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PUBLIC DEBT.
Net Increase for October, Less Cash in
Treasury, Sz.IO5.z25 AZ.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-Thc debt
statement issued this afternoon shows
net increase in the public debt, less
cash in the treasury, during October of
81, l9o, 80 AZ. The interest-bearing
debt increased 5000, the non-interest-
bearing debt decreased 1886, 169, and
cash in the treasury decreased S7,5S1,-
693 Al.
The balance of the seven classes of
debt at the close Of business October
31st were: Interest bearing debt, SS41, :
3G4, ,46O; debt on which interest has
ceased since maturity, 1907 ,01O %;
debt bearing no interest, 1872, 100,-
247 "a; total, 81 POI OIL, III 90.
The certificates and silver notes offset
ny an equal amount of cash in the
treasury outstanding at the end of the
month were S564, $40 ,923, a decrease Of
S1S3,4O The total cash in the treas
ury was $S36,G76,221 81. The gold re-
serve was 100000, 600 Net cash bal
ance, S133,572, 761 G3.
In the month there was a decrease Of
geld coin and bars of 81, AT ,47S So, the
total at the close being S115,323, ,S32 63.
Of silver there was a decrease Of ST.
5SG, 102 %. OF the surplus there was in
national bank repositories SIG 49,
096 u, against SIG, ,.JS3, 237 OF at the
end of the previous month.
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CODxx1INvC MITT INEDV Elegantly Trimmed Hats
607 j STREEI visit Sure
or variable winds.

westerly or variable winds.
Colorado-Cloudy weather, possibly
occasional showers; westerly winds.
Signals are displayed on Lakes HUI
ron, Superior and Michigan.
For New England-Fair; slightly
warmer; northerly winds, becoming
variable.
Eastern New York-Fair; warmer;
variable winds, becoming southerly.
Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey-Fair: southerly winds.
Delaware and Maryland-Fair; slight
IL warmer; southerly winds.
New Mexico, Arizona and Western
Texas--Fair; variable winds.
Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Ar
kansas-Fair; southerly winds, becom-
ing variable.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2.-Condi-
tions are favorable for generally fair
weather Tuesday throughout Califor-
MIA. The barometer is rising rapidly
over Washington, Oregon and Northern
California A great low area overlies
the Upper Missouri Valley. Rain or
snow has fallen throughout the entire
country from the Dakotas westward to
the Pacific Ocean. Rain has fallen in
Utah. Nevada and on the northwestern
coast of California. The temperature
has risen slowly over the Pacific Slope.
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WaSserman, Davis & CO.
STREETS, SACRAMENTO
THE GREAT POLITI-
CAL BATTLE TODAY.
Continued from First Page.)


victory, but the result will undoubtedly
be very close. There is every indication
of a larger vote than ever before cast.
BETTING AT PII'rSBURG.
NEW YORK, Nov. "A SUNS" spe-
cial from Pittsburg says: A few
moneyed silver men in Pittsburg show
remarkable nerve in betting. Many
thousands of dollars were wagered
here to-day on Bryan. John T. Newell,
the Fifth Avenue hotelkeeper, stands
to lose $4,000 should Mckinley be cleo
ted and to win $50, 900 should he be de-
feated Newell bet $4,000 to $4,000 on
Bryan in a lump, and sent out word
that he was willing to bet several thou
sand more at the rate of one to two and
half. A Western Pennsylvania man
at once sent word to Newell that he
would bet him to StandStill at the
rate of 21a to ! and $1,000 to $1,000 was
at once put up, Newell taking the
Bryan end
c. r. Magee, the Western Pennsyl-
vania Republican leader, has bet $1,000
even in five bets of equal amounts, that
Illinois will give 10000 plurality for
Mckinley. Magee stands ready to dou-
BILE his bets any time tomorrow.
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SOUND-MONEY DEMOCRATS.
Those in Michigan Will Vote for Nc.
kinley and Hobart.

