a. i: INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT fright Sunday Sermon By Ret. John D. Long. Some Whokion Asvlcs About Presenl-Dsy Problems Diicooteot tod Rtmedy. BABVLO.t, L. I. In the old First I'res byterian Church here, Sundiiy morning the Kev. John D. Loin, pastor, jiresehcd on "The Industrial Conflict." The text wu from Kcclesiastes ii:J: "What hutb a man (or all hia labor!" Mr. Long said: The writer of this text was ankiiiR a tc the rewards of life. Let us accnmniodati it to the conflict now waglnq between cap ital and labor. It is the old question ol the laborer and his hire. What are th teachings ol Holy Writ on the question? Here, as elsewhere, wo believe that thi 'Gospel applies, for as Kuskin suggests, tin (iospel bears upon life at every point, and is either good for everything or good fot nothing. Civilization Is based upon labor human, animal, mechanical. What we call capita! f is at bottom only accumulated labor. Tin day laborer lays brick in a wall; that il labor. He raves up a part of his wage, and that becomes capital. Mechanical la bor. by which most of the world's work i) now done, is human labor invested in ma chinery, and working through the same. Of eourne. money or capital is secured not only through saving and invention, but in many other ways; yet human effort is back of it all, and it becomes a sort ol call loan upon the bank of labor. Was it not Kmerson who said, "He that hath a , dollar is master of all to the extent of that dollar?" Vat fortunes have been piled up by thoie who have invented machines by which mechnnisin may take the plnce ol human 'mucin. Thus tho inventor is en abled to draw th wages of thousands. W all know how largely the machine has su perseded the nnkeit hand in the manufac ture of a thousand and one articles ol daily use. Take, lor example, pins and needles and nails. To be sure, many (rrcat fortunes hav been made by other nuans thai, by ma chinery, but in the main the wealth ol modern times is founded upon mechanical labor. Before asking what the letter or spirit ol the Bible teaches on the tabor question, let us face the situation of to-day. Organixerf labor and capital are in conflict. " 'flier are strikes and rumors of irii;es. Kach H ike is a battle in th-j war. It may be well to observe that organized labor has as yet oniy a fraction of the tuluf labor army, but it ;s a fraction that is in creasing. Why this warfare? Because labor on th one hand is dissatisfied with its ajiic ol the rewards of industry, and bemu e. or. the other, capital eo:istant'y --'c';s to re duce the cost 01 production by opsonins the demands of labor. ()ther iaclors, however, enter into th ituation. One arises from the d ve'iop nient of the modern corporation Wli.-th er corporations have nouls or not. tin y laci in large meaiire the element of personality and the personal touch. "Men who n-nr!. for a corporation are working in the main for an unknown entity. Now, e reincm ber that among the o'.d-tmie Romans tin word for utranger was also the word 101 enemy. Further, there has been much dishonesty In corporate dealings. Take such things ai the corrupt purchase of public fiiuieiilsei be.ow value, the increase in cost of certain necessities of life by reason of unjust com binations to keep up prices. These and o'her similar crimes aguiust the commu nity have done much to inflame not onlv labor, but the general public agaiusl capi tal. Also, the rising standard of life, bv which the living wage gets further nnd further from the meagre pittance that would iuf-"-e to support the frugal Chinaman, lead the laborer to constantly demand a more and more generous wage. Still other grounds of hostility might bo referred to, such as the natural, though sinful, envy of the rich by the poor; the ostentatious luxury of the rich, the growth of class distinctions between the poor and the rich and the inequality of pecuniary rewards. The men who discovered the priceless boon of anesthesia who found that surgery might be rendered painless by the use ot such agents a chloroform and ether gained but little money from their discoveries. They doubtless might have traded on the world's fear of pain, and by using the patent laws and secrecy secured wealth beyond the dreams of avarice, but , to their honor they did not. On the other band, the men who introduced such im- , proved and cheapened methods as the Bes seiner process of producing steel gained money by the hundred millions. So peo ple are tempted to as!t, "Have not some men been rather selfish, to say the least, in the acquisition of their wealth? .And may they not have obtained a little more than their share?" Before we go further let us ask what it to be the probable outcome of the war be tween labor and capital? Is it an irrepres sible conflict, or can the opposing interests be reconciled? The answer is already be ing given. Take such a situation as may now be seen in the coal trade 01 Chicago. After bitter fighting the dealers and the teamttcrs have come toge ther to monopo lize the coal trade of the city and keep out all competition. Wages and pi oh is have been put tip at the expense ot the outside public. Ibis is likely to go on more and more. The ultimate outcome, unless the tend ency is checked, will be organization all along the line until we have collectivism a vast organized machine, in which men will be cogs and individual initiative and per sonality will be restricted to an extent that wi.l largely arrest the progress of civiliza tion. But let us take a breath and turn to the Bible. W hat are the teachings of the Bible in regard to labor and wealth? The Old -testament is plainly anti-capitalistic. In lllm j,uu ,lave dui to read tne laws regarding capital in the Book of Leviticus --laws that, it enforced, would compel .plain living aa surely at the iron coin oi spuria. Hear what was laid down there. Land wat allotted