" COMMERCIALISM " A Brilliant Sunday Talk By Rev. Reese P. Alsop. Dr. Jmm Christ It lbs Mftfure el the Stature of lbs Perfect Mas. rtnooitt.Y, N. Y. Dr. Reese F. Alsop, rector hi SSt. Aim's Church on the Heights, preached Sunday morning on "Commer cialism." lie took his text from St. Luke xii:15: "Man's lite consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he pos sesses." Dr. Alsop mid: I heard lately from n brilliant sneaker tn address on "Commercialism.", To the surprise of all, it was ft panegyric rather than a diatribe. His argument was that commercial, that is, btisinesi activity, the industrial epoch in which we live and whose push we feel, engenders certain use ful and even moral qualities, such as thrift, underlying all accumulations of capital; truth telling, which is essential to success ful trading; trust, without which the vast credit system of the day could not exist; the sense1 of responsibility shown in the honesty of the great army of clerks and place holders, among whom breaches of trut, defaults and the like are compara tively rare, the percentage of the honest 'einr surDrisinalv hinh. At the same time oi.r Civil War find the Boer War have shown that the commercial spirit did not extinguish heroism and liberality. Wit ness the gifts of rich men to education and charities. Now that is all true, and yet there is a bad flavor about the word commercialism. It has another cannotation. Is it not a matter of emphasis? Jesus says, "Seek ye first the kingdom of Ood." lie says again, "What will a man give in exchange for his life?" What are men exchanging their life, with all its possibilities of symmetrical de velopment, for? What are they seeking first? Is it not too largely material suc cess? St. Paul says: "Having food and raiment we have enough." The feeling of to-day scorns such moderation. A modest competence is nowadays nothing accounted of. To make a living is not enough; to achieve comfort for self and family is a small thing; men aim and toil and struggle for more dazzling prizes a success that makes a noise and is talked of; that glit ters and dazzles the eye. This is commercialism as I understand it; the measuring of success by the stand ard of the market place, the sinking ol other aims in the eager rush after gain. There are high things possible for man. L'nlture of body, mind, growth in moral and spiritual attainments, expansion in faculty and usefulness. There are magnifi cent careers open to him in science, in art, in literature, in philanthropic service. Over against all these stands the spirit of the age and cries follow me. The ideal is a man who turns everything to gold that he touches; a man who gets and holds and then goes on to get more and hold more. Two conversations lately overheard illus trate the point. Dr. Rainsford, of St. eorge'a Church, walking down a New York avenue, overheard the talk of three or four university men before him. Look ing upon the gleaming equipages and splen did dresses flitting by, one said to another: "I tell you, boys, it is money that goes in this town, is it not?" The belief that it is money that goes the feeling that it is money that ought to go are evidences of an almost universal sentiment. "Who is building that magnificent house?" said one to another. "Oh, that is to be the residence of so and so. lie used to be a poor Baptist preacher, but Ilocke feller found out that lie had business abil ity, and I tell you he did not leave hint long a Baptist preacher, lie took him into the Standard Oil Company, and now see what a success he has achieved." There speaks commercialism. There is the voice of the ideal which has almost hypnotized our generation. Agassiz'g splendid reply to the lecture bureau, "I have no time to make money," sounds like a piece of insanity. Gordon's refusal to accept reward from the Chinese Km per or for his help in the Tai l'ing re hellion sounds like a niece of Quixotism. The "simple life," as lived by Tiiureau in the woods, as pictured by Wagner, sums only an idyllic dream. The pursuit of learning for learning's sake, the service of man with no itch tor reward, the quiet, unostentatious sacrifice of personal interest fur the good of others, these are repu diated as folly. The maddening crowd's ignoble strife is what makes itself heard. It draws like the song of the siren. I.iko the suction of a vast maelstrom, it seizes men nnd draws them in. By and by, diz zied by the tierce whirl, they forget the high things and are content to be simply money-makers. That is what 1 understand by commercialism; the thrusting into the front place of merely material success. It is a corruption of the spirit in which life is livid. It is a low, wrong motive. It brings in and holds before the soul a false stand ard of value. It misconceives what is the real success of life. It subordinates the man to his possessions. It is a radical cor ruption of tho ideal an absolute reversal of what our text says. Commercialism de clares and persuades that man's life does consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses. Therefore, it urges let him love supremely those things; let fii i aim at them, follow after them, sink his very life in them. Let him for them forego, if needs be, mental culture, artistic development, mors! elevation, spiritual ac tivity and all that goes to maki a full de veloued manhood. Ouench. if necessary. all lofty aspirations, tiet things, gather tneni a omit you, enthrone yourself on ana among them. Let atrophy seize every other faculty so your faculty for getting and getting on grows stronger. Let me eive an illustration or two. There is a story of a man who was so eager to keep safe a very precious thing that ne toon it with mm into a closet, set his can dle on the floor and then diligently nailed Inst the door, only to tind, as his candle niekerea out, that lie had shut himaelt in in his own strong box. Here is another: I read some time ago of a young man. who, upon graduation from college, found him ' self t he possessor oi SjO-UOO a year. He had health, strength, education, position. Choices lay oien before him. He might go in lor political lite, lor philanthropic serv ice, or college settlement work. He might become a student and a patron of art, ol literature. He might throw himself into the civic life of his day. In any of a dozen ways he might find his life by losing it in the service ol man aim oi ijou. bui a. as: lie was dazzled