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THE BIBLE.
Manuscripts of the New and the Old Tes-
 taments Often Rewritten.

Manuscripts of the New and the Old Tes-
 taments Often Rewritten.
 The New Testament, as we know it. comes down to us after having been kept for hundreds of years in manuscript form by the priests, fathers of the church, , and others. The writings have been copied and reeopied probably scores of s6imes, at least as often as occasion re- quired, being always renewed before becoming unintelligible by use and wear. The two oldest of these manu- scripts now known are the Codex Seni- aticus and the Codex Vaticanus, each of which dates from the fourth century, A. D. The languages originally used ill this work were Hebrew and Greek, but after the year 300 A. D. the manu- scripts were all, or nearly all, written in Latin. The last mentioned language was that adopted by the Roman church i'll their translations and was known as the 'Vulgate, because commonly used in the churches As far back as the sev- enth century portions of the Vulgate were translated into old English, and it was also the version used by Wiekliffe Saff yCIlIJ' l uANcJ ehuo bAo1k pAoaOOo9oo1o . and was the first book printed from movable type, 14505.
 Tyndale' S version was from German translation of the original Greek, made by Martin Luther.
 The authorized version, !" or King James, translation, was made by 1T of the most eminent British scholars and was finished in tho year 1911. The Latin Vulgate was the main version used by them; but, so far as they were accessible, other manuscripts, both in the Greek and Hebrew, were consulted and compared.
 The manuscripts of the Old Testa- ment have had similar experiences, hay. ing been written and rewritten thou sands of times since the first collection was put in writing by the priests and leaders of the Israelites, about the year 1500 B. C. All of the older copies have, of course, been worn out or lost ever since long before tho birth of Christ. the oldest copies in manuscript form now i'll existence, so far as is known, dating from the year 500 A. D.-St. Lokis Republic.
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The Kaiser,s Uniforms.

The task of looking after the uniforms
 and other costumes of the Emperor Will liam is by no means a sinecure. All these different and greatly varying ar
 ticles of attire. as diversified as those at the disposal of star actor, are careful Fly kept, systematically arranged and in Large wardrobes, and at the head of the sdepartment is an official entitled the
 obergarderobier, who has under his com .1Aand two valets do ohambre. The nau- stical uniforms are placed under the charge of an ex-subofficer of the Ger
 man navy Before the emperor under takes any one of his many expeditions the obergarderobies is provided with an exhaustive list Of all the dresses and
 other paraphernalia that will be re- |quired. London Tit-Bits
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Forming Characters.

No human being can como into this world without increasing or diminish ing the sum total of human happiness not only of the present but every subse- quent age of humanity. No one can de- tach himself from this connection. There is no sequestered spot in the uni verse, no dark niche along the disk of nonexisteneo, to which he can retreat from his relations to others, where ha can withdraw the influence of lis exist ence upon the moral destiny of the world. Everywhere his presence or ab- sence will Do felt. Everywhere he will have companions who will bo better or worse for his influence It is all old say ing, and one of fearful and fathomless import, that we arc forming characters for eternity. Forming eharaetersl Whose? Our own or others? Both, and ill that momentous fact lie the peril and responsibility of our existence. Who is sufficient for the thought? Thousands of my fellow beings will yearly enter eter- nity with characters differing from those they would have carried thither had never lived. The sunlight of that world will reveal my finger marks i'll their primacy formations and in their success sive strata of thought and life --Elihu Burritt.
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Calvinized.

One very hot day the late Dr. George E. Ellis, tho historian, going to all in formal dinner with 6 friend, wore a very comfortable but unfashionablo thin coat and manila hat. 4 notoriously orthodox clergyman began 10 banter the Unitarian divine regarding his big straw hat, whereupon Dr Ellis replied that he would not have word said against that article of apparel, inas- much as it had been good friond of his for four years. Why exclaimed his friend, "how could 1t have lasted so long?n "Beeauso it has been Calvin izod, " replied Dr. Ellis. The host, m'a- understanding tho word, inquired with amazement how the hat could bo gal vanized. But Dr. Ellis, with a 7 twinkle in his eye, looked straight at the orthodox minister as he replied: T did not say galvanized. l said the hat had been Calvanized--dipped in briln- stone. ''-San Francisco Argonaut,
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For Frost Bites.

