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-. -.-v- .r. -T ? Mr - WW -"'. rr- THE. -WISE KING. Dr. Talmace iJinoournen on 'Works of Solomon. the WeaSrea Reserve! rs aa4 Aceweatact f the Hely lMrt-AekleveBet.ts a the Fast Ceaipmred With the Freseat- The 8aTleara Birth In bis sixth sermon on tlfe Holy Land Rer. T. DeWitt Talmage described the gardons and public works of King Solo mon. His text was Ecclesiastes ii. 46: mado mo great works, I builded me bouses, I planted me vineyards, I made mo gardens and orchards and planted trees in them of all kinds of fruits; I made mo pools of water to water there with the wood that bringeth forth trees." Dr. Talmage said: A spring morning and before break fast at Jerusalem! A King with robes snowy white In chariot decked with gold, drawn by eight horses, high mot tled, and housings as brilliant as if scolloped out of that very sunrise, and like the winds for speed, followed by a regiment of archers .on horseback with hand on gilded bow'and arrows with 6teel points flashing in the sun, clad from head to foot in Tyrian purple and black hair sprinkled w.th gold dust, all dashing down the road, the horses at full run, tho reins loose on their necks, and the crack of whips and tho halloo of tho reckless caval cade putting the miles at defiance. Who is it and what is it? King Solomon taking an outing bofore breakfast from Jerusalem to his gardens and parks and orchards and reservoirs, six miles down the road towards Hebron. What a con trast between that and myself on that very road one morning last December, jjoing afoot, for our plain vehicle turned back for photographic apparatus for gotten, wo on tho way to find what is called Solomon's pools, tho anciont waterworks of Jerusalem, and tho gar dens of a King nearly 3,000 years ago. Wo cross tho acqucduct again and again and hero wo are at tho three greatrescr voira, not ruins of reservoirs, but tho reservoirs themselves, that Solomon built threo millcniums ago for tho pur pose of catching tho mountain streams and passing them to Jerusalom to slako tho thirst of tho city, and also to irri gate tho most glorious range of gardens that ever bloomed with all colors, or breathed with all redolence, for Solo mon was the greatest horticulturist, tho greatest botanist, tho greatest ornithol ogist, the greatest capitalist and tho greatest scientist of his century. Como over tho piles of gray rock, and hero wo are at tho first of threo reser voirs, which aro on threo great levels, tho base of tho top reservoir higher than tho top of tho second, tho base of tho second reservoir higher than tho top of tho third, so arranged that tho waters gather from several sources abovo shall descend from bas'n to basin, ho sediment of tho water doposited in each of tho threo, so that by tho tlmo it gets down to tho acqueduct which is to take it to Jerusalem it has had threo filterings, and is as pure as when tho clouds rained it Wonderful specimens of masonry aro theso three reservoirs. Tho white cement fastening tho blocks of stone together is now just as when iho trowels 15,003 year ago smoothed tho layers. Thohighest reservoir 380 fcot by 220; tho second, 423 by 163; and tho lowest reservoir 5S9 feet by 169, and deop enough and wido enough, and mighty enough to float an ocean steamer. On that December morning wo saw the waters rolling down from reservoir to reservoir, and can well understand how in this neighborhood tho imperial gardens wcro ono great blossom, and the orchard ono groat basket of fruit, and that Solomon in his palace, writing tho Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes, may havo been drawing illustrat;ons from what ho had seen that very morn ing in tho royal gardens when ho allud ed to melons, and mandrakes, and apri cots, and grapos, and pomegranates, and figs, and spikenard, and c!nnamon, and calamus, and camphirc, and "apple trees among tho trees of tho wood," and tho almond treo as flourishing, and to myrrh and frankincenso, and repre sented Christ as "gono down into His gardens and tho beds of spices to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies." and to "eyes liko fish pools," and to tho vo'co of tho turtle dove as heard in the land. Hut all this splendor did not make Solomon happy. Ono day, after getting back from his morning rido and bofore the horses had yot been cooled off and rubbed down by tho royal equerry, Solomon wroto tho memorahlo words, following my text likoadirgo played after a grand march: "Itch old all was vanity and vexation of spirit and there was no profit under tho sun." In other words. "It doesn't pay?" Would to God that we might all learn tho lesson