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gmetl fydgp.f. II Jobhbok, PaUldMr.LOWKLi^MICH.WITHIN OUR WALLS.MERE MENTION OF MICHIGAN(MATTERS.The Knlghta and Lady Maccabeef HoldTheir Ill-Eiinlal Supreme Conrentlotat Port llnron—Miehlcan Crops areHelped by Showen.K. 0.,T. M. Dl-Ennlal Review.The seventh bi-ennial review ot thosupreme tent, K. 0. T. M., was held atPort Huron. Reports of officersshowed that during tho past two years1,200 new tents were instituted with acharter membership of 23,180.In thattime there were 1,059 deaths, the averagenmount paid beneficiaries being•1,035.10, a total of 81,752,435.12.Fortotal and permanent disability 851,548has been paid.There were 20,902 lifebeneficiary certificatesannulled byreason of suspension.There is a totalof 850,004.63 in the general fund, and$2,208,081.93 in the life benefit fund,a grand total of 82,319,046.50.Thenumber of certificates in force is 118,-667, representing death benefitsamounting to 8162,710,500, an averageof 81.534.65.The total membership ofthe K. 0. T. M. and the L. O. T. M.now aggregates 278,181.The report of the lady supreme commanderof the L. O. T. M. shows thatduring the year ending Dec. 31, 1896,203 new hives were organized, andlhat on July 1, 1897, there were 618hives in good standing, with a totalmembership of 22,605.The income ofthe order from assessments is 8163,935per year and from other sources 831,-603. The amount of life benefits isstated as 815,314,500.The report ofthe supreme medical examiner showsthat 13,705 applications were receivedsince the last review.The celebration of "Maccabee day"which was to include a bi? street paradewas somewhat interfered with byrain, but quite a large number turnedout just the same.The play of "JudasMaccabcus" by Port Huron Maccabeeswas also an event.The election of officers of the K. 0.T. M. resulted: Supreme commander,D. P. Markey, of Port Huron; lieutenantcommander, J. B. McDannell, ofNew York; supreme record keeper, N.8. Boynton, of Port Huron; supremefinancekeeper, 0. D. Thompson, ofPort Huron; supreme medical examiner.R. E. Moss, of New York; supremechaplain, Geo. H. Tcrpany, of Indiana.The supreme hive L. 0. T. M. electedofficers: Supreme commander, Lillian'M. Hollister, of Detroit; lieutenantcommander, Elizabeth E. Brown, ofPennsylvania; supreme record keeper,Bina M. West, of Port Huron; supremefinance keeper, Kittie C. Warner, ofFlint; supreme chaplain, E. IreneBaub, of Bradford, Pa.; supreme medicalexaminer, M. M. Danforth, of PortHnron.Showers Helped Orowlnf Crept.Weather Observer Schneider's reportnys: "The general weather conditionshave been favorable to all growingcrops and to harvest v/ork.Wfc*atIwrvest has progressed rapidly«admuch of the crop has been seared.Thrashers are beginning work in the•onthern counties and report a fairyield of fine crop; rye that is yet standtagis in fine condition.Haying hasalso been rapidly pushed.The nearly•ormal temperatures aad very beneflcial,although unevenly distributed,•bowers have given corn a splendidgrowth, greatly improved the condl"*snof potatoes, beans and garden truckaad have headed out oats very fastThe ahowera have been insnfficient inthe northerly section of the state, andthere is considerable complaint fromthere that the weaiher is still too dryfor oats, potatoes and pastures.Inthose sections there is also much complaintof the ravages of tho grasshopperand the potato bug.Apples continueto drop badly, but other fruitsexcept peaches are fairly promising.Berries of all kinds are plentifulThevery hot dry weather of the earlypari of the month haa burnt ont muchyounjr clover."Mkrhjj.a O. A. B. la Good Shap*.Vol- (V. R. Pond in hia semi-annualreport as ..ssistaat adjntant-generaland assisiant quartermaater-general ofthe Michigan r,. a. B. says there areno delinquentIn the department.V,he gain in members daring the termending June ^ ^ 903. Thelosses: By deaih, 177; by honorablodischarge, 36; by tmnsfer, 183; by anspension,572; by surr^er of charter,three posts and 4?. inembet*;atotal loss of 961 members. This leavesthe showing for the dcpariment at thepresent time, 383 pobU. IC.o^, nembers.Col Pond reporto the inq llru . 8made as to the national encan.pmontat Buffalo in AuguM, as verygood reason for anticipating tbt i ar , r .eat turnout of Michigan veterans sincethe Detroit gathering in 1891.Kpldomlo of Snlcldes In Detroit.Detroit hadthree suicides in oneday. Mrs. Francis Schischko, 265Brady street, was found by ono of horsons dead in a rocking chair with abullet hole in her forehead and heroldest son's revolver in her lap.Sheleaves five children and a husbandfrom whom she had separated.Anunknown man jumped upon tho rail ofthe Detroit nnd Windsor ferry boat asit was leaving tho dock and shouting"Here poes nothing" leaped into thoriver.lie refused to hang on to lifepreservers thrown to him and soondrowned.Charles Witzko, a laborer,aged 58, sent his family, consisting ofa wife and five children, to look atRingling Bros.' circusparade, andthen took advantage of their absenceto end his life by hanging himself to acrossbeam in the garret.National Eneampment Information.For the information of all comradesand friends of the Michigan department,U. A. IL, who intend to visit theBuffalo encampment, CommanderBliss announces that he will leaveSaginaw on a special Michigan Centraltrain at 6:05 a. m. Monday, Aug. 23. Astop will be made at Detroit until 11:45p. m. to meet all late arrivals and theparty will arrive in Buffalo at 5:30 a.m. the next day. At Detroit the W.R. C. headquarters sleeper and as manyday coaches as are needed will betaken on.Prospective passengers areurged to take as little baggage as possible,and to have it chocked through.The fare will be 1 cent a mile each way.Three Drowned in Detroit Blver.Three Detrolters, William W. Shier,a young attorney; Francis E. Russell,a letter carrier and superintendent ofSt. Thomas' Episcopal Sunday school,and Edward, the young son of John E.Stubensky, a letter carrier, weredrowned at Sugar island, down Detroitriver, by the capsizing of a rowboat ina whirlpool Francis Russell, thefather, and Jesse N. Russell, brotherof the drowned letter carrier, had verynarrow escapes from losing their lives,but were rescued.Plucky Olrl Captures a Burglar.Miss Stella Boals, of New Buffalo,heard a burglar in the house and jumpingout of bed she scoured a butcherknife and attacked him.The robberdropped his revolver and jumpedthrough a window.Miss Boals followedclad only In her night dress andhad the satisfaction of seeing the fellowcaptured after chasing him a block.Tried to BUI Bis Wife.Anthony Drach, of Benton Harbor,was arrested for trying to kill his wifewith an ax.She escaped his wrath byrunning to a neighbor's house untilofficers arrived.MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.Holland citizeiw were "skinned", outof 8600 by card and dice sharpers.Bobt Smith, aged 20, was drownedwhile bathing in the Bifie river atftmer.Bay City retail grocers will have aL aliday and a picnic at East Tawas,Aug. 19.Ernest Mills, aged 17, was drownedin Crystal Lake, near Benzonia, whilebathing.Enthusiastic bicyclists of Bay Cityare planning to build a cycle path toSaginaw.An Independent telephone line hasbeen built between Benton Harbor andStevensville.Frank Solan, aged 17, was drowuedat Port Huron.He was fishing andfell into the river.Sam Humphrey, living near Beading,fell from the beam In his barn andbroke three ribs and one leg.The directors of the Dowaglac UnionFair