One application of kerosene, it is said, gives instant relief in cases of frost bite and chilled hands and feet without the tenderness and soreness fol lowing the use of snow or cold water or the disagreeable pain of thawing out.
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Idol Worship.

have never had the opportunity of examining the idol worshiping mind of savage, but it seems possible that the immutability of aspect of his little wooden god may sometimes touch him with an astounded awe, even when and indeed especially after he had thrashed it. "Rhoda Fleming" George Mere dith,
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Knew All About It.

Overheard in crowd watching bal loon:
 Mrs. Harris-How do they make the balloon go up?
 Mrs. Gamp-They toss some sand out to be sure Mrs. Harris-And what do they do when they want to come down?
 Mrs Gamp-They put some more in, of course. Pick Me Up.
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Lincoln's memory for the details of national business was unexampled, He recalled the particulars of every cabinet meeting with the most sorupulous exact ness.
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''The Feast of Fools" was name
 -giyen by the monks to the Christian holiday which took the place of the Sat urnalia.
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Needles antedate history. They were first made in America in 1880.
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Pembina. the Dakota city, is said to have an Indian name meaning red berry
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THOS. GREEN. Citv Bill Poster and AuctiouePr

Personal attention given 10 the posting up and distribution of advertising matter Of ev- reasonable. Office at A. j, Stewards, j F., 114 East Barraque street.
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comprehension. IT Maher would t1-v that with me I'll promise to jolt his head and neck for him. A dummy. not to say clever man, ought to have been able to stop Maher's rush wj4h a straight left handler or step out of harms way.
 Technically Maher is not worlds champion. Corbett had no more right to hand over the title to him than T have to deed away to friend house of which I have only a lease. He could only retire and let the belt and title be fought for. The press and pub lie, however, seem inclined to bestow the title on Peter, so we will let it po at that. He will have to fight for it anyway, so it is all the same in the end. JOSEPH B. CHoYNsK1.
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THE RAG MAN

