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A SERMON FOR SUNDAY ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED NARROW ESCAPE," 'Wonderful Indeed 18 tho Plan of Salva, tlon For the SUirior, Yet Bxcecdltiffly ntivo Christ Snvo Us AVo Must Believe In Him. NEW YORK following reada- 'ble and helpful sermon is by the liev. Dr. Wilbur Chapman, the best known evangelist in the country and one of the most popular pulpit orators of New York. It is entitled A Narrow Escape, and was preached from the text, "How shall we if we neglect so great 'Hebrews 2: The wonder of wonders in this world 13 'the plan of salvation for the sinner through Jesus Christ.

It is so wonderful that the man with the greatest mind the world has ever known has never yet been to think his way through it, and at the same time it is so simple that the smallest child in your home can appreciate of it to be saved. The first chapter of Hebrews presents to the dignity of Christ. He is at the right hand of God; He is better than the angels; when the elements have melted with fervent heat, He still exists; when the 'heavens have been rolled together as a scroll, He shall still be the very power of With such a description as this in the first chapter we come naturally to the first part of the second chapter. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which have heard Jest at any time we should let them A Cunarcl steamer was making her way the Atlantic Ocean when the passengers Were startled with a cry of "man Immediately every one was filled with excitement. One man sprang 'to the edge of the vessel and shouted, "I give a thousand pounds to any one will save the man that is sinking, for tie, is my brother." Every sailor was ready throw himself into the sea if only he could win the reward and save the man.

"The captain manned lifeboat, and soon a cheer went up because they had laid upon the sinking one. The lifeboat near the great steamer, ropes were fastened around the man and the signal "was given to lift him up. Just as they reaching out their hands to make hia sure the ropes slipped, and falling he struck his head upon the lifeboat, 'bounded into the sea and was gone The writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews must have had some such picture as this his mind when he said, "We ought "to give the more earnest heed lest at any time we should let them slip." I have known of people coming nearer to the kingdom of God than that, just one step -and they would have been saved, but they away, and then gave up hops. There are three words ai'ound which my 'thoughts Would centre, Great, Escape and I. It is a great salvation because it discloses to us a great Saviour, shows us hew may be saved from great sin, and also reveals how we may be restored to great tioliness and happiness.

First, it is great in its author. The name of an author will frequently sell a book, the name of the author of the plan of ought to commend it to every If He is the author two things are true. First that we need not be afraid of Him, "For God so loved the world that He only begotten Son." Luther tells us of the little girl, the child of the man printed his first Bible. "He was a member of the Church of Rome, and the child had been taught that God only be approached by means of penance and sacrifice. One day in the printer's office she found a little crumpled piece of paper which contained a part of this verse, which Luther called the "Gospel in a nutshell;" all she found was, "God the world that He gave It produced a great impression upon her.

One her mother heard her singinc; and asked the secret of her happiness. She answered by showing her the little piece of rpaper, and her mother said, "What does it mean?" for, she said, "it does not tell us twhat'He gave." The child's reply was, "If He loved us well enough to give us anything, we need not be afraid of Him." Again, if God is the author, His is the only-way of salvation. Men decide to to God by the way of reformation, or Jby the pcwer of resolution, but this profits nothing, for reformation may toush the present, and may possibly avail for the future, but it cannot touch the past. If a man is in your debt $1300 and comes to Jtell you that he has decided never to go into debt again, you may tell him that he is making a fine resolution, but you will not tell him that his good resolution pays Jhis indebtedness to you. for that is a transaction of the past.

The wonderful thing the plan of salvation is that it pro- an atonement touching the sins of the present, makes provision for future, and blotting cmfc the transgressions of the past. It is great also in its sacrifice. The way back to God has always been sprinkled 'with blood. Study the Old Testament and you will find this is true. But jy.hen the sins of men became so great that the blood of bulls and goats would not suffice then Christ died for our sins, ac- to the Scriptures.

It was my privilege some time ago to preach to the convicts in the State Penitentiary of Tennessee. I said to them I can give you the secret of getting almost amount of money, and their races in- were a study for the most of them prison for trying to get money in their own way. But this is the secret I them. Take a piece of paper and "write down upon it the amount of money you wa.nt, the length of time you want it, sign your name to it and carry it to the bank. But this will profit you nothing, because you have not found the secret.

