fiOSPEL OF RESURRECTION Powerful Address Bj the Rev. Hear)

C. SwenUeL

What a Hopeless Task It Scewed to B* to Coavert the Haaiaa FaaiUjr la Ibt Ooo-

I’el of Jeans Christ

urre.imn. lie toon irai Iron! /v-n *vii IS: "He iireachej unto them Je«ii» ami tltc reeurrection." Dr. Swentael said: With what noble confidence did the apoetolu church act out to serve ite world-wide rare? of mankind It w«a not provincial, bu- catholic. It began in Jentaalem. but it looked forward to compaaaing the whole earth Wherever it went it encountered belief? and ritea which were venerable, impre..nr and upheld by the prestige of weo'th. mnk and culture, but it was *ione the :e«i> devoted to us huge work. What a hopc'cM ta»k it seemed to he to convert the human lamily to the go?p«l of leaua Obriit The Master of this latent mlt >yaa a .Ie«v He had been dugrared by c:ucitixiou. and thete wa« now ararcelv more than a han-lful of disciples to .tell the "lory i f Hi« career When we conaider the overV In Iming od.!« agai;:? - . which these teen atrttggled as tliey proceeded to evangelire the multitndes. we are all the more profonndly imprtsued with the confidence with w-likh they took up the more than UercuIe-- > lal or. The magnitude of the effort to whn h tney were calleel did not deter them, periccmion rsn'd not affright lbc;n, the onpn. ti,.n» nr indiffeierce of the bettiw clashes could not discourage them. On th v went, from,cuv -.n city, from country to country, preaching the religion of which thev were gladly the earth r champions. Xot always had they been of this temper. The mightiest among them, the roek-man him?e f. had utterly rollanvrd ■" the high priest's palace, ami after the fateful dav of the cross they all accepted the plight of those who had served a loat cause. lint now all this is changed. The cowards are the bravest of the brave, and each of the

Sri? sSt Sic &“sis; it. weakness of Chri.tendom to-day is the reteaching, who would award it no further le dignity than to allow it to be placed among ,1 the matter, of secondary importance to which, little"or no reference need ne made, -fust here there has unquestionably been a

mind and heart and goal by the Lord's resurrectmn from the dead. To the gifts of &" o, a !sK.:i, l & tc tnnmnh of their divine Ma«;er over death and the crave. The lord’s resurrection wa« the dominant doicrinal note in their thinking and their teaching, and wherever they went th»y bore the witness of eve-witnea*-a to the fact which they so boldly dec ji red. Although thev had known .Team and had companied with Him a. intimate awociate* for several years, thtir spintual

—ociate. for •even. 1 vrem them ^intual perceptions were dull until the !a»t. and a. soon as thev are satisSH of ’ti. re'-w-rection they ill come to the iront. ready for the fray, eager foe the honor of rep re-, sen ting Him in every land and willing to endnre evr-.v hs-dshin tor Hiso-'se -•itttiSjjte ats-ff^rs:

of him in the Grecian capita', we cm oolv

v.. viwa?ir iririropoM? ana stranger in a strange lend, he knows **i»t tef 1 * '^h '^ atrC { Q ^ r 1 r T E'est nnran-

izations of-Tews. Rom.-.n. end Greeks met. and he had appronnated the fiiwst things of c.i'h. Ht. atiainrrent. enabled him to «e the difibrn.ties a ! the more plair.lv. Evidrntiv a Hebrew, hi. nationality weald B ! a ,‘ c " ‘. t h * rd<r { ' T him to win the rrsoert of bis hearers. r,-,. o-s of tb s hondirap.

.O ima acat of eniightenr-ent. Its far? fsmed glories which he had lone since demastrre.1 its Isngusgj and literature, and now he wa'kcd on it« streets, looked upon its Doon-ation, gagej nyon objects made rare in interest and celebrated in epic or in song, visi-ed its sanctuaries and it« scnoo.e. met iU thinker* and artisU. and p’Zi ft szr,d K disembarked at the nier his attention was constantly arre.ted by the monument* and ahnnes o: Athens, and ail the token* of its grnins and culture. Of monument* the new reb-ion has ret had scarce.y one It was still in the days of its poverty. Churches and cathedrals arid endowments were matter, of the future. It hat could St. Paul expect in re•ponsc to his pronouncement* The ambassador of Chrut understood that be had tome hither a. the legate from the enttrfj of heaven to the sc*, nn-l scholars of this bronae colo*su. oi Minei a. Well might he a?.ume that Stoics and Epicureans and svsas.fts its sacrament*. In his manner, however, there are no indications that be was cm-

