CURE MAY HERALB, RELIGION IS EVERGREEN.

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Rumlan diplomacy eoutd to* more fitly ayaboUsMl by the lma«c of a fox than, of a bear. Of the fire treat told-produclng ‘krra*. Rusala alone remaina unprotreealre. while the United State* and Canada have doubled their product In the last 20 year*.

Maybe Dr. Koch'* announcement that tuberculosis cannot be contracted by humans from animal* will aid In the rehabilitation of American meat product* in Germany. The warden of Ihe Kansas penitentiary ha* discovered thap prison lif* is 'hard on the better class of women. The discovery ought to serve as an Inducement to them to keep out

The Olive Branch •< Peace, the Piae Branch of Coasoiatloa. the Palm Braach af Uarfataaaa md Victory. Or. Tala*ft Says Wt Art Osly H*n la * Tcap*(*ry OrsMtac*. toarvwsi iwli

I m U Mount Olivet wer* unSi fit brsnf^o t Ihmr *hMddcrt. into th* atrotU

the I

thdr *j3*rt*hB ^mss' _

and d th. dw

th* oa their of Osnssn. And so tbe»

jme atgtily soaiostiv*—of onr march toward heaven and of the fact that we are only living temporarily here.

of their is then when. t_. desert, they hvwl la booth*, a

to the land of

No statistic* can do Justice to the yield, monetary value or dietetic worth of the American apple. As the strawberry Is the beet berry to the apple la th« beat fruit known to man. It Is the king of Amercan fruits. The Ideal vacation should represent complete snd absolute change of mental and physical employment and. environment. To derive benefit from a vacation you must not only "vacate" the arene of your dally labors but also the everyday process** of thinking and actiy. The Investigation* made by Professor Beyer for the American Ornithological association of the Louisiana Gulf coast for the purpose of stationing wardens to protect the seabirds shows that nearly all the breed-ing-places of the birds had been destroyed by killing the birds selves and taking their egg*, trace of birds was found on several Islands, at one time the home of millions of sea-fowl.

The war department at Washington has decided to abandon the use of pneumatic dynamite guns for the defence Jot oar harbors. Tests have demonstrated the fact that-better effects can be gained by the fire of shells containing less - sensitive but equally powerful explosives. The dynamite guns easily become out of order, and their range Is less thsn that of powder gun*. About 1500.000 has already beea spent on dynamite

guns.

A deposit of lithographic stone has been found near Mount Sterling. Kentucky. which Eugene Leary, ofethe United State* geological survey, believes to- be more valuable than any gold mine. "There la no reason." ■ays Mr. Leary, "why the quarry should not control the market In this cwuntry. There is no lithographic stone ‘ anywhere flse. so far as known, snd there wlti b* no difficulty in competing with thf German pro-

The Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post observes that la this age\of problems it Is bard to discriminate, bwt there are two upon which may agree. Just now they lead. Tbs first is In regard to consumptL Some one has said that It has "killed more people than all the wars and plagues and scourge* of history pat together." Doctor Biggs, the New Yarlr expert, declares that of eri four New Yorkers who die belt the ages of IS and C6 one dies of consumption. that there are 20.060 cases In that city constantly, and that the deaths last year numbered more* than MOO. According to a New York newspaper. oae specialist asserts that of this country * population 10.000.000 "most Inevitably expect to die of ecnaamptioa." The other problem Is to get the small cities of the United States to awake to th* Importance of sanitation. Nearly all of them dq » — ' *d by an «pl-

al -Is only tem-

porary.

« onlv IMng'^-po^rily b«e,

ss it were, in booth* or srbors. on our way to the Csnssn of rtcrnsl rest. And what was. mid to the Jews btrreUr may

• * .lively to all this audience.

the mountain and fetch

and pise brashes tmd ijrtle branch**, and palm branches and ranches of thick trees to make boothe. Yes. we ere only here in a temporary .tsidene*. We era marching on. The merchant princes who nssd to hr* in Bowling Green. New York, hare passed sway, end their residence* are now the fields of cheap merchants. Where are the men .who fiftr years ago owned Washington and New York? Pssaed on. Thera is no. me is our driving our «uk*e V>o

preceded u*

is no me % .

