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INTERNAL REVENUE WORK. THE REPORT OP COMMISSIONER EVANS. 1 arTS, A> Al I li ll l> I?Y lil I 1 NT M'GISI VII'i^ Qcnsnoxs or ai>mimsiratios'. WasbibotoBi Not! e.?The annual ropori Of Walter BTanS, ChanasanaWnm of Internal Revennc, lias ?ana submitted to awcretery ffabmr. it nevins by refer IBM to the consolidation of collection atsttMta In regard to the reduction of taxation, Mr. Evans pays the net of March 3 dimlulslieil the sources of liitcniid revenue lu ?areralannertanl anrthmhani sboBaaei entirely ail ad? hesive stumps taxation, snell its were knaOSeS upon pro? prietary niidlcliies, koah checks, friction matches, etc.. tbe reduction taking rflect .Inly 1; tax on hank deposits nnfiesagndeassafisgtaeawgmnmgof Um present calen? dar year; and the taxation on tobacco, in all Its fonns, was decreased one half on May 1. It ls estimated thal the aggregate amount of the-c reductions will not tie lens than ff-13,000,000 a year, taemdtag $0,000,000 tax on the capital and depoMts of Bathmat hanks. Tho Commissioner says: "While this ls ..o, lt is also estimated that the increased ieveline fr.distilled .-.(iliHs for thc cnn cut year will so auirmcnt receipts from that seance ea te) asake tba aggregate reeegso fer thia year at least ij-r-'o.ooo.ooo, should there i,e no farther ehangs in thc int( nial revenue laws." The total receipts from nil sources of internal revenue taxation for the asea] jaar wcrc.fi ii?*i.-.:;.:m I. as couipai.-ii with *M(;,v.':s,'j?:t for 188S, and 8135,229,913 for 1881. During the Irst three Masuhe of the current Bsea! year the aggregate receipts from the several objects ot taxation were 029,671,178, a decrease af 87.928^401 bruni ihe receipts of tho i ? ponding period in lbs previous Saes] rear. The t iitul en-t ot e.'licet lon fur thc past fiscal yeal waa 85,113, 784. ll ki Stated thal thc total expi nee* of the* nice will lu- fi, --ml nil lill ll illijustllli lit to lie ll liollt IC-i pel'( i lit lill the suionnl colleen d. tm. commnoa or ini -i::vi('i'. Oomnaaskmer Evans says! "I am gratified to i .i'a- to state thal QM condition of the serooe i- good. Indeed, in the main, it ls excellent . . . Nu extensive frauds are being perpetrated npon the t ;uveminent ny penoos required te pay tetemal re venue texea while it ls Impossible ta this braaehof the piildlc sci-vlee, M in any Other, entirely to prevent vtetettoas and evasions of the law, still ft te confidently benet ed that them violations ure neither very frequent ?er rory Injurious te the revenue. Evidence accumu? late- d.-iily that iv cn in IhOM portions Of the como rv when- at one period lt was not regarded sa dis reputable to resort te any device to defeat the collection ot int'mal roven oe, there ts a healthy change of public sentiment, and it ta not dnaeult to secure the conviction af tin- guilty. I am well Minutedthataoextensiveor gnui/.aiiou exi.-ts anywhere ta the oouatry whose ebjeol is la defrailil the l.overiimeiil of its Internal revenue. Watta mom fsaeral statement- are ti ne. it ls equally true that cot univ have persons been canty of mlsrtisiioanwri lillt th. V have lint h'-itateil tueoiiiiuit the i,":iVe-t i nines in mststhn the inti mal revenue oAVers hi their efforts te discharge their euHea \ i we iii petal wm the murder et Ptipulj OoOeetor Henry P. Walker, who waa abot and killed Ly Inivld l-'rrdev. In Htaiiley Cininly, X. CL, I-', hru arv IO. while BStempttag te sel/e :i distillery illicitly o;> crated. This ottlcc has used every exertion to aid thc Disli hil tllssaaj in leoMsiiltag mis eaee, ami it u ex? pected that when lt comm to trial the result will be tbe conviction Of the prisoner. Fralcy, of wilful Murder." Tin oeoaastanenei mggeets that Oongn ii be requested to enact a StatHM fixing thc limitation fer the prOSOCUtlOB nf orfences Bgatasl the revenue taws al :i arneb lem period than live years, ns BOW provided bj 'aw, exc-jit In ?mes where the seensed person places hi in-self beyond tlie.lurKdicttoii of the court ot the dtatriel in which the offence WM coinnilfti '.. Be Bays t "1 SH MMlUied hy jUdgea of the United Slates District four:-- that In nearly every Instance where i eonvietion bas been se anrod the oaVaee waa committed within two yean before the iiiitlcllut lit Wa- lound, ("a.- - el,li 1 1 li ill two fttgt nm anana! lavsriahlj test by Un Oovernment Ittoabo very dlfheult in sui h ? asea M pret en1 abuses ahcrebj the eooM ol prosecution an Increased, and, ultimately, tbs eada of Justice defeated. I have been strongly iu t d :?' a it mil of gi neral Hil p nona who have retailed distilled ?pir ,\ it ti.iiit tim payment ot a special lax, and te all per sous vvtm bave operated miall distil leric- wi'Inuit r..; ' -.line, iii il COI ether taws sad regulations. Thb view ls urged by its iidvec.it' i upon tbe ground thal a targe nn thus ? ii,'.-ired are desirous nf a id-,- mi ipecial Induceuii i t to lea e ufl If, si i ate to bi arrest dior what waa done within fivi tm. i aw in rue ixdian i uni roar. 1 To the operatioi mal revenue taws ta Ibe j Indi.m 'li rrttory the Cot I ina -ci in bis rep >? acoj written t-i H r -t.-.iy Fi beer on ember ] Deputy Colli ctor Gnj. whlli to n e if the internal Revet aerred, wss grossly insulted bj Mr 0 the i ? 'ion. being di mellie, | ,.-.,| t ,] | (.ev- not that Ile Should Ii '! I Ollei I doll ir of Internal revenue tn t!iat The statement thu* made and reported to tbe e< has raised biter ittag <iu -tina-, ind bas caused the Com mer carefully to ooBSkier .(h. tier the Internal turenne lavs* have any tores ta tbs Indian i and especially whether, as tbe President bas n h tached ii to a eoltoettoa district, s deputy collector ha* ^ any authority te attempt, or aaj protoetloo ri templin;.', to execute the tan aad colled asternal ri venue ' taxes in the in.Hun Territory. Tbe matter U referred to the Betti lory? Daring the aeeal year 937 riOtattonaol taw have been reuortee; 448 parsoni have keen arrested; property te thc value of |Bl,401 has bom reported for ?elxureand Baraasessaassd f"r unpaid laies,aud panalUea amount tag te S394'318 have beea reported. Thlrty-aevoa rail? road ami moama mam fm mutation of beek taxes under laws repealed bave been examined. Tte amount of tax-- received finm railroad eases which bad been ex nmined and reported apoa. tn prevloni yesrsli ?161,042. Few of this glam af easei non remain andlspoei i of. All the claims Bgatasl rai ii "ad OOrporationS, with OBS ex? ception, un nu., ii. - .;. The amount expended through collei tors and revenue agents tor the di icovery and pun Mhmeatof hand I lonly 861,375, t; 187 illicit -till- seisedi 1,633 p 1 ons wen one emp.ov'c killed. Thc ( .mimi- Blom i -iv-1 ?' Tin re bm beoo glenmay throughout