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The national leader., 1889-02-23
A Story With a Moral.

A few years ago, when the gamb-
ling houses were running wide open,
young man who held a good position,
with more responsibility than salary at
tached to it, in prominent down Town
Office, fell prey to the gambling pas
sion. His salary quickly exhausted at
the fascinating game OF faro, 1t was
but short step to the cash drawer OF
his employers, and he soon found TO MS
dismay that he was In the hole to the
extent of some hundreds OF dollars.
Exposure seemed inevitable ana ne
visited a friend and solicited a loan OF
800. Asked why he wanted it he told
the friend all and said he desired 10
leave town to avoid arrest and nunlil-
atiOnl The amount was forthcoming
but like many others, he sought 10 wiz
back his losings with that small stake,
and, finding this impossible, ne s0ught
to drown his sorrow IN drink. Inc
friend who loaned him the money VIII
which to leave town saw hlm III
maudlin state in hell ON WeSC Mdu-
ison street, and gave him up aS ioS''
Here endeth the first chapter
The young victim of faro awoke tne
next morning with very large neau
and in fit of desperation. taxing q
sudden resolve, he visited MS emplUyelS %
and made clean breast OF MS io,iio,
temptations and crime. Ihey hAou
the young man, as he was DrighC anu
talented, and they treated MN klnuiy.
They agreed that if he would sign & !ne
pledge and abstain from gamDllng
they would put him in position "neie 'nd
he would have no temptation ana
would deduct from his salary szo per
month until his defalcation, was made
good. Well, he accepted the proposi-
ton and held manfully to MS pieuges.
In little over two years he nad dls-
charged the debt and was at.enulng
strictly to business in way that gain
ed for hum the admiration ana gooo
will of the firms senior memOer, Lass
year the Junior member drew out and
the yonng man was given the partner
shin A few months ago the head OF
the firm died. and now the business IS
controlled by the same young man
whose whole life was nearly wrecked
by am unfortunate mistake: ms Is 2
true @ storv ~ and there are few who will
be able to furnish the characters Wltn
their proper names
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die unbelieving, because with his last
look on earth he saw the infatuated
young man holding the clothes Of those
who were throwing the stonesp When
Monica prayed for Augustine, would she
have done right to despair because he
was not at once rescued from sinP Was
not better purpose served by the
humility which was deepened in both
mother and son through the long delay
in his conversionp Had Stephen lived
he might have ''glorified God In Pauln
when he heard him say, For this
cause obtained mercy, that in me
first Jesus Christ might show forth
all long suffering. for a pattern to
them which should hereafter believe in
him to live everlasting" However
certain we are Of our purpose being
good; however hard 1t may be to bear
the agony Of hope deferred; still
let US ever leave our case in Gods
hands, nor 1mpiously presume to die
tate time, and ways and means to Him.
Sometimes we are impatient, and mis-
take our lmpatlence for the eagerneSs
Of faith; sometimes presumptuous, and
mistake our presumption for child-like
confidence. We need oftentimes the
lesson Of the prophets prayer. and the
$50 again seven times;" the lesson of
the Psalmist's injunction. "Wait on
the Lord, anu He will strengthen thine
heart; wait, say, on the Lord" Do
not express wants which you do not
feel; do not ask for all Christian graces
when you do not wish to have them.
ASK things needful; milk if you be a
babe, strong meat If you be OF mature
strength in Christ. Think what you
want before you begin to pray, ask for
it, and then stop. You kill your spirit
of prayer when you do anything else.
If you shall find upon examination that
in reality you do not wish piety, puri-
ty or present salvation from the power
of sin, is it not better to know this
than to mock God and hurt your own
soul by asking what you have no desire
| to get?
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The Way to Spoil Girls.

