eswmssKf dsc n-l!K -A V ajwCTHai a, f ' .JJ 7 THE LORD'S WAK. Dr. Talmago Discourses on Christian Conflict tho Firitiiiron ami l"iirncstiic KHVviitinl Tlio JJJhlo IliwMlRlitiriit Weapon iT Cliriit- iatis Ilnril Hlowi Xecwwary In the Itattlo With .Sin. In a late sermon at Brooklyn on the rhristian warfare llcv. T. DeWitt Tal- ;o took his text from II. Samuel. xml 1J: And ins imriu ciavu uhwj cio sword." The preacher said: A treat general of King David was Elea.ar, the hero of the text The Philistines opened a battle against him, and his troops retreated. The cowards ilcil. Klea.ar and three of his com rades went into tho battle and swept the field, for four men with God on their side are .stronger than a whole battalion with Col against them. "Fall back!" shouted the commander of the rhilistme army. The cry ran along the host: "Fallback!" Klea.ar, hitv hiTsn -pt the field, throws himself on the ground to rest, but the muscles and sine vis of his hand had been so long bent around the hilt of th sword that the hilt was embedded in the flesh, and the cold wire of the hilt had broken through the skin of the palm of the hand, and he could not drop this sword which he had so gallantly wielded. 'Hit hand clave unto the sword." That is what I call magnificent fighting for the Lord Cod of Israel. And we want more of it- I look at F.lea.ar's hand, and I come to the conclusion that he took tin- sword with a very tight grip. ThecoAardsv..io ii.-d had no trouble in dropping their swords. I'.ut I'le:i 7ar hand clave to the sword. o. my friends in this Christian eon llict v..- v int a t t'-r grip of the gos- el IWI vi. u .11 , a t 'tiler grasp m w.r rl f.f till! trillll. It p O.l sweeping our hand around book until the tips of the lingers clutch at the words- "In the beginning I. id ' ........ t., I tin. lu:ivi'iis and the earth I iniii' 'i i' -- like an infidel a great ileal better than I do one of these namby-pamby Chris tians who hold a part of the truth and let the i est go P.y mira-le Cod pre lervcd this Kible just ih it is. and it is a Damascus blade The severest test to which a sword can be put in a sword factory is to wind the blade around a gun barrel like a ribbon, and then when the sword is let loose it Hies back to its ow n shape. So the .sword of Cod's truth has been fully tested, and it is bent this way and that way. and wound this way and that way, but it nluaj s comes back to its own shape. Think of it! A book written eighteen centuries ago. and some of it thousands of years ajro, j and yet in our time the sale of this l'.ook is more than -JO. (MM) copies every week and more than a million copies a year. I say now that a bonk which is divinely inspired and divinely kept and divinely scattered is a weapon worth holding a tight grip of. Yon give up the ISible, you give up any part of it, -mid you give up pardon and peace, and life and Heaven. I. not be ashamed, young man, to have the world know that yon are a friend of the Itible. This book is the friend of all that is good, and is the sworn enemy of all tliaf-i bad. .O, hold on to it. Do net take frArt.tnjf-i iwwitywy7trib rest away. Hold on to :;11 of it. There are so many people now who do not know. You ask them if the s ml is immortal, and they say: "I guess it is I don't know; perhap it is, perhaps it isn't." Is the Itible true? "Well, perhaps it is, and perhaps it isn't; per haps it may be figurative-, and per haps it may be partly, and perhaps it may not be at all." They despise what they eall the apostolic creed; but if their own eree I were written out it would read like this: "I believe in nothing.the maker of Heaven and earth, and in nothing which it hath sent, which nothing was born of nothing, and which nothing was dead and buried and descended into nothing, and arose from nothing, and ascended t.i nothing, and now sitteth at the right band of nothing. 1 believe in the holy agnostic church and in the e.miniunion of nothingarians, and in the forgiveness of nothing, and the resurrection of nothing, and in the life that never shall be. Amen!" That is the creed of tens of thousands of people in this day. If von have a mind to adopt such a theory I will not. "1 believe in Cod the Father Almighty, .Maker ot Heaven anil earth, anil in .lesus Christ, and in the holy catholic church, and in the communion of saints and in the life everlasting Amen." O, when I see Klea.ar taking such a stout grip of the sword in the battle against sin and for righteousness I come to the conclusion that we ought to take a stouter grip of Cod's eternal truth, the sword of righteousness As 1 look at Klcazar's hand I also notice his spirit of sad forgetfulness. He did not notice that tie hilt of the sword was eating throi:h the palm of his hand. He did r't know it hurt him. As he went oe into the con.'iict he was so anxious -r the victory that he forgot himself "i that hilt uilgh' l-o never so deenl "to the pain of his hand it could n' disturb h:m "His hand clave tint li,lJ swori." O. my brothers and s.ms. let us gi into the Christian con'1 with tlie spirit of ab negation. WO cares whether the world praiseUsor denounces us? What do we earfr misrepresentation or abuse or Tsecntion in a conflict like this? Let us forget ourselves That man ko is afraid of getting his hand hurl"iil never kill a Philistine. Who carevhether you get hurt or not if von geki victory? Oh, how many Christiar there are who are all the time v iyiS about the way the world treats ?". They are so tired and thev at so abused and they are so temptewhen Kleazar did not think whethc10 ',a a kand or an arm or a foot. 11 he wanted was victory yc how- men forget themselves