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t - 1 ! xL i M" 1RUS51A PREPARED TO ENFORCE HER DEMANDS , , t Lrrge Army was i n Readiness t the and 3 eneY Pravlded. . Th1s Action Caueed Japan to Come to Terms tvtli tire Power s. ' London , May 11.- - A 1'eter dispatch from St. sburg states that to up Sunda . . . , Was it 4..J ; - believed that Japan would refuse give up Port Arthur. Orders were given to mobilize 110,000 , troops ) In the xricts Irkutsk and Tomsk dis- and a credit of . .0,000,000 rubles lcvas opened. It was in view of this attitude - ' of Russia that Japan immediate " 3'ielded to the demands made b. Russia , France an d Germany. CI:1RCH DEFIES THE STATE. trance on tire Eve of a Religious war ' + " -Socialists Arc Jubilant. i London , May 11.-A dispatch to the Chronicle porn Paris the says government - ment will be unable to much longer ig- ziore the rebellion which is gaining ground all over France-a rebellion of the church against the state. The attitude - tude of the bishops is making a general impression upon the public mind and the country is being divided into two camps. Only one bishop has had the courage to advocate submission to the law , and he was promptly extinguished 'by the metropolitan. The strangest part bf the affair is the apparent turn about bf the pope. It is an open secret that the pope will not withhold the papal benediction - diction from those who think it their tiuty to resist the droit d'accroissement. The Assumption fathers , who are the proprietors of sixty religious papers , print millions of sheets advocating a Pourtrance. The socialists are jubilant over the prospect of a war with the church. DO LITTLE BUSINESS. t' 9 hlinola Legislators Hold Short Session i and flurry Home. Springfield , Ill. , May 11.-This morn- ing's session was the tamest yet held by he legislature. The senate adjourned - journed five minutes after It convened and the house confined its operations to passing appropriation bills. Arrangements - ments had been made for a forenoon , j- session , but as most of the members went home either last night or this morning it was decided to take up only bills on second reading. Next week promises - ises to be a most interesting one in both , , - . houses. The revenue reform bill pre- S , pared under the direction of the Chi- - sago real estate board will come'up on , Tuesday \ final consideration and it is the intention of that organization to make ( determined effort to secure its passa e The bill has been riddled by the cutry members , but it is hoped it : W i e possible to replace some of the I eritorious clauses stricken out yester- dayd enact a law which will improve , he present assessment system. The - Cooper case may be revised in the senate - < ate on Wednesday. Senator Dwyer , in Salomon's behalf , entered a motion to reconsider the vote and it was made a special order for Wednesday. Nobody has an idea the result will be altered in the least. The house advanced the school teachers' pension bill to second readfu : r " A DAY OF GREAT HEAT. Thursday Breaks All Records for the Month of Pday. Chicago , May 11.-Chicago people sweltered under a maximum heat of 90 degrees in the shade yesterday. It was the hottest May day on record. The thermometer began climbing at 7 a. in. , when it touched 72 degrees. At noon it was 84 degrees , 2 p. m. SS degrees , and at 4 p. m. 90 degrees , this being the cx- trenie. There were two prostrations during the day , one of them fatal. With the exception of an area in the - extreme northwest the entire country was sweltering in heat. In Texas and Kansas the extreme of 98 degrees was _ recorded by the weather bureau ther- . mometers. In Iowa and South Dakota ' \ it was 94 degrees. Chicago people staggered - gered along under a maximum of 90 degrees - ' grees in the shade , while farther east ; . It dropped off to an average of SO de- crecs. Sensation at Chicago. Chicago , May 11.-Frauds of the grossest nature in the pay rolls of the department of public works are said to have been uncovered by Commissioner Kent. Prosecutions of a startling nature - ture are threatened , involving , as they will , not alone the duped laborer , ignorant - ant of his rights or the law , but late public officials who connived at this form of plundering the public treasury. It is moderately estimated at the city hall yesterday that a million dollars bad been stolen from the city in this ' \ manner by officials of different grades. s Fulton Gordon's Act Justifiable. Louisville , Ky. , May 11.-The city court was crowded yesterday when the case of Fulton Gordon , charged with the murder of his wife and Archie Brown , was called. Prosecuting Attorney - torney Thurman endeavored to show that Gordon's act was deliberate mur- der. Attorney Shields for the defense asked the dismisal of the prisoner on the grounds of justifiable homicide. At the close of the arguments Gordon was discharged. r killers in Combination. lullwauxee , Wis. , May 11.