ttttttttttttttttffttttttftt S SUNDAY SERMON 5 S 5 JJ A SchoUrlr Dieeoura Dy JJ Blihop D. A. Goodsall. iSMCSfSSCiSM Brooklyn, N. Y.A. very lnrge audi ence filled the Tnlernncle Rundny to listen to Bishop D. A. Uoodsell. Ill subject was "The Fare of Christ." The text was from II. Corinthians lv:(l: "The glory of Ood In the face of Jesus Christ." Bishop GoodseJ said lu the course of his sermon: As you read the. Bible both In the Old and New Testaments you are Ira- Sressed with the great number of imes which the word "face" Is used. iWhen you travel In Eastern lands you find that this word In used far more often and In many different relations among the Kastern people than we our elves are accustomed to use It. This word face Is used In reference to a man's whole ehnraoter, I am told, everywhere In the Kant, and we have a great many traces of It In the Bible; and now when we come to think of It Isn't It true that we are accustomed to recognize each ether more by the face than by any other one thing. Is It not wonderful that upon the few elements In tho face, the forehead, the eyes, nose, mouth and chin there should be such an Infinite variety of expression stamped by the great Cre ator? There Is a general conviction among lis that the face will work out the Inner character, so that wlwtevcr may be the beginning of life when we have lived with ourselves a long time we (wiil be pretty apt to show upon our faces what kind of a person we have lived with. It Is impossible for any person to give way to avarice without showing it on their face. If he had an open face once It will change; and so the man who gives way to the forces of passion, whether he gives way to lust or whether he gives way to drink, or whether he gives way to appetite for food. It will show out on his face. ,We write upon our faces what we live With and no inun can wear a mask so completely that those who are wise In these things ure not able to read be hind the mark. Now, what one Is there among us that has not desired again and again to huve lived when the face of Jesus Christ could have been seen. I think there Is no devout soul that In his trouble has not said. Oh. that I could look Into my Master's face. Oh, that I could," live as the little children did, "have rested my head against Ills breast and have hoard Him say to me as He said to them, 'Suffer them to come.' " You can scarcely go Into a Christian home to-lay where Christian education has presided where there Is not at least one or more representations of the face of Jesus Christ. I have observed according to our experiences, accord ing to our wants, we fasten upon tho representations of Jesus Christ's face that are most satisfying to us, most fitting. So that If we nre under deep penitence of sin, wo are apt to have the face of the suffering Christ upon tho Cross, and If the sorrows of the iworld have burdened our hearts, we jivlll carry there tho face of the thorn crowned Christ In our homes. If we Uiave dwelt upon Christ In . His strength, In Ills power. In His resist ance to evil. In tho calm majesty of one who knows be Is Innocent, we .would most likely have the picture of Christ before Pilate. From the days ( the Catocombs up to the present time, men have been trying to put Christ's face before humanity, and why? Because all souls In their greater moments, In their spiritual moments, and therefore in their religions mo ments, -would like to have Him brought near by. They would like to have Him made more real. The best thing is to so carry Jesus Christ In our heart that we shall see Him and behold the glory of Ood in the face of Jesus Christ. The actual picture must remain tho same. We may study it, we may un derstand its history. It Is not u- all probable that any one is going to see in a moment what it took the artist years to produce, though this may hap pen. But as we grow spiritually it is possible for us by spiritual sight to behold our Lord, to behold Him more clearly as the years go on. When wo study this one word, tho ;word face, we find that it stands relat ed to three great facts and to none other that I know of, and these three facts are, first, revelation, then in epiratlon and finally reward. This is exactly what tho Apostle means by this text, that he who studies the face of Jesus Christ, he who enlurges his vision by spiritual imagination, will tmve the revelation of the divine truth come to him. For do we not know that Jesus came to reveal Ood to us, to ro Tcal God to a world in which the dim eye of sin could but imperfectly see Him, But the trouble is that our eyes see as we are educated to see. I have often noticed while passing along tho street that a man is usually inter ested in the trade ho represents. If he was a hatter, he looked ot my hat; if lie wos a tailor he looked at my clothes;.. !f he was a shoemaker he looted at my shoos; if he was a boot black he looked to 6ee whether they were muddy or hot, and so our vision Is trained by what we are doing by .what we are thinking, if our eyes are truined only to tho things of tlmo, then nil the beauty that we ree Is in the things of time, but by using these as stepping stojies to something higher and nobler, then we see by the power of God's revelation that there