INIH'STKJAli ACTIVITY
STATISTICS WHICH DEMON
STRATE PROSPERITY.
Immense Increase in the Importulinn
of Commodities I seal in Domestic
Manufactures, >au I Decrease in I tic Im
ports of Articles Made Abroad.
Some interacting i'aili illustrative of
ihe marvelous revival of indu.-trial ac
tivity which followed so directly upon
the election of President McKinley end
the enactment of the Dingiey tariff
are srt forth In j statement issued b.
the treasury bureau of statistics. It
is especially significant of prosperous
times among manufacturers that arti
cles required in manufacturing and
food stuffs not produced in the United
States form the largest items of the
increase in importations shown by the
fiscal year just ended. The statement
covers all articles or classes of articles
in which the importation increased or
decreased as much as $1,000,000 during
the year, and shown an Increase of im
portations In nearly all articles of for
eign production required by our man
ufacturers. Unmanufactured fibers,
raw silk, crude rubber, liar and block
tin. hides and skins, undressed furs,
cabinet and other woods, unmanufac
tured tobacco and chemicals for use in
manufacturing, all show a heavy In
crease, wool being the only important
item of material for the factory which
shows a reduction in imports.
In the ten great classes of material
Imported for use of the manufacturers
— fibers, silk, rubber, hides, furs, tin,
copper, tobacco, wood and chemicals
the Increase amounts to about $30,000,
000. though the reduction of several
million dollai'3 in wool brings the net
increase In manufacturers’ materials to
something less than that figure. In
food stuffs the principal increase is in
sugar, tropical fruits and cocoa, the
Increase lu these being above $30,000.
000. The very heavy Importations of
sugar Just prior to the enactment of
the tariff laws of 1897 made the sugar
importations of 1898 extremely light,
so that those of 1899 show an increase
of 50 per cent in quantity over those
of 1898, but many million pounds less
than those of 1897.
Among manufactured goods the finer
grades of cotton, sitk and fibers show
the largest increase, though matting,
chinaware, dressed furs and spirits
are slightly in excess of last year.
Diamonds and jewelry show' the largest
increase among the articles classed as
luxuries, though this is believed to lie
due in part at least to a reduction in
duties under the act of 1897. which was
made in the belief that it would reduce
smuggling and thus bring within the
operations of the customs law many
million dollars’ worth of this class of
goods which had formerly escaped tax
ation. In manufactured goods there
has been a decrease in imports in a
number of important articles which
come in competition with American
manufactures, especially in woolen
goods and tin plate. Coffee also show's
a decrease of about $10,000,000 in value
of importations, largely due. however,
to the decrease in price rather than in
quantity, the average price per pound
in 1899 being more than 10 per cent
below that of 1898, while there Is also
a slight reduction in quantities im
ported, owing to the very heavy im
ports of last year.
The following table includes the ar
ticles or classes of articles in which
the imports of the year show an in
crease or decrease of as much as
$1,000,000, and compares the imparts
of the year with those of the two pre
ceding fiscal years:
IMPORTS.
1S97. 189$. 1889.
Chemicals ... .$44,94$,752 $ll.4(U,7i3 $42,668.<21
Chinaware ... 9,977.297 6.687,3®) 7,592,99*
Cooo& . 2.997,866 3,715.629 5,360,116
Coffee .S1.544.3S4 65.067,631 55,274,646
Copper in bars,
aXc.. 91*9, S24 3.077,835 5,604,83.1
Cotton manu
facture# .. .. 34.421*,363 a, t, 161,300 32,053,511
Fibers, u n
m nf tured .. 12.336.418 13,446.186 20,290,727
Fibers, m'f'cs
|lf . .. 32.546,867 21.S99.794 25,132.495
Fruits & nuts 17,126,932 14,666,950 IN,317,20!
jr^rs, undr'ed 2,938,979 3,832.6**3 5,616,5*0
HirH&mfiK SOT#lJ5 t.iHS.Ott!) s. 211.018
Hides* .hint 27.wa.08e 8o.WS.HS2 41.81M.o43
Household & .. ...
perg | ef'cts 2.438,362 1,779,too 3,112.8*0
guttu percha 17,56$.163 25.»45,fU 31,876,14.'
