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Remodeling Broken Clay.

God told Jeremiah to go down to the pot
ter's house, and there he saw the potter
take piece OF clay and place it on wheel
As he stood there to watch, the potter
shaped it; 1t rose beneath his hand into .
fair and lovely shape. But just US 1t was
complete. and 1t seemed as though nothing
more was needed, it crumbled beneath his
hand. Some part Of it iell upon the wheel,
some part upon the ground. Jeremiah
thought that the potter would take another
piece OF clay and make that clay. fulfil
gathered the broken clay with his
hand, picked 1t from the ground, and
kneading it with his hand he placed it once
more upon the, wheel and began to make
that clay again; and presently vessel as
fair as possible stood complete, ready to be
taken to the kiln Ito be baked and made
permanent. Away back In your life God
took you and placed you upon the wheel,
and for these many years God has sought to
make you fair. But know not why, cannot
tell-God knows-you know-there has come
flaw and break, and you are piece OF
broken pottery. Your life Is marred life,.
your ideal a broken ideal, and all around there
lie the Uttered pieces ofthe man or the woman
that you might have been. But now what
shall you do? God put you In that place
for high purpose, but you have missed
your mark. Shall God take another man
and give him your wealth, another woman
and give her your position? E. Not yet,
not yet. He might take another piece Of
clay and make another vessel, but instead
He comes again to seek you. The hand of
God is laying hold upon the broken pieces
OF your marred and spoiled life, and II you
will let Him, He will now begin to complete
your nature. by making ~: TO be what he
NJ IN ha a on
Graded at the foot OF the Gross. Rev. F. B.
Marar
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,hot 10 the arm. His men promptly fired
voley into the mob, three persons being
instantly killed and thirteen wounded, two
If whom died a few hours later.
Colonel Moale's guard promptly sur
:ounded the money Office, but took no part
n the aghtlng.
For few minutes there was lively con-
alct, carblnes and machetes being used
freely. Captain Ballat was the only gend..
arms wounded. All the dead were colored
Cuban soldiers.
Payment was resumed under a heavy
guard. General Castillo, Civil Governor
1t Santiago de Cuba. was ut Cuevitas at the
line and soon restored order.
There Is no doubt that the inaccurate
list will cause great deal OF hardship.
Many veterans have vainly followed the
United States Commissioners for SIX
weeks, only to find that their names are
uot listed.
General Leonard Wood, Military Cover
nor, does not, however, anticipate serious
trouble.
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Afrikanders For Peace.

PRETORIA, South African Republic (By
Cable) Sunday was observed throughou,
the Orange Free State and Cape Colony
with humiliation. prayer. and sermons ad
vocating peaceful solution OF the crisis
Mr.. Snytler, leading Dutch Reformed
preacher here, referred to the close tiel
uniting the Cape Dutch to those OF the
Transvaal, which he added, were member!
OF the great Afrikander family. II war wa
declared, he asserted, Great Britain woult
commit "henious crime before God ant
man, resulting in civil war in Cape Col.
ony."
There is evidence Of growing uneasines!
at Johannesburg. Great crowds gather a.
the railroad station, expressing dlsapprov
al at the departures for Cape Colony ant
Durban, Natal,
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CUBAN SOLDIERS KILLED
Fight Over the Payment Of Former
insurgents Near Santiago.
FAULTY LISTS CAUSED TROUBLE,

Cubans Attacked Gendarmes Guarding
tho United States Pay Objective aIen
Dead and Ten Wound ded-Feared That
They Would Not Receive Money
Order Was Soon Restored.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA (By Cable).-Five men
are dead and ten wounded as the result OF
fight between gendarmes and disappotnt-
I'D Cuban soldiers at CuevItas, three miles
rom Santiago, where the payment OF the
Cuban troops was in progress. Five thou
,and Cubans had gathered there to receive
oay, and, after three days, only $50 had
,een paid. Thousands who had been dis
appointed at other points had come to
Juevitas, as the last place OF payment In
he province.
The i'm mpertect lists cause great dissatis-
faction. and q rumor circulated that the
paymasters would leave alarmed the men
who had not been paid. They began to
,ollect in groups and to show their annoy
ance, Finally their threats became seri-
ous.
Captain Ballat, with twenty gendarmes,
vas present to preserve order among tne
applicants, and the United States troops
protected Colonel Moale, the o11cer having
charge OF the payments. Suddenly captain
Ballat, who was mounted, was surrounded
oy mob, struck by stones and bottles.and
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VAR CLOUDS OVER AFRICA
The British Proposals For Joint In.
quiry Rejected by the Beers.
An English Colonial Oflce Oficial Sayi
War Is Now the Only Method
Of Settlement.

