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DECORAII PUBLIC OPINION.
AKKRU A HREEN', rublLher*.
DECORAH, - - . IOWA.
THE NEWS IN IOWA
A light frost visited portions of lowa
on the morning of the 27th.
The Northern lowa creamery at For
est City was destroyed by five.
Fourth district republicans have
renominated Congressman Updegraff.
lb F. Paisley, a farmer living near
Estherville, killed himself with
dynamite. He is supposed to have
been insane.
The democrats and populists of the
Eighth district nominated W. H.
Robb, of Crestou. for congress. In the
Fourth district, F. D. Bayless, of El-
Wder, was nominated.
Bert Schenweiler, aged 13, while
coasting down a street on his whee Vat
Cedar Rapids, ran into a team of hors ;.ts,
and was thrown under the wagon,
run over and killed.
The grand jury at Albia lias found
an indictment against '‘Skinny’'
Sylvester on a charge of assault to
commit murder. Sylvester is the man
who shot Win. Haycock on April 11
last in u drunken melee.
Burglars broke into the general
stores of T. L. Byer and L. B. Jennings
and the Northwestern depot at Polk
city a few nights ago. About SSO was
taken from the Byer store and some
goods from the Jennings store. At
the depot all the thieves found that
they wanted was some fruit received
for local merchants on it night train
and stored in the building.
Jones county had a sensational
attempt at suicide recently. Guy
Saunders, a young 1 man at Wyoming-,
attempted suicide by shooting- himself.
The bullet struck a memorandum
book in an inside pocket and glanced
off and went through the fleshy part
of the arm. The rash act was com
mitted in front of the home of his lady
love, who had rejected him.
What will probably prove a fatal ac
cident occurred to Mrs. John Knutson,
living two miles east of West Uend.
She vas preparing dinner when the
flames in some mariner were commun
icated from the stove to her dress,
burning her terribly. Her husband
rushed to her rescue and was seriously
burned about his hands and arms,
but the doctors say he was too late.
Ned Hemphill has been indicted bj*
the grand jury at Centerville for the
murder of Mamie Petei-.on May IT.
The crime was committed by some one
slipping up behind her in the dark
while she was with another young
man and shooting her with a revolver.
Public sentiment is much against
• 1 'ginphill, and the feeling which pre
w»L»! Ju»s been much appeased by his
indictment.
A lamp filled with gasoline instead
of kerosene exploded at the home I)r.
McGregor at Atlantic while the doctor
and his wife were at church. Miss
Helen McGregor, aged but 8 yea rs,
heroically rushed into the* room where
the lamp had exploded and where
everything was on fire, and dragged
down stairs the twin babies. All the
furnishings of the room where the
lamp exploded was burned.
The grand jury at Mt. Pleasant
found an indictment against John W.
Myers, of Winfield, charging him with
the murder of Ed. Suplee of Winfield
in that city July 4. Judge Withrow
fixed tiie bond k at the same figure it
was before the indictmeut was found,
namely 810,000. The case will be a
very hotly contested one. the defense,
it is understood, setting up the plea of
self-defense, l-’ifty-four witnesses were
examined before the grand jury in the
case alone.
M. M. liostwiek, a prominent fruit
merchant of lowa City, died very sud
denly a few days ago. He left his
place of business about 10 o'clock
on the previous night in
his usual health. At midnight
his son was aroused by his
groans. He summoned physicians,
who did all that could be do He
lingered in great agony until To'clock.
Physicians pronounced his death due
to a severe attack of of cerobro spinal
meningitis.
F. Goise, an old German, com
mitted suicide by hanging himself in
an outhouse on the farm of his son-in
law, F. Warnke, two and a half miles
from I'ndcrwood. The body was
found hanging by a strap from one
of the rafters, and though life was ex
tinct. the body was still warm. Geise
had been despondent for some time
past and his son-in-law had kept a
watch upon him, fearing that he
would attempt to take his own life, as
he had often threatened to do.
