THE PULPIT. SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY THE REV. R. W. M'LAUGHLIN. Theme: Tnith. Service, Action. Brooklyn, X. Y. In the Clinton Avenue Congregational Church the preacher, Sunday morning, was the Rv. H. W. McLaughlin, of Urand Itaplds, Mich. His subject was: "Truth, 9crlce and Action." Among Other thingH he said: It Ih said that the masterpieces of lite: .dure are rarely. If ever, the pure creation of literary Bklll, but are us ually suggcHtPd by dome well nigh forgotten and seemingly Incidental event of the past. It is al.so said that In the writing of such literature four rac'ors are essential, namely: Time, location, characters and sequence of evi iiIh. And these four conditions of literature nro found in this historic statement of fact as recorded in the sixteenth chapter of Acts. It la a seemingly unimportant statement, containing ten names, whose only ig'.ulicance Is in what once was or may have been, rather than in what now l.i. And the lour factors ate hero. Location the Phrygian region and the shore line of two continents, ar polr-ts marked on map as Troas and Philippl. Time the middle of the first century, while Caesar is still on the throne and the empire rules the world. Characters An tinnanW man, a devout woman, a ventriloquist maiden, a croup of selfish traders, a male magistrate, a frightened Jailor and Saul of Tarsus. Sequence of events to show relation of Phrygla to Troas and Troas to I'hlllppi, which relation reveals the power of truth as It gains possession of one life and through that life disturbs and trans forms the world. And In the writing of the story ba.-ed on these well night forgotten namci, there might he three chap ters: Phrygia, or loyally to the truth. The narrative states that Paul, starting' forth on his second mission try Journey, desires to enter the rich and populous province of Asia, but Is forbidden by the Holy Spirit. Mov ing forward, he comes to tho strange province of Hethynla, und Is again forbidden to enter by tho Spirit of Jesus. And so hedged to the south ward and northward, he Journeys westward until he reaches the shore line of the .Mediterranean at Troas. And this historic statement of fact, with Paul as the commanding person ality, suggests mystery enough for the greatest story. What does K mean? A man, apparently as free aa the wind blowing over the Phrygian highlands, yet not free. It certainly means that here Is a man not free. He hears u voice, though he cannot see the form of tho one speaking, even as a bird's song Is heard, though it is unseen because hidden by the foliage. And this voice is for him the voice of truth. It Is called in one verse the Holy Spirit, and In another verse the Spirit of Jesus, but by what ever name called. It means only one thing, und that is the truth of God reaching for his inner life. And as the truth of Uod it. is authoritative And more than this. It Is final; au thority for truth Is always final to the'honest man. And as final author itative truth It has power to send him out over the highways of tho Roman Empire with sublime abandon. And this Is chapter one In every earnest life allegiance to the truth. A will ingness to follow the truth wherever it may lend. It may close Asia and Hethynla and drive one on to Troas, but not until 4 man Is willing to say It fortifies my soul To know that whether I perish, Truth Is so Is ho able to write chapter one in the Book of Life. Troas a vision of service. As Is true of every good story, chapter two begins where chapter one ends. Paul enters Troas, meets an unnamed man, has a vision in the night, in which he sees jn the distant shores of Europe a person pleading for help, it would be interesting were it possible to interpret tho feelings of this man as he enters Troas Its plcturesqtie ness, loeuted on a bluff overlooking the Aegean Sea, across whose blue gleam could he seen In vague outline the shore of Europe, and its com merce. Tho tangled spars at the docks, and the heavily ladened, gaunt camels ia the streets, and its historic reminder. Xot far away the tomb of Achilles and the marble throne of Xerxes, and the remainder of Homer's genius iu "the ringing plains of windy Troy." Hut of more Interest still, the people crowding the streets. And out of the crowd there comes one to enter the circle of Paul's friendship. Is it '.00 much to think of the two men Hitting on the bluff during the hours of the day and conversing about the deep things in life? Hut the con versation tnds as darkness comes down upon the earth. The men sep arate, and Paul, reaching his lodg ings, is Boon lost In blumber. And in his sleep ho dreams, and sees the friend of the afternoon, now standing yonder in Macedonia, and pleading with him to help. Aud thus is chap ter two in every earnest life. Allegiance to truth In Phrygia leads to a vision of service in Troas. For truth ia more than an abstract idea, or a major and minor premise in a cold syllogism. Truth is a gleam, a suggestion, an illumination. It fires the intellect and kindles .the im