TARIFF BILL PASSED.
THE HOUSE EMERGENCY BILL
PUT THROUGH.
It lases by a Strictly Party Vote Re
publicans Adopted an Iron Clad Rule
and Tot It Through Democrat Offer
Objections, bat In Vain No A mead
menls Were Permitted.
.The. First Emergency Bill.
Washington, Dec 27. The com
mittee on roles of the House to-day re
ported a rule to rote on the ways and
means committee tariff bill at 5 o'clock
this afternoon and the bond bill at 5
o'clock to-morrow.
The rules report was adopted in the
House by 213 to 39, a strict party vote.
In anticipation of a field day in the
Douse over the passage of the tariff
bill, agreed on by the ways and means
committee, great crowds were attract
ed to the capitol and every available
inch of space in the public and private
(ralleries, save the sections reserved
for the executive and diplomatic corps
was taken. Most of the members who
had Tne home for the holidays had
hurriedly returned and the attendance
on the tioor was almost as large as on
the opening" of the session. Many
Senators were also present. Imme
diately after the reading- of the jour
nal. Ms. Dingley, the chairman of the
ways and means committee, reported
from that committee the revenue bill,
which the speaker immediately re
ferred to the committee of the whole
llouse.
Mr. Crisp said that the committee
minority had had no opportunity to
prepare and tile its views.
Mr. Henderson of Iowa, from the
committee on rules, then presented
the special order under which the
llouse was to operate. It was iron
clad in its character. It provided that
immediately after the adoption of the
order it would be in order to call up
the revenue bill just presented by Mr.
Dinley, and that the debate should
run until 5 o'clock when, without in
tervening motion, the vote should be
taken on the passage of the bill.
Mr. Crisp called the attention of the
House to the effect of the rule under
which it was proposed to operate, and
asK-d every member to weigh his re
sponsibility when he voted for it. Here
wa a bill, he said, that affected every
interest and all sections of the coun
try which it was proposed to put
through under a rule that deprived
the members of any right to offer
amendments. It must be taken or re
jected as a whole. What authority,
he asked, was it on the other side
which proposed to pass a measure of
such importance under the crack of
the party whip without the dotting
of an "ror the crossing of a "t"?
Mr. Dalzell, Republican of Pennsyl
vania, said there was no one who did
not know that a peculiar exigency was
faced. Referring to Mr. Crisp's criti
cism of the cracking of the party whip,
he said the Wilson bill, with GOO
amendments, had been passed through
the House after only two hours' de
bate and under a rule reported by Mr.
Crisp himself. He appealed to the
llouse to rise to the patriotic level
necessary to meet the emergency and
come to the President's aid.
Mr. McMillen. Democrat, of Ten
nessee, replring to Mr. Dalzell, said
that the difference was found in that
fact that there had been elaborate
hearings before the ways and means
committee before the Wilson bill was
passed. The present bill had been
completed Christmas day, when there
was no opportunity to consult the
treasury otiicials, and he declared that
there had been no opportunity to even
read the bill. He complained of the
cracking of the party whip, and said
in conclusion that the same power
which had asserted itself after the
Fifty-first Congress would again be
heard from after this exercise of party
power.
Mr. Turner, Democrat, of Georgia
called attention to the fact that both
Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle, whom
he extolled as the greatest Secretary
of the Treasury since the days of
Alexander Hamilton, had given Con
gress the highest assurance that there
was ample revenue in the Treasury,
Both the President and the Secretary
of the Treasury had pointed out the
evil in the financial situation and its
remedy. Everybody understood the
6trcss existing. And what was to be
the responses of Congress? Before all
remedial legislation it was proposed
to put a proposition, to still further
bleed and tax the American people.
IIFNPERSON AKOUSES ENTHUSIASM.
Mr. Henderson closed the debate in
a speech which aroused the Republi
can side to great enthusiasm There
was. he said, a business matter for a
business people and should be met in
a business way. The Republicans
were not afraid to assume responsi
bility. His side had been taunted
with working on a holiday. If the
situation demanded it they would
work onSunday. (Republican applause.)
