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8 DR. GOfIIiEYIfIDEED DBS MOINES UNIVERSITY CONFERS 1 DEGREE ON A LOCAL PASTOR. FIRST BAPTIST SHEPHERD IS HIGHLY HONORED BY THE RULERS OF HIS ALMA MATER. SERMOXS OF A SUMMER SUNDAY. Some Arc Found In Sylvan Shades, Others in the Crowded City , Churches. Rev. John "W. Ccnley, the pastor of the First Baptist church, furnished in ; his own experience an exception to the J rule stated by his text yesterday morn- | ing. The text was selected from John j iv. 44, "A prophet hath no honor in his ; own country," As a matter of fact, i Mr. Conley has long been styled by the local press "Dr. Conley, but it was only last week that the trustees of Dcs Moines university confirmed the j aptness of the appellation, and proved their appreciation of his worth, by conferring upon him the degree of D. D. The sermon was an earnest protest : against the too common habit of over looking the good which comes in things familiar. For one thing, education was offered in the well known and or dinary affairs of life. Education was not only the acquisition of knowledge, but pre-eminently the development of the faculties of the soul. It was a mistaken idea to suppose that no man is educated who has not been through the schools. Abraham Lincoln, with but his few months at school, was a well educated man. In fact, all that schools and colleges could do was to teach the scholars how to learn more readily the lessons taught In the great common school cf life. Among the les sons thus taught were patience. It was not by the supreme effort of self control with which one meets some emergency, that one learns to be pa tient, but by the enduring of the con stantly recurring little annoyances ■which beset One's daily path. Another lesson learned in the school of every day life Is conquest over sin. Many regard the voice of conscience, when heard In the little things of life, as hardly worth heading, thought they •would be shocked at the thought of yielding to some great temptation, but lapses from virtue and integrity are always preceded by a refusal, to listen to the voice of conscience in matters that are looked upon as minor things. Another lesson to learn Is that of trust. "Give us this day our daily bread." The daily manna which the children of Israel received taught them trust and dependence upon God more effectually than the opening of the path through the Red Sea. Again, happines3 comes in the garb of the things called common. Many look for happiness in the exceptional and occasional rather than in the com mon, but no life can be happy which fails to find happiness in the everyday things that "come to It. There is a growing tendency in this country to follow the lead of France, and over look the home as the place of h.appi ness, and to turn to the club and pub- ■ lie amusements for comfort and en- : joyment. So, too, In religious life, i many miss the blessing within reach, In their longing for something special j and exceptional which is beyond it. ! The privileges enjoyed, if rightly ap- I preciated and used, will bring happi ness never to be found while sighing for others. MESSAGES FROM SPIRIT LAND. One of the Features of Yesterday** In Camp. Yesterday, inaugurating the second ■week of the Northwestern Spiritualists' camp meeting at Twin City park, was the banner occasion of the annual in- j etitutlon so far. Every day last week witnessed the arrival of visitors at the j grounds from St. Paul, Minneapolis J and abroad, who increased the demand for accommodations to such an extent that fifty new tents will be erected to day for those who have not as yet been provided for. Already the prominent mediums of the Twin Cities have apartments on the grounds and are en gaged In giving "sittings" to skeptics and believers alike. In addition to the colony of perma nent residents at the camp yesterday, fully 1,000 • people went out to the grounds from the city. Many were of the spiritualistic faith, but the major ity of the vistors were "skeptics," whose attention to the services of the day was, perhaps, inspired more by curiosity than by belief, though a large number went away shaking their heads and marveling at what they had seen and heard. At 10 o'clock in the morning Mrs. !Leo Prior, of Denver, Col., a speaker and test medium of renown among spiritualists, lectured upon, the proper methods of instructing the young In order that they might obtain a gen uine conception of what was termed "the natural religion." Early rs were the morning exercises 500 people gath ered in the tent to listen to Mrs. Prior's address. The speaker's remarks were in general an agument in favor of the children's ly.ceum, which spiritualism has designed to take the place cf . the orthodox Sunday schools, ■Mrs. Prior holding a consist- • ent belief In spiritualism en tailed upon the parents a responsi bility to place within the grasp of the child every opportunity to become fa miliar with the tenets of the sect. Mr-s. Prior further showed herself to be con siderable of a humanitarian, deplor ing, in the course of her address, the flegredation of those whose lines were not cast in pleasant places, and whose pre-natal or post-natal conditions had been such as to consign them to the - Awarded Highest Honors—World's Fair, MOST PBRP&CT MADE. A pun Orape Creffl •< Tirtir frnvdr. Prse flwn Ammonia, AnflH <* vy other adcUci xrt. 40 YBAKS THS S?AKDARf\ lower social strata. In her opinion, It was the duty of the more fortunate to aid in the elevation of the fallen. When the time had arrived tor the afternoon exercises the grounds were thronged with those who had come from the cities, and only a portion of the crowd could gain admission to the auditorium tent to hear a lecture on "The Needs of the Hour," by Dr. Har rison D. Barret, president of the Na tional Spiritualist association. Dr. Barret briefly reviewed the advances made by spiritualism in its compara tively recent history and advised as a means of its propagation thoughtful study on the part of believers in order that they might intelligently impart their knowledge to skeptics. In refer ring to the recent arrest and Rp*»^"«qn of several mediums in the city of Phil adelphia, Dr. Barret stated that the national association had taken cogniz ance of the prosecution and was con sidering the matter of establishing a fund for the defense of genuine medi ums who might be seized upon by the law on account of the misrepresenta tions of frauds. This statement was received by the audience with great applause. Perhaps the most Interesting part of the programme to the "skeptics" was the physical manifestation seance con ducted by B. F. Foster, during the course of which "spook" hands shot 'through apertures in a dark brown cab.