THE RAG MAN. fly to his own book the work of another without giving the slightest acknowledgement, and the vic tim of the performance has called the dean contemptible pilferer. This eminent clergyman has always been supposed to be above such things, but the case against him looks strong. Much bitterness has resulted from other similar cases, for there is an evident tendency among English authors to plagiarize and palm off their ill-gotten baggage upon American publishers as new and original. This is known to the elect as the rag man method, and movement has begun to make an ex- ample of Farrar. The rag man seems to think. that this country is his open field, but now that he is found out he may deem it dangerous to put his head in the tigers mouth.
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MlGIIAh1 ARDOls. FTGHcD ant Irish doing the same. In case of actual war the metropolis would make fne showing.
 Some of the fiery oratory has not re ceiyed the most friendly treatment however. It is pointed out that the loudest takers are not the best fighters In the theaters the gags and puns are taking Monroe doctrine flavor, and one scene in popular farce introduces John Bull hurling bricks at farcical agitators. In truth it is wonderful how fiery the national ardor of the city is No one dreamed of this. The country is likely to have no lack of soldiers should there be any value in contem poraneous tendencies. The general opinion is. however. that there will moi really be any war We are likely tc arbitrate our difficulty. for the peace spirit on both sides of the ceean i, strong.
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ate stories sent out OUT OF IRELAND.
 from New York regarding the barrels of gunpowder, the guns and dynamite, to be purchased for the cause. There is now in circulation plea to Irishmen for money ito drive the snakes out of Ireland" snakes being a bubble for English. This circular is entirely un- authorized. It is well known that ir-
 responsible parties here have collected money for the home rule cause that
 was never heard of again. An impress sion prevails among Irishmen in New
 York that the pneposterous tales ot secret expeditions are being sent out with mercenary end in view. Con. all should be on their guard and refrain from being gulled by sharp CTS who have not the countenance ot responsible people. Besides, the Irish bodies in New York support themselves and want no outside help.
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THE NOSE" out of condition soon becomes a sick man in the ring. A punch or two in the stomach or over the heart will accomplish that. In his bat ties with Fitz and Goddard, Maher (his own fault to be sure) was utterly unfit. A few punches upon the points have named utterly prostrated him when he had the battle almost won. At New Orleans Fitz kept jabbing him in the nose, too, until he was almost strangled with the blood which accumulated in his throat. He was green boy then, and may have thought he would bleed to death. 1 was not there, but I was at Coney Island, and I can honestly say that l don't think he lay down there. He was simply exhausted from the fast and furious fighting he had been through. That told upon him on ae- count of his poor condition. Goddard's fine condition saved him, else he must have gone down before the fearful pounding the Irishman gave him in the first two rounds.
 Maher did not get the championship regularly, as Corbett had no right to assign it to him. But that doesn't count, as he will have to fight to defend the title.
 think Fitzsimmons will be the next man Peter will meet, and I think Fitz will win on the same lines as before and become the worlds champion. I count Corbett the greatest fighter on earth, Fitzsimmons second, and Ma her third, with Goddard, Choynski and Slavin (if welD up in the bunch.
 BILLY EDWARDS.
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 oUr I'LL Qu1T.' own eyes, how ever, I saw Maher deliberately Hay fiewn' on two occasions. The first was at New Orleans with Bob Fitzsimmons in lse2; the second, about 14 months later with Joe Goddard at Coney Island. AtNew Orleans he said to Fitzsimmons within the hearing of 50 people, in the 1Ith round: Don't knock me out. I'll auif." He did quit" in the next round At Coney Island he quit" with Joe Goadard in the third round, when he al most had the Australian dead to ths world. He didn't speak this time; he simply lay on the ground alternately squinting at Referee John P. Eckhart and the ferocious Australian who stood la the middle of the ring waiting for him to arise. Peter had a sufficiency, however, and would not get up.
 lay no store by Maher's defeat of UDonnell The latter is the rankest eounterfeit that ever stepped over a rope. He is worse even than Jim Smith of England.
 Scientists say that experience in any 6eh of action overcomes timidity. and Maher's admirers argue that Peter's victories will implant courage in his bosom in further contests. For the sake of many of my aequa;ntances I hope it may be so. am something of 2 skeptic, however, and believe that a hero, soldier or fighter is born, not made. Such a man was gallant Jack !0empsey, who faced that giant freak, |t$ub Fitzsimmons, when he know he W% going to certain defeat. He stayed 'Wlth Fitz, too, one round longer than 9g Peter did. And note the difference. skPn't knock me out. I'll quit" cried Aaher. T can't quit; you'll have to knock me out; l would do it to you |!za could, was brave Jack Dempsey's fePly to the Australians plea to stop aQa take Sl,ooo for so doing. Jack was |3 butehered, but the lions heart ss there Death was preferable to 26feat.
 4 Maher meets and defeats such 59ck-ribbed. iron-souled warriors as Joe safidard, Paddy Slavin and Joe Cboyn- 8 will believe that courage like wine proves with age.
 P. F. SPEEDY.
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.,,ortsmen throughout the land. 3s,ne 3a openly aver that Peter is an ar 'so | noltroon, while others as positively |s |Sse,.f that he is veritable Ajax, who not even fear the lightning. II he ss ouitter he is the first champion in sst ;c art who ever was. The handsome ,s,,no Trjshman has long and honora- ,1s list of victories to his credit, but '3,ere are two dark blots upon his es- ',,tcbeon. his defeats by Bob F1tzsim- ,,nDs m at New Orleans in 1892, and by fos Goddard at Coney Island a year Fer. It is openly acknowledged by aaber's best friends that he did "qult # 1s the 12th round with Fitzsimmons. 1s;s also asserted that he showed the b;te feather with Goddard, and gave {n the battle at the expiration of the '5,;rd round when he had abundant 'frength to go on. In both contests 5aber looked like sure winner when .he tide turned.
 qhe following opinions by five of the nost expert judges of pugilistic merit n the country cannot fail to be of ab- |xrbing interest to the public:
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The gaveI given to Mr. Reed by the Ham, tton club, of Chicago. Is made of wood grown on the estate Of Henry Clay TRhe R handle is birch and the head cherry Ihe and of the handle is q beautifully carved ivory eagle, brought from Japan by Mrs. Frank AIdrieh. It is fastened with or uatelv wrought brackets and hasps or solfd gold 1he head of the gaYel has goid anu
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with Great Brit ain sent the mili- tary fever up to boiling point and for weeks the clash of resound- ing arms has filled the metrop. oils and the de- mand for weapons of all sorts has in. creased amazing ly. It is curious  that every nation ality in New York has been infected with the prevalent spirit. The Ita,- ian societies have passed the mos.
 bellicose resoIu- tions, the Ger.
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Saved a Girl from Drowning.

