"POVERTY AND VIETY." ifmJmy Samoa By Rer. James Alexaa tfer JenMtu. FarifricMng Mercy of dod. ' New York City. "Poverty and Fiety'J inn the subject of thin sermon delivered by the Rev. James Alexander Jenkins, pastor of Immanuel ConsTC-rational Church. His text wax chosen from-Matthew zi: A: "The poor bavt the gospel preached to them." The word a of our text conatitute part of the reply of Jesua to John when He aent two of His disciples with the anxious ques lion, "Art Tbou He that ahould come or do we look for another?" In thia reply the Master aaaumes that John ia familiar with the character of the work of the ex pected One, ao He aets before the messen gers Hia own work a meeting the require menta. The blind aee, the lama walk, the lepers are cleanaed, the deaf hear, the dead are rained up, "the poor have the goapel preached to them." The preaching of the goapel to the poor may be regarded a only an evidence of the far reaching mercy of the great God, but it may also be retarded aa testifying to the preparation of the poor for receiving and spreading the good news from God. If we believe in the fitting of meant to enda in the world of nature, if we are upholders of the great law of deaign, may we not with re won inaiat that the Father through the course of the ages prepared certain of the tuns of men for the reception of the truth. If we concede thia we behold in the preaching of the gospel to the poor an ar rangement of providence, a far reaching plan of God. The panes of the gospels reveal Jeaus as the preacher to the Door. The rich Ho re s tarded na neing tor some reason leaa ntted o be chosen aa nioncers in the work of ea- tablishing Hia kingdom. Of the rich men of the New Testament, not Divea, not the rich fool, but the young man who came to .leans with eager inquiry, may be regarded c.s typical in the mind of Jesua of the hosta of the rich and powerful. Thinking of him Jesua said: "It ia easier for a camel to fo through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom ol G.-id." From this statement we naturally infer that the nhsence of wealth or poverty ia tnoat favorable to the reception of sav ing truth, to the entering of the kingdom. Jeaus Himself, coming as the founder ol the kingdom of God, chose the material nnon which that kingdom ahull be built. He did not preach to the poor because oth ers would not hear Him. The influential Ho could have commanded, strength ol arms He could have enlisted, wealth would have served Him. But He chose, desired, determined, to preach the gospel to the poor. Rays Dr. Buahnell, speaking of the character of the ministry of Jeaus: "H adheres to the noor and makes them 1h object of His miniatrv. And what ia mor ncculiar, He visibly has a kind of interest in their society, which is wanting in that of the higher classes, perceiving, apparent ly, that thev have a certain aptitude fot receiving right impressions which the oth ers Have rot. They are not the wise and prudent, filled with the conceit of learning and staMon, but they are the ingenuous babes of poverty, open to conviction, pre pared by their humble lot to receive thoughts and doctrines in advance of theii age." With equal acumen docs thia great writer recognize the fundamental and dis tinguishing nature of the choice of Jesus, aa contrasted with the teachings of the statesmen and nhilosophers vho had gons before Him. They began at the top. He began at the bottom, and so His work, be cause it was true to nature, was lasting, abiding, eternal. The twentieth century finds society di vided, as it has always been divided, into two classes, the rich and the poor. Civili zation has crept onward, changing many things, but it has not removed the distinc tion between wealth and poverty. The distinction may be leas brutal, leas crude, but it still exists, and the very refinement of the classification of men is often the cause of added bitterneaa. So to-day the student of men and events, whether he be sociologist, economist or preacher, is con fronted by the diflicultv of adjusting one part of society to another. We are con stantly asking certain questions and claml oring for a reply. Can the poor man se cure a just share of the good things of earth? Is it possible for him to get an ed ucation? Will society receive him? And now, it seems, another question presses upon us. What is the relation between poverty and piety? It would seem that the world, in an swering this question, has lost sight of the teaching and practice of Jesua. for the con clusion usually arrived at ia that the poor man is at a disadvantage in his struggle for the soul culture which every human being should desire. Many, listening to the reasoning of the world, have, because of their poverty, surrendered their religion, deserted the church and rejected the Christ. To them the Christian worker has come to seem the advocate of impostihili-. ties, but this attitude of mind is not con fined to the simple and unthinking, for we are reminded that even thoughtful writers seem to assume the existence of a natural hostility between poverty and piety. Let us keep in mind the attitude of the Lord Jesus toward the poor as He deliv ered Hia mes&age, and let us, remembering that, ask ourselves what that piety is, the relation of which to poverty we are to de termine. Let us ask whether there is in piety any element to the producing of which poverty is hostile, and let us find, on the other hand, whether it may not be possible that poverty assists the soul in its endeavor to become the possessor of true piety. Piety is not, primarily, something in the atmosphere; it is the rather aomething in the heart of man. Among the elements which enter into it, a few of the principal ones may be mentioned: Sensitiveness of things true, beautiful, good; receptivity, or the ability to appropriate the good that appeals to the soul; power to apply the principles of truth; recognition of love as the great animating, sustaining, God knowing principle. Let us see whether poverty may not be an aid to the soul in its development along the lines indicated. VVe may, I think, claim with juatice that poverty renders the soul supremely sensi tive to the best things. Poverty is too fre quently regarded as synonymous with pau perism, and pauperism is the embodiment of grim, unfeeling heedlessness. Pauper ism is cold, indifferent, dead, but poverty is warm, alert, alive. Poverty need its v'r faculty, its every power. It must tight battles and anticipate the onslaught of unseen foes. It must read the signs ol the morrow in the evening sky and adapt Itself to su.i and shower and storm. "The man with the hoe" ia not the poor man, tor poverty neither deadens nor brutalizes. Were I to choose ray illustration of hon.