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expansion eo-extensive with the limits of the
country, and for
COMMANDING AN INFLUENCE

expansion eO-extensive with the limits Of the
country, and for
COMMANDING AN INFLUENCE
commensurate with such growth, there Is no
reason why the Lutheran Church should not
at an early day become the most powerful
Evangelical body in che land, IL she Is cor
respondingly in earnest astiT and aggressive.
And evidence of vigorous life and enthusi-
astic activity abound. Not less than 1900
ministerial candidates are now in various stages
Of preparation. and more than 1000 mission
aries, most of them without dependence upon
financial assistance, missionary work being
Joined 10 their regular parOchiai duties, are
planting new churches in almost every city
and town between the Atlantic and Pacific
An average of $50 new churches are erected
annually. and it is a question whether the
Lutherans do not even now reach with the
ministratiOns Of the Gospel more people than
any other denomination does. The number Of
their adherents in this country has been placed
as high as 100000 souls
There are drawbacks and elements Of weak
ness elOuding this encouraging outlook, but
the surest pledge Of overcoming them is the
general consciousness Of their existence. Nor
let 1t be thought that the activity spoken Of Is
directed exclusively toward sectarian propa-
gandism. The hearty appreciation Of the
humanity inculcated by the Gospel has deyel-
oped a jealous interest in the care Of the
fatherless and generous provision for the
afflicted. Though by no means the wealthiest
denomination, the support of some 30 orphan
ages by the Lutheran Church gives her the
palm in this noblest form Of Christian charity.
Here, then, is 3 community Of vast numbers,
possessed OF a clear and complete faith, charac-
terized by obstinate convictions, by conserva-
tive habits, by intelligence in religious truth,
by strict care for the young glOrying in
the consciousness of a divine redemption,
equipped with the panOply Of an army which,
while it contends for institutions and princi-
pies which have come from Heaven, contends
with weapons adapted to our people and our
age; and if there is less noise and less demon
stratiOn in its battle than in that Of some
others, it is because Of its assured conviction
Of having the truth, and its reliance upon the
"feste Burg" the eternal God, who has fore
ordained the victory to those who are faithful
to the truth
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The Glrl VINO Teaches.

Sound health is a prime necessity for any
worker IN the world, no matter what the line
Of work may be- but il becomes Of the greatest
importance IL the work is 10 be carried on in
the schOOlrOom, writes Caroline g. ye Row, in
the Ladies Home Journal There not only the
physical but the nervous and mental forces are
taxed 10 their utmost. The young graduate
has hitherto gone 70 school 20 sit comfortably al
her desk, 10 stand occasionally for recitations
70 use her voice but little, 10 have constant
variety IN her work, TO enjoy her recess with
perfect freedom aud In congenial companion
ship. As a teacher she goes 10 school % stand
upon her feet all day long; 20 use her voice
inccssanuy pUrhGps too, In large room filed
with the tumult Of the street; 20 keep noisy,
and, very likely, rebelli0us and ds0bodient
children not only quiet but interested. and 10
spend the recess in care Of them IN the halls
and the yard. Besides this, she is TO stimulate
their brains, and certain amount Of time
usually prescribed by board Of education, the
members Of which know little Of the capacity
and possibilities 0f the youthful minds allot-
ted her, 10 which she must, somehow or other
succeed IN teaching them a certain number Of
factsi no allowance being made f0r tho slow
mess, stupidity, or disorder which increases the
friction " tho work and delays the doing. No
matter how complete the education, or how
enthusiastic the spirit, the power for physical
endurance Is absolutely necessary.
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Our Country Roads.


