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^HHBPWKNT^BBH^SERMON BY REV. A. C. DIXON, D. D. Subject: The Book of Wledom. Xew York City.?The following serliou w.ts contribute*', to the Union * Gospel News by the Rev. A. C. Dixon, l). D. It is entitled "The Book, of Wisdom." and is an appreciation of Proverbs. He took for his text. "The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel." Proverbs 1:1. To preach- a sermon 011 the whole book of Proverbs may be a difficult ta,sk. but I shall attempt it this morning in order that, it for no other reason. I may impress upon you the importance of reading the whole book at a sifting. If we should read a part of a friend's letter and another part to-morrow, and another part the next day. we should have at the close a very confused notion of what he had written to us. The method which many have of reading the HibJe by piecemeal may impart important instruction, but it docs not give us the setting of tlie books nor a view . of the Bible as a whole. Readers of fiction think little of sitting up late at night that they may finish a thrilling story. If the lovers of God's Word would spend the same timp reading it consecutively they would find it more thrilling than any book of fiction. To a superficial observer, reading i?e iiuiik ?i itovitus nmy in* iiki* reading tlie dictionary. The subj^t chaoses so often. And yet there a plan in the book which a closem study shows to be an orderly arranged went. The first nine verses are the preface. ^ in which we have the use of proverbs. They enable us to "know wisdom and .Instruction, to perceive the words of understanding, to give subtlety to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion." If he hears and lice.ls then they will be an ornament i of grace unto his head and chains about bis neck. Each proverb is a jewel of wisdom more precious than rubies. From the tenth to the nineteenth rerscs there is described the socialism of sin, and the young man is warned against it. "My sou. if sinners entice thee, consent thou not." If they say. "Cast in thy lot among us. let us all have one purse." "Walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy feet from their path; for their feet run evil, and make haste to shed blood." The social element in sin is one of its most dangerous features. The habit of social drinking has made many a drunkard. The social nature carries the young man to the saloon, the pool room, the gambling den, and entices him to destruction. Men and women go in tloeks like sheen to the slaughter, and. when one tries to escape, the social nature becomes a lasso with which Satan drags his victim to the slaughter pen. It Is so hard to tear away front congenial .company. The social club has wrecked many a Christian ?%?/! ? *? Wof/th + IV1 11U1C Itliu C(CII1II,<. ? aiv.il, mwv fore. against the socialism of sin. When sensualists say. "Cast in thy lot among us, let us all have one purse." go the other way. Such a community of goods means a federation of death, which sooner or later it ill lead to destruction. ' Beginning with the twentieth verse of the first chapter there is revealed to us the mission of wisdom. Many expositors believe that wisdom here refers to Christ, as He "is made wisdom for us." And He is certainly the incarnation of wisdom. But the simplest and most natural definition of tt isdom, as It seems to us. is common sense. Common sense crieth without, she uttereth her voice in the street; she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates. Wherever a man goes his common s. use appeals to him to fear God aud I keep His commandments. J If lie refuses he will sooner or later see his mistake, and the Common Sense that called upon him will laugh at his discomfiture: "Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; hut ye have set at naught all my coun* *el, I will also laugh at your calamity, I will mock when your fear coinetb." I do not believe that God in this passage is represented as laughing at the calamity or mocking at the fear of anyone. Our Common Sense laughs at us and mocks us when distress and anguish come upon us. We ?aw what we o.ight to have done and did it not. We appreciate opportunities lost, never to return, and in such a condition we call upon our Common Sense, but get no answer, for it lias no remedy to supply. Y'e seek the resources of wisdom, but *;c cannot find them, for that we hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord. "Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way and be filled with devices." The mission of wisdom calling to us from every quarter. is to lead us to do right, to trust Cod and walk in His way?, and if we fail to hear this voice and heed its counsels there will come a