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ABILENE, DICKINSON COUNTY, KANSAS, ATJG-TJST 20, 1891.
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SOCIETY CALENDAR
FKATEUNAL AID ASSOCIATION.
Orescent Council, No. 10, K. A. A. Meets
tho first and third Monday nights of each
montli in O'icl Follows' hall. M. 1. Shearer,
president; T. F. Smith, secretary.
tiUAKD ABMY OF THE KEPUVLIO.
Ablleuo Poet No. et Meyts at the court
tuusu tho second und fourth Monday oven
ngs of each month. All comrades am in
mod to mi-oi with ui. W. L. Alllso , 1. C;
A.S Davidnon, Adjutant. jefli-ly
Woman's Keliof Corpfl,No.6S Meetsalteruatc
ruesdaraftercoonsat3 o'clock In tbecltyhall.
Mrs. Alice Reeds, president; Mrs.Slnry A'atil;
secretary.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Damon Lodge No. 6 Meets every Wednes
day evening, corner sooond and 1! road way.
Visiting brothers cordially invited. O. S.
Cniwford. C. C-; A. E. Cooper, K.of R. & S..
A.O.TJ.W.
Abilene Lodge, No. 03- Meets every' llurs
day evening in Odd Follows hall. Join'
Hermann, M. W.; ltiobard Waring, record
or. I. O. O. F.
Western Homo Lodge. 1. O. O. r. No. 63
Meets every Tuesday evening in Odd Follows'
hall. Officers: Noble Grand, -L. Lipps,
Secretary. F. V. Close. Visiting brethren
lordially welcome. .
MASONIC
Abilene Commandcry No. 25, K.T. Meets in
Masonic hall on the flret and third Thursdays ot
each month. W. G. Cowles, E. C. S. 8. Miiitli,
Recorder. lii
Cyrus Chapter, No. 25, It. A. M. Meets in Ma
ionic hall on the second and fourth Fridays of
jach month. O. L. Moore, H. P. J. L. Worlcy
Secretary.
DIKJhGUTOfl
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fhs following business firms o the con
fidence and patronage of the p -.blic-
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
4.BILEKE KANSAS.
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ATTORFEY AT LAW.
J2T Office upstairs, Abilene Bank
uilding. liirS-d&c
H. B. STONER,
AUCTIONEER,
Sales Cried at Reasonable llates.
Farm Sales a Specialty.
Appointment Book for date of enlcs will
bo round at l'rilllmrt Plain's, on JtruJdwiiy,
where all desiring his services may leave no
tion. Postonicoaddrtss Abilene. Kas. 3l-ly
8.5TEELSWITH,M.D.,
Sirpon, Bynecologlst and Oculist.
practice limited to Surgery, Surgical
diseases Diseases cr Women and tis
tiasas of the Eye.
yyp-ctn ABILENE KAS
F. J. BOUTIN, M. D.,
Hemeopaihic PhysieiSr Surges
(Succossorto Dr. VanScojoc, with bsmo
olllco and residence, cor. 4th und S pruco Sis.
Abilene, Kantns.)
MEspcUal attention to obstetrics, the
treatment of rlii.orea mid dU'.iisi-s ot
jrrtiuen.- All C11II3 attended promptly.
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ABILI.NE, KANSAS.
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GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
Ljives special attention to Collec
tions, buys apd sells Foreign "
anil Pomcstic Exchauge.
Negotiates Mortgage Loans
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Russell Lowoll Pays
Debt of Nature.
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HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO LITERATURE.
rrofessor of ItcIIc.i Lett res in Harvard
University American Minister to Spain
anil England Given Kngllsh
Degrees.
Uostox, irass., Aug: 13. James Rus
sell Lowell died at 2:10 o'clock yesterday
morning: His death was caused by an
affection of the liver together with
other ailments incidcutal to his ad
vanced age.
Mr. Lowell passed away at his home,
Elmwood, in Cambridge, where he was
born. Almost to the last he was a
hard, although erratic, worker. He
had not been seen as often in society
lately as formerly, but up to five years
ngo he seemed in robust health.
JUOGKArillCAI.
James Umsell Lowell wis born lu Cam
bridge, Mass.. February 22, 1819. Tho poet
was descended from an English family who
settled in New England in tiio year of K3L
Ills gramUathor was made a Judpc by "Wash
ington after having assisted in framing tho
constitution of Massachusetts in 17S0. lie
moved the insertion In the bill of rights of
that statu of the clause that "Ail men are
born froo and equal," and earned great emi
nence as a lawyer. The family of tho
Lowells gave itsnamo to the city ot Lowell
and has given merchants, manufacturers,
authors, preachers, lawyers, scholars, phi
lanthropists and statesmen of the 1'ay state.
