Nassau County Review 18991208

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A   FAMILT   NEWSPAPER   OF-   LI^At.   .V.NU   IIENRRAL,   INTELMOKWCC
FREEPORT,   N.   Y..   FRIDAY.   DEC EMBER   H,   1809.
TKtKS: •l.»0 TKASLT IS AVVAS^r
NO. 6.
HMinaBioNiU.
• Greater >llew York • Daxxtstl Parlors,
MSMSfCKU • SKIOSORE.
OOB.   FULTON   AND  OOLO   STS.,
Brooklyn,  N. Y.
am At taotti.
¦aMOrnra*,
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fBMkar VttUa*.     .^     .
rin.TON AND ClOLD STBEETii. ppp. Loaaer'a,        BROOKLYN, tt. T
I       W. J. STEELE, M. O.. PSrSlCIAX and SURGEO.Y
BALDWIXS, L. I.
nan, fc   I I In I A.M
OBta aoiui. j i lo 2 and « to 7 I'. M.
1 oeice. Harrlaou Avenn*
Saath Shore Televhoii* Call. Ualdwlna U.
OKOnaE A. MOTT, LAWYER,
M Caatt aCtOarMM^Ii ot Bi»*hlya,N. T, City
¦aildia**, lorabroek, Q«*aa* Co., N, V. aWtatauat, "SI Lrabrook." "aWA Brooklyn."
E. A. DORLON,
L..BOXDED AUCTIOXEER...
tm* toUotto' Blaek,
rCtanit-b. PReePORT.
STATE NEWa
Cact ar lh* atat«*« ftchool*.
Rt*l* HuparlBtendent of Pnbllc Intttuc lion Cbarlea R. Kkluner baa just completed tbo intaool *tstl*llca of tho Stato. which will form a part of lilt annaal report, to be aubmitted to the Legltlature is Jaauary oext. Tbey ahow tbat the total ezpendl- lure* Ib tke Stale lor edaoattooal pnrpoaes daring tha aahool year 1S9) wtre (14.093.. 99«, a decreaan ef tl23,iwi compared with tbe precedlog year. 'The expeadltijre* lo the cltle* were tao,8M,S4l, a decresa* ol 13«0,5», and In tbe couniry dlalrlctt (7,- I9H,449, a decreaae uf tii,9'>l. In tbe entire Stale tbe aaiarl** psld to t**obera amouBt- ed lo •1I,4M,M«, aa Inor**** over the pre. ceding y*ar ol ei,n8,8M, Oftbenmount expended •11,$1«,5T1 wot In the clly aeboola aod •t,M0,0T5 in tboae of the country dls- Ineta, Tbe uet decreaae lo Ibe total amoUBl of money exiiended for school liorpoae* Ib tbe •utira Ht*te It oocasloned ny a falling oft In tbe moneys expended for new building tiles, furniture aod re¬ pairs, fu 18m, (8,«11,644 were expended for auch purpose*, wblle In 1899 but (8,117,- 919 wers expended,* deoreato of ti.lVS,- aS3. Thl* combined with * decrease of tiS.'Mtt In the expenditures for librarle* more than ofttets tbe inorease ol tl,32fl,. ?(S io teaoben' *«l*rle* and produces Iho net d«ere*(e ot tl23.881. Tbe decrease In tbe outlay for new building* bat tieen oc. catloBed by two condition*. The flrtt la that, owing to tbe low prlee* io tbe build. lag matarial maraat lo ISIWi, tbere wea *o aoatually large nnmber of conatrictlnus. Aod th* aecond reaaon the high conditioa oltbe**me market In 1899 and tbe aati*. factory faellltlea alTorded by tbe Bumorous cooslructtoBS ol the preceding year.
JOHN P. WRMHT.
', OBXERAL  AUCTIOXEER,
( PRBBPORT, L. I.
riNANCIAl.
BankorRockYilleCentre
V%Ua£A Avenue, ROCKViLLE CENTRE. L. L
•AIIVBi r. PBILUPH, PreaMent.
nOXAB a. XMraBT. Vice Preaident.
HIBAM R. BMITir, C**bl*r.
BOARD or OnUtCTOR8i
TbomaaOI. KBlght,
JobnT	
„_.  Edward T. TknrttoB,
HaaUlloB W. PsanalL
Wa 4e a Oeneral Baakiny Bniin«M ot Dapeait and Diaeoant. I tajlanat Paid on Speeial Depoaita. ' .OnlW iMaed on  BngUnd and  the
Taw fMMBage SoHoited. ' WmiMbs Honra-O A. H. to > P. H,; RaWMa7.«A.X. tol3kI.
Diaoonnt  Dayi—Toeadaya luid  Fri-
lAvm •  . K.
IHBFREBPORTBANK
OAPITAL, 180,000.    .
IUI STIBET, FRBEPORT, 1.1.
CiBSUiupUoB'a High   lleatll  Rate.
Dr, Jobn H, Pryor, reviewing the death rala from couaumpllon In New York State, saya tbat tbe return* from tbe death rate fromtbat diseaae Ib tbu first eight mouths of tbia year showed fto lucre*** over the same period last year ot 069, Should Ibla rate of Inereaae prevail la tbe last fonr monlha oftbe vear Ibo Increaae over laat year will be abbot 1000 deatha. The total uumber of deatha from conaumptlon will be about 14,000, wblcb will be tbe higbast rat* known lo tbe State, Dr. Pryor heart¬ ily ISTor* tbe *pproprlatioo of (900,000 by tbe L*gla|i*lur* to e*tabllab a State aaaltarlum for Inolpleut ooueumptlvea. Dr, Pryor ooinmeudt tbe meaturea of lb* Heney law paaaed by the latt legltlature, giving power to' flrtt- cl**« clilna to establish speclal bospitaia for couaumptlvea outsldo ot Ibe dty limits, but ha ntaerts tb*t tsulatlou must b* In- tlslad upou lu tbo Iteataicul of tubsr. culoal* patleuta.
After all, the great co-e.Iucal,oual institution ia marriage.
The New York Independent says Eipl.ng bas recently written some  ersos that are not poetry, ""
Genlle^m^eu   who   happened   lo   be    PfesidCflt     McKJllley'S     MiU christened "Johu' abnnid juiu in pro. :
test  against   thia tendency   to allude q[  NatJODal AffaiFS   Lftld
to   cvory alasher   who   turns   up   as
"J"^". . , Before Congress.
Pranoe, which waa against thc I United Status wilh ,Spain, has now ; concentrated ita hatred upou Great Britain, Fnlly eeema a French ua tioual cbarncteriatii'.
HOST HOLD PHILIPPINES
The uew two-dollar bills ore said lo be very artistic. It is lo be hoped tbat some scheme may ho devised to have tbem atop luug enough in the average citizen's posaesaion lo bu ad- mired,  	
A New York City waiter has boutiht an $18,500 home, which lie paid for with money saved from hiss"lip3," It isn't likely that he ever permitted himself t.i luugh at tho wny people whom ho aerve.1 prououuecl tho French wor.ls on tho menu.
The loss of the Charleston is deplor- able, hut it will uot ho fruitless. It will hasten the plnua of tbe .lepart¬ ment for building light-draught gun¬ boats beller fitted for patrol duly in the Philippines, aud will hasten pre. paration for the complete survey and charting uf theae islauda wliieh we owe to the commerce of the wurhl aa well as to our uwu interests.
Declares For Gold Standard and Re¬ commends Coneressional Re¬ striction of TruSti!.
.lepen.lrnre For Cnba When tbe renplr Are Iteailr—A Territorial (Irgantia- tlnn F'.r P.irtii Iiicu—Treniy IUkUIs Of Allen.-l'aclll. Catile Needed—|-arli- llnn of Samoa—Our Aiiny al IllnnUa— Nrulrallly In the Transvaal itn, Ue- Mtnr.ne.l—Thl. Couniry at I'eare Wilh I orrign Nallons—I'aji. American Ualil- bli,on and Soulh  Aii.eriia.. lie|i<iUI,r..
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JOBN J. RAMDAIX, Proldsat.
OBAVHtnnr T. 8PRAOUB, V1ee.Pre*M<al.
WnXIAM & BALL, Caahler.
BOARD or DIRROTORSi
lake «. Itaadall, •¦Ml Oaa.
SraUaaa B. OBrawell iD,aBillh.
RbaaacsyT. Cpragu* WIlHaaaO, lliller. D. Waaler Pine, Oearge Wallao*k Ool** I>iltlt. Uttar B. Saaltb, 0«Ma* M. RaadaU William 9. Ball.
• p. ¦¦  aEes laiattl** a»riadnem«M
KMrroStar SookSbi Baak* or Tra*t Oom- ggte' *?*Jg*^ afeotaawdatlea a* far a* 1* isMEtsat wtilb aoonrvallv* ¦laaeeawt.
laMNat at tk* ral* •< Uue* par e«ii. paid QB Wiil' tta I itiTtkia* ataatk* er ¦wm.
ONlla liNid *• all part* of Barap*. I haakla
Aiiseall a* entweraUoa*. coaapaol*!. *ooi*. Mn, aia., wIMIedT .   BaMw imantlea gaaraale«d.
Job      '
Printing
At
This
OMee.
lt**t*T*ll Laara* Bow to Wr**tl*.
Workman have tranilormed tb* tpaoloui billiard room ol tb* Ex*aatlr« H*b«Ioo at Attiaoy Into a gyrooatlum, and Oovernor Ilooi*T*It aod bl**oos, "Ted" and Kermet, bare began a eourte ol atbletica uoder a |irof«**loo*l iBitraotor. The OoTsrnor has ooBlracKd for n cour*e In wreetllog, and bls tout are to be trained In the art of *elf- defense. Tbe liittructor, whose name la W, J, Dwyer, comes from Ornud Ilaplds, and It an adept at the Ttgorous exercise - with wbloh tbe Ooveruor expects to keep blmaelf Ib condition this winler, Tbo les¬ sons will ba taken tbree times each week, Tbe Oovernor train* In regular ring cos¬ tume, and It not afraid ot the hardest kind ot work. In fact. It la aald tbat b* ruabes hi* trainer at nvery opportunity, and that Ik* flr*l le*>on in catch a* ontoh oan hitches abowad bim to b« fairly well familiar wilb tbe tVsatero IbcIIcs, while bia -oaroettuesa k. pt bit lotlructor busy.