xS/SS’s:: belmf m the resorrc'.u.n of -lesu* hud Ti'?ds?&'7J!£s

[is riw pry and t iwe. gave the ap

Bji-Tsiu.ic epuren is .i inonei, not only m natter* of polity and usage and doctrine, but also in the r«.igtou* typs of ti* spirit and faith. It was nre-eminentiv an Easter conooration. Filled with the Holy Ghost, it bnre abundant fruit* and did abuuc labsre and achieved abundant results

cause, weeanne* d iabt. wouul to-day produce th» same effect. All -.111* U of solemn, praetl**' moment to our own timss.' Although the prenner i. not ciirng those who orbm* that the

j:J;s.srs,di

long ago when the i»aue should Ik- strongly made and honestly met. If it i* at all uncertain that the divine Redeemer came in; Jr. r.s'sccj.ZrisfSs

make our calculations accordingly. H the |

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the result with the utmost candor and con-

THE SA8BATH SCHOOL faternatloaal Lesion Comm.-nli

Err Mav JI. Res . yff'.. H«

i. t II, U—». ■ »ry

Veree, I -Ceameuttry oa the Bg/'s

Lesgpo.

bf|:l: Tbs Ul.- . -Uoldt* '.e.t. Ri

the result with the utmost candor aud con sistency. There ha* been entirelv too mnch reticenc- aid hedging; there has been a disposition to dodge the real question, though perhapa wish a charitable puiposc that therein- the Conscience and hope* cf others might not'.he shocked: there ha* been a sentiment that seem* to advise that The less this matter is emphasised the better for the church. Let the church throw down the gauntlet: 'et it have thi* matter out once for all with tho«e who dispute it

rr^Jrr.'.^isTi

settle it T?et ua insist upon the fact#

jsft a

their religion to ask anyquarter. to accept the Wth one* ^rered to d the”»rinu“or U uke advantage of any teehnicalitie*. Retter ten thousand times a controversy th*n to have this important part of the gospel continue where it now is in the estimation

I. Freedom from sin through Christ (*•- 1-3). 1. ••Therefore." This refer* to ths whole previous argument, and especially to the previoua chapter. The apostle hat ibosKt in the previous chapter that the Uw could net affect deliverance from tin, but that such deliverance was to be traced to the gospel alone. “Now.” The last chapter closed with an account of the deep dietree* of the penitent; thia one opena with an account of his salvation. The “now" in die text refers to the happy transition freto darkness to light, from condemnation to pardon, which thie believer now enjoys. 'Xo condemnation.” Ae condemnation is the result of disobedience this clearly implies that the believer can live without irantgresring the law of God—he may lire free from sin. “In Christ Jesus.” The whale previous argument of the epistle* it plain that those who are in Christ oar who have been joatified through

J. "The law."' A law is a rule of action established by reccynired authority to enforce justice and direct duty. The word law here mean* that rule, command or inSuence which the “Spirit of life” produces. "Spirit of life.” The eloee argument following implies that the Spirit of life here is the same as the Spirit of God and of Christ in verse* 9. 11. 14; and this can be no other than the Holy Spirit in chapter S: 3. He is the Spirit of life, for all Ufa springs from Him. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Ufa because He leads the soul to escape the sentence of death, and then "animates it with the energies of the new life.” “In Chri*t Jegu*.” Chrut Jesus it the meritorious e * ’ "

head of the justil

Jhnat Jesus it me of justification, the d and the giver of the

Spirit. The meaning is that deli'. from sin and death u by faith in Christ, through the medium of the Holy Spirit. •Tree/’ Liberated from the bondage reused by obeying the dictate* of evil. Thu is not a partial deliverance, but a freedom from all bondage. “Law of tin and death.” Sin and death are partner* of

e law. To < '

r°dSth.“

COMMERCIAL REVIEW

drscrel Tradi Condition!.

