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ITO BE CONTINUED.
A Woman bicycle Mender.

While some members of q bicycle
organization in New York City were
discussing incidents OF the past sea.
son, a member noted for his interest
in touring said that while on trip
through the Berkshires during the
summer he had the misfortune to pull
out several spokes from his wheel
and suffer bad puncture to the front
tire. The nearest point where he
could secure the aid Of q repairer was
over q mile distant. He found there
a small store where notions OF a
general character were sold and a
sign reading bicycles Repaired" 10
his an,azement the place was in charge
of a young woman, who listened to
his story of distress. In business
like manner she ventured the advice
that the breakdown could readily be
repaired. After looking the wheel
over she took it into the store. put on
an apron, and brought forth some
tools. The rider said that at first he
demurred, but his objections were re-
ceived very independently. He was
assured that if he was reluctant to
trust the repairs to her he might go
elsewhere. To the mans surprise
the bicycle was turned over to him in
frst.class condition after half an
hours labor. The charge, he de-
clares, was decidedly moderate:
Plucking up courage he questioned
the young storekeeper how she came
to follow the bicycle repair line. The
woman said it was a question Of
necessity rather than choice, as her
brother was in reality the owner Of
the place, but being forced to absent
himself for several months she felt
able to fill the place. She attributed
her success to her knowledge of cycle
construction gained by riding and
mending her own wheeI.-New York
Sun.
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The Significance of the Cross.

We may be sure that Christ looked upon
the cross as the consummation Of His work
OF salvation. The RESURRECTION WIS to COM
plete that work, but not in the same vitality
essential sense. 1t Is the cross which was
typical Of the sacrtfclal feature Of His work,
which by a most solemn and memorable OBJ
iect lesson was to teach the ages that with
out the shedding Of blood there Is no remis-.
sion of sins. and that the sinless one
the only stainless soul who, ever, lived
could not enter into the fruition Oh
His holy and saving career but through
the gateway Of anguish inconeeivable to us
In the mere fact that our Lord died on. the
cross there was nothing exceptional. Hun
dreds of other men had been, and
afterwards we're, crucified. It is in the sig
nifcaace Of the cross to Him, its peculiar
meaning to one who sustained only His re-
lation to man and God, that its full meaning
Is to be found, and throughout the days OK
forecasting, as the certainty grew within
His mind what His death must be. we may
be sure that there was at least this consol-
ing thought, that the cross meant the con-
summation and completion OF His redeem
ING work. -
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Comfort as God Comforts.

There is no anodyne for heart-sorrow like
ministry to others. II your life Is woven
with the dark shadows OF sorrow. do not sit
down to deplore your hspless lot, but arise
to seek out those who are more miserable
than you are, bearing them balm fortheiri
wounds and love for their heart-bredks.
And II you are unable to give much practi-
cal help, you may largely help the children
of bitterness by listening to their tales OK
woe or to their dreams OF foreboding. The
burdened heart longs to pour out Its tale In
a sympathetic ear. There Is immense RELIEF
in the telling out Of pain. But 1t cannot be-
hurried; it needs plenty OF time. IL yon
can do nothing else, listen well, and comfort
others with the comfort wherewith you
yourself have been comforted by God. And
as you listen, and comfort. and wipe the
falling tear, you will discover that your own
load is lighter, and that branch or twig OF
the true tree-the tree Of the cross-hae
fallen into the bitter waists OF your own life,
making the Marah, Naomi. and the marshes
Of salt tears will have been hea!ed.-Rev.
F. B. Meyer.
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The Emblem of Love.

Christ could not fail to understand how
the cross would stand out In human history;
forever and unshadowed, q clear and lumin~
GUS Illustration Of the loftiest conceivable
self-abnegation. It was the supreme iiius-
tration OF absolute effacemeut OF self-inter'
est, OF all merely personal desire and am
bition, for the sake OF others and OF COD
No shfftings Of religious unbelief, no politi-
cal convulsions, nolapse OF time, no changes
or happenings OF any sort can ever dim tnes
distinctness Of the cross with the
Redeemer hanging upon 1t as the
emblem OF self-sacridcing love. Through
out the ages humanity will look 6acEf
to it, not only as the crowning fact ln
our Lords history, but as the supreme iilns-
tration OF the character Of His lie. The
cross, and Jesus knew 1t, appeals to tine
deepest elements OF human nature. TWAS
on the cross that Jesus in special aud
UNIQUE sense assumed the sin and sorrow OF
our;,l lives. It is with the cross. therefore,
that redemption, forgiveness and peace az
WAYS must be associated. 1t was the crown.
ing fact in the life OF Christ because 1t meant
that which was the most solemn, most far>
reaching, most spiritually valuable influence
and power Of his whole career on earth.
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wby God Builds Foundations.

