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V 8 Tim KANSAS CITY JOUKNAL. MONDAY,. VKIJUUAltY 2, ISO.1) a 3. A SNOWY DAY, lAt.MAdl: TI.K) Allot I Ut'lOlU Ovtllt I1MI WIMItl It. Vestcrdny's '.rrnion uf the tlolhiiiitllo l'rr ichor Ho tllti Adilcc tn 1 lin.et Mint Am On rn In iim il bv the Ivc-ilhir. New Yorlt, t'eb 1 ')r. Tnlnfcw look for his subject to-dny "A Krovvv Dav," tlm text selected iK-lnw I Chronicle's II 3' "He vent down will flow n lion In n pit In a onottj da).'' Have joii ever heard of him'' Ills name was llmiilah. 11b vvniin mnn of Hoot intt do ami of great avoirdupois. Hti father was ti hero, nmt lie Inherited prowewe. He wnj nthlellc ninl there was Iron In Ills Mool, and the fitroiiccst boric In Ills bodv was bukbohe. lip Is known for other wond. M bwltlcn Hint of the tet. An Umptlnn ttM cubit In stature, or nh mt xntn feet nine liiclio lilRh, wan mov-ini itruiitul In brivirjrodocln mid llntirlrlilnir a (treat !ppnr, tnrercn m to whom hi' killed, ninl Ilinuiah, of my text, Willi notliltnr but n walknm stick, mine iiion him, Knatched the sp, ir from the llKypilmi, ami mill one thrust of lt nltarp odffe, put an end 10 the lil it ml bully, which timkis us Ihlnk of lit" utory In our fSrcek lemon, 'oo ImW for in If the smarter boy on the mmc biuh hud not helpeil us out with It, In which Horn tlils, the .Mil ( (Ionian, an I DIoslppuB, the Athenian, fesiRht In the presence of Ale nmlcr; the Miioidonlnti annul with o fdiicld anil nword and Joelln, ami the Athiiihin with hothlnif but a i lub The Mni-odonliin lmrleil the Javelin but the Athenian sin cessfull) doeleecKlt, ami the Ma e.lonlnn llftnl the spinr, but the Athenian null the t lub brake It, md the Mansion Inn drew the reword, but the Allimlin tripped him up before he eotil I strike with It, and then the Alhenlnn with bis i lub would have In Hen the life out of the Mnr eilonlnii, fallen nmunir. hi und. ss weapons If Alex ander had not eomnmnded ' Mtop' Stop' ' Hut tie ltetiiilnli of the ti t Is ibollt to iln Fomethlnff that will ifllp"' evmthut 'I hi re Is trouble In nil the jicluhhorhoo I Lambs are curled off In tin- nitrht, ami rhlldten venturing only a little way from their father's holme are found mannled and dead The faet Is, the land was infected with llon, nml few peoile ilared meet one of these irrlzzl) beasts, mm h lee? cornel or attack It. A n stood proviuon e would liavo It. one inorninr c fooistip or a lion will tracked In the wow It has been out on Its elcv ourluc; errand through the dark ness, but at last It Is found, b the Impres sion of the four pnws on the white ui fm e of the Krouud, whirl! wnv the wild beast came, and nhlrh wav It had (torn . Porll oiis iiiidcrt.ihlnK: but llm.iluh, the hero of the tet, arms hi-mieilf with sui'h weapons as tho.se early iI.i.vh nrfonled, Kunpowdcr linvlni; been Invented In a far subsequent century by the f Serin in monk, IP rtholdus Hctivvartr. Therefore, without cun or any kind of llre.iiniK, lt n.il.ih ot the t t no doubt depended on the sharp atei 1 edire foi Ills own defense and the alaiiRliter of thu lion as he followed the track throURh the moiv. It may hae been a jaclln, it may hae been only a knife; but what Ilennlah lacks in weapon he will make up in ptrenpth of arm and kill of stioke Hut where Is the Hon" We muxt not cct orf his track In the Know, The 1 ind has tnanv cisterns, or lilts, for latching- rain, the rainfall beint? ery mm at certain bc i rons, and henee thee tlsternp or resei nlrs are dlKm.il here, and theie, and jonder I, Ions h.ne an Instinct which Feems to tell lluni when the are pursued, and this dread monster of which 1 speak letreats into one of thexe elsteins which happened to be free of water, and Is theie pan tine from the lonir run, and ll kins Its jins arter a ripist of human lleh. nnd urtei ipialliiiB the led intace of human blood Henalah Is all alert, and comes r jutlourlv on toward the lililliur plnee of thi" tenor of the Held rominu to the verge of the pit, he looks down at the lion, and the lion looks up at him Whit a moment It was when their ee- elashed' Hut while a. modern Hit Cliulllii, (Soidoi Cummlng or Kir Samuel ll.tkii. or llavld 3,lImrstone voiild hue Just broiiRht the pun to the Fhoul'ler ind held the ee asalnst the bai rel and blazed awa Into the depths, and finished the beast, llen.il.ili, with only the old tim weapon, in do nothing until he Re! n a level with the lie" 1st, nnd po he Jumps into the pit, and the lion with hln P r te ih of niRc . and rliui lifted to teir to hn is the last i Mice of human life, Fprlrir? for the man, while Henalah -pilnis for i hi beMst. Hut the quick stroke of the steel edRe Hashed nRiin, and ntaln. nnd aRaln until the .snow was no IonRe whlte and the rlRht foot of triumphant Ilenainh Is hnlf covered with the tawny mane c,f the slain hoiroi of Palestine V-w ou Fee liow emphatli and traRle, nnd ir. mendoiifc are the words of ms te-Kf ' lie v ni down and Hlew a lion in a nit in ? ii now .inv " hv- put that in the Htble" U h out It twice In the HlblP. once In the lin,,k of S.emtiel and hero in the book nf r'hrnnli les'' Oh. the practical lessons lire o inanv lor vou nml "or me What a rheer In this subject for nil thope of you who are in conjunction of hostile elrcum HUns Three thlnRx were iiRalnot Hen li. ih of mv tet in the moment of combat, the n w that Imneiled his movement the i, o ,r ti Ironed him in a small naee. nn I ih lion, with open Jaws and unllfted pnw nl jet 1 hear the shout of Iten- n ih - t' tors Oh, men nnd women of tire n alleles Ynii sav "I could stand tin en I I think 1 roiilel "timet two, uut Ih i u. it hast on- too man) " T i i- a man In business perplexltv, B i iv hi has -kkniss in his family, and r.' u js comliiR on Three tioubles: A i pit and snowy day. There Is a p .e ' vnmnii with falling heajth and a ii nl husband nnd vvayvvanl bov thr iruiililes! There Is a maiden with ii a ii .., hool lessons she cannot Ret, a f, i! .r Is not as attractive as some of h r hoolmatcs,' a prospect that throURh 1 ,r i 'ies she must quit school before v 1.1 i I u.it en three tioubles' Theie Is li i h a his manuscript lejected, hlB ) i l iirlRinatinn in decadence, u ntimh n s In tore-lhiRrr and thumb, which li r j ii paralvsls three troubles' There I i i inrtr of tine taste sent to report ii r 'it- H-in iusiead of an oratorio, the t opv he h m 1-. In rejettt d bee auso the paper 1- 11 i mother to uiipport on small In tern line troubles! 