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< £ i m n t n l i v b t c t o . H l B r O L B \ C O H I K H . 1 T 1 V E C B P f T W . VOL. V. A FA M ILY N E W S P A P E R OF LOCAL A N D G E N E R A L IN T E L L IG E N C E . I'RELPORT, N. V,. FRIDAY. FFBR[f ARV !«;. limn. T E l U l i : 11.10 Y £ A S L Y 1 * A D V l l t l NX). 16 . Feoreexiow A L . • Greater New York • D e n t a .1 F a /r lo r s , lOH6t*£C*CR * SKIDMORE. OOB. FULTON AND GO L D STS , , B r o o k ly n , N . Y . STATE NEWS. Ceet of Keeping the Ineane. The eleventh annual report of the nlesion lb Lunacy shoi emalleat In five yeai of tnaane In th e 8t eloae of the Commleslon lb Lunacy shows n decrease in the per capita cost of m aintaining the in- e during the past year, from tlR5 per um in 1896, to|178 In 1890 The uet ual Increase of cases was but 529. thn was but 5 Fhe total t • e l d Crown*, O e ld F illing*, O t h e r r i l l i n g . Bl.OO np, •5.00 up, • 1.00 up FULTON AND GOLD STREETd, Opp. L o o s e r B R O O K L Y N , N. Y W . J . S T E E L E , M . D ., F H r S I C lA j Y u n d SU R Q E U .y B A L D W IN S , L. L OBcehuun. j \ K ! *n, | ^ l o ; j. M. U/Mce. Harriuon Avenue Roith Shore Televhonc Call. Baldwins U. __________________________________ _ *. GEORGE A. MOTT, / LAW YER, • • C e e r t S t.,B o r o u g h of B r o o k l jrn.N. T. City I B o . t 4 . n c . , L y e b r o o k , Q o e e n . Co., N. Y, W e p b o e e , \S I Lynbrook,\ \ZtnitA Brooklyn.\ E. A. DORLON, [...BQJfDED A UCTfOXEER.... O d d F e llo w s ' B lock, W t e e Street, near Church. FREEPORT. Institutions at the year was 21,374, The total am o u n t expended for maintenance was •8,875,323.97, und for new buildings an-1 equipment and for extruofdlntry repairs • 1,127,501.38. The total number of patients discharged as cured during the year was 1009, and 931 additional patients were dis charged sufficiently Improved to leuable them to return to their Iriends. T h e G o o d R o a d s M o v e m e n t. Representatives of the Boards of Super visors ot thirty-seven counties met at Al bany with State Engineer and Surveyor ; Bond and formed a permanent orgauiza- j Uon to further the good roads movement I In this State. The following officers wer* ] elected Chairman, Edwin A. M erritt, of tit. Lawrence County; First Vice-President, I J o eph Leo of Westchester: Second Vlfc- ! President, V. 2. Wilcox, of Onondai j retary, P, M. Thompson, of Orleaui j iotia good roads propositions were dis cussed, including the hllllntroduced In the Legislature appropriating 81,000,00) f< | carrying out the provisions of the High! Armstrong Good Roads act of last year. P u r c h a s e e f A d ir o n d a c k F o r e s t L a n d s. The annual report of the State Forest Preserve Board shows that during the pa^t year 58,42t acres of forest land In the Adf- rondacks were purchased at an aggregate Cost of •247,661, or an average of iS.'V? per acre. On J a n u a ry 1, 1899, there was a bal ance of •356,056, apd by the last Legisla ture #800,000 was appropriated for the purchase of Adirondack lands and fftO.OOO for the purchase of lands In the Catskills, ring the year 1272,898 was expended for JOHN P. WRIGHT, GENERAL AUCTIONEER, ( FREEPORT, L. L sent to Congress, but tbe clinnge was ’ never made. Only a little mor« than two years passed away and the twub at Mount __ ____ ____ _ — Veinun was again o| ^red. There, in tbe white gown which the venerable Flushed With SuCCiS-’, They Tflke thp BOERS STILL VICTORIOUS.|rRICK figh ^ carnegie the news epitomized ! the sabbath school little Woman had eel aaide for her last dress, was tenderly, reverently and regretfully laid the hotly of Martha Offensive, Durin g tb e year 1272,898 was expend lands purchased. The expenditures salaries am o u n ted to •21,684, and tbv \ expended balance, from which, however, a large am o u n t of land already contracted tor must be paid, Is •411,524. „ N e w T r i a l F o r H e n h a m . The opinion of Justice Hooker, of the Supreme Court, setting forth his decision !u g ranting a new trial for Howard C. Ben ■hum, tbe convicted wife murderer, of B.i tavls, was sent to Buffalo from Albion, and filed. The opinion is of great length, and reviews tbe entire case, taking up the new ly discovered evidence upon which the ap plication for a new trial was based. Speak ing of this evidence, Judge Hooker, hi tbo opinion says: If the evidence now offered had been introduced upon the trial In con nection with the other evidence we think H probably would have changed the ver- H y d r o p h o b la A m o n g New York C a ttle. Two v aluable cows, suffering from hy drophobia, part of Thomas M cIntyres herd, at Fulton Settlement, Sullivan County, were killed by au order from the State Board of Inspectors. The disease was the result of the cattle being bitten bv a greyhound affected with rabies, that traveled from Montlcello to the Delawu River and returned, a distance of aboi eighty miles, a few’ weeks ago. On the hound bit a ni fifty degs, and a horses. FINAN C IAL BankofRockvilkCentre Villa** Avenue, ROCKVILLE CENTRE, L. I. SAMUEL r PHILLIPS, PrenHeiiL THOMAS O. KNIGHT. Vice Prenldent. HIRAM R. SMITH. C h i e f . Robert A. Devlene BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Thomas (i. Knight, Hiram H Smith. Combes, Wesley H. Smith, layne. Charles L. Wallace, W. Haves, Austin Cornwell. F\ Phillips, Nelson H. Smith. : DeMol4, s John T. Davison, Hdspn, Edward T. Thurston. Hamilton W. Pearsall. tin' llrjt who fell But lie who died l»y night, alone, An outpost In the snow, . unknown, uu l»ronzo nv stone) Aye. he who watched thro\ Ills long night, And unseen Hosts defied— Hu fought und won the nobler light, In the darker death ho died! BRITISH FORCED t TO RETIRE, S e v e re F i g h t I n g R e p o rted S e a r Itvnelm rg —G e n e r a l F r e n c h '* Oiitpowt* C o m p e lled lo W ilh d r a w on T h a i T o w n —Bold M ove of th e F e d e ral B u r g h e i* to Cut llo h e r t e 's C o m m mil cal Ion*. L ondon (By Cable).