Miss Katherine s. Ceiling has just been awarded testimonial by the Roy al Humane society. She is only 16 years of age, but while she was bathing on the coast of the Isle of Man last summer she saved life under peculiarly diff cult circumstances. She saw another young girl, Ellen Powell. out of her depth and sinking. Miss Ceiling was at this moment burdened with child she was teaching to swim Che could not desert her little pupil, and so she swan, carrying her on her back, to the drowning girls assistance, and man aged by. great efforts to get them both to shore
 An ordinary piano contains a mile of
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| d I y expedition against England is being formed in New York has met with thlaughable fail
 ure. There never has been any move ment of the kind in the metropolis and h e Ii s hm e Il whose names have
 been used for the purpose of obtain
 HE iuHuS =loI. d So-
 called = Liberators regiment denounce the scheme as a s1vindle. c a D t. Moran, the best known Irish-Amer ican of military
 proelivities, denies in toto the elabor-
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XI nm ( ssSnhrfs s,'ln rREs- dagger in hisrepu- M TO MAHER." tation. Unoues- 2naDly saa Maher is a great fighter. How sed . | wish he would give me a chance < u ttla out l have challenged him to ne and he cannot ignore that cbal.
 so on the score that 1 am a defeated 'sn' 'sn l have been conquered gvo by two <. e ana so has he. Jim Corbett and ' < goddard did the trick for me in tbe VI "ss, or hard battles. I have. how not ai%ays been willing and anxious n.ldss, es nm again. Fitzsimmons and 's oSfa defeated Maher, SO there we ES \ on Ia. par They may want a fipbt ela; a reter-I t know Goddard will-but 'ld ,a.m ilrst call, as l was first in tbe sld to challenge. ' 'n 'ne 'f.at aoht |, take much stock in Maber,s 'sras 's,as Of Of o'Donnell. The latter ap. :, +fso like dead man the moment T be < s,, 'n 'ne ring. His much valnted appeared to have vanished. How
 N ,Ouia possibly have let Maher cross pa;".' m''n a right handler early in the
 'n'ct and put him out, passes m rav ,v
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SPEAKER REEDS GAvEL.

silver nountings In Louis KY. design, in- closing a plate bearing the following inc Prackett Reed by the Hamilton club .Oa Chicago. 1895. As too much power leads 70 despotism, too little leads to anarchy The presentation speech was made py SS9h- Eressman Isnnund Foss.
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faJeiy mas an at-
 tempt to trip him
 up been made. It
 seems that a trade
 has sprung up in rehabilitated q b u {
 forgotten m a S ter pieces which con. temporary scrib- blers palm 0 fl as tn cir own. Now, however, it appears that eminent a IL tnOrS are 1nVolVed, The great D e a II F a T a r, W h o 8 c latest work relates to Chrysostom and has been heralded far and wide in our country, is accused by a fellow in Trim ity college, Dublin, of downright liter ary theft. That is, he transferred bod.
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HER HAS IM- bnab HIS JI1TOdb
 PROVED FIFTY was clogged with PER CENT. blood. He was whipped, and it was either stop or as- phyxiate. With Goddard at Coney Is land I know he did notquail. Hewas out of condition and simply punched into state of helplessness after furious battle. Since that time Maher has i'm proved 50 per cent, and is now the greatest fighter in the world beyond dispute. Moreover, he trains faith fully now for every contest, and is a strict teetotalar; he can stand bruis- ing contest His next battle for the championship will be with Lanky Bob if he can coax that foxy gentleman to fight. Following F'itz will be Goddard, Choynsli and Slavin; and Peter, bar ac- cident, will whip them all.
 ARTHUR T. LUagLEY
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On the lakes and rivers of the Spreewald may now be seen what the Germans can
 tretmotorboot, of which "treadmill boat" and bicycle boat" are equally imperfect electricity, petroleum nor naphtha is the factor of speed. but muscle aided by in- geniously contrived machinery. The tret- motor can be set in motion by one, two or three riders. The more riders, of course, the greater the speed. The wheel back of the last rider conveys the power to the
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A Game Man, Declares Billy Edwards.

