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Washington.

THE collections of internal revenue during
the first eleven months Of the. fiscal year
ending June 30, 1888, amounted to $ll4, 1884,
759, being IS, 42S, ,s67 more than the colec-
lions during the corresponding period Of the
last fiscal year.
AN invitation has been received by the
United States through the French Legation
at Washington to take part in an interna-
tional exhibition of apparatus and processes
for the decortication Of the rau1ie, q textile
plant which was introduced few years ago
Paris on August Is.
GENERAL SHERIDAN has been conveyed in
the United States steamer Swatara from
Washington to Nonquitt, Mass. A short
stop was made at Fortress Monroe. A gen.
eral improvement in his condition was re-
ported. -,-~>' CO.. 50
COLONEL DANIEL LAMONT, President
Cleveland's Private Secretary, has rented for
the summer the Weeden Cottage, at James.
town, Conanicut Island, R L, and the PreSi-
bent and Mrs. Cleveland will be his guests
during part of the heated term.
BRIGAD1ER-GENERAL JAMES G. DUANE,
Chief of Engineers, has been placed on the
retired list
By strict party vote, the House Commit
tee on Elections has decided the California
contested election case of Sullivan against Eel
ton in favor of the contestant Sullivan, and
has reported a resolution unseating FELTON,.
The appointment of Judge Melville w.
Fuller to be Chief Justice has been reported
by the Senate committee. to which it was re-
ferred, without any accommodation in the
matter.
DURING June the national debt was re-
duced $14, ,429, ,5O244 The debt now stands:
Principal. s1,705, 992, ,320.5S: interest, .$11,-
p2 473. IL; total, Sl,Sl7, 7s4, ,793. Cash in
treasury, 1928, ,S54, ,os9.s4 -.
GOVERNMENT receipts in June aggrega ted
$50, 400, TIT, a decrease of $500 over the
corresponding month of last year, and ths
expenditures were sic, ,64S, ,265, an increase OF
Sl,6S3,377 over June, 1887. Receipts last
month were: Customs, SIS, ,012, ,599; internal
revenue, 1l,215, ,324; miscellaneous, $780,
S5s.
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LATER NEWS.

JOHN a. VAN DoAN, ledger clerk In the
Second National Bank of Jersey City, has
stolen funds of the institution to the amount
Of SIS, 900 and fed. 1...'ti5 Z.
WILLIAM R. FLAcK, Of Syracuse, lost his
life in attempting to navigate Niagara,s
whirlpool in lifeboat Of his own invent
ton.
HARRY B. SKINNER, a rich broker IN tall
ors' trimmings choked himself to death in
Boston, with shawl strap.
A PARADE of, 1000 letter-carriers many
delegations from other cities participating
took place in New York in honor OF the nes
eight hour law. ~.
ABOUT 5000 delegates, coming from all seci
tons of the country, participated In the conf
vention at Baltimore, called for the purposS
of forming a National League. ~
MASKED men stopped stage in California
and robbed the express messenger OF $40, 900
in silver bullion.
AT least six lives were lost and numerous
houses were struck by lightning during a.
electrical storm in the Northwest ~
FOUR passengers were killed and fifteen iA{
jured by railroad accident near Helena
Montana. "
CINCINNATI had grand celebration of
her municipal centennial and Of the national
holiday, all in one, opening a big exposition
with the aid Of the venerable Mrs James Et
Polk who, from her home in Nashville, gave
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RELIGIOUS READING.
The Divin D Plsy.

The Divins Piey.
Lift thy heart, erring one! Jesus hath pity,
And thou in His ear thy sad story may
tell;
Unchanged since the days, by Samaria's
city,
When, footsore and weary, He sat by the
well.
Hapless and fallen, thine heart hath grown
Exposed to the storm of the cold rasser:by;
But a tender One watches thy wanderings
His heart Of love melts at the penitent's
cry.
Hark to His loving voice tenderly calling,
Oweary and wandering one, hasten and
come;
For soon will the shadows of evening be fall
ing,
And leave thee forsaken and far from thy
home
Leave far behind thee this vain worlds
pleasures, 9,
At best they are hollow-they weary and
cloy;
Unfading the pleasures, immortal the treas
Awaiting the blest in the regions OF joyl
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The Power of Truth.

