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The Life.Saving Service.

Washington, November 30.-The
report of Mr.. Kimball, the general
superintendent of the life.saving ser
vice, for the year ended June 30th
exhibits the most satisfactory results
yet accomplished by that service,
Although the total number of disas
tiers was greater than in any prior
year, the percentage of lives AND
property lost was less. The next
best record was that of the year 1895
| In that year the loss of life was one
out of every 224 persons involved,
| and the loss of property IA per cent
of the amount imperiled, while dur.
| ing the last year the less was only
one person out of 260 II l 5 per cent.
of property.
At the close of the year the estab-
lishment comprised $50 stations, OF
which 1856 were located on the At
lantic and Gulf coasts, So on the
great lakes, IA on the Pacific coast
and one at the Falls of Ohio, Louis
vile, Ky. The number of disasters
of documented vessels with the
scope of the service was 437, involv-
ing 4.60S persons, of whom 1896 were
saved and thirteen lost. The esti-
mated value of the vessels was S.,
$50, 40 and of the cargoes $3,S49, $50,
aggregating q total of $12, 726. $50. OF
this amount 81 ,432, $50 was lost. The
number of documented vessels totally
lost was 81.
There were also during the year
243 casualties to undocumented small
craft-sailboats. rowboats, sc. Of
the 594 persons on board 5S7 were
saved and lost The value of the
property in these casualties is esti-
mated at $119,265, of which $114,915
was saved.
The total number of shipwrecked
persons succored at stations was 613.
The total number of days succor
afforded was 1,4S6. Other persons
mot on board vessels) to the number
of 50 were rescued from drowning, all
of whom would probably have per-
ished but for the vigilance and
prompt assistance of the life saving
crews.
The patrolmen also warned from
danger by their night signals 21O
vessels and by day signals 10. The
loss of life and property averted in
these 300 instances cannot be esti-
mated, but the circumstances under
which a large proportion of the
warnings was made indicate that 1t
must have been very considerable.
The cost of maintaining the service
for the year was 81 ,401, sos.
Attention is invited to the made
Quacy of the compensation of the
superintendent of life saving dis
tricts, who are charged with onerous
duties and required to furnish heavy
bonds, in some cases with penalty
as high as $4,000. An annual COM
pensation of $4,000 is recommended.
The existing discrimination in the
rates of wages paid the surfmen-a
small minority receiving 500 per
month, while the majority receive
only S60-continues to be Il source OF
serious discomfort and complaint. A
uniform rate, it is said, is demanded
by common fairness and the good OF
the service. The general superin-
tendent recommends that such a rate
be established and that it be fixed at
S65 per month, as was formerly pro-
vided by the act of July 22d, 1892.
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Mr.. Cleveland, whose opinion most
democrats have long since ceased to
respect, has presumed again to offer
his advice to the democratic party.
He processes to believe that enough
of the six millions of democratic votes,
who rejecting his advice voted
for Bryan on the late election,
will be convinced of their folly
in the near future and be willing
to be controlled by the 100000
voters who deserving their party
voted with him. He would IN
doubtedly have the same convictions
if he had been the only one that
voted the Palmer and Buckner
ticket. His concluding remarks are
to the effect, that the greatest dan
gers which now menace the country
are the greed of organized wealth
and the rapacity of corporations,
and that he sees in the return of the
republican party to power no pros
pect of the abatement of these evils.
He gives no reason, however, for
casting his vote in the late election
for perpetuating the republican
party in power, and the people of the
country are not likely to conclude,
that the opinion of man is worth
much, who could so stultify himself
as to vote with a party that accord
ing to his own acknowledgment
would continue to be a foe to their
best interests.
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Oysters in the Potomac.

The growth of the oyster industry
on the upper Potomac has been very
large in the last few years. A gentle
man interested in the industry says
that between Colonial Beach and
Matthias Point, distance of ten
miles, there are engaged about one
thousand boats, longing and dredg-
ing for oysters, securing 10000 bush
els day, and from Colonial Beach
to the mouth of the river the number
is quite as large.-Alexandria Ga
zette.
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The n. J. Journal says it seems
that the overzealous friends of re-
turning prosperity have been open
ing manufacturing establishments
that have no existence" There is
no doubt of the fact that no evidences
of returning prosperity have been
observed anywhere in this section Of
the country.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-12-05

The State Board of Canvassers
Tuesday reconvened and decided to
award certificates of election to W.
A. Young, John Lamb, s. P. Epps,
c. A. Swanson, P. j. Otey, James
Hay and J. F. Rixey, all democrats.
Certificates were withheld in the
First. Ninth and Tenth districts,
bending a decision by the Court of
Appeals on the points involved in
the Yost case.
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VIM. S. RICHARDSON
Manufacturer of
ICE CREAM,
MARION STATION, ND.