1 e ouhl mar-h rlKht of s. ttR, an i m ross this lilitform, ill, ould i omi it my c ill, EfiiO pi ople v ih Hi i tinulilis. This is the oppor t ' t pi iv the hero or the heroine, ii i mall vuire with rt few hundred r i lip tin ii lpprovai, run with all dl i! of In ivi-u tilled with sympa- ii1 a. pi iiidinu Kpectiilcim for we ii oundcd by a great eloud of wlt- re brother, my sister, mv father, my m n i ii lint a cnance you nave: wnilo a an In the atruifRle, If ou onlv have t en ' of Christ to listen a voice parts ilm In icns, sav Inn "Mv Brace 1? sulll n nt f..i thee," "Whom the Lord loveth, he elm teiu th," "Vou shall be more tnan conqu rurs " And that reminds me of a letter on my table written by some one Ttlicim I supposo to bo it this moment prtsint ravliuc: "My dear, dear doctor: Vou will please pardon the writer for ask ing that at some time .v hen you fee I like it ion kindly nieoeh from the loth Psalm, Ei.b verie 'WeoplnR may endure for a niRln but Joy eometh In the morning,' nod much rlillR. a downtown business man " So to nil downtovvn business men. nnd to all uptown business men, I say Jf ou have on hind croo Is that yon cannot Fell, and debtors who will not or cipnot pay nnd vou are al-o Biiffei inir from un cfrtainii as to what the Irnbiille American eonpre-is will do about the tariff vou have three troubles, and ennuxh to brini? you within the raiiRo of the consolation of my text where sou tlnd the triumph of He. nnlnli ov. i a lion, and a pit. an I a snowy day If von have onlv one trouble. I can not spend any time with you to-dav. You must have at least three., and then remein b r how miny havo triumphed over such ft trlnl of misfortune Paul had three trou hi a: Sanhedrln denoiiru Inif him that w is one sreut tiouble; physical infirmity, whlth bo culled "u thorn In the Hph.1i " nnd although we know not what the thorn was, we do !-"-. from the tlnuici lie use I ie been spine fhlnif Hint a the m-i ond tlQUble: i i rdom thai made Hie I I -t, hear what he bays- ii ne misfortune I could ,, tiui there are two too manv " No, I misinterpret lie sajfc. "Sorrowful, jft alwavi rejolelnt;; poor, yet making innny rich hiving nntliluR it iiossess br all things" "Thanks be unto Ool, xv eo p'tetli us our victory iliroiifch our Ie rd Je-us Christ " Uav'i had tliiee troubles; a bad boy, n t'inp'itlon to dlssolutcne, and dethrone Ii i What dues lie my ' Ood Is our refiiRe nnd strength a very present help In tin of trouble Theiefoie, will wa not f ar, thouKti the earth be removed, anl thouRh the mountains be cast Into the m 1st of Hie sea " John Wesley had three trouble. Defa tn.ition by mobs, domestic Infelb itv, fa tlRUe from more sermons prt n liwl and more miles traveled (han ulmost any man' of his time. What does lie kus t "The best of all Is. fiol Is with us." And when his poet brother. Charles Wesley, said to him! "Brother John. If the f.ord were to tlve my wings. I'd lly." John's rtply was, Brother Charles If the Lord told me to lly, I'd do It, and leave him to tlnd the wings OeoiKe Wlillerield had three troubles. Rejection (rem the pulpits of England be. riii"' he uns li.o dram itlr lint was one ii iiibl. slrablMim or th" crosslnR of his ii that sulij.it. 1 him to the iiul nturo er nil the small wits of the elny. vermin nn 1 lenl animals thrown nt him while he pt i lied on the i ominonsthit male three troubles Nevertheless his sermons were so bininnt thit a little child dim soon nltir henrltiR him pre ic h snld In the In t. nils of piln 'Let me go to Mr hlte llc 1 1 s of tfeiil nn, t am so Kind Hint H -linlnh of mj text whs not the only one who Irliitnpne.t over a lion In a pit on a snnwv das Noli e in mv text a victors' over 1ml wenth. r It wns n snowy ilny, when one's vitality Is nl n low ebb, nml the spirits are hnturnllv depressed, ninl one iloei not feel like iihelrrtnklnR a Stent enterprise when Ilehnlnh rubs his hands toKcther to warm them hv extra frlcllnn, oi thtehes his arms around him to revive Uri illation of the blood, and then (toes nt the lion, whhti won nil the more tlerrr nnd nvenous hee'nuse of the sharp weather. Inspiration hire admits ntmnphprle hlnderaru.e. The snowy day at Valley Porse well nigh put n end to Ih" struggle for Annrlcnn mde pendene . The snoWv tiny detuollshed Nft npUons arms on the wav from Mccow The" lnclrmencv of .tnmmrv nn 1 rebruary weather has some S'-ars bnnkriipted thou sands of merchants The situ eson of stotmy Sabbaths has e ripple 1 innumirabli ehurcfips. MRlithousrs Veiled bv the mow on many a const hnvc fain il to warn oft from the rocks Die doomed frig ate. Tens of thousands of Chrlsllins of he rv oils temperamement bv llie depression of n snowy els almost despair of reaching heiven. Vet ,ln that style of weitther Hen ttlih of lite tett nchleVi'd his most cele.; bralcel victory; ami let us bv the grace of Hod beome victor over Intlttenees attno'. J.hcrlt If we ate hnppy onlv when the wiiin blows rrom the elenr northwest, nnd the thermometer Is nbove frce'lng point and the sky Is nn Inverted blue cup of sun shine poured all over us, It Is a rcllcion nlnetv-llve per cent off Thank Hod there are Christians, who. though their whol llf. through sickness hns been a snowy dnv, have killed every Hon of despond em v that dared to put Its cruel paw ngalnsl their suffering pillow. It was a snowy day when the pilgrim fnthers set f.iotnot on a Imnk of tlovvers.hut on the rol 1 New ISnelnnd rock, and from a ship that might have been more appropriate lyenllfii a ljecembi r liuirlcnne thnti after a Mn.v llower " tluv took possession of this gretit lontlnent. And amid mote ehlllv worldls eltcumstances many n good mnn or a cood womnn luis taken possession of a whole continent of spiritual sitl-fncllon, vnllijs of pence, and rivers of gladness, nnd mountains of jos. Chrit landed In our world not In the month of Mnv. .but In the utormv- month of December, to show lis that we might havo Christ In winter w either, anil on a snovvv clay. Notice oven-thing down In the pit that Ftiottv iln- depended upon Henalnh's weap on There wits ns much strength In one muscle of that linn ns In ill the muscles or both arms of Hennlnh It Is the strong est of beasts, and has been known to enr-s olT an o. Its tongue Is so rough that It nets ns a rasp tenrlng olT the Iksh It lick". The two great innlnes at each side of the mouth make escape