A striking illustration of the power of
truth is seen in the following narrative re-
lated by Pastor Fleidner, Spain: "Cne OF our
Spanish colporteurs sold a Bible some time
ago, and the priest rushed up to man who
had bought it, exclaiming,. These hereticai
books shall never come into this village
snatched it out of his hand, tore it, and
threw it on the ground. The colporteur was
stoned and driven out Of the village Some
weeks after, being obliged to pass through
the village again, he hoped to do so unob-
served, but almost Immediately was
recognized. Are you the man that
sells BiblesY he was asked,
and on replying Yes instead of an
angry outburst, he received the invitation,
We'll, then, comeinto our village; we want
your books The explanation of this changed
manner was that the village grocer, having
wrapped up his goods in the pages of the
torn Bible which had come into his hands,
the people read these beautiful histories,
which tEey had never read before, and then
asked God to send the man back to them. Not
only did he sell all the Bibles he had with
him but they made him stay with them two
or three days to give them Instruction.
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MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN has taken to eoinS
TO the theatres again.
MADAME PATTI is singing to Slo'ooo "
night in South America. '.t.
MRS. LANarRY's new play for next SeaS'n
is called "a Love Story" -
ELLEN TERRY, the English actress never
plays the same part twice alike
PAULINE LUccA, the priuna donna, nns nns
been engaged to appear in opera in tnls coun'
try.
Mrs. POTTER is down for an indefinite I9n
at Wallack's Theatre, New YORK. heA"
season. =
"MR. BARNES OF NEW YORK" is noH nay nav
ing a successful run at the Theatre foy@',
Sheffield, England. :,
TEE next season at Wallacks TneaIre, ss;tI, IN Ia
New York, opens on October with tne
Couu ,lin & Hading Company. ~
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South and West.

The Prohibitionists have carried Inde
pendence. Mo-, the county seat OF jackson
County, by 200 majority.
A coLoRED boy, ten years old, at Flor
snce, Nd, cut the throats Of two children
left in his care.
The State Convention of the Union Labor
party of Iowa met at Marshalltown and nom-
mated State ticket.
PETER HRoNEK, Pole, aged 50, has been
hanged at st. Joseph, Mo-, for the murder Of
his wife.
MILLIONS of grasshoppers have appeared
about ST. Paul. Mimi, where the farmers
are fighting them with great vigor, bounty
of dollar a bushel being offered for them.
MRS. MATTHIAS SCHRIENER, Of Chicago,
poured kerosene oil over her husbands body
while he lay ip a stupid state Of into1icatiou
and then set fire to his clothing, burning him
to death.
Two United States Marshals were killed
at an Indian green corn dance in Indian
Territory, while attempting to arrest a
border desperate, but not until they had
shot dead the ruffian himself.
tion on board floating saloon at Pineville,
KY, and, firing simultane Jusly they killed
each other and fatally wounded two by
standers.
MRS. Ed. COUSINS, colored, of Lockland,
Ohio, was awakened by her partially par
alyzed husband trying to kill her. She es
capped, but was unable to rescue their two
year-old child When she returned to the
room the husband and child were both dead
with their throats cut.
Two business blocks in Brainard, Mimi,
were burned, causing q loss of $4,000.
THE cost Of the National Republican Con.
vention at Chicago was 0,600; Of which
$1,000 was for rent of the hall, S2700 for elec-
tric lighting, and 5000 for entertaining the
National Committee.
G. C. NELSON, banker, who has been rum
ming the North Side Savings Bank in At
Ianta, Ga, has disappeared with the funds
of the institution.
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son Zouavesi, Sixty fourth New FORK, on
the Second Corps line; the 49th::Ne York:
the Fourth New York Independent Battery
at the Devils Den; the Eighty-sixth
New York, the Sixty-eighth Penn
sylvania Scott LEGION on the
highest crest Of the exposed ridge at the
peach orchard: the Ninety-eighth Pennsyl-
vania; the 145th New York; the 110th Penn
sylvania: the Forty first New York Infantry;
the 1O5th Pennsylvania; the Sixty third
Pennsylvania; the Fifty.second New York
on the second days field; the Fcrtieth New
York; the Fifteenth New York Battery,
and the Ninth New York cavalry
At two o'clock the corner stone Of the
Memorial Church Of the Prince of Peace
was formally laid in the presence Of thou
sands Of people.
The most impressive scene of the eventful
day was at the National Cemetery. where
repose the dead OF the contending armies who
bit the dust in the historic battle. There,
amid breathless silence the Army of the
Potomac and the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia met, not in the angry clash Of war, but
in blessed reunion Of peace and amity.
At half-past four o'clock the grand process
sion moved from Centre square and passed
out Baltimore street. along which the Federal
troops retreated after the bloody struggle of
the first day, to the national cemetery. Into
this it turned and swept up the northern
avenus to the beautiful rostrum.
Here, within hearing of the spot where
Lincoln made his immortal speech at the
dedication Of the soldiers monument, Nov.
10, 1868, the exercises Of reunion between
the blue and the gray took place. On the
rostrrm the front row Of chairs was occu-
pied by General Sickles, General Beaver.
and General Robinson (au with crutches).
General Gordon, Of Georgia; General
Graham, General Butterfeld and Rev. DR..
Valentine, of the Southern Theological Semi
nary. At four minutes after five o'clock
General Robinson arose and in few brief
words introduced General Sickles as the pre-
siding officer, who delivered a stirring ad-
dress. He was followed by Governor Cor
don, of Georgia.
His speech delivered to the survivors of
the two armies awoke responsive chords in
the breasts Of all who heard it. At one
moment men were melted in tears, at another
they were aroused to the highest pitch of en-
thusiasm.
He was followed by Governor Beaver, of
Pennsylvania, who, when he hobbled on his
.crutches to the front, was received not less
enthusiastically than his predecessor.
Chaplain McCabe, Of Virginia, who was to
have responded to Governor Beaver in behalf
of the Southern men, was, owing to railroad
delay, unable to be present, and General
Hooker, of Mississippi, took his place.
Although he spoke extemp his
effort was O splendid one, and closed the
exercises of the day
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BUSINESS FAILURES.
The Record For the First Six Months
of the Current Year.


