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HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Resume or llio Lous Important but
Nut Lois Inloroallng; Events
of tho I'nit Wook.
Tim kitlsnr In trying to prttvont Nor
way from becoming it ruu1ll.
Tint inlttllieuiH of tint Russian biillln
whip I'ulciiiklii Imvo nil been hIioI or
urn In chains..
A party linn benu formed liy proinln
out Italians for tlin exploration of tint
upper Amnion river.
.Milliliter Wllto hns IiaiI n stormy In
turvluw with tlin exur ami tuny refuse
to net nit n pencil envoy.
Major I.nnglllt, government engineer,
with linndqiMrtnin at Portland, In to hn
itileeceded by Mnjor lloeasler.
Tim battleship Oregon holds tlin
troph for IiIkIi t-eoren In gunnery among
nil battleships of tho American imvy.
Indlnun ollleur Imvo a-ientcd II men
believed to ho it gang who hnvii been
nynli'iimtliiilly robbing f r'llt cms of
Milk.
Clilcl Forester riiichot linn ordered
that forest supervisors must accept no
fee for service performed, under nln
of dismissal.
Tim sfllnrliti of thu Riii-nlnn plenlo
tniitlnrlea hnve been fixed at 1-00 mt
dny each, Im'hIiIi'ii mi nllowniirn of $7,
fiOl) for traveling ami other expenses.
During " high wind, following n se
vere rnln nml electric storm, tho walls
of a liritik building In course of con
Mturrtlon at Winnipeg, Mnnltolm, foil,
hiirvlnu a nniulMir of people. It la
feared nl least tell are dead.
Tho Ilritlah navy li to Im conccnlrat
tl near home.
Thern U renewed fear of war between
Norway ami Hwedmi.
Dynamite has been fount! In tho
ar'a palace at Moscow.
A great (Inrman naval demonstration
iato he made oft Sweden.
Sweden will opjiosn to tho lint the
election of Prince Charles, of Denmark,
an king of Norway.
Terrorists have warned TreofT, a,
itlntant mlnUter of tlin Interior of Rua
il, that litt will Im killed.
The CltUeti's bank of Yellow Springs,
Ohio, hait closed, owing de'KMillora lw
tween IW.000 nml IIIO.OOO.
Kmpernr William linn hold a con
ference with King Oscar ami it German
tfwrdlsh alliancu win discussed.
(loverniiieiit aeeret service men havn
arrested nix men In Han Francisco for
Issuing farmliilent iiaturnllinliou pa-wrs
ami marliiu licenses.
It U proposed to have a raco lietween
wlishlps at tho l'ortlaml fair. Tho con
testants Imvo Ixith count muted Hying
machine with miiid degree of success.
The American Medlral association,
In Reunion at l'ortlaml, adopted a reso
lution advocating n "ew cabinet xl
tlon, to ho known a tint I'ulillc Health
-department.
Germany will hulld Krta In Morocco
-op'Mistto (lihrallnr,
Mnny Milwaukee otllclaln have. Ixun
Indicted for lirlU'ry.
Yale mayo all on Deow to renin!! on
account if Ida connection with thu
I-'qultahlu scandal.
It la feared another mutiny will
lireak out In tho Russian Hlnck oen lliet
Ixrnuno tho luutlneerH who utirremlured
linvu been iinpllnonetl.
An oxiitoalon of llrttlntui In thu roul
mines nt Wnttntown, Wnlea, ontotnhel
loO men and It la believed that nt leant
. 120 of tho milium are (lend.
Governor Folk, of Mltmourl, In nn
nildri'Kit heforu thu Fremont, Nelirankn,
Jhnutnuiiin aniiemhly, declnretl that
vraft Ih a national dlHcane.