Mrs. George Knopp. alias Alice
W hissen, alias Alice Pressley, alias
Alice Adamson, of Dos Moines, who
recently secured ?:i.(KJO from George
Knopp, of Muscatine, for going through
a marriage ceremony with him, and
who deserted him at once after secur
ing the money, was arrested at Den
Moines and taken to Council lllufis,
where she had a preliminary exam
ination upon the charge of using the
mails to defraud. She was released on
•1,.T00 bail.
It now transpires that Miss Warner,
who created such excitement and
nearly caused the lynching of three
men at Libertyville, is insane. No
crime was committed and the men
have been released. The girl will be
sent to the asylum.
Four freight cars were derailed Jon
the Burlington, Cedav Rapids &
Northern railroad at Clarksville. Part
of the eai . wpre loaded with lumber,
some of which fell off. d-opping under
the wheels and ditching the train. No
one was hurt in the accident, but the
cars were badly damn d.
W. Aarons, a drayman, jumped on a
freight train at Bayard, and was beat
ing his way to Coon Rapids. When
the train arrived at Coon Rapids it did
not stop, as it docs not carry passen
gers. The man jumped and was
drawn, probably by the suction of the
fast moving ears, under the wheels.
Roth feet were cut off above the
ankles. A doctor was called and min
istered to the sufferer, but it is not be
lieved lie can live. He lias a wife and
family, who are heartbroken over the
sad accident, lie is a poor man of
limited means.
Mrs. Npeckhart, of Sioux City, was
cooking on a gasoline stove. The
gasoline in the stove had about burned
out. and she brought in the can from
the woodshed. As she was about to
pour the oil into the tank tlit* file
went out. She poured some of the oil
into the hot generating cup, and tlie
flames shot up. She grasped the cup
and started for the outside door, when
her dress ignited. She gave a piercing
scream, and her husband ran from the
dining room through the kitchen and
out of doors to her assistance. When
he threw his arms around her he was
badly burned. She died a few hours
later.
C. R. Jones, son of the warden of the
Fort Madison penitentiary, and J. F.
McKeig arrived at Anumosaa few days
ago with the notorious Polk Wells in
cv..tody, who has been transferred
from Fort Madison on account of the
better hospital facilities at Anainosa. ]
Wells is perhaps the most celebrated]
desperado within the lowa prisons, j
He was seen by a correspondent while !
reclining on a cot, and lie seemed more !
like a corpse than a living man. He 1
is but a mere skeleton. He doubts if j
lie has any relatives liviug. lie had a !
brother in the cattle business in Texas j
when last heard from. Though con- i
siderably weary from the journey, he j
much prefers Anainosa to Fort Madi- j
son. He is 4,"» years old.
An examination of the accounts of I
Postmaster Bremerman of Boone |
has proved him to be a defaulter. J
Postmaster Bremermun s bondsmen |
have turned over the amount of j
82,f»00.00 to Inspector George M. Chris- \
tian as the total amount of his defal- j
ration. 'This is 81,200 from the postal j
funds ami 81.400 from the money order
funds. Bremerman has turned over
all his property to Ins bondsmen. lie j
is prostrated at his home, where he
is guarded by a special officer. Mr. j
Bremerman - s explanation of his short- 1
age is that he was compelled to -pay a i
large sum to secure the office and that !
in an attempt to recover the amouht
he speculated on the board of trade.
The main building of the State
institute* for Feeble Minded Children,
at Glen wood, was totally des; royed bv
tire a few nights since. All of the
children were gotten out safely and a
large part of the furnishings saved.
During a little thunder storm light
ning struck the tower of the main
building and set the cupola on tire.
The institution's fire apparatus was
put into operation and the Glenwood
department called upon. Immediately
beneath the tower is a dormitory
which was occupied by twenty-five
girls. None of them were injured.
Immediately following the discovery
that the tower was burning, attaches
and teachers went through the build
ing and aroused all the inmates and
they were safely marched from the
building. Dr. Powell estimates the
loss at BISO,OOO, but it will probably be
less. There was no insurance.