that this world can not produce happiness! At Marseilles there is a castellated bouso on high ground crowned with all that grove and garden can do, and tho whole placo looks out upon as on chanting a landscape as the world holds, water and hill clasping hands in a per fect bewitchment of scenery, but the owner, of that place is totally blind, and to him all this goes for nothing, illus trating tho truth that whether ono be physically or morally blind brilliancy of surrounding can not givo satis faction. Hut tradition says that when "the wise men of tho East" wero being guided by tho star on the way to Beth lehem, they, for a little while, lost sight of that star, and in despair and exhaustion camo to a well to drink, when looking down into tho well they saw the star reflected in the water, and that cheered them, and thoy resumed their journey, and I have tho notion that though grandeur and pomp of sur roundings may not afford peace, at the woli of God's consolation, close by, you may find happiness, and the plainest cup at the well of salvation may hold the brightest star that ever shown from the heavens. Although theso Solomonic gardens are in ruins, thero are now growing there flowers that are to bo found nowhere else in tho noly Land. How do lac count for thr.t? Solomon sent out his sh.ps and robbed the gardens of the wholo earth for flowers and planted theso exotics hero, and these particular flowers aro direct descendants oi tue f ore gn plants he imported. The storms, tho winters, the great midsummer heats of Palestine, by ' crumbling up and dissolving the rocks, are gradually preparing Palestine and Syria to yield a product like unto the luxuriant Westchester farms of New York, and Lancaster County farms of Pennsylvania, and Somerset County farms of New Jersey, and the other magnificent farm fields of Minnesota and Wisconsin, aad the opulent orchards of Maryland and California. As I look upon this great aqaednct ox Palestine, a wondrous specimen of an cient masonry, about seven feet wide, sometimes tunneling the sold rock and then rolling its waters through stone ware pipes, an aqueduct doing its work ten miles before it gets to these three reservoirs, I find that onr century has no monopoly of the world's wanders, end that the conceited age in which we live had better take in some of the sails f its pride when it remembers that it is hard work in later ages to ret ma sonry that will last tfty yean, to say "" ., ana no maawinery could lift Tdeeka of of printing claimed for recent ages was practtced by the Chines M00 ye ago sad thatour midnight lightning express rail train was foreseen by tho prophet Nahum. when in the Bible he wrote: The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broadways, they shall seem like torches, they shall run like lightnings," and our electric telegraph was foreseen by Job, when in the Bible he wrote: "Canst thou send lightnings that they may go and say unto thee: 'Here we are?' " What is that talking by light nings but the electric telegraph? Embalmment was a more thorough art 3,000 years ago than to-day. Dentistry, that we suppose ono of tho important arts discovered in recent centuries, is proven to bo 4,000 years old by tho filled teeth of tho mummies In the museums at Cairo, Egjpt, and artificial teeth on gold plates found by Itetzonl in the tombs of departed nations. Wo havo been taught that Harvey discov ered the circulation of tho blood so late as tho seventeenth century. O, no! Solomon announces it in Ecclesiastes, where first having shown, that he under stood the spinal cord, silver colored as it is, and that it relaxes in old age, "the silver cord bo loosed,' goes on to compare the heart to a pitchcrata well, for tho threo canals of tho heart to re ceive tho blood like a p tcher, "or the pitcher bo broken at tho fountain." What is that but the circulation of tho blocd, found out 2,000 years before Harvey was born? After many centuries or exploration and calculation, astron omy finds out that tho world is round. Why, Isaiah knew it was round thou sands of years before when in tho Itiblc ho said: "The Lord sitteth upon tho circle of tho earth." In the old cathedrals of England, modern painters in tho repair of win dows are trying to mako something as good as the window painting of 400 years ago and always failing by the unanimous verdict of all who examine and compare. Tho color of modern painting fades in fifty years whilo the color of tho old masters is as well pre served after 500 years as after ono year. I saw last winter on tho walls of ex humed Pompeii paintings with color as fresh as though mado tho day bofore, though thoy were