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it'-r III! MMMMd kuu hadn't betn I shut IT (Sf StysSWesd better," ,:i ,; Um K(ioL couiitn man, "und I tohl q,,iu mi when he started out with it t night. 'Tom,' Imiv.n. 'that guii'il , k u worse'n a mule if you lire it; ; I what I tell you!' Vaiisi it w as an , ,i;m musket t hat Tom luul lugged a.! through the war, uiul when he BOOM , ,,k home he hung it Up Oil a couple c pegs on tin- scttin'-room wall, and it pressed to me that it hadn't net er lieen look dOni SSUSS. 'Tom,' I say, 'that USll ki k urn WTOfU'B a 11111!.' T.ut Tom he aSJTS' 'Hut do J oil want bean i pitch iu ami chuw ine'." 'I hain't savin' umhin' 'hout hears. J - s tS the IU I WUS talkiti' 'bout. I wouldn't he aie inl o' nicctiii' half a gosrfl h. .it s,' I says, 'hut nems to me IM Ik overpowe nil hkittish o' that ""But here's two more o' my sheep i i away last itilit ! says Tom. v 1 i,y that same infernal old bear. 1 know I And that makes nine ein e the f utt o' the liionth.' Kays he. 'Hain't 1 dearisj got nothin' to do hut raise sj: : 1 1 mi for hears'.'" says he. Torn,' I says. I hain't raised the j !.vti,,n o' bears.' I .-ay.. 'Stick to the j. lit:' I says. 'The p'int la that If you Shoot that (run it'll ki U you worse To a n y. That's what I argue, an' I stick to it Klckin" guns, not bears, is what I'm srgula' on. It'll kick you worse'n a m lie,' I says. 'Mind what I tell you. loss he Sftja: 'h. you pshaw !' ami ,t . .. ygaa wilh the old (,'1111 ami .lake I I ph. his hireii man. -.1 mailt ha." I says to Tom's wife, 't t gun hain't been fired for 3 year and letter, has it? I says. "'Not as I know s tin," says Saniantha. 'I'ap took it down a year or so 'fore he died, jet. after Tom fetched it DOOM from the war.' she says, 'and put a load In it to kill a hawk.' says she. " That's so.' I nays. 'I didn't think it had Ween took down senee Tom hung it tip.' I say. "- i -.' says Samnntha. Tap took it 111 an loaded it to shoot a hawk, SSVI she. 'hut the hawk wouldn't be CORK nigh to. and I'ap didn't shoot it: S hung the gun back." say s she. "S . -. and it was took do . ag'in, eoiue to ti'ink on it.' says Samaiitha. "'it was. eh?' I says. "'Yes,' says she. 'Along mehbe a couple or three year after I'ap died T tn's lirother Sim took it down and leaded it to kill a fox. but the fox pot ".iy and Sim didn't fire it." says she. " "Vour pap loaded it and didn't lire if?' I says. " 'Yes,' says Saniantha. "'And Tom's brother Sim loaded it nf'- r that ami didn't lire it?" I says. "'Yes.' says Samantha. " Kid Tom load it fur iisln' this evenln'?' I nay. " Yes." snvs Samantha. " '-.imnntha.' I.sn vs. 'w hen they fetch T am home to-nirht consider'ble ontesV I says, 'and lliebbe peeled like npudded hemlock, send fer SBS ami IM .plain things." I says. " 'Why. Abel.' says Samantha. skeery- . 'oii don't think the hear'Il chaw hist and miimmiv him as had as that, do you?' " 'bears ain't the p'inV I snys. 'I hain'T said a dnrn thing about bears! I Una is what tBS arguin'nn! If Toni (ires that gun it'll kick him Tse'n a mule. Worse'n a mule! Si';m" Socrates! Worse'n a drove o teal I says, and away I starts for ' ana, aggravated like Sam Hill 'cause thej k i throw in' uphenrsat tue when I wa"nt SfSJ rats' beSTS, but was niakin that gun the all pervadin p'int. "Vit. when I rnnH to think on It, I T'adn't orto blamed Tom and Samantha so mneli f.,r it. after all. for bear had bees thinnin' out their sheep tremen- ! i w. and though hunters had sot tip I ! its wat Inn' for the thievln' brain Ond tried to run him down with dogs ivtlmea, he give 'em nil the slip, and then when they'd go home to r st ami a little sleep he'd snenk in anil lug ff another sheep, till he hail Tom'Itttf pretty well thinned dow n, and 1 he made up his mind he'd poout w'ih the old musket and see xxhat he Bra do himself, ("onsetpiently. tnebk 1 hadn't orto blamed him so much f r n. puin' bear w hen I was makin' pun tSC p'int. "I hadn't pnt fur oti my my home 1 I says to myself That I better po fbid Torn where he mowt he lay in 'low p.e-tur' lot ami SffffM with him ' -Tin. Ihinkin' mebhe that I mowt be lOake more of a p'int hy fetchin in the arpnments about Samant ha's dad wls' rammed a load in the frun ami a H it there, and Tom's brother Sim I 1 1 Is' rammed a load in t he pun on top "' nantha'i dad's and left it there. Tu! the load that Tom himself had rammed In on top o' Samantha' dad's and Sim's with the idee o' not leavin It thrr. " 'If them arpnments ain't enouph to Tom iTssf the p'int is pun more II M boar.' I says, 'then lie don't know eothln alwiut lopie. and If Satnanthn Is left a widdcr and the coroner jfits a fee.' I ivv. -tn't 1 SSBSSH I didn't arrtp on projer p'ints. fto I turned and foil. .red the rOSd to rds Tom's lack pastur' lot. where he niore'n likely settin' on the hrink f olcano that would do some ounierJ 'si Ixdchin' if he ever let that pun po. I hart pot pretty well in to'rds the SJ f' fence when all of a auddent there a flash that lit up the siirronndin' ' wtry for a second at so like heet .tain', aud then there w ag a rttuible