Miss Nellie Warner, 20 years old.
daughter of E. W. Warner, is lying at
tlu* point of death at Libertyvillc, the
victim of an outrage committed by
three masked men. The victim was
alone at the home of her parents when
the three men entered anti committed
one of the most horrible of deeds, af
ter binding and gagging the girl.
Then they ransacked the house and
carried away all the valuables they
could find. The young woman freed
herself, and, crawling to a neighbor's
told the story and gave a description
of the brutes. Posses were sent out
and in the evening three men were
<i n ested at Bludensburg. They were
jailed at Fairfield and afterwards
taken before the girl. After she gave
the alarm she fainted, and revived
only at times. It was when she was
half conscious that she looked at the
men brought before her and she failed
to identify them. They were re jailed
to await developments. The men fit
the description given, and also that of
three men who were seen to drive to
the Warner home in the morning.
The prisoners were identified as Wil
bur Smith and Charles Harris of Bind
ensburg and Ralph Duncan of Illinois.
The father of the Smith boy came to
Fairfield and succeeded in getting the
boys released on his recognizance.
.Miss ilernice Lacey, daughter of
Congressman J. F. Lacey, of Cedar
Rapids, sustained a severe accident
while out driving in company with
another young lady. They were just
east of the city, driving down a hill,
when suddenly the vehicle upturned,
causing the two ladies to be violently
thrown against the ground, badly
bruising and crippling them. A
farmer caught the frightened horses
and brought the ladies to their home,
where medical aid was promptly
administered. The injuries will not
prove fatal, although they are quite j
severe. ‘
NEWS OF THE WEEK
President Cleveland's order extend
■ ing the civil service regulations went
> into effect on the Ist.
t The resignation of Secretary {Smith,
! of the interior department, took effect
on the Ist, anil Mr. Smith departed
| for his home.
In an explosion in the nitroglyoerine
] house of the California Powder Com
panv. at Pinole, Cal., eight Chinamen
• j and four whites were blown to pieces.
I General Weyler has issued orders
! that if Consul General Lee, of the
1 i United States, attempts to call on
! American prisoners lie shall be
I arresteJi. As consuls of other countries
are not excluded, it is looked upon as
; a direct insult.
> Prince Lobanoff-Rostovsky, Russian
minister of foreign affairs, and looked
upon as second only to the czar him
self. died while en route to Kieff from
Vienna, where he had been in company
with the czar on business supposed to
1 j be connected with the settlement of
j the eastern question.
! In a recent dispatch to Gen. Weyler,
] Premier Canovas said “the rebels must
I be defeated before the year ends or we
j are lost. - ’ Weyler lias been given the
j privilege of adopting any plans which
! " ill effect this end. He will forbid
• the grinding of sugar cane and destroy
I sugar mills. Fire and the sword will
! be called upon without mercy and
every effort will lie made to quash the
j rebellion. The conservative supporters
of the government in Cuba are opposed
J to these plans.
i - The British press is unanimous in
! expressing the opinion that the at
tack upon the Ottoman bank has done
; immeasurable harm to the Armenian,
i cause and news of fresh massacres of
j Armenians in the provinces as repris
! als is hourlj' expected. The Liberal
j newspapers, however, express the
j gravest doubts at the genuineness of
I the bank affair. They believe it was
I got up by agents sent out to provoke
; the Armenians.
President Cleveland received Li
Hung Chang privately at the residence
] of ex-Secretary Whitney in New York
] a few days ago. Short addresses were
made by each. In the evening Li
i Hung Chang was the guest of him at a
j banquet in the Waldorf given by for
j iner United States ministers to China.
