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JMMtttMv$9NreTcri't tSttRISTIAN SOLDIERS.' r.Talmatro Disooursoa on Militant Christianity. t V r tra4jkwr of the Havluur Drffed to It Keadf for AggrcMlre Warfare The ropular 1'renrhrr Uo 5 H Inn to Kurope. Dr. Talmngo prefaced his sermon lout Sunday morning at Brooklyn with a Uicracntto tho effect that ho would all on Wednesday for Europe and might bo able to bo present at the dis tribution in tho fnmlno Btrlckcn dis trict of Russia of tho Christian Herald llcf cargo, consisting of U.OOO.OOO pounds of Hour nnd other supplies which ocs out thU week on the steamship lieo, chartered for tho purpose, Ilu congratulated tho American people on tkc generous spirit evinced by this Magnificent gift to tho starving people. JIta sermon was from tho text, Epho lans vl. 11. "Put on tho Wholo Armor of Ood." There is in this text a great rattle of ahlclds and helmets and swords. Sol--dices aro ready for battle. Wo havo ad recently in this church new enlist ments and I shall address myself to 'those in this and other churches who re putting on tho nrinor of Ood, and who may feci thcmsolves to bo ns yet aaly raw recruits. "Masterly retreat" la a term often used in military circles, ut in religion there is no such thing. It In called glorious advance or dis graceful and Ignominious falling back. It would bo n strango thing if all our Anxiety about men ceased tho moment they wero converted. You would al aaoat doubt the sanity of that farmer who having planted tho corn and seen ft Just sprout nliovo ground, should say: 'My work is nil done, I havo no moro anxiety for tho field." No. Thoro is work for tho plow nnd tho hoc, and there must bo a careful keeping up of the fences nnd there must bb a frlght alng away of the birds that would pll Ufa tho field. And I say tho entrance upon Oiirlstlan life la only tho Implant ation of grace In tho heart. There is earnest, hard work yot to bo done, and perhaps many years uf nuxioty before there shnll be heard tho glorious shout "Harvest home." Tho beginning to aeaCorlstlan is only putting down tho foundation; but nftor thnt there aro yearn of humtnering, polishing, carv ing, lifting, before tho structuro is completed. It takes flvo years to mako Christian character, It takes twenty .yearn, it takes forty years, it takes eventy years If a man shnll llvo so long. la other words, a man dying nftor half a century of Christian oxpcrlonce feels that ho has only learned tho "A 11 Ca" of u glorious alphabet. Tho noxt year will deeldo a great deal in your history, young Christian man. It will decide whether you aro to be m burning and shining light of tho chnrch, or a spark of graco covered up rfn a' barrel of ashes. It will deeldo -whether you aro to bo a strong man in Christ Jesus, with gigantic blows strlk tg the iron mall of darkness, or a be dwarfed, whining, grumbling soldier, what onght to bo drummed out of tho lord's camp with tho "Kogues' March." Yon havo only just been launched; tho woynge Is to bo mado. Earth and Hearen and hell aro watching to see bow fast you will sail, how well you will weather tho tempest, nnd whether al Uit nmtd tho shouting of tho nngols you shall come Into tho right harbor. May Ood help mo this morning to glvo you threo or four words of Christian counsel, as I address myself more espe cially to those who havo just now en tered tho Christian life. My first word of counsel Is, Hold bo fore your soul u very high model. Do aotsay, "I wish I could pray llko thnt anan, or havo tho consecration of this at" Say: "Hero is tho Jinrd Jesus ChrUt, a perfect pattern. JJy that I asean, with God's graco to shape all my life." In other wonls, you will never e any more n Christian than you strive to be. If you build n foundation twenty X thirty feet, you will only havo u avail house. If you build a foundation one hundred by ono hundred feet, you wlli havo a largo house. If you resolve to be only a middling Christian, you will be only a middling Christian. If 3foa have no high aspiration In a' world ly direction, you will never succeed In tiuslncM. If you havo no high aspira tion in religious things yon will never aucceed in religion. You have a right 'to aspire to the very highest tyle of Christian charnctor. From jour feet there reaches out