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THE GOSPEL OF GRACE IS HEREEXPOUNDED

Words of Wisdom and ThoughtsWorth Pondering Upon Spiritualand Moral Subjects Gathered fromthe Religious and Secular Press

Satans Quest

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N EASY fashionis prevalent of

-- - -- ascribing to salan every misfortune which be- -

1 falls the Christianin his daily lifewhen the real is-

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in which thedevil is interestedis where he be-

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the soulTake away virtuefrom purity andwhat is left Takeaway a mans rep ¬

utation and what is his career worthto him Take away courage from a

--soldier and of what avail is his dis-cipline

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Take away the faith oncecommitted and the devil will turn overthe premises to a legion of spirits toTevel and ravage in The trial of ourfaith is much more to the point thanall else It may be lost through be-

reavement¬

or robbed in prosperity Itmay be surrendered for a mess of pot¬

tage or on some poorer collateral Itmay be stolen through weakness orsnatched with impunity All the worxdmay be offered in exchange for onessoul Some people think that the scenein Martin Luthers life was the imag-inary

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effect of his overwrought nervousnature when he hurled his inkstandat the devil But it was far more realBecause the soul of the great reformerwas in the throes of a fearful issue Itwas the crisis of Protestantism inWestern Europe and that meant the

supreme moment of the worlds newbirth from medievalism The tempterwas seeking with audacity to rob Lu¬

ther of his loyalty and he Is on thesame quest to day Child of Jesus heis seeking thy soul Rams Horn

Dollars and SenseMoney without sense is like a single

ox floundering with a double yoke anda double load we oftentimes under ¬

value the patriotic philanthropic andreligious value of dollars They do notgo to war in the defense of our coun ¬

try but they do furnish the sinews ofwar

It is a powerful agency for good Itsano rives are often misunderstood Aman may combine a desire for richesWilli the very best of motives and themost honorable means of acquiring the

varae He should not be so impatientto get riches that he shall crush othersin the gelling It is not money that isthe root of ail evil but the love of mon ¬

ey which is a root of many kinds of--evil It makes a great differencewhether a man has money or moneyhas him

Gambling is among the unquestionedevils and the indisputable follies of hu ¬

man life Therefore young man haveense enough not to risk so much as

xl despised nickel in a game of chanceThe principle of gambling is all wrongIt is an attempt to get something fornothing What you seem to gain tolay you will more than lose to morrow

Ilev J P Brushingham

Prof Scheils DiscoveryThe announcement of Pere Scheil

the French assj riologist who has glreu so much time to study of the collec ¬

tions in the museum at Consitantiinoplethat he had discovered a Babylonian

--account of the deluge much older thanMoses was so interesting to the Bibli ¬

cal student that we asked the discover¬

er for sn account of it He kindly con ¬

sented and his account wall be of nolittle interest

Every Biblical scholar knows that-- the Hebrew account of the delugefound in Genesds has been paralleledby two Babylonian accounts one that

-- of Berosus a Babylonian historianwhose narrative has been handed downto us by early Greek Christian writersand the other that found on Assyriantablets by George Smith Poth reseni- -

jlrto and yet both differ from the Gene- -sis story Biblical critics have ddffered

-- as to the age of the Biblical story themore conservative holding that beingwritten by Moses it is older than histime and was incorporated by him intothe Book of Genesis while the newer I

school of clitics were umtfi the discov ¬

ery of the Tel-el-Amar- na tablets inclined to believe that the story wasborrowed from Nineveh or Babylon atthe time of the captivity or not long be ¬

fore it at which time the Book of Genesis was written

The discovery by George Smith of afull poetical account of the deluge ontablets in King Assurbanipals librarytit Nineveh was of immense interestInit it did not assure us of the age of

--the deluge story among the inhabitants-- of the Euphrates Valley for it was on I

tablets written in Assurbanipals reignthat is scarce GOO years before ChristTo be sure these were said to be cop ¬

ied from tablets in Babylonian libra ¬

ries but we did not know how old theseoriginal tablets were Besides the del ¬

uge story was on the eleventh tablet ina long poem compiled in twelve booksone for each month in a quite aitificialway and might belong to a compara i

-- tively late period of religious and liter--ar- y

syncretism The original Baby¬

lonian tablets from which the Assyri ¬

an copies were made were much deslred

Now Pere Scheil has made the dis- -covery To be sure the record on thetablet does not amount to much It issuch a fragmentary bit but it is largeenough to make it --sure that the tablet

