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! DRINKING AMONG WOMEN.

In ths City Court Of Brooklyn, recent
two wOnen were examined with the yiewj
havingtheir mental condition determined
a jury5 They have lived for several ye4
In thief own house In very comfortable q
cumstinces, having ample means Tor tn
suppoit. The legal proceedings thus cof
mencA concerning them were instituted
near Rlatives. whose testimony showed q
both listers have been confirmed drunka1|
for sWeral years aud that they are a
sufHaing from alcoholic demeutia. IN
whiL in the court IL was evident that tt|
wersunder the influence OF alcohol, and
not AXE in their surroundings. Some OF
neiehbors testified that they were seid(
soba. and that they frequently quarreiI
andthrew lamps and other missiles at et|
other, and have sometimes appeared 10
street but partially dressed. One OF
witnesses, physician, testified that on Ct
Ing at the house recently. he found one
ths sisters lying drunk under the bed,
m,ney and jewelry scattered on the hcI
Inyiew Of these facts, the jury, natural
erbugh, found that the sisters were inca
bb OF caring for themselves and OF lool
after their affairs. Legal guardians VIII
APPOINTED for the care Of their persons
enates. Thus does alcohol, improperly
dulged In, degrade and dethrone atiae nj
bod and womanhood. The right thing
al to do Is to wholly abstain from ifs uss|
National Advocate. .si
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SEVEN MECHANICS KILLED
A Misplaced Switch Caused a Dis
aster at West Milwaukee, Wis.

A Misplaced Switch Caused q Dis
aster at West Milwaukee, Wis.
The Watertown 'locap train ran into and
demolished the rear end OF train
loaded with employees Of the West Milwaukee
tWis.) shops OF the Chicago, Milwaukee and
ST. Paul Railroad, killing seven men and in
turing several others. The trains were moving
In the same direction, the workmens train
having Just 10 t the main track on a short
switch and strung itself out on track paraE
lei with the main line. The switchman,
Emil Bartel failed to turn the switch otter
the workr, ems train, and the local moment
later. passed or to the side track and tela-
scoped the rear car.
The sc en- men killed were terribly man
gled. The - ,gineer of the local reversed his
machine, but not soon enough to avert the
disaster. The work Of recovering the bodies
was begun at once. Patrol wagons and
ambulances were soon at hand, and in
half an hour all had been removed to the
morgue. The e. CINE and baggage car OF the
local and four cars OF the workmens train
were thrown from & track, but none OF the
Locals passengers were hurt. Bartsl disap.
peared, but was arrested at o'clock thfs
evening.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
"THY BURDEN"

THY BURDEN" ..-
To every one on earth
God gives burden to be carried down
The road that lies between the'cros and
crown,
No lot Is wholly free;
He giyeth one to thee.
Some carry it alofs
Open and visible to any eyes;
And all may see its form and weight and
size,
Some hide 1t in their breast,
And deem II thus unguessed.
Thy burden is Gods gift,
And 1t will make the bearer calm and strong,
Yes, lest it press too heavily and long,
He says "Cast it on Ne,
And It shall easy be-"
And those who heed His voice,
And seek to give 1t back In trustful prayer,
Have quiet hearts that never can despair;
And hope lights up the way
Upon the dark est day.
Take thou thy burden thus
Into thy hands, and lay it at bis feet
And whether it be sorrow or defeat,
Or pain, or sin, or care,
Upon the darkest day.
1t Is the lonely load -
That crushes out the light and life OF
heaven, ..
But borne with Him, the soul restored, for
given,
Sings out through all the days,
Her joy, and Gods high praise.
-[Presbyterian Record.
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In the House.