deep into the earth: we are c Th* generationa that have

I OI mrir iroteuiw. r the hills, and we a

rosnal booths or *0*0*1 arbors in which our ao*)s an to bo comforted. Go forth onto the mountain and fetch okre branches, snd pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branehee and branches of thick tram snd build booths. Well, now, we are today to construct a gospel arbor or gospel booth, snd how SVL'ZETJX SftS. -£ cording to mv text, we most go up into ibe mount mod bring olivs branches. What does that mean? The olive tree grow* fa m climate* and it reaches the height rwgnty or fSrentv-two feet, a straight Stem, and then an ofishoot from that stem. And then people com* and they atrip off these branches sometimes, ana when fa lime of war Um general of oae army takes one of them olive branch** and-goes out to the general of another army, what doe* &at mean? Why. it means unsaddle the war charger*: it mesas hang up the war knapsacks. It is but s beautiful way of

oaring peace!

1 • Now, if are art .today going to succeed fa building this gospel aroor wt must go into the mount of God's blessing snd fetch the ohvt branches, and whatever else w*

‘ have at least two olive

Jt God and peace with m I my peace with God, I do

to represent God as an angry satagumam hotwma s hound snd s hare, between a hawk and a pullet, between ele-

as

p-A

must'be a

treaty, there

of olive branene*.

t- Thera is a great lawsuit going on now, and it is a lawauit which man is bringing •gainst his Maker: that lawsuit is now on the cslsadsr. It is the human versus the

and a pullet, between ele-

I swine than there is hostility

- v -

be _ - ruction, there must be a t be a stretching forth

holiness and mu. . And if God is all holiness and we are all

' a readjustment.

divine: it is iniquity

late; it is weakness versus omnipotence. Man brawn U; God did not begin the lawsuit. We bqpn it; we assaulted oar Maher, snd the sooner era end this part of the struggle fa which the finite attempts to overthrew the infinite snd omnipotent

finance of th* piae. Than is health in It, and this pin* branch of th* text euggests th# helpfulnea* of our holy religion. Ht is fall ol health, health for all, health for the mind, health lor the soul. I knew an agsd man who had no capital of physical vv— had had all the diesaae# you a. Be did *ot mt enough to

STs, K. fcj&jS th* liver, healthy for th* epleen, healthy for the whole man. It girae a man such that vra all psmmH it; that w* pa * And some on* say*. "My business it to meauiaclura horseshoe nails.” Then manufacture horseshoe nails to ths glory of God. Thera is nothing for yon to do that you ought to do but for ths glory ° Usefulness 1* typified by ths palm tree. Ah, w* do not want fa th* church any more people that are merely weeping willows. sighing fate th* water, standing and admiring their long lashes in the sUaw spring! No wild cherry dropping hitter fruit. We want palm trees, holding something for God, something for angels, something for mss. I am-tired and nek of this flat. tame, insipid, satin abppsrad. namfey.pambv. highly tighty religion! It is worth nothing for this world, and ft is destruction for eternity. Give me 600 men and women fully consecrated to Christ, and we will take this city for God fa three years; give me 10.000 man omen fully up to the Christian d; fa ten rears 10,00) of them would take the whole earth for God. But when are w# going to begin? W# all want to be useful. There it not a man in the pews that doe* not want to ba useful. When are we going to be- I

gin?

—* th# great traveler, was re th- «—~»w-i b—i—

THE SABBATH SCHOOL IstergJtloBi] Lcssoa Coouncst* Tar

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Suhjeit: jscsb *1 lb* Well Oes. iivUL. to-If -OsMcs Text. Ota. xxv Jl. fa-^Uwsry Vsrsrs. U-lt-Csauscstery **

the Osy** Lease*.

^TAdyuH. brought before tbe'Gcocraphicai Society of Great Britain, ^ and they wanted him

to make they showed him all th* penis and all the bard work and all the exposure, and after the* hsd *oM him what tbev wanted aim to do in Africa they said to him, “Now. Led yard, when are you ready to start?" He said, "To-morrow monuag." The learned men were astonished. They thought be would take weeks or months to gut ready. Well, now, you tell me you want to be useful fa Christian service. When are you going to begin? Oh. that you had the decision to aay, "Now; now!" Oh. go into the mount and gather

the palm branches!

But the palm branches also mean victory. Well, now, we are by nature th* uervaqte at aetan. He stols os; .he has his eye oa us; be wants to keep us. But word comes from our Father that if we will try to break loose from this doing of wrong our Father will hrip us, and some day we rouse up. and we look the black tyrant fa the face, and we fly at him. and we wrestle him dog-n, and we put our heel on hie neck, and we grind him fa the dost, and we sar, ‘'Victory, vietory, through our Lord Jeuua Christ!" Oh, what s grand thing it is to have Ufa underfoot and a wasted life behind our backs! "Blessed i* he whose transgression is forgiven and whose sin is

covered.”