agination. Philippl region of action. In Philippt Paul finds Lystra aud her household. Soon he meets a ventril oquist maiden owned by a group of seltlsli traders, denounces their busl nesu; Is seized, beaten, thrown into jail. In the night ho sings and prays. And then follows the story of the con version of the Jailor and Paul's free dom tho next morning. But why did not Paul remain in Troas and meditute upon his dream'.' Why does tho narrative say, "Aud straightway?" There are two an swers: First, life at Its best is lived lu the region of action, not in the realm of dreams. The historian In Acta hu caught the meaning of this. For he gives one verse to the dream at Troas and forty-three verses aud three book of the New Testament to the recording of the action following the dream. The second answer is, nian must go from hli dream lu ordet to keep it. The thought unexpressed lies In a lesson of wondrous meaning. For every noble thought Is the out co mo of a heroic dream. There U sequence o' events. This does not mean that the result will always seen the normal outcome of the antecedent cause. Night follows day, but night Is unlike day; yet It Is welcome. And so when the actions In Philippl axi compared with the dream In Troaj they seem unlike. Aa unselfish dream In one city and a selfish group ol traders In another city. A quiet bed of repose In Asia and a damp dun geon In Europe. But Paul discovers what every tnai discovers In bis pursuit of truth, thai ht...iuuvejnjti vhiloit of sejrvtce U wrought out with selfish men. Thy tragedies of life are never It tho realm of vision, but In the region of service. Paul dreamed and acted And Chuptcr III. must be written bj every earnest life in its pursuit ol truth. The stress and test of life Is il sailing from Troas with its dreamt to I'hlllppi with its action. And so, in conclusion. Write th three chapters: Phrygia, alleglanci to the truth; Troas, a vision of ser vice; Philippl, the region of action, 1 Every family has a sorrow fdn:.? j on drunkenness and every voter ai , experience of the effects which it li ' rrnraad to cura. EPWDRTH LEAGUE LESSONS 8UNDAY, AUGUST 1. 3Tit Sunat-Scfio.oF A- OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN. REPORTS OF PROGRESS OF TUB BATTLE AGAINST RUM. INTERNATIONAL LESSOX COM MENTS FOR Al'Gl"ST 1. The Nearness of Extremity to Oppor tunity. (John 6. 1-16.) Our 1ord must have performed many miracles of healing not record ed, but it Is evident that every case preserved to us In the Gospel has mine special lesson. Is there any jtlier instance of Christ's power so completely suggestive of the state ment that "man's extremity Is (kid's opportunity?" For It must be remern liered that the Saviour was ever look ing for opportunity to bless suffering humanity. It is not difficult to be lieve that in all that sorrowful, af flicted assemblage about the porches of Hethesda, this poor, impotent man might have been the most needy. Think of the long life of weakness and helplessness! Thirty-eight years of prolonged misery! Surely, his was an extreme case. For many years he had been brought to these porches In the hope that when the angel "troubled" the waters of the pool he might have at least a chance, poor as It was, of getting healing. Season after season passed and hope deferred must have made his heart sick as he lay on his mat the morning that the Great Physician chanced that way. Was there a more hopeless creature in all Jerusalem at the moment when salvation was bo near? The darkest moments a-e Just before the dawn, and his darkest hour of the direst ex tremity was upon him to be Illumin ated by the coming of Jesus with most gracious opportunity. Oportunlty had Indeed come Into touch with his extremity. It Is wonderful how Christ awakened the man to a realization of bis opportunity. Standing before the paralytic, the Great Healer asks the strange question, "Wilt thou be made whole?" Jesus Is doubtless unknown to the poor sufferer, and such a ques tion might have seemed only a gratu itous wounding of his sensibilities. But the stranger's commanding and benign appearance belled any such in terpretation and he sorrowfully and perhaps apathetically replied, "Sir, I have no man, when the water is trou bled, to put me into the pool." This broken-hearted utterance spoke vol umes of the man's extremity. Even the little human hope in his case had gone to drag himself to the healing waters when the blessed stirring oc cured; he was in the very depths of hopelessness, yet salvation was bless edly near. There was stealing into his benumbed heart the warmth of a new hope, and when tho royal com mand came, "Take up thy bed and walk," this new hope became a splen did faith; he was enabled to put aside all doubt and questionings "and he took up his bed and walked." CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES AUGUST FIRST Topic Life Lessons for Me From the Book of Acts Acts 27: 18-44 (Consecration Meeting.) The need of the Spirit. Acts 1: 1-8 Turning to God. ct3 2: 37-42. G-.d Is not mocked. Acts 