y PACIFIC RAILROAD SETTLEMENTS. Hie Crowning Achievement of the McKinley Administration. ifcf~.ua Letter "Tbe sett.e m*M id Um» Fan A ra.Sruatl udcuted a»! tie ranked a# one at tb* gnrwtest a» btr^ r'St* c'of President Meltttiles'g giit.tjitri’iotMid Gen CbarW* !»»'-k r-.ra.iier of Cob* fro* from the X.neteentb uiitrirt of *ac «r r»tary of ’.a* BrfubUoui KsUomal Committ** fonlay: A-. »Carta. * tber by Congress or tfc«- executive depart meats prior to 1IJC were of little avail is protecting the (oiersairat» interests in taewe •main, la • tort. them w*tw grave £e*efctt whrtbet the government vt*«ld an -*ei is being rr.mturned eve* L pan tae vast »^a expended -? -be t* led States IB Sid of tbeir t «t**ru -tioa But tbe government ho* real ..g*d :a rasb or its equivalent. I •tibia ta» years, tbe sum of 1124. 4.1 <71 oat of about fUMMjMi that *« c..r esc 31'.-e than hi if the gdtmdf eolUr—i vis tor accrued m »‘to: taat bad sot beea paid. Tb* discovery of goid la Ca’l f 'tut tbe rap,d increase is wealth , end popuiattaa a the territory treat of tbe k>it ar-an tarns mad a mote MM oa the part of tbe older states to «*'ai .»b closer etmnect.on* dur.ng tbe C i . arar with those outlying | c tan ..i te- .eg Congr**** ia IMS to * be r tbe rowt'u tion of a raii r ad t tbe Pane ocean Tbe direct j s tort* to be derived by tbe gov era s nt a a* ,ts aae for postal, m.litary and outer pa-poaes Tbe act of Ju!y 1 lb*-: r barter, ag the I’aios Pacific Railroad CompuBy was act sufficient- j I* liberal, and therefore nothing was i ■ »y:.»bed after its provisions Though 'be Cnton Pacsi" Company v»e urgattbvi no one r* found who ; trt uti *e«stare money lb tbe construe- | l. >t f tbe road. "'Ob J »• 2 lbC4 Congress amended •be a ! ■! 1142. to? m-k.ug provisions j more fsw "able to tbe companies Tbe t * t • "*■: provided that tbe govern- ' tae*t f said have a first mortgage on t e ptoperti of tbe ■ <»mpany. while •b- a * d l*u prot.dei sunetsaually | tba* for tb* '•usds tbe government *L ... .asuc n aid of the roaatruc in •? !ht nod ft tbould take a oee ■ -...i 1*o * -mpsaies were organ z-c u«>r the provisions of the ; a t o “ i and entered energetically ’ *tp a tbe w..rk cf t oast rut t.on Tbe r .i w.- i n. t from tbe California *n. eastward t-y tae Central Pacfi. I. ... • ad Comp - ny and from tbe Mis* ► --cr. r.ver westward to tbe common * m.-ting pt. bt at Ogden by tb* I'nion P*.Sc Cmpmf Their lines w re united May 10. l**ff anti paf.ng ny more than seven leaf*, in# tune reqairad by Congress. \ Tn» t aiuw P»c.fi Company construct- j ed ! :« m-let and the Central Pa- I r.i 74: air * The mad of the latter e aiMsy was subsequently extended lit- miles, and the lines cf the two earn pan *e» from the Missouri river to Fxb fttacucs represent a mileage of j 1 ...PIT a lie* •x fcj-c tarn* niiiU* ana ronnwr ®g oraatt hen Mm* I'Bitf'31 ilia* default had occurred In the par meat of the In «n Pacific and tltt Kansa» Pacific indebtedness to the G« >er«pf*L and he was directed to make arrangements to secure, as fa* a* practicable, the payment of their ■t-'e* fines*. An agreement was I ante*'.*1 into between the government and tt' re-orgaiiicat.an < unmlttee of ‘ •he 1 man K fir Railroad, by which the ronun tt*~ guaranteed, hould the am mmet-t und-take to < aforce its lien - y aab a mimimnm bid foe the r*»an an:* kitucf Pn .fir lines that would product to tne government over and auov* any prior lines and charges upon the railroads and sinking fund, vie net sum of ltf.7H.fiSfi.fifi. In per formaare at this agr*-emeni the bid w*s {ii’MUnl ty a depo* t of |4 - Me .cat. mst » were IMS naan m Uf i mien •t-t** Circuit r*Hirt» for the foreHo* e*- uf the guvernmeti•. hen. The de Hittwd for the sal** of the roads ft*»t b*i»* Mtnttrtar* to the govern «L#:.r papers were prepared fm an ap pe* The® the re-organ: rat Ion roa mm++ c«a* forward with an oiler to twraaee It* bid to Kft.tOd.MO instead of M- Siibt*qu*Btlj. to set tle •« points ta dispute the re-organ nttee darkled to abandon i&d to increase the it to be offered for the to lit.ttt.lCTS. betas the ml doe the government on the Union Pnctffe road, as hj the secretary of the treas e sum of *«.&«» tn the sinking fund Sorb was Wd h7 th* iw organ Isa lion fommiuw on .vovcniwr l. ijhm, and the sale wts confirmed by the am on November 6. 