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UO NOT COMPLAIN; DCCAU3E PROSPERITY HAS NOT BEGUN BEFORE POSSIBLE. Tlir \\l»y IIuhIii**** IIim Not Itr \ImmI Mon* IIns **• with Junior ( ulJout on th#* •C ukHplallit* About 4 outfit Ion*. (Wash in glim Correspondence. I Incredible as it may appear, there are | apparently some people In the United States who are Impressed with the cry which the Democrats are raising that "the promised prosperity has not come.” It seems difficult to understand why anybody could expect the business improvement promised by legislation lo occur before the legislation Is had, hut they evidently do. judging from the reports reaching here. Reports reaching here Indicate a dis position on the part of some persons to join In the eiimplalnt which the Dem ocrat a are fostering by these meaning less and absurd statements. "I can not think It true, however,*' said Senator I'ullom of Illinois, talk ing on tills subject, "flint the people as a class have any such thought. It Is to lie expected of course that those who are opposed to the Republican party politically, especially those who are willing to make any sort of trouble for political effect, would put allout and encourage suggestions of ibis sort. Hut I can not believe that the thinking people, who know that It Is Impossible to enact a tariff law In a single month, or even In two or three months, are making the complaint which the news papers and politicians are charging tiicm with.” “You do not think It reasonable, then, to expect prosperity and business activity until sonic IcglslatIon Is had'.’ "Not to any considerable degree. Of course the result of the election last fall showed to the countr> that the stability of our currency system Is not to he destroyed. But. the same vote j which gave confidence to the business public as regards further destruction I of our business conditions showed j them that a restoration of the proa- j perlty whleh existed under a protective i tariff could not be accomplished with- ; out legislation.” "By the term legislation, you refer j of course to the larlff bill." "Yes. That Is at least the first step in legislation promised, and the (list step necessary to restore business ac- j tlvlty.” "The mere promise that such legis lation is to be had you do not con- j sider sufficient to start the factories, ! then?" “No. On the contrary, In isapv ! cases, the knowledge that such legf.v [ iation Is to Ire had reduces the amount of work they are able to perform un- ! til the proposed law Is actually upon ; ■ ha statute I looks In nor a row cases 1 the effect will he felt still longer, for ! ■wherever an Importer sees that rates of duty are likely to be increased on a* given class of articles he Is rushing those articles Into the country in on- ! ormotis quantities. The result is that j the manufacturers are not only unable to determine what they can do In prices until they know what the new j larlff law is lo actually he when it Is placed upon the statute books, nut the* niso know that the country is be- { ing flooded wwfe an unusual quantity i cf goods at the low«,«- t*atcs," "The result, then, upon tin» manu facturer must be to reduce his business l activity rather than increase it for the present?" "Certainly. This has always been the effect to a greater or less extent of tariff legislation. Everybody familiar with the history of our former tariff hills will remember that the mere fact that < hanges were about to he made in the tariff law was of itself sufficient to compel a temporary suspension of man ufacturing. or at least to so disarrange prk s and the possibility of making contracts (hat business! was to a great extent suspended among that class of citizens. I mu is especially title when a tai iff Is to he ehuiixi <1 I'i'om a lower to a higher rate, for not only Is there uncertainty on the part of the manufacturer as to what his prices must lie In (lie future, hut there is a certainty in his niiml that the country is being tilled with . hc_p foreign goods it the (dd tariff rates which will lie peddled out ill competition With him fi r many months." "It Is a fact, then, is