Democratic politicians had emptied
the treasury. Republican politicians
would fill it. They would right the
fhin of state that had been plunging
half seas under since the Democratic
party assumed the bridge. A Demo
cratic President had sent to Congress
a declaration of war and three days
afterward had filed a petition of bank
ruptcy. (Republican applause.)
"We are not for war," continued Mr.
Henderson. "The President demanded
money. We will give it to him. But
we have not declared war, although
war will find us ready. Bet not the
business interestsof thecountry shiver
before this tempest in a teapot. The
country has assets. The Republican
party has returned to power in the
legislative branch of the government.
It will soon have the executive, and
then never again will our integrity be
put in-question. The Democrats bad
no right to complain of whip and spur
and gag after their proceedings on the
Wilson bill "
NO AMENDMENTS PERMITTED.
At this point Mr. Linney of North
Carolina, after stating that, as a Re
publican, he favored the measure,
asked if the rule committee order
vou?d not exlend to Democrats the
privilege of offering amendments be
fore the vote was taken.
"It will not," replied Mr. Hender
son. The Democrats applauded this
reply and Mr. Crisp affirmed that the
nth regarding the purpose of the
-l only been half elicited by
" nnd response. Its ob-
t'nn. on 1 w o rr
Democrats, but to prevent Republic
ans from oering amendments which
they might deem wise. It was an at
tempt to make the Republicans appear
unanimous. (Democratic applause.)
The ruie committee's order was then
adopted 213 to 89, strict party vote,
save that Mr. Linney of North Car
oina. and Mr. Connolly of Illinois,
Republicans, voted with the Demo
crats. At 5 o'clock, at the close of debate
as set by the rule the bill was passed
by a party vote, and the house ad
journed.
WAYS AND MEANS REPORT.
"Project for Temporary Financial Relief
and for Temporary Tariff Increase.
Washington. Dec 27. Chairman
Dingley of the ways and means com
mittee to-day reported to the House
the tariff and bond bills agreed on by
the majority of the committee. They
were accompanied by the following
reports:
"Your committee regard the chronic
deficiency of revenue for the past twe
years and a half as the most potent
cause of the difficulties which the
treasury has encountered and an im
portant factor in the creation and pro
motion of that serious distrust which
has paralyzed business and dangerous
ly shaken confidence, even in the
financial operations of the govern
ment. It is as impossible for a gov
ernment to have continuous deficiency
of revenue for two years and a haff
without affecting its financial stand
ing as it is for an individual. It is
impossible also for a government to
continue in this condition without
casting a shadow of doubt and dis
couragement over all business opera
tions within its borders.
"Vour committee believes that it is
the duty of the House of Representa
tives, to which body the constitution
commits the inauguration of revenue
bills, to frame and pass a measure that
will yield not far from $40,000,000, suf
ficient to put an end to a deficiency
and to do this without delay, too,
leaving to others, whose co-operation
is required, to finallj place such legis
lation on the statute books to meet
the responsibility in their own way.
And the President's special message
setting forth so pointedly the serious
ness of the situation and the necessity
for the promptest action only empha
sizes the duty of the House,
"Your committee have not under
taken a general revision of the tariff
on protection lines as a majority hope
can be done in 1897 or ley, not only
because they know that such tariff
legislation would stand no chance of
becoming a law, but also because gen
eral tariff revision would require
many months, and the need is more
revenue at once.
The bill reported by your commit
tee proposes to make the duty on im
ported clothing wool 60 percent of the
duty imposed by the act of 1890, which
would give an equivalent of 6 6-10 of a
cent per pound on unwashed wool, or
about 40 per cent ad valorem. This
reduction from the duty of the act of
1S90 has been made because the res
toration of the full duty in that act
might seem to be too great a change
from the present law to those whose
co-operation it is necessary to secure
in order to have any legislation, and
not as a measure of what might be
done when all branches of the govern
ment are in harmony with the major
ity of the House on protection lines.