-Three out of he seven big flour mills will enter into a combine. These are the Jupiter of 1,300 barrels capacity , the Phoenix , Roller Mills , 2,000. ° -,5D 0. and the Daisy k- The Kern & Kraus company's two r mills , the liarigold and the Gem , refuse ; _ , _ to enter the combine. ; 3 idsummer Arrives Too Early. r - Lincoln , Neb. , MaY 11.-Wednesday and yesterday were unprecedentedly t for the season in the history of the ate. . Yesterday the mercury atthe lot - + : f ; t government observatory registered deg. , while Wednesday the heat was . most an intense. . This state has been Svet down so copiously during the last f tWo weeks with the exception of two western counties that the heat , augments - ments tie growth of crops. Reports from different sections of the state indicate - - dicate the heat has been general and uniform with an absence of storms and , tic t Winds ; . It was simplymidsrimmer - heat .a'moathprtwo ahead of time _ . G , ' ' 1r . , } . ± _ . . tit r - - r _ tit t i s _ . THOUSANDS OF MEN SLAIN. Cadiz Regiment of Spanish Soldiers Cut to Pieces by Cuban Rebels. Tampa , Fla. , May 11.-Passengers ar riving on the steamship Mascotte say the condition of things is encouraging to the Insurgents in Cuba. It Is de- dared that Camaguay has been'Invaded by Gomez and that he , with 3,0'00 in. surgents , besieged Guaymaro Monday. There were about 2,000 Spaniards in the city and , so the passengers say , after fighting became disastrous for the , besieged - sieged the regiment of Cadiz , numbering - ing about 2,500 , arrived , attacking the Cubans in the rear' . Gomez quickly recovered from the first onslaught and while a small force kept up the conflict with the forces of the city his main body faced the new enemy. Fighting was very fierce ; but It Is asserted that the stragety of Gomez and the valor of the insurgents resulted in their victory. The regiment of Cadiz , it is said , was routed and cut to pieces by pursuing Cubans. The city , the passengers say , was taken and is now in possession of the insurgents. The Cuban loss in killed and wounded is put at 700 , while it is asserted that the Spanish loss in killed and wounded was 3,000. 'YRAGEDY AT LEXINGTON , KY. Albert C. Hall Kills Volney Beard for Wrecking His Home. Lexington , Ky. , May 11.-Volney Beard , single , 32 years old , was shot and killed at 7 o'clock this morning by Albert C Hall , a groceryman , for whom Beard formerly clerked. Several weeks ago Hall discovered that his wife and Beard were on intimate terms and discharged - charged the latter. Hall sent for Beard and , in the presence of Mrs. Hall , said he was going away forever , and would leave his wife to Beard to care for. Hall put on his hat and started for the door , when Beard attempted to restraIn him. A terrifflc struggle ensued , in which Hall pulled a pistol and shot Beard , killing him. Hall was arrested and his wife voluntarily accompanied him to jail. The men were cousins. New Disease in Mb sours. Gallatin , Mo. , May 11.-A strange dis. ease which baffles the skill of the local physicians is prevalent in the northeastern - eastern section of Davies county , About thirty deaths have resulted from its effects within six weeks and quite a number of cases are yet uncured. The physicians pronounce it black erysipela , and claim it is not contagious. The cases , however , have nearly all been similar and in most instances have proved fatal. It is most malignant among women and children. The symptoms in most cases are an eruption of the skin simi lar to that accompanying erysipelas , with a high fever and swelling of the face , ears and tongue. The latest report received is to the effect that there are no new cases and it is thought that those who are now suffering will re- enver. Afraid the Boat Is Lost. Victoria , B. C. , May 11.-Considerable anxiet3' is felt by the members of the Methodist conference nowin session here at the non-arrival of the Fort Simpson district delegation , which left the north for Victoria ten days ago on the missionary - sionary steamer Glad Tidings. The little vessel was seen at Bella Bella by the steamer Bascowitz , which arrived Wednesday. That was a week ago , and the day after the Glad Tidings made Name , fifty miles this side of Bella Bella. Since then nothing has been heard of her , though she should have arrived Tuesday. Ten persons are or the vessel. Put 11cr Baba on an Altar. Spokane , Wash. , May 11.