« net covering and delivered messages from the spirit world to those in the audience with an alacrity which would cause an assorting clerk in the post office to turn green with envy. Not withstanding the uncanniness of the "spirit" delivery clerk, people in all parts of the audience claimed the pieces of paper bearing the message when the signature was read by the medium's assistant. In several in stances they could not get upon their feet quick enough, and when a messaga without an address from one of St. Paul's recently deceased citizens was read, a middle-aged woman entered an objection to its being forwarded to the dead letter office, claiming that by its wording she knew It was intended fcr her. From a spiritualistic stand po'nt the seance was a thorough suc cess, but a number of the "skeptics'' were heard to remark that Hermann, the magician, was also a pretty clever materializing medium, though, of course, there was no grounds for a comparison between what they had seen and the jugglery of Hermann. Last evening Mrs. Isa Wilson K.iy nor, of Chicago, gave fire tc&t and In dependent slate writings. FIRST OF ALL SEERS. Rev. J. F. Stont Discourses on the Prophet Elijah. Rev. J. F. Stout, of the First M. E. church, preached yesterday morning on the life of Elijah, whom he pronounced the greatest of the prophets. He said, among other things: The giant trees of California are among the wonders of the world. It would be Interesting to inquire Into the causes of their marvelous growth, to study the process by which they have reached their present greatness. Elijah the prophet, is one of the wonders of history, a mighty man among the world's great and good; It will be inter esting to inquire into the process of his rtfcveloDment. The cry of Elisha as Elijah vanishes from sight, gives us an appreciation of the estimate placed upon him by his successor. He has been to Israel both chariot and horse man, what more could be said of his greatness? That Elijah is greatest among the prophets is granted. Others were mighty for their words, and still others for their deeds, but this prophet was greatest in what he became. He wrote no book, gave no great orations, and yet he is easily the first of all the prophets. There are five steps in the process of his growth, that are well worth atten tion, by all who are studying to develop in the Divine life. The first is the challenge as given by this desert prop het, and recorded in I. Kings, 17. "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word." This very challenge indi cates a rugged native greatness of soul, a knowledge of God gained by cultiva ting Him by all possible means and a resulting confidence, which could not be shaken. It is impossible for us to know at what cost he gained this knowledge, for he comes before our sight full grown from the desert, but it is at least certain that he gained this Initial greatness by living for it above all things. The second step is the period of seclusion during which he waited by the brook Chereth until j its waters dried, and partook of the ! hospitality of the widow of Zarephath. i In this period he learned how to bear ! the burdens sent by God on the world j j for their sins though he himself was | I innocent of the sin, how to trust God In all extremetles and against all ap pearances, and how near is God in the very instant of man's extremity. In hunger and thirst, with a price en his ! head, whether hiding by the brook whose waters vanish in the awful heat, or running in Instant peril, through the land where he had been outlawed, or patiently taking his place in the poor hut of the widow, he is the same trust ing Elijah, true to his God and his con victions. This very experience could but strengthen him and make him great. The third step in the process is the crisis when his faith finds its oppor- I tunity of triumph. In this mighty I hour, with all Israel before him at Car ; mcl, with the priests t>C Baal pitted against him in a. coatest of faith, in the supreme moments when his sublime faith brings fire from the heavens and rain from the clouds, he then learns how safe is Jehovah as an object of i trust, and how great a splendor there i may be in a simple faith. The fourth j step is in the time of reaction when 1 cursed by Jezebel, and forsaken of I friends, and forgetful of the God who j enabled him yesterday to triumph, he | flees from the wrath of the wicked and j lies down under the Juniper tree to ! pray for death. The lessons learned here are not the least of all, they are of supreme necessity, if he comes to know the all of truth. We learned that dulled sight, from whatever cause, does not prove the absence of God, and that It is possible for a human soul to arise from its moments of weakness and doubt and run in marvelous strength to the mount of vision, where It may re ceive its highest lessons from God Him self. The fifth step in the process is the culmination of all, when on Horeb the hiding prophet learns lessons con cerning God never to be forgotten. God' is not seen at His best in the tragic moments when He lets loose His tem pests, fires and earthquakes, but In the quiet when He breathes His presence Into a restful spirit and makes him strong for common duties. The tragic wonder-loving Elijah becomes content to listen to a voice within, and do the work which is closest at hand, and this Is the highest development of Christian character. «a»_ . Against Her Principles. Cleveland Leader. Mrs. Archer—What do you think