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CUNLHAL HUGH CAMERON IS
AN ECCENTRIC UEINC.
t.lio In I III' llprn mill AIIimtd llnlr Mini
Itrnnl In (Jrnw linlntu 'I linl Am-fiihIiiii
l)y Sliniilil ltd l(cro:itliil I'T I rilirul
Law,
(Special Letter.)
ossfksfd or con
siderable wenlth--nt
least enough to ren
der him Independ
ent of nil things
earthly (itncrnl
Hugh ('nine to n of
,fv.(r' K II II S II S. WltlCiy
ypsaiJ) Kniyvii ax tl, Kan
r ' ' " siih hfrnill. makes
his bed on an old
barn door in the
Mill woods noar Ihf historic lty or
J.nwietiee. lo liven In the open nlr,
and when lie sleeps has no oilier loof
than the follttftc or the trees, through
which the stars twinkle as ir amused
at the eccentricity or the mini, lie has
one pet liobbj, which he Is ttiglng on
rongress. Me wants Ascension day to
liecotne a national holiday liy virtue
or a law or the supienie legislative
linily or the land.
General Cameron would he a pictur
esque figure even If he were not ho
filled with occciitiicltlcti as to attract
attention. Ho N tall, finely formed
and straight iih an arrow. In splu or
hla ndvanred ycnis. ills white heard
and white hair hang down from a nius
live head and race, the former reaching
hclnw the waist. e.teiidlng forty indie.
in length, and the latter descending in
n snowy cloud thirty-six Indies. He Is
one or the richest men In the Mate, hut
lie refuses to live In a house, preferring
ihe freedom of the woods to the eon
flnenieut or a civilized dwelling. He Is
u marked man, hut clear-headed and
well versed In the science and folk lore,
of this and moHt other countries, lie
is not in his dotage, hut he clings to
any Idea he einhraces wllh all the vigor
of a man accustomed to pushing things
to success.
(lencral Cameron's Ascension da
Idea has hcen advanced by him ror
years. He believes that the day on
which Christ leturned to heaven after
the erticlllxlon should be net apart b
a Christian nation such as America
ns a day of leJolchiK eipially If not more
significant to the people than July I,
the nation's birthday. He has com
menced agitation In favor of this Idea,
nnd will work with a singleness or pur
pose toward Its acVoiupllshtnent until
he is called to his fathers, unless suc
cess crowns his efforts before that
Ime.
General Caincion erected a pole on
Faster day of this car to commemo
rate, the resurrection. Imposing cere
monies were conducted under his di
rection. The site chorien was a suburb
of Lawrence, and the old man, now TO
years or age. caused the pole lifty feet
long, to be raised with ceremonies or
"tho most Impressive nature. On the
top or the pole Is a cross sjinhollcal of
the crucifixion, and near by a liberty
cap, symbolizing true Illicit) to all. He
bent on an American Hag to the hal
yards, and ran the silken emblem to
the top with his own hands. Many
of the residents of Lawrence were pres
tint, for the old man, while queer In
many things, is alwavs Interesting.
He is called tho Kansas hermit be
cause he himself adopted the title. He
paw hard service in the civil war, and
was severely wounded. In spite of this
fact and hla advanced age, he works on
hl farm early nnd late. I'nclo Sam
hdps Ulni out to the extent of $20 a
month. Fifteen yenis ago he threw off
tho bans or fashion, declaring that he
would bo perfectly Independent- anil
he lias been. Since that time he has
neither trimmed nor cut his hair or
heard. His hair Is three feet long and
silken, while his heard litis reached
the length of three and one-half fee!.
While working he braids both hair and
beard, and tucks them Inside his shirt.
On his head he wears a close-llttlng
cap, and over this either a thick win
ter cap or r.traw hat.
For years Hermit Caineron litis been
praying for a fuller acknowledgment,
by the people, for tho divinity of Jesus
Christ. As Faster Is the commemora
tion of the ascension of Christ, he
thinks It should be at a llxul date
every year, Instead or as now, arranged
necording to tho ecclesiastical moon.
