A SONG OF; We are too much in olties pent, la crowds, we lira in baniabment; Of nature and her wondroni war, . Which ahonld excite our eager praiae, No more than myateriea do we know. Such slaves are we to idle ahow. Otwrr Hie boasted works of man, Whare art refinfa on nature ' plan; 'A picture atudy, or a bonk. Or on tome atately temple look, Perfection nowhere do we find, No thought 10 wistful as the wind. THE Trio Bending Club met at Mabel's thnt afternoon, and Genevieve whs the read er. O'enevleve Is the "pretty member," because she is pink and bk8Honi-tyke and because that sun shiny hnlr which never will stay where she puts it ninkes ber at ouce the envy and delight of both the other girls. Frances is the "Btyllnh" and M libel the "Intellectual member." Suddenly Genevieve laid down the book she .was reading aloud. "Girls, I wish we bad called our selves the Trio Talking Club," she ex claimed. "I must stop and say bo mo things thnt are on my mlud about our street. It's perfectly ruined, and It used to be so pretty, with Its cozy home and nice lawns! I Just think there ought to be a law against spoil ing other people's places by sandwich lug great, tall flat bulldiugs in be tween them! We can't get a bit of Hgbt on that side of our house." '"Tlsn't so bad for you as it Is for ns, though," put lu Mabel. "The tow er on your bouse and its yellow color help it out, but our little olive cot tage nestling down in lb shadow of that great monument why, positively. It looks so sat-down upon that it's laughable." Frances was perched ou the edge of a deep easy chair, with ber) black eyes shining through little rimless eye glasses, as she turned her face first to one and then tho other of the girls. "FOUll PAIRS OF ARMS "I resent It as much as either of you, It I don't live next door to it," she de clared. "It's the view from our front window that troubles as. By the way, some ono told papa that the only rea son Mr. Keith moved away was be causo thii t. apartment building wus put uii oppottlto blin. Those new people thnt liuvo moved luta Mr. Keith's house are named Kirkland did you know, it? The girl is Hazel. Sweet name, I think." "She's pretty, too," said Genevieve, "but, seeuis to me. Bite has an exclu sive air. 1 wonder If we're going to like her?" "That makes me think of what I .wauted to tell you," chimed In Mabel. "I've hail the greatest surprise about that girl! You kuow our cook is tho most sociable creature Ilviug, and she doesn't propose to slight these flats, no matter what the rest of us do. So she was over In tho kitchen of tho first floor kist night, and it seems the woman who lives thero la crippled somehow, nnd has to stay lu a wheel chair nil 1h. time. Her husband is away durim; the (lay, aud she haxu't a soul wiU her but her maid. Well would you believe It? thin aristoerat-ic-looklug Mies Hazel Kirkland called on her yesterday! Their bell would not rlu?, so they didn't know she'd cu wirre uniii mey round me caru, but tho wUeei-ehalr woman was so pleased win, the attention that she actually bi'd tears. At least that's the way II came to me through the kitchens. You see It weut to her heart to think a young girl a perfect strang er bad Mini, to see her, and It went to mine, a little, too. You'd never think It of that girl, would your "No, Iil,.iii," agreed Genevieve. "And If she felt as wa do about those Oats she ronldn't have done It. no mat ter bow sori7 ahn'd been for the wom an. I couldn't go to see any ono that Uvea thore- oat Queen Victoria nor-jeslf-aud, as for a person crippled like . that, It m liken me too aud Just to think W It. I coulia't bear to sit and tulk with her." "She's threrful. though.'; snld Ma tieU "Ellcti say che's bright and happy an inn lie.'' "tJurlw Xoriiiutt mny rbcvrfuliieis Is Ratting to be a regular fad," put lu OenevK-vc, with u wise air. "He ays pi'cple put it on just for the style lf the thing." v "Nonsense!" e.lci! label, v'ih some wuiu.iu. --Hint Uciau't apply to a CONTRASTS. Then mark the tlirootle, or the bee, The atriped enake, or trowing tree; Theee living work a con teas, admire, And trace perfection in deaire, The arnall aa finiahed aa the great, , For faultleaa lawi on nature wait. S Go, then, where fielda or foreata thrive, I earn wisdom from the buay hive; Approve the roae, or daffodil. And know how falao our boaated skill; (r look upon the ocean wide. And mourn the foolishness of pride. Charles Lusted, in the Queen. case like this. I'll tell you what I think: It wns sort of an angelic thing for that girl to do, and it makes me ashumcd that I haven't done some thing like It myself, living right next door here." "Why, Mnbel Farwell!" protested Genevieve. "Mamma says people that live In flats move in and out so often it wouldn't pay to call on them, any way." "I don't care!" persisted Mabel, who generally grew stronger with opposi tion. "I guess thnt woman could en Joy a bunch of violets, even If she was going to move out next day. It Isn't her fault the ugly old flats are built. We needn't punish her for that" "Oh, well," said Genevieve, with a grand air of yielding something. "I'll tell mamma about ber, aud mny be she'll send her some blunc mange or something." "I'm goiug to see ber to-morrow," announced Mabel, suddenly. "Per haps I can lend ber books." "I'll go with you," volunteered Frances. And, to the surprise of all three, Genevieve added: "Why, so will I, then, if you really mean It. You two nedn't think you ore going to leave me out." Meanwhile It happened oddly enough thnt, at the very time Hazel Kirk land's call was being discussed In Ma bel's house, the same matter was be ing talked of In the lurge gray house across the way. Mi lV?V--Z la! BEGAN TO HUG HETt." "The Idea, mamma!" Hazel Kirkktnd was sputtering, "that uny ono should think I'd be calling -on strangers over In those flats, when we've just moved in here ourselves. Of course it was different, going to see an old teacher of mine, like Mrs. Germain. And bow did that woman get my card, anyway? I put It right over-Mrs. Germain's own speaking tube when I found that she was out. I didn't want to climb clear up to the top flat, of course. It was Just presumption in any one else to claim that card. There's no excuse for It. And then sendiug ber mnld over with a message of thauks! And you thought perhaps I really had called on her! Well) I don't Intend to let her thiuk I came to see her would yon?" Mrs. Kirkland was silent. "Well, say it," remarked Hazel, at last, more wildly. "I suppose It will be one of your six-word sernioui'tteg that make me ashamed in spite of myself. Would you let her thluk I called on her, mamma?" "They said It made her happy," answered Mrs. Kirkland, finally. "Oh. dear!" sighed Hazel. "I wIhIi I could be n nngel, liks you, mamma." That finished it for the time being, but about a week later Hazel came flying Into her mother's room with a new grievance. "Mamma!" she cried, tosuiog her browu turbau into one chair and her gloves Into auother; "she's done It again! You know I tried to make another call on Mrs. Germain yester day, and that woman has taken my card a second time. Aud this time I put It in M-s. Germain's mailbox. It's glass In frout, you know, and the card showed right through, and these peo ple most have fished It out thinking I'd made a mistake. It never occurs to them I could vnut to see any one else! And now she's gone and written me a note Mrs. Hunter's ber name to say she can't understand why I did not get In yesterday, and to ask me to come and see her this afternoon. Isn't It too ridiculous? I won't go a step would you?" Again there was the pause before the "sermouetre." Then Mrs. KUkland an swered very gently;. "You must ask your own lte.-irt, dear." And the end of It was tint: t llacl went. Or rather, that wasn't tho end at all, but Just the beginning, for instead of having th a awkaaril, depr.-stilus tlmu she ex pectsd that duy, Hazel found three of the "loveliest girls," an she afterward told ber mother, all visiting like old friends with a little woman who sat In a shabby wheelchair and looked so happy as any queen In a fairy book. Good times had begun for the lone snne little lady of the flat. From thai afternoon tho four girls seemed to be trying to sen which could give hei most joy. Flowers and fruit and mngnzlncs and books 1 vegan to covet the tables In the plainly furnished lit tic parlor. The Trio Reading Club ex panded to the extent of two more members, and began meeting twice week with Mrs. Hunter. Mothers be gan to take an Interest in the girls' new friend and to call nnd sympathize and go again. "The kindest, sweetest people I evol saw live In this block," said Mrs. Hunter to her husband ono evening as they sat alone together. The words were scarcely' out of hei mouth when the doorbell rung and half the neighborhood came filing lute the Hunter flat. It was a surprise par ty, indeed, and the reason for It wn that four happy girls had discovered the date of