Jew rv A ore
clou, stone*. 3,559.307 lO.JJg.SIW l?,i. IIMItj
Matting n.wB.ntfl 1.437.171 2.UM.1H
fl lit unman... 1S9K28J K.IW.Wtf S2.478.887
Milk' rnnn. of S.1'',-"W7 28.583.** 26.loa.4»2
Snlrit* .. • J.ttO.IH 3.IJ4.7W 3,l44,i*i y
3ii*«r . . 88.W8.fM *'.173.70 81.964 l.'i
Tin In l>nrs.
nl,, etc.. .. k,,<8.1.1 1I,*4.1,33?
Tin slat* . 5.344.08 3 W.14* 2.*13.S*,I
T. .burro leaf. 8.8*4.1» 7.4*».*H S.iWt.tU.,
Wool row .... 53.3«M»1 W.?*S.*he 8.333.**?
Wool, ill f<» . 48.10.9W I4.8SI.77I 13,01.88.'
The following table show* th* tout
import* of each Aeml year during the
decade:
late, .. 8.88,3111,433
ST. .. .s44.ete.iw*
B .....
B......
B .... 7 i
SB . lee.mtu
te,. .. .... .. .. 8ie.e0.a.l
t0* ariilK.tik
H«r,sM lks| lk>, l bass.
The oatlooh for the yield of fleam
• baapagae* for the .*•** of 18** 0
dleroutwgiag The latest fact, froai
the wta# dtetrtrte pabi0h*d la Paris
*hu« that the white grapee have »uf
(•red •etrerely through la. i.iu.Ul
weather The nee* bearing these
grape* do got prod•*< e * ■ toalreiasar
geoaa,” a ad ta i,imu#h i»«»* the hist
growth hasing heea de«iro**d there
0 bo a >• whet*»*» **f fruit f»>, m*
.iMtuma In Kperony, the rnttsi i,< ik,
kempegn* country, the damage doge
la roaeiderabW hot got *** groat ,« to
ataay tea* haowa karalii0* la l*ntk*
• ha rettaiaiy ef a 04 tlntage ha*
*4u.nl a great deasaad iu spriog p (.,
wtae* ef prevtou* year* ta wh*h a
leal «pe« o0t u* 0 be lag .too* ft»<
t at .fatten, • fur the rhaMpaane J ■
til.t to# the rear froai Sprit. tea* to
Sprit 18*8 *a« w a f» ' fm* ns, m
the number if bottles exported. On
the other hand, the consumption in
Prune;* has Increased over 2.500,000
bottles. The total number of bottles
disposed of during the year was 27.
ilUT.bUti. The stock the growers have
in hand amounts tc 100,371,755 bottles,
together with 413,053 hectoliters of
witie ia i £jsf.s.
If not a bottle cf French cham
pagne could be spared far export to
the Fnited Eiatcs for the next ten
years It .,'ouid be far from an unmixed
jia'amiiy. Pertain to-called connots
i st tits whose tastes are tegulated by
iaU‘1 and not by quality would feel the
deprivation seriously, but in the long
tun they would Lc the wiser and the
better for it. Then they would be
forced to drink the fine champagnes
of native production, and would for
the first time in their Uvea discover
how excellent these wines really are.
At present they don't know, for they
never taste them.
REPUBLICANS ARE READY.
1 The FrF'Traile hmo Will Find Them
Well Prepared In 11)00.
Some of the Democrats who see the
hopelessness of a campaign on a 16
to-1 platform express anxiety to make
free irade and protection the Issue. If
the Bryan or Democratic leaders will
agiee to ignore the silver issue in their
platform and pledge that Its speak
ers shall not allude to it, it is possi
ble that the Republicans would accom
modate them In 1894 the Republicans
made tiie campaign on a declaration
against the Gorman Wilson tariff law.
