“BIDDEN TALENTS" A Bri.llaat Saaday Fcrmoa By Re»

Henry C. Swentiel.

Craat ■ Sc» Lom* Frcm (he Parab'e—A Penan Hl.hoa! a Grctaace.

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Y - Dr. 1

"Hidden Talenta." He

took hia leit from 8t. Matthew tit:IS: "Hr that had received one talent went tnd 4>ss«d in the earth, and hid hia loid' ■onev." Dr. Swentarl aaid: Cod holda the cornucopia of infinite and —nipotent love. With open-handed- ren- ‘ ” dianenaea the gifta of Hia ealtn throughout the length aad breadth of the whole creation. Fro®

“fried IJ_,— —

•! the divine philanthrope. ia not only a vaat eorkahop. but a mag naticent pieaaure houae for. enjoyment Hyerv tieTd ia draignM for a harveat, all the ioreata reaound with aymphoniea and •ratonea; ever) where are-mine* of richea awaiting the toiler. God'a plan include* all the beat thing* /or the niultitade, and ho who aarvra hia misaion may well aay,

"I bare all and abound,”

And yet how many are alms-t peranaded to proteat againat the doctrine of the liberality of the heavenly Kather'o protiai They have* more than a auapicion that interpretation of HU bounty doea aquarr with the facta and experience* of human life. They are diapoaed to intimate Chat Hit aay* are not equal; that He haa fettered Hunaclf by a hard and fiat doctrine of foreordmation. predeatination and election; that Ilia counaela are marred by what amounta practically to aninat <haarimmatian and favontiam. Without ^auaing to emphaaire the impiety of critietaing Almighty God or to expoae the fuJjuty and vanity of paaaing judgment upon Bia program for homanity, we ought to be peranaded even by our aurroundinga that Ac Lord ia prompted ever by a maateriul daaire to promote the health and wealth, •he power and happiness, ol HU children. H we were .juahtied to apnreciate Hit

oo'd accept the ' srmome*, it*

— — —enrient heav- ■ and fragrant flowers, ita overflowing franariea, its count'eaa picture gallerira. its monumental glorica, as parables of di-

Go-i’a aide in the combat between jpol and evil, ia a public benefactor, and hia name, though almoat unknown here, ia written in baa vac's hook of uorthie*. It ia impossible to acquit the man with one talent who hid the divine aift. Hm wrong was pot the misuse or the abuse, but the noo-uae, of hU jiersoual loree. He doea not belong to the category of the victims. be is not chargeable with iniquities which suggest that there may be aoine troth after all in the old, discarded notion of the total depravity of human nature, and yet the Lord says to him, "thou wicked and slothful servant." He was wicked, not because he bad squandered or lost the gift, but only because he had bid-

den-it.

That U just what tbousanda and thousands are doing todav. They put their talent in the earth. In spite of all their worth thrjr are stunted and imnortrUintd because ther are "of the earth earthy." The worldly spirit U not reatricted bv any means to those »bo pile up co'-o*«al fortune* or who are the habitues of Vanity Fair. A beggar may be, and probabV ia, quite as much of a mammon worsh.per as is the most vulgar money lover. They who fail may be even more world y than they who succeed. However that may be, our present concern is with the admouition that warns cs not to bury our talent by living solely for temporal goods. Every day we are exposed to tbe contagion of earthly domination. How easy it is to let 'ourselves down to a low degree of thought, desire anfl gratification. We are km to tha elements about ua. We belong |

But the man with one talent ia likely to proaent himself as an objector to this attractive and inspiring view of the Father's rulership. He 11 dissatisfied. He has a •nerance. He is persuaded that he ought » have a better chance, larger privileges,

the same gifts. So ne seem to hare more while others have lea*; but there ia undoubtedly a law of compensation which •pent the w*y for a high general average «t aa via: act ion in living, a satisfaction which ia not affected by what are called oaaan and failure, riches and penury. Gsd never give* everything to any one I peraon. hot lie docs offer a generous gift to every ■oul, and all will find life to be worth a thousand time* more than it coats if Ihcv will'hut do their duty. If the many wonld honestly do their beat with what tHev hare, a large share of present inequalities would diaapear. and it would be clearer to all that the Almighty ia truly a universal Father. Alas, who bai done hia boat? If the romnlamer had bat half tilled the measure of hia poifbilitie*, if he had been willing to do what be easily could have done, if be had not hidden hi* talent, the situation to him would be changed, and he wonld be more perfectly in harmony with the lift-creed proclaimed by

revelation and by all the worlda.