5: 1-11. Spiead of the seed. Acts 8: 1-3, A clicseu vessel. Acts 9: 10-11. An t-pocu-iii:ikiii(j speech. Acts 17: 22-:; 1. Thla passage is typical of tho book of the Acts, which throughout Is ihe story of the perils of the church, iittiisrormeu Imu triumphs by Us trum In God. ' Oivned and serving those are the two halves of tlie Christian llfu (v. "I am of good cheer, for I believe" that Is the Christian urgument for happiness (v. 25. God's man is ever In command lu tl:i: t of peril, though a slave, like Jo seph, or a prisoner, like Paul (v. 31). Little Sermons from Acts. The reason why so many Christian are powei k-.is is because they seek for power in themselves and not in the Holy Ghost (1: 8). l.nve for Christ makes all thing common still wherever that love real ly exists (2: 44). Silver and gold are often the leust gift that can be given, and sympathy Is always the greatest gift (3: C). Christianity is not a great religion or the greatest religion; it is the re llglon (4: 12). If our lives are of God. so that we Cannot be overthrown, we d-ishonoi i.od by seeKing aiiomer fortress (5: 3'J). God wants us to use for Him the highest powers He has given us. and not be turned aside to lower uses (0: 2). Stephen had thought so much about Christ's prayer for His enemies that It hud become his; thus we may incor porate Christ In us (7: 00). Uible reading Is not profitable, but Bible understanding (8: 30). Every impulse of good lu our live lu Christ, and Ho is persecuted when we scout those Impulses : 4). A Collier Epigram. The late P. F. Collier, the noted publisher and horseman, once dis cussed at a publishers' convention the odd Que of Ambrose Blerce, who In England Is regarded as au author of genius whose "Chlckamauga" is said to be the finest short story ever written lo English while here at at bom Mr. Blerce Is not bait so re nowned as others. Mr. Collier ended with an epigram at once true and sad. "Mr. Blerce la fortnnte,for It fre quently happens be said, "that the p.opbet who U without honor In his own country can't afford to go abroad." Washington Btar. SACRIFICE TO ART. He-."Wtll, bow do you like being in understudy?" . 8be "Not much; It's all work and 10 lar." illustrated Bits. Subject: Close of Paul's Second Mis. slonary Journey, Acts 18:1-22 Golden Text: John 16:33 Com. nilt Verses 9, 10 Commentary. TIME. A. D. 52. PLACE. Corinth. EXPOSITION. I. Paul Conduct. Ing a Revival in a Synagogue at Cor. Intli, l-o. Aqulla and bis wife Pris cilia became very Important members of the church of Christ (see v. 26; Rom. 16:3, 4; 1 Cor. 16:19; 2 Tim, 4:19). It was, apparently, a matter of small consequence that threw Paul in with them "he woe of the same trade." But God uses things Just like this for the promotion of Ills kingdom. It would be well if wo would make more of them for the same purpose. Are you a merchant? Make a point of getting hold of mer chants for Christ. Are you a black smith? Cultivate the blacksmiths. An unrighteous edict of Claudius had driven Aquila and Priscilla out. of Rome, It doubtless seemed to them n bitter thing, but God turned It to their good, to no less a good than their eternal salvation (cf. Ps. 76: 10). There are men to-day who think it wrong, "a lack of faith," to do manual labor or any secular work for their own support or that of their families, because God has "called" them to preach. If there was ever a man about whose call to preach there could be no possible doubt, it is this man Paul, and yet he wrought with his hands (cf. ch. 20:34, 35). He got right down to honest toll, and set a wholesome example for the church and for us (I Cor. 9:6-12; 2 Thess. 3:8, 9; 1 Thess. 2:9). We need many Pauls to-day, men so on fire with the Gospel and love for souls that they will not wait for some one to promise them support before they will preach, but, if need be, sup port themselves. Paul preached, too, while he worked. To an audience of two; a small audience, but how those quiet meetings counted for eternity. Probably he got pretty tired during the week, but every Sabbath found liim at his post. Note a very expressive statement In the R. V.. "Paul was constrained by the word." Paul bad meditated upon the Word of God until it bad so got ten hold of him that he could not keep still (cf. Jer. 20:9; Acts 4:20). It Impelled him on. It showed him and overpowered him with the thought that Jesus was the Christ, and he must tell it out. But the Jews were not willing to receive Paul's tes timony. "They opposed themselves and blasphemed." The moBt faithful testimony will often be received In that way. That does not prove It un true, or that it has been unwisely put. It simply shows the thorough going badness of the hearts of even religious men. But Paul's testimony was not In vain, after all. A large and singularly gifted church grew up in Corinth. Paul, in the face of all their opposition and rejection, could say, "I am clean." It is a great thing for any man to be able to say that. We can only say that we are "clean from the blood of all men" (Acts 