Some one says, "How about the future?" What, says the men, I feel so sick end worn out with the ailments of lit*. You are going to be more than conqueror. But, aay* the man. I am so tempted, I am ao pursued fa life. You are going to be more then conqueror. I, who have so many ailments and heartaches, going to be more than conqueror? Yes, unless you are so seif-conceited that you want to manage all the affaire of your life yourself instead of letting God menage them. Do you want to driru and hare God take ia hick seat? "Ch. no." you aay; "I want God to be my leader.” Well, then, you will be more than conqueror. Your last sickness will come, and the physicians in the next room will be talking about what they will do for you. What difference will it make what they do far yon? You are going to be well, everlastingly well. And when ths •pint has fled the body your friend* will be talking aa to where they shall bury you. What difference does it make to dust anywhere, and all the cemeteries of

noth tag on Ytoralc. and

-j*hs sooner we end it the better. Traveler! tells us there is no n^b place aa "aunt Calvary; that it ia only a hill.ermly __ insignificant hill, but I persist in efcine it the mount of God’s drrine merry and love, far grander than any other place on ^ grander than the Alp. or ths Hi-

ts, and there are n6 other hills as

rad with it; and I her* noticed in erttr sect where ths cross of Chnat is set forth it is planted with olive branches. And all wv have to do ia to get rid of this war between God and ouraelves, of which we are all tired. We want to back dot of the war; we want to get rid of this ~ y. Afi we hereto do is Jest to get

the mount of God's blessing and olive branches and wave them _ throne. Peace through

Jesus Christ!

Oh, it doss not make ranch differ tto whole unirems; that ia the fay that make* a halleluiah aeem etupid. Why do we want to hare peace through our Lord Jeuue Christ? Why, if wv had roue on 10109 year, of war against God we co«__ not have captured ao much ae a sword or ■ cavalry stirrup or twisted off on* of the wheel* of the chariot of His omnipotenor, hut th* moment we brmg thi. ohre branch

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bo other kind of peace is worth anything. Bat then w* must hare that other olive branch—peace with man. Now, it ia very mm match of provocation will art them off. better have your barns uwed off’ Had not you better make an apology? Had net you better aoburit to a fak koarttm-

sssl

peace with him! Nothing will be dooe until he is ready to Uke the first step." iimmm

dust anywhere, i

the earth are fa God'* core. Oh, you a going to be more than conqueror! Do you not think we had better beg now to celebrate the comma victory? In the old meeting house at Somerville my father used to lead the singing, and be had th* old fashioned tuning fork, and be would airike it upon his knee and then put the timing fork to his sar to catch the right pitch and atari the hymn. But, frisodT do you not think we had better be catching the pitch of the everlasting song, the song of victory, when we shall be men than conqueror*? Had we not better begin the rehearsal on earth?’ My taxt brines us one afep further. It says go forth into the mount and fetch olivs branches, and pins branches, snd myrtle branebss. snd palm branches and branches of thick tree*. Now .you know very well—I make this remark tender the head of branches of thick traSthai a booth or arbor mads of slight branches weuld not stead. The first blast of the tempest would prostrate it. So. then, the booth or arbor most have four •tout poles to hold up the arbor or booth, and hence for the building of the arbor for this world we must hare stout branch** of thick trees. And so it is

*' 1 -rbor.

d that we have a brawny

10. “Jacob." Tba sopplanter.” Jacob took advantage of his brother Basa, by deception .tele hi* blessing. Th* Lard had nrstehsd Bsbsksli that the birtfaSt for th* falmmrat of the premier, Jacob would hare had bonartly what he gained by trickery, fait it usmid to Rebekah and waoob that God's promises were about to fad, and they must do someth lag to bring the right thing to pass, eren if They did a wrong fa accomplishing it. They gained nothing, but lost much by their wicked interference with God's plans. Jacob was obliged to flee for his hfe, and bis mother never beheld her beloved sen again. "Went out." Urged sod aausted by Rebekah, who planned with Isaac to hare Jacob go to seek a wife, but realhr tbsJourney was taken to escape tbs wrath of Jtsaa. Reeu and Jacob wvra now fifty•eren years old. "From Beer-ebcbs.” This was forty-fire miles soutbwurt of Jerusalem, where Isaac lived. "Haran." This was about 300 miles from Brer-abebe. Home ear the distance was notch greater. He went without a servant or any aocoramodations. except a staff (Gen. 32: 10); on foot and alone be pursues his solitary

Journey.