CHICAGO, Nov. IA telegram was
received Saturday night from Detroit
stating on the highest possible authority
that the Sound Money Democrats of
Michigan would almost solidly vote for
Mckinney and Hobart.
This Will be done in order that the de-
cision against fiat money and repudia-
ton in that State may be as emphatic
as possible.
Chairman Bynum of the Sound Money
Democratic National Committee stated
this morning that he had information
from all of the Sound Money Democratic
leaders in the Central and Western
States as Well as Kentucky and some
other States In the South advising him
that the Sound Money Democrats would
unite and march to the polls tomorrow
and cast their votes for Mckinley and
Hobart.
The approaching business crisis, Mr.
Bynum says. is bringing nearly all the
Sound Money Democrats to the Repub-
lican ticket, in order to absolutely as
sure the overwhelming defeat and OBJ
liberation Of the financial heresy.
Yesterdays open-air and street and
public meetings Of Pftchfork Tillman,
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Sc CiAL BULLETIN BY THE
WASHINGTON BUREAU.
A Storm Center Covers the Upper
Lake Region, Upper mississippi
and Missouri Valleys.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2.-The Wealth
er Bureau furnishes the following spe-
cial bulletin:
"A storm center tonight covers the
upper lake region. upper Mississippi
and upper Missouri Valleys. Rain is
now falling at Chicago. Green Bay and
Dulutb and snow over the eastern por-
tions of North Dakota and South Da-
kota and Western Minnesota, ranging
from one to six inches on the ground.
cor Tuesday cloudy weather and ad-
ditional rainfall will probably prevail In
Michigan and Wisconsin. with n1gh
southeast winds; rains or snow III Min
resota with clearing weather in the
afternoon. snow in the eastern portion
of the Dakotas, probably clearing by
moon. cloudy and light showers in ore
pon Washington and Montana In
Ohio. Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, MIS-
souri Iowa. Nebraska and Kansas,
clear and pleasant weather is practi-
cally certain to prevail on Tuesday.
"WILLIS l.. MOORE, Chief of bureau.
Forecast for Tuesday:
District of Columbia and Maryland
Fair. slightly warmer; southerly winds.
virginia and West Virginia, North
and South Carolina-Fair; variable
winds. becoming southerly.
Georgia, Alabama, Eastern and west
ern Florida-Fair; northerly winds,
becoming southeasterly.
Mississippi, Louisiana and Eastern
southerly winds
Arkansas-Fair; southerly winds, be-
coming variable.
Tennessee and Kentucky-Fair; south
erly winds.
Western Pennsylvania and western
New York-Fair; followed by nncreas-
ing cloudiness Tuesday night: warmer
brisk southerly winds.
For Ohio, Illinois and Indiana-Gen-
orally fair in southern portions; partly
cloudy in northern portions; brisk
southerly winds.
Lower Michigan and upper Michigan
and Wisconsin-Threateni weather,
with rain; probably clearing Tuesday
night; brisk southerly winds.
Minnesota and South Dakota-Raln
on Tuesday morning; probably clearing
in the afternoon; northwesterly WINDS.
Iowa and Missouri-Generaily falr
Tuesday: northwesterly winds
Nebraska-Partly cloudy; clearing
weather, westerly winds.
Montana and ming-Occasionai
light showers, with clearing weather;
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PRISONERS TORTURED.
Horrible Atrocities Perpetrated in the
PhiIiDpine Islands.