ajsj a SSM und u siiak sad a cu l, that kimok taltajn inonsoua "'The raalssns hsi krlnjus,' 1 says and m 1 wun hnnrjrls1 on 1 titti arms thin' St .u.n' Isnrin' down tilt roail to'rdB me like a runawav lms. A it

p . pot sags bm 1 ms 1 wa Toss's ilrssl I ma 11. "'Hears! lhars! Hears! he hub lori'd. as be went tearin' by, "'Hears lie dinned:' I hollered, stop'pin' to SfSJUf with him. Tears, ain't the p int. I he p'int is "Hut the hind man tore on out o' ! rig, j " ' oiisarn 'em!' I says. 'There nln't I no more logk in 'ein t ban thaVS)! tleaa on a e.it liv),.' "So I hurried on to find out vvhi iln-r there u.'is enough left o' Tom to be open to Co 11 mc 1 1011. I found him I in' on 1 ho ground at one edpc o' the paatsr, gross in' i -o 1 1 side r' hie, and sipiii inia' and N ripgliS,' and twistin' worse .I.a:: if cholera morbus had hot in. 1 ri hi.n so In-sot up, but it was n minute or more In lin e he pot his.-clf pet hered topct her eliOUgll , to know where he was. 1 hen it mine , to him. and hud. in' up and sieia' me, hu su s :

