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LAND 1NTRIE ,
ANNUAL REPORT OF COMMISSIONER -
. SIONER LAMERAUX.
- Statistics Clven In ICcgard to Ilustness
/ and Iterommondattons Made-Tito Do-
( line loforo Noted Continues-Entries
dpprar to Iiavo Fallen Orr 19OOL-
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Total Cash ICccefpts 92 , OS " ,4L4.
Lind Omco ltopart.
WARIIINGTON , Oct.S. . W. Lam-
orcaux , commissioner of the general
land officer in his annual report to the
i secretary of the interior , declares that
the decline of land office business noted
mn the last report still continues. Compared -
pared with i&4 there has been a decrease -
crease in land entries of 11,095 ! , and of
GO16,6S5 acresentered upon , a decrease
- of final entries of 6GS1 and 1356,050
titres entered upon , and a dedr ease of
cash receipts of $731,370. The business
of the office for the fiscal year ended
.June 3o was as follows : Cash sales ,
117,375 acres ; homestead entries ,
5,01.9 , 191 acres ; statcselectious , 626,169
acres ; railroad selections , 1,9ti717 i
acres ; swanp land patents' , 214,774
acres ; Indian allotments , 85,455 acres ;
Indian lands sold , 42,548 acres ; total
- Basil receipts , ; ; 2,033'i54 ; patented or
certified with the effect of patenting
to railroad comnanies , S,1826 acres ,
surveys accepted by the land office ,
111,12,653 : acres.
The commissioner recommends that
appropriations for the survey of pub-
lie lands be made continuous instead
of annual , as tiler the rules of the
treasury department it has been found
that where exteutions have been made
upon a contract an extension operates
as a new contract and must be paid for
out of the appropriations for the year
for which it was made. lie also rc
news his suggestion of last year that
I surveys of public lands be made by
under
der the contract system , as at present ,
under the supervision of the director
t of thc geological survey upon recom-
inendation of the cornini siouor. lie
refers to the fact that large surveys
have been made under this system in
Indian territory with success.
' 1'hc total 'trea of vacant public land
in the Unlt d States is as folhotvs : Sur-
vcyed , J18S37.SSS ; unsurveyed , 2S3-
245.fO7. The land office has examined
and has in process of adjustment twen-
r ty-two land grants to railroads. The
I interior department has approved the
findings of the kind office regarding
the land grant adjustments in eleven
cases , and ten other cases for final ad-
justtneiits have been submitted to the
depam tmctmt.
Discussing the act of the last con-
I gross , granting lands to states for irrigation -
rigation purposes , the commissioner
says that he believes the neccssitywill
arise in the near future for the creation -
tion of a national commission whose
function it shall be to regulate the tits-
, tribution of these waters which have
their source in : t su1meradjacent state ,
-anti which have heretofore , been used
' in cmoron by the people of that and
I the snb-adjacent states.
The commissioner recommends a
law to compel the attendance of witnesses -
nesses at land offices in contest cases ;
an appropriation of $50,000 annuily
i I for making examinations necessary
for the establisluuent of forest reservations -
vations and for the protection of
f reservations already existing.
SHOT AT COL. CROFTON.
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3)ctucntia Causcs Lieutenant Paguo to
I Commit n Itastt Act.
Cnle.ulo , Oct. 5.olonel r. E.
firofton , commander of the Fifteenth
infantry at Fort Sheridan , narrowly
escaped death or at least a severe
wound at the hands of l2cuten-
. nut S. S. Paguc of Company F ,
Fifteenth m infantry , yesterday after-
noon. The lieutenant fired three
l t shots at ' the comiandcr.
' tt One passed through the fold of his
t , overcoat just over tilt right groin and
' \ the second and third pa-sed close to
; I the body. I'aguea few moments be.
fore had escrpctJ front time hospital ,
cptvhere lie had been undergoing treat-
ulentfor mctta1 trouble , occasioned ,
it is said. by over-mdul = ence in liquor.
: ltthc fort it vvas stated that the lieutenant -
( tenant was not responsible for his act ,
and that his ureeting withi Crofton was
n chance mncetamr.
Mtzcd M : rriacs Forbidden.
