FADS IN JEWELRY.
Earrings Are Popnlar, anil a RtItb1 af
I , Bracelets la Prophesied.
I 'Among the new things to be found In
jewelry thin season are gold pins,
ulted to tbe low dressing of the hair
In vogue at the present time. These
pins recall the big bald headed ones,
which were worn on either side of the
big waterfall long Ago, and which are
familiar to most people from engrav
lngs at least.
These new pins have heads of more
modest size, and are connected by a
slender chain. They nre to be Insert
ed Into each side of the knot. To se
cure them one of the pins Is tubular,
while the other Is sharp, the latter
penetrating the first as It goes through
the hair. The heads are In plain gold,
enamelled effects or set with small
Jewels.
Baroque pearls continue In favor,
and are used In various ways, among
which are flower shaped heads for hat
and stickpins. These appear In dais
ies, chrysanthemums, roses, edelweiss
and the like, the Irregular form of the
pearls being made an advantage in
fashioning the petals of the flowers.
Large baroque pearls set In rose and
antique gold for hat pins are also
novel.
Pins, cuff buttons, etc., of the sport
ing variety are made of rock crystal
underlaid with intaglios filled In with
enamel. They represent hunting and
fishing scenes and animals' heads, and
the workmanship Is most exquisite.
In lorgnette chains forfans, watches,
pnrses and vinaigrettes there are many
attractive designs to be found. One of
the new ones should Insure good luck
unless all the signs and omens fall.
It Is set af Intervals with Jade, onyx,
opal, sard and matrix stones all carved
In different forms, copied from Egyp
tian art. There are the winged asp,
the head of Isis, the Nile key, lotus
leaf, the scarab, etc. Another chain,
has pendent gems set in clusters at In
tervals throughout Its length. A
charming chain Is Interspersed with
leaflike designs formed of network of
gold filled In with enamel.
The dressiest scarfpin Is a single
pearl. Few belt buckles are used, all
sorts and kinds of pins, the quainter
the better, taking their place. A good
assortment Is always shown, however.
One of the daintiest Is a coiled ser
pent of ennmel and gold.
More earrings have been sold this
season than for many seasons. All, of
course, nre of the screw kind, or are
set close -to the ear. Occasionally, a
woman;- fond of spectacular effect,
wears a stone of a different color In
each ear. A yellow diamond and a
white diamond and a white pearl and
a black one are the usual eholce for
this use. There are Indications that
bracelets may have a revival, more
being seen this season than for some
years. New York Tribune.
A Girl or Spirit.
An eighteen-year-old college girl was
one of the contributors to the receipts
of the Kr.nsas City live stock market
a few days ago. Miss Mabel Whiting,
of Harding, Neb., was represented by
a load containing nineteen light
weight steers of her own feeding,
whlqli sold for $3.25 per hundred
weight, making her a profit of more
than $300. She is the daughter of L. P.
Whiting, a feeder and fanner of Hard
ing. It had been her ambition to go
to college independent of any help
from him. She had planned to teach
school last year, but, following her
father's advice, she bought a load of
cattle and handled them herself. The
result of her experiment Is that she Is
about twice as well off financially as
If she had taught school. Her father,
who was at the stock j'ards when his
daughter's cattle were told, was de
lighted. "It Isn't that she had to do It," he
said, "or really needed to earn the
money, but it's the Idea that she is
capable of earning her own living If
It should ever become necessary. The
work was not drudgery, and she spent
no more than an hour a day attending
tbe cattle. She had the rest of the
time to herself. In the winter she
she went to a neighboring town three
times a week and took lessons In dress
making. "In the spring I bought a piano for
our home," said her father, "and she
has been tailing music lessons all
summer. If she had taught school
as she bad Intended at first she could
not have made more than $30 a month,
nearly all her time would have been
occupied, and she would have beeu
away from home."
Miss Whiting has entered the Wes
leyan University at Lincoln, Neb., as
freshman. She started her college
course Independent of auy help from
her family, and Intends to pay ber
way aa long as she remains there.
Individuality In Ilalitlresstng-.
, So far as clothes go there Is Infinite
variety, which heightens the mystery
of the fact that when you have seen
one modish woman you have seen all.
Coiffures are a large factor In this de
plorable reiteration. And, not content
with having during the past few yeurs
worked the high note to the point of
weariness, we are now preparing our
selves to patiently and rigorously re
peat the operation with the recently
resuscitated low dressing. Now, a
little bit of both would be so much
or pleasing and really only reason
able, since different shapes' of heads
and contours demand different coif
fures. Or there la a midway dressing,
a more or less classical arrangement
eminently becoming to a certain type
of woman possessed of a pretty, round
ed head and hair preferably with a
natural wave In It and worn with a
parting; Now that Is how nature lias
constructed many of us who during
-he past half decade have deliberately
violated all these good Intentions by a
Tuthlens scraping up of our hair to the
summit of our heads and so deliberate
ly courted fuUure.
