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STORY OF THE HEROIC RESCUE
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OF ISAAC.
Ooldcn Text : Behold do Piro anti the
- Wood , But Where Is tlio Limb-
; J Qon g2.7 Abraham's supreme Trial-
Deilvorod Oct. 13 ,
ErtE arc Abraham
and Isaac : the one
a kind , old , gracious -
cious , affectionate
father ; the other a
brave , obedient ,
religious son.
From his bronzed
appearance you
can tell that this
son has been much
in the fields , and
'prom his shaggy dress you know that
' ! Ile has been watching the herds. The
mountain air has painted his cheek
rubicund. He is twenty , - or twenty-
five , or , as some suppose , thirty-three
years of age ; nevertheless a boy , considering -
sidering the length of life to which
people lived in those times , and the
fact that a son never is anything but
a boy to a father. I remember that my
father used to cgme Into the house
ii when the children were home on some
festival occasion , ahti ray : "Where
' . are the boys ? " although "the boys"
were twenty-five , and thirty , and thir-
f ty-fivo 'years of age. So this Isaac Is
only a boy to Abraham , and his father's
heart Is in him. It Is Isaac here and
Isaac there. If there is any festivity
around the father's tent , Isaac must
enjoy it. It is Isaac's walk , and Isaac's
apparel , and Isaac's manners , and
Isaac's prospects , and Isaac's prosper-
ity. The father's heart-strings are all
wrapped around that boy , and wrapped
again , until nine-tenths of the old
man's life is in Isaac. I can just
imagine how lovingly and proudly he
looked at his only sea.
' Well , the dear old man had borne a
great deal of trouble , and it had left
its mark upon him. In hieroglyphics
of wrinkle the story was written from
forehead to chin. But now his troulile
seems all gone , and we are glad that he
is very soon to rest forever. If the old
man shall get decrepit , Isaac is strong
enough to wait on him. If the father
get dim of eyesight , Isaac.will lead him
by the hand. If the father become destitute -
titute , Isaac will earn him bread. How
glad we are that the ship that has been
in such a stormy sea is coming at last
into the harbor. Are you not rejoiced
, that glorious old Abraham is through
with his troubles ? No ! no ! A thunderbolt -
derbolt ! From that clear eastern sky
there drops into than lather's tent a
' , voice with an announcement enough
to turn black hair white , and to stun
the patriarch into instant annihilation.
, God said : "Abraham ! " The old man
.answered . : "Here I am. " God said to
him : "Take thy son , thy only son
Isaac , whom thou lowest , and get thee
into the land of Moriah , and offer him
there as a burnt-offering. " In , other
words , slay him ; cut his body into
fragments ; put the fragments on the
wood ; set fire to the wood , and let
Isaac's body be consumed to ashes.
"Cannibalism ! Murder ! " says some
one. "Not so , " said Abraham. I hear
a him soliloquize : "Here is the boy on
whom I have depended ! Oh , how I
loved him ! He was given In answer to
prayer , and now must I surrender him ?