of the rew minister? Mrs. Bayswater—l like him very much. Mrs. Archer—So sorry I couldn't go to hear him. What did he preach about? Mrs. Bayswater—l didn't catch the text, but it had something to do v/lth the golden \ calf. Mr. Archer (just waking up)— That settles ltl I shall withdraw from the church. I can't approve of this thing of carrying politics Into the pulpit. A Great Pali. Cleveland Leader. Hennessey—That man gofr.g there has the greatest pull in this town. Dumleigh—That so? What Is he, a dentist or a politician? Hennessey—Neither. He h«.3 Invented a Btretchcr that "will really straighten pants which are bf.eseci at tee kneoa. THE SAINT PAUI, GEOBE: MONDAY;' JUNE 2», 1896. OUT Op HAWS WAY ANOTHER MAN BROUGHT TO ST., PAUL AS A PRECAUTION AGAINST LYNCHING. YELLOW MEDICINE PRISONER. HE ASSAULTED AA TD ROBBED THB SON OF SHERIFF JE\S VOLD. SHERIFF RODGERS7 MURDERERS. Tbey Are Besiiinins to Realize Their Position—Cingrmarg Doesn't Feel Well. Albert Hillman, a gawky looking country youth was brought to the Ramsey county jail yesterday morning for safe keeping. Hillman was accom panied by Henry Kaslin, deputy sher iff of Yellow Medicine county, who stated the reason of the transfer from Granite Falls to Ramsey County jail was the fear that the prisoner might be taken from 'the jail and lynched. Hillman Is charged with having as saulted and robbed the young son of Sheriff Jensvold on the afternoon of Friday last. The lad's injuries are considered serious and in case of his death it was feared the people might take the law into their own hands. The only property secured from the boy, who was left insensible in a de serted quarry about half a mile from Granite Falls was a cheap watch and a knife. Several suspects were arrested soon after the crime was discovered, but young Jensvold, who was able t& rec ognize persons, declared the men ar rested did not answer the description of the man who assaulted and robbed him. Hillman was finally taken in cus tody and at once identified by the in jured boy as the man who had com mitted the assault. Hillman in conversation yesterday afternoon with a reporter for the Globe told a very improbable story about the affair. According to his ver sion he met a short thick set man with a black mustache in the place where the assault and robbery occurred. The man after talking with him for a few minutes informed Hillman ' that he would give him a quarter if he would bring some one who had money or a watch from the town to the place. Hillman says he was broke and with out stopping to think about the conse quences went back to town and find ing young Jensvold brought him to the slaughter. The black mustached and thick set man, Hillman says, had told him as soon as he arrived with his victim to catch him by the collar and search him and he would do the rest. These instructions Hillman claims to have followed to the letter, and after he had taken the watch and knife from Jensvold and laid them on the ground the strange man stepped from behind a pile of rocks ad struck Jensvold, knocking him down. Hillman says he then asked for his money which had been promised if he would bring some one to the place, but the stranger swore at him and he ran away. He hid in a barn and claims that the man must have informed the officers where he was for they came and arrested him. * Hillman has parents living four miles south of Porter, "Sellow Medicine county, his father, Lemuel F. Hillman, having a farm at that point. The prisoner said there might have been some talk about lynching him as he was told there was and for this reason he was brought to St. Paul. In a mat-, ter of fact way he lays the blame for the trouble on the man with a black mustache and has decided that he would not have been mixed up in the affair had he not been broke and anxious to make twenty-five cents. He says he left home about a week ago in search of work because he thought he could get more wages away than he could near home. He will remain at the Ramsey county jail at the pleasure of the sheriff of Yellow Medicine county. CINGMARS IS WORRIED. One of Sheriff Rodger's Murderer* Breaking: Down. Henry A. Cingmars, one of the men arrest ed for the murder of Sheriff Rogers, of Glen coe, has seemingly realized the position he is in. Yesterday he complained of feeling sick and during the day seemed much de pressed. He claims not to care so much about himself, but fears that the news of the crime and his arrest •will cause his mother much sorrow. He had intervals of weeping yester day, and, according to the statements of the turnkey, iB rapidly breaking down. Musgrove, who looks at things from the standpoint of a fatalist, does not seem to wor ry at all, and if he has any regrets keeps them to himself. The theory has been ad vanced that both Musgrove and Cingmars are part of the same gang as Kelly and Cunning ham, who committed the murder at Wyoming ten days ago. Both of the men who nyir dered Sheriff Rogers claim to have never heard of the Wyoming affair until after they arrived in St. Paul, and were locked up in the Jail. A gentleman, who had some talk with them on Saturday, says when they were Informed about the murderous work done at Wyoming they expressed no particular sur prise, and did not even ask about the de tails of the affair. It is argued from this that perhaps the two gangs were acquainted, and as they all ciaim to hail from the South expected to meet at some point in this section of the country. When asked about this yes terday both Musgrove and Cingmars denied that they had ever met or known any of the trio who were connected with the Wyoming robbery and murder. IMAGE OF CLAY. Elder Phelps Says the Present Age Will End. The subject discussed by Elder H. F. Phelps last evening at the Wacouta street chapel was "The Utter Worthlessness of AH Worldly Glory, and the Certainty of the Eternal Kingdom, as Evidenced by a Dream." It Is wonderful, said Mr. Phelps, how God, the Creator of all, condescends to talk with man, and the means adopted for man's in struction. God spoke with his voice from I the summit of Sinai. He has spoken to us through the