The deceased was the sou of Charles Low
ell, and in genius and character was tlic
hereditary roprcscntntive of tho heart and
brains that founded New Engl ind. lie was
s:
r-r--K ?'S
a-ja. .w"
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.jamks itussRi.i. i,owEi.r,
tho youngo-$ of Jive children. From both
parents wcro transmitted high intelligence. !
sound principles and right Ideal, but the '
poetlo and Imaginative faculty came from
the mother. Hia birthplace was tho old '
tory mansion now c. led "Klmwood." a ,
largi three story square, wooden bone in ;
moeariy colonial siji-. siiuatcu in spacious
nnd pines planted by his father, with an
outlook on tin Charles rivtr. Lowell was j
fitted for college by William Wells rhd w:i- '
tlie-bcninr ot the linn Ili-iVpbUed iffe
sdflc? of Voffs t Lilly classics. ' Ho entered, i
llarvnnl In ))ls sixteenth year and r-
graduated. In 1SH. iis llrst pnblls'.iod ,
literary prodnolioii, uulus probably somo i
poems of 'HarvtirdiRna," whlpltlioodltLHl In ,
J507-8. wan nis not -u class poem composed '
under peculiar circumstuncos.
Ltn s I'linr '
of writing it the collegiate s nlor
was undergoing a brief period
of rustication at Concord, In consequence of
Inattention to Irs text booVs. II ts fo co 1
sojourn in this Arradia ot .scholarship and
rolorm I rought him Into relationship with
the trans endcntall't who In th it 'day
were In lie (tabit of gth-T.ng at Mio horao
of Lineison. vl(ii wijuUi 'rou biican fhafc
rriendli p wli'l h.'do-.pfto the playful s illlcs
of the younger poet In hU earlier wiltlngs,
only terminated Witn the death of the c d r.
The young satirist saw tho humor, us
side of the social movements o the
day, and the cln rein, selptillat
Ti-l -uiih-wlt. r.ftiicke'l tllo abol.tIonIis'
CUrlyic," Kmerson and transcondentaltsts.
In the law school of Haryard towel tncejved
iljc tlptrrcc ff I.J. 15. and was, admitted to the
bar .n Ibid The only record of thc pract ce
o his profession Is f.und In a story entif.ct
-,My F.rst Client," pub Mied In the n,o:pu
illrDOliHny. Ucnccfotth hr gave himself in-
tlrely to literature. n 13H a volume of
poems written under the Influence of uffoc
tton tor u woman q gen:us lybo beoamo Ills
wife. r s publishod under the title of A
Year's Life."
Tho volume was never riuaulUh'"1 "
th vwii "-- ' , .. ot
...j ,.-uu only a small part havo
been deem d worthy of reprinting by tho
author. His marriage to the -mnir,a ho
Iiisplrtnl these poems took place In I SSI.
Maria While was an ardent abolitionist, and
no doubt her influence resisted In turning
his thoaglits to the serious side ot that
causo to which he rendered immortal
service.
To understand Lowell's eliaractir it is
necessary to r-moinbrr that he was not only
a poet, a scholar and n humorist, but always
a conscrvntive nnd a critic 'So man was
more thoroughly Imbued than ho with thc
fundam'-nt ! principles of American democ
racya drmocrnc;- without demagOgism; no
man more Jea'ons li ,n heot theuntarnlshod.
rcputat on or Am?ri a In politics ana litera
ture: no man more quick to sec any depart
ure from the hlvh ideal of thc republic and
his flaming pen was turned to attack what
ever assailed this Ideal at ono tlmeslv
cry, at nnothcr time vicious political
methods threatening tho purity of demo-"
cratlc sosiety Ills radicalism was always
conservative, his criticism always construc
tive Lowell and his wife wore regular con
tributors to th- Liberty Hell, and bis name
appearod In 1SIJ in 'he Anti-Slavery Stand
ard as correspond. ng dito--. In thlg papfr
from 1813 to lsl his poems during that period
mostly appeared. Later thc Boston Courier,
was the vehlolc of his productions, and In
Its c6 umfas tho first series ot tho "Blglow
Paperb"rs g ven to tho public, beginnintp
In the issue for June, W6, and ending JnlSlVf
It coaslstcd ot a scries of noems In the
-m-t "--. J.cij?,u jf uy llus-aDlUH,
?ot,
and edited with an introduction, n
glossary, 'hides and "Notices of Anindi
pendent Press," by -II ilmrr Wither, A. M.,
pastor ot th" first church In Jaalam, and
prosp ctiv member of any literary. learned
and scientific ocIet t-s." In the main It was
a satire on slavery aad tho Mexican war,
But thorawas scarcely any cant, hypocrisy
or eaar.sa In politics, tho pn'pit aud the
UMfithar -was not htt by It.
3o5ril
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hrri -it
lu 1M3 he nndi-r'ooK tnc editing- ot tne
Pioneer, a IItur..ry and critical magazine.