'. Inevitably, and rightly so, is there
tuueu weepMig aud walling and guusu-
Ing of white teeth anion? those some
what short of stature over the pre
scribed knot In the r.npi of tlir neck,
There Is no denying thnt a high knot
adds several rublt to n curtailed
height, and at the same time Impart
an Importance and presence perhnp
otherwise lacking. Indeed, this is a
case In point In reference to mors
choice and freedom In these toilet de
tails of la mode, ever lenient before a
presentment that la becoming. Wash
lngton Star.
Two Colle g Graduates' Laundry, '
A successful laundry run on scien
tific and economlcnl principles Is that
taken In hand by two college women at
Brookllno, In this State. The clothe
nre dried lu tbe open air whenever
possible; on a large sunny grass plot
over against the park. Tbe washing
and Ironing is carried on In a large,
well-ventllnted and elenn-kept build
ing, built by the owners of the laun
dry, the Misses White, and that Is
not only well nlred, but filled with
sunshine. One of the reasons why
clothes from common laundries are
so disagreeable to the sense of smell
Is because they are either stenni-drled
In Ill-kept rooms or on lines In back
yards hemmed In by other buildings,
when the clothes lose the whitening
and sweetening offecti of the sun.
The work In this model laundry Is di
vided between men and women. The
foreman carefully experiments to find
Just what chemicals and bow much of
them can be used In the removal of
stains without Injury to fabrics. Near
ly nil the Ironing Is done by hand,
and hand-work shows to ns much ad
vantage lu. ironing as In other pro
cesses. There are many varieties of
helps In Ironing, special boards for
bosoms, cuffs, sleeves, etc., and here,
to, the preferences of patrons ns to
high or low finish on collars, etc.,
heavy or light starching for various
fabrics, and for various uses all these
things are taken Into consideration.
It Is evident thnt the laundry deserves
to succeed, and It Is doing so, having
run now for three yeni;s, and gaining
a sure foothold. Springfield (Mass.)
Republican.
Mm. Blaine's Experiment Falls.
About a year ago housekeepers all
over the country were startled by the
announcement that Mrs. Emmons
Blaine, of Chicago, had decided to
adopt the eight-hour system In run
ning her household. Her servants
were to go on and off duty In relays,
and Mrs. Blaine hoped, not only to get
better service for herself by the ar
rangement, but also to make her do
mestlcs more happy and contented.
The result of the experiment was
disastrous, nud has proved that the
housekeeping problem cannot be
solved In that way, even by the rich.
After six months spent In trying to
evolve' practical results from her
scheme, Mrs. Blaine became a nervous
wreck. She closed her home and fled
to a summer resort, whore some one
else could run the domestic service
and she could look on.
Chlcogo papers are now reporting
that Bhe Is back in town, much recu
perated, but, instead of returning to
her beautiful home, she has taken an
apartment lm n family hotel, and most
of the long-suffering housekeepers of
the country are rather rejoicing over
her domestic Waterloo. New York
Mall and Express.
A War Against Wrinkle.
Wrinkles are the principal witnesses
to age. A person may have hair nearly I
or quite white, but if the skin Is fair
and smooth, they will look what they
are, prematurely gray. But you do not
hear of people being prematurely
wrinkled, although many truly are;
yet they are spoken of as looking old.
Many young people have a disagree
able habit of frowning and scowling,
nnd as they grow older tbe creases
formed will become fixed. Profound
meditation, deep study, worry and anx
iety all cause wrinkles, and mostly In
the upper part of the face. Of course
we know that a face without any lines
would be expressionless, but there Is
little danger of any effort on our part
erasing too many; enough will rcmalu
If we do all we can to obliterate them.
The skin In youth is not only firm but
elastic, and hence the momentary ex
pressions, even if frequently repeated, ,
disappear, but In later years the elas
ticity Is lost, and expressions oft re
peated form permanent folds In the
skin. Woman's Lite.
NEWEST
FASHIONS.
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Every variety of pompon Is seen on
the new millinery.
Hound ball buttons of gun metal,
however, have a very good style.
Very slender stripes In white on
smooth goods are seen for the tailor
made costumes.
On simple shirt waists of flaunel the
most satisfactory buttons, as far as
looks are concerned, are those covered
with tbe material.
A novelty In velvet ribbon trim
mings Is the double toned velvet rib
bon; the velvet side of one color and
the satin of another.
There are Indications that big sleeves
are coming In again. Not alone coats,
but many blouses and tailor-made
gowns, show sleeves full from the
top of the arm to the cuff.
Ornaments for the hair for evenlug
wear are pretty and varied, and arti
ficial flowers are used quite as much
as aigrettes, plumes or bows. A single
fieur de Us In velvet, studded with bril
liants, makes a pretty bit of hair or
namentation. The crush belt Is of gray taffeta and
a pretty tie is of lemon colored chif
fon. The skirt Is made with a tucked
flounce, formed of two flounces com
ing from the side and very high In the
back. The flounces are edged with
gray tuffeta bands.
A smart gown Is of red nun's veil
ing canvas, having a yoke of ltusslsu
luce and narrow revers, and a tie of
rod velvet with a small gold dot. The
skirt is tucked all over lengthwise and
nulHhod at tlie bottom with nine nar
row bauds vt red velvet with .old dots.