Inasmuch as our Lord is the author of the parable of tbe talents, the' religious ntory with its moral should be received with the utmost thoughtfulness. According to Hia teaching, everybody receives something, and the very smallest gift is one talent. A talent is a goodly sum of nmney-equal to a little less than *2000. That amount would be a promising start-

ing capital to a young man of fair 1

mg capital to a young man of fair business ability. Many, it will be alleged, must begin life on a much oraaller basis, for which there may be human reasons which are both regrettable and inexorable, and which we cannot May to diacoas. Ordinarily, however, each soul has a goodly start and arts out with a fair endowment. Generally apeakinr, everybody ha. a thance-be can be something, he can do something—hr ?*■ serve hi* mission. It is wholesome to he reminded betimes that many ol the aea who have made history have sprung ioim a comparatively low origin. In every aatioa saints, heroes and leaders are, for tha moat part, born in humble cottages, the poor boy* of not many yesterdays ago. To every soul God give* an adequate equip- ■***•- Work is the only royal road to exoeUence. There are people who expect to he earned on angels’ wing, to the goal c* thmr ambition, bat angels and their wings

wire made for no such purp< ar.

The trouble with the coi iplaining man •l one talent » that be J m hid din his BWghl UM-Ortk. God »-W him to lire « apleadid lift; the man ba< failed more or *5? utter.y. He may be misunderstood, bat far oftener he mi«inde.-*Und. himself. ~f* ** *• fR nchly gifted as certain ^fcan are, bat that is no reason why be

art «p an inferior aiandard for

Sjr«S!U£r c V ,,>lh,n * *■ tht oateooe aftalaata. It is pot true that "they'iJbosa

ttMenta, without industry

otrenrth ^.*^3

“f«t of Uw “parity. Ita an

reumng surprise that most uabkelr to tha boat in all tbe sphere* of acthanrtis.a and‘tnraph* oV*ehi^S^’Srt . =: sk3dr' , i,"srr'fi^K J ^ well enough endowed. The least webave

Jjwk purtapi 3*£sa oat sospart ^5? M ha* a finer talent to ha a maa—the tal-

Jda—to earth a* well i iUjn. With pardonable fondness «

earth." We came ourselves from ita bo- ’ aom. We get all that we hare out of the K und—our food and raiment, out i ise*, our hooka, our sciences and arta. ' all tbe material blessings with which ws are enriched. Here reposes all that was mortal of our beloved dead, and at their t funeral rite* the church said “earth to . earth.” Here the great hxve lived, th* brave have fonght for right- and rights, 1 and royal soals have done their work for , the cause of procrcaa. Here-Jtsus apent • three and thirty year*. Hia feet trod upon 1 ita hiDs and vales. Hi* precious blood ' flowed down from His sacred body to ita , •oil. and His mangled corpse-lay in its tomb. How much tbe earth has in it to fascinate. I* it a marvel that so many fall before ita seduction* and hide the greai and holy talent in thexlay? How nature', but how wicked. To everv one who buries tbe talent—his personal fore*—in uor’dlincas come* the sharp condemnation, “thoa

wi.ked and slothful aerrint." -

It ia nothing leas than a high crime ta

centre one’s beiny

has the power to baa an equipment that should get result*, when he can be efficient and effective throughout hia sphere, when he can make a contribution to.tbe fund of goodness and happiness, what a sorry pity It is that be should put euch possibilities into a bole. And yet that ia precisely what so many — doing. Some of them are rich, while ;rs aie Poor; some have knowledge and —-urr, while .qtbers are ignorant and bard, but thev are ail alike in that they have buried tn-. precious gift. It matters —t whether they are lofty or lowly, whetbthey live in t palace or a garret, they re erred grievously if. they have buried power which alone can make life worth living. What an unspeakable degradation

leave tbe plain where God would think and work and to descend to

the slavery of a vulgar ambition .for worldly concerns. To pass one's yrarv with out raising to the dignity and exceIBnccs of noble manhood and noble womanhood—to go on from year to rear without recognising the Deity—and without noting the privileges which Christ has assured—to reduce ourselves to the level of machinery, to set np a song and dance as though that the greatest thing in tbe world—is to ourselves into a region which is not fit for immortals. Let us do our work and

our recreations, bnt letsus j<Uo sp-

te the doctrine that to bj-tnie men me women is the highest possible es-

Away with the base delusion that

eraee person is called to a condition of inevitable inferiority, and that it is not for him to look for large personal development and excellence. All could be strong

if they would use their jjglenU.