The duty on manufactures of wool is
increased by a specific duty equivalent
to the duty on wool.
"The duty on carpet wools is left at
thirty-two per cent ad valorem, where
it was placed in 1890. This is a purely
revenue duty, as we raise very few
carpet wools.
"Such, lumber as was placed on the
free list by the act of 1S30, without
the slightest justification, is restored
to the dutiable list, but with a duty of
only sixteen per cent of the duties
provided by the act of 1890 giving an
equivalent of onlj about fifteen per
cent. Such a reduction from the low
rates of 1890 is justified only on the
ground that the object of your com
mittee has been to frame a bill mainly
on revenue grounds, in the hope that
it would secure the approval of those
inofficial places whose co-operation is
essential to legislation, and who may
be supposed to feel that in such an ex
igency as now exists the public neces
sity must control.
THE BO.D HILL.
The report on the bond bill says that
the Secretary of the Treasury now has
the authority, under the resumption
act of 1873, to issue and sell ten-year
5 per ceut bonds and thirty-year 4 per
cent bonds to maintain the fund for
the re-iemp'ion of United States notes,
and that he had sold 100,00.'j,001 of the
former description of bonds and about
G2,0:k,000 of the latter descr:ption of
bonds in the last two years, and as he
announces his intention to avail him
self of the authority given by the re
sumption act and fcell more high rate
and long term bonds, if necessary, the
only question is whether it is not
clearly for the public interest that he
should have authority to sell a lower
rate and shorter term bond. The
committee thinks that it is clearly in
the public interest that he should have
this authorit- and adds:
"In granting this authority, how
ever, we have included in the bill a
provision that the proceeds of bonds
sold shall be used exclusively for re
demption purposes, our object being
to secure such a separation of the re
demption fund from the ordinary cash
in the treasury as will maintain and
protect the reserve. We also provide
that such bonds shall be offered for
tale in such a manner as to invite in
vestment among the masses of the
people."
Of the certificates of indebtedness
the report says: "In our judgment
the Seeretar3 of the Treasury should
always have such authoritj as this to
meet temporary deficiencies that are
liable to arise. " Unless this authority
is given, the Secretary will kidirectiy ;
, i I
use me proceeus oi oonas soia unaer
the resumption act for redemption
purposes to meet the deficiency in the
revenue, as be has been doing in tha
past two years and a hnlf."
Miles May Be Rebuked.
Washington, Dec. 27. The Presi-
dent and Secretary of War Lamont are-
seriously considering the advisability
of silencing General Miles. That they
are much incensed by the indiscreet
talk in which the general of the army
has been indulging in regard to the
weakness ol this country's coast de
fenses and the general inability to so
to war wiin assurance oi success can
be positively stated. j
PLEADING FOR PEACE.
CONDEMNATION OF THE PRES
IDENT'S MESSAGE.
A Warm Anti-War Meeting In New
York The Chief Kxecutlre Denounced
Henry George, Lyman Abbott and
Other Speakers Vent Their Sentiments
A Tumultuous Gathering Some of
tbe Speakers Uinaed.
Condemn the Message.
New York, Dec. 26. Eleven hun
dred people assembled in Cooper Union
last night to condemn President Cleve
land's message to Congress over the
Venezuelan boundary line question.
Ernest Howard Crosby presided. He
spoke of the Monroe doctrine as fol
lows: "We are here to assert all that
stands for the dignity of the American
people and to counteract the froth at
the mouth that has become epidemic
and seems to have taken hold of the
people. We are here to protest
against the errors of the President of
these United States." (Prolonged
hisses and applause.)
The tumult that followed seemed
for the moment as if it would break
the meeting up. Cries of "put him
out," "get out," and the like were
heard from all parts of the hall.
Meantime, the hisses and applause
continued. Just as quiet had been re
stored the speaker continued: "What
is the Monroe doctrine? It is not the
doctrine of Monrce; it is not the doc
trine of Grover Cleveland; it is the
doctrine as interpreted in American
history. When I was investigating
Egypt, I was scandalized to find that
Egypt paid an annual tribute of
3,000,000 for which it received no re
turn from Turkey, to whom it was
paid, and who was stealing it. In the
past we have not been much better off.
