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every country in the world but seven 1 Italy, Austria, Russia, Iceland, Bel gium, Sweden and Greece The United States leads, as matter of course, there being 7,644 societies and 45s,640 members in this country. Canada has 3, ,448 societies and Great Britain 2,442; Australia comes next with 943; India follows with 116; Madagascar with 93; Japan with 50 and other lands with less, away down to Laos, Asia, with one.
 The organization is, and was from the first, intended to be strictly denom- national, the object being the build ing up of every church in which it finds a foothold, even as the object of the first society was the building up of the Williston church of Portland. But the Christian Endeavor society levies no tax, exacts no tribute. It may offer counsel, but it never seeks to control For the purpose of facilitating the ex- | tension of the work, a central organiza- tion, the United Society of Christian Endeavor, has been formed, with head | quarters at GAG Washington street, Boston. But this central society re- ceives no contributions, it's expenses be- ing entirely met by the sale of Christian | Endeavor publications and supplies. Of the officers of the United society, but one, Secretary Baer, draws any salary from the society, President Clark and Treasurer Shaw deriving their support from the Golden Rule. This periodical is not published by the United society, but by a private corporation. The | Golden Rule is taken in every country where there are English speaking mem- bers of the Christian Endeavor societies.
 The first two annual conventions were held in Portland, Me, the third at Ocean Park, near Old Orchard, Me, the two following at Saratoga and the next, in 1888, at Chicago. Year by year the attendance has been growing, but the officers were hardly prepared for the 5000 delegates who presented them selves at that gathering. The next one, held in Philadelphia, had 6,500 dele gates; the next, at St. Louis, more than 5000, and the next, at Minneapolis, over 14,000. Unprecedented as was the attendance at Minneapolis, the number of delegates at the next (eleventh) con- vention, held in New York, was more than doubled. So numerous were they, in fact, that no accurate computation was feasible; but conservative estimates put it at 350oo, by all odds the largest number that had ever gathered in one place to attend a convention of any sort. The next convention was at Mon- treal, Canada, the first held outside the boundaries of the United States; but despite that fact and the counter at traction of the worlds fair at Chicago, 18,000 delegates invaded the Canadian city, to the amazement of it's inhabit- ants. At Cleveland, last year, 25,o00 were present, and other amounted thousands were kept away by the Debs
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much is said these latter days, and in crowd of wen-bred, tastefully gowned ladies she would probably be passed by unnoticed, unless attention were att tracted to her face by her singularIy attractive smile. She is a few years her husbands junior, petite, of dark complexion, with black eyes, and hair in which the silver has not yet begun to show. The doctor is sometimes called Father Endeavor" Clark, per haps because of his initials, F. E., and Mrs. Clark has occasionally been termed "Mother Endeavor."
 There are four children in the Clark family-Maud, aged r, Eugene 15, Harold and Sidney 3. Maud is in the freshman class at Wellesley college, where she is the youngest of the stu dents. Unlike her mother, this young woman is a pronounced blonde, and her
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will favor racing, no matter how hon. estly conducted, and their odd allies, the pool=room keepers, whose business will be destroyed by it.
 Mir. Hennessey has been the cham pion of the bill in the legislature, and his thorough knowledge of the turf and of parliamentary law has been of ines timab1e value to the bill time and again. His friends hope to see him in congress ere many years.
 The c1everest lightweight boxer in America to-day undoubtedly is Alfred Grifiths, more commonly known as ''Young Griffo." He is from Australia, and is a phenomenon in build as well as in skill. Only five feet two inches tall, his neck is as big round as John L. Sullivan's and his chest girth is all most as great as Jim Corbett's He is wonderf ally sturdy, and so clever is he in ducling and parrying that it is all most impossible to hit him fairly and squarely in the face. His deficiencies are a pair of bad hands, which cannot hit as effectively as they did five years ago, and a lack of shiftiness on his feet. So far, since his arrival in this country, he has either outpointed all the men he has fought or succeeded in making draws with them, except in one case, that being his bout with Jack Me Auliffe In that the referee awarded the victory to McAuliffe. The decision should have been draw.
 Twenty years ago Billy Edwards waa the champion lightweight of America, and, really, of England as well, for he outpointed it's cleverest boxer, and had he chosen to remain abroad he could easily have maintained the title against all corners. In his day men won fstic championships in bare-knuclkle fights, and they seldom boxed matches with gloves. When they did the gloves worn were the ''eight-ounce pillows"
 In his time Edwards was the best "elover" known, and among the men he defeated with them was Steve Tay- Tor, a heavyweight, who afterward fought John L. Sullivan. He has been out of the ring for several years. Near ly ten years ago he boxed Charley Mitchell in the Madison Square garden. Edwards did not weigh over a hundred and thirty-five pounds, while Mitchell was forty pounds heavier. The police stopped the bout in the third round. Mitchell had the best of it.