buriod 1,600 years ago. Tho making of Tyrian purplo is an impossibility now. In our modern potteries wo aro trying hard to mako cups and pitchers and bowls as exquisite as those exhumed from 'Herculaneum, and our artificers aro attempting to mako jowolry for ear and neck and fin ger equal to that brought up from tho mausoleums of 2,000 years boforo Christ Wo havo in our timo glass in all shapes and colors, but Pliny, nioro than 1,800 years ago, described a malleablo glass which, if thrown upon tho ground and dented, could bo pounded straight again by tho hammer or could be twisted around tho wrists, and that confounds all the glass manufactories of our own time. Theso aqueducts of Solomon that I visited to-day, finding them ingood con dition 3,030 years after construction, make mo think that the world may havo forgotten moro than it now knows. Tho great honor of our ago is not machinery, for tho ancients had some stylos of it moro wonderful; norart forthoanclonts had art more exquisite and durable; nor architecture, for Roman coliseum and Grecian acropolis surpass all modern architecture; nor cities, for somo of tho anciont cities wero larger than ours in tho swcop of their pomp Itut our at tempts must bo in moral achievement and gospel victory. In that wo have already surpassed them, and in that di rection let the ages push on. Let us brag less of worldly achievement, and thank God for moral opportunity. Wo are on this December afternoon on tho way to the cradle of Him Who called Himself greater than Solomon. We are coming upon tho chief cradle of all tho world, not lined with satin, but strewn with straw, not sholtered bj' a palace, but covered by a barn, not prc sideded over by a Princess, but hovered over by a peasant girl; yot a cradle the canopy of which is angelic wings, and tho lullaby of which is tho first Christ mas carol ever sung, and from which all tho cvontsof tho pastand all the events of tho future havo and must tako date as boing It C or A. D. boforo Christ or after Christ I said to tho tourist companies plan ning our Oriental journey: "Put us in Itcthlchcm in December, tho placo and tho month our Lord's birth," and we had our wish. I am the only man who has over attempted to toll how Itothle hem looked at the season Jesus was horn. Tourists and writers" aro there in February or March or April, whon the valloys aro an embroidered sheet of wild flowers, and anemones, and ranunculus aro flushed as though from attempting to climb tho steeps, and lark and bull finch aro flooding tho air with bird orchestra. Itut I was there in December, a win ter month, tho barren beach between tho two oceans of redolence. I was told that I must not go thero at that season, told so before I started, told so in Egypt, tho books told mo so, all travel ers that I consulted about it told rao so. But I was determined to seo Bethle hem the same month in which Jesus ar rived, and nothing could dissuade me. Was I not right in wanting to know how tho Holy Land looked when Jesus camo to it? no did not land amid flowers and song. When the angels chanted on the famous birthnlght all the fields of Palestine wcro silent The glowing skies wero answered by gray rocks. As Bethlehem stood against a bleak, wintry sky, I climbed up to it as through a bleak, wintry sky Jesus descended upon it His way down was from warmth to chill, from bloom to barrenness, from everlasting Juno to a sterile December. If I wero going lit Palestine as a botanist, and to study tho flora of the land, I would go in March, but I went as a minister of unrist to siuay Jesus, ana so i went in December. The town of Bethlehem, to my sur prise, is in the shape of a horse shoe, the houses extending clear onto tho prongs of the horse shoo. The whole scene moro rough and rude than can be imagined. Verily, Christ did not choose a soft genial place in which to bo born. The gate through which our Lord entered this world was a gate of rock, a hard, cold gate, and the gate through which he departed was a swing gate of sharpened spears. We enter a gloomy church built by Constantino over the place in wh'ch Jesus was bom. Fifteen lamps burning day and night and from century to century light our way to the spot which aU authorities, Christian and Jew and Mohammedan, agree upon as being the place of our Saviour's birih. and covered by a marble slab, marked by a silver star sent from Vienna and the words: "Here, Jesus Christ was .born of the Virgin Marr." . But standing there I thought, though this is the place of the nativity, how different the surroundings of the wintry night in which Jesus came! At that tints it was a khan or cattle pen. I vis ited one