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DECOR AH PUBLIC OPINION.
AKERS & UHEEX, I’ublUbera.
DECORAH, • - - IOW A.
THE NEWS IN IOWA
At the firemen’s tournament at Map
leton, the Ode bo It team earned off
six prizes.
Mark Colburn, a lad of 12, while
bathing in a small stream near Dexter,
was drowned.
A Belle Blaine deaf mute was run
over and frightfully injured by a train
at that plaee.
Mrs. Peter McCoy, living near Cen
terville. committed suicide Saturday
by cutting her throat.
The upper lowa conference of the
Methodist church will be held at In
dependence beginning Oct. fi.
The 3-year-old child of Win. Crattse,
of Battle Creek was killed by the cars.
The little one had fallen asleep on the
track.
The school for the deaf at Council
Bluffs opens September 8 and is free to
all deaf persons in the state of school
age.
John Baker, of Clarinda. is in the
toils, lie is accused of having stolen a
parcel of registered mail from a cart
at Clarinda.
The 11-year old daughter of Peter
Hatothki, near Plainfield, was killed
by lightning while playing about a
wire fence during an electrical storm.
The Northwest lowa Veterans' As
sociation will go to the encampment
ut St. Paul in style, via a special train
on the the Illinois Central. They will
carry their own band.
George W. Jones, bigamist, was
bound over to the grand jury at
Creston. In default of bail, he will
occupy a cell in the Union county jail
till the next term of court.
\ ietor Brown Dolliver, of Fort
Dodge, and Miss Augusta Larrabee
were wed at Montauk. the home of the
bride s parents. ex-Governor and Mrs.
William Larrabee, on the 18th.
*> The democratic state convention a
Ottumwa practically decided on hold
ing all future conventions in Des
Moines on account of the superior
accommodations of the capital city.
Truesdell,* the mun who confessed
murder at a revival meeting at Water
li»o last winter, has skipped because
he imagined the minions of the law
were after him. 11 is faith lias
evidently weakened.
The Coon Rapids lodge of Masons
have just appropriately celebrated the
64th anniversary of the membership
of one of their members, Mr. Alexan
der Lawrence. He is one of the oldest
Mhsobs it? the state
John Parrish, a firmer living near
Webster City, had u huge rat run up
the leg of his pantaloons, and in
to get rid of the rodent was bitten in
the hand. His arm will probably have
to be amputated.
A bag of counterfeit silver money,
mostly half dollars and minor coins,
was found near Eldora Junction.
They were good imitations and hard to
detect. They will be turned over to
the United States marshal.
The Montgomery County Farmers'
Industrial Association at Stanton has
failed. The liabilities are SI 1,000;
assets. 5:24,000. It is claimed that, un
fair pressure caused the collapse. The
books are being investigated.
W. S. McDonald and Maude Penn
held, who are said to huve eloped from
Clarion July 0, have been traced to
Dallas county. The girl was 15, and a
sister of the man's wife, who has
returned to her parents’ home.
Fire broke out in the Crabil block at
Clarinda, which wholly destroyed the
Knights of Pythias lodge property and
did damage to the merehantile stock
below to the amount ol several thous
and dollars. All was fully insured.
William Scott, clerk at the Hotel
Vendome, at Sioux City, was left by
liis nurse for a few moments, while
suffering from heat prostration, and
during the latter's absence contrived
to have brought to his room and drink
four bottles ot beer. Convulsions re
mitted and he died.
Jim l'aul, of Hamilton county, is
under arrest at Webster City, charged
with the murder of his wife and
/ramimotlier. #tofh died under sus
picious circumstances within a few
days of each other and in four weeks
from his wife's death Haul was
re-married.
4 The lb-year-old son of John White,
living near Silver Creek, northwest of
Lansing, was thrown from his horse,
sustaining injuries which resulted in
his death, lie wa« racing with a com
panion at the time the accident
occurred ami in some way became
unseated, fulling head foremost and
fracturing his skull.
The retail dry goods house of Steel
A Co., Keokuk and Omaha, made an
assignment to S. K. Carey, of Keokuk,
for the benefit of their creditors. The
assets of the Keokuk house are
estimated at between 8--,000 and
923,000. and the Omaha branch from
bet ween 80,000 and 97,000. Combined
liabilities are estimated at a\>out
§15,000. .
