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Che Ligonier Banner, .___?.—-—-_ . : LIGONIER, ' :- 3 - INDIANA. ‘ i -~ TeE Imperial uﬁivepsitjr in Tokio is fully equipped for all- scientific work, and compares favorably with Oxford or Heidelberg. Most of the professors are now Japanese—even those who teach the English language.

Capr. I. D. BLONDELL, the chame pion long-distance swimmer of America, is of the opinion that swimming is almost\a lost art‘with Americans. The captain has saved thirty-two lives, and he urges that as a means of saving life; if for nothing else, swimming should be encouraged. | s , :

NINTEEN ships, ]of an estimated value of $2,870,000, are Faid to be now either under contract in the shipyards of .the great. lakes, or negotiations for their construction areso far advanced that ‘it is quite probable that they will be built to go into commission as early 4s possible next season.”’ b

It is said that glore than 64,000 people weére sacrificed to the deadly scourge of diphtheria in Austria-Hungary last year, that in Hungary alone there were 34,183 fatal cases. ~ln spite of this awful slaughter the authorities haye been sluggish in adopting the marvelous cure found so effective in Berlin and Paris,

- Barox Hirscy, the Jewish multimillionaire and sportsman, lives in q most frugal manner amid the profusion of costly dainties whick he offers to his guests. He drinks only mineral waters, eats plainly and retires to bed at ten o’clock, leaving his guests to follow his example whenever they like.

THE common ppinion that Paris is, the capital of France is incorrect. The constitution makes Versailles the legal capital, and the session of the senate and assembly are held in the historie palace at that |place. Versailles is about eight miles from Paris and is a place of great atT&actions and historie interest. |

CAsmm—Pm?mx*’s mother, a well-pre= served lady of eighty years of age, takes a very acti?e interest in French politics. She has been closely connected -with the leading events in France for several generatiens, and her mind is sto:Ed with facts and ine cidents of great value to the historian. She disapproved_’oi "her son’s resignas tion. 2 i )

Al curious illustration of the growth ‘of real estate values in New York city was afforded a |few days ago by the registry of a deed of conveyance executed in July, 1817. This deed comprised the site 0% six full city blocks, sold for $506.25., | The present worth of tlat tract of laxixd is now about $500,~ 000. Itlies on the banks of the Harlem river, in thé old Ninth ward.

TuE most finished Negro scholar in the world to-dajy is said to be Edward Wilmot Blyden, who:represented Liberia at the eourt of .St. James. He is a contributor to many English magazines and is a ;’linguist of ability. He is the author of\a work entitled *‘Christianity, Islam and the Negro Race,” which has had s\’Vo editions in London. Dr. Blyden is a pure Negro, without a trace of white g)lood. ’

By a recent discovery natural gas is being replenished in wells which have failed. The process consists in using a wonderful pump-to draw the water from wells of tﬂu; greatest depth inany locality, thereby producing dry holes into which air g’s- forced. Prof. Heckert, of Findlay, says that the air pump will soon supply Findlay, 0., with all the gas it wantE. The air forced into the great oil reservoirs comes out nate ural gas. 4‘ o '

Pror. VAUGH}\I of -the University of Michigan, disd¢overer of tyrotoxicon, has told the state board of health that the process of making blood serum, intended to be used asa preventative against diphthéria, is tooexpensive for the board to undertake. -He recommended that the legislature be asked for an appropriation. Prof. Vaughn was directed Ato test the immunizing properties of anti-toxine offered for sale in Michigan. N