18J7. After the confirmation of the sale the whole amount mas paid into the treasury cf the United States in convenient io stal .rn* rts th»* relieving the govern in' nr from any loss whatever upon its ra:m for principle and interest due upon it* subsidy, and bringing to a final and most satisfactory termina tion one of these longstanding and troublesome questions. “la the case of the Kansas Pacific indebtedness, by decree of the court an upset price on the sale of the property was fixed at a sum which mould yield to the government $2,500, O'-O. The re-organization committee in conference mitli the government declared itr purp<»ee of making no higner bid than that fixed by the de cree of the court, so tha* the govern ment mas confronted m-itb the dan ger of receiving for its total lien upon this line, amounting to nearly $13. ux City and Pacific. 1.626.320 2,578,677.68 4,206,997.68 Totals S2.22S.320 $4,731,037.22 $7,959,357.22 States the President, on February 8, ]'.•>' au: uorized the secretary of the •r usury to pay the amounts lawfully due upon the prior mortgages upon the eastern and middle divisions of said road. * Then the re-organization commlt tee of the Kansas Pacific offered to bid for the road a sum which would realize to the government the whole amount of the prin pal of the debt—$6,303,000. It was believed that no better price tr.an ti.i.% could be obtained at a later date if the sale should be postponed, and ;t was deemed best to permit the kale to proceed upon the guaranty of a minimum bid which would real ize to the government the whole prin c 1 of its debt. The sale thereupon t » place, and the property was pur t ua-'-i by the re-organization com rutte* The sum yielded to the gov ♦—ami nt was $6,303,000. It will thus be perceived that the government se cured an advance of $C.S03.000 on ac count of its lien, over and above the j sum which the court had fixed as the ..p-et price and wh. h the reorganiza t: : committee had declared was the max mum w hich they were willing to pay for the property. *7 he r*Milt of these proceedings P_.. : t the Union Pacific- system, em : ru np the main line and the Kan s . pa< ifi line, is that the government ha- received on account of its subsidy claim the sum of $64,751,222.75. which .> an increase of $1$.997.1G3.76 over the s:m which the re-organization com n.:tt-*e first agreed to bid for the joint property, leaving due the sum of $6, IS interest on the Kansas Pa r.fi.- subsidy. Th: prosecution of a c’.n.m for th.a amount a^tiust the re- , c .vers of the- Union Pacific Company ' M r-'.-uited in sec uring to the g vernment the further amount of j&2i $91 TO. * The indebtedness of the Central pa ific Railroad Company to the gov- | i rattent became due January 1. 1898, j r. hen d- fault in payment was made ' i y the company. The deficiency ap- 1 propria* ion act of July 7. 1898, ap pointed th<- secretary of the treasury, the secretary of the interior .and the ! attorney general a com mist m with ; full i*ower to settle the indebtedness to the government growing out of the ..-sue of bonds to aid in the construe- j tion of the Central Pacific and West ern pacific roads, fubjeet to the ap proval of the President. ‘ An agreement for the settlement of this indebtedness was entered into be *w»en the commissioners and the taiiroad companies on February 1. . 18M. The amount then due to the United States for principal and inter est upon its subsidy liens upon the ^ C.-tilral Pacific and Western Pacific I railroad.- m*a* S58.812.71a.48. more than one-half of which was accrued interest upon the principal debt. The agree ment for settlement provided for the funding of tb s amount into promis sor- notes bearing date of February 1. 1899. payable respectively on or before the expiration of each succes sive six months for ten years, each cote being for the sum of $2,940.- i C25 78. or one-twentieth of the total amount due. The notes bore interest at the rate of 3 per cent annum, pay able semi-anuially, and had a condi tion attached to the effect that, if de fault he made either of the payment of principal o- interest of either said no-ee or in any part thereof, then all of :h«- notes outstanding, principal and interest. Immediately became due and 1 ay a tie. notwithstanding any other tipuiation of the agreement of settle ment. “It was further agreed that the pay ment of principal and interest of the notes should be secured by the depos it w.th the United States treasury of $57,820,000 face value of first refunding mortgage 4 per cent gold bonds, to be thereafter issued by the Central Pa- I eifle or it successor having charge of the railroads then owned by the com- ; pany, such bonds to be part of the isaue of not exceeding $100,000,000 in all. and to be secured by mortgage upon all railroads, equipments and terminals owned by the Central Pa cific Railroad Company, the mortgage being a first lien upon the property. “In pursuance of another provision of the agreement, the four earliest ma i taring notes were purchased by Speyer ft Co.„ March 10. 