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GOD SETS THE TRUTH.

In painting truth God is like the artist.
The artist claims II is an artists right that
Lc locate his own picture. Some time ago
different artists entered into competition, at
the request Of the Russian Government in
painting the portrait Of the late Car. A
DAY was fixed when all should submit their
work to o committee appointed to decide
what picture should be submitted to public
exhibition. One artist among others brought
his picture to the reception COM
mittee. The committee SO disliked
the mans work that they told
him bis picture could not be admitted to
competition. The artist replied ~ claim
the right of hanging that picture before
will submit to. its rejection, for Its location
has been part Of my PLAN The G9mmi1ee
could not deny this plain right. He put his
work. which seemed so clumsy and coarse,
allowed to come 80 near, and no nearer.
When the great day Of decision came, that
picture, set according to the artists mind.
was the picture that won universal
acceptance. In painting His truth,
God claims the right of setting, the
truth. and the setting Of the truth is
sometimes everything. In the Bible, His
own inspired Word, He sets the truth. II
we would give His truth to the world as He
wants it to be given, we must keep close to
the Book. Hence, I raise the cry in the
Church Of God today: Back from the man.
drawn creed to the Bible: back from human
systems of theology to the Bible; back from
mans way of presenting doctrine to Gods
way of presenting doctrine. The infalhble
Word! The infallihle Wordl Let this be
enthroned as the supreme authority in all
matters that pertain to the religious lie.
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Foreign.

THE winter crop In, most Russian pro
vinces presents bad appearance. The
poor peasants, anticipating serious conse-
ouences, have held riotous demonstrating
meetings, though the police have prohibited
SUCH. X
THE trial of Mr.. Mercisr.r ex-P Premier Of
Quebec, Canada, charged with stealing
600, 900. ended In his acquiteaL The vindtr
Gated statesman was carried on the shoul-
ders Of adherents, followed BY cheering
thousands from the court to tho house OF
friend, where he made speech.
TIE first class battle ship Royal Oak was
auuched at Birkenhead, En- gland. She cost
l3, 750.00
THE great English cotton strike was In
sugurated at London. and fifty-ive thou
sand persons employed in the cotton indus
try are idle.
AN Internal mschine, placsd BY AM
archists in the Carmaux Mining Company's
building in Paris exploded, killing four po-
lice officials.
TIE universal suffrage movement has,
caused renewed rioting in Brussels, Bel
gium. ,{s5,.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS. AND NOTES.

The pleuro Is stamped out, but the saloon
remains The pleuro kills cattle; the saloon
men.
One illegal rumseller Of Portland, Me-, at
the last criminal court In that city, was
fined $500, and sentenced to sixteen months
in Jail.
There are in the United Kingdom 6lS.-
900 young people who are members or the
Binds of Hope or other juvenile temperance
organizations.
Over seventeen hundred indictments
against liquor dealers were recenN :stnrneo
by the grand jury Of Jefer"--.H MY In
Indiana in single month.
A Vienna paper has collected statlst,cs aHCs
showing that ~, 453 breweries existed IN 1911
in twenty-one countries, decrease OF ai'
most a thousand in one year.
DR.. Guibert, writing to Havre journal
states as the result OF his experience tna1
habitual inebriates have very little chance
of recovering from an attack of cholera.
An enterprising ven Ter has purchase the
privilege of selling popcorn at the Worlds
Fair for $50, 900, and another guarantees the
Fair managers not less than $3.50, OOo for the
privilege Of selling peanuts. The price OF
the beer and whisky concessions ls much
more.
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THE LABOR WORLD.