We h. e personality? 1 There is *ueb a thing at the "personal equation." Everybody has a fair chance. The man who. has

TBE SABBATB SCflOOL lateraalioaa! Lcmm . Coeu^tal* For

January 17.

Sofcject: The CapUtai aad TraptatlM *1 Jesus. Matt Ul. U l* hr., U—OsUts Ten. Matt tt, 17—Mcaery Verses, I*., J. 4—C*Mea.’ary e* th*

Day's Lets**

I The baptism fv*. 13-171 13. "Cometh .Irens” Kn far *■ we know this wss Hi* first puh’ie art alncr He w*« twelve year* old. ’T . -lori’sn" Frobsblv at Acnon near tn Kalim l-lnlin 3: 2. 3). a day's journey from \*x*retli "Unto -lohn.’’ Although .'ohn was Hi* <ouain we are told l-lbbi I: 33) that he “knew Him not;” which msv mean l'-st .lohn did not know •leaus to he lli* Messiah. "To be bap l.srd." Any confession of «in was of eonrae out of (he question. There was only a profe**io-> on 'he pari of -Trau* that ** -a firae'.i'e H- liereme subject to the law. and that lie wa* connectist with no manit'- by tbe ties of blood, of siiffetin* and of love. Thi* art Ws* an eP' , orsee.en| of John and a solemn inauguration of hir

miniatir. . . *

14. "Fo'-bsil." Fareierfly »~d pccs*:»’e 1v op-n*e*l Him. "I hare nee*i " etc Al though John *-«« filled with th* Ho's Ghost from hi* birth fLnkr 1 ; lj'. yet lie needed the baptism of the Hoy Ghiwt and lire. He neded to receive s Israel measure of the gift* and gieces ol thf Holy Spirit. I-V "Suffer it '« be i- now Th**e were tbe firel word* of f"be-..-'i npblic ministrs In thi* Jesu* hr—bW Himself at the ••er*' outset "Foifi’ si ri*htcou«ne»« " To leave nnth'n* undini which woo'd be »onori~e l" r*qi>>' ments of God. "H» a-ffe*—I H n ” Tld esp.e.rnodea'y Kli ; eh led hi«n »t firat t deelin* tbe honor Cbrivt offered hit- nos eanwd Kttn to eerform i he ‘*erv'ce Cbri*!

ep'oineJ upoi him.

15. "The Heavens were otw-ed " l.nki *av» that Jeans nraeed r- *ooi a* fie - ehaptire,! fLnke 3: Hera i« the fle-f recorded prayer of (Thrift **»I it* »-«r-*r It r-ss when He wa* nrsyi-* that th ( Fnirit sea* *eel down r——i Him. -nd ii all nrobebrjly it wa* 'hi. ih»‘. H- wa> nraving fee. A threefold *i--i e--* g -rr I. Tbe Hca-en* op—c/* 2 fhc d-ra deac-nde-* 3. The F * ’ H* esw" Christ it (Mart It 10'. ar' John raw it fJoh- I: 33. T4'. and it •• oroheHJe that all wh- 'rerr ar*for this was i-'ended • -i l- T’ * nn'-'" inangura' : -*i. “Li''- » dove '' Th—• h.. l—n * differenra of opinion ** I- wiielh-i • His wa* a re*’, .'-'oral dove tsike **e, ff^lke* V" ?2I ’7 , ' > M^ I, im'nrad'’s„* • Jesus Ghri*t i* the F«v» o' C-d el—nitv. He eeve- bey-n to be ‘ton. Hr W1* »’«0 H-* SO" l'ee*!l*C <■' II-- «uratrral hirtb.'snd He w*« "Hi* So" ' '>v sneci*) (•esi-natio- to tbe work of the

