St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 4, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 19 July 1890 — Page 3

’AFFAIRS IN INDIANA. 1 INTERESTING items gathered FROM various sources. W h»tOv- N ’qhbors Are Doin e _ Matter, of « 01 . and Local lute lost _ Ma ,.. ritgos and I.oaths—Accident* and Crimes -J’orsonal I’oiuturs. —Richmond has a population of n.arly 17,000. —William Johnson, a well-known titizen of Madison, is dead. —Jeffersonville's ship-building i u . lustry is enjoying a great boom. —Frank Pitts was killed by lightning fourteen miles east of Rockville. —Charles Eckler was killed between cars on the J., AL A I. siding at Seymour. Ho was aged 17. —The barn of Matt Willet, jr., near Greenfield, was burned, with contents. Loss, $1,000; insured for SOOO in the Continental. —A strange wild animal, about the size of a bull-dog and jet black in color, is exciting alarm in the vicinity of Anderson. —David Henry, a plumber of Greensburg, was asphyxiated by gas while working under a floor, and was nearly dead when discovered. —Thomas J. Davidson, of Paoli, was badly hurt by a bear he was exhibiting. The beast was the property of H. E. Wells, of French Lick Springs. —Daniel B. Newkirk, of Rush County, was thrown from his buggy in a runaway, losing part of his ear ami suffering other injuries. —A child of Alexander Dubes, 9 years old, was kicked in the face bv a mule uear Calhnra. The boy's face w»s crushed in and one eye destroyed. —Harry Brutchor dropped his cigar ashes in a sack of powder at Evansville. (Ine of his eyes was destroyed, and ho was terribly burned about the breast and face. —Emiline Woods has sued the city of Greenfield for $5,000 damages for the death of her son. who was drowned in a pond that had formed in one of the streets. —Goshen will bold a bond election under the Australian ballot law July 22, I to vote on a proposition to buy $52,000 ! bonds of the Toledo & Chicago Airline. —Mrs. Alice Campbell, residing uear I Elizaville, wrapped the reins about her | fingers and braced herself against the opposite side of a fence to hold a horse. It tore off her fingers. —John F. James, of Terre Haute, a freight brakeman on the Vandalia, had bis arm terribly mashed while coupling ! cars at Bowers, Montgomery County. Amputation may bo necessary. —Joseph ' artby, an aged resident of Allen Couutj, tied one end of a string around bis tooth and loaded the ot^cr end into a gun, which he fired. The tooth was extracted without pain. —O. AL Tyler, aged 51), died very sud- i denly. of heart disease, at his home in , Muncie. He was a Director in the ■ Muncie Savings and Loan Company, and was a well-known insurance agent. —Nathaniel Straight, of English j Crawford County, is 99 years of age. i and is so robust that he was accepted, ' last week, by the road Supervisor as a competent hand to labor upon the highways. —The large flouring-mill of Messrs. Ritterskamp A Sons, at Freelandsville, was destroyed by fire, together with a j large quantity of grain and flour. The ! mill was newly refitted. Loss, $10,090, I with SLOt'd insurance. —The musical congress to be held ‘ Aug. 8 and 9, at Alaulove Park, near , Cambridge City, promises to be a great 1 musical treat. Among the leading attractions are Blind Tom and Mrs. Shaw, I the greatest living lady whistler. —At Burney's Station, on the C., H. i A G. division of the Big Tour, Eli j Davis, a prominent farmer and stock- | dealer of Bartholomew County, dropped j dead. He was 68 years of age and strong and robust. Heart disease was ; the cause of his death. —John H. Burford, recently appointed I register of the land office of Oklahoma , Territory, was badly injured at Craw- । fordsville, Ho was kicked on the left ■ shoulder, and thrown from the buggy ; by a livery horse, the horse proceeding , on and demolishing the rig. --At Hope. Bartholomew County, Nesbit Merridith. a young man IS years of age was accidentally shot through the right knee, shattering the bones, j with a thirty-two calibre rifle, carelessly ! bandied by himself. It is thought that . amputation of the fractured limb will be ; necessary. Mrs. Nancy Lightcap. wjio escaped ; from