LONDON, Nov. 2-The Daily News"
will Tomorrow publish letter from an
English merchant in the Philippine
Islands that was dispatched to London
On September Both. The writer al
leges that horrible atrocities have been
perpetrated by both the rebels and the
Spaniards, and more especially by the
after, who torture their prisoners, par
ticularly when they are prominent men,
with view to forcing them to confess
completely in the rebellion.
He declares that in some cases pris-
oners hands have been nailed to walls,
while in other cases thumb screws have
been used. A hundred prisoners were
thrown in one night into a dungeon In
the fortress at Manila, where there was
hardly room for thirty. The place was
worse than the black hole of Calcutta.
The poor Wretches were up to their
knees in filthy, putrid mud. Fifty
nine Of them died during the night.
A reign Of terror exists in Manila and
elsewhere in the islands. Wholesale
arrests are made daily of innocent
and guilty persons.
The writer adds that the rebellion is
due solely to the rotten and corrupt
administration of the Spaniards, which
the natives were unable to endure any
longer. The outlook is for the worst,
and business is at a complete stand
still.
The writer was compelled to leave his
estate, the Government refusing to
guarantee his safety there. Prisoners
are executed by the wholesale.
In treating on this subject the writer
describes the shooting of four men on
the public promenade. The troops held
their rifles so close to the condemned
men that when the weapons We're dis
charged their heads were blown to
atoms. Crowds of Spanish women went
to see these four rebels executed
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THE CASTLES.
Their Case Has Been Set for Trial on
Friday Next.

LONDON. Nov. 2.--The C1erkenwell
sessions opened to-day. The hearing OF
the case of the Castles was set down
for Friday, November 9th.
Chairman Mcconnell of the Clerken-
well sessions delivered the charge to the
Grand Jury upon the ordinary course
of cases to be heard. calling special at
tention to the case of Mr.. and Mrs. Cas-
tie. in which he said that the facts
did not differ from those constituting
d case of ordinary larceny except in re-
spect to the position of the parties ac-
cused Their case he thought, was
proper one for inquiry by a common
jury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Castle did not appear
Sir Edward Clarke, Sir Frank Lock-
wood and Mr. Abrahams, counsel for
defense, met at the chambers of Sir
Edward Clarke to discuss the course to
be taken by the defense. 1t was under
stood that the chief point under dis
cussion was whether Mrs. Castle should
plead guilty with the extenuating plea
of mental weakness, but counsel de-
clined to disclose the nature of their de-
cision in the matter.
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BROUGHT DOWN IN IRONS.
First Mate of a Vessel Who Killed the
Second Officer.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2-The
whaling schooner Balsena arrived from
the Arctic to-day with the first mate,
c. II. Bowen, in irons He is charged
With the murder of Frank Jones, the
vessels former second mate. Bowen
was delivered into the custody of the
United States Marshal.
The crime with which Bowen stands
charged was committed September 1st
last, at the Herschel Islands. He killed
Jones after a desperate rough and
tumble fight, in which the second Off
Ger had all the worst of it. The ac-
cused man declined to discuss the af
fair saying, however, that he had killed
Jones in self-defense.
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REED AT OAKLAND.
The Maine Statesman Receives a
Great Ovation.

OAKLAND, Nov. 2.-Speaker Reel
arrived on the 40 narrow guage train,
thus disappointing the crowd assembled
at Seventh and Broadway expecting
him by the broad gauge ferry. He was
accompanied by Senator Perkins, Con-
eressman Hilborn and W. II. CHECKER
ing in a foGr-horse carriage, the latter
being the Chairman selected for the
speaking at the fair grounds.
The party was accompanied by sew
eral carriages containing lady friends
and members of the County Central
Committee.
The party drove down to Eighth
street, and up Broadway to San Pablo
avenue, and thence down to the race
track. Quite a crowd lined the streets
along the route.
From about II o'clock the street cars
to the racetrack were crowded with peo-
pie, and special local trains were run
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RACE WAR.
A Political Speech Leads to a Clash
Between Whites and Negroes.

RALEIGH On. c., Nov. 2-Messages
from Goldsboro say tiat an incendiary
political speech made there by Frank
Baker caused clash between white
and colored citizens yesterday. A mob
Of 80 negroes, armed with knives, pis-
tolls and clubs, marched through the
city and defied the law. The Sheriff
ard city authorities called on the
Goldsboro Rifles for assistance This
action had the effect of quelling the dis
turbance. The negroes repaired to
hall and held a meeting. The militia
is still at the armory, ready for any
emergency. More trouble is expected.
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SHOCKING DEATH.
A Sonoma County Citizen Killed in a
Runaway Accident.

SANTA ROSA, Nov. 2.-An Italian
named Pietro Simoni met a shocking
death on the road near Forestville Sun
day.
With a friend he was going down
steep hill in a light wagon. The team
ran away, throwing Simoni out. His
leg caught in the vehicle and he was
literally pounded to pieces. The man
was 81 years old and unmarried.
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INGLESIDE TRACK.
Winners of the Six Events Run Off
Yesterday.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2.-Ingleside
Weather fine and track good. Five
and one-half furlongs, Hanetta won,
February second, Scotch Rose third.
Time-1:10A.
Six furlongs, Installator won, Midlo
second, ST. Aigon third. Time-1:1512.
One mile, handicap, Nebuchadnezzar
won, Sir Play second, Lincoln II. third.
Time-1: :411@
Five and one-half furlongs, Bellicoso
won, La MascOtta second, Rosebud
third. Time--1 90.
Five and one-half furlongs, Veragua
won. Ranardine second, Therese third.
Time-1 :09aI.
Six and one-half furlongs. Una Colo
rado won. Spry Lark second. Long Lady
third. Time-1 :23L
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UNITED STATES AND SPAIN.
Report That Their Relations Have
Reached a Serious Crisis.

NEW YORK, Nov. "A Herald"
special from Jacksonville, Fla, says:
Cuban leaders here and in Key West
declare that they have reliable infor-
nation that the relations Of the United
States and Spain have reached a crisis,
and developments of great Importance
in regard to Cuba may be expected
within the next month.
Advices received from Havana are to
the effect that the departure Of Consul
General Lee for Washington was caused
by this crisis, and that his report to
President Cleveland Will be Of such d
character that il will almost certainly
result in action being taken by the
United States. 1t is understood that the
case of the Competitor prisoners was
the immediate cause of the departure of
General Lee.
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from Seventh and Broadway to accom-
mOdate the crowds.
At the racetrack a trem endous crowd
had gathered. People came from all
over the county to hear Reed. When the
Maine statesman arrived he was given
a grand ovation.
He spoke for over an hour on the is
sues of the day, and was loudly al
plauded. Tonight there was a grand
torchhght procession, participated in
by many thousands.
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Accidentally Killed Himself.

MODESTO, Nov 2-Word reached
here to-day that a fnan named Smith
was accidentally shot in the foothills
west of Newman He went hunting,
and did not return at dinner time. Clary
Brothers, for whom Simth worked, be-
gan a search and found him barely
alive. He had jumped from one rock
to another and fell, discharging his
fowling-piece. The charge shattered
his left arm. He died two hours later
The record-union., 1896-11-03
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
He Will Remain at the White House
and Receive the Election Returns.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-President
Cleveland is at the White House to-
day, and it is stated there that he has no
intention Of going duck shooting on
election day.
He will probably receive returns at
the White House instead of Woodley.
Secretaries Olney, Carlisle and Morton
are likely to be the Presidents guests for
the purpose of hearing the returns as
received.
The record-union., 1896-11-03

Eugene V. Debs, Governor Altgeld and
others of that party in Chicago, their
marching professions, their open Sab
bath dissertation, their violent denun-
citation of moral principles, their at
tacks upon religious gatherings, their
insults to the American flag have COM
bned to arouse the good people of Chi
cago to the greatest activity, irrespec-
tive of political party.
On no previous occasion has there ap-
peared such unanimity of sentiment
among the law-abiding citizens OF all
classes in favor of active, energetic and
combined work on behalf of single
candidate.
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Gunboats Vicksburg and Newport.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-The new
gunboats Vicksburg and Newport will
be launched this morning from the
yards of the Bath Iron Works, and the
Navy Department will at once enter
into correspondence with the Mayors of
those cities to arrange for christening
ceremonies.
The record-union., 1896-11-03
Serious Accident on the u. p.

OGDEN Utah). Nov. AT 80 this
evening two engines collided on the
Union Pacific near Wamsutter, Wyo,
one hauling a light and the other a
heavy freight train. Both engines and
several cars were completely wrecked,
and one Of the engineers and fireman
badly hurt. Conflict of orders is sup
posed to be the cause of the accident.
The record-union., 1896-11-03
Fancy Plush Lap Robes.

High colorings on one side. plain on
the other. Worth 81 % and So Special.
s.: and So 30.
About 100 Plain Wool and Wool Plush
Lap Robes; high colorings; crushed
plush, silky effects. Plain Blanket
Robes, etc. Ranging in price from
s. 10 to SO each Greatly reduced in
price.
The record-union., 1896-11-03

Vote for William Mckinley for Presi-
dent and for Grove L. Johnson to go
back to Congress to stand In the halls
of legislation in support of Mckinley
and the protective policy.
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Child's Flannelette Gowns

Children's Flannelette Gowns in pink
and white, and blue and white stripe.
Sale prices, years to q, 65c; 8 to IA,
Soc.
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A vote against Congressman johnson
is vote in favor of free trade and
against the protection of American in
duStrieS.
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A vote for the Republican candidate
for Congress in your district will be
the same thing as vote against Bry-
ans panic programme.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
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business: He-Miss Luella, / love you
madly viii you be mine? She-This
really is 50 sudden, Mr., Bisnis; must
have time TO think it over before | an
swer you. He-Can't give you much.
Last car goes in fifteen minutes.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
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A vote for Grove l.. johnson is vote
for public improvements in this dis
trict.-Marysville Appeal.
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Sacramento should stand by her nomi-
nee for Congress, if for nothing else for
local pride.
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Ladies' Muslin
Underwear.
Reductions:

Reduction:
Ladies Muslin Mother Hubbard
Gown, tucked yoke. Sale price, 3Sc.
Ladies Muslin Mother Hubbard
Gown, square or V neck yoke of en-
broidery and tucks. Sale price, Csc.
Ladies' Muslin Mother Hubbard
Gown, square, low neck, prettily
trimmed in embroidery Sale prices,
7Sc, 97c and 81 1S
Ladies' Muslin Drawers, cluster of
tucks. Sale price, 25c.
Ladies' Muslin Drawers, embroidery
trimmed, with clusters of tucks above.
Sale prices, 2oc, 39c, SOC and 5Sc.
Ladies' Cambria and Muslin Chemise.
yokes of fine embroidery. Sale prices,
72c, SOC and Csc Former prices, 81 30
tn 50 20.
Ladies' Cambria Corset-covers, V and
square yokes of embroidery. Sale
prices, 2oc, 39c, 5Sc, Csc and Csc.
Sharp County record., 1896-02-28

\ peculiar instance Of lost identity
has presented itself IN Akron, o.,
the principal actor IN the affair beng
no less a parsonage than Maj. Brit,
ton, an ex-otlicer of the United
States Army and at present lecturer
under the direction of Ponds lecture
bureau of New York. lie entered
the store of Chandler & Fraunfeltcr.
and. approaching one of the clerks.
asked if he could tell him who he
was, where he came from and what
city he was IN. Mr., Chandler was
called, and to HIM Maj, Brtton told
remarkable story. He said that he
could not remember anything of his
past life, with one exception. and
that was that he had been lecturer
of some kind and that he had left
his wife at some hotel. His name
and address he did not know lie
would consider it q great favor If
some one could tell him where he
was from or where his wife was
Later developments proved that the
man was Maj, BrtLon. -Gl!lctt Hers
aid.
Sharp County record., 1896-02-28

"There Is a boy III New York
brokers' office" says the Savannah
News, "who will one of these days
give Plerpoint Morgan a hard race
for the ttle of the greatest fnancier
in the country, If Mr.. Morgan does
not get out Of the way before
embryo tinancier is fully developed.
The youth IN question has just turn.
ed profit of $4,000 on all invest
ment of two cents, And he did it
through the recent bond deal. When
the secretary OF the treasury adver-
tised for bids for bonds, the boy
took advantage of the weakness in
the call which omitted guarantee,
and put IN bid tor $l50,oOo of the
bonds at a price which insared an
award to him. When tie award
was made he sold his right to receive
the bonds for $4,000 cash IN hand.
His only expense IN connection with
the transaction was the stamp to
carry his letter to Washington"
Sharp County record., 1896-02-28
The Legalised Primaries.

tasy doubt existed as to the wis
aEtU1 tegalizing primary elections,
lt,nas been removed.
The Sebastian prlmari ries were con-
ducted under the general election
laws of the State, and legalized ac.
cordlng to an act Of the last leglsla-
ture'
The scheme worked to perfection,
The election was conducted in an Or
derlv and decent manner. The sa-
looms were closed. The polls were
free from the presence tt the heelcl
aud rounder, and the voter want tc
the polls without interference and
cast his vote for whom he chose
The disgraceful scenes and practices
which usually atterd such elections
were entirely wanting.
The legalized primary has WORKED
so successfully that we trust it viii
be continued. -Ex.
Sharp County record., 1896-02-28

Edison has taken hold of the pho.
tographlc discovery Of Prof
Rocntgen and we may now expect
something IN that line. The public
awaits with curiosity not nnmiScd
with apprehension at the progress
and development of this remarkable
discovery. If the time should ever
come, as 1t surely will, when the IN
struments Of the new process Of pho'
Biography are so cheap and portable
that any one may carry one conceal
cd about his peson and take snap
shots at everybody he sees, the
thing viii become q terror and mi"
sancc, When machines that will
photograph through solid wood may
be carried about in the hand there
will Of course be no protection what
ever for modest people IN summer
clothes. Even behind walls of brick
and mortar there can be no assur.
ancc Of privacy. lon can never
know that some malicious or curious
person on the other side Of the wall
isn't taking you down with a
Roon,gpn machine. Of course, the
thing has It's good as well as its bad
points. For instance, when George
makes some particularly strong as
scrtIon to Arabella respecting the
state Of bis heart, ArabelIa may de-
Sharp County record., 1896-02-28

"But, sir, inquiry is on the increase
among us," said his TREND,
"Is 1t? I'm sorry, bu! I'm too bury
at present to do anything"
"When shall | call again, slr?'
81 can not tell. Pm very busy.
I'm busy every day, Excuse me,
sir; I wish yon good morning"
Then bowlng the intruder out of
his office, he resumed the study Of
his papers.
The merchant had frequently res
pulsei the friend of humanity IN
this manner. No matter what the
subject he was always too busy to
listen to their claims. He had even
told his minister that he was too
busy for anything but to make
money.
But one morning a disagreeable
stranger stepped very softly to his
side laying cold moist hand upon
k brow, and saying "Go home
WltL me"
The merchant laid down his pen;
his head grew dizzy; his stomach felt
faint and sick: he left the counting
room went home and retired to his
bed chamber.
His unweicome vislter had follow
ed him and now took bis place by
the side, whispering, ever and anon,
"You must 90 with me-"
A cold chill settled on the mer'
chants head specter of ship notes
houses and land fitted before his
excited mind. Still his pulse beat
slower, his heart heaved heavily
thick films gathered over his eyes
his tongue refused to speak. Ther
the merchant knew that the name oI
his visitor was death!
Humanity, mercy aud religion hat
alike begged his influence, means
and attention in vain; but wher
death came he was powerles he wal
compelled to have leasure to die!
Let Us beware how we make ouI
selves too busy to secure llfe's grea
end. When the excuse rises to ou
lips, and we are about to say we arr
too busy to do good, let us remem
ber we can not he too busy to die, -
! Christian Work.