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bytefiAn congregation IN Philadelphia met
IN ware house In 1692. and In 1903 there
was still but one congregation there; now
there are 1851
Two memorable cpochs remain 10 be
noted. Sept. IA, 1717, the first general
synod met at Philadelphia, and organized
four Presbyteries; In 1929 the General
synod adopted the Westminster confession
of faith, striking out the passage giving
magistrates power I'm the church and de.
claring as the doctrine Of American Pres
byterianism that church and state should
forever be kept distinct. This Is be.
lieved TO have been tho first formal
declaration of tho American doctrine by
any representative body In the New World.
and ninety years more passed away before
the principle was fully incorporated in
the laws OF all the states. As soon as the
Revolution ended the Prcsbytcrians Of all
sections began 10 move for national or
ganization; IL was soon completed, and the
first general assembly met In Philadelphia
on the third Thursday of May, 1889. THE
unhappy divisions of north and south are
well known and recent; and as all other
divisions have been healed, the hope that
the hundrcdth general assembly will be
as truly national as the first is one in
which all patriots will surely join, be their
faith. their locality or their politics as
they may. For such happy reunion all
true Americans will hope and all Christians
pray j. II. BEADLE.
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An Actor In Honolulu.

Booth told very amusing story when
he was here last Of trip he took to
honolulu. when he was younger and
knocking about California. Some actor
came up from Australia who had stopped
at the Sandwich Islands. He intlamed
Booth ON the subject of that dramatic FL
Dorado. He scraped together all tho
money he could and went to Honolulu.
He had fifty dollars when he arrived.
With that money he hired the theatre for
five weeks at ten dollars week. He
found two or three people and made ar
rangement to give show It was to be
"Richard Ill" The two or three people
played all the parts. Ono man played
four. and ono woman two, and so on.
The question of billing the town arose.
lie managed to get some posters, but he
had nothing to stick them up with. He
bought a bucket of "poi" and some starch
or stuff that would help 1t. mixed his
paste and sent small Kanaka out to put
up tho bills. He didn't see any when he
went out. and investigation disclosed that
the small Kanaka had eaten up all the
paste and thrown tho posters away, He
begged some of his company TO stick
them up, but they We're all too high toned,
and Booth had to go off himself In tho
middle of the night and paste his bills up.
He said no came back with fifty dollars,
just as he started. and they had lived on
bananas principally San Francisco
Chronicle.
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There Is nothing that gladdens tho eyes
OF tho telegraph editor quite as much as
the magical 80" The compositor at tho
case likes to see II, too, for he knows It is
the end Of telegraph copy for the night.
The telegraph operator has fancy for
80" also, as. indeed. has every one who has
anything TO do with u telegraph or a news.
paper Office. This $50" means literally
''the end, and Is the signal that the tele.
graph report is complete for tho night,
but Just why It should DO SO or how this
came about no ono can probably tell with
any accuracy. but 1t is part OF code of
signals adopted by telegraph operators
long ago. They hit upon 1t at random,
doubtless. and 1t serves Its purpose salts.
factorily. By the same token tho figure
81" Is used as the signal. "Wait u min.
nte;" 80" and sometimes 12," means
II understands" "1S" means "trouble;"
"25" is "busy on another wire"
These are tho signals most commonly
used by operators engaged on ordinary
business or dispatches intended for tho
newspapers, but signals and ciphers are
used In thousand occupations The
train dispatcher has his code, and tho
signals therein save him a world Of work
and pounding Of the key. For Instance,
W may mean "train orders" and ''9' be
the signal used by the president Of the
road. When '0' flashes along everything
on tho wire gets out of the way, Just as
everything Is sidetracked when the presi.
dents car comes whizzing down the rails.
1t can be readily undarston3 hon, ,bo.,
signals save time and labor. ON the
principle that stenography is better
adapted to the condensation of phrases
and sentences than longhand; In a single
hgure world OF meaning can DO ex.
pressed. but to the overwoked telegram
editor. who has been shaving all night
with his head close to gas lamp, aud
whose brain is buzzing and sizzling, tho
signal '80' Is the sweetest and the dear.
psf OF them all.-Chicago Tribune.