"'Did they chaw me up pootjr tremendous. Aliel? A ni 1 elawed and ripped up BtUch by 'em '."says lie. "I seethat he w .1 , Mickin' to bears yit, and it riled me. " '( onsarn yer, Tom!' says I. T.ears uin't the p'int! Did too lire tjiat pun ardldnl you 7 " 'Tiie heft o' evidence mow t he that I did.' tajra he. 'but 1 wouldn't want to swear that it wasn't cart (uptakes,' sa s he. "Then I SM he was kind o pittin' round to MM In' the ieal p'int o' the argument. RSd I says: " 'Where is ft?' " 'Sei ins to me.' savs be, 'that I re

member of it's qulttia' me, hut didn't hare no time to ask it where it xvas poin',' says he. "Then I see that one side o' Tom ' face was swelled Up blggeKn a 1 1 1 1 1 -j kin and that he didn'1 have no useo' his ' right shoulder, and he said he didn't

think, from the way he was feclin' in them part, lhat there was more than four o' his ribs br ke on that side, but there mow t he five. I looked around and seen a panel o' rail fence down a rod or so behind us. " 'What did you tear that fence dow n fur?' 1 says. " ThaiS wa'n't no fence tore down when me and the pun came in,' IS I

Tom. "Then I IcBOW ad that the pun had ! kktkcd that panel o" fence down and I followed the trail through 'he panel o' I fence, found 11 pnlly plowed in the road I clean across it, more'n six inches deep, ' kind o' eat t -cornered to'rda the wood I

nn t'other side. I followed the pully off into the woods a couple o' rods, anil at the end of It I found the pun. chuck

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"I roVMO HIM on TUX QBOUND." up ap'in a hemlovk tret, and thcie was hark knocked oil S the tree hall-way rOUIUJ and three foot up. The guu was actually piierin' jH, us if it hadn't hardly giss its dyin' kick. 1 picked it up and went hack to l oin, .lest as I got there in come Samantha und tin hired man. and we worked Tom bOHM bj degnesk The doctor from the Bdd happened to be at the mill that night aud it didn't take lonp to pit him. After he had straightened I OTJB at oiind and made, hi in 'oiii fort aide .Sa mailt ha took up t he

1 argument ap m. " 'Vho'l a-1 hunk,' say she, 'that heat jo'uld a " 'Samant ha.' says Tom. 'In ars ain't ; the p int. The p'int is that ama.in'piin, and when I pit around ap'in," Mjri hfl. Tin poin' to spike it and bury it down

in the fur corner 01 tlic OKI ItOM loi, says be, 'with stones a top of it three foot deep." "Then I knowed that Tom find come square round to the p'int o' the arpuliient. SSd seen that lopic was logic, and I wem home feclin' that nil you pot to do w hen you pot J our p'ints ri lit is to stick to 'cm. and ttothin' kin down yon. "Did Tom pit any hears? W ell, as I heen tryin' to tell you, bears wa'n't the p'int. hut I believe they did find n couple o' hears in t he past ur' lot next day. One of 'em, they said, had a hole through him you could shove a stovepipe in, and out o' t'other tin. which must n been in ranpe o' the first int. they took so much lend t hat I hSTtin idee he muM a stopped all o" Tom's load, and all o' Tni's hrutber Sim's load, and all o' Samaiitha' dnd's load there hcin' too much vim to the run for 'em to hsi B t;mc fOTttOp pin' in the first henr."--X. Y. Sun. itt on Alsltliiu I'ertns. t a dinner pnrtv which Lord anc I.ady Rlank were giving before the arrival of the piicsts much discussion waa held as to quest iona of precedence One question Especially puzled them, and 11s there was a minute or o te spare Lord blank went to his study tc pet Information from "DohrcM." Meanwhile S me of the puests had arrived, and atnonp them t lie two nhouf whom there had been so much trouble as to precedence. And then Lord blank returned with "Hebrett" in his hand, and called out: "I was quite right, tttj rlear. Lsdj Smith SSI a JStttSi and he in a mere nohody." The Smiths no loupe r dine with Lord and Lady blank auiu Fair.

