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FINANCE AND TRADE.
Financial.
rxcHANan REVIEW.

EXCHANGE REVIEW.
NEW York, April 26.-Ths stock market to-
day displayed a marked improvement, and
while no material advances were scored in the
general list the cessation of the pressure to
sell and the uniform improvement in values
went q great way to restore confidence among
the smaller class of speculators The close was
fairly active and firm, at best prices of the day
Government bonds steady.
MONEY QUOTATIONS..
NEW YORK, April 2S.--Money on call easy;
closed offered at ~ per cent
Prime mercantile paper, 5@61s per cent
Sterling Exchnnge-Quiet, firm; 60-day
bills, A.65la; demand $3.50.
LONDON April 2s, 4 p. m.-Closing consols,
41.23L; do AS, 81 O3%.
Money-3ia04 per cent
BAR SILVER
New YORK, April 28,-Bar silver. per o.,
977sc
LONDON. April 2s.-Bar silver. AID. per
ounce tN
BAN FRANCISCO, April 2s.-Bar silver. 9e@
97c per ounce.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2s--Mexican dollars,
7754@76Ac.
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NEW YORK. April 2s.-Hops: Steady; Pacific
coast 25G32 :
Coffee Options closed dull and unchanged,
TO- 10 points up. Sales. 26,000 bags. April,
~ .3O017 .65; July. s17.OO@l7.55; August,
$16.95@17 l5: September, $16.4Ot016 As. Spot
Rio, firm; fair cargoes, 10000; No. 2, 17Q0
18szc.
Sugar-Raw, firm. Fair refining, 41Sc; centrif
ugals, 96 test, 3l&c: refined low grades quiet;
refined firm confectioners 4ss; cut loaf, 81;
COpper-Neglected: lake. Marc, h, 1875.
Lead-Dull Domestic, 81. i715.
Tin-Steady. Straits, 1906.
CHICAGO, April 2s.---Pork: Steady: cash,
$12; ;0ogl2;5On; May, $12.4O@12.60. July,
IL .971S(013. 90.
Lard Steady; cash, se7o@e.72; May, $500
Shoulders-s5 2O01o25.
Short clear-$6 650g$6. IS.
Short ribs-$6. .20@6.25
CHICAGO, April 2S. S.-Whiskey-$1.18.
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Wholesale Meat Market

corrected daily by s. Maier, lao North. Spring
street,.
FRESH MEATs-Following are the rates for
whole carcasses from slaugterers to dealers:
BEEF-First quality, 5c: second quality, to
41fc; third quality. to 4l3c per lb.
VEAL--Quotablea at to &c for large and 2 to
10c per lb. for small.
MUTToN-Quotable at 6(07c per lb
LAMB-Quotable at to 10c per ID.
PoRK-Live hogs on foot, grain fed, medium,
4 to 411c; dressed, 2 to &c per lb
WooL-Spring clip, -
HAMs-Rex, 1874; Crown, Az; Lily, 1415.
BAcoS-Rex, 11H; Crown, 12L5; Lily, 12L.
LARD-Refned 3s, w; IS, 81; los, 81: Sos,
81; tierces, &c; pure leaf, l215; higher all
around.
DRIED BEEF HAMs-13c.
SALT PORK--1Oc.
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LOS ANGELES LOCAL MARKETS.
The following report is corrected daily:

