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Christians Should Sing.

Some people seem to take morbid de-
light In making themselves and other people
miserable. II they have no real troubles to
worry about, they manufacture artificial
ones, and their mills never shut down. They
grind out just about so much misery. whether
the market Is brisk or dull. They are like
old, rusty pianos, that have not been tuned
for years. They are 30 full Of discordant
elements that no harmony can be evoked
from them. Play on any key and you evoke
nothing but jangle. .. They whine
and sigh, but they never sing. And yet a
Christian, above all others, should be forever
singing at the heart. A sure recipe for
cheerfulness is TO be always on the alert for
some pleasant thing that may happen to US.
A washerwoman in a miserable tenement
house was asked how she kept singing In
her disheartening surroundings. "Oh, be-
Cause there is always breeze in our alley. "
She might have said 1t was because she had
a singing heart within her. To every such
soul God siveth songs in the night.-Louis
Albert Banks, 3D., in Preachers Magazine
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PLOT OF THE FILlPlNOS
The Document Issued by an Important
Onacer Of tho Insurgent Govern
ment Inciting the Natives to
Riot and Massacre.


Oaacer' OF tho Insurgent Govern
ment Inciting the Natives to
Riot and Massacre.
WASHINGTON, D. C. (SpeciaO.-The fo!.
lowing dispatch was received from General
Otis:
"MAN1LA, February q, 1899.
<'Adiutant- General, Washington:
Following issued by an tmporantant Of
hcer OF the insurgent government at Malo-
los, February Is, 1899, for execution during
that evening and night IL this city.
Or1s.
"First-You will so dispose that at 8
O'Clock at night the individuals OF the
territorial militia at your order will be
found united In all OF the streets of San
Pedro, armed with their balos and revolv-
ers, or guns and ammunition, II convenient.
"Second-Filiptno families only will be
respected. They should not be molested,
but all other individuals, OF whatever race
they may be, will be exterminated without
any compassion after the eStermlnation OF
tho army OF occupation.
"Third-The defenders OF the Philip.
pines in your command will attack the
guard of Bilibid and liberate the prisoners
aud presidiarios, and having accomplished
this they will be armed, saying to them:
Brothers, We must avense ourselves on the
Americans and exterminAte them, that We
may take our revenge for the iniamy and
treachery they have committed upon US;
have no compassion upon them; attack wit b
vIgor. All Flliplnos On masse will second
you
"Long live Filipino independence!
"Fifth-The order which will be followed
in the attack will bs as follows:
"The sharpshooters OF fonda and Santa
Ana will begin the attack from with
out, and these shots will be the
signal for the militia OF Trozo, Binondo,
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The Reflection OF God.

Light, by its very nature, radiates. Il
strikes one spot only to slant from IL to an.
other. A boy may sit In his window and
catch the whole disk OF the sun In bis hand
glass, and dazzle with It some puzzled neigh.
Dor clear across the road. Sometimes In
war the signal service men stand on hilltop
and flash the light from one mirror to an
other until at last there Is transmitted far
across the country the plan OF their cam.
paign. Under the same principle OF radia-
ton the messages OF God are transmitted to
the world ofmen. The mirror OF one pure life
catches the light on its undimmed surface,
and then the light slants on to other lives,
and across the years the purposes OF God
are conveyed and made plain. It takes a
very small mirror to reflect the whole circle
OF the sun. It takes no more than very
Insignificant life to, transmit in clear image
the reflection OF the light OF God. And that
is what gives life signiflcance-not how
great 1t is, but how pure is its rehecting
power; not it's receptive, but its transmissiye
capacity. - Francis Greenwood Peabody,
D. D.. in Afternoons in the College
Chanel"
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Tam perance Notes.