CoIrarln.t , S. C „ Oct c-The constt-
I tutional convention , by an overwhelming -
ing majority , 1L. adopted aclause for-
r biddin the intermarriae of a white
pem ort with any person with any negro -
gro blood v'hatever. 'fiis ! , in connec-
thuu With the sutra rc clause , will
have the effect of disfranchising mu-
lattoes.
A Dead : Ian's Shortage.
ST. Louis , Mo. , Oct. 5.-An after
noon paver says the late Joseph 11-
Ticrnan , for many years prior to his.
' ' death , on September 1 last. one of the
best known and most prominent realty
men on the street , has been discovered
to be short in his accounts with the
.Security 1.ailtliti9 and Loan associa-
mi0il No. 2 , of which he was secretary
since its organization. It is admitted
to be over $1u,1C0. and some say it
snay be as much as _ 0,000. .
JeIn Tedl Dead.
NEVADA , -mho. , Oct o.-Ex-Repre-
. 'sentative lohn Teel of Lawrence
-county , died at the Nevada asylum
- yesterday morning. Dlr. Teel was
brought to the asylum earls last
spring asa private patient. A few
weeks before - this his nvntl became nn-
' balanced wIile he was in St. Louis.
Mr. Teel was a lawyer and prominent
Democratic politician.
Indians Out for the Money.
r ARDt1OIE , I. T. , Oct. -The Chickasaw -
saw tribal authorities are understood
to be favorable to allowing the Cor-
bett-FitzhmmfOfS mill to take place in
this nation for a satisfactory pecuniary
consideration. With them it is a ques-
thou'of revenue. lulgore , the federal
judge at Ardmore , chailrns there are no
lentil impediments so far as his jurisdiction -
diction is concerned. Thereisno tribal
T law prohibiting physical culture ex-
hibitions. Colbert's Ferry , another
prospective point , is on the Red river ,
this side of the Texas border , and is
only eight or tcn miles from Denison ,
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LOST IN DARKEST AFRICA.
Anilcty Abuut Dr. Donaldson Smith's
Expedition.
Loxnox , Oct. 5.-Considerable anxiety -
iety is beginning to by felt in scientific -
tific circles regarding Dr. Donaldson
Smith's African expedition , news of
which is long overdue. According to
the latest advices Dr. Smith had been
stopped by the Abyssiniau army , and
it is feared that he has had to retrace
his steps and go in a southwesterly
direction. lie may thus have got be-
hlncl the district where the British are
now fighting , at Mtveli , on the British
East African coast , and have been
caught by the natives. It is hoped ,
however , that wien he heard of the
fighting , Dr. Smith made a detour , in
which case lie would be 'heard from in
the neighborhood of Lake Tanganyild ,
or along the German or English lake
routes.
Dr. Smith , who is a resident of Philadelphia
adelphia started from England in the
latter part of May , 1S94 , for the Somali
coast , with the object of reaching
lakes Rudolph and Stefanie from time
northeast. Time last advises received
from hum were dated December 11 ,
1894 , at the Shibeyli river and llussa
Gallas. These were written by himself
in pencil while in the brush , and were
addressed to time press.
HEALTH AND LIQUOR.
6uggcstions Made by the Sanitary Committee -
mittee of the American Association.
DENVER. Col. , Oct. 5. 'rime American
Public Ilealth association to-day elect-
el officers as follows : President , Dr.
Eduardo Licego of the City of Mexico ;
vice presidents , Colonel A. A , Wood
hull , United States .army , and Dr.
Henry Sewall of Denver ; secretary ,
Ir. Irving A. Watson of Concord , N.
II. ; treasurer , Dr. Henry Bolton of
Brattleboro , Vt. The convention next
year will be held at Buffalo , N. Y.
Time report of the committee on the
abuse. of alcoholic drinks from a sanitary -
tary stand point , by Felix Formenta
of New Orleans made the following
recomnmendations : Increase the penalty -
ty for adulterations ; remove the tax
on beer , wine and coffee ; total prohibition -
bition in communities composed of
vicious classes ; high license to dimnin-
ish the number of bar rooms and cause
better liquors to be sold , enforce a
strict sanitary inspection of all drinks
sold over the bar ; promote time culture
of grapes ; double the penalty for sell-
hug to minors. compel drunken men to
work when sent to jail ; establish eating -
ing houses. Time committee had no
faith in the Sunday closing laws.
