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The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-11

away the blood from the wounds. They
straighten out the bruised limbs. They
brush back the tangled hair from the brow
and then they pass around 70 look upon
the calm countenance Of him who had
lived for the poor and died for the truih.
Stephen asleep!
II rave seen the sea driven Win the
hurricane until tangled foam eaught IN
the rigging. and wave rising above wave
seemed as II about TO storm TIE heavens.
and then have seen the tempest drop. and
the waves crouch. and everything become
smooth and FURNISHED as though camp
ing place for the glories Of heaven. %
have seen a man, whose NE mas Dsfl
tossed and driven. coming down az lasi
10 an infinite calm. In which there vas lhs
hash of heavens lullaby. stephen asleep
/ saw such a one. He fought all his days
against poverty and against abuse. Ihey
fradueed his name They rattled al the
door knob while he was dying, Eitn Guns Guns
for debt ne could not pay; YET me ss; psaSe
OF God brooded over bis pillow, and while
the world faded. heaven dswnsd, and
the deepening twilight o. earths nlgnt
was only the opening twilight OF neaFen :
morn. Not a sigh Not a tear. Not
struggle Hush. Stephen asleep
TninIared by the Last Of Foes.
II have not the faculty to tell the wealth
er can never tell by the setting gun
whether there viii be a drought or not.
cannot tell by the blowing Of the vino
whether Il will be fair weather or foul On
the morrow. But ! can prophesy, and
/ viii prophesy what weather II VIII be
when you, the Christian. come TO die. You
may have Il very rough now. IL may De
this week one annoyance. the next anot.i-
er annoyance. II may be this year one
bereavement, the next another bereavs-
uent. Before this year has passed you
may have 20 beg for bread, or ask for a
scuttie Of coal. or a pair OF shoes: but al
the last Christ viii come In and darkness
viii 20 cut And though there may be
no hand to close your eyes. and no breast
on which TO rest your dying head. and 70
candle 70 lift the plight. the cdors Of God
hanging garden will Tegzie your soul. and
AZ your bedside VIII halt the chariots OF
the King. No more rents 20 pay. no more
agony becaufe -four has gone up. no more
struggle with the word. the flesh, and ths
DEVIL but peace-ionE, deep. everlasting
peace. stephen asleep!
--AElesD IN Jesus. bssEzrd sleep,
From shieh nsas sssr xsss 70 weep;
esim ssd uadlstsfssd repass.
UainisEse b. the Last u fsss.
'Assseo n JezEz. far from thee
TsF kindred snd theif graves nsy bs,
But there 10 s;iH . bisss<a sleep.
Fron waiea noas ever wake 70 wssp.
You have seen enough for one morn.
ing, No one can successfully examine
more than ave pictures ir a day. There
fore We stop. having seen this cluster oi
Divine Eaphaels-Stepssn gazing into
heaven: stephen looking at Christ; Ste-
phen stoned; stephen IN his dying prayer;
stephen asleep.
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DIR. Talmage Dwells Upon the
St0ning of Stephen.
MARTYRS HAVE NOT DIED IN VAIN
Heaven Opens for Those Who Suffer for
Christ - Welcome for These Who Are
eieadfast in Risbfeeusaess-These Who
Strive In God's Cause Make Many Ene-
mies-stephen Lives Threashout Chris
tendon, his nurderers Are Forgotten.

