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COM4LVArrS,
It is evident thee reltniens between
Oraece anct Runeia are endereoine
change, and that alienutiou hes alreaelY
,oweederi so far as to produce in larteriee
not only (mousiness but resentment,
'Complaint is coeetent iu the Paris prose
Ithat alliance between the two powere
as thus fen- benefitted ouly Rtiesitt,
•comelaine which not infrequently
fettle expression in the Chamber, and
ellich apparently refleets the feeling
of the goyerning men. In the course
eaf a leveret delete on NY)11:011 this vieev
eves strongly brought out, M. Piano-
taux, the Freech Foeeign Minister, nit
eteacl of defeedieg the alliance, merely
stated that there Wee one and &pre-
hte.„14zte_d discussion, and Premier Moline
sled that the Deputes should not alia-
' euss-ciist they should. "sap its aoun-
ilations." As both these men know the
exact condition ree the alliance, the fact
!that they failed to defend it, to enlarge
upon its advantages, and to reiterate
their confieance in Russia, and only
.asked that it should not be talked about
lest Lt should be destroyed, would in-
dicate that it is only fortmal.
The unea,.sinese displayea bet the Gov-
ernment tla,reoughout the Dreyfus af-
• fair, and the tacit admiesion that if all
be facts of the case should. be made
public, the French people would re-
pudiale the lau.ssian alliance, points in
the &area direction. For as Germany
.and Italy had. explicitly denied hav-
ing any dealings with Dreyfus, the only
• plausible explanation of the affair is
that before tha Franco-Russian alliance
was arrengerl Russia bought the French
mobilization plans in order to make
sure that France was not ready to ae-
tack Germany, and that she showed
theni to the latter power to remove
• her hostility to the Dual League. As
•the French Government knew that Ger-
many had the plans, it naturally infer-
red that she had bought them, end hav-
iing. once comflemned Dreyfus for their
sale, it was obliged to prevent his re-
• trial lest the secret should get out and
!the French people repudiate the alli-
ance. As Russia did nothing not sanc-
tioned by the diploraa,tio' ethics of the
•,continent, and. nothing more than Bis-
marck did to Austria at a time -when
Germany and. Austria, were. in elose al-
liance, there was no reason why the
Freseh Government, should not have
let the truth be known, .save the know-
ledge that the alienation of the French
people from Russia had. already gone
eo far that they would refuse to; par -
(Ion it.
•••••••••••••••
- The causes of this alienation are not
far to seek, but raay be found in the
indifference and neglect with which
France has been treated by Russia in
recent arrangements in Eastern and
Soatheastern Europe and the Far East,
La which France has an interest, and
in the geowing evidence that the north-
ern power does not intend to help, the
Republic to recover her lost provinces
or re-establish her hold in Egypt. Not
only has Russia made an agreement
;with Austria with respect to ths fu-
ture of the Balkans without consixlt-
trig France, but she has carried out
ter own policy with Turkey, nomin-
ated Prill,ce George for Crete, find ig-
nored France in China, though all the
erhile relying upon the suppoet of the'
French fleet and floating Russian loans
in the Paris market:. In short, France
• has been used not' as an equal, but as
a useful henget- on, a position which
the French governing men reeent as
• discreditable to the. traditions of France
but full disclosure of which they fear
• woulcl end in a emplane of the alliance.
/That they -do not want, or so long as
it exists, it is, tney think, a guarantee
against invasion, and so insist that the
subject shall not be discussed..
RODE WITH THE KING.
An Affable Monarch and a iioldier Who
• Was in a Hurry. r,
A. few days ago, says one of the South
German papers, a soldier was return-
• to the barracks of Ludivigsburg,
,Wurtemberg, from an excursion to
the suburbs. It was near the time for
evening drill, and he was in fear of be-
ing late. Suddenly a, small vehicle,
• driven by a man in civilian's clothes,
appeared.
"May 1 not take the vacant seat at
your side, sir ?" asked the soldier, "I
am late for drill."
"ill be glaa of your company," came
the reply. •
The trooper took the •seat. A few
intimates later, leoking al his watch,
he grew pale.
"Pardon rae," he went on, "but
• might I ask you to drive faster? I
have great •fear of my tepta,in, who is
' etriet, disciplinarian. If T am, a min-
ute Late he will put me in the gamed-
• houee."
, "To whet barrackdo you belong ?"
. "The H-- barraeks."
"Very well; we shall atrive in time,"
The driver whipped up his teem and
in e short tleae drew up before the gate
ter the barracks,
"Thank you, sited said the soldier,
deseeeding. •
White the on of Mars was still bow-
•ing his acknowledgments tee oftieer
on duty at the armory had ordered the
guard to present ams. The deliver of
the vehicle was the king of Wurlerna
berg.
AND ari al:4;101,d1);) SURPRISED.
Landlaelyeenr. Netvbearcter, Will you
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rffAT WHICH IS WON FROM OTHER
WITHOUT VALUE OVEN.