It'is thus frequently that men stand before 'God "and ask to be saved. If you will take that piece of paper to some one Avhose name stands for money, then have him write his name upon the back of it and it to the bank, you will be surprised to see what a different position you have, and you will receive the money, not because of what you are, but because of what your security is. It is thus we have our before God; our security is perfect, and simple faith unites us to Him. It ia great also in its pardon and forgiveness. Pardon means more with God than with men.

With men a pardon may open the prison doors and send the guilty one back to his home, but if he is a murderer the chances are he will have a few peaceful nights, and then in his dreams as well as in his waking moments his sin will he before him. This is because he is pardoned and not justified. When God pardons us He justifies and forever. And forgiveness means more with God than with man. When we forgive we constantly remember the one who has sinned against us, but God forgives and remembers against us our transgressions no moro forever.

A distinguished minister, in preaching to, men specially, told the story of his own life, how ho had almost broken hia mother's heart, made her hair gray before the time, and made her blush to think that he was her son. Then told how God had forgiven him, and when he made hia appeal the effect was profound. His ofiicers gathered around him to say kind words about his sermon, but when they left there came an ol'd woman with gray hair and bent form. She threw her arms.about his neck and said, "My son, why did you tell it'; you never was bad in nil this world?" and this was his mother. He had almost broken her heart, and yet for mother's love Bbe had forgotten it all.

This was a picture of God remembering oiu- transgressions no more forever. The Scriptures say when we come to Him our sins arc passed into the depths of the sea. This must be they never can Ibe found. They are cast behind God's back, so that now He ia between the sinner and his Bins, They are taken from him as far as the easb is from thcr west, a distance which cannot be measured. When preaching one day in Philadelphia, in the Young Men's Christian Association, the Secretary told me of a man sitting in the rear of the room, a most awful sight to He had been sleeping in tho streets, but the services had touched him and he dame to Christ.

He became an honored member of my church. He was a professor of mathematics, and. had been slain by the power of strong drink. It was my custom to hold a nm-vico every Sunday morning for men in that church. and one morning I told them that God had cast their sins as far from them as the east from the west.

Then I turned to this old professor and asked him if he could tell me how far that was. HG instinctively reached for his pencil and his note book, then suddenly burst into tears, any- ing, "It can't be measured. For if you put your stake here with the east before and west behind you, you can go around the world and conic back again to the stake, and the cast is still before you and the west behind you." "Thank God," said he, "that is where my sins have It has become somewhat unpopular in these days to preach concerning the lost world, but it is not what I think I must preach, rather what the Bible states. "I have an argument with you," said a man who had listened to the minister preaching. "What is it?" said the minister.

"I do not believe what you said about the lost world." "Oh," said the minister, "you have argument with God, not with myself." And since it is true, therefore, that God speaks continually and warms constantly, is it not right that I should present the claims of the great salvation. II. Neglect. It is possible for one to so constantly neglect God's appeals that after a while his heart will become like a stone. It is said that the little birds that build their nest in the Trinity steeple scarcely lift their heads when the chimes ring out, because they have become so accustomed to the ringing of the bells.

An. one may become so accustomed to Christ and His story that he may hear it with perfect indifference. I am on the river in a boat and the rapids are before me. I need only neglect the oars to be lost. I am in a burning building, and in order that I may be lost I need only neglect the fire escape.

I am a sinner, and if I am to be lost finally it is only necessary that I should neglect Him who died that I might live. In the city of Minneapolis I stood some years ago looking at the ruins of the Minneapolis Tribune building, and heard the story of those men who perished because they were on the upper floor gathering together important papers and waited too long to descend by the and even too long to come down.by the lire escape. But at last they started, nine of them. The last man could not hold on to the hot iron of the fire escape, and in falling struck those beneath him, and the nine perished, all because they neglected. III.

Escape. How shall we escape? This is the important question, and the answer is written in large letters throughout God's word. First, stop trying to be a Christian and trust Him, trust Him who promises 'to save you. When Mr. Moody was going through an after meeting in Scotland he saw two girk crying.

