Mli' Tallin t! Jatnr.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw tells
this story of persongl experience while
trying a case in an Iowa court. A boy
about fourteen yean old had been put
on the stand and the opposing counsel
was examining him. After the usual pre
liminary questions as to the witness'
age, residence and the like, he then pro
ceeded :
"Have you any occupation?"
"No."
"Don't you do any work of any kind?"
"No."
"Just loaf around home?"
"That's about all."
"What does your father do?"
"Nothin" much."
"Doesn't he do anything to support
the family?"
"He does odd jobs once in a while
when he can get them."
"As a matter of fact, isn't your father
a pretty worthless fellow, a dead beat
and a loafer?"
"I don't know, sir; you'd better ask
him. He's sitting over there on the
jury."
Friction Canard Fir.
"I hope there will be no friction," said
Representative Wadsworth to Repre
sentative Sherman the other day.
"Friction?" said Sherman. "Did you
ever hear of the farmer up in the Mo
hawk valley whose barn burned down
and who could not collect from the in
surance company?"
"I come from the Genesee Valley,
where such things do not happen," said
Wadsworth, gravely.
"Huh I" retorted Sherman. "I'll tell it,
anyway. The farmer went to the office
of the insurance company and demanded
his money.
" 'Nothing doing,' said the manager.
'The fire was caused by friction, and fric
tion doesn't go.'
"'Friction?' expostulated the farmer,
'No such thing!'
" 'Oh, yes,' and the manager smiled
grimly. 'It was the friction caused by
rubbing a $3,000 policy against a $2,000
barn.'
Arbitration.
She had read a good deal, and prided
herself on being pretty well up on the af
fairs of the day.
"All disputes," she said, " should be
settled by arbitration."
"Quite right," he replied. "Now, we
had a little dispute this morning as to
certain household "
"There is nothing to arbitrate in that,"
she interposed hastily. "I am right, of
course." Then after a moment she add
ed : "But it seems so foolish to have war
and strikes when it's so easy to ar
bitrate." Got No Farther.
. Penelope I started to deposit $10 in
the lovely new banking department of
Abargain & Loseller's department store
today, and I am going to do it, too, some
day I
Constance Then you didn't?
Penelope No. You see, I had Maud
with me, and er the new banking de
partment is right next to the ice cream
soda fountain!
Cava Him "Cold Fort."
First burglar Was de old gent in dc
pink pajamas scared w'en youse covered
him wid youse gun?
Second burglar Scared? Say! He
got such cold feet dat I'll bet de beads of
cold perspiration stood out on 'cm !
The Keal Victim.
Neighbor The baby suffers from
sleeplessness, does it?
Mr. Jeroloman (haggard and hollow
eyed) I didn't say it suffered. It
seems to enjoy it. I'm the one that suf
fers. Experienced.
Stern voice from above Has that
young man left yet?
Miss Peachblow Oh, lie started for
home an hour ago!
Stern voice from above Well, you
come upstairs as soon as he goes.
A Cough
" I have made a most thorough
trial of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and
am prepared to say that for all dis
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THE MILESTONES OF LIFE
Dr. Talmage Telli of the Dulles tod
Trials Which Belong to the
Different Decades.
Alvlct to the Twenties Ths Wallln Af
The Last Harts.
Washington, D. C From an unusual
standpoint Dr. Talmaga in this discount
looks at the duties and trials which be
long to the different decndcs'of human
life; text, Fnalma xc, 10, "The days of our
years are threescore years and ten."
The seventieth milestone of life is here
planted as at the end of the journey. A
few ao beyond it. Multitudes never reach
it. The oldest person of modern times ex
pired at 160 years. A Greek of the name
of Btravaride lived to 132 years. An KnR
liahman of the name of Thomas Parr lived
152 years. Before the time of Mosea peo
ple lived 150 years, and if you go far
enough back they lived 900 years. Well,
that was necessary, becaune the story of
the world must como down by tradition,
and it needed long life nnfcly to transmit
the news of the past. If the generations
had been short lived the atory would so
often have changed lips that it might have
got all astray. But after Moses began to
write it down and parchment told it from
century to century it was not necessary
that people live so long in order to au
thenticate the events the past. If in
our time people lived only twenty-five
years, that would not affect history, since
it is put in print and is no longer depend
ent on tradition. Whatever your age, I
will to-day directly address you, and I
shall speak to those who ore in the twen
ties, the thirties, the forties, the fifties,
the sixties, and to those who are in ,tho
seventies and beyond.
