Ligonier Banner., Volume 29, Number 47, Ligonier, Noble County, 7 March 1895 — Page 2

’ s The Ligonier Banner, LIGONIER, ¢ ¢! INDIANA, THE commissioner of %internal revenue has sent out circular letters to all collectors of internal revenue calling their attention to the extension of time for making income tax returns to April 15. o ———————) A sYNDICATE has been formed in England to build a battle ship of at least 8,000 tons, and to cost more than $2,000,000, according to the plans of Sir Edward Reed, who has been criticizing the admiralty ships.

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE J. STERe

LING MORTON is now nearly sixty-three years old, and is a New Yorker by birth.. He was a newspaper ‘man in Detroit and Chicago before he moved to Nebraska in 1854. . -

CoLUMBIA college has offered to give land on the side of her ngw buildings to the Tilden library fund, if its managers will place on it the Tilden library. As the funds amount to $2,000,000, Columbia will' have the greatest library in the country if the offer is accepted. i _

ANOTHER innovation upon the conduct of funerals has been started by Mrs. Turner, of Grand Rapids, Mich., who, upon the occasion of her husband’s interment, delivered the address over his grave.. She knew him best and was quite fitted to do justice to his memory.. . L /

TuHrREE new quick-firing guns are to be introduced into the British navy: A four-inch twenty-five pounder, a twelve-pound twelve-hundred-weight gun, and a twelve-pound eight-hun-dred-weight gun, the last two using the same projectile, but different charges of cordite. i 4 7 ?

ONE of the latest scientific vagaries is the proposition that the central heat of the earth mzi.y be drawn upon and utilized by sinking wells or pits deep enough to’tap tuperhéated steam or gases having sufficient pressure to drive _machifieryt and diffuse comfort on the surface. £ : Ix obtaining tfie serum for the antitoxine treatmenft about ten quarts is the amount drawn from each horse at one time on the average. The animals suffer no . perceptible exhaustion, and are not made useless for other purposes. Among the twenty-five horses now owned by the |British institute is a ‘TaEyY do not seem to be feeling the hard times very much in Washington. Mrs. Brice paid staye $l,OOO to appear at one of her musicales and gave Melba and Edouard de. Reszke an equal amount to appear at another. " The widow of Senator Hearst and Mrs. R. H. Tewnsend also-paid these operatic stars $750 and $l,OOO for their attende % ' DENVER is already making preparas tions for the me}ting of the National Educational association 'to be held there from July sto 12. There will be the lowest sori of railway fares from all parts of thl:: union and all sorts of excursions through picturesque Colorado are to be arranged. Denver expects this meeting of the association to be the largest e&er held.: | e s st &

MR. J. Ross writes in the Engineering and Mining Journal that since the ‘diamond discoveries in South Africa the Brazilian diamond-mining industry has fallen so low that the annual output is nhow not|over $150,000, when 30 vears ago it was upward of $2,500,000. Brazilian diaqn,onds are so much - smaller than the/African that it does not pay to mine them against African’ competition. | . S——— It is said that the Wweaving of threads of aluminum ilp textile fabrics results: in a practically non-oxidizable, inexpensive material that is free from chemical action, and can be washed without fear ok injury. It can be applied to the finest and heaviest fabries, as the thread can be drawn to any degree of thinness, and may be made round or flat, or in any shape convenient for wearing. e S—————————— At Augmagsalik, on the east coast of Greenland, in |latitude 65 degrees, 37 minutes north, a meteorological station has just been established by the Danish governmeit. It is provided with self-recording | instruments as well as the usual ones. Holm, who spent a vear there tet years ago, found the mean temperature for the year to be 5 degrees below . the freezing point, while the minimum was 13 degrees belowsets, . | . : Four officers holding high rank in the army will go upon the retired list this year. }X]illiam: Smith, brigadier general, now serving as paymaster general,will retire March 26. Maj. Gen. MecCook will retire April 22. There are six brigadier generals—-l’.ug‘er. Merritt, Brooke, Whealton, Otis and Forsyth—all of whom| desire promotion to the vacancy that will be created by Gen. McCook’s retirement, Thomas L. Casey, a brigadier general, now serving as chief of emgineers, will retire May 10. The date jof Schofield’s retirement fis September 49. L : \ 2z AR SR e b L L >

Tue largest cross in the world now stands in Drake’s bay, North America. Three hundred and fourteen years ago the celebrated Sir Franeis Dralke landed in this bay. and his chaplain, Francis Fletcher by name. preached the first English sermon ever heard in that region. To commemorate this event Bishop Nichols, of California. and the late George V. Childs cauvsed a large stone cross to bk erected on the spot, a cliff standing 300 . feet above the sea. The cross is fiity-seven feet high, of blue sandstone; s2veral of the stones in it are larger than'the largest stone in the pyramid of Cheops. ) |

Paris and London have been official- » 1y looking into the pawnbroking busie ness of late. In Paris, where thte mu-, nicipality controls it, the figures show that the average number of watchespawned of late years is close upon 350,000. Of these 5,000 a year are said to have been ‘‘the proceeds of robberies,” and it is added that of the 5,000 the pos * lice: manage to restors about 250 to . their owners, In. London over fifteen million visits a year are paid to the - pawnbroker's, or on an average 50,300 aday. Ope hundred and ninety million| . @rtieles are paywned each year, but the mumber redeemed is not quoted.