A farm hand named Kirsler, living
near Ueinhcek, left that place recently 1
said to he drunk. The next morning
his remains were found on the Chicago
Croat Western truek, literally cut to
pieces, it is supposed he weut to sleep
.»n the track.
The lowa State Christian Association
is in session at Des Moines.
Two tenants of James Connelly,
after paying a cash rent of 81.000 for
his 400-acre farm in Johnson county,
have decamped, leaving their crop
unharvested.
A dispatch from Jonesboro. Ark.,
says .1. McManus shot and killed .1. C.
Cornwall in that city. Cornwall was
all over the state of lowa recently,
searching for his wife, who, he said,
had eloped with McManus from
Arkansas. McManus is in jail. He
shot Cornwall after a few minutes'
conversation with him.
Th state hoard of health lias given
permission > for the removal of
the remains of ex-governor Kirk
wood into another lot in the lowa
City cemetery. The new lot is in a
much more desirable lcx’ation and will
afford a much better opportunity for
the erection of a handsome although
unostentat ions monument.
Rev. Scott, the Waterloo eloper, is
said to he having an easy time at th M
Independence insane asylum. He gets
a daily paper, has one of the best
wards in the asylum and is visited by
his wife every day. It is believed he
will soon he discharged as ‘•cured.”
He still maintains that he loves Daisy
Dorian and says he cannot help it.
At Des Moines. Inez Enslow, a girl
10 years of age, was found by Captain
Cook in the Whitechapel district and
taken to the central station. The
girl, who also passes by the name of
Inez Hyman, came to Des Moines a
few days ago. having left her home in
Owaseo, Mo. She will probably he re
turned to her parents as soon as they
can be heard from.
A family named Blanchard has been
found living in a house near Cedar
Rapids hare of all furniture and
without a window pane intact
and on the point of starvation.
Blanchard is almost blind, and is un
able to work, while Mrs. Blanchard
has been ill for several weeks and
when found was almost dead. They
have four children. The woman has
been taken to the hospital and the
children eared for.
When a Burlington. Cedar Rapids &
Northern train reached Ely, the first
station south of Cedar Rapids, a few
nights ago. a tramp who was on the
train was ordered off. ite refused to
go. and attacked the brakeman with a
razor, hut the latter succeeded in
knocking him down with a eluh. After
the train started he was again found
in a ear. and again assailed the train
men. At the next station he was
turn'd over to an officer. He will he
prosecuted.
Henry Reinhart, the aged Sioux < it.y
capitalist, who recently applied to the
district court for the discharge of the
guardian appointed for him several
months ago, lias filed a supplementary
petition, in which he states that he
should never have consented to the
appointment had it not been for
threats made hv his wife and son
John that uuless he submitted to their
dictation they would proceed against
him criminally on charges of adultery,
and. if possible, send him to the peni
tentiary. and if they failed in that,
ruin his standing in the city. His son
was the guardian appointed, the value
of the property being over SIOO,OOO.
A dispatch from Omaha says: Mrs.
Joe Seddon, of Persia, lowa. who. her
husband alleges, lias deserted him and
took along more of the proceeds of the
cash drawer titan ite could well spare,
together with Miss Maud Thomas of
the same place, have been arrested.
She says that he often beats her ami
has attempted to shoot her; that he
also at one time tried to kill himself
with a shotgun and lias a badly scarred
face as a consequence: that lie lias also
tried to poison himself: that he is a
dangerous man and that she fears for
her life. She denies that she is guilty
ofadultery. as charged by her husband.
Mrs. Seddon is a handsome little wo
man and impresses one with the idea
that she is a much abused individual.
Miss Thomas stated that site hus done
nothing to be arrested for. but merely
came away from Persia with the in
tention of getting work.
The temperance people of Center
ville are up in arms, and the home of
lowa's governor is likely to experience
such an array of legal contests as it
had never seen before. For more than
a year outside wholesale liquor houses
have been trying to get a foot-hold in
the city, but have utterly failed until
a few days ago, when the doors of the
first mulct saloon were thrown open.
The first evening ut least 1,000 people
had congregated about the building,
and as many as could crowded into the
room, and for two hours, until it) p.
m.. five wliite-coated bartenders stood
behind the plain, unvarnished bar, and
with dexterity born of long practice in
Ottumwa and tit her places, served up
beer and mixed and fancy drinks to
the thirsty populace. The liquor deal
ers expect to make a test case of this
one. anti if decided in their favor will
open other saloons in the city.