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part of all is preserved the colophonwith the date It is dated in the reignof Ammi zaduga King of Babylon andwe know that he reigned about 2140B C That is we have here a preciousbit of clay on which was written apoetical story of the deluge seven cen-

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before Moses and about the timeof Isaac or Jacob That is enough tomake the discovery memorable Welearn positively that the story of thedeluge was familiar to the commonpeople of Babylonia and therefore ofall tiie East from Syria to Persia NewYork Independent

Charity in JudgmentHasty judgment of the actions of oth-

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is dangerous and often unjust Wemeasure ioo much by some superficialappearance and condemn hastilywhen if we but knew and understoodthe motives and reasons we wouldwarmly approve We sometimes bayof some one That pain sorrow orloss has not deeply affected him Butwe do not know It is like the death ofa few of the soldiers in front of a regi-

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The broken ranks close up againinto the solid phalanx and the loss isnot apparent There may be no dis-

organization¬

no surrender no cravingfor pity no display of despair It islike the calm dazzling play of thewaves warmed by the mornings sunafter a night of storm and disasterthere is no sign of the wreck the tidehas carried the debris away far outon the ocean the treacherous waterhas swallowed all signs and tokens ofthe nights awful work We see onlythe fairness of the morning not the1suffering of the night Let us be char j

itable in our judgment and condemnnot when we do not know WilliamGeorge Jordan

Over Indulgence to ChildrenOne of the greatest mistakes that pa ¬

rents make is the over indulgence tochildren Being too indulgent is a se-

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mistake and In time works in ¬

jury The child who has his everywish and whim gratified grows up selfwilled and arrogant and overbearingwhich at times is a source of troubleto every one in the house He looksupon his parents as menials loses thatrespect love and obedience due the par--ent and when he goes out in the worldto make his living he finds that theiworld can get along without him andwill not put up with his nonsenseThis is where the Injury works Hethen discovers but too late that histraining has been wrong Thereforeparents see that you rear your chil-dren

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that they may be a benefit tothemselves if to nobody else

RequirementWe live by faith but faith is not the slaveOf text and legend Bensons voice and

GodsNatures and Dutys never are at oddsWhat asks our Father of his children

saveJustice and mercy and humilityA reasonable service of good deedsPure living tenderness to human needsReverence and trust and prayer for light

to seeThe Masters footprints in our daily

waysNo knotted scourge nor sacrificial knifeBut the calm beauty of an ordered lifeWhose very breathing is unworded praiseA life that stands as all true lives have

stoodFinn rooted in the faith that God is good

John G Whittier

The Dead LineIn the ministry there is a great deal

of talk of men reaching the dead lineNo man ever came to that point unlesshe chose to come to it A dead lineis not necessary in the ministry anymore than in any other profession amdwill never be approached if the mrhiistei devotes himself as thoroughly tohis work as the lawyer the physicianand the merchant do to theirs Pres ¬

byterian Banner

Gods Work on His FootstoolA successful Presbyterian mission to

the Jews is in White chapel LondonThe Christian Endeavor Society of

the American church in Berlin has un-

dertaken¬

to support an Armenian fora year

It is reported from Bombay that seven-

ty-five of Pundita Ramabais faminewidows and orphans have been bap-tized

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at PoonaA school for Catholic deaf mutes of

the Boston archdiocese is to be openedat Jamaica Plain under the care ofMgr Magennis

Rev Cyrus Hamlin D D founder ofRobert College Constantinople hasbeen a missionary in the Turkish em ¬

pire for forty yearsAt Tacoaia Wash a strangers

tea under the auspices of the Y M CA is held every Sunday at 5 oclockand is proving a great success

An ecumenical missionary confer-ence

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to be held in this country in 1900is contemplated by the various mission ¬

ary societies of America and EuropeRacine Wis has been selected by the

United Danish Evangelical Luteranchurches of America as the place forlocating the Danish American college

Rev K Miyama the leading temperance worker among the Christian min-isters

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of Japan was recently appointedtemperance evangelist to co operatewith Miss Parrish

Rev William Carey great grandsonof the pioneer Protestant missionary toIndia is the author of the first publica¬

tion of the new United Society of Chris ¬

tian Endeavor for IndiaAt Silver City Idaho a mining camp

Where there are nine saloons and nochurch a Christian Endeavor Societyof twenty nine members is doing goodwork in establishing a reading room

A young Sioux Arthur Tibbets isstudying at Springfield Mass to fithimself for secretary of the Y M CAs of the tribe Efforts are beingmade to organize Y M C As amongthe Crows of Montana and the NezPerces