. 3 Epitome of the Week. INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Proceedings of the Second Session. TuESDAY, Feb. 26.—The time in the senate was occupied in discussing the sundry civil appropriation bill, the feature of the day being the passage of a sugar bounty proposition, aggregating $5,200,000, by a vote of 46 to 20. A bill was passed for the construction of a bridge over the Illinois river at Hennepin. In the house the national arbitration labor bill was passed,’ as was also a bill for the publication of the bulletins of the department of labor. The remainder of the day was devoted to eulogies on the life and public services of the late Philip Sidney Post, of Illinois. ;

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 27.— After the financial debate closed in the senate work on the sundry civil bill was proceeded with, and among the amendments agreed to was one authorizing the selection of nine commissioners to represent the United States at the international monetary conference. In the house the pension:appropriation bill was passed and the post office appropriation bill was discussed. :

TaursDAY, Feb. 28. — The senate passed the sundry civil appropriation bill, including over -$5,000,000 for sugar bounties and the provision for a , commission to represent the United | States at an international monetary . conference. The executive and judicial . appropriation bill was also passed. During a debate warm words passed between Senators Chandler, Hill and Martin. In the house the senate amendment to the bill to prohibit the wearing of the sign of the Red Cross without permission of the National Red Cross society was agreed to. It was voted to insist on disagreement to the senate amendment to the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill providing for the Hawaiian cable. : l " FRIDAY., March I.—The genergl det ficiency bill. was passed in the sen‘ate with an amendment providing for the payment of the sums named to the following states on account of moneys spent in assisting in the sup- . pression of the rebellion: California, "$3,954; Oregon, $335,152, and Nevada, $404,040. The nomination of W. L. Wilson as postmaster general ‘was confirmed. In the house the entire day was devoted to the consideration of i bills on motions’to’' pass them under tsuspension of the rules. The night session was devoted to private pension lls. e

FROM WASHINGTON.

DuriNg February the treasury veceipts were within $2,311,278 of the expenditures. THE president nominated Congressman W. L. ‘Wilson, of West Virginia, for postmaster general, to succeed Wilson 8. Bissell, resigned. . At the leading clearing houses in the United Statesthe exchangesduring the week ended on the Ist aggregated $770,100,683, against $824,416,480 the previous week. The decrease, compared with the corresponding week in 1894, was 7.3.

TREASURY receipts during February were $22,888,057 and the disbursements were $25,696,035, leaving a deficit of $2,807,978 for the month, and for the eight months of the present fiscal year $36,295,771. : ‘

VEry little activity- is to be discovered in any line of business throughout the country. : THE statement of the public debt issued on the Ist showed that the debt decreased $34,033,328 during the month of February. The cash balance in the treasury was $178,197,586. The total debt, less the cash balance in the treasury, amounts to $890,412,94C. - The decrease in the debt during the month is accounted for by the receipt of gold on account of the last ‘bond issue, against which no’' bonds had been issued. ?

' DuriNG the month of February the coinage executed at the mints of the United States was as follows: Gold, $6,143,800; silver, $491,000; minor coin, $57,300; total coinage, $6,692,100. IN the seven days ended on the Ist there were 250 business failures in the United States, against 302 the week previous and 281 in the corresponding time in 1894. i NATIONAL soldiers’ homes were said to be crowded to a dangerous degree. TaRoOUGHOUT the country fires during February caused a total loss of $12,532,510, against $12,918,225 in February, 1894. . LrADING democrats from fifteen states signed a manifesto calling for a vigorous campaign for silver.

) THE EAST. ; IN New York J. Hamburger & Co., | importers of leaf tobacco, made an asi signment with liabilities of $300,000. IN the Delaware house members of ' the W.C. T. U. sang the doxology when wthe vote repealing the bottle law was _ announced. i | Tue death of William Ward, a mem- . ber ‘' of the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth i and Forty-seventh congresses from the | Sixth. Pennsylvania district, occurred ! at his home in Chester, aged 58 years. E O AT hisshome in Merrimac, Mass., John ' Kelly Sargent, a veteran abolitionist, | who claims to be the oldest freemason {in the United States, observed his | 93d birthday., - 3 | I~ New York city two buildings fell, causing the death of five men, and | twenty-one other employes were seriously Injuregd. , ‘ At Providence, R. 1., Sherman & Riley, bankers, failed for $1,166,536. ‘THE Irish nationalist, scholar and orator, Richard O’Gorman, died at his { home in New York city, aged 75 years.