Impossihle for nnv -thlUR It has once seized. Vet Hennlih puts his heel on the neck of this "klnR of beasts." Wns It n dagger' Was It U livelin? Was It n knife" I cannot tell, but eveiythlng depended on It Hut for Hint. Hetmlah's body under one craunch of the monstet would have been left limp nnd tumbled In the snow. And when vou and I go Into the llRht with temptation. If we have not the right kind of weapon. In stead of our slaslnR the lion, the lion will slay us, The sword of the Spirit' Noth ing evn cat Hi or bell can stand l.efoie that. Victors with that, or no victors- nt all. llj' that I me in prnser to Clod, conlldence In Ills resculiiR power, saving piaoe. Al mighty deliverance I do not eare what voi call It; 1 call It ".Sword of the Spirit." And If the lions of all the Jungle ot pet dltlon should at once soring upon our soul, lis that weipon of heavenlv- metal vou ein thrust them Inek, and cut them down, nnd stnb them through, nnd leave them powerless nt vour feet Vour good resolution wielded iiRnlnst the powers which assault vou is a tov pistol ugninst an AtmslTong run is i nenknlfe held nut up ilnet the luandWhcd sabeis of a Hoint yelmari's eav i'r c luu ge fio Into the light against sin on vour own stiength and the icstilt will be the hot breath of the Hon In sour blnnclu d fin), and his front piws, one on each In ig Alas' foi the man not fully urmei down In the pit, on a snowy das and befoie him a Hon All m heaters and reiders have u big (lRJit of Rome sort on hand but the biggest nnd the wrathlest Hon which von havo to llRht Is what the Bible calls 'The ro irlng Hon who walketh about, seeking whom he mnv devour " Now, sou have never seen a ri al lion unless s'ou have seen him in India or Afrlcn Just nfter his capture T.ong caRlng breaks his spirit, and the con stant piesence of humun beings tames him uut you ought to see him spring ngalnst the Iron bars in the zoological gar dens of Calcutta and hear him roar for tho pros' It mikes one's blood curdle and vou shrink back although you know there Is no peril Plentv of lions In olden time. SIk hundred of them were slaughte red on one oc c.islon In Hie presem e ot Pompes in the Ueim in amphitheater Lions came out and des-troved the camels which carried the luggage of Xerxes' army In Hlble times there were so mans' lions that thes are frenucntlv alluded to In the Seilntures Joel the prophet, des. ribes the "cheek teeth" of a great Hon; and Isiiah mentions among the attractions of lit men that "No Hon shall lie there:1' and Amos speaks of a shepherd taking a lamb's ear out of the mouth of a lion, nnd Bolomon describes the righteous us "bold as a Hon;" and Daniel was a great Hon tamer, and llnvld nnd Jeremiah and St. John often -peak of tills creature Hut most am T Impressed bs' what I have quoted from the Apostle Peter, "when ho calls the devil a lion That means strength. That means bloodthlrstlness That means cruelts. Th.it means destruction. Some of sou have felt the strength of his paw, and the sharpness of his tooth, and the horror of his rage Yes he Is n savage devdl lie roared at everything gool vvhen Lord Clnv erhonse assailed the Covenanteis and nt Ilnrtholemew aKiinst the Huguenots one August night when the bell tolled for the buteherv to begin, nnd the ghastly Joke In the street was, "Hlood letting Is good In August," and 60,000 assassin knives wer plunged Into the vie tlms And this monster hus had under his pnw manv of the grand est souls of all time, and fattened with the spoils of centuries, he comes for yon Tbit I am glad to say to all of vou who have ROt the worst In such a struggle that there is a Lion on our side. If vou want him: Ilevelntlons v 5 "The Lion of Judah's tribe " A Lamb to us, but a Lion to meet that other Hon and you can enslly guess who will bent In that light, and who will be beaten. When two opposing lions meet In a Jungle In Tndl i you cannot tell which will overcome and which vvill he oven ome Thes" glare at e u h other for a moment and then with full strength of musi le they dash flcninst each other like two thunder bolts of colliding stoim clouds and with Jaws like tho crush of avalane-hps, nnd with a resounding voice that makes the Hima layas tremble and with a pull, and tear nnd clutch, nnd trample and shaking of the head from side io side, until II Is too much for humnn endunnee to witness, nnd though one lion mnv be left dead, the one which has ppnquerd crawls iiwny lac erated, and gashed, and lame and eveless, io bleed to death In an adjoining Jungle Hut If vou nnd I feel enough our weakness In this Imttle of temptation ami ask for dl vlno help against tbut old Hon of hell de scribed In St Peter, will go tho strnngei Lion desi rlbed In Ttevelatlon, and It will bo no uncertain grapple, but under one omnipotent stroke the devouring monster ihat would slny our soul shall go reeling back Into a pit ten thousand tlmps dnencr ihan that In which Henalah slew the lion on a snowy Jtv. A word to all who are In a snowv day Ob fathers and mothers who hive lost children, that Is the weather th it cuts through bodv nnd soul lint drive back the Hon of bereavement with the thought which TJavld line, of ndlnburgh, pot from the P. ott h grave digger, who was nlwavH planting white clover and the sweetest tlow eis on Hie e hlldren'ii graves In the eenie te ry and when nsktd whs he did so re nllid' "Pur!j. sir, I ranna make ower tine Hie bed eoverln' o' a little innocent sleeper that's waitln' there till It's nod's titnn to waken it nnd cover It with the white robe, and waft It away to glorv When sic grandenu Is waitln' It vender It's tit it should be deiV,ed oot here I think the Savior that counts Its dust sae iue clcais will like to see the white clover sin et siusad ouir It Ho no' think so too sir"' Chec i up, all disconsolatis The best wgik for (lod und humaiiits has been done cm the snows dav At aloufnv "Marine Tn race," Island of Jetsey the exile Vli tor Hugo wrought the inlvlitlieht iclilevement uf his pen lliekie! banlHlud und bereft and an Invalid at Cornhlll, on lh banks of the Clubar. had his momentous vision oi th- Che riiblm. and whuls within wlu-tls 1! the dim light of a dtuiaccin window ,u Hedfoid, John Huns in sketches the "pe ItcUble Mountains" Milton writes the grenlest poem of all time without eyes Michael Angtlo carved a statue out of snow and all Clarence gazed In raptuies at Its exoulslteneks, and