.r . I { 1 { .i WAR.
a , -
UNCLE 'SAM IdUST NF.ED3 BESTIR -
STIR H1RTSELF.
Admiral Wnikcr Cnrroborttcs All that is
set horth by 3cucraI Miles-Tills
Country Irclared to lift at the Mercy of
Forrign Foes-Ur ; etit Need of 1Fur
Ships as Well ay Coast Fort1Acations.
In 7auo of 1'csu r , Prepare for War.
> WASH NGTO N , NOV. 10.-Admiral
SS'alkcr adds his tcstiinony to that of
' 1 General Miles concerning the weakness -
. ness of the government coast defenses.
' I am a good American , " said he ,
'but 1 cannot shut my eves to cold
facts , \ye are not prt pared to-day to
engage in war with any first class
p0uver. We are in the position that
, China occupied in her recent struggle
with .Japan. We have a vast population -
tion , great wealth , boundless resources
and endless patriotism , but we cannot
- maintain an Offensive .or defensive attitude -
titude against any one of a half dozen
foreign countries. What General
Niles says about the defenseless con-
clition of our coast cities is entirely
correct. It is true that New York and
San Francisco are better protected
r : than our othdr commercial cities , but
even they would be helpless against
the assaults of4 a dozen powerful
iron clads. So far as the re-
, flaming cities are concerned they
have no protection whatever.
Congress ought' to make liberal
appropriations for coast defenses , and
for additional. ships oh tvar. More
than anything else we need a strong
navy. If we had a dozen battleships
of the Indiana class on the Atlantic
coast we could defy as powerful a
maritime country as Great Britain.
We have now four battleships building -
ing and two others have been appropriated -
priated for. We need at , least seven
more. S9ith anything like a fair system -
tem of coast defenses we would be beyond -
' yond the probabilities of war. There
would be no more Corinto incidents ;
no more talk of foreign aggressions on
American soil. The United States
would be pre-eminent on the Auierieau
continent. The greatest preventive
. against war is to be fully prepared
for it. "
THE GiBLE IN SCHOOLS.
A Strong Movement Toward This End in
Chicago.
eiircAGO , Nov. 10.-:1 petition bearing -
ing 00,000 signatures , and asking that
the reading of the Bible be restored to
the public schools will be presented
soon to the board of education. It
was circulated by the SS'oman's Educational -
cational Union of Chicago. The union
held a meeting last night to consider
{ - the outlook for the movement. Reports -
ports from the committee having
charge of the petition were encouraging -
ing , and it was announced that mat-
. tens were in such a shape that the document -
ument could be presented to the board
of education in a short time.
$ Mrs. C. 1" . Kimball read a paper on
the subject of reading time bible in the
public schools , and riving a history of
the wOrk done by the union since the
. organization in 1550. She quoted
letters of indorsewcnt from Mgr.
Satolli and many other prominent
and higit churchmen. There were
also letters from Bishop F'ailows ,
Presitlent Rogers of the Northwestern
university and President harper
of the Chicago univcrsity. In his letter -
ter Mgr. Satolli expressed solicitude
for the movement and indorsed the
past labov of the union , cpressing
himself as in favor of reading selected
portions of the bible. 'I would like
to say , " said Mrs. Kimball , "that we
have received a great many cominuni-
cations from the Catholic clergy , and
in no instance have they opposed the
. move , so long as it is strictly nonsectarian -
sectarian in its nature. "
It is the plan of the union to select
passages of Scripture for use in the
public seh3ols , which shall be entirely
nom-sectarian. The selections are to
be made by a committee composed of
different religious denominations.
NATIONAL GRANGE.
i A I'ubuo Reception WIUi Noted Spcakcra
-Degrees Conferred.
W'oncEsTmt , 'Mass. , Nov. 1 i.-Yestcr-
clay afternoon the National Grange
reception in Mechanics' hall was attended -
tended by 2.000 people. Dr. George
A. Bowman , Master of the State
Grange of Connecticut and chairman
of the general committee , presided.
Speeches were made by Mayor
henry A. Marsh , Governor Cleaves
of Maine , Lieutenant Giv-
eror Wolcott of Massachusetts ,
' N..1. Batchelder of New Hampshire ,
secretary of the board of agriculture ;
Governor Coffin of Connecticut , ex-
: Governor Goodell of New Ilamnpshire ,
Colonel J. II. Bingham of Ohio , master
of the National Grance ; Aaron Jones
of Indiana , Alpha Messer of Vermont
1 and Mrs. Sarah G. Baird , master of
i the Minnesota state Grange. After the
reception the notable visitors were
entertained at lunch at the Worcester
r club by Mayor Marsh.