WEST AND SOUTH.

By the explosion of an oil pump boiler ' Alfred Daugherty -and Oliver Lockwood were fatally scalded near Nottingham, Ind. | . TeE marriage of David Irwin, aged 87 years, occurred in Chicago to Mrs. Annie A. Norris, aged 64 yearvs. This is the groom’s third matrimonial experience and the bride’s second. | Ar Hoisington, Kan., John M. Herres, a shoemaker, fatally stabbed his wife, killed his 4-year-old daughter, Fanunie, and then committed suicide. He was crazed with liquor. - o A BPECIAL grand jury at Kansas City found twenty-one indictments for frauds at the fall election. 1 FrAMEs that started in Deland’s sawmill .and heading factory at Black Rock, Ark., caused a loss of $lOO,OOO. ‘ AT his home near Logansport, Ind., John Burke celebrated his 103 d birthe day. : o e ; ~ Popurisrs of the Third Michiga distflfiéat‘gtflfmfi‘éd Robert Mcnaugau? of Hillsdale county, {or congress.* |

- THE Kentucky prohibitionists in state convention at Louisville nominated T. B. Demaree, of Louisville, for governor. o

At the age of 81 years Gen. Mason Brayman, ex-governor of Idaho, one of the oldest masons in the United States, died a 3 Xansas City, Mo. -BY a gas explosion due to imperfect ventilation twenty-eight men employed in the mines at Cerrillos, N. M., were killed. S 0 i

ATt fier home in Port Fulton, Ind., Mary Marshall, aged 108 years, dropped dead. She was born in Virginia in 1787. IN Detroit Adjt. Gen. Charles L. Eaton, of Michigan, fell dead with apoplexy of the heart whilé attending a funeral. i

Ix Chicago fire destryed the Kaestner building, oecupied by numerous tenants, and sev}éi‘al adjoining houses, entailing a loss of $400,000.

TuE Nevada legislature passed a concurrent resolution striking the word ‘‘male” out of the constitution.

. WiLsoN Bros'. flour mill at Peabody, Kan., was completely destroyed by fire, the loss being $lOO,OOO. THE republicans of the Tenth Illinois district nominated George W. Prince, of Galesburg, for congress on the 1,476 th ballot. | . Fire destroyed the factory of the Chicago Pipe Works company at New Philadelphia, 0., the loss being $lOO,000. : 5

THE prohibitionists nominated A. M. Todd, of Kalamazoo, Mich., for congress, to succeed Senator Burrows. It was shown by an autopsy on Herman Switzer, of Terre Haute, Ind., who died while lifting an ice’ chest, that his heart had broken in two.

At La Grange, Ind., Enos Randall and his wife died almost simultaneously. Randall’s death was the result of a protracted illness, but his wife had been in perfect health. , THE directors of the Minneapolis exposition formally offered the building and site to the state for capitol purposes. ‘ : ;

At Kingston, N.: C.,, a cigarette carelessly thrown by a boy started a fire that caused a loss of $225,000.. Davip Joxks, of Elwood, Ind., after 152 days and nights of wakefulness, fell into a refreshing sleep. * A MAN named Kirby L. May, who, by representing himself as a young girl anxious to marry, had victimized men in all parts of the country, was arrested in St. Louis. i

DEMOCRATS in convention at Saginaw, Mich., nominated John W. McGrath for supreme judge and Charles J. Pailthorp, of Petoskey, and Stratton D. Brooks, of Isabella cournty, for regents of the state university. - Resolutions declaring for free silver were adopted. Tue Michigan legislature passed a bill providing for registration in the city of Detroit.

GEORGE MAGEE was executed at Frankfort, Ky., for killing Charles Thomas; Joe Dean was hanged at Fairburn, Ky., for murdering A. B. Leigh, and Harry Hill, the murderer of Matthew Akeson, was hanged at Plattsmouth, Neb. : TuomMAs MeApows and his wife, of Glenville, Ala., were attending a dance when their four children‘were burned to death. :

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FraMes which broke out in the government immigration building at Halifax destroyed property worth $1,000,000.

GOVERNMENT soldiers shot Manuel Garcia, a famous Cuban highwayman, with a companion in Havana. - O~ a mountain side near the City of Mexico an excursion train jumped the track, forty-two persons being killed and thirty or more seriously injured. THE steamer Kingdon, Capt. Jones, which left Hamburg December 18 last for Philadelphia with a crew of thirtysix men, was given up as lost. FrLames in the yards of Gilmour & Hughson, near Ottawa, Ont., destroyed over 5,000,000 feet of lumber, worth about $150,000. ; FURTHER reports show that the res cent wreck on the Inter-Oceanic railroad near the City of Mexico killed 104 persons. :

- THE government troops captured the whole Jnsurgent band in Cuba and the prisoners were taken to Matanzas for trial. : pis

LATER NEWS.