11. ‘‘A certain place.” Near Lux. V. 19. This was between fifty-five and sixty miles nortneart of Beer-sbeba. It mast hare been toward tb* close of tb« third day rince be left home. The gate* of the rity were probably closed for the rflght, before be was able to ream Lux, and thus he waa forced to remain in the open field during the night. "Sun wa# art." Th* gates of the city were closed at the setting of the sun. but thi* may merely mean that it waa late and therefore time for Jacob to stop. "One of the atonra” (R. V.) This waa no hardship for Jacob, as the byrians do tb* same thing every night. Sleeping on the ground in the open air, where there is not eren a bush for shelter fas common thing. A pillow of stone area

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inn at this tim*. He was alont, poor, banished. undefended, with a long and dangerous journey before him among hoatils tribes, snd with an uneasy conscience. 12. “He dreamed.'' God has frequently appeared in dreams since Jacob’* time. "A ladder." Tb* design of th* Udder waa, 1. To show that God waa watching over and regulating all things. 2. It pointed

the doer connection between heaven earth. 3. It was a type of Christ. *— life has —

out and

Dhrirt . The ^snd^idrals

bring intercourse beti a path from his very side right into its

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14. "And thy eeed/' etc. The old promire made to Abraham more than a century

before

earth." Th* -

world-wide universality of the kingdom of the seed of Abraham. The fulfilment of this was in Jesus Christ. In Chnat, who descended from Jacob according to the flesh, -»-ii all the r-‘ ; — w * v »-

c nations sf the earth be with thee.” etc. I wfll di-

tkee ia a peculiar

will not be

16. "I am t

reel, help and .^ r “ ~ “T 5

, Is J* this telae*. ba* made this place Hie peculiar residence. God is often very near when the trial ia most severe and it ecema to us that He

has forsaken na entirely.

17 ‘Hs waa afraid." Jacob had sinned

and he knew it, and therefore waa tax do condition to meet God. Hu heart waa not at horns in the presence of God; nor can

any heart be ao until it has been ooghly emptied snd broken. "He

ful.” ^ Auk-inspiring^ common^ rendered of God 0 !* a areadful°place tor u -rot house of God." In whatever place the soul of man feels the presence and power of God there is the Muse of God. "The gate of heaven.” Alluding to lb* Udder he had seen fa hi* dream. A gate

sad if oa this Udder and enter heaven, a poor distressed sinner might; so Jacob decided, and be acted accordingly, for soon are see

■nim entering fa.

U.. “Bel U up.” He pUct.1 the etc

urea will b«f to iarrona* th* av*rug> of Ufa the nation. W* hav* b*rn d* sated by the owtteuwt of wvdth in te'nea century, but'then* rtrfvlngs

Bested be God Christianity, not

•terras of Ufa wfll come upon us, end are want strong doctrine: not only love, but Justice: not only invitation, but warning. It is a mighty goepel; it is aa omnipotent go*pel. Three are the atom

branches of thick tree*.

I remember what Mr. Finney said fa a uehoolhouar. The village was ao bad it was called Sodom, and it wda. said to ifftfurass “ i5“£* 5£s was preaching fa th* echoolhouse, and he described the destruction of Sodom: how the city wa* going to be destroyed destruction unless they, too, reputed. And th* people fa the schoolhouss as* and ground their teeth fa . auger, and clinched their fists fa anger, but before he got through with his aarmoa they got

•toot branch*, of thick trees.