the county little atapoatttan to evade the payment of Int i |.lu |Hirtiotis of tbe country, not the mott' remote and span ly iel of thc Bout hem Stilt'-, Within a few ye .;- lin produi Iii.f and traflic in Illicit spirlN and tobacco have prevailed to a peal extent ta boom districts com binatn'iis existed to resist the loxes, ami the authority of the Government waa openly defied. Tin enforcement of the la wa was at landed wtth great inaentty, aai not anfrequently with loss ot lite lo Hie oHieer*. Tile BetMj iidopted Io execute tho laws lirmly anil rtgOTOUlly, bul Impartially and m Bl Conciliatory a manner BS possible, ha-, brought atm,it a better puhiic si iitlim nt and -i dei bled bnprot emt nt bi the condition of affairs." i vi nj AM' i lOUW - ul in ii.i:i:-i. Thc Commissioner's estimate-fur expenses ol ternai revenue service for thc asea) year ending Jone 80,1888, aggtsgate 84*888.180. The amount ol and suceesidon tax collected amounted m 822,010, aad tho masher of stamps lasnei te collectors, agents, etc., was l,(i:t.',77-l,Mio, icpreseiitmu' in value (?88,057,1 ll: eHo.^i'j perseas ta las States and Territorial paid modal laxest and Ihe tam value nl stamps sold to mutch numufactursri aggie pated 81,848^088. The BBSskor of cheek and pre* prictary stamps cancelled wan 10^863,128, mps mulling In value 8887,983. Tho numiier of paehages et etampi now remaining on hand is l '888, containing 8*407,748 stumps ot the value of 848.154. Aa ucarty as ann be a? i ? ned, about i.ooo.ikmi nf these stamps were present! d for i ann nation and return. The number of paekagea received from Auku-i ito date k .ilium 1,800, or about 6,oot>.tMM?. valued Ht 5s1(Xi,ikio. These cases have been recorded aad BUMbered, and the elataii for their re ienipiioii tlhsl. hut no action has beea taken on them. The amount risjulnd for redeeming all these st tciveil io date wul Ix Hhout 1300,000. ?/oi.ucnos* raoif roBAi i o, IBO collections from tobacco Ita the Bseal j.n ttl dod June 30, 1-ssH, were *42,10M,24'.?. In gala amount are In? cluded taxes upon Imported iiiunufiieuirf-.l tobaeeo, "imfl and cagers, in addittou to enatoms dutleei tl BBpeeai on domestic uKinufactuieii inkaeoe. mag and tliri.r-.ihi ?-]>!?( Sal taxes paid hy uiunufuetm Minti and elgami the sueci.ii tan-n paid B) deali rs lu \< uf and dealers in manuf uturod teheoM ; sad it wiso Includes the receipt of money foi sxaert stomps Bald to i rporten .of tobacco. Thc colli (tions from lhasa smilies BM tau than geom of the fanni year hawmalatsty preceding ii Bft,2>7,7:t0. The In. rcase In pnulm lion of laanufa( turi I tobacco, and snuff was 9,1511,4^7 pounds; Increase lu prodmtion of cijfsrs and objeBBthM. 181.188,008 Of thu Increaiic 1 ^B,235,U77 wamebjBSB ?Sft88?S84fOg7 i-ttcs. Tho reduction of Ul rates made hy thc .ut of Mardi 1 will, on t M ba*)* of last year's BWStaSSa, cause a reduction ot revenue fn.m tobaeeo during the next ns(ul year of ai least tjK5.ooo.ooo. Tho (JammMstaneron the mbjeetof direct tax says : " There are complications and complex yuehtluiis urisln* In eoiiueetioii willi a which iliU olliiw. it culled iijioii to consider ; amt my attention ts direct .1 to the fact that many were called upon to pay the tax, and many adjacent-and In close proximity to them were not and have not baan called uimn to paj tin amount obarged against them. Tai amount sm altai I nil exceeds &>J,ooo,ooo. 1 would respiretfuily reeommend that measures tn-1 int a as soon as praetlcidile to lollcet the halmueof tax In compliance with dinting provisions vf law, unless Cou Ctiis anUBanj a further suspen?loa or different methods Ulan are alicady provided." DtBnutBS and Tnr.m rnoprcTioir. There were operated during the year 5,121) distilleries. The quantity of grain used in thc production of spirits, 18,644,877 bushels, bi leas than t but used in the last year by 8.P11.30? bushels ; and lg 6,705.500 bushels leas than thc average for the last four years. This dern ase cor? responds closely with and explains the decrease in tho number of gallons of spirits produced durim: the year, Which ls 78,388,170 dillons, ns against 104,140,077 rat? tans for the year ended June HO, 1882. The yield of spirits from each bushel of grain increases slightly each ynr. This increase ls believed tobe due to improved methods of preparing the pain for distillation. The quantltv of molasses used for the production of rum lining tbe lineal year is 2,878,106 gallons. The quantity of spirits removed in bond for export dur? ing the year was r>,:t'_'ti,4-j.7 proof gallons| eplrits trana feired to manufacturing warehouses, 808(888 gallons; spirits withdrawn from warehouses during tbs year, St.2Hl.100 gallonsl and quantity allowed from leakage ami evaporation, 8.391.018 gallons. Thc quantity of spirits remaining in ?warehouse June 30, 1883, was 80,406,993gallons,of which Dearly acven-tenthi were Bourbon whiskey. Tho amount af r-piiit-i in ware bouse October 1,1883, wm 73,405,361 gallons. Puli-lts withdrawn for export in the drat three months of thc present Oneal v.-ir, 752,388 gallons. The quantity ol dla tilled spirits in tho United States (except whal maj be tn customs bonded warehouses) on October l. 1883,wm nearly lio.ooo.ooo gallons, In regain to lae om of alcoholic vapor in the manufac? ture of vinegar the Ounmlastoner saj s: "it seems to me that further legislation should be had relative to the eon cession made io tbe manufacturers of vinegar, whlcb per lulls, tbil ' tam ol manufacturers io separate Ute sb nunile property from fermented mash, wort, or wash, imd to use tbe same in the production of vinegar. This privilege ls one which pr Bscrunnlous persons i constant temptation, >r with sufficient opportunity to engage In tba Illicit production of spirits, while Its abuse is exccedlnglj difficult to prevent or to detect. As the taw stands tbe anomaly is presented of one das-, of manufacturers using alcohol In their business, who am allowed lo make their own alcohol with.mt supervision or control; while the distillers who produce alcohol for use In all other trades amt kinds of manufacture are watched with constant care and subjected to rigid restrictions, . . I would urgent ij recommend that this privilege 1>e withdrawn. . . If tho taw should be in changed as tn alina a drawback to v luegar maki rs for tl I t paid o the alcohol them in makins \ Inetcar tbe opportunities for fi i id he reduced to thc minimum." The ri port ihoa - thal the assessini ni In the Blab Territories, Including tate- assessed upon i ipilal and de]K>slts or banks and bankers?otbgi than national? amounted to 64,828,803. OPERATIONS Ot TUE UIST8. THE ANNUAL BEPORT OF THE DIRECTOR rei i urra or bullion?OTAKnARti sn vi n hoi i irs ? MIK IKADi: DOLLAR- - I "IVV'.I . vVajiiixotox, Kor. 4.?H. M. Burr-hard, Director of thc UlntJuM submitted i" Ihe Set n tai ?. oi Ibe Treasurj bia aaaual report, ebon big Ibe operatkms of tbe minis mid Msay ofltam, 'I bc receipts ol ^..iil bolboa fell oil', owing lo diminished g"M Imports, but thc rcceipi of diver bunton for ham and coinage slightly Increased. Thc total amount of enid snd silver received and op upon was 887.758,154, of which 818,145,556 wm gold, and838,618,585wm stiver. Thc coinage ol II eonstated of 88,666,834 ptecca, of tbe raine of 888,300, 708. Hie number of pieces struck wm gre..ter by iiimut 11,500,000 than in any other narai yen rim ? t . organi zaiioti of ihe Mint Bureau. Hearty all tbe gold coiiicd af San liam ism and Car-oii was lu double eagtosi at Philadelphia it wm chiefly iu cades and hair eagles. The total eoinagi ol gold wm 835,836,837. The raine of the sliver coinage UM |28,835(470, ol which 828,111,118 WM in .