ANXIETY.
Faint heart, who toil and pray, but Houbt
If Clod will grant!
Theirs i the hnrvest who in trust
Do sow and plant.
Nor ponder whether it will be
Or full or icant.
If once it fail, with diliircnco '
They low again.
Another year will surely bring
The needed rain.
The needed sun. to fill the field-)
With fuller grain!
The Lord of love may hear as tlio
He heard us not.
But never yet the nrnver of faith
Hath Ho forgot;
Some day His word will fruitful make
Each waiting spot.
We rise betimes. n if our zeal
That word nouhl spreil;
We eat the bread of carefulness.
That cannot, feed;
Delaying rest, we only add
Sore need to need
Oh, happy they who quietly
Anticipate
The blessing He will shower down,
Or soon or late!
They toil, thev prnv, aright: their faith
Ilia will ran wait.
lbirrict M.'Kwen Kimball, in the Xew
York Independent.
IN PERIL
BY Q. R.
TIIK stenmer swept on through
ft tranquil sen, throwing be
liiiul her a cloud of smoke,
the furnnces slowing like
fiery eyes In the night. A calmly boun
tiful wit, lite moon rldlrg high in the
clear sky and the stars coming out
one by one.
On the promenade deck ptood two
persons, a men and a woman, both
young one beautiful ns nn angel, nnd
the other stately and strong the man
of nil men to wlu a woman's love a
Saul among his fellows.
lie hnil passed through a great civil
war tniscaihed on which side we will
not say, for since tinder the shadow of
Bunker II111 t:.e "blue" and the "gray"
have met, we enn hope for peace in our
broad land. This young mail bad done
a man's part In the struggle which is
over forever and a day, and then lay
lug bis sword aside he had gonp out 10
the growing West to work out or him
self a new fortune under the same old
flag.
The woman by bis side was bis wife
and they bad been Married but a few
weeks.
She was a lovely girl, an orphan,
whom bo h.id met In San Francisco,
and who bad won his heart by her
modest, sbrlnkin;,' ways, and he had
made her bis wife. Then be sailed In
the Atlantis for Portland, where be
bad made his home, and meant to
build up for himself a fortune equal
to tht best in that strong, young State
on the verge of the Western sea.
The young wife, leaning on her hus
band's arm, looked out with mournful
eyes across the sea.
"What is the matter, Nina?" he said.
"You look mournful; are you not hap
py V
"Happy, Robert! I never was so
happy before. Mine has been a. hard
life a life of toll, with hardly a brlghr
spot In It until you came. It does not
seem possible that this can last."
"Why not, dear one? Am I not
strong enough to defend you front the
troubles In the' world? Trust In me,
my dn.-llng; I will keep you safe from
harm."
"I do trust you, Robert. When I
rannot do that I will not care to live.
But, dear husband, whatever comes to
us, we have been blessed."
"I don't know what has come to
you, Xinn," ho said. "Why have you
spoken In that tad way? We shall
have trouble In the time to come hu
man life is not nil roses hut whatever
conies we will bear It together."
"Robert," said Mnn Denzll, sadly,
"wo Khali not live together. Some
thing seems to tell me that wo have
had our happy days. I cannot help
this feeling. 1 do not know why It has
come upon me. It is weak and fool
ish, but I have the thought deep In my
heart."
"Why, Xlna, In a few hours, nt
most, we shall be lit our new home,
nnd then you wilt forget this feeling.
Shall we go Into the cabin?"
"Xo. no; the sea Is so beautiful that
I prefer to remain here, nt least for the
present. "
"As you .Ike, dear one. Rut the air
is getting chilly, and you must let me
wrap this plaid about you. This Is
our first sea voyage, aud you mean to
enjoy it to the full."
"Have you noticed the captain, Rob
ert? I have noticed that he seems to
be a good deal under the influence of
liquor."
"It is true, my dear. But be U a
uoble fellow when be is himself."
"Noble or not, he Is not the man to
have charge of bo many human live.
I 'am glad that we are having iuch
beautiful weather, for when he left
the deck an hour ago he was uot lu a
condition to take charge of a ship In
a storm."
At this moment a man passed them
with unsteady gait, und went up to the
deck above the wheelhouse. The mate
In charge gave up to him (he speaking
tube which communicated with the en
gine room below, and came down the
ladder quickly,
"Is that the captain in charge, Mr.
Bagley?" said Robert Deuzil, In a low
voice.
"Yes, sir."
"Are you sure he Is right to have
charge of the teamer, Dick?"
"A little fresh, old boy; but In such
weather as this It doesn't matter. The
fresh sea breese will bring him round
all right, I reckon. There Is no better
seaman than Isaac Fraser in the North
Pacific"
Robert went back to his wife, whom
be bad left for the moment to apeak to
the mate.
In a few minutes there came a
change peculiar to those seas as the
moon goes down. A gray haze seemed
to creep on and enveloped the steamer
from s.era to stem, and they felt the
vessel tremble beneath them as her
speed was Increased. '
"Why Is be ruiutlng so fast?" said
Robert, uneasily. "Ho ought to ktuw
iliat It is uot safe In these seas."
Dick Bngley, the first mate, eamn
hurrying up front the in bin and cast n
look at the Immovable figure above the
wheelhouse.
"Rather thick, Isn't It, captain?" be
said, going half way up the ladder.
"I've relieved you, .Mr. Bngley." re
plied the captain, In n thick lone
"When you are wanted yon will be
called."