the AVoman’s Reformatory at ; Indianapolis and went back to her*home I at Crawfordsville, and subsequently was , captured and returned, was married in l the Crawfordsville jail before she was ■ taken back, to “Can’’ Seering, the man । who was the indirect cause of her occu- ' pyiug her present quarters. - John McCormick, who lives seven miles west of Fort Wayne, fell from a load of hay on the prongs of an upturned hay fork. The points penetrated bis abdominal cavity and tore an awful gap, exposing his entrails and , lacerating his body in other ways. One of the prongs was broken by the tall and the point lodged in the young man s flesh. He will probably die. -Thomas Cottrell, at one time the । most noted desperado in the region ot Elkhart, returned home, having been sentenced twelve years ago to fourteen vears in the penitentiary for assaulting and nearly killing a man. This was after be had killed one or two others, but had escaped by virtue of his family's great wealth. His first inquiry was for his grown daughters, whom he found in a questionable house, but t ie v avoided him and escaped, whereupon he broke down and wept. He says he as । Started in life alnew '

recently. Theaol w edd»nß at Fort AV S hl ' v “ r oH \\ ayne a n th the children n „,i , J ’ an*’ UU track L : ■ ” ratlwn? freight .' Ohhon ’. Kho "ns struck bv a h J S i V " n Whleb rapidly back8 and approaching from the rear and I ‘ tel cs cnpo was marvellous IWarded the vh] L1 deafness was the cause of too accident. GC ° rS ° In ™ C Moore. Trank Peters, Geo, Elliott Sam Roberts, Link Davis, Henry Black,’ Covntv h"° luvcr bownship, Harrison '' S , , ee “ arreste ' l on warrants rn out by one James McKinney, who i anus to have been "white capped” by hem one night last March. The dorendauts were brought before Justice Kirkham of Corydon and n preliminary "Hl bo held immediately. -The White Caps of Harrison Countv took August Colin from the side of his sweetheart and gave him a severe flogging. Ho is a young man ot good reputation, and it is not known why he was whipped. John 11. Denbo was 'severely flogged by about thirty White Caps. Ho is Superintendent of the County Poor f sylum, and is charged with mistreating the inmates of the institution. He was taken from his bod, tied to a tree in his yard and given seventy-five lashes. — The I'ostofllce Department has established money order and postal notes offices in this State as follows: Money order Tairfield, franklin Countv; Terdinand, Dubois County; Newcomer, Delaware County; Perrysville, Vermillion County; Prieto. ‘ Wells Countv; Ramsay, Harrison County; Rosedale, Barko County; Sharpsville, Tipton < ount); Swayseo. Grant County; Young America, (.'ass County. Postal notes—fallen limber, Randolph County; Holo, Washington County; Kingston, Decatur County. —John Petiilott and bis wife, Mary, who have resided in Columbus for the last ten years, quarreled some days ago i over a trifling matter and separated. I The wife refused to return and live with her husband, and took rooms at i the Western Hotel. Petiilott called at , the hotel and sent a messenger to call । his wife. M hen the two met he pulled a thirty-eiuht bulldog revolver, shooting her five times in the head and breast, killing her instantly. He then attempted to escape, but was run down, arrested and placed in jail. A mob is 1 feared. — A serious accident occurred at Rich A alley, five miles west of W abash, which may result in at least one death ami a suit for damages. John Beggs and family were driving from Wabash to their home m Peru, and, when near Rich Valley, while descending a steep hill, the carriage was overturned and i the occupants thrown out, and all more |or less hurt. Airs. Boggs' leg was ' broken so badly that it was necessary to remove a large piece of the bone, and I she is now in a dangerous condition. ; The sides of the road at that point are ' very rocky. —A few months ago William Simmons returned to bis home in Muncie after serving a term in some W estern penal institution. The other day be was arrested at Lima, Ohio, and is now in jail under bond of $ 100, charged with breach 'of trust. Simmons got caught at a ' trick