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The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-04-05

But 1t Lasted q Long Time, and Burned
Up House and Lot

But IL Lasted q Long Time, ana burned
Up House and Lot
Zones, have you heard of the fire
that burned up a mans house and
lot?"
mo, Smith; where was it?"
"Here in the city"
What a misfortune to him! Was
it a good house?"
Yes; a nice house and lot-a good
home for any family"
What pity! How did the fire be-
gin?"
The man played with the fire and
thoughtlessly set it burning himself"
"How silly! Did you say the lot
burned, too?''
Yes; lot and all-all gone slick and
clean"
THAT is singular. 1t must have
been a terribly hot fire; and then
don't see how it could have burned the
lot"
mo; it was not very hot fire. In
deed. it was so small that It attracted
but little attention. and did not alarm
any body
But how could such a little Are
burn up house and lot? You haven't
told me-"
1T burned long time-more than
twenty years; and though il seemed to
consume very slowly. yet it consumed
about $3.50 worth every year, till ii
was all gone
81 can not understand you yet Tell
me where the FIRE was k:ndled and al
about IL
We'll, then. il was kindled on the
end of a cigar. The cigar cost him,
he himself told me. $l2. I'D per month,
or $3.50 year. and that in tweney-ons
years would amount 10 s., $50. beside:
al the interest Now. the money wa,
worth at least ten per cent. and a
that rate II would double once in abou
seven years; 80 that the whole sun
would be more than $40. co. Tha
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-04-05

Remarkable Displays OF Goodness In the
Face of Death.

Remarkable Displays of Goodness In the
Face of Death.
The testimony of all brave soldiers
is to the effect that in their first and
several subsequent battles they were
dreadfully afraid, which feeling gradu-
ally wore away until they could face
a cannonading unmoved. Is this
bravery, or is it the contempt that
comes from familiarity? Something of
both, perhaps, or else we can not &C
count for the GOODNESS in the face of
death so often displayed
David Ker graphically tells the story
Of the soldier who was writing dis
patch, and when a shell dashed over
him a shower of sand, called it his
''blotting paper" and here are two IL
Illustrations of equal nerve:
A captain in the late civil war, after
an engagement. seated himself under .
tree and was smoking a pipe, when q
stray bullet knocked of the bowl Of
the pipe, leaving the stem in his mouth.
He continued TO puff for moment, and
then said to his orderly:
This pipe draws too we'll. Robinson.
Iwish you would bring me fresh one "
The second anecdote is an incident
told of the French General Cuisine and
his aid -de-camp. paraguay d'Hillisrs-
During q fierce battle, paraguay was
reading dispatch TO the general. hold
ing the letter with both hands, when
. bullet passed between his hands and
cut hole through the paper.
he paused in his reading and looked
closely at the riddled page.
Go on-go on" said General Gus
tine.
II bag pardon, General" said Bara-
quay dfHilliers; but a word seems Il
have been blotted out here Well.
will 90 on with the next"
This may have been '4't--.'a IN. bu'
most people wiz incline ts +ru.
bravery. Golden Days
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would buy fine house and lot in any
citv. It would pay for large farm IN
the country. Don't you pity the lam
ilv of the man who has slowly burned
up their homer"
..W-h-e-w! l guess you mean me;
for Ibave smoked more than twenty
Years But it doesn't cost so much as
that and I haven't any house OF my
own; have always rented; thought !!
was too poor to own house. ana all
because l have been burning It up!
What a fool have been!
The boys would better never light 2
fire which costs so much. and which,
though so easily put out. is yet 50
likely, if once kindled. to keep burning
all their lives Illustrated Temper
anca Tales
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-04-05
THE LATEST,

