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. 'l'HE Imperial cruld to whom the wis men brought
Their gifts, and worshipped in His lowly nest,
Gave no gift back. It wai Himself they sought,
And finding Him, were sated in their que3t.
Their gifts, not expectation, but their joy expressed.
Now was the world's long yearning satisfied 1
Now was the prist long waited for possessed 1
.Their gifts meant, love, unmarred by kist or pride. ',
Be It so with ours: our aim, not debts tj pay,
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Nor any recompense save love to. win.,.
Nor any grosser feeling to convey
Than brought the wise men's gifts to Bethlehem's inn.
Those rate we best that no return afford
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Feinbcrtou cnino 1o Mns
Y Y Kachif.sctts to light Iu
0 i it n rt mid to enable 1:1.
descendants to become Dnnifs nnil
Daughters nml Souh of nil m:i uuor of
things, It was in ii way Hint little be
tokened such fut tiro filmy. It Is Had
to record such thiirw of nn ancestor,
but iih n mutter of fuel ho was fairly
smuggled la from Virginia, where n
political dilVoreneo with (iovernor
Berkeley had led to his enforced re
tirement; mid so little was his pres
ence desired In the Purilim colony
that only because of his splendid mili
tary ability was he allowed to remain.
1'or he, hciiic; by all accounts u spirit
ed party, gave 1 1n; blue, laws no more
attention than If they did not exist,
and In luce of indignant: public opinion
Insisted on keeping Christmas after
the fashion of their common mother
country. But with King riillip and the Xnr
rngansetts waging war it was impos
sible to spare one who was both n
fearless and a skillful warrior: and be
sides (so say the nucieut annals) his
sins 'brought their own punishment;
so terrible ri one that the most ortho
dox stood nghast, for his eldest sou
his heir and his pride married n red
headed witch, the daughter of a Dutch
emigrant, who had died just as his
vessel touched port. There was no
doubt about the witchcraft. She wore
gay garments of a stinugo cut, she
sang. In an unknown tongue, songs
of nn unearthly sweetness that held
pnssers-by spellbound near her tiny
cabin; she hud wondrous skill in herbs
and simples; nnd, lastly, to clinch the
matter, there was tho red head. But
the younger John, who had traveled,
only laughed at the tales when he
took her for his wife In defiance of
the world, and of his I'lnlur to hoot,
who, In spite of his own contumacy,
desired no dealings with sorcery, nud
who cut off his son with a shilling.
But one thing more went with It
'namely, -tho old mail's sword; for the
son, though uninvited, came to the
fuueral and took It down from Its hook
on the wall, declariur,' that of all the
sons he alone, as eldest, had tho light
to wear It. And later, win n he, too,
was dead, his daughter, being frivol
ous, as became her pnren'a;;1, melted
up the gold hllt and ran It into beads,
and this deed added flame to the fami
ly feud, which did not die out, as do
most feuds, but burned on for two
long centuries. For in each generation
the head of lift oue branch of the Peiu
bertons made.n formal demand for the
beads as a lawful and Just right, nnd
the representative of the witch Fem
berlons, us they are called, us the eld
est Hue, scornfully refused; so that
the quarrel was constantly renewed,
and would bnvo probably have flour
ished IndeUultely but that, through lu
Bdvertauce, the oldest son of either side
was entered the same year nt the same
jollege, and both of thorn belnj; strong
and athletic, they were thrown much
together amf wrestled themselves
Into a mutual respect which gradu
ally ripened into friendship.
And thus !t came about that the
sue Introduced the other to his sister,
Damarls' Femberton, who had come
ap for commcneeiueut week. Now, Pa
naris was n sight to sec. By a strange
run of fato every girl In that Hue Is
bom with n red bead, but In Damnris,
tvhen the sun shone upou It, it was n
bulo of glory. And her complexion
was duzallug, aud her blue eyes were
great stars, and hev dimples came and
AS nit PUT HIS FINQElt ON TIU5 fcTMKe
xni; liw flew back."
went; and, In short, If her uucestress
bnd been like her It U no wonder that
a man threw up lauds nut money for
bur saka-at least so tho living John
thought, nud w before luutf ho told
her, aud they agreed that tho feud
was uonsitise, and became euguscd,
1'cr brother consenting. .