prophets. He speaks by visions and dreams. The dream described in Daniel 2, of the image of many metals, was treated at length, and it was 6hown how Nebuchadnezzar at the pinacle of human greatness, must give ! way to another. Babylon, with all its glory, had to fall. The golden age has given way to the pres ent weakness of iron and clay, which will be succeeded by another kingdom, typified by the stone smiting the image upon the feet. The image, an object revered by the king, composed of the richest and most valued metals of earth, was all broken to powder, by a stone, an element of much less apparent value. -^ GOD BLESS THE WHEEL. God bless the wheel, the whirling wheel, That wakens the world's unmeasured zeal, And makes a man of my torture feel Like praising 'the same alway, For It's taken the maid next door, who sought To daily pound the pianoforte, To another brand of athletic sport That bears her miles away. —Somerville Journal. The Democracy of the Wheel. Cincinnati Enquirer. Wheeler—"Old man, you don't know what you are missing in not getting a wheel." Walker—"Oh, yes, I do; I am missing a chance to be on speaking terms with the best society at the small expense of two dollar weekly payments." FEAST 'FOR BEARS. Situation in the nVneat Market Wot Encovaglng. " CHICAGO, June 2S.—The Times-He raid, In its weekly review of the: cereal markets, will say tomorrow: Wheat lost 3 cents last week, and closed at the bottom. July liquidation cost the market something. There was noth ing sensational about it, but there was con , tinuous selling out by July holders and, as. . is always the case, there; were some who sold out without going back into the market again for September. The -western crop news im proved and the bear w&Ae got the benefit of it. June usually presents wheat In its best as pect and it-is not easy, to recall a June which has done more to make up for the ill nature of early months than the one Just closing. It certainly, too, has not been a mere matter of apparent improvement. With such perfect conditions, a plentitude of moisture and sea sonable temperatures,-.- the deficiencies of the fall and spring have not only been seemingly, but to a certainty have actually been, in a measure, supplied. The June just closing has not stinted the grower for anything. This has, of course, been an influence in one direction with the speculator, as the defi ciences of the earlier months were In another direction. The controversy over the currency has curtailed speculative buying and it is likely to have that effect until settled. The result of every suggestion of a possible change in the government currency system has been to create more or less of a panic and a drop in prices of produce, along with the prices of securities. It has not availed for the silver men to give assurances that, with silver reinstated, pricee of everything would advance. The speculative holder re members very well what resulted from the sudden dwindling of the gold reserve and the bare possibility at that time of an enforced i resort to sliver. The would-be buyer of pro duce is not inclined to risk the philosophy of the cheap metal advocate. Whatever the ultimate result of inflation, speculators by experience know that the first effect of the prospect of it is to demoralize, alarm and stampede, and even the logical fact that wheat, along with every other kind of property, would be as desirable to own with one sort of currency as another, does not in' cline anybody to risk going through the peril ous period of a change or even the slightly less perilous period of discussion and un certainty. When the ordinary speculator buys wheat or corn or oats or provisions or se curities, he more or less strains his credit. He does not pay for his property in full. If he did, he could afford to ignore the silver controversy or any other. But he buys more than he can pay for in full or more than he expects to pay for in full, advances margins enough to cover what he believes to be all the contingencies and relies upon his com mission man or his bank to provide the bal ance. Currency controversies or possibili ties, Just like war developments, are new and extraordinary contingencies, not to be cov ered by the ordinary margins. They precipi tate extraordinary fluctuations, compel a great deal of hasty liquidation and create a situation the ordinary speculator does not like to go through. For fear of such a sea son of discomfort and extra risk the speculat or is now keeping ouk-scared out by the silver rumpus. Cables are weak, reflecting the generally fine crop prospect in Europe. The foreigners are not growing enough to supply all their own wants, never do they, but their own crops look so well they are comfortable about immediate supplies. They can afford to be nonchalant about making purchases on this side, and their very Indifference has been making the American shipper all the more an anxious seller. The fact Is that this side has for a month, been a large shipper at the lowest prices, while the foreigner has been pretending to, he makes no purchases, and while he has, probably not cared very much whether he made purchases or not. -♦• SANTA CLAUS ALL YEAR ROIUVD. The Late Mayor Cleveland, of Jersey- City, Was a Favorite With. Chil dren. Ex-Mayor Orestes Cleveland, of Jer sey City, who died recently, was a great man among the children of Hud son county and lower New York. His pockets bulged with candy whenever he stepped from the ferryboat on either side of the river, and toy cigars, mo lasses drops and chocolate creams rained from his hands every time he met a troop of children coming from school. During his last term in the mayor's chair and ever afterward he was known- -amexig itoe- Jersey City school children and many of the poli ticians as Santa, Clause- Cleveland. How the name came to him is a pretty story. George Kraus, who now has a barber shop on the old Bergen road in Green ville,, was at that time a local demo cratic leader of considerable influence. One day just before Christmas his large family of children came to New York with Mrs. Kraus to see the holiday