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THE NEWs EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

PRENTICE MILFORD, we'll known in New
York and California as a newspaper man
and philosophical writer, was found dead in
a canoe in the lower part Of Sheepshead Bay,
N. Y. For several days the canoe which
was covered by white canvas awning, had
been noticed drifting about aimlessly.
Dr. FoRDYcE BARKER died Of apoplexy in
New York City after an illness of only three
days. DR.. Barker was for many years the
foremost of American physicians. He was
born in Wilton, Me-, May 2, 1878. He was
of English descent, and the son OF physi-
clan.
BosToN's Ancient and Honorable Artillery
celebrated the 253i anniversary OF the forma-
tion of the corps.
SECRETARY BLAINE left New York, where
he has been ill four weeks, for Bar Harbor,
Me-, where he expects to spend the entire
summer.
THE Brooklyn Cooperage Works, Will
iamsburg, N. Y, were destryei by fire, caus-
ing loss of over $780, 900.
WALTER PFrEFER of Williamsport, N. j.,
and Willard R. Smith of Hallsville, N. Y,
freshmen at Rutgers College, were drowned
while bathing in the canal at New Bruins
wick, N. j.
THE sureties Of State Treasurer Boyer, OF
Pennsylvania, have placed upon deposit in
several banks $3.50 to make good the
losses sustained by the State in tae Delama-
ter and Jamison failures.
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RETRIBUTION.

It is easy to do what can never be uudone.
1t is easy by example or word or deed to lead
men and women astray, but not easy. when
we see our mistake and repent, to lead them
back to the right way. Impressing this truth
upon parents, Mr. Moody said in a recent
sermon in Boston: II remember being en-
gagged in conversation, some years ago, till
past midnight with AL old man. He had
been for years wandering on the barren
mountains Of sin. That night he wanted to
get back. We prayed, and prayed, and pray ed
till light broke in upon him; and he went
away rejoicing. The next night he sat in
front of me when I was preaching, and I
think that I never saw anyone look so sad
and wretched in al. my life. He followed me
into the inGuiry-room. What is the
troubeH l asked. Is your eye off the Saw
iour? Have your doubts come back?' No;
it is not that he said. Il did not go to busi.
ness, but spent all this day in visiting my
children. They are all married and in this
city. Invent from house to house, but there
was not one but Knocked me. 1t is the dark
est day Of my life. I have walked up to
what have done. I have taken my chill
dren into the world; and now 1 cannot get
them out"
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INSECTS BLOCK a TRAIN.
They Gave Forth q Sound Like Ex-
plodinS Torpedoes.

As the freight train going to the large
limestone quarries near Brighton Corners,
N. Y, approached an electric light that hung
over deep cut dark, moving mass. ex.
tending about sixty feet along the
track, was observed. The engineer
hesitated a moment, but not being
of an investigating turn Of mind de-
terlnined to plow through the obstruction.
As the wheels rolled over the mass loud,
cracking sound, like the successive explo-
sicns of toy torpe3oes, came from beneath
the engine. The progress of the engine be-
came slower and soon the driving wheeis
began to slip upon the rails and the train
came to stop.
An examination revealed the presence of
swarms of a peculiar insect which bore q
resemblance to the electric light bug SO well
known IN these parts, though the multi
tudinous poSsessorS of the track were some
what larger, the outer shell OF the back being
about the size and shape o. half shsngh hal
egpshell. 1t was this turtle like armor that
gave forth the cracking sound. The shell is
BLACK and partakes of the nature Of stone.
An examination Of the quarry showed small
holes bored in the sides which were apparent
ly the habitation of some insect, and the kind
found upon the track are believed to be
q species of lithodoms or rock boring
mollusk. Those who claim to know see in
these the sha low Of a coming hot summer
and precursor of the arrival Of the dreaded
electric bug. TO secure the shipment OF the
stone it was necessary to let the loaded train
from the quarry above come down the track
with a momentum sufficient to plow q
thoroughtare.
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THEATRE-GOING.

A very serious matter concerns the amrse-
men;s Of protesting Christians. see it pub
licly stated 10y men who call themselves
Christians that it would te advisable for
Christians to frequent the theatre, that the
character Of the drama might lie raised. The
suggestion is about as sensible aS If we were
biddrn to pour bottle of lavendar water
into the great sewer to improve its aroma.
Ii the church is to initiate the world in order
to raise its tone, things have strangely altered
since the day when our Lord said. Come
We out from among them, and touch not the
unclean thing Is Heaven to descend to
the Internal lake to raise itS tone? Such has
been the moral condition of the theatre for
many O year that it has become too bad
for mendng, and even if it were mended
it would corrupt again. Pass by 1t with
ayerted gaze; the house Of the strange wo-
man is there. 1t has not been my lot ever to
enter a theatre, during the performance Of
play, but have seen enough when have
come home from distant Journeys at night,
while riding past the playhouses, to make
me pray that our sons and daughters may
never 20 within the doors. 1t must be q
strange school for virtue which attracts the
harlot and the debauchee. 1t is no place t0r
u Chris ian, for it is best appreciated by the
irreligious and worldly. If our church.
members fall into the habit of frequenting
the theatre, we shall soon have them going
much further in the direction OF vice. and
they will lose all rel sh for the ways OF Gou.
Theat rr-going. il it becomes general among
protesting Christians. will son prove the
death of the piety.-[SpurSeon.
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why She Died.

While attending patient in my
earlier professional life-a woman who
was in the first stages of intermittent
feyer-I found one day on making my
usual call, small congregation of wo
men assembled in the sick room. AS ]
entered 1 heard the remark: My cousin
Samantha's husband was tux iist this al
way only lasted niue days"
YES" said o slow-spoken, florid
faced, tieshy woman, "my daug hter's
husbands sister had the same sickness
she's got, and we had the funeral in
week-just week to day from the
time she was tooken. I went to the
funeral and counted forty teams in the
procession.
What be yer givin'. dcctor?' asked
third. II tasted on it and it pears
like rhubarb and gingshaug to me, and
of 'tis. why, la! 'twont do her bit ol
good.
Doctor, did ye ever try pennyroyal
tea ?" asked another. My Aunt Han.
ner's father-in law, who doctored round
here nigh onto tnirty-seven year used
ter say as how it did beat mater, how
much good poultice did, made of car
rots and 'lasses, and he always had one
put OH. Shan't we try one, doctor?'
"Elderberry juice oil sasafras an
Scotch snuff was what cured me
when was same as she is" volunteered
another.
Il writ to her mother last night, that
there wasn't no hopes and she'd better
come at onct and take care of the young
ones" said IL small, vinegar-faced, lean
woman, who was sitting in a remote
corner.
My patient did not recover. How
could she? Poor thing Neighborly
kindness killed her. She had not the
strength of Samson, neither had she the
toughness of Thanksgiving turkey
Bitter Sweet in ArkansdaO 1raUeler.
BoU1ANGER has again blossomed out as
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LATER NEWS.

BENSON JOHN LOSING, the historian, died
suddenly at his home in Chestnut Ridge, n.
Y. The cause of death was valyular disease
Of the heart He was bora in Bssknan,
Dutchess County, N. Y, on February IL,
1873
The Supreme Court Of Connecticut de.
cide1 that the ballots marked "for" in the
last falls election were illegal, thus sustaining
the Democratic position.
Two men who were fighting fire in the
rag room of the Patton Paper Mills, at Ap
pleton, Wis, were smothered to death.
FIVE men were killed and three wounded
by an explosion Of the boiler in saw mil
at Bedford, Ind.
A TWO story frame house in Chicago ILL.,,
fell down aud killed three men. The houss
stood on cedar posts and the men had gon.
10 under it to escape the heat of the after.
noon and to drink bssr.
In the case Of Robert Sigel, son of General
Franz Sigel, convicted in New YORK Of for
gerry and sentenced March 81 1889, to six
years Imprisonment the President has di-
rectei that pardon issue at the expiration
Of two years AMI nine months Of actual i'm
prisoament.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY NETTLEToS's plan
for restricting paupsr immigration has been
approved by the President and embodied in
a circular which was sent to all the steamship
companies bringing immigrants into this
country.
NJ. VEaErN. Paris broker, is defauiter,
with liabilities Of 81, 100000.
FIVE Buenos Ayres banks have been com.
PEELED to close their doors.
LIGHTNING caused terrific explosion at a
dynamite factory, at Schlebusch, Germany.
Several persons were killed and many were
injured. Thirty-si1 buildings were struck
by lightning at Vienna, Austria, two chill
dren were killed and many people were
badly injured.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

