THE A thousand dreamt to earth have come and gone, 'A thousand forms, by fear or fancy drawn, Like shapes of night have faded from the dawn, A thousand creeds have held their away on earth, Unto a thousand myths have given birth, That now are food for wonder, acorn or mirth. A thousand gods have reigned their little day, And crumbled. They were fashioned out of clay, Like worn-out toys they now arc cast away. , A thousand castles of the humnn mind Are wrecks with which the coast of time arc lined. The rubbish of the ages left behind. A thousand systems of n thousand schools The theories of nature's hidden rules. Now seem to ug the dreams of idle fools. IX months of soldiering In the Phlllmilncs linil tnkon nil the G) ed;,'( oft" Tom Crowder's mili tary nrdor. In n year the sight of a khnkl uniform hurt his eyes end he began to realize that In nil the world no village -was go fair to look upon ns Sugar Crook, 111., the borne town where "Crowder & Hons" kept store, oud where the event of eneli drouiug day wmi "train time." When two years bad almost passed be bognn to dream of swinging under the elms yi the old front yard at borne, and wondered ns be nibbled at the ever lasting: hardtack how many pitted cherry plea bo could eat at one sitting In the dining room at borne. When a young soldier's mind begins to dwell on the pies that mother used to make he cannot flourish on salt pork. But when ho begins to decorate bis tent wall -with the photographs of Tillie and Sue and "the folks" he's fit for nothing but. furloughs and slek leave, and If there's anything of the quitter about him he's In Imminent danger of forgetting to answer roll call some dark evening when the mu sic of the sea. beyond the jungle lures him with false songs of home. Tom heard the siren voice nil right, but bo didn't lure a little bit. Ills term of en listment was almost nt band, and be Batlsflnd himself with blotting each dull day off the calendar, writing doggerel verse about Tilllo and mak ing himself n nuisance generally to his bunkle. He used to swear roundly that he CUT IIF.lt IXITI meant to "hike back" to Sugar Creek as fast ns ship and train could carry him, nnd hoped by nil that was holy that once ho was mustered out he'd never see a soldier again. He got to be the worst "knocker" lu the com pany, nud he wrote so many letters that hlsrcomrndes began to nsk hint why he didn't write a few to himself. "If you got such, a good home nnd swell peoplo, why don't gome of 'em write to you?" sneered his) tent-mate ono night. "You can't be very strong with Tilllo 'r she'd write you at least nee a year." Now the letter question was a sore ono with Tom because nobody wrote to him except his mother, and her let tors seldom reached hi in during the trial months of bis campaigning lu the Interior. He had quarreled with his brother so many times that no love was lost between them, and his father didn't write for the good reason that ho didn't know how. As for Tlllle, the young soldier had no reason to expect letters from her. When he left homo she was only sixteen, and his "nflfulr" With her was of the long-distance, niooulng, mental sort peculiar to boys nud girls Just out of the high school. If Tom hnd been perfeoitly fair lu his Introspection ho must bave admitted that there was nothing very tangible 0a his hopes with regard to Tlllle. He told himself a thousand times that sho was "the one' girl," nnd coddled him self with the belief that his fenlty to her was little short of heroic, nnd that, by some mysterious telepathic sympa thy, she must, by this time, be pining awny for bis return. llo wasn't "In love" when ho enlist ed, but be bad her picture and bis mother's, and by a natural process of longing for home he developed quite a ; fierce and yearning passion for Tlllle. A hundred times be begun a letter to lier, but be never had the nerve to eud it. He cut her- Initials on trees, fences and tent poles uud wrote her name a dozen times on every scrap of paper thnt ho could find, lie sang It, . Bpolled It and whistled It till his soul ' was In n Hue frenzy, and ho knew by heart the loug speech of proposal thnt he meant lu whisper iluto he? little pink vuv the lli't time l-V covbi jcet her PAST. A thousand lofty sentiments expressed. To those who heard them Deeming of the best, Are now forgotten or a theme for jest. A thousand books on memory have laid claim. A thousand authors through them sought for fume; To us there scarce remains a single name. The winnower of the njies thraahe o'er The harvest of n generation's lore; One grain is gathered from the thrashing floor, The rest as empty chuff, nside is east. Oblivion's refic-e, gathering thick ami fawt, Chokes all the gates nud