1st. Be always telling her, from her
earliest childhood. what beautiful
creature she is. Children understand
quite well such f1attery even when in
their nurse IS arms, ana the evil is done
to the character in its earliest formation.
End. Begin as soon as she can toddle,
to dress her out in fashionable clothes
and rich dresses.
Put upon her all the artificial adorn-
ments of jewelry, feathers. flowers and
curls, and spare no effort to create in
her a fondness for dress, which will
soon usurp her whole attention and be
a long step toward spelling her.
3rd. Be careful that her education
includes good deal OF the foreign
languages and the fine arts, and only
a smattering of her mother tongue and
the useful arts and sciences, and moth
ing of household work and duties. IN
this way she will soon be entirely worth
less in nearly all the spheres in which
she was designed to be useful.
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With the mouth confession is made
unto salvation Rom. 10 10Y.
If we endure, we shall also reign with
him u Tim. 3: 12).
/. "Whosoever would save his life
shall lose it." ~ The servants
effort; (2) The Lords decree. -
Earnest striving (2) Grievous
failure.
2. "What doth it profit man, to gain
the whole world and forfeit his
life?''Q) The supposed gain;(2) The
fearful forfeit; (3l The irremendi-
able loss.
3. "Till they see the kingdom of God
come with power" ~ The coming
kingdom; ~ The peerless King; ~
The welcome sight.
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LESSON SURROUNDINGS.

The interval between the preaching
tour of the twelve and the occurrences
at C8sarea Philippi covered several
months. During this period our Lord
made a number of journeys, the pur-
pose of which is not in every case un-
derstood, but which stand closely re-
lated to the remarkable change in pop
ular opinion manifesting itself in Cali
lee at the beginning of the last year of
our Lords ministry.
How long time the disciples spent
in their preaching tour we do not know.
During their labors Herod heard of
Jesus, and deemed him John the Bap-
tist risen from the dead MARX 6 Ii.
16). The murder of the Baptist seems
to have occurred but a short time be-
fore MARK 6: 1920. On the return
of the disciples (pOsslbly also on oc-
count of the death Of john our Lord
Withdrew with them to find rest MARK
6: 80, 31; but the multitudes followed
to the east side Of the lake, and there
were miraculOusly fed MARK 6 3D.
AL. The crowds wished to make him
a king John 6 15), but he sent away
The disciples while he himself with
drew. During the stormy night our
Lord rejoined his disciples, walking on
the water to overtake them MARX 6
45-52). Reaching the other shore, a
nuhib of miracles were wrought
MARK 6. e2-56l; but the chief Incident
was a discussion AZ CapernaGTn which
turned the tide of popularity John 6 +:
26-71). From this time onward the OPP
position in Galilee was pronounced. y
conflict with the Pharisees Mark l.
23) led to a withdrawal to Tyre and
Sidon, where the interview with the
Syroph9nician woman occurred Mark
7 24-30). BY circuitous route our
Lord then journeyed to the east side of
the lake, performing a gradual mir
acle, narrated by Mark only MARK Z:
31-37). In the same region a second
miracle of feeding occurred MARK s
10y, after which there was return to
the west side of the lake, where fresh
opposition met them Mark s K: 1912.
Recrossing to the neighborhood of east
ern Bethsaida, the discourse about
leaven was uttered Mark s.: 1921,
followed by another gradual miracle
peculiar to Mark (MarK 22-26).
Thus Galilee was virtually against
our Lord. The account of Matthew is
parallel, and presents no additional in
cidents, except the attempt of Peter to
walk upon the water Matt. IA 28-31).
The place was in the neighbOrhoOd of
Casarea Philippi, an important city,
near the head-waters Of the upper Jor-
dan, at the base OF Mount Hermon,
now called Banias. 1t is about twenty
miles north of the Sea of Galilee. The
time was probably about midsummer
Of the year of Rome 1872 "a. d. 29),
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Our Pnblic Schools.