THE Prince of Wales's bal health is caus.
Ing anxiety.
EX-PREs1DENT CLEVELAND has a remark
able memory for faces.
THE King Of Greece is the most economi.
cal Of European monarcis.
LORD SALIsBURYs ancestors were mem.
bers Of the English Cabinet 300 years ago.
WILLIAM WALDORF AsToR, the head OF
his family, is the greatest real estate owner
in the world.
EX-SENATOR WADE HAMPTON is sug.
gested as the next President Of the South
Carolina University.
BRET HARTE's income in England from
bis work last year was SIS, 900. while hn
American revenue was little less thar
S1600
TIE widow of James z. Polk is eighty.
eight years old, but appeared as sprightly as
young woman at the wedding Of a niece in
Nashville, Tenn, the other evening.
GENERAL THOMAS T. EcKERr is paid $685..
600 year as manager OF the Western Union
Telegraph Company. and DR.. Norvin Green
gets $4,000 as the companys President.
The present Czarina of Russia is said to
be the most popular Empress the nation
ever had. She is loved for her charities
and is as bright and clever as she is elegant.
DAVID MEEKEa died few days ago at San
Francisco. Mr.. Meeser came to California
in 1850, was a partner OF Senator Stanford
and was prominent mau in State politics.
NJ. NJ. PoNERoy, familiarly known as
Brick, is, about sixty years old, and wears
chin bearh. He resembles county Meth
odist parson. Humorous writing consumes
only portion of his time, as hs Is engaged
in mining operations near Denver.
The Rev. Thomas F. Gaylor, the new
Episcopal Bishop OF Georgia, is only thirty
FIVE years old. He has refused hattsriny Of
fers from wealthy parishes in New York and
Illinois, and is at present Chancel llor o. the
University Of the South, at Sewanse, Tenn.
PHILLIPS Brooks Of Boston, is descended
from the Rev. John Cotton, whose ma aesake
was Cotton Mather, the famous preacher Of
the New England colonial days. Several
others of DR.. BrookSs ancestors were di.
vines, in both his mothers AMI his fathers
line.
MRS. MCKINLEY, wife of the ex-Congress.
man, is an invalid, but most patient and
sweet tempered woman. She cannot walk
without assistance because Of injuries TO
her spine, and she never goes out without her
husband. Whenever her husband is away
from her she constantly keeps his photograph
within easy reacl.
ONE Of the successful lawyers of the Pa
cifc slope, son Of the famous John C..
Breciinridge and brother OF the Kentucky
Congressman, bears the curious nans Of
''Owen County" Breckenridge. He was born
, on the day, 1858, that.his father was nom!-
Letcher, and as that result was brought
about by the vote of Owen County, the
grateful candidate bestowed the name on his
new born heir.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
EVERY EYE SHALL BEE HIM."
Revelation T., 4,

1fEnI ElE SHALL DEE hlns
Revelation l., Z.
When first to this polluted earth
The holy Saviour came,
So humble was His place Of birth,
Few cared to know His name.
His lowly form no comeliness
To mortal eye possessed; -"
No beauty in His grief-ma-red .faes
Revealed the heavenly Guest.
But 10! with clouds lie Gomez again,
The crown upon His brow;
And every eye shall see Him then,
And every knee shall bow.
Thine eye, o Thou with soldiers spear,
Or with more cruel dart
Ofunbelief, reprOach, or smear,
Who pierced the Saviours heart.
Thine eye, O Thou in pride who dost
His great salvation scorn,
Or by neglect Thy son1 hast lost,
Shall look on Him and mourn.
Thine eye, o weak and trembling saint,
Whom sin makes often sad,
Who, though pursuing, oft art faint,
Shall see Him and be glad.
Thine eye, O Thou whose faith is bright
With jov in One unseen,
Shall see Thine everlasting light,
Without cloud between.
Oh blessed hope, oh joyful thought,
For those who know His grace,
That when the fight of faith is fought
They shall behold His face!
To work and wait, to watch and pray.
With lamps kept burning clear,
Be this our service day by day,
Until the Lord appear.
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FIGHT IN A CEMETERY.

Roughs Attack G. A. r. Veterans
One Killed, Two Fatally Hurt.
While the Grand Army veterans of the
R. F. Whitlergill Post were decorating
graves at Whitesville. KY, gang of about
fifty hoodlums raided the cemetery. They
attacked the speaker, dragged him from the
stand, which they upset and demolished.
They then tore up the flowers from the
graves and drove every one from the ceme-
terry.
Later they renewed the attack, and two
veterans, named Morgan and Marte!l. were
severely cut. A regular battle followed.
Hundreds joined in the melee. Knives,
stones and clubs were the weapons used. The
citizens turned out to help the soldiers. The
fight lasted half an hour, and was bloody
affair.
Burrel and John Taylor and Dave Smith,
roughs, were fatally cut, the former having
since die1 More than twenty-five persons
were wounded. At last the despsradoes fed,
pursued by all angry mob.
The attack was simply the act of drunken
mob who wanted to fight and got it.
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yoaLpLISEss IN THE CHURCH.

