HE IS “UP AGAINST IT ’I
BRYAN’S WAY TO THE WHITE
HOUSE BARRED.
Beatrldlng the Demo-Top Donkey, "Tree
Silver and Tree Trade," Ilia Datli Is
So Obstructed liy the Solid Wall of
Substantial Trosperlty.
One of the most impressive among
(he many showings of prosperity with
which the American people are nowa
days so frequently regaled after two
full years of restored protection, Is
that made in the news columns of the
New York Sun of July 29. With Its
characteristic enterprise and sagacity
the Hun, always keenly alive to matters
of genuine public interest, has gath
ered from correspondents In various
business tenters some very significant
facts as to the abnormal activity which
prevails among the railroads of the
United States. No one needs to be told
that when the great inland transporta
tion systems are rushed with business
and straining to Increase their facili
ties to meet an Increased demand,
everybody else must be extremely busy.
Railroad business Is a sure Index of
general business.
From Chicago the report is that
every railroad entering that city today
needs more cars than It has or can get
to meet the demands of shippers. This
condition Is not due to any great o"d
sudden Increase in any particular ti'Hi
flc, but Is due to the steady growth of
all kinds of waffle. From all Indica
tions the year 1899 will eclipse all for
mer years in the volume of business
done by the railroads., Last year was
one of prosperity for the railroads, the
Increase In traffic as compared with
that of several years previous being
considered almost phenomenal, but
there la almost as great an Increase In
earnings so far this year over those of
the corresponding period of last year us
was the case of 1898 over 1897. All the
railroads which build their own freight
cars have kept full forces at work In
the shops, but they could not turn out
cars fast enough to supply the demand,
and orders were placed with car manu
facturing companies which will keep
most of them busy for the remainder of
the year, If not longer.
Here is a curiously suggestive fact
stated by an official of one of the big
Western railways:
“More pianos were shipped over our
road from Chicago fo the West and
Southwest in the last three months
than the entire number In the years
from 1893 to 1897. This Is good proof
of the prosperity of the farmer, for a
piano is a luxury In which he does not
Indulge as soon as he gets a few hun
dred dollars ahead. Our traffic in
farming machinery was never so large
as It has been this year and our crop
reports made It certain that the invest
ments In machinery were well made."
When the farmers buy pianos they
are "on Easy street.” No doubt of that.
Another railroad manager said: “If
we could borrow or hire from 5,000 to
10,000 box cars we could find immediate
UEe for all of them.”
At Detroit an official declared that in
twenty years his road has "never seen
a condition like the present. Ordinar
ily at this time of the year we are not
burdened with a surplus of business
and rather havo difficulty in finding a
glace to store our empty freight cars
than to employ all our energies to
find cars enough to carry the business
offered to us. We are certainly behind
on a visible eupply of cars requisite to
carry the freight which we can get
without any solicitation.”
Baltimore reports a scarcity of care
with which to move the tremendous
business present and prospective. At
Buffalo the freight traffic Is far in ex
cess of the supply of cars. Thousands
of extra cars could be used, but they
are not to be found. At Philadelphia
a trunk line official testifies to a great
increase on all the lines of his road
Speaking of the lines cast of Pittsburg,
he said:
"I am convinced that the present
prosperity Is lasting for the reason
that the Increase cf business is not
confined to a particular locality. It is
general. For instance, on all the sta
tions of our road there is a substantial
l>etterment. Some of the offices report
an lucrease of 7 per cent, others 15 per
cent, many from 50 to 75 per cent,
some 100 per cent, and one as high he
216 per cent.
‘ While, a« these reporta show, our
business is much in excess of that of
last year, we have not experienced
any grant difficulty In getting rare to
handle the freight thus far. but thore
will be a scarcity of cars In the latter
part of September or October. Mow
serious It will be I have no means of
telling at thla time. As a matter or
fact we have very largely Increased
our equipment thla year, and of coorne.
that haa aided u* In handling the In
creased business, but In some kind* of
cars there has already been n scarcity."