Aud theu en mo the deluge.
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John's father, old renibertcn, mar
ly went oft his h-ad with rage when
John informed him of the engagement.
"What," fumed the Colonel, ''my
only son wed the daughter of that
wrong-headed lawyer! Let them be
gin, in common honesty, by restoring
their unjust gain and I'll consent tj
hear more of them; but until this Is
done, never!"
"I'uless she given up tiio.se beads, If
you marry her I'll " The father left
tile .sentence uniliilshcd, but Joliu read
his meaning, from his hardening face.
"I shall marry her," Joliu returned,
brlclly nnd (irmly.
"Very well." And the old warrior's
face grow cold.
But though for love of her he had
Jelled his father and announced his
firm intention of cleaving to her, he
found that he had leaped over one ob
struction to their marriage only to hurl
himself against n greater. Damnris,
who had a tine spirit of her own,
would have none of him on sucli terms.
"If the Colonel comes to me himself
and begs nio to honor hlin by accept
ing his sou's hand perhaps MI think
of it. But not before," she said.
Try as bo would John could cot
shake her from this position.
So that Is how mutters stood with
John Femberton when Christmas-time
tho season of peace and good-will
came urouud. No wonder tha'. ho
was pale nud haggard.
The Christinas dinner could hardly
be called n cheerful meiil, nor did
things brighten later when the young
man stood gazing silently out of the
window.
In the gathering dusk Johu thought
ho saw a slender form run past the
casement window. Then just as he hud
decided It was imagination there came
u tap at the front door a sudden ris
ing aud falling of the old brass knock
erso slight a noise that It failed to
call the butler.
After wuiting a moment John Fem
berton himself strolled down the hull
and opened the door. No oue was
there, though the murk of a small foot
wus clearly visible iu the snow on the
door-step. As he tiooped to look at It
he suw beside It a little square pack
age, directed In flue printed letter "To
Colonel Femberton, with a Merry
Christmas."
"Eh, what's that'" said the old innn,
when Johu returned to the library.
"Left on the door-step? Ferhups It's
some sort of a practical Joke, though
who would vhluU of playing it I dou't
know, Open It, my buy, and let us
see what It Is."
John Femberton cut tho string and
removed the brown-paper wrapping;
Inside was the daintiest of parcels
done up lu pale green tissue paper and
tied with ribbon. Wondering, he un
rolled the paper and found an old case
of carved ivory. As he put his flurjer
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on the spring tho led flew back, and
with a loud exclnmatlon the Colonel
loaned forward to stare at wlint wjg
surely one of the strnngerr; f'esents
ever made to a grim and scarred old
veteran of war no less than a string
of gold bends!
The father, with the beads held In
one limp hand, gazed with down-hung
Jnw at his son, who In turn gazed
with like astonishment nt his father.
Then there was silence, for what
time John's heart gave some two hun
dred thumps against his ribs, nnd the
Colonel stared Into the open fire, un
consciously toying with the strand of
gold that bad caused so much trouble.
The old warrior knew when he was
conquered. Ho was not one given to
half-way measures. lie looked up nt
bis son.
"John," snld he, "will you order the
carriage out?"
John did, asking no questions.
A few minutes later, without an
other word being spoken, tho two
were in the carriage whirling through
the swiftly falling snow.
Damarls, heard them coming, so
within the house there were cardiac
beatings ns excited as there were
without. She (lushed to the soft color
of a sunset cloud when they appeared
before her. the father coming forward,
and John hovering about the door to
await developments. The Colonel
spoke before she had time to say a
word. "My dear lady," he said, with
stately dignity, "I have come to tlinnk
yo.i for your generous and gracious
' 'v rr.Aii T,.m,' nr. raid, with
STATl:r.y DIGNITY."
ChriKtmas gift, which, .however, ns is
appropriate, I hope that you will con
tinue to wear."
He held out to her tho old case of
caned Ivory.
"But they are yours," she said, con
fusedly; and from beneath her lowered
eyelashes a glance fluttered toward
John.
"They are yours," tho Colonel insist
ed; nud the took them. "Aud also I
bi'g that you will honor mo by con
senting to accept my only sou, nud
that you will come to my old house
as its beloved mistress." '
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John moved up to her and possessed
himself of her hands. "Father gave
you the beads, and you took them,"
lie suld, softly. "And he also gave you
mo, Am I taken, too, dear?"