Stopping to assist them if he could one of them said she wanted to be a Christian, and taking out. his Bible ha asked her if she could receive God's promise in John 5: 24. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth My word and believeth on Him that sent Me hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life. Rhe 'told him she could. The next night he found them in the same place and was curious to know if they were still in the darkness.

He heard the girl of the night before saying, "I say, lassie, do just as I did, grasp a promise and hold on to it, and He will save you." And this ia true for us all. Again, if we would have Christ save us we must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. To believe in Him is not enough; to believe on Him is to throw ourselves at His feet, by faith lay hold of Him. And having done this, He will be true to His word, and your name shall be written in the Lamb's Book of Life. Happiness.

Happiness! Oh, how we want it. There is. not a man, woman or child that is not seeking for it, and asking the question "Where can it be found?" In the pursuit of happiness men are running hither and thither indulging in every form of amusement and. more often of vioe, to satisfy the cravings for it. True, happiness not tg be found among the fleeting things of earth, for God never put it into them, and nothing is of more value than He intended.

The will of God is the only thing in the universe. Earth, air, and water alike are controlled by it. Every law of body, mind, and spirit is but an expression of that will. All creation but man obeys that will, which causes the only discordant note 'in creation. Hence, out of 'harmony with the Divine will causes the only unhappiness, and makes man the only unhappy, creature.

God wants all of us to be happy to enjoy this beautiful old earth made for His creatures. And the only way'to do it is to jyt yourself in harmony with that will. Then will come the peace and joy that pasifeef.li all understand- inff to your heart and the earth will seem fairer than before. This is no phantasma, but a attested to in every 11. Morehouse.

Spear Points. Prayer is the abiding background in the life of the Christian. Prayer is a holy art, in which the best of us are but beginners. When God plans our way, He will not neglect to provide for our wants. God never makes us feel our weakness except to lead us to seek strength from Him.

When we make all the centre of life, God becomes a mere point on a far-off circumference. The ground of the Christian's hope is God's word and God's oath, sealed by His love. If God puts you in a dark place it may be a compliment to the light that is in Horn. Prayed For a Revival. It is said that in a certain town in New York a good many years ago there occurred a great revival of religion, the work beginning without any known cause.

The inquiry was made, "Who is praying? This work must be in answer to somebody's prayers." It was afterwards learned that two old church members, who lived one mile apart, had made arrangements to meet half way between them in a piece of thick bushes every evening at sundown to pray God to revive His Their prayers were answered, and one hundred and fifty were added, during the months of July, August and September, to the church. The Pentecostal revival did not begin with preaching, but with prayer. Service, The old idea of seryice was that it was degrading. With Christ came the change. And hia announcement that, the perfect life is one of for others has been confirmed by nature.

Not a molecule ex- iuts for its own sake only, but for other parts. The ideal is one of llev. James Grant, Mass. Only six pounds out of every 100 pounds of paper manufactured are used for making books. WOMAN'S REALM.

A NEW FIELD OF WORK, Duties of Superintendent of Nntuvo Study In the Vacation HchoolK. For six weeks or so lu summer Mlse Kato Kaumonn has oiie of the oddest occupations of any one in Fhllnclolpbla. As superintendent of nature study in the vacation schools she not only supervises the nature work done by the many classes, but collects and distributes the specimens needed In teaching 3000 of roots of nil varieties, stems and leaves, flowers, fruit and vegetables. Throe days a week she Is off In tho country from early morning until sundown, hard nt work. Three days she spends distributing among the schools.

Her excursions take her far beyond the railroad and trolley lines, Glad in a comfortable working dress, she does miles and miles of walking over dusty lanes, her eyes wide open for plants that have sprung up by the wayside beyond the fences, so they may be legitimately appropriated. Sometimes she must mount fences to gather twigs and leaves from convenient branches. Occasionally there is a tree to climb where coveted specimens are far beyond the reach of the crooked handle of her umbrella. On certain days the superintendent's trip Is to the woods and fields in search of wild flowers. On others, armed with a large basket, she visits friendly farmers to solicit garden and orchard products, or again, she follows the course of some to hunt for necessary water plants.