Only three numbers wen published, the
venture failing tlirou-ili financial disaster to
the pubislicrs. In tills magazine was begun
a series of essays on the poets and dramat
ists, which afterward formed tao material
for "Conversations With Some of the Old
Poets." In l8l came mi vo'iime of verse
containlngA Lcgi-nd ot Brittany," with thirty-three
miscellaneous poeu.s and thirty
eeven sonnets. Thcsu wcro followed
in 1313 by "The Vision of Sir Liun
fal," one of the mot cxquiMtc
productions of h's genius, u poem founded
on tho legend of the Holy Until, which Is
said to have been composed in a sort ot
frenzy in about forty-ciKht hours, during
which the poet scarcnly ate or slept.
The "Conversations of the Poets" was
Lo well's first work in literary criticism and
u as the basis of his lectures before the Lowell
Institute In IS 4-5 and or his lccturos in Har
vard univcrsi y during his professorship of
modern languages and bi-Uci lettrej. A
third volume ot poems containing many
new anti-slavery pieces was publish nl in 1S19
and the same year w.is brouslit out anony
mously tho "Fable forCri.ics." In IS .9 a col
lected edition of h s poems was published,
tho "Iliglow Papers" and "A Yeur's Lif" be
ing omitted
In 157" Mr Ixiwell was appointed l.y Presi
dent Hayes to the Spauis 1 mission, from
hic'i he was tran-fcrrcd to the court of St.
James.
In Jiuiuarv. IB 3. Lowe'I was appointed
profosor of modern 1 mguages and belles
Itttrrs in Harvard university.
In 183 Low ell was deputed as nibiNtcr to
England and, until recalled by President
Cleveland, he was our representative at St.
James.
Lowell's lirst wl'o died in 1S3.1. Ho married
a second time in 1S37 Miss Dunlap, of Port
land .Ma, and i ho die J in 1SS". The Engllsa
conferred various honors upon LnnelL Ho
was given decrees by both Oxford and Cam
bridge and was elected rector of the Univer
sity of fct. Andrews.
POWDER MILL GONE.
Terrific I'xpltislnn, Causing the Death ol
hcvenil Workmen.
Huxttxgton-, W. Va., Aug. 15. Yes
terday morning about S:'!0 o'clock, the
powder factory in the Ohio river at
Kellogg, V. Va, four miles below
Huntington, blew" up from some un
known cause. The explosion wa-. in
the glazing mill buildiug which was
about wonty-fivc feet square and two
stories high. There were about two
tons of powder in it The main mill
building and in which great quantities
of powder are stored was no.t affected.
Tho noise of the explosion was heard
twenty-five miles away and its force
was so great as to literally annihilate
the building. Pieces of timber were
thrown across the river in Ohio. A
piece of iron weighing over a ton was
picked up and tossed through the air
300 . yards and buried deep in the
ground,
Workmen were lust going to work in
the large mill but had not yet entered
it In the glazing mill at the lime of
the explosion were two workmen, John
Uaylcss and Timothy Cooncy.
Only unrecognizable fragments of
their bodies can be found, and two
buckets full of shreds of human flesh
have been gathered,.
Cioorfo Wells, who was in a house
300 yards away, had his sljull broken
by a fragment of iron which whirled
through the window of the house. He
is in a dying condition. D. M. Parks,
Charles Knowly -and .John, Slauster,
workmen in the big mill, who were
standing 400 yards away, were terribly
injured by flying missiles that black
ened the air. A few others arc slightly
What caused the explosion no one is.
living that can tell. Jloro than 1,000
people have bcon drawn by curiosity
to the scene. Archie Livingston, the
superintendent, was standing right by
.. . ,..,, -f . , , am.
thc mlU when a was blown to atoms
and ho escaped unscathed Thc family
of. John "W. Haylcys, one of tho victims.
is inconsolable. One of Ills daughters
is at the point of death from grief."
WeSTERN KANSAS.
udgeltotkbi tinlhusinttloOvcr tho Pros
pect. Topeka, Kan., Aug. 13. Judge Theo
tlosius Ilotkin, of Arkalon, and a num
ber of other citizens of western Kan-
R-l wlirt nrp in 41in "tv- nrt olici.
astc with regard to the condition of
agriculture in that part of the state.
In some parts of central and northern
Kansas the rainfall, though not serious
ly deficient, has not been so abundant
as the. 'farmers would have it, but in the
wes and southwest tho rains have
frequent and copious.
Judge Botkin says that in Haskell
county careful estimates have been
made and it is believed that there will
be 150,000 bushels of. wheat to go upon
the tnar kei'afler the1 necessary quantity
for bread and seed "has, boon reserved.
At present prices this will discharge the
last dollar of mortgage indebtedness in
"---" "uy, icuviujr ii-c uouuiirui
Patoorn, barley and other crops to cre-
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ate a surplus fund
parts of the state, and their tendency
is greatly to encourage and enliven
business men.
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. u, iinmacnlate Itlucks.