A FAMINE IN CUBA.
Great Distress Predictcti in Case the War
Continues.
NEw Yomt , Oct. 5.-A local paper
prints extracts from a private letter
from Cuba which predict ; a famine if
time war continues. "Time troops in
the interior part of the island are suffering -
fering unheard of hardships. They are
famislmed , clothes'.ess , shoeless , and
without medical attendance The
Very. officers confess the total demuor-
illi LmtiOn of the army and pronounce
the difficulty insurmountable Time
departments of Santiago Puerto Prin-
cip _ e. Santa Clara and Matanzas-that
is to say , nearly all time island-are be-
mg devastated. Everywhere small
parties of rebels patrol the country
with perfeet impunity , robbing and
firing property. "
WILL WED THE PRIEST.
Mrs. Steidel Iteicntt and llcr Daughter
Will Marry Father Wanner.
ST. JosrruMo. , Oat. 5.-The mother
of Maude Steidel lmas relented in her
prosecution of Father D = uniuick Wagner -
ner and some time to-day or tomorrow -
row there will be a wedding at the
, ail and Maude Steidel will become the
priest's bride. Father Wagner agreed
to transfer all his property and money ,
amounting to about $10,000 , to the
girl , if the prosecution were dropped
and he be permitted to marry her.
This has been agreed to by Mrs. Stem
del and the girl.
EPISCOPAL MISSIONS.
Report on the Embezzlement of Henry
Oakley and Rev , William Newbold.
IhINNEAPOLiS , Minn. , Oct.In the
Episcopal house of bishops one of the
principal reports presented to the
Aau d of missions was the report of
the executive committee of the Amen-
can Church Nissiunary society , read
Secretary J. Thompson Cole. It was
the first public and official utterance
as'to the embezzlement of $41,000 by
the former treasurer , henry Oakley ,
and the former secretary , the rev.
11'illiam A. Newbold. It had been
hoped to avoid all public reference to
the affair , but this was found impos-
sible. Time amount taken by 03kley
was coinputecl at1S2).24 and
by Newbold at $19,0.1.1.16 . from Sep-
temt er 1 , 1aS7. 'the defalcation was
made possible by the fact that there
was no check outhe accounts of either
save by the other , and upon this they
relied for safety. The treasurer has
reimbursed the society , but the seere-
tary has no money nor anyone smiie-
hently interes.cd in him to make it
good. It would be impossible to prosecute -
ecute the treasurer without returning
the money made road as it came from
another source. No promises lmad been
made , but prosecution seemeI impos-
sible. The secretary was old , penniless -
less and disgraced. To proceed against
him and not against time treasurer
would justify the char re that the prosecution -
ecution was not because he took money
but because he had no friend to pay it
back.
Violate ! Treatie3.
WASIUNGTOU. Oct. 5.-1Vilhiam F.
Cody was at the Indian office with a
large delegation of Indians' connected
with his Wild West show. , They were
given a hearing by Acting Commissioner -
sioner Smith , to whom they cum-
plahned that their treaties were not
being carried out according to aeree-
ment , all of them saying that if he
should stop to tell all that the government -
ment had promised them that it would
occupy him two days. He said that
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timey were short of- rations , clothing
and blankets on the reservations. All
those that spoke said that they were
being treated well by Colonel Cods.
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TAL tAGErS SERMON.
STORY OF GIDEON'S BATTLE
AT MOUNT GILBOA.
"And the Three Companies Elew the
Trumpets , and Ilroko the Pitchers'
and Hold the Lamps In Their Left
1Iands"-Judgcs , vii , 20-21.