1899. and the proceeds, amounting to $11,762,543.12. and accrued interest to the date of pajrnr., $35,771.02. in all $11,798. 214.14. were received by the Treasury Marfn 27, 1399. as part payment of th* indebtedness of the Central Pacific and Western Pacific Railroad Companies. The proprietors of tt^ various com* panies comprising the Central Pacific i system were subsequently conveyed to a new corporation called the Central Pacific Railway Company, which latter executed the mortgage and bonds pro vided for by the agreement of settle ment "On October 7. 1890, bonds were de livered to the Treasury Department by the Central Pacific Railway Company to secure the outstanding notes held by the Treasury. The United States, therefore, holds the notes of the Cen tral Pacific Railroad Company to the amount of $-17,050,172.36. bearing inter est payable semi-annally at the rate of 3 per cent per annum, and secured by the deposit of an equal amount of first-mortgage bonds of the Pacific Railway Company, thus providing, be yond any doubt, for the sure and grad ual payment of the whole of this sub sidy debt, and providing in the mean time for the payment of interest at the rate of 3 per cent upon the unpaid bal ances. The United States, through the settlement agreement thus entered into will be reimbursed the full amount of the principal and Interest of the Central Pacific and Western Pacific debt, aggregating $58,812, 4 la.48. "The amounts due to the United States March 1. 1900. from Pacific rail reads on account of bonds issued in aid of their construction, were as fol lows: Efforts are now pending looking to the collection of this indebtedness. Out of an indebtedness of about $130.000,000, more than one-half of which consisted of accrued interest, the government has realized in cash, or its equavilent. the sum of $124,421, 670.95, within a period of less than two years. No other administration in the history of the United States has ever so quickly, so thoroughly, and so satisfactorily enforced the settlement of large claims held by the govern ment against business corporation a, nor has any similar settlement ever previously been made by the govern ment to such good Snancial advan tage. The claims were due. The President insisted upon their collec tion, and this was done in a prompt and business-like manner.” THE BOER ENVOY. Administration Meets Them with a P;aln Statement of Farts. The visit of the Boer envoys to Washington has cleared awev a good many misapprehensions about the teal attitude of the United States with reference to the South African war, | and has shown that this government has not only made all possible efforts ! in behalf of mediation but has gone to greater lengths in this particular than any other nation. Secretary Hay in his statement to the envoys called attention to the fact that the Boer governments on March 10 appealed simultaneously to the principal Euro pean powers and the United States, j through their representatives, to in- ! ten ene with a view to the cessation of hostilities. "The President at once directed me.” said Setfhetary Hay, “to | convey the substance of this cable gram to the British government and I was directed by him to express his earnest hope that a way to bring about peace might be found, and to say that we would be glad to aid in any friendly manner to promote so happy a result. Our representative in London promptly communicated the President's instructions to Lord Salis bury and in his answer he was re quested to thank the President for the. friendly interest, but Lord Salisbury added that Her Majesty’s government could not accept the intervention of any power. So far as we are in formed," added Mr. Hay, "the United States was the only government in the world of all those approached by tht South African Republic which ten dered its good offices to either of the combatants in the interests of a ces sation of hostilities.” Mr. Hay also added a statement with reference to the powers of intervention given by the Hague convention, which agree ment states that “Powers stranger to the dispute may have the right to offer good offices and mediation during the course of hostilities, but the functions of the mediator are at atn end when once it is declared, either by one of the parties to the dispute, or by the mediator himself, that the means of reconciliation proposed are not ac cepted.” It appears from this that the United States has already gone to the extreme length permitted by the arti cles of the Hague convention, and that it w'as the only nation in the world to respond to the appeal made by the Boer republics, and that this response was made instantly, and that when declined by Great Britain, the possi bility of further intervention ended. ot Protection. The Republican party prosecutes and punishes those of its public officials who betray their trusts. Protection for dishonesty never was a Republican practice. Ipointing Democracy. The peaceful and satisfactory solu tion of a labor difficulty is always a disappointment to Democratic leader ship. Varieties of Populism. Middle-of-the-road Populism contin ues to show light to the variety thtf | dodges about the fence corners. TALMAGE'S SERMON COMMON DUTIES AND REWARD THE SUBJECT Addressed to the Toller* and Struppier* on Life's lJitticult Highway — Heroes and Heroine* of Our Times—Tlie He roes of Heaven. [Copyright. 