"CHRISTIAN MISSION"'
A Brilliant Sunday Sermon Cy Rev.
T. J. Vlllen.
Moit Popular Clerf ymaa Id ladiiot Delivers
a Strong, Discount ea Evaafellsoi.
lrIAXAPfil.lH, Ind-The Uov. Thorns
J. Villeri. patttor of Hit: FitMt lluptiHV
Church, of I Inn city, preached Nunduv
morning h Htrnns; w-mioti, lh theme of
which wan cviiriufliHin. J I in wibect was
"The Chriatian'H Alisainn to tho World."
The text wax Imiki-ii from tnltn xvii:IK:
"As Thou hast writ Me into the world,
even so have I m-ut them into the world.
Mr. Villers said:
'ihe farewell tliaenuraea to the disciple
were ended. (lethacmanc'tvith it mcntnl
anguish And bloody sweat was but a step
in the distance. The shadows Hunjr from
tho cross were deepening and darkening.
Jeaua knew that before nnot her nun should
set His work on earth would be done. In
'. ise last moment lie betook llimaclf to
prayer. Dyinu words are undying word.
We embalm lliem in fruitriint tnemoriea.
With eyes uplifted Inward the Father, tho
divine .Suptiliant first reviewed Hi own
ministry. "I have !orilied Thee on the
earth; I have liiiinlicd the work which
'i'hoa caveat. Me to do." Then Ilia mind
turned toward Mis disciple: Hi! prayed
for them. declaring their minion' to be a
continuation of Him own. I hit t honli t. He
emphaaied hoffire His ileath, on the earth
ward idc of (ulvurv, while atandins in
the deep nhnde and gloom. "As Thou mint
sent Me into the world, even hii have I
niao aent them into the world." The miitic
thought emerge! with llim from the tomb,
and dropped from Hia lipa on the heaven
ward aide of the "roan, while atunditiir in
the light reflected from the crown. "Then
lid Jean to them ag'iin, Pence be with
you: as My Father hath aent Me, even an
end I you." Tims with the eniphuaia ot
repetition our Lord anno tnce.s the (lliris
tian'a minion to the world.
Jeaua ia called the afjoatln of our confea
flon. He i God'a aent one, whom we eon
feaa. He repeatedly laid cmphaai on thii
fact, dec'nring Himelf to be the one whom
the Father- eanctified and aent into the
world. In .Tnhn'i fioanel alone He apeaka
of Himself thirty-nix timca aa being aent
nf God. He waa aent to preach good tid
ings to the poor, to proclaim release to the
rantives and recovering of night to the
blind, to aet at liberty them that am
hruiaed. to Proclaim the acceptable yctr ol
the Lord. Having finished the work which
fiod gave Him to do. He formed a new
.npoatolate, dignifvin? all discinlea aa Ilia
apoatlea: for while Hia rommiaaion "even
o aend I yon"' may have primary referenco
to the twelve, it anpliea with equal force
to all who have obtained a like precioiia
fai.!.. d'oil aent Him; He aenda ua. Ii
the Acta we read that when Stephen uf
fered martyrdom there aroac that, day .1
great, persecution againat the church at .le
ruaalem. And thev were n'i sent'er"d
throughout the regiona of Judea and Sa
renria, except the twelve. Th"v, thcrcfnT,
that were aeuttered abrond not the
twelve, for they atnved at .Terualein, lint
thp laymen, the rank and fi'e of the "htirch
they that were arattered abroad went
about nrearhint the word.
Do you plead your iack of eloquence, nf;
firming that you are alow -.f aneech and of
ft alow tongue? I.iaten! The gospel ia good
newa and good newa floes nnt need orna
menting, it needa telling. Listen! One
ni"ht at Corinth, after a day of depressing
toil, when there had been little to cheer
Paul's aou', Jeans apneared to him i" n
vision, aavine: "IV not afra'd. but aneak."
The word which Christ uaed ia significant.
It ia not the .term for n formal aet dia
eourae. It suggests the aimpleat form "f
human langnage. It means merely to talk.
Our Lord did not want Paul to au"arernt
his meaaare with poetic, rhetorical dearrip
tiona of the glory of Corinth's two aeaa,
flecked with white sails from manv lnnda
did not want him to wax eloquent amid
that pageant of ialands and mountains and
groves of evpreaa and pine bathed in the
-low of Grecian aunaets. Jeaua wanted
Paul juat to talk the Toapel. At the ap.s-tie's-
feet lay the blue waters of the
Aegean. Jesus did not want J'oul to pre.
nare learned disquisitions, whose profund
ity would equal the unplninhed sea. I'ke
the nreacher who waa enid to ho inviaible
six days in the week and incomprehensib'e
on the seventh. Chr'st only wanted l'anl
to talk the gospel. In the distance
gleamed the snowy anmmit of Helicon,
whoae muses had inspired Heaiod and his
school of writers. -Jesus did not want Paul,
with a head as cold and a vocabulary aa
icy as Helicon'a anmmit. to show the rhet
oric loving Corinthians that be was as "til
tured as themselves. He wanted Paul iiist
to talk the gospel. Towering within sight
stood two-peaked Parnaaaiu. whose side
poets bad climbed for inspiration. Jeaua
did not want Paul to give the impression
that, hia inspiration had been kindled on
Pnrnasaiie, leat, coming with the enticing
words of man's wisdom bis message should
lie made of none effect. He anted Paul
simply to talk the gospel.
O beloved, '.bis is what the -hurch and
the ,'orld need to-dav not more clcrev-
men to expound the gospel, but moru men
and women to talk the gospel- ta'k it in
the home, talk it in the office, ta'k it in the
hop, talk it in the factory, talk it in the
store, talk it on the farm, talk it on the
streets, talk it on the trains talk it every
where. Suppose people call ua bebhlers.
That is what the Athenians culled Paul.
Jesus says: "Be not afraid; keep ta king."
Suppose thev Hay that our speech ia con
temptible. That is what the Corinthians
said of Paul. Jesus says: "He not afraid;
Veep talking." Suppose they affirm that
the old gospel will not do in thea modern
days, that it must be refined anil inteMec
tualized. trimmed and lopped and polished
and perfumed. Jesus says: "Ua not afraid;
i. .-ii.: "
lamina.
It is profoundly significant that when the
Holy Ghost came on the day of Pentecost
He appeared in the shape of a tongue,
which sat not only on the twelve. -but on
each member of the church, and when that
tongue of fire touched them they began to
speak as the Spirit gave tlienr utterance.
It is by the tongues of God's people that
His gospel must be published. We may
try to excuse our silence by saying that
actions apeak louder than words, and so
if our life is right, speech is unnecessary.
It is true that the life may be eloquent,
and ought to be. H is true that words
without works are like faith without works
dead. But no excuse that we can frame
will satisfy Christ for our dumbness. More
than once He healed men who were pos
sessed by dumb devils, and it must grieve
Him that so many nf His tteonle in our
day are similarly afflicted. My brother, if
you have a dumb spirit, let Christ cast it
out, that the string of your tongue being
loosed, you may apeak the reconciliating
WO'd.
A commercial traveler recent. y stood in
my study and gave me a chanter in his his
tory. 'Jen years ago he bad fallen so low
through sin that he wss utterly forsuken,
cast out even by his own wife. One night
be wandered into a Chicago mission, where
be heart) something about the love of God.
He went back every night for a week and
listened. Chords that were broken began
to vibrate once more. On the seventh
night, after the mission service, l.o groped
hi- way through the darkness to an old
board fence near the house where his wits
lived, and there behind that fence threw
himself down, hoping that when morning
dawned be might peep through the cracks,
end see at the window yonder his little
child, whom he was no longer permitted
visit. As the eastern sky began tn
flush with promise of the dawn, weary and
hungry and lonely and heart -sick, hecrrnt
uo to the feet of Jesus. "And ereatlv to
my surprise, ' be said, "Christ didn't scold
nie. He knew I'd been scolded enough al
ready. And He didn't give me any advice,
cither. I'd long ago had plenty of that.
No," he added, with trembling voice,
".le.ua just loved me." And when the sun
Eft above the horizon that morning a
righter light was tilling all the chambers
of his heart. He has s. beautiful home
now, mid everywhere he goes is telling
what a dear Saviour he hs found. Are
some of you out in the darkness- hotne
si'k and sin-sick 1 Creep up to the pierced
feet. He'll not scold you. w He'll not ad
vine you. Ili'll just love you love you out
of your shameful failure and loss, iuto the
glorious yam of His cross, out of earth's
sorrows into His balm, out of life's storm
anil into His calm, out of distress to jubi
lant psalm.
Children f God, apostles nf Jo.ua. a
love was the malr passion of Him whom
the Father aent, ho must love be the con
straining motive of us weom the Son
tteubv lauaUy. xtuM-ads. la .the IpjicIi
or love. ATmmtf nn tn sunny side or even
the most frigid man there is always a door
that opens to the preasure of a loving
heart. "Thou has' loved my soul from the
pit," exclaimed Hczekiah, aa he looked
back at bis alarming illness; as if God,
bending over His protrnlc servant, hud
Used His grrHt hertrt in a magnet to lilt
the sufferer from the arave. Love rnngne
tired llereki.ih from death. He ye, there
fore, imitators of God, Paul urges, and
walk in love even us Christ also loved you
As His sent ones, we are to go about lov
ing people out of sin into foniveness, nut
of unrest into peace. Constrained, im
pelled, urged on, held Irresistibly to one
aim by Ihe love nf Christ, we are sent to
those yet in enmity ngainl God, In lovo
them into fellowship with llim.
Continuing, aa we do, Christ's mission,
our parish is the world. As He was sent
into the world, even so has lie also sent
us. His command to make disciples of aU
the nations has never been renealed.
Within every Christian church f wish
there hung a chart, nnstructed on the ba
sis nf Acts i:8: "Ye shall be witnesses nnU
M. both in Jerusalem, arid in all Juilca,
and in Samaria, and unto the iillermnsl
part of the earth." Four concentric cir
cles. A picture nf llin Innil church at Ihs
centre. The inner circle lit the lop. "!
all .hides- at the Imltoni. States M
inns.'' The third circle at Ihe lop, "fn
aman.i:" at Ihe bottom, "Home Mis
ion.." The outer circle ul. the lop, "Untw
S
einn.
th Uttermost farts nf the l-lut-llii" ar Ihs
bottom. "Foreign Missions." Aerosa ther
ail ;n the ahape of it eri". "Preach the
gospel to every creature;" "The Field i
the World."
A sinful world, where men and women
arc dying without find and without hope
A sorrowful wnrld. where bleeding heartf
need bandaging, where manv a man never
sees tlic stars shine through his cypres" ;
trees. A covetous worhl. where arced
supplants creed, where the book nf trnt'i
and the bottles nf hell are struugling for I
,l ... ... ...'
the supremacy; where, with eyes blinded
by the goil of tins nge. many are hastenint
to become rich, falling into temptation and
a snare and into many foolish and hurtful
lusts which drown men in destruction and
perdition. Into such a world arc we sent,
'et mnt we Uceti ourselves utnottcl
f-oin the wnrld. Il-s fi'ire of lite salt
Jecus immedinte'v follnwed with His fisuri)
of the light. While minizling with people
as salt is mixed with that which needs
1 reservation, we must be as lihis. shove
and shining down upon the world. Some
times in the ho'v mount with the trans
figured Clinst. then down among lite neo
pie with the demoniac boy; keeping close
to the Master while keening touch of thi
world: laving hold of sinful man with nni
ha"d and the sinles Mm with the other,
and bringing them iace to face.
It is profitable to note Christ's internre
tation of His own mission, and to read out
mission in the light rf that interpretation
Hear His words: "I came down front
heaven, not to do Mine own vi1T. h'tt t h
will of Hi" that sent Me
. Mi- Taihei
1 "l"et
hath sent Me. even so wend I you. I cumf
not to call the righteous, but sinner t
repentance. As My e-ttlnr hath sent Me,
to all classes. He welcomed influential
Nicndcm"s, and explained to him the new
birth. He tool; coual pains with the
spised woman of Samaria, and drew for
I er the livint water. The two a-emmta
nre placed aide by side. Duriin I lis life
He mingled with the naor: in His d.-ath
He trade Hia grave with the rich in order
that He might save both. So is the wit' of
God in Christ Jesus concerning u. We
ntnff u. i
are saved tn serve
With hands full of
h.lnf..l ..1.,-iiv will, . w.ed in season to
him that ia Weary, with a heart at leisure
from itself to soothe and sympathize, we ,
are sent to bring ourselves into contact :
with humanity at the point of need. ' ,
Ourselves. mtrU voa! not merely our suit- ;
stance. The human aoul is cavernous in
ZtiZ ,' ,Wf!
It takes leas prayer, and necessitates, less
nervoua expenditure. Jesus touched men,
nnd virtue went out of llim. He gave His
life. Aa a ransom that e.tt was unique in
. ; " : .:' i
repentance. As Bly l-iih r hath sent Me, I i,r,r ,i,;' . , . "
even so aend I vou. The Son of man cam. . ?' d rint Z .n,?r.t ! ?? M lhe I'"'"'1
not to be ministered unto, but to minister, 1 .hmmP .".mines
end to ,ive Hi, life a r.-son, for -.W&mtW$pi
iZVAXW even .ntnd W i P JZ
' He come to miViifcr . Z nVministcred 1 V of his past
ts vaue and effect. As nn onenng tor - V.-'V,,, ",'""'; "nMt".'
sin it can never be duplicated. Yet may 1 .''rfc. tKnt,tt'e',emf'Knl5M
we in some true sense give ourse ves. as if.8 liou?e ,of bread, the fittest place for
He gave Himself. We may present ou.- I H.'m be born m whom is the true bread
bodies a living sacrifice. We may pour out , w' came down from heaven "Art in
our lives on the altar of the church's f..:th. I " " "f J' M,"cal! 7''0ugli thou
an.l count it a joy. us Pat.l did. We may 1' " e ong the thousands of Judah.
imitate the devotion which burned in the , et ?hVL t? C.me f,r,tn .!)!?lto
i ....1 i.i...,i i n m,- nvnn.1 me that is to be ruler n Israel." "The
leacner. lariin jirrcr .t-uiciwiii. , iru :i. t. i i ; . , ,
used to sav: 'It has-been the purpo.o of he. tribe had been subdivided, into thou
mv life "o live aa far as I might for th- :". and ove,-. eae!i subdivision there
rll, ke n divine Maater. toive -e!f JVn T'i
f.,r H.em , nd .o far to renew n myself : J, ron,.ro' ?" ru.e. Inch .shall be
that tterfect life "
tnai pericci nil.
In view ot our ntigniy mission. rt t
u-p:(UnPkH4 ii ml m tear anu in iuucii ,
4neil nk alL Once, we are told, it took
jne sermon to convert 3000 souls; now it
takes 3000 sermons to convert one 40Ui. It
the statement be true, the reason is cicar.
Kquipped with power, we nre given a
message. Jesus went about teaching und
preaching the gospel of the kingdom. Aa
the father sent Hiui even so send- lie us.
When a man gets the tongue of lire his
thema is not politics or sociology, not lit
erature or science, not the populur topics
of business or society, but the mighty
works of God. Paul told Timothy that the
time would come when men would not en
dure sound doctrine, but, having itching
ears, would heap to themselves teachers
after their own lusts. Ii churches have
itching ears they can always find teachers
and preachers who are willing to scratch
their cars. Hut esr-scratchers are not am
bassadors. In our ministry of reconcilia
tion we have hut one message thit word
of reconciliation. God has committed it
to us; or, as Paul says, God has deposited
it in us; as if it is a sacred treasure which
we are to preserve carefully and bear faith
fully to others.
Parents and teachers and fellow worlces
into the kingdom of God, while continuing
the mission of Jesus who came to seek and
to save that which was lost, may Gad give
you und me the unspeakable joy not only
of turning men and women from darkness
to light, but also of leading many of the
little ones to Him who i-ariiea the lambs
In liis bo'oio.
Eear Holds U? Car.
A huge bear held up a trolley cai
running from Nealmpnt to Tyrone, Pa
The motorraan saw a dark object
astride one of tho rails, and believing
It waa a man, applied the power end
stopped the car within a few feet ol
the object, which turned out. to be r
black bear 'prepared for battle. The
motorman dropped the fender of tb
car and applying all the power ahol
the car forward. It Btruck the beai
amldshlpa and hurled him to the aide
of the track. ' Tb assault disconcert
ed the animal, and evidently In fright
It took to the mountain at the aide
of the road.
Heal Relics of Zachfiry Taylor.
Aaron Drown of Barton, Vt.; hat
soma Interesting relics of a raid mad
an the old Zachary Taylor plantation
aa. the Mississippi river. The, boyr
were foraging and did not spare) the
itately old mansion in their search,
several of them carrying away sou
venire of tbelr visit. Mr. Drown'a
trophies consisted of four silver start
and ft pair of cuff buttons made from
watch chain slide, also the property
of trie. General.
trembling? 'Let u, be comforted by our ",,'j1" The cbiM Je,u found (vs. M5).
I"''Prl'Per:.,"?f l;X; I "Privilr called." Herod desired to
complete equipment l e t lie , sj taks ,.e he tjme of chri , b
of sending us into the wor. . His o i 1 I)0,jib,p ,Clit tho j h , , , ;
means more than a mere I1. " should take occasion to rebel. A short
plies an olhcial,..author.tative commission, time heon t, ; 6m rllarU,M ,,aJ f ' rS
in ii'P;iknPni. IIIWI 111 leal' ttlU in llUIL'll .
togetlier wun me neeea-v ' ; to take the oath of nllegiance to him.
As the Father equipped Him for His i i i , .-infuireii of ,em (liliet-iit:y. "Ix-arned
i.try, so He thoroughly furnishes us unto of tbom oareful;v ..H v '
very good work. He was anointed i "He sent "them." He assumed con-
the Holy Ghost an 1 with power. shall tro nut ,h MUnnA the directionil o
receive, power, said He. hen ho 'M the Lord. "Search diligently." Herod was
ihost is come upon you, and ye shall t honMt in ,aUjn this charge to them; he
Hy witnesses.. .For w.tne.s-bear.ng he ti desire( rCceive definite word
lilt of the Spirit w absolutely essential. ,.onccrninK the ncw. Ki ..Ad wor,hi"
We must. tarry until we are end ued. U Hj al60 w, t , , uHe
miv be rchv endowed without being en- .iai,.,i , finj lha . ... . ,
I
IHE SUNDAY SOHOOL
INTERNATIONAL. LESSON COMMENTS
FOR DECEMBER 2D.
Suti.lert! The Tltrth of Christ, Matt. II., 1
1-1 floldeii Tet, Matt. I., 31 Memory
Verses, 10, It Commentary on the
Iay's Lessen.
I. Guided by the alar (vs. I, 2), 1.
"When Jesus was born." The date of the
birth of Christ ia uncertain, hut tho gen
erally accepted date ia December 25. B. C.
S. He waa bom four yeara before the time
from which we count his birth in -our
common reckoning. "In Bethlehem ol
Judea." To distinguish it from Bethlehem
in Galilee, mentioned in Joshua )fl:1.1. "in
the days of Herod." Herod the Great.
He waa nn Kdomite, and, although a prose
lyte to the Jewish religion, waa notorious
lor hia wickedneas and cruelty, he reigned
thirty-seven yeara in Judra and died n few
montha after the birth of Christ. He was
the father of Herod Antipna who put to
death John the Baptist, and to whom
Piliate sent our Lord at the time of His
crucifixion. At this time the sceptre had
literally departed from Judith, and a for-
eigner was on the throne. "Wise men."
Or magi. Much learned and interesting
ili.cusioi has arisen with respect to the
wie men and the "star. Augustino
nnd Chrysostom any there were twelve
mngi, but the common belief is that there
were but three. ' From the east." Per
.laps from Media, or Persia, or, possibly,
from Arabia, lx-w Wallace supposes thcie
were three men an Kgyptmn, a Hindu
ind a Greek who were brought together
.n the desert by the Spirit of God, and
a lio thence journeyed in company, being
iirected by the star, until they found the
Ju-ist. "To Jerusalem." Thev seemed
"l,P?c.,t,",tI w.ll;, thy reached the
'nTllt.il nf tlto .Iau'i.I. .1 . . II
have no trout). c in finding the object of
their search.
2. giving of the Jewa." "There was at
this tune a general expectation throughout
Ihe East that one would be born in Judca
ivho should possess universal dominion."
This vas a title unknown to the earlier
history of Israel and applied to no one
except the Messiah. It reappears in the
inscription over the cross. "His star."
Many interpreters, especially those who
seek to eliminate the supernatural, explain
the "star," or "sidereal appearance," hv a,
conjunction nf Jupiter and Suturn. nh'ieli
, ..... mi iiiiLiuii niry wiJlllll
I occurred in Mav, B. C. 7. and njjain in De-
centner wun mars nutted, it is, however,
much more in harmony with all tho facts
to believe that the atar which attracted
the attention of the magi was supernatural.
A simple meteor provided for the occa
sion. ''In the east." In the country east
of Palestine, from whence thev came.' "To
worship Him." God bad influenced these
wise men to take this journey to find and
1 .7 i me saviour. J ney
I were bold tn run mi tl, Xin,.l f .!.;
coming.
II. searching the Scriptures (vs. 3-fl),
career, he was thrown into a fresh mn-.
oxysm of alarm anil anxiety by the visit
of these mngi, bearing the strange intelli
gence that they had coma to worship a new
born king. Herod feared a rival. "All
Jerusalem with him." Fearing that he
would make this an occasion of renewing
his acts of bloodshed.
4. "The chief priests." This expression
probably comurehends the ni-tini liitrh
: ; fc , - - - .. n
', 'c"v,, um' "TV - . iJeman.ied . of
.'"". because tney wouj.l lie moat like-
l7" .W?h, '"7'" P'0" ?b'
P- f, J?S r w "'.e" ?'"' ""thing;
' ?? r. ,1Je -ilI""f"a ii VUs"-T
Sthat this f-ii ...T.A I .l 1 "T'l
M thls Kln8 "",9t he tl,c Iected
1 r ' ,u- R ., ... , -
Matthew doe, not 5 mt tiie Z t wJrds
found in Micah, but the sense is given,
they did not need to take a long time
to search out the answer t'n Hemrl's
nuestion, for it was accented truth that
pnnte, "The thousand" iv;h a-)i
anep nerti. to leed and care for. as a
shepherd bis flock. This onveFnnn
oontro!s is also n tender shenherH. n..i.t
j uu a i :
film'
tier it (vs. 13, 10): he was crafty and
suutie, saying one tiling and meaning an
other. Put God did not permit him to
carry out his purpose. The wiao men,
warned of God in a dream, returned an
other way, and Joseph, warned in the same
manner, took the young child and its
mother and tied to Egypt.
9. "The star . . . wenl before them.'
The same star which thev had seen in theit
own country now again appears. The star
had disappeared for a time, and this led
them to inquire in Jerusalem for the young
King whom thev sought.
10. "They rejoiced." The Greek is very
tmphatie. They rejoiced exceedingly be
Muse they saw they were about to tiu'd the
ihild and because they hsd such unmis
iakable proof of being iu divine order.
That alone is enough to cause rejoicing.
11. "Into the house." They had left
the stable that they were forced to tem
porarily occupy at the time of Christ's
birth (Luke 2:7), and were Jiving in a
bouse. "Fell down." They prostrated
themselves before Him according to the
rastern custom. "Gifts." The people of
the East did not approach into the pres
ence of kings without bringing them pres
ents. The custom -still prevails in many
rvaces. "Gold." etc. Gold would always
be useful, while frankincense and mvrrh
were prized for their delicious fragrance.
Rare Treasure Unearthed.
A highly Interesting find ha Just
been made at Sttge, near Sundswall,
In northwest Sweden, where some
1,000 silver coins were dug up with a
spade. Most of the coins are of old
English origin, dating from the end
of the eighth century. Besides these
there are Byzantine coins from a later
period, coins from the "Ottoman pe
riod" of the Holy Roman Empire, ao
called because three emperors all
named Otto succeeded each other
(9361214). There are also coins at
Arabian origin, and coins with partly
Gothic, partly Runlo, characters, and
square coins, the .Inscriptions and
skillful engravings on which attggest
that they may have come from Persia
or Hindustan.
The Prince and the Painter,
Swan, the animal painter, waa r
eently Introduced to tha Prince of
Wales. The poet awlnbume made the
Introduction.
"Allow ma," he aald, "to present fc
your Highness John Macallan A wan, ot
AcacU Road."
"Mr. 8wan," said the Prlnc, "1
am delighted to maaa your acquaint'
a nee. 1 waa always very food of anl
mals."
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CBTi ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
DECEMBER TWENTIETH.
"A Vision of World-wide Peace." lea
11:6-9; 9:6.
8erlpture Verge. John 3:1(1; ;
John .4:8 10; Luke 2:11; Gal. 1:4-3
Acts 13:38-39; 2 Cor. 0:13; Jan. 1:17
Oal. 3:8-9; Matt. 11:45; Huv. 14:6.
Luke 1:53-55. .
Lesson Thoughta.
The secret of peace la the knowledge
of the Lord. Wherever that knowl
edge enters discord g driven out, ant
harmony and happiness replace heatn
unlsm and suffering;.
Christ's most glorious title Is Th
Prince of Peace. This Is the sum
ming up of all the others; It expressei
the purpose of His coming that w
might have peace peace on earth anf
restored peace with the Father.
Selections,
Sing a new song to-night.
Sing, all ye stars of light!
The Lord of glory leaves the glorloul
heaven.
To earth behold Him come
From His celestial home.
To us a Child is born, a Son Is given!
6 music of the past,
The sweetest and the last.
All the notes of ages gone ia this,
That tells of the great birth,
That alngs of peace on earth,
And man restored to more than primal
bliss.
The angel's song cannot be beard
in the busy world. It may be heard
only In the quiet, still places, such a
was the midnight field wlvere th
shepherds were.
Toward the close of the War ol
1812 the country was shrouded In
deep gloom; the harbors were block
aded. commerce destroyed, product!
molderlng In the warehouses, the cur
rency depreciated. In February a shit
drew near to New York, beginning tin
commissioners from Ghent, and th
news that the treaty of peace wai
signed. Men rushed breathlesi
through the city shouting, '-Peaca
peace!" from house to house, from
street to street amid waving torchet
all went shouting. "Peace, peace!'
More joyful Is the news of peac
brought from God by the angels.
Suggested Hymns.
Jesus saves! O blessed story.
Never shone a light so fair.
All hail the power of Jesus' name
Preach the Gotpel, sound It forth.
Repeat the story o'er nnd o'er.
Sinners Jesus will receive
mm in mm ion
DECCMBER TWENTIETH.
A Choice for Eternity. Luke 16. 19-31.
Our leston is the parable of Dives
and Lazarus. It Is a story of contrasts.
It -s a parable which appeals to the
Imagination; yet, though Its language
is figurative, tho lessons it teaches
are plain enoush. The one with which
we are concerned is the decisive char
acter of the life that now is. Eternal
destinies are settled here. The course
of endless existence Is determined
here, whether It shall be upward to
God or downward to tho abyss
TWO EPWORTH LEAGUE .. ..
Tho opportunities of earth all con
tribute to one supreme opportunity
the privilege of chocslng our own eter
nal conditions. All other gains of liv
ing arts inslgn Ifieant compared with
this. What are fame, weauu, power,
pleasure, but mere garlands of a day?
They lade and perish, but the life they
served so briefly abides forever.
Where? that queUloa overtops all
others.
The eternal abiding place for every
soul will be the one ho has chosen
for himself. And there ara but two.
No need to be bewildered over possi
ble choices. Heaven or hell? that Is
the whola variety that offers. But
heaven means all that a thousand
places of felicity mlsht offer, and hell
is comprehensive enoush to provide
for every form of evil choice.
But the choice is not, directly, a
choice between heaven and hell. We
do not choose places; we choose mas
ters, God or self? that Is the ques
tion on which every soul of man must
nial.ie decision, and the decision must
stand.
Is it an arbitrary arrangement this
putting of Qod nnd heaven on one
side, with self and the pit always as
sociated on tho other? It is not. Ood
and heaven belong to one side. Self
and hell are properly on tho other.
For note this: Man was made In
God'a image, nt the crown of creation.
For what? F'or communion with God;
nothing less. A moral personality must
have capacity and should have fitness
for fellowship with God. But be who
chooses self turns his back on the
purpose of bis creation. Ha is a
social being, but be has refused God,
and to-morrow all his friends will ba
dead, as will he. Where shall be go?
Heaven is closed to him, for God Is
there, whom he refused. There Is
no place but the place of doom, whoM
torments are multiplied by an Infinite
loneliness.
To change the figure, the Godless
man has built a wall of selfishness
between himself and his fellows. He
Is self-centered. Just now be does not
see that such a life Is torment. But
to-morrow, when the truth is seen
clearly, be will know that ho has built
hinioelf a prison fc-r etiernlty. Let
htm commune with himself. He so de
sired. Cne Breeze Not Wanted.
Billy Madden baa an acquaintance
who sprang from extremo humble ori
gin, but who, by a lucky turn of tha
market, suddenly found himself yery
rich. The newly enriched man at one
began to pile on airs by the ahovolful,
"ahaklng" many of hia old associates,
claiming descent from one of Ameri
ca's oldest families and openly acorn
Ing every body who ia, as ba expressed
It, "In trade." Trade be looked on as
the lowest possible form of livelihood.
He was complaining to Madden recants
ly that he had been becalmed for sev
en hour In Great South bay in hia
yacht ..
"Not ft breath of wind blew," be ,
wont, uo, .. i wouia nave welcomed
the faintest breeze."
"I know of one breese you'd have
scorned," auggeated Maddon.
"What breeze ia thatT" queried the
Other In aurprlse.
"A trade-wind," answered Madden.
How Little TVe Know,
How little we know,
As onward wo go,
What is laid to our charge in God'a book.
The kind words unsaid.
The hearts that have bled,
The duties we often forsook.
" How little we know
Of the care and the woe
We've woven in lives of our friends.
The harsh heartless word
That our dearest ones heard
Whose influence never more ends.
Alice May Douglas.
Impressions of God. t
It would he difficult to find a better Illus
tration of the popular conception of what
religion ought to be than is afforded by it
brief story in the humorous department ol
a widely read magazine. According to one
nf its contributors the "godmother" of a
little eight-year-old girl had given to her
as a birthday present a Bible. And not
jottg after the donor found the child read
ing "some passages in tho Old Testament
winch were full of hell tire and the wrath
of God." Ve are next told how the little
girl gravely closed the book and said she
believed she would not read it any more,
because heretofore she "had had a very
favorable impression of God.'' The writer
doea not attempt to add a moral. He
aeema to think tlic lesson is quite evident;
in which opinion, anys the Chicago Inter
ior, we agree with him. but to us the atory
tella aomething of which neither the writer
nor the editor had an inkling. Contributor
and editor impliedly agree that religion
ought to be rather a pleaant "impression"
than such ascertainable knowledge us
might embrace painful fact.
This joke comocter we will go no fur
ther than that appellative in intimating
our "subjective"' doubt of the veracity of
his atory might be brought to book verv
forcibly on his ignorance of Scripture. Hud
he known the ilijile thoroughly well him
self he would not have attributed the doc
trine of "hell lire"' to the Old Testament;
in truth, the sane, solemn warning to
which this coarse phrase is applied belongs
distinctively to the New Testament to
the teachings of Jesus. But for the pres.
ent we care only to discuss his apt hint at
the popular preference ill religion. The rea
son why so many people shut up the Dihle
nnd stop going to church is because they
would rather cherish a dreamy "impres
sion" of God than to have the spiritual
nature ao tar waked to truth that it will
crv out for a Killer and Father who shall
correspond to their deeds. The Bible has
a disagreeable way of forcing upon its
readers clear-cut convictions of right and
wrong, of duty and sin, of the nature of
freedom and the attributes of deity, whilci
most people prefer un "impression" which
shall leave tlicnt free to believe unythin
that will not disturb their peace. It relig
ion comes to them it must come voiceless
nnd impersonal as the perfume of a ros-',
not as a prophet with his intolerublu
"Thus saith the Lord." Religion is wel
come if it be represented by a jeweled win
dow anil a le JJeuin ot sonic great com
poser, but not if it mean a decalogue gra
ven on stone and a "Misererj" of contri
tion and supplication. So tens of thou
sands of immigrants crowd to our shores
who have "a very favorable impression"'
that liberty means doing as you please un
der the protection of a Star-Spangled ban
ner, but who rebel when it is found to
mean civil order backed up by a police
man's club and a militiaman's bayonet. II
in both church and state we had more fart
and less of vague impressions it would
mean much for patriotism and piety, too.
A man to be of much value to his a-o
must not be afraid of shattering the im
pressions of his fellows if they do not
agree with the truth. J.iha Knox made
himself hated at the court o! Scotlund, but
lie saved his country from foreign domina
tion. If John the Baptist had bowed be
fore the blast like a bulrush he would have
saved bis head. And if Jesus Christ had
been just a, little more anxious to make a
favorable impression unon ruler and priest
and rabble there would have been no cross
on Calvary. Men who expected to tind
Him pliant found Him rigid. Men who
thought to sec Him complaisant discov
ered Him indexible, and those who Mat
tered themselves that they were the pillars
upon which both state und church rested
were told that they were "vipers," and
"whited sepulchres' full of dead men's
bones."' He cared little for impressions,
but He cared much for truth.
It may as well be confessed that If the
impenitent transgressor ot God's law
wishes simply to retain a pleasant "iinptes.
sion" of God he had better shut his Bible.
Hut ii he wishes to know the truth about
tioil and to learn how. having sinned, to
tind a full and free and divine forgiveness,
there is no other book which can take its
place, and if he lose u childish impression
of God he will have obtained a glorious
kr.ns'ledge of God for which all dreams
and fancies form but n poor substitute.
Mow to et Help.
God works through agencies, but it if
He that works. The physician docs not
heal you; it is the divine power working
through - all the agencies employed here
that heals. 1 entreat all to lay hold of
this great source of comfort anil cheer;
nnd if yon feel disheartened and gloomy,
just look up, for there is a great God Who
is able to do for you all you need to have
done. If you can truly say: "Lord, I
want to be in the divine order; I want to
appropriate all that is good and sweet
und pure nnd beautiful in the way of
right living," and lay hold of lio.l thus,
you may get all the help you cun possibly
recover and use. J. H. Xcilogg.
Nature's Mission.
What a holy thing it is. this nature love;
what a pure, sweet, religious thing! You
cannot put into a creed, or even into
a psalm; but it lifts you, somehow, until
you feel that you are verv near to God,
and near to the heart of that which gives
joy to immortal beings. I believe we
shall never know, until it is revealed to
ua in the other life, how much the hints
the innocent, pure singers of the air have
aone to lift humanity above its baser
instinct, and make men more worthy to
be called the sons of God. Jamea Buc'
ham.
Be Humble. 1
If thou desire the love of God and man,
be humble; for the proud heart, as it loves
' one but itselfe, so it is beloved of none,
but by itselfe; the voice of humility is
od's musick, and the silence of humility
is God's rhetorick. Humility enforces,
where neither vertue nor strength can
prcvaile, nor reason. Francis Quart's.
Reeklnst the Best.
We may, if we choose, make the worsi
of one another. Everyone has his weak
points; everyone has his faults; we mav
make the worst of these; we mav tix our
attention constantly upon them. ' Hut we
tnay also make the best of one another.
We may forgive even as we hope to bo
forgiven. We may put ourselves in the
place of others, and ask what we should
wish to be done to us, and thought of us,
were we m their place. By loving what
ever is lovable in those around us life will
become a pleasure instead of a pain, and
c?n vWI" become like Heaven: and we
shall become not unworthy followers of
Him whose name is Love. Deau Sun.'ev.
6lste of First-Clasa Quality.
Manager Pike securod slat
twenty-four Inches square the other
day which was taken out of one ol
the state quarries at Nortbfield, Tt
In 18(19. The piece waa sawed and
planed when quarried and left on the
ground. During these thirty-five year7
it has been exposed to the frosts an )
snow, of winter and the hot sun?
and rains of summer under the -most
trying conditions. When the stono
waa cleaned tt showed up aa bright
and In as good condition aa wfcea
first ta':fa from t.a cuarry.
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOMt STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPIRANCE
foetus The Saloon Must Jn Insurance
Mntlstles That f avor Temperance r
BUltients Teetotalers, na it Unity, Live
l onger Than Xon-Altstnlneie.
The saloon must go.
With its crime and woe.
And all of its evils that burden us ao,
J lie careless church metn'.irr
W'ho tails to reniembi
mat nuiy wotitu spur turn to maj'.er the
toe.
His actions aav not ;
But yet it will go.
The saloon must go.
Though the drunkard says no.
For blear-eyed and wretched he lilts !
worst foe.
While for a short season.
Bereft of his reason.
The poor hardened sinner bis "wild oats"
will sow.
Bill, oh. the sad reaping.
The wailing, the weeping 1
The saloon miiit go,
'1 hough drunkards say r. j.
The saloon must go.
Though brewers say nn.
r profits unrighteous from beer barrels
flow.
Thev tind their chief plea-m
In heaping uo treasure
That's wrung from hearts 'nrnkrn with sar
row and woe.
Though the brewers say no
The saloon must go.
The saloon must go.
Though the barkeepers say no.
While each year more hardened nnd
shameful they grow.
Thev ruin the lives
Of the children and wives.
Tlicy cause all the sorrow, the hunger and
woe -
Thai evermore come
.To the victims of ruin.
Ttarkeeners say no:
But still it must go.
The saloon must go.
Though the devil shunts no!
While viewing the hcariachf s. the ruin
and woe,
The brewer and the vender,
In spite nf their splendor.
Mut shoulder; though for it they heaven
forego. .
The saloon must go.
Though the devil shouts no!
Awake! Face the foe!
Fan the ember's aglow.
That still in the conscience are slumbrtlnf
low.
While victims are vccninir
.('an Christians lie sleeping!
For God. nnd Mis cause strike
dealiniz blow.
tlic deaths
The saloon nnii-t go.
For Cod's word says so.
- Ham's Horn.
Abstnlnera 1.1 ve Long.
' The advantages rf t iul abstinence at
demonstrated by statistics have not re
ceived much attention 1:1 tins country
I'ntil very recently the gre.u life in-uiaiuj
companies have 110. divided the person 1
they insure into moilci.ue clunker ,tud nb
Maulers and. as a result, reliable tiguri 1
are not obtainable. The Kipntahle As-.ur
ance Society has now begun to make tin
distinction referred to. ami 111 about htlee 1
years it will be in possession 01 some val
uable information. If other companies can
be induced to follow the example of tin
J-.quitable. that is. to put abstainers in a
class by themselves, the coming generation
will be in a position to know beyond rea
sonable doubt what influence "moderate"
drinking has upon longevity.
The British companies which have kept
statistics upon this subject arc small ai
compared with any of the American
"giants," the total number of policies is
sued in any one year by the bigger ol
them, the L'nited Kingdom Temperanci
nnd tlenetal Provident institution, beinn
below 1)1100, insuring less than 3,IKKJ,IW0
lhe medical protession would do well to
urge upon life insurance otlicers the wis
dom 01 separating abstainers from thosj
who take alcoholic beverages. 'Hit pre
mium would, of course, be the same for
both classes, and the additional clerical
labor involved would be small. If teetotal
ers as a body live longer than non abstaiu
er. they are entitled to the benefit of tins
condition so far as dividends are concerned.
Some foreign statistics upon this subiect
are at hand. In Ilrmliord (Knglandi, a
manufacturing place with .1 population oi
about 2SIUVHI, there are brain lies of the
Kechuhitea lahstainersl and th? Odd Fel
lows. The latter consist cliitHy of "mod
erate" drinkers. A few abstainers tnay
belong to it. ami a small number of ex
cessive drinkers may have succeeded in be
ing accepted. Taking the ten years from
19.1. to lHttt. the average number of days
of sickness per member wa between ten
day two hours 1m111111r.ini in 18K7). and
twelve days six hours 1 maximum in 10)1),
The death rate was one iu titty-three in
IHOS: one in eighty-four in ltsij. (Total
membership 1902. olfiil. A Hcehahite wlut
has ceased to abstain from alcohol and yet
is sufficiently dishonest to reniuin a mem
ber of the order must be a great rarity.
The chances are that no such individual
exists. The average duration of sickness
per sick member iu the llech.tbiti-s, taking
the year lHfti-lOU-j, was six days ond two
hours (minimum in 1S(I,'!): seven days four
teen hours I maximum iu 1SU9). ' Death
late, lt-'J3. one in ninety; 10(l. one in 1111,
(Total membership 11(02, SHiTi), L'nfortu
lately, the report of the latter organization
docs not eive the age at death of its mem
bers, so tha. cnmpai io-t cannot be made.
The figures speal; :'oi- themselves. Ameri
can Medicine.
What the World Drinks.
A WTiter in Harper's Weekly call at
tention to some interesting facts which
have recently been brought to light regard
ing the comparative consumption of alco
holic beverages in various countries.
France, it apnears, bears oil the palm,
with a record of eighteen and one-fifth
litres (a litre is a little more than 11
nuart) er year; Switzerland consumes
thirteen and oneha;f litres; Italy and
Denmark, ten litres tarh; Kngland, Ger
many and Austria, nine: Holland, six;
the United States, five, and t'anada. two.
There may be hope for France's future,
though, for England, where there is a spe
cial effort now to restrict the indulgence
ef the drunken, has in twenty-live years
reduced her annual per e.-.pita allowsnco
from ten litres to nine. The great trouble
at present in France seems to lie that the
government is not strong enough to re
strict the manufacture and sale of liquors.
Tnere are very nearly hslf a million wine
shops in France, anil last tear, in suite nf
renressive legislation, there were I.137JJM
private distillers who made- alcohol or
branilv from their own produce for their
own use.
The Crusaile In I'rler,
K. A. Brown, of Orafto-t ... was fined
MOO for selling houor without a licc-we in
that no-!ireue town.
According to a recent computation &V
OnO.Oiio people in thia entintrv are living in
territory where the sale of liquor is pro
hibited. Xo physician will question the statement
that alcoholics taken to the noint of intox
ication increase the susceptibility t0 infec
tious diseases.
The Ktttte W. C. T. V.. of Iowa, reports
i-T.1 lij "! nom'n increased.
Itx'y hold physicians who prescribe liquor,
and sales at soda fountains resnonsible.
1 hey will fiuht them.
A .recent Associated Press dispatch from
Washington says that "another attempt
will be made to secure tha repeal of the
jaw abolishing the isnUsv" .
' .lames Hrouner, a p -eminent druggist at
T-atonia. Ky.. blew out bis brsins iu his
drug store because uis youne wife, who was
of a nrominent Kentucky famiiy, had left
him for the reason that he csme home in
toxicated. Whisky is nine tcntis nrollt to tlie tlcl
er and ten-tenths rolson tu the dnuk--.-.
The Pennsylvania Food comm. winner
lias ordered the bringing cf 33.i prosecu
tions one for every day in th vrar-
against houur dealers. He says that sali
cvlie acid has brcn fjjnd iu il.-..s, . ....
rent nf te samples Jiyuj:- ara!-ci pi
h i t-bvmis.,
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Central Trade CeeOtloss,
R. C. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade" says: Trade is seasonal
quiet, except in the lines affected by
weather and those embracing; holiday"
goods, which are in good demand. Ac
tivity is especially conspicuous anionic
footwear jobbers and retailers. Com
modities are generally lower in prices,
although a few important articles, sucls.
aj cotton, eggs, and dairy products.
Iiavc risen sharply.
Manufacturing conditions are ait'U ir
regular, the best symptoms of th
week being the steadiness of iron ajt
steel.
Failures this week 331, against jS'
last week, 249 the preceding week an
204 the corresponding week last year.
Bradstreet's says: Wheat, including
flour, exports for the week ending; De
cember 3 aggregate 4.201,504 busheft.
against 3.851,767 Ust week and 5.704.440
this week last year, 4,604,846 in isr.
"d -M.lijg in 1900. Corn export
for the week aircreiiate i.oo8.o?r bmh
els. aKainst 1,520,941 last week. M5J.
jO.t a year ago, 362,884 in loot aiuf
5-J7LJ77 in 1900.
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS
Four Stirinir clear. S Rzfn 1 nz- h.-
Patent $5 25; choice Family $4.35.
Wheat New York No. 2, rSaNc;
Philadelphia No. 2. Hb'jCriSrc: HiStt-
more No. 2, iV,.
Corn New York. No. 2. na'Ae: Pliif-
adelphia No. 2, 4SJi('i4S; Baltimon
,o. 2. 4c.
Oats New York No. 1. aoV.c? Ifcir-
adolphia No. 2, sji'tijc; Baltimore Nx
2, 41c.
Hay No. I timothy, large bales,
(n 15.00; No. I timothy, small'
bales, $ (tVtsoo: No. 2 timothv.
((il4.oo; No. 3 timothy, Si2.oofd
13 co.
Green Fruits and Vegetables. An-
pies Maryland and Virginia, per brf,
fancy, Si.sofnii.rs: do. fair to t.wI.
$i.orai.25; do, Western Marylaml anf
t'cnnsylvania, packed, per brl $1,500!
2.25. Beets Native, per bunch Yiq
3c. Cauliflower New Y'ork, per bar
rel or crate $1.50032.25. Cranberries
Cape Cod, per brl $7.oo(?i;.oo; do. l .
per box $t.75(t,'2.oo. Celery Ness
York State, per dozen, 30tt4oc; do, na
tive, per bunch 344. Carrots Native,
per bunch iWiJ-ic. Cucumbers Flor
ida, per basket $l.5oCn.'2.50. F.gKptanu
Florida, per basket $30Ofi"j.5O.
Grapes Concords, per 5-lb basket 15
(n 16; do, Catawba, tics, 14C1.15; do, Sa
lems, do, 14'ri 15. Horseradish Nativn
per bushel box $1.00(0-1.50. Lettuce
Native, per bushel box syXfj'soc; dc,
South Carolina, per basket $t.oofii r 5 .
Kale Native, per bushel box isaiox-.
Onion-i Maryland and Pennsylvania,
yellow, per bu sofufoc. Oranges
Florida, per box, as to size, $2.252.5.
Pumpkins Native, each slfa
Quinces New York State, per brl
$4.ow7 5.00. Spinach Native, per busft-
ei oox sow 55c. String beans Mnrnlt,
per box $2.75rtf3.QO. Turnips Native
per bushel box 2of25c.
Potatoes Native, per bu box 6HJ
65c; do. Eastern Shore, Maryland, per
bu 550700; do, Maryland and Pennsyl
vania, prime, per bu 60(465; do, d-N
seconds, per bu 50(0:55; do. New Y'ork..
prime, per bu 65(070. Sweets Yel
lows, Maryland and Virginia, per brf.
90c(?t$t.oo; do, per flour barrel, $i.rs'.
1.20; do, Anne Arundel, per brl, Jr.oovi)
t.25. Yams Virginia, per brl 75(hjov;
do, Potomac, Maryland, per brl
90.
Provisions and Hog Products. Bullc
clear rib sides, S'ic ; bulk shoulder.
Vi bulk ham butts, bacon clear
rib sides, Q'i ; bacon shoulders. jVj;
sucjar-ciirccl breasts, small, 12; xugar
cured shoulders, narrow, S'i; sugar -cured
shoulders, extra broad, to; auarar
curcd California hams, 8 '4; canvuei
and uncanvased hams, 10 lbs and over,
134 ", refined lard, second-hand tubs.
8 ',-4; refined lard, ball barrels and new
tubs. $',; tierces, lard, 8i.
Live Poultry. Chickens Hens, per
lb iiffj; c; do, old roosters, each 25ag
30; '!, young, large, I2f(ii3; do, yovn,
binall, l'A lbs and under, W14: do,
young stags, iiCh'ij. Ducks Puddle,
per lb n((ii2c; do, Muscovy and mon
grel, per lb itCCnVS; do, Muscovy
drakes, each 306140; do, white Pcking-i,
per lb iX'Xli'A. Geese Western aa.l
ooutbern, each 6of(iSoc. Turkeys OH,
per lb I3(ri4c; do, young. 7 lbs ad
over, per lb nVtdOS; do, small ant
thin, per lb 1213.
Kggs. Choice, Maryland and Pertn
svlvania, per dozen, loss off, (ffjoe;
Virginia, pr dozen, aSnfjo; West Vir
ginia, per tlozto, loss off, 1.29.
Butter. Separator, 24'us; gather
ed cream, 22123; imitations, (ft,;
prints, 'i-b, 25(26.
liv Sloc'i
Chicago. Cattle Choice, steady to
10c higher; others steady; gosxi f
prime steers, $s.io(Vi;5.7o; poor to me
dium, $3.50(114.00; stockers and fee-lers.
$175(114.10; cows, $150(4.25; heifers,
$2.00(115.00; cannrrs. $15062.40; bulls
$2 .onC'i'4.35 ; calves, $.1 ortfqtf .50; Teas
fed steers, $2 75(11 1 3.75. Western steers,
$300(14.00. Hogs Mixed and, batch
ers', $425(144-'; good to choice
heavy, $431X11440; rough heavy, $400
(114 25; light, $4.00(114.40; bulk of as.
$4 I5(?4-30. Sheep Sheep and Umbv,
10 to 15c higher; good to choke weth
ers, .175ffi4-35: 'air to choice mtxej
17$37S: native lambs, $3 75fe5 60-
Pittsburg, Pa. Cattle slow; choice
$5 050:15.20; prime $4.85(0:500; (air $j-osr
(03(10. Hogs active; prime, heavy,
$4 .500-14.55: mediums $4 45(i'4.5o; heavy.
Yorkers $445; light Yorkers $44-i
4 45; pis $43o(?i455: rough $3001.1
4.25. Shrrp slow; prime wethers $Vr
'1400; culls and common $l.25fcti2.m
choice lambs $535'it5-5o; veal calves
T7-5on.i8.oo.
INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC NOTES.
There is an ice plant in Jerusalem.
A foreigner cannot own land iu Ji
pan. Senegal exports annually about uo.
XX tains of peanuts.
Colombia has a population vf abettC
4,0(0,000 including Indians.
The Mexican government kis dee4
d to permit Chinese iiutiugrativn.
Tlic average age of Senator is fi.ty
Mne years; eight are Krss thant focty
5ve. Three hundred and tity-tw yatJs.
by Travis, is the longest golf dtive.
' ' St. Louis is to have goat 4try.
Toulon, France, seat to America la
fear $127,000 mx.fl. ot flower VsT&s.
France has, within six ssMtntfM, p-siA
'it subsidies for see ships Sjtn,Qmn-
'f he Russian government will estaU
tisli permanent conuacrciaJi tsraeevms is.
Persia.
T be Englibh hngvaaje ia snath ia arte
in Panama, especially act tie Atlantic
side.
In 1880 the averae. New Yetrlwr
look tMj rides id Inert ears; last few.
Sc took 4s.