ATcnisox, Kan., Aug. 13. A colore
lOtige, tne uruer qi jmmucumies, is
holuini? a convention in Atchison. An ',
election of officers was held, which re
sulted as follows: C. J. Johnson, gen
eral master, Topeka; E. S. Snelling,
deputy grand master, Memphis, Tcnn.;
T. "IL Traynor, grand treasurer, Mem
phis; G. B. Turbin, grand financial sec
retary, Topeka; R. A. Dareth, grand
recording secretary, Memphis; Elijah
Green, assistant grand recording secre
tary, Atchison; W. L. Hudspeth, grand
marshal, Valley Falls; William Wat
hall, grand messenger, Hiawatha; W.
A. Wade, grand herald, Oklahoma City;
George Richardson, outside guard, To
peka; William Davis, inside guard,
Memphis; L. Smith, grand national
'deputy, Topeka.
, - A People's rfrgan.
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 15. Tho project
of the people's party to establish a
daily newspaper as. an organ in Topeka
took definite shape when the charter of
the People's Publishing Co. was filed
.with the secretary of state. The
.charter states that the company is
.formed to publish a daily and weekly
-nowsnaner in Toneka. The canital
.,S$ock is 530,000, all of which is said to
rectors are: E. H. Snow, state printer
Walter M. AHen, S. McLallin, editor of
the Advocate, G. F. Kimball, of Paola,
and Noah Allen, of Wichita. Levi
Dumbauld, chairman of the people's
Tjartr state central committee, is one of
tnc-sTOckBoIders.
FAMINE FEARS;
Tho Alarm in Germany Causod By
thoUkaso.
INDIAN CORN FOR A SUBSTITUTE.
Unless Weather Itrightcns in Europe Amer
ica Wilt Ho the Only Country on
Which to Itcly For Bread
stuffs. LoxDorr, Aug. II. The Times corre
spondent at St Petersburg says that it
U declared in well informed circles
that thc prohibition of rye exports was
not -warranted by thc condition of
crops, and that the cause was a politi
cal move against Germany and Austria.
International stocks generally arc de
pressed by the Mohurago failure at
Trieste and thc stoppage of Russian
rye exports. Some fears are expressed
that short crop3 will cause domestic
discontent in Russia, which will lead to
a counteracting policy of foreign ag
gression. Cereals are firm in Liver
pool. Maize is expected to further ad
vance, being in demand as a substitute
for rye on thc continent
There has been a change in thc tone
of German papers toward thc United
States since the Russian ukase regard
ing rye exports. Thc writers now look
to tile United States for relief, not only
lor the present but in tho future.
Rut
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prevent prolonged distress.
A Uerlin dispatch says thc news from
eastern Prussia is of thc gloomiest kind.
The people there have just becomo
aware of the Russian prohibition of rye
exports nnd they regard it as almost a
death sentence. Those near thc frontier
have been depending on rye purchased
in small quantities across the boundary
in Russia. The Russian ofiicials now
refuse to let even a pound of grain go
over the line and have threatened with
imprisonment any person caught sell
ing or any German found on Russian
soil with grain bought there, j
The scenes described ace heartrend
ing and numerous applications have
been made to the local authorities for
relief. These applications, are fast
consuming the money devoted to the
sustenance of the poor and there is
some talk of petitioning the Prussian
government to issue army rations to
the people. It is believed that Chan
cellor Von Caprivi will adopt this
course rather than repeal- thc corn
duties. t
In tho manufacturing centers, es
pecially Chemnitz, Plauen and Grciz, '
tho distress is' increasing, fullness of "
trade being combined with$igk prices '
of provisions. Rye bread is-the staple '
of tho poorer classes and any increase '
of the already high prices means starvr
ation.
If here Is a strong desire in tho manu
facturing districts to emigrate to
America hut fow of thc people are well .
enough off to do so. Among tho peas- '
antry tho general feeling is of pathetic
despair. Prevalent distress in Ger- '
many reacts on the Jewish refugees
and even on the border they are being
turned back unless absolutely equipped
with funds to take care of themselves. '
Thc majority of the refugees arc with
out money and therefore are not per
mitted to enter Germany.
Thc Trieste failure and the Russian
ukase together have oppressed most in
ternational stocks. It is feared, that
t,hc failure of tho crops in Russia will
give rise to popular disaffection, from
which tho Russian government is not
unlikely to endeavor to distract public
attention by a policy of foreign com
plications or aggression, xncro is an
......... m. aaaa i,.,. UK., mammas
on fin utook exchange and even the
American securities yesterday faded
to attract the attention of buyers. The
Russian ukase caused a hardening of
the prices of cereals m -.iverpooL Ryo
1 .l lAnlinn rt n . .inn.u.1. r-T ". .!
is pot much dealt in in England as com
pared with the husiness in that com
modity on tho continent but its ab
sence causes Indian maize to be in re
quest and for that Liverpool is one of
tho chief European markets, hence, a
further advance in make Is eineeted.
lijQ.Vas risen S slHllingsin Amster
dam ftnd both thoro and In Berlin it is
decidedly dearer than wheat On an
average Uermany imports 3,500,00Q
quarters Italy, 50,00(1 quarters and Nor- !
way, 500,000 quarters. Ko country can
supply this loss. America is able to sup-J
ly only 1,000, 000, therefore the loss must '
bo replaced by wheat Much now de- i
pends" upon the next fortnight's weaker '
in Europe. If 5 weather turns
out Dad America will Ve in a 1103' tipu to.
control the market Alarm is already
felt fcere "owing to a report that Amer
ican farmers are mortgaging their crops
in order to hold wheat back: On the
other hand fine weather in Europe,
with the immense purchases already
made in America for shipment to Ear
6pp during tho 'coming three months,
would quite alter the situation and
wheat operators prospects.