A stone is imperishable. but man dies at
seventy years. tree that man shapes into
shapes into beauty. survives the centuries,
but man dies at thirty years. Having the
powers OF a God. man has the arena OF an
insect. When God male planets, He made
orbits fit for them. and mans endowment
presupposes proper field OF work. The
gourd is frail because 1t is ephemeral, but
the oak O! the centuries has fibres OF stsel-
The palace which rises high has deep toun-
dations. and. when We see the wondrous
mind Of man which comprehends the uni
verse, the heart which conquers the realm
of love. the spirit reaching into the myster-
les OF hidden kingdoms, working with un-
abated force though body weakens and
flesh fails, we know that God never made
such foundations for the tent Of days
march, 50 that reason confirms faith when
it says. 81 know that II this earthly taber-
nacle be dissolved have building OF God,
q house not made with hands, eternal In the
heavens. .'-Almon Gunnison, D. D.
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GODS MESSAGE TO NAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM The.
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Wy Slow Ascent--The Emblem OF Love
The Significance Of the Cross-Coin'o.
AZ God Comforts - Why God bui'oS
Foundations-As Sacred as Prayer
Fain would my thoughts fly up to 1nee
Thy peace, sweet Lord, to hnd; @
But when offer still the world
Lays clogs upon my mind.
Sometimes I climb little way
And thence look down below;
How nothing, there, do all Things seeH''
That here make such snow!
Then round about turn my eyes IS
Tofeast my hungry sight;
! meet with heaven In everything.
In everything delight.
When have thus triumph'd awhile, {
And think to build my nest,
Some cross conceits come futtering py
And interrupt my rest.
Then to the earth again fall,
And from my low dust cry,
Twas not in my wing. Lord, but Thine,
That got up so high.
And now, my God, whether I rise, ~
Or still lie down in dust,
Both submit to Thy blest will;
In both, on Thee I trust. 3,
Guide Thou my way, who art Thyselt q
My everlasting End,
That every step, or swift or slow, z
Still to Thyself may tend.
BY John Austin.
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BIG SUM FOR MRS. TALMAGE.
Clergyman's Wife Gets
SiSO,OO0 Check.

After a year of welded bliss the Rev. DR..
De- witt G, Talmage finds himself possessed
OF wife with $780, GOO more cash than
when he married her. Mrs. Talmage has
received q check for that amount from her
brothers, her partners in the Lindsay
McCutcheon cotton tie mill, for her In
terest in that concern.
Several weeks ago Thomas G. and James
Fl. McCutcheon were approached ny the
new hoop trust, which offered them S650.-
600 for tler mill. They accepted the offer,
aud turned over s1s0,oO0 to Mrs: Talmage
for her share OF the property. She was tho
only daughter, aud one OF the three heirs
OF the late Jas. II. McCutcheon, VINO estao-
lisued the business many years ago and
died millionaire.
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Work aa Sacred as PRAYER.

The man who is so taken up in the things
Of heaven that he forgets his duty down
here on earth is hiudrance to the coming
~ Gods kingdom. He who is so eager
about the next world that he Is slipshod in
his business, not exact in his doings, who 10
at his prayers when ne should be IN hls
work shop. is n stumbling block to every
body. There is nothing secular now since
tbs daily bread is sacred alike by its origin
and BY the purpose for which 1t is given.
We are to do our business so rs to giorify
our Father who Is In heaven. We are 10 get
our daily bread so as to hallow His name.-
Mark Guy Pearse.
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What Persecution Has Wrought.

