Ijangtnij fur iWiuiirr a Uiulattmt of (Christum fctlmu By MRS. FLORENCE SPOONER. Prominent Member of the Anti-Death Penalty Leatfue. HERE are a thousand Christlike reasons why a woman's Tsex should exempt her fro-' capital punishment, and these are entirely divorced from political, as to whether ""J™ - or not, "women's rights" arc to be righted by the ballot. The same reasons apply to men which should exempt their sex from outrage on the commandment of God, not f3t I one ' ias a r 'sht to promulgate opinions which are , | not in unison with the teachings of Jesus Christ, and his action was noted when the first alarm at penal barbarism ■of that age was uttered in his cry of terror by Cain, who understood that man would brutally slay him. God did not reprimand him for .his fear, but said unto him, therefor, whosoever slayeth, vengeance rshall be taken on him seven-fold. Foreknowing all things, He fore knew that vengeance is to follow those who take life from His created beings, 'loo often one hears that such a criminal deserves to be hung, but that is man-made retaliation and conjecture, like unto •clever juries which decide and judge the inner workings of the mind, known only to the divine judge of all men, as it pronounces upon a murderer of the first degree that he is irreclaimable and must be hanged by the neck. It is brutality to kill hope and harden or craze the condemned by torturing them in prison cells, keeping their minds in the fires of hell under the agony of waiting a whole year trusting to man's mercy; .and the second one to have the cell's grating unbarred, not for an opportunity to reform, but to be carried out by some ghastly heads man. Wherefore comes this indifference as to aiding the kingdom to come on earth with merciful justice? Why is there no consideration .for hangmen ? Remember the historical volumes in earlier, more barbarous times, how some of their children developed murderous instincts, and in one instance it befell the lot of one of them to behead his own son. A sheriff of Essex county resigned his position just before an ex ecution because lie was too enlightened to copy the old Jewish penal and Mosaic code of shedding another man's blood, preferring to fol low his master in forsaking that past which demanded an eye for an eye, even turning the other cheek, and agreeing with adversaries, ene mies, by preference to come out by a better road than the one which would lead to blood-shedding. No facts nor figures are truthfully to be found in support of le gal executions, as deterrents. Suppose they were deterrent, it is for bidden to kill at all, especially the insane with disordered brains, and in order to commit any and all murders brains must be and are dis organized. We are simply drifting, frittering away time by enjoy ments, not truly or steadfastly working to destroy the causes why all .insane institutions are overcrowded with wretchedly agonized persons. Even poor, forlorn drunkards are barred and left uncomforted m cells where, in their fright, they hang themselves. One fails and fears to receive too much consolation from the holy church of God, remembering the least of these, above all others, need the power o£ the religious. The churches arc awakening, and will not continue to heed the slander that they are meddling with politics, because of practical suggestions for keeping the golden rule with love for the fatherhood of man. Preaching economy in retaining the death pen alty is a false idea, because in deducting the cost of putting criminal lunatics to death, it is far more eco- domical to let them live and work. ~~~~~~1 The universit'es and colleges of this Wntry mill are the tmrser , of a higher and more ra amtaunta mthtf faith, rather than hot- By DR. CHARLES CUTHBERT HALL. , , 112 , , , President Union Theological seniinary, New York. [ agnosticism as many people believe. But there arc in all educational institutions many who are doubters in religious matters. There is a form of doubt which is a willful form .of intellectual disdain of all things savoring of religion. The doubt of which I speak is that which arises from the confusion of the mind suddenly transferred from the atmosphere of home thought, where many of the facts of religions are accepted without in vestigation, to the strenuous atmosphere of university thought where | ■everything is investigated and nothing is taken for granted. The be wilderment of the mind in the change to a new intellectual environment is, in truth, an intellectual necessity which cannot be escaped. Many a youth or maiden of noble purposes when assailed with this doubt has been filled with a sense of self-reproach and has felt guilty of sin. But this is not a subject for sinful reproach. A reconstruction of ; intellectual habit is needed in order to grapple with the immensity of t.he propositions presented to the seeker after truth. To those struggling with this burden 1 would give a few words of counsel as an elder brother: In your thinking seek for an open mind. believe it is well to know what great thinkers have said against the 'Christian religion. It is the faith which is founded on knowledge which is strongest. Have patience and time will help to solve your difiicul fties. Be of a peaceful mind, ready as a child for instruction, and above : all rest your cares with God and lie will aid you to a fathoming of the y your honorable body prohibiting | boycotting, picketing, unfair lists, or at her interference with the lawful business of others and providing suit able penalties thyrefor." Exciting Session of Legislature. Denver, Jan. 7. —Behind locked i loors and amid scenes of great ex citement the Colorado legislature yes erday passed a resolution creating a committee of 15 members to canvass he vote cast, for governor at the last 'lection and submit a final report tc the legislature not later than 2 p. m. lext Monday. The committee is com posed of five senators and ten rcpre. sentatlves, the political division being 12 republicans and three democrats, it will commence the hearing of evi ience to-day. Niedringhaus for Senator. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. (!. —Thomas K. Niedringhaus, of St. Louis, chair man of the republican state central committee, was last night. nominated for United States senator to succeed Senator Cockrell. Tho candidates were Mr. Niedringhaus. It. C. Kerens ■Me,. mm- \ / jp&WH V -,\ i'i- M \£s>&". I '•7 ; •'| 7 PS® i • * THOMAS K. NIEDRINGHAUS. former national republican committee man; Congressman Bartholdt, I nitec States District Attorney I>. I'. Dyei and Nathan Frank, all ol' St. Louis; I'nited States District Attorney Wil liam Warner, of Kansr.s City, and L. F Parker, of Rolla, Mo. The nomination insures the election of Air. Niedring haus. Charges Are Withdrawn. Philadelphia, Jan. G. —Tho present ers of Bishop Ethelbert Talbot, of tht Central Pennsylvania diocese of the Protestant Episcopal church, whe have not repudiated the paper filed against him, last night formally with drew the "charges in writing" made against the bishop by friends of Rev Dr. I. N. Irvine, tho d« posed priest They reserve the right to present "new charges in writing." A Terrific Explosion. Lancaster, l'a., Jan. G. —Nearly every window in the borough of Chris tiana wa:; broken yesterday by the ex plosion of 2,000 pounds of dynamite. Forty boxes of the explosive had been packed around steam pipes, to be thawed out for uso on railroad work just south of the t'jwn. When the ex plosion occurrc 1 no one was near and no one was injured. The walls of the Christiana Machine Co.'s building were blown in by the force of the ex plosion. Every residence and store in the town was damaged, windows being shattered and walls cracked. NO SIGNS OF PEACE JAPAN AND RUSSIA WILL PRESS THE WAR MORE VIGOROUSLY IN MANCHURIA. PORT ARTHUR OCCUPIED BY THE VICTORIOUS JAPS : Oyama Sends a Letter to Kuropatk'n Praising the Bravery of Stoessel's Men Russians Bombard Gen. Oku's Position. Washington, Jan. 7. —Japan has made no overtures for peace to Rus sia, directly or indirectly, through the United States or any other power and contemplates no such action, and now that. Port Arthur has fallen pro pones to press the war all the more vigorously by reinforcing the Japanese armies at Liao Yang with the greater part of the troops which have been besieging Port Arthur. This repre sents the views of Kogoro Takahira, the Japanese minister. At tie Russian embassy it was re iterated that Russia would fight all the harder in view of the temporary loss of Port Arthur. Europe is firm'y of the conviction that, however dark t-he outlook for peace in this moment, when the pros pect. brightens it is to President Roosevelt that the neutrals as well as the belligerents will look as the inter mediary through whom peace negoti ations will be initiated. Port Arthur, Jan. 7. —Only 80 Rus sian officers have accepted parole. All the regular Russian troops have marched out. of Port Arthur and gone to Port Dalny. Japanese troops en tered the city to keep order. Non combatants are allowed the option of remaining in Port Arthur. The Japanese navy is refeoving mines and the Japanese hulks at the harbor mouth. All the forts have been taken over by the Japanese. Gen. Oku's Headquarters, Jan. 7. — During the last three days the Rus sian bombardment has been the heav iest in six weeks. Berlin, Jan. 7.—The Lokal Anzieg er's Mukden correspondent in a dis patch dated Mukden, January n, says: Field Marshal Oyama has sent a letter to Gen. Kuropatkiu communi cating the news of the capitulation of Port Arthur and praising the bravery of its defenders." Revolutionary Leaders Aggressive. Paris, Jan. C. —The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Paris edition of the New York Herald says that the most important effect of the fall oi Port Arthur on the general military situation in the far cast became ap parent Thursday in the decision oi Russia to recall her second Pacific squadron. A dispatch from St. Peters- announces that tlio squadron will return to European waters. The revolutionary leaders are ap parently taking every advantage of the government's embarrassment to compel the summoning of a nation al assembly, while the press is criti cizing bureaucracy with increasing savageness and boldness. In fact, yesterday's dispatches Indicate that tlio internal situation is so grave that the conclusion of peace with Japan may be compelled in order to deal with it. The decision of the gen eral staff that Stoessel must return and face a court-martial for surrend ering Port Arthur, even though it is a form compelled by army regulations, is also serving as a text for bitter criticism by the Russian papers. Tokio, Jan. C. —A report received from Gen. Nogi's headquarters largely increases the figures of the surren dered garrison and intimates that the force handed over to the Japanese at Port Arthur will be 32,000, exclusive of 15,000 or lfi.ooo sick and wounded, making a rough total of 48,000. Terms of Surrender of Port Arthur. The text of the articles of capitula tion of the Port Arthur garrison sign ed by the commissioners representing Gen. Stoessel and Gen. Nogi has been made public. All Russian soldiers, marines and civil officials of the gar rison and harbor are made prisoners; all forts, batteries, vessels, munitions, etc., are transferred to the Japanese in the condition in which they existed at noon of January 3, violation of this clause to operate as an annulment of the negotiations, giving the Japanese army warrant to take free action; the Russian military and naval authorities are to furnish to the Japanese army an exhibit of all fortifications, under ground and submarine mines, a list of military officers, of ships and the num bers of their crews, and of civilians of both sexes, with their race and occu pations; and all public property, as buildings, munitions of war, etc., to be left in the present position pending ar rangement for their transference. Officers of the army and navy are per mitted to retain their swords and such of their personal property as is direct ly necessary for the maintenance of life, and with one servant each may, upon signing their parole not to take arms during the continuance of the war, return to Russia. Non-commis sioned officers and privates will be held as prisoners. Gillecpio Is Convicted of Murder. Rising Sun, Ind.. Jan. G. —James Gil lespie, who, with his slst> r, Mrs. Belle Seward, and Mr. and Mrs. Myron Bar- Lour, was indicted for the murder of his twin sister, Elizabeth Gillespie., was found guilty last, night and sen tenced to life imprisonment. The other defendants will bo tried sep arately, as in the case of James Gilles pie. The trial lasted over five weeks Miss Elizabeth Gillespie was shot and killed while in the parlor of hoi homl»rOr granite monuments, etterlng neatly done. AMERICAN IJOUSE. East Emporium, Pa.." JOHN L. JOHNBON, P™ P 'r Having resumed proprietorship of this old and well established House I invite the patronage ol the public. House newly furnlihed and thor oughly renovated. 481y F. D. LEKT. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW and INSURANCE AG'T. EMPORIUM, PA T>T LAND OWNERS AND OTHRRH IN CAMERON AMI ADJOINING COUNTIES. I have nnmaroua calls for hemlock and hard wrtod timber lands,also atumpage Ac., and partial desiring either to buy or seJi \vllldo well to call an me. F. D. LEET, THE NOVELTY RESTAURANT, (Opposite Post Office,) Emporium, Pa. "WILLIAM MCDONALD, Proprietor. I take pleasure in Informing the public that j have purchased the old and popular Noveltj Restaurant, looated on Fourth street. It will bi my endeavor to serve the public in a marine! that shall meet with their approbation. Give m< a call. Meals and luncheon served at all hours n027-lyr Wm. McDONALD. MaY GOULD, TEACHER OP PIANO, HARMONY AND THEORY Also dealer in all the Popular sheet Music, Emporium, Pa. Scholarstaught either at my home on Sixth street or at tl- * homes of the pupils. Out oftowu icholars will be given dates at my rooms in tbli place. P. C. RIECK, D. D. S„ DENTIST.; Office over Taggart'a Drug Store, Emporium, Pa i—Gas and other local anaesthetics ad ffisSSSKministered for the painless extracl.ioi J ' i J TXT of teeth. iPFCIALTY:--Preservation of natural teeth,ls lludlng Crown and Bridge Work. JJ IT T"?T> A com |-aar»oUeY , LANCARTE R . PA. & Hold iu Kiiiporia.n by &> ( laggfir! aud fi. O Dcwlsoa. KodoS dyspepsia Cub*© DsgoGia what yo.i oai. POPULAR SCENIC ROUTE. Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad Company. Official Condensed Time Table in Effect June 23, 1902. fcun- I flay 1 Week Days. Daily i Week Days. Q"'y j , r. M. P.M. 1 P. M. A. M. A.M. STATIONS. A.M. P. M.| P. M.| P.M. ». If. 6 10, ! 610 11 10 715 Lv Addison Ar 10 13 4 43; 641 541 11 41 801 Elkland ! 941 411 548 i 646 11 40 8 06, Osceola ! 936 408 5 55. 655 11 55 822 Knosville I 9 If, 3 58 1 6 li: I 011 12 11 840 Westfield I 913 343 647 047 12 47 925 Oaine* Junction 836 806 700 700 100 949 Ar. | Qaleton,. 