association have decided to hold afour days' fair commencing Sept 27.Lightning killed four horses, two belongingto Werthen Seymour and twoto Henry Corcoran, near Chillicothe.Edwin F. Uhl, of Michigan, formerlyU. S. ambassador to Germany, has returnedhome on the steamer Normania.Banking Commissioner Just hascalled on all state banks for a report oftheir condition at the close of business,July 23.The Whittemore foundry and machineshop, at West Bay City, was guttedby fire, causing a loss of 820,000;Insurance 813,000.The second of the deaf mutes killedby the lake shore train near Monroehas been identified as Alex. Bergfield,of New Concord, O.The first crop of celery is now beingharvested at Kalamazoo—about threeweeks later than usualThe qualityis better than last year.Henry M. Rose, Senator Burrows'private secretary, has opened headquartersat Grand Rapids lookingto Mr. Burrows' re-election.Philip Dolmen, of Allen township,Hillsdale county, committed suicide byshooting himself twice after takinglaudanum.Domestic infelicity wasthe trouble.Bobbers entered the store of E. F.Rhodes & Co., at Granger, and carriedaway three bicycles, tobacco, knives,clothing, miscellaneous hardware andother merchandise, bnt leftbuilding.The Governor u invesUfaMnt;.Boy Nunn, aged 17, of Gladwin, hasGov. Pingree was at McBaln invest - ,, j teen arrested ou suspicion of beinggating some charges made against Uhe person who assassinated Curtis•omeofthe county officials and also i bright, a farmer near there a weekinvestigating the action of the Ann i '^o. The boy has served a term inArbor railway in refusing to grant 1 industrial school There has beenproper street crossings over th«ir 1 ba, i Mood between the two families.Une.blueberry crop promises to beOtto Werner, aged 8, was crushed todeath under the wheels of a farmers'wagon at Jackson.Montmorency county supervisorshave decided to replace the recentlyborned poorhouse with a IM.OOO brickbnilding.. ..an , ex< *ilent one in the upper penlnsulathis ^ason, and the first berriesint* 1 ®J ' A l g e r and Luce conniraped-.00° persons wiH be enthemThe blueh*rrv^ tnem xno mucrK ; ; ; - -rth »»o,000Niels Petersen, of Dccatur, hfts completedtho largest peppermint distileryin the world.Eight tubs are used andthe distilery will have a capacity of500 pounds of oil per day.Edwin, aged 15, the only son ofWells Smith, a prosperous farmer nearAlbion, has disappeared taking hisclothes and his pet pony.His motherIs nearly crazed with grief.Boyco Speichor, living near Glendulo,was taken from bed by masked menand treated to a coat of tar and feathersand ordered to leave tho community.He had been slandering severalwomen of that section.Quartermaster-General White, of theM. N. G., moved upon Island Lake andestablishedpermanent headquarters,which will bo maintained until campcloses on Aug. 10.Ho will preparethe grounds for the encampment.David Munger, aged 70, a veteran, ofthe Mexican and civil wars, while sittingin front of a clothing store atSchoolcraft was accidentally hit In thetemple by a large rock thrown by aclerk, and is in a critical condition.Morency Cornelius, aged 86, a Polishwomen, has been an inmate of the Allegancounty poor house since 1865,and was a county charge before then.She is now insane.Who she is orwhere she originally come from is amystery.Arnold Verhulst, of Holland, wastaken to tbe asylum at Kalamazoo.John Verhulst, a brother, was greatlyaffected by his brother's condition,and is missing.He had threatened todrouy himself, fearing that he, too,might become insane.Merritt M. Goodspeed, Muskegon'smessiah says his divine gifts are yetIn their infancy.He says that now hois only a healer but soon will be employedby the Holy Ghost with thostrength ofprophecy, and declaresthat he will live to be 200 years old.L R. Taft, professor of horticultureat the Michigan Agricultural college,has received specimens of the peartree psylia from Kent county.So faras known, this dangerous pest hasnever been seen In Michigan.Taftrecommends that trees affected shouldbe sprayed with kerosene emulsion.The corner's jury returned a verdictof suicide by drowning In the case ofElizabeth Hamilton who was found inthe river at Saginaw with her illegitimatebabe In her arms.The girl'ssisters testified that Stuart Gordonwas the acknowledged father of thechild and had ruined the girl underpromise of marriage.Bertha Cunningham, of Dundee, andSelma Kranzuh, of Blissfield, havebeen arrested at Dundee ou a chargeof rifling letters belonging to a travelingman named Cunningham.Thegirls admitted that they called for theletters at the postoffice and tore themuf>. The pieces were found In thestreet, with fragments of a 850 draftSuch enormous quantities of blackberriesare being gathered In southwesternMichigan this season that theprices received for them In the Chicagomarket fail to net the shipper tbe costof the packages alone.Many growershave devised inexpensive evaporatingplants to dispose of the surplus berriesand it is estimated that over one-halfof the crop will find a market as driedfruits.In anticipation of the raise of theprice of beer stamps to an even dollaron the barrel by the new tariff lawMichigan brewers were heavy purchasersat the internal revenue office atDetroit, over 880,000 worth being soldin one day.This will save the brewersnearly 810,000.The Detroit districtincludes 54 counties. In whichthere are 83 breweries that produce between600,000 and 700,000 barrels ayear.Of these breweries 28 are inDetroitTbe Interchangeable system of mileagebooks goes Into effect on Michiganrailroads early In AugustThe buyerof a 1,000 mile book will deposit 830and wiU receive 810 rebate when thebook is used up if It Is used accordingto rules.The books will be good onall roads in the Central Traffic associationand outside of Michigan, but canbe used by the person to whom it isissued only. - In Michigan, thelawpermits the members of a man's familyto use his mileage book.THE TELEGRAPH.NEWSY CONDENSATIONS.The New York and Brooklyn elevatedrailroads are to be operated by electricityas soon as a change can be made.A trestle on the Zanesvllle & OhioBlver railroad, nearMarietta, gaveway as an excursion train was passingover and two cars plunged throughand were wrecked.About 15 personswere seriously injured, a number beingburned, but it seems a miracle thatno one was killed.$rank M. Reed, of Anderson, Ind.,claims to have completed a system ofgas generation from a crude oil burnerwhich Is capable of producing 33 permore heat than from coal, and wouldenable the largest warships to carryfuel enough for a trip around the world.He also has inventedan absolutelybullet and shell proof storage tank.One man at the valves could take theplace of 30 stokers now necessary on agreat war vessel.Beed's representativeis at present demonstrating theseinventions before the anthorities atWashington.The treasurydepartment has decidedthat the new tariff bill went intoeffect at midnight on the 23d, Insteadof tbe afternoon of the 24th, owing tothe fact that the law does not allowthe recognition of a fraction of a day.The eflect of this decision cannot yetbe estimated, but it is known that atleast 1400,000 will be saved to UncleSam by the advance on the enormoussales of beer and cigarette stamps andin the customs receipts on large cargoeswhich arrived at New York andPhiladelphia on the 24th after strenuouseflorts had been made to get themin before tbe bill was signed.INTERESTING AND IMPORTANTNEWS MATTERS.Touicstown. D., aud