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the two succeeding campaigns, and at his
last election he carried Massachusetts, by q
larger majority than had been known since
the war.
Harvard gave him his degree OF B. A. in
1870, just the sane. and at the last reunion
OF the class Of SO at Parkers T. T. Green
halge was in tho chair. He and L. l.. Ste
two most notable debaters in me class. The
traditions OF the institute OF 1870 arc filled
with bouts which Greenhalge had with other
members OF III" soriety.
The history Of Governor Greenhalge's ad-
minstration contains some elements OF cX-
ceptional interest. and which served to give
1t a distinctly courageous and disinteresteu
character, but perhaps tho most portcntous
thing in 1t. in view of what has now hap
pened, Is the fact that the Governors el-
gagements averaged 300 year: they
reached 30 high figure as $50 the first
year that he was in office In addition to
his public e1tra-offtcinl appearances within
the commonwealth Governor Greenhalge
represented the State at Chattanooga in Sep
tember and at Atlanta in November. 1895; lie
gave On address on John Winthrop before
the New England Society at Brooklyn. n. u,
In 1894. having previously delivered 4 poll
ticsl address before the Lincoln Club at Del
monico's In New York City.
There is pathetic significance in the fact
that the last official act of Governor Green
halge was his message to the Legislature
on the oath OF February, announcing the
death Of Ex-Governor Robinson.
Mr.. Greenhalge was married in 1872 70
Isabel Nesmith, whose flther, John Ne
smith, was acknowledgements Of Massa-
chusetts in 1862. Ha and three children.
Frederick B., Harriet Nesmith and E:charI
Spaulding
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THE IDEAL LIFE.

The ideal life for this world is not vision
ary, other-worldly, ghostly or unreal.
Though not constructed on an angelic pat
tern, the life Of man on earth is divine God
made Adam not less than Gabriel; and for
all our purposes In this mortal stage 1t is
better to be man than an angel. The ideal
man Is clothed in flesh and blood; he Is
human, of the earth earthly. II this had not
been the best fashion, God would not have
80 made man. We should never attempt to
make ourselves into anything unlike the
pattern. The ideals Of the church have too Of
ten gone away from humanity they have been,
ghostly, unreal, out OF touch with human
tty. It never seems to occur to the makers
Of saints that they have gone away from the
Pattern Man. Jesus was human, with red
blood In his veins; He walked among men
and discharged all the duties in His human
relations The most human man was also
the most Divine. The ideal life on earth is
first of all loyal to the throne OF God; the
law and direction come from above. At the
same time the sphere OF duty is on earth
among our various human relations. The
ideal man Is q soldier OF Jesus Christ, armed
aud equipped, ready for the word OF com
mand to 20 to the hardest part OF the field.
The saint of the desert or the monastery is
of poor quality compared with the actual
contestants In life's battlefield. The
saints of the calendar with their hair
shirts, uncut nails and unkept hair, make
Door showing beside st. Paul and st. Peter,
or Luther, Knox and Wesley, who entered
the human arena and fought with the beast
in man. Such will hear the glad acclaim
the last day: "Inasmuch as ye did 1t unto
one OF the least Of these, ye did it unto Me"
In this moral conflict the powers Of the true
man are best developed he makes the most
OF himself in doing the most possible for
others. To do duty on earth is really the
best preparation for heaven He who has
discharged every duty here cannot fail to
find an abundant entrance and an ample re-
ward over yonder.
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AS SEAMANSHIP.