"Our country-folk wallow in the mire OF
their ways, pay excessive tolls, endure, In word,
a grinding taxation, generation after genera
tiOn, without approaching the burden which
rests upon them" Professor Shaler who wrote
the statement quoted, said in the same article,
If we take the misapplied expenses Of our
country ways, IL We count at the same time the
mere social disadvantages which they bring to
the people, il is probable that the sum Of the
roadtax is greater than that Of our ordinary
taxation"
II would be waste of space 10 attempt TO
prove that the common country roads are as q
very general thing in this country as bad as they
can be. They are so generally bad, iHdeed
that i have met native born Americans, who
had never travelled abroad, who could rot be
brought TO believe that good roads were pOssi-
bic. The common roads are at once the means
and the measure Of civilization. Such being
the fact, 10 seems little strange that we who
bOast that our civilization is Of higher type
than that Of any other people should have worse
roads than any other country enjoying stable
government. 10 may be that our bad roads are
due TO a weakness Of our communal system Just
at this point and it may be that our industrial
progress has been so rapid that we have not
had time 10 give proper attention to other high
ways than the railroads and watercOurses.
Whatever has been the cause, we have long
been paying a very heavy penalty for this
neglect. and at this time. in many parts
Of the East at least, this tax upon agriculture
Is so great that the farmers are getting behind
more and more every year and are generally
dissatisfied. And, moreover, very few Of them
know what Is the chief cause of this lack Of
prosperity. They have never had good roads.
nor did their fathers and grandfathers. They
decline to look at home for either the cause or
the remedy. but seem satisfied to believe that
tho RAILROAD mOnOpOlies" have done all this
damage to their industry.
Fortunately, however, many OF the best and
most active men in the country are keenly
alive to the Importance Of improving our coun-
try roads. and IN several States such laws have
been passed as will enable any enterprising
County to build good hard BIacadam or Tel
ford roads. Such roads properly built can be
kept in order without much expense, and if
they are not neglected they get better with age
The work, however, of making such roads is
so expensive in the first instance that few
Counties or Townships feel able to undertake
any large or comprehensive system Of road
improvement Of this character. In several
States an effort is being made TO have each
State build the roads in the first place, and, for
q time at least, maintain them.
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Preparations for Winter Jouruey in Siberia.

Our equipment for this long and difficult
journey consisted Of q strOngly-buit pqUOsEa
or seatless trayeling-slo with low runners,
wide Outriggers, and sort Of carriage-top which
could be closed with leather curtain in stormy
weather; very heavy sheepskin bag six feet
wide and nine feet long in which we could both
lilo side by side at full length eight or ten pill
lows and cushions Of various sizes to fill up
chinks in the mass Of baggage and to break the
force Of the jolting on rough roads; three over
coats apiece Of soft shaggy sheepskin 20 graded
in size and weight that we could adapt ourselves
to any temperature from the freezing point to
80 degrees below; very long and heavy felt
boots known in Siberia as raLiiHki fur caps
mittens, and small quantity of provisions, con-
sisting chiefly Of tea, sugar, bread, condensed
milk, boiled ham, frozen soup in cakes, and q
couple of roasted grouse. After having packed
our heavy baggage as carefully as possible in
the bottom Of the pavOska, so as 70 make
comparatively smooth and level foundation we
stuffed the interstices with pillows and cushions;
covered the somewhat lumpy surface to a depth
of 10 or II inches with straw; spread down
over all our spare oyercOats, blankets and the
big sheepskin bag; slowed away the bread,
boiled ham, and roast grouse in the straw,
where we could sit on them and thus protect
them 10 some extent from the intense cold; and
finally, filled the whole back of the pavOska with
pillows. A temperature of 40 degrees below
zero will turn a boiled ham into a substance
that is as useless for edible purposes as the IA
nous chunk Of old red sandstone" " from Table
Mountain. You can neither cut 10, gnaW il, nor
break il in pieces with a sledge- hammer; and
unless you have facilities for thawing it out, and
time enough to waste in that way, you can no
more get nOurishment from it than you could
get beef tea from a paleozOic fossil. Having
learned this fact from sad experience, Mr. Frost
and / were accustomed to put articles of food
that contained moisture either under Us or into
the sheepskin bag between US, where they
would not freeze so hard. At 10 o'clock Friday
morning all was in readiness for a start, and as
soon as the driver came with the horses from
the post station We sang Home, Sweet Home"
as prelude to the next act, wrapped up the
banjo carefully in q soft rug and put it behind
our pillows, took seats in the pavOska with our
feet aud legs thrust down into the eapacious
sheepskin bag, and rode away from the Hotel
Deko amid chorus Of goOd-bys and shouts of
May God grant you n safe jOurney!" from
the assembled crowd of servants and clerks.
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what Keeps Women Young.