-Newtor. Blagg , a rancher residing near Chat- teroy , came home yesterday just in time to save his 2-year-old child from a horrible - rible death. His wife , driven insane through religious frenzy , had built an altar in the woods near the house , upon which she had secured the babe , pre. paratory to roasting it alive. She was engaged in offering up prayer for het sacrifice when her husband arrived. He brought his wife here to the insane asy- lum. r Income t'as ltu ; ors. Washington , May 1t-Bets are offered - fered at long odds that the supreme court will knock out the income tax law , with the assisting vote of Justice' Jackson. Mr. Choate , for the contestants - ants , returned to New York thoroughly - ly convinced that he had won his case , and if his "hunch" should prove well founded he will be $200,000 ahead , for the rich men of New York have given it out that they will make him up a fund to that amount. The fight from the first has been directed by Mr. Choate and the credit of the victory , if victory it be , will go to him. could for Senator. Washington , May 11.-George J. Gould may be a candidate for United States senator from New Jersey to succeed Mr. Smith , whose term expires in 1899. This is the report which is creating considerable - siderable gossip here among public men. Mr. Gould is a legal resident of Ocean county and his friends are urging his candidacy for state senator from that county as a preliminary step to the higher ambition. He is a Democrat , and the next legislature is expected to be of that faith. Have a Mild Roast In Kansas , Atchison , Kas. , May 11.-A hot wind is reported blowing in Western Kan. sas. The thermometer here is'at 105 in the shade. Topeka , Kas. , May 11.-During the last two days a hot wave has swept over Kansas that has not been equaled at this season for many years. The thermometer at 2 o'clock yesterday af ternoon registered 98 deg. at the government - ernment weather bureau , and Wednesday - day it showed 91 deg. at the same hour. Gov. Evans Defies the Court. Columbia , S. C. , May 11.-The following - ing instructions to constables have been issued : "Seize all liquorscoming into thestate for other than personal use. Guard and watch 'blind tigers' carefully , and seize all liquor in the possession of 'blind tig rs' or those engagedd in the illicit tr flc of liquor. " The circular was sent out by-the state board of control , of which Gov. . Evans is the chairman. The negroes regard. the registration decision as a second eman cipation , and are enthusiastic in theft of Gov. _ " 'vans. , - + Taise ' n 11 . 5t ; fl . t NOT BADB'T OFF. JAPAN MAY OCCUPY PORT ARTHUR - THUR FOR SOME TIME. In the Negotiations with trio Allied Powers the Japanese Take Every Possible - siblo Pricaulon for the Future-Uncle Sam's Extorts to Prevent War. Washington , May IL-An official dispatch - patch from Tokio received at the Japanese - anese Legation yesterday says the ratifications - fications of the , treaty of peace between Japan and China were exchanged at Che Fee Wednesday. No change wa , made in the text of the treaty as originally - ally concluded. Taking into account , however , the recommendations made by Russia , Germany and France , the Japanese Government has agreed to renounce - nounce the permanent possession of the Liao Tung Peninsula on condition that the arrangement regarding the terms and form of renunciation shall be reserved - served for judgment between itself and the government of China. This latter stipulation is construed to mean that Japan will not surrender the peninsula until a suitable indemnity shall have been paid , and that it may have been agreed between Japan and China the possession of Port Arthur itself - self will be retained by the Japanese for a term of years extending beyond the date when the indemnity has been paid in full , thus assuring to Japan not alone the payment of the indemnity itself - self but also sufficient time to safeguard - guard itself against anything like a war of reprisal. The treaty of peace itself provides that Wei-Hai-Wei shall be held until the first 100,000,000 of the indemnity and the next two annual installments have been paid , so with the added guarantee of the kessession of Port Arthur , even although only temporary , the Japanese Government would appear to have taken - en every possible precaution for the future. The foregoing statement Is official , coming direct from Tokio by cable. The understanding is it embodies - dies the reply which Japan recently gave to the protest of Russia and the allied powers. The State Department has published an appendix to the volume of foreign relations of 1894 , comprising a history of the Chinese-Japanese Our war : connection - nection in this matter first appears in a dispatch dated June 22 , 1894 , to United - ed States Minister Sill at Seoul , in which the State Department says : "In view of the friendly