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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04

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Braid. , cents piece.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16
Commission With God.

George Bowen, speaking of the rela-
ton that should exist between the be-
lever and God, says:
There is great deal OF that which
is shadowy and dubious about the com.
munion that many have with GOD.
They have no such consciousness of
having met and conversed with God
as they have OF their communications
with men. They know that God is re-
vealed in his word as gracious and
merclful toward the race Of man. but
they have not considered that it is the
province of faith to single cut the be-
lever and bring him by himself into the
presence OF his maker. He is TO enter
into peculiar and MISUNDERSTOOD re.
lations to God God is his God. he is
the child OF COD and there must be a
conscious acquaintance and intimacy
quite distinct from the The general
goodness Of God to mankind. We
must resolve to be satisfied with
nothing less than the bright shining OF
the divine presence upon our individual,
SOUL"
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16
A Beautiful Principle,
Selected.

A noble organization is thus de-
scribed by the New York Evening Post:
The Kind Word Society, having for
its object the finding of country homes
for girls and women VINO are tired of
the life of the city, and who are willing
to enter domestic service, has in the
few years of its existence already
placed between 1000 and 5000 girls.
These girls are usually unfamiliar with
the duties they will be called upon to
perform, having passed their previous
existence in trying to earn livelihoods
as clerks, in sewing, or in various other
occupations that have left them cold,
hungry and. i'll. They 60 to homes
where the mistress who receives them
is willing to teach them all the useful
and helpful things she knows. Her
goodness of heart and patience are in
most cases rewarded by the result.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16
"A Railroad Mans PRAYER.

An old railroad worker was convert
cd. and being present al a meeting a.
which there were many inQuirers, be
was asked to lead in prayer.
He hesitated moment, and then
with trembling, Int clear, resound!ng
voice, he said reverently: 20 Lord, now
that have tagged thee. lift up my feet
from the rough road Of life and plant
them safely On the deck Of the train OF
salvation. Lei he use he safety lamp
known as prudence, make all the
couplings in the train with the strong
INK of love, and let my hand lamp be
the Bible. And, heavenly Father.
keep all switches closed hat lead off
on the slQings. especially those with a
blind end. @ LORD, if il he thy pleas.
ure, have every semaphorc block along
the line show the white light of hone,
that | may make the run Of life with
out stopping. And, Lord, give us the
ten commandments for a schedule: and
when | nave finished the run, on
schedule time. pulled into the great
dark station Of death, may thou, the
superintendent Of the universe gay,
Well done, thou good and faithful
servant: come and sign the payroll
and receive your check for eternal
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

"The path of duty is the path Of
safety" A true tale showing how God
protects those who do according TO his
will, is related in Mr.. Ashes book,
Two Kings of Uganda The story of
an African boys fidelity may well in
spire American youth to greater fear
lessness in the discharge of duties:
I'm Central Africa few years ago,
some boys were burned to death by
order of the king because they were
Christians. Yet, in spite OF this, a boy
of about 16 was brave enough to wish
to become Christian. He came to the
missionary, and said in his own langu-
age: .
my friend, wish to be baptized
"'Do you know what you are ask
ing?' said the missionary III surprise.
"I know, my friend
But if you say that you are
Christian they will kill YOU
l KNOW, my lTlenQ.
but if they ask you if you are a
Christian, will you tell lie, and say
No.?
"Bravely and firmly came the boys
answer, I shall confess, my friend.
"a little talk followed in which he
showed clearly that he understood
what it was to be Christian, so the
missionary baptized him by the name
of Samweli, which is the same as our
Samuel.
THE king found him so useful that
he employed him to collect the taxes,
which are paid in cowries-little shells
which are used instead of money.
"One day, when he was away on this
business, the king again got angry with
the Christians and ordered that all the
leading ones should be killed. Sam
wells name was found on the Est. As
he came back he heard OF the death
that was awaiting him. That night,
when it was dark, the missionary was
awakened by low knocking at his
door. 1t was Samweli and his friends
come to know what he should do.
Should he run away, or should he 20
and hand over the money he had COL
lected? After silence the missionary
said:
@ Tell me what you think
Looking up, Samweli replied, My
friend, cannot leave the things of the
king
His friends earnestly begged him to
fly. but the missionary said, No. he is
right. He has spoken well; he must
deliver up the money
They all knelt down in PRAYER TO-
gether, the missionary wondering sad
ly if he should ever see the young hero
again.
My friend, will try 10 start early,
and leave the cowries with the chief
said the lad as he set OH; but l fear
my carriers will not be ready till after
daylight, and if l am seen | shall be
caught. Good-by.'
But God kept him. He went bold
ly to the chiefs hut, put down the
cowries. and walked away. He went
again . few nights aiter"to tell the
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16
The Power OF the Word.

We little guess the extent Of our daily
Influence. The Missionary Link re-
cords this experience:
Some time ago a missionary from
Madras was travelling through crowd
ed villages, and received an invitation
to go TO one never before visited. On
his arrival the people collected around
him. and begged him to send them a
missionary and school master to
teach them the sacred Book The
missionary asked them. What 90 you
know about my sacred Blok?' And an
Old man sitting near him answered, I
know little Of it, and began 10 re-
peat in Tamil the first Two or three
chapters Of st. Johns gospel. To his
surprise, also, he found that the man
was totally blind. He asked how he
could possibly have learned so much,
when the man answered that a lad
from some distance, who had been
taught in mission school, mad for
months been working in this village,
and had brought with him part of the
New Testament He had read this
aloud so often that the blind man had
learned it by heart, and although the
boy had left the village sometime be-
fore, not word Of these precious truths
had been forgotten
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16
Walk With Us at Fventide.

Walk with us, Jesus, when the day is
spent;
The robins voice is full of tenderness,
And all the air is silent with excess
Of sweet devotion, peace and calm
content,
Ope thou our hearts that we may see
Alright
The scripture Of the world, the burning
page
That shines upon our eyes from every
age,
A warning fire to sin, tender light,
With vistas Of the great immortal
throng.
Ask US, 0 Jesus, if we understand,
The wondrous voices Of the sea and
land,
AS thou did'st them who read the
prophets song,
And knew him not their blessed risen
Lord,
Read thou with US thy Fathers hidden
word?
MARTHA PERRY LOWE.
Selected.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16
The Rest Argument.

DR.. Bernardo, of London, the great
pbilanthlopist, relates that he was once
standing at his front door on a bitter
day in winter when little ragged chap
came up TO him and asked for an order
OF admission into his home.
To test the boy he pretended to be
rather rough with him.
How do l know" he said, IF what
you tell me is true. Have you any
friends to speak for your"
Friends" the little fellow shouted
"No. ! aims got no friends; but if these
ere rags''-and he waved his arms
about as he won't speak for
me, nothing else will"
So, your very needs are the strongest
appeal to the Saviour. And if Won
come to him with all your heart, Just
because you need him, you shall beve
his sympathy and love.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16
PURELY PERSONAL

Tie Prince Of Wales is said to have
lost mach Of his interest in horse
racing.
Erastus Wman is again taking mart
in business affairs with all his Old time
snap and vim.
Steps are already being taken 10
celebrate the 4ooth anniversary of Me-
lanchthon's birth on February 1G 1897
at his birthplace, Brettin, in Baden
Mr. Ruskin's health-he has juet
passed his seventy seventh birthday
is fairly. good for so advanced an ace 8"
He takes long walks, plays chess and
reads novels.
Andrew Lang was asked recently IN
answer the question as to Wlat "bvr1ns
had helped him most He wrote ir ro-
ply that he had derived most benefit
from the Homeric hymns. especially
those to Demeter and Aphrodite.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16
Palestine Being Modern,zed,

Says writer in The Church at Home
and Abroad: Whoever wishes to see
Palestine in the garb it has worn for
uunumbered centuries, writes a trav-
eler, must visit it soon. The people are
adopting European dress and ways.
Our inventions are coming. The tele-
graph is domiciled; and soon the crook
ed stick will give way to the pillow, the
camel stand aside or run believing to
the field, as have seen him dc, while
the engine rushes on, and the Palestine
of Bible days will be no more"
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16
A Prevalent Folly.

Bishop H. c. Potter says: More and
more there is growing up a disposition
among parents to permit all matters Of
religious observance 20 be with their
offspring mere matters Of choice or
preference. Your child must learn
French and German and drawing, but
he shall learn his catechism and his
Bible lesson and a reverent observance
Of Gods holy day if he chooses, and
rot otherwise A more dismal and ir-
rational folly it is not easy to conceive
of. | do not say that there may not
have been folly in another and in an
opposite direction. But surely We can
correct the excess without straight
away flying to an opposite and worse
one. And so l plead with you who are
parents to train your children to ways
OF reverent familiarity with Gods
word. Gods house and Gods day"
Every bachelor thinks he would
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

Lorrilard Kip, who poses backed up
by certain newspapers as the best
dressed man in New York, was the
recipient of a severe thrashing at the
hands of Nat Goodwin, the well-knoWn
comedian. AS usual in such matters a
woman was at the bottom of the case,
and the encounter has been anticipated
for some time 1t took place in the
Hoffman house cafe and Kip was thor
oughly whipped There is sorrow and
crashing of teeth among the swells in
consequence.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16
Da,u's Horns.

vhe~a ~. ~ m2rv noCrIo IN nc
churCs who woD1d rather be comets
+,,n s,,ns vs,v q nro.occ;on that IS
n,ar..1.irc STRAIGHT -cward tho nit is
hoadod nv moderate drinkpr-
Skenricc nav tear The Bible tc pieces
In. .hev CON mako M roniv q con-
sis.on+ Christian 1fre.-A revival meet
ING is srro n drag when the leading
members feel mos comfortable in the
hack so2-s-There is hone for the man
who doesn't have to fall Gown more
than once to learn how to stand up
The lessons We learn N the school Cf
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

The Berlin authorities have seized the
body of Prof Largenhaus' child, which
died from an application Of diphtheria
serum administered by the father him
self. 1t will be dissected by the great
est authorities of the imperial capital.
1t is believed that the needle of the
syringe penetrated a vein which car
ried the poison of the serum directly
TO the heart. The object of the official
investigation is to decide whether the
use of his remedy" is to be permitted
IN future.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

The Ohio law directed against the
wearing of high hats by women in thea
tiers has led to agitation in other quar-
tiers. The Women's Health Protective
Association of Brooklyn, N. Y, has ap-
pointed committee to ask theater
managers Ito post up notices asking
women to remove their hats during the
performance, and to provide place for
the safe keeping Of the hats" So long
as men alone were concerned in the
crusade against the high hat there was
little hope Of mitigation of the Attic
ton. Is the probability of such mitiga-
tion increased by the accession of a
corps of women to the force of the cru
saders? Who can tell? AS the elder Mr..
Weller observed, Women are rum
creeturs."
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

The faculty of Yale University has
knocked in the head DR.. William Lyon
Phelps course in modern novels, de-
creeing that this new study shall be
abandoned at the close Of the present
college year. 1t appears that the pro-
fessors of ancient English literature
and Of Greek and Latin have been play
ing to empty benches since Dr.. Phelps
inaugurated his speciality of up-to- date
fiction. Homer and Plato, Virgil and
Pliny, Chaucer and Spenser had no
show at all when brought into compe-
tition with Robert Louis Stevenson and
Rudyard Kipling, Tolstoi and Howells,
Hall Caine and Marion Crawford. And
so, to save the poor ancients, the fin
de-sieclists Lave been summarily
sQuelched.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16
The Truly Brave Sonl

The truly brave soul does not quail
before or shrink from life's hardsn;os
but heroically faces them, assured that
they are a part of that divinely or,
dained life discipline which fits the SOU;
for an eternity of bliss. This life Is
the school in which faithful, diligent
brave students are fitted, by severe dis
cipline, for the glories Of the life which
is to come,
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

The young unmarried men Of the
congregation of one of New York.
most ultra fashionable churches are
said to have banded together in a
Bachelors club to make it easier for
them to escape the leap-year snares
and pitfalls which surround them on
every side, it is claimed, owing to the
yigor with which some Of the girls of
the congregation are pursuing them.
This sounds doubtful, but it should be
remembered that almost anything is
possible in New York.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16
Hottest Mines In the World.

The hottest mines in the world are
the Comstock. The men cannot work
more than ten or fifteen minutes at a
time on the lower levels. Every known
means of lessening the neat has been
tried to no avail. Ice melts before Il
reaches the bottom.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

# many more people killed in Cuba
get up TO say that they are not dead
we shall have to begin to distrust them.
Their assertions are calculated to dis
credit the news we are receiving from
Cuba.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

A young girl in Arlington, N. j., COM
mitted suicide because her mother
would not stop drinking. While it i
true that this terrible lesson may cure
The mother, it is doubtful, and the sac
rifice was terrible, and probably 4
hysterieaI one.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

George Sample of Rock Island, H.,
is fiji de steele burglar whose speciality
is the holding up of euchre parties and
capturing the stakes. He did this once
too often and now the sample reposes
in the Rock Island Jail as warning
that the entire stock is unsatisfactory.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

After the Booth family is weary Of
family squabbles We shall be pleased
to hear that it has settled down to the
work of salvation again.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

When Mr.. Il Hung Chang comes to
America it is to he hoped that he will
be suitably impressed by the merits OF
steam laundries.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

Naturally there was great excitement
In Chicago hotel when teief tried
to usurp the privileges Of the landlord
RnG rob the guests.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

The main delight Of politics to the
ordinary mind is that it affords so
many opportunities 10 get even with
somebody.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16
christ is walking everywhere,

Christ is walking everywhere,
With his face deep marked by care,
Painfully.
But the people turn their eyes
Far away toward the skies,
Knowing not that near them stands
Christ, the Lord, with pierced hands,
Reckoning them toward his breast,
Where alone they may find rest,
Walks he with his bleeding feet,
Walks he where the people meet,
But they scorn him, pass rim by,
md in their hearts they maGly cry
..,~ Cruelty.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

There are no reports to the effct that
old man Booth had any objection to
American money, either paper, silver
Or gold.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

II is about time for some Psp!ring
genius to aLnoupae that the peach crop
Is ruined.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

While a man is only partially TespOn-
sible Tor his looks, lie is wholly SO FOR
his manners.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

The eager candidate for Office does not
differ much from a small boy crawling
into circus tent. They both push the
canvass
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

Ten people acquire experience where
one gains knowledge.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

The Maybslck case has now broken
into Congress.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16
F. MARTEL & SON,
No. 2l1 Texas Street
The Old Reliable
FOR IRON ROOFING

OF trmp Corrugated
HUGS OF Satisfaction
nccon with the and promptly large stock Of
Cooking and Heating &C.
leepnohe~" SHREVEPORT "A:
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-16

Every bachelor thinks he voula
make rishtv fine husband.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-02
FLOODS PLAY v
Lives Lost, Trains Wrecked and Much
Property Damaged by Water.

Possibly not in the history of the
Central and Southwest States have
there been such heavy rains as in the
past three days, and certainly the
damage to property and loss of life
consequent have never'been so great.
Near Smithville, Mo-, two boys
heroically rescued thirteen persons in
danger of drowning and starvation.
An M. K. & E. train was wrecked near
Rocheport and a Frisco train was
wrecked at Butler, Ark. In the Sac
River country William Jones, wife and
four children were washed away while
asleep in their home. Much of the
low lands along the Charlton River
and it's branches are under water, and
great damage has been done to crops.
In Texas, the Indian Territory,
Illinois and Indiana heavy rains and
strong winds have played much havoc
with property.
Along the Usage, Gasconads and
Moreau Rivers many houses have
been destroyed and there will be
much suffering.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-02
RUSSIAN GOLD STORY.
Secretary Carlisle Declines to Discuss
an Apparently Absurd Rumor.

WAsHIN GToN, ID. C., Dec. 26.-Sec-
rotary Carlisle to-day declined to say
anything for publication concerning a
story printed here that Russia stood
ready to loan the United States $780,
o00, 900 in gold, and that the United
States was considering the acceptance
of the offer. The story goes further,
and says the offer has been pending
since early in the present administra-
ton. A high Treasury officer; pos
sessing the entire confidence of Sec
rotary Carlisle, says he never heard of
the original offer and does not believe
such an offer is in existence. Other
Treasury officials say the story is alb
surd, as the United States has already
during the past two years sold $685.
315, 900 of bonds to obtain gold, upon
which it is now paying a high rate OF
interest, and if our policy permitted it
the United States had certainly rather
have borrowed from a friendly power
than to have increased its national
debt as it has. 1t is pointed out, too,
that the application of the Monroe
doctrine, which prevents our inter-
ference in European political affairs
as well as it prevents European pow
ers interfering in territorial affairs on
this continent, would stop UnitedStates
as a nation from dealing with Russia
as a nation in financial matters. Rus
STA is on a paper basis, but the Gov
eminent has about, according to the
official report of the Director of the
Mint for 1895, $500, OOo, 900 visible gold,
besides large credits in London, Paris
and Berlin.
During the past two years Russia
has accumulated through gold pro-
duction and by exces of gold imports
over gold exports about s255, 000, 600
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-02
URGENT APPEAL FOR HELP.
Linn Greek, NO., Inundated and the
Citizens in Dire Distress.

SEpAIIA, Mo-, Dec. 27.-An urgent
for aid reached here to-day
from Linn Greek, Camden county,
which appeals to the charity of every
Missourian. Judge p. King, cashier
of the bank of Linn Greek, t~elegraphed
to Mayor p. ID. Hastain as follows:
s'Our town is submerged and sur
rounded by water. The river is to
the roof of many houses, and over
one-half of the houses are in water to
the top of the second story. The food
came suddenly and the people were
unable to recover any Of their cloth
ing or household goods; in fact, all
loose property was lost or ruined.
Many are needing help. Can your
people do anything for US? I am not
acquainted with any of your bankers,
hence l telegraphed you. Bed cloth
ing, fuel and provisions were all lost
or badly damaged. If anything Is
sent me, | will see that it is properly
applied"
Mayor Hastain has taken prompt &C
ton and asked for donations from cit
liens and contributions viii be for
Warded tomorrow.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-02
PRESENT TO Ex-coNFEDERATEs.
Repeal by the Senate OF the Proserip-
tive Law.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 25.-The
Senate to-day presented a Christmas
present to the South, as Mr.. Hill IN.
" aptly characterized the bill re-
pealing the proseriptive disabilities
passed at the close of the war against
the service of ex-Confederates in the
United States army and navy. The
passage of such a repeal, without a
dissenting vote, in a Senate having a
Republican plurality, and with North
ern Senators taking the initiative,
lent a gracefulness and significance to
the action in marked contrast with
former war controversies in Con-
gress. The Southern Senators, with
the exception of Mr.. Daniel (Va.),
took no part in urging the repeal and
several of them, including Mr.. Wal
thall and Mr.. Cockrell, who served in
the Confederate ranks, voted for a
postponement by reference to COM
mittee. But, with such champions on
the Republican side of the chamber as
Messrs. Chandler, Hawley and Platt
and on the Democratic side as Mr..
Hill and Mr.. Voorhees,, the repeal vas
readily accomplished. In the two
hours given to speeches on the meas
ure there was the fullest expression
of a desire to bury war animosities.
The Senate did little beyond debating
and passing this bill.
Mr.. Platt rep, Conn., spoke of the
attacks made ON him by Southern
newspapers because he suggested the
other day that this bill go to COM
mittee. "But," continued MI. Platt,
ssthis country has forgiven much; it is
ready to forgive more. And am SO
full of forgiveness on this day before
Christmas that l am ready to forgive
these ex-Confederates and join to-day
with the Senator from New York
(HilD in supporting this repeal"
Mr.. Allen, speaking as a private in
the northern ranks, urged the repeal
and condemned the ''bloody fiag''
politics of the past. The Senator
caused some amusement by referring
to the time when the command with
which he served captured that com
manded by the Senator from Missouri
(Mr. Cockrell.)
MIR. Sherman moved to refer the
bill to the committee on military af-
fairs. The motion was defeated.
at is evident" interpesed Mr.
Sherman, "that a majority of the
Senate wish to give this bill as a
Christmas present to the South, and
therefore withdraw my motion for 8
reference" Thereupon, without di-
vision, the bill was passed.