R. G. Dun & Co/i weekly review of

trade sayt:

Weather conditions and the labor situation are the dominant influences in the business world. Unseasonably high temperature, at many points, especially in the East, stimulated retail trade in wearirg apparel and other summer merchandise to an unusual degree, but had a most unsatisfactory effect upon vegetation, which was pre—‘ J ~~ —

fleeted in diminidt

promptly __

... in diminidhed orders for supplies and in some cases there were cancellations. More conservatism was also shown at the interior, where agiv cultural progress met with a check and while no serious injury to the great staple crop* is yet reported the delay to planting induces caution among

dealers. On thi

earners volum of unrest has

whole there are (ewer wage iluntarily idle, yet the spirit caused the abandonment

“*— 1 nd p

: from these two adverse factors tdc situation is favorable, and average weather and industrial e there is every prospect of

ime new enteprises and postponetent of others, which means less demand for structural materials and labor. Payments are also less prompt, time often being asked where formerly cash transactions for a slight discount

were the i '

Aside fi the tradi with avc

peace there is every prospect of continued prosperity throughout the

country.

Readjustment in prices of iron and steel continues, the market gradually resuming normal ednditions. Advancej of about 5 per cent, in wide sheetings indicate that the cotton goods market is beginning to respond to the higher ri% material. Failures this week are 191 in the United .States, against 193 last year, and 14 in Canada, compared with 12 a

ir at

lada, compart

year ago. UTEST QUOTATIONS

Wheat—New York No. 2, Syfic; Philadelphia No. 2, 79^(§8oc; Baltimore No. 2, 80c.

Corn—New

risen Christ. Are other considerations

p:rion that somehow if we eou.d fnlly know of this matter our creed would ne worsted? Such question* may teem to be ^"•• T “p^ /'ETh,® .i/rb/il

:. ,p, ■“

,W

rorelv died, a conviction which is now

"f™; rs?

posed to qnibb’.e over the story of the Sav irionfiLrlfrebissfc spear pierced the pericardium. It is now ;z p i s'irss/s/rrt.'” p’s: of the croa* was not a trance. The Re-

deemer "tasted death for every w-in." If the Lord realiv died, is it a fact that

rfc rose again? Medical experts can pronounce upon the story of His decease, so legal expert* will pass upon the atorv of

need not hesitate to allow the matti lypirft.’sstsr T-w

different sign!!

stance it has reference to ' fallen nature. “.Sendinj

sr v : :

1

Hay.—No. I timothy, large bales t30-5<>@2i-OO; do, small bales $20.5p(§l it.oo; No. 2 timothy. $194x1^20.00; No. ) timothy, $16.00(318.00; No. 1 clover nixed. $17^0^18.50: No. 2 clover mixrd. $I4-5«§.i6.50; No. i clover, $13.50 P 14-00: No. 2 clover. $iaoo(g!i2.oo; no

Kit

destroy the works of the devil. Through ' No. I Baldwins, $2.00(^2.50; do Rusclinations of a corrupt,, tinfnl nature are fu«—Nonoik- ^yr doten, $I.5Q(a^50.

one or the other of these two principle*, and according as the one er the other haa the mastery will be the complexion of Xhe life and character of the action*.” An evil tree bring* forth evil fruit and a good tree

brings forth good fruit.

II. The carnal

jus—Norfolk, per . . Maryland and Virginia. j*r dozen, rivaled. [email protected]; do, do, per dc wild, $t.oojni .25. Beets—Native, pet sox, —(a-*-; Charleston, per bunch. 2 g3c; Norfolk, per bunch. 2®3c. Cabsage—Norfolk, per brl, [email protected] Charleston, per crate, $i.I5'§i.25; d