20: 26). when we can say, as Paul does in the next verse, "For I shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God" (R. V.). II. Paul Conducting a Revival In the Home of Justus, Corinth, 7-11. Paul's labors bore abundant fruit. Even the ruler of the synagogue re ceived the truth and with him his whole house. Many others believed also, and openly confessed their faith In baptism. The order of experience as given in verse 8 Is suggestive; heard, believed, were baptized. But still there was opposition. Indeed the opposition doubtless Increased with Paul's success. "Then spake the Lord to Paul In the night." That is Just like the Lord. Paul had had a pretty hard time of It In Corinth, and was to have a still harder time, and the Lord appears and comforts him and strengthens him for the coming trial. The Lord often spoke to Paul in this way (ch. 22:18; 23:11; 27:23-25). Bo He Is ready to speak to us, but we do not need visions, as Paul did. for we have the written 'Word. We can carry the voice of God around in our vest pocket and have Him Bpoak to us whensoever we will. Listen to the Lord's message. "Be not afraid." That is one of God's favorite messages. There was to be opposition, but Paul must throw fear to the winds, and speak right out the whole message of God. The Lord gave Paul an all-sufficient reason for not being afraid: "For I am with thee." Of course, then, Paul couldn't be afraid. All Corinth was no match for Christ. It Is no use telling a man not to be afraid unless you give him some rea son for fearlessness. But here is an all-sufficient reason and every child of God who Is obeying Christ and go ing out to do His work, has the same reason (Matt. 28:19, 20; com p. Josh. 1:6. 9; Isa. 41:10; 43:1. 2). Paul was to "speak" In face of all opposi tion and not hold his peace, and the Lord Jesus tells him why: "For I have much people in this city." The Lord bad people there and the Lord' people are called out by the spoken Word. It was a reason, too, for no man setting on Paul to hurt him. He never allows us to be really hurl (Rom. 8:31; Isa.-4:17; Jer. 15:20, 21). ' Corinth, with Its wealth, it luxury. Its profligacy. Its vlleness, did not seem much like a place where the Lord would have much people. But so it was. Let us take courage con erning our modem cities. Roy Stealing-. A few days ago a murderer wa chained to a kidnaper on their way to prison, the murderer for a few years, the kidnaper for life. A Pittsburg paper said, contrasting the murderer, who, If he behaved well enough, would be released in four years, with the life-sentenced kid naper: "lie didn't kill a man, he stole a boy!" The liquor seller Is constantly com mitting both crimes. Nearly all mttr. derers are saloon customers, and the doomed boys and young men begin .Ihelr dolorous downward way in and out of the swinging doors of the drink shop, Into Jail and prison and poorhouse and drunkard's graves. Which is worst, to give or sell liquor to a hopeless sot, or to a youth who has never tasted it? To whom shall we decide to give liquor, a lost drunkard or n youth from whom the world expects bo much of high en deavor? The high-toned club room, the fashionable cafe and bar room, the respectable saloon want the custom not of drunkards but of youths who are susceptible to their meretricious attractions, and the moderate drink ers who give their example and in fluence and vote to sustain the liquor traffic. The Presbyterian Banner had a re port of a speech made at a liquor dealers convention in Ohio to this effect: "Gentlemen, the drunkards will soon die. We must toll In the boys and young men. A nickel spent now among boys means dollars to us bye and bye." Youths who have been well trained do not learn to drink in low dives, they take their first glass in respecta ble club room, cafe, restaurant, bar room, saloon. They begin in yonder and are kicked or stagger at last out of low drink shops into gutter and grave. The more respectable and attrac tive a drink shop, the more danger ous it is. If a boy has been well nur tured he never will learn to drink If he has to go to a low disreputable saloon. The undergraduates of colleges and universities learned to drink in the glided reputable places, not in the dives. Webster avenue, Wiley avenue sa loons do not tempt well trained youths. The Fifth and Sixth avenues and Forbes street places lure them to begin the downward way. In Professor Hopkins' most excel lent book, "Profit and Loss In Man," there are figures obtained by tho Y. M. C. A.: "In a city of 32.000 inhabi tants, GOO young men entered five of the prominent saloons in one hour. There are 135 saloons in the city. In a city of 30.000 population. 