Well, my friends, ye* are I hav* omitted on* or two petnfa, not become IrSSPiE^

jmvs^urtM wytTlSs ^sdTSTrt <£f mMMi'

if.

tbtpUre BetlteL

30. "Jacob vowed s vow.” A vow is s solemn promise by which a man binds himself to perform certain arts. Whan Jacob came to Bethel be waa an unconverted man, and he waa not converted while he was dreaming. God saves men when they are wide awake. According to the Bible plan no person is converted — t out true repentance, confaasion and Sid Jacob repent st tl|fa time? It clear that he did. Yenrt afterward he desired to return Vo Bethel and build an altar to the Ood^who answered" him fa

the day of hte

day of

From this we ere, 1. That he a

-ed” him fa Gen. 35: 3. was fa “dietS Oer.7:

10) on account el hie sin*. 2. He called an the Lord and God •'answered' him. Thu* God's appsarfag to him waa ths reof all that God might give him. Now ia ample proof of hi* conversiou; for t __ HU word, are not to be considered as unpSislsK °n. “God*# horns.” A glare sacradte

M.M0.0M. and a (mat

a return of deal of ths

B frgrtga coamlri . A preacher In Ottawa. Kao. is 1 fag for th* bob who changed “Key at th* paraonag*” «• th# choroh do* read. ”X*c at th* panoaM*."

ARCHERY IN DAYS OF OLD.

A Low rrasorll

I blag the Mlhlreare 1

to Be Ohre Over.

ibotlBI

bow *

tlonal pastime, and Its practice was enforced by several acts of parliament Two kinds of arrows w«r*

which wa* employed only for longdistance shooting; second, the sheaf arrow, a heavier shaft than the former. Upped with a jagged, barbed Iron head, two-pronged Uke a fork, which was the weapon for short range* By an art of Henry VIII., It forbidden for any man over 24 years old to shoot at a mark nearer than 220 yards with a flight arrow, or 140 yards with s sheaf arrow. The old French archers, however. Justly celebrated as they were for the long range and precision of their shots, could not arcompUah .more than 600

yards. The greatest range which our

modern bowmen ran attain is from 300 to 400 yards In 1796 the Turkish ambassador attended a meeting of the ToxophoUte society in London, snd there shot against the wind 416 yards and with the wind 462 yards He bad a short Turkish bow. snd a very light arrow 26 Inches long, with small feathers. * In bygone days, therefore, when our l rest era were famous and formidable with the longbow, the shooting grounds attached to every town, If not

also'Tillage, in the kingdom answered

to thf volunteer rifle ranges of modern times It would appear, however, that the annual meetings of the Rifle

freqna of Fit

inently held fa the neighborhood Finsbury. There is extant “A plan

of all the marks belonging to the Honorable artillery company fa the fields near Finsbury with. the true distances aa. they stood anno 1737. for the use of longbows, crossbows, hand guns and artillery." Eight or 10 fields are included In the plan, and the whole length of this early Blsley appears to be one mile, by about 400* yards wide. The longest distance between any two marks Is 265 yards. What may be termed the first International shooting competition was held on the "Field of the "loth of Gold." when the English crossbow-

■bed themselves in friendly

rivalry against the French. The range

faded 1

person, came off easy winners. The bow for several centuries s the Invention of small arms wa* i stdered the more perfect weapon, and

restoration, dig-much toward the revival of archery. During that Important meetings were held at Hampton Court and In Hyde Park, and attracted as many as 7000 archers and crossbowmen from all parts of the country. The rroagpoi shot nearly 20-scoce yards, snd to the

amazement of spectators

dlsti

made excel-

lent shooting st that distance. At one of these meetings In Hyde Park three regiments of foot, which were being drilled fa the vicinity, threw down their muskets fa disgust and broke their ranks to go and watch the old

whistling arrows, which are supposed to have been used by the pteket

irds to give notice to the camp of

tmy'i

night From that period until the

enemy's approach during the

latter part of the 18th *(*atury. archery appears to h*ve been almost forgotten. and then was revived as a fashionable and pleasing amusement Ine ToxophoUte society was founded In 1780 by Sir Ashton Lever.—London Globe.

had been elected to the chair of Eng llsh Literature In a small local college. On the day before the session opened, the president was explaining to her the duties of her place, addition to your wora In English literature." he said, with apologetic hesitation. "I should Uke you to take the (unior and senior classes fa elocution, and also assume charge of the physical culture.’ “Ia there no teacher of elocution?" asked Miss Jones. ‘•Well, no; not st present." “And who has cal training?” "To teU the truth we tyre no teacher aa yet. You perhaps noticed In the catalogue Jhst those two departments were To be supplied.'" "And I was elected to the chair of English Literature—" "Tea.” the president answered.

gloomUy.

But he was reassured by her winning smile. "I will take tbe work and do what 1 can with It. Dr. Smith.” she said, brightly: “but why didn't you writ* me st first that the 'chair' was a settee?"—M. A. B.. In Ths Drawer. Harper's Magaslae.

i charge of the physl-

The great criminal lawyer was ques-

tioning th# witness fa th* murder trial as to ths exact location of the wound

in the murdered man's body. ou wl fa i re id the shooting, you

."You wlfaeeee* say?" be asked.