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CPI'S° or the lyarld or Connote —
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Deleeuw:es luteareu
Washington, Ainil 3.—Hey, Dr. Tal-
mage preeehea thee morning from the
text, Acts 1, 19 " Aceldame—thell is to
say, the field of blood." Ile said:
• The money that .Tu.des gave foe sale
rendering Chriet was used to puecease
a greveyax•d.. it3 thle money was blood
money, thb ground bought by it was
called in the Syriac tongue Aceldaraa,
meaning ", the field, of blood." Well,
there is one word I want to write to-
day over every rade course where wag-
er§ are staked. and over poolroom and
every gambling saloon and. every ta-
ble, public or private, where men and
women bet for stuns of money, large
or smell, and that is a worit immense
dined, with the nee of innamerable
vio-
tims—Aceldama. t
film gambling spirit, which is at all
times a stupendous evil, ever and anon
sweeps over the country like an epid-
emic, prostrating uncounted thousands.
There has never been a worse attack
than that frora which all the villages,
towns and cities are now suffering.
While among my hearers and readers
are those WhO have passed on int o+ the
afternoon of life and the shadows are
lengthening and the sky crimsons with
the glow of the setting sun, a large
rauntber of them art; in early life, and
the morning is coming down *ant of
the clear sky upon them, and the bright
air is redolent ivith spring blossoms,
and the stream of life, gleaming and
glancing rushes on between flowery
banks, making music as it goes. Some
of you, are engaged in mercantile con-
cerns as clerks and bookkeepers, and
your whole life is to be pessee in the
exciting world of traffic. The sound of
busy life stirs you as the drum stirs the
fiery war horse. Others are in the me-
cha.nieal arts, to hammer and chisel
your way through Ude, and success
awaits you. Some are preparing for
professional life, and grand. opportun-
ities are .before you—nay, some of you
already have buckled on the armor. But
whatever your age and. calling, the sub-
ject of gambling, about which I speak
to -day, is pertinent.
Some years ago when an association
Lor the suppression of gambling was or-
ganized an agent of the assoeiation
came to a prominent citizen and asked
him to patronize the society. He said:
" No,1 can ]neve no interest in such
an organization. 1 am in nowise af-
fected by the evil." At that very time
his son, who was his partner in busi-
ness, was one of the heaviest players in
fanaous gambling establishment. An-
other refused his patronage on the
same ground. not knowing that his
first bookkeeper, though receeving a
salary of only e4,000, was losing from
$50 to e1.00 per night. The president
of a railroad company refused to pat-
ronize the institution, saying, " That
society is good for the defense of mer-
chants, but we railroad people are not
injured. by this evil "—not knowing
that at that very time two oe his con-
ductors were spending three nights of
each week at faro tables in New York,
Directly or indirectly this evil strikes
at the whole world.
Gambling is tee risking of something
more or less valuable in the hope of
inning more than you hazard. The
instruments of gaming may differ but
the prineiple is the seine. The shuffling
and dealing cards, however full of
temptation, is not gambling unless
stakes are put up while on the other
hand gambling may be carried on with-
out, cards or dice or billiards or, a ten-
pin alley. • 'I'he man who bets on horses
on elections, on battles, the man who
deals in " fancy" stocks be conducts
a business which hazards extra cdpital
or goes into transaotions without foun-
dation, but dependent Uponwhat men
call eltick," is a gambler.
Whatever you 'expect to get from
yourneighbor without offering an
equivalent in money of time or skill
is either the product of theft or gam-
ing. Lottery tickets and lottery poli-
cies come into the same category. Baz-
aars for •the founding of hospitals,
schools and churches, conducted on the
raffling system, come under the same
denomination.. Do not, therefore, asso-
ciate gambling necessarily with any
instrument or game or time or place
or think the principle depends upon
whether you play for a glass of wine
or 100 shares of railroad. stock. Wheth-
er you patronize auction pools, French
mutuals for bookrnakin,g, whether you
employ faro or billiards, rondo and
keno, cards or bagatelle, the very idea
of the thing is dishonest, for it profess-
es to bestow upon you a good for which
you give no equivalent. r
This erime is no hewborn Sprite, but
a haggard transgression that comes
staggering down tinder a' warmth: of
courses, through many centuries. All
nations, barbarous and eivilizea have
been addicted to it. -
But; now the laws of the whole civi-
lized world denounce the system. En-
aeleneetts have been passed., but only
pertially enforced, and et times not
enforced. et all. The men interested it
gaming IliOUseS and in jockey clubs
vvield such influence by their numbers
tine affluende that the judge, the
jury and the pollee officer must be
bold indeed who would array them-
selvee, agaanat teeth infamous estate
lishraents. 'gee Rouse of Conernone of
England. actually adjourns on Derby
day that; members May atteed the
tacos, and in the best circles a society
in this country to -day are Many
dredS or professedly reepeetable men
who are acknowledged gambler%
•Roncleeds of thousands ot dollars in
this land are every clay being won and
lost threugh sheer gambling, Says a
traveler through the west, "T heve
treeelea 1,000 thiles at a time upon the
weeteru writere start seen gambling at
every Waking meMent tram the darn-
mencoment to the, termination of the
ackerney," The emithweet of tine Omni.