woman is happy just in proportion as she
IS content, writes Edward w. Box, in the La
dies Home Journal The sun has a way OF
changing the spots upon which il shines Es-
pecially is this true Of our land, whore one is
up today and down tomorrow, and rice versa.
The wisest woman is she who trusts in a to-
morrow. but never looks for it. To sit down
and wish that this might be. that that would
be different, does woman no good. It does
her harm in that il makes her dissatisfied with
herself unpleasant to her friends, and makes
her old before her time. Happiness is not al
ways increased in proportion 20 enlarged sue
cess This may sound like an old saw, and
think it is, but there is a world Of wisdom in
many an old proverb just the same. Content
ment is a wonderful thing to cultivate. There
would be fewer premature-Old women in tho
world II It was given more Of trial and il be-
came more universal quality in womsnhOOd.
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A Colonel By Marriage.


A traveller Ia Texas says that be was riding
along cattle trail near the New Mexico line
when he met a rather pompous looking native
ol the region, who introduced himself as Col.
HIGGINS Of DEVILS River.
Wore you Colonel in the Confederate
army1" j asked.
No snh."
"On the Union side, thenP
NO sah; neyah WAS la no wah.h
Belong 10 The Texas RangersY"
81 No sab, DO not"
~ An, ] see. You command one Of the State
militia regimentsg"
No sab, don't. Don't know nothing
about soldering"
Where then, ala you get the rank Of Colo
neiYp
lsa Kuuncl by marriage, sah."
+" BY marriage! HOW's that?"
married the widow Of u Colonel, sab.
Kunnel Thompson, OF Waco"
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Takes 1000 people to buy DIR. sage's Catarrh
Remedy, at so cents a bottle, to make mp $500
One failure 10 cure would take the profit from
1000 sales. Its makers profess to cure "eold
in the head" and even chronic eatarFh, and If
they fail they pay 500 for their oyer-conf-
dence,-
Not in newspaper words but in hard cash /!
Think of what confidence it takes to put that
in the papers-and mean it.
Its makers believe in the remedy. Isn't it
worth trial? Isn't any trial preferable to
catarrhI
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Hoods SaPSapariiIa

aud Is gradually getting over these troubles. She
elinEs to Hoods. takes nothing else, and we be-
lieve IL will effect a complete cure"
Hoods Pllls-For the liver and bowels act
easily. yet slIieieul!y. Price sc.
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A Life Saved

Mr. George Raymond. ofsenaea Falls n. Y, Is q
pump setter in the employ Of Ramsay & Co. the
well known pump makers Of that place. He Is IA
member Of Ramsay Engine Co. He says:
Ny wife without doubt owes her life to Hoods
SsrsaParilla- few years ago she was at deaths
door, due TO blood poisoning. as physicians say.
pyaema. After everything else failed Hoods
SarSaparia brought her out Of the crisis all right
Since then she has suffered At times with numb
nee md headnehe but oonilnues lnLInn
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After all, the mild agencies are the best.
Perhaps they work more slowly, but they work
surely. DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are an
active agency, but quiet and mild. They're
sugar coated, easy to take, never shock nor de-
range the system, and half their power is the
mild way in which their work is done. Small
est, cheapest, easieet to take One n dose.
Twenty five cents vial. OF AL druggists.
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n NHIuFHI UruIh.
Puck.
Synic-Pity al these verse writer's can't be
strauglod like Auncroon.
Klnic-lI0W Was he stranrledp
Syuic-A grape-stOne ch0ked him.
kliuic-Ah! A grape stone. Well. that's
In the regular order Of things. These poets
mostly run 70 seed sooner or later, You know.
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AgOUNG PEOPLE would You earn sI5 10 so every
III week at HOmes We viii tell you now. Write as.
THE NOVELTY I. w. co. Oswego. y. Y.
Mention The National Tribune.
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LTHn EAiug position he at once advanced his
hEigaat wel 10 the front, driving In a strong
line o. .'.e eueny' sskirmishcrs attacking their
main body nt close quarters His mon suffered
severely 20 an attempt 10 plant battery in
desFlh fosit on. The brigade lost 23 Unlisted
mel i.i sad l20 enlisted men wounded.
rcgrH t.H z have not the names Of AN the
KILLED ahd wounded n the brigade. ] recall OF
my own regiment, however, tie following
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LEADING oFFICERs

