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it THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. KEW YOEK, FRIDAY, JUKE 22, 1900. ARCANUM DAY. buckla plate floor of tho samo width as Pino street, UDon Diana and SDeclflcations Which shall be fur LAWS OF NEW YORK. at nun.

DEGREES FOR COLLEGIANS. Sir Lowthian Bell, Eminent En glish Metallurgist, Weakly Defends His Countrymen. learn, to be on most familiar terms of friendship with the great minds of all times. Then, no matter what career in life may open to him, he will bring to it a vigor of thought and action, a nobility or spirit that will lift him above the plane ot mere practical men and mako him a leader that the peoplo will follow not In vain. He will bo ambitious, but his ambition will be to mako the world better, not to amass a fortune.

"The man who keeps up his acquaintance with books will never take a low and mean view of things. His thoughts will be the best thoughts of the best minds of past and present with whom he lives in constant communion; to him noble conduct will be easy; hl3 life cannot be hard or material. "Commencement day ought to mean the beginning of a life of deeper and more earnest study than any that has gone before. New duties will bring you into relation with men, not books; will open up a hundred avenues of activity and fill your days with toll. But no matter how busy your life, no matter how earnest the endeavor to multiply yourselves and do good in many directions, you should always have time for your books, you should always be ready to welcome the friends from whom you are to draw inspiration to high thinking and noble doing." The vicar general closed the exercises by a few words of congratulation to the graduates.

NEW BOROUGH PARK CHURCH. nished by tho state engineer and surveyor. Sec. 2. The sum of seveoty flvo thousand dollars, or so much thereof oa may bo necessary, la hereby appropriated for the purposes specineu mis act.

in tho treasury not otherwise appropriated, to bo paid Tjy the treasurer on th warrant ot the comptroller, to the superintendent or public wonts. fcec. i. portion or sucn appropriation snuii available except for necessary plana, specifications and ndvortlHinir until a contract tor the completion of the work herein authorized within such appropriation, shall have been duly mado with a responsible bidder, and tho performance thereof duly secured by a sufficient bond approved by toe comptroller. soe.

4. This act Bhan tone eircci immeuareijf. stnto of vow VrtrW ilfflrp at thp Secretary of State, ss. I have'eompared the preceding with the orlglnul law on file In this office, and do hereby certify that the same Is a correct transcript there rrom ana or tne wnoie ot saia origintu iuw. JOHN T.

aicDONOUOH. Secretary of State. (Every law, unless a dlltorcnt time shall bo pro. scribed therein, shall not talto effect Until the twentieth day after It Bhatl havo become a law. Soction 4S, Article II.

Chapter S. General laws.) AN ACT to provide for the payment of fixe ex rensee of trial Justices of tho supreme court attending a term or part of tho supreme court outeido the county in which such justice except In the counties of New York and Klnga. Became a law April 13, WW. with the approval of the Governor. Passed, a majority belns present.

The Peoplo of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. A trial justice who attends a term or part of tho supreme court, except In the coun ties of New York and Kings, outside tho county In which he resides, is entitled to the actual neo essary traveling and other expenses incurred by him in the performance of such duty, not exceeding one thousand dollars, to be paid by the treasurer upon the audit and warrant of the comptroller. Sec 2. This act shall tako effect Immediately. State ot New York, Omce of the Secretary of gtato.

ss. I have compared the preceding with tho original law on file in this ofilce, and do hereby certify that the 'same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law. JOHN T. McDONOUGH, Secretary ol State. (Every law, unless a different time shall be pr scribed therein, shall not take effect until the twentieth day after It shall have become a law.

Section Article II, Chapter s. General la.yn.) CHAPTER AN ACT to reappropriate certain unexpended SU oncea of former appropriations. Became a W.W, April 13, 1600, with the approval of ernor. Passed, three flfths being present. The People of tho State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1.

The following unexpended balances of former appropriations ore hereby reappropriatea to the same objects and purposes as In the original; appropriations, namejy The sum of thirteen thousand, eight hundred and thirty five dollars on fifty eight cents for the construction of a an hoist bridge over the Erie canal, on Schuyler, street, in the city of Utica, as provided In chapter Jour hundred and twenty seven, laws of eighteen hundred and ninety eight. Tne fium. or fourteen thousand, elghi hundred and three dollars and nlnetv nlne cents for the construction of a bridge over the Erie canal, at Main street. In the village of Pittsford, aa provided in chapter Sve hundred and four, laws of eighteen hundred, and ninety eight. The sum of forty eight thou sand and five dollars and eighty five cents for establishing electrical communications on the canals, as provided in chupter nine hundred antf forty seven, laws of eighteen hundred and ninety six, and chapter five hundred and fifty two, laws of eighteen hundred and ninety eight.

The sunt' of seven thousand, one hundred and seventynve dollars for bridge at Adam street, Lockport, aa provided in chapter five hundred and eeventy three. laws of eighteen hundred and nlnety and chapter live hundred and fifty two, Jaws of eighteen hundred ana ninety eight. Tho sXrai of four thousand, eight hundred and twenty seven dollars and Bliteen cents for dredging tho Cayuga, and Seneca canals and for the removal of bars and other obstructions, as provided in chapter elx. hundred and Bix, laws of eighteen hundred ancl ninety eight. The sum of two thousand, eight hundred and twenty dollars nnd twenty nine cents for a bridge over the canal feeder at Medina, as provided in chapter alx hundred an six.

laws of eighteen hundred and ninety eight The sum of seven thousand, eight hundred and sixty two dollars and thlr tv three cents fr building a bridge over the Erie canal at Erie street, in the city of Buffalo, as provided In chapter six hundred and eleven, laws of eig hteen hundred and ninety eight. The sum cf nineteen thousand, nine hundred and fifty three dollars and deventy nlne cents for the construction pf a wrought iron an steel lift bridge over the Erie canal in the village Of Brighton, as provided In chapter els hundred and eighteen, laws of eighteen )nmdred ana. ninety eight. The sum of one thousand, two hundred and thirty five dollars and eight cent3 for the construction of a steel bridge over the Glens Falls feeder, on Main street, in the village of Sandy Kill, as provided In chapter sue hundred and twenty three, laws of eighteen huxiaredl and ninety eight. The sum of one thousand, eight hundred and fifty Reven dollars and fifty cents for repairing and constructing the banks and channels of Glen Creek, in the village of Wat kins, as provided in chapter six hundred ana twenty four, laws of eighteen hundred and ninety eight.