a path of Christian attainment which you may take nnd I dellberutely say that you may bo a better man than was Paul, or David, or Suinmerlleld, or Dod dridge a better woman than Hannah tMnore or Charlotto Elizabeth. Why mot? Did they havo a monopoly of Christian graco? Did thoy havo a pri vate key to tho storehouse of God's mercy? Does God shut you out from tho gladness and gooduess to which they- were Introduced. O, no. You havo Just tho same promises, just tho same Christ, just the samo Holy Ghost, just the same offers of present and evcrlnst fag love, and If you fall short of what thty jvero aye. If you do not come p to tho point which they reached and E( beyond it it is not because Christ b ahut you out from any point of amoral and spiritual elevation, but bo asti you deliberately refused to tako ttl 1 1 admit that man cannot becomo a Christian llko that without a struggle; WHt.what do you get without fighting tot it? Tho fortresses of durkuess are to 'bo taken by storm. You may by .acute strategy Hank tho hosts of tempta mloas,' there uro evils, In tho way that you, will, have to meet face to face and ft twii bo .shot for shot, gun for gun, grip far grip, slaughter for slaughter. Tan Apostlo Paul over and over again represents tho Christian life as a com-Jhat- tVhcn tho war vessol of Christ's church aomes into glory, bringing its crow nnd -ft passengers, it will uot como in llko a. Korth river yacht, beautifully painted aad ' adorkod, awlnging irto tho bout JuMwe after a pleasure excursion. O, no. "Jt will beHUo a vessel coming with a fcaavy cargo 'from ' China or India, the marks of tho wnvo ana1 (ho hurricane upon it sails rent, riggings spllcod, pumps nil working to keep her afloat, bulwarks knocked away. I sco such a vessol coming nnd get out my small boat nnd push toward hor, and I shout: "Ahoy, captain! Whnt aro you going to do with thoso shivered timbers? That was n beautiful ship when you went out, but you have ruined it" "0,"say8tho captain, "I havo a fine cargo, nnd by this round trip I havo made ten fortunes." So I believe It will bo when tho Christian soul comes into tho harbor of Heaven. It will como bearing the marks npon it of a great stress of weather. You can sco by tho very looks of that soul M it pomes into glory thnt It was driven byn rftonri and dashed into tho hurricane; but by so much ns tho voyage Is rough will tho harbor bo blessed. "If yo suffered with Him on enrth, yo shnll bo glorified with Win in Heaven." Aim high. Do not bo s-itlsfled to bo llko tho Christians nil around about you. lie moro than thoy have, over f been for Christ An old Arabian king was show ing a beautiful Fword that had been given him, when ono of his courtiers said: -"This sword Is too short You cannot do anything with It" Said tho king's son: "To a bravo man no sword Is too short. If it lo too short tako ono step in advance, nnd 'then it is long enough." So I say to any Christian who may feel that he has poor weapons with which to tight ngnlnst sin nnd darkness nnd death: "Advance upon tho enemy. In the strength of Christ go forward. God Is f,or ypu, and if God bo for you who enn bo against you? Remember that God never puts you In battle but Ho gives you weapons with which to fight" My second word of counsel to thoso who havo recently entered upon Chris tian life Is: Abstain from nil pornlclous associations and tako only thoso that aro useful and bcnoflcont. Stay out of nil associations that would damage your Christian character. Tako only thoso associations that will help you. A learned man said: "If I .stay with that man Fonolon any longer I shall got to bo n Christian in spltaof myself." In other words, there is a mighty power in Christian associations. Now, what kind of associations shall wo, ns young Christians, seek after? I think wo ought to get in company better than ourselves, nover going into company worse thnn ourselves. If wo got Into company a little better thnn ourselves nnd there bo ten peoplo in that com pany ten chances to ono wo will bo bet tered If wo get Into company a little worso than ourselves and thoro bo ton peoplo In that company ten chances to ono wo will bo made worso thnn we wero before. Now. When n voiinir Chrlntlnn fntira tho church God does not ask him to re tire from tho world. Tho