43D DAY.-The entire session Of tho
House was devoted to the consideration of
the Craig-Stewart election case.
44TH DAY.-The Stewart Craig contest
was decided in favor Of the latter, who was
seated-The Urgent Deficiency bill was
passed--The first evening session for the con
sideration of private pension bills was held.
As call disclosed the fact that there were
but fifty-one members, no quorum, In at
tendance, the House adjourned.
45TH DAY.-The entire session was devoted
to the Indian Appropriation bill. An amend
ment was adopted placing the Indian
agencies, in case of vacancies hereafter, un-
der charge of army officers, who shall be
under the orders and directions Of the Sec.
retary of the Interior. Without action on
the bill, the committee rose and the House
adjourned.
46rH DAY-The Committee on Rules pre-
sented resolution to make the Bland bill
special order for March 90, % and PA
bill was passed setting apart a tract OF land
for the use of the Lick Observatory OF the
University Of California; concurrent
resolution was agreed to authorizing the
House and Senate Committees on Immtgra-
ton jointly to investigate the workings Of
the immigration laws-The House then
went into Committee Of the whole (Mr.
Bynum, of Indiana, In the chair, on the In
dian Appropriation bill. Pending action the
committee rose, and the House adjourned.
47TH DAY.-The Indian Appropriation bill
was passed District Of Columbia Ap-
propriation bill, the Free Wool bill and the
Cotton Bagging and Cotton Tie bills were
reported.
fix the compensation Of keepers and crews
of Iife-saving stations-The House then
went into Committee Of the Whole tMr.
Richardson, of Tennessee, in the chair on
the District of Columbia Appropriation bill.
Without disposing OF the bill the committee
rose, and the House adjourned
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GREATNESS AND SUCCESS.

In general, it is not very difficult for little
minds to attain splendid situations. 1t Is
much more difficult for great minds to attain
the place to which their merit fully entities
them. In the first place, elevation OF senti-
ment Is almost always an insurmountabie
obstacle to fortune; 1t Is an efectual barrier
against thousand easy and ccrtxfn means OF
Advancement; talents are even adverse to ad-
vancement, unless accompanied with vast In
trepidty of soul. with sort OF courage that
men Of truly honest and upright hearts DO
not wish to possess. For II, on the one hand,
they multiply our means Of attaining the
proposed end, they, on the other. place our
eyes in but too forcible point Of view, the
obstacles we have to surmount. This inton-
yenience is great, and the multiplication Of
our means Is not always an advantage.
am persuaded that In carefully examining
the conduct of those who have attained to
any extraordinary fortune, we shall be
tempted to believe there is nothing 80 sure
of succeeding as not to be over-brilliant, as
to be entirely wrapped up In oneself, and
spite Of all the rebuffs It may meet with,
never relaxes In the pursuit of Its object. 1t
is incredible what may be done by
dint of importantly alone; and where
shall we find the man of real
talents who knows how to be importunate
enough? He is too soon overcome with the
disgust inspired by all matters which have
interest only for their object, with the de-
sire of perpetual solicitation; he Is too much
alive to ali the little movements visible on
the countenance of the person solicited, and
he gives up the pursuit. The fool sees none
of these things, feels none Of these things
he pursues his object with unremitted ardor,
and at length attains it.-[Baron de Grimm.
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Ena1.sp,s DRINK EVIL.

The Rev. R.tSykes, S. j., preaching
cently in Liyer,ool on Drink Evil quo
Mr. Samuel SI.ith, N. p. This latter 81
tleman, three d four years ago, spoke q
of the compare aiye intemperance OF En2la
and other coulries.
81 have oftd said, and Twill say it o.
more, that w4haCe in the British town
mean the tow 5 OF the United Kingdom,
most drunke9 residum OF population thai
to be found d the face OF the earth, and
most drunkei the most degraded, and
most hopele%class OF people that are TO
found in: AMI fcivilized country in the wo1
y q. Z; Vere is a shameful peculiar,
about EpEl3h drunkenness; England sta5
alone, so fd as know, for the amount OF
female druikeness, which is almost unkno
on the continent OF Europe. have har'
ever heardof q drunken woman In the ms
journeyinf I have made across the ' 9
"And tbs" commented Father SvkeS
the CREATE and most civilized countryl
the face jf the earth! Tuis Is the gr
nation thk turns up the white OF Its sam
monious Fes, and with a lie In its MOI
and snf ffle through its nose thanks >
Lord that It is not like other countries.
priest-ri&ien Spain, to which IL sends
superhuhs Biules. Poor, benighted Spa
thas lbt Travelled as we have along I
highroais Of civilization. % !. Z
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LATER NEWS.

