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The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31
SINAI AND CALVARY.

rhera are two mountains hallowAd
BY majesty sublime,
Which rear their crests unconquero0
Above the floods Of Time.
Uncounted generations
Have gazed on them with awe
The Mountain of the Gospel.
The Mountain Of the Lava
From Sinars cloud OF darkness
The vivid lightnings play,
They serve the God OF vengeance
The Lord who shall repay.
Each fault must bring its penance,
Each sin the avenging blade;
For God upholds in justice
The laws that He hath made.
But Calvary stands to ransom
The earth from utter loss,
In shade than light more glorious
The shadow of the Cross.
To heal sick worlds trouble
To soothe its woe and pain.
On Calvary's sacred summit
The Paschal Lamb was slain.
The boundless might of Heaven.
Its law in mercy furled,
As once the bow of promise
Der arched drowning world.
The Law said: AS you keep me
1t shall be done to you.
But Calvary prays: Forgive them
They know not what they do.
Almighty Godl direct US
To keep Thy perfect LawI
o blessed Saviour, help US
Nearer to Thee to draw;
Let Sinai's thunders aid Us
To guard our feet from sin.
And Calvary's light inspire US
The love of God to win.
John Hay, in N. Y. Independent
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.



THn treasury accountants have COM
pleted an estimate Of the cash value OF the
currency, coin and securities turned over
% Treasurer Huston by ex-Treasurer
HYATT, and find the total amount to De
e722, 900. 600.
The United States Senators who are IN
yestigating trade relations with Canada
have gone to Sitka, Alaska, to study the
seal question.
THE Chicago & Alton road, through
Manager Chappell. has given notice 70
Chairman Walker, of the Interstate hal'
way Association, that it must have moro
equitable proportion of the livestock ana
grain traffic from the Missouri river 10
Chicago or it will at once take the matter
into its own hands and drop rates low
enough to secure business.
THE Navy Department has completed
and soon will issue advertisements calling
FOR proposals for the construction OF the
new cruisers slightly larger than the
Yorktown, and of 1000 tons burden. Inc
limit Of cost fixed in the appropriation
act il $3.50, 600 for each vessel.
THE United States cruiser Boston has
been ordered to Hayti on secret mission
ASSISTANT SECRETARY TICHENoR has al"
6rmed the decision Of the collector at Ne"
York in assessing sO-called vinegar as
wine. The importers claimed that the
LIQUID, when shipped, was vinegar ana
must have changed to wine during the
voyage. ;,
The Treasury Department has decided
that knife sharpeners made of wood, steel
and emery are dutiabe as manufactures
Ia part Of metal and not as whetstones or
manufactures Of steel.
The President has appointed b. +. Gll-
kerson, Of Pennsylvania, to be Second
COMPTROLLER Of the Treasury; 5. h. Holl1'
dav, of nsylvania, to be Commissioner
Of Customs Of the Treasury Department.
and David Martin to be Collector of In
ternal Revenue for the Philadelphia dis
trict. Also Charles S. Zane, of Utah, t.
be Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court o
Utah.
The celebrated Twiggs swords which
have been in the custody of the Govern
ment since 1862, have been delivered b.
Secretary Window to A. c. Myer, execute
OF the Twiggs estate. This is in accord
ance with the provisions of an act passe
by the last Congress and the decision
tho Court of Claims establishing Tn
ownership of the swords.
LOUIS A. DENT has been appointed pr
vate secretary to Secretary Blaine, vic
Thomas H. Sherman, appointed Consul
Y.ivarDOOl
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

IT IS a noticeable fact that the evangelists,
In telling the story OF Christ's life, never
attempt TO eulogize His character. What
they do is to state factssin that life, repeat
bis sayings, and describe His acts and SUI
ferings, leaving these things TO make their
own impression upon the reader. Their OWE
thoughts and opinions are In the back
ground, while Jesus Christ as He was comes
70 the front
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

II you have really given up your heart 70
God in private, your life Will show forth
the praise of God in public; II God has the
heart BE Is sure Of the life
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