A cHARITY viding tournament will shortly take pilace in New York, and the fact that it will be given under the auspices of themost fashionable people in the eity giv?s it added interest. The programme will include many interesting features and will commence with a game of ehuestrian tag, in which - three gentlemen will compete for the prize. Equesttia.n football will be another game plziyed, and a quadrille, in which twenty- four lady riders will take part, will no dpubt attract much interest. ) 4 e —————— Towxs in Florida haye a great boon in the so-calleﬁ paving clay found near Bartow in that state and elsewhere _ further south.| It is not solely clay, but a combination of sand, clay and oxide of iron. | It breaks up under the - pick when du%n and needs no other preparation to be:put upou the sandy streets of Floridian towns. Ii is laid on,sevjera,li inches deep, wet, and then rolled. The result is*a hard, smooth surface, that resists the wear 1 of trafific. : / . ‘ 7 S : . 'THE c¢ost of &)cean, as well "as land, _travel is being cofistantly reduced. 1 " This was startlingly illustrated during the past year, when a five-dollar rate between New York and foreign ports, for steerage passengers—the same rate as for thrd-‘cl*lss passengers betwee-n1 Chicago and | New York—prevailed. The White Star and Cunard lines an- ~ mounce that in, the future saloon passengers will be conveyed free of charge between railroad stations and the steamships. |Passengers bound for - London will be entitled to carry double the amount of baggage now allowed by the English rajlroads. o WiLpiaM WALBORF AsTor has made - a contract with a florist to place flow- , @rs to the value of $50,000 upon the " tomb of the laté Mrs. Astor. For a ~ wwhole year fresh flowers will be placed upon, Mrs. Astor’s grave every day. | mhvaﬂ% | flowers of Mrs. Astor’s faney was orchids and liliés of the valley. 'Over $3,000 worth of ;’f“hid& ~ were placed on the easket. By the AR 8l e Jeke egond be Wil | r.c;.::’x%f}:ff,;w:%‘ivn «“11:3 i ‘.g}wqﬂ"“ 3 'q. :;::..;.:";g.,: 7‘: bouse,” as it i§ very difficalt to raise

° : ! i Epitome of the Week. ’ _— N INTERESTING NEWS COMPILPfEIPN- _ FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. | ' Proceedings of the Second Sessiom. MoXNDAY, Jan.- 21. — Senator Frye's Hawaiian resolution. was again | debated in the senate . Mr. Gray defending the administration. The fortifications dppropriation bill was passed and the sonference report on the¢ deficiency Dill was agreed to. In the house a bfll was introduced authorizing the issue of 3 per cent. bonds and repealing the legal tender act of 1878, A Dill appropriating $4,000,000 for a new post office building in Chicago was phssed.. Mr. Breckinridge offered a resolution favoring the annexation of Hawali. ' A favorable report ‘was ordered on the bill passed by the senate to provide for gold and silver' coinage at the branch mint at Denver. Col., -

"TUuEsDAY, Jan. 22.— The poligy of the administration as to Hawaii was

again the subject of sharp attack and defense in the senate. Petitions were presented from citizens of | Alabama claiming that they were deprived of a republican form of government and asking the intervention of congréss. In the house the Indian appropri@ition bill was passed, as was also a bill to authorize the appointment before March 4 of a cadet to thé maval academy from each congressional district pot actually represented. | The confergnce report on the urgent deficlency bili was adopted and the measure was passed. sl

- WrDNEEDAY, Jan. 23.— Bills were introducéd in the senate for an alpenﬁ ment to the diplomatic and consul bill providing $500,000 for the surviey of a cable route connecting the Hawaiian islands with the United States; to provide for a nonpartisan currency commission of twelve menrbers to make investigations of fiscal questions and for an issue of bonds to produce revenues for the government. Senator Jones (Ark.) introduced his financial and currency bill. In the house the sundry civil appropriation bill ($38,540,721) was discussed. A joint resolution was reported to amend the constitution so as to provide that the.president shall be eligible to service but one term. | _THURSDAY, Jan. 24.—Senator Chandler introduced a bill’ in the senate to punish persons who.steals news in transmission by tapping wires. A resolution was offered looking towards the annexation of the Hawaiian islands, and that in the meantime a sufficient naval force should be maintained in Hawaiian waters. In the house a bill was reported providing for officers of the regular army to! give military instructions in public schools. The sundry civil appropriation bill was further considered. PGkl e

FRripAy, Jan. 25.—1 n the senate the Nicaragua scanal bill was passed by a vote of 31 to =2l. -Semator Burrows, (Mich.) introduced a bill to regulate navigation on the great lakes and their connecting tributaries. | Senator Allen (Neb.) spoke in favor of the resolution for the, annexation of the Hawaiian islands, and Senator Mills (Tex.) upheld the administration, policy. In the house the sundry civil appropriation bill was passed with an amendment authorizing the secretarv of the treasury to retire and cancel the gold certificates and make them nonreceivable for customs dues after July 1 next. eami o e g

FROM WASHINGTON.