Btata T*aeh*r* N*ni*d,
Tbe Slate Departmaot ot Publlo lotttuc- llon bas completed tbe work ot Ibe August Sta'e ezBfflloatloD, wbiob was attended by (16 eaodldate*. 01 this oumber (Ixly.tlve b*T* coaaloded the work, and  State  Hu-
gerlotendent Sklnuer haa lasued tbem life 1*1* certinoale*. The certincatea enlllle tbem to teieb for lite witbnut further ex- arolBBtiou In any publlo achoola of tbis Slate. Theaa exBinlnatlona were flrst held lu 1879, and tlnce tbat time 4680 difterent oaodldate* have atteoded them. Of this oumbsr Bti have succeeded lo obtaining Ilfe certUleate*. Thl* ceruncate la gen¬ erally reeogBlsad by leading educator* •* Ib* most valuabU l**a*d la Ibi* eonatry, aod Is acoapted by th* autborlllea of aev¬ eral State* wllboal farther examloatloo of tba oandldata boldlof II,
Jaatle* Pnlnaai't   Dealb.
Ju*tlo* Joba Puloam, of Saratoga, who** d*ath trom grip 1* Bononnced In a dirpatch Irom Bong Kong, waa a Justlc* of th* Third App*ll*te Dlvialon, wblcb sltt In Albany. Hi* pl*re ou the beucb now I* being lllled by Justice S. Alonzo hiellogg, wbom OoTernar RooseTelt will. 11 1* aald, appoinl to nil Ibe place until the next elec- lion. Judge Putnam waa sixty.nine years tt ag*. aad^d he llVH.1 would have boen retired undbr thn age limit In 1900, Ha wa* on bis way lo Manlia, wbara ba boped lo apend Tbankaglvlog wllb his tou, whu It In tl^e army,
B**l Sugar In Tbi* Ilal*.
It I* announced Ibat New York capltni- liti will *rect a b*et sugxr factory al Lyoo*, baring ¦ capacity for 460 ton* dally and oon*umlng the proauot of 4000 ncres. which bnt been contrAotod for tlv* yeftrs. WllUam BnChhelt lit* bean represeutiug th**yo.llcale In the preliminary work, ll Is Ilatad Ibat tbe bull.llngs will cott (360.- 000. and lhat building uperatloos will com. I meoce January 1 next. Tb* company will I be capilallaed ot (2,000,000, of which (1,- 000.000 will represeat tbe cash capital.
OoTerBor   Boo**t«I|-* Mew   Slan   OBcer.   I
0*Der*l Ordar, No, 39, laaued by Adjulant- a*a*ral Andraw*, at Albaoy. d**TgD*t** Ll*ateBanl.Oolooel Edmund P. Cottle, ol lb* 8*T*nty.lourtb Beglmeul, BuSalo, bb ald*-d».o*mp upoo tbe *t*IT ol OoT*rBor Rao**T*lt, CommBBd*r-lo-Cbl*f, lo plac* ol Flnt Ll*ui*Baat Prank J. Mlll*r, ol tb* Porty-fir*t 8*parBt* Company, reelgned to *oe*pt an appololmeat In tbe Uolted SIBtas Tolunt**rs,
Chrlallaa acl*atl*to K*« a50n,00O Cknrel..
Th* cornnrtion* ul Ihe Plr*t Church of Obrlst, Kol«otl*l, WB* laid In New York Clly by Xr*. Aucasta E. Stelaon. paator of tb* eburob, Id lb* prcsenee ofatbouaanil Mopl* who b*ll*v* la OhrlstUn Sol*Dce. Tbe tpleadld tempi* will cott, with the laad, (H0,000. It will be In tbc Oreclan ttyleof archlleotur**od will aett lUOO peo¬ ple-
Fall* ll*lr lo a Paru. and aiOOO al 81.
Oaorg* 8nyd*r. oolor*d. elghty.flv* r*ar* of age, uf Auburn, bns r*ll*n heir, tbrougb Ibe d**tb of an unci* In Ciloton Co.inly, tu BB unincumbered farm ot eighty acre* aad (8000 oaib. Snyder-* parenla arestlll living, bia father It 107 aad bit molbtr I* 109 ye*r* ol agr. '
""'Wm 1'** Wlrel*.*~T*legniphT.~~'     I
Tb* LoBdon postal nuthorltle* b*ve de ; elded to ute wlrelea* telesranhv I
Oue uf tho most uoteworthv ,iud valuable discoveries in tho Kluu.like region is that it is possible to grow and ripen grain there, such as wheat, barley and oata, Tho country may never be a protitablo field for general agriculture, but tho raising of biead- stuflTs there will greally facilitate tbe dovolopmeot of ita mineral w-calth. Au.I it mny be that those wlio ^row graiu lo feed tho miuer.s will reap nearly aa large proliis as the miners themselves.
fspocinl).-Presidonl McKlnley s messnge, delivered lo tlio Fifty. 1 sixth Congress on the second day of the session, declares cinphalk'ullv for there, tentlou of tho Philippinea, the upholding of tho gold slnn.lnrd and the building of the Nlcarngun Canal. He denounces trusts, but poiuts out tbnl legislation lu curb them Is hnrd to dovl.«e, l'o tho Sennte nud House of  P.epresenta-
llvef:
At the threshold of vour doliberntlons vou nro ealloil i.i inouru with your coun- iryiueutbe denlh of Vlco-Prosldenl llobnrl, wiio passed from this ilfe ou the morning of November Sisl last. His great aoul now reals In eternal pence. His private lifo was pure and elevate.l, while his publlo career wis.-ver .llstlngulshed by large capacity, stainless lnl..grlty, and exalted motives. Ho bsa been removed from tbe high offlco wbloh he honored and dignified, but bia lofty eharncter, bls devotion fo duty, his honesty of purpose, nnd noblo virtues re¬ main with uaiib n priceless legacy aud ex- mnile.
Tlio Kifly-slJlh I-onsress o.invonns In ils Ilrst regular sesslou with lhe country In ii ciindlllou of unusual prosporllv, »f .lulvor- snl good will among the people at homo, and In relations o( poaco au.l friendship will. Hvory govominent of llio world, Ouf for¬ eign coinmerco has shown grent Increase in volume and value. The comblnod Imports nnd exports for the year are th* lamest ever showu hy a single year tu all our his¬ tory.
Tbo Pre-ldent thou   .piolos   figures from
the annual reports of   bls  Cabinet   oltl.-eis
which bear iilm oul In the abovo etntomeut,
New Banking Act.
Tho Presideut finds that under tho rapi.l ilcvotopmenl in tho Industries of the coun¬ trv liituiatlonnl banking act Is not a aultl- lont nveiiuo through  which needful addl
Stales, Oermany anl Eoirland for Us ac¬ tion, and liieii lake.-, up tlio subject ol the condition of Cuba nud Porlo Hlco since lh. treaty of 'leaci- wilb Kputn was signed.
He distinctly savs that the l-ledgc, ni proololmod In the joint resolution adopted bv Congre.s- Illl April 1!', lans. bv which th. I nllo'l mate, illsclalms anv ills|',i.ulon oi Inteution lo exercise sovereignly, Jiirlsrtlc Hon or control over Cubn, except for lh. paoUlcatlin thereof nnd tbe deiermtnnlloii thnt whon that was accomplished to leav. llie government and conlMl of the Islam' t'l Its poople. Is of tho hlghi-st lior.,irnl'l. ol.ligation and must be sacredly kc|.t. lUpla.nallr   Kelallon. WIII. Spain.
Following the exchange ..f n.tiit..nlii..ii-i of the treaty of peace the two (lovcrn monla acciudll.t.l ministers to each other, Spain sending to Wnslilnglon the Duke of Areu., an eminent .ll|iloiuatl>t, while the L'nited Htates transferred lo Malrld Hun, IJollamv Nioror. li.s Minister at liriisscls. In ad.tilliin to Us cousulnr repre-entallon lu the t;nlleil Slates, llie S|.anl-li Ilovern. meul hni, appoiuled consuls lnrCulia, ivlio Imve licen j.rovlslonallv recoiinlie.l diiriUK the military udmiulslratinu of tbo ntT.ilrs of thai Island.
Tl..'   President rccommenls  nfproi.rinte
legl ifilon In order I., carry lu x.icutlon
Artlcio   VII  of  tho   rrealy of Peace  Willi S| alu. l.y whicli   the I'nileil .Slates nssuro.l the pavnient  otceitain cli.lms for ludein. nlly uf Us citizens ngnlnal Spain. Claim. AaainsI Ttrker.
Tie l'ulled Slatoa Jllulster to Turkey j coutluues, under Instructions, to press fot a money payment in satisfaction of the jusl clal'ms for Injuries suffered hy Ameri- cau cllti-.eu8 In the disorders of several years past aud for wrougs doue wlHbein by the Dllonw.n untliotllles. Soii-.e oi those -t-itms nro of many vems-standing. ' This (loverninent Is bopolul of n gonerul ngreeiiieul lu this re^;sril. i
llio Vene/.iieinn revoliil|..ii Is  tlu-n dcnlt
BiG BATTLE WITH BOEI | PHILiDELPHIA'.SBIGFIRE
      I     	
Larce Foice Fncountpred  by General  Nearly $2,000,000  Worth ot   Busi-
iiiE NEWS   EPITOMIZED I THE  SABBATH  SCHOOL
with,
kllOM
111   Iho  recognition   "f   Cn.-lro
eparl-
lli-vlewlng Iho Im-renso if truil. aliout liy lhe elTorts of tlio .s|a|.' meut 111 kee|i In touch wllh the ment of tno Lntlu-Anierli-nu republics In .South and Central Ainorlcn, I'resldent Mc¬ Klnley thinks II I xpodlent that the various republics should be Invited lo liol.l at au early date another conference at the cnpl tal of ono of the couutries oilier tlinn llic Pnltod Stales, and In this cniinc-tl un refer- lo the Pan.American Eip.i-llluii. lo be held ou the Niagara frontier In Now York la the year 1901.