Damuris raised her eyes, and crept
closer; nud John Crew her into ii'b
arms.
And so the old Feufuertoa feud cario
to an eud on Christinas nlht, Wom
an's Home Companion. '"
Mr. Mouse "I'll bet anything that
fellow stole ti horse, or he wouldn't bo
hauglus on that tree." Judge.
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TESTING T1TE BIG GDNS
MINUTE OBSERVATIONS MADE AT
THE PaOVINCSROUNDS.
rim Law of Ormltntlon Kmployed to lie.
tannine lrn.flrtll Vcloelt jr-.TIi Agon
r.T ol two Magnttta, n trl Kocl, unit
a Kulfe-niailo A Mnthoillcal Operation
The Government ordnance proving
ground nt Sandy Hook Is a busy nnd
thunderliigly noisy place Just nt this
season of the year, and every week
thousands of dollars' worth of armor
plate, projectiles and powder are util
ized In demonstrating that this coun
try possesses the best guns, the best
steel armor, nnd the most eliiclcnt ex
plosives In the world. It seems al
most a wanton waste of material to
heave a ponderous steel shell or armor
plerelng projectile, which Is the prod
uct of the flnpst machinery, against n
steel plate which has required the work
of many men and yenrs of experiment
ing to bring It to Its perfection, uud
submit it to demolition.
But tlovernments are proverbially
prodigal when It comes to testing these
offensive and defensive weapons, their
substitutes for "wooden walls." It
would Indeed be niggardly to count
the cost of even half a dozen armor
plates, several hundred pounds of pow
der, and a dozen or more steel shot
nnd weigh It against the millions rep
resented in a battle-ship, to say noth
llig of the lives of four hundred men
and the dignity of the nation's ting.
Time was when the testing of a gun
was, viewed In present lights, n slipshod
unsatisfactory sort of process. Much
was taken for granted nft'-r the piece
had demonstrated its ability to hold
tegedier during the strain of a dls
t li trge. There were few of tho "nice
tiei" of a gun test. But now the prov
flic: of a gun Is as careful nnd met hod
leal an operation ns the testing of n
watch. Not only must It hold to
fcei her, but It must demonstrate Its In
tention to hold together under rapid
nnd continuous use. It must show itself
capable of giving the projectiles a high
velocity, a comparatively Hat trajee
tury and be as good a gun afterward as
It viia wli.n It left the lathe nud tiie
pit.
Vi loeity is the thing, for that means
range and peneiration. The seacoast
defense guns, which stand to guard
the -vomit ry against the invasion of a
navi 1 force, are designed to burl shells
fillce. Willi high explosives against an
cneu.y's ships, to penetrate their nr
nun' or vulnerable parts, and, through
delayed action of the shell fuse, to
blow them "out of the water."
So, niter a gun has behaved properly
with powder, the test for velocity Is
Imposed, and this brings into use nn
Instrument which performs Its task
with mi accuracy which Is simply as
tounding'. It is used to measure the
velocity of the projectile and is called
a chronograph. It depends upou the
fundamental lnw of gravitation, and is
at once simple and complicated. The
principal Is certainly simple.
In a general way the chrouograph
consists of a powerful magnet, a steel
rod, nnd n knife blade. These three
parts, with others naturally related to
them, are mounted In a structure set
at cousi 'rable distance from tho em
placement from which the guu Is to
be tested Is mounted. This Is to ob
viate Jarring when tho piece Is dls
charged. At the top of tho machine Is
the powerful magnet which, when tho
current is closed, holds the rod sus
pended as an arninture. The rod hangs
over uu aperture In the base of the
Instrument, nnd nt oue edge of this
opening a knife blade Is placed and
held buck against a spring by another
electro magnet. Tho brick foundation
upon which the Instrument Is built
goes many feet Into the ground In or
der that the greatest stability may be
obtained.
To return to the gun, two square
frames are erected on the line of fire,
the first ono u hundred yards from the
muzzle of the gun, aud the frames
exactly one hundred yards apart. Back
and forth across these frames Is a net
work of wires, rather a cross weavlug
of one wire, which runs from the
frame to the Instrument, in the distant
house, and is connected with the elec
tro magnet which holds the slender
steel rod. Tho second screen Is like
the first, save that Its wire ruus to
the seeoud electro magnet, the one
holding buck the knife blade at the
base of tho chronograph.