is a G6d here in this world, and that He is ruling tho world in the interest of Jesus Christ. I believe that you would have thought yourself victims of fate if you had not been taught by Jesus Christ the doctrine of dlvluo fatherhood. You would have thought perhaps that this world was made by chance if you had not seen Him standing in the Bturn of tho ship and saying to the troubled waves, 'Teace, be still." But because He has come, because He has passed through all the phases of our life from lufancy to maturity, because He has been tempted, because He sub mitted to wrong in order that He might do a great and holy work, be cause He has given the most perfect example of what humanity, ought to be under all phases and circumstances, because He is here and was God manifested in the flesh, we. Ills breth ren In the creation, sua we, His breth ren in the redemption of the cross, know that we are dear to Ood, for Ood so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son to die for us. I have to travel a good deal in my work, as you know. Very often 1 wake early in jhe morning, and lift the cur tain of my sleeping car that I may see where we are, and what the pros pect are. Sometimes It is clouded, sometimes It is clear. There are pools In the ditches beside the trucks, or perhaps we are running alongside the lake and I look at the luke and out there I can see things mirrored. It has beon a great pleasure to me some times to pick out the stars. Why there Ja Urlouand thereja. Sjlrius there. s fue Kg" dipper and there is Jupiter and there is Venus, the morning star, and there is Mars. I didn't have to lock up, I looked down and saw it reflected. And then I would seo tho round orb of the morn and I could see what phase of tho moon was on by looking down as I could by looking above. Then I have seen the wind set the glussy surface into waves, and it would be only bolts of broken light That is the way it Is in human Boclely. We are looking down upon the world which reflects human weoknesses, hmnan sin, human passions. Thero isn't a glassy place to reflect tho glory of Christ in. There are all kinds of passions at work and the best flat we can see is the milled surface of humanity, but I see bars of light that are on the surface, then, when I look up I see tho glorious Christ. Now, finally, the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ is revealed, not only as a revelation, not only for In spiration, but for reward. How full the New Testament is of this Idea that the sight of Jesus Christ shall be tho reward of tho saint and the Old Testa ment, too: "My eyes shall see the King In His beauty," "We shall bo sat isfied when we wske In His likeness," "We shall see Him and know HI in us He is." How many more passages does your memory bring up out of your religious education that teach this doc trine? We who are here this morning, if we believe In Ood we shall not only see those who have gone before, who havo been in our homes, but the great am bition of a devoted soul will be grati fied we shall see Ood. rilessed are the pure In heart, for they shall see God. According to the measure of our inward purity do we seem to see God here. When we shall, by the washing of regeneration and the renewal of our henrts and the sanctlflcatlon of our spirit, until we can sry the Lord hath made me whiter than snow. We walk with Him, our hand is in Hts hand and our head is on His bosom. He carries us when we are weak, as a shepherd carries tlij lamb. He heals our disease, He com forts us in our sorrows. He is in our homes when we are there, in our shops when we nre there, in the streets when we are walking, on the sea when we are sailing. Wo shall see Christ, not in His hu miliation, but iu His exaltation; not as a babe in the manger, but as a king of the universe; not as humbled be fore Pilate, but as ruling all thing! and judging all things. I believe in heaven because I believe in God. I do not know where it is, I think that I am convinced that It is a condition rather than n place. This is shown by the parable of Dives and Lazarus, one in parojlise and one in hell, yet they could talk across the gulf. That must havo been moral rather than physical. But I do not know that if God is everywhere, my soul shall soar through space and find Him everywhere. It may be that heaven is everywhere, as God is every where to the devout soul. Oeltint at Life's Values. Things .that come easily are not of much value. Vacation time does not often record noteworthy accomplish ment It is when the pressure of life is at its highest, perhaps close to the breaking point, that results usually count for most. That tlmo that we are looking forward to, when this present grinding pressure will bo off and we shall have an opportunity to do some thing, is not likely to record nearly as good work as we are doing under friction and Btwss. Those particles of carbon might have been nothing more than coul or graphite if consum ing heat and enormous pressure had not crystallized them into a diamond. If such a weight is Just now upon us, let us rejoice at tho opportunity we have for getting at the precious things of llfo.