Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 6, Petersburg, Pike County, 15 June 1900 — Page 3

THE HOUGH PLACES. Dr. Talmage Indicates the Best Way * of Getting Over Them. Lexoi from a SraorabU lacUMI la the Savloar** LU««Followlag Christ Nat Always Smooth Salllaa. [Copyright, 1900, by Louis Klepsch.] Washington, June 1ft. Dr. Talmage, who is now in Europe preaching to immense congregations in the great cities, sends this sermon, in which he describes the rough.places of life and indicates the best means of getting over them and shows how many people fail to understand their best blessings; text, Mark iv, 31», “And He, arose and Tebuked the wind and said unto the sea, Peace, be still.” Here in Capernaum, the seashore village, was Ae temporary home of that Christ who for the most of his life was homeless. On the site of this village* now in ruins, ant? all around this lake wliat scenes of kindness and power and glory and pathos when our Lord lived beret 1 can understand the feeling of the immortal .Scotchman, Robert MeCheyne, when, sitting on the banks of this lake, he wrote: It is not that the wild gazelle J * Ctimos down to drink thy bile. But He that was pierced to save from hell Oft wandered by thy side. Graceful around thee the mountains meet. Thou calm, reposing' sea. But. ah, far more tb» beautiful feet Of Jesus walked o ei thee. I can easily understand from the contour of the country that bounds this lake that storms were easily tempted to make these waters their playground. This lake, in Christ's time, lay in a scene of great luxuriance; the surrounding hills, terraced, sloped, groved; so many hanging gardens of beauty. On the shore were castles, armed towers. Roman baths, everything attractive and beautiful—all styles of vegetation in smaller space than in almost any other space in the world, from the palm'tree of the forest to the trCes of rigorous climate. It seemed as if the Lord had launched one wavfc of beauty on all the scene and it hung and swung from rock and hill and oleander. Roman gentlemen in pleas

ure boats sailing this lake and countrymen in fishing smacks coming down to drop their nets pass each other with nod and shout and laughter or swinging Idly at their moorings. Oh, what a beautiful scene! It seems as if we sha>Ll have a quiet night. Not a leaf quivered in the air, »jOt a ripple disturbed the face of Gennesaret. But there seems to be a little excitement up the beach, and we hasten to see what it is, and we find it an embarkation. From the western shore a flotilla pushing out; not a squadron of deadly armament, nor clipper with valuable merchandise, nor piratic vessels ready to destroy everything they could seize, but a flotilla, bearing messengers^of light and life and peace. Christ is in the stern of the boaf. His disciples are in-the bow and amidships. Jesus, weary with much speaking to large multitudes, is put into somnolence by the rocking of the waves. If there was any motion at all, the ship was easily righted; if the wind passed from starboard to larboard, or from larboard to starboard, the boat would rock and,by thegji-ile-ness of the motion, putting the Master asleep. And they extemporized a pillow made out of a fisherinan's.coat. I think no sooner is Christ prostrate and His head touched the pillow than He is sound asleep. The breezes of the lake run their fingers through the locks of the worn sleeper, and the boat rises and falls like a sleeping child on the bosom of a sleeping mother. , Calm night, starry night, beautiful night! Run up all the sails, ply all the oars, and let the large boat and the small boat glide over gentle (Jennesaret. But tha sailors say there is going to be a change of weather. And even the passengers can hear the moaning of the storm as it comes on with great stride and all the terrors of hurricane and darkness. The large boat trembles like a deer at bay among the clangor of the hounds; great patches oJ . foam are flung into the air; the sails of the vessel loosen "and in the strong wind crack like pistols; the smaller boats, like petrels, poise on the cliffs of the waves and then plunge. Overboard go cargo, tackling* and masts,, and the drenched disciples rush into the back part of the boat and lay hold of Christ and say unto Him: “Master, carest Thou not that we perish?”