LONDON By Cable) ).-The Colonial ONCE
In confirming the dispatch tslegraphed
from Cape Town saying the Trausvaal Gov.
ernment had handed its reply to the
British agent at Pretoria, says that Sir Al
fred Miner has telegraphed message to
that effect.
All that the officials OF the Colonial or
fee would say In regard to the matter was:
"The reply Is not a complete acceptance OF
the proposal OF Mr.. Chamberlain"
President Kruger has refused to submit
to the demand OF Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain
for the appointment OF court OF inquiry.
He may have done so automatically. or
hsdgingly, but that his answer is regarded
by the British Government as tantamount
to positive refusal Is now an established
fact. The Colonial Office Is normally nom
committal, but there are other evidences
which amply justify the statement.
The report that President Kruger has
proposed new terms Is somawhat verified
by the guarded comment OF the Colonial
Office officials and the irritabllity displayed
there. There Is not the slightest doubt that
they believe war Is now the only way to set
tie the controversy. They would far rather
have had curt, defiant answer than the
temporlGing reply which the Boer Presi'
dent has sent. Great Britain would have
then plain grounds for 4 quick commence
ment OF hostilltles. Undtr the clrcum.
stances which it Is believed now exist ag.
gressive action needs considerable expluna.
tIon to justify 1t In the eyes OF the world
and the English minority, who still declare
war would be an outrage.
However, II Mr.. Chamberlain has his
way, it Is believed President Kruger's coun.
ter proposals will meet with scant atten.
tion, and unless the Beers completely back
down, which is not likely, the crisis Will
develop quickly into war.
A special dispatch from Cape town say.
there Is great danger OF an outbreak oI
violence on the frontier and that the scum
Of South Africa are enlstiug and are be.
ing sent to Pitsani and Jameson on the
border.
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PHILIPPINE FATALITIES.
List Embraces Twenty-three Officers, G99
Privates and Fourteen Civilians.

What purports to be full list OF fatal-
ties In the American Army in the Philip
pines up to June has been compiled by
Fred F. Eiteli, oithe Manila Freedom, who
claims to have obtained 1t from the records
OF the Surgeon-General's Office at Manila.
The total number OF fatalities Is 736-23
officers, 600 privates and IA civilians at
Tackled 70 the army. A remarkable feature
OF the record is found in the statement
that the number OF officers killed in battle
is out Of all proportion to the number OF
prlvates killed. On the other hand fewer
officers died from disease, proportlonatelY,
than privates.
Out OF the % officers dead, l6 were killed
in action, . were drowned and . died o.
disease D! the GO Irivates, 294 died OF
wounds received iu action, were killed
accidentally, % were drowned and COM
rlitted suicide. One hundred and six died
OF typhoid fcver, 81 Of smallpox. II OF
dysentery. 2S OF pneumonia, 10 OF malaral
fever aud II of meningitis. The remainder
died from various diseases.
or the II deaths a"long civilians, were
from smallpox anil from gunsEot wound:
rerp;yrl in action.
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM The
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Thy Hand CompeIIed-Remode Bro
ken CIay-"The Lords Millionaires"-
A Prayer for Cleanliness of Heart-"1
Will Not" Banishment.
II there be good In that wrought.
Thy hand compelled 1t, Master, Thine;
Where have failed to meet Thy thought
know, through Thee, the blame Is mine-
One instant's toll to Thee denied
stands all eternity's offence;
OF that did with Thee to guide,
To Thee, through Thee, be excellence.
Who, lest all thought OF Eden fade,
Bring'st Eden to the craftsman's brain,
Godlike to muse DER his own trade
And manlike stand with God again.
The depth and dream Of my desire,
The bitter paths wherein I stray,
Thou knowest who has made the FIRE,
Thou knowest who has made the clay
One stone the more swings to her place
In that dread temple OF Thy Worth,
It is enough that through Thy grace
saw nought common on Thy earth.
Take not that vision from my ken;
o, whatso'er may spoil. or speed,
Help me to need no aid from men
That may help such. men as need.
-Rudyard Kipling.
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0J MI Sotv a Bapfshm ent.