The army canteen attached to the regi-
:mepts is an abomination in the sight OF
God and all men not either mentally or
physically besotted.-New York Christian
Advocate.
Lord Kttchener's recent victory in Egypt
was won for him by an army OF teetotaiers,
who made phenomenal forced marches
through the desert under q burning sun
and In climate famed for Its power to
kill or premsturely age the unacallmateo-
The British Registrar-G Generals reports
show that deaths from tntemperance
among men have increased ftty-elgnt peg
cent, and among women by loo per cont.
The cantaen system, in full blast In
many regiments In our various camps, Is
most dem oralizing thing.-Central Chris-
tian Advocate.
Money is freely spent for liquor, but SUD-
scribing to paper or puylng pooA -
looked upon as the extreme OF extraVa-
gance.
Canon Wilberforce, Of Westminster Alb
bey. in a recent temperance address in
London, said that there had been an enor,
nous increase in intemperance IN England
during the last thirty years.
"a hot milk sign in drug store window
on cold night always delights my heart,
saws q white ribbon woman. the Dlcycle
In summer and the drug store hot beverage
in winter are our allies, and we appreciate
them, too"
Let 1t be borne in mind by every friend
OF the soldier that though American hostil-
tiles against Spain in Cuba have suspend
cd, the war OF government saloons against
American soldiers In America Is Still on.
and runs victims are found In every
camp.
The army canteen has been getting in It's
dtsgraceful work In our army camps, ana
many parents who freely gave their sons
to the service Of their country have been
heartsick over the temptations which have
been thrust upon them By the establishments
OF the army capteen.
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"A TEMPERANCE COLUMN
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS. :,

Tho DEVILS Drinking Song-Why the SA-
loon Is Not q Necessity-It 10 Prepos-
ferrous to Speak Of It rs tho "Poor
Mans sClub"-Does IncaIculable Harm.
Here's fair, young boy. Hunt him downi
Hunt him down!
He's his mothers Joy. Hunt him down.
We must have recruits; whom it kills it lit
tie boots. 49,.
Hunt him down! Hunt him DOWN. Hunt
him down! " |
Down. Downi
See that clean, young man. Hurl him downi,
Hurl him down! )
Give him his first dram. Hurl him DOWN.
Toll him there's no harm. Let him feel thei
SIRENS charm.
Hurl him down! Huri him down! Hurl
him down!
Down! Down.
And the pure young girl. Drag her downt
Drag her down!
Into fashions whirl Drag her down!
Blemish her fair name. Stain her deep
with all our shame.
Drag her down! Drag her downI Drag
her down!
Down! Downl
Hear the preacher talkl Pull him downt
All our plans he'd balk. Pull him down!
Twist our thumb-screws down, TIL We starvo
him out of town. ...
Pull him down! Pull him down. Pull him
down!
Down. Downi
And the aged mother. Bring her downf
Bring her down.
Cries and tears we'll smother. Bring her
down!
must go. ..-.
Bring her down. Bring her DOWN. Bring
her down! .-.
Down! Down!
Henry F. Cope. !
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The Surprise OF Grace.

One spoke the other day OF the surprises
Of great sorr W which had just been passed
through. 1t was all surprises, for 1t was the
first sorrow; but strangest CT all was the
surprise OF grace which came to brighten
the darkness aud to fill the loneliness With
love. Some Of it came through human afrec-
tion-friends had brought wondrous warmth
and. tenderness. ~ never knew I had
80 many friends until my bereavement
came" Some OF it came through words
OF divine comfort which had been read or
heard hundred times before, but which
now. in the darkness. for the first time re-
vealed their precious meaning. But besides
these, and most wonderful OF all, there came
a strange blessing OF heavenly peace, which
seemed to fill the bereft hearts as with an
unseen presence OF love. pouring itself
through all the home as a holy fragrance.
Thus it is that they who wait on the Lord
have their strength renewed in every need,
in every sorrow.-J. r. Miller, D. D.
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