Have we not stolen California and
Arizona? (Wild cheers.) Have we not
stolen Texas?"
Mr. Crosby went on from this to de
clare that the whole flurry was the
lotrical outgrowth of the war spirit
that has been graduallj- growing up in
the country, and which is putting the
schoolboys in uniforms and buildine
ships that we at least never ought to
need.
Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, of Plymouth
.Church, Brooklyn, was the next
speaker. Dr. Abbott said that when
Mr. Olney says that if Ureat Britain
is allowed to gain possession of 300
square miles of land, 2,o00 miles
away, she will use it as a basis for
operations to push acquisitions, the
statement was ridiculous, because she
has already thousands of miles she
could use if so disposed. Nor is this
a question of duty due a downtrod
den sister republic, said the speaker.
'Since Venezuela became a re
public, fifty years ago, she has
been in the throes of internal strife.
On the other hand, British Guiana has
always been a peaceful nation, and
whether the boundary of one be de
creased or the other increased is a
matter that does not concern us."
(Hand clapping and shouts.)
"I stand here to-night," said he, "to
indict this acceptation of the Monroe
doctrine as characteristically and
spiritually un-American. America is
the peace nation of the world."
Ilenry George was the next speaker.
He said, in part: "What reason is
there for this war? I believe in the
Monroe doctrine and have stood for it.
This, however, is not the Monroe doc
trine, and what Grover Cleveland calls
the Monroe doctrine is but a travesty
on it and an utter absurditj'.
"I do not believe Grover Cleveland
used Democratic methods with his
message, and I hardly believe he pre
sented it to his cabinet."
Cries of "yes he did," and "no he
did not," came from all quarters of the
hall.
Continuing; he said: "Our business
is to mind our business. If we want
to interfere in anytlrng, let us do it
where there is a" principle at stake.
The advocates of this war scare do not
mean war. They are playing at poli
tics." Charles Frederick Adams denounced
President Cleveland and his Venezu
elan message severely. His remarks
were received with a storm of hisses,
Rev. W. G. Bliss, associate advocate
of Boston, and Franklin Pierce also
made short addresses.
At the conclusion of the last ad
dress the secretary read a letter from
Dr. R. Heber Newton, protesting
against war, and also a resolution
which was put and voted for and
against in the same voice. It was de
clared passed, however. The resolu
tion in substance is that the chair
man of the meeting and the peakers
are appointed a committee to secure
the widest possible opinion to oppose
the warlike methods cf the President.
DAMAGES CLAIMED.
An English Family Makes a Rldlenloas
Demand for 646,000.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec 26. Governor
Ilolcomb has received a letter from
Secretary Olney, inclosing the request
of the British ambassador for 46,000,
growing out of the assault of the
English family of Dawsons in Nebras
ka by the McCarty outlaw gang.
The Dawsons claim their property was
damaged to that extent by the alleged
outlaw band. The claim in Nebraska
is regarded as not only ridiculous, but
absurd. Alx the property the Daw
sons had at the time was contained in
a small wagon drawn by two bron
cos, and the outfit probably worth
$2C'0. They were attempting to trade,
horses with Vic McCarty, a local tough,
and the leader of a gang of ruffians.
A free fight resulted, in which the
Dawsons soundly thrashed the McCar
tys, who sought safety in flight. That
was the end of the matter.
Crist Mill Destroyed by Fire.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 2&. At
an early hour yesterday morning fire
destroyed the large flouring mill of
C. G. Jones & Co., in this city, causing
a loss of 30,000 on stock and building.
The mill was one of the first built in
the territory and was the largest in
Oklahoma, having a capacity of 440 !
barrels.
Sergins Stepniak Dead.
London, Dec 20. Sergius Michael
Dargomanoff Stepniak, better known
as Sergius Stepniak, the famous Rus
sian nihilist, was killed yesterday by
a railroad train.