tt. thut very large duantltles of foreign goods are HOW being In ought In and urt like In to continue 10 compete wiili our own manufacturera for many months yet?" , Certainly Anybody »»** **• •"lee lb, irouble to-"n,‘ ru.toma co IH»'V being made at New Veers tied other iserts will see that at a plain Krone ihe day tmigien. no l gid began coiisoln.iiii.il of tie tariff I ill the iccvipta leone custom e in. ir..»ed • 11 orme.ualy. doubled and sometime* trebled This iieeaiia that the ipianti t» of duttuble goods being brought >U sow auei fur many weeks past is more Ibau lie tilde I be ordinary Importation* fur the saute length of ttri" In adit i ion to this emir mints .piuulll Or of giee's tti.w on the free list, but likely tei be tr* safer red to the dotiai i ot » i« i s lug brought in. but tod iniintioi •n tke insresne tn eiirttset p. siyp n. kill you lake those facts into e* 1st • alien any of os ran with a tte .* put lit eight 'hat eh > menu1 e«e tier id make co-tir.ifts to go e g ndth their e taring enterg«t«» « erttt I %he ..g.c«r Stilt the no* he ■' iO '< aud ilut ink *.h> u th*k 4n ki<>t II. tipi » < ih he baiige »d foe to. t t t. • »th • hi it oda » Msh the in.i«>i«n l this it •« Hi ami ike SUS1 rilsie. , |.d dr s asibrad hats bw *4 into |i I ’lad piaten, hi Hug the t» »4*4 nareho.,** •a,, raipsMeg the cyod of ban Ut > J it* 'tw i TM It will be months lieforo manufactur ers can resume the activity which ex isted under the McKinley law. Not only must they l>e able *o tix definite rates uftef they know what the new law in to be. but they must wait for some proportion of the enormous flood of foreign made goods now coming in to disappear. While it was expected that the retrospective clause of the bill would In time check these importa tions. It has not yet done so, because importers order their goods months ahead, and the act Is only to apply to goods ordered after April 1. "Then* are things." continued .Sena tor (’ullom, as he resumed his paper, "which I he intelligent people of the country ought to understand and they are intelligent; and if they will slop to think a moment of these facts, I am sure they will understand it." (i. II. WILLIAMS. flunllnii of sugar Market. Mr. Henry Wallace of 1>ph Mollies, Iowa, delivered an able and Instruc tive address before a beet sugar con vention at New |t|ni last week. He puts the <|iiestlon to the farmers In tills way: "Why grow fill bushels of corn to the acre and sell It at 20 cents per bushel, when you can grow from 10 to 20 tons of sugar beets to the acre and sell It at from $1 to i*er ton?” Fifty bushels of corn al 20 cents aggregates $10; ten tons of beets ut $1 aggregates $40 and twenty tons of beets at $•'■ would bring $100 per acre gross. If the possibilities of profit from beet culture are even as good us the lowest aggregate named. It would not taki much to Induce our northwestern farmers to turn from corn and wheat growing to sugar beet culture. All the inducement they would need would be the gnu ran lee of a steady market rnr me h. Could a steady market lie Insured If a large percentage of our farmers were to engage In lieet culture? On this head Mr. Wallace presents some fads and figures that are very utriking. He suys there Is practically unlimited mar ket in ihis country for sugar. Accord ing to official statistics our people have consumed during the past thro,, years an average of nearly 65 pounds of sugar per head. To supply this demand we have Imported during the last four years an average of 1,672.613 tons of sugar, and to pay for t.h)*< sugar re quires about our total export of Wheat and flour combined. "We pay," says Mr. Wallace, "from $76,000,000 to $126, 000.000 a year for our Imported sugar, while our exports of wheat and flour combined have been lint about $95,000, OOo. St. 1 stills (Ilobe-Democrat. ,„U«- Tlgurrs In liolnler I-res Trade. A very careful and a thoroughly in formed writer on finance has thrown down a gauntlet which Mr. Worthing ton C. Ford, chief of the bureau of sta tistics in the treasury department dur ing President Cleveland's term of of fice, must pick uii, or confess himself to he discredited. Mr. Ford