of the Current Year.
Bradstreers reports the total number Oh
mercantile failures in the United States dur
ing the first six months OF 1888 as Ssh the
estimated assets Of which amount to s34, sS4,-
TAG, with liabilities aggregating s64,9S7,6a2.
For the same period Of 1887 the number OF
failures wa, 5072, with assets amounting 10
s25. GAS. lOS, and liabilities aggegating s52,-
SS2a. The number of failures for the past
six months, however, Is less than for the
corresponding period of any year, except
1887, since 1882, the gain over 1887 being lS2,
or 3.5 per cent. The failures are dlylded
as follows: New England States, 69l Middle
States, 12l4: Southern States, 1914; Western
States, 1886; Pacific States, 4S9, and the
Territories, 149.
In Canada the total number Of failures for
the past six months was 9l4, with assets
amounting to s4,OO6,9 $50, and liabilities ag-
gregating IS, 7S9, 795, while for the corss- RE
Spending period Of 1887 the number was $50,
with assets amounting to S3,6T,3 $50, and La
bilities aggregating 1881 500.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

The Yale-Harvard boat race was won by
Yale, her crew beating all previous records
on the Thames.
The Republican ticket and platform were
ratified by great and enthusiastic meeting
in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York
City. Speeches were delivered by ex-Con-
gresham Horr, Colonel R. G. Iugersoll and
Warner Miller.
As Christian Spankins, of Lancaster,
Penn, was jumping into wagon chiscl
which he had in his pocket struck the wheel
and was driven into his throat, lntilctlng q
fatal wound.
LIZZIE HARTMAN, of Kittanning, Penn,
was struck by lightning and rendered deaf,
dumb and blind.
Rev. CHARLES H. WHEELER and wife, Of
Winchendon, Mass, were instantly killed at
State Line depot, the carriage containing
them being struck by a locomotive and
hurled 100 feet.
MRS. EVA HARscH, of Williamsport, Penn,
stood on box to look into the loft in barn.
The box tilted leaving her suspended, and
when found, she was dead.
CLAUDIUs DANNER, four years old, found
pistol in his home at Harrisburg, Penn,
and in playing with it shot himself, causing
instant death.
The Amalgamated Iron Workers of Penn.
sylvania have struck against a reduction Of
wages and over 100, 900 men have quit work.
PREs1DENT-ELEcr FLORES of Ecuador,
South America, arrived in New York few
days since He had been abroad two years,
effecting treaties with foreign nations, and
is now homeward bound.
FIRE at Reading, Penn, destroyed the
works Of the Reading Hardware Company,
entailing loss of S350,000.
AFTER suffering for four days the most
dreadful agony Charles R. Fenimore,a a prom
inent citizen and ex- Collector of Burlington,
county, died at his residence, near Delanco,
N. j., of hydrophobia-
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Foreign.