Mrs. Hunter's birthday and bad planned to give ber a heuutiful new wheelchnlr, with cushions and spring and rubber tires, nnd an ad justable table and every eontrlvanw you can think of. Mr. Hunter's fac glowed with tremulous Joy as he lifted his Invalid wife Into her new throne. "It's so that we can take you out In the park," cried Genevieve, almost dancing with delight. "And I shall push the chnlr," added Mabel. "Oh! oh! oh!" cried Mrs. Hunter, and then her face went into her hands nnd the tears came trickling through bet fingers. But she had to stop that Id a minute, for four pairs of arms be gan to hug ber, and four dainty hand kerchiefs wiped her eyes and foul sweet voices In n chorus begged bet not to cry. So she sat and smiled In stead, with eyes all wet ami sparkling and piuk spots glowiug on both, bet pnle cheeks. "It bns been the happiest birthday of all my life," she told them as they went away. "Mamma," said Hazel Kirkland, af ter'they were at home that night; "1 just found out to-day that the girls think I deserve the credit of all we'vt done for Mrs. Hunter. They say It was the example of that first call of mine the one I never made, you know that made them think of going to see her in the first place. And all this talk was right' before Mrs. Hunt er, so that I couldn't explain to them how It really was, but I've been un comfortable about It ever siDce. If It were ouly true, and I were as sweet and good as they think I am, I'd be so happy!" Mrs. Kirkland smiled down into the sweet, wistful face. "Make It true, dear heart," was her1 good-night sermonette. Grace Ethel wyn Cody, In the Chicago Record. Bnllet la the Centre of an Ice Ball. The hall stone season has arrived, when the following story, told in Chi cago two or three years ago by Colonel Clark It. Westcott, aa Eugllsuuiau from London, can be repeated with some hope that it will be read with Interest, if not with credence: "One hot day a couple of weeks since I was riding along a mountain road in Colorado ou my way to a mine In which I am Interested, when I no ticed high above me, soaring In ma jestic circle, an eagle. I had a 45-Di) Winchester slung across my back, and it was but the work of a moment to uusllng the gun aud fire at the bird, which appeared to be directly above me. The shot was a clear miss, and not caring to waste any more cart ridges, I was about to ride on, when I was startled to bear what I took co be the dull 'chuug' of a stone thrown by, an unseen hand, which fell into a little gully partly filled with leaves, within twenty feet of me. "I looked carefally about me lu all directions, but could sec no sign of a human being, and then dismounted, and, scraping back the leaves, was as tonished to fiud a pleco of Ice as larje as a goose 'egg, and about the same shape. Upon close examination, I v.aj further astonished to discover my rifle ball firmly Imbedded In its centre. I have speculated a great deal over this phenomenon since that time, and th only solution I can sea is that the ball in passiug through the cloud gathered the moisture and held it by Its whirl lug motion, co that it was frozen at a higher altitude anO fell to tha earth as I have described." Brooklyn Eaglo. Want Darasites Far Wroj IiluRueaia A claim for damages oh somewhat curious Hues is now being heard bj the Paris courts. A young man, the manager of a warehouse, was taken suddenly ill at tho hones of his fiancee The family doctor cf her parents was caucu in, auu uiagi:o.t;'U tho casa aa tuberculosis, persuadius the youuj man to uudurgo ou operation. Then the doctor Informed t:ie parents of the fiancee that the youni man wan mif. ferlng from consumption, whereupon me marriage v.as uroitsu off. On consulting his own dm 'inr 1 lie oplulon of ths other medical man was controverted,' nnd u;iju ex port evidenc belli? taken it was fouud that thei wece no signs of consumption, .while me opcrution performed was absolute ly unnecessary. Whereuuon the voimo man Is suing for damages for "unnec essary mutilation" and for loss conse quent Upon the chancru In b1a mutel. moclal prospects. Medical Times and Hospital Gazette. Reatanrant la For Juatloaa Only, The Justices of the Supreme Court have their own private restauraut Is tho basement of the Tweed bulldlnj in City Hall Park. It is probably th most exclusive resort of the kind it the city. Only the Justices or thost invited by one of their number art permitted to dine there. Justice David McAdam Is the only member of the