 Though Edwards is now in his fifty third year, he is willing to box Griffo four rounds, provided he has a guaran- tee of a satisfactory amount of money, win or lose, for so doing. Griffo has not received the offer with favor. He and his packer say that "there would be no honor in defeating an old man. " There might be considerable money in it, however, and as they are eager for money, many think that the honor DOT ton of the affair is not the real reason for their nonacceptance of Edwards offer It might be very unpleasant to
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eign nations and citizens for vessels. The civil war and the change in the material construction from wood to iron enabled England to become al most supreme in shipbuilding. A change has taken place in the last ten years. America is again forging to the front as shipbuilding nation.
 Our new war steamers far exceed in speed, armament and ability to travel long distance without recoaling those of any other nation. China and Japan will, in the next five years, spend mil lions of dollars for new war steamers If we resist successfully the eighth at tempt to wrest the cup from us, which will be made next September, at least half of this money ought to be spent Tn our shipyards, and doubtless it will. That is why all Americans, regardless of political preferences, should desire the Defender to beat the English yacht, be she Ailsa or Valkyrie ILL, or, better still, the prince of Wales pct, the Brit annia.
 The English have long claimed, and their persistency in making the claim and in reiterating it has induced many to believe it, that they can build ships far cheaper than we can. This is fal- lacy Their frst-class ships cost more than we can build them for, as has been proved in the cases of the St. Louis and St. Paul. The cheap tramp steamers they build could not get a reg ister from the United States govern
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THEY.P. s. C.E. IN BOSTON
They Will Take the Town by
 Storm in July.
Fifty Thousand Delegates Expected-A so- ciety Having Over Two Million Members - The President
 and His Family.
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Prim old Boston town is making great preparations for the reception of the myriads of pretty girls and the multitudes of stalwart young men who will gather early in July, to attend the convention of the Young Peoples So- ciety of Christian Endeavor, and this is well, since the present prospects are that it will be the largest convention of any sort ever held on this edrth.
 Eight years ago, just after the sec ond of the Saratoga conventions, a man said to Dr. F. E. Clark, president of the United society, that it would not be more than a decade, probably, before the Christian Endeavor hosts would number a million.
 "I did not believe the prediction, !" said Dr. Clark to me, day or two ago, ''but now, two years before the expira- tion of the decade, there are two and a quarter million members, located in all parts of the world, and there is no tell ing how many more may be constrained to join the ranks. No; could not make any sort of calculation in that direc- ton. The growth has been most amaz- ing, but to no one more so than myself, and it is impossible to look ahead, even for single year"
 Although Dr. Clark was the founder of this marvellous society, he spoke with the utmast modesty of it's un- paralleled development in the fifteen years since he inaugurated the work as means of building up the Portland church of which he was then pastor.
 Dr. Clark is trife above the me- dium height, slender, though not un- duly spare, with graying hair and brown mustache. The lines in his clear-cut face would seem to indicate greater age, perhaps, than the forty five years to which he owns, but his eyes are younger by a dozen years. Next to his personal unobtrusiyeness, the characteristic that chiefly impresses itself upon the visitor is his sincerity, and this is due largely to the quality of his voice, which never strikes a false note and never wavers or breaks. Dr. Clarks voice is a rare organ. In or dinary conversation it is low-keyed, bat
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clear and distinct, without being pene- trative; distinctly pleasant to the ear, and without a hint of great volume.
 But when he steps upon the platform to address an audience, his tones roll out with surprising strength and carrying power. He has yet to find the indoor meeting place he cannot fill without apparent effort; he was even able to make himself heard to the furthest limit of the vast auditorium of Madison Square garden, when the convention was held in New York three years ago. Moreover, his splendid vocal powers lasted until the close of the conven- ton, and the same is true of the other two chief officers of the United society,
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be unable to outpoint the veteran and worse to be outpointed by him.
 There are precedents for and against such match. Old Jem Mace, in his day ''the cleverest man in England" at the age of fifty-fve attempted to box Charley Mitchell four rounds in Glas- gow, and was knocked out for his pains. On the other hand several years ago "Old Mike Donovan" the boxing instructor of the New York Athletic club, boxed six rounds with Jack Dempsey, when Jack was not only the champion of his class, but con sidered ''the Nonpareil of the Amer ican ring" To the surprise of Demp- sey's friends Donovan really had the best of the go, though the referee de- cided it draw It was this bout that first drew attention to the fact that Dempsey was not the invincible won- der that he had been thought to be. A
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then at one hundred sovereigns. Plate of this character is frequently over hauled. have no doubt that many American silversmiths would be glad to duplicate this 'cup" for s250.