interest of the United States in the welfare of Corea and its people , you are , by the direction - tion of the President , instructed to use every possible effort for the preservation - tion of peaceful conditions. " Mr. Sill replied he would do as much as pos"'rile In the Interest of peace ; that neither the Japanese .nor Chinese troops would withdraw , although the rebellion had been suppressed by the Coreans ; that the Japanese were stubborn - born ; Japan seeming to desire war , and that Corean integrity was menaced. At this point Charles Denby , our representative - sentative at Pekin , enters the field in a report to Secretary Gresham , describing preparations for war , and saying the action of Japan is criticised there as hasty and unduly bellicose. July 2 the Corean minister here appeared - peared at the state department and by direction of his government appealed to Secretary Gresham to call a powerful conference to prevent a conflict. Mr. Denby July 8 cabled that Viceroy Li Hung Chang desired him to telegraph Washington to take the initiative in urging the powers to unite in requesting the Japanese government to withdraw its troops from Corea. July 2 Secretary Gresham sent a long letter to Ambassador Bayard at London , giving the statement of what had occurred in Washington. He also details an interview he had with the Japanese minister here , in which he informed - formed the minister it would be gratifying - ing to the United States if Japan would deal kindly and fairly with her feeble neighbor -Corea ) whose helplessness enlisted our sympathy. October 6 Mr. uoschen , the British charge here , telegraphed from New London to ascertain whether the l nited States government would join with England , Germany , France , and Russia in intervention on the basis of the guarantee of Corean independence and a war indemnity to Japan , but six days later Secretary Gresham replied that while the President earnestly desired - sired that China and Japan should agree upon terms of peace alike honorable - able to both and not be humbling to Corea , he could not join the powers in an intervention. November 23 Mr. Denby cabled an appeal - peal to the President , an appeal by China to do China the great favor to intervene to stop war and re-establish peace. In reply , Mr. Gresham cabled November 26 , as follows : "Prompted by that sincere friendship which the United States constantly desires to show toward China the President directs - rects that you intimate his readiness to tender his good offices toward bringing the present war with Japan to a close on terms alike honorable to both nations - tions should he be assured that such a tender would be acceptable to both. " Two days later be cabled Mr. Denby that while the President preferred to act alone he would act jointly with other powers , if Japan consented , to determine - mine the amount of indemnity. After some further correspondence , showing that China was anxious to accept our good offices on the terms proposed , Mr. Dun t-t.nsmits , under date of Nov. 17 , a coa tcously-warded note from the E Japanese government practically declining - clining the offer. Nov. 17 the Japanese government requests - quests that if China desires to approach Japan upon the subject of peace it shall be done through the United States legation - } gation at Pekin , to which Secretary ' Gresham assented. Mr. Denby writes that China received this proposition i with pleasure , though he gave it to un- derstaxd that he proposes to act simply as an intermediary , stating the basis of negotiations and leaving them to arrange - range the details. The 23d he cabled that China had made through him iii- rect. overtures for peace on the basis of ; Corean independence and a war in- demnity. Some part of the correspondence at this point is devoted to a history of the + attempt at a settlement of the war through Mr. Deitring and his rejection by the Japanese on the ground of insufficient - sufficient credentials and the story of 4 our intervention winds up with the few l telegrams from Mr. Denby announcing that Li Hung Chang had been named plenipotentiary and that Japan ' had agreed to receive .him. - ; , fJi ( .4 , r . GE SERMON CONSCIENCE THE SUBJECT OF SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE. lie Took water and washed His Hands Before the Multitude , Saying "I Am Innocent of the Blood of Trds 'Jact Person. " Matt 27 :24. i a w , - a T about 7 o'clock in the morning , up 'the marble stairs of a palace and across the floors of richest mosaic , and under ceilings dyed with all the splendors - dors of color , and between s n o w banks of white and glistening sculpture - ture , passes a poor , pale , sick young man of 33 , already condemned - demned to death , on his way to be