The following report Is corrected daily:
FLouR-L. A.: xxx, patent roller. asked,
Grown, $780, sperry, s5. 90. ''''
MILL FEED-Crackedc corn asked, 81 so; Crack
50 BY the sack Rolled barley asked
and barley, s1.s0: wheat, No. /. 81. 80; No. 2,
H.70 per 100 lbs feed meal, $1.6O; bran,
Niqo; shorts sl1o sn Small ho%opy g.
R; B., si5 90; Alfalfa, W; B, sia,to sls; Wheat,
PoraToEs~Eariy Rose, L. A., asked. 81 90 to
$l.25; Early Rose, northern, asked, 81 90 to
$l.25; Peerless, asked, 81. 25; Oregon Burbank,
81 90; River Red, asked, 81 .1O
SWEET FoTAToEs-Y elbow, asked, $50; Red
and white. asked, 81 90.
$3.50 a box; Apples, Its tos225.
.BuTTER---Fancy roll, per roll, asked, 3O@35c.;
roll, asked a71sc; Mixed Store, asked. 1S@abc.
1sc; Small "a hand asked i4c; Eastern Eastern
EGGs.-Fresh, bid ITO.
PoULTRY,..Hens. No. l, per dozen, s4 500
800, asked $4.50@5 90; old roosters, per dozen,
so broers aEs psr SS1sn s
en-, $500 to $3.50; turkeys, per pound,
bid Sc oo, asked So. So: ducks small per dozen,
bid $500, asked 800; geese, each, bid 81 90,
asked $1.25.
LIVE STOCK. Live hogs, bid -, asked
4.25.
HONEY. bid --, asked &c; am
Der, bid ---. asked 5lac; comb. bid --,
asked 12}1c; beeswax, bid --, asked 2211c.
ONIoNs.-6c per pound.
VEGETABLES (mixed). -Chiles, string of 5l5
IDS se9 6ld a.. asked sl00; 90 garlic bid
60c ,1 A
BEANS AND DRIED PEAs.-Pink, No. 1. bid
-, asked $2:75; pink, No. l, weavely, bid
asked 25; bayous, bid ---, asked
sno oH od Lima bid asked .s asked s nadS aSo :vd Lima ma
-, asked IS 90; Garavancos, bid 49,
asked 81. 90; Green Faile peas, bid --, asked
$500; Navy, bid -, asked $3.50: job lots,
No l. bid --, asked $500; job lots, No. 2.
bid, asked $2.75.
RAIsiNs.-Layers,, asked $3.50; ex.London
LAYERS, new, $500; loose muscatels, 81 35; blue
raisins, Be; dried grapes, 4c.
OATs:-Surprise, bid, asked. 1925
2, bid, -. asked 81. 90.
BARLEY.-Feed, No. l, new bid, 81 IL, asked,
$1.25
CoaN.-Large yellow, carload. lots, bid
$1.1711z asked, 81 .25; Egyptian, bid, -, ask
ed' q 90; sss5 smell yellow carload lois, bid
DRIED FRUITS. Peaches, 8. D. No. !, bid,
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-, asked, 50. 10; peaches, s. D. No. 2, bid,
-, asked, $O.USl Peaches, 8. d. peeled,
bid, , asked, $O.25; Pitted Plums bid.
-, asked, 50. II; pitted Plums, evaporated,
bid, ---, asked, 20. ls; blackberrfes, bid,
-, asked, 80. IS; prunes, California French,
bid, - asked, 1910; apricots, bid, -,
NUTs-Walnuts. new, so. 0S; peanuts, Cal
almonds, S. s., s016: Almonds. H s., 50 10.
APPLES. Es.-Evaporated, asked, so il; Hunts's
Alden, 20. IA; sun dried, $0. 10; sun dried,
ouartered. "a .O8.
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NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

COUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAILWAY COM
- pany-The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Southern California Railway
Company will be held at the Office of the COM
pany, in the city of Los Angeles, on Thursday.
May IA, 1891, at 10 O'Clock am, to elect q
board Of directors for the ensuing year, and to
transact such other business as may properly
oome before the meeting.
FRANK H. PATTEE, Assistant Secretary.
Los Angeles. CAL, April rs, 1891. 4-26 I'd
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MEDICAL,
MEDICAL.
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PRIVATE diseases Of men and women, gon-
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kidney troubles, weak bsck, burning urine,
catarrh of bladder, variococele, orchitis, en-
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CEYUAL weakness, ispermatorrhcna night or
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headache, defective memory, nervousness, inn
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STOMACH diseases belching Of wind, bad
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palpftation of heart, bloating after eating sal
low complexion, wateTbrash, heartburn, and all
durable diseases OF stomach. liver and bowels
treated skillfully and successfully at Dr.White's
Dispensary.
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yerse-desire 10 be alone: If your memory is
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REMARKABLE SUCCESS. DR.. White
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consult in confidence.
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3-29tf 1873 North Main Street.
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ChIcago Grain Market.