In aieclianic's hall in the evening
the sixth degree of the order was conferred -
ferred on several hundred candidates.
j _ After the work illustrations of the
. first. second , third and fourth degrees
j were given by officer. of the Grange of
I Worcester county. In Horticultural
hall there was a conference of representatives -
sentatives of chambers of commerce ,
boards of trade and delegates , at
which a resolution was passed recommending -
mending to the Congress of the United
States and the American people what
is known as the Lubin proposition for
the protection of American agricultural -
tural shipping.
. Will 'Phone to New York.
KANS.IS CITY , Mo. , Nov. 10.-It will
liotbe long before a man may speak
into a telephone in Kansas City words
, which will be heard in New York ,
Boston and other cities along the Atlantic -
lantic coast. The American Telegraph
and Telephone company , which owns
the-lines between Boston , New York
and Chicago , has , for months , been
looking to Kansas City as a point to
; which it must soon. reach , and is now
extending its line toward this city.
Kansas City telephone men expect
that the connection with.the East will
'
: be made in a year.
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Y
TO DISCUSS IRRIGATION. '
Approaching Convention to be Held at
Sidney , Neb.
S1nNEr , bleb. , Nov. 1G.-Hon. I. A.
Fort , president of the State Irrigation
association , was here , giving directions
about the third annual convention to
be held here December 18 and 10. The
executive committee in charge of all
preparations for the entertainment of
visitors is working hard and leaving
nothing undone. It is expeetcd that
more than 000 delegates will be present -
ent , besides hundreds of visitors. The
railroads will make cheap rates and
many will come here to see the prac-
al demonstration of irrigation. Invitations -
tions will be sent to all the county and
municipal bodies in the state , irrigation -
tion associations , and all newspapers.
Coiordo and Wyoming will send eminent -
nent speakers , Nebraska's orators will
be fully represented , and a flood of excellent -
cellent thoughts will be brought out ,
showing the value of united action
upon this important enterprise. Thousands -
sands of dollars will be expended in
western Nebraska time coming year
upon wind mill and pump irrigation.
The large canal companies are already
reaping the benefits of their work and
the valleys are producing vast amounts
of the necessaries of life.
It is a revelation to visit an irrigated
farm and see what nature can unfold
when supplied withm water. The water
wasted every year in the Platte valley
would irrigate 5,000,000 acres of land.
The coming convention avid be a
thorough educator and will demonstrate -
strate to the people how to utilize this
vast body of water , which at the present -
ent time benefits no one.
With only a small effort the farmer
can be educated and taught how to
handle the water. There will be
plenty of hotel accommodations The
ladies of Cheyenne county are also enlisted -
listed in the cause and will endeavor
to entertain with a lavish hand.
ANNUAL REPORTS COMING.
Botht Secretaries Smith amid Morton Will
Discuss Matters of Interest.
WAsmNGTON , . Nov. lb.-The report
of Secretary Smith will be one of the
most iuterestin made by a Secretary
of the Interior for several years. More
interest centers about time recommendations -
ations the Secretary will make for
the settlement of the Pacific railroad
debts than anything else. It is
known that he believes in a con-
tiuuous line of Pacific roads from
Omaha to the Pacific ocean , and that
he thinks such a line can be operated -
ated to advantage. Some time ago
he held up all patents of lands to the
Pacific railroads which were bond
aided amounting to 7,000,000 acres.
1S'hetl1er this is an indication that he
intends to make some radical recommendations -
mendations to Congress is not known ,
but it is a fact that lie has been securing -
ing statistics relative to the earnings
of theroads , and their capacity to earn
enough to pay a moderate interest
upon the present indebtedness. It is
expected that Congress will undertake
to legislate upon the subject of the
Pacific railroads' indebtedness during
the coming session , and the Secretary
will no doubt recommend a plan of
settlement.
Secretary. Morton will complete his
annual report earl next week. lie
makes a feature of the system of government -
ernment inspection of meats and will
point out some of time defects in it as
it now exists.
A FORGER FROM CHOICE.