A. M. DUnAMEL, an official Of Longeuil,
Canada, has stolen SIS, 900 and fed.
Mr.. JAMES LowTHER, Conservative, de-
feated Mr.. Knatchbull- Hugessen, Gladston
ian, in the election IN the Isle of Thanet,
England.
PATRICK BAYNEs. q hero Of the Balaklava
charge of the Light Brigade, drowned him
self at Montreal, Canada
The Dublin Ireland) NUM- cipal Council
has nominated MIR. Sexton for re election as
Lord Mayor in 1859.
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SEVEN pirates-four Anamites and three
Chinese-were captured by French gun
boat the other day in Halong Bay, and were
subsequently, executed at Haiphong. To
each man q separate executioner was ap'
pointed. OF the seven only one succeeded In
striking of the head at the first blow, all the
others having to hack them of by success
ZION Of blown
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The Internal Revenue Bureau has decided
that druggist may keep spirits and wine
ages, without paying special tax as liquor
dealer, but he cannot sell these liquors even
on physicians prescription without first
recurring q licensa
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THE Western Union sent out $500, o1o
words Of special dispatches for the Repubh.
can Convention at Chicago: The Postal ,a sent
S5oo,OOO. This is three times the s business sIss
done at the St Louis Convention, and twice
the business ever done before.
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Native drinks prepared bv the Kafirs OF
Southern Africa are exceedingly intoxicat-
ing. In the native churches Of all denomina-
tions, no native is admitted to membership
unless he solemnly promises to abstain from
Kaff1r beer. Its manufacture is punished by
special legislation.
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House Proceedings.

Mills bill was continued. Works Of art were
stricken from the free list. The considera-
ton of the free list was completed and the
House began the examination Of the dutia-
BILE portion of the bill.
l51sT DAY. The House went into the con-
sideration Of the bill to improve certain
Western waterways. The subject was dis
was taken. The House went into commit
tee of the whole on the Mills bill and several
paragraphs were passed. The duty on bichro-
mates of potash and soda was left unchanged
152D DAY.-Mr. Anderson introduced a
bill providing for the control and regulation
Of railroads acquired by the United States
under judicial foreclosure and Forfeiture.
Mr.. Belmont, as question Of privilege, pre-
sented the conference report on the Diplo-
was agreed to .. The report Of the conferees
on the Legislative Appropriation bill was
also agreed to-. There was deadlock until
the House adjourned, the Democrats desiring
to push the Land Forfeiture bill, and the Re
publicans the Dependent Pension bill.
153D DAY.-The House went into Commit
tee of the Whole (Mr. Springer, of Illinois, in
the chair on the Tariff bill Mr.. Mckinley
moved to restore the existing rates on bar
iron, and his motion was advocated by Mr.
Burrows. of Michigan. Mr.. Bayne in sup
porting the motion, expressed himself as op-
posed to reduction Of the tariff and as in
favor Of the repeal of the tobacco tax and
the tax on alcohol used in the arts. Messrs.
Scott and Bland opposed, and the motion
was voted down-70 to 56 Mr.. Snowden
moved to fix the duty on iron or steel rails
weighing not over twenty fivepounds to the
yard at Sl7.92 per ton, and on iron or steel
fiat rails, punched, $40. 16. On motion Of Mr..
Breckinridge aduty of four-tenths Of cent
per pound was imposed on iron or steel, fat,
with longitudinal ribs, for the manufacture
of fencing
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TIE Oldest active chemist OF Germany,
uerr a Bauer, died recently in Berlin, at the
sre of ninety-four He had been employed
In one factory since 1898
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The Grant Club Of Chicago social or
xanization-has voted to exclude the sale and
drinking Of intodcants from its rooms.
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Set the Clock Right.

