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Sunday school at $50 p. M; Epworth
League at C.30 p. M; preaching at 7.3O p.
m. by Rev. c. A. Benjamin, pastor of the
church. Prayer meeting. Wednesday at
730 p. m. Business meeting OF the
Brotherhood of st. Paul on the second and
fourth Tuesday of each month, at 7.30 p.
m. Seats free and all are welcome.
Court Street Methodist Episcopal church
REV. G. c. Lyman. pastor~-Class No. j,
9.45 a. M, o. d. Dewitt, leader. Preach
ing at 1880 a. M; Sunday school, 1145 a.
m, @. r. Clark, superintendent; Epworth
league. $50 p. f., Jessie Featenby. leader.
Preaching. 7.30 p. m. Seats free.
Providence Methodist Episcopal church
REV. George A. Cure, pastor. The
Brotherhood OF ST Paul meet for prayer
at 10 a. m. preaching at 1890; Sunday
school at . p m. Epworth League at
6.45; subject, Communion and Transfer
nation" Preaching at 7.3O; subject, "The
Blessings of Christian Song"
The Prospect Avenue German Methodist
Episcopal church, corner Prospect ave-
nue. and Birch street-Rev. q. +. Hausser,
Sen.-Prcachng at 1890 a. m. and 1.3O p
M; Sunday school at 2 o'clock; Young
Peoples prayer meeting at 6.d5 p. M.
class meeting, Tuesday evening at Sp. m.
Epworth League, Thursday evening at
p. m. prayer meeting, Friday evening at
u. m.
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SERVICES in THE
VARIOUS CHURCHES
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.

Elm Park Methodist Episcopal church
d. c. NJ. Giffin. pastor Prayer and song
services at 9.45 a. m. The Rev. C. A. Ben
jamin, pastor of Asbury Methodist Epis-
copal church. will preach at 1890: Sunday
school at p. m. Senior League at $50
p, m. Rev. u. B. Singer, the assistant
pastor, will preach at 1880 p. m.
Embury Methodist Episcopal Church
Preaching at 1880 and 7.S0 by Rev. Joseph
Madison, Class meeting at 1l,30. Sunday
school at 2 p. m. Epworth league at $50.
A cordial invitation.
Asbury Methodist Episcopal church.
corner Monsey avenue and Delaware
street-Rev. Charles A. Benjamin, d. D.,
pastor. Devotional meeting of the Broth
erhood OF st. Paul at $50 a. m: preach
ing at 1880 a. m, by Rev. L. b. Singer,
Of Elm Park Methodist Episcopal church
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MISCELLANEOUS,

Bellevue welsh Calvinistic Methodist
church-Rev william Davies, pastor.
Services during the week as follows:
English sermon tomorrow at 10 a. M;
class meeting. 11.30 a. M; Sunday school,
p. M; Welsh sermon. 8 p. M; prayer
meeting, Monday evening at I3O; class
meeting, Thursday evening at 1850
First church christian ScientisO, 5l9
Adams avenue. Sunday services at 1890
a. m. and 73o p M; Sunday school, 1l.d5
a. M, subject. MAN" Testimonial
meetings; Wednesday evening at o'clock.
The church is also open every day during
the week. The Bible and all Christian
Science Literature is kept In its free pub
lie reading room. "Science and Health
with the Key to Scripture" by Mary
Baker Eddy, will be loaned to investiga-
tors without charge. Visitors and letters
of inquiry are welcomed and given cour-
teous attention and Information free.
Zion United Evangelical church. 1920
Capouse avenue-Rev. j. w. Messenger.
pastor. Preaching at 1890 a. m. and 7.3O
y. M: subjects. Goods Methods of De-
velopment." and 1.-The Matchless orator.; /;
Sunday school, $50 a. M: Junior Chris
tian Endeavor. 4 p. M; Keystone League
Christian Endeavor, $50 p. m. Seats are
free. All are welcome to all services.
Plymouth Congregational church--Rev.
+. j. Millman. of Pottsvllle. will preach at
both morning and evening services. 1870
| n. m. and T.3O p. m. Sabbath school. IL m.
Sabbath school at Sherman Avenue Mis-
sion, 2.15 p. IN.
Calvary Reformed church, Monroe ave-
nue. and Gibson street-Rev. Marion l..
Firor, pastor. Services at 1890 a. m. and
7.S0 p. m; Sunday school, 11.3O a. m.
Christian Endeavor, p. m.; morning
subject. "Bittcn by serpents; evening
subject, "a Good Man in Trouble and
How He Got Out. Mid-week service, 7.30
p. m.
Gospel tabernacle. jefferson avenue.
Dunmore-James Leishman. pastor Ser
vices at 1920 Il. m. and 7.3O p. M; Sunday
| schol, IL M; Young Peoples missionary
meeting, $50 p. m. Tuesday will be a
day of prayer for the coming Alliance
| convention, which takes place Sept. Gil
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BAPTIST.