Vicinity SufferedHeavy Damagefrom n Cloudburst—MessaRes by Carrier Pigeons SayAndree Discovered the North Pole.The North Pole Discovered.A special dispatch from Copenhagensays that a carrier pigeon has just beencaught in the vicinity of Tromsooisland, near the north point of Norway,from which place Andree sailed In hisballoon north pole expedition, withthe following stamped upon its wing:"North polo passed; fifteenth." Anotherpigeon caught at Sovede, inRifylke, carried the message, "Northpole, 142 w 14:62," on its wings and Isthought to be ono of Andree's pigeons.London: A keen interest is felt ingeographical circles here as to the resultof Andreo's expedition and this isgreatly increased by the arrival of thepigeons at Soevde and at Tromsoe island,though there is some doubt us towhether either bird came from Andree.I. Scott Keltic, secretary of the RoyalGeographical society, says: "It is certainthat If the wind . were southerlywhen he ascended Andree wouldcross the polar basin and come outnear the Bering straits., 142 w* meansthe coast of North America and if sucha wind prevailed, under the most favorablecircumstances Andree would arrivethere.If tho inscription meansthis, it means also that Andree haspassed right across the pole.There Isno especial anxiety felt here as toAndree's fate, because even if the ballooncomes to grief Andree will be noworse off than Nanscn was after leavingthe Fram."1 Stockholm: Dr. Ekhola, who was associatedwith Andree in the projectedballoon expedition of last year, docsnot believe that the carrier pigeonscaptured are from Andree.Cloudburst at Youngstown, O.A tremendous cloudburst struck theMahoning valley near Youngstown,and Crab creek, a stream ordinarily 20feet wide, became a rushing torrent2,000 feet in width, flooding the entirevalley and causing great damage, bothin the city and along the railway lines.Several people are supposed to havebeen drowned.The entire county eastand west for 20 miles was flooded andthe damage will be enormous, the railroadsbeing the heaviest losers.Manyresidences at Youngstown were floodedthe occupants being taken away by thepolico and fire departments.The MahoningValley electric lines were Hoodedout and aU the bridges washed away.The Catholic church atNiles was struckby lightning and nearly destroyed byfire, while business houses and manufacturingconcerns were fiooded outHenry Myers, while standing in frontof hft residence, was struck by lightningao^lkilled.Railroads were forcedto contpji'tely suspend operations.The Wily Turk Bneels to the Powers.A Constantinople correspondent saysthe Turkish ministers have acceptedthe frontier proposals made by theEuropean powers, and the sultan hasissued an irade sanctioning the settlementin accordance with the wishes ofthe powers.An Athens dispatch says: The Turkishmilitary authorities have orderedthe surrender of the Volo-Larissa railwayto the Greek railway officialswithin eight days.It is stated thatthe evacuation of Thessaly has alreadycommenced. Several officers havestarted for Salon lea.Edhcm Pasha,commander-in-chief ofthe Turkishtroops- In Thessaly, is unexpected atVolo to superintend the evacuation.Gen. Smolentz, commanding the Greekforces at Arta, has been summoned toAthens.Crisis Bas Come in tbe Miners* Strike.M. D. Ratchford, president of theUnited Mine Workers, has telegraphedfrom Fairmount, W. Va., to SamuelGompers, president of the AmericanFederation of Labor, as follows: "Onthe fair soUof West Virginia peaceableasscmbla^*basbeen forbidden andfree speech suppressed.A crisis Isupon us whichmust be met if wewonld escape total slavery.This is nolonger a strike for justice, but a struggleagainst starvation, and every atomof nobility in human nature impels usto rise to the emergency.West Virginiais the field of action and here onrforces must be converged.The minershere are eager, anxious to join In ourmovement for their emancipation, bntare restrained by the fear of dischargeand eviction. They are asmuch tbe property of their mastersas were the black slavesbefore the guns of Sumter thunderedthe doom of chattel slavery.The millionsof sturdy craftsmen of our conntry must be aroused.1 therefore callupon you in behalf of the strugglingminers to help us meet this crisis andachieve victory for the cause of labor."Miss Jean Ingelow, the distinguishedpoet and novelist died In London Inher 77th year.It Is said at Yokohama that Jbpanwill probably agree to submit her dlfferences with Hawaii to arbitration.The movement topresent Francewith a statue of Washington as a giftof the American people has received afresh impetus through a contributionand a strong letter from ex-SenatorBradbury, of Maine, now 06 years old.A joint proposal of bimetallism waspresented to representatives oftbeBritish government on behalf of theUnited States and France by the ambassadors of those governments andtbe special commission appointed bythe United States. The proposalswere taken under advisement by tbeBritish cabinet, an answer to be givenat a subsequent conference.THE TARIFF BILL PASSEDSENATE.—97th day.—Tho debate on.the tariff eonfcrenco report was participatedin by Senators Chilton, ofTexas; Jones, of Arkansas, and Pettigrew,of South Dakota, in opposition,while Mr. Aldrich took frequent occasionto defend the report The credentialsof the new Senator from Tonnessoe,Thomas B. Turley, who succeedsthe late Senator Harris, werepresented by his associate, Mr. Bate.Mr. Turley was sworn In at once. Mr.Tillman, of South Carolina, offered aresolution discharging the committeeon contingent expenses from furtherconsideration of the resolution for aninvestigation of alleged senatorialsugar speculation.Before anythingcould be said Mr. Jones, of Nevada,presented a report from tho committeeon the same resolution against an investigation.Mr. Tillman promptlyasked that the report be read. He didnot want it sidetracked by any parliamentarydevice, and he wished to securea direct vote on the resolution.Mr. Galllnger objected, and tho reportwent to tho calendar.Shortly beforethe Senate adjourned Mr. Allison, incharge of tho tariff bill, made a strongeffort to have a time fixed for the finalvote on the tariff conference reportFailing in this he gave notice that thesession the following day would beprotracted with a view to securing avote.HOUSE.—Two important billswere passed.The first allows a partial.suspension of the discriminatingduties Imposed on tho vessels of foreigncountries which Impose similarduties on our vessels.The effect ofthe bill is to open the way for securinga market for American coal In Mexico,which is now supplied by English coalmines.The other bill is to create acivil government in Alaska, with anadditional land office, which Is madeimperative by recent gold discoveries.Rep. C. W. Stone, of Pennsylvania, introduceda bill to authorize the appointmentof a monetary commissionand to appropriate 8100,000 for Its expenses.This is the bill that will probablybe passed by the Hons .as a responseto the special message of thePresident, which. It is understood, hewill send to congress as soon as thetariff bill gets out of the Senate.SENATE.—98th day.