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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-01-29
THs SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson for january -

GOLDEN TExT.-Pray to thy Father
which is in secret.-Matt 6:a
THE SECTION Includes verses 80 II
structions as to heert-worship' Win ' |
emphasis on Prayer.
TIME-In the summer Of A. D. q
PLAcE-rhe Mount Of Beatitudes, or
Horns of Hattin.
THE LESSON.
l. Heart Worship-Ns. 5-s. IN the |
first half of this chapter Jesus gives |
us lesson on heart worship, and APP
plies the principle He lays down to CIV
ing. to praying and to fasting. The
principle is that of absolute sincerity,
without sham, without pretense, with
out unworthy motive concealed unoer
the apparently good object.
The Principle Applied to Giving-One
should give aims for the sake OF help
ing others, because 1t is right, because
+. is pleasing to God, beca use It is the
natural outflow of love. So far as aims
are given for the purpose OF being hon
cred and admired, it Is hypocrisy and
not virtue.
The Principle Applied TO Prayer
Us. So. 5. Thou shalt not be as the
hvrocri,es are" who do not really pray,
do not desire or expect what they ask,
or hold communion with God; but de-
sire to appear very religious TO men,
and hence stand apart like the Pharl-
see in the parable, as II absorbed In DE-
votion, ''in the synagogues," the proper
places of worship, where the worship
ers can see them, ~and In the corners
Of the streets" where they could be
seen from four directions. That they
nav be seen Of men," who Will praise
~ em for their piety and think them
very rood. ssThey have their rewards"
The reward they sought. They got no
ANSWERS, for they did not seek anything
from God.
g. But thou, when thou prayese
your real purpose being to pray, ENTER
fr to thy closets" or Secret cham ber'
where others can peither see nor hear.
..shut the door," to keep out all other
persons, as well as to shut out worldly
thoughts. pray to thy Father who
lis your friend, who loves to aid his chii-
Jren. (which is in secret:" The in
| Visible spiritual God. (Which seeth IN
lsecret:" Knows every secret place.
every hidden desire. "shall Reward
thee openly:" Better, as in R. ", rec
|oanpense thee, answer your prayers
Give YOU the things you ask for, or
AZ these are not good for you, give YOU
the better things you would have asked
fcr. had you seen as God sees.
.. .sBut when We pray, use not valf
irepctitions:" The repeating over ans
pver of set forums, as If there we're son,s
virtue in the mere act of praying; as i
God would do something for thean' OF
account of their much speaking
s. .sYour Father" No earthly fathe
cares for lot of heartless repetitions
Nor does our Heavenly Father. "kno"
eth" Appreciates; he feels for YOU
therefore YOU can come to Him wit
frc sdom, and ask what you Will.
H. The Lords Prayer.-Vs. 9-13.
l..lfter this manner therefore pray We:
With no vain repetitions, but as chl
dren asking of father the things me
need. "a. The fact that Christ CAV
His PRAYER in two different forms show
that no exact form of words was n
quired; and the fact that Luke, writin
at least 25 years after the formauo
of the church, gives one FORM and MA
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nDLovERs
when the day was

Heart of my heart. when the day was
,tone sang to life with silver tongue;
Ifone beckoned love down f1owery way
where twas always morning and always
May,
And two true lovers need never part
Do YOU remember, heart of my hearth
Heart of my heart. when the noon was
high, u.
Work showed the way we must travel byy
DUTY spoke cold and stern In our ears
Bidding us bear all tolls and fears,
Parttngs and losses, sorrow and smart
Have you forgotten, heart Of my heartt
Heart of my heart in the setting sun.
We sit at peace, with our days WORK done:
Tn the cool of the evening We two look back
on the waning pathway, the moons rough
track,
roses twine-- .l
Heart OF my hsart-with your hand "
mine. {.
Heart Of my heart, when the night IL here,
Love will sing songs Of life In cur ear:
We shall sleep awhile meath the daisled
IN IS ss'5; pat ii tns slofy. AAd I'VE Aud pk1|
I1o WalE Whefo etefnel 4pI ot1 Z. y
Heaf{ u nv ne1t I'D f6ut 3 4
y. ..>7 nv 53l 1 ~ " ~ ~ ~
The herald., 1898-01-19
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

