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[h*W NEW YORK'S FIRST CP If \>S-3t51 1 i sli cf- ?=r DESIGN FOR SOLDIERS' ANI - The monument to be erected on Riv< I memory of the soldiers and sailors who I I :>f a temple of fame, and will be eighty | marble. It will cost $250,000. I Mount Tom. the site for the new mc flie foot of West Eighty-third street. It New York side cf the Hudson for mauy , height of eighty feet is added to this lan r Ther9 has never been a monument soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, des 3rand Army of the Republic werfe unrem fitting memorial; but finally the Legisla ^ity to issue bonds to secure a fund for t 0 - gOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOCOg 1 ? International Mhletic Sports |? | to Be Held Annually. I \ oooooooocooooooooocooooooo v The great international athletic tour- 8 ney is over and England is the win ' " in., /-v >_ rii?n a ner. it was neiu atiue v^neeu a viuu and the Americans made a game fight, a but were beaten, 5 to 4. The Harvard * and Yale boys will have a chance to ^ retrieve themselves next year if the e ,. Englishmen decide to come to this country for a return contest. Not in many years have Britishers taken such an interest in track and field sports. What were said to be the cream of Uncle Sam's amateur athletes were sent over to do battle with the pick of the country, and royalty and commoners were alike deeply interested in the outcome. Many thousands witnessed the contests, and fabulous prices were paid for seats. Several hundred Americans were late in securing boxes and as high as 850 a seat was offered, but the * ll ^ jl , J THOMAS E. BCP.SE. C (Harvard's star performer, who was In such h bad form that he lost the half mile race, t the English athletes thereby being enabled to win.) L g supply had long been exhausted and t the money didn't tempt the holders. (1 The crowd which assembled was a t notable one. Two hours before the t first event was called the spectators began to arrive, and by four o'clock t every seat on the field was taken and 1 spectators were lined up four deep e around the entire track. In all eight t thousand persons were present. c To an American the appearance of n the field was a revelation. Brilliantly i s decorated stands, with colored awnings ! ami inuumerabfe flags gave the event quite a carnival-like appearance, such as is seldom seen at an American college meeting. This was, however, " quite in accordance with the ordinary < 0 custom in England. . f A pleasant feature of the day was i 0 the presence oi the London Victoria j 1' Military Band, which throughout tbe ( 9 afternoon enlivened the occasion with J popular airs. | 8 The Harvard and Yale supporters ; T filled two sections in the stand oppo- ) * site the finishes, but with the excep- r tion of a single cheer on the occasion v of Fox's win in the hurdle race there v was none of the organized shouting j t that is a feature of the Harvard-Yale ' 8 contests. j I Judging from announcements made h AvtgEfcgdbfeHa kOg Eg5^5gg?i:5iii|i5^S?^^^ THE QUEEN'S CI (Where the contests between the Americ by several speakers at the dinner J given to the athletes after the games 1 were over, it is evident that the two < English universities contemplate a i return visit to America next rear. 1 flL WAR MEMORIAL J Si I I I ! ) SAILORS' MONUMENT. erside Drive, New York City, to the :ell in the Civil War, is in the form feet in height, built of pure white mument, is a round-topped rock at : is tbe most elevated point on the miles, and when tbe monument's dmark the effect will be magnificent, srected in New York in honor of the ipite the fact that the members of the itting in their endeavors to secure a ture was induced to authorize the ' ;he building of the monument. ?he members of both teams were in a xcellent health and spirits, and made J he dinner the liveliest ever given in f jondon. Th.?y joined in all the iopular airs which the band played, u nd when American national tunes r rere played, all ttood in their chairs a inging and cheering. o The Americans came in for great t pplause from both the Englishmen n nd Americans present. Fox, Rice and t 'aimer being especially honored, C rhile Davidson, as the victor in an s vent which all Englishmen feared i: Jl It EODERT GREEN rould go to America, was greatly ac- c Iaimed as tlio saviour of the day. ] ?hen came brief speeches from the t