That great personage lifts His head from the pillow of the fisherman’s coat, walks to the. front of the vessel and looks out into the storm. All around Him. are the smaller boats, driven in the l^mpest, and through it comes the ory»of drowning men. By the flash of the lightning t see the calm brow of Christ as the spray dropped from His beard. He has ODe word f°r the sky and another for the waves. Looking upward, He cries: “Peace!**. Looking downward, He says: “Be still!” The waves fall flat on their faces, the foam melts, the extinguished* stars relight their torches. The. tempest falls dead, and Christ stands with His foot on the neck of the storm. And while the sailors are baling out the boats and while they are trying to untangle the cordage the disciples stand in amazement, now looking into the calm sea, then into the calm sky, then into the calm Saviour’s countenance, and -.they cry out: “What manner of’ than is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?” , The subject, in the first place, impresses me with the fact that it is very important to have Christ in the ship; for all those boats would l^gve gone to the bottom of Gennesaret if Christ had not been present. Oh, what a lesson for you and for me to i /

learn! Whatever voyage we undertake, into whatever enterprise we start, let us always have Christ in the ship. AH you can do with utmost tension of body, mind and soul you are bound to do; but, oh, have Christ j in. every enterprise! Theart* are men who ask God’s help at the beginning of great enterprises. He has been with them in the past; no trouble can overthrow them; the' storms might come down from the top of Mount Hermon and lash Gennesaret into foam and into agony, but it could not hurt them. But here ia another man who starts out in worldly enterprise, and he depends upon the uncertainties of this life. He has no God to help him. After awhile the storm comes, tosses off the masts of the ship; he puts out his lifeboat and the long boat; the sheriff and the auctioneer try to help him off; they can’t help him off; he must go down; no Christ in the ship. Your life win be made up of sunshine and shadows. There may be in it arctic blasts or tropical tornadoes; I know not what is before you. but I know if you have Christ with you ad shall be well. You may seem to get along without the religion of Christ while everything goes smoothly, but after awhile, when sorrow hovers over the soul, when the waves of trial dash clear over the hurricane deck and the decks are crowded with piratical disasters—oh. what would you do then without Christ in the ship? Take God for your j>ortion. God for your guide, God for your help: then all is well; all is well for a time; all shall be well forever. Blessed is that man who puts in the Lord his triist. He shall never be confounded. But my suoject also impresses me with rhe fact that when people start to follow Christ they must not expect smooth sailing. These disciples got into the small boats, and 1 have no doubt they said: “What a beautiful day this is! IIow delightful is sailing in this boat! A*nd as for the waves under the keel of the boat, why, they only make the motion of our little boat the more delightful.” But when the winds swept down and the sea was tossed into wrath, then they found that following Christ was not smooth sailing. So you have found it; so 1 have found it.

Did you ever notice the end of the life of the apostles of Jesus Christ? You would say if ever men ought to have had a smooth life, a smooth deI parture, then those men, the disciples of Jesus Christ, ought to have had such a departure and such a life. St. James lost his head. St. Philip was hung to death on a pillar. St. Mat? thew had his life dashed out with a halbert. St. Mark was dragged to death through the streets. St. James the Less was beaten to death with a fuller’s club. St. Thomas was struck through with a spear. They did nol find following Christ smooth sailing. Oh, how they were all tossed in the tempest! John Huss in a fire; Hugh McKail in the hour of martyrdom; the Albigenses. the \Valdenses. the Scotch Covenanters—did they find it smooth sailing? B$t why go into history when we can draw from our own memory illustrations of the truth of what I say? A young man in a store trying to serve Cod, while his employer scoffs at Christianity; the young men in the same store, antagonistic to the Christian religion, teasing him. tormenting him about his religion, trying to get him mad. They succeed in getting j him mad and say; “You’re a pretty ! Christian!’’ Does that young man find it smooth sailing when he tries to follow Christ? Or you remember a Christian girl. Her father despises the Christian religion; her mother despises the Christian religion; her brothers, and sisters scoff at the Chrisi tian religion; she can hardly find a quiet place in which^to say her prayers. Did she find it smooth sailing when she tried to follow Jesus Christ? Oh, no! All who would live the life of the Christian religion must suffer persecution. If you do not find it in one way. you will get it in another Tyay. But be not disheartened! Take courage. You are in,a glorious companionship. God will see you through all trials, and He will deliver you. My subject also impresses me with the fact that good people sometimes get frightened. In the tones of these disciples as they rushed into the back part of the boat I find they are frightened almost to death. They say: “Master, carest, Thou not that we perish?” They had no reason to be frightened, for Christ was in the boat. a suppose if we had been there we