The sum of eight thousand dollars for the construction of a new iron bridge, with double driveways and sidewalks, over the Erie canaV at South George street, in the cltv of Home, ae provided in chapter six hundred and twenty five, laws of eighteen hundred and ninety eight. The sum of twelve thousand, two hundred and ninety four dollars and twenty nine cents for the con struction of a lift or hoist bridge over the Erie canal at Peterboro street, in the village of Can 1 astota, Madison county. New York, ay provlded in chapter six hundred and twenty six, laws of eighteen hundred and ninety eight. The sum of Ave thousand, four hundred and seventy four dollars and ten cents for tho removal and construction of a wrought Iron bridge over the Erie canal, or Tonawanda creek, knpwn as the "New Home' bridge, between Pendleton and Pickard's bridge, the counties of Erie and Niagara, as provided in chapter six hundred and thirty, Jaws of eighteen hundred and nlnety eiffht. The sum of two hundred dollars for the construction of a one arch culvert over the state ditch, at Dela vlIIaEa of Tonawanda, Erie county New lork, as provided In chapter six 3 i'S' 'a's of eighteen hundrea ninety eight.

The sum of four thousand llnZ and twelva cen. for completion of brlojjc over tho inlet to Otlsco lake In the county of Onondaga, as provided in chaDte? six hundred and fifteen, laws of eighteen hmired and n.nety elght. The sum of foar ho5sana tnLfort' and mnety fon? the building of a dam across the Sar K0r Jake, as provided by chapter six hundred and twenty seven laws oi eltrhf een hundred and ninety eight. The sum of two thousand dollars for repairing highway Oswegatchie river, as prbvldea bv chapter nlnl fifty Of the lawsV eighteen hundred and ninety six, and chapter five hundred onS ei h't Veum' ninety iifa'rs SS BSt5 clor fht conS runc! the" the necesliryfulce" up" Itldiah reservation, ai nrovfdea Sl3C" JtatfVoMce TAUcWof State, ss. I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law JOHN T.

Mt PONOTCH, Secretary of State. (Every law, unless a different time shall be pro scribal therein, shall not take effect until the twentieth day after It shall have becomo a law. Section 43, Article II, Chapter General Laws.) CHAPTEB 431. AN ACT to provide ways and means for the support of government. Became a law April 13, 1900; with the approval of the Governor.

Passed, three fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact aa follows: Section 1. Thero shall be imposed for the Osccl year beginning cn the first tiny of October, nineteen hundred, on each dollar of real and personal property of this statu subject to taxation, taxes for the purpose hereinafter mentioned, which taxes shall bo assessed, levied and collected by tho annual assessment and' collection of taxes of that year in the manner prescribed by law, and shall be paid by the several county treasurers into tho treasury of this state, to be hold by tho treasurer, to be applied to the purposes specified; that is to say: For the general fund, and for the payment of those claims and demands which shall constitute a lawful charge upon that fund during the liscal year commencing October first, nineteen hundred, slxty oliyht one hundredths of a mill; for the canal fund, for the payment of appropriations to pay the expenses of superintendence, maintenance and ordinary repairs during said fiscal jear and for deficiency in appropriation for the h'L September thirtieth, nineteen hundred, twenty one one hundrodths of a mill; for 11,0 Payment' of approprU nf ZJJ Wects and work on the canals nrSi Kra not included in the ap proprlatluns for the superintendence, maintenance and ordinary repairs thereof during said fiscal year eighteen one hundredtlu; of a mill for the canal fund, for the annual contribution to the canal deU sinking pursuant to chapter aeven tv'flve hundred and nine tj live, thirteen one hundredths of a mill for the free school fund, for the payment of these claim? shall constitute a lawful charge upon that fund during said fiscal ves seventy six one hundredths of a mill Thi? act take effect Immediately oC TNew York Secretary 'of frS iV 1 "a compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do herebv 15 a correct transcript therefrom jd of tho whole of said original law JOHN MCDONOUGH. Sectary of State. ft I'SM 11 b.

twentieth day after It shall have become a law! Section 43, Article II, Chapter 8. General laws CHAPTER 12. viiwl until tne A i rciyproprtattng unexpended balance of a forme? appropriation and making an additional appropriation. Became a law April n. lSiJO.

with the approval of tho Governor. Passed, three fifths being present The People of tts State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The sum of three thousand dollars being tho unexpended bnlanco appropriated by chapter six hundred and six of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety eight, Is hereby appropriated to bo used for the purposes specified in chapter seven hundred and ninety one of the laws of eighteen hundred and nlnetv six Sec. 2. The sum of throe thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Is hereby appropriated out of any money In the1 treasury not otherwise appropriated to be paid by tbo treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller to tbo order of the superintendent of public works and to bo expended for the purposes mentioned in chapter sevon hundred and ninety one of the laws or eighteen hundred and ninety sivx Sec. 3. No portion of such appropriation shall be available except for necessary pians, specifications and advertising until a contract for tho completion of the work herein authorized within such appropriation, shall have been duly made with a responsible bidder, and tho performance thereof duly secured by a. sufficient bond approved by the comptroller. Sec.

i. Tills act shall take offect immediately. State ot New York, Office of tho Secretary of State, 1 have compared the preceding with the original law on file In this ofilce, and do hereby CCTtify thai the samo la a correct transcript Preparations for the Annual Celebration at XTlmer Park. Providing tho weather proves favorable tho celebration at Ulmer Park of the Royal Arcanum this year promises to surpass anything that has ever before been attempted. The programme as arranged shows that a large amount of thought and labor has been expended to make every detail perfect, tho afternoon portion of which is devoted to games of all kinds.

In the evening dancing, vaudeville performance and fireworks will attract the attention of the visitors. The exhibition of the latter will be the crowning feature of the natal day of this order and will take place at 9 o'clock precisely. For those desiring to witness the games a special circular has been sent to each and every council making the announcement that these will begin at 2:30 o'clock sharp. Tho gates will be open for visitors at 12 o'clock. Cars will be run straight from the New York side of the bridge on the Third avenue line tQ the park, as well as from Thirty ninth Street Ferry.

Transfers may be had on all lines connecting with cars to Ulmer Park. The fnre from all parts of Brooklyn to the park will be 5 cents. YALE'S CREW TRIED OUT. 'Varsity Eight, With, Wind and Tide, Do the Course in Less Than Twenty Gales Ferry, June 22 Yesterday was a busy day among the oarsmen colony here for both the Harvard and Yale crews were given plenty of work. The coaches seem determined to put the men through a vigorous course to wind up the week with, and thus fit them for the gruelling task that will bo asked of them on next Thursday.

The Yale crew made a time trial that was not looked for and consequently was not timed on the outside and the efforts of the Harvard men to learn the exact figures last night were unavailing. It is conceded, however, that the watch clicked off less than twenty one minutes, but this was with tide and a strong wind in the favor of the shell. Coach Storrow of Harvard reckoned that the present Yule crew under tho circumstances should havo made about this time. Coach Gallaudet said that the row was not satisfactory to him. The watermanship was quite severely criticised at times, the boat running very roughiy.