0 Isaac , my son ! Isaac , how shall I
part with you ? But then it is always
safer to do as God asks me to ; I have
been in dark places nefore , and God
got me out. I will implicitly do as
God has told me , although it is very
dark. I can't see my way , but I know
God makes no mistakes , and to him
I commit myself and my darling son. "
Early in the morning there is a stir
around Abraham's tent. A beast of
I burden is fed and saddled. Abraham
makes no disclosure of the awful se-
cret. At the break of day he says :
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"Come , come , Isaac , get up ! We are
going off on a two or three days' journey -
ney : " I hear the axe hewing and splitting -
ting amid the wood until the sticks
are made the right length and the right
thickness , and then they are fastened
on the beast of burde = . They pass on
a -there are four of . .iem-Abraham ,
the father ; Isaac , the son ; and two
servants. Going' along the road , I see
Isaac looking up into his father's face ,
and saying : "Father , what is the matter -
ter ? Are you not well ! Has anything
happened ? Are you tired ? Lean on
my arm. " Then , turning around to
the servants , . the-son says : "Ah ! fa-
thcr is getting old , and he has had
trouble enough in other days to kill
hia. "
The third morning has come , and it
is the day of the tragedy. The two
' servants are left with the beast of burden -
den , while Abraham and his son Isaac ,
as was the custom of good people in
those times , went up on the hill to sacrifice -
rifice to theLord. The wood is taken
off the beast's back , and put on Isaac's
back. Abraham has in one hand a paii
of coals or a lamp , and in the other a
sharp , keen knife. Here are all the
appliances for sacrifice , you say. No ,
there 'is one thing ranting ; there is
no victim-no pigeon , or heifer , or
'lamb. Isaac , not knowing that he is
to be the victim , looks tip into his fa-
. ther's face , and asks a question which
' must have cut the old man to the bone :
"My father ! " The father said : "My
H son , Isaac , here I am. " The son said :
"Behold the fire and the wood , but
where is the lamb ? " The father's lip
. ' quivered , and his heart fainted , and his
knees knocked together , and his entire
body , mind and soul shivered in sickening -
' ening anguish as he struggles to gain
equipoise ; for he does not want to
break down. And then he looks into
his son's face , with a thousand rushing
tendernesses , and says : "My son , God
- ' will provide himself a lamb. ' -
: The twain are now at the foot of
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the hill , the place which is to be famous
for a most lrarscendent occurrence.
They gather some stones out of the
field , and build an attar of three or
four feet high. Then they take this
wood off Isaac's back and sprinkle it
over the stones , so as to help and Invite -
vite the flame. The altar is done-it is
all done. Isaac has helped to build it.
With his father he nas discussed
whether the p of the table is even ,
and whether he wood Is properly pre-
pared. Then there is a pause. The
son looks around to see if there is not
some living animal that can be caught
and butchered for the offering. Abraham -
ham tries to choke down his fatherly
feelings and suppress his grief , in order -
der that ho may break to his son the
terrific news that ho is to be the victim.
Ah ! Isaac never looked more beautiful -
ful than on that day to his father. As
, the old man ran his emaciated fingers
through his son's hair , he said to himself -
self : "How shall I give him up ?
What will his mother say when I come
back without my boys I thought lie
would have been the comfort of my declining -
clining days. I thought he would have
been the hope of ages , to come. Beautiful -
tiful and loving , and yet to die under
my own hand. Oh , God ! is there not
some other sacrifice that will do ? Take
my life , and spare his ! Pour out my
blood , and save Isaac for his mother
and the worl1 ! " But this was an inward -
ward struggle. The father controls his
feelings , and looks into his son's face ,
and says : "Isaac , must I tell you all ? "
His son said : "Yes , father. I thought
you had something on your mind ; tell
it. " The father said : "My son , Isaac ,
thou art the lamb ! " "Oh , you say ,
"why didn't that young man , if he
was twenty or thirty years of age ,
smite into the dust his infirm father ?
He could have done it" Ah ! Isaac
knew by this time that the scene was
typical of a Messiah who was to come ,
and so he made no struggle. They fell
on each other's necks , and wailed out
the parting. Awful and matchless
scene of the wilderness. The rocks
echo back the breaking of their hearts.
The cry : "My son ! my son ! " The answer -
swer : "My father ! my father ! "
Do not compare this , as some people
have , to Agamemnon , willing to offer
up his daughter , Iphigenia , to please
the gods. There is nothing comparable
to this wonderful obedience to the true
God. . You know that victims for sac-
ri1'.ce were always bound , ao that they
'might 'not struggle away. Rawlings ,
the martyr , when he was dying for
Christ's sake , said to the blacksmith
who held the manacles : "Fasten those
chains tight now , for my flesh may
struggle mightily. " So Isaac's arms
are fastened , his feet are tied. The old
man , rallying all his strength , lifts him
on to a pile of wooa. Fastening a
thong on one side of the altar , he
makes it span the body of Isaac , and
fastens the thong at the other side the
altar , and another thong , and another
thong. There is the lamp flickering
in the wind , ready to be put under the
brush-wood of the altar. There is the
knife , sharp and keen. Abraham ,
struggling with his mortal feelings on
the one side , and the commands of God
on the other-takes that knife , rubs
the flat of it on the palm of his hand ,
cries to God for help , comes up to the
side of the altar , puts a parting kiss on
the brow of his boy , takes a message
from him for mother and home , and
then , lifting the glittering weapon for
the plunge of the death-stroke-his
muscles knitting for the work-the
hand begins to descend. It falls ! Not
on the heart of Isaac ; but on the arm
of God , who arrests the stroke , making
the wilderness quake with the cry :
"Abraham ! Abraham ! lay not thy hard
upon the lad , nor do him any harm ! "
What is this sound back in the
woods ! It is a crackling as of tree
branches , a bleating and a struggle.
Go , Abraham , and see what it is. Oh ,
it was a ram that , going through the
woods , has its crooked horns fastened
and entangled in the brushwood , and
could not get loose ; and Abraham
seizes it gladly , and quickly unloosens
Isaac from the altar , puts the ram on
in his place , sets the lamp under the
brushwood of the altar , and as the
dense smoke of the sacrifice begins to
rise , the blood rolls down the sides of
the altar , and drops hissing into the
fire , and I hear the words : "Behold
the Lamb of God who takes away the
sins of the world. "
Well , what are you going to get out
of this ? There is an aged minister of
the Gospel. He says. "I should get
out of it that when God tells you to do
a thing , whether it seems reasonable
to you or not , go ahead and do it. Here
Abraham couldn't have been mistaken.
God didn't , speak so indistinctly that it
was not certain whether he called
Sarah , or Abimelech , ui somebody else ;
but with divine articulation , divine intonation -
tonation , divine emphasis , he said :
'Abraham ! ' Abraham rushed blindly
ahead to do his duty , knowing that
things would come out right. Likewise -
wise do so yourselves.
There is a mystery cf your life. There
is some burden you have to carry. You
don't know why God has put it on you.
There is some persecution , some trial ,
and you don't know why God allows it.
There is a work for you to do , and you
have not enough grace , you think , to
do it. Do as Abraham did. Advance ,
and do your whole duty. Be willing to
give up Isaac , and perhaps you will not
have to give up anything. "Jehovah-
jireh-the Lord will provide. " A capital -
ital lesson this old minister gives us.
Out yonder , in this house , is an aged
woman ; the light of heaven in her face ;
she ys half-way through the door ; she
has her hand on the pearl of the gate.
Mother , what would you get out of this
subject ? "Oh , " she says , "I would learn
that it is in the last pinch that God
comes to the relief. You see the altar
was ready , and Isaac was fastened on
it , and the knife was lifted ; and just
at the last moment God broke in and
stopped proceedings. So it has been ,
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In my life of seventy years. Wily , air ,
there was a time when the flour was
all out of the house ; and I set the table
at noon and had nothing to put on it ;
but five minutes of one o'clock a loaf of
bread came The Lord will provide.
My son was very sick , and I.1d : 'Dear
Lord , you don't mean to takt Haim away
from me , do you ? Please , kid , don't
take him away. Why , there ate neighbors -
bors who have three and four sons ;
this is my only son ; this is my Isaac.
Lord , you won't take him away from
me , will you ? ' But I saw he was getting -
ting worse and worse all the time , and
I turned round and prayed , until after
awhile I felt submissive , and I could
say : 'Thy will , 0 Lord , be done ! ' The
doctors gave him up. And'as was the
custom in those times , we had made the
grave-clothes , and we were whispering
about the last exercises when I looked ,
and I saw some perspiration on his
brow , showing that the fever had
broken , and he spoke to us so naturally ,
.that I knew that he was'going to get
well. He did get well , and my son
Isaac , whom I thought was going to be
slain and consumed of disease , was loosened -
ened from that altar. And bless your
souls , that's been so for seventy years ;
and if my voice were not so weak , and
if I could see better , I could preach to
you younger people a sermon ; for
though I can't see much , I can see this :
whenever you get into a tough place ,
and your heart is breaking , if you will
look a little farther into the woods ,
you will see , caught in the branches , a
substitute and a deliverance. 'My son ,
God will provide himself a lamb. '
Thank you , mother , for that short
sermon. I could preach back to you
for a minute or two and say , never do
you fear. I wish I had half as good
hope of heaven as you have. Do not
fear , mother ; whatever happens , no
harm will ever happen to you. I was
going up a long flight of stairs ; and I
saw an aged woman , very decrepit , and
with a cane , creeping on up. She made
but very little progress , and I felt very
exuberant ; and I said to her : "Why ,
mother , that is no way to go up-stairs ; "
and I threw my arms around her and I
carried her up and put her down on the
landing at the top of the stairs. She
said : "Thank you , thank you ; I am
very thankful. " 0 mother , when you
get through this life's work and you
want to go up-stairs and rest in the
good place that God has provided for
you , you will not have to climb up-
you will not have to crawl up painfully.
The two arms that 'were stretched on
the cross will be flung around you , and
you will be hoisted with a glorious lift
beyond all weariness and all struggle.
May the God of Abraham and Isaac be
with you until you see the Lamb on the
hill-tops.
Now , that aged minister has made a
suggestion , and this aged woman has
made a suggestion ; I will make a suggestion -
gestion : Isaac going up the hill makes
me think of the great sacrifice. Isaac ,
the only son of Abraham. Jesus , the
only Son of God. On those two " enlys"
I build a tearful emphasis. 0 Isaac !
0 Jesus ! But this last sacrifice was a
most tremendous one. When the knife
was lifted over Calvary , there was no
voice that cried "Stop ! " and no hand
arrested it. Sharp , keen , and tremendous -
deus , it cut down through nerve and
artery until the blood sprayed the faces
of the executioners , and the mid-day
sun dropped a veil of cloud over its
face because it could not endure the
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spectacle. 0 Isaac , of Mount Moriah !
0 Jesus , of Mount Calvary ! Better
could God have thrown away into annihilation -
nihilation a thousand worlds than to
have sacrificed his only Son. It was
not one of ten sons-it was his only
Son. If he had not given up h'-m , you
and I would have perished. "God so
loved the world that he gave his only '
- . " I stop there , not because I have
forgotten the quotation , but because
I want to think. "God so loved the
world that he gave His only begotten
Son , that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish , but have everlasting
life. " Great God ! break my heart at
the thought of that sacrifice. Isaac the
only , typical of Jesus the Only.
You see Isaac going up the hill and
carrying the wood. 0 Abraham , why
not take the load off the boy ? If he is
going to die so soon , why not make his t
last hours easy ? Abraham knew that
in carrying that wood up Mount Moriah ,
Isaac was to be a symbol of Christ
carrying his own cross up Calvary. I
do not know how heavy that cross was
-whether it was made of oak , or acacia ,
or Lebanon cedar. I suppose it may
have weighed one , or two , or three hundred -
dred pounds. That was the lightest
part of the burden , All the sins and
sorrows of the world were wound
around that cross. The heft of one , the
heft of two worlds : earth and hell
were on his shoulders. 0 Isaac , carrying -
ing the wood of sacrifice up Mount Mo-
riah. 0 Jesus , carrying the wood of
sacrifice up Mount Calvary , the agonies
of earth and hell wrapped around that
cross. I shall never see the heavy leaden
on Isaac's back , that I shall not think 1
of the crushing lead on Christ's back.
For whom that load ? For you. For
you. For me. For me. Would that all
the tears that we have ever wept over
our sorrows had been saved until this
morning , and that we might now pour
them out 'on the lacerated back and
feet and heart of the Son of God.
C. S. Phelps and Henry Rlgden of
Ottawa , Illy , were killed by a train near
that place.
Christopher Dalton died in jail at
Nevada , Mo. , of consumption.
A handsome female photographer
ought to do a good business with her
taking ways.
It is as easy for some men to be witty
as it is difficult for some to be otherwise -
wise than dull.
"Never play at any game of chance. " '
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The man who hides four aces in his
sleeve observes this rule.
A courtesy or kindness on the part of ,
a stranger should be received in the
spirit in which it is meant
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FR 5 D GIRLS.
READING FOR THE RISING -
ING GENERATION ,
The right road for Ltttlo rent-A
Bible Lcsson for , lcxt Sunday-Tho
Tramp Was Bible Proof-.tuecdoto
and Incident.
ITTLE Two Year
Old , my son ,
Life for you has {
just begun ;
Dew is fresh upon
the grass
:411 along the. way
you pass ;
Every blade your
dear feet press
Gives a gentle , cool
caress.
Violets and buttercups
Chronicle your downs and ups ;
Blue and gold , andgold and blue ,
Seemeth all the world to you.
Little Two Year Old , too soon
You will knbw the heat of noon ;
Dust along your path \yill lie ,
And the grass be sere and dry.
Every blade will give a thrust ,
Cry and urge , "You must ! You must ! "
Dose and flame with cruel thorn ,
Best will tell the sweet pain borne ,
Red and brown , and brown and red ,
Seems the world the sun o'erhead.
Little Two Year Old , the light
Softens when you say "Good Night. "
Sweet the journey will be when
You are almost home again.
Every footstep brings you near
Faces , voices , long held dear ;
Gentian blue and goldenrod
Lead you onward up to God.
Blue and gold , and gold and blue ,
So the world will be to you.
L'iblo Lesson.
( The heavens declare the glory of
God , and the firmament showeth His
handiwork.-Psalm xis , 1. )
Yes , the firmament above is the
great album of the Creator , the suns
are the syllables , and the stars the letters -
ters which record God's handiwork.
Let us go out to-night and read a few
paragraphs in this album of the heav-
ens. We will see the same stars , the
same sky record , which the generations
before the flood gazed on and tried to
read. The men who saw the evenings
of nearly 1,000 years looked up at these
same golden eyes that now look down
on us. The splendid Orion of which
Job speaks has not lost a single jewel
from his belt , nor has his bands been
"loosed" by the long years of his rising -
ing and setting. The seven stars-the
little Pleiades also mentioned in the
Bible-were there when the first man
spent his first evening on our earth.
You can all locate the big Dipper in the
constellation Ursa Major , with its four
stars forming the bowl of the Dipper ,
and the three others forming the curved
handle. You can see it these evenings
about 9 o'clock , in the northwestern
part of the sky. Something else which
you may not know will help you find
it , which is : the upper right hand star
in the bowl of the Dipper always points
to the North Star. Now when you have
found the Dipper , if you will look a little -
tle south and west of the last star in
the handle farthest from the bowl you
will see a bright star , one of the prettiest -
tiest twinklers in the sky. This star is
Arcturus ( also mentioned by Job ; se
chapter ix , 9) ) and is in the constellation -
tion Bootes. Next week I will tell you
where to find another or two. I want
you to begin to look up into the blue
star spangled sky above you ; to make
these star fields a part of your'home.
You may drift far away from your
childhood's home and you can take
none of the familiar home scenes on
the earth with you. ' The old homestead -
stead , the trees beneath which you
played , the mountains , the hills , and
the brook , all of which were your companions -
panions , you must leave behind , but if
you will study the stars , learn to call
them by name , and associate them
with all the other objects to which your
home affections cling , then you may
carry your home with you the world
over. Then Orion , Arcturus , Syra , the
Dolphin , the celestial companions of
Job , Noah and David will be yours in
every place , and in every condition ,
and when lonely or homesick you can
always look up and see there you acquaintances -
quaintances and neighbors at the old
home. And as you study these wonder-
fnl works of God , you cannot but feel
the truth of our text : "The heavens
declare the glory of God and the firmament -
ment showeth his handwork , "
Sister's Letters.
Some years ago as I sat on the piazza
of a summer hotel , I noticed among the
crowd a party of young people-two or
three pretty girls and as many bright
young men-all "waiting for the mail. "
"Oh , dear , " said the prettiest of the
girls , impatiently , "why don't they hurry -
ry ? Are you expecting a letter , Mr. Allison -
lison ? " a
And she turned to a tall youth standing -
ing near.
"I'll get one surely , " he said. "It's my
day. Just this peculiar letter always
comes. Nell is awfully good ; she's my
sister , you know ; and no fellow ever
had a better one. "
The pretty girl laughed , saying as he
received his letter :
"Harry would think he was blPsed if .
I wrote once a year. "
Gradually the others drifted away ; but
Frank Allison kept his place , scanning
eagerly the closely written sheets , now
and again laughing quietly. Finally , he
slipped the letter into his pocket , and ,
rising , saw me. -
"Good morning , Miss Williams , " he
sahi , cordially ; for he always had a
pleasant word for us older people.
"Good news ? " I questioned , smiling.
-'liy sister's letters always-bring good
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news , ho answered. "She writes such
jolly letter. " ° -
And , unfcdfug ! this one , he read me
scraps of it-bright nothings , with hero
-and there a little sentence full of sisterly -
ly love and tenderness. There was a
steady light in his eyes , as , half apologizing -
gizing for "boring" me , lie looked up
and said quietly :
"Miss Williams , if I eyer make anything -
thing of a man it will be sister Nell's
doing. "
And as I looked at him I felt strongly
what a mighty power "sister Nell" held
in her hands-just a woman's hands
like yours , dear girls , and perhaps no
stronger or better ; but it made me wonder -
der how many girls stop to consider
over , those boys growing so fast toward
manhood , unworthy or noble , as the
sister may choose.
There is but one way , dear girls-
begin at once while they are still boys
of the 'home circle , ready to come to
"sister" with anything. Let them feel
that you love them. These great ,
honest boy hearts are both tender and
loyal , and if you stand by these lads
now while they are neither boys nor
men , while they are awkward and heedless -
less , they will remember it when they
become the courteous , polished gentlemen -
men you desire to see them. Do not
snub them ; nothing hurts a loving boy's
soul more than a snub , and nothing
more effectually closes the boy heart
than thoughtless ridicule.
Tblo Proof.
"Madam , said a tramp to the lady
of the house , "will you please give a
man that is out work something to
eat ? "
"Yes , sir , If you will go to the woodpile -
pile yonder and split wood awhile. "
"Oh , I am so hungry ! " he pleaded.
"Won't you give me a bite to eat first ? "
"No , " she said. "I have to earn my
bread by the sweat of my brow , and
you must too. "
"Madam , I can prove by the Bible
that it is wrong for me to split that
wood. "
"How can you do that ? "
"Will you give me my dinner if I
tell you ? "
"Maybe. "
"Well , didn't God make that wood
and join its splinters ? "
"Certainly. "
"Well , the Bible says , 'What God
hath joined together let no man put
asunder. ' "
"Well , but- "
"None of your highflown explainin's ,
madam-I want my dinner. "
And he got it.
A Thought.
Were children accustomed from infancy -
fancy to hear nothing but correct conversation -
versation there would be but little
need of their learning arbitrary rules
of grammar-they would naturally
speak and writecorrectly. Hence It Is
that children of educated parents are
generally so much more easy and graceful -
ful in their conversation than the children -
dren of the uneducated. Our language ,
like our manners , is caught from those
with whom we associate ; and if we
would have the young improve in this
important part of education , we must
be careful that they hear no vulgarisms
from us. Parents and teachers cannot
be too particular in their use of language -
guage in the presence of imitative chi !
dren.
Jacob and the Sea Lion.
Near Tillamook , Ore. , lives an old
German farmer. One day as he chanced
to be driving along the beach , what
should greet his watchful gaze but a
large , fat sea lion some distance out en
the sand , fast asleep. It was the work
of but a moment for Jacob to make a
lasso of a stout rope he had in his
wagon , make it fast to the hind axle
thereof and adjust the noose over Mr.
Sealien's head. He jumped into the
wagon and started homeward with his
prize. Mr. Sealion did the same , and
as he was the stronger of the two teams ,
Mr. Jacob started seaward at a good
pace , and only saved himself and outfit -
fit by springing quickly out , grasping
his jackknife as he went and cutting
his end of the rope.
Show This to Mamma ,
Don't send my boy where your girl can't
go , '
And say , "There's no danger for boys ,
you know ,
Because they all have their wild oats
to sow. "
There is no more excuse for my boy to
below
Than your girl. Then please do not tell
him so.
Don't send my boy where your girl can't
go ,
aor a boy or a girl , sin is sin , you
know ,
And my baby boy's hands are as clean
and white ,
And his heart is as pure as your girl's
to-night.
-Woman's Voice.
Earning an Honest Penny.
Miss Lily nestles familiarly on the
lap of a young gentleman who has been
paying his addresses to her big sister
all through the springtime of this year.
"Tell me , sir , are you well off ? "
"Yes , my little pet. "
"You are very well off ? "
"Why , what difference can it make
to you whether I am rich or not ? "
"You see , my big sister said yesterday -
day that she would give twenty francs
to know if you were well off , and I
should like to earn the money.-La
Gaudriole.
A Law-Abiding Girl. -
Mrs. McBride ( entering the kitchen )
--Bridget , didn't I see that policeman
kiss you ?
Bridget-Well , mum , sure an' yez
wouldn't hey me lay mesilf open to
I
arrist for resistin' an officer , mum.-
I-Tarper's Bazar. .
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WILL. REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS -
CRATS CONTROL ?
Senator Chandler liolinvcs tin Former
will hove Charge Through I'opuht
heap-Sanntor I'ofTor Sccs \eccestr (
for Reorgnnlzatlon--l'opnltsts , lie Says ,
tivut Use Their 1'osvor to Strengthtat
the Organization.
Abont the \'xt Senate.
WASii1NOTON , Oct. 17. - Senator
Chandler of New llampshire sends
word from Concord that the Republicans -
ans can and will organize the senate.
Ile argues : "Republicans must accept -
cept the responsibility of power when
it conies to them and , as it comes to
them , they will organize the senate by
five majority. There are forty-two i
Rebunlicans and thirty-nine Dcmo- '
crats and six nomnally ; Populists.
There is no president' pro tempore of
the senate , llarris of Tennessee being 1
a senator-elect , and not a senator. lle ;
will be nominated for president pro
tempore by the Democrats. The-1c- ;
publicans will mince a nomination-we ,
will say of Senator Frye-a vote will
be taken in the senate-Alen andt
Kyle tvi11 vote for Ifarris-Jones , 1
Stewart , Petfer and Marion Butler .
will vote for Frye and we will have !
five majority. '
Senator leffer wasasked if Senator
Chandlers statement that lie and his
colleagues could be counted on too
assist the Republicans in the reorganization -
zation of the senate was correct "It
is entirely unauthorized , " said he. "I
have never taken any one into my
confidence as to how 1. shall use my
vote on this or any other question.
The fact is 1 do not know myself how
the Populists will vote on reorganiza-
tion. 11'c have iicver had any consul-
tction on the subject. I do not believe - I ;
lievo there is any necessity for
a reorganization of the senate.
The one thing I shall certainly t
favor strongly will be the united
action of the Populists in any course
they may adopt. 11'c have a place on
the snap now and the don't want to
lose it. We must preserve our individuality -
uality and not become submerged into
either party. Whatever we do I hope
will be done as a body. When the
other Populist members of the senate F
reach 11'ashington , which will probably -
bly be during the last week of iVovem-
ber , we will get together and discuss
stir position. Until then 1 cannot say
what we will do. "
KANSAS' POPULATION.
Increases In Forty anti .Decreases In
Slaty-one Counties In thu l'ast Year.
ToriatA , Kan , , Oct. 17The Kansas
board of agriculture has completed
the tabulation of inhabitants as returned -
turned by the assessors for 195
Compared with the enumeration of
one year ago forty counties show an
increase of from 11 to 9,1.1.1 , aggre-
; ating 30,2.16 , and sixty-one counties a
7ecrease of 2 to 2,988 , aggregating
31,909. The net decrease is shown to
have been but 3,063. After deducting
ill losses from all causes during tha t
period the net increase in population
since the state census of 1893 is found i
to be 6),13S. s
The counties showing an increase of '
over 1,000 in population during the I
last year are : Cherokee , 1,111 ; Ioni- i
plian , 2,558 ; Labette , iOr7 ; ; Leaven-
cvorth. 1-1O ; Linn , 1,063 ; Oage , 1,030 ;
Saline , 1,331 ; Shawnee , 2S.,3 : Wash-
In toil , 1,191. The counties showing
s decrease of over 1,000 are : Cheyenne.
1,315 ; Cosviey1,830 ; harper , 1,21.1 ;
McPherson , 1,0'1" ; Norton , 1,010 ;
1'lrillpps , 1,35 ; Sherman , 1,1192 ; Sumner -
ner , 2,983. .
The present population of Kansas i
Recording to this census is i,33-1GG8.
Statement of September Buailie3s as
Comrarcd gwtI Last Year. ; ' i
WASIUSGToN , Oct. 1 7.-Total exports j
for September were $35,513-1.13 , against
S38,798u75 for last year ; for the first
nine months of 1895 , $5,7,930,8.16 ,
against $ S7GtH8 , s73forthecorrespond-
ing period last year. The imports for
September were $30,617,695 , against
G3,23.123 ( for September , 1891 ; for the
first nine months of 1S95 , $ u00,9S3 , I23 ,
and for 189-i , $503,390,0 [ ' : . For September -
tember , 1895 , the excess of imports was
(6G93GSO ( ; for September , 1891 , the ex-
; essof exports was $8,150,977 ; for the
First nine months of this year there
was an excess of imports amounting to
649,05S7G , and for the corresponding
period of last yearan exccssof exports
of $73,025,2'39. 'T'here was an excess of
exportations of gold last month
amounting to $1GGi 1G0S , , against an
excess of imports last year amounting
to $918,118 : for the first nine months of
1875 the excess of gold exports was
X99,3:0,343 ; for the corresponding
period last year , $73,81563. Forsil- "
ver the excess of exports for the first j
nine months of this year was $30,633-
996 , against $27,959,673 for the corresponding -
spending period last year.
The total immigration last month
was 36,590 ; for'Septembai,1S99 , 2.1 , :01 : ;
for nine months of 1893 , 219,332 : for
corresponding periol in 1899 , 191,4 , .
Through a TrestIc.
KIOWA , Ind. Ter. , Oct. 17.-A Kan
as and Arkansas Valley freight train
of thirteen cars fell through a trestle
eight miles east of here last night
The trestle was 119 feet high , and the
train was literally stnaslied into atoms.
Thirteen cars of live stock were killed.
Coreans's Shortage Growing.
Pear ScoTT , Kan. , Oct. 17.-The
amount of ex-Cashier Colean's shortage -
age with the State bank , which closed
because of his defalcation , is gradually -
ally increasing. It is announced that
it aggregates no less than $35,000.
P uosevelt Scores Gorman.
WASIIINGTON , Oct. 1-In his Baltimore -
more speech last night , Theodore
P.oosevelt caused a decided sensation
by charging Senator Gorman with being -
ing a liar. lie said : "I knew him in
Washington , and found that when a
-nan is false in one thing he is false in
another. I caught Senator Gorman in
an ugly falsehood and one which in
plain Anglo-Saxon should be spelt in
three letters. Last year Senator Gorman -
man stopped work in- ship building at
the navy yard because he wanted the
woric done by a firm that would assist
him in his political work. "