THE Rev. DR.. William j. Tucker. Of An.
dover Theological Seminary, was elected
President of Dartmouth College. Hanover,
N. Fl.
THE Rhode Island Democrats mst In State
Convention at Providence, and nominated
ticket headed by W. C. T. Wardwell Of
Bristol, for Governor. The delegates to the
National Convention were instructed b vote
for Cleveland for the Presidential nontna-
ton.
A STORM ragged along the New England
coast with great severity.
EDWARD FosTHILL, hagman on pushing
engine at Pittsburg, Penn. shot and killed
Michael INLAND, fireman on the same loco
motive. They quarreled while clearing the
tracks Of snow
THE President on the third day of his out
ing returned to the Princess Ann Hotel,
Norfolk, Va, from the Ragged Island
Ducking Club in fine form and with lot of
game. He proved his qualities as a good
sportsman by bringing down number OF
canvasbacks.
MAYOR WAsHBUaNE, Of Chicago, ILL.,, in
structed the Commissioner Of Public Works
to notify the Economic Gas Company that
acting under the orders Of the City Council
in forieiting its franchise, the city has
taken possession Of the thirty or forty miles
Of gas mains of the company now laid in the
streets
The United States Treasury Departments
monthly statement Of changes in the circula-
ton during February shows net increase
during the month Of IS, 7O3,764.
THE friends Of Riggin and Turnbull, who
we're killed at Valparaiso, Chile, are arrang-
ing to bring their bodies home, and Secre.
tary Blaine has directed Minister Egan to
hid them.
THERE was serious collision OF trains on
a railroad near Cuyambuca station in
Brazil, more than fifty persons being killed
and a large number wounded.
THERE have been many crimes in Vienna,
Austria, attributed to the starving poor.
THE Hon. Charles Foster, Secretary Of ths
United States Treasury, arrived in South
ampton, England, much improved in health.
He went to Paris, France, Immediately.
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HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL.

Three things enter into beauty-i4e
features. color and expression. The features,
the forms of brow, nose and chin, bequ,sfs,
coming often from far ancestors; our coofs,
too, are in the main bequests, depending ion
the quality of tissue and OF blood the nqre
immediate parents give 1t; but expression Is
very largely our own affair. And, even with
good features and the clearest colors, lex
preston is the best part Of beauty. T6e
play of thought and will and feeling on the
face-of noble thoughts. tirmness, seiffon-
troll, and pure, unsel6sh, gentle feehpgs--
we can secure if we will. Ten years OF hfbit,
three wears or only one, will affect EXPIRES
sion much. Some one said that "EverY faSe
ought to beautiful at forty" and anot her that
"No old person has right to be ugly, De
cause he has had all bis life in which 10
grow beautiful" That Is to say, life's oppor..
tunities of nobleness, or even forty years OF
opportunity, if we'll used, are enough TO
make so much within that it cannot help
coming through the surface In graceful
habits of the nerves and muscles: Ihe
TRANSPORTATION Of a pleasant smile, kindly
livbtings of eyes, restful lines of self-control
about the lips, pure shinings Of the face as
great thoughts kindle enwarily-these things
no parent makes inevitably ours, and no
ftful week or two Of goodness gives them,
and no schooling of the visage either, but
only habitual nobleness and graciousness
within; and this will give them all.
Splendor from within! 1t Is the only
thing which makes the real and lasting
splendor without! Trust that inevitable
law of self-expression. Be, not seem! Be
to seem. Be beautiful, and yo4 will by and
by seem so. Carve the face from within,
not dress it from without. Within lies the
robing-room, the sculptor's woF Fkshop. For
whosoever would be fairer, illumination
must begin in the soul-the face catches the
glow only from that side. It is the spirit 8
Beauty that makes the best face, even for the
evenings company; and spirit beauty IS the
and pain Of fe-lThe Bombay Guardian.
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The Seven Sle9pers.

The Seven sleepers wcte seven nobl {
youths of Ephesus, who, in the time OF
the Decian prosecutions, it IS SAID, neo
to q certain cavern for refuge. They
Ivere nn,sued discovered and walled in
the cave, the perpetratd IS of the deed
hoping to mete out cr4el and horrible
death. However, according to the
legend, they were madf to fail asleep,
and were miraculousl3 kept alive fol
over two centuries. Their names ar
given as Maximian, Ealchus, Martin
ian, Denis, John, sfrspion and Con
stantipe.
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BIG CLAIMS ON CHILE.
The Crew of the Baltimore Want
$2,O65, 900.

$2O65, 900.
Papers have just been filed in the State
Department by the crew of the Baltimore,
asking for damages from Chile to the
amount OF &, ,O65,OO0 The claims are for
the injuries received and the false imprison-
mont undergone at the time of the riots in
Valparaiso in 1891. The damages claimed
aggregate s., 0s5, 0O0, as follows:
False Imprisonment and Assault-John
McAdam, $50. 900; Jonn Downey, $50, ,000;
Andy Boyle $50, 400; o. Welland, $50 900.
Very Grave Injuries-Jeremiah Anderson,
1850. .0i0; John Hamilton, $50, 600; George
Painter, $3.50. 600.
Seriously Injured-Josepa Quigley, 800. =
O0O: John Mcbride 500, QUO: William Lacey,
SlOO.OOO; NJ Houlehan, SIS, 600; William
Kaulfeld, s75 600: P. McWillisms, s75, 000;
James N. johnson, SIS, 900: John Rooney,
SIS, 600; James Gillen, $780, 600; F. Clifford,
100000; F. Fredericks, geo, ono; F. II. Smith;
$50, 600; Warren Brown, $50 900; r. J. j.
Hodge. $50. 900; John Butler. $50, 900; c. C.
Williams, s5O, ,GOO.
False imprisonment and Light Assault
John W. Freese. $40, 600: Thomas Gallagher,
10000; Z. h. Guth, S40. 900: w. Sullivan,
Cook. S30,0lO; 81. Cunningham, $50 600;
Peter ONe:ll. S30 900; Peter Johnson, $50,
O0U; Alfred Pfeiffer, S3O, ,00O; Adolph Swan
Sop S30 900.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

The retail liquor.dealers iN the Cd
States in 1891 numbered N0, ~.
ANorfolk England, brewery Arm reed
advertised for machine man, IAN aosts
preferred" ,... j
Mr.. Gladstone writes 70 correspond
.sOur present licensing system Is disc
and calamity to the country" i
The German military papers pun
alarming statistics as to the spread
drunkenness in the German army.
The British Postmaster-Ge General recej
issued q recommen iation to househotders
to offer intoxicating liquors to poSsmea!
It appears from recent report thai
total amount OF British capital inyeste|
American breweries aggregates Ssa,0ls
Gojumra, in Japan, Is q total abstins !
village. and each house has o motto on
door: Frugal in all things; liquors
hibited."
George W. Childs says: ut Is an
doubted fact that the serving OF many I
heavy wines at large dinners Is grade
becoming a thing Of the past"
Railroad managers in holland have "a
it impossible to man the switches with
who can be depended upon to let
alone, aud so haye substituted women.
In a speech before tho Massachusetts,
islature short time ago the Hon. Henq
Faxon asked for the repeal OF the driuk
Of 1891, condemning it in unqualified te
An Italian OF Sierra City drank a
gallon of whisky on Wa ser. Hc fell e
floor in a drunken stupor. and the next
his friends buried him with the stake
had won.
In South Australia the Government
vides pledge book for every State Sc
anu teachers are instructed to draw the
dren's attention to it. Scientific tempeit
instruction is given in all the State sch
AS reward for their persistent effort
Woman's Christian Temperance Unio
Beaumont Cal, have seen the last 50
depart from their village. They ar
termined that their prohibltory law
"prohibit."
Cardinal Manning was faithful to the
to the total-abstinence principles. His
ror of alcoholic drinks was so great
physicians were compelled to find .phaf
copeial substitutes when they consiier
necessary to adopt stimulant process.
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THE PUBLIC DEBT.
A Reduction In the Aggregate for
February OF 50, 497, 14g.

A Reduction In tno aggregate Ior
February OF 50, 497, 14g.
Tho monthly public debt statement just
Issued from the United States Treasury De-
partment at Washington shows a reduction
in the aggregate of the debt during tho last
month amounting to e, 4e7, ,149. There was
an increase Of $4O0 in the interest-bearlnS
debt; decrease of sl,70S, ,s03 In the non-in:
terest caring debt. and an increase OF
S798, ,745 in the surplus cash in the Treasury.
The total debt, less $50, 162. 23t net cash in
the Treasury and the slOo, 600, 600
gold reserve greenback redemption
fund, is $40, 120, ,6s5. OF the sur
plus in the Treasury, national bank deposi-
tories hold SIS, ,93A, sos; q decrease OF about
three-quarters Of a million since February
1. The Treasury gold coin and bullion as
sets aggregate $2S2, 12S, 392 or $3.50, All less
than a month ago. Silver assets aggregate
s429, lO9, $40, an increase during the month
Of "a, ,02O,9lS.
Government receipts during the last
month aggregated $50, 755, ,9O5 against sa9,-
Gil, ,31s IN February, 1891. Customs receipts
during February were $l6, 7s2, 420 or about
two millions and quarter less than Febru-
ary year ago; and internal revenue recelpts
were S12 1S9, ,3S7 an increase OF az, 699, ISL
over February, 1891. Expenditures during
the last month wer. 81. 4H2, ,059.
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DO YOU PRAY :?

David did. His circumstances, indeed,
were unfavorable. A crown was upon MS
head. The cares ola kingdom pressed him.
he might have said, ~ have no time" But
he PRAYED much. 1t was one of his most In
fuential habits. What proofs and illustra-
tions abound In those wonderful compost
tions, the psalms. How touching, earnest,
sublime often, were his cries unto God. How
have his spiritual exercises been an incite-
ment and pattern of devotion In every sue
Daniel aid. He was indeed statesman
and courtier. He lived in the midst Of idola-
ters. To them his religion was offensive.
The king bade him not to pray unto Jeho-
vah. II he did 1t was at mortal peril. The
great men of Babylon conspired to make
this very thing the means OF his ruin. Still
but without concealment. His religious prin-
ciple was stronger then his fear OF men;
| WThree times day he kneeled and prayed
and gave thanks before his God, as afore-
: Paul did. It was the'first pulse and ex.
preston of his new life In Christ. Behold
he prayeth!" saith the Spirit The fact was
| the surprising but conclusive PROOF OF nus
spiritual change and transition. From being
Saul, the prosecutor, It was thus SHOWN aas ne
| that event, was his life one Of prayer. as
well as of heroic labor-of prayer for him
self-for his countrymen-for the Gentle
world for the blood-boug bit church. Holi-
| er, intenser, sublimer aspirations pro6ab'y
never ascended from q soul this side OF
heaven.
truth. 1t ought TO- be pondered by. all who
do not pray. The Saviour was perfect. He
was divine. He sustained no such relations
of dependence as we sustain. He had no
sins to be forgiven. There were in him no
lusts to be restrained and purified, Ne wa
subject to no temptations he could not re
sist. He was assailed by no enemies b.
could not conquer. He had life in himself
He had creative power. He had infinte
merit. But he prayed. BE prayed In secrG
| with his disciples.
sCold mountains and the midnight air
Witnessed the fervor of his prayer" |
Yes-Dayid, Daniel. Paul, Jesus Christ, Il
prayed. They were men OF prayer,
Do you pray?-(Presbyterian of the Ws9.
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Foreign.

CHILE has refused to take part in the
Worlds BAr at Chicago, on the plea that
she cannot afford to do 80.
PRESIDENT CARNoT commissioned ID.
Louoet to form Cabinet, ID. Bourgeois
having failed.
The rioting in Berlin. Germany, was con-
tinued. The mounted police rode down the
mob and many on both sidss were injured.
THE chess match between w. Steinitz, OF
New York, and II. Tschfgorin, OF ST. refers
brgh, enued at Havana, Cuba, the Russian
being beaten by Steinitz, who now relgns
supreme as champion OF the world, as ne mas
for the last twenGy-six years.
A FRrGHTFUL storm took place on the
Portuguese and Spanish coasts. lt was re-
ported that thirty boats were lost and three
hundred persons drowned.
THERE was no renewal Of the rioting in
Berlin, Germany; the police are again IN
control of the city and the mobs have been
dispersed.
THERE has been serious rioting in Tripoh
growing out o. che issuing OF hrman oy
the Sultan making natives liable to con-
scription. Business is entirely suspended
and many have been killed.
A CRAZY shoemaker named Revell, who
resides near Doncaster, England, killed his
four children by cutting their tnroats. ne
thvn attempted to Kill himself.
A FAMINE prevails In Northern Hungary,
and %, 900 inhabitants Of the county OF Arva
are in state of distress equaling that
prevalent in Russia. The Government will
not relieve the sufferers because they are Of
the Slav race.
WHITELAw REED, the American Minis
ter to Paris, and NJ. Jules Roche, Minister
Of Commerce, have arrived at definite
agreement for the esta blishment OF q com
mercial treaty between France and the
United States.
TIE Greek Cabinet, Of which NJ. Delyannis
was the Prime Minister. was dismissed by
the King, who first summoned NJ. Tricoupis
and afterward NJ. Constantipoulo to form
Cabinet.
CHANCELLOR Won CAPRIvI Of Germany,
was defeated in the Rechstag, in Berlin, on
naval estimates.
THERE was much fighting among starving
poor in Vienna, Austria, at distribution OF
bread.
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THE NEWS EPIT0MIzED.
E,.,ern and Middle States.

THE New Market Savings Bank, OF New
Market, N. H., has suspended. The cause
was unfortunate investments In real estate
and on personal security.
GENERAL GEORGE w. CULLUk, dis
tinguished officer of volunteers during the
Cival War and retired Colonel Of Engineers
of the regular army, died recently, at bis
home in New York CITY of pneumonia. de
was eighty-three years DID,
A STORM caused extensive damage to the
New Jersey coast. High winds, rain and
snow delayed shipping, caused broken bones
and played havoc generally.
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LARGE PUBLIC REQUESTS.

A Philadelphia Woman's Gifts 10
Many Charities in That City.
By the will Of the lata Mrs. William r.
Wilctach every known charitable institution
in Philadelphia, Penn, receives oequess
ranging in size Of from $1,000 to $1,000. The
art collection, estimated to be worth ST.
0oO0OO. goes to the city Of Philadelphia,
nnder the control Of the Fairmount park
Commissioners. One-fourth OF the residue,
Amounting to almost $1,000, 600, Is also be-
oueathed to the city.