-landaid ail vcr dollars. Of tbs tatter, 816.641,118 were coined M Philadelphia and New-Orleans, aad 86,470,086 al Ban Francisco and Carson. A targe demand arose for dimes, ;ind 7,'.7.">.i lu pb rr- wi ie eon* d at lae mini In Phil ii i pliia. The dem,iud for iiiiimr (nins continued ulva ut. and 20,455,488 Bee-cent stoma and 10,467,419 mic cen' pieces V ere itrUCb .ind 1-sllcd. H.ns wi re made principally al New i of 626,318,807, of which 818,2684209 was rn gold, 1,602 in -live:, 'ic!.I har- wen i I h to the amount ot 85,173,865 at v eh -lphia. The amounl of bull? ion parted and -ri.'Imd amounti I 138 34 in | il i sn If ll 40 In .'..--',..; "reiun.11'i? .ii/..-. Tbe pureba i and receipt* bullion lit': 25,4112,180 nance . . ia 61 l' "? l ': ? : price um -l ll 8-18 per ounce. lill, i 1>IXAUK in -ll v . l: : . I vi:-. 1'inl r the provisions of tbe ad ol i?7- reipil Ins Ihe of 82,000 ? lilli- 'ii p r ? ? ? i ? rlthth - : I ? ibei Of till Hil'-, t , cess of tbe requirements for sil er ein I lemar!: ,tl :li Ihe ..... . . addition toni total ni 166,000,' m. 'I ?? Ul that i At tin ted to 128,111,118, malnlng In Ihe mini 643,301,380. Tor Hu- nippon ?.; the u.. ul ? 1 ..- ? : ,188, 0 12 a ' h ii amount -Ll.-- 377 wan led. 1 wm expended from thu appropriation pro I act :u! i li i'ii/1 ? ire of the standard silver dull -t -. The earnings of the mluti dnrins ibe j ' 'j-'-"'. The i, mit! et tin nnu il . anmtaslon aad thoM made monthly at tbs Mint Bureau show that the coinage . -'.iv rta* to 1 standard, with the exception ol the gold ectaagt ol tbe mini al Ni vv Orb ans. At the auuu il a--av one piece from thin mint wm louud iieih i.-tit in Oneness, Tbetnonthlj teato showed thal omeoftbi ftitnainoui delivery mini were imi tully up tn ii,., standard of fla required by law, and tue superintendent wai Instructed to withhold from clreul ition, for tbe purpose ol roci lill Ile ...I lu tm- il -ell ann nts malle at t|,e UlllltS Kee York under tbesnperlntendence ol the ll repreaeutatlves ol the Mint Bureau, slmv lt ll d III. I, ?' il limn . ;,-,,| ||,,,t ,,,{ imiiioii and > ol.wited lo Un ? tor, i ; , | Thc I ? umenda tb il Ibo coln of ti. linn.ii . od of'thc tim i ? ni nh kel pii ce t>. .ti?, ontlnued. been round loo small for ort ii.one irv nae and i- virtually out ofclrculi.n. The only or many years upon the minta tor thia coln bave hei ii for cabinet mleclniens or hy ji weller- mr oonversion Into i ? monal ornaments. Tbe three-ecnt nickel plei inver been ;i populai ? In snd the number in tin- Treasury baa remained largely ta excess ot the i for circulation, lt w:(s originally author Izedbj the .\et nf 1651 redndngthe rate ot idler post ,, . b 'i (cuts, in,,i a icivv the I'-ttet postage b onlj 2 i cir- th' BCCI ISItJ for 11 'iii.-e fn;- po li.',- purp.w no longer exists. The rep il ol the aei authorizing: tho .-? .ii tin- trade doflai I - ic ummi adi <L li i il,, ie ::i to be "ii lust Ice to permit tit lo be sent to tbi mints ami i \,ii n. ed for 'eh -. inti, which they could lie pruitt tidy recolued. The Director lu lice- Unit nu ivi-i- for the apprehension thal a Isrire number ol .v ported trade dollars would be returned to this ri.try, i for thoM sent to China bave been mell d oi Jlsappcarou rn Hu- Interior ol thal country. The production of iroM fur tbe rurrenl calendar year will probably be 8500,000 lesa than In 18?2, and that of silver at Ica-t 82,000,000greater, wblek will makefile production 032,000,000 gold and nrarlj 848,000,000 ?liver. The consumption of gold In the arts sud.un fiietui i- was fully equal to that in the previous rear, oi about 612.000,000, of which 67,000,000 waa domestic {iroductlon; the amount ol illver thus used was ale.nf tali a million dollars icu-, than last yoar.belng ?0,500,000, of which 16,000,000 wm domestic production, nu; TOTAL OOIJI i ii:, i i v imv, Tho Director estlmatos the total eota ebrculation of tbe United States Joly l wm 6783,000,000, of 17,000,008 wm |otd and This sat bu ate is baaed upon mi estimate of B185\O00/906 gold and 65,000,080 ':' 1878, to which ha- bom added onlj the net coin? age uud mt impoit - nf i din for the iii -t dx, and of ameri? can eota for the tastfoor years, with a deduction of tbe i-um.itu! amount of undepMlted kmertcan eota melted formaaafneturea, ihe tttlmate of the circulation ol United States coin oct..:.er l is |541,612,688 ol gold and 6235,381,623 rilvcr, The report contains inf..tm.item relative to the mone? tary HtiitMies ami tlmniei,ii affairs nr loreign countries. The production of gobi tn twenti countrtci la placed ai 6103,161,532, and of allvei 610d,440,5M6, showing ade i ot 84.000,000 in gobi ami an lui ma se ol 60,000,000 tn silver. The coinage or twenty-four eountrli 116,886 told and 8107,807852 silver. The paper and ?pi, ,?? circulation is given foi I uLl. li thc paper circulation is63,H32,820,00'J therohl circulation 63,333,433,000, and Ibe illver circulation 62,712,228,000. .1 SERMON TO CORNELL 81 [by ti.i tan tra ro rai mai m.. Ithaca, N. V.. Nov. A*?One of the fl acniiousevcr dclivcn'I .l'C.'oie th- Btudentsof ( Oaiventtj wm prsashed to daj by tbs Bev. Dr. Bearj A. Hutu, president nt Drew i baotegteal B antanrj. Xas m cour.-e was u eulogy uh the life ami Bhamotor Bf BL Paul, and wan au exposition of t'hristiaii ti ni h. The p: a earnest aasmel tn nat students totaritatetbe apostle and tauru tao height* and depths of the love ot lind. HI.