"Faster Is ror the rich folks to wear
lino clothes," says tho old man. "Two
thirds of tho common people -dod's
chosim people don't ki'ow what Faster
CAMP DF.N HAltUISON.
Is. It la the church-going people only
who know Its real significance." Ho
announces that ho reels convinced that
April r Is tho true date or the resur
rection. Ho prepared a petition to
voiiBrces, which Is remnrknhle as peti
tions go. I'nablo to get either Senator
linker or Congressman CurtlB to pre
sent It to congross, he sent It to Sena
tor Pfeffer, and that gentleman pre
tented It to the senate a short time
go. A full reading was demanded by
tht curious senators, It wua read In
r'J8F
full. 'I ids custom is ery rare, usually
the nth-k only being read to tho senate.
Tho domnient mused no llttlo com
ment on iil Miles and here Is tho nub
static of It:
To thoCongreR of the Fnltcd States
of America: Your petitioner, tho un
dersigned, rop(ctfull. asks otir hon
orable b.itlbs to trial. e the Mil or April
a national holiday, it being tho day
on which the "king or the Jews," whom
l'ontltis I'llate caused to be cruel lied on
April if. A. I). .'13. achieved his splen
did ictor over the grave. The king
or the Jews hits always been a true
friend of the I'nlted Slates of America.
He was with Washington and hla com
patriots during their great struggle
for Independence, and was also with
the union aimy through the entire
war to maintain that Independence
with union and liberty. Your peti
tioner has an abiding faith that your
hoiior.'ibh bodies will cheerfully urant
this refiuent, an well on your own ac
count as that of the multitude of hhi
faithful followers, comprising nil tho
Industrious poor people ((iod'ri chosen
people), many of whom nre now pray
er full.x waiting for the second coming
of said king which, It Is claimed, will
be to the I'nlted Stales or Ameilca.
riiitit m Inutility this king has done
more to establish ami maintain freo
government on this continent and to
make tho i'nlted States of America a
icspcctnhlc nation than any other king,
and so we as individuals and as 'i na
tion ought mil to be ashamed with
(!i:X Hl'GH CAMFIION.
frnnl.tnss and alacrity to aiknowledgo
that we owe him a debt of gratitude
which we will never be able fully to
liquidate For all these and many
other obvious leasons tho undersigned
hopes that our honorable bodies will
without deltij make rcsuriectlon day
a national holiday, for which wo will
lontinualiy pray. Respectfully,
lU'CJII CAMFIION.
Camp lieu Harrison, Douglas couu
t, Kan.
After the leading the senate referred
It to the committee on Judiciary. As
will be seen, this resolution, If adopted,
would upset the present arrangement
of Ftihler days according to the church
festival, I'l.i-iter Is a movablo festival.
The rule which has been followed In
fixing Its date each year Is that It shall
he the first Sunday after the fourteenth
day (not the full moon) of the calendar
moon, which happens on the next nrtcr
March 21. The calendar moon Is not
(he moon or the heavens, nor the moon
or astronomy, but nn Imaginary moon
Tor ecclesiastical convenience. Faster
may come as early as March 22, or as
late as April 2.". Hint year It occurred
on prll 11.
NAPOLEON AM) EUGENIE.
Willi Thrlr I lillil lit lll:ll Mikm Th
ri'tilillini.
I had a card or admission to n seat
Immediately in front of the altar and
cbfc to those occupied by tho Imperial
party, says lllackwoiid's Magazine. It
was Interesting, or course, to bo able
at such dose tpiartors to scrutinize tho
somewhat sombre countenance of Na
poleon 111., the delicate features of his
beautiful wife and the fair faco of the
box on whom so many Blowing hopes
were lixcil till doomed to be quenched
in tho dust of death at one desolato
spot In far-off Ziiluland. Hut It was
the venerable archbishop who attract
ed my attention most strongly, from
the subdued gentleness and humility
of hh. aspect, In spite of the gorgeoiis
neis of his cstmcnts, rich in crimson
velvet, gold embroidery and priceless
lace.