IN his 68th year Brig. Gen. Stephen V. Benet, U. 8. A. (retired), died suddenly at his residence in Washington. In a stable fire which occurred just outside the city limits of Washington thirty-six - dairy cows were roasted to death. S : i

AT the leading clearing” houses in ths United States the exchanges during the week ended on the 25th aggregated $917,003,847, against $977,802,646 |the previous week: - The increase, compared with the corresponding week in 1894, was 10.3. {

TorAL gold shipments for the seven days ended on the 25th were over $14,000,000, leaving the treasury’ serve at $57,600,000. i o IN the United States there\were 363 business failures in. the seven days ended on the 25th,against 373 the week previous and 430 in the corresponding time in 1894. i 3 |

i ; _*__* ’ . i, THE EAsT, & IN Boston Mrs. Margaret MecVerney, believed to be insane, drowned her two children and after laying them out for burial told the police. b Tue failure was announced of the Keats & Stanley company of Prowidence, R. I, known throughout: the country as the largest manufacturers of jewelry and small silver novelties in the United States, for $BOO,OOO. ¥ "For cause unknown William MeGrath, a newspaper canvasser of Philadelphia, killed his 2-year-old daughter and then took his own life. IN the Brooklyn trolley strike, paying one of the new men $lO to leave his car, Rev. Father O'Hara, a priest, took part. 14 : | Ar Connellsville, Pa., Michael Rudak, the 3-year-old son of a coker, died from. nicotine poisoning. His father taught him to smoke asa family amusement. i 7 : i A BLEIGHING party collided with a train at Middleburg, Pa., and four per- - sons were killed and several others in- " jured. : : i ErizABETH JERVIS, widow of Joel Jervis, died at Amityville, L. I, at the "hoi,ne of her son, aged 100 years @ ! months and 2 days. OLAN Bupp skated 2 miles at Redbahk, N. J., in 5:423-5, lowering the - record made by Joseph Donoghue near+ 1y eleven seconds. St

WEST AND SOUTH. ' - O~ the 22d Ilegislatures elected United States senators as follows: Illinois, Shelby M. Cullom (rep.); Wyoming, Francis E. Warren (rep.) long term, and C. D. Clark (rep.) short term; Uregon, J. N Dolph (rep.); Kansas, Lucien Baker (rep.); Texas, Horace Chilton (dem.); California, George C. Perkins (rep.); South Dakota, Richard F. Pettigrew (rep.); Tennessee¢, Isham G. Harris (dem.); North Carolina; Marion Butler (pop.); West Virginia, 8. B Elkins (rep.). = e -PowDER exploded. in the coal mines at. the Trade Water company’s plant near Sturgis, Ky., causing the walls to ‘eave in and kill five men. ; ; ~ Ix Cincinnati resolutions favoring _reciprocity, subsidized shipping and sgovernment control of the Nicaragua canal were adopted by the national convention of mannfacturers. = ' WITHIN ninety hours 10 feet of snow fell in northern California. Trains had been held ‘j@ht{ ~hours and the ‘blogkade would last four days longer.

cln a ’cree]i fat Marysville, la., gold was found and the inhabitants were much excited over the discovery. IN Detroit the corner stone of a new masonic temple to cost $500,000 was laid. j

THE Buckeye glass works at Wheeling, W. Va., was started by nonunion workmen after a two-years’ strike. - WirH a crew of twenty-five men and one passenger the steamer Chicora was given upas lost on Lake Michigan. - Toe Minnesota legislature elected Gov. Knute Nelson (rep.) United States senator. ! :

In Dulutl‘)., Minn., “Kid” Wright, known all over the country as an expert counterfeiter, was arrested. :

INn St Louis the building trades council adopted a new constitution which abolishes the walking delegate, declares that strikes are failures, that boycotts : are un-American, and that arbitration is the only method in settling difficulties. '+ ~ .7 - A RECEIVER took charge of the property of the Georgia Mining and ‘Manufacturing company at Atlanta, valued at $3,000,000. ! :

. NEAR Mc¢Neil, Ark.; two masked mn~ | held up the Cotton Belt train : robbed the express car of $25.000. : By drinking impure water 200 citi-! zens of Lorain, 0., were rendered seriously ill. : . | IN the federal court in Chicago E. V. Debs and othér American Railway union men, released from the Woodstock jail, appeared to answer conspiracy charges. - | - Tee Nebraska legislators were asked to urge congress to have Papal Delegate Satolli deported from America. IN a tenement house in Indianapolis,” Ind,, Mrs. Mary Hoop, a widow, and her 2-vear-old child were found frozen. todeath. ¥ - :

THE republicans elected all the officials for the first time in many yearsat the city election at Wheeling, W. Va.

Tae Knights of Pythias lodge at Elwood, Ind., took steps to expel all sa loonkeepers from membership at once. A ¢YCLONE swept portions of Alabama and did great damage. At Abbeville a child swvas killed.