-, remarks were listened tn With marked allen lion hy a large and appreciative audience. INDUSTRIAL FRANCE. BY ROBERT P. PORTER. MKMItlli: '.OF THE LAT! TARIFF COMMISSION. ll. COAL, IBOir, STEEL AND wool.I.i:ns. [mon a si 111m. oonnsarmman ot rna ramona.] I.ii.t.K, Department Noni, Fiance, Sept. 1 The iinnort.uit munufecturinn districts of 1'ranei follow closely tbe luce ceeJ-Jmlda. Ko lem timi twenty-five Department! produce coal,but two thirds of tbe totalannnnl prodactlon eomes lum: tin nm Hiern coal diatrlctaof tbe Nord and Pee de Calais and from tbe basin running southward through tin Departments of too Loire, Boone, Ardeche ant ti.iiil to the Gulf of Lyona In 1882 tbe productioi of coal ezeeeded thal of any former year, nearlj reaehtag 31,000,000 tone, being lem than half tin product -if Germany, rather over oue-onarter ol tlint of Hie United Slates, illili less lliati oiic-m-v .-ntl nf the (nial produet of (lu at Iii i! aili. The treal nortbern coal fields of France worn discovered bj chance in 1847, after many rein attempts ruined one seeker after another. The coal mines ol St. Etienne, which arc part of those of ?tbe great field ol france, were known m early aa tbi eleventh century, but nol worked to any extent until the Revolution. St Etienne is now a larg* town : tues are lil:uk. roads are bl* lr, men, womer and children are black; bul at nighl its furnaoi lites i.'ive it I lurid glow, Bltd S !? : tain pii : -,: ? te ,,. To the tn inc- nt st. 1 '.i lentil Prance owi 1 hoi t j i ? t ' ' i'll ami pov erful con own nearly nil the <ri-.it northern i >al fields. Foi in-linne, the Auxin Company works a coal pn pertj liin'.e than eighteen miles long and six brm einploj s l.i.uiMi mell. \ ulencionnes, in Ihe Depart' incut from which I write, once celebrated for lace i> dow one ni the principal coal low us ? region, wbile the i uti i rade tan - liaazclimnck and the neighboring village ol Bail len!. Ians, Suiiia'ii, Bethune nnd Donal are tin other coal centres nf Ibe north. France consume* lasl yearabunl 10,000,000 tonsn.coal than sin prodnci d. i ia very rich in iron mines, tbough il tool i prohibitory duty to induce I he people to dil for Hie ore. Brown hematites are found tolerably pun and free from phosphates j (patho* oren, red berna tilca and granular ores, Tbe oolitic ona an tra moat extensive in Ihe country, and the principia mmes in the Department of Meurthe el M These orea an also worked al Us i ej iii Saoneol laure fur the benefit of the Crensol Iron wmks. Ii 1MH2, 1,820,000 tons of iron on was oonsumed ii France, lu pel eui of winch waa iinp-ui.il fron tm, Germany, Spain, Italy and Algeria. Tia bron n hematite mine, an in many in oated in remote regions and a, yet an bul poorlj VV ll! kill. The iron manufacturing iii tricts of France an mt central Knglai d, though the Him imist Important ilistmis an i!u< Nord group, tin Loin and Rhone group nnd the Moselle group. '1 bi principal iron works of Ihe lii-t district lietige, Hantmont, Denain, Auxin and Marquise I he Loin and 1C1 ? - ?. i - - districl is the i I'l am c. ililli i i rn ta in-, the lilies! ami iim^t extensivi iron and steel works in the country -that of ( which luis hiul ii similar history dnring the praaent hall century i" tl.' bruted Krupp works ai Fssen. Fort] yeal I known, but to-day il is a busy place nf 30,000 in? habitants, nil ei mie establishment. Nen to the works of lien Ki npp Ihe < on by nm ' Works, near St. 1 'I .1 bi ? -I lin ? I : -- ' : ll i tm j.i >i i :i nt in ll 4 fill ? lt 1 nnd i ' lu 1 ? Tin re i- no i - I ami Lan gre* in given over mon to the hot lei grades. The : ire inaili in St. ' Lil i Fai is tin I lie manufacture ol gob ni nat 'aieli ibe French famous Puris. 1' ii v e nnd set cut \ thous* uti !???> -"> ? the ii i ind wal I dnstry is divided into distinct classes, each one n vvhii !i has it- he nliiuat i-t -.1' t bc neat of the manufai tore <.| I Ni, leila- d'Alicniioiit, neai Dieppe, makes pend ii trade. This Ind li, ii, ?? I empli u ami 10, - Ihe lii-p.n i un- ii i.i I lou hs. lu resin France bought hei watches of Switzerland, bul thu indus 1 at hume nut.I i lu- I rem li ii"'-' supply tlc- nation il try uf ti ; !?? of million fran ; mattel ol iii ipnte among Iii France find '. .,f wonllcns rn lull. v. bo floui i latter pal t of t hi ----- x ?-iil? ' nih ci ulm y, v. i'll 111.1.11 ni u;: .lu.th ; and material from Fugluud, On theothei hand, ii iB claimed that tbe woollen industry is not lieut iii Frani -? than in El [lal -I. lu,I- - ,i. . ?.:? claim (Frenchmen, no doubt) thal certain ci,,tl weavers at Paris first tanghl the English the arl Duet says that the woollen and linen iradi in Fiance as early as OOO. In IMI the French lent into the Low C.unnie, os milch ch.th i I Britain, and befon the Dutch and English gainei Hu Leva ul Iradi in vvmilli mi the From h and tuns bad it it bi probable that during Colbert' ti.Holland rnaile tbe superfine clothe ol Span isl wools, England tbe middling end coaraei kerseys - bays, etc., and Francs the staffa. The ob j, ,t of Colbert's policy wanto make Ti,me,- less iii pendent on the Dutch for tbe moat -costly cloths and thia he seems to hare attained, for tbe town which will be visited In tbe pTeeent atndy of In? dustrial France, as the centres ol the woollen in duatry, to-day, wen first brought into Importauci hy lim cm (Ulla;" iia ut gi VCD tho mamilu, tun is liv the (i-ivi mun ut iu Colbert's time. Then aro probably 175,000 people employed ii tbe woollen ami worsted Industry of France U00 OOO in Germany, itu,uno ju ii,,. Cnitoi -. and 1110,000 in Oreel Britain. I be value o: tbe fabrics prodnced reaebns $300,000,000 an imally, against 990,000,000 in Conni Chaptal'i time ? 1812). The i hi't' w nulli ii towns ba I iain e an Film-llf Seme I . Lout leis i uri Bedan (Ardennes). Elbcsuf is tbe Fronch Leeds hall ns i.n -(tit population and 20,000 pei tin- iiHiiu iliitie -, iciuity are weavers ami dj wa, (he ieulie ni the indnstrj in Colbert's day, bul tho n vocal ion ol tbe Edie) ol Nantes disperse* many of its industrious mi .,; , to Leyden, Vu willi;ami Leicester. Bu! the wise protective nolie] iptal ;u tin lu- iinn.ul' ul tim present cnntnrj nave the town a gnat Impulse, and to-daj tin workiug classes are well nfl uml Ihe town prosjioi ing, In 1040 a Frenchman obtained letters patent le making nf black am ? nlored MM.nl Holland " 'I lu sui ' ess of 1 l.,i :,]| expectation :iml seil ? Ince in eu noted for il and fnlled - In I th tunic pn well both in P >.-i, iiml, ? and tl lie. 'I I om -i t ;|, n Yorkshire, t tu ton nu in winch ii waa i -taiieil i.-tain to this day a pm,pcii>tii tratlo, tli'ii'ifli ii.l large* when compurod with the woollen and - rm ol England. In England, as I already Shown, the revers? was tho case, tobiatctl cloth Bradford of olden times eal not the Bradford el M-day i tba ance important woollen Industries nf Norfolk end of tbe southwest ero counties all migrated when tbe new order ni things began, end crystallized ta tba one rrmnetroni clntli region extending twenty miles around Den - bury. In France one iii nealon all j cornea eerom i town that baa fallen from its ancient proeperity, Foi instance, Chelona ear Marne once exported largely ? kimi of worsted cloth first made there, Of it Chaucer cen speaks! " And in lils nu eu rliamhrc hem in nie With u bciiiie abetes ami aita Cantons fain .