highways of the past. Religions, dreams and empires all have gone. Like shtppg of night that vanish fro-.n the down, While through the ages earth went roll ing on. Jrvi i n n i nrl o. alone In the swing or on the narrow sent of dad's spring wagon. So when Tom got back to Manila and "regular malls" he was stirred by an unreasonable hope that there would be nt least one letter from Tlllle. He was disappointed but not disheartened to And nothing but three old missives from bis mother, In which there was not n word of his heart's delight nnd n volume of motherly advice about the care he should take of himself, the things he should cat and drink, the comrades he should nvoid nnd the prayers he should sny. Her latest let ter was full of the "time they would give him" when ho got home, and It concluded with the bint of a "great surprise" that was In store for htm. Of course, that put new zest Into his "honing for home," and his hatred for the army rose In proportion. The whole town was nt the station when Tom swung off the train steps at Sugar Creek. The Silver Cornet Bund, with old Hill Thompson, shako and all at Its head, was standing on the platform playing. "See, the Conquer ing Hero Conies." Clrent flags waved nbove the depot nnd yards of bunting stretched clear across the street from Crowder's grocery store to the Town Hall. Torn almost fell Into the nrms of bis mother. Even his brother .Tim semeed to have forgotten nil differ ences nnd hugged him. But best of nil there was Tilllo, quite n woman now, prettier than ever, blushing fu riously nnd holding bis hand as she ALS ON TREES. had never held It before nnd holding up her radiant face to be kissed us often as he liked. The small boys yelled "Hooray for Tom Crowder," old man Crowder shed tears of Joy, proml ueut citizens, wearing bndges marked "Iteceptlon," ushered the hero Into a carriage, and as Tom wns whisked nwny to the Mayor's residence for n brief carnival of speech-making nnd handshaking the baud played "There'll Be a Hot Tlmo lu the Old Town To night." But It all semeed too long to the re turned hero. He felt very proud and happy, of course. He bowed to the Judge and shook bunds with every body,, nnd tried to make a speech, but nil the time his eyes were seeking Tlllle nud his heart was iichlng for another chance to greet her. At hist the guests withdrew uud Tom and Jim nud Mr. -mil Mrs. Crowder und wondrous luck Tlllle all piled Into the big cnrrlage and were driven up to the Crowder homo. "And now, my son," said the proud old father, "now comes the greatest surprise of all. Tillie, bring blni out." And Tlllle, nil blushes, ran Into the bedroom only to renppear In a mo nieut with n bundle of muslin nud lace that looked like a small bolster. "Allow mo, Tom, to Introduce you to your nephew, Tom Crowder, the second." Then they all laughed and chipped their bauds except poor Tom uud the baby. "Whose kid Is It?" asked Tom fuint ly, as bis white fueo turned from the' child's to TUlie's. "Why, It's Tlllle's," laughed the mother; "TUlie's nud Jim's. They were married a year ugo, but we thought we'd keep the secret a while." "We thought lt'd make you home sick, niebbe," said Jim. "Do you want to bold blm, Tom?" whispered Tlllle, holding out the baby; "you're his godfather, you know." Tom held bis little namesake for a while, but he didn't seem to know just what to wiy. They laughed at blm, t ciiucd blm nud praised hiui, till bin mother suggested that ho looked wtiu out uud Hhould i,'o to bed. Tom re-enllstcd Inst week In spite of the combined objections of Jim, Tillie nud the old folks. "No uso kicking about It, dnd," he said. "I pot the fever nnd I can't shake It. You don't need mo In the store, an' I guess they nln't more Ihnn enough to split 'tween two families. I'll get along oil right, but honest, dad. I just couldn't live here in Nugnr Creek another week. Tell Tlllle to write to me about the kid." John II. Kaftery, lu the Chicago Kecord-IIcrahl. THAT COOSE WAS COSTLY. Alalmtn fipseulatnrs In Col ton ry Dear ly For Their Credulity. There Is nn old saying about "the goose hangs high," but the saying bos been changed n little In Selmn, nnd they now sny that "the goose came high." Last Saturday n week ngo Mr. Watt Crnlg killed n wild goose of the pelican vnrlety mid took It to the city. It Was the tiuest goose of that kind that had been killed In Selma In sev enteen years, and old weather proph ets predicted nt once that the South was on the eve of a cold snap, ns that kind of goose never innde Its appear ance until nhout two days before n tremendous frost or a freeze. This particular goose was discussed around Cotton Exchanges, nnd n good ninny men worked themselves up Into believing