by the ideal of the age. Ambitious to turn his one million into many, to win the power or notoriety vast M'tuhh can hrintr. V fhllnr himself into a banking house. All tho beautiful opportu nities that invited him he forewent simply and only that he might increase his pile a nil which was already sufficiently lame (.rant him all the success he coveted, what would be the end? A dwarfed man, with ' an immense pile heaped up around him. A life practically sunk and lost in the sound a nee of the things which he possessed. As I said, then, a moment ago, commer cialism is found in a wrong emphasis, Wealth is uood fairly won and nobly used It is not money, but the love of money, hat is tile root of all evil. Business, is ' good, commerce is good and necessary . in dustrialism is good and brings forth a goouiy progeny oi virtues; zcai, uiivu.t, perserevance, cleverness in affairs, are all iiruiunrnrthv. Material success is desir able. "The blessing of the Lord it maketh rich." Yes, but to put these things first, to rush after them so eagerly as to forget other and higher things, in a word, to sink in them one's life with its possibilities of growth and beauty and usefulness, that is to r.ave caugnt me spirit, ui iu cumiuci cialism of the day and the age. Who can look abroad without seeing haw this spirit tends to invade and even to dominate every sphere of numan scti. ity. We read of commercialism in politics, in art, in literature, in education, in the so cial world, even in religion, and though we may not have a distinct definition ready we have a fairly clear idea of what is meant. The place holder in nation or city m. KIM M-hnaji main thouflht IS What be ran make and not what he can do: the art ist who listens not to the voice of hie ideals but to the bids of the market, and paints or carves simply for the money to be got: ' the author who writes simply what will sen ana sorgris mv irum iw !" vught to stand and the service in the way of instruction, or comfort, or amusement which he might minister to bis fellows, IS each one tainted with commercialism. It lias crept even into our universities, tempt ing boards of trustees and faculties to bow tuu subserviently to those who can furnish -dowuients, tempting the youus; man to 1 taiW-CvVsta CitUivsiA lhanujid fo those-wMcITf repare for business. Ouf theatres have felt the influence, and think more of pieces which will draw than of those which will elevate as well as amuse and recreate those who see and hear. Yea, it is conceivable that even the c.iiirch may tint escape. The ministry that sets gain above usefulness has caught the contagion. 'Tut me into the priesthood that I may eat a piece of bread! So cried one of old. The very thought was a dese cration. The ministry that is sought for the sake of "the pieces of bread" lor a live lihood, whether it be large or small, is a ministry not to fiod, not to those among whom it is exercised, but to the man that holds it. The clergy who are in orders chiefly for what they enn win in the way of comfort, or respectability or income are1 unfit for their place. They serve not God r? their fellows, but themselves. And so the church whose chief aim is a largo pew rental and a fashionable congregation tor getting the while that the Master's boast was that to the poor the gospel was preached, is tarred with the same stick. Yes, commercialism is in tho air. It ? the spiril that now works that stealthily penetrates every dmartment of modern ac tivity, always seeking to make gain the dominant motive. There is no line of work, no business, no profession sAfe avainst its insidious influence. It invades law and medicine, even divinity, as we have seen. It is felt in halls of legislation and seats of government. Yea, it pervades even so ciety, making the fine raiment and the gold ring and the large bank account moro po tent to open doors than gentle birth and nn breeding. How are we to resist this influence es cape this spirit? Just as we resist the con tagion of an epidemic, the depression of a malaria, by fortifying the powers of life. A man in whom the tide of life is full and strong will walk unscathed through the iiague laden air. the health that is in lint resists the disease that rushes unnn him. The bacteria that Aoals into throa-. or lung, or stomach finds no nidus and dies. It must be thus, then, that we es cape the spiritual danger. Fortify the life witnin. ncmemner mat lite is more tnon meat; that the kingdom of God and His righteousness are infinitely worthy of our seeking. Do not forget tlie possibilities of your life, what you can make of it in the way ot growth, what you can make of it in the way of usefulness. Keep your eye on the Master. In Him see whnt you may be in Him see what yon may do. Yea, not only keep your eye on Him, but keep in living touch with Him, that the tides of His fife may flow into your soul, and enrry you on and up to the measure of the stit- ure of the perfect man in Christ Jesus. Finally, mv brethren, "whatsoever thine are honest - whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are 'lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, think on these things." Turn your thought and your eyes away from the dazzling bait of the oge. Kscape its snare. Seek first the kingdom of God. Determine to ne a man, mentally, morally, spiritually; determine to be a brother to vour fellow man, and do for him a brother's part; de termine to be a child of the heavenly Father and obey His will, so far as you know it; resolve that in you the splendid possibilities hidden in the gilt of life shall ne realized, and you shall have learned how to use this world without abiming it. Then commeice. business, success shall minister to you hut not enslave vou; shall embellish your life but not absorb it: shall bring you, perchance, an abundance of things to posess, but leave the while strong and pure within you the life of God. Then sht.il you in very deed possess the abundance of the things which are yours. Let thrm once get the better of you, climb into the throne of your heart and life, and then they possess you and you are their slave and their victim; nailed and ineofhned in your own strong box wmrn nos. aias. witn your treasure, stiut in your soul also. Living in Hope, The habit of living in the future should make us glad and confident. We should not keep the contemplation of another ctjto of existence to make us sorrowful, nor allow the