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They Enjoyed Themselves.

The senior partner Of o large busi'
ness concern not q hundred miles
from Manchester takes kindly inter
est in the welfare of his employees, and
never misses an opportunity OF bring
ing them on" as he terms 1t.
The other day an industrial and nne
art exhibition was held In q neighbor.
ing town and he accordingly arranged
for q number of his work people to
pay a visit there and thereby improve
their minds. The party. conducted by
their foreman. duly went, and returned
highly delighted with their days out
ing. But when the senior partner saw
the foreman on the following morning
the interview. short as 1t was. gave
him shock.
"Wel.. D." he bescD. "and how
did you get on yestc rday? See all
there was to be seen. eh? Pick up
some Lew ideas"
Yes. sir. thankec. SIR respshded
the foreman. cheerily. and q very
nice time VIC had. sir. 1t was this
way. When We got to the exhibition
we was considering what was best 70
be done. so We appointed a depperta
ton O. three to see what 1t were ike
and when they comes out and says II
were all pictures and sculptures We
thought it 4 pity to spend our shiliin
ON 'en. SO We went 10 tea garden
and 'ad a blow On the river. SIT. aho
VERY pleasant 1t all were. sir. Than
lee kindly, sir."-Tit-Bits.
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS

Poem: God's Thoughts-A Sermon on the
Subject "How Can I Know That Am
saved:" BY Grace LivinEston Hills
Being One With God.
God has . thought for the maple,
You may read that thought in the tree.
Would you know His thought for the
granite?
Look at the granite and see!
His thought for the springing grass
Is told by the cool, green sod;
The rose unfolding its petals
Discloses the mind Of God.
His thought for the butterhy's life
Is writ on the insects wings;
The word He spake to the skylark
You hear when it scars and sings.
We think we are more than the bird,
More than the tree and the sod
Yet say are we living our lives
As true to the thought of God?
ID. Mcintyre Henderson, in The Iadet
pendent.
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CHAPTER XXI.
RETRIBUTIoN.

Mrs. Graham's face was like the
face Of one dead. as she sat for mo-
ment speechless and stunned by the
sudden rush Of the truth upon her
mind. Those who loved her had kept
this from her. believing that 1t was
right for them SO to do. Beatrice had
put her question aside only an hour
before. and she had told her-what
had she told her save that she would
find it hard to forgive should she dis
cover that they were deceiving her.
And while she had been holding bitter
thoughts in her heart Of John Win
throp he was lying at deaths door
and she had not known.
he, her husbands enemy, the man
she loved-for she knew that she did
love him in that one swift moment
when truth struck deep In her soul.
Cowardly. perhaps. TO kiss the hand
that wounded; undoubtedly disloyal TO
her husbands memory; but she was
facing truth. and this was truth.
Frances crossed the room swiftly to
her sisters side. seeing this change
upon her face. She stopped tenderly
beside her. In her great love.
You should not have told her. Mrs
Winthrop she exclaimed. an indig.
nant fash In her usually steady eyes
"She did not know-you knew that We
kept 1t from her-and 1t Is q severe
shock to her In her weakness. Why
should your son always work her
harm?
But the sorrow in the gentle face
disarmed her anger. and her voice was
| soft like music as she added:
Forgive me. dear Mrs. Winthrop
I am SO very sorry for you! But you
! do not know-how can you know what
my sister has suffered through him"
Thee does not know my son." said
Mrs. Winthrop. simply. "Will thee
come to him. Mrs. Graham? He
asked for thee or l should not have
come. Remember that he Is dying"
Alicia crushed down the tumult II
her heart. She pushed gently aside
| ner sisters OBTAINING hands and arose
Was 1t q wonder that even her hus
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Cost OF Being . King.