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LORDS PRAYER Br BOOTH

James ONeill Relates a Story of theEminent Tragedian

I think the most thrilling experienceI ever passed through was in New Yorkcity one time when quite by accidenta number of foreign diplomats fromWashington a few American states-men

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some prominent New Yorkers andone or two of us professionals weregathered together in a smoking roomof the Fifth Avenue Hotel when some-body

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asked Booth who by the merestchance happened to be there if hewould not repeat the Lords prayer forthe assemblage 1 was sitting not farfrom the tragedian when he fixed hiseyes upon the man who made the re-

quest¬

I think that it was Lord Sack-ville-We- st

at that time British ministerto the United States and I shall neverforget the peculiarly searching expres-sion

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that Booth shot out of his darkeyes They seemed to penetrate thevery soul of the man at whom theywere directed and then as if satisfiedresumed their wonted vacuous density

We were all breathless with anxietyat least I was for seldom would heever recite off the stage but at lengthlie arose walked to a little clearedspace at one end of the room and be ¬

gan a recital that even after all theseyears makes me thrill through andthrough He said Our Father andnever before had those two words beenclothed with the majesty and reverencewith which his look and tone envelopedthem And then he carried us into ce ¬

lestial regions our spirits seeming toleave our bodies and to follow his be-hest

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lie lowered us into depths too darkfor Dantes genius to conceive or Dorespen to portray the power exerted overus was simply unnatural His musical-ly

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resonant tones sounded sloAvlythrough the room and as he swayed hislithe body Ave unconsciously followedhis motion It was something horriblebeautiful terrible fascinating I can-not

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find words in the language to ex-press

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it There are noneI would not go through the scene

again for a thousand worlds and yetif I had the opportunity I would braveany danger to hear it once more Doyou understand Those few scorewords as delivered by Edwin Boothwere the most powerful argument forChristianity that I ever heard andcould every being on the face of theglobe have heard them there would noJonger be atheism Booth strode outof the room when he finished and a sim-ultaneous

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sigh of relief arose whilewithout a word we stole away singlyand on tiptoe and I do not believe thatany of us think of that thrilling even-ing

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without a shudder He was a greatman a great man KaDsas CityTimes

RAMS HORN BLASTS

Warning Notes Calling the Wicked toKepentancc

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1 HE devil hates agood book

The true prophe t is seldom aprophet to hisown people

When the con ¬

science is drug ¬

ged Satan isready for settle ¬

mentIf stolen dollars

jm ys wouiu Durn merenuuiu ue some

hot pocketsA man without a creed of some kind

is a man without a moral backboneAs long as the devil remains unchain ¬

ed the Christian must expect to betempted

There is a vast difference betweenspeaking one to another and oneabout another

It is one thing to survey yourselfwith pride and quite another to ex¬

plore your heart with humilityWithout first making everything else

God would have been without a lan¬

guage with which to speak to man

Treatment of the Alaskan DoffThe Alaskan dog is almost human in

intelligence He weighs about 100pounds Heavily laden he will travelsixty miles a day

With twenty dogs in a team no two ofthem are in a straight line from thedriver When unhitched for the nightthey pile upon the first blanket that isthrown upon the snow and there theystay When you crawl into your sleep-ing

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bag and pull a robe over it the dogwill get under the robe Unless youare careful he will be inside of the bagin the morning Their endurance isphenomenal and they are capable ofstrong affection Thej- - are great fight-ers

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A traveler who recently returnedfrom Alaska says of the treatment ac-corded

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these faithful animalsThe whip that is used on them is the

cruelest thing of its kind that is knownto man Thirty feet in length and twoinches thick near the short handle ithas a lash ten feet long that cuts likea knife The Russian knout isnt in itWhen a dog is struck you hear a sharpyelp and then your sleigh whirls pasta bit of fur or possibly a piece ofbloody skin lying on the snow StToul Dispatch

Wall Paper OddityZinc wall paper is the latest oddity

The zinc is attached to the wall by acement invented for the purpose andis made to imitate marble The sur-face

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is enameled so as to render it per-manent

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or washable It is claimed forthis new departure in decorative mate¬

rial that while it is as permanent astiles or marble it is much cheaper andcan be as easily put on as ordinary wallpaper

An old bachelor says that marriageIs a permanent injury resulting fromfalling in love

