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LOOKING BACKWARD.

Mrs. E. J. Richmond says in the National
Temperance Advocate: Croakers abound;
we know and their din fills all the air. but.
'.looking backward" for O century we cam
but e1claim: "What hath God wrought ~
From one since deceased, who was present at
the first State Convention held in Utica In
1854 for the promotion Of temperance we,
heard details, surprising indeed IN the light
of to-day. Rev. John s. Mitchell, DID,, was
member Of that Convention and gave q
vivid account Of the debate which occurred
on the proposal to include ''wine, beer, and
cider" in the temperance pledge.
Total abstinence was even moro dlStaSteful
then than prohibition is now.
What rejoicing filed the hearts Of all Low
ers Of temperance, when Maino under tha
noble Neal Dow, declared for prohibiting the
manufacture and sale Of the prime curse of
the nationsi She seemed the veritable star
in the East, :" and not oil the groenings over
Bangor by journals which wink ut violations
Of the law at homo, dims her pure radiance. :
Iowa, Kansas. and the two Dakotas make
an objectlesson which causes fear and tren1-
bling, and determined war to the liquor
forces They may not be beyond the reach OF
danger, yet they arc on the side Of truth, and
terror to its enemies. d
The battalions OF tho temperance army
Sons and Daughters Of Temperance, Recha-
bites, Good Templars, Bands OF Hope, Loyal
Legions, and the Woman's Christian Tenn
pernnce Union, doing such grand work for
God and humanity, had no existence hum
dred years ago.
The elect iadies-Lucy Hayes and Frances
Folsom Cleveland-who in the face OF
long established custom, put aside the cup OF
death and substituted beautiful flowers at the
White House, have made their record during
the last century.
nd locf yot Io,ef tho Nof;ooo1 ToroparI
ance Society and Publishing House, which,
during the last quarter Of a century, has
been sowing millions of pages of seed truth,
is entering upon vigorous and beautiful
life.
All over the world its power is felt to-day
Its missionary branch confronts the ques-
ton Of the day-the race problem-bringing
light and aid and marshaling forces which
boded evil to the help of God and humanity.
So, ''looking backward" from real stand
point. we find assurance of hope for the
future
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Foreign.

THE Dutch steamer Prins Frederik was
sunk in collision and six lives were lost.
The details of the damage done by the
gales on the Scotch coast during the middle
of the week show that nine vessels were
wrecked and thirty-f persons drowned.
THE Dowager Queen Of Corea died on
June 4, aged eighty-chree years.
THE steamer Paoching was burned near
the Forke1 Tree on Tangtzs River, China,
and Captain Place, Second En- eineer Wilson
and some twenty natives persisted.
THE cholera is increasing at CANDIDA
Enero, Succa and other villages in Spain.
GENERAL NIcANoa VALDEZ Governor
and Commander Of the division Of tho
Mexican army having headquarters at San
bandits, although they outnumbered his force
two to one, but he was routed Seven of his
men were killed and five Of them seriously
wounded.
THE allies of the Italians have defeated at
keren, Abyssinia, force Of 1000 dervishes,
killing $50 Of them.
SEVERAL cases of cholera, one Of which
has resulted fatally, have occurred in tho
city of Narbonne in the Department of
Aude, France.
The Meaito5a Provincial Governments
crop bulleG.a states that all the grain crops
ere in excellent condition and give promise
Of IN unusually large yield
WILLIAM CAsTLEMAN and Annie Mcmahon
were drowned in the st. Lawrence River,
near Brockville, Canada, by the overturning
of boat.
COLONEL W. P. CANADAY, for eight years
Sergeant-at Arms of the the United States
Senate, retired from that Office on July 1st
by resignation. -......-.
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TO GUIDE THE FAIR.
Minister Palmer Elected President
ofthe Columbian Exposition.


United States Minister to Spain T. W.
Palmer, of Michigan, and John I. D1ckln'
son, Of Texas, were elected in Chicago, ILL.,,
President and Secretary respectively OF the
Columbian Fair Commission. The election
OF both these officers was unanimous. every
body was pleased with the selections.
The Committee on Permanent Organiza'
ton made q report recommending that the
officers Of the commission consist OF Presl.
dent, five Vice-Presidents, Treasurer and
a Secretary, the first Vice-President to
be Of opposite politics to the President and
the other four to be equally divided between
the parties. The report was adopted. Line
lakefront has been abandoned as site.
Thomas Wetherell Palmer, United States
Minister to Spain, was born in Detroit, Jauu.
ary 25, 1880. He spent year and half at
Ann Arbor University, but his eyeSlght fall
ing he went to Spain in 154S, travelling
on foot through that country for nearly
wear. On his return he went into mercan.
tile business, but his store was burned and
he was financially ruined. In 1853 he en-.
gagged in the real estate business IN Detroit.
Two years later he embarked in the lumber
trade, which, with the purchase and sale OF
pine lands, has made him million and
half of dollars. He was elected United States
Senator in 1858, and week after his term ex-
pired In 1889 10 was appointed Minister to
Spain.
1t is understood that the resignation of
Minister Palmer is in the hands of the PreSi-
dopf
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INTOXICATED CHICKENS.

A fellow citizen threw handful Of wild
cherries stepped In brandy out In his
garden the other day and was surprised to
see his chickens eagerly gobble up the fruit.
whom, for the first time in their lives, they
needed more than two logs to stand upon
The hens looked foolish enough, but the
most comical sight was a big Brahma
rooster, who would sidle up to the hens made
a 1at failure Of trying to look digniaed,
blink few times when his head would sink
lower and lower, till over he would tumble,
and after struggle he would get UP again
and go off with sidewheel motion for all
the world like lord of creation under
similar distressing circumstances, but with
this difference in favor Of the Shanghai-he
did not knowingly make fool Of himself
Sc, Louis Republic, .-E
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AFRAID OF THE WOMEN.

The "Coffee Palace" a restaurant and
lodging house under the charge Of the Min:
neapolis W. C. T. u, has had unique ex-
perience It was so successful that other
restaurant keepers were alarmed, and called
q meeting to consider the matter. The chiv-
alric brotherhood resolved that the woman's
restaurant ought to be boycotted, because 1t
was taking away their business by trading
on the sentiment in favor Of the W: G. T. q.
A committee was chosen to issue q manifesto
to the public proving that the Coffee Pal.
ace" was not doing straight forward, legit
innate business and that their business was
being ruined. There was some talk OF appeal
to the city council, but the matter seems to
have stopped there. The manager writes:
'.It was a grand advertisement for us, and
wish they would try it againr What al pity
it is, to be sure, when women succeed In any
business venture! Suppose it had been a
man who had "run out" the others, one
wonders il they would have ''resoluted'
then.-Unton Signal.
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BURNED IN AN OILFIRE.
A Fierce Blaze at Louisville Which
May Cost Several hves.


An oil fire covering five acres oc-
Cured at the Standard oil refinery at
Fifth and C streets, in Louisville, Ky.
A tank of crude oil came in on
fat car from Cleveland, and during the
morning an inspector and two other men
to run the oil off into the refining watts.
The gas burst out. spreading all over thu
locality and moving with the wind.
When it reached one Of the sheds under
which there was fire there was flash as
the inhammable vapor ignited, and immedi.
ately after there was q tremendous ex-
plosion.
The following were injured: Andrew
Mcdonald, aged twelve, badly burned about
Mcdonald, aged fourteen, literally roasted
alive; cannot live but a short time.
Dan O'Neill, aged twelve, burned
almost to crisp, and will die.
John Kline, aged twenty-five, fright
fully burned all over his body, and canno.
recover. Seyersn Skene aged forty-one,
terribly burned but will recover. j. s.
Pettigo, aged forty-iye, badly, though not
fatally, burned about the head and breast.
Arthur Yonkers, aged eighteen, slightly
burned.
The three little boys, Danny ONeill
and Andrew and joan Mcdonald, were
walking along the railroad track when
the explosion occurred. They were slightly
to the east of the tank, and the wind
blew the blaze directly upon them
Shrieking with pain, they impulsively
jumped backward and into the clear space
ca the western side Of the track. Their
clothes were on fire, and they ran down the
track with the bright blazes streaming after
tba,, cnop tho hvstandors ranoyaral
from the Mortified shock occasioned by their
awful condition they pursued the three boys.
Covering them with coats they soon extin-
guished the flames and laid them under a
tree near by. When all attempt was made
to remove ONeill's clothes, a great piece of
his flesh peeled OF his face and body at the
slightest touch. He was conscious, but
never uttered cry. The loss on the build.
ing is about 5000
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MAJOR PANITZA SHOT.
The Soldier Put to Death for Plotting
Against Prince Ferdinand.

The sentence Of death pronounced upon
Major Panitza, the Russian, for conspiring
to overthrow the Bulgarian Government was
carried out at Sofia. On arriving at the
place Of execution he made a confession
to the chaplain. With firm step
he walked to the post alone. AMI
sa,uted the military officers present. He
was then bound to q tree. Just before the
order to fire was given the condemned man
cried out in loud voice, "Long live Bull
garia" The body of the dead soldier was
given to his widow.
The execution took place precisely at 10
O'Clock in the morning at the camp near the
city. All the officers attached to the camp
we're present. Four regiments Of infantry,
with battery Of artillery, formed the hol-
low square in which Panitza met his end.
He bllndfolded himself, stood erect in plain
clothes, and acted courageously throughout.
Twcnty-one bullets pierced his body.
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STAND FAST.

rfyou cannot make the headway in pro-
noting Righteousness around you which you
desire TO make, can you not at least succeed
in holding the ground which has been won?
You can maintain your own high standard
Of conduct If you can do no more. There is
great force in that text: "Be ye steadfast,
immovab.e." 1t presents picture of one
undergoing strong pressure from the people
or the social conditions around him to yield
his moral ideals, yet successfully standing
firm and loyal. The other clause Of this
text also contains suggestion not to be
overlooked. The whole sentence runs thus:
''Be ye steadfast, immovable, always abound
Ing in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as
ye know your labor is not in vain in the
Lord" You may not be able to advance at
present, but you can abound and overflow
just where you stand. You may have to be
like the fountain, rather than the river, but
you can do good none the less, you may
'know" that your labor is not in vain ii the
sight of God. -[Congregationalist
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RELIGIOUS READING.
STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS.

STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS.
"He glveth power to the faint, and to them
that hath no might He increaseth
strength"
It Is no dream, Great Comforter,
But very truth to me;
That all earth's strengthless, fninting ones
May be made strong in Thee.
The years have taught me many things,
But none so sure as this:
That shelter, solace joy and strength
Are always where God Is.
So now, when hope and courage fail,
And OEly fear is strong,
My heart will sing as in the past,
An unforgotten song.
God is my refuge and my strength, -
will not be afraid;
And though the night be wild and dark,
meet it undismayed.
The strength to bear, to work. or wait,
Is Thine, o God. to give,
And who shall weak and strcngthless be,
That learns in Thee to live.
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VICTOR BoULET, poor workman at
Keenville, N. T., has made lucky
find. The path from his house to the
gate had worn so that some stones in it
became troublesome. One morning he
took crowbar and began prying them
up. He found that they were cobble'
stones that had been driven into the
ground forming circle. Beneath them
was large flat stone. His curiosity
was excited, and he pried up the latter,
when he discovered beneath it brass
kettle full of mopey, but whether gold
or silver is not stated.
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JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH IN CHRIST.

Undoubtedly new light shines out Of the
Word. 1t shines to make the old truths
clearer and not to obscure them or to blot
them out. Sin is the same fact now that it
always has been. Salvation by the redemp-
tion Of Christ Is rs certain a doctrine to me
as it was to st. Paul. Justification by faith
in Christ Is rs clearly truth for sinner
today as it was for Luther, when it flashed
Into his mind as, on his knees, lie was wear
lily climbing Peters staircase at Rome. We
need to know and to have it impressed upon
us, as much as men ever needed it, that we
are finally to be judged by the deeds done
here in the body; and that our eternal hap
cision now. These truths are fundamental.
They are inmutab!e. They are granite ;and
they give substance and strength anG cndur-
ingnesS and reliability to true Theology
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern md Middle States.

Two little girls, named Harrington, were
killed by railroad train at South Somerset,
Mass. The elder child lost her life while try
ing to rescue the younger one.
THREE bodies OF women were found the
other day at Johustown, Penn, all in the
river just above the stone bridge where the
great mass Of wreckage lay last summer.
They were under the water in the sand, and
all were In fair state Of preservation. Only
one was identified. This was Mrs. Roberts,
wife Of Howard J. Roberts, cashier Of the
First National Bank. Mr.. Roberts, his wife,
and son were all drowned.
GEORGE FORD and his grandson, Fred Nc
1ntyre, aged eight, of South Berwick, N. b.,
were struck by the cars at Dover Point and
killed.
A. A. MCLEOD was elected to succeed Aus
tin Corbin as President Of the Philadelphia G.
Reading Railroad.
THE Yale crew defeated the Harvard crew
in the annual four-mile race on the Thames
River at New London, Conn, by three and
q half lengths; the Columbia freshmen beat
the Harvard freshmen.
FIRE burst from the mouth of tae Farm
Hill Mine, at Dunbar, Penn, making it al
most certain that there was no hope for TIE
thirty y-two imprisoned miners.
A NUMBER Of barns and agricultural i'm
plements have been burned by incendiary
fires at Carlisle, Penn.
The hardware store OF Barker, Rose &
Gray, at Elmira, N. Y, was burned, caus-
ing loss of nearly 100000.
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FELLOWSHIP IN LONELINESS.

Alone, and yet net alone am I sad, and
yet not sad. No human form intrudes upon
my solitude, and yet He who fills creation
with Himself is surely with me; sad Ssss.1,
for there are many earthly thoughts that
contribute to cast shade upon my soul, and
yet heavenly thoughts soon dispcl such
mournful ones. On, that my whole atfec-
tions might be placed upon things above, and
not on things on the earth! Why should
my heart be gloomy when such q glorious
prospect opens before mc?-a world Of i'm
mortal beauty, enlivened the presence Of
God Himself, and glorious city, even the
New Jerusalem? "Fly, lingering moments,
fly away, and bring that long expected day"
when Christ shall appear in glory to take his
weary children homc.-[ Mrs H. NJ. johnson.
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ALCOHOL AND THE FARMER.

It may seem strange, but it Is nevertheless
true that alcohol regularly applied to the
thrifty farmers stomach win remove the
boards from the fence, let the cattle into his
crops, kill his fruit trees, mortgage his farm
and sow his fields with wild oats and thistles.
1t will take the paint off his buildings, break
the glass out of them and fill them with rags.
1t will take the gloss from bis clothes and
the polish from his manners, subdue his rea-
son, arouse his passions, bring sorrow and
disgrace upon his family and topple him into
drunkard's grave. It will do this to the,
artisan and capitalist, the matron and
maiden, as well as to the farmer; for. in its
deadly enmity to the human race. alcohol is
no respecter ofpersons. -St. Louis Christian
Advocate. "'''-'- <r
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Washington.

SPEAKER REED has appointed Messrs.
Conger, Walker and Bland conferees on the
part of the House on the Silver bill.
TIE Legislative, Executive and Judicial
Appropriation bill, as it passed the House,
appropriated S20842, 446; as it passed the
Senate, S21, ,33S, 1888. This sum has been re-
duced S22S, ,246 as far as the Senate amend
msnts have been agreed to, leaving Sl07,576
yet in dispute.
The Director of the Mint has directed an
entire suspension Of business at the New
York Assay Office, including the exchange Of
gold bars pending the annual examination
Of the assets and accounts Of the Office which
isnow in progress.
The President hes signed the Dependent
Pension bill.
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CENSUS PORTER
said that from indications the returns Of the
enumerators would show a total population
in the United States Of 64,500, ,000 against
so. 155, 7S3 in 1880.
THE President made the following nomina-
tions: Alexander G. Moore, Of West Vir-
ginia, Minister Resident and Consul-General
at Siam; George w. Fishback Of Missouri,
Secretary Of Legation at Buenos Ayres;
Consuls-Samuel II. Deneen, Of Illinois, at
Belleville; Woolman J. Holloway, Of Indi-
ana, at Stratford, Ceuada; Charles D. JOS
lyn, of Michigan, at Windsor, Canada; WILL
lam P. Pierce, Of Georgia, at Trinidad;
Denis F. Burke, Appraiser of Merchandise
at New York.
V1cE-PREsDENr MORTON, accompanied
by his Secretary Mr.. Chiffon, left Washing
ton for Rhinebeck, N. Y, where he will
spend most Of the summer.
THE President has approved the act in re-
gard to the erection Of an Appraisers ware
house in the city Of New York.
The Secretary of the Interior transmitted
to the House anestimate Of an additional ap-
preparation Of s93l, 900 to carry out the pro-
visions of the Disability Pension bill recently
signed by the President. OF this amount
clerk hire and the rest for incidental ex-
penses.
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LATER NEWS.

- THE rescue work at the Dunbar penny
mine has been abandoned, as the pit is full Of
smoke and damp.
MRS. EsLEP and Miss Mary Hetrunb were
drowned in the Allegheny River, near Tar
entum, Penn, by the capsizing Of skiff.
JOHN AND PETER SULLIVAN, aged re-
spectively twelve and fourteen years, the
children Of the superintendent Of William
Pennington's estate on the Passaic River,
just above the falls Of Paterson, N. j., were
drowned within a stones throw Of their
fathers house.
THE Honorable P. A. Foster and Robert
Lind were drowned in the Minnesota River
while bathing, near Mankato, MINI. Neither
could swim. Foster was one Of the most
prominent attorneys in Southern Minnesota
and former member of the State Senate.
TEE monument to Thomas A. Hendricks
was unveiled in indianapolis, Ind.
CAPTAIN HAMILTON MURRELL, z. D., and
Mary Cottman Mccormick were married OF
Baltimore, Nd, In Grace Church by the Rev.
Arthur C. Powell Captain Murrell is best
known as the rescuer of the passengers Of
the sinking steamship Denmark.
!. HENRY L. WoSFoRD got into dispute
with laborer in his fathers brickyard, near
Gordon, Ala, and shot the man dead. Wof
ford then turned to the dead mans wife and
another ball from his rife placed her dead
beside her husband.
HEAVY rains followed in the wake Of
the hot wave in the Northwest inhictins
great damage to crops.
CARRIE and Minnie Gabs were drowned in
eagle Lake, q summer resort in Northern
/ indiana, by the overturning Of their boat.
The Louisiana State Senate passed the Lot
terry Franchise bill by two-thirds vote.
THE President has approved the Naval
Appropriation bill, the Invalid Pension Ap-
preparation bill, the Postofice Appropria-
ton bill, and the joint resolution providing
temporarily for the expenditures Of the Gov
ernment.
ALL the stands in the corridors Of the
House wing Of the Capitol have been re-
moved, in pursuance Of the orders issued BY
Speaker Reed some time ago.
THE Pension Office issued during the fiscal
year just closed ISL, ,65s pension certificates.
The number issued during the preceding year
was 145,2 ,292. Or those issued during this year
86,637 were original pensions, an increase Of
nearly Is, 900 over the preceding year.
TIE President has appointed Spencer P.
Gracey, of Massachusetts,, to be Marshal Of
the United States Consular Court at Foo
Chow, China.
A COURT of inquiry has been ordered to
investigate the charges made by Acting Rear
Admiral Gillis against Captain A. V. Reed
on board the United States flagship Rich.
mond at Norfolk, Va.
TIE wife and four children Of James
OConnor, Of the editorial staff Of United
ireland, were fatally poisoned at Seapo;nt,
near Dublin, Ireland, as a consequence Of
eating stewed lnussels.
THE Anglo-German agreement in regard
to Africa has been sigued by representatives
Of the two Governments.
RIoToUs gas workers at Leeds, England,
were charged by the police and afterward By
pops; about forty persons were injured.