anchorlto thnt lives on acorns Is nnnivirnrlloaran than tho man who lives on partridge and wild duck. Isolation Is not de manded by tho Hlblo. A man may uso the world with tho restriction nt nnt. abusing it Hut just ns soon ns you mm any surroundings pernicious to your spiritual interest, null thne num. clntlons. This roinnrk Is moro especial ly appropriato to tho young. Now it Is Impossible that tho young and un troubled should sook their .associations with thoso who nro aged nnd worn out As God Intended tho aged to associate with tho atred. tallrlntr nvor thn rmot. and walking .staff in hand along tho snmo patns moy.trou tlilrty, forty und fifty years ago, so I supposo Ho Intended tho young chiefly to ussoclate with tho young. My next word of counsel Is that you bo actively employed. I see a great many Christians with doubts and per plexities and thoy seem to be proud of them. Their ontlro Christian llfo is mado up of gloom, and they seem to cultivate that spiritual doipondoney, when I will undertake to say that in nine cases out of ten spiritual' despond ency Is n judgment of God upon idle ness. Who nro tho happy peoplo In tho church to-day? Tho busy peoplo. Show mo a man who professes tho re ligion of Jesus Christ and Is Idlo, und I will show you an unhappy man. Tho very llrst prescription that I glvo to n man when I find hlra full of doubts and fears about his eternal Interest is to go to work for God. Ten thou sand voices nro lifted up asking for your help. Go and help. Hero is a wood full of Bum mer insects. An nxmnn goes Into tho woods to cut firewood. Tho Insects do not bothor him very much, nnd every stroke of tho ax makes them fly away. Hut lot a man go and He down there and ho Is bitten nnd mauled, nnd thinks it is a horrible thing to btay in tho wood. Why does he not tako an ax and go to work? So there are thousands of Christians now In tho church who go out amid groat annoyance in life they aro not perplexed, they are all tho tlmo busy; while thoro aro othors who do nothing and thoy nro stung nnd stung and stung nnd covered from hend to foot with tho blotches of Indolenco nnd Inactivity, and spiritual death. Tho first thing, then, you havo to do, 0, Christian young man, Christian young woman, Is to go to work in tho service of tho Lord if you want to bo a happy Christian. When an nrmy goes out there are ulwnys stragglers fulling off hero nnd there, some becauso they aro faint und sick, but n great many bo cause thoy nro afraid to fight and too lazy to mureli. After awhile tho lazy mon on tho roud hear tho booming of tho guns for hours, and thoy hear tho shout of victory, and a man on horseback comes up nnd says: "Wo have won tho day!" Then thoy hasten up. How brnve they aro ufter tho battle is over. Poor at fighting, but grand ut "huzza!" So there nro stragglers going after tho Lord's host There como days of dark ness and battle. Where aro they? Wo call tho roll of tho host Thoy mako no answer, but after awhilo thoro comes u day of triumph In tho church, und thoy uro all about "Huzzal Huzza! Didn't wo glvo it to thorn!" I havo another word of counsel to glvo thoso who havo just entered Chrlstlnn life, nnd that Is, bo faithful In prayer. You might as well, busi ness man, start out In tho inornlug without food and expect to bo strong all day yoa might as well abstain from food nil week and oxpoct to bo strong physically as to bo strong with out pmyer. Tho only way to got strength into tho soul Is by prayer, and tho only difference between thnt Chris tian who Is worth everything and that ono who is worth nothing is the fact that tho Inst docs not pray nnd the other does. And tho only difference between this Chrlstlnn who Is getting nlong very fnst In tho holy life, and this who Is only getting along tolerably Is that tho first prays moro than tho last You can graduate n man's progress In reli gion by tho ntnount of prayer, not by tho number of hours, perhaps, but by tho earnest supplication that ho puts up to God. There is no exception to tho rule. Show us n Christian man who neglects this kind of duty nnd I will show you ono who Is Inconsistent Show mo a mnn who prays nnd his Btrength nnd !ib power ennnot bo exaggerated. Why, jast glvo to n mnn this power of prayer and you glvo htm almost omni potence. This