The Christian at Work speaks thus of
"worldliness in the church." and calls US as
Methodists to account: ''The greatest dam
ger to the church of God today springs from
the spirit of worldliness which is invading it.
The lust Of the eye and the pride of life af.
ford the most subtle and perilous forms Of
temptations. Thousands are unconsciously
subjected to these temptations and become
their victims without being fully aware Of it
themselves. So little do they know their
own hearts and secret impulses that
probably they would resent with
scorn TIE accusation Of being
worldly and of entering the sanctuary to
show off their fineries or to see the hats and
c,oaks of other ladies. Yet this is too often
and too sadly the exact truth. The proof OF
it is, that y:lch people stay away from Di-
vine services when they have nothing to
wear which means when their garments
are just little out Of style; or when they
cannot hope to see 4 fine array of ne* hats
and flowers. Our Methodist brethren used
to preach much against devotion to dress.
Dothey do it yet?"-[St. Louis Christian
AlyDcate.
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REBELLION IN HAYTI.
HippoIyte Suppresses 1t With Prompt
ness and Severity.

In dispatch from Hayti it is stated that
an a5ort.ve revolution had baan attempted,
during which the insurgents broke open the
prison and freed soma political suspect, in
clrcerated by the Government.
The rebellion was suppressed Wa great
severity, AMI order is now restored, at least
in appearance:
President Hippolyte was never seriously
menaced, as the army remained faithful, but
it was for moment feared that the rebels
would set fire to the towl.
The President was attending solemn SER
vice in the cathedral when the rebellion
broke out.
Forty of the leaders of the attempted rev.
olution were shot and the Department of the
was likely to s overthrow Hppeiyts.
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CONSISTENCY.

A woman came to Mr.. Carr at the close OF
one of his Bible readings, and said. "You
told the truth, today. My husband is an
infdel, but he did respect Christianity a
little until one nightI took character in a
drama played in our church. That night I
lost my grip on my husband. am afraid I
shall never get it again." The church that
resorts to broom-drills and dramas and mum
socials and fairs and festivals to raise
money Is without the faith that
takes hold on God. A genuine Holy
Ghost revival is thing unknown. Fathers
have lost their grip on wayward sons, moth
ers have lost their, grip on unconverted
daughters. the church has lost her grip on
God Down on her knees in sackcioth and
ashes before Him who drove the buyers and
sellers out Of the temple, let such church
plead with God for mercy, promise to fore
90 all worldly measures for money-making,
and regain the lost grip."-[The Illustrator.
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Washington.

THE Navy Department has completed its
plans for torpedo boat, sister craft OF the
Gushing.
THE official trial Of ths United States
steamer Newark's engines and guns at sea
was very satisfactory.
The latest correspoa 1encs regarding the
Behring Sea controversy was given out IN
Washin gton, but it dos; not indicate that
there will be closed season o: that status
has been res chad from wnica it can b, hoped
that the matter will b, slbnittsi to arbitra-
tion.
THE debt statement shows that the increase
of the public debt during tn. month Of May
amounted to 1922. 81. Total cash in tas
Treasury, s697, or, 3S&97.
SECRETARY FOSTER announced that the
AZ per cent. bonds would be redeemed Sap
tember 2, and that their extension would bs
hereafter considered.
THE final trial of the new United States
cruiser Newark took place, and the vessel
proved to be very satisfactory. Sho was run
loo miles out to sea i'll heavy sea and bad
weather. Her machinery worked we'll and
she proved to be very steady vessel.
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At Nashville. Tenn, the decoration Of
Federal graves in the Stone River Cemetery
and the National Cemetery, was attended to
in the presence of immense crowds. At Muir
freesboro ex-Cougressman A. Il. Pettibone,
Of Knoxville, delivered an grafton, and at
the National Cemetery, E. P. Allen, OF
Michigan, was the orator Of tae day:
Memorial Day was observed in San An
toni,, Texas, with grand parade of mill
tary and civic societies. c. W. Ogden, ora
tor al the day, addressed TO- 900 people.
Reports from all parts OF Kansas snow
that Decoration Day was more generally OBJ
served in that State than ever before.
At Denver, Col. the troops stationed at
Fort Logan headed the long line in the
parade. The school children presented
wreath of flowers to each veteran.
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SYMPATHY.