-Four Feet on the Fender"-The Refiec-
tion of God-Christians Should Sing
The Surprise OF Grace-A Prayer for
All Souls-A True Thought.
Four pictures I see, in frame quaint and
olden,
Aglow in the twilight, half gloomy, half
golden,
Where big beechen logs, oil the fireplace
filling,
From out their rude caskets their rubies are
spiIling,
TO roll DER the hearth in a river OF glory.
The wind in the chimney Is grooming a
story;
On walls and on ceiling the shadows are
shifting,
And down the wide fue a few snowfakes
are sitting
Where brother and sister sit, winsome and
slender,
And face answers face, with "four feet on
the fender"
Then later I see the young man and the
maiden,
Whose low, wooing language with fervor is
laden.
I hear his fond question, in fear and in
trembling.
Her gracious reply without guile or dis
beuOllnR;
Then every blIthe robin that ever had nested
rested
Inside Its green tent, when it stood in t:o
thieket,
Seemed singing again with the shrill little
cricket.
Oh, sweet was their song when the lass did
surren or.
And hand answered hand, with "four feet
on the fender"
Once moro can see the same happy pair
mated,
Enclosed in the paradise love has created.
Around them the children, with riotous
laughter,
Flood all the room from the rug to the
.raiter.
They play in the splendor the FIRE is finging
Across the broad floor, and the Kettle L.
singing
It's CHEEKY def to the storm that is piling
The gables with snow, and the wee baby
smiling
In dear mothers arms make the fathers face
tender,
And heart answers heart, with flour feet on
the fender"
We sing OF the paradise where We are going;
On, fair are It's gardens with pure waters
flowing,
The amaranths blooming, the azure skies
arching
Above the white host Of the ransomed ones
marching!
But I, sitting here, in my loneliness yearn-
ing
For one who has gone whence there Is no
returning,
OFT picture that place as my own Fathers
dwelling.
Where she whom love to the angels Is
telling
That kindly old death soon her sweetheart
will send her,
And heaven will begin with "four feet on
the fendei."
Rev. Robert Mcintyre, D. D., in Congrega'
tionalist.
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Minor Mention.

A telephone line connecting Berlin with
Paris via Brussels is in course OF construc-
tion.
A Chicago syndicate has secured options
on most Of the fish traps In Puget Sound,
Wash.
The next German Surgical Congress will
meet at Berlin from the 9th to the Stn OF
April.
Ice thirty-eight inches thick was har-
vested from Lake Winnebago, In Wiscon-
sin, this winter.
The death rate In Michigan in January
was 1872 per thousand. This Is the highest
rate known In the State, and Is ascribed to
the prevalence of grip and kindred dis.
eases. -.
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0uinto and sampaloc, TO go out into
Ermita and Malate, Santa Cruz and San
Miguel will not start out until ~ o'clock.
unless they see that their companions need
assistance.
"Sixth-The militia Of Tondo will start
out at o'clock In the morning; II all do
their Guty our revenge will be complete.
brothers, Europe contemplates US; we
know how to die as men, shedding our
blood In defence Of the liberty OF our coun-
try. Death to tyrants!
"War without quarter to the false Anerl-
cans who have deceived us!
either tndependence or death"'
There Is no fourth paragraph 10 the in
surgents' statement as furnished to the
press.
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a Prayer for All Souls.

We most earnestly beseech thee, o thou
Lover Of mankind, to bless all thy people,
the flocks OF thy fold. Send down into our
hearts tho peace of heaven, and grant us
also the peace OF this life. Give life to the
souls OF all OF us, and let no deadly sin pre-
vail against us. or any OF thy people. De-
liver all who are in trouble, for thou art
our God, who settest the captives free:
who givest hope to the hopeless, and
help to the helpless; who liftest up the
fallen. anu who art the haven of the ship
wrecked. Give Thy pity, pardon and re-
frrshment 70 every human soul. whether in
nffiiction or error. Preserve US in our pill
grlmago through this life. from hurt and
danger and grant that we may end OIL lives
as Christians, we'll pleasing to Thee and free
from sin, and that we may have our por-
ton and lot with all Thy SALTS. Amen.
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stronr Word, From DR.. cuyler.

In a recent stirring and eloquent speech
given before an immense audience In Roch-
ester, N. Y, Rev. DR.. Theodore L. Cuyler
said he believed that total abstinence was
the only safeguard, and he had not much
faith In saving wrecks. BE said:
"The business of the church isn't to sup
ply poultices, but to keep people from need
ing poultices. Don't spend your time pull
ing people out ofthe river, but 90 ten miles
upNiagara and keep men from jumping In.
Start your boys and girls Alright in abstin.
'ence. Buoy all Rochester witt signals OF
warning to keep out Of the saloons OF de-
istruction. Plant yourselves firm on the
rock against the liquor traffic! Put on the
armor and enlist in this spiritual crusade
OF humanity.
"I come to ring the alarm bell and hoist
the danger signal. Wherever there's
drink there's danger. 7 pray that every
lchurch bell shall ring the alarm, and every
3Sabbath-school shall take up the tocsin.
and every citizen shall repeat the song:
and II Rochester Is all aroused and you lead
the way, we In other towns will follow your
white plume when it conducts US on to VIC
tory"
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IMPORTANT CHEMICAL DISCOVERY.
Substance Found Which VIII ReneV
Oxygen in vitiated Air.

An important discovery has been an
bounced in the French Academy OF Medi-
zine by Georges Jaubert. He has been ex-
,erimenting on how to supply Dir or renew
oxygen in air for man in a dramatically
nclosed space like diving bell. The dis
:overer's hypothesis was that seventy-nine
,er cent. OF the nitrogen contained in re-
ipirable air remains intact after twenty
>ne per cent. OF the oxygen has been con-
,umed, and the same nitrogen, mixed with
new supply Of oxygen, becomes respirable
,ir when the carbonic acid and the vapor
produced by breathing are removed.
Jaubert found that his hypothesis was
correct. The most important question
vas the generation Of oxygen. 1t appears
hat he discovered chemical substance,
which, by contact with the atmosphere,
clears vltiated air OF all impure gases pro.
luccd by respiration and refurnishes
automatically the requisite quantity OF
oxygen. The author states that six or
sight pounds OF this substance will enable
| man to live for twenty-four hours in
living bell.
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Governor Tanners Indictments.

Tho States Attorney at Carlinville, ILL.,, q
few days ago entered nolls prossequi III
the three indictments found against Gov
ernor Tanner by the Grand Jury which in
vestigated the Virdsn coal miners strike.
Tho indictments against Governor Tanner
charged him with omission OF duty in not
sending troops to Virden to prevent the
riot OF October IL.
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OPERATION RESTORED REASON
A Tumor Removed From the Brain of a
Lunntic Makes Him Sane.

Professor Fenger, in Mercy Hospital, Chi
cago, hus performed successfully the opera
ton OF removing a brain tumor. This Is
thought to be the first operation of the
kind in the world. The subject was Il Ger.
man butcher named Joseph Sepic, who has
been insane for several years, his insanity
being caused by tnmor on the brain press
Ing on tho optic nerve. Ser"' WAS consid
homeless lunatic. The X ray uisc;Osed the
tumor and the operation ensued. The
mans sanity was restored, as Wa, also mis-
proper sight, he having heretofore seen
double
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Five Killed in s. Dynamite Explosion.
The premature explosion OF dynamite
charge In Mine No. at Blocton, Ala, q
few days ago. killed five miners and in
juring several others. The explosion re-
suited from the ignitlnG OF afterdamp
caused by "wlndy shot,"
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ELECTIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA:
Republican Municipal Offcials Elected
in tho City of fPhlladelphia.

in tho City of Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Penn. (SpeciaD.-Coro-
ner Samuel H. Ashbridge (Rsp.) was elected
Mayor OF Philadelphia, to succeed Charles
F. Warwick, By plurality Of at least ons
hundred thousand over DR.. W. Horace
Hoskins (Dem.). and the Prohibition, Peo-
ple's and Single Tax candidates. Police
Magistrates, Select and Common Council
men, School Directors, and other minor
ward and division officers were also
elected.
Throughout the State candidates for
city, town and borough officers were chos-
en-, but the elections were generally quiet.
In Lebanon. DR.. Samuel Wise, an anti
Quay Republican, was elected State Sena.
tor to succeed General J. NJ. S. Goblin,
Lieutenant Governor OF. the State. IL
Cumberland County, gar s. Manning
(Rep.) was elected to the State Legislature
to succeed his father, who recently died.
Democratic Mayors were chosen In Har-
risburg and Altoona. In a number OF
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OUR FLAG OVER NEGRos ISLAND.
Inhabitants Voluntarily Offer Allegiance
to the United States.

Inhabitants Voluntarily Offer Allegiance
to tho United States.
MANILA, Philippine Islands (By Cahle).-
The Stars and Stripes wore voluntarily
raised over Negros Island by the in
habitants after the capture OF Iloilo by the
Americans under General Miller. Four
native commissioners arrived here to Offer
the allegiance OF the Inhabitants and ask
American protection.
They have informed General Otis that It's
inhabitants were ready, anxious and will
ing to accept any proposition the Ameri-
cans might offer. The insurgents have
been driven from the island entirely.
The General assure1 them that the Amer.
leans would provide an acceptable Gov
ernment. The Negros Commissioners were
delighted with their reception.
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SUFFOcATEO IN A TRUNK.
A Maryland Man Accuses His Wife OF
Killing His Son,

FREDERICTON, Md. (speciaD. - Mrs.
Clara Wachter, Of Lewistown, twelve miles
from this city. was brought to this city a
few days ago and Elrrendered to the police
by her husband. The charge against her
is the murder Of her sixteen-year-olds son,
forty years old,
The husband and father said that on
arriving home he missed the boy, wto was
weakminded. He could get no satisfactory
answer from his wife, and found his boys
body locked in a trunk in one OF the upper
rooms OF ths house. The mother had
wrapped her son tightly In blanket, and
pushed him into the trunk, where he was
suffocated.
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An Outbreak Of IncendiaTlSHl
| Accompanied By Fighting ID
/. thegity Results in An EaoF-
? NOUS Property Loss.
THE REVOLT Is CHECKED,
Attack the Result Of *'conspiracy to
\ Extermiuate All Americans

he Filipinos in sIanila Attempt TO De'
ssroy the clsy-rre Fires Were Started
Aa the Santa c,us' San Nicolas and
rondo Quartz -our Troops Fired on
While FirhtInE the Fiames-rhe casu'
al.,es Were Few. But tho Property
Loss I, Emo run mous-Flames at One Time
Threatened the Whole city-The Ma
tive. Arc Completely Cowed BY the
Prompt work Of General Otis.
, MANILA (By Cab!e).-The Philippine in.
anraents b ave fred the city. aad a great
part OF the city was heavily damaged.
There was lighting in the streets. The plot TO
massacre Americans came to head We'd
oesdsv night. It was a failure. 1t was
suppressed with the loss Of but few men:
The are was started in three parts OF the
citv. Flames burst forth simultaneously
from santa Cruz, San Nicolas and Tondo.
From these points the flames spread in all
directions. In short time the greater
part Of the city was on fire.
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Tho Debt Statement.

The monthly statement of tho Treasury
Department at Washington shows that in
January the public debt increased S23.-
I4S,46S. The cash in the Treasury de-
creased during the same time 800. .1S0. .019.
t would appear, therefore, that the Gov
.rnment "ran behind" over S43,000,000 in
Tnn
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Convicted Of Murder on His Birthday.

Convicted Of Murder on His Birthday.
The jury in the case OF Arthur Hagan and
John H. Chance, charged with murder a:
Boston, few days ago, found Chance
guilty OF murder In the second degree.
Hagan was acquitted. Chance was thirty
two years old that day. The two men were
accused of numbering Charles L. Russell, a
clerk in drug store under the United
States Hotel, Oh April last.
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counties there were interesting contests
for schoo, directors, where women were
candidates, and in Snydertown, Northun-
berland County, one OF these candidates,
running on the Democratic ticket, was de-
feated by her husband, q Republican.
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No San jose Scale In Germany.

Professor Frank, Of the Agricultural
University, OF Berlin, Germany, has re-
ported to the Prussian Government after
six months investigation that the San
Jose scale Is non-e1istent IN Germany, but
that similar insect, the "aspidiotus
ostreae formis." Is indigenous.
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The Grant to France Revoked.

| The Grant to France REVOKED.
| The Sultan Of Oman has revoked the
grant OF coallng station to the French.
under the British admiral's threat Of q
bombardment and the fact that the British
warshIps Eclipse, Sphinx and Redbreast arc
lying OF the port OF Muscat.
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"rhe Oldest Postmaster" Dead.

John Logan, the oldest postmaster in the
United States, Is dead. He was appointed
postmaster OF Cross Roads during the ad-
ministration OF President Van Buren, In
1887. He was ei0htY-eiRht Ye1rs old.
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CHARLES DENBY SAILS.

Tho United States Philippine Commits
sioner Starts For Manila.
SAN Francisco, Cal. (special).
japanese liner America Maru, which sailed
few days ago for the Orient, carried about
half q million dollars worth OF freight and
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1t is deep. true thought which the old
pa'r'rrs h"d when they drew john rs likest
tp his Lord. Love makes US alike.-A. Mac
laren.
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French Pretender Active.
TheDuke OF Orleans has reached Brussels,
Belgium; It is said that he considers the
time ripe for revolution In France.
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treasure Among her passengers was
Charles DENLY, a member OF tbs United
States Philippine Com mission.
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WASHINGTON, D. C. Especially D.-The fo!.
lowing dispatch was received from General