many of God's servants have out of the i old cut their immortality Pers . ut ions wue the d.uk background that made more Impressive ilic courage and cuusic ratluii of Kavonaroli who, whn thicltined with dental of biulal, said' "Tlitow me Into tho Aruo If vou chooe the insurrection day will find me und that Is enough" Henalah, on a cold, damn, e uttlng, nowy day Rained leonine triumph Hardship and trouble have ag un and again exalted, ai d Inspired, und glorified their subjints. Tho bush Itself has mounted higher And nourished, unoonsumed, In tire. Well, wo have had many snows da) a within the pnst month, nnd ndded lo the chill of the Weather wns the i hilling ill mis nt the" hon-nrrlvnl of the me in steam ii "(iasi ngni " oiciilue for elRhl dns-, innhy hud given her up ns lost, nnd the limn li"!" fill weto vers nnxloiis The cv i li in whose play 1 shlpwrci ks hid been r. puitd In lug In wildest romp nil up nnd down the Atlantic The ocean n fi di P. foie bud swnllowtd the "Clin', ninl with unappessed appetite seemed saline. 'UIVc us nuin nf the best shipping Tin Nor mm He" entne in oh the same tra. k the Maseogne" was to travel, ntiel It had not si en her The Teutonic," unved nlinost by the superhuman tlTorl or inplnlh and crew, cniiii Hi nnd linel heard tin gun of dis tress from Hint mlsBltiR stenmer There were pule fnces nnd w ringing hnnds on both continents, nnd lent rolled down cold cheeks on thoe snows' rta e all feared Unit the worn had bnppi'tied, nnd talked nf the "City or Itoston'' as never hennl of uftei gulling, nnd the steamship "Piesl. dent," on which the brilliant Coukmnli sailed, never ii pound, and never tu be hi-aril ill again until the lime whui the Ren gives up Its dead. ISilt nt ln"t, under inot powerful Rlnss nt Tire Island, a ship won seen llmpltur this wny over the waters Then we nil Ii.'ifiin to hope that II inlnht be the mlsmg Trench liner Three hours of te dious and iigotilrlng waiting, nml two con tinent In suspense ' When will Hie esc itlnsis nt Pile Island mnke revelntlon of this awful Invsleiy of tho sea? Tin re It In' Iln! Iln' The "Onscngne'" Oulek' WltP the news to the tit v. Swing the lings out on the loweis Iltng Hie bells Hound the whistles of the shipping till the wav up from Snndy Hook to New Votk batten "She's safe! She's safe'" are the words caught mi. nnd passed on finm stieet to street. "It Is the 'CSaneoRitc" " 1 the cts' sounding Hiiough nil out delighted homes, nnd Ihrllllng nil thu telegtnplilc wiles of tho continent and nil the enble under Hie Ken, nnd Hie huriui on the wharf us the gang-plank were nwung out for Hip dis embarkation wns a small pnit of tho hiiern that lifted both hemisphere Into iv ultallnn The Hakes of snow fell on the "IJMrn" n we upetieil It on the street to get tho latest pnrtlc ulnrs Well, It will be letter thin thit when oin' of S'ou are seen entering the hnrbor of Jlenven. Vou have hnd n rough vovnge no tulstnke about Hint, Snowy dav after snowy dnv Again nnd ngnln the mac hitl ers of health and courage broke dow 11, and the waves of temptation have swept clear over the liuirlcnne deck so that you were often compelled to sav ''All thv waves and t'is" billows have cone ove r 10 e " nnd sou were down In the trough of that sea, ond down In the tioueh of the other sea, nnd mnnv despaired of s'onr safe irrlvnl. llut the gnat Pilot, not one who must come olf from some other craft, but the One who walked stonn-swept Gnlllee.and new walks tlie wintry Atlantic, comes on board, and hend vou far the haven, When no sooner have von passed the Narrow of clialh than vou Hnd nil the hank' Plied with Immnitnl eh Prating vour ai rival: nnd while some breik orf palm branches from the bank and wave them, those standing on one side will chant, "Theie "hall be no more sen " nnd those mantling on the other side will chant, "These are thev whli'i came out of great tribulation, and hnd their robes washed nnd made white In the blood of the Limb" Off of the stormv sea into the smooth harbor Out of leonine struggle In the pit, to guidance bv the Lamb, who shall lend 5-011 to living fountains of water. Out of the snowv d iv of earthls' seventies Into the Rnrdens of everlistlng Horn, nnd into oiclinid of 1 teinnl fruitage, the fall of (heir white blossoms the onls snow In heaven. SENATE WILL WORK THIS WEEK. Mgbt csilmts Will lie Held, He sides 11 Melting on the .Ncvt I urd's Ilitv Washington, Peb 21 Tho senate pro gramme for Hie remainder of the session, which villi close nt 1 o'clock to-moirow week, Is to follow the uunclry civil bill, the consldeiatlon of which will begin to-mor-iow with the legislative anil iudlcinl bill, nnd then to take up the naval bill, nnd lnstly, the general dellclencs nppioprlatton bill. While It Is understood that there will piobablv be spasmodic nttempts to get up other musuies of Reuor.il lmportunee. the best opinion Is that none of these will be suecessiul In cases where theio ts objec tion. It Is possible that Senator miller will renew his effatts In behalf of the pool ing bill, and that Senator George will also ngaln attempt to restore the b.iukiupti y bill to Its position as the unllnishecl busi ness; but It is not In the least probible that the efforts of pit hoi will be success ful Senntm Puulkncr I also hopeful of socuilnR lulif consideration of the terrtto ll.il admission bills, put there Is no longet n. possibility of passing the bills An older has nlieady been ntudo foi a night session Tuesdav nu the consideration of bills to which there ale 110 objection The piobabllltlcs hu lude night fcsbIohs eviry night iftei Tuesday, continuing vir tually tluough the night of S.ituidav and (Sunday, and also a session next Sunday during the- dav These, It Is believed, will bo held to dispose of tin appiopriatlon bill, theiii being many piovislons in those ic mnlnlug to bo considered vvhlih may leul to prolonged debate There Is also 11 prob ability of dobttli' over the next icport of thee eonferenio committee on the diplo matic hill, Involving the appiopriatlon for the llawaiiitn e utile There Is not much In the legislative bill to lend lo debate but the othei thiep bills all contain piovislons which, If they ale not withdrawn, nio sun to enuse shnip debate. It Is intimated that the certificate ami mlinent to the bundry civil bill may be wlthlruwii If It Is, this will simplify the situation, but there vvill be material foi mans' speches