F A. , ;W --"?. -. r i.r fb-.zt',- 4 . V . rT ftHE IiACASTER DATLYINTEIiLIGEN CER, SATUKDAY; MAY 12, V, at, 'VS ";? n ',& I'S? -?& IS- "av S1-. , . '!& m Mi1 i f,rl P7:i. i-ST :t,a $ ic if A THt HUNDREDTH MEETING OP THE ,BCNERAt AMSHW-V N AMERICA. i'f lha AssemblyIinpertsmt I Prominent Mlnlstr KmU I Ijrms The First Church en lna; : -HUtorle Sketches. "Jsw) Presbyterians of the United States gal aBSUtuiK vuuruugii jirvi'Hruiiuua ut 'wmlinntrl' 1- begin en (lie 17th of May Mtt, at Philadelphia, tlie first pcncnU MMmMyhAviiur convened In 178U. The "i . THlt CnCllCIl AT JAMAICA. yrogranune Includes net only nil tlie gen- VOt aMllnlnmnlanf 1 1m ..liiiwli Imt (ill InntiltF tlr PRESBYTERIAN ERA. relXslftteand prc&cntatlonef the most Interest pt .ffljSlnjf points In tlie history of tlie denemina- R? J.111 'avLea 4tn ei'ntniH nlttiiinf Mini IsVile f .. lgwftsvatlea, find, most Important of nil, BSrf lcrhftps. measures for a cotnplcle reunion r$ll , ., & .l..SJ ,... w ... UIIU nut.,.. & Representatives from both general asucm. '. i r v,,n I'Tmuni'TitMnna nrii-f n nmi tm,n,i Jk4$ uc'd ,n tlie Academy of Mu&icundln .'j nenicuiiurnt iiuii, mm iruiiuuunb minis 'iv ten and public men from both sections Will address tnese meetings. In the Academy of Musle tlie modcrnter of the Beutlicni general nssembly will w.1,1.. 4i rN,i .u. TiDiim vrmiAm 'fh Streng, of the supreme court, en the Uti aeeend dav. and en Biibscmient dnvs flev. M. sruer Alfred M. Hales, of NeHh Carolina, 4t j it i an- ,i in i i S !aT dressed by Senater Bcnlnmtn Harrison, of 'wff lndlsnat lien. Randelph Tucker, of Vlr- ! a; guua; Ur. Theoilero L. Unylcr, of limeklyn, i-Xy' ana etner emluenl invlnes, lawyers nnd t. MiHn. 1.. lTMtM..1..KAl 1...1I Jl. R1i4. noderntor of the northern irtnnral anHeni i Jiuaiurn. in ii ii Linn i l ii i hi iiiii, inn Bjwt't'' wy Uc"- Jaulel II. lull, of Ueergla; tlov tlev fc&ir wner Beaver, of Pennsylvania, and ethers . ... kSri'virul preslue, and the leading themrs will Shsa m discussed by Hen. W. 0. I, llreckln- EMmUJim m l..l. .1.... 11... TN. .. l 1... fc4l of New Yerk, nnd ether divines and Piif.?A! swKffimcn ui rnuni rniuiuiice. uie leuib f.?Sf&?1ec'l,,K', '" "' evenings nnd rleslng iFfvsZT J.. ..in la i.t.i h. ii.n ..n.ln... ..i....rti,..a S iM ' '(l1 n in ii t iju ,uiiiun i iiiiii,,ji.-i9 p4& "' Philadelphia, nnd nddix'sunl by the fe.'Sv world's most (uiiiuciiL nspencnts of uluea uluea i5tten and Clirihtlunlty jjVv In antii Ip'ii Ien of the event mnny lntcr "&f -1 fiu'ts baye iicen ciillcu from the .!H chufciiriniKlS'lii rt'lutlen te the earlv K& Prcsb) tri Ian movements In the colonies &Atn' stag's; for he would be n very dull MS W rM10'l ! CMUHIU Jt,IHU I1IW lllllUVtl.V iKi " reauyicnaiiisni in me I'.igntceniu ecn IT'tury upon tlie pelltlejl evolution of the fSXvtati! ami tlie nation. 11 Is matter of i. Mn.Ml.n lrlm.i.l..4n tli.il fwi.n lla flMl- n V'illllli'ii miii, luiifM kiii,w ,,iiiu im iiiiiw pig1 ergutiliuittiiti the Presbj terlau cliurcli has ft-t- emu governmeiiMiisttiicuvciyrcpuullcan fL' . In feiin. lind tlmt It has lleurlshcd best . where tlifin has been the least monarch menarch ri;lcal liilliu'iH'e; te wlti In Scotland, the tyf jienii ei injiauu unti lhu uuueu eiuics. mWA. Jeut It Is net be well known, iwrlians, that RgB no perhcciittens te wiiicn tlie early l'res- & V'v DJi"la,,n iire Miimecvcu wcru iiuicu niore ! sfe 'Political than religious. The Stuart kings, r raiuim ue nvy ih-iu ill iimuy ivDn.in, illiu ss, wnan cneugu te see vuan a rcpumican jgcnurcli government must, whether its oil eil B.5hercnts se Intended or net, weakeu their iil" riavnilnli in n innnnnliv .tn-rtnn If nn-Hv (. M3$! A-mnnaciul hn 4mi41i 111 liln fn, nulla tilifnan 1 "Ne bishop, no king;" nnd his grandson, K,fffiv though a mere stupid man, lilt the trnlli f- .( squarely when lie said that us long ns tlie f..';.i..,8cetch were allowed te be Piwsbvtcrlans &,-SSTWey would be anti-monarchical at heart. r'rjft t-fj,i . i i. - i. , i yrww-H, buura la iiu uum'uiiua in nun gev- y.3L nunenl equal te luopractlce or self gev. Cj'-erninenu lu0 Bluart Kings ami tlie Mti'W'Blest bilTetcd ament- tliulr HiirrnnserH ilrevn t'TSSi A HViTnAA n " ' n-i- r.. .i-. t out 600.000 Cemrnnratlnnallsta. Ttuntlstn 7i and Presbvteriaus (300.000 of the latter figkt from Ireland nlonej, and Great llritalu'H SSfP was uecaine America a glorious gain. United States with unbroken succession 'iTt.'et mienli3 nnd xrnr-tlitnlatlmt. nf. .Tnimitfiii ' !&r TtflflE- fnlnllfl tvlifph fnilr fnrni Yuit ipiuiti 1050 and 1C03j but of ceurse this was net the first In the colonies. Sometime bo be tween 1008 and 1011 Rev, Alexandcr "Whltakc preached te a Presbyterian con- $' ,uen at J5crmuda liumireds, vir- and this was doubtless the first. Purltann iTntlAnAiiilAiitH nr fVinrrwiTrt. $& ' tlenallsts) and Pi-esby terlans merged wit h frm out dlfllculty hi Virginia and Increased i.:4- ,j. ,.. .i ,..ii ii.. f S;ecta In England; then Sir William Bcr- ,r eiey, tlie royal governor, determined te eaUbllsh the British church absolutely. wtj. and about lO'lfl began te pcrsocute nnd rXpel the Presbyterians. Se the majority as' w them moved te Maryland, whom they jVrcntually obtained political contrel: but '5J In no long tlme there was toleration In -&J7iia1. .lAnl 1 Til I 1 t. l BfS '"'" tviuuiiKj, uiiu virguua nuu many S ' Pnssbvtfirl.lll streni'hnlils. rlfcvi - Kf w.c. r. nui:ci;r.NitiiaR. tiixe. i cutluh. $.