of these khans, now standing and looking just as in Christ's date. We rode in under the arched entrance and disssountsd. We found the build ing of stone and around an open q.aare without root The huilding is store than MM years old It is two stories high. In the center are camels, horses and mules. Caravans halt here for she niefcter during a lea The even asuareis large, enough to flock of sheep or caravan af The neichboriar Bedouins market for hay, straw and meats. Of iron, this center there are twelve forhamsn habitation. The only light is from the door. I went into one ef those rooms aal founds woman cook ing tho evening moal There were six cows in the same room. On n little elevation there was some straw where the people sat and alept when they wished to rest It was in a room simi lar to thatour Lord was born. This was the cradle of a King and yet what cradlo over hold so much? Civi lization! Liberty! Redemption! Your pardon and mino! Your Heaven aad mine! Cradlo of a universe! Cradle of a God! The gardens of Solomon we visited this morning wero only a type of what all tho world will bo when this illustrious Personage now born shall havo completed His mission. The horse of finest limb and gayest champ of bit and sublimest arch of neck that ever brought Solomon down to theso adjoin ing gardens was but a poor type of the horse upon which this Conqueror, born in the barn, shall xide, when accord ing to apocalyptic vision all the "armies of Heaven shall follow Him on white horses." The waters that rush down these hills into yonder threo groat reservoirs of rock and then pour in marvelous aqueduct into Jerusalem un til the blazon sea is full, and tho baths aro full, and Siloam is full, are only an imperfect typo of tho rivers of delight which, as the result of this great Ono's coming, shall roll on for the slaking of tho thirst of all nations. The palace of Lebanon Cedar from which the imperial cavalcade passed out in tho early morn ing and to which it returned with glow ing cheek, and jingling harness, and lathered sides, is feoblo of arcbitecure compared with the house of many man sions into which this One born this winter month on those bleak hoight shall conduct us when our sins aro all pardoned, our batt'.es all fought our work all done. Standing hero at Bethlehem, do you not sec that tho most honored thing in all earth is tho cradle? To what else did loosened star ever point? To what else did Heaven lower balconies of light filled with chanting immortals? Tho way tho cradlo rocks, tho world rocks. God bless the mothers all the world over! Tho cradles decide the destinies of nations. O tho cradle! It is moro tremendous than the gravo. Whoro are most of the leaders of tho twcnt.eth century soon to dawn upon us? Aro they on thrones? No. In chariots? No. In pulpits? No. In forums? No. In senatorial halls? No. In counting-houses? No. Thoy are in tho cradle. Tho most tre mendous thing in tho nniverse, and next to God, is to bo a mother. Lord Shaftes bury said "givo mo a generation of Christian mothers and I will change the whole phase of society in twelve months." Dishonor not tho cradlo, though it may, liko tho ono my sermon cele brates, havo been a cradlo in a barn, for 1 think it was a Christian cradle. That wa a great cradlo in which Mar tin Luthor lay, for from it camo forth tho reformation of tho sixteenth cen tury. That was a great cradlo in which Daniel O'Conncll lay, for from it came forth an cloquonco that will bo inspir ing whilo men havo eyes to road or ears to hear. That was a great cradle in which Washington lay, for from it camo forth tho happy deliverance of a na tion. That was a great cradlo in which John Howard lay, for from it camo forth a mercy that will not coaso until tho last dungeon gets tho Bible, and light and fresh air. Great cradles in which the John Wcsloys, and the John Knoxos, and tho John Masons lay, for from them camo forth an all conquer ing evangolization. But tho greatest cradle in which child ever slept or woke, or laughed or cried, was the cradlo over which Mary bent, and to which tho wiso men brought frankin censo and upon which tho heavens dropped song. Standing in the chill khan of a Saviour's humiliation and seeing what Ho did for us I ask: What havo wo dono for Him? "There is noth'ng I can do," says one. As Christmas was approach ing, at tho villago church a good woman said to a group of girls in lowly and straightened circumstances: "Let us all now do something for Christ" After the day was over, she asked the group to tell her what they had dono. One said: "I could not do much, for we aro vory poor, but I had a beautiful flower I had carefully