Li Hung Chang, the Chinese states- 1
! man, arrived in New York on the
] steamer St. Louis on the 28th. General
Huger and Admiral Bunce met the j
distinguished Chinaman with the
; cruiser Dolphin and after arriving at I
the docks, a detachment of United
States cavalry escorted him to the 1
Hotel Waldorf.
j Private letters received at Rome
from Constantinople state that the
Turkish government is on the eye of
being overturned, and that a provis
ional government will be appointed.
It is estimated that from 3,000 to 4.000
] persons were killed in the recent riots
in the different portions of the city.
The whole thing could have been
stopped in an hour if the government
had desired, but the members of the
mob pretend to have received permis
sion to loot, burn and destroy the
Armenian quarters for a certain
length of time. At Retimo. Crete, a
few days ago. famished crowds sacked
the provision shops, and the wildest
excitement prevailed.
Upon the death of the sultan of
Zanzibar a few days ago, Said Khalid
proclaimed himself sultan and bar
ricaded himself in the palace. This
did not suit the British authorities,
who sent him word that unless he
surrendered the gunboats would open
fire. He declined to do so and the
men-of-war soon reduced the palace
ami custom house to ashes. Said
Khalid took refuge in the Her nan
consulate. Humoud was then pro
claimed sultan.
General Weyler, the Spanish com
mander in Cuba, says he will issue
orders that the picking of the coffee
crop shall be discontinued, his ideu
being that the Cubans are levying
tribute upon the planters.
A number of Armenian rioters took
possession of the Ottoman bank at
Constantinople and rioting continued
in that quarter of the city for nearly a
whole day. Scores of people were
killed and the troops were finally able
to restore quiet.
At the meeting of the National
League of Republican Clubs, at Mil
waukee. D. 1). Woodman-.ee, of Ohio,
was elected president.
Major McKinley has issued his
formal letter of acceptance.
Frank S. Black, of Troy, has been
nominated for governor of New York
by the republican party.
Wlllieliu'na In 10 Years Old.
The Hague, Sept. I.—The sixteenth
anniversary of the birth of Queen Wil
helmlna was signalized Monday by the
formal announcement of the betrothal
of the young sovereign to Prince
Charles, second son of the Crown
Prince and Princess of Denmark.
BORNE TO THE TOMB.
funeral of Gall Hamilton Devoid of All
Oetentntlon.
Hamilton, Mass., Aug. 22.—Entire ab
sence from ostentation characterized
the funeral of Miss Mary Abigail Dodge
(Gail Hamilton), which was held from
her home in this town at 3 o’clock
Thursday afternoon. There were pres
ent nearly all of the people of the town
of Hamilton, young and old, and there
was an unusually large number of
young people. The burial was private,
and was in the Hamilton Cemetery.
BOLTING DEMOCRATS.
Meet at Dm Maine* and Nominate Elec
tor*.
Des Mo’Nßs, Aug. 27.—The following
electors were placed in nomination by
the bolting “sound money’ - democrats:
First district, L. A. Palmer, 1 Henry:
Second. J. T. Beem, Iowa; Third, A.
A. Cooper, Dubuque; Fourth Judge
John Cliggett, Cerro Gordo; Fifth,
Senator’!’. P. Perry, Monona: Seventh,
N. T. Guernsey, Polk; Eight, J. A.
Bradley, Appanoose; Ninth, L. L. De
lane, Cass; Tenth, John McCarthy.
Greene; Eleventh, L. H. Brown, Wood*
bury; at large. W. W. Witmer, Polk,
and J. E. E. Markley, Cerro Gordo.
Ihe following delegates to the Ind
ianapolis convention were selected:
First district, «John Walbank, Ilenry.
and John M. Morton, Yuu Buren; Sec
ond, Henry Vollnier, Scott, aud Sam
Cohn, Muscatine; Third. Robert Bon
son, Dubuque, and M. Ricker, Black
hawk; Fourth, J. H. McConlogue, Cer
ro Gordo, aud Samuel G. Sloane,
Floyd; Fifth, Martin Lee, Tama,
and H. M. Carpenter, Jones; Sixth,
W. R. Hollingsworth, Keokuk, and F.
M. Hunter, Wapello; Seventh, S. J.
Gilpin, Madison, and Joel Witmer,
Polk; Eighth, S. 11. Mallory, Lucas,
and A. M. Hammond, Fremont; Ninth,
W. J. Burk, Harrison, and Charles F.
Chase, Cuss; T. M. Mitchell, Webster,
and J. J. Russell. Greene; Eleventh,
John C. Kelly. Woodbury, and Marcus
Snyder, Dickinson. At large. Col. L.