try reeks with this site be Soled of
these pities evere third or fourth house
in many of the 'Alecto in a gaming
plaoe, audit May be tretlafully eVerred
that each of wie e iti es is curried with
this evil,
Kee wishing te gambla will find.
placejust site to their eapaskity,iiet
only, in the undergeound oyster cellar
or at the teazle beck of the curtain,
covered with greaey cards, or in the
•steamboat smoking • cabin, vvthere tee
bleated. wreteh with rings in his ea"
deals oat his peek tied winks at the
uneuepeoting traveler, providing free
drinks all around, but in gilded par-
ities and amid gorgeous surroundings,
This sin works ruin first by providing
an unhealthful stimulant. :Excite -
is .pleasueable. Under ever
sky and in every age men here sought
it. We inust at times have excite-
ment. A thousand voices in our me
Luxe demand it. It is right, It is
healthful. It is inspiriting . It is a
desire God given, But anything that
Lim; gratifies this appetite peel hums
it back in a terrific reaetien is deplor-
abie‘and wicked. Look out for the agi-
tation that, like a rough musician, in
bringing out tee, tune plays se hard
that he breaks down the instrument,
God never made a man strong eneugb
to endure the wear and tear of gaInb-
I ing excitement.
A young man having suddenly in-
herited a large property site at the
haecird tables enijt takes up in a lice
box the eetate won by a father's life-
time's sweat and &Maims it and tosses
Lt away. Intemperance soon stigma-
tizes its victims, kicking hun out, a
slevering fool, into the ditch, or send-
ing him, with a drunkard's hiccough,
staggerieg up the street where hie
family lives, Bet gaaneling does not
in that way expose its victims. The
gambler may be eaten up by the gamb-
ler's passion, yet you only discover it
by the greed an his eyee, the hardness
of his features, the nervous restless-
ness, the threadbare coat and his em-
barrassed business. Yet he is on the
reed to ruin, and no preacher's voice or
startling warnings or wife's entreaty
can make him stay for a moment his
headlong carper.
The infernal spell is on him, a giant
is aroused within, and though you bind
him with cables they would part like
thread, and though you fasten him:
seven times arouncl with chains they
would snap like rusted wire, and ,
though you piled up in his peth heaven
high Biblee, tracts and sermons and on t
the top should set the cross of the Son
of God, over thena all the gambler
would leap like a roe over the rocks
on his way to perdition. "Acelda.ma,
"
the field of blood!"
Again, this sin works ruin by killing I
industry. A man used to reaping 1
scares or hundreds of dollars from the
gaming table will not be content with
1
slow work. He will say, "What is the
use of trying to make this $50 in my 1
store rit -e fire times that '
in half an hou.r by the dice?" You
never knew •a confirmed gambler who ,
was industrious. The men given to
this vien spend their time not active- '
ly employed in the game in idleness or I
intoxication or sleep or in corrupting:
new victims. This sin has dulled teal
carpenter's saw and. cut the band of
the factory wheel, sunk the cargo,
broken the teeth of the farmer's har-
row and sent a strange. lightning to!
shatter the battery of the philosopher. I
The very idea in gaming is at war with
all the industries of society.
Any trade or occupation that is of
use is ennobling. The street sweeper
advances the interest of society by the
cleanliness effected, The cat pays for
the fragments it eats by clearing the
house of vermin. The fly that takes
the sweetness from the dregs of the
cep compensates by purifying the air
and keeping back the pestilence. But
the gambler gives not anything for
that -which he takes. I recall that sen-
tence. He does make a return, but it
is disgrace to the man that he fleeces,
despair to his beart, ruin to his busi-
ness, anguish to his wife, shame to his
children and eternal wasting away to
his soul. He pays in tears and blood
and agony and darkness and woe.
Went dull work is plowing. to the
farmer when in the village saloon in
one night he makes and loses the value
of a summer harvest! Who will want
to sell tapes and measure nankeen and
cut garments and weigh sugar, when
in a night's game he niakes and loses
and makes again and loses again the
profits of a season.
John Borack was sent as a mercan-
tile agent from Bremen to England
and this country. After two years his
employers mistrusted that alt was not
right. He was a defaulter for e87,-
000. It was found that he, had lost in
Lombard street, London, e29,000 • in $
Futon street, New York, el0,000: and
in New Orleans, 53,000. He was im-
prisoned, but afterward escaped and
went into the gambling profession. He
died in a lunatic: asylum.. This crime
is getting its levee under many a mer-
cantile house in our cities; and before
long down will come the establislunent,
crushing reputation, home comfort and
immortal souls. How it diverts and
sinks capital may be inferred from
some anthentic statement before us.
The ten gaming houses that °nee Were
authorized in Paris passed through
the banks yearly 325,000,000 francs.