FARM Al GARDEN,
One FrofH From Shoe p.
There Is one profit from sheep that
Is not generally considered, which Is
the Increased fertility of the laud oc
cupied by them. The farms in Can
ada that command the highest prices
are those upon which sheep have been
kept for years, the pastures on such
farms being free from weeds, while
the crops grown thereon have In
creased every yeor, showing a gain In
fertility.
Winter Care of I'nnltry.
No one who does not take an Intevcst
In poultry can expect many eggs In
cold weather or when the ground Is
covered with snow. My experience Is
keeping the roosting place clean, good
shelter and a varied diet. To rroniote
laying, feed alternately wheat, buck
wheat, outs, scalded brnn sometimes
seasoned with pepper nnd occasionally
ft lltfle corn. Onions chopped fine and
mixed with their food will promote
health, also scraps from the table; and
thick sour milk placed where they can
get It is also relished. Where milk Is
not at hand keep clean water within
their reach, Crushed oyster shell and
gravel nnd n dust bath nre necessary.
With this treatment hens will pay well
In winter. Mrs. E. Bates, lu the Epl
tomist. A Clienp Smokehouse.
Anyone having a small amount of
meat to smoke nnd not caring to de
pend on the neighbors' smokehouse
caij build one himself without use of
hammc or nails. Simply take mi old
hogshead and saw a hole near the
bottom for a stovepipe to enter, Hot
nu old enst Iron teakettle and cut a
hole near the bottom for draft. Now
procure at least five lengths of stove
pipe, ten belter; less thnu live will
burn the meat. Set your hogshead at
least two feet above the level of the
kettle. Fill the latter with kindlings.
Including some hickory wood and cobs,
and place the elbow of a pipe over the
top of the kettle. Start a lire and hang
your hams lu the hogshead. The
damper should be used when fuel is
put in. This will do the work. I have
used It for years, nud flud It practical.
W. V. N. House, lu Orange Judd
"urnier.
Timely Seed-Saving.
If certain flue specimens of favorite
flowers have beeu allowed to ripen
their seed for next 'season's planting,
don't neglect them until Into In the
fall, and then expect to sei.ure them
all at once. It should be rjuieu'liercd
in gathering the seeds of annuals that
it is necessary to study tlie habits
of the different varieties, or many of
the seeds will be lost. Take the
phlox, the pansles and the balsnins,
for Instance; If we wait until the seeds
are fully ripe we will find that there
are none when we are ready to gather
them, for they burst their capsules as
soon as they are ripe, and throw their
seeds ns far. as poslblo. By studying
the different plants, nud learning their
natural methods of distributing their
seeds, we can anticipate this self-sow-lug
and capture the seedti as soon
as the pods are well formed and show
signs of maturity.
Put Youraeir In Ills l'Uce.
How would you like to be your own
horse? Would you work yourself
tlx or seven hours without water when
tbe temperature is In the nineties?
Would you let the head of a rivet
staud twisted In the harness till It
tore the skin off? Would you put a
bridle on yourself that had a loose
blinder which flapped you In the eye
every time you mude a step? Would
you tie yourself up with a lazy or
slower horse which made you pull more
than half the load? Would you give
yourself water out of n slimy box; or
a mudhole In the creek where the pigs
and poultry bathe? Would you feed
yourself dry corn seven days In the
week, and bay that smelled of rats,
In a manger on which the bens roost?
Would you stand yourself, at feeding
time, ankle deep In your own excre
meut, to fight a million files bred In
your own filth? What would you do
If you were your own horse? Tennes
see Farmer.
Fall Pruning.'
A great many persons are asking
whether fall pruning Is proper. Many
of them desire to prune their fruit
trees, grape vines and berry bushes at
this time of the year, when there is
more time for it and more comfort In
doing It than In the spring. In general
we are inclined strongly to discourage
the practice of fall pruning, especially
for the Northern States. With many
kinds of trees, cherries, for Instance,
In cold situations, fall pruning Is dan
gerous and sometimes disastrous. In
extreme cases we have known strong,
healthy trees to be killed by it. In
handling grapevines and berry plants
In the North there Is also the further
objection that, In case any considera
ble winter-killing ensuc3, tho bearing
wood may be so much diminished lu
quantity as to spoil next year's crop.
If the pruning Is delayed till spring
the winter-killing can mostly be seen
and allowances mude for it. The
Country Gentleman.
Where Fence Posts Decay.
In some soils and with some kinds
of stakes, there is a tendency for the
stakes to rot off quickly at tbe surface
of the ground. The alternate wetting
and drying at thnt point seems to cause
this. Repairs can be made without
tearing down the fence in the least.
Use a cedar crossplece at the bottom,
and two narrow strips for stays, put
ou as shown In the cut, and the feuce
will be well supported for many yours.
A sumewhut similar contrivance might
be used for mukiog u movable feuce.
.
The post, In tills case, would not go
Into the ground nt nil, but the fence
would be supported by the broad base.
New England Homestead.
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Holding Up the Milk.