Expert seamanshipincludes today knowl-
edge of the ground under the sea- A sound
pilot once saved steamer at night, sinking
in furious rainstorm and almost utter dark
ness, by feeling his way into harbor with
the plummet. That is the value OF looking
down wisely and at the proper time.
"Of soundings" the way is found by the star.
Nearing the coast, wise mrn "heave the lead"
to find what is down below. So with our
Christian walk and service among men. We
coast along the world, and plain sailing by
the courses is, rather exceptional proceed
ing. When good thing is to be done,
the best practicable way to do it Is
q still great question, and IT We
undertake to reach our end by .
straight line, We shall take the ground" :"
and have to be pulled off, or never start
again. Practical and practicable Christian
work is steering amid rocks and shoals.
Ideal courses Of right must ever be cherished
but they can seldom be followed out with
success just az one may conceive them.....:
aseau ship, one may 20 too fast and
too far on right course. For there comes
tinn Il crisis, when the right course shifts
its direction and righteousness itself requires
q change. The reversal Of an originally
right course, ut the proper time, Is simply
d-ow'.~ a"k he ship from the shadows
n. Y. Evangelist.
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At Crlsaeli, Nd, three children Of Mel.
son Parker, the oldest aged fonr. were
burned TO death. They were locked in 6
room by their mother. who had gone to 9
neig ghborS on an an errand.
At Eureka. South Dakota, a gasoline
stove explosion caused tho destruction OF r
B. Puckrtt's house and the death OF Mrs
Frank PuoSett and her two chl irsn. Hattie
aged seven, ami Clarence, agec iour
At F .orence. 8. c., the business portion o.
thu town was destroyed by fire. The los.
was 100000. George Williams, a printer
was burned to death. Tho State liquor dis
pensary and the Western Union Telegraph
Office were destroyed.
At Troy, N. Y, the Grand Jury handed
lown indictments against the Western Uniol
Telegraph Co:nDuny, the Troy Telegrs9 9l
and Telephone Company, and the Troy Gu
Company. The Indictments are the result
Of the recent fire in the Burnett Building
where four lives were lost. The charge
criminal negligence in maintaining overhead
wires.
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BALTIMORE AVID OHIO BANKRUPT.
Tho Oldest 2 ,ilro I'll in the Hands Of Re-
ceyers.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pauy is in the han!s OF receivers. Judges
Goff and Morris, Of the United States Circuit
Court, at baltimore, Nd, named John L.
Cowon. and Oscar G. Murray to take cnarse
o. the Affairs o. t ie corporation.
The immediate carlse OF the appointment
Of the receivers was the failure Of the com.
papy to raise the noney necessary to pay the
interest due. This amounts to $4O4 900, and,
In addition large amount OF car trust notes
had to BIZ urovidei for.
Ey many the Baltimore and Ohio is re-.
garded az the olde:t railroad in the United
States. The first stone Of tho road-bed Was
laidin Baltimore on July 4, 1928. with rather
elaborate ceremony. The line was opened
Tor traffic 10 1880 rs far as Endicott's Mills,
the cars oeipg urawn oy horses. The first
engine vas put on few months later. 1t
Was designe by Peter Cooper. The system
today comprises about $3.50 miles, with
capital stock o. $500 1885. and bonded in
debtednpss OF about S75, ,G00,0J0. The main
line extends from Philadelphia to Chicago.
It also has New York terminal. the nucleus
of which 10 the Staten Island Rapid Transit
Company, connection being made with the
New jersey Central at Roselle.
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DISASTERS IN NEW YORK HARBoR.
Three Serious Accidents Occur During
Thick For

Three Serious Accidents Occur During b
Thick Fog.
Three serious maratime accidents occurred
in thick fog that heaped itself on :he waters
OF New York Harbor.
The Atlas line steamship Ailss was at
anchor in the Narrows just below Fort
Wadsworth. She was run down by the
French liner La Bourgogue. The stem OF
tho Frenchman cut halfway through the
Alsa's bow and the wafer rushing in stopped
her engines Some Of the Asa's crew put
of from the steamer IN the only avail
able lifeboat. They refused to take
aboard the women who were OF the Ailsa'S
fourteen passengers. The Ailsas Captain
stared for the shore at Fort Hamilton to
beach her, but she sank In thirty feet OF
water. As she sertled the passengers, the
officers aud those of the crew who stuck to
their posts took to the rigging, which re-
mained above water. They were resued by
tugs.
The steamship George W. Clyde, Of the
Cyde line, was In co lision with the Wyan-
oke, OF ths Old Dominion line. The Wyan-
oke struck the Clyde on the port side. cut
ting O huge cash from rail almost to keel.
Foue passengers were on the Clyde. she
was heached, full o; water, on the Long Isl
AMI shore.
TIE New York. OF the American line, went
aground at dawn on East Bank, about three
miles southwest of Sandy Hook. She was
eight days out from Southampton with 4S8
souls aboard. Tugs were SCI to work at her
at once and she was soon pulled on un-
damaged
A few hours before she struck the New
York met the st. Pau. of the same line, that
was max ting her first voyage out since sne
was hauled off tho Long Branch beach.
Many vessels, incoming and outgoing,
we're hampered by the fog.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
THE PEACE OF YOUTH.

