SECRET OF CHRISTIANITY
Suniij Sermon By Rev. Dr. Lyman
Abbott.
Nut Fine Windiws snJ Muilc, Bui Mtkinj
Ibi World Wis.-r and Bel er A
Chrls'lan's Duty.
Nr.w YnitK City. At the Clmrcli nf the
rilirrims. Ilrnnkiyn. T)r. Lyman Ahtmtt
prenrheil Sund.iv morning on "The Se?rct
of Christianity. '' I It look for his text
Luke ii: M: "t'nto yu is horn, tins :!ay,
in the city of ll-ivid. a "saviour, which is
Christ the I,orl." and said:
In the Annlo-.axon version of the New
TesKsment the word "Saviour" is ren
dered for the Anglo-Saxon word "helper."
Yivs know also t lint the word "Christ" is
out A prnoer ni"ie, but a title cquiva'ent
t "The Messiah" the Lord.
F.vctt irrrat movement him nt the henrf.
or it ome seeret. whieb if we ran discover
it. will disclose to "s the iieeret of tli.it
jirrot movement. What in the wret (it
the heart of (hristianitv, which hits ninde
it the (jieal nnivcr that it in? In askinit
on to consider thin ouetion yon will un
derstand, of course, thot I am not tinder
takini in half an hour to answ r the entire
inet.ioo; I nin onlv going to try in thit
ilf hour to indicate the essence of C'hns
t.ianitv the secret of it vitality. the
Jewish r-enplc vcrp in more than one sense
i"-iibsr tifoV." Among other things
in this: That their f teen were turned to.
wnrl the future. All other nation look
hackwird for t'irir golden age. hut tli-se
"rcrnliar nenpV locked forward for theirs.
Th-y believed that a time wns corning
vrln-n there would he peace instead of war
and fir themselves nrosocrity instead of
universal pover'v. They believed that this
swat time would e.'inic through tlie.r own
nation and that .Tnia!etn woitlrl become
the hn'v rity and the mistress of the world.
Aad their prophets even pointed forw.ir i
In thin divine ronsolation. and thry indi
cated that it would come throuir'i some dc
nn". Sometime they regarded the na
tion itself ns that deliverer; sometimes a
smrcrssion rff iirnphets; sometimes single
froihrt; sometimes a single man. as a king
r M-iare, , teacher, as a plicst, as a
"Afai of Sorrows, ami acquainted 'villi
trricf." However different or incongruous
-or inconsistent tho-e itrophesies might lie.
they Ttointed the mind of tlte people for
vrarj o a creat ilehverv and ilelivered. .So
tho shet.hcrds perfectly well understood
the angels whn they said: "The deliverer
Via ronie: thp he'ner is here. You will lind
lim rr-dled in he mmger." When Jesus
1wt-s. His minrtry His tirst sermon, of
-which we have a record, wn preached in
ihe urnagojc.ie at Nazareth. He went into
the s--nagrgite. n 1011 u-as open hefore Him
nml If read one of the prophecies of the
tjjTt tWiver-r win w.-s coming and t'len
flsaid: "This r'cv is this Scrinture fuilillpil in
your '-pt's T hnv corip. I am that dpliv
s?rer." Having hegr.n His ministry in this
-wav He went out to he a helper and fed
th? hungiv. t.miht the ignorant and healed
the i -V end dinpned the gospel of hope,
tlnce John the tl-iptnt. perplexed to know
if this was tha M-sinii, for t'lings went on
tnneh the same and no grent thing seemed
to he aeroinnlishpd. sent 'f;m a !"magp
irins-. 'rt Thou the Messiah?" and
Christ said to the mescnprs. "Wait tiere,
ee what you will see. and then 70 and tell
?o3T trnster." The waited and aaw. and
nihs-n Oir'at fo'd them: "(It your way and
tell .Tjhn what things ve have Been and
'fieerd: how that th hlind fee, the lame
tan IV. the lepera are cleansed, the deaf hear,
the dead are raised, to the poor the goapel
is "reached. "
Xo -nan can undertake to hjlp his fellow
men really aineerelv, on a large scale, with
out coming in contact with men who do
not want the help. thoe who are making
n-TTipthing out of the misfortunes of thpir
fellow men. Christ came in contact with
mich. and thev leagued themselves together
to destr.v Him. He was arrested and
brought hefore the .Jewish trhunal ami
iKed. "Arc on the Messiah" And tin
icT a solemn oath He said. "I am." Pilule
eaid. " Are You a king?" He aaid. "I am."
To hi the Jewish tribunal and the Un
man He aaid. "I am," and for that He was
nnderr.M'd to die and for it He died.
When He died the hopes of His discip'p
i:iainated. Thev said. "We thought He
a to he the prp.it deliverer, but evidently
He waa rot." Humors of His ascension he
rran to rireulete, anil, little by little thev
Vieeare ronvjnrpl. and then they said.
Ho is the deliverer, after a'l." If you
will turn to the Itook of Acts and read one
of the sermons there you will ee that was
the burden of all the apostolic minintry.
No new thcfi'ojv. ethic or law. Their mes
agr wc-e all the same: "The deliverer is
c-orpe. 11c is lure; the deliverance has be
gun." In the first century rule was hr absn'ute
sleapotism. Cira h ally goveriinient has been
transformed, until now it is completely es
tablished, and there is no government it
t.urope wet of l!nsia that does not at
Vast recoenize the fact that government ii
nut for the government, but for the gov
erned. All industry was servile. Ha'f the
Itoman Population were slaves, and the
other half were on the cde of fimine and
creW kept alive by the largess of others,
i hr-rvrr r iin,ti,nitv has gone the chain
Jiaa dropped from th" slave and labor has
Iwesj enni ii.at. d. There were no action's
in Home nnd none amoni the Jews, except
thne rr.iir.eit.., I wir ii ih;. svnagogi.e, hut
vtv-TPvi-r t'iiri-ti.iiutv I.. is eo.io it htts es.
tatoished schools and wci'ih hs beci dif
timed among the people Tins i called an
?ie nf concentrated wealth That is not so
riiere never wis an a.-c, and that is espe.
iaby Irne nf America, when wea'ili was
man- disti il.n' . Tl-ere ere harlt'es
serrrywhere. Tie- cln h a,n changed
the i-nnceotioii ,,f piini-Min. nt. so lb-it- ,lln.
lahment h-on-.c r. formatury. The ob-jes-t
if the old t njMi religion was fot to
netis roan; it to ,i,r,;1M. (i.e v.iath of
;- or to nnr -hasp the f:,v f corrui.ti
l,ol Clii-i-tMPitv h.is alt.ii-ed a'l that
virions ib-LT.es of s-e;-es. The et-urch
!"'" " r"'i '''"! ,n t,ie "f lift'''?
the burdens 0 men. in m-uii-inn. them with
fruTa.T 4D! n-br pano es. C,ntiat.itv
11 not a mere su-n 01" do. trines. a new
w'tnod of wor.hi or ,v u- mr..t,
' treat historical movpmcm
iC'wing down ilirou.-h the (enturlfs w ii,
vn-r wiHening and diei-ening -urn-tit bVss
in rr.-ry land ;t has t.,.i.-h, n, e.irrvi-ig
aitl it tome fiM.-jm of h.-lj.'uloess. Chr.
ti'nity ,a. done, throu di i, cent-ii-ir,
rhat ( hri.t ;li in thoo four short vears
- "e'ped the help..,. f,.. t,-ing.-v.
t-anmit. the ignorant, given n.nt,,,. fi1 the
OesTmir..i and brought ,lint, t t(.