The archbishop woreallttleredskull
cap over his soft, white hair and tho
exptcsslon of his mild countenanco
was that of simple, genuine goodness.
Ills complete absorption In the rellg.
Ions service on which he as engaged
was quite in accordance with what I
had been told of his pure, devoted life
and the appearance of the meek, de
fenseless old man would have led ono
to believe that he was one of the last
persons who could ever become tho oh
Jeit of Implacable hatred and brutal
violence. Yet two years Inter I stood
on the spot where that gentle spirit hnd
at last escaped by the tardy mercy of
death from tin agony of persecution
and torture little known, I believe, be
yond the prison walla where the latJ
cruel scene was enacted.
TIik Slur CIiiiiiiIiit l.orli.
The veritable lock and key of the fa
mous Star Chamber were sold at Chris
He's rooms. London, recently. The lock
Is soundly made of brass, and though
decorated to ti certain extent Is plain
compared with tho key, which Is a
wonderful pleco of fretted steel. The
metal Is of n betutttfrj temper, other
wise It seems Impossible (iUM the stem
should not snap off If thero were tht
slightest hitch In the turning cf tho
lock. On both sides nro portrayed
crowned heads, presumably of Chatle
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THE ltEI) CLOUD CHIEF,
THEATRICAL CiOSSU.
!OTIiS AND COMMENT AUOJT
PLAYS ANO PLAYKRS.
Ilnjt .Mlilnlclil Iti'tMlliP f thill ('MMtilt
V.'iriniitrr' Mint liiiitjlhihli- l'n,,!iir.
'lonii -Mnrlr of 'I o I'lxjrri Mimn
4liic Uliliper,.
M I II M 0 II T
HFLL." Is one of
&& -JIL J ,l10 ,"'st ",,,KH -Mr-f;t"Sf
Hoyt has taken at
j impmiecien niera-
G!ture. The human
element Is sympa
I I 1U
iVWfii
thetically present
nnd covers much of
the Hoyt eruileness
and trite it e h s.
Hovt's wakeful fac
w
ulty of observation Is next of kin to
etentivo ability and although nothing
particularly Inventive is discoverable
In any of his literary carpentering,
there is that pleasant famlllaiity and
truth to commonplace scenes which
are vnstly more agreeable to the Idle
majority than wise disclosures or the
vivacious magnet or surprise. Charlie
Hoyt never thinks out novel proposi
tions but he reproduces actual occtir
lencts, real characters and dialogue
copied from overheard conversations
with a certain degree or tippieclatlon
which passes ror fine humor. What
real people and real incidents have not
rurnlshed Mr. Hoyt, he has taken from
shelved comedies written by moderate
ly clever story-tellers, and HoytV act
ors fill out the measure of tho author's
SrI""5:. -'" -'- ' "' "-"
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EMIL.Y JORDAN.
Incompleteness, so there is scarcely
anything vital to amusement lacking
In a Hoyt entertainment.
Thero must bo song and brisk move
ment nnd continual ripple of small
talk gingery with harmless slang up
to the hour, occasionally a smart
paragraph political or sociological, and
the photographed human beings col
ored exactly after living patterns trick
listeners Into n lively recognition of
Iloyt's talents without worrying them
about the exact quality of the play
wright's work. Nothing on earth Is
so lifeless as a Hoyt farce once the
public In thiough with It, hut there la
so little substantial or necessary to
one of these literary alarms that so
long as the title remains Intact and
tho skeletons of the characters,
changes Inteimlnable and unnumbered
may he made In the farce, so that If the
public will have It at all they will ac
cept It Jubilantly as something perenl
nlly new. And undeniably Charles
Hoyt Is a shrewd caterer If he Is not a
creator or a literary giant, and his
farces mark an era which, strange to
say, they will not live In except by
titles. As written things they will sink
with the popularity of musical farce,
hut tho fun they have made and the
fleeting enjoyment they gnve every
where will be remembered If not per
petuated. IIoiy to ll-ciini tin Act rem,
Fmlly Jordan, who In private life Is
Mrs. C'arr, was borrj In London, Fng
Juno 2!, 1872, and came to this country
In September. 18S0. She lorated In
Jersey City, N. J where she met Mr.