Hard times helped, but the Democratic
party was never so badly beaten. In
deed, the overwhelming defeat in 1894
caused Democrats to seek a new issue
for 1896, and free and unlimited coin
age of silver was accepted by many
Democrats because they dared not go
into a campaign with a revenue tariff
platform. The Bryan convention
dropped the word "only" from the
usual Democratic platform declaring
for a tariff for revenue.
The duty in the Gorman law was
high enough on iron, hut it was made
so low on a long line of goods that
half the factories producing them were
closed. The woolen industry aud the
wool-growlhg interest were bit very
hard by the Gorman law. During the
past two years the wool-growing in
terest has got on its feet again. Sheep
and wool again have values, and the
latter, produced at home, is taking the
plate of the foreign article, coming to
us on the free list. It is not probable
that the wool-growers, who are in
three-fourths the states, can foim a
wool-growers’ trust. The wool man
ufacturers have not yet accomplished
much in that direction. Clothing is
not materially higher than it was un
der the Gorman law. Free trade in
glass would lose to Indiana the east
ern trade in one of its prominent in
dustries, as did the cut in duties by
tiie Gorman tariff law. So with other
Industries, the principle of protection
cannot lie safely set aside unless we
are all willing to reduce wages to the
basis of those of competitors in other
countries. Great Britain has com
petitors today because all nations have
protected their industries by tariffs
which have held the home markets for
the home producer, and there is no
doubt that they will adhere to that
policy in adjusting duties. At any
rate, if the Bryan Democracy is anx
ious to drop 16 to 1 for the tariff issue,
Republicans are ready. —Indianapolis
(Ind.) Journal.
Money In
Dick—Hello. John, what are you
buying now? John A gold watch. Dick
- You must be flush with money. John
- Yes; I’ve Just had another raise lu
wages.
A lollry Mlilr 11 In vitro DUmter,
No matter what steps ws may take
to destroy trust* Germany Is deter*
; mined to maintain a system which it is
generally recognised Is bringing pros*
| parity and wealth to the empire. Shall
we then, in order to overcome an evil
which may he regulated, reaort to a
policy which will invite disaster? la
It conceivable that the American peo
ple, lu the face of the menace which
the organiied front of Germany pra
| sent*, will strike down the only harrier
to the deluge of articles manufactured
| In Germany which the removal of pro
tection would Invite* Great Hrttaln
la now endeavoring to rescue her Weal
Indian pteeeeelone from tha evil fate
Imposed on them by Ihe German es*
port bounty «yatem Are we aailoua
to share the vans *spartem • * If we
are, all we need to do la to dlapease
with protection end the Germans will
soon make It clear to wa that la Ihe ef
fort to abate an evil which la largely
| Imaginary wa have espuwed oureelvee
to the danger of having out wan»f*. -
! luring tadweirtee loyally deatyoyed
gaa ►'leocUco I'knelrh
Ww g-Mtgae teshtoaeM*
V t’aaad aa <<rrespua<l«ui writing
' on the trade between t ana da and
bmerit a, *ay* The ptlky ef the
railed mates toward t’aaa-la mow
IMf, with the brief tatermiaeioa while
the Wttawn net of lent tl war in for-#
hae been woe si grab git end give noth'
mg Gf wear** It te is lunger fa«b
Uigahie In this vonmev to dlecfimingte
against b martsim tbheet.ng iW Vt >
Manufacturer
AGREES WITH HAVEMEYER.
A llrutlirr Mnnupullit ludonN the Hu(>f
Kliii'a View*.
Rarely In the annais of American
politics have the statements of a man
having any reputation at all been so
completely tefuted, riddled and ritli
t tiled as those of Mr. Havemeyer, to
the effect that the present tariff is
four-fifths extortion and the parent of
trusts. In such a situation Mr. Have
meyer has doubtless been turning in
every direction looking for an indorse
ment cf some kind from some quar
ter, and willing to accept it in what
ever shape it should come.
The loose-talking New Yorker may
now comfort himself a little, for he
has found a friend of just as much
loquacity and just as little sense.