-S. S. Times. The Bible, Alone it has civilized whole nations. It is the one book that can fully lead forth tho richest and deepest and sweetest things In man's nature. Read all other books philosophy, poetry, history, fiction but if you would re fine the Judgment, fertilize the reason, wing the imagination, attain unto the finest womanhood or tho sturdiest manhood, read this book, reverently aud prayerfully, until its truths have dissolved like iron into the blood. If you have no time, make time and read. The book Daniel Webster placed under his pillow when dying is the book all should carry in the band while living. Newell D. Hlllis. A Mockery, To be dishonest during the week, to defraud one's creditors, to rent prop erty for saloons or brothels, to water stock and sell the water to the public, to live in Bin and then to go to church on Sunday to worship, or to pretend to worship at home, is mockery. If there Is one thing the Bible declares, it is' that God abhors such worship. Ho must be worshiped in truth. Sunday-School Times. The Cheerlett Unite. We can set our deeds to tho music of a grateful heart, and Beck to round our lives into a hymn the melody of which will be recognized by all who come in contact with us, and the power of which shall not be evanes cent, like the voice of the Blnger, but perennial, like the music of the spheres. Win. M. Taylor. Tho Key and the Look. Let, then, our prayers be "tho key that opens the day, and tho lock that Bhuts the night," aud also from morn ing to night our staff and stay in all our labors, enabling us to go cheerfully up to the mount of God. Canon Famtr. Owl's Devotion to Dead Mate. A remarkable instance of bird in stinct and devotion Is reported from Quaker Neck. Early last week Henry Brown, a farmer there, set several jump-traps about his farm to catcti prowlers, of whatever nature, that had been play ing havoo with his flock of fowls. A day or two later he missed one of the traps. Yesterday Bartus Trow, a neighboring farmer, discovered two owWi in an apple tree. One, a large hornod owl, was in evident distress, trying to shield and warm its mate. To a leg of the dead bird was hang ing Brown's jump-trap with chain at tached. Elkton correspondence Phil adofphla Record. Blasting Out Frogs. This frog story comes from Ter lingua, Texas. Mark Twain is not Its author: "At the mines of the Chlsos Mining company to-day, while the Mexicans were at a depth of about 25 feet, they blasted a large number of frogs out ot the solid rock. They camo singly, and by twos and threes, and In sev eral luBtances, whole families. Ai' tin dispatch in New York Bun. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR APRIL 9. Subject t The natnlnc of I.znrn, John !., 83-45 Oolilen Text, John xl US. Memory Tenet, .13-3(1 ,:oimnentnr on the Daji'e X.eoon, I. The mooting of Jesus and Mary (v. 82). 82. "When Mary was come." Martha first heard that Jesus was com ing, and, without notifying Mary, she went to meet Jesus just outside tho village. She greeted Him with those words of sorrowful despair "Lord, if Thou hadst boon here my brother had not died." But even then there was a dawn of hope In her heart from her experience of the power of Jesus. Jesus replied with the assurance that He was "the resurrection and the life," and prepared her for the great work He was about to do. "If Thou hadst been here." These words express the very essence of soul torture at such times. In our alllictlon we continually echo the if of these sisters, saying to ourselves, If wo had not done this, or if we had not done that, or If it had not been for our blunder, or that of our friends, or that of our physician, our beloved would not have died. But read verse 4 of this chapter. II. Christ's compassion (vs. 33-37). 33. "Groaned in the spirit." This Is a strange term and is better rendered by the margin of the Revised Version "was moved with indignation in tlio spirit" Jos us was indignant at tho hypocritical and sentimental lamenta tions of His enemies, the Jews, ming ling with the heartfelt sorrow of His loving friend Mary. These selt-rlglit-eous jews, now weeping and groaning in professional sorrow with Mary were men who would soon bo plotting to kill, not only Jeaus. but the restored Lazarus (compare chap. 12:10). "Was troubled." "Troubled Himself." Marg., R. V. Probably the meaning is that Ho allowed His deep emotion to become evident to bystanders. 34. "Where laid him." A question ad dressed to and answered by the sisters. 35. "Jesus wept." Here the blessed Jesus shows Himself to be truly man; and a man, too, who, notwithstanding His amazing dignity and excellence, did not feel it beneath Him to sym pathize with tho distressed and to weep with those who wept After this example of our Lord shall we say that it is weakness, folly and sin to weep for the loss of relatives? 30. "How He loved him." A spontaneous testimony from those Jews of the ten derness of tho Son of God. 37. "Could not this man." The mir acle of the blind man was referred to because it was of recent occurrence, and in the Immediate neighborhood, while the two previous miracles of raising the dead (Luke 7:11-17; 8:41-50) were performed in distant Galilee, about one year and a hnlf before. Sev eral leading commentators think that these Jews were unbelieving and now refer to the healing of the blind man in a deriding manner, suggesting that if He could have done that, then He could have kept Lazarus alive, and real love would have prompted Ulm to do it if He had power. III. Words of comfort (vs. 38-40). 