has stated officially that the exports of American manufactures for the calendar year 1896 amounted to $256,962,505, and thereupon the Democrats have assert , ,1 the Wilson tariff to he the most ben eficial of measures, acting directly to ward enlargement our foreign trade, and of <*oiir#e. creating a de mand for home labor in the manufae Uii-e or toe articles exported. It may tic said in passing that If the free trade statement, "Tariff is a tax added to the price of the thing upon wh c i duty is paid." he true, then the wages paid for the manufacture of ar ticles of export must he lower than those paid for articles manufactured for home use. For such exports mu»t compete with the "untaxed manufac tures” of foreign countries. Hut the gentleman who. under the signature of "Statistician,” occupied nearly two columns of the Inter Ocean of Wednesday, waives all special pleas and boldly denies the accuracy of Mr. Ford's figures, and in great detail sets forth the name and value of every class of manufactured exports during 1896, and finds them to he not $256,962,505, us officially set forth by Mr. Ford, but $138.-193,637 Inter Ocean. Tirol of Hit- I'ontiliat Combination. Th« Topeka Democrat Is a new spa p, r of unimpeachable Democratic reg ularity, which put Its bruins in Its pock n mil! i.«11111u11\ Mii|i|Mincii m i an in thi i-ampaiyn nl IS##. Thl* I* what it hut lo **a\ about the matin now Vij , Kunlun in brail in Hannan. * . . ..1*1011 with i U1. ni lH.li aurt ammain Paopl* * imr lv Thr nuprrtnr ililty of I hr hour lor Itrntt > rai* in Hanna* I* lo nit hainr , ... in. tvatrrlni rorpa* of thr l*ro p|r a pirl) Thr rautlnp CopuM*!*. with full powrr to art. hat* irlnl thrlr hauil at ntatr ttovrrnmrnt lawn an- | n unthl* man want Ibrnt hat h attain .* \V« nhnihl proftt b> rkparlrhrr I hr laiiiMratb party <lnl not win In th* tat« ptr»nlrt»ilal • atupalhtt hr. *!■»*> It UmiI l«u> hrab) a haul a> Chliapo to |t« plmlomi Capital U prn»r»*nlh lint lit, Thr hUittt*** Intrrratk of Ih* lOttbllI t»" h alarm at th«* moluttun aty platloMn I* *** a r>ar ta** of biiitta oh mutt than »h*> itutld . ha* “ Th* imutt nhoul'l *rr»r a* a aanima Th*' l'*'i’Ull»t pasty la ili«oH»>*.l |t *111 imti itaatpl th* . uuhora * of ih* gw* pi* If th* »*•«■* tail* » * ImmI t ip* vrktMMk I# !!***• ah alt r*p*at th* bilk ttwf of ino* tu labta# it ia u a | ta»f» m la ttii'h Ih.poliat »«* t, *r b'M**« (I w,il * .r with • ok a |t*«lii t thr y Hi )t«k II oil h»l Siunwutf *i, rtntntbw IUI *»» InmiO •* la 1*1* h* »<*al ahtoMi ' ttf it.*’ >1 iu%«• r1T « tkaaui. * a*** th lh» • tot nt Sfiata* *a* |4ltM’ Tht It* HP' it **» #*J .*# iT^.ta* Ih lit# ‘*V!? 4rti# «.§ | b|: *,1 g*«| « % ** * *V* »f UtUk' I*, moil in4-.«tM**t » . » a up I* t*T» H »*» I ft; i; it lo I »l»th* *».-•* paid to employes of this description a mounted to $775.584.743. Ill IS90 t V.' wages uaid were $2.283.2115.529. In ii.71 llie value of the products of Ar. .'■lean factories was $4,232,325,412. fti 1830 it had Increased to $9,372,437 283. These are merely a few of the u.iient feature in the progress of the nation under twenty years of continuous protection. Here was prosperity which lasted an era of widespread Industrial develop ment. of increasing employment and ol rising wages without precedent in tin history of human affairs. The teglllnifttr Trulls of the (Tileugc ■*l«t form. Iti addition to this abandonment ol the vital principle of tariff reform, lh< convention at Chicago nominated fot pretldent a man who had repeatedly declared that the free coinage of sllvei was liie only aim to lie considered, anil who In the whole course of his cun vais either evaded qucslions about Hi' tariff or absolutely refused to discusf the subject. The cue was taken by all (hi- free silver orators and press and fmni first to last nobody heard a tar IT speech or read a tariff editorial, The subject was tabooed. There win nothing but silver and abuse of sound money Democrats. Four of llie five Democratic member of the House who voted for the Ding ley Idll are pronounced sllverltes. and ttm Republican sllverltes and I’opu lists In the House either voted for the Idll or refused