& i Wll. STltOSa. ;Mt 4 It must net be forgotten that the Dutch $ 'of tlie beventecnth century were Calvin & iat.e, and se the founders of New Yerk 3f city were well inclined le 1'i-esbvtcriaus J who had te leave the ether colonies. tfsSr 'Amentr tha fln.1; wltWn In Mnsenliiita l. ' ? : . v. ... . "-". were several rresuyienans, who readily afflUatcd with Puritans and ether Soiiara Seiiara tlsts;but somewhat later Massachusetts stew mera Intolerant and many of her Presbyterians had te fellow the usual line of her religious exiles te IUiode Island and Connecticut. Thence they crossed te Leng Island, nnd nt n very early date tliat region was dotted along its whole length by Presbyterian churches. The Presbyterian elements In the Amer ican colenics were made up from the fol lowing sqnrccs, their proportions probably lathe order named: North Irish (com manly called Scotch-Irish, but many were of pare Engllah stock), English, Scotch, Dutch, French ana German. The north of Ireland contributed enormously 100,- tW 000 within a century. It Is clalmrlnn,l SS, their children were the most enthuslastie $; aatl-Uritens. Freude Insists that ono eno one 5j;V l" ' 'VVushlngleu's and Uates' armies t-"-' were of Irish exlle stock "Scetch-Irlsh" and though we must discount thU somewhat owing te Kroude'a peculiar H" bias, yet it is undoubtedly true that the a, Presbyterian Irish settled In the colonies h' with feelings very unfriendly te the $ British Teries. One glorious fact Is con cen xf ceded by the harshest critics: The Pres u,, byterian churches in 1775 83 were unani $,t neus for American independence. The utmost research in theso btates where tf,r Teryism was rampant has failed te show E a aauiKle Presbyterian minister who was j 'Unfriendly te the colonies, though it is "? possible, of course, that seme individuals '! w Teries. jfe. Inff Island, Seuth Carolina and New ,eru eity received another Interesting cle- meat about 1085-1700. In the former '! teu.U X1V et Iance, revoked tlie r vs. V ;'""i "" buuie iuv,uvaj rrencu- "$ TT ueu ren cir country. Many of ' tStasaacamftftli-ftf in RaiiiI. riAKAn .i. B H Af CI, '!'' -""'V!fcnaiUilll;iHIHjra, 5-1rlfIfcty 'n various partsef Europe, i $ "C Island and New Yerk city. VfuK "eJterlaa church was estab l " LfKl fe.?JT city In 1083. one en t?'1 fL a in irSn "f'" at Charleston, T '-""wnaa. iUDluxtl'rtii. IrJWriafl congregation In Philadelphia met in a ware heuse in 1093, and In 1703 there was still but one congregation there) new there ero 1051 Twe memorable epochs remain te le noted. Sept. 17, 1717, the first general synod met at Philadelphia, and organized fenr Presbyteries: in 1720 te Y-110 synod adopted the Westminster coniWlen of faith, striking out the passage giving magistrates power in the church and de claring ns the doctrlne of American Prcv bytcriantsm that church and state should ferever be kept distinct. This is ho llered te have been the first formal declaration of the American doctrlne by any representative body in the New World, and ninety years mere passed away bofero the princlple was fully Incorporated in the laws or all the states. As seen as the Involution ended the Presbyterians of all eoctlens began te move for a national or ganization; It wasRoen completed, and the tirst general assembly met in Philadelphia en the third Thursday of May, 1789. The unhanpy divisions of north and south are well known and recent; and as all ether divisions have been healed, the hepe that the hundredth general assembly will le as truly national as the first is ene in which all patriots will Burelyjeln, be their faith, their locality or their politics as they may. Fer such n happy reunion all true Americans will hope and all Christiana pray. J. II. Bkadlk. ILLINOIS CANDIDATES. 1'ifcr anil Itny Until Self Mniln MiiA lawyer niul Mrrrhnut. Jeseph Fifcr, liomlnated by the Rcntib 1 leans of Illinois for governor, wes born 45 years age at Staunton, Ya., n region new celebrated from the fact of Its Lav lug leen fought ever during tlie civil war, especially by Slonewall Jacksen. In 1857 Fifer went with his part'tits te llve in jucijcan coun ty, ills., where his father ejicned u farm, llcre liv ing In a leg cabin young Fifer Bpent four years. Then upon the opening of the war he went toBleomlngton te enllstlutheUnlnn army. The Tlilr-ty-llilrd Illinois volunteers, lu whlrh he was rn rolled, was ene of the best In the ecrvlce. In this JOSKI'H Vll'KIU regiment Jeseph Fifcr perved until dis charged In ItsOl. During the hlege of Vlcksburg, when the Cen federate (Jen. Johnsten threatened Grant's reur and Shemian uttucked Johnsten'H works at Jacksen, Miss., young Fifcr fell, shot through the lung by n Mlnle ball, and came very near blng from the wound. When his term of service closed Flfer went te Hloemingtoii and en' red the Wesleyan iinlvenilty there. Afler four jears of study, during which he sup ported himself and btudled law nt the same tlme, he was graduated, and with mi additional year of study of his profes prefes profes bIeh In 180'.) began practice for hluihclf at lllnntnlngteu. Since that tlme Mr. Flfer has been an emluenl lawyer, a states nttorney and incmticroiuiollll incmticreiuiollll incmticroiuiellll nols state senate. He Is descrlbed as "0 feet hi height, spare inllosh,efn swarthy, rath or dark complexion, keen black eyes, with a heavy head of coarse black hair, new begin- lllmr te lul tttlirrwl wltn gray. Ills ' carriage in erect, his movemunta clastic, his welirht y. ""? " "- a?