TuE United States senate on the 2d receded from the .Hawaiian cable amendment to the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. The mnaval appropriation‘ bill was passed after it had been amended to provide for the building of but two battleships. An agreement was reached on the sundry civiland Indian appropriation bills. In the house most of the appropriation bills were agreed to and the senate bill forbidding the transmission of lottery business by express was possed. IcE gorged in the Susquehanna river at Port Deposit, Md., and the residents were forced to flee to the hills.

A MILLION DOLLARS’ damage was caused by a fire which originated in Simpson’s dry goods store in Toronto, Canada. : .

DAxNIeL HATRsSTROM and wife, of Afton, 1. T., were fatally injured by white robbers disguised as negroes. HENRY STUDEBAKER, one of the wellknown firm of wagon builders; died at his home near South Bend, Ind., aged 68 years. : i 5

- PROPERTY valued at upward of $2OO, 000 was destroyed by fire at Salina, Xan ‘ . =

Tue Chicago Times and Chicago Herald have been consolidated and will hereafter be issued under the name of the Times-Herald.

Four men were killed and two others ' injured by an explosion in a sawmill at Adclphia, O. , - A reviEW of the session of congress shows that a few of the important measures débated were enacted into law.. The total amount of money wppropriated is $497,904,604. : Erzasern Powrrn, 100 years old, was found dead in a hovel on fthe Wabash river near Terre Huute, Ind. INFLUENZA was ruging with virulence. in London and Berlin. The well-to-do classes seemed to be the greatest wufs ferers. dhis s

Two mEX were killed and two Injured by the explosion of a tank of sulphurie acid at McKeesport, Pa. / : JAMES Frezearniek, who had lived the life of a hermit for fitty years, und who for forty vears had not spoken to a woman, because of disappointment in love, died ut, Derby, Conn, Two maskep men held up o train ner Antelope, Cal., but were beaten off by the engineer and firemun, - » PrEsioest Dore, of Hawall, eomy muted the death sentence of the four leaders of the rebellion.to Tmprison: ment for thirty-five years and $lO,OOO fine, The ex-queen will be Tmprisoned Woswpen @

J & J ‘ INDIANA STATE NEWS. _ The General Assembly. ! INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 26.— SENATE—For lack of & constitutional majority the senate Monday morning failed to pass the bill giving Brown county the right to vote for a change of county seat from Brownstown to Seymour. The vote stood 20 to 15. The senate Monday afterncon passed a bill appropriating §2.500 for the expenses of a commission to investigate the feasibility of a ship canal from Lake Michigan to the Wabash river, incidentally draining the Kankakee. A strong fight was made against that section of the military bill which gives militiamen who kill or wound rioters when ordered to fire the right to be tried by a courtmartial, but the provisions were retained, and the bill was sent to engrdssment.

HovusE—Bills passed: Providing for the election of county superintendents of instruction in September instead of June, as under the present law; (itisexpected that. Gov. Matthews will veto this bill, but_dt will be passed over his veto;) providing m%mal farmers’ insurance companies and a dog law that requires the township assessor atthe time he makes his visit to- assess property to collect the tax on the dogs reported. The committee oninsurance Monday reported | adversely upon four insurance bills. The committee on elections killed most of the bill to amend the election laws, except that of Mr. Leedy, which seéks to regulate the party primary and bring it under some responsibility. -The adverse report upon this was set aside on motion of Mr. Leedy, and the bill was ordered to be printed.