afternoon you will sco two Sab bath school tenchcrs. That one does not gain tho uttentlon of her class. This ono docs. Whnt Is tho difference botwecn them, their intellects being about equal? Tho first thought only of her own npparcl. Tho other came from great prostration before God In earnest supplication, asking thnt God's mercy might como upon tho school nnd that in tho afternoon Bho might gain tho nttcntlon of thoso five or six Immor tals that would bo nround her. The ono teacher has uo control over her class. Tho other sits as with tho strength of tho Lord God Almighty. Ucad tho lllble and it brings you Into tho association of tho best nconlo that over lived. You stand bcsldo Moses nnd learn his meekness, beside Job nnd leara f nis patlenco, bcsldo Paul and catc Bomethlng of his cnthuslnsm, beside Christ nnd yon feel his love. And yot, how strange It is that a great many, men havo given tholr wholo lives to the assaulting of that book. I cannot un-i dcrstand it Tom Palno worked ngnlnst that book as though ho rccolvcd large! .,uKi..- ant vun lunpireu oy ino very powers of darkness, confessing nil the tlmo that ho was writing ho did not havo tho Hlblo anywhere nenr him. How many powerful Intellects havo en deaTorcd to destroy it Ton thousand mon now nro warring against tho truth of God's word. What do you think of them? I think It Is menn and will provo It. I will provo It is tho meanest thing thnt has over been dono in all tho cen turies. There is n ship nt sea nnd in trouble, Tho captain nnd tho crow aro at their wits' end. ou aro on board. You am an old seaman You come up and glvo some good counsel, which is kindly taken. Thnt Is all rlirht nut sunnoso. instend of doing that, in the midst of tho trouble you pick up tho only com pass that is on board and pitch It over tho taffrall? O, yon say, that is dastard ly. Hut is it ns mean as this? Horo is tho vessel of tho world going on with 1,000,000,000 of passengers, tossed and driven in tho tempest, and at tho tlmo wo wnnt help tho infidel comes nnd he takes hold of tho only compass nnd he tries to pitch it overboard. It is con temptible beyond everything that is contemptible. Have you any better light? llring it on if you have. Havo you any hotter comfort to glvo ns? llring It on If you have. Havo you any better hope? Hrlng it on if you havo, nnd then you may havo this Hlblo and I Bhall never want It ngaln. Hut I can think of a meaner thing than that, and that is an old mnn going along ou tho mountains with a staff in ono hand nnd a lnntern In tho other. Darkness has como on suddenly. Ho is very old, just nblo to pick his way out amid tho rooks and precipices, leasing on his staff with ono hand nnd guiding himself with tho light in tho other. You como up nnd wiy: "You seem to bo lost You nro a long wag from homo." "Yes," ho replies. And then you tako him by tho hand nnd lead him home. That is very kind of you. Hut supposo instead of that you snatch the staff from his hands nnd hurl it over tho rocks, nnd snatch tho lantern nnd blow it out? That would bo dnstardly, contemptible until there is no depth of con to nipt be neath It If you havo a bettor staff glvo it to him. You see, my friends, I havo not tried to hldo tho fact that I havo largo ex pectation of yon who havo entered the Christian life. Do not bo discouraged. Press on toward tho prize; God besldo you nnd Heaven before you. Keep your courago up. Look in thirty years from now upon this church. Another man in tho pulpit Other faces in tho pews. Another man leading tho song. Others carrying around tho ulras boxes of tho church. All changed. Thirty years have gone and I look into the faces of tho people, and I sny: "Why, it seems to mo I havo seen these peoplo somewhore, but I ennnot exactly say where. O, yes, now I begin to think. T'leso were tho converts in 189J nnd 1800. Why, how you have changed!" "O, yes," they say,, "of course wo havo changed. Thirty years mako a great change." I say: "How many wrinkles there nro In your faces!" "O, yes," they say, "thirty years make n great many wrinkles." "Havo you kept tho faith?" "Yes, wo have kept tho faith." "Whero aro thoso peoplo who used to sit In tho pew with you?" "All gone." Then I say: "Well, I feel lonely; coino, lot us sing ono of tho old hymns wo used to sing