JAMESTOWN, N. Y, April IA serious |
freight collision occurred three miles west |
of here at IL 30 yesterday morning on the |
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad |
The second section of east bound train "a
ran past orders at Lakewood and colllded
with the west bound train No. s. Fifteen
loaded cars were wrecked. Engineer
Hiram Freeman, Of the west bound
freight, was dangerously injured about
the head: Conductor Yocum badly scald.
ed, and Fireman P. P. Carney slightly in
iured. The crew of train "a jumped and
escaped injury.
LOUISVILLE, KY, April At Burks-
Vile Thursday Matt Baker was shot and
mortally wounded by his uncle, DR.. Sand.
ige, and his cousin, Sandige's son. The
town is under local prohibition law.
Sandige keeps drug store When he re.
fused to sell Baker whisky. Baker followed
him to his house and became very abusive.
After ordering Baker away several times
the Sand;ges shot at him. At last reports
it was considered impossible for Baker to
recover.
PHILADELPHIA, April Early yester-
day morning fire broke out in the clothing
house Of Bloomingdale & Co., 3S2 Market
street The flames spread to s Miller s.
Co.'s shirt factory, $50 Market street, and
also slightly damaged the box factory Of
Bates s. Co. Total loss, $4,000; fully COW
cred by insurance. John Garretty, fire
man. fell from the roof OF Bates & Goa
building aud was probably fatally in
jured-
LIVINGSTON, M. T.. April lit is about
certain that a park scout named Wilson
and one soldier who accompanied him are
4 r. for
| trip through the park to see if there were
any trespassers molesting the game. A
relief party was started out this morning
by Captain Harris. The theory is that the
unfortunate men have attempted to cross
the river and have gone through the ice
| LONDON, March Slater effects Of the
Paris panic are reported from different
| quarters. NJ. Congard, & banker Of Ge-
neva, has committed suicide. At lie Mons,
. center Of a great farming district, q
large number Of persons have been thrown
out of employ ment through the bankruptcy
Of their employers. In one day nine hum
dred bills OF exchange were returned un-
paid.
ST. JOHN, n. h, April Robert Locke
an old. wealthy and respected resident oi
Salt Springs, Kings County, was burned
to death yesterday morning. The hous'
caught fre and he saved his family. anC
then went back into the burning building
to save some papers. lie was sixty-foul
years old.
CRY OF MEXICO March SL-The Boar<
Of Health has pronounced American lar
m adulteration, unfit for use, and pro
hibited its sale This action has bael
sustained BY Minister Rubio 1t will b
effective throughout the Republic, and in
structions have been given - all custom
houses.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-04-05
After His Boy.

During the Christian Endearor con-
vention at Chicago, one of the dele
gates, a young business man, dressed
In q natty rough-and-ready suit, every
movement alert and eager, and telling
OF bottled energy within, came sud-
denly upon a red-faced citizen. who
evidently had been patronizing the ho-
tel bar. Buttonholing the delegate a
tribe unceremoniously. the latter said:
What are you fellows trying 70 do
down at the Battery? You are hot on
Temperance. ! see BY the pape.a Do
you think you could make a Temper-
ance man OF me?' No" renlied the
delegate, looking him over from head
70 loot with keen glance, slightly
contemptuous. I'VE evidently conldn't
DO much with you, but We are after
your boy" At this unexpected rotor,
the man dropped his jocnlar tone. an
said seriously: well, / guess vou
nave got the right OF II there. II
somebody had been after me when
was boy. should be . better man
to-day. The Pacific
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-04-05