38. "Again groaning." Because of the un belief of the Jews. We never find Him in as much grief over His own sufferings as over the sins of men. "Cometh to the grave." Lazarus was, as became his station, not laid in a cemetery, but lu his own private tomb in a cave. 30. "Take ye away the stone." That which could be done by human hand she orders to be done. Ho would havo the bystanders see that Lazarus was actually dead. "He slnketh." Seeming to forgot what Jesus hud said to her when she met Him, Martha now thinks only of tho condition of her brother's body and objects. The idea of an immediate resurrection does not seem to have occurred to her. 40. "If thou wouldst believe." So we see that if these sisters had not possessed hearts of faith, a willing ness to believe and obey Christ, this miracle could not have taken place. If faith holds Hlra as the resurrection and tho life, then why doubt when Ho is near? "Glory of God." Such a revelation of God's power as shall dis close His glory. IV. Lazarus raised to life (vs. 41-45). 41. "Took away the stone." Martha's faith must have rallied and she gave way to Jesus' request They had ac complished all in their power when the stone was removed. Jesus now began His part. "Lifted up His eyes." An outward expression of the eleva tion of His mind and to show them who stood by from whence He derived His power. He lifted up His eyes as looking beyond the grave and over looking the difficulties that arose thence. 42. "Thou hast Bent Me." Not to destroy men's lives, but to save them. Moses, to show that God sent him, made the earth open and swallow men up (Num. 10:21), 30), for the law was a dispensation of terror; but Christ proves His mission by raising to life one that was dead. 43. "Loud voice." He did not whisper nor mutter as did the magicians. It was the type of that voice like the sound of muny waters (Rev. 1:15), at which alt who are in their graves shall come forth (John 6:28; 1 Thess. 4:10). He that wept as a man uow spoke as a God. "Laaarus." He culls him by name as we call those by their names whom we would wake out of sleep. This intimates that the same Individual person that died shall rise again at je last day. 44. "Bound hand and foot." Probably each limb was separately bound, aa was the Egyptian custom. "Loose him." Ha was a healthy, strong man and no longer needed the bandages and wind ing sheet. 45. "Many believed." Th miracle was convincing. Traced by Finger Print. There's a suggestion of oriental legerdemain in the Btory of the cap ture of some burglars who broke into a club in Bradford, England, and car ried off nearly a hundred" bottles ot different liquors aud some hundred cigars. The only thing the detectives could find as likely to afford a clew was a couple of dirty glasses out of which the burglars had taken a drink of whisky. These were carefully examined and the trace ot a finger print was found on one of them. This was found to correspond with the finger print of a well-known criminal, who was prompt ly tracked down end confessed his guilt and to a share In the theft. New York Herald. Found Bond Issued In 1861. 'While trimming the leaves of an old Bible that has been In the family for half a century F. S. Rand of Worcester found a U. S. bond for 1()0 Issued In 1861. Although $134,000,000 worth of bonds were issued at the same time, the treasury report shows that the whole issue baa been redeemed with the exception of IfMflu. APRIL NINTH. What Does Christ's Life Show us About the Father? John 14:0-24. Bible Hints. God is willing that men Bhonld come to Him in any way they can; but they eannot come except through Christ. Many a man saw Christ In the flesh that did not really see Him; and we, If we see Him In the spirit, see Him as really as any man ever saw Him. Christ Is not jealous of His dis ciples. He wants us to surpass His earthly works; He will be disappoint ed If we do not. ' When our minds are confuBed by tho doctrine of the Trinity, we may think of the Comforter as "Another"; when we wish to get close to the Holy Spirit, we may think of Him as Christ Himself. Suggestions. To doubt God's love is to deny Christ's life. As it is impossible to think of Christ's holding Himself aloof from men, so it has become Impossible to think of a distant God. Christ did not emphasize God's power, not because God Is not pow erful, but because His power con stantly discloses and emphasizes it self. Illustration. If a man makes an approach to his house, whoever even tries to find an other entrance can have only an evil motive. So with those that refuse to come to God by way of Christ Christ Himself said that the Father was greater than He. It you look at tho sun's Image In a mirror, you do not see all of the sun's brightness, but all of it you can endure. Christ was the great ocean of God's love flowing into the little bay of our humanity; the same great tide that pulses rn the ocean enters the bay. Christ is a pencil of light entering a closely darkened room. Place tha telescope