time when , this very wisdom will he our greatest | <jistres?. The first eighteen verses of the third chapter establish the fact that godliness pays, even though chastisements com^ with it. And this chanter furnishes a motto which every Christian onglit to adopt as tlio rule of liis life: " Trust ill the Lord with nil thine heart, *nd lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him. and He shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear the Lord and depart from evil. It shall b<* health to thy navel, and marrow to thy t ones. Honor the Lord with thy substance. and with the first fruits of all thine increase: so shall thy barns he tilled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine." The man whose trust is in the Lord, with entire lack of confidence in himself, God will direct, and the man who honors the Lord with the first fruits shall have an increase of wealth. This, of course, applies to the Old Testanent dispensation, when wealth was i .he result of faithfulness. But under L the reign of grace there is something A better than money promised. There B any come poverty and persecution, and with this true prosperity. We are not to expect pay in money for services Tendered to God; but if we are faithful we can plead the promise that He will "supply all our need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus." as socialism of W^the mission of "wisdom, and the reward of godliness, we now come to a classification of the proverbs. It is not exhaustive, but I think it wi'l be suggestive and enable us to finish the classification as we carefully read the book. The application of the Proverbs of Solomon to the family life "will make a perfect home. "He that spareth the rod hateth his son, but he that lovetli him rhasteneth him betimes." Modern sentimentalists pronounce this oldfogyisb, and inveigh against its cruelty, but you will notice that the homes in which disobedience has become associated with punishment, and disobedience with reward, send forth into the world the manliest sons and most womanly daughters. To refuse to administer loving chastisement to a child is to train him in a life of disobedience that will unfit him for citizenship in the State or usefulness in the church. Lot there be no anger, for anger only provokes anger. Love can administer chastisement with regret and tears, but it must not shrink from the duty. "Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life." This proverb expresses the teaching of Jesus Christ. The heart is the source of good or evil, and if the heart is right the life will he right. Let Jesus Christ fully occupy the heart, and you may lie careless about everything else. Over the archway in tlie old Tombs prison in New York were the words: "The way of transgressors is hard." and 1 every criminal who passed beneath it needed no argument to prove 'ts truth. On the walls of every store should be liuug the words: "A false weight is ^abomination to the Lord, hut a just weight is His delight." Our God believes in fair dealing. The man who gives good measure pleases Him. and we need to know that honesty in trade is as holy a thing as prayer. And when you hear anyone laughing at an oath, a vulgar remark, or a wicked deal, quietly repeat the words: ? T.V. ^.1ft O nf eir. ** 'i'llft t?V1 tt 1" <>?#!> luin iv ?u 0111. a iiv who plays with the poisonous adder Is wise compared with him who sports with sin or treats it lightly. If you are tempted to surrender your convictions in order that you may further your interests, social or financial, recall the words: "Buy the truth and sell it not." They will give stiffness to your moral backbone and stamina to your character. No man can afford to hold the truth for sale. It is the most priceless thing that he can possess, and whatever the father of lies may offer hirn for if. he .should scorn the price with contempt. There are so many of these that barely to mention them would take the time of a sermon. "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine." If. therefore. you would save the doctor's bill. | be merry in heart, and if you have true j heart merriment, let Christ the Lord of joy reign there. Link with this proverb its opposite: "He 'bat loveth pleasure shall he a poor . an." The pleasure-seeking spirit brings poverty of soul and purse. The man and woman whose sole object in life is to have a good time rarely have a merry hejirt. Their laughter js hollow, hecause their very pleasures, have become a burden. "The fear of the Lord prolongetb days." If. therefore, you wish to live to a ripe old age. cultivate the fear of Cod, which will cast out all other fear. "He that walketh uprightly walketh surely." The position of stability Is not in prostrating yourself, or crawling, or creeping after the world's fashion, but in the upright walk of a manly, conscientious life. The man who has wandered from Cod needs only to hear the wo-'?: "The hackslider in heart shall be tilled with his own ways," to realize that they apply to him. Cod's way is the way of light, peace and joy. Onr way without Cod is the way of darkness, turmoil and despair. The backslider who has turned from Cod's ways to his own ways Is truly to he pitied. When our hearts seem unprepared and our tongues are not right for service, let us recall the fact cbat "The preparation ~0 !