The regular meeting of the Board Of
Education of Philadelphia was held on
Tuesday afternoon, the II inst. The
first annual report of Isaac A. Shep-
pard, president Of the Board, was read.
There are several important points in
this report which deserve notice. The
appropriations of City Councils for sew
eral years past, the report alleges, to
have been inadequate to meet the
wants of our school system, and increas-
ed appropriations are asked for the
coming year.
The report sets forth in lofty state
ment that ''by reason of the changed
and still changing conditions of the in
dustrial world, great public necessity
has arisen which impels us to provide
some means for the industrial educa-
tion of the rising generations" and
states that in this direction the Indus
trial Art School and Manual Training
School established few years ago by
the Board of Public Education are do
ing a good work. These two schools
together afford accommodations for
less than four hundred pupils, and when
we consider that over one hundred thou
sand children are attending the public
schools of this city, we see that but a
feeble beginning has been made in the
direction of Industrial Education In
this city.
Perhaps the most important state
ment in this report IS the following:
"While l would say not word to
disparage our women teachers, it is
evident that the best results from the
school training of boys of II years old
and upwards canpot be obtained by
placing them under the care of young
women. Boys of this age should be
under the tutelage of master. We
have been depending too much, in
deed almost exclusively, upon young
women for supply of teachers for the
public schools. This, so far as the in
struction of the older boys is concern
ed, i, a weak spot in our educational
system. Even such position as that
of principal of boys grammar school
has in some cases been given to women,
very little, if any, announcement being
given to men to take the position of
teachers. This Board, last year. did
well W duOpb Oy-idW WAiCA plOfluCu
that men only should be eligible to the
position of first assistant also."
Mr.. Sheppard appears to have made
very suddenly remarkable discovery,
that all but eighty eight Of the twenty
four hundred teachers in Philadelphia
are incompetent to teach pupils above
a certain age because they are females.
In view of the fact that the number
Of male teachers in Philadelphia is in
significantly small in proportion to the
whole number of teachers, whatever
excellence there is in our school system,
must be placed to the credit to the
female teachers. Moreover we have
never heard the fact denied, that the
female grades of schools in this city.
which have been for over quarter of a
century exclusively in charge of female
teachers, have been and now are fully
up in every point of excellence to the
corresponding grades Of the male
schools, which have been in as mall part
under the charge of male teachers.
We think Mr.. Sheppard should either
furnish statistics based on actual results
for his statement or else reconsider and
revise it.
The national leader., 1889-02-23
LESSON BIBLE READING.
sELF-DENIAL ILLUSTRATED.

sELF-DENIAL ILLUSTRATED.
In Abraham (Gen. 13:9 8; Heb. IL.
S-10).
In Moses Heb. IL "a, 25).
In David q Sam. % 15-1O,
In Daniel dan. 5 16, III.
In the apostles Mark 10 28-3O).
In Barnabas (Acts A Sc, By.
In Paul (Acts 20 "a; p !: 13).
In Jesus Matt. go f.; Rom. Is: 3;
Phil. 2 6-S).
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One polics patrol wagon 10 Boston
made f,fty.eiehs tsips during Saturday
night recently.
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LESSON ToFIc: The Duty of Self
Surrender.
!. Supremacy of Jesus, VS.. 27-So.
ro.,o, 2. Sef-Surrender Demandyd. vs.. 81
Outline: J 8. self-surrender Rewarded, VS.. s5-
9:L
GOLDEN TEXT Whosoever scilt
come after me, let him deny himself, and
take up has cross. and to1loaO rne.-Mark
5 "a.
DAILY HOME READINGS:
M.-Mark 8 27-39; 9 Il. The
duty of self-surrender.
T.-Matt. 16 13 i: %. Matthew's
parallel narrative.
W.-Luke 9 1927. Luke's paral-
lei narrative.
T.-Phil. 2 Ill. The Messiah's s
self-surrender.
F.-Matt. 10 1922. Sef-surren-
der declined.
S.-Luke 9 1862. insufficient
self. surrender.
S.-Acts 81 1-14. Self-surrender
illustrated.
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DRIVING street Car is not a very
high calling, but it can scarcely be
clsssed as among the lower walks of
life.
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GOLDEN TEXT FOR THE QUARTER:
Bel,eue me that am IN the Father, and
the Father in me: or else belaeUe me for
the very tu0rkS' sake.-John IA II.
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LESSON PLAN.

Mark 8 27-9:1. Memory verses S6-Ss1
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ToPIc OF THE QUARTER Jesus the
Maghty Worker.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
LESSON TEXT.
SUNDAY MARCH 8, 1889.