QUITE q commotion was created recently
at the Riggs House, Washington, by Ma
ior George a. Armes, retired officer OF
the army, who tweaksd the nose Of Gem
eral Beaver, the present Governor of Penn
sylvania The tweaking grew out Of q
snub over the Inauguration ceremonies.
HENRY w. RAYMOND. editor and pro-
prietor OF the Georgetown Telegraph, has
received the appointment of private secre-
tary to Secretary of the Navy Tracy.
BUFFALO BILL has presented to Prof.
Hernandez, of the National Museum,
Washington, three large elks from his col
lection to form the nucleus for a new
geological garden.
Tar Commission recently appointed to
select sites for new navy yards on the
Southern coast have been inspecting vari-
Gus places in the vicinity of New Orleans
SECRETARY TRACY has finally mega
lively acted upon the application OF the
Columbia iron works, of Baltimore, for an
extension of time for completing their
contract for the construction Of the gum
boat Petrol. He refers the contractors to
Congress for relief.
The State Department is advised that
Legitime's Government has instructed
foreign Governments. through their rep
resentatives at Hayti, to protest against
the issue or money by the Hippolyte fac
ton, and viii not in any way recognize
the issue
THE Internal Revenue Bureau report.
that for the half year ended December 81
last the production OF oleomargaTIne az
Rrorated so, 4TS packages, weighing IS
I9T, 6o7 pounds This is an extraordinarily
large increase over the previous si1
months, and il the rate Of increase Aoldi
out the production for the year wall b
about IS, 600 900 pounds.
ALDAcE r. VALKER, Interstate Com
merce Commissioner, sent his resignation
20 the President on the Goth. He will leav
Washington to assume his new duties Q
chairman or the executive board OF tn
Interstate Commerce Railway Associa
ton.
The widow Of Etonewal Jackson IN
been offered the appointment OF post
mistress Of Lexington, Va, which she va
impelled to decline because Of the feeble
meas OF her father in his great age(ninsty
one years., which required her eonstan
attention.
CONFIRMATION OF the terrible disaster 9
Samoa was received in Washington on Il
0Oth. The loss OF life by the sinking Of Il
cruisers numbered LAT. OF whom 81 wei
Americans, the rest being Germans.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-04-05

THE ex-Presidel --sIanu party ar
rived in Florida from Cuba on the 2otn-
JED PRITCHETT, colored, was lawfully
hanged at Danville, Va, recently for rape
RUSSELL WIREMAN, United States
deputy marshal has been killed Dy moon
.hiners thirteen miles southwest of Hind
man, KY.
JoHN g. CALHOUN, a timer of Dayton,
Tam tried to kill his family the other
dav He attacked his wife with Ratchet
and hit her three times, cut off his invalid
daughters ear and then cut his own tnroa'
with a knife and swallowed big dose OF
rnuriatic acid.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-04-05

THE Farmers Voice says that q law
has been recently passed In Waldeck'
Germany, forbidding the granting OF
marriage license to q person ABDUCTED
70 the liquor habit.
The participants in recent ball IN
Paris drank 81, 900 glasses OF ale, wine
and champagne. besides 5000 bottles
of claret and 1900 cups of iced coffee
There were eaten $4,000 sandwiches
$4,000 buns, etc
WE have a great horror OF arsenic
and fifty other things; the fact is that
all these other things are mere bag
atelle in relation to the most direct,
absolute, immediate and certain pols-
onings which are caused by alcohol.
DR.. James Edmunds.
THADDEUs B. WAKEMAN, OF the New
York bar, has decided opinion on the
Temperance question. He says: There
are but two consistent positions on
this subject; free trade in alcohol If 1t
is food; no trade in alcohol (except
as a poison) if it is poison Science
has rendered her verdict on the facts;
it is a poison, and the most terrible
affection of the human race"
CALIFORNIA, with its ''pure, light,
homemade wine' idea, has one sar
loon to every ninety of its population
This proportion is exceeded by only
two States in the Union. So far from
wine-making being CALIFORNIA; main
| spring of material success. it has beer
shown that against its 1887 value o
| s.. $50, 600, the wheat and barley prod
uct aggregated $45. APO, 600. and thu
gold and silver mining. $94, 565. OOO.-
| N. w. Christian Advocate.
| DR. TALMAGE says: Gather VI
the money that the working-classe
have spent for rum during the las
thirty years, and will build for ever.
working man house, and lay out 10
him garden, and clothe his sons an
daughters in silks, and stand at hi
front door prancing span OF sorrel
or BAYS; and secure for him polio
of life insurance, so that the presen
home may be well maintained after b
is dead. The most persistent. mos
overpowering enemy of the vorkin
classes is intoxicating liquor 1t
the anarchist of the centuries.
"WHIsKY never misses fire" 5
said a man to US the other day. M
it never does. 1t is sure to bring dow
its victim sooner or later, whether b
be high or low in the social or int
lectual scale. And futtering all abol
, him will always be the wounded hear
of mother, father, wife, children, ST
. tiers, brothers and friends, while b
. yond and behind all this Is too often
trail of ruined virtue and contamina
ing influences. AT least six hearts (
. an average carry lifelong, owe
!, shadowing, dreary sorrow for eveI
victim alcohol brings down. III
undertone of all family and social Ii
> is largely silent sorrow and dreal
:. heartache over the victims of alcohC
= No; whisky never misses fre-neve
The Churchman
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-04-05