he bus been working with success I for some time, going into a shoe store, ■ buying a pair of tine shoes, paying the I cash for them, and after getting well ' acquainted with the proprietor or head I clerk, professing to go home with the | shoes, but returning in a short time, I saying the shoes did not lit and asking > to take one, two, three, or more pairs to I try on. Securing them he would not re- ! turn. —At Vencennes, the two-story grain warehouse of Thomas Barrowman coli lapsed, burying the proprietor and two ; laborers, George Allies and AVilliam ! Hunter, beneath the ruins. Miles ' escaped by his own efforts. Hunter was released greatly bruised and crushed ' about the head and L-gs by the axes of the firemen. Great timbers pinioned the I proprietor to the floor, but after an hour of toil the timbers were raised from him by jack-screws and he was taken out. It is feared he is fatally crushed about the hips. The building was new and the mortar was green. There were about five thousand bushels of new wheat on the ! floors at the time of the collapse. The i building was designed to hold fifty ' thousand bushels. j —Patents have been granted to Indii ana inventors as follows: Charles | Anderson, assignor to South Bend IronI works, South Bend, sulky plow; Jacob : Barrow, AVmdfall, pressure regulator; I John G. Campbell, Majenica, corn planter; James Milley, Richmond, wire । and picket fence machine; AVilliam I Leoney, assignor of one-half to J. j Pickering, Oxford, grain measuring or ! weighing" apparatus; Herman Prether, 'Jonesville, corn planter; James V. Quinn, assignor of two-thirds to C. ( . Copeland. North Madison, and to M. Copeland, Madison, motor vehicle; James E. Bemington, Scott, device for building wire and picket fences; Frank AV. Samuels, Indianapolis, game; Jesse AVarrington, assignor of one-half to Nordyke & Alarmon Company, Indianapolis, hominy mill. —An accident occurred on the farm of E. H. AVebeker, about a mile north of Covington, which resulted in the death of John S. Sharon, who was about 'D ; vears of age. He was engaged in boring a well, and had loosened some rock with a charge of dynamite. The explosive collected fire-damp, and when Sharon re-entered the well be was overcome. He signaled his brother to draw him ur, but his strength gave way, amt when within seventeen feet from the top he fell back and was either drowned or , | killed. - *

WYOMING AND IDAHO. TWO NEW STARS ADDED TO OUR CONSTELLATION. Soinetliins Con<®rnln£ the. Two Youngest listers—resources to I?® Developed—One Kicli in Mneral Deposits, the Other ii Grazing Country—Keinarkablo Increase in Population. 1 he admission of AVyoming and Idaho to the Union has been t'ccomplished, incteasing the number of States to fortytout, and necessitating the addition of two more stars to our national flag. The iollowing facts relating to tha two new States will be found interesting at this time: WYOMING. Wyoming was the youngest ot the Territories, having been organized under an act of Congress passed J u ly 2.>, 18CS. Its area is about I'JJ.I,OO square miles, its breadth from oast to west being 3i»5 miles, and from north to south -i > miles. Ine general appearance of the country is mountainous, with valleys, broad rolling blains, sloping foot-hills, and bold bluffs and ,<> >; 1110 elevation ranges from 3.500 to foot above the sea level. Tii«re are lofty

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ii pnntaiii ranges covered with everlasting snow, ' deep canyons, and elevataxl plateaus forming j natural parks, of which the most celebrated 18 ; the Yellowstone National Park Tho present I population of Wyoming is estimated at from ■ (X).