transiency of this piesent to shade our joys. Our hop should make v.c buoyant, and keep us i.nn. It is an anchor of the soui. Ail men live by hope, even when it is fixed upo.i the changing and uncertain things 01 this world. But the hopes oi men who have not their hearts fixed upon God try to grapple themselves on the cloud wrack that roils along the flanks of the mountains; while our hopes pierce within that veil, and My hold of the Hock of Ages that towers above the flying vapors. Let us then be strong, for our future is not a dim per adveuure, nor a vague dream, nor a fan cy of our own, nor a wish turning itself into a vision, but it is made and certified bv Him who is the God of all the past ind of all the present. It is built upon His word, and the brightest hope of all it brightness is the enjoymeru of more of His presence, and the possession of more nf His likeness. Tha'; hope 11 certain. Therefore, let us live in it. Tho Rev. Al exander MacLaren. The Post Man's Day. In all our towns, and throughout too large a portion of our country districts, the Sabbath rest is violated and the wor ship which was the consequence and con dition of this rest is abandoned. At the same time the soul is deprived of its nour ishment and the body of its repose. The poor man and the workingman are deliv ered up, unprotected, to the every day in creasing influence of error and evil. Thus the profanation of the day has become the ruin of the moral and physical health of the people, at the same time that it is the ruin of the family and of religious lib erty. The Sabbath is emphatically the poor man's and the working man's day. And there is no surer way to break down the health, as well ar ine morals and re ligion of the people, than to break down tha Sabbath. To say nothing of the Di vine law, on mere worldly grounds it is plain that nothing is more conducive to ti)e health, intelligence, comfort and inde pendence o( the working rlusses and to our prosperity as a people than our Chris tian American Sabbath. Count MonUlein bert. Fast and rotor. The past is dead and has no resurrection, but the future is endowed with such a life that it lives to us even in anticipation. The past is, in many things, the foe of mankind; the future is, in all things, our friend. For the past there is no ho;; fot the future there is both hope and fruition. The past is the text book of tyrants; tho figure is the Bible of the free. Those who are solely governed by the past stand like Lot's wile, crystallized in the act of look ing backward, and forever incapable of looking forward. H. Kirk White. Tho Year, Beautiful is tha year in its coming and in its going most beautiful and blessed because it is always "the year ol our Lord." Lucy Laicoin. How to Make Halos. Make a saturated solution of alum, that la, dissolve in email quantity of water as much alum aa the water will take up and spread a few drops of it over a small piece of window glass. You will And that the solution will soon crystallite. Now bold the smooth side ot the glass close to your eye and look through it at the sun or gas jet, and you will aee three halos at differ ent distances from the light. The one nearest the light will be whitish; the next one will be partly colored, with Us blue rays outward, and the third will be Urge and highly colored. The halos are caused by the refrac tion ot the light by the alum crystals, just as a halo around the moon is caused by the refraction of the light by the Ice particles In the uppr altv Coldsst Place en Earth. The coldest place on earth Inhabit ed by man la Verkhoyansk, abore thi Arctic circle, la northeastern Siberia, The thermometer there drops to 91 degree below aero In January, but sometimes rises to 88 degrees abovr sero In tbe shaae In July, dropping, however, to the freezing point on warmest aummer nights. THE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lesson Comments For January 31. Subject: Jesus Calls Four Disciples, Luke r , l-ll-Oolded Teit, John vlll., 31 Mem ory Veraei, 4-6 Commentary on ths Day's Lesion. 1. .testis teneln'tig t lie nenn'e (vs. 1 SI. I. "The pcnrlc pressed." Leaving XszS ret'i our Lord went In Capernaum and ner haps nhndc in the house of I'ctcr. The power of His preaching drew crowds, which pressed upon llun us He as ws'k ing nlong tlm while beach which form ths margin of Lake Gpnnraarrt. "To lusr.' There was a (t"oi prsncrt for a a!orio'ii revival of rclig'on. There were times in the Ufa nf our Lrd when thousands wen anxious t-j hear Hiir. for the convnnn peo pie heard Him gladly. "Lake of Oenness. re.' The nmt sacred sheet of watet which this earth contains, failed als.i the iea of Gelilee. tile Sea of Tihcrt-is. and in the Old Tetament the Sea nf Chinnc-nlh f-fosh. 12:3). It is a clear, sweet Inks shout f we've miles Ion' and Ave h"ind with the .lorilnn River flowing through it Its lish were valuable. In Christ's time it was covered with a fleet of ((Kill ve's, from fishing boats to ships of war. This was the reaiott of the carle labors of ou Lord. Here He performed so-e of Hi rnost wonderful mirnc!e; here He s-'eeteil His disciples. Rut st the preen t ti'ne all is desotttfe around Gali!e. and the rVn'a lion will increase until the ""Tcs've now pr of Christ's gospel carries Christianity IS :hnt now benighted laml 2. "Two shins." l'isl';'ter boa's. Thrs must have been small. This is clear from the accounts given of them. A few men ?ould handle one. and a singlelorge draught nf fishes endanrered them. "StandinT by." Anchored, or drawn nn upon the beach. '"Washing their net." Thev had spent ths night in fruitles effort and now I hey wr- cVaning the filth of the sea from the threads of the nets and mending any de fective or broken parts. It is interesting to notice how often Christ appeared to men while they were bnv with their tem poral affairs, and how their worldly condi tions were made the means of giving them a better understanding of Him. 3. "Ons of the ships." The ship of James nnd John appeared fo be at some distance ay. "Prayed Him." Asked Him. Jesus in a familiar manner takes possession of 'Vter's boat and makes it His nirnit w'lile He speaks to the people. "Sat down." The common posture of Jewish teachers. Com part Matt. flrl. "Taught." It is proh.i'.ile that this was a small bnv on the "0ve, aid that when He was In the boat the peonlo on the shore stood round Tf :ni in the form of an nmphithe.vre. Xo douht the lalre was still so that His voice was undisturbed. In such a situation He could be easily heard, and no spectacle could be more beautiful than the Son of God sneaking to the poor, ignorant and attentive multi tudes assernb'ed on the shore. If. "The draught of fishes fvs. 4-7). 