He who would rule must serve. Not az
src willing 70 be ruled. but all are willing
20 he served. And so it is that 4 crown 10
ready for whoever will wear it. But
crown is not pleasant ornament, or an
easy burden, for one who wears 1t worth
ily. Carlyle says truly, Every noble
crown is, ard on earth will forever be.
crown of thorns." 1t requires self'sacriflce,
and costs endurance and suffering to serve
Others in this world and life. Jesus said
to the sons OF men, Il am among you as
he that serve,h." And He who was the
King OF kings was crowned with crown
OF thorns by those whom He came TO serve.
Blu. kingship demands service. and he who
il worthy 20 be king rc)o!ces IN true scr
vice with all that il costs.
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The State Text Book Commission. after
a session of ten days. has. at an outlay OF
about 81, 900 900. purchased books for the
public schools Of Kansas for the next i've
years. The books are purchased under the
maximum price law Of 1897, and the
prices are fifty per cent. lower than those
which formerly prevailed. Contracts 60 10
eight different publishing houses. With
one exception the books adopted have not
previously been used in Kansas.
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Ice aa an Insulator.

It has been demonstrated by actua.
test ON Mount Blanc that a tele'
graphic wire laid directly on glacier
will work satisfactorily without insu
lation. In the test referred to naked
galvanized wire was laid on the Ice
and messages were sent over 1t be-
tween points more than a mile distant
from each other.
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R..r-Admir.l sampson's Will.

The will OF the late Rear..Admiral Samp
SON which was filed for probate at Wash
;nrton beoueaths to his daughters Marga.
ret Catherine. Hannah and Olive the pro.
ceeds of a $4,000 life insurance policy. and
the remainder OF his estate TO his wife,
who is named as sole executrix:, The will
was made at Key West. April IS. 1898.
The accompanying petition gives the value
of the entire estate as sls.5OO. OF which
$500 is in stocks and bonds and $1,000 is
the estimated value Of the Mormon Hill
farm near Manchester, Ontario County.
v
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A Little Sermon.

Many people are going through life in .
sad uncertainty about their own salvation.
Some even count this humble uncertainty
a virtue and look askance at bright-faced
Christians who say, with clear ring in
their voices, II know that am saved"
But the Bible leaves no uncertainty about
it. And ye shall know the truth, and the
O right to this knowledge and to the free
dom which it gives Us.
The guide-posts along the way are pain.
ly printed, that he who runs may read.
Are our eyes hazy with the dust OF the
way that we cannot see, or have we missed
the road entirely? The first corner beyond
that Of hearing is belief. Surely we have
not turned aside there! It is our business
to apply the tests God has given rs il we
would know Of our salvation. Do we be-
sys v. on b xe; never ahsG ". 1s know
that We are saved, because We believe
Gods promise, He that hcareth My word
and believeth on Him that sent Ne, hath
everlasting life,. and shall not come into
condemnation, but is passed from death
unto hfe." Can anything be more suret
A little further along we find another
test. II we would be sure we are on the
straight road to heaven let Us look into
our hearts and see If we ''love the breth-
rem" All! Perhaps it 10 just here that
the trouble lies. We love most Of them,
ali but q few-perhaps oil but one, ard
that one we canno. love because be has
sinned against Us, and We cannot forgive
that sin. But here the road turns sharply
and broad and downward leads even unto
death. In letters Of living FIRE Is written
the warning that We must forgive il we
would hope tc he forgiven, and with the
forgiveness we must love. Has not Christ
done so with us? And il we cannot love
the brethren, Christ's children, we know
we are not saved, for He that loveth not
his brother abideth in DEATH"
But there are other tests. We must
have the spirit Of God or We are none OF
His" We must be led BY that spirit: To
have this spirit, 70 be led BY Him dailys
hourly, IN every thought. word and aetiont
Jesus Christ; to have Him as the closest,
dearest. earthly companion. Then is
brought to pass within US that miracle OF
miracles-which never. until they have ex.
perienced it can the children Of this world
comprehensive spirit bearing witness
with our spirits that we are the children Of
God. We cannot explain perhaps, we do
not know the reason why, but quietly. tn
umphantly. unanswerably, we can say, Il
know!" His spirit has told Us 30.
F. B. Meyer says:
Understand that you are so truly one
With Him that you died in Him, lay Titb
assembled with Him back to God, and have
been already welcomed and accepted in the
beloved. Remember that His Father 10
your Father, and that you are a sor. in the
Son. and as you dwell in these truths,
opening your heart to the Holy Spirit, He
will pervade your soul with blessed con.
viction that you have eternal life, and that
you are a child, not because you feel it, MT
because God says So"
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Letter twenty-five Years in Transit.