thirty years ago in 1803 on communion day, Auy of you know tho old tuno? Somo ono hum It Yes, that's it, that's It Now, to gether, let us sing, just as wo did in 189'.!: Them Is a fountain UUeu with blood. Drawn from Imminuel'a veins: Ami sinners plunrod beneath that rlool Loso all tholr guilty stains. Tho dying thlof rt'jolcoj to too That fountain In his day; And thcro may I, though vile as ho, Wash all my Bins away, Itarrlr Cnurteoui. Mrs. Nowfud You must meet Mr. Rlslblcs, Margie tho great humorist Ho is such n perfect gentleman. Why, do you know, ho told mo this evening that ho nover laughed at his own jokes, oxcept ns an act of polltoneaa to him self. Puck. BLOWN INTO FRAGMENTS. The Rhelt Ilonm of the Mare Itland Navy Yard Kxplode Kliteen Men 1'erUh. SAN Fkancisco, Juno 14. A tcrrlSlo" explosion occurred in tho shell rooms at Mnro Island navy ynrd, resulting In tho death of sixteen men, while several others aro fatally or seriously Injured. Tho shell room cnught fire immedi ately after tho explosion, nnd It was with dltllculty tho injured wero res cued. Tho following Is a list of tho killed: T. Gcorgo Flttingcr, gunner, U. S. N. Col. Sunderberg, gunner's mate; Thom ns Seymour, chief gunner's mate; Will Iain Hencle, npprcntico; A. Ketkell, seaman; C. W. Smith, landsman; Will iam Washburno, seaman; F. Legett, Bcaman; W. (). Strander, apprentice; II. Joss, apprentice; William Hush, sea man; Johnson, seaman; 11. Hclnlck, sea man; J. II. Hotton, apprentice. Of threo men taken to tho hospital two havo since died. Tho ono surviving is named J. Hriscoe. Tho report of tho explosion, which shook tho town llko tin earthquake, was heard at 11:30 yesterday morning and was followed by the ringing of alarm bells of tho Mnro Island navy ynrd. When tho great volume of smoko at tho yard cleared nwny It was found thnt an explosion had taken plnca in the shell housu of tho naval magazine. Tho wounded men wero taken to tho hospital In a dying condition. Tho bodies of two men wero found on tho beach. Tho force of tho explosion had thrown them Into tho bay, where they wero picked up by n merchant vessel. It Is not known exactly how the ex plosion occurred. A working party of fifteen men from tho cruiser lioston, Which was In tho stono dock nenr hv. 7v.id boen sent to preparo ammunition nind Ull tho shells for tho ship. Ml wero nt work in tho magazine It is supposed that ono of tho party dropped a shell and caused tho explosion. Dr. Lewis, of tho nuvnl hospital, was tho first on the scene. Ho found ono body possessed of life, but filled with pieces of wood, burned and bleeding. From tho body of ono of tho three whoso lives aro despaired of tho Ger man doctor, Lewis, extracted n piece of wood six inches long by an inch thick out of tho right side. Hcsldcs this tho bones of tho loft leg aro shattered nnd with tho cuticlo burned off tho better part of tho body is in n horrible sUite. PICKED OUT THE CHURCHES. Terrible Kleotrlcal Storm With Fatal He ulU to Wornlilpers In Hpnln. , Madrid, Juno 14. Terrific thunder Storms prevailed in various parts of Spain yesterday, and heavy loss of llfo ml Injury by lightning is reported. I Tno electricity appeared to pick out tho churches ns tho objects on which to miow its power while tho services wero lb progress. iAt Melius, In the province of Orense, o parish church was crowded with Vijprshlppors uttcndlng mass when tno storm burst. Suddenly a terrlflo crush of thunder followed ut most immediately a flash of lightning blinding in intensity, and caused tho worshippers to spring to their feet in fear. Women shrieked and little chil dren clutched their parents in torror. For two or threo seconds nfter tho flash it was impossible to seo anything, tho transition from sudden brightness to extrcmo darkness rendering tho peoplo practically blind. Finally when orderwns restored, it was found that ten worship pers hnd been struck by lightning nnd lestantly killed, and that twenty-eight others had been seriously injured. Tho peoplo rushed from tho church into tho pitting storm. Many of them, men, women and children, sought refuge in tlw open Bpacos in tho vicinity of tho church, fearing to enter a house. .U Muclente.s, In tho provlnco of Vnl lubolid, tho church was struck by light nitg and flvo of tho worshippers killed