-st Poverty I should find it in th humble toil ers of The Angelas." Clad in the rough f"P workers in the fields, holding in their hands the cumbrous instruments of their daily toil, they are, nevertheless, Keenly alive to the beautv tha nnetrv. tha uggeativcneas of the sounds wafted Ioo the gentiy stirring summer breezes. Truly typical are they, as with bowed heads they 'na, of the succeeding generations ol Uodf poo,, as, amid toif and tribulntion, tmv seek to find the good, to know God. lat sensitiveness of honest poverty! 1 see it in the little children of the rabble aa they followed Jesus through the streets of Jerusalem, and I see it in the children who o-day clutcn the flowers carried into the honies ot tbs poor by sweet charity. I see 2iCitfir,t.terduh,.0oP! message. Bn(J i ?! . lrfnthu,'m-of the multitudes who caught the inspiration of the Kanais, ance. I aaa ,t m the hces of the "common "n U a Chrysostum or a Moody. tuned0".' f h" U one U Ve. 'V!'ji.th." .' sent from "S dl 2"' th bear, o( Uod w1(lth for a. ! m1,r,,'-, '"""ah the material vid. i ' for " .Savonarola; it can but pro IcUvit""' W,tb th ,U tor ubHin. uK'?A !l "j M PPt that poverty Um wZJy t understood poverty man t. L' tlM' on. .nahlini 4 til iWU',uul, b.twMn ," ""id or nSi "f,"6"-'- H able, its posaes K' (" victim) to dsrvelop self rather iaaiSfc? thi " H "We. him - CJUaeae betwMB."biving" and Tielng." Wenltfi" sHoutsT 'T iitfveV' but poverty whispers, "I am." Poverty eoniei to know that only spiritual appropriation gives real ownership. Thia is one of tin measagea of the old Eden atory of Genesis for God placed Adam in the garden n a poor worker. He was to till and to keen the place and only to enjoy ao much of it As he made his own. The supreme )ov nf hia pnaition waa that through toil he 'was able to look upon God and the good and make them hia own. In hia sin he fillel his heart with substitutes for God. anil thua shut Him out of hia soul. The re'urn to Eden is the return to simplicity and ip ceptivity. It is the becoming sensitive once more to the good and the takin? in f truth, beauty, holiness. It ia a false theory which assumes that the activity of poverty ia due to reckless ness, that the poor may choose anv course of action, disregard anv existing order, be cause they have "nothing to loe." Even for the poor it ia true that "life ia more than meat and the body than raiment." The true cause for the activity of poverty is found in the rugged strength developed l.y adversity, in the constant need for adapta tion to the demands of the passing dava. and, finally, in the undying belief cherished that there is "a good time coming" in the golden future. It is the tendency of wealth to he sat isfied with things as thev are. industrially, socially, morallv. Truth's cartoon. "An English Board Meeting," ia startlinglv aug geative when applied to mornla, aa well as when applied to money. "Why." the aged and wealthy dirertors of the great railway are made to ask, "why must the public in terfere with our business? Whv must in ventors auggeat new devices? What's the good of these innovations?" The great labor saving ideas of Iho g have come into the minds of the noor; the" have been developed amid Buffering and stress, and they have been forced upon a reluctant world by men who cared lpnri for progress than for case. So it is with the men and women who. hungertn;! end thirsting after righteousness, have become possessed of great moral ideas. The gr.asp of these ideas upon their own souls ven ders them unreatingly eager to see them enthroned in the heart of the race. They are willing to fiht seemingly hopeless bat ties, to champion despised principles, lc advocate unwelcome truths. They know what they have believed, and their know'., edge gives them willineness to utilize t'nei hard earned strength for the education nm! advancement of mankind, and these cham pions nf the principles of niety have been from the davs of Jeaus and from the apos. tolic times the sons of poverty. When in the days of primitive Christianity the gos pel spread from .Temaalem, it was carried by the poor; when it laid siege to hosti! lands, poverty fought for it: when it grew corrupt, through the machinations of e wicked priesthood, poor men puriHed it when in these last days it hna become ready for world conqueat. humble servant of the King have been called to carry it. But we have said that piety has na one of its important elements the reoogniliot of love aa the ereat animating and sustain ing principle: this recognition poverty glr.d lv accords. When we are to'd in the text that the poor had the gospel preached tc them, we have, as has been anid. more Ihnr a mere atatement of fact that Jesus do livered aermons to multitudes of the needy: we have the implied declaration o a condition of undcratanding of avnipathv between His soul and theirs. Men wht were dominated hy selfish principles aii not understand Him, for thev were incapa ble of recognising love aa the supreme mo tive of a soul. Action, for them, waa al wavs dictated hy policy, and they suspected a hidden motive behind the activity o' Jesus. The Master declared that for a rich rnaj to enter the kingdom is difficult. What did He mean? He doubtless considered th( increasing dan"er of basing action upot false motive. He knew that it ia the tend ency of wealth to render action mechani cal. carelcaa. and. too frequently, heart'es that the rich men mav give his gold tt "charity," while his heart is as flint; that he mav support the gospel with hia moncj while his heart feels no joy in its menage But he knew that poverty rightly con ceived tend to keep the life normal a" true to the true aprings of netinn. Hi knew that the poor w ho heard Him whet thev gave their m'tea gave them hecausi of love, for no other power could causi that to be sacrificed which representee' bread, shelter, life. He knew that, they were familiar with the ministry o! poverty to