The judge never sits on the jury buthe frequently docs on the attorney

OUB BOYS AND GIRLS

THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OFTHE PAPER

Quaint Sayings and Cnte Doings of theLittle Folks Everywhere Gatheredand Printed Here for All Other Lit-

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Ones to Bead

Mammas HelpYes Bridget has gone to the cityAnd papa is sick as you see

And mamma has no one to help herBut two-year-o- ld Laurence and me

Youd like to know what Im good forCopt to make work and tumble things

downI guess there aint no little girlies

At your house at home Dr Brown

Ive brushed all the crumbs from thetable

And dusted the sofa and chairsIve polished the hearthstone and fender

And swept off the area stairs

Ive wiped all the silver and chinaAnd just dropped one piece on the floor

Yes doctor it broke in the middleBut I spect it was cracked before

And the steps that I save precious mam-ma

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Youd be sprised Dr Brown if youknew

She says if it wasnt for BessieShe couldnt exist the day through

Its Bessie bring papa some waterAnd Bessie dear run to the door

And Bessie love pick up the playthingsThe baby has dropped on the floor

Yes doctor Im siderably tiredIve been on my feet all the day

Good byl well perhaps I will help youWhen your old Bridget goes off to

staySouthern Presbyterian

fhed Their Clothes in WinterWhen the boys and girls are putting

on more clothing to keep out the colda curious rock crab that lives in the saltwater along the New England coastsheds its shell These little creaturesbegin casting their hard shells in De-

cember¬

and the shedding process con-

tinues¬

for two months After the hardshells are cast the crabs are quite softand are considered very desirable forthe table

A Writer Whom Boys LoveJules Verne the French author who

wrote Twenty Thousand Leagues Un ¬

der the Sea and many other tales ofadventure eats almost nothing buteggs and herbs it is said He is nownearly 70 years old and is in goodhealth living in Amiens France Hehas written six books more than he isyears old He arises early in the morn ¬

ing and wrorks steadily till 11 oclockStrangely enough though he has writ-ten

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many books of travel Mr Vernehas not traveled much but has securedhis information from reading stories ofthe travels of others

An Ostrichs AppetiteAn ostrich will eat almost anything

It swallows oranges small turtlesfowls kittens and bones A SouthAfrican writer tells of one swallowinga box of peaches tennis balls severalyards of fencing wire and half a dozencartridges One followed the workmenand picked up the wire as they cut itMost frequently the ostrich does notswrallow each dainty separately butcollects several in its throat and thenswallows them all at once Sometimesit is strangled Its windpipe is thencut the obstacle taken out and thewound sewed up when all goes wellagain

Two MasqueradersThese two unique and saucy dogiets

hail from Australia They have theair of nonchalant lightheadednesswhich is fetching in anything livingand from their attire have evidently

EAXO AXD SCAM I

been attending a canine fancy dressball Unlike most animals they do notobject to be dressed up and for thatreason are especial pets with the chil-dren

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fortunate enough to live near theowner of Bang and Scamp who has apretty home in Adelaide

From Corn Husks to ClothesClothing made of corn husks attract-

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so much attention at a fair held lastfall in Atchison Kas that it is plannedto have a similar exhibit at the greatfair to be held in Paris in 1900

These costumes are so attractivemany of them that any girl might wellbe proud to appear in one Dresses ofthe daintiest designs imaginable andwith any number of delicate frills andflounces were shown They proved soeffective that a new Industry hassprung up in Atchison It is calledcorn millinery and those who prac-

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it make charming looking hats forwomen and girls from corn husks Oneof the most successful corn millinersrecently sent a husk hat to the wife ofPresident McKinley

Under Water to the PoleAn engineer of Baltimore Md makes

the claim that a submarine boat can bepropelled under the great fields of icethat have thus far stopped northernnavigators from reaching the northpole This gentleman Albert Riedelproposes to build a boat for the jour- -

aey at once and to start from ome- -

where in upper CanadaThose who believe in Mr Riedels

plan claim that the boat will have totravel under GOO miles of ice before anopen sea around the north pole isreached They believe that enoughopen places will be found on the jour ¬

ney to enable the boat to go to thosurface to replenish the air It is pro ¬

posed to run the boat by electricity pro¬

vided by storage batteries

Infantile HumorWhats veal Benny Oh its the

part of the cow we eat before shegrows up

Visitor And who are you my littleman Cuthbert with conscious pride

Im the babys brotherGrandmamma What are you doing

in the pantry Tommy Oh Im justputting a few things away gramma

Mother Now Jamie you know thatAdam and Eve were driven out of theGarden of Eden Jamie In a phaetonor a carriage mamma