It Is now but twenty-nine months
since William McKinley took his seat
as president uf the I'ntted States, only
n few days more than two years since
the IMagley tariff was enacted t‘on
trast. If you can. present condition*
with those which existed twenty-nine
month* after the inauguration of
Drover Cleveland In IfthJ and twenty
four months after the enactment uf th*
all destroying Wilson Dorman tat Iff
law Ten billions of duDars would wot
suffice to measure the in* re**e In In
dividual, corporate and national wealth j
which ha* tak*a place *tn<*» th* r**u»ra
(ion of prote*Don as the tunics
pot It > Probably twenty htlltoa* Would |
full below the mark
Verity, la It tto* In the euphemiatlt
phraseology of the >ar'«u« whl*h sp
peace an thl* page uf the Amett an
Itvoaomlei, that Will* m denning* i
Hrysn beet ltd lag lha free Stiver and |
Pie* Trade ass uf hi* party Sad* hi*
prog res* i*t the while howea baited by
W solid W*li uf p>“«p. it » ltd l» I l«
Against th* Neal I hlag Now
U!» AGAINST THE REAL THING NOW.
HAVEMEYER’S INCONSISTEN
CIES.
Hr Want* Free Trade In Hhw Hugar a*
a Mean* of lnrrea*ln|t HI* I’roltt*.
The frpe-trade papers hrve been at
tempting to gain comfort from the
statements of President Havemeyer of
the sugar trust, before the national In
dustrial commission, but can only do
so by separating a few of his state
ments from his whole testimony. The
protectionists are willing for the peo
ple to consider Ihe whole of llave
meyer’s testimony, for It proves that
he is seeking Ihe elimination of the
tariff on raw sugar In order that the
sugar trust’s profits may he made larg
er! That fact la made prominent by
his statement: ‘‘The protection on
sugar amounts only lo 3'^ per cent. It
ought to be twice as much.” He also
said: “Congress should put an internal
revenue tax on the production of Amer
ican sugar.” He stated that his com
pany has 11,000 stockholders, and his
admissions show that the company's
business is not profitable, but It has
made many millions of dollars
by the sale of stock. Thosp
who were In the company be
fore Ihe stock was enormously inflat
ed have made millions, tail it is proba
ble that the new stockholders of the
sugar trust will receive very small, If
any, dividends.
Mr. Havemeyer closed his testimony
with a protest against the tariff dis
criminations against sugar, and Insist
ed that “those discriminations against
sugar are entirely due to the feeling
against combinations in business"! He
said that his company "is in the cof
fee business to stay," yet there is no
tariff on coffee, and the coffee trust has
been able to double the prices of cof
fee during recent years! The coffee
trust is able to control the coffee trade
of the world, and, notwithstanding all
the squabbling between companies
composing the trust, they are making
enormous profits on the sale of coffee
and stocks. The sale of stock has been
the chief source of profits for all
trusts, and when they cannot sell
stocks at good profits the downfall of
the trusts is at hand. Protectionists
are entirely willing for the people to
consider the whole of Havemeyer's tes
timony, for it is only further proof that
a sufficient tariff must be maintained
to protect American labor. Home com
petition Is the only safe regulator, and
that competition will destroy about all
trusts as soon as the trusts are unable
to make enormous profits on the sale
of stock. If you own stock in any
trust now Is a good time to sell, for
It is possible that it will not be many
months before your stock will not be
worth more than its value as waste pa
per,— Des Moines (Iowa) State Regis
ter.
In llrysn's Mute.
A dispatch from Omaha says:
“The Industrial situation through
thta part of the Missouri valley la In
dicative of the general prosperity that
appeara to prevail throughout the en
tire west. Ordinarily July witnesses
very little busluess In the commercial
world among Missouri river jobbers,
but this month iavan eiceptlon Whole
salers generally have scarcely had time
to Invoice their slocks and ascertain
the eaten! of business for tbe first sis
months of the year "
This Is tbe situation In Mr. Uryan'a
own state, end ta tbs other states near
by. It tushes au effective contrast to
the situation which sttsled la that re
gion during tbe years when the policy
of free trade, so vigorous!) supported
by Mr tlrvan. both in and out of con
gress, was In force, and the Wilson
j law was everting itn blighting influ
ence upon tbe industries of lbs coun
| fry It Is pretty safe to say that tbe
business men of Nebraska and of other
Missouri river valley atatea will not
have any uas for Mr Hryaa or for any
other free trader In
Is See el rnagoui
Tbs best news possible Increase in
the wages of tbe awrbtngmaa Is board
on nil sldvs hisfriity is nut only »«
lbs way. but It Is here and tbs go»*d
sews is sot ionised to r>*te seeftoo of
tbs eountry It corns* from all Matrons.