TEXTILES are first In Prussian industries
MINERS at Csrmsu1, France, have re-
sumed work @
TIE strike Of the printers in Plttsburg has.
lasted over one year.
The pav Of an ordinary British constable
is from 81 80 to 80 q week.
TIE Bakers Unions Of the States Of New
York and Pennsylvania are forming Stats
organizations. - ~
A COOPERATIVE shoe factory Is about to.
be established bv the Knights OF Labor In
Rochester, N. Y.
WAGES for miners have been raised two
per cent. by the Schuylkill Coal Exchange
In Pottsville, Penn. @
OVER seven thousand applications were
recently received In Paris, France. for ffey-
five vacant positions syh,s :
OVER $3.50, 600 women are working for
wages in France, and hundreds OF Thousands
are seeking work without being able 70 ma
It .-.. .... ty"sasasm
UNION bricklayers who were employed TO-
build an addition to the Butler Untveesftya ~
indianapolis Ind, refused to work on, an
old foundation built by non-union men. The'
trustees allowed thsm to tear down the. old
wall, and then the work went on.
lHG ofQcT u 4Eok0 0AoPoSOhSkS "o2 ~
manently organized at Memphis Tenn,
with 152 charter members. The constitution
and bylaws embrace the protective features
which caused 90 much discussion at the con-
vention In New Orleans last Juna.
TIE following arc few examples, Of tho.
rate of pay of women In London: Making
paper bags, eight cents per 1000. posdbas'
earnings 81. Is to 81 .25 psr week. Button.
holes, six cents per dozen; possible earrtngA
50 per week. Shirts four cents; each worker
finding her own cotton can get six done Do
tween a, N. and lip. m.
AFTER several years Of struggle cotton
spinning Of Chinese BY Chinese hands
is established in Shanghai. Five hundred
and fifty looms and 81 600 spndles turn out
weekly 130, 600 yards, thirty-ax inches wide
of a superior quality OF imitation American
drill sheeting. Hal' the looms arc OF Eng
lish make and half or American.
KoNsBERG, In Norway, seems to be- .
little paradise for workmen. OF the 4S0 miners
employed there every one has house OF his
own, and men having worked for ten years
have a right to = pension OF ten per cent. oe
their wages, which increases every year two
Der cent. After thirty years the peosi0n
would amount to, S. IS per month"; OF satn-
cient for man to.live upon. Ldleness from
lack of work or through strikes Is unkno"o
in KonsberR,
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TEMPERANCE.
THE INDEPENDENT CITIZEN.

TIE INDEPENDENT CITIZEN.
Here each man king may be,
Enthroned among his peers, and free
To work and win renown;
And hold his manhood with the best,
Where plots will not disturb his rest,
Nor stain bis laurel crown.
The patent of nobility
Nature bestows. without the fee
That comes of golden gains.
IT'S white charter, plainly writ,
For the wise man, whose mother wit
Outweighs crown with brains.
He fears no train Of dynamite,
No powder pi6ts that oft alright
Princes and emperors.
His cottage Is his palace, there
He reigns king, his elbow-chair
The throne NO earthshock stirs.
Give honor to the man Of worth,
Not to the accident OF birth,
They come not from above.
The cradle unadorned may hold
Full carets Of the purest gold
A human heart Of love.
The true mans king among his peers,
No rivals rise to wake his fears.
And take away bis crown.
His title wears no mold Of years,
Ne stains OF human strife and tears,
They come from Adam down.
His crown is honor without stain,
His realm Is home where he mayreigns
He's temperate, true and just.
He is the king, his wife is queen,
His sceptre love, his laurel green,
In Heaven he put his trust. -
National Temperance Advocate.
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MISSENT MAIL.
Decrease In Number of Letters Re.
ceived at the Dead Letter OA2cs>

Decrease In Number of Letters Re.
ceived at the Dead Letter OARos.
The report Of the Superintendent OF the
Dead Letter Office has been made public It
shows that the annual increase OF mail mat
ter at this Office has been arrested, the 6g.
ures showing an actual decrease OF 48. 4So
pieces or nearly one per cent. less than the
number received during the fiscal year Of
1891, Notwithstanding the fact that tae
postal business Of the country has increased
nearly eight per cent. the past year, while
the mistakes OF the public may be attested
by the increase OF over seventeen per cent.
in uuaddressed letters alone. The receipts
at tho Dead Letter Office for the past six
years show respectively an increase OF five
per cent, eleven per cent, sixteen per cent,
five per cent, ~ per cent and a decrease
of nearly one per cent The work has been
done this year without any extra hours Of
labor and an increase Of % 900 letters was
returned to writer's in excess Of last years
record.
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Washington.