It it admitted that ail the prosperity BSfHtSdl upon the welfare of the ugriculturisth of the count 1 . ( lOSMÜtiOM that will elialile t he ai'I 1. -lilt inn 1 people a) prosper will bring prosperity to all. The Mississippi valley slii'es are the hack hone of our agricultural wealth. When they prosper the whole country will fed the istpetsa of prosperity, The valley states furnish the most of our agricultural products that are exported ubroad and sold iu foreign markets. These products are sold in foreign market on the gold basis in competition with the world, and since gold has been foing sp from year to year, on account of the demonetization of tllrer Is lfA, the average price of farm products, as mea sured in gold, has been going down. The gold standard advocates insist that we must have the gold standard lu re because Kurope is on the gold standard. The farmers of tliis country export nn enormous amount of .'arm products annually to be sold in Kurope for po!d. The price received there fixes the price here. The price received there In gold necessarily fixes the price to be received bars it) gold, and as long as we maintain aba gold standard the price of our exports to gold standard countries will be Sited in those countries and not here. The low prices brought bout by the gold standard is working a practical confiscation of nil the surplus earnings of our agricultural people. After the payment of eosts of production, they have nothing left to show for their labor and outlay. Kurope is getting our farm products for nearly half the value they would be required to pay for them under the system of bimetalli: m. The vslttS of our exports for lW was Sl.ow. 7 .."...löt. Our Imports w ere $7 IL'.GaitaO. leaving a balance of trade in our favor of (337,112,104. In 1S0G our exports were $1.00.',107. Cll; our imports w ere $cai,o70..'3f, leuv i up a balance of trade in our favor of I.J -,7.083. Thus in two years past, 18M ami lv''7. our exports exceeded our Imports g49MftT,fitt. Under this bimetallic standard of valuation our balance of trade would have reached $1,000.000,000 in the last two years. Notwithstanding the balance of trade has been so largely in our favor, we have in those two years exported $r!4,3.14.771 more pold than we have imported. We have sold glOO.OOOKM of bonds daring this period to maintain the gold standard at home. It will thus be seen that our interest account nbroad more than nbsorhs the balance of trade it: the most favorable years. From the best) estimates obtainable, our debt abroad, in round numbers, ia about $7,000,000,000. Intercut on this lit four per cent, amounts to $250,000,000. It is estimated that our people spend In travel in foreign countries not ler.s than $100,000,00O every year; that the cost of our carrying trade which we pay to foreigners, is not less than $100,000,u00 more. These items added to the interest account before named would make our annual charges due to foreign countries $490,000,000, and this interest and ether charges will IneraSSC Instead of diminish. I'nder the bimetallic system, the balance of trade for tht past two y ears would no doubt have IkjUidStcd these charges and left a good BiargfB l balance of trade in our favor. These facts are alluded to to call attention to the difficulties tinder which our agricultural people labor ns respects the prices of their product. They cannot prosper under falling prices, and prices will continue to fall with respect to our farm products as lottgf as m M prices are fixed nml maintained upon the gold standard. The remedy for nil this is the restoration of bimetallism in this country; the free minnpe of silvfr nt the rate of sixteen tonne, and the free use of silver money, as sraU ns gold, in the payment of all public and private debts. The restoration of the free ColntgC of silver in this bsuo would relieve the money market here and iri Kurope. The silver w e would put in circulation would obviate the ileinnnd on our part for gold in proportion to the silver we coined and BSSd as money. The strain upon European gold WOUld be withdraw n. l'.vcry dollar we coined of silver would be the lame ns putting so much gold in circulation at money, for the reason that our country is a very large portion of the world; in fact, the dominant part; OOnseqtiently, inasmuch as we nre a part Of the world, our money would bo the money of the world. WheS we topped our demand on the gold supply, thus draining the RSTOpeUU countries of their gold, pold would remain there nnd flood t hose count rics, thereby raising prioci on every thing we sold to them nnd increase the amount of gold our products would fetch in foreign markets. This increase in prices in foreign markets for our farm prodnet would react so as to increase the prices nt home, f)nr npricultiiral people nnd nil others a thill country would in that rave do business on a rising market nnd not on a falling market. They would do n profitable business, whereas they ITS now doing a losing business. R. r. BLANA There is one thing about Senator