Penn Avenue Baptist Church, Penn ave-
nue., between Spruce and Linden streets.
Strangers cordially welcomed. The pas.
tor. Rev. Robert f. Y. Pierce, u. d.. Will
preach morning at 1880 and evening at
100 Morning prayers in the vestry at
945 Theme OF the morning sermon,
Builders of Kingdom" Sunday school
at IL O'Clock, following the services in the
auditorium. Young Peoples meeting at
$50 p. m. Sunday school at the Amerman
Memorial mission at $3.50 p. m. The topic
of the evening services will be "No Cross
Without a Crown" This will be the
bright Hour Service" introducing
series of sXtyminute Sunday evening
services of Scripture and song.
First Baptist church, South Main ave-
nue-S. +. Mathews. pastor. The usual
services morning and evening. 1870 a. m
and 7.30 p. m. In the evening the pas
tor will preach the closing sermon of his
pastorate. Sunday school, p M. DR.. b
G.. Beddoe. superintendent; Baptist Young
Peoples union service, $50 p. m, in as
sembly room. Weekly prayer meeting
these services.
Green Ridge Baptist church. Monsey
avenue-Rev. II. S. Potter, pastor Rev
ii. p. East. of Clark's Green, will preach
at 1880 a. M: Sunday school at 11.45 a. m.
Young Peoples meeting at $50 p. m.
Memorial Baptist church. Church ave-
nue-Rev. w. +. Davies, pastor. Services
tomorrow at the usual hours: Welsh in
the morning and English in the evening.
Bible school at . p. m. Communion will
he administered at the close of the even
ing sermon.
Green Ridge Baptist Church, Monsey
avenue--Rev. Fl. S. Potter. pastor. Rev.
II. p. East, of Clarl's Green, will preach
at 1880 n. m. Sunday school at II. .i5 a. m.
Young peoples meeting at $50 p. m.
North Main Avenue Baptist church.
Rev. Albert Hatcher Smith, pastor. 10.3(
service. theme, Judgment That Follows
Sin. and Love That Triumphs Over
Judgment" 7.30 service, theme. 'The
Determining Factor in the Salvation of a
Soul
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PRESBYTERIAN.

Second Presbyterian church-Rev. JOS
eph II. Odcl. pastor. Morning worship.
1870 o'clock. Rev. James Hughes will oc-
cupy the pulpit Sunday school, IL m. /;
Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
dcavor. 6. 20 p. m. No evening services.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at
7.45. All are cordially invited to be pres
cnt.
Washburn Street Presbyterian Church.
Rev. John P. Moffat. u. D., pastor. No
preaching service on Sunday. Bible school
at - m. sharp; Christian Endeavor young
people at go p. m. Prayer meeting We'd
nesday. 80 p. m. The pastor will be in
charge.
Green Ridge Presbyterian church.
Preaching at 1890 a. m. by Rev. N. F..
Stahl; Bible school, IL M, and prayer
meeting at 80 Wednesday evening. We'll
come to all.
Capousc chapel Observation-Disclosures
ing ut 7.30 by Rev. l.. r. Foster; Sunday
scnool, 3 p. M; Junior Christian Endeavor
at p. M: Senior Christian EndeavOr $50
p. m., and prayer meeting at 730 Thurs
day evening. Welcome to all.
Adams Avenue chapel, New York street
Some of the Young Mems club men will
conduct morning service at 1880 a. M, and
the Rev. James Hughes will preach in
the evening at 7.45; Sunday school at 8
o'clock: Christian Endeavor at Z p. m.
All welcome to these services.
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EPISCOPAL.