"Reg pardon, Captain Fraxrr, let I
thought "
"i'o below, Rlr!"
The mate, who was n perfect ma
chine In obedience, nt once left him
and went' nit. On the way he spoke
to the second mate, ami n man was
sent forward to hang out a heavier
light on the port bow. But the captain
saw him, and shouted to him:
"Come In there, you lubber, or I will
have you keel-hauled. What are yon
doing with that lantern?''
"Second mate's orders, sir."
"The second male has not got charge
of the deck nt present. Take away
that lantern: I don't want to get up a
lurch-light procession in tin: North
Pacific. When I do I'll let the second
mate know."
The man retired Willi the lantern and
Captain l-'rnzer, with an angry growl,
lifted the speaking tulip nnd roared
some order to the engineer. The
steamer now fairly leaned under the
increased speed, and Robert Deiizil
sprang forward.
"See here, captain," he said. "I don't
like to Interfere with you in the dis
charge of your duty, but this is a little
too much. You are frightening the
ladles by running so fast, and "
"You nre the third man to-night who
has had something to say about this
steamer. Major Denzll," said the cap
tain, "and If you will take a fool's
advice you will drop It."
"But, captain, we are right In the
track of returning whalers, nnd In this
fog we may be foul of one nt any mo
ment. There, what did I tell you?"
"Light on the lee bow, close aboard!"
cried the lookout.
"I sep her," said t li c captain.
"Steady there, you nt the wheel. Let
another man Interfere with me to
night and be Is n dead mun. I'll cut
that ship In two pieces!"
Robert saw that the captain was
mad with liquor and that unless some
thing was done quickly they were In
grent danger. The ship was coining
down under a fair sailing breeze with
the wind over her quarter, and unless
something was done at once they must
Inevitably crash together and perhaps
send both ships to the bottom of the
sea. Looking over bis shoulder, be
saw the first mate looking at him with
a white, scaled face.
"Come with me," be whispered. "We
must do it to save human life."
Both men sprang unon the hurricane
deck together. As they did so, Cap
tain Frazer thrust bis hand Into the
pocket of the loose sea coat he wore,
nnd Robert caught the shine of a pisiol
barrel. A sudden leap, the crack of a
pistol, nnd a crashing blow succeeded,
and Cantain Frazer lay upon his back
on the deck, and over him stood Robert
Denzil, his left arm useless at his side,
but with bis foot upon the breast of
the mad captain. Dick Bagley faugh.
up the speaking, tube nnd shouted an
order, and the head of the steamer fell
off, while she trembled In every Joint
as the engineer laid on every pound of
steam which his boilers would bear.
It was a close shave, for a great whale
ship swept under their stern a moment
later, so close that the faces of her hor
rified crew were plainly seen by til-
light of the lanterns. And Robert
Denzil, at the expense of n broken
arm, bad purchased the safely of all
on board both steamer and ship, It
may be.
From that hour Captain Frazer was
n changed man. He still sails the At
lantic, and but. only Robert Denzil.
Dick Bagley and the wheelman knew
why he no longer touches liquor. And
be loves Robert Donzil dearly, and has
often thanked him for that lira re act.
And Nina Denzil, that "great danger
past, no longer fears that they will
never see happy days. New York
Xews.
The Future or Milii-KulMlng.
The future of shipbuilding almost
bathos prediction. Mary of the best
informed men in the world believe that
the new century will see the supre
macy in this most potent of Industries
transferred from Circa t Britain to
America, and certain It Is that Ger
many will ere long take her place
among the greatest of naval and mari
time powers!. There Is a revulsion of
feeling from that sentiment which un
til recently made maximum speed thu
first consideration with transatlantic
tourists, but, on the other baud, the
demand grows stronger each day for
the discovery of devices which shall
provide more aud greater safe-guards
for the lives and passengers at sea.
The future of marine engineering Is,
perhaps, dependent to as slight an ex
tent upon outside Influences as any
force existent, but certainly no other
is contributory In so great a degree to
commercial aud Industrial develop
ment. Indeed, It Is doubtful If any
other one element has so direct a bear
ing as water-borne commerce on the
prosperity of every inhabitant of the
civilized world. Kvery lnovution,
therefore, which tends to contribute to
greater economy of time or money in
transportation enterprises means added
comfort for every household. Harper's
Weekly,
A To For Finger.
Nleoladoiil has recently published a
case In which a toe was surgically
substituted for a lost finger. Four
mouths before operation, the patient
lost bis right forefinger by accident.
The sccoud toe was so divided that
a detachment still remained to bis
foot by means of the soft purts, aud
the toe was applied In place ot the
absent finger, the parts being kept In
position by a plaster cast. For twelvs
days a gradual severance of the con
necting bridge of tissue was carried
out, until a complete separation was
effected. The whole toe retained Its
vitality, and It la further reported that
It has developed sensibility, although
the power of movement has not yet
been established. Nicolndonl hopes
that tills will occur. This is his
second case of the kind. Medical
Times aud Hospital Gasette.
. A PACE.PRINTING TELEGRAPH.
A Wonilerfnl Device For the Mechanical
Transmission of Messages.