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FROM ONE OF THE noxEs,

Rev. DIR. J. II. Day, Of Newburg, N. Y.
Rev. DIR. j. q. w. Cox, of Iowa, read tho
hymn, When l Survey the Wondrous
Cross and after the singing Dr. Il. Nc
Chesney, who presided introduced Bishop
Q. IL. Fowler, of San Francisco, who read
his text, then laid aside his glasses and
spoke an hour and quarter without ref
erence to manuscript, holding tho rapt
attention of the vast audience to the last
word. His text was:
Whom God hath set forth to be Precipitation
through faith In his blood, TO declare his right
eousness FOR the remission of sins that are past,
through the forbearance of God to declare | saw
AT TINS time his righteousness, that he might b,
just aud the justitcr bf him which bellcyeth In
Jesus
Ills cNordium was sublime, thrilling
every hearer, and Is here presented as in
effect an analysis of tho whole sermon:
This is Paul's great statement OF the Atone
'neht Here we have Gods justice and righteous
ness, mans Sin and helplessness, Gods forbear-
ance and pardoning mercy through faith in tho
propitiattng blood of Christ We are IN the midst
OF a group OF majestic ideas. There Is hardly a
single truth In the whole round Of human thought
worthy OF absorbing the attention or firing the
ambition of an immortal being that u not men
toned or involved In this text As a great ruler
m'If !" surrounded by great statesmen and sup
p"' ~ great people, SO this great doctrine Of
n"'"HNn mu I IN surrounded by fundamental
'..' and It must he supported by vast prepars,.
'"h 'tlJ most estrnsiv- appliances for its proper
M'' ullnS It's proper presentation. Look at the
ny MY truths reaching out OF eternity and out OF
We'r 'nhnhte want TO grapple and appropriate o
"NN doctrine God, Righteousness, justice, man,
""'"ln, sin, moral government accountability
Immortality Judgment, the incarnation the diving
OF the Son of God, forbearance mercy, pardon
sh''t'"n' eternal life These are an infinite pat-
T'hohy IN themselves, the inheritance of the be-
never Forty centuries fun of struggling phiIos.
uphers never turned the telescope of human
Thought upon such a blazing and amazing qalaXy
Nhiy God can spread such armament above ma
ana tram our eyes 10 mark the march of Ills
lnlShty host Once 60 have considered tbss,
truths Is To he forever elevated above the plane ~
mere nature, and lifted out of the darkness OF
mere heathentsm. Henceforth God hath set forth
Jesus Tor your atonement Forevermore pardon
and heaven have once, at least, been within your
reach. '
Let everybody hear me. Art thou q philoso
phef' lost In tho depths OF thy own reasoningY
Hear me. For this statement that God has set
iorth his Son as Precipitation for our sins IN such
hstatement that IL II be true II does not matter
whatever else be false, and IL IL be false n does
not matter what else be true. Art thou a scholar
wearled with the weight Of thy knowledge, Hear
me Ihough this may seem 70 thee as il did TO
sne eefeeks-toolishness-yet 1t Is the wisdom OF
wv Afs thau a.hlnneT. tormented with thY
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Inherited
Diseases.

In the realm OF disease the facts Of In
herftance are most numerous and are daily
accunulrting. Here alas, they become ter.
rtble. fateful aud overwhelming. No fact OF
nature Is more pregnant with awful mean
Ing than the fact OF the inheritance Of
disease. II meets tho physician on his daily
rounds. paralyxing his art and fliling him
with disnay. Tho legend Of the ancient
Greeks pictures the Furics rs pursuing
families from generation TO generation,
rendering them desoiatc. The furics still
ply their work of terror and death. but they
are not now clothed In the garb OF supersti
tion. but appear in the more inteiligiblc but
no less awful form Of hereditary disease.
Modern science. which has Illuminated 40
many dark corners OF nature, has shed a
new light on the ominous words Of tho
Scriptures, "The sins OF the fathers shall bc
visited upon tho children unto tho third aud
fourth generation" Instances Of hereditary
disease abound. Fifty per cent OF cases OF
consumption, that fearful destroyer Of fami.
Hes. of cancer and scrofuia, run In families
through Inheritance. Insanity Is hereditary
In marked degree. but, fortunately, Ike
many other hereditary diseases. tends to
wear itself out, the stock becoming extinct,
distinguished scientist truly says: "No
organ or texture Of tho body is exempt from
the chance of being the subject OF hereditary
disease" Probably more chronic diseases,
which permanently modify the structure
and functions Of the body, are more or iess
liable to he inherited. The important and
far reaching practical deductions from-sucb
facts-affecting so powerfully the happiness
of individuals and families aud the collective
welfare of the nation are obvious TO refjec.
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ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY.
Letter From tho Assistant Foreman Of the Us.
livery Departmental Subject In which

Letter From tho Assistant Foreman of the Uo-
livery Departmental Subject IN Which
Thousands Arc Deeply Concerned.
About i've years ago suffered flOm pain ful
urination ana great pain ana weak moss in the
lower part OF my back, pain In the limbs, bad
taste in the mouth, disgust at food, ana great
mental and bodily depression.
live AT al York street, Jersey City, ana on
arriving home one night found copy of the
Shaker Almanac that had been left during the
DAY. / read tho article. wi hat is the
Disease that Is Coming Upon Us7" 1t de-
scribed my symptoms and feelings better
than l could II had written whole book.
My trouble was indeed "liks u thief n tho
night" for IL had been stealing upon me un-
awAres for years. l sen Tor Il bottle of Shaker
Extract of Roots, or Segel's Syrup, and before
i had taken one half OF II 1 felt the welcome
relief. In few weeks was like my old self
lenjoyed and digesteu my food. My kidneys
soon recovered tone and strength, ana the
urinary trouble vanished. l was well.
Millions of people need some medicine sim.
ply to act on the bowels. To them commend
Shaker Extract in the strongest possible
terms. 1t Is the geutiest, pleasantest, safest
ana surest purgative in this world The most
delicate women and children may take IL. One
point more l have all th5 more Coufiuou CO In
this medicine because IL Ia prepared by the
Shakers. may claim to be u rcligi GUS man
myself and admire the Shakers Tor their zeal,
consistency and strict business integrity.
What they make may be trusted by the pub
lie. w. ii. HALL.
For sale by all druggists and by A. }. White.
81 warren street, New York.
febH-lyd& ,Th&S
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When there are no more red Indians, or
when those who continue to exist are uni.
versally respectable Jaw abiding. hum
drum personages, what will the boy of the
future do for exciting literature2 Pirates,
1t need hardly be pointed out, are becom.
Ing In these latter days ridiculously scarce:
even In their former happy hunting
grounds off the coasts Of Sumatra, Borneo
and other East Indian islands traders
rarely meet with any of the gentlemen
immortalized by Marryat, Low and Louis
Stevenson, and score of other marine
novelists. When we come across q good
pirate story In a boys book, we nearly
always find 1t written In the past tense.
The same Is becoming true OF adven.
lures with redskins; but still there are
parts of tho American continent where the
'Comanche or Apache in his war paint
may even now DO encountered. This is as
1t should be. The misery which will be
inflicted on schoolboys when all tho desert
Islands Of the world are inhabited, when
p pirate will be as extinct as plesiosau.
rus and the few remaining red Indians
become walters in New York restaurants,
has never been taken seriously or system.
atieally into account. 1t Is an outrage on
boyhood to deprive 1t Of tne chief field for
inc expansion of its Imaginative faculty.
London Telegraph.
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THE CHURCH AT JAMAICA.

programme includes not only all the gen.
eral interests of the church, but an inquiry
into and presentation Of the most interest.
1ng points In the history of the denomina-
tion, the systematizing of methods of evan.
= gelixation. and, most important Of all,
perhaps, measures for complete reunion
Of the Presbytcrians north and south.
Representatives from both general Assem-.
blies will attend, concurrent meetings will
be held in the Academy of Music and In
Horticultural hall. and prominent minis.
ters and public men from both sections
will address these meetings.
In the Academy of Music the moderator
Of the southern general assembly will
preside the first day, Justice William
Gtrong, Of the supreme court, on the
second day. and on subsequent days Gov.
ernor Alfred Nj. Sales, of North Carolina,
and others; and this meeting will be ad.
dressed by Senator Benjamin Harrison. of
Indiana; Hon. Randolph Tucker of Vir.
giniA; DIR. Theodore L. Cuyler, of Brooklyn,
and other eminent divines, lawyers and
statesmen. In Horticultural hall the
moderator Of the northern general assem-
bly,. Gen. Daniel II. Hill of Georgia; Gov
crnor Beaver, of Pennsylvania, and others
viii preside, and the leading themes will
b. discussed by Hon. w. O. p. Breckin-
ridge, Of Kentucky; Rev. Howard Crosby,
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ITO veteran actor who had looked out
from that stage on tho fashionable audi
ences which there drink delight from
standard opera and classic drama, tho
view from the same place that Sunday
afternoon would have been startling
novelty. Directly below him In the PEN
he would have seen score of reporters
and as many delegates; back of them the
whole floor filed with Methodist preach
ers and eminent laymen, presiding elders
and doctors of divinity, college professors
and professional revivalists, men eminent
in the pulpits of many cities, and scattered
among them few preachers Of the old
Peter Cartwright stamp. with here and
there general, ex-governor. prominent
journalist or well known politician All
around them the boxes and lower circles
were filed with ladies, very few
gentlemen among them, while nj the
Top OF tho house were men and boys of
that class which Is accustomed to 40 out
between the acts. But no one went out
after Bishop Fowler had spoken his first
sentence. On the front of the stage were
Gen. Clinton Fisk, the preacher of his
day, two or three bishops and the pre-
centor; behind them tho drop curtain
Tho view bordcred on the sublime, and
there was no need of scenery to heighten
the effect. Such was the scene from the
stage front.
From the southwest corner of the room
The, view was really grand while the
bishop was speaking. From that point
his commanding figure appeared well out
TO the front, and behind him appeared the
boxes and circles on tho north side--all in
fine relief from floor TO skylight The
audience, except In the circles above the
boxes, contained substantially the same
elements ns attend the daily sessions of
the conference; and the fervent 'Amenr
Lord, grant itp and other responses to
tho bishops fiery sentences. showed tho
body to be thoroughly Methodistic. The
singing was congregational. led by pre-
centor and accompanied by tho great or.
gan; and 1t seemed us IL almost every one
In the room joined In the great volume of
harmony. President Spence. Of the Grant
Memorial university. read tho opening
hymn. %. for Thousand Tongues to
Sing;' Rev. DIR, Leroy NJ. Vernon offered
prayer. and then came most effective
reading of that sublime chapter In Isaiah
describing the sufferings Of Christ. by
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regiment Joseph Fifer served until dis.
charged in 1864. During the siege Of
Vicksburg, when tho Confederate Gen.
Johnston threatened Grants rear and
Sherman attacked Johnstons works at
jackson, Miss, young Fifer fell, shot
through the lungs by Mimic ball, and
came very near dying from the wound.
When his term of service closed Fifer
went TO Bloomington and en- red the
Wesleyan university there. After four
years of study, during which he sup
ported himself and studied law at tho
same time, no was graduated, aud with
an additional year of study Of his profcs.
sion In 1859 began practice for himself at
Bloomington.
Since that time Mr. Fifer has been an
eminent lawyer, states attorney and
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=.
IT must not be forgotten that the Dutch
OF the Seventeenth century were Calvin
istic. and so the founders of New York
city were well inclined to Presbyterians
who had to leave the other colonies.
Among the first settlers In Massachusetts,
were several Preshyterians. who readily
affiliated with Puritans and other Separa-
fists; but somewhat later Massachusetts,
grew more intolerant and many of her
Presbyterians had to follow the usual
line of her religious exiles to Rhode
Island and Connecticut. Thence they
crossed TO Long Island, and at q very
early date that region was dotted along
its whole length by Presbyterian churches.
The Presbyterian elements in the Amer
lean colonies were made up from the fol.
lowing sources. their proportions probably
u the order named: North Irish (com-
monty called Scotch Irish, but many were
Of pure English stock), English, Scotch.
Dutch. French and German. The north
Of Ireland contributed enormously--400,.
600 within century. 1t is claimed-and
their children were the most enthusiastic
anti -Britons- Froude insists that one
half Of Washington's and Gates armies
werc OF Irish exile stock-"Scotch. Irish"
land though We must discount this
somewhat owing to Froudes peculiar
bias, yet 1t Is undoubtedly true that the
Presbyterian Irish settled in the colonies
with feelings very unfriendly to the
British Tories. One glorious fact is con,
ceded by the harshest critics: The Pres.
byterian churches In ITS SO were unani.
NOUS for American independence The
utmost research in those states where
Toryism was rampant has failed to show
single Presbyterian minister who was
nnfriendly to the colonies, though it is
possible. Of course. that some individuals
wore Tories.
Long Island, South Carolina and New
York city received another interesting ele-
ment about 16S5-l700. In the former
year Louis XIV, Of France, revoked the
edict Of Nantes, and some 400, 900 French
men fed from their country. MANY of
enese came direct TO South Carolina; Others.
eu brief stay In various parts of Europe,
came TO Long Island and New York city'
= French Presbyterian church was estab.
nshed In New York city in 1888, one ON
ststen Island In 1885, one at Charleston
y, In 1856, and at Boston and New
hnchsiie =. f-soon after The first Prss.
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There is something worth thinking
about in the remarks of a Buffalonian re.
turned from California: Americans ma.
tive born have no idea Of the Importance
Of owning land. They have let foreigners
come here and buy hundreds Of thousands
Of acres Of land, and just because 1T was
cheap the American citizen wouldn't have
It. The result Is that when the values
rise, as in many cases out west, the
foreigner was the one to prift by it. In
San Francisco you will find great many
very wealthy Cinnamon who own valua.
bls blocks OF stores and fats. and who are
powerful competitors of the American
merchants The rich Chinamsn can
knock out tbs rich American when 1t
comes to buying goods In China for export
to this country, and so it goes. Every
young native born American, Of whatever
parentage. should acquire at least some
real property II he expects to keep up
with the band wagon in the future,
Chicago Herald.
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about $50 pounds, though his franc Is
larger than Is indicated by his weight, and
he possesses great physical strength.
Lyman B. Ray. candidate for lieutenant
governor. was born In Vermont, but early
settled In st. Charles, In Kane county,
where he was employed us clerk In a
dry goods store From there he removed
to Grnndy county, and engaged In mcr-
chandising on his own account until last
January. when he retired from active busi-
ness. In 1872 he was elected to the llli-
nois legislature, and ten years later was
sent to tho state senate. Mr.. Ray Is 80
years of age.
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In Mclean coun-
ty, Ills, where his
father opened u
farm. Here liv-
ing in O log cabin
young Fifer spent
four years. Then
upon the opening
of the war no went
to Bloomington TO
enlist In the Union
army. Tho T'hir.
ty.third Illinois
volunteers,i In
which he was en-
rolled, was one Of
the best In the
aorx.s.a la tltg
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WIS ~ pflt liiil'
Cairo and Vim
cennes railroad,
In 1882 he waf
second vice presi
dent and treas,
urer of the West,
ern Indiana Rail,
road. In April,
1883. he was made
assistant manager
of the Milwaukee
and st. Paul, and
two years later
becam o general
IN anager. His
salary as presi'
lapt will ho COX
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supplied with eli.
ergy. and is a
tireless worker at
anything he un
dertakes. He has
been u member Of
the Knights Of
Pythias sin C 9
1860. and his name
Is q household
word among the
members of that
order. The Doug.
lass lodge, No, 81,
which he organ
lied and which
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member of the I'LL
nois state senate.
He Is described as
20 feet In height,
spare In flesh, of a
swartby, rat h or
dark complexion,
keen black eyes,
with a heavy head
Of coarse black
hair, now begin
ming to be tinged
with gray. Iii s
carriage IL erect,
his movem en- I s