Elilot S. Reynold : of Fort Scott Wastes
Fame and Fortune Through Crimes.
FORT SCOTT , Kan. , Nov. 1G.-Attor-
ney Elliott S. Reynolds , who was nut
in the Bates county , Mo. , jail yesterday -
day at Rich Ilili , is a member of time
Bourbon county bar , a member of a
fine family , a handsome , dressy young
moan of ( lignitied mien , and well edu-
cated. He is a criminal of singular
tendgncies , which many attribute
to a mania. The affluence of his family -
ily has pahliated more than a dozen
felonious offenses , which date as far
back as his boyhood , and the fortune
left by his late father has been spent
for his liberty. Sit years ago he was
sentenced to three years fu time Missouri -
souri penitentiary for forging a note
onV. . T. Smith , a tatSpring-
field , but the case was appealed and
for some reason he was allowed to forfeit -
feit a bond of $ : ,000 and go free. He
is now being prosecuted by the Kansas -
sas City , Fort Scott and Memphis
Railroad Companv for another for > rerv.
SENATOR HARRIS' VIEWS.
The Tennessee Statesman on the Silver
Issues in the Next Cantpahn.
WASIIINGTON , Nov. 10.-In a letter -
ter from Senator Harris of Tennessee -
nessee to 11s ? free silver colleagues -
leagues here he says : "In the
light of recent election results there
is , in my opinion , no hope of Democratic -
cratic success in ISOG unless we can
succeed in so organizing the bimetallic
Democrats as to secure in the national
convention a plain , distinct and unmistakable -
takable declaration in favor of the free
and unlimited 'coinage of both silver
and gold without regard to the financial -
cial policies of any country , and ,
therefore , it appears to me that we
should redouble our efforts to secure
such organization. "
: tn Outlaw's lmrother Shot Dead.
CnICAGO , Nov. JG-Last night Edward -
ward Dix , a private detective , who was
after Clarence White , leader of a band
of house thieves , shot Frank White ,
the outlaw's brother , a cleric of good i
repute , by mistake , and has been ar-
rested. He claims that Clarence was
with Prank at the time and that one
of the two men fired at him first.
An Indian Thief to h o Shot. I
EUFAULA , Ind. Ter , Nov. 10.-Bar-
ney Sochoia , who was convicted of
larceny for the third time in the Eu-
faula district Indian court yesterday ,
in accordance with the Creek law was
sentenced to be shot.
Forty-Eight I3ritIslm Seamen Lost. !
Sm&NGUAI , Nov. 10.-A steam launch 1
lielonging to the British cruiser Edgar
is reported to have been lost in Japanese -
ese waters and forty-eight men who j
were on board of her--are said to have
been drowned. i
i
I CANAL SCHEME INDORSED.
The United States Commission's Report
on the Blcaragua Project Fuvorabe.
WA81IItiGTO1ov.14.Trustworthy
Information has been received as to
i the contents of 'thc report of the corn-
' mission which examined into the feasibility -
ibility and cost and recommended a
route for the Nicaragua canal. It is
t in the hands of time ! 'resident , who is
using it in connection with his work
on his annual message to Congress.
It indicates that a canal across the
Isthmus via the Nicaraguan route is
entirely feasible from an engineering
point of ; view. The cost of the pro.
jeet as estimated was $110,000,030 , but
it is stated that this sum is too small
by some millions.
The route as proposed by the commission -
mission is 173 miles long , or three or
four miles longer than that whichh the
canal company propscd. The commission -
mission made surveys to time right and
left of the company's route and has
suggested some changes which it believes -
lieves will be advantageous. The
Commissioners' waterway will be
supplied with locks. The San Juan
river and Lake Nicaragua will
be employed , but the former will
relluire considerable dredging. The
lake is fifty-six and one-half
miles across from the San Juan to the
mouth of the Lajas. Some dredging
will be required on the west coast of
time lake. which is shoal for a distance
of something like 1,050 feet , Brito
will be the western terminus of the
canal and the distance from this port
is a little more than seventeen miles.
The estimate has been made that , in
order to complete the canal which the
commission proposes , sit years will be
required with a force of 20,000 men
constantly employed
i'gRS. CLEVELAND.
Tao President's W1fa' ' Makes Garments
fcr tbo Poor.