aptains of the teams. Vassal saying 1 ie hoped to go to America and give t hem revenge, and, despite the assurnce which his neighbor, Roche, had 1 iven him all during the dinner that I he climate had nothing to do with to- f lay's results, he was very much afraid \ hut the tables would be turned on 1 hem in America. I Captains Roche and Fisher, respec* f i- - p TT .i Tf?i? u: lveiy oi narvaru auu j.me, wm? iui- j. owed Captain Vassal, both made 1 uodest and appropriate speeches, ? hanking the Englishmen for their e :ordial reception and courteous treatuent and asking that they be allowed s oon to try again. n i ClilnetelParantal Authority. | A remarkable event has occurred at i [*sing-kiangpu. A man by the name 1 if King had a son who made his ather and mother "lose face" because f f the wild life he led. He gambled, t oafed. smoked opium, etc. If he \ tole, his father would be taken to the \ amen and the whole family would r uflfer for the son's villainy, and the \ ital question was. How could the f amily be protected? At last they ar- c iv'ed at the conclusion that the only v ray to protect the father and mother 1 ras to take extreme measures with c he son, which they did with a ven- r ;eance. The father and uncle took t lim out among the graves, followed ^ >y a crowd of curious neighbors and c < 1 I 1 i HiiSSsaa,.? m r1 1 - ^ 1 ( 1 i jUB, LONDON. l :an and Britlsii athletes took place.) \ ? ( Friends, and putting a rope around i ais neck, each relation pulled on an t jnd, and the son was put beyond $ ruining the family in this world.-- s Sorth China Herald, ; i' c & I Sketch of the Sareer \ of Robert 5, Ingersoll, g The death of Robert G. Ingersoll at lis summer home at Dobbs Ferry, N. removed a unique character from he world's stage. He did not leave ife as he had wished; he wanted to lie slowly so that he could note his celings and give to the world a fareveil message before he crossed the .hreshold of the dead. Colonel Ingersoll was the son of a Congregational minister. His boyiood was spent in Wisconsin and Illinois. He was educated in the public schools, studied law, and opened an >ffice in Shawneetown, ill., with his brother Eben, who represented the Peoria district in Congress from 1864 :o 1872. and who died in 1879. Robert G. Ingersoll was Colonel of the Eleventh Illinois Cavalry in the Civil iVar, and made an exceedingly good ecord as a soldier. He was cap ured by a force of Confederate cavilry, but he was paroled and be retimed to bis command. He was Attorney-General of Illinois in 1866. Colonel Ingersoll's first attempt at >ratory was a failure, but when he igain essayed to speak he was sue;esful, and finally developed into one >f America's greatest orators. Hia peeches were marked by an extraorlinary facility of phrasing and an unisual power of graphic portrayal, ["he speech which he delivered at the National Republican Convention in S76, nominating James G. Blaine :nd giving him the title of Plu-med vnight, attained for him national ame. His chief notoriety, however, rests ipon his attacks upon the Christian eligion. He wrote a number of books nd minor works, and several volumes f lectures. He participated in several hpnlncrififll discussions with men of lationai and international reputations, he most notable one being with Mr. Hailstone. He delivered lectures on the ubjects which made him well known 11 all parts of the country and they INGERSOLL. Irew overflowing audiences. Colonel ingersoll was sincere in his convicions and ifc was due to them that in 877 he refused the post of Minister o Germany. Colonel Ingersoll has enriched Engish literature by the eulogies which le delivered at the graves of his riends and by the patriotic addresses rhioh he made on national occasions. Che eulogy which he delivered at his mother's funeral is considered his inest effort, and his address spoken n New York City on Memorial Day in .888 has become a classic. One of his inest compositions is a prose poem intitled "Life." Colonel Ingersoll was a man of large ympathy. He was naturally a philmtrophist and had many plans for the mprovement of the conditions of the >oor. He earned great sums of money, >oth as a lecturer and as a lawyer, but le let them go like water. It was his labit to keep money in an open Irawer, to which every member of the amily was free to go at any time and ake what was wanted. His home life pas one of remarkable happiness, and ie was