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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
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? International Mhletic Sports |?
| to Be Held Annually. I \
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The great international athletic tour- 8
ney is over and England is the win
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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
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(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
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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
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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
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) 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:
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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
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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
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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
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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'
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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
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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 :
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pectorals, properly pendent from the
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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
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.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
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?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.
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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,
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GOD'S MESSAGE TO MANi 1
PREGNANT THOUCHTS FROM THE
WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS. '
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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.
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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.
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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.
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