CHICAGO, April %. Wheat today was lower
}1@1c, ductuated, declined 1H@2c more, re-
covered X, receded a and closed 11S@116 low
er. The market was largely controlled by al
ternate buying and selling by bears. though ca
bles were weaker and crop prospects fine.
Receipts, $4,000 bushels; shipments 621,.
600 bushels.
CHICAGO. April 28.-Ciose: Wheat steady
Cash, H.O001 ,03l4; May, $1.O1O1. .OS1s: July,
1.06tS.
Corn--steady: cash, eo@76; May, COG
65lz; July, 62@63LS
46H. ~
Rye Dull; 82x
Barley Steady, 75@7sc.
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS
SAN Francisco, April 2S.-wheat easier
buyer season, $l,76l4; buyer, 81, $l.77; sea
son, 81, after August LIST, $l.65.
Barley-Weak; buyer, season, $1.1s, buy
err 81, after August LIST, $1.43; season, 81,
N.11L.
Corn-1. 50@1 .b5.
LIVERPOOL, April 2s.-Wheat: In fair de.
mand. Kansas wiater firm, SIS 711d per GENITAL,
firm.
cures. Spot, Is AID per GENITAL, easy; April,
6s Sd, slrong May, 6s I'd, easy; June.
Us 11ad, steady.
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orHER gRAIrrAnnnrs
General Markets,

NEW YORK, April 2s.-Petroleum May closed
at 67s4
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FIVE CENTS A line
FINANCIAL.


DACIFIG LOAN COMPANY-LOANS MONEY
L in any amounts on all kinds OF personal
without removal, diamonds. jewelry, sealskins,
bicycles, horses, carriages libraries or any prop
erty of value; also on furniture, merchandises
money without delay: private offices for con-
sultation; will call if desired; w. K. DEGKOOIs
Manager, rooms IA and Is, No. 12411 South
Spring st. m3O
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FOR SALE.

dor SALE-ALL UNREDEEMED PLEDGES
IL pledged on or before October 27, 1890.
will be sold to- the highest bidder at 3O6 N.
Main ST., May 2. 1891. B. FANTA. 4-28 1t
ENOR SALE OR TRADE-A SAIL BOAT, %
u by z feet, cheap. Gas s. Lyell ST., East Los
Angeles. 4.257t
EOR SALE-CORNER GROCERY WITH AN
II established trade in the most populous
part OF the city; owner desires to retire; an ex-
perienced groceryman can get a bargain. Ad-
dress 469 Turner st. 44N
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SPECIAL NOTICE,

DIONEER CARPET CLEANING WORKS
i Carpets taken up, cleaned and relayed; sahs-
faction guaranteed. ROBT. SHARP, Prop, J. F.
Seventh st. 4-5Im
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SPECIAIISTa.