SRca4rARY OF STATE FosTxR received o
cable massage from the United States Minis.
ter to Denmark saying that tho Danish
United States Consul as Copenhagen, who
was recently tried and convicted on Q charge
OF embezzIemsnt and sentenced to imprison-
ment at hard labor. Z.
AssIsTANT SECRETARY OF. WAR GRANT
left " ashington this afternoon for. bis,
home In Minneapolis. As Secretary. EIkins
was also absent from the city, Major Geuerd
Schofeld, who Is IN command OF the United
States Army, became also acting Secretary
Of War. W.
A. W. NkTTLEros, Assistant Secretary Of
tho Treasury has resigned.
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A REMARKABLE meteor passed over Rir-
miueham, Ala, about S o'clock few after
Moons ago. Il passed from northeast to
southwest. 1t was intensely bright and seem
inely about three feet wide. The track 1t
left was serpentine In shape. and remained
bright for fully Ave minutes. At the spot
where it disappeared in the southwest
bright line In the shape OF the letter L re.
mained for several minutes
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

Germany has a40OO-ton forging press.
A natural gas gusher has been ssruck
n Boone County, Indiana.
Bees never store honey. in the light be.
cause honey 50 exposed graduates and lS
thus useless to the bees.
DR.. F. Werner records that, in cap.
tiyity, certain grasshoppers bite of and
even devour portions of their legs.
Afresh egg contains the same amount
of nourishment as one and half ounces
of fresh meat and one ounce OF wheaton
bread, but in more digestible form.
Women require one hour of sleep more
a day than men. Fewer of the latter
reach the age of 6fty thar the former,
but sfterward the sterner sex has the
best of 1t.
The demand for coal in Northern
Mexico for the development Of the smclt-
ing and manufacturing industries for
railway extensions HIS occasioned almost
a coal famine.
Electricity is never visible hut in its
form Of zigzag lightning. Edison thinks
differently as to the first point, and photog-
raphy has proven the second to be az
optical illusion.
Boston is talking of disposiug of its
garbage by chemical treatment instead
of by cremation. The plan proposed
would require the investment OF about
$17S 600 in q plant.
experimenting with potatoes, Raulin
finds that the crop decreases in proper
ton as the clay aud limestone in the soil
augments, and increases with the aug
menting proportions of sand and humus.
Among the waste, products now finding
application in agriculture are woolen
waste, wood dust ana residue from crude
wool. These are used successfully after
proper treatment as fertilizing materials.
A firm of opticians have devised what
they call "Hat Detective Camera . II
is provided with complete apparatus
weighing only two and one-half ounces,
which can be fitted into hat, the opera
ton being conducted through the ven-
tilating hole.
lis we'll known that the Pima mussel
of the Mediterranean secretes an abun.
dant mass of silklike threads, or byssus.
by which it anchors itself to the bottom.
The Rev. n. Sedda.l refers to the fact
that the Maltese formerly made gloves OF
this byssus, the silk being of fine texture
but heavy.
The black, olid-looking shadows cast
by the electric lights that may be seen in
the air when it is not clear suggest that
the .scosmic dust" which is supposed to
occupy tho inter planetary spaces may be
capable, in certain conditions, of show
ing q profile of the earth under the
powerful light of the sun.
According to DR.. Kruess, temperature
has decided action on the absorption
spectrum of colored solutions. Dr..
Bremen now finds that the rise and fall
of few degrees in temperature of tho
Notwithstanding liquid may affect the
position and intensity of the absorption
spectra to measurable extent. -.
Steel instead of copper. trolley wires
are employed on recent extension ol
the street railway system of Ottawa.
Canada. Sliding instead Of rolling con.
facts are used, the idea being that the
harder metal will be better able to stand
the increased friction. Copper cross
wires from the feeders will be used In.
stead of steel. as is the CUSTOM
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THE day Is coming when the stor-
age battery will displace the horse as
q motive power for carriages The
storage battery does not eat its own
head of. Let 1t COMA
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IF rain can be manufactured, why
not cold waves? Here Is a chance for
q summer industry that would make
it's inventors millionaires-nay, trill'
ionaires-in 8 week. .
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MAKING WRECKS OF MEN AND WOMEN.

MAKING WRECKS OF MEN AND WOMEN.
Will you credit this? There Is q place-in-
deed there are places-where for fyo cents Q
man may insert one end Of q tn be into q bar
rel Of beer ami drink through the tube till he
can't drink any longer. Its long pull and
strong pull, Its length and strength are only
regulated By the capacity Of the drinker,.
and the price is five cents. The tube ts
ready for all comers-wrecks Of men and
wrecks Of women-what next.
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Mr. MOODY ON WINE.