Mo
Do.trln
rded.
Half a dozen years ngo tbo farmer considered thc value nf his enrn crop to be prsctically terminated with the husking nf tbe coru. What was left was worth a very small anm nn acre as fodder. Mauy eiperimenlerB, how. ever, working along difTereiil lines, have established   the   value of the by.
nrndiii'tn nf tlin corn   cron   and   |i,.,.„ 1 Hons to tba eirculallou   can   from tlma lo proautts 01 iue coru   crop, au.i   mere , ,|^,„ i,^ ,„,,,„   „„ ,i,pp,,ure asks Congress
is now a home market wh^re n fnrmer  | to take up this matter with the view of ns.
.   , „., .    n-     ,        I '  -ertiilnlng Whetlier or not such reneounblo
can get   from $.! to »u a lou   for   corn   ! „,o,iiilcallons can ho  mado as  wlil rendfr
stalks, so that their value is uow froin , ^'"' acts service lu tho pnrllcuisrs referred
lo moro rospuusivo lo  tlio   people's neeiis. Bti to S12 an acre. llu urges that national banks bn authorized
 \         1- I lo organize wtlh a capital ot (25,000,
I For Gold Standard.
President McKlnley then proceeds to dls.
-uss the Btuudard of money, and says:
'     1   urgently   rocoiiimend   that   to    sup.
porl  the existing gold   slandar.t  and  lu
uinlntnln  thu  parity lu   value of tbo coins
.if the two metals (gold and sliver) nnd the
' jqnnl power of every .lollar jil all liines in
tho lunrkoi and  in thn  payment of debts,
I the Socretury of tlio Treasury bo given ad.
:  lltlonnl powi-r and .'barged with   the .luly
I lu sell fullO'l .Stall's   bonds and to ompluy
' iiicli otlieri'lTcclive monus lis may bo iiecos.
I inry to thoso emls.
-Tho llUHiii'lul Iransactlona of tho Oov- ' .rumeut nru eontlBcteil upon a gold bnals. Wo r.'colve gold when wo sell Uullo.l Statoii I'.iuds and use irold for ttiefr payment. Wo iio mnlDlulnlng tho parity of all the inoney ssiied or coined hy authority of tne tlov- ! 'rument. We nro doing these things with (ho iiioiius at hand,
Sniiply of Uold.
'     Happily, nl the present tlnio wo aro not
I 'oiiip.'llc.l to resort lu loans to supplygoid.
i ll liiLS been dono In tho pnst, however, and
may have lo be .lone In the futuro.    It  be.
I ho.iven us, tlier.'fure, to provide  at once
:lio  liesl   menus  to   moot   tho   emorgi-ucy
when  It  arises, and tho best   means  nre
I   hose wbich   are   the   most   certain   and
i H'ouomlcnl,
1 In tills connection I repeat my former rcconiineiiilHllons that il porllon of the <iild holdings shall ho pla.-«d In a trust Illllil from whicli greenbacks shall 1.. r»'- leomoil upon prcsontatlon, but when onco roilei'iiii-d shall not thoroafler be paid out .'xcopt for gold.
The Suhject of Tru.ta.
After an urgent  aiijieal  to   Congress  tu
pass some legislation which  shall   lift  thn
, .American merchant marine from Us present
I "late  of   decadence.   President   McKiuley
¦   urns bls nttontion to the subject of trusts
;rehl doni of nllention lo It.
The bicycle craze was not * marker to the scramble for automobiles. II started among boys and young mon, then advanced to girls, and from theiu to married fulk, after which it managed to entrap gray-heads, .\lready tbere ii;e, according to a member of the mighty autumoiiilo triiHl. over 111,null peopio iu the I'nited Slatea directly interested in the maunfaoture uf the self-moving vehicles, while frnm nn other autburity we leoru Hint the number nf machine's in uae in Kitrnjm to-day ia over 11,000. Tn France alone there are UOOO self-propelling carriages.
The alory uf llie Incomolive fiuunda simple iu th'..' recital, Tlie wonder of the thing comea iuto view only when one reflects ou the speed and nicety with which citniiiroua parta uro made to do their work. The pistun nnd conneollug bar of a modern locnmo- tive weigh sumo COO pounds. When tbe speed is sixty miles nn hunr these parts travel back and fnrth live tii'ics a secoud. Teu timua a necoud, al the end of every stroke, the piston hcod is at rest. It must pass from lliis con dition to a velocity of l.HOO feet per minute iu one-tweutieth oi a secnnd. Tbo drive wheels lueasure mnre thau a rod at every rovnluliou, Imt >vheu going aixty milea au hour they must turn uore thau iloo tiiues a mluuie.
I ama (amier lociileil near Stony Br(X>k. one of tbe most malarious 4lM(klsin this Stale, and was hoihcrrd w<th mal.iria for years, at tirues ¦OI could not work, and was alw.iys very constipaled as well. For wtsri i had nialaria so bad in tho sprin,:. whe.i en^iged in plowing, nat I could do nuthlng but shake, i must have taken aboul .i b.irrel ^<)(Mne pills besides dozens of other reuu-dies. but never obtained any permanent benelit. List f.ill, in peach iiiii.-. I h .d a most seiious SttacK orchitis and then commenced lo take Kip.ins T.ibules. ui'on a ftimd's advice, and thc first box made me all ri^ht and I have never bstn without them since, I take one Tabule each morning and ni^ht sad sometimes when I feel mote than U!.u.illy exhausted I take three in s day. They have kept my st.imach sweet, tnv bowels regular and I have not haii the le.tst touch oi mal.iria nor s\v|iititig head.iche since I commenced using them. I know also thai I sleep betier and wake up ^ more refreshed than formerlv. I don't know hi-'*r many complaints ' Ripans Tabuln will help, biit I do know tliev will cure any onr in the condition I was and I would not be wiihout them at any price. I koncstly consider them the cheapest-priced medicine in thev^oild. i,s thsy are aiso the most benelicial and the most convenient lo take. I vm twenty-seven yeats of age and have worked h.ird ail mv liie, the sambas most brmeis, l>oth criv and 1.,'e and in all kinds Ot weather. snd I have never enjoyed such good health .is I have since List fall; in het. my neishbors nave an remarked my i-nfroved condition and have ¦ "^y. John, what arc vou d.iuig to looi; so healthy .^ "
The application ..f iiiai-hinery iu agriculture, particularly thc substitu¬ tion cf machine work for hand labor. is an art in which the .\tu..ricu.i, as compared with the Kuropeau, itauda pre-eminent, .\ccnrding to Mtilhall^ the value of Iho agricultural prndiit-Is per capita nf tiie agru-ultiiral pnniila- tinu in Europe iii the rear I>'S7 was %'iVn, while fnr the Fuilcl Slates it waa $425. The efficiency .>f an agri¬ cultural liborer in tbe l'nited States, in olher worda, or his capacity for production, ia double that of the agri- cultural laborer of Europe. Thia dif¬ ference is un.luubtedly due chielly tn Wie wider and more intelligent use uf improved agricultural iiiiplemcnls in .America, nbserves a writer in the N.-w York ludepeudcnt. The .\merican laborer having achieved these results ,s ever on Ihe alert for further im¬ prove.l macbiuea aud better methuda ol naing Ihem.
Tbe monrnfui an,mai summary nf tbe diaaatera to the Glouceatet tishing fleet haa juat be^u published. The number of vcaaels lost during the year was lifte.'n, liaving a value of $?-,',T.'iO, Wllh an rtisurunoe of 8''l,-,Ii,I. Sixty lives have bi-eu addtd to the great total accitmnlale.l .luring past years, tliirty two by actual wreck, tbe remainder either washed iivert...Brd or drowned wlillo hauling Irsals. lly tbe los* of tbese sixty Uvea hfteeu widowa and twenty-six children have been bereaved. Every year the num¬ ber of sad eycl women who walk tba street* uf (ilou.-ester lu l.lack in¬ creases, and every year seamen* wives and children fl.vk to the wharves when a fishing achooner comes iutu that beautiful hai I'or lo aee ishelher Its flag IS at half oiasl. .\ii.l yet every year tbere is no dearth of raptaina ronrageons aod atilor* c arageout enongb to ri'.k the langera of tbe l^riad Banks.
lie .ay..:
(-oiubloatlous .if capital organized into rusts lu ciintrul the ooudltlous of trade umong our ctiUons, t.. stiile competition, limit prmlncllon and deternilnn tho |irices if products used and consumed by the peo¬ iile. nre Justly provoking public lU-cusslon. and should early claim tho attention of Congress,
it la universally conceded that comblua. Unns which engross or eonlrol the markel of nny particular kind of morchaudlse ur ¦ ¦oiuniodlly neccisary lo llio general cum. uinnlly by suppro-slng natural and ordl. niiry coinpeiltlou, whereliy prices are un. ilnly eulmuceil to llio geueral consumer, lire obnoxious, noi only lo the common Inw, but Hiso lo the public welfare.
There must hi- a reme.ly for tho evils In. Y volved In i-ucii urganlzallon. II the pr.-a. cut law can l<e ..xten.led lo more certainly control or .-heck these inonopulle» or trusts, ll should he done without d.-lay Wlinlevei" power the (-ougress possesses uver tills iii..«l impiirtnut sulijcl shoul.l l.c Itomptlv oacerlaluod and asaarte.l.
Foreign Airair..
Folluwiup the trust quesllou tbe Presi- lenl takes up furelgu reiatlons, tirst le- viewing the status of several disputes which tho government bas on han.l an.l llnding them moving tuwar.t a  succesaful
IHin, limit- he
ir lo
ettle
eut.
id l>a-
Ho llnds thai Ihn Islhmlau  Canal d inls'lou Is making good ir.'gress In Ing "U exaroluatlons lu Nicaragua a rlen with a view to   .'Slalillshlnit   a  canal lietweeu the Atlnullc  anl   PacHlc   oceans. and bs asks Congres. I 1 help 111 the work.