That congenial Indorser lives in this
city and has sent the Indorsement to
the Nebraska City Conservative, in
which paper It lias been duly published
without comment. It runs thus:
Wells, Fargo & Co., Office of Presl
dent.
San Francisco, Cal., J«ne 15, 1899.
Dear Mr. Morton: Referring to
yours of June 7, doubtless you noticed
Havemeyer's testimony before the
Washington commission yesterday and
his remarks upon the matter of trusts
—namely, that the protective tariff Is
the mother of trusts in the United
States of America. I am with him
pvery time on that statement. I think
his observations in general were bused
on facts and good sense.
Very truly yours,
JOHN J. VALENTINE.
A draft upon human credulity drawn
by Havemeyer and indorsed by Valen
tine is certainly a unique document
even in the politics of a country where
the canard and the roorback are com
mon. Fortunately the names of the
parties are so well known and the rep
utation of each so well established
that no one is likely to be deceived by
the document. The only effect of the
Valentine indorsement will be to con
firm the judgment of the public formed
on the original statement. The maiu
Interest in the matter lies in the new
evidence it gives of Valentine’s crav
ing for notoriety. Wherever there is
an opening in a newspaper, on a plat
form or In a pulpit, he is there to show
that he can shed language as readily
as he shirks taxes or cinches the pub
lic, and seemingly there is no form
of iniquity he Is not willing to uphold
either by precept or practice.—San
Francisco Call.
Two Inevitable Result*.
Not one-half of the articles handled
by the trusts are protected by tariffs.
Not one-half the capitalization of the
great consolidations is devoted to the
production of articles which are pro
tected. Mr. Havemeyer know's very
well that in forming these consolida
tions the real objects were an economy
of organization and a monopoly of the
local production. These being the prime
objects, the tariffs affect them neither
in one way or the other, except as they
may exclude a foreign competition. If
we throw open the doors to foreign
competition it would necessitate even
greater economy in organization to en
able home producers to compete profit
ably. There would be no surer way to
put the entire production of the coun
try into the hands of consolidations
than by striking down all our tariff
duties. There would be an absolute ne
cessity for trust# then.or else we should
have to give our markets over to the
Europeans and go out of business, for
we could not continue to produce in
any but the most economical way
against unrestricted foreign competi
tion. It is safe, then, to say that if
all our tariff laws should be repealed
tomorrow there would be just two ef
fects—one the degradation of American
labor, and the other a complete ab
sorption of our industries by giant cor
porations.—Kansas City (Kan.) Jour
nal.
Democracy and Trust*.
It was In 1894 that the Democratic
majority in both houses of congress
paralyzed the section against trusts
passed by the Republican majority In
the preceding congress. The Wilson
law' prescribes no penulty against
{rusts except firms or corporations who
are importers of foreign goods. Im
porters are not organized In trusts and
never have been. Consequently the
Wilson luw touches none of the trusts.
It opened the door wide to all that
now exist. The last senate was not
Republican and would not permit the
restoration of the anti-trust clause of
the McKinley law, The Republican
record against trusta I* perfectly clear.
A law In HUM fulfilled the platform
pledge of 1 •8*1. Then the Democrats
came Into power and misguvernmeut
and calamity came with them. In
thvlr eudlesii chapter of dlsastera was
the killing of the anti-trust law. They
worked havoc In thnt direction aa In
every other Yet they are now making
a prudigiwu* racket over Ike trusta
as If the subject were entirely new
and their party acting upon it fur the
grit time Ml laiula Ulobe Democrat
Hus a«U kss.
During the lent Democrnue adminls
• ration the paper# were Hied with re
porta of factories closed, wages re
doced and aa ever tnereastag army of
|p»uiployed Now they are tiled with
i#port* of g#w enterprises voluntary
advance* of wage* and eonataaliy in,
proved relation* between employer*
and rmptoie* ladtaaapoila |lad ■
journal
|uU|ktei te a«t tkrw
It the tree trader* are antioun to mi
I) under Mr lte«emey*r we a mentor
end hta l<t per t *nt duty we a ahman,
(livstf tikti liiiviv In ill#
9 # f I * %♦# tilt I# Im In 9
It n *1***# h It#** it* ittm4 I# t
|MORE FOOL BREAKS
HOW THE FUSIONISTS HAVE
FALLEN OVER THEM
SELVES IN 1899
1. The state officials while yelling
‘•economy" asked for inereastd salaries
and appropriations.