—Outnumbered by the Boers, and with their eastern flank menaced, British o u tposts have been com pelled to withdraw from points west of Rensburg, leaving that pln?o Itself in danger. The British hive abandoned SUngersfonteln and fallen back on Ilens- burg. This move was made because the Boers were threatening the British eastern ^OOOOOOOdO > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o o o o c shington s J^asl y e a r ' Ideally Happy Were the Groat States- | i man and His Wife at MARTHA WASHINGTON WATCHINH HR ft husband ' s GRAVE FROM THE BOOM IN WHICH HE DIED. | ; directions he was writing to his agent j W ashington by tbo side of him whose for the conduct of thn estate for sev- loss hail made her feel tlial sin* was ‘ eral years to come. If belateil, he ( only a atranger among friemls and galloped home at n roum lpace in time ' one waiting gladly for i for the‘ getting-reavly-for-ilinuer bell. gettiug-ieatly-for-tl His library contained more Ihau t<lred volumes, but his read- week* ago. On Its trip imber of people, about number of cattle and Odd Snowstorm Near Alton. A p eculiar snowstorm Is reported , lar snowstorm Is reported ns 1 1 Ing occurred near Alton, Wayne Cou Sunday evealng. It Is described by tl j who saw It as a cloudburst of show cover Ing about four square miles of ground di rectly east of Resort. Eight Inches of o w felU n ght I i. On We do • General Banking Bneineee of Deposit end Dieeount. i Interest Paid on Special Deposit*. I Drafts Issued on England and the Continent. T e w Patronage Solicited. Banking Hoars—0 A. M. to 3 P. M.i I ■ e t w d w .e A . M to l l M . D leoount Days— T n e s d a rg and Frit I lays, f A. M. •itory the ground Is bare. Timse who It say it came down In clouds, and say it cam e down In elo^...0, . wayfarers who were on the road had stop at the first farmhouse, for fear of Ing burled alive. T o C o m m e m o r a te O u r S tutehom l. The D a u g h te rs of the American Revolt! Uon of Poughkeepsie desire the erection In New York City of a monument to com memorate tbe ratification of the Coustltu- I tlon of the United States by tbe State of New York, and Senator Ambler has intro- j duoed a bill In the Legislature maklnff an appropriation of flQ.OOQ for Its erection. The monument Is to be the property or the F i g h t i n g C i g a r e t t e * . Parents in Little Fall* have become 30 alarmed at the hold of cigarettes upon their children th a t they have undertaken a cigarette crusade. Chief of Folioo H il ling g ave orders to the patrolmen to nr rest all boys apparently under sixteen years of age found smoking cig a rette. Several boys have been nrrest^a since the THEFREEPORTRANK CAPITAL, $30,000. M il STREET, FREEPORT, L. 1. JOHN J . RANDALL. President. CHAUNCEY T. 8PRAOUE. Vice President. WILLIAM S. HALL. Cashier. BOARD OF DIRECTORS! 40,000 W o r k m e n H u r t Yearly. The Commissioner of Labor Statistics estim ates th a t not fewer than 0,000 people are Injured In manufacturing I idustrles of this State yearly. Since 1897 'h e average rate of Increase of labor organ'zatious ha « been thirty-nine each quarter. On Septem ber 30 last there were 1320 or ranlzutlouM, as compared with 927 In March, 1897. Committed S u icid e R ether T ian Work, sou of Thomas Horning, of Fulton- litteditted suicideuicide byy tukuk ngg carboli-i Jobs J. Randall, BalU Cox. William E. O o ld e r >y T. Bprs< Q. Miller, William E. Oolder. D. Wesley Pine. Wallaes H. Cornwell. George Wal rhomaa D. Smith, August Immlg. PBarlsa L. Wallace, George ! WHliam 8. Hall. William Coles Pettit, Harvey B. Smith, b M. Randal 'sssi 'ffirtirro' \°n eyefi department eaual to those of either the New York o r Brooklyn Bank# <w Trunt Com panies, and every accommodation a* far a* Is eoiMfctent with conservative management. Interest at the rate of three per cent, paid on time deposits, three months or more. Drafts Issued on all parte of Europe. Done a general banking business. Amounts of corporations, companies, socle- Use, ete.. solicited. Entire satisfaction guaranteed, laewlrtee will receive prompt attention and be cheerfully answered. Job Printing At Thla Office. , Nell, i j vllle, com m s b t n c i add. The young man refuse l to go t'« j work a fter bis father had eocured a position j for him in a silk mill. Ho re,used to get up In tbe m o rning and later was found by bis father In a dying condition. He was j nineteen years of age. Can'I Buy Newspaper Support, j A bill was passed by the Assembly mak- i ing it a m isdemeanor for any person to so licit from a candidate for any elective of- i flee money or other property ns a consid eration for a newspaper or other publica tion s u p p o rting th a t candidate. Officers of State Medical Society. The State Medical Society, in session Albany,lbany, electedlected thehe followingollowing oflb;*! A e t f c PraaMent Dr. A. Phelps, New York; President, George Seymour, Utica; Si tary, Dr. F. C. Curtis, Albany; Tree Dr. A. D. Boll, Alhauv. vT : All About the State. Rome of the highways about Dunkirk a closed by snowdrifts eight and ten feet Mrs. Mary Ann M atthleu, aged 109 yem and eight m o n ths, died at Oswego of grl She was borne In France nud lived tuei V'O thirty-two years. Mrs. Levina Egloff. of Darien, who I*un rest at Batavia charged with the 1 His Wife a Mount Vernon. £ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 \7V\ T the time uf Lis retirem e n t / \ c,to Mount Yernun, after the expiration of bin term as President, “ tbe tall figure of Washington was only slightly bent, md he was still supposed to weigh Ipw&rd of two hundred pounds,” A-rites William Perrinc, of “ The i ears of Washington s Life, * m mo i o! auom s-iouv, i Ladies Home Journal. “ E x cepting much exactitude as to how he could lis gray hair amt his false- teeth, ami improve the management of Ink land io trouble in hoaving there was lit- | ,4u«l make it yield largi eight huin ing was chiefly^ on agricultural sub jects, and one uf his hobbies was that the Government should established a National Hoard of Agriculture. Often he stripped off his coat and worked with his farm hands when they were hard pushed. W'hen he footed up the expenses and the receipts of his farm for 1798 he found that he had Lust ! made a clear gain, during the year, in the ! of about $4500, and he studied with ,le of the usual appearance uf ago lis muscular person, his gait and it rung, pock-marked face. He strung, pock-marked face, l ie was iffable and merry with his b est friends, out while he had the true hospitality )f a Southern gentleman in inviting avery visitor from n distance to bis table or to a boil over night, his polite- Yet if he ness was generally formal, particularly enjoyed the c conversation and more ips. It was in that same year that he executed his last will and testament. It was carefully written by himrself, covering forty- two pages, including a schedule and description of his estate, which he valued, or rather, perhaps underval ued, at $530,000. It was about this time that ho spent his last Fourth of J u ly at Alexandria. her beloved mate. the hour to join | Washington Chronology, | ;« * : * * * * * * * B ORN iu W estmoreland County, Viriguia, February 22 (old stylo February 11), 1732. Made commander of the northern military district of V irginia by Lieutenant-Governor Dinwiddie when but nineteen years of age, in 1751. Sent to wain the French away from their new forts iu western Pennsyl vania at the outbreak of the French and Indian war in 1753. Made commander in-chief of all the Virginia forces in 1755. Commanded the advance guard of the expedition that captured Fort D u q