trained in our home, and I thought much of it and I put that flower on the church altar." And another said: "I could not not do much for we aro very poor, but lean sing a little, and so I went down to a poor, sick woman in tho lane, and sang as well as I could to cheer her up, a Christ mas song." "Well, Helen, what did you do?" She replied: "I could not do much, but I wanted to do somothing for Christ and I could not think of nothing else to do. and so I went into tho church after tho people who had boen adorning tho altar had left and I scrubbed down tho back altar stairs." Beautiful! I warrant that the Christ of that Christ mas Day gave her as much credit for that earnest act as He may havo given to the robed official who, on that day, read for tho people the prayers of a re sounding service. Something for Christ! Something or Christ! A plain man passing a fortress saw a Russian soldier on guard in a terribly cold night and took off his coat and gavo it to tho soldier, saying: "I will soon bo homo and warm, and you will bo out here all qight" So the soldier wrapped himself in the borrowed coat Tho plain man who loaned tho coat to tho soldier soon after was dying, and in his dream saw Christ, and said to Him: "You havo got my coat on." "Yes," said Christ "this is the one you lent me on that cold night by the fortress. I was naked and ye clothed Me." Some thing for Christ! By tho memories of Bethlehem I adjure you! In the lijeht of taat star Lie the aires eaapcarleJ, That song from af ar Has swept over the world. Cwiilw la Allan. Two systems of cremation are fol lowed in Milan, by one of which the body is burned in a furnace surrounded by wood and charcoal, while by the other the combustion is brought about through a number or jets of gas which cast their heat upon the furnace from all sides When wood and charcoal are employed, about six hundred pounds of wood and one of charcoal are found necessary, and the process lasts twe hours. When gas is used, all that is consumable in the body is burned up in less thanfif ty minutes. The body may, in ordinary cases, be intrsduced into the furnace with or without the cofln. But if death has been caused by some in fectious disease, the cofin and body must be burned together. The weight of fhe remains after cremation, in the form ofr s-baev aA -dnsinanoni- Jeur pounds. They are in color ef pure whiter tinged 'here and there with a delicate pink; and it is a rule never to touch them with the hand The nenee aad vestiges of boaes (which are for the most part burned into powder) ere taken up with stiver tongs, white the ashes are removed. from the furnace with a silver shovel, to be placed em a silver disk and then defeated lm an for retention in the aessarn preserved in with a aUe lneeriptton beneath tt W THE INDIAN MESSIAH. General MM. Gives Ike Basalt T Vis sn VMllaullia a the IfttUa raaaUckMB. St. Patjl, Mian., Nov. K. Major-Gen-eral Kelson A. Miles, U. & A., com mander of the division of the Missouri, whe hss returned from a tour of the West, asked regarding the causes aad nature of the religious craze bow exist ing among the Indian tribes of the West, said: "I have learned that this belief exists smong the various tribes of Sioux, Cheycnnes. Blackfeet, Sbo shones and other tribes. In all the craze has extended to sixteen tribes, the Snake Indians being the only ones to repudiate it. There is no doubt that many of the Indians holding this belief in tho Indian Messiah aro sincem, and some few havo certainly seen somo person whoro they took to be that Messiah. Several small part cs of Indians havo gone westward from their tribes to some point which, as near as I can locate, is Nevada, and (hero they havo been shown somebody disguised as the, Messiah and havo spoken with him. I am inclined to be lieve that there is moro than ono per son impersonating this Messiah, as when Sioux have spoken with bim he has replied in tho Sioux language and to Itlackfeet he has spoken their tongue, and so on with the representatives of each nation or tribe, speaking their own language to each." "What do you think is responsible for this imposition upon tho Indians?' "I can not state positively but it is my belief the Mormons aro tho prime movers in it This is not a hard state ment to believe, for thero aro 200,000 Mormons and they themselves claim to believo in prophets and spiritual mani festation, and they even now claim to hold intercourse with the spirit of Joe Smith. Besides they have had mission aries at work among the Indians for many years and havo many converts." "Do yon think this new belief of tho Indians will lead to an outbreak and bloodshed?" "I do not