—Tho debate onthe tariff co-iference report continued.Mr. Teller, of Colorado, making avehement speech in which he not onlydenounced the tariff bill, but also attackedthe Republican party.SenatorsWhite of California, and Pettus,of Alabama, spoke in opposition thebill, and Senators Allen, of Nebraska,and Foraker, of Ohio, engaged In aheated personal colloquy In which Allencharged fraud in the Ohio elections oflast year.It led to such epithets as"balder-dash," and to pointed referencesto the methods of court "pettifoggers."The event of the day howeverwas reached when Mr. Morgan,of Alabama, who has bitterly opposedthe bill and obstructed Its progress,presented a resolution that the Senateon the following day continue in sessionuntil a vote was taken on the bill.This was unanimously agreed to, andthere were demonstrations of pleasurefrom Senators of the Republicanside as they saw the pathclear for the passage of the billHOUSE—Three brief sessions were heldowing to the uncertainty of Senateaction on the tariff bill, but little businesswas transacted. A bill was passedto ratify the compact entered Into betweenthe states of South Dakota andNebraska relative to tbe disputedboundary line.SENATE. — 99th day.—The tariff billpassed Its last legislative stage at 3 p.m., when the Senate, by the decisivevote of 40 to 30, agreed to the conferencereport on the billThe announcementof the result was greeted with enthusiasticapplause by the crowdedchamber.Althought the result was aforegone conclusion yet this did notabate the eager interest attached tothe close of a great contestEarly inthe day the debate was listless, thoughenlivened at times with virulent criticismby Mr. Allen and by a speechfrom Mr. Burrows, of the finance committee.Messrs. Caffery, Morgan andStewart occupied the time up to 3o'clock, when the vote was promptlytaken.This closed the great labor forwhich tbe 65th congress assembled Inextraordinary session, and after stubbornresistance, at times threateninga deadlock, the Senate concurred withthe House In a resolution for the finaladjournment of the session at 0 p. m.The President's message for a currencycommission wasreceived from theHouse, but tbe House bill creating acommission was not acted uponHOUSE.—The last session of the Housewas marked by many Interestingevents. In addition to thefinal act of tbe speaker in affixingbis signature to the Dingley tariffbill, a bill providing for the creationof a currency commission Wbscrowded through In the closing hours.The House recessed until after theSenate had adopted the tariff conferencereport, and' as soon as the Housereconvened the engrossed bill wassigned and sent to the PresidentThedemonstrations which marked theseevents were spontaneous and enthusiasticIn the extreme, the gallerieBplaying a significant part In themWhen the Presiddut's message came inrecommending the creation of a currencycommission K was answered bythe Republican leaderswith greatpromptitude.By moans of a specialorder the Stone bill introdnced somedays previously with the approval otthe administration was brought to avote and passed afterlan hour's debate,during which considelable feeling wasmanifested on both slles.As the finalact of the session mespeaker announcedthe House committees.: Secretary of War A|establish a militaryer is abont toIn Alaska.TELEGRAPHIC TICKINGS.Debs says he was threatened withdeath unless ho leaves West Virginia.A boiler explosion occurred on thesteamer Nutmeg State at Bridgeport,Conn., killing four men and Injuringsix others.Dr. T. Do Witt Talmaco denies thathe intends to leava Washington, andsays his relations with his congregationarc most happy.The largest watermelon grown Inthe south this season was shipped fromAtlanta, Go., to President McKinley.It weighed 78 pounds.Canadians are getting excited overtho Klondyke discoveries and threatento shut out all foreigners, esDeclallycitizens of the United States, except onthe payment of big royalt.es on allgold mined.Information has been received thattho English have taken possession of anumber of small Islands In tho Southsea, particularly the Palmyra groupwhich has long been regarded as be* 4longing to Hawaii.Tho Casino summer theater bnildingat Ramona park, Paducah, Ky., caughtfire during a performance before anaudience of 600 people.A terriblepanic ensued in which over 200 werevery seriously burned or trampled upon.President McKinley has named asmembers of the Nicaragua canal commissionRear Admiral John G. Walker,U. 8. N.; Capt Oborlin M. Carter, corpsof engineers, U. S. A., and Lewis M.Haupt, of Pennsylvania, an engineerfrom civil life.One of the most noticeable facts Inthe committee appointments made bySpeaker Reed Is that Jerry Simpson,of Kansas, was not placed ou any committee.This is supposed to bo thespeaker's method of revenge for Simpson'sattacks upon him.The steamer Portland, the largestrunning to Alaska, was crowded to theutmost limit with gold seekers whenshe left Seattle, Wash.The Klondykecraze bos so seriously cripplod the policeforce of Seattle that their salarieshave been raised to hold those thatstill remain.Lieut R, E. Perry has sailed fromBoston on the steamer Hope for northernGreenland where he will establisha settlement which will bo used as abase of supply for an expedition tostart for the north ik)le in 1898.Theparty comprises 43 persons, includingMrs. Peary and their daughter; Mr. andMrs. H. J. Leo, of Mordlan, Conn., anda number of scientific men.%hTht President Signed the Dingley BIILThe Dingley tariff bill is now thelaw of the land.The last step necessarywas taken at the White Housewhen the President affixing his signaturewith a pen presented for the purposeby Rep. Dingley.The signing ofthe bill occurred In tho cabinet roomIn the presence of Secretary of theTreasury Gage, Atty.-Gen, McKcnna,Postmaster-General Gary and SecretaryWilson, Reps. Dingley and Hagerand Private Secretary Porter.Six Billed In Winchester Arms Factory.Four women and two men werekilled by an explosion in the leadingdepartment at the armory of the Win*Chester Repeating Arms Co., at NewHaven, Conn. Five others werebadly injured.Forty feet of the sideof the building was blown out audhurled in pieces many feet, and fragmentsof human bodies were scatteredaboutTHE MARKETS.LIVE STOCB.SpringNew York—CattleSbeep Lambs HogsBest grades...14 50Q4 03 II fi f. 05 $140Lower grades..8 60©t 85 8 60 4 50 410Chicago—Best grades....4 75&5 00 4 25 5 35 8 75Lower grades..2 50®4 60 8 25 8 SO 8 60Detroit—Best grades....4 03®I 40 8 75 5 00 8 70Lower grades.. 8 2504 0J 2 29 8 25 8 00Buffalo—Best grades..,.4 10a4 85 8 5 85 8 75Lower grades..2.S3®4 00 2 25 4 00 lidCincinnati—Best grades....4 OOA4 40 8ASi 5 10 875Lower grades. .2 8534 00 8 25 8 75 8 00Cleveland—Best grades....4 25a> 60 8 60 5 00 3«SLower grades..8 8004 00 8 85 8 75 8 50Pittsburg—Best grades....4 COCM 00 4 20 4 75 410Lower grades..8 60®4 50 8 7» 8 65 8 85GBAIN, ETC.Wheat, Corn. Oats.No. 8 red No. 8 mix No. 8 whiteNew York 85 ®85M 81 ®31K 21Vi®31!tChicago 78 076H 2IK&S•Detroit 78 ©78 27 ©27 23 ®2WToledo 75 075K 86 ®88K 80 ®30KCincinnati 78 ©72 28 328 80 QSiyCleveland 78 ©72 86 ©26 21 ©21Pittsburg 75 ©75H 26 ©26 21 ©21Buffalo 76 ©76 28 ©88 26 ©86•Detroit-Hay, No. 1 timothy, 110,00 per ton.New Potatoes, 90c per bu.Live Poultry,spring chickens, 18c per lb; fowl,7Kc; ducks,8c; turkeys,'Oc. Eggs, strictly fresh, 9c perdos. Butter, dairy, lie per lb; creamery, 14c.REVIEW OF TBADE.The widespread confidence that there willbe a marked revival In general trade in thefall continues to grow, and with it materialevidence that It Is well founded. Chicagoiobbers in clothing, dry goods and shoes, andmanufacturers there and elsewhere reportthat fall business bas begun, which Is muchearlier than usual The end of uncertaintyregarding duties on imports gives greaterconfidence alike to those who nave opposedand