The Yale freshmen aro still pegging away with the same eight with an occasional shift in the seating, and In the four it appears that Tilton will stroke, with Bancroft permanent: ly displaced. The Harvard eights had a half mile brush from the float, and the supriority of the varsity was never in doubt for an instant. The course is now completely flagged in red, white and blue, and the crews can pick out the channels through which they will each race on Thursday. Poughkeepsie, June 22 Tho tedium of the day in the rowing camp here was relieved by the arrival of the Wisconsin crews. Tho Badgers had a quiet trip east and found their shell, which had preceded them, partly rigged for practice.

The work was completed last night and to day the Westerners will have their first trial spins. The men are all big fellows, and the crew is a seasoned and experienced lot that may show the way home in the Intercollegiate struggle. At the Columbia camp the Webb cedar boat, re rigged by Hanlon, was tried and both eighths uid good work on the water last night. each lov. 'ng about seven miles in all.

The water v. choppy yesterday during the day, and the sun broiled the whole outfit in good style. Going up two miles above the boat house under the west shore the crews turned and started back at an easy twenty five stroke pace. Hanlon cautioned all hands to take it easy, but the youngsters were scrappy and soon forged three lengths ahead, the 'varsity boat paying no attention. Then the senior crew began to hit it up and it soon became evident 'hat it was a race in earnest.

For nearly two miles the racing speed was maintained. Hanlon following, letting them work out their enthusiasm and keeping his megaphone busy, with instructions. At the finish the 'varsity were on even terms and were much encouraged by their showing. Hanlon is now in full charge of the crews, this having been formally decided upon at a meeting of the college rowing interests. Ithaca, June 22 Cornell's launch has already left for Poughkeepsie and on Saturday the college crews will go down the river.

They had a hot two mile race yesterday late In the afternoon, and the 'varsity eight gained about two lengths after a two mile struggle with the Frenchmen. The time was 10:40 and Coach Courtney and everyone else seeemed to bo wel lpleased. WOSK FOB, STARVING INDIANS. Railroads Asked to Assist in Taking Them to California Vineyards. Los Angeles, June 22 Both the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific officials are conferring with Thomas E.

Hughes, a large vine yardlst of Fresno, in regard to a plan to relieve the destitute Pima and Papagos Indians on the Gila reservation in Arizona Labor for the vineyards is difficult to obtain and Hughes promises to transport the Indians from Pheonfx to Fresno at his own expense, provided the roads will make a low rate, and pay them good wages for labor. Tbo superintendent of the reservation has consented to the plan, provided that the authorities at Washington agree, and they have been appealed to. GOSSIP OF THE POSERS. The final bouts in the amateur boxing tournament at the Sampson Athletic Club were decided last night. J.

J. Mumford. the clever and hard hitting lightweight from the New West Side Athletic Club, won first place in the 135 pound class. He met two men and defeated both of them. J.Iumford scored an easy victory over his first opponent, Condon, but he did not have an easy time of it with the second, J.

Meyer, of the Union Settlement Athletic Club. Although Meyer was outpointed from the start he kept Mumford busy for three rounds with his wild swings. Mumford was glad to hear the bell sound for the conclusion of the bout as he was very tired. The summaries: One hundred and eight pound class First bout. Larrv Doyle, Bradhurst A.

beat B. Donk, Brooklyn, in three rounds: second bout. F. O.ir vcy New West Side A. boat J.

Broderlck, Brooklyn A. C. In three rounds: final bout, F. Garvey beat T. Blaine, New York City, in tour rounds.

One hundred and eighteen pound class First bout, John Lawler, Brooklyn A. beat J. Elliott Union A. In three rounds; final bout, Cohen, New West Side A. knocked J.

Lawler out In third round. One hundred and twenty live pound class Final bout. Frank Ryan. Brooklyn A. beat G.

Wilson, Beach A. C. in three rounus. One hundred and thirty five pound class First bout. J.

Meyers. Union Settlement A. C. knocked F. P.

Belmont out In one round: second bout, J. Mumford. New West Side A. knocked T. Condon Reilly A.

out in one round: final bout, J. Mumford beat J. Meyers in three rounds. CRICKET MATCHES TO 1SORROW. To morrow will agaiu bo a busy day for tho cricketers of the metropolis, as there aro no less than eight scheduled matches, Including five championship contests on the cards.

Half of that number, with one league and one association game as tho features, will bo played at the Prospect Park Parade Grounds. Appended is tho list: New York C. C. vs. Knickerbocker A.

C. at Prospect Pnrk. Livingston Field Club vs. Montclair A. C.

at Livingston. S. I. tl'aterson C. C.

team A. vs. Manhattan C. second eleven, at N. J.

ttvearny C. C. vs. Kings County St. George C.

C. at Kearny, N. J. tBrooklyn C. C.

vs. Nelson I odgo C. C. at Prospect Park. Nelson Lodge C.

C. second eleven, vs. Brooklyn C. C. second eleven, at Prospect Park.

C. C. veterans vs. Columbia Oval C. C.

at Prospect Park. Carlbbeans vs. Patorson C. team at Central Parle. Lcaguo championship games.

tAssoctatlon championship games. A team representing 'he Manhattan Cricket Club won a closely contested game by a margin of cloven runs from the Kings County St. George Cricket Club at the Parade Grounds yesterday afternoon, the total scores being 12G and 115, respectively. The veteran, George Williams, made top soore. with a line inning of Bl for the losers.

On the winning side G. C. Boxill led, with 33, while F. J. Prendergast tallied 20 runs.

By Authority. (Every law, unless a different tirao shall be pro Ecrlbed therein, shall not take effect until tho twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, Article II, Chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAPTEK 406. AX ACT for continuing the acquisition of land In tho Adirondack park and to provide for the extension of the forest preserve In the counties of Delaware, Groeno, Sullivan and Ulster and making an appropriation therefor. Became a law April 12, 1900, with the approval of the Governor.

Passed, three flfthu being present. The PeonJe of the State of New York, represent ed in Senate and Assembly, do enaot as follows: Section 1. The sum of two hundred and lllty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in tho treasury belonging to the general fund not otherwise appropriated, two hundred thousand dollars thereof for the purpose of continuing the purchases of land In tho Adirondack park and for the expenses connected therewith, pursuant to chapter two hundred and twenty of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety seven, and for tho acquisition by tho forost preserve board of land in the Adirondack park as may be otherwise authorized by law. and fifty thousand dollars thereof, or so much thereof as may bo necessary, for the purpose of acquiring land to extend the area of the forest preserve In the Catakllls, in the counties of Delu varo, Greene, Sullivan and Ulster, in pursuance of chapter five hundred and twenty one of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety nine. Such money shall be expended under the direction of tho forest preserve board and paid by the treasurer on the certificate of Buch board and the warrant of the comptroller.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect Immediately. State of New York, Office of the Secretary of State, ss. I have compared tho with the original law on file in this office, and do.

hereby certify that tho same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law. JOZIN T. McDONOUGH, Secretary of State. (Every law, unless a different time shall bo proscribed therein, ehaU not tako effect until the twentieth day after it shall havo become a law. Section 43, Article II.

Chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAPTER 408. AN ACT to provide for the improvement, care and protection of lands known as the "Stony Point peninsula," the title to which has been acquired in tho name of the people of the state, and making an appropriation therefor. Beoame a law, April 12, 1900, with tho approval of the Governor. Passed, three fifths being present. The People of the State of Xew York, represented In Senate and Assembly, do enact aa follows: Section 1.

Tho Society for tho Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects Is hereby authorized to lay out, Improve, manage and maintain the lands and promises known as the "Stony Paint peninsula," of which it has control and Jurisdiction by authority of chapter seven hundred and sixty fuur of the laws of eighteen hundred and rinoty seven and chapters two hundred and two and three hundred and two of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety eight; to make, publish and enforce ordinances, by laws, rules and regulations for the care and protection of the same; and without expense to state to employ such person or persons as may be needed, one or more of whom, to be designated by the trustees of Jiuch society, shall have the power and perform the duties of a police constable In criminal cases. Sec. 2, The sum of three thousand five hundred dollars, being the unexpended balance of the appropriation to pay for such lands, pursuant to chapter seven hundred and sixty four of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety seven, as amended by chapter two hundred and two of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety eight, is hereby appropriated, to carry out the provisions of this act and the same shall be paid by tho comptroller upon the requisition of the president and treasurer of such society. Sec. 3.

This act shall take effect immediately. State of Xew York, Office or the Secretary of State, I have compared the preceding with the original law on file In this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law. JOHX T. McDONOUGII. Secretary of State.

(Even law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take effect until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, Article II, Chapter S. General Laws.) CHAPTER 413. AX ACT to provide for the support end maintenance of the several state prisons. Became a law April 12.

19)0, with the approval of the Guvrnnr. Passed, three fifths beinrr present The People of the State of Xew York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section The sum of two hundred and eleven thousand two hundred and seventy two dollars and fifty six cents, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury nut otherwise appropriated for the support and maintenance of the several state prisons, pursuant to chapter three hundred and two of tho laws of eighteen hundred and eighty nine, and for the ordinary repairs of the prisons and supplying water therefor. "Which sums shall be payable by the treasurer upon the warrant of the comptroller. Seo. 2.

This act shall take effect Immediately. State of Xew York. Ortice of the Secretary of State, I have compared the preceding with the oriKlnal law on file in this ofnoe and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript there from and or tne wnote ot saia original law. JOHX T. McDOXOUtill.

Secretary of State lEvarv law. unless a different time shall be pre scribed shall not take effect until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43. Article ii. L.ne.pier s.

uenerai wws. CHAPrR 427. AX ACT to provide for the building of a lock in the dam now under construction by the state across the Saranac river at Saranac lake. Became a law, April 13. 1200.

with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three afths being pres ent. Tho People of the State of Xew York, represented In Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Tne sum of six thousand dollars, or so much thereof a3 may oe necessary, 13 nereoy fir.nmnrin.tiT'd out of anv monevs in the treasury. not otherwise appropriated, for the building of a lock in tne aam now unaer construction uy lj state across the Saranac river, at Saranac lake so to permit the passage of steamboats from said river into Lower Saranac lake; such moneys to bo expended under the direction of the super intendent of public works in accordance with, plafis to be furnished oy the state engineer ana surv or.

No part of the appropriation shall be available until tho execution of a contract with a responsi ble party for the completion of such lock within the amount herebv aDurowrlated. secured by a bond approved by the state engineer and surveyor ana nied with the comptroller. io ciaim snau ever bt made acralnst the state for the onoratlon of said lock or for the employment of tenders there ror. Sec. 1.

This act shall take effect Immediately. State of Xew York, OfHce of the Secretary of State, ss. I have compared the preceding with tne original law on file in this office. and do hereby certify that the same Is a correct transcript there rrom and ot tne whole or sata original law. JOHX T.

McDOXOUGH. Secretary of State. (Every law unless a different time shall be pre scribed therein shall not take effect until the twentieth day after It shall have become a law. Section 43, Article II. Chapter General Laws.) CHAPTER 42S.

AX ACT supplemental to chapter four hundred and s'xtv nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety two entitled "An act to restore to tht OTvners of water power on Black river the water diverted by the etate for canal purposes." Be cLtne a law, April 13, li 00, with the approval of tne governor, inree nrtiis ocmg present. The People of the State of Xew York, represented in Senate and Assembly do enact as follows: Section 1. The superintendent of public works is herby authorized to construct a masonry dnm on tne ueaver nvor as near as practicable to tii 3 existing state dam cn said river of a height to maintain tho pond at the existing water line. Such dam when constructed shall take the placi of the existing dam and be subject to, all the. provisions of the law relating thereto.

Sec. 2. The sum of seven thousand dolJnrs ap Dronriated bv chanter six hundred and six of tlv. laws of eighteen hundred and ninety eight for the purpose of building dams supplemental to the state dam on Beaver river, is hereby re appropriated for the purposes of this act, and the further sum of forty three thousand dollars is hereby also aonronrlated for the purposes tiiix act. payable out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, on the warrant of the comptroller, to tne superintendent oi public works, Sec.

3. Xo nnrt of such aDoronriation or re ar propriation shall available except for necessary plans, specifications and advertising, until a contract for the completion the work heroin authorized within such npproprlatlon shall have beer dulv made with a responsible bidder and the oar formance thereof duly secured by a sullicient bond approved by the comptroller. Snn. i. This act shall take effect lmm(Hatelv.

State of Xew Ycrk, Office of the Secretary of State, ss. I have compared the preceding with the original law on tile in this ofilce, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law. JOHX T. McDOXOUGH, Secretary of State. (Every law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take effect until the twentieth day after It shall have become a law.

Section 43, Article II. Chapter 8, General Laws.) CHAPTER 429. AX ACT to amend chapter twenty of the laws of nineteen hundred entitled "An act for the pro tection of the forests, nsn and game of the state. constituting chapter thirty one of the general laws, relat 1 ve to taking fish from boundary waters. Became a low, April 13, 1900, with the approval of tho Governor.

Passed, three fifths Doing present. The People of the State of Xew York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Chanter twenty of the laws of nine teen hundred, entitled "An act for the protection or tne forests, nsn ana gamo or tno state, constituting chapter thirty one of the general laws," is hereby amended by adding tho following section to bo known as section eighty nine: Sec. S3. On fresh water forming a part of the state boundaries or through which the state boundary runs, no non resident of the state shall take anv kind of fish or frame unless residents of thin stato may lawfully take the same kind of fish or game in sucn part or.

eaiu waters as aro not within the state, during tho open season therefor in the state or country In which such waters aro sit uated. If any license fee to take such Hah or game in waters not in tnis state, do required of a rosident of this state a non resident may tako the same kind of fish or game In such waters within the state, if a license so to do shall havo been first obtained from tiio commissioner. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect Immediately.

StatO of Xew York. Office of the Secretary of State, I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law. JOHX T. McDOXOUGH. Secretary of State.

(Every law. unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not tako effect until th twentieth day after it shall havo become a Irw. Section 43, Article II. Chapter 8. General Laws.) CHAPTER 430.

AX ACT to authorize the construction of a briflgo over the Erie canal, at Pin and Lock streets, in the city of Lockport, and making an appropriation therefor. Became a law, April 13, 1000, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three lifths being present. The Peoplo of the State of Xew York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do cnaef as follows: Section 1. The superintendent of public works is hereby authorized to removo tho iron brldgo now spanning the Erie canal in the civ of Lockport, connecting Pln street with Lock Street, and ta erect in placo thereof acarch Tjydjfo.

183 Students Awarded Diplomas for Proficiency in Various Departments of Study. FROM FINE ARTS TO COOKERY. Exercises at the Institute Followed by a Dance of the Juniors. The commencement exercises, of Pratt institute were held last night and 18S students graduated. Over S00 persons attended the exorcises which were held in the assembly hall in tho main building of the institute on Ryerson street.

This afternoon the commencement exercises of the high school department of the same institution will be held in the assembly hall. Some forty students will graduate. Dr. Luther Gullck, the new principal, who will take charge of the school this will deliver the address. The annual dinner of the graduates of the high school will be held this evening at 6 o'clock and will be followed by a junior dance.

The assembly room was handsomely decorated with tropical plants and cut flowers last night, and the programme opened with music by Professor Carl Venth's string quartet. Dr. Merrill E. Gates of Washington led in prayer. He was formerly president of Amherst College and is now connected with the bureau of Indian Affairs at the national capital.

Dr. Gates delivered the annual commencement address. The industrial education which the students receive at Pratt Institute, he said, is of such a character that it can be used in every life. He referred to the power of such work in the world when it is backed by a strong mind. "A great thing in the education you have received," he said, "is that your thought has been worked out In your work.

It is a great thing to have this union of thought and result, and it is the lack of the man of ideas BAPTIST CHURCH. to get tangible results which makes the politician sneer at the man of visions. They don't sneer at the man who succeeds in getting his ideas into life." President Charles M. Pratt of the board of trustees of the Institute presented the diplomas and then Dr. Gates pronounced the benediction.

An informal reception was given by the trustees In the Pratt Institute library, located across Ryerson street from the main building. It was given to the graduates and their friends. The library was decorated with plants and it was here that refreshments were served. The large gymnasium connected with Pratt Institute was elaborately decorated with bunting, class flags, trophies won by the different athletic teams and tho photographs of teams. The students and their friends danced in the gymnasium, until a late hour.

Last night's commencement exericses were the most successful in every respect the institute has ever had. The class was the largest yet graduated from Pratt Institute. The following young people graduated and received diplomas: DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS. Diplomas: Normal course Grace L. Bell.

Grace Allen Booth, Marv Seabury Booth, Delia Elizabeth Brooks, Adelia E. Denton. Gertrude May Dresser. Florence Mary Dunlap. Mary Serena Ilalliuly, Anna Hamilton, Kena B.

Johnson. Mary Lemer, M. Josephine Little, Alice Holinnn Locke, Katharine Adams Lovell. Marlon Morgan, Harry A. NeylanU, Mary Camp Seov el, Anes Seymour.

Kate Cameron Simmons. Guy Sullivan, Lillie Woodbury TourtelloUe, Luella Tupper. Adelino F. Van Benthuysen. Alice Kip Van Vleck, Max Weber, Mary Wilson.

Certificates: Regular art course Josephine Ways Barnard, George II. Bennett. Susie Proctor Dane, Anna S. Fisher, Eleanora. Fry.

Affiles Bolton, Lillian E. Salisbury. Design Florence Kutledge Abel. Ruth Wvllys Barrett, Alice Caboono, Elizabeth Van Cleve Day. Florence De Yinne, Edith A.

Drew. Anna Green, A. Estelle Lawson, Marguerite Stuart Moore. Florence Dudley Randall. Ada M.

Rapp, Kate Ryder. Eleanor Stewart, Frances A. L. Walker. Architecture Isabel D.

Blake, Frank C. Collins. Olive A. Gunnison, Will Quintan. Wood carving Grace Eiselow Muu roe.

DEPARTMENT OF DOMESTIC ART. Diplomas. Normal Domestic Art: Alice A. Cor bin, Howe Field, Emily Mary McOulIough, Almlra L. Ogden.

Edna Harriett I'hair, Anna J. Schael'er, Naomi Schollcld. Ella Certificates. Normal: Augusta Conklln, DeVlnne, Anne L. Hazen.

Helen DeLancy Hobbs, Emily C. Hunt, Ionora O'Reilly, Grace Secrest, Ora Gertrude Yenawine. Sowing. Regular course: Margaret Audemars, Mary Adelaide Barker, Jessie M. Beach, Harriett Louise Uriggs, Marion A.

Gilbert. Mary Loretta Cott, Wilhelmina E. Hess. Cornelia Remsen, Portia Smiley. Sadie Letetia Twyno.

Dressmaking. Special Course: Sarah Barlow, Edith Craig. Florence May Hewlett, Florence Hollister, Cordllla J. Wells. Dressmaking.

Regular Course: Mary Wllletse Freeman. Mary Loretta Gott. Catherine Louise Gerard, Lillian L. Ilolmey, Mav Joanna Spocht. Millinery.

Special Course: Marlon D. Hills. Millinery. Regular Course: Anne Capes, Olive Mc Adams, Mary A. McCormlck.

Olivia M. Sabine, Portia Smiley. Florence A. Trura. Costume design: Florence May Hewlett, Catherine Jensen.

Art needlework: Anna M. Pope. Mary Sannoman. DEPARTMENT OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE. Diplomas Normal course, Adelaide Stoddard Daniels, Jessie Tlioma.s Dorman, Florence Star buck DuBois, Mary Alice Fuller.

Florence Alice HartsufC. Mary Gertrude Petheram, Bertha. Luclle Roach, Kathryn Hlldreth Root. Phebe D. Rulon, Mary Evelyn Thomas, Elizabeth Cnrr Williams.

Certificates General course, Alice Stanloy Coo. Emergencies and Invalid cookery, Maud Wlllard Bartiett. Bessie E. Hazen. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

Certificates Aplledp electricity. Howard L. Beach, George I. Boynton. Edward D.

Carter. Loring McCammon Clarke. George M. Earl, Charles F. Estwick, Robert M.

Fessenden, Almon B. Fuller, Franz B. Kellogg. Charles P. Rablen, Walter van Houten Read, George Booth Seddon, 1:..

ih E. Si'itz. Louis A. Thompson. Drawing ami machine design.

Frank A. Austin. William O. Heard. Edwin F.

Charshn. Albert Van Dcusen Fritts. Ralph It. Hawkins, Robert Holly. Jarrad K.

Alfred O. Kauffmann, Frederick Kloe. Frank F. Lyon, Percy P. Pierce, Nye Bates Renrdon.

William Bobbins Selglo, James II. Sheoly, Edwin F. TUley. Jr. DEPARTMENT OF KINDERGARTENS.

Diplomas Normal course, Anna Isabel Atkinson, Ruth Babcock. Jessica Lola Brown, Virginia Dwyer. Lottie ltrndshaw Gore, Mary Bertha Greene, Adeline Merle Melnold, Alda M. Johnston, Elizabeth Gertrude Lonergan. Mary Lord Pnyson, Myra Louise Rawson.

Frances Taylor, Miriam L. Underwood. Elizabeth Sage Wn.tk!ns. Ethel Armstrong Wockes, Mnrie Townsend Wood. Ella Frances Woodward, Elizabeth Emolia Yocbum.

LIBRARY SCHOOL. Certificates One year course, Mary Warren Allen. Norma Bersha Bennett. Edna A. Brown, Ada Gertrude Chappie.

Sara Foster Copoland, Elizabeth Richmond Cooke. Katharine Dame, William Henry Duncan, Margaret Avery Gash, Laura Hammond, Laura Howe. Mary Frances Isom, Hat tie H. Kellogg, Adelaide Bowles Malthv. Cornelia Wilson Mattes, Leslie Merrltt.

Lucv Ware Perrv. Mabel Francos Robinson. Lura May Slkes. Edith McHarg Steele, Frances Banner Thomson, Bertha Ottonla Trube. Courso for children's librarians, Caroline Louise Koster.

A PBIZE PIE. "Here's t' yer health, Sylvester." "Whero'd j'o git tho liquor?" "Squeezed it from the mince pie a temperance ledy gimme." Life. BACK ACTION RESEARCH. MGenealogy is an interesting study." "That's so; I know a man who is so busy "hunting up his ancestors that he can't get time to earn a living for his family." Detroit Free Press, Thirtieth Annual Commencement Exercises Held at St. John's College.

MGR. MC NANIARA PRESIDED. JFather "White's Address to the Graduates The Young Men Who Were Honored. I In the absence ot Bishop McDonnell, the Very Rev. Mgr.

McNamara, the vicar general of the diocese, presided last night at the thirtieth annual commencement of St. John's College, which 'was held in the college hall, 1 Lewis and WllloughLy avenues. The vicar general occupied the seat of honor in the center of the stage and with him were a number of priests of the diocese and Brother Jerome, O. S. the superior of Francis Monastery on Butler street, and a number of brothers the order.

Thero were also number of priests from other cities present, including the Very Rev. James McGlll, the Rev. E. A. Antell, the Rev.

C. J. Malloy and the Rev. T. B.

McCormlck of German jtown, the Rev. J. H. Neck of Baltimore, and the Rev. J.

J. Lynch of Niagara. The graduates, four in number, and eight young men, former graduates of the college, on whom, the degree of master of arts was conferred by the faculty, were robed In cap land gown and occupied prominent places on the stage. The graduates, who also had conferred upon them the degree of bachelor arts, were Joseph F. Curran, James T.

Cosgrove, Joseph V. Waring and Alfred H. Warts. Those receiving the degree of master of art3 were Peter P. Smith, Eugene J.

'Connelly, Jeremiah G. Dempsey, Francis J. iDillon, Herman Ernst, John Geary, Jo 'seph V. "Horgan, Joseph R. McLaughlin, Robert J.

McNabb, Patrick A. McNally, Thomas A. Nummey, James S. Reilly, Harry Sef ton, Silvester J. Tobin, and Alexander A.

Vorbach. Orations were delivered by Joseph Dillon, iAlfred H. Warts and Joseph V. Waring. "A iPlea for Trusts" was presented by Mr.

Dil 'lon. It was delivered by him at an oratorical contest recently held in the college jhall, and was judged the best. In part It was as follows: "It has ever been the boast of the American people that they have unfurled a banner in I the azure dome of heaven, which has shone out even from its Infancy with all the splendor and effulgence of true liberty. But, to day, in the very dawn of a new century, we Americans are confronted with a movement 'which promises to snatch the Stars and Stripes from US pinnacle, crush it trample upon it, and rear aloft the black flag of anarchy. "In these iconoclastic times, to raise a hand against the trusts, a righteous act, and the i question, what shall we do with them, has i become the absorbing theme in public discus sion.

But why all this public antagonism? Many look upon trusts as though they were ja sudden creation, the product of a conspir iacy against the people. Not so. They are I simply the latest form of Industrial phenom ena, the concentration of capital in productive industry, with a view of controlling 'prices. In tone this seems characteristically American. It savors more of Democracy jthau any other form of industrial Institution.

Is democratic because it represents the investment of many, and most laudibly, it is democratic because it does not promise her editary descent in the control of its affairs. 1 We are compelled to admit that concentration of capital does not drive small competitors from the arena, but merely congregates them into a larger and a more complex system of production. Let us go back to colonial days and we shall notice that the methods employed were primitive; time, however, taught new business methods were necessary and thus originated the first movement toward larger corporations of to day, the spall manufacturer. Primitive methods in the presence of this new and powerful opponent were compelled to bow, it is true, but did competition cease? Between primitive methods yes. But the new industries immediately vied in a competition which was by no means apparent in their ancestors.

So it has beon all the way dosvn the vista of time (lt is simply raising the field of competition from the domain of corporations to that of trusts. "Strange as it may seem, one of the largest organizations of to day against which the hardest things are said is the telegraph system. The Western Union Telegraph Company is regarded as the worst monopoly in this country. But if we study this institu we shall learn that prior to 18GG our telegraphic service was carried on by a host of small companies. To send a message across the continent involved its D.assing through tho hands of not less than half a dozen individual firms.

During the year cited these were amalgamated into one organization, and since the concentration of capital in the telegraphic service under this system the rates for messages from New York to the large centers throughout the country have reduced almost to a trifle. So that today if we wish to send a message from New York to San Francisco, in place of paying the exorbitant price of nearly $8, we are charged one. This is but one example from 'a host against which popular antagonism iseems to rage, without any realization of their true status. Alfred H. Wort's oration was on the "Departed Glories of Spain," in which he related the historic deeds accomplished by her sons.

The discovery of America by Columbus, and the later discoveries of Amerigo Vespucci were touched upon. "Truth in History" was presented by Mr. Waring. The conferring of degrees and the presentation of medals followed. The Very J.

J. Sullivan. C. the president of the College, presided during the programme. He was assisted by the Rev.

E. L. Carey, C. M. Mgr.

McNamara presented the diplomas and modals to the students. The address to the graduates was delivered by the Rev. William J. White, D. D.

He said in part: "In a country whoso government is of the people and by the peoplo, an event like the present one assumes an importance that it has not in any other land. Great leaders are necessary under any form of government, or in any movement that makes for the betterment of the individual or.the race, but in a Nomocracy where force rules so little, the need 'of men of genius, of men of action and of religion, who will guide the multitude toward the realization of the best and highest ideals Is especially felt. And in America at this present moment, whether we consider the great international political problems that the events of the past few years have created, or whether we 'direct our gaze to the wonderful advances made in the domain of science or in the world ot art and literature, we cannot help but feel that if we are to solve these nroblems for all time. If the remarkable prog ress that has characterized our growth as a nation is hut the first faint evidences of a 'movement toward greater things, then we have the right kind of men to direct and govern us, standard bearers whose leader will mot grow dizzy, because of the heights they Obave ascended. We must have men of pure and lofty Ideals, with minds to grasp and solve the problems that present themselves and hearts that bent In unison with the great heart of tho people they lead.

"St. Augustine says, 'some love learning Ifor the sako of tho money it represents, and he says, 'is avarice." Others study that they may havo the applause of men; and this is pride. Others study as if knowledge were an end in itself; this is vanity; whllo others study that they may build it is the Saint's iword 'and this Is charity, this is Young men. let the motive that prompts you to love intellectual excellence and to purchase knowledge, even at great price, be that you may build build up with tho'developed gifts of mind and heart an edifice grander and more enduring than any made with hands. "But real and permanent success depends on something else lieslde the fidelity with which tho studies begun in college days are continued in after life.

Tho object of such studies is to develop character and to utilizo knowledge in making the world better and purer. Now tho vital clement In character is rollglon. Wo want men with high views and noble aims, but wo want good men also. Life is action, is conduct, and conscience, more than knowledge, must regulato that conduct. Education, If It be worthy of tho name, means the development of all man's faculties, moral as woll as Intellectual.

"The best thing a young man carries with fclm from college Is a love of iqtellectual pursuits, a knowledge of the fact that thero aro Bumy things he does not know; a desire to TWO SYSTEMS CONTRASTED. London Times Declares Bell's Article Clinches the Assertion That TJ. S. Iron Manufacturers Lead the World. London, June 12 The series of articles recently appearing in the Times upon "American Engineering," and the superiority ot methods employed in the United Statos as compared with those in England, has elicited a lengthy reply from Sir Lowthian Bell, who combats various statements derogatory to the English manufacturer.

Sir Lowthian la one of the largest iron and steel manufacturers on this side of the water and one of the most distinguished metallurgists. For his contributions to the literature of the metal arts he has received the degree of LL.D., while he is also a fellow of the Royal Society. Though confronted by so doughty a champion, the Times is compelled to pronounce judgment in favor of its own correspondent, and to declare that, despite Sir Lowthian Bell's exhaustive defense, the British ironmakers stand convicted of "unfortunate persistence in a policy which is no longer adapted to their environment." "My attention has been called," writes Sir Lowthian, "to a comparison instituted in your columns by a special correspondent between the science and practice of the ironmasters on th opposite sides of the Atlantic. I havo been actively engaged In the manufacture of iron for more than fifty years. During this period I have, in tho course of many vlsitB, made myself acquainted with almost every center of iron and steel making on the continent of Europe, and in the last twenty five years I have thrice performed a similar duty in the United States "I venture to doubt that the Americans themselves would agree with your correspondent in the picture he draws of British incapacity.

I have looked in vain for any evidence that your correspondent has takoa any trouble to make himself acquainted with what has been done, or, as he puts it, left undone by tho iron trade of Great Britain in the last half century or is being done at the present day. "It Is, perhaps, not so easy as some may think to estimate with the necessary closeness the relative costs of production of any two establishments. These are generally reserved for those who can give well as receive Information of a commercial as well as a technical character. I see no signs in the communications of your correspondent that he has broken through the reserve generally observed by manufacturers when discussing trade subjects with strangers. This is Inferred from the statement that the cost of labor In Great Britain, by reason of faulty appliances and unskillful workmen, more than suffices to cover the carriage of the ore from the mines to the Pittsburg works.

This involves, in most If not all cases, railway carriages from the mines to the shipping port, conveyance of about one thousand miles on the lake, unloading and carriage over one hundred and twenty miles of railway to the furnaces. Added to this is the storage and rehandling that proportion required to serve during the winter months, when the frozen lake puts an end to obtaining supplies from the mines. "With an accurate knowledge of the cost of labor at two Bessemer rail works, one of which was shown to your correspondent, I have no hesitation in saying that In this calculation he is very far wrong. This knowledge in con nection with what i learned the unites States subsequently, enables me to declare with confidence that the carriage of the raw materials to the furnaces greatly exceeds the entire labor of converting pig iron into a finished steel rail. "We are also reproached for not following the example of American railways In the use of wagons holding three times as much mineral as the ordinary vehicles in general use on British lines.

They who hold this language do not stop to compare the different condition of the traffic in tho two countries. It must be admitted that, for a given quantity, of mineral, the less the weight of the wagon the less will be the useless load to be drawn by the engine. In the countries of Durham and Northumberland, the largest iron center jf Great Britain, the trucks are the property of the Northeastern Railway, and the change of this would involve a loss of four millions of capital sent to the scrap heap. "A strong point urged by your correspondent is the imperfections of transferring the raw materials into the furnaces. This, in the United States, is done by a system of bunkers by which the ore, fuel and flux descend by gravitation into the charging wagons.

This plan was applied by the Clarence Works in 1S74, and is universally in use at the Middlesbrough Works. "To this the American smelters have added an ingenious mode of employing electricity for raising their materials to the top of the furnaces into which they are discharged. "In this particular instance the want of similarity consists, in the case of the Middlesbrough Works, in having to find room for the kilns used in calcining the ironstone, which accounts for the larger space and consequent increased distance of the stocks of material from the furnaces. "In spite of this obstacle my firm sent one of its "members to the United State3 to examine the mode of conducting the electric appliances. The services of a competent American furnace engineer were retained to visit and report on the propriety of our following the example of our American friends.

The report showed that we had carried our plan sufficiently far; that, having regard to the further outlay, he could not recommend our adoption of electric aid. "The rapid driving in the United States entails a rapid destruction of the furnace, which is blown out after a life of five years, whereas, eighteen to twenty years is not uncommon on tho River Tees. The entire make in a lifetime is as follows: America, at a make of 4,000 tons per week, equal in five years to 1,040,000 tons America, average ot eleven furnaces, as obtained by my correspondent in five yeans, 598,000 tons; British, ironworks smelting Cleveland ironstone, in nineteen years, 799.000 tons. "According to these figures, the American furnaces will involve about five times as much expense in repairs' as those in Cleveland. At the same time it le only right to say that S00 tons per week at a Middlesbrough furnace Is a considerable increase on previous years, and it may well happen that the old period of life eighteen to twenty years, may be curtailed." To all of which the Times, editorially, replies in part as follows: "The present discussion may he said to part been commenced over the Atbara Bridge, which was wanted during the Soudan campaign, which English houses, being "full," could not undertake to supply under two years, and which was supplied by an American firm in elx months, or some such period.

Tho British firms are reported practically to have refused the order; whilo any American firm to which It had been offered. If they had been would have built and equipped a fresh shop as rapidly as this could be done by hands In order to avail themselves of the opportunity. Sir Lowthian Bell himself indicates and accentuates this difference and appears to us to do so unconsciously, where he points out thr.t the rapid driving of the United States smelting furnaces tends to wear them out after a life of five years, while a life of from eighteen to twenty years is not uncommon on the River Tees. An American does not want anything to last eighteen or twenty years, for tho simple reason that such a duration would havo an inevitable tendency to check the adoption of improvements. "It is quite conceivable that such a syrm, continually pursued, may occasionally produce diminution of profit, or even loss, upon some particular transaction, but tho United States manufacturers are said to be fully convinced that It is eminently profitable as applied to their transactions as a wholo.

The new plant may absorb tho bulk of the expected gain from the contract for which It was procured, but it enables a second of tho same kind to be undertaken on terms against which competitors of less enterprise or of less foresight would be utterly uusble to strive. Contract Calls for Baptist's House Worship to Be Finished July 1. of In the autumn of 1897 the Rev. S. J.

Douglas of Oneonta, N. while his son in Brooklyn, called upon a former member of a church of which he had been pastor. From this member, Mrs. Harry Bailey, of Fifty Gixth street. Borough Park, Mr.

Douglas learned that several Baptists lived in the neighborhood and had no church home. He at once instituted house to house visitations and soon held cottage preaching services and prayor meetings. When the weather would permit evening preaching services were held in the room which is now the front office of the Borough Park Company, Forty ninth street and New Utrecht avenue. In the early days of 1898, through the courtesy of former State Senator W. H.

Reynolds, president of the Borough Park Company, meetings were held in the hall, BOROUGE PARK Forty ninth street and Twelfth avenue. Numbers and interest increased with the increased accommodations. After a ministry of several months the Rev. Mr. Douglas retired from this field, which showed the results of his faithful work.

For a time weekly supplies were secured and acceptable preaching services were held. The Rev. Elijah Lucas, who resided on Forty third street, quite often filled the pulpit. His work was most acceptable. On May 11, 189S, a church organization was effocted with a membership of twenty one.

The Rev. T. J. Whlttaker, chairman of the missionary committee of the Brooklyn Baptist Church Extension Society and pastor of the Bushwlck Avenue Church, assisted in the organization and incorporation of the church. On May 15, 1898, a Bible school was organized with about thirty live children.

About November 20, 1S98, the Rev. John Lloyd became the regular supply, and he made such an impression on the people that he was called as pastor in June, 1899. Mr. Lloyd had never been ordained according to the American form, although he had been a recognized preacher and pastor in the British Isles. He was examined for ordination on October 12, 1899, and passed most successfully before a council of the Long Island Baptist Association and on October 1G, 1S99, ho was duly ordained, the service being held In the Borough Park Church.

Pastor Lloyd was successful in his pastorate and much good work was done. He resigned some months ago to accept a call to the west. The present membership of the church is sixty, with a Sunday school ot 110 pupils and fourteen teachers. George H. Barker, Moses Yeaton and Lafayette Butler are the deacons and officers of the church, with Harry E.

Bailey as church clerk. The trustees of the church are George E. Bailey, Sophus Nielsen, and George S. Francis. The officers of the Bible school are Moses Yeaton, superintendent; William J.

Anderson, associate superintendent; Harry E. Bailey, secretary and Robert A. Anderson, treasurer. The building committee of the church and society consists of Moses Yeaton, chairman; George B. Stelle, secretary; Lafayette Butler, treasurer; George F.

Barker. William H. Deane. Emory Davis and the trustees of tho church. This committee decided, from plans submitted by three architects, upon those of E.

Lawrence Valk. Upon these plans and specifications but two bids were received, and the contract was given to Edward Johnson of Borough Park. The contract for the work provides that the church shall bo finished by July 1. Former Senator Reynolds has acted as inspector of the building and this has insured good work. It is expected that the dedication services will be held at an early date.

A pastor will be secured as soon as possible and there is every prospect that the Borough Park Church will, in a year or so, be a strong society. WAS IKT THE BUSINESS. A Compassionate Man Whose Commiseration Was Entirely Misplaced. It was on a Seventh street car that a well dressed man carried hiB hand to his jaw now and then and uttered a stifled groan. After a bit a fellow passenger had curiosity aroused and brusquely queried; "Toothache?" "Yes." "I've been there and know all about it.

If she's holler and has the jumps it ain't no use fooling around. What you want to do is to go to a dentist." "Cm! Jerusha, but how it aches!" "Go right to the dentist and have it yanked out. Man with the toothache always feels a little scared about having It yanked, but that's all imagination, you know." "I'd rather be shot!" groaned tho sufferer. "Oh, pshaw! Go to some dentist who gives laughing gas. He'll give you gas and take the tooth out without your knowing it.

I pledge you my work that it won't hurt any more than paring off a finger nail." "Una! What a liar! G'way from me!" "Why, man, I pledge you my word that you'll never "Don't talk to me! I know all about Jtl I've been a dentlet myself for the last fifteen yoars!" "Oh, you have!" growled the other as he backed away. "Well, that's different. It will not only seem to you as If your blamed old head was being pulled off your shoulders, but your jaw will ache two weeks after, and I'm durned glad of It too." Washington Post. THE OTHER SIDE. Fldo camo hurrying back into the house, after a stolon visit to tho street, with bltos coat oovered with dust, and looking disreputable in the extreme.

"I.ho more I see of dogs." he whimpered. I "tho better I like men!" Chicago Tribune. 1..