Or. Talmage, In his sermon for yester-
day. dwelt upon the stoning Of Stephen
and the prayers of the martyr for his
prosecutors and for himself. and found
lessons of the reward for steadfastnesz
IN right and the triumph OF prosecuted
truth in the story Dr. Talmage took for
his text, Acts, vii.5e. 50. e0-'Behold, see
the heavens opened. And they stoned
Stephen. He fell asleep''-and said:
stephen had been preaching a rousing
sermon, and the people could not stand
II. They resolved to do as men some
times would like to do in this day. II they
dared. with some plain preacher of right
eousness-kill him. The only way 10 81
lence this man was to knock the breath
out Of him. So they rushed Stephen out
OF the gates Of the city, and with curse,
and whOop. and below they brought hin
TO the cliff, az was the custom when they
wanted 10 take away life by stoning. Hay-
ing brought him to the edge of the cliff,
they pushed him off After he had fallen
they came and looked down, and seeing
that he was not yet dead, they began to
drop stones upon him, stone after stone.
Amid this horrible rain of missiles. Steph-
en- chambers up on his knees and folds his
hands, while the blood drips from his
temples TO his cheeks, from his cheeks 20
his garments, from his garments TO the
ground; and then, looking UP. he makes
two prayers-one for himself and one or
his murderers. Lord Jesus. receive my
spirit that was for himself. Lord, lay
not this sin to their CHARGE that was for
his assailants. Then from pain and loss
of blood, he swooned away and fell asleep.
II want to show you to-day Ave pictures.
Stephen gazing into heaven; Stephen look
ing at Christ. Stephen stoned. Stephen
in his dying prayer. Stephen asleep.
First, look at Stephen gazing into
heaven. Before you take a leap you want
TO know where you are going to land. Be
fore you climb ladder you want to know
TO what point the ladder reaches. And it
was right that Stephen, within a few mo-
ments of heaven, should be gazing into 1t.
We would all do well TO be found in the
same posture. There is enough In heaven
TO keep us gazing. A man of large wealth
may have statuary in the hall and paint
ings in the sitting-r0om and works of art
in all parts Of the house, but he has the
chief pictures in the art gallery, and there
hour after hour you walk with catalogue
and glass and ever-increasing admiration.
Well, heaven is the gallery where God
has gathered the chief treasures of His
realm. The whole universe is His palace.
In this lower room where we stop there
are many adornments; tesselated floor Of
amethyst and on the winding cloud stairs
are stretched Out canvases on which COM
mingle azure and purple and saffron and
syoid
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velvet ribbon and small gold buttons. The
elose-fittins twopiece sleeves fare styl-
ishly at the wrists. The collar and girdle
are of velvet
The skirt is shaped with seven compara-
lively narrow cores, which fit smoot thly
around the aist and over the hips. An
inverted plat at each side of the center
back conceals the closing.
The seams are opened, fatty pressed
and stitched down about half the depth
of the skirt. Extensions added on each
side of the cores from the point where the
stitching ends TO the lower edge are ar
ranged in hollow box plaits, the fullneSs
giving a stylish flare to the skirt around
the bottom. If further decoration is de-
sired, the seams may be finished wish
bands of velvet TO match the waist.
Attractive costumes In this mode NAV
be developed In covert, Venetian, drap
d'ete. Henrietta and whipcord, with lace
velvet. panne, silk, ribbon and narrow
braid for trimming.
To make the dress for a girl ten years
will require two and one-half yards of
plain material forty-four inches wide for
skirt and Eton, with one yard of figured
material twenty-five inches wide The
pattern. No. $685. is cut in sizes for girls
six, eight, ten, twelve. and fourteen years
Patterns for the above may be had by cutting cut
the picture and sending IT, with 10 cents TO pay cost
of mailing and harding to Fashion Department,
Washington Post Where two patterns are required
as shown by designs the price is 10 for each
Be careful 10 give the number OF pattern and bust
waist measure Write your address plainly.l
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EASE AND DISEASE.
A shsrt Lsssen on the Meaning of a Fa.
miiiar Word.

Disease Is the opposite of ease. Web
ster defines disease as Tack OF ease. un-
easlness. trouble, vexation. disquiet." II
Is a condition due to some arrangement OF
the physical organism. A vast majority OF
the disease" from which people suffer IS
due 10 impure blood. Disease of this kind
is cured by Hoods SarsapariIia, which
purifies, enriches, and yitalizes the blood
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures scrofula, sali
rheum. pimples. and all eTuptiOns 1,
tones the stomach and creates a good ap-
petite, and IL gives yigor and vitality 10
the whole body, IL reyeTses The condition
Of things, giving health. comfort, and
ease IN place Of disease.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-11
CONFIRMS CHINA's TREACHERY.
Imperial Troops Had Mined British Lega.
tion-EarI Lis Dilemma.