those who have tauored the change.The one retarding force—the strike or thecoal miners—has caused the closing of a fewmanufacturing works for want of tuel, butnegotiations for settlement are still pushedwith hope. It is notable that the rise Inwheat came in the face of highly encouragingcrop news which is not disputed aud hasfor support nothing but foreign conditionsand demaud.A Chicago dispatch says that a mostgigantic trust or combination of capitalis abont to be formed by poolingthe interests of the Standard Oil Co.,the leather, sugar, tobacco, whisky,paint and oil thists, with a total capitalrepresented of 81,000,000,000.Peter McNally, ofBoston, swamacross the English channel from Dover,Eng., to within three miles of Francewhen he became blinded by the saltwater and his hands and legs swollenso terribly from the cold that he hadto give np, and was taken on board aboat which accompanied himIl i tV-ilA WBESFFLING MATCH.il.and tho harshsnows drive itHE village hadawakened from itslong winter's sleep.It had shaken offIts lethargy andstepped forth intothe light and sunshineto take upagain life in thefree air u ntllthe months shouldspeodaroundwinds and tbeback to a closekitchen and a stifling stove. The antiquatedsaw-mill down by the creekbuzzed away with a vim that plainlytold that the stream was swollen withthe melted snows of the winter Justpast.The big grist-mill bumped andthumped in deep, melodious tones, asthough it were making an effort todrown the rasping, discordant music•ot its small but noisy neighbor.The double doors of the store werewide open.Had all the other signsbf spring been missing, this fact alonewould have Indicated to the knowing,If the snow had not melted andthe birds not come come back it washigh time they did, for those doorsnever stood open until the patriarch~felt it In his. hones that the winterwas gone and he could with safety'leave the side of the stove within andttigrateto the long wooden bench onthe porch to bask in tho sunshine."Boys," ho oaid at length, "it's(time we're gittin' out ag'in.Springhas come."With that he hobbled toward the•door."Good, Gran'pap," said the ChronicLoafer, rolling off the counter and following.Then the old Storekeeper opened'both doors.The old oak bench that had stoodceglected through the long winter, exposedto wind and warping rain, gave-a Joyous creak as it felt again on itsbroad and knife-hacked back theweight of the Patriarch and his-friends, and kicked up its one shorthickory leg with such vehemence asto eause the Storekeeper to throw outhis bands as though the world had•dropped from under him and he wasgrasping at a cloud for support."Mighty souls!" he cried when he'had recovered his composure and equilibrium.*"My, oh, my!" murmured the oldnan, his child-like face beaming with•contentment as he sat basking in the«un."Don't the old bench feel goodag'in.Me an' this oak board has benbuddies fer nigh onter sixty year."The season seemed to have infusednew life into the Ohronie Loafer asit bad into all nature, for be suddenlytossed off his coat, with one leap-cleared the steps, and then begandancing up and down In the road."It jist makes a feller feel like wrastlin',Gran-pap," he shouted, wavinghis arms deflnatly at the quartet onthe bench. "Come on."At this indisposition of these four-to take up the gauntlet he bad throwndown, the Loafer became still morebrave and defiant'"Hedgins!" he sneered. 'Ton unsis afraid, eh?""Nawthin* to be afraid of," snappedthe Miller. "Simply because"" 'IIIIII INPA"HE WENT FLYINV*spring's come et it's ben comin' eversince I kin remember, I hain't a-goin*to waller 'round in a muddy road.""Nur 1, nuther," growled the Shoemaker."Well, I bantered yer, an' yon nns'sall skeert ter weetle, dead skeert,"cried the Loafer, drawing on his coatand grinning triumph through hisbushy whiskers."Oome, come," said the Patriarch,beating his stick on the floor to callthe boaster to order-."Ef I was fiveyears younger I'd take your banter;Pd druv your head inter the mud tellyou'd be afeared of sbowin' up at thestore fei a year fer fear some un'dshovel yer Inter the road.Thet'swhat I'd do. I hates blowln', I do—Ihates blowln*. Fur be it from mn terblow, particular as I was sometbin' ofa wrestler, when I was a young un,""I bet I could 'a' th'owcd you inless time 'an it takes me ter set down,"tbe Loafer said, as he seated himselfon tbe steps and got out his pipe."Th'owed me, eh!" retorted theold man. "You'd 'a' th'owed me, wouldyou.Well, I'd a' liked to hev seenyou a th'owin' me."He shook hisstick at the braggart. "Why, didn'tyou know thet 'hen I was young Iwas the best wrastler in the valley;didn't you 'ever hear of the greatwrastlin' me and Simon Cruller doneup to Swamp Holler schoolhouse?""Did Noar act as empire?" asked theLoafer."What does you mean be talkiif ofKoar an' sech like when I'm tellin' ofwrastlin'? Tryin* to change the sub-Jec', I s'pose, eh?" cried the Patriarch."Me an' Bime Cruller was huddles,"be begaa at length. "Thet was tellwe MCh kind, of set our minds oa getttn'Becky Stump. You uns sever seenher, oh? Well, mebhe you never seenher grave-stun.It stands be the alderbcrrybushes in the buryin'-groun',an" ef you hain't seen It yer otter, ferthen ye might get an idee what sortera woman she was. Pretty? Why,she was a model, she was--a perfectmcdei. Hair!You una don't oftensee sich hair nowadays ez BeckyStump bed-soft and black like.Byes!Why, they sparkled Jest likethey was filled with new buggy paint,an' was all watery like.An', mightysouls, but she could plough! fer shewasn't none of your modern girls asis too proud to plough. Many a dayI set over on the porch at our place an'looked down across the walley an'seen her a-steppin' along th'oo' theflel', an* I thot how I'd like ter hevone han'le while she'd hev the other,an' we'd go trampin' along life's furrowtoeeihoi."Thp whole thing came to a p'int ata speiiln' bee up to Swampy Hollerschool," continued the Patriarch, unmindfulof the interruption."BeckyStump was there an" looked onusualpretty, fer it was cold outside an' thewind had made her face all red onthe drive over from home.Sime wasthere, too, togged out In store clothes."It didn't take me Ave minutes tosee thet Sime Cruller was tryin' toshow off afore Becky Stump: was tryingto prove to her that he tiras asmarter lad than me."When Intermission come Sime hegits off in one corner an' begins blowin'to a lot- of the boys. I heard himtalkin' loud about me, so I steps over.He sayd it was all a mistake; that becould beat me at anything—spellin',wrastlin,' or flshin'. He was showin'off agin, for he talked loud like BeckyStump could beer, an'-1 makes np memind I wouldn't stand his blowln'." 'Soe here, Sime Cruller,' I sals, salsI, 'you uns is nawthin' but a blowhorn,' I sals.'You claims you kinwrastle. Why. I kin th'ow you in lesstime 'an it takes to tell It, an' if youstep out-side I'll prove me words.'" 