SIRE METHOD WITH DOUBT
A BrHllaat Sunday towi By Rev.
Dr. C. T. Qoodell.
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( Jnav Tewatd Ik Llhl
Ysa It U.
HiooKt.Y!. N. Y. Sunday Bitrniiifr. in
ihe Hns Place M. K. I'buica. the f!ev
Pr. Chnrle T.. Oondell preached n "A
Sure) Method Willi Donlit." The text wm
taken from Peniel v: 16, "Aid I have
heard of thee that I Hon canst make iater
pretattnn and dissolve doshts." )r
Uoodell mid;
IP Daniel were alive ts-dnv. with hit
ability to dissolve doubt iiniinraired nd
unimpmched, he mould he the busies!
man of hi time. And vet ms is nt
mora aa e of doubt time any nthei
which nreeeded it. There waa infidelity
hundred Tram ato ia ur auiversttiet
and a flippant skepticism iiuom eililr-ut
ed people which ia now quite outgrows,
hut it will alwava remain true that every
generation muni untie i tn awe doubts.
The feneration ia mnde nw of the inrli
viilual and Ihe area' iincali'ina of the soul
arc personal 'Miex'ietia. The? mat h
wroiiiht nut lor tin- iuol. part hv indi
vidual stres and striiKilc. There are
l'iase f do'ibt th-u rereive stealer em
pliasis tlian nlhern at a ;v-a tiiae In an
aeneration n dc-slic nluln-unliy eni ti
triumph in another utncMluitia ia at tin
fore. The reiteration now passing has
foiwlii out the (treat battle nf evoluHoa
and we mar fairly say that it theory ia
in no 'f a menace to the Christian faith.
There have been hoi hattlee on the field
of bdiliral eriticistn. Position oace He'd
by the two (treat forre have beta tirovea
untennble and the orthodox tmrtv by jiv
ing up what eould not he defended' hna
mnde ill position slrontar thaa ever be
fore. The doubt to which I wih ( refer and
which T would be (lad to scatter na apse
tex of the nieht are not n-urh ef the
theoretical aa of the practical sort. They
are the kind which make Atmit, wen weak,
which paralyse (treal upward movement
it society, and cut the nerve of personal
de-otion.
It ia rat alranre or nnrblr ihst
we ahould hire douhla. We berin life
knowin; nothing. We journey ia tlc
land ef the nnknowi nt every !e. We
investigate and eTnerimrnt nnd o'icion.
Little hv little with material brought from
the unknown we litnld the structure
which we call Vnpivlete. and in doing
rhi we form a habit which muster u. It
will not let ua rrat. Life ha become a
great interrogation point. acH our jour
ney a virage of discovery. V"e axil in?
eTcry beckoning bay. One i a fair har
bor and notliine bevnnd: another a stretch
of sandbar and ahoal and we are fortu
nate if we are able to mit a"in ac ; while
another proree he (he mouth of a
-reat river tin whose tide we ro to r'r
ioua diaeoveriea in a delectah'e countrv.
The maa who thinka wmnat aton hi
thinkin. Often he ia mockefl hr it and
pitileaolv pii"iahed, like eoce ad'-enturona
mountain cllmbe'-. but cliruk he muat
thongh lie fad in hia queat.
"That low man ek n little thing ' do,
Ccea it and doea it;
Thia Mrh man with a great thing l
puraiie
Diea era he knewa it."
It ia no wander, thea, thai we are drir
en to doubt, (or life ia too abort to know
all.
It a not to be wondered at t':at one
doubta concern themelvee rhieflv with
relijioua truth. In the very nature of
thinira relieiona troth ia aiipernatural. It
W not 10 much contrary to, aa berond. our
eensee. Ita nrincinlra are not like the ax
iom of mathematica. The wlin'e- (le!d of
religion ia bevnnd the realm of the eenera
and of acientific rulra; therefore, it ia to
be wondered at leant of all when we find
that in thia field apeculation and doubt
run riot.
Tbere ia another fact to be rnnaidered
which Horace Iluahncll etatra admirahlv:
' Our frult i itaelf in diaordei. A brok
en or bent teleecone will not aee anything
rightly. So a mind wrenched from ifa true
linea of action, diaeolored and amirched
bv evil, will not aee truly, but will mit a
bhirred, mieahapen look on everytumy.
Truth will only be na aood aa error and
doubt aa natural aa they."
In yiew of all thia, let u hay dni
with abueing thoae who doubt. Dnidit
nroDer'.y puraned ia only knowledge in the
row, and Tr. Parka woa rieht when he
aid: "Infidelity ia the ultimate reeult of
checking the desire for exnanded knowl
edge." Let ua frankly tell our young pon
tile that doubt ia not a final condition m t
to 'a diahoneat mind. Throixh the dnoht
si to-iiny they will come to the knowledge
of to-trorrow, and let ua o'o remind them
that what they bold aa the truth to-morrow
ahould hare great exnanaiv power,
ao that coming day will give more light
and add to the nronortiona of the truth
"I hae heard of thee that thou eanet
nake interpretation and diaeolre doubta."
waa the King'a greeting to th Hebrew.
Thi aame Daniel bad atood before th
King'a father when be, too, waa aore bur
dened with aiyttery. He did not claim
for hia own unaided wiedom the power
to aettle doubta, but atout! and honratly
owned th aource of hi power, aaying:
"There ia a God in heaven that revealetb
aecreta." It may he aaid truthfully that
the only aure method for the volution
f life' problem and the dissolving of it
doubta ia by entering into right relation!
with Him. If it ia objected that one nl
the great doubta of lifer relate t Kit
very existence the anawer ia. Every man
ia conacioua of tl e great ethical impera
tive, I ought. Thi relate him to aomi
great law, and hence to aome great law
giver. It would not aeem t be a very
exalted prayer, "Oh God, if there be
God, enlighten my oul, if I hav a aoul,"
and yet even a prayer like that, with ai
hone-t purpoee to follew each fainteat ray
of light, would not lie unavailing.
In the matter of dissolving religiout
doubta, the ultimate purpose i everything.
Ko man ever come to the truth by brina
imply curiou. Speculation for apecu
lation' sake leada nowhere. Th miud it
filled with conflicting argument, it ia a
poor cause which has not something plana
ib'e about it. and ao the mind chase it
le'.l from sophistry to sophistry, from con
troveri-y to controversy, darkening coun
sel and rcniing out nowhere.
The first thing for aa honest seeker af
ter truth to do is to plede; himself t
abide bv the truth aa he linda it. To play
faat and lo.i .e with one'a convictions is thi
first and second death. To fail to tins
the light w hav to refuse to live up t
- bat we know ia light, i to put one's
e',f into the darkness of sterna! doubt
PUto waa right when he aaid: "Atlic I
is a diseaae of the aoul before it becnnie
an error of the understanding." frencl
atheism waa a foregone conclusion tvlin
one conaidera the condition ol French "".'
ala. Why ahould a man beiieve in
when bi lit was on long rebeUiui
against Him? Why should n not ei)
"after us th deluge when conscious th
nothing but an unfathomable an coula
cover the putrefaction of his lift! Whet
a man has made up hia mind tu give him
elf to tba sensual and the material, it il
lollow mockerv for hira to protri de
aire to know the truth. The truth a'mdet
with no man who will not use it. and, on
the other hand, if he be, like Romance,
pur of heart and purpose, be will think
bii way out of th darkness into th full
tight of revealed religion and pillow hit
dying head upon a certain fait. Know
ing the life of Shelly we would expect him
to be proud to write himself down "an
atheist;" knowing th life of Words werth
w would expec the epitaph ia Crass
iuara Church to read a it doea, "To the
iiieiuoi-r ol William Wwdaworlb, a trwa
i..' ,..i... .ni nnet who. bv a special
ill anj eajung iiuiauj
J : ,-rt ... ,n.n nr nature, failed ROt
to lift up the heart to holy thing, tired
not of maintaining th eaus of .the poor
and aimpl and ao in penloue timea waa
ra.aed up to the chief minister, not only
if nnhleat poesy, bat of high and sacred
truth." ...' , ....
ISelore you aeek aw further for the dia
so ing of your doubU. ask yourself him
twtly th question: "Am I unalterab.y
men over to right doii.g? Am 1 ready to
ohev the voice within me a iteadfastly
et fiocnitc obeyed bi daemon,' even
though it nhou'd cross my purpose and
b- n x hitter lo.incai"
It will be easy to believe in immortality
whea wi try to live a life that ia good
enoili to lal forever. We shall not
doubt lh 'utiitliuJuji ol lioi uroao a
grve oiiraeivea to tna practice ot tne Dreili
erbood of man.
Our doubts trouble 'j (ind thereby preva
that donbt ia not a state of equilihrinni;
w must more on toward the lialit. Actloa
ia the nncea for doubt. If any man will
da (2od will he aliall kn"W Hi dootriie.
I)i you douht the tiowe- of prnverT To
vhom do yeu think th reality' of that
matter is revealed? Oi-tainl" not the mru
who rerer' nraya. I'uf yourself n best
you csn in Ihe ntti uie of t,r.iyer nn.l lis
ter. You will then b able to know wheth
er (!od talk buck. You liaro ant in the
pew tor years and you have heard sermon
without number on the great fi ndanientale
of the Christian faith. To some of them
von have given intellectual nssent. and yet
von ttnd youraelf in doubt and uncertain
ly. Why ia it thus with vou? "here con
be but one answer. Ton have thrown
yourself in holy surrender at the feet of
' a truth von have known. It cost aome
thine to do that. I tiily the man who had
ne Bethel in hia life; no place wn-e he
has faced find and duty and said: "I
will" to the divire "yon onht." t'mil
had hi Dnmascus, Luther his Krfurt. Wee
lev hi Aldersyate, nnd Vl"ahnell, lectur
ing to the students of Yale, aaid: "There
ia a story lorlced in the little hedreom nf
e-ie of these dormitoriea which I nr tlod
Tlia recciding ane.el may note, allowing i
ever to be lost."
He not b impAtient with yoar doubt,
nly be itre that you are moving tnwnrd
the lirh. yoa d are. Xol whnt we ne.
but what we are becom'ng: not where we
tlend. but whence we cor.e and whi'her
we go these are the great '.hing about
whieh we should be concerned.
The fruit ef the tree nf faith mtv be
ulucked too soon and it is then vn'ueles.
It tekea a full season to ripen the best of
nature'e products and there are some
things in fnith which only veers nnd frost
tnd storm will brini? t maturity.
ft hat ben said that one of the trestet
talents i religion discovery is the find
ing how to hang up O'Jestions without be
ing anftious about them. Look at I hem
ow and then a thev hang and by and by.
when vou turn son's envner of thoueht,
ou will he delichfed and aslonihcd to s-c
kow quietly and ensi'v they onen tlinir se
sret and let yon in. I know a great teach
r of mathematica who al'vsyn kent some
bard prohlems by him. le would work
in one a'ln and put it osrk in his
ani.ket st.ill incnmolete. After weeks or
eiontha the problem would he solved and
tiother take its place i' his thoueht.
There sre tranv who sty with easy ajur
tnoe: "Lord. I believe," but thev have
never thought enough to have any iloahts.
They have no sympathy with those -rho
tie fr a man or a cause. Thev could be
lieve anything that seemed to be rei-eesuiy
" r food position iu society and n com
'ortable income. The man who ia honest
must adjourn ome of hia question and
int be imoatient. I expect to carry some
f my question with me into that larger
life toward which all mes .rove, but Ilia
act dor not trouble me. Peme thinira 1
lave settled and other can wait natil the
lav when all mystery shall be made clear.
One of my parishioner some years see
Mught we a great lesson. -She waa a Indv
culture and refinement, flhe had beea
it the head of a great ee.hnnl for many
rear. Her eyesight at la.-t failed her nnd
the became totally blind. I saw her at the
ilose of a aervire feeling her way up the
lisle frem pew to pew. that she miirht
ihake handa with nie. The thought of her
preat suffering and loss finally over
whelmed me and I mid with deep emotion
ut I claapsd her hand: "It will be light u
fonder and you will know why (tod has
sermitted thi great uffliclion to enter
four life." She lifted a face transfigured
y ineffable peace and aaid: "If I am so
kuppy aa to get t- heaven, I ahull let by
jonee be bygone and shall not 'rouble the
Lord for anv explanations." If one hue a
tpirit like that, whatever doubt he hat
an wait. -'
Iiemeniber Bmlly that there are but a
few thing that are absolutely necessary to
Phriatian faith. He ure that you have
Ihem. whatver the price demanded mv
be. Do not try to make a bargain for a
mfe and pleasant course. That is an aw
ful mocking of the truth. But having set
lied the great problem be assured that
rou need not be greatly troubled about the
lesecr ones. Men have set up ataudard
which Ood never ordained.
We have multiplied dogma and doc
trine to the confusion of the mind and I
fir to lite loa of the oul. Worse than
ill men have forgotten that right living it
mor important than right views. 1 hey
have burned heretic to tit rid ot their
heresy, and have banished good men be.
enuae thev disagreed wi'H them. Have pa
tience with other men tt a: they may have
patience with you. Lot your life recern
mend your creed. Kijht opinion wil
avail u no mora than they vail ihe devil
and hi angel unlea we hold them in tht
golden chalie of a pure aud honest lite.
The great truth of bf ar not simply in
tellectual truth aud the method by whick
they are revealed ara not chiefly intelieot
ua). With tba boart man believeth uiit
righteouane.
Doubt which ia in moral earnest M a
aervant of God to bring the truih. , It baa
preceded all great reforrae in the individ
ual and in the eeenmunity. A taitli which
haa keen forged out through the awful
heat of doubt ia the only kind that be
come an aachor to the eoul. It ia worth
going through th fiery furnace to find
"the form of the Fourth."
The conviction which honest douht lead
to i th eonviction which has shaken the
world. Do not acorn any man, nd lea6
of all th truth ha hold. Keep the mteg
ntv of your mind. Think houeatly, think
eriouly, for Hf'a question ara aolemn
questions. ...
Do not be obetinate and refuse to own a
new truth which contradict some position
you once held. Above all things realmj
that th truth i( the only thing that will
free rou from an evil life. Ihe verdict ol
the age and tba verdict of the fact ia
that the truth ia to be aought in a person
ality and nat in a theory, and no one has
arisen to dispute Hia word who ai(l, I
am the truth." It ia to Him that Ink
you to com. Well may you aav to Him:
r'I have heard of Thee that Ihou canaj
make interpretation and dissolve doubta.
What BetsaaT
Tt is not. of course, the highest argument
for Christianity, but it i always wall to
ask one wuo is refusing Christ what sub
stitute be has for Him. Upon what is he
relying to escape from hia sins? What
ture comfort ha he for hi aorrowa? What
evidence hae he of immortality? Whence
ha h rained rertaiuty aa to th charac
ter of God? What upholds him in hia
work in the world? Where t.oe ha fiad
power to conquer temptation? Often, if
. man can be made to see his poverty, k
will aeek the true riche.
Th Bndder of the Day.
The lrat hour of th morning i (he
rudder "f th day. It ia a blessed baptiaia
r-hich give the firat waking thought inte
I lie bosom of God. Henry Ward Leecbar.
Got Hia Trouaera In Duty Free.
AmoDg tba pasaengera of m steam
ship Just In from England waa a cler
gyman, whose Intention it waa to take
ap hia permanent residence here. Dur
ing the examination of his baggage,
which Included surplices, stole, and
other non-dutiable church veatmenta.
the question arose whether the rev
erend gentleman waa not called upon
to pay duty for the numerous pairs of
trousers which be was Importing.
Bald the customs officer :
"I am sorry to say, air, that you
muet pay duty on these trouaera; only
the apparel you make use of during
divine aery lee can be admitted free of
duty,"
Whereupon the quick-witted clergy
man exclaimed:
"Coma, come, my dear man! You
surely don't expect me to officiate in
church without my trouaera!"
So the apparel In question w
passed free of charges.
Haa Mewepaper ef 1800.
H. J. McNally of Burlington, Vt, ha
an Interesting souvenir In th way of
a newspaper printed Saturday, Jan. 4,
1800. The periodical, besides giving
ihe congressional news of that time,
publlsbea an account of the biuUtl ut
Oeorae Washington.
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
International Lesson Comments
January 10.
For
Subject The Preachlag of Jebn fha Baptist,
Malt. III., M2-0ldea Text, Matt. Ill , 2
Memory Verses, 4 Coataien
tary as Ihe Daj'a Leasen.
1. A caH to re,i4iBre (vs. 1M. "In
tliose dys." The Mavi i defined in I.ulc
3: 1. It waa a time of isorul dr.urtta. All
Israel had bceotae a barren wildtiaess.
The Roman ctnncror was despotic and
cruel. Herod and I'ilnte were little lat
ter. The priesthood was fllfcd with cor
rupt men. and even Caiaphas. the hit!t
priest, waa coarse and brntal. I'ader
etich leader the people hod sunk inte a
very low and degraded moral condition.
It had beeti four hundred years since tliev
had henrd prophetic warninis, when sud
denly -lohti appeared upon the scene.
"John the Piptist." So mimed by Mark
and Luke and by .fosephut, who mentions
hi great influence and speaks of the.
crowds that flocked to hear him prench.
"1'reaching." Heralding, a word euracMt
in? the proclamation of a king. Johu w,is
a great reformer. "In the wilderness."
"John preached in the wild, thinly in
habited region lying we-t, of the Jnnlnn
and the Dead 8ea a lar nor'h as Knon,
two-thirds of the way to the Sea of !n,i
lee. and on both aides of the lower Jor
dan." 2. "Repent ye." Repentance include.
I. Conviction. '1. Contrition. 3. Con
fession. 4. Reformation, nnd leads to
conversion. John, Jesus, Refer anil Paul
all preached repentance. "Kingdom of
Heaven." As Jesus is the Messiah, tlmt is.
the Anointed, the Kincr. so Hia nospel is
law and His dispensation a kinudom.
The kinedom of Heaven nnd UitiHom of
Hod in the New Trtainent mean one and
the same thing and (tenerally have refer
ence to the spiritual kinTdoin which Cli: it
sets nn in the hearts of His follower". "At
hand." The Jews expected a irrcat national
deliverer. The meaning here is that, the
coming of the Messiah to heizin His domin
ion on earth, under the Christian economy,
ia nt hand.
3. "Ksaias." The ttrcek fnm for 1-uinli.
The reference here is to Isinh 4: .1-3: n'o
see Luke 3: 4 0. "The Voice." The r rotih
ecy draws attention to the work rather
than to the worker. The voice of the
pronhet was loud and distinct. "I'rcn.ve
ye." The idea is taken from the practice
of Eastern mnnarchs, who. whenever they
took a journev, sent harbintera before them
to prepare the way. The Jewish church
na the desert country. "Paths straight."
lln i figurative language. The words
illustrate the atraightening force of the
gospel. There must be a thorough prep
aration before C-erl, our Kinii, will coma
to aa. The self-line must hi "brought
low." The orooked. dishonest life must
be "straightened." Let us remove the
truations of uubelief and earnal desires.
4. "Had his raiment." etc. The ap
pearance of John was like that of th
great pronhet Elijas in the popular in!nd.
He was clothed in the coarse, rough cloth
called sackcloth in the Scriptures. It
wns cheap, but admirable for keeping out
the heat, cold and rain. This mantle was
girded around hint with a leather girdle of
undressed hide. Hia fond consisted of
locusts, closely resembling our grasshop
pers, end of wild honey. All tliis was a
natural as well as aimnle mode of livine
in those day in the wilderness. "Moat."
Food. "LorusU." The law of Moses pave
pormiision to eat locusts Qj?v. 11: :M).
John here represent Ihe symbols of the
repentance he presehes, according to an
sient custom. The hair nr sackcloih.
the fasting and the solitude, were the
ordinary outward signs of deepest humilia
tior ,
li. Many confessions made (vs. 5, 81.
5. "Went out." Left their home and
went to the desert, where John whs
preaching. He was very aucrcsst'ul and
the heart of the whole nation was atirrcd.
Kven Herod, the King, leard him g'.adlv
nd "did many thinns" fMark 0: 'JO). "Ail
the region." The crowds mnat have been
enormous. John was very popular, but
t opiilarity bad no effect upon such as he.
J. "Confessing." Confession of sin is one
tf the marks of true repentance, bee 1
John 1: U.
III. A thorough reformation demanded
(vs. 7-10). 7. 7Vhen he aw." Meu
honor a lofty and fcarlesa aoul. seeking
oo selfish object, but braving all opposi
tion for the noblest end. John had noth
ing to lose bnt hi life, and cared for noth
ing but the faithful discharge of his duty.
''Pharisees." Th name signifies Sep
tratists. They held tenaciously to a lit
eral obedience of the written law and an
cwritten tradition. ".Saddueees." They
dhered to the written law of Moses, bat
refused to give much weight to tradition.
They did not beliv in a future life, an
gel or spirits. "Said unto them." Th
(lire j leading religious sects at that time
were the Pharisee, t-d(incees and Ks
lenea, and be handled them with ternh'o
seventy. He earn into the forest of "bad
law, absolute customs, social iuequalities,
religious bigotries," licentiousness and in
temperance, swinging hi gospel ax and
trying. "JRjform! Repent" je brood of
ripars." Ine reformer was thorough.
Tbere waa no compromising with th
worldly influence around him. "Uanern
tion of vrpera." "Brood" of vipers. This
denote persons decaitfu and malicious.
B. "Think not to say," etc. The uaturtil
impulse of the unrgenrate heart is to
saee; out excuses and subterfuges when
the eonsdenee is touched. Johu slut tiers
two common errors: Th first, that bap
tiara, would be auilicient to turn the virath
of God away, and rnud, that became
they are children at Abraham, thereforo
they are aafe. "The stout." Undoubt
edly a reierense to the calling of the tien
tile. Out of these hard, unregenerate
heart Uod ie able to make hearts of flesh
and children of Ahrehaui. 10. "The ax
la laid." "There ia an allusion here to
a woodman, who, having marked a tree
for exeiaion, lays his ax at its loots, wriila
he lays off bi outer garment, in order that
he may wield more powerful blows. The
Jewiah nation ia the tree, and the Romans
the ax, which, by the just judgment of
Cad. waa ependily to cut it down."
IV. Jolts points te Christ (vs. 11, 12).
II. "Unto repentance." John waa a re
pentance preacher. This was "a baptism
requiriug and representing an inward spir
itual change." "He that comrth." Th
nreaching uf John was preparing th mind
of th people for the coming of the Mes
siah, and they beimn t ask themes ves
whether he were th Christ. Cut John
woa not alow to undeceive them regarding
himself. "I mightier." John clearly oal
lined th work of tin coming Messiah,
lii raptisrn will e-Tect what mine is pw
erlcts to do. "Not worthy." John shows
his greatness by hi self-abaartnent. 12.
"Whose fan." The fan, or the initninatnt
for the purging, it the gospel. "Floor.
His church. fiWheat." True believere.
'LJarner." The kingdom of grac her
and of Heaven hereafter. "Unquenchable
fire." Nothing wile be able to extinguish
th awful fire that will kindle around
tu feet of th finally impenitent.
Thrifty Woman.
In order to aave 28 centa an Itallai
woman of Ashland Helgbta, West Man
tyunk. Pa., carried a 100-pound bait
if bay, a bag containing two basheJi
jf oats and a 24-pound sack of flow
In two trips from a Manayuok flout
and feed store to her borne, more that
a mile away, chiefly up a ateep bill.
On the first trip she placed the bait
ot bay on ber head and walked off. Os
the second trip she placed the bag ol
oats on her head and carried tba sack
ol flour under ber left arm. Her bua
band owns a horse and cart, bnt waa
too busy doing hauling to go to th
store, and bla wife chose to carry th
feed borne rather than pay II eentt
to have It delivered.
Cape Cod Oysters Popular.
Cape Cod oysters are gradually find
Ing their way Into the Connecticut
market, where, for years, the home
product bas bad little or no competi
tion. A New London Arm baa plant cm:
1,000 acres of oyster ground on Cape
Ood.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
January 10-"Whit Are Same Teals el Re
pentiace?"-Lnke J:S-H; Pa. Sl:l 17. '
Scripture Verses Job. 11:18, 14;
Isaiah l:l-18; Prm. 19:7; John :44;
Psa. 78:84-48; MaJt. 3:1, 2; 4:17;
Acts 2:38; Janves 4:8-10; Ps. 8:7.
Lesson Thoughts.
Aa living faith bears fruit In good
works, ao true repentance will manl
tnt ltsedf In conrstnron, or a turn
ing; away from the odd thlnjM of un
rlKlrtCTiiamoH) toward tlw new things
of riRhteoiisri) awl truth.
It In not for the vJue of deeds law
ful and right tluit man may save hie
soul alive, so much as it is for the
spirit they spring from a penitent
hatred of nnt wrongdoing and an
earnest desire to foltow the all-righteous
One.
Selections.
If s put off ropentanco another
day, we have a day more to repent of,
and a day less to repent In.
A bruised rted Is an cxpreeslvo em
blem of tha boiiI, broken and contrite
on account of sin, weoplng and morrrn
Ing for transRrptskn. Christ will not
bronk It. that. Is. will not tie haughty,
unforgiving and cruel; ho will heal
It, and Bive !t strength.
Conversion In no repairing of tli old
building, but It takes b!1 down, ami
erexts a new structure. It is not tie
putting In a patch, or sewing on a
list of holiness; but with th tnte
convert, bolinxm Is woven Into all
Ms powers, principles and practice.
Tbo timbre Christian Is qulto a nerv
fnbrlc from the foundation to the top
atone all new. Ha Is a new man, a
new croat u re.
Itepentanre and conversion must bo
ecniplotw. If a ship have three leaks,
and two be stopped, tho third will
sink the ship. If a man have two
sovero wounds, and euros one, the neg
lected one will kill him.
Prayer In d?p sorrow for our
many sins we approach thee, O gra.
(Jons Father. Wo confess tnat wo
have erred and strayed from thy ways
like lost sbe?p. We have followed too
much the desires of our own hearts,
and have inflected our duties and
transgressed thy holf laws. Continue
to b? mofrtful to us. for the sake of
Jesus Christ our Ftavlour; ami by tho
Inflitcno of the Holy Spirit onnblt? ua
svj to hp'e sin thot we may turn from
It aid offend thee no more. New, par
don our sins, and Bavo as fur Jwms'
sake. Amen.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS-
HERB is no great
ness with His
grace.
Faith makes the
infinite definite.
Ton cannot car
ry religion aa a
side-line.
The secular soul
must be like a
wingless bird.
The aermonthat
iv"CCj is preached down
1 never lifts up.
No man can keep a joy he keeps It
lo himself.
Power without prudonce is the cause
of many a wreck.
Some preaching Is as effoctive as
blowing through a sieve.
It is hard not bo drift when you have
nothing to tie to.
Religion Is not a scheme for getting
on the blind side of Ood.
God never honors the check of faith
that Is not endorsed by works.
God has given voice to His love In
our Lord.
Character Is the only basis of classi
fication. God cannot use a conditional conse
cration. A aummer resort Is seldom a refirge
for the soul.
Faith Is always correct, but it can
never be formal.
Oppressors of the poor are depres
sors of the people.
Faith finds new friends whenever it
listens to the Father.
The world has found no gospel out
side ot the Gospels.
When man Is measured by money
Ood Is gauged by gain.
The best labor union Is wbea men
work together with God.
A catalogue ot the hypocrisies of
others Is not a key to Heaven.
Reason makes a good guide tut a
poor god.
Our faith may fail, but His faith
fulness will not.
The world will never be won by
warmed up piety.
Potatoes Grew Above Ground.
It is stated that sclcnUats have
produced tomatoes and potatoes on
the same stalk potatoes In the
ground and the tomatoes on the vine
on top. In the garden of Mrs. F. J.
Ault, above Nlsbet, Penn., where she
bad planted some "stray Deauties," one
of the vines, without any manipulation
from the bands of scientists, was
found banging full of potatoes from
the ground to the top, there being
about a dozen of them, and they were
as red as a tomato could be. Tut
same stalk had also Us full quota of
potatoes In the ground. Now York
journal.
Railroad Ties of Leather.
The Invention of a leather crosstle,
designed to take the place of sleepers
made of wood. Is attracting attention
In railroad circles.
F. W. Dunnell of West Warren
Mass., Is the Inventor. In the manu
facture of bis crosstle, which weigh
126 pounds, the scrap leather from
shoe shops is taken Into a dialntogra
tor, ground fine, subjected to a re
fining process and molded.
The tension of the molding machine
can be so regulated that ties bard
enough to take a spike or ties through
which a spike cannot be driven ean be
turned out.
Carving 1,000 Years Old Found.
' A remarkable piece of antique In
dkan carving, which must be nearly
thousand years old, was dug up In
making an eioavatlon In the center ol
Vancouver, B. C. The carving is ot
brown sandstone, and tha work must
nave been done with a sharp piece ol
Olnt or slate. It Is iu two suctions
on) being a bowl and the other s
bear's bead. It waa found under thi
decayed stump of an lmmenae ccdai
tree, and may have been placed then
before the tree began to crow and loa?
before Colurabua had any thought ol
iUcovorlng America.
'TCkeJrl
am
rre&JKl&tSl
Transformation.
I find no fiulcr'a skill ran show
How Heaven doth wash ao white the anowj
Whnt miracle of pure new birth
Hath glorilied these drops ot earth.
I only know the upper air
Hath wrought thia lining? that moves a
prayer;
A holier accrct angel know.
How souls are made more white than
now. .
Though once in clouds of thunder born,
Though sunken deep in landw forlorn,
Yet may the skiea their gift reclaim.
And write thereon this white new name.
All movelcaa, clinngcleas, lies the clod,
Hut spirit comes, and goes, of (lod;
Though we have lain so dark, so low,
The heavens tan make us white ns atiow.
, Carl Spencer.
When lleil Time Come.
On a Santa Kc train going out of Kan
eas City one night recently was a mother
and her brood of five, four girls and nn
boy. They had left Illinois the day be
fore, and were on their way to "the new
country" whrre her husband and father
has a claim which is the new home. The
oldest girl appear to be about fifteen, and
from that age down to the only bov, a
chubby little fellow nbont four. Their
dress and manner showed that thev had
not been reared in the midst of luxury
nnd npuline, '.mt with all they were model
children nnd scrupulously clean. The
mother was thin nnd bony", her lace slick
and shone from much washing and hag
gard from the long trip and the caia of
her precious little flock-, for there were
twenty-four hums ycl beyond the jour
ney s end.
It was after bed lime when the train
left Kansas tily. and the younger omo
were soon yawning and nearcclv able to
keep awnl:e In fact, the pet of the family
had ciosed his even and was fast approach
ing "shut eye town." while the next eld
est tugged nt him while she looked appeal
inc at her mother with nn expression that
was pitiful Ho mustn't go to sleep vet!
1 he others began whispering among tliem
selves and then to the mother, aa if some
thing exciting had happened or would hap
fen soon, all of which attracted the at
tention of other passengers, who sat in
wonderment as they tried lo divine tho
cause ot to much whispering and such
strenuoua efforts to keep the least ono
awake.
Presently the cause of this excitement
was made plain; it was bed time nnd they
had not said their pravers. Quietly, mod
estly, without ostentation, ves, even tim
idly, the mother nnd her children knelt
together at the long scat at the end of the
car. the baby bowing his head with the
rest and rubbing with chubby hands lm
eves that would hardly stnv open, while
the evening prayers were said.
dust for a moment, nnd then thev arose,
the children were made ns comfortable as
possible tor the night, and soon all but
the mother were asleep, while the mois-t-.iied
even and quivering lips of the othet
passenger, the traveling men with their
grips, the politician with his schemes, the
business man with hia worries, paid n si
lent but mighty tribute to the greatest
cml12,g agent of all ages, the Chris
tian religion.
Here. oh. you teacher of theology, ia
tt sermon greater than you ever preached'
Here, oh, yc choir, i an anthem sweet
er than you ever sang!
Here, ye host nf Israel, quarreling over
creed and doctrines and torn with strife
you eCve7taught '"" V0M thm
r,riu.lMVVh? m'!t,ier nnJ ,1Cr k"!.
J ? 1,btn? to "' " in safety, and to
their lat home iu peace.
Seeds That Will firow.
coT!1 iis.no!lli8 that will makc a man
contract ike tne conscioasnesa of a mean
act-I'm ted Prcubyterian.
, jiuiuiKeiice iu any vn-e is but a
J?l.KtOUt,of the h.al,d manacles
hold
.Sin V,'. '. ""'; atierwards it
tVellenrinn-.
compels.
"fir "t'uu"v' .n'ls? I""" '' aid. is
for use. or it ia nothing." It means
the deepening life of goodness in thi
heart. Alexander Gordon.
it my dreams of doing something anlen
did and rising to something great are 8ead
whl'iT' 1 "I11 take holif witl, a will at
what I know I can do atill to a good pur
pose nnJ then let the eternal love'whVh U
Sberi-i-Xr"" C" f the
com-" atob;ro,i,mshe,78e, te:
ness lau f (;od thatS centred,
nesa enda in selt-consciousness. There is
KTrwe11 fullow" fl
ou need not break the glasses of a tel
escone or coat them over with paint in
order to prevent you from seeing through
Jnti""1 V""!? uP?a themf antf.e
star. sT ,refltl" ehut out all the
Jtars. bo it does not require great crime
little fault' """if f God' un e"nie!
k-echcr J " wcl -JI- w-
It is nat bv i...iii.. -.I... -
v. .i. I "n""""s wuai is rrepar
ab.e that true work ia to be done, but by
making the beat of what we are It ia not
by complumfng that we have not the rijh
What wt.by ng wen the tool, we have
ment JfVH-e j (i0d 1 f"viriei.tial arrange
mcnt God a doing, though it mav be
EEl' r'. Life is a series o7m .
whTVJ"1 not thc bMt Christian
who makes the fewest false steps. He is
rie.M' W.'n" "!e ?,0,t "''"xli-l "ie
Ro&rt.on f Bkes.-K. W.
lr. Arnold's Dally Trayer.
O T.nril T k-v. - U.. i j
rv uiiy woria around me.
'J V1d houFnt W'll he needed for all
my work to be done in this busy world.
Now, ere I enter on it, I would commit eye
and ear and th
We.- . IX I" .. 'JO WlOU
inlinl.. 1-1 .... '
mm aen ineir work Th ne
that na through Thv natural law. mv
anv thonV"1 mr 1)100,1 fl"
mav 1 of-.m'ne- m7 eniritual life
hen my mind cannot conspicuously turn
to 1 hee to commit each particular thought
to ihy aervice. Hear mv prayer, for my
dear Uedeeiner'a sake! A men.
Tha Rmlder of tha Day,
I-et the day have a blessed baptism by
Jiving your first wakintr thoughts into
the bosom of Ood. The first hour of the
morning is the rudder of the day.-IIeury
Ward Beccher.
Kcho In tha Heart.
A word of sin of haughtiness and un
godly joy, of pride, of fullness of temporal
things, of cruelty, of uneleanlincas of
heart, of strife and of warring against all
f.ui' " ood! nl a divine voice aaying:
llleased are the poor, the and, the meek,
the faithful who atill long for righteous
"": the merciful, the peacemakers, and
all who are persecuted for Mv ake. Re-
ioice and be glad, for your reward is in
leaven." And all who hear the Voice,
and find ita echo in their hearts, take up
lift) with renewed hop and strength and
courage. The bleaaings always stand good.
Ia the responsive echo in our hrart which
make them atand good for ua? Cora B.
Day.
Forced Into Happlneaa.
Seymour, Conn., bas a bachelors
club, the members of which draw lots
once a year to see who will get mar
rled, and the one getting tho rod ticket
must marr) within a year or pay thc
wedding exi enaea of lio next victim
KccfnUy W. F. Kcrstlu was cboson an
the unwilling sacrifice, and all th
m tuber a ot the club thought he would
refine to pay the penalty, but a few
days ago be disappeared and now an
tiouncuroents of bis wedding at Madt
sou, N. Y., hare beea received by bis
frleuds.
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ASCUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Poem i Who 'Till Hlgn ? An In-lnce
Khowlna; That Two Drlnkj lny May
Mend a Man Having t n Dt-tinhard'e
GraveA Terrible Warning.
Sign the pledge! Who wi
no more delay:
Wait not till to -morrow
to-duv.
II s--n? Mik
; better sign
Sign the pledge right early!
Offer no
excuse.
Stopping short of dntv never is of ne.
I'or a million pledges we have set our plow,
You can lend a good band; lend it here
and now!
For the sake of others, for your own sake
sign.
For the wide world
us combine.
welfare, come, with
See the drink curse raging! doin to stm
ita course
11 Jour wise example, by love'u gentle
force !
Tarcnts. answer quickly to voiir country's
call.
Christians, for this service Christ requires
vou all!
And thi sacred crusade; hca - the voice
Divine.
Let each sav with fenor, "I will make it
mine."
Then in year to follow we shall thankful
be
""hat we helped tl.e people to be pledged
" and free!
Dawson llurns.
A Sure Way to I srspc.
A man whose widow testifies that he
was never drunk in his life dud in a New
oil; hospital the other dav of delirium
tremens, the doctors declare. His habit
was to take two drink of whisky daily,
one in the morning and the other ai night,
lie Wiis not robust plivsi-nlly. and these
two drinks, steadily repeated evciv twentv
four hours for .i-ne tinny year, final;?
alcoholized hi. tissues, uiiili-i mined Ins
nervous strength and killed him.
l-avinen have sculled at Ihe d.ieiors for
ho. ding that two drinks a day ean do one
any harm, niiu li less semi him raving to a
drunkard's grave, but the doctors stand
their ground, and come li.uk at the moder
ate drinkers in a way to alarm these com
fortably S"lf.jn,nj,,.nt and casyniindcd
person. Men so eminent in tln ir profes
sion as Die. Miradv. Ilanforth. Somerset
and liailcy assert that those who e.innot
drink in moderation, but Ins-; control ol
themselves whenever thev touch alcohol
niv really in less danger those who
seldom or never drink to excess, but im
bibe steadily the strong-willed tipplers,
who "rariy their liipior like tentlcnien''
anil pride themselves on hcin able to
"take it or have it alone." Dr. Shradv
put it thus:
As between the habitual drinker and
the dipsomaniac, the latter has the hettci
chance of a good old a-e. It is just the
difference between Ihe tl.inie which burns
itself out ipiickly and is done with, ami
the smoldering fire which slowiv but sure
ly eat into the vital organs, produce de
generation of the arteries and brings on
a premature oM age. It is not so much
t he quantity of alcohol a man drinks ns
flic regularity and freouencv with which
he dunks that work the havoc with hi
system.
Of course, there are unnumbered men,
and women, too, who on social occasions
take wine without injury to themselves.
And it is also true that there are multi
tudes so organized nervously thai they
are in no danger of bicouiin.j drunkards,
though they like a bottle of claret with
their dinner nnd a glass oi something
stronger on occasion.
Hut the safe course for the young man
who has his way to make in' the world
I to eschew drinking altogether, lie mav
be among thc fortunate upon whom alco
hol can take no hold, but then again ha
may have the physical and nervous sns
ceptibi bty which makes it unsnfe to trillo
with the tempter. If he resolves to be a
total nbstainer he will be completely in
sured agninst the peril which strews the
hores ot life with wrecks.
Il you don't drink vou can't possiblv l,c
come a drunkard.--Editorial in thc New
orlc American.
Test Your Appetite.
A young man carelessly formed the hain't
of taking a glass of liquor every morning
before breakfast. An older friend ad
vised him to quit before the habit should
grow too strong.
"Oh, there's no danger: it's a mere no
tion. I can quit uny time," replied tho
drinker.
"Suppose vou try it to morrow morning "
ug"csled the friend.
"Verv well: to oleiu- 1 -ll .l
W I -..I.... it. J - u"
, , Muu juu lllt'IC
no cause for
alarm
A week later the voitm. t.:.
- - , J fs -.it-i. met ing
friend again.
"Vou are not looking well," observed
the latter. "Have vou been ill?"
"Hardly," replied the other one. "Hut 1
rim trying to escape a prcat danger; and
fear that I shall before I shall have con
quered. Mv eves were opened to an mi
minent peril when I gave you that promiso
a week ago. I thank you for your timclv
suggestion.
friend' J'J youJ" Jn1uirea' the
"The first trial utterly deprived me of
appetite for food. I could eat no break
fast, and waa nervous and trembling all
flay. 1 was alarmed when I realized how
irsidiously that habit had fastened on me
and resolved to turn square about and
"a t ""-" nooim-r urop. j ne swearing
off bas pulled me down ren-i-clv h..t T
am gaining, and mean to keep the upper
catch me in his net agaii
- -"-' ."it. noiiiiK lirillK will never
-'hurcu Life.
Greatly lleduces Drunkenness.
A certain Justice of the 1'iace of East
1 oughkeepsie, N Y., requires all drunks
brought before him to sign the following
total abstinence pledge: "I, , (iav.
ing been convicted before , j'ustico
of the 1'eaee, of public intoxication, in or
der to obtain a auspension of sentence do
hereby pledge myself to abstain from in
tn&icating liquor for a period of one year
from the date hereof; and in case I ahould
be arrested and convicted of intoxication
within that period. 1 renticst .,.:..
in order to aave me from utter rum, to
impose upon me the full penalty of the
la, to wit, six months in the Albany
K'nitciitiarv.' It is Btaled that this
umqiic method has greatly reduced drunk
enness in the town.
Made a Demon of Hlin.
"Ixx-k me up, please; put me where 1
can t get any more whisky; it makes a de
mon of mc," said John Jackson, as h
hurried into the central station, in Cleve
land, Ohio. "Anything to get me away
from the liquor demon. I've had enough.
Ked lights twinkle all around me. lhiu-
dreils of voice call to uie.
of thiii'm."
1 vo all sorts
A Teinperanra Itevlral.
The Illinois Citizenship League lias put
t- test n new method of anti liconse work
in aa.oon towns, and found :t very suc
cess, ill in creating sentiment. It ia
ca..ed a "Temperance Itcvival," and con
i3t of a ers of meetings, at least four,
and a children's meeting. At these meet
ings the people are asked to rome forward
V js"" ," pdf to the effect that they
wid do all in their power lo prevent th
a.e of intoxicating and malt liquor in
their own town, except for medicinal and
mechanical purpose. On each signer a
bit of red ribbon ia pinned; also, on the
11 ...-.. fjuiucu; a. so, on inc 1
cm.ilien at their meeting, when they prom-
is to help.
Th Yolly of TrHns
The question of aaava and of justice ta
the laboring man absorb wide attention;
but who will dispute that if all the money
that ia spent by the woikioir classes in
"treating'' each other o alcoholic bever
ages n-ers aved there would be thousand
01 better furnished homes, better riad
wives and Utter fed children?
Wars Than Fusel oil.
The fart that all whisky handled bv th
retail trade lonlaiiw fukel oil wou.d be
mora alarming it it were uot for the other
f.u-t that ful oil ia not the worst thinit
that whisky contains. The alcohol is
what doe the business, if the consumer
to tl lu"H enuunli. MiuaeapjjM
Tim.
'
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
General Trad Coadltlosi
R. G. Dun & Co.'a weekly rertew !
tfade ays: Holiday condition- p)
vade the markets. Manufacturing
plants are stopping for inventori-s and
repairs, in many cases the extent ol
idleness being considerably greater
than for the corresponding season ln
recent preceding years. Tliere has beerai
a liberal volume of business in holida4
goods, but reports are somewhat conV
Ricting in comparison with 190a. AnV
encouraging s-gn is the improvement inr"
collections.
Railway traffic was not seriously imJ
peded by rec'nt storms, owing to bet-'
ter nieth;iQi of operation, and earnings?' '
thus far reported lor December e-
oeed last year's by six per cent. Agree-'
ments are teirg made with little irtcV
tior, aa to wae reductions, except W
the cue of coal-mining, and several
Idle pir.ts have fixed the date for re
suming work. .
Few lib?r disputes are in prcRrwsj
and steel producers look for much ner
business e-.riy next month.
Egaif'.menti ;,f poll were checked?
by a sharp recovery in fnrrim .
ehangi;, alrhoujfh receipts have raised?
treasury gold holdings far atove all pr
vnus rcci-rds, and money is unusually;
easy for th season.
Cwing to the decrease in speculation,
bank exchanges for the week were 16.
per eer.t. smaller than a year ago at
V.'ew York, wbile at other leading cities'
there was a pain of .5 per cent.
Leading intcrtsts in the iron and
Keel industry l,roui;ht more stability
lo the situation by decidit.fr apainst any
farther reductions in quotations, and
there are numerous indications that
prospective purchasers don't intend ta
Jclay placing contracts beyond the sea
ion of invciitori-ja and repairs.
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Four Spring clear, $3.854.05; best
Patent $5.5; chore Family JM-35-
Wheat Xew Vork No. 2. 8q7,c;
Philadelphia No. 2, 86(i87c; Balti
more No. 2. B2V1.
Corn New Vork, No. 2, sojc; Phil
jdclphia No. 2, 4S'Aii4$X; Baltimora
No. 1, 48c.
Oats New York No. 2, 40?ic; FTiit
Idelphia No. 2, 4i(li4.c; Baltimore No.
. 4'c.
Hay No. 1 timothy, large bales.
(15.00; No. I timothy, small
Jalcs, $ (VTij.oo; No. 2 timothy,
14.00; No. 3 timothy, $12.00
(300-
Green Fruits and Vegetables. Ap
ples Western Maryland and Pennsyl
vania, packed, per brl $1.50(012.35.
BeetsNative, per bunch iJ4(n!2c.
Broccoli Native, per box 2025C Cab
age New York, per ton, domestic,
McxJTjj; do, New York State, per ton,
Danish $3001 i'35. Cranberries Cape Cod,
K-r brl $t).ooV,7.5o; do, per box $i.75C4
125- Celery New , York State, per
Jozen 3o('i 5o: do, native, per bunch 3frt!4V
Carrots Native, per bunch l(a;lJ4c.
Urapcs Concords, per 5-lb basket 13
14c; do, Catawba, per 5-lb basket IJ
fll AC Horseradish Native, per bushel
box $i.25fi 1.50. Kale Native, per bush
el box 200:1.25c. Onions Maryland and
Pennsylvania, yellow, per u 55(n)65&
Pumpkins Native, each 3a4C. Spin
achNative, per bushel box 75(o)goc.
String beans Florida, per box $.2.75(9)
300. Turnips Native, per bushel bo
351 40c.
Potatoes. Maryland and Pennsyl
vania, good to choice, per bu 78(a:8oc)
New York, per bu 78iT8o. Sweet pota
toes North Carolina, yellow, per brl
r2.oo(i 2.40; Potomac, $2.ooca2 4o; East
ern Shore, yellow, "5c(rj.$i.5o; yams,
$ 1. 25(0. t. 6a
Provisions and Hog Products. Bull
dear rib sides, bulk shoulders, 8
bellies, 8)4 ; bulk ham butts, 7J4 ; sugar
rttred shoulders, blade cut, 9; sugar-cur-td
California hams, 8J4 ; canvased and
nncanvased hams, 10 lbs and over, 13;
refined lard, second-hand tubs, 8J4 ; re
fined lard, half-barrels and new tubs,
i'A ; tierces, lard, S'4.
Poultry Turkeys Young. 7 lbs and
aver, ai$T-c; do, old, do (iiitA'A ;
do, small and poor. isfSi.t. Chickens-
Hens, medium to heavy, ioioMc; dow
hens, small and poor, 9L19! j ; do, olor
roosters, each 253o; do, young, good
to choice, per lb 1 0(12; do, staggy, pef
lb gio; do, do rough and poor, 9
Ducks White Pckings, 4 lbs and over,
-i:i2c; do, mongrels, jyi to 4 lb, per
lb H(fti2. Geese Western and South
trn, each Goffisc.
Dressed Poultry. Turkeys Choice,
per lb, (fil6; do, medium to good. Ij
iiiS. Ducks Good to choice, per lb 11
614. Chickens Young, good to choicer
a.l2cj do, mixed, old and young, Jf
11; do, poor to medium, (ei ij. Gees
Good to choice, per lb lortjiijc.
Fggs. Western Maryland and Pennv
tylvania, sale. We quote: Western
Maryland and Pennsylvania, loss off, pef
dozen 30 c; Eastern Shore, Mary lan I
and Virginia, loss off, per dozen 3o;
Southern, do. 2728; storage, fancy, al
mark, do, 25.
Llv Stock.
Chicago. Cattle good to prima
Steers $5.005.75; Blockers and feeders
7S3-9t; cows $i.5oft!3.Qo; hcifen
i-75'f'4 5o; canners $1.50(240; bulla
tl50''4 35: calves $200575; Texas
led steers $65'ri4 oo. Hogs Mixed and
butchers' $4.35iii4 5 1 good to choirs
bcavy $4-55&4-o2j4 ; rough heavy $43004
450; liKht $4l5i4-5o; bulk of sales
f4 45rtf 4 55. Sheep I-anibs steady ; good)
lo choice wethcra, $375l4 3o; fair to
choice mixed $3 00(0)3.75 ; native lambs
4iiS 75!
U70.
led estcrn yearlings
Pittsburg. Pa. Cattle slow: choice.
rS otaS 'o; prime. 4700X4.85; fajr. $3001
'K3.60. Hogs higher, prime heavy, $4.70
M75; mediums, $4.6o(r4 65 ; heavy
Vorkers, $4-5S4 CO; light Yorkers. $4.4$
g4 5: pigs, $4 35C?4 40; roughs. $3.coJ4
1 15- Sheep firm; prime wethers, $185(11)
too; culls and common, $125 2.00;
:hoice lambs, $5 35fiS5c-; veal calves,
r7Xa7-SO.
PERSONAL MlNTlOlt
Rev. John K. Booton, the author ol
several works on the Scriptures, and an
eloquent preacher, died on Sunday last
at Luray. Va.
J. Charles Arter, formerly ol Cleve
land and at present a noted artist liv
Ing abroad, has just received a commis
sion Irom the Vatican to paint the por
trait ol Pope Pius X.
Pro!. Diaries Eliot Norton, ol Har
vard, has, as usual, extended a general
:, - ss.i, ckiciiucu a (cnrra
Invitation to Harvard students to com
to hia home. Shady Hill, on Chria'.maa
Eve.
Rev. Dr. Marshall V. MrDuffe. ol
East Orange, N. J., pactor of the Pros
pect Street Baptist Church, has re
signed and accepted a call tr the Eev
enih Baptist Church, ol Baltimore.,
General Young began bis military ca
reer as a private in the Twelfth Venn
tylvania Infantry in 1861. When be
retire in J imiary he will be succeeded
by anoth r loriuer private s il i a Gen
eral Chaffee.
A Hold chalice studded with iowe't,
tins week presented lo Ar.-Mn-r
F"arl.-i' i-vl K'eeu Yorl. hv the Vn.-'j
Order of llitrnunv m husm
fini unnn -'sary ol hi acre' s '
archietuscooare.