Our trade Willi Chins has continued |.. Kruw an.l uur .'ommer.-iiil rights under ex- i.ilug ir.-nttes have been and will bo main- lalne.t He agalu urgos an a|.iiroprlall..n for a com.nls,i.,utu ^tudv the .-ominercial ard Industrla-l cmdltioo. lu the Chinese r.mplre s.. that American trade may be en¬ larged U. the Empire.
Sixt tho Paris Exposition is luuched on. aud -oncernlng Oerxany the President llnds tbat our relations continue to be mo.t cordial.
Mr McKlnley contends that our system uf the lu-pecii.in of f.io.l pri.lu..-t» f.'re>- p..rl Is-t llic l.i.sl. an I II- h..pes that tlio (ierman tlo>.-rninenl^.iiJI .-.une m reallrc Ihlt, aul suggests that c.ingross authorlr.. an Inviiation t.i (Iermany in connecHun wilh the ion.ling re.-li r'-lty negutlallons
or theconstltuliun of  a  joint    hmUsIm
uf scieutlilo exi-erts au.l pra-tl-al m*u "t affair* tl. cunilu.l a sear-hlng luve.llga. tlou .if lou.l I r'lucls In bolh cuunlrle..
The Prosld-ut   hopes   that   Ihe.llapuled   . .luesllnn  -.in-ernlng the Alaskaii.Canaliaii I ounlarv will  s- m  l.e satlsfaeturllv set. tied.       ' '
Neutral In Ihe Uo*r.Brlii.h   War.
T.'II hlng .'u the war lielween Ureal liriiain aul lh- Boers   the  President say.
Till, g'veromeot bas  maintained an at- iitu.le -f neutralllv luthe nnlortunate c  n- test tietK'>*n  lireat   urltalu  and  tbr Boer state.   ' f Africa.    We   have   Nvn  faithful - loth, pre ept  of avoiding eutangUog al- \ Ilance* a. to aftair. not of .lire.-t .--incern
Power .hould t-e g.veL t i F.-.leral cjurt* the 1're.i.lent tulnkr. lo pnni.h lynch criires airainst ali.-of.
The  Presi lent    h'pe«   that  Japan  will \ ..-on te. lirought lui.i trb-graphl.-   relaliun will. thl. countrr. an.l al.o  urge,  tbe  ne- .•o»lty if u cabl-'- to Mann*.
tr.tto aad «awoa.
Ire-ilenl M-K niev rliview* at .ofne ..Otftl. th- ^i.ln..BU tr .ublo*     .iii I .ay. that
Mr. M.-Klnley repeats lu his me»i,ag.. th.. wordt he med in bis Inaugurul addre-^ concerning Ivnchlng. In tbo rultej stales. He calls u(.oii the i.Bopio of the country t.. faithfully uphold the rlghl ol trial liyjury.
On the subject of the civil sorvl... the rresllanl savs that th* ainondinent pri. iiiulgiiled bv the eiecutlvo order uf Muy 2"... ISII'... to the or.ler uf Mav «, l-W. wer.' made when II bc.a.ne ovi lent to the liea.l- uf deparlm.-nt- that tlio uinendmeuls were necessary to au   ' Iti -lent  nn.l   liilrmonl..iis
lulni^t^allon      I   the   departn
-lain
I tliat the
rvlc
ul.ta I Impi
. Iha
•I   nul   tbal
lhc|.ubllc
the civil service system is reliovel .if many
of Ut oljectlonable loaiure..
ABBlT.r.ar7 of Wa.hinalon'. Death.
Ihc
due
In concl
The 14tu of Docemlier will b Hundredth Anniversary uf the death . Washington. For a liiiudreil years tho II public ha.-had the priceless advanlage . Iho l.ittv siaudard ..I .haracter an 1 c .. duct wtilch he lii-ipieatlu'.l lo the Ain-rb-ii peopl - ¦
Mfthucn .it Modder River.
ness Property Destroyed,
TEN  HOURS'   STEADY FIGHllNGi  LOSSES COVERED BY INyUR^NCE.
neral Mediuen Cnll. Ihr Battle Ih* Hardest ami Vl.i.l Triin* Fi(hl In the Annal. nniie Hrlllsli Aruiy—Anoiher IMvl.lon ol Ihe Seron.l .Vriny Corp. t.i lir   Sloblllir.l-The Ollirlal lllsi'n't'll.
I.UMU
I IU
r ivod llie
-Cnpe Town
-Mud.ler III'
enemys  posit 1
lound them sli
V Callle,.—The Wni fiilowliig from Oen ¦n ^General .M-lliiu Illvor-Uo.-ounolired nt 5 1 on Illver Modder ugly Intrenched  aud
Om.-e ll rul llllill 1   repor
In.le
luherit lof watiiiig ciuiiniialiy, increal.•--^ riches. We may justly U.i|k' tbat in the v.e«rs to come the Ueulgnaut Inllui Lce of Ilie Father if tils (-ountry may be c en oi'-ire potent for go.'d than In ttie crntury whb-h Is drawing lo a .'inm. 1 have heeu glad to learn that In many laris .f tlu. .-.'Untry the pe.)ple will llttlugly . Ii-erve lllls hist..ric auniversary.
Presented to thl. (ougres. are g-eat . , - l"rtnnitie. Wuh theni .-..mo irreat r-- ¦ ( 'u-lMllttes. Thepower .-ontt lel ti m It' -re.s-.M tlie weight of   uur    ot'llgtttlOUii t'.
Hie I.eople, and we mutt tieprofonudlv seL- .itile ul ilirm as we eontemplat* the new anl grave pr .Mem. whieh coDfroDt u*. AlmUig cuiy at the public good, we can Uot err. A rlghl Interpretation -f tlie p..opl*-B will and of duly can ii'il fall l.l insure wise measure* f.iaBbe welfari. ..f the Island, who-h have cor-ie undei Hieauihi.niy of tbe t'Blt.-d state., uul in¬ ure  t..  tlie  comiT'.n   Interest   au.i latsing
ceiiled.    No   means of Full   actl.iu    c.iinmoue
lunklug   them.
with nrtlllery, mounted infantry ami cavulry al fi.30 C.uards on righl, Nlnlh IlHgade on ioft^ Attacked posiliou In wldelv extondel form, ntlon at fl.30, aud, supported by tho arlll. lery, found Itself In front of the wliolo Iloer furce, 8000 strong, with two largo guus, four Kruiips, eto,
'-'Tho Nnvnl Ilrlgade renlercd great Bs- Blstanc.i from th'
-.1   at   One   Tl
li  lln.lns.a HI arly Itaineil.
mpany and  lie- hr Ciller Losers i rk In  l-hlladrl- '
vSpoclali.-Nearly »J.OW,-
I'ertv W.IS doslroyed by two
f the business section ol
lago.    The greater of lb(
the   big dopartmont
-After desperate
stodlon liours. or food and lu tbe bi eueniy qull his position
•Oo
ole.l
sful III
getting asmall party ii.-tu.-s Iho rlvci. gii|. lantly assisted I y 300 suppers,
" 'i speak lu terms of high prulso of the conduct of nil who wero engaged In ono of tho hnrdost nud most trying lluhl* In the annals of tho Drltlsh Army. If 1 can men- lion ono arm iinrtlcularly. It Is two bal- lerlea of artillory.' "
Lord Wolsoley has ma to an Iinporlant anncuncement. Spenklug at a bamiuet of the Scottish Coriiornllou,   ho said Hint vol
Two rir.s pincoll liarliii. —Cr.ili i.hta N
rHll.Vlil.LI'll
000 wonh of |iri| Ilres In the liearl the city n few daya two tires started 1 storo of Partridge 4 lUchardsou, at lb. soulhoast corui.r of Eighth and Filbert atreets, tho ceutre of tbo shopping dialrlot. nt ('...IO n. m., nod before the llamas wore under control they spread to a.ljolutng property and cauicd a los* of about (1.700,. 000. Wblle this Ore was In prograsa and spreading another lire brokeoul (ourblocki nway, on the fourth floor of No. 419 Mar* ket street, Tho loss at this lire Is esll. mated al (110,000. The losses at tbe two Ilros are more than covered hy lusurnuoe. The Eighth street lire was an ugly one for Hie llromon to handle. Eighth street nnd Ftlliert street are narrow thorough, fares. Tliere was a strong wind blowing dl Hin lime, and tho Hremen bad great dlltlculty lu proveutlug the liames from k-eltlng a loothold ou the opp.islto aides of hours to get
an.l Almlral   Dewev will na. hi.    '      ' "^"'r *"" """ " "gut lo KOTara naa
wbiieV;u:,7i'ng"Mi',;:?,ot rr;«;.i!f^'';svVa?L'^5!
irPepirlm^ent re<-elved an ufflcls \ eount oi th* •xlraonUnarv baaiBIaI bwe b**towid apoa yon, wbera ar* theaaaM. p*r dl*po*ltloBi wbleb I atifht aapMTle find to you la T-y-"* -|TiailT rnamai lor M* BBd (sar o( oflaadlaalla aa ySSi
the lla
under control.
starteil In tho basomeiit of Par- Irldgo k Klohiirdsou's slore from an eleo. trie spark, and soon tho enlire building was a mass of flam.s, -piio two store* to Hie south of Partridge A lUchardsoo't wen B oon toirned oul, and then the flame* at lacked the lilg uulldlugof the J. B. Llppin-
1 r.-slilent McKlnley oxpn-sfe, !.nl|..tac. Hon over Hie ulilcoino of tho I'ciicu C.in¬ gress h-ilil lit The lliiguo, end bojii's fur benelicial rosiills from the perinunenl tri¬ bunal for urliltratlon established l.y It, Ho calls altunllon lo the fact llinl lu signing the convenllon, tbe representnlive of the fnlled Stntes carefully giinnlid tho hi- torlc position of this couulry auonl the Monroo doctrine.