A illccontented Htoukliolder of thu In
tumntlounl IIiuveMtei coiiipniiy hint
oomiiienctsi mm iiKnniHi inu eompnuy
for nn iicconntliiK nml nayH mlllloiiM
Imvo lK'en uxnutod from riilliomU In re
ItnteH. Heorolnry of tho Troniury Rhnw linn
ruled that ciuuul'n hnlr cloth Ih wmI
41ml duty miiHt ho pnld on It uh hucIi,
Thu Hitutu Fu rnllroud hnx jtut run n
piieoliil from Iw Annelen to UIiIchko
In 41 hourH mnl o 1 miuutea, which e
(ubllntii'H 11 now record. KllmlnntliiK
4deml" tlmu 11 nil HtoH, tho 2,iiUJ4
inilcH wiih covurod nt nn uveniKO Hpeutl
of 61 inllcM nn hour.
Kxtremu heat N killing ninny in Italy
nml Germany.
Turrlflc hent 1uh killed mnuy puoplu
in Nuw York nml I'itttiliiirK.
Ixrd ItolmrtH doolnrcri tlnit thu llrit
IbIi nr.uy in In hud condition nml could
not wlllintnud invasion hy another
iovor.
Dr. Bvon Hodin, tho Swedish uxplor
vr, houikIh n warning against Norway,
who, hu uuys, Ih preparing to attack
tiwoduu.
Ituform lemlnrH nt Moscow nro de
termined, if Niuholna continues In his
present unyielding nttlludo, to olect n
now cxnr.
SAKHALIN A f'OWEHFUL LEVER'
Japan Now Qlvnir Opportunity lo In
crnnvo Hnr Domnndt on lluiiln,
Ht. I'titrnliirKt July M. Willi tlin
JiiiniiiNu (Iiik holitlod for tho lrnt tlmu
on HiiHithtu mill idler IH moutliitof wnr,
tho linportniicu of thu IiiuiIIiik on thu
InIiiihI of Hnklmlln In nitniirnlly admit
ted Iwith In miwNpupnr coininent nml In
Kovurniiiuut elrclcH. Complntu occiipn
tlon of thu Ihlnnil Ih rcnunled iih 11 fore
Komi conclnnloii.
Thu Novou Vreinyn voiced thu Keiiornl
neutliiiunt In holding Hint contiol of
Hnklmlln putn n jiouurful lever In thu
poflftCHHlnn of Jniniienu diplomnuy,
which llimlly lnm MouiutliliiK tiiuxlhlu
In Uh IiiiikIh to throw upon thu kciiU-h
with thu Mword In thu coihIhk t'oufur
uncit. There Ih it dlvurtcmcn of opinion with
reKiird to thu effect It will Imvo uxjii
thu neKotlntlotiH nt WiihIiIukIoii, hoiiio
of thu IrriH'onulliihlvH declnrltiK thnt
It iiutkcH peacn nt tho prrnuut jiincturu
more linKnnlblo tlinii hefuiu, an Japan
will hu nhlu to dmnaiid tho ctnnlon of
tho IhIhiiiIh nml n 1 1 envy Indemnity nn
well, nl which term cncu will hu too
coHtly, hut thu morn pruvnlunt vluw In
thnt J n pii n Iiiih now In her Imndn
enotlKli IriimpH to take thu K'uu.
Thu nttiitik on thu Inland curtnlnly
dlnnlpiiteii one of tho hope of thu pencu
advociilea, who Imvo Imm'H HiiKKCiti"K
thnt Itn voluntary cennion inlKht hu nn
offnet with Fort Arthur mid thu Chi
nenu rnlluny nulnnl thu pnymeut of n
InrKu part or all of a monetary indem
nity. No further report of thu lamlliiK
opuratloii Iiiih heen recuivisl.
CHINA ASKS FIEF'HESENTATION.
Japan
Will Oppoto Appearance
at
Poncei Conforonce.