GENERAL
THE Swiss Federal Council has asked
Parliament to vote money to fortlfy the
st. Gothard pass in preparation for de-
Tense against invaslons. :,
RIGHT Hon. JOHN BRIGHT, the well
known English statesman, died on the
9th. He was born near Rochdale Nov"
vember It, 1911.
LORD FRAZIER, Judge of the Scotch
Court of Sessions, is dead.
THE Baltic timber yard near Bucking'
ham Palace, London, was destroyed by
fire. recently. Loss, 100000. Several
fremen were injured
FERDINAND VANDERTAELEN a mercnan'
prince Of Antwerp, committed SUICIDE the
other day. The act was due to the failure
of several allied firms whose Liabilities
will probably reach colossal sum. MIR.
Vandertaelen was a leading member OF
the Liberal party and had been dubbed
the John Bright of Belgium
The French Chamber of Deputies has
passed bill doubling the import duties
on rye and adding francs per cwt to the
duty on rye meal.
YELLOW FEVER and smallpox prevails
at Rio de Janeiro.
| THE Anti-Jesuit resolution was defeated
IN the Canadian House of Commons on the
18th.
THE American Waltham Watch Com
panv has resolved upon a dividend OF d
Der cent. to clear off 8, 600, 900 surplus.
THE Berlin Post announces that EN-
peror William intends making a visit &c
London during the earlier part OF May.
THR total production of distilled spiriti
in the United States from July l, 1883
January 81, 1889, was A., 739. 1856 taxable
gallons, being the largest production for
similar period in any year since 1888
PRESIDENT DIAz of Mexico, declares tn
story of an error in the Lower Callfornl
boundary line a canard unworthy or at
tention.
THE French Cabinet on the Goth resolves
to arrest and prosecute General Bou
LANCER.
GLADSTONE delivered his eulogy o.
John Bright in the British House of Com
mons on the 10Th.
IT is reported that Sheik El Senouss
with a large following of troops has ap
proached within a few hundred miles c
: Khartoum, on which he is advancing wit
7 the intention of overthrowing the ne'
Mahdi, Khalifa Abdulah.
IT was rumored on the 31st that Empe1
! or Francis Joseph had been seized with
: sudden illness.
: WHILE Father Agostina was preachin
; | in the st. Carlo Church at K me on tn
: 31st a bomb was exploded. There wa
: great excitem mt in the congregation an
: several women tainted, but the preach
= continued his sermon.
THE funeral of John Bright took plat
from his residence near ROchdale on Il
. 3Oth without ceremony. Tne Dean
II Founders College delivered the Grafton.
y CLEARING house returns for the wee
,: ended March 30 showed an average il
crease of cas-. In New York the increa
{, was pa.
y BUSINESS on the London Stock Exchanl
q during the week ended March - was qui
8, but firmer. Brewery shares were large
s. bought and several American concer
e, were successfully foated- In Paris pric
J. were lower. German financial matte
were quiet
:. A TURIN telegram OF the 31st report
Or that Kossuth was dying.
ne THE great E.ffel tower, which will
one of the principal features of the conf
70 Paris Exhibition, was opened officially
', the 31st Premier Tirard delivered
al grafton.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-04-05