never so happy as when surounded by his devoted family and by lis friends who thronged his house rom all the walks ot lite, tie was a lonstant student of Shakespeare, vhose works occupied the place in his lome where in most Louies in this :onntry the Bible rests. He was never nore eloqent or earnest or impressive han when talking of the master playwright. He never tired of delving in Shakespeare's works and finding and lisplaying beauties hidden from the :areless reader. Wagner was another >bject of his ceaseless admiration. He oved music, and maintained that it vent most directly to the heart when t avoided monotony. Tlie Ruse of a l'irkpocket. A somewhat novel method of pickng people's pockets was resorted to he other day by a thief in Germany. Disguising himself as a lady and carrying a bunch of roses, he entered a :ompartment in a railway train al'eady occupied by two ladies and ojentlemau. Shortly after the trail itarted "she" dropped some of "he?'1 oses, and on the gentleman's picking !./>?> > nn oniilinnrlr fTQrp llimrtTIP tllpn uy, ~ ?? -J )ftered the ladies some also. The oses were heavily dragged, and when he travelers came to their senses igain the "lady" had disappeared and ill their money and v?laafcJe? with 'her.." FALCON OF THE SEA. Fishing: In Cuban Waters With th? Trained Rpmora. The occnpation of Cuba and Porto Rico by Americans, gradually taking place, may enable some of the sportsmen among them to revive in those islands an ancient sport which would be a decided novelty?fishing with trained remoras. It was reported by the early voyagers to the Antilles that the natives of those coasts were accustomed to use live remoras in capturing other fishes, and such other marine animal? as turtles, by keeping their trained captives tethered, and pulling them 1 in, prey and all, as soon as they had * ntionKofl tViom?o1vpa to ft pftteb. It ' mast have been good sport, and one well worth reviving. One of the oldest accounts of this i curious method of fishing is that by Columbus or one of his companions, j given in Ogilby's "America," printed i ' i THE REMORA. (From the oniy photograph of a living specimen in existence.) in 1671, as follows, attested bj a very quaint illustration: "Columbus from hence [that is, Cuba] proceeding on further Westward, discover'd a fruitful Coast, verging the Month of a river, -whose Water runs boyling into the Sea. Somewhat farther he saw very strange Fishes, especially of the Guiacan, not unlike an Eel, but with an extraordin- | avy great Head, over which hangs a i skin like a bag. This Fish is the Natives Fisher, for having a Line or hansom Cord fastened about him, so j soon as a Turtel, or any other of his i Prey, comes above Water, they give him Line; whereupon the Guiacan, ( like an Arrow out of a Bowe, shoots toward the other fish, and then gathering the mouth of the Bag on his Head like a Furse-net, holds them so fast j that he lets not loose till hal'd up out j of the Water." Now this quaintly described "guia- 1 can" is the large sucking-fish or remora [ (Echineis naucrates), fairly common in the warmer parts cf the American Atlantic, and shown in the accompanying picture. This illustration is no- ; i table as a reproduction of the only ! photograph of a living remora in ex- I istence?photographs of any living I ; fishes are a rarity?which was taken [ ; by Dr. Tarleton H. Bean from a fine 1 ; specimen in the aquarium of the United States Fish Commission. It is the species best known of the five I ' along our Eastern coast, because it is 1 the one that most commonly clings to the hulls of ships. These fishes, which constitute a family related to our bluefishes, are spread all over the world, however, most numerously in the warmer lati- i , tudes?one, inhabiting the Mediter- i ranean, having been known from an* j tiquity as the remora, the literal j meaning of which is "hold-back," in ! allusion to many quaint fables and j fancies, as we shall see. None is of large size, the biggest, ; probably, being that shown in the pho- j , tograph, which may reach a length of j live feet, while the well-known Medi- j terranean species is only eight inches long. The extraordinary feature of these | fishes that gives them their name and I singular parasitic habits is not shown | in the photograph, though indicated | ' : by the peculiar flatness of the top of j 1 | the head, which is covered with aD | ! oval "sucker" reaching