Then, with the current on, the rod
suspended, the knife blade restrained
against the spring, the gun Is tired.
The projectile pierces the tlrst screen,
the who la broken, the current Is
opened, the magnet is demagnetized
Instantly uud the rod drops. The pro
jectile speeds across the nuudred-yurd
space, and pierces the second screen,
breaking Its wires und breaking the
electric current. This releases the
knife blade, past which the rod must
fall, and, energized by the spring, the
blade flies forwurd uud strikes the rod,
making a minute nick upon it. By
this time the projectile has flown Into
the great sand butt uud burled Itself
and the nicked steel rod has dropped
into a Baud-tilled receptacle. The ve
locity bus been deuoted by the utiliza
tion of a simple luw.
It Is known that a falling body falls
sixteen nnd one-half feet the first
second, thirty-three feet the secoud,
uud so on lu this ratio until it readies
turth. Applying this principle to the
rod. It Is known that the foot was ex
actly at the level of the blade, so that
by measuring tho distance from the
foot to the nick, fclves the spact)
through which the rod has fallen.
Then, remembering the gravity law,
that a body fulls sixteen uud one-half
ftot the first second, It Is readily deter
mined how lung the shot bus required
to cover the 100 yards between the
screens. This gives practically the
Initial velocity of the projectile. New
York Post.
The Kabblt Question Still Uueettled.
Justice Hawkins, of West Indianupo
llgbus ruled that rabbits are game,
Justice Stout says they are not. In
dianapolis Sentinel,
Utah' Iniluitilul Protren.
Utah has more tbau doubted its man
ufacturing plants since IS'.li), the ul ru
ber increasing from Sill) to 1400.
Franco's total Income from tuxes
vas Ja-lu.SltJ.iiOt) In lSDii.
FOOD AND BRAIN3.
Great Thinker a a Hint Are lie) Moat
Abi emloun of Men, ;
In a passage of his "confessions" de
scanting upon the nntiiro of drunken
ness, DeQulucy concludes that the ex
act condition indicated Is a question of
accuracy In terms, lie was assured on
medical authority thai a man could be,
nnd hnd beeu, drunk upon a beefsteak.
This Is largely true, for even solid
food may produce at any rate, great
mental torpor. The comfort of a good
dinner may have suggested a writer's
theme, we doubt If It ever promptly
stirred his pen. It Is tho empty stom
ach that best suits n full bead, nnd
Ideas that flow out freely before, re
tire with the entry of a substantial
repast.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, with thnt
charming blend of wit and scientific
kuowledge that gave tho distinction
to his writings, has discoursed upon
this very point. He talks of the "bulbous-headed
fellows steaming ns they
write," and shows how to meet tho
demands of thought nnd imagination.
The brain must have more than Its
shnre of the circulating blood. There
must be no rival in the full liver or
tiie actively digesting glands of the
gastric mucous nieiiibrnne. Do not
cat. henviiy, then. If you are soon to
think hard. Klther your Ideas or your
dinner will be neglected and lie a
sorry weight upon your head or your
epigastrium. The poor, half-starving
poet is familiar to everyone. We may
mitigate our pity by reflecting that In
tunny cases he would have beeu no
poet If he had not starved.
Enough fuel to sustain the fire of
life Is necessary for work, but heap on
the coal, and you will deaden the over
burdened flame. The great thlukers,
the great workers l:i any direction but
a purely physical one, have for tle
most part been abstemious men. If
not naturally of small appetite they
have exercised constant restraint,
grudging from the play of higher func
tions every moment nud every energy
spent upon the animal activities of
their nature. Habit soon helps the
line nature of such people, and It be
comes natural for them to cat less, lo
drink less ami to sleep less than their
fellows. Thus, iu a long line of In
tellectual activity, many ret re of hours
lire utilized for the main purpose
which lu the case of other men are
squandered upon the dinner table or in
the mere nothingness of sleep or Idling.
Carlyle was justified In declaring a
capacity for work to be the essence
of genius. Whatever great niau'n life
Is read, no matter how brilliant his
natural gifts, soo:.cr or later he Is
found to have worked with unswerving
constancy nnd Imperturbable devotion.