Mr. Donald Murray, an Australian
Inventor, 1ms recently sold to the Post
al Telegranh Company his patents
for the I'niied States for a new de
vice for the mechanical transmission
of telegraphic messages. It Is expected
that the system will come Imo geurral
use within the next few years.-
Mr. Murray's Invention consists in
combining a recording Instrument hav
ing n series of movable character lev
ers, nn electromagnetic perforating in
strument, nnd n tape or strip of suit
able material, like paper, which passe.
through tlie paper and recording In
struments In succession. Willi t'.'.e
Morse telegraph key, about fifty won1
can be transmitted a minute, nnd us
ing the Phillips code as many ns sixty-five
or seventy words can be sent
a minute. Of course, the trouble hns
bpen the physical limitations of the
human operator, and Mr. Murray does
nwny with this dlfllculiy by automatic
transmission. By his system a mess
ago Is produced en a narrow paper
ribbon by means of perforations
which correspond with the Morse al
phabet. A line of circular feeding
holes keep the tape lu alignment nnd
nlso serve to feed It. The tape Is run
through a perforating machine man
ipulated by keys like a typewriter,
making the necessary transmitting
boles. The tape containing the mess
age than Indicated Is then put Into
ft Whentstono transmitter, which is
driven by a small electric motor,
which Is kept running at a uniform
rate by an electric vibrator. A re
ceiving Instrument nt u second statio'i
records the electrical impulses de
termined by tlie perforated tape In the
sending Instrument, and on a tape sim
ilar to that used at the sending sta
tion. Tills reproduces the perfora
tions representing the letters of thn
message. The receiving tape Is then
put Into a most Ingenious Instrument,
which is connected with an ordlnaty
typewriter. The tape runs over it
small wheel provided with metal
points, which serve to feed the tape
by flie line of feeding perforations.
Five rods press against tbp tape and
serve to control the type keys. As tVc
tape passes these points, some of them
slip into the perforations representing
each letter. The points which do not
enter tlie tape perforations release the
particular key In the typewriter, which
will print the proper letter. The type
writer can be operated by a crank o.
by a motor, and the message Is clearlj
printed on n telegraph blank, the type
bars working at a rate exceeding that
of manual operation. By the new
system a message can be divided be
tween several operators at the per
forating machine, and tlie several
strips of perforated tape are then run
Into the Wheatslone transmitter in
their proper order, so that a mcssag.
of nine hundred words can be trans
mitted over tlie wire In eight minutes
as against half nn hour.
A speed of a hundred and fourteen
words per .minute, over a distance of
:'.S8 miles, bus bpen attained with this
instrument. With Mr. Murray's sys
tem, the tape which has been perfor
ated at the receiving station can be
put directly on to an attachment ap
plied to a liuoiype machine. Th
messngo contained In the perforated
tape, Instead of being typewritten, caa
then be actually converted Into type
by means of the linotype mechanism.
Xews copy transmitted may be type
written lu the newspaper office by tlu
automatic machine nnd this may be
then used as a guide by the lluotype
operator, and excisions, corrections, or
additions may be made without Inter
rupting the automatic operation of the
linotype machine, except when the
mutter Is changed. Scientific Ameri
can. Mouse on "Mntle Cirouiitl."
O'ood gravel has so largely come into
request that many suburban lands
with 'that valuable substratum are
quarried to a considerable depiii be
fore being sold on building lenses. But
it Is essential to restore a level Mirfuce,
as even the most s;u 'illative builder
would hesitate to run up "neat villa
residences" In deep ho.es. The owner
frequently gets over this dltlicnlty by
allowing urbau refuse to be shot Into
the excavations; iu many cases he even
exacts a small sum re every load
tilted on his ground, 'ilie surface be
ing thus leveled a year or two Is al
lowed for the soil to sink and become
compact; occasionally grass is sown
to give a natural appearance to the
spot. All Is now In readiness for the
builders, who proceeds to lay the
foundation for his "terraces," "ave
nues" aud "gardens," which he subse
quently advertises as "on gravel soil."
So they are, but between their ground
floors and the gravel lies u thick stra
tum of partially decomposed rubbish,
teeming with malaria, and not for
mauy years will the deposits ceuse to
give off noxious gases. But the ten
ant coming from a dlffereut locality
knows nothing of the "making" pro
cess to which the plot has been sub
jected. When, therefore. Ill-health
dogs his family, he puts It down to de
fective drainage or some other struc
tural deficiency, and spends money
freely on remediul measures, without
the least benefit. All this misery
might be prevented If it were legally
prohibited to build human habitations
oil deposited refuse until a sufficiently
long period for the soil to have ac
quit ed a wholesome character. Lin.
don Globe.
In Moving rictui-o.
One of the happiest uses served by
that wonderful and many named in
vention, the moving picture machine,
appears in a story told In "The Loudon
Music Hall."
A purty of gentlemen were watching
the plct1' es, when In one of the South
African scenes they recognised an of
ficer friend. The wife of the ollicer, ou
being told of this, wrote to the manag
er nnd asked that this picture might
be put on on a certain evening, wlien
she would purposely Jouriiey from
Glasgow.
She had not seen her husband for
over a year, but at last observed him
in a group on the sereeu or n dm
matographl Youth's Companion.
London's l'opulutlon.
London's population has grown from
05,OuO to S.OOO.OOM tu the last century.
V.
good floods g-
oies
IS
flood Roads Leglstnlloti.