Saint Luke's parish-Rev. Rogers Israel,
D. D., rector; Rev. Edward John Haugh-
ton, senior curate; Rev. Robert Ewell
Roe junior curate. Fourteenth Sunday
after Trinity.
Saint Luke's church--7.30 a. m., Holy
communion; 1880 a. M. morning prayer
and sermon; p. m., evening prayer; 9.15
a. m.. Sunday school and Bible classes.
Saint Marks, Dunmore-S.30 a. m, holy
communion; 1880 a. M, morning prayer
and sermon; 7.3O p. M, evening prayer and
sermon; $50 a. M, Sunday school and
Bible classes.
East End mission, Prescott avenues p.
m., Sunday school and Bible classes.
South Side mission, Fig street-0 a. M,
Sunday school and Bible classes.
Saint James, Nicholson-103O a. m,
morning prayer and sermon; 9i5 a. M,
Sunday school.
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LABOR DAY EXCURSION.
It Will Be Most Enjoyable Affair
at Lake Lodore, Sept. l.

The Labor Day excursion will be con-
Quoted to Lake Lodore on Monday.
Sept. 1. There will be no place at which
the day can be more pleasantly spent
than at this beautiful lakeside, where
thousands of merry excursionists will
be entertained in royal style. There
will be an excellent dance programme
provided in the mammoth pavilion, and
the safe and rapid moving steamer and
naptha launches, the large and COM
modious passenger boat together with
the fleet of row boats will be in full
service. No better spot for fishing In
the region. Then there will be one of
the most exciting ball games OF the
season for a gold prize. An abundance
Of delicious refreshments will be sup
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building of the stone church which now
graces Main avenue, it being completed
and dedicated Oct 90, 1901. During
the pastorate there has also been a very
large number brought into the church
both by baptism and letter. and al
though the members regret the sever
ng of his connection with the church,
yet they rejoice in his entering upon
new field of labor where his ability
will be fully appreciated.
The Bright Hour Service.
Rev. DIR. Pierce will occupy his pulpit
in the Penn avenue Baptist church on
Sunday, after an absence Of ten weeks
spent in Europe. He will preach morn
ing and evening. At the evening SER
vice he has planned to introduce the
bright Hour a series of Sunday
evening meetings lasting sixty minutes
Each service will he varied and will
aim to present the "Old, Old Story" in
scripture and song.
Religious Notes.
The Methodist ministers of Scranton
will meet in Elm Park on Sept. ]. The
subject and speaker to be announced
at the meeting.
The gospel will be preached in the
hall, 504 Lackawanna avenue, on sun
day evening at 7.30 o'clock. Meeting
for bible study on Monday evening at
7.45 All are welcome.
Miss Myrtle Furman, the blind elo-
cutionist, who for IA years has been
professor of elocution in Swarthmore
college will speak in the Court street
Methodist Episcopal church, Sunday
evening, Aug. 81. 1t is the only time
she speaks in the city. Seats free
Come and hear her.
Rev. Father McHale, of st. Johns
parish, Pittston, has been assigned to
the pastoral work of the Roman Catho-
lie churches at Meshoppen and Auburn
Wyoming county, in place of Rev.
Father McCabe, who has been trans
ferred to Georgetown. Wilkcs-Barre,
township.
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ing. Sunday school, Q p. m. Let all
scholars and teachers be present.
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REFORMED EPISCOPAL.

Grace church, Wyoming avenue below
Mulberry street-Prayer and praise SER
vice, $50 a. M; divine worship, 1890 a. m. /;
preaching by w. w. Adair, general secre-
tary Railroad Young Mems Christian as
sociation; subject. Satisfied" Psalm
17:15 Sunday school, II m. All Sunday
evening services will be omitted during
August. The prayer meeting, Wednesday
evening. will be in charge of the Young
Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor.
Subject for Sept. 3, "Ready for His Com
ing Luke xii:3l-40. Seats free. Every
body welcome.
Branch church, Hose house, Trip Park
Services at 1880 a. m. and 7.30 y. m. |;
Sunday school, II m. Prayer meeting,
Thursday, 7.45 p, m.
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SUNDAY-SCHOOL
LESSON FOR AUGUST 81
THE BRAzEN SREPENT.-NUMB
XXI, 10.
BY REV. J. r. GILBERT, D. D..
lcretary Of American Society Of Religious
Education.