DELLEVUE LY1NG-IN HOSPITAL is NOW
~ open, under the management of Mrs Dr. j.
a. smith. Patients can have their choice vt
physicians, and the best of care is given, Mid
wifery specially las Bellevue ave- m2stt
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THE STALLION GOLDNUT, SON OF NUT
u wood, will stand Friday and Saturday at
Requena stables, Requena street; the bal
ance of the time at San Bernsrdino avenue, near
Agricultural park. DOC WILLIAMS, Prop'r
t 4-12 I'm
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g. When did the ilrst steamer cross the Atlantic? ?
Myrtle v. Brake.
Z. Who has been called the most perfect charac-
ter ina French history f-EirA V. Stockton
3 What i the Longest railway In the world ex-
tending east and wcste-EIma Armstrong.
BIBLE BRIGADE.
writer on the Holy Land saws. "The water
iinkles into the pool Of Shiloah so softly that it
cannot be heard" thus confirming the accuracy Of
description Of the prophet Isaiah chapter = verse
feleg was the great great great grandson OF
Noah. The Rame signifies division
Julian. who succeeded tonsiiue "a Emperor OF
Rome, undertook 20 rebuild the temple at JeTu-
salem. A. D. $685. bus was stopped by an earthquake
and balls OF Gre.
The first battle named In Scripture was IN the
valley Of Sddim, kriownHs the Battle Of tho Kings
i. WHAT false prophet was stricken blind when
Paul was preaching at PaphOs, and why MAY B.
Chapman.
?. Where docs The Bible speak of "wIse
ladies " P-F. f. Gallup.
,. Who received ami concealed the spies sent by
joshua TO view the land and city Of Jericho f-E
A. Thompson.
4. Who was Lydia?-Helen T. C. Norton.
3. Where booths first spoken of in the Biblei-
Lewis burst.
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BRAIN-RACKERS.

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No. OF 1HE NATIOSAI TRIBUNE IN which the puzzle
l. foHnd Ans~ers Of gucssers may be forwarded
within week AFTER receiving this TRIBUNE. Do not
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Answers must accompany all puzzles forwarded.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN TRIBUNE JAN. /.
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Remember me when far away
Remember me at dawn Of day;
And when 10 God you bend your knee.
then, dear q. C., remember me.
Supposition-
II you should stray
Into this Club some future day
Perchance il members each apart
Would half betray their sincere hearts,
Aud say, their faces all Hgiow,
We love you better than YOU know
RbymiIg EnigmI-Lyc.
Famous tOmpOscr-Louis Van Beethoven.
Hidden Observation-Disclosures. butteTcup. dan
deloin. swectwiiiiam, csinnEs, primrose, pepper
mint, cainip. mUrning-glury.
Ancient Magic Word-Abracadabra.
A Little Gamt-Arthur l.. Yakey.
AN ELEVATED DIAMOND.
]. A consonant. 2. A robber. g. Funeral piles.
T. wall. 5 4 railroad station. 6. TO place. Z.
Kate warthen, Syracuse, Kan.
TAEGLE FOR c. C.
III oyu twna OF "a kwo twaiis nogi, no drnoau ruo
ciapa yic, ius draa net nuiltaan rbienni dan loas
het e. C,-Lizzie EekeTt, Hastings, Mimi.
A FAMILIAR QUOTATION.
am composed of p letters and am n familiar
-
Ny 20, II, p q. /, kind Of people.
4 ;, 49, II. is, a wild animal.
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10, ,, 9, 10, 10 desire.
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DATE PUZZLE.
My whole Il "A date which artisans and many
others anticipate with much interest
Ny frs. is one-ha!f Of my fourth; my fourth is
onc-fOuTth Of my second.
Ny third equals my first, Plus my second.
My iirst ana fourth equals ons-thiTd OF my third.
hy third minus my fourth, equals my second,
minus my first
Ny second, plus my fourth, equals my first, plus
mythlTd.-Agnes LOraine Walker, Pompey Center
n. Y.
FAvOEITE MOTTO.
To THE &C
In Media PIymPion. Of the Keystone state;
Julius w. Gogarn, whose Why's" take the
Gilbert y. Edmoadson, n lawyer great;
Josh III. Morton. true blue g. g.;
Nora OilOm NeetiDm. ho often visits me;
Nina Yates, pOei-ss TO be-;
Rae q. HAYS, musician fine;
Flora D. White. from the state Of pine;
Amos l.. Seaman, who keeps us la line.
Lille A. Smith, Columbus, o.
LOVED ny ALL.
Ito The PsieranE)
Take nothing of ours bat the third OF yours,
The third of first aud first OF cures
The second Of moon and center Of sun,
The fourth OF pound md first OF ton;
Second Of present and first Of yoro,
In the dark day, Of the civil war
My whole was saved 10y tile boys in blue
And is dearly lOgrd 10y patriots true.
Ellie Il. iLarshbarger, VinGnd, Kan.
SCIENTIFIC PDssIBILITY.
l, o i the ailnusphere;
G.. s. II. 9. 10 msans odd
&C. 3. % b "A river ia Italy;
i IS. 10. y, 2is ayegeiabie production Of
Mexico:
z. 2 is an Indian tribe;
IL, -, u. 9. saint COiumbA's retreat"
Island 81 IoaiH.
Whole j. q sc.eu; o. possibility.
r. Marshall Smith, Box %, Carmi III.
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ALICEL SuAuGER.