4. "Launch out." Christ to-got His own weariness and only speined to remember the disappointment of His followers ill toiling all nigiit in vain. This verse has often been used to illustrate the fact that Christ would have us leave tho shore of sebishness. world'iness nnd sill and launch nut into the dentil of His pts for the tak ing of fish. .". "Master " This is the I'-st time that the vord here transited Master i used in the Xew Testament, and it is used only bv Luke. The other evan gelists call Him I'abhi or Lord. Nofo how familiarly IVier addresses Jesus. "Toiled ill night." Peter savs this to show how unlikely it was that they would catch any thing, and it is no doubt reported by Luke to cause the miracle to appear all the more itrikiug. There were certain kinds of fish ing always carried on at niirht. "At Thy word." No doubt Peter was weary and lomewhat discouraged, but be had faith nough in Christ to lead him to go at the iireclion of his ilivir.c Master. II. "Their net brake." "Their nets were breaking." M. V. There was such a mul titude of fishes that a snap in some weal: part of tile net warned them that they must have assistance or lose the entire "catch." The miracle was an a.ted para ble, of which the significance is explained in Matthew 13:47. "This breaking net is xpliiineil by St. Augustine us the vymbo! .if the church which now is. He compares the uiirent net to the church of the future which shall know no schisms." 7. "Deck oncil." Made signals. The distance evi dently beiiu too great for the voice to reach'. "They came." James and John with their ship. "Heg.v.i to sink." Tho boats would hardly hold as much as the nets. Trench refers to a shoal of mackerel, t Brighton, in Ii8. so great that the net ?ould not be brought in, and fishes and net remained in the tea together. Hy this vast draught nf fishes Christ intended, 1. l'o show His dominion in the seas as well is on the dry land fl'sa. 8:81. 2. To ?ontirm the doctrine He had just preached. 3. To give those who were to be His am bassadors to the world a specimen of the lucres! they might expect. III. The disciples astonished (vs. 8, 0). S. "Saw." It seems that it was not till Peter saw the boats beginning to sink that he realized the greatness of the miracle. 'Fell down." The common posture of a applicant. In amazement he tell at the feet of Jesus trembling and afraid. He no doubt had a knowledge of many of tha miracles which Christ had performed, but nono had so directly touched himself as this one. "Depart from Me." Peter saw that the same knowledge and power that could pervade the depths of the sea could pervade the depths of his human heart and know its secret sins. "A sinful man." Peter saw himself a very sinful creature. When we get near Christ we will see that in our unrvgenerate state wo arc without moral beauty or holiness. 0. "Was aston ished." Was amazed.- Humanity stands "amazed" before the power of Cod. IV. Forsaken all for Christ (vs. 10,11). 10. "Sons of Zebcdee." The children ami wife of Zebedee arc often referred to, but in this transaction only do wo meet with Zebedee himself (Mutt. 4:21). "Fear not." He calmed their fears and stilled all their troubled feelings. "From henceforth." Hereafter. "Catch men." Literally, thou halt be catching alive. This seems to im ply the contrast between tho fish that lay glittering th in dead heaps and men who should be captured not for death, but for life. 11. "Ships to land." They drew tbem op on the beach for a final abandonment. "Forsook all." Although it was not much which they had to leave, yet it was all they had, even all their living. "Followed Him." They returned again to their occu pation as fishermen after the crucifixion, and ware again called to abandon it and devote themselves by a second miraculous draught of lishes an, by the direct precept of Jesus. Alter Pentecost they never re sumed their former secular calling. Smallest Backboned Creature. The smallest backboned animal ir tbe world in a fish. It has been dls covered recently In Buhl, a mountain lake In the island of Luzon, In the Philippines. The Uny creature ha two names out of all proportion to Its size. The one given it by the natlvei Is sinarapan, and doubtless has somf significance In the language of the Blcols, the natives living In the lakf region. The scientific name is mys tlchthys Luzonensis, and means the smallest fish Inhabiting Luzon. The largest of tbe species measure! but half an Inch In length and the smallest not more than ono fifth ol an Inch. It would take about six thou sand of them to weigh a pound. For tunately for the fishmonger of Luzon tho slnarapan Is not sold by the dozen or even by the hundred. They ar measured by the quart. New York" Herald. Tea Drinking In Australia. Tbo Australians are the greatest tea drinkers In the world, annual!) consuming seven and three-quarter! pounds per boad. In England the con sumption Is about six and three-quar ters pounds per head, and lu th United States only one pound two oucces. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. January 31 "Every Christian Called to Be s Missionary." Luke 24:14-19. Scripture Verses I?a. 52:7; John Tails; Acts 13:1-8; Rom. 10:13-16; 2 Cor. 8:23; Col. 1:28, 89; Ps. 2:8; 22: 27, 28; Dan. 2:44; 7:13, 11. Lesson Thoughts. "Among all nations Yo are) witnesses." What a wonderful com mission! What a mighty trust! The world Is placed In our hands! What am we as Individuals doing to fulfil this trust, to preach repentance and remission of sins? We cannot witness for Christ abroad without "beginning at Jerusa lem." A candle sends Its rays to theltt upmost reach, but they all radiate from the central flame; so our Inter est In foreign missions will shine through the glow ot our Christian In fluence at home. Selections. If Christians like their Lord will b, All mvn will lose the.lr doubts, and sea How real Is Christianity. What do they see In you and me? What Bavea mn? Not the blood ot Christ alcne; not all ot these alone. Some believer Is the link to connect with that atoning; Wood that witness ing; gospel, and that comforting Spirit. A witness In a court room Is not allowed to testify as to hearsay, nor