Overcome lty Choke Damp.
Galena, Kan., Aug. 15. Clyde Cupp,
engaged In mining on thc Ohio lead
and zinc company's land, went into his.
shaft When about twenty feet from
thc top he was overcome with choke
damp, fell to the bottom and was in
stantly killed. MiteheU Picket and
Kinkade went down to . get Cupp and
they also were taken out apparently
lifeless, but were resuscitated after a
few hours.
Answered the Description.
Newcastle, Pa., Aug. 14. A man
giving the name of Edward Logan of
Cleveland was arrested while attempt
ing to enter a rear room of the First
national bank. He answers the de
scription of the burglar and ,mnrderer
wno recently robbed the bank at Co
Iambus -Grove, O., after shooting' tho
cashier and a fanner, the latter fatally.
Work Itesumcd.
Chicago, Aug. . Work was re
sumed in the mines and minings Tiortt
cnltnrc, electricity and transportation
bnildingS yesterday sd!i?- the
others is to be ra-ua ttdfeiweaing'.
DEATH OF MRS. POLK.
Tho Agrd Widow of President James K.
Folk PnascK Away.
Nashville, Tcnn., Aug. 15. Sur
rounded by a few loving fiicndsand
relatives, Mrs. James IC Polk, relict of
thc tenth president of thc United States,
died at 7:50 o'clock yesterday morn
ing, peacefully and quietly; in the
full possession of her natural faculties.
Mrs. Polk was in perfect health until
last Wednesday evening, when on re
turning from a short drive she was
taken suddenly ilL She never rallied.
Had she lived until September 4,
next she would have- been eighteen
years beyond the allotted time of three
score and ten. Thc cause of her death
was simply exhaustion resulting from
old age
Thc bells throughout the city wcro
tolled when thc news of her death be
came known, and words of sympathy
and regret were heard from the people.
As yet no arrangements regarding'
the intcrmcnt.havc been made.
Mrs. Polk was, before her marri age,
Miss Sarah Childress. She was born
near Murfrccsboro, Rutherford county,
Tcnn., September 4, 1S0', and was thc
daughter of Joel and Elizabeth Child
ress. Her father, a farmer in easy cir
cumstances, sent her to the Moravian
institute at Salem, N. C., where she
was educated On returning home she
married Mr. 'Polk, who was then a
member of thc legislature of Tennessee.
The following year he was elected to
congress, and during his fourteen ses
sions in Washington Mrs. Polk's courte-
i manyattainmentsgavcLrahighplace
ons manners,
sound judgment and
snit.r
I "On her return to Washington as the
j wife of the president Mrs. Polk devoted
herself entirely to her duties. She held
i weekly receptions and abolished the
custom of giving refreshments to the
guests. She also forbade dancing, as
out of keeping with the character of
, these.cntertainments. In spite of her
. reforms Mrs. Polk was extremely popn
, lar.
"Madam," said a prominent South j
Carolinian, at one of her receptions. I
I "there is a woe pronounced againstyou
in the liible."
On her inquiring his meaning, he j
added: "Thc Bible says: 'Woe unto j
3ou when all men shall speak well of ;
you.' "
An English lady visiting Washing
ton thus described thc president's wife:
"Mrs. Polk is a very handsome woman.
Her hair is very black, and her dark
eyes and complexion remind one of. the
Spanish donnas. She is well read, has
much talent for conversation, and is
highly popular. Her elegant taste in
dress preserves thc subdued though
elegant costume that characterizes thc
lady."
Mrs. Polk became a communicant of
the Presbyterian church in 1834, and.
maintained her connection yith that
denomination to tho last After thc
death of her husband sho resided in
Nashville, in "Polk place."
A DELICATE QUESTION.
Tim Employment of Onalllied Sisters
of
. Charity in tho Pnb'lc Schools.
Austix, Tex., Aug. 15. A very pecu
liar and interesting question has come
up for consideration in the department
of public instruction, and Supt Prichitt
has referred the same to the AtVornwy
Gencral of Texas for a legal ruling. It
seems ftat about forty sisters of chari
ty attended thc summer normal
school at San Antonio and took
tho examination prescribed for
thoso desiring to tcaclu Many of these
were found competent by the state
board of examiners and entitled to
certificates, but all sorts of people have
sent up protests against spaiiting- them
certificates, an tlio"gTound that thc sis
ti.vQ hftinnrr In n ,-lirr!rTTC f,rlr. ,?T,icrt
. "
work is particularlv and exclusive in
thc iaicrcst ot the Catholic churuli.