The burden she brings back to town at night may be forty pounds of leaves pulled from all kinds of trees, or hundreds of twigs bearing pears and other fruit, or a basketful of potatoes, beets and carrots, dug up with their leaves and all. Distribution the following day is not an easy task. The schools to be supplied He In widely separated parts of town. The residents along her various routes have grown accustomed to seeing her pass by with her odd bundles, and everywhere she is known and greeted as "the teacher." "Of course," said Miss Baumann, "when I took up the work four years ago it was much easier. There were fewer schools then and not nearly so many pupils.

Nowadays, if it were not for the kindness shown me everywhere, I simply could not undertake it all alone. Every one becomes interested at once when I explain my errand. The farmers want to insist on my having even more than I need, and when our lesson is to be on cultivated flowers, the big city florists fill my basket to overflowing. Then there are many kind friends who are always on the lookout for specimens to send me, or who are generous about assisting me when my load is a very heavy one." Her first work begins early in the spring. Then she is abroad in the woods looking for acorns that have lain under the snows all winter and are in good condition for sprouting.

serve later on as splendid examples of germination for the younger classes. Later she starts gardening in her back yard, planting cucninbe.r seed, so that the vines with their young, tiny fruit may be shown the children, as well as larger specimens contributed by the markets. Peas, beans and oats are also planted in small boxes, a box of each just sprouted to go to every Press, Onb over pole pink has tho skirt bull ID three deep ruffles, and jacket bodice showing front and undersleevei of embroidered ecru batiste. choker Is encircled by a pleated scar) of pink mousseline do sole which tlei with a simple knot In tho front, snyi the Chicago Record-Hern Id. This par tlcular stylo of cravat Is one of the novelties of tho season and appears on number of elaborate costumes.

A lovely chemisette Is of fine- white batiste, with yoke behind end on the and the front pieces fulled to tills. of embroidery and drawn work trim the yoke and run down the front of the blouse. The little cuffs, which are unstarched, tucked and edged with Valenciennes lace, arc fastened by a single small white crochet button, and those buttons are used to fasten the front of the chem- isette. The soft tucked choker has a pleated cravat tied loosely about It. This is made of the batiste, Avith tho ends finished with Valenciennes lace.

Woman as a As a wage earner the American woman adds largely to tho country's output of energy; as a consumer she creates two-thirds of tho demand, with its inevitable result of supply; as an Inventor, designer and manufacturer she enlarges the variety and activity of the world's market; and as a creator she enriches the imaginative product of the world. In all these, it Is Ira- possible to divorce her interests from those of man, or make her more or less than an individual with an Individual's place and power in the community. To ask whether her elimination from the commerce of the world would create a greater vacuum than the elimination of man, would bring us back to tho elusiveness of abstract and general dis- ciisslon to which the Ainercan woman can no longer be relegated. It is not as woman In the abstract, but as an the Individual that she Is to be reckoned with, for It Is as the individual that she has won and that she will maintain her place as a commercial York Post. How to Be Charming.

A woman can make or mar her attractiveness. She can, by an utter disregard of hygienic laws and a neglect of toilet accessories, In the opinion Home Chat, lose entirely that charm of face and form that nature obviously Intended should be hers. A few drops of soothing lotion will transform a pair o'f rough hands into soft ones; systematic care of the complexion will keep it smooth and ward off wrinkles, and an eagerness to read clever books and to know things, and a lively Interest in the current events of the day, will brighten the eyes as nothing else can, except it be the sympathy of the man one loves. The woman possessing this knowledge is far more charming and attractive than she in whose path no beautifying whims have ever come. And the woman who applies this knowledge is the one who will develop into the entertaining, interesting grand, mother of the next generation, as dainty and as youthful as was the mother of the past generation.