Anyone interested in the pur-
chase of Ice Cream will find it
to their interest to write me be-
fore buying elsewhere. Ny aim
is best goods and will compete
in price with other manufacture
ers. Send me your order.
Parties living on the border of
Pocomoke sound can, if they
prefer it that way, get their
cream by boat. | will deliver
it at my oyster house for them.
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Total. Il, 626, 9O7 1875

Total. .....I ,626,JUI I,JU,20I
From the foregoing table it will be
observed that the democratic party
in the. South has lost none of its
numerical strength by reason of the
free coinage plank to the Chicago
platform, but, on the contrary, its
growth has considerably increased
Atlanta Constitution.
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Your Own Interest Dictates!

and you will arrive at the conclusion
that the only difference lies in the
price, qualities are practically the
same. There's another point in our
favor. We give a far bigger variety
of styles and materials to choose
from and every garment is of the
latest make.
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rices to Suit the
Times.

Never have I bought so
cheap and so much. Never
could | sell so cheap as I am
selling now.
The demand of the times is
better goods for less money.
[ rise to the occasion and at a
single bound overshadow and
overcome all possible compe-
tition by such uniformly low
prices on everything III my
line of Watches, Clocks, Jew
elry, Silver Novelties, Tea
Sets, Manicure Sets, Trinkets,
Trays, Glove Boxes, Hand
kerchief Boxes, everything
usually found in a frst-class
jewelry store. Presents for
young and old can be found
here to suit you. Come and
get your Xmas, wedding or
birthday presents.
Thanking customers for pa
tronage duling the past sea-
son and hoping for the con-
tinuance, l am
Faithfully yours,
g. q. TOPPING,
Chincoteague, Va.
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THE UNIvERsALIsT: SATURDAY, APRIL Is, 1896

shall call you to account, are your moral
faculties. He has made you able to
learn his will, and to do it. This School
is your special opportunity to learn
Gods will to know what your Maker
would have you do. Fidelity here be-
comes of the highest Importance. II
friend entrusts you with money for a
special purpose, you feel bound in honor
to take care of it, and to see that it goes
for the purpose he desires. But your
God has entrusted you with conscience
what does your honor bind you to do
with that? He has given you mind, af-
lection. will, to be trained to the highest
uses; with what faithfulness should you
devote yourself to their cultivation!
But il that evil servant shall say in his
heart, Ny Lord tartieth." and shall
forget to be faithful. and shall turn
his opportunity to evil uses = what
then? The severe scourging" the
weeping and crashing of teeth
what do they mean? You have
only to look around you among the
wilful, idle, Vicious, dishonest and de-
PRAYED, to see part of what these fig
uers mean; and il you could look inside
of them you would see another part; and
if you look inside yourself, you may per-
haps see another part; and if you could
look beyond, you would see another part
for Gods scourge for unfaithfulnss is
never idle, and the weeping and gnash-
ing of teeth over-abused and betrayed
trusts means bitterness of soul which
only the abuser and betrayer know.
5. Faithfulness is that quality of soul
which puts duty first; which makes you
do what you ought, rather than what
you like.
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TEACHING POINTS.

NTRoDUCTIoN.-The disciples did not know
how deficient they were in faith until they began
to have some comprehension of the reality and
charity Of their Masters faith. Their prayer for
more faith was an appeal for light to dissipate
their inner darkness.
~ v. $40. What faith can do when 1t over
comes the love of self. 1t will grow in the nsw-
born soul like mustard plant, which speedily
bee mes in appearance like tree. twill over
come the greatest difficulties In the spiritual
warfare-the very creates; 1t will make soul
unselnsh.--But faith is nevertheless growth
Jesus served an apprenticeship of thirty years
In the life of faith. That his disciples, even
while faith was growing within them as tropi-
cal mustard plant, could not at once be masters
Ia the life of faith, was necessity In the nature
of things. He could not, If he would. give to
them, by arbitrary bestowment, the full measure
of his own faith. He would have them eager to
do the unse fish work of faith, and not be too
impatient for the final spiritual rewards.
% VILLA. The lepers. Jesus always gave
instant attention to the prayer of lepers; his
compass sion was always moved by their condi-
ton. These lepers believed Jesus could save
them because he had saved other lepers.
Jesus, in sending the lepers to the priests, gave
them work to do. whereby they could express
and exercise their faith.-The cleansing effect
was wrought on the unfortunates by the healing
Split working through their faith.
(3.) V. 1919. The thankful and the thank
less. One restored leper returned to thank
Jesus; and he was Samaritan. The nine who
went their way to the priests we're Jews, race
brethren of Jesus. This is illustrative of the
proportionate gratitude of his own and alien
people for bis ministry. Are we like the nine
or like the one?
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Upon the white sea sand
There sat pilgrim band,
Telling the losses which their lives had known,
While evening wansd away
From breezy cliff and bay,
And the strong tides went out with weary moan
One spake with quivering lip
OF a fair freighted ship.
With all his household to the deep gone dow
But one had wider woe.
For fair face long ago,
Lost In the darker depths of great town.
There were some who mourned their youth
With most loving truth.
For its brave hopes and memories ever green;
And one upon the West
Turned an eye that would not rest,
For far-off hills whereon its joy had been.
Some talked of vanished gold,
Some of proud honors told,
Some spake OF friends that were their trust no
no more;
And one of a green grave,
Beside foreign wave,
That made him sit SO lonely on the shore.
But when their tales were done,
There spake among them one,
A stranger, seeming from all sorrow free;
"Sad losses have We met,
But mine is heavier yet,
For believing he lrt hath gone from me-"
"Alas!" these pilgrims said
"For the living and the dead,
For fortunes cruelty. for loves sure cross,
For the wreck of land an / sea,
But however it came to thee
Thine. stranger. is ife's last and heaviest loss"
FRANCES BROWN.
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SACRED TRUSTS.
BY j. NJ. PULLMAN, Il. D.