the story. They nrgued to themselves thnt If n cold spell should cumo In the next two or three days, the price of cotton would Jump clear out of sight, and they would reap n rich harvest on the strength of thnt goose. Men who are disposed to speculate do not want very much encourage ment to wade In, no they commenced to buy cotton, and pretty soon the infection spread, all on account of this one wild goose. But the weather turned wanner Instead of colder, the heat became oppressive, the dust got denser, and cotton took n tumble and kept going down. The men who bad bought cotton on the wild goose the ory kept getting bluer and bluer, nnd n well-informed cotton ninn said that Watt Craig's wild goose cost Selma cotton speculators not less than 35000. One man remarked that the next man who came around telling a yarn about n wild goose making It turn cold was going to get a flrst-elass scrap on bis bands, nnd that If such a man should go around the Cotton Ex change be would be liable to be tarred and feathered, If he escaped with bis life. The predicted cold spell came, and not until the money of the believ ers lu tiie wild goose theory bad taken wings nud llown to parts unknown. Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser. "The Maniao on Htindlliig." "What a largo number of shoppers there nre who never seem satisfied with seeing a thing, but must needs bold It, turn It upside down, Inside out, ns the ense uiny be," said a woman yesterday. "It Is women, not men, who nre given to this bad habit of handling. A man will walk through loug aisles of goods temptingly dis played and never venture to touch them. Not so with women. Nothing seines to escape their too eager hands. It rr.r.kes no difference whether they Intend to purchase or not, they never seem r.ble to resist the temptation to hold these things In their hands. Silks, satins, laces, chlun, glass. Jewels, nil nre one to them. The frailest, dainti est, most perishable suffer alike. How often must the heart of the guardian of these beautiful things quake with fear. Fancy the condition of a dainty gown, a piece of lnce, a delicate bit of silk that has been lingered by hun dreds of not too cleanly gloved bands. "It Is not only the shops thnt suffer," she continued, "but the homes of the friends of these mnnlacs on handling. How often It Is with a sigh of relief that n host or hostess sees guests de part, thankful at heart that some ruro article of vertu bns como out whole after the careless treatment Just ac corded It. It Is a wise mother who teaches her children to wnlk Into n drawing room and never by any chance to put a linger ou a thing." Kxcesjivo sal. A railroad man told this story to the conductor lu charge of the train ou the next truck: "The La Cross division established n new flag station the other day," said ho. "It's nothing but n whistling post, but the road built a platform and laid a sidetrack. "There was not enough business to pay the company to put n regular agent out there, so the old fellow who keeps the store was appointed a kind of nu agent. Well, the first duy after he got his appointment the through passen ger train wus coming nt nbout forty miles nn hour, and there was the old fellow on the platform waving his little old red flag. The engineer put on the air and the train stopped at the platform. When the conductor Jumped off there wasn't a man hi sight except the man that ran the store. ' 'Where's your passengers?' the con ductor asked him. " 'Why,' he sayB, 'I hnven't got any passengers.' " 'What did you flag us for?' " 'I thought niebbe some one wanted to get off here.' " Minneapolis Senti nel. . VroKiess nt St. llernard. The famous pass oi St. Bernard Is now provided with shelters nt short Intervals, uud the good old dog that used to search for lost wayfarers has been superseded by a telephone lino connected to the "bosplco" In such a way that when a traveler calls up the "pious monks," they know the shelter he Is nt. However, the dog, which the world would not wllllugly let die, may still be useful If the monks can train blm to proceed to any shelter to which ho Is directed. Even now the pass Is crossed by many persons., liv ery year the "hospital" receives from 4000 lo 0000 tourists, 5000 to 0000 pil grims, and ubout 15,000 Fiediuouteqe work people goliig to Switzerland to seek work. Even lu the worst wenther six to eight travelers visit the hospi tal. Loudon Globe. Uugullant. A Marysvlllo schoolmaam was teaching her class the mysteries of grmumur. "Now, Johnny," said she, "In what tense do I speak when I say, 'I urn beautiful?'" The little fellow answered ns quick us a wink, "The unst."