Those of us who have lost little children
feel prompting within US to speak word
of comfort to every parent who is passing
through similar experience. We cannot
do good to others save at a cost to ourselves,
and our own Affections are the price we pay
for our ability to symrathize. lie who
would be helper must first be sufferer.
He who would be n savior must somewhere
and somehow have b,en upon o cross; and
we ;nnot have the highest happiness Of
life in succoring others without tasting
the, cup. which Jesus drank,
and submitting to the baptism wherewith
He was baptized. Every real Barnabas
(Son of Consolation) must pass to his voca-
ton through seasons of personal sorrows
and so arain we see that it is true that "by
these things men live" The most comport-
ing OF Davids psalms were pressed out OF
him by suffering, and if Paul had not had
his thorn in the flesh we had missed much
of that tenderness which quivers in so
many of his letters.-[The Rev. W. NJ. Tay-
lo:, D, n.
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MARINES KILLED.
Fatal Accidents on Board the Cruis-
ers Yorktown and Concord.

Fatal Accidents on Board fhe Cruis-
ers Yorktown and Concord.
A steam.pipe aboard tbs United States
cruiser Yorktown burst while the crew was
practicing target fire, killing two men out
right and severely wouniing several others.
The Yorktown islying near the town Of the
same name in Virginia, having just been
overhauled at the Norfolk Navy Yard and
pronounced seaworthy in every respect.
There was also an accident that same day
on the new cruiser Concord, which is at pres
ent at anchor in Hampton Roads, by which
two fremen lost their lives. From some cause
or other. not at this time known, the main
steam pipe of the ship burst and thu two fire.
men were scalded to death. The men We're
named Fletcher and Wright and were Eng
lishmen. They were burel in the ceme-
iery at the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth,
Va
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FIVE DEAD.
A Boiler Explosion Sends Scalding
Water and Iron Flying.

Water and Iron fIylng.
4 terrible accident, resulting in the death
of FIVE men and the woundiug of eight 9TH
ers all dangerously, occurred in j. I. Jor-
dams saw mill, near Bowling Green, Va.
The men were at WORK near the engine
room when the boiler burst, and they were
caught in shower of missiles ani scalding
water, several Of them being buried out of
sight i'll the ruin.
The uninjure rushed to the rescA. Mel
ical aid was Immediately summoned, and
everythin. done to relieve tna injuries OF
those taken out alive The killel are: Will.
ian Seer, Lawrence Hayes, William James,
john Fry (co.or,d!, Wesley CAtlett
Seven other colorsd man AMI one white
man were rescued alive, but their injuries
were 80 serious that all may die. The cause
of the explosion, wlich completely wreclei
thu mill building. was not definitely ascer-
tanned.
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THE LABOR WORLD.


NEW YoRK's 5000 tinsmiths will unionize.
ENGLISH workingmen's clubs are increas-
ing.
KANSAS CITY butchers clerks have a
union.
PARIS cab and omnibus drivers won their
strike.
CHEAP Italian labor has invaded Ger
many.
The Pennsylvania coke strike has been
settled.
THERE are LOCO, 600 trades-unionists in the
United States.
EVANSVILLE Qnd.> miners will run CO
operative mine.
TIE Pennsylvania Railroad system en-
ploys 1911 engineers
BaAsswoREERS will form national union
In August at PittsburG.
THE Beaver Falls (Peun.) Cooperative
Glass Company is prospering.
OF Uncle Sans II, 500, 900 cotton spindles
4,5OO, 600 are in Massachusetts,.
THE average Fay Of New York's 1900
working girls is SIXTY cents day.
New YoRK's unemployed are more than
ever and steadily increasing in number.
Two pairs Of turned shoes in ffty-ssveu
minutes is the record of Lynn (Mass.) shop
THE Knights Of Labor salespsople have or
ganized the United Mercantile Statesmen Of
America.
THE Central London Railway will run
three worxmen's trains-fare for six miles
two cents.
BY stopping work Belgian laborers COM
PEELED the Government to give them the
right to vote.
The operators of sdene Of the Iowa mines
threaten to import colored miners if the work
is not resumed.
SOME New York carpenters struck to
make a contractor grant eight hours to his
Newark N. S.l employees.