1t IL not customary to consider youth as n
period distinguished by thgr quietude OF
soul and restfulness Of miEd which we COM
monty associate with the word peace. 1t is
more apt to be regarded as a-restless, unsat-
isfled, ever-changing, ever-striving season
OF life, full Of alternate raptures and disap-
pointments, but little marked by that uni
form, deep content which is reckoned the
heritage Of age. But as one advances
Justice and mistakenness of this COM
mon conception. He looks back upon
bis youth with wistful sense of its
unrufaed happiness, its freedom from heav.'
responsibility and care, its innocence OF the
sin and sorrow Of life, its bright, dreamful
days and sweet forgetful nights. Then, II
ever, he knows that his soul was at peace.
Age may restore to him some measure Of that
quietude, but the peace OF age can never
he quite so perfect, 80 utter, SO untroubled
and deeply sweet, as the peace of youth.
Who does not recall the days when he was
baSked in the sun, as child, and seemed to
1oat away into golden sea OF hope and
Joy and rest? Who can forget the softness OF
the pillow Of youth, the rosy dreams and
roster waking, crowned with that delicious
physical sense Of perfect recuperatton and
unimpared vigor2 Truly, youth is time OF
peace--peace deep and sweet and memor-
able, such as we may never know again un-
I'll we are born into the new childhood OF
heaven. But the heart OF youth Is glad and
content only when it is in its natural state
8 ate OF perfect harmony with nature and
with God. How quickly the infringement Of
divine law robs the young spirit of all
this bloom Of peace and delight. The soul
rest has disappeared, the brightness is gone,
out OF the sky, and the feeciness out Of the
summer clouds, when boy or girl has en-
tered upon course Of evil doing. Con-
science has keen and ready sting ere time
has dulled it, and the youth cannot break
the least Of Gods laws without suffering for
1t most intensely. The condition OF peace
In youth, then, is condition of per-
petual obedience to law, rectitude of
thought, word and deed, holiness unto
the Lord, conservation to what Is pure and
good and ennobling. Let no young per-
son think that the mere exuberance OF his
youth will keep him in the sunshine
Of life, if he gives himself over to the
things which hurt the soul. There Is no
peace, whether in youth or age, save in liv-
Ing righteously and fulfilling the nobler Inn
pulses Of ones being. But to the young
person who lives rightly shall come such
benison Of peace as shall seem to bring
down to him something of heaven itself,
filling him with sense Of the Divine Pres
ence, and bringing him into harmony with
everything that is good and true In the uni
verse.
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GOV. GREENHALGE DEAD.
Massachusetts, Chief Executive tx
pired at His Home in Lowell
He SUCCUMBED TO PARALYSIS.

A Busy Life Brought to Ciose---Three
Times Elected Chief Executive of tho
BAY State---Career as Lawyer and
Politician.--Rose to Eminence In the
Law and Held Many Offices.
LOWELL, Mass, March S. 5.-Goveruor Fred
eriok T. Greenhalge died shortly before |
o'clock q. m. at his residence in this city.
He remained unconscious throughout the day
and his death had been expected mo-
mentarily He suffered second stroke OF
paralysis at 11.30 p. m. and sank rapidly IN
til 1874, when he died. Governor Green
halge, of Massachusetts, was suddenly
stricken with paralysis at Boston ten days
before his death. He was Mt once. removed
to his home at Lowell.
Hon. Frederick T. Greenhalge was born at
Lancaster, England, July 10, 1842. Twelve
years later his parents moved to Lowell,
Mass, where the young man entered the
public schools and won for himself even In
his youth good name as public speaker.
In 1859 he entered Harvard College, and re-
mained there until thu death of his father,
when he took upon himself the burdens OF
caring for the family without having been
graduated. During al interval Of teaching
SCHOOL for living he studied law. In 1863
be entered tho army, and was connected
with the Commissary Department at New
Borne, N. C, In 1865 he was admitted to
practice at the bar OF Middlesex County.
and three years later he began his career
US a public man, serving in the succeeding
two years in the Common Council OF Low.
all Tn 1911 he was elected q member of
the School Board Then, in 1880 and 1881,
he was elected Mayor OF Lowell, and fol-
lowed this up by being elected to repre-
sent his district in Congress in 1885. He
was defeated for second term. Until
1898 he did work for the Republican
party without seeking office for himself, and
then he was nominated for Governor of
Massachusetts, ard elected by = large ma
Iority. This majority he increased during
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"Mari Twain" having had very success
Jul tour in Australia and Now Zealand, is
aow in India.
Sir E Twin Arnold boasts that he has writ
Ten more than SJUU editorial leaders, aver
aging over column in engtl, in the course
Of his work for the London DAILY Telegraph.
President Faure, OF F;aucr, has fad oil
.eaching tn bicycle to Il | Of his visitors.
King George of Graeco and tho King Of Por-
tuSal arc among NJ. Faurc's most PROMISING &
pupils.
Among the celebrities now on exhibition
at Nine. Tussaud's in London arc Alfrel
Austin. the late Prince Henry OF Batten.
berg, Grover Cleveland, DR.. jameson, Mr.
Rhodes and prrSid.'-- Eruve'-
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Forty-one Years In Prison.