in world' achievement. We have often Sien 1-11 who in order to achieve wory success will forget all physical fatjie and all annoyance and all ou st. if- dust after the battle of York- PH i I r I .MI -ft e Tnvnt c-oiiifsT?WWp.iIiii. l '' the " to. iu the American revolution, a uAttXian. wounded, was told he must vc his limbs amputated, and they were about to fasten him to the sur geon's table for it was long before tbe merciful discovery of amestheties. p He said: "No; don't fasten me to that table; get me a violin. A violin was brought to him, and he said: "Now go to work as I begin to play," and for forty minutes, during the awful pangs of am putation, he moved not a muscle nor dropped a note, while he played some sweet tune. Oh, is it not strange that with the music of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and with this grand march of the church militant on the way to become the church triumphant, we cannot forget ourselves and forget all pang and all sorrow and all persecution and all per turbation. We know what men ac complish, under worldly opposition. Men do not shrink back for antagonism Of for hardships 0. how much, men will endure for worldly knowledge and for worldly success, and yet how little we endure for .lesus Christ- How many Christians there are that go around saying: "0 my hand, my hand, my hurt hand; don't you see there is blood on the hand, and there is blood on the sword?" while Kleazar, with the hilt imbedded in the fiesh of his right hand does not know it. MiiM I ba carried to tho skies On How cry hod of i-me. While other-) fought to win tlic nrlzo Or H.-ilIod tlirmiKli Mocirtr &? What have wesufTered in comparison with those who expired with suffoca tion, or were burned, or were chopped to pieces for the truth's sake? We talk of the persecution of olden times. There is just as much persecution going on now in various ways. In 184'J, in Mada gascar, eighteen men were put to death for Christ's sake. They were to be hurled over the rocks and before they were hurled over the rocks, in order to make their death the more dread ful in anticipation, they were put in baskets and swung to and fro over the precipice that they might see how many hundred feet they would have to be dashed down, and while they were swinging in tlie.se bas'ects over the rocks they sang: Jr.Mis lover of my oiil. Lftin to Tliv lioHcmi 11 y, Wli'le tin billows near me ro'I, Wliilu the t uipct still U lilitli. Then they were dashed down to death. O, how much others have en dured for Christ, and how little we en dure for Christ. We want to ride to Heaven in a Pullman sleeping ear, our feet on soft plush, the bed made up early so we can sleep all the way, the black porter of death to wake us up only in time to enter the ('olden City. As I look at I'lca.nr's hand I come to the conclusion that he has done a great deal of hard hitting. I am not sur Iriseil"when I see that these four men Kleazar and his three companions drove back the army of Philistines, that Klcazar's sword clave to his hand. every time he struck an enemy h one end of the sword the other I wounded him. When he took hold the sword the sword took hold of i O. we have found an enemy that mot be conquered 13' rosewater and t speeches. It must be sharp stroke d straight thrust. There is mtem raiice and there is fraud and there is ust and there are ten thousand battal ions of iniquity, armed Philistine in i.nuty. How are they to be captured and overthrown? Soft sermons in morocco cases laiu nowu in iruntoi uu cquisi'e audience will not do it You hae got to call things by their right names. We have got to expel from our churches Christians who eat the sacra ment on Sunday and devour widow's houses all the week. We have got to stop our indignation against the Hittites and the .lebusites and the (Jergishites and let these poor wretches go and ap ply our indignation to tho modern transgressions which need to be dragged out and slain. Ahabs here. I lc rods here. .Ie.ebels here. The massacre of the infants here. Strike .'or Coil so hard that while you shu' the mii the sword will adhere to your own laud I tell von, my friends, we want .. fc JMHIYl"i THIll -lobn Weslevs 1 l in onry jusi eiiouiiu.i.u,ti.jMrT ifcnaifj - . 1. ........ m.'. , daneeiUwrf,y ani then to must send a missive, delicate as ae tiding card, to ask the old black gi:i of sin if he will not surrender. j Women saved by the graejof God and on glorious mission scnt,Vtaincd from Sabbath classes because tJr new hat is not done. Churches till shook our cities with great revivalnding around to ask some demonstrate wor shiper if he will not pleascjo say "amen" and "hallelujah". a lit soft er. 11 seems as u in our cuurvs we wanted a baptism of cologne uibalm of a thousand flowers, when wcctual ly need a baptism of fire from tlLord Cod of Pentecost. Hut we are sijfraid somebody will criticise our sernAs, or criticise our prayers, or ertticH our religious work, that our auxiei for the world's redemption is lost ijthe fear that we will get our hand urt, whi'o Kleazar went into tho ciiet, "and his hand clave unto the swoi" Hut I see in the next place wit a hard thing is was for Kleazar tfet j his hand and his sword parted, 'he muscles and the sinews had bee so long grasped around the sword he old not drop it when he proposed todnit, nil his three comrades, I There are in the United States to-day many aged ministers of the gospel, ti'hey are too feeble now to preach. In 'the cliurch records the word opposite ' their names is "emeritus," or the words I are, "a minister without charge," They wer. a heroic race. They had small salaries, and but few Woks, and