Others ns gifted have left no mark;
It Is in the will and the power to work
that tho genius asserted Itself. It Is
'common to hear a man say "So-and-so
Is a genius. If ho worked he could do
anything." Just because ho does not
work "So-nnd-so" must be denied the
title. In the natural sciences and pro
fessions such as medicine that depend
upon them, the Inevltableness of great,
work for great achievement is, per
haps, more obvious thnn lu tho service
of art nnd literature. The artist und
the writer of genius are gifted with
Inspirations falling to no mnn of mere
talent, however hard he works. Yet
even so the genius works to illustrate
his inspiration, whether It Is llnpheal
at his easel, or Shakespeare at his desk,
with a kind of frenzy of application
nnd a continuous determination that
are Impossible to men not so endowed.
Such labors of the will and of the
brain demand nt the time the whole
energies cf a human being. No lower
members of the confederated body,
which is man, must seek employment
while the master parts are thus nt
work. So it is, then, that the llttle
catiug worker blesses tho world with
fruits which tjie voluptuary and the
gourmet man may possibly enjoy In
bis well-fed ease but enn never hope lu
the least degree to eniulute. Loudon
Lancet.
Fish Kite Cable 300 Fathom Don,
The Eastern Extension Telegraph
Company have brought to our notice
un interesting fuct lu connection with
the interruptious, due to various agen
cies, which ara continually occurring
In submarine telegraph cables. Faults,
apparently due to fish bites, have been
removed' from time to time from sev
eral of the shallow-water sections of
that company's system, which have
cltliep totally Interrupted telegraphic
communication or have seriously af
fected the working of tho Hues. Ca
bles established in deeper waters havo
not hitherto, however, been similarly
attacked. We now learn that a fault
removed a few months ago from the
company's Sydney-Nelson section nt as
great a depth as 330 fathoms, was
found to contain a tooth firmly fixed
In tho core of the cable, although the
core or Interior portion of the cnble
containing the conductor was protect
ed by the usual shenthlug of thick Iron
wires and outer coverings. An expert
examination of the tooth proved It to
oclong undoubtedly, to a species of
shark, the exact variety of which
could not bo identified, but it appears
that five known varieties of sharks are
found to exist at a depth of 3iK) fath
oms, and one at a depth of even COO
fathoms. London Stuudurd.
Royal Kobe ou the Stage.
The approaching coronation of Ed
ward Yll. has revived interest in his
torical royul robes nud tho uses to
which they were put at various times.
The Tower of Loudon was at oue time
tho repository of the Voyal wardrobe,
and from it actors and actresses who
were In favor at court often were per
mitted to borrow. At a play presented
before Queen Elizabeth at Oxford in
lf30 several gowns that had beeu the
property of Queen Mury.hersister, were
worn, aud I'ope speaks of .a perform
ance at which "old Edward's armor
beams ou C'lbber's breast," referring
to Colley Clbber, the famous actor.
Feg Wofflngton, ni ltoxaua, was per
mitted to wear a straw colored sntln
robe from the snmo august collection,
and Bettertou appeared on oue occa
sion iu the coronation robes of King I.
Mrs. Mowatt, the famous American
nctress, became the owner of Queen
Adelaide's coronation gown, aud Mme.
Tussaud bought tho coronation robe
of Ueoree t" ad"10 ui" w x '11J.
A level hej'' "'"lnlt!l u who al
ways a re c u"
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS
December 22. Our Gilt to Our Klaj Malt
U, 1-12.
Scripture Verses. Matt., xxr., 40;
x.. 42; Heb., vl., 10; Frov., xlx., 17; 2
Cor., Ix.. 6, 7; Ex., xxv., 1, 2; xxx.. B;
Frov., xl., 25; Rom., xll., 1; 2 Cor.,
vlll., 12.
Lesson Thoughts.
God accepts only free will offerings.
To him to whom all things belong, the
gift has value only when it Includes
also the heart of the giver.
No mean gifts should be offered to
a King; only that is good enough
which Is the very finest and most we
can give.
Selections.
Generosity does not consist In giv
ing, but In making sacrifices in order
that we may be able to give. Bar
row.
