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THE MORAL Use OF HELpLEssNEss.

God allows US to exhaust ourselves before
he interposes. Premature relief would be
injurious to depth of character: We must
first despair OF ourselves, before we can
utterly put our trust in God. The prodigal
began to be In want before he came to him.
self; painful pressure OF circumstances
aToke him to repentance. 1t is never any
loss to come to great e1tremtlcs In spiritual
experience, but an infinite spiritual gain.
"When we were yet without strength, Christ
died for the ungodly" (Rom. 5:0). We are
always without strength in reality but we
are not always so in consciousness.
The strengthlessness Of our condition Is
one of the first lesons God sets himself to
teach. And He teaches us, by not coming to
our aid the moment we cry, but leaving us
to find out the measure of our power, and
the extent of our ability to help ourselves.
Christ stllled the tempest on the sea after the
disciples were so terrified that they cried,
Lord save US; we perish" Not until they
had lost hope in themselves did He display
bis power. "Then H arose, and rebuked
the winds and the sea; and there was great
calm" Their fearfllnrss Of heart
his command, and led to pro-
founder appreciation of His majesty. "What
manner of Man is this, that even the winds
and the sea obey Him. Matt. S:242T? The
experience is bitter, and often protrnctcd:
which issues in the soul ccasng from itself
and turning in helplessness to God; but it
comes forth with poverty of spirit, II con-
triton of feeling, dependence on the Sa-
viour, which it could not otherwise have
acquired. Gods manner of dealing with
the individual is His manner Of dealing with
the race. It WAS human help'essncss He
meant to teach and prove by delaying the
coming of Christ to the world. lie allowed
intellect, philosophy, art, civilization, to do
their best before He sent His Son upon the
scene.
They brought the world to despair. Then
Christ comes. So is it now. and so is it ever.
Good only saves when we feel lie must save
us, or we shall surely perish. The moment
we abandon hope in ourselves, the out
stretched arm delivers. by grace are yc
saved through faith. and that not of your
selves, it is The gift Of God; not OF works,
lest any man should boast" While we
struggle to achieve sclf-cxtrication f'om our
sins we, like the man in the morass, only
sink deeper and deeper. To be rescued ny
God, we must resign ourselves to God
1RcY. John Baird.
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South and West.

Ex-MAYoR W. W. CoTTRELL, of Key
West Fla, who a few weeks ago was
terror to tho officials and was finally driven
to Alabama, a fugitive from justice, was
shot and killed by Gerald, the Chief of
Police at Montgomery, Ala. Cottrell was
drunk and was arrested by the police. He
insulred the Chief and challenged him to
fight duel.
BLACK diphtheria is prevailing in an epi-
demic form in Cygnet, Ohio. The schools are
all closed, and business is practically sus-
pended in the town. A number of deaths
have occurred and many persons are leaving
the place.
GENERAL E. A. O'NE1LL, who was Gov
ernor of Alabama from 1882 to 1886, died
few days ago at his home in Florence, Ala.
He was State Solicitor in 1S4l and a member
of the Constitutional Convention of 1875.
During the war he rose to the rank of Briga-
dier-General in the Confederate army.
W1NsLow, a town of Pike County, Ind.
was totally burned. The houses were all
frame structures. Not one is left, and four
hundred people are homeless.
THE body Of Abraham Lincoln, Jr., was
deposited in the monument at Springfield,
III, alongside of that Of his grandfather.
Ex-Governor EDWARD A. O'NEAL died
at his home in Florence Ala, after an illness
of five weeks, from paralysis. Governor
ONeal served two terms as Governor OF Ala
bama.
A.C. EVANS, millionaire manufacturer
of Springfield, Ohio, after an escapade with
an actress in Cincinnati, ashamed to face his
friends, committed suicide by taking opium.
Early in this season he was manager Tor
Agnes Herndon, the actress.
Mrs. MARY KENT, colored. died at her
home in Moundsvile, W. Va, aged ia
years.
The boiler at the sawmill OF NJ. J. Wright
g. Son, near Magnolia, Miss, exploded, kill
ing two men and fatally injuring two others.
ATRAvELING Snowman at Birmingham,
Ala, designedly precipitated a panic among
a thousand children, in which many of the
little ones were horribly crushed and bruised.
IDA SNYDER was returning home from
church at Hanna, Ind, riding in buggy
with a female friend. Albert Shurt, dis
carded lover, met her, and shot Miss Snyder,
killing her almost instantly. Shurt then
killed himself.
The Oklahoma capital has been located at
Kingfisher.
A JURY at San Antonio, Texas awarded
Charles N. Briggs $50, 900 damages against
the Southern Pacific Road for the loss OF
leg.
AT a secret session of thu City Council
Of Brazil, Ind, Jacob Herr was dsposed as
Mayor for alleged ine5riety.
T. C. DAWSON, a prominent citizen of
Glenvilie, Ala, was shot and killed at a race
track in Columbus, Ga, by the Howard
Brothers, who accused Dawson OF having
| married and deserted their sister.
IT is officially announced that the Queen
and Crescent system, the line from Cincin-
matt to New Orleans, is to pass into the hands
of the officers of the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia Railroad, and that the
two systems arc to be operated under one
management.
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> Washington.

The amount Of AZ per cent. bonds re-
deemed under the circular Of October 8
makes q total to date OF 81, 052, 500.
MAJOR GENERAL ScHoFIELD made his an
nual report to the War Department on the
condition Of the army.
SECRETARY NOBLE refused Mayor Grants
second application for recount Of the popu-
lation Of New York City.
The members of the Beta Theta Pi Fra
ternity living in Washington and vicinity
had social reunion and dinner at the Shore
ham. A number of invite1 guests from the
University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins
University were present.
THE President appointed Harry H. Ben
cough to be pension agent at PittSburg
Penn, vice William Il. Barclay, resigned.
CAPTAIN n. M. BROOKS, of Virginia, has
been appointed Superintendent Of Foreign
Mails in the Postofice Department.
Mrs. MARGARET S. WATKINS, a clerk in
the general delivery branch of the Washing
ton City postoffice, was temporarily sus-
pended from her duties by order OF Pest
master-General Wanamaker, pending an ILL.,
vestigation for alleged offensive language to
Richard Quay, son of Senator Quay.
ACTING ADJUTANT-GESERAL CHAUNcEY
NCkEEVER, III MS annudl report, say IuaC
the desertions from the Army last year were
4S9 less in number than in the preceding
year, and the percentage, as compared with
the enlisted strength, was reduced from
eleven to nine per cent.
MAJOR DAVID B. MckIBBES, United
States Army, died at the Garfield Hospital,
Washington, few days ago. He suffered a
long time from q cancerouS aHectlon OF tue
throat.
DoN FREDERICK VoL1o, Charged, Atalres
of the Costa Rican Legation, and Actlng
Minister for some months past died III MS
rooms at the Elsmere, in Washington, OF
pneumonia, after an illness of five days.
THE funeral of Senor Don FREDERICK VolIo,
Charge d'Affairs of the Costa Rica Govern
ment in this country, took place His BODY
was taken to st. Matthews Church by ten
sailors. preceded by the Marine Band, and
escorted by the entire diplomatic corps in
full dress and two detaehments of cavalry.
Never in the history of the diplomatlc SER
vice of the United states has so much pomp
been shown at the funeral Of the repressn-
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RELIGIOUS READING.

TRUST.
A picture memory brings to me:
] look across the years and SEQ
Myself beside my mothers knee.
feel the gentle hand restrain
Ny selfish moods, and know again
A child's blind sense ofwrong and pain.
But wiser now, man gray grown.
My childhood's needs are better known,
My mothers Christening love l own.
Gray grown, but In our Fathers sight
A child still cropping for the light
To read his works and ways Alright.
I bow myself beneath his hand;
The pain itself for good was planned;
I trust but cannot understand.
I fondly dream its needs must be,
That rs my mother dealt with me,
So with His children dealeth He.
I wait and trust. the end'wlll provo
That here and there, below, above,
The Christening heals, the pain Is love.
~. G.. Whittier.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

Mrs. BARBARA LAMPRECHT, evidently II
sane cut the throat Of two Of her children
Philadelphia, Penn, with a large butohe
knile and then cut her own.
THREE mills belonging to the J. b
Williams Company Of Glastonbury, Conn:
were entirely destroyed by fire. The loss
placed at 100000.
The Wells Grain Elevator was burned II
Buffalo, N. Y, causing loss of $780, 600.
DANIEL TAYLOR and Samuel Reigel wer
instantly killed and William Petit wa
fatally injured by falling wall at Doyles
town, Penn. The accident occurred at tn
large new mill being erected by SwarthI
Brothers & Co.
The striking salesmen of the six larg
clothing stores of Pittsburg. Penn, won thei
strike. The firms conceded the demands o1
the salesnen for shorter hours. The mel
who took the strikers places will be dis
charged.
Mrs. A. A. MCPHERSON, of Bangor, Me-
while out shooting with her husband was IN
stantly killed by the accidental discharge OF
her rifle.
One man was killed and four seriously
burned by an exploding shell at Fort Wads
worth, Staten Island, N. Y.
THOMAS HARPER, President and Treasurer
of the Harper Brothers Company, manu-
facturers Of decorated lamps and lamp
shades, New York City, and William Harper
manager of the factory, have disappeared,
leaving debts reported to be from s2o,oVu
$4,000.
THE American Committee for the Relief
of Famine Sufferers in Ireland has tempor'
arily withdrawn its appeal.
A FREIGHT train and gravel train came
into collision at Eatontown, Nj, and anum'
ber of cars were wrecked, and two brakeman
were fatally injured.
HANNAH DEMON, one hundred and two
years and eleven months old, died few days
ago at South Dartmouth, Mass.
JAMES STRUTHEHs, an old member of the
New York Stock Exchange, dropped dead
on its floor during the excitement in the
market. His death stopped panic.
The reception given to the Irish Members
of Parliament in New York City was sue.
cess; s37, 900 was subscribed for the cause o.
Home Rule; speeches were made by MesSrs:
O'Brien, Dillon, OConnor, Sullivan and
Governor Hill.
A COLLISION between passenger tram
and construction occurred near Yarmouth,
Mass. No one was killed, but about fifteen
persons were bruised or scalded.
HoBoKEN, N. j.. is not satisfied with her
44OOO population announced as the Federal
census, and has begun preparations to'have
q police census taken at once.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY gave the first lecture
of his present American tour in New York
City. The Metropolitan Opera House was
crowded. The title that Mr.. Stanley gave to
the story he told was 'The Rescue Of Emin
Pacha; the Forests, Pigmies and March
Across Africa"
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NEVADA is getting on very we'll with
ont q Governor or Lieutenant Cover
nor, both of these officials having died,
and there being no provision for filling
tho vacancies until the next election.
Much has been said about the instabil'
ity of republics rs compared with mon
.rchies, but our republic, in its form
and the character Of the people, is such
that its Federal and State Governments
osn exist in security for IN indefinite
period without an official head-a con-
dition that has suddenly plunged strong
monarchies into anarchy and blood
nhad ..-
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LOVE N THE HOME.

Nothing can be more beautifl in the sight
of God than home circle where the Lord
reigns in the hearts of the members, and
where love for each other Is manifested In
looks and tones, but dreadful the home
marred by unkindness and chickering's. Fam
lily quarrels are the hardest to heal, the
most wretched to endure.
Daily tallnts and filings keep such wounds
open, until finally hatred for each other en-
sues in utter defiance of the terrible denun-
ciations of the Scripture against those who
cherish hate in the heart.
Love Is the keynote of heaven, and the
happy, loving home is the purest type of the
paradise above, where love and joy eternally
reign.-[Christian at Work.
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STORM IN GREAT BRITAIN.
A Yacht Wrecked and Viscounr
Cantelupe Drowned

Cantelupe Drowned
A heavy storm prevailed throughout
Great Britain and Ireland and much dam
age has been DONE The rain fell incessantly
and in many sections the country was
flooded. The downpour was accompanied
by high wind, and reports have been re-
csived of many houses being unroofed by
the gale The storm was especially severe
of shore kilograms from various points
along the coast state that an enor.
nous sea is running and that number OF
coasting vessels have been wrecked. Advices
from Belfast state thata report has been re-
ceived there that the yacht Frania. found
cred in Belfast Lough, and that its owner,
Viscount Cantelupe. wss drowned. Tho
crew was saved Viscount Cantelupe was
the eldest son AMI heir of Earl De LIE War;.
Viscount Csntelupe climbed the rigging
and cheerei the men for while, but the
cold was so bitter that he became benumbed
and was swept overheard.
At Liverpool and in the vicinity OF that
city the storm ragged with terrific fury. The
damagei in that section is great. The Aintree
race meeting has been postponed In con-
sequence of the storm.
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MURDERED 200 INFANTS.
The Chief Culprit Sentenced to Only
Three Years Imprisonment.

Inc Cnlcl CuipFit SehIehSCu ~ on'y
Three Years Imprisonment.
The trial of the midwife, Skibinska; her
married daughter, Nine. Manowska; the
lattsr's sister-in-law, and another woman, be-
sides two men, for the murder at Warsaw,
Poland, of 200 infants, has just been con-
cluded. It was brought out in evidence
that the children were never inferred singly,
but in order not to excite suspicion the con-
spirators waited until half dozen of the un-
fortunates had dad, when they were huddled
into the same coffin.
The accused were defended by seven adyo-
Gates, but all were found guilty. Skiblnska,
the chief culprit, was sentenced to three
years imprisonment while her accompllces
got shorter terms Against this leniency the
Public Prosecutor promptly appealed.
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tative of a foreign Government dying In
Washington.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MILLER has decided
that guessing contest" conducteo oy
newspaper is not violation OF tne An'i-
Lottery law.
TIE renort of the United States Signal
service Rureau was made public. The work
Of reorganizing the Signal Corps was begun.
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THE NEXT CONGRESS.
Senators and Representatives.
From the Various States.
The Farmers Alliance Elect
Twenty-three Members.

The following is tabulated comparison Of
the present with the next House of Repre-
sentatives as indicated by returns furnished
by tne Associated Press dispatches. The
Senate after March 4, 1891, will stand as fol-
lows, one seat from New Hampshire, being
on,ittad aS in douht.
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THE total assessment OF Montana last yea>
was little over S79, coo, 600. This year it is
s1O7, 900, 900 without the supplementary as
sessment which will bring the total to Sll9,-
OOO, 600, an increase Of $31, 600, 900 for tho
year. or nearly forty per cent.
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Should the next Presidensial election ~
any possibility be thrown into the House.
each State delegation would be entitled to
one vote and the political party having the
largest representation in the delegates would
control that vote. The following table shows
which party has q majority Of Representa-
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ICE brought to New York City lately from
Maine and Norway has been sold at auction
to Dealers for 81. .75 q ton, but for family use
the charge e stin at tho rese of $50 ton.
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The Western railroads are complain"
ing of lack of cars to do their I'M
mense business. At the same time the,
stockholders are complaining of lack
of dividend prospects. There seems
to be something rotten in the manage
ment OF the Western railroads.
AN English traveller in this country
has criticised our umbrellas as huge,
misshapen, bulky, discolored, wretched-
looking articles" This may be true,
but we have the advantage of not being
required to carry the article as much as
the critic would be in his own country.
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zaLL1.h-NOI'
The following table shows the number of
Farmers Alliance candidates elected, with
their party affiliations:
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TIE HOUSE BY DELEGATIONS.

Total elected. ............. .................
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THE FARMERS ALLIANCE.

Democratic majority ty..........."..... ...... Isl
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/''lS HE so SMALL AS THAT ~
We have no intention OF belittling Mr..
Harrison.
Being the President Of this glorious
Union We would, II possible, elevate Kim.
But as it is impossible to elevate the
range of vision for an object that lies
below the surface, SO It Is impossible to
simulate esteem for man for whom
there is only a feeling something short
Of contempt.
President Harrison Is not regarded
with contempt simply because, though
not great, a wise, nor an amiable man,
he has a-rigid sort of Incorporating
rectitude which Is neither oreditable to
the possessor nor beneficial to the world.
He has that sort of goodness which is OBJ
noxlous, obtrusive aud offensive, not
winsome and beautiful He frowns
steadily at the wickedness never smiles
at the beauty In the world.
But the most universal sentiment In
regard to Mr. Harrison is that Of rldcule.
Politicians hated and feared Cleveland.
but they did not ridcule him. There was
nothing small about Cleveland, not even
his collar nor waist band
A distinguished man had called at the
White House on important business
several tines, for an interview with
President Harrison, till he was
thoroughly exasperated whom the lackey
informed him on the fourth visit that
The President cannot be seen" "Ahp
replied the gentleman, rs he so small as
that"
II Is unfortunate for him, and humili-
ating to the country that such ridiculous
stories should be circulated connecting
President Harrison's name with Baby
Mckee, with Parson Scott. with the Cape
May Land Improvement Company, with
his grand-pop's hat and with other in.
cidents and persons which place him on
level with ex-President Hayes and his
hen coop.
President Harrisons eager haste to
sign the Mckinley bill without consider
ing it or without even reading it; his pres
ervation Of the pen as trophy, and his
less than common place message filed
with departmental rehash when there
were the two great subjects Of the tariff
and Force bill occupying the attention
Of the country, all show that the people
are not only willing to listen to ridicule
OF the President, but that there is an
abundance Of material at hand to make
ridicule possible and appropriate.
It is pity that President Of the
United States should be 80 small as
that.
There is still graver criticism than
this to make upon President Harrison
in his yielding to Qusy's demand to re-
ward Wanamsker, in his taking 50 many
rabid editors from their stools ia the Tan
ner, Porter, Raum and other bad sp-
pointments. These are not laughing
matters; they are fraught with dapeers
TO the service, humiliation ard injury to
the country.
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ON THURSDAY
THE EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY,
A. ID. 1891, At 2 O'Clock D. M.

1hh blGa LII DA1 Ot JAN Ah1t
A. ID. 1891, At 2 o'clock p. M,
At the County Court House will be sold at
public vendue the House and Lot known as
No. Pasture street, In the City Of Whining
ton, particularly, described as follows:
Beginning at point on the westerly side Of
Pasture street at the distance of two hundred
and ffty-two feet and ten inches
along said side Of Pasture street,
southwesterly, from the intersection of
the. southerly side of Twelfth street
aud said westerly side OF Pasture street:
thence westerly and at right angles with
Pasture street eighty feet more or le to a
corner In line OF Michael Doran's land.
thence southerly by said Doran's line and
parallel with Pasture street eighteen feet to
q corner, thence easterly and parallel with
the first described line and passing throu gh
"a centre Of the party division wall of the
mousse adjoining on the south, eighty feet
more or less to the aforesaid side of Pasture
street, and thence thereby n0rtherly
eighteen feet to the place OF beginning, be the
land and premises which Philip DcDoWell,
by indeLture bearing date the second day or
March, 1871, and recorded in the office for
recording of deeds, &c, for New Castle
county. Deed Record 3, vol. o, page $780, to
Patrick O'Donnell did convey in fee simple
and which the said Patrick O'Donnau by his
last Will and testament, dated the fourth day
~ april, 1881, and recorded In the office OF
the register OF Wills for said county, VIII
appears.
Attendance will be given and terms made
known by
PATRICK PLUNKETT, Trustee.
N by HERBERT II. WARD, his attorney.
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Steamboat navigation up the Delaware
will probably close this week.
The Nova Seotlan bark Sodium claara5
from the Jackson and Sharp Companv,s
shlpysrd yesterday for Philadelnbia
where she will be hauled out and re-
eaulked at the shipysrd of Cramp and
Son.
The British barkentine Morning Star
with sugar from Rio Grande del Norte
arrived at the Breakwater yesterday
badly damaged, having encountered the
recent tremendous hurricane. Her main.
sail and mainstay sail were gone and her
rigging wrecked.
The Italian bark Armonia put into the
breakwater yesterday in distress, and
CS2tain Jaseoso relates an awful expe.
rieucs with the hurricane. Every sail
was blown away and the masts and decks
were stripped. In one OF the SQUALLS
the bark was turned over.