of faith in the path of tha light, and you can see all of the sun it is possible to see from the earth. Questions. Am I studying Christ's life with the eager desire to know more of God? Am I getting closer to God every day of my life? Am I permitting any barrier to come between myself and Christ? Selections. Nearer to Thee, O Christ Nearer to Thee! Till we m Thy dear face God's glory see! Lucy Larcom. Because Thy love hath sought me AH mine is Thine, and Thine is mine. 0. G. Rossetti. Brother In Joy and pain, Bone of my bone was He; Now Intimacy closer still He dwells Himself in me. epirtTMeIms APRIL NINTH. What Does Christ's Life Show Us About the Father? John 14. C-24. This chapter was a part of that lust discourse of Jesus the night, before his crucifixion. We have here the last utterances of the Master. While there Is somewhat of disconnection in the themes of the chapter, thero runs through It all this plan: to give to the diticlples a series of truths which would be a comfort to them in his absence. The various relations ex isting between Jesus as the Son and tho Father form the special thought of our lesson. He has already spoken of "my Father's houses," and of the fact that if they believed in God they should believe also in him. Now, in answer to the query of Thomas as to the way, he declares that he is the Way, the Truth, and tho Life. Jesus is the Way to the Father, he is the Truth that reveals that Father, and he Is the Life which comes from the Father. A study of the verses of our lesson will reveal many interesting relations which Jesus declared exist between the Frtiier and himself. Jesus is the Way to the Father. He says, 'If ye had known me ye should have known the Father." Thot Is, a knowledge of Jesus is a knowledge of God. He is the bridge from man to God. He reveals the Father. He is an Incarnation of God. He was the "Word." The use of a word is to Interpret an idea. Jesus Interprets the Father. Jesus Gorlflcs the Father. He said, "Whatsoever you ask in my name I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son." The gift of the Holy Spirit, and the adminstrative power of Christ in the Church glori fies God. Jesus is Intercessor with the Father. He stands at tho right hand of God as our advocate. Ho prays the Father, and the Father gives tho Holy Spirit We must not separate in our minds the persons of the God head, yet there is a Bense In which Jesus stands between us and God tho Father as intercessor. JesuB's Love a Guarantee of the Father's. The manifestation of love to the soul of man is a manifestation of the love of the Father, as well as of the Son and Holy Ghost. The life of Christ, then, shows the Father as Love, answering prayer and manifest ing himself to men. It reveals God as just, and yet the justlrier of him who believes in Jesus Christ RAM'S HORN BLASTS HE selfish church Is one of Satan a best allies. Love is life's mag netism. Happiness Is heart health. Serenity follows slncority. A bias In not a good basis. A louse tongue quickly gets Into a tight place. The saddest loss ot all would be to lose all sorrow, Chill a child and you find It hard to thaw out the man. Men never give flattery outright; it Is always a loan. He cannot lead man who has no time to listen to a child. Praying for a man will soon take all envy out of the heart. JESUS. BY AMY rAMCIKSOir. ' Jesus, my Guide! The wny is all unknown walk Thou before, Bo I may plant my feet where Thine have been. And stray no more. Jesus, my Light! When night falls thickly down, thine through the dark, So shall I fearlessly presa on until I reach the mark. Jesus, my Life! Though heart and flesh may fail, Thou art the name Give of Thy strength, so shall my soul forget Her weary frame. Jesus, my King! Let me but hear Thy voice, and I obey; Thuu art my Life, my Light, my Guide through gloom l'o endless day. Jesus, my God! The close cannot be fur, of earthly years; The time draws nigh when Thine own ten der touch Khali dry my tear. Ram's Horn. Boring Holes in the Hlilp's Bottom, We are living !n tremendously prac tical times history, natlonnl and in ternational, is being made by leaps and bounds. It has been truly said that the charac ter of the individual Is the character of the nation; it therefore behooves us to guard with the greatest jealousy against that which tends to lower the standards of true manhood. In the business life of to-day, through stress of competition as well as from pure selfishness, thero has been a grow, ing tendency to forget "the other man." A strange picture this, but a true one, of our noble "Ship of State" with canvas set to a favoring breeze cm barked upon her a mighty host, proud of her great hull, her taut ropes and towering spars, all hoping for a pleas ant and prosperous voyage, . and yet, among this great throng there are hard working and in other ways hard thinking business men who, nugor in hand, are deliberately and steadily bor ing holes in the ship's bottom. But, you say, that would mean ship .wreck. Let us turn from the picture and face the facts squarely as we find them in everyday life. The manufacturer who for a larger profit adulterates an article of food, the financier who sells a property at an inflated value, the chemist