How Wrinkles Come. Enough Is said of the treatment of wrinkles to make us all wise to avoid them, if wisdom were enough. But wrinkles, like love, will find out a way, and In spite; of massage and oils and balms, wrinkles will set their delicate seal of thought and perplexity upon the forehead and under the eyes and about the lips. The reason of wrinkles, any one will tell you easily, is years. But why Is it that years make wrinkles? What connection Is there between the fight of time over our heads and the fine tracery upon our features? Here is the explanation as well as a layman can give it: Underneath the skin, In the flesh, are imbedded multitudes of little muscles that hold the flesh and keep It as we say "solid and flrm." The skin also hns a certain muscular power of contracting and stretching as necessity demands, and which depends upon what Is called the tonielty of the skin.

As years creep along tho muscles weaken and grow lax, no loqger holding the flesh up flrm and hard as before. All the lines In the face droop therefore with nge, and the flesh has tendency to fall down In little ridges. Just the same thing happens to the skin. It loses Its contracting power and relaxes. Then come the little wrinkles.

It TVI11 be seen then, that wrinkles are due to changes in the constitution of the skin Itself. Anything that acts as a stimulant upon the skin, keeping it active and so keeping up tho tone of the muscles, will tend to prevent wrinkles. But even If they do come, why should one be unhappy? They are as honorable as gray hairs. They indicate thought as well as years; they give character and dignity to the expression. Freckles and sunburn have hnd their clay of being fashionable.

Why not wrinkles? They are beautiful, If wo only think New York News. To Train Colored Girls. training school for colored nurses has been established In Charleston, S. by a colored woman, physician, Dr. Lucy Hughes Brown, a graduate of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.

The Southern people seern to take kindly to this innovation, and the enterprise Is highly commended by the Charleston press. Kilt Pleated Gowns. There Is much that is chic about tke gowns that are kilt pleated, both skirts and bodice alike, and worn with a wide soft silk belt or sash. Some of the light autumn cheviots In heather and the soft neutral tints are especially pretty and smart in the kilt pleated models. modish materials.

Materials that are to be in vogue are noted with and without a crepon surface and Include a number of silk and wool weaves, veiling, batiste, crepe do chine, eolienne, crepe, albatross and similar lightweight stuffs. Embroidery. Among the latest fancies in fashion's realm are gowns of all over English embroidery mounted over colored silk. Changeable moires are an autumn novelty. Wide tucks as a border on parasols are very pretty.

Waved satin ribbon is a novelty for trimming skirts. Velvet hat bindings are often over an inch deep on the outside. The buckle and the toque make Colonial ties quite fascinating footgear. Sashes and ties of real lace are the prettiest as well as the most expensive. A faddish hatpin Is iu old silver in the dosigu of an Indian in full Avar paint.

Snowflake homespun and long-haired camels' hair are two materials for au- tumu wear. Dark blue or black cheviots, sprinkled with white polka dots, are the new material for short skirts. In some of tho shirt waist suits embroidery is us elaborately applied to the skirt as to the waist. Gaudy colors appear in hats, parasols and veils, but iu general gowns the colors are very delicate in tint and blend nicely into oue another. A beautiful tea gown is of the softest make of stamped pink velvet trimmed with endless intricacies of tucks and insertions of taffeta ami chlffou.

MEMORIES OF A BURGLAR, fiqncnlty tho VFortt Thing Re Hf sf Had to Contend With. Frederick I-I. Weber, the styllsb burglar, whose trunks were found to contnin ninny hundred dollars' worth of! stolen property, will in nil probability bo sent to Kansas City for trlnL Tho mitliorlflos of Hint city have telegraphed tho Cliief of Police here to hold Weber for them. Weber has several aliases, according to (lie press dispatches, but the prls ouer claims that Weber Is tho onl.i name be over wont under, except when he gave the name of Blahr on the occasion, of his arrest hero Wednesday night. "What's the difference? A thief by nny other name would steal as remarked Weber, with a twinkle It his eye.

Weber Is a remarkable man In some respects. Ho is a typo of the chap with which silly women become infntu nted on account of his complexion ant rosy checks. lie is a. bit effeminate dresses well and wcnrs his hair cul pompadour. "I have many houses am there is nothing in it," said he, as ho curled the ends of his long, light mustache.