Carr, whom she married In September,
1890. Although her husband wtut a
professional she had no Inclination for
the stage, nor did she ever attempt to
entertain her friends by singing, r.nd
In fact tdio knew but parts of sonic of
tho popular bnllads or the day. Several
years after her marriage, having grown
weary of the lonesomenes3 of life, con
sequent upon her husband's profession
al tours, she resolved to fit herself for
stage work that she might bo nblo to
bo with him. Finding that Bhe pos
sessed a sweet nnd sympathetic voice
she studied the nrt of singing for about
six months with some of tho best mas
ters In Now York City. 3ho then Join
ed nn opera company In which her hus
band was engaged In order that she
might acquire a knowledge of stage de
portment nnd of acting. At tho term
ination of that engagement sho played
the Ingenue role In a farco comedy, af
ter which she Joined her husband to
present their well known ukctch, "A
FRIDAY, 0vl 2, 181)6.
! "- '"y ihoh.i.- h,,w we
Pill' nill-CCCUCIl ir llllNIM'Jll III III) wuu
nave seen then refined comedy erea-
tlon. to the presentation of wheh hf
renders such able assistance.
storr if mi .li tor.
j William S. Clifford, the actor, was
born at Frhniia. Ohio, Jan. 23, 18C!)
j and first appeared upon the stngo In his
, native city, In January, 1S81, with an
amateur minstrel company, doing a
snare drum specialty, His ability lu
that line attracted the notice of Man
ager Hi Henry, who signed him to play
the snare- drum In the hand and work
In the big eight song nnd dance, with
his minstrel show, during the neason of
18S2. During the summers of 1&83-SI
he traveled with the John Hohlnson
circus, playing the snare drum In the
female band, (leorge Fuller Golden and
Mr. Clifford formed a partnership for
the purpose of playing variety houses.
In 188.", nnd for three years they toured
I the West and South, Mr. Clifford going
with Miles Orton'H circus during the
! summers of 18S.V87. When Hlngllng
I Ilrotherri made their circus a railroad
! show, lu 18SS, ho was with the show
closing In the rail to join Sim Williams
! in nn act, lu which they appeared
. through the West during the next two
years. He joined Al. G. Field's tr.ln
, strels Tor the season or 1890, ns ,i fea
, turc of the regimental first part, doing
' his snare drum specialty. On July 2S,
18111, at Hurrah), X. Y., he married Maud
I llutli, and In September, 1832, first nt
, tempted a sketch with his wire, appear
ing later In the same year at Tony
Pastor's theater, then making his llrst
, appearance berore u New York mull
I ence. They visited the principal varl-
,ll ;v
iWip 'z
j? jjl, wtcjueew,.,, . & mmaw
.1W'' IV"-
ety houses during the remnlndcr of
that season, and in 181U signed with
Manager Pastor for the fall tour of his
road company, continuing with that
show during Its spring and fall tour of
189.". On the 10th or the current month
they opened with Mnnnger Pastor at
Long Uranch, N. J., for the fall road
season of twelve weeks, at the expira
tion or which they will join llarrj
Williams' Own company ror the re
mainder or the current season. Clifford
and lluth are too well known as per
formers to demand nn extended men
tion of their excellent act. but it would
seem appropriate to mention that Mr.