Each day its blessings brings
From thy dear hands;
Each night its Bwectncss singl
O'er many lands.
Then why should I withhold
My gratitude.
And hoard my time, or gold.
Or any good?
As ray by ray the light.
Cheers my glnd heart;
As stars on stars at night.
Their help impnrt;
So prompt nic, Lord, to give
As thou hast sent;
And seek, while I shall live,
Man's betterment.
There Is comfort for generous souls
In the thought that tnose who would
give largely If tney had It get credit
in heaven for giving largely.
Fountain of good, to own thy love.
Our thankful hearts Incline;
What can We render. Lord, to thee,
When all the worlds are thine?
Thy face with reverence and with
love,
Wo In thy poor may see;
Oh. may we minister to them,
And in them, Lord, to thee.
Tho ocean is so big and tiie brook
Is so little, that yon would think it
would keep some of the beautiful
water; but it. doesn't. It gives It all
back. Don't you think that God's
children ought to give back to him
some of the ninny hies.slnes ho gives
them. A. It. Wells.
Suggested Hymns.
I gave my life for thee
When I survey tho wondroua cross.
I belong to Jesus.
Cast thy bread upon the waters.
Take my life and let it be.
Alas! and did my Savior bleed.
EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS
December 22 Our Gifts to Our Kins Matt.
II.. 1-12.
Comely Is tiie custom of Christmas
gifts. Tho richness of the love and
thought excels the value of tho re
membrance. Above the tokens of af
fection is the "unspeakable gift," God's
own Son, love's bestowment.
An Ancient Custom The earliest
records tell of presents borne to entreat
favor, to make homage, to pledge obe
dience. Tablets and palace wall pic
ture the obeisance of prince witn
slaves laden with costly and dainty
presents. Jacob charged his sons to
"take of the best fruits in the land In
your vessels, nnd carry down the man
a present," when they went to
Egypt for corn. When the generous
queen of Sheba came to Jerusalem to
prove Solomon with hard questions
sho had "a very great train, with
camels that bare spices, and very niucn
gold and precious stones."
Our Gifts to Our King They must
bo worthy of him. (See Uev. iv, 11;
v. 12. Will copper he a worthy pres
ent for a king? From shepherds, but
not from sovereigns. Is a mite a
suitable gift? Yes, from widows,
but not from the wealthy. - Not the
least we have; he deserves the best.
Wolsoy touches this thought In Ills
complaining confession. "Had I but
served my God with half the zeal I
served my king." Paul can make tents
and brln;? his tithe and offerings to tho
treasury, but Ho that has a name
nbove every name deserves Paul's
best. Ho shall havo his thought, love,
service. Voice and pen, knowledo,
training, zeal, and life: these only
are worth offering a King. They
must be our most prized treasures.
Such glfta are stamped with lovo, sub
mission, faithfulness. Tlssot may
paint canvlvial scenes for the salon
of tho voluptuary, but he dare not
give this gold to the King It is de
filed. Ho must offer 10 years in the
footsteps of the Master, and then the
brush of God. That business which
exiles us from home and books and
music must be for tho King all ot
it. That genius which carves like
Angelo or sings like Milton must bo
for the King. That heavy wallet,
filled with hoarded wealth, belongs to
him. Keep these gifts from him at
your peril. Hold them, if you will,
but to your horrid hurt.
The gift lie asks for Is that thy
substance may honor him; tie accepts
It. With the fruit of tho field you
may remember him, for it is pleasing
to him. In the praises that fill his
courts, In the righteousness that re
veals his character, In the love that
establishes tne supreme law, he re
joices. These delight him, but he
wants more. He asks for you your
self. "Olve me thy heart" now for
ever. Shall he have It entire, with
out reservation, with Its every thought,
emotion, desire, decision, ambition,
activity? Who shall have him? The
prior of San Marco gives himself to
God. Will you? Do it now.
HAM'S HORN BLASTS.
II K gifts of heaven
are tho graces of
earth.
A fierce too Is
better than a falsa
friend.
Trusting others
makes them trust
worthy. ThA oulck-wlltad
CM 4 A mart will be alow
L$S3H '"Reputation Is the
LjJ name, character
the nature.
Orthodoxy is nothing more than my
view of the truth.
Men generally enjoy least the reproof
they need most.