A letter mailed at East Liverpool, Ohio,
10 Alva Durham. Cleveland, on January
l3. 1880, has just been returned as IN
claimed. 1t was sent by Goodwin &
Flenke. po,ters. both now dead. and be.
came lost in the Cleveland postoffice. In
tearing down the building the letter has
Just come to light. and been returned just
as ii it had not been called for in the
usual ten days.
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No P.ssensers Killed in 1901

The reports issued by the british Board
of Trade in regard to railroad accidents IN
England show that not single passenger
was killed in the year 1901 THIS Is the
frat tim. that a record Of this kind has
been submitted. Eleven railway employees
ard persons who were not passengers were
killed and l8l injured. There were as
passengers injured.
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Political Corruption.

With the political corruption OF the da,
facing us as in these days. there Is great
peril before US as a city. but the case Is not
hopeless. 1t ,s possible when men who are
Auence il will stem this awful tide OF lni.
ouity.-Rev. DR.. Chapman. New York City
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Retfar Than Being Loved.

Loving is better than being loved. This
i issO as srDs ;D y as ss that ssd 1SS ss Ss
giving than by striving to secure gain
from having. This is the same in every re-
lation of lie, even the most sacred. One
who wants to be married in order to be
made happy is likely to fail Of securing the
desired object; and it is well that this
should be 30, for the object is an unworthy
one. On the other hand. one who, marr,es
with the purpose and desire Of making the
other pcrson-whether it be husband or
wife-happy, is likely to find marriage |.
success. At all events, such q person will
live a worthy life. and will have happiness,
or. what is far better. will have Joy. IN the
ennob!ing endesvor TO give 1t. Giving 10
the only sure way OF getting, and 1t - me
only satisfactory way.
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Tho Science OF Good Cheer.

Religion is the science Of good cheer.
That Is its mission in the world. 1t is not
an unpalatable dose of medicine to make
you die comfortably, but glorious hope
that it will make you live comfortably. 1t
tells you how to get out OF sorrow all the
compensation it contains. How to bear
burden with equable temper, and how TO
die with the consciousness that when at
last you fall asleep some one will wake you
to a higher and better life. II your rcii-
giop fails to do that for you it is certainly
sdulteraated. You must throw the old
thoughts aside and find better ones to
guide you through the maze OF coming
trustful. and il you are both of these you
will be as cheerful rs the circumstances
admit. Good thoughts, high thoughts,
bring hope, and hope is sunshine.-George
Fl. HepWorth.
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The Wrath OF God.

No man is excused from the wrath OF
God because OF ignorance. no matter
whether he be a savage or an enlightened
civilized being, but all men are not 10 oe
;ndged by the same standard. but by the
Standard of l;cht within their reach.-Rcv.
DR.. smith, Methodist, Rediands, Cal.
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II your bottle is full of self. God cannot
pour Himself into it: empty it OF sell, and
God will fill it.
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London has 300 miles Of sewers
Paris only 400.
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The Hardest Metal Known.

Iridium, worth more than $3.50 a pound,
is the hardest metal known, and is used 70
tip gold pens.
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rr.pes P.va For Use Of csble.