DISABILITIES REMOVED.
The Senate Token to
Restore Ex
Confederates.
Washington, Dec 2C. The Senate
to-day without even dividing, passed
the bill to remove the political dia-
. abilities of ex-Confederates.
I The Rev. Mr. Milburn, the blind
chaplain, in an eloquent prayer on the
j Christmas season, made passing allu
sions to current public events by ia-
voKing peace ana gooa will among
the nations of the earth.
On motion of Mr. Allison of Iowa
the Senate agreed that it would ad
iourn from to-day until Friday.
In presenting a bill authorizing- ths
Secretary of War to issue Springfield
rifles to &tat6 military organizations
in exchange for old guns, Mr. Hawley
of Connecticut, said: 'In order that
this shall not be construed so as to add
to the war scare I will say that it is
merely a question of business. Many
of the guns in use by state troops are
of antiquated pattern. By the adop
tion of the KraErcr-Jorcrenson enn
i which I think was a mistake the War
department has on hand a large supply
J of good Springfield rifles and the na
: tional guards should have them in ex
change for the worthless arms."
I Mr. Squire of Washington, spoke
against the injustice of employing for-
eign engineers on American ships rc-
ceiving subsidies from the United
: States government, and offered a bill
1 to overcome the practice.
The project of a pan-American po
j litical union, embracing North, South
i and Central American republics, was
! presented in the Senate to-day by Mr.
Allen, Populist, of Nebraska in the
following resolution:
I "Whereas, Recent events have
shown that European nations are
making an aggressive attempt to ob
: tain a greater foothold on the Ameri-
can continent, and
I "Whereas, such an attempt shows
. the necessity of a closer union of the
American republics,
"Resolved, That it is the sense of
the Senate that the United States of
! America should as speedily as possible
invite all American republics to enter
i into a closer union, to be known as the
I Pan-American union, for the purpose
J of promoting the general industry and
' commercial welfare of the members
! thereof and secure said republics from
European or other foreign encroach-
1 ments."
! The resolution closed with a sugges
tion for a common unit of value be
tween the republics of America. II
was referred to the committee on for
eign relations
TWO BILLS DECIDED UPON
Tariff and Bonds Will Be Handled in
Separate Acts.
Washington, Dec 26. After a long;
meeting, in which Speaker Reed, the
Republican members of the House
ways and means committee and other
Republican leaders participated, it
was decided to divide the relief meas
ure to be be introduced in the House
Thursday.
One of the bills will be a tariff meas
ure to increase the revenues. It will,
if signed by the President, continue in
effect until August 1, 1693. It will
provide for wool and woolen duties 60
per cent of the McKinley law rates,
for a duty on lumber CO per cent of
that of IsOO, an increase of 25 per cent
in the present rates on cereal bread
stuffs, dairy products, poultry and
live stock, and a horizontal increase of
15 per cent of all other present rates.
The second bill will provide for two
issues of bonds. The first is to be an
unlimited issue of three per cent five
year '-.tin bonds to protect the geld re
serve, with the provision that the cur
rency redeemed by the proceeds shall
not be paid out for current deficits in
the revenue unless the expenses of the
government are ii. excess of the rev
enues, which it is expected they will
not be if the first bill is in operation.
In addition, the s'ond bill will pro
vide for ie year t-o per cent treas
ury certificates of indebtedness not to
exceed $50,0'X),000 in amount, and to
be disposed of at the discretion of the
Secretary of the Treasury, to meet
current deficits in the revenue. These
are to be offered for sale at the sub
treasuries and depositories of the gor
ernment. It is possible also, that
there may be added to this bill a plan
to increase the currency by authoriz
ing national banks to issue circulation
to the par value of all the government
bonds deposited by them with the gov
ernment as security for their nor es.
Mexicans Praise Mr. Cleveland.
City of Mexico, Dec. 2C. Tu press
continues to give hearty support to
President Cleveland, one journal call
ing him the champion of all the Ameri
can people, and sa3s the Monroe doc
trine now has become a broad prin
ciple, affirming the right of all Ameri
cans to their own territory and the
menace of absorption has disappeared
forever
For a United America.