Say grandpa asked littleMinnie does the good people all

die young So they say replied theold gentleman Well grandpa con-tinued

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the little lady if thats truejou must be an awful wicked man

Little Jeanie the pet wasplaying with her rag doll in the frontroom of her home not long since whensuddenly her quick eye rested uponone of those large shiny black bugswhich occasionally fly indoors on sum-

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nights and was now slowly crawl-ing

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along the carpet The little ob¬

server came running out to the kitchenwith great excitement exclaiming

Mamma mamma theres a prune inthe parlor Come and see it walk

EXPOSITION FEATURES

Curious Attractions France Is Prepar ¬

ing for 1900While there have been an almost in¬

finite number of suggestions for fea-tures

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at the exposition and the ingenu-ity

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of all --the inventors and engineersin Prance has been engaged in planningspectacular effects the result is disap-pointing

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The great architectural fea-ture

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as stated by Wm E Curtis in aletter to the Chicago Record will bethe bridge erected in honor of Alexan-der

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III The most conspicuous freakwill be a huge telescope forty feetlong with a lens six feet in diameterwhich it is said will bring the moonwithin one meter or three feet of theobserver This has been determinedupon

Another feature will be a panoramaof the world which will revolve onrollers around a pyramid upon whichseveral thousand spectators can be seat-ed

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and will represent the most inter-esting

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portions of the globe The spec-tator

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will start from Paris and traveleastward through Europe Asia andAfrica across Bering straits throughthe United States and then throughCanada Greenland Iceland and GreatBritain to his starting point EllseeReclus the great geographer has de-

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a globe 40 feet in diameterwhich will accurately represent theearths surface The interior will befilled with museums representing thehistory and ethnology of the universe

There will be an old Parisian streetof three centuries ago and other exhi-bitions

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suggested by the peculiar hab-its

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customs and manners of life of for-eign

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countries There is a propositionto revive the famous wooden horsewhich played so important a part inthe siege of Troy an Egyptian citywith a representation of the romanceof Antony and Cleopatra figures amongthe propositions a cafe in a tunnel be-

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the waters of the Seine hasjejmplanned and a Milwaukee brewingcompany bus applied for a concessionto eiQCt a monumental barrel of beerof glass 52 feet in length and 27 feet indiameter from which the beer will bedrawn through several hundred fau-cets

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Ancicnt Rain PrognostioatorOn the old Ritchie place which

abounds with relics of early days is anold log springhouse built at the begin¬

ning of the century by John Ritchiethe inventor of the sour mash processof making whisky says the BardstownRecord A never failing stream of icecold water flows into this old houseforming a pool several feet deep Heresince John Ritchie left Lynns fort andbuilt himself an independent dwellingit is alleged a giant bull frog has hadits home As the frog family is en¬

dowed with great longevity it is saidby those who ought to know that it isreasonable to believe that the frog isthe same one which took up its resi-dence

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in the Ritchie springhouse inpioneer times

What lends color to this theory is thefact that there has never been but onefrog seen in the neighborhood of theold spring and Mr Stephen Ritchienow a man well advanced in yearsstates that this same frog or one verysimilar to it had its home in the springwhen he was a child and that he hasoften heard his grandmother term thefrog her rain sign The frog is said tobe of vast proportions with a thunder-ous

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voice that can be heard a great dis-tance

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It is very active and shows noevidence of its century or more ofyears

He Knew the RestTommy said the younger lady

sharply as her little brother openedthe door softly and was about to enterthe parlor you shut that door fromthe outside and then take yourself offto bed at once Then she went on

No Mi Borem it is with the deep ¬

est regret that I say it but I can onlybe a sister to you and

Never mind the rest of it Miss Chil-ton

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interrupted Mr Borem sadly Ishall follow the example of my brotherand take myself off to bed at once

And crawling into bis fur linedulster he lighted a cigarette andwaded out into the gelid nisht