back to the ' I fino ara rAdllv : IMIW l4t,4V VI VW???W, ?v V pectorals, properly pendent from the j ?: ? * | ' ? " ^ | i MAKING FOR HIS PREY. j chest, but here strangely misplaced almost upon the back of the nenk. The other fins are much modified, but none so completely as the forward one of the two dorsal or back fins?which is no longer, indeed, a fin at all, but has i beea modified into the adhesive orgau 1 that surmounts the head. These fishes are excellent swimmers, have a wide though somewhat misshapen mouth, well furnished with teeth, and are quite as well able as other fishes, apparently, to pick up I iL-_ i._:? it._ .meu nviuy u j at-iiiug Luc ouiuu fishes, crustaceans aud other living creatures. or bits of carrion upon which they feed. The possession of the sucker, however has led them to abandon independent exertion a? much as possible, and has given them the great advantage of forcing largei sea-animals to relieve them of a large part of the labor that would otherwise fall to their shave. The None of the ISullet. "Right here," Avrites a Kansas boy in the Philippines, "is where I heard my first Mauser bullets. They have such a mean, spiteful sound, just like a little girl in school turning up her nose and saying, 'Take that!' "?Nev , York.Tribune. A Victim of lU-Treatment. The man who tells you a secret and asks you not to tell doesn't treat you right. He enjoys telling it, and forl-ii/la liowinor illst a<j crnnd ft time ? J"" ""O i O ?Atchison Globe. A ton of oil has been obtained from the tonaue of a single whala. i THE ARMOR OFTHE MAINE Proposal to Scale It Down Two Hundred Tons Rejected. Plan Calculated to Make Three of Oai Fighters the Best Protected Battleships Now Building Adopted. Washington*, D. C. (Special).?The Nava) Board on Construction unanimously rejected the proposal to scale down the armor of the battleship Maine by 200 tons, according to the plans of the bidders. Th* officer^ present at the meeMng were Rearadmiral O'Neil, chairman of the Board and Chief of Ordnance; Rear-Admiral Hlchborn, Chief Constructor; Rear-Ad< mlral Melville, Enjjlneer-In-Chief, and Rear-Admiral Bradford, Chief of Equip< m onf Afterward the Board adopted a modlfieJ plan presented by Chi9f Constructor Hichborn, redistributing the armor weights In i manner that is calculated to make the Maine, the Missouri and the Ohio the best protected battleships now building for any jountry. This plan presents with an insignificant 7>? tons the aggregate weight jf armor originally adopted for this clasa )f ship3, which was 2500 tons, and while reducing its thickness about one Inch in the belt amidships, additional protection Is extended toward the extremities >fthe exposed structure. The plan met :he cordial approval of the Chief ol Drdnance, who was satisfied that elevec inches of the latest process steel plate was :hick enough as a maximum for any jattleship, and who welcomed the injreased armor forward and aft as typical of the best practice abroad at this time. An advantage which is anticipated from :he Chief Constructor's extension of the irmor over a greater surface longltudlnilly will be the improvement of the vessel is a gun platform in a rough seaway. The proceedings of the Board were marked by singular narmony ana recara ior me oest nterests of the Government, anil it was jxplained after its unusually brief seslion that no fault whatever- could be !ound with the contractors for the Maine, 7ho expressed in advance their readiness :o make any changes in the ship that ivould insure the best vessel the Governiient ever built. The contractors for the Missouri and the Ohio, it was believed, ffould promptly agree to Bear Admiral aichbora's modification of armor distribution, and their work could go on without interruption. Fortunately, no contracts had been made for the armor of these vessels, Congress having failed to give sufficient authority. Two Battleihlpg Near Completion. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The two big battleships, Kearsurge and Kentucky ire now so well along toward completion Chat the contractors have called for the 8* Inch guns, as they are about ready .to put 3n the upper turrets and mount the guns [n them. The last report showed the ships ibout 92 per cent completed, but the call [or the guns is such a material advance that it is thought their first speed trial will occur some time la September. THE TWO PH1LPOTS ACQUITTED, Father and Son, Accused of Killing Aaron Morrla, Set Free. Manchester, Ky. (Special).?The examining trial of Oeorge M. Phllpot and his son Peter, charged with killing Aaron Morris, as an outcome of the mountain feud, ended in the acquittal of both defendants before' County Judge Wright. County Attorney A. C. Turner represented the prosecution and Samuel Kasb.a prominent Republican politician, defended the Philpots. Deputy Sheriff Wash Thacker testified that he was watching Bobert Phllpot sign his bail bond at Little Goose Creek, and that others of the Phllpot party ware waiting for him, when 3Iorrls and his men dashed up and began shooting at his prisoner and at Ed ward FIslier. His testimony marcatea that the Phllpots acted only in self-defence. Robert Ponder and others testified that Aaron Morris fired the fir3t shot. Aaron Morris'mother, who was Rachael Griffin, and Hugh Griffin, testified that her sons left'home on the morning of the fight armed with revolvers. On motion cf Kasli, Judge Wright dismissed the case, and court was at once adjourned. The Philpots, who had packed their rifles in the clerk's office, procured their weapons and started home on horseback. They said they were not going to follow up the Gviffins, but would go on about their busluess of getting out logs foi shipment down the river. Mortal enemies of the Philpots, on account of the recent fight, are tne Griffins, the Gibbs, the Barnetts, the Browns and the Chadwells, but they fear the Philpots too much to belikelj to open hostilities. FRENCH OFFICERS PUNISHED. Generals Pellleux and de Negrler and Captain Vlllaneare In .Dlagrace. Paris (By Cable).?At a 'meeting of the Cabinet the Minister of War, General Mar quis de Galllffet, announced that General d'Alstein bad been appointed to the mill* tary command of Paris, vice General Pellleux, who, the Minister said, had bsen.appolnted to the command of the Fortyfourth Brigade, located at Qulmper, Department of Finlstere. The Minister of War also announced that Captain Viilaneuve, who recently wrote a letter sympathizing with the anti-Dreyfus Professor Syveton, had been placed under rigorous arrest for sixty days. General de Negrier has been degraded. He has been relieved of his functions as a member of tbu Supreme Council of War. Among his duties W119 that of Inspector of four army corps. It appears that in the course of a recent tour of inspection he addressed to the commanders of the corps a verbal communication violently censuring the Government for its failure to defend the army, and declaring that if the Government refused to interfere they themselves must act in self-defense. General df- Negrier invited the commanders to transmit the communication to all Generals and officers. The Minister of War, hearing of this, instituted an inquiry and then summoned ^ *T TV*.:, k<m uenerai ue .^cjjricr iu tmu ?uu lhadu uhu with the offense, which he was unable to deny. I'ear.y Relief Obstacle. The mail steamer Labrador, Captain Dawes, from the Labrador coast, has arrived at St. John's. N. F. She reports an Immense body of Ice along the northern part of the coast, which will probably seriously Impede the nothern progress of the Peary relief steamer Diana. It la feared that the unfavorable ice conditions will prevent the steamer from reaching a far northern latitude. Lightning Kills .Engaged Couple. James Harren, of Freeport, and Agne3 Herzoz, of Millwood, Minn., were instantly killed by lightning at the home of Miss Herzoz. They were sitting on the porch when lightning struck the corner of the 'louse. They were engaged to be married. General Wheeler Sailj For Manila. The transport Tartar has sailed froa 9au Francisco for Manila with General Joseph Wheeler, a portion of the Nineteenth Infantry and a number of recruits for the urmy iu the Philippines on board. The Labor World. The owners of plantations in Cuba refuse to employ Spanish laborers. Colorado trade unions are agitating the erection of a co-operative smelter. Bloomington, III., is putting up a public school building by union home labor only. ? ' ' ?? I -11 ?i?l ?I C!nnin OfA ID CU0 rurm uouit;^ xji o^uiu buwv ??*u about 900,000 women who do ttie work of farm laborers. Twenty cltle3 have been added to the carpenters' already loug list of eight-hoar 2ities so far this year. The Wabash Railroad has raised the wages of all employes on its eastern division, which includes all lines in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. " I'll '" r.