Clifford's portrayal of the "chapp"
character Is not excelled on- the vaude
ville, stage. Miss lluth. In her line
singing of negro melodies. Is equally
proficient, nnd tdinrcs the honors gained
bj their performances. Apart from hla
WILLIAM S. CLIFFORD,
ability as a performer, Mr. Clifford Is
possessed of keen business instincts,
turning his earnings to tho best pos
sible ndvantnge, and adopting meas
ures, at all times, to further his Inter
ests in tho profession. An Instance, of
his enterprise was shown Inst slimmer
when he rented from Mnnnger Pastor
n largo bill board, near Union Square,
In New York city, maintaining thereon
a stand of bills advertising hlsopeclal
ty. Ho recently purchased a valuablo
farm near Paterson, N. J., where ho
spends his leisure, his brother-in-law
and his wifo's mother maintaining tho
property during tho team'j nbsenco
upon the road, nnd also coring ror Hilly
S. Clifford, Jr., who was boru Fob. 2.
1S9S.
Sutton Vane Is writing tho llhrftto
ror a musical play based upon Robert
Cromble's story, "A Plunge Iato
J Space,"
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HUNTING FOSSILS.
rMtEHISTOniC QUADRUPEDS
I ROM THE ROCKIES.
(Iniif, of (iUnt Mintcr Hint lUUtrit
Cotintlra AfM As" l!ri'orrnl ftrr
I, one "nil llrraiiinr orurrh An i:i
clllnc Oiifl.
It OF. HFNRY
FAIRFIFLD OS
HORN. Curator of
Vertebrate Paleon
tology in the Amer
ican Miineiini or
Natural History,
contributes n paper
on "Prehistoric
Quadrupeds or the
Rockies," to a cur
rent mngazlne. The
article Is Illustrated by drnwings by
Chtules Knight, giving careful recon
structions of these strange beasts.
Prof. Osborn sayn: llefore describing
the nnlnials themselves, we may stop
to note what our present knowledge
of them has i ost in human skill and
endurance. Fver one or these pic
tures is drawn from a complete skele
ton hewn out of the solid rock, and
each or thene skeletons represents years
and years or arduous exploration In
which Wort man. Hatcher, Peterson
and others sent out by the American
Museum, by Princeton, or by Yale,
have become famous. Our party found
the Tltanothere in a broiling alkali
canon of South Dakota. Its head was
protruding from ti hard sandaton"
cliff, and the chest, limbs, and trunk
were chiseled out by the men under a
rude shelter which lowered the noon
temperature to lOli degree. They
were encouraged to think that the
whole beast had been mired in a stand
ing ponltlon. This was probably the
case originally, but suddenly they
came across a fault; it appeared that
the hind limbs had been swept away;
and It required two years' more search
ing before bones of an animal of a cor
responding size weie seemed. Kvery
other skeleton has Its own story of de
termination, disappointment, ami Mtr
wise. The old lake ba-dns, once on sea-level
and enriched by the moist, balmy
winds or the Pacific, are now elevafd
from four to Ihe thousand feet. The
only redeeming feature of their preent
aspect of absolute barrenness is that
the absenie of vegetation leaves the
old Knives nnd burying grounds bare.
Fossil boiiiM and skeletons are not
plentiful fill Ironi it; but a trained
eye sees a great distance along the
bare gullies, cliffs, and canons, and
your daily scramble of fifteen to twen
ty miles enables you to prospect over
a vast stretch. You tire off lu the
morning stiffened by a frosty night.
You know by sad experience that the
Ice In the btisinn docs not piomisc a
cool day. Yohr backbone is still freez
ing wiille the sun begins to broil and
blister your skin, and you are the liv
ing embodiment of the famous dessert
served by the Japanese a hot crust
without, an ice within. Your trail ln
gius on the upland, which may be the
actual level of the old lake bottom;
and as if walking through a graveyard,
you never look for bones until the bind
breaks away bj erosion.
