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HE PULPIT. A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY : DEAN H. MARTYN HART. Subject: Tithing«~The Social Problem. ? Denver, Col.—Dean H. Martyn Hart, of the St. John’s Cathedral. recently preached a sermon on “Tithing—the Divine. Solution of the Social Prob- lem.” The text was from Matthew Xxii:21:,. ‘Render, therefore, unto ‘Caesar the things which are Caesar’s and unto God the things which are God's.” Dean Hart said: £1t surely was no just argument that the coin. it therefore belonged to him and ought to be returned to the im- perial treasury, any more than be- cause the effigy of the king is struck upon the English sovereign that there- fore all sovereigns are his property. “You will notice that the Lord had said. ‘Show me the tribute money.” A bystander offered the coin, which lay in the extended palm of the Lord's hand. The Jews have ever been the most precocious of money dealers. Had the Romans permitted them to pay their taxes in all manner of coins, great would have been the loss to the exchequer; therefore a coin was struck, and there are still some of them to be seen, in which alone it was Jax "1 to pay the tax. This coin had to be purchased from the publican of the district. who looked after his. own interests. The ‘tribute money’ went to Rome, to the imperial treasury. “The man who had produced the coin had already® acknowledged his liability and had provided himself with the means of liquidating it. ' The coin was only of use for the one purpose; that one thing was the payment of the tribute. The questioner had answered himself. ‘Fulfill your obligation,” said the Lord, ‘and render unto Caesar the things that be Caesar’s, and do not forget that the power of Caesar is only f:- whom kings reign, and if you admit much more should’ you recognize the authority of the Master: render, there- fore. unto God the things that are What, them, are ‘the things Ker, unto Him? ... a ! “If the context requires that the a sum of money that the answer must be &iven. then the ‘only reply can be that one-tenth of every man’s income is ‘a thing of God.” Now what evi- dence have we that this is so and what is the purpose of the law? “The ultimate appeal as to what is 4ruth must be the opinion of the race. If the opinion of all men could be taken as to the truth or falsity of any proposition, that would be a final de- termination. When anybody is in doubt of a legal or medical question, the only solution of the doubt is an ap- peal to men of the legal or medical professions. ‘Counsel’s opinion’ is taken, or the sufferer goes to a doctor. If it were possible to ‘extend this natural instinet to the limits of hu- ‘manity and upon any question of erave import the opinion of all men could be ascertained, then that expres- sion would be as nearly truth as it is possible for us men to arrive at. “The Lincolnian, canon is as sure a rule as the most firmly established axiom. ‘You cannot fool all the peo- ple all the time.’ There are, at least, double the number of Bibles in the world as there are all other books put together. If the list of the libraries in the world be taken out of an en- cyclopedia and the number of their volumes added, it will be found that in all the libraries which possess over 100,000 volumes there are 50,000,000 books, and if we allow that there are as many books in household libraries as in these great public collections, which is making a liberal estimate, we may safely conclude that there are not more than 100,000,000 secular But during the last century the leading Bible societies of Europe and America put out more than 200,000,000 Bibles, in 360 differ- ent languages. The British and For- eign Bible Society turns out of its presses seven Bibles, or parts of the" 3ible, every minute, day and night. 1t is, therefore, the opinion of the race that this Book is ‘the most valuable tning in the world,’ as the Archbishop of Canterbury describes it, as he hand- ed a copy to the new-crowned king. “The opinion of the race is that the Bible is a book of truth; that it is what it professes to be—the revelation of the heavenly Father to the children of men. Now if this be the case, it would be strange indeed if this com- munication from outside our life did not instruct us as to the great desider- ata of every individual. Let any one ask himself what would make him perfectly happy and content in this present state of existence. “The reply would be: First, to have a conscience void of offense; next, to have no fear of death, but a looking forward to a glory to be revealed; and finally, to be removed from any anxiety as to the necessities of living. As we should expect, the answers. to these essential requirements of life are given on the very first page of human history. “In the dramatic story of Cain