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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31

bordered the stream, the turf had been channeled by the feet of meadow mice, and here and there I came across the little domes of grass which mark the nests of these gentle creatures None of the nests contained young, but once l saw a half-grown mouse scurrying away through the short grass. Some of the nests were old ones and in two of these l found that humble bees had taken up their abode. An humble bee swung out of one of them and when l opened it l found large drop of clear, sWeen- smelling honey and little lump of yellowish, WaN-like sub stance, in which were imbedded mum Der of white larvae.
 Coming home along the brook again.
 l noticed spot where the water moved in peculiar way, and as l looked l saw
 what at first appeared to be log
 drifting close to the bottom. Another look and l saw that it was huge snapping turtle, perhaps hunting for an easy place to leave the stream that she might wander off into the ploughed fields to lay her eggs. l picked up stick which was lying near and drove it into the middle of the brook few yards ahead of the turtle and thus cut off possible escape in that direction, and as she was too large to turn round I had a chance to capture it at my leis- pre-. After finding the exact position ot its tail, I seized it and dragged it out, kicking and snapping. Turtles may be slow, but if there is any other animal which can move its head as rapidly as snapping turtle can, l don't know it. It waits until the object to be snapped at comes within reasonable distance, and then the already open mouth shoots forward like lightning. The sharp, horny jaws close with vicious snap, and if the desired object has been seized the head is instantly withdrawn with the jaws locked and the eyes closed tight in the desperate effort to bite harder
 With considerable difficulty l lugged my prize to the nearest farm house, where it tipped the pumpkin scales at little over twenty eight pounds
 ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31

any inward feeling from any other Christian man; when himself and his family make no study Of Methodist sim plicity of life, but, on the other hand, rather despise it as mark of bad form
 As straws betray the course of the wind, SO small things in other relations have often most interesting sisnifi- canoe. For example, a recent number of the Methodist Magazine. published at St. Louis, and going, of course, eXclu- sively into Methodist families, contains the offer of a prize or premium" for subscribers-"a combination game board" on which tenpins and billiards may be played in miniature, with a large number of variations; some ex- citing games" others quiet games" which means, we assume, games of chance and games of skill. At any rate, this combination -board!' be- lopgs in the same category with cards, ping-pong. bridge whist, and other worldly pastimes of kind once eschewed with adherence by Method ists, under Wesleys rule forbiddlng the taking such diversions as cannot be used in the name of Lord Jesus'
 There is, of course a curious signifi- canoe in this incident It implies that Methodism is changing with the times; that it is casting off the things which belonged to another age, and taking on the spirit which belongs to the twenti- eth century. If this indeed, be so, it is hardly matter for criticism but it is not without interest for those who seek to mark the progress of the world by comparison of the practices of different and differing mes.--Portland Oregon ;a,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31
4 LITTLE HopE FOR NOME BABIEs

1 The General Assembly of the Presby- terian Church South which has just closed it's season at Jackson, Missis- | sippi, adopted the following declara- ton: This assembly is fully persuad- ed that the language employed in Chap | ter x. Section 3, of our Confession of
 Faith touching infants dying in infan- cy does not teach that there are any infants dying in infancy who are
 damned, but is only meant to show that those who die in infancy are saved in a different manner from adult persons who are capable of being outWardly called by the ministry of the word
 Furthermore we are persuaded that the Holy Scriptures, when fairly interpret ed, amply warrant us in believing that all infants who die in infancy are in- cluded in the election of grace, and are through the Spirit Commenting on this one of the members of the assem- bly said: We can say positively that children of believers who are included in the covenant of grace are saved, but
 ill regard to the children of unbelieVers, especially the children of the heathen, it would be difficult to prove from the Scriptures that they are safe"
 Gentle reader, do you understand this declaration, and if you do do you know what t means?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31
I'll F UNAFFECTED.