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Cst .battle ever
fought. God had
told Gideon to go
down and thrash
the Mid 1'a n ites ,
but his army is
too large ; for the
glory must be
given to God , and
not to man. And
so proclamation is
made that all those of the troops who
are cowardly and want to go home may
go , and twenty-two thousand of them
scampered away , leaving only ten thousand -
sand men. But God says the army is too
large yet ; and so he orders these ten
thousand remaining to march through
a stream , and commands Gideon to notice -
tice in what manner these men drink
of the water as they pass through it. If
they get down on all fours' and drink
then they are to be pronounced lazy and
incompetent for the campaign ; but if , in
passing through the stream , they scoop
up the water in the palm of their hand
and drink and pass on they are to be
the men selected for the battle. Well ,
the ten thousand men marched down
in the stream and the most of them
come down on all fours and plunge their
mouths , like a horse or an ox , into the
water and drink : but there are three
hundred men who , instead of stooping
just dip the palm of their hands in the
water and bring it to their lips , "lap-
ping it as a dog lappeth. " Those three
hundred brisk , rapid , enthusiastic men
are chosen for the campaign. They are
each to take a trumpet in the right
hand and a pitcher in the left hand and
a lamp inside the pitcher , and then at
a given signal they are to blow the
trumpets and throw down the pitchers
and hold up the lamps. So it was done.
It Is night. I see a great host of Mid-
ianites , sound asleep in the valley of
Jezreel. Gideon comes up with his three
hundred picked men and when everything -
thing is ready the signal is given and
they blow the trumpets and they throw
down the pitchers and hold up the
lamps and the great host of Midianites ,
waking out of a sound sleep , take the
crash of the crockery and the glare of
the lamps for the coming on of an overwhelming -
whelming foe ; and they run , and cut
themselves to pieces , and horribly
perish.
The lessons of this subject are very
spirited and impressive. This seemingly -
ly valueless hump of quartz has the
pure gold in it. The smallest dew-drop
on the meadow at night has a star sleeping -
ing in its bosom , and the most insignificant -
nificant passage of Scripture has in it a
shining truth. God's mint coins no
snalI : change.
I learn in the first place , from this
subject , the lawfulness of Christian
stratagem. You know very well that the
greatest victories ever gained by Washington -
ington or Napoleon were gained through
the fact that they came when and in a
way they were not expected-some-
times falling back to draw rout the foe ,
sometimes crossing a river on unheard-
of rafts ; all the time keeping the opposing -
ing forces in wonderment as to what
would be done next.
You all know what strategy is in military -
itary affairs. Now I think it is high
time we had this art sanctified and
spiritualized. In the church , when we
are about to make a Christian assault ,
we send word to the opposing force
when we expect to come , how many
troops we have , and how many rounds
of shot , and whether we will come with
artillery , infantry , or cavalry , and of
course we are defeated. There are thousands -
sands of men who might be surprised
into the kingdom of God. We need more
tact and ingenuity in Christian work.
It is in spiritual affairs as in military
that success depends in attacking that
part of the castle which is not armed
and entrenched.
For instance , here is a man all armed
on the doctrine of election ; all his
troops of argument and prejudice are
at that particular gate. You may batter -
ter away at that side of the castle for
fifty years and you will not take it ; but
just wheel your troops to the side gate
of the heart's affections and in five minutes -
utes you can capture him. I never knew
a man to be saved through a brilliant
argument. You cannot hook men into
the kingdom of God by the , horns of a
dilemma. There is nc grace in syllo-
gisms. Here is a man armed on the subject -
ject of perseverance of the saints ; he
does not believe in it. Attack him at
that point and he will persevere to the
very last in not believing it. Here as a
man armed on the subject of baptism ;
he believes in sprinkling or immersion.
All your discussion of ecclesiastical
hydropathy will not change him. I remember -
member when I was a boy that with
other boys I went into the river on a
summer day to bathe and we used to
dash water on each other , but never got
any result except that our eyes were
blinded ; and all this splashing of water
between Baptists and Pedo-baptists
never results in anything but the blurring -
ring of the spiritual eye-sight. In other
words ; you can never capture a man's
soul at the point at which he is especially -
pecially intrenched. But there is in
every man's heart a bolt that can be
easily shoved. A little child four years
old may touch that bolt and it will
ipring back and the door will swing
open and Christ will come in.
I think that the finest of all the fine
arts is the art of doing good , and yet
this art is the least cultured. We have
In the kingdom of God today enough '
troops to conquer the whop' earth for ,
Christ if we only had skillful ma-
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noeuverlng. I would rather have the
three hundred lamps and pitchers of
Christian stratagem than one hundred
thousand drawn swords of literary and
ecclesiastical combat.