The managers of the state institu
tions who had been trying to fool the
people for two years, till asked for
more money to run the institutions,
and confessed to large deficiencies.
if. Tlie governor insulted the Nebras
ka soldiers, and refused to do justice
to Col. Ntotsenberg.
4. The supreme court coni mission bill
was vetoed because- a certain political
striker was refused an appointment.
5. The fusionists in tin- legislature
entered into a corrupt deal to elect a
gold republican and a monopolist to
the I'. S. senate. The deal failing
only because five fusionists refused to
t>c corrupted,
ft. The governor allowed i* gang of
slum politicians in Omaha to dictate
official appointments.
7. Auditor Cornell refused to resign
after he had been Impeached Ik fore
the public.
n. The executive office became the
laughing stock on account of the lioxic
fiasco at Kearney.
{>. A "reform official" at Beatrice was
condemned in a star chamber trial,
and was dismissed to make room for a
worse political striker.
10. The state officials confessed to
the wholesale use of railroad passes.
11. Keform officials detected in tak
ing double pay refused to make resti
tution.
12. The state house and capital
grounds were farmed out to a political
organization for the benefit of the
national democratic fund.
13. For fear of exposures the gov
ernor was compelled to veto the in
vestigation appropriation.
14. Secretary Porter refused to al
low the Investigation committee room
in the eapitol building, after having
farmed out the halls for all sorts of
purposes and all sorts of prices.
15. tin investigation Ex-Uovcmor
Holcomb was found to have misap
propriated almost 81,000 on false
vouchers, but he was upheld by all of
tile pie counter fusionlsts.
Lft. Investigation showed up the
ballot frauds of H'.t7. but the "reform
ers" for good personal reasons hinder
ed the investigation all they could,
and declined to produce tell-tale offi
cial documents.
17. Land Commissioner Wolfe was
found to have entered into illicit deals
in the leasing of school lauds, whereby
his friends and pie counter coinpat riots
were greatly benefltted at the expense
of honest land holders.
is. The state fisheries department
got so corrupt that the officials re
signed to escape investigation.
I'.*. An official at the Omaha institu
tion was discharged because he would
not purchase potatoes and groceries
from another official.
20. The scramble over the state in
surance department caused unanimous
disgust all over the state.
These are only a few of the had
breaks made by the sham reformers
this year, but they will be sufficient
for the people to {Kinder over during
the present year.
DKYAN'H ( IIANUK OP MIND.
At Dos Moines, la., the other day,
ex-('olonel Hryan intimated that the
gold coming from the Klondike coun
try was almost entirely responsible
for the prosperity which is now sweep
ing over the I'nited States. This is n
most startling admission to come from
the lips of the democratic joss, it
carries with it the assurance that pros
l>ority is with us. Also that gold is
not such a bad thing after all: and that
we really can run the country without
; the aid of silver. The colonel also in
j timated that expansion was a pretty
! good thing, and practically admitted
that it would help the business inter
| eata of the country. It was many
| years after the acquisition of Alaska
that the prosperity wave was brought
with it. Hut it lias come and is ad
j mitted by the democratic leader. Why
j not so with the Philippine* a* well a*
I Alaska, The best of authorities agree
j that these islands are rich in uiiueral*
slid that much gold is to tie found and
the agrieuitural wealth will lie irn
I mense. Then why Uu't it a good
thing to annex the Philippine* and
'• keep the prosperity wave roiling in
I our niteil Ntate* And these intima
lions, coming front Mr. Itryan. have
! caused grave fear* in the minds of the
I colonel * friends here in Aehraska
) they fear that he is preparing to drop
1 ilie silver question, and their sppre
(tensions aeem to be well founded for
»ix years Mr Itrysn has claimed that
no such things e*mtd ever he, that only
lhe free coinage of nitvac could bring
. prosperity to thia country He now
j practically admit* that he was wro ng.