sights. At the door of a large depart ment store they found a Santa Claus distributing lists of toys and instruct ing children to mark on them what they wished and then to mail them to him. The small Krauses drank in the instructions and went home wifh the lists.in their-pockets: In the evening, while the two elder girls stood in the barber shop, a laborer came in and complained about the trouble he had in getting his wages from the public works department. "You just go to Mayor Cleveland at the city hall and tell him I sent you," said Mr.. Kraus. ,*Say yO u want the money for Christmas and you will get The two little Kraus girls slipped out of the room, and- the next morning they went out together and mailed two let ters. On Christmas eve a truck backed up in front of the foarber shop and the driver told Mr. Knaas that the whole load was for him. IMr. Kraus declined to take it, protesting that there was some mistake, but the driver settled the matter by pointing out the address on the cards attached to the many bundles and by heginning to unloaod the things. There;were toys without number, dolls, kitchens, playhouses carts, tiny stoves, .chairs, tables, pots' kettles and pans—and in the drawer of a small writing desk was a Christ mas letter, written by Mayor Cleveland to tell of his good wishes for the Kraus youngsters. The mystery of the presents was ex plained the next day when Mr. Kraus visited the mayor at the city hall The two little, girls, after hearing their father say what the mayor would do at Christmas for the laborer, had inferred that Mr. Cleveland must be the original Santa Claus, and so had mailed to him the lists which they had got in New York, requesting him to send them everything mentioned in them. After tnat Christmas the greetings ex changed by Mr. Cleveland and Mr Kraua whenever and wherever they met was: "Hello, Pop Kraus!" "How are you, Santa Claus?" A WonmuS Criticism. Washington Star. lnTsn M^ Oman, Who v* rites became sarcastic marked' 8 Ve° versatile>" 'an admirer had re •, i' UmT. yes- But l t*ll* she misapplies her talents. "In what way?" "Her cook books tfead like works of fic tion and her works t* fiction read like cook books. Premature Counting. Puck. Little Mose Ufflngham Jr.—"Pop, if yo' gib me half a dollar fo": my birfday an Un cle Rube gib me—" Ufflngham Sr.—"Chile,: doan' yo' count yo' chickens befo' yo 'gitufein outer de coop." ANNOUNCEMENT. NOTICE. The trustees of thfi State Savings bank, Germania Life Big, «h and Minn, sts., have declared a semi-annual dividend at the rate of 4 per cent p. a./ for the period end ing July 1, 1896. Depositors entitled to inter est will please present their pass-books at the bank for entry on or after July 20th. The new interest period begins July 1, 1886.- De posits made on or before July 3 will be en titled to 6 months' Interest Jan. 1. 1597. JULIUS M. GOLDSMITH, Treasurer. DiED^ O'LBA-RY—ln St. Paul, at late residence, No. 400 Goodrich avenue, Sunday, June 28, at 5 p. m., Mary, aged thirty-six years, wife of C. J. O'Leary. Funeral from above resi dence Tuesday. June 30, at 8:30. ■ Service" at St. James' church at 9 a. m. LORENZ—John- F. j LoreDz, at the home of his mother, 377 Iglehart street, aged twen ty-five years. Notice of funeral hereafter. LEFT TO MBOTIES SOME ENORMOUS BEQUESTS MADE BY PUBLIC SPIRITED MIL LIONAIRES. NEW YORK RICHLY ENDOWED. GREAT CONSOLIDATED LIBRARY NOT SO LARGE AS THOSE OF. BOSTON OR CHICAGO. GIFTS TO HARVARD AND YALE. Small Cities Generously Remem bered in the Wills of Philan thropic Citizens. Special Correspondence. CHICAGO, June 20.—The consolida tion of the Astor and Lenox libraries with the Tilden library^fund gives to New York city one of #c most richly endowed libraries in the United States. The Tilden fund is about 51,700,000. The Lenox library is worth $2,000,000. The Astor family gave to the Astor library more than $1,000,000. This makes the value of the consolidated li brary nearly $5,000,000, which is the greatest endowment in the history of American libraries. The only library which approaches these in this respect is the Newberry library, in Chicago, to which was left property which has been appraised at various amounts from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000. There are less than sixty libraries in the United States having an endowment as great as $50,000,000. The most wealthy of these endowed institutions are: Newberry library, Chicago $3,000,000 University of Minnesota library, Min nesota 800,000 Auburn Theological seminary. New York 623,099 Boston Athenaeum 537.760 Lehlgh, university, Pennsylvania 449,438 Library Company of Philadelphia.... 433,700 Harvard university 392,000 Cornell university 300,000 Case library, Cleveland 300,000 Silas Bronson library, Waterbury, Conn 262,931 Boston public library 201,097 Peabody institute, Peabody, Mass.... 163,900 American Academy Arts and Sciences, Boston 139,568 Chicago Historical society 125,639 Haverhlll public library. Massachu setts 122,905 Mercantile Library company, Phila delphia 122,000 Long Island Historical society, Brook lyn 121,000 American Antiquarian society, Wor cester, Mass 115,548 Northwestern university, Evanston, Ind 112.010 Bangor public library, Maine 112 oSu Perkins Institute for the Blind, South Boston 107,500 Apprentices' library, Philadelphia... 