The heaviest term of Imprisonment, ex
cept for murder, that WAS ever imposed
on criminal in Kings County was pro.
nounced in the new County Court in Brook.
ard Johnson. alias Henry Smith, coiored
man, to Sing Slug for forty-one years.
He had been convicted OF both burglary in
the second degree AMI grand larceny IN the
first degree. in each instance a second
offence. Johnson is twenl y-cight years old
single. He was born in Richmond, Va.
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Ty, Lynched in Louisiana.

Paul Francis and Gilbert Francis were
lynche in front OF the Court House at Con-
gent, st. James's parish. La. The two men
we're not rela'ives. They attempted to rob
he store and residence of NJ. Gourges few
nights ago. Mrs. GourgrS came to her hus-
band assistance. when she was seized by
the robbers. dragged into the yard and as
sauted. Next day the man were arrested.
After telling various storirs Paul Francis
acknowledged tnat no and Gilbsrt were
guilty. The result was tho lyncking.
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American Flag Publicly Burned.

There have been renewed disturbances in
Madrid, Spain, and demonstrations Of popu-
lar anger against the United States Govern
ment. The students Of the university seem
to have been the offenders or the leaders in
the demonstration. They assembled bafore;h
Madrid University and there publicly burned
An American flag. The po leo dispersed the
meeting after making several arrests. AS u
result the Ca .inrt Council decided to tenn
porarily close the universities.
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Father and Daughter Drowned.

John A. Wolfe and daughter were drowned
in tho YoushiogheDy River at snithton
Westnorsland County, Penn. Wolfe. in his
haste o roach home. determined 70 ford tht
river, ipstea or driving 4 distance AROUND
to bridge. The stream was running full Of
ic", which 2orged against tho wheels, over
tul Il. .n9 the vehicle.
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Three Generals Die on One Day.

General G 'orga W. Clio died in his home
in Ph;lade. .phia. he WAS sixty-sevan year.
OLD. he was born in Bethlehem, N. H. Gen.
era' Lewis Merrill, sixty.two years old, died
in Pnialelphia OF III affection OF the kid.
neys. General Merrill was native Of Penn.
syivania and graduate Of West Point
General Madison Niller was found dead in
his residence in st. Louis. His faithful dog
was keeping watch over his remains. Madi
SON Miller was born in Mercer, Penn, and
Wns eighty-tiye years old.
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An American Vessel Searched in Cuba.

The owners OF the bark Clothllde, John s.
Eunry l. Co., have received word that the
vessel was searched at Ponca by Spanish OF,
6cers in a search for munitions OF war. and
thar during the time she was discharslnS
ergo at that place and at MayaSuez So alSn
soldiers remained on boarC. Captain bowru
had to give the soldiers 800 for railway iare
bsfore he was allowed to leave port.
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Bank President Murdered.

As result Of feud OF long standing ".
NJ. Purdue. an a.torney, shot ami killed John
r. Jones, President Of the Memphis Gre xas)
National Bank and dangerously wounded
his son. Nat. Purdue WAS arrested.
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Disaster In q Prussiau Mine.

An explosion, followed by fire, occurred in
the Cleophas mine at Kastowitz, Prussian
Silesia. The rescuing purity succce .ed in
saving eighty OF the entombed. miners, but
they brought to the surface twenty-seven
corpses. leaving thirty-three of the miners
missing.
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SLEW THE FREAK.
A Man With Five Tongues and Three
Chins Killed in Alabama.