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ITanna w hich will have to he conceded, lie (' iln't "beat about the bush" much eben he was asked for his opinion hont n war with Spnin. He came light out and BSjd there would be no war. lie didn't hesitate to express his conviction that t lie disaster to the Maine was an nccident. Of course, intelligent people Understood from that the action and even the wishes of the adtnitibt.ration depend on whnt the New York "financiers" want. lie defies the innpic, and It would not be surprising to ee him come out openly f r the Cuban bond scheme. Thr trouble' ome thing for Mr. Banna will be, though, to pet a popular Indorsement of his performance; it the coming elections. Cincinnati Enquirer.

Trivate advices from New England and New York indicate that prosperity in nut present to any alarming extent, nt least among the rank and tile of the population. The factory handa have long had starvation wage, but in thla year of republican prosperity even the small wage allowed them hau been cut down by a tenth. And yet, the government reports allow that New England, New York and Pennsylvania are the sections that have benefited most hy the business operations of the last 20 years. There has 1m . ii a steady How of wealth from the west and Kouth to the e states on the eastern seaboard. The great railroad systems of thecountry are owned largely by capitalists living in these eastern sections, and the vast profits have been flowing castwurd in a steady stream. The New Englander may put hi thumbs into the urniholcs of his vcht nnd proudly tiay: "See how rich we nre growing. Why. sir, during ths peri kI from 1800 to is:3 our little slate of Mnnsacbuf-etts gained in wealth to the extent of $.': 1 7.000,000, while all of those great wer-tern states of Washington. Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Ksnssa, Nabrsaka. Xorth Dakota, South Dakota, Mi laouri, Arkansas and Louisiana, combined, gained on ly a like sum." But if you ask him what part he has of this great prosperity he ndlnit.s that he is as poor nr. ever, nnd that wi re it not for the statistics lie would not know that his section of country had benefited by existing condition. There are many people in New EngInnd as well as people In other aeetiona of the country who would like to know where arc the men with the mcney. The fact is that no section of the country has benefited greatly by this accumulation of new millions, but the benefit h. is accrued to rich men residing in those most favored sections. The Capitalist! scattered through ihe east have reaped richly during the last 20 years, it is an f rrorto BUppOM that the gold standard has benefited them only during the time of depression. It Ls a mistake to suppose that the gold standard robs the debtor only during the limes that the sheriffs are active foreclosing the mortgages. The fact is that the gold standard is a robber standard during the whole term of its existence. The period from. 150 to 1S90 was a period of great prosperity, or rather, of great business activity, and yet there w never a period when the wealth of the many passed more rapidly into the hands of the few. The peneral public mistook eetirity for prosperity. They believed because men were engaged in business that they xvere all making money. But when, nt the coming of the crent crisis of lso men began to reread the records of the past decade, tney found that busine.sK had been done nt a losa and that th only SSSSBlsrslsl enterprises that bad gained money were those founded and living by the loaning of money. Money alone had proved pood Investment, beeSUBO it had not shrunk in volume. The Mttle army of money lenders in New York, PeBBSyt vat 'a and New England clapped their hands on their pockets anil declared that they had experienced unparalleled prosperity. They passed the word out to the multitiule. ami the latter, bttttg unable to determine who had the money, were content to believe th.Tt the general public had been prosperous hecmse they knew it must certainlv hrtve come into the community nccording to reports. Their votes at the last election proved their fr.ith. The men with the money control the republican politics of the ea;t. They control the newspapers of the east. They control to too great an extent the national administration. The question Is forced upon us: "Shall the people rule or th men with the money?" It must be nm svvercd at the coming elections. IT. F. Tm itSTON. PRESS COMMENTS. It looks ns though the republican