London, Sept. n.-Dr. Morrison, the Pc
Kin correspondent of the Times. wiring
August 81. confirms the reports of the
tfeachery of the Chinese government and
the Issuance of imperial DEGREES ordering
the determination of foreigners. THE
imperial troops" he says, mined the
British legation. ana probably in another
day there would have been a terrible ex-
plosion. A similar mine made by the
Chinese imperial troops, exploded in the
Pei Tang Cathedral and engulfed 200 IA
tive Christians"
The most profound indignation is felt
here that Sir Chih Chen Lob Feng and
Wa Ting Fang, whose shameless lies and
transmissions of bogus imperial edicts
delayed the departure of the relief col
umn until nearly too late, are still receiv-
ed with honor in London and Washing
ton"
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Times, wiring September 8, says: "The
Chinese Minister in ST. Petersburg has
telegraphed Ii Hung Chang that the pro-
posal 10 evacuate Pekin presupposes that
satisfactory assurances viii be given OF
the return of the imperial court 10 the
capital at once. a later message urges
Earl Ii 10 endeavor earnestly to bring
the powers 10 agree to evacuation. since,
If Russia is Obliged TO reconsider her de-
cision. loss of prestige is inevitable. Ii
Hung Chang has memorialized the throne
urging the immediate return of tine court
to Pekn.
AT the same time, in telegram TO the
vieerOy OF Wa Chang, he pointed out that
the difficulty in advocating this course
lies IN the evident intention OF the foreign
powers, on the return of the court, Id
seize the reactionary leaders. II his NE
mortal TO the throne alludes 10 this fact
the Emperors return is likely TO be pre-
vented. II II does not, then the memor-
ialist will hereafter be regarded as a
traitor.
Japan has intimated a willingness to
withdraw such a portion of its contingent
as may be tactscally superfiaous, but the
Japanese government considers IL neceS-
sary TO continue the military occupaI lion
during the winter"
The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-11
RIOTS aTCANToN AND HoNGKoNC
Native Outbreaks Suppressed BY Pcliee-A
Number of Casualties.

Hongkong. Sept. l0.-There was rioting
In the village Of Taikok-tsui last even
ing. but the Kow-loon police sent re-en-
forcements and quelled the disorders. Nine
arrests were made.
Canton. Sept. 9.-During a street fight
last evening in the native city four per-
sens were killed and ten wounded
The people are becoming more restless
IL one instance the French troops were
turned out, but IL proved to be a false
alarm,
The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-11
Evanston Bank Robbed Of ss 900.

Evanston. ILL.,, Sept 10-The Citizens
Bank was robbed of 5000 here to-day by
a ruse. The cashier was called into the
street by man driving phae:on. When
he returned 10 his desk he discovered that
a second person. previously concealed in
the basement, had stolen into the vault
and secured the money. No trace OF the
robbers has so far been discovered.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-11
Nominations 60 Congress.

Shamokin. Pa, Sept. 1o.-The Democrat.
ic confeEees OF the Seventeenth district
to-day renominated Rufus X. Polk for
Congress.
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THR WEEKLY POST, 75e
Farm Journal. eos.
Richmond Times (semi-weekiy) g.
American Queen. 81.
Special price for the four, only ia
The Weekly Pest, 73s.
Farm and Home. Hc,
Pocket Dictionary.
Pocket Atlas
Special price for the -Four. only sc.
Fer irss saapis copies sears,s ,As ssslisas's .
each paper direct
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eyeke pssrfssisn eauraxe. ard urse,ashness re-
qssrra 70 eject sefisas political ehxnEsz se- -
dis7saszhie to dislodEe a party vhssh. rompsra-
tiveiy shoFt intervals exceptef has hsen intFench-
nx Itself IN the government for nearly forty years.
Is iRenltely mere difEcult.
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JAN Rushed and Prisoner Lynched.

Montgomery, Ala. Sept. lo.-Zed Floyd,
a negro. was taken from the Jail at We
tumpka late last night and hanged. gloyd
attempted 10 assault a white woman
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FASHION FANCIES.

Light brown Louisine is here effectively
combined with figured silk and brown vel
vet.
The silk blouse is mounted on lining
body which closes in the center front. The
smart Eton is simply adjusted with shoul-
der and underarm seams, trimmed with
The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-11
The Invitation Of Christ.

Pass on now, and see Stephen locking
upon Christ. Ny text says he saw the
Son or man at the right hand OF God
Just how Christ looked in this world
just how he looks in heaven, we cannot
say. A writer in the time OF Christ saws.
describing the Savicur's personal appear
ance, that he had blue eyes and light
complexion, and a very graceful struc-
ture; but | suppose IL was all guess work
The painters OF the different ages haze
tiied 10 imagine the features OF Christ
and put them upon canvas; but we will
have to wait until with our own ewes We
see Him and with our own ears we can
hear Him. And yet there is way OF see
ing and hearing Him now. His voice
comes down 10 you this day-comes down
10 the blindest. to the 3eafest soul. say
irg: Look unto me. all ye ends Of the
earth. and he ye saved for I am God. and
there Is none else' Proclamation OF uni
yersal emancipation fer all slaves. Proc
lsmation of universal amnesty for all
rebels. BeIshazzar gathered the Babylon
ish mobiles 10 his table. George / enter
tanned the lords OF England at a banquet.
Napoleon III welcomed the Car OF Rus
sia and the Sultan OF Turkey to his feast.
the Emperor OF Germany was glad 70
have our Minister. George Bancroft, 81;
down with him at his table: but tell me.
ye who know most Of the worlds history.
what other king ever asked the abandon
ed and the forlorn and the wretehed and
the outcast 10 come and sit beside him.
"oh. wonderful invitation You can
take IL to-day. and stand at the head cf
the darkest alley in any city. and say:
Come. Clothes for your rags. saive fo-
your sores. a throne for your eternal
relgning.' A Christ that talks like that.
and acts like that. and pardons like that
do you wonder that Stephen stood iook-
ing at Him? / hope TO spend eternity do
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OfThose That Have Gone Before.

