"OUTSIDE THE CHURCH"
A Brilliant Sunday Discourse By Rev.
Robert Mac"onald.
Many Man Is l.osinj His Soul Because
Cannot Believe In Jonah and
the Whale.
He
I!i:ooki vx. . V - In the 'jshinetnn
Avenue H,i,i:st f'.'mi Ii Sumlav m i limit,
the or. i he lb-v. Hubert. M icDonaid.
delivered the Lis- nt the setus of sermons
on "( hrit iM Oi'.nle ilii' Church." the
special subjeet brim., " Hi ;i-i'int Why Those
Outside the ( hiuvh Stat- Outside!" The
text was trotu I Corinthians, xi.2'.!:
"W'lint? trp-e ye I lie Church of Christ?"
Mr. Mml'miaM sa.d:
Nii i hiirrh It is power to tahe a man to
Heaven beyond ton poM-r he has himself
to Kin ciiiranre lime. Ami "-holder or
Dot lie lin the ti,.na:y 1 1 y deie:id.s
upon whether not lie i, taking up hts
cross anil billowing in t tie step oi de.sn--Chrisi.
Heaven is a stale of blessedness
rather than a hie.ility beyond the utars. ami
must come to in betic-e we can no to it.
Whatever else in implied in following demis
ehureh membership included. .(esus
commanded li;ipt;-m. To illustrate Hi
meaning He llnnselt was hiiptied in the
tloidan. His reason was "lor so it heenm
fth in to lultill .ill rmlitenu:ici." If He,
the iieiK'ct man. thmiuht it nefrssarv to
fullill all rigliieoii-ni ... think not for a mo
meat that any one of His iinrierfect follow
f r can lie evened. 1'au! in Romans shows
baptism to be the likenes, (,f Christ's death
and reiir.e.tion. If we have been united
with II no in the likenr. of Hi death, ivc
hall stand in the likeness of His resurrec
tion. All denomination make baptism the
door of entr.in.e to the church. At Pente
cost IWnt) were added thrnuuh baptism in a
Biimie day. Then there is "the Lord's Sup
per. I'his is My body whic h was broken
for you." is the Hi-decmcr'n word. The
apostle to the Church of Corinth commend
it perpetuation as a memorial to their
Lord. li.iptiMii and "the. lord's Supper"
are then very Mgnifieant and belong In the
Christian I hnrdi. Not to join the chun h
is to ilcpie these helps to the cultivation
of the spirit i.il lite so full of si-red
meaning. Ail Christiana should euilii.ue
loth us urrcioiM metnoi-.aU of the Saviour's
death. Ti rmbiaee these is to join the
ehtiteh. Tn tie.-le-t. them i to dcsp,-e the
hnrdi. Woie than that. To ncleet
them is to dis-ley v.;m- I.onl. whom vn-.i
profess to serve. ' liven further, it is to
How disregard tor your Lord's dyir-.u re
Quest, "'i'his do in remenibrai:"e of Mo.''
You won'd submit to much in-onvetiien, e
to eomoly v-itb the dying wish of an
earthly friend. Hut your Lord's dying re
quest is ignored. II in- can you e-.tic t to
Brow apirilu illy? How can you ever hope
to hear Cud say. " I his is Mr beloved Son
in whom I am well pleased." Instead of
pleasing your Lord, you otfeinl llitn. Von
never thought i'. wis so sen.uis matter i
before, did you.' :erp not this night un
til you io--.-s as well as proi'esj the Lord
.lesiis: lie art ou' and out ChrisCm. Svm
pathize with md eomt- in;o tear oicania
tiotl that IS pcrpei u.lt lliv' these H.iereii
rites. Keep not i- i'a!e I fiom tiie one or
cainz.ition that ii i! hat ei up tor the re
demption of tiie world.
Now for tin-.- r'i.nn you stay out and
feel jus titled in -o don-,.'.
loll ob:v' I i I'm: creed of the ehllvrli."
( reedt- at I e-tu;. ::i d you detest the for
nia!. Yet I knovv of no one who need.a
forma mo p than tu who raise this mo
test; you:- r. liu ous lit" is so st-o-k. That
which you me-! above ail else is to co.i
form to wo.-thv erle.siaslieal order, lor
you are aieiznieiv disorderly, religiously
tpeakiiif. Kor others that mm- be .1 aood
excuse, hut liirdiy fop you. We ail ndmit
that no i-i-sc :s as important as the life it
eonlains. ju-t -u no cradle is as important
as the bib,? rv-kod there, and as no suit ol
clothes i as important ns the man wha
wears l lit in. Ni vertlieless a ( hristian or .1
church witiiou: a creed is like an enitK
w ithout a tr rV. -little iirovrest can I--made.
Tli";-" .s neither i.leal nor pi aerie, il
existence w.'ho-it belief, and what a man
believes is ps c.-ee;!. And his erred i
the channel '.i:ouirh which the very water
f life flow, nt'o hi-" thirsty soul.' Hloek
ii) the cii.'-ii'-l and the watji' beenine
Htairnant. lint that is not. the fault of the
creed. Th v.i en'v an to blame. A tirmv
trii: man, -. :s true, ro-rds an ep milium
creed, and unto him whose cried is
not 1 -ore-, se if t!u word of flol and tin
leve'ation pi .'.!! We nm.t admit that
.'is many a 1 -:; .n is keiit outside the
chun h be. iina of its cri-fd, so many a
loan is in 1',,. chur h f-ir the creed's sake.
S-ir-h a in 1 1 ., '. s d v oid of vital hold on
"iii-is.t as i- 1:1 M.'vpLian mummy dr id
In.fsT.l v,'.. I ,-eciJs are a eui-so when tip y
tike the pi-' 1 of ! liie. and more tiiaii
' ne eh.!' Ii m "nri.sti.'iidoni has lost it.,
lite and is e.n'.-hii:i onlv it' rreed. Hetli-t
Uiv out of 11 eiiui-ch '.ike that anil retain
your lifn ih it:. e::i.r-inz in. lose it. Saeh
a ehur. h is, I- )-.vv.-r. .in cx.reption to the
rule tint d .es t:ot , . ren n lieu the bf- of
very tnriuber witiiin its fold, if tiiey i;ive
1: lot- oi.p-.! iurtnv to to do. It i our fal.e
tliou'p allocs , hiiix-h that it to be de
li or-d. Mi- u'lc.iwu i.. -What benclit
will we i!er. 1 h': ' U ir iHCstroil ouaht. te
be. -What 01,1,1:' itn. iv wiil it provide to
lellier b--,,o-' ;- mv fellows less favored
tli.i'i liivs'-1 " ipir 1 hris'iuii proies.-ion i
a sham tin- d vs nor in'eroose tbid and
liunuiuity 11 p i e ,,i Conversion in
troduen in t , t.'od and estrange us fiom
e.i. Nut for .'-It s sake, then, lint for
iiritt s ita'ce do we join t'n ehureh.
lien we liei.iM H new men in Christ .lesu
we take as .11 .t men velv to tlm ctiui. l, ns
does the di i.l: to llie water or tile bud to I
the nir.