MANS extremity Is Gods opportunity
Not until despalring of help from mortals
did the woman come 70 Christ for relief.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31

m ~ fkn
Christendom. but III.
the fact that II contain,
nOblest and most-sn...l.
Even in = prose ts,s.1".
which no other great ~.
like Homer could sur,I,s
to the mind no less o.
tons, and maintain, u
wearying BY repetition 81,
through lapse Of year.
portion Of the Bible g.
much in translation !,
Proverbs; but, Dever4hel.
version contains sen,ena >
literary finish. while n.
the generations. which hs
has never crystalizea ~,
concise or convincing IN,
the spiritual utteranos
phetic books which o. 3
only charm. Gems a. -.
the Divine qualities uhs.n
imagination and render rs.
the literature Of the worls
are to be found in Isaiah ~
The literary qualitie, =
have been largely forgot
greater grandeur Of II
moral qualities, but a.
could never have retains
OF scholars or. indeed i
ignorant, if it had been
condite and confused iunK
Koran. 1t is certainly I
most profound congratul,
book that was to b -
many homes, and weeklr
churches, and which "a, 1
popular literature Of Is p,.
should be cast In such exc,
form. What its influences 4,
the quickening Of imarlp.l..
thoughtfulness. Is q ls...,.'.
literature, can Of cout,, ~
measured, but 1t Is only $500.
moral and religious innn.~ /
exerted. A large part 4 n,
among English-speakinr
to the translators 81 our =
long-used version. WA,,s,~
lacks in accuracy. Il il 60,
"well of English undealsa :
place can never b taken 3 !.
which is not its equal.
What this liie-awakenlnr q,
accomplish among tie ma, ].
} tons into whose languaRe lll~
translated during this o.u..
; among whom 1t ID heInP |l,'
; the rate OF moro than 3,
copies every year, Il i "a a r
} tell. But those who love L
: doubt that It's influence Vii = III
: gree the same that Il has ~
I the German and English n.lm /
1 will Of course teach riphl
t the way Of escape from a \.
: work will not be cOnnnna \ ~
: will exercise q contOHn, ~
. upon the development d a,
i ing its forms and enFlthh
/ thousands Of words IN
. sources; it will quicksn nsnn
n stimulate the Imagination unl.A
' sire for education sd bes ~
Q haps unrecognize1 mplbw d -
n literatures, unlihn llssE la5soi Il
It still OF incalcultsa A Y y
l. world. -Providenee loplpA
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-05-31
CHOICE E1kIcls

DO what you can, ID Oa e
operate with your GOD Naz'
Thomas a Kempia
Good nature, like = !
honey from ever hefa
like a spider, sucks po'sS
sweetest flower.
There is q burden q ~
ting riches; fear ID kssFs
temptation In using o.
abusing them; sorrow =
and a burden OF account = :. !
given up concerning shsn
He who is right -
for his vindication, hovsu
is represented or misun
present time. He vhe ! !. :.
| vet who is supposed Y
reason to dread the su.
the future. Truth ]
| find its level. even shou
this end be q r0undapo
ones. S. Times
When fretting ~
=
nothing, why fres \
good. it certainly VII e
matter can not Be re-
sang to some purpcss
his harp to the ros0.
Psalm: FRET not ~
evil doors. Morning
There are grea. 80
lin the Gospel. which =
to know and make -
our Christian char
be no true character
also truths which e
portant, and these =.
proper use Of Il y :. :.
into the symmetry
which God require
terian.
II The question y
us life worth living
vantage some liges 2, -.
possessors. they cs
service to others -.
furnish warnings
istence. There are
no spoil In mental
! no acquisition IN no. -.
, their own souls.
good influence. and q
to help others % : e
| tian Enquirer. ~
Faith In the -.
the grandess insplf !.
|. spect to action =. - ,r,
. the human mind ~
, hope to the soul !.
81 80
: Can that be essenai, -,
|. p ,sed thas :
Q pr 4 O 49,
> Let afis"os 800 =
3 trait tpsf - e-s
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-08-30
INDIANS IN ARMS.
PalIagers Threaten Death to Anyone
Signing TO Sell che Reservation.