Furthermore, this sin Is the source
of dishonesty. The. game of hazard it-
self is often a aheat. How many tricks
and deceptions in the dealing of cards!
rite opponent's band is °Mimes found
out by fraud, Cards are marked so
that they may be designated from the
back. Expert gamesters have their ace
complicee, and one wink may decide
the game. The dice have been found
loaded with platina so that doublets
come up every time. These dice are in-
trodue,e.d by the gaenblers unobserv-
ed by the "honest men who lune come
nit° the play, and this" accounts for
• the feet than 99 out of 100 who gam-
ble, however wealthy when they be-
gan, et the end are found to be poor,
miserable., haggard wretches, that
would not now be allowed to sit on the
doorstep of tbe liaise that they once
owned,
In a gaming house in San Francisco,
a yetteg man eaving juet come from
tee tunes depoeited a large sum Up-
on the ace and woe $22,000. Bat the
tide turns. Intense anxiety comes lila
on the teuetenances of all. Slowly the
cards went forth. Every eye is fixed.
Not a sound is herd mita the ace is
revealed favorable to the bank. There
are ,shouts of "Foul! Foul !" but the
keepers et the tables produce their
patole ana ,the uproar is silenced, and
the bank as woti $05,000, 1)o you call
this a game of .chanee 1 There is no
chance but it. t.
Notice aleo the effect of this crime
upon d.omestie lutppineee. It has sent
its ettthIeSs plc/Wealth threugh
rode of families, until the Wife set in
rags and the deueleters were disgreo-
ed, and the sons grewl up th the eeme
infaMetee prtiotices or took a. short cut
to ileetruetieet eethes the murderer's
scaffold. Eraole ties lost all °Imams fox•
the garabler. How tame are "the cnild-
rerde oaresses mel a wife's devotion to
the gambler: Hew drearily the fire
borne OilUedoeciestie Werth! There
Must be leudee laughter and sotne-
thine tq wiz and, ,aemething to loge,
and exeitemeat to drive the heart east-
• er,. fillip tee blood and fire the nee
%reflation No home, however bright,
Oa keep bol the gamester. The
sweet call of love boutids back from his
iron' sone end all endeerments are
coma/need in the fire of his peesioxi.
family Bible will go after all other
treesures are lost, and it. his crown in
heaven were put let° Lieletricl he would
cry: "Here goes—oee more game, ray
boys! On this one throw, stake my
crown' of ilea -yen!"
A young man in London on conaing of
age received a fortune of $120,000, and
through gambling in three yeses was
theewn on his mother for support. An
only son went to New Oeleans. 'He wae
rich, intellectuel and elegant in man-
ners. His !tweets gave thine on his de-
parture from home then" lase blessing,
The sharpers got hold of him. They
flattered him. They bevel hien to the
gaming table and let tam win almost
every time LOX a good while and patted
him on the baek and said, "First rate
player." But, fully in their grasp,
they fleeced. him, me his $30,000 was
lost. Last a al), he put up his watch
and lost that. Then he began to think
of his home and of his old father, and
another, and. *thee thus:
"My beloved parents, yo,u will doubt-
less feel a momentary joy De' the recep-
tion of this letter from the child of
your begone on whom you have lavish-
ed all the favors of youe declitung
years. But should a feeling of joy for
a moment spring un in your hearts
when ykau siao,uld have received this
teem me, cherish it not. I bane fall-
en deep, never to wise. Those gray
h,airs that I should have honored and
prole:Ana I shall beteg dawn in sorrow
to the grave. I will. n,ort ourse my de-
seroyer; but, de may God eveage the
wrongs and impositions practiced upon
the unwary in a way that shall best
please him! This, my dear parents, is
bhe last letter you Will ever receive
front me. I humbly pray your forgive-
n,ess. It is ray dying prayer. Long
before you will Lave theeived this from
me the cold grave walleye closed upon
me forever. Life to me is insupport-
able. I cannot—nay, I will not—suffer
the shame of having ruined you. Foe
get and forgive is the dying prayer
of your unfortunate son."
The old father came to the post-ofice
got the letter and fell to the floor.
Teey thought he was dead. at first., but
they brushed beck the white hair from
his brow and fanned him. He had only
fainted. "Aceldama, the field of blood!"
When things go wrong at a gaming
table, they shout: "Foul1 Foul!" Ov-
er11 tihe gaming tabies of the World
I cry out: "Foul! Foul! Infinitely
foul!"
"Gift stores" are abundant through-
out the amintry. With a leek or knife
or sewing machine or coat or carriage
there goes a prize. Art these stores
people get something thrown in with
their putrehase. It may be a gold watch
or a set of silver, a ring or a farm.
Sbarp way to get off unsalable goods.
It has filled the land with fictitious
wrecks and covered up our population
with brass fintger rings and despoiled
the moral sense of the community, and.
is fast making us a nation of gambl-
ers.