tn tie Confederate societies of the city. At
Tbs time he look no more than so wears OF
age, and has = courteous salute aud lrieudly
Fcnl4i face Tor ai. aCQuaiutanccs.
lhr Fourth Brigade WAS in command OF
Brig. r.3cu. arnold Eizcy, aud was c0mp0scd Of
tle following regiments: The 18th Ga. 10Th
Va and kalness battery. The casualties were.
ddn. E1ay wounded the 18TH Ga. two rn-
listeu Wru killed sud ID wounded the l9th
VI, Liaut k ~ Mason wounded. with two
enlisted men killed. l3 wounded and one mis-.
ing AalHcs'. battery, two enlisted men killed
seven E.lHd,d, and eight missing.
Tho l1TCea 81 the enemy occupying their
right and opposed 10 the brirades of l,.,ls
fiahe. aud EJGlen were. the Seventh Brigad.
commanded BY Brg.-Gen. Isaac r. TrlmIle
composed o. iIo 10Th Ala. 2lst Ca. 10Th n iss
2lsl p g., and C0urtuey's battery. Tho casu-
allies amon9 the officer Of this brigade were.
18th hIH., Capt H. H. Hill aud Iieui. NJ m
Mills h..lcd. Lieut. H. c. Bfaiuard and A.
Mcintosh wounded and Lieut.. w. n. BERRY
missing; the slst Ca. Lieut. J. nj. Naek
klllei ihp btH Miss. Col. Canut poBsv and
Lieuls j. B. Coleman aud N. R Brown wound.
ed tHc 2ls' IN. g., Lieut. J.. q. Whilelock
wounded. lc total loss Ia this brigade was
l3- kiIlosl ANA wounded.
The Eighth Brigade, commanded by Brig-
6cn. lHy.o .or aud patton's Brigade commanded
J.. t.. y. M. Patton, were also Of the forces op.
posed ID 6lahcl aud Bohlon.
Returning 20 The consideration Of tho mart
takcr ay hi.roy's Brigade, that General main
talnsa 8. reputation rs
FIGHTING MuRoY.p
DTau skiing position he at once advanced his
hFgaaH Wel 10 the front, driving in a glrong
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a civilization rs is TO be found on the planet.
These people have had their training in the
best educational systems of the world, and
they have had eourse Of the soundest re-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-12

"Why do you ask? 1t is all yours now:
Not penny of it shall be taken from you. ="
II hate the money! cried Kitty. pas
siQnately. And you believe | could come
and cry because Of the loss of few paltry
thousands?"
why else should you grieYe?"
Have / no other troubles?'
'' fail to discover them, Miss Mortimer"
" Y on despise me" she said. You think
am vain, shallow, frivolous creature, in
capable of approaching nobleness in man."
He turned away in the dusk. and was
silent for moment.
Can it be that you wish to torture me?"
he said; that you delight in playing fast
and loose with the hearts of men? Have
you guessed that | love you against my will,
against my reason, and the convictions of
my nature? | have told it only to this" he
added, with a great emotion in his strong
voice, taking the bunch of wjthered forget
me-pots from his breast and kissing it.
Kitty gave cry that seemed to pierce the
depths of the forest.
And 1 must have loved you without
knowing it," she murmurcd.
When the two walked back to the hotel,
in the moonlight, Rose saw them with as
constituent. and ran to tell the other girls.
g suspect number thirteen has won after
all, said she, I" for Kitty looks as if she had
just surrendered to the enemy.
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A FAMILY OF SUICIDES.
tragic Events Recalled by a Desponden
Hatter's Rash Act,