France pays England about s5Oo,Go0 .
year in cable rent.
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All this ia beautiful and interesting
M a legend, hut it is said that there
was no such Office as President of the peo
pie of Jerusalem to the Roman Senate, and
that Publ,us T.entu!us never lived.
WHY all this absence of Christ in mar
HE and Christ upon the canvas? Whv is il
that the pen has never described Him sc
that we might reproduce His face? 1t GER
tainiy must all be of God. One reason may
be in order that we might know that He
belongs to the wide world. and TO no race
Of men in particular. II He were known
to be white. the black man might feel that
He was no, IN symapthv with him. II he
were known TO be black the white man
would certainly feel barrier between
them But ~ it is. He is Jesus. the L,ch'
of the world. and the Caucasian. the Mon
golian. the African, all can say together.
"rade. ia6e each earthly JOY, Jesus !;
mine" And vet, there are phrases ol
Scripture which seem to give US hints moi
to be passed by silently.
]. HIS FACE SET TO JERUSALEM
Luxe ix: 5l-"And it came to pass when
the time was come when He should be re
ceived up. He steadfastly set His face te
20 to Jerusalem"
He loved the city of Jerusalem, but al
the time He went toward it, 1t was city
of shadows. and every step He took wa.
into the deepening shadox of Calvary
cross. / need not describe His going. he
was like a conqueror. In the very. way lie
trod the streets of the city. and walked
the highway of the land He loved. he
was filled with courage, and when He be
held the city He wept over IT.. Take tins
rs q picture and there Ii nothing inner IN
art. Take it as a sentiment. and there il
nothing deeper in human pathos. Take ii
as q revelation OF God. and no one need b!
afraid Of Him. Philosophy may speculate
about Him and try to reconcile His two
natures; theologians may attempt to de-
fine Him as being infinite. eternal and un
changeabIe, but the common man grows
confused, and all that he can say is tina,
the One to whom he has given his sou
is the Son of God, who was divine enough
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HEREAFTER.

pierce His beholders through ana through,
and their rnforgiven sins in awful process
sion pass by. The cry Of the lost soul
Mountains and rocks, fall upon US, and
great white throne, and HIM that sat on
It, from whose face the earth and the
heaven fled away; and there was found no
place for them" (Rev. xx: n.y. This pas
sage gives another touch to the picture,
and what a change there is! Once there
was in that IA .e that which brought little
children to Him, and made women love
Him; and now the very earth and the
heavens have fled away from Him. For
the ewes OF the Lord are over the righteous,
and His ears are open unto their PRAYERS:
bu. the face OF the Lord IS against them
that do evil Peter III: 70 Gods
words are always true. Let him that hath
ears take heed.
We have also some hints as to how this
vision shall affect us when we see Him.
John says: II fell at His feet rs dead
Rev. ii: H. 1t is supposed that the vision
was so startling. the face so sublime. just
as men IN this world are overpowered be-
cause OF some wonderful experience, 30
John fell before Him in the skies.
The TRANSPORTATION scene is another rep
rcseutat,on. And after six days Jesus
taketh Peter. James and John bis brother,
and brinseth them up into a high mount.
tain apart. and was trans6gured before
them: and His face did shine as the sun,
and His raiment was white rs the light.
and behold. there appeared INTO them
Moses and Elias. talking with Him. Their
answered Peter and said unto Jesus. Lord,
il is GOOD for us to he here: il Thou wilt.
let us make here three tabernac!es one for
Thee. and one for Moses. and one for
Elias" Matthew xvii: l-iD Peter said,
"Iet US live here forever" In this he was
hut expressing the longing of every Chris.
tian heart that beat after his, and what
Peter longed for God had promised to
give us. Jesus at the TRANSFORMATION is an
exact picture OF Jesus as He stands in
glory, and as we shall see Him in eternity.
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the Garrick last week have been seen
there since Charles Frohman took the
management of the house. There is an
abundance of comic material in 1.-The
New Clown" and besides the laugh
valres of it's comedy situations there
are the pretty circus girls who are seen
in and out of the sawdust ring and
uses, while Julius Witmark and Maud
Raymond appear iii new and catchy
songs.
The courier., 1902-09-20

The fourth season OF the Criterion
theater began Monday evening when
Charles Frohman presented H. Crane
in David Harum." The engagement
is limited 70 two weeks and 1t will be
Mr.. Cranes first appearance in New
York since his long run at the Garrick
theater in this same play two seasons
ago. AS it is Mr.. Frohman's intention
to provide Mr.. Crane with new play
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T H z COUR ER