l. The minister of the Gospel is un-
der special trust. He is successor
of the first disciples, and like them after
Jesus bodily departure, he must follow
an invisible Lord, and watch for the
signs of his spiritual presence. Nothing
but ceaseless watchfulness and faithful
ness can keep him in fliation with the
spirit of his Master. The time is long,
the way is hard, the visible results are
meagre, but-he is under trust. His
allegiance is not to the temporal order.
but to the spiritual and eternal order,
and that order he is bound to introduce
and maintain among men. No interest
of mankind, and no individual of man
kind is alien to him. Friend of all, helper
of all, teacher of all, fearer of none, he
must be the faithful and wise servant"
2. The Sunday school teacher is I'M
der special trust. The fact that the
trust is voluntarily assumed does not
diminish its responsibility. 1t is GER
tainly divine call. For long time
you may have refused to listen. Because
you have watched and listened you have
heard it. Amidst many doubts and mis-
trusts of your fitness, you resolved to do
what you could; and now the demand is
for fidelity. Faithfulness in teacher
means, first, such thorough study of the
lesson that its truth becomes a part Of
of you-is incorporated with your own
mind. When you are SO possessed with
it that you feel you must teach it, you
can teach it. But alas for that teacher
who goes before a class without any
truth that he has made his own-with
only the routine lesson Faithfulness in
a teacher means, also. the maintenance
of strict discipline and loyal obedi-
ence to the rules Of the school. What
can you do in this precious half-hour
without order? How unjust to allow
one unruly pupil to spoil the opportun-
ity of all the others. No teaching is
possible without the consciousness of
Acknowledgements gentle and persuas.
i've you may be in the exercise of it.
3. The officers of the Sunday, school
are under q special trust. So much de.
ponds on "the faithful and wise servant"
in the ordering of this School of Christ.
that the object of the School should be
constantly before his mind 1t is to
teach Christ. The method of this teach
ing is to bring the faithful and conse-
Grated teaching face to face with the
class, under all possible favoring circum-
stances for teaching. All the necessary
business of the school should respect
the half hour of teaching. That should
be held sacred from all intrusion. And
the faithful and wise servant, whom his
lord hath set over his household, to give
them their food in due season" Tvs. 45).
will see to it that that "due season" is
not infringed upon.
4. The scholar in the SundaY-school
is under a special trust. Among the
faculties which your Maker has lent you
and for the use or abuse of which he
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SIDE.LIGHTS.

Metaphors are Common.-Jesus used Just
snch metaphors as we are continually using in
our daily life. If should talk to our boys about
the Hill of Difficulty in their way, or Staying
dragons or Apollyons In their young manhood,
not the dullest would imagine that 1 spoke Of
literal hills or dragons. Plainly the apostles un
derstood Jesus metaphor. NJ one attempted
to root up a sycamine tree. or move Olivet or
Hermon into the sea. Such works would have
have been utterly useless, -Peloubet.
What Jesus Taught the Disciples by the
Parable of the Waiting Servant.-This little
parable was to teach them that they were not to
look to accomplish great things by strong
faith given to them In a moment of time, but
they were to labor on patiently and bravely, and
afterward. as in the parable story, they, too,
should eat and drink. 1t was to show them that
In the end they should receive that higher faith
they prayed for, which was to be the reward for
patient toll .-Doherty
why We Should Confess Gratitude to
Jesus.-Many physician has gained practice
by one patient telling others of his cure. Tell
your neighbors that you have been to the hospi-
tai of Jesus and have been restored. Let us not
be like the nine lepers who received the bless
ing and gave him no praise--Spurgeon.
Faith Still Works Wonders.-Here is a
huge steamship. No man can move 1t one hairs
breadth. any more than he could sycamine
tree. Yet that same man can move lever and
set the huge mass sailing across the seas. God
says to man, do the work of a thousand men.
But that is harder than to remove mountains.
Yet Christian civilization mas invented ma
chinery by which any man can do 1t. So of the
telegraph, telephone, railroads. The faith on
this low plane, that has worked patiently, stead
lily with Gods physical powers and wrought
seeming imposs .bililies, is perpetual illustra-
ton of the power of spiritual faith taking hold
of God-Pelcubet.
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The Hollywood Trees.