SKXATOR WILLIAM ARM
strong. of Rochester, who
was one of the authors of the
I Hghblo-Armstrong good
roads law, will offer n number of
amendments to that law that will cov
er the recommendation made to the
Legislature by (inventor Odell In his
message, writis the Albany corre
spondent of the Xew York 81111, The
loveiLov suggested that If the State
would pay, through the Issue of bonds,
the entire expense of constructing thn
roads, levying the proportionate cost
upon the counties which receive the
benefit if would expedite matters Very
much, ns the State could borrow mon
ey much cheaper than the counties.
Senator Armstrong Is very much In
favor of this suggestion, nnd his pro
posed amended law will provide for it.
Tlie (tovernnr says such a plan would
reduce the cost and extend the time
for payment, over a longer period and
at a lower rate of Interest.
Another amendment propoeil by the
Senator covers the ruling by the At-torney-fi'eneral
that the counties in
which the Improved highways nre
built must bear the total expense of
maintaining the roads. Tills amend
ment will give the supervisors power
to assess the communities in which the
improvements have been made so that
the burden of the improved roads will
not fall upon localities which do not
receive any benefits thereby.
Senator Armstrong thinks that, there
wilt be a more liberal appropriation
this yenr for good roads than before.
He will Introduce a bill asking for n
larger appropriation, possibly $1,000.
ono, nnd thinks that nt nny rate ?ii00,
000 will be secured for that purpose.
The Automobile Club of America,
which has gone Into flic good ronds
agitation with zenl. Is circulating a pe
tition asking for a million dollars for
good roads this year. At the good roads
convention In Albany, the latter part
of the present mouth, n resolution will
be adopted asking tlie Legislature to
appropriate at least a million dollars
this year. The good roads people say
this money will answer n far bptter
purpose to the State than spending
more money on the canal.
Assemblyman J. L. Smith, of Lewis
County, will Introduce n bill embracing
a new scheme for spcnrlng improved
highways, and says if his nil, which
will be entirely different from thn
Illgblo-Armslrong law, Is passed. It
will bring about a far better result
and In a short time give continuous
good roads from one county to the
other. Mr. Smith's scheme is to es
tablish plants. Including traction en
gines for rolling the ronds, and a stone
crushing machine In each town in the
State. The State is to benr one-half of
the cost of the plant, the county a
quarter nnd the town the other quar
ter. The Road Commissioners would
be In ( barge of the work and the towns
would purchase the stone; and In order
to mnke the rond first-class Mr. Smith's
bill will prohibit the practice of per
mitting farmers and others from work
ing out their road tax, as is the custom
lu many counties now. They would
have to pay the tax iu cash nnd In
order to make It easier for them ths
Road Commissioners would employ
them to work on the road and pay
them wages in cash. If this bill should
uo enacted Into a law the State would
have to appropriate at least a million
dollars to carry out Its provisions in
purchasing plants, which are estimated
to cost from $2000 to ip-JSOO each.
Road Making In New York.
Autoinobllists, bicyclists and road
drivers generally will take much sat
isfaction in the recent statement of
State Engineer. Bond concerning the
progress made nnd proposed In the
way of Improving the condition of the
State's highways. Since the passage
of the IIIgbie-Armslrong law In 1808,
this Slate has appropriated $2.iO,(Xi(j
for the purpose of building new roads.
Twelve counties have seen the con
struction ot twenty-three now high
ways, aggregating in length fifty-three
nnd one-half miles, and over a hundred
petitions have been received from
twenty-seven counties asking that
about eight hundred miles of new
ronds be built within their borders. In
response to these petitions surveys ami
estimates have been or will bo made.
From twenty-three counties, also, has
coino a request for eighty roads of a
total length of 400 miles, the estimated
cost of which Is $7023 per mile.
Mr. Bond asserts that In every In
stance the efforts of the Stnte to pro
vide first-class roads have given un
qualified satisfaction to those who
have shared the expense of their con
struction. Proof of this is found in
the fact that wherever the work has
been prosecuted the people are en
thusiastic for Its extension. In order
that, the movement for better high
ways may go on uninterrupted aud be
made to appeal to the residents of all
sections of the State, Mr. Bond Intends,
where new macadam roads are not de
sired, so to treat the old roads tllHt
the Improvement will speak for Itself.
New York, therefore, Appears t0 g
thoroughly In line with other Statin of
the Union In the endeavor to make the
quality of Its highways adequate1, to
the requirements of commerce, and .It
Is probablo that the first few years ov.f
the new century will witness some
striking changes in the direction indi
cated. Xew York Sun.
Good Honda.
"A general awakening in this State
of Interest lu good roads Is Indicated
by the fact that from March 12, 18St!
to Jauuitry IS, 1000, there were one
hundred and twtnty-oue petitions un
der the Hlgble-Armstrong law from
twtnty-four counties for the Improving
of V7U.S0 tulles of road. Onondaga
was fourth highest lu the number of
petitions, having ten such applications."-
Byrncr.se Post-Stuudiird.
A line of motor boats Is about to be
established ou the Dead Sea. This
will result lu shortening the Jerusalem
Kerak route, which will greatly beuctlt
tourists aud others.
HOW MANYARE ALL RIGHT
Dr. Talmage Says by Sin We Have All
Been Morally Bankrupted.
Text, Isaiah HI, 10, "Say Ye to the Righteous
Thai It Shall Re Well With Him."
' Corrrlirht lM.t
WAsntKQTON. D. C There is a great
solace in this discourse of Dr. Talmage
for those whose lives have many anxieties:
text, Isaiah iii, 10, "Sny ye to the right
eous that it ahall be well with him."
Here is a promise for people who are
all right, but who will come and get it?