452 young men entered four saloons in one hour. In a large Western city. 478 young men were seen to enter a single saloon In one night. In an other large city, 236 young men went Into a prominent saloon in one hour. In a town of 11,000 population, 725 young men visited thirty-four of the fifty saloons of the city in one night. In an Eastern city, the Y. M. C. A. secretary visited nineteen saloons in one evening and found 275 young men. In another Eastern city with a population of 130.000, during one Saturday evening 855 young men entered five saloonr in two hours. In a city of 20,000 population there are 150 so loons, and 1045 young men entered Beven of them one Saturdav night, and only seventy-five attendci nil the churches in the city the next day! . In a city of 17,000 population more than one-third of all the young men went into the drinking saloons in one hour." Call conventions to olan for chil dren's playgrounds! Why not Join all the real temperance forces to make the streets safe for the youth? Remarkable and commendable Inter est Is shown for the sanitary and moral welfare of the children. Most of what children need can be fur nished bv sober fathers! More than food and proper surroundings can be had for our young people when the time and money now wasted for drink is used for the building and blessings of homes. Our boys and young men are in mortal danger from licensed and illegal drink shops. De stroy these ante rooms to perdition. Vote to prohibit them and to elect officials who believe In sobriety and civic righteousness and therefore ran be depended upon to destroy the drink traffic and to strengthen tho foundation" of home and Bchool and church. The People, Religious Reading FPU THE Q UTEV JTO VU. WHAT ONE SHORT UUVt MAY DO. rcMw. hi as iem ji "Lord, what change wit'.iln u one short hour Spent in Thy presence will avail to mnke What heavy burdt'nn from our bosom take, What parched grounds refresh as with a showed We kneel, and all around ui seem to lower j We riae, and all the distant and the near Stand forth in sunny outline, brave and clear; We kneel how weak! Ave rise how full of power! Why, therefore, should we do ourselves this wrong; Or others, that we are not nlway strong; That we ore ever overborne with cure. That we should ever weak or heartless be, Anxioim or troubled; when with u in prayer, And joy and strength nnd courage are with Thee?" Binhop Trench. The Man Without a Friend. BY AU08 H. WKLI.K. To my mind one of the cherlest bits in all that cheery book, the Bible, is the story of the sick man borne of four friends, who tore up a roof to I get him laid at Jesus' feet. And per contro, one of tho saddest glimpses In the Bible, that record of sadness and sin, 1b the little picture of the sick man lying by the pool of Beth esda, who had no friend to get him Into the pool when the waters were stirred with the mysterious healing eplrtt. "Bethesda." "House of Mer cy," to that sick man it had become a very House of Human Selfishness, as, time after time, another had stepped down Into the pool before him. And, as I ponder his case, he Beenis to me a perfect type of a large part of this world's wretchedness. He wag the Incarnation of unfriended need. As he lay there, unheeded or spurned, be was the symbol of all the sick and sinful, the lonely and wretched, the outcast and forlorn, the despairing and desperate, that have groaned and cursed upon this selfish earth from Cain's day to our own! He "had been thirty and eight years In his infirmity." Yes. and thirty-eighl centuries! And as our Lord ap proached this man, and accosted him in those loving tones that thrill over the whole earth to-day. the scene ap pears to be a concentration of the entire beautiful story of salvation, from the Bethlehem cave to Calvary' cross. Why did Jesus ask him that ques tion, "Do you want to be healed?" Was ever a question more superflu ous? No; for the man had doubtlesi fallen into the listless abandonmenl j or aespatr. mere Had been a time when he had begged and implored t friendly band. There had been t time when he had cursed the selfish ness around him, and shaken an Im potent fist at the lucky ones carried to the pool before him. All that wai over. He had dropped into the las pit of misery. How much of thf world's suffering is there to-day! And how Incredulous It is of th question, "Wouldst thou be made whole?" It Is the sufferers' fault, too, very largely. That is what the selfish one; say, when they step down befor them Into the shining, tossing pool ol iiealth and wealth and happiness, Sickness Is sin. Poverty Is Bin. Thai Is what the selfish say, and often they are right. And that Is what our Lord said: "Sin no more, lest a worse thing be fall thee." Ah, but He said it aftei He had healed the man, and we say It while we are crowding past him into the Pool of Privilege! It is easy to see which saying will work refor mation. He was found In the temple, tht sick man who had been healed. Thai I Is where the whole world of sick men j will go. If we temnle-men do bu' stretch out our hands of healing ic 1 the power of the Christ. But while j we press before them Into the Pool i who can blame them if the temple remains empty? Sabbath Reading, j CULTURE Poultry Notes. Protect your poultry from spring rains. 