Their wages, iis said, would go to'the
chliw RUd is also, in violation of thc
constitutional provision that no part of
the nubile school fund shall be used in
tho particular interests of any sect or
church. The question raised is a deli
cate ono of law aud policy, and. )a. attorney-general's
ruling, will b.o watched
for xri ourkvsity and interest
Immigrant Arrivals In 1'ngland.
London, Aug. 15. Much has been
said recently concerning tho great
number of foreigners who are alleged
to bo arriving in England, it being held
ty many that the reported influx was
aue to tne exouus ot dews irom Kussia.
An official report issued to-day on the
immigration during the month-of July
shows that the number of fopyjneRi
entering England, d.ulng tha month?
amounted to 0,001V
J Tft I'elieve Grasshopper Sufferers.
' KiNGnsnEn, Ok., Aug. 15. Mayor
GagHpon the authority of thc board
of tracra of this town, sent the follow
ing telegram tothe mayov, ..t FJtiley,
O.: "Providence Ijas 'smiled on Okla-
, homa th"is,'year- Our crops are mag-
; niflcent Kingfisher county will send
! the grasshopper sufferers of Ohio a
' railroad train of corn, potatoes, wheat
and oats if needed. Let me know,"
I Ofllclal Agricultural Chemists, v
: Washington, Aug. lai. The cmvcn
, tion of the official agricultural chemists J
, met here with a large, attendance of
members. President iH. C. Caldwell
read an address, which was followed
' by a report from thc secretary, H, M.
t Wiley. The remainder of thj!i;cssan
, was taken ud- fcE- iho discussion of
! rqut'no affairs!
Call For a Temperance Convention.
TorEKA, Kan., Aug. 15. A call has
been issued for the annual convention
of thc Kansas Tomperane union, to be
held in Topeka September 15 and 16.
Every church, Sunday." school, temper
ance society or other organization in
sympathy, with the temperance cansejs
invited to.send three Relegates.
The Alabama state alliance re-elecTeu
jail its old officers. The presidents.''
!M. Adams, made a fierce attack on
Senator Morgan, declaring' he would
suffer his arm to barn off before he
woald support him. His cause of com-
I plaint was Morgan's opposition to thc
Bub-treasurj scheme.
DUN'S REVIEW. '
A Sober Hint For Grain Specu
lators to Consider.
EUROPE MAY TURN TO TURNIPS.
Home Prospects Brighten In Consequence
of Good Crops and nigh Prices, Except
the South Where Cotton Is a
Glut.
New York, Aug. 15. R. G. Dun
&
Co.'s weekly review of trade says:
The prohibition of thc exportation of
rye by Russia be causo of thc official
declaration that famine is impending
has suddenly affected tho grain mai
kets of the whole world Russia usu
ally exports about 50,000,000 bushels of
rye and men reason that other grain in
large quantities will bo required. Not
enough attention is paid tc the fact
that European consumption may be
greatly reduced by high prices, and
speculation goes on the theory that
every person must have so many bush
els or there will be starvation. Before
thc year is over this notion will prob
ably be corrected, heat rose S
cents on moderate sales and a heavy
operator at Chicago went down. Corn
rose GJ and oats 2Ji cetits, with small
sales. 1
Crop prospects grow brighter every
day and with the assurance that the
country will not only have enormous
supplies of grain, but a market for it at
good prices, business is improving
throughout the north. Thc movement
begins close to the farms. Country
merchants arc buying more freely and
their purchases are felt by wholesalers
and manufacturers. Trade at Boston
shows improvement, wool sales reach
ing 3,752,000 pounds. At Hartford trade
is better. At Philadelphia there is
general improvement particularly in
wool and woolens, dress goods, paints
and tobacco. At Cleveland trade shows
some improvement though iron is de
moralized. At Fort Wayne improve
ment is noticed At Cincinnati trade
is only fair, southern business being
smaller. At Chicago increase is noted
in almost every branch of trade except
cured meats. At St Louis business is
increasing in almost all lines and at
Kansas City the cattle and packing
trades are light and wheat not moving
freely, but general trade ib improving
and healthy. At St Paul trade is un
usually brisk. Thc south is in very
different condition. The great surplus
of cotton last year' and the prospect of
an equally large crop this year threaten
a lower price than producers can stand,
and trade and collections arc both poor
in that section.
Thcro is distinct improvement in the
demand for cotton goods, which mills
can now produce with profit at lower
prices than ever, but the manufacture
is much embarrassed by comparative
scantiness of orders for thc future.
The monetary uncertainty operates to
present large commitments in advance.