1000, by Louis Klopsch.] Text, ii Timothy ii, 3, "Thou there fore endure hardness.” Historians are not slow to acknowl edge the merits of great military chief tains. We have the full length por traits of the Cromwells, the Washing tons, the Napoleons and the Welling tons of the world. History is not written in black ink, but red ink of auman blood. The gods of human ambition do not drink from bowls made out of silver or gold or precious stones, but out of the bleached skulls of the fallen But 1 am now to unroll before you a scroll of heroes that the world has never acknowledged—those who faced no guns, blew no bugle blast, conquered no cities, chained no captives to their chariot wheels and vet in the great day of eternity will stand higher than some of those whoso names startled the nations, and ser aph and rapt spirit and archangel will tell their deeds to a listening universe. I mean the heroes of common, every day life. In this roll, in the first place, I find all the heroes of the r.ickroom. When satan had failed to overcome Job, he said to God, "Put forth thy hand and touch his bones and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.” Satan had found out that which we have all found out, that sickness is the great est test of one's character. A man who can stand that can stand any thing. To be shut in a room as fast as though it were a bastile; to be so nervous you cannot endure the tap of a child’s foot; to have luscious fruit, which tempts the appetite of the ro bust and healthy, excite our loathing and disgust when it first appears on the platter; to have the rapier of pain strike through the side or across the temples like a razor or to put the foot into a vise cr throw the whole body into a blaze of fever, yet there have been men and women, but more women than men. who have cheerful ly endured this hardness. Through years of exhausting rheumatisms and excruciating neuralgias they have gone and through bodily distress that rasped the nerves and tore the muscles and paled the cheeks and stooped the shoulders. By the dim light of the sickroom taper they saw on their wall the picture of that land where the inhabitants never sick. Through the dead silence of the night they heard the chorus of the angels. Ilerws in Mokne**. In this roll I also find the heroes of toil who do vheir work uncomplaining ly. It is comparatively easy to lead a regiment into battle when you know that the whole nation w ill applaud the victory: it is comparatively easy to doctor the sick when you know that your skill will be appreciated by a large company of friends and rela tives; it is comparatively easy to ad dress an audience when in the gleam ing eyes and the flushed cheeks you know that your sentiments are adopt ed. But to do sewing when you ex pect the employer will come and thrust his thumb through the work to show how imperfect it is or to have the whole garment thrown back on you, to done over again; to build a wfill and know there will Be no one to say you did it well, but only a swearing employer howling across the scaffold; j to work until your eyes are dim and your back aches and your heart faints, and to know that if you stop before night your children will starve—ah, the sword has not slain so many as the needle! The great battlefields of our civil war were not Gettysburg and Shiloh and South Mountain. The great battlefields were in the arsenals , and in the shops and in the attics. ! where women made army jackets for a sixpence. They toiled on until they died. They had no funeral eulogium, 1 but, in the name of my God, this day, I enroll their names among those of whom the world was not worthy, j Heroes of the needle! Heroes of the sewing machine! Heroes of the attic! Heroes of the cellar! Heroes and heroines! Bless God for them! HeTWS of Domestic Injustice. Society to-day is strewn with the wrecks of men who, under the north east storm of domestic infelicity, have been driven on the rocks. There are tens of thousands of drunkards to-day, made such