This Is a peculiar vice nnd one af
fected by many cows. Indeed, there is
scnrcely n herd In the country that
does not contain one or more cows
that nre given to the habit of hold
ing up their milk. Such cows, as a
rule, are possessed of highly nervous
organization. They are quite apt to
take a prejudice to certain persons as
milkers, or If spoken to harshly they
enn easily be thrown Into this unfor
tunate state of mind nnd body.
The easiest and surest remedy for
ugh a habit that we have ever tried
is to set a palatable mess of food be
fore the cow when we set down to
milk her. Her mind Is nt once diverted
from tlie act of milking, nnd she lets
down tho milk naturally and freely.
This one fact of boldlug up the milk
should tench every dairyman the lm
portitnee of looking nt the cow In all
of her treatment, from tho mental or
nervous standpoint. The nervous sys
tem Is the great governing factor lu
all maternal functions, and a course,
brutish man who cannot see the force
of this truth has no business to handle
cows. Hoard's Dairyman.
Itorae nture Like Human Nalnre.
1 know nn old in arc who Is decidedly
shy uud viciously tricky for her age.
She seems to dread close comradeship
nml too much caressing from human
bands. Yet the other morning, after
a vain attempt to smooth her long,
Iran nose, I moved nway and leaned
against tlie stall, my hand outstretched
upt;n the manger rail. And what do
yon think she did? She came shyly
after nie presently, nud touched my
lingers lightly with hev nose. I main
tained a discreet pnsslveness nnd she
grew bolder, mouthing along my baud
with her satin soft nostrils in a deli
cate, sensitive caress, light as tho touch
of human motherhood. And then she
put out her tongue; exquisitely soft
nnd warm It was, and gcutly lapped
my hand.
Oh, you old rogue! When I remem
ber that winter day when you gave
me a hard spill on the frozen earth,
nud the other day whin you viciously
bit through the flesh of my arm, what
wonder tbot I am amazed at such gen
tlcuess! Yet I've no doubt horse na
ture Is very like human nature, In that
there is tlie good aud tbe not so good
lu all Its composition, and we love the
cue by learning to condone the other.
C. (iraee Kephart, In the Horse Be-view.
" The Hessian Fly.
Every one who grows wheat under
stands pretty thoroughly the ravages
of the Hessian fly. The illustration
will give the reader some Idea of this
Insect and Its growth nt various stages.
The plant nt the left Is nn uninjured
stalk, the one nt tbe right shows a stalk
infested with the Hessian fly. It will
be noticed thut this stulk Is dwarfed,
the leaves withered aud the stems
swollen near the ground.
In the illustration A Indicates the
eggs of the fly; B the larva much en
larged; C shows the pupa case; D the
chrysalis; E the adult female, natural
size; V the adult female much en
larged; G the male much enlarged; H
the pupa in position between the leaf
sheath iind stalk, and I the parasite.
After years of experimenting with different-'methods
scientists agree that
the ouly way of successfully fighting
the Hessian fly Is to have the soil in
which wheat Is to be sown in tbe best
possible condition, use varieties that
are resistant and sow the seed as late
as possible In the full. The soil should
be so well fed and so fertile that a
strong healthy growth of wheat will
be secured In the fall even though
the seeding Is late. Indlunapolls News.
Bead Wheat Per Acre.
At the Ohio State University and
Experiment Station they have for
many years been testing different
amounts of seed wheat per acre. The
first experiments were on rich bottom
lund. Where they sowed five pecks
per acre the yield was thirty-four bush
els, and where they put on seven pecks
they harvested thirty-seven bushels, a
gain of a bushel for each peck of seed.
It was repeated the next year on Ave
duplicate plots sown at each rate. In
every case the results were In favor
of the seven pecks per acre, it glviug
enough larger crop to more than repay
the extra cost of the seed. Tests have
been made on the same farm several
years sluce with varying quantities,
with the result thut best crops were
obtained when not loss than five pecks
or mora than seven pecks were sown.
Having removed in 1S92 to a farm
where th soil Is less productive than
that first tested, they have found the
most profitable harvests from the use
of elht pecks or more of seed. In un
favorable leasous the best results
there have been from nine to ten pecks
of ed. While we cannot dispute tbe
correctness of their tests, we think
some of those who thoroughly fit their
ground get better results from less
than seven pecks than from more,
and It may depend for profit upon the
point of the comparative cost of extra
seeding or of extra labor In Biting tbe
oil. Tbo Cultivator.
THB FLY AND ITS BAVAQES.
THE SABBATH .SCHOOL
Incrnational Lesson Comments For
December 29.
Review of lb Last Quarter of 1901, Psa,
r 1-20 Ooldea Tent, Rom. vlll., 31
Summary of Ibe Twelve
Precedlof Lesions.
Inttoduct.'on During the pant qunrtcr
we have seen the Lord gradually bring
ing about His purpose in ways that are
mysterious and strange. A nation is
raised up in a foreign country, and then
with a mighty hand is delivered from tlie
oppressor and started toward the land of
promise. We should learn thnt no event
in our lives is unimportant, for great re
sults may spring from that which in itself
is very insignificant.
Summary Lesson I. Topig: The sin of
Joseph's brethren. Places: Jacob lived
at Hebron. Joseph was sold at Do than.