PalIagers Threaten Death to Anyone
Signing TO Sell che Reservation.
The first word received from the Indian
Commission at Leech Lake, Minn, reserve
tion came by half-breed. He says that Pal
layers on that reservation are in deadly
quarrel over the presence of the commission.
and about equally divided as to signing.
Those opposed to the sale threaten death to
the first person who signs, and as a cons,-
quence no one has yet signed. Tho commis-
sioners have devoted their whole efforts SO
far TO preventing conflict.
The opponents are, the runner states. fully
armed with Winchester RITES, and have gone
80 far as to threaten all the whites ON the re-
serve. The commissioners are safely lodged
at Sim Weavers ranch, near the old trading
post The objecting indians are bitter be,
cause they have not bsen paid for the damage
TO their rice fields from water from the
Washburn dams, so called.
Just before the runner left Leech Lake. a
mounted mess ,nger was dispatched by the
commissioners, who rode swiftly South ward.
1t is believed, with urgent dispatches for the
government or for ths governor of the State.
possibly asking for troops.
Another Indian just In later reports that q
young buck, q relative Of Flatmouth, the
chief there. was shot Sunday night for favor
Ing the signing
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-08-30
THE NEW CONGRESS.

Congressman Rayae docs not. Think
an Extra Session is Necessary.
Congressman Thomas NJ. Bayne, OF Pitts
burg, does not favor an extra session Of Con-
gress
There is no legislation necessary that
would give sufficient excuse for calling Con-
gress together in October" ho said. "In nv
opinion it would be- bad politics II the Re-
publicans had but one. or even two mo 1ority
in the House, as seemed probable for some
time. 1t might have been good move TO have
called the House together so that an organ
ization would be effected, lest change in
the political complexion should be made by
ieaths, but the dangers Of that are removed
Gy clear majority Of three. Moreover, the
the chance Is that at least four Of the five
members to be elected in the new States in
october will be Republicans Calling the
House together a month earlier than usual
tor the mere purpose Of organization would
not curtail the length Of the regular session
a single day. Congress will sit as long next
summer as usual, and 1t will add nothing TO
the transaction OF business to have an extra
session month in advance"
Colonel Bayne thinks Congress Reed. of
Maine, will be ell cted speaker. Reed is un-
uouotedly the best equipped man for the ID.
sition," he said He is ready, a good parli-
amentarian, and possesses the confidence OF
members TO large degr 9. Mr.. Mckinney
Is also good man. Then there is Uncle Joe
Cannon, experienced and level. headed. All
this talk of geographical position Is nonsense.
1t has no influence in Congress any more.v
Colonel Bayne says that the coming session
Will be fruitful OF practical business legisla-
tion concerning the tariff, shipping and
other commercial matters that need atten-
ton.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-08-30
OIL IN WEST VIRGINIA.

A Thousand Barrel Gusher Struck.
Big Price for Land.
Morgsntown, w. Va. is in a fever Of ex.
element over the Smith Aiken oil we'll.
Il was the test we'll Of the southern exten-
sion Of the Mount Norris. Pa, l-field into
West virginia, and came In a thousand bar
rel gusher.
This opens up an immensely valuable oil
territory. Sixty thousand acres Of land have
bean leased, IN many cases OF extrayagant
pytoeh ...-.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-08-30

QANA- 6Ir AanrIy ngmUeri uric8 D6Tow
Me came facc to face with Nicholas
Garland, whose repellant visage and
yuntidy appearance he examined with
intent curiosity until he had vanished
into the elevator under escort of the
call-boy. !.
Then Mr.. Bancker sailed forth npon
the avenue, but this time he turned his
knowing face down town
Seems to me I've seen that ugly
phiz before, he ruminated, as he
trudged along; "wly, to be sure! How
ever, to make assurance double sure,
I'll drop in ut Mulberry street and take
look through the, rogue's gallery"
CHAPTER VII.
NEW DEAL
Contrary to expectation, Mr.. Max
Boyden received his accomplice in any
thing bpt cordial fashion.
How dare you intrude yourself here
in snch rig, he demanded, haughtily,
eying the addressed ruffian from head
10 foot.
Its the bestII've got to appear in, !"
grumbled Garland, peering at the
gentleman from beneath his bushy eve
brows. II didn't come into so much
money by the old mana death as you
did, you know; so i can't afford to dress
rs nice"
"I gave you your price for--for serv-
ing me, did not?" asked Boyden.
"Oh, yes," was the sullen reply.
"You were fair enough, so far as that
goes; but you amt paid me yet for do
ing the ki.hng!
ahsshl Ny God man, what ~ yov
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-08-30