The sweet and intimate and helpful re-
latior ship between God and man. between
Father and child. becomes impossible, is
forfeited, when man ceases to walk humbly
with God. The first shadow Of presumption
on the human side Is like wedge OF dark
ness, rving asundsr God and His child.
II will not" Sc. up against Gods
"Thou shalt" is like self imposed
verdict OF eternal banishmen: for the
wiful son. God must walk straight on in
the path Of His cbangeless law and his far
seeing purpose. He cannot go aside with
the child II the child departs. 1t must be
alone. This is the dreadful thing about re-
bellion against God. God cannot transgress,
even 70 oyertake and recall the wanderer.
God must 90 on, just as the planet goes on
In its orbit. though the blazing, wayward
meteor flies of into space.
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INDIAN TROUBLE IN ARIZONA.

Two Hundred Braves Kill and Scalp q
Gambler-Troops Ordered Out.
WINsLow, Arizona. (SpecIaD. hun.
ired Indians In Foreman Mlnk's grading
gang at Navajo Springs, Arizona, are
threatening to exterminate all the whites
In that section. They were paid of re.
Gently and proceeded to gamble and drink
heavily.
gambler named C. r. Landreth, after
8 quarrel with some Indians. assaulted
one OF them, shooting and stabbing him
ssri :usly. The tribe armed themselves
with all the weapons In tho camp, shot the
gambler seven times, scalped him and
mutllated his body.
Troops from Fort Wingate have been
ordered to the scsne.
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SULTAN OF SULU AN ALLY.
Mahommedan Chief Acknowledges
Sovereignty Of the United States.
He Signs q Treaty-All Ports Held By
Spain Are Retained BY America
He Will Be Given O Salary.

MANILA (By Cable).-General John c..
Bates has returned from the Sulu Islands
with treaty signed with tie Sultan. The
Sultan agrees to all the American terms
proposed and recognizes the absolute
sovereignty Of the United States, which,
the authorities declare, he never did for
Spain.
An important clause OF the treaty gives
Americans the right to purchase land. The
United States retain all the ports which
the Spanish formerly occu pied, and reserve
the right to open others at our discretion.
The Sultan collects no revenues, but
will receive an annual salary, maintaining
law and order. Several OF the principal
chiefs are also salarled. The Sultan's
mother Is largely responsible for the happy
con slusion OF affairs.
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Eanyruplcy Acr Not Popular.

Tho Bankra ptcy act has been in opera
ton over u year, AMI lurlug that time there
have been fled in New York City 1891 reti-
ti:, s with the Clerk Of the United States
- rict Court and 729 discharges have
oe-n granted, The act has MT been as
popular is expected. Estimates were made
when IL" act waa passed that from five
Thousand to fifteen Thousand persons
would take advantage OF it the first year,
IS il wis beloved Tint there are ut least
oHe hualrel THOUSAND persons in the city
with judgments b .nSinS orc- the:n.
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KILLED BY TARGET SHOOTERS.
The Death OF Frank I,adcIiffe In Holmes
burg, Penn, Explained.


burg, Penn, Explained.
PHILADELPHIA (SpsclaD. shooting
OF Frank Radcliffe While driving with hi.
wife on Asbourner street, Holmesburg, was
purely accidental, but eight young mer
have been held to await the result OF the
Coroner's inquest. The prisoners are J. H.
Hahn, William R. Beale, Samuel Painter,
frederick Keuger. Jacob Kinnel, Frederick
Hahn, Paul Spiel and Thomas Whitehead,
OF Tucony.
the young men had been praeticlng
target shooting with q rifle. They say
they saw Radcliffe and his wife drive up
the road while they were shooting. he
passed on and they resumed the sport.
In few minutes Radcliffe drove
back, and the young men saw him
pitch forward just as one OF them fired,
which one the young men refuse to tell the
police. Spiel and Whitehead ran to Rad.
cliffe, aud the others scattered. Spiel was
arrested, aud upon information given by
him the others were apprehended.
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A TRIPLE HANGING IN KLoNDIKE

Two Indians and White Man Executed
For Murder.
SEATTLE, Wash. (SpeclaD.-Passengeri
on thesteamer City OF Topeka, from Skag.
way, Alaska, bring news OF the first Legal
execution in the Klondke. triple hang
ing occurred at Dawson on August 4.
The persons hanged were two Indians
Dawson Nantuck and Jim Nantuck, anc
one white man, Edward Henderson.
Henderson was convicted OF numbering
his partner, named Peterson. on the trail:
near Marsh Like, In September, 1897. The
Indians were convicted OF numbering Will.
lam Mahan aud injuring his partner, James
Foss, on the McCllnton River in May
12oa
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The Labor World.