nnd resolutions for pro longed sessions Senators, do not c onsldei the outlook dlscouinglng and they predict that tho bills w lit all be passed lis the time tlxed by the constitution for adjournment on the 4th of March. Follow lug Is the status of tho appiopria tlon bills Appioved bv the president alilitniy, academy and aimy In conftienee Pension, fortifications, dip lomatic and consular, DlsU-ki ot Columbln, postolllcu, ngi leulturul Pussed the Kunate and ready for confer cnci The Indian bill,. Itepoited to tho senate Smithy civil, leg islative and judicial. Not considered by the senate pommittee on appropriations Tho navy and general deHele ncy. Oil tho bills in conference, tho diplomatic nnd consular and fortlfkntloiiH bills havo been partially ugieed upon. i.ivjsi.v tjmi:s in Tin: iiou-t:. The hostliitis 'IhW Week Lxpectecl tu Ho lute rusting nml Lvultiiig. To-morrow the llouso enteis upon the last week of Its- session, and the usual rush which chaiacteri.eh the closing boms of every session of eongnsH will begin I'nder tho nlles tho laHl sU ilass of every session arc suspension dnyu, and members recognized nins' call up bills and have them acted 011 under suspension of t)io rules. There aie all public bills on tho calendar, Jl" of which must be t unskilled in committee of thu whole, und US on tho rcguleti cab Hilar In addition to thesv llieie ate over Ml bills on tho private culindar. Of eouise, onls a veiy InslHiiIflcant per ceiiitugo of theso bills can be passed, hut the, press for piecwdencei vvill be tori Hie, and many exciting scenes nro ulmost suro to art iir It l qulto probnblo that sevei.il night sessions will bo held, and It U al most umiulii that congress will lemuln In lontlnuous session from Saturday until Manila) next, on which day congiess ex pires, by limitation nt noun, Tim r gular uppropilallon bills nre unusually well ml vanecd, so fai us the house Is cum 1 1 nnd. only 0110 (the ileiliieiicy) bolng unacted upon, und it will no to tho senate to-morrow. The iwo which 1110 consldiiod dun gorous, thai Is, liable to fall or bo vetoed, urn tho aundi) II und tho dlplomatlo und eonsular To the tormor the siuat tomnilttcii on llimnccs has rejiorted on nmendmeiit providing foi :i per lent coin bond!, with u pruilslou requiring the sec retary of the triasuis to uifvoitliH foi bids In caso of nnothei bond Issue To the) dip lomatic and eonsular bill tho scuuto bail milled nun inline ms for thu Hawaiian cubic. If lluittu pluvisloliK piMvall despite the pto tist of thu house, It Is thought tint J'lesl detit Clo Kind may veto them Tho com mitted on P.ulilc luiliuads Is preS4.lng lor an opportunUs tu fcecuto 11 vote oil thu funding bill as annulled, nml the commit tee on public buildings is i-quall) Insistent utjon its demand tor n c banco to sottlo Out eiiiostlon of 1 he piintltiK oilic u slto. which litis been huiipliiK Hie for several si'ftis. It U piubaldi ihat the lomiiilllnu on lilies will b'l" both limn duriiin' the coming week, In ius opportunity offeis. As a whole, the we.s. promises to bo both iutei cstluiJ and exi litug. Don't wait uiiill sou are sick befoie trying Little Carters Liver Pills but get a lal at once Vou can 1 take them wlilniut beuollt. lout -C oil. Tho cut In price of soft coal continues. Order none but tho best Weir and Chero kee Eciiined lump and egg, .'73; nut. ti CO; Itlcll IIUl Mucoid shaft lump, JJ S5 per ton. CI.NTJt L COAL AND COK1J CO , Telephone M Keith el 1'erry blcle. I hpior for linns is. Shlpoed dally In stcuro pnekuges by ai:OUOU IJVSbLLL, Druggist. Opposite waiting loom, Union depot OUR BOOK TABLE, Mini ts Pitl M Ml.ll I.IMIUtsi nn nv 1111: It 1. till. Pt It- the He suit of t.llertr) Xturk 11 slum 11 lis the New ttootes that Am on the I'ubll.lu r' s)bi.iis t.lte rnrv Noli "The Honor of Snvelll." In a historical romance of unusual power Mr. 8 Levett Vents litis given more than n glimpse of the It lly of the enrlv part or the sixteenth ccntilrs'-tho Italy or .Miiclilavelll.ot the llor glns, of this pedestas and uf the free roin mnle The book I a trnlghtforvnrd tale of nelventtire of the old-fashioned sort, for which the ntithnr has, he snys, taken Duiiin ns his model. It Is n story ut unmerited disgrace visited upon Pro dl Savetll, a inembei of the noble old ltotnnti ranilly nnd a soldier under the l'tench king, nnd of his efforts to retrieve hi lepti'ntlon. PnlsPly h. pupiI of then by his brother olllcers he Is strlpin-d or his regi mentals nnd dishonored In camp, much as Captain Ureyfus wns degraded not long ago. Through a seiie of adventures which lend him In u scene of lesser Italian towns to I'lor. nee' and Home, with a long sword anel in the gnib of a bravo, he seeks re venge ond exculpation. His swotd Is eon Ktnntlv In hand, for these were Unless dnvs on the Italian peninsula, nnd pnpal intrigues and the ambition or kings inn le South! rn Huron an armed camp The runn of two beautiful women appear nl Intervals In SivelH's travels, one of them Is the wife of the olllcer who wronged It I tu. nnd the otlu r Is the wnrd of Mnehliivelll, but liellhet serve to Interrupt the course uf the stors, n It runs thioiigh buiwls and sword piny, the author showing a sin gular tetlceucc In his treatment of the love scene He Is hntiiiler when his hero Is tramnlne the highway with h's stout Lli utennnt Jnropii or tinnrllxing a eutthroit with his steel than when h" p'c tures him avowing bis passion. Hut peihnps tint IS becnuse the slor.v is told In Havellls own words nnd the hero Is modest Altjgether, It is on Interesting tale nt ndveiiture told ill a stvle Hint Is Invntiibly direct mill lieeiueiitli giaphlc. Mr. oat shows a close iicqiialiit.inee with Ilnlinn hlstors', nml his she t h of the Home of Ho derlgo Horgln Is vivid In touches. Luc rerla and Cejenre lloigln. Michlavelll, the Chi v nller Havard and In the concluding i hau te rs, King Louis .Ml llguie in the vicissi tudes of Sivelli, ' The Good Ship Mohock." In "The Ti.igidy of Ida .NoliI"" Mt. Clatk Hussell set a stnudard foi his fiction wiitliiR that was rather nbove the level of this latest stors" from his pen but he hns Riven u a vers Inteiestlng tali The nnnntor Is sup posed to be an oil worn in who had been tnken to sea when -he was a soung girl, Set her language throughout Is that of a litiishiil sailor. Using teihnlc.il terms with a lluenrv that coull scitcels be expected In one who had pissed