How many, or rather, how few, people do
you know who are all riht! II it were
asked of any assembly that those who
were sinless should rise up, none ivould
use, except imoecues and religious eranks.
An accident happened near sixty centu
ries ago that started the human race in the
wrong way, and we have not got over it
yet. We know a great many splendid men
and splendid women, but they will tell
you thnt they have not always done the
right thkiR or thounht the right thought.
If it were any of your business, thev could
give you an inventory of frailties arid mis
takes and infelicities that would be aston
ishing. Here, then, you eny, is a Bible
promise that goes n-brtging. "Snv ve to
the righteous thnt it shall be well' with
him.
It is my delightful work to-day to show
jrou that all the sons nnd daughters of
Adam and Lve may appropriate the bene
diction of my text if they will first do the
right thing. Over here in the next street
Wn'1 Ta,5 wno '" Kreat misfortunes lost
all he had and was positively heggurcd,
but a letter comes from some Kuropenn
city, where the land records are kept, an
nouncing to him that a great fortune is
his. Now ho is as opulent as he was pau
perized. He doffs his rags and puts on
respectable attire and move into a home
appropriate for a man of vast estate. His
worldly circumstances were all wrong last
year; they are all right this year. On the
next street is a man who was from perfect
health prostrated, and he seemed to be
sirlt unto death, but a skillful physician
took correct diagnosis of his disease, and
by prompt nnd vigorous treatment re
stored him to his former vigor. As to his
health he wns all wrong before. Now he
is all right. In these two wavs I illustrate
my theme.
By siu we have all been morallv bank
rupted. Christ the Lord from His infi
nite riches pays our debts and enipara
dises us in His meri t. Vmm Kiu pinlu.t
wardrobe He put on us the clean robe of.
xiis rignieousness. ana gives us a palace
in the heavens when we are ready to go
up and take it. Now. as to our 'niritii.il
estate we are all right. We were morally
diseased, but Christ, the physician, bv a
bath in the fountain of His grace, cures ns.
Now, as to our spiritual health we nre
II right. That is the way we come to the
righteousness spoken of in the text. It is
a contributed righteousness, a made-over
righteousness, an imputed righteousness.
The moment you get into right relations
with Christ the Lord that moment you can
appreciate the magnificent comfort of the
text, nnd I defy you in all this great book,
from the first verse of the first chapter of
Genesis to the last verse of the last chap
tei of Revelation, to find me a passage
with higher and deeper and broader and
longer comfort than that of the text,
which is as deep as the Atlantic Ocean
halt way between the continents, and high
as the sun when the clock is striking 12
at noon. But I shall be swamped with
the oceanic tides of this subject unless the
Lord help me to keen a foothold. "Say
e to the righteous that it shall be well
with him."
Bear in mind that but few people can
stand worldly success. Water is a good
thing, hut too much of it will drown.
Jin? is a good thing, but too much of it
will destroy. Light is a good thing, but
too much of it dazzles and blinds. Suc
cess is a good thing, but too much of it
has overwhelmed many for this world and
the next. If it were best for us, we would
all be millionaires, live in palaces like the
Alkamhra, and be as personally attractive
ns Cleopatra appeared to Antony. But.
the most of folks could not endure such
superabundance, nnd it is ah-ioliitelv neces
sary in order to keep them right that 999
men out of iOOO should find life a struggle.
It keeps them out of mischief. After
Adam was ejected from the premises
where by ten minutes of employment a
(isv he could keen the garden and dress it
toe best thing that could happen to him
was compulsion to work and tight. The
ground thnt bloomed with spontaneous
flowers and rustled with harvests that
owed nothing to plow or hoe became hos
tile, Hnd bramble was substituted for rose,
and the panther growled where before he
fawned, and horn and fang and hoof be
came neingerent. mat rirtenic ejectment
shown us as nothing else ever could that
idleness or only a few minutes of employ
ment a day are doom nnd overthrow. Put
it down among your blessings that you
have to work hard with brain or band or
foot or all three of them.
How many men do you know worth
t"250,(lO0 who are devout and consecrated
and humble and generous nnd employing
their means for the world's redemption?
You could' count them un on the fingers
of your two hands even if by accident or
war you had lost one or two of the fingers.
As to the realm of personal attractiveness,
how ninny women radiant of countenance
and graceful of form do you know who are
unaffected and natural of manner and
deeply pious before God, using their
beauty for the betterment of thn wovhl
and not for selfish purposes? I only take -I
tne riK 01 asking the question and leave
to you the risk of answering it. These
things I say to show you that in order to
have the promise of the text fulfilled in
your case it is not necessary you have phe
nomenal worldly success.
Notice, also that (tod gives the righteous
the power to extract pood out of evil, and
by a divine chemistry to change the bitter
into the sweet and the harmful into the
beneficial. The promise that it shall he
well with you does not implv that you are
to be free from trouble. There is no es
cape fram that. We all have family rela
tions, and some of them will be making
exit from this world, so that bereavement
is the universal inheritance. The differ
ence between the prospered and those not
irospered is the difference in the amount
they can afford to lose. The more wealth
a man has the more he can lose, but one
man can afford to lose a million dollars
where another man cannot afford to lose
one dollar. On larger or smaller scale all
suffer financial loss. Amid the rapidity of
the revolution of the wheel of national
and international finance monetary per
plexity is ns common as day or night.