The Arinr nt Manila.
In n brief reference to the nnmbcr of mou
comprising tho armv uf  tliu Unlled Statea
In this couulry aud  .Muulln. the President
snys:
I canuot wllliholil from ullicers and men llio lilgh.ist coinmen.lnllon for their i-ol. dierly conduct fn trying situations, theit willing sacrilico for thoir co,iuIry au.l Hie I Intorgrltv nnd nbllltv with which lliev huvo performo'd unusual aud dillicult dutk-h lu our Island iiossosluns.
Tbo luesfingo Ihen goes Into an extended review of the postal service, not ouly In tho Unllod Slales, lml the recently »c- .|Ulred iiolonlos. It nlso calls the atteution of Congress to tho report of tho Secretary of the Navy .-oncernlng arinnr-|.lnlo lur voaselsnow under contract nn.l li.ill.Uiig, and repents tno Inllers reijuest that bgin- liillon be enacted lo muko ooulriicts enrly In the year  fur armor of tho   best   .piiilllv
that can bo  oldalnod  In  Hits c itry for
tho Maine, Olilo aud Mlssuiirl, nu.l that the
provision oflhe act .if Mn
Ing tho price of armor to t-300 p
rotnoved.
Must Keep l'hlil|<plnr>. Tho next subject tnkon up Is ihi Insur- rcollon lu the Philippines. Uc lellerules that .iveryiblug possllile was dune lo as. sure the unlives of the go ul Inl.'iillons of tho United Stales, denies that the rebel leader was ever promised ln.lepoiidonco,re. lales the events preoodlui: the outbreak, and dealares tbnt no uoUite was toll bul l.i suppress  this   rising.
Wbalever the futur* nl the rhllipplnes mav bo, there Is uo course open lo us now except Iho prosocullou ot ILo war nnlll tho insurgents aro rediicoil to suhnilsslon, -fhe commission is of tho orlnloii thai thoro bus bouu no tlmosliii-o tho ilostniction of the Spnnisb s.|uadron by A.Imiral Ilowoy wbeu it was possllilo to withdraw our foi-i-es from the Islands either with bouur to oursolvos or with sntoty tu tho Inhatil. Innls,
The future irovornmenl of tlioPhllt|.piiios rests with tho l.-uugnws ol tho United Stales. F.'W graver responalbilitlos bav.. over beeu conlld.'d to us. If we accept tbem In a spirit worthy of our rn.-o an.l our traditions, a great opportuuity co-nes with them. Tho Islands llo under the sbollor of our flag. Tboy are ours by every title of law and equity. Tlley cannot be uliiindonoii. If we desert them we leave th.'ui nt once lo anarchy and tinally to l.arbarlsni. Wo Illllg them, a golden apple of .Uscord, among the rival powers, uo ono of which could permit anoliier lo seize tbem uu- quesilono.l.
Thoniggesllon hns been made Hint wo could ri'u.IIIII.1." uur auHiorlly over llio lsl. uuilsaud, giving thom ludcpemleuce, could relalna prutectoiato overtliem. This pro. position will not be found. I niu sure, worthy of your serious atli-iillon. Such an arrangeine'nt woul.l Involve ut tin. uuts.-t a cruel lireuob .if faith. II wuuld place the penoeal.l.'and loyal innjorlt v. wli.msk noth. lug beller than lo nccoiu uiir uut Imrtly, at tho mercy of the niiuority ol nriii.id insur. gents. It would make us ros|iouslblo for tbe ads of the Insurgent leaders, and givo us nn power lo control lliem. It woui I chnrge us with tho task uf pr.itecUng lliiiin agnlnsl each olher, and defeuillng thein against any foreign power with which Ihcy choso to ijuarrel. In sliurl, it would lake from the Con«ross of iho rntl.-.l stntes the power of ilccliirlng war, and vest that trc- ineudous prerogntlvo In the Tagul lender of th.- bour. The President does not doom il doslralile
lo recomnicn.l nl this tinio the s| lllc nn.l
final form "f governinenl for the Island, leaving Hull lo (-ongross v,-lieu peace Is fully restored,
liul he hellovos Hint re.'onstructlon should not begin by the estnbllshment nf uno centrnl civil governinenl, with ils seat nt Manila, but rnthor tirst cslalill.-.blng mu¬ nicipal governments niul then provincial g^iveruments and central governments at lii.-l to follow.
Concerning Hawaii, Presi.lent McKlnley says It Is lin|iortaiil thai an act -luuld lo .asse.l creeling these Isia- .|s liit'i ii ju.ii- lal .llstrl.-I aud provl.Uug f..r Ho. nppmut- ocnt l.t a judge ami utli.-r 'fltcr.. Ahoul Ala.k.i.
He then calls atlenil.in I. tho necessity lor Immodlate legislative relief lu Hie lerrllory uf Alaska, tho p.ipululion having in -i.-ased .-o rapl'lly that nu're ani|.le la..ll- itles lor local self.guvarnment are neede.l. Ho also reconimends thot logtslatlou lothe same end be had with reference t.i rortu Kb-
Wra.hinalon  Il*m*.
A Imlrsi |i»wev will w«lk at the he*d ol the army uud nnvy at tho White Houae re. ¦ epilun un New Year's l)»v. Insiead of Oeneral Mile., hecause he ranka with a full (Ieneral nf the army, wblle Milea. being "Uly a Msjor-Uensral. rank* with a Bear A Imiral.
Mr. Corliss, of Mlchlgvn, will Introduce in the House a Idll privl llug for the con. struollon, bv the Oovernment, of a cable tron, the Pacinc c jast to Manila, by way of Honolulu aud Ouam.
Hepresentatire Pick, of Ohl... said tbal he favored holding the Republican National Convoullio In New York Cllv, aud probably voiced Mr. Henna's s.-ntimenl.
Ilear.Adralral Frederick n.idgen., Preel. 'lent of Ihe Naval Insp»cii,in Board, hts Iuformed the Navy Ilepanmenl that the .-orrecie.l uifl-tal .pe«i| .,f ti,n i.attloshlp Kentucky on her trial trip was 16.S97 knots au bour. This Is regarded a., au excellent showing.
The sen of Captain C.rldloy. who com¬ manded tl.e Oiyrapla at Manila, will be ap. pointed a lieutenant of Marines, rnwldenl expenses
The War report on the'ooodltlon of the traotporl Manaueute, showing that tbs v«**el was In good condition and well provlalooed wben sb* sailed from San Francisco.
Conlracte for six 3300 ton crulaera li*v* been awarded by iho Navy Departmont.
The Britlth Ambassador hnt Informed the Seeretarv of stale that a stale of wai bus aolnnlly existed sluco the nth of Oc loher h tween England aul tho So.illi African Ilc|iubllo anl the Orango Froo Slnte,
A blii to Increase lhe pay uf Idler car¬ riers will he lulroluced In tbe Houte early In the so.slon, Tiio loller oarrlort waut ?1J00 pel annum.
The War Department Is experimenting with wlroh'ss telegrapliy for tbe signal service, Tho army Is uol dopendeut on .^.farconl for Instruments, baviug developed a system of Us owu.
Our Adopled  laland*.
The Havana Commercial (^>mp*ny will ilaco armed guards about lis plantatloui In rinar del Rio, Cuba, tearing *n out¬ break of dIsalTeclod Cubans.
America., sailors and marines caidured H.o purt of Vigan. P. 1., nud will hold ll lllilll rollovoirby truop.-.
Not a caso of small.pox or vellow laver exists in lhe Island of Porlo Wi-m.
Tbo plague ol locusts, which threaten ed the province of Pluar del Itlo, Cuba, for soma time, seems lo have paaaed.
An American relief committee baa Jutt distributed maohotet aud how to 400 laml. Has In Havana Province, Cuba,
T, F. Laneing boa beau appointed Min¬ ister ot Flnnnoe of Hawaii, to auocsed s. M. 11 anion, whose rnalgnatlou wa* **ut fr.im Home, Italy.
Ilulster uf Flnauce Desvemlne bas been
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMtNTt ^ FOR   DECEMBER   la
labjeeli I.»>*«n* In OlTlag. Mai. i., a-tll
III., a.ts-.iold.a Texii II. Oar.la., 7.. J
M*usorr Verael Ital. III.. 10—CaaaMa*.
tary ob Ui* Uay'* Le**aa.
roxxirTiva  Lisa*.    W* ebonld aladf
Ihe whole book ol Malaebl as wall aa iS
latt ebaplar ot Nebamlah to gat that whldb
bslonga to tbU **elloa ot biatory.  Hakiabl
opea* bl*  propbeelea  by  ramladiaa tha
p*opl* ot dod'* gtaat aad dl«tla|«baad
loT* toward tb*m aad their latkan, whM
Ihey wera *o *low to aekaowladaa.    B«
then r*proT«* lk*m sbarply tor thaltilai
sod  lorewarnt  them   Ibat   lb* l«rd. al
whose dnlay thny complain, will eoHaiaS.
(lenly  to   111* temple to tit la JllaMal
tbare; ao  advent which Ibey will BOt  W.
able to endure, lor It will eootataa thi
wicked,
6, "A too booorelh bls father." Is beaad
tn booor.   "Where I* mine boaor M*
lear."   Sine* 11 I* evident I am aat eaS yonr Lord and have a rlgbt to govara aae
I
urdereil tll furuisli llroolie, nf Cuba, .villi In regard In mortgages on tho Island aud th.i 1 cxpeu.es.
rnor.(Ieneral lurale slalistics 1 liicumbrunoos ey  allowed  tor
another illvlslon ot llin s.iconil Arin< l-iirps would ho mohlUzoil nl onco for ser vice in Soulb Alrlcn. It seems clear, thore lore, that tho War onico does uol look fu a speedy collapse of llio lloers,
A    NKW    -ntt|-|.K    AI.LIA.NCI-:,
The    Slierrhe.    of Hll.l Ainbaa.adfl
LosnoN (By Cable),—Joseph C'hainbor- lalu, the Secretary of State for the Col. onles. In a speeob at n lunclioon at Leices¬ ter, said that ho was deeply gratlllcd that tho lorelgu relations of Oroat llrltaln wore s-: satlsfaclory, nnd ho nssertod thai the coiiiitry owed a debt of gralllu.lo to I.ord Salisbury for tho great linprivoment of (ireu( Britain's posilioii. It was ospeclully gratlfylng, ho pointed out, lo nolo the friendly relations existing lielw.'oii tbo Aii. glo-Suxon branchea, saying the Hio under, stundiug bolwoeo tho United Slales and (Iruat llrlliilu waa ludood n gunrantee of tho ponco of tho worid.