- iprydde," This word waa afterward corrupted to "Shalloon," and Chelona ia now noted for champagne. This re minda me of another famoua town in tbe same De? partment Bbeima) which perhaps Americana may imt know ia to-day as much noted forittworated gooda aa for its champagne, its historical associa? tions or its magnificent cathedral. Hem fJfl.OOO pels,,ns an i iigiigisi in the wonted industry, and its annual product often nachos 418,000,000. Then, too, Vienna laen), which flourished before Indus? trial Lyons existed, and which w;is mentioned by gnat Casar himself, has to-day sunk to the little end of making low priced woollen goods tn compete with Huddersfield. Both lloubnir and the adjoin? ing town of Turcoing an celebrated for their u hosiery. At Croix, near Roubaix, a re enor? mous wool combibg establishments. Vain (1 irn) is noted for its -.eiees, while I mle ve, a town of but l-'.uuu inhabitants, has 7,000 ? lufabricat iug woo to sunn [round enuc over bs i the general localities of tho woollen trmle in France, '? I'.n unetii, ot Noni, l.uic. Ardennes, Keino lui. : ieuri', ] (Sni ni Marne an il. in vv lui ii the hulk nt I Ile III. I li tl lae t ill jim i, linne ; Nulli illili being especially noted for worsted ; S,,m- Inforiciire and Au!'un,, |,,| iluth: Calvados nnd Alano for spinning; Amie f<?r woollen drapery; Ison for mixed goods; HcTatilt for army clothj mid Bon ches du Khoiic for wool-washing ami carding, la these factories about H.ftOO.OOO spiudlee aracm ployed. In 1--1 i,\.i .--h.i.,000 worth of wool leu goods wen- exported from France; nnd while mulei Ibe judicious system of Protection the e\ i vain- lim invr the Inst decade nea ri) > ju.mimi.iiuii, tim imports of woollen [foods from England and othei countries nra declining, owing u> lin- great ndvunecs and Improvements ?- the Fn tu ii in 11ii-, branch of u i Hun; ki P. lu:.ii lt. DR.NEWM i \ <>.\ 0 i MBLEltS IND GAMBLING. ? vltl' nil' ABCII UAMBI I I BUl EKM gol l Mi: WOKS l "l Ul ?? i UR I" vu DY, "Gamblers and Gambling'1 was thc subject Rev. Dr John P in,,, ut tin- Madison ave. ( r.,in tiftli it and Madison ave, - |; -alli. ? ls rambling. This Nulli i n out of ; ia om n ,;. ire; bul ll rial il principle of property; lt violates thejnsl ' lcnis, mi wiiieli til i limmen ? .uni trude sre hasod; aad lt ls tn violation of all honorable ami manly labor, nod . iloed ii, ta to labor and tbs (tull "i ii hi p ?lon. Vou 1 ? gambler vmiis. Ho does tbe rb tb ii i' Un ruination of ?gor nm i tn ia] tii.it tin-univ fora of'gambling ts witb dice or cards same men gamble with capital, to nothing f--i tiie.v receive; Itu ts.f the powerol ,'tli at the eipeose nf ot hi re the ? ,.t tin- world rin u lhere Bre men ? bo .- w.tli the e ipltal ol othei . "onie men i iit,-n h 17 ml minis Intra (ted t-- them lu widow ? and orphans I would rather gol.ethe ? I | here as ii leroi Wall Mn et Jun .f men I would looner take my f||| street than from Kroudwa) ; I ? i i - from Hi il venerable Institution the ( ber ..f i I im ni thal I men ss hom ?i ami hu okei ?' nib, , in In bani i .-, ne n who expend till ll fall ni - pklmi i" depress mid - , |..| Icllatl-ui. Nv Ii.it nie Hie .I i ? : I I : these | , -.. ? -I Felix Ad ? '1 lht> lira! ler ! The li e - e tbe ? | . .i ol gnal of the i oecu renee ot new Ihe claim made upon th . a Chun ii l- ? nd w ill not ?inieil. ll - lit of tl IHiwer. Time was when lt spoke with' bal 1 brea! -. mi a ntion of ail. Prom I ot ' ?"'? ll Mu? ll , ie.,1 - I- Of tile Pl i to our i. ltd ? ' ' ? .-linen I I I ? nnd .n. ?? Proti ?' iiiU'm in in doctrine* li laid t-i li :i thc limits I -,f i,-ul maile Di : Un m Into ail'. ? iut>lan mcaul i j of the i il ld v- hell -il! 'li ses lire ri iii a thousand places; when the old n lintons nol only fall - . . n out |ii.i! Itudes ami n< i ? Inclal < ''Him il mean - thal iii, ihlvcrinj nf Mn- lu i ike tim (dare ol reit I ' loulsm-eitcil <i oil nea ,i ,1 v." ? IRREl IGlOy I IIINDR I w i. / I V)i HAY. ?ni ial Tan.n i.is" wore dlaciiKacd !-v tho gov. Ur. Rylance, rector of BL Mark's Church, last even lng. " M-i nv 'im ,," in- Kit.i, " an suggested for the social nnd pulu I' al ev il-nf Un- world; hut tbe men who hold these - nut found, nu further acquaintance, bi be men al deep wisdom Ikey la- u wii.it i.t coleridge calls 'Intellectual aeriousm ?-.' Y- i lt hi a sign of ad ,-anclng clvlllxation Uutl tbese queatloiu an raised. A BepnbUcan government has nut ret brought the King dom of Beaven down; for sneb a government is aerer mil. li alu ail n.' lin av I.il'.- eui,ill) lull llT the people wini appoint it* rulers, that bi Ihe reason ile people ?i imp. I, ., mair lol In nfth-e. The land distribution qui - lion bas not settled Uir problem, imr h.,s government , until,I ol fn tortes, 1 In- m,lin Munt- sri ? fnr tin- working in in tn work out bis own lalvathm. Ignorance and ric I,, i-h.ii,I'-h.ev '....il lu his way; the contempt for the in ni i irn i waa a bloch to social miv anea. Without tills ll tl tl- 'I. VVe ll,,pe III V.,Ill l',lrilli, dl'slll'll lill With li we might hope fnr much." ANSWERING HU: REV, DR. < ROSEY. Tho American Temperance Union held ii largo . ettng ai Cbii kerlng Hall yesterday Boon. Th- Rev. Wilbur P. Crafts in a half-hour ad du ? ipo! b of the i . lead to Intemperarn tbi Dctbodabj whkblta viii might be removed. John I nf tbi National Temperani e A In refuting Um statements recently made bj Ute Bi cm-liv concerning Um work of tbe association, said: MI do not know whether Dr. Groebj v.,. correctly re ported or not, but ir be waa, be must bave beea milln funned lu regard to the adah nf our society, li that much ni tbs in iib r p ibll bi d b traab and hi read only b) lum.unit people. Cm be be '-'nu mi et tia fact i bat every book and even pamphlet nd for publication bj the National Temperance -mi. lu. ??? con? sisting nf -niue ni ti,,, best-known clergymen ol i,,, k and Philadelphia before lt ls printed I" SERVICES IS MADISON SQUARE > IBDEN. A groat curtain of banting In stripes of tbe Ballona] colon parUthmcd og u part of Um Msdlaon Bqnan evening, ta tbo apace that woukl ac? commodate ?-? ? rora i. id been ral- d,.i mi aadli m. ofabonl i Ibu ind i.: .. red. A i bott "f ""l ; le their voices imind murna Un rartenoi ll .? bulldln . lin Kev. A. li PimpHoii, the ? list, mu,.,u;:mi tb ,, ,1,, Hippodrome v "i.I '?" M.,- wini . 0uid bold .