condemned - demned again. Jesus of Nazareth is his name. Coming out to meet him on this tessellated - sellated pavement is an unscrupulous , compromising , timeserving cowardly man , with a few traces of sympathy and fair dealing left in his composition -Governor Pontius Pilate. Did ever such opposites meet ? Luxury and pain , selflshness and generosity , arrogance and humility , sin and holiness , midnight - night and midnoon. The bloated-lipped governor takes the cushioned seat , but the prisoner stands , his wrists manacled. In a semi-circle around the prisoner are the Sanhedrists , with flashing eyes and brandished fists , prosecuting this case In the name of re- llgion , for the bitterest persecutions have been religious prosecutions ; and when Satan takes hold of a good man he makes up by intensity for brevity of occupation ; If you have never seen an ecclesiastical court trying a man , then you have no idea of the foaming infernallsm of these old religious - ligious Sanhedrists. Governor P11- ate cross-questions the prisoner - er , and finds right away that he is innocent and wants to let him go. His caution is also increased by some one who comes to the governor and whispers in his ear. The governor puts his hand behind his ear , so as to catch the words almost inaudible. It is a message - sage from Claudia Procula , his wife , who has had a dream about the innocence - cence of this prisoner and about the danger of executing him , and she awakens from this morning dream in time to send the message to her husband - band , then on the judicial bench. And what cvith the protest of his wife , and the voice of his own conscience , and the entire failure of the Sanhedrists to make out their case , Governor Pilate resolves to discharge the prisoner from custody. But the intimation of such a thing brings upon the governor an equinoctial storm of indignation. They will report him to the emperor at Rome. They will have him recalled. They will send him up home , and he will be hung for treason - son , for the emperor has already a suspicion - picion in regard to Pilate , and that suspicion - picion does no ; cease until Pilate is banished and commits suicide. So Governor - ernor Pontius Pilate compromises the matter , and proposes that Christ be whipped instead of assassinated. So the prisoner is fastened to a low pillar , and on his bent and bared back come the thongs of leather. , with pieces of lead and bone intertwisted , so that every stroke shall be the more awful. Christ lifts himself from the scouragirg , with flushed cheek and torn and quivering and mangled flesh , presenting a spectacle - cle of suffering in which Rubens , the painter , found the theme for his greatest - est masterpiece. But the Sanhedrists are not yet satis- fied. They have had some of his nerves lacerated ; they want them all lacerat- ed. They have had sonic of his blood ; they want all of it , down to the last corpuscle. So Governor Pontius Pilate , after all this merciful hesitation , surrenders - renders to the demoniacal cry of "Cru- cify him ! " But the governor sends for something. He sends a slave out to get something. Although the constables are in haste to take the prisoner to execution - tion and the mob outside are impatient to glare upon their victim , a pause is necessitated. Yonder it comes , a wash basin. Some pure , bright water is poured into it , and then Governor Pilate - ate puts his white , delicate hands into the water and rubs them together , and then lifts them dripping. for the towel fastened at the slave's girdle , while he practically says : "I wash my hands of this whole homicidal transaction. I wash my hands of this entire responsibility - bility ; you will have to bear it. " That is the meaning of my text when it says : "He took water and washed his hands before the multitude , saying , I am innocent - nocent of the blood of this just'person ; see y e to it. " Behold in this , that ceremony amounts to nothing , if there are not in it cor- respondencies of heart and life. It is a good thing to wash the lands. God created three-quarters of the world water , and in that commanded cleanliness - ness ; and when the ancients did not take the hint he plunged the whole world under water and kept it there for some time. Hand washing was a . religious ceremony among the Jews. The Jewish Mishna gave particular direction - rection now that the hands must be thrust three times up to the wrist in water , and the palm of the hand must be rubbed with the closed fist of the- . other. All that well enough for a Symbol - bol , but here in the text is a man who proposes to wash away the built of a sin which he does not quit and of which he does not make any repentance. Pi- late's wash basin was a dead failure. Ceremonies , however beautiful and. appropriate , may be no more than this , hypocritical ablution. In fancy we may be sprinkled from the baptismal font , and in manhood we may wade into deep immersion , and yet never come to moral purification. We may kneel without prayer , and bow without reverence , and sing without any acceptance. All your creeds and liturgies , and sacraments , and genuflections , and religious convocations - cations amount to nothing unless your heart-life go into them. When that bronzed slave took from the presence of Pilate that wash basin he carried away none of PiIate's , cruelty , or Pilate's wickedness , or Pilate's guilt. Nothing against creeds ; we all have them , either written..mplied. Nothing - ing against ceremonies ; they are of Infinite - finite importance. Nothing against sac. raments ; they are divinely commanded. Nothing against Q rosary , If there be . . k , ( ! . - - . . ) r i , as many heartfelt prayers as beads counted. Nothing against incense floating - ing up from censer amid Gothic arches , if the prayers be as genuine as the aroma is sweet. Nothing against Epiphany - hany , or Lent , or Ash Wednesday , or Easter , or Good Friday , or Whitsuntide , or Palm Sunday , if these symbols have behind them genuine repentance , rind holy reminiscence , and Christian conse- cration. But ceremony is only the sheath to the sword , it is only the shell to the kernel , it Is only the lamp to the flame , it is only the body to the spirit. The outward must be symbolical of the inward. Nash the hands by all means , but more than all , wash the heart. Behold , also , as you see Governor Pontius - tius Pilate thrust has hands Into his wash-basin , the power of conscience. He , had an Idea there was blood on lris hand-the blood of an Innocent person , whom he might nave acquitted if he only had the courage. Poor Pilate ! his conscience was after him , and he knew the stain would never be washed from the right hand or the left hand , and until the day of his death , though he might wash In all the lavers of the Roman Empire , there would be still eight fingers and two thumbs red at the tips. Oh , the power of conscience when it is fully aroused ? With whip of scorpions over a bed of spikes in pitch of midnight - night it chases guilt. Are there ghosts ? Yes , not of. the graveyard , but of one's mind not at rest : And thus , Brutus , amid his slumbering host , Startled with Caesar's stalwart ghost. Macbeth looked at his hand after the midnight assassination , and he says : Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blooc Clean from my hand ? No ; this my , hand will rather The multitudinous seas Incarnadine , Making the green one red. From what did Adam and Eve try to hide when they had all the world to themselves ? From their own conscience. What made Cain's punishment greater than he could bear ? His conscience. What made Ahab cry out to the prophet - phet , "Nast thou found me , 0 mine enemy ? " What made the great Felix tremble before the little missionary ? Conscience. What made Beishazzar's teeth chatter with a chill when he saw a finger come out of the black sleeve of the midnight and write on the plastering - ing ? Conscience , conscience ? Why is it that that man in this audience - ence , with all the marks of worldly prosperity upon him , is agitated while I speak , and is now flushed and is now pale , and then the breath is uneven , and then beads of perspiration on the forehead , and then the look of unrest comes to a look of horror and despair ? I know not. But he knows , and God knows. It may be that he despoiled a fair young life and turned innocence into - to a waif , and the smile of hope into the brazen laughter of despair. Or it may be that he has in his possession the property of others , and by some strategem he keeps it according to law , and yet he knows It is not his own , and that if his heart should stop beat- lug this moment he would be in hell forever. Or it may be he is responsible for a great mystery , the disappearance of some one who was never heard of , and the detectives were baffled , and the tracks were all covered up , and the swift horse or the rail train took him out of reach , and there are only two persons in the universe who know of it -God and himself. God present at the time of the tragedy and present at the and conscience-consci- retrospection , - - ence with stings , conscience with pincers - cers , conscience with flails , conscience with furnaces , is upon him ; and until a man's conscience rouses him he does not repent. What made that farmer concerted - certed to God go to his infidel neighbor and say : "Neighbor , I have four of your sheep. They came over into my fold six years ago. They had your mark upon them , and I changed it