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RELIGIOUS READING.
aRANDMoTuER's; BIBLE:

dRANDMoTHER's' BIBLE:
20 vou' We brought me this costly Bible.
With its covers so grand and gay;
You thought must need new one
On my efghty-tirst birthday, you say;
Yes, mine is q worn out volume,
Grown ragged and yellow with agf,
With fnger-prints thick on the margin
But there's never missing page.
And the finger prints.call back my wee ones,
Just learning a.verse to repeat;
And again, in the twilight their faces
Look up to Inc, eagerly sweet.
It has pencil marks pointing i'll silence
To words have hid in my he'rt;
And the lessons so hard in the learning,
Once learned, can never depart.
There's the verse your grandfather spoke OF
The very night that he died;
'Whcn l shall wake in His likeness,
/, too shall be satisfied"
And here, inside the old cover,
Is date--it is.faded and dim,
For wrote il the day the good pastor
Baptized me-rve AL old woman's whim
That beside the pearl gates he.is waiting,
And wheni by and by shall go
That he will lead me into that kingdom,
AS into this. one below.
And under that date, little Mary,
Write another one. when die;
Then keep. both Bibles and read them
God bless you, child, why should you crYr
Your gift is q, beauty, my dearie,
With Its wonderful clasps Of gold.
Put it carefully into that drawer;
l shall keep it till death; but the old
Just leave it close by on the table,
And then you may bring me light,
And L Il read sweet psalm from its pages
To think of if wakeful tonight.
-[London Christian.
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TO EVERY CREATURE.

The Rev. Dr. D. McEwcn of Chaplain,
speaking at the Evangelical Alliance Confer
ence at Manchester, said: "The specia! WORK
of the Christian church today is the evangel-
ization OF the whole world. Conversion,
whether of the few or many, is the wo'k OF
God Himself; hut it is committed to the
church to take the Gospel message to every
creature; and the time has come, in the
providence Of Cod, when this ought to De
done, not in halting, teptatiye way eqt
OF discovery, the progress of International
commerce, and the translation Of the Scrip
lures, the speedy evangelization Of the hui
man race has come within the region OF prac-
tical Christian politics."
DR.. McEwen declared his belief that the
devotion of $4,000 workers, and the eXpen-
diture of fifteen millions sterling annually,
for ten years, would secure the carrying OF
the Gospel to every creature Oh the habitape
globe. This outlay of men and means would
not he thought great thing in any inter
national war; why should not the churches
of Christ combine to bring it about: II the
church will break up her cncampment ana
20 forward, Gods guiding cloud will move
on, and lead the way, so that no Red Sea, OF
Jordan, or Jericho of difficulty can come In
to prevent the victory.-[The Christian
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cIJIRcH WORK IN SUMNER.


Each season has its special opportunities
for work for the church. The winter season
invites to the aggressive and compact work
in the church, Of the church, by the church.
The summer invites to work OF larger
and more general nature. II, In the winter,
the work Of the church is the more limited
TO the ediice itself and 10 its immediate be-
longings, in the summer the work or the
church may take much broader range.
This work may go forth into neighborhoods
in which in the winter no SUIT. ut
holding q religious service. The out
door service Of song, with brief sermon, is
an agency which can often be employed in a
neighborhood in which evil influences are
pre.eminent. Such service could not be
held in the month Of January, for no room
could be secured in an ill-conditioned Leigh
borhood for holding it; but such service
can be held in June in the street. When
held in the street. the windows and the
doors of forty houses may be filled with au-
ditors, and hundreds Of auditors may De
clustered a OH the little organ which serves
as the rally ny point Of the service. In TINS
way hundreds are reached who could not
he attracted inside of church.
Such an agency the church should beeager
to use. Such all agency is less common IN
the American than the English city. LII
London, on q Sunday, 1t IS usual 70 Hhu d
service of song, with an address, held upon
many q street corner. This worthy custom
has been introduced to some extent into
American Christian work. 1t ought to be
introduced to the largest extent. Every,
church, or, what Il possibly better, several
churches uniting, should hold such services.
But we are not to forget that the msjority
of our churches. like the majority OF our
people, still live in the country. In the
country, too, the summer invites to speclal
forms of ecclesiastical work. 1t i5 the holu-
ing OF Sunday schools; it is also the hold
ing of Sunday services in the schoo'hol!ses
of each town. In winter the roads are dltti-
cult to travel. Schoolhouses must he made
warm, and frequently lighted. In the sum-
mer the roads are good and the sch00lhouse
needs no artificial heat or light. The peo-
ple, therefore easily assemble, and under
favoring conditions, both those who come
to instruct AMI those who come to be IN
instructed. In maEy schoolhouse on the
prairie in the mining camp and on the
mountain slope. there should be some pubic
service each Sunday of the summer.
In this aggressive work otthe church. the
pastor must be, As in every work. leader.
The work he may not do himself, but the
work he should inspire others to do. he
sbou d suggest work. He should, so far a1
necessary, make plans for the work. lie
should choose the strategic POINTS. lie
should point out the methods. He should
choose one or two leaders for executive de-
tail and management.-lTh Advance
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" Irish Potatoes"

The nutritious and indispensable tuber
called potato, because so potable, is in
digenous in America. Unknown on El-
ropeau tables until its seed had been in
troduced into the British Isles by Sir
Walter Raleigh, more than two centuries
ago, its cultivation was found to be just
suited to the soil, industry and capacity
of Ireland, and it throve elegantly"
there. BY the same token, the Irish
crop was at a premium in the English
produce markets. and "Irish potatoes
took the lead abroad; but as America
had its own potatoes, and a plenty, our
peop.S had no occasion to import any.
Our crop of the common white potato is
usually millions of bushels; then why
coll them s.Irish" potatoes2 1t is tu-
berculous misnomcr.- York Ojservsr.
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con WITHIN TIE CURRENT.

Away besi'le my old Scottish mansc the
flood-tide from the open ocean rushcs
through the islands in narrow rapid string,
and have often watched the fishermen
coming home from sco how they pulled and
toilcd to reach the rapid stream. for 1t always
bore them to their havens along the coast.
Even so within the circle of the means of
grace there are currents heaven-bound and
Strong, drawing man in loving kindness
near and nearer God. Be persuaded that
God is waiting to he gracious. listening I'M Ior
suaded also of this, that ye must avail your
self of the heaven-5ound currents, giving
diligence to make your calling and election
sure. It was when the eunuch was reading
"Esaias the Prophet, he found Philip the
Evangelist; and Zaccheus came down from
the sycamore tree to entertain the LGrd.-
REV. w. Thompson.
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A Stpn!head SaimOM.

The United States Fish Commission at
Washington has recently received a
steclhead salmon seventeen inches long
and weighing about five pounds, which
was taken from pound net in Lake
Erie. This specie was introduced from
the west coast, and number have been
planted in the tributaries of Lake Eric.
"The size of the present specimen would
seem to indicate tie prospect of the ulti-
mate acclimation of this important spc-
cies in the lakes. 1t attains 4 weight OF
thirty pounds, and in March and April
large numbers are sold in Eastern mar
kets un;..er the name of Kcnnebec salmon,
though the fish are obtained from the
Columbia River and the tributaries ol
Puget Sound. ."-Boston transcript.
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His Sea Legs Make Him o Batt =

Sailors, like horss&s5, have a ten.
dency to become bow:leggcd, and tina
peculiarly IS not confined to common
sseamen. An old admiral, whose long
sea service had given his legs decided
outward curvature, once had a singular
adventure on this account with ships
pet. The crew of the ship owned largo
black spaniel, and took great pains In
teaching him to jump. A man, standing
up, would put one foot against his Other
knee, thus making hole for Nep, the
dog, to make his leap through. Ths
dog always jumped through the aperture
readily, though if his trainers legs hap
peued to be short, it was sometimes q
rather tight squeeze. One day the ad-
miral came aboard from the flagship on
a visit of inspection. Happening to
walk to the forward part of the ship, he
stood there for q few minutes conversing
with the officer who had attended him.
Here he was spied by the dog. Nep
stood d moment surveying the admirais
bow-legs. Suddenly the dog made q
rush at the legs, and mad lesp through
the tempting gap. In astonishmenr at
the black tornado that had passed be-
meath him, the admiral whirled quickly
about to see what was the cause. The
dog took this action as a signal for an
ssencore" and jumped again. Once more
the admiral turned, and again the dog
jumped. The bewildercd face of the
admiral and the serious attention of Nep
to what he imagined was his business,
were too much for the gravity of the by
standers, and, forgetting the respect
due to rank, they all roared with laugh
ter. A sailor, however, had enough
presence of mind to break from tho
crowd and catch the dog by the collar.
He led him off, and as he did so Nep
seemed to wonder why he did not re-
ceive the praise due to such spirited e.
forts. The excited admiral got but an
imperfect explanation of the affair from
the spectators, for they could hardly tell
him that his legs had been used as q
kind of circus.hoop by forecastle dog.
Perhaps to his dying day the occurrence
was a mystery to him.-Aryonaat.
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TEMPERANCE.
OUR. NATIONAL. WALL.