think so, but where an ig norant race of people bocomo religious fanatics it is hard to tell just what thoy will da It is noteworthy, however, that this so-called Messiah tells tho In dians that when he comes to reign over them ho says that firearms will no longer bo used or necessary. Ho tells them also that with his coming tho dead Indians will all bo raised to lifo, tho buffalo will return and ho will draw a lino behind which bo will gather all tho Indians, and then ho will roll tho earth back upon tho whites. This has naturally excited the Indians and large numbers have accepted tho new belief. Among thoso who have dono so none are more ardent than Sit ting Bull, who is intensely Indian in all his ideas." "Do you think tho person who is im personating the Messiah is a white roan or an Indian?" "Thoso who havo seen him say he is muffled up and disguised so that they don't seo his face, but I heliovo that ho is a full-blooded white. The argument tho Indians used in discussing tho matter is that tho whites have had their Messiah and tho Indians now have theirs; that if it is reason able for the whites to believo in a Messiah it is reasonable for the Indians to do so, too; and that they havo as much right to have an Indian Messiah as tho whites have to have a white Messiah. Tho situation is not alarming in any way, and I do not know whether any action will bo taken by tho Govern ment regarding tho matter until after I have mado my report" , ILLINOIS CHANGES FRONT. The State Democratic nml the Sara Tarty Secure a Mnjority of the Congreftninen ftrnult hi Wlaconoln. Chicago, Nov. 8. At last tho returns from the Stato of Illinois have become sufficiently complete to announce decis ively tho result on tho Stato ticket The Democrats havo won. and Edwin S Wilson, of Olncy, Is elected State Treasurer by 11 -t:u$. and ltenry Kaab. of Belleville, Superintendent of Public Instruction by .10.144. Tho exact vote will not be ascertained until tho returns have been canvassed and sent to tho Sccrotary of Stato at Springfield. But the complete returns leavo no doubt that the result is as herein stated, and that the entire Dem ocratic State ticket is elected. Returns also show that in addition to tbo Democratic gains heroretoforo an nounced in their Congressional districts Congressmen Payson and Hill had also been defeated and Snow and Stewart Democrats, elected. In response to a request for information, Congressmen Hill and Payson havn telegraphed tho Associated Press conceding thoir defeat tho former by 050 and tho latter 500 to 700. This makes tho Congressional delegat on from Illinois stand fourteen Democrats and six Republicans. rKCK AND HIS IIAO BOYS. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. S. Official returns from the First district show the election of Clinton Babbitt D., over II. A. Cooper, R. This leaves only one Republican Congressman in Wisconsin, Haughen, in the Eighth district, who has about 1,000 majority, and Bartlott, tho Democratic candidate, threatens to make a contest- The Republican suffer a not loss of six Congressman, besides the Legisla ture, which will probably elect ox Secretary Vilas to succeed Senator Spooner, although other candidates are springing up. Peck, D, for Governor, has a major ity of about 30,000. Ruslaea Good. New Yokk, Nov. a IL G. Dun&Ca's Weekly Review of Trade says: The volumo of business, both domes tic and foreign, continues largo beyond precedent and in character prosperous. Tho elections interrupted business but little and tho result has had no percep tible effect as' yet upon trade, though somo fear that the extension of manu factures may bo checked by uncertainty. The monetary situation is substantially unchanged. The reports from all parts of the country show that business is large and healthy. CuaSaai mtlom at SbreTepert. SiinEVEroRT, La., Nov. & The most disastrous Are ever had in this city oc curred yesterday morning abeut '1 o'clock. The fire started in the third story of Sour fcCo.'s hardware store and the entire block was consumed. Loss, 3550,000; insurance, $247,000. He Hefts Fee Mrrfcilt Ottawa, Oat, Nov. a The Cabinet Council has after due deliberation de c ded that Birchall shall be executed next Friday. The Cabinet was unani mous in its opinion as to the guilt of Birchall and consequently that the law should take its coarse. 