to my mark. I want you to have those sheep , and I want you to have the interest on the money , and I want you to have the increase - crease of the fold ; if you want to send me to prison I shall make no complaint - plaint ? " The infidel heard of the man's conversion , and he said : "Now , now , if you have got them sheep you are welcome to them. .1 don't want nothing of those things at all. You just go away from me. Something has got hold of you that I don't understand. I heard you were down at those religious meet- ings. " But the converted man would not allow things to stand in that way , and so the infidel said : "Well , now , you can pay me the value of the sheep , and six per cent interest from that time to this , and I shan't say anything more about it. Just go away from me. " What was the matter with the two farmers ? In the ore case a convicted conscience leading him to honesty , and in the other - er case a convicted conscience warning against infidelity. Conversion amounts to nothing unless the heart is converted , and the pocketbook - book is converted , and the cash drawer is converted , and the ledger is convect- ed , and the fireproof safe is converted , and the pigeon hole containing the correspondence - respondence is converted , and his improvement - provement is noticed even by the can- p ry bird that sings in the parlor , and t the cat that licks the platter after the meal , and the dog that comes bounding from the kennel to greet him. A man half converted , or quarter converted , or a thousandeth part converted , is not converted at all. What will be the great book in the day of judgment ? Con- science. Conscience recalling misim- proved opportunities. Conscience recalling - ing unforgiven sins. Conscience bring- rng up all the-past. Alaslforthisgovern- nor Pontius Pilate. That night after the court had adjourned 'and the Sanhed- rists had gone home , and nothing was + heard outside the room but the step of the sentinel , I see Pontius Pilate arise I from his tapestried and sleepless couch , and goto the laver and begin to wash f iris hands , crying : "Out , out , crimson t spot ! Teilest thou to me , and-to God , and to the night , my crime ? Is there no alkali to remove these dreadful stains ? Is there no chemistry to dissolve - solve this carnage ? Must I to the day of my death carry the blood of this i innocent man on my heart and hand ? Out , thou crimson spot' " The worst thing a man can have is an evil conscience - science , and the best thing a man can + have is what Paul calls a good con- science. But is there no such thing as moral purification ? If a man is a sinner once must he always be a sinner , and an unforgiven sinner ? We have all had conscience after us. Or do you tell me that all the words of your life have been just right , and all the thoughts of your 13earthave begi3 justrlght , and all' . . , . ; -1 _ . . _ - . t i t the actions of your life just right ? Then you do not know yortrself , and I take { : the responsibility of saying you are a 1 ' ; pharisee , you are a hypocrite , you are a Pontius Pilate and do not know it. t You commit the very same sin that Pilate committed. You have crucified l the Lord of Glory. But if nine-tenths of this audience are made up of thoughtful and earnest people , then nine-tenths of this audience are saying within themselves , "Is there no such thing as moral purification ? Is there no , t. laver In which the soul may wash and be clean ? " Yes , yes , yes. Tell it in .t ! song , tell it in sermon , tell it in prayer , r . . . , tell it to the hemispheres. That is what t David cried out for when he said , , , s 1 "Wash me thoroughly from my sin , - ' and cleanse me from mine iniquities. " s ; And that is what in another place , he : , ; + cried out for when he said , "Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow. " Behold - ' hold the laver of the Gospel , filled with # . living fountains. Did you ever see the t ; picture of the laver in the ancient tabernacle - ; 4 nacle or in the ancient temple ? The ; - i laver in the ancient tabernacle was , made out of the women's metallic look- ins-slasses. It was a great basin stand:5 , : ing on a beautiful pedestal ; but when the temple was built , then the laver ' r + was an immense affair called thebrazen sea ; and oh , how deep were the floods # there gathered ! And there were ten , lavers beside-five at the right and five at the left-and each laver had three 'I hundred gallons of water. And the outside - side of these lavers was carved and ; chased with palm trees so delicately ° f cut you could almost see the leaves w tremble , and lions so true to life that i you could imagine you could see the e $ nostril throb , and the cherubim with + outspread wings. That magnificent