thev srain spring freshets to meet their ap pointments. Hut they did in their day :i mighty work for (Kid. They took off more of the heads of Philistine iniquity than you could count from noon te sun down. You put that old minister of the giTspel now into a prayer meeting, or occasional pulpit, or a sick rooui where there is some one to be comfort ed, and it is the same old ring to his voice and the same old story of pardon and peace and Christ and Heaven. His hand has so long clutched. Hie sword in Christian conflict he canaot drop it "II is hand clave unto the sword." O, if there ever was anyone who had a right to retire from the conflict it was old Joshua. Soldiers come back from battle and have tho names of the bat tles on their flags, showing where they distinguished themselves, and it is a very appropriate inscription. Look at the flag of old Gen. Joshua. On it, Jericho, Gibeon, Hazar. City of Ai, and instead of the stars sprinkled an the flag the sun and the moon which stood still. There he is 110 vears old. He is lying flat on his back, but he is preach ing. His dying words are a battle charge against idolatry, and a rallying cry for the Lord of Hosts as he says: "Behold this day I go the way of all the earth, aud God hath not failed to fulfill his promise concerning Israel." His dying hand clave unto the sword. There is the headless body of Faul on the road to Ostoa. His great brain aud his great heart have been severed. The elmwood rods had stung him fear fully. When the corn ship broke up he swam ashore, coming up drenched with the brine. Every day since that day when the horse reared under him in the suburbs of Damascus, as the super natural light felL down to this day when he is sixty-eight years of age and decrepit from the prison coll of the Mamertine, he has been outrageously treated, and he is waiting to die. How does he spend his last hours? nHl l niirivim - - ..... ,-, . 4 g---------------- 'itll v er nin ins inree comranos. i siiokiv l ifitfim 1 H IH mnHiH u Telling the world how badly ho feel and describing tho rheumatism that he got in prison, the rheumatism inflicting his limbs, or the neuralgia piercing his temples, or the thirst that feven his tongue? O, no. His last words are the battle shout for Christendom: "I am now ready to be offered, and the timo of my departure is at hand; I have fought tho good fight" And so Lb dying hand clave unto the sword. I preach this sermon as a tonic. I want you to hold the truth with in eradicable grip, and I want you to strike so hard for Clod that it will react, and while you take the sword the sword will take you. You noticed that the officers of the northern army a few 3'car.s ago assem bled at Denver, and you noticed that the officers of the southern army had as sembled at Lexington. Soldiers com ing together arc very apt to recount their experiences and to show their scars Hero is a soldier who pulls up his sleeve and saj-s: "There, I was wounded in that arm," and shows the scar. And another soldier pulls down his collar anil says: "There, I was wounded in the neck." And another soldier says: "I have had no tiso of that limb since the gunshot fracture." i O, my friends, when the battle of , life is over, and the resurrectfon has come, and our bodies rise from the dead, will we have on us any scant of bravery for God? Christ will be there all covered with scars Sears on the ' brow, scars on the hand, scars on the feet, scars all over the heart won in the battle of redumption. And all Heaven ' will sob aloud with emotion as they look at thoso scars Ignatius will bo there, and he will point out the place where tho tooth and the paw of the lion seized him iu the Coliseum, and John Huss will be there, and ho will show where the coal first scorched thc foot on that day when his spirit most uniformly encouraging. At Pitts took wing of flame from Constance, burgh the demand for manufactured McMillan and Campbell and Freeman, iron and for structural forms is im American missionaries in Inilm. will ! nviiu but the eo:il xti-ilti continues. there -the men who with their wivet and children went down in the awful massacre at Cawn pore, and thev will show where the daggers of the Sepoys struck them. The Waldenses will be there, nml they will show where their bones were broken on that day when the Picdmontcso soldiery pitched them over the rocks And there will bo those there who took care of tho sick and who looked after the poor, and they will have evi dences of earthly exhaustion. And Christ, with His .scarred hand waving over the scarred multitude, will say: "You suffered with Mo on earth; now be glorified with Me in Heaven." And then the great organs of eternity will take up the chant, and St. John will play: "These are they who came out of great tribulation and had their robes washed and made white in the blood of of the lamb." ' But what will your chagrin and mine ' be if it shall be told that day on the I streets of Heaven that on earth we! shrank back from all toil and sacrifice and hardship. No scars to show the heavenly soldiery. Not so much as one ridge on the palm of the hand to show that, in the battle for Cod and the ' truth, we just once grasped the sword so firmly, and struck so hard that tho vord and the hand stuck together, and e hand clave to the sword. O, my rd Jesus, rouse us to Thy service. Thy saint in all tnl ulorlom war Shall coiiiiier tli(.ui;li they "lie; Th v sec the triumph from alar, Anil efzis It with th eve. When that Illustrious day slnti rl-io. An I a I Thy arinh s -hiim In rolies of victory through tho sklct, 1 he g orv shall he Thine. INSECT PESTS IN FRANCE. DciaHtatliit; I'lelils