Supreme Court bench of this judicial department who) 'Uoet not patronize tho restaurant. He vis its a Park How placo during tho doob hour dally. While sitting In Special Term, Pari II., of the court Justice McAdam ad jourued court from Y to 1 every work ing day, Instead of from 1 to 2, as It tho custom of the other Justices, It order that he might get bis lunch at a time tv lieu ho might meet some of bit business frieudj. New York Mall and Exprex. Having Dlveraltj af Crops, The farmer who diversifies his crops will not always be met by overproduc tion In the markets, aa the seasonable conditions are not favorable to all crops at the same time, consequently if the market Is well supplied with one irtlcle In abundance there mny be t scarcity of something else. Diver ilty of crops Is also better for the soil tnd assists in maintaining fertility. Deatroylng- the Cutworms. During the cool nights the cut worms aro at work cutting down the newly transplanted cabbage, tomato and other plants. The cutworm eats only nt night, going Into the ground just before day, usually at the root of the plant that It has cut down. By goiug over the garden nnd digging for the worm wherever a plant has been cut it can be fouud aud destroyed. It will hardly be possible to go over a field every morning, but they can lie materially reduced in a garden by de stroying them in the places of their depredations. To PlHut Treea. As soon as the ground Is dry enough to be In good working condition plow it deep nnd harrow. Then take a two-horse plow and a steady team, set a stake at the opposite end of the field where you want the first row and at tho other end set the plow to where you waut the row; measure off from the plow to where you want the sec ond row and set a stake to come back on. Then start the team and plow straight nnd deep to stake at opposite cud ei field, ond so on until the field Is marked out. Then turn and plow a furrow back, settling the clevis on the plow so it will run right when the horse on the landslde of the plow walks In the furrow, so it will plow a deep wide furrow. Then take a chain, tie a knot In one end and drag it by stakes crosswise of the furrows till you have marked it all out. This will make a mark plain enough to set trees by. Take ns many trees as you can sanlly handle wrapped in a piece of carpet to exclude air. Pack quite well around roots as tree is set. The Epi toinist. loorFor a Hug House A hog house door should be on very hog house in .winter to keep an- luutiH warm. One can be easily made ..that hoKS can open nnd shut at will. Make the doorway at least six inches higher than the pig. The door should A HOO HOUSE DOOB. o of matched flooring placed cross wise and nailed together with battens, b h, running up and down, placed jveu with edges, thus making the door edges two inches thick. Make the door four inches snorter than the doorway. Get two pieces of band iron two Inches wide, one-eighth luch thick, three inches longer than the door, round off one end und drill a hole for a forty 1) spike nnd unil on the edges of the door as at c in small figure. Make a half round block, a, from a piece of four oy four wood long enough to fit loosely between the projecting ends of the Irons. Drive the spike through the holes Into the ends of the block, us at d d. Splko this block in the top of the doorway, and you have a- hanging door that will open from either side by the hog pushing It with bis suout. lie sure the block la put lu square so the door will swing free and be a close fit. If the house Is a new duo to the hog, hang the door np for a time, then prop It partly open and chase the hog through It, and in a few days he will soon learn how to open and shut his bedroom door. Such a door nlso protects the pen from wet nnd Ice. K. B. Taylor, hi Farm and Home. rruotlcal Sheep Husbandry. Medicine should not be given to nurs lug ewes, as It mostly goes Into the aiilk, aud the young luiub may get too much of it and lie lost. Sheep are tender tilings, and a very little exposure to cold or wet, or even beat, which la uncomfortable to a ilium sheep, must bo guarded against The nursing pens are fur weak ewes )r ewes with weak lambs. Many losses will be prevented lu cold weather, or 3f weak lambs, by putting the ewes in these pins, one for ucli cwo. A owe which disowns her lnuih per jlstently may be coulined lu a narrow tall lu which she cannot turn around, tnd after she has been held a few times she will become aj motherly