5ELlE VII 1Se te T Maher to be a game. clever man. [ don't care what people say he has been.@We are deal ingwith the pres ent. notthe past. Courage cow ardice depen d upon conditions. A well man is courageous; a sick man eowardly.
 wan o,+;.oI-
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A o,,tter. Says Pat sheedy.

HE herolc SenI1- ment that there never was a cow ard where the shamrock grew, ]" is, think, belied
 in the case of Peter Maher. I
 may be mis- taken, and if so,
 I am willing to
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screw. At the rate of GO treads per minute the screw makes 500 revolutions in the same time. The last rider can also steer sails. As the simple machine can be ad- justed in any other wide boat, 1t is not nec- essary to build a specially shaped vessel for 1t. In order to maintain the equilib- rum, which seems difficult, as the riders are seated very high, counterweight of 200 pounds is adjusted to the stern.
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ttee to nm lV shoufd THIS PLEASES HIM.
 be corrected. Nor should it be imagined that Mr. Rockefeller is liberal only in Chicago. He regularly gives money, although anonymously, to New York objects. He likes, In truth, to do good by stealth. For instance, he dropped into the news boys gymnasium lately and was much amused at the cart wheel practice of the lads. The very next morning he caused a complete set of the para phernalia to be sent to the gymnasium at considerable expense to himself. He has taken great interest in popular physical culture and readily helps that cause. For all that, Mir Rockefeller is looked upon as a plutoerat and enjoys no great degree of personal popularity. He could never get an elective office.
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l E eAt u tsss'1 '. iAs'A J
 proposition on tn a t the present cham pion pugilist of the world by virtue of James J. Corbett's polite surrender of the title, Peter Maher, is a quit ,er" in 0 t h e T words, a coward, is
 b eing discussed in a quiet way
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THE FOND FAThER.Moreover, our men of millions are all very good papas, and they take adequate precautions to in- sure the safety of their little ones. George Gould, in particular, is one of the very fondcst of fathers. He carries his youngest about in his arms daily, and is not infrequently seen in his New Jersey home wheeling perambulator. MT. Astor is also q very loving parent. The little boy is quite man, and talks and laughs with great intelligence and enthusiasm. In word, the infant population of the metropolis Is very i'm portant, and no efforts to harm it could be made with imPunity. Whatever else may be said of our millionaires they are certainly the best of parents.
 DAVID WEcHsLER.
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A Note of Warning.

The attempt to persuade many peace able Irishmen that an organized mill.
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THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
Some Ebullitions of the Military
 Spirit Over Vene zuela-
Professional Plagiarists-Mr. Rockefeller Much Hurt by Malicious Inainuations- President Cleveland Writes to
 Bayard-The Astor Boy.
COPYRIGHT. Isga

It is amazing to observe the success of the plagiarist in New York, and only
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Joe choynski Would Test Him.

DON'T say Peter Maher is a quitter as some people do. l i'm pugn no m a ms courage. What chastity is t O a W om a n "heart" is to a
 fighter. To say that he lacks this quality is to n11t. a
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A Champion and No Cur, ouoth Lumley.

EYER MAHER is
 no quitter. When he succumbed to
 Bob Fitzsimmons at New Orleans he was a green youth and had a veteran of 100 battles for an adversary. Bob had jabbed him so fiercely and per- sistently in tn e nose and mouth that his throat
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The Resident plutocrat.

Mir. John D. Rockefeller is very much beset by the statement that he doubted
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an alleged attempt to kidnap the ba- 'bies of certain New
 Y Q r k plutocrats during their out i n g s in Central
 park. The con-
 spirators are said to have had the As tor baby, the Van derbilt grandchil- dren and the Gould tots in view. But f must be remem- bered that Central park is always very thoro u g h l y po-
 iced, and it would be simply impossi- ole to carry out my s u c Il m 0 h. strous and ridicu-
 n II ooncni1.eanxt