to telt how So-and-so felt, and what So-and-so thinks about it Tho com mand is always, "Stick to what you personally know." Unless, therefore, yoti have some vital Christian exper ience, it Is simply Impossible for you to testify for Christ. Many an effort may It cost us, many a heart-beat, many a fear. But Thou knoweat. and wilt strengthen, and Thy help la always near. Give us grace to follow fully, vanquishing our faithless shame. Feebly it may be, but truly, wit nessing for Thy dear name. Prayer We praise Thee, O our father, for the honor of the great com mission with which Thou hast entrust ed us. As we have In our own hearts experienced the greatness of Thy sav ing love, may we In the spirit of the great Missionary who came to seek and to save the lost, be glad and ac tive witnesses of these things unto the uttermost parts of the earth. In crease our influence for good in our own neighborhood, and make, our Uvea Increasingly useful for Thee; la Thy name we ask all. Amen. EP WORTH LEAGUE MEETINO TOPICS. Jsouary 31 Chris:lao Stewardship (MaL 3. 10; I Cor. 16. 2 ) God as Creator of all Is absolute owner of all. My powers of body and mind, my fellow men who work for me, everything I eat, drink, wear, every animal, all the supplies stored away In the substances and forces of nature all are his. Upon this deep foundation of the absoulte proprietor ship of God rests my particular obli gation to pay part of his funds to the support of religion and benevolence. Gibbon made the generous giving of tho early Christians to be one cause J of the swift, world-wide triumph of tbe uospei. One day when Martin Luther was completely out of money he was asked to help a worthy enterprise. Hrj re fleeted a little and remembered that he had a beautiful medal of Joachim, elector of Brandenburg. He highly prized it, yet went at once to the drawer, opened it, and said, "What art thou doing there, Joachim? Come out and make thyself useful." Then he took out the medal and gave it. Have we any Idle Joachims which might be put to use for the Master's cause? As In wnr the soldier practically gives up all for his country, so God calls some men, under certain circum stances, actually to forsake all and follow Jesus. But "under ordinary circumstances men discharge their whole duty as citizens not by sur rendering life and fortune, but by paying only a fraction of their Income as a tax for the support of the gov- . fn lit. nnnna (",..( SnAB 1 rriiuicui. lit tint; iubuuci, u -" ' not ordinarily exact from us all that wo possess, but only a tltne ot our in come as a tax for the support of his kingdom 4n the world." Has a Christian any more right to refuse to pay one tenth of bis Income specifically to religion and benevolence than to refuse one seventh of his time? How can I practically ack nowledge my stewardship with refer ence to my use of money If not by giving? What shall be said to those who claim that glvJng by rule is legal and mechanical? Why not simply say,' "Give all you can?" Is there any good reason for supposing the law of the tithe to be abrogated? Are the tithers you Know cneeriui or I gloomy people? Do you know of a tither who says that he honestly be lieves that he has suffered any loss, financial or other, by tithing? Will I you tithe if you see it to be your duty? Do you really wish to know your duty? Have you ever Btumea uoq i wora w find out your duty about this? RAM'S HORN BLASTS- HE sight of a wrong Is the only commission the true man needs. e Rlltfprlns inner- If lt3WV alities are as likely V- I iDN?K to hurt the devil as tissue paper bullets. - No wonder some are tired of religion when they take It all in kangaroo leaps. Stilts nf nride lift vnn hnvft the neonle today and lay you In a puddle tomorrow. People who cannot endure children In the home will find Heaven a very unpleasant place. When an avocation becomes a voca tion It must prove Itself to be a vir tue. The man who Is winging at iniquity today will be working with It tomor. to w. The men who can stop drinking when they get ready usually stop be cause there are no saloon In the grave. Swallow on Lightning Rod. A peculiar sight at tho farm ot Linus W. Shaw of East Brldgewator. Mass., has attracted much attention. On the top of a chimney on bis house there Is a lightning rod, and on It, with one ot the barbs plorclnx Its body. Is a chimney swallow, which either deliberately committed suicide In this extraordinary manner, or else missed Its aim la trying to reach Its ro.it In the cl.T.r.ey MI? ire'&Kf&sl liniiiiirtxllty. If there bad been no message left, no scroll Oi' fiiithlul yellowed parchment to unroll The lile of llmi who dwelt lit N.izareth, Who loved oud died, nnd triumphed over death Should we be comfortless, nnd cull this life A little space fur iiain nnd fruitless strile. For Iniuiinits iinfiillilled nnd grievings sore. With laitly dentil's undoing. nothing more? God's wnvs, we read, arc past all finding out, Unsearchable; yet were t'uero ronni to doubt A life completing thi. though there had been N'o anvient lYCord left tut stwi( or skin? For scanning close hive's eyes, we needs must see Outshining iioiu them "Immortality." Sunday-School Times. A Kutff For Mapplnrss. Charles Kingsley. the famous preacher nnd author, told haw to find true joy in life, as follows "Mali; a rule, and pray to Cod to help you to keep it. never, if possible, to lie down at night without being able to say, 'I have made one human being at Icasr a little wiser or a little happier or a little better this day.' Vou will find it easier than you think, nnd pleasanter. Kasier. bc aue if you wih to do God's work (!od will surely tind you work to do; nnd pleas anter, because in return for the little trou ble it may cost you or the little choking of foolish, vulgar pride it may cost you. you will have a peace of mind, a ipiie't of temper, n cheeri'iilness and a hopefulness ii boll i yourself und nil nround you, such is you never felt before; and. over and above that, it you look for a reward in the life to conic, recollect this: What we have to hope for in llie life to come is to enter into the joy of our Lord. "And how did He fulfil that joy' By liunibiing Himself and taking the form of a slave mid coining, not to be ministered to. but to minister and to give His whole lite, even unto the death upon the cross, a ransom for many. He sure that unless you take up His cross you will never share in His footsteps you