Walter NiiN- Verona, No. Dr. amenIbero OF Camp
o. ~ 81 ", DIVISION of Missouri Die b. n years of
age. hR- blacz hair aud dark eyes farmer. and
nember 81 tle Baptist Church fond Of music,
books and tlls g. O.
Alice J.. 1HuuEer,' BoOuton. NJ j., D. a daughter
81 q veteran oi the 1th Nj. Art sine was born Iu
1853 hah brown hair aud eyes hight five feet three
1ncnes; Fc9sht, 800 pounds aud De- called good
looking. She hus been mrniber of n. u. q. a..
elnce 1861 Size b. fond OF music, flowers and good
lteraiuIs. D. au active, earnest and faithful worker
in Hle u. p Hnfch, and greatly Interested in her
Sunday school class.
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LOYAL HOMEWORKERS

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references required of new members desiring
corrcspondence.
a. a. photographs and sketches must accompany
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The G C. Gunrds T. a band ~ tse C. g. organized
at Boston ug. ~ 1890 for mutual benefit and the
more practical enforcement Of the principles Of
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pledged. Following b. the form of application 60
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Gospel, OF other reliable person
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THos. Y. MARTIN. Chairman,
BoN BAG. Clinton, hln.s.
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AMOS j.. SEAMAN, Adjutaut-Geu 81. Louis,
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When Baby was sick, We gave her Castorm.
When she was a Child, she cried for CastoriA
When she became Miss, she chung 70 castorin.
When she lad Children, she gave them Castor,a.
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form wives of facts which would disquiet
annoy, or anger them.
2. Swearing should be avoided. Says Jczo-
bel, 81 So let the gods TO me, etc, it," etc. Such
expressions as " May / die IT, ETC.; I hope I
may die. etc, if" etc; NAY God strike me
dead, it," etc, should be summed. Jezs5ePs
oath called for her death By sword when ana
bic to sIay Elijah. Had the gods taken her at
her word she would have been a corpse in %
hours.
3. Be persistent. It was in bad cause that
Jezsbel struck out" and for that reason sho
was evil. Always give up when 10 is clear you
are in the wrong. But persistence on the
wrong side is senseless, unwise and impolitic
on the long run. Would persons were as set
on doing good az the evil generally are in their
wrong courses. Elijah'5 scurry Co run OF Hthe
more emphasized by Jezebel5 determination
not % give Up beaten. JcZebe bold AID def
ant, while Gods prophet is bianchcd, trembling,
afraid. Shame on Elijah for bis cowafdice I'M
manIiness. And even now how SIN holds out
IN this world while Christianity often hats.
Evil is frequently bold while purity apologies.
4. BE not uneqUally yOked together ia mar
rage Ahab's trouble came from his heather
matrimonial alliance. WO to an Ahab when he
WEEDS Jezsbcl.
.. Women have great influence and should
exert it for good. Wives should try to stir
their husbands up 10 righteous action.
o. Husbands having evil wives, must be firm
in holiness. They must not give up their re-
lgiOn because their companions in Maria
are irreligiOus
III. ELIJAH UNDER THE JUNIPER Tree.
/. Data.
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SUNDAY MEDITATION.