The. Standard OH Company has bought up
all the white lead companies I'm the United
States. The estimated amount paid is S60,-
100000. The calculation Is based on the fact
that - ,000, 900 was paid for the Atlantic
Wbtte Lead Company OF Bropklyn,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-08-30

thinking of to talk of such matters in
30 loud tone?"
He had caught Garland by the shoul-
ders, but the fellow shook him off as
he replied, with leer:
Why, You and know all about it,
don't we? There amt anybody else
about to hear, is there?"
Boyden scrutinized the mans face
closely where he stood beneath the un-
compromising glare of the chandelier.
He had suspected that Garland was not
quite himself from the first; he now
saw plainly enough that he had been
drinking heavily.
when did you arrive?" he asked.
This morning, by the Alaska"
Why did you not send me word
that you were here, and would have
come to you?"
Well, didn't hit on lodging
plase until late this afternoon, don't
I p
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-08-30

"OSloSs cut IN halves will absorb
the smelhof new paint Yes, and a
cornet will drown ont ii jy~s harp,
Lite js iNlI ofSueer things, ~
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-08-30
Xxx. NEW sERI'
REcoMrENsx
sY ElLA wnEELEn wlLco1.


BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Straight. through my heart this fact tod
By nuth's own hand Is driven,
God never takes one thing away
But something else Is givcn.
did net know In earlier years
This law OF love and kinduess;
Eut without hope through bitter tears
mourEcu in sorrows blindness.
And ever following each regret
For some departed treasure,
My sud, repining Eeart was met
With unexpected pleasure.
i thought it only happened So
But time this truth has Taught mo;
No least thing from my life can 20
But something else 10 brought mo.
IL is tho law, com plcte. sublime,
And now with faith unshakon,
In patience but bide my time.
When any Joy 10 taken.
81 No matter n tho crushing blow
= May for the moment down mo; m
q 6till back 81 It. waits Love, know,
~ With ecjao new GUT TO crown mo.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-02
OUR KALEIDOSCOPE.

The man who continues to work on a salary will never get rich. Not only that, but the chances are he will never possess even enough of this worlds goods to amount to a competency. About one per cent. of those who work for wages accomplish the latter while not In hundred thousand ever gets to be wealthy working weekly stipend. It is the man who, having saved c small sum out of his earnings, goes into business on his own account, that makes his pile. Men who are willing, for a time, to pinch and save, to get along on poorer comforts than they could afford with fair salary
 are the ones to whom success Is the surest to come
 am not ignoring the fact, either, that very large percentage of those who start in business for them selves fail, sooner later but they have had chance or two in their favor even then and at the end are but little or no worse of than the man who has been plodding along on a salary, out of which he has had a bare living, and where every waking hour almost has been owned by his employers. assert, too, that the man who long continues to draw his pay in weekly stipends becomes a cow ard He Is afraid to branch out for himself He has learned to lean on somebody else, and 90 he struggles along, barely making ends meet, yet not daring to engage In . venture on his own account, for fear that utter destitution and that greatest of human curses, enforced idleness, will surely follow. I admire the sturdy independence that is characteristic of the Hebrew-an independence that prompts him, rather than to work on salary, to tramp the streets of the city, the highways of the country, with his pack on his shoulder. He Is
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-02
LIKED IT.

"Yes, have come across some very peculiar men during my career In country journalism" remarked we'll known editor "I was once the editor of Q small sheet, published In a Tennessee village. soon discovered that in conducting my paper, afA- bility amounted to everything, and that socAble fellow without an original idea could gain more subscribers in one month than a genius could in five. As it didn't make any difference what put in my paper, spent the most of my time in walk ing about the public square, telling old jokes and shaking hands with the country people; but, in spite of my efforts to be genial, sometimes offended an over sensitive acquaintance.
 "One day the town marshal came into my office, and, In brusque manner, declared that he dld not want my paper any longer.
 "sBut,' said l, you have not been . subscriber more than three weeks'
 "T know that, but don't want 1t any loDger'
 "'My dear sir,' said l, fearing that he would de- mand the retnrn of his money, do you know what the law Is on this question:
 ""The law can't make me read your paper; know that much.'
 "'Of course not, rejoined, but the law will not compel me to return your money
 "'An right. Say, I'll tell you what do. Send my paper blank every week.
 "I did 90, and at the end of the year tho marshal came around and renewed his subscription. Keep on sending 1t blank aid he 1t suits me better than any paper I ever took"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-02
on pUsrnRsa.