In fa* r*ff treats* ibe Time* rryunt
Increase* la Bate* (bat show that Me
lion to be prospering reread * * pec > a •
tt»a The Iti nr trait - t«y»
"fatorado may be la dkritsas tUI
1 h»* labor trouble* but tbe test of tbs
nation is reaping a harvest from the
unprecedented demand of foreign na
tions for our manufactured products.
On June 10 the Iron, steel and tin trust
raised the wages of their employes 25
per cent. The raise takes effect Im
mediately and affect* directly 45,000
employes. This is glad tidings to la
bor. The advances are the largest
made in the history of the Amalga
mated association, and the wages for
the year will be the highest since 1892.
The tin pail brigade of the great man
ufacturing district* of the eastern
states have already opened the cam
paign of 1900 and are chouting: “Mc
Kinley has kept hla promise—now
we'll keep ours.” This augurs well for
republican success In 1900, and would
indicate that the calamity howler will
not be much in demand In the next
presidential campaign.”
The same news comes front Chicago,
Philadelphia, St. Ixjuis and the other
trade renters. All over New Kngland
the mills and factories are running on
full time, and the employes are re
ceiving better pay. It i» a McKinley
era of prosperity and to the president
the people give the credit.—Springfield
(Mass.) Union.
Produce u Remedy.
As to the political responsibility for
trusts there is none. Trusts are no
more Republican or Democratic than
are ordinary business combinations on
a small scale. Their friends and ene
mies, their beneficiaries and victims,
are in all parties, and they thrive in
England and Germany as well as In
America. In the eastern rural dis
tricts, where the heaviest Republican
vote exists, Lhe warfare upon trusts Is
waged with more vigor than Is evi
denced in Democratic cities, where the
bulk of the laboring population is in
some way dependent on Industrial pur
suits. Produce a remedy for the evil
and the Republican party will be as
quick to take It up and press it as any
other. Nor will it be lex* assiduous in
search of a remedy. With things In
this position how is 11 possible to draw
campaign lines? People who are agreed
cannot divide and fight; when two par
ties are equally solicitous to “smash
the trusts” how is one, unless It pre
sents a remedy which the other rejects,
going to profit by the issue?
The great trouble Is that no one has
a remedy. The federal law is neces
sarily limited In its application; the
state laws have uniformly failed. Hat
the Democracy anything new to sug
gest? If It has not Its slogan of
“smash the trusts!” will be as mean
ingless and Inconsequential as one to
wipe out the grip or abolish the
measles.—San Francisco Chronicle.
W’hf Trust Them?
The Republican party gave the coun
try a protective tariff Now watch the
ever Increasing export*: in 1895, |807,
000.000; in 1896, |882.000,000; in 1897,
11,000,000.000; In 1898, tl .231,000,000,
and when the present fiscal year Is
completed on the 30th of June Instant,
look out for a larger tlgure even than
the last one. And yet Democratic
free traders predicted—they wouldn't
have It any other way that Republic
an protection would deatroy our for
eign commerce by killing oft our ex
ports. What prophets' and why
•Jiould the country further trust them?
Manalleld (O ) Newt,
K«tr|lkliif kmklai lust.