Ix ‘sputhwestern Virginia a. large amount of spurious money has been put in circulation. : ; By .a boiler explosion in a brewery at ‘Mendota, 111., six men were killed, six others badly injured and property worth $lOO,OOO destroyed.

A FLATBOAT containing two men, a woman and a child capsized in a~whirlpool at Bouger’s Landing, near Natchez, Miss., and all were drowned.

IN the jail at Rocky Mount, Va., William Roberts'was hanged for the murder of Jerry Barbour, a prominent fariner, two yearsago. - @ , SEVERE snowstorms prevailed in several western states. In Illinois, lowa and Wisconsin traffic was almost suspended. - e : . IN Chicago a jury was secured in the trial of Eugene V. Debs, president of the American Railyay union, on the charge of ¢onspiracy. : b - FLAMES |swept out the Crescent oil mill near 'Little Rock, Ark., the loss being $475,000. 3 TaE Oklahoma legislature passed a bill making train robbery a crime punishable by death. '

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

- GAUTEMALA was notified by President Diaz that she must give in to Mexico’s demands or suffer the consequences.

AT the age of 46 years Lord Randolph Churchill, the English statesman, died in London. He had but recently returned from a tour of the world. THE Chinéese were victorious over the Japanese in a battle at Wei-Hai-Wei.’

ATt Chee Foo, China, Admiral Carpenter landed marines: for the protection of the American consulate.

THE Bank of Wales, at Cardiff, was plundered of $2,500,000, apparently the work of the officials.

PAsSPORTS were given the -Mexican consul at Guatemala, thus terminating friendly relations between Guatemala and Mexico.

In Newfoundland political parties regard confederation with Canada as inevitable. ‘ .

By an earthquake 200 persons were killed and all of "the houses in the village of Kuchan, Persia, were destroyed. | = .

LATER NEWS.

THE Vest substitute on the Hawaiian question indorsing the .course of the administration and advising non-inter-ference was adopted in the United States senate on the 26th by a vote of 24 to 22. The bankruptcy bill was discussed; - In the house the bill to repeal the differential of one-tenth of one cent per pound imposed by the tariff act on sugars imported from bountypaying countries was considered. M. v Giers, Russian minister of foreign affairs, died at St. Petersburg, aged 75 years. ; FIVE coal-laden barges were wrecked geﬁeg' New London, Conn, and thirteén persons, including: three *women and two children, were drowied. JouN SNYDER and Bridget Murphy, on their yvay to church in Coulterville, FPa., were killed by a fast train. MRs. JosePH STUDEBAKER, of Anderson, Ind., passed her 103 d day in a sleepless spell, during which time she had received mo nourishment other than a little wine now and then. = -

/'THE president has approved the ur’ gency deficiency bill, which incéludes the income tax appropriation. o ToEe residence of Thomas Williams near Gomer, 0., was destroyed by fire and his two children’ perished in the flames. :

Mrrrox B. MATSON, arrested at San Jose, Cal., was found to be a ' woman, and she admitted having lived in masquerade for sixteen years. A FIRE that started in the American hotel at Elmore, 0., destroyed the principal part of the business portion of the town, and Maggie Flynn and Mary O'Malley were burned to death. = .

. EIGHTEEN THOUSAND carpet weavers were preparing to strike at Kensington, Pa., if their demand for higher wages was not conceded. IT was said that some if not all of the state schools of South Dakota would be compelled to close on account of the 'defalcation of ex-Treasurer Taylor. . THE colleries of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre company shut down for a week, throwing 8,000 men outof employment. Joux 8. JouNsoN cut the 100-yard skating record, standing -start, to 9 1-5 seconds in a trial against time at Red Bank, N. J. : : 4 Fire in the Hotel Castle, New York, did $lOO,OOO damage and caused a panic }ambhg‘the 155 guests. Sy Warter C. WrienT shot his wife, },LA‘nni;e,, at Lawrence, Mass., and then killed himself. A note found stated ‘that the couple had agreed to die to[gebm,maww to be buried in one Kicrave, gk Ggl SBh RN g i