would have been just as much affrighted. Perhaps more. In all ages very good people get very much affrighted. It is «iten so in our day, and men say: “Why. look at the bad .lectures. Look at the. various errors goiRg over the church of God. TVe are going to founder. The church is going to perish. She is going down.” ^ph, how many good people are affrighted by Iniquity in otrr day and think the xrhuroh of Jesus Christ is going to be overthrown and are just as much affrighted as were the disciples of iny text!' Don’t wory,.don’t fret, as though iniquity were going to triumph over righteousness. A lion goes into a cavern to sleep. He lies down with his shaggy mane covering the paws. Meanwhile the spiders Spin a.web across the mouth of the cavern and say: “We have captured him.” Gossamer thread after gossamer thread until the whole front of the cavern is covered with the spider’s web, and the spiders say: “The lion is done; the lion is fast.” After awhile the lion has got through sleeping. He rouses himself, he shakes. his mane, he walks out into the sunlight. Hff does not even know the spider’s web is tfpun, and with his roar he shakes the mountain. So men come spinning their sophistries and skepticism about Jesus Christ. He seems to , be aleeping. The?" say: “We have

captured the Lord. He "will »ct come forth again upon the nation. Chriajt ia overcome forever. His religion will never make any conquest among men.'’ But after awhile the Lion of the tribe of Judah will rouse Himself and come forth to shake mightily the nations. What’s a spider's web to the aroused lion? Give truth and error a fair grapple, and truth will come off victor.. Do not be afraid of a great revival. Oh, that such gales from Heaven might sweep through all our churches! Oh, for such days as Richard Baxter saw in England and Robert McCheyne saw in Dundee! Oh, for such days as Jonathan Edwards saw in Northampton! 1 have often heard my father tell of the fact that in the early part of the century there broke out a revival at Somerville, N. J., and some people were very much agitated about it. They, said: “You are going to bring too many people into the church at once,” and they sent down to New Brunswick to ^get John Livingston to stop the revival. Well, there was no better soul in all the world than John Livingston. He went and looked at the revival. They wanted him to stop it. He stootfin the pulpit on the Lord’s day and looked over the solemn auditory, ami he said: “This, brethren, is in reality the work of God. Beware how you stop it.” And he was an old man. leaning heavily on his staff—a very old man. And he ■ lifted that staff and* took hold of the stnall end of that staff and1 began to let it fall slowly through between the finger and the thumb..and he said:’ “Oh, thou impenitent, thou art falling now —falling from life, falling away from peace and Heaven, falling as certainly as that cane is falling through my hand—falling certainly, though perhaps falling slowly!” And the cane kept on falling through John Livingston's hand. The religious emotion in the auilience was overpowering, and men saw a type of their doom as the cane kept falling andl falling, until the knob of the cane struck Mr. Livingston's hand, and he clasped it stoutly and said: “But the grace of God*can stop you as I stopped that cane,” and then there was gladness all through the house at the fact of pardon and peace and salvation. “Well,” said the people, after the service, “I guess0you had better send Livingson home.' He is .making the revival worse.” Oh. for gales from Heaven to sweep all the continents! The danger of the church of