in tho Ahftfiire ot Itlriln. The insect plagues with which tho French fields are ravaged remind us how delicate is tho balance of nature, and how easily upset by human inter ference. The equally divided system of inheritance brought in by the French revolution marked the begin ning of an era of small and careful culture. Under this system the pro ductiveness of the land went up ten and a hundred fold S precious did tho soil become in the eye of the peasant that hedges were abolished and a thin fence of wattle took its place where a line of demarcation was required. But with the destruction of the hedges whole tribes of birds were extinguished lor want oi nesting room, ami ucn they went the insects whose multiply- j ing powers had only been counteracted I by the fanner's feathered allies were . free to exercise them unchecked. Now , the larva of the gnat or tho white grub , of the turnip will, if it enters a held, destroy often twenty and sometimes fifty cent, of its value. i The microscopists have discovered ' -' .. .. .1 that these pernicious larviu are them- elves liable to diseases, caused by tho deadly parasitica organ- ,sm.s J his much was made clear :,y the researches of 1 asteur ind Koch. and it is strange ! that the loaded tubes of bacillic bouillon manufactured by these scien- ists after being first hailed as a spe- ifie for saving life, should now be 1 . , , ' ii t welcomed as a certain means of de- stroving it This is the application of the principle. The farmer who recog- ..;.o. ;- i,n.ir ; tt,. .... i .? I what grublet' attacks this grub with the deadliest virulence. He then orders n ti,i... f.,n of tlio Hitl. tvir:isit..v nn.l . pouring it over the mold, covers the soup-piate vim anoiner, ano auows the venom twenty-four hours for its I work. The grubs haje now the taint Grai- That Caup 1'aUr. There am some ve.y poisonous grasses in the world. The plants are not so, but they acquire their deadly properties from certain fungi, which attack them and invade thoir tissue. Cattle eat them and perish. Sometimes the seeds get mixed with grain and poison peo- PfVnrt ""i and is known as "lolium.' "Tremblinc nizes the presence of a grub in his field eoniameu a qinuiiuv ".- u ....... .-. towing mitccr, i wo n.IUuni i-nwn will collect a couple of dozen by hand me uyuamue carirmKc.-s ii k"- congress were cnovn ior ....- uosu,,,-j Ind put them into a soup-plate full of powder and some fuses In addition to Vear at the doling meeting to-day: . mold, where they can run to hiding. another bomb with fuse attached President Hon. II B Hayes of 1 re- He then consults the vade-mecum. ' was found in the frame work of the iont. U: ric-president Hoel-ff Bnk- or (loam on u em. ana u piameu o in , xncn ,,avc eompleted the amalgamation . -- . f h,.r . , orrr lM nk... likely parts ot the licin, wm spreau it of the two onlers and adjourned sine I "' . ": , Z nntUr of ctnls on which' among their kind, till the whole field H& The name of the association will Xi ' is rid of the pet. What becomes of hcnccforth the "International lnJhcn I the auxiliary legions after they have , Krolhcrhooil of RRilwaj. Track -ore- f tLlllZ uJT 1 iS of , lone man s service anil no tooit remains ,., The followin-' otlicers were' . , , -.ii. . . men. i n. muon mh ouicvr cri. s.vto to anwar Monlar morniar in court for them suitable to eat .w not yet re- loctod: John Wlls00t cf Tennew . 0J; in lhe cban?B of e.xpo5ing vcaed by the men of science. -N. prailli chief foreman: IL P Bridges, of 4 . tlir nntl &, Th,, lrib.me. pic. One such species has recently , c swaxne. uum .-. .were atiracuni oy ine Ai.arvja-iei- taken root in this country, and it mav , chilian fngees but there were none , marcll macfor .W. The track was ranv trouble vet It came from Eurori on board. Among the passengers was firm and fxvL Allcrton apparel to b C banks of streams or canals Their rxyots form a complex network beneath the surface and hold the earth together. Sugar cane is a grass and so is sorghum. There are about three thousand two hundred species of grasses in the w v rid, aud of this number the United States has eight hundred of all sorts marsh grasses, desert grasses, etc There is a curious forage grass in Brazil that is like very much magnified oats; growing to j the height 01 twelve teet rrom some , grasses paper is made. The only genus J of plants peculiar to tho arctic is a rare j and beautiful grass indigenous to Mel-1 ville island. Philadelphia Press. When a man gets ia a towering passion there is no corresponding tit ration in popular steeto, grass" it is called, because it brings on lellfcanaivauo. awpwinw:. -- " , two away en even terms, iviniarcti a sort of palsy. Two or three kinds of Salvador quite ready to go to war . leadin:: a halt length at the blf and coarse marsh grass are used, particu- with ber neighbors." he said, but will lcnh snd a half at the three quarters larlv in Holland, to keep the soil from n l,rins " nJ trouble by any orert ,n thc ,tretch Doblcgare Detmirch th blowing or Inline washed away on the' act-' The recent trouble m the city o. w-h5p bol Allcrton came indcr ti CONFIDENCE UNABATED. Dnn'n Itrport S,MTlut MirprUlnj; Aettr Ity I'rv.ilU-ltiiIiir In tlir South anil Vrt imprfititic. Sr.vr Yokk. Oct. 17. IL C. Dun.fc Co.'? weekly review of trade says: Business throughout the west and south is strong and improving At east ern centers thrre is less satisfaction and the expected results from the har vesting of large crops are more slowly realized. Yet the volume of all trad'o is as large as it ever has been, and for October may even surpass the unpre cedented record of last year. The prevailing confidence in tho future of business continues unabated and is seen even in some branches i which complain most of dull trade at j present 1 he iron industry illustrates , the contradictory conditions. The out- I put of furnaces in luast October : was j preferably "Christian unity,' instead lM.Ol., tons weekly, yet this enormous i of "union." and "I tuteil Kingdom" in production is marvelously ab-sorled. stead of dtvat Britain, which excluded The demand for use in produe- Ireland. ing all kinds of farm machinery J JJCV Dr. P.alph AU-remmbie. of Kn and implements Is far greater than gland, regretted that the r.rocefdings it has been in any previous year and of the morning had not been charae'er the quantity of iron thus used is enor-i icd by that spirit of harmony which mous On the other hand the wool t,ecmcd to le proper in the considc ra- manufactories are short of orders in I the men's wear department though ' Chicago clothiers are buying more j freely. Hut, on the whole, clothiers I have not taken nuirly their usual sup- I ply of goods and many of the mills are ' closing. The demand for dress goods ! is strong, while knit goods are dull as j well as carpets. Cotton manufacture is active without change in prices The demand for copper is large, but i a rumor ol resumption by the Ana- couda put down the price of the lake to 1J 1" cents, and tin is weak at :!0. 1 cents with lead 4. Y The market for anthracite coal is better, but circular price., are not realized. The reports from other cities are al- At Cleveland trade exceeds last year's considerably, and is brisk at Cineiu- nati and especially in dry iroods At Chicago the clothing and dry goods trades are active, and the movement of farm products large, though receipts of cattle fall lie low last year's. At Detroit manufact uring is active and factories running full time. At Milwaukee, St Paul, . Minneapolis, Omaha and Kansas City business is very active, especially in lumber at Minneapolis, with advance in prices, while the output of flour is r.i.",0()() barrels per week, against !!. (100 last year. At St Louis trade is un usually strong. At Jacksonville the largest orange crop ever grown prom ises improvement Speculation has not been very heavy though corn and oats are sustained in tho face of great crops and wheat is a shade higher. Cotton is a quarter lower. Pork products are lower, coffee unchanged and oil half a cent lower, The supplies of money are ample here nnd at all western centers Foreign trade though smaller than a year ago hen the movement was extraordinary is larger than in previous years and the heavy exports ot iireaiisiiitis promise further reinforcement of gold from Kurope FIGHT AMONG SAILORS. Clilllitii Hint American Sailor Kukhkc In Ilrailly I'Uht In the M reels or Vttlpsi- lalni. Nku Yokk, Oct 17. The Herald has n Valparaiso special which says: Three, perhaps four, men-of-war's ; men were Killed aim several " less injured in a uesperaie ugin men with a number of Chilian sailors. The Chilians did not do all the iight- ing, for when the fight was ended a number of them were found to be pret ty badly hurt, though so far as can be as-ortained now none of them were i killed. j The American blue jackets who were engaged in the battle were from the, United States cruiser Baltimore and the Chilians were from the various war ships now in the harbor. It is impossible at present to get full particulars of tho fight or the names of t the killed and wounded. ,, , ,. ... ,1... ' 1 Here lire several .itoiuhb .i:. i- u.c ,.-:..:.. r i... .ii(r....il- On,, nf tli.on ! III IIU VI ,.v.,...,.v....fc. ...... ..- . ........ , which seems plausible, is this: Kver j since the triumph of the junta there , has been a feeling among the lower classes of the people of marked hostil- , jty to the Americans and the blue jack- , ets from the American war ships were sometimes subjected to insult R lS alleged that a party of men from the Baltimore, ashore on liberty, met, with the Chilian men-of-war's men. ' The hatred of the "Yankees" led to j M,me insulting remark, which was re- ( .scnted by one of the hotter-headed j Americans and this brought on the gen- ! .- .. ... eral light which was attended with such fatal results, There was much excitement in the city when the news of the fight spread The unfortunate aff.t.r is much regret- ted ... othc.a circles and among the better class of citizens. Tho llonili Klmlrrs. Vikn-va. Oct IT. An investigation made into the finding yesterday of a ilrnimito bomb on the Keichenbunr oynamiu. oomo on im, in.ii. """K ( railroad bridge in Bohemia resulted in ."seovery oi an iron - ...-.. , bridge. It is lclieved these had been concealed there in ordc r to avoid seiz-' ure as a result of domiciliary visits by the police. AnialBimtloii Comnlrtnl. s , (.u j-The committees of the i;rotherhoodsof Kailwav Section ' roremcn and Order of Railway Track- Kansas, vice grand chief; MikeO'Dowd, j - a --.- .j 1 of Kansas City, secretary and treasurer, j , L. C Havis of Kansts. and M. J. Lord, j of Oeorgia, organizers. w Front lanina- Sax Ur.ANCisco. Oct IT. The steamer Van Burcn, Capt Crane, arrnetl Irom Panama yesterday. It wxs thought . .. -,ti: ., v: ,-.. ir. lir- iahioso .tiaiianu,ui .-".. "- " . -- .- 17- a . n . p,u - 1,, - ,ill,0 "" a'"' ." "T. we arresi 01 a prominent . j -- cer 01 trestuciii. iuii--v, Kallvraj- Note. The Southeastern Mississippi Valley j association will disband next weejc " The Wheeling fc Lake Erie directors declared a, quarterly dividend of I1 per cent ' The Northern Pacific report for the year shows increased earnings ar shows increased earnings of over 52,000,000. A rise in the Mississippi rrrer has re- suited in relievingthe freight blockade at BirvVs Point Mo- The Texas commissioneri restored certain rates on cotton to the old fig- ures in charge extence. j:ore ther Uk I t ...... T.I v. m Wi m v -k-w rm . - ar. ECUMENICAL COUNCIL. Ttir llrrtlirrn Noinrwh it K&rllei! Htrr th" rrrl MttloM Ut lr.rf1ln( Washington. Oct. lft Iter Dr Ioi nellr. of the Irish Methodist church, presided over the Kcumcnienl Mrth olLst council at tie; lcgiunlng of the eighth day's ses.v on. The firt bud ncss was further consideration of th report of tho huMns.s committee. In re sponse to a memorial on Mclhtli.t fed eration. Dr Stephenson, for the com mittee, suggested a few alterations in the original text. Her Dr Collier, of Kugland. thought it would U ln'tter to adopt no resolu tion relative to Methoilist union nt this t inn. i,.t ii-tinn jfiilit Im ntnrt!ftl ......... ...... .... ..'.. - .M.. ... .. j a-s approaching a violation of the rules that the council had agreed to accept The resolution should read "unttv." or turn of the subject of unity It remind- ed him of the old hymn. "Into a world of rutfians seut I walk on hostile ground." A deprecating murmur went up nt this quotation, but hardlj- had Dr. A lfrcrombie taken his seat before there was a strugg'.e for the floor, Dr. Ieonard, of New York, insisted upon recognition, although the chair had already accorded the floor to Dr. Kin Immediately there followed a scene of great confusion and disorder, the chair refusing to recognize Dr. b'oiianl and the latter shouting repeatedly: "Mr Chairman! Mr. ( hairiuau' I rise to a point of order " Nothing could 1m done iu the way of transacting business and considerable warm feeling Ve!o.el. Dr. I'avey, an Knglishuian, e.nle 1 out that if the delegate persisted in rebelling against ehair's orders he shouM If sus landed, where ip hi an Irish delcgat, attempted to move Dr. Leonard s .sus pension. The chairman explained that lie had no wish to sit down upon u member, but that he had recognised Dr. King first. But Dr. Leonard was not content Forcing his way toward the front, he kept calling out. "Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman!" Dr. Lanaha-i, of Baltimore, exclaimed that Dr. King had the floor and added: "It is out of order for anybody to try i to biilldoe the chair." I These appeals had the desired effect Dr. Leonard abandoned his effort to make his point of order, and Dr King. ! the secretary, was leeognled. Ilvs 1 object, it appeared, was to post ' pone the further discussion of the subject of federation until to-morrow morning, and. although Mr. Hughes and others urged that a vote Ik taken at once on the adoption of the first res olution on the ground that otherwise the "wrangling" would le resumed to morrow, Dr King's motion to adjourn the debate prevailed by a vote of yeas Pis, nays 1 Hi. FATAL MIDNIGHT RIDE Ait fill l.il r 'Ilirce ICfnrlfr H ln VVaiitril to Urltc l' nml llliistrntr it MltliiilcM l!iili'iin l.ot-oiiiotite. Ciiirvi.o. Oct Hi -An uccident, re sulting in theilealh of three members of the Inter Ocean iiewspaHr staff and the engineer and the serious injury of several other passengers, occurred on ; . ..j,,,,;., ,, al rrc.lo. Tlu-dead are: Leonard Washburnc, sporting editor of the Inter Ocean. Fred W. Henry, a reporter who had come here recently from Louisville. J. A. McCaffertv, an artist, recently from St Louis. James Clark, engineer. The train left Kvansville early yes terday morning and proceeded safely to Crete, where it ran into an open switch. The three men who were killed were on the engine. Henry and McCaf ferty having gone out for tin purpose of writing up and illustrating a mid night ride on the fast train, and Wash- I......... ...1... ,, .... rutllrlittllf tik I "l I t.?l fl "111 III, ll' .- .v..... f, ... v ...v.... , 1r..i;.. Irh, l.niin,- iin...l "" . " J his friends on the train. The accident came without warning ind as the locomotive plunged from i the track the four men were caught and completely buried beneath the ........ .v- Mr. vVr.vt.l.iirti.. ,s in.r lie.-n 1.L mnn ,ast ni ,lt at Uu, Wt.,i,Hg f one of ,lis j,,,,,.-,,. Thomas K Weddell. assjs(.inl Cltv editor of the Inter Ocean, The news of his tragic end was kept fnjm Mr Weddell and his bride and the h:ippv ceremony took place shortly .,. IMK)r Washburne's K-dv reached .,,. ;, W .! Tin- CiTiiiin MInWtiT llriiil. Br.in is. o.-t l'l -Cuint Ludwig Von Arco-Valley, minister of the German - s . )n ,.rof : ann p.rfo, IIK.,i o ;?, )n th. & his stomach i for some time past having refused to receive any food. The operation was ' unsuccessful. The brother and sister of Count Von A ro-Valley were at his oeusaie wuen ne oi i omr, r ,,,.. .,i.,.n ..Crr.. nrrsiti mi.i. ra.. cl .-.- me ;o. ernoff. of Mansfield. O ; secretary. Iv. John L M.lligan. of Allegheny City: treasurer. Charles W. Jessup, of New York city. Ilnlilnl Itr Anthony t mtrV. Nr.w Yof.h. Oct !. -Anthony Com lock, with live assistants raided teve" Brodie's saloons at IU and :tV. p!e;cres were vami.-ii at -ii-vHk cv. Bmlie xH:ht them in rarier a Brodie says Comstock raideil pictnres were valued at about 5301 vear atro. .- f it Vti.ii in -StiMiclit nt. Lr.xl.sr.TOV. Ky.. Oct 1G Twonty- 4 five thousand peoplc.avitneiscd ,jn nCi. Tcstcnli?. The i tbe trot- raajoritT in splendid condition. Walker vnt the -. . wire winner or .vK- -w an.i laint ncats were a repeuun ot in- ursu iim uv. ;i-s .ij;w - !!ailwj !. '-phe Illinois Centra! emtiwfor thiee n:onhs show an increax of iM2.- 003. The roads doing bosines in Tex. j hare decided to u: th contitatIoa- aijt- aaj rnlings of the state railroad ' rtraniLviio. The LouisTille Sl Na.Vh.TUle road ha been fised SWOby a Keciaefcycotirt for ', riolatiajr the Sunday law by repairing its tracli on that day. Grand Master Sargent, of the loca- J motire firemen organization, deaie the reported federation w:;h the coa ductors orscizaU-Jn, -iv iinHiir- wrtii' iu x -- STOCK ITEMS A Crst-clavk cow, wll nrrl for, wn any furm in the land K a tnliiw comfort and cronooir. Thi cow fur eeoMODir tl oc lXt 'ruma qntty of food wBl prodnco tWr iwnt and l-st. milk and Imttor Feed brood sows ots bran and U sif al in connection with corn, and 4 . dep-nd upon com alu. Com V a ro 1 fel w hen nsod in cnnnwtion rrlU ceiirr materials bnt ll U njt a Cod 4es.d for brtxl -ws when usel cdu lively Ca ueol jdenty o nughnss and if thl i of a good quality awl tv n lcr a comfortable khcltor. very Httle grain will U neotsssry A llltU" Uran and oihneal. or bran ami erieAl, mako Hp a xvrr cxniiplet' ration with roHgSuev Thc Muil jvlat-s ttiralps earrots ir other rVs if lKtilel aud Biitcl witJ bran, wake a v holcsiMtt. nttrti food for growing aad breilig hocx Br pnvii!ing warm, dry qHrtr S-s f wxl will Ue required to wmt-r tbHhn thcr are left to lookout fortkemclvrv Of 1I animals kept on the farm. th noo is it more necessary to ?cure qurk growth and an oarly wiaturitr thua with pigs. If the sows are mated is Novrniber thy will farnw in lrl rrry. It ts best alar t' keep J reord so as to make whatever arrange aents are needed at thr pnHr tim. It is only 111 exceptional cass that It svili pay lo fcisl it animal etcit for it -ihiut tutu uft.'r it is flly ready t murkft Tin ejHHK f fehng wu .require oimskleruble advnnce it the price to return a prtlt The safest plan is to push th grow th and then market as soou as they are fully read A great many f.irmcrs d not keep giHxt cows and thus hnro iIhhIj i f rich ere .tin. and milk nid butter Waii'i1 thev say "M is mi iiutrk tri. bit l iniPc " Tlie man who makes his nv iitgoiitof the Mill and w tin iMHiiot n soino w:ty titid sotnl nly t milk l m three cows is four thousand years In hind this ae of eotnni.in wmn an t -oiuiiiiin comfort l.v lirmge. Many prefer to have the sow f.trrw iu I'ebrtiary rather thnn iu M.ireii. a the weather is more settled ind tin pigs have that much longer t gr I m fore severe cold weather in the fall The tlrst six weeks, at least the jwgs must depend very largely tiimii their mother's milk for sustenance, and by the time thev are able to eat grass will have made a g-KMl start to grow Colts need to run out every day thai the weather will Mrinit Then is n leiielit in exposing them in sUrms m iu extremely tsbl weather At sib times thev w ill If letter eiUii-d in isiinfortable q-iaiters but v r day that will admit they should W alhNl Ut run ..lit I ,ilii' need er"ls Ies than cots vet th-y will 1 lnttir li allowed to runout iu plwasaut weather FARM NOTLS. While turnips ,ind cabbage can !e left out until the heavy fronts vet it is not a god plan to lento out t h Into Hue advantage in winter iiimturnn? of wheat is that it acts ns a fitu'eh t' the plants as well as IhmioHI tlie m1 A good healthy ehiekeu SIX weks !! -an pick up its own living around al most any farm yitrl When it is four or six months old Its Heh is wortlt twice as much jKr pouiid as either Iwef, inutt'iti or pork. An exchange remarks! "We know a great man farmers who own yi ners of good laud, iu g-Hul district, mmr ' railroads and line towns, who make butter that is just lit for a very hungry hog to eat Is that 'business' iu this uge of progress on the farm?" Of rye .Secretary Busk, of the agrl-i-iiltural department, says "It U hardy, the straw Is valuable and the average yield an acre is enough larger than that of wheat to cover thu diller nee in helling price. I ldleeit would le quite as protltable as wheat" The use of wood ashes as a fertilize! should Im- more generally midorsloo I Hardwood ashes are uiiieh richer In ixitash than softwood ashes and art relatively more valunble. Leni lied wood ashesare hardly worth more than the labor of spreading on the land- as n rule. Thc time when corn can Ih erildw i' di-jK-nds largely iijhjii the season. nm yi'ars it can lie husked out an I erib!ed much earlier than others, (ieiieml.v J r.hort time after tin re Is a killing fr ist corn will do to crib, eocinlly fo 1 I r corn. It is nearly always !ot to In. k out and throw directly into wagons a throwing upon the ground enuses wa t ' s-ave your o-a n tomaUi sii from thr choicest sjH-cimens yon can UihI I or seed choice only those that are m-oth and roiiml ami that ripun fully t the stem Isivr svl of p-jpir. i g plant stiaji lnns buh bntt'r l-.in arid corn. Lt all se Is dry god and put up in paper bngs. rs,e that the, are kept in a dry place and out of the reach of rats. Twenty-tlve yarsago notour farmer in one bun lred knew what er.rry looked like, few having heard of th plant !Srs'-clavs hotels in th cities had it occasionally To-day th! crop is worth millions of dollars nnnnallr nnd is in ll- throughout the land At Kalamazoo. Mich, the crop wa first grown in IsT.1, in a very Hiall tcay in ten years the crp grown at ikl play alone wm vatweii at ;-f'mrih of n million of dollars and land oofnpar atively worthless lfKi o4ry ww grown is valued at frooi 0i t rt Kr acre. Nevr permit a calf to stj growing. An iinjHrtant work now U Xn jf't ready for winter. B-ttr tlttl enrfy than a little late with work of this kind If five rents morn pr Wshil. or one cnt more pr ponnd. t l mtrttil by knowing th- market and nsng oI judgment in selling, it is that mneh more clear profit A farmer in Dawaon ts-mnty. Nl . raised forty bushels of rjr l ikr arre He refusal an offer of -A ceaU per bsh?i for the crop whheh. Sad kc '. wokl have brooght him S 3L Make a OwIut ior lhe ealrrs. Al most anything will ! fonnd bnttr than attempting to rrlntrr theo tml of doors S?t np a frarar wrk of pa-cv skle up with corn-fodder and cTr with .straw. There is nothing brtter foe lb fr, than an occasional feed of o9' chopped fine and fed wit any f: fool ia th sarsinc. Pooitr fd hi ttos way vrkiom are aiUg wwi any of the fowl dltSr-Afcr-s. Oearally if to-rk or prtlcU are ratr-l U sell th Wst th to narn-t 1 wfcrn a pno that -will ! fr per cent of profit can b rre-i. Keep gool tnxrr to do th- farm m-r?'. with. Breed t a ilraf t hoc- and Juir them fool ab-nt Maj 1, a thai kt skvck time ia the work and gr. ha gii start. Week t" raarc- carfally cp to foalutg Usm and let her rci V-3 day xllcr lsforr gofog u t, agaacL. Fcd mare ad colt a lUJie sr a day ;ini ih-3 colt wBl ooe ler a eat. When workiag lh- siarc ha.Te the dt in the fctahie. It wfii oon lara to U.j. b lex hathtr. and it I better for s the colt than to foHo-w tfce mare. A good ea-x can not give a aslXam 3Ci Of rf!k t??0 h5 l it "OR 4G rKpiiarlj, X4 slt s sv T l ;. im r fur-4 Hr rnvit mj l-Tr m n i -m rmi1m lft I'rrtt rm mmd y Ur I -rm 4 r-H: U uu gira in H mi .' m t twr, tr crnd t ri IMralilrv m0H ttm4 ! t n nn,a. mttmrt vJ Utr rnwi'lniM.c.'tjtl. rMM MtM r i.e fi I.i4 Wy N4(t Tnt hwr. that Miwn In t fwtec. t"v In. bxr gM -a fc 4m vitn vkm .r t (Wf ta Ik Mk - tfeJt.1 e If yen 'Atnk imr H tk wnrm. Wl ognwt it nntil n nm .n unnirn (ed. "lyrr kTt B rnnt. . nwt wm Ifc tkmt ot a . Ui tn ntHi Urn t nMinMM - lklntAfM IVntt Txr W W pturtf swiri ni tiwt iJitf Ijic ru lrv ttlt n vi. . w4j tf i v flit- Vl ar ct JU' - tt 1 si t-4' " .'t I "rt .! .Hut - h i..i'.u . i.v. -w cs" -a- s j , ror im VrMl!5JThrK' inai-JgKSrTfJUu.- - i .: t - m fcJ ... K.... I J - N "' KL I I FjGMP Inn i.Vi; to t .i?xi: I sJHBeHkII'' -- 'rlrs vutirn ri with rhcu- I niatism ot thc hip. I wnt curml lv thr :c oi I I St. Jujus Oiu 1. C. DUHIK J I 0 "ALL RIGHT! ST. JACOBS OIL DID IT." I 7 r Lg -" n--, l n li ffPJBFtt I p v - .ntl, i irr ma ...-."- - -v.. -. . - . ,-rtri T , .....- DIIIOIHnMHUIH.'IHlMOlUKl TMt M .ST SILLIUL AS? C !lTI V Mlhli H . . . -s . e - - - , 4 . rI ' - . - " - - i,v. i , . - r , w .. -.J. - rjk C M COI. Irlleit, ""' IV V . - . '.V '' Broo.lway. KANSAS CITY. WO. PETROLEUM v AS ELI NEJELLY AN irtVAIA'ARLK rAMtt T MKL! T r llunia, Wuun t Niirum. Klmumst.itn W n !, 1h U...l Dan ti, C'htlblAina. V.u TkH thiini.r Wi.i Vvtm Cii CoUfcflli. t'wltta tti t tl. tl l!l PURE VASELINE 2 fcol'Je POMAOE VASELINE 2 U tollle VASELINE COLD CfiEAM VASELINE CAMPHOR ICE 10 8lt ir, IS 10 i'iiuhii 1:1 iritiuiiiiii ii no i i-iiu i hxw.ft i.ittlnt j''r ii i .1 i t . - i r r - jwit lM-'.iir Jli t i r e. i , j ... t. . i, ,., , , tm m c j, j, fi rMMltu CHESEBROUCH MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Do your shopping. risit your neigh bors. Al IlmhI to your sewing. Put. your roast in llic oven of 1 0AK X OR STOVES. Thoy will require no watcl ing or banting. You'll do better cooking. LITTLE LIVER PILLS no .tor t.Hii: ''in nnn. p - rr , f , slf ic f r . A III , . t6- t llfl -m . . &j ImI a. t. ..4. n 4lilllT. t 0 P. iiT.lr. ! - i IUrnntiff f.inill'm by tfrjln !!. I r !.- tttnf r. ar . 1 fc . C -w4 i 4r- l-p VwptyH''t o. OR. H&I1CK HC3IC1MC CO . t ttkll. - TJjr Tli frnrtS trnln l-tsr.n nt ( ,Mntf,i ju,. th KjiM. on -v. NflRTH f'"1'1 " ,4" oi-'' "f'p nun I it ... fa iiMM.. ila,! rniTi SHORE f-rt lKiro( iU rmrtuf msi t A . . . f - M 1 - t m- M. VtttW 4k k I IMITtn fMnmil Md erfriir U -. .itHi ni d. M H ft rlU.-l lyt-l tn t-k l"nuw O.frntr'''.' Mi- i. m i ut'. "TV- Ncrx .. lii tlti it 1 ,t .' T" T. llrVN .. w Wk nt ., mmI rj,i ! niilar f l"r"iitit jrvi t'nt imU iUMxAtaoT Mrn jit lc t rwiclH-l tlo k aftT Jt- xilC InsChwvro. AMMtaW i jflt "nl n l)mu Car m r -M.U yrinTM .So i-tlni f; rlarr-t rr ilUtltil Urn tall- 'f oUrr lnr CUnPf mUi npj't ' rTr't r uiiUnt. aV't. t Im i V.. Hu&:m. IIUlTCn (J.i'.&T.A..Cka5o. UffllltU Tower 5 irnproved 3. o FLICKER . .( C.w;!t4 Lg. .fi-i4 Water Z Ofi ee 5oftWooleo 'q. WaifbliCl! Collar. o 5 GOOD NEWS F THE MILU 05 Of CCSt CM T 2 Tutt's Pills, m tuty liver till ifXUM. tOi i i-T lUn yHi A a Ttrm tisr tnai riixn a I T Md. -tt .. i .. Si. f . hwfti., wjes . t. ! The Soap for Hard Water I is L en ox. THC KANSAS CITY MEDICAL tf SURGICAL SANITARIUM irviani oi an bmeiiM mmm Surlcnl Di.no .: -t .v . . - - - . 4.. tw .. .. . . VASELINE SOAP Vnuahi VASELIME SOAP Pirfc Milt li " WHTEVASEUJiE 2u wa " CAMPKOKAILQ VASLLIU ?cr Mi Si CAR30LATID YAS'LIHL 2 e fc a vt Mh ti i riit i m t: Latest Styles J ) L" Art Dc L;i Mod.-. m r ... . 9 " i II l.r Tv .w . .. tttBHIt. r - si-. i . i k s i 4k I.MAT t 1 t-t COS! "NT Ni. EPPS'S COCOA IJIU AKI AM i ! ! .. ttU U l 4I.X , . kf lk Mtr9WI - . . . ti raiHU" . '-.... 4 , fl- f - . .-iM t9r - . . ... 1 Wr m ...... i fc.i '. o JAMLS tl'I'S A CO M6r-,k" CMf.ll Lr49 1 "S Don't Buy SCALES iiirn.i t OSCOOD & THOMPSON, niNCHAMTON M Kr ... .. BOREf'vS." WELLSt i ooitrs a xrut ririn mi EyB,Ear3Nose,Tliroat. J03 W MoKCK.M.O .nu'itonn. Kaasas Cily Eye aad Ear iaftsary, U tkl IT1. , , Zt tMm - - - m.4 i -t - a r ek k MiuiflUi ercan r ZJ H la IS HXUJJrT f 4tmr i nk ma t nrm tt,H (IN If- HAVE YOU t BLUES twu.i rt inirrrr. " ,r.. t.i i . i i REAL ESTATE MEN OF EXPERIENCE JtftOW THAT 9 a. j J i t r t r t Mi. -& a. n.ltEuoss nimntix ct .. tl W y ! K4r.. . tMt. U. HAY FEVER ICO Cl 10 Hit C5TM3 o ICTUlil ti. VM tr ' " "" ""'Bnnv j DETEC RHEUMATISM CURED. T ' TOUIfi MlM?7ZJZZfZi ,. , tmm i V iHli4 V" r. 2j" J7 ra3 SI - - n . ii rm w tr" v iBB; inr Fn t i TffES f- i XC f Ut -.t - A s -