WASIIINGTON , Xov. 14.-The Needlework -
work guild of Washington is an
organization of ladies. formed for the
i
purpose of supplying articles of clothing -
ing to the poor. It embraces 58i
members , and has no church connec-
tion. The president is Mrs. Harlan ,
wife of AIr. Justice Harlan of time
United States Supreme court.
At the annual meeting yesterday
Mrs. Robert Craig , presitlmnt of the
board of directors , said that Mrs.
Cleveland was one of the most earnest
i
workers hr the guild , and that she had
made thirty-eight pieces , and had
lately sent five to headquarters. Mrs.
Crave said that if every member of
the society would be likewise charitable -
able and industrious , there would be
little suffering for clothing this
tiu ter.
Govert or and Clerk Clash.
LOUISVILLE , Ky. , Nov. 14.-A special
to the Post from F'raukfort says :
"Governor Brown and SV. 11. Newhall ,
a clerk in the auditor's office , quarreled -
reled in the state house yesterday ,
passed the lie , and would have comae
to blows had not bystanders inter
fered. Newhall had accused the
governor
and acting time part of a traitor. The
executive responded with an emphatic
denial , and one of the men struck at
the other , when friends of the two
separated thtm. It was claimed that
Governor Brown attempted to draw
his revolver , but hedenies that be was
armed. "
Minister hatch Arrives.
SAN FRANCrSCO , Nov. 1.1.-The Occidental -
dental and Oriental Steamship Coptie
arrived last night from time Orient and
Hawaii. Among her passengers was {
A. T. Thatch , late minister of foreign
affairs of hIawaii , recently appointed
Hawaiian minister to the United
States to succeed Minister Thur.ston.
LIVE STOCKANI ) i'IODUCE i1IAnK1TS
Qnotatiaas Frain New York , Chicago , St.
LouIm , Omaha and tlsowhcrc.
OMAIIA.
Btmtter-Creamery separator. . 10 3 21
Butter-Fair to good country. 12 14
I. ' 's-Fresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iii p 17
honey-Qaliforrmii : , perm. . . . . . 11 p 13
Spihlg chickens , live , per b. . . 5p ! ( I
Chickens-Dressed , pert' . . . . . . Gyp 7
1)ucks-Perth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S p 9
Turkcys-1'er 1t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 p 10
Prairiechlckens-Perdoz. . . . . . 2 50 p 3 W
Geese- Per ib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S p 9
Lemons-Choice Messinas. . . . . G 00 PJ G 2.5 1
Oranges-P. r box . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 73 p 4 03
Apples-Per bbl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 00 ( t 3 50
Sweet nptatOCS-Good , per bbl 1 50 Q 175
Potatoes-Per bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2s ( 30
Beans-Navy , hand-pickedbu 1 ; 3 1,189
hides-Green , per lb. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 C3 5
Cranberries-Cape Cod , prbbl 7 50 CN 8 00
hay-Upland , per ton. . . . . . . . . . 530 j 7 03
Onions-'crbu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
ltroonm Corn-Green , per ] b. . . . . . . 2iz1D 2f
hogs-Mixed packing. . . . . . . . . . 3 40 as 3 43
lions-11eaiI ) W ilits. . . . 3 50 p 5'
Beeves-Stockers and feeders. ( YJ di : i 30
Beef tcers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 01 4i 3 & )
Bulls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 00 4 2 75
btmtgs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 00 © 20 1
Cal'es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a 73 ( r 5 0)
Cows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 ( J315
Oxen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . 2 . . - 7.i
heifers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17. 6J13 00
Westerns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 73 p 3 03
rlteep-Lamb , , . : i 01 p 4 : s
Sheep-Misecl natives. . . . . . . . . . 2 (0 3 50
CHICAGO.
Wheat-No 2 , spring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . r7s
Corn-I'er bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2t ? BC ! 23x4
Oats-1'er bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1SrV rll
Pork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 10 (1 S 13
Lard. . . . . . 553 j573
attle-Westsrn range steers. : :0 ( ( : t 70
I'rimno Steer- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 G9 + ' 4 2 ,
Sheep-Lambs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00 ? 4 ; A
Sheep-Natives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 s0 ) 3 )
NEW YORK.
Wheat-No. 2 , red winter. . . . . . . GE6I G73a
orn No. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3G 4
Ca s-No. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mm ( + 2. ,
Pork- . . . . . . . . 9 7s : ale w
Lard- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SJ ) GGGO
i
5i. LOUIS.