party might be forced to waik the Cuban plank in its platform after all. Chicago Dispatch, Mr. Hanns now describes the Cuban situation as "delicate." Mr. Hunra is learning the arts of statesmanship with encouraging speed. St. Ixiuis IJepllblic. One year of McKinley has proven that this country can hang together and enjoy a fair degree of prosperity wit hout a great man in the presidential chair.- Kansas City Star. ' If you want to see an admirable illustration of American patriotism, note how loyally the tlemociats in congress are supporting a republican administration in the existing crisis. St. liouis Republic. The belief, real or professed, that the first year of the McKinley administration was a great success is shared between the republican organs and the gold denvoeratic papers that helped to elect him. So it's partisan opinion, as usual. Hinghnrnton (N. Y.) Lender. The pacific Ilanna is becoming a trifle nnesiy nnd now admits that there is a possibility of war. Hut he still hopes for the best. " The president." hi sav s. "is n MS n id pence and i- governed by Christian principles." If for "Christian principles" we substitute "Mnrk Ilanna" it may be conceded that Marcus has stated the situation pretty rxnet ly, hicago Chronicle. - Wc COUld name a doen republican papers that vtrc clam. nous for the granting of belllgerest riphts to the insnrge.i'a a year and two year.s ago, when they were anxious to discredit CI VI eland's courage a r.d patriot ism. n nd that are ROW- cxndin.T coolness !ike n refrigerator, iar cgv r iing President hfcKiaiey'i "prudence" and deploring the cfect of the. wnr scare Spot the mark't flflS Ot lltHhSi JlotTlBBtei (N. Y.I Herald.