nru' ten injured. At Hurgos, capital of tho provlnco of that name, considerable darange was doia by lightning to tho cathedral, ono of the oldest buildings in Spain, having been stnrtcd in 12-21 nnd finished 1607. The lightning displaced a portion of one'of tho walls and did other damugo. Nobody in tho cathedral was hurt ' STORM IN ILLINOIS. Chlctgo and aalva Vlaltcd-Loi of Lire llriortMl. Chicago, June 14. This city was vis ited yesterday afternoon by ono of tho most severe storms known hero for many yenrs. It lasted only n short time, but during that tlmo two persons aro known to havo been killed, many painfully Injured and much damugo dono t property. Tho great wigwam on tho lake front In which tho democratla national con vention Is to 1m hold noxt week was badly Wrecked. For tlirco days Intensely hot weather bus prevailed in this city. About 3 o'clock this nfternoou heavy clouds be gan to pather, and half uu hour later tho darkness wns so Intense thnt elec tric nnd gas lights had to be culled into uso In tl.o otllces and stores down town. A few minutes later a tornado swept down upon tho city from tho northwest, accompanied by terrlflo thunder und lightning nnd torrents of rain and hall. An iden of tho storm may bo gleaned from tho fact that six Inch timber was picked up nnd driven endwlso through a box car standing near by. AT OAI.VA, 1I.I. Pkohia, 111., Juno 14. Word has just reached this city that Gnlvu, a town In Houry county, forty-five miles north of hero, was Inst evening wrecked by a cyclone. Several persons nro known to bo killed nnd many buildings were de stroyed. SIMPLY SENSATIONAL. The KeporU Kent Out Front Uuthrlts Ok., at to a Knre yr lining Imminent. GUTIWIE, Ok., June 14. Sensational stories about n race war wero sent out from hero lust night nnd u lynching in tho country, but thoy nro almost with out foundation. A dozen saloon bum mers, white and black, quarreled on tho streets awhile, which was tho extent of the race war. IHo Holly, a nogao, outraged Mrs. Johnson, wifo of a farmer, Saturday, und was arrested. Fears of mob law caused tho bherlff to tako him to Wichita. THE CHEROKEE STRIP. Mllent Fcaturra or the New Illll Opening the Land to Settlement. Warhinoto.v, Juno 14. Tho bill open ing tho Cherokee strip to settlement, which tho commlttoo on Indian affairs reported favorably to tho house yester day, differs very much from Chairman Peel's bill, which ho first Introduced. Concerning it, Mr. Peel said to a cor respondent: "Tho commlttoo suggested I report just puehn bill ns I thought best, und when I gave tho matter attention I mado many changes nnd backed It with a report which I am proud of. I have blocked ull sooners, lnnd grabbers, town lot grabbers, claim jumpers and havo mado it posilblo for an honest homeseeker to get n homo without be ing disturbed by this class of individ uals. No person can take n claim who has over taken n claim any place else, unless ho lo3t such clnlm by contest "Tho president Is required to glvo thirty days' notice beforo opening to settlement, und any ono going on tho lund beforo the date fixed not only for feits ull rlgrht, but is subjoct to fine and imprisonment, und government olllclals aro proninitcu from locating on land. Any ono nttcmptlng to tako land who is not legally entitled to is subject to flno nnd Imprisonment "It Is opened to homestead settlers only, und they aro allowed to maku pay ment of one-half ut tho end of the sec ond year and one-half at tho end of tho fourth year. The east one-third Is sold to tho settlers for $-2.S0 per acre; tho middle third, SI. SO por acre, nnd tho west third, $1 por acre. This is to re imburse tho irovorumunt for money paid tho Indians. "Tho bill provides that beforo tho country is opened to settlement tho president shall appoint a commission to locato nil county seats, survey nil towns Into lots nnd blocks nnd appraise tho same. When tho country Is opened to settlement these lots uro sold to tho highest bidders at public auction. Tho proceeds nro turned over to tho county treasurer in tho respective counties to bo placed in tho school fund." Tho bill has nothing to say about creiltlnir new land ofllm. nml Mr. Pi.nl expressed tho opinion thnt the business J could bo dono at Guthrie and King- , usiicr. Tho bill will now