WanhliiKtou, July 11. Chlim'n re
qiident to hn represented In the Wanh
iiiXton conference, on thu nioilnd that
nho in vitally luturetitI In Ita procvod-
liiKn, ha Ix-cn recolvinl hy tho preal-
dent and Inforinally trannmlttel to thu
lMdllwront. Whether tho president
han recolveil tlin formal replica cannot
lio learnel, hut It can 1m atatiol that,
while Itunnla la Inclined to favor the
niiKKentlon, Japan will not connrnt to It,
Japan has already made public her
aiuraiicc that Manchuria la to lx re
stored to China. That la one of tho
principle for which alio itaya aha han
lxen flKhtliiK. Japan iPKrd heraolf
aa fully capable of executlnK thla prom
ian without tlin aaalatnuce of China, and
In view of China' Inability Worn tho
war tocojx) with Ittmala In Manchuria,
the Japanefin Kovernmcnt la unable to
wo what Knnlhlu aorvice a Cbinrso rep
renuntatlvo would Ixt In the Washing
ton confnrtmca.
Moreover, tho Japaneno have all
along taken the Hnllloii that when
pertco iirKotlatluna were lfegun they
would In) condncteil directly with Hun
ia. It ia altogether unlikely that thu
Wathlugton government will prcra the
claim of China, nml the ofllclal view
hero fnlln to ayinpathitu with tho idea.
REVOLT IN ARMY.
Officer Sentenced to Death and Cos
sacks Routed by Rebels.
Vienna, July 11. Dispatches re
ceived hero from St. Petersburg state
that 'i olllcera of thu Russian army
hnvu Ix-en rourtmartlalcd and aentencwl
to Im shot within thu last few days for
refusing to olniy orders to proceed to
Manchuria. They ant up In their de
fense that other olllcera who ttosscssed
of prlvuto fortunes had nuccetded in
evading thu orders to go to thu front hy
bribing thu olllcera of tho general atnff,
whoso duty it wna to niuku thu assign
ment of olllcera to proceed to thu fiont.
A I.lthunlnn regiment' icfuacd to
rnrrj out nn oritur given liy a brlgndu
roinmnudcr, nnd n detachment of Cos
sacks wan dutniled to plncu thu revolt
era under arrest. When tho mounted
troops fried it they wuro fired on hy
thu Idthunlands and n imugulnnry en
counter followed, which resulted in
200 Cossacks holng killed or wounded.
Tho ruvoltciH wero finally pi need under
arrest In bnrrncks.
Fast Train Hits a Freight.
riieunciistht, Ind., July 11. While
running nt thu rate of (10 miles nn hour
this evening thu east-bound Nuw 1 ork
hint mull train of thu llig Four "side-
swiped" thu west-bound freight Na.
tilt, which wns pulling into a siding nt
Oakall, llvo miles west of hero. Fire
man Tippy, nged -10, of Indian
nimlln, wiih fatally Injured, nml Fire
man A. M. Carnor, of Mnttoon, III.,
seriously injured. Trainmaster Cos
ten, of Torru Haute, who visited tho
wreck, said tonight ho wiih nt prcnont
tiuublu to fix thu responsibility.
Torn In Fragments,
llnrrlsburg, !., July 11. Kight
men worn blown to pieces nnd two
othorH worn injured by tho promnturn
oxploHlon of u big blast of rock powder
on thu PcniiHylvnniii rnllrond improve
inuntH near Nuw Cumberland itt 7:1)0
o'clock thin morning, Tho accident oc
curled directly uurosn thu Susquehanna
river from thu scunu of tho Pennsyl
vania 1 all road accident May 11, in
which -'.'t persona wuru killed and many
others injured.
End Gnmbllng In Moxlco.
Mexico City, July 11. It Ih stated
thnt no inoru gnmbllng liconeea will bo
Issued nfter August 1, when nil exist
ing licenses expire. Governor Tnnda,
of tho Federal district, nnnouucH that
lllu determined to extirpate gnmbllng
in thla city.
BRISTOW JREPORTS
Comiiilssloiicr to Examine Trade
Conditions Affection Canal.
END PACIFIC MAIL CONTRACTS
Advliea Qovornrnent to Open Panama
Route, Cancel Monopollnt Con-
trflcti and Open New Unci.