When you reach the edge of this
upland, you look off into a nea of rock,
sometimes wild beond ileseiiptl.in,
and you plunge down the slope to a cer
tain level. Then you follow this level
round and round ami lu and out. Here
you are on a seam which bears fossils.
Above and below it arc other similar
fossllirerous seams, anil between them
nre barren scams where you will not
find a bone If you nearch till doomsday.
This level, perhaps, represents the delta
or a groat mountain river which swept
tho animals out wtlh coarse sand, peb
bles and debt Is. Sometimes you walk
miles and miles, up and down, day
after day, and see nothing but com
mon turtle bones, which nre so deceit
tlvo and tempting at a distance tha'
the foswil hunter profanely kicks them
aside. Turtles are found everywhere
because they swam out, basked lu the
sunshine in the mid-lakes, and occa
sionally sank to the bottom, while the
carcasses of land animals were burled
In the deltas or nearer shore.
In such fosidl-barren land the heat
seems twice as torrid, on the biittes
your muscles and back ache doubly,
your tongue lies parched from the last
gulp ot alkali water, your soul abhoiw
a rossll, and longs for the green shade
of the Fast, and the watermelon,
when, all of a sudden, a little project
ing hone strikes your wearied eye, Yn.i
fall on your knees, and breathe gently
on tho loose sand; a llttlo scraping,
and you see the signs of a skull per
haps of some mlrislng link. The thrill
of discovery spreads like an elixir
through your frame, and two or three
hours later, after carefully cutting out
the prlzo, you walk vigorously back to
camp, ovcry Inch a man.
Thus fossil-hunting Is u life or vic
issitudes and emotlono. Tho fossil
hunter Is predestined to his work, like
tho sportsman. Ho returns Ktut In the
autumn, vowing he will never go back
to tho Had Lands; but ns the favora
ble months of spring come round ho
becomes more nnd moro restless until
ho Is off. The country that Is as hot
us Hades, watered by stagnnnt alkali
poolB, Is almost invariably the richest
in fossils. Here, In fact, as you find
the greatest variety and number of
bones, you enjoy the most delightful
(lights of tho scientific Imagination;
when pnrched nnd burned, you conjure
bofore you tho glories or theno ancient
lakes.
Sir Christopher Wren built forty-two
churches In Ix)ndon. His greate.it work
Is St. Paul's cathedral.
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VHOUOHT IT WAS A HORNET.
Wnw n tirorarjr Clrk'a Turn fur CurU
it StontltiK ViorUnl.
eotintiy store Is the scone of man'
rurloim happenings, says tho Phllad'l
phla Times. One of these occurred In
a small village lu the upper pait o'
DuchcEs county. The clerk was a
blight, smart, active country 1ml who
was equal to all emergencies. He found
that u certain denizen of the pine",
named "Jake Hrown," always found
convenient sitting on the counter In
the farther part of the store near tlu
cracker barrel and that when tin
clerk's ojes were not upon him the
old man's position allowed him to pi!
fer a number of biscuits. The clerk
soon grew tltcd of this nnd ho ai
ranged a good-sized needle with a
spring In a hole on the counter tmdirr
the oilcloth covering, with a long
string, which could be pulled at any
point in the store. One extremely ho:
day In June the old man entered tin
store and took his position as usuxl
on top of the counter near the tracker
barrel. The clerk was apparently en
gaged with a customer, but had h.
eye on "old Jake." and when ho w.i1
reaching for the crnekcis the strliis
was pulled. "Jake" went up In the nl
landing on his feet lu the middle o!
the store. He felt for the object e'
attack, he wearing only overall.- Nf
being rewimled in his search, b
mounted the counter a eccond tliii'
ami was about to make another at
tempt ut cracker raising when he fcl
another thrust which lifted him in tie'
air again. He started for the attt
above the store. Ills prolonged ab
sence caused the clerk to go up to tin
tittle, where he foil ml it as hot as an
oven, to see what was going on. Hi
round the old man distracted nnd ncn
ly disrobed In the middle or the floo'
shaking his oveialls furiously. Tin
sight was laughable. The clerk askeo
him what wad the matter. He replleii
"This morning, while mowing in tin
meadow, I struck a hornets' nest, tin i
one or the pesky things has crawie .
up the leg or my overalls and h.i
struck me twice, and I'm hunting for
It."