THE New Clown" has started on "a
decidedly successful New York career
Its fun and the novelties which are
presented in 1t are calculated to keep
it popular with metropolitan theater-
goers for sometime. 1t was transferred
to the Madison Square theater on Mon
day. September 18th. and will stay
there indefinitely. No such laughing
audiences as those which gathered in
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time Rogers swing to them. As for
jokes they scintillate throughout the
play like coronets at coronation.
''The Emerald Isle" is quite up to the
standard current novelties of its kind
and is making a good successor to
THE Defender" at the Herald Square
theatre. De Angels, as usual, makes
the most of his opportunities and is
the soul of the play. Owing to the
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clever conception of the leading role
by tire librettist, Basil Hood, he has
the chance to be very funny withou,
degenerating into buffoonery.
The music % the opera is far above
what we have been used to in recent
musical comedies, and skilled interpre-
tation is given it by Helen Fredericks.
Kate Condor, Edmund Stanley and
others.
Captain Molly a new comedy o.
the Revolution. by George C. Hazelton.
was produced at the Manhattan. Mon
day evening. September Sth. under the
management of Harrison Grey Fiske.
The play has Molly Pitcher for a
heroine and Elizabeth Tyree in the
leading role.
The action begins at Molly's home at
Carlisle. Pa, in May, 1776. Thither
come sundry young men of the village,
each of whom has lost his heart to the
charming Molly. Among them are
Barry Kenyon, a young farmer and
Tom Kitredge, son of Squire Kitredge,
the most unpopular, yet the wealthiest
man of The village.
There has been formed in Carlisle Il
company of volunteers that is to leave
next day to join the continental forces.
Barry Kenyon has been elected cap
tain of the company.
In the second act, that passes in
front of the village blacksmith's shop,
the company assemblies and an ennis
sary from Washington announces
Toms appointment to the captaincy.
There is grumbling and dissatisfaction
at this, but Barry expresses his will
ingness to go as a private, the rest put
patriotism over preference and start
for the front. Molly goes with the vol
unteers. The third act shows the
camp at Monmouth, before General
Lees tent. Here are seen most of the
Carlisle characters, including the vii
lage blacksmith, the village wheel
wright and the village cooper.
Upon the heels of this they enjoy the
news that Barry Kenyon has been ar
rested on a false charge of desertion.
He is ordered court-martialed at once.
Molly succeeds in saving her lover
and in turning the grave court-martial
into a comedy. The scene shifts to
the Monmouth battlefield, where Tom
seems at last to have trimuphed over
MS rival. Then follows the stirring
Incident for which Molly is known to
history, the loading and firing of the
,annon.
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for next season these will be his last
appearances in New York i'm the role
of banker horse-trader. The dramati-
zation of David Harum" has proven
TO be one of the most popular and best
wearing successes of this variety of
the book play. IL has crowded theaters
all over the country and its popularity
has never waned by repetition. The
stage version has in it all of the quaint
atmosphere and delightful comedy of
the story, while the skillful drawing
OF the characters is faithfully repro
duced.
At Keiths the bill for the coming
week is headed by wormwood's great
money circus, an organization OF
splendid trained animals whose intel
ligence is astonishing. James Thorn
ton, with new and original monologue
gets second place. and is followed by
Bellman & Moore. who present farci-
cal sketch called ''rhe Music Lessons"
Fulgora, in a wonderful and novel
TRANSPORTATION act, and many other
star attractions.
Miss Irene Hobson has just returned
from the other side, where she ac-
quired the title of the typical Saxon
beauty. She is a cousin of the hero
of the Merrimac and will appear dur
ing the coming season with Elsie de
Wolff in THE Way of the World"
Mascagni has most important plans
for his grand tour of this country and
will bring complete changes OF casts
for his operas so that the illness of
one star will not interfere with a per-
formance. This means the engagement
of three extra prime donna sopranos
tenors, baritones, bassos, one mezzo
soprano and two contraltos.
Madame Rejane, who is to come here
under the Liebler management, is re-
ceiving such prices for her American
tour, il is said, as have never before
been heard of. Her coming to the
United States will be a big event,
The date has not yet been fixed for
Grace Georges appearance in her new
play, the times of which are laid dur
ing the region of George III. The pro-
duction is to be made on a very elab-
crate scale.
The next attraction at the Columbia
theater will be William GiIlette's fa-
nous war drama Held by the Enc
my" This is one of the first and best
of the plays founded on the civil war.
Ii has had great runs at the cOnbina-
ton houses, and helped make the fame
OF its author, William Gillette The
play will be presented with all the ac-
of its first production, In
which no expense will be spared.
HERBERT f. CLAMP
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