 Since the cup was won by the yacht America, in the regatta from Cowes, around the Isle of Wight, August ?, 1851, the English have made seven unsuc- cessful attempts to recover it, and the expense attendant upon these futile attempts has been over s1, 1000, ,000. The eighth attempt will be made at the cost of Lord Dunraven and the other members of his English syndicate of not less than $50, 900.
 In the attempts to wrest the cup from us sixteen races have been sailed, in all kinds of weather, and of these only one was won by the English repre- sentative. That one was taken by the Livonia, in her race against the Colum- bia, October 19, 1871. The Columbia was disabled. The day before she had beaten her competitor nearly eleven minutes. In the succeeding races of the series the Sappho took the Co1um- bias place and beat the Livonia with ease.
 It is needless to state that the Eng fish would not have spent tithe of the money it has cost them to try to regain the cup merely because of it's intrinsic or sentimental value. They are too practical for that. They know that the cup is the visible emblem of naval su- periority, and that while it remains in our possession the claim that England is the greatest shipbuilding nation in the world is refuted by the fact that we won the cup from fleet of the best products of England's most capable naval designers and constructors, and for nearly half century we have laughed to scorn their attempts to win it back.
 Before the war American built ships and steamers were the fastest, the finest and most profitable that doated. Hun dreds of thousands of dollars were spent annually in this country by for
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rience and industry. Through his ef- forts it had been made known that there will be three great auditoriums- Mechanics hall and the two great tents-that a feature on Saturday, July 12, will be an open-air patriotic mass meeting on Boston common. Less has been said of the big meeting of "juniors' to be held after the patriotic mass meeting, but perhaps this will be the most interesting of all the ssdo- ings." About 1000 children under 14 will take part in this. There will be a junior choir and junior orchestra and about 100 will participate in the special exercises. Those who take part in these will, for the time being, rep resent the junior" societies in all parts of the earth, and will be appropriately costumed Thus the junior" repre- senting Alaska will be clad in Alaskan dress and will tell of the societies in that far away slice of Uncle Sam's farm.
 Another feature will be the holding of monday prayer and praise meetings at selected business places. These prayer meetings will be conducted by delegates, who will march from various headquarters, and the singing of reli- gious songs will be as much feature as the prayers and the exhortations. Sing ing is, in fact, one of the greatest features in general Christian Endeavor work. DEXTER MARSHALL
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Secretary J. ". Baer and Treasurer William Shaw
 Dr. Clark dresses in black, though his garments are not of the so-called clerical cut. His watchguard is of gold and so is the frame of his nose glasses. When he talks to you his eyes look squarely into yours and his attitude is careless and unconventional, his right hand being generally pressed against the back of his head or stuck into the trousers pocket in true American fash ion. His personal office is little room at the rear of the third floor of the building, 646 Washington street, Bos- ton, where he acts as editor-in-chief of the Golden Rule.
 Dr. Clark's family is as interesting as himself. Mrs. Clarl1's enthusiasm in Endeavor work has been of the utmost assistance to her husband, but it has always been secondary to her care for the junior Clarks. It is, perhaps, be- cause of her devotion to her children that she has done so much work for the junior branches, as the children's so- cietics of Christian Endeavor are termed. h her efforts along this line she has developed rare degree of ex- ecutive ability. Yet she is in no sense an apparent representative of the SO called New Woman about which so
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ment. They do not come up to our re-

ment. They do not come up to our re- quirements in many essentials.
 Regarding our prospects of retaining the cup, 1 can only say that they are fairly good, though it must be admit ted we have more to fear than ever be- fore. This is because the English have, reluctantly, adopted many of the features that go to make up the dis tinguishing points of American boats. Practically, the Ailsa is an American model. In breadth of beam, in shall lowness of hold and in her practically fin keel she far more closely resembles our boats than any in England. The Vallyrie III. will have to be fleet to beat her. l think the Defender, though, will be an improved Ailsa. Possession is nine points of the law, and any law yer will tell that it is easier, with a fair title, to hold on to property than it is to obtain possession of it. I hope it will be found so in the case of the Americas cup.
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blue eyes sparkle with the vitality of youth and perfect health. Though she is proficient in both Latin and Creek and fair French and German scholar, she goes in for physical culture with all the enthusiasm of the modern college girl, and her muscular prowess has just been recognized by her enrolment as a member of Wellesley's varsity rowing crew. Her father is especially fond of her, and her photograph is the most conspicuous adornment of the big desk in his little editorial den.
 The Young Peoples Society of Chris tian Endeavor was founded February 9, 1881, in Wil1iston church, Portland, Me-, by Rev. Francis E. Clark, it's pas tor. According to the latest reports, there are 3s, 7so societies and 2,226, 500 members. It is easier to tell where these societies are not to be found than where they are, for they now exist in
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0cean course Of the New York Yacht club, between the 7th and 14th of next September.