In one of the daily papers there lately ap-
peared O story Of colored man who came
to IA matchmaker and gave him the two hands
Of clock, saying:
~ want yer to fix up desc hans. Dey jess
doan keepno mo- kerec' time for mo- den six
munfs"
"Where is the clock9" answered the watch
maker.
"Out at de house on Injun Creek"
"But Imust have the clock"
"Didn't tell yer dar''s muffin de, matter
wild de clock 'ceptin' de hans and done
brought 'em to you. You jess want de clock
SO you can tinker wild it and charge me big
price. Gimme back dem hams" And SO
saying, he went off to find some reas enable
matchmaker.
= Foolish as he was, his action was very like
that of those who try tc regulate cneir con-
duct without being made right on the inside.
They 90 wrong, but refuse to believe that
the trouble is in their hearts. They are sure
that it is not the clock, but the hands that
are out of order. They know no more Of the
need of change in their spiritual condition
than the poor regro did the works Of his
selves over into the hands Of the great ar
tificer, who will set their works right SO
that they may keep time with the great
clock OF the universe, and no longar at
tempt 10 set themselves according to the
incorrect time of the world. And their
reason for not putting themselves into the
hands of the Lord is very similar to the
reason the colored man gave They are
afraid the price will be too great. They
say: "We only wish to avoid this or that bad
habit" But the great clockmaker says: "
cannot regulate the hands unless 1 have the
clock. must have the clock. 1.-THE Sower.
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WALTER COOPER, a prominent English
eypsy, died recently, and his body wai
drawn to the churchyard by favorite mare
The mare was then sacrificed.
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christianity In Life After q Pattern.
Ia not the dominant thought of the church,
today, absorbed in the construction OF the
Christian monograph, in moving women
and men to the iteration of Christian doc
trine and experiencel Far be it from us to
disparage effort in this line! But does it not
need balancingl Does it not present to the
general mind a stinted and arbitrary
Standard Of Christianity We want the
tian life more. Is it clearly before the
church, in its biblical score, what it is and
what it means to be Christian2 Ask some
body; ask several who have been long in the
church, what it is to be Christian. You
will be surprised at the response. Chris
tiapity is life, after the incarnatei pattern.
We have it in an unmistakable object lesson
as Jesus lived it. We may differ in our
theories, but that life can tell US, when
a Christian is just to reproduce that
life in spirit, purpose and influence
In so far as it is possible to the human.
Practically, to be a Christian, having ac-
cepted Christ as Lord and Master, is just to
be loyal to him wherever he has placed US.
It Is our duty TO proclaim the Gospel OF
Christ, to endeavor to persuade people to
confess him; but there are many phases OF
loyalty to Christ not less obligatory
and noble. All pubic Christian effort,
whether humble OF exalted, is influenced by
mixture Of motives which will not always
bear The critical test. There enters in the
love of applause, the desire to be known as
good and doing good. Many o public
speaker, even for the cause Of good morals
and for Christianity, would not want all
his true inwardness analysed Our loyalty
to Christ is put to deeper tests, than to speak
for him, and in such tests Gods elect appear.
Ah, there are so many Of theml How we
impossible at this writing. Look then, at
some Of them in whose glory we most de.
Gght.-[Zion's Herald
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SUMMARY OF CONGRESS.
Senate Proceedings.

12lsT DAY.-The debate on Mr.. Hawleys
amendment to the Army Appropriation bill
setting aside sum of money for coast de-
fenses was continued =. Mr. Allison re-
ported back the joint resolution extending
the appropriation for the present fiscal year
for thirty days from June 30, in the depart
ments of the Government for which the ap-
preparation bills for next year shall not have
become law, and the measure was passed.
122D DAY-The conference on the Legisla-
tive Appropriation bill was concurred in.
The River and Harbor bill, appropriatiE2
over twenty-five millions, was passed
80. The joint House resolution extending to
Florida and Louisiana the joint resolution
relating to the disposal Of public land in GER
tain States was passed. Mr.. Morrill, then
addressed the Senate on the bill to define the
routes of steam railroads in the District of
Columbia, but no action was taken. =. The
nomination Of Melville W. Fuller to be Chief
Justice of the United States was reported
without recommendation Mr.. Turpie
spoke on the Presidents message. "A bill
was introduced to construct bridge near
New York city across the Hudson river. The
bridge is to consist Of a single span, 140 feet
in the clear above the level of ordinary high
water. No pier is to be erected between the
principal piers Of the bridge.