A uow IrljilB nillance between the Ten- louto race and the Iwo groat branches uf the Anglo.Saxona would, said tlie Secret ary for tbo Colonies, bo a potent Inlluouco In the future of the world. Tho speaker ex¬ plained tbat he used tbn worl "nltlanoe," but, he udded, ll mattered littlo wholbor lliey had an alliance coininlliod to paper or an "undorsianiiiig" wlilch existed lu tho minds of thu statesmen of tbe respoc- llvn countries.
ThoTI,anksglvlng bimqiiol oflhe Ameri. ¦an Socioty nl tho Hotel Cecil wns a gouulnoly boiuellko family gathering of Hio Americans In Loudon, Tliroo liiinilred guests wero preeent, A toast lo Pr.'siileni MeKiuley wns proposo.l iiy Ju-llce lilgliu-n.
'The principal apeo.ili wus ilellverc.l l.v Ambassador Chouto. Us most Iinporlant f.'aluro was a sympatbello iilliislun t.i tho Itloudsblp between (Irual Urltalu, (Ier¬ mauv and tbe United States, In tiio course of bls speech ho said ho Ihouglil the key. Uoto of Iho occasion was: '-Lot England Slid America clasp bauds aero.a tho sen an.l tbo penco of the world would bo abso. uti'ly tocuro,-'
.Mr. Cboate nlso said that tho supreme Intereat lu America was tho preaorvallon 01 peace wllh nil countries on the fnco uf the earth. None "O strongly urged that mion tliein as their great generals of coin, nierdal rivalry, uf Hie vlcorous competl- o   Americau   |ieoplo were
nged.
Hint this
light lie Iboughl by rivolry was liii.onslsienl with a d.-slre for the preservation of peace,hut It was not su. Which wire tuu throe great uallons-r Who woro the great commercial rivals of tho worlir/ They wi'ro Engiaui, (lermnny and Ih.l United States. Thoy bad ull lu tins direction oue aim, one luteiest, and n ijiinrrol betwoon any two would be fatal to •he Interests of all.
BAYOMBONC   SURRENDERS. '» Cnpllulalet lo I
A IUg Flllpl
Mu
Mami.a (Ilv (ullle 1.-(Ieneral Couon »ui eniiere.i elgllt huu.lred ofn.-ers nnd roei rltb rifles, sev.-ral A'i.erlcan anl sevenl panlsh prisoners, nui the garrison 11 lav inili.mi.-. Priviu'e of Niu'vu Vlzcay*. 1 .li-utenanl Mnnr 1.', with itliy meu of lb -.urlhCnvulry.
aiS.IKMI iu  an (Uli llandbni.
Mrs. Munson (-ook, ng-l seventy years, ,lli.d al Theresa, N. Y., a few days ngo lli-r a|iartraeiiti have leen examined, and In an old dual-.-overed baiidhox In a eorner if an iinuBi-d room was fouud (15,00(1, which   hud  heen  se.-rdeil  for uver Hilrly
eport
prnal   Kevrnue   K.pori.
f Hie Commissioner of In. rnal Itevenue, issued At Washington, L.w.. aggregate r*-eipt» of (-173,4*4,573 irini; the last Usual y.uir, uo Incrense of or tuu OOd.Oiyi Mtny changes lu the w are recommended.
Boer.Brlti.h  War   Note*.
Croat Britain ba* ordered uut *nother division of lit troiy |or service In South Afrlc*.
Over Ihlrty-flTe thouaand Uritith rein. f.irerueuts bavo been lauded lu South A'riea.
Uier prisoners at (.range report ttiai Hie numlier of Boers killed at Hvlmont Is be¬ lieved to bo 110. and nt Oraa Pan. 400.
F. Kniglit. corre.p.jnlonl of Hie Lmdon
coll Publishing Company In Filbert sireet, oast of the burning depnrlnioul store. Tha building was completely rulne.l. A num. hor of business bouses adjoining Ltppln- cnifs and I'artrldgo 4 lllchar.lson wora .ilthor entiroly .leslroyed or badly dam. aged.
-The second Ore-was discovered al 7.30 a. m. In the four story buil.liug at No, 4111 Markoi stroet, occupied by several manu. faoturers and wholosale dealera. The oiillro building was burned oul, as wna also tbe adjoining building. No. 417. Tha ostlinntod loss Is (110,000, The loss ou the building Is estlmatod at (40,000.
Ov.-r two tbousaiid persous aro thrown oul of employment by the Ilres, but tbe proprlotoro ..f otber departmeni stores of¬ fer tem,lorary ompluyinont to nil 111 ;^nt- h Itioliardsoii-s uine Inindrod em- ill llio salaries tboy received Irom burned out linn.
triilg
ploy
HIGHER WAGES FOR COTTON HANDS. Fnll   Kiver   Mills   llerld* to lirant a Ten
- C.u
Fail llivrn. Mass, (Special).-Orders wero Issue.! Instructing the agont of the Fall niver Iron Works Cotion Mills tn tbis city lo iioet notices of a len per cent, ad. vance In wages, to take eftuct Immedlaloly.
'Phe Irou Worka Mills aro controlled by M. C. I), liordou, of Now Vork City, The plant is tho largnst in the olty, including lour mills wllh •iliA.dOOs) lii.lles. ll glv.is oniployinout to nearly 3,000 hands.
All the coltun mnnufaclurors of this clly re|ireseiited luthe Fall  Hlver Association
lollowing    the   ej of the Fall Illver I thoy woul.l grant .-.'Ul.   In   wages, tended to make an 1
pie of Mr. Borden, Worka, decided that adviince  of ten   per
0 mill owners had in. reuse ot  only
nssoalatlon Includes aboul Ihlrly-slx corporations, operating more than aeyenty.llye mills. In all, about 2H,000 bands will beuelit by tbe advauoe.
SERIOUS   REAR.ENO   COLLISION.
ulonnil
Sll  ¦'ri.on. Kllird and Many   injured al > I'al.r.on. N, J. j
Paikusun, N. j, (Special),—a sertoiia .-ic- I cl.lont ui'curro.l ou the Ilelawar., Lacks- | wanna   nud   Western   llullroad   nltbln IOO ynnls of tbo   Barclay street station bere. It was   a   renr-eiid   collision  between   two passenger  trains,   nn.l,   according   to tlio ! railroad company, was duolo .llsohedlouce ' of orders on tbo [mrl of a flagmau and an | engineer.    Six llvea wore lost nnd twenty- ! I.VO   Injured   men   and   women,   u.ost   of 1 whom were tnkon lo  ll.o two  hospitals In H.ls city.    Others, uol so badly hurl, were j seut to Hoboken, ;
Tho list oftbe dead Is at loliua-a:   Alex an.lor Craig, of  Scranton, I'oun,, busiuess ; innnager of tbe Scranton TrlbuueiEsther S. ; Crnlg, wife of Alexauderi thnlr two daugb. i 10, to nominal ler. Esther un.l Jo.slo, ngod llfloon yoara I ol the Hopubllc and   elHVon   years respoetlvoly;   Mrs. May '  ' Bert   Une,   of   Ithaca,   N.   Y.,   and   Waltei J.iculi   Wnlbrouck.   uluoteen  years uld, ol New Yirk Clly.
Ulllll trains In tl... nceldent were late. Train N., li, the Mnnhallan Special from HufTalu, was duo hero.at fi.55 p. in. Train No. lid Irom Pittsburg was due tiore at 7.23 o'clock.    The accldonl ocnurrSd al 7.44.
'J he arrangeinont by which the American
Bell Tolephono Company transfers Ils as-
sftatotho Americnn Telephone nnd Tolo.
graph  Compuuy wiil  make Now York  lu.
Uond of Boston thu centre of the vast Bell
lelophono system. A provisiou train lonlsd wllh  salt pork
for the British Array lu Alrloa was wrecked
atid fourteeu cars wero domollabed at Kau.
ilwortb. III, A Chicag 1  physician olslnn to havo In.
ronlo.l a serum whiob wili sbow tbo   praa-
snoo of tuberculosis, i The Pralrlo of tho Unlled Slalea Navy I lalloil In.m tho Brooklyn Navy Yard for I llavro, France, with the Ilrst shipment of I flxlilblts of tills (loviirumsul at tue Parla I Exposition of 1900.
A   lire whl.'h   resulted   lu the death ot
Ilonry Cunningham started In the hou*« I owned by Cunningham. Th* bouse waa i litiiated on  Mercor atroet.  about  a   mile
¦rom Prlncolou, N, J., near the Prlnoetou
b:tttlol1eld, and was a Revolutionary laod- j Jiark,
I Manufacturers ot paper In the Unlteil I itntes will mako no furtbor  foreign  ship.
menls of pnpor until  tho draught   In this
country Is lellovel, Auow Industrial Homo for Negro Wolfs
was opened ul Culiimlila, S. ('., wllb twenty.
livo clilldrnii and four teachors, undor lhe
¦iT^ijllAa nl Iho Ilov, Mr, Cnrroil, a colored
cliapi,ihi,
Tho bo lies of th.- Miilno doad thai wero burled at Key West, Fla., will bo allowed to
I remain tbere.
I     H, J, Jones, Mrs. Jones and Honry Clark were klllod an I  Oeorgla Ullllxe.i  was to. lured mortally while driving In  n .-srriago' across a railroad lra«k In Houston, Texas. riiotwo nrst named had Just been married
I tnii w-ero on Hiolr way lo tako a train for
i Mlne.ibi on their wedding tour.