OUR NATIONAL. WALL.
NY country, tits of thee.
Once, land Of liberty,
OF thee sing;
Land where my father died,
Land Of the Pilgrims pride;
Now cursed with runs foul tide
And hsllish ring!
NV native country, thee.
Once Of the noble free
Thy name love;
Ilove thy rocks and rills,
But now, thy damning stills
Thy woods and tempted hills;
Curse hill and grove.
Once music swelled the breeze,
And rung from all the trees
Sweet freedoms song;
Now, woman's groans awake
And orphans cries partake
The prayer, "Our chains, 0 breakt
Nor hell prolong."
Our fathers God, to Thee,
Authorof liberty.
Our prayer we bring;
From runs dark reign and blight,
Our land with freedoms light
Once more save by Thy might,
Great God, our King!
II. B. Kno,UlcS, in the Voice.
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A Petrified Forest.

In the western part of Humboldt
County there is petriied forest whose
trees are of enormous size. Near Alder
Creek there is one tree partly uncovered
which is over 100 feet in length and
fifteen feet in circumference. Numerous
other trees are found in the vicinity
which are also petriticd, in fact no living
tree is found there. The country In
which these trees are found is mostly
a!kali. The pctrifed trees resemble pine
70 q certain extent. There is scheme
on foot for the Nevada Worlds Far
Commissioners to procure one OF tina
trees ahd send it with Nevada's exhibits
to Chicago in 1898. A tree OF SOLID
stone would perhaps be one of the great
est curiosities at the exposition. Hal1s-
nucca (Ne0.) SIcer Stale. j
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EMOTIONAL RELIGION.

Thisworld has all too little joy and gladness
and outside of real, genuine Christian e1-
perience, there are but few people that know
anything of real sou-joy:; How strange,
have those who would attempt to show or
prove that these blessed experiences OF
peace. comfort, JOY and gladness are no part
Of genuine religion, and there is no differ
cnce between the holy triumphs
and exultant joys of the be-
Iieving Christian and the comfort that has
taken in the undisturbed digestion of good
dinner. Why not see that the latter is OF
earth earthly, and something that the beasts
Of burden can share, while the other is the
foretaste of eternal bliss and glory Of which
the archangels and the blood-washed saints
before the throne of God are partakers.-
BISHOP Mallalicu.
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per.s death. Madam Sontag took caro-. OF her
and her daughter after her: That was what.
the queen Of song did for her enemy. But
oh. hear more thrilling story still. Blind,
immortal, poor and lost; thou WHO. when
the world and Christ were rivals for thy
heart. didst hiss thy Lord away-Christ
comes now to. give, thee sight, to; give thee
home: to give thee hsaTen. with more
meet your need. With mora than a Sontags.
music, He comes to- plead for thy deliver
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THE UNHAPPY DRUNXARD.

The most Rev. Dr.. Mccormack, Bishop Of
Achonry, in recent pastoral says:
1--WE implore of you to stay all excess in
drink, and to stamp out that appalling vice
of drunkenness which is a stain upon our
national character, and. still worse, the pro.
life source of untold evils to body and soul:
That holy father of the Church who called
drunkenness the parent of ten thousand
evils formed O good estimate of the havoc
of those poor souls who unhappily become
enslaved in It's iron grip. Drunkenness is the
curse of the country, the bane of society, the
terror of the family, the heartscald OF the
wife, the misfortune of the children, the
shame of the parents, the scandal OF rehglon:
the joy of demons, and the highway that
conducts to hell. The unhappy drunkard
drinks to Others good health whilst he is
robbing himself of health, both corporal and
spiritual. Yes. drunkenness is the curse OF
the country from every point of view,
materially, morally, socially, and politi-
cally"
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CURIOUS FACTS.

A Kansas hog WelSns 1900 POUNDS.
Most "sardines" are sprats and pilch-
ards.
A Louisiana orange tree will yield
10000 oranges.
A Norristown tPenn.) family owns
forty y-seVen cats.
The United States declared war
against Tripoli on June TO, 1901.
A resident of Fort Worth, Texas,
claims to have a carnivorous COW.
A medical journal states that five
clergymen live as long as eight working
men.
The only official document Of Presi.
dent W. II. Harrison was his inaugural
address.
Generosity is national trait of the
Chilians, and the American tramps who
drift into Santiago are reputed to make
from $40 to $40 day by begging at the
doors of the wealthy.
A baby alligator, brought from Flor
ida five years ago and liberated in Lin
coin (A1e) swamp, has grown to a mon
ster that can cat dog, so the noble
Peaobscot Indians say.
The first German court of justice has
held a session in Heligolaud. The cal.
endar was a blank. The clerk registered
the fact that the court met and a1-
journed and all was over.
One of the finest collection of stamps,
numbering 100000, in the world is
owned by DR.. Lcgrand, of Neuilly, in
France. The collection is kept under
lock and key and is rarely seen by any
one but its owner.
The largest ship canal in Europe is the
great North Holland Canal, from Am
sterdam to Helder, ffty-one miles; CON-
pleted in 1925; 125 feet wide at water
surface, thirty-one feet wide at bottom;
depth twenty feet.
1t is said that chocolate is used in the
interior of South America for currency,
as are cocoanuts and eggs. Norway
even now uses corn for coin. In India
cakes of tea pass as currency, and IN
China pieces Of silk.
A log raft composed of sixteen cribs,
each sixty feet long, forty teet wide and
nineteen feet deep, is presently to be
towed from St. John, New Brunswick,
to Brooklyn. The cribs are to be eighty
feet apart, making the tow about 4OO
feet long.
A turtle four feet across the back has
been located in Current River, Missouri,
for fifty gears. The other day hunter
shot it between the eyes, but the ball
glanced off and inbeddcd itself in q
tree, while the futile swan placidly into
deep water.
4 Burmese woman, who was alarmed
by the long-continued absence of her
husband, consulted ''charmer" as to
the best means of securing his return.
She was told to place lighted candle
on her bed and leave the house for at
least half an hour. She placed the
lighted candle under her mosquito cur
tain and went away, only to return to
find her house and the adjoining ones
in flames. The fire spread and 133
houses were destroyed.
A Baltimore freak is a frog of good
size and trile light in color, but ap-
parently not different from any other
frog. The frcakishness developed when
his frogship was worried, when, instead
of hopping off or giving uttcrance to the
deep, sonorous note usually heard from
frogs, he simply opened his mouth and
cried. The frog is nothing if not hu-
man, and suggests both in tone and vol
ume a bad, pecvish child. The cry is
not single note, but several, and is con-
tinued even after the annoyance ceases.
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WORK OF THE BRITISH TT. r. A.

The fifteenth annual report OF the British
Woman's Temperance Association shows
that the past year has been the most pro-
gressve cue in the history of the association,
which now numbers 297 affiliated societies,
seven "Yn branches 10 new department Of
work started among young women), besides
an additional 193 reported as dependent up
on some of the branches and unions, making
total OF 497 societies. The work of the
association has been ably carried out by an
earnest staff Of speakers, and several ladies
have undertaken short tours. Two orga-
nizing agents, whose work shows very salts
factory results, cover q wide field in their
labors in some instances breaking new
ground in fresh neighborhoods, and also
STRENGTHENING the work in other parts
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NO LOOPHOLR.