by their wives. That is not poetry; that is prose. But the wrong is generally in the opposite direction. You would not have to go far to find a wife whose life is a perpetual mar tyrdom-something heavier than a stroke of the fist, unkind words; stag gering home at midnight and constant maltreatment, which have left her only a, wreck of what she was on that day when in the midst of a brilliant assemblage the rows were taken, and full organ played the wedding march, and the carriage rolled away with the benediction of the people. What was the burning of Latimer and Ridley at the stake compared with this? Those men soon became unconscious in the fire, but there is a 30 years’ martyr dom. a V years’ putting to death, yet j umomp'^lning. No bitter words when the rollicking companions at 2 o’clock in the morning pitch the husband dead drunk into the front entry. No bitter words when wiping from the swollen brow the blood struck out in a mid night carousal. Bending over the battered and bruised form of him who when he took her from her father’s j nome promised love and kindness and protection, yet nothing but sympathy and prayers and forgiveness before they are asked for. No bitter words when the family Bible goes for rum and the pawnbroker’s shop gets the last decent dress. Some das', desir ing to evoke the story of her sorrows, you say, “Well, how are you getting. along now?” and, rallying her tremb ling voice and quieting her quivering Up, she says, “Pretty well, I thank you; pretty well.” She never will tell you. In the delirium of her last sick i ness she may tell all the other se erets cf tier lifetime, but she will not tell that. Not until the books of eternity are openeoor Opened. Cut there is a flash and the opening of a celestial door and a shout. “Lift up your head, ye everlasting gate, and let her come in!” And Christ will step forth and say. “Come in. Ye suffered with me on earth; be glorified with me in heaven.” What is the highest throne in heaven? You say, “The throne of the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb.” No doubt about it. What is- the next highest throne In heaven? While I speak it seems to me it will be the throne of the drunk ard’s wife, if she with cheerful pa tience endured all her earthly tor ture. Heroes and heroines! * * • Reward of Devotion. You have all seen or heard of the ruins of Melrose abbey. I suppose in some respects they are the most ex quisite ruins on earth. And yet. look ing at it I was not so impressed—you may set it down to bad taste—but I was not so deeply stirred as I was at a tombstone at the foot of that ab bey. the tombstone placed by Walter Scott over the grave of an old man who had served him for a good many years in his house—the inscription, most significant, and I defy any man to stand there and read it without tears coming into his eyes—the epi taph. “Well done, good and faithful servant.” Oh, when our work is over, will it be found that, because of anything we have done for God or the church or suffering humanity that such an inscription is appropriate for us? God grant it! • • • • John Brown's Prayer. John Brown fell upon his knees and began to pray. "Ah.” said Claver house, ‘'look out if you are going to pray; steer clear of the king, the coun cil and Richard Cameron.” ”0 Lord.” said John Brown, "since it seems to be tbv will that I should leave this world for a world where I can love thee better and serve thee more, I put this poor widow woman and these helpless, fatherless children Into thy hands. We have been together in peace a good while, but now we must look forth to a better meeting in heaven. And as for these poor crea tures, blindfolded and infatuated, that stand before me, convert them before it be too late, and may they who have sat in judgment in this lonely place oe. this blessed morning upon me, a poor, defenseless fellow creature—may they in the last judgment find that mercy which they have refused to me, thy most unworthy but faithful servant. Amen.” He arose and said. "Isabel, the hour has come of which I spoke to you on the morning when I proposed hand and heart to you, and are you willing now, for the love of God, to I let me die?” She put her arms around him and said: "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” "Stop that sniveling,” said Claverhouse. "I have had enough of it. Soldiers do your j work. Take aim! Fire!" And the head of John Brown was scattered on the ground. While the wife was gathering up in her apron the frag- ! ments of her husband's head—gather ing them up for burial—Claverhouse looked into her face and said, "Now, my good woman, how do you feel now about your bonnie man?” "Oh,” she said, "I always