Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 15, Jasper, Dubois County, 28 December 1888 — Page 7

WEEKLY COURIER.

3P4 sJ44stasWfi IX1KAKJL IS MARRIAGE A FAILURE? WkMt Me had aeae wtt frees Mm iUm to Mm - - IvA.. anaaaAA IA AaAJMbl fLjnjm1 awmaMm1 W MM eWflgnmn, vTTrfm mm mWla"SfiBj " wwwm wnetaaeew Or imiii Km se-tne at Mm years had tone T M Imuc tt4dM Mi Mm WM MVrM LaeneaUag ker faM, wHh m audible sigh. fr mii of ar Humw. mmwwmI me: Us aaarriea a faftorsT I asked of a bride WImi Uvea mi Mm pmNt wttk fuleese of KM. "Whose lip wore jtut masting Mm nee of wmm 'Jm ut driak to Mm mm Im ker rtvol 4 1 visaIs niM a fatluret aad ante la kec shook "Tne kofMjir keert-sarreat m eager to apeak. Her )ifs were aaartasMl ker eye were Mlw, -As, out of ker Mim. eke aaewered ma: c asnrrieee a failure? I asked of a m mriMM rolHMica of HMlwrc were "raa'l m ke res, Wkoe purpose In Uf m "m have ami to kohl,M "Wnoss passion wot toll sad wkase at Ry geM Is marriage a failure? aad quicker be went Ke moment in folly like mm to be speat Hot keermg full well as ke hastened on Uj So Masked ia my faea, aad ke answered ate: ".At! Is msrrtr failure? I asked of pair wk lexHt in tk sunset with silvery hair. "Wkose eventagot Hf wm spproeektng ,w close, la odor of kay and in seent of Mm rose Is marriage a failure! and worn a a tad hm,Who, tetiiag together, kad totted tae plan, Wko entered Mm I rook aad kept oa with its flow. TIM rosebtee; Mm eceaa-tkey aacwerod im: "So." Is merries a failure? I ki of a beast Ua learned at tk d of a kullewia prit, Whose wilt wm ki law, whose musele Ms ITko leaked oa Mm world aa kto kroMMt av meet Js marriage a faMare? and up from Ma lair. Trow eereree of darkness, from foalaoH of air, Cum madly kia savage aad soaeu.il cry. That toH of kia aaMire aad aaaworod me: "Art." T Marrtorc a failure? I atkod of tae Mrd, Ifkon MMir natie of aoriag tkoy wore Mil lax fTaoa kalldtag tkolr koaet oa loafy oaUktoa -Ad toaekloK tkair yoaas to be eouptos aad aiala li aMrriace a fall are aad oat of Mm Rrave, Tkolr odoroaa Kda of iaaoeont tore, Tke awRon In aaawor ware vnlaod so Tkat ekoaa from everywkore, attorod tkolr "Xo." It arriae a fall a re? I said to nyself. As I peored ia toe iyea of a taoffle haired otC Aad Mm ta ike irraror aad hotter (see Ot her of my boson Mw.sk God for Hta xraee I marriag a fallarot aad oat of my breast, In p.ty for all of sak boadaira aabtest, With tmy xlod poise of my being asow. The answer oaaM sweiltafr : "A tkoasaad Mam, Hnry T. Mmnlnn, in Katkinflu p FAMILY JAKS. How Roubam aad I Osvms to Havs Our First FaUinff Out. KwbH mmI I had boon la our.own littWi home only a month. We had com from our woddtnif trip to the "UUte nwt,n m we called it, tiyit had "bees made ready duriafr mir abWnee, "by the loving thfHighfutneee of those who were anxloua to see their children we-Urtd. without what Atmt Patienoe called the boardiiiff-houae riak. Ve were going Utrotijfh the rooms together, full of delighted surprise at lght of all the attractive and comfortable article of furniture, and Jteuben wa whispering of the great happiness in store for m In the new lome, when mtddenly wm flashed acrosa my mind the words of Aunt Patience, whispered to me oa my marriage evening, after I itad put on my traveling garment We were wttlking hand in-haad, when I eaid, under y hreatfa: "Reuben, I wonder what Aunt Patience could have been thinking of when she said to me at the laut: Be careful, Annie, of a flrst word that May lend to a falling out,' m if there ould poeeibiy be a falling out between us!" Reuben tightened his olaep of w.v band, and whispered ia reply: "As if there could, indeed, my dear!' Row I think of it. I believe that if I bad been a lovingly watchful as my liuehend, there eouUl not have happened what did happen. Thehoueekeeniasr worked atoasMnoeihly, I said so to my mother, who awe to spend a week with us aftr w had been married a month, and she answered: "lee, nay dear, every thing J nuw, ui tae trouMe comes when tkings begin to seem old; you have a jww Mouse, new furnishing a new and eompetent girl in the kitchen, and whju. aty near, vmir nsarrUJ lir- tw; when, aa I said, all these begin to men comes the trial of love n patiencer "JMm mother." I aaewered, "if I XMHsfht that our love eould ever grow W. I should wish to die before that happen!." " I know, my dear," she replied, "but it takes watchfulness to keep it .youthful and fresh, so many make a .mistake here and imagine that it will take oaro of itself, and they become careless