Practical Duties Taught bT StadT Of the later.
national Sunday-scHoal Lesson Appointed for
Feb. !, 1891. / Ki., bills.
Zone reading these notes should first carefully
study the paragraph fTOm the Holy Scriptures "a
Indicated aBoyel
SUBJECTS: j. ELIJAH AT BEER-sHEBA. IL.
ELIJAH UNDER THE JUNIPER TREE. III.
ELIJAH AT HOREB.
J. ELIJAH Co.'s TO BEER-sHEBA.
!. Preliminary.
Elijah, Ahab and JeZebel are representative
characters. and so become profitable studies.
Though they lived - centuries ago, they play
part in the affairs of to-day.
Like good husband Ahab on reaching
home, tells his wife the news Of the day-hoy
that trial, as 10 whom is the true God, had
been made, by means Of two affairs, with sacri-
fees, the decision depending on which object
OF worship should answer by burning up the
sacrifice; that Baal failed; that the $50 priests
OF tine established religion were executed, and
that Elijah prayed and rain descended It
would seem Ahab told the story with maI-pre-
pcnse, making il harmful as possible to Elijah.
No cuPhemiSns were used. No effort was
made TO soften the impression il would have
on the Queens mind. In a blunt way he said
Elijah killed the prophets. They were the
pets OF Jczcbel.
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- IITNF
XII, 10: l-3. Compare 10: 10.
3. Time.

See under Time in last weeks lesson. The
threat that rain would cease was uttered b. C.
$40. The drought lasted three years and six
months. (St. james, 5:l7) We date b. c.
9O6. Jezebels threat 10 take the life Of Elijah
was spoken probably only little after the slay-
ing of the prophets Of Baal. rs: 40l We may
suppose, following all the events Of the day.
that the messenger from Jezebel reached Eli.
jah nj 10 p. m. Of the same day Us the
slaughter OF the prophets.
L. Place.
The Capital was Samaria. There was proba-
bly, Summer residence or palace at Jezreel.
From Is: 80 we find that both Elijah and Ahab
went 10 Jezreel. Jezebel was probably there
Egah seemingly put up somewhere in that
place. it was in the territory of the tribe of
issarhar.
ieer-sheeha was in the tribe Of Judah, 90
miles south Of Jezreel. IL was in the neighbor-
ho0c Of the desert Of Zh. Elijah probably
passed through SamaTia and Judah.
;. Je-ebd
The Queen Consort was daughter of the King
of the Zldonians. u6:3I.) Children resemble
parents. Jezebels father got his throne through
murder. Never, before Ahab married Jezebel,
did King of Israel 20 so far in idOlatry as 20
form matrimonial alliance with Canaanite
Besides descending from a murderer, the
worship of JeZebel had been depraving. She
eould not pay deyotlOnsl To AstaTte without be-
coming cruel. The Phgneian worship was
impure and tended 10 make dovotees blood.
thirsty. And we remember she was no luke
warm follower Of BlaFs associate, Astarte. She
was revengeful, hateful, heartless. Reading
is: ~, %, we find that the prophets of the
groves, 400 IN number, mentioned in verse 10,
were not slain. 10 Is thought most of the 40
prophets put 70 death by Elijah tlS: 4O) were
Phpnician, Of the very nation whence Jezebel
came. So much the more was she enragcd.
PhUnieiau Juno comes down like night.
What ire!
" woman's anger burns with awful light
When YOU are ln tie wrong. she la the right;
But. OH! wlIHt llghtHngs dat,ilier wrath pTolong
When you are Ia the right, she Ira the wrong +"
Naturally excitabls and cruel, all her rage is
inaamed. Had she been present at Mt Carmel
aud seen all the particulars, she might have
been more Modified. Aud. then, Elijah, after
such days deeds, presumed 10 enter the city
OF Jezreel and 20 put up near the palace!
We are reminded OF Satan as pictured by
Milton, who possessed
UnO1nqueFable will,
And study Of revenge. immortal hate
Aud courage never To submit nor yield.
1t is evident Jezebel was not present at the