Of all sad words of tongue or pen the saddest were those of Princeton
 men as they talked over last evening what befell their pride and joy yester- day afternoon. This is well known to be an uncertain world, and baseball is well known to be about as uncertain as anything in it, but if there were any who went out to the field believing that Yale would win their belief had much more of faith than of reason in it. All the probabilities, the figuring and the betting were the other way But the Yale players fell on the Tigers very much as the poet said the Assyrian came down, and when the performance was over the famous untwistable tail was so twisted that it will take some time to get the kinks out of it.
 Those who lost money by betting on Princeton can console themselves with the theory that it is not wicked to bet. Judging from some of the talk last evening that is about all that some of the confident ones had left to console themselves with.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Rents. and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each h. sertiou. Five Gents a Word for full week .fseven timesj.
 Display advertisements, per inch. one in' sertlon, $1.20; each subsequent insertion, 40 cents; one week. sS.20 one month. s1o; one year. $4h
 Obituary Notices. In prose or verse. ID cents per line. Notices of Births. Marri- ages. Deaths. and Funerals. 60 cents each. Loca; Notices. 15 per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business (all matter to be unobJecticnable). and their contracts do not irrInde Wants. To Let For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31
The Graduating Dress,

stand still, ye whrllng planets! Ne have no need to whlrl; We have no eyes for thee, they're on The graduating girl! Beribboned and belaced she Is just about to show Your brightest cancellations thing or two. l troW Now clips she with her scissors And wields the silkcn thread, While visions of her triumph Are racing through her head And on her finger nlmble, She fits the festive thimble, A rosy. blushlng symbol
 Of youth to conquer sped Back. all ye weighty questions And problems of the day! We have no time for you know, No matter what you weigh. Let business complications And great atfntrs of state. stand back; were near commencement And other things can wait, Let armies vie with armies, Let nations fall or rise, But for these lesser matters We have no ears, nor eyes; We're deep in admiration of all this preparation For early graduation
 And incident surprise. Stand still, ye whirling planets, Your dizzy dance suppress, Ie deem yourselves important, But stand ye, none-theless; You're hardly worth a mention We rivet our attention On each demure dimension Of the graduating dress.
 Baltimore News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31
METHODIST EVOLUTION.

The charge is made that Methodisn | is losing in modern days the austerity and simplicity which marked it's begin nings and which have been in very large measure the secret of it's power The church has grown rich; it's mem bership is no longer made up of the humble and the lowly; it's invitation is now to the rich and the great as much as to the classes to whom Wesley and Whitfield more directly appealed. Its houses of worship are no longer of the plainest type. but rival those of the Episcopal and other churches, which have never made simplicity and sever ity rules of practice. The more recent Methodist Architecture more, perhaps than anything else marks the departure of the church from it's old standards.
 Its steeples climb to the clouds; it's windows reflect the latest and the rich est in art it's ornamentation is marked by those studies in harmony and in ec- clesiastical history which it was the special mark of old fashioned Method ism to avoid and condemn.
 The dress of Methodist congregations used, two generations ago, if not more recently. to manifest by it's outward severity religious disregard if not contempt, for the frivolities of fashion. To-day Methodist congregation is not to be distinguished from any other It's devotion to the fashion is as marked as that of any other church; and in the att titude of the people there is no refec- ton of the rules which Wesley gave to Ia; 1;c flo, fa, ceeding generations were regarded as embodying an imperative rule of prac- tice for all members of the Methodist church. Among these general rules" drawn up by Wesley for the govern ment of Methodist and still nomnally recognized by the church are these pro- hibitions:
 Doing what we know is not to the glory of God :as:
 The putting on of gold and costly ap- parel;
 The taking such diversions as cannot be used in the name of the Lord Jesus
 The singing those songs or reading those books which do not tend to the knowledge and love of God;
 Softness and needless self-indulgence;
 Laying up treasures upon earth.
 It was the spirit of these rules which gave to early Methodism it's tremendous power, both in England and in this country. It carried the Methodist "out of the world gave the tone of serious ness and devotion to his daily walk, separated him from other men, and bound him to his own people, and in a thousand ways gave to the church the strength of the devotion and co-opera- ton of all it's members. All this of course. is lost under the conditions which now prevail, when the Method ist is not to be distinguished by any outward circumstance nor, perhaps, by
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31