in trying to take care of it" " Bt a love that you have got to watek nil the time isn't the kind that ds desirable, it seems to me. mother. tOura is the kind that will take care of itself." Xothing more was said between us upon the subject; but 1 told Keuben about the conversation, and we laughed together at mother's fears. Tne long, beautiful summer was paeeing fast away, and we entered ita last month, looking back unon tha .months, so full of joy to us; the mk of it had come, when one ming I roe to meet new emergenKitcaen gin, wno iimu been ing in a sense also, had gone away for a week and I was left to a fte experieaee. I had never cooked wisok mesa in my lift, and what if I I MM If

A T VijJ ..1 Cm make aa omelet, and there wast the aiee. sweet bread that my girl had made before she left, enough for ft week, she said, Wboa wj ware seated, and Keuben helped theouetot, he said: "Well, little wife, this U a greater aueeess than Sarah makes of it. I have always said that there was no need of the first failures that we hear of among young wives in trying to get a meal. A bright, graceful creature like you oouid not help showing graceful results. My mother ia that sort of woman, every thing cornea out just right without a seeming effort!" Before my husband went away for his offioe that day, I said: "Tell tae, Keuben, what would you like for dinner," for my eontidenee in my ability had grown with his expressed thought of it "Well, ray dear, I must own that I have, since we have been keeping house, missed the kind of pie that my mother made. 1 have sometimes wanted to ask you to make it, instead of Sarah, but I did not care to have you besfin that kind of work just yet. But now that it is thrust upon you. I wish we might have a blackberry pie for dinner." What oould I answer but that it should be as he wished, while my thought flew towards the new nookbook that was still in the box among my wedding present Sarah had resented the Idea of using it. and, alas! I had never thought it worth while before this morning to look into it. "You may send up some beef for a roast," I said, in an assured way, and I oould not help seeing that Keuben felt that wo were just beginning to live. I snt about the day's work confident and happy. "It is just as Reuben says," I whispered to myself, aa I sat .own with my oook-book. and looked through the chapter on meats and vegetables first, "a woman with any grace and an idea of the fitness of things, is sure of making cooking a success, without giving such constant care to it" The meat .came, a very large piece; but then Keuben liked to do things in a grand way, and I was very glad of it. I could not endure an over-careful man who had even the suspicion of trying to scrimp about him. The blackberries were large, fresh ones. I put my kitchen, in order, and decided that I would begin at once my preparations for dinner. I quickened the heat of the range, turned to the pastry receipt, aad followed down the column until I came to blackberry pie. I brought out my flour, lard, sugar and paetry-board. There whs no rule for the proper quantities for one pie, and nothing exact as to the mixing of the erust, but I watt not much disturbed by this, indeed 1 thought the compiler of the book had shown due respect to the "natural faculties of the housekeeper," and I put a generous amount of flour into the pastry bowl, and in the center a lump of lard. The rule said rub tilo lard int using the hands as little as possible. "If not the hands, what!" I asked. "Of course a spoon," my wiser self said to my first ignorance. There must bo water. I brought a pitcher, jioured in what I thought would be a generous quantity, and began to stir the mixture. "Stir lightly," stared at me from the open book, but it was not so easy to stir lightly as one might Imagine. At last the dough seemed ready for the molding-board, ami 1 emptied the bowl and began to roll out my crust Such a time as I had! It took all my strength to get it into shape, but at last I had filled the crust with the berries, put on the pastry cover, trimmed the edge and placed my first pie in the oven, with a hope that amounted almost to triumph, that it would be even more worthy of the name than a like effort of Reuben's mother. I sat down to enjoy the feeling, and had lived in Imagination through all the praise that would be given me en account of my great success, when my reverie was broken by a sound from the oven. I opened the door; my pie was very brown and there was a pool of