- 1AMAN 11. IIAV. about 150 pounds, though his frame Is larger than is indicated by his weight, and he possesses great physical strength. Lyman 11. liny, candidate for nentenant governor, was born In Vermont, but early Bcttlcd in St. Chiulca, lu Kiino county, where he was employed as u clerk lu n dry goods store. Frem thorn he lemevcd te Grundy county, and engaged In nier chandislng en his own ncceuut until last January, when he retired from actlve busi ness. In 1872 he was olected te the Illi nois legislature, and ten j earn later was sent te the state aenute. Mr. Hay is CO years of uge. A New ltultnmil l'lrnlilent, Reswcll Miller has bceu called te the presidency of the Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, niade vacant by the death of Alexauder MltrJiell. Mr. Miller was born lu Pennsylvania forty years uge. He was at ene tlme superintendent Of the (J alie and Vln ccunes railroad. In I8S2 he was Becend vice preBl dent nnd treas urer of the West ern Indiana Rail road. In April, 1883, he was iuiule assistant manager of the Mlhrauliee and St. Paul, mid two years later bee am e general m an a g or. Ills YAy)Mfi salary as presl- 'ffi&il dent will be 25,. iieswkj.i. millkiu 000. Mr. Miller la of medium height, and with dark hair and eyes. He has n frunk, honest, business like way with him, and always gees straight at any question with which he has te deal. He will doubtless make ene of the most popular and eQlcient railroad presidents in the country. TclrcrnnliciV Signal Cede. Thore Is nothing that gladdens the eyes of the telegraph editor qulte ns much ivs the magical "CO." The compositor at the case likes te see It, tee, for he knows It Is the end of telegraph copy for the night. The telegraph operator has a fancy for "30" alse.as. Indeed, has evcry ene w he has auytldug te de with a telegraph or n news paper etlke. This "30" means literally "the end," and Is the Bignal that the telo tele graph report is complete for the night, but just w by It should be se or hew this came about no ene cm probably tell with any accuracy, but it is a part of n cede of signals odeptod by telegraph operators long age. They lilt upon It at random, doubtless, and It berves Its purpese satis factorily. By the same token the figure "1" Is used as the signal. "Walt a lain lain nte;" "a," and Bometlmcs "l a," means "I understand;" "18" mcuis "trouble;" "25" Is "busy en another w lre." These are the signals most commonly nsed by operators engaged en ordinary business or dUpatchcs intended for the uewspapers, but blguals and ciphers are used in a thousand occupations. The train dispatcher has his cedo, und tlie (Iguals therein save hlra a world of work and pounding of the key. Fer iustance, "7" may mean "train orders" and "O" be Iho signal used by the president of the read. When "0" flashes along evcythlng en the wlre gets out of the way, Just as everything is sidetracked when the presl dent's car comes whizzing down the rails. It can be readily understood hew thebe Ignals save tlme and labor, en the princlple that stenography Is better Adapted te the condensation of phrases nd sentences tlian longhand; In a blngle Bgnre a world of meaning can be ex pressed, but te the ovcrwekod telegraph editor, who has been slaving all nlgut with his head close te a gas lamp, and whose brain is buzzing and sizzling, the gum - ou is me Bwectcsl and the dear- nt e mem ail. uucage Tribune. Tlie best books are within tlm rMi ei the most mearrci imrsa. Vnn ,, . geed companion for as little cost as t goeu cigar. A process ha been discovered for pre duclng photegraplm en metal. Cincinnati beasts the biggest pin poe.' game In the country r )i V fc .vinfrE2SwjRV MENS IN A THEATRE. A GREAT METHODIST MASS MEET ING IN NEW YORK. II Vim Held In tha Metropolitan 0M'tn Ilnufta and Wna Mniit ltnpreniitff) In Hh KIWI rirturrl with I'm nnd 1'cncll Taken en the ftpet. "Methodist mass meeting," writes a New Yerk correspondent of this paK.T, "Is a rather novel phrase, convej Ing a sugges tion of politics; but the particular mass meeting held In the Metropolitan Oicni house, New Yerk city, en the afternoon of Sunday, May 0, was all that the phrase implies. It vt as a 'massed' meeting, for the auditorium (or as actors would call it. the proscenium) was literally packed, and all tlie five circles were filled, even te the lefty gallery. Net less than U.G0O people were present; nnd yet the powerful voice of Bishop Fowler, suffering from hoarse hearso ness though he was, was heard in evcry corner of the immense room. Part of his pucccss, of ceurse, was due, te the splendid acoustic properties of the building. itiHitui' Kewi.ini. "Te n vetcnm actor who had looked out from that si uge en the fashionable audi ences which thore drink delight from standard 0era and classic drama, the view from the same place that Sunday afternoon would have been a startling novelty. Dlicctly below him In the 'pen' he would hate seen a scere of lepertcrs and as ninny delegates; bark of them the whele fleer filled with Methodist preach ers and eminent laymen, presiding elders nnd derters of divinity, college professors and professional revivalists, men eminent In the pulpits of many cities, and scattered among them n few preachers of the old Peter Curtwrlght nltinip, with here and there a general, ex-governor, prominent Journalist or well known politician. All around them the bexen and lower circles were filled with ladles, a very few gentlemen among them, whlle at the top of the hoiibe were men and boys of that class which is accustomed te go out between the nets. But no ene went out after Bishop Fowler had sjiekeii his first sentence. On the front of the slnge were Gen. Clinten Fisk, tlie preacher of his day. two or three bishops mid the pie pio renter: behind them the drop curtain. The view Iierdcred en the Biiblliue, and there was no need of scenery te heighten the effect. Such was the ucene from the stage front. "Frem the southwest corner of the room Jho view was leally grand whlle the bishop was speaking. Frem that point his commanding figure appeared well out te the front, and behind him appeared the boxes and circles en the north slde all In flne lellef from fleer te skylight. The audience, except In the circles above the boxes, contained substantially the same elements as attend the dally sessions of the conference; and the fervent 'Anient' 'Lord, grant HP und ether rospeiibcs te the bishop's fiery hentences, shiincd the body te be thoroughly Melhedlslic. The Kinging was congregational, led by a pre. cetiler and accompanied by thu great or gan; and It Roomed as If almost every one In the room Joined In the great volume of liarmeny. President Spciice, of the Grant Memerial university, read the ejienlng hymn, '0, for a Thousand Tongues te Sing;' ltev Dr. foray M. Vernen offered a prayer, and then came a most olTectlve reading of that subllme chapter In Isaiah describing the bufferings of Christ, by l'HOM ONK Ol' Till'. 