8 Loxpox, Not. 8t The wowaa arrest ed for ssoo.Iaf; Dr. Bright, of Oxford, is Miss Kate Riordan. It is SBpeosed that she was made jealoas by the nros pect that Mr." Brijret's danchter was aboat te -aarry Mr. Haines, who feraser ly paid atbtioM to Miss Riordan. Mr. Haines ieelsres that he was never en gageslaeMlas Riordan, and that aha is laTsoring under an Insane delaslon. ' By the eaoaten ef a ahellat WadswerthNcw York. GENERAL HOWARD'S REPORT. AmrKt Wasuixgtox, Nov. 7. Major-Gcaera! a O. Howard, commanding the division of the Atlantic, in his annual report calls attention to the subject of seacoftst defense. He says that considering the armament necessary for- the extent of seacoast in the division, the liberal ap propriation of one year should not lead to over confidence, bet since his last an nual report a decided step has been taken both in providing for tho con struction of seacoast common and rifled mortans the pre para t on or fortiflca- .t ... .v . . r tlons for them and tho constructioa of nicu lorpeaocs, wun gawerie. operat ing casements and other belongings. The principal harbors have been prop erly p' at ted. and tho artillery on duty near them is at present engaged In earnest practice with such weapons as the forts now have and will bo fullv prepared to undertake the management of the new guns and appliances as soon .. , ? , ' . ,, as tbev begin to arrive. Tbo artillery regiments have been necemanly in creased in size at tho expense of the rest of the line and still two more regi ments are needed. Itishoped that Con gress may be induced to augment the enlisted strength of the army sufficiently to allow tbls increase without permanently diminishing tbe cavalry and infantry. Until last Soptembor tho mortal ity of the Indian prisoners was ex cessive, but it now appears to hate been checked. A new village should bo constructed for them in place of tbe present temporary shelters. The Idea of making theso Indians self supporting had to bo given up and pay 2.1 cents a day has been allowed those who work for tho post with tbe result of ameliorating their d scon tent Conoral llnwanl rnnt!is linnoa that efforts will be mado to organize tho V, ftwn a mm. art. if iltA a ImIa Wnrvl ,.,,,. , . ments of twclvo troops, batteries or companies and ol'lcored by the number and grade of officers now authorized for cavalry regiments. It is strongly rec ommended that tho privates of artillery bo classified with a difference in pay as in tho ease of tbo engineers. An in crease of pay for non-commissioned of ficers in each lino to correspond to tho staff is desirable. From various reasons the present maximum of -."i.OOO enlisted mon results in a severe restriction and to keep tho organization up to 25,000 trained men constantly on foot tbe maximum, including recruits, should not be less than 3.1.000. General Howard says that tho effect of having organized tho army in ISoG with officers of nearly tho samo age, and who had already suffered much hardship in the rebellion, is now work ing serious injury to tho service. Tho number of disabled officers far exceeds tho limit of tbo rotirod list, tbe cap tains aro too old for marching duty, and therefore such officers as aro abovo G4 years of ago should by legislation bo transferred from tho limited to the un limited retired list In the caso of en listed men thirty years' servico Is too long before retirument, and twenty-five i years is suggested as a proper period of servico. In conclusion Genoral Howard recom mends that somo system of school bat talions of boys from 17 to CI years of ago bo organized as a sourco of supply of material for non-commissioned of ficers for tbo army and militia, and tho post of Now York is mentioned as a con venient point for its establishment HUMPHREY RE-ELECTED. Chairman Itactian Kay the fiorarnor of Kan i lla a lMarallty or S.OOO. Topeka, Kan., Nov. 7. Chairman llucban, of tbo Kcpublican State Cen tral Committee, makes tho following statement: "Governor Humphrey Is elected by a plurality of upwards of .1,000 votes. Tho committco has verified statements of the votes of counties showing a total of .MT.nCO, as follows: Humphrey, 10J,-14.'!; Willlts, 97,756; Robinson, 57,10.1 Cowley, Labette, llarton, Coffey, Kingman, Lyon and c ghtecn small western counties aro yet to bo hoard from. Theso counties will poll from 20.000 to 30,000 votes. Governor Humphrey's plurality Is now 4.9!s9. Tho remaining counties will increase rather than diminish Gov ernor Humphrey's plurality. Advices by wire from Cowley, Labette, llarton, Coffey. Kingman and Lyon Counties show that, with tho exception of Kellogg for Attorney-General, tho entire Republican tickot has been elected by over 0,000 plurality. THE KANSAS DELEGATION. Moonllsht Dereatetl la the first District -The Meaabera-Kleef. Topkka, Kan,, Nov. 7. Tbo latest returns show that llroderlck. 