M. Martin, Marshalltown; William
Groneweg, Council Bluffs; W. I. Babb,
Mt. Pleasant; Col. Joseph Eiboeck, Do?
Moines; John Cliggett, Mason City:
Joel Stewart, Poweshiek; M. B. Hen
drick, Allamakee: W. E. Mitchell, Fre
mont.
The resolutions adopted declare the
platform of the Chicago convention to
be undemocratic. J. E. E. Markley, of
Mason City, temporary chairman and
Judge W. I. Babb, of Mt. Pleasant,
permanent chairman.
IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT.
Des Moines. August 31.—C. Diddy
nnd D. N. Kratzer, of Des Moines,
have been granted u copyright for an
artistic engraving adapted for use as a
campaigu badge. The title is “Silver
Write.’ - W. A. Michels, of Beaver,
lowa, has been allowed a patent for a
wagon rack adapted for carrying hogs
and other animals advantageously.
H. L. Fisher and J. McKercher, of Des
Moines, have been allowed a patent
for a portable fire extinguisher in
which an acid, and alkali are held in
solution separately so they can be
instantly mixed to produce a gas that
can be readily directed therefrom in a
steady flow anil with force as required
to extinguish a fire. A patent was
issued last week to John Miller, of
Stuart, lowa, for a composition and
process for hardening copper. It
seems to be the recovery of a lost art.
He has edge tools made of copper that
warrant the prediction that hardened
copper will supercede the use of steel
for many purposes. One of the
directors of the largest company in
England manufacturing alloys is test
ing the invention with a view of eon
troling it in England and other
foreign countries that grant patents.
Thomas G. and J. RAi.ru Orwig,
Solicitors of Patents.
Visible Siipniy of Grain.
Now York, Sept. 2.—The visible sup
ply of grain Saturday, Aug. 29, as com
piled by the New York produce ex
change, is as follows: Wheat. 45,574,000
bushels, increase. 385,000 bushels; corn.
13,694.000 bushels, decrease, 136,000
bushels; oats. 6,735,000 bushels, de
crease, 172,000 bushels; rye, 1,699,000
bushels; increase, 23,000 bushels; bar
ley, 740,000 bushels; increase, 32,000
bushels.
Pythian* at Mlnnnapoll*.
Minneapolis. Minn.. Sept. 2.—Tho ad
vance guard of tho Knights of Pythias,
uniform rank, for the great demonstra
tion and encampment this week ap
peared early Monday morning. The
city is in gala attire and crowded with
visitors attracted by the low rates, the
encampment and the carnival features
arranged for every night this week by
a citizens' committee.
Czar Summon* New Foreign Minister.
St. Petersburg, Sept. I.—Following
the de;cth of Prince Lobanoff-Rostov
sky, the Russian mirlster for foreign
affairs, the czar has summoned the dep
uty of the Russian minister for foreign
affairs, M. Chichkine, to Kief.
Sutherland Relented.
Sing Sing, N. V., Sept. 2.—Kenneth
; F. Sutherland, who was implicated
with John Y. McKane In the Cony
Island election frauds some two years
ago, and who has been serving a sen
j tence of one year and eight months,
| was released to-day.
Khmle* ;tnii Martin at OUdn.
London, Sept. 1. —A dispatch to the
Telegraph from Buluwayo says that It
j is reported that a serious disagreement
I has occurred between Cecil Rhodes and
1 General Martin, the latter demanding
(he unconditional surrender of all of
•he Matabeles.