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 27.—SENATE—The senate Tuesday passed a corrupt practice act, modeled after the New York law. It also amended the coliability act so as to conform to the measure as{ it was presented two years ago by the railroad employes. : HoUuseE—The house passed 4 bill authorizing the state printer to print the papers containing the original researches of the Indiana Academy of Science at a cost of not more than $6OO a year. This association includes such men of international repute as President Jordan, of Stanford university, and President Coulter, of the Northwestern university. The house passed -the new house ex-. emption bill, which gives mortgagors the right to exemption of $l,OOO, providing they list the names of the holders of the note. The committee on ways ayd means reported in favor of a 2% per cent. reduction in, the tax rate. The Nicholson bill passed the house Tuesday morning by a vote of 75 to 20. This is a measure for the better enforcemenf of the liquor laws, and to regulate the issuance of licenses. The bill requires that magistrates trying a saloon-keeper for the second offense shall revoke his license. It prohibits winerooms by requiring that the bars shall be confined to one room, and that the liguor shall nct be served in another. It permits a majority of the voters in a district to prevent the issuance of a license, but a remonstrance must be presented against each man applying. It has some provisions making it easier to secure a conviction. ; : : INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 28.—SENATE—The senate Wednesday morning passed the caueus bill repealing the preseut congressionral apportionment and substituting the new apportionment. This was done under a party vote. The caucus bill abolishing the board of monument commissioners was passed. The threatened bolt of the caucus by Senators Bethell and Self in revenge for the reconsideration of the spoils action has died away. They could not secure enough republicans to vote with them on political measures and were frightened out of their position by the general evidence of displeasure. s : HousE—Another temperance bill, applying, however,.only to cities not having a special charter, passed the house Wednesday morning.: It is Moore's bill giving cities the right to license, regulate and restralin all saloons, ete., with power to designate the rooms in which the liguor shall be sold, and to exclude saloons from suburban or residence parts of the cities; also to prevent screens during any hour of the day, and to vestin common councils the right’ to deflne and abolish wine rooms. The committee of the house appdinted to.investigate the fraud by which. the fee and salary law ef '9l was changed and made unconstitutional reported Wednesday, but could not fix the blame on any one person. It thenreported a re-enactment of the old bill slightly changed.. The house passed a bill amending the election. law soo as to require four booths for voting at general elections and also providing a penalty for failure to provide eurtains for the 'booths. A favorable report to place the statd library under a library board was concurred in. Thfi age of consent bill- was reported back wit amendment in favor of making the age 18 INDIANAPOLIS, March I.—SENATE—The senate passed a.large number of bills, among them being Gifford’s bill providing for compulsory education. It provides that children must go to shool at least three months out of the year and if they have no clothing the trustees must provide it and also their books. The caucus bill regulating fees and salaries was passed. The senate also passed the military bill providing for an appropriation of $57,000 for the state militia. an in¢rease of $20,000. ° HoUsSE—The house Thursday morning settled down to the appropriation of money. The direct tax bill for the support of the state educa~-. tional institations was passed under suspension of the rules. This bill gives to Indiana State university at Bloomington a tax of onefifteenth of a mill on each #lOO, and one-twen-tieth each to Purdue university at Lafayette and the State Normal dt Terre Haute. The. tax wlll give the institutions about 30 per cent. more than the usual amount of appropriation. The house in committee of the whole passed the appropriation .of $234,000 for the Central- Hospital * for the. Insane in this . eity. The Northern Hosyital for the Insane at Logansport .was given $90,000 for maintenance. The house passed the caucus bill regulating fees and salaries. The law takes effect as to state officials ‘on January 4, 1806 and was made not to affect the county officials who were elected in 1890, and whose terms will soon expire. The bill abolishing the attorney general’s fee for collecting the surplus school fund was passed by the house Thursday evening. It is now ready for the governor. Thursday night the house was in committee of the whole on the appropriation bill, and it was practically adopted as reported by the committee, cutting down the appropriation of two years ago about $200,000. INDIANAPOLIS, March 2.—SENATE—The senaté Friday passed the anti-winter racing bill and the bill giving blacklisted employes the right to recover for actual and exemplary damages. . :

HOUSE—The house, in committee of the whole, Friday decided upon the following salaries foi-state officers: Governor, $5,000 salary, §6OO refit, 1,800 for private secretary: auditor, §7,500; his deputy. &2,000; treasurer, $6.000:: deputy, $2,000: superintendent. $2,500; state librarian, $1,500; reporter supreme court, $4,000; state statistician, §2,000: geologist. $2.500. The house Friday evening passed the bill amending the election law so as torequire four booths, and to provide a penalty for failure to inclose booths with curtains. . The bill appropriating £40,000 for marking the position of Indiany troops on the Chickamauga battle tield was passed. : .

BunarLAßrs have visited New Waverly, Cass county, several times during the past two weeks, and now three armed men will patrol tKe streets to protect the citizens. . ; “Orver B, ijr,m. suffering from grip, hanged himself at Logansport.

D, JAMEA S, SullEnLps, -the inventor of Omegn, has a mill that maks 150,000 lathe per day. v ‘MAawrissvitan is said to have more e¢lubs than any other town in the state of the sntne size. i i A ntg gray wolf of the gentler sex wis shot near Winanmae the other day " el e A Fortville ehemienl works nitrie neld exploded, fatnlly burning a man ntmed Cargon, i L : “Contsnus people will vote on the market house question soon, o Banny Huan, of Riehmond, is lh-\ sane from injuries recelved in a'rails roud wreck sotne time ago, kit HustutAng entered John 0. Morels’ gru«zei*y shore ut New Halem and swoke fetiry Plekerd, the clerk, who sloeps there, Plekord fired two shots at the burglars without e et o W W, Ontven has been fAned $5OO and eosts for turning the hose on Als bert: Uillette, an \,gmyiw}ye _of the Torve Huite Eiaewl s fight Co. Twriv e peraons fi@fi of avery 1,000 m%%fné mfi et é’figfiw ;ksgw R R Wp GHAMAM, Gorport: found a pearl I w pivesel khetl ’;t" Wh’tifi.viv@fi He w 46 Eet by n New York fivm, whidh Infuring Him tm“ L g‘gt%i 14 Bl the st aunlity hd ls worth gso, . G flfw*‘gé‘éfi