thought weel of him; he has been very good to me; I had no reason for thinking anything but weel of him. and I think better of him now.” Oh. what a grand thing it will be in the last day to see God pick out his heroes and heroines. Who are those paupers of eternity trudging off from the gates of heaven? Who are they? The Lord Claver houses and the Herods and those who had scepters and crowns and thrones, but they lived for their own aggrand izement, and they broke the heart of nations. Heroes of earth, but pau pers in eternity. I beat the drums of their eternal despair. Woe, woe, woe! • •••••• The Heroes of Iieaven. What harm can the world do you when the Lord Almighty with un sheathed sword fights for you? I preach this sermon for comfort. Go home to the place just where God has put you to play the hero or the hero ine. Do not envy any man his money or his applause or his social position. Do not envy any woman her wardrobe or her exquisite appearance. Be the hero or the heroine. If there be nc flour in the house and you do not know where your children are to get bread, listen, and you will hear some thing tapping against the window pane. Go to the window and you will find it is the beak of a raven, and open the window, and there will fly in the messenger that fed Elijah. Do you think that the G.id who grows the cotton of the South will let you freeze for lack of clothes? Do you think that the God who allowed his disciples on Sabbath morning to go into the grain field and then take the grain and rub it in their hands and eat—do you think God will let you starve? Did you ever hear the experience of that old man, ! "I have been young and now am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or his seed begging bread.” Get up out of your discouragement, O troubled soul, O sewing woman, O man kicked and cuffed by unjust em ployers, O ve who are hard beset in the battle of life and know not which way to turn, O you bereft one, O you sick one with complaints you have told to no one, come and get the com fort of this subject. Listen to our great Captain’s cheer: “To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the fruit of the tree of life which is in the niidat of the paradise of Gcd.” * THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON XII. JUNE 14-—JOHN O: 5-14. Golden Text—U* TUU Day Oar Daily Bread"—Matt. 6: 11—The Feed ing or the Multitude—Fields White to the Harvest. After the martyrdom of John. Jesus and his disciples left Galilee for a time The excitement on account of Herod's murder of the pronhet might end in a political revolt, which was entirely con trary to the plans and principles of Jesus in inaugurating his kingdom, and yet he might be involved in it. or seem to be. if he remained. Hence, he crossed over the Jordan into the realm of Herod Philip, and went up among the hills overlooking the plain of Butaiha. a wild pasture land belonging to Bethsaida on the southeast, and there in retirement he conversed with his disciples. The "sat'’ of v. 2 implie teaching. for that was the usual posture of teachers. The people noticed the sailing of Jesu« over the Sea of Galilee, and could watch the course of the boat nearly all the wav to Bethsaida. The great roads to Jeru salem passed near the head of the lake. These were thronged with pilgiims going up to the Passover, who thus na 1 leisure to step and see and hear the gteat prophet. Pilgrims from every pirt of Galilee were also going to Jerua-ilem. They had broken away from their home and business and had time to go out of their way to see and hear him vhose fame had gone out over the whole region. They flocked from all directions, some over the sea. some by the land route along the northern shore, the numbers increasing from every city and village on the wav; for at this time the western and northern shores were populous with towns and villas. Therefore, when Jesus looked up from his teaching on th hill side. he (v. 5* "saw a great company come unto him.” They came because of the miracles tv. i’> of Jesus, signs, as John calls them.—signs of God's pres ence. and power, and love; signs or evi dences of Jesus' divine mission, and the truths that he taught. "Jesus . . . saith unto Philip.” to ward evening, "when the day began to wear away" (Luke 9: 121. By combining all the accounts the conversation at this time would be about as follows:— Jesus (speaking to Philip, whose home was at Bethsaida. and who therefore was acquainted with the region and the i*ec* ple).—“Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?” (John). 