u esno iu 1758, shortly after which j he m arried Mrs. Cnstis. W rote concerning the “ uonimporta- Tlie censor allowed several dispatches to come through reporting severe lighting in the Colesberg neighborhood, which ended In the British withdrawing tholr advanced position which bad been won by arduous work during the past six weeks. The chief of these positions, Coles Hup, Is higher than any of the surrounding I nud the British guns there have been scribed as dominating Now the Boers have mlOUUtft *k. lie Brings a Sensational Suit in Equity, A lleg in g F r#ud. Iterrale the AmmliiR I'rofll* Which Arc Mn.tr by the Cnrnogtp tilcrl Company. PiTTSBrihi, Penn. (Special) - The threat ened suit tu equity of H. < . Frick against Andrew Carnegie was filed Tuesday In the Court of Common Pleas. Mr. Prick rankos the charge against Mr. Carnegie of mal. evoleuoe, fraud and personal animosity toward Frick. The ^ult Is by H. C. Frlek, plaintiff, Hguiust the Carnegie Steel Com pany, Limited, and the stockholders, the rule requiring that nil, oven those In sym pathy with Mr. Frick, shall be Included In Frick seeks to forcing him to se property except at his own trfrr Frick declares that thecompt 1899 readied the stnggerl for 1899 readied the $21,000,000, after all paid. \ ! total number of troops In the Philippines In November of Inst year Carnegie estl- on February 1, as reported by General Otis, ated the not profits for UGO at $40,000,000, 1 was 63,532, inehuhng officers and men lid F rick then estimated them at $42,000.- j There are 946 regularular officersfficers andnd 1331331 train Carnegie (i t hi* Interest lu uy’s p rof W e e litn r lo n H e ine. The Controller of tho Treasury has da | elded that the enum erators of the deaf j dumb and blind an* entitled to receive th* j >auie rates of pay ns forxtho restricted ; enumerations, viz., live ceuts for each name returned. Consul Hill, at Amsterdam, has trans- j m u ted an appeal fur aid of tho diamond I workers, 3000 of whom ave out of work on j account of the South African war. Former Consul Macrum returned i< Washington, whore tt was said that belt not tho bearer of a message from Kruger tu President McKinley. The Senate in executive session without a division ratified The Hague Peace Con fcreuco treaty and the extradition treat} with the Argent Inc Republic. The Republican Congressional Campnlgr C om m It too organized lor the coming cam paign. Representative Babcock, of Wls cousin, was re-elected Chairman. Gonen INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 18. Subject: Jcsue nt Jecoli's W ell, J e h e lv^ n - ? 6 —M o tden tT e x l; J o h n iv . , 14— M emory Verse*, 11 -14—CoromeBtar# on the liny's Lesson. I xtbodvctiox . -Sygbar, fiftmerl* 6h#« rhvm, now Nabluo, Is at the ioot> m Mount Gerlzlm. between Gerixim and Lbnl. It ts noted tu tho Scripture# • • the I lace whore Abraham tlrat stopped on bit routing from Haran*#) vnffann, where God appeared to him nud promised to give the land to hi* seed- and where he first Intilt *u altar to the .Lord. In the fourth cen tury B. C. ( u bout 832) Snn bn Hat erected • temple on Gurlzim iu opposition to the Jewish temple. C onnect ! no L ines .—After tho Interview Itii Ntcodcmus at the time of th e Pass- i*t, Jesus nud ills followers left nn fro rn m n s e rT lr, Hl„ dl, P,p, „ ih e m. V,. 1, % f.r.!. U11! u y'n.\ 1 Wheu J « u . b ,ar.l o lth e tniprMonra.ot o' expenses had been War Department announced that the mber of troop* In th e Phlllpploee Frick claims the credit for tho firm's enor mous profit* He thinks Carnegie |s now about to assume the management, and tills, j mlt In great | *»v uov - huvb that 110 WHS of tho company by personal ser officers, il 30,426 voliunteer o a 1 ,826 enlisted regular issume th e manage he avers, will eventually r financial loss. He declares v t h e Boen Bastard s Ne shootlug, Fometl seem to have som the British to retli One British correspondent reports the fighting lasted almost Incessantly days, and declares that the Iosses ossk l h 40-pound whence by excelloi mes at 9000 yards, they hat easily compelled from one post afiet the gun west of Kll by a British ho t th e l ol | 4250,000,000, and avowed his ability, Boers were very great. Their Creusot j ordlnarilv prosperous times, to sell It r>f Sllngorsfontelnrsronteln wasas smashedmashed j thoho Londonondon mnrke arket for 4500,000,000. votuutei men ami 30,426 vol troops. The Senate Committee reported on a pectlon to bo added to ttie Mnanrtul bill, whereby tt is provided that nothing in tho \measure sin uId conflict with au Inter- national bimetallic agreement. The House Committee on Claims favor ably reported the Cooper bill for tho pay ment of the Southern cotton claims. The bill Involves nn expendlturo of *10,000,000. y’ p artners are named In the bill, ‘ J Neuntor Penrose, of Pennsylvania, intro- make# thirty-nine pages of printed duoed a bill extending the pension law* to r. The main pclnt* in it are that P®” 0Da who *®rved lu the Civil War for neglo valued the entire property at over i 0D»youo month, f),000,000, and avowed hi* ability, In have been de- forced out of tho company by hour positions, j malice on the part of Mr. Carnegl e l a 40-poundci ' Frick also declare* that his Interest In tho company Is valued at $16,239,000, but that Carueglo Is trying to make him take fGJHXJ.OOO. w s I t L m wltzer, but the result was ! Frick claims t hat wlille lie was actively not affected by this, and the Imperial | engaged In making the business profitable, force* have fallen back to Rensburg, ehnf- Carnegie lived lu New York, passed much lug at their disappointment. ' of his tlmo abroad, at onetim e, for eighteen _ Tho reports concur In declaring that the consecutive months. He did not pretend *\ In the vicinity have been greatly re- j to manage the current business, althou rom several points, espee- he X|as consulted as to Important tn/i \\ \ 1992 to 1900 was growing In leaps and until, In 1999, the O n r A d o p ted Island*. 'or the first tlmo lu months Havana is nr of yellow fever. No case has been dally reported for some days, inuol Gompors, President of the Amerl- Foderation of Labor, Is In Hiavana, enforced lately from several points, espee- ' ho t|a s consulted a.