who en riches himself by impoverishing a drug or medicine one and all nre Jeopardlz Ing the health, the savings, yes, the very life of "the other man." They are boring holes In the ship's bottom. Now whether this boring-Is done that the borer may make a larger profit at any cost, or simply from careless selfishness, the result is the same. It is undermining tho foundation of tilings. Undoubtedly many men excuse them selves by saying: "The ship's 'bottom is of thick timber and strong, the hole that I nin boring will not amount to anything, I shall not go doop enough." He forgets that close by another may be boring, and not far away a hundred more. Now, any man and every man who does not give honest value in his deal ings with his follows, and with the gov ernment whoso protection he enjoys, and of which he himself Is nn Integral part, is deliberately putting tho auger close to tho keel of our institutions. God forbid that any man should al low his conscience to become so cloud ed and his heart so cold Hint ho would entertain, much loss put Info execution, any practice thnt strikes at the founda tion of our national welfare. We are all stockholders lu this mighty enterprise. Cnn we stand by and see It "scuttled" worse still, have any hand in such a work? God forbid. Honorable dealing Is character build ing the building of the nation. Now, if ever, we need men of high purpose and unimpeachable character. Wo nil can be such men. We must lit.-S T Burdott A Logical Conclusion. In an argument which Dr. George F. Pentecost once had with an atheist the latter snld tho reason why he did not believe In the Bible was because lie did not know tho author. Dr. Pente cost replied: "Well, my friend. Is the multiplica tion table a work of authority with mathematicians?" ".Most certainly." "Do you happen to know who tho author of that table Is?" In a moment he frankly confessed his ignorance, upon which Dr. Pente cost added: "Then I suppose, as a matter of fact, being a scientific man and conscien tious skeptic, you never use the multi plication table';' Ram's Horn. Miniature FrrachmanU, The greatest coward is the one who fa afraid of being charged with fear. Throwing millstones at men Is not the same thing as giving them flour. The man who hns no mind of his own often has most of It to give away. It is n good deal easier to condemn a new idea than it is to comprehend it. The church service that doe.i not stretch out ou to tho street only serves the devil. Many a man thinks ho is getting a corner lot lu glory when he puts a dime in the collection thnt he couldn't pass on the street car. The Fore of Ksamplft. A young man who united with the church was asked what particular person led him to tnko tho slop, lie replied: "The fellow whoso desk is next to mine at the bank. We tire both bookkeepers with plenty of work and moderate salaries. He lived such a simple, contented, trustful life that I want to know how to make my life as flue as his." Man Mot a Blank, A man may be a blot or a blessing, but a blauk he cannot be. Chalmers. Magnificent Buddhist Monument. The Kutho-daw, which is a Budd hist monument near Mandalay, in Burma, consists of about 700 tem ples, each containing a slab ot white marble, ou which the whole of the Buddhist bible, contalulng over 8, 000,000 syllables, has been engraved The Kutho-daw was erected In 18D7 by Mindon-mln, the last king but one of Burma.) The vaBt olluetlon of temple together form a square, with a dominating: tempi lu the center. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Dry anil Prntpfirons Is tha Town of Mnnnt BUnchaM. Ohio Aftr a Hard Fight Tinpriinee Won by RIs VotetKesnlts or tha Vlolory. Mount Hlanchnrd, Ohio, is a dry town, nnd has been so for two years. The contest which brought prohibition Into operation was a very bitter one. In which personal abuse of the tem perance party was a prominent feat ure. The results of the change to no license have made themselves mani fest In a manner nnd to nn extent that delig'its its ndvocates. The situa tion Is well sot out In a recont article In n newspav - of that town, which describes it as follows: Over two years have elapsed since Ihe beautiful village of Mount Bfan chnrd. situated ,-elve miles from the city of Kindlny. In southeastern Han cock County, decided to dispense with Its one snloon. A hard contest was waged for and against the drinking place, hut the temperance element suc ceeded In winning out by tho narrow margin of six votes. The saloon ndvocates then began to make prodl. en In regard to tho dis astrous results to tho local business Interests thr.t wore to follow the sup pressing of the saloon I slness. A number of really goal citizens aettl ally wore led to believe that the town would be worse off from a business standpoint, (ionic even declared that grass would grow In the streets; that our population would fall off; thnt no largo amount of buiMIng would he done, nnd that more or less tho same quantity of beer a. id whisky would be Imported by the thirsty nnd consumed within our corpoi tlon limits. The town would need the whisky tax. nnd that In the absence of said tax the local lovr for municipal purposes would have to be raised o t':e village council, they claimed. The