in small parcels to the families of the tribes, and could not be alienated except for the term of fifty years. And ye .hall hallow thit fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the u n Snt0 '! the inhabitants thereof; it snail be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return eveiy man unto hit possession, and ye shall return every man unto hit family." (Leviticus xxv: 10). ' n'er."t -uld not be charged on loam. And If thy brother be waxen poor, and fa Hen in decay with thee; then thou .halt relieve him; yea, though h be a ttranger ?,r i0l'"fr; that he may live with thee, lhou shalt not lend In in thy money upon usury, nor lend bira thv victual for "crease." (Leviticus xxv:33-). finally, there was th ttatute of limita tions with reference to loans. "At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a re lease. And thit it the manner of the re lease; every creditor that lendeth augiit unto bit neighbor thall release it." lLeu teronomy xv:l-2). The attitude of the Old-Tettament to ward wealth is perhaps best reflected in t.l"y,r .f Agur ''Giv me neither poverty nor richct fcn I be full. nd,d7;rh. d say, Who it the Lorflf Slf-aoS1 Goi " Y,i0" (Proverb. I need hardly remind yoo that the great character dominating every page of tht ew Tettament was a poor man, without lousy or home. Hit attitude toward laboi a tut one band and capital on the othas may be imagined. It is well put by ui. Heiiry J. Van Dyke: "Never in a costly palace did I rest 01 golden bed, Never in a hennit'i cavern have I eaten idle bread. Born within a lowly stable, where the cat- tie round lie stood. Trained a carpenter in Kuarctb, I have toiled and found it (cod. They who tread the path of labor follow , where My feet have trod; They who work without complaining do the holy will of God. Where the many toil together, there am I among My owa; Where the. tuvd. workman tleepeth, there am t with him alone. I, the ptwe that passeth knowledge, dwell amid the daily strife. I, the bread of heaven, am broken in the sacrament of life. ' While there is never any bitterness in the Master's utterance regarding wealth, His views may be readily gathered from such parables as that of Dives and Lazarus (Luke xvi:1U). Again, we have the same attitude in the passage on the camel and the needle's eye (Matthew xix:23). Not only was the Lord poor, but His apostles were all poor men, who placed no value on wealth. Paul, the greatest of apostolic preachers, supported liitncit" bv manual labor, and taught "They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and per dition. For the Irte of money is the root of all evil" (I. Timothy vi:U-10). On the whole, the attitude of the New Testament is one of warning against the seductions of wealth. The evangelical churches stand upon the word of Scripture, and so in svinp'-mv with labor. In fact, of some 7.0JO.U0O of male members in the evangelical churclict of our land, not less than 6,UUv,UiX) are wage earners or manual laborers. So that the claim that the modern church lias de parted from the position occupied by the apostolic church is not well founded. , What, then, from tlvj letter and spirit of the Bible in connection with the teachings of experience is to be suggested as a means of curing the quarrel betweeu labor and capital ? First, let there be clo.'cr personal rela tions between the rich and the poor. Let them meet together in the fellowship of Hod's house nnd the Divine Fatherhood. Out of mutual acquaintance will come mu tual respect, and a recognition oi u cjiu mnn humanity. You may ivmembcr Emerson's storv of the quarrel between the mountain and tiie squirrel, where he says: "The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel, And tiie former called the latter 'Little prig.' Hun replied, 'Vou are doubtless very b'j. But all sorts of taings ami weather Must be taken in togei.li?" To make up a year And a sphere And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. If I'm not ns lar-e as you, Vou are not so small as i; And not half so spry. I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel tracit. I'alents differ, all is well and wisy put; If 1 cannot carry forests on my back, Neither can you crack a nut." Then there should be a deeper interest taken by capital in the financial well-being of labor. Such devices as profit sharing, old age pensions and the like will give the workman a sei-.se of greater security and of partnership with capital. Interest taken in the proper housing of la'.ior, although not always appreciated, is in the riht line. So, too, the introduction of the social secretary as an intermediary between the corporation and the employe. Another thing needed, not so much in the interests of labor or capital, but in the interests of the innocent non-combatants, is compulsory arbitration, applied at least where the public sutlers intolerable incon-venknc-, as in the case of a reihoad, tele graph or coal strike. Compulsory arbitrn tion may not always be satisfactory to the combatants, but it is essential to the pjaue and comfuit m those not involved in tho controversy. This remedy, or military con trol, as iu the recent railway strikes in Holland and Austriu, should be used to protect the public. The sovereign remedy, however, must he not by recourse to legal means, but by the npp.ication of the royal law. James (ii:Hi, after speaking ot the relations between the rich and the poor, says: "If ve fulfill the royal iaw according to the Scripture, thou shalt love chy neighbor as thyself, ye do well." This it the aqua regia, the roval solvent, in which we may solve all tiie hard asperities of conflicting interests. Only as men come to know Cod through Christ, whom He has sent, and so come to love tiieir fellow men, will it be possible to solve these quentions of controversy in a way tiiat will insuro the permanent pro gress of our civilization. What