Jesus the Messiah.
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him start, that makes him stop, though
his heart beats quicker than before. 1t
is the sound Of a sacred song. and the
song is one his mother had loved, and
he follows the sound, drawn as by an
unseen but resistless magnet, until he
finds himself in tie house of God,
rlvalled by the old gospel to which he
listened long ago. Now the tear will
come, and presently he Is bowed In
penitence, and then a little later rises
up with the joy OF salvation sprlnging
in his heart, and in the strength of a
trans6gured manhood. he enters upon a
new life of usefulness and happiness.
Now, ask, what troubled him that
nightP What drove him out wanderer
on the streetsp What stoutly drew
him to the place Of prayer, and to the
Savlour's feet? That mothers form
bowed yonder in her closet is an only
and all sufficient answer. The secret
Of the Lord is with them that fear
him. And this is not strange and
solitary instance, 1t is what is happen
Ing every day.
1t is said that in certain town In
N. Y. there had been no revival for
many years. The church had nearly
run out, and desolation reigned un.
broken. There lived In a certain
part OF the town an aged black
smith. On one Friday he was at work
in his shop alone. His mind be-
came greatly exercised about the state
of the church and the impenitent. His
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-01

prominent houses for which Minneapolis is
becoming Stylish elegant complete structure
city, In this establishment Mr. Lynn has incorporated
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popular instance floor there
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particularly attractive at the same
having desirable quality stylish resdenesodly and
provided with electric lights steam
speaking electric BELLS laundry and storage An
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ground OF these
The renting this building has been LETT principally Geo.
GLOBE building Inc minnesota
The flats consist OF six and
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-01
The ORPHANS FAIR.
Annual Bazaar for the Benefit
Of This Worthy InSti-
tuition.
Something About It's History
and the Work 1t Is
Doing.
Minneapolis Waits Not Alone
Cared Fop--Its FL
nanceS.
A Cause That Should Appeal
to All Generous
Hearts.

The annual bazaar of the Catholic
orphan asylum, which commences to-
morrow in Harmonic hall and continues
during the week, bids fair to be as
great financial success as in preceding
years, judging from the activity dis
played by the friends of the orphans
and the elaborate preparations going on
for the past month or more. The board
of managers of the asylum have S0lic-
tied the cooperation of leading mem
bers of the five parishes participating
in the enterprise, and the response has
been of the most gratifying character.
III consequence of the fair held last
year for the benefit of ST. Mary's hos
Dital there has not been a fair for the
asylum since 'S7. The larger portion of
the funds realized at that time were eX-
pended in the erection of magnificent
home, located on Chicago avenue and
Forty-sixth street, which cost over $780,
600 for its completion. In 'S5 M. w.
Nash. one of the directors. purchased Of
James Stansfield a forty-acre tract in
the town of Richfield, lying adjacent to
the Washburn home, for $4,000. and he
soon negotiated for the sale of twenty
acres of the land to DunsmOor d Co.
for $4,000. Since 'S7 the asy-
lum has been supported by gen.
erous donations from Minneapolitans
of every religious denomination, by as
sessments from the different parishes,
by the proceeds of literary, musical and
dramatic entertainments, and by a
share of the diocesan fund collected
every year at Eastertide. The asylum
is not for Minneapolis waits alone. Out
Of the eightY-tWo bows now taken care
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-01

ten days decorators and furnishers have
been busy with the interior and exterior
of the theater, and. in its present condi-
ton, it is certainly one of the hand
soonest places of amusement in the
United States. Manager Friedlander
has added many lights and provided
magnificent lot of bric-a-brac for foyer,
reception rooms and lobby, and done
everything possible for the convenience
and pleasure of this house, all of which
gives further evidence of his ability,
taste and enterprise. The new Man
haitian "drop-a-dime" opera glasses will
be attached to all the chairs within a
week, aud quite number of new INFO
VationS introduced.
Aside from the beauties of this house,
the event will be the first appearance in
America since her great success in Eng
land of charming Patti Rosa, who comes
all the way from London to open her
season in Minneapolis. The little act
ress will also give the first production
here of the successful comedy-drama,
written expressly for her by Tom
Craven, Esq, entitled ''Margery DaW."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-01
THE BANKRUPT BILL.
The Convention of CONNER cial
Bodies That Will Tackle 1t.