God is not in revivals. Again, my subject impressed me with the fact that Jesus was God and man ip the same being. Here'He is in the back part of the boat. Oh. how tired He looks! What sad dreams He must have! Look at His countenance; He must be thinking of the cross to come. Look at Him; He is a man— bone of our bone, flesh of pur flesh. Tired. He falls asleep; He is a man. But then I And Christ at the prow of the .boat; I hear Him say: “Peace, be still,” and I see the storm kneeling at His feet and the tempests folding their wings in His presence; He is a God. If I have sorrow and trouble and, want sympathy. I go and kneel down at the back part of the boat and say: “O Christ, weary One of Gennesaret. sympathize with all my sorrow! Man of Nazareth! Man of the Cross!" A Man, a Man! But if I want to conquer my /spiritual. foes, if I want to get the victory over sin, death and hell, I come to the front of the boat, and I kneel down, and I say?: < “0 Lord Jesus Christ. Thou who didst hush the tempest, hush, all my grief, hush all mv temptation, hush all my sin!” I learn once more from this subject that Christ can hush a t^mprst. It did seem as if everything must go to ruin. The disciples had given up the idea of managing the ship: the ^rew were entirely’ demoralized; yet Christ rises, and the storm crouches at His feet. Oh, yes; Christ can hush the tempest! You have had trouble. Pernaps it was the Tittle child taken away from you—the sweetest child of the household, the one who asked the most curious questions and stood around you with the greatest fondness, and the spade cut down through your bleeding heart. Perhaps it was an only son, and your heart has ever since been like a desolated castle; the owls of the night hooting among the fallen arches and crumbling stairways. Or all your property swept away, you said: “I had so much bank stock; I had so many government securities; I Had so many hottses; I had so many farms—all gone, all gone.” Why. sir, all the storms that ever trampled with their thunders, all the shipwrecks, have not been worse than

inis to you. let you have not been completely^ overthrown. Why? Christ says: “I have that little one in my keeping. 1 can care for him as well as you can, better than you can, O bereaved mother!” Hushing the tempest. When your property went away, God said: “There are treasures in Heaven in banks that never break.” Jesus hushing the tempest. There is one storm into which we will all have to run. The moment when we let go of this world and- try to take hold of the next, we will want all the grace possible. Yonder I see a Christian soul rocking On the surges of ueath. All the powers of darkness seem let out against that soul—the swirling wave, the thunder of the sky, the shriek of the wind, all seem to unite together. But that soul is not troubled.8 There is no sighing, there are no tears; plenty of tears in the room at the departure, but he weeps no tears—calm, satisfied and peaceful;. all is well By the flash of the storm you see the harbor just ahead, and you are making for that harbor. All shall be well, Jesus being our pilpt. Into the harbor of Heaven now we glide; We’re home at last, home at last. Softly we drift on the bright, silv’ry tide; We’re home at last. Glory, to God, all our dangers are V/er; We stand secure on the glorified shore! Glory to God, we will shout evermore^ We’re home at last.

What Is Going On in the Political Arena of'the National Capital. , REPUBLICAN BLUFF ON TRUST ISSUE. The n«r4«m I'poa tke People lopotei Op l)ame«eiurr Taxation—Repsbtic ana Try ins to Dodge Reaponatkimtjr (or Caban Scandal—Traata Are Belas Favored. [Special Correspondence.] With $7©6',<KX),OG0 of appropriations staring the country in the face the fif-ty-sixth congress adjourns to face ita constituencies in a presidential elec? tion. This enormous sum, so vast that the mind refuses to grasp its significance, represents taxes to-be wrung from the sweat of labor. Somewhere within the limits of the United States men, women and children toilingwith their hands must produce theweolth from which this sum is to be taken. Whether the taxes are to be paid directly or indirectly matters but little ; so long as the fact is borne in mind that labor in the end pays it all. Were these taxes to be returned, to 1 the people who pay them, in public ben- ( efits there might be reasonable acqui- ! escenee in bearing such a burden. Unj fortunately not one dollar In ten ever j really gets back to the taxpayers. The public funds are, consumed by tax eaters, a hungry swarm ranging from the smallest place holder discontented with wages far in excess of what he could earn in private employment, up to the mighty,* specialized interests which look upon the government as a proper victim for their exploitation to the extent of millions. Whert it is considered that congress adjourns with some of the greatest | sehemes of republican grab still hung up between the house and senate the coqntry -w ill stand aghast at what may yet befall unless a check be given to this reign of prodigality by.democratic success next November.