*/* oncu-ar nf iho Ul nit- utrai ?. ami iur <u>o?v> v. .... tongue is from tho Lord." We will then give the heart to the Lord that He may prepare it. and surrender the tongue to him that he may use it. And then we will experience the truth of the other proverb. "Whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he." And in hours of conscious weakness we will repeat with triumph. "The name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous runneth into it and is safe." All these proverbs make a mosaic of rare beauty. They form Ihe parts of an oratorio, every note harmonizing with every other note, and tilling the life with sweetest music. And yet wo may besaved ihe trouble of committing them all to memory and remembering them in emergencies, if we will but realize that Jesus. Cnrist. who is tho truth, lives and is with us every day. If we need wisdom, w? ask Ilim and He gives liberally. If we are tempted, we turn to Ilim for succor. If we are weak, we rely upon Him for strength, and after every conflict Ave can say, "Thanks be to God Avho giveth us the vkdorj through our Lord Jesus Christ." Prayer a Mighty Power. There are those who ridicule the idea that prayer can actually accomplish anything, because they cannot understand how prayer can either affect God's action or change in any way the current of events on earth. Such reasoning is extremely shallow. The Avlsest ! man eannot tell the wli.v or the wherefore of some of the commonest facts nalnml CficnCA- is it not childish I then for any man to undertake to limit spiritual truth by the measure of his capacity to see the reason for it or the reasonableness of it? Facts arc facts whether they agree with any system of lo^ic or not. And the fact that prayer is a mighty power is attested by abundant and incontestable facts. Watch For Opportunism. Watch, lest those duties of kindly benevolence which God puts in the way of all be left unnoticed, unfulfilled, while each one doubts whether-it can be his business to step forward a*"7 meet them. Watch, for we know how soon our means of earthly iipss, our opportunities for fait vice of God on earth, may r win Odgers. B* True There is but om*s not to be true to the Dean Farrar. f ?? SOUTHERN * a?: D-@ TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTEI ^ Frnnh Uficf For Farmer*. | j j We have known of a club of this . J kind being carried on quite snccessi fully at the North. We see no reason , why Florida farmers might not do the the same. It would not be necessary ( for each member of the club to own a herd of cattle. Arrangements cou'd be made beforehand for those members , who did not own any animal that was ( suitable for the purpose, to buy at a | fair price from those who own plenty. As a rule fanners do not live con- j renient enough *o butchers and meat ] markets to enable them to have fresh beef and mutton constantly as town , people have, in Canada they seem to , j have organized in some sections, at j least, to overcome this inconvenience, j The Consul at Collingwood, Canada, . explains how they do this. Ho says that clubs are organized among the farmers in groups and neighborhoods and co-operate to supply themselves with fresh meat. The ring, or club, is usually composed of sixteen, twenty, or twenty-four persons, although some| tiir.es^is many as forty arc enrolled. 1 Each#m?mher agrees to supply one beo^^inimpl during the summer, aud in-order to give pleuty of time for preparation the members draw lots the previous winter to determine the order in which they shall contribute animals. J After drawing members may exchange numbers if they tind it mutually advantageous. Two small families may combine for one share. * Wherever it lias been tried this system has given excellent results, as is shown by the fact that it is difficult to gain admission to the rings, as there is no inclination to drop out. The farmers' wives and daughters are particularly well pleased, as the abundance of fresh meat at their command simplifies the question of providing suitable meals. Then tue farmers get their beef at actual cost, paying no more for the best cuts than they would for the cheapest they