"I nm not a kleptomaniac," and I could keep from stealing if I wanted to," was tho prisoner's next remark. "But then If any one wants to take the chances, I guess stealing is the fastest way that he can get the coin. "It takes lots of nerve to enter a house, especially the first one," remarked Weber. "I had been watching tho house for several days, and then when I got a chance to enter It I was afraid to do it. When I got Inside I trembled like leaf and was almost afraid to take the watch after I had picked it up.

I have done two bits. "Yes, I have had some funny things happen to me while doing ruy jobs, remember that one time the humor of the situation appealed to me to such an extent that I came very near being caught. I had robbed a room and was just going out of the door, when a woman's voice from the bed said: 'Is that you, I said and she asked rne where I was going. I told her I was going to leave her and never come back. 'Oh, Henry, don't leave me; please don't, and I will be the best wife in the she said, out I was going down the stairs by that time.

She piled out of bed and came down after me, pleading with me not to leave her, and as I was going out of the door sho caught me by the coat tail and tried to hold me. Then she broke ont crying as I slammed the front gate. laughed so hard at her that the policeman on. the corner stopped me and asked me some questions, but he did not 'rise so I was safe. "Another time I bad just come out of a woman's room that I had robbed when a boarder saw me.

I had a byad- kerchief tied around my face, and it had slipped down around my jaws. 'What's the matter, he said to me; 'have you got the I told him I had arid hurried down the stairs. 'Where are you he asked me, and I told him I was going for a doctor to pull my tooth. "The first thing a woman says when' she is awakened by hearing a noise is: There is some one in this room. Who's In this If I happen to be in the room I start to get out, and I don't lose any time getting out, either.

"The worst thing a burglar has contend with is the squeaky stairways that are In nearly every house. There We also many squeaky boards in the floor of nearly every room that you get into, but the thief is the only person, that ever finds it out. You step over a short distance to get off a squeaky board and then step on another one that squeaks much worse. The squeaky boards came near puting me under the eod on one occasion. The board awoke two men and they armed themselves revolvers for me.

I saw thorn coming and dove through a window, while they emptied their weapons at mo. But there is nothing in stealing. "The police in the different places have a graft that is much better than burglary. When i was arrested in 'Frisco I had $1200 iu large bills sewed In the lining of iny vest. I had $180 In my packets, and money in my vest was not found when I was searched.

I was iu jail about four days when a detective named Cox came in one night and made me strip. He searched my clothing, and finding my money said: 'That's what I have boon looking and took it away. I never got tiie money back, and I was told by him not to say anything about Uocky Mountain News. PENSIONS GRANTED, A SpUler'H Web. During the late summer and in the autumn yrasshoppcrs form a largo part of (lie i'ood of a large spider called the orange urgiope.

It is interesting to sx'o how skillfully the spider manages her huge prey. The instant It become entangled she rushes to it and, spreading her spinnerets far apart, she fastens a broad sheet of silk to it; then by few dexterous kicks she rolls it over two or three times, and it is securely swaddled in a shroud; a quick bite Avith her poison fangs completes UK- destruction of the victim. The uuilo of tho orange argippo is much smaller thrin the femulo, and it ia very seldom observed except by the bi'st trained eyes. He lives on a shabby little Aveb, which he builds near the web of the female. In the autumn the female makes a globular eggsac as large as a hickory nut.

This is suspended iunoug the brunches of some shrub or in the top of some Aveed, and is fastened by uiuuy ropes of silk so that the storms of Aviiiter shall not tear it loose. Within this eggsuc the young spiders pass tho lu America. Judicial Vacancy Fallow's Statement. Among tho new names placed on the pension list during tho past week, wore tho following: John Woods, Coraopolis, William. N.

Waldron, East. SmiUillolil, $17; Theophilus J. Nichols, McKoes Hall 1 Falls, $12; Cyrus S. Fcrree, Liverpool, $17; Solomon Williams, Montrose, $30; Elizabeth C. Scott, Union City, Annia V.

Ghent, Robert Me- Anall, Colombia, Henry doett- iman, TitusvlUe, John Ackerman, Pittsburg, Elmorc F. Lewis, Renwick, $10; Rebecca L. Madge, Mercer, Mary E. Snodgrass, Sunbury, Sarah J. Sands, Tunkhannock, Mary'Byabender, Erie, $12; Isaiah Haines, Glenhope, $24; Alexander McCabe, Soldiers' Home, Erie, $12; William Mulhelon, Bellwood, $10; Samuel Sites, Carlisle, $12; HarlemT B.

Derry City, William Woodslilc, Barnesboro, $.1.0. After several hours oi; deliberating, the Wage Committee of tho Window Glass Workers' Association, L. A. 300, and the officials oi: the Associated Glass Manufacturers adjourned without a definite agreement as to wages for the next fire. The manufacturers are willing to give an advance of five per cent on condition that the Burns organization could secure an amicable agreement whereby they and the Denny workers would open and close at the same time.

The railroad station al Clarion Junction, three miles from Clarion, was robbed of $150 in cash and several valuable express packages. F. R. Underwood, the ticket agent at West Clarion, boards and rooms at the restaurant Mrs. Brenneman and while he was in Clarion the house and his room were ransacked.

About $95 taken from the station belong to the Bradford, Bordell Klnzua railroad and the balance to Mr. Underwood. While milking bis cows Hugh Miles, living in Harmony township, Forest county, was overpowered by robbers and carried to his house, where his wife was held at the point of a revolver untir her husband told the whereabouts of the key to an old-fashioned safe. Opening the safe the robbers secured $150 in money and $1,000 in government bonds, and jewelry and watches valued at over $500 and escaped. The Blairsville presbytery of the Presbyterian church at Pine Run, decided to buy a lot at Trafford' City, and to organize a mission church.

Because of ill-health Rev. S. R. Fraser offered his resignation as pastor of the Murraysville charge. The next meeting of the presbytery will be hold in the First church, Johnstown, in December.

Abe Rothschilds, of New York, who was convicted in criminal court at Carlisle oi: conspiracy in attempting' to swindle New York jewelers out of $50,000 worth of diamonds and jewelry, was sentenced by Judge Biddle to two years in the Eastern penitentiary. His accomplice, Thomas Best, of Trenton, N. received one year in jail. Ex-Sheriff A. P.

Pew received injuries in falling from a bridge at Mercer while' out fishing which caused his death a few hours later at the Cottage State hospital. He had stepped on the end. of a plank which broke'beneath his weight and he fell on the rocks eight feet below. A hearing was given the Polish rioters at Sykesville, near Punxsutawney, and 11 out of 40 brought up on tho charge of riot were committed to jail at Brookvllle in default of bail. J.

B. Sykes, who came near being killed in the riot, regained consciousness and hopes are entertained that he will recover. Bucktail. Regimental Association at DuBols officers elected as President, J. Elliott.

Kratzer, Curwensville; vice-president, M. C. Gannon, Indiana; treasurer, Col. E. A.

Irwln, CurwensviTle; secretaries, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ranch, Philadelphia.

Cauncey Ross, mine inspector, at Greensburg, received a letter from Gustavus Spee of Rowley, who wants to marry one of the women made widows at the Cambria mine explosion in July, and asks Ross to aid him in securing a bride. Three hundred delegates were present at the annual convention at Reading of the Jr. O. U. A.

known as the insurgent faction, because It does not acknowledge allegiance to the National council, began its sessions Tuesday. Five men were killed, one fatally Injured, five seriously hurt in a head- on collision between a Buffalo, Rochester Pittsburg express and tho Butler accommodation of the Pittsburg Western, at Wittmer station. United States Supervising Architect Taylor has informed the postmasters it Now Castle, Oil City and Washington that they will be notified of tho selection of sites for public buildings these cities in about 30 clays. Bishop Fallows of Chicago issued. a statement after conferring President Mitchell, in which he says arbitration is the miner's and operator's only hope of bringing about a settlement.

The celebration in honor of the )lrtlulay of Rev. Father Mathew, tho apostle of temperance, will be held in reonville Sunday, October 5. The wheat crop of India 'this year vill again be 10 per cent below the average of the last 10 'ears, and little of the grain will be xported. Uivyxa. wSca r.cclfi-a.

Scnst l)r. Kline, LIU, MtdlolM.aai Arc'.