Improvements in iron is felt at Phila
delphia as to the batter gratlcs butNo.
2 foundry has been been offered here at
S15 for cash and southern, gray forge is
selling at S0.7."j. Bar iron is dull, but
the. tkunttnd equals the supply in plate
and structural iron and the prospects
are considered good' In rails nothing
is doing and sales in July for thc whole
country were but 52,000 tons, against
the actual shipment of 130,000 tons.
Speculation in stocks has been dull
and tended downward, but o' has ad
vanced IJ4 cents for tho week. Ex
ports of wheat for the week have been
throe times last year's and western re
ceipts average about a million bushels
daily. Tin has declined here to Sl'J.90
for August though higher In London,
and sales c4 lake copper are reported
atSlLUS. Labor troubles in the Omaha
smelting works have advanced tfie
price of lead to 4 cents. The advance
in prices during the past week has
averaged nearly 2 per cent for- all com
modities. The money market hero continues
easy on call and commercial paper is
rather more saleable here and in other
eastern cities, but there is still a vague
sense of uneasiness. Foreign trade
continues to improve, for while imports
decline largely the exports for the two
weeks of August have exceeded by
nearly 10 per cent those of the corre-.
sponding weeks of last year. If Europe
has to send cash for all the food, It will
require this year it " probable that
this country V"U1 not lack money long.
Mrw Antor Forfeits tier Goiriu.
New York, Aug. 15. Mrs. William
Astor did not appear at the Utiited
States district court, n.or WasTshe j-epf
resented even by anybody wLo. tuTd
show cause why the Parisian gowns im
ported bvf ler. hhouid not be forfeited
to tho government The case, there
fore, wont by dofault The gowns will
be sold at pnblic auction by J. Thotuas
Stearns. They were seized, because the
maker tried to cb-at Mrs. Astor and
the government by undervaluing them,
afte- Mrs. Astor had paid himJUio roll
duty,
Lowell's Funeral.
B08TON, Aug. 13. The funeral of
James Russell Lowell took place in Ap
plcton chapel, Harvard university, &
noon to-day. B.ishop-elect Brooks and
Dean Lawrence of the Episcopal theo
logical school at Cambridge conducted
ha services, which were of a simple
Character. There were no services at
the house or at the grave. The inter,
ment was in the family lot at Mount
Auburn, which is located in a vaUcy in
the shadow of Longfellow's resting
place.
A Dangerous Dncfldng,
Jamestown, N. Y., Aug. 15. Just
before the steamer Buffalo left for the
illuminated fleet display at Chautauqua
last evening a section of the deck,
crowded with people, gave way, throw
ing about thirty persons in the water.
A scene of excitement ensued, bat by
prompt action all were rescued alive.
Baron Hirsch is negotiating with
the Turkish government to rent land
along the railway in Asia Minor for a
Jewish colony. He offers
400,000'
j
pounds yearly for the land.
CHRIST THE BREAD OF LIFE.
International Sunday-School Lesson for
August 23. I SO I.
"Specially Arranged from S. S. Quarterly.
Lesson Tkxt. John 6:25-X
Golden Text. Lord, evermore glvo ns this
bread. John Oi'H.
Central Tncrn. Jcsos is the bread ct life.
Tilts. April, A. V.'-iO. Thc day following onr
last lcssoo.
Place. Capernaum, on tho northwest sboro
ot thelakoof Galilee.
Intervencjo Uistout. (1) The night at
prayer. (Matt. 14:2325.) (2) The storm at sea.
(vs. 16-1S.) (3) Jesus walking on tho sea. (va.
19, S3.) (4) Peter's attempt to walk on tho
water. (Matt 14:23-3L)
Circumstances. Soon after Jesus camo to
Ills disciples with cheer and power in tho
storm, they all camo to land near Capernaum.
It was the morning after the feeding ot tho
5,000. Great numbers camo to Jesus, some to
be healed, somo for such bread as they had re
ceived at Bcthsaida.
IlELrs Over Hard Places. so. "Not be
cause yo saw the miracles:" not for the teach
ing ot the miracles, but for tho benctits tbey
obtained from them. 27. "Labor not:" do not
make the wants ot tho body the chief end of
life. "That meat which endurcth:" Iho food ot
tho soul that satisfies its Immortal wants.
Hath tho Father scaloJ:" attested as Ills
Son and sent from Him with the truo message.
Sealing to tho ancients was like signing the
name with us. God's seal wa3 (1) thc Divine
character of Christ; (3) Ills miracles; (3) Ills
Heavenly message. S3. "Tho work of God that
yobclievi:" faith is tho source and fountain
of all good works. 31 "What sign:" by which
to prove you aro the groat prophot tho Mes
siah. 3L "Our fathers did oat manna:" (Ex.