105,f,00 Public library, New London, Conn... 100,000 American Geographical society, New York 100.000 Columbia college, New York 100,000 Peabody Academy of Science, Salem, Mass 100,000 Grosvenor Public library, Buffalo 100,000 Add together all the endowments in excess of $50,000,000 which belong to the libraries of the United States, and you have a grand total of about $12,500,000, of which the endowments of the New berry library, Chicago, and the con solidated Astor-Lenox-Tilden library. New York, have nearly two-thirds— that is», those two libraries together are richer twice told than all the other great libraries in the United States combined. ENDOWMENTS AND VALUE. Of course this question of endow ments, in most cases, does not take into consideration the bequests of books made to libraries or the actual value of the matter on the library shelves. Many of the great libraries of the country have been made rich without an endowment by the liberal ity of some bibliophile. The largest *and richest libraries are not always those with large endowments. The Newberry library, with all its wealth, is still a comparatively unimportant institution. Walter L. Newberry.whose will gave to this library one-half his large estate, was a Chicago merchant who was born in Windsor, Conn., and who received a good early education and was intended for West Point. Most of the endowments for libraries and many of those for the great uni versities have come from successful merchants who were not graduates of the colleges. ( HARVARD AND YALE. The Harvard library, which stands with the Boston library among the greatest book collections of the coun try, has received its supplies from a hundred different sources. Its early benefactors were Gov. Winthrop, Richard Bellingham, John Lightfoot' Sir Kenelm Digby and Richard Bax ter. In 1677 the library collection was doubled by a bequest from Rev. Theo philus Gale, a learned philosopher. United States Senator Christopher Gore, of Massachusetts, gave $100,000 to the library, and Gore hall is named in his honor. E. P. Greenleaf, a Bos ton miser, left $500,000 to the college, of which a part was to be devoted to the establishment of the Greenleaf de partment in the library. James Walker, once president of the college, bequeathed to it $15,000 and his valu able library. Francis C. Gray, a Bos ton attorney, left 8,000 engravings to the library and a fund of $16,000 to maintain them, and his nephew added $25,000 to the bequest for the purchase of books. Rev. Peter Bulkley, the founder of Concord, Mass., contributed his own library, valuable for that day, in 1659. Israel Thomdike, a Boston merchant who knew only the advantages of a common school education, presented to the library the collection of 10,000 maps and 4,000 books on American sub jects made at Hamburg by C. D. Eb eling, a German scholar. Yale received benefits for its library from varied sources. George Berke ley, a British clergyman who came to this country with a view to estab lishing a sectarian educational insti tution in the Bermudas, and who abandoned that idea because his Eng lish friends failed to make the neces sary contributions, sent to Yale about 150 years ago what was at that time the finest library in the United States. Mr. Berkeley also gave to Yale col lege a fine farm, which is still the property of the institution. George Brinley, of Boston, a collector of Americana, divided $25,000 worth of books among several institutions, and Yale was fortunate enough to get a good share of them. Jeremiah Dum mer, a Boston scholar, gave to the library 800 volumes. Jared Llnsley, of Connecticut, and his uncle Noah es tablished funds for the purchase of books for the library. Lowell Mason gave to the library his valuable col lection of music literature. OTHER GREAT BENEFACTIONS. Lehigh university, at South Bethle hem, Pa., was more fortunate than any other educational institution in the endowment of its library. Asa Packer, who founded the university, giving it $500,000, left by his will $1,500, --000 to the college and nearly $500,000 to the college library. Cornell college library received a Sift of $100,000 from Ezra Cornell, $150,000 for a building from John Mc- Graw, of Ithaca, and a collection of 30,000 volumes and 100,000 pamphlets, worth 1100,000, from Andrew D. White, the first president of the college. The University of Rochester received $100,000 from Hiram Sibley, the finan cier who helped Morse get an appropri ation from congress to test the tele graph, and who was the first president of the "Western Union Telegraph com pany. George Peabody was more generous to libraries than any other American. He gave $30,000 to found the Peabody Institute and library at Danvers, Mass., afterward Peabody, and subsequently $170,000 to the same Institution. He gave $50,000 to found a library at North Danvers. He gave $150,000 to the Pea body museum and library at Salem. Mass. These sums were in addition to the millions he devoted to the cause of education in Massachusetts and in the South. Silas Bronson, a native of Middle bury, Conn., left an enduring monu ment to his name at Waterbury, Conn., in the library which he founded, and which bears his name. He gave to this library $200,000. He was a retired New | York merchant at the time of his death, i Bangor, Me., owes its public library | to the liberality of Samuel F. Hersey, i at one time a member of congress, who | bequeathed $100,000 to found this insti tattoo. West Bay City, Mich., has to j thank H. W. Sage, of Connecticut, for 8 library established with an endow- I ment of $30,000. Charles E. Forbes, who I was county attorney at Northampton, left about the same amount, his entire fortune, to found the Northampton library. E. B. Morgan, a New Tork congress man, was one of the benefactors of the Auburn Theological seminary. With William E. Dodge he built, at a cost of $40,000, the structure In which the library is housed. Mr. Morgan was a philanthropist in other directions. The Philadelphia library, which was founded by Benjamin Franklin, was Indebted early In its career to James Logan, once private secretary to Will iam Perm, for 2,000 volumes, a large library at that time. Later Logan's nephew presented to the library 1.800 volumes, and William Mackenzie gave to It 5,000 volumes more. The library of the Long Island His torical society Is indebted to George I. Seney, the banker, who gave $100,000 to it. Mr. Seney's benefactions have amounted to $1,000,000. The Lenox library of New Tork, while claiming an endowment of only $300,000, was actually worth $2,000,000 when James Lenox, its fotinder, con veyed it to the city of New York. The Astor library was founded on a be quest of $400,000 in the will of the first John Jacob Astor. His son, William 8., added bequests of $550,000 value, and the present John Jacob Astor has Increased the benefaction $250,000. —George Grantham Bain. JUSTICE WITH MERCY Was