In paragraph concerning the des-
truction of one of the ancient trees in the
grounds of Hollywood Palace by recent
gale. and its removal by the order of the
board of works, the Scotsman says
that not single tree can be removed
from the grounds without the queens
special permission, and even when the
destruction is complete she must be con-
suited before the trunk is taken away or
the root interferred with. The tree was
blown down in gale towards the end of
last year, but before the gardeners were
allowed to touch it, photograph had to
be taken of it and forwarded to her
majesty. 1t was very old-the keeper
Of the Chapel Royal ascribes it to the
reign of Queen Maryland any hope
of saving it was quite out Of the ques-
ton. The queen, therefore. gave her
permission to uproot it,
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A LESSON ON FAITH.
May 8, 1896.
INTRODUCTION.

Lesson v.-Luke xvii:5-19
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trate Samaritan: Arise, and go thy iody;
thy faith hath saved thee.
This was to the restored leper welcome
into the kingdom Of heaven, as new
born child of the Father.
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THE LABOR
CONVENTION.

Cincinnati, O., Dec. 10
Many of the delegates to the
sixteenth annual convention Of
the American Federation Of
Labor returned home last night
and today, but all the officers,
committeeman and others in
terested in unfinished business
remain for tomorrow's session.
Mass meetings were held to-
day Of the bakers, brewers,
building trades and other ANAL
gamoted associations, to which
addresses were made by the
national officers of the different
organizations. All organized
trades having union labels held
a joint meeting to urge union
lists to purchase only such
goods as bore the union label,
The committees completed
their work today, and it is stat
ed that the convention will be
able to conclude tomorrow
night.
This afternoon President
Gompers occupied the pulpit
of Wesley chapel, speaking on
the interests Of organized Ia
Dor. Bishop Waldi and most
of the ministers of this city oc
cupied seats on the platform.
His subject was "a Rough
Sketch of Rugged Struggle. "
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ed that he intended to recog-
nize . rennblic and that con
zreaa e3eul0 pass = Teaoiution
declaring il their ju iginent mat
no such action should be taken,
would it be possible for the
president despite the position
of both senate and house to
use the executive prerogative
and recognize a republic2 This
constitutional point has for the
time being suppIanted in in
terest The resolution itself and
it is known that when the re
solution is brought forward
for discussion that a debate OF
considerable interest and length
will ensue on the subject. The
position of Mr.. Olney setting
forth that of the administration
will undoubtedly have its effect
in some quarters of the senate,
and it is said tonight that
sufficient opposition can be
mustered to defeat the resol
ution.
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IT HAS GONE
FAR ENOUGH.
Even Star Baseball Pitchers
Have Caught the
Cuban Fever.

Cleveland, O., Dec. l9.-It
is stated that George c. Cup
Ply, the star pitcher of the
Cleveland baseball club, is
about to start from his home
in Loganspoft, Ind, with a
party of friends for Cuba to
join the insurgents.
The following letter was re-
ceived today from Cuppy by a
friend in this city. Before
leaving the country l thought
it best to write briefly in the
way of explanation. You will
not see my name on any score
card next summer-perhaps
never again. Intend to en-
list with a party of friends in
the Cuban army, l expect to
leave Logansport for Cuba
Dec. goth.
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CUBAN RESOLUTION.
It Will Not Be Considered Tn
Ill After the Holiday Re-
cess.
cess.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 20
There is very little probabil
jty that there.will be any change
in she programme of congress
for an adjournment for the
holidays on the SD instant be
cause of the Cameron Cuban
resolution, which will be re,
ported 10 the senate to morrow
morning. The rules of he SEN
ate provide that in case of a
single objection reported il
shall go over till the next day.
Consequently an attempt was
made TO have the resolution
considered tomorrow. A great
many senators have made their
preparations to leave the city
for the holidays and it is
lhcught unlikely that quorum
can be mustered on Tuesday by
which business can be transact
ed, and This point would be
raised If the Cameron resolution
was brought forward.
The statement made by Mr..
Olney is still the subject of
earnest discussion. On some
hands his position is fully sus-
tanned, while on others it is<ad-
mitted that from purely
technical statement of law the
secretarv's position is cor
rect, but that certainly he
violatea the principle OF the
constitution. Those who make
this contention reverse the cir
rHmaga0ces. Surprising, they
cay. that the president declar