'You th'ow me!' he sals. Then bebegin to laugh like he'd die at thewerry idee."With that we went outside, folleredby the rest of the boys.They wasa quarter moon overhead, an' the girlsput two candles in the schoolhousewinder, so with the snow we could seepretty well"At it we wentBoys, you otter 'a'ben there!You otter 'a' seen it!That was wrastlin'! When Sime an'me clinched I ketched him 'roun' thewaist with me right arm an' gitshold of the strap of his right bootwith the forefinger of me left hand.He gits his left arm aroun' my neckan' down my back somehow, an' withhis right hand tears the buttons offme coat an' grabs me in the armholeof me waist-coat.Over we goes,like two dogs, snarlin' an' snappin',while the boys in a ring aroun' uscheered an' the girls crowdln' theschoolhouse porch trembled an'screamed with fright. We twisted, weturned, we rolled over an' over tellwe looked like llvin' snowballs. Simegot off the boot I'd a holt, on, an'gives me a sudden turn thet almostsent me on me back. But I was quick.Mighty souls, but I was quick! I upswith me foot an' landed me heel righton his chist an' he went flyin' tenfeet inter a snow bank, keryin' mecoat-sleeve with him.He was lookin'up at the moon when I run up to him,an' I'd 'a' bed him down, but he turnedover."but I was quick. Mighty souls, butI was quick! I kep' me feet an' gitsone han' inter his wilstcoat pocket an'hung to him.Whenever you wrastlesgit your man by the bootstrap or tbepocket, an' you has the best they is.Bf I hedn't 'a' done thet, I might not'a' ben here today. But I done it, an'fer a full hour me an' Sime Crullerrolled roun', even matched. Timean' agin I got sight of Becky Stumpstandin' on the porch, her handsgripped together, her face pale, hereyes almost poppin' outen her head,she was watchin' us so hard, an' thewery sight of her urged me on to inhumanefforts. It seemed to have thesame effect on Sime.The blood beginto run outen both me nose-holesan' yit I kep' at It. Me heart beat sohard it made me buttons rattle. StillI kep' at itSime was so hot it wasfer mc Jest like wrastlin' with a,stove,an' still we kep' at it.Then all of asudden—it was two hourr. after bedfust clinched—everything seemed toswim—I couldn't feel no earth beneath—I only know'd that I was still holdin'on to Sime—then I know'd nawthin'."When I came to I waa layin' bo theschoolhouse stove, an' Becky Stump\\as leaning over me rubbin' a snowballacrosst me forehead. The otherfolks was standin' back like, fer theyseemed to think thet after sich an exhibitionit was settled an' they didn'twant to disturb us." 'Becky,' I whispers, 'did I win?'" 'You did.' she sals. 'You bothfainted et oncet, but you fainted ontop.'" 'An' now, I s'pose you'll hev me,'I sals, fer It seemed like there wassometbin' in her eyes thet kinderurged me on."She was quiet a pice, an' then sheleans down an' answers: 'Do you thinkI wants to marry a fien'? No, air, I'llmerry no man I can't lick.'""Well?" cried the Loafer."Well?" retorted the old man."Did she ever merry?"The Patriarch shook his head."Go look at the grave stun," hesaid, "an on it you'll see wrote: * 'Erelies Becky Stump.Her peaceful soul'sat rest.'"TALMAtrE'SSERMON.Food for Beflectlon.Rev. Mr. Longlipp (anxiously)—Howdid you like my subBtitute's sermonlast Sunday, Deacon?Deaoon Bluntleleb—Itwas a treatTHE CAUSE OF RIGHTEOUS-NESS FLOURISHING.A DUcouno from tho Tes.t: Lamentations,Chapter III, Verse 39—"WhereforeDoth n Living Man Complain?"—Better Days Are Noar at Hand.CHEERFUL interrogatoryin themostmelancholybook of tho Bible!Jeremiah wrote somany sad thingsthat we have awordnamed afterhim, and when anythingis surchargedwith grief and complaint,we call it aJeremiad.But in my text Jeremiah, asby a sudden Jolt, wakens us to a thankfulspirit.Our blessings are so much more numerousthan our deserts that he is surprisedthat anybody should ever findfault.Having life, and with it a thousandblessings, it ought to hush intoperpetual silence everything like criticismof the dealings of God. "Whereforedoth a living man complain?'There are three prescriptions bywhich I believe that our individual andnational finances may be cured of theirpresent depression.The first is cheerfulconversation and behavior.I havenoticed that the people who are mostvociferous against the day in which welive are those wbo are in comfortableeircumstances.I have made inquiryof those persons who arc violentintheir Jeremiads against these times, andI have asked them, "Now, after all, areyou not making a living?" After somehesitation and coughing and clearingtheir throat three or four times, theysay stammerlngly, "Y-e-s."So thatwith a great multitude of people it isnot a question of getting a livelihood,but they are dissatisfied because theycannot make as much money as theywould like to make.They haye onlytwo thousand dollars in the ba»k,whorethey would like to have four thousand.They can clear in a year only flvothousand dollars, when they would liketo clear ten thousand, or things comeout Just even.Or, In their trade theyget three dollars a day when they wishthey could make four or live."Oh!"says some one, "are you not aware ofthe fact that there is a great populationout of employment, and there arehundreds of good families of tbis countrywho are at their wits' end. notknowing which way to turn?"Yes,I know it better than any man in privatelife can know that sad fact, forit comes constantly to my eye and ear.But who is responsible for this state cfthings?Much of that responsibility I put uponmen in comfortable clmimstancas.who, by an everlasting growling, keeppublic confidence depressed and now enterprisesfrom starting out and newhouses from being built.You knowvery well that one despondent man cantalk fifty men into despondency, whileone cheerful physician can wake up intoexhilaration a whole asylum of hypochondriacs.It is no kindness to thepoor or the unemployed for you to Joinin this deploration. If youhave not the wit and thecommon sense to think of somethingcheerful to say. then keep silent. Thereis no man that can be independent ofdepressed conversation.The medicalJournals are ever illustrating It.I wasreading of five men who resolved thatthey wpuld make an experiment and seewhi\t they could do In the way of depressinga stout, healthy man, and theyresolved to meet him at different pointsin his Journey; and as he stepped outfrom his house In the morning in robusthealth, one of the five men methim and said, "Why, you look very sicktoday.What is the matter?" He said,"I am in excellent health; there isnothing the matter." But passingdown the street, he began to examinehis symptoms, and the second of theflvo men met him and said, "Why, howbad you do look.""Well," he replied,"I don't feel very well." After a whilethe third man met him, and the fourthman met him, and the fifth man cameup and said, "Why, you look as if youhad had the typhoid fever forsixweeks.What is the matter with you?"And the man against whom the stratagemhad been laid went home ani died.And if you meet a man with perpetualtalk about hard times, and bankruptcyand dreadful winters that are to come,you break down his courage. A fewautumns ago. as the winter was comioson. people said, "We shall have aterrible winter. The poor will be frozenout this winter." There was somethingin the large store of acorns thatthe squirrels had gathered, and somethingin the phases of the moon, andsomething in other portends.that madeyou certain we were going to have abard winter. Winter came. It wasthe mildest one within my memory andwithin yours.All that winter long Ido not think there was an Icicle thathung through the day from the eavesof the house.So you prophesied falsely.Last winter was coming, and thepeople said. "We shall have unparalleledsuffering among the poor.It willbe a dreadful winter." Sure enough itwas a cold winter; but there was morelarge hearted charities than ever beforepoured out on the country; betterprovision made for the poor, so thatthere have been scores of winters whenthe poor had a harder time than theydid last winter.Weather prophets saywe