North Carolina, pci; crate, $i.ioSj.i; II. The carnal and spiritual contrasted i Carrots—Native, per bu box, —<§>- (vs. C-fi). 6. ‘‘Carnally minded.” To aj- : Cucumbers—Florida, per crate, $1.25©

iletsrais =

■ death, but those ! Carolina, per bu basket. [email protected]: do

are dead already I io per full brl, $2.75®j.oo; do do. per

ft 1

choose, they can go r premc Court that will of the Easter wit no

that

“ SB

witnesses and *. for truth and veracity?” Inasmuch as their na-ratirc is extraordinary in its character they must expect to submit to th* were people who for integrity i-nd religicc S.ft’ ‘7£" , iwsr%.° : ‘£sz Si" ft ftsfta b?';;s. h sftft peared to them all on only a single occaJesus many times after the resurrection, thev talked with Him, thev ate and drank EVft'ft'bTSr SffSKf ft nesset docs not consist of two or three organization, her beliefs, her sacraments, ‘r.-^-ftss.iafkbiess

ftftcbSS",

the dead is worthy ot the utmost atiou. The results of this Easl

—ioa. The results 1

. Jaster creed th. for the doctrine ction. has produced

a race of men, women and the very flower of the hun brought forth all that is b( in every Christian country.

Wiiat is the reasonable response to all this teatimony? It cannot well be ruled

- be discredited. '

, flKlPSg "la enmity.” Thi* is stated n • t io, per £4-brl basket. $1.50(31.75. Kale why •'the.mind of the flesh fa —Native, per bu box, I0@l25ric. Let- ,< T v opponed to God .and nice—Norfolk, per ji-brl basket, 7SC@

Ri.oo; native, per bu box. 40(5$5c Onions—New Bermuda, per crate, $1.90 ®24X>; da Egyptian, per sack, $3.25® 540. Oranges—Caltiomia navel, pet

absolutely certain, because H is a carnal mind and relishes earthly and sinful thinn and live* in open rebellion against G0O1 80 then. Because the carnal mind fa enmity against God, therefore "they that are in the flesh”—tho*e who are led and oiled by •

ea of their

jfaase God," _ doomed to eternal death,

' thoat who follow

“But.” Paul

.te el

controlled by the dictates * fleshly nature, ‘‘cannot pi xmsequently are doomed t< III. The condition of ti

the Spirit (va. 9-14). 9. “L_.. rve* the picture of the regenerate state. ^‘Tlic Spirit. ’ The Spirit, the Spirit of God, and the Spirit 01 Christ are merely different expretsione for the Holv Spirit, the third person of the Trinity. "Dwell in you. The Holy Spirit fa often spoken of as dwelling in the hearts of Christiana. See 2 Cor. 8: 18; G»l. 4: 8. Thia fa more than n good influence or disposition; it fa the actual and personal indwelling of ths Holy Ghost, producing all the fruits of the Spirit (Gsl. 5: 21. 23), and leading into all truth. "None of his/’ This is the supreme test by which we may know that we have passed from death unto life: loud’ professions, the ordinances, real for the cause, many prayers, generosity—none of the**

can save us.

10. "Body is dead.” There are a variety of opiniona as to the meaning of verse* 10 and 11. The following from Beet Mama quite clear: "Becauae of Adam’a ain the body of those in whom Christ ’dwells is dead, that is, is a prey of worms and cor- — *—* because of the righteousness

iterest and changing opinions, it _ bile to show that the church's creed is supported by umple and adequate reasons, and that, faith in the reauneetion of Jesus is not blind credulity, but the acceptance of an historical fact which is duly verified by the esnons of historical certitude.

Humati_ nature docs not c

Eft

'"’"“sacs undying life.”

“But if,” etc. Barnes thinks thi# dees not refer to the resurrection of cad. But others think the reference •he resurrection. "Quicken.” Maks The reference fa to the resurrection "Debtors." We are debtor* to it, but to the flesh we owe^ noth-

Athens he would preach this day- in (in

alive. 1

fell.

the Spirit, but to the

ing. We disown its — .— - '‘Shell die.” If you lire to indulge your lambs steady to toe lower; good to

unrighteous

140. Oranges—Calitorma navel, pet box, $.2.30/: 325; seedlings, per box, $2.00® 2.50. Pineapples—Florida, per crate, $2.75®3.00. Radishes—'Eastern Shore, Virginia, per brl, long, 75® ft.oo; native red. per too, 6o@75c; do do white, do 60S90. Spinach—Native, per bu box, jo®50c. Spring onions, per too bunches, 5a@6oc. Squash— Florida, per basket, —®—. Strawberries—North Carolina, per quart, 5 gyc; Eastern Shore Virginia, per quart, 6@8; Rappahannock, per quart, 5®7c; Norfolk, per quart, 5@«oc; Eastern Shore Maryland, per quart. 5®8c- Anne Arundel, per quart, 5® 12. String Beans—Flonda, flat green, —<§)—; do do round do. $2.00(3.:.25; do do fiat wax, per basket. $2.25(32.50; Charleston and Savannah, per basket. $2.00®2.S0. Tomatoes—Florida, per carrier, fancy. $2.50(32.75; do do. fair

to good, $2.00(32.25.

Live Stock

Chicago—Cattle.—Good to prime steers $4-90®5-3<>; poor to medium $4.00(04.90; stockers and feeders 53.0c @465; cows $1.50(34.60; hciferi

4.25; calves $2.50676.65; Texas fed

tteera $4.00(3:4.60. Hogs—F _ •-*. irrow

Ives Sj2.50OT6.65; Texas

.. 00(3:4.00. Hogs—Receipts today 27,bbo head;,tomorrow 154XX); left over 10,000; market 10 to 15 cents tower; mixed and butchers’ $6.to®6.35; good to choice, heavy, $645®6.62J'j ; rough, heavy, $6.150640; light $5.(to® Sjo; bulk of sales $6.20®64a Sheep —ReceipU laooo head. Sheep steady; lambs steady to toe lower; good to

sure of tlie sou!’* immortality. Tho , . . of everlasting lifa is tiat diuiid, it is •imply not reslilcd. Many a iintt is •eyint "Would that I might be eerfim of

'it ain™ It it imnotrible to sunpo*a that ‘llie multitudci who are not actively asso-

ciated with the church believe in immortality. If they look forward to an endl**? career beyond the bills of time they would speedily change their attitude toward holy tiling*. And if the whole company ol Christ’s disciples were to lay jioM as thev ought of the gospel of "Jesus and the res-

God did not design the church to be a

sKftaa.fts'ft.

The Great Physician never lacks pa-

tience. and He knows that the bitterest

medicine often cure* the quickest.

special beatitude* to the

not always

The money areking chuiyh is not

earned with man-saving. Man cannot do without

gSSSMS-S iiSlgs®

- they are supposed to have their ori- I $4.75(34-85. Hogs lower; prime, heavy . the fleehl^appetite*. ‘‘Shall Hve." 50.45(36.50; mediums Hios'q.O.io ;^hcavy

f^d H-'Sl/i-oS'roughs 1 i.so®5.7o. Sheep Ood, tlow; best wether* $4.50574.65; culls - ' and common $i.50®2.50; choice Iamb?

$6.oo®6.25 ; vealealves $5.75^6.25.

STRAWS FROM THE WORLD’S CURRENTS

There are 4,500,000 miner* and quarrymen in the world. 1 Massachusetts has 1899 prisoners per

million population.

Balloonists who ascended about to,000 feet in Europe th* other day found a temperature of 27 degrees below

zero.

Montana $300,000, in $282,000,000. Prof. Lodge contends that while life cannot generate energy, it can exert a guiding force 1

NET JERSEY STATE NEWS. Latesl Nappeniois Gleaned Frojj All Over the State.

Two insane persons created considerable excitement in Trenton. Jamei Boyle, an inmate of the county jail, became suddenly violent and tried to butt out his brains against the bars of his cell. He was secured by guard* •and will be sent to the asylum. John Nowacki. a Pole from York, Pa., became insane while visiting relative!, and attiring himself in three overcoats and all the other clothes he could find, he ran into a cemetery and danced

He was finally

a cen mbstot

Jy the police, and after waflhanded in tl irncd o

ihorities.

S

Tt

No. 5 1< msignmer.t

ong the toi

captured by tl

dirflculty w;

Pennsylvania auti The postofficc

entered by two thieves, who ransat the office but only got a check, same thieves also stole two bicycler from the residence of Jacob Green One wheel was found, but the other is still missing. The payment of the check which was stolen from the postofficc has been stopped. No clue as to who the robbers were been found by the police. Rev. O. O. Campbell, an 1 rian. resident of Vineland, siearly blind, was caught in the meshe; of Western Union Telegraph wires anc severely injured about the face, armand body. He was crossing the We* Jersey and Seashore tracks just at the time workmen felled a big telegraph

pole.

Fish Commission

Gloucester City with a consignment o over two million young shad to be dc posited in the waters of Connecticut. Farmers around Cedarville seem tc be up against hard luck this season The pea crop will be a failure, corr docs not seem to come up, strawberrie: are almost a total failure and tomatoc; and pepper plants are being eaten ur NAt only the children around New field have the whooping cough, bu* "grown ups” are also amictejF Mr. and Mrs. Josiah HoKday wil celebrate the fiftieth anniversary- o' their wedding on June 6 at Pitmar Miss Elizabeth Kandle, one of thfavorite teachers of the Woodbury public school, entertained two dozen of het pupils in Elmer, they going down in ?

special car.

Howard Lewder, William Hartmar and Samuel Hunter, young men from Newfield, have gone to Montana. Sc popular are they at home that 300 persons were at the station when the lad;

took the train.

The Salem water department ha£

that too much city watet j ti 1 jiQ, (he

sent out word tl

is being wasted. There is fear ti artesian wells may not tie able tu »u|*

ply the mains.

The township committee will decide Thursday as to lighting th^ town oJefferson with electricity. Voters whe want to protest will have an oppor

tunity at that time.

The graduates of the Sea Isle City public school are Miss Jennie Rolan Claude Rice and Miss Marie Tfllner. The strawberry crop in Cape Maycounty is almost a complete failure or

account oi the dry weather.

Although a law was passed by the Legislature orohibiting the shooting fi bay birds, tnc marches of Atlantic and

. _ larches of Atl

Cape May counties arc overrun by gunners, who are killing hundreds ol rellow leg plover, bullhead, ’ robin

breast, calico snipe and curlew.

Charles H. Wood has been appointed

postmaster at Three Biridges.

Joseph Murphy ‘ fell from a trolley car while going to Riverside and cut a gash in his arm which required several stitches to close, besides receiving sev-

eral bruises about thelbead.

Benjamin Plummer, of Canton, has a four-legged chicken' thit promises tc

reach maturity.

Arrangements ate being made to hole the largest dance ever given in Salem county in the new building of the National Tool and Vice Company, a' Woodstown, the middle of next month Chicken-pox has broken out exten sively in Faulsboro among the children Thousands of marsh-hens are nesting on the Cape May county meadows. For the first time in twenty-five year* large schools of blue fish nave found their way into the Great Sounds and

Ludlara's Bay.

Henry Siohrer, of Philadelphia, is arranging for the erection of a $5000

cottage at Sea Isle City.

Mantau Grange at Wcnonah has increased its membership twenty-eight since the first of the year, and now num-

bers 195 members.

By 'the purchase of seven acres of

meadow land between Pennsgrove and the powderworks, thi Duponts now

own the entire water frontage. It has been decided to oedi. new Central Baptist Church in

Jo

been decided to dedicate the ral Baptist Church in Wood-

bury on June xo.

The cornerstone of the new Presbyterian church at Wenonah will be laid

about the last of this month.

Cash ot th* Long Ago. Lineal descendants of the bronze axe of remote Celestial ancestors are the UUto brass cash, the Chinese

this curious pedl-

In the rented.

coins. Here is how this < gree first worked itself c

early times, before coin was Invent barter was usually conducted between producer and consumer with metal Implements, as It atill Ik In Central

day.

se pi

1 in

ntent

s cemmerc!

; with the profeut

At first ilstlcated

iplemcnts. as Africa at the L

the Chinese In that untsophi were content to use real hatchota

lerclal pc

id Of tueir rate, it

some of them that wht

uge

for thia commercial purpose, but after

found

their race, it <

wanted half a hath! he might ns well pay

atchet. As It •

mercantile

occurred to

.et’a worth of goods

lem with

iet ‘As It would be a

MY CULPRIT HEART.

(f Polly fats her lashes fall Aud droops her eye* with growing icon, I Sor deign# to look on mo at all,— As Polly cbos* to do this morn,— Mv chiding mood I quick relonl. I'd fain •sob Jralo'.s word recall, for, ah I I grow so pculfant As Polly fat* her fashes fall, t feel that I should pualshed be For making Polly's bran to hurt; Although, between Just yuu and me, Ube did encourage Jack to flirt ! My heart so quick 1* to repent. It bares Itself to scourging* all, And deems It righteous punishment When Polly leu her lashes fall'. —Boy Farrell Greene, In Puck. HUMOROUS. The Doctor—How's business? Tha Undertaker—Oh, I'm simply rushed to ffreth. Nell—I don't care for fair weather friends. Belle—No. I d rather have a rain beau. lAdy to Blind Man—My poor man. w’.:at made you blind? Tramp—Looking for work, ma'am. Blobbs—Wo seldom get all we deserve. Slobbs—In which respect we are like the one good turn that deserve* another, but seldom gets It.

Wlgg—Every man haa some sort of lobby which he rides. Wagg—Well, de his c

nelghbo;

They were talking of the man whs was thrown from a street car. "How badly was he hurt?" "He doesn't know yet. The jury In bis suit tor damages la still out." "Just to settle a bet." asked the tiresome caller, "will you please tell me what you consider the champion lie of the ages?" "I am glad to see you!” scowled the answers-to-correspondents

editor.

"So your lawyer got you out ot trouble?" "I don't know," answered the man who Is never happy. "I haven't yet paid his bill. I suppose he simply got me out of one kind of trouble into another." "I'm told," said tue prison visitor, “that before you got here you were one of the leading men In your p

nrfet, “

ringing st playin;: we are marrie Gunner—What is the matter with those sparrows hopping around that building? They don't seem able to fly.

1 copy-

,rk ”

that was thrown out.

"There'E one thing about xue that I don’t- understand," said Tommy, thoughtfully, "and that’s why it is that making marks on wallpapers Is such lots of fun, and making ’em In c books in school Is such hard work.” Ethel—What do you think of this landscape, aunty? Aunt Hannah—Well, er— I don't tktok so much of the trees, but that grape-vine is pretty good. Ethel—Grape-vine? Why, dear, that is the artist's signature. "For some time past," said Mr. Pompus Nuiitch, who had engaged passage for Europe, "I’ve been contemplating a visit to the scenes associated with the lives of my ancestors." "That so?"’ replied Pepprey. "Going

eh?”

Wredlnk (the old bookkeeper)— marks my fortieth year of service with you, air. Mr. Hides—I was aware ol it, Mr. Wrtdlnk, and I arranged a lltue surprise for you. Take this alarm clock, with my best wishes for your continued punctuality. “The idea of sending children to tied early to punish ’em!” exclaimed Mrs. Cossel, who was discussing her relatives. ‘That Isn’t any way to c’rect them.” "Of course It Isn't,” answered her husband. Tf you want to convince 'em that you mean business, make 'em get up an hour or so earlier in the morning.”

Mr. ^ Foday

Passing of the Bicycle.

One of the signs of the times, ot rather of the characteristics of the times, is the decline and fall of the bicycle. It has not been *0 long age since there was a perfect craze for the wheel—a craze from which no ago, color, sex or previous condition of servitude to other fads was exempt. Men and women, old and young, adults and children—all rode the wheel. The parks and streets and the roadways were filled with riders of the steel Steed, and whenever one passed a iple or a group In deep coaveraa-

the cue subject of talk

1 the *

couple

tlon, the c»e subject of talk was sure to be the wheel. Its properties. Its belongings. its excellencies and the proficiency In its management to which

the talkers had attained.

Now all la changed. As a fad the wheel la as obsolete as the dodo, especially among young women, who before, apparently, could not get e cf H. This la a-characteristic ( American nervous anxiety to got all possible out of everything In the shortest possible time, and to run a fad Into the ground. Then the natnral. the

t enough 1c cf the

Inevitable, reaction comes; the peudua of popular caprice swing* to the

what was before »

to spoil a good working Implement I

cutting It In two, the worthy Ah Sin other end. and what was before so adIngeniously compromised the matter mlrablc Is dropped completely and by making thin hatchets of the usual I pays for Its former supremacy by baalze and shape, but far too slender for lug consigned to practical oblivion, itlcal usage. By bo doing he In- | Baltimore American,

coin, and. what Is more, ho InIt far earlier than the claimaura to that proud dlstlni

Lydlu s, whose eh

praci

vented vented

u:t, whose electrum staters^ver ttruck In the seventeenth* cet

In a trial at Atlanta the fact, waa elicited that at one drag atore.in that city more than 3,000 preacriptioas for

city more than 3,000 preacriptli cocaine had been filled with!

1 months.