«vo-'d’« Hed-eraer "

ff. The first temnut-nn <**. I-4I. I. "Then.” Imirediate'y after Hi* lientwro. Such *re the vio’ent s'.terrntiona of ' nman exoericncc: beptited and temnteil: »i> rro-ed of Cod and ha"d''i over *n the I’ev-'l. “Of the *oiri» " 1-ukc *av* H* w** “foil of 'he Spirit:" NIark «av*. lh« < i- ; *it drii-e'h Hii". a divine lo.'lujIMf W Hm> on “Into the wildernre*." ^Sidition hsa fixed upon a li'*h ridge ca’’*d Ouaran'n"-*. nerr Jericho. >t*rk «ay» Tie w»« tri'h IS* •ild b-*«ta. "To le- temnted " Christ begins Hi* work with a prrao-al cn»ouiite- with Satan. To temot is. literally, tn rtretch out, to trv the strrngt.i of. Tempt*'ion is tb- 'ra'.in* of * pr-*on. 2. "Forty davs." Mo*es. El-jsli and our Lord coold fast forty d*r* bec*u*c t hey were in coe-munion with God and livirc a henvenly life. Luk* aavs He was ter—•ed during tbe wbo'e forty clay*. The strugule was powerful, personal and intensely real. Christ for our sake* met end conquered the tempter's utmost x'rength- "Afterward an hnngered." Alter the forty days were ended. 3. "Tempter came." How Satan appeared to (fhnst

wt do not know, but if

1st. a peaaimnt, a mnanlbrope, a chrome gr.irob.cr. How true the parable is to nature and 14 life. The complaiaaot is out of liarmony with everybody and everything. His gravamen ia most unlovely. He may Wye heredity by alleging that hia antecedent* were unfavorable and his bjrthnght rounts for nothing. He may point to arcuaistantics aa prohibiiorv and invmci- , hie when he would assert his right to be a man. He may charge that divine provi- ■ denes constantly thwarts him and reduces bis every hope to ashes. Ia the last analysis be takes tbe position of the condemned of the parable and says to the Lord: J

d given him a whole tol-

part abundantly; it on y remains for His children to do theirs; the talent has value

only tn its use.

Bt-Taal view* this question from ■ most ' exalted standpoint. Ha says: "There are divemitiet of- gift*, bat tbe same Spirit. | and there are dmereaces of administmion. — aamejLurd, and there are -dipereiof operations, but it is the same God ; workath all tn all. but the nuLn’ ( — tion of tbe Spirit is given to every n

profit withal.”

— apeak of self made men as t_,^_ they were miracles. In referring to them a* such as mean that, m spite of difficul ties, they f- **->—* —- " *• • *

tenedTSul made by tbe grace th* most favorable.

‘ » anythiag. most make re, behooves us to go to work upon ourselves. We ought to take ourselves more seriously in the high- , rat possible sense We have capscines. God has made os for same fCKHTTHe has ' given ua each one talent at Hast. The r eons of God, we do not belong to the mV 1 bah pile of tbe universe. If we will taka ourselves ia hand—if ua will he ourselvrs and not try to be somebody else-if m will urrre our own mlmioir H pe will faithfully and honest'y accept and meet the aituaiiau aa we find it, we will aura * later when ''

in” bodily form it must have taen *s an angel of light “If Thou be." Beware of temptation that come* with tn if in ita. month. "The Son of God.” Tnc consciousness of His divine Sonahip msr. now in a measure have been withheld. Alone in tbe wilderneac and weak and worn from fasting. Satan saw fais chance. ‘Stones . . . bread." You are hungry; now if Yon are the Son of Gcd use the power You have to supply Your necessities. and thus prove Your divinity. In this first temptation SaUn tempts our Lord, at be did Ere. by the bodi.y appetite. He appeals to the animal nature first. By thi* avenue he approaches and .onquer* the great majority of mankind. Beneath this temptation of bodily appetites til gluttons, drunkards and debauchee* have fallen and become the deri!'* prey. I. "It it written." Dent. S: X Jesu* answered tbe devil by using the sword of the Spirit. "Not live by bread alone." and ' pledge of all needful providential •k-~-s from the wOdgrtMas to Jerusalem

trail known pinned* (Boat have Jed. probably the royal porch

an toe southern side of tha temple. 6 bounded confidence in God. Tvow Satan — Ail tn* world will wobder at

in exploit. This * *“"*■“

CLDIMERCUL KEVlEW

iSJF*™ presumption. Or re Mr. Fpr . I rzs vz

' nisapplie*. "Glr* hb an|e

mutilated quotation of IV

'Tamptr ’^eut. *. M. ,T tempt God it to put Him to the proof—t demand evidence of Hi* power and i

Hit will to fulfil His p

quotes and charee." A VI: H. 7. tempt God demand evi

Hia will to ^ waiting patiently and trusting. This tci tation appealed to the bTeof show. Xh rnrried sway from God by worldly pl<

could

results will begin to appear.