--Kansas City JouruaV, , . , COOKS A SICK MAN WELL PUT INTO A HOT STOVE AND BAKED UNTIL CURED, The Theory of the Dry. Hot- llr Froeess Is In Intensify the llfneflts of the Turkish ami Similar llnths Danger nf Housing the I'm lent. English publication are giving some space to what they call the "baking jure," by which n slek man Is described ns being "put Into a stove nnd cooked until be Is well." A hospital devoted to this treatment has Just been estab lished nt London, nnd the iden seems to bo wholly novel over there. In this city, on the other hnnd, where It Is known ns thermnerotbernpy a word ctymologlenlly unimpeachable, but to be found only In the newest dic tionaries also called the treatment by superheated air, Bellevue has used the process several years, nnd a private hospital on the west side of the city practices It nlniost exclusively. An other such Institution exists In Phila delphia, nnd still others In Cincinnati nnd Chicago. The theory of the dry-hot-air cure Is to Intensify tbo bent tits of Turkish nnd similar baths. The patient's bend being outside the machine, nud In nt inosphero of ordinary temperature, bis body can stand much more hent than If the exposure thereto wns complete. As tbo treatment Is essentially locnl, provided nothing Is the matter with his bend, there Is no need for n man to breathe other air than be Is used to. There Is nothing startling In the gen crul conception of cnlorllle therapeu tics. The hot-water bag Is ono expres sion of the principle, nnd the homely mustard plaster unother. The ruins of Athens, Alexandria, Bagdad, Cairo, Constantinople, Damascus, Hercuhi ncum. I'otnpell, nnd Home contnlu the remains of hot-nlr baths unequalled to-day. Among tbo famous baths of the Eternal City, those of Agrippn, Cnracalla, Diocletian, and Titus, none was without Its cahlarlum, or hot-air chamber. Hippocrates, Celsns and Galen extolled hot nlr ns n therapeutic ngent. The Turkish bath Is really a Uomnn revival. Constnntlue Intro- dueed It Intj Byznntluu nrter his con quest. The Introduction of the tliormnero- theraplc apparatus nt once raised the temperature to which It Is possible to subject the human body from" 170 to 400 degrees. Of course, neither the whole body nor nny vltnl orgnn enu be put to any such heat. Betwceu 275 nnd 280 degrees Is the hottest that is safe for the trunk. To discriminate nmong boneflclnl temperatures, three machines are used the body, the leg nnd nrm nnd the local styles. The body and tbo leg nnd nria machines differ only In size, shape nnd a few minor de tnils. The walls consist of three con centric cylinders, separated by spaces of an inch and a half. The outermost cylinder is of nickel-plated sheet cop per, lined with nsbestos to minimize the external radiation of heat; the middle cylinder, of sheet steel, also asbestos lined; und the third of brass, with cork ribs to protect the patient from burning. Bunseu burners, as many as may be required, supply the heat to the space between the steel and copper cylinders and tho products of combustion pass off through three flues. The steel cyl inder radiates the beat through many perforations In tho brass upon the body of the patient, fresh air is con stnntly fed into the second spnee, or circulating jacket, nud escapes luto the flues nfter It bns been vitiated. The patient lies upon a mnt of fibrous magnesia, covering a lnyer of asbestos. The cylinders are mounted upon massive metal legs, and at either end of the body machine lire wooden extensions for the head and lower limbs to rest upon. Tho npparatus looks like a combination of bed and stove, which Indeed it is. It weighs nbout fifty pouuds and the leg and arm machine 400. Tho latter has a bIuss door through which the attendant may watch the limb. The local device Is a cork-rimmed Instrument wick various utlachmeuls for the application of a swift current of hot air to the ear, all sorts of common sores, nnd other pniu ful spots. The attendant manipulates the contrivance and regulates tho tem perature. The nlr comes from n tank where It Is stored under pressure, nud Is hented ns released. The treatment Is employed to reduce obesity and relieve writer's cramp, for rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica find gout, pneumonia, asthma nud pleurisy, bolls nud ulcers, but not tumors und cancers. The grent danger Is of literally roast ing the patient to death, although no such fatullty 1b on record. In nuditlou to the protection afforded by the mag nesia mat and the cork ribs of the brass cylinder, each patleut wears a bathrobe of outlug flannel, and must satisfy his physician in a physical ex amination not only of the nature of bis ailments, but of his ability to endure the process. His temperature, pulse nnd respiration are taken, nud