poverty, and that thej were able to grasn the significant of a ministry hasd unon simple, un selfish love. go He preached to them, unfolding His conception of the approach ing Kingdom of God, the kingdom of love Calmly He revealed to them n life wlii-i needed for its realization neither m'trli: nor money. Sweetly He diseourd to then; of tlio inward nature of the kincdom. o' the hunger, the thirat. the mecknea. th poverty nccesarv in order that men initjU' possess it, and they understood. Ssrsnlty of Chnrnctar. Who docs not love a tranquil heart, I sweet-tempered, balanced lii'e? It does not matter whether it rains or shines, or what misfortunes come to those possessing thesi blessinirs, for they are always sweet, sereni and calm. That exquisite paiso of charac ter which we call serenity is the last lea son of culture; it is the flowering of life the fruitage of the soul.. It is precious ai wisdomt mors to be desired than gold yea, than even fine gold. How contempt; ble mere money-wealth looks in compari son with a serene life a life which dwelli in the ocean of truth, beneath the waves bevond the reach of tempests, in the eter nal calm! How many people we know whi sour their lives: who ruin nil thnt ia sweet and beautiful by explosive tempera. wh( destroy their poise of character bv bac blood! In fact, it is a question whet he the great majority of people do not mil their lives and mar their happinea In lack of self-control. How few pconlo wi meet in life who are well balanced, wlu have that exquisite poise which is charac teristtc of the finished character'. BlghteouBDess Creates Happiness. A life of unselfish devotion to God anl to righteousness is the unfailing secret o: happiness. He who lives for himself aloni will dwindle into miserable and petty in significance. He who lives to glorify Got and to make the world better and happioi ia sure to be happy. No one can prevenl it. Ubefulnest is true greatness and trui gladness. If we wish this to bo a happ) year we must love God and work His ho!; will. Think ttsfors We Speak. Let us think before we speak, since tlu words we must speak must enter into the life of the world and nuke it worse ot better, and if wo err on either side, -ri in gentleness and tenderness and love. The Rv. Dr. Savage. HapplDsss Lasts. , Misery will not lost happiness will, II only in remembrance. No pure joy, bow ever fleeting, contains any real bitterueas, veu when it is gone by. D. M. Craik. 8om Odd Resemblanoei. V. Odd resemblances to various ob jects, which can only be regarded ai accidental coincidences, are presented by a number of fungi, says the Rev. A. 8. Wilson In Knowledge. There Is the Jew's-ear fungus, wnlch grows on stumps, of the elder, and Is so named from Its unmistakable likeness to a human ear. The geasters are curious ly like starfish; aserbo has an ex traordinary resemblance both In form and color .to a sea anemone; equally remarkable Is the likeness to a bird' nest seen In species of cruclbulum, cyathus and nidularla. The most of these are too small to Impose on one; the resemblance la singularly exact, and a large specimen might almost pass for the nest of soma small bird, tbe eggs being admirably represented by tbe little oval fruits ol tbe fungua Pays High Pries for Beauty. I well-known English woman pays 14,000 a year to be made beautiful. Her treatment lasts from all to seven hours avery day. Bhe la kept la bath for one hour, and a dark room (or tour, and for tha remainder 1 Bandaged from head to toot la cbem cal ravaraUoaa. rilE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lcsgoa Comments Marco 8. For Subiecl: Paul st Epbcsut, Ads xlx, 1120 Goldea Text. Acts six., 17 Memory Verses, 18-20 Commentary on tbe Dsy's Leitod. t y agalmnd Jews defeated (vs. 1.117). 13. 'Vagabond strolling." they were similar to modern gypsies and fortune tellers. Certain Jews who went about trom place to plare, professing by charma and spells to euro diaeaaea. "fcxorcists." Men who, by the authority of the name of some power ful being solemnly assumed to require the demon to depart so effectively as to be obeyed. "Call over them." Knowing that l'aul cast out demons through the name of Jesus, they thought that by using the same name they could produce the same effects. "Adjure you." We bind you by an oath; we command you as under the solemnity of an oath. "Whom Paul preachcth." doubt they had often heard l'aul proclaim the divinity of Christ in the hall of Tyran mis. 14. A chief prieat " Chief priest in the New Teatament usually refers to men of the priestly order who were alao rulers in the Sanhedrin. This man was a Jewish chief prieat of distinction, and had held the oflice of a ruler. 15. "Evil spirit answered." The evil spirit in the man spoke through the man. Compare Mark 3: 11. "Jesua, 1 know," etc. That is, I know His power and atv tliority and I know Paul as His servant. " ho are ye?" You have no power or au thority, you are not His followers and so only pretenders in the use of Ilia name. 1U. "Both of them." Jt appears thai only two of the seven sons were present on this occasion. "Prevailed." The man in whom the demon waa raging tore off their clothing and wounded their bodies, so that they fled in disgrace from His pres ence. Several similar instances are re cordedv See Mark 5: 3; 9: 17-20; Lnko 0: 42. "Xaked." Thia need not be taken in its strict scp.se. It could be applied tc those stripped partially of their raiment. 17. "This became known." Gradually the news was spread abroad. "Fear fell.'' This occurrence caused a great sensation, and produced a fear of that mysterious power which was ascribed to the name ot Jesua. The Kpheaians were so bound up in belief in magic that it seemed necessary to show that the gospel was mightier than these other powers, which came from Sa tan, the father of deceit. "Was magni fied. ' The transaction showed that the miracles performed in the name of the Lord Jesus by Paul were real and proved the doctrine he taught. Impostors could not work such miracles, and those who pretended to do ao only expoaed them selves to the rage of the evil spirits. It was thus shown that there was a real, vital dif ference between Paul and these impostors, and their failure only served to extend hi reputation and the power of the gospel. J.ven demons are compelled to glorify Christ when God so wills it. The name of Jesus is glorified. 1. In His servants by their victories. 2. In His enemies by their defeat. Many converted s. 18-20). 18. "Thai hud believed." These were either professed Christians whose conversion bad not been genuine, and whose consciences were now so powerfully wrought upon that they were led to confess their sins, or new converts to Christianity who, before this time, had not received the light on these things. "Came and confessed." When the con science ia truly awakened there will always be a humble confession of sins committed. "Declaring their deeds." They told how they had been connected with superstitious practices, and had indulged in witchcraft and sorcery which were not consistent with Christianity. 19. "Curious arts." Arts or practices re quiring skill and cunning, such as magic and sleight of hand, which are practiced so extensively in Eastern countries. Such arts wero verv popular at Epheaus. The eele prated "Kphesian letters were small slips of parchment in silk bags, on which were written strange words and sentences, and were carried about on the person as charms r amulets to shield from danger, "or to pro cure good fortune. "Books." There were no books then such as we have now; these books were parchment rolls which con tained their mysteries and described their heathen practices. "Burned them," etc. Confession is cheap, but reformation is of ten coatly. A false penitence would have sold these books, and kept hoth the money and the credit for piety. Such a burning pile must have attracted great attention and caused a commotion in Ephesus. "Be fore all men." Publicly. The course these people pursued would, I. Show that they renounced the sins of which they had been guilty. 2. Show that they never expected to return to them. 3. Remove the temp tation to return. 4. Prevent others from being injured by them. 5. Be a public tes timony in favor of the truth. 8. Show their joy in their conversion. "Fifty thou sand pieces." The sacrifice was very great. The 50,000 pieces of silver, if reckoned in Jewish money (shekels) would be about ts.U.000; if in Greek (drachmas), as is more probable, about $9300. But thia gives no idea of the purchasing power of the money. A day's wages then waa only a penny, and at the rate of wages here, the sum would tmount to from 950,000 to $100,000. 20. "So." This word "so" is a divine Amen, a testimony of approval coming Irom heaven. "Mightily." With overpow ering force and atrength which nothing :ould resist. "Grew." The truth grew in favor with the people, and there were nany conversions and accessions to the ;hurch. The word of God grew in power ind intensity and led to marvelous deeds if self-renunciation aa well aa to the mani 'estation of great, solemnity and joy. "And prevailed." It prevailed, I. Over the cor uption of the natural heart leading those who had heard the goapel to turn from lead idols to serve the living God. 2. 5ver the opposition of the powers of evil-, manifested in the exposure of Sceva's sons ind the deliverance of the man possessed. I. Over the beaetting sins of believers en ibling those who bad received the word to lhake themselves free from the love of nagic and the fascinations of money. While '.he church was being stirred to conkasion ind reformation, a deep impression was ilso being made upon the community, lead Tig to fear and veneration, if not to convic non and conversion. We should notice also "the absolute excluaiveness of Christianity srhich admits of no compromise." It can- ot mix with other religions, but must pre ail over them. RAM'S HORN BLASTS. HE Gospel In life ill save the world here the Gospel In literature would tail. Any fool can And faults, (be wise man discovers virtues. Every vice thick ens tbe veil be :ween ourselver Kh ) fln virtue. f5N 81nce nian ran riv? p' manage matter how i could matter make man ' the beauty of our Uvea depends on the clearness witb which God can shine through them. He who keeps tbe power of passion In bis heart mu.-.t not be surprised if thero is an explosion. Tbe memory of blessings furnishes a remedy for tbe blues. Tbe sacrifice that Is not consumed will soon become corrupt. Doctrines found by dissection neces sitate the death of truth. What ia a gate to Imprisonment on this side will prove the door ot release on tbe other. When you see sin ripening In your neltt-bor's garden look out . for tbs scvJs In your own. Only tbe short-sighted egotist Is cap able of mistaking bia little chip for tbt whole mountain ot truth. EPW0RTH LEAQUE MECTtNQ TOPICS. March S The Snbbain Day tor Worship ai Rett. Eiod.31, 15-17; Mark 2,27. One of the things regarding which It is Important that we have the right bearing is the problem of Sunday. To have the real Christian conception of the day, to have It In thought, In feel ing, and In deeds, would be a great thing for our young people. The Sab bath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath." Sunday, then, is Ood's gift to man. It Is given for man because he needs It. It has been called "the Lord's Day," yet it Is pre eminently man's day. We should seek to make Sunday a day In which we find some real re pose. Then there Is the need of a time when, apart from the stress of our lives, we can look at them thoughtfully, measure them, and see what they really have been meaning. Sunday gives a great chance for a man to look himself In the face. Quiet, honest self-examination Is another thing Sunday should mean. Then there is a third need worship. We need Ood. We need the Great Com panion. We need his friendship, his fellowship, his power. And Sunday stands for a special opportunity to have this need supplied, by specially opening our lives to blm and all that will help us to come near to him. Man was made with a hunger that only God can satisfy. Sunday Is to be a great lasting recognition of this fact. And not only a recognition, but a seeking and a receiving of help. And just because humanity Is all tied to gether, bound together by social In stincts and ties, men need to worship together. Then Sunday gives a place not only for rest, for meditation, and for wor ship, hut there are thoughtful deeds for which tt. e-lvpa a nnoclnl nnnnr. tunlty. Some lonely home where j thero is suffering may be brightened, and the tunshlne of youth brought to cheer some aged ones. This op portunity of visiting tbe sick and the aged comes as part of the day's priv ilege. And then we are to take this day, God's gift to us, and make tt also our gift to him. In the outflow of our gratitude and love to him, In the great loyalty It Is made to express. It Is to be our offering to the loving Father. Each Sunday we are to receive great help and from It to go forth with new earnestness to meet the days to come. Sunday is robbed of somo of its rich est meaning if it is not an ethical push toward the truer life, and an open window through which Heaven's love shines out into the week. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPIC" March 8 -"What Christ Teaches About Heart Righteousness." Matt v. 20-43; vL 16. !i Scripture Verses Josh. sxlv. 14; Psa. 11. 17; Mlc. vl. 6. 8; Mat. vii. 12; xxl. 28, SO; Rom. xlll. 8, 10; 1 Cor xlll. 2; 2 Cor. 1. 12; 11. 17; vill. 8; Gal. r. 6; Eph. 111. 17; vi. 24. Lesson Thoughts. There are many who profess Chris tianity, who If they wero sincere with themselves would have to confess that tbey are not really Christ'a followers. But such a service will profit them nothing with God, who looketh upon the hearts of men; though it may bring them some worldly honor and respect ability. Let us have our hearts right with God. Sincerity with God requires sincer ity with ourselves, and with others. "If a man say, I love God, and batetb his brother, be Is a liar; for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he bath not seen?" Selections. Let us walk onward softly, with our hearts As open as the leaves are to the sun. And, like the leaves that, fluttering In the wind. Uplift, In turn, both fair sides to tbe light, Yet show us tints more delicate be low, Because, perhaps, the dust, stirred everywhere By hurrying tread of toll or sin or care. Can find no little spot to cling to there; So let our Inner life a beauty know, Not even dust-stained with' our strife and pride, And ever fairer on the bidden side. Many Christians would truly say to God, "Some of self and some of thee," and that is the reason why their lives are so joyless and so powerless. But when a Christian has reached the stage when he can cay to bis Lord, "None of self, but all of thee," then tt Is that his soul will be flooded wilb a Joy that Is unspeakable and full of glory, and a divine power will be made manifest in bis life to all those that come Into contact with him. Bo true to your manhood's convic tion, and in the end you will not only be respected by tbe world, but have tbe approval of your own conscience. If the heart of the tree is unsound, It will not be long before the branches and leaves will decay. Tj exceed the righteousness of the Pharisees, our righteousness must go deeper than the outside, higher than the earth, further than men's opinion of ua (Matt. r. 20.) Suggested Hymns. I belong to Jesus. Search me, O Lord, and try this heart. Take my Ufa and let It be. Am I a soldier of the cross? Just as I am, without one plea. True-hearted, whole-hearted. A Cat'a Long Journay. A family once left Swanley, Kent and went to Dedham, near Col Chester, Essex, taking with them twe rats. A few days after their arrival at Dedham one of the cats disappeared and It was not seen again for six daya v. hen It turned up at the old borne at Swanley. Tbe distance from Dedham to Swanley Is rbout eighty miles. How the cat crosed tbe Thames la a mattei still to be explained. "Pussy," be yond being a good deal thinner, wai none tbe worse for its long Journey. London Answers. New York In farming Business. The city of New York does a llttls in tbs agricultural Una occasionally. Thus fllt.10 baa baen received fro is tha nat proceeds of aa auction salt ot apples bald oa th new Croton dan division ol tha new aequeduct, II aaa baan transralttad to tha city cham berlain (or tha cradlt ot the vatat fund. THE OK EAT DESTROYER S0M2 STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Tlie Trsns Itattlor nnd the Whisky Bor. tic Wli.r One I'nlson Overeomes the Otlmiwllft Who Drinks tio ICnin Will Fnccreil l'.ctter In Life. Those who imagine themselves to ba Honda of whis'-.y are very fond oi iiuoting he i'aet that wiiiky is used as nn antidote to tli? bite of n rattlesnake. Perhaps it is ofttn the be.t nccesHilile remedy. The most effective remedy in the esse of en overdose of morphine is a violent heating, lit th.it does not make a violent beating attractive in the eye of a aane man. Certainly crude whisky ia a vcrv appro priate remedy for the bite of a rattle snake. The two go verv well together. I'oth are venomous nnd dendlv. Hut fnr the rattlesnake it may at crt be said t'mt he gives his victims fair warning, lie sounds his rattle, exhibits his fang and makes no secret of the fact that he jt"il:os to kill. Whisky works in a sly, lying way. It lies so successfully that its victim is often deceived to the very last and. believing himself nerfectly safe, takes no nrerniition to save himself.' while every body else knows that he is done for. The man bitten by a rattler has no false ideas about the probable result. He knows thnt he is in danger of hia lite. It is too brid that the man bitten by the whisky hnt'V could not. get aa nrompt and clear in idea of his actual condition. If n man jokingly praises whisky as a tvneHcent asent because it overcomes the effect of n snake's bite, tell him why the whi-dcy offsets the rattler's poison. Tim bite nf a ra'lesna!;e injects into the blood a poison which deadens the heart's let Ion, end v.-hifli under certain conditions ' interferes with the heart and the circu-IiiCo-i ns to destroy life. Whisky is unod for n rattlesnake bite because whisky lashes the heart to desper it" activitv. If a rattlesnake bites you and you can pot ?cnre the l-ln of a dort-r. 'nr aomp sen.ih'e heart stimulant, by all means fill vnurscif with whisky using one enemy to kill oil another temporarily more danger- ops. Ittit dnn't you ace Hint the action which m;i-cs the whisky useful in combination itli n rnttiennke poison is destructive to l,p heart and the brain under normal con ditions? If you were pursued by a fero cious animal you would lash your horse to ii- highest speed, regardless of conse quences. But what would become of your hoi-se. how lone would it last, if lashed s-d goaded to high speed every dav of its life? The man who habitual!' drinks whiskv, or who drinks occasionally to excess, is Is shin" his own heart, cthausting his own vi'n'itv and drawing on his own future. he A-ncri'-in supers especially from thi whiskv habit, because he tnkea hia ivhik'- crude, practically undiluted in o-k tails or otherwise, and very often on -n c-uity slomacl- thus sending the alco 'in' ilirn,,t'y '"to the heart nnd brain. Let the whisky drinker take a mouthful nf raw whisky and see how long he can hold it in h:i nouth. T,et him look at the second hand nf a vatch nnd see if he can hold a mouthful of whisk) even for one n'Tte. I3cioro 'he mi"ite i un his month will V.irn md h v i'l svillow the whiskv "to jet rid of it." M"l betfpr spit it nut and nd the whisky drinking then and there. '1 h" nerves of taste and smell nre so ad instcd aa to nrotcct our stomachs against dnrgerous food and drink. Hut the whisk,- drin'ter tnses down his throat a ni.ry concoction that would burn his mouth if he held it. there for a minute, nnd as ho toss-s back his head and swallows the poi ton he riitnipai!y remarks: "Here's luck." or "Hanpy daya." Among all sayaings of men none is as preposterously and pathetically untrue as thoe which a-'-'ompany the drinking of -rude whiskv. Many a poor creature takes his drink with shiver, nnd mutters bis ''happy davs" while his wife and children ire suffering at home, and while every body knows that luckily for them hia mis ;rable davs are drawing to a close. It is whisky and its fellows, gin, brandy sod the rest, that make the drunkards. We believe thnt the man that has the trength of mind to drink nothing will auc ;ecd best, in thia world. We nil l:now :hat in thia country, where whiskv drink n prevails, the drinking nf milder nlco nolic stimulant.' leads almost inevitably to wl'ilty in the end. Wp say to a young man: If you drink whisky you carry a heavy handicap and ou will probably fail and every man who irinks whisky will tell you this, if he tells cou the truth. Editorial in the New York Evening Journal. Blacklisting lirunkarils, Tt isn't tho man who sella rum who makes trouble, but the man who drinks it. I'rovidcd the rumseller sells the right kind sf rum to the right kind of people, his business need not excite much comment. It is with the man who drinks drinks to lis own detriment and the public inconvc' lience that the public has a bone to pick. Heretofore laws for the diminution of drunkenness have been concerned chiefly with the sellers of liquor. American liquor laws cither prohibit or restrict rum selling. Few of them aim ut preventing or dimin ishing drunkenness by punishing the drunkard and depriving him of liquor, r'ew of them discriminate between qualified drinke-s and drinkers who are not quali fied. The new British licensing act which went into operation on January 1 aims to make just that discrimination. Drunken ness heretofore has been comparatively pleasant for the drunkard, and very disa greeable for sober people. This new'licens ing act ia designed to make drunkenness disagreeable to the drunkard. Heretofore it has been the glad and lawful privilege of a British subject to get drunk at any time and anywhere. The police could not touch him unless he was also disorderly. The new act regards drunkenncs as itself form of disorder, and provides -.hat any Dne found drunk in a public place mav be irreated, prosecuted and punished. Three convict iuna within twelve mouths entitle tho offender to bo rated as an habitual jrunkaril. The orescrihed treatment is to oen.l him to nrisoii fur n month, photo graph him while there, n-'d to j;cnd n copy of his photogni'ili to nil the licensed liquor sell-'ra in hia d.itriit. with a notice not to give or sell him any liquor for three years. That ia called blacklisting the drunkard. If a nuhliran ia caught serving liquor to a blacklisted man it nun-cost him ten pounds for the tirst I'lfrnae and twentv pounds for the next. That tends to rinke the rum jollers very rs-eful wbom tlicy sell liquor lo. Harper's Weekly. Orang-a Curs For Alriihnl. When peo)!c crave for alcohol, the o:--nn-je e ire ban been found tif se-vire. The juice is pressed into a glass und should be taken just as it is pure. The acid in it is a remedy for the diseased bo-lily stati which bus produced the crnvi:iK for drink. Th Crusa.U In r.rlr. There were six eopvict;nns for nurdc- in the city of liuffalo, V. Y.. in 1001, and o this number tive could be traced to the sa loon and thro- of the murders iwcurred in saloons. Of thirteen manslaughter case ten were directly duo to into::ieution. Look at the stars that have thus fallen out of the intellectual and snint.iil firtun. nient, morning stars that have to gvther with strains that have held the world in rapturous wonder, a-nl huw in temperance h:is torn them from tixir bright abodes and hurled them into the darkness, and trampled them undir its feet. Horace Greeley said: "The citizen who Indorses the liquor traffic by hit voto is the destroyer of his country." A new organization, formed upon a secret-society plan and known us "The Tern peranoe Volunteers." has been formed at Three Rivers, Mich., with a number ol strong and well-known men behind it, who propose to enter upon en active propa ganda According to statistics compiled and is sued by the State temperance organization of Kentucky, out of a total of lit) counties forty-seven nave no saloons, thirty-five have licensed bars in ouly one iustn each, nineteen have saloons in two, seven couu tie are "wet" or have saloons wherever desired, and eleven bave licenses in various srta, but bave also snore or less local op on territory. THE RELIGIOUS LIFE READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. Poeint Wo Thank Thee, O God I Even Throngh So Common Thing as llread Jesus Is Al'le to Manifest Himself Living For Others. We thank Thee, O Father, for all that Is bright The glenm of the day and the stars of the night; The flo-vers of our youth and the fruits of our prime And blessings that march down the path way of time. We thank Thee, O Father, for al! that is drear The sob of the tempest, the flow of the tear : For never in blindness and never in pain Thy mercy permitted a sorrow or pain. We thank Thee, O Father of all, for the power Of aiding each other in life's darkeat hour; The generous heart and the bountiful hand, And all the soul-help that sad souls under stand. We thank Thee. O Father, for daya yet to ne For honea that our future will call us to Thee; For all our eternity form, through Thy love. One thanksgiving day in the mansions above. Will Carleton. Jeans the Living Itread. Tia the heavenly gr.icinusncas o: Jesus that He did not destiisc the sordid souls, as we perhaps should have done, who fol lowed Him in throngs that day merely for the loaves and fishes. He knew th.it they, poor things, dwelt in bodies clamoring daily for the wants thnt were ill-supplied. He saw their need, though but of the phy sical. And H' stooped to reach and save them just ns He has had to stoop to the lowest and weakest in yon and me in or der to get us to come to Him. Even though it be through so common a thing hs bread Jesus is able to manifest Himself. Hmher things do not appeal to them. Bread they can understand. It is neither too high nor too great for their daily jse. Therefore about bread will Jesus speak to them. He gave them bread yesterday in plenty and without price. For that they ore the more readv to listen to Hi.n to-day. He says lle'ia bread. Doea He inenn He will be like that to them, nourishing, refreshing, revivifying, becoming a part of their own selves aa ia bread when taken un by their physical system, always with them, to he partaken oi? Is that what He means? Dimlv they begin to perceive and feebly to feel after the truth. Their minds go' back to their tradit ons their fathers in the wilderness. Can it be that more manna ia to fall for them? Ah! that would be well to have no more care for the morrow in things phy sical unless, there was the trouble of gath ering it tin. Hut ouickly He shows them it is not that. He reminds them that those fathers are dead. The bread in the wilderness did not keen tlietn alive forever. Il-.it the true bread thnt He will give wonder of won dersif they shall eat it. thev shall live for ever! They are reached and understand at last and cry out eagerly, "Lord, evermore gi'-e us this bread," all shame for the low motive which brought them to Him lost in thiir eagerness to accent the great gift. Jesjs is willing to be to us the supply of our commonest daily need. This bread must be taken as a gift, for it cannot be bojght. As bread may lie on our tables freely and yet do us no good because we have no desire to eat it, so this Hread of Heaven can not nourish us unless we take it into our verv being. Marcus Hods savs: "The figure of eat ing reminds us that the acceptance nf Chris; is an act which each man must do for himself. Xo other man can eat for me. It also reminds us that as the food we eat is distributed, without our own will or supervision, to every part of the bodv, giving light to the eye and strength to the arm, making bone or akin in one tdace. nerve or blond vessel in another, so, if only we make Christ our own, the life that is in Him suftirca for nil the require ments of human nature ami human dutv. A poor Indian, too proud to ask for food, was found in a starvin? condition when aid was almost too late. Hut the saddest part of his suffering was that about hia neck he wore a coin, a testimonial of brave aerv irca rendcreil to one high in authority dur ing a time of war, which, had it been pre sented to the Government, would have en titled him to freelv receive all supplies he con'd poKsildy need. This figure of eating has many lessons for us. AJ'nve all. it reminds lis of the nonr anpelite wo have for spiritual nour ishment. How thoroughly bv this process of eating does the healthv body extract from its foods every narticle of real nutri ment. H- this prniess the food is made to vield ill tlmt it contains of nouriahing sub stance. Hut how far i this from represent ing our treatment nf Christ. How much is there in Him that it titled to vield comfort rml hope, and yet to us it 'yields none. How nun-h thor should fill us with assur ance r.f God's love, yet how fearfully we live. How much to n-altc us admire self sacrifice and fill us with earnest purpose to live for others, and vet how little of this becomes in very deed our life. God sees in Him all tint can make us complete, all that, can till nnd gladden and suffice the soul, and yet how bare and troubled nnd defeated do v.'c live. New York Mail and Kxprrs. Io Not Itlnrk Another's Trocrrss. A trolley car passenger was looking at a massive ateel structure rapidly Hearing completion on the most crowded' thorough-?"-' of a city. "That's a wonderful build 'ng! remarked the car conductor, noticing thu passenger's interest. "It is, indeed, answered the lat'.er, thinking the reference was to the magnitude and the r.ipiditv ol the work. 'cs. it's a wonderful build ing, went on the conductor "the most wonderful I've ever seen. Whv, they've been building that now for three months, ami they've never once blocked the cars'" Henry Clay Trumbull says: "The thought underlying that keen observation might well be brought to bear on all our activi ties. It is this bo careful lest your work interfeies with others as it progresses. Is the work you are mapping out for yourself to-day. to morrow, this winter, going to I'lo.-k the tracks for other faithful toilers? Have you tsken every possible precaution to prevent such a blockade? If not, your work will fail at ap important point." No Bnalnoss With To-Morrow, To-morrow you have no business with. ,ou steal if you touch to morrow. It is God s. Kvery dav has in it enough to keep any man occupied without concerning him self with the things beyond. Henry Ward Jlcecher. . Troth In Small Compass. To be manly and mannerly are synony mous. I'nitcd I'resbyteriun. Have a heart that never hardens, a tem per that never tires and a touch that never hurts. t harles Dickens. Your affliction la very great, but there is a corresponding greatness in your comfort er. George Howen. "Thank (iod that He who alone can know our innermost longings nnd aspira tions for the better life ia also the one who can help ua in the struggle." If I wero you I would not worrv. Just muke up your mind to do better when you get another chance, and be content with that. Beatrice llarradeu. Tha Latest In "Trusts." The latest Is tbe "secretary trust." Four wealthy Pennsylvania congress menAdams, Morrell, Burk and Foer derer are charged with having organ ised It Labor unions In Philadelphia declare that these four congressmen bave pooled their issues. Instead of each employing a secretary tbey em ploy only one for tha four. Each rep resentative la congraas la allowed II, ZOO year for the b Ira of a secretary. Tha combination aaa divide 1J,00 among them by tb "trust' plan. COMMERCIAL REVIEW.) i r f Oesersl Trsde Ceadltioss Bradstreet's says: Wintry weathea has retarded but not checked spring lobbing; trade, which is still far in ad vance of a year ago. Retail busiris lias been more noticeably affected. Thi has also further accentuated the vcxc4 transportation problem. The favorable side of the weather situation is unques tionably the heavy snow which has cov ered the entire surplus-producing win ter wheat belt, putting that plant tem porartly, at least, beyond danger froaaj seasonal changes. Other development of the week have been mostly favor able. Xhe price situation, indeed, taken as a whole, is a remarkable erne. Coun try produce, particularly batter anal eggs, have displayed exceptional strength, while the great majority of staples retain all their old steadiness) except where further advances are not ed, as in the case of cotton goods, which are very strong at the highest prices in years. Collections are rather better as a whole, ranainsr from fair to g6od the country over. Industry; is active, limited only by transportation facilities. Reports from the shoe and leather trade are rather irregular. Sugar baa been unsettled, but the net change orJ the week has been a slight advance onj refined. Coffee remains steady at close' to the lowest price on record. Consumption still leads production itW the cruder forms of iron and steeL Finished materials are in sctive de-: rnand, but general comJaint is that four to six weeks is used up in making deliveries instead of five to ten daya,1 . the usual period in normal times. In creased inquiry is reported by South' em furnace interests and quickly avail able iron finds a ready market, but the scarcity of this article limits business. Foreign holders of iron and steel are rather firmer in their views. In finish ed products, plates, bars and struc tural material and pipe there is noted) exceptional activity. The vexing transportation problem, however, over hangs the entire trade, and no really new developments, certainly none in the direction of lower prices, are pos sible until this situation is improved. Wool has been dull and firm on re ports of active employment for mill machinery and small available stocks of the raw material. LATEST QUOTATIONS. Flour Spring cloar, f.i 30a3.60; beet Patent. 4.80; choice Family, 4.05. Wheat New York No. 2. 81Xef Philndelphia No 2, 78a"9Xc: Baltimore No. 2, 80ic. Corn-New York No. 2, 60o; Phils. ielphia No. 2. 53Xu54c:Ba!timoreNo. . 54o. Oats New York No. 2. 43Koj Phila delphia No. 2, 43a43Xc: Baltimore No 2. 43c. Hay No. 1 timothy, tl9 00al9.50; No. 2 timothy, 17.50ai8.&0; No. 3 tim othy tl5.00al7.0O Iruitsand Vegetables. White Pota toes Witb receipts less liberal and quite an improvement in the demand, tho market rules steady and firm. Apples) all good to choice fruit trees of funrna sre in good demand. Cabbage with quite a tailing off in tbe receipts, there fi a much firmer feeling on all good to sboice atock. Sweet potatoes are ia ample supply for present needs; tha market rules quiet but steady. Ws quote: Cabbage Danish large, per ton M.50u9.00; domestic, per ton 5.00d6.0O Potatoes Maryland aod Pennsylvania. Ept bu COaO&c; Eastern per bu UOa 65c; ggplants, Florida, per orange box $l.fiO s'J.00. Onions yellow, per bu f0a6Oo; rod. per bu 4joOOo. Celery, per dos 85a40o. Apples Eastern, good to :hoice, per brl fl.75a3.0U; Western, do do do do do f 1.75a2.fHi; No. 2 all kind tl.OOal.25. .Sweet Potatoos Potomao yellow, per brl f2.50a2 75; North Caro lina, yellow, f 2.25a2.7S; Eastern shora yellow, f2.25a'i.5u. Yams, yellow, tl.75 Butter, Separator, 27a28c; Gathered rream,2Ga27c; prints, Mb 29a30c; Rolls. 2-lb, 2i'30c; Dairy pU. Md., Pa., Ve. 28n29o. Eggs, Fresh-laid eggs, nor doaen. lGH'al'c. Cheese, Large, 60-lb, 14Val4Vo: roe. dlum, 36-lb, 14liol4j picnics, 23-lb. lsHoH'.c. Lire Poultry, Hens, 13,al4o. oi roosters, each 25a30c; Turkeys, 17alBci Ducks. 14al5o Hides, Heavy steers, association anil saltors, late kill, GO-Ibs and up, oloae a leotion, llallHc; cows aud light ateera Provisions and Hog Products. Balk clear rib sides, She; hulk shoulders, 9c; bulk bellies, 10.Sc; bulk ham butts. 10c; bucon clear rib sides, 10?o; baooa shoulders, 10c; augur-cured breast. 12'ic; sugar-cured sliouldt'rs, 10Ke; sugar-cured California bams, 10c; hums can rased or unennvased, 12 lb, and under, H.Vc; refined lard tiercea.brls and 50 lb cans, gross, loS'o; refined lord, bulf-barrels and new tubs, 1050. Live Stock. Chi cago, Cuttlo, Mostly 15a?0o lower, good to prime steers f5 5Ua 0OO; mediant t'i 52u4 50; stinkers aud feeders $J 3j vi 50; oows, f t 40u4 40; heifers I.' OOa ( GO; Texas-fed steers 3 5l)a4 .26 Hogs, Miiud and butchers ft' K5a7 15; good to choice, heavy fd l.5u7 20; Sheep, sheop and lambs slow to lower; good to choioa whether f5UOa5 75; Western sheep 14 75a5 10. East Liberty, Cattle steady; ebole 15 15a5 25; prime ft 90u5 10. I logs, rimo heavy f 7 40a7 45, mediums f 7 5Uj leary Yorkers f 7 40a7 45. Sheep stead. Best wothors f 4 i5u4 80 culls and com mon f 2 00u3 00; choice lambs f 6 50aC 65. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. Parisians kill .1,000,000 rats a year. London's poor devils are cockneys; ours are foreigners. To paint a battleship requires 150 tons of paint. The gold output of Nicaragua i 1902 was $l,3-'6,ox. About 4000 persons are killed each year in London's streets. A church census in New York cky shows 636,000 infidels. The United States has 10,853,796 mcta fit lor soldiers. Two-thirds ot the world's corre spondence is conducted in the English language. The Department of Agriculture will have a building at a cost of $1,500.0001 The three largest locomotive works of Great Britain have just formed a trust. Less than half the children in the public schools attend Sunday-school. The largest gold mine in Central America, the Kosario, produced $1,000, 000 last year. A beneficence to the unfortunate ia German cities is the municipal pawnshop.
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