statement was made thnt since the liquor drink ers would havo th ,lr drinks that it was p. piece of utter foolishness to lose tax when tho result for lessening the liquor consumption was not ar riv ". at with the closing of tho saloon. However, non. of these dire predic tions have come t pass. Mount Hlan chnrd began to boom oi soon ns tse clinking of ilie beer glasses ceased, and to-day we hi on better town in any respce. j ou may be able .o point out. Drunken p'lhts . re no more in evidence, while men who formerly drunk to the ietrimeut of their honlth, pooketbooks nnd their family welfare, have reformed from the evil habit, and now load sober and Industrious lives. They pay tho butcher, the baker, the groceryman, etc., whore before their credit was strained to the limit. Peace hns spread a mantle of happiness over our town. It has be come a model village, and the ribald song of the brawler and the sorrowful spectacle of staggering men hns given place to the happy shouts of well clothed and well fed children of those who once led different lives nnd drained the dregs of the cup that de stroys. Business men say that tnolr business Is bettor than when tho snloon was In our midst. They say the men who once got trust at their stores, but al ways paid their bar bills with the cash, now pay up regularly, nnd nre nmnng their b-st and most desired customers. During tho past year more building lias been done than ever before lu the same space of time. Many thousands of dollars have boon spent here iu the erection of stately edifices, both pri vate and public, and the streets arc far from being covered with green grass. Those facts are plain ones to nil who live here, and the present prosperous condition of our town proved a bar to any one circulating a petition to again vote on the ques tion of saloon or no saloon. No one had the nerve to try it. The people are satisfied. Taxes are no higher than when tho saloon was here, but property values have risen . ml men are using their money more freely In upbuilding the town. She has no use for it. True, once In a while some follow brings a small amount of liquor here, but it is safe to say that not one per cent, is now drank here ns compared wiiu the amount consumed when we had the open saloon. Not an arrest for drunkenness has been made for over a year, and since the saloon loft us the number of arrests have fallen off ut least seventy or eighty per cent There is little in a criminal way for the mayor and the mnrshall to look after in this place. Before we voted against the saloon we endeavored to learn how other dry towns wore .arlng. Now we have had the experience ourselves, nad we recommend the dry town in every way, shape and form. Tho buslucss here is done by sober men. Bull Itesulti ol a "Lllmral" Law. Tho increase in crime aud the di minution of public health have beomo so serious during the past twenty-four yetiDS of tho present "liberal" liquor law in Frunce that M. Guerln recently proposed to restrict the public houses to one for every three hundred of the population. A ltaform Halted. The French Senate by a vote of 141 to 110, unfortunately rejected M. Eu gene Guerin's proposul to fix a limit to the multiplication of places for the sale of intoxicants. An Appalling Proportion, Since the luw of 1HS0, which threw open the liquor ten tile, these places have multiplied until there is now in Frunce a drink-shop to every eighty three of the population, Tfttuperanaa Topics, Medical science Is more and more dis posed to rsehew the use of alcohol in the treatmeut of disease, because other remedies, most of them poisons, are safer and more effective. Drunkenness is on the increase in Itussla. During tho pnst twelve months the quantity of vodka and other spirituous liquors sold at t-e State establishments was greater than In the previous your by 'J5 per cent., whllo the quantity sold lu hotels and other places showed an Increase of 10 per cent. Following closely ou the whisky fa talities In New York and the revela tions of bad liquor innde there, Dr. II. W. Wlloy, chief of the Government lu reuu of chemistry, hns. expressed the opinion that fully eighty-five per cent, of nil tho whisky sold In this country, lu hotel restaurants, clubs and bars, is nothing loss than a cheap Imitation. According to a decision of tho Su premo Court of Georgia, druggists must not violate the local option laws of the Statu by selling .codlclue that Mill produco Intoxication. W.heu sell ing such niedlctuo In violation oi' tho local option iattitu. the Jiugglnf In liablo to piusocuilou. i COMMERCIAL KEV1EW. R. O. Dunn & Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade" ay: Spring trade responds to seasonable weather, and shipments of mcrchandist have increased so rapidly that railway facilities are severely taxed. At many points there is complaint of car and motive power shortage, and navigation on lakes and rivers at the North has not opened as promptly as business demands. The customary damage from floods hat rendered many mills idle, and several minor events added to the number ol unemployed, but thce temporary ad verse features are more than offset by the resumption of outdoor work, es pecially in building operations and on ' the