The earthly dark day ought to make g.
golden spiritual experience The brightest
lays have followed the blacklist in history
Had Joseph not been sold us a slave aud
cast into prison ne would never have been
the Bismarck OF Egypt. Had Paul not been
repeatedly dungeoued he might not have
found time to write the epistles that have
Inspired the centuries. Had Bunyan not
BEEN thrown into Bedford Jail the world
would have forever missed his immortal
"Pilgrim." Tile Pralms OF David were writ
ten :ut OF his sufTeriuss. THE songs In the
night count up the longest list.-D. o. Mearsr
N n
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champion Eater Dead

John r. Sherlock, we'll known through
out Connecticut rs q gormandizer and
pedestrian, died 10 the insane ward ut the
State prison at Wethsrsfeld OF starvation.
He received five years sentence In Sep
tember, 1897, for felonious assault. Sher-
lock claimed the pedestrian championship
OF the STATE, He was great eater and
would eat for hours on o wager, often CIV
ing exhibitions in restaurant windows.
at one sitting he ate enough for family
of twelve.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-02
FOR A GREAT NATIONAL PARK.
100000 Acres OF Land to Be Under
Governmental Charge.


A national park or forestry reserve asso.
citation for the Governmental preservation
Of over 1000, 600 acres OF Innd IN Northern
Minnesota has been formed In Chicago.
The organization starts with the cordial
Endorsement OF Governor Theodore Roose-
vel., OF New York; President Hill, OF the
Great Northern Railway; Colonel John 8.
Cooper, OF Chicago, and prominent Con-
gressmen and Government officials inter-
ested in the immediate creation OF great
national reserves for the preservation OF
native forests and streams, and the perpet-
uation OF the game OF the land.
The project is made dou5ly important
through the iac: that the friends and pro-
moters OF the reserve also have in view the
placing under Governmental charge all the
land Surrounding the head waters OF the
Mississippi River. The tract includes the
Leech Luke district, and embraces the
counties OF Crow Wing. Aitken, Wadena,
Hubbard, Beltrams and Itasca, containing
over thousand lakes.
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TREASURE ON A SPANISH WRECK,
Workmen Find Gold. Silver and Paper
Money on the Almirante Oquendo.

Money on tHe AItnIrHnte OTuenuo'
Anumber Of Cuban fishermen who were
working on the wreck Of the Spanish
Luiser Almlrante Oquendo, which lies on
the const near Santiago de Cuba, stripping
the hulk OF brass and copper fittings, found
$4,000 In specie and $4,000 In Spanish cur
rency. The paper money was found aft by .
diver. Il Is badly damaged by the action
OF the water, and has little value except %
curiosity.
The specie, consisting Of $1,000 In gold
and $500 In silver, was found In o bag on
the deck OF the vessel. It Is evident thae
some officer was compelled to drop Is
where 1t was found while he was attempt
Ing to carry It ashore after the warsbiv
was beacbed. co. -.-- ---..-------|
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MARRIED BY MGR. MARTlNELLI..
Apostolic Delegate Performs His First
Marriage Ceremony in This Country.

Archbishop Martinelli. the Apostolic
Delegate to America, of1clated few days
ago at Washington, D. c., at the
first marriage ceremony the distinguished
prelnte has performed In the United States
since he has been licensed by tine District
OF Columbia to perform marriages.
The bride was Miss Eleanor Bargagni,
daughter OF the cook of the legation,
fascinating italian girl OF twenty-five, and
the bridegroom Joseph Finelli, citizen OF
Washington. The ceremony was performed
In the private chapel Of the legation at
O'Clock In the morning. The Archbishop
wore bis ecclesiastical robes and mitre, and
after the ceremony the Archbishop and his
auditors celebrated nuptial mass. At the
conclusion the happy pair drove away Tor
u honeymoon trip. The ceremony was w.t.
messed by few relatives and friends.
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Uaupnt a l2o.Pound Sturgeon,

Caugnt q l2o.Pound Sturgeon:
Harold Blackman and Roy Bowling
,aught o sturgeon at Muskegon, Mich, a
few days ago, weighing l25 pounds. Black
man jun ped into the river and caught the
ii,n tho giIls and Bowling killed It with
-. uYe.
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Copyright, Louis Klopsch, 1891