If bis heart and lungs are not all right, the usual treatment Is modified according ly. If they are radically wrong, be will have to seek some other remedy. The average stay In the body-machine is from fofty-flve minutes to an hour. Nearly every organ Is affected lu some way. The skin becomes first flushed aud then mottled, nnd prickly hent may appear. Tho secretions of the sweat, sebaceous and lymphatic glands are greatly stimulated. Epi thelial cells Increase, especially In the neighborhood of former eruptions. Af ter a few treatments the entire opider mis becomes much softer uud smoother.. The heartbeats quicken from ten to Iwenty-flve a minute over tho normal, unless the action of the beat Is allowed to continue more thnu au hour und a half, when they become very rapid and feeble. From a couple to half a dozen more breaths than usual are drawn every minute, but the effect of over-exposure Is the same as upon the pulsations. The blood becomes more alkaline, and tbo number of red cor puscles temporarily multiplies, but anaemia may follow excessive ex posure. TUe temperature of the body Is likely to rise from two to live de grees above the regular nluety-elght and a half. The sensory nerves are soothed nud the patient niuy fill asleep. Leave him too long lu the oven, nod you may expect musculur twitching and general Irritability. Pome pntlents sny thnt nfter a limb bns been heated awhile the release from pnln causes n sensntloti of the loss of thnt member. When the bent Is first turned upon the man In the stove-bed be feels only n mild nnd genial warmth. Below 150 degrees no Inconvenience Is experi enced. Then bo becomes thirsty, and tho nurse gives him n sip of water not too cold, which modest draught Is re pented whenever he signifies his de- hire. At ISO degrees he becomes nwnre of many tiny streams of heat like so ninny sharp needles Impinging upon his body, but still he does not suffer. Ho Is drenched with persplrntlon, nnd his feet seem to have "gone to sleep." Some of the sweat Is actually turned Into steam, nnd may be seen Issuing from the funnels ntop the machine. At 200 degrees ono become dreamy, nnd for the remaining eighty degrees to which It Is safe to subject a man functionally sound, the experience Is paid to be not unlike some of those described by De Qulncey. If the pa tient slumbers he Is enslly restored by the rubbing thnt closes each treat ment. Then be rests nn hour or two, nnd upon going abroad, should hit complnlnt permit, feels nn exhilaration. Suppose n man has a bad leg nnd tnkes, sny, 350 degrees of bent. It Is hard to convince him he Is not being roasted nllve. Ills benrt thumps fran tically, nnd his blood seems rendy to boll. Bags of Ice nre applied to his head, one nfter nnother, unlit the or deal Is over. He does not get all the water he wants, but only n mouthful for tho asking. Such hent would kill sooner or biter were It not very dry. Its humidity Is prncticnlly nothing. It wns the humid hent that made this city so unpleasant this summer. Massage nnd electricity nre applied subsidiary to therninerotherapy, II deemed expedient. An Interesting nd junct to the hospital lu this city Is nn ndjustnble staircase for the use ol partial cripples, who constitute a ma jority of the patients, In determlnlnp their progress toward recovery. It Is o wooden Isosceles triangle, with sliding shelves nlong the equal sides, the third resting upon the floor, pulling out n shelf furnishes a step, nnd the stepi mny be ns near together or ns fni apart ns seems fit, or at Irregular In tervals, within certain limits. The pa tient can thus discover exactly whnl he enn do In the wny of climbing nnd descending stairs, nnd when he bns ascertained may utilize the frame-work for practice nnd exercise. A woman who said tdio bad not walked for thirty-two years learned over ngnln, Just ns she hnd la the first place In childhood, and has experienced no subsequent dilliculty, according to the bend nurse. Another achievement clnlmed for the concern is the reduc tion of a well known public man lu fifteen treatments from 218 to 180 pouuds, which weight be has retained ever since. E. 15. B., In New York Evening Tost. The iarrow wood, which grows In Australia, Is almost tho only kind known to the lumbermen which ef fectively resist the depredations of in sects. Not nn Insect will touch it. The latest Invention for life saving nt son Is a life belt that carries a light to guide tho struggling swimmer to It, and whose lamp Is lighted by contact with the sea water. This device is re ported from Germany. Tho oldest known weapon was the club. The clubs of tho bike dwellers of Switzerland, studded with stones in default of nails, nnd thus pinking formidable