hei whole life on tho 1 irtl Hut the tile Itself Is n stirring account of villains on the high sens Thu eelitcal incident Is the picking up of twelve' men in on open in it. who turn out to be pirates, und, as H 1, 1 1 been airiugcd Hint this should be so pic Led up befoie the Mohock left'HiiRl end the icidei will pei nlvei that Mr Cl.uk Uiisp11 has his vvoilt cut out for htm 10 make his incidents square with piohilullt) It must be ad mitted, however. Hi 11 this book contains .1 good deal of the .harm which Its nuthor has led his admirers to expect ot him. "Chronicles of Hreik o' Dav," by K I" Howe The lips an I low ns of .Major Itatke, the plctuiesipie oil olllcer of the Mexlc m war, who aspired to f line ns n philosopher, not only In his own nrlghboihood, but thioughout the world, ale vividly und amusingly told in this story The social life of the village if Break o' Hay as pict ured bs one who knows both faimlng nnd bickwools life lntim.itelv. will hold the at tention of mans re ulcrs who have been accustomed to nc-irdlng this life In the idyllic atmosphere of pictuiesquo wood in Ri.iVings. It will 1I-0 appeal to (ill who have ni en and llvi I among such charactei' and he avails himself to the full of the strange tvpes se . n in the villages on tin boletus of clvlliitlon, where ldlov 111 ri des oi character ire nil worn smooth ns thev arc in the iiuwels of the cities Just as .Miss -Mary ilklns has broiiRht out into high toiler the slicing and p. culiir characters to be found In the quiet e or ient of village lit In old New Hngland, s0 Mr. Howe In this new novel gives us .1 glimpse of the m ins strange characters that miko up the eternal human In the life of a village among the woods and swamps, whir, a cre'.it factor In the phi losophy or lite is tne norsetniei "A Harp of the West," is the title of 1 collection oi locms fiom the pen or Nibe 1 ltlchey, In vvhi h thcin Is much tunefulness; and the e-pe inl meilt ot simplicity and brevity Nun ot the songs urc empty sound, but ill breathe healthful senti ments.. On 1 cads that "Sleep is the golden road to Paradise, And dreams the stairway where our souls asce n 1 ' And of the n wakening of sprlnsr: "Sins me the song of a glad new- earth, Of a thin keen blade with n. diamond hilt, Of young huds ripe for the hour of birth, And ot haves a-tllt." "Oh, second love! tho Indian Bummer of the heicrt ned-lcnfid October of life's solden year, Less rosy than tho green-clad, queen thou art, ' But not li ss dear." The little volume Is Issued In a limited edition, in handsome dress, nnd in nppeur nncu It is quite a gem. "The Moods of a Soul." This Is tho sixth volume ot the "Lotus Series" nnd Is n collection if the verses of Louis M. Hls hemus. The moods of the writer nppear to be far from h ippy or sprlghtls , the general tenor of his productions here offered being well Illustrated by tho openlni; number in tho book: "How sad It Is to seo tho evening sks", In all its Rloryfairy-splendor, die And see the Bray nnd purplo clouds bo born As thes by chilled wlndllng's grasp are torn!" But this was nn unfortunate selection for an Introductory to tho contents of tho book, for there Is much In the pages fur tin r on that is really meritorious and which should not bo Judged by the Initial number. "Hplsodes." This Is a handy volume ot sketihes by a. S Stieet. Mr Street nar rates his llttlP episodes of Immorality In the eool cynical fashion or n man who has expel lenced most things and whose sense of dellc acs' has been wot full) blunted Those Utile monotones are not up to his "Autobiography of a llo.v." In this collec tion of sketihes, while Mr. Street uses a 1 le ver and wlttv pen In depicting scenes In the llve's of blase, world!) and selfish peo. pie, set after the reading of half a doen of Huso Incidents wo tlnd them monoton; oils by di presslons Who can enjos' the 1 hronli ling In page nfter page ot the In cidents which have marred lives, not mado them? It Is too wholly nt variance with Proebel's beautiful and natural law. We have morbid scenes between outraged hus bands and guilts' wives between laithiess men and adoiin- women We hnve leaves torn from lives blasted bs the selilshness of those neir nnd dear, till vie feel In dlgnnnt at tho e lev ernes so woefully mis directed The appetite of even those who possess such a morbid tnsto In literature grows sntluted long In foro the last page is reached. If one Is a believer in the theors' that the novel has no moral re. tponslblllty whatever ho will bo willing to admit the schrevwlness conves'ed In these uutliues of stories This is the highest pialsc that can bo Klvcn. Among the recent additions to the pub lb ttlous in the l'reuch and Spanish I m kuiges for the uo ot students of those tongui s from tho press of William it. Jenkins, New Vork, are ,1 number e pul.i'ls worths" of mention. Theiu Is "Le Petit chose'," by Alphonso Daudet, with 1 xpluuotury notes by Professor C l'on tulne, cilree tor of Preiich Instruction In tho high school of Washington, I) C ; "Lea Illstuiicus Cluneals, du NIX Sleele," ed it. 1 bs the same good authorlts : "Le lY.in e.ds par la Conversation," bs Clurlos P. Dm rinite i, "Preliminary Dilll," "Simples Not'uiis tie Prancals," bs" Paul Heic)'! "I1 nun a Tlcmpo," a coined) In 0110 net, nn I i;i Plnnl do Nornn," bs Pedro A, lu Alurcon tho latter In tho Spanish, Th. c works are presented with explaua. lory notis In Hngllsh, and nto made vers valuable to the student bs" unangement and the elaborateness of the annotations Tin publisher has the reputation of provbj. Ing sup. nor woiks ot the class, and thu seilis he fore us aie excellent proof that his standiinf as a, publisher Is well desoived. St Nicholas for March, which will bo issued on Monday, will contain u new Juiigl. story by ltudyard Kipling, "The Kliifcs Ankus " This Is thought by tho.e who have read (t to ba the best of Mr Kipling's Jungle stories. The manor's Imnginttiou fulily tuns riot, and he writes not only of the creatures of the Jungle, but of those who dwell underground. Mow bit, the nursllui; of tho wolf pack, and Kelt. Hie big rock p) thm visit oil I.ilr. I a cave wherein nn tjnl th tr.isnrl of n fnllen ell), Ihese nre gnnrdel In ai huge white eorba, who patiently await the e-omltig of the king lo claim hi own Mowgll overcome th" eeirbn ind bears I aivnv it J weled nnku 01 1 leph itil g a I I despite the warning Hint 'tin Hung 