Washington, July 11. Thu report of
Joneph i. ItriaUiw, who wna npK)lutol
n Mpeclnl commlniiloiior to inventlgiito
trndu comlltlouH nml other mnttorfl af
fecting thu I'nnama rnllrond mid atenm
nlilp companlcH, waa made jiubllo to
day. Tliu tuport dincuRHca from Hovetul
jioiiiU of vluw tho (puentlon of what
x)llcy ahould he iiurauud hy thu gov
ernment In tho management of tho rnll
rond, ami iiiakca n number of Import
nut recommetiilaliona. Among tbeno
nro thu continuance of thu railroad aa a
commercial linn, with Improved faciii-
lien lor liniidllng commercu, Including
ilouhlu Irackiiig nnd ru-epiipliig tho
linn with modern rolling atock; the
enlargement of itn port fncllitiea, thu
retention of thu atenmnhlp line between
Nuw York nnd Colon, tho cancellation
of thu coutrnctH with thu l'uciflc Mull
Htenmnhip company mid thu South
American linen, and thu opening of thu
portn of Colon mid 1'auama tonll atenm
nhlp linen on eiml termn; nnd in cer
tain cotitlngeiiclcH tho entabllnhment hy
tint rnllrond of ateamahlp liuea between
Colon nnd (Julf porta ami I'nnama and
iuiiortnut United Htatea 1'acific coant
Mirta. It Ih recommended that in traf
lie connectlotiH American atearnnhlp
linen bo favored an far aa conaintent
with the treaty obligations of tho
United Htatea.
Mr. Urlntow aeiit several montha in
hia luventlgatlon, visiting the lathmua
of I'anama, important porta on the
weatern coant of Central America, tho
lathmua of Tehuanlepec, Mexico and
tho I'aciflc coant of tho United Htatva.
Ilia reort rovlewa tho ontlro history of
tho railroad and discuaaea allegations
that Itn local freight and passenger
charges were excessive and ita tralllc
contracts with steamship linos monopo
listic. NEW TRIAL ASKED.
Judgb De Haven Listens to Mitchell's
Attorneya In Land Case.
Portland, July 11. Whether or not
Senator Mitchell will have a new trial
without appeal to tho higher courts of
tho United State now reats with Judge
Do Haven. Yesterday morning, and
for n part of thu afternoon, tho court
listened to tho arguments of cx-Sonator
Thurston, Judge llennutt and of Mr.
Meney, contending for and against the
motion entered In behalf ol tho defend
ant.
At tlin conclusion of Judgu Iknnett'fe
argument thu con it announced that ho
would take tho matter under udviso
ment nnd would decide upon it at hia
leisure, aa soon aa it might lx.
J. N. Williamson felt tho first direct
breath of tho government's case against
him yesterday afternoon, when John
S. Watklns testified In the Federal
court that ho had wet the congress
man in tho woods near Pilneville, mid
that Williamson had taken his day
lxok from him nnd entered in it tho
descriptions of tho land ho desired him
and his wifo mid brothor-in-law to
lllu upon under an Implied contract to
deliver the clnitna to tho firm as soon
na patented. Tho witness further tee
tilled to his tncit contract with the
(Inn of Williamson & Geauer, and to
Ida Intention to pay for tho filing fees
nnd other expenses incident to secur
ing thu claim out of hia own money, in
oidur thnt ho inlgh' thus avoid illegal
ity mid keep himself clear of the law.
It waa tho first tightening of tho web
which tho prosecution promises to
weave around thu threu defendants.
Thu rest of tho session of thu after
noon, delayed ns it wns hy tho argu
ment uK)ii thu Mitchell motion fur n
nuw trial, fallowed thu lines shown by
thu witnesses of thu preceding days.
More Teamsters Will Strike.
Chicago, July 11. l'lvu hundred ad
ditional teamsters will go on strike
Wednesday morning if, thu Chicago
Cnrtnuo company, organ I red by thu city
uxpross companies, attempts today to
deliver goods to tho boycott is 1 liouees
with nonunion men. Tills wns decided
last night at n meeting of thu Ten ni
si ers' Joint council, nfter the Depart
ment Store Di I vers union had threat
ened to abandon thu strike unless thu
united drivers employed by thu city ox
press companies quit work if their em
ployers attempt to work nonunion men.
Dynamito Wrecks Joints,
loin, Knn,, July 11. Threu saloons
In West street went wrecked with dy
namite early today. Much damage
was diiiu to other business property in
the vicinity, and tho Iosh is conserva
tively estimated at $100,000. J. K.
Tliorpo, tho owner of ouu of thu sa
loons, was injuicd but not seriously.
The dynamite was exploded apparent
ly by somo toinperanco reformer. No
arrests have been madu. Thu mayor
Iiiih offered a rewind.
Japnnoso Spread the News.
Blplnghnl, Manchuria, July 11. Tho
news of thu mutiny in thu lllack sea
reached tho HuhhIiiu army through thu
Japnnoso, who fired night shells charg
ed with proclamations convoying tho
information into tho Russian advanced
' posta, scattering tho proclamations.
WnNE8BE8 FOHQET.
Important Testimony In Land Fraud
Cases Hard To Get,
Portland, July i). Threu wltnesaes
now bare been heard in tho trial of
Representative. Wlllinmaon, Dr. Vnn
Gentler nnd Marlon It, ISIggs, whoso
canes nro being henrd before Judgo Do
Hnvoii. They hnvu given damaging
testimony, hut it linn been literally
dragged from tlieni, nnd yesterday
morning when Henry Heard wna testi
fying, Judgu Do Haven turned to Dis
trict Attorney Honey nnd eald: "Mr.
Ilenoy, you mny lend tho witness, or
It seems na if thla is the only way you
can get anything out of him."
Tills statement cmno from tho court
after bin honor had listened to thn ex
amination of Cnmpltell Duncan, Green
llenrd nnd hia sou Henry. Hardly had
tho direct examination of Duncan got
ten under wny than inferences that
witness fo the government had been
tampered with wero being brought out.
Duncan had a splendid ability to forget.
His memory in connection with the
talks and deals that ho hail with the
defendants was conveniently a blank.
So was that of Ureen llenrd, who waa
another of tho men who had taken up
a Umber claim, which, It is alleged,
waa taken for Dr. Gcnenr and Repre
sentative .Williamson. Ilia son Henry
was also suffering from a bad memory,
but nfter a severe shaking up both by
Mr. Honey and Judgo ltcnnott, he
blandly ndmltted, when hu waa closely
prceec'.by Judgo Itonnott, that ho had
committed orjury In Hwearing to hia
timber entry nllldavit.
Shortly nfter tho morning session
convened, ex-Senator Thurston roso to
mako inquiry concerning tho motion for
n now trinl for Senator Mitchell. Coun
sel explained that ho was a long way
from homu nml that nothing savo tho
pending motion wan keeping him in
Portland. Judgo De Haven then an
nounced thnt )it would tnko up tho
Mitchell cmo at 10 o'lcock Monday,
TAFT'8 ACTION CRITICISED.
President and Cabinet Say He
Was
Harsh With Wallace.
Chicigo, July in. A special tele
gram to tno evening l'osi irom its
Wash Ign ton correspondent says:
"It is learned on high authority that
President Roosevelt Is not entirely
pleased with the way in which Secre
tary Taft treated Engineer John F.
Wallace, and this is one of the reasons
wky the construction of the isthmian
canal ia to be entrusted to Secretary
Root.
"In platn language, several members
of the cabinet have expressed to Presi
dent Roosevelt their disapproval of the
treatment accorded to Wallace by Taft.
They say Taft did wrong in flying into
n rage and tolling Wallace be ilia not
wish to receive any report from tno
latter on the canal problem. The
view of these cabinet members la that.
If Mr. Walalce, whoso reputation as an
engineer is beyond question, found
natural obataclea to tho construction of
tho canal that unfile engineering gener
ally, Mr. Taft might have found it out,
and that he should have accorded Wal
lace tho private audience that he sought
and not have required tho presence of
Mr. Cromwell, an ouUlder."
JAPANESE LAND ON SAKHALEN.
Important Card Is Played to Influence
Terms of Peace.
St. Petersburg, July 10. A landing
of Japanese troops on the island of Sak
halin was ofllclally reported tonight,
nnd startles military circles in St. Pet
ersburg, though it has been realised
since tho defeat of Admiral Rojestven-
sky that tho Japaneso were able to take
possession of thu island aa soon as they
thought fit. Tho strength of tho land
ing force cannot be ascertained, but tho
garrison of tho Island is too weak to
offer an effective resistance.
Though tho Japaneso seem unwilling
to risk a grand buttlo with General
I.iniovltch, pending the peaco meeting
nt Washington, tho landing of troops
on Sahkalin Is considered to express
Japan's decision regarding tho formal
conclusion of a general armistice.
namely, that in tho interim before the
meeting it is necessary to occupy the
Islam! wnoso possession Is an important
caul In Japan'n diplomatic contest at
Washington.
Missouri River Rises.
Omaha. Neb., July 10. Tho rapid
rise of tho Missouri river at this point
has caused tho breaking of dikes into
two hikes north of thu city, with the
result that thu river mny cut a now
channel, emlnngoring thu utility of thu
double-span drawbridge of thn Illinois
Central. Many residents along tho
Nebraska sldo of tho river hnve been
compelled to fleu from their homes.
South of the city, on the lown side, tho
bottouiH nru tlooded for miles, doing
thousands of dollars worth of damage
to crops uml other property.
Russia Consults Powers,
lterlln, July 10, A report Ih In cir
culation here that the Roumanian gov
ernment has nsked thu powers to ad
vise whnt treatment nhall bo accorded
tho crew of thu Russian battleship
Kuliu Patemkln, which mutinied ami
who surrendered to the Roumanian au
thorities t inlay. Russia demanded thnt
tho crew bo surrendered to her; AuBtrln
nnd Germany advised Rounmuin to
give them to Russia, while Kuglnnd,
Franco and Italy advised tboir release.
May Break Out When Lid Is Off.
Odessa, July 10. It is otlleially an
nounced that quiet pruvalls in Odessa,
but It is feared in many qunrtora thnt
nu outbreak will follow tho lifting of
tho stato of siege. Tho governor non-
oral today issued a proclamation threat
ening those circulating falso reports
with punishment under military law
VWAVAW
A I'rentilerlnn Cnthrdrnl.
Not for rniiny yenrs Imvo so mnny
Important matters confronted Presby
terians, or been In the public mind to
Interest them. The thing thnt startles
them most Is the proposition of Asso
ciate Justice Unrlnn of tho United
States Supremo Court, nnd one of tho
most prominent of crniignllcnl lenders,
that a Presbyterian cathedral be erect
ed In tho national capital. Wlillo
Justice Harlan la responsible for tho
suggestion, It Is known that other
share his vIowm nnd knew In advance
Hint he wns to make them public. A
considerable proportion of Presbyterl
nns feel that as Roman Catholics,
Kplscopallnns, Methodists and to somo
"xtcnt Lutherans have mndo Wash
ington n center of their work, some of
it national In scope, so Presbyterians
ought to mnko It The capital Is a
strong Presbyterian center, hut It Is as
the capital nnd not ns a city that It Is
proposed to erect In It n plnco of public
worship thnt will attract attention. It
llO.f, J0II5 U. IIAM.A.f.
la declared not to bo a radical Innova
tion for Presbyterians to have a ca
thedral, nnd that tho propounders of
the plan do not In the strict sense con
template a cathedral foundation. They
want a great church, to cost at least
K',000.000, to stand before America
and the world as a material embodi
ment of Presbyterians wealth, promi
nence nnd power. So far as can be
ascertained In advance of any general
meeting of leaders, tho proposal meets
with little favor. Criticism of It Is
general, and ft seems to And few
friends. Yet It Is admitted that senti
ment insy change, and that some In
fluential leaders favor the project, be
tides the prominent associate Justice.
Tho Need of Prayer.