Washington, Dec. 26. Representa
tive Beach of Ohio to-day introduced
an important bill which is the out
growth of the Venezuelan dispute. It
is an act authorizing the President of
the United States to call an interna
tional conference of all the New World
republic for the purpose of declaring
the Monroe doctrine to be interna
tional law.
Fltcalmmons' Training Quarters.
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 6. Martin
Julian, manager for Bob Fitzsimmons,
has selected training quarters in
Juarez, Mex., across the river from
this place. Julian said that Fitzsim
mons would knock out Maher in six i
rounds, and he would put up the en- 1
tire purse won, as a side bet with j
corbett, and light the latter the next
day.
The Missouri River Commission.
Washinoon, Dec. 26. The President
sent to the Senate to-day the nomina
tions of Lieutenant Colonel Amos
Stickney, Major William Henry Eluer
and Major Thomas Ilenry Handbury,
corps of engineers, as members of the
Missouri river commission.
Fatal Dynamite Explosion.
Chicago, Dec. 26. A frightful dy
namite explosion occurred yesterday
on section No. 14 of the drainage
canal, about one mile from the town
of Romeoville. Two men were in
stantly killed and five fatally and two
severely injured.
FIGHT WITH A MANIAC.
Hm Only Surrendered When His Dog Had
Been Killed.
Olathk, Kan., Dec 27. At 9 o'clock
this morning Sheriff Glover and his
deputies, R. G. Ross and Will Glover,
tried to capture Charles Hindman,
who for several days has been de
ranged and wild. Hindman had driven
his stepmother and her son from home
and then broken up the furniture, and
declared he would not be taken alive.
Hindman was upstairs, and when
called on by the sheriff to come down
he responded with a shot from a re
volver, the ball passing through the
sheriff's overcoat and across the breast
and through the front finger of his
left hand. The officers ran out and
Hindman hastened down stairs, shoot
ing at them through the doors and
windows several times. He then took
possession of the house, barricaded
the doors and took with him, upstairs,
two repeating rifles, two pistols,
knives, razors and a savage dog.
People were afraid to pass near the
house and the family did not dare lo
return home. The county attorney
advised the officers to not kill Hind
man unless in self-defense.
At 1 o'clock this afternoon Sheriff
Glover and a posse of officers secreted
themselves in the adjoining buildings
and soon Hindman appeared on the
porch of the second floor, throw
ing furniture from the rooms to
the ground. When the sheriff called
him Hindman fired on the officer and
eight or ten shots were exchanged. A
bullet killed the dog by the side of
Hindman, aud when Hindman saw
that his pet was shot he threw his
firearms to the ground and jumped
from the porch and surrendered. A
dozen officers soon surrounded him
and placed him in jail.
Over 500 rounds of amunition were
found in his room and had he not
given up because his dog was shot he
could have stood the officers off for a
week.
Hindman has been sent to the asylum
some four or five times, but after
a few months he has always
been discharged; apparently cured.
He has been out now for over a
vear. He is a brother of ex-Judge
Hindman of this
city. The officers
dare not go within shooting distance
of the house. The capture must be
made by strategy, but the killing of
someone is feared, and no one seems
willing to assist the officers unless
compelled to do so.
SUGAR DUTIES.
Mr.
Oxnard, President of the American
Sngar Association, Talks.
Omaha, Ieb., Dec, 2?. n. T.