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

The General Assembly. ; INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 22.—SENATE—Senator Stuart introduced a fee and salary bill Monday afternoon. It is the same as the act of 1893, only correcting the omission ofs Shelby countg}nm-. cers, by which the act was declared uhconstitutional. Stuart also has a bill pending to regulate election expenses and require candidates to swear how they spentthe money. Haggard's waterway resolution was adopted. This authorizes.an investigation of the feasibility of a ship canal from the Jakes to the Ohio river. The commission is to make a report this session,” and if the scheme is favorable to report a bill fo: the purpose. Haggard, Shively and McLean constitute the senate commission e Eeesi HoUsSE—The committee on natural gas reported a bill abolisiing the office of natural gas inspector, and the bill passed to engrossment without objection. Mr. McGregor, of Marion, offered a bill abolishing: the contract labor system. and making the state the employer of such labor, the product to be put on the market at the prevailing price. Mr. O’'Brien, of ¢ lay, offered a bill for a board of labor arbitration. It is to consist of the secretary of the state board of charities, the chief of the bureau of statistics and the state mine inspector. They may act only on petition of twenty-five citizens. Mr. Van Arsdel, of Marion, offered a bill permitting the mayor to revoke the license of saloon keepers on second offense, and prohibiting the sale of liquors in houses of ill-farme. = :

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 23.—SENATE—The morning session of the senate Muesday was chiefiy devoted to the introduction of new bills. The bill of principal intetest was introduced by Mr. Hull, of Rush county, and related to the operation of the telephone: companies organized ‘and in operation for local business. The Central Union Co. refuses to accept business from these rival local exchanges, and all messages received for any line on thg Central Union system must be reduced to writing. Senator Mull's bill provides for a mutual eom= pulsory interchange of business between the general and the opposition local companies ‘at| specified rates. The congressional apportionment bill, introduced Tuesday afternoon in the senate. is based on the vote of 1888. In brief, the bill gives the republicans seven congressmen and the democrats six. L 3 HousE—The flag-for-every-schoolhouse resolution, which was reported from the judiciary committee, was rejected. The bill for an appropriation of 23,000 for & memorial of Indlana soldiers av Gettysburg mel the same fate. The senate bill appropriating $lOO,OOO for the con=~ struction of a State Soldiers’ Home at Lafayette was referred to the committee on ways and means. The judiciary committee reported adversely to a billfor a state constitutional convention. It is probable this proposition has not been heard of for the last time in this session, and that the legislature will allow the people to say at the polls whether or not they want the state to have a new constitution. Mr. Stutesman introduced a resolution condemning’ the Hawaiian policy of the present national administration. | INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 24.—SENATE—An effort was made Wednesday by -the democrats to reduce the appropriation for the State Soldier’s home from $lOO.OOO to %75,000, but without success. Senator ( rumbacker presented a bild Wednesday tocreate the Kankakee river com= mission or five members, whose business it shall be to remove obstructions, straighten and otherwise improve the stream so as to make navigation possible. The Evening News, Tuesday night, used a term in an editorial to the effect that -the legislature is subsidized -by the railroads with passes, and no reform in .the anti-pass line could therefore be expected. Mr. Allison présented a resolution asking for an investigation and authorizing the committee on rights and privileges to investigate the subject. The resolution was- adopted. An antipass bill was introduced by Mr. Harrison, of Elkhart.

House—Bills introduced: Radical -amendments to the Evansville city charter: a libel and stander bill modeled after the Minnesota law. ‘lt provides that before suits for libel are begun the newsp :per or publisher shall have notice of the same and! that after retraction has been made the only liability is for the actual damages sustained. The bill has the indorsement -of several editorial organizations of the state, political and otherwise. To settle county seat fights by. removing causes. It provides that in counties having towns or citiés larger than the county seat. a court may be established in the larger place for all purposes except issues afecting the title to real estate. : | INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 25.—SENATE—The senate had an unparalleled run of business Thursday afternoon. Senator Baker's bill requiring that street car companies should furnish. motor vestibules for their motormen during the months from November to April was adopted without a dissenting vote.” Senator Seller’'s bill relating to the law' of libel, and requiring that, instead of a reasonable doubt, as 'at present, justification may be established on the preponderance of evidence. was also passed. Another bill bearing Seller’s name. and legalizing sheriff’s sales where they were made without appraisement of rents and profits separately, was passed. This effecis sales made for forty years past. The .bill of Senator Haggard, for the State Soldiers’ Home at [afayette, was made the special order for Friday morning. ' . |

,HousE—The house furnished an hour of interest Thursday morning when the committee on elections made a majority and a minority reportsupon the findings in the Bower-Miller contested election case. The majority reported that they found that Bowers, the democratic sitting member, had been elected by one vote, the ‘figures Dbeing 4,907 votes cast for Bowers and 4906 for Miller, the republican contestor Tne minority of the committee based:. their dissent from the majority upon three ballots which were placed before the mmembers of the house. = INDIANAPOLIS, Jan, 26.—Friday morning was spent in the intrpduction of new bills. Among those of greater interest was one creating the office of inspector of county offices. The inspector shall visit the various county officers when directed to do so by the attoruney general, and shall report upon the amount of receipts, the condition of the records. ete. lis pay shall be #2,000 and expenses, except hotel or board bills. This was referred. A fee and salary bill was introduced by Mr. Nicholson, providing for a salary system based on I.ouo for each county officer.and more for each thousand in excess of ten thousand population. During a discussion Friday morning on theg subject of ﬁuilding and loan associations. it was announced that the judiciary committee has organized a subcommittee for the purpose of investigating the whole subject of these associations. There is a tremendous struggle going on between those opposed to associations which have an expense fund &nd those which have not. The matter hds .l.een hot'y argued before the ,committee on ways and means as well as judiciary. The report of the special committee @ ought to . be .full of interesting reading. A bill was introduced by Mr. Kamp, of Evansville, appropriating §5.000 for the construction of an institute for deaf at Evansviile on lands donated by M. J. Bray ana his son. The Miller-Bowers contested election ¢ise went over until Tuesday, when it becomes the ‘special’'order. There is little doubt that Miller will be seated. There will be a joint caucus of the republican members ¢f the two houses on Tuesday night. ~ bl

Durine the trial of the Boyle-Boeck= lin case at Indianapolis, the wife of Tom East learned for the first time that her husband had at one time served & term in the pen. ! Tue body of John Fitzgerald, aged 25, was found under the ice of Bull creek, near Jeffersonville. He broke thropigh. £ MAarion’s factory fund will soon reach $50,000. ‘ i A Goop CitizExsHlP leagué has been organized at Jeffersonville: : : Mns. ComrorT WILSON, widow of the late Wim. Wilson, a veteran of the war of 1812, is dead at Laurel. . ReLiGious institutions of Rushville are making many additions to the church rolls. = Wiy . ViNceNNES saloon-keepers are being vigorously prosecuted for selling during illegnl botirm. - i 1 1o e STEUBEN county soldiers are talking of erecting a monument at Angola, Tur Indiana Midland railroad, from Brazil to Anderson,will be opened Febo e L e dii ~BoutH BESD is putting in a new tels ephone service that costs subscribers BRABI N yenr. Gl T Jarpeuiovvinos 15, sout 40 'be et prived of it free mail delivery system.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

- Imternational Lesson for February 3, 1895 ~ —The Transfiguration—Luke 9:28-36. | [Specially Arranged from Peloubet’s Notes.] : ~ GOLDEN TEXT.—This is my beloved Sen, in ~whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him.—Matt. ‘17:5. , ; i e . TiME.—Summerof A. D. 29; a weék after the last lesson; in the night. (Compare Luke 0:27.) ; { A : PLACE —Probably Mount Hermon, or somg of its spurs, in the- vicinity <2. Cesarea, where Jesus and His disciples were th® week beforey 88 we saw in'our last lesson, though tradition dating from before the fourth century placed {t on Mount Tabor in Galilee. The place of the transfiguration scene is unknown, as dre almeaest all the places in which occurred the most sacred events of Jesus’ life, probably because such a place would become a shrlpé. and be visited as peculiarly holy, while God would have the hearts of men everywhere to be holy ‘places, and all the world holy ground. _ CIRCUMSTANCES.—In our last lesson we saw -how Jesus for the first time revealed to. His disciples that the only way into His kingdom was by the cross. For a week after this noth.ing is recorded. Their hopes of a glorious kingdom, of a redeemed nation, were all shattered. Could a dead’ crucified man be the true. Saviour? 1t was needful that they should know the truth. [t was needful, also, that they should see thg truth beycnd the gloom, .and obtain a glimpge of the glory and salvae tion tg which the way of the cross would lead them, L . LESSON NOTES. i Prayer Meeting Upon the:Mountdin. —2B. ‘“‘About an eight days after:thess ,sayings.” Matthew says after six days; i. e., six complete days intervened. Luke says about, not exactly, and his ‘eight days include the fractional days at the beginning and end. ‘‘He tock Peter and John and James.” The other nine disciples were left at the base of the mountain, as we see by the events - of the following morning: ‘‘Andwent up into a mountain to pray.” That is, _into some recess in some high mounl tain.—Morison. This statement prepares us to expect some important de:‘velopment in the progress of his mis- - alon. . ; 1

Ths Transfiguration of Jesus.—29. “And as He prayed” (Greek, ‘‘in His praying”), the transfiguration took place. Weknow not what He was praif—ing for, but doubtless for strength to endure and to carry on His work,for the faith and enlightenment of His dis ciples in their gloom, for the ¢oming of the kingdom which seemed to progress so slowly. The transfiguration was the answer. ‘“The fashion (or appearance) of His countenance was altered.” Matthew says He ‘‘was trans~ figured before them.” The original word is elsewhere in the New Testar ment rendered ‘‘transformed” (as Rom. 2Cor. 3:18), and is used of a spiritual 12:2; change. The fashion of His countenaneec was altered by being lighted with radiance both from without and from within. ‘‘And His raiment was white and glistening.” Literally, lightning forth, as though from some inward radiance. St. Matthew compares the whiteness of His robes to the light (17:2); St. Mark to the snow (9:3); and St. Luke, in this word, to the light~ ning. : ; The Conference of the Three Glorified Ones.—3o. ‘‘There talked with Him twa men.” Human- beings. ‘‘Which were Moses and Elias:” the Greek form of Elijah. These persons were really present. 1t was not a vision. The implication is that the disciples not only saw the appearance, but reecognized in the persons Moses and Elijah, as is evident from Peter’s proposition. 31. “Who appeared inglory:” In their glorified bodies; something like that of the transfigured Jesus, but. with less radiance. - : .

The Subject of Their Conversation.— *And spake of his deceasey’ Of His exodus (in the Greek), His going out of this evil world, as the Israelites from the bondage of Egypt. ‘‘Departure is a most fitting word, for it contains, at thesame time, the ideas both of death and ascension. Ascensionwasasmuch the natural way for Jesus as death is for us.” ‘“Which He should accomplish at Jerusalem:” By being crucified, as Ile had foretold them just before (vs. 21-27), and rising again from the dead. This conversation would enable the disciples to see the importance and necessity of that which they most dreaded, and which was to them 'the greatest mystery. The atonement on the cress was the great event in the world’s history; this was the culmination of the salvation brought by the Messiah; this was the great act to which all the sacrifices appointed by Moses looked forward, and which gave ‘them meaning and value. It was the beginning and source; of the worldwide development of the kingdom of God, and of those glorious times which the prophets had foretold. It is the central theme and power of the church of Christ in all ages. The Purpose of the Transfiguration.-~ (1) It is possible that it may have been for the human comfort and aid of Jesus Himself, as the angels strengthened llim after the agony in Gethsemane. e was nearing the hour of His great trial, and He may have needed a visible manifestation .from Heaven and messages of assurance and comfort. (?) For the encouragement and enlichtenment of the disciples. . The disciples had been startled and shocked by the glimpse Jesus had given them of His sufferings and death, so contrary -to all their expectations of a triumphant Messiah. The transfiguration opened their eyes to what was beyond—to the crown beyond the cross. LESSONS FROM THE TRANSFIGURATIDN.

Our richest and most heavenly experiences come in ‘and through prayer, and often from united prayer. - ~ There isa glory in the Bible and in Christ beyond our ordinary conception, and often veiled, but always there to those who can see. : %

FEAST DAYS. “THE Feast of Fools” was the name given by the monks to the Christian holiday which took the place of the Saturnalia. : _ THE British and German druids had a festival that nearly corresponded, in the time of its observance, to our Christs mas season. MAy 20, the anniversary -of the signing of the Mecklenburg declaration of independence, is a legal holiday in North Carolina. » DeceMBER 25, Christmas day, is a legal holiday 'in all the states, and in Bouth Carolina the two following days are also holidays. b - EmprErOß NAPoLEON made his own birthday, August 15, a holiday in France, and facetiously called it'the ‘‘Festival of St. Napoleon.” ) TaE burhing of the yule log in England is a relic of the Scandinavian worship of the god Thor. His feast was called yule, or yule tide. ' b THANKSGIVING day is observed in all the states as a popular holiday, though in several states there is no statutory provision to that effeet. . ÜBUGUAY wis nasied Fom the tiver which flows throughit, ~

= The Mother-Poet. My mother was a poet! And, though she left no song To ripple down the centuries And chee_r the world along,

Her soul was full of music; ' Her thought was set to rhyme £ Of little feet, that kept her heart A-singing all the time. i

Her life was one long medsure Of kind, unselfish deeds; (So common is the doing _ + % One scarcely knows or heeds.)

She gave herself so freely, Thought had she for us all, And time to note each flower, And the first bluebird’s call.

A singer who sings truly Must often sing of pain, Yet hope rose through her sorrow As rainbows through the rain.

O, whata wondrous poem Is mother duty done! : My mother was a poet!— - ) I'm sure that yours was one. : —Mary A. Mason, in Youth’'s Companion.

Heart Trouble. 2 A wintry afternoon. The air was cold. We met upon the ice. The story’s old. A maid entrancing she—quite vp to date! My heart was going 2t a lively rate, Was fairly burning up with love! And yet, - From kneeling there my knees were cold and wet. : ;

But what of that! A maid so fair to please ‘Were worth the freezing of a dozen knees! And so I slowly fastened on her skates— My fingers stiff. Such pretty feet the fates Had ne’er permitted me to see before! And then to think, alas, of gliding o'er | The ice with her—those little hands to hold! My heart was burning, but my feet were cold.

At last T had them on.' ‘ My hands were numb “With cold. But now my sweet reward would

iR OIS ; ) i But when, alas. she gave a little cough, : And with some other fellow skated off Right past my nose, ; S My cup of joy prov'd but a broken cup! My heart no longer now was burning up— It simply froge. : ! ~—Truth.

: The Busy Man. 155 If you would get a favordone By some obliging friend, : And want a promise, safe and sure, On which you can depend, - - Don’t go to him who always has 3 - Much leisure time to plan, : But, if you want your favor done,’ : Just ask the busy man. S The man with leisure never has : A moment he can spare. s He's always ‘‘putting off,"’ until His friends are in despair; 3 But he whose every waking hour . . Is crowded full of work R # | Forgets the art of wasting time; - He cannot stop to shirk. ! 80, when you want a favor done, . - - And want it right away, Go to the man who constantly .- Works thirty hours a day. .+ He’ll ind a moment, sure, somewhers, . = That has no other use, - e Wd fix you, while the idle man | Isframing an excuse. Ft - . —William H. Hills, in N. Y. Ledger. e When the Skies Clear Off. i .~ The prospects will be brighter, i - The burdens wiil be lighter, ) An’ the souls of us be whiter - .~ When the skies clear off. ‘With sweeter roses springin’, - § An’ sweeter birds a’singint, : An’ all the bells a-ringin’ : ‘When the skies clear off! '! o The silver—it'll jingle, Till your fingers tingle, tingle; Old friends’ll meet and mingle - -

When the skies clear off. An’ trouble, like a feather, ‘Will go sailin’, out the weather; We'll sing an’ dance together: When the skies clear off! :

| . There’s a sign o’ light a-comin’; o l An’ you hear.the wagon hummin’; 3 You’ll be marchin’ to the drummin’‘When the skies clear off. ey No matter what's.the trouble— g | It’ll break jest-like a bubble, An'you’ll drive in barness doyble 2 When the skies clear off! ~=Frank L. Stanton, in:Atlanta Constitution. : A Remedy. ;i ® . Better to sing than sigh, my dear, : For life—it is not long; i . And if you eannot sing; just let g Your heart beat fime to song! = - ° - —Atlanta Constitution. i 5y Courage. g : ‘We greet with quickening pulse the story That shrouds a warrior's name in glory. ‘We thrill to learn, from lays heroie,. How patriots perished, finely stoie. Yet loftier couragé_s%eans the giving Far less to dying thah-to living. ' \ It means, with truth's divine assuranoce, To arm the soulin stern endurance; . It means with grip no stress can severTo clutch the sword of high endeavor ° And wage, in patience and persistence, . This bloodless battle called existence. - - —Edgar Fawocett, in Youth’s Companion. - —_— —————— 3 : _A Cheap Trip South. _Tickets will be sold at ong fare round trip to points in Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississlp%i, Louisiana and Florida, on the line’ of the Louisville & Nashvﬂie, and Nashville, Cha.htanoo%a & Bt. Louis ‘Railroads, on' January 8, February 5, March 5, April 2 and 30, 1805. Ask your ticket agent about it, and if he cannot sell you excursion. tickets write t 6 C. P. Atmore, General Passenger Agent, Louisville, ‘ky., _Jackson 'Smith. D. P. A, Cincinnati, -O.; or Geo. L. Cross, N. W. P, A,, Chicago, 111..

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