.While wa live, let m lore" of as tha s,*rs , ir.t2€2’fflr»s •turdier fcbur. We need not he oedinvy, rnmmennlarr. vulgar, mane and htaiiM. MedioCTity is inrxrtoibir. We csnT* rSSfesrSKf

. . . kingdoms of the world?" The mot of tbe third "

sunpnaitiou that

wondwer* tbe dreii’s he could dispoee of them. _

me." Here tbe devil appenrs in _ character. Christ was probably asked to worship "not by an external act of horn mgr. but tor using force and raubiuhing :

with him no laager, toil with oafhbnty commands him to go to hi* own ptoce. I>*

Ctgcral 1 raft Ceeditiaai R. G. Dun fc. Co.'» "Weekly Review of Trade" says: Violent fluctuattom in cotton and ancertainty regarding thr situation in tbe Far East were the onlj factors in the business situation dur ing the holiday week. Numerous expressions of confidence are heard regarding the future, however, especially at the West and South. Manufactur ing plants have taken a longer vacation than las: year. Textile mills are confronted with » lack of proper proportion betweer prices of raw materia) and finished pro ducts, and it is evident that costs ol production'must be held down in some way or much machinery will become idle. Transportation Ikies are well engaged in handling grain, live stock, fuel and lumber, while earnings thus far re ported for December exceed the previ ous year an average of 56 per cent. Few new contracts for iron and steel are reported, yet the general level ol quotations is fairly maintained, and better conditions are expected early in 1904. Seteral special transactions are reported in billets and wire rods al concessions, but these do not affect list figures. Failures this week numbered 2ja in the United States, against last year and in Canada 17, compared with 8 s year ago. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. Four—Spring clear. %i&s(ft* 05; best Patent $5-45; choice Family $435Wheat—New York No. 2. poc; Phil adelphia No. 2, 88li(gSpc; Baltimore No. 2, 88CaB8!ie. Corn—New York, No. 2, 52c; Phil adelphia No. 2, 43; Baltimore No. 2, 4&Hc. Oats—New York No. 2. 43c; Phila ddphia No. 2, 43c; Baltimore No. 2

1 FITJn«M>*MniJ**<l’*1.T»at*A» B srT.n*. r mb •'tar first dav * ws* ot Dr. Kilaa's Ores: K*reu>iator*r.fii:'istb->tUaaa4tr»stl*afr*« , Dr.BJUsJUu.Lt4.,Vfil AreSt,, Phlli..Pc Some women would rstbar ms rev in hast* and repent ** VI •-•ra than con'em plate a rival repenting at leicure.

Kartlret ttnwti f'alou*. The John A Rslxer Seed (V. U Cro**» 'Vis., always have —mething pew. so—*thin* valuable. This yre* they o*er auu—e their new ro—iev m-’Vie-r vagetahlrs an Earliret Green Eatms On>on. It is a winner, Mr. Fanner and Gardener' ' -irsy rest) this xorirr. asd ICr tnd thev will semi vou tl-nr big plant *r,d seed rstalog, together with enough seed to yTnt> fine, solid Cabbages, e/vvi .'•licin-n Carra'• ?//*l P'*irlnp*-iu't*- Celery, " rv> V'ltere lettuce. I W enlendid Onio"*. t coi r*re. lu*eu>i<* t , »di*b*». 7-001 xloriorsV bri'IUnl Flower*. In s'l na-er 10.000 nlenta—'hi* irreat offer is |psd» to a*' von to test their warranted vegetable sted# and j au. 10a ul-t JCe. postaci. pravidinr vou n-i'l reti-'n this notice, sad If vou win send 'hem Me. In nostave thf srffl *dd to the 'b"ve a paelraie of the famous Berliner Cauliflower. [A.C.L.]