'.But heaven is the gallery in which the
chief glories are gathered. There are the
brightest robes. There are the richest
crowns There are the highest exhilara-
tions. John says Of it: The kings of the
earth shall bring their honor and glory
into it And / see the procession forming.
and in the line come all empires, and the
stars spring up into an arch for the hosts
to march under. The hosts keep step to
the sound of earthquake and the pitch OF
avalanche from the mountains. and the
flag they bear is the flame of a consum-
ing world, and all heaven turns out with
harps and trumpets and myriad-voiced ae-
clamation of angelic dominion to welcome
them in, and so the kings of the earth
bring their honor and glory into ii. Do
you wonder that good people often stand,
IKE stephen, looking into heaven? We
have many friends there.
There is not a man in this house To-
day so Isolated in life but there is some
one In heaven with whom he once shook
hands. AS man gets older the number
or MS celestial acquaintances very rapid
~ muliplies. We have not had one
glimpse of them since the night we kissed
them good-by, and they went away; but
still we stand gazing at heaven. As
when some of our friends go across the
sea, we stand on the dock or on the
steamtug and watch them, and after
awhile the hull of the vessel disappears.
and then there is only patch of sail on
the sky, and soon that is gone, and they
are all out of sight, and yet we stand
looking in the same direction; so when
our friends go away from us into the
future world we keep locking down
through the narrows, and gazing and gaz-
ing, as though We expected that thew
would come out and stand on some cloud
and give us one glimpse of their blissful
and transigured faces.
While you long TO join their compan-
ionship, and the years and the davs go
with such tedium that they break your
heart, and the viper of pain and sorrow
and bereavement keeps knawing AT your
vitals- you stand still. like Stephen. gaz-
ing into heaven. You wonder If they have
changed since you saw them last. You
wonder If they would recognize your face
now, so changed has ii been with trou-
bic. You wonder If. amid the myriad de-
nghts they have, they care as much for
you as they used to when they gave Won
helping hand ard put their shoulder
under your burdens. You wonder If they
look any older; and sometimes In the
eveningtide. when the house is all ouiet
you wonder If you should call them by
their first name if they would not answer
and perhaps sometimes you do make the
experiment, and when no ore but God
and yourself are there you distinctly cali
their names and listen, and sit gazing
into heaven.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-11

Pass on now. and / will show you one
more picture. and that Is stephen asleep
With a pathos and simplicity peculiar 10
the Scriptures, the text says Of Stephen:
he fell asleep Oh yon say, what a
place that was 10 sleep, A hard rock
under him, stones falling down upon him,
the blood streaming, the mob howiinE.
What a place IL was to sleepF And yet
my text takes that synbol Of sIEmber TO
describe his departure. so sweet was Il. 50
contented was II. 30 peaceful was g.
Stephen had lived a very iabOri0us life, his
chief work had been 10 care for the poor
How many loayes Of bread be distributed,
how many bare feet he had sandaIea
hcw many cots OF sickness and distress
he blessed with ministries OF kindness
and love ! DO not know: but from the
way he lived. and the way be preached,
and the way he died. know he was a L.
b0rious Christian. But that IS all over
TOW. He has pressed the cup 20 the last
fainting lip. He has taken the last insEit
from his enemies. The last stone 10 whose
crushing weigf he Is susceptible bas been
hurled. Stephen IS dead. The disciples
come. They take him ug. They wash
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-06-15