There was some excitement near
Wavorly recently, caused by the mys
terious disappearance of a young man
named August Ku./etz. He was
finally located in Waterloo, where he
had been for a week, spending almost
the entire time in riding on the trolley
cars. Ue was taken home, but as he
appeared C<» be slightly demented, he
was remove*? to the home of relatives
in Butler county for a season of rest.
It is believed thu* the numerous disap
pointments in love which Kuszetz has
endured have menb>ly unbalanced
him.
| NEWS OF THE WEEK
I Forest fires are reported to he raging
j in Wisconsin, along the shore of Lake
Superior.
I During a recent engagement with
■ the Spanish troops, the Cuban
insurgents are reported to have been
routed.
Five hundred employes of the Adams
Express Company at New York and
i Jersey City have gone on a strike.
| They charge that wages have been
! reduced one-third and many old and
' efficient men discharged for trivial
i reasons.
'■ Samoa is said to be sinking hack into
barbarism and United States Consul
Mulligan says that King Malietoa is
silting on a throne of paper, and has
; to Vie supported by relatives who take
tin washing. Samoa is a protectorate
jof the United States, Great Britain
and Germany.
Three men were killed and fourteen
others injured, some fatally, by the
' collapse of a four-story building at
Eau Claire. Wis., which they were
tearing down.
Spreading rails, caused by the
intense heat, wrecked a train on the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad, near
. Pueblo. Col. The train was loaded
j with tourists, but only the engineer
; and fireman were killed.
Gladstone and Li Hung Chang met
at the former's English home one day
last week. They discussed various
subjects through their interpreters
and after tea were photographed
together.
According to recent dispatches Spain
is preparing to present a claim for
damages to the United States for large
sums, the claims being based upon the
many filibustering expeditions that
are alleged to be secretly leaving our
ports.
The democratic headquarters have
at last been located at Chicago with a
branch in Washington.
The Italian embassador has made a
demand for reparation f*'r the Italians
recently killed in New Orleans and
has been assured that justice shall he
promptly done the families of the dead
men.
Saturday while employees of the
Brown Hoisting Works in Cleveland
were returning from work they were
attacked by a party of strikers, former
employees of the concern, and as a
result of the fight which occurred one
striker and one "scab" are now lying
dead and several others are seriously
injured. It was one of the most das
tardly attempts at rdvenge ever at
tempted by organized labor.
The ocean greyhound St. Paul has
broken all records of speed by cross
ing the Atlantic in t> days and 31 min
utes.
News from Kansu. China, says that
Tung Ftilisiang, in obedience to an
imperial command, has begun the
massacre of all the. Mohammedans he
comes across. At Haining Fu he slew
3.000 business men and sold their wives
and female children. Fears arc enter
tained for a general uprising. Floods
arc doing terrible damage in China.
In many places entire towns are sub
merged and there are many deaths.
Hundreds of homeless men, women
and children arc starving.
Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Schotthansen.
the polar explorers, have arrived at
the island of Vardoe. Norway. Com
munications state that they abandoned
tlie Fram in the autumn of 18i>5 and
resorted to the ice. The steamer
W.ndward, carrying supplies to the
Jackson-Karnes worth expedition,
picked them up near Franz Josef
Lund. They expected that the Fratn
would eventually drift to the east
coast of Greenland. Dr. Nansen fuiled
to reach the north pole, but lie touched
a point four degrees nearer than any
other explorer has done.
The total number of deaths in the
greater New York district during the
past week as a result of the torrid
wave is estimated at from 7»M)to 1.000.
Moluli Rezu, who assassinuted the
shah of Persia, was hanged a few days
ago.
The sultan of Turkey lias refused to
grant the Cretans other reforms than
those extended to them by the llelepa
congress.
A New York dispatch says:
Bryan and Kewa’.l were formally
notified of their nomination to the
residency and vice presidency re
pectively at Madison Square Garden.
The address was delivered by Gov.
Stone, of Missouri. Mr. Bryan re
sponded and spoke tit length, meeting
with frequent demonstrations of ap
proval. Mr. Sewall was then formally
notified and responded briefly. The
hull contained 20.0(8) people. Later,
in the open air, Bryan addressed a
crowd of 40.(i00 people.
I.vnrlilnc lntrrr>t< Illploiiiila.
Bar Harbor, Me.. Aug. 15.—Baron Fa
va, the Italian ambassador, left here
for Washington last night in response
to a message about the Louisiana
lynching affair.