to vote at all. Not even to tills late day lias Mr. Bryan abated one Jot or little of his cam paign position that free sliver was the whole thing. What Impudence It Is, then, in Me Mlllln and other slxteen-to-one-or-bust enthusiasts to get up now and howl about the lurlff prlnelple which they x I * 11 11“ I ill * I Jr Mil* I V i'll III III* nil i roll v cut Ion. to gain protectionist allies with whom it ey are still cheek by Jowl. Memphis SHmlter No I(«>mI DniKHMlic (txliift. Mayor-elect Harrison of Chlcigo. spoils the beaut Jful theory which Dem ocratic shrlckers were spreading hroadeast lhat the municipal elections were a hopeful sign of restoration for the Democracy. He admits lhat Ihe success was purely upon the question of municipal reform and that national questions did not enter Into the cam paign Investigation of the conditions attending Democratic success In other cities show lhat this was the case gen erally. In not a single one of the municipal elections did national Issues •-lit any figure, while In Ihe state elec tion of llhode Island, where national issues were at the front, the Ilrpuhli eans increased their vote 20 per cent over that which they gave to William McKinley In 1896. IlfMvjr Wrtjglit C'lntliliig Tlial. Professor Wilson, who Is now adding to the »7r,.000 which he has drawn In salary from the government during tin past few years, by writing articles at so much per column for the New York Herald, say-B in a recent attack upon the Dlngley hill that the wool tariff will add more than 2f> per cent to On cost of clothing. By this he means that about $5 will he added to the cost • if a suit of clothes. As the rate of duty nameu the bill uverages 12 cents per pound, the professor must calculate that 40 pounds of wool goes into a suit of clothing. But what bet ter can he expected of a man who framed such a measure as that now upon the statute books bearing his name? T!i« south Want* . The experience of the Soufn (||r paHt few years with the new indusi developing there, the manufactures and the new demands which they call out has strengthened the protective sent! ment very greatly. Not only has it in creased the demand for material foi use in the manufacturing establish ments, such as cotton, lumber, Iron coal, wool and other articles of that class, hut It has also proved advan tageous to the general agricultural in terests of that section. lllrt hplrti r. Buddha Sakya-Muni's long lost birth place was recently stumbled upon ae cldentally, according to the Pittsburg Chronicle, by u gnvernmefjj lc uglcal expedttjgn^f around his Nlr _ .anil stupa lit ixoiingummu. 111 it iuuii <ler the expedition nut the Nepalim authorities 15 miles from the place t< be explored, near the tahsil of MhMK* wunpur. In I he district of liuraul Whll encamped there a monolith of the em peior. Aaoka, was not Iced standing ten (eel above the ground. On It was a pilgrim a Inscription of the ninth century, which led the expedition tr dig around the stones to s depth ot (niirteen feet, when an iiim Opsum ol the emperor was found He stales that IB the twelfth year of his reign t a bout ;jf H C I he had erected this column on ih* xerf spot where Lord Itoddah wss born Ktghleen mites northwest o the column the expedition cams upon great ruins of stupas monasteries and pata.es roxered with (ores! and stretching Its Axe miles u. ike Han gwaga river the tin umf* ien«e iieiaa aheutt seven miles This Is the sttr ol txspttaxssta. the t apiut »f Htcddha« lather, and will ambiutaedlx »t*M la witpltwas caiilet th >a Ih taa of tsot » Kv txaHona wtU be made ther* a« moat aa the lam In* wht»h is now a I gt ling Vcptal la over it »• *> p»d «• x Wittier teas* I a* mag soiroun I the Ilgh of p*»‘P vit» with evtw t« me'll safeguard*, bn i* i# «Msa> MisyiHf .a *« in th» wn t unHy «*«. dm da and bounds are n » ih the pap*t lb t arc arittea p». I. It »’ ihhcnaat >ARM j AND GARDEN. V1ATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Some |*p-to-«l»»te Hint* About C'nltlva fl«*« of the Soli hih! V i«*l<l« I lirr#*of * Horticulture, Viticulture mi<l t'lorl culture. T THE Wisconsin round-up Institute I,. K Scott read a paper on the above s ti b J e c t. Among other iIiIuks he said: We are told by the chemists that some thirteen or fourteen elements enter Into the growth of all plants, and that nearly all agricultural soils con tain a sufficient supply of all except three of these, to be practically Inex haustible. These three are nitrogen, phosphoric acid and jmiash. The fann ers of New York are already paying annually five million dollars for these three elements In the form of commer cial fertilizers, paying 12 ceutB per pound for nitrogen, i% cents a pound ; for phosphoric acid, and 414 cents a pound for potash. * * * Inasmuch as two different plants do not require elements of fertility In the same pro portion, a proper rotation of crops will aid In conserving ihe hidden treasures of the soil. A careful attention to the analysis of the crop that we are sell ing Is also of the utmost Importance. I ai m* in the older portions of the slate from which the moat grain has been sold present a sail contrast lo ad- ; ... mi inn nm m n r>.. i or dairying has been the leading In dustry, ami upon which the products of the farm have been more largely , fed. • • * it would seem that ho long an we can purchase brun or lin seed meal from Minnesota and the lia kc las, or cotton seed products front the south, and can get first cost or more in the milk pall or from stock grown. It would bo wiser for us lo add this fertility to our farms than to see It go , to enrich the lands of Europe. Men j still leave manure In the yard all sum- i mer to rot, knowing full well that they i are losing the use of It for a year, and that even when piled in the most ap- j proved form, It will, on the average, | lose more than half Its value If al- | lowed to remain there six mouths in j the summer season. If spread out | over the surface of the yard the loss would be even greater. While the loss J from these piles has been ascertained from carefully tried experiments, It seems Incomprehensible to the major ity of farmers, if not really Incredi ble. We all recognize the difference In strength between leached and un leaehed ashps, and we might make the same contrast between leached und un leached barnyard manure. Some farm ers *mve recognized these facts and have n. .de provisions for saving these teachings, which are the most avail able, If not the most valuable portion. They have dug cellars under their sta bles with water-tight floors. This Is an excellent place for the storage of the manure,but the fumes arising from this decaying vegetation All the atmosphere with impurities and permt«»e the hay loft and the meal bin, rendering tno feed unwholesome. Covered barnyards have been advocated by some of our eastern farmers, but are expensive. Sheds large enough for a few months' accumulations might he practicable, but as manure never gains anything by age, except In solubility, I believe the better way is to take It to tlie field ; ns directly from the stable as conven- j lent and spread out al once. 4>l»nl Knot w eei. „ . ,, “■»* luilliie, (Polygonum Sachalinen*e , This Is a hardy herbaceous peren nial, six to twelve feet high, with strong, extensively creeping root stocks. The plant Is a native of un Island off the Siberian coast where It grows along moist river banks. It was Introduced Into England about 1870 : and has been quite generally cultivated | in the botanical gardens of Europe. I At a time of great drought In France In 1893 It was discovered that cattle ! would eat the leaves anil..Miu>er branches of this Jilnemy presented a of the JggtfeUng that it might prove X valuable addition to the list of fod I der plants. This seems to lie the flrst I intimation that sachaline had any for- ; J age value, but the Idea wus at once i taken up by others, and the hardiness, the rapid growth and other qualities of the plant were extolled and rn- ; larged upon hy Interested parties Wtthlu the past year or so moat ex (niviflBt HTUiinti valiio or mi tiallnr for furnge have appeared !n American paper* and »*ed i at u log lie* All who have had experience with ihe plant advl*# caution lu Ita Intrudin'* • Ion becauaa «f Ita very atrong. spread* ) Ins a ad pervutent rooiatwcha A writ er in ihe Mural New-Yorker who ha* -,»,1 some **p«rt«w* with the plant U;i if the land will grow anything • >ae. do not plant It. flint corn for Ved. not Polygonum Stmhallneu** tin* l*«a you want trouhle" A writer la llurpe* • farm Annual aay* that th* t*finer* la thia country will h* t«rrt My dtaapp>dat*d If they »*p*ct to real Me th* hop** that th* glowing 4** rip thin* from Kurupa would term lu »ar rant Thia plant fa d»aerlh*d la t'tr* Mar Sty i of th* iHtUnot «f Uut*ny of lh* I'atltd Mat** IwparinttMl of Ag ri-ulim* Il la *dv*ftla#d IH aogt* t»l I th* Mil eeed catalogue* Th* advhr* ! ttf th* liapettiweat Ntattua t* tat ad mg purthawr* la. dot* A t'It a tie* It h'*>4» IhmkM VUin# Mapariwat diatloa !»*••«• »»!•«•*# Irr»» Multetia So Id id lh* di*«*n Aa« n.«li*r«l K*p*ri*>”Ui dt*tl«* t. turn 1 fa hy Pmf J d dtwdaaaa t*po*ta the results of c'uborate experiments with means of preventing two Insects very injurious to apple trees, and de r.crtlies cheap and efficient methods of combating them. The insect known as the apple leaf folder tnay he readily killed hy thor oughly spraying Infected trees or nur-' sery stock Just as soon as the young Insects heglu to hatch, and before they have had time to fold the leaves to any considerable extent. This spray ing should be done Just as the apple tree leaves are unfolding. The spray ing mixture should he made as fol lows: One pound of Paris green, three pounds of fresh lime. 150 gallons of water. Since there are three broods of this Insect each year, there are three periods during which spraying can he most successfully done. The leaf crumpler, another Insect very Injurious to apple trees, may be readily killed hy thoroughly spraying the Infected trees while the leaves are unfolding and’ before the blossoms open, with the same mixture as rec ommended above, if necessary, the trees may lie sprayed again immediate ly after all the blossoms have fallen, but In Ibis ense the amount of water In the mixture should he Increased to 175 gallons. Never spray a fruit, tree while It Is In blossom; serious injury to the blos som and Imperfect pollination muy result,, and In many instances honey bees will be killed. Never omit the fresh lime, and always use two or three times us much lime, hy weight as Paris green. This will lessen the chances of burning the leaves and In juring the trees. Spray with a mix ture of the strength Just given. To make It weaker Is to render it less cf fective In killing Insects; to make It st> ,iger l» to Injure the foliage of the tree*. Always see that the mixture Is kept constantly stirred while spray ing- Apply with as much force hs pos sible, and use us tine a spray as can he made. Spray thoroughly. Hold I he spray on the tree long enough to saturate It and to reach all parts, and a I ways spray front at least two side*. This bulletin Is for free distribution to the farmers, and may he hud by writ ing to the director of the experiment station, Columbia, Mo. Fruit ffHtnil liy lie. During a recent cold snap In Florida, an orange-grower named Felt saved his trees and fruit by spraying them with water. When he found the ther mometer 7 degrees below the freezing point, he took bis spraying apparatus’ Into the grove and turned a tine tnlst upon the trees, which froze us quick a* It struck them. The mist was kept playing upon each tree till It was com pletely encased In Ice from the ground up, appearing like an Ice statue, so firm that It could not he shaken. The weath dld not moderate enough to thaw them out till the fourth day, but when t lie warm sun came out and caused the Ice to gradually rot and drop off, not a teal wilted. Commenting on this. Dr. A. M. ftag land, the noted horticulturist of Pilot Point, Texas, says a sleet In April, many years ago, completely enveloped young plums and peaches as large a* marbles, in North Texas, without In juring cither the fruit or leaves. Tbc coating of Ice stops evaitoratlon, and retains within the cells all heat ven erated by the vital forces of the tree.— Ex. Pruning Quince Trees.—Quince tree* are probably less pruned than any oth er variety of fruit. The habit of send ing upward several shoots from the same root Is defended by some on the theory that if the borer destroys one of the shoots others will take Its place. Uut It .s In these neglected clumps of trees that the borer breeds and multi plies. until quince growing becomes Impossible, it io to toB_ tine the growth to a single stem, and then watch for borers every June and September, letting none escape. Many sucker shoots will sprout up from the roots of quince trees confined to one stein. These may be transplanted, and will soon extend the qntnee orchard to us great an extent as desired. n"- - *■ will be a new cron and trans or more wy tall. It requires only tour to five years for these young trees to ite«ln to hear, and every year for the next ten succeeding will Increase the value of their crop. The quince tree is always inclined to grow too long branch *s. The quality of its fruit will he bettered by shortening those that are inclined to grow most vigorously. Decline lu Number of Farm Anioitls. _The last government report on do mestic unlmsls, dated Feb. JO. 111! shows a continual ion of the decline in number and value of horsew during IxtMi, the average price having got down to |*i 07, aa figured. The ollt rial* anil about avaryno.ty nan u» that *urh tlrrlln* la dur to th*- ill* pUrriumt of horaa po»*r by mnhan l.*l motor* *'»*l to tha f».« larr*a.ln* »,p .;{ to. hi. .1 l«* tut »i»ld rrport •bow* that bug* alao h*»* loat In mint bar ami talon during lha aatm* lima In if rad. that lh« diminutton in th. Ir nutn bar ha* bam < optimum* *lnr« 1*S»2 am mora rapidly nlnra l*M. t'artalnly Iht ii.aartton that otarprudwtloa hat I'auaad tha daaltaa in ttaluaaian not ai> lu intua In fait, lit# aturfc It ■< natal ba* baaw da* rowing in numbat and vnlua alao atma l*»f. tha gfaaom total tnitta hat a* III *tar rant law that ta twtd Kt Itrtlt for t‘*rru(a, %n •alhoaiaaitt Itnilah Journal In a rocaot artnla, mt> ibat a thooaotul ar i»« pound* u# aali *u»n to th* a*'i# *tl! «h**h th* nut it vafwaln prutrvt u*t* aaatoat tha «rut «n4 «tra worm. p*»**ns potato do Min, Itaalpot* fuagotd gioath* th potto***- *1*0 tha »ro»th «l *H**a*n a HI ntaha tha fougbaf gi***a* nan MolatabJa. and aaaataa haihngn «•* *tali I h*» THE SUNDAY SCHOOL lesson vm. second quar ter SUNDAY, MAY 23. (•olden Text: '‘Through the <«rac e of ttw V,ord Jesus ( hrlst We WIimII He HxMd Even as They'* Art* 1A:!I Tti* ('an ference at »leros*lcm. PR leaaon for thin •lay include* v*reev 1-H and W-20 of Are 1T». ax follow*: 1 And certain met which cam# down from Judea taught the brethren, and raid. Except ye t* clrcomelaed after th# manner of Moae*. jn cannot he waved. 2. When therefore Paul and Harnaha* had no riiihIi dl#*er»Hlt>ii and deputation with them, they determined that Paul and Harnnhax. and certain other of them, whould go up to Jcruaalem unto the mi#ow~ He* and elder* about thl* nuewtlon. Z And being brought on their way by tt»« • Imrch. tiny pmmmc(I through Phenice and Hii maria, declaring the convention of tb# Ocntlle*; and they < -aimed great joy unto all the brethren. 4. And when they were • om# to Jerusalem. they w<r** re# e|ve#l of the church, and of the apostle* and el der*, and they declared all ’hlngx that Mod had done with them. f» Hut ther# ro*e ii|# certain of I he *cet. of the Phard ace* which believed. paying Thai It wax needful lo clnumclpe them. Mild to < om rnand them I ;> keep the law of Mount. K And the apostle* and e|#ler* came togeth er for to coriMfder of thl* matter. 2Z Then p) cawed It the apo*tle* and elilern. with the whole church, to *end chosen non of their own company lo Antioch with Paul and Harnahaa; namely, Judaw. womanie<| Hiirnaha*. and Hlla*. cdilef met*, among tfie brethren Zi. And they xrotif lei lei * by (hem afler till* manner; Th# apoMlle* and cider* and brethren *en#l greeting unto ih#« brethren which are of * ihe t frill Ilea in Antioch and Hyrla uiul (•lllc ln 24 Forasmuch a* we have heard. ' «nim wnicn went out rrom uh nav« troubled you with word*, xul>verting your moiiIh, Maying, Ye mtlftt be HrcumrlMil, and keep the law. to whom we gave r«r» *in h commandment: 25. It neemiHl g*K*i unto iim, being a**ctnbl«d with one accord, to Mend ehOMcn men unto you with our beloved Hanial»a* and Maul. 'M Men that have hazarded their live* for tin* name of our Lord .lean* Chrlet. 27 We have *eur then fore Judaa and Hila*. who *hall abw» tell you the Marne thing* by mouth. 2k. For it Meerned good to the Holy Giro*!, ami to uh, to lay upon you no greater burden than theae nrVe**ary tiling*: 2ft. '•’bat ye abataln from meal* offered tr* Idol*, and front blood, and from thing* Ml tangled, and from for tile a lion: from which If ye keep youraelve*, ye ahatl do well. Pare ye well. Ml ace* Jerusalem and Antioch In Syria. Lexgon Preview. Soon after the return of I 'url and ManiaImm from their imIkhIoimry Journey a cofitrovemy aro*e in the church at Antioch concerning the Gentile con vert*. Many Jewieh Chrlxtlarm urged that theae new dl*e|p|e* rnuxf become Jew* and ohMerve the whole eereriionlai law. tliii* making < 'hri*tiardt y u mere branch of Judiai.m and tending to tie error of juMtlticatlon ty work*. After a long argument on the vital novation. cn which the whole future of the Church wan at Htnkc. it wa* ugr« ed to xend a depu tation to JeruMalem. led by Maul and Hnr naba*. for the decialon of the apoatle*. There the ttubject wa* again debated, and It wa* rexolvcd to acrid a letter to ih*» Gentile ChrlMtian* declaring their free dom from all rlten and burden* difftfne tlvely Jewish. Our leaxon ronimtw* letter Hood Hook* to Refer to. Jame* and the council at Jerusalem, vol. I. 4?& 42k; the declMioii, 429; not ‘a council." 431 Maul arid Meter at Antioch, 437. Contro versy In the Church, Conyheare and How son. "Life of Hi. Maul," vol. 1. 203; Mission of Maul and Rainahas to Jerusalem, vol. 1, 211; conference* and recognition «»f Maul’* mission to the heathen, vol. 1. 213 219. The synod at Jerusalem and the com promise between Jewish and Gentile « nr-tntiariii>. •*« nati » -+ »•«* ChrlMtian Church," vol. I. 334; the con Mi-rvatlve reaction and the liberal victory, vol. 1. 352. The council at Jerusalem and the question* whether the law of Moses should be observed by the Gentiles. Lew in’s "Life of Ht. Maul," vol. I. lati. Frater nity of the Pharisee*. Kderxhelm’s "Jew ish Social Life," 231; synagogues, their origin and atructure, 250. 251. Mow beauteous were the marks divine, that In thy meekness used to shine. That lit thy lonely pathway, trod lu won drous love. O Son of God! O who like thee, so inild, so bright thott Hon of mat., thou Light of light? o Who like thee did ever go. so patient through a world of woe? O who like thee *o humbly boro the sooni, the scoffs of men. before? Ho meek so lowly, yet so high. glor iouH in humility? -A. c» .vital Paper. journalism in tbtj Transvaal date* back less than forty years; the first paper published there appeared be tween IK61) mill 1K60. probably In ISM. says the Westminster Gazette. It wa* .ailed the De Ou<le Emigrant, and the editor printer and publisher was m. Gap. Colonial Dutchman. It was iasue.1 at Potchefsatroom. which, although most of our contemporaries seem uiu ware of the fad. »»» then and still t« the capital of the South African reput. lie. The paper, which wus ahort-ltved. waa a single sheet printed on both sides, and Us reports were personalty tarried to the oWca oa horaebach by the more enterprising and educated of the old voortrekhers. KHiallnl l» Wurhl. Th» . maltrat inhabltril tnlalt t In t.i» »url4 In tbnt on wnt-h K*l<t t •tua* HgAt hotiw ni»n>l» 41 low *at»r »* hi tAtr t> l«i in auiuvirr At high wattr in« tight hull**, whom ilngwtnr *1 lA* !**♦ u iwnuty nght nn«l tArw |u«rter font, . I.m|.lfirl> •*»»»» U H In mh«l»u«» |(| Iltrrt |tri»on» ll Hit nth* Util** ob th* l*urnnh »«m»t nna Iwartiwt mi’w ,.,„tl,*« i of FtymiMiU brmkuaNr - K»< hut «* WIH WUNUI. th» glory In nut in th* »uNi hut *» I hr autng It fur IhrL J**» NgnhMT U u hi on th* **»g* u| Ant* wh i unt, it ttutt|Mi Nr pnrrtun iIuHhk Iti no noth Anuw tAi hutuon* Hiwt trt«u4 n nutn «*t ulnd IttiNf. ll. wi t« lb* itnurt «>l N«* rial* Nnr mtniMMM minghi tntu Alfctn I botuntuh. ih nil Ihttiti hwh im the »trt, ib«l mb you ut tun* ntut <»•»*» thrill*