1IOXI-J5. Rev. Dr. J. It. Day, of Nmvbiirg, N. Y. ltev. Dr. J. U. W. Cox, of Iowa, read the hymn, 'When 1 Survey the Wondrous Cress;' nnd after the singing Dr. Ii Mo Me Chesmiy, who presided, introduced Bishop O. II. Fowler, of S.m Francisce, who read his text, then laid aside his glasses and speke nn hour und a quarter without ref erence te a manuscript, holding the rapt attention of the vast nudicuce te the last word. His text was: "Whom aedlialh set forth te boarrepltlallon through fullli lu lila Lloed, te deelare liU rh;lit rh;lit ceusnrss f or tlie remission of lns that are past, threiiKh the ferbearance of Oe.!: te declare, 1 sy, at thU tliiM hi rUiteouines, that he might te Just nud tlie iiistitlcr tt lilin" blch IvllcifCli In Jesus. "Ills exordium was sublime, thrilling every hearer, and Is here presented as lu effect nn analy&Is of the whole ecruien: 'ThU Is Paul's great etntemcut of Uie Atone ment. Hern voliaieGod'8 jiisticenml rlRtiteoua rlRtiteeua ma, mau's Bin und lielpleuuwd, Oed's forbear ferbear forbear nnee ami arileuliig mrrcy threiiKli faith In tlie proiiitlalleg bleed of flu 1st. We are lu tlie inlJit of a group of majostle I Jean. TUmi hardly a Ingle truth hi tlie uliole reunilef liuuiau thought worthy of absorbing tlm nlteutien or firing the uiblllen or nu Immortal Iwlng that U net jncu Honed hi inrnlrrd tn this text, , a great rnU-r nn yMiinuiiiJislli) great htateiuien. nnj mp I" i ngie.it i)ile. bolliisgieitt ilei'lritin nf "' i nl mil l In kiirrviuiult-tl b) fuiiil.iiuenl.il ' i'mI it iniixt li MipiKirlnl by iat prvpnnv '"'ii .in. J inii.,1 eilHiintenppll.iiKVa for Ha prnvr ii ill"; lu i'ii pi r pivM-nlntleu. Uok at the '" lit ) Ii iilhv rem hlug out uf eternity nnd out of '" InlliiileHuiit te grapple anj npprwprlnte i' ii ilixiuun. iicul, rlghltx)uj.nei, Justice, man, tiiniiuiii, kUj, moral gurernment, HceeuntntiUIly, iiiiiiiuitallty, Juilgiiieiii, the iucanintlen. Ilm il) tug oriii.i8.inef (!h1, feibearnuee, nii-rey, pardon, k-il.illii, eternal lile. Tln nre an Infliifte lut lut ilmeni In IhiMiMeltes, Uu. Inherltaucu of the U lleier lerty ci-nturles full of struggling phllos phlles ..plier. nmcr turned the telewope of human t heiiglit iimi uih a bluilngnnd anmilng galaxy uu j Ueil ean Mirmul such a itrumment bUhe us. auJiralu our eie te mark ihe march of thl, uU lily host. Onte te haie ceiuljcred thcie liuthn la le be rercicrcldiate.1 nbeielhe plane et mere nature, and lifted out et the ilarkneas of mere heaUicnUm. Jlcnccferlh Oed halh set forth Jetus for j our atonement. Ferei ennore pardon and heaiiu haie once, at least, been within your reach. . "U-t eieobedy hear me. Art thou a philoso pher, let In the depths of thyeuu reawulugf Jlew me. Ker thU Kateiiu-nt that Oed has eet forth Ida Ben a j a propitiation for our sins In such a statcmeut that if It be true It does net matter whateier rUe be false, nnd If it In false it deea net matter n hat else be true. Art thou a scholar, wearied with the weight of thy knowledge? Hear inc. Though this may seem te thee aaitdlJ te lhearctk-fealihnea.-jet It Uthe wisdom of uea. Art thou a.ehuitr. enaeatcd-irlUi ihv lL Jrliafl5mMiaiiiiHinig if: pwn iwa part, reaay at umes te brea Jn wltt a rjldde's band, and flea from thyself Inte the en swaUilngdMknew or endleM despair! Hear roe. Theu needert net te die. Jesus Christ has died. In blin Oed shows forth his righteousness and for fer bnarance for the remlanlen of sins that are past. There Is way of escape. There Is a straight and narreir way up te life, eternal life. Ter by this tenement Oed b able te be Just, and Justify him, whoseoTcr he may be, hotrerer deeply mired In corruption and lout te all honor, that belie?eth In Jesus. Art thou a believer, walking with trembling and anxious step, fearing lest mich riches should prove tee great te be thieef Hear me. Ily this token thou mayest hejie for all things. Ijt everybody hear me. Tills ' tha geed news for all men. Oed has tnade an atone ment for all men through faith Initie bleed of Jeans. May Oed help all te hear and believe and be sareiL "The Hev. Jehn E. Uoblnsen, of India, read the closing hymn, 'AH Hall the Power of Jesus' Natne,' and Rev. Dr. R. H. Itust, of Ohie, pronounced the bono bone diction. "Ulsliep Fowler was born In Canada in 18S7, but was reared In Illinois and edu cated for the law. When converted lie studied for the ministry, and was licensed In tlie Iteck River conference In 1801. He has risen steadily and rapidly, and In 1884 was ordained bishop. His home Is In Ban Francisce, but ea bishop his travels are cxtjnslie." KNIGHTS OF PYTHIA3. Their lllennlHl Ciineliirn lu lie Held In CMneltitiHtl In .lime. The fifteenth biennial coticlave of the supreme ledge, Knights of Pythias, will lie held In Cincinnati, lieglnntng en June 13 next. Accommodations have txsm engaged for 20,000 persons. Six thousand ledges will be represented. It Is estimated that seme 75,000 jiersens will fleck te Cin cinnati lu order te attend the meeting and the ceremonies. Heward Douglass, the supreme chancel lor of the world, Is a uatlve of Cincin nati, where he was born Jan. 21, 1810. He was educated In the public and high schools of his uatlve city, but was obliged te forego a colleglate course en account of Illness. Ile was admitted te the bar at the early age of 21 ears, nnd few attor neys lu tlie west of lil.s ) ears and expert expert ence new have a larger clientage ormero lucratlve practlce. lie was several times elected member of the school beard, the lienrd of education and the workheuso lieard, but has always roftibed nomination for any political oillce. He was president of the beard of education during the un precedented floedsof 1883 and ItSi en the Ohie rlicr, and It was mainly .through Ids forethought and prompt action that thou sands who were homeless and destltute were sheltered and prefKled for In the public school buildings of Cincinnati. Although of a slight build, and weigh ing net eer 100 pounds, he Is amply hiippneii wuu en ergy, and Is a tireless worker at anything he tin dertakes. He has Ih'cii n member of tlie Knights of Pjthias since IbliO, and his name Is n household word among the members of. Hint erder. The Deug lass ledge, Ne. 21, which no organ ized and which bears his name. Is newAiin DeuatiABS. ihe strongest In tlie state of Ohie lu mem bership, Inlliience end wealth. He has held several high offices in the order pio pie pio xleus te 188(1, when he was elected supreme chancellor, at the hcsslen of the supreme ledgo, whlrh met in June In that jour ut Terente, Out. It Is needless te state he Is bending every energy te make the fifteenth biennial conclave a success In evuiy particular. Mr. Douglass -Is also an actlve member of hevernl ether leading benovelont and secret organizations, hav ing reached the thirty-second degrue, Scottish rite, lu Freemasonry. Justus II. Itnthhmie, a native of Door Deor Doer Hold, Oneida county, N. Y,, was the founder of thu order of the Knights of Pythias. It was while engaged lu teach ing tichoel ut Fugle Harber, folio Superior, Mich., in tlm winterer 1800 and 1801, that Mr. Itathbone tuepared the ritual which was afteiward accepted and used In founding the Knights of Pythias. The first ledge was organized lu the cltr of Washington, 1). 0., en the 10th of Febru ary, 1801, by Mr. Itathbone and several ether fellow clerks of thedlffereut depart ments. Tlie growth of theeider has been remarkable since Uiit tlme. The following are the entries for the competitive prize drill that will be a. feature of the occasien: Lafayette divi sion. Ne. 1, Lafayette, Ind.; Indianapolis division, Ne. 2, Iudiiiunpells, Ind.; fochlel division, Ne. 11, Elgin, Ills.; Hastings divlsieu. Ne. -I, Hastings. Neb.; Ceeur De feun division, Ne. 1, Wheeling, W. Vn.; feulsvillu division, Ne. 1, Louisville, Ky., Ceiur De foen divUien, Ne. 0, Lancaster, O.j Miami division, Ne 35, Teledo, O.; Mj-htle division, Ne. 12, Louisville, Ky.; (Star division, Ne. 0, St. fouls, Me.; Chi cago division, Ne. 5, Chlenge, Ills.; Aga memnon division, Ne. 11, Limn, O.New Alb.mv division, Ne. C, New Albany, Ind. ; Many division, Ne. 18, lndlauapulls, Ind,; Fiut Deiuberu division, Ne. 1, Chi cago, Ills. An Acter In Honolulu. Beeth told a very amusing Btery when Ue was here last of a trip lie took te lonelulu, when he was younger and tnecklng about California. Seme actor came up from Australia who had stepped at thu Sandwich Islands. He inflamed lioeth en the subject of that dramatla El Derade. He scraped togethor all the money he could and went te Honolulu. He had fifty dollars when he arrived. With that money he hired the theatre for llve weeks at ten dollars a week, lie found two or three poeplo and made ar rangement te glve a bhew It was te be "Richard 11L" The two or thrce people played all the parts. One man played four, nnd ene woman two, and se en. The question of billing the town arose. He managed te get seme pesters, but he hud nothing te stick them up with. He bought a bucket of "pel" and bome starch or stuff that would help It, mixed his pasle and sent n small Kanaka out te put up the bills. He didn't soe any when he went out, and Investigation disclosed that the small Kanaka had eaten up all the paste nnd tlurewn the pestors away. He begged bome of his company te stick them up, but they were all tee high toned, and lloelli had te go off himself In the middle of the night and pasle Ids bills up. He said he came back with fifty dollars, Just ns he Btarted, and they had lived en bananas principally. San FianeUce Chronicle, Outlook for JuYciill Literature. When there are no niore red Indians, ev when theso who continue te exist nrounl nreunl versally respectable, Jaw abiding, hum dium personages, what w 111 the boy of the future de for exciting literature? Pirates, It need hardly be pointed out, are becom ing In these latter days ridiculously scarce; even In their former happy hunting grounds off the coasts of Sumatra, Bernee and ether East Indian islands traders rarely meet with miy of the gentlemeu Immortalized by Marryat, Lew and fouls Stovensou, and n score of ether marlne novelists. When we ceme across a geed plrate story in a boys' book, we nearly always find it written In the past tense. The same Is becoming true of adven tures with redskins; but still there are parts of the American continent w here the Comanche or Apacha hi his war paint may even new be encountered. This is as It should Iks. The mlsery which will le Inflicted en bchoelboys when all the desert siands of the world are inhabited, when i plrate will be as extinct as a pleslosau pleslesau rus and the few remalulne- red Tnillnii beceme waiters In New Yerk restaurants, has nevcr been taken seriously or system atically Inte account It Is an outrage en boyhood te deprlve It of tl,0 chlef field for Iho expansion of Its Imaginative faculty. Londen Telegraph, j ' CIUItlTY HOSPITAL SAD SCENES fAMONQ AN (UNFOR TUNATE CLASS OF PEOPLE. Mission Werk en ntackwell'a Island. Mine Hundred Batterers Under One Hoef A Dying- Ctrl Neble Deeds of Charily Outside Werk. The ladles) of the mission gathered up thelx packages and papers and divided In two parties ene te visit the penitentiary and de there the beautlful work which Elizabeth Fry Initiated, the ether te the Charity hospital; and with the latter I went. A small room Is set apart there for the use of the mission. The tables In It were already covered with baskets of fruit, glasses of Jelly, bottles of beef tea, cons of oysters, and various ether dell dell mcles. By each basket lay s number of papers and religious tracts. After brief religious services the ladles separated, each taking her own basket and reading matter te the ward she was assigned te. Here, under this ene reef, are COO human beings, In every conceivable stage of suffering. Tlie pangs of poverty are In creased a hundred fold when dl&oase seizes In its cruel clutches the unhappy victim. Few poeplo are fortunate enough le escnpe the knewledge of bodily pain. Most, indeed, can recollect at least ene season of physical wrctchedncss. Te be euro, thore was a soft bed and shaded windows, skilled care and loving atten tions, doctors who satd pleasant things and disguised their doses, delicious trifles that nppcared by magic, and a thousand in genious surprises te crcate an nppetlte or win a smlle. With all that, something llke a shudder comes ever ene at the thought of a repetition of the experience. Te go through award In the Charity hos pital convinces you that the prlmer of mlsery has yet te be mastered by the rest of us. Imaglne yourself en a narrow and lumpy bed, the light from a row of big windows beating in your eyeballs, the feet of the convalescents shullllng nnd scuf fling ever the bare fleer, the whitewashed walls, doveld of even n wall paper pattern te be deciphered, the callous young doctor te whom you are but a bit of experience, and the fowl such that If well your stomach nnd benscs would revolt nt It. As te flowers, books, musle and bright colors, they ceme only lu dreams. After nil no amount of moralizing brings the truth home llke a single individual case, and there was ene patient in par ticular that -made a profound impression upon me n girl In the last stages of con sumption. Illness had robbed her face of the. coarseness It may have had in health. Through the veil that death Is drawing ever It Hhltie splendid blade eyes and a fcldn painfully brilliant in coloring. A heavy mess et short black hair falls ever hur forehead, nearly meeting the large dark brews that scorn te have been palnled rather than grown en the marble nldii. Thore Is something curious and shocking In tlds dread "makeup" of dls dls ense that reminds ene of the stage, but there is ue counterfeit presentment of health In the long, emaciated hands that lie se nervelessly en the bedqullt. By the slde of the bed Is a Utlle stand; upon It a l!Uilc and a mug of water that Ls all. Mary vvap breathing In low gasps. Her lips were parched, her eyes despairing. Suddenly they fell upon the visitor. In a moment she was transformed. When that visitor laid en the llttle table a slice of ordinary whlte bread and butter and a big ornuge the girl half raised herself en her elbow te leek her gratitude The luxury expressed In that illce of bread and butter no ene can Imaglne until they leek nt the dink, sticky stuff greased ever that Is called by that name in the hos pital. Theu the gentle missionary read and talked te the girl, who listened eagerly. "Ne ene olse comes te see me but you," she said, simply, "and the days nnd nights are se long." "Is there anything you would llke?" asked the lady. 'yes, ma'am, if jeu please. I should se like n little mixed candy," said the dy ing girl. "Yeu see, the modlclne tastes se bad, and we deu't have nothing te take nftcrlt." The candy was premised, nnd with her heart In her volce the lady ut ut ut tored n llttle prayer nnd left the suiTvrer composed nnd comforted. II ls n dork day In a patient's life when the doctor bays she may have anything she likes that Is, that visitors choeso te glve her and many nnd singular are the petitions showing the sullcrer's Idea of luxury. One sinking from the effects of an opera tion begs for a taste of mixed pickles, another wants "just ene bolegny, ma'am;" u third nsks for n glass of ginger ale, and nn old woman begs for "a cup of real lea" Going from one ward te another It ls the same sterv told ever and ever again of suffering, for the most part dumb, of moral blindness and mental misery. It Is turleus, though, te nete the difference of reception given le the mission visitors by the new and old ones. In the surgical wards were many des perately III women. One of them near the doei was nearly ever Iho threshold of llfe. Hei glazed eyes were fixed upon a child her only ene, brought le her for a farowell kiss. The llttle fellow crewed and capered about merrily In the lap of the woman who held him, unconscious of the meaning of Iho sceue. As his mother's eyelids fell he was laughing outright with delight. It would be painful and dreary te go even In pen from ene ward te nnother In this stronghold of suffering. It seems as If tlw very walls of tt would weep, nnd the sights welgh down the heart of the outsider. A few of the branch charities are the lean relief, which lends rubbci cushions, Invalid chairs, het watci bags and bed rests te the peer convalescent, the mothers' meeting, where geed advlce and Bible reading go hand In hand with sow sew ing; Iho Thanksgiving fund, which sup sup Siles fifty five peer families with a geed Inner en that day, the bucket trade, which, when the mother ls working out by the day, supplies her llttle ones with a pall of poed het feed; the Kitchen garden, wbere llttle girls are carefully taught, and the protective weik, which alms te care for the female btranger from the country or abroad until she finds work. Mrs. Uoberl l' Perter in New Yerk Press, Inipnrtunce nl Owning I-luil. There Is something worth thinking about In the remarks of a BufTaleulau re turned from Califernia: "Amerlcans ua ua tleo born have no Idea of the luiportance of owning land. They have let foreigners ceme here and buy hundreds of thousands of news of land, and Just because It was cheap the Amerlcan citizen wouldn't have It. The result is that when the values rise, as In many cases out west, ths foreigner was the oue te prlfit by it. In San Francisce you will find a great many very wealthy Chinamen who own valua ble blocks of stores and fiats, and who are powerful competitors of the American merchants. The rich Chiuemaii can knock out tha rich American when it cetnes te buying goods in China for expert tetlds country, and se it gees, fcvery young natlve born American, of whatever parcntage, Bheuld acquire at least seme real property If he expects te keep up with the 'band wagon in the future." Chicago Herald. In the Muddlns Crowd. "Qarrlnger, my watch has stepped. It yours going?" , "Oelug, Rwmleyt.It'8 genel' '-Detroit .ftvO.f fCBg. " Inherited Diseases. tn the realm of dlneaae Ibe fsrts of In. htrltsnre are mwt numrrens and are dally neeuniulallnit. Here, alia, lhy bcvnme ter rible, fateful and errTtthelrnlng. Ne f att of nature Is mers pregnant with awful mean ing than lha fact of tha Inheritance of dlwase. It tnreta the phjilctau On his dally round, fnraljtlnu Ids art ami nlllnir. him with dUmay. The Icgand of the ancient Orrtkj pictures the Purlej as pursuing fsmllles from feneratien te grnernllnn, rrnilrrlng them desolate. The Kerlcs still ply their work of terror anil death, but they are net new clethwl In the garb of rupertll rupertll tlen. but appear In tha morelnUIIUtltle but no lei awful form nf hereditary dlteaae. Modern science, which has Illuminated se many dark comers of nature, has shed a new llchl en the ominous words of the Scriptures, "The sins of the fathers shall Im nulled upon the children unto the third nnd fourth (reiteration." Instances of hereditary dlseaae abound, fifty per cent, of cases of consumption, that fearful destroyer nf fami lies, of cancer and scrofula, run In families through Inheritance. Insanity Is hereditary In n marked deirree, but, fortunately, like many elher hereditary disposes, tends te wear Itwlf out, the stock liocemlng citlnct. A dlntlnRuUhed scientist truly sayst "Ne organ or teilurenf the lly Is exempt from the chance of lielnc the subject of hereditary dlssa-w." Prebnlily mnre rhronle diseases, which pcrmansntly modify the structure nnd functions of the body, are merenr less llable te be inherited. The lmiertant and far reaching practical deductions frenyiuch facts-afTeclIng se powerfully the haptlnrsa f InilM. Iinli and families and the cetlecliie welfare of the natleu are ohileus te refleo reflee tlnff minds, and the licit means for present ing nr curing thus diseases Is a subject of Intense Intcrcit te all. Fortunately nature lis provided a remedy, which csperlcace liMatlnitcd ns Infallible, and the remedy Is the world famous Swift's Specific, n pure vegetable compound-nature's nntldete for all bleed imliens. Te the afflicted It Is a blessing of lnesllm-ible value. An Interest. Ing treatise en "Weed nnd Skin Diseases" will be matVit free by nddrcislng A Tug Swift Brgcine, Ce , p lracr 3. Atlanta, Qa. M ANDKAKK PILLS. .Dr. Schenck's MANDRAKE PILLS, I'UltKIiY VEUKTAIIliK AHU HTKlCTiiY UKLI.VIII.B. Ihey act DlltKUTXY ami 1'HUMPTl.Yeti the I.Iver ana Stomach, roslerliiK the congll cengll rated organs te healthy activity, ana aie a positive and porfecily safocute for Constipa tion, 1.1 vor Complaint, hick IJeiutaclie, unions uniens unions neas, una all elher disuses arising liem a dis ordered condition et the l.lver and Bteuinch They are the only reliable vcKutable l.lvur 1111 sold. THKY AUK l'EKt'JtUTI.Y HAKMl.liHS. TllKY AHE 1'UHKLY VKGKTAUbK. 'JltY TIIKJ1. Forsalebyall DrugKluts. l'rlce 25 cents per box; 3 bexes for 05 cents; nr suit by mull, peuliiifu free, en receipt of price. Dr. J. IJ, febunck X Sen, Philadelphia. apiD-lyd.tw SOUKNCK'S MANDKAK.K PILLS Hill HAt K AT it oeciiiiA.V3 mum .vreitK, Wen. 137 A l0 Neitli (jueun MU, Lnncusier, Til upr.V;nn1itw AUAJIS KXI'KIXS COM !l NY. Jjctler Knmi the Assistant KereiiiMii ufthe Un livery Department A hulOt-ct In Which Thuusamta Are Deeply sjoneertied. About llve years age 1 suilored Ijeui palnlul urination and Rient pulii and weukneus lu the lower part or my buck, putn lu the limbs, hid taste In thu mouth, UHgiiH nl loed, and i;rcat mental and bodily dnpioiHleu. invent "II Yeik strem, .lei-soy City, and en arriving heinu ene nlKht 1 found a copy of the blinker Almanac that hid been leftduiluu; the day. 1 read We article, " What Is Jho Dlnuane that ls Ueinlii Upen Us?" it de scribed my svuiptemi and ftullugs better thun 1 could HI hud written a whole iHiek. My trouble was imleixl "llke u thief In the ulKbt," ferllhad been stealing upon tue un awares for years. 