9. "Five barley loaves.” Or round, flat cakes like large crackers. Barley was the poorest food of the people. The lad probably brought them for his own lunch, possibly to find a market for them "Two small fishes.” “The Greek topsaria) is a diminutive: it properly means what was eaten along with the bread, and soecially refers to the small and generally dried or P'ckled iish eaten with bread, like our ‘sardines.* or the ‘caviar’ of Russia, the pickled herrings of Holland and Ger mane. Millions were caught in the lake. We know that both the salting and pick ling of them was a special industry ir.cng its fishermen."—Edersheim. "What are they among so many?" Five crack ers and two sardines for five thousand hungry men, besides women and chil dren! Scene V. "Gathering up the Frag ments.—Vs. 12-1-1. 12. “When they were filled.” Every person had all he wanted. "Gather up the fragments." The broken pieces that would be fit for food at an other time. "That nothing be lost.” Be wasted. The gathering of the fragments was an object lesson of precious truth and completed the proof of rhe miracle, for more remained than there was to be gin with. 13. "Filled twelve baskets." "They were small hand-baskets specially provid ed for the Jews to carry Levitically clean food while traveling in Samaria or other heathen districts.”—Vincent. "They were made of rushes, reeds, twdgs. or ropes." —Dr. Davis. "Wicker baskets.” “Their sizes were probably variable, but the word is used for a Boeiian measure of capacity equal to two gallons.”—Prof. A Macalister. in Scribner's New Dictionary of the Bible. 14. “This is of a truth that prophet." The Messiah. The miracle w as convincing and they sought immediately to hail him as their king. But Jesus sent them home and went up into the mountain alone to pray. Social Memory. Henry Fawcett, says Sir Edward Russell, had an extraordinary memory for persons. One night Sir Edward was in the house of commons, to hear a debate under the gallery. A friend introduced him to Mr. Fawcett, who. learning why he was there, said: “Oh. then, you can look after my old father and tell him who the people are. He is going under the gallery, too.” Three or four years later, Sir Edward was presented to Mr. Fawcett, who was then chief guest at a political dinner, and said to him in the usual conven tional mumble: “I once had the pl«asure of being introduced to you, Mr. Fawcett, but it’s a long time ago.” ‘‘I remember." said he, “you very kindly locked after my father un- , der the gallery at the house.” And this was the memory of a man totally blind.—Youths’ Companion. Raaar?..y Yearned for Pie. Frank Starba, lt> years old. told Jus tice Sabath that he had run away from his home, "just for fun.” “And you had lots of fun. I suppose?” said his honor. “No, sir; I did not.” "Well, where did you eat during your stay from home?” “I didn't eat.” "And still you wouldn’t go home? Hew would a nice hot roast chicken or tur key with cranberry sauce go?” asked his honor. Frank made no reply, but he seemed restless. “And some nice hot apple pie. and—” But his honor got no further. The boy,. unable to control himself any longer, burst into tears, and. throwing his arms about the neck of his mother, he declared he wanted to go home. “I thought I’d bring him about.’’ said his honor. “The plan never fails.”—Chicago Inter Ocean. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. A soft com is usually bard enough to bear. Common sense for want of use has become uncommon. Every time a pessimist smiles be feels ashamed of it. The easiest of all languages to learn is the language of love. There is always more or less flash language in a telegram. Friendship bough: with money isn't proof against the coin of your enemy. The poor man who weds an heiress believes in the gold cure for financial ills. The unexpected seldom happens to show up for dinner at a boarding house. The trouble with the average self made man is in his poor selection of a pattern. No man can render assistance to an other without at the same time help ing himself. There is no harm in thinking of writing a poem—if you don’t let ii gei tner farther than that. \ The in "en :it time, while 'it'll to the per tent in 1890, NEGRO EXHIBIT f0R par1s. Sent by the Atlanta < , , the Pari, , \ 'lNi. “V, r*lt* tJO Some montns ag, ■ a, inta ,r_ , university sent a k-. . 3 (Ga..) Paris for the exp,., ' 'a: )!t *° b second negro e\ week destination, was : , - iySi‘™' university v , * ’antu papers to be a. n,»i study „t th, ;„ ]:. h as GeorRia has • , , uiation of any stat '“p‘ ■v*■! 1 crease in numbe:.- ’ , , from 1799 to the \ the proportion in whites has aiso g v, :.,jXn 2: cent in 1800 to it „ there being in 1SJM- v‘,,,.000 negro residents in Georg T' freedmen of Georgia and th. v ,-n at eg. ent 1,062.225 acres of iR,-,a increase, of over .00,000 a. 9-lt , ;*74_and their taxable prop. -• assessed cbout $13,500 000. h mg in r«ased in value nearly $9,0b f. ,s-. j the various occupation- \.