farms. The buyers are arriving in large numbers at primary markets, warm weather accelerating preparations for Easter trade. Holders and, makers of iron and steel products appear to have secured control of the situation. It is no longer con sidered desirable to delay the placing of contracts in expectation of better terms. Failures this week numbered 255 in the United States, against 226 last year, and 16 in Canada, compared with 15 a year ago. Brsdstreet's says : Wheat, including flour, exports for the week ending March 2j, are, 1,044, 595 bushels, against 895,742 last week; 1,801,845 this week last year, 2,401,987 in 1903, and 2,904,110 in 1903. Corn exports for the week are 2,076,836 bush els, against 3,841,411 last week, 1,527, 676 a year ago, 3,618,210 in 1903 and 139,205 in 1902. WHOLESALE MARKETS. Baltimore. Flour Dull and unchang ed; receipts, 6,583 barrels; exports, 5a barrels. Wheat Dull; spot, contract, I.I041 i.ioft; spot, No. 2 red Western, i.iyt 1. HJ4; March, i.iol.lo?i ; April, l.liYii.ilM; May, 1.12 asked; steam er No. 2 red, I.03f4 asked; Southern by sample, 98(0,1.10; Southern on grade, MoMai.ilJ4. Corn Dull; spot, 5252; March, SH(S'Ji'. April, S2WWA steamer mixed, 5o4((,5ojg ; Southern white corn, 5353; Southern yellow corn, 50(53. Oats Steady; No. 2 white, 37'A nVi J No. 2 mixed, 3('A3i'A. Rye Firm ; No. 2 Western, 87W88. Hay Firm; No. I timothy and No. I clover, unchanged. Butter Steady, unchanged; fancy im itation, 2315,24, fancy creamery, 27(028; fancy ladle, 21(3:22; store-packed, 202t. Eggs Easy, unchanged ; 16. Cheese Firm, unchanged large, ; medium, 13 ; small, 14. Sugar Strong, unchanged; coarse granulated, 6.15; 6nc, 6.15. New York. Flour Receipts, 13,249 barrels; exports, 12,214 barrels; dull and unchanged. Ry Flour Quiet; choice to fancy,, 4-7WS4-90. ' (t Cornmeal Quiet ; fine and yellow, 1.25 ($1.30. Butter Steady, unchanged ; receipts, 3,364. Cheese Strong, unchanged ; receipts, 1,048. Eggs Firm; receipts. 15,203; Stats, Pennsylvania, and near by, fancy se lected, white, 19; do., choice, 18; do., mixed, extra, i3; Western firsts, 17; do., seconds, 16; Southerns, isHi7- Poultry Alive steady; Western chick ens, 13; fowls, 13; old turkeys, 16; dressed steady; Western chickens, 13 14; fowls, 13(&jI3'i; turkeys, I520. Lard Firm; Western steamed, 7.40; refined firm; continent, 7.50; South American, 7.85 ; compound, 4.S. Pork Steady; mess, 13.2513.75. Cottonseed Oil Steady; prime yellow, 8454 3S- Sugar Raw firm; fair refining, 4; centrifugal, 96 test 51 molasses sugar, ; refined firm. Potatoes Steady; Long Island, 1.50 2.00; State and Western, 1.15(3 1.2-5 ; Jersey sweets, 2.005 00- Peanuts Firm ; fancy hand-picked, stt SlA ; other domestic, 354554. Cabbages Steady; domestic, per ton, 10.co13.00. Live Stock. New York Beeves Medium and good steers, 10c. higher; common, low; bulls, slow to ioc. lower; good cows, slow; others dull and weak. Common to choice st-rs, 300 to 5.90; bulls, 3.4S!4-5o; cows, l.8o3.55. Cables quoted live cat tle steady at It to 12c. per pound; tops, 1254c. dressed weight; refrigerator beef selling at 8Vi to SlAc per pound. Calves Cables active and firm; no prime veals here; all sold. Veals, 5.00 (?f8.5o; little calves and culls, 3.0014.00; barnyard calves, 3-5 ' dressed calves, steady ; city dressed veals, 8l3c. per pound; country dressed, 7(aii54c Sheep and Lambs Sheep, steady; lambs, slow. Fair sheep, 5.50; lambs, 775f(i.8.oa Chicago Cattle Market steady. Good to prime steers, 5.106.25! poor to me dium, 3.754 85; stockers and feeders, 2. so(oi.(o; cows, a.85rt?4-5; heifers, 3.00 5.oo; canners, l.5o2.30; bulls, 3.25 4.00 ; calves, 3.oo6-5o- HgsMarket ,oc- higher. Mixed and butchers, 5-ooS 2754 ! Sod to choice heavy, 5. 1 5 5-30 ; rough heavy, 5.00Q 5.10; light, 4-95S-2o; bulk of sales, 5.15 (f55- Sheep Market steady. Good to choice wethers, 4.60(06.50 ; fair to choice mixed, 4755?5-4; native lambs, 5-5o7-6o. MUCH IN LITTLE. Russia hat 86 general holidays in a year. There arc 2,000 rivers in the British Empire. A large factory for making "artificial silk" is to be established at Florence, Italy. Of the $5,600,000,000 of gold in the world the United States possesses $1,300, 000,000, or nearly one-fourth. A Berlin court was recently called, upon to deal with an action brought by a wo man of 30 who was a grandmother. The haikwan (customs) tael was val ued by the United States Treasury at 64.6 cent in too3, 63 cents in 1902, and 73.3 cents in 1001. Railway carriages transformable into ambulance compartments for the use of passengers who have been taken ill have been provided on the Prussian railways for express routes. Experiments are being made with rapid telegraphic apparatus between Paris and London, h is chimed that 40,000 words can be transmitted in an hour. A German manufacturer, Rudolf Link meyer, in Hereford, haj sold the right of using his process for making "arti ficial silk" in France and Belgium to a Brussels syndicate for 600,000 francs ($115,800). A clergyman returned Irom Manila lectured in San Francisco the other d;y. He said that in a municipal parade in Manila among the processionists m a company of city ratcatrlif "5, v tnaiched Uao in 1 '.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers