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Minister Reid presented to the American
Art Students Association in Paris, France,
the flag sent to it by President Harrison.
Minister Phelps spoke at banquet to the
American rifemsn in Berlin, Germany.
THE new Spanish Cabinet is composed of
extreme protectionists. It will pursue an
active colonial policy, but will remain neutral
in European matters. Only Conservative
papers express approval. All the inde-
pendent and Liberal papers condemn the
hasty change.
The cholera epidemic in Valencia, Spain,
has slightly increased. Eleven new cases
and three new cases and three deaths at
Gambia.
COUNT NICHOLAS PEJAcSEvITscH DE
VEROCSE, commanding the imperial army IN
Hungary, is dead.
COLONEL MARTINovICS, commandant OF
the bodyguard of Prince Nicholas, ruler Of
Montenegro, and cousin of the Prince was
murdered in the market place. The muir
derer was Immediately seized by the people
n the market place, and lynched on the
spot.
THREE HUNDRED London England po.
licemen went on strike in consequence of the
refusal of the Home Secretary to acceed to
their demands concerning more pay, reduc
tion of term of service and alteration of the
pension scale. Outside the Bow Street Po-
lice Station great crowds of people were
rioting. Mounted police charged the people
ind:scriminately, using their batons freely
Many received injuries.
TURKEY has demanded the fixing of date
when the British troops will eyacuate Egypt.
THERE is no abatement in the financial
panic at Montevideo, Uruguay. In order to
stop thhss-,r the ,run on the banks the Government
issued decree making tho Ssy 81 the ex--
pected crisis national holiday. One million
five hundred thousand dollars in gold was on
its way there from Buenos Ayres and it was
hoped that upon its arrival the financial dis
tress would be relieved.
AN epidemic of mad dogs broke out re-
Gently in the Island of Samos,. Several per
sons were bitten, among them being
woman, who soon became raving mad, and
while in that condition tore her children to
pieces.
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1rsLUEScE-How. 10, GAIN; IT.

Eren the non. Christian who urges. you to
20 with him to the play, and jibes YOU as a
strait.laced fool if you decline, will lose his
confidence in your piety if you yield; and
when he gets anxious. about his personal
salvation, somehow or other, explain 1t as
YOU, will, it will not beyou that he Will send
for. Hhe world Is ell like. tho southern
planter, whose story inust have been repeat
ed, a, good many times. since President Fin.
nav 6Dld it years ago. The Shareholder had
been gay, pleasufe-loying msn. of the
Wuniil, and on intimate terms, with his pas
tor. who seems to. have had. no. scruples
abs.lt Joining him. on his pleasure-scekins
excursions. A close friendship sprang up
hetween them, alb continued till the last ILL
ness of the planter.
Then one day the wife proposed to send
for their minister to come and converse ana
pray with Ee.. husband. He replied: mo,
my dear; he IS not the man Tor me- 20 see
now. He was my companion, as you know,
in worldly sports and pleasure-seeklng;
enjoyed his society. and found him pleas
ont companion. But see now sEat never
had any resi- confidence in his piety, and
have now 40 confidence In the efficacy o.
his PRAYERS. / am dying man, and need
the instruction and prayers OF someDody
that can prevail with God" The wife was
greatly affected. and said: "What shall oo'
them"
He replied "My coacbman, Tom, is
pious man. have confidence in his prayers.
I have often overheard him pray when about
the barn or stables, and his prayers have
always struck me as being quite sincere and
earnest. never heard any foolishnt IS from
him. lie has always been honest and earnest
asa Christian man. Call him." Tom was
called, and came within the door, dropping
bis hat and looking tendcrly and c mrassion-
stely at his master. Come here, Tom.
Take my hand. Tom. can YOU pray for your
diving master?on The moral to which this
story points is the folly of expecting to gain
a Christian influence over another by show
ing sympathy with his worldly tastes
REV +. L. Hayes.
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A. SYE FULL OF BIEssEpNEss.

Heuven is mind sssee from anxiety, from
sorrow, from all trouble; It IS tiss HE with
all pain end CRYING eliminated; it is life re-
juvenated, purified, beautified, full of bless
edness;. reunion on that other side where
loved ones have been gathering for six thou
sand years it is great home In the Fathers
house; and it is to be forever, eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord. And the
sworld today in its darkness and anxiety
needs simply the enjoyment that you and T
possess as we look into. this empty grave.
The Saviour says TO- u.s. why weepest
thou:o'
He had come to- dry the tears of the
mourner, to make the bed of the dying soft,
and light up with. hope the departure Of
those who love u.s.. to- comfort you and me
with the blessed hope that our loved ones
are gathering in the life elysian, in the
heavenly home: never more to 60 out. You
who have this hope are not your own; you
are bought with a prices: therefore elorify
Christ in your hody and your spirit, which
are bis Rev. j.. G.. Butler, D: D..
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THE LABOR WORLD.
The naii-makers are busy.

IHE nali-makerS are busy.
TIE pipe line builders are very busy.
RAILROAD building in the South is e1-
tremely active.
TIE glassblowers have the best orgauiza-
tion in the United States
In the iron trade there are several indi-
cations of heavier demand.
The rush in house building has led to an
extraordinary demand for paper hangings.
THERE are about $500 people engaged in
the manufacture of candy in New York
city.
are enlarging their capacity on account Of
heavy business.
THERE is a growing demand among the
working classes Of Liverpool, England, for
books Of technology.
A SNUFF factory is to be built in Durham,
N. c., which, it is claimed, will turn out
10000 pounds Of snuff per day.
THE bituminous coal fields along the Allie
ghany Mountains are turning out so, 900 tons
coal per day for Eastern markets.
TIE Norfolk and Western Railroad Com
pany has 5000 men at work constructing 19l
miles of road through West Virginia.
DURING the past five months forty-six new
branches have been organized by the
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners.
The raii-makers expect to have a rush Of
orders, and have dropped prices in Pennsyl.
vania mills from S34 to S305o to S31 per
An.
A RAILROAD brake equipment works
twelve miles east of Pittsburg has capacity
to turn out freight brakes to equip 500 freight
cars per day.
A TRACT of $50 acres OF land has been Sc
cured near Pittsburg, Penn, on which to
erect immense works to manufacture Pull
man electric cars.
JAIEs CASEY, respondent because he could
get nc work, and had no money, committed
suicide in New York city by throwing him
self under heavily-laden truck.
THE capacity Of the Pennsylvania anthra-
cite coal region is about 1000, 900 tons Of
coal per week; but for some time past less
than one-half that amount has been mined.
The German Emperor's servants in the
Imperial Talace at Berlin and Potsdam are
so wretchetIy paid that they have petitioned
the Grand Marshal Of the Court for con-
siderable increase in their wages.
INFrance there were upward of 90, 900 ap-
plicants for 900 vacancies in the public SER
vice in the Department of the Seine. More
than 1000 persons applied for the places of
three Office boys at the Hotel de Vile.
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MAKE HAsTE!.

Some years ago, when travelling: through
Palestine. we were nearly benighted. We
had left Hebron in the morning, and had
come leisurely along passing through Bethle-
hem, and visiting the gardens of Solomon on
the way. The sun began TO, get low ere we
caught our first gimpses Of Jerusalem, and
OIL reaching the plain Of Rephaim we had to
increase our speed. Inalittie the sun set,
and we saw 4 man come out from, the Jsffa
gate and stand upon small hillock, shout
ing with all his might, as it. forewarning Of
danger, and gesticulating wildly, as II to call
our attention to what he was>anpouncing.
"What is the man saying,'' we asked our
guide.
"He is shouting, 'Yellah .Yellahn"'
'NYhat docs that mean!e
s'Come along! Come alongw
We now found that we WERE about to- be-
shut out and this messenger hadicome out to
warn us that the gate was about to be closed.
We.made haste, as we did not at all relish
the thought;of being kept all night outside
the walls. We were Justin time;: no more.
We entered. and the gate closed behind us.
"Thedoor was shut" Matt. Xxv.,10o
The lesson we learned was."Make hastaW
alesson which some of US never forget. 50
near being: shut out of tho earthly Jerusa-
lem! What five were to be not almost, but
altogether. shut out Of. the heavenly cityt
-tUr, H.. Sonar.
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STAND VAST.

Ifyou cannot make the headway in pro
noting righteousness around you which you
desire 10 make, can you not at least succeed
in holding the ground which has been won2
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 a suggestion not to be
overlooked. The whole sentence runs thus:
"Be ye steadfast, ,immovahle, always abound
ing in the work Of the Lord, forasmuch az
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
likethe fountain rather than the river, but
you can do good none the Less, you may
''know" that your labor is not In vain In the
sight Of God--LCoagregationalist.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.

GENERAL GILMAN MAEsToN, ex-United
States Senator and leading politician OF
New Hampshire, died at his home in Exeter.
He was an intimate friend of Webster and
Calhoun, and confidential adviser of Lin
;oln.
JOHN LUTz, a Hungarian, shot his wife
fatally and then killed himself in New York
city.
GEORGE CUNNINGHAM, Of Millville, N. j.,
and Jacob Cunningham, of Philadelphia,
Penn, were drowned while swimming In the
river near Millville.
PRESIDENT HARRISON spent the Fourth of
July at Cape May, NJ, with his family.
The Fourth of July was celebrated in a
particularly enthusiastic manner throughout
the Eastern and Middle States. Congress
man Russell, Senator Ha~ley and others
spoke at Woodstock, Conn. Tde Society of
the Army of the Potomac enjoyed clam
bake near Portland, Me. Congressman
Crisp. Bynum, Caruth, Allen and Springer
spoke before the rammany Society IN New
York city.
IRA and Doler Gauger, two sons Of Will.
lam Gauger, of Waynesboro, Penn, aged
nine and fourteen respectively, were
drowned in Antietam Greek, while fishing.
Ira fell in and in trying to save him Doler
was drowned.
The Rev. Benjamin Whipper, noted COL
ored preacher with a remarkable history,
died in Norristown, Penn, aged eighty-two.
WHILE ". F. Wetherbee, of West Riniye,
y. 4 Is was at chIi church bis house took fire by
the overturniug of an oil Stove. Ms, Anse
and Mr. Wetherbee's youngest child wsrs>
burned to death.
THE four Hudson County IN. J.l election
officers on trial for conspiracy in connection
with the election frauds in Jersey City were
sentenced, each, to eighteen months I'M
prisonment and $500 fine.
AT Philadelphia, Penn, Daniel Mason
(colored) shot his wife in the shoulder in
flicting a slight wound, and then blew his
own brains out. Jealousy.
The thermometer registered 100 degrees in
the shade in New York city, and several
cases of heat prostration were reported.
A TERRIFIC storm of thunder, lightning
and rain visited Meadville, Penn. The light
ming played havoc with the electric lights
and telegraph wires. Trees were blown down
in all directions and the roads blocked in
many places.
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STEP BY sTEr.

One denial of spiritual truth leads to an
other, until the first Of departure.ends in the
falling away of.a dreadful apostasy. A man
plays Hamlet on. the etheatre-stage who was
some years since an orthodox: Congregations
minister in Brooklyn, n. Y. He first be-
came unsettled as to. the. doctrine of the
atonement, then successfully abandoned the
incarnation of,God in Chrislan the inspira-
ton of the Scriptures; then a. future state Of
rewards and punishments,.
He was called. to succeed Robert Collyer
of Chicago, but SO rapidly did he Co. down
into the abyss Of utter unbelief, that even
the loose creed of the Unitarian was. too con-
ining to his '.liberalism," and lie startled
that congregation of skeptics by announcing
his inability longer to defend. any distinctive
doctrine of our holy faith. He. proclaimed
himself All agnostic-sure of nothing, not
even the existence of God, and so turned to
destroy the faith he once preached-an aw-
full warning Of the rapid apostasy that fol-
lows the denial of one fundamental doctrine.
IA. r. Piersou, D.. d.. in Homiletic Re-
view.
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Washington.

THE President sent to the Senate tho fol-
lowing nominations: Adam E. King, Of
MARYLAND, Consul General at Paris; Il. N.
Allen, Of Ohio. Secretary Of Legation to
Corea; Charles Heath, of Massachusetts,, Con-
sui at Catania, Italy; James J. Paterson, Of
West Virginia, Consul at Merida, Mexico.
WYATT A. WILBoRN, clerk in the Treas
ury Department. Washington, has disap-
peared after forging the names Of several Of
his fellow employees and others. Gambling
on the races IS said to be the cause, as he is
otherwise man Of good habits. Wilborn
has wife and two children.
Count SALA, First Secretary of the French
Legation at Washington, had his right leg
which was dashing toward some women and
children only short distance away.
The House and Senate conferee, agreed
upon q compromise Silver bill, eliminating
the bullion redemption features.
THE report of Major W. r. Livermore,
Corps of Engineers, in regard to river and
harbor improvements on the coast of Massa-
chusetts and in Rhode Island and Connecti-
cut has been received at the War Depart
ment.
BRIGADIER-GENERAL BENJAMIN II. GRI-
ERsoN has been placed on the retired list of
the army.
PRESIDENT HARRISON returned to Wash
ington after spending several days with his
family at Cape May, NJ
THE House Elections Committee decided
two Mississippi contested election cases
Hills against Catchings and Kernagaan
against Hooker-in favor of the sitting
Democratic members, Messrs. Catchings and
Hooker
A NUMBER OF Petitions from half dozen or
more States have been presented il the
Senate praying for an Acknowledgements OF
Almighty God and the Christian religion III
the Constitution Of ths United States.
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VERY few people would select Russia

VERY few people would select Russia
as a country in which to live, but one
may be reasonably certain of gettlng
unadulterated food there. Persons con-
victed of selling adulterated and injur-
ious substances as food in Russia are
liable to a fine of S24O OF three months
Imprisonment for the first offense.
These penalties are doubled for the
second offonse, and for the third the;
person loses his civil and political
rights. We eau learn something even
fran Russia.
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Railway Fatalities.

The railway statistics compiled by the
london (Engand) Board Of Trade for tho
last three months show that during the
period ia railway employees have been killed
and ia injured.
The testimony accompanying these r.iIrns
goes to show that large majority of these
casualties were due 20 the long hours the
men were compelled to work, rendering them
unfit to nerform their duties
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FIVE CHILDREN KILLED.
Fifty Pounds of Powder Explode with
Eerrible Resalts.

Abag containing, fifty pounds Of powder
exploded in, August Smiths grocery store at
Industry. Penn.,. near Scott Haven, com.
pletely wrecking the building and injurins
seven children. The explosion was caused
by sparks from a, firecracker which exploded
prematurely in the hands Of August Smith,
Jr age fourteen. The store was a resort
for children, and at the time Of the accident
O. large number were present firing crackers.
Young Smiths body was burned to crisp.
and be- was otherwise terribly mangled.
Five Of the seven victims of the explosion
have died. Their names are August Smith,
age fourteen; his sister Mary, age two;
George and Willie Kahler, ages respectively
eight and six, and John Brennan, age. ten
years. >.
Emma Smith, aged nine, and Charlie Shaw,
aged eight, the other victims, will recover:
The father Of young Brennan is crazed with.
grief, and tried to kill Smith, the owner OK
the building where the powder was stored
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NINE MINERS KILLED.
An Explosion in Mexico Causes
Great Loss Of Life.

At eleven o'clock at night fatal explosion
occurred in La Esperanza silver mine in
Pachusa, State OF Hidalgo, Mexico, in which
nine mea were seriously injured and two
killed outright. Or the injured seven more
have died.
The explosion is said to have occurred while
the miners were tapping blast Inc pre-
nlosiyes, blowing the unfortunate miners IN
|aii directions and causing general stampede;
The rescuing party carried the, dead ana
wounded to the surface, where relatives anu
friends had congregated.
The authorities at once ordered a thorouSn
hstigation. 1t was believed that two
= Of the injured men are so badly hurt
: aS5khey would die.
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THE BIGGEST LAND TRADE.
Over 5,9oo,OOO Acres in Mexico
bought by a Syndicate.

Information was received at San Antonio,
Texas Of the consummation Of tho big
gcst land trade in tAe history Of the con-
tincnt. Thoparties to tho contract were John
Hancock, OF Austin, and Robert Summer.
lin, of San Antonio, on tho ono side, acting
for an English and Holland syndicate. The
land lies oil in one body in the State Of
Tamaulipas, Mexico, within easy distance of
the Mexican National Railroad, and COM
Driscs over 5000, 900 acres, and also T5,00Q
head Of cattle, Terms are private.
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La Grippe Has Got to China.

Dispatches and letters received from
China, report an extraordinary epidemic of
influenza, which has spread with terrible
rapidity throughout the empire. Trade is
suspended and public busineSsis interrupted.
Half the population of Pekin and of sew
eral other large cities have been attacked by
the malady, large number of cases proving
fatal,
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Scope of the Agricultural Bill.

The Agricultural Appropriation bill, as
agreed to in conference, is practically
the bill as it passed the Senate,
with one exception. The Senate
struck out the provision for the
transfer Of the experimental station OF the
Bureau of Animal Industry to Arlington.
That provision was inserted by the conferees,
with a restriction limiting to eighty acres
the area Of land that may be utilized for the
ofotioo
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THE treaty with the Shawnee Indians for
the cession Of their reservation to the Gov
ernment has been signed. The allotment
will be made at once by Major Porter. This
will throw open to white settlement some
24O0 farms of l60 acres each. The tribe has
until February s, 1891, to take its aliot-
uents.
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RELIGIOUS READING.

YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER KNowsTH.
All our burdens, a | our woes,
All our load Of care,
God our loving Father knows
Ere we lift our prayer.
Still he bids US on him wait,
Bids US seek his face;
Not in vain we supplicate
At his throne Of grace.
Not in vain we tell each grief
And our sorrows all;
For he waits to give relief
Unto those who call.
In each sorrow let US see
Summons unto prayer;
Let each want channel he,
Through which grace to share
Boldly let US ever plead
With our God on high;
Claim his promise for each need,
Sure of his reply.
-[R. NJ. Offord.
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BRAVE MEN DROWNED.
Lost Their Lives in q Vain Attelnps to
Save Their Children.


Mr.. and Mrs. John Thompson, Eliza
Thompson, aged two years, and BABY
Thompson, an infant; Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Smith. their little daughter, Priscilla, and
Robert Smith, aged fifteen years. were all
out rowing in small fatboat on the y ou-
ghiogheny River, near MckeesPort fenn.
The boat upset from their Welshs' 'hi'"ins
THOMPSON swan to shore with his vile
and baby. He then returned to save ms
two.yoar.old two daughter Eliza, but in this last
attempt both were drowned.
Richard Smith saved his wife, but was
drowned with his daughter Priscilla "hlle
trying to reach shore. ,ou
Robert Smith, the fifteen:year-old BOY
swan to shore. The four bodies were re-
covered.
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A DAYTON, Me-, man says his town
doesn't owe cent and has -, 900 in the
treasury, and that neither o lawyer,
Doctor nor minister resides within it's
limits. Neither is there any church in
the town.
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In the twelve Southern States there am
proiected 1850 miles of railroad there are
located and under survey, 5!47 miles: there
are at present under construction, 2S02 miles,
and since the first Of the year, Sos miles have
been built.
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Foreign.

DISASTROUS foods are reported in the
province of Tomsk, Western Siberia. Many
lives have been lost and large amount OF
property has been destroyed.
THE Fourth of July was observed in an
appropriate way by Americans in Europe.
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IT has been announced that the Roach
SShip Building Works at New York and IN
Chester, Penn, have been sold to an Engisa
|6yndicate, who have esta0hsheo no company
with a capital Of IS, OO2,0
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J To Make Valley Forge a Park.

Senator Teller, Of Colorado, presented the
petition Of several hundred residents Of Colo.
rado urging that Congress purchase
the historic field and land surround
ing the headquarters at Valley Forge,
and to convert them into per-
manent public park. The petitioners sug,,
gest that the park be embellished by grand
column or memorial shaft to preserve the
spot from the invasons of modern COM
merce, and to remain one Of the landmarks
for succeeding generations to look upon with
pride and yeneratioD.
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His Entire Family Burned,

The family of Mr.. Watson, consisting OF
his wife, their eight-year-old son and an
eighteen-months-old infant, were burned to
death near Harmony, KY.
Mr.. Watson had been away from home,
and on his way back from the top of neigh
boring hill saw his home in flames.
Before he could reach the house the family,
who had gone to bed were cut off and were
beyond all hope of rescue. The fire was Of
incendiary origin.