Oxnard, president of the Amer
ican Sugar Association, says:
"While Congress is placing a duty
upon so many other things why are
the American sugar producers not pro
tected? 1 was surprised to note the
action of the ways and means commit
tee in neglecting this feature. Raw
sugar is produced in the United States
by the rivals of the trusts. The
American producers are struggling
for existence, and an increased duty
on raw sugar is the only practical
method of stimulating the industry In
the United States. The duty on refined
sugar helps the great sugar trust, but
the duty on the raw article assists the
producers of the country generally
and indirectly the great agricultural
interests. A duty of 15 per cent
on both raw and refined would
help the American beet sugar produc
ers, without benefiting the trust, since
the trust must purchase its raw ma
terial abroad. The production of
every pound of sugar by the American
producers entering into consump
tion in this country means so much
less business for the trust, hence
the trust is anxious to hinder the de
velopment of the home producer. The
danger is that the ways and means
committee in ignorance of the true
situation will fatally cripple the rapid
ly growing industry of beet sugar
manufacturing in the United States
The West is intensely interested in
this subject
An Anarchist Convention.
New York, Dec. 27. The seventh
convention of the .Hebrew anarchists
took place yesterday in the American
Star hall. Fifty delegates, twenty of
them from neighboring cities, led by
Delegate Press of Boston, comprised
the convention. The utmost secrecy
prevailed, and not one of the anarch
ist delegates would condescend to di
vulge his name, or even the city or
town which he had been delegated to
represent.
I.1VK STOCK AND I'llUUL'CK M AKKK 1
Quotations From New York, Chicago,
l.ouis Omaha and I lseiThere.
OMAHA.
St.
Butter Creamery separator.. 19
Butter Fair to good country. 13
i usrs Fresh It
Chickens Dressed, per lb 6
I lucks Per lb 8
Turkeys lVr lb 5
Prairie chickens I'erdoz 5 50
14
l'i
9
10
L,
&
C'4
0 00
tieese - Per tt !
Lemons Choice Messinas 4 2
Oranges lVr box 4 (M
Apples Per bbl 2 75
Jweet potatoes Good, per bbl 2 01
Potatoes Per bu 35
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON 1,
ARY
FOR SUNDAY. JANU
SLUKE, 1:5-17.
Golden Text: "Thoa Shalt Go He for
the Face of the Lord to Prepare His
Way" Luke, 15:10 The Forerunner
of Jesus Christ.
INTRODUCTORY: To
day's section Includes
the whole chapter,
Luke. 1: 1-80. but tbe
portions referring to
Mary rather belong
to the next lesson.
Time, October, B. C
to 26 A. D. PUce. the
angel came to Zach
arlas In tbe temple at
Jerusalem. The birth
of John was some
where in the bill
country of Judea,
where the hymns, tbe
and the Benedictus of
Magnificat of Mary
Zacharlas, were uttered. The plan for these
lessons is somewhat different from that pur
sued when we studied Luke In 1890. It re
quires less of detailed exposition of verses, but
more of complete view of the subject as a
distinct portion of the wonderful Life of
Christ. It will be a series of twenty-four car
toons, after the manner of the "impressionist"
style of painting pictures. Each will exniDii
a distinct phase or development of Christ's life,
j 1. The First Sign of the Dawn. The Pre-
paratlon of the World for the Advent of
j Christ. When Adam was created God spoke
; to him, revealed himself to him, so that
! through their great ancestor all peoples had
some knowledge of the true uoa, me vre
ator of all things. To this witness Is borne
by every great religion, by tbe lately discov
ered stone libraries of Assyria, and the
tombs of Egypt. 2. The Second Sign of the
Dawn. A Holy Family and Other Persons
Watching and Praying for the Coming of the
Redeemer. Vs. 5-7. A group of holy per
sons is given by Luke. Anna, Simeon, Jos
eph, Mary, besides Zacharlas and Elizabeth,
whose eyes were toward the dawn, and whose
hearts were ready to receive the light. 5.
There was in the days of Herod. (Ilerod the
Great, the founder of the Herodian family
and the father of most of the Herods men
tioned in the New Testament after the in
fancy of Jesus.) A certain priest named Zach-
I nrlah tho anma aa 7iuhrlilh 1 Of the. rOUrse
1 of Abla. (Greek for Abijah.) And his wife
was or the daughters of Aaron (ana tnere
fore In the line of the priesthood. The priests
were the descendants of Aaron of the tribe
of Levi. Both John's parents were of priest
ly rank.) And her name was Elizabeth. (So
named after her ancestress, Ellsheba, Aaron's
wife.) 6. And they were both righteous be
for God. (Not in appearance only, but In
the inmost depths of their hearts, where
God's eye alone could see.) Tbe fountain of
action was pure. Walking Is a Hebrew meta
phor for "living," "conducting oneself," in
the various relations of men to each other and
to God. Commandments. The moral law.