Jacob sends Joseph to Khcchcm to visit
his brethren; he finds them at Dothan:
as soon as they see him they plan to kill
him; Reuben persuades them not to kill
him, but to cast him into a pit; they sit
down to eat nnd sec a company of Ish
maeliles; they sell Joseph to the Ishmael
ites, and send his coat, covered with blood,
to their father; Jacob mourns greatly.
II. Topic: The dreams of Pharaoh's
officers. Place: The eapitnl of Kgvpt,
probably Zoan. Joseph is sold to l'oti
phar in Egypt; lives in Potiphnr'a lioune
ten years; is falsely accused by l'otiphar's
wife nnd cast into prison: the Lord is
with him and gives him favor with his
keeper; tlie king's butler nnd baker are
sent to the same prison; Joseph serves
them; they each have a drenm nnd nre
sad; Joseph interprets their dreams, nnd
asks the butler to remember him.
III. Topic: Fidelity rewarded. I'lncc:
Zoan. Pharaoh has two dreams tiiat
trouble him; Ins wise men nre not able, to
interpret them, the butler then remem
bers Joseph; he is called; the kinc tells
his dreams; .tiioto were to be seven yeai-s
of plenty nml then seven years of famine;
Pharaoh choo.v: Joseph to buy up the
corn during these years of plenty; Joseph
is made ruler over the land; Joseph's
name is changed; he marries Asenath;
Joseph goes through the land nnd gathers
great quantities of corn.
IV. Topic: Joseph forgiving his breth
ren. I'laee: Zoan. The famine readies
Canaan and Jacob sends his sons to Kgvpt
to buy corn; Joseph recognizes them;
keeps Simeon in prison; they return a sec
ond time with Benjamin; Joseph "could
not refrain himself; sends the Egyptians
from the room; makes himself known;
"wept aloud" and "kissed nil his breth
ren;' nsks concerning his father: tells
them they must come to Egypt; offers to
give them the lnnd of Goshen.
V. Topic: Joseph's last days. Place:
Goshen. Joseph sends presents to his
father; Jacob nml his sons go to Egypt;
Joseph meets them and weeps on his fath
er's neck; Joseph then introduces his
father to Pharaoh; Jacob blesses hi sons;
Jacob dies nnd is buried in the cave with
Abraham and Isaac; Joseph's brethren
again ask forgiveness; Joseph forgives
them; Joseph trains iiis children well;
Joseph dies and is embalmed.
VI. Topic: The afHictions of God's peo
ple. Place: Goshen. God grently pros
pered the Hebrews and they became nu
merous; the new king of Egypt oppressed
tliem greatly; they were made to serve
with rigor: taskmasters were set over
thein to afflict them with heavy burdens;
they built Pithom and Runmses; their lives
were made bitter, but the more they were
oppressed the more God prospered them.
VII. Topic: God preserving Moses.
Place: Zoan. Moses's purents, Amram
and Jochebed, were of the house of Levi:
Moses was a goodly child and was hid
three months by his mother; an ark was
then made: tlie child was put in the river;
the king's daughter went to bathe and saw
the child; Moses's sister Miriam is told to
call a nurse; she calls har mother; aftet
the child was grown he became the son
of Pharaoh's daughter; she called his name
Moses.
VIII. Topic: The woes of intemperance.
Israel is compared to a vineyard; the
Lord looked for good grapes, but it
brought forth wild grapes; some of theit
evil deeds are here enumerated; woes are
pronounced upon the covetous those who
join house to house;" nlso upon the
drunknrds who regard not God; because
of this the people are to be carried into
captivity; their ruin will be complete and
unavoidable; they are to be destroyed like
chaff before the fire.
IX. Topic: God calling Moves to deliver
Israel. Place: In the land of Midian.
Moses decided to leave Pharaoh's court
nnd ioin himself to the people of God; he
killed a man and tied to Arabia; he mar
ried Zipporah; tended his futiier-in-law'r
sheep; when in tho desert, near Horeb,
God 'spoke to him from the burning but.h;
told him to put off his shoes; Raid he was
about to deliver Israel; called Moses to
lead them out of Egypt and promised to
be with him,
X. Topic: The last plague threatened.
Place: Goshen. Moses thought he was not
able to deliver Israel, but God sent Aaron
to assist him. Nine plagues were brought
blood, frogs, lice, flies, murrain, boils,
hail, locusts, darkness and still Phniaoh
refused. One more plague was to be
brought and then they would he thrust
out. All the first born in the land were
to be slain; there would be a great cry,
but among the Hebrews all would be safe.
XI. Topic: Preparing for the exodus.
Place: Goshen. The Lord gave minute in
structions to Moses and Aaron. Each He
brew family was to tuke n lamb and kill it
in the evening and sprinkle the blood on
the lintel and the two side posts; the
lamb was to be roasted and nil eaten;
they were to eat in haste, prepared to
leave at any moment; the blond would
protect them. They were finally thrust
out. and Pharaoh followed them to the
Red Sea, where his host was drowned.
XII. Topic: The Prince of Peace,
riace: Jerusalem. The prophet promised
that a great light should come to the peo
ple. This light was Christ, the world's Re
deemer. He has come and has established
a government of peace. It is to continue
forever, and is destined to fill the wholo
world
RESPECT FOR THE LAW.
A Blow at the President la a ntanace
to aa AIL
So far as the American people can
protect the life of their chief magis
tral) against the common enemies of
all governments, no effort will ba
spared to do so. A stricter enforce
ment of existing legislation, possibly
new legislation looking to the closer
supervision of the speech and action
of suspicious elements in the com
munity is likely to follow. A blow
directed against our president 's a
menace to each one of us, and we have
full right to take every precaution
against the foes of established order.
But in a democracy liko ours, founded
upon free opinion and free speech,
choosing Its rulers frcm the ranks,
and desiring those rulers to mingle
more or less freely, during their term
of office, with their fellow-cltli?nj, It
becomes difficult and probably impos
sible to surround the life of an Am
erican president with those safeguards
with wU.Jh European coverelgns have
grown sadly familiar. In witnessing
tbe slaying of our chief magistrate by
an anarchist, we are shoring In the
e-11 Inheritance of old world tyranny
and absolutism, without being able
to utlllte those defensive moas ires
which absolutism makes possible. The
only permanently effecMve weapon
against anarchy, In a suit-governing
republic, is respect for Isw. Fortun
ately, this weapon Is within the reach
cf every cltisen of the American com- j
monwealth, and wy believe thut , the
untimely death of .Abe p; esldont ban
already ren' ' profound popular
reaction f -t'' lawlesitttse In evory
fcraj. ..sic .Monthly.
j CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS
December 29 Numbering Our Days Ps ic.
Scripture Verses. Ps.. xxxlx., 4;
ITeb., Iv., 1; Hob., xll., 1, 2; Phil., Iv.,
11; 1 Pet.. L, 8 6: 1 Tim., vl., 6-8; I
Tim.. Iv., 8; 2 Pet., III., 10-14; Matt.,
vl., 33, 34; I Jonn, 11., 6.
Lesson Thoughts.
"Lord, thou hast been our dwelling
place In all generations." Whatso
ever of good has been ours during the
past year has been by God's blessings;
whatever disappointments, sorrows or
seeming misfortunes have eorae to us,
Ood has sent them In his Infinite wis
dom and tenderest love.
The time of our earthly life Is short
and uncertain. It is like grass which
In the morning flourlsheth and
groweth up, and In the evening is
cut down. How necessary, then,
thnt we Improve, while they last, the
time and talents entrusted to us!
Selections.
Watch, for the time is Bhort;
Watch, while 'tis called to-day;
Watch, lest temptations overcome;
Watch. Christian, watch and pray!
Watch, for tho flesh Is weak;
Watch, for the foe Is strong;
Watch, lest the Bridegroom knock in
vain:
Watch, though he tarry long!
We all have to learn, In one way or
another, that neither men or boys get
second chances In this world. Wo all
get new chances till the end of our
lives, but not second chances In the
same set of circumstances; and tne
great difference between one person
and another Is, how to take hold of
and uses his first chance, and how he
takes his fall If It is scored against
him. Beautiful Is the year In its com
ing and In its going, most beautiful
and blessed because It is always tbe
year of our Lord.
Time is life's freightage, wherewith
some men trade, and make a fortune:
and others suffer It to moulder all
away, or wasto In extravagance.
Time Is life's tree, from which some
gather precious fruit, while others lie
down under Its shadow and perish
with hunger. Time is life's ladder,
whereby some raise themselves up to
honor and renown and glory; and
some let themselves down into the
depths of shame, degradation and ig
nomy. Time will be to us what, by
our use of the treasure, we make it,
a good or an evil, a blessing or a
curse.
Suggested Hymns.
Holy Spirit, Teacher thou.
The Lord Is coming by and by.
Take tlmo to be holy.
Sowing In tho morning.
Press on, press on, O pilgrim.
Work, for time Is flying.
EPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS.
December 29 Numbering Our Days Pss. xc
It Is not a problem of mathematics
to count the years Is not to compre
hend the meaning of life. Easy Is
the estimate of days past, were It a
matter of arithmetic, but this Is a
pressing question of morals. It Is
Impossible to determine to-morrow,
for who knows what a day will bring
forth? It is not for you to know the
times and the seasons. Life will ap
pear so grand, so short, so uncertain
that there will not be found In 20
years enough time to justify the waste
or misuse of a single hour. In
measuring moments we count not the
number, not note their flight.
The past haa many failures and mis
takes. For them we may mourn, but
not to. bo so depressed that no brave
struggle makes to regain. Weak
nesses, vacillations, broken vows, sins,
and vices may fill up the days gone.
Henceforth, Inflexible purpose to re
deem,, strong spirit to retrieve, eager
effort to recover self, and all is ob
tained. To-day's success Is the vant-t
age point from which we move to ac-'
compllshments that shall dim yester
day's exploit. Yesterday's victory
must bring to-day's complete rout of
every enemy and opposition. Each
moment we must mako more of self
for God and men than we were the
moment before. One ceaseless duty
Is to lessen vice and enlarge every
virtue. From crossing Jordan to tak
ing Jericho, is the dally Btep of every
life. In grace, knowledge, letters, pro
fession, trade. The summits of the
mountains, girt with glory and grace,
must be reached from the lodge of
last night.'
Each moment brings Its crisis.
Man must crowd tne moment with
action or mar it for eternity.
Each opportunity comes, and life's
great comforts, hopes, Issues hang on
action In that moment. Buy it up,
as a wise merchant seizes a bargain.
"How long halt ye?" The defiance
of Goliath was the decisive moment
in the career of a shepherd boy.
These eventB that seem to bold within
them all the fate of the soul for time
and cnternity come to men. "There
Is a tlde ln the affairs of men."
"Once to every man and nation comes
the moment to decide,
In the strife of Truth with Falsehood,
for the good or evil side."
Act now : to-morrow may bo too late.
Destiny la determined by the decision
made in crlsal moments. So number
your days that you Bball reckon the
future too uncertain to justify a mo
ment's delay In coming to Christ. To
that Voico that prostrate Paul hears
on Damascus road what answer shall
he make? Wisdom crletn In the
gates, "To-day if ye will hear his
voice, harden not your hearts. Live
with godly fear lest this be your la3t
on earth." Does not wisdom teach
"to-day" and "now?" Does it not
point to Christ? To such holy wis
dom apply your heart.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS-
i7JH
HE heart that
sings, wings Itself
to heaven.
Better be a ioor
man than a rich
macbino.
Prayer should
found of "thank
you" as much as nt
"please."
Crooked living
makes the cross
Christian.
Diversities In
j truth are not divergencies.
. Conduct shows the content of, char-
acter.
Tho gloomy church preaches a sun
less heaven.
Hlncerity Is the one great socrst of
success.
No man finds his work 'ill he loses
himself in It.
Some thut.-hes raako very successful
burial clubs, j .
It takes a preat man to
iM::apfl un-
, 1 f v v - J
deserved glory,
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Central Trade Conditions,
R. G. Dunn & Go's Weekly Review efj
Trade sayj : It is most fortunate that thai
vageries of speculation are not alwaytj
deleterious to legitimate business. Rarl-j
way stocks fell sharply, yet full returns)
tor November show that earnings were
1. 15 per cent greater than in the samet
month last year and i.8i per cent, overj
those of i8go. Industrial and tractioiW
shares were even more violently dis
turbed, yet the manufacturing plants of
the nation were never more fully occu
pied. Numerous labor controversies
nave been settled, and the rate of wages
is at the highest point ever attained.
Retail distribution is of massive propor
tions. Raw material in the textile in
dustry has developed distinct firmness?
Cotton not only retained the spasmodic
gain that followed the Government re
port, but made a further advance, and?
indications of ' continued strength at
tracted liberal purchases by spinners. '
Western grain procurers and dealers
have expressed great faith in the futnre
of prices, many announcing their inten
tion to hold supplies until spring, when
the scarcity would be marked and quo
tations reach a more profitable point.
Failures for the week numbered 273
in the United Slates, against 240 last
year, aud 17 in Canada, against 26 last
year.
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Flour. Best Patent. $4.00; High
Grade Extra, $4.40; Minnesota Bakers.
$3.0033.30.
Wheat. New York No. 2, Sb'ac;
Baltimore No. 2. Ho'.c.
Corn New York No. 2. (x)!4c; Phil
adelphia No. 2, b5Jja66c; Baltimore Ne
2, (7c.
Oats. New York, No. 2, 54c; Phila
delphia No. 2, 54c; Baltimore No. v
S-4C.
Hay. No. I timothy, large bales, $IS--50.116.00;
do. small bales, a 16.00; No.
2 timothy, $14.50315. .00; No. 3 timothy
$12.00313.50. GREEN FRUITS AND VEGETA
BLES. Apples. Western Maryland
and Pennsylvania, packed, per brl. $3.00
1375 do. New York, assorted, per brl..
$3.5034.50; do, No. 2s, per brl., $2,503.
3.00; do, Eastern, per brl., fancy, $4,003.
4.50; do, Fancy Kings, per brl., $4.25
4 50; do. New York Fancy Gills, per brl.
$450as.oo; do, No 1, Baldwins, per. brL.
$4.ooa4 25 ; do. Western Ben Davis, per
u,l-. $37Sa425. Cabbage New York
State, per ton $p.ooalo.oo; do, Danish,
per ton $12.00313.00. Carrots Native,
per bushel box, 40350c; do, per bunch,
iaij. Cauliflower Long Island, per
crate or barrel, $2.0033.00. Celery New
York State, per dozen stslks, 25340c ; do.
nstive, per bunch, 35434c. Crsnberries
Cape Cod, per brl., $6.5037.50; do. Jer
seys, per brl., $6.0037.50; do, Cape Coel
and Jerseys, per box, $1.7532.25. Cu
cumbers Florids, per crate, $2.ooa.5a.
Grapes New York, per 8-lb. basket.
Concords, 12313c ; do, per 5-lb. basket.