SrKlnlrj nn<l llama Confer.
Cleveland, Ohio. Aug. 18. —Major Mc-
Kinley and Chairman Hanna met at
the latter’s home in this city Sunday
and talked over the campaign. When
asked if Major McKinley would take
the stump Mr. Hanna replied: "Major
McKinley has rmtdo no change in his
plans. He will not take the stump in
tide campaign.” The national chair
man said he was not informed as to
the progress of the campaign in the
east, for the reason that he had been
so busy in Chicago he had no time to
read his letters.
SERIOUS RIOT AT DELFAGT.
Crowd* Stone Kattoosllit Proce**lon—-
More Trouble Feared-
Belfast. Aug. 18. —Serioue rioting oc
curred Monday In connection with
the nationalist manifestations in favor
of granting amnesty to the Irish polit
ical prisoners. There were several
processions of nationalists through the
streets as a beginning and they were
finally merged into a large procession,
headed by bandsmen, armed with
spears. The procession attracted Im
mense crowds of people and stone
throwing commenced. This served to
enrage the nationalists and their bands
men attacked the crowds with their
spears, wounding many people. The
police charged the rioters and used
their batons freely, with the result that
several persons were hurt before order
was restored. The police are taking
steps to make a display of force calcu
lated to prevent any further serious
rioting, and. if necessary, the military
will be called upon to assist the con
stabulary In maintaining order.
Heavy rain put a stop to all rioting
znd no further trouble of this nature
ha 3 been reported. The troops, how
ever. are still confined at the barracks,
awaiting further developments.
Fatal Cyclone lu Alatnma.
Selma, Ala., Aug. 18.—News has
been received here from Augustine.
Perry county, fourteen miles from a
telegraph station, that a terrible and
most destructive cyclone swept over
that place on Thursday last, leveling
everything in its path. Twelve ne
groes and threo white people were
Killed by houses falling in on them,
and ten other persons were more or
loss Injured. Twenty-four head of
horses and mules were crushed to
death by falling barns. The cyclone
was followed by the heaviest rain that
has fallen in that section in fifteen
years. The creeks and their branches
were converted into raging torrents,
sweeping away cotton, corn and other
crops, causing heavy losses to plant
ers.
Rnvernment'* Map* I**ae<l.
Washington. Aug. 18.—The big gen
eral maps of the United States, issued
by the general land office for this year,
have just been issued. The result of
the work of engraving and printing is
one of the most complete and finely
drawn 6ets yet issued by the govern
ment. The feature is the division of
the country into sections, marking the
various cessions and purchases from
other governments. The tracts covered
in the original thirteen colonies and the
Gadsden purchase, the Texas annexa
tion. the cessions of Louisiana. Alaska,
Mexico and Florida are clearly set out
for the first time. Commissioner La
tnoreux is the originator of the idea.
N>w York Fainter*' Strike.
New York. Aug. 18.—A general strike
of painters has been ordered to take
place, which will include men in other
trades, who will quit work in sympathy
with them in the shops of the contract
ors who arc paying wages less than
the union scale of $3.50 for eight hours’
work a day. It is said that nearly 1,000
workmen will go on strike. The New
York painters’ union is composed of
five organizations, comprising a mem
bership of 1,000. An executive board
transacts all'business for these unions,
and it was this board which recently
issued the order for the strike.
Fatal Row Over Tot I tic*.
Wagoner, I. T., Aug. 18. —Two men
were shot and killed and another mor
tally wounded at the annual conven
tion of the national party in the Chero
kee nation, ten miles north of Tahle
quah, Saturday. The killed are Eli
Wofford, chief of police of Tahlequah.
and Charley Proctor, a deputy. Sheriff
Leonard Williams was fatally wound
ed, and it is -said that Fan Wofford
may die as a result of his wounds.
The row originated over whisky. The
affair has created intense excitement
in that section of the nation.
.nay .Xante State Ticket.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 10.—Tho
question of calling a convention of the
Indiana democracy to put a state gold
ticket in the field is being agitated to,
r. considerable extent in a jiuniber of
local cities where the sentiment it
strong, and it is more than probable
that a movement in that direction will
take shape this week. While the gen
tlemen in charge of the nat. v mal
headquarters in this city are not fa
vorable to such a step they will hold
themselves bound by what may appear
to be the majority sentiment of the
gold democrats of the state.
itryan t» » mr ililwitak >«.