will have frosts this summer whichwill kill the harvests.Now, let me tellyou, you have liedtwice about theweather, and I believe you are lyingthie time.The second prescription for the alleviationof flnancial distresses is properObristian investment. God demands of(every individual state, and nation, acertain proportion of their income. Weare parsimonlou?!Wo keep back fromGod that wliich belongs lo him, audwhen we keep back anything from Godhe takes what we keep back, and hetakes more.He takes It by storm, bysickness, by bankruptcy, by any oneof the ten thousand ways which he canemploy.The "eason many of you arecramped in business Isbecause youhave never learned the lesson of Christiangenerosity.You employ an agent.You give him a reasonable salary: and,lo! you flnd out that he is appropriatingyour fundsbesides the salary.What do you do?Discharge him.Weil, we are God's agents.Ho putsin our hands certain moneys.Part areto be ours. Part are to be his. Supposewe take all, what then?He wlildischarge us; he will turn us over tofinancialdisasters, and take the trustaway from us.The reason that greatmultitudes are not prospered in businessis simply because they have beenwithholding from God that which belongsto him.The rule is. give, andyou will receive.Administer liberally,and you shall have more to administer.I am in full sympathy with the manwho was to be baptized by Immersion,and some one said. "You had betterleave your pocket book out. it will getwet." "No," said he. "I want to godown under the wave with everything.I want to consecrate my property andall to God."And so he was baptized.What we want in this country is morebaptized pocketbooks.I had a relative whose businessseemed to be falling.Here a loss, andthere a loss, and everything was bothering.perplexing and annoyinghim.He sat down one day and said. "Godmust have a controversy with me aboutsomething.I believe I haven't givenenough to the cause of Christ."Andthere and then he took out his checkbook dnd wrote a large check for a mis- !sionary society.He told me. "Thatwas the turning point In my business.Ever since then I have been prosperous.From that day, aye, from thatvery hour, I saw the change."And,sure enough, he went on, and gathereda fortune.The only safe Investmentthat a man can make in this world isin the cause of Christ.If a man givefrom a superabundance, God may orhe may not respond with a blessing;but if a man give until he feels it. if aman give until it fetches the blood,if a man give untilbis selfishnesscringes and twists and cowers underit he will get not only spiritual profit,but he will get paid back in hardcash or in convertible securities.Weoften see men who are tight flsted whoseem to get along with their investmentsvery profltably, notwithstandingall their parsimony. But wait SuddenlyIn that man's history everythinggoes wrong.His health fails, or hisreason Isdethroned, or a domesticcurse smites him. or a midnight shadowof some kind drops upon his souland upon his business.What Is thematter? God is punishing him for hissmall heartledness.He tried to cheatGod and God worsted him.So thatone of the recipes for the cure of individualand national finances Is moregenerosity.Where you bestowed onedollar on the cause of Christ, give two.God loves to be trusted, and he Isvery apt to trust back again. He says:"That man knows how to handlemoney; he shall have more money tohandle."And very soon the propertythat was on the market for a greatwhile gets a purchaser, and the bondthat was not worth more than fiftycents on a dollar goes to par, and theopening of a new street doubles thevalue of his house, or in any way of amillion God blesses him.People quote as a Joke what Is a divinepromise: "Cast thy bread uponthe waters, and it will return to theeafter many days." What did God meanby that? There is an illusion there. InEgypt, when they sow the corn, it Isat a time when the Nile Is overflowingits banks and they sow the seed cornon the waters, and as the Nile beginsto recede this seed corn strikes In theearth and comes up a harvest and thatIs the allusion. It seems as if they arethrowing the corn away on the waters,but after a while they gather it up ina harvest. Now says God In his word:"Cast thy bread upon the waters, andIt shall come back to thee after manydays," It may seem to you that youare throwing It away on charities; butit will yield a harvest of green and gold—a harvest ou earth and a harvest inheaven. If men could appreciate thaiand act on that, we would have nomore trouble about individual or nationalfinancesPrescription the third, for the cureof all our Individual and national flnancialdistresses; a great spiritualawakening. It Is no more theory. Thomprchants of this country were positivelydemented with the monetary oxcitemcntIn 1857. There never beforenor since has been such a state of flnancialdepression as there was at thattime. A revival came, and five hundredthousand people were born into thekingdom of God. What camo after therevival?The grandest financial prosperitywe have ever had in this cbuutry.The fln^st fortunes, the largestfortunes In the United States, havebeen made since 1857. "Well." you sny."what has spiritual Improvement andrevival to do with monetary improvementand revival?" Much to do. Thereligion of Jesus Christ has a direc:tendency to make men honest andsober and truth-telling, and are nothonesty and sobriety and truth-tellingauxiliaries of material prosperity? Ifwe could have an awakening In thiscountry as in the days of Jonathan Edwardsof Northampton, as in the daysof Dr. Findley of Basking Ridge, as Inthe days of Dr. Griffin of Boston, thewhole land would rouse to a highermoral tone, and with that moral tonethe houeot business enterprise of thecountry would come up.You say agreat awakening has f.n Influence uponthe future world. I tell yon it has adirect influence upon the flnancialwelfare of this world. The religion ofChrist ia no foe to successful business;it is its best friend. And if thereshould conic .1 great awakening in thiscountry, and ail the banks and insurancecompanies and stores and officesand shops should close up for twoweeks, nnd do nothing but attend tothe public worship of Almighty Godaftersuch a spiritual vacation the landwould wake up to such financial prosperityas we have never dreamed of.Godliness Is profitable for the life thatnow is as well as for that which is tocome. But, my friends, do not put somuch emphasis on worldly success asto let your eternal affairs go at looseends.I have nothing to say againstmoney. The more money you get thebetter. If It comes honestly and goesusefully. For the lack of it. sicknessdies without medicine, and hungerfinds Its coffin In an empty bread-tray,and nakedness shivers for clothes andfire.All this canting tirade againstmoney as though it had no practicaluse. when i hear a man indulge in it,it makes me think the best heaven forhim would be an everlasting poor^house! No, there is a practical use Inmoney; but while we admit that, wemust also admit that it cannot satisfythe soul, that It cannot pay for our ferriageacross the Jordan of death, thatit cannot unlock tho gate of heavenfor our Immortal soul. Yet there aremen who act as though packs of bondsand mortgages could be traded off fora mansion In heaven, and as thoughgold were a legal tender In that landwhere it is so common that they makepavements out of it.Salvation byChrist is the only salvation. TreasuresIn heaven are the only Incorruptibletreasures. Have you