will never reach the place where lie is. If you wish to enter into the joy of vour Lord, be sure that His joy is now. as it was in the .ludea of old, over every sinner that repentcth, every mourner that is comforted, every hungry mouth that is fed. every poor soul, sick or in prison, who is visited." How I.iltln ! Speaking of the great number of opim doors in foreign lands and the cninpiiru lively small efforts being put forth to win the world to Christ. Ceoige Darsie says: "How little we have done, anil are doing, compared with what we might do! We have sent out men. hut we could have sent ten where we have sent one. We have given money to support nntl Cipiip the workers, but ir has often been a dime, rather than a dollar. The think bill of the United States is 1.IK)0.IKI,()!SI vrarlv. Its tobacco bill is MOO.ttOO.U .si. Its' cafidv bill is ssTo.OfKi.iKK). F.ven its chewing gum bill is fr.Ti.iMJO.iUHi! But us bill for world-wide missions is a pitiful fc-VOOO.OKl! It is time for a srreal advance. The time is past when we should h? satistietl with digging trenches, defending breastworks, or hold ing forts, in view of the open doors which beckon, of the success which has rewarded the efforts already made, of the nations which sit in darkness, ot the certainty of final victor-', ot the assurance i I His pres ence Who has promised, 'Lo. 1. am with you ilway, even uiilo lilt- end of the world.' " A r.lessetl Sierrpf. Ti is a blessed sc. ret, this of living 1 t:i? day. Aoy one ran cany his bui'tleii, however imny. uiuil nightfall. Any one rati do bis work, however liaid. for out? tiny. Any o iu can Iivo sweetly, patiently, lo ingly ami purely until the sun go?s down. Anil this is all IbuL lite ever means ti in jus- t.nt- littic day. "Do to-day's (itity: t'ubt to-tittv's temptations, and do not weaken and distract: yourself by look ing forward to things you cannot sec. and roultl not I'.iuli'isiand ii' vou saw them." tio'l gives us nights to shut down tho cm-tain of tl irkiu-ss on our In tie days. Wo cannot see bevond. Short horizons make life casie". antl tfive us one of the blessed screis of brave, true, holy living. What was tiie -errei. of such a one's power.' What bid she done? Absolutely nothing; hut radium sniiVs. becoming good humor, the t.nt of divining what everv one felt and every one wanted, told that she hut got nut ot cell and learned fo think of others.- V. W. l'.obei tsou. Keeping J''riemls. I'l icnd-hiji is worth taging trou'j'e about. It is one oi the things about which we should remember the apostle's command, "Hold fast tlict which is good." Thorcau saitl: "The only danger in friendship is that it will end." Correspondence and con versation ami social courtesies ure the ways in which we throw guards around our friendship lest they end. A man who loses a friend lor want of u letter now and then is like llie mini who loses his money lor lack nf a potketbool:. He is losing u very precious thing tor buk ot a ver little expense and trouble. How carefully .Icsus selected the c!o.-e circle of Hts friend, and how watchfully He guarded their mutual friendship utter He bad e!ccted thini. The friend who sticketh closer than a brother i always one who has taken somu trouble in the ' matter of his friendships. Let ii be careful thai we do not go through life with holes in our p pockets tbrorijii winch our tiicudehips slip. Sun-dav-Svhool Ti'rc. C linl'Mi ter. Til.- best tiling in this world is .1 gnoa limn, 'lhe lirst thing that n human bring should recotiiie about himself is that h's character is his distinguishable feature, it is no. the amount of money, t lie amount oi power, tile amount of brains that a man has. but his character. Whatever fellow men may say, or do to the contrary, tins is s fact, that what separates him from oth ers ami gives him his individuality, is his goodness or lack cf goodness, according to its degree. Money, power und brains have their place and exert an influence in deciding u man's position ami recognition, but the standard of ages, bv whicn every one is tried in character Jnd in Cod's sight, which is the liual and determined sight, men are what thev are :n wishes and pur poses. It is not then loo much to say that the supreme ambition of a person's life should be to secure a wortuy character. Vour daily duties ure part of your re ligious life just as much us ou. devotions, -ii. W. lleecher. Hr Cure For ths UrliiUIIul.il. Afier a year's absence John Wiltbtrg, a well-to-do Cermuii farmer, suddenly re appeared at Iluyton, Wis., und ended the mvslerv which aiteudcd his disappearance. He declares he has been kept a prisoner iti his own home by his wife, who adopted this method as a last recount to cure him of the craving for dunk. He says ho '. entirely cured. In a company of Chicago gentlemen, the other wee!:, s successful tanker and capi talist drc'.Hicd that in his belief the time iiad come lo prohibit the manufacture uutl aie of spirituous liquors. Cost of Balloons. Balloons are "In the air" at present, and consequently tbe cost of those aerial machine is . Interesting. The size generally favored by "aportumen" ranges from 27,000 to 5,000 cubic feet, the former costing In "coton caoutchoutee" 120, In Chinese silk 12. and In French silk 262; and he lutter 220, 315 and 384, ac xirdlng to the material used. Thes prices Include the balloon complete ind ready to be fllbd with cns.Loa ilon ADjwc'rj. THE (MEAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABO'JT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. fount Civilised (Itennlillslistl Ity Ite quest) The Crnelcst llct elver Is Strong Drink It Makes a Multllatln or Tromlses nntl Then Breaks Theiu. "I used to roam in ignorance," The former heathen iid. "I did a wildly heathen dance. With feathers in mv hc.nl. I used to fight in heathen styla Unless my foe would run But now I pot liiin at a mile, For I posses a gun. "Oh. it was terrible lo ser Me ill my former state. But destiny looked after me Ami led the hand of I'nlc. Until where once wc sat and (.in? Our prayers to the moon The white man built a big shebang That ho culls a saloon. 