go upon tho house calendar nnd bo called up possi bly within n month. Mr. Peel leaves in n few days for Ar kansus to look after political matters and says he Is ussured by tho commit tee on rules that ho will bo given tlmo ns soon ns he returns for tho considera tion of tho bill. Whllo in Arkansas a fow weeks ago looking after u renotu inntlon ho found a strong feeling In favor of opening tho strip to settlement This caused hlra to tako the matter up nnd place it before tho house. Ho s.s it will pnss tho house with llttlo opposi tion nnd meet with practically uo oppo sition In tho senate. Tho Indians nnd whites living In tho country covered by tho Qunpaw agency do not want tho bill to pass which opens their country to settlement nnd at taches It to Oklahoma as u county. J. P. McNaughton, of the Peoria country, arrived to-day with petitions from citi zens thero requesting that tho country, when opened, be annexed to Kansas or Missouri, but not to Oklahoma. Tho petitions will bo presented to the com mittee having tho bill under considera tion, nnd McNaughton will go beforo tho commlttoo in behalf of thoso opposing this feature of tho bill. THE VENEZUELA REVOLUTION. ThouRht to lie Nrurlni; the Clhim-c-Tlio Decisive llnttle i;xpnctod Sunn. Pukuto C.U1KM.O, Venezuela, Juno 14. Gen. Crespo, tho revolutionary leader, is massing his forces ubout Car- ncas, tho capital, and tho great decis ive battle is almost certain In tho next week. Nenr Curaornbo tho government troops nttacked an Intrenched body of Vrebels and ufter a w ' rt ,, . . , '! -tuu ugni urovo y them from the fortl- llcntlons. llcboln are en- OKr. ciiEsi'o. camped in force about thirty miles from Mnracaybo and aro gathering arms, troops nnd money for a grand, attack. In a mob uprising in that town lust week a doxen persons were killed. THOUSANDS OF PILGRIMS. They lluvn Onthernd ut tit. Aiithnny'i htiriiiK, Alli'Kheny City, In henrcli ol Health. PiTTPiiur.nir, Pa., Juno 14. To-day Is St Anthony's day and, as usual on this occasion, early morning found thou sands of pilgrims en route to the shrlnu ut that Sainton Mount Troy, Allegheny, to havo Father Mollinger, rector of the church, cure them of their infirmities Ono Is hero to-day from Australia. At noon tho crowd numbered fi,OO0 and wns still increasing. There were present tho blind, tho crippled und tho sufferers from nlmost every known disease waiting for admis sion to tho church to obtain tho bless ing of tho priest und celebrated healer. Not one-fifth of thoso present wore able to get into tho church to attend mass. After the lattor service the work of blessing tho peoplo began nnd contin ued until 'i p. m., when St Anthony's chapel opened for blessing with tho relics of the saint. Ilontrii to Dentil by H:vi.. Wiikkm.no, W. Vn., Juno It. David Nnylor, n young tanner of Clarington, O., was lieaten to denth with sticks and stones by u dozen Slav and Polish min ers. They put tho body on u rail -oad truck nnd it was run over and cat to plocts. Ho had tho evening previous engaged in a quarrel with tho minors. Two Nniitlwni I.iivi'tm !lrt Way, Nkw Oiii.ka.ns, Juno i:i. Crevasses occurred lust night In tho loveo on tho Belmont plantation In St James parish, loft bank. A break occurred In the leveo this morning nt Avondalo planta tion, right bank, twolvo miles bolow. fell n ",-:;. irxs -.. 9."S2A3f &y STOCK ITEMS. If cnttle aro turned Into the clover care must bo taken to allow them to only remain In two or three hours ut flret With nil stock It Is qulto nn Item to feed In n way so as to make and savo all tho manure, and especially bo with cattlo. So long as thcro U a good class of cus tomers willing to pay a good prlco for good beof, good cattle can bo made profitable. Ono thing is pretty definitely settled, and thnt Is that rseys 111 not mako as good a quality of beef us tho most of tho beef breeds. Tho animals that aro selected for breeding purposes should bo fed and cured for in n way u to induce tho most thrifty habits. Ono of tho best feeds to glvo hogs a good start to fatten Into in tho summer or early fall Is sweet corn. Prepare a supply In advance. Sheep moro thnn almost any other elnss of stock need open air nnd exer cise; confinement in anything like close quarters is very injurious. Cattle need a pasturo so