The clerk wore a smile.
Hope for ii 'I'lrr.
wheelman who happened to be u
man of resources hnd his tire pum
iiii fit while on the way homo from
Coney Island a few days ago. He t'
moved the tire, substituted n piece '
heavy rope in Its place and rode i
his hon.e. a distance of about e's'nt
miles, without discomfort. The rlii!
of which he Is a member Is so prmin
of his performance that it has bad :!iv
rope framed. N'ew York World.
ilii" Vlilow" Mi'lwlriiii.
Unscrewing the cover from an id-",
locked uielodeon. that tile ItlKtlUtneii'
might aid the choir at the funeral of .
childless New Fngland widow win
ded last week, the decedent's relr.
lives came upon $12,000 In Fnltf
States bonds Mowed away inside.
In I In l.lclil "t l.'iiorlrni-r.
The Newlv Married Man (on liMfi.'
night oil', sadly) I wonder what nr
wife will say when I get homo? Tin
Other- When you've been married ti
long ns 1 have, old man, ouil knov
beforehand. Tiuth.
THE CHURCH MILITANT.
The meetings lately held at Foil
Dodge, la under the ministration and
preaching of Dr. L. W. Munhall, wen
a splendid success, It Is reported.
Hlsliop Stephen M. Merrill, of tin
M. F. Church, Is prostrated by a stroke
which Is believed to be paralytic. Thn
Is the second attack of a similar na
ture the Rev. Dr. has lately suffered.
It Is said that the Rev. Samuel D
Merrill, now of Rochester, was tin
llrst white child born In the territoi.v.
now slate, of Nebraska, when Ills fath
er was laboring as a mlu.-dnunry union:.
the Indians.
Reports from ihe various e;ini,;
meetings, that have been held all ovit
the country, indicate that this yeai
whatever may betide in the other af
fairs of the nation, the open air wor
ship of the living God has been wrll
and fiultfully attended
The Fvangellcal Lutheran Chinch of
the I'nlted States and Canada held it-'
annual conference nt Fvansvllle, lnd
lately. Ofllcers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: President
Rev. John Ilailiing, Milwaukee; vie
president, Rev. Peter Hrant, Pittsburg
Pa.; secretary, Prof. John Schallei
New rim, Minn.; treasurer, Chris Yan
seu, Detroit; chaplain, Rev. C. ("
Schmidt, St Loulri.
Tho sum of $18,000 has been raise,
for the semi-centennial in honor of tin
Rev. Dr. Rlchurd S. Stores, pastor of
tho Pilgrim Congregational church.
Hrooklu, and the sum Is constantly
growing. The special committee hopes
to complete the full amount of $2u,000
by Novomber 19, when It Is proposed to
celebrate the scml-ccntennlal or Dr
Stores' pastorate In the Church or tin
Pilgrims by speclnl services In tin
church, nnd in all probability n great
mass meeting In tho Academy o
Music.
An Immense crowd or people partic
ipated In the twenty-sixth annual
Methodist camp meeting at Pitman
Grove, N. J., under tho charge of Rev
D. II. Harris. Tho closing days of the
last week were married by tho prostra
tion of Rev. Dr. S. M. Vernon, who was
overcome vvhlln delivering a sermon.
Tho speaker had been discoursing for
about ft half hour when his auditors
were startled by seeing n pallor spread
over his race. Fvangellst Hoswell,
detecting hla condition, supported him
to a chair and ho was urtervvnrd re
moved from tho platform, and, after n
quiet rest In the ministerial roora, hi
revived.
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