IS). Moses did this for ns: what have yon
donot Only ono meat Instead of food for forty
years and only fivo thousand fed, instead ot
two' million only barley bread. Instead of
mannx 33. Jc3us" reply shows Ills superiority
to Moses. First: "Mose gave yon not:" it
was not Moses who gave tho manna. It was
God, through Moses. Uut Jesus camo from the
Father, Whose gilt II3 was to the world. Sco
ond: "tho true bread:" thc real bread, bread
for the soul, ot which the manna was only a
type. Third: "from Heaven:" tho real Heav
en, while the manna camo only from the at
mospheric heaven. 'Fourth. 33. "Glveth life:"
as well as snstains it. The manna lasted but a
day or two; tho true bread is ctorn.il. Fifth.
"Unto tha world:" tho manna was for Jews
only, the truo bread for all men. The manna
was for ono age. tho truo bread for all ages.
35. "Never hunger:" with pain and unsatisfied
desire, but only as in the Beatitude. 37. "The
Father giveth Mo:" tho Divlno side ot salva
tion, life, desire, new hearts, como from God
only. "Him that cometh:" this is tho human
sldo of salvation. 30. "Raisoitup again:" at
the resurrection. Death Bhall notleslroy those
who beliove.
LF.3SON COMMENTS.
The morning after the miracle of tho
loaves and fishes, the pcopla again
sought for the miracle worker. They
were pleased with the experiences of
the previous daj, and longed for their
repetition. Finding that Jesus had gono
Over the water, they took boats and fol
lowed. When they came to Him, they
inquired, with wonder, how He had
crossed the water. To this Jesus gives
no answer, but lays bare at one stroke
the motive that led them to follow Him
so closely. He then exhorts them to
seek for something higher than tho
mere" satisfaction of bodily wants, an'd
to give heed to their eternal Interests.
Thc first thing that strikes one, in
reading this lesson. Is a point of simi
larity between Nicodcmus, the woman
at the well, the disciples and tho
people. They are all alike in this ono
respect, that they misapprehend His
words. He talks of things spiritual;
they think of things carnaL He is on
one planet they on another and lower
plane. "Yc must be born again," says
Christ to Nicodcmus. "How can a man
be born again?" is thc .carnal reply.
To the woman at the well no speaks
of "a well of water sprinrino- up into
eternal life;" and sho answers: "Sir,
give mo this water, that I thirst not
neither como Idther to draw." To Ills
disciples "even He says: uTako heed,
and bewaro of tho leaven of tho Phar
isees;" and they say among themselves;
"It is because wo havo taken no
bread" (Matt 10:0). So also in this
case, while Ho talks of things Heaven
ly, they are only thinking about things
earthly. Thus Jesus was, in a deep
spiritual sense, a lonely man. lie spoko
about the heart, and they, in their con
ceptions and desires, rose no higher
than tho stomach. Ho discoursed about
Heavenly food, and they discoursed
about bakers' bread. This bitter ex
perience of loneliness in purpose con
tinued all through thclifoof the Master,
We can easily seo and heartily con
demn thc sordid thought and desire of a
throng that lived eighteen hundred
years ago. Bat we need not, go back
eighteen hundred years no? eighteen
years to find tho exact conntcrpart of
that Galilean multitude Our church
papers are full of artichjs on how to
reach "tho unchurched masses." All
agree in the statement that they aro
unreached. They never come within
the walls of our churches. Now, thcro
is nothing easier than to reach them
man, woman and child, and to crowd
ourchurcb.es tot tho very walls. Just
tjendfortli; a proclamation that every
ono who. comes to your church shall
have a loaf of bread and a silver dollar
each time be attends. Now yon may at
once open your church not only on Son
day but thrco times each day in the
week and yon will havo it packed.
They will rush and crowd aronnd the?
doors befora thc time for opening and'
fight for places, and such throngs Will
be gathered that they will tread ono
upon another. Go to any dispensary
for the poof and sec the crdwd. Mark
how patiently they will wait their turn,
for hours. Mark also that well-to-do
folk ari thoro waiting for their treat
ment free. They aro not ashamed to
feign poverty for the sake of free treat
ment No, there is nothing easier in
this world than to reach "the raasses,"
providefl yon givo them what they Want
But what they want is cash or its'equiv
alcnt and "that not to meet their spirit-
nal or even their" intellectual needs, but
only their bodily - appetite and fleshy
InxurySTK-r: A. P. Schaufflcr, D. D.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
1. The 'soul needs food as" really as tho
body. " . '
2. Thc food of-ihe sool in that which
gives it spiritual life, develops charac
ter, satisfies its -wants.- strengthens- its
faculties?" -.--- -i rr ?f-.
3. Affewoifrtrgiven through- faith, whim
isth&'sourelfararF-godd works. -- - -fr-f,
.??The true bread is (1) from God, (2) ?'
Ufc-givbrgSJ or-jdlliie workl W-Sat-wir
Lines the wants of the sonL , -;jv .
5. This true bread (1) is abundant, (2)
continues, (3) gives salvation, (4) brings
eternal life here, (3) gives eternal Ufa
bovond the grave.
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