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w...°E.v. v..‘_, “ vourses. Lhrough many centuries. All nations. barbarous and civxhzed have bevn addicted to it." cull “ luck," is a: gambler. Whatever you expect to get from your neighbor without offering an equivalent. in mcncy of time or skill is either the product of theft or gam- ing. Lottery tivkets and lottery poliâ€" cies come into the same category. Baz- a:~.rs for the founding of. haspitais, ovimofs and churches. con'iucted on the ml‘fiing system. come under the same denomination. Do not. therefore, asso- ciate gambling necessarily with any inszrument or game or Lime or piace or think the principle depends upon Whether you' play for a glass of wine or Hm shares of raiirnad stock. Whethâ€" er you patronize auction pools, French mutuais for leokmnking. whether you employ faro or billiards. rondo and keno. ('ards or hugntoile. the very idea. of the thing is dishonest, for it. profess- es to healow upon you a good for which you give no equivaient. . i . . v~â€"n~â€" â€""’x“’ This crime is no me“ born sprite. but a. haggard transgression that comes stagger up; doun unner a, mantle of AI‘ Some years ago when an association {or the suppression of gambling was or- ganized an agent of the association came to a prominent mtizen and asked him to patronize the society. He said: "No. [can have no interest in such an organization. 1 an: in nowise a1"- tected by the evil." At that very time his son, \.ho was his partner in busi- ness, was one of lhe heaviest players in a famous gumnling_ csiuniishment. -‘xn‘ other refusal his pationatge on the some ground, not knoning that his first bookkeeper, though receiving a salary of only $4.000, “us losing iron; $571! to $100 per night. The yresideut of a railroad company refused to pat- ronize the institution. saying. “That society is good for the defense of mer- chants, hut we railroad people are not injured by this evil"â€"not knowing that at that very time two of his conâ€" doctors were spenuihg three nights of each week at Euro tables in l w York, L'irectly or indirectly this evil strikes at the c. hole world. Gambling is the risking of something molt or less mluuiilc in the hope of winning more than you hazard. The instruments. of ganzi : may differ but the yrinciplc is the game. The shuffling ana' dealing: yards. h()\\'(".‘cl‘ full I temptation, is not guiniviing unless stakes are {:u! u_- \Ihiki on the other han i gambling may fit: v-arriml onwith- out. cards or dire or liiilirirrls or. a ten- pin alley. The man ~.\ ho hots on horses on elm-Lions, on iiattlcs, the than who deals in 'funcv “ stocks or oonlucts a "nus nt-Ss- \\hi(‘h hamrds extra. capital or goes Lnto transactions without foun- da‘ion, hut (legundini upon “hat men call “ loci ." is 2-. gum‘ ler. Whatever vou expect to get from your neighbor uithout offering an equiutlent in money 0_f time or skill te wtati on. is Staics are [at han'i gambling out cards or d: and the stream of life. gleaming and glancing rushes on llet\\een flowery banks, making music as it goes. Some of you are engaged in mercantile con- cerns as clerks an} bookkeepers, and your whole life is to he passed in the exciting v. orld of traffic. The sound of busy life stirs you as the drum stirs the fiery war horse. Others are in the meâ€" chani‘al arts. to hammer and chisel Your way through Iifie. and sucuess awaits you. Some are preparing for professional life, and grand opportun- ities are before youâ€"nay, some or you a] ready have buckled on the armor. But whatever your age and mixing, the sub- ject. of gambling, about \\ hich I speak toâ€"dny, is pertinent. While among my hearers undxeaders are those who have passed on into the afternoon of life and the shadows are lengthening and the sky crimsons with the glow of the Setting sun. 3. large number of them are in early life, an! the morning is coming down out of the clearsky upon them, and the bright air is redolent xx 1th Spring blossoms. {The gambling spirit. which is at all times a stupendous evil, ever and anon Sweeps over the country like an epid- emic, prostraiing amounted thousands. ’i‘here has never been a. worse attack than that from \\ hich all the villages. toxxns and cities are now suffering. The money that Jums gave for sur- rendering Christ “as used to purchase a graveyard. As the money was~blood money. the ground bought by it was called in the Syriac tongue Aceldama, meaning "the field of bluod." Well, there is one “0rd 1 “am. to write to- day over every race course where war,- are are staked and. awry poolroom and every gambling saloon and every ta- ble. public or private, where men and women be: for sums of money, large or smail. and that is a. word incarna- dined with the life of. innumerable vic- timsâ€"Aceidama. A “VOPNI Wkly EH} 'Hltiu‘ll "3% [Seen “It Cnr‘w oflhe World for (cum-rim â€"â€" lit-l- llu: K'Qll"| h: )loral an Well in I-‘lnancia: Lou ~-- uc'v. Dr. I‘ululllat‘ Denounuh l'hurrh Ram“. Washington. April :5.â€"Rev. Dr. Tulâ€" mage preached {hi5 uM-uing from the text. Acts '1, 19, “ .-\cchiumu.â€"Lhut is to say. the field 01 blond." He said; THAT WHICH {S WON FROM OTHERS WITHOUT VALUE GYVEN. VOL. 1V. NO. 1}. $1 perAnnum ‘l he ten gaming houses that onre were authorized in Paris passed through the Yanks yearly 325,000,000 trams. Furthermore, this sin is the Somme of dishonesty. The game of hazard it- self is often a. cheat. How many tricks and deceptionv. in the dnaiin: of cards! The opponent’s hand is ofttimes founr! out by fraud. Cards are marked, 52:: that they may in designated from the Ln: k. Exrpr: gamesters have their ac- (amplices. and unn wink may decid the gamo. ’L'ne dim: have been founx omiui with piatinu so that doublet ‘ome up every time. 'L‘hese dice are in Lruduced by the gamblers unohsarv 1: «getting its lever unnlvr many amor- (anli‘e ‘ioleP in our cities. and before 1011'. r .10“ n will 101119 the esta"lishm”nt (r1131: 1an roputatirmn home comfort and immorta' souls. How it diverts and sinks rapital may be inferred from somc- authentic stalem‘nl before us. ,hscnithful. it is inspiriting . It is a. ; desire God giwn. But anything that first, gratifies this appetite and hurls ' it, back in a. terrifiv reaction is deplor- able and “irked. Look out for the agi- station that. like a mug h musician in bringing out the tumx plays so hard {that he breaks dmxn Ihé' instrument. and makes (”ruin 1111.1 loses again the profits of a. season. Jn‘nn Rum-k was sent as a mercan- tile arsent from Bremen to England and tnis country. After two years his empioycrs mistrusted that all was out right. He was a. defuu‘ter for SSW,- 000. ‘It was four“ that he had :05! in [.omP‘ard street, London. $29,000: in Fu'ton street, New York, $10,000; and in New Orleans, $3,000. He was im- prisoned, but afterward esvuped and went into the gambling profession. He died in a lunatic asylum. This crime 23:; son‘. He my: in tears and blood an'l agony um! damnr‘us and Woe. “Kat Axuil work is plowing to the farmer when in the xinlagc saloon in on;- night ha makes and ioses the value of a. summer harvest! Who wifl want to 3991 tapes and measure nankeen and rut garment: an! weigh sugar. when in a. night’s game he makes and 10535 and makes n;;~:in and lose-s again tho Again this sin works ruin by killing industry. \ m.:n used to red.- 111g scores or hundreds oi doll: 11's from 11111 gaming table v i‘11 not be content 111111 slow work. He wills :11' "What is ihe use of trving to m:: Re this $311 in my store when I c1113 make fi1e times 111111. in half an hour h1' the dice?' You. newer kne .1 11 confilmad gambler “ho 11'15 industrious. 1110 men given to this \ice speni their time not 11cti1e- 11' emploveu‘ in the game in idlenvss 01' intoxicmion or sleep or in corrup1i111: ne 1' 1'i01ims.'1his sin hxs dulled Iho c::rpen1.er's saw and cut the hand of the factory 11' heel. sunk the 01111170 broken the teeth of the farmer's 11:11- r011 and sent a. strange lightning to shutter 11191 battarv 01‘ the philosouher. 'ihe 1er1 iv. 19:1 in gaming is at war 11. ilh 1111 tho in: Justries of society. Any tram or 01cu' 8.111111 1.1.11; is of use is 0111101 ing. The stnet $111091.“ ahanus the interest 01' 3111 1121;; 11v 111: 91931115111255 eifvcteul ’1‘ be cat 111'135 for is. disgra‘e t‘ despair to hi mess, anu'uisl” (‘hizdni-n and Lis son’. He an'i agony a What null \ lizdly that members may attend the 'rzux‘s. 3.111 in the best (i1clcs of soviet) :in this country to~dz1y are mung hun- 1dreds of professedly respectubie mm 3 who are acknowledged gamblers. ; Hundreds of thousands of dollar. in '3 this 1.11111 0.1? every day being won and 51031. througn sheer gambling. Says :1 itraveler through the west, “I 11:11.3 5 tmveied 1.000 uiilrs at a. timu m 1m the Ewestern waters and seen gumLiing at fevery waking moment from the ("our gmrncement to the termination 01‘ 11w ' juurnoy." The southwest 01 this coun- ,Lry reeks with this sin. In some of ihose cities every third or four 1 11 house lin man; of the guests in :1 gaming 'p1::ce.an11 it may 1c truthful]; marred . tha 1; each of our cities is cursed \xith this evil. the fragments it. eats by (Sorninzr the house of Vermin, "‘he fly that tam-s the sweetness from the drugs 0L 1h cup compensates L'y purifun" the air and Lé‘eging i=a~k the I -:'-~ti °n e. But would snap like rusied wire. and though you piled up in his path heawn high Bibles. tracts an . sermons and on the top should set the cross of the Son of God, oxer them all the gambler would leap like a. me over the rocks on his way to perdilion. "Aceldamu. the field of bloo'l" A young innn haying suddenly in- herited :L large property sits at the hazard tables and takes up in a dice box the estate \mn by a father's life- time‘s S\\‘e.:t and shakes it. and [03593 it away. Intcniperunce soon stigma- tizes its victims. kivking‘ him out. :I- slavering fuol, into the ditch. or svntl~ ing him. xiiih u drunkard's hicvough. Sngering up the street xxherc his family lives. But gambling does nut in that way OXIKSE its \ictims. Th:- gambler may he eziien up by 1h“ gamb- ler’s passion. yet you only discover it by the greed in his eyes, the hurdnoss of his features. the nt‘IWOHS restless- ness. the threadbare Coat and his eni- barrassed business. Yet, hi: is on the roadtoruin,:;ml nu prenchersvoicc 0r Startling warnings or wife's entrenty can make him stay for a. moment his headlong career. ' The infernal spell is (in him. a. giant isaruused within. and though you hind him with cables they would part like thread. and thuugh you fasten him seven times around with chains they M911 wishing to gamble will find places iusL suited to their capacity. not only in the unrleiground oyslur cellar r '11 the table back of the cuituin. 001611331 \1iLh greasy ca rds or in the Steamboat smoking cuLin. “hen: {he bloated “re-tub “i111 iings in his ears deals (1111 his incl: and “inks :11; the unsuspecting; {1‘1"18181', proxiding free «l1iuks :1Ii aruund but in gilded pur- 101‘s ml amid gorgeous surxounllingrs. This >iu works ruin first. by pimiiliug an unhealihl‘ui sximulunl. Excite- ment is pleasurable. Under every sky and in every age men have sought it. We must at times have excito- ment. A rhuusmd voices in our 1111.- Lure demand it. It is right. It. is healthful. it is insririting . It is a. God never made a man erong enough to endure the wear and tear of gumb- lmg excitement. WWW : The gambling spirit has not. stopped for any in‘decz-nv-y. ’l'here transpired in Maryland 9. loitelry in which people drew for lots in a. burying ground. The modern habit of betting about every- ighing is productive of immense mis- chief. The most. healthful and innoc- em. amusements of yachting an'l lase- 1‘3” playing have been the ovcasirrn of putting up excited and extravagant wagers. That which to many has been advantageous to body and mind has been lo (ithé-rs the means of finam-ial and moral loss. The custom is pernici- ous in the ext reme where scores of men in respectable life give themselves up to betting. now on this boat. now on- t'hO-t; now on this ball club, now on that. Betting that once was chiefly the accompaniment of the race course is fast heroming a national habit. and in some circles any opinion adrvanced on polilics is accosted with the inter- rogation. “How munh will you bet on that. sir ?” This custom may make no appeal to slow. lethargic tcmpcmments. but, there are in the country tens of thousands of quick. nervous. sanguine, excitable tem- perame nts. ready to he acted upon, and their feet will soon take hold on death. For some months and perhaps for years they will linger in the more polite and :‘lvgant circle of gameste‘rs. but after awhile their pathway will come to the fatal plunge. Sharp way to get. (off uxngulaMt' gOUUS- It, has filled the land with fictitious aT'tit'les and covered up ~ uv' populatiwn with brass finger rings 'xn’l dvspoilsd [he moral sense of the u mmunity- “'1“ Is fast: making us a nation of 911mm“ era. ’ ed all the favors of your declining years. But should a. healing of joy for a moment. spring up in your hearts when you should ham received this from me. churish it; not. I have l'al'- en deep. never to rise. 'l‘iwse gray hairs that i should have htmured and proievti-xi 1 shall bring down in sorruw 1.0 Live grave. i will not curso my de- stroyer; hut. «‘11, may God awnge the “rougs zinzi impositions; pructived uiwn the unwary in a way that shall hest. pluas: him! This. my dear parents. is time last letter you will ever receive from me. i humbly pray your {org-gin» mess. It is my dying prayvr. Long ieforo you will have received this [rum mc Lhe‘ (‘old gru'. ~- will have vlusetl upon me forever. Life to me. is insuppartâ€" able. 1 cannotâ€"nay. l xviil nunâ€"suffur the sham:- of having ruincd you. For g?! and forgiw», is hi1} dying prayer of your unfortunate Son." "U”! stores" are aburndan't 1hi'nugh- out the (-uumry. With a hook or knife or sewing .vnmzhinc or coat or carriage ‘3’“‘1‘0 guru: a prize. At these sLuxes [’(‘ODh- gr‘i something thrown in with their purchnsm It. may he a gold szLuh 03‘ a set of silver, .1 ring 0119. farm. Shall I a-‘ketch the history 01 Lhe gum~ i‘ler? Lured by lnazl cumpamy. he finds his “3.3: intn a place where honest: men ought uevur to go. He sits down to his First game. but only [or pastime and the desire of lleing thought sociable. The players deal out the cards. They .~'t young mam in London on coming: of age. rt-cuived a fortune of 8120.000. and through gamixling in three yam-s was thrown nu his mothar for support. An only 5011 zwnz to New Orly-ans. Hp was ri.-h. inmllvctuztl 11ml ui-aguu‘. In mum mars. His parvnts gave him on his (le- pzirture from home their last blessing. ,lhe szzurpurs got. hold of him. 'lhl-y flatten-ti him. They lured him to the gaming table and let him “in almost every time for a good while and patted him on the hack and said. “First rate player." But. fully in their grasp. they float-ed him. and his 839.000 was lost. Last of all. he put: up his watch :«nl To 1 thin. Then he began to think of his home and of his old father. and mother. and mrote thus: "My l'elovmi parents. you will doubtâ€" less fool a. momentary joy at the recep- tion of this letter from the child of your bosom. on whom you have lavish- The old [athur came Lu the posL-ofice $0!» the letter and fell to the floor. They Ihought he was tlend at, firm. 3 mt ”my brushed back the white bztir from 131'} :"row and funnad him. He had “my taunted. "gt-«mama. thv field of Mom! !" When things go wnng at, a gaming t113210. t‘h'Ey about: "Fouh Foul!" UV- 91' all {he gaming tahles of the world - “If 011.1: “Foul! Foul! Infinitely n tau! 1" er, filli» the blood and fire the im- aginazion. No home, however bright. van kev,» hack the gumvstor. The sweet ca'l of love hounds baa-k from his iron may and all cndou‘monks urv consumed in (be fire of his passion. 'l'hv fami‘y Bihlc will go after :1“ other treasures are. 103$, and if lais arm”) in htavcn wen lut int!) his hand he wuuul cry: "Hero {way-um more game. my Days! On t"is nxw throw, 1 Mame my L‘rmu) of 3;“an ! ‘ Notiue. “'50 the effect of this crime upon domestic haz'pix‘luss. It has Sent its ruthless Monslmre through hund- reds of lami‘ies, until the \xifv sat in rags and th» daughters we?» lli:~‘gx‘a<'- ed. and the sun»; grcmup to tlw name infamous m'a Liz-cs or too}: :1 alaOI‘l. vuil to :lssix‘uctium («1.2053 1le murdex‘ur's sz'afl‘o .l. ”mm as lost all charms for “W gamblt‘r. Haw tauw are the n'lllld- ren’s vuresses {ml at \ViCD'S tic-.otion to the ganlhler! How (lrcuz'ily th lile hurm on the domestir hearth! 'l‘hcze must he louder laughter and souls- tl ing to win and something to lose. an.l vxvitement to drivr the l'wurt [umâ€" in a. gaming {mass In fiun Flam-ism a. young," mun Jm ing just {01110 n .m the mims :ie~;-(rSiL--d a. arge sun up» on Hu- a-v-o unvi wnn 523,00 But the Lido turns. Kim-nae anxiz-L‘ mw: up- on the rountvnanws of all. Sluuly Lb.- rards went forth. Every eye is fixed. Not a. Snund is heard until the :u-e is rema'ed :uxorruhh to the h.1nk.'l‘hore w shouts of ‘hui! i‘nul!” but the " avers at tho tabies produre (lit‘il [:xstois, and the unmar is silon ed, and the ham: has Won 9..-:’),000. Do you th this a game of chance? There is no Chaim.x about it. umsvuah 0, 'a ou 3 not DOW door: am on t! ouncd. M by the honest mu! who have vome mm the pay. and taxis accounts fur the :11 than. “a nu! of 14):! uhu gamâ€" ble‘, il<')'.\u.t'l' w~allhy \.hon they beâ€" gun, a! t. {9 \‘nd :u'a found to he pour, xx:|:,.-;‘a?:‘(‘._ 'ag'gnrd wn-rvchus, that. mufii nut mm‘ H aHuwed to sit on (he. donrstej) (,I' the lmuso that tht-y unve “011, WAD SOME POWER T111} GIFJ'IE ('IE US, TAL‘ SLE OOJBSELS AS [TEL/US SE]: the Mood and fire the im- No home, however bright. hack the gurnvstor. The of love liuunzis baa-k [mm his and all vndvumvms urv ()IxilflMEi‘T, “NT, THURSDAY, APRIL 14,. 18598. times excwhrute sand-pits to the depth of two hundred feet, the rim usually being three times that length in diam- ater. A sand-pit thus made may be entirelv obliterated in a few hours and another excavated within a short dis- tanr‘e of it. Mr. Scrubbs, indignantlyâ€"Sir, lhuve just discovered that your son has en- gaged himself to two of my daugh- tors. Mr. Grubhs, stupefiedâ€"The young rascal ! II': should be compelled to mar- ry them both. \\ hut 15 that horrid noise in the hull? "Henry Isunose, falling over out bicycles. He forgot that he brought them down out of the attic this morn- ing. 4 t-zis method h:- tius sun-euded with in two trips. t‘w nuo t'rnni’ ’zu'is to Huh neuii in tho south of Franve, the oth- er from V’a‘ris in Hamburg. 'l‘tm la‘tmm is (-vfinder-shaped. has 21 suit iwneutii it, uni is equimwd with u‘et-Lrit‘ tights amt u seui‘chlight. 't'ti-u expedition (arrivs with it at Ih.‘ inn- deru instrumvnts of gf’t)t;‘!agri;i a' aunt Inflgrnphivaf svivnve. Currier pig'rt'ns nit] tie muttoycnt in St'ntt Ezl'k nvws 01' the progress «if the' expedition. The tailonn will warry ;.l,:uut 7,301! i'ouuzis. A t‘mJurn of it, is the ’auto- leswur.” as its inventor, M. \:1rit|t~, (-zt’ls it. “Automatic tinllnstinu' zipâ€" [ux'utus" is perhaps the proper trans- ‘ution. It enables the zwrnnnut to «ti- rth. the ha'loun to a t'ex‘tziin ttt~;.-'rm-. The members (if the expedition are stopping here uniy until news ('omus from Juneau that the apparatus is rvady for “(inflating the hydrngvn with which 1.114 tailorm n; to he intim- ml. “'iwn that; [S r9 ('5' th» party w'i'l go dirm-tty to June-uufintt 1f the, wind is favorable, the tl'lt) to the Ktnndiko wit] he made at om-e. Photographs wiil 1w taken frnm ihe ha'loun an mute. The mst of the ux- pmiilirm is hm‘m- yurl‘fy hy the French Geographival Society and partly by the members of the party. .\ Frt‘nch S'vlonlllh' I-Ixm-dilhm Arrh'vs In St'“‘ "ark. A (iGSjtatl'h from New York, 553's:â€" M. Antoine Varivie. of tie Frvnrh Genâ€" graliiiit‘a’ .‘ilhif‘iy, :lfrhflli (In 1.11 Bro- tagne on Mun fay \sit‘ii :1 lmiinon with whinh 11c intentls to make tht- trip {mm Juneau to the Kitin'liiitE. 'lhwre arc ahout a dozen persons in the party, uni they are :it the lion-i Marlin. Du» tnux‘ 'l'ur.a;;n0. LL. 1)., is the sm'n-tm-y 01‘ the PX}!8tiiiil)Il. and is a'sn ruff-N yondrnt of the I‘iparn, M. Yariflo, the howl of th- expmii- tiun. is a. man of about {7) years nf age, and :L \\‘o“I-Imm\'n tn:in:er:1mi in- wntnr in Frau-v. Ut‘ invented anew mathori to (iirvs-t u imlmun nith tht- aid of a to ’c 311:1 usteex'ing suii. illiti t-zis method h:- hus su'w-ex-ded with in two trips. tfw one from ’zLx'is to 1‘1]?â€" in a miserable eternity. ’As his poor remains pus< the house \\ here he “as iuinotl. nld (":0 Imanions may look out for a, moment an 1 say "Thete goes the old (amass «lead at la. t“ lut they “ill not get up from the table. Let him down into his grave. Plant n0 tree to cast its shade there for the long. deep. eternal gloom that settles there is :hatlow enough. Plant no {orâ€" getâ€"meâ€"nuts or 0;; amines aruunzl the Spot. for flowers were not made to grow on such a. llfISletl heath. \‘isit 1t not. in the sunshine for that would le mackerv. hut in the dismal night when no stars were out and the spirit of darknexs tome donn howetl on the wind. then visit the grave of the gam- bler. . unoonsriously play into Snt-xn's hands, _, who takes all the tricks and Loth the players souls for trumps. he lieing a. sharper at any game. A slight stake is put up. just to add interth to the play. Game after game is played Larger stakes and still larger. They lzegin to move nervously on their ; Fifty chairs. 'l‘heir brows lower and eyes! “ flesh, until now they who “in and they n4 who lose fired alike with pasion, sit‘ \xith set jaws and. compressed lips. and l A clinched, fists and eyes like fireballs ; twen that seem starting from their sackets l tel‘nl to see the final turn before it (‘0!1185. A sum lf losing, pale with! envy and tremttâ€"i ‘ lous with [muttered oaths vast. hark l U' H x‘udliot uron the heart. or “inning with l W” hysterit: laughrw‘lln, he! I have it ’ Lulu; A row yours have passed, and he 13‘ only the wreck of a. man Seating; himself at, the game ere he throws the . ”l“ ' first card. he strikes the lust. relic of ; of so his wifeâ€"the marriage ring “hik'h 2 man settled the solemn vows between them. \ The game is lost. and, staggering ‘ ‘ Lark in exhaustion. he dreams. 'l‘he the f bright hours 01' the past mork his zine agony. and in his drezuns fiends \xith ; fad“ eyes of fire and tongues of flame cir-l un' rle about. hint with joined hands, to ; 1' 31 dance and sing their orgies uith helâ€" 1 the ‘ lish chorus. chanting. “Iluil brother!" 'l‘ht kissing his t‘ianimy forehead until their . sti‘ec loathsome lovlis floating with serpents, l to tl crawl into his bosom and sink their ‘ _ sharp fangs and suck 17;: his lifeblood ; m 2H and. coiling around his heart. Irlnt'h it “as with (-hills and shudders unutlerultle. Take warning! You are no stron;:er than tens of thousands who have by this [inn-tire l'een o.'erihrown. N0 .5981!“ young man in our cities can escape . filled roing tempted. liewure oi' the first [Inuit leginningsi This road is a down grade . ,. 1 and every instant increases the m0- . “”1“ mentum. Launt-h not upon this tren- 101' 1“ rherous sew Splint hullcs‘strew the t of (13 learh. Everlasting storms howl . UP~ In and dmxn tossing unwary (-rzitt into the Hell (Tate. I speak of “int 1 hate . btl seen Lilli} my own eyes. To a. gamlilâ€" was] er's death' ell there comes no hope. Ile ing it will probably die alone His former usâ€" “as sociazes come not; nigh his dnellmg. ,, \Vhen the hour comes his Iniseralrle'L‘i’ Son! will go out, of a. miserztlde life 111- ‘ ers l Er": ED: 0 Z t?! of 5U Sear: inig. The whirling winds of Arabia, some- T0 KLONDIKE BY BALLOON H A RSH P U N ISH MENT SPRING SOUNDS. .i A despalcir from Toronto anymâ€"At ; twenty minutes Inst four on Friday uf- I ternoun a lire broke out in the three- ! slury window shade factory of George L H. Hess Son and Company, :7d “men- “mu road, which totally destroyed the ‘, building. 1111111311) destroyed a number 1 of surrounding houses. and resulted in I the death of one man and the injury 50f seven others. one of “hose injuries imu) prove mtul. FATAL FIRE IN TURGNTE, Suddenly 1hr roof and two top floors collapsed without :l momunt's “urn- ing. and the west wall “:1de lo and fro (roll. lhe shack of tllv crash. Chief Uruhzlm and the forvnnm of the Yorkville avenue section saw [he hungâ€" er from lhv [mm of the buildlng, and yelled lo 111v mun (in the roof of lhl‘ lNLn~tu t0 le-zu‘ iheir posh But the roar ml tlw flames (irmvnezl their voices and in :lnulllvr sm‘ond llw Wall had fallen outnurds. dwmollshlng tlw frame slruvlun- on which llw men stood. and lurying them lwnmthuplle of red-hm hril'lh~ llfld debris. Deacon Jones unll Lung llll' SerL railmly men. \wrc completely nuriezl. but the others wvre merely thrown lo the ground and struck Sly flying bricks. RESCUJNG 'l'llli VICTIMS. Mcanwhi'n the fix“ “as raging: uitll unabated fury, and the row of In‘llsvs to the NHL “as 1191115.: m-H (lx‘en-Hed xxitfu \vat-cx‘ Lu H'vvvm u l‘urthe-r 5117'011d of the f‘mzn s. Dvns- \‘U.umv~‘ of smn‘u» poured msmzud along the ”1' inc and I". an ax far as “hawk the smnim “as guitv U'ic k. I LVRNFTl HI) IN THE BTRI‘II-I'l‘. The rosidents of thv row of huusos hall littlu or 111) in<uran~e, and dial we host they woufil under tun circum- stzmuvs by dam. in»: their furniture nu! on the stun-t. For 011‘ ihun.ired yards or mnrc the ogilmSite si‘ia- of the ‘Stl‘t‘l't was biot‘kei with a moth‘y col- iertion of hnusvhnld goods. rim-u lorn The Yul'kvijle a.euue and \onge street sea-Lions immediately responded to the nail. and. on their urriml sent, in an ahu‘m from 130x 134. The fire “as discovered by Foremim Fred Sears. in the basement of the build- ing. on the west side, and everything seemed in its favor. 'Lhe lmilding was filled with the lightest and must in- [fammahlv militl'iuib, :1 strong: rust wind fanned the hut, flames to great,â€" er fury, while the water pressure was of (he Weakest. ,-\ downlvh 1‘1'11111 81,..111hn’5' X1111" must-#11110 510:1:111‘1' N14] tum- (HM-1.1111 Blundl'ul'd. (1111:1111111111‘1‘, of the 51:11:11”: {1091. Ill‘l‘iVU'l 11m» 111 “\vdnosduy with 25,0110 50:115. t‘upt'zin Mlnndfnx'd says that never I‘Pl'tlt'u during :111 11xâ€" ret‘imwe of over six _\1i:11‘5‘:1mi1i theice Hues (lid 111‘ encounter:9111'111111111'1'11'11111- as the Neptune weathered on the- night. of Mun-h “2151, when ‘18 111‘ 1111‘ Green- land's crew perished. But 1111 111M art that most. of the fleet mere hoisting seals 11111111171. 111111 1111111 Ihv 1'19\\s worn consequently not spread (1191' the 11-0. fivlds. he lxolioves that 2.001! men \muld have perished (11‘ been dangerously {rustâ€"bitten. Thu steuvrmt‘ Aumt'u Cup- tain Kenn. whil'h arrived 1m Wednes- duy night. hrnught 25.01111591115. She had :25 men fr('st-|.itt1-11 on thv night, of the Greenland dlsnstex'. 'I‘hs‘se stez‘xmots xepmt that. 1111- \\ 1111115111111 taken 14,000 51"115'. the D121n'1.191100, the H11)?» 14100. the Nim.o.l, 12 00 and the Vanguard 130111. Other ships have smaller fares. A SICE'J‘HISG FURNACE. By this tune. hmmwr, the entire main building. 60 fact. by 200 feet. and three 51301035 in height” “as 9:. seeth- ing furnace of flame. maul Lhe shoxs er of marks and tying embers bud ignit- ed lhv roufs of me row of brick houses to the estL. givmg the [irvmen :2. dozen small fires to light. as Well as L'ue lig To the West of the main brick fact- ory xhcrc were three or four one-storey lean-lo {mum slrucluz‘vs and eight or {en nun. from uuxn'xwrs Len and Lhrce sections WNW at work here with three branches of hose. BJSNEA’L‘M THE WALL. The Vanguard is bringing back three) dead men. th9 Leopold MW), and the Labrador two. all of whom perished on 1119 ire flees um the night 61“ March 2lst. 4.35 the \Vuturous and liuhburdakeum- ers had arrived and “ere dung noble service. 0m: A stiil alarm by telcphnne infonued the firemen thin an explnsion 0! ben‘ zine had occurred at the \xindow shade faclury of Goo. H. flees. >011 and Comâ€" pany. :76 Davenport mud, and that the lluilding “am on tire. In five min-mus the ronliagratxun bt'l assumed serious pl‘Opfl’zll uni} was Leynml the power of the fireâ€"fight- ing appliances LU hand. A hurried call “8.5 mm. fm‘ the e ng'mss, and at. A i:undx‘ed \\i~‘iu.: hands got lo “'0: to x'efozue the inun‘isuuui luvn. an Jones has the first reamed. '1.u- 1.3113; “as found. and luvueum tin-m :L uvzu‘ly at the bottom of the {'ill’, De: Son‘ 5 111an,:§m1 and hit-Ming r-ur,.s~- “'1 Found. ONE FIREMAN KILLED AND SEVEN OTHERS INJURED. AWFUL COLD IN THE FLGES. ly 'fi'homaml 'Mllr. w llnmvxgc- 'i'ho Ilw-s‘ Wimlszw filnule l‘urIm-y ('lInIDIO‘N'I ‘Nl. Bringix g: l-‘i'tw "‘H! US.” 11ml , But their \mi: “‘(S SCHINESE IN THE PAY 0F RUSSIA. Mam-,9 not Aust1u1.. “'11s the prime 111111121 111 {£111 ~.ug;__'e:a11-d medi111inn.and hy hpr (11u11x'e‘ 11 1121s \ugg:~s'1.~d to 1119 British iv‘t11'eign ()fiix-e that 1he powers unite- in a note to the l7ni1r-1. #111911 11111! 5'11: 11, offering 111 medium in (111 disputvh Letww'n these two 1-1111111111-5 Grvul Britain, i110“ Vex definiten 11» fused to him in the moxement 31min; iu 11125121119 1 1211 1111: 1 "uhun questiun did nr1t 111n1‘orn her, and “hiTe it \'1.'1~‘1 not .1. 1111111 :1nnr1un 1 ‘1 19111 Rh? 5;. m- 11111111713 “ith American iniorwntiun 11: 1-111! 1121‘ 11:11 in L‘u.1:1,su.'h svmm- thy is; 11 so’pmn fart. w'ujem i; distill"! y o; S] 21.1.3}: ulip’in, and u m1 sat on IIIIIII' II, 1“ I inf ucn offiI-in an] persona. 'â€"â€"ttIp tanner r»:â€" quv‘slinx 119 good 01fo (*5 (If 11:9 ’ h'm- 0e: lnrs (If I uropc ch pu-wnt x mywnile the 'I‘ucen lieW'nL :utemx- -Led M erwnam lo inf: u- n c momma-:91 us It IS underm Ind ‘t‘: :L‘I lhe \an‘ uf [Lesa umnnuflir'minns ua< to the efâ€" fect that European inlerests are threatened by \\ha1.5puin terms "llw )Ireiensirms (If the l'nile-d States tn the- ri .rm to interfern in. Ioluuial mut- LexS.' IIuna-Chzmz's IIc-ad. A despnii-h from Shanghai. sayszâ€"olt is announced that a persm of the high- est'. rank has memorialized the Emper- or in the most vigorous language. ac~ cusing the whole 'l‘sung-ii-Yamen (Chi- nese Foreign Office) of being in the pay of Ruscsizi. He asseris that Russia expended 10.000000 iaels in bribery durâ€" ing the recent negotiatiuns regarding the cessio-n of. Port Arthur and Ta- Lien-Wan. etc, and claims that, Li- Hung-Chang's share was 1.500000 taeis. Thereunon the personage referred to demands a. full investigation. and asks that Liâ€"Hung-Chang be beheaded if the acrusaiions are priovcn. the menioriahz- er offering to be executed himseii if his i-harges are not sustained. The Chi- nese complain bitterly of the fact iha'i they do not {iOSSL‘SS a war port for the fh'e warships which are Lying built {or them unrmri, and which are due to urâ€" rive in Chin~se waters this summer. Uiiiiess \Vciâ€"Iiai-“I-i occupied Hy i'hr Japanese is macuat‘td. which is (1011' :- Iul. the Chinese have no pin-:0 in which 10 rewive their new warships. The Russians have permitted iwo British gitnloais to enier and lame Port Ar- thur fret-1y. MOVEMENT Ob‘ “APSHIPS. The British Iii‘st-i-lass cruiser Gratun. flagship of Rear Admiral C. P. l-‘iizz- guruld. sworn! in (-umiiirind rn 1h” China station and the first-class cruis- er Powerful. ihv zumoured cruiser Nur- chsus. LI)“ sv‘vozivi-ciuss uruis-r [hin- gerald. sm-ond in cummnud 0:) Yb“ China station and Lhe first-class cruis- er l’oweriui‘ va axmoured cruiser Nur- ci‘sus. Lb" swond-ciuss cruis‘r {hin- iow. and other vessels of the squadrt'n 10h. Cheâ€"Foe on Saturday. Their des- tination is unknmvn ivui it. is repoxLL-d to I v Chrmulpo, the port of Seoul. rapiâ€" Lul of Cur-9:1. The movements of warâ€" ships (wcin‘ the greatest interest nu;- ong fnrvigmrs hére. It is suppose! they will take :1 demonstration, possibly in support rf some British demands in: concessions. Many mnf‘imiug' and. ermm-uus hints regarding: this sit-heme l0 Lring the, Himlzmo-Amvrivan quarrel under Ibe Jurisdiction of Liv: "(Tum-em of Eur- ope" have been telegraphed from the diffment European rapihis. From the highest authnrilies Khe Ass-:rmIr-d I’rvss 'E‘w: obtaimwi :an outiinc of 1h»- drlai’s of the muvemvnt whir-h has been 19:1 mm by London ditzlomats. The 'l‘lw (‘olmu will I'nn'l Aunuufidr M 'l‘he fighting (-i‘rhi nmi: half h 5% “as. H killer A (has; zu'v-h from Lundun, mum-Tm- )nm'c tent of 1m: powers of Humm For a juim offpr of nu-Jiatiun héme-n the l'niiod State»; and Spain has re- ceimrl asevcru and probably [uLui reLuffin H1! form of a dvfiuih: refus- a! upon the part of the British Gov- ernment In mrliwipal’e in it, 1 A (1051:1111) frum :U :1rl:l1‘( uf the \t'iul‘zL Nubia, 5:135 nuissnnve in force \silll czn‘ levy (uni two xlgntia 13,11! the ramp of Mahmoud Pas! day morning ‘nrnllgbl the m Demand (or - u hu'ml'unnon null ll the Unioniva“ uffcring m suppl) gr mm‘ :mmnliy to Ih-i ing in Imr un. fin! 1‘, m. ‘n ski”? f"; . [IVS 1'1 HHH‘I' (‘hu‘mlcrinin has lexvd mge. :moevlingx ' 1m gm. thanking the u-Imlisls. 'l'lw i‘igllzing {mu-:5 1‘: 01%;? nnli h.H‘ pm h-n it <\ 2:1: h kll't‘d and ll'v H \V, H. n’filne't‘ 4»! I'm,- “'0 (huLz'LlS \\;~.\ xv umk'i P '1va (in ;i>}ws hm. n‘ u' \‘ulllldlhw'lnke L“ H‘LIHxH Sllu-(s~. 11>: nhiw’ tcumw mim.‘ {o lmluniwnx' o" tawdry and 1?:0 ‘ hm! I‘m- Maxims. Muhm ink-H'M'Li‘fe Mujur-(ien. ‘. a . Angluâ€"lugypl m‘ mem. The hair on-most of the dolls m Europe comes irgm the Angora. l0 BRITAIN WILL NOT PAR'R‘ICIPATE. ~ne Iicruw- lo Jnln in Hm Mow-men! :0 3“?th m-lwm'n Ihr l‘nlu-d Suites and samin. A dwsmtvh {rum Lundun. sa}'s:â€"~T1w mm‘vmcnt of the pom-rs of Humw THE DERVISHES DEFEATED. NATAE ypléan Tron» Gave Thom HaJH- for Tm» ”nun. Mfg umor m'ement. stzuing Cuban questinn and whi‘e it was «i that She sym- an inwrventiun. Kim, bur-h Sympa- {rum halfâ€"p \snundod UHAS, W. RICHARDS, Publisher 6: Prop. III ht 1y LUJ. amp Somh ht my nux i1 I'_\', :1 mi!â€" liuns lo un ruesâ€" rvr'un CANADA. . The Bank of British North America. is 10 e-smhiish a branch in the'l‘ukon. Full wheat is reported to be damag- er by the rm’rni frosts in sever-a! sec- tiuns of Ontario. The Quebec (‘11.): Cuuncil has decid“ 10 tax all u-lcp‘hunu and telegraph poles 3 cents each. Mr. ha J. Flatt, ex-M.P.P.. is said to he heir to a Philadelphia estate. his share. amounting to $700,000. A syndicate of Hamiltonians will shorl ly make the experiment of trying I0 acclimatize English game in Canada. Mr. E. P. Daxis. Q.(‘.. of Victoria. B. 0.. is meniiunui as likely to be appoint- ed (‘hief Juslii‘v of British Columbia, The Gox‘ernmenx, is reckoning upon an expenditure of 8:27 LOW to Lransyurt the military coming”)! to the 3 ukun. MvNumeA‘, (Q Simpson. .of Montreal and Turunm. have been awarded ihe mntract for dredging in 'l'umnto lur- bor this summer. ‘. is nmv proposed to raise by 25 cent suiscriptions the 520.000 required {Or [he proiiumd munumvnt 10 Lht‘ idle Prvmicr Men-101'. Th": Minister of Marine and Fish- erlers :tnn'runm-s that 111» Government are. consiviciing the udximhility of es- tahiishing a, naval mililizi corps. 'i‘\\‘uihnus:ini \isiting troops are ex- pecued in Ottawa. (.11 the Queen's Birthday. inciuiiiup‘ the Queen's wal lines. 700 Strong, from Toronto. J. W. Hfil‘kulu. masfier mechanic of the eastern di\'l>iirfl of the G. '1‘. R. system “Lil In: :vssistan‘; mechanical we r me r: ml the- same 1.“ hi desent-d seamen m nnw accorded m B! L119. eastern divisiun of the G. '1‘. K. syslom \x'L‘LI he rssistana mechanical sujmrintenden: of me C. P. R. G. L. \Vhile. repxmvnling 1119 Van Cnmp Packing Cum-puny, of Indiana- polis, was in Qu»!x3c on :‘unuuy. he- came insane. nu! had. [u be planed un- der reerwint. Rev. Dr. C; xendum of up left 'l‘ornmv 1 to Japan M10 0115 missi' n< The lniqui 1130. have seize to a menu-“:11 iHE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. The Grzxnri Tr new fast {reign lhr Grand 'l‘ruv (-nnjunrlion Will way. m w \\':l_\' xvi} l Met-eating Items About Our Own Country. Great 3rimln. the Unlted States. at All Parts of the Globe, Condensu and Assorted for Easy Reading. )H Work at mir HLI‘HX (Ln sust-ivi Lnnxedn-huut ‘i‘as‘ liven or n' ah'xps uf Stfil‘ haw subs-fl a new swamp; GREA'I‘ J, '1‘ "lam rmzm i '!‘runk is inauguraling :- eigh: Iinp to operate mer l'run'ir Railway system in with the West Shore Rail- Brit fish RI'I'AIN iisl Church has owner. on mute I! visit the var!- rude and Com- en adnised that fliz-iuls '1: Que- rrels (unsigned mi 10 an Mn 1381: put- nn.‘ Ot- Lxm Rail- Superin- 0,001! f Mn 3' 1‘ 19- 1‘" 1t