as may bo wished. Watch the ewes closely when the lambs are eoming. Some of the inex perienced yotuig ewes will, as may be thought viciously, kill their lambs by pawing tbaui. This Is only dune lu motherly Interest to see the lambs on their feet. Set such weak lambs on their feet at once, 'and tho young ewe wlU be satisfied. Speaking about crossbreeding, the Sheep Breeder basalwaya upheld both the theory and practice of one cross for raising a feeding lamb, but no more. Experience lu Indefinite aud promiscuous crossbreeding la the West has not been satisfactory In a single instance, nut has been well nigh uni versal in loss of fleece and flock char acter. . .Cuts on a shorn sheep are a very common source of serious Injury, and are scarcely to be avoided by even good hand shearers. The machine never cuts a sheep, nor does It ever undercut the fleece. It Is a very easy thing to save tho cost of a machine In tne shearing of quite a small flock. It will pay to have nuo If only for a score ' of sheep. There Is no necessity t suddenly lu crease th food of the newly lambed ewe. Tha ewe has been supporting the lamb previously and now she Is doing the same, tut by milk Instead of by her own blood directly. As the lamb grows It will need an Increase of the ewe's food. Milk Increases In a ewe as In a cow, gradually, as the young animal grows. Thus the In crease In feed of a ewe should be made only after the lamb Is a few days old, and after this gradually added to cautiously, as the lambs draw on tho ewe for more milk, which is provided by nature, or by the feeder really, who Is nature's servant. Over feeding a ewe either In quantity or kind Is surely a cause of disease. The condition of the udder should ' be watched by too shepherd, and If It Is not healthful, attention should be glven'atonce. American Sheep Breeder. A Poultry Hons Devise. In the summer season the fowls should have a chance to get out upon the ground by 3 or 3.30 o'clock In t lie morning. It Is then light, and the birds are anxious to leave their roosts aud get out Into the fields, where their instinct tells them the Insects are now most abundant and most easily cap tured, as the cool air of the night has rendered them somewhat dormant. But the average poultry keeper can not got up at this unseasonable hour. nor can he leave the door of the house open the night before, since this would admit skuuks, foxes and other ene mies. The cut shows a way out of the diffi culty. The lnrge door to the poultry house is divided after the Dutch fash ion, and the upper halt' Is hooked open and left so all night. No prowling an imal can now get In. but the hens can easily get out. If the fowls are large, and not iuclincd to jump up even to the top of the lower half a box can be set just Inside the door to assist them. There Is no need for tha fowls to re turn to the house before the owner gets np lu the morning, for hens rare ly lay before 7 or 8 o'clock. New York Tribune. Getting- Beat Reaults From Small Area. Whatever may be the opinion of the village lot-owner as to the real profit of bis garden plot, be It greater or less in size, there are few such In most country villages who do not take con siderable pride lu the cultivation of tho same. To say nothing of actual profit, there Is certainly a great deal of pleasure In being able to provide one's own "table with a dally Bupply, even though somewhat limited in amount of fresh vegetables gathered as needed for use from one's own grounds. By a little study of economy In space, nnd by keeping the whole area of a garden even small in size well filled with some growing crop through out tho whole season, the quantity that may be grown upon even a few rods of land would surprise oue who has never given careful attention to the subject. For many years past I have made a careful study of this question of econ omy of space In the garden, and the methods I have learned to adopt In rotation of. crofts or perhaps I might more properly say the doubltng-up of crops in my little garden, may be a suggestion to others aloug the same Hue. To begin with, when I sow my first enrly peas, which is just as soon as the frost Is out enough to allow spad ing of the ground, I first sow the peas, nnd then alongside the rows scatter some lettuce seed and rake It in light ly. This furnishes our best out-of-door lettuce, eutirely as a stolen crop, and with no disadvantages whomever to the peas; for land that is rich enough for peas will grow the lettuce