8our table scraps are not good for poultry. Whole corn Is good for laying bens during cold weather. Hens do better if kept In separate lots of twenty-five each. Give the laying hens fresh water slightly warmed .three times a day during cold weather. Large breeds should never be kept In the same flock with small breeds. Table scraps should be cooked and given to the laying hens. When hens acquire the feather pulling habit they should be sent to market at once. Feed the laying hens at daybreak and sundown, and keep them work ing the entire time between. Roosts for poultry should be placed on a level, so that there can be no preferred positions. Lice always attack poultry more when thoy are In an unthrifty condi tion than when they are well fed and properly cared for. If hens are confined to the poultry house on cold days, see to It that they do not have to stand on the bare floor. Use straw, cornstalks, corn husks or other dry material for a floor covering. Hens with cold feel will not lay very many eggs. Although turkeys will eat snow they should not be permitted to da so, but should be given plenty of fresh, clean water. When raising turkeys for market medium sized ones win be found bet ter than extra large ones. Save a few of the old turkey hens, as the two-year-old Is a better breeder than the young hen. Turkeys should not be housed with chickens, as they require different editions. A Trio of African Geese. African geese are popular with many who keep geese for the market. They are large enough and are good layers. They are hardy and will thrive where other breeds will die. In a way they resemble the Toulouse goose, their distinguishing feature being a kind of born Just over the upper part of the beak. They are, as Prohibition's Effect in Ravannah. Although it is asserted that the prohibition law is openly defined at Savannah. Ga.. the report of Chief of Police Austin on the first year of the oneratlon of the law shows a decrease of 147 In the number arrested for drunkenness, as compared with 1907, when the saloons were in operation. The total arrests for 1908 were 8493. which Is 414 In excess of the previous year, but Austin reports a marked de- crease in the number of arrests for j Senses usually credited to whisky. I Wages and lleer. , "Out of 100 pounds value In beer, ! only seven pounds ten shillings goes . iu wage. In mining, ship building. I railways, agriculture, iron and steel ! manufactures and textile products, j an average of thirty-two pounds out ' of each 100 pounds value produced, I goes In wages." Lord 8. Alwyn. j Conservative President Board of Trae of London, writing concerning the liquor trade of England. Thirty Thousand Autograph. The most enthusiastic autograph collector In tho world lives in Cam bridge, Mass. He has devoted twen ty-six yei:rs to collecting the signa tures of persons prominent in every I walk of life, and his collection, which j he entitles the "Bay 8tate Autograph ; Library," comprises 30,000 names, of which 117 are American poets. II embraces Army and Navy officers, merchant captains that have for any reason Jumped Into notoriety or fame, aeronauts. Industrial kings, political leaders, actors, singers, ministers, medical men of world-wide reputa tion, novelists, distinguished editors, leading Suffragettes, eminent Jurists, teachers, diplomatists, astronomers, Inventors, and, in fact, representa tives from every profession or calllui In the world In which fame may b achieved. The autographs are care fully indexed and classified and art elegantly bound In glided calf. The collector Intends to will tbem to tbt Slats. New York Press. Tempornnr-e Xolcs. The United PreBbyterlan General Assembly has denounced oil persons who use their pollt;"M Influence n favor or having llcen-e? granted cs Involved In the guilt of the crime of the liquor traffic. Five hundred and twenty-five sa loons have been voted out of Massa chusetts since May 1, 1906, but the breweries of Boston, Worcester and other cities are happy In their Immu nity from danger under the present local Prohibition statute. Harper's Weekly and Harper's Monthly have announced that tbey will take no more liquor advertise ments. Dr. Charles Dana In an address In Philadelphia declared that alcohol was one of the chief direct causes of inaanlty. "Illinois spent f 7 for rum for every dollar for bread and bakery products; It spent more than twice for rum what It did for clothing; it spirit for tlquoc $500,000 a day or $16,000, noo month." Prohibition Year Book. And Illinois U tam-feurU vmite on the tuaD. Spiritual Life. Righteousness is the sure and nec essary form of every life in which re ligion is really established as Its cen tral principle. Joseph May. Remember, above ail things, that duty and life are no.great overwhelm ing task, but dally strife and toll and hope and cheer and love, building within us a borne fit for the Indwell ing of God. John M. Wilson. Learn to comprehend and appre ciate the rotations amid which 'you live, the duties, affections and prob lems of dally life, and you will find yourself, by that very process, com lng into the knowledge of the divine. Edward