I learn from this subject , also , that
a small part of the army of God will
have to do all the hard fighting. Gid-
eon's army was originally composed of
thirty-two thousand men , but they went
off until there were only ten thousand
left , and that was subtracted from until
there were only three hundred. It is
time same In all ages of the Christiaa
Church ; a few men have to do the hard
fighting. Take a membership of a thousand -
sand and you generally find that fifty
people do the work. Take a membership -
ship of five'hundred and you generally
find that ten people do the work. There
are scores of churches where two or
three people do the work.
We mourn that there i $ so much useless -
less lumber In the mountains of Leba-
non. I think , of the ten million membership -
bership of the Christian Church today ,
If five millions of the names were off
the books the Church would be
stronger. You know that the more cowards -
ards and drones there are in any army
the weaker it is. I would rather have
the three hundred picked men of Gideon -
eon than the twenty-two thousand un-
sifted host. How many Christians there
are standing in the way of all progress !
I think it is the duty of the Church of.
God to ride over them and the quicker
it does it the quicker it does its duty.
Do not worry , oh Christian , if you
have.to do more than your share of the
work. You had better thank God that
he has called you to be one of the picked
men , rather than to belong to the host
of stragglers. Would not you rather be
one of the three hundred that fight than
the twenty-two thousand that run ? I
suppose those cowardly Gideonites who
Svent off congratulated tlemselves.
They said : "We got rid of all that fighting -
ing , did not we ? How lucky we have
been ; that battle costs us nothing at
all. " But they got none of the spoils of
the victory. After the battle the three
hundred men went down and took the
wealth of the DIidianites and out of the
cups and platters of their enemies they
feasted. And the time will come , my
dear brethren , when the hosts of darkness -
ness will be routed , and Christ will say
to his troops : "Well done , my brave
men , go up and take time spoils ! Be more
than conquerors forever ! " and in that
day all deserters will be shot !
Again : I learn from this subject that
God's way is different from man's , but
is always the best wayIf we had the
planning of that battle we would have
taken those thirty-two thousand men
that originally belonged to the army
and we would have drilled them and
marched them up and down by the day
and week and month , and we would
have had them equipped with swords or
spears , according to the way of arming
in those times , and then we would have
marched them down in solid column
upon the foe. But that is not the way.
God depletes the army and takes away
all their weapons and gives them a
lamp and a pitcher and a trumpet and
tells them to go down and drive out the
Midianites. I suppose some wiseacres
were there who said : "That is not mihi-
tary tactics. The idea of three hundred
men , unarmed , conquering such a great
host of Midianites ! " It was the best
way. What sword , spear , or cannon ever
accomplished such a victory as the
lamp , pitcher and trumpet ?
God's way is different from man's
way , but it is always best ! Take , for instance -
stance , the composition of the Bible. If
we had had the writing of the Bible we
would have said , "Let one man write it.
If you have twenty or thirty men to
write a poem , or make a statute , or
write a history , or make an argument ,
there will be flaws and contradictions. "
But God says : Let not one man do it ,
but forty men shall do it. " And they
did , differing enough to snow there had
been no collusion between them , but
not contradicting each other on any important -
portant point , while they all wrote from
their own standpoint and temperament ;
so that the matter-of-fact man has his
Moses ; the romantic nature his Ezekiel ;
the epigrammatic his Solomon ; the
warrior his Joshua ; the sailor his
Jonah ; the loving his John ; the logician -
cian his Paul. Instead of this Bible ,
which now I can lift in my hand-in-
stead of the Bible the child can cirry
to Sunday Schcol-instead of the little
Bible the sailor can put in his jacket
when he goes to sea-if it had been left
to men to write , it would have been a
thousand volumes , judging from the
amount of ecclesiastical controversy
which has arisen. God's wayis different -
ferent from man's , but it is best , infinitely -
finitely best.
So it is in regard to the C'hristian's
life. If we had had the planning of a
Christian's life we would have said :
"Let him have eighty years of sunshine -
shine , a fine house to live in ; let his surroundings -
roundings all be agreeable ; let him have
sound health ; let no chili shiver
through his limbs , no pain ache his
brow , or trouble shadow his soul. " I
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enjoy the prosperity of others so much ,
I would let every man have as much
money as he wants and roses for his ;
children's cheeks and fountains of gladi i
floss glancing in their large round eyes.