The gambling spirit has not stepped
for any indecency. T,here transpired in
Maryland a lottery in which people
drew for Lots in a burying ground. The
rcuodern habit of batting about every-
thing is productive of immense mis-
ebief. The most healthful and innoc-
ent amusements of yaehting and base-
ball playing litive been the occasion of
putting up excited and. extravagant
wagers. Tthat which to many has been
advantageous to body and mind has
been to others the means of financial
and moral loss. The custom is pernici-
ous in the extreme where seams of men
in respectable life give themselves up
to betting, now on this boat, now on
that; now on this ball club, now on
that. Bettin,g that once was chiefly
the accompaniment od the race course
is fast becoming a national habit, and
in sonte circles any opinion advanced
on polities is accosted. with the inter-
rogaties, "How much will you bet on
that, sir ?"
This custom may make no appeal to
low, lethargic. temperaments, but there
i
are n the country tens of thousands: of
quick, nervous, sanguine, excitable tem-
peraments, ready to be actect uponand
their feet will soon taike hold on death.
For some months and perhaps for years
they will linger in the more polite and
elegant aircle of gamesters, bat after
awhile their pathway will come to the
fatal plunge.
Shall I sketch the history of the gam -
bier? Lured by bad company, he finds
his way into a place vi=here honest men
aught never to go. He sits clown to his
first game, eat only for pastime and
the desire of thing thought socieble.
Tee players deal out the cares. They
u:newaseiously play into Satan's hands,
who takes all the tricks and I:0th the
players' souls for trunms, he Leing it
Sharper at any game. A slight stake
is put up, jest to add interest to the
play. Game after vette ie played.
Larger stakes and still larger. They
begin to move nervously on their
Wailers. Their brows lower and eyes
flesh, until now they who win and they
who lose, fired alike with passion, it
lealithcbeseit fists
jaws, anancidcoeulikemypresseir
d lips,iomuands
that seem starting from their sockets,
to see the final tarn before it cones.
If losing, pale with envy and trenatt-
Imes with unutterect oatee test back
hredysliteticuP°Iaangthh—e'h'IleaZ, thtotit Twhinarvieini%
wiih
A few years have eassed, arid he is
oitly ,the wreak of O man. Seating
himself at the game ere he throwe the
first card, be stakes the last :relic of
herfi—tbl marriage
rlge°
s:1ectiemoen bWeetveen n
The game is lest, and, stageetieg
back in exhauetion, he dretlate. Tale
bettglat hours of the past mock his
agony, and in his dreams fiends wtth
eyes of flee end tbngliett of 'flame cir-
cle about him with joined, henda, to
dance, tine sing their ergies with hele
• chorus, client:hag, "Hail brother!"
kiesing hie claterne forehead until their
Inetheotne locks, flowing with eeeeeitte,
ertitte into bie boereei and eink their
ehare lenge and seek up hie lifeblood
anti, telling avowed hie heexte pineh it
with chille and ehtuidets imetttertibles,
Team warning 1 Yona are e0 etrenger
• tens of theaSande Whe have by
tme votatiec teen oeerthroWn. "110
young maii in our cities en eecape
being tempted, Beware ef the fleet
*inalirigel, Tells road. is a dowe grade,
and, every .instant inereasee the Meg
mentien. Lennon eot upon this trea-
:heroes Sea, SpU1 bulksetrew the
beach, Everlasting Ozer= howl tin
end down, tossing unwary craft into
the Hell Cato, speak of what I bave
• wee with my own eyes, ale it gambit
ere; deathbed there manes no hope, He
will probahly,die alone, His foreaer as-
sociatee come not nigh tie devellieg,
\Viten the hoar comes, his miserable,
soal, will go out of a miserable Wel/I-
to a miserable eternity. k As hs poor
remains parse the house where he was
ruined, old companions my look out
for a moment and. say "There goes the
cad ca,rcaes—cletke at last," but they
will not get up from the table. Let
hini dowa into his grave, Plant no
eree to cast its shade there, for the
long, deep, eternal gloom that settles
there is shadow enough, Plant no for --
gel -me -nets or eglantines around the
spot, for flowers were not merle to
grow on suce a blasted heath. Visit it
not in the sunshine, for that would be
mockery, but in the dismal night,
when no eters were out and the spirit
of darkness come down, hersea on the
wind, teen visit the grave of the gam-
bler,
• .ABOUT JEWS IN FRANCE,
wee the Eat% Ws Mated In the City Repalki I e
— They Control the Country.
The Daily Mail, London, England,
says: To Llae majority of the people of
this country the Jew is a person who
buys oar old clothe% deals in ancient
pictures, and lends money to folks who
wish to barrow. In a word, Jews fol-
low callings in which brain is of more
value than muscle. No one will deny
that the coraraendieg position they
have acquired is mainly owing to na-
tural ability, fortifiecl by a sharpen-
.
tag of the faculties consequent upon
the persecution they sustained in the
past.
Still, as we have ourselves no incon-
siderable share of financing ability we
have so far been able to held, our own
with the l'sraelite. Therefore, the spec-
tacle of a liberty -loving nation like the
FSemiis tic agitation to as incomprehen-
siebelen.ch, engaging in a furious anti -
EXPLANATION OF IT.