-. - lhere sverj Bunda] ibrae tlaiea a dar. PULPIT THOUQHTTS. EXTRACTS FROM YESTERDAY'S SERMONS. THJE SUPREMACY OF CHRISTIAN LOVE. In his sermon yesterday forenoon Mr. Beecher said i " Tbe perfume of a broken vase bad been exhaling for nearly nineteen centuries. Tbe breaking of that vase was one of the scenes in tbe lifo of Chrbit, Tho woman could not preach, but somehow she must show the inten? sity of a bursting heart-love. It was n contrast between love aa a sentiment and love as a practical worker. The averago men round about bad no ooncoptlon of tho valuo of the deed. To Christ it was ono of love, having an ele? ment of helplessness which touched Ulm. Ho made the memory of mankind her monument. " To-day among the various forms of religious Influence there ls a dispute, for tbe first place. Intellectual oxortions an-highly esteemed. Religion under the form of knowl? edge is to -.mic Mn- highest type- He ts a sound Christian who ls sound In thc-faith, l'aul declared to the Corin? thians : ' I came not with excellency of speech or of v. l-l.mi, for I determined not to know anything among ran save Jesus Christ nnd Him crucified.' Ho who wrote tho great laeolofy nf faith In tho Now Tosta. mont says that heart-love ls tho centre of his system. BMne men think that tho asthotlo element in religion measures men. They say that preaching which slays the (moen's 1'nifllsh and displays no oratory may do for the v illgar, but not tor themselves. Thev do not make much Of the ointtnent.htit of the flask in which it ls. Bat fervor of soul la worth ten thousand graces, intellectual or a sthotle. The heart must rule men. ".-still more la there seal now to show lovn for good fn practical work, There ls in tho Church a great mov BUOat fnr organliafloa. lt is a gnni work vvhhh bo man ?bouid neglect, but when men maka it tba Index nf Christian Un they are at odds with Mn- heart of Qed?Christ r-oine men huco grand in tiv liles nf s.nii. They are not to ba ron Iff*"**** with r classes. BUB, the shapm sentiment of Urra shown by this peer woman, wh roby sho gained the highest commendation which perhaps ever carno from Christ's lip-, must stand as Um highest type, other fems of religions manifestations uro useful, but secondary. i hough l be so sealous thal I damn men who differ from nie la faith and be without love, it ls as nothing, ya, worse titan nothing, lt ls infernal. Christ's Baying aires consolation to the great nuOorfty of mankind, but some mourn tn Um twilight of meditation that they cannot do irrcit things, is lt beyond your power to bring ointment to Christi ff your mouth caa aol be eloquent, tnon in silence be eloquent before Oed. Many are rich toward themselves ...ni the wm ld; ali may in? ri ch toward dod." 'J Hi: BROTHERHOOD OF MAS. Tim nor. Dr. Parkhurst isidm bm sermon) "There are suggesUons In the matcri.ii world af nklud af mutual Interest and rympethy. Wt could beeeute very good theologians by Ustening to the Uttts roleea shout ns. Twi drops of dew, when put side by side, will try lo get together, i.i h u a mirror iii which the otic i is reflected. I. not Mn- bunrgaak world after nil organic l Karry nay change Mn- balaaos Bf trade. An earthquake In Bletlj makes ns look for hearings In Booth America. In the celestial universe eaeb plannt alaka Itt InittrH'i nilly In the great whole. Oravitym tbe material universe ls like love in the morai salvers*. The family ls (.nils little BepubUc Then- ht oas My, oas sorrow, ta a true household The spring son Uuwa oat the frost sad ie dewdrops free. Theta bj sttUataudr of winter la our-.-? lal world. Hume nf the ft, .f ha- !?? ea drawn out of oar family Urea some out of society, Then- isa snft eniagat Um edgea and a running out into Um common life. We ar,- learning tn love Bernes long intervals of bead a nd-ca. (-lavery has gone doWU limier UM Warmth Of th!? brother idea. Individual rixhts arc mn right* when they conflict with the Interests ut humanity at large. Christian ethics must solve political problems an weil. The final settlement nf ihe tariff question will be rn harmony with tali princi? pia ir a tariff on Imports does prosper one country at Mu-' \pen.f another, thu u ii must gu to thc wall. I do not sar ll does, but U lt does, f express bo opinion as regards the ie t. 1 have.?-. There ls much talk about the 'dang ru - are dangerous If oacb seeks Ita own regaidleas of tbe others. \ poor man ls nut duiigi rous if be hu., brotherly love In bis heart; m.r is i rn h m .11 lian-- rous if his charity keep paco w nh bli i must be drawn ont by brotherly In vc. vs inn men reaUse. through tbs grace of dod, thal they b< long to the human family, then will strife i e 'I VV- RELA IK'Ns VV I I II OOP. The Rev. Dr. William at Taylor preached oi llebl tl 13. " Him S Ith whom v..- have t,, ,|,>." ?? We li ive t'- da with I "Pint, In tl.pt I ' ?, i . , ll , t ? Um telegraph aad ? 'u ( Bipkiying Ui d. In the offer of Ui< '?? peL One method of em ? natural fort ? we ought to set rn I 0< tbi i "ri au lan 1'idon , Build. of tbs intu ? v. i am? ii a v ? do not understand, yet we do out propose to change the :i :,i fan- we make use of it. TbeUosi I .ulled lo Its (ijMTatluii. We ShOUld i tbi ??? i ondlUons bi rm, , ousenUug to - lt. If Vie .Hie.le to Mll'lll WC li,.ll CIllplOV ll as ?Mi Hy. Moth me regul iteit by lill' -uni- la .-? . .'ia- thc s.nne , cit.,: " rAin/.In tbe worlcsof Provldi " . ,,f u-1 have felt tho working of tim Unseen li i ? .ii of our own a i,atm il caul - lod w i- din ctn g it. Ike iiatiii. -up-i natural bi '.isl. ri h. In our dal Ij deeds. Al home, we bave aa erm present visitor, lion do we entertain Him ( The mer? chant has Christ ever standing over then ,:,-. Wemusl sell m. though vie Wile selling to the BOO Of God. Oil ruc il of us will i onie np to mei t mir duty to Ibe State, in thal we have a dutt to Christ. During tbe past week I bave received various circulars asking me to advocate lu Um pulpit to-day, the election of ibis or thai ? an, lld. ne. Hal '.vinni H.iat lo speak lor oue part) oi ihe other, I--,ali do lt In tts proper place, In the poll ,- ,i citizen. Htandlng la the pulpit I h.ue,, than to be the advocate ot any party, u/batevei preferences I univ have out of the pulpit, my duty I.