Tempered In This Cane, nn Ex ception to the Rule, So often has the story been told of the man who went to the penitentiary for stealing a loaf of bread while the shrewd thief of millions was left free to enjoy his ill-gotten gains, that it has become a part in the stock of trade of those who rail at the existing order of things. But here is a true incident In pleasing contrast. To name the policemen implicated might make him trouble, though it would be the disposition of the average citizen to hunt the officer up and pat him on the back. As he approached a bakery he saw a man rush out with three loaves of bread while a clerk was shouting "stop thief." After a run of two blocks the man pulled up with his cheeks bulging out and with half of one of the loaves gone. "I stole it." he managed to mutter through his full mouth and busy jaws. "I stole it," and there was an exult ant look of satisfaction In his eyes as well as in his sunken cheeks. "Noth ing that I ever ate tasted as good. This bread makes me more like a beast than a man. I've walked my shoes off looking for work, and the rest of this bread I meant for my wife and little one at home. They are starv ing, if not starved. You see, I'm eat ing all I can before you take it back." "It's only a joke," said the big police man, blowing his nose and looking the ether way as the clerk arrived on the scene. "Don't say a word, now. I know this fellow, and he wanted to give me a bit of a run. Take your pay out of this." "But," Interrupted the man, whose jaws stopped in very amazement. "Move on, now. You can't have any more fun with ir>«" >n^ the bread thief did move with the policeman's strong hand as a. motive power. "You're no thief;" and his hand moved up and down with a caress. "I'd hang before I'd run you in. Take this dollar, me boy; keep the bread and come to see me before you take such chances again." There was a grip of hands, two wet pairs of eyes and the policeman was proud that he had usurped the func tions of justice.—Detroit Free Press. STOLE THE MAP That Guided the Way to a Bnrlcd Treasure of $20,000,000. New York Special to PitUburg Dispatch. After 20 years spent in organizing and accompanying expeditions to the uninhabited island of Cocos, 400 miles southwest of Panama, where he believ ed he would find the tens of millions of treasure which the great pirate Morgan Is said to have buried there, Richard W. Armstrong, of San Francisco, has now come East to sue wealthy New Ycrk and Boston men who, he Isays, stole his map and discovered the treas ure. He brought excellent credentials. In the forties, Armstrong says, his father met at a California mining camp an old Spaniard, who was sick, poor and without friends. Armstrong's father provided him until death, and as a reward the old Spaniard confessed to him that he had been one cf Morgan's band, told how they had buried their plunder on Cocos Island and gave Arm strong a drawing by which he said the treasure could be easily found. Armstrong's father soon died, leaving to his son the map of Coccs Island, and instructions to seek the treasure. Two years ago he interested the New York and Boston men, whem-he Is now going to sue, and they backed an expedition of 12 men. Ten of the 12 died or were murdered. Armstrong and the other survivor returned. While he was sick in San Francisco, Armstrong says, an agent of the East ern syndicate stole from him the map which located the pirate treasure, which was worth more than $20,000,000. Neither Armstrong nor his lawyer will give the names of the persons they intend to sue, but say that one of them is a prominent merchant on Pearl street. INDIAN CONFINEMENT. Prison Life Almost Certainly Futal to Sioux. At the meeting of the Sioux Valley Medical Association, Dr, S. Olney, of this city, read a most interesting, not to say startling, paper, on the effect of confinement on the Indian. The Argus- Leader had been told the same facts by- Col. J. H. Burns, of Deadwood, but was inclined to take the colonel's state ments with a grain or two of salt, as the colonel is an enthusiastic champion of the Indian. The figures of Dr. Olney, however, are even more startling than the statements made by Judge Burns. There are confined In the penitentiary 123 white men, some of whom have been there for years. Of this number but two are sick. Of 'the nineteen Indiana who have been confined in tne peniten tiary In the last two years three are dead, one was pardoned in a dying con dition and Is now barely alive, five are in the hospital with the death mark orv them three are ill. Of the severi' which*"" are practically healthy, five ha* a* been confined but one month, one nine months and one for two years. All of these Indians appeared to be sound when they were admitted to the peni tentiary. The statement of Judge Burns to Judge Riner at the last term of the fed eral court here that a short sentence of imprisonment was to the Indian in effect a death . sentence aeems .io be literally true, and there Is in this paper of Dr. Olney's an appeal to federal judges which ought to have its weight. —Sioux-Falls (S. D.,) Argus-Leader. LOCAL NOTICES. Christian EndeaTorerx, The Y. P. S. C. E. Convention of 1896 will be held at Washington, D. C, about July 9 or 10. Those who took the "Big Four Route" from western cities to Boston last year well know the superior facilities of that line. The "Big Four" from St. Louis, Chicago, Ptorla, Indianapolis and West and Northwest in conection with the C. & O. Ry., offers the best line to Washing ton. It is historical and picturesque j and is delightful in every respect. Through Palace Sleeping Cars run dal ly from St. Louis and Indianapolis to Washington. Look up the many ad vantages when you make up the inter esting itinerary of your trip. Informa tion cheerfully furnished. |E. O. McCORMICK, D. B. MARTIN, Pass. Traffic Mgr., Gen'l Pass. & Tkt Agent CINCINNATI. O, Xntlnnul Educational Asnoclntlon. For this meeting, to be held In Buffalo. V. Y. July 7th to 11th, the Burlington Rout* will sell tickets, July 4th and sth, at on 6 | fare for the round trip, plus $2 membership ! fee, good to return until and including July ! 13th. Purchasers will have choice of sev- I eral all rail routes from Chicago, or can go from Chicago by steamer, returning either j by steamer or by rail. The rate by steamer : can be ascertained by application. The ie ! turn limit on tickets can be extended to ; September Ist, if desired. Tickets and berths ■ can be secured, and any information ob tained at 400 Robert St., St. Paul; 306 Me ollet Aye., Minneapolis, or at Union Depot in both cities. The "Seaside and White Mountain Spe cial." The finest train in the world, to Port* land. Maine, and the. seaside, will leave I Chicago, via Grand Trunk Railway System, I every Wednesday, commencing with Juna 24th, up to and including August 26th. Thl» entire trals !s liehied by electricity, and runs through eolid from Chicago (Pear born Street Station', "la Niagara Fails, To rccto, Kingston. St. Lawrence River and Montreal.to theWhlte Mountains.Portland.Me., •nd the seaside resorts of tho North Atlantic Ccast. For further particulars, apply to B. H.Hughes, Assistant General Passenger Agont, Grand Trunk Railway System, Rialto iiulld ing. Chicago. Illinois: or to W. R. Jaffray, Northwestern Passenger Agent, No. 120 Endl« cctt Arcade. St. Paul. Minnesota. A New I'luce. To reach the trout streams of Dunn and Baron counties. Ilaxker, Wis., on the WIS CONSIN CENTRAL LINK, twenty streams within a radius of eifjht miles; tjood accom modations at reasonable price*; low railroad fare. For detall-d information call at CITYT TICKET OFFICE. 373 ROHKRT ST. CHRISTIAN* BJTDBAVOB OHlcliil Route to \\ :i»liiiiu(oii. Pennsylvania Short Lines from Chicago through Pittsburg and over the Allegheny Mountains at the highest points above nea level; around Horse Shoe Curve and along the Blue Juniata. Low rates July 4th, r>th, 6th and 7th. For information about official train, address During, 24s South Clark stntt, Chicago. Are You Going to HufTalo, N. Y.f Annual nieetlng of the National Education Association will be held at Buffalo, N. TV, July fth and Hth. For this occasion the "North-Western Line" will sell special excursion tickets at one fare for the round trip plus $2.00 for mem bership fee. Do not forget the new compartment cars via this line between the twin cities and Chi cago. For any information regarding rates and routes call on 395 Robert stre.et, St. Paul, or 13 Nlcollet House Block. Minneapolis. Minnesota Christian Endeavor Spe i-in I Trnln For the Washington convention will leave j Union Depot. .Minneapolis, at 7:15 P. M. ! and Union Depot, St. Paul, at 7:55 P. M.. | on Monday, July fith, 1898, and will run through to Washington without change over the Durlington Route and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The train will consist of vestlbuled sleep ! ing cars, one reclining chair car—seats free— | and a baggage car. lleall served in din j ing car on European plan. Any who i carry lunches can obtain tea, coffee and milk i from the diner The special will be in charge of the under | signed. Make your reservations of sleeping ear . | space with Burlington Route ticket agents as soon as possible in order to get choice | of location. For further Information call on or address Walter N. Carroll, Chairman Transportation Committee, Minnesota Kn deavor Union, N. Y. Life Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn. Seibert's orchestra, under the direction of Eml! Straka will be at Hotel Lafayette again this season. Y. P. S. C. E. Convention. For the Young People's Society of Chris tian Endeavor, to be held at Washington, D. ', C, "The North-Western Line"—C. St. P.. M. ! & 0. Ry.—will run special cars, leaving Min | neapolis 7:30 and St. Paul 8:10 p. n\. Monday ' night, July G, which will run direct through ! to Washington, via Big i and C. & O. Ry. ; without change. If you desire to join this excursion and | wish to take advantage of th* cheap rate and fine accommodations call at '"Mi Robert street, ', or 13 Nicollet House Block, Minneapolis. All j tickets are good on the new North-WesU-ru i Limited trains. Sleeping: Curs to Baffulo, \. Y. Special sleeping cars will leavo Miuneai.olis 7:30 and St. Paul 8:10 p. m. Sunday, July 5. \ via "The North-Western Line' — C, St. P., M. & O. Ry. and Chicago fc Grand Trunk Ry. These cars will run directly through to Buffalo, N. V., without change. If you aro going to the National Educational Conven : tlon and desire to take advantage of Cheap rate of $25.50 and get the beat accommoda tions, call at 395 Robert Street, St. Paul, or I 13 Nlcollet House Block, Minneapolis. All tickets good on the new North-Western . Limited trains. To the X. E. A. Meeting at Bnffalo *Via "The Milwaukee." One fare for the round trip, plus $2. ! Tickets on sale July 4th. and sth.. good to re i turn, by extension, until Sept. Ist., 1896. : Through sleeper St. Paul and Minneapolis ! to Buffalo, via C. M. & St. P.. and L. S. & M. | S. Rys. For detailed information, sleeping i car reservations, etc., apply to "THE MIL WAUKEE" agent or address J. T. Conley. Ass.t., Gen's., passenger agent, St. Paul, Minn. Of Special Interest. On July 4th aaid sth Uvo WISCONSIN CENTRAL will sell round trip tickets to ! Buffalo, N. V., good returning until Sep ! tember Ist, for $25.50. Fcr further inform ation call at CITY TICKET OFFICE, 37J ROBERT ST. EXTRA Daylight Special to Ilnflnlo. Via the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry., July 6th. Through the great' states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsyl vania and New York and along the soutnura shore of Lake Erie by daylight. Leave Chi cago 8 a. m.. arrive In Buffalo same evening1. One fare plus two dollars for round trip. Limit Sept. Ist. Visit Niagara Falls. Stop at Chautauqua. For full particulars addres* J. E. Hull, T. P. A., 1f.4 US. Third St., St. Paul, Mm., or C. K. Wilber, A. G. P. A., Chicago. Seibert's orchestra, under the direction of Emll Straka will be ai Hotel Lafayette egaid this season. «»_ HITTING AT THE -POPS." "It's very warm just now," he said. "But I will not desplar, I've heard some folks from borne predict I'll find It chilly there." —Washington BU»