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. International Lesson for March 10, 1895 — The .Rich Young Ruler — Mark "10:17-27. oo : : ‘ [Specially Arranged from Peloubet's Notes.] GOLDEN TEXT.—Seek ye first the kingdom of God.—Matt. 6:33. n‘snn SECTION OF HISTORY includes verses 17-31. . TIME —March, A. D. 80. A few weeks after our last lesson. s PLACE.—On Christ’s last journey to Jerusalem from the village of Ephraim, along the borders of Samaria and Galilee, and down the Jordan valley to Jericho. Probably in Perea, beyond Jordan. He. had not yet reached Jericho. 4 JESUS.—Thirty-three years old and two or three months. About a month before His crucifixion. - -THE INTERVENING STORY.—The excitement produced by the miracle of raising Lazarus inflamed the hostility of the Jewish leaders to such a degree that Jesus could not safely remain near Jerusalem (John 11:47-54). Accordingly He went into retirement for a time at Ephraim in the mountainous region on the northern borders of Judea. After a few wecks He journeyed along the borders of Samaria and Galilee to the Jordan; crossed over the river into Perea, where He healed ten lepers (Luke 17:12-19), discoursed concerning the Kingdom of God (Luke 17:20-37), spoke some parables on prayer (Luke 18:1-14), and welcomed the children, taking them in His arms (Luke 18:15-17; Mark 10:13-16). As He was going away from this scene the young ruler came to Him. : H

LESSON NOTES.

A Rich Young Ruler Seeking Eternal Life.—‘“And when He was gone forth; from the house where He had blessed the children. He starts again on His journey to Jerusalem. ‘‘There came one running:” By a comparison with Matthew and Luke we learn that he was (1) a ruler, probably of a synagogue; a leading man in Jewish religious,_circles. (2) He was young. (3) He was very rich. (4) He was religiously trained. (5) He had heard of Jesus and listened to His teachings,or he would not have come to Him in this way. (6) He had a lovable disposition (Mark 10:21). ‘

‘His Character. (1) This young man seems to have had from a woridly point of view an irreproachable moral character. He had resisted the corrupting influences around him. (2) He was a candid inquirer, breaking away from the routine religion of his synagogue, and recognizing truth and goodness wherever he saw it. (3) He was courageous. Only a brave heart could have enabled one in so prominent a position to risk the opposition and reproaches of his associates, and run and reverence in so public a manner the despised Nazarene. (4) He had high aspirations. He was not content with wealth and position and outward morality, but had set his heart on etérnal life. (5) He was in earnest, as his conduct shows. But on the other hand he was (a) self-righteous. (0) He had wrong or imperfect motives behind his outward goodness. (¢) He wasunwilling to trust everything, even his worldly wealth, in God’s hands. . Seeking Eternal Life.—Of'all things in the universe thisisthe great prize we should seek with all our hearts and souls. ' For it includes every other good —God, Heaven, holiness, usefulness, ‘happiness. Just so far as we have eternal life can we .know God, or Heaven, or any highest good. ;

The Conditions of Eternal Life.— “Thou knowest the commandments:” This implies what Matthew expresses, “If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.” The young man then asks which? Of what kind? What special and great commandment do you refer to? “Then Jesus replies by enumerating fhose named in this verse. “Do-not commit adultery, Do not kill,” etc. All these belong-to the second table of the law, which teaches the duties of man to man. Jesus, it would seem, desired toshow the man the true nature, the living soul, of ordinary daily life. Perhaps Jesus did not refer to the first table of the law because the keeping of the second was a test as to whether the ruler really kept the first. ' He that truly loves man loves God. - :

Here was the second step—a convice tion of sin and imperfection, by measuring one’s self by the law in its Divine strictness.