CONTEXT-The evil report of the ten
spies was received with loud lamenta-
tions. The people murmured against
Moses for bringing them out, ana pro-
posed to elect another captain ana re-
turn to Egypt. They were ready to stone
Joshua and Caleb who insisted that with
faith in God they might advance (Numb.
Siv:6-lO). Gods anger was kindled, but
lie spared the people in answer to Moses
prayer, yet doomed them to die In the
wilderness Numb. XXvi:65). The last in
telligencc led to penitence, ana an at
tempt to enter Canaan without Divine ap-
proval proved disastrous Numb. Niv:4o).
The events following cannot be mentioned
in chronological order. The rebellion or
Korah, the putting to death of the Sab
bath breaker, the enactment OF sundry
laws the instruction of the Levites, the
death of Miriam, the building of Aaron
rod, the bringing of water from the rock.
the death of Aaron-these are recorded
only as important incidents in the course
of several years. to furnish occasional in
sight into the life of the people and regis
ter their moral and social condition.
wANDERING.-After the repulse by
the Amalekites Numb. Xiv:4O-45) the Is
iaelites wandered in the wilderness. AT
first they vainly sought passageway to
the promised land. Their history Is al
most blank for thirty-eight years, the
events mentioned in the last paragraph
being all that is recorded, God was exc
cutting His judgments upon them for dis
obedience Tho mystery which hangs
over that long space of time is painful
to contemplate. Amid terrific sufferings
to men, women, children and cattle, they
journeyed on from place to place, with no
assignable purpose except to spend out
the allotted years and leave their car
cases by the way (Numb. xiv:29), The
Imagination might picture whole gem
Grafton dropping off year by year Numb,
AXvi:6D, sinking away into silence, and
leaving their children, who, impressed
by the sad lesson of failure sin, and
DEATH were destined under Joshua to
cross to Jordan and enter into rest Josh.
i:1-9.
DISCOURAGEMENT. = Early in the
year 1862 B. c., the wanderings were
about to come to an end. Having re-
turned to Kadesh the new nation is to be
taken home Permission to cross the
country of the Edomites had been re-
fused Numb. xx:2). and they will be led
around 1t. In order to do that they must
go southwark a hundred miles or more
to the upper end of an arm of the Red
Sea. Thence, bearing to the northward
again, they might advance to the east
side of the Edomites and proceed until
they come on the far side of the Jordan.
TO those not In command this marching
and counter-marching would be extremely
dispiriting. In part II would be along the
way by which the journey was made from
Sinai an apparent retreat. Besides. II
was "a great and terrible wilderness
(Deut. i:9), through which they passed.
nearly destitute of vegetation. tmperftcely
supplied with water. The hearts Of the
people sank within them as they toiled on
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piled; the merry-go-round swings, ETC.,
for the children. Trains Will leave the
d. & II. depot, Scranton, at 9.15 and
1918 a. m and Ill p. m. Fare from
Scranton, 75 cents. Excursion trains
will leave Carbondale at 1000 and 11O5
a. m. and p. m. Reduced rates from
all points between Scranton and Homes
dale, ~
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- UNDAY EVENING Rev. s. F..
L Mathews will preach his fare
we'll sermon to the members of

~ the First Baptist church, oil
which he has been pastor for almost
seven years. Rev. Mathews accepted q
call to the First Baptist church, then
the old Scranton street church, IN
November, 1895, and came to this city
December 49, of the same year, he en-
tered upon his PASTORAL duties the first
of January, 1896.
The principal events Of the pastorate
were the burning of the old church on
Scranton street on Jan. 20, 1899, and the
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Mr.. Fleming Newbold.
Assistant business Manager.

elided any of the essential elements
mean by this that newspaper cannot be
discussed separately as a newspaper and
as an advertising medium. Its value as an
advertising medium depends upon what it is
as a newspaper, and its scope as a news
paper is usually determined by it's advertis-
ing patronage.
The character of the newspaper deter
mines its readers. and the number of its
readers, and this determines its value as
an advertising medium. The revenue it de-
rives from its advertising columns deter
mines how much money it shall have to
spend for the purchase of news and edi-
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with which to produce a good newspaper,
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This leads to a consideration of the fact
that the advertising in a newspaper is of
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is the reading matter, and. 50 far as that
is concerned the advertising in a news
paper is part of it's most valuable read
ing matter There is no department of The
Star that has more influence upon the i'm
portant affairs of it's readers than has the
advertising department.
1t is not so important to the advertiser as
ii is to the reader If the advertisements
We're left out of The Star | suppose the
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This may be easily -analyzed and demon
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average family. 1t has a certain income
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Representing the Adams Estate.