\ ' OUGEB'S LATEST MOTE The Wily Boer Offered His Resignation and Then Withdrew It. HE STRENGTHENED HIS POSITION The Transvaal President's Resignation Was Only Condlttonal?Uood Relations Between Himself and the Haad Restored?Idea of Resigning His Post Abandoned ? End of Conspiracy Case. Pretobia, South Afrioan Republic (By Cable).?Amicable relations between the Volksraad and President Kruger have been restored. The conspiracy case against the ex-British officers has been withdrawn, and the remaining prisoners were released. President Kruger has definitely abandoned the Idea of resigning. Loxdok (Bi/ Cable).?The 8outh African question remains in 3tata quo. Advlce3 from the Cape say that President Kruger resigned only conditionally. PRESIDENT KBUOEB AN'D HIS WIFE.^ . Pending developments, further dlscus?Inn of thn fhiHandera' demands has been suspended. According to the Cape Town correspondent ol tbe Daily Mall President Kruger's resignation is regarded as a cute move to create a crisis for tbe purpose of tiding over the Interval until the rainy season begins. The correspondent says that the Dutch extremists ascribe it to a deep British came for the pensioning of President Kruger in order to allow the seizure of the country. The Yolksraad, while maintaining its opposition to President Kruger's views on the dynamite concession, is said to. have given its assurance that it still has the utmost confidence in the President, and he withdrew his resignation. As to the difference of opinion on the question-of the dynamite concession, General P. J. Joubert, Vice-President of the Republic, and the majority of the Volksraad favor cancellation of the monopbly, while President Kruger supports it. CEORGIA TROOPS CALLED OUTGovernor Candler Sent Two Companies of State Militia to Bambridge. Atlanta, Qa. ("Special).?Governor Candler received the following message from Sheriff Patterson, of Decatur County, dated from Bainbrldge: "lOTvn in me uauua ui a luuu< awu aiu quick." Governor Candler at once ordered the companies of State militia stationed at Valdosta under command of Captain Littleton, and that commanded by Captain ! Smith, of Thomasvilie, to proceed with all haste to Balnbridge. Second Ntgro Lynched For One Crime. Bainbridoe, Ga. (Special). ? Charles Mack, the second of the negroes who committed the Ogletree outrage, was lynched at SafTord. His crime was committed in Early County, and citizens of this (Decatur) County refused to let the mob bring the man into BAinbridge. Mack was therefore taken to Safford, the scene of his crime, In Early County, and lynched. The negro made a confession. A Lynching; In Texai. Houston,Texas (Special).--A. few days ago a church at Fuquax Prairie was burned by nn incendiary. Suspicion fell on John and Randall Hamilton, negroes. The latter was flrst found, and, with a rope around bis neck, he confessed that John burned the church. John was found at his home, and his answer to a demand for surrender was a volley of buckshot,Van Wright being fatally wounded and Tack Moody slightly Injured. The negro esoaped, badly wounded, but was recaptured and at once strung up.' Negro Wat Tied to a Tree and Shot. | Hattiesbcro, Miss. (Special). ? Henrv I Novels, a negro, who attacked Miss Rosaline Davis, was captured, and was identified by Miss Davis. He was immediately tied to a tree and shot to death by the angry crowd. MONTREAL BANK SUSPENDS. News of a Defalcation by Tvro Employes Causes a Kan by Depositors. Montreal, Que. (Special). ? Montreal financial oircle3 were disturbed by the announcement that the Bank Villa Marie, which did a large business throughout the Province of Quebec, had suspended payment. The direct cause of the bink's suspension was a run by depositors, who had heard rumors of a defalcation of two oi the band's employes, F. X. Lemieux, accountant, and J. J. Herbert, teller. Eotb I officials are accused of having systematically robbed the bank for some time. Over -550,000 has been taken. One of the accused men went to New York a couple of weeks ago, and it was during bis absence that suspicion was aroused. On his return a few days ago he was accused, and it is said owned up to the theft, and promised to make restitution. The bank has a capital of 8500,000 and had deposits of over ill,500,000, many of the farmers In Quebec having accounts. Lemleux was