“’•'I&L. * was Breara a

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

BC1ENCE NOT EH . EAOI Among the marine artlcnlates life often prolonged for years. Rome r the larger i-rabs snd few spei les may live on to nearly two decades before attaining their fullest growth. ^ Bourget has delectro the prrei of iodine, not only fa the thyroid glands, but also In the blood and In nearly all the organs of the human dy. Plants absorb Iodine from the 11, to which It Is brought by the undergrounu waters: herbivorous animals take tbe Iodine fa with their food, and man. fa bis turn, take* It fa with the flesh of animals. It Is eliminated from the human body through the sweat, fa the cuttings of hair and nails and with excreted blood, etc, Mr. Arrtowskl. the geologist r,f the Antarctic expedition In the steamer

the two poles of the earth. The float fag ice of the north, he says, come* from true glaciers which are pushed down through the valleys until they reach the Tsater. but the glacial iap* themselves do not meet the sea At the south, on the contrary, perpetual snow la encountered st the 65th degree of latitude tnd It Is probable that the floating Ire of the Antarctic originates from a layer covering the whole polar crown. Country folk are firmly of the opinion that the tumble bug Ik an excellent barometer and that It takes flight only when a season of fair weather is coming. M. Fabre. a French natur-

clusion that this insect Is. In fact, more sensitive than the best barometers. snd that "It can veritably be used to'predict fine weather. It Is to change! of electric tension that the Insect is sensitive. Whether the American variety Is likely to be useful fa weather prediction Is respectfully referred to our weather bureau for Investigation. During an explosion In the crater of Mt. Veeuvlus on May 9. 1900, one of the volcanic bombs hurled skyward and the largest one observed attained an elevation of a third of a mile, and then fell back upon the mountain. As it now lies, its height exceeds that of a man standing beside it. and Its estimated weight Is 30 tons. Mr. Manteucci. the geologist, fays that the energy of the explosion of steam thst threw this huge projectile must have equate! about 600.000 horse power. When the masses of partially fluid lava from which such bombs are formed rise In the air they rofate, and are thus caused to assume a mure or loss globular shape. In his recent lecture before The

s that the boiling point of helium

—ue point at whicb It would change from a gas to a liquid—appears i be about five degrees ou the absolute

scale. This is IS degrees below the boiling point of hydrogen. Hydrogen solidifies at about 16 degrees absolute. Professor Dewar has hopes of being able io liquify helium, although this has not as yet certainly been done. The operation depends on subjecting helium to the same process that has succeeded with hydrogen, only Instead of oslng liquid air under exhaustion as the primary cooling agent, liquid hydrogen must be em-

ployed.

TWv rarnirr*! Itoy «■* *»«••••. A bunker, a lawyer and a preacher sat in a parlor car on the Hudson Rive.- railroad enjoying the beauty of a realm New York landscape after a June rtiln. "On that tarm.” said G 1 ® hanker, pointing out of the car window. *14 years ago Dr. James F. Mc-Kemn.-i then s farmer's boy. tended a sick sheep. He was skillful, gentle and patient; the suffering animal got well. There were vague dreams of another life, of study snd struggle, on his mind, and the young man borrowed somr money the following autumn and came to New York. Eleven years ago he was graduated at the Columbia Medical

recitation from 7 a. m. until 11 p. m.. study; until 1 a. m., and as scant time for eating as for sleeping. Jn six weeks after graduation he was supporting himself, examining applicants for Insurance Jn an industrial company. In

and ear. He Is making 826,000 a year now, and works Jm.; it hard ar be ever d'd. He Is one Instance of the farmer's boy who comes to the city and conquers fame and fortune, but there are not so many now as there used to be.” , And there sremy to be considerable food for reflection fa this last statement Perhaps one brers leas of there ambitions country lads than In tbe old flays.—Harper's Weekly. „

A self-dumping hoisting bucket for handling coal, ore, gravel and the like, has bees perfected which has far ball ends pivoted to Us lower half, and tbe pivots work fa slots instead of fa round hole*. The loaded backet to kspt from Upping by a catch oa Ue baa which books into U# top o( tb* rrereL When Ue backet strikre tbe damp pile tb* slotted ball drop* straight down by gravity, releases tb*