J amturePiso'*Cure forConsumptlonsaved my life three years Mto.-Was.Tnowa* r.otI nuts. Maple 8t., Korwtoh, K.f.. Fob. 17.1*00. Only tbe man who understands women admits that be doesn't

.Jay—No. I timothy, large bales. <^$14.50; do, small bales, <S$!X50. No. 2 timothy $1x50^14 00; No. 3 tim othy, $12.00^13.00. Green Fruits and Vegetables—Ap pics—Western Maryland and Penn sylvanta, packed, per brl $1.50^2.50 do. New York, assorted, per hr! $2.2; (aj.00; do, do, Baldwins, j>er brl $2.5« @2-75; do. do. Kings, per brl $3 00C'i 3.50; do, do. Gills, per brl $3 25@J-5°. do, do, Tallman Sweets, per brl $2.25(11 X50: do. New York Greenings, per brl [email protected]; do. New York,-No. 2s per brl $1.25(31.75. Beets—Native, pei bunch t55@2c. Broccoli—New York box, 20(3250. Cabbage—New York per ton, domestic, $25.00(330.00; do New York State, per ton,.Danish $30.oofitos.oe. Cranberries—Cape Cod per brl. $6.50(3*1.00; do, per box $t 75<S 225. Celery—Native, per bunch 4@5C Carrots—Native, per bunch 2@2Vic Eggplants—Florida, per 'basket $200^3 X5<rf Grapes—Concords, per -fl-lb bas ket 11 (312c; do, Catawba, do, u@!2c. Horseradish—Native, per bushel box $1.50(32.00. Lettuce—Norfolk, per has ket 75c(g$2.oo; do, Florida, per basket Kale—Native, per bushel box 25@30e. Onions—New York and Western, yellow, per bu 75@8oc; do Western, red. per bu 7&&7SC- <N>, Western, white, per bu 900(3$ 100. or anges, $2.25^3.50. Spinach—Native, per bushel box $i.tS@i-25. Turnips— Native, per bushel box SOfAfOC.. Potatoes.—White — Eastern Shore, Maryland and Virginia, per bu 65(3700; do, Maryland and Pennsylvania, prime, C bu 70675; do. do, seconds, per 606165; do. New York, prime, per bu 75(378; do, Western, prime, pet bu 75(5(78. Sweets—Yellows, Maryland and Virginia, per brl [email protected]; do, Potomac, per brl [email protected]. Yams— Virginia, per bri $1.25^150: do. Po'omac, Maryland, per brl, $1.50(3)1.75. . Provisions and Hog Products.— Bulk clear rib sides, yjic; btrik shoulders. yyic; bacon deaf rib sides, 8Vle: bacon shoulders. 8Jic; sugar-cured California hams. 8>4c: canvased and uncanvased hams, to lbs and over, I2^c; hams, skinned, tic; refined lard, sec-ond-hand tubs. 7»<c; refined lard, halfbarrels and new tubs, 7>4; tierce*, lard, ^^e'utter—Separator. 25<ffa6c; Gathered Cream, 24@25c; Imitation*. —Ofiic; Print*, y5-lb, 27@28c; Print*, ilb, 27 @28c. Cheese. — Septembers, large and small, I2@i2}j; late made, November, 10*4®! 1 Mi: trade quiet. Live Poultry.—Chickens—Hens, pet !b. ia©t4c; old roosters, each 25(330; young, I3@I5; do stag*. tajSiJ Ducks—Puddle, per lb. iJ@i4c; Musco*ey and mongrel, per lb, ii@t3: <*o drakes, each, per lb, 30®40; white pekins, per lb. 14. Geese—Western and Southern, each. 6o®75cDressed Poultry.—Chickens—Young, e r lb, 15c; olif mixed, per lb. ia@tx icks, per lb. I5@i7c- Geese, per lb, 34®t6c. Turkeys—Fancy youqg, per lb, idQeic ... . - Eggs.—Maryland and Pennsylvania, per doz., loss off, 3d@JK: Virginia, do, 34; West Virginia and Southern, do. do, 32®3J *" Dvt Stock. Chicago. — Cattle — Receipts Tooc head; market strong to 15c higher; good to prime. $52»@5-75; poor to medium. $3-Sp®5-oo; stockers and feeders. $2.oo@4-io; costs and heifer*. $t.7‘ @X75; canners. $i.75@2^o; bnlU. $xoc @4.25; calves. $2 50®^75- Hogs—Re ceipt* 32.000 head; market steady to 5£ higher; mixed and butchers, $4160® 4410; good to choice heavy. $4-75® 4.90; rough heavy, $4 ; 40®4 70; light $4-35@4'7°; bulk of sales. $4.6o@4-75 Sheep—Receipts. i5/>oo bead; sheer and lambs closed lower; good tc choice wether*. $3-75@4-5o:. fair tc choice mixed. $3O0®375; native lambs

light 1 oncers 45-—^- pys* os-wMss-yx MsusnuL am aUfeMnnc nom. There are at least *50 Filipino stw »rs is thirty-seven

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