arrested at nis summer residence at St. Anne, near Montreal, on a charge of defrauding the bank. He was brought to Montreal and placed in the cells to await examination. Itlch Taken to a Moxlcan Prison. Mrs. John D. Rich, who has been In jal". at El Paso, Texas, since early in May, was delivered to the Mexican authorities at Juarez by Marshal Seabricht. Humors of War in the East, Politique Colon iale, Paris, France, states that Russia and Japan are arming, with a I view to a possible conflict in Corea. Gideon J. Tucker Dead. Gideon J. Tucker, former Secretary ol State of New York, died at his home in New York City, at the age of seventy-three. Cleveland Strike's First Victim. In the death of Henry Cornwelt by a bullet fired by Ralph P. Hawley, a conductor jn the Broadway line, Cleveland, Ohio, is recorded the llrst fatality ot. the strike. Cornweit, the nineteen-year-old son of a butcher, was astride a horse, and rode to the side of the car for some distance. A mob followed the car booting and otherwise making ii unpleasant for the conductor, who, becoming infuriate! at the actions of the crowd, jumped off the car, pulled a revolver and shot Cornweit. He diel In the hospital a few bour3 iater. Queen'* Kyenight Benefited by Treatment. Que*n Victoria's eyo3iglit has been greatly benefited by recent treatment, - V'-: > GOD'S MESSAGE TO MANi 1 PREGNANT THOUCHTS FROM THE WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS. ' -I Boisterous March ? "Always at It"?The . vDebt Christians Owe God?Singing the New Song?Joy Follows Sorrow?Holiness Thrives In the Open. The loud-voiced heralder updn that Trojan: coast '' We heard, in classic dream, arouse the Gra^ elan Lost; A herald now more near, The wind-voiced March we hear, Summon the twelve-mooned year With like bold boast. U II ..II n.u luiu muuuiuy tuo luug-uanvw Grecians came, The flash of burnished arms leapt upward. like a flame; A ucihiu now more near, The wind-voiced March we hear Summon the twelve-mooned year, Each month by name. Some rush with hurrying tread, some lingere're tbev pass, Swif; April flies as May would touch herhenx of grass; The herald now is near, The wind-voiced March they hear Summon the twelve-moonod year From first to last. With gentle zephyr-tone he calls the summer hours, Mingled with drone ol bee, o'erljiid wlt]? scent of flowers; Does the waiting summer hear The wind-voiced March so near, Summon the twelve-mooned year With Time's sure power? He call3 the winter days with voice of stora* and hail, They shivering wake and shirk like spectres thin and pale; Their time is not yet near Though wind-voiced March they hear Summon the twelve-mooned year, Each without fail. ^ ? OHirald of the year; blow thy glad sum-i mons still, Through trumpet of the sky, with echoes ot the hill. 0 Herald of the year! Thy wind-voice we would hear, Still call the twelve-mooned year, Thy work fulfil. "Always at 11." "And he said, Take the arrows. And he, fcti took them. And he said unto the king of. Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he' smote thrice and stayed. And the man of! God was wroth with him, and said, '*Thott; shouldst have smitten live or six times; then! hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst^ consumed it; whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice." Many an artist, many, an inventive genius, many a professional' man. many a preacher, has proved af . complete failure for want of persistent effort. There has been enough native talent,( there has been sufficient education, there' has been ample opportunity, but neverthe* less life ha* bad a very meagre outcome.' The discomfltted soul has laid the blame on a score pf persons and things, but has not seemed to realize that want of welldirected and persistent effort is the real cause. It js not genius, it Is not oppor-^ cunuy, 11 IS not luvunuia cuvuwument that crown life with victory; It la rather steady, constant, earnest labor. One ray of sunshine does not melt the snows of winter, one little wave does not wear away the rugged, rock-ribbed coast; but ray following ray, wave following wave, will surely melt snows and disintegrate rocks. It la ceaseless digging that removes mountains. It takes as much genuine faith to dig as to fly?and even more. .