"INCREASE OF FAITH"
Sunday Sermon By the Rev. Dr. Quincy
Ewlng.
Shows How Thti Becomes the Prayer of Ca
Souls When the World's rer.l.xlllts
Bear Down Upon Vt.
Vr.w YoltK ClTV. The Her. Quinry
Ewing, of ft. Jnmes' Episcopal Church,,
(ireenvillc. Minn., who was (t one time un;
dcr consideration for one of the important
pulpit of Brooklyn, recently preached a
thoughtful sermon on "Increase of Faith. .
Mr. Kwing took hi text from T.uke xvii:
g: "Lord, increase our faith." In the
course of the nermon he said:
Wo do not know why precisely the disci
pies should have made this request nt this,
particular time. Jesus had just said to
them: "If thy brother trespass cjainst thee
rebuke him, and if he repent, forgive him,
and if he trespass against thee seven times
in a day. and seven times in a dav turn' to
thee, saying, 'X repent.' thou shalt forgive
him." Then very abruptly comes from
them the request, "Increase our faith."
l'ossililv there was some tone of impatience
in their voices as they spoke. They may
have recalled that in the old book of Le
viticus was to be found practically the
same commandment that He was giving
them; that in the book of Leviticus they
were taiipht not to hate their brethren,
nor to bear grudge against the children of
their people, but to love their neighbor as
themselves; and they may have felt that
there was no need for them to bear this
old teaching over a"ain from the lips of
the Master: that lie was but wasting
time in telling them what they already
knew so well.
So their request. Increase our faith may
have meant, "Tell us something that we do
not already know something hid from the
prophets and wise men of old times; tell
us something, show us something, do some
thing which will make us surer that you
nre indeed the Messiah we and our fathers
have looked for; that our hope in You is
not roisnlaccd; that You are truly the
promifed Deliverer. Make us more certain
that we were justified in breaking away
from the authority of the Scribes and
Pharisees, in forsaking nil to follow You.
Do not be simply repeating to us what we
may read ourselves in an ancient book;
say something, do something, reveal some
thing which will certify our faith in You
is the Messiah."
Or the request may have had a profound
er import and been uttered in n tone of
rclf distriist, of unfeigned humility and
supplication. Suddenly while .Jesus was
speaking there may have awakened in tho
(mils of His hearers the accusing conscious
ness that, Ihoujh they hail known for so
long the divine law of duty toward their
neighbors, yet never had they or thrii
fathers been nhle to live un to it. to real
ize in their human life the divine ideal, and
accompanying the consciousness of pint
failure may have been the reflection that
never should they be able to realize that
divine ideal, to expel from their human
hearts all hatreds, all resentments, all con
tempts, nil unforgivinqness and look upon
their fellow-men with tin? steady Christ
vision of redemptive charity.
And so their request may have meant,
"Open wider our sniritual eyes, that we
may see with You; lead us, draw us up to
Your spiritual height; let us share with
You Your vision of God nnd man; let us
drink from the invisible fountain of Your
vast strength and goodness; let us know
the secret of Your Chritlines, that wo
may rise to full sympathy with Your di
vine purpose and build with You the king
dom of (iod among men as You would
have it. huilded." But whatever may have
been the character of the disciples' re
quest, whether of impatient criticism or
humble speculation in the words that came
from their lips. Increase our faith, we
may all utter the deepest and devoutcst
prayer of the most needful moments of
our human life, "Increase our faith." How
inevitably that becomes the prayer of our
souls at times when the infinite nrnhloms
and perplexities of this problematical, per
plexing world bear down upon us and
threaten to weigh us down; when we are
forced to give ourselves to reflection upon
the long and cruel nnd, apparently, unend
ing suiTering of good and evil; the suffering
of unnumbered millions; the vast failures
nf justice and ti-imnnhs of injustice; the
tragic defeat of right and victories of
wrono;; the bitter battles of uplifting truth
for recognition by the mind nnd heart of
humanity; the tin infill, questionable pro
gress of indubitable good everywhere unon
earth; and, so reflecting, are tempted to
crv out in loud desnair, or in danger of
being mastered by that deep hopelessness
which utters no sound and shows itself in
no outward sign; hopelessness, thnt a
deathless heart of good does, indeed, throb
on to victory in things evil; honeessness,
that the to-'inorrows of humanity will be
gladder and nobler than its yesterdays:
hopelessness, that the wrongs we know will
be done nwav, and the good we dream era
hodv iteeu in fact; hopelessness, that our
individual efforts, nil that wo can say, all
that we can do, arc not mere vain, tran
sient strivings against eternal fate, power
less, as the wing of insects fluttering in
the ftorni. to effect any betterment of
things that are! How much that prayer
of the apostles, Increase our faith, may
mean, then, to our individual souls! A si
lent, unsyllabled cry for reswie to the In
visible Power that made us and the world;
a pleading with that Power Invisible,
whose name we cannot then utter, whose
attributes we hesitate then to declare, that
again we may be nrivilvged to pray, "Our
Father:" that Brain we may feel ourselves
His children; that real enough may be
come His nresenco in our lives, to banish
from us all doubt that the world intelligi
tit i 'H8il ao 5f.ip 'mqiainaiuiun .10 'aq
His keeping; all siumicion. that any good
Hies, that anv right fails, that onv throned
and crowned power of iniouity can swing
this earth outside th circle of His Fath
er's purpose and His Father's love.
But it is not only in times of sorrow, sad
new. perplexity that the request of the
apostles should be our prayer, for that re
quest of theirs points to an eternal and
universal need of the human soul, the need
to-d.iy, to-morrow and forever of a tinner
grasp of Cod, a clearer vision of His pur
poses a deeper reading of His will, in or
der that we may live and save ourselves in
the way divine. Perhaps from the stand
point of the need of some of us it is more
tiecessary for us to pray fervently that
prayer, "Increase our faith," in the sea
sons of our greatest joy than in the days of
our deepest anguish; more necessarv at
times when the world shines bright about
us and we are conscious of the burden of
no perplexity and no misgiving, and dis
posed to be thoroughly satisfied with our
selves, our performances and with things
ss they are; for then, it may be, we are in
greuteiit danger of forgetting God, of grow
ing unmindful of our personal dependence
upon Him, of crowding Him out of our life,'
of skimming gayly the gay surlnce of things,
with eves and ears blind and deaf to their
eternal usiiect, their profound and supreme
appeal. Perplexed, bewildered, crushed,'
under the stress of deep personal anguish,'
we may think tJod far from us, all out of!