Wheat-No. 2 red , cash. . . . . . . . . : i1 G3 5ltf
Corn-Per bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Oats-Per bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 % ! tt 18
Iohs-5lixed p.cking. . . . . . . . 3Ii ( I.3o
Cattle-Native ste.as. . . . . . . . . . 2 2 , @ 5 00
Shun-Muttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 40 p 3 s'i
Lantb - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 73 0 d 00
KANSAS C1IY. ,
Wheat-No. 2 hard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . G a , 51'z'
Corn-No. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:3 : o
Ott-Ns.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is (3 is ; 1
tattlStockcrsind : feeders. 2 01 73 i
flog -Mixeml Packers. . . . . . . . . . 3 ? a m 3.0 1
Sheep-Lambs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ( .0 p 4 40
Ex-Senator Spooner injured.
TAeomia , Wash. , Nov. 14.-While
crossing the Columbia river on the
transfer boat , ex-United States Senator -
ator Spooner fell from a car step and
his abdomen struck a projecting rod ,
lie suffered great pain. A surgeon
examined him and found that the injury -
jury was not necessarily serious , but
he will be compelled to remain quiet
for seveaal days. -
Religious Writer Bean Dead. '
DEt.AWAT.E , Ohio , Nov. 14.-The
Rev. Dr. Samuel Asbton Kean , a noted
evangelist and religions writer , is
dead aged 53 years. i
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AZ iGES SERMON.
AZ"HANDWRITING
"HANDWRITING ON THE WALL"
LAST SUNDAY'S SUBJECT.
"When God Writes Anything on the Wall
a IIIan IIat Better Road It as It Is"-
The Opening and the Close of Gin'ri
Ilanquet.
, . . ASHINGTON , D.
a C. , Nov. 10 : Since
* " his comin g t o
" °
f"
. i Washington , D r.
f Talmage's pulpit
experience has been
- , .t. a remarkable one.
Not only has the
church In which he
preaches been filled ,
bat the a u d i -
ences have overflowed -
flowed into the adjoining streets to an
extent that has rendered them impas-
sable. Similar scenes were enacted at
to-day's services when time preacher
took for his subject : "Handwriting on
the Wall ; the text chosen being Dan.
5 : 00 , "In that night was Belshazzar ,
the king of the Chaldeans , slain. "
Night was about to come down on
Babylon. The shadows of her two hundred -
dred and fifty towers began to lengthen.
The Euphrates rolled on , touched by
the fiery splendors of the setting sun ;
and gates of brass , burnished and glittering -
tering , opened and shut like doors of
flame. The hanging gardens of Babylon -
lon , wet with the heavy dew , began to
pour , from starlit Bowers and dripping
leaf , a fragrance for many miles around.
The streets and squares were lighted
for dance and frolic and promenade.
The theaters and galleries of art invited -
vited the wealth , and pomp , and grandeur -
deur of the city to rare entertainments.
Scenes of riot and wassail were mingled -
gled in every street ; and godless mirth ,
and outrageous excess and splendid
wickedness came to the king's palace ,
to do their mightiest deeds of dark-
ness.
ness.A
A royal feast to-night at the king's
palace ! Rushing up to the gates are
chariots , upholstered with precious
cloths from Dedan , and drawn by fire-
eyed horses from Togarmah , that rear
and neigh in the grasp of the charioteers -
eers , while a thousand lords dismount ,
and women , dressed in all the splendors -
dors of Syrian emerald , and the color-
blending of agate , and the chasteness of
coral , and the sombre glory of Tyrian
purple , and princely embroideries ,
brought from afar by camels across the
desert , and by ships of Tari Kish across
the sea.
Open wide the gates and let the
guests come in. The chamberlains and
cup-bearers are all ready. Hark to
the rustle of the silks , and to the carol
of the music ! See the blaze of the jewels -
els ! Lift the banners. Fill the cups.
Clap the cymbals. Blow the trumpets.
Let the night go by with song , and
dance , and ovation ; and let that Baby-
lonish tongue be palsied that will not
say. " 0 , King Belshazzar , live forever. "
What is that on the plastering of the
wall ? Is it a spirit ? Is it a phantom ?
Is It God ? The music stops. The goblets -
lets fall from the nerveless grasp.