T0."".- s ' "e of ' hnstian.tv. n,-. i,
Ketpl-ftncH,. T'--s it i, thut d,s. ,.,
tV oeo ogr of tll. ( ,r,Mi ri.. f
the ISrn ogy of all mlier le' g;,,,;. , (
new di-triiie teetm II I -not Vi-oln'e-IT
e. but still new- contrast..! ni.h th
lemmings of other reli-.'ion":. Kveiy-re
,va the "lobe uu-i Ulit-ve in the iil nf
V-i.d anil in ti e mi- of ll.el. '1 ,1,,.
-in-,ti t.etwicn t'ne Jewish leli-io-i and
Va.;ani--n wns n-.t t one e;,:;e, ( ;,
Hiovah and the o-h-r H.ial It wai tln
SWIt "o-'llM.d.. i'lstk C .in I. t!. ,,ll ,.r
SJOWIT. I til mrsscge or the Cat' IP p.'Pi'Oii
sjraa of nn omnipotent nower b,i k of ih"
jsltairs of nature .not life. The n es-ai:" of
JaiUism was that find is a ri.-hreous 'lod
wild demands r ghteo-isnes of tin. cli.ii'ien
ill we ned to un'li rst.ind th :f (lod i-x-xaes-ta
righteoKsness from un, and no-, ion 1
We will aatui'v Illm. In iat-r Jiidmin
vb--a catie the greater tnc ssetn. No loiter
ts't aa a powerful, just (Jod, hu' (loi as 11
.ot who will heln you to lie righteous. '
The mi-ssaj-e (,f ihe later Prophet wm
nsr.'. Jili-r.-v. go tuck to Honor. Condi
tr. feneea. M .reus Aurebii.; do you lind
it t' ere? No. Some tune ago I made that
tr'ement and a professor "aid to me
"Ars you quite aura of that?" I aaid: "I
w ml aurc. but you are a student or the
Or' nt ar.il I wi.h you wc-ild tool; it up
uJ tell me if I am wrong." Three week
nrurr 1 received a letter, saying: "Ihe onl
T-ltion of the mercy of tloit in the old
"liinloa religion is this: Ml. Veruua, art
"fo-tlay in my country home they are sufTer-
from drought, and yet. if 1 wr to go
ua the hillside anil run a tulie down a little
swat- -into the groind, I ihoulii airikt a
tfirinc loll of water. Po O01I is lull of
merry. "J'hit is the revelation nf the New
TisUnirnt. and whatever your trouble.,
Mrrrrtwe, in. you can go to Hun and hint
lis tnv'mT Vmdnrss anil tender mercy. You
sloa't find that in any other religion.
tHoa not also mereiiul?' " Put that along
side "whit ei-n aenai att man from the I jm
.f lo l." The distinct rharar tensile ol
C'r-ristiauitir is '.his mcreiiuliiess ol (.iml.
A man fat's 1 ito a pit an I nunul et out
r-ntlr C,f-.:-i:,n cvn' aloua end say..
"-It il-or fiJljr.. I j orry vu u.ue ful-
len nown tnere. if voti coiiirt oniy get
out Conftieim would aliow you how to walk
o that yon would keep out." Then a llrah
min aeea him and any, "I am aorry, hut
there is no help for you; you never can get
out. The onlv chance for you i to tall
into an eternal sleep and forget your mia
cry." Next comes a Mohammedan, who
sivs. "I am so aorry to spc you there, but
Allah ia hist, nnd you deserve it. He is
not merciful, nnd von will never get out."
Last coniea a Chi ist inn, who savs, "I my
self have been down there. I tumbled down
there once. I know just how you ean get.
out." And he gets a tope end pulls the
man out of the hole and puts his feet upon
a rock. That is the difference between the
Christian and the pnan religions, 'the
Christian religion is the only religion in
the worbl that, nffpra to help men out of
the burden of their sina and the conse
quences of their misery. Hut. (). the pit v
nf it. n en don't want it. Napoleon Slid.
"Scratch a Hiissinti. and vou will lind n
Tartar." Scratch a Christian ami you will
find n pagan. It sccm to me '.hat Chris
tian congregations are full of paganism. I
receive letters every Ivecl; from ten and
women who never vet have learned that if
they hive made a blunder or committed a
sin. and Perhaps involved others in peril
because of their mistake. Hod can lake care
nf it all. and thev can trust Him to help,
if on'y they will turn from their evil w ivs.
Helpfulness is the secret of Christian the
ology. So it is the secret of our Christian
ritual. It is at the heart of all worship.
We come to church, not driven by fear or
compelled by custom, and not by convic
tion. Why? Not to be entertained by an
vnusint lecture. Then, why? At tha heart
of it all is this: Some sense of the truth of
tint message that Hod is hive and that,
somehow or other, we are dependent on
It's to.-e ant have had aomethini; from
Jlis love, and we want to give Him aome
thintf In return. I do not av that ia true
if all, but still if it were not for the aense
nf the love of (lod and the desire to bo
thanWul the chinch would close its doors
and the chimes erase to rinc. What ia the
Roman Catholic service? I-'irst confession
nnd th"n absolution. The same tiling of
the Kpisrntinl service, and of the Congre
filiona). We don't go into the eonfes.i'.on
al; we don't, stand tin as a priest pro
nounces an absolution, hut P. I. Moody as
truly preached absolution aa any Catholic
priest or Kpiscona'.ian rector. If vou want
to know what men believe, don't go to the
creeds or rateehism. (!o to the hvmn
bonks. Thev express our faith and real ex
perience; they are our creed, sung over
and over and over again. And what docs
the hymn book aav?
"Isov.; divine, all love excelling." "Thanks
bp to Clod who giveth its the victory."
Imagine, thia Sibbatli morning, a citizen
nf Mara comin down nnd entering differ
ent rhtirchea. He would go into a Catholic
church and see the altar and the candles
and the robed priest and. the incense, and
h would aay, "What are vou doing here?"
The answer would he: "We are here to
worship the Lamb who hath redeemed us."
In the I'.piscopal church he would sec no
candle and incense, and would again ask
the question. The answer would be: "We
have come to praise the Lord Christ, who
hath redeemed us." In the Congregation
al, liaptist ofl'reshyterian church he would
see no altar or candles or vested priests.