The second session of the national
convention of commercial bodies of the
United States will be held III Minneap-
oils Tuesday. The convention will be
called to order at 10 O'Clock. and the fol-
lowing reports from committees will be
received: Credentials. Beverly K.
Moore, Boston; permanent officers.
David Hirsch, New York: executive,
Joseph w. Goddard, Providence;
finance, Peter Nicholson, New York;
resolutions, Claiming Seabury, St.
Paul: bills, j. L. Tolrey, st. Louis.
The afternoon will be devoted to the
further consideration of committee re-
p orts. Wednesday will be devoted
chiefly to the adoption of a uniform
.bankrupt'bill, to be laid before congress
at the next session.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-01
SHARPS AND FLATS.

The concert for the benefit of the
Woman's Exchange will be held at the
new Normanna hall, corner of Third
street and Twelfth avenue south, on
Wednesday evening. Sept. IL. Miss
Anna Smith, the Norwegian songstress,
will sing the aria Queen of the Night"
from MoZart's Magic Flute" This
aria is the one in the singing of which
she has created such a Juror by splen-
didly taking the high F, a feat ac-
complished by but few living singers.
Walter PetZet, of the Northwestern
COnserva tory of Music, who has been
spending the summer in Europe, with
his parents, was married at Munich,
Aug. 90. to Miss Antoinette, daughter
of COncertmester Abel, and started
for America the same day. He resumes
his work at the conservatory Sept. 9.
Messrs. Porter, Ferguson and Drill
will sing two trios at the old-time ballad
concert to be given by Prof. Darling at
the Hennepin Avenue NJ. E. Church in
about fortnight. The songs bear the
imprint of age as well as excellence
Drink to Ne Only With Thine Eyes"
and "a Little Farm Well Titled"
The name of the Musical Advance has
been changed to The Muse, and a stock
company with $4,000 has been organ
lied for its publication. The paper viii
print with each issue one or more
pieces of original music for the encour-
agement of local composers. ~
Miss Gertie Cady will give a piano
recital Sept s, assisted by Miss Olive
Fremstad, soprano, and Emil Straka,
violin. Her programme Will comprise
Memberships concerto in g minor and
works of Beethoven, Chopin, Raft and
HenSelt. 20
The first of a series of pupils musi-
Gales under the direction of Miss Mabel
Edinger, pianist. and Thomas t. Drill,
bassO, assisted by several of their
pupils, will be given on Wednesday
evening atDyer Music hall.
Emma Hovey Williams returns from
Dakota, where she has been taking a
vacation, in time to sing with the First
Unitarian church choir this morning.
Miss Williams sang at concert in Far
go Friday night.
Mrs. Jennie Merriam will soon leave
for Owatonna, where she has accepted
position as teacher of vocal and in
strumental music in the Pillsbury Acad-
envy.
f. W. Merriam's piano teachers
training class will hold its first meeting
on next Thursday at p. m. at his resi-
dence. SIG Second avenue South.
Miss Mae Manton. the pianist, has
gone to st. Joseph, Mo-, or visit.
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GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

"Conrad the Corsair," Edward E.
Rice's latest, and probably greatest
operate burlesque, will be seen at the
Grand opera all the week, with its
pretty, well-formed girls, rich costumes
and elaborate scenery which have made
1t so pronounced a success. In addition
to the usual programme many clever
specialties have been introduced, among
whom may be mentioned the Alexander
brothers, a musical team; Mile. Slsela,
high wire performer who is now max
ing her first tour of this country, and
the Primrose Quartette. Two carloads
of scenery and sixty artists are seen in
the production. AS Minneapolis is some
what partial to ballets, shapely beauties
in miniature costumes, topical songs,
picturesque groupings and Amazonian
marches, the "COrsair" may look for
a repetition of its large business last
season.