Republican Pretense. Theholbownessof the republican pretense of opposition to trusts was illustrated by the action of the majority on -the proposed constitutional amendment followed by the almost- unanimous vote of the house passing amendments to strengthen the Sherman antitrust law. The republicans refused to permit the democrats to have either voice or hand in shaping the constitutional amendment. Itsdefects.itsambiguities and its weakness were properly shown up by the democratic speakers, yet the republicans were obdurate and preferred to have it considered as a partisan proposition. As a result the amendment was "badly defeated, as the republicans intended it should be. Labor leaders went to Chairman Ray, of the judiciary committee, and to Representative Littlefield, of Maine, the author of the amendment, and proposed that labor unions be specifically excepted frdm its operation. But they were refused, though it was plainly demonstrated that unscrupulous judges could take advantage of the language of the amendment to suppress every, labor organization in the country. was also pointed out that a farmers’ alliance or a .benevolent association could be equally brought under the ban of judicial construction. The republicans showed a surprising willingness to allow the Ray bill, amending the Sherman aet. to come a vote in the house. They were finally coerced into accepting an amendment proposed by the democrats excepting industrial organizations from its operation. Thus amended it went through with a practically unanimous vote, although several of the republican leaders made themselves conspicuous by opposing the amendment referred to. The necessity is manifest when it is explained that the Sherman anti-trust law had been twisted by unscrupulous judges in numerous instances to apply to labor unions, while the trusts at which it was aimed were permitted to

go scot-tree. But the republican willingness to pass the bill through the house found its adequate explanation when it reached the senate, where Senator Pettigrew moved that it be placed upon the calendar for immediate action, but Senator Gallinger. of New Hampshire, a- republican, moved its reference to the. judiciary committee for the Bole purpose of burying it forever. The Cuban Affair. Postmaster General Smith is cow .squirming to dodge responsibility for the Cuban postal scandals. After four weeks of public discussion of that nauseating1 affair he comes to the front with a claim that he recommended retrenchment and a reduction of expenditures as far back as last January., Although this is ‘evidently an afterthought on the part of Mr. Smith, it might be accepted with better grace were he not guilty of an outrageous attempt to mislead the public as to the extent of the Cuban defalcations* In an authorized interview he states that these defalcations will be found to be less than $100,000. In making this statement he knowingly and purposely Ignores the fact that Neely and his confederates stole $400,000 worth of stamps and disposed of them and that the $SO.OOO of defalcation is in excess of the stamp stealing referred to. Mr. Smith further ignores the fact that for nearly a year Rathbone, the head of the Cuban postal service, was given absolutely unlimited authority anchthat he "failed* to make a single one of the monthly reports for which the regulat ions called. Mr. Smith also ignores the fact that under his control several «cores of postal employes have been put n office and retained th.e 'e without any

warrant of law. It is also a * r the* fact that a treasury expert who dia- j covered and called attention superior officers to these irregi. trities was promptly reduced from $; C()0 to $1,800 and warned that if he dug any deeper into these matters he w it Id be discharged. But Postmaster General Snot. a need not feel lonely nor humiliated! 'liters is not a department under thi; Administration which cannot develop rottenness quite equal to that of tfhe post office department. The only auxiety of the thieves and looters is that; they shall make the books balance. -.So matter how much crookedness at d stealing goes on beneath the surface , so long as the books balance everyth!!sg trill be well. The Triscornia railway, six miles long, built around Havana by the war department, is an excellent fxumple. The construction account of .he Triscoraia railway is as pretty t piece of bookkeeping as one ever ne^-d to ask for. It balances to a cent. Y t this six miles of badly constructed find absolutely useless railway which wouldn’t sell for $60,000 has already eosi over $600,000 and the end is not ye in sight. Under officials of the tre isury department declare that Otis’ accounts covering disbursements in to e Philippines are the most wonderfu voucher* ever presented in that department. Millions of dollars are accounted fpr in 'erms so vague and general n s to absolutely defy analysis. The ‘ is nothing to show* whether money lias been expended properly or stolen outright. The regulations of the arn v!relative to the expenditure of public : limits are of the most specific and all-cii bracing character. They call for it i: sized accounts down to the smallest Amount. Therefore it leaves wide ©petal the presumption that where million.-; i re spent and no items furnished; tlu accounts w ill not bear close and rigi Hc-tatinv; .ADOLPH PATnE .SON.* SHOWN BY FIGURES. __Tr? j Discontent with the Adaii ilitratlon Made Manliest kr Re cent " State Re tarns. __ x