'nnlighlpnment came here: she bore Krag-.Iorgensen ami Krupp In one week's time I smoothly swnra Ami played at seven mi: The kindly men who took my land (.'nine from across the sea And said they'd tike me by the hand And make a man of me. "So now I'm not n savage man."' Ho said, nntl wisely smiled. "Willi pagan eyes I do not scan. The desert and the wild. I do not ramble any more The u-icked paths despised - I blow the foam upon the Moor, . - . v And I've been civilized." Chicago Tribune. Wine a Mocker. "Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawl er; and whosoever errcth thereby is not wise." Strong drink is the giant deceiver. It. makes many promises ami breaks them all. If promises pleasures, but through a tinseled vestibule Ushers into pain and misery. It promises good fellowship, hut loses the respect of noble men and true women. It promises a boy manhood, but steals from him his mnnhood. It deludes one into thinking that he is "o'er all the ills of life victorious." but when sobriety comes again he tinds himself less able than ever to cope with life's ills. Shakespeare lung ago told how it "puts an enemy into the mouth to steal awav the brains." Men who arc fooled by drink are not wise. (Jn a summer evening a thick cloud of insects ami moths circle about the night electric lights in the streets, but in t lie morning it will be found tlist the gla mour oi the light has slain thousands. The men and boys who circle about the saloon are as foolish as the moth and the fly. They are contracting a disease which, il not stopped in its incipient)-, or later cured by scientific methods, means earthly ruin, nntl tinallv eternal death. The United States is the second among the beer-producing countries of the woritl. nnd is striving hart! for the "glorious" honor of lirst place Senator (lallinger. in the United States Senate, quoted the words of a physician who had practiced thirty five years in Toledo among beer drinkers. It, too, is a "mocker." it "daily becomes more nnd more the wretched man's mas ter. It clogs his liver, rots his kidneys, causes bis heart and arteries to decay, stu pefies and starves his brain, loads his body with dropsical fluids, fastens upon hi ill rheumatism, erysipelas and disgusting dis eases, and drags him to his grave when roller men .ire in tbeir nrime." One recalls the story of the Dundee n.-iwv who. one nitrht after a remilar visit to public liouse, hail a frightful dream of a big fat rat coming for him. followed by .till- l Tl two lean ones ami nn nui ininu one. m swore some evil was sure to come upon t.im lti wife could not heln him to an interpretation. His bright hoy, with the wisdom of Joseph, was ready, however, "'be l;if rat is the man who keens the pub lic house where ye gang sae ntten, the two lean ones are me ami me inituer. ami tno liliml nnn i veasel'. lather." How many blind ones there arc! They cannot, or will not, see the neeu ot stop tiinif until it is e'enniost too late. They pooh-pooh the idea that they cannot stop wlien lliey gel rcatiy in no so. i inn. when they become convinced that they really nre' unable to stop they pooh-pooh the suggestion that there is n cure for their disease. Others are not so blind with re spect to the lutter proposition. Tney hail with delight anything tlinf promises their freedom from bondage. They accept and are saved. Thousands live to-day to tell the story of their rescue from strong drink through the medium of scientific anil spe ciul medical trenttnenl . where all other means had failed again and again. i?' WooM Bar Drinkers. Press dispatches are telling of a move ment on the part of Findluy (Ohio) manu facturers, which, if carried out to its full purpose, will work a very radical reform A plan is on foot for an agreement among the manufacturers to form on organization barring from employment any and every man addicted to the ue of intoiicating liquors. Manufacturers tind themselves so snnnved bv drunken workmen that this iitep is likely to be taken for mutual self protection. In this they will hut follow the examnle of manv large firms elsewhere, ami of the railroads, and an increasing number of great business establishments. It is reporled that the owners of saloons in the neighborhood of these manufactur ing plants in Findlay sre greatlv alarmed by the prospect oi a much diminished trade. rie-lderlly Advanced Ciroutnl. T, .1. llrune, pastor oi the CaLholin Church of Alton. Iowa, with a large and influential membership, preached a sermon lo Ins people on a recent Sunday, taking decidedly advanced ground on the ques tiou ot temperance. 1 ne priest uecnrcu th.it be was not a iirohibitiouist and had at some of their wedding feasts occasion ally taken a glass of wine with the mem hers of his flock. "But I am gelling de cidedly tired," said the priest, "ol being called upon to go out at night and prevent some ilrgnkfil liimiaml iruin aniuing no family, und if any of you who deserve il tint! that you have been blacklisted at the saloons don't blame the saloonkeeper, foi I tint it mvself. And in the future 1 shall decline all invitations to a social glass." A Few tacts. Beverages, litpjor. New York, under the captain, "A Few Facts, ' notes tho following: "That we have not a few saloonkeepers in this State who are blind to the import ance of keeping sober in their own places of business." "That many saloonkeepers invite ptihb: rritirism and put unanswerable arguments in the mouths of the enemy by conduct ing tough pluces snd providing a plact of refuge for bad chsracters." Consumption of Whisky. In sixty years the annual per rapitt consumption of whisky has gradually de creased from two and a half lu one and I fourth gallons. - In forty years the row sumption of beer has increased from lest than two to mora than seveuteen gslloni per capita. A tail Record at lntcmptnc. During ths twenty years from 18H2 ti lisil (the latest year for which statistic sre published) the deaths from intemper ante in Kngland and Wales iisvs in creased sixty-six per cent, among nulei und l!3 per cent, among females. Ths Crasatl la Hrlel. In Athens, Ohio, a Mr. Davis hss closet! his saloon, snd will 0ien a mest market in ths same place. Mr. Davis gave as a re a son for ths change that tha saloon is not In place in which to rear his children, lu Liverpool, Kngland. of 110 police eourl esses on one day seventy live per rent were esses nf drunkenness, shout two. thirds ol which were women, and half I hi number were undvr twenty-live years ol e. , The "No Drinks Between M-als" pledge brought forward by a West rlml of Imu doa vicar during a tempciunce miaiou il his church, secured only three signature! in the cnm of a week, whi'e oie.- Is rot c signed ihs t..s: al.'