President E. Benjamin Andrews OF
Brown university favors the kindergarten
branch of the public schools and declares
that attendance on these ought to be made
compulsory.
Henry A. Janvier and Sydney e. Brown
of Bridgeport, N. j., are now on their way
to Japan to erect for that .potentate three
mints. Two will be located at Sychuen
and one at Ching Tu.
William Dean Howells. Charles Dudley
Warner, Horace Howard Furness. Rich
ard Henry Stoddard and Thomas Went
worth Higgins compose the advisory
board of the Comparative Literary society
of New York.
Mrs. II. G. Wells, the wife Of the young
author-scientlst who has come 50 prom-
inently before the public lately. attends 10
almost all of her husbands correspondence
and her handwriting IL almost indistin-
gushable from his.
Bishop Warren of Denver will leave this
month on a missionary tour of the South
American countries, where he Will take
formal possession of 100000 worth OF prop
erty recently donated to the Methodist
Episcopal church.
Rev. James Needham, perhaps the old
est preacher in the United States, was
photographed at Mount Airy, n: q, a
| few days ago. Mr.. Needham Will De 1W
years old at his next birthday, In May
1898. He has never quit preaching.
While addressing the Women's Journals
ists society of London the other gay,
Bernard Shaw declared that the Engiisn
people possess no brains, no artistic 1eei-
| ings. few ideas and an enormous capacity
| for the assimilation of lies.
Theodor Mommsen, the illustrious Ger
man scholar, declined the title Oh excei.
| lency rendered by the German governmens
| on the recent celebration Of his eignuetn
birthday. He had previously declined tne
| title of privy councillor. ,
The prohibition candidate in New YORK
ia found by the corrected returns to nave
noiled $50 votes, and in the present city OF
Rrooklyn. long regarded as strongly IN
clined to temperance, 6o7 votes--a total IN
tha two cities of 1857. AS his contribution
tn the campaign was 5000, 1t therefore
cost him about $4 a vote.
| iThat Emperor Francis Joseph ID desir-
ous Of pleasing his Hungarian subjects
NAV be Inferred from the fact that hences
fnrfh the court sessions in Pesth will last
| through the entire year, and when the
emperor is not in evidence there he VIII De
represented by his nephw. Archduke Otna-
| Heretofore the court session at Pesth has
lasted only two or three weeks.
The herald., 1898-01-19
Los Angeles
1.-TWO Hundred"
Wives Should Remember

That he likes to hear that the baby is
his dead image.
That six pairs of slippers are enough
for any man.
That man likes neatness in your attire
at all times.
That candy in excess is worse than rum
in moderation.
That you should not run up bills with
out his knowledge.
That "a baby in the house Is a well
spring of pleasure"
That she who puts on the gloves should
know how to spar.
That he is not In love with every wo-
man he glances at.
That 1t is policy to let him believe he
is lord and master"
That your relationship is closer to him
than to your mother.
That a prompt and pointed answer does
not turn away wrath.
That he does not get sleepy the same mo-
ment that you do.
That there are letter drop-boxes on the
nearby corners.
That you should not expect him to light
the fire in the morning.
That you can't keep books. and there Is
no use of your trying.
That he expects you to look your best
when you go out with him.
That 1t does not improve his razor to use
1t for chiropodical purposes.
That house hunting is not reckoned by
the average man as pastime.
That p. m. Is GO minutes past o'clock
not IS minutes to 9-(Selected by constant
reader of the Boston Globe.)
The herald., 1898-01-19
THE PRESIDENTIAL CONSCIENCE

We all know what happens when the
ministry of a foreign government finds
itself in conflict with the legislative
branch. 1t demands vote of confidence,
and if it is refused it steps down. Some
times it doesn't wait for this formality.
Under our form of government the US
age is different, but it has come to be
an axiom that there must be a concur
renee of opinion and harmony of policy
between the president and his cabinet ad-
visers. A reformation follows when
there is a material divergence. Notwith-
standing this ancient and honored GUS
tom, we find the president at this time in
direct conflict with his secretary Of the
treasury upon the most important prob
lem that confronts his administration,
the reform of the currency. Otherwise,
he has been guilty of the most atrocious
and unexampled assembling in his inter-
course with the members of the BIZ
metallic commission which he sent
abroad. The head of that commission,
in his senate utterances last Monday,
| declared that the president had been
unfaltering and unyielding in his devo-
ton to the purpose of the mission from
| first to last, aiding and encouraging il
| in every possible way. He went ever
| further and voiced the presidents con-
tinued adhesion to the doctrine of in
ternational bimetallism and his contin-
uing faith in its ultimate triumph. How
it Is possible to reconcile these state
ments with his retention of Mr. Gage ir
the cabinet, and the latter's claim, made
| in one of the great newspapers of the
country only few days ago, that the
executive is in substantial sympathy
! with his own financial views, is beyond
our ken. The two policies, as everybod.
| knows, are diametrically opposed. The,
are as antagonistic as protection ant
4 free trade. There is not single poin
i Of resemblance or of harmony between
the two. They are theoretically ant
practically opposed to each other. Ans
The herald., 1898-01-19
THE NEW COMBINATION

