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H | HIS LAST MESSAGE.
HJp THE PRESIDENT HAS IT NEARLY
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Hf'V FINISHED.
) i TIio Docnmcnt to ho a ZCotublo Stntn Ift-
HK per Duo Attention Will lo I'ald to
Bn Foreign Affair * , Kspeclnlly Cuba and
Kfl Turkey Duties on Tea mid Coffee May
B Be Advocated.
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I EV/ TIio I'rcKldcnt's JHcHxago.
K "Washington , Nov. 28. President
RL Cleveland has been devoting a great
Kl ) | deal of time to his annual message
h' during the past week , and now has it
B % v/cll in hand , fco that it can be finished
Kl in a couple of days. It is expected to
Hn he one of the ablest public documents
K Mr. Cleveland lias written during his
B two terms. It will be in a sense his
T/ > 'farewell to the American people as
B $ . their chief executive and there is little
HV ' doubt that lie will embrace the oppor-
K tunity to mark out the course he be-
ft' % licves ought to be followed by the
B f | national government for the maintcn-
L * nnee and development of the honor and
H Kf j prosperity of the country.
H H 'i Foreign affair's will naturally claim
my > , considerable attention and the Presi-
Bl' dent-will have an opportunity to eon-
B' ' gratulate congress and the country
B upon the solution of the Venezuelan
B boundary controversy in a manner
H honorable and satisfactory alike to the
B United States and to Great Britain
Hl 'an(1 Venezuela. The condition of af-
K fairs in Turkey will be discussed in de-
H HE tail , and the President will show that
Pv the ordinary diplomatic agencies have
| Hflfjr sufficed for the protection of American
K 'fc and propertyin the Turkish cm-
H < ' - ne lastparagraphs of the message
H } to be written will be those dealing with
R the situation in Cuba. He will avail
K'J himself of the latest po iolc informa-
Hf\v tion as to the military situation in the
B1j < island and the prospects for the early
K ; ' ] success or failure of the insurgents
H'i * r may have much to do with shaping his
Hvt poliey. Present indications are that
K < J ? he will make no radical recommenda-
M ' tiens on this subject. Other foreign
K/3 questions in which the United States
| l & ' are interested will be touched upon
_ _ _ _ Bi v briefly.
H > Secretary Carlisle is preparing data
H [ looking to a recommendation for in-
B creasing the revenue of the govern-
J j < ment by imposing revenue duties on
K | • ' tea and coffee and by increasing the
V\ & $ internal revenue tax on beer. The
ELW President will doubtless express his
_ PI approval of these recommendations.
B/ The financial reform recommendations
Vi/ of the message will be along the line
BbvBb T of Mr. Cleveland's former reeommend-
\ , 'f ations , and will have as their basis the
_ _ _ _ B\lA.t advocacy of the single gold standard
BBBBj V/ as the foundation of the monetary sys-
H \ 4 tern of the country. The retirement
BSBBb - > f ' of the greenbacks and the Sherman
BbBBV ? Jj notes will be recommended , so as to
V"k , take the government entirely out of
/V nc business of issuing promissory
notes. Banking reform will be rec-
H\f ommended at the same time , to enable
BSBBv V'- the banks of the country to issue eir-
BbBV t'f culating notes which will be safe and
BSBM / , which can be expanded or contracted
Br in volume to meet the needs of the
K C business of the country.
wk v Mr. Cleveland is alive to the neces-
BSBT % . ' sity of continuing the expansion of the
B ) j , navy and of constructing coast deV -
V B . fenses to put the country in a condi-
H B Vf \ lion to resist foreign aggre ssion , and
f . / ne recommendations on these lines
n made by Secretaries Lament and Her-
Bf # j bert in their annual reports will be
BV jk -seconded in the message.
B J/ / " WAR DEPARTMENT.
BBB i& -Secretary ILatnont lieports on the Con-
BBW T , dltiou of Uncle Ssm's Army.
V - . * & ( " \Vasiiijotok , jS'ov. . 2S. In his an-
B S Vs' -nuai x-eport , Secretary Lament renews
B J' x Jiis previous recommendation that the
K / V infantry be reorganized on the general
B \ . { idea of three light and mobile bat-
BSf j -talions of four companies each to the
jW'/ regiment instead of the cumbersome
K pi ten company formation adopted a cen-
M \ < tury ago and abandoned b3 * other naB -
B } lions since the development of modern
BS& * f * magazine rifles , and he quoted Gen-
B f' erals Sherman and Sheridan and Lieu-
K / tenant General Schofield in support of
K l * 1 4hc necessity of this reorganization of
H - ' i' the infantrv.
BBBBW * /
BB , \ \ The completion alreadyof some
V \ \ coast defenses and the aiiproaching
BbT J J completion of other modern batteries
BSfc * - , * rendemeecssary a larger force of ar-
Hl Ji.\ tillerists. but no other increase of the
Hp'Vi } -army is asked for. The plan of sea
H v | < ; east defense involves a hundred dis-
B ft "tr * linct batteries in over twenty harbors.
V fti The number of line officers serving
K > M -with their commands is larger than at
H y % any time since.the war , and the secre-
BJ 7 tary expresses the belief that still
ft further changes can be made to ad-
BhF v -vantage in this direction.
L . The report shows that , according to
* * * * r\ the of -
, statements department com-
" * " jnanders , the dicipline of the troeps j
was never better than now. The number
f
ber of trials by general court martial
I -was about 10 per cent less during the
wt 1 I * jast year than the year before.
& * i In no previous year of the history of
Bk : ' the army has theliealth of the troops
B * w "been so satisfactory.
B - j , Under the new recruiting system ,
B | c 8.40S men were enlisted last year , of
Brs JE' -ivhom nearly one-half were secured at
Bt i garrisoned posts without expense.
B B"w V Desertion in the army is decreasing.
B M5 M Deserters in 1S33 numbered 3,578 ; in
' 111 1S93 , only 1GS2 , and last year , 1,3C3.
B 311 The thirtr-five officers assigned to
B w duty with the national guard of the
B B Mk states report steady improvement in
V i ! anililia.
BB 1 Castles Rcaqli Xcw York.
B W Xkw Yokk , 2sov. 2S. Walter M.
V' ' * ' Castle of San Francisco , with his wife
B J and little boy , arrived here to-day on
B | r "tQe steamer. llaveL
BW. w | A ropullst Pays a 2\"ovel Wager.
B K Macox , Mo. , Nov. 2S. In responding
BB. 1 * ° a toast in Chariton countjr yesterday
B B f Captain John M. London of Macon , the
H jag Populist leader of the First district ,
BlK -delivered a McKinley speech in satis-
H . % faction of an agreement before the
P7 Jf > election witli his sister. Mrs. Susan
B P W' Conrad , who agreed to made a Bryan
BW S ecch in case of the latter ' s election. *
BB W Tha Shall Will Eule In Person.
B Mi Teiiekax , Nov. 2S. Thc shah an-
Bv Mr nounees that hereafter he will dispense
B gS witii a premier and .vill preside in par-
B W * son over the cabinet , which will eon-
P pl ; eist of twelve ministers ,
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GEN. WEYLER TALKS.
Occupies the Iusnr entK' l'oHltlon * With *
outA ny fiorlous Itinlntance.
Uavaxa , Nov. 23. General Weylcr
said to-day of his Pinar del Itio experi
ences : "I went over all the northern
hills and occupied the insurgents' po
sitions without any serious resistance
upon the part of the enemy. Cacaera-
jacara and Kubi , which the insurgents
claimed were impregnable , were occu
pied by our troops after dislodging the
enemy. At Rubi he offered the great
est resistance , but yielded after a few
hours' fighting. "Wo found no trace of
Maceo's people after that , although all
the other points were reconnoitercd
by small detachments from our 'col
umns. The southerly points were also
reconnoitercd and the positions where
the rebels had encamped are
now in possession of our troops. There
remains still to be reconnoitercd the
range of hills in the eastern part of
the province. Maceo has nothing left
for him to do but to scatter his follow
ers into small parties in order to en
able them to escape our columns which
are now hunting for them , since they
offer no resistance and refuse to ac
cept a meeting with our troops , who
are chasing them in all directions. I
am confident of' shortly pacifying Pinar
del Kio , since all the strategic points
are in in } ' hands and because of the
constant activity of our troops in all
directions , which completely hinders
the escape of the small groups of in
surgents , who arc now ilecing before
them in disorder. "
CUBANS CLAIM VICTORY.
Declare Tlmt TVoylcr Suffered Defeat In
a Pinar Del Rio Flplit.
New Yokk , Nov. 28. The Cuban
junta in this city claims to have re
ceived full confirmation of the report
that Antonio Maceo defeated Captain
General Weyler in the Itubi mountains
of Pinar del Rio and the following ac
count of the battle is furnished by the
secretary of the junta : "General Wey-
lcr's forces , wliile marching through
the Itubi mountains , about thirty
miles from Havana , were attacked by
Maceo's army. The charge was so
sudden and played such havoc with
the troops that the insurgents were
able to pour several volleys into the
Spanish ranks before the latter could
rally and return the fire. The battle
was short , sharp and desperate and
General Weyler , seeing his men were
fighting at a disadvantage , and were
being slaughtered , ordered a retreat ,
leaving over 1.000 dead and taking his
wounded with him. After leaving the
mountains Weyler went to Artemisa ,
where he stopped to allow his arnry to
rest. "
OKLAHOMA DIVORCE FAILS
Mrs. urary Coyat of Kentucky Unexpect
edly Confronted by Her Husband.
PET.nv , Okla. , Nov. 23. Mrs. Mary
Coj-at of Kentuckj' began suit for di
vorce from her husband , John L.
Coyat , six months ago , alleging that
three years ago he' abandoned her for
another woman and she had not heard
from him since. When the case was
called for trial Coyat , who had been
advised of his wife's suit , appeared and
declared that instead of his running
away with another woman his wife
had run off with another man , and
produced affidavits that she had said
she was getting a divorce to marry a
well known Kentucky horseman. The
judge at once refused to grant the di
vorce and dismissed the application.
Convicted of Murdering Ills Family.
Austix , Tex. , Nov. 2S. The jury in
the Hurt murder trial handed in their
verdict at noon , finding him guilty of
murder in the first degree and fixing
the punishment at death. - The crime
was the cold blooded murder of his
wife and two children on the night of
July 25 last , when he threw their
bodies in a cistern. lie then went to
Chicago where he was arrested Au-
cust 20.
Tesas the Banner Bryan State.
Dam-AS , Texas , Nov. 28. It is evi
dent now that Texas , at the election
of November 3 , cast more than 530,000
votes , and that the plurality of Bryan
and Sewall over McKinley and Hobart
is at least < 150,000. If the Brj'an and
Watson vote is added , Bryan beats
McKinley more than 200,000. In either
case Texas gives Bryan the largest
plurality of any state carried by him.
Poke "Wells' Body Being ; Dissected.
St. JosEnr , Mo. , Nov. 23. The body
of Poke Wells is being dissected at the
Central Medical college by the stu
dents and the bullets taken from the
corpse are being kept. When the
work is completed the skeleton and
the bullets will be sent to Mrs. Al
Warneke of Halls Station , former wife
the bandit.
Will He Tell What lie Knows ?
Paeis. Nov. 28. Emile Arton was
examined before a magistrate last
evening , as the first step to anew trial ,
which is creating an immense sensa
tion because of the universal belief
that Arton holds the key to the whole
unsavory Panama scandal , involving ,
as some allege , a hundred public men.
The question on all sides is , will he
reveal all lie knows ?
Thirty Persons Killed.
Berlin , Nor. 2SA dispatch from
Breslau says that thirty persons were
killed last evening in a colliery explo
sion at Zengorze , Russian Poland.
Elliott Lost His aiatcb.
Omaha , Neb. , Nov. 2S. The Parma-
ice-Elliott shooting contest attracted
a large crowd. The score was : t Par-
malee , 92 ; Elliott , 91.
Nebraska Offlcial Tote.
Lincoln , Neb. , Nov. 2S. The state
board of canvassers has completed the
canvass of the vote on presidential 1
electors in Nebraska. The figures are :
Bryan , 115.625 : McKinley , 102,5G5 :
Palmer , 2,797 ; Bentley , 738 ; Levering ,
1,196 : Machett , 172 ; Bryan 's plurality
13,0C0. J
Eight Thousand Dockers Out.
HAjrAUBG , Nov. 2S. It is estimated
that about S,000 dockers are now out
on the strike in this port , but steamers ;
are arriving with men to replace the
strikers from England and Sweden.
"Lighters have joined with the strikers.
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Momj' ' imM i ii sw > > g'n imii OTlitii i
WIN BACK THE WEST.
SENATOR HOAR'S ADVICE TO
NEW ENGLAND.
What Ho Said in an AildrcRR nt a Boston
Banquet Strictly Honest Business
Principles Called For Mock Gambling
and Kailroad ' 'Watering" Blamed for
the Alienation Itefereuces to Clove-
land.
Advice to New England.
Boston , Nov. 20. The banquet of
the Home Market club at Mechanics'
hall was one of the largest in its his
tory , nearly a thousand men , repre
senting the industries of nearly every
city and town in the state , being pres
ent. The feature of the evening was
speeches by some of the generals who
toured the country in the interest of
the gold standard and by Senator
Boar.
Senator Hoar said that the Demo
cratic party had been saved from itself
by Republican efforts. "The business
men of New England , " he went on ,
"must study the cause of what has
been going on and do something that
will cure the disease , which has spread
It is said that while McKinley has
1.000,000 majority , , a change of 25,000
votes would have given the election
to his opponent. It is sad to
contemplate this , and cannot the
business men of New England
aid the cause of good government ?
Cannot they , By tha weight of their
integrity , regain the confidence of the
West ? It is not strange that when the
people of the West see the accumula
tion of wealth by gambling in the
stock market that they should try to
imitate it in a smaller manner. It is
not strange , when they read the his
tory of railroad construction in the
West , that they should endeavor to re
pudiate their debts. I call upon the
business men of New England to hold
strictly to honest business principles
and regain the confidence of the people
ple of the South and West. "
In the absence of General Daniel E.
Sickles , three cheers were given for
the old soldier , after which General
ltussell A. Alger of Michigan was in
troduced , lie closed by paying an
eloquent tribute t o President Cleve
land , and for the first time in Boston ,
by a Republican body , three cheers
were given for that official.
General O. O. Howard said : "By the
election of Major McKinley you have
gained an executive to your satisfac
tion and will have an administration
to your liking. It was a victory for
sound money against the forces of un
rivaled state sovereignty and a victory
for the executive authority of our
ever reliable , ever glorious Supreme
court. The grand result of the cam
paign has set in motion business con
fidence , public and private enterprises ,
besides all the seeming good fellow
ship and loving kindness among the
whole people. "
General Stewart of Pennsylvania re
lated many amusing incidents of the
tour of the generals- throughout the
South and West. "We corrected the
mistakes of some of the men of the na
tion at Appomattox , and this 3ear the
people have corrected the mistakes by
another Appomattox. "
KANSAS PLURALITIES.
State Canvassing Board Announces Official
Vote for State Officers.
TorEKA , Kan. , Nov. 20. The state
canvassing board yesterday completed
a canvass of the returns of the vote
cast for state officers and Congress-
man-at-large at the recent election.
The total vote cast for each candidate
follows :
Chief Justice Doster ( fusion ) , 107,920 ;
Garver ( Rep ) , 159 428 ; Silver ( Prohib. ) ,
802 ; Doster's plurality. 8.492.
Lieutenant governor Harvey ( fusion )
167,136 ; Kichter ( Rep. ) . 109.703 ; Hollingber-
ger ( Prohib. ) , 2,073 ; Clark ( Nat. Prohib. ) ,
704 ; Harvey's plurality , 7,343.
Secretary of state Bush ( fusion ) , 107.082 ;
Edwards ( Rep. ) , 160,008 ; Guyer ( Prohib. ) ,
1,820 ; V. 'alter ( Nat. Prohib. ) , 70S ; Bush's
plurality. 7,074.
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State treasurer Hefllebovrer ( fusiu.iy ,
166,875 ; Athertou ( Rep. ) , 159,635 ; IMddison
( Prohib. ) , 1.847 ; Murray ( Nat Prohib. ) ,
764 ; Hefllebowcr's plurality , 7,240.
State auditor llorris ( fusion ) , 160.S61 ;
Cole ( Ren. ) , 159,914 ; Talinage ( Prohib. ) 1-
872 ; Belfknapp ( Nat. Prohib. ) , 676 ; Morris'
plurality , 6,957.
Attorney general B03'le ( fusion ) . 167.782 ;
Dawes ( Rep. ) , 157,922 ; Merry , ( Prohib. ) ,
1.926 ; Vance , ( Ind. Prohib. ) , 495 ; Boyle's
plurality. 9,860.
State superintendent of schools Strvker
( fusion ) , 100,326 ; Stanley , ( Rep. ) 159,459 ;
Mrs. Grcaver , ( Prohib. ) , 1,950 ; Stryker's
plurality , 6,867.
Congressman-at-large Botkin ( fusion ) ,
168,400 ; Blue ( Rep. ) , 153,140 ; Williams
( Prohib. ) , 1,947 ; Botkin's plurality , 9,260.
Dynamite Wanted by Wholesale.
St. Louis , Mo. , Nov. 20. A local
powder firm , which makes the manu
facture and sale of dynamite a spec
ialty , but whose name is not given for
obvious reasons , received a wire mes
sage from its agent in New Orleans
asking for prices on 20,000 pounds of
dynamite The amount was so large
that the local firm wired to its New
Orleans agent for a verification of his
first telegram. It came in a hurry
with an intimation that the dynamite
was to be used in Cuba as soon as pos
sible.
llawaiians Celebrate McKlnley's Victory.
Sa t Fr.A cisco , Nov. 20. The resi
dents of Honolulu and.the Hawaiian
islands were informed of the result of
the presidential election in the United
States November 10 , when the Pacific
Mail steamer. City of Pekin , arrived
there from Yokohama. There was
great rejoicing over the result , and a
'
celebration was held in Honolulu in
the evening- .
"VVarninp to Officers-Elect.
.Teffeksox Crrr , Mo. . Nov. 20. Sec-
retary of State Lesueur gives out the
following : "Persons elected to office
in the various counties of the state at
the late general election who fail to
file with the clerk of the county court
a sworn statement of their expenses
and a duplicate with the recorder of
deeds , within thirty days after the
election , cannot be commissioned. The
time expires on December 2 , only nine
days from to-day. Persons elected testate
state and district offices must file their
statements with the secretary of state
within the same time"
BRYAN IN DENVER.
The Sliver Champion Greeted by Hosts
In the Plain * City.
Denteh , Colo. , Nov. 20. Mr. Bryan
was given a carriage drive about the
city yesterday afternoon with Senator
Teller , Governor Mclntyre and Gov
ernor-elect Adams. The drive was one
continuous ovation , the streets being
crowded.
It had been arranged that Mr. Bryan
would address the people at different
points along the route. At the first
stop he said , among other things : "I
think our people who fought so hard
for free silver are as happy to-day in
defeat as our enemies who were vic
torious , and I have j'ct to find the first
person who regards the defeat of this
year as a final defeat. " He expressed
his appreciation of the fact that Colorado
rado cast a greater percentage of her
vote for him than an } ' other slate ever
cast for a Presidential candidate.
At the state house grounds there
were fully 20.Q00 people assembled ,
including 5,000 school children. Mr.
Bryan made a few remarks and then
returned to the Brown Palace hotel.
Mr. Bryan was the principal speaker
at the exercises commemorating the
twentieth anniversary of the admission
of Colorado as a state , held last night
at the Central Presbyterian church.
The edifice , one of the largest in the
city , was crowded. His entrance was
the signal for prolonged applause and
the waving of handkerchiefs. In the
course of his remarks he said :
"We cannot give up the fight if we
desire. We have got to go on. I think
we have been successful in bringing
our cause before the American people.
I think we will be more successful
still in the next four years. We have
been successful in bringing our cause
before the laboring man. We have
failed most in reaching the business
men of this country , and I believe that
for the next four years we ought to
give special attention to the bringing
of our arguments before the business
men of this country. "
A complimentary banquet at the
Bx-own Palace hotel by the chamber of
commerce of Denver followed. Plates
were laid for 300. The Ifev. Myron W.
Eced was the toastmaster of the even
ing. Toasts were responded to by
Mayor McMurray. Governor Mclntyre ,
Alva Adams , governor-elect ; Senator
Teller , Thomas M. Patterson and Con
gressman Charles E. Towne of Minne-
sota. Mr. Bryan 's address was the
last number on tlic programme. He
was received with great cheering.
At 3 o'clock , after having shaken
hands with all the banqueters , Mr.
Bryan was driven to the depot , where
he boarded a special train , which left
the city for Pueblo at 0:30 o ' clock , a
committee of thirty leading citizens of
Pueblo actingas escort.
IN JAIL NOW FOR BIGAMY.
Cruel Nebraska Deceiver to Do "Well Punished -
ished for Mis Double Crime.
' VRl'EXSBURG , Mo. , Nov. 2G.
Cha. 1 s E. Jenkins was arrested yesterday -
terday at Jefferson City just as he was
released from the penitentiary after
serving a sentence.
On March 12 , 1S95 , Jenkins and Miss
Myra L. Marsh , daughter of a promi
nent Henry county farmer , eloped to
Warrensburg and were married. They
went to Bel ton to live , but a few weeks
later it developed that Jenkins had
abandoned a wife and several
children in Nebraska before coming
to Missouri. He was arrested and
taJTln to Clinton , the county seat of
Henry county , where he was allowed
to plead guilty to seduction , as he
could ' not be indicted there for bigamy.
He was sentenced to two years , and
while serving his time the girl whom
he had deluded and betrayed committed -
mitted suicide at her father ' s home in
Montrose.
The Johnson county grand jury in
dicted 1 Jenkins for bigamy and he will
be tried at the .January term of the
criminal court.
STRIKE OF THE PRINTERS.
Bcrkovritz & Co. 's Office the Only One
Affected at Kansas City.
Kansas Citv , Mo. , Nov. 20. The
members of the Typothetae are evidently -
dently waiting to see how Berkowitz
& Co. fare with the printer ' s strike
before rushing into difficulty them
selves. They are not pushing the dispute -
pute with the Typographical unionby
discharging union men or employing
jon-union men , and at noon to-day
ihere had been no trouble in any of
the strictly union offices.
As the union proposes to deal with
each office separately , a quarrel with
one printing office does not involve the
others , so long as thej' do not employ
non-union men. Berkowitz & Co. , are
running all of their departments , but
with new help , and consequently at
some little disadvantage. _
LEE FOR RECOGNITION. .
Keported to Have Urged ths President
to Act in the Cuban flatter.
Washington , Nov. 20. It is said
that General Lee has submitted a
written report to the President advo
cating the recognition of Cuba , and
may not return to Havana. lie is said
to believe that no Spanish general can
conquer the Cubans with their present
tactics.
Senators Investigating Indians.
GuTHF-in , Okla. , Nov. 20. United
States Senator Allen of Nebraska and
Senator Test of Missouri arc making a
tour of the Osage Indian natiou.
There is trouble between the Osage
half-breeds and full-bloods , caused by
Indian Agent Major Freeman ' s suppression -
pression of the \ \ ah-Shah-She News , a
weekly paper , which censured Free
man for alleged padding of pay rolls.
The senators are investigating these
charges against Freeman.
To Succeed Hi3 Father.
Atlanta , Ga. , Nov. 20. At the Dem
ocratic Congressional convention to
nominate a candidate to succeed to the
unexpired term of Hon. Charles F.
Crisp , Charles B. Crisp , eldest son of
the late ex-sbeaker , was nominated by
a rising vote ? He will be elected with
out opposition.
Dry Goods Firm Assigns.
Hatuusonvtivle , Mo. . Nov. 20. Lock
Bros. & Co. , one of the largest dry { '
goods and clothing firms in Cass
county , were closed up to-day under a
chattel mortgage of S7G1S.19. Liabilities - I
ties and assets unknown. ' i
CHH/DKEFS C0RNEE.
TIMELY TOPICS FOR OUR BOYS
AND CIRLS.
The Child ut the Door After ainny
Day * After All the l oy Polly and
the Kittens A Tree with a Burden
lliilViw Klght.
( re = 5 oyl HERE'S a child
/p | 8rjr outside your door ;
> ? a He may never pass'
• * / \i' \ il inore
Jym Lct him In !
/T&jttl sLet a little , Avau-
O dcrlng waif
© V Fiml a 8helter >
u • sweet and safe ,
t S In the love and
* 2f light of home ,
' l
' Let him come !
There's a cry along your street
Day by day !
There's a sound of little feet
Gone astray.
Open wide your guarded gate
For the little ones that wait.
Till a voice of love from homo
Bids them come.
There's a voice divinely sweet
Calls to-day ;
"Will you let these little feet
Stray away ?
Let the lambs be homeward led ,
And of you it shall he said :
You have done it faithfully
Unto Me. "
We shall stand some solemn day
At His door !
Shall we hear the Master say ,
O'er and o'er ,
"Let the children all come in
From a world of pain and sin ;
Open wide the doors of home ,
Children , come ! "
Mary A. Lathbury , in New Church
Messenger.
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After UTaiiy Days.
From the New York Herald comes
Jhe following incident of genuine grati
tude ( :
A physician who recently moved up
town took an evening paper from a
small newsboy , and dived into his
pocket ] for the change.
"That's all right , doctor , " remarked
the little fellow. "I won't take no
money. Don't you remember Jimmie ,
that you cured last winter with the
fever " ? "
Then the physician recognized in the
tall I and sturdy boy a little lad whom he
had pulled through a fever without
payment. "But that's all right , Jim
mie j , " he said , "and you must certainly
let me pay you for the paper. "
"No , " said the boy , "I won't. Where
are ; you living up here , doctor ? I want
to ' come and see you. "
He has not turned up yet to see the
doctor i , but every morning and evening
he i slips a paper under the door , and to
have I a proper understanding in the beginning -
ginning ; , with the first paper he scrib
bled a little notice : "Please , doctor ,
except , these papers alius from Jimi
rnie. "
After the Boys.
During an Endeavor convention , says
Our ' Young People , one of the delegates
a i young business man , alert and eager ,
and telling of bottled energy within ,
came , suddenly upon a red-faced citizen
who evidently had been patronizing the
hotel bar. "Buttonholing" the delegate
unceremoniously ; ] , he said :
"What are you fellows trying to do ,
anyway ? You are hot on temperance I
see by the papers. Do you think you
could , make a temperance man of me ? "
"No , " replied the delegate , looking
him ; over from head to foot with a keen
glance ; , slightly contemptuous , "we evidently -
dently , couldn't do much with you , but
we are after your boy. "
At this unexpected retort , the man
dropped , his peculiar tone and said
seriously : "Well. I guess you have got
the right of it there. If somebody had
been after me when I was a boy , I
should ! be a better man to-day. "
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How Toll Taught the Kittens.
I don't believe anyone has a wiser
or ' more cunning bird than Mary Mul-
ler's j gray parrot. He was brought to
her J last spring from Germany by her
grandfather , and had never heard a
word of English until he reached our
city and was introduced to his new
mistress. ] Mary's grandfather had been
very fond of hini and had taught him
many ] words and phrases and cunning
tricks. He liked Mary from the first
and would perch himself upon the back
of ' her chair or by her side and jabber
away ; in German by the hour , hut if
Mary ; spoke to him in English he would
turn his back to her and walk away ,
saying , "Ach , ach , Narr ! Sprach der
Affe. " When a stranger happened in
he would politely say : "Guten mor-
gen , " or "Wie geht es Ihnen ? " and if
answered in English he flew around in
a i terrible rage , ran round and round the
floor , chattering and heating his beak
against . the floor. All attempts to break
him of this disagreeable habit failed
until one day when Mary was sick.
Her father was sitting with her and
Polly at the foot of the sofa , chattering
away as usual. "It's time your bird
learned to talk English , Mary , " said
Mr. Muller. "We must teach him to
say good morning. Good morning ,
Poll , " he said , very slowly to the bird.
Polly flew into a rage as usual , but
Mr. Muller took her by the head and
led her around the room and out the
dcor , shutting it upon her. We heard
nothing more of Poll all the afternoon ,
until littleEdith came running : in , cry
ing :
"Oh , Mary , come see what Polly's do- ,
tag. " I
They both ran to the shed room ,
where they saw Polly bending over one
of Edith's pet Maltese kittens , saying : ;
HES5555Siim
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"Sprcchen Glide nforglng , " pro
nouncing the words slowly and dis
tinctly , as Mr. Muller had done. The
cat , of course , did not reply and Poll
took it by the head , dragged It about
the room and out the door.
The girls ran to the door and thcro
all three of Edith's kittens lay dead ,
while Poll looked up in their faces and
saucily said : "Wie geht cs Ihnen. "
He has never since that day flown In
to a rage on hearing English spoken ,
but he still refuses to speak It hlniBcIf ,
JESSIE E. PAYNE.
A Tree v.ltl ; a Burden.
Far to the north of Chicago , on the
shore of Lake Michigan , where the
banks are high and sometimes rocky ,
there stands a cedar tree that Is having
a hard time of it. A cedar likes to
grow on some hillside , where it can see
a long distance , and , perhaps , peep
over the brink of a high precipice. It
also delights in forming close friend
ships with the rocks around It. And
this Lake Michigan tree is one of the
most daring of its kind' It crowded to
the very brink of the bank , trusting
firmly in its friends , the rocks , to hold
it from falling. One day not long ago
a : great storm came up , and the ledge
began to slip away. Of course , the
rocks clung desperately , and the cedar
tiee , with its long , claw-like roots ,
,
tried its best to help its friends. But
\
the storm was too fierce , and one of the
largest of the rocks slipped down , but
so , close was the hold of the cedar tree ,
that it fell only a few feet , and now
hangs j suspended in midair by the tree's
roots. , At first it was a great strain on
the 1 friendly cedar , and its back was al
most broken , but it straightway sent
out ( more roots into the bank , and it
may yet he able to hold up its old
friend , the rock , for many years to
ccme. Chicago Record.
The Douhlo Meaning.
A Methodist preacher , who protested
.
against people going to sleep during
i
the sermon , would , if he perceived any
tendency 1 in that direction , introduce
some queer or startling statement to
revive their flagging attention.
This happened on one occasion when
he was preaching a missionary sermon ,
and he thundered out :
"Brethren , you have no idea of the
sufferings of our missionaries in Cen
tral America , on account of the enor
mous mosquitoes. A great many of
j
them would weigh a pound , and they
will * get on the logs and bark as the
missionaries are passing ! "
By this time all ears and eyes were
wide * open , and he proceeded to finish
his sermon.
The next day he was called upon by
one of his hearers to account for his
extraordinary statements.
"But I didn't say one mosquito would
weigh < a pound , " he protested ; "I said
a great many of them would , and , I
think * , perhaps a million of them might
do so ! "
"But you said they bark at the mis
sionaries ! " persisted his interlocutor.
"No , no , brother ; I said they would
get I on the logs and on the bark. Ycu
misunderstood me. "
Princes Who "Work.
American boys who may be disposed
to 1 envy sons of monarchs will at least
prefer ] their own school hours to those
of the German emperor's boys , says the
Youth's Companion. These children
have 1 a life of hard work , notwithstand
ing i their royal surroundings. The pro
gram j of their day is thus given :
Studying i begins at 8 in the morning ,
and with a 3light intermission and also
with a change in the form of gymnas
tics and exercise in the saddle , lasts till
1:15. ] After dinner and a time of re
laxation ] , the boys work again till C.
At 8 these sons of royalty are in bed.
When the story of these hard-working
children is known , romantic ideas
about the supposd delights of life in a
palace ] will be modified. Sovereignty
and sloth are not synonyms in Emperor
William's vocabulary.
The 2Iousu and the Bahhit.
A mouse endeavored to convince a
rabbit of the advantage of wearing a
long 1 tail.
"You , " said he , "are not admitted to
the * best society , like myself , and I do
not doubt that this is the sole reason.
Certainly ( a long tail does give one an
air. "
While the friends werearguing , a kite
swooped down upon them , and each be
took t himself to his hiding place. The
rabbit was fairly hidden , but the mouse
was * easily discovered and drawn from
his place of refuge , into which he had
not time to draw his boasted badge of
society. As the kite bore off his prey ,
the rabbit remarked quietly : "My
friend , the mouse , would have been bet
ter off had he not been quite so distin *
guished. i "
The Children.
My heart grows weak as a woman's ,
And the fountains of feeling will flow ,
When I think of paths steep and stony
Where the feet of the dear ones must
go ;
Of ' the mountains of sin hanging o'es
them.
Of the tempest of fate blowing wild ;
Oh * , there's nothing on earth half s 3
holy
As the innocent heart of a child.
Charles Dickens.
Be Kept the Dime-
A newsboy saw a dime lying on the
ground ! in the City Kail park. A tramp
sitting ! on a bench near ay saw the hey
pick up the piece , and claimed it al
once ' as his own.
"Your dime did not hava a hole In it
did ' it ? " asked the 003 .
"Yes. it did , " said the tramp ; "give il
up ! "
frWell , this one has not got a hole in
it , so I guess I'll keep It. " Harper's Ba
zar.
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