The Paris correspondent of the Lon don Times, in writing of the departure of President Loubet upon the visit to Russia which he has just concluded, directs attention to the wonderful change in the condition of public sen tinent during the three years which lave elapsed since the hostile demon strations with which M. Loubet was greeted upon his return from the con- gress at Versailles At that time he could not stir abroad without an escort
 and the peace of France if not of Flu rope, was thought to be in great dan ger. Now NJ. Loubet is able to leave the country without the least apprehen
 sion of anything untoward happening during his absence The Nationalists have been subdued and the Imperial ists reduced to impotency while the re-
 public has been established upon surer foundations than ever existed before. The correspondent also notes the sug- gestive fact that none of the royal or imreriaistic pretenders yentured to at tempt any reply to the various public addresses which NJ Loubet delivered in his capacity of head of the republic.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31

There was not even a Bonapartist proc lamation. Another reassuring sign is the recent speech of the Bishop of Quimper on the wisdom and duty of obedience to the form of government generally recognized.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31

Going for Good.-Crabbe-To-day for the first time l was really delighted to hear Miss NeXdores piano going.
 Ascum-Something worth listening to, eh?
 Crabbe-I should say so. l heard the installment men taking it away.-Phil- adelphia Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31

After seeing Booker Washington s school at Tuskegee Sidney Ormond of the Atlanta Constitution pronounces it an ideal negro community. "The ex- pression will give but a vague idea to the average Southerner," he says. q have visited many college towns and < studied the work of many colleges I have never seen one which approxl- mates Tuskegee in many respects. Dur ing the two days spent at Tuskegee never saw tobacco used in any form, I never heard the suggestion of profan- ity, I did not detect the semblance of Immortality, and the boisterousness and disorder which one instnctively asso- eiates with the negro was absolutely lacking. Perfect order, neatness, self respect and absolute politeness pre- vailed everywhere The absurd affec- tation of the average educated negro was not noticeable. These negroes had been educated in the broadest and best sense"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31

A farmer died near Wichita, Kansas, and left his property by will to the members of his family In this will he provided that the farm should be pre- served intact and that it should be rented. 'It is my instruction to my ex- ecutors," says the will, that they may rent this farm to any fair appearing stranger but that under no circum- stances shall it be rented to any relative of myself or my wife" The old man had seen the manner in which kinfolk pay rent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31
The George H. Ford Co.

will continue for some time to sell the best articles in stock at prices established by the recent auction.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31

A joirt annuity can be taken which will protect the last survivor .--and the cost is not greatly increased.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31

The clock in the Houses of Parlia- ment is of huge dimensions. Each dial measures twenty-three feet in diameter, and covers a superficial area of sixteen feet Most of the wheels are construct ed of cast iron, and the hands and their appendages turn the scale at a couple of tons. The four dials are lighted by two hundred and forty gas burners, between which and the face of the clock there Is narrow chamber for the official lamplighter.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31

The making of ice in this country is no longer an infant industry. Thirty years ago the census found only four plants in the whole country for the manufacture of ice, and they were all located in the southern States. In 1900 the number had increased to 7S7 (not counting concerns which manufacture ice for their own use exclusively, and only about one-half of them are located in the South. Since 1890 the amount of capital invested in this industry has in- creased from $9,S46,46 46S to $3s, ,204 ,054, or by 2SS per cent; while the value of the product has increased from $4,900,- 9S3 to SIS, 3,S74, 513 or by 1S3 per cent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31
A WAY TO McveaSe yoar Mc0me
 FOR LIFE.
Many nersons of advancei

Many persons of advanced ages find their incomes reduced oE account of the present low rates oi interest-Savings Banks will pay 4 per cent. on SI.ooo but only 3H per cent. on larger sums. 4/
 Que 2HoUSaN9 Dollays used td purchase an annuity will yield ths following heomes fo. Life.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31

John D. Williams, q retired miner of Nanticoke, isn't seriously disturbed by the coal strike. He has mine in his back yard. It is an outcropping which developed into vein two feet by twelve, and from which he has been taking coal for seven years. It was given to him by the Susquehanna coal company, and he has mined it seventy five feet without either powder or dyna- mite, picking it out with wedge and to mine it, and now is giving coal to those of his friends who need it. He produces couple of tons week.
The evening times., 1902-05-01
Standing of the Teams.

After having won and lost game with
the Senatorial aggregation, the Athletics
decided yesterday that they needed an
other game 10 boost them up in the stand
ing Of the clubs. They sent in Billy Wiltze
to dc the Iaborious boxwork. and he du-
pIicated the trick he turned cn the Lotus
bunch on Monday afternoon There was
swatting and run-making galore during
the matinee, and the only kick the locals
have is that a Happy Hooligan' streak
Of hard luck prevented them from tying
the score in the final inning,
Townsend. who officiated Oh the rubber
for the locals, was long on biting, but
short on serving up MS accustomed elu-
sive beuders. The Quallers got next to
his peezie- -weezie delivery for eleven hits,
Of the Iong-distance variety. They made
every hit count as a run, much 10 the
displeasure of Townsend
The locals started off like favoTites, but
they fell behind just At the turn, and
we're lost IN the stretch The five runs
the boys from SlOwtOwn accumulated il
the seventh inning helped them nightly
to win, for without them they would have
had a pinch to win. The LOTUS agg-ega-
ton thought they would even matters in
the final inning. but that was merely a
halIucination on their part, as nothing OF
the sort happened
The following Is the score Of yesterday $
The evening times., 1902-05-01
.COHP PhRATIFEbY LIGHT
VOLUME CT TRADING
Market Rather FeVeriSh Upon
Opening.
PRICE CHANGES IRREGULAR
International Power Company Again
Does Skyrocketing- -Tumbiing Feat
Steel Stocks Continue to Reflect Pres
suTe-Sugar Refining Neglected.

NEW YORK. May The stock Marke:
opened with the trading displaying rather
feverish tendencies, and with very irIegu-
lar price movements appearing through
cut the general market
As was the case yesterday. St Paul
and Illinois Central were both couspicu-
ousIy strong. St Paul opening l roint
above last nights final figures, and Hli-
no1s Central points
The anthracite coal stocks were also
decidedly strong on the apparently more
favorable outlook fer a settlement Of the
question al issue between the United
Mine Workers and the producing com
panies-
With these exceptions however the
railroad list showed very small and ir-
regular changes
Active features were southern Pacific,
Texas and Pacific the Wabashes. Perm
syIvania and New York Central
In the industrial quarter the United
States Steel stocks continued to show ma
terial pressure There were few trans
actions in International Power however
opened i points above the last sale Of
the stock yesterday afternoon.
This mornings explanation Of yester-
day S TeDaT k2ble movement N the STOCK
were cynica)ly accounted as entirely rea-
sOnablG.
Sugar Refining and AmaIgamated Cop
per were both neglected II the early
dealings. Colorado Fuel and Iron rallied
sharply, and Tennessee Coal and Iron was
steady American Car and Foundry also
rose sharply
Trading was IN comparatively light
volume throughout the forenoon, and IN
the railway list interest. Centered IN s.
Paul and illinois Central, both Of which
advanced sharply, but without any other
than technical reasons applying to their
course. Londcn was closed today, 50 no
indueIce was exerted from that direC-
ton.
International Power was let severely
alone. and after opening Is points higher
the stock dropped abruptly "A points on
sales Of Cnly 2CG shares
The steel stoc3-s continued 10 reflect
pressure Sugar was comparatively firm,
as was Virginia Carolina Chemical.
Little was done IN the local traction
stocks. although Manhattan held com
paratiyeIy steady.
Sales Of stocks to p m, $4,000 shares;
bonds. 81 $50 -0oo-
The evening times., 1902-05-01

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The evening times., 1902-05-01
Mr. McKinlev,s Last Portrait