You will find many merchant who, while
he Is so careful that he would not take
yard OF cloth or q spool Of cotton from the
counter without paying for 1t, and who, II
bank cashier should make mistake and
send in roll OF bills $5 too much, would
dispatch messenger In hot haste to re-
turn the surplus, yet wto will so into
stock company, In which after awhile he
gets control OF the stock and then waters
the stock and makes 800 900 nrpenr like
100000. He only stole $4,000 by the
operation. Many OF the men OF fortune
made their wealth In that way.
One ofthesc men engaged In such un-
righteous ncts that evening, the evening OF
the very dny when he watered the stock,
will find wharf rat stealing Il duly paper
from the basement doorway and will go
out and catch the urchin by the collar and
twist the collar SO tightly tue poor fellow
has no power 10 say that 1t was thirst for
knowledge thnt led him TO the dishonest
net, but grip the collar tighter and tighter.
saying: II have been looking for you u
long while. You stole my paper four
or five times, haven't you, yon mis-
erable wretch2" And then the old
stock gambler. with voice, they
can hear three blocks, will cry
man the evening OF the day in
which be watered the stock will kneel with
bis family in prayers and thank God for
the prosperity OF the day, then kiss his
children good night with an air which
seems to say, II hope you will all grow up
to be rs good rs your father!' Prisons
for sins insectile in size, but palaces for
crimes dromedarian. No mercy for sins
unimalcuIe in proportion, but great lem
iency fer mastodon iniquity. A poor boy
slyIy takes from the basket OF market
woman n choke pear, saving some one else
from the cholera, and you smother him in
the horrible atmosphere of Raymond
Street Jail or New York Tomhs, while his
cousin, who has been skillful enough TO
rteal $50 900 from tue city, you make u
candidate for the Stutc Legislature.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-27
NOTHING OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
Translated az the Cabinet Meeting
The Presidents Westeru Tour.

Washington. Sept &-Aii the members
OF the cabinet attended todsy's meeting
except Secretaries Hay and Gage. The
meeting was entirely devoid OF results
A few routine matters were taken up
and the dispatch Of Admiral Watson an
nounclng the details Of the loss OF tho
gunbaat G'rdaneta was read The ar
engagements for the Dewey reception and
sword presentation in this city we're gone
over and the details OF the presidents
western trip were discussed The presi-
dent will be accompanied By Mrs. Ne
KInley and the members OF the cabinet.
They will leave here October 4. the morn
ing after the Dewey dinner at the White
House. and will be gone about two weeks
Leaving here on the 6th the party viii
proceed 20 quincy. H., arriving there on
the 6th OF October They will so %
Galesburg on the 9Th and 10 Chicago the
next day. reaching that city az $50 p.
m On the 18th they will be IN Evans
VILE. or the 18th in Minneapolis The 18th
IN Duluth. and later the same day In
Fargo. the l4th In Duluth: the l5lh In
Sioux city. the 18th ard 18th tn Mil
waukee. and the 18th in Cleveland
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-27
GRIGGS CALLS PINGREE DOWN
EDlIShtening His Ignorance and Re
bukinS His DemagOguery.

Washington. Sept. 26-Attorney General
Griggs has written the following reply to
a letter recently received from Governor
Pingree of Michigan:
Il am in receipt Of your letter of the
21st instant, asking me to send you a
copy of my opinion to the effect that IN
der the constitution Of the United States
congress cannot enact a law which would
be effective in expressing trusts social
ed. IN reply 1 beg to say that I have
never rendered, either officially or unoffi-
rially, any opinion OF this kind. On the
contrary, this department has been en-
gagged in bringing numerous suits in the
United States courts under the Sherman
act Of July 2, 1890, entitled An act to pro-
tect trade and commerce against unlawful
restraints and monoplies," in several of
which cases, VIGOROUSLY that against the
Z. S, 290), and that against the Joint
Traffic association, on U. s., 500, the re-
suit has been the suppression, by degree
Of the court, of the offending agreement
or association.
''You may possibly have reference to a
letter Of mine to a private citizen publish
ed several months ago in the newspaper
wherein 1 called attention to the fact
that the only juridiction that congress
has over combinations or contracts in re-
straint of trade, was in relation to those
which directly affected interstate COM
MERGE That this is true and that this
is the full extent Of the Sherman anti
trust act, you will ascertain by reading
the decision of the United States supreme
court in the case of Hopkins versus the
United States, OH L. s. $50, and the
case of the United States versus E. c.
Knight company, Q56 u. s. y.
"You are doubtless aware that 1t IS not
the right or function of the federal gov
eminent to interfere with business tran
sactions carried on within the several
states except upon sole ground express
~ authorized by the constitution. Con-
gress can regulate directly that which we
understand by interstate commerce but
it has no power to regulate or control
business or commerce carried on wholly
within the limits of a state. ..
81 have called your attention to these
matters, not because assume that you
are ignorant of them, for you doubtless
understand them well. but only in order
to explain to you that I have not given,
and could not possibly have given, any
opinion, of the purport expressed In your
letter."
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FIVE LIVES TO PAY FOR IT
Head End Pssserger-snd-F Freight Cot
lisiOn ON the Now York Central

Auburn. y. Y. Sept. ga head-end
collision between New York Central
passenger train and a freight train oc-
Cured this morning at O'Clock. Just
west Of Old Fiat Bottom bridge about
half mile west Of the city. and as a
result three people are dead, two fatally
injured and four seriously injured. The
dead are:
Emmett Langton. Rochester. engineer
of the freight train.
!. G. Curry, Rochester, fireman on the
freight train
James E. King, SkeneateIes.
r !. Frew. Geneva. baggageman on
The passenger train.
Fatally injured: Thomas Dugan. Ge-
news engineer on the passenger train.
Others injured: 5. :. Luaolph. Roches-
ter. brakeman on the freight train. both
legs broken and otherwise injured: Bv-
ron Nelis. Geneva, fireman on the pas
senger train; {. 4 Martin. Geneva. con-
ductor on the passenger train: Charles
Perrons. Geneva, trainmsE on the pas
sen-er train.
The place at which the accident hap
pened IS about half mile west u The
city limits and there Is sharp curve
The freight train. which was ssvera
hours late. was making fast time. and
VIXEN the Two came in sigh, the speed
was so great that stop could not 81
made
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-27
BORALMA'S WIN AT LOUISVILLE
Kentucky NTatron stake, 1000, the
Chief Event.

Louisville, KY, Sept. 2s.-This was the
favorites' day at the fair grounds. Three
OF the four races went 10 favorites of
the top-heavy kind and the other event
was captured by a second choice. The
weather was cool and bracing and the
track, after yesterdays rain and racing,
was in perfect condition for fast work.
though a stiff breeze kept the time from
being as fast as it might have been.
There were three stakes on the card to-
day, the Kentucky Matron stakes for 3
year-old trotters. postponed from yester-
day; the Douglass stake, for 2:l2 class
trotters. and the E Selbach stake, for
2:1S class PAGERS. The other race was an
$500 purse for 2:17 class trotters. Boralma,
winner of the $1,000 Matron stakes, IS a
chestnut gelding by Boreai, out OF Eral-
ma. she by Earl. He was sold last week
by Scott Newman Of this city 10 DR.. J c.
Mccoy. banker and turfman. Of Kirk
wood. Del. His win today was very pop
u!ar. Results:
Kentucky Maid stake for 3-year-old
trotters, value 5000: Boralma won in
straight heats. Time, 2:16. 2:15, 2:l3- Ex-
tasy. second; Risky, third; The Bonds
man. fourth. Flash Lightning and Car
bine also started.
Setback stake. 2:is class PAGERS. value
$, 900: Bob Fitzsimmons won In straight
heats. Time 2:11 IA. $40 IA John Agan,
second; Shade On. third Edward 5. Car
melita. Miss Edith and Msude Emperor
also started
The Douglass stake for 2:12 trotters.
vail & do1. pA-s- thu Great won n
straight heats. Time 2:1l 2:10 Charley
/ Herr. second: SuTpol, third: Or. Leek
fourth. Copeland, Bonnatella and Sarah
s also started.
2:I7 class trottinz. purse $50: lucille
won IN straight heats. Time 2.i3. 2-l2 u
! Axnerer. second: Palm Leaf. third Gun
seslus, Dr. Book. J. C. Simpson and I'd
kin also started.