The home market l« ours, the wages
of American workmen and workwomen
am the highest la the world and the
highest ever known In this country of
high wage*, the market* of Ike world
are fast becoming our* Through pro
tsctlon we ha«e won everyihiug and
hnve given up nothing we have won
everything which free trade faleely
claimed fur Itself wlihotit paying lha
price which free trade always atnctcd
tinea a record ought to and undoubt
edly hae won for protection immunity
frusn any seivuus aaanelt for many
yenra to urns —Trenton tN it Ua
•a tie
I bee rest Hrosea*
I'resi-leat Havemeyar «f the Sugar
T»uet recently told Ike itdtetrtai cam
mission that tke tariff waa ike m>dker
of tke inset Aneumiag tke slntemeat \
in he true tke big Inset over la free
I trade k'ngisM meal be • muter ml top
•tea They reytalkli bad no mriff
mamma They m ■ «< hare 'lust
grueed — Sltsnh t*tty il*wal Jowrthl
SLIPPERY SILAS A.
CHOSEN OF POPOCRATS
FOR SUPREME COURT
Ilona*-Kent llolcnint» <•*(• T2i*r* With
Until ItroKMiiM nml tli* Op*
poult loti Th*r*un«l*r I*o|mm ruth* IVcti*
liarltle* l'r*<lon.|iiMl* Mt ('oii%*ntIona,
The popocrats of Nebraska have
done gone and did it. and republicans
are consequently happy over the
result.
For downright stupidity commend
us to the fusionists of Nebraska. Pass
ing by t he splendid material in their
ranks they picked up the crookedest
stick they could find, and amid the
violent protests of the decent element
in the parties they forced Holcomb to
the front for a seat on the bench of
the Nebraska supreme court.
From a republican standpoint, the
work of the deino-pop aggregation at
Omaha is eminently satisfactory. In
the first place not more than half of
the delegates were on hand, uml a
whole lot of skirmishing was indulged
in to “till out" delegations with local
and visiting fusionists. A showing had
to he made some how. and this was the
most convenient. After a bit of labor
in this direction u fairly good showing
was made in the pop and democratic
conventions. In the free silver rep
publican convention hull the 00 or 100
delegates present would have felt lost
had it not been for < hurley Wooster’s
elegant side whiskers. Nearly ten
hours were fooled away “getting to
gether." as there was a whole host of
recalcitrant, bucks who were opposed
to the ehieftainey of “Slippery Si," and
these had to Im* whipped into line lie
fore the great council could proceed.
However, Hryan and Allen were
thcie and everywhere all forenoon
and all afternoon, and their labors in
behalf of Holcomb bore fruit when
the elans gathered after supper, and
.Si s nomination was railroaded through
according to plans and specifications
agreed upon.
Hilly Neville was there, too. It
wouldn't do for one inctn)x-r of the
tripartite trust of Allen. Holeoinb A
Neville to 1m* absent, and the Judge
whs on luind to aid and to see that not
a eog of the machine “slipped."
Judge Kdgar Howard of I’upillion.
another member of the happy family,
was there, but be looked far from Im*
ing happy. He whs a Robinson Cru
soe, alone on the desert island, even
his man Friday going buck on him. He
tried hard to get a little company, but
he soon discovered tlie uselessness of
bucking against the inevitable and
sorrowfully wended his way back to
I’npillion uml is now engaged in de
ciding which is best for him to do
swallow Slippery Silas and whoop ’er
up. or maintain his reputation for con
sistency. His decision will be anxi
ously awaited by bis popocratic
brethren.
Harry I’helps of the Howells Journal
wanted to fight because Si was chosen,
but no one dared to pluck the chip off
his shoulder, and he was not accom
modated.
i»i will, 111%; i i life iiiamvi , itmiiw u %«i \
lianl work to get the three rings work
ing on the same fuke. but he accom
plished the task, even if it did cause a
careworn expression to assail his us
ually smiling countenance.
One of the amusing features of ihc
conventions was the adoption of a res
olution against passes. The free silver
republicans started the hall to rolling,
and the others took it up with u more
or less gingerly grasp.
They considered It dangerou- hut evi
dently thought that their stand on
passes would lie considered a straddle if
they accepted the resolution and nomi
nated the champion puss grubber of
the state for supreme judge. How the
people will look at the situation will
be found out In November when the ex
governor is snowed under by republi
can ballots.
Holcomb's nomination has left a very
hail taste in the mouth* of many fu
sion 1st s and a serious spiit is bound to
eouie unless the interests of liryan are
thought to lie paramount to consist
ency, democrat* and |M>p,ili*t*i who
have opposed official Corruption and
pass grabbing were not slow to ex
press their indignation at having to
be placed lu a position where they had
to eat crow or leave their party Hut
the taiaaes demanded 'll las non, .nation
anti the discontented weir I rved to
accept the supreme court tell nggier,
the house rent ah* rla r am i hampiuu
pass gratd>er, Menton Maret pusher,
horns h*»if* amt all.
’the happy family it not at all
happy
Hat ta** Mots L
r*piia« Tunes
Vary king will he lb* sti t« « *,a>4
the hills to tlimit with •», pgvry hi i
Itolcouih wetglong-Uow n the g* |»s >stn
hand wagoM in Neb -s*hs tot the
grant of the slate for the gwol of
Mrs an we keg the pop* -ratm , i i,*«s
I lows to heap lluktdah a Mist i It the
Iteket.
We realty feet wrry lot t.i ga< ,
It *«thl tie an*l lath «f ■*■ s» but i
la this vase. w hat *aa hs say >
HARRY AGAIN IIKinnD.
N<» OomtolHlIon for Him K«fh In III!
rnnrfiii Slumbers.
North Pittite IVhyruin.
Word eonies l»y ivire just as we go to
press that (tenoral Harry, when he
got back to Lincoln, threw himself on
the lounge anil was soon wrapped in a
deep sleep. While thus resting in the
arms of Morpheus, he had the follow
ing dream: The general in his dream
died, anil wending his way upward to
the outer gate, he knocked with con
siderable confidence, feeling that his
war record should give him open-se
same to the courts above. As the sound
echoed through the corridors and died
away in the distance, the gate was
opened ami the general was asked
what he wanted. He replied that he
hud lately attended a political conven
tion, went home disappointed and
died, and now he desired to escape
from the buffeting and sorrows of the
work by entering within the gates of
the golden city. St. Peter asked the
general his politics, and when lie re
plied that he was a populist, lie was
informed that parties of that political
faitli were not permitted to enter, hut
tlutt he could go round on the bluffs
overlooking the city and ga/.e on the
happy conditions within. Slowly und
sorrowfully the general wandered
uround and took his sent on a big
boulder high up on the bluffs over
hanging the walls. Imagine his sur
prise when lie saw .fudge Neville ming
ling with the happy throng. (Jrostly
astonished the general went hack to
the gate, and when St, Peter came he
said he noticed Neville inside, und that
lie was a populist and had beaten lit in
for the nomination for congress. St.
Peter smiled and said t hat since Nev
ille was nominated and before he died
lie had changed Iiin political belief
und joined the Salvation army, that
being the only party that Neville had
not joined at some period of his life.
Then the general turned and walked
slowly down the pathway, reflecting
on the uncertainties of life and the
fickleness of iiumuii nature.
Afraid It Will (let Away.
Sewnnl ({(-porter.
The pops must begetting a iittle un
easy about Nebraska. I'oin llarvey
has been speaking in the state for a
number of weeks, anil is billed for a
long time ahead. \V. .1. llryan is also
announced to make u number of
speeches in Nebraska during the cam
paign. It would seem as if they were
making unusiiul assertions for an “off
year." The (rouble la, Mr. llryan is a
little fearful that the state may get
away from the fusion forces this year,
which would somewhat damage his
boom for 1000. He is therefore making
strenuous efforts to hold his forces in
line. Harvey has been sent out be
cause bis book had a great effect in
Nebraska in 180ft. Since then the peo
ple of this stute have seen demonstrat
ed the fallacy of his arguments, and
they are not likely to he again misled
by bis sophistries. Nor wiP they he
deceived by the brilliant rhetoric of
Mr. llryan. The logic of facta is more
convincing than the theories of any
orator, and the people of Nebraska
have had plenty of facts to convince
them of the unsoundness of the llryan
argument.
Won't Ho Iluitibiiggeti
Wayne Herald.
We ilo not believe there in an honest
thinking farmer in Wayno county who
will deny that this country is now
blessed with prosperity, and that tlie
ranting of the free silverites three
years ago when they proclaimed so
vigorously that the country would he
ruined if Itryun was defeated, was a
delusion. Doubtless many of them will
register his contempt for such inisrep
represent at ion by voting for the party
which brought a return of prosperity
in additien to hnviug carried on a suc
cessful war with Spain, brought on by
tlie continuous singsong of Itryan and
his fusion friends in congress. Hut
thinking |a-ople will no longer he
humbugged by the oratories! Willie,
In fact, it is doubtful if lie again gr.t*
the nomination.
It I# l» i.mimi.
Slate Journal
I p to date there ha* not appeared
one wont of iwurn lestiini. uy to dis
prove or discredit the finding* of the
M-uate investigating committee. There
lia* not lieeii tile alt, fh lent bit of
testimony, explanation « r attempt to
show mitigating circumstance* that
would lie given the slightest consider
ation in any court of equity or justice.
The report of the investigating com
mittee aland* uueontradieted If not
unasaaih-d and the findings are Just
as clearly impressed on the minds of
the people of Nebraska as they miniM
have been hart the governor gi*ett the
it-M-ument the most rpaieiM pigeon
hob* lit 'he nttleu.
Hsltawh ■ IImn Mrsl
Him mgii>liiiaa
There are a few reform wrgaa* Mud
spare the aaiue la the slate that have I
the bra«ea e If router^ to try to aiahe j
their reader* believe that #• liuifriwr i
llnlnaiii only drew from the stale j
treasury the • uw»uat actually paid for j
htaiae real. These papers evbleatly |
bel.ev# their reader* entirety ign>want
of the true Net* la the ease aad trust
that their unly source of lafurmathm
•m sueb subles-ta la through the mrtl
urn of their miaeraMe ly lag rutumaa.
THE SUNDAY Si )OEJ
LESSON X. SEPTEMBER 3- EZRA
3: lO TO 4: 5.
Coition Toil "The Temple of Cod f»
Holy Which Temple Te Art"—I Cor.
3:17 ICebulldliig the Temple—“Lei
US It 11 Hal With Von."
10. "The builders," I <• , Joshua and Zj
ubbuhel, who «i re ut the head of affairs.
*^ce Lira 3: j,j "l't-ests In their U'.ipar
**l.” The elegant and beautiful official
robes used by the priests In their ce «
bratlons, especially the blue and scarlet
and purple robes, with gold and gents.
"With trumpets," Not for music; but.
like our church bi Its, for summoning as
semblies and Joyful announcements. "Tho
sons of Asaph." One of the gte.tt choir
leaders of David’s time. These Wero hts
descendants or their successors In this
choir, us those In training In the schools
of tho prophets were called sons of tho
prophets. "Cymbals. ’ These were musi
cal Instruments very much like ihoao
which are In use among ns under tho
same name. “After the o.dtnance tordort
of David.” (8. e 1 Chi on. 15: 16-i!l.) David
first organized choirs avd music for tho
temple services.
11. "Kang together by course," It. V„
one to another, responsively. "The verb
very probably means that, the chant of
praise was responded to with a great
burst of chorus, vocal and instrumental,
the substance of which was some wtdl
known sacred refrain. (Compare fclx. 15:
il l" -Cambridge Hlble ’ He Is good,"
etc. These words tlrst appear as the dox
ology at the close of the psalm written
by David, and sung at the bringing of
Ibe -- to Jerusalem tl Citron Pi 341.
They are found substantially In P»u, Ptg
107, 108,
12. "Ancient men, that had seen His
first house," which was destroyed B. C.
filrtl, fifty-one years before. They must
have been sixty or seventy years old
"Wept with a loud voice.” The weeping
was not becuuse the new temple was
smaller than the llrst, for It was ut
least one-third larger In every dimension.
"Many shouted . . . for Joy." The
younger were Joyful that they had any
temple,
1. "Tho adversaries of Judah." The
mixed race of the Painarltan*. Those
opposed In race, In religion, anti In pur
pose, They did not call themselves ad
versaries, hut were so In reality.
2. "I,et us build with you.” led u< Jolly
In your work, and hence In the use and
direction of the temple. “For we seek
your God . . , arid we do sacrifice unto
him." But they did It In a different way,
pHrtlully In connection with other things
which would destroy the perfection and
I lower of the Jewish worship. "I,et ns
understand what that religion was which
the colonists asserted to he Identical with
the religion of the returned exiles. They
said they worshiped the God of the Jews,
hut it was after the manner of the North
ern Kingdom, ... a worship that had
been associated with the Steer at Bethel.
. . . They combined their old Idolatrous
religion with that of tho newly udopte I
Indigenous divinity of Palestine. -They
feared the laird, and served their own
gods’ 12 Kings 17: 33). "-Professor Adeney,
"Assur.” R. V., Assyria. “Which bi ought
us up." Three times Assyrian kings, af
ter the destruction of Patnarla, replaced
the captives by colonists from the East,
Babylonia. Ilamath, Huslana. and Persia.
(Pee 2 Kings 17: 24; Ancient Monarchist,
Vol. II.. p. 415.)
3. ’Ye have nothing to do wltw us."
For the reasons given above.
4. "Weakened the hands." The refusal
of the Jews to unite with the Samaritans
made them bitter enemies, and they did
everything In their power to stop Hus
progress of the. temple building. Hi As
in Nehemlah's time (Neh. 4. 1-2). by
sneers, slanders, and threatening attacks,
(2) By writing slanderous letters to the
government and hiring (v. 5) "counsellors
against them." Probably In Babylonia.
Thla continued "all the days of Cyrus.’’
who died In 529, "until the reign of Da
rius," who began to reign B. I.’. 522. ami
It took two years more to get the d sire I
permission; so that for about fifteen
years nothing was done on the temple
Two views of the course pursue I by
/ei ubbahel have been taken.
First. Many have regarded It as a g eat
mistake, a piece of narrow-mlnde I. big
oted folly, which made enemies of th
who should have been fi lends, and kin
dled haired and Jealousy, and lowered th
moral tone and cooled the seal of the now
colony. Puch seems to be G-Ikie s view.
On the other hand, Kawllnson calls It
"an heroic refusal to accept the material
aid of a rich and powerful pe >ple at the
risk of Imperiling religious purity." "Thus
was a great peril averted." "They saved
a nation, for the time at any rate, from
the danger of having iheir religion cor
rupted and adulterated by intermix'ura
with a form of belief and practice which
was altogether of mm Inferior type, and t >
a considerable extent tainted with heath
enism."—Rawhnson. The colony coultl
not have Joined with this adulterate l
race without destroying the possibility of
the restoration of a pure and holy relig
ion To let all the world Join the church
without becoming Christians Is to ruin
the power of the church and prevent Its ,
good Influence upon the world. To refits*
to do this Is not bigotry, but self-preser
vation.
Its<•!*<•<| HU (,iini>ni.
An enthusiastic amateur photog
rapher of Phoenixville Is Marlon Lyt
tons. His pride has been a rather costly
amera, which, when not In use, he
kept in a t blnl-story room of his house.
For over a week past Mr. I^ttons has
been too busy otherwise to take pic
tures. but yesterday morning he de
rided to go out and secure some views.
When be picked up his camera he waa
surprised to And a half dosen bees fly
ing about It. As he proceeded through
the room with the camera In his hand
a whole army of the Insects came In ;«
line out of a small opening In the
black box cover The owner placed the
camera on the table and started au in
vestigation. whith he gave up *b*n
the truth flashed upon him that a
swarm of b««a which had com* In
through the open window had ma l* a
hive out of the camera The 6ms have
been dismissed m «**•*»• Hu* l4lu.
era will have to be overhauled before
aay more views vaa be taken Phila
delphia Het-utd
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Aa iitMMOU.
At blind as a bat," la a saying *
Of aatedlluvisa dais,
Ilut a bsi s not a* blind as the averse*
man
la cbui ch whs a they re pawing the
plate.
a Alecs Iscs
fsagiee llaw did that Pveaeh du l
Hal ismi to he aeguiltodf
Waggle* Why, I he mere U.
that It