SILVER SENTIMENT ti

Et Still Has a Strong Hold on thotPeople who Think for ThemselvesWar talk has not diverted the attend

lion of the people from the consideradou of the political battle which wasfought between the forces of gold1

monometallism and bimetallism in thelutunin of 1S90 William J Bryan hasoeen given a most enthusiastic recepion in the South and has demonstrat ¬

ed to the dismay of the gold cliquehat silver sentiment is deeper ana

broader and wider more enthusiasticand more earnest than ever before

In discussing the triumphant tour ofBryan the Washington Post a news ¬

paper devoted to the gold cause and op-posed

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to the Democratic candidate forPresident in 1S3U says Those emi ¬

nent mugwumps and cuckoos who aretrying to make themselves believe thatMr Bryan is a dead issue will do wellto take careful note of the manner inwhich the people receive him every¬

where along the route of his presentjourney There can be no sort of doubtthat Mr Bryan received in New Or¬

leans a welcome of unparalleledwarmth and enthusiasm Those Demo ¬

crats who refused to accept the Chi ¬

cago platform hi 1S0G were as zealousrnd as cordial in their attentions as theother Democrats a vast majoritywho stood by the party and its candi ¬

date Under the circumstances itwould perhaps be just as well for thegold clique journals to restudy the the-ory

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that silver sentiment is deadDifferences of opinion among Demo ¬

crats are being harmonized and Secre ¬

tary Gage has been forced to admitthat the battle of standards will haveto be fought over again in 1900 Thisis not a propitious time to discuss polit¬

ical questions but it is just as well tocall attention to the fact that rumors--

of war or even Avar Itself cannot di-

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the thoughts of the people fromthe vital question of bimetallism Chi ¬

cago DispatchMichigan and Iminber Dntics

The furniture manufacturers of Mich ¬

igan are turning against the DIngleylaw They point to the disappearingorests of that State and then to the

new 2 duty on lumber which shuts outthe Canadian product upon which theyare coming to depend It is a duty ex-cellently

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desigued to stimulate forescslaughter in the United States but therrouble in this case is that there arefew more forests left to slaughter Soa united protest against the Dingleyduty goes to Washington from the veryState which next to Maine was sup-posed

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to be a chief beneficiary oftheimposition Springfield Mass Repub¬

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Ingalis as a PopulistIt would be a sight for gods and men

to see ex Senator John J Ingalis ofKansas running for Congress as a Pop¬

ulist candidate for the purpose ot over-coming

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a big Republican majority inthe first Kansas district If Ingalis canTcallj- - down his former party in such astruggle and Is willing to do so theopportunity should certainly be givenAnd whether he can or not it might bewell to encourage the effort The ex-

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would be valuable to many per-sons

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not yet fully awake to the versa-tility

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of politicians of the Ingalis typeor to the wild and weird possibilities ofKansas politics St Louis Republic

The Boodlers Pet StrongholdRepublican and mugwump spouters

love to talk of the depravity of NewYork under Tweed and other Tam ¬

many bosses but they never refer toPhiladelphia where boodleism and altsorts of knavery have flourished foryears and where the people are worsegoverned and more shamefully plun ¬

dered than those of any otbT greatcity in the country- - The developmentsjIoTT Uiaklng of rascality in the Councilof PhilacfeWa are only in line withsimilar revelations whfell bave 1enmade from time to time for many ycsilpast In Philadelphia boodling hasbeen a fine art for more than a genera-tion

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Indianapolis Sentinel

Sordid Commercialism ScoredBoss Hannas insolence was fittingly

rebuked by Senator Thurston Thehigh priest of sordid commercialismready to sacrifice every thing to gainstands for a group which is strugglingto make itself a class and a caste agroup already laden with iniquity amiwhich is now bent upon turning an ig¬

noble penuy out of national perplexitySenator Thurston dad well to rebukethese men and his words will be cheer- -ed by every honest heart by everytrue patriot by every man who hateswickedness and loves the light StLouis Post Dispatch

Begun Under Democratic AuspicesThe Philadelphia Press speaks of

the development of the modern navyas begun under President HarrisonThese are times when even party or¬

gans can afford to be fair The devel-opment

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of the modern navy was begun under the first Cleveland adminis ¬

tration and the credit for the Inaug¬

uration of the good work is due to Will ¬

iam C Whitney Washington PostDisgusted Republican Organ

Thepersistent interference of the proSpanish party represented in Washington chiefly by Secretaries Bliss andGage is having a disturbing effect bothon Congress and on the people Ameri¬can citizenship cannot endure thethought that a question of principleand duty can be determined or consid ¬

ered by the profits or loss of stockspeculators or of anybody else NewYork Press

Patriotism of the Highest OrderThe attitude of the Democratic party

from the inception of the Cuban crisisto the present moment has been iirthe highest degree patriotic Mere con-siderations

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of partisan advantage havebeen utterly lost sight of and the Dem-ocratic

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party has stood as one man infavor of a policy which would main¬

tain the national honor and be worthyof the best traditions of the Americanpeople Indianapolis Sentinel - -

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