Niagaras, 14.116; do, Catawba, I2aiaj4
Kale Native, per bushel box, aoaasc.
Lettuce Native, per bushel box, 353400;
do, North Carolina, per half-barrel bas
ket, $l.ooal.25 ; do, New Orleans, per
brl., $4.0034.50; do, Florida, per half
barrel basket, $1.2531.50. Onions
Maryland and Pennsylvania, yellow, per
bu., $i.i5ai.25; do, Western, yellow, per
bu., $1.1531.25; do, Western, white, per
bu., $i.4oai.5o; do, red, per bu., $1.15
1.20. Oranges Florids, per box, as to
size, $2.253275. Oysterplsnts Native,
per bunch, 334c. Spinach Native, per
bushel box, 6oa65c. Turnips Native,
per bushel box, 2ba25c
Potstocs. White Maryland and
Pennsylv3ni3, per du, No. I 85390c ; do,
seconds, 60375c; New York, per bu, best
stock, 85390c; do, common, 60375c;
Western, per bu, prime, 85390c. Sweets
Eastern Shore, Virginia, per truck
brl, $1.2531.75; do, per flour brl, $175
1.85; do, per brl, frost 75c.a$i.oo; na
tive, per brl, No. I, $2.0032.25 ; North
Carolina, per brl, No. I, $2.oo2.25
Yams Virginis, per brl, smooth, a$i.
Provisions and Hog Products. Bulk
clear rib sides, 9c; bulk clear sides, 9c;
bulk shoulders, 9jc; bulk clear plates,
9J4c; bulk fat backs, 14 lbs and under.
9ic; sugar-cured shoulders, narrow,
pJ4c. ; sugar-cured shoulders, extra
broad, iojic; hams, canvased or un
canvascd, 12 lbs and over, I2j4c; refined
lard, tierces, brls and 50-lb cans, gross,
9'Mc
Eggs. Western Maryland and Penn
sylvania, per dozen a27c. ; Eastern
Shore (Marylsnd and Virginia), per
dozen 27c. : Virginia, per dozen, -6a
27c. ; West Virginis, per dozen, 25aa6c. ;
Western, per dozen, 26a27c; Southern.
23sc ;
Butter, Creamery. Separator, 6a-7;
gathered cream, 22323; imitation, 1920;
Md., Va. and Pa. Dairy prints, 21022;
small creamery blocks, (2-lb.), 25a
26c; choice rolls, 1 8a 19c.
Cheese. New cheese, targe 60 lbs.,
loi to lie; do, flats, 37 lbs., 11 to
iiJ4c; picnics, 23 lbs., iij4au!c.
Live Poultry. Turkeys Old, 8aoc;
young, fat, 9a?J$c; do, small and poor.
a8c. Chickens. Hens, a7'ic; do
old roosters, each 25330c; do, young;
good to choice, 8a8jc; do, rough and
poor, a7c. Ducks. Fancy, large, 9
a ; do, small, a8c; do, muscovy and
mongrels, 8agc. Geese, Western, eacb,
5oa65c.
Live Stock.
Chicago, Cattle. Good to prime, $6.00
7.8o; poor to medium, $4.0025.90;
stockers and feeders. $2.ooa4.oo; cows.
$l.ooa45o; heifers, $1,5035.30; cannera,
$1.0032.25; bulls, $2.ooa45o; calves,
$2.5035.25; Texas fed steers, $4.5035.50.
East Liberty. Cattle Choice, $590
6.10; prime, $5.6035.80; good, $5.0025.501.
Hogs slow and lower; prime heavies. '
$6.3036.40; heavy mediums, $6.io6.o;
light do, $5.9536.00 ; heavy Yorkers, $5.8s
a59o; light do, $5.603570; pigs, s to
weight and quality, $5.3035.40; roughs,
$4.5035.75. Sheep active; best wethers,
$3.4033.75; culU and common, $1 00a
2!oo; yesrlings, $2 50-37J ; , veal calv
$6.0037.00.
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
The Marine Engineers' Association
takes in the engineers on the trans-Atlantic
liners which are manned in this
country, and the present wages, based
on these demand?, are as follows: Ves- '
sels of the first-class that is, vessel - r
of the largest tonnage chief engineers,
$150 a month; first assistant engineers,
$90 a month; second assistants, $80;
third assistants, $70. Vessels of the
second class, chief engineers, $145 a
month; first assistants, $So; second as
sistants. $70; third assistants, $jo.
Two miles from Caribou. Me., on the
011 the Aroostook river, the beavers have
built a dam of logs nud mud so feet
long, turning the river back spon the
lowlands for a distance of thiee miles
and thus creating a greM lake. Trees
loot in diameter have been cut down
by the beavers, the branches trimmed
off, and the trunks in some mysterious
manner brought to the dain and sutt
inci"cd. Tbe dam is better than v .
on tin- river lliat hnvc been built bv ( i
and the Caribou people are rathrr I
r? it. Ovr 1,000 beavers bav;
i;t1 on lb. U iob lor Severn .
nu! tbcv will be all. nud ' ' '
por::s:on all wmtvr.
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