 The visible prize of this contest is the cup offered by the queen of Eng land, in 1851, for competition among the yachts of all nations. It was valued
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THE WORLD or SPORTS. Gan We Keep tho Americas Cup
 on This SideP Young Griffo Vs. Eilly Edwards-The Turf men of America and John 4. Hennes- sey-Dwyer's Prospects In England
 Growth of the Bicycle Craze.
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HE sportin g event par ex-
 cellence of the year, the one of m o st impor- tanee to Ameri- cans, is the con- { es t for the America's s cup,
 which will take naqo on t.ba
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AlHSf1cd $ cup.
 The turfmen of America owe a great deal of gratitude to Hon. John A. Hen nessey, member of the assembly for one of the Brooklyn districts, for his efforts in behalf of the Percy-Gray rac- ing bill. MT. Hennessey is young man, on the sunny side of forty, yet he is one of the best-informed and most entertaining turf writers in the eoun- try. Thoroughly honest himself, he has always advocated honesty in racing, and his labors often put him at variance with men high on the turf who were ever ready to ''pul off a good thing" by hook or by crook. These men and their methods Mir. Hennessey has fought in and out of season under his nom de plume, Black and Blue" and many job he has exposed, and many another he has frustrated. Last fall in the closing hours of the constitution al convention in Albany, an amendment to the constitution making it felony to bet on horse race was slipped through the convention along with number of
 
 constitution was submitted to the peo- pie for ratification at the polls the anti racing amendment was in the section containing the most desirable additions to the constitution, and it was approved by large majority of the votes. This winter bill was introduced by MT. Percy, which was afterward amended by Mr. Grey, and subsequently changed materially in committee, which permits racing in New York state and virtually allows wagers to be made between in- dividuals on the European plan. This bill has had the support of all the best turfmen in the state, including the Belmonts, August and Perry, the Keenes, the Lawrences; in fact, all in- terested in horse raising It's oppon- ents have been strict church members, who, through religious seruples, never
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-01
A NEW SCHEDULE

Adopted by tho Musoe bowling LeaEue.
Two Clubs Withdrew.
On account OF the withdrawal OF two
clubs OF the Muses Bowling League it
has been necessary to revise the seized.
ule OF games for tho second half OF the
championship season, commencing next
Monday. Tie playing nights now in.
clude every evening except Saturday.
The schedule follows:
Twelfth week - June 2. CHARTERED
Oaks ~. Independents; I. Naneles, w.
Daisies; ). II. c. Richards Va. Pen and
Pencil: G, Eldoradoa vs.. Bowlers;
Z, Brownies W. Americas.
Thirteenth week-June 10, Daisies ".
Americas; II, Brownies W. II. G.
Richards; 10. Nameless We. Pen and
Pencil; IL. Eldoradoa w. CHARTERED
Oaks; Il, Bowlers vs.. Independents.
Fourteenth veek-Junc II. II. G.
Richards vs.. Eldorados; IS. americas
Va. independents; 10. Bowlers vs..
Daisies; 20. Nameless va CHARTERED
Oaks; 81, Pen aud Pencil va. Brownc,.
Fifteenth wosk-Junc "a. America.
IS, CHARTERED Oaks; %. II. c. Richards
W. Bowlers; 26, Nameless IS. Brownies
q, Eldorados Va. Daisies; %, Pen and
Pencilvs. Independents.
Sixteenth week-Jnly l, Brownies va.
INDEPENDENTS; ., Americas W. Eidora-
dos; 3, n. G. Richards We. Chartered
Oaks; 1. Nameless VS.. Bowlers; 3, Pen
and Pencil vs.. Daisies.
Seventeenth week-July s. Daisies We.
Independents; 9. CHARTERED Oaks vs..
Brownies; 10, Americas Us. Bowlera; II,
Pen and Pencil va. Eldorados; 70,
Nameless va. Ii. G. Richards.
Eighteenth week-July 10, Eldorado s
vs.. Brownies; 10. Daisie. vs.. CHARTERED
Oaks; II. Americas vs.. II. &. Richards :;
IS, Naueless vs. Independents; l9, Pen
and Pencil vs.. Bowlers.
Nineteenth wcck-July %. Fl. G.
Richards VS.. Independents; %, Daisies
vs.. Brownies; "a. Nameless Va. Eldora.
dos; %. Bowlers va. CHARTERED Oaks; 90,
Pom and Pencil VI. Americas.
Twentieth veek-July 20. Eldorados
vs.. Independents; 80, Namcles We.
Americas; 81. Pen ana Pencil vs. Quar-.
tered Oaks; August l, Daisies vs. II. c.
Richards; 9, Bowlers VS.. Brownies.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-01
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turn, n distance OF fifteen miles.
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races oil any k'nu.
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