: is.I also that expansion must he all
I right and a g«st thiag foe the country
because Its prosperity Infret Um* are
already being hilt It was thought
j by demoeraev and fuabm that whan
I rose* begs* hi e hange M* iha« te
garitug Mpaasim ih*i itryan uwU
I *»av* a snn.dh#r path Ih iNli*! but il
s#dtt* iHii fii«< • iib lli%t ib**^ int»«t
WIlUl imrl It til ^ t i !•% &«* tff t»th In
i
be grasping tlie right idea of thing*
at last.
ADMIT THKItt KOOl.lNIIMsM. ^
The fusion managers admit that tlie
pass-grabbing official* at the insane
asvlum made an error when they re
I
fused the hpworthiniis permission to
drink from tlie state pumping station's
supply. That the Kpworthian* will
forgive tlie hasty and ill advise I ac
aetiou of Mr. t'oftin and h's sulsirdi
nates ail agree, but tlie trouble is that,
they will not forget it. They say it
would not lie so bad if the matter end
ed where it appears to. but t hat it has
caused a great ileal of friction among
tlie managers and tlie employes of the
asylum. Some of tin* employe- have
enough |xditifftl foresight to see what
tlie consequences of tin* hasty action
may lie. and they all place tlie blame
at the head of the institution.
The serious jsirt of Superintendent
t’oftin's action was his attempt to show
that tlie management of tlie assembly
turned a I tout and supplied the people
of the assembly with unwholesome
water that endangered the lives of the
immense concourse, and also his ad
mission that he had refused life-giving
water to the assembly for the tick of a
few free passes. Superintendent < oftln
closed a signed statement with this as
sertion:
“It acurrcly seems rigid for Presl
<lent Jones to endanger the health and
even the lives of the Immense eon
j course of people now gathered at the
park, by providing an unwholesome
water supply when no other outlay
than, the possible admission of twelve
or fifteen hospital employes and pa
tients would procure that of the best
quality."
It does not seem possible that Dr.
Cofttn would stand by snd see the lives
of a vast concourse endangered for the
1 aek of '1'WEL V F or FI FT F F X free
tickets, hut he admits us much. Per
haps when Dr. Collin's one year com
mission expires Governor Poynter will
study awhile liefore he renews it.—
(State Journal.
And the following is the list of those
“T W FL V E or FI FT FFX ’ names wh Ich
was presented to President Jones un
der tile head of ‘'Employes ^Nebraska
Hospital for the Insane."
V. O. Johnson. W. L. Torrence.
F. D. Met all. W. F. McLain.
Margaret I*.Phelps.Wm. Pollock.
Jno. Cunningham. Jas. Harlan.
J. T. Donohue. Hilbert Hooider.
Marry Wright. J. A. Weart.
W. C. Spencer. L. A. Sims.
J. F. ttotruck. F I Veaeh.
T. M. Connelly. Frank Wilhelm.
Frank Linmark. 11. Z. Dean.
C. P. Clark. Ilobt. Hear.
W. A. Campbell. F. 11. Ingorsoll.
W. L. Weekly. Mae Burson.
Amos Watson. Clara Reach.
W. II. True. Nada Ket/.enberg
Henry Rrocr. Audry Lowry.
c. C. ilaeon. Edith Locke.
Jno. C. Hwartsley. Della Love.
Jonas Holm. Lelia Johnson.
R. II. Sawyer. Mary Johann.
J. W. Sawyer. Ella Rennie.
Louisa Sawyer. Rosa Enright.
Mrs. M.IIremlgam. Mennlc Charles.
Ida English. Marie Rennie.
Hattie Pollock. Hanna Lundstrom
Dot Hashberger. Flora Milligan.
Bertha Berryman. Louisa, Fricke.