Go not, my friend, Into the danger
ous world without prayer. You kneel
down nt night to pray, and drowsiness
weighs down your eyelids; a hard
day's work is a kind of excuse, nnd
you shorten your prayers, and resign
yourself softly to repse. The morning
breaks, and It may be you rise late
nnd so your early devotions arc not
done, or done with Irregular haste. No
watching unto prayer; wakefulness
once more omitted; nnd now Is that re
parable? Wo solemnly believe not
There has been that dono which can
not be undone. You hare given up
your prayer, and you will suffer for 1L
Temptation Is beforo you, and you are
not ready to meet tit. There Is a guilty
feeling on the soul, and you linger nt a
distance from God. It Is no marvel If
that day In which you suffer drowsi
ness to Interfere with prayer, be a day
In which you shrink from duty. Mo
ments of prayer Intruded on by sloth
cannot be mndo up. Wo mny get ex
perience, but we ennnot get bnck the
rich freshness nnd strength which
were wrapped up 1 nthoso moments.
Rev. K. W. Robertson, D. D.
A Babbath-Kccper.
It was up In one of those little fish
ing villages of the far north, where
Dr. Greufell ministers to tho bodies
nnd spirits of tho men who "go down
to the sea In ships."
There wns a fisherman who wns but
Intely come to Christ, nnd he had a
new tlshlug-nct which ho hud set out
In tho sen to catch fish. It wns a
brand-now, tlve-huudredilollnr net. It
wns thnt tlsheriunn'H little fortuuee.
And on Sunday morning there came
up 11 great wind, with the promise of
11 storm. And Dr. Greufell, who has
the welfare of his tlsherfolk nt heart,
bethought him of thnt net. He knew
that It would bo torn to pieces be
fore the tiny wns over; he knew that
the loss of It meant poverty for the
fisherman, montus of hunger nml dep
rivation for his children.
So tho doctor went out nnd found
tho fisherman, and said to him:
"Aren't you going to take In your
net?"
- And tho ftshormnn said, "It Is Sun
day."
Hut Dr. Greufell, who Is n wIbo nnd
sensible man, remembering how tho
disciples plucked tho ears of corn on
the .Sabbath, nml how Christ said,
"Whnt mnn shall thore ho among you
that shall Imvo 0110 sheep, nnd If it
full Into n pit on tho Sabbath day, will
he not lay hold of It, nml lift It out?"
plemled with the fisherman, snylng:
"I think under tho circumstances It
is right for you to bring In tho net."
Hut tho fisherman answered him, "It
might bo right for you, doctor, but It
wouldn't bo right for me. I'vo only
been n Christian n llttlo while, nnd
this Is tho first tlmo I've had a chance
to do anything for tho Lord. If I go
under nt tho first temptation do you
think tho rest of tho folks will ever
bolloro In my kind of Christianity? I
said I was ready to give up everything
for Christ, aud lit took me at my word
JL a m m ft 1 - 2 5 3 a 1 1 j 4, j
I when Ho raised this wind on a SuiW
I dny."
Thnt afternoon, In thn llttlo chapel,
tho fisherman passed tho contribution
pinto, serene nnd unconcerned; but
tliero wns not a mnn who dropped n
penny In the pinto who did not think
of tho net going to rack nnd ruin out
In tho wind-blown sen. There wns not
n mnn but asked himself If hn could
hnvo dono ns much.
At midnight tho fisherman launched
his bont, nnd In tho dnwn tho doctor
met him coming up tho wharf. Tho
ragged fragments of tho not hung
from his nrm, but In his faco was
pence. Youth's Compnnlon.
In Tune with Ilia Dlrlne.
Did you over seo orchestras getting
rendy to play? They tnko n tuning
fork thnt Is nt tho concert pitch, nnd
strike it, nnd get tho noto exactly, and
chord tho Instruments, ono nfter an
other taking tho pitch, nnd nil of them
nt last coming Into harmony. It makes
no difference If they played only two
hours ago, they nro obliged, at every
performance, to repent the snmo oper
ation; and frequently It has to be re
peated two or three times, If tho por
formanco Is long.