juice around it. I took it hastily out aad .ooked at it in dismay. What could I do? Plainly nothing. I consoled myself for the lost juico as well as possible, and remembering that Keuben had once said he did not like pale pie-crust, decided that though mine did loo a, shade darker than his mother's, it was not surely spoiled. The fire was certainly too hot, when the meat was cooked I needed to make It 1 ewer. Following this decision the heat of the oven was reduced, and the beef put into a pan half fillet! with water. I meant t have some gravy. Snrak usually failed in giving us all we wanted. The dinner hour cams, aad I waa dressed In a pretty muslin, and met my nusband In the hall. He met me with those little words of greeting, that women prize so much, that rulirht seem small and even foolish when told, ami I led the way to the diningroom aa to the place of my crowning. Keuben began to oarve: he was a long time about it, and he turned the went several times before he out the second slice. I watched his face eagerly, I wished to discover a sien of his gratification before it was expressed. out, i saw nothing to encoumee mv hope that he" would speak the words that J so longed to hear. We had eaten for a minute in silence, when he remarked: "1 ordered a tender niece of hoof. Imt he has sent me the worst roaet I ever had." Plainly the beef was a rreatdiaanpointment, aad he was twin te make me bei -a that k thought the butcher ,

hide my Wttemeea, and began ta have lear with tmrard to the nla: if that should be a failure I should be disgraeed indeed! It proved worse than I Had feared. Keuben tasted a piece, laid down his fork and said in tones that he tried to have me think were those of jest: "A man never finds the pie-erust ot to-day what he reads ot in novels, and a pie isn't fit for one to eat, any way, unlee unless he feels that his stomach is up to the greatest effort of digestion, and mine isn't to-day." Then I knew that I had utterly failed knew it before I tried to taste a morsel of the heavy stuff I had so recklessly put together, and had dared to hope It might le even better than my husband's mother's pie. " Why do you try to make fun ol me?" I burst out "You at least might have respected my intentions," I added, as I rose from the table flushed and excited. Ileuljen followed me into our little parlor, and tried to explain, but it was not an explanation that 1 wanted. I had prepared myself for unqualified praise; nothing but thai would satisfy me. I can not tell how it became a quarrel, this discussion ol ours; but when Keuben turned with a simple good-bye with no kiss, I felt as if my mnrriod happiness was already wrecked. The afternoon wore away, and I was bathing my eyes in my room, when I heard a gentle knock, and Aunt Patience entered. I ran to mv, and cried: "Oh, auntie! I never needed you more in my life than I do now." Without seeming to notice my wet eyes and swollen face, she said: "I suppose so, my doar. I hear that your girl is gone, and young housekeepers find it very hard getting on alone before they have had experience." Then I sank into her friendly arms and told her all, not sparing myself in the least, and trying to take most of the blame of the falling out between Keubon and myself. "Oh, auntie," I sobbed, "I remember your words on that first night of our marriage; if I had only believed it possible for me to speak a word that was unkind to my husband, I might have boon saved all this." "Poor child!" she whispered, as sho did when I was a little girl and in trouble, "it has come sooner than I could have thought but let its rejoice that thore is time to save your married joy." I had dried my oyos, dressed myself in a manner that Keuben liked, and was full of the purpose to make up with him, when I heard his wellknown step. He came in, gathered me to himself, and said: "My dear wife. I have been a miserable man all the afternoon!" Then he tried to take all the blame to himself, which I would