1 death," Mowgll tires of the nnkus anl drop It In the jungle, nnd In om n cht It brum death to six of the mm pi k Then conies 11 wonderful des riplun nf the following of n trail through tin tun . gle by Mowgll nnd iinghctra, the bl 1 k1 panther, Till I full of the qu ilnl 1m or the forpt, which Mt KltitlhK ilon of nit writers lm been able to it hit un ' 'I he nnkus I recovered and ml ngi'i Into the pit for the white coin 1 lo ivuird No other of Mr, Kipling's storks olT rs such opimrtunltle ns ihls for will null ilarlhir lllghts of Imagination an ! qui k turns uf fancy, "Ills Hgyptlan Wife" I a "tors su hi ns nil of lis kind, Hint never shoul I h iv , been Written hut wtltlen, 11 nhoitld never' hnve found a ptihllshei, ror It I the vn lesl trcish, und vulgar trash at Hint. 1 "A Scientific Solution of the Monev que ' Hon" tuny not be within the rahm of practical po!bllttle III many .vials to come, for'thp woild I wldels dlvldi 1 01 I the subject, llut Arthur Kltson, of Phlla- I delphla, has devoted IIS pages of 11 vers 1 lolupiirtl) printed book to tne exploitation of his views on the subject, beginning with the pretntorv slate tnetit that the world must nunc to hi was of thinking sooner or lati r, Tlip sum nnd ubst tin of hl thporli' I that there must be n radical change ot e-conotnlc affair nil round, und union other things that all tnrllTs must be done nway with and the whole comtuerrlnl structure of our dav be revolutionized Hut -It Is n well vviltt ti book and theie In mueli In it Hint rould be rend with prollt. Dotld, Mead ,v Co, New Vork hive brought out Hip llrst number e.r The Bookman ' This Is really nn Am. rl an million of the iopukir nnd high c la's Ln gllh monthly journal of the satin inline though It Is freshlv milled by Prnfes or Hairy Thurston Peck, of Column! t ml lege, and Jnine Mnc'Arthur. Thus while lctnlnlng, nfter the manner of tin 'b vlew of llevlews, all the popular f'-at tire' of the original edition. It 1 ont.uns additional tnnteilnl of Itnnicdliite import -mice to renders In the Vlilled States "Th. Bookman" Is really one uf the brightest nnd be'st of the literary uewspnpi rs. Its render mas' be sure of rinding In its cop ious nnd comely pipe all olld nnd suf ficient informitloii relating to current lit erature. "Why' Piv Olndys" 'Is the odd title or n novelette by the distinguished l.ngllsh nuthor. David Christie Murrn). tint heads the collection of attractive literal v produi -Hon In the Maich number of "Tnl. fiom Town Topics" It Is a brllllantlv wnt ten storv of love nnd matilmonlal Inleli. -Ity, presented In dialogue form, nn 1 the nuthor treats his theme with sin h gavety nnd eloquence that one ennnot fill to be Interested and amused. Iliad) h is a lovelv American t'.lil who marrlis a itfornud Hngllsh i-.iUe, nnd ns It turns out the rake proves to be the steulfnt anl line element or the pirlncrshlp, whereas Gladys, in an absurd spell or emotionalism brings disaster into her home Mi Mur-i-av Is at his best In lecountlng tin mis adventures of this stimiRPlv assorted pur, nnd pioduces a very good philosophical nrgument on the m ttrlmony question 11s well as .1 enpuvaimg piece 01 icwicum. Hti intuit. The volume contnlnlng the novelette Is ciowilcd as usual wim the bright array of stories, sketcne poems and colloquies culled fiom the luck pages ot Town Topics. In Harold I'rederlc's letter on American Hctlon and British v ievv s on the subjee t, the wrltel s.iys. , I have not seen It stated nnv where that American Action Is being supplanted bv British In the United State, 1101 do I be lle ve, from my own knowledge, that nny thtng cf the sort Is going on It is Hue that there have been two or three mirkeel successes or late, but I do not for 11 mo ment Imagine that such n novelist as Mr. Howe Us ieels himself Injured because for the moment every bodv wonts to read 'Till by.' or that his curious dislike of our Isl anders has been intensified by the tilumph of liu Mnurlei "What Is relllv tiking place Is this Theie' Is lomliiR into existence a literature 1 ommon to nil IhiRllsh speaking nit e that Is a e ommon, cuiient Hteiature, apart from the common dead llterutine This lit erature belongs alike to th states to (S1e.1t Biliain, to Iielmd to Cmad i, Austr.ill 1, India, New Zealand, and the Isles contain nil the best living wrltel s of nil these 1 oun tiles. x.nur How ells lit long" to us, so clois vour Henry James so do Cable and M.irv WMlctns. and ever so manv more Vours is uiso 0111 Stevenson, yours m all our best men nnd women Aput, howive-, from the common em rent lltei.ituii is ,1 sepir.ite brani h one foi you, one for 11s of writcis having no vogue out of then own country. The) ale. so to speak, loc il they sie ak of things, manners, wnys, of thought peculiar lo their own place. When 1 was in Ameilc.i In 1S10 1 made notes and ole-eiv-ntions In every book stall and book shop that I Faw. I was convinced that theie Is n local, a national, popularity which can not 1 loss the ocean What mattei, how ever, so long ns what you Rive us is your be'st, and so long as you take fiom us the best Hint we have to give?" "Orchids," a novel by Leila llnrdln Burr This Is .1 story thu lias passed the ordeal of criticism, especially of church papers of tho Itomun Catholic laith, with .1 degree of favoi that must be eiy giatlfylng 10 the author. It Is .1 wholesome, pleasantly told tale of life putly In n Prenc 11 convent and partly in New Vork society, with some In teiestlng talks upon the seilous .subj. c ts of politics, elngs differences and philan thropy The hciotne. rich. Catholic, nnd enthuslnstlc In her desire to ameliorate the condition of the poor. Is a lovable tvpe of the American gill The' pretty thiead of romance tunning through the book keeps nllve mien 81. The love part of the stoiy ends disastrously, howevei, for those who prefer the leading characters to "marry and live happily ever after," for the hero ine refuses to many an Hngllsh peer nnd becomes a nun lit nn Indian mission school "01 chlds" Is prettily gotten up In green, with a delicate outline of the title dower. t.lte rar) o(i s. Henry Jnines Is at work on n book nf "l.ove I.) rich," which will be toon pub lished Tho best sentence In Ibsen's new pli) Is tills. "I.ibor and tiouble can nlwnje pet through alone, but It mites two to bo Bind." "Who is this Dr. Holmes"" nsKed u lndy of n New 1'iiKlind bookscllir rce ciitl) ; "I've