ever ciphered ontthat sum in loss and gain, "What shall11 profit a man If he gain the wholeworld and lose his soul?"You maywear flue apparel now. but the windsof death will flutter it like rags. Home-Fpun and a threadbare coat have sometimesbeen the shadow of robes whiteIn the blood of the Lamb.All themines of Australia and Brazil, strungIn oiie csrcanet, are not worth to youas much as the pearl of great price.You remember, I suppose, some yearsagfo. the shipwreck oftbe CentralAmerica? A storm came on that vessel.The surges tramped the deck andswept down through the hatches, andthere went up a hundred-voiced deathshriek. The foam on the Jaw of thewave. The pitching of tbe steamer,as though it would leap a mountain.The glare of the signal rockets. Tbelong Cviigh of the steam-pipes. Thehiss of extinguished furnaces.Tbewalking of God on the wave. O, it wasa stupendous apectaeie.So. there are men wbo go on in life—a flue voyage they are making out ofIt. All Is well, till some euroclydon ofbusiness disaster comes uponthem,and they go down. The bottom of thiscommercial sea is strewn with theshattered bulks.But. because yourproperty goes, shall your soul go? O,no! There is coming a more stupendousshipwreck after a while.Thisworld—God launched it 6,000 years ago,and it Is sailing on; but one day It willstagger at the cry of "flre!" and thetimbers of the rooks will burn, andthe mountains flame like masts andthe clouds like sails in the Judgmenthurricane. God will take a good manyoff the deck, and others out of theberths, where they are now sleeping inJesus. How many shall go down? NOone will know until it is announcedIn heaven one day: "Shipwreck of aworld! So many millions saved! Somany millions drowned!" Becauseyour fortunes go, because your housegoes, because all your earthly pooBessionsgo. do not let your soul go! Maythe Lord Almighty, through the bloodof the everlasting covenant, save yoursouls.DyspepsiaIs weakness of tho stomach. It Is th#tource of untoldmisery. It may becured by toning and strengthening tbestomach and enriching and purifying thsblood with Hood's Sarsoparilla.Manythousands have been cured by this medicineand write that now they "can eatanything they wish without distress."Hood's SarsaparillaIs prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass,{.old by druggists. $1. six for SJ. Got HOOD'S.Hood's Pills cure all I'-er Ills. 25 cents.Those who never watched a man while hewas al work often WOP der why he Is successful.Oon'l Tobacco Spil and Smoke Your LifeAway.To quit tobacco east 13-an >1 forever, be tn;tgnetiCjiulloflife.nerveandvigor.take No-To-Hac. the wonder worker, that makes weakmen strong. All druggists, .Wc or i'.Cureguaranteed. Booklet and sample free. AdSterllnKRemedy Co.. Chicago or New YorkLord Kelvin, the great British sclentl-'i.declares that the world I s n . 1 0 years oldAMERICA'S LEADING MUSI Al. INSTI-TUTION Is the -NEW ENGLAND CON-SERVATORY OF MUSIC o; B. hton. Mass.which has nearly one million dollar* investedin its magnltlcent buildingsan>l homewith unsurpassed advantages In the line ofequipment and educational ability.What a dry time some of us would have Ifwe got nothing bnt our deserts.FITS P«rm*neBtl)rCnred. Nofits omerTonaaenitfie*first day's ns* of Dr. Klina's Great Morro Ke>tur«r.Band for PRKE (3.00 trltl bottle and treaUae.Da. R- H. Klihe. Ltd..931 Arch St., Pbiladalphia, PaIf sheets of table cloths are wring oy j-uttingthe selvidge through the w'iagJr theedges will not curl up, and they will ironmuch easier.The Dully Talk.We are not apt enough to think ofour doily work as the Good Shepherd'spasture field. We are too apt to giveheed to a miserable distinction betweenthe sacred and secular and to seek toget out from what we call the secularinto what we call the sacred, that wemay flnd spiritual pasture fields.• • • This is the sacred service;this is God's work; praying, communing.preaching, buying, aelling, bricklaying,doing whatsoever things aretrue, honest. Just. pure, lovely, of goodreport, which God's providence hastrust Into your hand to do—doing themfor God's sake ond in His name, theshining motive for them God's glory.• Tho dally toil Is a real spiritualpasture field; and the best of herbagewe will flnd In it, if we will haveII so. if we will take into it the motiveof pleasing God. and so of doing in itour very best.How the spiritual lifemay nobly grow in this pasture fieldof daily duty done from a divine impuise!—WaylandHoyt. D. D.Children and Church Going.The fault may lie in some cases withthe minister, but much more often thefault is with the fathers and mothers,in the matter of church attendance theparents and the pastor must combine.The parents should require and expectthe children to accompany them toGod's house as much as to sit at theirtable for their daily food in their ownhouses. The pastor should endeavojto attract the young to church by miing his sermons simple In Ian;earnest In delivery and interesti:illustrations.Very few sermqaparefit to be preached at all whle^TC nt-iterly beyond the comprehenaWi of an !average boy 10 years old.pie. in turn, relish fresh, Wn,simple,earnest, practical preacafc as mocba; 1 their children do.—TMPdore L. Chyler.In a home for aa^ntich mda in"tiondonthere are BaJKfto be several universitygradua^nmd medical men,and a Scotchdp who ran through£50,000 in th&yw.Mr. tyiintns Hnmmel, of 118 MichlpuAve^ Detroit, tells a War Storyof his own Experience, andthe Resnlt(From Detroit Newj.)Out representative callmi at 118 Mlchlgan Avenue., the residence of Mr. Qiiinn.sHummel.Mr. Hummel is a veteran ofthe late war, and received, iu the campaign,an injuiy which has given him much pahand suffering since.Ho belonged to sMichigan cavalry regiment and his horsebecoming frightened one day reared up.throwing him backward.In falling Ii'*struck his spine on a sharp stone. Infliciinga deep cut over five inches long.Theinjury affected the kidneys.About twoyears ago the left kidney started to bleed,and has been doing so ever since.Mr.Hummel, in a few pointed sentences, gawour representative the following accotmi :"The accident of my ' war days* lefimo in bad shape; pain in my back audspine rendered me almost, useless, ami 1was compelled to give up work entird >I could not turn over in bed without assi-*ance. I have spent hundreds of dollars 1.various ways trying to find relief. Phycianshave told mc my spine was hone*combed for 13 inches. I had given up "i vdespair, never hoping for relief, when afriend told mo about Doan's Kidney Pillsand they have done mc a world of g-xxlThe pains havo disappeared from my backnnd the bleeding of my kidney has ahiux;entirely stopped.I know I can never Iwentirely cured, as I would" have to be *anew man,' but Doan's Kidney Pills havedone more to make me feci like 'a newman' than all the other things I have triedduring past years.I have not had anyrecurrence of the pain or bleeding sincetaking them."Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers.Price 50 cents, by mail, from Foster-MllburnCo., Buffalo. N. Y.. soleagents for the United States. Rememberthe name, Doan's, and take no other.Aluminum helmets have not proved entirelysuccessful in the German army.To Core Conatlpatlon Forever.Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c orSteTf C.C.C.fallstocure,druggists refund monevAn Oshkosh. Wis., firm is successfullymaking binding twine of marsh hay.CiNCERu n n V k H raw BttUdlnv, UncltmaM. 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