could buy - at retail. Under the operation of the beef ring each family gets its portion within , a few hours after killing, so that there is little difficulty in keeping ibe meat fresh for nearly a week. The usual method is to use the steak and roast first and put the boiling piece into brine or a refrigerator until needed.? Florida Agriculturist. Irlili Potatoes in the South. Dr. S. A. Knapp. of Lake Charles, Laj, special agent of the United States Dt"iartment of Agriculture for Louisiana and Texas, is a most practical man, one of large experience in nearly all branches of agriculture. He re- ' cently gave a talk upon Irish potato culture, in which he suggested "strong, ' sandy loam" as the best land for pota- j "" '1 * toes. \? nere tuts is not ouuiiuauir, chocolate or black land will answ er If : thoroughly drained. After being flat ( broken "about two inches deeper than usual." the doctor recommends harrowing every twenty days until plant- j ing time. Preparatory to planting, the ' land should be bedded into two and a ' half foot rows, just as Mr. Porter does. "Split the bed with a small plow," he ' said, "and plant the potatoes twelve . inches apart in the furrow." He recommends cutting the potatoes into i three pieces, and placing the cut side down. "Have a man follow with a hoe." he continued, "and cover potatoes with one inch of soil. Distribute evenly on this (KX) pounds per acre of a j compound made of two-thirds of cotton 1 seed meal and one-third acid phosphate. ( Put one inch more of soil Uflbn the fertilizer. It is not advisable to plant potatoes as deep as most people plant, because it takes too long to come up, thus hindering early maturity. The < potato, when planted, should never be 1 below the drainage furrow. If it is it ' will rot. "Barnyard manure, well pulverized. 1 will give good results. It is a good ! plan to plant cotton between the rows < before the potatoes are dug, thus easily ' raising two erops upon the same ground in one year. < "In this case, however, the rows should he five instead of three and a ' half feet apart, so ns to give space for ' cultivating the cotton while the pota- 1 toes are maturing." '- /. 1 Selecting Hreedln;; Stock. Much depends on the selection we ' make of those fowls which we intend 1 to keep in the breeding yard next sea- 1 son, and after the season has passed we will be able to locate the mistakes we lmvc made ami perhaps be better able to act more wisely in the future, i If we are breeding fancy poultry we 1 are doubtless trying to reach high 1 points of perfection in different sec- 1 tions of the fowls: trying, as it were, t to eliminate certain faults which ox- r 1st, without in any way changing the t meritorious points already possessed. I But Low is this to he done? ? Certain) not by indiscriminate a breeding v selecting fowls at random I ?withe* \st considering every ma- i terial Le parents for several ( \?rps and Flats. r ird H. Seymour, who has h ited admiral of the fleet to j liral Salmon on the latter's ( a February, is of Irish desies of a family which has 1 several noted fighters to 1 av . It was Sir Edward i all'3d forces in their un- ] 'eavor to reach Peking in i e the legation there a t Mo is sixty-four years 1 en in he navy for over t t I i i *1: tun flOT a ?& ?, STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER. V generations back?the individual faults ind the results to be expected. All these must be carefully considered: in a word, we must know exactly what we are striving for, and make aur selections accordingly. We must select strong, rigorous fowls; good in all sections, and above ill avoiding every one with any taint ? ~ ?t?trtU + in onr iroT* I Jl UIM'UM* U UIVU lUlj^lit lit ouj ?. uj MV transmitted to the offspring. What we must have, above all else, is vigor, without which there is no liope of success. All, in a measure, depends on this, since "no flock of fowls will produce good chicks if there is a taint of weakness in either parent. Let vigor be first, then sectional goodness, to follow as we may choose. Bent l'?f of CowpeaR. It will certainly pay. then, to groil cowpeas for fertilizer, but why not first obtain the feeding value and still retain sevonty-tive per cent, of tbe fertilizer value in tbe manure? Because we have found a good thing is no reason why we should not get ail out of it possible. If tbe fertilizer value of a ton of cowpea hay is $10. and seventy-live per cent., or $7.50. of that is obtained in the manure after tbe hay is fed. it is clear that if we had the live stock to consume it. this ton of feed would only cost us twentyfive per cent, of its fertilizer value, or $2.50. , What is cowpea hay worth as a feed? We may. possibly, best answer this question by comparing