Hatter's Rash Act.
George Kreuder tried to hang himself in
his rooms at $40 Springfield avenue, New
ark, recently, but was prevented by the
presence of mind of his seven-year-old STEP
daughter, Annie Huber. The attempt re-
calls a remarkable chain of suicides and
attempts at suicide by members OF the
family.
Last spring Mrs. Kreuder attempted to
commit suicide by soaking dozen boxes Of
matches in a cup of water and drinking the
mixture. Six weeks before her marriage to
hreuder her first husband. John Huber.
shot and killed himself The pistol
which he used was the same with which
before.
After the elder Huber's suicide about
FOUR years ago his widow married his
brother. who is now serving term in State
frlson Tor shooting at her form ambush.
kreuder is only q years old. He is
natter by trade. For few weeks past he
has been very much detected. He quarreled
with his wife and ordered her to 90 to bed.
she refused and then he mounted a chair.
drew from his pocket a rope with a moose
on one end of it, put his head into the moose
ana fastened the other end of the rope TO a
nook In the ceiling. Then he kicked away
the chair.
Mrs. k;euder was so horror stricken that
she could not interfere with the prepare
lions. When he swung from the hook, how
ever, she ran into the street screaming.
Little Annie had more presence of mind.
She picked up the overturned chair and
placed it again under her stepfather's feet.
lie rested on it, but was too weak to take
the rope from around his neck When no.
lcemen arrived he was unconscious, but he
soon revived.
When lie was arraigned before Justice
Prelsel yesterday his neck still bore the
mark OF the rope. He said he wanted to
die because his wife was unfaithful The
Justice discharged him and he went home
N. Y. Herald.
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SHIPPING INTELLIG NEE.
rive {.

WEDNESDAY, November IL.
| Stmr Tilamook. Hamm. AZ hours from Hueneme;
| produce, to Erlanger Il Galnger.
Stmr San Pedro, Hewitt. 80 hours from Tacoma;
Stmr w Elder. Lewis, 81 hours from Asto ria ;
mdse to X Co.
| Stmr Queen, Alexander, 80 hours from San Diego
| pass and mdse, to Goodall Perkins & Co.
Stmr Emily. Roberts, 81 hours from Coos Bay
| and way ports: pass and mdse to Never & ScSman'
Stmr Newport, Edwards, SO hours from Eel River:
| pass and mdse. TO Goodall. Perkins & Co.
Laadn pToee ae to oo ds1 from Moss
Stmr Cleone, Urry. 20 hours from Usal 225
NJ 1t lumber. to Pollard Il Dodge.
whai stmr orca, McGregor, II DAYS from Fox
Island 800 bbs oil, $4,000 lbs bone 800 lbs iyory
| ing Co.
Ship Alaska, Brannsu, IA days from Tacoma;
| 1000 tons coal, to p Co.
Ship Levi Burgess, Younggren, IL DAYS from
| Seattle; coal TO Oregon Imp Co.
Bark Sycamore, Moore. Is days from Port Gam.
| be lumber. to Pope & Talbot.
u Bark Tidal Wave; wilson, II days from Port
B6tn Monitor, Iverson AZ hours from Humboldt:
! lumber, sgingles and shakes. to Chas Nelson.
100 cord bark TO Higgins Collins
| Schr Maria + Smith, Rosendall, Is days from
| Tacoma; 4i5 M II lumber. to Hanson q Co
boidt: 100 NJ IT lumber. to order. Oakland direct.
sassey
sehr Daisy Rowe. Jorgensen. "a hours from
Bs ssr Lending; SaTs to HlggS S Collins
boldt; lumber. to Chas Nelson.
schr Reliance Christsnsen, Is hours from
| Rough and Ready; so eds wood. to A GiIbrlde.
Schr Confanza, Ark "A hours from HUMBOLDT;
130 NJ 1t lumber, to San Francisco Lumber Co.
! Ciearet.
WEDNESDAY, November II.
| Mic stmr Costa Rica, Mcintyre. Nanaimo; Duns-
| muir " Sons.
stmr Pomona, Leland. Wilmington; Goodall, Per-
| kins IL Co.
Stmr Columbia, Bolles. Astoria; Union Pacific
| Railway Co.
! Nc stmr Montserrat, Blackburn, Nanaimo; d
| o Blackburn.
Br ship Argonaut, Thomas. Queenstown: Balfour.
| Guthrie Il Co.
| Br ship Mistley Hall. Evans. Queenstown; Girvin,
| Baldwin A Eyre.
Ship Iroquos, Nlckels. Havre; McNear
Bark Forest t9een, Nelson, Honolulu; Williams,
| Dinond a Co.
Mex schr Churruca Romero, La Paz: Thannhau-
| ser & Co.
Sailed.
l. WEDNESDAY. November H.
| Townsend.