()00 to 75,000 whites. The Indians are nil on । reservations, are peaceful, and are being edu- ' catai to mechanical and farming pursuits. Stock-raising is the most important industry. | In ISBB tho range stock numl>ered 2,000,000 cat- j tic, 1,000,000 sheep and goats, and 11X5,000 mules I and horses, all worth in round unmoors $75,000,- I 1)00. Tho grazing lands represent about one-half ’ tho urea of tho new State. Tho now 3tato is rich in minerals, 30.000 square I mile* of its surface being ' underlaid by coalbearing strata alone. Th ' output of coal in las') was 1,813,420 tons. Besides coal there are iron, deposits of soda, sulphur, salt, slate, gypsum, | copper, tin, mica, marble sandstone, magnesia, | and other minerals. Both lode and placer gold ■ mines abound. Extensive placer mines have | been discovered during tho last year near tho head of tho Big Sandy Kiver, and a company ' lias been formed to construct ft canal to work ! the mines by hydraulic methods. The oil | fit bls arc extensive, covering a bolt thirty miles j wide and 209 miles long. Mineral springs of different kinds have been found in various seo- ! tions, and some of thorn have become popular I resort s. Tho farm products are alfalfa, from two to | three cuttings n. year and aggrogiiting about five j tons to tho acre at a value varying from $lO to I sls per ton, outs which yield from thirty-five to । ninety bushels to the acre, wheat, which is ; gathered from thirty to fifty-five bushels to each | acre of ground, ami hurley, an acre of which i yields about fifty bushel's. Potatoes grow to perfection and ordinarily tho crop from a single . acre is from 500 to 800 bushels. Tho Union Pacific Railroad traverses the southern border of the new State, and has sev-

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L.r— ■—— — era! branch lines to the north and south. There are schools wherever there are enough children to attend, and good teachers. Wyoming is larger than New England, and has more natural resources of ah kinds. Its water power is unlimited, and the facilities for manufacturing industries are of the best. At the present time there are ten organized counties in Wyoming. Cheyenne is the capital and largest town. IDAHO. Idaho is an Indian word signifying “Gem of the Mountains.” 'the now State 18 410 miles in length from north to south, and •>. miles wide in the extreme southern part. There ai e 18.4 000 acres clashed as mountainous. 15,000,0J0 acres of agricultural lands, 7,C0 WOO acres of forests 25.00J.000 acres of grazing country, and 0-J0 acres of lakes. In 1880 the population of the Territory was 32,610, but it has since inrvpased until the figures have passed the 100,000 point There are sixteen organized counties U, A,, State an 1 a large number of thriving towns The capital and” largest city is Boise City situated in the southern part of the State on a branch of the Union Pacific Bai road. The total valuation of taxable property in M s s , W 741 192. These figures represent only a, fracI t«i of the wealth of tne newly admitted btate,

as the valuation itself fs placed vary low ana does not include the rich mining properties and their products on which there is no tax. Growing crops are also exempt, andi as assessments aremade early in the spring but little .train, fruit, liay or othe products ot the farmer i» ever on the assessment rolls. The agricultural lands of Idaho are almost exclusively sage-brush lands and require irrigation to make them productive. They occupy a large portion ot the available area ot th n State and generally consist of broad plateaus. A stranger unacquainted with sage-brush lands would regard any attempt to reclaim them useless, but with irrigation the soil becomes exceedingly productive. The beet farms in Idaho were once sterile sage lands. The soil is especially adapted to the raising of all kinds of grain, the warmth ot the earth and the mellowness of the soil always warranting an abundant yield when watered. The product of Idaho’s numerous and extensive mines is one of the great reasons of permanent growth and prosperity. The production of gold, silver and lead for the year HW is estimated its follows: Gold, 417.423; silver, sl,C,33,lt>i); leail, $2,195,000 ; making a total of $9,245,589. The placers of Boise County alone have yielded for years at the rate of upward of 91,. 000,000 worth of precious metal each twelve months. There are 313 school districts in Idaho, and 210 schools, with 10,000 enrolled pupils. The total number, of children of school age is in the neighborhood of 20,000. There are ten school libraries, and the yearly expenditure for schools is over $200,000.