The govsrnor of Georgia had just dinniss1 delegation of Prohibitionists, when card bssx1nr the name, sJudge !. T. W. Madison,s was handed him. The chief exscutive wHs very tirsd, having bssn harraased with dry speeches, and woun hxxs sent down an excuse, but the high sounding name on the card bespoke vizitor Of importanoe; so. wearily yielding, he told the porter to show ths gentleman up. few moments later one Of fha most deeply -colored gentlemen In the state stspped into the room.
 ~Dis yere dc gubnerf"
 "Yes. What do you want1"
 "Ps called On bizness, mh. rs CT jedge down--s
 "You are judgea"
 "Yas, jestice O de peace down in de swamp dis trick"
 "well, state your business with mo e quickly as you can"
 "Til do 1t, ah. Cszs dat's whut come yere fur. Lemme see, now. Oh, yas. Some time ego, sAh, had CT man named Sam By rested am tried fur stealin' con. tried him myse'f an fined him four hundred dollars am six munts in jail. Die wuz all satisfactory, specially ter me- but dc blame lawyer he tuck CT peal ter dc circus cou't. Now, sah, my bizness wid you is dis yere: Ef you' got any 'huence wid de jedge O dat circus cout wush youd drap him CT few lines am tell him ter send dat case back ter me. Now, is you got much 'huenOe wid dat jedgel"
 "You old scoundrel, get out of here or win have you thrown out"
 "Jest wait e mint, sAh lest wait CT minit I know dat nigger stole dat con, an know dat he wants ter take CT peal Jest he ken shape dc jus tics dat is alter him. Oars anuder thing: Dat nigger is CT mighty p'litical bother down dar an dc folks wants ter git rid O him till alter de leck- shun-knows da does er da wouldn't CT promiaed mo CT hunnud dollars ter send him up. Now, it's CT gubnors duty ter do whut de folks wants him ter do an'-hoP on, hop on, I'll go. Neber seed sich times CT desc oOmin' ober folks Hol' on, fur Pse dun gone"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-02

in businss for himsslf; workink his own eapital and rsaping tho fhI benefits of his industry and agacity. Take passing glance at ths commercial world, and especially at tho Hsbrsw portion of 1t note their suprsmacy In all lines of trade-a supremacy that s extending 70 rapidly that it hes already called out notes Of warning from sources not friendly to the Jewish raoe We'll, not few Of the men who arc to-day at the head Of immense commer- cal and financial institutions began lilo as common peddlers In other words, instead of working for somebody else on salary, they went into business for themselves, small scale of courss, often in the meanest and humblest way, but they progressed and that is something the man who works on . salary rarely does-and their success has more than repAid them for the trials and hArdships of their earlier years.
 There are, however, a few lines of business in which man must even begin and end his days on salary, and in which, strange to say, he can and often does get to be wealthy. And of these, the two most prominent that now call to mind are insurance and rAiIroading. All the great railroad men, of which have any knowledge, began their business career e hirengs, working at stipulated price per week or month, and the greatest of them still drawing salaries, still hired men, re- ceiving pay from the great corporations which they serve but pay that makes them indeed princey wage-workers. So the man who starts out to be . railroader is very likely, no matter how great his success, to always be a salAried man. In the old life insurance companies, too, 1t is much the same
 But as . rule 1t will be seen that the man who has the courage the perseverance,, the industry and
 agacity to start out for himself is the one most certain to achieve something in this world. To Dc sure, high preferment and liberal pay sometimes come to the man who works for hire, but not % often as not to make 1t . matter of much comment when 1t does happen. The rule is quite the re- verse. The average employer is rarely ever mag unanimous or liberal to his help, and in most in- stances falls far short of simple justice in his treat ment of those to whose faithful service he owes in a great measure even his own prosperity.-Ed. R. PrItchdrd