In addition, nnd not retard or injure the growth of tho peas. When large enough to thin out and transplant, u portion of these lettuce plants may be taken up and set about the borders of beds of onions, beets, carrots, etc., and be. tween the rows, where they will head up to full size, if of the heading va lietlis, and furnish a succession of this salad to follow that grown among tho peas. Then, when the tomatoes ore ready for planting out, I have practiced set. tiug these between the rows of peas, as before they are large enough to Interfere with each other's growth the peas are ready to be removed from the ground, leaving the tomatoes to occupy the whole space, and thus practically securing three crops from this land. When the early potatoes are re moved, tho land occupied by them Is filled with celery, cabbage aud turnips, and In fact we frequently have plant ed these between the rows of potatoes before they were dug. so as to have them well-established sad ready for growth as soon as the potatoes are tak en out. t Hubbard sqnsshes may be planted among the sweat corn, and pnnipkins also, If one cares to grow these la the garden, aud the land on which tho dwarf early corn has grown may be atlitsed either for turnips or lats cabbage for winter use. Those suggestions will )v a gener al Idea of my methods and I close by repeatiug the rule fuggosted at ths outHf; "Keep the whole gardon fillee) the season through with some grow tin crop. K. J. Browuell, in the Cnuatry Gt'Dlieuiaa. , I . ' r v tr ' f ,7 " a ! V: ; r. .. . . . -'1 :i TUB noon ABRaNOBMBNT. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. Jaly l4ladlvMsal Work for Christ" Acts vllL, 26-40. i Scripture Verses. Malt. x. 7, 42; xx. 4; xxl. 28; zxlt. 0; xrvlll. Hi; Mark xvl. 15; Acts ?. 11), 20; Till. -JX-, 31. LEBIiOJf THOUGHTS. J There may be good work' for ns o do In very unlikely places. No one who follows the lead of Providence will find himself useless. The worker for Christ lives In the atmosphere of heavenly communings. Notice how closely these men walked and talked with God Stephen (Acta vll. .IS, W), Philip (vlll. 28, 2fl), Peter (x. la, 11), 20). Every step In ne on ward movement of the church Is taken tindor a divine direction. The worker keeps In telegraphic communication with, headquarters. Tho worker must seek men, with out waiting for them to seek him. SELECTIONS. Opportunities for Christian work new! not lie waited for; they can be made. Secretary Stanton once closed an animated discussion on the reaped rive merits of muzzle and breech load log rifle by the remark: "Gentlemen, It's the man behind the gun makes all the difference worth talking about." Philip obeyed, though he did not know what he bad to do, or why ha was sent. Abraham left Ur of the Ohaldees, for an unknown promised laud, and the fact has been a sermon on faith four thousand years long. Jonah re fused to go, -but was compelled al last by disaster a warning twenty five hundred years long. God cares for the lndlvdual, find one sheep that can hs reclaimed ll precious enough In the Shepherd's estimate to move ids hand to action and his heart to love. Not because he was a man of great authority at Candace's court, but because he was yearning for light, and ready to fol low It when It shone, did the eunuch meet Philip on that quiet road. EPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS July U-"lndlvldiial Work for Cbrlsf Acts vllL, 24-40. One shall chase a thousand. Two Shall put ten thousand to flight. The secret of strength is not in quantity. It Is quality. The man of courage is a man of power. The coward waits for a great occasfoii. The hero makes the occasion great. Bishop Brooks said, "Every man's power Is his Idea multiplied by aud projected through his personality." Personal powet projects itself. Measure Paul's pow od by his Ideas thus projected. What were his ideas about God, man, sin, salvation, duty, destiny? These sub jects were not new when he came. But the spirit of man stamps a fresh meaning en every word. Hear him saying, "God over all;" Man "dead In trespasses;" Law, "Christ is the end of law;" Sin, "The wages of sin is death;" Salvation, "Believe on the Lord Jsus Christ, aud thou shalt be saved;" Duty, "We that are strong ought to bear the Infirmities of the weak;" Destiny, "Whatsoever a man sowetb, that shall he nlso reap." The woep of these Ideas, atfd their spir itual significance these are distinc tively Paulino. They have been projected by the mighty personality of Paul into tlie very heart of Chris tendom. The urontest sous of men are the greatest servants of men. The great est apostle said, "Bear ye one anoth er's burdens." To bear the burdens of others, that Is the law of Christ It is the law of all genuine service. Tho Great Physician must lift tha burden of sickness from the diseased. The Great Teacher lifts the burden of ?rror from the unenlightened. So runs this great law of Christ through all the ministries of life. He came not to be ministered unto, but to minister. Tl words of the Master aro urgent. They are swift and incisive. Christ's words aro intensive in spirit and ex tensive In scope. They call men to serve In tho cottage of the peasaut and in the palace of the king. They call to the highways of culture and to the byways of manual toll. He sends forth tho cry, "The fields are white unto the harvest," Who can be indifferent while he pleads? Be hold him with Gethsemanis's crim son sweat still on his brow. See In his white palms tbo cruel scars. He pleads with tho pathos of nndying lovo. His words bring light and cheer Into the world's night of woe. What is man worth? A man's value Is measured by his value to men. He Is only worth what be la worth to God. One's work for ene will save the multitude at last. One soul front ing auother with a great Issue Is next to being face to face with God. The work that reaches men finds the man. The Individual must lie touched before the mass Is stirred. Units multiply into throngs. The whole body does the most when every member does Its best. RAM'S HORN BLASTS fTtHBRa Im a great rvrju-r I difference bet arson, Ay- -J- a stiff wJU aai a ou cannot draw the vagoB of -orldIInesa with the yoke of Christ. Many good ser vants make bad masters. KvJl ImjLgin&tkxi la the oiaor. of tha soul. Look out for tha aaaa who looks oat (or himself. You oaaaot do God's) work with tha evil's wepona. Uay of our prayer ara fixm fear, and not of faith. A Christian la Uke a btcyole, whihh must be kept going to be kept stun, lag. ChrUt was not good man If Ha was not tha God -num. Tha man who la but a flgura-head will not cut much figure, Tha wheala of th church caexhin ax not always for Its weal. Man must com to th n of him self before Ood can bias him. Th lovo of man dies as th lov of money grows In the church. K truly Christian life has greater power than all Christian literature Th aeasa of ala onmJnltted must coma before th assurance of slna ra mitled. As faith without work la dead faith: so works without faith wo dead VfWas. COMMERCIAL REVIEW. Oeatral Traat Ceedltieei. New York (Spdcial). R. G. Dun ft Co.'i weekly y'' of trade nays: It does not ioy , because bad banking methods fcav'e caused one of the smaller New j5f6rk banks to close its doors, wM 'attendant circumstances that cre ate discussion in Wall street, that gen eral business is in any way affected by or at ail responsible for the trouble. The. country is undeniably prosperous, and with prospect of an abundant harvest toi supply our own needs and increasing; European deficicnccs the situation is viewed with confidence. The fiscal year closes with conditions in the iron and coal industry in marked contrast to the situation at the corres ponding date in iqoo. This year difficulty is experienced in stopping machinery long enough to make necessary repairs, prices are well maintained and steady, without unrea sonable inflation, while a successful season makes it possible for many con cerns to avoid controversy by volun tarily reducing hours or advancing wages, and evidences of serious disa greement are the exception. Railway facilities are inadequate to dandle ex panding traffic and shops are crowded with orders for new freight cars and wther equipment. Wheels at textile mills are no longer generally idle. Improvement in all branches of this industry has come with a rush and manufacturers are making up some earlier losses. Gains are more conspicuous in the woolen goods di vision because depression had lasted longer and been more severe. Uradstreets says: Wheat (including flour) shipments for the week aggro gate 4.364,147 bushels, against 5,520,831 last week, 3,184,144 in the correspond ing week of 1900, 3,a68,oy8 in 1890 and 4716,401 in 1898. From July I to date this season wheat exports are 215,876, 361 bushels, against 199,664,380 last sea son and 226,462,474 in 1898-99. Oorn exports for the week aggregate 2,455. 460 bushels, against 2,435,467 last week, 4,000,654 in this week a year ago, 4, 482,116 in 1899 and 2,601,560 in 1808. From July 1 to date this season corn exports are 175.537,409 bushels, against 202,769,574 last season and 170,781,568 in 1898-99. Failures for the week in the United States number 196, against 188 last week, 185 in this week a year ago, 158 in 1899, 173 in 1898 and 225 in 1897. LATEST QUOTATIONS. Flour Best Patent, $4.6014.85; High Grade Extra, $4.1034.35; Minnesota bakers, $2.9033.10. Wheat New York, No. 2 red, 75ff a77)sc; Philadelphia, No. 2 red, 71 54 7ic; Baltimore, 74a75c Corn. New York. No. 1, 47'Aci Philadelphia, No. 2, 4fia46!c; Balti more, No. 2, 46447c. Oats. New York, No. 2, 3.1c; Phila delphia, No. 2 white, 33c; Baltimore,.. No. 2 white, 33334c. Kye. New .York No. 2, fie; Phila delphia, No. 2, 60c; Baltimore, No. 2, 5i52c. Hay. No. I timothy, $i6.ooai6.5o; No. 2 timothy, $15.00315.50; No. 3 tim othy, $13 5oai4.oo. Green Fruits and Vegetables. On ions, spring, per 100 Lunches, 5oaCsc; do Egyptian, per sack, $.'.2532.40. As paragus, Eastern Shore Maryland, per dozen, primes, $l.ooai.so. Cabbage, native, per 100, $3.0033.50; do, Norfolk, per bbl, 80a 90c; Eastern Shore, Mary and or Virginia, per bbl, 8oa9oc. Cu cumbers, Charleston and and Savan nah, per basket, $1.0031.25; Norfolk, per bushel basket, $1.5031.65. Green peas, Anne Arundel, per bushel, 75a 85c. Lettuce, native, per bushel box, 153250. String beans,' North Carolina, per basket, green, 75ca$t.oo. Cherries, Maryland and Virginia, per box, red, 5oa$i.oo; do do do, per bbl, red. $l.v a 1.75. Blackberries, per quart, 7a IPC ; Raspberries, Eastern Shore, red. per pint, 5a6c. Huckleberries, per quart, 738c. Potatoes. Old, Maryland and Penn sylvania, prime, per bushel, ssaooc; do, New York prime, per bushel, 6oa65c; do, Michigan and Ohio, per bushel, Coa 65c; white new, Norfolk, per bbl, No. 1, $2.0032.35; do, new, Norfolk, per bbl. No. 2, $(.501.75; Eastern Shore, Maryland, per bbl, $2.0002.15. Provisions. Bulk shoulders, Zlic; do short ribs, 9ic; do clear sides, 9c; bacon rib sides, 10c; do clear sides, ioJ4c; bacon shoulders, 954 c. Fat backs, 8yk. Sugar cured breasts l2'2c; sugar cured shoulders, 9c. Hams Small, I24c; large, lic; smoked skinned hams, 12'A; picnic hams, 954c Lard Best refined, pure, in tierces, 954c; in tuba, 9)4 per lb. Mess pork, per bbl, $16.00. Live Poultry. Market is steady at the following quotations: Hens, lie; old roosters, each, 25330c; spring chickens, 140.19c. Ducks, yaoc. Spring ducks, 10a 14c. Geese, apiece, 25335c. Hides. Green salted, per lb, 7c; do, do do, damaged, 654c; do do Southern. 6c; green, per lb, 6&c: dry flint, ijcj dry salted, per lb, lie; dry calf, per lb, 10c; bull hides per lb, green, 6c. Goat skins, 15325c. Calfskins, green salted, 60380c. Sheepskins, 40360c. Spring Lambskins, 20325c Live Stock, East Liberty, Pa. Cattle steady; prime, $5.65a5-75; good, $S-3S5-5S; Hogs slow and lower; beat light York ers and prime pigs, $0.3006.35; assorted mediums, $6.30; heavy Yorkers, $6. 15a 6.30; common to fair Yorkers, $6,153 6.20; prime heavy, $6.2936.30; skips, $4755 75- Sheep slow and lower; beat wethers, $4.0034.15; culls aad common, $l.50a2.5o; choice yearlings, $43034.75: common to good, $3x4.5o; veal calves, $6.0036.50, Chicago, 111. (Speci3l). Cattle steers steady to slow; batchers' stock and Texans steady; good to prim steers, $5-35a6.3S; poor to medium, $4-3a5 30; cows, $2.7034.7$; bulla . choice, $2.9034.60; calves about steady, I4.50a6.50; Texas fed steers, $4-2535.40; Texas bulls, $3.5034.10. LA BOB AND INDUSTRY v Ireland exports meat Canada has ten cotton mills. Trusts are multiplying in Canada. America ho 31 aupar beet factories A Japan shipyard is over 1900 years of age. Germany's army embrace 10,000 musicians. Our metallic products this year am valued at $52718,084. Oar miles of railroad track exceed by more than io.ouo all the tracks ol Eat ope. Brooklyn union bricklayers' laborer' wages have been advanced to $j pet day; were $2.75. W ananalaciur more tha Enalanal France and Germany icomhined. W grow tto per cent, of th world's cot ton At New York, th Tar, Felt and Waterproof Roofers' Union will rais hi initial) Ice to nearly double ncxl month. No British ship may carry a deckloas of timber iuto a British i.rt twee the ist day of October and April li i Ouly about m per ecu., o. wa'n cia in Gcrma holds aad its.uunu'-t rcecive any wacs, as they are expect ed to live on their fees.
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