we need, after all, is not measures, but men. "The world wanta men large hearted, mai.ly men; Men who shall join in chorus and prolong The psalm of labor and of lve. The age wants heroes heroes who shall dare To struggle in the solid ranks of truth; To clutch the monster, ctror, by the throat; To bear opinion to a loftier seat; To blot the error of oppression out, Aud lead a universal freedom in." Facet That Comfort One. "I wish some people knew just how much their facet can comfort one!" The epeuker was a young woman who had passed through deep sorrows; she was tell ing a friend how muny people comforted her, though they were unconscious of it. The Kpworth Herald tells the story. "I oflen ride down in the same street car with your father, and it has been such a help to me to sit next to him. There is something to good and strong and kind about bim, it has been a comfort just to feel he was beside me. Sometimes, when I have been utterly depressed and dis couraged, he has seemed somehow ' to know just the right word to say to me; but, if he didn't talk, why I just looked at his face, and that helped me. He prob ably has not the least idea of it, for I know him so slightly, and I don't suppose people half realize, anyway, how much they are helping or hindering others!" There is a great deal of this unconscious kindness in the world. Moses wist not that his face shone. The best people are not aware of their goodness. According to the old legend, it was only when.it fell behind him, where he coulil not see it, that the saintly man's shadow healed the tick. Thit is a parable. Goodnessthat i aware of itself has lost much of its charm. Kindnesses that are done unconsciously mean the most. Dseeptlon. The one who successfully deceives an other makes it hard for himself afterward when the deception thall have been discov eredat it it sure to be in time. He will alwaya be distrusted, no matter whether he it again attempting deception or not. The only method that wins clear to the end it honesty Wellspring. The "Bant" rorblddtn. We forbid the bant between rum, relig ion and politic of whatever party aud whatever sect, and in the name of God and humanity, we proclaim a union holy and indissoluble, of affection as well at ol interest, between temperance, religion and politics of eB7 party and every auct. S'eal Deal. Oddity of 8carlet Fever. A singular case hag Just come to light In Brooklyn. Two children in a family had acarlet fever In IU most virulent form, and sleeping In the same bed with them during their 111 nBi was brother of two and half years. This youngster was In nowise affected. ''You should have isolated the patients," someone said to the father, who exclaimed; "Isolate! Iso late! When all we live bad to live In was two rooms!" One of the boys who had the fever Is now so tender skinned that the softest undershirt causes great "pain, while the other Is so tough that a leather s,trap can't hurt him. . Marked Turtle Recaptured. George 8. Gillette of Mllford. Conn., anil tila inn AanturAft a turtle, and. making a close examination, found 00 Its shell D. N. C, 1844 These are thelhe bankrupt and can Insist upon .... ... 1 1 . n.wl I n rrm In r.uu hit hnllaVfiS Initials or uavia n. uiar 01 tne same r cou i- - - -town, an energetic old gentlemaa the bankruptcy was brougnt bdoui now In UU 83d year. with dishonest InUnUons- THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL. LESSON COMMENTS FOR AUCUST 14. Sntijertt Ohaillah anil Klijnli, t King., xvlll., 1-10-Oolileti Text, I Kltig-s. xvlll., 19 Mmiiorv Verses, 3, o Com mentary ou the, l)y'i Lesson. I. Elijah goes to meet Ahab (vs. 1, 2) I. "Many days." Tiie waiting time m.is: haveseemed long to Elijah. "The thir J year. It is sunnosed that hn ihi-lr hr the Cherith about a year ami at Zar ' pnatn two years and six mouths. It was now in the third year since he went to arephath. "do." F.lijah made no move only as he had directions from God. The time had come when the people were in- a state of mind to receive the benefit God intended them to receive through the ter rible calamity that btl.l rmni. ii-.tm llip-n "L'nto Ahab." The King had' remained I obdurate and unretornied. Anotiier op portunity was to be given him of repent aiice, and hlijah was scut in order to de clare to him the cause of tho national judgment and to promise him. on condi tion of his removing it, the immediate messing ot rain. 2. "hlijah went." A marvelous proof of the natural intrepidity of this p:opliet. or his moral courage and his unfaltering confluence 111 the protecting care of Hod, that he ventured to approach the presence oi the raging lion. "Sore famine. While it is clear, from chapter 17: 12-14. that the famine extended oeyond the Kingdom of Israel, it is still piouabl. that it was es pccially oppressive in Samaria and the provinces immediately adjacent. Corn must have been obtained tor the people from F.gypt or the adjoining countries, else life could not have been sustained so long. II. Ahab and Obadiah searehirj for food (vs. 3-6). 3. "Oiiaduih." There are no less than twelve men by this mnic re ferred to iu the Old Testament. The most conspicuous among them was O'o.tdiaii. tiie prophet. "Governor." lie was an otik-et of high rank and great influence in Ahab' court. "Feared the Lord." It is, indeed, very remarkable that. Oliadiah, devout worshiper of .lehovah, was allowed to re tain his position when Jezebel was putting forth every etfort to rid the country 01 , God's true followers. Xo doubt it was because Obadiah could be trusted. He was a man of integrity and industry just the sort of a man that Ahab would wish to appoint over his liuuseiio.il. It is not uncommon to find wicked 1. en and hater of Christianity employing Christians pre ferably to others, simply because it is to their interest to do so 4. "Cut off the prophets." The story of Jezebel's slaughter of the prophet is not given us, but it is referred to in this les son aud in chapter 1'J: 1014. Not satis tied in establishing the worship of Bial, this wicked woman undertook to exter minate tne prophets of the jxird. This persecution she had probably ordered in vengeance oecause hlijah could not be found, and on suspicion that they were privy to his concealment. Xo doubt the larger number whom Jezebel cut olf were sons of the prophets, those who belonged to the schoo.s of the prophets, which we learn from 2 Kings 2 were both numerous and largely frequented. It was h of these men whom Obadiah saved in the time of persecution. "By fifty." That is, he hid them ill two caves, fifty in each. These were they of whom the world was not worthy, mentioned in Hob. 11: 3S us noble exemplars of faith. "Fed them." This was done secretly, at his own ex pense, and at the risk of losing his posi tion and his life, and would, therefore, be a strong proof that lie was a true wor shiper of Jehovah. 3. "Go through the land" (It. V.) It is said to be a custom iu the Fast. when, a public calamity reaches its highest point, for the King himself and his chief minister to go forth and seek relief. This shows further how high was the position of Obailiah in the service nnd conudence of the King. I II. Elijah meets Obadiah (vs. 7-16) . 7. "Met him." Deeming it imprudent to rush without previous intimation into the presence of Ahab. the prophet solicited Obadiah to announce his return to the King. "Knew him." The prophet's garb would make him easy to recognize, and he must have been seen more than once in Samaria. "On his face." To Oba diah hlijah was God's true representative. By his actions Obadiah showed his pro- ...l B.l .1 "Is it thou?" (K. V.) His language and' actions are full of emotion and surprise. Is it thou, to find whom every royal de vice has been exhausted; thou, Elijah, in broad davlight, right here near the gates of Samaria! 8. "Tell thy lord." It would be news of great interest to the King. 9. "Wherein have 1 sinned" (K. V.) Obadiah' fear is very natural. He is asked to carry a message to Ahab, which another disappearance of Elijah may seem to make untrue, iu which case the wrath of the King would fall upon him. "To slay me." Thus we tee hdw Obadiah dis trusted Ahab. 10. "No nation," etc. Of course, Obadiah's words only apply to those countries immediately around Israel into which hlijah - could be supposed to have fled for refuge. But he employs the 'language of Oriental hyperbole, so fre quently found in the Old Testament. I00K an oath. lie caused eacn nation , ... uniu....K. i.i.. I fofmiilltr nlliriti nml su-enr ' that the prophet was not in their terri tory. This shows tne influence Ahab must have had over the surrounding na tions. 12. "The tpirit shall ca.-ry t..ee." Thit i..ay be an allusion to the sudden disappearance of 1 lij.ih after he announced the drought to Ahab. Evident ly Obadiah regarded Khjah's concealment as only possible through divine assistance. "I fear the Lord." This and the following verse was not spoken in a boast ing spirit, but merely to disclose to the prophet hi true character and thus mine Elijah to spare him from what seemed to him to be almost certain death. The true worshipers had not all perished; there were some who still held to the pure re ligion of Jehovah. 13. "Was it not told." Obadiah's thought seems to be that Elijah -could believe nothing but evil of one who was in the household of Ahab. 15, It). After Elijah had dispelled all the appre hensions of Obadiah and had positively as- .aerted that he would show himself to Ahab that day, Obadiah corn-eyed the prophet t message to the King. IV. Elijah meett Ahab (vs. 17-19). When Elijah and Ahab met. the King said: "Are thou he that troubleth Israel?" In thi question he really charged hlijah with bringing the famine upon the nation. Ahab thought to awe him into submission, but the proohet boldly told the King that the cause of the national calamity was trace able to hi own ungodly doing in forsak ing the Lord and establishing Baal wor ship in the land. He then demanded of . Abab ti.at he gather all Israel and the &50 prophets of Baal and Asherah upon Mount Camel. Inn Ahab proceeded to do. Lives In a Tree. Perched In a tree, from which he declines to descend, day or night, while any one Is in sight, E. L. Latch well of Washington, D. C, Is puzzling the people of Frederick's Hall, Louisa county, Va. Latchwell says that he was pur sued by dogs, snakes and people un til be deemed It advisable to get off the earth. He chose a tree as the most convenient method. As be de clines to come down, the people bring him food regularly and put It at the foot of the tree, where be gets It when the coast Is clear. Good Bankruptcy Laws. In Norway and Sweden the only thing for a creditor to do Is to send In tils claims and make sure that the same are reoognlsel. After this has been done be baa the right to refuse tn accent the propositions offered by EPWDRTH LEAGUE LESSONS AUGUST FOURTEENTH. Obeying When Obedience It Hard Gen. 22. 18. Vhere pIsp Is there pictured such a keen tent 01 obeillf n? It makes us shudder td bhud that nobleman going Into tho land of Monuh wlih his mm. A tedious three-days' Journey It Is. What a long, time In wlnc.i to woihIt at God'H command! What a chance foi Satan to get In his fierce temptations! Think you the evil on.) was asleep during those days of ugon'izing sus pense? By no menus. But Abra ham was proof against all nssault. In his Inmost heart he was loyal. God always defends Us trusting and obe dient ones. That was the perfection of trust and confidence In God. At. this climax his obedience wan as thoroughly test ed as If he bad actually xacrnicfd bis son. "Lay not thine hatnl tipon the lad," was said only after the lust opportu nlty for faltering was past, and Isaac was saved to carry forward God's plan for the development of the race. Abraham drew aside the curtain of the future and gave us a glimpse, of the greatest events In hl.stoiy, though he knew It not. "God will provide a lamb." That was the revelation Centuries roll away and on another mount oven Mount Calvary the Lamb provided from eternity Is sacrl fled for the sins of a guilty world. What an Impression the scene on Mount Morlah must have made upon Isaac! The p:lvllege of Impressing the vital truth of atonement upon the ages was awarded Abraham as a mer It of obedience. Men seek blessings In many ways, but there is only one sure path to them; that is the path of obedience. Losses outside the path of duty are real and often very disastrous. In that path they are only apparent, and Invariably Issue In gaun. Obedience walks in a nn 1 row way, but the way always leads upward tc larger vision and grander experiences. At first obedience Is uphill work, but having persisted in It sutHclently the gravity changes ami we ure drawn upward as plainly as before we were diawn downward. The moment our lines are given to God In uncompromising obedience there comes to us a strength dJvlne which overcomes all foes. The high value of simple obedience Is Illustrated In the case of a French soldier who mounted the battlements of a besieged town without orders, which resulted in its capture. For his biavery he was made a knight, and then hung for disobedience. When any plain command Is glvn It is not ours to question, to reason, to wonder. It Is ours Just to obey. It is ours to do as ordered by Him who has a light to command. Duty Is ours. Results are God's. How grand the life of habitual, tinaestionlug obe dience! AUGUST FOURTEENTH. "Obeying When Obedience is Hard." Gen. 22:1-8. Scripture Verses. Lev. 20:3-12; Deut. 6:17,18,21,25; 30:9,10; Ps. 1:1-3; 25:1-5; 19:7-14; 24:3-5; 119; 1,2,6,45.72, 97-104,105; Prov. 3:1-4; Isa. 48:18; Jer. 17:5-8. Letson Thoughts. Mere promises, wltnout action, do not constitute obedience. The rainbow Is beautiful, but we value It most be cause God has fulfilled the promise which it represents. So any promise of obedience, however beautiful in itself, needs fulfillment to give it value with God. We cannot obey God unless we know what his will is. If we wish to obey we will seek to know his will. Selections. If the little things have a right to your obedience there is as great glory In obeying them as In obeying greater things. A ship that disregards Its rud der because the rudder is a slight thing, would soon come to ruin. Heed the smallest hint of conscience. He who has followed God's messages on earth has at last another message to follow, and according to the faith fulness with which he has heard and obeyed here will be the confidence and gladness with which he will follow the last. God help us so to follow every voice of his providence which leads us to his service here, that when the last voice comes, before which tlw human spirit naturally shrinks and sinks, we will rise up and follow, doubting nothing, and swiftly go up, clasping the hand of the angel until we clasp the hand of Christ him self. Obedience Implies that some one else Is In charge. Then some one else Is responsible for the results. It may look to us as If a given course would mean failure, but tue outcome rests with the one that makes the plan and marks out our 'part In It. If God's ways are ways of wisdom, then there Is no cause for us to worry about what will happen It we follow bis clear leading. His leadership insures suc cess, and our safety is in following. Marie Antoinette's Parasol. A parasol used by Queen Marie An tolnette has recently been sent to a London house to be brought up to date The stick, which, after tho fashion of those primitive sunshades, doubles up Is of Ivory, but almost covered with beautifully chased gold, studded with turquoises, pearls and diamonds. The handle, where it Joins the stick, rep resents a tiny gold kennel with a microscopic dog at the far end, and on the top, above the silk, Is a carved gold ball wirniounted by a figure not uire than an inch high. The parasol was covered with gobelin blue silk, lined with pink, edfed with a frayed out pinked ruche and a bow outside. Lattoed His Big Catch. Frank Rogers of South Orrlngton has quite a fish tied up at bis wharf on the river shore. He caught a ttur geon 8 feet long, weighing 250 pouuds, in bis salmon nut, and baa him fast ened by a rope so tuat he can swim around In the creek. People who wish to see him pull bira ashore, and after the Inspection the bg sturgeon wiggle.) back into deep water. The sight Is quite a treat to those who have never seen quite so large a Bsb, any manytembrace the opportunity. Kennebec Journal. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOMfi STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. "I nro IVer" A KeinarkaMn Parody rtr Longfellow's Hiawatha Which I Es perlnlly Appllrnhln to the pTMenl SituationPoverty In lluinprr. Like the strokes of heavy hammers On the solid rocky pavements. Kali the iron-circled hoof-brats Oi the brtwcr'e mighty C'ydcsda'eg. With the jnnnliuit of the harness, And the crushing, grinding thunder Of the JiiKgernaut behind them, Hushing from the lofty portal Wide and solid, high-arched portal Of the brewer's gloomy castle, Huilt with dead walls far extended Khn-h along the public footway Mined beneath tne reeking dungeons, Kat-infested reeking caverns nw i.r,..i i,,i ..-..i, i:.. Drives the monster wain deep-loaded. Wide and high and strangely freighted! W ho so comes with bursting thunder? What so ponderous encumbers Maosive car and street and city Till the stagnant air mint shudder; Window, pave and spire all shudder! And a voice from out the black vaults Hollow HouncU, but dread and near; "I am lieer'." O'er dull piles of brick and mortar Far and broad and blankly ranging lli-c like towers black-throated chllnlii-J From the modern feudal c-axtlcs Of the modern inaister barons. Mender, tall, cloud belching chimneys, N'uht and day belch brooding shadows. O'er the towns still brood their shadow! In the wide and dim recesses 'Mid the grinding ami the splashing, '.Mid the steaming and the stirring, '.Mid the soaring and the rotting, Oiant arms ply in the mash tubs. Men like solemn ghosts are walking '.Mid the monster vats and watching All the mixing and the fuming, All the frothing and the stinking Ot the yeasty witch-broth making, Which for turning sense sodden Claims the price of half the comfort Of the home-life of the humble. Who has built this pile so sombre? Who beclouds the town and city? Who no tricks the stupid workman Of the weal of wife and children; From the wide and dim recesses Louies a thick and drowsy murmur: "leh va Bier!" Mirk the vicious, hissing faucet, Like the serpent tongue of Helen! !See the mighty foaming beakers. Like the deadly foam-capped surges See the mighty foaming beakers. F"or Columbia sixteen gallons To each soul of seventy millions! O (iambrinus, in Valhalla, How much tills a .Sixou pirate? Four and fifty for Bavaria! F'or Britannia seven and thirty! Seven and thirty for each ini'ant, Thirsty father, youth and mother, From the wage one hundred dollars Lost to every beery household! Oh! the long and cruel winter! Oil ! the famine and the fever! Who brings poverty in bumpers.' Itolis the man and loots the cottage? ' Builds great paunches, weak and slushy? Lays pink skins on mucles flabby? (living stupor for ambition? Making mothers harsh and bleary, Whiles embruting sons and fathers? Who debars the weary soldier From the health in God-made nectar? Who serves every vicious contact, Stirring up the human ferment ' From the "bureau oi statistics," FVom the canteen nnd the barracks, l'rom the hovel and the revel, "Midways" of the world and "Plazas," F'rom the gaudy corner taproom. From the reeking, tilthy basement, And the foulness of the brothel From each cursed trap and vice den All may hear: Voiced iu multitudinous concert, "I am beer!" fn the halls of legislation Sits the bloated god of Mashpot, And the courtiers pale before him When the pri thood call and beckon Pushing pursy powerful lobbies! The He-public's pliant consuls, Delve in foreign lands and cities Seeking channels of new trattie, Laying far worlds under tribute F'or the overflow of maelstroms, F'roth of maelstroms ever whirling, Swirling, seething, weltering, steaming, In the bowels of the castles I'ndcr pressure 1 id eruptive Like the waters of Mont Pelee. In the heavens appeared a wonder (in the heaven nr. somewhat under.) I Men who loved to pay high taxes! I'll, cue wonoer 01 excises: Oh, the dragor.s of the cities! Oh, the Mayors and the council! t Oh, the constables and sheriffs! Oil, the wonder of the people! F'or the beast, that often wounded, Lived, and still "spake as a dragon:" "While you make our htisinc legal Tax us, tax us; we enjoy it! We will make you roads and bridgis. Pave the streets and lay the gutters, Build poor houses and asylum; High or low, still issue license, And in any way 'restrict' us; Let us live, and name your contract!" ''Fairly spoken," shout the -apers, "Fairly spoken." said our statesmen; "Fairly spoken," echoed people; Politician all applauded. Village papers, and great dailies! "Free pre" of a Christian country! Who to Cabinet and Congress Comes with nower and ready acc-es? Who enthrones the soulless Mammon, Lord of "Christian" town and cities? Who, alas! herd Christian voters With the banded rogue and robbers, All the trucklers and the jobbers, After seneuies at best "commercial?" Gunned the beast and with a leer: "Find the name marked in their fore heads. Every man as he hat voted," uid the dragon: ."I am Peer!" Leaning from the walls of jasper All the angels blushed and whmpercd; "Ah, ala! what do men worship When they look and act to queer?" But the ancient time-win Devil, With derisive blink and sneer. Laughed outright; the vhiles tl.e dragon shouted: "I am Beer!" --A. E. Allaben, in The Xcw Voice. The Crutada In llrlef. The Oakland City (Ind.) temperance people are gaining in their fight against the saloon. The colored people are tailing iu line for the Anti-Saloon League. The alcoholic subject has become to prominent a part of the evila of the world that clergymen must be trained to meet aud teach the public it extent and how to remove it. Of the 22.153 persons arrested in New York City charged with olfensrs of disor derly conduct, 1M,770 admitted being intox icated. Of the balance over 2miu were ob viously drinking at the time of arret. and were inebriate. The saloon business in St. Louis, it is said, ia almost entirely in the baud of the Germ a and the Italian. The jail iu thirty seven Kansas coun ties are without a tingle inmate. Prohi bition in Kansas prohibit more than ninety-five per cent. Every Sunday-achool thould have a temperance library, at least torn tem perance book 10 the i.jrary. The tiae of tht library it of lest couaetmenre than the quality of the book. A theological seminary of (he Free Lu theran Church in Minnesota hat taken up the subject of "Alcohol and the Drink Evil," A course of lecture hat been liv en to iU students, to which clergymen and lecturer of all the Norwegian teinperaaee aatocutions have been invited mw Lire's Weaving-. We are weaving the thread of our life web, Day by day; And it colors are sometimes somW, Somi times gay, For we dye with every passing thought, And with words and deeds is the pattern wrought. The pattern will grow into likenr Of our creed. If the thought be loving and tender, Fair the deed. It glows with a beauty rich and rare, And its fadeless colors arc passing fair. Hut, alas! it is interwoven Oft with sin. And the somber thread of an evil thought Is woven in. The pattern is n. aired as the shuttles fly And the colors fade as the days go by. We are weaving our webs for eternity, Day by day. If we make the pattern beautiful As we may The Master-weaver will, one by one, 'lust the glowing colors anl sav, "Well done!" Our weaving days will be orc liy and by. And the busy shuttles motionless And silent be. God grant that each weaver may do hit Vhat his finished fabric may stand the lest . Pittsburg Christian Advocate. Runstilne In the Bout. A little church in Connecticut was hold ing special services, having an evangelist nnd a singer of some note as assistant to the pastor. 'T want you to make a visit with me this afternoon," said the minister to his helpers. Vou want us both;-" asked the sinscr. "Yes, both, and you especially. There is a young woman who has been ill for a long time, ami who has been inti rested in these meetings. I wish you to meet her. Kvery day she inquire about the work, and it will do her good for manv a weary month to come if you will go with me nnd say a word of comfort and sing a hymn for her." The three men went together, and to gether they entered the sick chamber, a little room not over twelve feet square, in which the young woman had been ly ing helpless for sixteen years. Stricken down in the midst of a haopy girlhood, she had spent the remaining years of youth upon a bed of suffering, from which she never rose. So had passed the dawn and the morning of her young woman hood. She hail entered early middle life with the prospect of long years to live, yet with no hope of improvement. She was never free from pain, nnd as her suf ferings increased her bodily powers were failing one by cue. There remained only the capacity to know and to sillier. Above the bed was a mechanical contrivance bv which she was daily lifted while the bed was changed. It was a painful undertak ing and not needlessly prolonged, and when it had been completed there re mained nothing more for the day but to wait and bear the constant pain. The hearts of the visitors sank as they entered the room and learned the story of the woman they had come to visit. What word oi cheer coulil thev sav to lier, what song of hope could they sing? Hut the voice in which she spoke to them was not the querulous voice of nn invalid. The tone was one of habitual patience, thrilling now with the joy of this unexpected visit. It was not hard to speak words of cheer to her. Indeed, it was hardly possible to speak otherwise in response to her own strong, confident expressions of faith and trust. "What shall we sini; to you?" inquired the singer, alter a time. "Sing ''I here Is Sunshine in Mv Soul,'" the said. The siin-.'er could hardly bring himself to sing it, so strong was his own emotion. But he found his voice at last, and sang: "There's sunshine in my soul to day More glorious and bright Than glows in any earthly sky, For Jesus is my light. "Oh. there's sunshine, blessed sunshine, When peaceful hanpy moments roll; M hen .Jesus rhoivs His smiling face, There is sunshine in the soul." Both the words and melody mark this (is a song for thoe to whom pain is un lr i.i,l ..-I... .;..:.. j ' 1 i u-. ,i7ju(.tT jii t-Auueriiuc strength, let this song it was which ex- firsi-u ine laiiu oi cue uopeiess HUllerer. nn.l t..m , .1 .1 J l ...... ninny n,ia meieaiier sue soitjv hummed it as she lay in her loneliness anil pain. Was she not right? The true sunshine pf life is not that' of the world, which brightens nnd grows dim, but that of the Spirit of God within, which is constantly 1.1-1, .1,1 .....I u l 1 nu i. i . iiiiii l- mm llioie uiltu the perfect day. Youth's Companion. Him! W ants Contrition. The great thing is contrition, deep, god ly sorrow and humiliation of heart be cause of sin. If there is not true contri tion, a man will turn right back into tho old sin. That is the trouble with m.inv Christians. A man may get angry, and if there is not much contrition," the next day he will get angry again. A daughter may fay mean, cutting things to her mother, and then her conscience troubles her, aud he tays: 'Mother, I'm sorry; forgive me." But soon there I another outburst of temper, because the contrition is not deen and real. A husband speaks sharp words to his wife, and then to ease hi conscience he goes and buys her a bouquet of (low ers. He will not go like a man and say be has done wrong. What God want ia contrition, and if there is not contrition, there is not full repentance. "The Lord is nigh to the broken of heart, and saveth such as be contrite of spirit." "A broken and a con trite heart, O God, Thou wilt not de spise," Manv sinner are sorry for their tins, torry that they cannot continue in tin; but they repent only with hearts t hat are not broken. 1 don t think we know how to repent nowadays. We need some John the Baptist, wandering through the land, crying: "Kepeut! repent!" D. L. Moody, Tout I' nto M, Till t'.V l.nr.l..n il.. T I I He will sustain thee burden and all. "Thee" is the greatest burden that thou hast! All other burdens are but slight. uui una is a crutning uunten. But when we come to the Lord with our burden. Ill iiiMt lifla in, f, l.:i.l I.. .-.I..- I -II i i e -'- .hiii, .'uiut.-u aiiu nu, and bean him all the way home. Cliailc A. Fox, Orew In Uollna, Tl Ii aiiiiKl in Kj. nnp ih.Iu.va. Ia mw. quer ourselves, and daily to wax strong- ir anil I n,nlr. . f, 1. I.,..- neatv-Thomaa a Kem ui. Ways of Lovely Women. A Chicago woman mortgaged bei freedom the other day by marriage to a coavlct who Is beginning an impris onment of fourteen years lor murder. Jailers whistled a wedding inarch and jailbirds Bung old shoes after the odd ly mated couple. The husband went back to his cell and the wife wandered out Into the world and possibly to se rious reflection. When will psycholo gists give us stable basis upon which to anticipate the results of the relationship between a man and a woman? COMMERCIAL REVIEW. R. C. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Re view of Trade" says: Confidence appears to be returning despite a large addition to the army, of unemployed. Labor disturbances are the most unfavorable factors in the industrial and commercial situate tion at the present time, curtailing ther output of a few much needed products and reducing the demand for all com modities. Aside from this adverse in fluence, the situation has improved, although progress is slow and fre quently interrupted. Another week has put much wheat and cotton be yond danger and brought other crop nearer maturity. Dealers are pro viding for the future a little more free-i ly, and in several important branched of industry orders come forward in greater bulk. Owing to special sons ditions, the leading branches of mani). facture do not make uniform progress, complications as to supplies of raw! material making the current situation, particularly puzzling at the textile nulls and shoe shops. Dry goods buy- ers are still arriving at the principal cities, and footwear purchasers haval taken sample lines to an extent that promises well for next Spring. Earn-) iiigs of the railways thus far reported; for July are only 27 per cent, less" than' last year. liradstreet's says: Wheat, includ ing riotir, exports for the week end ing July 2S aKtrregate 1.613.265 bush els, against I.-Si.jot last week, 3.191.J 442 this week last year, 4.388,5.14 iro 1002, and 6,463,391 in 1001. 'From) July 1 to date the exports aggregate 5,186,174 bushels, against 12,006,6241 last year, 16.549,840 in 1902, and 23A 6"5.946 in 1901. Corn exports for the week aggregate 41 5,841 trishcls, against 700,047 last week, 928,839 a year agoJ 28.405 in 1902, and 563.604 in igorJ From July 1 to date the exports op corn aggregate 2,310,544 bushel, against 5.377.665 in 1003, 423,726 ii 1002 and 6,233,699 in 1901. WHOLESALE MARKETS. Baltimore, Md. FLOUR Quieff and unchanged; receipts, 3,40.3 barrels; exports, 117 barrels. WHEAT Easier; spot, contract; &7WfiXkl "Pot No. 2 red Western, 7'A"7h; July, 87'o87!-i; August, 07'iaH7'2; September, 8884i December, 89; steamer No. 2 red, Ho'm CORN Easier; spot, 2'a52'4; July, P'i52!4: August, 52'G.52'-; SeptemJ her, 52:i(W.52;i; steamer mixed. 4954 (2 49f4- OATS Firmer; No. 2 white, 47 4".'i; No. 2 mixed, 44'Vi 445,5.. RE Easier; No. 2 Western, 70. BUTER Steady, unchanged; fancy, imitation, 17(17 18; fancy creamery, 191 fancy ladel, M'2.15; store-packed, it (il 12. EGGS Firm, unchanged; i3. CHEESE Cjuiet, unchanged; large. 8 14 & 9; medium, 9'aQJ4; small, 94(oJ 9)8 New York. WH EAT Receipt! and exports none. Spot easy. lO. i red nominal elevator; No. 2 red, tjoi nominal t. o. b. atloat; No. 1 Northers Duluth. I.09J.J f. o. b. afloat; No, hard Manitoba nominal f. o. b. atloafc CORN No. 2, 55 elevator and 54; f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 yellow, 56J4; Nov-, 2 white, 551,5. Options market wal exceedingly dull all day, but rallied near the close, and was finally HQ'i net higher. OATS Mixed oats, 26 to 32 poundsy 43'" 451 natural white 30 to 32 pounds 46(047; clipped white 30 to 40 pound 47.'-j'?.5'- New York. FI.OL'R Receipts 174 259 barrels; exports, 18.817 barrels Steady but inactive. Winter straights 4-50,4 75- CL'T MEATS Firm. Tickled bel lies, g'J io', ; pickled hams, lotffitiJi, COTTONSEED OIL Steady rime yellow, 2ii'i7i 282. BUTTER Steady and unchanged receipts. 4,482. CHEESE Quiet and unchanged receipts, 4,616. EGGS Quiet and unchanged; re ceipts, 8,192. POTATOES Firm: Long Island, in bulk, per 180 pounds, 150(2.00; Jersey, prime, per barrel, 1.50)1.752 Noriclk, prune, per barrel, 1.502001 Southern sweets, per basket, 4,oo$43ov CABBAGES Dull; Long Island and Jersey, per 100, I oo(u 2.00; pes) barrel, 25(0.50. Live Stock. C h i c a g o. CATTLE Good prime bteers, 5 40'u035; poor 3 medium, 4 505.25; stookers and feed ers, 2.0014.00; cows, 1.50(3.330; heif ers, 2.00(11.5.50; canncrs, icrs, 1.502601 ves, 250iS63 bulls, 2 001) 4. to; calv Tcxas-tcd steers. 3oo'Vi4 75. HOGS. Mixed and butchers', sr ft 5-45 ; good to choice, heavy, 5.351X4 fti.5.45; toukIi heavy, 5.00&5.20; light. 5.1010.5 40; bulk of sales, 5 255-35- 1 SHE El' Good to choice wcthersu 4000425;; fair to choice mixed, 3JO& 1400; native lambs, 4 oofa 7.50. New York. BEEVES Steers stow and 10'n 15c lower; bulls, steady; beet) cows, iofaijc lower; others, steady. Steers sold at 4O0'n 5 85; extra, as b.lo; oxen and stags, 3 Bo to 5.00. CA LYES Choice veals 25c to 50c higher; others steady Veals sold a ' 400 to 7.00; buttermilks, 300 to 525; city dressed veals slow, at 9'A'At29 per pound. SHEEP AND LAMBS Choice fresh lambs about steady; other. $& to 35c lower; sheep, 25c lower. Sheep1 sold at 250(114.25: common to print lambs, 4.00 to 6.85; one car at 6.982 nothing very choice on sale. - HOGS Prime State and Pennsyl vania hogs selling at 500 to 6.00 pet 100 pound; mixed Western, at SS SJO- world of labor. From July I salaries of all tninot employes ot Mexico's State Govern ment were increased. All machinists' organizations wes of the Mississippi will consolidate) into one organization. The F-rie Railroad is reducing ths number of its- trackmen and switch men all along the line. It is said that the vessel owners ar planning to fight for sn open shop onr the Great Lakes next season. It lr taid they will give the unions recognition after the nesent season. The TCnights of Lsbor, once sa powerful, still exists, with a memoes ship of sbout 40,000, The Canadian Northern firenieej have asked Manager Jones, of Win nipeg, for revision of their wages) iK'hedule. Seven hundred coal miners in Sons eitet, England, have stopped woc'j rather than accept a reduction t wages. Buffalo (N. Y.) tilelayers art s'T out and conditions are unsettled. 1J. - trouble arises both on wages and o . the desire on tht part of the empto--eri to have a handv man on each k. 4i Of m "IT. 'I I . Wtn f , 01 .1 a urnt jy m 2ti- J- 'V- ' - I- s V n