I Arnold Tuchscliuiidt, cashier of the I'nlte 1 Stats-. Iniornal Hevonua oflco, at st, 1,'iuiH, ,M.i , was arrested ou n cliarge of
j omtiei-.-IIng *7i)i)iJ lu (liivornmout bonds. The dead hi lv of John (reineaua, wllb a liullet hole 111 Iho bond, was fuund lulled In his hunie at (ilonwool, Ohio. (Jroinoaaii was agod and woalthv. lHa youug wife cannot bo found.
Tho total colnago nt tha minlat Phlla- rtolphia during November was (3,040,070, whlell represents 111,115,140 separate coins, Charles Cogblan, the actor and author .Iled at (Inlveaton, Tex., from acute gas¬ tritis.    He had been III for a nioutb.
In a brick.lined gravo nt Mount Olivet Cemoterv. Ellisiiolh, N. J., tbo body of Diana, wife of WlllUu'. Cojlello, the gypsy king, wnt burled.
Judge Charles Turunr, rofereo In bank, ruptcy In the |-e.l,iral Courl for North Ala- liainn, diel auldeniv nt lllrmlnghnm from u paralyll'- slmke wlilub caiuo on wbllo he wns enguged In piaylni,- gilt, llo had over exortoJ hlmnolf during the game.
ForelKB.
rows jf llio Peruvian hark Llberta,
Cape   (;ook,    aud   uf   tha
-liuoner  Hern,  burned nt  aen lu a gala
ero  picked up and arrlTod at   Vlotorla'
. c.    Both vessels had  valiiable cnrgoet'
Tbe Libernl Parly Commiltoe has called
national   conference   of   Ihu    ..arly   In
ble at Mexico Cllv, Mexloo, February
candidate for   Presidenl
Tho Consorvallvn pnrty
Iku of polling n candidato lu
rallied by
eriu. of Mr, lloharfa Will.
Ill of VIco.Prasldeut O irroi A. Ho.
< tiled lu the Passaic (Cuunly Surro¬ gate's oltlce at Paterson, N. J., the docu¬ ment b'jiug banlo I to Surro,;alo Cbarlea M. King. Tho value of H11 estate Is not given, bul It Is uudeistoo'l to I.O aboul ti.- ¦sifl.OtK).    (il lh" .-slate Mrs. Jennie Hobart
the Wl.l.,W, ro-elves tbOW.O'l) OUtrlglll tO do with It whatever she wishes. Alter a ber of liei|liesl, lire pal I the remaludei quaily be
The ban H
A provUliiuul patent has
j the Brillsli diiverunient fn If gold from sna waler. Iho patentees sny llioy havo dlscovorod u coinluuallin ..i chomleuls will 'h will |ired|ilialo  IIOI   ouly
I tbe organl'-luutter In  aen walei,   but  also
I the guld, without the use of electricity.
I     The nc'tsd cuse of Mrs,   Uruce's applies, tlnn in exnine a bodv In a  London  ceme.
I l.-ry In nrd.tr lo eslabllth brr claloi  to tho
I   Huk* of Portlaud's estate has lieon practl.
I cally abaud.mod ae ahe and  her  attoioeya Ud  not  api'sat  whon  an   np|ieal   lo   th*
Lord and U**l*r, aad lov* aad koaar te> ward Me as your Fatber.
7, "\t oir*r pollulad bread." Made ¦i' cordlBg to your owa waya aad not aa|M» •cribid by law. -'By your aetloai yon d» elar* how llttl* vaiu* you bava tor thl worship ot Ood, •too* you car* aot la hea alight tod ooutsmptuoui a maaaar H k petformed."
8, "Tb* bllod for *aerine*." laa Iiae »:U. Thl* I* d**lgaed aa a laproet t« lirael tor offering sucb saorlBeai lot tM tsrvloe ot Ood'* allar at war* lB|i«((ai|i and lucb ai, 11 offered to a luparior, woSl not b* aoc*pt*d.
0. "B***«]b Ood." Al tha aatloaal iatM. c***ors.    Bapplleat* Qod to paidoa iM BBllon as well ii yoanalvia tot wlMt a^ lenoM bav* b«*o eommlttad aaalaM ] lawi; for ye bava Ihmb tha priaolpafeai of thim by Ibe dliregard you hava hhii Ood'a airvlo*.   Th* prieila wara im ' guilty' beo*ui* It wu tbelr datr lo 1 Improper offarlBgt,
10, "Shut Ibs doors for nontbt." It k plalo that gaoeral avarfos pnvaUiaBdh prtelloed amoag yoo; tor aven tk* ofltl or miolattr* who** duly It la to opoa 1 shut tbe door* ot th* tempi*, aad lo klMM nr* on tbs altar, will not parlors IMt ie flee wilbout making a gato ol II iir iiiijf log feei Ior It. Vou woald bo ooatoal ta bavetb* door* ol tha laapla qallodni up, and Ood'i wortblp wbiuly siaao. "I h*T* no plnsurs." I eaa taka ao^ Miaaan In men 10 IntsBt npoa tbair own pteSt «• ye are; aod uoder tb* Qoapol I wHI aat aa «od bolh to your prieiibood aad tho iritlf Oon wbleb yoa offer.
U. "Uy nam* *hall ba great." ft Mw ; J«ws found no Joy in tb* sarvleo ot CM but oegleoledU.ortougbt only saiaih Sila by II, Qod nould here notify thaa thatm would raise up a people wtao ibonld helM nod magnify His name to tba eartk. "TIM Oentlles.'- All otber ualloos, aad aoaM. ored by tbe Jews as not laoludld la th« lanillyof God. "loceo**diaUbaoSWet." True praise, "A pure offering." A blOtiM nud oonlrit* heart. Tb* b**tb*a,whohaM lived lo darkua** aod wonblpod Mola shall belter glorlly Ood tbaa tbil aatlea. wboaa biatory 1*11* ot almoal ooaUBaalia* •lablllt»
8:8, '^111 a m«o robOodl" 8a«il|M0li tb* lilghesi ot crimes. And tb* moal ealNf. Is that duB* by tho*e olalmlna lo ba miev people, "Ye have." Tbli evil to aet aalt tbe (Ullt ol priests, but ol tba whole aa¬ tion. "Wbereln." To do wroaf awl haM uo eootoleoce about It, I* alaioil to jMt bsyoodhope, "Tithes," OeatUtd, fte tltbawBs "tbe tenth" ot tba laweasa « tbelr property, Ibe prodooo ol IhMr At. ohsrds, vlosyards, liooks, bardi, aad Ml thslr graloB, Ona tithe, amogg Iha ttim, correspond* to our Stat* aad towa laaw lor tbe Bupport of Ihe Oovarnmaat aail Ne tbe poor; anothar lltbe wa* takaa IM rellgfoua worship, for tbe support ol the '       -       ,^.14,	
lOtlli ^ one-slxtleib part of lb* corn, wiao aad Wi Ths word Is gaoeral bere, iBeladlas ail tM offeilags and •sorlOee* tbey woe* leqaliei by tu* law to mak*. RefuBlB>lbiio,«Meh wsr* due to Qod's worablp and Ood'ipeoe, tbey robbsd Qod,
9, "Ye are ouraed." Wllb famlao aad acnrclty. Uod bad tbua pualibad Ihaa tM neglacllBg to build thn tenVpla (Baff. It 11^ ll)iuow, fnr oot mnlnlalninc tha loaipio aarvlcn,
10, "Bring ye all the tltbM." MakO| your aolamu eogageineat with SobM Nob, 10: HO, "Into Ibe alorohoaio." obimbera which lurrouoded Ib* bHaalo ea tbree aids*, Tbeae bad boon 10 oaptyIhil IB Nebemlih'* abaense on* of thoa khf been Btted up tor the abode ol tlM hMlhMl ToblBh, Neb, 10: 38, 18: B-(, It, 11. "AM ther* may be meal," Tbat thir* IHtf M proylsloo for tb* dally lacrlBoM, aae tm the maloteBaosi ot Mr mlalitin, IM prlett* aod L*«it*a wbo attaad apoa lie servic* ot My t*mple. "Aod proTO ¦a.'* TakeOodat HI* word. Your war, at Mt. has beeo k failure. "Wlodowi Of hoavaa;*' A poetical, iiroverblal expriiaiOB, llvri||r- Ing a grsat down.pouring. "Oaa. Titll.t Kings 7: i. F.very good aod avary pmMt gift la from above, aud comitb dowa Mli tb* Father of lightt. Jamai 1: IT. "Peat you out a bleiatog," "Kmpty oal," M H (lod meaot tbal He would emnty forth PDA vast reaerrolr ol blesslngi. Thoro li haM eTld«Dtly alluslonnoeoplaniralai aad Mil . Impllsd tbat tba laod bad bioa laSlMlaa from a •*T*r* drongbt. Tha hlilMy ol the J*witalb*llmoolB*Mklab had alieaif *fford*d so oxampl* ol tb* rawud ol Ifeith. ful ab*dl*oo*, la ib* mattar ol lllhM Md off*rlBg*, Id ovarHowIng abaadaaao aos itowad apon tbem by Qod, t OktM. Ut 10. "Mot be room eDougb to rooolea it" ' OoDitant abadl*Be*wlll prodaMai ¦bow*r ot bleislog, -_	
11, "I will rebuk*."  Pnvmlfromi	
log. "Tb* dcTourer." Tb* looaiU, thai esBksr-worm*, tb* ealarpUlan aaa aH otb*r detlrucilve Inaeet*. "Fot feat •*kei," Becaut* ol My lov* for yea, aaa for th**Bke of your proiparlly. Tked*. Tourer bad beon i*Dl basauM Of Ibolr aNI.
12, "All naltoBi abill eall yoa MaiiiM.'' Happy. So groat will b* your praaMM* sod bapploeMTlbat th* laaa IhotOM.VW *xt*od lo all aatloo*, aa ta ¦elaMas'a tlm*. Ood'* p«apl* do- la Iralh Um Is a dsllgbt*om* Uad, a land ol grMB BaitaJM and mil walin, ol dear oomaaaleaohiM aod dillabtlal iklM. BlowM ue IhM peopl* wbo r*Bdar loTlaaly lo Oed Ihe tblog* that ara HU own. "A doll«hlaMM land." Tour eoualry will agalB M kseva ai tbe pleasBBl laad, m II WM leiMMir oallsd.
TitcBiMos.—II Is a araat ila loaakea mock ol umog Ood.    He to tha woMt Iblsl wbo robs Ood.    Avarlea la IM hMMl dries  up Ib*   louotala   of lov*.   Tt IM obedlani Ood'* bl***lnti ar* M drop* for pl*oty.   What flod eaa do Mf far outreaohoi wbai w* eaa  do ler dlCfl *elT**,     DUob*dlaae* caUi loith IM mi>:^ router.
pristtt, *lc. Lev. 17: 80-88) Deal. Mi MuM "Offitingt," Tha flrtt fralta—BOt llMthM one-tlxtleib part ol lb* eoro, wiao aad I Tha word 1* gsntral bare, iBeladlas ail I
na
higher court .
klled.   The ease was dls-
of the estal tweeu Mrs.  Ho llibart.    At th. hoy receives ev
I.l   be divided
art   and the son, (larrel
llealll nl   lira. Hobart  the
rything.
Ilspoaltloli
l.f   the  u
. BUd Ihey
nd   f
A numlo
our iluwn tlio  seal The   building   •inn   deslriyed.
:it 1 '.renlles a
Mornln
Post,
Illel   at the ,   has   had his  rlghl arm
"ntingeni from I'le Brit. ilser ferrU'le, with two I sent  tu the front  from
- of .
N.ver   has thi. Na
ventlon eoterel into  l»eiwi:«t.  the   li
II *n ba.1 Uior* abundant caus.- than .I'li Ing tbe past vear f-.r ibankfalne*. in On for manifold ble.»lug. an.l mercies f.. whl-h we make reverent «ckEowle.lgn.eul WII I,IAM .ViKlNLrV. Lu. I Il'l   M.^s. 'N
Iie:cil.livr 5. Is'j.-.
lltieuf  Beim ampuiato.1
Another navi ish 'Ir.t.class 4 7.luch guns.
The lack of cavalry Is aald to Impede lhe movements uf Oeneral Builer t forco*.
The Allen Line nieamer hnrdlnla u. b«v. Inir OB board the Canadian cootloirent for Sooth Africa. 1000 strong, ba. arrlTwl at t'lpeTown,
Owing to feeling 0T«r ib' Bis' w ir Eng . U'J sb iw. in Hie vicinity of the Oraud Upera H use In raris bare been boycotted ijy tbe French.
Lale arrlTtl- at Cai.e T.wn frota Pretoria 0*11 mate Ihe B'er caiuillle. .ince th* be. glnnin« ^f Hostilities at 1000 men, half of AWhoil. were killed.
Th* Lein.ler Beglmeul It tb* only r*gl- meut of in* Brillab Army not repr***nted In Snath Afrte*. teith baitallOBii belBg iB A ...erics, une In llallfai and the otber in t^« Weal IniUrs.
Three Killed al Orail* CroMlag.
, The Penisylranla Itallrond tralo crashed Inlo Cherby-s ttage, runuiug from Haxle ton to llirwuod, at Craub.-rry Oro**lng Penu., kil iug three iiasseugers. They wer. Mine Davll.iio of (irafdin. West Va.; MIti Emma (i leddecke ..( Bulier Valley, and Ulst llelsel uf Harwo.l, Peon.
To Hedn
A-i.llH-  rcull Secretary    It-iOt Leonard W lufautry
In Cuba.
uf
infe
between Urlgalter-Oenera .lal ft1aahlngt..u.lbeKlfleentl 1 rine   Iroon  each    from   th. airy regiments .now In Cuha will   ba  or tared lu return lo tba United St*t*t.
the
slanl of
for.-e of roarloea command oow furce compared uf the Isluul. an of trouble ju.l n part '.I priidenc. if I
I Una... Wanl. Marine*.
ry. the Naval Oovernor o • uain. waul, an addlllnaa M. Tiiofpw menhebatal r are hut an InslgulfloBBl I wlHi the s.jo-j popstatlSB nd. wblle th.re ar. bo tlgBl s regarded at tb* 0 a •uftl'-teBt fore.
any   attempi
at dlt urder  appear h ipeliMi al  the begin
ulDg. 	
WIU Erect a MonnuieBI tm Bobart.
Aeommlttesof IOO has b**B   furoied at
Pater-«.B. N. J., to ralM  fond* for • moou.
meiit 11 the memory   uf   (iarret A. Hobarl  !
laie V,c*-l't~*ldacl of the I nlied Htatoa.     I
s:iv.ir lu maUe commercial
upnan cuuutrlet,
Kur-tpean nalious may levy aprefnrHotlal
taiifTa,<alasl the 1,'nlteil StutM. Iv Cblu**e
j   ports   unless   the   -'open.door"   polloy   Is
a 1 iptel In Hie r,illlpplBa>,
Tb* Aosirlau Oovernment has **k*d th*
K- ichsratb for au extra credit of (3,000,000,
i   >;/,00O.OO0iif which Is destined for tbe arm)
I  ai.l tl.oOf^OO-l ful the uavy.    The r«quo«t
I   I- sal'l lu tie .lue lu Emperur IVilliam'. rep-
rexiutatlon  that tbe naval   power   of   tli.
!   'l'l Iple Alliance l> ..'omparatively  weak,
I      iscnor Jose Alull ade, the Venezuolln Mln
.   1-ler iu the I'ullel -Hales, .'al.le 1  his liiv-
'   i-rriiuebt   frmn   Puris   liU    re.lguallou.    ll
wu. acc.pteii.
'1 be T.igeblali, uf Uerliu, .ay. th* Out , ennnenl h*s nu tutentloB of dIttolrlBg Ibr I l-b-t, as 11 is eonrluo*! that th* C*nal bllf 1   will 11* piiase.l In ll. uew form.
Ibo C ilomblau raTolutloB 1* *pr**dlB( Sir Tiiomo* Llpton vot ob* of lb* *p«*k I ers al Ihn annual dlunsr ol tbe T*m|le I Ya.ht Olub III Loo lon. 'I g.>l b fair aad ' r.iu.re liokiiig,"aald h*, "but tber* I* ai .   grou.1,1 tor dl*co..r*geD*nt.'-
A   iinmlier   of   Hu*. .lm*at   hav*   b«an
i  *iiii. I to Turkish ArabI* for comiliolly la
a I'd 10 assatnlnat* Hie Hultan 'if Turkey
T'le AdBilrat Apraxlne,  a, Jtuaaiau war-
ihlp  weul as'ior. un tbe IslAud  ot   Hugo
inn,I in Hie (lulf of Piuiaad.
There hat '.im, .plrltel ggbllag li*tw**a lia-il.. of Yaqal ladlaii. aad d*l*chni*ats uf Outeriimeot troopt near Coeorll* and I'.l.i.!, State of lI'jB'ira. Melleo, aad t. f.-e were a numi*«r of casualties ou bul.i <t.im. Tlin lu.iiaa. f'ugut lu ga*riiia tho iaiwiaiy eodr a 4 tlyla Md did BOt sak* d*tOTiBiB<d Mead* i afe. Bad atk MS aa
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NOTED  HYMNWRITEN  OIAR
Dr. i*wTF, i*«0BlT.lhr*a Taaia tNd, TaM Away at rialaaald, *r. ».
Altar a loaf lllaa«, Iba Sav. Dr. Idi Lowry, oa* ol tbo  baat   haewa writen la Ib* world, died froai I tronbl* at hi* liom* la PlalaMld. Ni wa* bora la Pblladeipbia, MaMh I Af lar raeolTlae a loamoa Mhaol adi be eo«a(*d la **ealar heilaiM ' but  la  UM  aotarad   Ibo M Lewlibarg, Feaa., aiaalaiiloflal aod WB* gradaalad lis yaaia lati~~
HI* Brat paatorat* wm la IM tut Ohaiah, U Wwt OhaMar,
1858 b*b*Ma*tM paator of IM	
daliuSapttol Ohaiah, la Hav Talk wMn ha reaMlBad lot ihno ytir- bo WMt  to tha Haaaoa PlaM Oharoh, ia Broohlya, whaw ho ilfhtToan.
Ha aaoaplid, Ib UW, IM . of bolloa   l*iu** la Ib*  eal t/*wtoMif aad Iha paatofato tin ObarA at tbat |da*a.    8I_ b* ntliad to llv* la FlalBSaM, to drrota Ib* r«*t of hto Ufa le H* WW IB biaqaaatly aliotad < tb* aalvardly, aad wh*e iM . _ Bapttot Ohaieb waaawaalaaSIf I be biiiai tu iHSIor,  AHae Boeltty hoeied la a lorly^r *dlfl**h*roilr*d.
B* wai boltar haowa M a	
Mcrad aoaoi ihM m a ftmmn. SMM , orbtohathBowBeeapokltleaeaM 'W0 W*Oolbar Bl IM SIvarT" "mtmAtAjfa ..'^ WaadatlBf Boy To-Hlfhtr ^Swdlg-.J ttaty Boer" wd "WMpk« WoHm mnt"^ Ko."  BolMvaa a wldeir aad IMM aMt. 3
-    M Ik* raarkaaa* ¦• Wtm.' TM Maeaaaeoa wbo laM  the atoaa ol Ibs Oily Poor Hoeio la Oaa Oblo, ia IMS appltad a low daya - adataalOBIolBetlaallMtlea a^' MlT*d.  BtoaaaetoWilM _ dar, aad M to ia*«a(f .aia ytam 4 wvoial yaoM M hM k««« vkb a 4 UaiabarhaltMiMy.hal ho^ " aldad loMUeraJ^ of ttgrigpat ponlat hta. Httl lar'"
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