Keeping the Commandments and Eternal Life. (1) There is no complete eternal life without the keeping of the commandments, and no beginnings of eternal life without the spirit which seeks, longs and endeavors to keep them. For (2) the commandments are the expression of the true principles of holy living. Good people, saints and and angels in Heaven live according to the commandments. ' (3) A person may keep the commandments in outward form and yet not have eternal life. (4) The commandments are the Divine standard which shows us how much we have failed in the true life, and by which the Holy Spirit .convinces us of sin and need. For (5) no one ever entered eternal life by merely trying to keep the commandments. (6) Jesus Christ has comé to save us, by implanting that new life, that loving and obedient spirit, which will lead to the keeping of the commandments. Jesus saves not in sin, but from sin. "The Failure. ‘“One Thing Thou Lackest.”—‘“Then Jesus beholding him loved him:” He was so noble, so earnest and sincere in his seeking, so lovable, that the soul of Jesus was drawn out toward him. And all the more because he was not satisfied with any outward keeping of the law. Jesus saw in him great possibilities of character, and of service, a pillar in the temple of God, @ power for good in the new kingdom. ‘“‘And said unto him, One thing thou lackest.” IHe was very mear the kingdom, but 6ne link in the chain was gone, and that brike the whole chain-

e s e \ MULTUM IIN PARVO. i Trnoueur is the property only of those who can entertain it.—Emerson. Toere is an idiom in truth which falsehood can never imitate.—Napier. Hr hatli a 4 poor spirit who is not planted above petty wrongs.—Feltham. WELL-ARRANGED time is the surest mark of a well-arranged mind.—Rous- . pean, : bl ’ | Tur generous heart should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.— Thomson, i : ‘ DRINKING water neither makes & man slek, nor in debt, nor his wife a widow. ~John Neal, . P ' SeneNari I 8 born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amidst joy. ==Mrs, Hoemans. . . ‘ : HoMmp temptations come to the indus- | trious, but all temptations attack the C{dle,~=Hpurgeon. ~ e l‘ {1 18 mervelous how long a rotten { post. will stand, provided it be not i ghalien,—Carlyle, iy t :9‘;l-‘&{;?&92? has thah gireuc- moral deffictr ‘ !of giving too much importance to life md“dmfimflhmm i M | Loveny coneord and most sacred mea doth sourlsh virtue, and fast nidship breed,—Bpenser,

" PURIFY YOUR BLOOD 'HOOD’S SARSAPARILLA

At this season everyone should take a good spring medicine. Your blood must be purified or you will be neglecting your health. There is a cry from Nature for help, and unless there is prompt and satisfactory response you will be liable to serious illness. ; ; This demand can only be met by the purifying, enriching and _ Blood-Vitalizing elements to be found-in Hood's Sarsaparilla, ‘“My wmother-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Wolfe, at the age of 72 years, was attacked with a violent form of salt rheum; it spread all over her body, and her hands and limbs were dreadful to look at. At the same time, my little daughter Clara, who wasjust one year old, was attacked by a similar disease, like scrofula. It appeared in

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: The Unseen. : When eyes are bright with hope, the skies are blue, : i * The seas are mother-o'-pearl, the world. is dofalre s ; ) : : Sunshinre falls sweet on drops of diamond dew, And fairies dwell in flower belis everywhere. When eyes are dim with tears, the skies are gray, : : The seas are foaming floods, the world is + cold; Sad mists creep down and shadow all the way, And every face we meet seems str_a.ngely old. But when the eyesare closed to outward sights, In Sleep’s dear Dreamland, glories meet their | gaze; : . Visions of hope-filled noons and love-filled | nights, : ; Of light, aye radiant, made of rainbow rays. Then, when they look within, the realms of | Thought i . : Lie all outspread—what has been, what shall be; i i Mountain and plain Irfto right focus brought. - “The Ufiseen,” say you? Nay! what we best t seel * &

The inward sight is true, and clear, and strong; Age dims it.not; ro blindness comes with i tears: For Time is short, Eternity is long, And souls are made for @ons, not for years. - | } —Chambers’ Journal..

Doctrinal. i i~ ‘ I, her pastor, and a student o Of her nature, sweet and prudent o As lany little maiden you would really care to

Tl Reea T i . ‘When she loocked with eyes upglancing, Most bewitchingly entrancing; : I bethought me of the future and a hymeneal

[ fee. ! In a confidential whisper, 4 . ‘Which I hoped would not escape her, = I proposed that I might marry this creature so

| divine. May I—may I—call you—Mildred? i Then she blushed and looked bewildered, : So I kissed this darling morsel and called her

. 'dearest mine. - : Quite contrary to invention— . Perhaps I need not mention, -y That this little maid I did not marry—to any . otherman. i

—Overland. Monthly.