1 tent, ler a bottle of HeuKer Kxtract et Heets, or So'h-el's Syrup, aud before 1 hud taken ene-hulf et It I lull the welcome relief. In a low w eka i was like my old eelf 1 enjoyed and dlgiiated my feed. My kidney seen lucoveitd tenu und BUeiiKtJi, und the urinary trouble vanished. 1 was Hull. Millions of poeplo need eoaie medicine slui ply te net en thu bowels. Totbein I commend Shaker Kitruet In the streiignit possible tonus. It is the Keutluat, plcasunteal, safest and sutest piugatlve In this world The imul delicate women and children may taliu it. One point mere: 1 baveall tlu uinre umlldoneelii this modlclne beeausu it Is piuputed by the Shakers. I may claim te be u religious man inybPlf audiulinlie the Shake ler their zeal, consistency und strict business integrity What they make may be trusted by the pub lic. W. 11. II ALL,. for sale by all driiBKlits and by A. J. White, M Warren street, New Yerk. febSI-lydA wTu.Tb AS "YEU'H HAltSAPAlULLA. The Old Doctors Drew bleed, modern doctors cleaiicu It ; hence the litcrciiKcd iliiiiiitnd ler Alluintlves, 11 ii new well known tint most diseases are due, net loevur-nbiinduuco, but te iuipnilty et thu It I oed ; and It is eiirilly well attested that no bleed meillcliui Is bO t mentions as Avur'gtai snparllla. ' One e( my children had n lingn rtore break out en t he 1" k We applied slinp'u leini dies, lern while, thinking the euro would shellly lu'ul. llutllgiuvv wet mi. We sought medical advice, and wure told thai au ullumtlve medi clue was necessary. Ajei's tfursup.ullla being Recommended above nil ethers, we used It with marvelous results 'lhti heicr healtil, ami btall'i aud strength rapidly letuinutl." J J. Aiuialreug, Weiuier, Texas " I Hud A) ni's fan-up, ullla te bn an aduilra bin nim tly for the euro nf bloel dlseiiirs. 1 put erlbel'., mid It, does tliuu eik every time." K I, l'ater, M. 1) , Manhattan, Kansas " We l.nveseld Ajui'h fntsapuitlla hiefei overthtily veuis and alu.ns leeetntnenilll when asked leji'iiuii tlm bisl b'oed puilller." V. T. McLean, brugKlst, AUgiHtn, Ohie. " Ajerjmudlclni.s continue te be thoutund theutund aid muieillus lu spile ei till competition."'!'. V. Hlchmend, lltnr I uke, Mich. Ayer's Sarsaparilla 1'IIUI'AIIEII or Dr. J. O. Ayer & Ce., Lewoll, Mtisa. I'lleell ; six bottles, $.1. Werth 5 a bottle. niajTt'ilJ YKH'H HAUSAl'AFllLTiA. roil HA LU AT II. It. OOOll KAN'S DllUO 81'OUK. Nes. W X S North yuiun bt , Lancaster, l'tv. itprl 'JmdAw H UMPHKKYM' llomeepiillile Veterinary Sptclllcs, t'orlleises, Cattle, Sheep, Dejis. Hogs, l'eul try. WW 1'AiiK 1IUOK On Ireatmeul et Animals and Ch irt Sent free. CUUKS ravins. CoiiKesllen. Iiilliinina'leii. A. A. Spinal Mtnli'KltbJ, MPk luer. Ii It stratus, Lameness, lllieuuiatlam. j u. Ulstempur, Nasal lllsehuigt s. 11. 1). Hots or iirubs, Worms. K.K Cnughs, lleavts. I'litiuineula. r.r". Cel luer Uilpes, llelljaclm. (,,!.-' MUcunlUKe, lleuiurihiiges 11.11. Urinary nnd hlJney DiM-aiej. I.I. Kiuptlvu Dlsnues, Mange. J. 1C Diseases el Hlncstleu. 8TA1I1.K CASK, with Hprc'ltcs, Manual, Witch llexel OH and mdlenttil V I'lUCK, Ulngle Itettle (ever Manses) tu bOLD 1IY DKUUUlriTrti (lit SKNT l'HKl'AItt ON UaUr-ll'T Or l'HICK Humphreys' Med. Ce., UU KulUm Ut, N. Y. Iliiiiiplirt'jb'llonifepiilliIcSpccllle.Vo 2S. In use se j ears. The only sucens siul remedy for Nrrveus lieblltty. Vital Weakness and Prostration liem nvur-werxer oilier causes. JloOper vial, eravlals aud biro lal powder, f, rjsoe. seiduv Dacoe BTs, or b nt postpaid en re re telptet prlc UUMl'llllKYMMEDIClsKCU. Ne. iea ruiteu 'buvtt, . Y. uiariTlyaAwTu.ThAS n ,UUOWNBHAND. SPECIAL. '" OU R OWN BRAN 0" rillt BAJ.K I1Y H. E. SLAYMAKER. Ne. 20 Hast King Btreqt, l.ANUASTKU, l'A. V A up Km. (AKPKTINGS. McCALLUM &. SLOAN In vile utlm.Ueu tutltopruauctef tbelr HEW GLHN HOaO MILLS, Ueinprlslug WILTON, BltUaaBLB, und INGRAIN CARPET1 NGS J n uew uiidepuclal dtslgus flxiutuBter, ' Moquetto, Tapeatry. Couiplelo assei linen tel ART SQUARQa in llehest designs and coIeiIuks. All sizes, MtvtllngB, Fleer Lluena, Oil Cleths auil Lineleums, All Grades I und our prices are Lew tM tbe Lewest McCALLUM & SLOAN, 1012 -101-4 Ohestnut street, PHILADELPHIA. aerlO aitdTu.ThAS ; COMPI.KXIOX PO WDKJt. c; OMPLKXION l'OWDEK, LADIES WHO VALUK A ItKKlNKl) COMl'LEilON MUST UbK POZZONI'S MKD10ATKD COMPLEXION POWDER. It imparts a brilliant transpamncy te the skin, lli'iueves all pimples, freckles ni.d Ois colorations, and lunkes Iho skin delicately suit and beuutliul. Iteentulns no llme. whlte, lent ei arsenic In three shades, pink or flesh, while and brunette. suit a tl.K 11V 11 Drugtfiuta and Piiney GoeHb Douleru tSvorywhere. -HKWAHK OK UllTAT10NH.-e apt'Ju lvd ,ittheritiHiTiiinu mm it. spA.LL AUD HKK -TUK- ROCHESTER LAMP. Sixty UauOlb-Llghti Iteuts Uiem all. Anotter Let of CM KA1' Ul.OliSU fen: Uas an OU Steves. THE! " PHUFBOTIOH " ll&l'Ai. MOUliUlNa & KUlIUEli UUBUIOM WEATHERSTRIP Ileal them tJI This strip out wu:u nil ethms, tteeps out the cold. Step rattling el windows, lixclude the dnsL Keep out snow aud ruin. Anvone can apply It no waste or dirt made tn applying It- bun Ik Otteit anywhcre-ne holes te bore, rwidy (or use It will net split, warn or shrink a cushion utrlp Is u n most w- or Jehn P. Sehaum A Hens, 24 SOOTH QUh'KiN liANUAhTKH. OTIOK TO TKlPAciSKltrJ TnTi CDNNKUS. All persons ate herelij- lor ler bidden te trcsi)K9 en an "I the lands nl thu Cornwall and tipeenwelleslutas In Lebanon or LincuMer ceunllrs, whether lnclnssd or uutu elosed. Dither for the purpose of shrettu t or eshlcg, as the law win be rigidly en le iced arslnsl all trespesNlnr en sild hn0 e! trc un acslgncd alter this notice. WM. COLEMAN HUKHAS, ltl'KICOY AJ.II1.N, JCUVi', O.rillSllAN. 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