The League journal. of Glasgow, Stotland,
in recent issue publishes the following:
'sMr- D. L. Moody, In addressing the noon
day prayer-meeting In the Christian lnsti.
stute, Glasgow, on Monday week, referred to
the miracle performed by Christ at Cana OF
Galiiee in turning water into wine. Hesaid
some people had q difficulty about this sub:
ieot In regard to what kind Of wine Christ
made. They were somewhat afraid to deal
with the dificulty, but he was quite certain
Christ never made alcoholic wine. BE never
made alcohol In nature. Il was only, when
men took the good grain and destroyed 1t
that alcohol was produced. Mr.. Moody said
he was In Jerusalem lately, and he asked q
Jewish rabbi there waat kind Of wine they
used at their feasts. The rabbi replied:
'sWe use the pure juice OF the grape, we do
not use leaven In our bread, and, OF course,
We would have nothing to do with alcohol
In our wine. When the pure jutca OF tho
grape could not be got, they poured hot
water on the raisins and drank 1t. Those
people In this country who have some
scruples about the use Of the unfermented
wine at the communion need have no din.
caity in this matter, as it is quite clear Christ
never made or used alcoholic wine."
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IT is go0d news which says that
"the cholera is losing Its grip" It's
bad enough without the grip.
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HE COULDN'T ANSWER.