During q recent stree car strike In Eau
Claire, Wis, the Mayor refused to put
policemen Oh the cars, claiming that to do
20 wouid be violation Of the antl-pa-s
law.
The farmers Of Nebraska are Offering
higher wages for labOrers thua lave buen
paid in that quarter i0r many years, lut
hey are NOT getting Us many rs they
want.
Twenty lnbor and seven fratorcaI organ
izations de- or eI a meeting hall and moved
A. Albany, y. T., because the proprietor Of
he building where these organizations
net repaired the sane with noR-union
material
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NO LAYING ON OF HANDS.
Chicago Justice Restricts Faith Curisa to
Faith Alone.

Justice Everett, OF Chicago, recently in.
posed Il hne OF 500 and costs or Mrs.
Henrikka Blatch. Il follower OF Alexander
Dowie, the Divine Healer" on conviction
OF violating the Medical Practice act In nd
mlnistering TO Mrs. Anne:a Flanders, who
died uu Ter the faitl "dlrlne.healiag"
treatment.
The Dowie treatment comprises the lay
ing Oh OF hands. Justice Everett held that
under the law these headers must resort
onIv to spiritual and mental means OF
treating the sici:. When materlai means
u.e added the State law governing the
practice Of medicine is violated.
= 10 the faith healer even the ordinary
means to assts. nature are denied here
after, because the Court held that all that
Il physician or surgeon did was to assist
nature.
An appeal was taken.
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A Prayer for Cleanliness of Heart.

O heavenly friend, whose love disdained
not mortal life and death, We bless thee for
the grace Of every days companionship
with thee. Thy patience and compassion
never fail, and thou hast set before US the
hope and glory Of thine own eternal life:
Deal gently with US, o most loving guest
and friend, cleansing our troubled hearts
that we may grow like thee. Re-
prove and purge our faults that we
may overcome them by thine aid.
Teach us to bring forth fruit In righteous
ness Give us the JOY OF fellowship with
thee in work. When sorrows and perplex-
tiles surround our path may our souls abide
In the secret of thyy'prssence and share the
perfect peace OF those whose hearts are
stayed on thee. Keep us from every idle
thought and foolish word. Confirm in Us
all pure desires and holy ambitions BY thy
loving care, and shine through US for help
full light on other lives. Amen.
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Infdel's Gift to Churches

The vii. of Joseph Srmoist, who died re-
ceu.ly at Kansas City, No. proves tn be E
most remarkable document. Although he
was IN inndel, Benoiss left all bus :lnG0 o!
his fortune OF $500 to religious and
charitable organizations. The Christian
Brothers College. OF ST. Louis. Is the prin'
cipal lesatee, getting about 80, 900. Be-.
moist lett his four sisters and his hall
brother almost nothing. He had not at
tended church for thirty-lYe years prior t'
his death .--.-
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Mother and Son Drown.

Mrs. Anne Teeples and Herbert. her
eight-year-old son, OF Charlestown. Ind,
met with q tragic death at Fry's Landing,
twelve miles above Louisville. Ky, on the
Ohio River. They were members OF fish,
Ing party, aud while the men were away
from the camp ths boy went bathing, and
cot beyond his depth. His mother, hear
ING his cry, sprang into the water after
him. Both the mother aud son were
drowned before assistance could reach
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w.Trlppe, Jr., seven years old. The injured
are: Mrs. Charles W. Trlppe, Internal In
jurles and shock the Trlppe baby, two
months old, slightly hurt, and Louise Farr,
the nurse, slightly injured.
Mrs. Trlppe is the wife Of Charles W.
Trlppe. who ls Sanitary Inspector OF the
New York Health Department. The Misses
Terry were stste OF Mrs. Trippe, and had
been Stopping with her at her summer
residence here.
The train was in charge OF Engineer
Martin Maloney, and n few days before
his train ran over and killed . maa at
Highlands,
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MILITIA GUARD A NEGRO.
Georgia Troops Escort Him From Darie
to Savannah to Prevent Trouble.