Yet this attitude. of th'e French na-
tion is not so unreasonable as it ap-
pears, Supreme as is the genius of
their race in the world of art, it cannot
be said that they sl.•ov equal talene in
business. They are rich because they
are frugal, and having, as stated, a
much keener eye for beauty than for
business, and regarding evith scorn
what they regard is us as the "shop -
keeping instinct," the Jews of France,
for all practical purposes, control the
destinies of the country.
Their triumph, however, has a deep-
er significance. It assumes the shape
of retribution. The French Sew isnot
a new -comer in the country, for as the
Synagogues of Poland, Germany, Rus-
sia and Holland have availed them-
eelves more of the steaxaboat than the
railway to get ricl of their surplus
population, nine -tenths of the Jews in
France to -day are the descendants of
the race -which before the revolution
cielrepereseecruettsounbjected to the tnost
rue
For a tinae—under Napoleon—a
change for the better took place. In
1807 they were praoticaelly i.nvested
with the rights of citizenship, but the
imagination of the Emperor, which
had been kindled by their sufferings,
soon cooled, and in the tollowing year
they were degraded to their old poen
tion. But freedom was at hand. The
revolution of 1830, which abolished the
Roman Catholic: creed, as the state re-
ligion ea France, gave birth to a de-
cree, proposed in the Chamber, by M.
Preverich, that the ministers of the
Jewish faith should. receive salaries
from the State in the same proportions
as were paid to the different sects of
the Christian religion, namely, in pro-
gpaortitoionns.to the numbers of the congre-
POSITION BY WEALTH.
From that moment their fortunes
were assured. They prospered under
Napoleon II., but it was the Republic
which laid the foundations of their
present greet power awl well-being.
Practically speaking, Lhe power of
he Jews in this country is confined
o Lhe influence derived from the pos-
session of enorames wealth. Our in-
titutions are fettered., and. the "Jews
lave little hand in the moulding of
ontical partiee. tn. France it is the
-eveese. Spreading over the land, and
i Oleg innumerable official posts, they
aye contrived to obtain not only a
Lem tooting in commercial enterprise,
ueutin the machinery of Government as
v
es no religious statistics were given
the last ceneus in France, the num-
ber of Jews in that country is not
ccurateler known. For eorne reason
r other, their jOarnalS declare that
hey do not; number 50,000. 13y those
est qualified to judge the numbers
pproximetely are nearer 600,000.
Weether Dreyfue be guilty or not of
thing seerets to e foreign power, the
hence peoele do not were to woe.
le ie a Jew, etel thee is enough for
hem. The press has joined, in the oat-
rY, and the jew is now a, target for
he malice of the boulevards JeWs
ill snot do any hard or useful work,
say the French, and in the newspapers
coreeependelits ere gravely requested
o 8ay Whellier they know of any
Wish 1 ocks m ithe, bl &demi h s, u Oda
es Miners, or mentbers of similar
killings. Mee ere told that the Jews'
evotioe to LIAO,* hes derriorelizeti the
entry.
When the whele nation Agee tamest
$ one that the pro-•
erty of the JeWs has not heee, won
e herneet toil, but by limey and felted,
le a grave qtteeticel as to What will
e the reetilt, tit Fettnee cries equelly
lid he'd deed away heeenee the grieve
,rice has been It sentiMental olio, In
is cage the Preemie appeals te the
tlret),
IIIE SUNDAY SCROOL.
• NTERN4Ti0NAL LESSON, APRIL 17.
tee*
lie TillatilignrattOn" 310411, t4,
tlen Text, Jaho 1, 1,
PRAerfoia, NoTEs.
Vere 1. After aix lity. One weele
after a coevereation with Lis dieuiplee
in which jeetis hul foretold his death,
Leke iaioludes in his count beth the
dey of the converisatien and -the day
of the transtigeration; Matthew ane
Mark exolud.e both. Jesus teketh Peter,
•,Temes and John. These me e were weal
our Lord ivhen he raised the daughter
nI Jaerus, Mark 5, 37 and be the hear
of eLs agony at Gethsemane Matt. 26
37, It throws some light on the human
oharacter .ane tastes Of ;Testis to ob-
serve that the three wbo were thug in
elosest syinpathy with him had been
named, because of pereonal charm!.-
istics, the "Rock" and the "Sees of
Timeder." 4. eigh mountain. Peter
calls this "the holy mount," An old
tradition survives the centuries that
it was Meant Tabor, but the three
narratives all require solitude on the
mountain top, and Tabor was at this
tien.e covered withhouses and forti
ficketions. Just before this Jesus Lad
been in the neighborhood of Caesarea.
Philippi, which is near to Hermon,
and Herniola is therefore generally be-
lieved to hav ebeen the scene of the
transfiguration, See introductory
nate. Luke tells us that the Master
ascended the mountain to pray. Apart.
Fax from interruption.
2. Was transfigured. before them.
They were awakened from deep slum-
ber by the power of this vision. It was
plain to view; they never forgot it or
doubted it. "We have not followed
cunningly devised fables," said Peter,
years afterwards, "but were eyewit-
nesses of the majesty,of our LordJesus
Christ." Like Paul's anchor, their
vision reached to that winch was with-
in the veil. Their spiritual insight
was clear. It is hardly iereverent to
conjecture that one whose spiritual.
faculties were not keyed. up to so high
a pitch could not have seen the heeven-
ly glory even though he had been pres-
ent. His face did shine as the sun. A
week before this he had told his disci-
ples to expect to see him. "in the glory
of his Father." Compare Rev. 1. 13-17
and Acts 26. 13. Three eeangelists
strain their powers of language to de-
scribe this glory. His raiment was
white as the light. Matthews phrase
makes us think of the calm, even shin-
ing of the sun. Mark uses the word
"glistening," twinkling like a planet.
Luke says "flashing,' like lightning.
This wonderful light was not shed up-
on Jesus; it came from him as its
source. His face did not shine as did
the face of Moses at the foot of Sinai,
when he had to veil it because of re-
flected glory. The spiritual forces
within Jesus had become so full and
intense during prayer that his own
holiness shone straight through body
and. clothing.
3. There appeared. Plainly seen;
clearly recognized. Moses and Elias.
The representative of the law and the
representative of the prophets, both
of which our Lord had came to fulfill.
Both Moses anci Elias had been, in their
own persons and careers, to a good
degree types, syeabols, proeherdes, of
the Christ. God had sent Moses in the
world's gray morning, just as early as
he could find one nation out of all on
earth morally able to adept his lane
So soon as that nation showed appre-
ciation of the virtue maintained by
Moses's law God sent the prophets, of
whom Elija,h was a recognized lead-
er, to help their fellows to spiritual
light. In the fullness of time, just so
soon as any considerable portion of the
world could accept his teachings, God
sent his well -beloved Son. Talking
with him. Concerning his death.
4. Then answered Peter. The word
"answered" does not, in biblical usage,
Make it necessary to sappose that some
one had just spoken; Peter's remark
seems to have been called. out by his
fear that the two prophets were about
to depart. Said unto Jesus. Peter
was very ready with his tongue, and
one almost -wonders Mete he did not
speak directly to Moses and Elias. It
is pathetic to note that just now he
was too awstruck to do so. It 'is good
for us to be here. Mark tells us that
he spoke as one 'bewildered, not know-
ing w:hat he said. His spiritual joy and
mental confusion were equally inex-
pressible. Let us make. The Revised
Version gives "I will make," eneoh is
More cheracteeistie ot Peter, Here
three tabernacies. Huts made of bran -
!Mee of trees. He desired ehat the holy
visitors might stay and sojourn a white
with the Lord. einkehaps--whu knows?
—such a sojouirn might make the death
of our Land annecessaxy." But God
knows, what we are slew to learn, that
the richest blessings oil life are often
best, for us when cut. shorte
5. A bright cloul overshadowed them.
Overshadowed Jesus, Moses, and Elias.
Petee atter:y.9,M called this cloud "the
excellent glory," which would. seem to
point to the Shekinah, tbs visible
symtol or th,e divine presence. We may
picture the three enveloped with bril-
liant haze. A voice out of the demi.
• Which voice had. been heard at the be-
ginning of ette Lord's otereer, Luke a,
22, anl was to be beard again at its
close, John 12. 28, In whom I em well
pleased, "On whom my good pleasure
rested." Be is the ehesen one to ;re -
(kern the race. Hear ye him. Listen
be him as the Teacher of whom all oth-
ers were types ancl forerunners; listen
to him as the Crophet predicted by
Moses.
6. They fell On their fate and were
some afraid. Filled with awe, Bead
the etory oe told. in Meek and Tilike
apa the whole eenie will bee,ome More
reel, ,
7, Tenoned him. The loving touch of
the Master' reassures them. Be not
afreltd, N'ote how often jeses and his
messekagere have to repeat tele exher-
teflon to his timid. followers
8. When they heti lifted mp their
oyes. Raised them from t lie ground,
where in their timidity thee- had fixed
them Jestts billy. No longer assoteat-
ea with Moos and Flies ; no longer
Clashing with heavenly glory; only the
eaille plain Carpoliter-rabbi who had
gone up w'itla akera to laie summit,
9, As they eaine deWn front the Wen -
take. Probably, though f41:4 theteinly.
the treasfigaratieri toek plette in the
night, anti they deem:titled itethe Were-
ing. Jesus (Merged them, Commended
them. The viehei, tae spectsete, Tell.
• . net maxi, leer the present the video
was to be exclusively for their owe
euelport and comato't. Until, the Son of
nian be risen, agairi from tee deed. Net
till then ecrald it be itederetood. NOW
it was not uiuleestoed even by tee
en three, for ''they questioned one with
another what the eitsieg from theedead
shouad be." Mare,
THE IlUEEN LOVE'S ANIMALS,
IlteGreat Care raken of Iler 110r5014, Cattle
and Dogs.