823 253 53S 140 540 P.M. P.M. 10 58 Ar Cross Fork Junction Lv 733 2 C'J 423 jg 45 211 jll 00 t.v. Cross Fork Junction Ar. 7tn 200 3 55! i 655 300 Jll 50 Ar. Cross Fork, Pa. Lv. 615 1 305 821 624 P.M. A.M. j 1139 Ar Wharton. ...Lv.: 653 126 310 I tw' ;; li'iuv .Wharton *..Ar )0 k$ I 8 00 j A.M. 858100 Ar Sinnanißhoning Lvj 955 I 1 40 • 451 eat 800 11 58! Lv Austin Ar] 6 35! 1M 6So fl 00 | 7 10' 845 12 25 Ar Keating Summit Lv, 12 40 910 7SO r. M.j p. M. A. M. A. M P. M. A. M. P. M., A. ti. V. M. P. M. A. M.j ill I, . . . 1 A.M. P. M.j 820 9 3-1 Lv V.i 0?, Ar 8 21 7 " 0l 835 949 .Mannallcn 9C5 e 4 . ( , 839 9 53, South Gaines, } 901 G 40! 842 955 Gaines Junction ... 8 59 ! « 3H 8 sft 10 09 Ar Ualeton Lv g ir , 6 25 P.M. A M.' A.M. P.M.: P. M. A. M. - „ . . . • P. M. 105 630 Lv «, al , eton Ar I" ' n * M 124 6 47[ li" # i°i' '"»'«• i 0 fi l 439 160 7 13: Newfie d Junction | 9 27 | 4W | 206 7 30, West Bingham 000 401 2 181 741 Genesee j gsß 3 B2 j 224 746 V 853 347 246 , 806 A ..weiisville Lv gag 330! j A. M. P. M.I . CONNECTIONS. At Keating Summit with B. & A. V. Piv. of Pennsylvania R. R. At Atisonia with N.Y.C.I H U. R. for all points north and south. At Newfleld junction with C. & P. A. Ry., Union Station. At Genesee with N. Y & Pa., Ry. Union Station. At Addison with Erie R. R., Union Station. At Weiisville with Erie R. R. for points east and west. At Hlnnamnhoning with P. R. R.—P. r I>eb!!ity. Dizziness, Steeplers* 112 AGAI I 1 S ® VV the circulation, make digestion & 1 ~" f_- . perfect, and impart a healthy ,0 (hc who ' e nelng. All drains and !ot«es are checked ftmaKently. Unless patieaM arc P rH P° r 'y cured, their condition often worries then, into Insaalty, ConsuntDtlon or fieatfc. V Mailed seated, Price 112 1 per box; 6 boxes, with iron-i >1 legal guarantee to cure or refund tbt WiVeM money, »y<». Soad lor free Look. AJdtcaa, l-EAL tiEOICIfJB CO.. CieiOtOßfl. 6. for sale by H. O. UoUvt l2 18 Co» dersport. { 430 "J 7 «' j J* North Coudersport I"6 15 ' OO *1 i» £ r J nk > 6 25 »6 in »l U Seven Bridges, »0 45|....- »6 21 »1 K4* Raymouda'a, *7 00 .....'*6 30' Ifp W;;;;:! e3B l IS' Newfield Junction, 7 87 1 645 150 Perkins »7 40' «6 48 »1 58 Carpenter's j 7 46' | OO *1 6T| Crowell'g 7 50 »6 53i "2 01 Ulysses Ar , 805 j 1 05: 2 1 1> WESTWARD. r 1 6 1' 8 r STATIONS. I 1 i Plysses, Lv. 720 225 910 !!!!! Crowell'g, # 7 27 *2 32 • 9 19 ..... Carpenter's ; 00 84 • 9 221 .... j Perklus, *7 32 »2 37 >9 26 .... NewfleldlJuuction j 737 242 932 ...^; Newfleld »7 41 216 00 1,..«j Gold I 744 249 9 401...?; Raymond's »7 49 2 54 * 947 j Seven Bridges »8 01 »3 03* lO 02 ....4 Colesburg, »g 04 3 09 *lO 10i Frink's, 12 »a 17 »10 20 ....« North Coudersport, j OO »3 26 »10 35 1 .... I Ar. 8 25 3 80 10 451 Coudersport < p.m. ( Lv. 828 6 00 : 1 20' Hammonds, 00 00 I 00 |,...» Olmsted, 33 «e 05 «1 31 j .....j Mina 837 6 lo: 1 8" ....J Knowlton's, 00 «6 17; 00 |..... Rcjlette 847 6 21, 1 51 i Burtville 8 54 6 28; 201!....J Coleman, •» >6 34 00 ..... Poit Allegany 112 CSi 640 2 251....J (*) Flag: stations. (°°) Trains do not stop ♦ I Telegraph offices. Train Nos. 3 and 10 will carry passengers. Tains 8 and 10 do. Trains run on Eastern Standard Time. Connections—At Ulysses with Fall Brook R'jt for points north and south. At B. & 9. Junc tion with Buflalo & Susquehannaß. R. north for Wellßville, south for (Jaleton and Ansonia. At Fort Allegany with W. N. Y.& P. R. R., nortli for Buffalo, Olran, Bradford and Smethportf south for Keating Summit, Austin, Emporium , und Penn'a R. R., points. » B.A. McCLURE Gen'lSupt. Coudersport, Pa. to Buy Cheap S lloc*gß Dyspepsia Cur* Digests what you oct. Foley's Kidney Cure makes kidneys and bladder right. '& A K NER SA LYE the most healing salve in the world. 3