A three-quarter length oil painting of
President Mckinley. painted by Miss Lii
lian Thomas, Of New York, about one
year ago. just before Mr.. McKinIey's
transcoDttnentaI trip. viii be placed on
exhibition at the Corooran Art Gallery.
Miss Thomas completed the canvas in
London Il Is the last portrait for which
the late President sat
The evening times., 1902-05-01

paTentIy the Washington jurists are not
deeply impressed by proceedings Of the
Pennsylvania supreme bench. 1t is not
improbable that the Missouri courts viii
feel about the same way when the pro-
Ceedings against St Louis players come
up Courts of other States will frame
their opinions for themselves. regardless
Of Pennsylvania recedent.-Detroit Free
Press
The evening times., 1902-05-01
Total Coinaee for Anil

The total coinage at the United States
Mint during the month Of April. according
70 a statement given out this morning st
the Treasury Department, amounted to
q l9i ,227 pieces. aggregating 81, ,131 ,sss 1s.
The fetal gold coinage was ia, ,035 piece
valued at So. .480. .315; silver coinage, s, $685.
So pieces. $S,3S8, ,273.25; minor coinage
II 4,IIS,39G pieces, SZ63. .309 50
The evening times., 1902-05-01
Win Of George Eqlof.

George Egloff, by his viii, dated March
2s, 1889. leaves his ertlre estate to his
wife. Christiana EgIoEIs He directs, how
ever, that IN the event of her remarrying
she is to receive only rae-third Of his
property, the remainder to be divided be-
tween his daughters Emelia and Ida
EgloE
The evening times., 1902-05-01
Foreign Visitors at the Treasury

among the prominent foreign visitors at
the Treasury Department today were: Mr.
and Mrs Charles r Burton, of New
southgate, London: Mr.. Isidor UIlmann,
AFies0aden. Germany: Mr. and Mrs I. D
Boaie, St. catharina. Canada: James and
James Bidsland. Glasgow, Scotland.
The evening times., 1902-05-01
Trans-AtIantic MaiIs.
FRIpAY-(1) At HIS p. n. for

FRIpAY-() At I:25 p. NJ for MEIER
laE,is direct per :. Ryndsn. from Mex York
Nal must be directed per :. s Rynda7n.
(c) At u.25 p. n. for EUROPE, per = $ Tn
bria. from New YC-k- via Queenstown
tc) At 11-25 p 70 Scotland direct, Per s 8
Furnessia from New York Mail EiEst be di-
rected Per & :. FuTnesSia-
(c} At II .25 p m. Tor ITALY direct per 8 5
K II Theresa. from New York Mail must
be directed Per S. s X. NJ Theresa" F."
(C) At II=25 p H. for DENMARK direct, per
S s. HekIa from New York. Mail must be di-
rected ..Per 5 s Heckla.'r
The evening times., 1902-05-01

First base On Washington. 2;
Athletics. s. Left on bases-W Washington,
/; Athletics, S First base on balls-Wash-
inEton. ., Athletics. 9. Struck out-By
WiItze. ,; by Townsend. / Two-base hits
-C0ughlIn. Drill Townsend. ?. Flick, ,.
Three base hits-Wiltze. Seybold. Home
runs-Keister, HartzeH. Powers, CoughIin.
Stolen bases-Fultz, KeisteT- Double
plays-M Cross to Davis; VI. Cross TO
FuItz TO Davis. Hit by pitcher-By Town
send. . Time OF game hour and 50
minutes Umpire-Mr- OLaughlin- At
tendance, ,zG0.
The evening times., 1902-05-01
GENERAL SPORTING GOSSIP

a new record for a mile, stTaight-away
on a motor bicycle. was made at the Nice
carnival recently by Williams, the Eng
lish cyclist. He made the distance in
minute Il 3-5 seconds. There is no
record for a straight-away motor cycle
mile here. The track record for a mile
IS I minute u 2-5 seconds, made at Walls
burg. October p, 1901, by Albert Cham
uTCO