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 19.—Chair
man Heck of the silver state committee
said Monday that while he was in New
York Candidate Bryan promised him to
make one speech in Milwaukee, even if
he could not tour the state. Mr. Peek
says he clinched the promise by secur
ing the consent of the national com
mitteee.
Oitnihn Younir IVnple Active.
Omaha. Neb.. Aug. 19.—The first of
the delegates to the Young People’s
Christian union are In the city and it is
expected that several hundred will ar
rive to-day. The number who have
already applied to the committee of ar
rangements exceeds l.V)0.
Industrial I'iaut* Clour Down*
Providence. It. 1., Aug. 13.—The awful
heat continued to kill in all parts of
Rhode Island, and Tuesday night eight
deaths were recorded. Many industrial
plants closed down in and about this
city, and the number of prostrations
exceed anything ever known here.
Populist Committer Culled.
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 13.--Senator
Butler has called a meeting of the na
tional popultst committee to be held at
Washington next Tuesday to decide on
the Immediate opening of headquarters
at Washington.
DEMOCRATS CONVENE
HORACE BOIES AND GENERAL
WEAVER ELECTORS-AT
LARGE.
The National Ticket and Platform Ea
doroed —1„ H. Parr, of PlarUo,
for Secretary of State.
Ottumwa, August 13.—The demo
cratic state convention was called to
order at 10:55 yesterday morning.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr.
Russell, of this city, after which the
delegates were welcomed to the city
by Mayor La Force. Temporary
Chairman Van Wagenan followed in
an address which met with hearty
applause.
A call of counties for committees
resulted in the following being named
as a committee on resolutions: First
district. Dr. A. C. Roberts, Lee; Second,
\Y. I. Hayes, Clinton; Third, J. S.
Murphy, Dubuque; Fourth, Richard
Dewey, Mitchell: Fifth. J. H. Green,
Jones; Sixth, Oliver \V. Down, Oska
loosa; Seventh, W. \Y. Luring, Warren;
Eighth, F. Q. Stuart, Lueas; Ninth, C.
W. C'ullison. Harlan; Tenth, M. F.
Healey, Webster: Eleventh, James
Parsons, Rock Rapids.
In the afternoon the committee on
permanent organization reported,
naming J. J. Shea for chairman, and
that gentleman mude a short address.
The platform adopted is as follows:
We. the democracts of lowa, in conven
tion assembled, heartily endorse and hereby
reaffirm the platform adopted l>y the na
tional convention ut Chicago in’ IS'.lti, as a
true and correct statement of democratic
principles. W e recognize in theeaudidutes
named by the suid national convention
noble and patriotic champions of said prin
ciples anil pledge to them our most earnest
support, recognizing the fluaneial issue as
the great and centre lling question of the
present campaign. We invite all voters ir
res[>ective of past party affiliations who are
in favor of the interests and pros|>erity of
the great masses of the people to unite with
us in carrying the election this full to the
end that financial relief may lie given and
prosperity restored to the country.
The committee then proceeded to
the selection of a ticket, which re
sulted as follows:
Kt , K< TO Its- A T-1. A tIG E.
Horace Boies.
Gen. Janies B. Weaver.
DISTRICT Kl.Kcror.S.
First—A. F. Kuhoemeier. Des Moines
county.
Second —Thus. Stapleton. lowa.
Third—C. \V. Green. Butler.
Fourth—A. L. Kimie, Winneshiek.
Fifth—Louis Metzgar, Marshall.
Sixth —Perry Engle. .Jasper.
Seventh —C. C. Loomis, Polk.
Eight—D. C Bradley, Appanoose.
Ninth—J. J. Shea. Pottawattamie.
Tenth—J. B. Butler, Webster
Eleventh—F. F. li*«e. Monona.
STATE TICKET.
Secretary of state—L. H.Carr, Clarke.
Auditor of state —G.W. Davis. Louisa.
Attorney general—Win. D. Boies,
Sioux.
Treasurer—Chas. Ruegnitz. Clayton.
Supreme judge— K. L. Bolter, Harri
son.
Railroad commissioner, long term—
Amos Steckel. Davis.
Railroad commissioner, short term —
Thus. J. Denson, Fayette.
General Weaver responded to a call
nnd his remarks were happily received.
The convention then adjourned.
Following is the new state central
committee, including the selections
yesterday. E. \V. Curry is retained as
chairman, but will lie given a working
secretary: First district, 11. L. Throop,
Mt. Pleasant; Second, C. S. Runck,
lowa City; Third, E. M. Carr, Man
chester; Fourth, John Foley, New
Hampton; Fifth, M. R. Jackson,
Tipton; Sixth, Charles Walsli,
Ottumwa; Seventh, Henry Riegelman,
iL-e Moines; Eighth, E. W. Curry,
Leon; Ninth. J. E. McGuire, Audubon;
Tenth, M. F. Healey, Fort Dodge;
Eleventh, T. I). Stringborn. Sioux Citv.
IrganW.ed Utmr Declare* for Silver.
Chicago, Aug. 18. —Organized labor
of this city, at least that portion of it
represented by the Chicago Labor
congress, yesterday by a vote of 19
to 7 passed a resolution in favor ol
the free and unlimited coinage of gold
and silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. The
resolution also provided for a commit
tee to be appointed to investigate the
records of all the leading men in the
gold standard movement and indorsed
the action of the American Federalism
of Labor in its stand against the gold
standard.
ltig Mortgage to He Foreclo»e«l.
Pan Francisco, Cal., Aug. 18. —The
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company ol
New York has filed a suit in the United
States Circuit Court to foreclose a mort
gage executed in its favor in 1889 by
the Oregon Improvement Company.
The litigation arises over a mortgage
for $15,000,000 Issued in 1880 and given
to the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Com
pany as si guarantee for the redemption
of bonds for a like amount indorsed bj
J te company.
Klin Kill Herd* of Stock.
Crawfordavllle. Ind., Aug. 18. —Out
along Black Creek and in the sur
rounding country hogs and cattle are
dying by the hundred from the poison
ous bites of swarms of flies, that are
somewhat larger than the common
house fly and much more pestiferous.
Hogs and cattle have been bitten by
the flies, until a fever sets In, and
death follows. The farmers are great
ly discouraged.
Inwu Prlaon on Kir*
Anumosn, lowa, Aug. 13.—At 9 o’clock
Tuesday evening a fire started ir the
cellar of the prison dining-room. The
o\en had been hot and some kindlinp
which lay rear by took fire. The cellai
was full of barreled pork and other
combustible matter. The fire was soon
beyond control. The entire entry build
ing was destroyed, including the large
library of 3,000 volumes, the tailor shop
dining-room and chapel. The total loss
will reach about $20,000. By gr*at ef
forts the engine-room and dynamo were
saved.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON IX, AUGUST 30. AB
SALOM'S DEFEAT AND DEATH
Uolden Test: “Tlie l.oril Knoweth the
tV»jr of the (tlghtena*. hut the Way
at the Ungodly Shall Psrlih" —Book
ef I’salma, Chapter 1, Verse 1(1.
3*7jO-DAY we continue
the story of last
Sunday's lesson. But
* seeing the sud end
of the disobedient
son and the father's
grief over him. we
look at the story
from the father’s
I'• side. Besides the
main lessons of the
™ sad harvest from
/ VN. breaking the Fifth
/-;• Commandment, and
r * of the father s feel
ings toward his dis
obedient and lost child, there are many
touching Incidents, each bearing the tra
grnnt blossoms of Instruction. We will
study the whole story, and compare It
with ihe psalms, and with God's love to
wards Ids sinful children, as expressed
in the story of the Prodigal Son. I-*'t
the school repeat in concert John 3:10
and the Fifth Commandment. Historical
setting. Time. B. C. M 23, a short time
after the last lesson. Place. (1) Muhan
aim (the two hosts or camps), David's
temporary capital, a strongly fortified
town east of the Jordan, and near the
Jahhok. It was the place Saul's sou.
Ishbosheth. made his capital while h*
wns holding the ten tribes against David
at Hebron. Here. too. the angel of the
.ord met Jacob, and Jacob prevailed In
prayer (Gen. 3:2). <2) The battlefield was
tin* Wood of Ephraim, not the highlands
In the tribe of Ephraim, west of the Jor
dan. but some part of the great forests
of Gilead, east of the Jordan, ami within
one day of Mahanaim (chap. 19: 2). The
name was probably given to the spot
because of the memorable defeat of the
Kphralmlte* there in the time of Jeph
ttiah (Judg. 12:4.)
Today's lesson includes verses 9-17. 32.
33. chapter IS. Second Book of Samuel, as
follows: *
9. "And Absalom met the servants of
David” in battle array: and his troops
were defeated. "Absalom rode upon a
inule,” In his flight. "The mule which
lie rode—perhaps David's own—-was a
mark of royalty (1 Kings 1:33. 38).*'—Cam
bridge Bible. "Ills head caught hold of
the oak.” "His head was caught in
lhe forked boughs of the tree, and he
hung there, stunned ami helpless. Per
haps his long, thick hair got entangled,
but there Is nothing to support the com
mon idea that lie was suspended merely
hv his hair."—Cambridge Bible. "Josephus
says distinctly that Ills hair was en
tangled."—Cook.
11. "Why didst thou not smith him
there?" But the man knew too much to
he tempted even by a girdle, the mark of
friendship, ami by money, for he w« I!
knew that it would be known, and Juab
himself would have east the Warn • upon
him before David. For David was in
tensely anxious thut his wayward ao.i
should be saved.
14. "Joah . . . took three darts . . .
and thrust them through the heart of
Absalom.’* He alone felt strong enough
to dtsohey the king. He did the act f or
David's own sake. Doubtless he thor
oughly believed "that Absalom's death
was the only effectual way of ending
this most guilty and-perniclouii tnsurree
iton. and so preserving tin- country from
ruin.” /
17. "Joah hekl back the people." from
further slaughter. In this way the na
tion could more easily he reunited under
David.
IT. "They took Absalom, ami cast hitn
into a great pit in the wood." etc. “The
people of the east Indicate their detesta'-
tion of the memory of uu infamous pi r
son by throwing stones at the place
where he is buried.”
32. "Cushl,” one of the couriers. "Is
the young man Absalom safe?” David's
first thought, after he knew that the
kingdom was safe, was for the fate of
his wayward son.
Is the young man safe? This is a ques
tion every parent and every friend of
young men should ask. Is the young
man safe from intemperance, from bad
companions, from hud hooks, from dis
honest conduct, from had habits? Is he
safe in Jesus Christ? is he safe in a
good home ami among good influences?
is be safe for this world? Is lie safe for
eternity? Ask yourself, also, what you
are doing to make him am! keep hint
safe.
Is the young man safe! So. Why not?
Because he has begun to taste intox
icating drinks.
Because ho lias given up hi* life to
regular money-making.
Because lie is reckless in ills way of
handling money.
Because ills thoughts are not pure.
Because lie lias a lot of opinions that
are false.
Because Ids parents do not set him a
good example.—A. F. Schuuffler.
33. "Went up to tlie chamber." To he
alone in his sorrow. The deepest sor
row "treads the wine-press alone." "And
wept.'* "Tears tire tiie safety-valves of
the heart.” —Albert Smith. “O my son
Absalom!” There is not in tlie whole of
tlie Old. Testament u passage of deeper
pathos than this. The simple beauty of
the narrative is exquisite: we are ir
resistibly reminded of him who, while
he beheld Hie rebellious city of Jeru
salem and thoughi of tlie destruction it
was bringing upon itself, wept over if
(Luke 19:41). —Cook. "Would God 1 had
died for thee.” So Moses (Ex. 32:22) and
,>o St. Paul (Kom. would have sacri
ficed themselves, had it been possible, to
save others. His wish to die in Absalom's
steaii was no mere extravagance of grief.
David knew Ids own peace was made with
God: he could die at any time. If Ab
salom were spared In life, lie might vet
repent, title of the bittef.g; Ingredient*
In this cup of sorrow was tiiu conscious
ness that Ids own sin was partly tin
cause of Absalom's fate. It was part of
the (loom uttered by tlie prophet, "Ti e
sword shall never depart from thy house."
Twice now hud the sword slain Ids son .
AII Ida efforts to prevent it had been m
vain. Hud Duvid not failed in ills ex
ample und in ids training, perhaps Ab
salom would have hem a different young
man.
Race for Titled Kngliahiuen.
The English Derby as a race vvhi. w
nearly always falls to a titled person
age. During the last twenty years only
five gentlemen without “handles" to
their names have carried off the coveted
prize.
PERSONALS.
Mrs. Calvin S. Brice Jius cabled |l,ofiv
to the Peabody Library fund of her
alma mater, the Western Female Sem
inary of Oxford, O.
Mr. William H. Phelps, President of
the Harvard Society of Natural His
tory, has left for Venezuela on a
scientific expedition.
Brown University has conferred the
degree of M. S. upon Nathaniel Hot
reehoff, the famous designer r,ad boat
builder of Bristol. K. I