A won 1 r -.l.oii I hive liencl you itive :
for remain outs de On church is' Imji-ju-w ,
i t nieiiibet-i ai - not jrood enough. Vou !
hiok for Krf.M ti 111. You tind iiiiperf'etion. i
Ion are .it f lull; no; the ehureh. You e 1
p, i t too inu -h. ( oine into tiie i hur. h
and it will iut be many months before you .
v.ondir how- .mu ever so got possit-ion
of your ini'id a to ln-guilc you into ex t
peer ing pel f.- -,. -m oi cliureii meniLM s. Itut 1
i'oti will a, so find them miicii niyre l.lirist- '
like than v o.i expect, d- not m absilule '
lioiites.. boi :n desn-.- for more ri 'hteous- 1
nets in then lues ami in tie- wor.d. Hear
ine au-Mi.e e' i.11111 thai lite is .1 battle
lield: -- I-.h. the tinht ul tailh."
I. ue is a ra e oii-e, mi ru i that vou may
attain, lb-ad h.a letten to the rhurehiM -diiui;n-.
-or.teniioiis nmoUK vou. 'lhe.se
priceless Inters to the ( orint iiians would
never have tueri written hud it not been
l. Had the r -Iran -h at Hpiieses been per
tect no let, -r to die Hpl-sians would have
been penu-d ' jt a.ay lying Is hit com
inauii Lei hon who Mole steal no none
Jx-t ad cuTvv nr-d wrath ami envv be Tint
uwav tr im yo 1 ?i iie..ometii .aitits.
Were 4h- chiur'i , today perfect it
would be -.erj in. pl. . Mru.tlt-s U be
Koorl. No l,i;.iti-i tempntion. ( f,- nne
wciu.d prerer ti l,r .,. of iti 1 wl)U,j
i;ier ne pnpiT.- t, with a de.ire lor hob
fiess. than oe pei.'.-.t, and know it ,,11 aril
lt it ad. mi., niver have de.ire tor n:iy
thinx wortu whi.e. i woule) Ko f ,
thank (iod fur an iinpertact church, lust
at 1 liave many a time tliauked Him I wat
a iiicmber of a ain'ul race, with Jetm ai
Itedeemer, than of a sinless raee and itn iw
Hon not. The church hohlt to its 111 up
Ihts that relation n liich the aehoul , doet
to the bt'.te hoy. At it trains hiu for t
rub intellectual exittcnee by and by, to
the church tramt for ieh spiritual exist
ence by and by. The inott important
condition ol both is unwillingness to be
taught. The church, in its relation, to the
world ia at regiment, witn .feu. the
great victorejua Coiniuauder, Jeariuig the
way. In relation to lit memlieithip it it at
training school, where we are trained for
service and fitted for living in time and
eternity. You'll not stay out of the
thurcb then longer because of this very
rronious idea, that its in?mber ought
lo be perfect, lor you got the Idea not
from the Word of God, but from your owu
vil imagining. Kven when the Matter
said to- Ilia disciples, "Be perfect, as your
lather in Heaven is perfect," He really
said, be complete st He is, and when Hi
asked the tub young man if he would
) (N-riect. to io.low Hun, He really said.
,? you will be lull "Town, if you would
ae to oiel; the nne thing you now lack,
cores and follow .Me. The reason, then,
we want you in the church it that you may
help tra.n us and let mi help tram you 111
truth and riliteousnrtni. Nobody needs
the help oi the church more than vou, who
will not roiue in. Jf you still irsitt out
Invitation to eater wlurt you, belong, be
more 'h.ri;b' tcr. ard ut. anyway And
if V; i -..ill i;nt 1 o:in nt us. irev d- not
obstruct our worK liv tnlKini'nuainat us
thus preiuilieing the world before whom we
sr1011.1t stnml in a good light that tve muy
do it good.
Your reason for rcmaininc out of the
rlinn h may be thnt of Ibblieal or doctrinal
diltiriilty. Many a man is losing In- soul,
not because b" ciinnot believe in Christ
but because he ca-inot believe in donnli
atul the whale. More than one man he
md I were it not for the "Cardcn of l-'.den''
and the ' Heliiite" he wnuhl accept .testis es
Sav iour. I know a innn w ho has lost hi
leimioiis fervor because he could not ree
oncile the doctrine of elect ion with tli
freednm of tb" human wiil and the itni
ver.aiity of Cod's 1 ace And another
whose religious activities have lieeu par
nlved because he could not reconcile the
possibility of punishment of sin with the
nil mercy, all love of Cod. Many such
assmino ittestions are killing men's 'enthu
siasm for the ioi!i of the Lord. If those
triside of the church are inllueneed tlius,
we need not wonder thaf Christiana out
side of the church (lueslion so foolishly
Those same men never think of (picstion
ing what the president and idlbrrs of the
club, or Masonic order, ni- Odd l-'ellows
fituanization to which they belonj bel'eve
about the world, whether it is round 01
flat, or whether Jesus en filed in six day!
or in 60011 years, or whether the cai-lh re
volves around the sun or- the sun around
the earth, or whether heaven and hell are
states of existence or tixed bodies. Thp
reason you give for r.oi demanding intor
ination about these ,pieiims ni tiie sec
ular association, yet a-kin;: it "i" the
ehureh, is that these are not binldid 011
time questions, while the church i". Thiit
is where you are wrnnu. J hc chmvii ii
not builded on the integrity id the story
of Jonah and 'he whale, nor belief in the
Cardcn nf Kden, nor even 111 the iniellibil
ily of the Si-rintures, bin on .lesus Christ
and Him crurilird. Hut you ask. "Dc
no' your menili-i. l,ei--(- in these fines,
tious'" 1 do in,; liiio-.v, 1 am sure. I
would noi be suipiiseil io tind miiiiy who
do not. Will we not expel them? Yes. if
we tind them a. indolent and t;nod fol
no'hiiie ieliui.ui.lv as you are who remain
out of tiie church becau-e of these (pies
tiotis. Hat if they love dc siw Christ, with
all their lirarls, mind und strength, ami il
tit it Ioe iti.jiitcii ihem toward- i-ivtiiie-nts-ne.;
in private lite and ma!;e liiein eauer
be- the salvation of men. we vo-.ild a
s '.,'i tiiuik of 1 .'liippiishing our charter as
! a liristiau church as to e.xriel such chop-
1 -nis a-i ure they.
I I Iut a fourth reason yon k'nor the
; clrui-' h ni Christ is becau.c oi disiike of
. ' en 011 meiiioei'.i ot I tie chureb. J ..se or
I its initi -ter. This !att teisfui is more ptev
j alcnt than you have any idea of. and until
human nature is more sanctified than nt
present people will sepirate themselves
from the church for this nnsnn. Hut il
J one church fails you here is there no otlur
1 church, no other minister where you can
worship nt place with Hod and man.'
Your duty is to tind such and go there;
if riot of your own denominational order,
then i,r some other, rather than despise
the church universal .-md re,u-:e it yom'
support. Tliere is a large diflerenee be
tween being ai odds with some especial
church and holding iilool from all churches
because not in harmony with that one.
If you cannot walk in svmpiithv with some,
one you ure at fault if you do not wads
in sympathy witli some other. In Brook
lyn no one is forced to keep isolated ironi
all churches because be cannot live 111 har
mony wit It borne one church. It you can
not conscientiously enter one. I repeat it,
you are at lauii lor not cntciiii somu
other. As for this church, if you will per
juit me to say ii. it has been clupiii ltie..o
asi six years a vcriiab'e haven ot refuse
;'or tho.-e kind. of people. We have rented
.iiore pews to ;.ml baptized more people
-'roin other denominations than those of
Mil- own denominational faith and train
ing. Here arc two pictures. You will in
itantly detect the inure pleasing to gaze
upon. Here is a person absenting himself
(lorn all public worship, all Christian activ
ity, because troubled over some liiblical
still doctrinal question, or because he does
not like the church of his early choice, and
lie ia leading 11 bitter, Belf-eentered, indo
lent existence in consequence. Here it an
titlier who has a similar grievance, but
overcomes it for the Master's sake. flo
believes the Compel to bel the power of (iod
unto silvalioii; lie i.s convinced men are
lost v.- tliout Christ. He believes he is re
sponsible if the light within l.,m become
dm Un-st. Therefore he cnrtiiiues to bu
id-nthied with that orRaniz.ttion that rep
resent, the liingiioui of lliavrn in the
earth. , ,
A woman to'd nie a while ago she "oined
the chnreli becau.e it. was he duty and
for no other rea.on. She did not especially
like the minister. She could not di-i stall
the creed. Mie il 'diked sinnu of its mem
ber, and prefi rred the width of the avenue
between herself ami them, but she pro-
lessi d to h- a t in istiau and be'ieved her
p'.iee was in the church r.ttlii-r than out.
t'or lifteen years ihe leiuaiiii d outside and
criticised. A barren, umaLi.faetorv spir
itual hie was the consequence. She en
tered tin illy tor Chrisi ' and her childien'a
sake, ami tin- last year had been the Hap
piest and most prolitable or h-r existence.
Do you believe in Christ'.' Would you
honor llitn? Your place "it inside the
church ot Chrisi as trulv as the soldier's
place is inside the . imeni, or the sailor'ii
on board nhlp. Hu'-. you exclaim, the
creed, the doctrines, tiie meiihership, the
minister. Well, then, seek the church you
cm lellowship, even though outside youl
d'-noniiuatioii, and if no such church can be
found take yo. rselt speedily lo Jesus
Christ. Go into your ilosct and shut to
the door with our prejudices on the out
side. Then fall upon your knees and pray
to be converted all over again. Some ol
us, you know, need to be converted more
than once. Kven the seventy times seven
recommended by the Master in the olden
times. Let God overrule your prejudice
and tiood your heart with His grace.
Then go in the spirit of a little child and
ask admittance of the nearest Christian
ehureh. Let nothing ..cand between you
and that important obligation, that divine
privilege, that iie.-i -sary discipline, that
price!e.s! joy.
. , tin tiie l'lalii.
Henry Clay Trumbull, aprakin of the
mission of the lowly road in the Chiislian's
life and its relative imNiita:ice in compari
son to the mountain load, says: "There ure
times in every life when the nu! stands on
the clear heights and no task seems to be
too dillieult to the boundless enthusiasm
of the moment. Hut what is to be done
when the soul has descended into the
pluina. und the enthusiasm is gone and thu
task remains? Only to go on bravely,
trusting to the eleirer vision on the moun
tain top. and unking faithful performance
till the nlace oi enthusiasm. The moun
tain and the plain hat each its nlace in
Christian life - the mountain for t lie clear
vision ahead, the lowly road along the
plain for the actual Mrfrinat,i-e of Uiu
jouvuey."
A I. title Tliuin.
A little thorn may rend the lineal fabric;
o iiiav a little sin mar the iaiie.i soul .
Lotted i'rcabylcnau.
Noah'i Salt Mir.ea.
In Tiaiia-Cttnca.-jl't, In the I'ppcr
Aran Valley, lloa ont of Cue mum won
(,'urful mine, uf -o-k Bait In the world
Mount 'TCulpl. Thrf deposits of suit
In tlii 1 g;ot arc .aid to bu Id some
places more than 200 feet thick. They
rave been almost coutlnuuUHly worked
fl:in J re -historic day the Htm; horn
I U-ka.i.f tU jtalaeoltthlf men ritll
l-ir kf I ttp now and again In the work
rfi. but they show aa yet ho mIkhb of
exhatHt on. The Armenian tradLlons
h"ld that Noun drew from Mount Kit!
j I '.h atip.-ly of Malt necessaray to p
jerv pruvlalona of the Ar'i.
Prince Not Fond of Athletics.
The Siamese prince, who In the ear
ly in wat member of what wan then
at any rate the mout cosmopolitan col-'
lege in Oxford, found It very dttHrult
to reconcile his autocratic notions
with the practice of undergraduate
Being asked by the captain of the
boat to go down and do a little "tub
bins;." he drew himself up to hi full
live feet and replied: "When I go on
the river at liaagltok I have 84 tluvei
to row uid."J
THE SUNDAY SUHOOJ
INTERNATIONAL LESSON C0MMENT9
,. FOR MRCH 20.
4iSLl
nlijct! .testis feeds Hit Five TtiniMnml,
.Va t. siv., I;l--t:i t.otilen Test, .lobn
vl.( :I,Mt inorv Verses, '10,1(1 l'illil
incnluiy oil tile !)' Lesson.
T. The multitude and its great need fvs
lli-i.il. i:t. "Ilenrd of il." The death of
lobn the Dentist. ' IJepaited thence."
Lett Capernaum. He crossed to the north
eastern shore of the Lnlte of ( Jennesaret
Across the lake -lesiis was out of the do
minion of the tnnideier of John, imj with
in the telrarchy of Herod l'liiiip. "J h
people.'' I'roin John Ii: 4 we see that the
rassovrr ui jitst at hand, and there were
thvoiits 01 people going up to Jerusalem.
'On toot." Tin. people, watching the suti
ing 01 .lesus across the northern end of
the hike, ran around the northern siioro
so lapully that, in-cording to -l irk, they
'dip vem ' the in, at and "eatne unto linn
(i lie landed. "The cities.'' At this time
tiie western anil northern shores were pop
ulous wr.li cities anil villages. 14. "Went
lorih." From the boat. "Compassion."
Jons walked among the pepole, teaching
them many things and healing their sick.
I. "i. "rlvcning." TI,,, wal( m the a tier
noon, "when Ine day began to wear awav"
I Luke 0: IlM. The Jews hud two even
ings, 'lhe first began at U o'clock, the sec
ond nt ti o'clock, in this verse the first
('veiling is meant; in verse 2.'t, the second.
"Disciples came." !y combining the ac
counts of the evangelists the conversation
in,v be supposed to have been about as
follows: .lesiis said lo 1'hilip: "Whence
shall we buy bread, that these mav eat?"
(John.) I'liihp replied that "two hundred
penny wnrili of bind" would not be tut
lieient for them ( loiini. Then the dis(-.
pies urged lln.i to "send the multitude
away" that thev might purchase food
Jesus said, "Cive ye toeni to eat," where
upon the disciples in dismay ashed if they
should go and buv tips great amount of
bread (.M il;). Jesus leplied, ' Hoa- many
leaves have ymi. (hi and see" (Mii-lil.
'1 nay repiiid that l hire was a lad there
(Cmii 1 who had live bar.cv 1,'ip.es and
t ! ; in.1,1 li.-hcs."
II. lhe m'rac.e wroittit (vs. lti-?il. 1U.
''.Need not depart." On ist liad ;e, th.-jr
sou'- ami hs.ned tni-ir iii'lic. an) now lie
pro, 0..1S to feed their bo lie.-, aiid thti.-i
show III it. lie is able to provide tor all
their neeositirs. .lull'! ,-.iy that the ipio
lion Me ii.lie,! I'hilin was for the pin po.e
of proving or resting him. for Jesus knew
what He would do. "(iive ye them. ' i'ipl
ip's leplv to Chn-i's (iiiestion, tiiat Jill
pennyworlh (about s:) worth! of blend
would not in- sutheieiii, bus caused mailt
to in licve tnat this amount repre-.enied
the total n sources of Christ and Hi. diss
c.ple-: 11111I , would ceriainly seem u-iv i-e
ior ihem to 11-e tlieir last penny for this
purpose.
I". "We hate here." The multitude had
Hot thought of their fciilpol.lt licrfs-itu-s,
so anxious were thev lo see und hear
Ji-siis. und a lad had nil that could be
lo iini. 'Loaves, lishes. J he loaves were
roiiud. flai cakes like Inrse erip-kers. liar,
lev was their poorest food. The lish were
smal!. dried or pickled, and were eaten
with bread, like our sardines. .Andrew
Saul. "Hut whet are they iimonc; so many?"
Hardly enouli: "fit crackers and iwo
sardiiies for .Vtu.J hung, y men. beside '..
ne-'i .md children!" If. "Hriug to Mo."
lleie was lhe .-(eret. ( hrist wa. able. All
inii-i centre in .Him. We mat- have hut
lilt.e. but if v.-e will give tiie ku'e we hive
to Jisus. JIh will multiply it a thoip-and-told
unil pass it back 10 us. and giant us
the priv i!c:;o of passing it out to tin: ,-i.irv
in r. sin-bi;rde,n multitudes.
1!). "To sit down." In otder'y raii'ts for
the convenient distribution ot' the foul.
Mark says they sat by hundreds and til
tics, "tirass." The grass was readv for
mowing at this time of the year. "And
took, etc." 'i'hiis. acting like the master
of a family among the Jews, who tool:
the bread into His hands to give thanks
to Cod before any at the table were per
mitted to eat. Jesus hud one loaf for MM
men. besides the tvome.i and children.
"I!. ( ss.-.." Jesus thus sets us an example;
we should never eat without lirst thank
ing Cod for our food, and asking, rlis
llleskiiijr upon it. "To Hid ifiso'lllcs."
There has been much discussion as to .put
bo,-.- the miracle was performed. Did the
bread multiply in the hands of Jesus, or
in tliC hands of the dis iples. or, as some
think. d"l the disciples out a niece ot
bread and fish in the hands of those who
sat hj the ends of the ranks with orj; n
to .rite it to their companions? Tneie is
110 cioi.ht but that the food multiplied ail
along i he liu. Jesus handed out to His
diseiplis; it increased in their bauds u.s
tii'y handed out to the multitude.
i'l. "Were lii'.ed." Here is one i;p:t."!o
of our Lord at tested by nt least Snig) pirn,
firo'iabiv lO.U'Ju persons. Xo one need i ter
lie.e Clirial'H t.ilde hungry. He is able to
satisfy eveiy lued of foul and body. He
is the bread of life. W hether we dcniaul
"little or much," it is an east' matter for
Christ to till us. There is a lullness in H:
luirty and love that onlv those who pit
take ot can understand. "Kiaginenu."
broken pieces which remained over. Ac
cording to John, Jesus directed toeni to
gether up the frignients, "that nothing be
lost. I'nelve baskets." 'lhe word
translated "baskets" means poekets or
wallets. The twelve baskets were prob
ably the twelve tvalleU of the twelve
apostles, which they carried on their jour
neys. Jesm evidently intended that H
and the apostles would eat the pieces as
their needs demanded them. 2l. "Kite
thoii.'and men." There must hate bscn
1(1,000 to feed. Jesus hud arranged them so
they could eusily be counted.
III. K vents following the miracle (vs. 2;
231. . 22. "Constrained. ' Commanded. The
di.'jiples seemed unwilling to go and leave
Him alone. Ily the exercise of direct au
thority He compelled them to embark.
They went toward Capernaum and IJeth
saida. "While He sent, etc." '1 lie multi
tude would not leave while the iliseip'Fs
were present. 23. "Apart to pray." Je
sus was conscious that a solemn and awful
crisis had come. He perceived that the
people would take Him by force and make
linn a king (John 6: 151. and that the
disciples were drinking in the same spirit.
Where else would thev Hud a king who
could feed his army without expense or
trouble, who could cure his wounded sol
diers by a word, who had wisdom and
power divine? Such a king could easily
overcome the Roman power. But Jesut
resitted them and spent the night in
prayer. "Alone." Jetus frequently went
alone to pray. If He needed such seasons,
much more do we. Ha remained in the
mountain, alone with Hit (lod. far Into the
night. Some tin between 3 ami fl o'eloeL-
in the morning He walked on the sea to
His disciples who were hindered bv the
wind and the waves in reachinj Caier
nuura. . I -. ,
Peculiar Land Tenure Custom.
At Chlnxford, In Essex, Kugland, an
sststes Is held by a very strange con
litlon. Whenever it pusses into nets
iands, the owner, wllh his wife, man
icrvanl and maid servant, comes on
Horseback to the paronago and pay
lis homasa by blowing three blast
ipon a horn: he carries a hawk upon
i! fist and his servant ha a grey-lo-tid
In the slip, both for the use ol
Jie rector for that day. He receive a
Jhlcken for the hawk, a peck of oat
for his horse and a loaf of bread for
1U greyhound. After dinner the own-
blows three more blasts, and then
vlth hi party withdraw from the
ectory.
V 1 Hidden Name of Animal.' .' I
You may go at once.
It wa only a little scratch.
I He had a scowl on bla face. "
i Do give up whistling.
Bhe came limping along.
' Your Is the blger share.
That tpeaaant sloped with his bride.
The fpup 1 Ignored It niaator com
pletely. This piece wa dramatized.
1 Hut wa an assumed name.
That shape suits yon best.
TSe rhinuVa roud la vry broad.
SUNDAY, MARCH TWENTY.
"Little Things That Christ MakM
Great." 1 Cor. 1:25-29.
Scripture Verteo. Job. 8:7; Vs. 3":
16; Trov. 6:10; 15:18; Isa. 28:10 1
Cor. 5:ii; bal. 5:9; Isa. tin: 22; Zeck. 4:
I').
Lesson Thoughts.
Every power is only an aectirntila
Hon of little fort-en. The might of the
ocean is In ts niinibrless water drond
the power of the storm is In gathering
to Itself the gentle zephyr: and the
vast kingdom of Ood Is a union of
Individual Christiana.
Christianity means growth, and the
litiinblest disciple mav become the
most mlirhtlly used of God.
Wa rannot measura the power of
find's 'instruments, for after all It la
his almighty power back of his In
strument that gives it its force.
Selections,
Only a little word;
Hut It. stirred -the depths or u living
heart
And there through the yea's and the
changes ol' life.
With its blessings and K!f') Its dark
ness and strife,
The soul ol that little word shall abide
And nevermore depart.
One tin 'is enough to exclude tu
from heaven, but one drop of Christ's
blood is sin fir-lent to corer nil our
sins.
Minute events are the hingi'3 on
which niHgnlfleent results turn. In a
watch, the smallest link-chain or rat
diet, cog or crunk. Is as essential aj
the mainspring Itself. If one falls
cut, the whole will Btunrl still. '
Chemists le us that a single grain
of the substance culled iodine will Im
part color to seven thousand times its
weight of water. It is so in IilEher
tilings; me companion, one bonk, one
habit, may aff Jet the whole of Life and
chantr tor.
One a famous ruby wa3 offered to
nnglund. The icpoit of the crown
j.nveler was, that it way the finest that
he had ever seen or heurd of. but that
one or its acets one of the "little"
cittltigR on the lace was slightly
fractured. The result vvn.t, that almost
Invisible flaw reduced Its value by
thousands of pounds; end it was re
jected Irom tlm regalia of England
Prayer. In Thy sight. O almighty
Creator, all tilings are great. Even
out of nothing Thou didst erente the
heavens and the earth, and so Thou
canst use our feeblest powers for the
accomplishment of Infinite results
Give unto us, therefore, a lealizing
sen.se of the importanrip of our small
est deed, and the words we utter and
the very thoughts wo think. May we
not despise the day of small things
but know assuredly that Thou canst
muke all things great. To Thee be
ptaUy forever. Amen.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
MARCH TWENTIETH.
Little Things Made Great. 1 Cor. 1.
25-29.
Behold a solitary crusader mov
ing oliiglelimiiied against a mighty
itrongliuhl of Satan! What Itn
ptesston can h hope to make up
on thnt great, wealthy. t-omiiK'tciul
center, full of the slaves of mammon
md lust, given up to bii-iness, luxury,
snm.: Tiient, sensuality? With , It?
uiagnifl'.ent t"mpl-e of Aphrodite uVd
ii jted to i', Melons lust, it Is notnrlu
for tvicla'dnesa even In that wlck.-d
heathenism.
Whin Krankllu iiU ovei'r d the iden
tity of lightning and electricity soiin!
wis, acich urtkul, "Well, what is the
iish of a discovery l.ke that?" To
which FruykUn sagely replied, "What
3 the use of a baby? It may become
a man." Cod is always making ba..ieg
Into men. To the man with eyes there
Is nothing small, trivial, unimportant.
How prone we are to put faith in
or-jwds, power, brains, culture, nr.;:i -y,
social standing! How liable .is the
world to despise humble follt end th
day of small things! Valuable as are
numbeis, money, brains, etc., Cod ia
always bringing gmal things out of
lltthi ones, tremendous consequences
from apparently most trivial causes. .
See how he does it in nature. Na
ture never despis? trifles. So per
son ever saw an atom. It Is too Utile
Vet this Invisible, InrnncHvablv little
thing, that will not reveal Itself to
sharpest eyes with the most roweiful
microscope before them, Is so mighty
as to defy all the steam power, all the
horse power, all the electric p.iwer. all
the human power of the world should
they attempt to tear it Jn twain. It is
:tahl to reach forth mighty arms that
g -p wl h titanic grip every other
atom in the universe.
Atoms make the worlds. Little drops
of water make the sea, grains of sand
,ind stone build the mountains. The
Matterhorn Is not composed of hugj
masses of rock, but of mica flakts
most minute. Coral insects erect .!
lands and reefs from the bottom of
the tea. The Dover cliffs of the "sll-ver-ccjted
isle" and Its gieat chalk
beds hundred! of feet thick and many
miles long are the work of creature.i
::o small that It Is calculated that ten
millions of them ;ould lie on a cubic
Inch. The single acorn can become
the forest of oaks. The tlnk'lng of a
rheep bell may start the avalunehe.
The ehange of a few degree In tem
perature transform! a woild of lee In
to one of water. The vital knot of a
man's nervous system is said to be no
blc-ger than a pin'a head. 1
In individual life great event are
constantly hinging- on little thing.
With It Insight Into human afTa'rs.
Shakespeare makes some of hi great
est tragedies depend upon most trifling
jltcumstances. The fate of Desde
mona bang upon the accidental drop
ping of a handkerchief; that of Romeo
and Juliet upon the miscarriage cf a
letter. Through one fatal mistake
Wolsay falls from his pinnacle 40 ruin.
A Few Conundrum!.
8pell enemy In three letter. p0o,
What trade ha the aunf Tanner
Why 1 a spider a good correspond
ent. Because be drop a line at every
post.
' ' ' , t J -t
World' Cotton Spindle. '' '
The number of cotton iplndlet lo
the principal countries ot the world
la a follow!: Great Britain, 47.000.
000; continent of Europe. 34,000,000;
United Statei, north, 15.000,000; Unit
ed States, louth, 7.000.000; East In
dies, 6,000,000; Japan, 1.500,000,
TH4v GREAT DESTR0.KR
SOVie STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Treailn t a Rntipfiil Ciitoin Votlilnt
r.lnr Una Wrought Uncli' WMrnprrari
tin rin to Mankind I It a, Mark of
T'rlcmliitilp to ltuln n Man?
There i no ctiitiun of uneielc that h;tr
wrought audi wideaprend harm to i"an
kind a the riutom 'of treating, ai it
called.
It lia made more unhapny horn en. de
Btt-nt-fd more atrong iiildlccto. laid watf
and degraded more fair young liven, than
any other evil custmn ever defined or par
ticinatcd in by man.
Our bent niechauiea. our moit inventiv
iieniiien. mot brilliant orator, itifleil
poets, eminent tcientiata and profpaainnn!
men. have by it been robbed of 1 licit
crmvtn of aiiccraa: yet it in said and be
Itcved by many lo bp a murk of friendship
In treat a man. and although t lt majority
nf the men one lucctn ran tell of meti who
of their iwn knowlpdgp have been ruined
by it. yet they eontider it a friendly thing
to di.
Manr rnmmcrcial men acck to pxcu"
tliemaelvea for it bv unying thnt thev mil'l
do Foincthing tor the ' good of the hntim'.'
n thev are traveling about t lie country all
lhe time, and are thp recipients of m.niv
favors from hotel men. (Querv: I wonder
linn- many favor thev would receive if
they were not nlreadf liberally paid for?)
A man from aomp nlbpi- onrt. mine mln
theidty on buainps and viaita the whole-
fcnlo llllUKP from which hp ! in the habit of
buying, or. it may hp Home othpr, to lool;
over xampli-a, or ccl;ing iipw goods, or
novplties with which to attract cuKtomcr.
.An obliein" halesniHii i nt to wait upon
him. who. having siitislicd hiniNelf that "it
i worth while." tenci-nlly nieceed in
keeping him engaged tid lunch time, when
Cue customer is invited to lunch, and, ol
ir-e, unit mean to t rink a bott e ot
w ine. , it, ,111s. or a few u'lissi-a of some de
licious but niitent compound nf tvhikv or
mm" other liuiior. mill spices and oilier in-(rredi'-'its
thai c--ter into thn.e mixtures,
and all th" titcp It? is being entii'tniiied bv
the cn-aiii'.: .:i!es!n:iTi; vun. nfter his cus
tomer lias been well 1, rimed, ii-.-occpds to
business, mi,! often Mieeer-ds in getting rid
01 a "ji.b lot" of old 'nods nt funcv nrlce.
in -eeeriii', -i inueh larger order than is
iirudi'tit for tiie mereh int lo buv. Hut this
by ii'i nic-ins the uio.t harmful nhiiM- of
t he t real in r 1 estom.
Sonip f;rhc:iicr is nvvions lo ceenrn a
franchise frnm a muni, -lnnliiv for n kti-eet
lniluav, or c'eetiie lighting, or soinelhing
eiiually valuable. !'. days before it be
comes known what hi lui-'iicss is he ln.av
be mpcii assidiinusiv cn.tlvxting the individ
iial aeipi.-iiriLauee of the C'unei!inen, incit
ing them to liine'i. In dinner, etc.. nnd
Ouictlv taking their measure so that he
may discover the best means to influence
them in hia favor. And at hit thev often
find that the wine bus hi (;ri (no nnwc' inl
for liiein. nnd thai under iis inii-ie-iee they
have bartered their self-r, snee! foe ,1 fpw
treats, and have consented to rob the phi
nicipalitv they tvpi-p elected to serve, with
the result that. I lat'inu ntirp robbed it mr
others they sometimes betrin to roll it for
themselves, ami iniinv men. honest under
other cireurr-stnnees. lm-p thus b'-cme
kcoundrela through the treating habit. Vet
tins is not the worst.
ntitiiber of men ar WnrTs',f 01 n tltnn
Tnv day comes and set ptnl o'" the n ure on
leir tint' ho'up nfter receivi'io- their iiv.
As they reach th" tavern door (or thev
in hardlv reach hoi.-i- without imiunn t
lenst niiel one of th partv k.-ivs. "('nine in,
but.s; hi' J.jiw a o." heer." Tlo v wo
and th"rc are iierhnns hnif x dnpii
more of their mutes ii'-.-r.-'r- ii thorp. S'i li
ning nn to . tiie In:- il- .r '- i- mv..
t rat II vou have. !,,V-" vol i'-n i- n l.,,,.
drinks are called for. Wi.rn !...- ic.
other one anvs. "ov y.-vi must have o -e
on me." and when to" "'i-ses are again
emptied aunt her savs. '-Ki'l '1111 1111 aiin.''
-And so it goes on ti.l n'l t ,ie( trp.ated. fur
of course it would be he'd reran in drink
nt another's expense a d not f-n; in it
turn, and each one ii,nU hintsp'F Tnimts, n
dullur or tvto of his r irniuus which be can
ill spare, or which in irany eases is needed
to procure neecssiiric for h;s f.iMiilv. Hut
w hat's the odds? r'.nhci'.s drii'd;, th" bar
keeper has the money, nnj wife and chil
dren can whistle fur the shoes in- oilier
clothing, or perhaps for bread itse'f.
An unknown man is sick until dculi
with an internal tumor. A council of pin-sii-ians
is called, and it is decidi d thai the
tumor must be cut away in order to save
Hip man's life. The operation is nn evcnd
ingly difficult one. reiiuiring 11 very skilful,
sieadv hand, as the t.iMor is situated so
near thp heart that the least bit too deep
an incision will lie fatal. The ourgeon is
young, but: has already won eminence in
his profession, bnt even lie grow pallid n
lie realize the difficulty of the oicration.
ami a phytlclan hands him a xuiall glass of
brandy to tone up his nervous system.
The operation i begun, and all goe well
-.111 jusi nt nir lllllnl. t'lilicui point tile UI-
geou feel 11 n involuntary contraction of
the mnse'es of his arm. a hissing, gurgling
ound ,ia heard, the bright red blood gushes'
lorin another numan lite ha fallen a vie
tint to alcohol, and the usefulness of an
other life it destroyed. "Died under the
operation is (riven out to the bereaved
relatives and friend as the cause of ileal I,
Was it that, or wa it due to that glass of
nranuy: that surgeon know the true
cause, and never again will lie have the
nerve to undertake it very difficult case
became the remembrance of thi one will
utterly unfit him for the work. I. T
Kichardson, in the Royal Templar.
Mortality Kroiu Alcohol,
ft is remarked that even in cotintrie
where alcoholism ia denounced, the mor
tality from it. a given by statistic, is
low, apparently because the cause of death
ji not eactly declared. I'lofeaaor Mahaim,
of the I'nnersity of I.nuaaniia, drew atten
tion to the matter in the congees, of
llnusel, and proposed a method of certi
fying the cause of death, which would giv
exact atatistica, while respecting privatt
feelings. In hwitzerland it is already done
by certificate bearing number, and In
identify the number requires a long re
search. The plan ha been in use fifteen
yar in tha towns and two year in thi
country and given saimiuction. , it a p peart
that one half per cent, of-the deuth (mala
subject over twenty years! are caused bv
delirium treinen. Alcoholunn alone, scut
or chronic, ia the cause of three pur cent,
of th death. London Globe. ,,
;
MU.ry That Urlnb Urine,
fr. Justice Midden, addressing' tho
tiraud Jury al tha I Istcr Anaizea at llcl
fast, said that each year hi experience as
a judge added to the conviction that prob
ably eighty per cent, of the crime which
came before them in thosu court v.as at
tributable either directly to intoxication
or indirectly a a result of the atate of mis
ery brought about by excessive indulgence
ill drink.
' ' ' ' , . 1 " . . ' 'f's
The Crusacla In Brier.
A drunkard i a man who coininiti mi.
cide 011 the instalment phin.
The production of beer i now more than
half barrel for every ma u, woman und
child in tha United (State.
Of every 100 alcoholic attacked bv pneu
monia leventy will die, while of every 100
non-alcoholic to attacked only twenty
three Hill Ui. .
When London has decided whether nr
not it eats too much, say the Chicago Tri
buno, it will find it equally profitable to
ask itself U ;i t doesn't drink little too
much.
A new $100,000 hotel, with 340 room es
peciall for the moral, religion traveling
pubbu ia on of the latest projects in In
dianspolis. It will be without bar 01
billiard room, and card pluying will not
be allowed.
General Coronnat, - rommander-in-chiel
of the Kreiirh troop in lndo-China, is
making especial effort to tupprcs drunk
noess among the soldiers. lie cxprenset
his regret that warnings eohcernliik till
serious etlact of drinking babit upon the
health are pot heeded.- - . .1
The Mayor oi Toronto, Caiudn, lata!)
refused to allow soma liquor which bat
been seized in an unlicensed, dive to bt
old for the city' benefit.- He said; "No;
it would ill become the town to derive in
come from tha sale of that which Uiajiadci
aud brutaln it citizen."
'TE-5r
rea.klt.3l
vCCbt-We
An Evening Tlioiiglit.
S-'o,'i!y, n when a mother's hand
Tuck in her little one at nighr. . .
The dnrknpss folds the drowsy land,
And fndes and fades the lingering lighf,
On velvet slope and glimmering fell
'l he tender shadow rext like love,
Ami wheresne'er God's children dwell
His peace is shed tlieir byes above.
find' children! Jlird upon the bough,
And lambkin lying on the hill,
And wild goat on the mountain' brow.
And engle where the grent winds thrill,
And all the wayward, wandering ones,
The tribes of men, or near, or far;
God keep the whole, 'neath slars or sun
Where life i found God's children a"'
If precious be the rocking nest
And guard He hath for hidden lair,
Are we not yet more truly blest.
And closer in Hi sleepless care? ,
So may we shut our eyea and sleep:
So may tve have no tryat with fear:
The dear ( hrist stoops our souls to keep,
A Christ own lite, our soul are dear.
Lo! through the dusk T seem to see
I lie lilting ot an awesome cross.
Where once lie hung for you nnd me
His ransom paying for our dross.
Lo; llii-oujjh the dusk 1 hear the onu
That never ceases where they stand
The countless glorious white-robed throng
Who praise Hun in Ininiaiiiic" land.
Margaret K. Sangster. in The Interior.
The Word or flotl.
( hiirlcs Darwin, being asked, in his lat
ter dnys whether science supported tha
Christian tnith in the being of God. re
Plied that science presented probabilities,
both for mid against it, and that the "de
ciding vote" lind to be given by each indi
vidua!, according to his personal make-up.
Neither (he being of God nor the inspira
tion of Scripture, say the Chicago Inter
ior. can be proven as one proves a problem
in geometry. Moral ratiocination FtnrU
not with axioms, but with postulates; not
with premises which it is impossible tc
deny, but with assumption which men ol
exemplary life arc bound to accept. What
it is impossible to prove to a scoundrel, il
is unnecessary to prove to a saint. Tho
normal soul has its perceptions as trulv us
the normal body. You do not need it to
demonstrate the beauty of the rainbow ti.
the unclouded eye. or the obligations of
virtue to the heavenly mind.
To the Christian the word ia a livini
presence, from which he cannot escape. It
speaks to him with a voice exceeding in
authority that of any enrtlilv state or sov
ereign. It restrain his passions, curbs hi.
appetites, moderate his conduct, forbids
indulgences nnd proffers satisfactions which
are most real and vital experience. lb,
may not be able to define inspiration, but
he responds to it. He is not expert in
ouestions of canoniciiy. but he knows the
flower by it honey. What he ia. tiie Biblo
has made him. It found him in "the slip
pert- paths of youth.'' pursuing pleasure,
as Addison snys, "with heedless feet." and
it arrested him. turned him about und
''iirouglit him up to man."
He believes in th word of Gol more.
over, because men he abliora do not believn
in il. He knows it to be the word of God,
bcaue the minions of the nit bate it. II
gitcs it. the u'acc ot honor in his home lie
cause it is kicked out of the saloon: lit
sends it forth with bis blessing because
the nimbler ruraes it: he pillows Ilia dying
head upon its promises hecausc in every
age everv son of Hclial has bastenpd tu
consign it to the flames. Against a faith
so founded waves of adverse criticism bpnt
in vain. The word of G'od resU not upon
iiiciuuni, ir.u upon our Hearts.
Keeping Kit.
Any nun does his best work nnd (lnr it
most easily wnen lie is phvsicallv tit ior it
It toireiiire billows, says Wellspring. that
lie shoiiol keep himself lit for ii. so far as
be knows how. anil ihere are verv few who
'to not know that over-rich lo'id and eat.
nig. ktayim; up late of iihihia. indulging in
swcciw and clunking and drinking are sum
i i a measure to unlit one for taxing duties,
t oil ik people may be sure that thev will
ncid all their physical resources to' niecr
me iiciiiauiis that will he made upon thenv
Some are so tall of vuali'.y now that they
are 11s careless of tlieir health as some.
Mi isii pi.op.e are Willi their moncv scat
tering ngh, and left that which would In
their mav later on. The editor doe not
think thai one should .ilwava bp anxiously
concerned over each little symptom he mav
have: lie 011'y '.ic.get that one should not
knowinglv tianstress the plain rule ot
righi liyiicj. When one i in good condi
tion it is easy to keep so: it is hard to re
cover health when it has been lost. To en
joy lite, work hard, lie abstemious in mero
p.en.snre enling. avoid dissipation, plav vig
orou-ly when you can without alighting
your obligations.
Tliere is such a thing, too. a keening
nioi il'y fit f,,r what one Ins to do. There
nr" certain things which one cannot de
without a spiritual letting down. The sou!
needs communion ttiih God just a much
as a plant need sunshine. .Anvihing
winch iiitemipu that communion should
lie prompt:)- put aside, if you would be
eiical to th ethical emergencies which yoti
wil. have to meet. IeIe j, wn t,uj
1 y yields to temptation. Why? Because
he was not in a spirit to resist it. If a
(rrpa' temptation nhonld come to you, art
vou sure th,u j: nouhl not overcome you'
A ou may -ate yourself from awful shamt
and disgrace by becoming morallv tit te
cope wnli life's daily problems aiid then
keening so.
toy That I Our.
Dr. A. T. I'ierson savs regarding the joy
that is ours in the contemplation of eternal
hie: "Do you know what eternal life i
One of the grandest conceptions ever put
beiore the human soul is the idea of criti
cal lite. It i much more than inunoi tahtv,
which 1 by no means avnonvmous with
cteinal life. Kternal life ha no beginning
lied it has no end. if you love God and
serve Hun you shall partake of the eternal
past of His being, a Hell a the eternal fu
ture. .lut as ttiieii you put a stijii into a
tree, the scion begins at once tu gat the
lenchi of all the pust years oi that tree's
life as well us its pieAnt vigor and powei
and fniitiuiiicss, so if you ure ingrafted
into God ail the eternal past Oi God con
tributes to your present securitv, yom
ir,it nt strength mid lo your future victory
and glory. Kternal life is bliss; eternal life
I power: eternal life is glory; eternal lift
I holiness, none of which things are neces
sary in inunoi tahtv."
AVIl limit io,l. - 1
I may be ngry with u man who might
carve statue and paint pirtuies if be pent
hi lite 111 making mock flowers out of wa
and paper, but when man who might
have God for company shiiu 1111 and di
own those very doors of hi nature
through which God can enter, and lives
without God, his loss is too dreidful to be
angry with. You merely mourn for him
ami long and try to help him 11 you can.
1'hillip ttrouki.. .
Lire,
To bv 1 more than to make a living.--Kam
Horn. ' '
Short and tone' Day.
The day la longer or shorter a yon
go north or south of the Equator. Off
Cape Horn, 58 degree aoutb latitude,
the day In mid winter are about nine
hours long. The longest day at Lon
don 1 sixteen hours and half; at
Ctockhblm. eighteen hour and a half;
at Hamburg, seventeen hour; at St.
Petersburg the longe. t day baa eigh
teen hour and the shortest Ave; at
Homea Jn Finlaad tho Umgost day hi
twenty-ono lyur and i a half n a
thortest twrf liourg , and a Jlglf; ot
Spitsbergen the longest day la Hire,
month and a half.
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
K. O. Dun &
trade suvs:
Co's weekly review of
"Husines continues to Improve, de-'
spite the, lifllctiltv of low temricr'itiircand1
high prices. W'entlier rotiilrTBiiis have
been si.'ictilitrly nnpt "jpltlotis. ifccp snow
retarding- distribution of meichatidiso
nnd exceisive cold delaying the opening;
of spi inir trade iind stniettirnl work. Yet
retui'tus sic ti,uki:is extensive prepara
tion, atul plan are submitted r,r num
erous htiilditiir operations. T'rospects
have improved on the Piiciflc coast,
where much needed rain hit fallen, nnd
reports from the South indicate ex
ceptions! prosperity. Htivers continue
to arrive Ht the lemhim markets, but the
volume or triple is restricted by high
prices, particularly for cotton goials.
'Ittilhvny eurti'Tiirs for February were
- 8 per cent, less tlinn last year, bad
weather restricting (rtilllc.
"An abundance' of the btivers In the
dry goods market failed to produce any
arge volume f business, although ther
is 11 disposition to udvnnce bids.
"Hecovcry in the raw mutcrlul cor
rected whatever tendejey there was Inst
week to make concessions on forward
business, ami the average of cotton goods
Is t the highest point of t he season.
Ibis imturnlh t hecks operation for the
future, pnrtictilHily u export trade,
which is very dull. Domestic liides are
weaker than is explained by tne season
able deterioration in quality.
"Failure this week in the United
States are 336, tiiraitist 210 Inst week, 27
the preceding w eek, and V3.D tA corres
ponding week last vear. l-Thurcs in
Oaunda number 27, nguinst 2'Jist week,
2U the preceding w eek, und 1U mat year."
WHOLESALE MARKETS.
Baltimore. FlourStrong; winter ex
tra. 4.004.37; tt Inter clem," 4.SUfA4.?S;
wintcrstiaiglit. o.Ooty,.!. 1,1; winter patent,
o.3()(,f.5.,5tij spring clear, 4. 4ili.o1. spring
straight. j.Oityj.l. l.V, spring- patent. 3.2a
5.00; receipts. 1 1.47.1 ImrieU evooi-ta
2,114 barrels. "'
Wltcnt Finn: fnot contra. -i 10.11
spot No. 2 red Western, 1.00. March.
ioi); v' 1'0:,,1; s,'""u'1' '-' reJ'
Corn Active: stmt. ,13 1.
March,
mixed.
oil-,'; April. .Vt..12i: steamer
ot; receipts. .):l,47 bushels:
77.142 btishi'N.
exports,
Outs-Firmer: No. 3 white. 4s': Vo 2
mived, 4-1U,",40: recemts. 1 7. 4 IS inisbola.
Bye Firm; No. 2, 71: No. 3 Western,
7; receipts. 1.310 bushels.
Hay Firm: No. 1 tiniothv iiiii,,nii,,l,
No. 1 clover mixed, unchanged. 0
wrsm fietghts- Dull nml tiuclianged.
New York ButterFirm; extra tiesb
creamery. 31; cienmerv, commou to
choice. lliS'J.IJ; imitarion rreamerv. 14..al
IS; Mate daily. 14ui21; renovated. 12(.'tJ
IS: held creamery. 1422, fnctorv. 124
fell.
Cheese Steady; State, full crenm,
small colored, September, 12: do. lata
made. 104; do. small, white. Jo., 13; do.
lute made, HU: do. large, colored, do.,
12; do. lute made, 10 J; do. large, w hite,
thi.. 12; do. late made, 10V.
Kggs Firm; State und Pcmisvlvituia
neiir by avernire. tint'st, 23; iRi. seconds
to llists, 21, 'Western, tirsts. 21.
Flour Receipts. 11.015 barrel: ex
ports, ((,3,11 bir.rcls; rlrm in sympathy
with wheat; Minnesota patent. 3.23vi
5-uo; Minnesota bakers, 4.30ii4.70. win
ter putt'iits, 3.00.1.33: whiter straights,
4.75!c3.0ii; tvintor extras. 8. 50o8. 75;
winter low grades. S.l.luidl.SO.
Rye Flour Finn; fair to good, 3.93
4.10; choice to fancy, 4.2()(VJ4li0.
Buckwheat Flour Dull; 2.Khg;2.10.
Coi uinea! - Firm, vellotv Western. 1.10;
city, 1.0S; kilti-drieif, 2.90(3.00.
Uny- Sleiidy; shipping, 034373: good
to choice. l)1(f, 1.(11.
Hops-Finn; Stiite, common to choice,
ll)o:i. 30t,(t,.ls: l'.)U2. 24ej52tl; olds. 10(r313;
Pad lie coast. 1001, 2713; 10j2, 24ui27";
olds. lOiijl.1.
Hides Finn; Galveston, 20 to 25
pounds, IS; California, 31 to 23 pounds,
10: Texas dry, 34 to 3d pounds, 14.
Potatoes-Steady. Long Island, 3.003
3.30: Jerseys, 2 731.23; "forsev, sweets,
1.30i;4.00; State and Western, sacks,
JolOtfl,'.' 70. '
Pctiuut Firm: l.t::cy hand-picked, 3i;
otlier doiiicstic, duid.
Cabbages -Steady; domestic, per ton,
23.0i)u7,a3 00; per 100. .I.OOieiSO.iK).
Live Stotk.
ClilKitgo. Cattle Market nominal;
good to prime steers. 4 00i53.73; poor to
medium. 3.304.S0; stocber aud feeders,
?.30t(84.13; cows, l.UOtjs-l.OO: heifers, 2.00
444.73; ciuincrs, I.ti0ia2.00; bulls, 2.0lij
4.00. citlvcs, 3.00ta,0.30.
Hogs -Market 0 to 10c higher; mixed
and but. -hers. 5. 13(S3.8i); good to choice
heavy f 3.43 3.37:; rough, heavy. 6.10O
5.40; light. !.03(a,3.20: bulk of sales, 5.10
3.40.
Sheep Market ste-u!v; lamb steatly;
pood to choice wet Iter. sM'Oftj-I.SO; fair
to choice mixed, 3.504.23. Western
Sheep. 4 20(j3.l0; uativc lambs. 2.73Q
5.23; Western lambs. 4.00(0.00.
SCIENCE A.0 INBtSTRY.
Bus-sin hul 130 regiment of mounted
Cossacks.
Canada's stnndiog army average 25,
900 etTcctive men.
Qrecisn women bad longer feet tbao
the nveiage man has uow.
The Turi'S alway eat their opium,,
while thu Chinese smoke It.
Turkish womeu eat rose leave witb
butter to secure plumpness.
The United States bought from Canada
In 190a t412.2tl8.5b3 worth. '
Toe mandolin is constructed upon th
same principle, as a violin..
Kangaroo farming Is to become an e
Itsbllbhcd institution In Australia.
The bonds of the Philippine Island!
are tpioted higher Ibau British consul.
The atmospheric pressure on a man of
average stature Is about ttfteeu ton.
Due pound of cork is tiitHcient to cup
port u iniiu of ordinary si.e in the water,
Kight mills at Harbin produced, dur
ing lost October, 3,b00 barrels of wheat
Hour.
The total annual revenue of Russia,
Recording to the lust report, was 11,011.
13S.000. A Russian licttteuant get about $200
a year. 11 captain about $100, aud
major $430.
The I'uited Sastc tell lu Franco
000,tK0 worth a vear and buy but 4J,.
000. (KM.
There I now no pitchblende, from
which radium Is extracted, for n!e at the
Austrian mines. f
The 4ii-st threihlut machine wa m.
contly act up la Dnniascti. It i a (team
thresher from ludiaua. j
1 Cremation establishment, under th
control of the government, are (o be
found in the obicf clue of Japaa.
The export of dour from the United
State last yror were greater Baa eve
before about 20,000.000 barrel.
The pearl oyster I, strictly speaking.
a mussel, Tje lloe pearl are caused bf,
incrustation around a paiatltrc worm.
The uew Cuban tariff make an In-
crraee of 15 to 3U per cent, on nil but 33
of tiie UlU article uow en the tariff Ihtt.
Inrftnoof war I rauee I prepared to
Dut 870 out of every 1.000 of her nor.nl..
lion in the tleU, Ucrmauy. 810; Ruula.