A newspaper, as well as man, is
known by the company it keeps. The
San Francisco Call, having taken up the
cause of Webb, the arch conspirator of
the solid six, and enlisted in the cause
of corruption and bad government. has
question, apparently with the firm in
tention to act as wet nurse to every ele-
ment of wrong and all that is inimical
to the best interests of this city.
In Mondays Call the first page is de-
voted to a one-sided presentation of the
water question, and, incidentally, to the
manufacture of halos for the adornment
of Mayor Snyder and the demagogical
members of the city council who are de-
termined to force a disastrous policy of
confiscaton upon the city. There is
studied effort on the part of the San
Francisco organ of the push" rein
forced and abetted by the mayor and
demagogical minority of the city coun-
ell, known as Hutchison and Grider
to force the city to take steps that would
infict irretrievable injury upon the COM
monwealth, and make it impossible to
acquire the water system within rea-
scnable length of time and at reasona-
BILE cost.
Abraham Lincoln once said: Let us
have faith that right makes might, and
in that faith let us dare to do our duty
as we understand It," The Herald has
ever been a consistent advocate of mu-
nicipal ownership for the water-supply
system of this city. 1t has reiterated
that principle time and again. But it
will not abandon what it considers to be
the right in order to gain little tenn
porary popularity. 1t will not jeopar-
dize the interests of the city in order to
gain the approval Of demagogues and
designing, selfish politicians.
The city has contract with the water
company. That contract provides for the
requirement of the water system by the
city at the end of q certain time, which
has not yet expired. the company to be
| paid for Its improvements. IL, Wnen the
contract expires, the price cannot be
agreed upon by the principals, it is to be
submitted to arbitration.
The sole effort of the conspiring dem
agogues has been to force the city into
a policy Of contiscation, regardless Of
the terms Of the contract, and to cum
ningly construe that contract to NEAR
that arbitration can be enforced priol
to it's expiration. That policy was en-
tered upon from the beginning, and 4
has been persisted in, Notwithstanding
it's enforced abandonment when it wal
put to the test in the city council.
Let us go back and review the facts
After Mayor. Snyder had been in offic
The herald., 1898-01-19
American Methods the Best

Germans are adopting American machin-
cry for their manufactures and American
ideas as WELL The English manufacturer
proclaims boldly-probably for the ehect
it may have upon his workmen-that II
he cannot adopt American machienry and
methods In Great Britain he will have to
shut up shop. The Germans and English
may be able to compete with each other
with the aid of American machinery and
thew NAV be able to excel all the world
save this great country, from which the
are drawing new inspirations. But they
cannot go the American pace. Having
caught up with them. we will pass them
distance them, perhaps-for in all the world
there is no such combination of excellences
as in these United States of America
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The herald., 1898-01-19
The Young Man and the Sign

The New Orleans Times-Democrat says
that Just inside of one of the leading drug
stores of the city there is a blackboard
which is used very effectively for adver-
Using purposes, the lads" thereon being
got up in a very catchy manner. For in
stance, the other day the following was
written on 1t to catch the eye of young
lady customers: "Have you sweetheart?
If so, buy him "A bottle of our pure Florida
water" young man who dropped IN to
get a glass OF soda water saw it, Next
day he was passing by with his girl, and as
they were going in to get some soda wafer
he told her to read the sign. He spoke be-
fore he looked, for to his dismay the IN
scription on the blackboard was: "Have
you a baby? II so use sterilized milk"
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Reckoned Without His Host

Wethersby had dropped into the matinee
to see the comedy. He was seated along
side of pretty little 5-year-old who, like
many beguiling innocents of that age,
take advantage of a paucity of birthdays
to make the acquaintance of good look
ing young man, or anyone else who hap
pens to suit their fancy, without the for
mality of an introduction. Wethersby usu-
ally found himself fearfully tangled after
an attempt to mix UP with an infantile coz
versation, but the violet blue that peeped
out from under the beautiful lashed can
opies and the innocent smiles that were
lavished on him inveigled him again.
I'm going to see my granpa after a
while" said the little miss, with the char
acteristic bluntness that children usually
employ to open up conversation
"Oh, you are, are you I" SAID Wethersby.
with, startling originality and trying to
make his remarks cornmeneurate wish In
Pant Understanding, h4 ndd4d ~ { & ~
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Eyes, I like him awful well; he tells me

Stories"
well, you must always like your grand
pa" said he, with a mock parental air.
Some day you'll be old yourself, you
know, and then you'll want little girls to
like YOU"
The little maid smiled sweet, beguiling
smile, and Withersby felt that he was get
ting on famously
Does your grandpa walk with nice
big goldheaded cane, and does he have
long white hair and whiskers?"
How funny you talk, don't your said
the little girl, looking up in puzzled steadi-
ness into Wethersby's face. There's my
gran'pa on the stage. He's dressed like
a tramp, an, see him. see him, he's dane
ing a clog!'-Detroit Free Press.
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An Unhealthy Trade

sa,lv--How I'd like to be one Of them
great actresses or singers!
Her Mother--Oh! dunno. 1t must De an
unhealthy business.
SalIy-why, mar ,,. 49,
Her Mother-Don't you anus see .neir
hean takin' pataent medicines an tonics
n, sech ?--Chemist and Druggist.
The herald., 1898-01-19
Home Market Not Enough

It is beginning to be generany reoos
hroad as our country is, our people have
not m sufficient consuming CAPACITY to keep
pace nae with increased production. we must
paI Inois sbroad for purchasers for our sur
Mus. Mus, and make our place In the worlas
p,a ~ rix cts. The interests of the shops ana
~ tbe farms are really not DIVERSE put
"a Observation-Disclosures Record.
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ON THE STREET

Dramatic criticism is almost lost art.
The mealy-mouthed endorsements of the
advance agents press
The Critic aod notices. embellshed
"a by q few additional
tnc JdlleY boy epithets and perhaps
some characteristic
earmarks Of style" is the proper caper
nowadays. This fiatters the actors, de-
lights the manager and fools the public.
Who wants anything better? The attempt
to tell the truth about performance, to
analyze the strong and weak elements of
play, and to discuss the merits and faults
OF the company-to sift the wheat from
the chaff-is only a relic of bygone age.
still religiously cultivated by a few effete
fossils, who retain the courage of their
convictions. 1 have been puzzled by the
detected air of my friend. the dramatic
critic, for the last few days, and suppose
he is awakening to realize this revelation.
1t seems that he tried to tell the truth
about a charming and refined conceit
called I'm Gay Coney Island" and that
the grievous error Of his ways has since
been pointed out to him by certain disin-
terested parties. I saw part of this same
performance myself. and confidentially
told the expectant galley boy. who was
promising himself treat the next night,
that it was "a climax of cheap vulgarity."
The galley boy smiled another smile when
he pulled the proof of the dramatic critics S
notice and found the performance charac-
terized as IAN apotheosis of cheap vulgar
ity great minds, etc), but he was
more than ever keen to go the next night,
went, and enjoyed himself amazingly. 1t
is obviously high time for the dramatic
critic to resign in favor of the galley boy.
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Making Money for Monopoly

Why all this pother and diplomacy ana
arbitration and all the rest of 1t. with an y
underlying threat of war. about seas
only one rich company. which has mo-
nopoly, and a very iniquitous ana scanuai. .a.
Of the seal herds. The rest OF
the people are wrongfully expected to pay
taxes for indemnities, and possibly tor a
war. merely to enrich few millionaire
mononolists.-New York World.
The herald., 1898-01-19

For a quarter of century successive
secretaries of the treasury have main
tanned a unique system OF bookkeeping
apparently intended to render a COM
prehension of the fiscal condition of the
country at any time difficult, if not i'm
possible. Senator Harris has, for in
stance, discovered that since 1880 a little
item of s11, 100000, representing interest
due the United States by the Pacific
railroads, has been dropped from the
periodical statements of the secretary
His demand for an explanation should
have taken a broader scope. Treasury
figures are believed to have been sys-
tematically juggled for political pur-
poses. An exposure of the methods
would, at least. prove interesting, If not
useful.
The herald., 1898-01-19
No Loopholes for Such al Hs

The employe Of the district who embez-
vled Az. 30 will doubtless be punished for his
offense. The men who prepare the techni-
sor the IA 80 fellows-Washington Post
The herald., 1898-01-19
Not an Easy Task

Governir McLaurn of Mississippi would
stop the running Of trains on SUNDAY
Now, II sonme one would suggest way ol
stonninr McLaurin, our neiehbors might
vet be happy.-Atlanta Journal.
The herald., 1898-01-19

Speaking of the controversy over the
site of the projected normal school at
San Diego, the San Bernardino Times
Index says:
The original proposition was, as The
Herald says, that a site at Pacific
Beach, on which were two large school
buildings, should be donated to the
state If a normal school was located
there. Some member of our late unla-
mented and much lambasted legisla-
ture should explain how this appar-
emily innocent proposition was con-
verted into job. And while they are
explaining, let US know what reason
there is for locating a normal school
at San Diego when there is one at Los
Angeles.
The herald., 1898-01-19

Senator Carter yesterday intimated
that the Hawaiian treaty would doubt
less be considered for another thirty
days. 1t should easily be talked to death
in that time.
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sinnplv Spoilsnen

The quarrel between the two factions Of
the Republican party IN Ohio y discioeIrg
ne characters of the big men IN IT al1d 20
~ ~ a. Lin6oln s. E1lmnef has been detectv
The herald., 1898-01-19

The importation of President Dole at
this iuncture is taken as an indication
Of the weakness of the annexation move
ment. Were success assured, such resort
would not be felt necessary.
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Rumors of Blanco's intended early res
ignation were rife on the streets Of
Iavana yesterday. tbs not an indica-
don Of the overwhelmins success of bis
The herald., 1898-01-19

The immigration bill just passed by the
senate is scarcely more restrictive In
its tendency than the law now in force
And it is likely to be still further modi-
fed before it gets through the house.
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Secretary Wilson has just returned to
washington from an extended visit to
the western states, confessedly for the
purpose Of examining into physical and
other conditions for the successful pro-
duction of the sugar beet, to which he
promises to give all of the encourage
ment within his power. Then, as if to
give added weight to his professions, he
urges the prompt ratification of the
Hawaiian treaty. Beet raisers will have
some difficulty in getting on to his
curves.
The herald., 1898-01-19

Banker Seligman's qualification over
the success of Hanna should have been
taken for granted. Had Hanna been
elected by the voice of the people, as he
protests. congratulations would not have
been cabled.
The herald., 1898-01-19

Sir Michael Hicks Beach, chancellor
of the British exchequer, in a speech at
Swansea on Monday, declared that Eng
land intends to keep the gate of China
open, even at the expense of war. There
can be no misunderstanding an an
nouncement like that. 1t will go thun-
dering along to st. Petersburg, not for
getting to stop on the way at Berlin.
The herald., 1898-01-19

The Teller resolution, declaring the
bonds of the United States payable in
silver as well as gold, was yesterday
favorably reported to the senate by the
finance committee, the vote in which was
s to 5. Among those who voted in favor
of the resolution was Wolcott. This Is
the first opportunity the senator has had
of voting with the silver men in the
senate and against the administration,
and that he boldly embraced it is con-
elusive evidence of his realignment. 1t
gives to the bimetallists of the upper
house the assurance Of one more vote
than they have been calculating upon.
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Of the warning policies publicly declar-
ing the president in full sympathy and
corporation. And the president con-
tinues to maintain his stoical silence
while the members OF his official family
juggle with his conscience in full view
of the populace.
The herald., 1898-01-19

While Mr. Gage was kindly endeavor-
ing to explain to house committee the
beauties of his currency bill on Monday,
a distinguished member of his party
was declaring to an interested audience
in the capital that it will reach limbo
before it will reach the senate" thus in
timating that the secretary will not even
he able to secure favorable consider
alton for it in the house, presumably
,,nder the thumb of the administration.
Wolcott's thrust was the refinement of
cruelty.