To closa the door on tho world Is to
open tbe windows on heaven.
That which Is uppermost In the
heart will be outermost on the lips.
Culture without Christ Is thinner
than a veneer; It Is mero varnish.
The ascending prayer lays the track
for the deisocenUiiiK blessing, .
Men are better known by their pos
terity than by their ancestry.
Your own character is tha r.io.it pi
tc:H to tnllueru that of otne:'3.
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COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Ccocral Trade Condition.
R. G. Dun & Company's Weekly Re-i
icw of Trade says: Current trade is of
tmple dimensions, but traffic congestion!
frows worse, and labor controversies'
tdd to the embarrassment of shipptrsJ
Prices of commodities tend upward. AI-J
diough nominal quotations of iron unit
Itccl are unchanged, figures refer only toj
Suture deliveries, and in most cases
prices for current shipment command a
;onsidcrable premium.
Activity and strength are conspicnousr
In the markets for domestic wool. Cot
ton goods are in better request, but
mills delay new undertakings because
of the sudden rise in raw material, and
if it is sustained there will probably b
1 new price list of prints.
Staple products continue advancing
corn making a most sensational gain.
Cotton was aroused from its lethargy
by an unexpectedly lyw official estimata
of the current crop at only 9,(1741013
bales, when about a million nmre wa'
predicted by the members of the leading
exchanges.
Hradstrect's says : I
Wheat, including flour, exports for
the week aggregate 4.(x)4.84b bushels, as
against 5.1 17,478 last werk and 3.432,1 55
in tliis week last year. Wheat exports,
July 1 to dnte (twenty-three weeks) ag
gregate l,v.4-U.',o' bushels, as against
rto.iS.lja last season. Cum exports ag
gregate 36J.H44 bushels, as against 6jo,-.
tH bushels last week and 5. ,)71, 377 last
year; July I to d;ite corn exports ar
'9,51(.03l bushels, against 78,!i4H,203 last
season.
Business failures i;i the United States
for the week number 237, as against 189
last week, 224 in this week last year, 230
in 1H911. 237 in iS ;8 and jr,2 in 1807. Can
adian failures number 23, against 26 last
week and 27 a ;"3r a;.
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Flour Best Patent, $4751 HigW
Grade Extra, ?4 25; Minnesota Bakers,
? j .00113. 25.
Wheat Xew York No. 2 86Mc;;
Philadelphia No. 2 red 7'j' jaSoc; Haiti-;
more No. 2 t-'o' ie. '
Corn New York No. 2 "I jjc; Phila
delphia No. 2 07.-1(17; 2c; IJaltiinore No.
2 (5-)ic.
Oats New York No. 2 5l'iC; Phila
delphia No. 2 54c ; Baltimore No. 2 53c'
Hay. No. 1 timothy, large bales, $15.
5uai().oo; do. small bale-., ai6.oo; No.
2 timothy, $14 50at5..oo; No. 3 timothy,
S12.ooa13.50.
Circcn Fruits and Vegetables. Apples,
nearby, per brl. fancy red $2.5oa3.oo.
Cabbage, New York State, per ton $9.00
an.oo. Carrots, native, per bu box 35a
40c. Caulitlowcr Long Island, per
crate or brl $t.joa2.50. Celery New
York State, per dozen stalks 2oa35c; do,
native, per bunch 333! c. Cranberries
Cape Cod, per brl $0.5037.50. Cucum
bers Florida, per crate Si. 7532.00. Let
tuce Native, per bushel box 40a6ocj
Onions Maryland and Pennsylvania,
yellow, per bu. $l.25al.30. String Beans.
Norfolk, per basket, green, $2.ooa2.5o;'
do, wax,, $2.ooa2.so. Turnips Native,'
per bushel box 2oa25c.
Potatoes. White Maryland and-
Pennsylvania, per bu, No. I 8sanoc; do,
seconds, 6oa75c; New York, per bu, best
stock, 85aooc; do, common, 6oa75c;
Western, per bu, prime, 833900. Sweets;
Eastern Shore, Virginia, per truck'
brl, $1.2531.75; do, per Hour brl, $i.75a.
1.85; do, per brl, frost 75c.aSjJ.00; na-!
live, per brl, No. 1, $2.ooa2.25 ; North
Carolina, per brl, No. I, $2.0032.25.