.urncj iidi;. COMMERCIAL REVIEW. Central Trade Coadltioat. R. G. Dun & Company's weekly t-' view of trade says: Reports of, ita-' pTovcmcnt in the volume of businessjj outnumber unfavorable despatches, at- though the situation is decidedly irreg--J ular. As the money market become' eaicr there is better prospect of Ps;j poncd wni'k being resumed. Alij .structural lines arc largely dependent) upon the ability of the railroads to bor-f row money and the restoration of con fidence, anionjf investors. Only fair re:-j ports are received regarding the lead ing manufacturing lines. Many iror and steel plants have resumed, but the preceding curtailment was very sevrrc. Textile fabrics are as badly unsettled as ever, lower prices lor new line ni woolens proving a disagreeable sur prise to the many small operators aivl speculators in cotton rendering for ward contracts for goods an impossi bility. Distribution ol merchandise in creases with more normal weather amt clothing houses report liberal order for Spring gootls from salesmen at the West and South. Brad.-trcet's reports the following exports: Wheat, including flour, ex ports for the week aggregate a.t. 2t5 bushels, against .V169..VO 'ast svcelc.. 478iJ4 this week last year, 4,600. ; in 1002, and 3,.1.Vi.Oj4 in 1901. Corrr. exports for the week aggregate 97jf bushels, against I,24Q..S') last weelr. 2..TO4.6I2 a year ago, j8,or.I in loyw, anil 5.184,530 in loot. LATEST MARKET QUOTATION Flour Spring clear, $j.854.5; brstt Patent 5.45; choice family $4 35- Wheat New Vork No. 2, 90c; Phil adelphia No. a, 8SJ4(i8ox; Baltimore No. 2, 88 80c. Corn flew York. No. 2. 52c: Phil adelphia No. 2, 43c; Baltimore Nt. 49c. Oats New ork. No. 2. 42c: Plma- dclphia No. 2, 4.?c; Baltimore No. x 4.1''fi44. Hay. No. t timothy, large balet, (Ji lfioo; do. do, small bales, $ifi.or ; No. 2 timothy $14.5001.15.50. (ircen Fruits and Vegetables. Ap ples Western Maryland and Pennsyl vania, packed, per brl $1. 5002. 50; lv. New Vork, assorted, per brl $2.2.Vii' 3.00: do, do, Baldwins, per brl $i.ytn; 2 75; (lu, do. Kings, per brl $j.on'(ijj.so; Jo, do, Gills, per brl $.1 253. 50: dt. do, Tallinan Sweets, per brl i.2$(a 2.50; do. New Vork Greenings, per brl $2.25; '02.75; Jo, New Vork No. 2s, per brl i.1.50'2.2.00. Beets Native, per bunch). ,y?4C. Broccoli Native, per box 35, 5140. Cabbage New York, per toit. domestic, $30,oo(S'40.oo: do, New Yorlc State, per ton, Danish, $40.00(145.011. Cranberries Cape Cod, per brl $.o 5' 8.00; do, per box $l.75b.'2.25. Celery 40.50; do, native, per bunch. .yoUc Carrots Native, per bunch i'(i2ic. Horseradish Native, per bushel hot. fl.25'nl.50. Lettuce North Caroliua. per basket 75cy$l.25; do, Florida, per basket Sl.00Cfi2.00. Kale Native, per bushel box 35r!i,40c; do, North Caro lina, per brl $i.ool.25. Onions New York and Western, yellow, per bn y'SO'i lo. Western, red, per Lu 8ryfi r$5; do, Western, white, per bu joc3? $1.00. Oranges Florida, per box, as tr size, $2.65'(j,2 83. Pumpkins Native, ;ach 3140. Potatoes. White Eastern Shore. Maryland and Virginia, per bu 7WfJ 75c; do, Maryland and Pennsylvania, prime, per bu 75180: do, do, seconds, per bu 65'ii 70; do. New York, prime, per bu, 8ofS 85c. Sweets Yellows, Maryland and Virginia, per brl $t.50'i 2.50; do. Potomac, per brl $2.50(0-3.00; do, North Carolina, per brl $2 os Yams Virginia, per brl $1. soft 2.00. Provisions and Hog Products. Bull clear rib sides, 7 He; bul't shoulders,, 7)4: bellies, H'j-, bulk ham butts, 74 ; bacon, clear rib sides, 8' j; sugar-ciirej brea-ts, small. io); sugar-cured shoul ders, extra broad, g'A; sugar-cured Cal ifornia hams, 8;i; ranvascd and uncart vased hams, 10 lbs. and over, 12M: re fined laid, second-hand tubs, refin ed lard, halt-barrels and new tubs, 7)s3 tierces, lard. 7'i. Live Poultry. Turkeys Choice hen fii8c; do, young tonis, choice, l6-iij 18; do, old tonis, fi:i6. Chickens liens. 2fil4c; do, old roosters, eacls sS'i.W, do. young I4(?i5; do, ynuugr, rough and slaggy, I2(i;i4- Ducks Fancy, large, Ijc; do, small, 12; dfN Muscovy and mongrels. Ulfflj!. Geese Western, cacli (i5i75c. Guinea fowl, each 25?i.ac Dressed Poultry. Turkeys Hens good to choice, i8(i c; do. Miens intl young tonis, mixed, good to choice, ifr (a 17; do, young touts, good lo choice ai7; do, old toms, good to choice, -fa 1 (5. Ducks Good to choice, I4tcfj til6. Ducks Good to choice, 14615. Chickens, young, good to choice, fd" 14c; do, mixed, old and young, Ijii i4 do, poor to medium, (?I2. Geese Good to choice, l-'rtT:i3c. Capons Fancy, large, tit-M; do, good to clioicts iSfiiy; do, slips and small, I5ffi7. Eggs. Nearby, strictly (resh, 28to5 30c; Eastern Shore, Maryland and Vir ginia, 2820: Virginia, 28G? ; Vct crn, ?i28; Southern, fn'27: storage, fancy, at mark, 6(1(1; do, good t-r choice, at mark, 2.fi 25. Llvt Stsc. Chicago Cattle Receipts Mma head; market slow; good to prim steers $.Vlo(i,5.65; poor to' medium $3.50(54.00; stockrrs and feeders $J JJ (44.25; cows $J orXo,4 25; heifers $2.on si 4.75; canuers $2.00(02.40; balls $213 (1425; calves 35oCo;75- Hogs Re ceipts today 40,000 head; tomorrow 30,1x10; 5 to loc higher; mixed audi butchers', $4 75y.55; good to choice heavy, $4-05(i'5.n'4: rough heavy, $4.6$ ft 4. go; light, $4 SoQ go; bulk oi sate. $475S4-VO- Sheep Receipts lijooer head; sheep steady to 10c higher; lambs steady (o 10c higher; good f choice wethers $4 lofii,4 50; fair t choice, mixed, $3 254 00; mtina lambs, $4 00(116.35. INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC NOTES. The majority of habitual crisuiaafs are opium users. Canada has spent more than $ioa - 000,000 in canals. Gold is being elect rnlytically refiuef in the Philadelphia mint. Almost 7 Pr vent, of the cat at operating a railway is for coal. Msgaiine advortiring has developed almost entirely within fifteen years. Americans have between fifteen asut twenty million dollars invested in Ko rea. Five millions are in very rus. gold mines. American railways carry twice m many tons ol freight as they d passest gers. The Carnegie lustitutis ha $1. 101.500 assets ami a cash Valance oC ?44. 47 . , , The United Sl.Uca no twdn f j per cent of all llie refined ctpcr ot the world. The average n.st dividend on tfre c ipilal mock of Amriscais railways 1 2 fl per cctl. An nvcrape ft fosiMeew rait omS - Kiniis a day Ihe revswd in rtie linstri Slates last year. s slutwn the rp' il .: Interstate C-MMsws-svsr t.:ju..i- 1011.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers