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to the music played. In every case the
attitudes We're so strikingly beautiful
and appOsite as to excite the admira-
tion of the operate artists and painters
who had been invited to witness the ex-
periments. Here, again, the suspicion
might arise of deception. though there
is no reason to believe that Mile. Lima
has ever had any musical or dramatic
training. But direct proof has been
Forthcoming of the genuineness of the
phenomena. \ Polish musical COM
poser who witnessed some of the eN-
periments asked to be allowed to apply
a test that would satisfy him that Mile.
Lima was not merely going through
performance rehearsed beforehand.
What he did was to play a Polish coun-
try dance that has fallen even in Po-
land into almost entire oblivion. To
his astonishment Mile. Lima went
through the dance exactly as it ought
TO be performed, though it was utterly
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SURPRISE.-This request of Jesus
astonished the woman. She took Him
for Jew, and such He was in all out
ward appearance. Whereas, she was q
Samaritan, one Of class greatly de-
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REQUEST.-It is evident that this
teaching was not successful. The wo-
man did not understand, and our Savi-
our did not lodge in her mind the ele-
waited thoughts which We're needful to
bring her into right relations with
Him. She still supposed that He re-
ferred to some kind of beverage which
might be obtained without the labor of
drawing, which might be substituted
for the water OF Jacobs well. Verse
l5) She was particularly pleased with
the suggestion that she might be re-
lieved of all further effort, and that she
might have a perennial fountain with
in. Her desires were awakened and
she boldly asked for the bestowal of
the proffered gift. This shows how
eager the human mind is to obtain
temporal and physical comforts, how
slow it is to apprehend and to seek the
souls highest good! (Matthew, vi 31)
This condition is tn, more deplorable
because the less is included in the
greater. and there is a promise that
they who seek the spiritual shall not
lack the carnal. (Pslams lxxXiv IL
The latter being thrown in as a gra-
tulty. (Matthew, vi, 33)
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spised ~ the Jews. When the ten
tribes were carried away captive into
Assyria people were Brought back and
mingled with the poor Of Samaria who
were left behind, producing a low mon
grel race. III Kings, xvii, 2ib Where
as, the Jews Of our Lords time were
the posterity of those who returned
from Babylon under cyrus ezra /. -,
and who brought with them the insti-
tutions Of their ancient religion. They
regarded themselves superior i'm blood
and character and would not permit
their northern neighbors to assist them
IN building the second temple. ezra,
iv, 80 That feeling was perpetuated,
so that no Intercourse that might de-
file was allowed between Jews and Sa-
maritans. (Verse - Hence the wo-
man was surprised when Jesus asked
for water How is ii that He has
broken over this prejudice? She did
not hesitate to ask Him the question
plainly and bluntly.
PROPOSAL.--There was an excellent
opportunity for a protracted and per-
haps heated discussion concerning the
relations subsistiug between the two
people. But Jesus dismissed all that
and adroitly introduced himself as a
sufficient explanation of His conduct.
Nerse 10) He told her that she would
not have raised the question, on the
contrary, she would have been the
seeker If she had known who He was,
implying that she ..ad needs greater
than His which He could and which He
would gladly supply. In doing this He
called himself "the gift of God" after
the manner OF His conversation with
Nlcodemus. (John, iii, I6) That which
he proposed to give her upon request
He called 'living water" seeking to
bring the truth to the level of her con-
ceptions. The expression was. how
ever, highly appropriate and Scriptur-
al. Qsaiah, xii 81 1t May be that He
hoped to recall to her mind certain
prophetic utterances Jeremiah, ii, 13),
for the Samaritans We're not wholly
ignorant of the word Of God (Zacka-
riah, xiv, l) Figures Of speech are al
ways preferable in dealing with those
of limited cultivation. psalm, lxxviii,2 }
PERPLEXITY.-Th expression, liy-
ing water, used by Jesus, had a spiri-
tual meaning which the woman failed
to grasp. 1t had another every day
meaning which was intelligiblc to her,
signifying springng or spring water
as opposed to standing water. Genesis
XVI, 49, This kind of water was sup
posed to possess curative properties
and it was ordered in certain ceremo-
malls. Ueviticus, xiv, 81 The Sama-
ritan naturally put this construction
upon the Saviours remark, thinking
that He proposed to give her water
from the very depth of the well, as
they were springing clear and fresh
from the earth beneath. At this she
was perpleXed. (Verses IL and l2)
The patriarch Jacob had caused this
well to be dug and he was satisfied to
drink from it as the people had been
since his time. Besides, the well was
very deep, and the sources could not be
easily reached. Jesus had nothing with
which to draw. How would He make
good His offer? Was He so great that
He could do what the patriarch had
not done, what none after him did?
1t was strange proposal, and she
did not hesitate to express her per-
pleXity.
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CONCLUSION.-It is a pity that the
lesson committee closes our study at
this point. What follows to the twen-
ty-sixth verse shows the outcome of
the interview and sets everything to
rights. On hearing the womans re-
quest Jesus directed her to call her
husband. CVerse 16.) Her reply en-
abled Him to disclose her bad life, and
light began to break into her mind
tverse 19), as she perceived that Jesus
was a prophet She was then prepared
to speak on the subject of religion, and
in the course of the conversation she
was informed that Jesus was the Mes
siah. Verse 26) That statement,
supported by the evidence of His SUI
perior knowledge, converted ner into
messenger, and, leaving her water pot,
she fastened into the city to invite
neighbors and friends to Lnrist. As a
result many Samaritans came and be-
lieved. The fragment which has been
assigned for our lesson is, therefore,
valuable chiefly to show the patience
and skill with which Jesus dealt with
sinful woman, leading her on step
by step from what she knew toward
what she did not know, and waiting
until her mind was open to receive the
great doctrine of His Messiahship.
Little by little the light breaks in.
Usaiah, xviii, lO)
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impossible that she could have learned
the proper gestures and measure.
Such are few OF the facts: as to
their explanation, that must leave to
Colonel de Rochas or NJ Jules Bois.
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NEWSPAPERS: SOME
FACTS ABOUT THEM
OVER 1000 DAILIEs IN THE
UNITED STATES.

Pennsylvania Leads the List Of
States in the Number of Its Folded
Multiples of Thought, and New
York Comes Second---Some Note
worthy Peculiarities in the Dis
tribution of the Press.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS now turn
ed on the meaning of a single word as
descriptive Of the kind of water which
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Sunday School Lesson for january 29.
Christ at Jacobs Well.
JOHN Nv. 5-15.

BY J. e. GILBERT D. D.. LII. D.
Secretary of American Society of Religious Education
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OTHER COMPARISONS.

Buffalo, n. Y, with less than 300, 900,
has eleven papers, seven Of them even
ing, which give ii a better showing
than Boston, with seven evening pa
pers to half million people. Richmond.
Va, is a morning paper town, having
four and only one evening to a pOpu-
lation of 81, 900. Kansas City, Mo-, and
Cleveland, o., which had double the
population of Kansas City at the last
census run neck and neck with five
evening papers, and Cleveland, with
four morning, leads the Missouri town
by one. Allegheny, Pa, has one paper,
evening, to over a hundred thousand
people, but its supply comes from
Pittshurg which, with a quarter of q
million people, has eight morning and
two evening papers, just what Wash
ington city has with six times as many
people and no other kind but represen-
tative people either, barring about 50, 900
Colored people. Parkersburg, W. Va,
with one morning and two evening pa
pers and 10000 population, makes a bet
ter showing than Nashville, Charles
ton, Galveston, Seattle, Tacoma, or
Topeka towns of from three to nine
times the size Of the West Virginian.
If Chicago, with its 100000 people,
had newspapers in the ratio that Pres
cott Ariz., has, that is, a morning and
an evening paper to it's 1900 people, or
one to each 900, it would have 1000
newspapers, an excess that would make
even Chicago think she had enough.
For New York it would mean over 1000
daily newspapers. The only town in the
! list that shows an approach TO the
Prescott ratio is Phoenix, AriZ., which
with $500 people, has two morning and
one evening paper.
Taking the full account OF class and
news dalies, the ratio of papers to
population is about as followsE New
York, l to $1,000; Chicago, / to 5000;
Philadelphia, to $4,000: st. Louis, l
to $4,000; Boston, l to 10000; San Fran
cisco. l TO 16,5O0: Cincinnati, to 25,-
900; Cleveland, o., to sc, ,O00 Buffalo,
] to 27,0O0: New Orleans, to 26,OO0.
Greater Pittsburg, to 40 0OO Washing
ton, d. c., to 10000; Detroit, to 35,-
900; Milwaukee, ! TO $4,000: Newark, n.
j., to so, 900: Minneapolis. 1 to 81, 900;
St. Paul, TO $1,000: Louisville, to
| 20, 900; Kansas City, l to 10000: Provi-
dence, TO $4,000; Indianapolis. to lS,-
900; Denver, TO $4,000: Columbus, o.,
l to 10000: Richmond, Va, / 10 Is, 1000;
New Haven, / to 10000; Nashville, / TO
as. 900; Atlanta, l TO $4,000; Mobile, / to
IL, 900; Charleston, l to 10000; Seattle
and Tacoma, / to 30.0o0 Parkersburg,
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MAJOR GENERAL WOOD.
The Commander ut santiago EIevat-
ed by President Mckinley.

The COm mnnder at santiago Elcvata
ed by President Mckinley.
Washington, Dec. According to
the officials of the war department the
promotion of General Wood, who was
yesterday nominated by the president
as major general of volunteers, is not
likely to cause any immediate change
in his present station and duties as
commander of the military province of
Santiago and Puerto Principe. Cen
eral Wood said yesterday that he ex-
pected to return to Santiago in a few
days, but that it was possible he might
be allowed to spend the Christmas
holidays in this city.
AS major general Of volunteers Gen,
eral Wood will be the second ranking
officer in Cuba, his single military su-
perior being Major General Brooke,
who is major general in the regular
establishment. General Woods ad-
vancement gives him rank above Gen
erals Wilson, Lee, Wheeler. Bates,
Young, Chaffee and Ludlow, all OF
whom we're senior to him in the volun-
teer army. Although all the officers
named were major generals of volun-
teers during the Spanish war they at
present hold only the rank Of briga-
der general.
Counting General Wood, there are
now eight major generals in the army
including Generals Miles. Merritt and
Brooke, of the regular army The
other volunteer major generals are
Shafter, Otis, Lawton and Macarthur
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Tns GRAND AKdY MEETING
COmmRndeP Shaw Predicts n GreR
Gathering Mt Chicago,

Gathering ut Chicago,
Chicago, Dec. THE meeting OF the
national council of the Grand Army of
the Republic and the local general
committee closed last night with q
dinner and reception at the Palmer
House to the visitors given by the de-
partment of Illinois, G. A. R., the
Women's Relief Corps and Ladies Of
the Grand Army in honor of Comman-
der Shaw and National President Har-
riet j. Bodge, of the w. r. c. AT the
dinner Commander-in-C Shaw, in
speaking of the next encampment, saidi
Doubtless the president OF the UNI
ted States will be in attendance, as we'll
as other leading men of the nation.
Admiral Dewey, who is a great favor
ite with the Grand Army, will no doubt
be here as the guest of the city OF
Chicago and the Grand Army COM
bined. The Grand Army is very proud
of the great admiral. l have advices
from all the departments, embracing
As states, where the Grand Army ex-
lists, and they are all united in the
Judgment that the year 1900 will be one
of the most glorious in the annals OF
the Grand Army"
General Shaw said that he intends
visiting, if possible, every department
of the Grand Army in the United
States, and for the months of March
and April has planned a tour embrace
ing the states of Maryland, Virginia,
North and South Carolina, Louisiana,
Florida, Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky
and possibly one or two others.
The date for the encampment has
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THE KIMBERLY SORTIE
More Serious Than Has Been
Heretofore Supposed,
BOERs HOIsTBD A WHITE FLAG

And Then Fired nt the British Re-
fore surrendering-Majo scott
Turner killed, Presumably in n
Subsequent sortie.
London, Dec. THE sortie from
Kimberley on Nov. 25 appears to have
been much more serious than had been
supposed Details are now arriving
OF reconnaissance in force by mount
ed troops under Major Scott-Turner,
at dawn, in the direction of a ridge
near Carter's Farm, where the Beers
were strongly entrenched Finding the
Boer pickets asleep, Major Scott
Turner proceeded along the ridge
under cover and rushed the Boer re-
doubts at 5:25 a. m. in the fece of a
hail of bullets
The Beers hoisted a white flag and
fired at the British under it's protec-
ton before surrendering. Owing pos
sibly to the exhaustion of their anu
munition the British were unable to
follow up the attack and to seize a
large Boer laager about 300 yards
ahead especially as Boer reinforce
ments We're seen approaching and the
enemy was keeping up a heavy fire
from the shelter of the thick bush.
During the sortie an armored train
reconnoitered north and south, while
a considerable force of British, with
field guns and Maxims, advanced to-
ward Spytfontein holding the Beers
in check in that direction.
Ten guns were engaged simultane-
ou5ly, and, viewed from the coming
tower, an artillery duel seemed pro-
ceeding in every direction, except to-
ward Kenilworth. the fusillade being
terrible. At 8 o'clock, having no
force sufficient to hold the position he
had stormed, Major Scott-Turner be-
gan gradually retiring his men. He
had a horse shot under him, and a
bullet went through the fleshy part of
his shoulder. Several men had ter
rible wounds.
1t is alleged that the Beers used
Martins and explosive bullets, and
that they frequently fired at the Brit
ish ambulance wagons. The British
captured 2S of the enemy.
There appears to be some doubt as
to whether this was the reconnaissance
in which. according to the announce
Turner was killed, or whether that
officer met his fate in a subsequent
sortie. Some of the special dispatches
represent that he was killed while
leading the final attack on the Boer
position on Nov. 20. If this be cor
rect, it looks like a sortie concerted
with Lord Methuen.
1t is reported from Cape Town that
the Transvaal government still re-
fuses to acknowledge the right of the
United States to interfere regarding
prisoners in Pretoria, insisting that
Great Britain must inquire through
Commandant General Joubert.
The Times prints a letter from an
American citizen who left Johannes
burg because he was liable to be inn
pressed, and who had learned that the
United States consul was unable to
protect him. He complains bitterly
that the American flag was not respect
ed in Pretoria, that his passport was
not recognized, and that his position
was practically unbearable.
The hottest bombardment of the
Ladysmith seige took place last Thurs.
day. The Beers got new big gun IN
position on Lombard's Kop. com.
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Story of a Slave.

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Some Foolish People

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pletely commanding the town, and
shelled our camp that day and the
next, planting shells with great ac-
curacy in the camp of the Gordon
Highlanders and the Manchester regi-
ment, where there were many narrow
escapes. Saturday the bombardment
was resumed. doing some very effect
I've shooting. Several of our guns have
been shattered by the Boer big guns.
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Prevented a Tragedy.

Timely information given Mrs. George
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Going After rheir sweeheart.

New York, Dec. six hundred and
odd Scandinavians sailed away on the
st. Paul yesterday homeward bound
to spend Christmas with relatives.
About $50 of them were from Minne-
sofa and the Dakotas. Nearly all are
bachelor farmers. gone to marry their
sweethearts and to bring them back.
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count ToIstoi,s Serious Illness.

London, Dec. IA special dispatch
from Berlin says that Count Tolstoi
has been seriously i'll. For two days
be was unconscious, but he is now
slightly better, although great anxiety
is still manifested in Moscow regard
Ing him
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Up Go Coal Prices.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE anthracite
coal companies yesterday made an ad-
vance of 25 per cent ton in the price
of pea, buckwheat and barley, the
steam sizes" of anthracite. The ad-
vance is due to the fact that the supply
of bituminous coal at this point is ex-
ceedingly small.
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Ting indicates an
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Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know II.


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GENERAL PLEASANTON PORTER.
stration on the part OF the fullbloods.
who had protested against General
Porter. After his election Chief Por-
ter addressed the legislature.
81 respectfully recommend TO your
honorable body" said he. "the vital
Importance of being represented at
Washington by delegates selected in
accordance with the constitution Of
our nation. with full power to agree
with congress on the notifications Of
the last agreement submitted to It,"
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CHIEF OF THE CREEK NATION.


Ardmore, l. r., Dec. General
Pleasanton Porter was yesterday. at
Okmulgee. selected as chief OF the
Creek Nation There was no demon