There is a thrill. There is a start. There
is a thousand-voiced shriek of horror.
Let Daniel be brought in to read that
v riting. He comes in. He reads it :
"Weighed in the balance and found
wanting. "
Meanwhile the Medes , who for two
years had been laying siege to that
city , took advantage of that carousal
and came in. I bear the feet of the
conquerors on the palace stairs. Massacre -
sacre rushes in with a thousand gleamIng -
Ing knives. Death bursts upon the
scene ; and I shut the door of that banqueting -
queting hall , for I do not want to look.
There is nothing there but torn banners ,
and broken wreaths , and the slush of
upset tankards , and the blood of murdered -
dered women , and the kicked and tumbled -
bled carcass of a dead king. For "in
that night was Belshazzar , the king of
the Chaldeans , slain. "
I go on to learn some lessons from
all this. I learn that when God writes
anything on the wall , a man had better -
ter read it as it is. Daniel did not misinterpret -
interpret or modify the handwriting on
the wall. It is all foolishness to expect -
pect a minister of the Gospel to preach
always things that the people like , or
the people choose. Young men of
Washington , what shall I preach to you
to-night ? Shall I tell you of the dignity -
nity of human nature ? Shall I tell you
of the wonders that our race has accomplished -
complished ? "Oh , no ; " you say , "tell
me the message that came from God. "
I will. If there is any handwriting on
the wall , it is this lesson : "Repent !
Accept of Christ and be saved' " 1
might talk of a great many other
things ; but that is the message , and
so I declare it. Jesus never flattered
those to whom he preached. He said
to those who did wrong , and who were
offensive in his sight , "Ye generation of
vipers ! ye whited sepulchres ! how can
ye escape the damnation of hell ? " Paul
the apostle preached before a man who
was not ready to hear him prea mil.
What subject did he take ? Did he say ,
"Oh ! you are a good man , a very fine
noble man" ? No he
man , a very ;
4
preached of righteousness to a man who
was unrighteous ; of temperance to a
man who was a victim of bad appetites -
tites ; of the judgment to come to a man
who was unfit for it. So we must always -
ways declare the message that happens -
pens to come to us. Daniel must read
it as it is. A minister preached before - !
fore James I. of England , who was I
James VI. of Scotland. What subject
did ho take ? The king was noted all
over the wed for being unsettled and
wavering in his ideas. What did the
minister preach about to this man who
was James I. of England and James VI.
of Scotland ? He took for his text
James first and sixth ; "He that way-
ereth is like a wave of the sea driven
with the wind and tossed. " Hugh Lat-
lmer offended the kind by a sermon he
i , preached , and the king said , "Iiugh
Latimer , come pnd apologize" "I will , "
said Hugh Latimer. So the day was
appointed ; and the king's chapel was
full of lords , and dukes , and the
mighty men and women of the country -
try , for Hugh Latimer was to apolo-
gize. Ho began his sermon by saying ,
i "Hugh Latimer , bethink thee ! Thou art
In the presence of thine earthly king ,
who can destroy thy body. But bethink
thee , Hugh Latimer , that thou art in
the presence of the King of heaven
and earth , who can destroy both body
and soul in hell fire. " Then ho preach-
ed with appalling directness at the
king's crimes.
Here is a man who begins to read
loosa novels. "They are so charming , "
he. says ; "I will go out and see for
myself whether all these things are
so. " He opens the gate of a sinful
life. He goes in. A sinful sprite meets
him with her wand. She waves her
wand , and it is all enchantment. Why ,
it seems as if the angels of God had
poured out phials of perfume in the
atmosphere. As he walks on he finds
the hills becoming more radiant with
foliage , and the ravines more resonant -
nant with the falling water. Oh , what
a charming landscape he sees ! But that
sinful sprite , with her wand , meets
him again ; but now she reverses the
wand , and all the enchantment is gone.
The cup is full of poison. The fruit
turns to ashes. All the leaves of the
bower are forked tongues of hissing
serpents. The flowing fountains fall
back in a dead pool stenchful with cor-
ruption. The luring songs become
curses and screams of demoniac
laughter. Lost spirits gather about
him and feel for his heart , and beckon
him on with "Hail , brother , hail , blasted
spirit , hail ! " He tries to get out. He
comes to the front door where lie entered -
tered and tries to push it back , but
the door turns against him ; and in the
jar of that shutting door he hears these
words : "This night is Belshazzar , the
king of the Chaldeans , slain. " Sin may
open bright as the morning. It ends
dark as the night.