Ordinances. Probably the ceremonial law,
and the outward religious duties and rules
of living. Thus they were blameless toward
God and man. Neither would find fault with
them.
7. And they bad no child, because that
Elisabeth was barren; and they both were
now well stricken in years.
8. And it came to pass, that, while be exe
cuted the priest's office before God In the
order of his course.
9. According to the custom of the priest's
office, his lot was to burn incense when he
went into the temple of the Lord.
10. And the whole multitude of the people
were praying without, at the time of incense.
11. And there apepared unto him an angel
of the Lord, standing on the right side of the
altar of incense.
12. And when Zacharlas saw him, he was
troubled, and fear fell upon him.
13. But the angel said unto hini. Fear not,
Zacharlas: for thy prayer la heard; and thy
wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and
thou shalt call his name John.
14. And thou shalt have joy and gladness,
and many shall rejoice at his birth.
16. And many of the children of Israel shall
he turn to tho Lord their God.
17. And he shall go before him In the spirit
and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the
fathers to the children, and the disobedient
to the wisdom of the Just; to make ready a
people prepared for the Lord.
15. For he shall be great in the sight of the
Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong
drink; and he shall be filled with tbe Holy
Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
Verse 17 Explained: He shall go before
him. before the Lord, to herald his advent
and to prepare the way for his coming in the
person of his Son. In the spirit and power
of Elias. Greek for Elijah, He was not to
be Elijah restored to life, but one in Elijah's
spirit, doing the same kind of work that Ell
lah did. and with a similar rower. Such is
the promise in Malachi, 2: 1; 4: 4-6. Ex
plained by Christ in Matthew, 11: 14; 17:
10-13. To turn the hearts of (the) fathers to
(the) children. The reformation was to be
felt first in the home, binding all together
in love and peace. The Hebrew adds "the
children to their father." The hope of the
world is in the Christian family. "Convert
an adult, and you convert a unit; convert a
child, and you convert a multiplication table."
The star of Bethlehem rests over the home.
The disobedient, the great mass of the peo
ple who have turned away from God. To
the, rather in, as R. V., to walk in the wis
dom of the just. Being good Is the only
real wisdom. Only her waya "are ways of
pleasantness and her paths are peace." Dis
obedience and sin are always folly. To make
ready (continue as in R. V.) for the Lord a
people prepared for him. By his call to re
pentance, by his denunciation of sin, by his
portrayal of the consequences of sin, he was
to make ready people who would be wise
enough to receive the Savior.
Ill ltusy Day.
Irate Manufacturer See here! I sent
you an advertisement saying my pianos
were "inferior to none."
Editor Yes, sir.
"You printed it "inferior in tone."
"Oh, well, never mind; that's easily
fixed."
"Eh? Easily fixed?"
"Certainly. Change the name of your
pianos and send me another advertise
ment. Here's a card showing our rates.
Good-day, sir."
Paid In Her Own Coin.
"It seems to me, John, that you might
take the oars for a little whUe now."
"No, my dear; the new man ought
not to attempt to perform the arduous
duty of a woman. Besides I don't want
i to get my nose freckled," Harper s
Magazine.
JOSH BILLINGS' PHILOSOPHY.
Thare isn't a more thankless task In
this world than trieing to help the im
provident. Wimmln are elegant kreaturea; but I
never saw one yet who could expecto
rate gracefully.
I know ov men whoze word lz better
than ther bond. Theze fellows I call
the knight-errants in honesty.
I. am-more Interested In the vices ov
mankind than I am in their virtews.
Their vices need charity; their virtews
will take kare ov themselfs. '