THE WOMAN OF CANAAN. Inter 11 Altonnl Munttuy School l.raaon for April 3, I Mis. Ttaard Cpon I'eloubet'a Select Notes ! Till) I.KSS IN. Matthew 15 21-S1. Head Matthew 10 and 1 Klus i?SlH The parallel I Mark 7 St-37 QOLDKN T K XT. Then cam h and worhl.e1 Him, saying, bord, htlp ms. -Mall 15Ä TIMK Early summer. A D. 29. Several weeks after the last lesson. 1'I.AL'E. Ths tlrst miracle was performed on the borders of the country of Tyre and Stdon. 40 or SO mllea northwest of the 8ta of Galllee. 1 Klr.ffs 17 relates two examples of Elijah's help 10 a woman of thi same region. The other miracles of ah'' hs-on vvi r- rfi.rmcd In ihe region if Decai'OlU. on the southeastern shorn of the Sen uf Galilee (Mark 7 -li KXri.ANATOUV. L Jesus Retires from Qslllas for a Tune V. gS The reason for this seems to have be- 11 the increasing opposition of the Jswi as daacrlhed in the previous portion of the chapter, and in the discourse concerning the bread of life which followed the feeding of the 6,000 a short time before this lesson (.lohn 0:00-71). We learn also from Jidin 7:1 that "the Jews sought to kill Him." II. The AJHsSSd daughter. V. 22. Jenus had gone privately into a house, but He could not be hid, and a SyroPhoealcian woman in her great anxiety for help had found llim. And she cried: "Have mercy on me." Her daughter's trouble was her own. Her daughter was "grievously vexed with a devil." The torment St this disease may he learned fnun the description of similar cases. One such, a boy, is described as often falling into the tire and often into the water (Matt. 17:15, 18). The spirit makes him dumb, "ami wheresoever he tsksth him. he teareth him, and he foaineth, and guushcth with his teeth, and pluses away" (Mark t):17, IS). The Osdsiena demoniac was wild and fierce, "crying and cutting himself with stones." III. The Mother's Victorious Kaith. Va. 2il-'Js. "But Ileunswered her not a word:" He appeared to treat her with neglect and lad iff erenea. it aaema, by what follows, as if He arose and left the boaae. Various reasons are given for this silence. (1) To test and deepen the woman's faith. (2) "It seems to us that thin was not the reason so much as that Ho might show His disciples and all lUSSSSdlnff centuries what a dauntless faith this woman had. Not for her sake, but for ours, she was put off for awhile." A. F. Sehanfller. "His disciples . . . besought 1 1 i in. Sylagl Send her away:" Cure her und let her go. They interceded for her. hut part ly because it w as a trial to them to have her crying after them. "But He answered:" speaking to the disciples, and presenting the difficulty in the way. The mother may have overheard it. "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Thii was His present work, nnd, till His death, it was the best means for finally reaching the Ucn'iles. "Then came ihe and worshiped Him:" Bj prostrating herself before Him in oriental fashion. "Hut lie answered I " with a comparison probably not unfamiliar to her as expressing the feelings cf the .lews toward the Oautileil "It is not meet (fitting, proper) Intake (to takeaway) the children's bread, nnd to cast it to dogs:" The "children" are the Jews; the "dogs" are the fJentiles. "There was ome reason lying at the base of the designation. The heathens around were. In the ma, exceedingly uncleanly and ferocious, harking too. incessantly ut the true (Jod nnd true godliness."--Morison. She granted the truth of the proverb, but out of its very truth she brings an argrassenl for th granting of her request. "Yet:" it is not in spite of. but been use of the truth of the proverb, that she argues for help. 'The dog rat of the crumbs which fall from their master's tnb'e:' So let me have the crnmlis. whnt is left over after you have done all oi plan for the. Tews. Tt will not take any thing away from them if you help me. "f, woman, rreat is thy faith:" TTer faih was jreat in its love, bring for her dsngbter, It was c-reat In its enrnestres. ft was preat in its foundations, the psSTi r and love of the Messiah, and His past gUOd deeds to ot hers. It was great in Its humility, SonqueHng elf. It was errat in overcoming obstacle. "And her daughter w.is made whole from that very lioitr:" A he found nn her return (Mark 7:30); for she nctcl upon Tu r faith ai d went hn'tie. IV. -Christ 1he Tb aler nnd TIe'per of Man Vs. IS-St, One examp'e of Christ's work having been given In detail a general picture Is presented, mnsslng His a orks together SS that we may see more lenrly II is character and what He came tr no. After no very long stay Jesu went north through the terrttorj of Sidon (Mark 7: Tib then eatward thfSUgh BSet hers rjalllec. across the upp r Jordan, and down on the eat side of the Sea of C.alilee. to the part of nre,ipolis (thf fen cities) bordering on that lake fltarh), Bs waa thus attn out of lb rod's territory. "And great multitudes enme unto Htm. baring with them thoe that were lame, blind, dumb) maimed, and mnnv r'l'.ers. and east tin ni down nt Jesus' feet; and Tie healed them. Inasmuch hat the multitude wondered, when thev F.nw tho dumb to speak, 1he maimed to be whole, the lame to wnlk. and the bllttd to see; and they glcrIfi the Cod of rrael.N

ARROW POINTS.

The scrubbiest actors carry the most Sl'i borate canes. A dress suit does not make a lecturer, we have discovered. Ycrv few men w ill admit that It eosts icRa to raise girls than boys. A pretty pair of cars helps the looks of a woman more than a new dress. Wi have never seen a lecturer so stupid that he didn't have s dress sni Cvin a very little girl knows how t use her handkerchief to the best advantage.

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Will Intervene in Cuban Affairs Upon Humanitarian Grounds Within a Week.