- agricul tural laborers are st ; the great majority, although practically no occupation or profess i that is not represented by a few at lea-i Illit eracy has decreased fr >m t. = per cent in 1860 to 50 per cent r 1'em, and th* number of children in the public schools has increase ii. , saniP pf,_ riod from seven t; n- . . 100.000 There are 2.800 negro ;■ schools,' with property value, at $•:> ,t. and about 3.500 negro public school teach ers. The number of neg students in different courses—busing- classic al, professional, scient ii normal and industrial—varies from tw*]vi in busi ness to 2.252 in industrial courses. There are many oth. fact? shown. For instance, the migration or . groes is illustrated by the Georgi negro. Negroes born in Georgia art down to be in every state and ’ .rr o; v Pur one. while negroes from o\f half of the states and territories a: now liv ing in Georgia. Other point- brought out are the conjugal conditions, the numbers living in . it e-, towns and rural districts, and th* ram amalgama tion. Under this it is shown that only 44 per cent of the race are pure Afri cans and 16 per cent are more white than colored. There are nm. >s of the principal Georgia cities illustrating graphically the relative numbers of the poor and the well to do and the living conditions of all and there are large volumes containing much that is interesting in th way of negro leg islation—the “black law-" of Georgia from the earliest times The work on the exhibit was done by negroes—Dr. Du Bois and his assistants, most of whom are Atlanta university gradu ates.—Chicago News. LIVE SPRING DAISIES. Orphan Asylum's K-.v. of ""iny lt:»hl*injf Hc*d«. “A bouquet of bright spring flowers" is the way a thoughtful passer-by de scribes a row of bobbing heads in a window on La Salle avenue just south of Superior street. The window in question is one of the western ex posures of the orphan asylum, dedicat ed to the name of dear St. Vincent, and presided over by the gentle relig ious who wear the waving bonnets of white linen and minister charity in the name of their patron on battlefield, in hospital, among the poor and the weak and the lowly. Tiie row o! n> heads in the window on Superior street is comprised of a group of tiny or phans happily regarding the occur rences on the pavement as a special play arranged for their special enter tainment. The faces are bright and sunny and smiling and as cleanly as soap and water and happy hearts can make them. The little bright heads are well brushed and orderly and the pretty colored dresses add tints to the picture as soft and alluring as the tints of the flowers that bloom in the spring. Through the spaces between the heads a glimpse can be caught of a circle of happy children with.n. playing gaylv the pastimes and games of youth, and when the window is raised one can hear sounds of prattle and merriment and listen to bursts of childish song or to the * ho of child ish laughter. Close at hand walks the rweet-faced religious with a heart at leisure from itself. In he: arms a baby lies and a number of tiny fig ures toddle after her. clutching at her dress. It is a little glimpse into tne heart of a happy world, a world whose acquaintance with sorrow has been soothed by the ministry of tender hands and charitable deeds—Chicago Chronicle. Wirtriom of the < liief K»!>l,L Dr. Hermann Adler, tbe chief rabbi. 60 years of age He was educated University College London; and the liversities of Prague and Leipzig, e succeeded his father in the po. 1 an of chief rabbi in 1S91. Literary ninence is one of k>: main cieden ils to distinction He was joint ithor of a reply to Bishop C oleuso s ilcanic “Criticism on the Penta uch,” which created much comment tout thirty yean ago. He has also inducted vigorous polemical < °n* oversies with such redoubtable ad ■rsarier. as Prof. Max-Muller at.n aldwin Smith. Appreciated Sewing S<-li°ol A street car in the eastern district. Brooklyn, waited for a crowd of wo men who were nearly a block awa>. tb< other day. One of the passengers ob jected to the delay and said: you wait for those women? ^ Be cause,” said the conductor, the> •learned’ my little girl to sew in a sew ing school over there. There is a pate she put in,” he added, pointing to the neatly mended sleeve of his coat. Giant Apple Tree, The largest apple tree in the State of New York is an old giant standing near the town of Wilson. It was planted in 1815 and its highest yield was thirty-three barrels of apples in a single season.