it with wheat bran with which we are all familiar. For producing milk, one and onefourth pounds of poavine hay have been found equal to one pound of wheat bran. Can we afTord to plow such a valuable food as this directly into the soil in order to save twentyfive per cent, of its fertilizer value? If the great need of our soils is vegetable matter, which is certainly true? and this vegetable matter has a double value?fertilizer and food?then it is apparent that we can only get these two values through the feeding of our crops to live stock before putting them into the soil to supply the deficiency of humus.?Tait Butler, State Veterinarian. North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Raleigh. Borers In Peach Trees. I will venture the following suggestions for any who may wish to try them. In using a sharp knife care should be taken not to girdle the tree. A good plan is to cut away just enough of the bark to find the opening, insert a piece of wire and give it a little twist and you have aecomolished the work. This is necessarily a slow and tedious 4nh for thnso rrho hovo Inriro orchards. Ivv *vt Mv v ' but it will go a long way toward preserving the trees. I also find that an effective preventive is the use of wood ashes. Put half a peck or more of unleached ashes around each tree?heaped up around the body of the tree. The egg producing the borer is laid on the bark of the tree just on top of the ground, but this Insect will not work in the ashes. [ am satisfied that it is the lime and potash that the insects object to. In the absence of sufficient amount of ishes, I would advise the use of kainit, say a pint or quart, according to the size of the tree. This should be put in every year. In the spring is the best time.?Correspondent in Southern CulLivator. y White Holland Tnrkers# During the past few years this breed :>f turkeys has won many admirers, who claim for them superiority over .11 lU. Ill lilt? UlUlTSt. They are large and vigorous, easily ired to uniform color and shape, and iosspss in a large'degree all the good dualities necessary in first-class fowls for the market. They are pure white, and when Iressed present a most inviting appearance. They are active and splendid 'oragers. and their young grow rapidly, rhey enjoy the liberty of the fields, nit are more prompt in returning home it night than others, and are seldom lie victim of wild animals that so iften destroy whole broods of even the lalf-grown turkeys. They are destined o become popular with those who rear hem. Rape Give* Satisfaction. Rape is comparative!}- a new plant u the Southern States, hut where It las been tested it has given entire satsfaction. It is a nutritious forage ilant, which closely resembles Swede urnip, can bo easily ^-own on any tverage soil, and Is especially adapted o lands that are about half line sand, t makes excellent feed for sheep, hogs ind cattle. It will withstand hot vcather, and we have known It to :eep a herd of lifty hogs in Tennessee 11 good condition when all other grceu ?rops had about burned out News of the Day. The natives of India take more and nore to beer. Formerly the consumption was very small; there are now. lowever, many large breweries, and last year their comuined production aggregated nearly nine million gallons. It is said that about 40 per cent, of this production Is consumed by the irmy. Most of the breweries are in the Himalaya Mountain districts, on the railroad line between the stations .">* Murree and Darjeling. I i American^*? Review** The more Magazincs [^dispensable is The " Indispensable,""The one ina .vorld under a ficli-^hss," "Ar rurrent litcraCure."?these are soar >cople who read the Review of Reviei norc necessary is the Review of Review! s in a!i the moft important rnonlLlia >criodical literature that nowadays per vlth it is to read the Review of Review! tj ing section, it has more original matter a H the moat timely and important articles p y Probably the mo& useful section of al K rem cf the world," where public everts [a eapS'-'d in every issue. Many a sub* R worth more than the price of the magaj ? depicting current history in caricature, S Scvicw3 covers five continents, an Men in public life, the members of C P] captains of industry who must keep " i Ufl women all over America, have decided Pf THE REVIEW OF R a -13 Astor Phu PERSONAL GOSSIP. Bernard Shaw is becoming very popalar in Germany Andrew Carnegie is a great lover of flowers, especially of roses. The only woman blacksmith In America is Miss Clara Mcdliu, of Pilot Oak, Ky. The German Emperor is said to be twentv-fourth in the line of succession to the British crown. Miss Ethel Bret ITarte. daughter of 'be famous writer of early California ife, will devote herself