weapons, bave been recov ered from their habitations. In Greece, In the third century B. C, the wearing of silk was forbidden to women, the husbauds of those who vio lated tho law being heavily fined, on the theory that a husband ought to be able to control his wife's tuste for finery. They say thnt nfter the Duchess of York bad visited one of the schools In Toronto, nnd bad graciously written her name on the school register, the teacher pnssed nround the Ink bottle In order that each pupil might dip n finger In the Ink luto which a duchess had dipped the pen. A remarkable orchid has been dis covered In South America. Erom the centre of the plant, which Is nttnehed to tho branches of trees, a long, flat, tube-like stem depends. When the plant Is thirty this tube is lowered to find water, nnd ns soon as the tip Is full the tube colls up in a spiral, carry ing the water through its length to bo distributed on tho roots above. "Conscience mouey" In Great Brit ain now amounts to thousands of pounds annually. The first sum no ticed wns on March SO, 1781), whej 300 was carried to the public account In consequence of n note received by the Chancellor. The writer with troubled soul Implored hli.i, "as na honest man, to consider the money the property of the nation, nnd to bo so just as to npply it to the rue of the State In such manner that tho nation may uot suffer by Its luivl ig been de tained, and thus to ease the conscience of nu honest mnn." Word comes from Paris thnt somo hnudsome Americau women of stntely proportions us to altitude have aroused tho envy ef ninny Purislenues. The re suit Is thnt a French professor has come forward who claims to have a process by which he can supply the demand for Increased stature, even though the subject may have reached maturity. Ho treats the ankles, knees and spine electrically, claiming that the osseous nt the joints Is thereby expauded und the growth of the bones stimulated. Ho claims that he can add two-fifths of au Inch a mouth during six months treatment. Need less to say the professor has already a large praU'e. The I!eV"'1'- Sandford, of Shllou, Mo., reeeif.V baptised 218 persons lu one'hou:' I I'd thirty-seven minutes. FACTS CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS December IS. Imperialism of Christianity Dan. IL, 44-45. Scripture Verses. las.., xlv., 22, 23; Dan., vll., 13, 14, 18, 27; Matt., xlll., 81, 82; Luke, I., 82, 33; xlll., 20, 21; Phil., II., 9 11; Rev., xil., 10, 11. Lesson Thoughts. Nothing can withstand the almighty power of the kingdom of God; even the very gates of hell shall not prevail against it. When God's kingdom shall have come In Its completeness, his shall be the universal and only rule; just as the Individual heart cannot hnve two masters, the kingdom of God will drive out everywhere the service of mammon. God's kingdom Is an everlasting kingdom, no changing monarchs, no revised laws, for both are perfect and eternal. Selections. It has long been the boast of tho English people that the sun never set3 on the British empire. It may now be said, with great rejoicing, that the sun never sets on the kingdom of Ood on the earth. So great were the tri umphs of the cross during the nine teenth century, that Jesus reigns, in at least a few loyal hearts, "where'er the sun does his successive Journeys run." B. It. Brain. Surely this of all times Is not the time to disbelieve In foreign missions; surely he who despairs of tho power of the gospel to convert the world to-day, despairs of the noontide Just when the sunrise Is breaking out of twilight on the earth. Phillips Brooks. The kingdom of God is not a mush room, springing up In a night, we may repolce if it Is even a century plant, blooming at tho end of a hundred years. But tho promises of God can not fall; all that he has spoken con cerning the triumphs of the gospel must come to pass; nnd It Is for us to labor on in the kingdom and pa tience of Jesus Christ. A. J. Gordon, D. I). Suggested Hymns. Jesus of Nazareth, O what a name! Stand up, stand up for Jesus. Conquering now and still to conquer O worship the King of all glorioo' above. Great Jehovah, mighty Lord. All hall the power of Jesus' name. nPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS December 15 Universal Dominion Dan. II., 44-45. Behold "the stone cut of tho mount ain without hands." The' God of heaven sets up a kingdom without fenced cities, without armies. Never shall It break In pieces. It will stand forever as a universal kingdom from pole to pole. Farther, too, for God's hand upholds distant star, aand the reign of his love and righteousness must bo as extended and mighty a kingdom universal. Tho design itself is inconceivably majestic and vast. The conception is both inimitably extensive and com prehensively Inclusive. It certainly baffles human thought, but It feeds faith and heightens hope. The mag nificence and magnitude of God's pur pose is appalling to our minds, but to his as consonant as light Is for the eye. It is commensurate with his love and power. Unique Undertaking To humble Rome was the task of a Hannibal. Preaching the rescue of the Holy Sopulcher from the hands of the In fidel Saracen, Peter the Hermit sent the flower of European chivalry, with the rabble, for two centuries, on the holy errand. i The project to bring every knee to bow to tho name of Jesus, and every tongue confess him, Is, in Its execution, astonishingly uni que. The enterprise, involving the mastery of great difficulties and re moval of huge obstacles, surpasses all the achievements of men. The human hearts, dominated by tho carnal mind, darkened through vanity of their ima ginations, and sticking to the world through lasolviousness, must be cleansed. Wills weak need strength; perverted, need correction. Affec tions fastened to the flesh need to bo set on things above. This for all men tno great wide world over.. Deem you this the work of a clay? Verily, the struggle of millennia! Is such tne adventure of an angel? It is the un dertaking of God. Men preach to nnd plead with men, and pray to God. These are the "things that are not," that are to "bring to naught the things thnt are." It is the "stone" again: breaking Iron, brass, clay, silver and gold. Wlfn means so apparently In significant, despised by the wisdom of the world, God sets up his kingdom. Charity asks not the color of the skin, waits not for a certain accent of voice nor the shibboleth of faith. It reigns, gentle, lovely empress, for all famines, calamities, scourges, woes and sins, Shall not the crots have universal sway? Unto the anointed King are given the heathen for his inheritance, and for his possession the uttermost parts of the earth. The mountain of the Lord's house is established o'er all the universe. The kingdoms of this world have now become the king doms of our God and his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever (Rev. xl, 15). Amen! Hallelujah: RAMS' HORN BLASTS HE rights of rulers depend on their ruling aright. There can be no privileges where there are no duties. A man's philoso phy is usually founded on his practice. It is better to pray for power over sin than to plaa for its for giveness. You can always have all the heaven you will make room for. The little man's life la email be cause he circumscribes It within him self. . . The world does not need a correct philosophy so much as it does a belter philanthropy. Self-knowledge depends on seeing God. God's faithfulness does not depend on ours. God will not lift our position up ex cept we keep our pride down, Yon must tome to the Teacher be fore you can receive the teaching. One tif tho noblest of the rights 'of man Is that of giving up hit rights. Oros.i bearing doea not niunlfett it self lu a cross hearing to out another. COMMERCIAL REVIEW. General Trade Conditions. R. G. Dun & Co'i Weekly Review of Trade says: When consumptive de nand equals or exceeds supply and prices ire firmly held at an exceptionally high level it is generally considered that there .i little to be desired in the business sit uation. These factors are now in evi dence to an unusual extent, yet many ndnstrics are halting. The principal disturbing clement is the lack of cars to landle the phenomenal shipments that ire urgently needed. A general advance in the price of ?ig iron indicates that rccord-brcakino; activity at furnaces fails to produce ac munilation of supplies. Steel mills are iccking material urgently, and Besse ncr pig for prompt delivery at Pittsburg; a not available below $16.50. The fcat 4re among the minor metals was the iharp advance in tin to much the high est point of the year because of delayed arrivals. In marked contrast to the rise in tin as a sharp decline in silver to the low ;st price since early in 181)8. Shoe shops it the Kast are fully employed, while Western producers were never before so ictivcly engaged. Jobbing trade is rrcatly accelerated by the fall in tcm craturc, and makers are importuned for wrly shipments. Failures for the week numbered 182 n the L'nitcd States, against 178 last car, and 25 in Canada, against 21 last1 car. "P.radstrect's" says: Wheat, including flour, exports for the veck aggregate 5,117,478 bushels, as igainst 5.5i8,Q30 bushels last week and 1,407.880 in this week last year. Wheat txports July I to date (twenty-two vecks ) aggregate 127,819,060 bushels, as tgainst 76,742,993 last season. LATEST QUOTATIONS. Flour Best Patent. $460; High Jrade Extra, $4.10; Minnesota Bakers, S3.00a3.25. Wheat New York No. 2 8iJ4c; Philadelphia No. 2 red 77a78c; Balti nore No. 2 75a"8c. Com New York No. 2 68? Hc ; Phila lelphia No. 2 (kji7ck; Baltimore No. 1 6554 c. Oats New York No. 2 48c ; Philadcl diia No. 2 52c; Baltimore No. 2 51a Sc. Hay. No. I timothy, large bales, $15. joaib.oo; do, small bales, ai6.oo; No. I timothy, $i4.5oal5..oo; No. 3 timothy, f12.ooai3.SO. Green Fruits and Vegetables. Apples, icarby, per brl. fancy red $2.5033.00. Cabbage, New York State, per ton $9.00 ,11.00. Carrots, native, per bu box 35a (oc. Cauliflower Long Island, per; irate or brl $1.5032.50. Celery New; i'ork State, per dozen stalks 2oa35c ; do,, lative, per bunch 3ajfjC Cranberries ! Cape Cod, per brl $6.50.17.50. Cucum-j ers Florida, per crate $i.75a2.oo.' I-et-i tice Native, per bushel box 403600. Dnions Maryland and Pennsylvania, rcllow, per bu. $1.2531.30. String Beans Norfolk, per basket, green, $2.00.12.50; lo, wax,, $2.0032.50. Turnips Native, cr bushel box 20325c. ; " Potatoes. White Maryland and Pennsylvania, per bu. No. I 85390c ; do, leconds, 6oa75c ; New Y'ork, per bu, best itock, 85aox)c; do, common, 6oa75c; Western, per bu, prime, 85aooc. Sweets Eastern Shore, Virginia, per truck rl, $i.25ai.75; do, per flour brl. $i.75a I.85; do, per brl, frost 75C.a$i.oo; na jve, per brl, No. t, $2.0032.25; North "arolina, per brl, No. I, $2.ooa2.25. I'ams Virginia, per brl. smooth, a$i. Provisions and Hog Products. Bulk Jear rib sides, 9c; bulk clear sides, 9'c; sulk shoulders, g'Ac ; bulk clear plates, )J4c; bulk fat backs, 14 lbs and under, )l4c, sugar-cured shoulders, narrow, jJ4c-! sugar-cured shoulders, extra jroad, lo' jc; hams, canvased or un :anvased, 12 lbs and over, I2j4c; refined !ard, tierces, brls and 50-lb cans, gross, Eggs. Western Maryland and Penn sylvania, per dozen .127c. ; Eastern Shore (Maryland and Virginia), per dozen 27c. ; Virginia, per dozen, 26a 27c. ; West Virginia, per dozen, 25326c; Western, per dozen, 26n2-c. ; Southern, 23:125c. ; Butter, Creamery. Separator, 26327; gathered cream, 22.123; imitation, 19.120; Md., Va. and Pa. Dairy prints, 2ia2S; small creamery blocks, (2 lb.), 23324; choice rolls, i-ai8. Cheese. New cheese, large 60 lbs., toJ4 to io'jc. ; do, flats, 37 lbs., ioJ4 to lojc ; picnics, 23 lbs., 11 to lijijc. Live and Dressed Poultry. Turk.-ys old, ai8Vl,c. ; young, fat, qagjjc. ; do, small and poor, abc. Chickens Hens, a7'Ac. ;do old roosters, each 25330.; do, young good to choice. 8a8'-j ; do, rough and poor, a7. Ducks Fancy, large, 9 a ; do, small, a8 ; do, muscovy and mongrels, 839. Geese, W estern, each 50a 65. Live Stock. Chicago. Cattle. Market steady; good to prime, $0.4037.25; poor to medium, $3.6oa6.oo; stockers and feeders, $2.ooa 4.35; cows, $1.2534.75; heifers, $1,503 5.50 ;canners, $1.2532.30; bulls, $2.ooa 4.75. Calves, $2.5035.00; Tcx;.s steers, $4.75. Hogs. Receipts to day 25,000 head; Monday, 45,000; left over, 4.500; 10 to 15c. higher; mixed and butchers, $57oa6.2o; good to choice, heavy $5.75 6.30; rough heavy, $5 .5c.a5.75 light; $5 253575: o.nlk of sales, $5.7036.00. Sheep. Receipts 2,000 head ; sheep and lambs steady , good to choice weth ers, $3..soa4.25 ; ethers, $4.25 ; native lambs, $2.5034.00; Western lambs, $3.50 a4.io. East Liberty. Cattle steady; choice, $5.7536.00; prime, $5.5035.70; good, $5.15 85.40. Hogs higher ; extra prime heavies $6.1036.20; heavy mediums. $5.ooa6.os; light do, $5 7E"(5.8s; heavy Yorkers, $5.65 a$575; light'do. $5.40.15-50; Pig'. $5'5 q.30; roughs, $4.5035.60. Sheep firm; best wethers, $3.4083 50; culls and com mon, $1.00.1200; yearlings, $2.5033.75; veal cab es, $6.0036.50. LABOR AND INDUSTRY Russia has 15,000 physicians. Paris has automobile tire engines. Bengal has 4.000,000 quinine trees, , Mississippi has 26,433 wage workers. Washington State has 444 lumber mills. Cuba has a 60,000-acre sugar planta tion. Sugar plantations are appearing in Mexico. Four New York banks control $500, 000,01x5 deposits K3iisas farmers are feeding wheat to their cattle. California's gold output since '49 has been $t,350,oo:,ooq. Itnly furnishes nearly all the sulphur v.fed in the world.' Oil prospccMrs in Missouri are pre paring lo bore 3.000 feet. A good many piimeers ill Alaska, hunt irg pohl, strike coal. California, l.'tah, Colorado and n part of Arizona produce about all the Ainer :c:in I'oucy that is sold abroad. Eleven million dollars' worth of bns-'-.c-s v i'.s Iran -ac'.cd between Seattle and C:-; v Nomi: C iis year. The .ri'i.t rush of work in West--?? fiic'.i": 1 hum i is ir.:'.!.ii',' l;.'j,w .:c.;rce in' mv.y W'i '.era li.v.
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