So also misinterpretation and slander
come to all who live active lives. Our
actions, thoroughly honest and above
board, may come under suspicion. Kvery
court room at every term f court hears
illustrations of the delusions of what is
called circumstantial evidence. Innocent
men are fined or imprisoned or electro
cuted because of an unfortunate conjunc
tion of events. What is true in court
rooms is true in all circles of domestic or
social or official life. You have been mis
understood and misrepresented, or will ba
misunderstood or misrepresented. Then
bow can my text be true? My explana
tion is this: The man without any divine
grace in his heart rinds in these troubles
irritation and unbelief and melancholia
and despair. A Christian man tin da in
thcin t'lbmissinn and enlarged views and
divine Support and reconsecration. Be
reaveiisnt to the worldling brings hard
tlmuirh of (lod and a resistance so vin.
Uy.! 4 dares not fully express itself.
JVreaveinent brings to the Christian the
thought of heavenly reunion and a more
complete laying hold of (Jod, and a more
tender appreciation of the divine presence,
and deener gratitude that we were per
muted to lluve the dep.wted one so Song,
and a more lively sympathy for the sor
rows of others and another evidence of
God's love, for "whom the Lord loveth
Be chasteneth."
Financial loss, which I just now said is
sure to come, never breaks up a man who
has strong faith in Ood. In mo-t "s-es it
is a loss of scrplus or it is the banis'iment
of luxuries. Most of the wants n, the
prosperous classea are artificial wa its
The late Mr. Armour, of the ajO.OOO.t.iKI
t-atate, pointed to one of hi "!ei tcs on -i
dinnry salary and said: "That man haw
better appetite than I. sleeps better nihti.
and enjoys life more than I do." Oh, thi
Kigantio miseries oi those who have too
much! A man in rio'orron'a tioi ex
pressed as philosophic anil reasonah'.s a
wish at snv man of those times or- of oui
limes. Ilia num was Aiur. and lia 0'-
fered s prayer that he' might "heTre r hive",
superabundance or a deficit, crying out.
"(Jive me neither poverty nor riches!"
On the other side he had seen the awful
struggle of the poor to get food and
clothes and shelter and to educate their
children, and on the other side he had
aeen the gouty foot, and the indigestion,
and the insomnia, and the anxiety about
large investments, and the threatened
paresis often characteristic of those who
are loaded up and loaded down with too
many successes. Those people who are
generally cnlled the masses that is, the
most ot toiks have the things absolutely
necessary for their well being. They have
no Mtirillos on their wall, nor a ''Belsha
rar's Feast" in their dining room, nor a
pair of S-'iOOO sorrels at their doorway.
But they have something which those
superabundantly supplied seldom have
they have better health because, being
compelled to walk, they get the necessary
exercise, and, their diet being limited to
plain food, they do not snlfer from mid
night salads and are not victimized by
rare caterers.
They retire for wholesome sleep at the
very hour in which others are leaving
their homes for the dance or the card
party. They will sleep the last sleep just
as well in the plain graveyard as those
who have over them an nrcli of sculptured
granite in costliest necropolis or moit his
torical abbey.
Things arc more enunllv divided than is
generally supposed. That splendid home
is apt to have a taking ott of some kind.
It may be an invalid wife, or a deformed
child, or an inherited tending toward in
sanity, or a dissolute son. or a despoiled
reputation, or a weakened heart Hint mnv
halt tinder the least excitement. Envy no
man. Knvy no woman. Be content with
such things as ye have.
Do not think, in order to have it well
with you, according to my text, that
therefore you must have more than some
body else, or even as much as somebody
else. The Lord treats 11a all better than
we treat Him, and if we would study our
blessings as much as we study our disas
ters we would be more reusonnble and
thankful.
In Isaiah God says that bread and
water shall be sure, nnd none of us has
been put on so low a diet, but we often
act ns though God had not kept His prom
ise because we want more luxuries, for
getful of the fact that He tiromised bread,
not cake, water, not sparkling cordiUs.
. ,'?e rea8on so many people are tnisern
nle is because they do not let well enough
alone. They are in one occupation and
see its annoyances and so change to an
other occupation, and find as many annoy
ances, if not more. They live in one
place and know its uncomfortable environ
ments and move into another plnce which
has just as many limitations. Their in
vestments yield them four per cent., and
they sell out to make investments that
will yield ten per cent, and lose all. Bet
ter settle down and stop fretting about
yourself and the world.
An officer in Cromwell's time was o
worried about public affairs that he could
not sleep. His servant, a Christian mnn.
said he would like the privilege of asking
the officer a question. Leave being granted
the servant said: "Do you not think thnt
God governed the world very well before
you came into ii?" "No doubt of it."
was the reply. "And do you not think He
will govern it quite ns well when vou are
gone out of it?" "Certainly." "Then
pray, sir, excuse me but do you not
think you may trust Him to govern it as
Joug as you live in it?" The remark was
so sensible that sleeplessness departed
and tranquility came.
Some scientists are row discussing the
opening of communication between our
earth and the planet Mars. Experiments
are being made, but they will not succeed.
We cannot build a fire lurge enougli to at
tract the attention of that world, or lift a
lena powerful enough to see any response
interstellar. We do not positively know
that that world is occupied by living
beings, or that, if it is occupied, commu
nication with them would be desirable.
It might not be so good a world as this,
and thus communication with it would be
debasing.
But 1 rejoice to know that heaven is in
touch with other worlds for their improve
ment, and a depot for glorious arrivals.
It is a thoroughfare between this world
and that world, and a coming aud going
perpetual.
Going out of this world is as natural
as coming into it, but the one is with pang,
and the other is with rapture, if we are
fitted for the uplifting process. It shall
be well with vou. Now. do not ant so
frightened about that asthma or that cough
or mat innucnza or tnat tnreatened pneu
monia. The worst thing that fatal dis
ease can do is to usher you into corona
tion and enthronement. It shall be well
with you. Take as good care of your
health as you can, have the best doctors
you ton employ, ooaerve all sanitary laws,
keep in this world as long as you are per
mitted to stuv. and then when the heav
enly cnll conies be glad to go.
1 ao not care much about what your
"last words" are going to be. People put
too much emphasis on "last words." I
would rather know what your words nre
now, in days of health and with mental
faculties in full play your words of kind
ness, your words of sympathy, your words
of helpfulness, your words of prayer.
So live that it you say not a- word dur
ing the lust day of your life there will be
no doubt here about the plnce of your des
tination. You will go right into saintly,
prophetic, evangelistic, aimstolic. cheruhir.
'seraphic, archangelic, deific presence. It
shall be well with you.
' Mother, you will go right up into tlio
possession of the babe that the scarlet fe
ver or crouo took out of vour arms, u
sorrow that still stings you, and you often
say she would now be so many years old
if she hnd lived.
You will go into the nreaenre of the old
folks, for I hope you are of Christian an-cesii-y,
and you will find that they have
no dimness of sight or halting gait that re
quires u staff, for they have taken a draft
from the fountain of perpetual youth that
springs from under the throne of God.
Oh, the blissful companionship of heav
en in which you shall enter! It shull be
well with you. I ring this bell of emanci
pation and triumph. I like the way the
seston rings the bell of the old country
meeting house. I used to stand and admire
him pulling the rope of that bell. He
rings it a good while, so that every faim
house within five miles hears it. He may
halt a moment to take breath and give the
sweet sounds time to stir up all the echoes
of the hills. And when he is old and not
strong enough to pull the rope any more
then he sits and listens while his ton rings
tlie church bell. 0 my text seems a bell
of invitation and victory. I began to ring
it in the opening of this discourse. I
hope to ring it as long as I live, and may
those who come after us keep on ringing
it till those farthest off from God shall
come into the great temple of gospel com
fort, and all the weary put down their
burdens at its altar and find that peace
which the world can neither give nor take
away. Three times more 1 ring it- It
nlall be well! It shall be well! It shall
he well!
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Mark Twain smokes continuously
While writing.
President Kruger has undergone an
operation for bis sight.
King Kdward VII. made nn exten
sive tour of America In IK'. 10.
Bishop Potter has rented bis cottage
nt Newport, It. I., und will uot go there
next summer.
Through the defeat fit Senator
Chandler the Senate will lose its only
shorthand writer.
President MeKinley has promised to
open the Pun-American Exposition at
Buffalo ou May ''o.
AV, J. Bryau denies that he Is irolng
to K iine. He lias no present '.uteutluti
of leaving liis editorial chair. ,
The Duke of Norfolk, as Chief Bulle:'
of England, is entitled to a gold cup
at Klii;i Edward's corona t loll.
Prince Joachim, the teu yeiir-old son
of the iiermnn Kniperor, Is the young
est lieutenant lu the German uruiy.
The Prince Imperial of .lupan will
start ou a foroi;jn tour next soring, lie
will probably visit the Uniicd stales.
Sir II Irani Muxim- says that years be
fore the safely bicycle was invented
lu Kid made i.c for Jilnisclf and rid
den over Mil me ou it.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
Sunday, Febranry I0"H Christ Should Come
Tomorrow "-I Thess. v, I, 2, 4, g.
Scripture Verses. Matt. xviv. 42 u-
xxv. io-jj: Mark xiii. 34-37; I Thess. v!
I,"6' I...Ic,cr "V- 7; a l'ctcr iii. 10. 14;
Rev 1,1. y, P,a xxiv, 4. Ma, j.j 6
hi Rom. 11. 7; Eph. v. 5.
Lesson Thoughts.
Not to be always rrarlu .-.,, I. , 1.
unprepared at the one critical moment.
Ihc locomotive may be wrecked at a
single instant of its engineer's inatten
tion; and the soul may be etcsnally
wrecked during a sinHc moment of up
prcparcdncss for its Lord's coming.
If we would Lc ready for God's heav
enly reward we must be constantly
icady for bis ca: thly service.
Selections.
Many a man is willing to bold 011 to
Chri-t, who is not at nil wiliing that
Christ should bold on to him. To be
possessed by Christ is a itrcatcr thine
than to possess CJnr,-!. Watch, that
possessed by him, bis coming may only
oc the summons of one who has. after
a. I, always been with us. to take o:r p;l
gnm scrip and staff, and follow him.
i cople wl arc ready for death are
perhaps as rare as tlnv.c who arc ready
promptly an,i cheerfully to tnkc -ip
some church or Christian work, when
fluty calls or opportunity ofTcu. Would
not the discipline of the latter prepare
us for that state of the former? If yC
arc industriously working with a noble
motive for our Waster, v.c shall be
ready when he comes.
Wc should make our plans as though
ve were to live forever. Wc should live
as though we were to die to-day.
TO CARRY POWER,
experiments with Aluminum as Con
ductor for Electricity.
The already practically foreshadowed
widening use of aluminum conductors
for electric transmission purposes adds
Interest to Lord Kelvin's recently ex
pressed opinion of them. Tho weight
of aluminum required, he said, Is al
most exactly one-half of the copper
which would produce the same effect.
The diameter of cable is 28 per cent
In excess of one made of copper, and
the cost of Insulation for an under
ground cable Is Increased In about the
same proportion when we pass from
the copper to aluminum. Aluminum
Is not a pleasant metal to deal with,
but Its high conductivity will make it
invaluable for overhead transmission,
says Cassier's Magazine. It Is true
also that the weight to bo supported
on posts Is half of copper, but the sur
face exposed to the wind in greater,
and its strength Is not great. The
chief drawback to Its use, especially
overhead, is its llablity to become rot
ten. ThiB defect does not exist If
the metal be pure, and especially if
freo from sodium. But exposure to
the atmosphere, especially near the
sea. Induces deterioration. The fact
that aluminum s easily oxidized ought
not to condemn it. The same Is true
of Iron and steel, and yet we do not
hesitate to place structures of these
metals In exposed positions. Only we
paint them; so Lord Kelvin proposes
that we paint or varnish aluminum
conductors wherever necessary. A few
hundred yards of 1',4-lnch aluminum
wire were put up by Lord Kelvin on a
Scotch estate somewhat over a year
ago and on .this line he is watching
the effects of weather.
Nhlpballdlig- In Germany.
Consul Winter reports from Anna-
berg, Oct. 2, 1900: "During the past
ten years, ship building in Germany
has become a great Industry, Old
wharves have been torn away and new
and larger ones constructed In their
places. The present capacity of all
the wharves does not meet the de
mands of the German merchant ma
rine. Many orders must still be placed
In foreign countries. At present twenty-two
ships are being built in Eng
land for Hamburg alone. During tba
first half of the present year the dock
owners and shipbuilders of Stettin,
Kiel, Flensburg, and Bremen have in
creased their capital stock on the
whole, by $1,378,000. Many new en
terprises are being planned. In the
neighborhood of Nordenham, on the
Lower Wesel, large wharves are being
projected. A wharf for Stralsund is
being planned which will cost nearly
$1,000,000. It is also reported that a
German-Belgian syndicate will build
a wharf In Antwerp under the auspic
es of the Bremen Vulcan works. The
German merchant marine now sum
bers 1,209 steamers of 2,159,919 tons.
Calculating- Machines.
Calculating machines are a practical
sucoees and are in use in some of ths
targe banks and insurance offices. The)
are said to be very satisfactory, pen
forming the four rules of artthmetls
accurately and wlfch surprising speed
They are all more or less Intrioat and
complicated and require oajoful ban.
dllng, and the price is so nick as t
preclude their general use.
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
BALTIMORE. Flour, Baltimore .
Best Patent, 4.75; High Grade Eitrs,
4.25. Whsat, No.2Ued,75377. Com,
No. 2 White, 4341K. Oats, Southern
and Pennsylvania, 2628.. Kyi, No.
2, 0)5L Hat, Cholco Timothy. 16 00
1G.50; Good to Prime, .W 15.50.
Htsaw, Rye in carloads, lO.5O0ll.6O;
Wheat Blocks, C.fiO'u 7 Wl; Out Blocks,
7.508.00. Tohatoks, Stud. Net. 3, .80;
No. 2, .62. Pius, Standards, 1.10if4.40;
Seconds, .80. Cobn, Dry l'uok, .80;
Moist, .70. Hidks, City Steers, .10
.10X; City Cows, .OO.OUX. I'otatosb,
liurbunks, Ma). hi. Onions, .459.60.
Una I'rouuots, Shoulders, .07.O7X;
Clonr ritsides, ,08X 09; Hams. .UK
.11H; Mess Pork, per barrel, 15.00.'
Labi. Crude, .04; Bust retined, .OH.
Butter, Fine Creamery, .24 25; Under
rine, .23. '-'4; Creuinery Rolls, ,24 .
.'.'5. Chkbss, N. Y. Kuncy, .11.12;
N. Y. Flats, .12'. 12; Skim Cheese,
.05)4 a .OCX. F.UUH, Stnte, .20 21; North
Carolina, ,19a. 20. Livs IW-trv,
Chickens, per lb., .08.09; Ducks, .09
.ll; I Turkeys, .08. 10. Tobaooo.
Md. Inferiors. 1.50-&2.50; Sound eooi
inor., 3.W"i4.50; Middling, 6.0O7.00;
Fancy, 10.0012.110. Benr, BostUeeTos,
5.40'5.8.'i Shskp, 8.vJ4.00. Hoot,
3.50 6 00.
NKW YORK.- Fi.oi:r, Southern. 3.85
4.l0. VVhkat, No. 2 Red, .80'd.l.
Uvs, Western, .6650. Corn, No. 8,
.4tS'.47. ' Oats, No. 8, .30. 31. But
tsr, Slnte, .ltJ 2i- Fugs, Stute, .20W
.21. Chrksr, Stnte, .ltA. It.
l'lllLADKLI'UIA. Flour, South
em, 3 854 20. Wmkat, No. 2 Red, .7ft
1. 77. Corn, No. 3, .43. 4 1. Otm.
Nn. 2, .3.'. 33. Buttsk, 8Mts, .23
.24. Ejus, i'eno'e ft., .20. 21.