"What are you doing here?" he aska, and
the reply is: "We have come here to aing
the priise of the Man of (Hod who hath re
deemed ua." And in the Quaker meeting
house he would see no choir or preacher or
service nnd hear no singing, but they
would all be Bitting still doing nothing ab
olutely nothing. And their reply to the
same question would be: "Wearegiving our
praise to Christ, who hath redeemed ua by
His blood. We cannot find any utterance
which will expresa our gratitude, and wo
are aimplv apeaking in the ailence"of our
heart." He would go back and iay: "They
were nil drawn together by a sense of
fiod's love that had given His Son for their
redemption." It ia the love of Hod that
makes ua one, and -only that. I waa once
in a Catholic church in Paris and after
watching the service for a time I walked
around behind the altar and found there a
service of deaf and dumb people. The ser
vice waa the same at heart; the love of liod
inspiring the thanks nf men.
I remember nn old Knglish divine begin-
ning his sermon: "f ean do all things "
and then saying. "That I ilenv. Hut let us
see, what is this: 'through Him that
strengthened me.' Ah. that i.s another
thing: that I can do." It was a quaint way
of putting it, lint it made the text stick in
mv mind, nnd I have never forgotten it.
This is the secret of the power nf Christian
ity. Yon will ind men say: "Thou adult
love the Lord thy (iod with all thy
stvtngth " is the summitry of Christianity.
That ia a mistakp. Christ gave that as
the summary of the Jewish law. When
asked. "What is the chief end of the Jew
ish law?" He said, "lhou siialt love the
Lord thy Cod and thy neighbor as
thvself," but when He was about to die He
left as a legacy to His disciples this: "A
new commandment give I unto you; that
ve love one another as I have loved you."
How did He love 11s? He laid down Hi
life for us. That is Christianity, Judiasm
is justice; Christianity is sacrifice. What
makes a Christian nation? Not a creed
written in a constitution, not an estab
lished church, nn organ or mit"ie. What
will make America a Christian nation? We
have about us dependent and inferior races.
Loving our neighbor and the I'llipino and
the liero and making them men nothing
e!e will make us n Christian nation. And
what makes a Christian church? Not line
v indowa and music, but making the world
wiser and better. What would Christ do
f .-r. 'itti rsjnloyea. asJ. -servant? -Jlelnfui-iiess
ami service Is I liristinnity; the heart
and the centre and circumference of it.
All Christian theology is summed up in:
"Hod so loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son." and all Christian ritual
in th-t Psalm: "tllcssing and honor and
t-ioiv and power to Him that sitteth upon
th- throne and that hath redeemed us."
All Christ inn power is summed on in: "I
em do all things through I Inn that
strengthened me." and all ( liiist'an duty is
s'oumed up in the one law: "Love one'an
other as I have love. I you."
lienor anil Heller IVpfore I'd,
C.ol'.i l.eat Kills are always before us,
never behind. Pleasure of memory are
sometime delightful, hut pleasures of hope
arc ever yet richer and brighter, especially
to the eye and thought of faith. Says one
of Hod's dear ones, referring to a fresh
blessing from Hod: "Thia sudden coming of
a long expected blessing is the sweetest
thing that ever came into my life. How
good Hoil is. and how tenderly He lead
is! He changes always a great good into a
neater. I have- been happy all along, but
low (since this experience) "my heart Keep
linging:
" 'lltst. peace, and life, tha flower of fade
less bluoiu.
The Saviour give u not beyond the tomb,
Itut here and now uu earth, some glimpse
is given
Of joys winch wait us through tha'gate
of heaven.' "
And thus it ever is in youth, in maturity,
in age and yet beyond the best la yet to
come. Let in 'uok forward and upward,
and ever hope and trust and plane.
Hard Life of Indian Women.
Tho Labrador Indiana when on a
hunt stalk on In advance of the train
with their arm, while the womon,
heavily laden with provlglona and
means of shelter, drag along slowly
after. When the lords and master
hcgln to think of food time or wish
in any way to leave some guide a
to their progress for the squawi
they thrust an upright spear or stick
In the snow and draw In the snow tho
exact line of the shadow then cast
The women, tolling painfully along,
note the spear and the progress of
the shadow and know closely tho
difference of time. They know, too,
whether they dare to lluger for a
few minutes' rest or If they must
hastily catch the stick or spear and
hurrr on.
Beetles as Saws.
Some large bettle are as good as
Mrculur saws. They rndze a brunch
r twig wlUi their dwnlv tru.tho.i
laws and whirl round and round un-
ii toe twig Is sawed off.
S.n I,.....- . . . ' ' " .
" 7J ,u Baw " lwl ""Ck
" walking atick in tbU maauer.
TiiE SABBATH SCHOOL.
International Lesson
For Jims 7.
Comments
S-ibj cl: Piul'i Voyngt and Shipwreck, ,cli
xyil., 3J---0oldeo Text, P, 107
2 Memory Vcraes, 41-44 Com
meolary on Ihe Day's Leiioo.
The voyage to t'rete (vs. 1-12). From all
the provinces accused parties were con
stantly being brought to Koine, and as soon
us a sutlicient company could be gathered
Paul was sent with them under the charge
of Julius, a lioman centurion. They
reached J-'nir Havens, on the south of
Crete, during the season of storms on the
Medileiraii.'uh, and when nil navigation
on the open sen was discontinued. Paul
advised them to remain here, but Julius,
the centurion, who had charge of the sol
diers and prisoners, had the' authority to
iieeuie ami naturally trusted the masterand
the owner of the ship more than he did
Paul. Accordingly they set sail for Phe
nice. a more commodious port of Crete, in
tending there to winter.
The hurricane (vs. U-20). They set sail
from Fair Havens for Phenice, n distance
of less than forty miles, on a pleasant day,
expecting to make n speedy and safe jour
ney. Hot almost immediately a hurricane
ttruck them, and the ship was caught and
driven before the wind for twentv-three
miles in a southwesterly direction to the
small island of Clauda. 't his was about
twenty-live miles south of Phenice, where
tiny desired to land. Then followed many
day of tempest in which neither sun nor
star appeared. Kverything not indispen
sable to the preservation of the ship was
thrown overboard, and all hope of being
saved was given up,
Paul giviinr comfort and advice fvs. 21.
SSI. L'nder that darlt sky, and in that
hopelessly drifting ship, the-e appeared the
joy of ludit end life, for it ncld no Jonah
fleeing from duty, but n Paul bound in the
spirit to testify for Hod also nt Home.
Adapted to the need of these .TO souls
were his hopeful, encouraging word. First
Paul reminds them of their error in disre
garding his counsel at Fair Huven. Thi
he does, not to reproach them, but to give
them a l.a.i.s of confidence in hi present
comforting assurances. Then he exhort
them to lie of good cheer, nnd tell them
that the nngel o: Hod stood by him in the
niglit and assured him that there would
be "no loss of nny man' life." Their faith
and hope in these strange, bright words of
pro nine were reinforced by Paul's grand
confession of trust in the (iod whose mer
ciful purpose he had announced to them.
On the fourteenth night of the storm they
discovered Unit they were drawing near
some land. They had been driven about
4 SO miles westward to the little island of
Milta. Some of the sailors were trying to
escape and leave the others to their fate,
hut Paul said, "Except these abide in the
ship yc cannot be saved." whereupon the
soldier cut the ropes that held the small
boat to the ship nnd allowed it to drift
nwiy, and the sailor were obliged to re
main in the ship.
33. "Was coming on." While they were
waiting for daylight they had cast out the
anchor. "Paul besought." It is strange
that n prisoner should be listened to for a
moment. Kiimsay exploins this by the as
surance that Paul here was a man of dis
tinction, that Luke and Aristarchu accom
panied Paul a servants, for in no other ca
pacity would they be allowed to go with
him. "To take sonic food." To their de
spair wus added a further suffering from
want oi food in eonseouence of the injury
done to the provisions, nnd the impossibil
ity of preparing nny regular meal. We see
the force of the phrase which alludes to
what a casual reader might suppose an un
important part of the suffering, that there
was much abstinence. Then, too, with
death staring them in the face nn one eared
to eat. "Taken nothing." That, is, no
regular meal. This cannot mean that they
had lived entirely without food.
3I-3B. "Not a hair fall." The phrr.se is a
proverbial one to exnress complete deliver
ance. "Ouvc thanks." Without .inking
permission, Paul acts with authority and
in the presence of these heathen soldiers
and cuilors recognizes Hod. This must have
had an influence for good. Too often it is
the ease that Christians allow the wicked
to rule. "All of good cheer." Paul's hope
ful and cheerful spirit had breathed hope
and comfort into the who'c company. His
faith and courage not only caused him to
pass through these dark davs without be
coming despondent, but actually enabled
him to inspire courage in nil the rest.
,'!7, MS. "Were in all." The number
riy-'ti here is very large, which shows that
this must have been a large shin. "Souls."
Persons. "Faten enough." Thev would
thus have full strength for the task before
then. "f ast oat the wheat." Or grain.
This would be the natural cargo of a nier-i-hant
rosel proceeding from Alexandria
to Italy, a grain was the principal article
ixported from Kgvpt.
The wreck and the escane (vs. 39-44). 39,
40. "Knew not the land." Kven if some
nf the sailor were familiar with the Island
nf Malta, yet coniinj ro suddenly unon it
they would nt (irst fail to recognize it.
'"Took counsel." They saw nn inlet with a
beach (It. V.) where they honed to be able
lo hind, nnd they discussed the best means
nf doing ho. "Casting olf the anchors."
Thev cast olf the anchor and left theni in
the t:ea. "Loosing the banda." Ancient
thins were supplied with two rudders, like
paddles, one being placed on each side of
the stern. When the ship was anchored
tiv the stern it became necessary to hoist,
these rudders nut of the vater'nnd bind
them to the ship, but now that thev were
trying to get the ship to land tiis rudder
were untied.
41. 42. "Two leas met." Tli5 eha'inel
which separates th- little Is'and of Salmo
petta from th- Maltese coast near St.
Paul' Hay unites the outer sea with tho
innor nnd forms just Mich n position as i
here described. "So'diers' counsel." Ac
cording to tiie Tinman custom each ot the
prisoner was chained to a particular sol
dier who was his keeper. The lioman law
ma le the soldier answerable with their
own lives for the prisoners placed under
their charge, and now that there was a
possibility of the prisoner escaping tho
soldier wished them put to death.
43, 44. "Desiring to save." The centu
rion could not fail to see that it was to
Paul that the safety of the whole party
was due. "Swim." As St. Paul had already
been thrice shipwrecked and had been in
the deep a niglit nnd a day (2 Cor. 11: 25)
we may be sure that he wa among those
who were told to swim ashore. "Came to
pass." And so the three points of Paul's
prediction wero accomplished they were
wrecked unon an island, the ship wu lost
txsl their live wt-te saved.
Whims of the Dogs.
"Dogs have queor whims," said
woman who had three. "That little
fellow Is a coward, but It Is always
something very funny that makes hlra
afraid. Watch, now," said she, and
said contemptuously "Pooh!" Im
mediately the dog's tall went down
between his legs, and he slunk up
stairs to hide under the bed, "Now,
watch Tod over there," sho said. "1
think he's making altogether too much
noise, don't you? We'll stop him."
Then she tied a handkerchief loosely
around or.o of the dog's legs, and be
dropped iu a limp heap on the floor
and stayed there until the handker
chief was removed, "Do you want to
go to walk, Waggles?" she said to the
third little dcg. Away bounded the
dog upstairs, but he was down again
In a minute with a red pincushion In
his mouth.
"I don't know how he learned that
trick," said bis mistress, "but every
time f ask hlra that question ha darts
for my room and brings down that red
.cushion."
Mr. Badger, the Sagacious.
A badger which had made Its homo
among the granite cliffs dealt with the
Are gd with sagacity and skill. A
friend while painting a seapiece dis
covered a badger'a lair, and thought to
play the animal a practical joke. Gath
ering together a bundle of grant and
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
June 7 "Modern Lessons From th Recti
bites." Jer. 35; 1-6; 18-19.
Scripture Verses. Prov. 16:7; Luke
21:36; Horn. 8:18, 28; 14:8; 2 Cor. 10;
5: Kph. 6:10, 11; 1 Thess. 5; 15; 1
Tim. 4:8; Titus 2:11. 12; 1 Pet. 3:13
Lesson Thoughts.
The Intemperate gratification of bod
lly appetite does not pay for the tem
poral evils that follow, not to mentloD
the dregs that remain for the drunkard
In his cut of eternal woe.
The greatest danger from lntempor
ance la that "at last It blteth like a ser
pent and stlngoth like an adder." I.'
only it did so at the first; but alas, the"
exhllerating pleasure of the first glaar
blinds tO the Wnofl BUirrm-l rrinlan.
Hons, babblings, and wounds, that ara
at the tnJ.
Selcctlono.
How little It takes to Main a charac
ter. A Flngle drop of Ink Is a very
small thing, yet dipped Into a tumbler
of rlear water. It blackens the whole
And so the first oath, the first lie. the
first glass of drink, seem very small
things, yet leave a dark stain upon the
character. Ixiok out for the first stain
The amethyst, a precious stone of
bluish purple tolor, was formerly sup
posed to have the virtue of curing
drunkenness. Prayer for dlvlno help
Is the amethyst to be carried by those
who strive against the adversary. Hav
ing put on the whole armor of God, the
Christian warrior should not neglect to
curry mis a mu i oi or prayer.
Whoever ventures to touch the wine
glnss does so In spite of the warnings
given la all ages by the wise, w ho have
avoided Its snare, and by the foolish,
who gained their wisdom too late by
bitter experience. Other ulna may de
file the Ule in one way, but the evil cf
this ia that It touches every part, and
renders It impure. It leaves the brain,
the tongue, and hand, the whole body
and soul, unfitted to do the will of the
Maker.
Suggested Hymns.
Fountain of purity opened for s!n.
Why do you linger?
WhJl we pray, and while we plead.
O happy day that fixed my choice.
God bless the noble band.
Sowing the seed by tbn daylight fair.
EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS.
Juie 7 Kecy. the Vision of Christ C.'esr.
(.Vris7.55,56; 27. 25.)
If you would cheer men, beaten and
disheartened by the storms ot life's
voyage, do not rehearse to then your
loubts, but stand forth and tell them
what you believe and know ot God
and his word.
A vision of the Divine would appear
to be the means by which God would
'.nsplre man in his true progress and
'ork out the highest purposes. "Where
:here is no vision, the people cast off
restraint," says the writer In Prov.
29. 18. The force of this fact can be
seen in the condition morally of heath
n people. There is no authoritative
itandard of what is right and what is
wrong unless there1 can be found somo
ono who has gained a sure vision of
God's will.
Vision lies at the basis of the great
deeds and careers that men are able
to offer up to God. It Is the explana
tion of the life of Abraham and of
Moses. Two brief phrases may give
'.he key to Paul's llfework: "What
ihall I do, Lord?" "I was not dis
obedient unto tho heavenly vision."
John Knox had a vision of a new Scot
land religious and ecclesiastical;
therefore Mary might well say sha
feared his prayers more than an army
3f ten thousand men. Bishop Hartzell
has had a vision of a Dark Continent
kindled with light; therefore he U
'.eading the forces which will make
good the words of Hugo, "In the twen
tieth century God will make a new
world out of Africa."
Vision of Christ, and more and more
rlslon of Christ, is what every dls
;iple needs. Having reached the vis
ion of Christ, dn any measure, It is
aur part to keen that vision clear
Disobedience will dim the vision.
Pride will dim the vision. Self-pleas-Ing
will dim the vision. Responsive
ness to the dictates of the world will
31m tho vision. Que3t of pleasure will
11m the vision. A heedless tongue and
unkind lips will dim the vision. Keg
lect of prayer will dim the vision
Forgetting tho Bible will dim the vis
Ion. Grieving the Spirit will dim the
vision. Not to hunger for increasing
glory of the vision wail dim the vision
To desire above all things else to do
God's will keeps clear tho vision. To
accept without any reserve Christ'i
place for us keeps clear the vision. To
see Christ In the needs of humanity,
and to give ourselves lovitiRly to those
who need us, kewps clear the vision.
"Now and always as 4n that morning
twilight on the Galilean lako Christ
comes to men. Everywhere he Is
present, everywhere revealing him
self. Now, as then, our eyes are hold
en by our own fault, so that we rec
ognize not the merciful Presence
which Is all around us. Now. as then
It Is they who are neirest to Christ
by love who see him fl'jt."
Optical Illusion.
When the eye is steadily occupied In
viewing any particular object or when
It takes a fixed direction while the
mind Is occupied with any engrossing
topic of speculation or of grief. It sud
denly Iosgb sight of, or becomes blind
to, objects seen directly. This takes
placo whether wo use one or both eyes,
and the object which disappears will
reappear without any change In the
position of the eye while other, objects
will vanish and appear In succession
without any apparent cause. It a
sportsman, for example. Is watching
with Intense Interest the motions of
one of his dogs his companion will van
ish, and the light of the heath or of the
ky will close in upon tho opot which
he occupied.
In order to wltnoss this lllUFlon put
a little bit of white paper on a green
cloth, and within threo or four inches
of it place a narrow strip of white
paper. At tbo distance of twelve or
eighteen Inchbj fix one eye steadily
upon the little bit of white paper,
nd in a short time a part or
ven the whole of the atrip of paper
will vanlh as It It bad been removed
?rom the green cloth. It will again ap
pear and again vanish, the effect de
pending greatly on the steadiness wlta
which the eye Is kept fixed. Thia lllu
lion takes place when both eye are
open, though It Is easier to observe It
ivhen one of them Is closed. The same
thing happens when the object la
luminous. When a candle Is thus seen
oy Indirect vision It nover wholly dis
appears, but It spreads itself out Into
clouJy mass, the center of which Is
blue, encircled with a bright ring of
yclluw light.
IHE RELIGIOUS LIFE
TEADING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.
ATrylns Test of Character It Is Difficult
For Some 1'ersona to ApntonUi to
Those Whom They Have WronRedAn
Impressive Kxample of Humility,
The hardest tiling for some person t.1 do
is to apologize to another whom they have
wronved. Yet there is scarcely any other
way in which Kreatnes of character may
lie more strikingly manifested. Kvery one
is liable to be overcome hy sudden tempta
tion und say or do that which he utter
ward regret. Then comes the slruKile
with the better self. What slull he do!
ininble himself and apoloine, or yield to
his pride and let the matter pass, perhaps
to rankle in hit own breast nnd in thi
hreust of him who has been wronged? He
is a great man who is willing to public. y
acknowledge hi error nnd ask forgiveness
This was done by a Methodist bishop who
had spoken sharply to a brother nt a recent
conference, nnd the net. not onlv healed n
wounded he.irt, lint increased the respect
and reverence for the bishop himself. The
greater the difference in onsition, the more
impressive tnnv he the effect of an apology.
It is related that while professor oi artil
lery practic? and natural philosophy at
Lexington College "StoncwnU" Jackson
had occasion to censure n cadet who had
given, as he believed, the wrong solution
ol a problem. On thinking the matter over
nt home he found that the pupil was right
and the teacher wrong. It wns late at
night and in the depth of winter, hut he
immediately stnrted off to the institute,
some distance from his quarters, and sent
for the cadet. The delinquent, answering
with much trenidation the iinthnely sum
mon.s, loiind himself, to hi astonishment,
the recipient of a frank apology. The les
son of tlut net, however, made a more last
ing impression upon the student than any
he ever learned in the classroom,
To-Morrow nml To-Morrow.
The disposition to live solely in the pres
ent seems to be universal. To-morrow is a
factor which we are so apt to ignore. Take
no thought about to-morrow, sufficient
unto the day is the evil already. To-morrow
steals away the mo t vital interests oi
life. It robs eternity of it own. Few men
eNpcct to die unforgiven. Ileligion is nn
obligation of which the most thoughtless i
well aware. He i going to be a Christian
to-morrow. If the iiituie had no cares of
it own there might be some reason for our
procrastination, but every day bring it
own obligation. Work done in advance i
done easily. No one ever did hi bet un
der the lash of necessity. They who seek
tiod early shall find linn. Thev who sce'.i
Him late shall find Him, too. "Vitit not a
they once might have done. It is almost
impossible to redeem m opportunity when
once it has nas?id. The water goe over
the wheel but once. No amount of regret i
can compensate for our past mistakes.
There are so many part of a mis-spent lifo
Hut the mistakes of yesterday follow on.
They trail our fo.Ustens like bloodhound.
What you would do, do now. That which
belong to the present muat be done in the
present, or -not at all. To-day i our
friend. We can rely upon it, hut to-morrow
is lidb'.e to be nn enemy. We may or
mav not be ready for it, but it coming i
certain. The wise make ready in advance,
but tho foolish wait for to-morrow. They
wait and suffer. Presbyterian Journal.
Ko Power Like I-ove.
There ia no power like love on earth oi
in lieaven. Illustration of thi truth oe- .
cur in everv sphere. In a missioniry school
in Porto Rico a little boy who-had given
trou'ole in several classes was put into the
class of a lady who seemed to win hiro
from the start. Sho had no trouble with
him. As accounting for this she said thai
he had very beautiful eyes, nnd that every
time she looked at him she was reminded
of a dear brother who had died not long
before. The love thus awakened in thi
teacher's heart mane itself felt for ciod in
tho hoy's heart. Year ago. in n London
Sunday-school a teacher showed remark
able power over the boy put into her
rlns.s, even those who were roughest. Kvery
one' of them was won to Christ, and thia
was the ese with each new boy brought
under her influence. The sunerintendent
on ono occasion referring- to thi f.u-t
ashed what v-ns her peculiar way with
Diic-h boy. Her quiet answer was: "I
'on't know of any peculiar way I have.
Only, whenever I look into the'face of a
bov who is given into my charge I think,
'Here is a boy fur whom the blood of th
Sun of God -i-o shed.' And because n(
that tlionrhl I cim't help loving him. It
i.v be the boy fcei some of that love.' "
When from any reason ihrre i real lovo
for a pupil in llti teacher's heart the punil
' likely to feel it. There is no power like
love.
Ilo Vou Travel on Crofl Ttnadi?
Tood roads arc a matter nf religion a
well n of national lire. We must learn
that tho e-nouiit we can carry ilepcn t not
so much on the wei-ht of oiir burdens n
on the road over which we trv tj carry
them. A man ean haul three ton over a
cood macadam easier than he ean draw a
few hundredweight through a mudhole. So
n in in cun carrv great burden who is up
held : the rock of God's providence, who
wou.d stumble and fall n he tried to flo-n-e'er
on through the mires of the wjrM'a
discournrtireiit r.nd discontent. As
Thomas a Ketnnis said: "He rideth easily
noiigh whom the grace of !od rarrath."
John Kiito was n poor bov. dcf and
dumb, nnd brought up in a workhouse a
lot hard enough to cast down many lives,
but he trusted in (,'od. he thought and
wrote nf (inJ's kingdom, aid he wrought
great thing brfoic bo qic . Jt ,i0:.4 (,t
iiic.ttcr so greatly what we have to brar, oi
what genius or c;u or power v.o have to
ber it with, a it doc over what loads of
do.i:it and fear nnd frcil'uluess. or of uith
nnd courage and siiicini, we try' to bear
our burden. Sanday-S.-hujl Time.
"God Says Ho mil."
Trusting God is the privilege nnd the
dutv of every child of God. Knowing tuw
God can do what i essential in the answer
ing nf one' prayer to God is not necessary
Oil th aiinnliii nt ' 1.-..n 1.:1.1 ..1.
-.., ,......,, Jnu. j.-i-ii a mini van
understand that truth, and the wisest phi
losopher cannot get bevond it. A littl.'
boy was praying to God." us hi mother had
tuugh him to, for help in his need, lleiji
asked how he thought God could attend to
him while he had everybody efse in the
world to care for, he replied: "I don't
know anvthing about that; nil I know is
lie say He will and tint' enough for lee."
t hat wa a child' faith. President Marl:
imjjikiiis wa one oi mo most prominent
t hrntian philosopher in America. Ho
exiirewed tho same truth a tho trusting
cliild when ho said: "There' no eontlitt
between faith and rrason. It's the mo.,t
reasonable thing in the world to believe
that (iod will do a Ha say 11a will,
ihat faith." JIow good it it to trust
Ood implicitly!
Faeli littler Than the tatt.
The Rev. F. H. Meyer say regarding
i-ou t promises: "God' promise nre ever
on the amending scale. One leads up til
another, fuller and more blessed than it
sell. In Mesopotamia God said: "I will
how thee the land.' At Bethel: 'Tlii i
t he land ' In Cunaan: 'I will give the all
tlio land, and children innumerable as the
Krain of sand.' It is thus that God al
lure us to suintliness. Not giving us any
thing nil we have dared to act that lie
inay test u. Not giving everything at
tirst that He may not overwhelm u. And
Ziv l"ll'n hand sn intitule reserve
of blessing. Oh, the unexplored remaind
er of Gud! Whoever saw Hi last tai r"
Risk Too Great
Charlie "So you told your father
that I would jump In the reservoir It
ha did not accept me aa a son-in-law
What did he say?"
Ernlo "Gave hl consent at once."
Charlie "Ab, such desperate means
brought htm to terms."
Ernie "Yes, he said be couldn't
think of having the community pois
oned with Egyptian clgarottea und
other contents of your pockets."
I.cntulus. the soothsayer, had for
tune ot fiS.300.0OD.
TIIE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME
THE
STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Bobbed of Til Brain by Llqoor Th
Hev. Tlioinits II, Oree-ory Kslntes it
Horrible l:perlene The One Drink
Thai VT Iicatli Warrant.
"Out in tlint ono miracle of history." the
great "Windy City" by the "unsnlted
seas." Ihoro lives n man who eould a "tale
unfold" of the woes of strong drink.
A few yenrs ngo this man. whose name,
for tenderness' sake, shall be left for yon
to gurss, wa a prince in the industrial
world.
lie was worth hishnndreds of thousands!
The lord he -.va of a bea"tiful, happv
home. A lovely wife confided in him and
was proud of him, bright-eyed children
met him when he came home at night, in
numerable friend rejoiced in hi prosper-,
ity!
The old adage that "America 1 the land
of ni.Dorlitnity" wa mightily corroborated
by this mnn's case.
beginning with the slenderest of means,
relying mninly upnn his own pluck nnd
ttuniption, the man we speak of roon forged
to the front in splendid style!
While still a young man he found him
srlf at the head of a splendid business.
Twelve hundred men were on his pavroll,
nnd thev were paid generously, regularly,
for the "boss" believed in fair idav.
On the great west side his plant wns the
wonder even nf the enterprising denizens
of that hustling, iintcrrilied centre of
American strenuositv.
His profit were $30.00.1 a year. And as
the fates smiled upon him and his bank
a"cnunt grew nnd erew he more nnd more
let himself out in his generosity toward hi
family, hi friends nnd the poor and the
n.-spdy round about him.
There was not n mean hair in hi head.
Mis heart win a big as n mountain, and
his future looked a rosy nn nn Italian sky.
There are to-day in tho city of Chicago
r.o les than twenty big men, the advance
guard of the financially powerful ones of
the city, who, a few year back, were em
ployed by the man around whom this torv
centres.
Hut the mm nf whom T speak where i
he to-day? God only knows.
A few day ago he w brought up before
n Chicago justice of the peace charged with
n petty theft.
Already, I npin". the render is beginning
to "catch on" to the mysterv in the ease.
Or word tells it all whiskv. Thi man
lived to be thirty-five years old hefore alco
hol ever passed his lips and then he took
a drink.
That one i'.rin! was his death warrant.
That one drink loosed the furies which
pounced upon him and destroyed him.
That drink created a strange, fiendish
desire for another, the second led to still
another, and before he realized it hi para
dise was gon and "desolation saddened
all the green."
Ije got drunk. And he got dmnk ngain,.
nnd again, nnd presently he waa a common
ot.
Hi magnificent business melted awav
ike a snowbank in the springtime; hi
beautiful home wns blasted, ns though it
had been stricken by the red lightning's
withering shaft. The light in his children's
eyt went out, the joy in his wife' soul
wa turned to grief, and to-day the once
brilliant, properovs man, the pride of a
nappy home and the marvel and wonder of
the whole community is a tramp, a com
mon sneak thief, shivering, cringing, hat
in? himself and loneing to die.
In the great cit by the unsalted seas he
roams about penniless, homeless, friendless,
ivmg on the charity of a few friends, his
health gone, hi brain addled, his whole
existence a pernetital nightmare.
It i the old. old story. And ret men
will not profit by it.
Oh, humnnitv. thnit art the biggest fool,
the moit scupid, idiotic thing, in nil the
world.
Wilt thou never loan wisdom? Wilt
thou never discover and respect tho fact
thr strong drink is hell?
.What then? Assert yourselves. Ex-or-cis
vour will power. Bo men.
Whisky never goe out into th street
after a man. The man goe in nfter the
whisky. The man who say: "I will not
touch the accursed .stuff." and means what
he savs, can go unhurt. by mile and mile
of so'oons.
It is the man that ,"nes in that gets hurt.
'I hnvo no one to b'amn but myself," ex
e.aimed the man I write of. Thai is what
he said the other day ns h" stood ragged
and shivering nnd miserable before- the
Chicago justice.
"I have no one to blame hut mvself. 1
hive been robbed of mv brains by' liquor,
and it is nil my own fault." .
Thia story need no comment. It speak
for itself. It is it own tcrrib'e interpreter.
It la only necessary to remind tho reader'
that there i but one thing for him to do
if he would escape the fate that granp!ed
and crushed the noor fellow out in Chicago
he must let whisky grandly alone.
He roust cchcw it as he would eschew
vne neii-nrotti mixed hv Mocbeth a witches
nn Iho "l.'vjt.i.l I,aH. ' V..i: i
on the
cat?.
w..w.vt w-d,in .faiiu.itii .IUVO-
The Growing Temporauee Onestlon,
t'nder thi headin3 the ChntUnoora
(Jenn.) Time say:
Delaware haa got n tcr.iperanc" move
ment on it hands, too, nnd the indication
are that n local ontion law will bo passed
hv the State Legislature. 'Die Savannah
(Ga.) Morning News dee in this u signiii
cant indication of a growth of the temper
nnce sentiment and believe that local op
tion is a sound American policy of local
se It-government. A writer in the New
iotk American, who ha blndied the situ
j,., i.n-i un- country wu i nn esi e? a;
iocs oi imaA-zing toe real ciuse oi the
changing sentiment of the ptonlo and limit
ing the whisky irnilic, which, he state, un
doubtedly prevails, lind the whisky people
have been hugely rcsiion-ible for their o.vn
undoing. "Whisky dealer," av this au
tnonty, "arc outspolien lawbreaker, and
so flagrant and insolent have become their
disregard for the sensibilities of the belter
element of the communities in which they
do business that they he.ve at last brought
on themselves the condemnation of tint
large class of conservntivennd liberal think
er who have stood between thcin and ab
solute prohibition." Here we have n pretty
fair representation cf tho situation which
ought to convey a wcrnin-; to tho dealer
in thi State, althousU it ii exceedingly
doubtful that it will.
Ciood Advlrv,
Mr. T. P. O'Connor, a noted Ir'nh politi
cian and brilliant writer, cloe nn article
in the Royal Magazine with this good ad
vice, to which wo with every young man
would give heed:
"And let me 'whisper thi word finally in
your car. It won't do you the least harm
if you are a tectolaler. You mav lose some
thing, but yon gain tenfold. 1 believe in
half a century from now no man will rise
to the height nf nny profession, in the
field, in thu forum or at the dutU, who i
not a tectotulc;'." .
Vmnee,
The Trench Miniatcr of War protested
ngaitist the Chamber of Deputies making
an appropriation for supplying the army
with wine The Chamber of Deputies di
vided upon the matter, nnd tiie protest of
the Minuter wa disicsiirded by a small
majority. Tho event, however, mark a
tremendous advance in p:ib!i: sentiment.
A Mistake.
The mlstako of the State is locking up
the drinker unteud of tho drink.
Dsvll's bdnuly.
Where Batun cannot go in perion, ey
an old Jewish proverb, "he send wine."
ftaJnonlst Itnlnail Usr Husband. '
Ttoth Side, liquor organ, note with
alarm that a Chicago jury lately assessed
damage of f23uO against a saloonkeeper for
selling intoxicant to th husband of Mrs.
France liulv, causing him to lose hi post
t n and to become so unbearable she wa
obliged to get a divoreo from him. It
warn saloonkeeper that they are iu dan
ger, and that they must be more caiefut to
whom they bell,
Th Citizcnii' League, of Chicago, in the
year 11)03 prmccuted 402 saloonkeeper for
selhug liquor to minor or drunkards and '
in a majority nf case convict. out were aw
cured. 'The largust number of rase han
dled in a ingle insula W forty-liva. .
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
General TraO Conditio.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review ol
trade ssysr
, 'Weather conditions and the labor
situation arc the domlinant influences in
the business world. Unseasonably high
temperature, at many points, especially
m the East, stimulated retail trade in
wearing apparel and other summer
merchandise to an unusual degree, but
had a most unsatisfactory effect upon
vegetation, which was promptly re
fleeted in diminished orders lor sup
plies and in some cases there were can
cellations. More conservatism wu
also shown at the interior, where agri
cultural progress met with a check and
while no serious injury to the great sta
p c crops is yet reported the delay to
planting induces caution among
dealers.
On the whole there are fewer wage
earners voluntarily idle, yet the spirit
of unrest has caused the abandonment
of some new enteprises and postpone
ment of others, which means less de
mand for structural materials and la
bor. Payments are also less prompt,
time often being asked where formerly
cash transactions for a slight discount
were the rule.
Aside from these two adverse factors
the trade situation is favorable, and
with average weather and industrial
peace there is every prospect of con
tinued prosperity throughout the
country.
Readjustment in prices of iron and
steel continues, the market gradually
resuming normal conditions.
Advances of about 5 per cent, in wide
sheetings indicate that the cotton good
market is beginning to respond to the
higher raw material.
Failures this week are 191 in the
United States, airainst 102 last vear.
and 14 in Canada, compared with 11 a
year ago.
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Flour Serins- clear. Si 5eiWin- he
Patent, $4.80; choice Family, $4.05.
Wheat New York Nn -j Rilslc-
Philadelphia No. 2, 798oc; Balti
more No. 2, 80c.
Corn New York No. 2. tiV.e- Phil.
adclphia No. 2 55oJ4c; Baltimore
NO. 2, 5 1 (0.52c.
Oats New York No. 2, 41c; Phila
delphia No. 2, 40c; Baltimore No. 2,
0'lC.
Hay. No. t timothy, large bales
biO.tOfli 2I.OTI- An. sOloll hnles t n aV.T)
11.00; No. 2 timothy, $i9.oo20.oo; No.
j timorny, 4s10.orxq.i8.oo; IMo. I clover
nixed, $17.500318.50; No. 2 clover mix
td, $i4.5oi6so: No. I clover. $:.,.;o
0:14.00; No. 2 clover, $io.ooI2.oo; no
jrade hay, $7.ooil.oo.
Green Fruits. and Vegetables. Ap
pies Western Maryland and Pennsyl
rania, packed, per brl, $i.5o2.25; New
York, per brl, assorted $t.752.5o; do
No. 1 Baldwins, $?.oo(a2.5o: do Rus-
ets, per brl, $2.252.50; good to choice
Eastern, per brl, $i.752-So; No. 2, all
varieties, per brl, $1.5021.75. Aspara
gus Norfolk, per dozen, $t.5o2.so;
Maryland and Virginia, per dozen, cul
tivated, $1.25(02.00; do, do, per dozen,
wild, $i.ooi.25. Beets Native, pef
oox, ; Charleston, per bunch, 2
g3c; Norfolk, per bunch, 23c. Cab
bage Norfolk, per brl, $i.ooi.io
Charleston, per crate, $i.i5i.25; do
North Carolina, per crate, $i.ioi.i5.
Carrots Native, per bu box, g .
Cucumbers Florida, per crate, $1.25(3
t.75; do Savannah, per crate, $i.50Cul
1.00. Eggplants Florida, per orange
50x, $2.50(43.00. Green peas North
Carolina, per bu basket, $i.ooi.25; do
Jo per full brl, $2.7533.oo; do do, per
H-brl basket, $1.752.00; Rappahan
nock, per brl, $2.75(63.00; do, per
orl basket, $ 1. 251.35; York River, per
brl, $2.75ff3.oo; do do, per -brl bas
'ct, $1.25(01.35; do do, per box, $1.10
?i.I5; Norfolk, per brl, $3.00(0:3.50; do
io, per J4-brl basket, $t.5oCegi.75. Kal
Native, per bu box, 10(0)12. Let
:uce Norfolk, per tf-brl basket, 75c()
pt.oo; native, per bu box, 4U'65c.
Onions New Bermuda, per crate, $1.90
2.oo; do, Egyptian, per sack, $3.25(3
3.40. Oranges California navel, per
box, $2.50j3-25 ; seedlings, per box,
$2.00(0:2.50. Pineapples Florida, per
:rate, $2.7S3-00. Radishes Eastern
Shore, Virginia, per brl, long, 75(g)
fi-oo; native red, per 100, 6o75c; do
Jo white, do 8ofi?oo. Spinach Native,
per bu box, 30500. Spring onions,
per 100 bunches, 5o6oc. Squash
Florida, per basket, . Straw-,
berries North Carolina, per quart, ' J
?7:; Eastern Shore Virginia, per
qtiart, &1i8; Rappahannock, per quart,
5(0 7c; Norfolk, per quart, 5locj
Eastern Shore Maryland, per quart,
5((i8c; Anne Arundel, per quart, 5?
12. String Beans Florida, flat green,
ft?. ; do do round do, $2.oo2.25; do
do flat wax, per basket, $2.25(52.50;
Charleston and Savannah, per basket,
$2.00(0. 2.50. Tomatoes Florida," per
carrier, iancy, $2.50(02.75; do do, fair
to good, $2.oo(?t-.25.
Live Stock.
Chicago Cattle. Good to prime
steers $4.95-.1: foor to medium
$4.00(04.90; stockers and feeders $3.00
'0 4.65; cows $1.50(04.60; heifers $2.oo(S
4.50; canners $1.50(0.3.75; bulls $2.25(0,"
4.25; calves $2.501 6.05; Texas fed
eers $400(04.60. Hogs Receipts to
'lay 27,000 head; tomorrow 15,000; left
over 10,000; market 10 to 15 cents
lower; mixed and butchers' $6.10016.35;
good to choice, heavy, $6.456762)4 ;
rough, heavy, $6.15(6.40; light $5 90(3
5.20; bulk of sales $6.20(0:6.40. Sheep
Receipts 10,000 head. Sheep steady;
lambs steady to 10c lower; good to
rhoice wethers $4 75?5-5; fair to
choice mixed $3-75-l 75; native lambs
M-SoC(i7.oo.
East Liberty. Cattle steady; choice
$5-30(05.40; prime $50000)5.50; good
W75C" 4-85. Hogs lower; prime, heavy
$6.45(0.6.50; mediums $6.05(0.6.10; heavy
Yorkers $6.05; light Yorkers and pigs
$6.00(06.05; roughs $4.50(85.70. Sheep -low;
best wethers $4.50044.65; culls
and common $1,500(12.50; choice lambs
$6.0041.6.25; veal calves $575(6.25.
STRAWS FROM THE WORLD'S CURRENTS.
There are 4,500,000 miners and quar
rymen in the world.
Massachusetts has 18) prisoners per
million population.
Balloonist who ascended about 10,
000 feet in Europe the other day found
a temperature of 27 degrees below
rero.
Montana lias produced in coppet
$.V)o,ooo, in silver $357,000,000, in gold
$jt2,0O0,O00.
Prof. Lodge contends that yhile life
cannot generate energy, it cay exert a
guiding force upon energy, i:
Tri 'Amertca al0c 30,000 automobile
will be placed on the market during the
present year, and that will supply only
half the demand.
Artemiev, a Russian electrician, has
Invented a pjiable coat of mail which
effectively protects against currents of
150,000 volts.
The rural scltooU of New York av
rge .-twenty-seven pupils each. In
each of 3628 schools there are ten or
less.
A combination of dealers ia Ameri
can bicycles in Frutice makes a wheel
worth $50 here cost V)Q in that coun
try. , , . ,