First, then, I accost those of you who
ere in the twenties. You are full of ex
pectation. You are ambitious that is,
if you amount to anything for some kind
of success, commercial or mechanical or
professional or literary or agricultural or
social or moral. If I find some one in the
twenties without any sort of ambition, I
feel like saying, "My friend, you have got
on the wrong planet. This is not the
world for you. You are going to be in
the way. Have you made your choice of
poorhouscs? You will never be able to
pay for your cradle. Who is going to set
tle for your board? There is a mistake
about the fact that you were born at all."
But, supposing you have ambition, let
me say to all the twenties, expect every
thing throucli divine manipulation, and
then you will get all you want and some
thing better. Are you looking for wealth?
Well, remember that God controls the
money markets, the harvests, the droughts,
the caterpillars, the locusts, the sunshine,
the storm, the land, the sea, and you will
get wealth, i Perhaps not that which is
stored up in the banks, in safe deposits,
in United States securities, in houses and
lands, but your clothing and board and
shelter, and that is about all you can ap
propriate anyhow. You cost the Lord a
great deal. To feed and clothe and shelter
you for a lifetime requires a big sum of
money, and if you get nothing more than
the absolute necessities you get an enor
mous amount of supply. Expect as much
as you will of any kind of success, if you
expect it from the Lord you are safe. De
pend on any other resource, and you may
be bndly chagrined, but depend on God
and all will be well. It is a good thing in
the crisis of life to have a man of large
means back you up. It is a great thing
to have a moneyed institution stand be
hind you in your undertaking. But it is a
mightier thing to have the God of heaven
and earth your coadjutor, and you may
have Him. I am so glad that I met you
while you are in the twenties. You are
laying out your plans, and all your life
in this world and the next for 600 million
years of your existence will be affected by
those plans. It is about 8 o'clock in the
morning of your life, and you are just
starting out. Which way are you going
to start? Oh, the twenties!
"Twenty" is a great word in the Bible.
Joseph was sold for twenty pieces of sil
ver; Samson judged Israel twenty years;
Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities; the
flying roll that Zechariah saw was twenty
cubits; when the sailors of the ship on
which Faul sailed sounded the Mediterra
nean Sea. it wan twenty fathoms. What
mighty things have been dona in the
twenties! Romulus founded Rome when
he was twenty; Keats finished life at
twenty-five. Lafayette was a world re
nowned eoldiei at twenty-three; Oberlin
accomplished his chief work at twenty
seven; Bonaparte was victor over Italy at
twenty-six; Pitt was prime minister of
England at twenty-two; Calvin had com
pleted his immortal "Institutes" by tho
time ne was twenty-six; ijrrouue was at
torney general at twenty-four. Some of
the mightiest things for God and eternity
have been done in tbe twenties. As Jong
as you can put the figure 2 before the
other figure that helps describe your age I
have high hopes about him. Look out for
that figure 2. Watch its continuance with
at much earnestness as you ever watched
anything that promised you salvation or
threatened you demolition. What a criti
cal time the twenties.
While they continue you decide your
occupation and the principles by which
you will be guided; you make your most
abiding friendships; you arrange your home
life; you fix your habits. Lord Ood Al
mighty, for Jesus Christ's sake, have
mercy on all the men and women in the
twenties!
Next I accost those in the thirties. You
are at an age when you find what a tough
thing it is to get recognized and estab
lished in your occupation or profession.
Ten years ago you thought all that was
necessary for success was to put on your
shutter the sign of physician or dentist or
attorney or broker or agent and you would
have plenty of business. How many hours
you sat and waited for business, and
waited in vain, three persons only know
God, your wife and yourself. In commer
cial life you have not had the promotion
and the increase in salary you auticipoted,
or the place you expected to occupy in the
firm has not been vacated The produce
of the farm with which you expected to
support yourself and those depending on
you and to par the interest on the mort
gage has been far less than you anticipated,
or the prices were down, or special ex
penses for sickness made drafts on your re
sources that you could not have expected.
In some respects the hardest decade of
life is the thirties, because the results'are
aonera.'ly bo far behind the anticipations.
It is very rare indeed that a young man
does as did the young man one Sunday
night when he came to me And said, "I
have been so marvelously prospered since
I came to this country that I feel as a mat
ter of gratitude that I ought to dedicate
myself to God."
Nine-tei ths of the poetry of life has
been knovked out of you since you caine
into the thirties. Men in the different
professions and occupations saw that you
were rising, and they must put an estop
pel on you or you might somehow stand
in the way. They think you must be sup
pressed. From thirty to forty is an especially
hard time for young doctors, young law
yers, young merchants, young farmers,
young mechanics, young ministers. The
struggle of the thirties is for honest and
helpful and remunerative recognition. But
few old people know how to treat young
people without patronizing them on the
one hand or snubbing them on the other. :
Oh, the thirtieal Joseph stood before
Pharaoh at thirty; David was thirty years
old when he began to reign; the height
of Solomon's toinple was thirty cubits;
Christ entered upon His active ministry!
at thirty years of age; Judas sold Hira
lor thirty pieces of silver. Oh, the thir
tieal What word suggestive of triumph
r disaster!
Your decade is the one that will prob
tbly afford the greatest opportunity for
viotory because there is the greatest ne
cesaity for struggle. Read the world's his.
tory and know what are the thirties for
Sood or bad. Alexander tho Great closed
is career at thirty-two: Frederick the
Great made Europe tremble with his ar
mies at thirty-five; Cortes conquered Mex
ico at thirty; Grant fought Shiloh and
Donelion when thirtv-eight; Raphael died
at thirty-seven; Luther was the hero of
the reformation at thirty-five; Sir Philip
Sidney got through by thirty two. The
greatest deeds Ivr Qoi and gaiuti JliPl
were aone witnin tne tmrties, ana your
greatest battles are now and between the
'time when you ceaxe expressing your age
by putting first figure 2 and the time
when you will cesse expressing it by put
ting first a figure S. As it is the greatest
'time of the struggle. I adjure you, in
God's name and by God's grace, make it
the greatest achievement. My prayer is
for all those in the tremendous crisis of
the thirties. The fact is that bv the way
(you decide the present decade of your his
tory you decide all the following decades.
Next I accost the forties. Yours is the
decade of discovery. I do not mean the
:discovery of the outside, but the discovery
of yourself. No. man, knows himself until
he i forty. He overestimates' er underes
'titnates himself. By that time he has
'learned what he ran do or what he cannot
!do. He thought he had commercial genius
; enough to become a millionaire, but now he
;is satisfied to make a comfortable living.
'He thought he had rhetorical power that
Iwould bring him into the United States
ISenate; now he is content if he can sue
eessfsilly argue s common esse before a
I petit jury. He thought he had medical
! skill that would make him a Mott or a
Grouse or a Willnrd Parker or a Sims;
-now he finds his sphere is that of a fam
iily physician, prescribing for the ordinary
I ailments that afflict our race. He was sail
iing on in a fog and could not take a reck
oning, but now it clears up enough to allow
him to find out his real latitude and long
iitude. He has been climbing, but now he
'has got to the top of the hill, and he takes
la long breath. He is half way through
jthe journey at least, and he is in n posi
tion to look b8''iward or forward. He has
;more good sense than ho ever had. He
knows human nature, for he has been
I cheated often enough to see the had side
I of it, and he has met so many gracious
land kindly and splendid souls he also
I knows the good side of it. Now, calm
I yourself. Thank Go.d for the past and de
liberately set your compass for another
voyage.
! You have chased enough thistledown;
you have blown enough soap bubbles; you
have seen the unsatisfying nature of all
learthly things. Open a new chapter with
God and the world. This decade of the
! forties ought to eclipse all its predecessors
,in worship, in usefulness and in hanpiness.
The world was made to work. There re
mainefh a rest for the people of God, but
it is in a sphere beyond tho reach of tele
scopes. The military charge that decided
one of the greatest, battles of the ages the
battle of Waterloo was not . made until 8
; o'clock in the evening, but some of you
propose to go into camp at 2 o'clock in
'the afternoon.
My subject next accosts those in the sev
enties and beyond. My word to them is
congratulation. You have got nearly if not
quite through. You have safely crossed
the sea of life and are about to enter the
harbor. You have fought at Gettysburg,
and tho war is over here and there a skir
mish with the remaining sin of your own
heart and the sin of the world, but I guess
you are about done. There may be some
work for you yet on a small or large scale.
Bismarck of Germanv vigorous in the
eighties. The Prime Minister of England
strong at seventy-two. Haydn composing
his oratorio, "The Creation," at seventy
years of age. Isocrates doing some of his
best work at seventy-four. Plato busy
thinking for all succeeding centuries at
eighty-one. Noah Webster, after making
his world renowned dictionary, hari4 at
work until eighty-five years old. Rev.
Daniel Waldo praying in my pulpit at 100
years of ape. Humboldt producing the
immortal "Cosmos" at seventy-six years.
William Blake at sixty-seven learning Ital
lian so as to read Dante in the original.
Lord Cockburn at eighty-seven writing his
best treatise. John Wesley stirring great
audiences at eighty-five. William C. Bryant,
without spectacles, reading in my house
"Thantaposis" at eighty-three years of age.
Christian men and women in all depart
ments serving God after becoming septua
genarians and nonagenarians prove that
there are possibilities of work for the
aged, but I think you who are passed the
seventies are near Wing through.
How do you feel about it? You ought to
be jubilant, because life is a tremendous
struggle, and if you have got through re
spectably and usefully you ought to feel
like people toward tho close of a summer
day seoted on the rocks watching the sun
set at Bar Harbor of Capo May or Look
out Mountain. I am glad to say that most
old Christians are cheerful. Daniel Webs
ter visited John Adams a short time before
his death and found hiin in very infirm
health. He said to Mr. Adams: "I am
glad to see you. I hope you are getting
along pretty well." The reply was: "Ah,
sir, quite tho contrary. I find I am a poor
tenant, occupying a liouso much shattered
by time. It sways and trembles with every
wind, and what is worse, sir, the landlord,
as near as I ran make out, docs not intend
to make any repairs."
. An aged woman sent to her physician
and told him of her ailments, anil the doc
tor said: "What would you havo me do,
madam? I cannot make you young again.
She replied: "I know that, doctor. What
I want you to do is to help me to grow old
a little longer." The young men have
their troubles before them; the old have
their troubles behind them. You have got
about all out of this earth that there is in
it. Be glad that you, an aged servant
of God, are going to try another life and
amid better surroundings. Stop looking
back and look ahead. O ye in the seven
ties and eighties and the nineties, your
best days are yet to come, your grandest
associations are yet to be formed, your
best eyesight is yet to be kindled, your
best hearing is yet to be awakened, your
greatest speed is yet to be traveled, your
gladdest song is yet to bo sung. The most
of your friends have gone over the border,
ana you are going to join them very soon.
They are waiting for you; tbey are watch
ing the golden shore to see you land; they
are watching the shining gate to see you
come through; they are standiug by the
throno to see you mount.
What a glad hour when yoj drop thr
staff and take the scepter, when you quit
the stiffened joints and beco-.no an iui'mor
tal athlete! But hear, hear; a remark per
tinent to all people, whether in the tweu
ties, the thirties, the forties, the fifties
the sixties, the seventies or hvyond.
But the most of you will river reach
the eighties or the seventies or the sixties
or tbe fifties or the forties. He who passes
into the forties has gone far beyond the
average of human life. Amid the uncer
tainties take God through Jesus Christ as
your present and eternal safety. The long
est life is only a small fragment of the
great eternity. We will all of us soon bo
there.
Eternity, how near it rolls!
Count the vast value of your souls.
Beware and count the awful cost
What they hare gained whoso souls arc
- lost.
tCopyrtjht, 1WJ. L. Xlop:a.l 1
Many a man who is honored with a col
lego degree would find it necessary to do
some reviewing before he could pass a
civil service examination.
Tbs Saltan's Astrologer,
The sultan of Turkey's lrnperiai as
trologer, a Greek named Kumbarls, Is
a worthy representative of the preva
lent blend of superstition and abysmal
ignorance which characterizes Abdul
Hamld's court This worthy had on
one occasion the brilliant Idea of
erecting a modern astronomical ob
servatory in Ylldis Kiosk. When tbe
work was finished and the Instruments
In place he found he could neither
work nor understand them, and conse
quently a professional astronomer bad
to be summoned from Naples.
This, however, did not diminish tbs
Influence of Kumbarls, who succeeded
In preventing tbe distribution- of Mau
ser rifles among the Imperial troops In
In Constantinople In 1895 at ths first
news of Armenian disturbances by ths
sags reminder that ths previous
change In ths succession took place
Immediately after a distribution ot
new guns. The sincerity ot this won-'
derful piece of advice cannot be doubt
ed, as the self-sacrlflclng genius who
offered it to bis worthy master rose
from bfa sick bed to do ao.
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
International Lessoa Comments For
February 2.
Street: Tbs First Persecutes, Acts I., 1-22
Ooldee Text, AOs lr., 12 Mesisry
Verses 8-10 Cesisiestsry
ss ths Dsy's Lessee.
1. "As they spake." Peter addressed one
portion of .the multitude while, John spake'
to the others. That a great crowd had
gathered is certain from the large number
of converts. V. 4. "The priests." Those
belonging to some of the twenty-four
courses among whom the temple services
were divided. 1 Chron. 2i: 1-19; 2 Cbron.
23: 8. These were the persons who had
shown such hatred toward Christ from
the beginning. "Captain.1 Not a mili
tary officer, but one who had charge of
the guard" of priests and Levites, who
watched the temple at night.
2. "Being grieved." "Sore troubled."
R. V. The priests believed in the doctrine
of the resurrection, but to have it preached
through Jesus brought His blood upon
them, since they put Him to death.
3. "Laid hands on them." The lan
guage implies actual violence. "In hold."
A sort of "house of detention," for the
Jews never punished by imprisonment as
the Romans did. "Peter had an opportu
nity to reflect on the words, 'Lord, I am
ready to go with Thee into prison.' "
Luke 22 : 33. "Next day." It was now too
lute to assemble the Ssnhedrin, as that
body could not sit lawfully except by
daylight. "Eventide." "Tide" means
"time." The Jews had two evenings.
One began at 3 o'clock and the other at 8
o'clock. Peter and John entered the tem
ple courts at 3 o'clock, the hour of prayer,
and the proceedings at this time had oc
cupied three hours.
4. "Many believed." Persecution did
not prevent the truth from prevailing, but
it developed courage and energy and
made known to the world the noble quali
ties which Christianity had implanted, and
caused the story of the Saviour, His life,
resurrectiont love, power and Mnssinhship
to be proclaimed all over the land. "Num
berwas." "Came to be." R. V. The
society of converts had been increased by
nearly 2000 since the day of Pentecost.
5. "Rulers, elders, scribes." This vas
a regular meeting of the Sanhedrin. The
rulers were the chief priests the official
rulers; the elders were heads of families;
Bcribes were teachers of the law.
6. "Annas Caiaphas." Annfts had
been deposed from the office of the high
priest by the Romans, and Caiaphas. his
son-in-law, was made high priest by them.
Hut the Jews regarded Anna" as ecclesi.
astically their high priest. He was the
most influential person among the Jews
nt this time. Our Lord was taken before
Annas first. John 18: 13. "John and
Alexander." Who these were is not
known, but it is certain that they were
men of influence.
7. "In the midst." They placed the
prisoners in the centre of tho Sanhedrin.
which sat in a semi-circle. "1'ower. name."
Power is force, name is authority. By
whot magical power did you do this, anil
what ritrht had vou to use such power?
8. "Peter, filled." According to tho
promise of his now glorified Master. Matt.
10: 20; Mark 13: 11. This empowering pen
tccostnl spirit now dwelt in the apostles
and the others, as an abiding gift to man
ifest himself as each emergency demanded.
0. "Be examined." Called to account
as criminals. "The good deed." A gentle
reminder that it was not for a crime that
they had been placed in custody and were
on trial. "Made whole." Is cured of
saved, suggesting a spiritual as well as
physical restoration.
10. "Be it known." The testimony
which Peter would give before the Sanhe
drin he would delimit to publish to all
Israel, and thus exalt the name of Christ.