I learn further frcn this subject that
death sometimes breaks fu upon a
banquet. Why did he not go down to
the prisons in Babylon ? There were
people there that would like to have
died. I suppose there were men and
women in torture in that city who
would have welcomed death , but he
comes to the palace ; and just at the
time when the mirth is dashing to the
tiptop pitch , Death breaks in at the
banquet. We have often seen the
same thing illustrated. Hero is a
young man just come from college. He
is kind. He is loving. He is enthu-
siastic. He is eloquent. By one spring
he may bound to heights toward which
many men have been struggling for
years. A profession opens before him.
He is established in the law. His
friends cheer him. After awhile you
may see him standing in the American -
can senate , or moving a popular assemblage -
blage by his eloquence , as trees are
moved in a whirlwind. Some night
he retires early. A fever is on him.
Delirium , like a reckless charioteer ,
seizes the reins of his intellect. Father -
er and mother stand by and see the
tides of his life going out to the great
ocean. The banquet is coming to an
end. The lights of thopght , and mirth ,
and eloquence are being extinguished.
The garlands are snatched from the
brow. The vision is gone. Death at
the banquet !
I have also to learn from the subject
that the destruction of the vicious
and of those who despise God , will be
very sudden. The wave of mirth had
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dashed to the highest point when the
invading army broke through. It was
unexpected. Suddenly , almost always ,
comes the doom of those who despise
Godand defy the laws of men. How was
It at the deluge ? Do you suppose it
came through a long northeast storm ,
so that people for days before were sure
it was coming ? No ; I suppose the
morning was bright ; that calmness
brcoded on the waters ; that beauty sat
enthroned on the hills ; when suddenly -
ly the heavens burst , and the mountains -
ains sank like anchors into the sea that
dashed clear over the Andes and the
Himalayas.
The Red sea was divided. The Egyptians -
tians tried to cross it. There could be
no danger. The Israelites had just
gone through ; where they had gone ,
why not the Egyptians ? Oh , it was
such a beautiful walking place ! A
pavement of tinged shells and pearls ,
and on either side two great walls of
water-solid. There can be no dan-
ger. Forward , great host of the Egyptians -
tians ! Clap the cymbals and blow the
trumpets of victory ! After them ! We
will catch them yet , and they shall be
destroyed. But the walls begin to
tremble. They rock' They fall ! The
rushing waters ! The shriek of drownIng -
Ing men ! The swimming of the war
horses in vain for the shore ! The strewIng -
Ing of the great host on the bottom of
the sea , or pitched by the angry wave
on the beach-a battered , bruised , and
loathsome wreck ! Suddenly destruction -
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tion came. One half hour before they
could not have believed it. Destroyed ,
and without remedy.
I am just setting forth a fact , which
you have noticed as well as I. Anna- .
nias comes to the apostle. The apostle -
tle says : "Did you sell the land for so
much ? " He says , "Yes. " It was a lie.
Dead ! as quick as that. Sapphira , his
wife , comes in. "Did you sell the land
for so much ? " "Yes. " It was a lie ,
and quick as that she was dead. God's
judgments are upon those who despise
Him and defy Him. They come sud-
denly.
Skilled sportsmen do not like to shoot
a bird standing on a sprig near by. If
they are skilled , treyy pride .themselves
on taking it on the wing ; and they
wait till it starts. Death Is an old
sportsman ; and he loves to take men
flying under the very sun. He loves
to take them on the wing. Oh , flee to
God this night ! If there be one in this
presence who has wandered far away
iromChrist _ , though he may not have
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heard the call of the Gospel for many
a year , I invite him now to come and i '
be saved. Flee from thy sin ! Flee to
the stronghcld of the Gospel ! Now in '
the accepted time ; now ! s the day of ; I
salvation. 4
Good night , my young friends ! may .i
you have rosy sleep , guarded by Him
who never slumbers. May you awake
! n ' the morning strong and well' But
! oh ! art thou a despiser of God ? Is this , _
I thy last night on earth ? Shouldst thou i t
i be awakened is the night by some- d !
j thing , thou knowest not what , and
there be shadows floating in the room , !