not allow, and it ended by our going down hand-ln-hand to meet Aunt Pa tience, who sat cool and calm in the parlor. fcna mid u few word of advice and warning for us both, and she said to my husband: "Your mistake lay in supposing that any woman could make a success of her flrat week's housekeeping when khii had never received the training of experience. Could you have gone into your office and have made things run smoothly at a first trial? No man is wise who supposes that his wife, though she has all the gifts and graces In the world, can bo allowed a royal road to perfection in this department lie must bo willing to witness with patience many failures in 'her experiment in this direction." Whon she had finished her little lecture, she said: "Now, Annie, if you will come with me to the kitchen, I will make some tea rolls, and you may watch mo." I followed meekly, and looked on, observing the smallest detail, and then returned to invite my husband out to supper. Aunt Patience remained with us through the week. She was the teacher, and I the learner, and when my girl came back I was the mistress not only of the parlor and dining-room, but of the kitchen as well. I tried experiments, mado failures, had successes, but watched results from certain causes, and conquered at last, not surely without labor and thought, but the gain is worth all I gave to it And now I can do a thing gracefully without fear, and seemingly without effort, and Reuben's praise is more to me than that of all the world beside. Mrs. .V. 11. Baldwin, in Christian at Work. i Business Is Business. Railroad President Did you get the injured passengers in that accident satisfied so they won't sue for damages? Under SecretaryYes, sir. The worst injured were drummers, who are used to that sort of thing, and three dollars worth of cigars fixed them all right The only other one was a man who had his nose broken. "Eh? What did you do with htm?" "As the accident changed his pug nose to a very handsome Itoman I charged him one hundred dollars for the operation. So, you see, we are ninety-seven dollars ahead." Phifo (lt4pkia Jteoord. i i S Si Mr. Gladstone' omnivorousnent as a reader is indicated by his orders from a well-known dealer In Birming ham. The list InohWes works on lit erature, theology, archteology, my thology, education metaphysics, and music and biographical and autobiographical books. His friends wonder where he is going to put the books he ia continually buying, for Hawarden Castle kt already lined with them from basement to nttta.

Mr. Van A letan, better known a Miae Fanny Crooby, the popular hymn writer, was born in lift, and has been Wind from utfatey. Mrs. Lee C. Harby, of Houston, Tex., is a Southern writer, whose talsnt has lately became known to the Korth through her graceful verses in Eastern magaaines. Mrs. K! ixabeth J. Hereford, a Texas poetese who has recently Issued a volume of poems entitled "Rebel Rhymes," is said to be a lineal descendant of Sir Walter Soott Some of Mrs. Hereford's verse has been considered beautiful. Whlttier Is eighty-one years old and is two years older than Oliver Wendell Holmes. Whlttier wa visiting friends in Boston recently, hut it was observed that even in company he was often absorbed in thought The same is true of Tennyson, who lacks much of being an interesting member of a large company. Elijah Halford, President-elect Harrison's private secretary, is almost aa artistic a whistler as Mrs. Shaw. He has no other rnushml accomplishments, but he can whistle the most difficult music in a manner which astonishes his hearers. He is very apt to employ this gift when engaged upon an important piece of work. At such times an observer would think that Mr. Hal ford had nothing on his mind, but the fact is that when he whistles his prettiest he is absorbed in the most weighty mental problems. "Whistling Lije" is his nickname in Indianapolis. The handwriting of English literary men being under consideration, it is said that Andrew Lang writes a peculiar, but not illegible hand; Swinburne's was curiously school-boyish, but perfectly legible; Matthew Arnold's was lucidity itself; Mr. Ruskln's is pretty and plain; Sir Edward Arnold's is also very plain; John Morley's is difficult at first, but easily got acquainted with; Labouohere's is pretty bad; T. P. O'Connor's is rather rough, but easy to read; Frederick Greenwood's is called agreeable, and the editor of the Titnts, it is said, writes a particularly good and legible hand. Mrs. Oliphant lives for the greater part of the year at the much-favored town of Windsor, though she braces herself up by occasional visits to "dear old Scotland." Margaret Wilson Oliphant was. as most people know, born some sixty years back in the county which has the honor of being represented in Parliament by the hero of Bingley Hall. Mrs. Oliphant's residence in Windsor has favored the formation of frlondly relations with the Queen, of whom she U a great favorite. Her Majesty, indeed, has every one of Mrs. Oliphant's books read aloud to her.

HUMOROUS. It is said that rats immediately disappear from the house as soon as a young lady begins taking lessons on the piano. A wealthy old farmer, who had seven good-for-nothing sons, says he is satisfied that there Is no money in raising beats. Texas Si tings. Well, Uncle Cicero, what makes you look so glum?" "Yes. salt; to tell you the trufe, my ole woman has begun to make buckwheat cakes and she hasn't got into the swing of it vet, sah." K I. HVW. Mrs. Brown "Tell me, Nellie, was your husband much embarrassed when he proposed to yon?" Mrs. Youaghusband " Not nearly so much aa he was after the bills for our wedding reception came in." Boston Trantcript. Major McTavlsh "Mr. Fltoh, I want you to know the Rajah of Cawnpohr, one of our most eminent disciples of Brahma." Mr. Fitoh (of Illinois) "Proud to meet you, sir! It's th' beet breed that ever laid an egg." Judge. Cashier (stopping Mr. Dura ley) "By the way, Dumley, I that your bank account is overdrawn to the tune of a hundred and fifty dollars." Dumley "All right, old man; if you seed a boy down to my office with a statement of the whole business, I'll give you aoheck for the amount" Philadelphia aunt (severely) "As I glanced Into the parlor last evening I saw you with a young man's arm around you." Chicago niece (oeim) " Yes, aunty, I wae waiting for you to pass the door to see us. Young men are very slippery nowadays, and one can't have too many witnesses." PMkuklpkid Mcoerti. Mrs. Duquesne "I suppose you sing or play?" Miss Newcomer "Oh, no, I'm not at all musical." Mrs. Duquesne " You recite, probably?" Miss Newcomer " Oh, no. indeed!" Mrs. Duquesne " Well, then, I suppose you paint plaques?" Miss Newcomer " Me paint! I could not paint a fence." Mrs. Duquesne (eagerly) " Oh, you dear girl, how lovely! You must promise to come to every one oi my receptions. You will be such a sensation." IHtUbttrgh JIhIUHh. "Oh, Mrs. Watte, you ought to join our literary sooiety." "Should I?" "Yes, indeed. We study and learn so much. Last meeting we took up Carlyle's quarrels with his wife." "It must have been interesting." "Very. Next meeting we shall investigate the private life of Goethe and his love affairs." "How instructive." "Yes, and we have found out every thing about IWs dissipation and dUreputobte conduct, and propose soon to thoroughly investigate the mural actions of Voltaire." "Indeed!" "Oh, there's nothing like a literary aeohrty to inereaee one's enlture. Yea ouat to join."-!?. ,

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iartitr.l tastto of tne Daily BaAastsaa Tbo ississw rsssowwsBa , ob SjP ot the B. 0. 14tl-UH. Pnaiee otm Jtrwssi laiaeiHng after the Coaaaaot, IM years, X. a imTjMsatroaTrtohvad of Bsstetme oa both Paneons Jeohaa, Caleb, Aobaa, OMoea, 8emoa, Math. A OLAXca FenwAite The lessees of wis quarter extend over almost three .hundred years of a very ietereolmg portion ef tae metory ef laraol. There woe ae Mag. Tae govern moat waa of the aim as oat kind, aad the people were koine gradually dUohsttaod for weir work and pseee in the world. With oar laot quarter we left the laraotHos upon the bank of the Jordan overlooking their promised lead. With tats eearter we eater upon tae oaoqeest of the lead, which took sevoa years, aad thea take bare aad there a portion of the Malory of the Judges. The kweoBS give us real history, but hwtory from tLo Itvin ataad-pomt, and therefore history with a meaning for our own land, aad containing Brinctpleft which apply to our own Uvea and conduct . ArrucATiox to Tax rajuxes Compare the enemies in Canaan to iakmperaaoe aad Its attics. Meat they be overcome in order to have a happy ad prosperous nation! Will Uod help as!, lo teero need of courage wd faith and mutual help! What would A chan represent ia tola content! Why ia stroafc drink aa accursed thing) Can we overeoaw this enemy I What do we leara from this quarter's loosens as to the means of overcoming! Tax Vow or thk 2f azamtb Xum. A;l-t GoLtHtx TaxT I beaeeeh you therefore, brethren, by the mercies ef God, that ye present your bod tea a living sacrifice, holy, aawftUbJe unto God, which ia your reasonable service. Row. 12:1. Cextkal Tains Total abstinence from all that can intoxicate foe the sake of God aad man, and oar own souls. Timb The law of the Naaarite waa given toward the latter part of the Mae tke IsraelIts were before Sinai, B. C. im. AS AJtCIKXT TRMfKRAXCE OaiHtR. I. ItsNatuke (vs. 1, 3). (1) 1'eteatary. 4ltfMMtM; it was entirely voluntary whether one should become a Naaarite or not One forced to be a Kaaarite would lose all the spiritual meaning aad benefits, and keep only a dead form. So one should be a total abstain or from choice, or he will be like the inmates of a mate prison woo are compelled te aba tain from all intoxicating drinks. (3) Arotr. A solemn engagement or promise, or the eoasecratioa ot a person or thing to some particular use or service. Vow f lae XnmrtU. Heb., Htu4r, from the root, xoaor, to sMwaft, denoting one who was especially separata! and set apart oHber by the act of his parents or his own, to the worship aad, service of God. (S) TM vosr m ettArf- temporary or for lift. (4) H mmss a nilgiom terviee. It was to be to the Lord. II. Its Platform". (I) Letting the hair grow without cutting. (9) Avoiding the touch of a dead body, whereby pollution might be contracted. (3 Total abstinence from wine aad every thing that could intoxicate, for i. Me sfasti separate Mrnse' fnm arise tm4 rtnrnt aria.' Sftaker. Strougdrhik made from the juice ot any kind of fruit Vleetw " rfnesw of stf'Oa OrMu implying acid fermentation. Both these drinks were forbidden because they had virtually the same intoxicating effect with the priadpal liquors th'-mselves. Liquor of graptt. The import of the original ' that of something macerated or steeped in water almost to solution. Grape skins steeped ia water after the juice is pressed out form the drink here alluded to, (4) jVefftfotf that m made of tke tit true, frm tMktrnti$ (or stones) to the Mwfes (or outer akin): A sour drink was made from the stones of unripe grapes ; and cakes were also made of the husks. These were not dangerous ia thomeelvea, but were forbidden, to keep those who had made a vow from temptation, and to avoid every appearance of evil. "We are not only to avoid tin with the utmost care aad caut!on, but every thing that borders upon it aad leads to it, every thing that woukl serve as aa occasion, or operate as a temptation, to H." The Chinese have a proverb that one should not stoop down even to tie bis shoe ia a cucumber or melon garden; for those who looked oa would be aare to think that he wae plucking the fruit however htnoeeat he might really he. The application te teaperaaee people is obvious. FASHIONS IN COFFINS. Ki tracts fraaa aa Interview wHh a Wa"Caskets vary in price between f IS and t,m Wow, there is a fl,e one. It's made, aa yen see, ef polished browse, with galvanised bronie ornaments, aad kt ia the shape of a saroopaagus. Kext ia price are the steel caskets. Here is one of poHahed steel, draped extensively and ornamented with silver, gold or oxktesed silver; price, )0. Here ia one not quite so omborate, but also of polished steel, covered with black broadcloth; price, ISOo. Herein one of rolled steel, draped, for VWO; another one for MM, another one for tOS, with ebony and steel nniak, and here is a steel one for 9190. These are all air tight They actually exclude the air, and preserve the body intact for a long time. Of modern caskets, the Spanish cedar oes, ranging from WftO te MOO, according to trimmings, are highest ia price. The rosewood oasketa run from to Ilia, according to finish and thickness of wood. The oaken ones come next, aad thea those made ef elm or some ef the ether of the cheeper hard woods." Kare there been any marked improvemeata m the undertakers' business of hrtel" 'Jfottaeg very startling. There are aow need m covered caskets many drab, tea and parpw-hued ones, the latter eepeoiaUy for clergymen. That hi somewhat of a novelty. There hare been, however, during the last Ave or tea years many improvement made la the baeioeM. Krery thing is getting muck finer aad more elaborate, and many new methoda have been introduced. I re member when a boy how comae of a special tae had to be made when somebody had, died of dropsy. Often a mansard roof, so to speak, had to be built to Ml the abnormal else of the body. Now, ae matter If the dropsical body be four feet high, it ts reduced te the ordinary aiee just by one hour's work. Mrmk meratttym U logical; It is based on fame premise, and will lead to laiktre. The man who reliea en his own strength to enable him to hve aright forgets the nature of ma. The powers ef m il are supernatural, aad can never be overcoats by natural strength. Smce we have a foe whose strength beyond netore, we can never conquer but by the aid of a greater power, which mast also he imperaatoral. iv --- uU miMrUtutl il. rjaaasi Kmgaley said: 'What I want la net to posmss reltgtm, ant w nave a rsxtpmm mm t Ttust. la the aaaat ef alt r"--'- , - - samtHMM power m af p,w , 1 . . . .i . j . - - "--'---

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MroMtfc aemnet kat Kokop ma racvuAk rnaMVAAtawT or ran war MIMieVttY. Loaaoif , Dor. M.-Yaterdy was a bad eWfor taejcovwaMMH ia the Htm of CtosnuMme, aad "vdae from Its herswerespect ta the KeJkvttle la. Meat, the Canadian nenerhm matter aad. a preesnd arroeiaent wfe Germany y. jmrdto Mamoa. the ministry Jtad Maelf in even a worse predicament, terns the eoaditioas are similar, than the Gladstone government was whea it essayed to wash the Xabdi aad eoatrol the trade of the Soudan. Mr James Penroeea, the usually astute aad always severe UnderSecretary for Foreign Affairs, waa plied with question he oould not or dare not answer directly aattt he writhed with mental pale and perspired like a man heading over a hot fire in mideemmer. The plain truth of the matter k that the government has gone so far la the interest of the Kgyptian landholder and tae f urtheranoe of its own Jingo policy, designed to catch and hold votes, that it eaa not recede from its position, aad aotMag abort of a miracle can avert the ealaattty which stares Kagland in the face of another long and disastrous campaign in the Africa deeert. If the ministry were sufficiently bold to aaaoanee.aaequivoeally, that the first object of the campaign, fa? not the aaly one, waa to reeeae Stanley and mia, probably not a single veto would be withheld from a propoatttoa to grant immense sums of money aad equip largj bodie of troops to carry oat that purpose; but the suspicion that they are merely sparring to gain time until the prorogation of Parliament shall put it beyond the power of their political opponent to question their actions ia advaaee. is rapidly growing, and eoaseqaently causing their sincerity to be questioned oa all side. Mr. Gladatone sarvlved the sacrifice of Gordon at Khartoum, hat Lord Salisbury bj not Mr. Gladstone. If any British troops are seat into the interior from Saakim without a spoeMe promise that they will be directed to the rescue of Stanley, or if they shall be seat in insufficient force to accomplish that object, it is predicted that wka the resultant downfall of the preevat government, England will not witness another Tory ministry in maay yean. The Egyptian bondholders can never dtreet another Soudan campaign. AX AFRICAN KXrLORER'M OHSIO. Lokdox, Dec. 18. Mr. Thomson, the Africaa explorer, writes that it k only too probable that the Mahdi has captured Bmin Bey. He expresses unhesitatingly the conviction that Stanley never reached Emin, but was annihilated with