But that is not God's way. It seems as
if man must be cut , and hit , and pounded -
ed just in proportion as he is useful.
His child falls from a third-story window - ;
dow and has its life dashed out ; his
most confident investment tumbles him
into bankruptcy- ; friends , on whom
he depended , aid the natural force of
gravitation in taking him down ; his I
life is a Bull Run defeat. Instead of
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twenty-two thousand advantages he has
only ten thousand-ay , only three hun-
dred-ay , none at all. How many people ;
there are at their wits' end about their !
livelihood , about their reputation. But
they wilf find out It is the best way after I
awhile ; God will show them that he depletes -
pletes their advantages just for the
same reason he depleted the army of
Gideon-that they may be induced to
throw themselves on his mercy.
A grape vine says in the early spring ,
"How glad I am to get through the winter -
ter ! I shall have no more trouble now !
Summer weather will come and the garden -
den will be very beautiful ! " But the
gardener comes , and cuts the vine here
and there with his knife. The twigs begin -
gin to fall and the grape vine cries out ,
"Murder what are you cutting me for ? "
"Ab , " says the gardener , "I don't mean
to kill you. If I did not do this you
would be the laughing stock of all the
other vines before the season is over. "
Months go on , and one day the gardener
comes under the trellis and time grape
vine says : "Thank you , sir ; you could
not have done anything so kind as to
have cut me with that knife. " "Whom
the Lord loveth he chasteneth. " No
pruning , no grapes ; no grinding mill ,
no flour ; no battle , no victory ; no cross ,
no crown !
So God's way , in the redemption of
the world , is different from ours. If we
had our way we would have had Jesus
stand in the door of heaven and beckon
the nations up to light , or we would
have had angels flying around time earth
proclaiming the unsearchable riches of
Christ. Why is it that the cause goes on
so slowly ? Why is It tlmat time chain ;
stay on , when God could knock them
off ? Why do thrones of despotism stand
when God could so easily demolish
them ? It is his way , In order that all
generations may co-operate and that all
men may know they cannot do the work
themselves. Just in proportion as these
pyramids of sin go up in height will
they come down in ghastliness of ruin.
Oh , thou father of all Iniquity ! If
thou canst hear my voice above the
crackling of the flames , drive on thy
projects , dispatch thy emissaries , build
thy temples , and forge thy chains ; but
know that thy fall from heaven was
not greater than thy final overthrow
shall be when thou shalt be driven cBs-
armed Into thy fiery den , and for every
lie thou hast framed upon earth thou
shalt have an additional hell of fury
poured into thine anguish by time vengeance -
geance of our God , and all heaven shall
shout at the overthrow , as from the ransomed -
somed earth the song breaks througlm
the skies , "Hallelujah ! for the Lord God
Omnipotent reigneth ! Hallelujah ! for
the kingdoms of this world have become -
come the kingdoms of our Lord Jesus
Christ' ' " God's way in the composition
of the Bible , God's way in time Chris-
tian's life , God's way in the redemption
of the world , God's way in everything -
different from man's way , but the best.
I learn from this subject that the
overthrow of God's enemies will be stid-
den and terrific. There is the army of
the Midianites down in the valley of
Jezreel. I suppose their mighty men are
dreaming of victory. Mount Gilboa
never stood sentinel for so large a host.
The spears and the shields of the Midi-
anites gleam in the moonlight and
glance on the eye of the Israelites , who
hover like a battle of eagles , ready to
swoop from the cliff. Sleep on , oh army
of the Midhanites ! With time night to
hide them and the mountain to guard
them and strong arms to defend them
let no slumbering foeman dream of disaster -
aster ! Peace to the captains and the
snearmen !
Crash go the pitchers ! up flare the
lamps ! To the mountains ! fly ! fly ! Troop
running against troop , thousands
trampling upon thousands. Hark to the
scream and groan of the routed foe ,
with the Lord God Almighty after
them ! How sudden the onset , how wild
the consternation , how utter the defeat -
feat ! I do not care so much what is
against me if God is not. You want a
better sword or carbine than I have
ever seen to go out and fight against
the Lord omnipotent. Give me God for
my ally , and you may have all the battlements -
tlements and battalions.