< . The Debt Christians Owe God. \ A Christian has cot the shadow of a claim.' upon a luxury which he cannot afford. If, in prder to spread bis table more bountifully',' or dress his children more beautifully, or to reside in a fashionable community, he is spending money that belongs to his creditors or assuming risks and obligations under which he will continually chafe, ho Is doing wrong. And no obllga* tion resting upon him Is more just than the debt which he owes to God. Whether he tithe bis income or halve it, he is bound . to have an understanding with bis Lord and to fulfill it, even if over and again he has to forego a luxury ? that seems to him to be almost a necessity. A Christian has no right to a luxury which materializes him. The one thing he Is afte* v. ;i? is strength and symmetry of spiritual life. If sonte splendid picture of the holy mothei or of kneeling saint or of transfigured Christ as it hangs upon his wall heartens him for the day's work, makes him more true and tender, then he has a right to It if be can afford it. But if he buys his picture* -.|y by the yard, simply that he may tell his vlst. x-M. tor how much he paid for them, that luxury Is making him less rather than more of a man and is, therefore, baneful. " i 3ct8 Singing the New Song. * 4 -32 An anecdote is told of Peter Mackenzie, 9 Wesley an preacher in England. He was preaching once from the text, '"And they sang a new song," and he said: les, tnort will be singing In heaven, and when I gel there I shall want to have David with hi* ,. < harp, and Paul and Peter and other saints gather round for a song. And I will an? uounce a hymn from the Wesleyan Hymnal, Let us sing h?mn,No. 749,* ''My God. i my Father, while I stray," But som# one will say. "That won't do. You aij in heaven. Peter; there is no staying here. And I will say, "Yes, that is so. Let us sing No. 651. 'Though waves and storms go ovei my head.'" But another saint will say. ' Peter, you are in heaven now, you forget there are no storms here." ell, I will trj again. No. 536, 'Into a world of ruffian* sent.'" "Peter! Peter! some one will say, "we will put you out unless you stop giving out inappropriate hymns," and I wlii ask. "What shall we sing? And they wili say. "Sing the new song, the song of ilosea and the Lamb."?Evangelist. r>, Joy Follow* Sorrow. * ' Gird up your loins, and keep the strong staff of faith well in hand. Trust youi Guide in the dark. You are safer with Him in the midnight than without Him in the noonday. He will not suffer thy foot to stumble. Why you have been brought into such dark hours, you know not now; buf you will know hereafter. Tart of the delightful discoveries in heaven wiil be to And out what was strangely mysterious to us on earth. Push on cheerfully, and imitate that pilgrim in Bunvan's allegory whose song in the darkness revealed him to the other pilgrim who was journeying near him. If sorrow camp with us over night, joy cometh in the morning. It is not a very long way to heaven after all, and the hard pulis, sharp conflicts and dark hours on the road will make heaven all the brighter. "Meek souls there are who little dream Timi* ftnilv ?trffn An nncfrtl'^ theme. Or that the roll thi?y take so calm Shall prove In heaven a martyr's paltli.'* Holine** Thrive* In the Open. St. Simeon Stylites may stand tor thirty years upou his tower; he may wear the twisted rope upon his loins; he may have his leg chained to a crag; he may live on his pillar of three cubits, or twelve cubits, or forty cubits from the ground, with the sua upon his head, and the hoar-rime upon his brow?but this life is not necessarily a life of holiness. Holiness thrives best in the open world, where danger and temptation, [ trial and human sorrow,deepen and quicken the nobler powers of th* soul.?Adds Jlebtjrtjjnn Brown T.indsav. Ph. D. ' Tli* Itocketeller Monolith In Position. \ Tho ltockefeller monolith, the greatest monument of Its kind in the world, is at last in Lakevletv Cemetery, Cleveland,' Ohio. It took six months to transport the I main shaft from the granite works opposite tho cemetery on Euclid avenue to its resting place in the cemetery. The base stnnfl wpi'jhini? seventy tons, has been out in position*. ItTis sixteen foot square. Tha shaft is flftv-two feot high, and weigh* eighty tons. ? i-arenri urantea Last meal Iurt The number of patonis granted aad' trademarks, labels and prints registered at' the Patent Ofllee, Washington, during the last fiscal year was 25,401, agatast 24,275 for the preceding tw3lv<j months. - w " iv.Vi'vis&S