A travelling museum has been exhibiting
at Uniontown, Ala, for several days
Among its freaks was monstrosity known
es Joseph Brohem, the Mexican wild man.
Brohem was probably the most hideous
human creature in she world. He was OF
Arabic parents, and was born in Mexico
twrnty. nine years aGo. II Is claimed that
when he was quito young he left home, was
scslped by Indians and lived wild in the
mountains for years, being capturei year
or two ago. When first AIKEN no was very
wild, but confinement made him more do
ollie until he was looked upon as harmless.
Brohem had an enormous mouth, IN which
were five tongues. All Of the tongues
spiaDg from the roof, which seems to have
hal five branches or projections, but ne
could not talk. He had three cnns, and
one ear was iwenty-three inches long, while
tho other WIS fifteen inches in length. He
could fan himself with his ears by thoir mo-
tion. which he often did, to the amazemcnt
of gaping spectators.
Alter tho performance the museum man
aeer allowed the wild man to leave his cage,
and he WIS walking about in the street in
front OF the tent, wnere was gathered large
crowd Of boys. Broh"m was in playful
mood, and indulged in sport with thn boys.
Ed Simonton, g colored youth. angered
bin, AM the wiml man dashed ut Sirnonton.
Tho boy seized an axe handle and dealt tho
freak blow on t1e uead that f:actured his
skull and caused his death 4 fow hours !ater:
Brohem's body was sent TO br Iaummtlied
by an undertaken who understands that bus
ineas. It will ren be exhibited.
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On ETgIantl'S Hcad.

AL the massacres in Armenia might have
Tern avoided. Minister Terrell writes to the
State Department, had Ensland's policy beer
different.
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Italy Arises in Wrath.

The italian loss ut Adowa, Abyssinia, Is
now admitted to be 50J0. The whole king
dom seems 10 have arisen ia wrath. blaming
he Government for the defeat.
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I.eopold to Fight Dervishes.

The King OF tho Belgans has decided to
MAKE war on tho dervishes through0u -
Congo State, Africa. All available ve's 'is
Oh the Congo are said to have been eha-1srea
already.
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MOTIVES.

A man may be morally and spiritually on
the prophets level, though his stammrring
tongue has never been loOsed. The widow
of sarel tn had some spark Of the prophecies
in her, though Flijah's task was to beard
Aha and shaEr Israel and hers was only
tc -, his 81, al. There must be some
s;r. ...iy H. sysnpathy. There must be
some lbing Of lie poet in the man who feels
the majesty Uf the organ music OF PARADISE
Lost" thonrh he be be but .ha,a a mute, II :
likeness ir the rewards, because there Is
likeness in she TN. All actions done from
the same n; - are alike in Gods eyes.
We ait. not Il lied to great service, but we
are called 10 ylupathetic interest in those
" % IL. 40. ind y help them as we may. 1t
y a u,H in Israel "As his Part Is that
~. ,n 10 he battle, so shall his part
/, nat larn,;h by the stuff" 1t is the law
of Ln1ist's XII DIM. in which motives, not
deeds. aud spiritual susceptibility, not the
arri ents OF The mode OF its expression, dc,
l",n,iue LA e.. capacity OF receiving. and
therefore reward. Alexander Maclaren,
u. ID.
Here We are let stars. or bygone times,
o. tr wr,ci OF nations. or the corruptions
CT a:.:-Eug. say or show what they Will.
Fee is som. iug also to be done hy us:
W. have ,u Ie portions Of the reef OF
eoIal yet to build up.-Arthur Helps.
It's relief to begin in IL new spot now
az, hen. You get tired Of the same pui-np,.
! i. Whyshouldn't folks ike noyriyf
III. Lord 0o+s, and makes it. Or else. why
40 We have n, nings.-A. D. 7. Whitney.
S;., :--t Sentence on Record.
in :ca RI , %.n mt Iorgantown imposed the
al rest sentence OF Imprisonment rV'f
known in West Virginia. The cas-. was that
OF the STATE va. J4cob Mounts, III licten or
stealing Il cog chain. Mounts VS. orlSlnfiy
snarrcd VITA stealing u dog. bat Us dogs ne
not properly in West Virginia, the inolrt-
mentt was brought for stealing ne chain Win
which tno canine was fastened. plea OF
guilty WIS entrrel. and the Court lmposeu
Sentence OF 100 seconds in jail.
IRE l'cnment of 4 Playful Mule.
Atm ranch near Phoenix, Arizona, 4 n'lv-
ii male rearad and caught its head So :nr'-
= , tnn crotch O. tree. Its struggles " rn
AVA linz, and on y by cutting down til
90 Vas the animal released.
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Right OF Search Usurped.

The American schooner Navarino WA
.sarched by Spanish gunboat of Gaps
Cruz. Cuba. for 1essrars-
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o., here oney is Chrap.


The continued ch"apness ol money in Lon
Ion amaz,H; financial experts.
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E"Gland to Strengthen er Navy.
1t is stated that $3.50 0000 will be devot-
oil to naval work In this years budget.