-rc i- to tell i on tn ri member that in lb ? . ? ul ,.t , flt ii imd with whom you have to to" 'HU. < I N I RAL i'\< I IN history. The Rev. It Btorn preached from l. ike v\ ?? And th,- people stood behloldlng." em, tn. u,,n of tin- Bon of God l? the central -ipi. me fa-1 in the history nf the world. lu lt also culminated the most aiarellom Um orer lied. t..en no", the 'people sinai behobUug.' \mii- iu Jerusalem many who knew notblll ? al,nut lt. Some I, oked on w ith cxultatl.b ruo si tacleln their path was removed. li bi not Mn- cowardice ol Pilate, ll the sternness ol Um Kum,hi soldiers, it i not tbe ind!.':, leta.r the people, but the Hon of t hi. class that patna us. No om- among that throne ian In Christ's death on tbe eros Ination ffholelife; bo one saw bi lt Um most powerful tn ?trumcnt.tor victory. To us. however, these two huts ?taud out (har. He who was linnie perfect through ..in- forth cnn [Ui ring and to i.pier. "Hui h was iud until Ula power was reflected back from ll cavell thai Ells apostles even kneu Um meaning of the cross and Um gtorj of thai resurrection. Christianity sine* that time ha* found its pulpit at the itakeof the martyraudIn tbe dungeon ni the prisoner. Multitudes have exulted and mulliludes mi,Ul continue to exult in tim i mi of lUs death has i1 iwn all tue brightening laauea of the wm Id'i progress." Ul. viii PHYSICAL ami BPIRITO VI.. The Kev. Or. John R. Paxton's t,-vt waa Rom ms v IU, 01 ?What ls dentil I" u A boon of God," saki Swift, Wt Know death only by negatives; by what lt U not. We know men iii their live.-, in then occupations; but nae day tiny are gone, and then we know them not Seneca said that death was the best Invention of nature. But even Seneca bated to han subject of the invention, and lt gave him a pang to leave ht. 20,000,000 Meteroee behind, weoaa all talk about Death, and cali him hud ot pleasant names, but none likes to meet him face te face. Bal 1 imi lo apeak of spiritual death. A man without bu ear ls dead to sound. A niau without righi i- deni to all the beauties Of Color. So some men, although alive tn their lioili, s, mo dead Itt their aptrituat nature,. Many a min's environ? ment-, are limited to things of tuna. Bul then- is a spirit aal world w hhii ia part of out environment, and to ba carnally minded la to ba dead to ii- Beat.ta may deny ttml then i- anything bul thal which ? an be seen. Do not ba alarmed] thej ara simply dca i tn it \ deaf man cannot pm himself sa rapport with an Italian upi ra. Don't bc unset Med in v our faith because mme one who baan't tasted n* (oys denies Mint roch a Ulm-.- eau h.-. Pul yourself in ii mpathy with your -pliiiuai em Imminent v, bataoever, thing* are true, bonest,Just, lovi iv, ol good report, think ou these things Keep holy things lu mind aad tba Oed of peace Miall bo with von." CHRISTS OIFT OF LIFE. The Ber. Dr. Chariot it. u^^nttra delivered i -li - upon Christ's gift of eternal life. lu it lu- midi "The epicurean philosophy .said: 'Dum ririmm$, trasmue' (? While we Ure, let as Bve *). Brerj anut seeds only to lu-ht alone and ho will surely ?ii to ruin, (mr nano- la di.-onlered. whether we call it total depravity or ass Our souls are polluted bj sm. hfjjjJoniuuroi must give their bond ir they nish to borrow Bjmnej hadlglous len heis ale put iipnii nilli in inuit. Mu ira iiputi Ibu : principle thal thc HMS 1- a i ace ul -.colin,Iris. Tho worst enemy i-i in h.n I. ld-, lei;,nv min. Christ aral ern it', d by a race that read Horace's Odes and Vb I A k. en mind, a fi.id.lng Intellect, without lbs gi imd, only nukes :? mau ii ne devilish " Whcu Curial came tbs mee was dead , ai ruled fi om un Iron throne, ne came to restore our broken humanity to wholeness. Ile deal* with men, aa katini dist*, as individuals, not a? a race, The meroy aa well as the mystery 1-so mm h the greater that Ile con? descends to record each name. If the spirit of Christ bsa touched a mau'* heart he has begun to live. I look up ab the cross, and there I see my old account, dashed, worth? less, and kent only to show me tho greatness of my de? liverance. Every Christian has tim sumo privilege. How strange is the perversity of men that will not accept the Gospel i Weean understand how Esau lost his birthright, but not how ho could despise it." GRACE A UNIVERSAL PRESERVATIVE. The Kev. Mr. Talmage, at tho Tabernable, In Brooklyn, compared grace to salt, speaking from Christ's words,"Every sacrifice ls salted." Tho Bible, he said, bj a dictionary of the finest siinUes; but Christ usi-d no stale illustrations. The lilies in His sermon wore no pressed flowers, but dewey, fresh, plucked up from the grass. His birds were not stuffed specimens, but full of life; the fishes lu nis discourses were not dull about the gills, bul all wet and squirming in tho net, showing that they were Just hauled up out of the water. Po Christ lifts np n crystal of salt for n simile. Grace ls like salt; lt is the great preservative, and all men must have it. We do not want tue kind of religion that sits for throe hours on a tombstone, rending Hervey's medita? tions, nor that depends on a morbid state of the liver. When the grace of God triumphs in the earth, disease will bo banished, and a man 100 years old will simply say: 'lam tired, it ts time for me togo.' aad without a physical pang Heaven win hara him. QracewUldomc the body what lt now dues fnr the soul. Tho grace of nod ls the preservative of the Battons, sad the greater, like America aud England, arc those who most regard it." Till; PEKrECT LIFE. The Rev. Dr. E. B. Cue spoke nf the life which ls in Christ. He said: "What Un is na do not know, but we io know its manifestations Beens of these ure, <l> Iiitelli'.'em e ; which In the lower atthttllstl only Instinct but In man far above Unit, which om reason, analyse, cte. (fl.) KnowtedgBI especially knowled ,-? of the relations of life. This includes a knowledge of per* sons and a knowledge of tln-lr n lations to eaett Other, Also an aeon rate oonoonthw of mae's lins cud. ci.) per* feet freedom. There is in us a tendency to evil which binds us down. This must be broken before the highest possibilities cm I,,- reached, ii.' Energy. There must i?* un Impelling force or tho whaw world would bs a nure machine. ?? Tin- ideal life was exemplified In Christ's han. ? . its iii- was mu (iiiiy nu. world's greatest teacher but also its greatest man, And as we must become Uko Him if we would realize mir Ideal In Mil-life, io we moat start from Him to obtain a knowledge of the lite to ? MAI: I IX LUTHER'S Lill: A SD WORK. A LECTURE BY IHE REV. ROBERT COLLTER, mr EARLY DAT! Ol ru:: i:i.i oi:.Mi:it?uh r.viii ni* wu Bil associations. Thc Rer, Robert CoDjrer totaled [net ermina; nt the Church of the Messiah, at Pa rt-.iv. and Thirty, fourth st., ni th.