H. Hall. The conscience call to the Individ ual is again the call of the simple life the life of plain food; of beau tiful, and on that account necessarily plain, dress; of forceful, and on thai account loving, disinterested work; of lasting, and on that account co-opc-atlve, life. Only aa we work to gether can we enlarge the Individual life. Jenkln Lloyd Jones. The Man Behind the Veil." We all wear veils. Some put on a veil to bide purposely their evil life. Others unconsciously wear veil and they are better than tbey seem. We need to remember this truth ol the veiling of lives if we would be just and fair in our Judgment of oth ers. We condemn faults which would not appear faults If we knew all. Some faults are only unripeness In character, and some person's queer ness would be -works of loveliness II we knew nil. Rev. Dr. J. B. Miller. Regard For Honor. The conduct of business merely for profits leads men Into corrupt prac tices. A regard for honor and a splr. It of kindness do not binder profit, but make business a means of soul culture. Rev. T. Edward Barr. a rule, more sprightly than the Tou louse, and are considered better lay ers. All gray colored geese are consid ered favorites for the table, and this, in a measure, is why the African geese are preferred to the white or dark colored breeds. Tbey are being bred more generally each season, which In itself proves that they have merit. Alfalfa Meal For Poultry. We -ind that, as a rule, our hens fed on alfalfa meal lay very fertile eggs, which produce strong, vigorous and healthy chicks. We also find that they will moult quicker In the fall and commence to lay earlier In the season. For laying bens we put several quarts of alfalfa meal Into a closed vessel, then pour boiling water over the meal until It is thoroughly moistened; place a cover over the vessel and let the mixture steep for a while. Just before the feeding dash a little cold water over the feed. This brings out the green color, and the whole presents a very pleasing appearance and is as near grass as any feed caa be. Some prefer to mix the meal with table scraps or grain, both of which add palatabtllty and variety to the mash. Bone meal and meat scraps make excellent additions to alfalfa or clover meal, both of which are concentrated feeds and great egg producers. A. L. C, Iowa Agricul tural College. Tlie Christian Idea. Down through the life of character, the life of Intellect and the life of the flesh, ihe power of the Christian Idea of the., universe goes like the balm Of OUoad. Rev. George A. Gordon. Imitation in Animals. An account of recent observation! at Harvard University, on the faculty of Imitation In animals, has been written for the Century by Robert M. Yerkes, Pb. D., Assistant Professor of Comparative Psychology at Harvard. The experiments themselves are of a nature to Interest the general public, and soma of the results attauied arc surprising. ' ProbabJy Co 1 experi menter ia better qualified to write of the work. Its results and conclusions than la Professor Yerkes. Keeping Egg Record. For keeping account of eggs re ceived I hang a calendar with a white background near the door of my poultry house, so that on returning from a visit to the bens the number of eggs may be marked each day with the pencil attached. In this manner a dally, weekly and monthly account Is kept, and I know what the overage Is per hen for any length of time. From this It is easy to calculate how hens pay. It takes only a few sec onds a day for the record. Kklin-Mllk For Plumage. Nothing will give a better gloss to the plumage of exhibition birds than sweet sklm-mllk. When milk Is plen tiful it should be used to mix the math Instead of water. For the evening meal, a good feed of whole grain; more corn In winter than In summer. The com may be given tbem on the cob, as they are less apt to eat more than they really need If fed thus. ' "Daylight Saving." The interesting problem ot " 'Day. light Saving in the United States" will be discussed, pro and con, la the Century by Commodore W. H. Been ler and by William F. Allen, proposer and promoter of the present Standard Time. Commodore Beealer advo cates the adoption of the present Kastara Time as a uniform atandasd for the whole country and think it might result la mm saving of two kuadred millions a year to the Amw Icaa psople. COMMERCIAL Weekly Review of Trade an! Market Reports. R. O. Dun ft Co.'a Weekly Review )t Trade says: Each succeeding week has now secome a record of advancing actlvi. ty in Industry and commerce. The extraordinary expansion in the iron nd steel trade continues and where ts, a short time ago, the problem was bow to find business, now the problem Is becoming that of meeting orders with adequate dispatch. The general business situation is improv ed by the progress made In the work of tariff revision. In view of the widening area of industrial activity, the better employment of labor and the higher prices for commodities, the fact that the supply ot banking credits In the leading financial cen ters