Hattie Pronger. Will Reiss.
Rebecea Wahlin. O. C. Scott.
X. U. Hall. Bertha Bell.
After several years of idleness upor
the matter <>f trusts, Attorney lienera'
Smyth has finally attacked the Stand
ard Oil trust and apparently will at
tempt to compel it to cease doing husi
ness in Nebraska. Hut he will not tin
ish thnt which he has commenced. Mr
Smyth will not he a candidate for re
election and of course his deputy. Mr
Oldham, will want the nomination
ami will go before the people and ex
plain his knowledge of the affairs ol
that office and of the cases pending
and that he should be retained abovi
everything. Hut the people of thli
state will be slow to consider hU ar
guments favorably.
Chinas* ( hllilrrn.
One evening there will be about fuut
mites cf little lanterns sent floating
down the great river In houor of the
dsad. Or there will be the baking rlc*
cakes, with many curious ceremonial*.
And In It all the child takes hi* part,
and hts eiders are very kind to him,
and never bother him with cleaning uy
or puttlag tn clothe* to go out. He
strip* to the waist or beyond It In sum
msr. then, *« th# winter comes tin. puts
on another and another garment till
he becomes a* broad as he Is long At
ntfht time, perhaps, he take* oR *om
rial he*, but they ar* all the earn#
■hap*, all quit* loo*e and #a»y, Then
he M«r a*«d b* afraid of breaking
anything for moat thlaa* ar* put
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aider tap*a** * This tat of the few mas
discipi* of the artistic was recall**!
whew lately a rmw was seea with th*
• ads papers t >a the cuwans brwwa
paper such as hutchera wa# The pew■
liar dull laish aad the soft wa->v»e
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furs ikisit of ih* room aa I *•. . 14M
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON IX, AUGUST 27 — EZRA
I: 1-11.
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(•olden Text—The Lord Hath I)uk.
Great Thing, for l'( Whereof We Are
(•lad—Pxa. 139: Iteturiilng free
Captivity.
1. "That flic word of the tsrrd by the
mouth of Jeremiah might he fulfilled."
(See Jer. 25: 12; 28; I'M This word was
ihe promise that, after seventy years,
tha I.ord would bring Ills people back
again to Palestine. There were three eras
of captivity, as there were several eras
of return. "Might he fulfilled.” Accom
plished. lie who inspired the prophecy
directed its accomplishment. "In the first
year of Cyrus." As king of liabylon.
which he captured 11. C. ills. The flrat
year refers to this victory, and It took
a year or more to make preparations fur
h return. "Cyrus, king of Persia," wa.-r
originally king of the province of Allzuin
or 131am, the mountainous country vast
of Chaldea; Husa was one of lls chief
< Itles. He had a marvelous career, con
quering Media, Persia, and Hubylonla.
"The empire of l.ydla. which extended
over ihe greater part of Asia Minor, fell
before the uriny of Cyrus about 11. C.
58>." Bayce. "The Lord stirred up the
spirit of Cyrus." How? tl> Directly by
bis Holy Spirit. as In many other cases.
This would lie more strange than the In
fluence of one mind over another, which
Is u dally experience among men. <2>
Assuming that, the narrative statements
In the book of Daniel are history, Daniel
was still alive In the ilrsl and third years
of Cyrus (Dan. I: 21; ID; 1). and was es
pecially Interested In the fact that the
seventy years of Jeremiah were coming
to an end (Dhii. 8: 2 sqq.) "Made a proc
lamation." This was an ofUclul document,
us wc sen by chap. 6, where the decree
Is given morn fully ihuu here. "Put It
also In writing." To preserve It on the
records, that no mistake or reversal of
the decree might occur.
?. "The Lord (Jehovah) God of heav
en." "Tho word Jehovah was probably
the Hebrew translation of 8 >rniuxd,’ the
Persian Supreme Itelng." "He bath charg
ed me.” He accepted the prophecies as a
charge from tlio God of the Jews.