I saw the defrauder in his splendid
house. It seemed as if 'he ' had conquered
God , as he stood amidst the blaze of
chandeliers and pier mirrors. In the
diamonds of the wardrobe I saw the
tears of the widows whom he had
robbed , and in the snowy satin the pal-
, Ior of the white-checked orphans whom
he had wronged. Time blood of the oppressed -
pressed glowed in the deep crimson of
the imported chair. The music 'trem-
bled with the sorrow of unrequited
toil. But the wave of mirth clashed
higher on reefs of coral and pearl. The
days and the nights went merrily. No
sick child dared pull that silver door-
bell. No beggar dared sit on that marble -
ble step. No voice of prayer floated
amidst that tapestry. No shadow of a
judgment day darkened that fresco. No
tear of human sympathy dropped upon
that upholstery. Pomp strutted the hall
and Dissipation filled her cup , and all
seemed safe as the Milianites in the valley -
ley of Jezreel. But God came. Calamity
, smote the 'money ' market. The partridge -
ridge heft its eggs unhatchecl. Crash
went all the porcelain pitchers ! Ruin ,
rout , dismay , and woe in the valley of
Jezreel !
Alas for those who fight against Gad !
Only two sides. Man immortal , which h
side are you on ? Woman immortal ,
which side are you on ? Do you belong
to the three hundred that are going to
win the dayor to the great host of Mid-
ianites asleep in the valley , only to be
roused up in consternation and ruin ?
Suddenly the golden bowl of life will be
broken and the trumpet blown that will
startle our soul into eternity. The day
of the Lord cometh as a thief in the
night , and as the God-armed Israelites m
upon the sleeping foe. Ha ! Canst thou
pluck up courage for the day when the
trumpet which hath never been blown i
shall speak the roll call of the dead
and the earth , dashing against a lost ;
meteor , have its mountains scattered
to the stars and oceans emptied in the I
air ? Oh , then , what will become of '
you ? What will become of me ?
Prince George of England is an in-1
veterate cigaret smoker. He consumes
from forty to fifty of the little rolls of
gaper and tobacco each day ,
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Miniature 1'alntln an 1Ixnctln ; 1rr.
Those who know only the finished
miniature , and have no acquaintance 1
with the method of its production , cannot - I
not conceive of the labor that it repro-
settts , Each of thcsp tiny masteryitees ;
-these ornaments with human identi-
fication-theseconcentrated expressions :
of pictorial art-stands for more toil , '
of a peculiarly exacting sort , than the ? l
largest canvas. The brushes , some of . ' '
them containing scarcely Imaif a dozen
hairs , make strokes so fine that most of ' ;
the painting must be done under a ;
magnifying glass. And the touches on . -
the frail bit of ivory must be as unerring -
ring as they are light , for the smallest
mistake nmayPdestroy the clraracteristie
translucence that constitutes the mini-
ature's greatest charm.
Appropriate to the election season it
an article written by Mr. Edward J.
McDermott of Louisville , for thcOeto-
her number of the Century , entitled
"Fern on the Stump ; humors of Polmt- '
ieal Campaigning in Kentucky. " Mr.
NeDermott has gathered many anecdotes -
dotes of amnusing experiences at the
polls , but he laments the decline of
public speaking , which he declares is
by no means up to the old-time stand-
arcd in Kentucky.
Daniel Bonne's Cnn. 3
'rho gun of Daniel Itoonc has beet
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taken to Charleston. W. 1'a. , and it is i 1
said to be still capable of good execu-
tion. Its stock and bard 1 arc five feet
long : tnd it carries alt ounce ball. It - ,
is a flintlock , of course. ' 19te gun has !
becu in the family of Nathan Boone
Van lubber , back in the wilds of Nicim
ohms county. Matthias Tiee Van Bib-
her received the gun from his friend
Boone and he carried it at time battle of i
Point Pleasant in 177I and through the 1
war of 1S12. ' Time original poWderlmorn '
and bullet moulds are with the gun.
Matthias Van Ribber left these relics
to Carl C. R. Can lubber , who left
them to his son , Nathan Boone Van '
Libber , the present owner.-NewYork t
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