never henid of him, but his viile Cvltuv J. Holmes) vrrltes lovely books'" lillbeit 1'aiker, life Canadian writer. Is ouiiiiKc'il lo many nn Ainarli.m ulrl, tho duiiKbtcr of u New Yoik merchant, the Into -Mr, Vanillic, the linporlei of Hast 111 dlan vvnrcs Mncmlll.ii) .I Co are publishing a com plete triuslitlon of tho roll .intuitu oi "IHiddhn lllrtb Ktoiles," vihleh nio hiiii- posed to bo the oldest collection ot falk 1010 stories In evlstence Ono ot llobert l.ouls Slevenson's Kreat heroes was the Duke of Welllnutoii llo used to say that the best think' evei said of WellliiKton vvas this "Ho did his duty ns natiitally as n horso ents onls " Itimlni of Mnrlon Ui.ivv fold's novel, "C.is.i lii-acelo," now nppeiirliiK In the feiltun, will bo Interested In knovviiiK that tbo stoty, ns prlntid so An, Is true, except that the heeno of the aciinl oci urn lieu was in Mouth America Instead of In ltul) A ciitlc who has read Miss ilairnden's California!! story In manuscript sidh it Is so koocI that It could not be bettei Ue hldcH Kiiim; on with hei novel, she line mis to wilte three more California!! fctotles, "Tho life out lieie lute lists llie," she vvrlies, "It is .so linn 1 tut fiom rvei)lhliiK else " Ur llobcrtson Nleoll, the editor of tho IlooUmau, v, honi a news Item now k'olng the louiuls of the piess tl'idlta with huv IliK "dh,i ovenil" J .M II. ink', Jane llai loiv, and "lull .Maelarcii," will lsito tliiniiKli the riemliik' II. lb veil Coinpati) n volume of foi t) -til o seruiouettes, entl thnl "Teii-Allnnte Seituons" Tlie J 11. I.lpplncott Ccimpin) has te cured a new novel by the author of "A Hu. periluous Woman" It Is eallcel "Tiunsl llon," und tnkea up the KUk'e- rabt down by "Murcellu " It shuvvs viltb traffic Intenxl t) tho cteiplm; hum of foeliilistlo and an. archlsiiu lendeiicUs It is. a llttlnir Inlel Icttual child of Its uiioiii 111011s nutlioi The recent development of topical meth ods of study In hlstoiy has biouuht out a numb, r of books aloiiir thu Hue of this method of work. One of the most pronda. Inn books In this department has been pre. pared by llr r. J. Allen, principal of Ilik'h n hool, .Milfoid, X II., unci Is soon to be published b) D (' Heath ev. t'o , lloston, A volume intltlnl "lllrdcrnft," wiltten bl Mabel OdKood Wilght, and boon tu be It-hued by MacmUlau .v t'o , will contain plaits giving In thu natural colors n curate 1' preseiilutlous of tho birds ilescilbed in thu tc it Dcscilptlous and blograpblcn of ".ni species uro b'lven. Mis. Wright will bo umembered us tho author of ''Tim I'llcml. ship of Nature," u woik publlshid last jiur ii) Hie JIUC-1U11U1119. Another feuiuro of Harpci's for March vvill bo nu aitlclo by Ml. I'ortlsnu which Mill ..pnkAne ha nlili.iu nt .... Am..l .. ..... ,sw.b ... biuinig iui .... .....v. tveeie 1 urademy ut Home. Hoial Cortlssoz Is art crlilg of tho Kuw YorU Tribune, uuduuioui; Doctor Henderson .... .! .. '. 111 illlll IU liesi Tbo )l 1 HcIHIiIp Dortor. Jhi J J" tirailuatev 111 -vieeiirnip. feiileierrvTiicrp.ireoirnmi7a7oor iireiiKiii-e. c riperlcnionroltnporttint. fet.ito your case and dentlal, nthi r pi ri nnllynrliy litter. -"' . . . .- . .. Nominal wcauncss ana hroilucing fucpil Id' n imnhood. lirnituato 111 .vii'Uliinc. iiit iriir .-.vee.ii ..... ... a Authored hy lho Stnte to trcnt CHROMC, lit MOUS 1 snCIALD'StASCS. Cir-si nniaiitc nl or money re tundrd All tu diefne furnished reu ,y f it- ue. No rtetenj ion f r. m lmlne. lMtlcnt nt n itumm 0 treitid by in U and exfre s. Mcdlclrip It, so, iitiuilpsnhdblotchpspn thofncc.rti-hesorniooiltc) nrnu, puns 111 iwck.iiioi isiiuilfri.-c fulticss,balilulncs, nvprslin to Focety,.lo rt s xunl pi wcr, lotHl cVr . cared f rllfe 1 r in slop ti'l night losses, resinrnic si re jiuu luvwrr, icsiuru t uuu uiuiuijecif eniuefev uu..sub...s ..s j ..-...... v- , , ML. CsiftliMic 11iittcrrlhlO!llrnc,lnnlUtCff.;r..rG prnrnncntlr cured wlWJ sypmilbej f r nn.i finer rtifd fori31-1""-""" caustic, " tttne, timml Jn K , Hlnrrtrtnn.lBlMiii.,litl tortnlj lifla lihil Iii.IUH VOU ill IUT ZUnrnUlTC. T life. IllOOd l'OlsolllIll,'. f II Jllscasc. 1'lCCr", jsuunun. nil inuii. nil c.'i.i..m ."""Ul Swrlllncs. S .r s,t, 1 orrliu'anniKdect.nndnU ItieMlietnntU!cnt.nthouie. , it KcVrVlded1' lJ'iOStS l'SlU,Cly CUrCl of RllCUIliatiSm ?cnm"1 (Vr ,l P,wi1 1 r both sexes, fiM'c. 2f pioturcsStMincLIti:. aiionrcatcst di.rovcrv I ill IjOOIv. trtioto Hie. whh lull dNerfptloii nilniiniiMiit m.dlelne. Ol itoo riv.s rdlcfijA tiboTO diseases, tho elect ntnl cu e, n nt senb I lew iV,9c',;c'niVi0T'i,?'l,,'Vli)0nr .'AK eitlnplilnverappiriorrc.liistatni v Head thlslri.ro In a low day Send statement of tniy littttj book nudnuscver list of question . IwuhBl.iuipforiircular. p"---' ' , . , ' . Free Museum of Anatomy fium'sM T-!i. "' UfedlUo models nnd war llirurp deeply luiptcss tlio mlndj-a school of In I Sundaii 10 to 12. structlon a Mrinon without v.ord. .... , ,, . ,.., 1 ,.... -. l ll.-l ,,, snno rttnoillri In the tctnt 1 Neh I nil fotnt er aioit dltccus that I cdnot cun. It. Wi ttOOItttAltt). r. a. WOODWARD, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, DI'AUilxS IN PAINTS, OILS AND Ol.ASS. 1206 and I20S Union Avo. (Noar Union Dopot), Kansas City, Mo, 11! fiVrvS 1WS e mm-mim mm ri cuts. J" V Htttm 11, President. lit) Cov inoton. Cishier. I) A. McKtnnrt. 111 111. 1 iiMi-i 1 nLNlir u KUMI-r. Vice l'res't. r II KB Ml. H J llucicn. b .s St IIAI. ForeiLMi Draffs Issued on All Parts of the Old World. 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Tho Dundee Advertiser gives somo pirtlc nlais ot her nneestois and careei ileoige Webstei, the fnthei of Mrs Steel, was the son of a i-cciteh mlnlstei, and was for some time sheriff clerk of roifnrshlie The nov elist Is the voungest of a tamlly ot three sons and two daughters Two novels of unusual freshness nnd of vildel) contrasted Interest will be Issued Immedlitely by the .1 II. I.lpplncott Com pany "Miss Chorrv os-am ' is ,a stoiy of a group of Amnio ins in Yokohuma, plus a lovel) Jaimneso gill of high lank The othe i storv Is the Hist novel of the .intbeii of the celebrated "Cllil In the Knrpiithlans which a )e.ir or so ago rave a fillip to tastes Jaded by conventional books of nil venture. Mrs Mtnle Muilel Dowle has written In Gallia" n novel that will aston ish even those who gauged her power fiom her llrst book. TVcvv Hook. 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