good in sum mor that during tho heat of tho day they can lay down In tho shndo of good trees and rest and chow their cud in comfort Early lambs for tho spring market Botnetlmcs provo exceedingly profit able, but only when given extra cars and feed and Intelligently handled Not only must tho dams bo woll fed, given comfortable quarters nnd rich but not heating food, but tho lambs must early bo taught to cat a llttlo ehop feed mixed with ground oil cake, and thus put on much moro flesh ns they grow In size. Only tho plump, thlck-flcshcd lambs command the top prices. A thin lamb is not wanted, no matter how largo his frame Is. A prominent sheep grower of western Texas In reply to a question from a sub scriber as to whether tho loco weed is injurious to sheep says: "Somo years ago I penned up a few old nnd crippled sheep thnt I would ns soon loso as not, and fed them on nothing but loco weed for several days in order to bco if tho weed would havo an Injurious effect on them. Thoy relished tho weed greatly and appeared to grow fat on it After this experiment I paid no moro atten tion to the loco weed nnd do not know of a single sheep I over lost becauso of their eating this weed, although thera wus plenty of it on my range." A good mnny dairymen grow a patoh of rye to cut green for feeding to the cows. The rye enn bo cut twice if the first cutting bo mado early enough, and comes In beforo tho earliest grass is ready for pasturo. Whllo there is not muchvaluo In Immature rye, yet as 4 succulent feed it promotes tho flow oi milk, nnd for milk dairymen Is of con. slderablo value A correspondent of tho Stockman thinks, however, that tho best results from feeding green rye aro obtained by pasturing it Instead of using it as a soiling crop. If pasturing bo resorted to rye can bo used much sooner than If cut for soiling, nnd, if cut close enough, will not make heads, but tiller out and grow tho samo as any other grass. A small field of rye would bo of servlco by giving tho past ure time to mako a good star',beforo the cows ".re turned on It, nnd nlso by giving tlw pasture a rest by putting tho cows on , rye again nfter they have grazed o , r tho pasturo for tho first time. LatJi tho rye can bo plowed nn der nnd corn plnntcd to feed groen in the summer. Farm und Fireside. I .r;M NOTES. A few p--1 lnlmals in n herd do not glvo Itn h. '.tandlng, but rather the quality of tiu ,urd collectively. Tho neeess.iy for changing tho breed too often com-'ti from neglecting to glvo proper ca.- after tho now wears off. For hogs tho vnr.st water that can bo supplied is t mt from stagnant ponds aud especial. so during the sum mer. If pigs nro to bj marketed when seven or eight mouths old it Is neces ary to push tho feeding as much as pos-' Bible. Just ns soon as you can tell the cull from tho better ones, s.ll off all of tho culls; thero is no advantage in feeding them. Never nllow tho po ultry to huddle to gether In tho corners of tho poultry house to roost; glvo them all good roost ing places. One argument In favor of n variety of food Is found in tho fact that ro two nnimals will glvo tho samo results fronr tho same rations. It is less t.'oublu to control contagious diseases whero stock aro prevented from running ut largo than whero they nro given a free range. Tho habit of egg eating when onco formed is a very bad ono to cure, und unless tho hen is n very valuable one, it will not pay to undertake. Whllo with nil fowls somo grain is essential, eoarso, husky food to go with it Is equally as Important, especially when tho fowls nro confined. Sometimes a Blight advance on nn article will make tho difference be tween profit nnd loss und often espe cially so in tho sum total of all of tho profits. Tho safest plan of keeping tho mites that cause scaly legs from getting a start, ! to batho tho legs regularly about every threo weeks with sweot oil, und especially so through tho sum mer. Kotrn. On tho farm tho walk is the founda tion of nil gaits. Pedigree may havo a high value or it may havo none ut all. Fertility is tho basis of nil successful production from tho soil. Generally It is hotter to soil and re gret than to keop ami regret Improvement is a goad thing, but it must be guided by common sense. 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