Fire l)«itroTn I.timber.
Cheboygan, Mich., Sept. I.—Firo
Sunday afternoon destroyed 1.000,0t'0
feet of lumber belonging to Mr. Charl
ton of Toronto. The ioss is about $200,-
000, quite fully Insured.
Darn* Destroyed Near Wahanli.
Wabash. Ind., Aug. 25.—A terrific
wind, rain and electric storm broke
over this city Saturday. The rainfall
amounted to almost a cloudburst. The
barns of Oscar Carothers and Benjamin
Wolf, north and south of the city, were
struck and destroyed with all contents,
causing a loss of SI,OOO. Several horses
in the open fields were killed. The
dwellings of M. Tillor and J. Baum
gardner at Lagro were struck and the
inmatcG wore prostrated for several
hours. Creeks and rivers are out of
their banks.
! FLOCK TO £T. PAUL.
a. A. R. VETERANS OWN THE
MINNE OTA CITY.
Immense Attendance of Visitors from
Outside States —Citizens Show Appre
ciation of the Honor Conferred by
Superb Decorations.
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 2. —Veterans
of the civil war literally swarm the
streets of St. Paul. The citizens’ com
mittee compared notes in the after
noon, and found 114,000 Grand Armv
of the Republic tickets to St. Paul had
been purchased in states outside of
Minnesota. Each of the railroads had
special train after special train
following one another as fast as safety
would permit. One of the Chicago
roads brought in thirteen specials dur
ing the day. Another road coming in
from the southwest, admitted that it
did not have half rolling stock to haul
the passengero who had tickets. It
passed all ..mall stations without stop
ping, leaving hundreds of ticketed pas
sengers to come in by to-day's trains.
Thousands of cots have been put into
school buildings and other structures
where there is room, and over 4,000
slept in tents at Camp Mason. The
weather was delightful. Not a cloud
flecked the sky all day, and the tem
perature was at no time above 70. To
night it is about 62.
The train bearing Commander-In-
Chief Walker and his staff, due here at
7:30 o'clock, did not arrive until after
11 o’clock. The regular programme,
however, was gone through with. Sixth
street might properly be termed Grand
Army avenue, for there is no street in
the city so typical of the occasion or so
handsomely attired in the colors and
the emblems of the nation. Sixty mar
ble-white columns of fancifully molded
staff stand at intervals between Smith
park and the cathedral. Each is sur
mounted with a banner that blows with
the silent breeze, ami each contains
some figure or design emblematic of the
great war of the rebellion and the pres
ent reunion of the men who wore the
blue and wear it yet.
A striking face that appears fre
quently in all these decorations is that
of Abraham Lincoln. Invariably his
picture is framed in the colors of the
nation, either of bunting, flags or long
streamers of finely cut tissue paper.
Grand Army avenue has the appear
ance to some extent of a Russian thor
oughfare on fete day, with its tower
ing white columns and square banners
and streamers floating from the peaks
of the topmost staffs. Beneath and
connecting the columns are continuous
lines of incandescent electric lights
which, when turned on at night, fur
nish a picture that is brilliant and
glowing beyond description. The light's
are vari-colored, and these, in connec
tion with the gaudy colors of the deco
rations. combine to present a startling
and bewildering effect.
The formal program of the encamp
ment was begun in tho evening at
when a reception was given at
Hotel Ryan to the commander-in-ehief
and Mrs. Walker by the citizens’ com
mittee and citizens of St. Paul. The
hotel was gayly decorated for the oc
casion, and several thousand persons
1 -look the hand of the commander.
At the same hour at the state capitol
there was a reception to the Grand
Army, the Women’s Relief corps and
Sons and Daughters of Veterans. Mrs.
Marie Hazenwinlile, president of the
Minnesota Women's Relief corps, was
in charge of this reception. It contin
ued until 12 o’clock, and it is estimated
that at least 30,000 veterans passed
through the capitol during the evening.
The scene about the women's head
quarters at the Kittson mansion was
animated.
The leading candidate for president
of the Woman’s Relief corps is Mrs.
Hitt of the department of Indiana. Her
home is at Grecncastle, that state. The
contest for commander-in-chief is get
ting exciting. Another candidate has
taken the field in the person of Gen.
Joshua A. Given of lowa. The three
other candidates are; Rear-Admiral
Meade of New York, Major Thaddeus
S. Clarkson of Omaha and J. T. Line
han of New Hampshire. In some quar
ters it is stated that Given is put in
the field to draw' strength from Clark
son, who lives in the neighboring state
of Nebraska, and who, if Given were
not u candidate, would get the lowa
vote. The friends of Gen. Given, how
ever, resent this imputation, and say
his candidacy is urged in good faith.
They sav that Gen. Given has had the
rare honor of having served as a sol
dier In two wars, that in Mexico and
during the rebellion. Gen. Given is
now the commander of the lowa de
partment of the Grand Army of the Re
public, tho first office he has ever held
In the organization.
MaJ.-Gen. Sickles, president of the
Union Veterans’ Patriotic league, cre
ated a great deal of adverse comment
by injecting politics into the encamp
ment in a letter to the surviving sol
diers and sailors, urging the election
of Major McKinley In the coming pres
idential election.
Out of 240,000 domestic servants In
London 10,000 are always out of em
ployment.
Meet at Wllmlnpton-
Wilmington, Del,, Aug. 20. —The na
tional convention of tbo Irish Cath
olic Benevolent Union of the United
States opened here Wednesday with
several hundred delegates In attend
ance. Escorted by the Knights of St.
Lawrence and Ancient Order of Hiber
nians, the delegates inarched in a body
of St. Peter's cathedral, where nigh
mass was celebrated. On returning
from the service the convention was
called to order in Shield’s hall by Dan
iel W. Lynch of thlj city, the national
president,
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON XI. SEPTEMBER 13,
DAVID’S GRATITUDE TO GOD.
Golden Text: “The l.ord Ii Mj Rock
and My Fortre** and My Deliverer”—
Verae Z, Chapter *43, Second Houle of
8a in uel.
TCFORE wo come to
Sv the Song of Praise,
i KBEEL Tl which is the text of
tfrjl n J our lesson for to-
T 1 ' day. we must take
] *o>2j PjT* *N y a view of the last
jJhv : I II days of David.
‘ Then, from his
j 'imZjmjsrs' ilcath-beci, as from
li \\ every death-bed. we
iloV. 'Wji should look both
- backward over his
J= - , past and forward
r i Into the future, as
£~- . . L**-* one. who In hls
-i*-' travels has reached
a mountain ridge, looks over the way
he has come and gains a vision of tho
Journey before him.
The song, although written about the
middle of David’s reign, suggests
thoughts unil feelings appropriate to the
end of life. The feelings at the lirst
rest and lookout in the mountain climb
are of the same kind as those which fill
the soul when the rest and vision at the
summit are gained.
Note in this song of praise (1) what
were the things for which David praises
God, ever looking to him as the source
of every good; and (2> the value of the
spirit of praise both In Its effect upon the
soul of him who praises and also upon
those who hear the praises.
The section included 2 Samuel 22 and
23:1-23: 1 Kings 2:1-11. the last charge of
David to Solomon, and 1 Chronicles 20:
26-30. a brief summary of David’s life,
ami Psalm is, which is substantially the
same as David's song in 2 Samuel 22.
Historical setting. Time. This
triumphal hymn must have been written
before David's great sin. but after his
great victories, perhaps the time referred
to In 2 Samuel 7:1. This would make the
time about 11. C. 1010.
Place. It was doubtless written In
Jerusalem.
To-day’s lesson Includes verses 40-31.
chapter 22. Second Hook of Samuel, as
follows:
40. "Thou hast girded.” "As warriors
bind up all their garments and fortify
their loins, that they may be more fitted
for strenuous effort."—Jamieson. "With
strength to battle." No small portion of
David's life was u warfare against out
ward enemies, the enemies of God. of his
people, and ills truth; aud therefore the
enemies of the world.
41-43. "That I might destroy them that
hate me ... I beat them as small as
the dust,” to be si uttered to the four
winds; "as the mire of the street,” use
less, defiling refuse. To understand
David's feelings in uttering these expres
sions, we must put ourselves in his place.
44. "Strivings of my people.” internal
dissensions, of which David had not a
few at first, but nil the nation at last
became a unit. A type of the complete
triumph of Christian unity over all the
dissensions of the kingdom. "A people
which I know not shall serve me.” The
surrounding nations, of which David hud
no previous personal knowledge, attacked
him, were defeated, and came under his
sway.
47. "The T.ord liveth.” Mis God,
Jehovah, is a living God. not a dead Idol.
He not only exists, but lives; is alive to
the needs of his children, is quick to see
their neuls, and keen to hear their pray
ers, and ready to extend all needed help.
Compare Elijah's address on Mount Car
mel (1 Kings 18:26-3!*). "My rock.” The
personal pronoun all through this song
and through the psalms Is very instruc
tive. It speaks to the heart. It signifies
a very close and definite relation. It
expresses God's care for each Individual,
and not merely for the whole. "He tall
eth his sheep by name.” knowing each
individual need and longing. "My rock
. . . the God of the rock of my salva
tion.” Compare with verses 2 and 3, and
notice “the number and variety of the
ti rms which he employs to describe the
protection which God afforded him; and
the scconJ by the emphatic personal
manner in which he speaks. He seems
to have a difficulty in finding any one
word which would adequately express all
that Jehovah had been to him, so he
heaps one term upon another, calling
him ‘a rock, a fortress, a deliverer, a
shield, a high tower, a horn, a refuge,
and a Saviour.' ’’—Taylor. The rock was
a fortress, like Gibraltar, which would
sustain possible attack. A horn was a
terrible weapon of attack and defense.
48. "It is God that avengeth me," by
punishing his enemies.
Note that David does not claim the vic
tory himself, but attributes it. and right
ly. to God. He could have done nothing
without God. It was because he Identi
fied himself with God's cause, was ad
vancing the righteousness of God, that
he himself would triumph. He that
identifies himself with irrellglon and sin
must fail In the end. Mrs. Partington
trying to sweep out the Atlantic ocean
with her broom was wisdom compared
with the folly of those who expect to
succeed In defiance of God's laws.
White-Frame*! Mirror*.
Let not her to whom nature has been
nigard of her charms despair. If she
would see herself in the deceptive mir
ror as others see her with the eye, or
as nearly as possible, let her hasten to
a dry goods shop and buy a quantity of
soft, pure white material, gauze, if pos
sible, if not, Swiss or Indian muslin
will answer very well. Be sure and
have It pure white, and after polishing
the surface of the mirror gather the
material at the center of the top, and
bring it down softly at either side,
framing the glass in folds of pure
white. When this is done to artistic
satisfaction peep in and see what a
transformation! The true tints of the
complexion, Hie expression of the face
are brought out by the drapery.
Tli« Subaru.
The notion that the Sahara is alto
gether a barren and worthless waste
is wide of the truth. In 1892 there were
9,000,000 sheep in the Algerian Sahara
alone, besides 2,000,000 goats, and 260,-
000 camels. On the oases there are
1.500,000 date palms, giving dates worth
$3,000,000 a year. So that even the des
ert is worth keeping under control.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
Paper boats will soon be put on the
market by a Dover, N. H., firm.
Monaca had 44,461 visitors during the
month of May, which 13 over 3.000 more
than ever before.
Twelve people sat down at an Etna.
N. H., dinner table recently whose
united ages were 950 years.
A hill legalizing the use of motor
wagons on highways has passed Its
third reading in the British house of
lords.