hkt whole party ia the region to the west of the Albert Xyanaa. Ia this region, he says, there are dense forests aad swamps, and Stanley aad his followers must have had to march ia single file and to fight for their daily food. The absence of news, he says, hi quite natural, because there are no slave or trade routes by which an Arab merahant eould carry news. The dwaetor waa .wholly due to the selection of the Congo route. Why that route was selected still requires aa explanation. " Mr. Troup, the transport officer of the Stanley expedition, writes that there wae not a single Snider rine nor any ammnatUon for that kind of a rifie ia the whole caravan whea it left Vambaga. THE BRITISH OOVXRXMKXT MOT naSfOWetBLK. London, Dec. 19. The Foreign Ornee has made public dispatches bearing dates from September , It, to May ft, Ui7, giving a detailed history of the Stanley relief expedition. From theee docswnenta positive proof is derived that the Government of England, from the very first held no communication with Staaley dtreet and never officially regniaed the expedition. It is further shown that of the 10,090 which Egypt promised te contribute to the expenses of the expedition the committee received only &.m, aad thte sum was given only on condition that the amount would be refunded oat of the proceeds of the sale of ivory which Emia waa known or supposed to have. It is noteworthy that the most peimbtie note received by the committee from Staaley te dated the end of July, 1W7, and was writtea at Wadelai. ANARCHIST SPLEEN. The Ckleaco "ArbfHer XeKatnf pen Ito " Vmta t Wrath u tke rnee a4 Xewsejamjas ftLManeffjaJsev. aerji a a ffavwi iuip CniCAeo, Dec. 18. la a long editorial the ArheUer Zrit of yesterday abases Inspector Bonftekl, the Chicago poHee aad the suburban authorities. BoaneM hi called the vilest of names. The polfee of Chicago are villlfied. The palke of Lakeview, Hyde Park aad Town of Lake are designated ae monkeys, aad the chief ef those towns as drunkards who are net able to protect the dthtena fiombargtors or arrest a single murderer. Ia conclusion the paper aaya: "The ehtof eaaee aad origin of the penraouMons against the Anarredet is Benfield, who surrounds himself with reporters aad gives sensational lies to the press. Is there no remedy against the hydrophobia of the police? Will the eWxens tolerate this humbug until aXattoaal disease is mused by the contagion through, me pre? If a dog has the hydrophobia he is shot. Craxy policemen aad reporters should, at leant, be thrown ia a madhouse, where they can not hurt the reet ef ociety." Latest Adrtees rram Wakamk. Mlea. Kew OatcAXS, Dec. 18. The httost advice from Wahalak, Mia., near the seene of the recent trouble, say there hi no change. The cabins of the negroes have been burned aad their stock destroyed. The negroes have fied to the swamps or are ia hiding. The mtoet eetimatos are that five white men were killed aad perhaps tea wounded. It i nutte probable that these figure will be increased. Xo mention is made ia the toteet advice of any negroes being killed, bat it ia likely maar were slaughtered. AH the reports from the scene of treable are conflicting, both aa to the cau-e of ttV trouble ami the number of killed. Ml A VMtHttH ef rtre. Iaox MotJXTAtx, Mkh., Dec. 18.-At VM this morning fire started la the general merchaadiee store of Silvermaa, Dark Levi, and, faaaed by a strong north wtod, .t- . ..l MiiUlr. mJ Vv tfMe UKI nainu rrjwcrra . nr.j , . j - o'clock the entire square was maahea. a a . a... .. 1 . uaM. m Thewtau was aiowing siswa that hoar, and H looked as if the grantor part of the towa waa doomed. The fire waa confined to the btoek hi whlehRstortod. The tow te eahaatodat ,, with Hght Iwmraae. The nrh. eipal losers are Silvermaa, Darts hvri, eMhtog; John PVederjcha, drag store; B. gmnitetronv general store; P. rtBWf. gMteral rtere. The eanee ef tne five ia