| The Indians of the new State are peaceably I inclined and live upon five reservations. I Thu mean temperature ot the State is 50 de- , grees above zero. । Some ot tho tiuost agricultural and mining j lands are in the counties of Shoshone, Nez ’ Porcos, Latah, and Kootenai, in Northern I Idaho. Here are situated tho thriving towns ol i Lewiston, Moscow, Murray, Wardner, Weber s 1 and Chloride, A Cunning Thief. 1 Speak of tho “Spendthrift Yankee*'' ■to a London pawnbroker and the cold i chills will go down his back in squadrons. He and his brethren have occa- ; sion to remember the man. Air. Leighj ton, as the American was known, drop- ' ped into a loan office one day and de- ; sired an advance on his diamond ring : until he received remittances from ' home. The proprietor examined the j jewelry carefully and accepted it as a ; pledge for $750. It was redeemed a d ■ again pawned, then put in pledge once I more, and the process kept up until j the money lender grew well acquained ' with the ring and jts owner. One day : “Mr. Leighton” sauntered in. “Same thing, same sum,” he remarkI ed iu his usual manner. i “All right, sir,” was the reply; the I pledge was laid aside without scrutiny

— —————». - -J: and the cash turned over. This time no redemption followed, and the ring, on examination, proved to be paste. It afterward came out that the “Spendthrift Yankee” had disposed of eighteen other imitations elsewhere by adopting similar methods. A Different Quotation. “And what is this whiskv wuth, sah?” “A dollar a pint.” “In Kentucky, sah. we »do not buy ” “Oh, you are from Kentucky? Excuse me. We can let you have that liquor at sllO a barrel, with a further discount of 10 per cent, in lots of five banels or more.”— Chicago Inter Ocean,

MILWAUKEE’S WELCOME THE CREAM CITY GREETS THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Addresses by Mayor Feck and Gov. Hoard Dlsteneil To by 3,000 Visiting Knights— Exercises Attendant on the Conclave in Wisconsin’s Metropolis. Milwaukee (Wis.) dispatch: The great Pythian army and thoir friends has been welcomed to Milwaukee and AVisconsin in right royal style. The members of the Supreme lodge marched from the Plankinton house in a body to the Exposition building, being escorted by the local committee and Gen. Carnahan and staff of the uniform rank. Upon reaching the building Supreme Master-at-arms Robert Newell escorted the supremo representatives to the seats prepared for them on the stage. Some 2,000 knights had gathered in the mammoth auditorium to listen to the addresses of welcome and the responses. Mayor Peck, who welcomed the knights on behalf of the Cream city, was the first to speak, and he was frequently interrupted by applause. He made a characteristic address, and lie brought down the house when he closed by assuring the knights that all they had to do was. in the language of the poet, to touch the button and whatever they might want would come up at once. Gov. Hoard followed in a brief but appropriate welcoming address, in which he referred to the splendid work being done by the Order of the Knights of Pythias. On behalf of the Knights of Wisconsin Grand Chancellor P. B. Hoskins of Fond du Lac spoke feelingly and eloquently. In reply to all these hearty welcomes to the most hospitable State and city in the union Past Supreme Chancellor John P. Linton ot Johnstown, Pa., responded most appropriately in an extemporaneous but well-timed address. At the conclusion of these ceremonies, which did not occupy an hour's time, the supreme lodge was escorted to the West Side Turner k all, where Supreme Vice Chancellor Shaw opened the first session. All of the officers and representatives except Supreme Chancellor Ward were present. The reports of the various supreme officers were offered and accepted when the supreme body adjourned over night. The grand parade, participated in by thousands upon thousands of brave knights, moved promptly at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, Gen. Carnahan commanding. The streets all along the line of march wore filled with people who watched the magnificent armv of red plumes and helmets as they marched by. CRACKER TRUSTS AT WAR. The Western Combination Will Fight Eastern Manufacturers. New York dispatch: The American Biscuit Manufacturing company has secured from the White estate the big fiva-story building on the northeast corner ot West and Bethune streets. It is known as White’s malt house and stands on a lot 196 by 160 feet. The American company will at once b^gin to put in ovens, and it is expected that inside of three months the factory will be opened, employing from 400 to 500 hands. This is the opening of the fight between the two big cracker companies. The New York Biscuit company, which the American, or AVestern, combination of manufacturers propose to fight hero in the East, was incorporated in Illinois with a capital of $5,000,000. A number of the big Eastern cracker companies were united under this head sud prominent among them are E. J. Larrabee & Co., and Vandeveer & Holmes. The company at