AN ACTIVE DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

Herretary l..mc Makes Aulniiirnli I'rrnettsafSJI l'lai Ihr the Natjr n m War tiMitliig siwrtllnc Developments QfafS rSSetl Other The evt Important Mi e. Wasiiinotox, March H. The last, day before the arrival of the repirt i? the Maine court of inquiry w as one of unexampled activity in ull quarter. Advices came early that the Spanish torpedo flotilla had sailed from tho Canaries for I'orto Itico, and from this moment the most energetic warlike measures followed oat another in oonstant succession. Tbc movement of this fleet has been watched with the keenest interest, as it was felt to iuvolve serious possibilities which might compel the I uited States government to seSSaal against thi movement as of u hostile character. Immediately on the receipt of the official dispatch from one of our naval utt aches abroad, briefly announcing the sailing of the deet. the fact was made known to the president and au earnest conference was held between him and Secretary Long and Assistant Secretary Koosevelt. The seriousness of the movement waa fully considered, and the. president was advised that naval strategists regarded it as essential that this torpedo fleet Mn ni I1 Nut lie Allowed to Urach tVemern W aler.. hat. if anv, conclusion was reached is not known. Later in the day the Spanish minister, Benor Putoy bernabe, called at the state depart merit, and spent some time with Judge Hay. It was naturally iufcrred that the approach of tl ic Spanish flotilla was one of the subjects referred to. Whether, however, there was any suggestion against the move was not disclosed either by Judge Day or the Spanish minister, both of whom maiutaiue . tba bindest reticence regarding the conference, and refused to sjn-ak concerning it. lmMirtant New Followed liability. The lirst was the announcement by Secretary Lmg, indicating the placing of our squadron and fleet on a war footing: "Admiral Sicard has been granted leave, very much to the regret of tho navy department, and altogether on account of bis health. "'apt. Sampson has been made commander of the tlect at Key W est. 'I apt. Kvans has lieen ordered to take command el the battleship Iowa, "The orders to the squadron in Hampton Roads, have nut yet been issued Although the announcement did not state so it soon became known that Commodore V S Schley was slated to command 1 lie "living squadron." Thia announcement was recognised at once us of unusual importance ut this juncture. Admiral Sicard has been m command of the Beet St Key West throughout the critical period of the Maine disaster. ( apt. Sampson has been in command of the Iowa, but more recently has been conspicuous before the pnblio as prescient of the Maine court of . a quiry. I apt. BoMey Kvans is belter known as 'Fighting Hob." Tin- eti laafssrsaal ioe Was a ilutermination to create a joint commission from the war und navy departments, so as to britiir them into BSSSMSakaSI action on all measures. 1 apt Beriter, the naval aid of SSSfS tary loiig. w as designated to represent the navy department in this common plan of act ion. The rcprcscntat ive of the WSr department has nut yet locu named. It will not he necessary tor these two OSSSStS to leave Washington, us th yean best arrange a joint piua of action in r m ference w itb the loir. -au chiefs of the two depart incuts here Then, at the close of the day. came the announcement that the navy department bad succeeded in purchasing eight steam yachts and four steam tugs, presumably at or near New York, for use in the auxiliary navy fleet. The boats are about 4öo tons each, and in an emergency would be suitable aa torpedo boat s. The yachts purchased arc among the fleetest along the Atlant ic coast, und arc said to le some what similar to the Mayflower, recent ly purchased of the gden ioclet

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This acquisition t the navy is regarded as mi exceptionally valuable one at the present time, as the greatest need hi felt for small craft suitable BS torpedo bouts and dispatch boats. There was additional satisfaction at the navy department at the large number secured in a single purchase The name and amounts paid for the various yachts and tujjs are not disclosed, as it is said this would prove an embarrassment to the government in promoting speculation on other craft for which negotiations are now proceeding. Throughout the day the White House presented an animated npcaraiice. Senators and representatives from ball polit ical iart ies calling to confer with the president. Ihe I'rewlilenl IlUeuaaes t he st uat Ion with Caller. The president said to several of bia visitors yesterday, in discussing the situation, that he would do everything consistent with the honor and dignity of the country to avert war. and he still bsllsved war could be averted. H. also said that he believed the govcru1111 nt of Spain was as anxious for peace ts wc are, but ut the same time, he did not h .itate to admit the gravity of the ait uat ion. The president frankly acknowledges that he believes the report of the Isiard of inquiry will find that the Maina was hluwu aj from the outside.