representing the Adams Estate.
8 or 4 O'Clock in the afternoon, and near
ly all that happens in Washington of news
interest happens before 3 o'clock. except
ing social functions ana an occasional
crime accident, and which. after all. the
people look TO see reported in The Star the
following day. But beyond this, it should
be remembered that in the matter of gen
eral news also an up-to-date evening news
paper now has vast advantage over it's
morning contemporary, as compared with
former times. This is due to its free use
of the greatly improved and extended tele-
graph and telephone facilities and the fast
mail service. 1t should be borne in mind
also. that in all the European and eastern
countries the whole days operations and
events are concluded, with night rapidly
closing in. before the afternoon paper in
America has gone to press; so that, as
consequent result, there is practically little
news to be gathered in those fields for the
morning papers. In other words both in
general and local sense, the evening paper
is the paper of today, while the morning
paper follows in its wake as a mere dupli-
eating record of the events of Yesterday
This is becoming more manifest 70. and
better understood by, both readers AMI al
vertisers every week in the year
As there is no city in the United States
where there is so large a percentage of in
telligence, so no city has so many people in
proportion who desire to read newspapers
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city where they have as much time to read
and much reason for reading local
newspaper.
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Must Be a Local Paper.

succe sSful newspaper in Washington
while broad and comprehensive in its gen
eral scope must be essentially a local news
paper. which means that il must be local
in the sense of dealing with the affairs
which interest people who live in Washing
ton, and who come from all sections of the
country. and are primarily interested. aside
from social happenings in the transactions
and happenings of the various departments
OF the government. and all things that per-
tam thereto Therefore. The Star inter
prets its province of a local newspaper
along these lines. It is not sufficient that
II prints the news, and all the news com
plete,y and reliably, but that it should also
furnish its readers a very large amount of
general reading matter, more or less of
magazine chara cter; not the ordinary spe-
clal stories. which are conceived and work.
ed up by sensational journals where the
population is less acutely intelligent than
here, but matter of real interest covering
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day when The Star is issued the attention
of at least 10000 brains are centered upon
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For these reasons The Stars policy has
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realizes that each day there will a
tain number of thousands of dollars, per-
haps a million, spent by the people of his
city in purchasing at the stores and the
merchant who wishes to get his share of
that money has learned that he must not
only have upon his shelves the goods which
the public ought to buy. goods that are up
to date, that are fashionable, that are re-.
liable, and behind which stands the guar
antee of the firms reputation, but that he
must make known to the purchasing public
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he will have neglected such an important
part of the process of modern merchandiz-
ing that he will fall behind in the race.
The function of the advertisement is prin-
cipally that of carrying the information of
the goods on sale at stores, that could be
secured otherwise only by assiduous per-
sonal visits and constant vigilance the
part of the purchasing population. Adver-
tisements carry these facts to the peoples
homes just as the delivery wagons carry
the goods when they have been purchased:
and the modern family feels that for the
merchant to refuse to announce his goods
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same as if he should refuse to deliver goods
that they had purchased at his store.
Advertising thus being an absolute pub
lie necessity, in which the general public
is benefited just as much or more than
the dealers themselves being just much
of a necessity to the community as the
street cars or the waterworks system, or
the electric lights, it then becomes the
duty of newspaper endeavOring to serve
its patrons in the best possible way, to give
great attention to this advertising service.
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energy each year of its existence. 1t has
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substance of which is transmitted at once
to The Star office by its special wire serv
ice. twenty-five thousand people are re
leased from their duties at approximately 4
o'clock. and this is the time when The Star
is being sold on the streets.
In its columns they find all that has hap
pened during the day, and what has hap
pened in Washington during the day is
practically the whole local story, for we
have no common council. no city govern
ment, no ward organizations. to hold meet
ings at night. The government of the city
and District is vested in a commission ap-
pointed by the President and confirmed by
Congress, and this commission transacts
its business the same as Congress and
the departments do; its work is over by