and iAbel the three provisions for satisfy- ing these three fundamental wants are plainly stated. These two broth- ers came together on the same day, at the same time, to the same place, for the same purpose; there were two altars and each brought material for sacrifice. i “The essential truth of sacrifice. de- spite the iminense ingenuity which has been employed to explain it away. remains stamped upon it. Millions of fntelligent men have brought an inno- pent victim to an altar erected to the unseen but recognized God. Putting their hands on the head of the victim, they confessed the sins which lay a burden on their conscience; they thus killed the sacrificial animal; they burnt part of it and ate the rest of it. It would be an insult to the intelli- gence of mankind to admit that all the generations of men should, one after another, perform sacrifice in practical- ly the same way, and mean nothing py it. The meaning of its ritual is written! large upon its surface. No sensible man could for a momeat be- lieve that the wrongs he had done, and which he regretted and would undo if he could, and was prepared to make what atonement for he was able, he could transfer i. a dumb animal by putting his hands on itg head and con- fessing his sins. That innocent ani. mal represented some other Being, who ‘could bear the sins of the world. The only nation of theplogians the world has ever produced kept dear the original revelation. They knew there was ‘a Lamb of God tnat taketh away the sin of the world. “That God requires of men a tenth of their income, as a tax for the gen- eral purposes of the commonweal, and issued this law as one of the funda- mental rules for the guidance of hu- man society, is evident from the fact of its wide observance by ancient na- tions. One instance must suffice. In Plutarch’s life of the Dictator Camil- lus, it is recorded that after the taking of the Etruscan City of Veil, the augurs reported from their inspection of the sacrifices, that the gods were outraged. An inquiry was instituted and it was ascertained that the sol- diers who had been concerned in the sacking of the city had neglected to dedicate the accustomed tenth to the gods. The senate decreed that the victorious legions should make restitu- tion and that a cup of gold of eight talents weight should be sent as a trespass offering to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. “The Roman ladies brought, of their own free will, such liberal gifts of jewels and gold that the Senate, to honor them, decreed that funeral ora- tions might be made at the obsequies of women, which hitherto had only been permitted over eminent public men. This extraordinary episode proves how rarely it happened that tithes were not paid and how grievous was the sin of omitting their payment. The further history of this incident also proves that the payment of tithes was a world wide institution and car- ried with it a sacredness which can only be accounted for by admitting that it was a primitive and universally recognized law of God. “Three senators of high rank were appointed to carry the restored tithe, with the trespass offering, to Delphos. On its way the embassy was taken by the Liparians, who were then at war with Rome. But when the governor of the city understood that the rich booty was tithe on its way to Delphos, he not only liberated the Romans, but sent a squadron of his own fleet to convoy them safely on their way. “his dedication at a tenth, for the common purposes of the community, could only have been devised by a $nind which thoroughly understood the whole problem of the needs of human society. If it were honestly practiced it would be found just enough to alle- viate all social pressure—and it is not a little to be wondered at. that the public eye should be blinded to such an exceedingly simple and easily ex- ecuted law, which could readily be enacted and as readily executed. Sup- pose that every citizen comprehended the effectiveness of the law of tithe and voted that it should be constituted a national income tax, what would be the result? “Consider the absolute impossibility of legislating against trusts or com- binations of capital Legislation against the natural processes of trade can never be a success. The money getting proclivity is an element in the character of men, which, like other characteristics, varies in different peo- ple. Those in whom it is largely de- veloped will accumulate money natur- ally. If all the wealth of the com- munity were evenly distributed among its individuals it would, in the course of a few years, go back again into the hands of those who possessed the apti- tude of making money. The law of God would tax this capability for the benefit of those who do not possess it, and for those who by various disabil- ities gravitate below the line of