continues large, with rates for loans generally low, Is significant of the reserve power for further ex pansion. Bradstreet's says: Despite Irregularities In crop and weather conditions, midsummer In. fluences in trade and industry and conservatism In placing orders ahead, business is of fairly good volume for the season of the year and shows a perceptibly steady ad vance toward normal proportions. The retail trade clearance sales are universal, but there are numerous re ports that reduced purchasing power offsets the stimulus offered by this means of Inducing buying. Whole sale trade for Immediate delivery and Jobbing business in summer goods Is of a light volumo. Foil trade reports are still relatively the best of any branch. Wholesale Markets. New York Wheat Spot Irregu lar; No. 2 red, old, 145c. nominal in elevator and f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 red, new, 1.21, end August f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Dulutu, 1.42 nominal f. o. b. afloat; No 2 hard winter, 1.40 nominal f. o. b. afloat. Corn Spot easy; No. 2 old, 81c. In elevator and 79 f. o. b. afloat: No. 2 new, 64 V4, winter shipment Option market was without transac tions, closing O net lower. July closed 80 He; September closed 74; December closed 67. Oats Receipts, 39,650 bu. Spot dull; mixed, 26 32 lbs., 67c. nomi nal; natural white, 26 32 lbs., r458; clipped white, 3442 lbs., 6863. Eggs Firm receipts, 12,494 cases; state, Pennsylvania and nearby fancy selected white 29 31c; brown and mixed, fair to choice, 23 26; West ern extra first, 23 24. Poultry Alive ' steady; Western spring chickens, 24c; fowlB, 17; turkeys, 13. Dressed steady; West ern chickens, broilers, 18 0 23; fowls, 1516; turkeys, 1120. Philadelphia Wheat Firm; contract grade, July, 119 120c; August, 1.17 1.18. Oats lc. lower; No. 2 white nat ural, 58 59c. Butter Firm; extra Westers creamery, 28 He; do, nearby prints 30. Eggs Firm, good demand; Penn sylvania and other nearby firsts, fre cases, 23 Vic, at mark; do., current receipts, in returnable cases, 21 Va at mark; Western firsts, free cases 23 at mark; do., current receipts free cases, 20 22 at mark. Baltimore Wheat Southern wai In active demand and sales wen made of cargoes on grade at 1.20 Va for No. 2 red; 1.18 for No. 3 red 1.17 for special bin steamer No. 2 red; 1.16 for stock steamer No 2 red; 1.12 for special bin reject ed; 1.10 for stock rejected, and 1.05 for regular rejected for th drier. Steamer No. 3 red sold al 1.12 per bushel, the same price ai special bin rejected. Irregular re jected for drier sold at 1.00 . Small bag lots, by Bample, as to quality and condition, sold at 1.00 to 1.20 pel bu. Corn Small bags of Souther white sold at 81c. and 83c. per bu Cob Corn Quotable at $4,10 0 4.15 per brl. for carloads prime yel low on spot. Oats We quote, per bu.: Wnlt No. 2, 5869V4c; No. 3, 57 58. Mixed No. 2, 5656c; No. 3, 55 55. Hay We quote, per ton: Timothy No. 1 large bales, $17 17.50; do., small blocks, $1717.60; No. 2, a to location, $15.50 16; No. 3, $13.50 14.50. Clover Mixed Choice, $15.50; No. 1, $15; No. 2, $13 14. Butter We quote, per lb.: Cream ery fancy, 27; creamery choice, 25 26; creamery good, 22023, creamery Imitation, 29 24, Cheese We q-'ote, Jobbing lots, per lb., 15 16c. Eggs Prices steady and demand fairly good. We quote, per dozen, loss off: Maryland, Pennsylvania and nearby firsts. 21 c; Western firsts, 21; West Virginia firsts, 21; Southern firsts, 20; guinea eggs, 10 lie. Live Stock. Chicago Cattle Market stron to 10c. higher. Steers, $5.50 6.60; cows, $45.76; heifers, $3.60; bulls, $3.406.25; calves, $38.65; stockers and feeders, $3.76 6. Hogs Market 10 to 20c. higher; choice heavy, $8.20 8.30; butch ers' $8.15 0 8.25; light mixed, $7.61 7.80; choice light, $7.90 8.10; packing; $7.90 8.05; pigs, $5,600 5.70; bulk of sales, $7.85 8.10. Sheep Market for sheep steady; Iambs 10 to 15c. lower; sheep, $4.25 5.40; lambs, $7 8.35; yearlings, $4.50 & 6. Kansas City Cattle Market steady; yearling steers and heifer, $7.60; choice export and dressed beef steers, $6.30 7.60; fair to good, $4.60 8.6 0; Western steers, $4.35 6.50; stockers and feeders. $3.75 6.25; Southern steers, $3.75 6.76; Southern cows, $2.7504.25; native cows, $2.60 6; native heifers, $3.5007; bulls, $34.25; calves, $407.80. Hogs Market steady to 6c. high, er. Top, $8.05; bulk of aalea, $7.74 8; heavy $8 8.05; packers and butchers'. $7.908; light, , $7,050' 7.90; plg. $6.6007 60, I ; Sheep Market for sheep steadyt for lambs 25c. lower. Lambs, $7 & 8.25; yearlings, $4. 7506.60; weth ers, $4.6006.25; ewes, $3.7604.75; stockers and feeders, $1.76 6; Tex as muttons, $3.76 6. Pttuburg Cattle Receipts light; steady. Choice, $6.00 6.86; prime, $6.2506.60. , Sheep Supply' fair, strong. Prim wethers, $5.6006.76; culls and com. tuon.' $1.60S; lambs, $68; veal calves, $8.50$.. . Hogs Receipts light, active, fclgH er. Prime beavle. $8.60; medium, $8.36; heavy Yorkers, $1.26 8. JD; light Yorkers, $8.1008.16,
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