Names new liquor law seems to have no
loop holes in it If faithfully executed it
viii make prohibition prohibit. Hotels have
closed their bars, druggists have disposed OF
their stock of liquors, and express companies
have issued stringent orders to their en-
ployes upon the subject. No one dares to
exhibit United States license even, for
that is evidences against him and Will lana
him in iail forsixty days and mulct him in the
sum of s1OO. Nobody as yet seems inclined
to test the law, especially since the temper
auce leaders have formed league with
500, 900 capital to enforce it.-Unton Sig
nnl
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If you have found your rut, stay in it.
You will have trouble, aud dissatisfac-
ton, and unrest, if yoa try to get out.
Tire your lie by tho clock, and do the
same things at the same time to day
you did at the same time yesterday.
1t msy not be an ambitious life to live,
but IL will be coatented one. There
is less wear and tear to it, and you will
live longer.
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live Logger

WIEN q man begins to grow old, his
eyebrows grow thick and bushy. Awo-
mans eyebrows grow thin and fall ort.
This is an unfailing sign of age, no mat
ter what othor youthful indications one
may POSSESS.
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Mrs. LANdTRY Is said TO have won
$780, ut the English Derby. The
Lily hos evidently discovered better
way of getting rich than wooing the re-
luctant dollars OF tho theatel going
public.
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IT is said thai in Boston person can
not be very bad and still keep up re-
spectacle appearances. This is some
thing the Hub should advertise ABOUT.
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aLoHENGn1N" will be seen at last at
the Paris Opera House. The minister
of the fine arts has given consent.
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A COMPLETE TEMPERANCE LECTURE.

Years ego the Blacklist Indians in British
Columbia were numerous and powerful
race. Up to 1861 they numbered over &C.
600: they were rich in buffalos and ponie'.
In 1881, only twenty years later, they nun,-
bered only $500: they were utterly denloral-
ICED and falling into decay. Father La
combe, Catholic missionary, explains this
decadence. 1t was the work of unprincipled
Americans who crossed the line with quau-
titles of whisky which they sold to the In
diaus. who, as is we'll known, are unable to
resist the white mans 'fre-watsr" Hun
Greds Of them died. sons poisoned, some
frozen to death while intoxicated and many
shot down by United States bullets Ths
smallpox came AMI those who survived trie
to drown their fears and sorrows in rum
They sold their robes and their horses for it
and then began killing one another At last
the Canadian Government sent the mounted
police, who found them in rags. without
norses or guns. The liquor traffic was
stopped and now prosperity is returning to
tho indians. During the last two years.
Father Lacombs says they havs purchased
20J0 horses to replacs those sold for liquor.
This history contains complete temperance
lecture. Henri Repicp.
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BOROUGH ITEMS
GLEANTNGS BY THE LOCAL
CORPS OF REPORTERS.
WHAT THE SCRIBES SEE AND HEAR
A Long List Of Town Happenings
Including a Case of Didn't
Know it was Loaded-Nar-
row Escape From Death.

Michael Lally, of the First ward, re
ceived pistol shot wound in the leg, just
below the knee yesterday afternoon and
will be laid up for several days in oonse-
quence Of the injury. 1t is one of the
traditional didn't-know-it- was loaded cases
Lally and Thomas Downey were handling
a revolver belonging to the latter and the
weapon was discharged. The ball entered
the leg just below the knee joint and was
ilattened against the shin bone. 1t was
extracted.
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PERSONAL.

I, F. Lundy, insurance agent of Will
iamsport, was in town yesterday.
Wesley Hammer, of Pottsvlle, trans
acted business in town yesterday.
A. L. Shay, of Pottsville, deputy district
attorney, spent last evening in town.
w. NJ. Hopes and Henry Fuhrmann, of
Mahanoy City, we're in town yesterday.
Morris Steedle, after spending several
days at Riverton, N. j., returned home
yesterday.
Miss Maggie Lewis, who spent several
weeks with relatives in town, left yesterday
for New York.
Morris Williams, of Chicago, who was
visiting friends in town, left this morning
for Wilkes. Barre.
M. ?. Fowler is in Scranton as member
of the executive committee of the state
league Of Republican clubs.
Miss Edith Miners returned home on
Saturday after spending the past few weeks
with friends in Pottsville and st. Clair.
Misses Carrie Williams, of St. Louis,
and Miss Jennie Williams, of Chicago,
who are the guests of Mahanoy City
friends, spent last evening in town.
Squire I. t. Williams, w. j. Morgan
and Max Reese, 'the Welsh trio" left
town this morning to attend the conyention
of the state league of Republican clubs.
j. F. Finney, NJ. H. Kehler and o. A.
Keim will leave for Scranton tonight as
delegates from the j. Donald Cameron
Club. II. O. Boyer and B. j. Yost will
also leave for Scranton tonight.