com- fortable living. “The taxation of a tenth will be found to be that exact fraction which everybody can subscribe without dis- tress, and exactly that sum which will maintain those who from various causes are unable to maintain them- selves, All communities have about the same proportionate composition, and the example afforded by this city of Denver will be applicable to any other city mutatis mutandis. “This city is composed of about thir- ty thousand houses. It will be readily conceded that for living purposes each house must represent a yearly income of $1000. So that the minimum income of this city is $30,000,000. The actual income is probably twice that amount, But see the effect of tithing this mini- mum $30,000,000. The tithe would be $3,000,000. Now, by actual reckoning, it is found that the income of the 125 churches, that is, all moneys gathered for all purposes from the people wor- shiping in them, amounts to less than $300,000. Last year the incomes of the five largest denominations were: The Presbyterians, $56,000; the KEpiscopa- lians, $48,000; the Congregationalists, $34,000; the Baptists, $31,000, and the Methodists, $21,000. So that $250,000 will represent the religious income of this community. The County Commis- sioners expended on relief $86,000. The four hospitals did not spend in charitable work $50,000. The other so- cieties which exist for eleemosynary purposes, together with all the private charity of the city, will have their ex- penditures well covered by $114,000. So that $500,000 represents the relig- jous and charitable cost to a city of 165,000 people, of maintaining its churches, hospitals and charitable so- cieties. The public school ‘system, which is remarkably efficient, cost $486,000. Thus, for all sorts of charit- able relief, all sorts of religious effort and for public education the city of Denver spent $1,000,000. If tithing were in force the tithe commissioners would have, at the least, $3,000,000 at their disposal—that means to say that the churches might all be free, the hospitals wide open and well equipped; public laundries might relieve the women of the work- ing classes; their food might be cooked at the public Kitchens; every man too old to work might be pensioned; the streets might be gardens, where all such pensioners might have easy labor, and every reasonable cause for discon- tent might be removed. Let the people demard that an in< come tax of a tenth shall be a national levy. The English pay income tax, why should not Americans? ‘The Mor- mons pay tithe, and they have no poor and no discontent, so far as the matter of living is concerned. It is the law of God, wonderful. simple and completely effective, whereby all social disabilities may be removed. SABBATH SCHOOL LESSOR: INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR OCTOBER 22. ® Subject: Rebuilding the Temple, Kzra iii., 10 to iv., 5—Golden Text, I. Cor. 1ii., 17—=Memory Verses, 10, 11—Com- mentary on the Day’s Lesson. 3 I. The foundation of the temple laid (vs. 10-13). . 10: “The builders.” Jes- hua and Zerubbabel as managers, with the people as workmen. The people did all they could during the winter in making preparations for building the temple, for great labor must have been required in clearing the ground for the foundation as well as in providing ma- terials. In a little more than a year after they left Babylon, Zerubbabel and. Jeshua having appointed the pripsts and the Levites to attend to their courses, laid the foundation. The Jeshua of verse 9 is not the high pries: of verse 2, but another—a Levite mentioned in chapter 2:40. “Priests in their apparel.” The elegant and beautiful official robes used by the priests in their celebrations, especially the blue and scarlet and purple robes with gold and gems of the high priests and others, described in Exodus 39. Priesthood was an ordinance peculiay to Israel. - “With trumpets.” For sum- moning assembles and joyful an- nouncements. “The Levites.” God chose the descendants of Levi for the service of His tabernacle and temple. In the wilderness they encamped around it as guardians, and in moving conveyed it from place to place. - 11. “They sang together by course.” Sang alternately, or responsively; one party saying, “The Lord is good,” and the other responding, “For His mercy endureth forever.” “All the people shouted.” “Those who had known only the misery of having no temple at all praised the Lord with shouts of joy when they saw the foundation laid, for to them this was as life from the dead.” 12. ‘“Many—ancient men— wept.” To them it was the day of small things (Zech. 4:10). The new house, in comparison with the old one, was “as: nothing” (Hag. 2:3). The temple would not be overlaid with gold, as Solomon’s, nor surrounded with such magnificent buildings. The ark, the tables, the mercy seat were lost. No visible-glory would appear.in the holy place. There were. no .an- swers by Urim and Thummim. There was no fire from heaven. , 13. “Could not discern.” This mixture of sorrow and joy is a representation: of this world: some are bathing in rivers of joy, while others are drowned in floods of tears. 