i laver of the old dispensation Is a feeble . ' 1 type of the more glorious laver of our z " dispensation-our sunlit dispensation. Here is the laver holding rivers of salvation , having for Its pedestal the Rock of Ages , carved with the figure t of the lion of Judah's tribe , and having t" ' palm branches for victory , and wings suggestive of the soul's flight toward . Gad in prayer , and the soul's flight a heavenward when we die. Come ye ? + auditory and wash away all your sins 3 however aggravated , and all your sorrows - rows , however agonizing. Come to this fountain , open for till sin and uncleanness - , , ness , the furthest , the worst. You need not carry your sins half a second. Come and wash In this glorious gospel laver. Why , that is an opportunity enough to ' swallow all nations. That is up an opportunity - - , portunity that will yet stand on the ' Alps and beckon to Italy , and yet stand on the Pyrenees and beckon to Spain , and it will yet stand on the Ural and beckon to Russia , and it will stand at the gate of heaven and beckon to all nations. Pardon for all sin , and pardon right away , through the blood of the Son of God. A little child that had been blind , but through skilled surgery brought to sight , said : "Why , mother , r wiry didn't you tell me the earth and the sky are so beautiful ? Why didn't you tell me ? " "Oh , " replied the mother - ' er , "my child , I did tell you often ; I often told you how beautiful they are ; but you were blind , and you couldn't see. Oh , if we could have our eyes . opened to see the glories in Jesus ' Christ we would feel that the half had never been told us , and you would go to some Christian man and say , "Why didn't you tell me before of the glories of the Lord Jesus Christ ? " and that - friend would say , "I did tell you , but you were blind and could not see , and you were deaf and could not hear. " History says that a great army came to capture ancient Jerusalem , and when this army got on the hills so that they say the turrets and towers of Jerusalem - salem , they gave a shout that made the earth tremble ; and tradition , whether true or false , says that so great was the shout , eagles flying in the air dropped under the atmospheric precession. Oh , if we could only catch a glimpse of this Gospel temple into which we are all invited to come and wash , there would be a song jubilant and wide sounding , at New Jerusalem seen , at New Jerusalem taken , the hosannas of other worlds flying midair - air would fold their wings and drop into - to our closing doxology ! Against the disappointing and insufficient layer of Pilate's vice , and Pilate's cowardice , ' and Pilate's sin , I place the brazen sea of a Savior's pardoning mercy ! The Lanatlcs , vondered. A theatrical company tried to amuse four hundred lunatics in an asylum at Dixmont , Pa. , by producing a droll play at which they were spectators. One comical scene elicited this remark from a lunatic : "Wonder where these f4oJa came from. " ' isrr , . Eliza A. Leach of New L'oston , N. H. , recently gave a friend a silk quilt , made by herself , of a ' 'crazy" pattern , that is decidedly unique in color. and design , intricate in needlework - work and complicated in the arrangement - - ment of its mora than 403 parts. Each piece is distinct in its shape and arrangement - rangement , no two piece resemblin ; each other in outLne and very few of like color. Mrs. Leach is S1 years old. old.A A fish dealer Portland , Me. , re- cent' y recciyccd an order from a dealer j in London to send him 100 pounds of lobsters , half boiled and half of them alive. He gave directions to have them properly packed and placed in the coldest place in one of the ocean steamers , lcavia Portland. He desired - sired to try the experiment to find out if it was possible to import live or boiled lobsters from Maine to London. c Ca.tain F. C. Baiter , who has a trout hatchery at femis , Maine , on the Rangeley lakes , has discovered that trout will go over dry land to get to their spawning ground. The other day he and several of hi : workmen saw a trout come up the stream to where it was filled. with leaves. The trout rested a moment or two , then started overland some three or four feet to open water" . By a recent discovery natural gas is being replenished in wells wliiclt hare faiicd. The process consists in using a wonderful pump to draw the water from the wells of the greatest depth in any locality , thereby producing ducing dry holes into which air is forced , Professor Heekertof Findlay says that his air will . pump soon sup. . t. ply Findlay with all the gas it wants. - r The air forced into ' the great of 1 ' J ? reservoirs pomc 5 out uaturl gap . 1f , ' " ' - : : l7 ' . . , - ' - - ' g. -c-- - 4 . : : : . i