Yams Virginia, per brl, smooth, a$r.
Provisions and Hog Products. Bulk
clear rib sides, 9c; bulk clear sides, gVic;
bulk shoulders, v'jc; bulk clear plates,
9I4C; bulk fat backs, 14 lbs and under,
954c; sugar-cured shoulders, narrow,'
pJ4c. ; sugar-cured shoulders, extra
broad, lo'ic; hams, canvased or un
canvascd, 12 lbs and over, I2,'4c; refined
lard, tierces, brls and 50-lb cans, gross.
Eggs. Western Maryland and Penn
sylvania, per dozen a27c. ; Eastern
Shore (Maryland and Virginia), per
dozen 27c. ; Virginia, per dozen, 26a
27c.; West Virginia, per dozen, 25a26c. ;
Western, per dozen, 20,127c; Southern,
23.125c. ;
Butter, Creamery. Separator, 26a27;
gathered cream, 22.123: imitation, loaao;
Md., Va. and Pa. Dairy prints, 2ia22;
small creamery blocks, (2-lb.), 25a
26c; choice rolls, lfjaigc.
Cheese. New cheese, large 60 lbs.,
ioji to lie; do, flats, 37 lbs., 11 to
it'Ac; picnics, 23 lbs., nJaaiiJSc.
Live Poultry. Turkcvs Old. 8'ane
young, fat, guoVic ; do, small and poor,
a8c. Chickens. liens, Wic; do
old roosters, each 25330c ; do, young
good to choice, SSj'jc; do, rough and
poor, 37c. Ducks. Fancy, large, 9
h ; do, small, a8c; do, muscovy and
mongrels, 8aoc. Geese, Western, each
50ao.se
Hides. Heavy steers, association and
saltcrs, late kill, bo lbs and up, close
selection, iiJ4ai2.5:ic; cows and light
steers, ojijaioc.
Live Stock.
Chicago. Cattle Good to prime $6.50
58.75 ! poor to medium $4.0036.25 ;
stockers and feeders $2.2534.50; row
$1.2534.75; heifers $2.5035.50; canners
Sl.25a2.30; bulls $3.103475; calves $2.50
575; Texas fed steers $5.15. Hogs
Mixed and butchers $5.7546.20; good to
choice heavy $5.95.16.30; rough heavy
$5-35a5-9o; l'gl't $j.255.yo; bulk of sales
$57536.15. Sheep active, steady; hesvy
eves lower; lambs strong to 10c. higher;
good to choice wethers $3.5034.15; West
ern sheep $3.0034.00; native lambs $2.50
5 25; Western lambs $3.0034.25. .,
Esst Liberty. Cattle choice $57S
6.00; prime $5.503570; good $5.1535.45.
Hogs 3ctive; prime heavies $6.20116.35;
heavy mediums $6.0016.15; light do,
$5.8535.95; heavy Yorkers $5.8035.85;
light do. $5.6oa$5.o; pig $54035.55;
skips 45oa5 0o; rough $4.503570.
Sheep dull; best wethers $3.5033.65;
culls and common $1. 00a 2.00; yearlings
$2.503375; veal calves $6.0037.00.
LADOR AND INDUSTRY
TEN Dec. 0 Bzho N U
Nantes has municipal kitchens.
Wales has a woman lamplighter.
London boasts three tady architects. '
England has woman truant hunters.
France announces a surgical sewing
machine.
The world's cables stretch 187,353,
173 nautical miles.
There is a lady. Miss Penman, who
hss control over more than 500 conduc
tors in the employ of one of the London,
tramway companies, but the only woman
jockey li3ils from the United State.
E. I. Hitchcock, of Morton, Wis., .
blind man. has been a commercial trav
eler for the last thirty years, covering
the entire State of Wisconsin and inak-
ing periodical trips to Michigan and
Illinois.
Of the 63,100 negroes in Philadelphia,
37,500 actually work in gainful occupa
tions. Of these at least 26,500 are ser
vants and ordinary laborers, while 4,500
others arc laborer a cf a little higher
grade. Another 4..r0 are clerks und art
isans, while 2,000 urc business and pro
fessional men.
Last year's product! ;il (if gold wa
$t,i.voono less than that oi the preceed
iii( ye-ir.
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