1k. .A. tempting offer {(vs..1, 2). .1. “The adversaries.” These were the Samaritans and different nations with which the kings of Assyria had peo- pled the land of Israel when they had carried the original inhabitants away into captivity. See verse 9. Doubt- less they were envious of the favor shown them by Cyrus, the king of Persia. The worst enemies Judah and Benjamin had were those that said they were Jews and were not (Rev. 3:9). 2. “Yef us build with youn.” This people no doubt were desirous of par- taking of the privileges granted to the Jews by the king of Persia. Hearing that the temple was being built they were aware that it would be a fatal blow to their superstition, and there- fore they set themselves to oppose it. But as they had not power to do it openly and by force they endeavored to do it secretly and by cunning. They offered their services, that by this they might pry into their counsels, find some matter of accusation against them, and thereby retard the work while they pretended to further it. “We seek your God.” The religion of the Samaritans was a mixture of idol- atry, superstition and ignorance; far worse at this time than it was when our Lord Himself declared that they knew not what they worshiped. The Samaritans were neither Israelites by birth, nor yet true proslytes. ‘Since the days of Esar-haddon.” Xing of Assyria and Babylon. He is the only Assyrian king who reigned at Babylon. History tells us that he took a large number of people from Palestine to dwell in Babylon, and placed a large number of Babylonians in Palestine in their place. Those Assyrian settlers intermarried with the remnant of Israelite women, and their descend- ants, a mongrel race, went under the name of Samaritans. III. A positive reply (v. 3). 3. “Ye have nothing to do with us.” We can- not acknowledge you as worshipers of the true God, and cannot participate with you in anything that relates to His worship. No compromise meas- ures could be considered. Zerubbabel and his associates saw that to enter into an alliance with these semi-heath- en would mean the breaking down of the Jewish institutions and a relapse into idolatry. “We—will build.” Thus was a great peril averted. They saved a nation, for the time, at any rate, from the danger of having their religion corrupted and adulterated by intermixture with a form of belief and practice which was altogether of an inferior type. IV. The work delayed (vs. 4, 5). 4. “Weakened the hands.” This opposi- tion is supposed to have begun soon after the foundation was laid. During the remainder of the reign of Cyrus, about five years, they did not openly oppose a work he had commanded, but discouraged the people and perhaps in- tercepted their materials for building, and by bribing counselors to oppose their application to the ministers. of Cyrus for supplies or protection they greatly obstructed the design. This would be more casily done, as itis probable that Daniel died about this time (Dan. 6:25-28). 5. ‘Until the reign of Darius.” This king began to reign B. C. 522. Permis- sion was given to complete the build- ing in B. C. 520. Pencil in Appendix. Robert Hanners, a baker, walked intc the County Hospital, at Chicago, ill, and said to the pbysician in charge: “Doctor, two years ago I swallowed a lead pencil and it's bothering me a bit.” The doctor laughed at him, bul Hanners stuck to his story and com: plained of a severe pain in his right side. His ease was diagnosed as ap pendicitis that required immediate op eration. The pencil, five inches in length, and sharpened at one end, was found imbedded in the appendix. OCTOBER TWENTY-SECOND. Sacred Songs That Have Helped.— Eph. 5:15-20; Col. 3:15.17. In our songs we are to ‘speak one to. another”; we are not to thirk sel- fishly of ourselves. If a hymn is to help us or any one else, it must come from deeper than the lips, it must make melody in our hearts. . i : The more of God’s grace we have in our hearts, the more helpfulness .will there be upon our lips, whatever we say or sing. If our singing is to be “in the name of the Lord”, it must not only be in a religious meeting, but-in a religious : spirit. Suggestive Thoughts. A hymn will help you most if you make it help some one else. A hymn should not be sung at all unless it is part of the worship. Often we sing merely the tune, not the words. Try reading the words over carefully in concert before the hymn is sung. The more you know of the history of hymns, the more history will they make in your own