- curly life of Martin Luther. " In a leiv days," he said, "many thous.md- of panuni In Saxony will ba celebrating the four hundredth anniversary ti BM Of the greatest men that ev i r lived. And not only Mi., but throughout the world, a kindled feeling of Joy will ba r it Theta to nothing asora aaaattsMa than tho sfndy al I he youth nf pani men. It ls like watching thu trickling mountain rl'l speeding on Its way, etilai.'ing as ll goes, until ll swells into the uiagnlllcent river, (sometimes tua rill gives no Indication of its future development, bul more frecjuently u gotta II may be said without di.spura.'iv inent, that then- was little or anv thing In the Ohthfhesd of Martin Luther indicative of Ihe Mighty work to vvhieli he was called. He could novar hare dri aineil Mi it four centuries after his death we should ba abb- to tey, ami iii say it with all our hearts, th it, hut for him, we should have no rehgtott as we have lt uow. Luther was this foriv runner nf tho mighty host of prophets and teachers that during those ages have fought for God, >vt st.imliug Han saul among his tranttymnn, htad and shenldttBianora them all. We therefore ought to feel grateful to Luther f.,r fi ,c,lom?mental freOdttBS, UM grandest "f all freedom. " In the dull little t"Wti of Lish-ben. lu the wild brest mountain- of Thuriagta, the Kefonm-rSttWCatt light, oa Kerember io. 1I8S, De nj ii ' Hy hither ams a peasant, so was his tolbarbefon Um.1 Be bad hardy MnTtoj him. Bena Lather, hie mther, appears to have been a Ino obi - ,'iiethliig like our stern Puritans : OM In whom thtt of rlghteOttSM N was rtrong. but tiiiinixisi with any softer mool. It ls certain that while M awed much to their training, their severity stifled al! Ute enthusiasm oribis nature. Uiimol i good, commonplace w.unati. whoas ideas rei olved ai I a small mental pivot, seems te have been soim-thl n Tartar, too. f"r sh.- whipped young Martin nu ihi i when he was only Mx years old, fa h ?? I nut. M.mm s,?,n found that be was 1 rutting ;ii,d thal In- thirst fol'know -? > mitUtied in the dull llttb- mountain he iel out to work his way to the Cnlverslty. ilnglug ? i tupper many a time in vain, lt was while hi was "lug? ing in- ai'..- one night in the dal t was opened aud the kindly voice ol i i i |, ale him wi li nine. <-o,l had ki ? promise to bim. Thy bread shall lie given thei r From thal d ,?? he ui vi r wanti ?? He entered tbe Cul vi i th In 1501 an gan to study btw, but while walking through a favorite rrieud was struck -I -.ul b) lightning at bis and he fi ll li w.is a fl I : .i .1 f 17,1.105. ".lil un Luthi i ? . - much ?!;-: I at Ibo step, and when Martin pleadc.l.ht* call froi I,, replied, ' Uod also sal I hourn tin sud mother.' All through bis life he took ... i ireh, not m dogmas. not In dis I ii ni prayer; hut In Oed. lt was while iu the I i monastery, in that lowly celt which -> many tho ( bave vi-iiid duce, that he underwent tbat ?( rn I Hue wh-cii was ie,,--.ni to train lum ? his work. The inoruingof Truth w;is tu > it, r ni chi '-: V'li mn.', li' v i learn liv ilow pi,-,?,--,?- the fullmeanlugol - word which was henceforth to he motor ol his ? lin I ami .Me- source ol lu- unbounded ,-n.i. ? lust shall live by faith.' - Tue begtanmg of bi- might < ll,Ind had iiia-p..l the liuipli liospel, itl-li, - i from the --.av. of sgi . a lieu ll .un - urmtug lu- own life, aud destined also to i lan ape .uni tin- wm ;,i." -? WHAT BR0UGU1 ABOUT THE STRUGGLE. v SERMON UV lill Hiv. DR. WILLIAM STKPIII'NSOlf, The Rev. Dr. William Stephenson preached w .i rnum upon the iife of Martin Lather ! i-t - v enlng al the 1're-iivt, lian i l.iiii li :it Ma-ll-ui-iivc. and Tvv li? ly ninth st. lie dwelt ui",ii the l Uh-r .vii--n in- dis, o ? .n -- power ie' t-i te ta:. fhrtst, ami di dared that he bet ame a aew awn ta m thal late. ? Ul bis previous monkish Ufe tn nritteuberi i naught, though he mast bave been a man of good i i imong his fellow clericals even before the awaken! f Bul from tin- Hms thal be Deeann I ? Martin Luther when the world knows. Ra lld not at once en how this doctrine of faith apon ubi u hs had east himself hod) and ural waa thorough!; |>.HU,le v. iib Mn-sv stem of the church of vilu. h lu - , nu nilur. Winn, however, be trod the m.iiMe lt- ( the Vatican, and looked upon the force of tbe |,niiee of the Medici family who w ,s the s,,\,, , Pontiff of all Christendom, and when this Pontid iu tba adornments of his pagau structures wanted mun tl >s to k fl Indulgence* lu nil tbi I.mope not univ for -in- committed, but for I might in committed in future times, th.- blood ol I was aroused, tte proclaimed, when these Indul \ wi re offered In his ow n church, tun they wei mockery, and that men's sin* could not be pardoi d i>v such trash. Prom iliat moment the posltton ol Lather wus dclllicd." Hpeaklnx of Martin Luther's long life of conti I a Mu- papacy be described the assembly al Worm ur,uni ne. the power and the Intellect arrayed against Luther, that valiant blt of humanit; standbigbj hi i-t vim: out ?? Here stand I, Oed help bm. f eau do bu uther." Neither prayers, threats nor cm,id bribes ehaiure lu- itcadfastneM aud thc Kcforniutlou dated (rom thal hour. ?? A LECTURE IN BROOKLYN. The Kev. J, w. Chadwick lectured list t\i n? inc In the S. corni Unit;ii lan Church. Brooklyn, tn a i aiiiiiein c upon ?? Luther and in- 11 ? molina rios the great issue. The Rev. Merritt Hulbtird, poator el tho wusJungtaa Bqaan Meih.-di-t Erdscopal Ohnrehi preached hist eveataga sennan bs whiah he adm ai sd thc prohibition of the sale of uito\ii itiiu drinks as a measure that div.nb il all others iu the preaeut pa I oampslgn. The wi;.inc oat of the rum trudie, h would help the workiul' classes as weil ns manum turem lunn thaii nii> tariff legislation ; would reduce tai more than by any other means, and would put anoudto the Ui ast terrible of monopolies, the rum Mari,,, which vv is like a devlltlsh willi ns tentacles clutching IhO ? utry. A HISI8TER ORDAINED. In the chapel ?>i Calvary Baptigt Church, itt Wist I ift_isei(nth st. thc Kev I:. \\. (ekes \i i- or dallied 1.isl evening alni BdU Start tttdaj w iib lu. hUttitf ta take charge of a saudi congregation al ruebto. CWer ado. The Bev. Robert B. MaeArthar pre ched I nation sermon ; tho Ki v. J. lt. Tali, rt mail, i! , ? ad,ni prayer; Professor Norman Poi and the Ko. Ur. Moorhouse laid the banda on tbe bead ol Mn- caudidst*. The charge was delivered by the Rev. IL M - ? ??rs, snd Mic hand of fellowship waa extemiedbj the Kev. Dr. \r tnltage, Ibe candidate oronouuclug the beundicUou The Kev. Mr. Oakes waa born and educated tn [maand for a Civil engineer, lor lae la-i year he h ut i.a la i barga of the How cry Mission of the Young Men's Loris! m v" noel,dion. .1 LEAF INTO ill. Iii BE. A nrmtlj dicggcd wotton about thiriy-llv* years old pal,I h,r fan- at the I'liri-tophet si. stdioiiuf Mu- Hoboken 1', ri> sim th aftttt 7 .I'cloi-k baw nt^ht. ml IttOb a seat on Me- front dock of Mic boat. V'li.-i: UM Bttttl had reached odd Un un tbs woman spraagte hei f-ct, lind cnslii if oil ile ? bawl mid a pock'-l hook she sin,nut overboard. I'he boat wa* stopped aud a rone aaa luug lo bel hut -ii.- refused to grasp it aadsaah. li ,,il and t?. ket-lKMik were tal.cn t,. the Nu:'" rr*; CiOOl --t.ilti.il. \s I.- ii ii .slip of paper was found In tatt hillel i.inie of MaUn'Mody. Thc wowan* bodi ^ ?*-?' ant noorama*.