» The political complexion »f the next housesof representatives is jufoblematical. In the present house the republicans are in a majority of it over the combined opposition. Of the total membership. 43 were elect <1 by pluralities of 1.000 or less, of whom 24 republicans, 15 democrat; and four populists. These republ “cuts were elected as follows: Indian ... four; Illinois, three: California, low , Maryland and West Virginia, two each; Alabama, Kentucky, ^Ma^achusetts, Minnesota, New Jexsey. New York, Not it. Carolina. Ohio and Virginia, one each. The democratic list is as follows: New York, four; Kentucky, Ohio at <J Penneyh vania, ‘wo each; Illinois Maryland, Massachusetts, North Caro ina and Virginia, one each. Of the p> pulists, two are from Nebraska and ore each from Kansas ana North Carolina It will be noted that for the republicans the greatest number of close cistriots isan Indiana, and for the democrats in New York. j Expansion, the trusts .nd the war tariff will come up for discussion, and republicans must be pr pared with both offensive #nd defe nst've tactics. While the republican jpa/tv is apparently in a better position in the ex-' treme west than it was in 1S9G, the situation in the north am ^ middle west is sufficient to cause e; nrern. The sound money democrats were willing to support MeKinlev or i'sdmer in the last campaign rather than permit Bryan to become president, s ad to inangu-, rate a free silver policy. These democrats are now hostile to McKinley and not so averse to Bryan since congress deprived the secretary of the treasury of the privilege of disturbing the gold standard. The disposition of the sound money men may not affect the electoral vote of the eastern states,.but it is likely to cut some figure in the congressional elections. There seems to be considerable discontent with the ad- J ministration in such states as Ohio, J Indiana. Illinois, Michiga n, Iowa and j Minnesota, growing out of the colonial questions. Republicans nav treat this j with disdain, but if they ignore it they ! may awake on the morning after the election to an unpleasant realization.— Philadelphia Ledger.

Hanna's Coronation. There is plenty of reason for believing that at least three odf the most unpopular and oppressive trust combinations in. the country haw? given notice to Mr. Hanna and the president that they do not intend to lie held up to public scorn in the republican platforms of the year, no matter how necessary that course may be regarded by the machine managers. They have already allowed their interests to be men- ‘ aced in such ways more it an is comfortable. * If the party witch they own, support and provide with the means of corruption cannot stand by them openly, they demand at least that it shall keep quiet about them. In view this sentiment among' the magnates nho control the administration, it is probable that there will be a desperate fight over the trust plonk in the republican national platforai of 1900. The result is very apt to be a colorless ut«, terance similar to that at Columbus.— Washington Times. -This seems to be the administration’s way of taking lie-measure ora people's rights and omreaehiugs: “If we clothe and feed yon, and give you good roads and good schools, and set a ruler over you and fill your land with soldiers and officeholders, what more can you ask ? What mere are you competent to enjoy? lie satisfied with what we have thrown to you and stop yeuv grumbling about the loss of liberty and self-government.” Some such talk came across the ocean to the American forefathers snee. and how it reassured, them and quieted them, didn’t it?—-Detroit Free Cress