touch with our live and their needs. But
to think (iod at all. however far we put,
liuu from us, however grimly we deny our-,
selves all consoling faith in His wisdom
mid goodness to think Cod at all is inti
mte.y better than to forget, to ignore Him'
utter.y, as if our goodness and our happi
ness did not need Him; as if the world
bout us were fair enough and bright
enough, and altogether satisfactory enough
with or without His presence! ,
i ? .you "k wbat ort of f'-h this is we
need to pray for to hare increased ? Is it
. i,B ,0,oe, Prtcular dogma clearer
metitul comprehension of some aeries of
metaphysical propositions-faith in the in
fiilbbleneu of some verbal formula! Nay,
tns faith of our deeper need is that faitli
which, means steadring rision of the di
Jine unseen and the dirine eternal; pro
"und consciousness from moment to mo
jnent of what the poet has railed "the deep
hT,X. dZ nJ th height beyond thi
height;' nobler conviction within 11s, be
mZ'Z"uV!u ineradicable and uncon
p r.tu.1 value their real meaning a spirit
ul meaning their real end a spiritual end.
1 ins 11 the faith unon which depends ulti'
E?th,"rL,tren?J-l?en Mi saving; the
rp I Wh,ch jur hMn- our etmrchaV, out
nin.-''r loma: our devotion were
t nkii'' "u lut S.', u'"'ing brass and
Seed ii", Cr?bk,i T ,U '" t,,e we
Knd.P y ,or kn'el' in our pews on
wyJiCfjjo.0fT1su)n.of. f-oiUy, ta tee-
ma reel oelow tnc enrtn.y nceps nnt ne
vond the earthly heights, nnd when we
pray (lot to increase fn- us th's f-indi-mental
fnith. be tempted to dictate 1c
3od how Ho shall nnsw- us or when. We
may want one answer; He imy know 'lint
we need another. We may choose to hive
5'ir answer in full all nt once: He
;hnoe to give us but. the first s-l'nb!c of it
:o-day. ami to prolong the giving nf it
through the years of a lifeiime. "Primps
:hrough the neons of eternitv. We ipnv
judertake in our wisdom to impon condi
tions uron God that we imngine Ho must
fulfill if He would answer our pravcr. tor
retting the one fundamental condition,
!hat we must impose upon ourselves hon
st eagerness to hear lh hieher voices that
may call to us from ilny to dav, nnd tn
9ber them when thev do: honest struggle
to beat bnck the unhily temptations tin
heset us. darkening the wav ti our feet;
honest purpose to do the duties 'hnt
throng us hnurlv. momently, rnd in their
loing ultitmteiy illumine any darkness the
io-i can enter!
Tim prayer of the nnostles wns nswprnd
hnrdlv as they expected certainly it mirht
he. but answered nevertheless nnd to a
prpe of richness that they were not nhle
ll iu once to fathom: answered for them,
ss it has been thrmHi the a"e for nl!
their successors by riitht of spiritual inher
itance; for them as for him. trcnt nnd gnu
s.pnte unto u of 0m1 modern M-, wh-i
walked through the fires of sneriliec nnd
enme in and out hrtre nmo-T us fo- n snre
of yenrs, fighting his "or-d fi"ht. his (iiht
of good, his fiht for "nd fid man. whn
words nre vital vet within these wills, nnd
hevnnd them where urn snen'- the Kng
h'h tingue: nnswered. I sav, thnt "raver
for them of th nrlier tinp. for lii"i 0'
this Inter, nt by anv flashinr miracle, of
word or deed: rot bv nny tnrtling revo'n
tion of a new heavens ai:l a new earth;
not bv any suddenness of divine eVtrue.
t'on nnd reconstruction: nn but l v nul
through a gradual exo'vine svtnpiMiv
with the pi'rnoscs of the ltedeeming Mas
ter; bv nnd through the dcenenit". widen
inc. atonement of th"'r ouls ind t-ts: W
mil throii"h their effn-t t" I've th" lif'!
(hnt worshiped His. and sufferint and "r
jifixious. it neant to them to be enl d.j
Ahat should benr tri'e w:tneas to a (,'I-:L.
And thu only it that God can fulfill
for nny of us the "vnver. Increase nr
faith. The eternal Father of o"r snirits
ej meet their t!eenr yeanin" for 'arree
faith, fo" clearer vision'. onl- thnugh a"d
hv th human experipnres 'Te his -ad
possible fir "s fnm d-v to 'iv. th" 'ife of
effort, of slr'iT-'e. of leroi n. n ,ns
rrai'e it our "-ivilege t- Ui-e. The -eadineas
to do 'tis will reve.iV ; the seel ing to re
''ze His nur"oes i-ilernrels them, nnd
clnsfr. ever cloupr. becomes the meeting
noint of our actual earth pn,, 0nr n-i-c'hle
hcivn. ns reo've that our enrlh':"st
pfT-irU shall he noble enonyh t bei-cik n
henvpnlv merning. and our ecihlies hnnps
heroic enough to prophesy a heavenly con
iiimmation. Crowing Fnllli.
Growth is ehni-ictciisiic of c't life. 1 ii
nn ev'dopce of hnn'ili and Picrci!-"
stren'-tl,. l-lverv soul is boi ns a chii't
nto God's kinrdom. It mint bein, nnd al!
beginnings are small. In our iuil?n-cntq f
nthers we ought to remember this fact
One has po rjpht to expect from a child
that which belongs to mnnhc-od. When
Abraham wes first called into God' spi-vims
he camp es has everv one sinpp, Tfis faith
"ns untried a" his growth just hcn.
God promised him grot things whirh he
hesitated to believe. When told that his
descendants were tn b as numerops as t'm
Itars he atagcered nt the thought . All
passed like a drenm "before him. The pa
triarch wa s'-entjcnl. "T.ni-d, hnv shall I
know that I lnll inhc-it it?" God's word
"as r.ot suflicient. He wihc' some evi
dence that wiuM nnpQal to his priitive
knowledge. He wished to know. Ycnrs
ifter tbt man staggered not at the com-r-and
of God when to'd to slay hi" own.
Ih difference was not in the oualitv of
if his faith. It was th sace man f "thct
5n. Cod's laws app!y in principle nlike to
ill. Abraham's experience becomes in 0,
masure a iiart of our own. A 'iving faith
lolves nil things. Abraham's '-iion of the
imoking lamn and parte,) saerif;ce w.as but
icmpornry It served him for the moment
nd then became a recollection. But his
laith became a permanent ope. It wa a
amn that grew the brighter. Here lies tho
ttrongeot evidence of our ncccntance wih
3nH. The vine lives because of it' tac.
nent to the ti-ee. It draws its life from
ihcr veins. Is your horizon wider. -our
'alth ktronger. your sacrifice more willing?
Thee nre -our assurancps of preater things
leyond. Presbyterian Journal.
Doing What We Can. -'
Doing what we havo the power to do is
;ur highest privilege and dulv. We often
'eel that, if we had more money, or -nci-a
influence, or more power, we could do
lomething worth doinc. but. as it is, our
jossibilitien are sadly limited, and we can
lave no hope of great'v honoring God, or
lelping our fella. Yet the one woman
Ji the world who n,-ine s'ands highest
tbove her fellows for wl.nt she did in her
lay and generation was not a woman of
preat wealth or of special power. Of her it
a said simply, "Slip hath donp what she
totild." She mav have thouiht that her
ipher" nnd abilities were limited, but God
ilessed her simple doim: with His blessing
tnd with her ever-growing fame. All that
3od would have us do is to do what, we
Nin. That much we ought to be ready to
lo gladly. Sunday-School Times.
Christian Faith.
"Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear," is
I lino that ought to be said every hour of
1 Christian' life. Some good people are
die prey of natural despondent tempera-ne-i's.
Such need a double supply of grace
ind must pray for it. The worries of busi
less or household care, the loss of sleep
r the derangement of tho bodily macliin
!!". put such Christian folk under a cloud
jery often. To-day they sing like larks,
lo morrow the barometer goes down nnd
'.hey are in the dumps aain. Such people
ihould look after their bodily health as a
miritual dutv. Moreover thev should keep
;heir Christian faith where it will not be
txposed to every east wind or drenched to
leath by every shower that falls.
Home Thought.
High thinking chiccls the features Into
he beuity of a pure and refined expression.
Die tone of the mind assuredly reveals it
elf on the face. If our thoughts are kind.
;enerous and forgiving, our faces will un
mnsciouaiy reveal the sweetness of these
;irtues. Into a kind heart (iod pours His
Ight, which radiates on the face and makes
t fair and pleasing.
Christian Joy.
Christian joy is an experience of great
lepth and solemnity. It never over.ouks
hat sadness and sternness of life; it is
ever shallow or unreflecting; it is re-
trained, tender, sympathetic, confident.
We kiiow it whun we see- ic iu the face of
jiny whom we love; it helps us. 11. J.
L'ampbell.
Making a Lawn.
The lawn should be the flr3t care lv
any home-ground, says Country Life In
America. All effective planting of
shrubs and plants has relation to this
foundation. Homellkenesi depend
also upon it Grass will grow any
where, to be sure, but mere grass doer
not make a lawn. You must have
tod; and this sod must grow better
every year. This means good and deof
preparation or the land In the begin
ning, rich soil, fertilizing each year,
re-sowlng and mending where the sod
becomes thin. Usually we water our
lawns too much, making the grass
shallow-rooted and causing it to fall
early. Every Inducement should be
made for the grass roots to go down.
Effective Sarmon.
Rev. Dr. Floyd W. Tomklns, at a
preachers' tnUng, told this story on
himself: "I preached a sermon recent
ly on swearing and the extent of the
babit," said be. "A (ew days since a
man wrote me under his own name
and said that he agreod with my ser
mon, adding that, 'Now every time I
want to swear I say Floyd TomgJ'
Instead.'" -
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
International Lesson Comments' For
April 26.
SubJ:ti Paul's Journey to Jerusalem, Ac I
xxl 3-13-Golden Text, Aclsxxl., 14
Memory Verses, II, 12 Commentary
on the Day's Lesson.
3. "Landed nt Tyre." At Tatarn raul
found, in n vessel hound over the open sea
to Phoenicia, a favoring providence by
which his course to (Syria was hastened.
The 341) miles to Tyre was run in about
two days. Hero the Vessel tarried fot
seven days for change of cargo.
4. "Finding disciples." Hero Paul found
a small company of Christian disciples,
with whom he remained in happv, helpful
fellowship, ministering the word. When
in s'.ran.te cities it is always well to lools
for and associate with the pcoulc of God.
"Should not go." That is, if he had nny
regard to his own safety or personal wel
fare, or to their affectionate solicitude on
his nccount. They were informed bv the.
Spirit that bonds and afflictions awaited
the apostle at Jerusalem, hut it was nut
revealed to them s tho will of God that
he should change his purpose, to pro.;eo:l
thither.
5, 0. "Brought us." "Here is a beautiful
nnd imprcsiivc picture of the harnionv of
Christian communion nnd tho strength of
Christian ullcction." "And prayed. As
at Miletus, so here, they pray before they
separate. The meeting and parting of
Christians should be seasons of prayer nnd
praise. "Taken our leave." While fare
wells are sorrowful occasions, yet anions
Christians they are illuminated with a glo
rious nope.
7. "l'inished our course." Hv tho same
vessel that saibd southward thirty miles
to Ptoleniais, the modern Acre. Here the
sea voyage ended. At J'tolcmais Paul re
mained one day with the brethren, and
the next day traveled by land the remain
ing thirty-six miics to Caesarea.
M. "Philip." After a silence of twenty
yean, following upon Philip's ministry in
Samaria and to the Kthiopian treasurer
(Acts 8: 6-40), we meet him ut Cncsarea,
which had ever since been his home. This
seaport, built by Herod the Great, and
named in honor of Augustus Caesar, was
fifty miles northwest from Jerusalem, and
was the residence of the Komau governors
of the province of .ludea. "One of the
seven." One of the seven deacons appoint
ed at the s.inie time- with Stephen (chap,
ti: fi). He should be distinguished 110111
Philip the apoxtlc.
0. "Four daughters diil prophesy." Ths
house of the evangelist Philip became, in
consequence of the fulfilment of the pro
phecy in Joel 2: 28, the honored central
point of the Christian congregation of
Caesarca. His four daughters, who had
received the gift of prophecy and of inter
pretation, furnish new and clear evidence
tliat ali believers alike enjoy the privilege
of Christianity, nnd even the inriier in
fiances of the prophetess Miriam. Deborah,
etc., prove that there is no difference in
the kingdom of gr.ice between male and fe
male lo prophesy is to speak "to cdilica
tion and exhortation and comfort'' (1 Cor.
14: 3). Where theso young women
preached, "whether to women only, or in
private houses, or to public assembles,"
we do not know. The statements of tho
New Testament clearly show that God calb
women the same u.4 men to preach His ;;o3
pel. 10. "Many days." The Greek word for
many means some or several. Thty re
mained longer than they nt first intended.
Paul's desire was to reach Jerusalem in
time for the feast of the Pentecost, but he
had arrived at Ceesarca earlier than he ex
pected, and now had more than u week to
spare, which time he spent at Cncsarea.
"Agalius." Thia prophet we have met be
fore (11; 27-30) as the foreteller of famine
in the reign of Claudius, lie tonics now,
from the interior hiii country, to warn
Paul of assault and arrest at .Jerusalem.
In imitation of the excessive symbolic act
ing sometimes employed bv the ancient
Jewish prophets (I-a. 20: 2; Jer. 13: 1;
y.zck. 4: 1), this Christian prophet took
Paul's girdle and with it bound bid own
hands and icct. Using the prophetic fon.i
of the Old Testament, "Ihus saitll the
Lord," yet changing it to euit the-new dii
Jiensatioa of the Spirit, he cites the Holy
Ghost as explicitly announcing Paul's cap
ture and imprisonment in Jerusalem. This
prediction was fullillcd not many day af
ter. 11. "Girdle." The loooc, flowing robes
worn in Eastern countries are hound about
the waiit with a sash or girdle. Girdles
were quite lurgo and made ot linen or leath
er. "So shall the Jews," etc. This pro
phecy was not fuihlled in the letteri but
while tho Humans uctually put tho apotlo
in chain they did it at the instigation ol
tho Jews. "Shall deliver him." etc. Thi
prophesy was strictly fultilled in every par
ticular. At Jerusalem Paul was delivered
into the hands of the Koman soldieri and
was sent back to Caesarea a prisoner. He
remained in prison at Caesarea about two
vears, and was then taken to lioinc, where
lie was kept two years longer. During these
long years of prison life wo hear no repin
ing word froifi Paul. He is always rejoicing
and geeni to forget his own nillictious iu
his effort to comfort others. Some of
Paul's best nnd most helpful epistles were
written while ho was under bonds and
chained to a Itoman soldier, but the word
of God was not bound. Out of our afflic
tions God brings a blessing not only to our
reives, but also to other. Kxaninlcs: l!u:i
jan in prison, John on Patmos.
12. "15esought him." Tho correctness ol
the previous prophecy of Agabus. and the
vivid symbol whereby he now impressed
t lists prediction, produced in the minds of
the Christian disciples a deep conviction
of the certainty of futun evil to Paul at
Jerusalem. Under this conviction thej
unitedly besought him not to go to the
place of dunger. They interpreted the mis
sion and intimation of Agabus on a warn
ing given to moid, and so avert the peril.
Hut Paul understood it better. Long year
before he had learned from his Lord what
'great things he must suffer for His sake."
Experieneo had verified this word, and
made its meaning familiar, so that these
new, more specific and intense premoni
tions of coming trial, clearly intimated by
the Holy Ghost, carried their full weight
of meaning to his spirit.
13-16. Paul's companion snw tho din
ger, he saw his duty. Hud they seen for
themselves the same duly and the same
cause, doubt!e4 they, too, like him, wou'd
have moved on to danger nnd death, for it
is a company of rsro spirit who nre here
clustered around this holy apostle. When
these true-hearted disciple could prevail
nothing they accepted Paul' decision ns
the will of the Lord and ceased all further
opposition. They then took up thir "car
riage" meaning 'baggago" Jl. V. aad
mcnt up tu Jerusalem,
The Manila Telegraph Cable.
Tho most hazardous section of th
Jlanlta telegraph cables Is that cons
plete-d between San Francisco an
Honolulu, In which the sea bed b
precipitous, with valleys 81,600 fee'
deep. The next two sections, ex
tending to Guam, will cross leva'
plains ot mud at a depth of about
18,000 feet, while the last section It
over a series ot mountains.
Woman Given Publlo Office.
A curious recognition of the right
ot women to hold publlo office has,
with little gallantry, been made In
Pike county, Pa. Porter township
has so few voters that Mrs. Sarab
Miller was placed on the Democratic
ticket for school director, there b
Ing no other available candidate, one
Democrat being the nominee, for
three local offices.
tranaa Freak of Natura.
A woman named Blondol, living at
Honfleur, France, recor.tly gave birth
to a female child with' oxtromltlos Ukn
thoso of a monkey. The bands and
feet have only four Angora and toea
respectively, but Instead of nails they
have long claws, whllo tho skin hangs
like a bag. It is not expected that the
child will Uva.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
April 24. "An EvenlnWlih Arcllc Missions."
Job xxxvlil. 22, 23 29, 30. Dally Readings.
April 20. God in tho Northland. Ps
cxlvii. 16, 17. ,
Apt ;i 21. Th9 enow obf-ys his will.
Job xxxvll. fi-10.
April 22. Tho North pocple his.Ts.
xcv. 7, 8; c. 3.
April 23. God Klny of the vrth.
Ps. clil. 18-22.
April 24. Sup. of the sunless. Ps.
Isxxlv. It, 12.
April 23. Salvation for all. Kom.
x. 11-15.
April 26. An evening with Avctlc
missions. Job. xxxvill. 22, i3. 29, 30.
Scrlpturo Verses. "Tho uttermost
parts of the earth." Ps. cxxxlx. 7-12;
II. 7, 8; Isa. xxlv. 14-10; Ps. Ixv. 1-8.
Lesson Thoughts.
The barren, frozen North 13 the
creation of God Just as truiy an are
the people from pole to polo of the
earth.
The Arctic regions have been con
sidered worth cobtly exploring expe
ditions; hut Arctic missions have been
more succesHfiil even as they have
been more Important and less costly.
The exploration of new lands and the
discovery of the North pole aio not te
be compared Iu value with the finding
of n lost houI.
Selections.
Land of the wintry wind and cold,
Ice-locked Is thy breast; the bravest
and best,
Shrouded In snow, He silent at rest,
Their sufferings and strnisRles untold.
Dr. Grcnfcll tells tho Btory of a dy
ing Eskimo who for a fortnight had
been In terrible agony. The doctor
asked the poor fellow whether the pain
was unbearable. He answered simply,
"It Is nothing to what my Savior bore
In the Garden for me." His last words
were singing Zlnr.cndorf'a beautiful
hymn
"JesiiB still lend on,
Till our rest be won;
And, although the way be cheerless,
We will follow calm nnd fearless;
Guide us by thy hand
To our fatherland."
Although the conditions of life arc
po hard and conducive to lawlessness
and although vices which hide their
i eail? In the mote settled portions of
the country stalk unashamed hero,
yet the great mass of the mining popu
lation of Alas!;n will compare well
with any community In the Hast. In
point of Intelligence, education, mor
ality, and vital Christianity. . . . Hut
the only safeguard of many a precious
life from vast moral loss is the gospel
of Jesus Christ, tiiid with the van of
every nrr.-.y rushing to the K"Id fields
thould march the soldier of the cross.
There Is no people so degraded, bo
dull and stupid, that the gospel cannot
reach and redeem them, and there ia
no country so dreary, no land so des
olate, no people so repulsive, that do
voted followers of Christ will not go
to them.
Suggested Hymns.
Preach the gospel, sound It forth.
Sieed away, speed awny on youi
mission.
Hark! the voice of ,Ie3iis crying.
The morning light Is breaking.
From Greenland's Icy mountains.
Trusting In the Lord, thy God.
EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPIC".
April 26. Missions to Foreigners la Our Own
Land (Jonah 3. I-10; Mat!. 25. 35-40;.
The United Stales has an unparallel
ed destiny 83 a mission nation. It has
been a missionary of liberty, of popu
lar government, ol invention, of the ef
ficiency of human labor to accomplish
results, of free schools and a free
press. Our own land is the center to
which peoples from all other parts of
tr.9 earth gather, so that mission work
may be done for them, not by going
ubroad, but by evangelizing them
where they are In this country.
The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety Is doing a work that touches out
foreign population at many points.
Through its immigrant home agencies
at New York, Boston, and Philadelphia
910 steamers were met, with their
thousands of foreign passengers, to
whom were extended Christian care
and counsel as they entered the por
tals of a new land. The Presbyterian
Church has' missions about as exten
sive as those of our own Church
among the Chinese and Japanese of
tho Pacific coast. 44 churches formed
;f European rfoples, through ten
states, and, under their Woman's
Board of Home Missions, four schools
among foreigners in Chlcaso.
The American Missionary Associa
tion of the Congregatlnal cluirch has a
very Interesting work among the peo
ple of China and Japan upon our West
ern shore. The Baptist Church hag
widely extended and varied agencies
lor reaching the foreign population of
the United States, opening with the
Welch In 1836, iho Germans In 1816,
the Scandinavians and French Cana
dians in 1849. and th? Chinese In 170.
Tho six largest cities of the United
States those of 5uu.fi0 Inhabitants
and over Baltimore. Boston, Chicago,
New York, Philadelphia, and St. Iyiule
contain, with their environs, 11,123,
000 people one seventh of our entire
population. While our total foreign
boru are about 10,000,000, or thirteen
per cent, of our whole population,
Now York city Is thirty-seven per cent,
foreign born, Boston thirty-five per
cent., Chicago thirty-four per cent
The rroblem of reaching the foreign
era In our land Is largely a city prob
lem. One most valuable lesson learned by
the Piesbyterlans In Philadelphia Id
1902 was that the foreign population
can be effectively reached by tent and
opep-uir ovantllstic sorvlces. At
Starr Gordon Park night after night
from a thousand to twelve or fifteen
hundred people, sometimes twenty-five
hundred, of all classes, by sermon,
stereoptlcon. music, could be held for
an hour, and during the summer over
four hundred conversions resulted.
Our Marcy Home, In Chicago, In the
midst of a foreign population, is also
proving that It can do Its best work,
even In reaching; Jewish children and
young people, not by avoiding or veil
ing the truth about Christ, but by
faithfully and loving giving the full
ll.rbt of bis Goscel.
Spread of Marconi' 8ystm.
The attorney ot the Marconi com
pany, In London, ha stated that they
expect shortly to encircle the earth
with wireless messages, and hoped to
apply hi system to heating, to trac
tion Hues and to publishing dally news
papers. Origin of Tissue Paper.
Tha flimsy paper called tissue pa
per was originally made to place be
tween tissue, cloth ot gold or sliver,
to prevent Its fraying ox tum'shln
whan folded. ,
I'M GKJSAT DKSTK0YER
SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
vThlnKT's Terrible History la Written In
tlia Mlner.T and Khama anil Itnln of
Ilunil.-eil Generation Strong Drink
the Cause nt Most of th Murder.
Time; lat Mnndny nflernnon; place, a
room in a New York tenement limine;
dramatis pernonae. a man, n woman, four
little children, nnd 1111 invisible monitor,
to be Inter on materialized nnd unmasked.
The woman i in bed. holding close to
herself her two-day-old babp.
The three children, nil sick with srallet
fever, are in another be I in the same room.
The door opens and in come the man,
the husband nf the woman and the father
if the four little children.
He look wildl His eve are bloodshot!
His face is swollen! C'nder his eyes are
great putTs! He shakes like a leaf in tho
wind!
A moment he stands trembling in his
dines, and then lie cries nut to the little,
woman with the tiny babe on her arm:
"Money! Give me some money!"
"I have none," answers the wqmAn; "you
know I have none."
The wild-looking man curses! Ho raved
about the room like a madman! The
mother and the three sick children tremble
with fear!
"Money! I say, money!" cries the man
onre more. "You know I have none," tho
wife again "replies.
The man whips out a pistol, and, aiming
nt the woman with the little babe in her
urms, fires, once, twice, three times!
The wife's mother, hearing the noise,
rushes in nnd the still smoking weapon
is turned on her! iScrcaming, she at
tracts the attention nf the police, and tho
man is arrested as he stands waving his
revolver nnd nirsing. while he gazes at the
form of his wife on the floor!
It is a terrible picture. It is difficult
for us to look upon it as having been an
actual occurrence.
A devil, a liend, mittht have shot nt that
poor, weak woman with the little bit of a
babe in her arms; and such devil or tiend,
having done in, ininht have stood over tho
prostrate form and cursed it as the lifo
ebbed away.
Hut how could a human being commit
stu-h a deed?
It was not n human bein? who did that
deed. It was the work of the invisible
monster we spoke of which monster we
now drag into the light and call by its
true name whiskv.
It was whisky that did that deed. The
man had been drunk for four straight
weeks; and when lie went into that room
where bin wife nnd children were ho was
not a mnn, but n demon.
The whiskv had dehumanized him. It
had destroyed his love for his family, wiped
out his tenderness of heart, killed his
buinanitv, and left rampant in him only
the mad, pcnsclcss ravings of the drink
crazed maniac.
He did not sec the mother, he did not
pee the little two-day-old babe upon the
mother's arm he simply shot nt the thing
which, according to his disordered fancy,
Btood between him and the tire-water for
which he thirsted!
We have told the story in the fewest,
plainest words possible, nnd but little else
remains for us to do.
The man who drinks whisky, even
though he may drink it in what lie calls
moderation, cannot say that he will not
yet become the murderer of his own flesh
and blond.
It will naturally occur to the reader
that it js a story that is likely to be re
peated in any home where whisky is ah
lowed to enter.
Men are pretty nearly alike the world
over. Whisky is the same sort of thing
everywhere, and everywhere its effects are
identical.
It is an cnemv with which yon can take
no ch'inees. It has no honor and no heart.
Cold-blooded as the crave and venomous as
hell, its tactics are always the same: First,
to tempt, then to deceive, and finally to
destroy.
Whisky is the one thing with which no
one can afford to experiment.
Experiment? There is no experiment
nbout it! We know what it will do with
us if we fool with it!
Its terrible history is written in the
misery nnd shame and ruin of a hundred
generations!
The great world-poet know well what he
was about when lie made one of his char
acters exclaim :
"(), thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou
hast no other name to be known by, let u
call thee devil!"
A devil it is. pure and simple, gloating
over the wrecks it makes, laughing in
fiendish glee above the ruin it works!
Hum has no conscience. Tho sanetitie?
of life tind no favor in its eyes. It has
nn veneration for the kindnesses that make
life beautiful.
Commanders have been known to fill
their soldiers with whisky just before tak
ine them into battle. Why?
P.eeaui.e they knew that the whisky
would inflame their passions, deaden the
natural kindness of their hearts, and so
enable them to kill their fellows with the
better grace.
The effects of the stuff are degrading nnd
brutalizing.
It makes no difference how noble one
may lie to begin with, it is within the
power of alcohol to make a murderer of
hi 111.
A large percentage of the murders com
mitted in the world arc inspired by strong
drink.
Crazed by rum men do things of which
thev would be ouite incapable if sober
und in their right minds.
Of course this is an old story, a very
old one; but in the presence oi a tragedy
like the one we are now considering we
cannot resist the temptation to tell the
old story just one time mote.
We love the young men. Apart from
the fact that in them lies the hope for the
future of our country, we arc interested in
them for themselves alone.
And hcf-iuise tins is so we say to him!
For God's Hike, for the sake of your
mo'.lif r's love, if she is alive, of her mem
ory if she is dead, and for the take of
all that you hopn to be in this world let
whisky alone. New York American.
Antl lirlnk Crusade.
In Denmark a curious method is now
ai'optrd for the purpose of nreventing per
sons irom setting drunk. The police havo
simply notified the saloonkeeper through
out the country that those among them
who at uny time sell liquor to persons who
are intoxicated will not only be held re
sponsible for nny daniago which the drunk
ards may do to persons or properly, but
will also be obliged to pay for ser.ding I hem
home in carriages as well as for medical at
tendance, if necessary.
In every esse it is the saloonkeeper in
whose place the intoxicated person has pro
cured the last glass of liquor who is held
responsible, and for this reason most of
the saloonkeepers ate now taking very good
rare not to furnish drink to any one who
show the slightest signs of intoxication.
Th Crusade la l!rlr.
The first member of the first temperance
society in the Lniied ritate. Wairen L.
When ton. has just died at the old home
stead 111 W lical on, 111., at the age of ninety-one
vear.
Tho liquor oligarchy of Brussela have is
sued a secret circular, calling for combined
nnd vigorous action against all anti-alcoholic
tucieties in the country.
The Hritish lunacy commission reports
that tho case for which alcohol is assigned
ns the cause of insanity average 21.8 per
rent, of th whole number for males and
U.S per cent, in females in England.
The commiision on alcoholism appointed
nearly two veal's ago has, through Dr.
Labm-ne, male a report to tho British
Parliament to tha effect that national in
temperance must cease U national bank
ruptcy i to be averted.
Only a clear brain ran think God's
thought after Him. Only a steady hand
can glorify the divine Carpenter. Only a
heart unhurried by artihcial atimulant
can be loyal in it love to Christ and hu
manity Frances E. Willsrd.
The largest shipment of beer ever sent
to the Orient from any one point waa
shipped from Milwaukee on December 11.
It consisted of forty-seven carloads, con
taining 1,000,000 bottles. Tha cargo toe
to Hong Kong and Manila, Verily the
beer trude fallows ths flag. ,
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
HEADING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.
rneint The Mrrey of find The Dnnre of
fielf-IMly Itobs Mfe nf All It lloro
Isin Setr-Oenlal I the Opposite and
Nohlrr Trait.
There's a widenes in God's mercy
Like the wideness nf the sea;
There's a kindness in His justice, '
Which is more than liberty.
There is welcome for the sinner.
There nre blessings for the good,
There is mercy with the Saviour,
There is healing in His blood.
For the love of God is broader
Than the measure of man's mind;
And the heart of the Kternal
Is most wonderfully kind.
If our love were but more simple!
We should take Him at His word;
And our lives would be nil sunsliinu
In the sweetness of our Lord.
-V. W. r'ubcr.
Don't 1'ltjr Yourself.
Sympathy is n very beautiful thing wncn
kept where it belongs. We cannot have
too much sympathy with those who need
it. liiit there is one person whose need
of it is more than doubtful, and that per
son is one's individual sell, i'ity is akin
to love, and self-pity is so close a rela
tive ot sell lovc that wc are wise if we
definitely refuse to let it enter the doors
of nut souls.
Yet at some time in every life it seeks
entrance. There is no lot where, in youth
even, there is not some opportunity for
self-pity. "I am poor." "I nm discour
aged." "I am misunderstood," "1 nm
slighted," "I am overworked,'' there is no
end to the whispers thnt self-pity makes
in our ears. If we yield to these sugges
tions. however, we soon begin to feel that
the situation gets worse every day. We
find our courage waning, our despondency
growing and all possibility of cheer anil
victory receding in the distance. Sympathy
for self is a paralyzing and fatal sympathy.
I nlike the sympathy of u wise friend, it
brings no new point of view and suggests
no fresh plan ot campaign.
A man who sympathizes with himself
always has an over-production of griev
ances. If he undertook to expiain some et
his minor miseries to even his best friend
they might seem small, but self treats
them respectfully nnd sympathizes unfail
ingly. Let the habit of sell-pity be once
established, and happine.-s is youe forever
nnd a day. The tiniest trnuli e becomes a
thing to brood upon. Health oi soul is
gone and soreness of spirit has taken Us
place, until at last the sell-sympathizer
becomes one of those miserable persons
who proclaims: "Nobody has such a hard
time as 1 have."
When ve get to saying that, v.e are
down in the pit of folly and selfishness
indeed. No soul that makes that wail is
brave or noble or deserving of much sym
pathy. When we once truly look about us
mil see or guess the crushing hiiiileus oilier
souls are bearing with patience and with
out complaint, we shall be ashamed of such
cowardly winning.
Whatever lot we mnv have in life, wo do
not know what its possibilities really are
until we have cheerfully and rnurageouslv
tried them. Self-pity blinds lis to the silver
lining of the cloud, to the discipline Ind
under hardship, to the strength brought
by burden-bearing, "lilessed is he that
nvercoineth." Shall we sigh because we
have a chance to win a iHessing? Shall
we be caught in the snare of self-pity and
never get free? It is a snare that tangles
many young feet, and the sooner we learn
to nvoid it the better.
The brave hie never sits down to brood.
It pushes ahead, sharing its crust with an
other's need, sh fting its burden as well
as it can so as to lend a nand to a com
rade's load, trudging steadfastly forward
through rain nnd shine, and sure to get
to the goal ill the end. It takes self-denial,
not telf-iiity, ns n guide, and for him who
makes that choice there is no such word
rs failure, though all fate scents agaiiifl
liuu. Young 1'tople.
Looking I'.iu-li.
"Xo man. having put his hand to the
plow, and looking luck, is lit fur the king
dom of (iod." We learn from this saving
that it is impossible to serve God wilh a
divided heart. If we are looking back to
anything in this world, we are not fit to be
disciples. .Ickus will not share His throne
with any one 110, not with our dearest rel
atives. He must have all our heart, or
iioiil'. No doubt we are to honor lather
and mother, and love nil around u. lint
when love to Christ nnd love to relatives
come in collision, Christ must hive 1 he
preference. We lmi-t he ready, like
Abraham, if needs lie, to co.ne out from
kindred and father's hou-e for Christ's
sake. We must he prepared, in eae 01 ne
cessity, like Moses, to turn our hacks even
on those win have brought us up, if God
culls us, nnd the path is plain. Such de-
tided conduct nniy entail sore trials 011 our
affection. It may wring o n- hearts to go
contrary to the opinions of those we love,
lint Mich conduct may sometimes be posi
tively necessary to our salvation, nnd w ith
out if. when it become necessary, we are
unlit for the kingdom of God. The times
are undoubtedly much changed tince on:
Lord spoke these words. Not in.iuv are
tailed upon to make such real si'-riiiccs for
Christ's sake as when Christ was 011 c.inh.
Hut the heart of man never changes. Tho
ditliciilties nf salvation are still very great.
The atmosphere of the woiid is siill very
unfavorable to spiritual rdi-riop. There is
till a need for thorough, unllinchiir, whole
hearted decision if we would reach heaven.
Let us aim at nothing less than this deci
sion. Let us be willing to do anything, and
snifer anything, and give un everything tor
Christ's take. Our Young Folks."
Mnkln; Men Itelleve In Yon.
You must win men's faith befoie von
can cio anything to make them wi-e or
happy, 'ilicicioie jt is that the nu-ro
amount of a man's intellectual power or
the mere degree of truth m n man's doc
trine is never a complete tet or assurance
of the power he will have over other men.
An lnlidel will make the wh i!e world listen
and till men with his folly if he can only
make men believe in him, while wisdom
herself mav cry alouil in tho chief place of
concourse and 110 man hear, nnd the whole
crowd go away as foolish as it c.une.
If you really want to help your fellow
men, yon mint not merely have in you
what would do-them good' if thrv should
take it from you, but you must be such a
man that they can take it from vou. The
snow muft melt upon the muuntain and
come down in n spring torrent, before its
richness can make the vnllev rich. And vet
111 every age there are cold.' hard, iinsvmiia
tlietie wise men standing up aloof, like
snow hanks on the hill tops, conscious nf
the locked-up fertility in them, nnd won
dering that their wisdom does not avc the
world. Phillips llrooks.
I'nlvertel Cilfla.
It is not rare gifts that make men happv.
It is the common and simple nnd universal
Rifts; it is health and the glance of sun
shine in the morning; it is fresh air; it it
the fi 'iend, the lover; it i the kindliness
that m?et us on the journey; it mav lie
only a word, a smile or a look. It is these
and rot any rarity of blessing that are
God gent.e art of making happv. U. II.
Morrison.
night Slake Mlahr.
I-et a man try faithfully, manfully, to be
right, he will daily grow more and more
right. It it the bottom of the condition oil
which all men have to cultivate tlieoiselies.
Diet of Mahometans.
It Is a rule with Mahomotars to be
Bin a meal with salt and ftuUh with
vinegar. If they begin with salt they
will escape tbo contagion of 70 dls
eases. If they finish with vlnetai
their worldly prosperity will conttnus
to Increase. The bqst Is In etlquctt
bound to be Cie 0rit t) start eatlcs
and the lust to str?..
Queer Nam for Reek Crystal.
The East Indians called rock cry
taJ an unripe diamond.
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Central Trade Coodllless.
R. G. Dim & Company's "WeeM
Review of Trade" says: . 1
"Aside from prevalence of strike
and possibility of further interruption!
to industrial activity next month on
this account, the business outlook is
most gratifying. Despite some unfav
orable weather, eastern retail trade ha
been heavy, and jobbing activityin
Summer fabrics indicates exrsrctatiom
of a vigorous consumption as the sea
son advances. There is less complaint
regarding deliveries due to better traf
fic facilities. Railway earnings it
March increased 13.8 per cent. conV
parcd with last year, and 24. 1 per cent
compared with 1901.
"In the textile industries there are)
still adverse factors, notably the tabor
controversies at cotton mills. Beyond
a moderate revival of export purchase
lor China, there is no increase n tn
sales of cotton goods, both sellers and
buyers awaiting some more definite in
formation as to the future.
"Wool has been fairly steady sine
the month opened, but none of tha
March decline is recovered. New
business is small at eastern shoe fac
tories, but this is seasonable and no
apprehension is felt. Moreover, cur
rent shipments are much heavier thai
a year ago, and activity is assured for
at lean two months after work begins
on Fall contracts. Domestic hides have;
lost part of the recent recovery, and
imported skins arc also somewhat
cheaper.
"Staple products develop irregula-ity
as the season advances, and specula
tion has again become a prominent fac
tor. Failures this week numbered 107
in the United States, against 198 last
year, and 15 in Canada, compared with,
19 a year ago."
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Flour Spring clear, $.i.is5T3..o; best
Patent, $470; choice Family, $3.95.
Wheat New York No. 2, 8oj4c;
Philadelphia No. 2, 780178; Balti
Nn. 2, 80c.
Corn New York, No. 2, 51 c; Phil
adelphia No. 2, 48;4j48ic; Baltimore
No. 2, 50c.
Oats New York, No. 2, iAc; Phil'
adclphia, No. 2, 43c; Baltimore, No. 2,
4--K-C
Ilay No. I timothy, $19.50(520.00;
No. 2 timothy, $i8.5u(o;i9.oo; No.
timothy $15.00''! 17.00.
Fruits and Vegetables. We quote:
Cabbage Danish, large, per ton, $12.00
f'i 14.00; new Florida, per brl, $1,500
2.00; Charleston, per bil, $2.25(0,275.
l'otatoesMaryland and Pennsylvania,
per bit, 55(11 60c; Eastern, per bu, 55(1-4
00. Hps plant, Florida, per orange;
box, Jj.jo'jijoo. Onions Yellow, per
bu. 50'.(joc, red, per bit, 40.50. Celery,
Florida, per case, $2.5007 .3.00. Apples
Eastern, pood to choice, per brl,
$1.40412.00: Western, good to choice,
per brl, $r.25'o.l.75; No. 2, all kinds,
50475. Sweet potatoes Potomac, yel
low, per brl, $2,754.00; North Car
olina, yellow, $2.50413.00: Eastern
Shore, yellow, $J.5o4i 3.00. Yams, $1.50
(a 1.75. Tomatoes. F'lorida, per car
rier. $1.504? 4.00. Asparagus, per bunch,
lp4i'3oc. Strawberries per qt, io4f2oc.
Cukes, Florida, per box, $4.50136.00.
Spring onions, per 100, 5o4i,6oc.
Butter Separator, jcXjjji; Gathered
cream, 29530: Prints, i-lb, 29473o;
Rolls. 2-lb, 294730c; Dairy pts. Aid.,
Pa.. Va., 284; J9c.
ICggs Choice Maryland and Penn
sylvania 141 i4'-ic; Virginia and West
ern 14c; Western Virginia 14c; South
ern 13' k; duck eggs 24(0.250. Jobbing
prices 'i to ic higher.
Cheese LarRC. 60-lbs, I4'Jl4I5c;
do, 36-lbs, I4.'j(ai4-5s: 23-lbs," '14
14V4.
Live Poultry Turkeys, hens, choice,
4i ific; do young toms, choice, 5i4;
tlo rdd do, l."i 13. ChicVens, hens,
heavy to medium, 41,14c; do old
roosters, cich. 30'!J5; do young, good
to choice, 14'n.i'i; Jo do, rough and
staggy, 13414; So spring, 28(03; do
winter, 181122. Ducks, fancy large,
t5"(i Hi; do do. small, 134114: do musco
;cy and mongrels, 1441 15. Geese, West
;rn. each, 400 Oo. Guinea fowl, each,
4i 25.
Provisions anl Hog Products Built
:lcar rib sides, 11c; bulk clear sides,
liii; bulk shoulders, io; bulk fat backs,
18 lbs. and under, 10; bulk bellies, 11;
bulk ham butts, 10; bacon clear rih
iidcs, 1U4; clear sides, it; bacon shoul
krs, 10' i; sugar-cured breasts, small,
12: sugar-cured shoulders, blade cuts,
:o'j; sugar-cured shoulders, narrow,
:o'j sugar-cured shoulders, extra
Droad, 1 1 ; 4 ; sugar-cured California
vims, IoJi, canvascd and uncanvased,
12 lbs and over, 13 '4; hams, canvased
ind uncanvased, 15 lbs and over, 13;
lams, skinned. 14: refine." lard, second
land tubs, 10V4'; refined lard, half-barrels
and new tubs, IOJ4; tierces lard,
to' j.
Hides Heavy steers, association and
lalters. late kill. 60-lbs and up, close
elections. io4i'io!ic; cows and light
itters, HdjS'A.
Live Stock.
Chicago Cattle Receipts 10,000
Icad, including 100 Tcxans; active and
strong. nood lo prime steers $5.icVaJ
5.00: poor to medium $4.00(0480;
itockers and feeder tirvi, nr.
S1.75414.65: heiieri $25005.00; canners
fl.75412.75; bulls $25041440; calves
f3.rxxoo.75; Texas fed steers $4.6044
i.oo. Hogs Receipts today 20,00a
head: tomorrow 18,000; left over 4000
steady to 5c lower; mixed and butchers'
7.20077.35; good to choice heavy $7.40
'o7fx; rough lieavy $7,2047.35; igh
fb.85fo7.30; bulk of sales $7.151517-40.
Shee ReceinU 12.000 head; sheet
steady to 15c lower; lambs steady to 15c
lower; good to choice wethers $5.50(0)
6.75; fair to choice mixed $4.00415.50.
East Liberty Cattle steady, choice,
$5-30(05.40; prime, $5.154715.25; good,
$4.90015.10. Hogs higher; prims'
heavies. $78041:7.85; mediums. $775;j
7 80: heavy Yorkers, $7,604:1770; lighl
Yorkerj. $7.40477.50; pigs, $7-3o3!7.40
roughs, $5.50(07.20. Sheep steady; best
wethers, $5 75415 90; culls and common,
f2.504f3.50; choice lambs, $7.00(37.351
veal calves, $6.50(07.00.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
Gelatin-stiffened jellies contain 95 per
cent, water.
Over 100,000 acres in Nebraska if
planted in alfalfa.
, Our sun at the distance of Arcturut
would be invisible to us.
The greatest ranching country of ths
Canadian Northwest is Alberta.
There are 40,000 persons in the mu
nicipal service, of New York city.
In the United States one death ia
every sixty-five is either murder os
suicide.
The sensing farmers will form
trust.
Three pairs of Siamese twin (shea
nave been batched at the New Yorlr
Aquarium.
j he production of wheat per acre ia
Canada is double that ia the United
States.
The American Tobacco Company
controls about 90 per cent, of the trad
tn cigarettes.
The United States nses nearly a third
more coffee than the rest of the world
it together.
More then a million dollars' worth
is raken out of the copper mines at
Battc, Moat., every week.