
India sober and will leuve it drenk.
Of the Welsli laembers of the Lrltish Tar
liameut, eighty per cent, are Icelot.ilcrs.
Tho Ohio Ant allien Lea .-u" lms now
about seventy bran .dies of auxiliary leagues,
inn is mentiono I as selling at a penny 4
ipiart in I'rauce In eoua e.jueii.o of tho uu
u'.ialiy large vintage.
It Is officially estlinatnd that there urn now
remaining in bond in tlm United Stales DO,
lit: .'.10 gallons of whisky.
Mr. Moody Is quoted as iciving that out o
the millions who vi-ited tlm V.'oil l's Fair, ho
did not sen a druukeu man.
The averairn tiumber of Inninles In thn
Ohto Slate l'cnlt.'iit iary for I lie lineal year
ending iii touur VI, 1'M, was loi , foi
1S1U, 17Jii.
If for ten years I'ngland eoul I gt rid of
drink, she would a( (hat time Iconic siedi a
f.itrsiliHo as mru would hur lly iecogiii.e.
John liright.
The W. ('. T I' . of llenver, Colorado, is
reglnteruig women voters to light tho Milt
liipior laws and eventually to make Colorado
I'robihitloli Slate.
Ail invesligiitlou of the liquor trn file, sim
ilar to that which litis been urged upon t'ou
gress, Is lo l undertaken under (uo uu
pieok of the C-.utury Mjsazitie.
Miss Frances 1. lrif1iii, organizer for Na
tional W. 11. T. V., U now in Florida, whero
lm will spend soma weeks rgaiil.iog and
itrengthenlng our various lints ot work.
A single brewery In (lie northwest provinces
ot India, whore so many millions suffer from
hunger, dally uses an amount of grain to
form malt for beer that would leed lO.uOU
uoh day.
In a recent communication to Mrs. Msry
A. Woodbridgn, from the 1'resitleut of South
urn California W. C. T, U., we learn that
thout 2'i0 members have beeu added to the
California W. C. T. U., wlthlu three months.
ThoW. C. T. Um Providence, It. I., has
opened a rending room every evening for
boys who are not waieome at toe miblio
library or the rooms of the Y. M. I'. A. There
Is not an Amerlcsu among the boy aiteud
lug. Professor Tyndall, though not a total al
itaiuer himself, once gave a young mnu who
declined the wtua ofTered him, this testi
mony! "All young people especially should
not touch aloobolio drinks. People who
ire strong and lull ot vigor do not noed
them,"
SABBaVTII school
IMTKRNATIONATj IiKSSON
MARCH '-T..
H)K
lirsson Test: 'The Resurrcrtlon of
t hrlst, (An Kaster I.esson. Mark
avl., (iolden Text: I Cor.
xv., !2( Commentary.
When thn Silihntli was past. " They wo-.ild
not break thn Sabhntli." 'i hn Salib. w ts
really only sbout to begin. There ,in no
endings in (lod's lilmslngs. There an "ii I
lo sin, to dnnth, but not to lilessinj. - Parlor.
Anoint lllm. With spies. 'I'his is roi(
that they did not expect Hen t r.se again ,
und this fact a Ids nw fercn to tleir teMi
mony. lacol.iis.
Very eariv in thn tnomlni'. .Tohn s-iv,
while It us yet i'eirk Malt'iew. as it began
to dawn. Yes, that jut wha It did. Taat
Is the very poe.ry of the occasion the wor I
written with njip irrii! ac ident Is the very
eir-lo!i of heaven's trulh. "It began t
dawn." When C'irist e.i u ",t!r' light e,i.i.,,
'l aeni is ii joy.iitiaesx. an a 'tlvilv, a hopsiul
n . an energy about thn early morning.
1'arKer
The rt diiv of tlm w el;. '',n ,:iv Iris
I ept Ih plac.i e.r s nee, a w ,y th" t i .
"i'fis is tli day t'f lor I h'.itd mile.''
Curistiiiiiltv h is ll prim i v in pr ms -C':m-.t
; lit g- -"i irtv . Iu d iv- ;h.i
"ii'.,th.
I hev .'.rti'i lot n" sepu.cire. I, i ie
riint . Tin v who eek I'hri-.' in imi'i
I lie are si'Mpiv Hit in,- ci.pl v Ion'...
. I
-llel
l
I . tie .'.i!u:- ie ii . r w in I-r il in ir-rnpet
t ne ti ey ip .are "He i not h-re. '
A ad t liev .n I Hi.ong the'iis!M', liow
nnav f our aniele i,re n"e Ii"--, cr i t:el
b s. an I al s.ir.l. " Tlie w.ir: ililTl. a.tl. - ,r
I'm, . which never h ipp -p."
I'ne stone was roll -, awn . I'l'e t.i ! v is
l ll lie t , HK uvea, to,' Ml il UP' "I It.
-I'a'ker. T.ie n.,i, tl, w iici. t ie i: i,.r I -and
y-t III" ojeei tomb, Wti . in v.r II,
b.iii 1 ' .
I'.n'enn.- thev haw a erig-nie. I'!ie:-,.
w ! t he vision an I t i voice, i t..- v ii'on v i .
a .-'on ot youth. Vou tit; .-III ., .m-r pr i. -
l-e. eiigerili''i, belong 1' oi!t
l'i e olcii -,a ay II I pat del e (ear le.l
v . ' II-in rcn iin.-.' "i kti v tti tr i .
I ;." t'.-.plau .torv " lie i u ; li.-r . 1 1
In riaelt."
t .mi ortui. - "Come, a..e t. ; ',a e ncr
the lord I iy '
lii.ajiiring "ilove tell " P
' irker
The empty t . 11 1 I r .11 -lit
'lllKlo:;, (e
r r, fearail t ire'.o.lins Die
"lie-
ChnM ; I 'll hop... eoaidirt, c nrl 1. . e,
Iriemla.
Tell his disciples aud I'eter. I aria)
appear men w it to Miry Mag l.ilee .
. II.-
x., s, out ol who'u He ha I -1: a...,
devils : SO III I -.pee.'il iea4:,i-M a to l' c,.r
who ha I .Seine I Him. -- VMio.t.
Tell I'etel lltlioilgil ha his
grievoiislv. Teit I'eter (or he
(i l s ang'T agiui-t His ulill.treii
the coin'oenc-mcnl ot their pciiip
all;1
Illia
l-l l
Wept.
"ll"
Tell -ler lor he I. as suffer ' I.
T"!l IVier -tor h- liili-irt i liri-V Sm
ran irrievn Christ, causa line to wittidm A,
noun I an 1 ilisilgure u, I u! I' . auuot n'.ler
ills loe.
l'-ll Pct-r -'or lm is o ir la-.f e-. They
had sllilie.l. Have not r deuied our I. or I :
- stems an I l' ig.
I'll- res i I ol It ail ou Cm IV" lieu -. Te ir,
liasl , energy. Tin Were alr.n I, Inev pin.
t iv Ir-iiiliiel an) w -r ama - I. From
M itliiew we aru that as lliey "met J. am in
Hie way." All who go upn gra -ioiis crran Is
niix-t line, in lh" wax.
II Is risen, riir nii-li woniin death was
lira; iuipmUi I luto t.ie wrldili woman
t'l- lirst aiiiiouucc-ni.ut w.vs iu.il ol tne
re- h i ; tioii."
I'rools oi Christ's resurrection. I have
been !) I for many years to stu ly ttm he
torv of other' timns, mi l to r:nii n su I
Welgli the evidence of Hi . s . wliu li .vi
wrttten nt tut t - . ul I know of no ouu
. in I he history of mankind which Is
, ved by better aud lullnr nvldnuen ofevery
s rt, to I lie iniii. I ot a lair liuiulrr. tlmn (liar
Cnriat ilie und rose again In.ie. til" dea l -lr.
Arnold. .Moreover, it was pra"l'ly lie1
same lio.lv welch was burn-. I thai rose again,
Or all the prools fail
I. I'rove.t i,y tho frien !s of Chris. I
The spo-tlcs had the nest powerlu! laitii III
tin lact. They wers uiriinm ms ia ileor
d"i'e,r.ilion ..( it a lew days alter on the very
spoT on willed It i e urred. an I that to men
w in i wer-t prep ire I t ! anythiag ! ei,i
e.il the lid. Thi laitn eiai" in
ilirct opiioaliioii i i their previous i.ciieia
and W'liblly intereata. Tliey na I i. i cpc ta
ion an t i.o hope ol u i reiirr.s tion. :i
'i'hev had every opporii.aity l .r thorouglilv
eatiafying tlieiiis.'lv es on tin point. 4. Lv
tlm.r deciariitloli of the lact tlmy liebi 'e I
thousati Is ot d v TV enemies ol I'linsl to
believe lull.. in. I that olo-e to lie-tin." all I
near the very spot on wlucli a ou urr" I. Tin.
early Churcli universally believe I in it
and R is in credible Unit a u.vtli, a I iN
story, should have so grown up without s i
st.miial loiiuilutloiil'r en I'homaa s i,.'Iimm
uf tho liospnl. Ti. 1 hev al teste I this fact not
only hy their lives, leu by th-ir d"nth.
Ou.v the fa 't ol the resurrection .'au a.'.' iuh!
tor ihe marvelous uliaiigo In thn spirit and
character ol thn uponi!"., 1'lie resurrection
completely transformed them ; Inspired thorn
with a new conception of Christ's kiiig lom
us for all people, with i: new courage t i ml
ler for the sake of their ri-:i.i Lord and Hit
klfgitom, and with a m-tv purposi to prea.-a
Christ aud Kim erticilied everywhere as a
Spiritual redemption for aln, Acts II., 5J . v.,
SI ; X , 4:1. Neither fraud uor llctlon Is com
petent to account lor the moral contrast.
li. I'roved by the eueiui.-s ot Christ. 1. II
wa.a nnpossioie lor these enemies to tinny
that Christ had br some means left the
Itruve. li. It was impossible lor them to give
any other explanation than that which tlnv
uow luvruted that His disciples stole the
body. X It was impossibbi lor this, theoiily
explanation they could give, to bo credited i
fori a) the disciples could Hot have stolen
Him If they would : (b) it was In tlm iast de
gree improbable that all the Itoniuu watch
were asleep ; (e) nor would the Jewish
council have voted money merely to have re
ported it truth i M) it the soldiers slept,
they could not have luiown thut the disciples
stole the body : their story contradict') 1 it
self. Ciuulus of the (iohiI.
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MINK ANO TUI. WOllKIXUMsS."
In the liriti.sh Workman Archdeacon Tar
rar has a paper on "I'rmk and the Worsting
man." In this ho sets lurth iu admiral. ie
manner why worklugmcii should bei nine
total uli.staiuers, treating the dilllcultjcs ol
the praetlce in two parti : ( I) The necessity
of lacing the rldieulo of others and i 'i i l im
pain of giving up a customary Indulgence.
I'ouol'lng the llrer, hit says, "M"U are U"ver
loug derided for doing right. In the long
run they are respected tor doing it. Work,
mguioii have baforo thoui the eximple of
gro.it trihuu'is of tlm people, like Uieliar l
Uobdeii uu 1 John llrlghl, who were anHiaiii
ars wheu it was mora ilidleult to be so than
it Is now, aud of living leaders w!kiiu they
trust, whose uhilitles aud energies have
raised them to a high position, sucli as Mr.
Jouu Hums, M. P., and sMr. Keir Hurdle, M.
P., aud Alder mini Iteu Til let, nod others of
their foremost representatives, who are, I
bliove, ardeut total abstainers. For one man
who would laugh ut his mate because he hud
tskcu the pledge or wears the blue ribbon,
there a re a hundred who would admire and
Imitate bis Independence and f.nthfuliieas."
Touching tbe bubtt of Indulgence, be point
out auioug other uogent etutnineiits, that
there are JO, 000 prisoners Iu Cugluud who,
to far from sufTrrtug from total abstinence.
Improve In health during their Incarceration.
The Arcbdeaoon begins by ssyuig that in bio
series of papers he is addressing to working.
men, he wishes "to state why It, jpxims to me
tbul they would bo setlng mom wisely, aud
In such a way as to help the amelioration ol
tbeir class, and to Increase their chaucee o'
Individual bapplneas. If, at ouce aud without
hesitation, In present oirvumetauoes, they
formed the reeWuliou ts be total austam-
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS.
TLAYKD Wiril M ATCHF-sJ.
ONtcim.n rson.vRi.v Mrtt.i.v m iiir.ii aku
ANOTHKS Sll.t IMI RMII.
Pun t.ireiii k i The : yrsr old sjit of
lnvid II. Tlmmai, minn Inipeotor atitl Ins
Cousin, the little d.iugtilrr of Matthew
Morris, went Into au out building at. tlm
Inline of the Inspector lo plsv, Inking with
them a number ol luatel,,..,' On rntering
they locked the door. In the building n
bundle of straw bad hern slored sud shortly
oiler the children rtitrrel the building
neighbors saw smoke coming thmuli (ho
root, llui door vv.i-hrokeii os'n sud the
children f. mild near the do ir. Ilolh w.-rn
UliCUiscious, the girl Iviu, over the ho l of
tbe hoy tnu !e ol' tlie l.i'ter w is liurnv l
to a crisp atel oilier portions of Ins body
were badly Imriied Hie htllo girl s in
juries seem to he wlutllv Internal It is
tliuiiglit she will recover', but tho hay will
likely die.
i'.i:i'Ki:i:s Mt sr s tax.
rut v Ar.it si nii: r r i a ii t i n i tm'. it:vv os
i in in M r MiM...s
11 uousiu it i In the opinion f Aulitor
(iviiersl iieg, about I i per s s ibjccl
to a t it of .'j per ut on the r tot i.iuiniin
mi their iiiciniie uu ler the brokerage i -t of
May l'i, l-'.. are i-v i ling tlm law by a
I Isilt, re to report their anno al hus;ncs to
the Auditor I. elieral's ilep arllllelit I'nder
the law 'every private banker and broker'
j is subjeele I to the I per i etiMax Ileal ..
i late neiits ure aiuoiig I liosc w lioclnitii to
I beexeitipt from the pavtii 'iit of this tax,
while the A. i hior iieiiri.il in initaius tdsl
hey ate tuxadle mi their business In s;s
lie AttoNicv lieneral took tlie view held by
Mr. i.regg and Attorney lieneral llcinul is
i.u I to entertain a mminir opinion.
Till: Sl.nr MAi 'HI M.S.
OMl: I'll osoi V I I ..viil tir.v .-'t ANIl
i. mi i:- Nor n ji e .v. i 1 1 i
llu i iii .lieu , In ti,,. ;,ir t i inly
ourts .In I :, M artiu Itcil li.str'ic'c 1 tho
.rati I jury that nickul in th slot nrielnnes
ire not I' ltnlihng ilcvn.vs. he .hi Igc.liow
.rr held that slot in ichincs m wlucli a
nickel is droppe au I by thai means dim
ire thrown, s piirely'giimoliug apparulus
Hid Uiji ny w is ilireelr I lo letunt the
jwnei i oi such inachinifs to court
ii 'N ii. i iu i , r i.kvn
I I . 'I I 1 1 V V I 111 l; 11.1. Iielljlllllitl l.i.jht-
lier liewitt. ex-speaker of Hie bouse of
repre-eniutives of rcuii-vlv iina au I one
ol the lies! known Ilep. line m politicians ot
the stale, died in (he Itiuliaui house Phil
adelphia, from a paralytic altai k which bo
received some tune ago Mr Hctitt was a
"'i: hi h-Iiisli Prrstiyterian and was burn at
I'eiersb'irg lluntiiigdon county. June I,
is.tl. His patents were niiioug the early
settli-M ol the .liitiint.i valley. Uu wasdis
Irict attorney for seven years, lie was Held
paymaster in the ariiiv with the r ink of
major Iu the lower house of (he lee;iiUiuro
be served e ght years, in ss being elein.nl
speaker lie also served as bsh commis
sioner from Is, : until ls. Ihiriug thelato
legislature lie In came prominent iu the op
position (o the scaling "t Andrew s and al-o
n-Hie lattier of (he pure lo id bill. He
leaves u wile and two sous.
A MA M.c'g liloonv .Tl
(il:ii'Nio i:u Thomas l iniiegan, who
was denieiiled but not considered dangerous
grew viol et at Ins home near l. itrobe. llu
started lo des roy (he luriutuio and w hen
his patents remonstrated lU crushed Ins
mother's skull and brutally beat Ins father.