Now, no man enn chord his heart
so thnt It will go without tuning from
one dny to another. Kvcry dny wo
must take tho Word of God as tho
concert-pitch, and tunc our hearts up
to thnt; nnd we must do It not only
every dny, but mnny times n day. Wo
mtlflt iTn It ft. ift.ti flint wo afinlt tinvn
1 something more thnn a vnguo concep
tion of ChrlsL Iter. H. W. Hcechfcr.
Kverjrthlna: Throash Christ.
The power to set tho heart right, to
renew tho springs of nctlon, comes
from ChrlsL The sense of tho Inflnlto
worth of the single soul, nnd fjo re
corcrnbleness of a mnn nt his worst,
nro tho gifts of Christ. Tho freedom
from guilt, the forglrcncss of sins,
co mo from Christ's cross; the hope of
Immortality springs from Christ's
grave. Personal conversion means for
life a personal religion, a personal
trust In God, a personal debt to Christ,
a personal dedication to his cause.
These, brought about, how you will,
are supreme things to aim at Henry
Drummond.
Our Father's Honae.
If a child Is In a foreign land, and
bo receives intfrllfgence that some rela
tive baa died and left him great treas
urs, how he hies back to his native
country I And what does be caro for
tho danger, or sickness, or discomfort
of the Toyage? He Is on bis way home,
and the more he Is withstood, the more
he presses forward. We are on our
Journey home. Our Father's bouse
awaits our coming. Its honors, amen
ities and dear delights are ours. And
not one thing withstands ns that we
may not overcome. Iter. H. W.
Beecher.
.GUARDING MILLIONa
How the Content of Uncle Sam'a Oreat
VanlU Are 'Watched.
The last thing which tho treasury
employes do before going home each
day Is to set tho Umetocks, which pre
vent any human being getting Into tho
vaults until tho hour fixed for opening
next morning.
The treasurer himself, the man who
U responsible for the millions of se
curities and money, could not get In,
As a further protection what Is called
"the electric protection" Is set upon
each door. This Is nothing but a
wooden door that Is attached to tho
entrance of every vault It Is so full
of electrical devices that a single
touch upon It will set tho automatic
burglar alarm to ringing In the regis
ters at the main door and In the office
of the company furnishing the system.
Tho whole device is so sensitive
that in tho dead of the night there Is
likely to be an alarm-when no one has
touched a part of the machinery. Ono
night not long ago there were three
alarms, all of which wero promptly In
vestigated, but no one could be found
who had set the wires to buzzing
their messages of warnings.
The doors of the vaults are not U
onty parts that are filled with theso
dellcato but wonderful sensitive elec
tric wires. The Insldes of the vaults
are covered and a touch nnywhero
would tell Just what part of a vault
was being handled. Tho ofllcluls can
not explain the false alarms. It Is
believed that mice or cockroaches or
the henry Jar of a watchman's step
starts the alarm.
Tho alarm gives the location, so that
no tlmo la lost In getting to the place.
The watchman situated near tho spot
known nothing of what 1ms happened.
He has seen nothing, heard nothing
to start tho clang of tho alarm In tho
center of tho tloor nbove.
In tho Inst few yenrs somo new
vaults, modern In overy wny, hnve
been Installed In tho treasury, but
Undo Sam never puts Ids faith In tho
stHtemont of any vault manufactured
that he has n suro thing. These mod
ern vaults nro surrounded through tho
night by faithful watchmen, aud In
tho day nro looked after by honest
and honored employes. Tho latest of
tho snfos nro In tho cash room, where
much money Is paid out In tho dally
transactions of business with tho de
partments of tho government nnd tho
banks of Washington, No watchman
hns ever proreu unfnlthful to his
trust.
No Mora Jntl-IlronUlng.
A "bar which ennnot bo sawed
through" hns been pntentcd by n Penn
sylvania inventor, specially Intended
for uso In ponnl Institutions. Tho bur
has a number of longitudinal holes
near tho surface, which nro filled with
glass. This Is very severo on tho saw.
Any girl can paint her own portrait
several years lu advance by gettlug
her mother to pose u the model.