LESSON Tiki nl
GOLDEN TExr-H~
and His own rsce
CENTRAL TKUgn
Christ Is the most rp'
Gus Of sins.
Tnn-Tuesday, Amnx
ing the last week &
day in winch He t,r.,,
PLAcE-ln the tamp'~ =
2O:o-l9.
INTERVENING Hl
Matt. q :l2-S2
CIRcUMsfANCEs--fs,.~e
the triumphal entry
Bethany. Monday mr.
to Jerusalem, laying
hg- tree by the way. 49,
pie OF those profanInr \
night goes again 8
morning He returns q r
lesson to His disciple~
hg-tree on the way. Inr
priests question the onlf
He speaks three PAR,
this Is one.
HELPS OVER Ham II
them: 70 the Phariaee,
the presence OF the re,-'
representing God. T7-,~
dom; Cd the jewish 90
tian church, 90 ench
thorns, or q stone van
stitunons which sepsrn,,
all others. WSnt1at s.
dug out OF the earl
Toaccr: built for the a, 4
defended the vineyaPa
animals. Tho hedge. =
represent the advnrlo
upon the Jews, the chrr
boHdmcn: rulers oe tho
1 ., God appeared =
earth, thus testing tl
ence of His Childr
servants were the Y
call TO love and sorVo e
the church, every pFovi
voice of the Holy Spsrik
vival, IS a servant Who~
for the frnlts that e
The viileyani: repenknr
obedience, worship low.
as Jeremiah, Isaiah q
&.) 8. Que som Je1ns
shGllbe ours: they felt q
would destroy their III
the nation; and, Il 1h<r
could still hold II fcr
The vineyard uaio sls q
13:46.l 10 Thu Set
1882. ga psalm w s
to the Messiah, also
] all.
4. APPLICATION 10 "a
Of A. d. 20, forty years ,,,..
was spoken, Jerusalr n
the temple was buRnoa
by the Roman army us1r
most terrible aieg, q
! the besieged ''toueht q
: chewed belts and oh1.
, leather from their ehlrl1n ~
hay, and even then O., =
the horrors Of famine r
3 APPLICATION 70 -
= intrusted to each
1 vellously fruitful
! TO culture for Hin
this world, We
= Those who reic
3 and plans, in on
3 session OF then
hopes, have ta
way to lose th
= true of the tn
}; Christ can not ~
q life: they reject ]
q make Heaven what
CoMMKNrs-In Z &
!. parable shows bot
= ~ Of God. 1t shoN
3 cutting on his peCl
) orten Truly Hec
). Ihave stretched 1cl
bedient and . gain
1921 Though or
' differ from theirs.
u the less manifest y ~
r Israel as q nation 4 ~
y EVER child Of God u
- to the fact that ''Ro
followed me ali Tho d
&c But If the goodne
y our lesson, none The
i. Of God appear.
r came at last. Wf1do
streets and in the q
voice OF the Nazareno
A few calls 70 rep
His disciples, and 90
"a they turned 70 o.
|, came their destruC
whlrIwind. From
~ it Is as though Their
- them, and no arm
ve above TO save them.
av has overwhelmed ~
the destruction Of Jet
atrocities; and Jet GO
u an awful prophecy
" soul that too otten
nd Holy Spirit Thcro
nd know not when. II
a. "Let him alone; =
- As with superhum1n
ng over Jerusalem. -
% doom. 30 he may y
mt but will not stay -
m the Master OF The
shut the door, the 81
- and weep, aud pland =
q The geutieness u Jog..
nd and the goodness 6
he Love has bounda
ha also q consuming
- Of God: but this L1me
His opponents, via =
a. from His wrath
"a AnectatiOn. vi'isls
\" 1assIon or servicA =
tavteful and rspsIls1t
Deen there il orr
II Instinc.Ive dlssru'
l. against accepting
"a or leadership.
-. studv more eject =
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Atfectation. viSioo
Jssslon or servica =
tasteful and repslle
sean there Il on
In1tinc.lve dlssru
against accepting
or leadership ln
ssudy more egsct !.
do, and no announ'
part viii countef
mus. eventually ds
for good upon he -.
: sufficient expla
Ostentatious displs
attachments i -
mainly and mes'<n
but suspect the 81
Ear. These porDc
% make use Of =
dIcaaes . deads1s
ripsn Into positive
form unless II : -. I
Ing blood There
ground Of apprOae:
Of the soul. a -.
acssr, which. unh
successful in disco
more dangerous
disiodss han r.
| opposed % a e
N.-Weekly itin
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
-. r. Hauscr. John &, Curtin.
\. VI. Hotter. u. =. Hamilton.
Granville stuart, &. T. HiprinS
L. III. hieinschini.lt. Henry VI. parclIcn.
T.. 4. Power.
General banking business transacted. Interest
paid on time deposits.
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u. S. AND TERRITORIAL COURTS.
The Times fer Holding Court In the Sew
eral j Judicial Districts of the Ter
ritOry Of Montana.

The courts sitting to hear and determine causes
arising under the constitution "i The United
states will he held in the several DISTRICTS, as
In the lrst judicial district, at The city Of Iiei-
.,nd Monday in Octol.rr of each year.
In The second iuii.i;,l district a, The city Of
first Monday in October Of each year.
In the third judicial district: =, The city Of
fourth Monday in November OF each year.
first Monday in December of each year.
The territorial courts are held In the several
counties AS follows, 70 vii;
In the first judicial district:
In the county OF Lewis and Clarke; on the sec
ond Monday i'm April and the second Monday III
In the county. of jefferson; ON the first Monday
In the county of Beayerhead, on the third
Monday in March and the third Monday in sep
In the second judicial district:
In the county, q silver how ON the first Mon
.lay i'm Ayrii and the first Monday in October.
dan IN n ihs M s%sin' and 81 M shs see6n Sp Monday in s@p-
telnber. 49,
In the county of Madison. ON the FIRST Monday
I'm March and the first Monday in september;
in n Sa s,s s. ann in Of aanSh N Monday s@f if IN ssr s%"fssy
In the county III Custer. on the frst Monday In
III the es,lnty III Yellowstone. on the second
Monday i'm April and the second Monday In DE-
In the county 81 Gallatin. ON the fourth Mon
,lay i'm May and the fourth Monday in November.
II 2 IN, ,he ,%%n,n '" ~ Mea a;ssr. ON the third Mon
day in March and the third Monday In Serte'n-
In the county ~ Fergus. an the first Monday
in April ami the first Monday in ostnier
I'm lHpril and tie fourth Monday in October.
In the county ~ Ch.teau. ON the hrst Monda,
an May and the trst Monday m M Mo, ,sird l,,,d,,
in May and tn. fourth Monday In November.
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why Tesk the kesaobeP Cass.
"The way In which w. Bourke CockvAn
came % take hold Of the Kemmler case 10
rather c~urious,' sail an intimate friend
nj that gentleman recently % . writer an
the ConOyrOofi0Haiisf. "I have heard 10 In
timAted that he was employed by ma cleo
trio light company. hut that h mot TRUE. IL
was all because Of q dog.
COCHRAN has n remarkably fine dog
and he In very fond OF him. His wife, too,
thinks q great deal Of him. whcn the ex-
persmeuts were going forward at Edisou's
laboratory and at the Columbia college
OF mines Cockran and his wife used
to read Of the suffering Of the poor dogs
which were made the victims of science.
You know that mt first the dogs howled
piteosasly. He used to get very much ex-
cited over the newspaper accounts,
zone night Mrs.. Cochran had finished
reading a peculiarly. graphic account of ~
dogs stfferings, when she said: 'Just
think. how terrible il would he IL they
would treat our dog like that Cochran
spr.anR up and exclaimed; That law pro-
viding for execution ny electricity is ui =
constitutional. I'll break IL IL can '
When Kemmler was sentenced he IL .
Inttliately took h case, although he KIN, "
he wouldn't get "a en-.