I be former w. it probably 'die. Neighbors
made a prisoner of r iriiici.Mii and Iook him
to in ij'm'.y home, but in tusking the
capture li w ,c. v.c... .T-y I.-5 sd v, t U", Mis)
bull lo.lguig IU ht jaw.
l'i NNSVI.VAMA's llhl I OAI. lot NriltJ.
I'momown lieporls of C'.al regions of
the I'titied S;ales sienv that West m ircl ni l
county leads with an output of s.MI.ihW
Ions, r'avette secoml witn 7 .'iM,ii tons,
Clearlirld third with ii,s,ii.7Sj tuns, uu.j Al
legheny lourth Hull (i.ll 1 1, pi l.
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noin. ci.i iik lii'.ius ni:i. unti.it scaiiiiimi.
VVvntsH J unes A. Carter, nijlit clerk
at the Arlington II .tel. at l! irhcicr,
droipe l dead of lie li t ducase, while spar
ring with a Incud
-
The returns on the asses-ora' books in ihii
cumin. -.loners' olliee in ludl iii.i county
slew (hat tliere urn ill leist II. sit dogs 111
Indiana county, t his hiu unit lias iieen
as-rsi'd and returin l ulnle Ihu c.iuiuis
Dioiiers think lln re are fully 'J'm inoro of
whitli no .i.v unit lias been rendered.
'J niif Poles were killed ill No. I mini) of
the Kingston Coal otnpany at l.dwarli
ville, m ar Wilnesbnrre by a runaway car.
Two of the men were killed in-caiitiv an I
the third ilicl au hour after receiving bis
injuries.
A r I'liiontown Andrew llurz, aged IJ.
was struck by a Haltimoro .V. Ohio Ireighl
engine and ground (o ,ieccs. Iturz was
deaf and dumb and di I not initio (he
approach ol the train.
.Iamks (i'Nfii.. a book agent while at
tempting (o board a freight tram a Con
liellsvillu. It'll under (ho wheels Mid w:W
Uroun I to ileal Ii.
ai ii.: r. i oogsov, sued t tie Pittshurtr,
Western i n 1 1 ..a 1 lor if.i'j.ijijij dmnagci for
the death of liis wife and sou who were
killed by a tram ul u crossing in Kvaiis
City reieiilly.
Tin Coehrantoii Savings bank is lo las
convened ml mi national bank The pres
ent capital id t J' i.oiiu wnl he lucieased to
SJ.OOll.
Tin: Vulley tlotiring mills at Tilusvillr.
owned by K mil. .V Wagner, weredesiroy
eU by tire. Loss, lll.ms), insurai.ee $ t.iMsj.
KinviHh ltvRs, aged 7.. fell beneath tho
wheels ol' uu ash cart tie w as driving st
(jrtet.uburituiid wuscnislu.l tnileaih
Kt'itiii.Aiis at Hunting ton, stolu several
thousand dollar's worth ol goods from
Mayor ,'stewart's clothing store.
Thk Achesoii coko compiinys micbor
works, near llunbsr, closed ib.sn throwing
I'M men tint of employment.
1.. (loi.i'vr.iNK's country store near (Jreens
burg wus robbed of rt.ikkj world of gcnciul
nierchaiidise.
Makion S.Mirii, of Spring Creek whs killed
while (ryiug to board a moving trsiu at
'.' rlu iid,
inai Vltenn llii 'se.
Of tho lute French Senator l!on;niri
tin Kolnische .cltuiig tells tho fol
lowing' aneciloto:
Wlii'D Itenaud first c imo as Sena
tor to 1'iirls from his lunne in tho
l'yrenees lie enuag-ci a room at a
hotel ami paid a monlh'H rent lot)
francs In advance. Tho proprietor
asked him If ho would havo a re
ceipt. "It U not necessary," replied Hon
aud. "God has witnessed tlu pay
ment." "lo you believo la God?" sneerel
the host
"Most assurodly," repllod Ucnaud,
"don't youV"
"Not I, moosleur."
"Ah," said the Senator, "in that
case please make mo out a receipt!"