lives. Hymns and Hymn-Writers. ° Probably the greatest of all hymns is “Rock of Ages,” written more than a century and a quarter ago, and more helpful now than ever in its long history. “To the thoughts suggested in “that song we may run as to a strong tower, and are safe.” “Just as I am” was written by Charlotte Elliott, an invalid and a very briiljant woman. Moody called it the most helpful of hymns. “There is a green hill far away” was written by Mrs. C. F. Alexander, a most devoted worker among the poor. Miss Havergal knew Greek and He- brew, and wrote poems in German as easily as English. “I gave my life for 'thee,” she thought so inferior that she threw it ‘into the fife; but it fell out again. Mr. Sankey was attracted by “The ninety and nine,” and cut the pcem from a newspaper. Atsthe close of an impressive sermon by Moody on the Good Shepherd, Sankey sung tlc now famous hymn, hastily improvisicys the music. “Nearer, my God, to Thee” takes on fresh meaning as we Jearn that ‘its author, Sarah Flower Adams, sung it with almost her last breath. H. G. Spafford was a lawyer who lost all his pcssessions in a panic, and henceforth devoteidl himself to re- ligion. He wrote “Whan peace like a river” on hearing that his four daughters had been drowned and his wife left a hopeless invalid from the shock. The Service of Song. Plan some special musical feature for each meeting. The society might well assist, in a body, the musical service of the mid-week church prayer meeting and the Sunday-evening service. Many societies do much good by conducting song services in hospit- als and similar places. esteem. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, Sacred Songs That Have Helped. Eph. 5. 15-20; Col. 3. 15-17. From the beginning the Christian church has been a singing church be- cause it has been a happy, joyful church. Singing and service have al- ways been closely joined. No part of the public service is worthier of more attention than is this. No bet- ter means of supplementing the stu- dy of the Bible can be found than to study the hymns of the church. Com- mit to memory the hymns. They will be a solace in many a dark and try- ing hour. Music is the oldest and most natur- al of fine arts. It began with the first “lullaby” of the first mother. In the ancient Jewish church song had its prominent part and place. In the apostolic church it was evidence. Down through all the centuries it has been the service of song as much as of the sermon that has been hon- ored of God. Nearly as many souls have been sung into the kingdom as have been preached in. Look a mo- ment at the matter of hymn and song. 1. The Christian Hymn is the Highest Expression of Experience. Charles Wesley’s hymns are largely biographic. Charlotte Elliott's “Just as I am” is the expression of an ex- perience into which she had just come. Cowper's personal history is written in his “God moves in a mys- terious way.” Fanny Crosby has put her life into the hymns she wrote. When ordinary words fail song gives expression to the deeper emotions of the soul. 2. The Hymn is a Means of Great Influence. Souls have been convert- ed, wanderers reclaimed, and hearts uplifted more often by the singing of some hymn than by any other way. Instances are numerous where the singing of well-known and familiar. hymns has been attended by remark- able results. On great occasions the hymn is the best expressions of the thought of the service. 3. The Hymn is an Expression of Doctrine. It has often been said that the hymnology of Methodism was her standard of doctrine. More than in our books of theology are found in our hymns our best expressions of doctrine and belief. The insurance of a common hymnal for the church- es North and South will be a com- mon bond that will keep unified our doctrine and be a constant compeller of fraternity. Tallest among telegraph poles is one just raised at Ilfracombe, in Eng- land, which stands 116 feet 3 inches Al above ground. CHRISTIN ENDEAVOR NOTES | STYLE IN WRITING One’s Taste For Good English Not Spoiled by Reading Newspapers. President Woodrow Wilson, like the Presidents of Harvard and Yale, has discovered that a large proportion of college graduates are incapable of ex- pressing their thoughts in their own or any other language. Incidentally, he points out the ab- ‘surdity of a certain criticism which is based on a failure to understand that language is but a means to an end. “It is the fashion among 3a .certain class to rather sneer at what they are pleased to call ‘newspaper English.’ These gentlemen should look at home before committing themselves, and remedy their own shortcomings and their laboriously correct style of writ- ing. I think the English used in news- ‘paper articles is remarkably good. It is generally terse and clear and right to the point, and tells in a simple way exactly what the writer wants to say. It is most surprising to me to under- stand how the reporters, writing as they do so hurficdly and under such: great pressure, are able to write so well. -' None need be afraid of spoiling, their taste for good English by read- The articles are al- ing newspapers. most always delightfully free from stiltedness and trite conventionality, which is fore than can be said of the average ¢ollegian’s effusions.” As a matter of fact, the composition of many of our so-called educated. young men are like the works of bad architects, who think to conceal the poverty of their imagination and the commonness of their designs by stick- ing meaningless ornaments on the ugly structures with which they cumber the earth.—New York Evening Sun. WORDS OF WISDOM. Wit without wisdom is a kite with- out a tail. Time and nature will bring all things’ to a head. Life is short, so let us learn its les- sons well betimes! Mistakes are easily made, but never’ quite so easily repaired. Be swift to hear and think, but slow to speak, all ye who wisdom’s in- spiration seek! The fear of injustice to themselves is stronger in most men than their love of justice for others. When the world blames and slanders us, our business is not to be vexed with it, but rather to consider wnether there is any foundation for it.—New- man. . The greatest hour in a man’s life is not that in which the world recognizes what he has done, but the hour in which, in his tremendous struggle with obstacles and circumstances, his power prevails against all that stands in his way.—Anonymous. Always say a kind word if you can, if only that it may come in, perhaps, with singular opportuneness, entering some mournful man’s darkened room like a beautiful firefly, whose happy convolutions he cannot but watch, for- getting his many troubles.—Arthur Helps. Robin Kills an Adder. In a vigorous battle between a robin and an adder fourteen inches long, the bird killed the snake. The fight took place in the garden of George 3. Jones, in Leominster, Mass. and was seen by John A. Hannin and others, who were attracted to the scene by the calls of the birds which had col- lected in the trees to urge on their plucky mate. The robin had a nest of little ones in an apple tree near the garden. When the snake wriggled across the field to- ward the tree the bird swooped down and attacked it vigorously with claws and bill, aiming its attacks at the head of the adder, which spat and hissed, but was soon put out of the battle. Not, however, on the first round, as it gradually came to after the robin had left it and began to move. The bird discovered the motion and flew again at the snake, not leaving it until it was dead.—Boston Globe. First Statue to Alexandra. The first public statue of Queen Alex- andra has just been commissioned. Mr. George E. Wade, the well-known sculptor, has been chosen to do the work. The destination of the statue is Hongkong, which has already given commissions for the statues of King Edward and the Prince of Wales. The new statue is being erected out of a fund raised in connection with the Hongkong coronation celebration. The Queen will be represented in her coro- nation robes. The statue will be of bronze, and life size, and the pedestal will be either of granite or marble. The King, to whom the proposal was submitted through the Governor of Hongkong, readily gave his permission, His Majesty also approved the sugges- tion that the statue should be made by Mr. Wade.—London Express. Royal Women Gamblers. Marie Antoinette was a slave to cards. On one occasion she played for thirty-six hours at a sitting, with but an intermission of a couple of hours. “The play at the Queen's table at Fontainebleau,” wrote the Emperor Joseph IL. “was like that in a common gambling house; people of all kinds were there, and mingled without de- coruim; great scandal was caused by the fact that several of the cheated.” Anne Boleyn, Henry VIIL's ili-fated Queen, was never quite so happy as when playing for high stakes. The records of privy purse expenses are full of her winnings from her royal spouse, for she was a lucky player.— Chicago- Journal: eee eel ladies A superabundance of words does not alwsys show corresponding ideas, (EVSTONESTATE CALLING FORMER JUDGE PAXSON DEAD. Was Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, Receiver for the Beading and Founder of Friends’ Home. Former Chief Justice Edward M. Paxson, of the Pennsylvania .Su- prem Court, died at his home in By- cot. Death was due to a. complica- tion of diseases. He was 81 years old. Judge Paxson was born in Buckingham, Bucks county, Pa.’ He was educated in the Quaker schools. At the age of 18 he established the New Town Journal at New Town, Pa, and later founded the: Daily News of Philadelphia. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1850. He was appointed judge in the Com- mon Pleas Court in 1869, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation, of F. Carroll Brewster. He was elected to the office the following year” In 1874, at the first election under the new constitution, -Judge Paxson was elected to the Supreme Court. In 1893 he was appointed one of the re- ceivers of the Philadelphia and Read- ing Railroad Co., at which time he resigned his position as chief justice. The home for aged and infirm mem- bers of the Society of Friends at New Town was founded by Judge Paxson. The action of the directors of the Pennsylvania & Mahoning Valley Electric railway line in selling the properties to the new $10,000,000 mortgaged company known as the Shenango & Mahoning Valley. Light & Power Company was formally rati- fied at a meeting of the stockholders at the general offices of the compaay in New Castle. Over 98 per cent, of the capital stock of $8,000,000 was represented. The stock was turned over to James Blackburn of Youngs- town, as a formality in the comple- tion of the merger. The other lines taken into the consolidation are the New Castle-Sharon, and the Youngs- town-Sharon interurban lines. The Jones & Laughlin Company of Pittsburgh will Tuesday take up one of the largest blocks of coal ever se- cured by one firm in Washington county. The tract comprises 16,000 acres and is located in West Bethle- hem and Amwell townships. It is at present held by the Jones Brothers, extensive independent coal operators. The Jones & Laughlin concern took the options on this block for $250 an acre, the total price being $4,000,000. Thieves robbed the post office at Markleton while Postmaster John Leonard was absent at dinner. They secured $200. Part of the money taken belongs to the United States Express Company, which had stored it there for safety. About $300 in gold and silver coin was overlooked by the robbers. This is the third time the office has been robbed with- in threes years. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Ruffner, of Unity township, Westmoreland County, celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage. A feature was the celebration of high mass at St. Bar- tholomew’s church, Crabtree. After mass a dinner was served at the home of the couple. Five children were born to the union, and all attended th celebration. a At Erie, Mrs. Minnie Salow W bound over to the November term gi criminal court to answer the’ ‘Ghayge yg. of murdering the infant<«child of Sylv, Ruess, a girl of 19 years. “ch was alive when born, but lived only a few hours. Testimony submitted at the hearing tended to show that it was put in a basin and smothered by heavy blankets. The board of public grounds and buildings appointed Norman Bortz of Allentown, superintendent of con- struction of the new state insane hospital to be erected near that city, and Oscar E. Thompson of Phoenix- ville, engineers for a state bridge to be built over the Lycoming creek near Williamsport. A mortgage for $100,000 was filed in the county recorder’s office at Washington made by the Macbeth- Evans Glass Company of Pittsburg ia ‘avor of the Union Trust Company of Pittsburg. The mortgage secures 20-year 6 per cent gold bonds. It is dated October 2, 1905. Perry Wheeler, aged 50 years, a well-to-do farmer of Wyalusing town- ship, shot and killed his wife and then ;ommitted suicide. The woman was killed instantly, but Wheeler lived an hour after shooting himself. The couple apparently lived happily and no motive for the crime is known. The First Baptist Church of Con- nellsville, extended a call to Rev. A. A. Delarme, of Paterson, N. J. The church here has been without a pastor for several months, since the resigna- tion of Rev. Maynard R. Thompson. As the result of injuries sustained during a practice game of football, Charles, the 12-year-old son of Will- iam Bolinger, of West Latrobe, died at the residence of. his parents. Frank Johnson, 52 years old, was kiiled by a fall of slate in the Jumbo mine of the Pittsburg Coal Company, near McDonald. Johnson is survived by his wife and six children. The Robbs Run school, near Donald, has been closed on of diphtheria. Three found among the pupils. The remains of a man supposed to be Charles O. Penn, aged 30 years, of Sunbury, s found by a track along Pennsylvania railroad, west of Al: toona. 1t is thought he was jolted from the train and killed. Hyman Kohler, Jr, who escaped from the hospital at Dixmont, at the home of his parents in Washing- Me- account cases were the ton; The court will be asked to &l- low him to remain at home. The franchise of the Shenango Traction Co. was declared forfeited F by the Sharpsville council becauSe the company failed to pay $200 for.a 60-day extension. 1 The child
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