11, is olected over Moonlight, D., in tho First district by 500 plurality. All the other Kcpublican Congressmen but Tunston aro defeated. Tho next Conjrrcss'onal delegation from Kansas will therefore stand: First dis trict. Case Ilroderck (R.); Second, E. If. Funston (R.); Third, II H. Clover (A.); Fourth, John G. Otis (A.); Fifth, John Davis (A.): Sixth; William Uaker (A.), and Seventh, Jerry Simpson (A.). Challeaced a fritle. Paris, Nov. 7. Maurice Bernhardr, tho son of Sarah Ilerahardt. has chal lenged M. Mou rcy, a dramatic critic, to fight a dueL The challenge has been accepted and tho duel will tako place to-day. The affair Is the rosult of M. Mourey's comments upon Mme. llcrn bardt's performance In ''Cleopatrx' Sfhltecas-i at Work. IlAnmeoxviLLE, Ma, Nov. 7. Fifty or siaty Whitecaps entered Freeman, about ten miles west of this place, and going into a dive supposed to here been run by Andy SpradUat; emptied his liquor into the street Local option ii a law in Freeman, but owing to insuf ficient evidence they have been unable to convict any one. JwrasjIlsMe 4Hcrat. Lkxixotox Ma, Nov. 7. Henry Pa com, editor of the Register, pulverlxed a man who wanted to "see tbe editor. and W. Ii Powell, special correspond e jt, knocked two men out in one round. C:iraatlaa Worker la Cewvtatlen. Iljurrroao. Coan., Nor. 7. The first session of the fifth aannal convention of Christian workers in the United States and Canada opened here with a large attendance. Rev. A. K, Torrey. of Chieafe, chairman ef the conventies. delivered an address, which was fol lowed by the report of the secretary. WW catla-rr. Kata. Chicago, Not. 7. Chaimian Fialey, of the Western Passenger Association, has aatheriaed all lines deiax business between Kansas Cay aad Sl Louis u meet the scalpera rates by a redaction from 57.5 to H3SL Pjtnxs, Not. 7. Fear hsndred de fates front the maaafactaris centers or France aaet at the Hotel Continental to consider Me Geetrnwett's sntif ra pcsala. M. Djnard. yrehident ot the Lyons Casmber of Ceavave.ee, -Meeided. Reselniions were anepted nroiestnf agninar tne fwefeetiew neUey ef the tax ation ef raw .mnterlala.' A eassaaitans was elected entitlnt 'Ta-en far toada rawwaarialaal f or, tne defease ef the exnerttraaVaw ew syspsasss VsTNns9u Hen aad women bath eutVr from weak- KM km of stretMtta. WannL haw- crer, suffer mere thaa men. Ma &m't have tho eo beariag dowa amla. tW aos ef a weak wostsn's existence. Both, howcrer, hare their dir eU. both Drama ttHr loaaer appetite, tbeir lack of encrf . taat feeling of vrrt& aad coeaUat fatigue ItoUkutxosne UnRold, iaslpid. aad lit to f either hardly seems worth liviar. Ttxnr I kidneys are weak aad seem wattle-awar. I Their liver are inactive. tbrirtaet:adl- , ordered, their eowela irregular, Ohl foci bh, foolish mea and woaiea t why will yoa sot seek th wav to health and sirccfth. Others as miserable aj ourarlves aro row , in the full enjoyment el sappy. Jorou Ufa. aunplybecanM3Uteyputprpjauica.Keaaa Cca8MUtevpmprcjuuic?aa.uf!aaa , line of that excellent alterative known aaWr.Jonn buu !sirwitu. .m J vour neIicLbor who haro ui It wr-st they gVbout It Ak your UroggUt tor , i ? - - . .. ... .. . -. i began a bottie, aad don't tako any other. Tna roue beau'a motto: Conlder tbe Lille, of coarse, but keep your rye on th labels aad the Gertrude, too. Soserril! Journal How t Mlo Mt-n.j" And "How to SucecM In life ' Jwr tbcmw tocvenoae. In M thrrradcr atirntion t rllcu I are aborb cou nvtia Irtan lrrr- i tx-incnt flu thi pajxT) tf The Harrow I Itrothcr Company ot Clrveuutti. Ohio, one v ot tbe lnrst and t?t known buck buu- in tho Uu.tcd StnU'v Any rrprccntatjtn . ther make ran Iw rrllcd upon, and thrrc ' nml bo no hesitation in uli&c ihrm money For fl J thoy propose to Mod a book fflvins ii larre amount of valuable in formation IMtcr rc.id the ad pretty can fully and eti if you do not want i. "Yocnerodlftatiud tilth your pastor some months aa-ol' YV ' ll bo r tgnnl j ft!" '; but tho congregation l.V Ycnoiviuo'n New. j IIavr nn meal a.i a prompt and positive cure for Mck nr-.tdarhc, bllioun-, c)cti l patiou.pam in the sulo. and all liver trouble. ( Carter a Little Liver 1'ill. Try them. V min asks a woman' love before La niarrie her; after nwrrtace ho demand her gratitude. AUh(ou 1i.Iks. ! .-" P rouoit V Uien i HaUJ , -- tl ... m. lioney oi llorehounil utni lar u;mu a cold, I'o's Toothache Drop-, euro In ono t&inutei ' m . a m Maaan jih PRICE THBKB BM&S IS 0 $I.OO 1. 100 LeBona in Busi ness. e. Short Cuta in Firure. 3. IZow to Write a Oood Buaineaa Letter. vaClKmalBaanL TwY.vrirtfS -ncDMTiyjw b I ssssaSlaBWwl W5$)K ' '" -Sr&PQ)' . .VhESI asrHHRnnnnnnnl I nnnnna?BaanlBlnnn&ssBSassssssnl s fanvdnT IlV . . . . v ikwLWJ. 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