and a handwriting on tire wolf , and you
I feel that your last hour is come , and
there be a fainting at the heart , and a
i tremor in the limb , and a catching of
t the breath-then thy doom would be {
I but an echo of the words of the text : t
I "In that night was Belshazzar , the king
of the Chaldeans slain. " f
Oh ! that my Lord Jesus would now
make Himself so attractive to your
souls that you cannot resist him ; and
Ef you have never prayed before , or have
not prayed since those days when you
knelt down at your mother's ltnee ,
then that to-night you might fray ,
saying :
Just as I am , without one plea
But that thy blood was sired for me ,
And that thou bidst ine come to thee ,
0 Lamb of God , I come'
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But if you cannot think of so long a
i prayer as that , I will q lve you a shorter -
er prayer that you can say : "God be
merciful to me , a sinner ! " Or , If you '
cannot think of so long a prayer as
that , I avid give you a still shorter one
that you may utter : "Lord , save me ,
or I perish ! " Or , If that be too long a
prayer you need not maize it. Use the
word "Help ! " Or , if that be too long
a word , you need not use any word at
r all. Just look and lire !
FLOATING FACTS.
From the time of Solomon the chronology -
nology of the 1 Iebrews may be connected -
nected with that of Egypt , Assyria , and
Babylon , and comparative views pre-
sented.
The peop'.c of the United States trso
on an average 12,000,000 postage stamps
of all kinds each and every day of the
year , or a total of 4,330,000,000 per an-
num.
The Greek year consists of twelve
months of twenty-nine and thirty days
alternately ; three times in eight years
a month was added to m aL e up the de-
ficiency.
On her last trip the Lucania , in order -
der to save the tide at the Mersey bar ,
broke the record between Queenstown
and Liverpool , making the 240 miles is
ten Imours.
A pipe line to convey the product of
the Los Angeles oil wells to the seaboard -
board , either at San Pedro or Redondo ,
is under the cgnsidcration of an eastern -
ern capitalist.
The "Era of the Martyrz , " a famous
era in use in the ear : y church , commemorates -
memorates the tenth and last great persecution -
secution , by Diocletian , beginning Feb.
23 , 284 A. D.
The first cabbage grown in Great
Britain was raised on the gi'ound adjoining -
joining the Abbey of Arbroath , Laving
been produced from seeds obtained
from Artois , in France.
GLIMPSES.
Jabez Copps , who taught school in /
Sangamon county , Ill. , in 1313 , is still
alive.
Now people say that a picture of
Della Fox can be distinctly traced in
the moon.
Doctors now say that time dangers
from appendicitis have been greatly
exaggerated.
There are at least friteca women in
Chicago who make a Irving by purging
and filling teeth.
Six Russian noblemen are riding
along the frontier line between Russia
and British territory.
A Pinkerton patrolman at Clicago !
walks thirty-nine miles every night ,
and has the longest beat in the city.
A couple named hIatfield , at Wichita ,
Ran. , were divorced just fifty-four minutes -
utes after the first papers were filed.
A Binghampton factory girl befriended -
ed an old man , and as a consequence
was left Sr45,000 when he died a few
days ago. ,
At Charlesville , Tenn. , a man was
fined one cent for beating a woman E
and sent to the chain gang for carrying
a pistol.
The Chicago Telephone company has
issued an order which prohibits em-
ployes wearing bloomers during business - !
ness hours.
A California millionaire who died recently -
cently left his wife penniless , because
he said she always insisted on having
her own way.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
A garter show that has been weil
patronized in Paris is to be transported -
ed to London.
There were 3,108 students in attendance -
ance at the seven Swiss universities
last summer.
York county , Maine , farmers are tel- !
ing of a snow white deer that has been
seen in that region several times of
late.
In Whatcom county , Washington ,
this year , there are only three hop
raisers who are picking their crops ,
owing to the low prices.
Nearly the entire continent of Europe -
rope receives its supply o- oleos nar gzr-
fne from New York and Chicago , and
the importation is always exclusively
through Rotterdam.
A strange hog disease has within two
or three weeks swept away thousands
of fat porkers in McLean and adjoining ;
counties in Illinois , and threatens the
extermination of swine in those parts.
A discharged Turkish soldier boasting -
ing of the outrages he had committed
in Armenia recently in a cafe of Alexandria -
andria was invited to step cut by two
Armenians present and as neati9 ;
strangled by them. a
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