After an infitel had concluded lecture In
a village in England he challenged those
present to discussion. Who should accept
the challenge but an old, bent woman, in
antiquated attire, who went up the lecturer
and said:
s.Slr, I have question to put to you.'
"Well, my good woman, what is it?'
s'Ten years ago." she said, 81 was lelt q
widow with eight children utterly unpro-
yided for, and nothing to call my own but
this Bible. By its direction and looking to
God for strength, I have been enabled to feed
myself and fanny. I am now totterlng to
the grave, but I am perfectly happy, because
I look forward to life of Immortality
with Jesus. That's what my religion has done
for me. What has your way OF thinking
done for your" well. my good lady, re-
Joined the lecturer, 81 don't want to disturb
your comfort. but" .'Oh, that's not the
What has your way of thinking done you"
The infidel endeavored to shirk the matter
again; the meeting gave way: to uproarious
apl,lause, and the champion had to so away
discomftted by an old woman.
We do not ordinarily look for any strong
endorsement of religious ideas and methods
in q publication like the Popular Science
Monthly. 1t is, therefore, the most graf fy-
ing to find writer in the August number
controverting the notion that manners. cul-
ture, education, music and what not, are
elevators of society. He says: "These are
not the elevators Of society. but its
ornaments. The flower cannot elevate
the stalk. Society Il elevated just so far as II
lift It's face toward Mt. Sinai and no more.
TIE Ten Commandments are Worth more as
elevators than all the patent contrivances
which the unregcnerate mind OF man can
conceive" Would that this opinion we-e
universally adopted by MI the students oil
scicnce and sociology. We might then wit
ness union of their forces with the noble
army Of Christian men and woman. who
have always maintained precisely this prlnci.
pie, in their efforts to reclaim the individual
and to reconstruct society.
Distrust Of our fellow creatures honesty
or fidelity is sad enough, but Christians
,listrust of his Saviour ard his almighty
friend is sin that brings its own punish
Inent Half of the misery of life comes from
this very sin. There was world Of truth
in the remark of the simple-hearted nurse
TO the mother who was worrying over her
sick child: "8laam. don't worry; you INST
trust God; He's tedou: but He's sure
Theodore Cuyler. l.. H..
THE report that lineman had re-
ceived an electric charge of $3.50
volts and kept it several minutes, es-
Gaping without more serious injury
than q burn and bruise, was of much
scientific interest so long as its integ-
rity was unquestioned. For one
thing it started theory that Kemm-
Icr and the other murderers who
thought they were being electrocuted
were really being scared to death.
But the lineman's experience proves
TO have been with less than 500 volts,
80 his escape loses the character OF d
miracle, and Kemmler's death cannot
be ascribed to any intensity Of mental
dlatnaaa
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denominations. As the Romans ware a1ter
the Celts, and as the Normans were after
the Britons, SC thcre are evils after this
Nation which will attend its obsequies un.
less we first attend theirs.
Superstition tells of marine reptile, the
cephaloptera, which embodied and crushed a
ship Of war; but it is no superstition when I
tell you that the history Of many of the
dead Nations proclaims to us the fact that
our ship of state is in danger of being
crushed by the cephaloptera OF National de-
pravity Where is the Hercules to slay this
hydra, Is it not time to speak by pen, by
tongue, by ballot box, by the rolling Of the
prison door, by hangman's halter, by earn
est prayer, by Sinaitic detonation?
A son OF King Cree sus is said to have been
dumb and to have never uttered word un.
til he saw his father being put to death.
Then he broke the shackles Of silence and
cried cut, Kill not my father, CresusT'
When see the cheatery and wantonness
and the manifold crime Of th!s country at
tempting to commit pstritide-yea, matri-
cfde-upon our institutions, 1t seems to me
that lips that heretofore have been dumb
ought to break the silence with canorous
tones Of fiery protest.
want to put all of the matter before
you, so that every honest man and woman
will know just how matters stand. and
what they ought to do II they pray. This
Nation is not going to perish. Alexander,
when he heard cf the wealth Of the Indies,
divided Macedonia among his soldiers.
Some one asked him what he had kept for
himself, and he replied, IL am keeping
hopem And that jewel keep bright and
shining in my soul, whatever else shalt
surrender. Hope thou in God. He will set
back these oceanic tides Of moral devasta-
ton. DO you know what is the prizs for
which contention is made to-day? 1t is the
prize of this continent
Never since, according to John Milton,
when satan was hurled headlong flaming
from the ethereal skies in hideous ruin and
combustion down." have the powers Of
darkness been so determined to win this
continent as they now are. What a jewel
it is-a Jewel carved in relief. the cameo Of
this planet On one side Of US the Atlantic
Ocean, dividing us from the wornout Gov
ernments of Europe. On the other side the
Pacific Ocean, dividing us from the super
stitions of Asia. On the north Of us the
Arctic Sea, which is the gymnasium in which
the explorers and navigntors develop their
courage. A continent 10, SOD miles long,
II, 900 square miles, and all Of it but
about one-seventh capable Of rich cultiva.
tion.
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The first evil that threatens the aunlnlla-
tion Of our American institutions is the fact
that political bribery, which once was con-
sidered crime, has by many come to be
considered q tolerable virtue There is
legitimate use Of money in elections, in the
printing Of political tracts, and in the hiring
Of public halls, and in the obtaining OF cam
paign oratory, but is there any homunculus
who supposes that this vast amount OF money
now being raised by the political parties Is
going in a legitimate direction? The vast
majority Of it will 60 to buy votes.
Hundreds and thousands Of mon will have
set before them 30 much money for Re-
publican vote, and so much money for
Democratic vote. and the superior financial
inducement will decide the action. You
want to know which party will carry the
doubtful States day after tomorrow 1
will tell you. The party that spends the
most money. This moment while speak,
the peddlers carrying gold from w all street,
gold from Third street, gold from State
street, and gold from the Brewers associa-
ton are in all the political headquarters of
the doubtful States. dealing out the infa-
NOUS inducement-
There used to be bribery; but it held its
head in shame. It was under the utmost
secrecy that many years ago railroad
company bought up the Wisconsin legis-
iature and many other public Officials IN
that State. The Governor OF the State at
that time received $50, 600 for his sigma
ture. His private secretary received S5uO0.
Thirteen members Of the Senate received
$l75, 900 among them in bonds. Sixty
members ot the other house received from
5000 to 10000 each. The LieutsnsntGov- =
srnor received $4,000. The clerks of the
house received from 5000 to $4,000 each.
The bank comptroller received $4,000.
Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
were divided among the lobbyists. You sea
the railroad company was very generous.
But all that was hidden, an1 only through
the severest scrutiny on the part Of a legs
lative committee was this iniquity displayed.
Now political bribery, deies you, dsres you,
ELECTION naxs tuesday. g.
| Vnless this dj-bolism ceases In this ooun.