Queee Victoria, loves dogs, admires
bores, and, appreciates"all agile -tale ex-
cept oats. The possession of an ani -
mai, she thinks, makes the writer re-
sponsible for its well-being. Tee roy-
al stables, therefore, are hygienically
perfect, and the royal kennels modete
of cleanly, healthy dog-liouees,•
member of tee royal, heusehold, WI°
wrote "The Private Life of the Queen"
Ls our authority for the folbek ing a0 -
count of Her Majesty's peter
• The queen's pet dog for many years
was a collie teamed "Share," who,
though a bad-tempered, beast, always
when with his mietress etheved as a
dog should. The servants were afraid
of it. "Noble," another collie, took
special charge of the queen's gloves.
When the queen moved anywhere her
suite generally comprieed half e doe -
en dogs.
The queen is proud of her live stock.
weich is famous for taking prizes, Ali
her cattle are washed once a week with
a mild and sweet disinfectant. As the
work is done by experienced men from'
the time the oreetures are young calves
the animals grew to enjoy the process.
The dairy cows are kept and milked in
a, long double row of etails, each label-
led. with its occupant's name.
The royal stables are arranged in a
series of roomy, airy, loose boxes, a
dozen of which form a "court," as it
is not thought expedient to crowd a,
number of horses under one roof.
Eighty horses generally stand in the
castle stables, wiken the court is at
Windsor, and at the Royal Mews of
Buckingham Palace one hundred aud
twenty horses are kept. The stable
fittings in all the reseil mews are re-
markable for their plainness and neat-
ness, and fer the absence of nickel.
ornament and brilliant tile work.
No horse in Her Majesty's service is
ever killed when old age renders it un-
fit for work. Such horses are gen-
erally put out to grabs, or are sent to
the royal farms to do such light tasks
as their strength may permit. The
queen prides herself on the fact that
no horse in her stables has ever been
docked—a pr-actice she thinks cruel and
unn a, tu rel
All the queen's horses undergo e
special training before they are con-
sidered safe for riding or driving. Af-
ter they have been broken, they are
driven day after day past every kind
of military band, and are made to
stand by raihvay trains, and to hear
every sort of whistle and. rattle. Be-
fore any great publie ceremeniel the
horses to be used. in the procession ere
walked through a howling crowd of
grooms and stable -lads. The horses
are also broken to firing, by taking
them down on a field day to Aldershot. -
where the volunteers engage in sham,
battles.
SOME UNUSUAL REQUIREMENTS.
1
What Some English EsuplayerS Beguile
Their "People" to Do and pint to Do.
A famous English comedian has al-
vrays one peculiar clause in his con-
tracts. His salary is arranged for iri
black and white,and in addition it is
agreed that he shall receive a certein
number of bottles of champagne per
week, and eig•ars ot fine brands ad.
Another actor adorning tee lighter
stage has exulless aeguments with men-
agers concerning hie broughem. When
the price to be paid for his serviees has
been agreed upon, he always demands
the addition of his carriage hill.
an a London ellen ilatrenhh,e(.1 eanPe,
tomers of very good class a olause in
the agreements provides that the as-
sista.nts shell at lance time drink no
spirits end eat neither onions or cheese,
Likewise they are at midday to abstain
Iran. steokizag anything but cigareetes.
At many houses a, daily shave is com-
pulsory, this stipulation, oleo being re -
diced to writing. ;
Young women engaged, by a fashion-
able London hairdresser agree to <lye
their hair 'when oecat1ion requires to
way shade thee is the rage. The juniore
may also be directed to adopt a tint
not fashienablel bub which is caleel-
mead to "eet elf " the cdiffuee of the
—first hands," either by ecoatrast or
oteerwise. The firm, however, egress
to supply only perfectly harmless
"stains," and to haa itseir eespoxi-
sible for any possible ill results of
such application.
In an action for breach of contraot
two brothers "living in "-at a big
wholesale house pleaded a novel de-
fence, When engaged, they had expeese-
ly stipulated that they should, net be
required to eat coact meat, amt tele
rule had not beee adhered to.
Appreoieting a aistinet ektvieg of ax-'
pease from teeing travellers who were
Wee eyelets, 0." pushing " firm aces et)
to such conviction. Coming a,orose
ernert Men, lylo deesitet celtlea,te, the
whedieg reet,, he is 11 engaged, plocigod
to become a Aare...Within three nkontee.
Dulness having oef oonse-
gnome or tee mattention of, a Mee -
ager who was often inebriated, eel/O-
tte proprietor eavertieed for 0 netu
who was e, eteiet teetotaller. The teem
eviseeetteed, elettee. nee ineertea itL
the contraet which he eigilied, provii.
big for his insteet &missat if, retied
owlet/Ming taledeolic liquors', The plotigo
wits never breken, hut after Working
up the trade' the tettialegee tete evith
toirttightls taking