« hilly Magersfon'.olu, and It I* sail that I The business frou they are directed by Colonel Villebols ! moualy profitable, m atters they are directed by Colonel Villebols ! moualy pro MareuP, tho French ofilcer, who Is alleged jumps from to have planned much of the Boer cam- j firm actual MtiffD. tracts in u . . „ __ _ It is impossible In the absence of more ' venses of oil kinds, t^l.OOO.OOO. in Novem- b Information to indicate the slgnlfl- ber, 1899, Carnegie estimated the net prof- >f the British withdrawal, but it may ! Its for 1900 at 140,000.000. and Frick then eral | estim ated them at 842,000,000. In May 1999, Carueglo actually received in cnsl: of organization nud pointing out to them how to work to obtain legislation for the tlon of labor, for factory Inspection r the p rohibition of child labor. Dor. Is in H ng Cuban workmen of the advantages itlon and pointing out to thi protecti and fur definite canoe of tl] i i l l i l l i S S S i thb water supply. Lord R<: loberts seems to have made at Mod 1999, C der River has been accompanied by n j and stll ikonlng of the forces nt Oolesborg, and mere br keeps, 31,170,i for hi* nhvety ly received in o .000 given him i weakening that the Boers are taking advanta to resume the offensive, compelling ibe j company for i1157,950,000. Frick’s six per British ♦« r»ie cent., on thnt Vnsl», would he worth f 16,- When Lord Roberts Is apparently uoout j »o-r.n<**. - ---- - — to push an army Into the Free State the j Frick now alleges that, rlgltx m -mv Boers make a counter stroko In an unknown height of this enormously successful bush but seemingly great force, not far from the I ness, whereby, at least, iu part, he made vital line of railway connecting De Aar and j for Carnegie these enormous profits and Orange River. This threatens Roberts's I values, Carnegie suddenly and with mnl- commutticatlous. Military observers do ; evolent intent toward him, on December 4, not regard this as more than a menace. 1 1893,'arbitrarily demanded of him his res- Nevertholess, the new* of the British re- I Ignntlou us chairman und this without any tlrem ent from the Coleshurg d ’-itrlct jiro- | reason except to gratify Carnegie's mall duces an unplo isant impression lu London. I Frick, in the interest of harmony *iruatlun *' d subsequentlyubsequently, nust respectfully hut urgently re new,\ writes Captain Richard Leary, Naval Commander of Guam, to the Navy D« ommandor of Guam, to the Navy D ep art- iborg, ami I mere bonus for hi* nin days' option lo ! ment, \my request that u good library be age oi thl.6 sell bis 5R'£ p er cent. Inlerest In this steel sent lo this station, iiii'l also that the musl- elllug the | company for •IS ? ,950,000. Frick 's six per cnl Insl Boer m astery of spread of tin? lusi nt'G E It 1NSOM KOIt IIHODB8. L ondon (By Cable).—Frionds of Mr. refused to Cecil Rhodes, shut up In Kimberley, are sell nud al becoming alarmed a t his possible fate and terest sold have sent an emissary to see Dr. Leyds, | Frick, thre the diplomatic agent of the Boers lit I’.u- resl and s on January 11, 1900, after Carnegie had thus deprived him of his o111co, lie (Carnegie) do- mantled of Frick that ho (Frick) should sell to the firm his Interest In it nt a figure which would am ount to less than one-half of what this Interest Is fntrly worth strum*' Thu Puerto> tits ask< ible dale Fedurals. Rico Council, recently elect- i UonuhlUuuu and 11 vt tir«e tlie nt of his lomatle agent of th e Boers In o, lu regard to the probable con ours would pursue In the even1 tplute. Dr. Leyds assured thehe intermediariestel tho Boer* did not Intend to kill Mr. aid cer- GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON ENTERTAINING THEIR FRIENDS ON Till; LAWN AT MOUNT VERNON. jf n guest ho would pay him the com- There he was rgeoived hy the militia- | tiou resolution, plim ent of listening to him until after j men of the town, whom lie reviewed, after which he dined citizens and was hai Mrs. W ashington at this time j ciunatus of America. bedroom iK the with the candle to was a healthy, pleasant and unosten tatious little woman, still showing trace* of good looks a n d 1'w ith seldom ed with a party of j the pc laileil as the “ Cin- 1760. alley of the which had just dug oppi m inistry April 5, t In that tho Boer-* did not Intend Rhodes, tint, he added, they v titinly hold him a* a hostage untl demutty for the Jameson raid whs paid. In view of the developments since the raid, he added, tho Boer* had nlho decided [0 ariirin y n r v nm-ru rrx TTt-rtiu « « i t y «te- mannea, nmi tuitt n «. ivoute-n •» #./. . would have to baud over 5-10.009,000 before his release. Irleh Vopulace Shoxr DUViyalty. C okk (By Cable).—The Irish populace once more showed their temper as British troops were embarking on tho transport Norseman for service against tho Boers .at the Cape. Not a few cheers for President Kruger, mingled wltf Queen, were heard as down tho gangplank. any other thought than of playing re spectably her role of m istress of the house of a country gentleman, of car ing for the negroes, t L‘fr kuittiii!nitting, or of amusing her self with he k She had great pride iu her receipt for making 'cherry bounce,' and on a mid Hummer day she e n tout thirty-two paira of breeches for the men working on tho farm. She uad said that she and the General felt like children just released from school when he left the Presidency, ami she told of her satisfaction in settling down aiu to the ‘duties of an old fashioned steady ns a clock, cheerful as a e t . ” ' Nellie Cnstis occupied no small share of W ashington's affectionate thought after his return to Mount Vernon. He had charged the you girl kindly not to fall in love again to the ‘duties of a Virginia housekeeper, a busy as a bee, and Tho wish of W ashington, which in dicated the possible apprehension of burial alive, was scrupulously oh served after his death. The body had been placed in a mahogany coffin lined m i NOTON AS HIS srilVEVOR. arrest at Batav ia charged with ......... rder of her hunlmnd. Heury Egloff, was been that Nellie Cnstis would marry algued and hfId- for examination. j favorite young nephew. Lawrence ae r a w o e r n e * Appointed ns one of seven delegates by the Virginia convention to the coutim ental congress iu 1774. His national career may be said to have j begun with this appointment. He ; hail previously served as a member ; of the State legislature fur several terms. Commissioned com man d er-in-chief of tlie c o n tinental troops J u n e 0, 1775, after the fight at Lexington and Con cord. Reached Cambridge July 2, after the battle of Bunker Hill, which occurred June 17. January 2, 1776, W ashington hoist ed the Union Hag, consisting of seven stripes, like in the flag of to-day, but with tho crosses of Ht. George and St. Andrew iu the field of blue iu the corner. After nearly a year of the most try ing sort drove the British out of Roe- ton, March 17, 1776. After this W ashington went to Now York, signed the Declaration of Independent which was adopted .inly 4, and hadI document read to his soldiiere 1776. Rattle of Long island, August 28. Evacuation uf Now York by Washing- Crossed to New Jersey, was p u r sued across the State into Pennsyl vania, recrossed the Delaware C h rist mas night, captured Trenton and 1000 Hessian soldiers. Battle of Prince ton, W ashington victorious, J a n u a ry 3, were ee lloer* T h r e a t e n llullev. C ate T own (By Cable).—The Boers' in vasion of Zululuwi is causing k<*t?n au- xlety to the British. Apart from tho fact that It threaten* General Butler's cointnu- rations, It Is dlfi country fflcult to hoHev< tins can long bo kept quiescent oir cattle are comniauileervit Is overruu comma- Hint th« nauiteereil and tli by their heredlti Duineetlc. Kaetmar Adamowskl, a special delivery messenger at tho Chicago Poslolfico, 1* under arrest in Chicago and has confessed to the theft of score* of letter*. AH F errouh Bey, Turkish Minister to tho United States, arrived at New York City aboard the French Lino steamship La Gas cogne. Ho w«* accompanied by his wife. They went to Washington. Under the auspices of tlie United Irish Ho«*Mie* of Chicago thirty-nine young of what th is Interest Is fairly worth. Frick i soldiers left Chicago bound for New* York refused to sell nt that price, b u t offered to City, wheuee they will Ball for Lorenzo Boll and allow ;ltreo men to value the in- Marques to act as au ambulance corps iu t. Carueglo refused this and left tho Boer army. ■eattililng Ulm for uot yielding to ] Tbe Ponusyh'Mila Stool Compnny Is to his demand. * make improvements in Its Steolton (Peuu.) Friok uow nllog.-s Hint nftor bl» roslgnn involving million, of duil«r». tem p ting In oerry out n „.-l,eme wbl I,, II n.,,. successful, would enable Carnegie, as Car negie hoped, to confiscate Frick's interest in the firm at probably Is, say i basis oi probably not much over ty-threeeo perer cent,-nt. off Usts realr value; that p i'< o I re : over■ #6.000,030 for 1 •6,000.030 for w h a t, on the egle's oplulou, was worth FLOODS IN NEW ENGLAND. erlng Ills Instructions to the February Grand Jury, called a ttention to the charges of fraud la municipal affairs and tho al leged Inefficiency of tho police force lu suppressing crime. Nearly •5009 was added to the Dewey Arch Fund hy tho concert nt Carueglo Hall.o New York City. Admiral and Mrs. veil delivered an address, in wttiofi ho urged the necessity of-an increased army and navy. Oneida Elsenlmnlt, a young man wtto was on the way to visit his sweetheart, while trying to hoard a freight-tralu at knocked down Itilo trying etblohom, IVI ne com hu; fi Flo was tossi between the two trains his tody broken, be i ' ii n,, was knocked down by from tho opposite direction, md to an*l fro like a football cry bone In oless when were or snow i CONGRESSMAN KILLED. F a ta l F a ll of H e p r e n e n tatlv e C h ickcrhifl In New Y o rk C l|y. N ew Y ork C ity (Special).—Congressman C. A. Obiekerlug, of Copenhagen, N. Y. was found dead outside the Grand Union B oston , Mas*. (Special).—The gales of tho equinox have scarcely ever exceeded In force the storm which swept over New England, leaving In It* wake damage by flood that 1« almost Incalculable. For twenty four hours a heavy r a i n , 1 Members of the Hlxty-ulnth Regiment, of after wiping away what few traces there 1 New York, have n good prospect of rooov- ‘ a climax , erlng damages from the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for Injuries n hundred of them received In a wreck near Birming ham, Ala., during the Spanlsli-Anucrican were so low that tho almost uu- War. In tl ~ beard of condition of drought iu mid-win- award of t4:)( ter was threatened, have been changed lu- i injured soldi* to torrents of mure threatening volume At the meeting of the executive commit, than in tbe usual spring freshets. ((;0 t j10 n 0Ug|, Riders' Reunion Associa- . From drought to flood, with all the t,on it was decided to change the .laten t dmmme -lone Ht bath ettyomoa t.. hn ,luuim l r,,„„|o„ „t Oklnbomn City, uuliictnrliiR, logithi* and Ice-barveatjutf Oklahoma, to July 1 lo 4 Inelnsiv.,. Tbli twny what few ami Ice, brought to a cllma the most unseasonable winter New Eim jam! has known for a groat many yean rlbutary bodies of water, which a few ham, Ala., durin g tho Bpanlsli-Am neks ago were so low th a t tho almost uu- VVnr. In th e U nited Htntea Court nn mid-win- iward of *4300 has boon made to one of the \Si most extensive * tho Merrlmao irests, Is now added the cost of replacing . ,inim to meet bridges swept away and of repairing rail- Roosevelt and highway beds torn up ....................... atu- ,m ,i drownnd. I from olllco t|ii) entire board. the his eolil J u ly If. I am a farmer lov.ited nv.ir Stony Brook, one of the nn'st rruUiious district* in this State, and was bothered w'lh malaria for years, at tutu s eo I could not work, and was always very constipated -Is well. I'or years I had malaria so bad in the sptini;. when criK.igcd in plowing, lhal I could do nothing but shake, i niust have taken about a barrel of quinine\ pills besides dozens ot other remedies, but never obtained ■ny permanent benefit, l ast fall, in peach tim •. I had a most serious ■ttsck of chills and then commenced to take Kapans Tahulcs, upon a friend's advice, end the first box made me all right and I have never been without them since. 1 take one Tahute each morning and night and sometimes when I feel more than usually exhausted I t ike three m ■ day. They have kept mv stomach sweet my bowels tegular and I have not had the le..st touch of maliria nor spl ttmg head iehe smce'J commenced using them. I know al>o that l sice p better and w ike up more refreshed than fltrmerlv. I don't know h v many complaints Ripans Tabules w ill help, but I .io know thev will cure any on - in the Condition I was and I would not be without them at any price. I honestly consider them the cheapest-priced medicine in the world, as they are also the most beneficial and the most convenient io take. I am twenty-seven yeats of age and have worked haid all mv life, the game as most (aimers, both earlv and l.oe and in all kinds ol weather, end l have never enioved such good health .is l have since Lst fall; in bet. my neighbors have all remarked my improved condnton .md have Slid, ••Say\. John, what are yo u doing.to look so healthy ? \ - j : ^ a any “ invader” of her heart until she I ~ had a competent knoxvledgo uf his i with lead and inclosed iu a caaecox- vharacter, especially xvhetbei' he was , vretl xvith Black cloth. The rites of a mau of sense, “ fur he assured a , sepulture were short and simple. A sensible woman can never he happy little procession was formed to march with a fool;\ what his walk of life, from the house to the family vault. It the extent of hi# fortune and. above ‘ consisted of the troops from Alexan- all, the honesty of his affections. *lria, muciciaus, four clergymen, the W ashington's oxvu wish seems tu have General's horse, with t h e empty sad dle, holsters ami pistols, the coffin > young uepnexv, Laxvretire : borne by Freemasons, the twelve Lewis, ami among the last of the principal mourners of tho household, tou , x> asuingiou viovunuus, ut festivitiesxvhich Washington presided ! tho Masonic Lodge, the corporation after which his h eadquarters tablished at Morristown, N. J. After various ruaurcuvers, lasting through the spring and summer, ami accepting the proffered aid of De- Kalb, Kosciusko, Pulaski, Steuben and Lafayette, W ashington engaged Howe at Brandywine Creek, Septem ber 11,1777. Attacked British troops iu Germantown October I, but was d riven back, after which headquarters xvere established iu Valley Forge. Suffered great hardships with Ins i men all that winter, was plotted against, but hot abased, by his rivals j for the place uf commander-in-chief, i fought the battle of Monmouth early June 2*. 177S, and aftera summer and autumn devoid ol any great Iwittles in which W ashington took part went in to winter quarters near Middlebrook, , N. J. I Seventeen hundred ami seventy nine wa* marked by no special battles in which W ashington w as commander, and the t-aiue was true in 1780, but it was his firmness and everlasting watchfulness that forced inaction on the part of the B ritish. The capture and execution ot Andre and the flight lying thero sotno tlmo discovered, a i d ht# clothing rated xvith rain. Mr. CUIcker! hi* way from ht* home In Copenhagen, whore hi* family lives, to Washington. Ht- had complained of suffering from rlteama ti*'it. The police theory Is that Congress man Clilokerlng took drugs to secure reltel from pain, ami that the drug* drove Ulm tem p o rarily Insane. HI* friends Incllue tc the belief that he went lo the window foi fresh air and fell out. When the room was entered after the finding of the body the bed-clothing xvas tangled and twisted, showing that tho afflicted man had tried unsuccessfully to sleep. The window was oiien as far as tt xvould go. Chari*** A. Chickcring was born In Lewie County. New York, lu 1843. graduating from Lowville Academy, whom lie was later a teacher. After serving In tho Statu Legislature he went to Washington as n Representative from the Twenty-fourth District, serving ffrst In the M fty-thlrd Congress, and having been re-elected reg ularly sluee that time. Mr. Chb*kerlug wit? active lu Republican politics In Ills district, amt served for a time as a member of the Executive Committee of the State Commit- CicrinHii Kinlgretlon to Hvaiil. A society ha* been formed In Berlin. Gor- nany, to promote emigration to Southern Brazil, C a li f o r n ia * * L e g i s l a t u r e A d j o u r n e d . The extra session ot the Legislature ol California adjourned sin** die, having ac jumpllstied moil of the purposes for which Governor Gage called It together H »lo ted a United States Senator an 1 passed teveral bills uf Importance to the State. it fell Into tlie water nxvny anil drowned. Dispatches from various section.* of mout and Mutuo place tlie ralufall at three Inches. I i tho Champlain Valiev r.aln has lasted nearly five days, so that the after effects are ox poet Oil to he more serious than noxv appears. At North Adams, Mass., the Hoosl? River ran stronger and higher thn.i at any | 1 tlmo for thirty yours, several mills having ^ telegram froim their loxvnr floors flooded, with damage ex- | H body of Vt ni Ing flO.OOC Ver- General XV. A. Olmstoad, a veteran of tlie over Civil War, was ordained a deacon lu the Church of the Hacred Heart nt Notro Dame, Ind. He afterward received holy orders and became a priest of the congie- nation of the Holy Ccoss. F o r e ig n , the frontier announces *hut a body of Venezuelan troops Invaded coedlng 410,000. Brazilian territory. They were mot by a Along the Knnnebtolt River In M ilne th i battalion of Brazilian troops and, after a Ice 1# so weak that tt 1* llk-'ly to break up, lively fight, wore forced to boat a retreat and with the Ice go nil prospects for a across tho frontier, harvest this season. From allI points In New England come I.OtlltH In Nl-W I'jllglaini ........ , . mi.„ |. t r „cv The Boers have taken luknndln, a Zulu- . ,nd magistracy. Tho Magistrate tho night previous exploded the magazine and. with his staff and the police, evacu ated the place nud proceeded to Eshowe. .,..-1 In . C M ..,. ba?rileBengre^?«edn tothet The bodies of Charles Betrne, eleven eg0ct that General Gnltan defeated the years old. and Martin Lonfflor, nine venrs rebels, who lost twenty killed, 140 wounded ohl, tioth nt N-W York City, Luve be,.u. ‘ >>'j ,U'* lalt\r l,, i found ht a closet lu n vacant house near General RourlRuez. i their home, where they were smothered. Tho coal famine Thu lad* xvere playmates. On August 3 •trikes, l# ussuralu ! last th»*y left th*dr homes to take a swim In The strike has spread to t tho North River Since then their late has f Zettz d istricts, and tho Macheu district Is ntll tho decomposed affected. The question Is now mooted of forbidding coni exports until normal con ditions shall have boon restored. Consul WormitiFDf Munich reports to the State Department at XVashlngton the crea tion of a paper trust lu Bavaria, embody- i Germany, due to the ng a threatening aspect, mad to tho Zwickau and C'ntiul tiletrlrt Urpepulalefl. Superintendent Ross,,of the abandoned Delaware and Hudson Canal, say# th#* cuuutrv along It-* route 1* fast being de populated and will relapse lut a wilder ness unless the propoi***'! D-tlaware an-l Kingston Railroa 1 1* built al »ug th ‘« •tual. over at M o u n t Y ruou xvn* ttiv w- 1 tlin g of t h e couple in Ft bi nary. 17 » ‘ Nellie w a n ted him to ap p e a l m ail tbo m a g n ificence of tl7o uexv u n ifo rm , v ith •ohl lace aud w inte plum e * . gold laee aud white plume*, xvhich Ihe War Department bud just de sig n e d for him a* a Genera!. The o ld ch ieftain x%a* u n w illin g t.» have him e e lf bedeck*-1 in tbe trappi.tg* *»f his latest miiitaiy rank. Rut when he vam e into the i>re*encv *-f the b r id a l p a r ty N e llie ha l t.> throw her arm * aro u n d his ffeek, for there he was fin th e good old blu th e C o n tin e n tal Army, wit . a black* rib b o n cockade and a cocked bat, the u n ifo rm iu which he had planned and fo u g h t so m a n y battles. He was fund of th e bu ffan d blue. H e rode about hi* farm* m the h d su m m e r, surveying, carryiui: hi* com au u m b r e lla fixed m th e ■ f Alexandria, the farm bands, and other men and women of the neigh bor li\. d The Rev. Mr. Davis real thfK-ervice of thn Episcopal Church and made an addrr/> The Masons performed they: rites, and minute gtluh 1tv«)me«l from a schooner in the Fob)mac. When the body was car rie,l into the vault the infantry and the cavalry tired three \--lleys, and eleven pn . es i»f a rtilleiy wt-ve sim ul taneously discharged as the rays \f tbe sun of a short winter day were turn- nn.l buff of ing into the sbud -ws «u twilight. The new* * f W ashington s death traveled rapidly « ver tbe country day bv lav W herever it went it pro- ,, .. . . l u c l ' . u w U ibm | ulili. erirf C e rem h .r •>. after -L..-b H o e r-B rltl»li XX’wr Nutoe. The Durban Weekly IDvlr-w has l>een »upj>res9ed for crltlct*log Buller. It I m said that 900 m»‘U have goti' I vrtles from Cnlcago tu the Transvai The p rl'c < f carbullc (f-dd ha* gone m FcvHiity-fixe j-'*r ••♦‘nt. becfiuso'»f the do- man I for It to luftkri lyUtib# for British been a mystery until tIm decomposed bodies wore found by two plumbers. They must have died a horrible death. W h i t e M a n L y n o h e i l In T e r a * . James Bweeney, white, was lynched by a mob at Port Arthur, Texas Hweeuey wa* a cotton scp'wrniiri foreman, and had killed Charles Crumbach, u fellow laborer, by lamming a bayonet through bis neck. A iury had ncqulttel Ulm of tbe charge of murder. T r i p l e M u r d e r I n F l o r i d a . Mr Roberts and hi* tw> sisters were xurdered at tholr homo n e ir Jacksonville, few nights ago Roberts had a use which often contained muflit Ad three persons ha-1 been killed money, with an i n of a paper tru st lu Bavaria, emb j the entire Industry lu that co u n tr Heavy snowfall# throughout i have greatly Interferod with rail lelegruphic; communications. The mortality lu Bombay, India, a i lays ago wn* unprecedented. There a total of 408 deaths. The situation Is gravatel by the advent of famlu the rep puPllo by the tiuvi Germany and Russia. France and hold of a Kerl< Dr. Leyds has been offb-lally recognized p resm itatlre of tho Transvaal Ite- >y th e Ouvernments of Fran [•Jnglund are nt is disagreement. annual Incr General I ' r o m l u e i t l i'eop ffl . Duke of Westminster Ua-l an >me of •8,760,(MX). J. C. B/ttes ts one of the few of- ej-eak the Filipino dialect fiu- The United States gunboat Maobtas a r rived at Puerto Gahello, Venezuela, to guard American Interest# lu the event of of Arnold, tbo Raitor, occurred 178 h , and both years there were nota ble successes ou the part \ ( tbe con- tiueutal troop.*, lit the South aud else Surrender of Yoi ktow n and Glouces ter, Ya . by General Cornwallis te W ashington, October VJ. 1781. British exacuate 1 New York Novem ber 25, 17’G W ashington n* comman- i der iu chief bade farewell to his off]- ■ cers December 4, and resigned his commission as <*t lumander-in-chief to provti that ecreailon In 1 f robleros of Harvard, thing of a pe'loetrlau, un 1 no tlmo and dlatau\** poroal i'll- Oritng Every st-am e r for the Boers. Many Cape w-t'i tu - B >or Pr<-#|d#«nt ben Gene guard American Interest another rebellion breaking out. General Hernandez I* reported to be organizing hi* forces for another effort to seize the \Ascertainedscertained .......... ’ I m IO I«re| b o lUe traleleg ot . . that arrives at for •omeii'i nn 1 such as ha 1 never before beeu known in the Republic. It wa* propose 1 on tbe part of the Xati. na! «i rernm etit ttiat the body of < S tates by the nnauim his home pass himselfe hi* - d rab . am tab ly p lan t eat roun-l hat on ht* hea l. saddle H e was q u ietly collecttnV au.l i -- - t t n . itemi foi las will, sad fwr the minute >atri'd should be taken from the X[--uiit Yernun and laid awav tu- Dt-A • Mpit.*l «‘.i tb- bark* -if the The n i l« w vave her he returned Elected first P r e s id e n t of the United vote of the electors in 171*^,’8#, n g n r a te d m H e wu« !• elected frem th e FrasiheiiwV iu 1797, • r l >ny Dutcti, Win •s at Htr\fnb*rg.tiave r w***-k* In which Intention to tra 1- wl' . English g^u-ra s i f modern a r tllk ry i w#-li a.- the fa *t t'«a he was fo r m s lty in London’s toy shopi ; New York April 80, 17*9. Gman 1 fnr toy s d tl-r- c l , . l , u 1 7 - U . . . 1 r r t i r * - . J . •ring tli- lack Iritish army, a* ti-y «11 1 z« >t natch iting at Santiago. li.Nta y, III beolog.eai r- -hlefly ot supply London a of < h- fa»li- quarter al jit*.- <ir- dally -Idatroylug u;ts ef Mvei svidisrs. William Waldorf A*tor Is said to r^s^nt th#- fa 8 t that bis fellow country men In, Englau t drop his prefix of bon'irntde, whi'h h* had until he wa* naturalized. Rriv ('Lari''* M. KUeldon wo# Mu ho A u I >ver A’adi University and th - Andover Seminary. Hla social studio* j.ursued lu London. .luhn P. Kcllend, the Inventor of tlie nub- marine torpedo-'- at. once fluid that 1C took him twon!y-three year* t-> educate the died Kieles Government up to tho Idea i eubm«irlne boat. 1872 Emperor William has killed pl*ee« of game. The list Includes p- all gam - aud » Mg gw me, M-- i c i i> seven elk, 1 -tvv o b e e r s e n d a w u e l e , osldency. or«l Methuen ha* disbanded Reming ton’* Scout*. because Im A that *omo members of tho corps had been com- munleatiog with tim Bopr# Baron Heugelmueller, Austrian Minister, may t>e recalled because of unpleasant In cident* re-«ultiug from the feud with the Mexico Ambassador. Ninety guns have been despatched from Pretoria, houtit African Republic, to the and the Pretoria fort# have beeu j ded of artillery. The Japanese legation In Perl* Is raising tlon to tlie Franco-Amerlea front, end practically Tbe ale.l Unit* 4fl 821 pl« objection to th e Franco-American commer cial treaty, on tho ground that the silk trade l#etwocn Fiance and Japan wth be seriously iujurc 1 by Its previsions. Emperor William lias f rohlbltedtbe per formance of a drama by Herr Bonn, the actor, which shows Frederick thu Great In character. The German coble from Emden to Hew York City, by wav of the Azores, will be laid by n London company. U will cost •4,925,000. The cable Will be 4330 mile* John Redmond, Mealier of Parliament for Waterford City, was elected chairman of the reorganize I Irish Nationalist party, • which now locludoe all the Irleh Members i e l l i e StlU D fsillsBW U. When Jesu s h ea rd of tho Imprisonment ol John (M att. 4: 12; Mark 1: 14), and that tho Plmrlstoes wore endeavoring to stir up the disciples of John against His dlsolnles. Ho determ ined to leave the Jews and go Into Galileo. 6. “Sycbar.” Or Shechem, at the fool of Mount Getizlm. \Parcel of ground.” Purchased ot tho children ol Hnmor (Gon. 33: 19), and given to Joseph. Gen. 48: 22; Josh. 24: 32. 6. \Jacob's well.\ Tho well Jacob dug. The word for xvell lu the Greok mean* fountain. At the beginning of the last century It was 105 feet deep, but nt pres« ent It Is only soveuty-llvo feet deep. It Is seven und one-half feet In diam eter and Is walled xvith masonry. • “Jesu s ___being weary.’1 Ho was a man. ss well as God, and became weary and hungry. He Jour neyed ou foot, sharing with His disciples the fatigues nud hardships ot the w*Y. \The sixth hour.\ Noon. There Is a dll* ferenoo of opinion here; several good au thorities think It was six o'clock In the evening. 7. \Woman of Sainarla,\ This womaa lived lu the country. \Give Mo to drink.,e In thl# latitude tho weather Is sometimes exceedingly hot at noon even In December, xvhon it Is cold at night. Jesu* asks a favor and thus opens Hie way to grant one. 8. \To buy moat.\ Food. John, It Is thought, had remained with Jesus. 9. \Being a Jew .’’ Ills dress and dialect Jlsolosed HI* nationality. s.\No dealings with the Sam aritans.\ The Sam aritans were the descendants of the Ethiopian and Babylonish colonists upon whom the As syrian conqueror of the ten tribes bestowed the lands of the captive Israelites. See 2 Kings 17: 24-83. Between those people tho Jexv* a deadly hatred existed. 10. \The gift of God.” J. Messiah, nud the sal man. \Thou wot Him.\ Spiritually, versed. It Is footsore, and yet uunl Clod” Jo h n 3: 16. The v atlonH e Is b ringing to ulclet have asked ol Spiritually , our positions are ra il Is thou who art wonrv, and parched, close to the well, drink; It is I who can give thee tho water from the well, and quench gin orirntj xu* jailed \tho water of life.” Rev. 21: 6; 12; 1,17. \Clean water.' Etek. 86, 26, 27. Bee also Isa. 56: V, 69: 11. 11. f 'N o tn l n g to draw with.\ The wells had, oftentimes, no Implements for d raw ing water. 12. \Our father Jacob.” They were not the descendants .•? Jacob, although some of the ancient blood might have beeu In their veins. ,13. \Shall thirst again.^ Jesus doarf not discuss the question ol greatness, but turn# her thought toward# spiritual tru th , ns He did Nleodemus. 14. \Shall never th irst.\ He does not mean that ouo draught shall satisfy us, but that we will always have In the soul a xvell of living xvater. \Shall be lu Him.” Tho rel glou of Jesus ha# to do with the loner life. Christ puts new principles and affections within us. \A well of water.” A fountain of water. The supply Is ex* haustlesy. Hero Is an unfailing fulness ol love, joy, peace and spiritual strength—a full salvation. \Springing u p .\ Whoever has this living xv d e r lu the soul already bos eternal life. The water of life is, 1. Given by Jesus. 2. It Is pure. 8. It satisfies the Bod!. 4. There Is a never falling supply. 6 H is'fret. 6. It is for all who thirst. 15/ /G ive me this water.\ She did not HflitoMUtf) “ j t j p . y s L y i s l k - . 5 ; L £ « r \ able t'p Impart. 16./\Go call thy huebend.\ These ofds xvere spoken, 1. To m u k ethe women DiiHbler her own state. 2. To show hei st life. consider h er own state . 2. To that Ho knew her heart mid s< Before she can receive living water must bo convinced of her depravity. 18. Tlvo husband#.\ The five had eith er divorced her for Immorality, or were dead; to tho sixth she xva* not married. At this time divorces xvere very common, and a man put. away his wife for any 19. \Thou art a prophet.\ She speaks respectfully and recognizes Him as one with n divine mission. :0. \Our fathers worshiped.\ Abraham and Jacob. Tho Samaritans p retended to ho descendants of those patriarchs. This woman hero Introduced the question that xvn* causing the dispute between the Jewrf and HamnrllaiiF. If Ho wore a prophet He could toll her whether Mouut Gerlzlm or Jerusalem xvere the proper place for pub- He wor#lili». To thn Samaritans, Gerlstm was the montsacred spot on earth. It had been, us they believed, tho seat of Pare- ll 21.' \The hour cometh.\ The hour hoe rouio In xvhich spiritual worship Is about to he established, aud \thb Jewish rites end ceremonies abolished.\ 22. “ Ye know not what.” You are Ignorant not only of the place, but also o l tho object and nature of true worship. Tho Samaritan# believed lu Ood, but they i'te.1 tbe prophetical writings and all except the 6fe worship was • <1 tbe Lord, sod ' what ledge rejected th e prophetical vi other books of Scripture hook# of Moses. Their pilx« d worship. They feared tb e L ierve.1 their own god#. \We know wiw re woislilp.\ Wn, Jews, acknowledgi >od and Him only, nud offer to Him.the iicrlflce# prescribed In the law. \Of tbe lew*.'' The Messiah I# of the Jews. •Itaus believed this. ibe Samaritans believed tlih 23. \True worshipers.'' In opposition io false worshipers whose worship consists In external acts. \In spirit.” In beart. with sincere love and devotion. \In tyutU.” lu sincerity, and in obedience to lbs truth. \Hvekelh such.\ Doelies such rlty, and in obedience to lb# 'Hvekelh such .” Doelies such orshlpers. 24. \God 1* a Hplrlt.\ God Is en In- finite Hplrlt. filling tho heavens and tbs earth. He put vadns, governs and upholds el25.hri*'5ui things.\ Necessary for us to 26. \ I . am He.\ This woslthe first direct disclosure of Himself as the Mes siah. T eaceikos .—As 'safer quenches tbs thirst, refreshes and Invigorates tbe body, purifies things defiled, and render# tbs •situ fruitful, so the Holy Spirit setlsfles mid purifies the soul. THE MUNICIPAL ARMY. N e a r ly 43,000 P e r s o n s E m p lo y e d b y lb # C ity of New Y o rk. F e y persons realize what an army of of fice-holder# Is required for the operation of the government of Now York City. Taking a# a basis for calculation the roster of me- nlclpal employes (county laolad ed), It Is found th a t on December 31 last there were lu tho service of Greater New York no laee than 42,837persons, whose pay aggegetes nearly *88,0)0,000yearly, lo other words, one of every eighty-two of the o lty's Inhab itants passes his or her time la the service of tlie focal government. A y ear ago there xvere less than 40.000. y d the total of sal aries paid was about *4.OT0,0J0 lose. The bulk of tbe place# are lo four d e p a rt ments—Education. Police, F ire and Street- i.'leanlDg—26,427—leaving 11,410 employed In the other city divisions and lo county i,nice* and courts. Tb* Department of Education leads with 11,762 employee, chiefly teacher*; the Police Is next, 7461; then Htr-mt-CleeuIng, 4418, and Fire, 27SS. There are 2428 employed In the Highway Departm ent, and about 1700 each In tb# Dock and Oharlties Departments. If all tlie puMln servants were placed la line, shoulder to shoulder, the Hoe would stretch from the Battery up Broadway to 149th street and nearly. If not quite, beck again; their combined height woqld be not quite fifty miles, end tbelr aggregate weight i allowing a good average, because of the 7000 heavy policemen;, nearly IBIS Owing to tbe large number ol aebool- teacher#, laborers, etc., the average salary Is not very i i f g e - l u the neighborhood ol $900. About forty per cent, of tbe ally budget 1# required to pay ssladee alone# Weahln- died -af i n * it Hi. Hi. . . m . me* 'rouble. r » . l l « lo W r i t e W i t h B e t h Mh h « » . Tbe edrielblllty #1 t.M 'j 'a * BtUeler. te w r it, s o l work »* well Willi t i t . left- h e e l it. t u . ii*i«l w ut ur< .4 rw i.utly h f J . Lib- o rtf To fd lu eddewe to llt.C b lM # 0 -rt‘ t w n W I g - ----- - ----- --*» , •