once secured a tract of ground at Tenth avenue and Sixteenth street. There a big factory will be built. L. D. Dozier of the Dozier Cracke: company of St. Louis and D. F. Brem* ner of the Bremner Baking company of Chicago have been stopping for several days at the Giisey house. They are leading men in the American company, and both declare that their company will light the Eastern concern on its own grounds. BLAINE CRITICISES REED. The Secretary of State on ihe Quorum Question. AVashington dispatch: The criticism of Speaker Reed by “a leading Republican” in the current number of the North American Review is by common consent credited to Secretary Blaine. When the announcement was made that such an article was to appear it was thought that either Senator Edmunds or Senator Ingalls might be the anthor, as both have shaken their heads doubtingly over some of Air. Reed's positions. But the internal evidence is all against either of them, and the gossip among Senators is that “the ex-M. C.,” to whom the article is attributed, cannot be one of their number because they are not “Exes.” Besides some of them think that the sentij ments in the article are similar to the views Air. Blaine lias uttered in privatS talk. It is pointed out that only an exSpeaker could show the familiarity with the House procedure that is shown by the writer. Air. Blaine when Speaker held that a quorum could not be counted. His favorite expression was: “You may lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.” Mr. Reed at one period of his parliamentary career took the same ground and opposed an amendment to the rules proposed by Randolph Tucker to enable the Speaker to declare a quorum, but he afterwards changed his views. Telegrapeic Brevities. A cyclone passed over Catlin, Hl., doing great damage to growing crops. A lakge grain elevator at Sheldahl, lowa, belonging to Ben A. Lockwood of Des Moines, was struck by lightning and burned. The National House committee on commerce has ordered a favorable report on the bill giving theatrical troupes reduced rates in parties of seven or more. At the election of officers of the Oregon Transcontinental company at Portland Oregon, Henry Villard was elected president. C. G. Psotta, the American amateur sculler, lost the first heat for the diamond sculls at the Henry Regatta, London, to C. E. B. Kennedy. C. 11. Hewitt, an attorney of Portland, Ore., was shot and killed by Charles Belgrade, a saloonkeeper. The latter then cut his own throat. Nine members of the Salvation Army were arrested for parading the streets of Eau Claire, Wis., in violation of an ordinance prohibiting such displays.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE LESSON,. Reflections of an Klevatin?- t’fsanMrten— Wholesome Food for Thought — Studying the Scriptural Lesson Intelligently and Profitably, 'rue lesson lur Sunday, July 20, may ba found in Luke 14: 25-L5. INTIiODUCTOUY. Our Lord here speaks asober word of admonition. It is not meant lor dissuasion; ratuer lor exhortation to right living. Lt is a timely upprisal ot tnosw who uro careless and unthinking that tne Hie into which Curiat is leading is no idle, trifling affair. It is a serious uusiness. Hate is not the spirit he wishes to inculcate, but wholeheaited love, a lova that Will make all lesser loves to be, as compared with it, despised and lorgotten. It is to bo remembered that tins was to be the institution of a new religion in a hostile world, and what, through the growth of the kin dom. tak. s the lorm of love now, was at that time, in its first broaching, at variance with the existing order. It manifested itself first of all. perhaps, in all-nations irom old asso-eiat.-s. And such it is to-day whenever the kingdom of love is opposed. Whatever resists the spirit of truth is to be banished from our affections, save as the affections can avail to break down the antagonism and bring into sympathy and lello yship. WHAT THE LESSON SAYS. And. Introducing another incident i the journey Jeiusalemward. Tue account need not be considered as a strictly consecutive one.- Great multitudes, or. crowds. Drawn along partly by curiosity, partly by the popular enthusiasm. With him. Journeying as he journeyed. He turned, as the leader of a troop might do. To them. This is probably the substance of one of his searching discourses by the way. Como to me. The “to mo” is a strong expression (pros me) signifying something ot fealty or attachment. -Hute, the plain word for hatred; the opposite of love. The significance of tN) passage, oracular in its tone, is to bo seen in Matt. 10: 37. Father and mother.' It was a time when, far more than now. tho espousal ot the new faith meant a sundering <>t all tho social ties. Yon, and his own life also, or even tho life ot himself. See A'ariations. This indicates that the choice is to be between earth-life and heaven-life. Ono is to even abandon that within himself and of himself which militates arainsttho Kingdom. My disciple. Literally, a learner. He is tell ng them what loyalty moans in tho new kingdom—not so cheap a matter as somo of them had supposed. Bear his cross. His own cross. We must read this as it camo to them who looked upon the cross as tho feaiful symbol ot life’s desertion and possible destruction. Ho virtually said that to come alter hint was to court tho world's execration and to defy even death itself. Cannot be. Literally, is not able to bo. lacks tho proper conditions of uiscipleship, falls utterly short of tho qualifications. Sand. Has no power of earthly nutriment. Dunghill. No fertilizing power. Cast it out. i. o. Throw it away. Ears to hear. A disposition to profit by what has been said. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. And there went great multitudes with him. But not far. How deeply and thoroughly they were with him ho here puts to the practical test. There are so many like th ,t people to-day. Still is it a groat multitude who go “with him"—with him, but not of him. "And will yo also go away.” Said our Lord at onetime. It was one of those moments of closer sciutiny. which resulted in wide separation. Some preachers and teachers are willing to let this non-committal condition of things abide. For tho sake of holding, as they think, thegreat multitude of unsurrendered ones they retuse to use the searching word of truth.' They speak not of “tne blood." Not so Christ. His own life also. “Holy hate" this has been called. Has hatred any place in the Christian faith? Yes. The very lovo that makes us to cleave to the good requires us also to hate the evil and to despise the garment spotted by the flesh. It does not moan personal variance with all men. This last clause explains. It is wholehearted abandonment of the flesh and acceptance of the Spirit. Father, mother, wife, children, brethren, sisters, yea. one’s self are to be to us as nothing, and worse than nothing, compared with lovo for God. AVe love them, but it is with a spiritual love, one form of which is despite toward the flesh. Indeed, our hatred of tho merely carnal, in large degree, measures our gracious affection. Yonder I see the heapedup debris of tho coal pit. By what has been cast aside I know, and it is my only way of knowing, the wealth of that which has been taken out and kept. Cannot bo my disciple. There is a “can not" with God. It is, indeed, more of a cannot with him than with us. Ours in truth is a will not. AVhile wo will not God cannot—there is the basal barrier. Two things there are to which this strong “can not’ is applied. One is preference; tho other is indifference. If we prefer life — then God cannot. If we spurn the cross of self-sacrifice—then God cannot. God has done his part. He can absolutely do no more for us until wo are ready to do something for ourselves. Diseipieship, in an important sense, is placed upon our own respoßsioility, God accepting the act and owning it by his grace. “Learn of me,” he says. And there he stands. As truly as thou livest until thou turnest to him in simple trust, he can do nothing more for thee! j Not abio to finish. Hero comes in our Inability; man’s cannot is at this point. Though of a truth Christ is tho Alpha and. Omega of our faith, and it. is God that worketh in us. Yet no less truly man must manfully yield himself ere that, grace begins to work in us. It has been working for us. now in us. God in a sense, cannot of himself begin tho work of renewal, Thera is a border Jin? of eheigp hq does not, Go"”. M»», on the other hand, AhiVnos finish it. In fact, he only lets it in. SaM? tion is wholly Os gfm-N • ?r 'T a equ Q P.tiyll;' begins with man’s meek acceptance. And that is all, in reality, that man can do. God does nil the rest: he doesit all—he finishes it. Men start cut to be saved. No one gets to tho finish who does not let God in to will and do of his good pleasure. Where then is otir ability ? Simply here, to confess our inability and rec“’vo *he finished work of Christ, Sult is good. And this is the same as saylfig that savorless salt Is very bad. Here is a lot of White sand ih the salt chest,; It looks like seasoning. We apply it, and lo it is dead. flat, unprofitable. What, a disappointment! Did you ever observe the' look on a person’s face who had unexpectedly taken a bite of unseasoned food? And are you surprised that the world should be shocked—yes. shocked, by a hypocrite. Christian profession leads one to come expecting the savor of Christly self-sacrifice. When it is absent, tho-e is not only a negative evil, a failure to do good, but a positive wrong; the one who came expecting good is offended, stumbled. Ou sis a grave responsibility. In whatever circle we are placed, we are there as salt. Be not cast under foot. Next Lesson—“ Lost and Found.” Luke 15: 1-10. Los Angeles has one sewer fix-e thousand feet long that has not a single connection. In one place it is twenty • five feet under ground. How it came to be so built is a mystery. The Watkin tower, which will be erected in London, and overtop theEffel tower by 335 feet, is to have six legs instead of four. It will cost about $1,200,000. A striking figure in sporting circles -.-John L. Sullivan.