He could preach with as much freedom in
a court room as in any other place, when
filled with the Spirit. "Jesus Christ of
Nazareth." Wonders are wrought in the
name of Jesus; not by repeating it as a
charm, but by believing in it as a divine
revelation of grace and good will to men.
"Jesus, the Saviour: Christ, the Messiah;
the Nazarone, the despised." "Whom ye
crucified." As an imposter. "Whom God
raised." Thus putting to naught man's
power.
11. "Set at naught of you builders." By
your rejection and crucifixion of Jesus
Christ you hnvc fulfilled one of your own
prophecies (Psalm IIS: 22); anil as one
part is literally fulfilled ye mav rest as
sured the other shall be. "This allusion
to the prophecy about the cornerstone is
brief, because they were supposed to be
familiar with it. Peter was assured that
they must remember to have heard it more
than once from the lips of Jesus."
12. "Salvation." His is the only aton
ing blood, and His the only arm that can
save. "Name." Name stands for Jesus
Christ Himself, and there is in Him wis
dom, power, love, divineness; just as a
man's name to a note stands for all a man
is, and has; his property, character, abil
ity, integrity. "Among men." It is a sal
vation for humanity. "We." The apos
tles were not defenders of themselves, but
sturdy, truthful, uncompromising wit
nesses to Jesus and the resurrection.
13. "Boldness." This speech was a
greater miracle than that of the lame man.
Compare the Peter of this speech and the
Peter before the resurrection, and tell
what has happened. In himself the mira
cje had first been wrought. "And John."
We have no record of any word spoken by
John, yet his boldness of speech, no less
than Peter's, was observed by the council.
14. "Man standing." No longer a help
less cripple. If not apprehended with the
apostles, the Sanhedrin being an open
court, his presence may have been an ex
pression of his faith and thankfulness, or
he may have been summoned for examina
tion. "Could say nothing." Nothing
against the fact, though they were unwil
ling to own the doctrine which it tended
so strongly to prove.
15. "Go aside." Teter and John were
required to leave the council chamber
while the Sanhedrin discussed what should
be done.
16. "Cannot deny it." Every one knew
that it was a genuine case of healing.
17. "Threaten them." This is what they
decided to do in order to stop the new re
ligion, and this is the way the ungodly still
endeavor to retard the progress of Chris
tianity. 18. "Called them." They were called
back into the council chamber.
19. "Judge ye." God required them to
speak; the council forbade them. Which
ought they to obey? See chap. 5: 29.
20. "Cannot but speak." They could
not obey their rulers and do right; neither
can any person when rulers command what
God forbids. "Which we saw and heard"
(R. V.) Concerning. Jesus Christ.
21. "Because of the people." Should
they punish tho apostles, they feared ths
reople would rise against them and givs
hem trouble, for the people "glorified
God for that which was done."
Ltirhthouae sad Fort.
One of the most interesting and curi
ous lighthouses In the world has
Just been completed on the cape which
forms ths southern end of the island
of Formosa. Standing In a region in
habited only by hostile savages, this
structure Is not only a lighthouse,
but also a fort. The lantern Is pro
tected by revolving steel screens, and
In tho gallery arpun4 tbe top ot the
tower is mounted a machine gun. The
tower Is of steel, and around Its base
Is built a wrought fron refuge, or fort,
which communicates by bullet-proof
covered passages with the keeper's
bouse. Tbe station Is still further
protected by a loopholed wall and a
dry ditch, flanked by two towers In
which are mounted 8-pound cannon.
There Is a large staff attached to ths
lighthouse and the station Is well sup
plied with material for standing a
siege. There a?e kept on band con
stantly stores of food and ammunition
and large water tanks In tbe basement
of tbe tower always are kept full (
drinking water.
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Otssral Traee Cesdltlons.
.-a s- 11 r 1.1.. t) .1
Trade says: Readjustment oi price
continued during the week, and the gen
eral av .sge reached a much lower point
than prevailed when the year, opened
Manufactured products were scarce!)
disturbed, but both staples and securities
suffered. Business conditions are sound
liberal distribution and promnt paymtnti
being reported. Cotton still fails to com
mand a price proportionate to the eti
mated crop, and as s consequence the re
turn to 'growers' is insufficient to sustaii
business at the rate established by thi
prcvious year's most profitable yield
Nothing has transpired to disturb thi
bright outlook in the iron and steel in
dustry. Deliveries of fuel sre less delay
ed and furnaces operate more fully, whili
mills receive material with a fair degret
of promptness. ,
"Bradstreet's" says : Wheat, includini
flour, exports for the week aggregate 4.'
6oo,20 bushels, against 5.567.710 last
week, and 3.330.054 this week last
year. Wheat exports, July 1 to datf
(twenty-nine weeks), aggregate 158,004,
473 bushels, as against 106,163,694 last
season. Corn exports aggregate 298,00'
bushels, as against 136,873 las' wcek
and 5.184.550 last year. July I to date
corn exports are 2i,255.7'7 bushels
against 107,730.760 last season.
LATEST-QUOTATIONS.
Wheat New York No. 2, 87c ; Phil
adelphia, No. 2, 84a85c; Baltimore No
Corn New York No. 2, 67'c ; Phila
delphia No. 2, 65Ha66c; Baltimore No
2, 67c.
Oats New York No. 2, 50c I Philadel
phia No. 2, 54c; Baltimore No. 2, 5U52C
Hay. No. I timothy, large bales,
$16.00; No. 2 timothy, $14.50815.00; No
3 timothy, $13.00814.00.
Fruits and Vegetables. Apples West
ern Maryland and Pennsylvania, packed,
per brl. $3.coa375; do. New York, as
sorted, per brl $3 5084-50. Cabbage New
York State, per ton, domestic, $g.ooa
10.00; do. Danish, per ton $u.ooai2.oo.
Carrots Native, per bushel box, 35a40c;
do. per bunch lalc. Celery Native,
per bunch, 3a3!4c. Cranberries Cape
Cod, per brl $7.ooa$7-5; do. Jerseys, per
brl. $6.5oa7.oo; do. Cape and Jerseys, pet
box $2.ooa2.25. Kale Native, per bushel
box, I5a20c. Lettuce North Carolina,
per half-barrel basket, 75ca$i.5o; do. per
lull brl $2.5033.00; do. New Orleans, pef
brl. $3.5034.00; do. Florida, per half
barrel basket $i.25a2.oo. Onions Mary
land and Pensylvania, yellow, per bushel
ft.15a1.25; do. Western, yellow, per bu
Pl.15al.25. Oranges Florida, per box,
is to size, $2.ooa2.25. Oystcrplants Na
:ive, per bunch, a3C. Spinach .Native,
er bushel box. 45asoc. '1 omatoes Flor
ida, per six-basket carrier, $2. 50a3.ee
Turnips Native, per bushel box, 15320c.
Potatoes White, Maryland and Penn
sylvania, per bushel, No. 1, 8oaHjc; do.
do. do. do., seconds, 65:170c; do. New
York, do. best stock, 85,188; do. do. do.,
seconds, 65:170c; do. Western, do prime,
JSaSSc. Sweets, Eastern Shore. Virginia,
kiln-dried, per brl, $1.7532.25 ;do. do. do.,
per flour brl, $2.00.12.50; do. do., Mary
land, per brl, fancy, $2.0032.25 ; do. Rich
tnonds, do. No. I, $2.ooa2.25; do. North
Carolina, do. fancy, $2.ooa2.25. Yams,
North Carolina, per brl. No. x, $i.5oa
75.
Provisions and Hogr Products Bulk
clear rib sides, p!4c; bulk clear sides,
yAc; bulk shoulders, 9!4c; bulk clear
plates, 954c; bulk, fat backs, 14 lbs and
under, 9!4c; bulk fat backs, 18 lbs and
jnder, 95c; bulk bellies. io!Sc; bulk
ham butts, gc ; bacon, shoulders, 10c;
lugar-curcd breasts, small, 11c; sugar
:urcd breasts, 12 lbs and over, io)4c;
sugar-cured shoulders, blade cuts, g'Jc ;
sugar-cured shoulders, narrow, Q'Ac ;
lugar-cured shoulders, extra broad,.
loic; sugar-cureu California hams,
5c; hams, canvased or uncanvnscd, 12
!bs and over, 12c ; hams, canvased or un
ranvased, to lbs and over, 2t hams,
ranvased or uncanvascd, 15 lbs and over,
12c ; hams, skinned, 12c; refined lard,
tierces, barrels and 50-lb cans, gross,
tojc; refined lard, second-hand tubs,
(ic; refined lard, half-barrels and new
tubs, lie.
Dressed Poultry. Turkeys Hens,
food to choice, I2al3c ; do. hens and
coung toms, l.iixed, good to choice, lla
12c; do. young toms, good to choice, a
11c; do. old do. do. do. do., oaioc; ducks,
rood to choice, I0ai2c; chickens, yo.ung,
(ood to choice, loaiic; chickens, mixed,
ld and young, gaioc; do. poor to me
dium, 8ac. Geese, good to choice, 9,110c.
Hides Heavy steers, association and
lalters, late kill, 60 lbs and up, close se
lections, nHai2c; cows and light
iteers, gjaioc.
Butter Separator, 26a27c ; gathered
:ream, 23324; imitation, I0a2o; prints.
l lb, 27a28c: rolls, 2 lb 26a27c; dairy
prints, Md.. Pa. and Va., 25 a 26.
Eggs. Western Maryland and Penn
sylvania, per dozen, a2gc; Eastern
Shore, Maryland and Virginia, a2Q;
Virginia 29c; West Virginia 27328;
Western 329; Southern 25326; cold
Morage. choice, at mark, 20321; do do,
loss off, S22C.
Cheese. New Cheese. large. 60 lbs, II
to ii!4c; do, flats, 37 lbs, iian-c; pic
nics, 23 lbs, IIJ4C to n)4c.
Live Stock.
Chicago. Csttlc good to prime, $6.50
7-35 1 poor to medium, $4 ooa6.oo ; stock
rts and feeders, $2.25.14.75; cows, $1,253
4.75; heifers, $2.25a$5.oo; canners', $1.25
2.25; bulls, $2.coa4.5o; calves, $2,503
5.50; Texas fed steers, $3.2535.60. Hogs
Mixed and butchers, $5.9oa6.45 ; good to
choice, heavy, $6.30.16.55; rough, heavy,
$5-95a6.20; light, $5.5oa$5.9g ; good to
choice wethers, $4.3035. 10; Western
sheep fed, $42535.10; native lambs, $3.50
16.00; Western lambs, fed, $5.ooa6.oa
East Liberty Cattle Choice, $5,400
5.6o; prime, $5.8516.00; good, $5.3535.65
Hogs slow; prime heavies. $&5oa6.6o,
best mediums and heavy Yorkers, $6.30
"6.35; light Yorkers, $6.ioa7.oo; pigs
$5-8oa5.go; roughs, $5.0096.00. Sheep
slow; best wethers, $4.4034.60; culls and
common, $1.5082.50; yearlings, $3,003
4.85 ; veal calves, $7.ooa8.oo.
LABOR "AND INDUSTRY
England has American 'phones.
Elwood, Ind., has a doctors' union.
Cincinnati school teachers will form a
union.
Toronto carpenters will demand an
eight-hour day.
Worcester labor unions may adopt fnc
union label.
The Baltimore Federation of Laboi
will organize a ladies' auxiliary.
Los Angeles lumber handlers gained
a nine-hour d;,y without asking for it.
Thirteen hundred employes of Upton
the cup chaser, struck for an increase ol
wages.
Pittsburg's United Mine Workers an
considering Carnegie's offer to construct
a worker's hospital there.
Typographical Union, Winnipeg, want!
the number of hours of labor per weeli
reduced from fifty-four to forty -eight.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
will offer $200,000 for a successful air
ship, to be exhibited there in 1903.
Troy has twenty-seven factories when
collars, cuffs, and shirts are made. Thet
employ 15,000 persons, Jour-fifths l-e-inij
women.
The United States and England i re tin
only two countries in the world that ito.
have exclusively private railroad system
Srea,
Correspondent (over telephone) Old
est inhabitant died here at age of 1 10.
How many words?
Managing Editor Fifty words.
Correspondent But he never used
liquor nor smoked tobacco in modera
tion. Managing Editor Heavens! Send half
a column I
8wo; an U fruit a-Ms will moI diseoior
goods dyed with Putsam Fadeless Dies.
Bold by all dnigglnts.
Lies are always in a hurry, but the truth
cemtentedhr awaits its turn. ,
100 Reward, tieo.
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The industrious burglar is generally
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