Wheat was Sellingin Baltimore last
week for rs cents, the highest price
for sometime.
The fastest time ever made by a
train was run over the Is. x o. T.. X.
last week-i03 miles in one hour.
The Pamunky tribe Of Indians are
to hold reunion June at the
place where Jonu Smith was
captured.
Rev. DIR. J. William Jones. of Rich
mond, has accepted the call to the
passionate of the Baptist church at
Chapel Hill, N. C.
Torbert's plating mill, his resi-
dence and the store of the Port Nor
folk Supply Company, Owned By him,
were burned last week at Port Nor
folk.
Thomas j. Sharkey easily defeated
"1 ank" Kenny in the FIRST round of
what was to have been a 25-round
bout before the Broadway Athletic
N'oS iNSb NSNhs
Li Hung Chang is again in high
favor in China. The Dowager EN-
press has conferred upon him the
highest decoration at her disposal,
that of the square dragon.
Belle Boyd, the famous spy of Con-
federate fame, died suddenly of heart
disease at Kilbourne, Wis, Monday
night, where she bad gone to lecture.
She was fifty-seven years of age, and
known the country over.
Mrs. Icons C.. Rawlings, wife of
James II. Rawlings, of the firm of
Chancellor & Rawlings, Farmers
Supplies. died at her home in Fred
ericksburg last week, aged 43 wears.
after lingering illness, with con-
sumption.
Miss Dora Lewis, daughter of Capt.
Boarding Lewis, of King George
county, and Mr.. John w. Elliott
boarded sailing boat this week and
departed to Charles county. Md.
where they were married. After tie
ceremony they returned to the home
OF relative of the groom and are
waiting to hear from the brides par
ents.
About 1000 of the $500 Confed-
crate. pensioners on the old rolls of
the State have been paid. None of
those passed by the new county
boards organized under the Parker
law have yet had their cases passed
upon at the Auditors office in Rich
mond. It's estimated that $1O6, 900
Will have been paid out to veterans
and widows of such before the Pen
sion Board lists are reached, and
that it will require $135, 900 this year
to pay the old pensioners.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-06-15

gress. The mixing of State and
Federal elections is not desired by
any OF our citizens. AS to the size
of the Convention, we think il
should be large. Let all sections
be fully represented. Il very plain
and feasible plan would be three
delegates TO every senatorial district.
This would give "A working body OF
100 delegates-nOne too large
As 20 the kiud Of men we should
send to the Convention, You have
so frequently voiced the sentiment of
the people generally that il is use
less TO speak.
However, there should be others
than lawyers. OF course, we should
expect many lawyers, and good ones
not shysters -bnt lawyers, big.
broad and practical There should
be practical, successful farmers there,
There should be ''men of affairs
business men, men who think, who
know the practical working of our
laws. There are some men, however.
Mr.. Editor, that the people
do not want. They DO not
want candidates" seekers" or
as my friend OH the Southside would
say, Statesmen ont of JOB" and or
the hunt for one. If there is ever a
time TO apply the old hackneyed re-
mark: "Let the office seek the man,
and not the man the Office" it is in
selecting delegates to Constitution
al Convenhon:-"S g." IN Och
mond Dispatch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-06-15
Since Congress Adjourned.

Congressional records show that
there are nearly 500 trusts, with a
combined capital Of $6,00O,O0O,O 900,
in this country.
In his three years of office Presi-
dent Mckinley has appointed %
commissions to investigate various
things and they have cost over 3d.
100000.
The eyes of the American people
have been fixed upon Congress for
some time; and it is safe to say that
the adjournment of that body with
out having provided relief for the
people from some of the burdensome
war revenue taxes is a matter of
which members of the lower house
will be sure to hear q good deal from
their constituents, who neither relish
nor see the wisdom of paying taxes
that are piling up surplus of So
100000 a month in the United States
TreasurY-that, too, despite stupen
dous expenditures.-THe Free Lance.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-06-15
TO AID THE STARVING.

The half has not been told in the
public prints. Courage fails one TO
present all the shocking details.
Every time the clock strikes the hour
it tolls the death knell of at least
five hundred victims in Iudia who
have died for the want of crust.
The cable operates quickly and your
contribution today may save many
lives tomorrow. Twenty dollars
will support thousand lives for one
day. Two dollars will save life
until the next harvest, and that
practically means that it will save it
for good. What will you give? What
thou doest do quickly, for the
Masters business requires haste
The CITIZEN acknowledges the
following contributions, which it
forwards without delay:
Previously reported ST. 90
I. 5. Brent 100
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-06-15
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

Governor Tyler proposes to call an
extra session of the Legislature i'm
mediately after the election in No
vember.
The official vote in the State on
the Constitutional Convention was
l37,362. That for the Convention
was 1852; against 6O,370; majority
for the Convention, 16,992.
The first conviction that should
be driven into the hearts and minds
of the people of Virginia regarding
the Constitutional Convention is
that the making of constitution is a
very serious and solemn business and
that the work is not for fools and
blatherskites. Richmond Meas.
On the question of having an ex-
ira session of the Legislature this
summer, the people of Tidewater are
unit that our Governor has reached
the proper conclusion, and we ought
to see that he is sustained bv the
press and by our members Of Con-