IP AJ| UNUSUAL PROCEEDING. Iktemded to Secure Gianinntloa ot Mall Blatter Addressed to ©. W. F. Neely. Washington, June 11.—The proceedings now In progress at Indianapolis with a view to, having produced and opened in court a package and letter addressed to C. W. F. Neely, are said by the officers of the poet office depart* nient to be unusual, such cases occur* ing at very infrequent intervals. As a rule matter sent through the mails un* der stal and bearing postage at first clrse rates can not be ope red and intpected under any circumstances, the exception being when an order for in* spection is issued hy a court. It has l.ecu decided hy the supreme court that such packages or letters can not be opeued by poet office cm* ploy.es, but that n court has the same right to order such an investigation as if the articles were actually in the possession of the addresse. To obtain such an order deposition must be had that the package or letter in question is supposed to cent »ii> niatter which should be made public, and the pack* ageTnmst be spcciftctilly described. It is presumed the article addressed I Neely of necessity must t>e under seal, j as a postmaster has the right to inI sp«ct all matter prepaid at third or u urth-class rates. The fact that a package is sent at first-class rate's, under seal, is regarded as a suspicious circumstance indicating a desire to keep the contents secret and ids believed that tbfs fact may have had ^weight in directing the action of the post office inspectors in the present cose. PEKIN REPORTED BURNING. Wild Knmor* that Lark Coallrma. lion— CoMsackn Kir* on ■ Mob —Chinese Situation,

London, June 1 1.—The Daily Mail has the following from Tien Tsin, dated Friday, June 8: v “The wildest rumors are current here to the effect Jhat Pekin is burning, but they lack confirmation.” Trouble at Xew Chwouj*. __^London, June It.—Trouble has broken out at New Chiving The state of rianarchy around Pekin is likely to be ithitntV^l in many quarter. . Asiatic Jlrtillerv 'mbs-been ordered from Hong Kong to Tien Tsin. , , . v _’ ■ Ou Wultlnit Order*. Hong Kong. Jone 11.—Two hundred mu: fifty men of the Welsh fusiliers* dtp sappers and miners, have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness to proceed north on account of the Loser disturbances. Their places wUI be tilled by ir-r.ps from India. Aiuertm'* Course Com utrudril. ^ London, June 11.—The Times, commenting editorially upon the attitude of the various powers, says: “Anjvricaj. we are told will work on. parallel lints with the other {lowers to restore peace, but sue insists on retaining her iadepemidnee of action, l'hat is an attitude to which nobody tan object, anti as it is supported by £.:neri*an suitors and marines, it will BOBtribue to the attainment of the immediate,object uj on which the pow* ersuire bent. Our, course is quite clear It is to support our admiral.” < osn'M-k* I Ire Into Chinese VIob. London. June 11. —On Friday, according to a dispatch to the Daily Express from Shanghai a force of Cossacks recommitering outside of Tein Tsin was attacked by a rabble of thou? sands armed with spears and swords and some riftes. 'Che Cossacks fired ujwnl thetF assailants killing several. A Knssisn lieutenant was wounded by a bullet in the stomach. There is a serious rising at Nan;, king. Yesterday the mob is said to have attacked the palace of the viceroy. All dispatches out of Pekin are censored in the interest of the empress. The determination of the foreign ministers to increase the garrison at Pekiffr leads to a belief in foreign circles in Tien Tsin and Shanghai that the troops will never leave the Chinese capital, but will make China another Egyptian memory.

AMERICA* MISSIONARIES 1* PERIL. (iMhrred for Defen*«, Md Airaltlsc Protection t« the CohiI. London, June 11.—A dispatch from Pekin, tinder date of June 9. says: “The situation is growing steadily more alarming. The missionary compounds were all abandoned yesterday evening. Forty American missionaries are gathered at the American Methodist mission surrounded by 300 native pupils, whom it was impossible to send to their homes. They are waiting with a few revolvers and guarded by ten American Anarines, for reinforcement* to take them to the coast. “A missionary who has returned from the country t© the east says the populace are asserting that they must have a new emperor.” An lilt*reeling Autopsy. Toledo, O., June 11.—James McNelly, a 13-year-old boy of Avondale, died yesterday, after suffering from enlargement of the skull, his head meaa taring 30% inches m circumference. When the skull was opened at the autoposy, the physicians were surprised to find that it enclosed five and onehalf quarts of fluid as clear as crystal. The brain, instead of being solid, was hollbw, and in the interior was this fluid. The skull was a mer« shell of scarcely a sixteenth of an ineb. Young McN'elly was nuusualJy bright ?