Georgia troops EscOrC hiin FROM bariou
to Savannah to Prevent Trouble.
DAarEN, Ga. (SpeclaD.-A serious race
riot was threatened here few days ago
aud troops were ordered from Savannah
by Governor Gambler TO maintain order
and escort Henry Delegal, a negro assail-
ant, to tho Savannah Jail for safe Keeping.
The negro was arrested, charged With an
assault on a white woman, committed sew
eral months ago, and was lodged IN the
jail to await trial. A report gained clrcu
latIon TINT the prisoner would be lynched
and large number OF negroes assembled
ut one OF their churches. They were heav-
lily armed, and threatened veDge nee on
the white men II D slegul was lYnched, de-
clariny they would protect him at all haz-
ards.
Governor Gambler was notified OF the
threatened trouble, and ordered two hum
dred 0f the Savannah militia to the scene.
The troops arrived and Delegal was es.
corsed to Savannah, despite objections
raised by the negroes.
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Xhere Money is Useless.

Death makes every man financially bank
rupt. The moment he dies he becomes
poor. There is nothing in the Beyond which
be can purchase with cash. No shroud,
therefore. has pocket. The gold from no
mine. the money from no mint, passes cur
rent in heaven The angels carry no purses,
and the Jingle Of coin is never heard. You
will not :et what you want by paying for 1t,
neither will you lack what you need because
you have no money. What you have and
what y"u lack will depend wholly on your
deserving. ns.-Rev. George H. Hepworth.
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Platform OF the Mississlppi Democrats.

The State Democratic Convention met at
Jackson, Miss. Judge LonglDo was nom
mated by general acclamation, all four OF
his opponents having withdrawn. The
platform reconflrmed the allegiance OF
Mississippi Democrats to tue principles
enunclaten in the Chicago platform, and
indorsell W. J. Bryan as the man who stood
as the greatest exponent Of those lrinci-
pies. A plank was inserted declaring hos
tiIty to trusts, AMI announcing the ihten-
tion Of Mississippi to do all In her power to
"contro! or destroy them" The platform
declared in favor Of the primary method
OF selecting State officers.
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Typhoid Fever Epidemic.

Many cases oftyphoid fever are reported
in New Haven, Conn, and its suburbs. In
Woodmont half dozen cases have been
traced to impure water. In Fair Haven Il
stable near n large we'll Is regarded as tho
cause OF several cases. The first victim OF
the epidemic was Harold, the eighteen
car-old son oi Alderman D. L. Lambert.
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FILIPINO MAYORS IN JAIL.
They Are Arrested For Giving Aid to tht
Rebel Cause.

Rebel cause.
MANILA (By Cable).-The Mayor OF Bali
nag, the first town in w:ich civil govern
nsnt was established by General Lawton,
who has been arrested for alleged treach-
Dry to the American cause, has been
brought to Manila. He is specifically ne
,used OF soliciting funds for the use OF The
insurgents and commu ntcattng with the
enemy. He says that lie Is the victim OF
spite. 1t Is believed that lie holds tue rank
Of Colonel In the lnsurgent service.
The Mayor of San Pedro Macati. with
five accompIices, was arrested In a brick
yard near the town. There is abundant
avden .e that they we're recruiting for the
Fllipino army.
General Joseph Wheeler and his dauSh-
ter have visited tue hospitals In Manila.
They expressed great satisfaction Mt their
condition. 1t ia the intention OF Miss
Wheeler to devote herself to hospital
pnrSipu
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Stune Rnhhers Get $1,000.

The stage between Salmon Ci;y and Re!
Rock was held up half mile inside the
Idaho line, eighty miles from Dillon,
Moa.. by four men. II. T. Reilly WAS Ii
passenger. He had more than S3NO Ill
gold dust, which he was taking 10 Dillon
Thr robbers took 1t, AMI tLen, mountin Ing
horses, which were concealed in the t::L-
Der. e.capel.
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TRADE HURT BY "coRNeRS."
England Attributes Opening OF New
Wheat Regions to Speculation Here.

England AftrIDuLeB UVeHIHT W NFW
Wheat Regions to Speculation Here.
WASHINGTON, D. C. (SpeclaD.-Consul
Halstead, OF Birmingham, England, has
written letter to the State Department
in which he reports that mauy persons in
England believe "that to those engaged in
wheat cornering operations IN the United
States, we owe the mpetitire opening up
OF vast areas OF wheat land In Russia, India
South America and Egypt" The present
corner in copper, which has caused prices
to 20 nearly sky high, be says. may result
In injury to the copper mining Interests In
the United States parallel to the loss caused
to America by the corners In whoat.
Mr.. Halstead quotes O long article from
Engineering to support his theory.
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Drowned Herself and Child.

Mrs. Jennie Weston drowned herself and
her little son in cistera at Pierre, South
Dakota. There was no one else NJ home
axcep. Il daughter, an! the deed was not
known until the .youES woman wukened
1eIt morning.