In Old Kaintuck. ) ) O, plain and homely ear of.cora, E If lam not too bold, : ' : I want to say right here of you, : - Your virtue is two-fold. | For from your grain we make the julce { .. That does so quickly rob i | Us of our errors; then we make o | A stopper of your cob. - _ : i I —Detroit Free Press. - it ' Opportunities. They pass and pass again like shades of night; Swiftly and silently they come and go— They brush against us in the darkling light . And strained eyes never see them—never | know. } : i Until at last in some unthought of place One seems to catch a gleam the darkness . through ‘ ; And turns to meet one's future face toface, .. And hope that makes life glad is born anew- | —Alfred Stoddard, in Detroit F'ree Press. | Manhood. ; ) Not till life’s heat has cooled, : The headlong rush slowed to a quiet pace, . /And every purblind passion that had ruled [ Our noisier years, at last, Spurs us in Valn, and, weary ot the race, ‘We care no more who loses or who wins—. Ah! not till all the best of life seems past. - _ - The best of life begins. To toil for only fame, Hand-clappings and the fickle gusts of praise, For place or power or gold to gild a name Above the grave whereto All paths will bring us, were to lose our -days, ‘We, on whose ears youth's passing bell has tolled, L . In blowing bubbles, even as children do, ° : Forgetting we grow old. . : But the world widens when . Such hope of trivial gain that ruled us lies ‘Broken among our childhood's toys, for then - We win to self-control! - g And mail ourselves in' manhood, and there rise : 4 . e, Upon us from the vast and windless height - . These clearer thoughts that are unto the soul . . What stars are to the night. v : —A. St. John Adcocl) in Spectator. -

Keep God on Your Side. Through sorrow and anguish, : Through trial and pain, Or when joy sheds her brightness . _ Like bountiful rain, ; = ‘Wha‘ever your station, . Whatever betide, . In your Zionward journey Lk - Keep God on your side. Put your resolute shoulder , In time to the whesl, 4 g And in life’s urgent battle Be worthy your steel. GR Be kindly, be honest, - : : Be void of false pride, o And thus may you daily Keep God on your side. S As you cross over Jordan ‘With billows ¢old, i As you near the'great city T Whose streets are.of gold, ; All sin may be vanquished, ; All terror defled, Gy : And your spirit triumphant g st £ With God on your side! S —Mrs. M. A. Kidder, inN. Y. Weekly. - . The Advent of Hope. . Once on a time, from scenes of light ' An angel winged his airy flight; Sl Down to this earth in haste he came, | And wrote, in lines of living flame, ~~ These words on everything he met: * Cheer up; be not d‘isg_ouraged yet.” . Then back to Heaven with speed he flew, Attuned his golden harp anew, - e ‘Whilst the angelic throng came round = | . 'Tocateh thesoul-inspiring sound: = And Heaven was fllled with new delight, - For Hope had been to earth that night. - ‘ : e —Paul F. Cope. - ““How DID you get along with your new chief of department?” *Oh, only so so. ,He causes us many slegpless—office hours.” | ehaToibuns | 0 ove Y §owe aher e ) et . 3 ST ~* “pocror, do you \thinla my wife will re‘cover?” “Oh, yes. I tol h,,egfl already had | 8 wife picked out for you in case she didn't | ;’m‘;‘,w‘bfi”‘" S .‘;" LR e T 3 : ' 1 MYourbrother? T did not knotw that you | Bea gbrothan T AUI pews S same thing, I have two If, brothers.’— 4% o e e P e S e e e R B e e e

Large Sores under each side of her neck; had theattend ance of the family physician and other doc« tors for a long time, but seemed to grow worse. I read of many people cured of scrofula by Hood’s Sarsaparilla. As soon| as we gave Hood’s Sarsaparilla to Clara, she began to get better,: and before the first; bottle was gone, the sores entirely healed up and there has neveér been-any sign of thfl disease since. Sheisa - - ' ; i . 'Healthy Robust Child. ‘Her grandmother took Hood's Sarsaparillal a} the same time, and the salt rheum de~ creased in its violence and a perfect cure was soon effected. It took about three ‘months for her cure, and she ascribes her, gaod health and strength at her advanced age to Hood’s Sawrsaparilla. - It has certainly ‘been a Godsend to. my family.” - Mgs.| SopHIA WoOLFE, Zaleski, Ohio. oo

AFTER THE CoONCEßT.—He—*“lenvy that ‘man who sang the'tenorsolo.” She—'*Why, I'thought he had a very poor voice.”” He—‘l:.Sfo“did‘ L. But just think of his nerve.”—— 116, B : : v

: . Catarrh Cannot Be Cured . | with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, -a8 they cannot reach the seat of the disease, ‘Catarrh is 3| blood:or constitutional disease, and in order| to cure it you-must take internal remedies.| Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a %uaclq medicine. It was &rescribed bgr one of the best physicians in this country for years, and, is a regular prescription. It is composed of! the best tonics known, combined with the best blood ipu,ri,fiers,‘ acting directl{; on the mucous surfaces. : The perfect combination, of the two ingrediénts is what produces suchi wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send! for testimonials, free. | 'F..J. CHENEY & Co., Props., Toledo, Od Sold b%Druggists, price 75¢. g Hall’s Family Pills, 25 cents. $

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