3. "Who Is there among you?" Yh*v
return was to Im a volunteer movement,
which 111 all res|M*cts was the best both
for the purpose of Cyrus and for tho new
Jewish settlement.
I. tv lioxoever remained). In the lan l
of exile. Many remained for various r«a
sons. Home hart Intermarried, some werw
Involved In business, some did not wrlsti
to undergo tile butd-ldps of return, "lari
the men of Ills place." Ills heathen neigh
bor« “Help him" to raise the needed
funds. “Authority D given to raise fund*
for two purposes; a free-will fund for tlw
temple Itself, and emigrant-aid funds for
the henellt of those who may need them."
Professor Beecher.
6. "Then rose up the chief of the fath
ers." The return descrllwd tn to-day's
lesson was under Zerubbubel, a prime or
the royal line of ltavld, called the Tlr
shalha, or Pasha (2; S3*, and under
Joshua, tlm hereditary high priest (3:8).
These were among the "chief of the fath
ers . . . and the priests.”
i>. "And all they that were about them."
Their heathen,neighbors and friends, as
was done In Kgypt at the time of the
exodus, "Precious things." Their per
sonal property must have amounted to
considerable, for on their arrival at Jo
in-olem they contributed {too,uuo In gol l
and silver for the rebuilding.
7. "Cyrus the king brought forth the
vessels of the house of the Lord." "Nebu
chadnezzar little thought that lie was un
consciously preserving the sacred v sreli
of Israel In a safe and Inviolable strong -
hold, till the day when Jehovah would
bring about their restoration to Ids peo
ple." "Possibly some of these vessel*
had been on the table- ut Belshazzar *
Bast; and possibly Cyrus was the niotu
ready to part with the n tliul he regirdnl
them ns unlucky property for him to
keep.”—Professor Beecher.
H. "By the hand of Mlthredath" (given
by, or dedicated to Mlthra, the sun-god),
lie hail these treasures In his charge.
"Hheshbazznr" (fire-worshiper). The Per
sian name of Zerubbabel ("Born In Baby
lon"). In 5: 16 we read that Hheshbazznr
laid the foundation of the temple, while
in 3: S the same work Is ascribed to Za
rubbnbi I.
11. "All the vessels . . . were Hv«
thousand and four hundred." This I*
mi re than double the sum of the pre
ceding numbers—2,49!). It !* probable that
only the larger or more costly vessels
were numbered In detail, and the 5,41))
Includes a great number of smaller and
less costly ones. Ho they are reckoned
by Josephus (Ant. Jud. It: D.
lie Drawn Salary anil Pension.
A policeman of the city force is
drawing from the department a pen
sion and a salary also. Some years
ago lie was retired on half pay, and.
being still vigorous, secured employ
ment as a policeman in the town of
New Utrecht. He became sergeant of
the email squad there, and soon Brook
lyn annexed the town and he gained a
place on the Brooklyn force. Then, in
the course of events, Brooklyn was au
1 uexed, and thus he came back Into the
department from which he had ygj
tired, expecting to draw l^'.OOO per
num as a sergeant cn the retired Hxt,
The New York commissioners there
upon stopped his pension and the cas«
was taken Into court. Now a decision
has been given In favor of the police,
man, the supreme court holding that
upon his retirement be had a right to
a cept any honorable employment, and
that be must not be made to suffer for
subsequent events in the history of the
cities concerned New York Letter.
Wert* witch* It wlkw, Tw.
• I don't like Sinus's Ides of a Joke.”
slid Htlend "No?** replied llnlhet.
No. I d n't" "Tell me about It.”
"The other night I called to see him.
and he said 'I'll get a amall bottle.*
All right,* I said, 'get a bottle with «
stick" la It ' Ho tlnaggs went out nod
presently returned with a bottle's!
mucilage **- Pittsburg Chrookie Teto*
graph
um
Cocaugger If I g« *.-<« a gun Pm
the fourth, wtlt you promts* to ho
| careful*
freddie Yea. dad |*t| shoot like *
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j hit say«*1*
Hs>«4
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what the hay «# cm* gat t*f
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