to concert work. President Roosevelt has departed from the social usages of many years n becoming a dinner guest at tbe muse of the Vice-Frcsident-elcct. Mrs. Rosalie Loew Whitney, who for the last three years has been attorney for the Legal Aid Society at New York City, a few mouths ago seut in her resignation. George S. Bontwell. former Governor if Massachusetts, and Secretary of the '"reasury in Grant's Cabinet, celebrated he eighty-seventh anniversary of his 'drth at Groton. Edmund S. Hoch. assistant director if exhibits at the St. Louis Fair, has been decorated by the French Government with the select order of Officer of he Academy of France. Many years ago. when Senator Moses E. Clapp was a boy. be was the office boy In a newspaper office in Minnesota, ind "Hod" Taylor was the editor. I'ay'T is now Assistant Secretary of 'lie Treasury, and Clapp is about to enter on his second tcrui in the United States Senate. The Czar of Bussia and the Emperor ">f Germany might, if they please, dis>ute with each other as to which of the two owns the greater number of palices. Eaeli might sleep in a different house every night for a month and not >xhaust the number of his various I welling places. LABOR WORLD. The 100." convention of the Blacksmiths' Union will be held in St. Paul,( Minn. Detroit (Mich.* mates think of forming a union of their own, and definite plans nro being discussed. The Chicago Federated Trades established the precedent of admitting clergymen as fraternal delegates. A graduated scale of wages wilt shortly be adopted by the street railway eonipauy at the City of Mexico. Tart of the striking lumber wagon drivers at Chicago. 111., have returned to work, having won the uuion wage scale. In Wisconsin the eight-hour day is prescribed in manufacturing and mechanical establishments unless otherwise agreed upon. Tube workers throughout South Staffordshire. Euginnd. have been served until notices of a reduction in wages equal to three and a half per cent. The request of the Western Maryland trainmen for shorter hours, an increase in pay and payment for overtime. has been refused 1iy the company. The minimum wage for union book and job compositors in Boston was increased from SIT to SIS per week in accordance With an agreement made a year ago. ( The agreement between the Iron Molders' Union of Norili America and the National Founders' Association lias iinon torm!n;itoil bv the Employers' Or ganization. The Church Association for the Advancement of the Interests of Labor is constantly controverting the statement that organized labor is unfriendly to the church. American Federation of Labor organizers in the Pittsburg (Pa.) district are busy in an effort to get all local unions to altiliate with the Iron City Central Trades Council. Largest Three-Year-Old Filly. Oregon Queen is reputed to be th? largest 3-year-old filly in the world She is 19 hands high, weighs 2,26< pounds, is perfectly formed, a ches" nut sorrel with silver mane and tail She was bred and raised by Sol Kin; of Cornvallis. Ore., and was 3 year:, old'on May 20 last , w w L, W Reviews I i there are, the moff .1 Review of Reviews jr jzzinc I feel I must take." "The I i education in public zdzirs ani I ie of the phrases one hears frcn noted I . 1 vs. The more m n~izir.es there ere. the I i, because it brings together the best thct H i of the world. Such is the flccd of U iple say that the only way to k.:cp up R ;. Entirely over and above this review- W r.d illustrations than moil magazines, and 9j rintcd in ar.y monthly. i ' I is Dr. Albert Shaw's illustrntW " Prv:- B . and issues are authoritatively and lucidly fj :riber writes, " This depirtinent alone u Kj xne."^ The unique cartoon d -partnnenl, jfl , is another favorite. The Review ol E d yet is American, firft and foremoO. I iongress, professional men, and thefgreat r ) !D with the times," intelligent men and I ? that it is " indispensable." I EVIEWS COMPANY vs 1 :e. New York m *? \ w . NEWSY GLEANINGS. Over $1,000,000 worth of diamonds are stolen every year from the, South Africa diamond mines. In Mexico the Department of War Is Rtudying a project to establish night schools for the soldiers. In Prussia the price of raediciue is . w regulated by the State, a new* price list " being published every year. When an unmarried woman dies in Brazil the coffin, hearse and livery of the coachman are all scarlet. A battalion of Chinese soldiers, to be headed by a Chinese band. Is being recruited from residents of New York City. The Government of Venezuela has decided to give no titles to coal mines in the fnture, but to exploit all such mines under its own supervision and ownership. Henry Hollenback, of Bonlder Creek, Cal., was kicked over a 200-foot precipice by a mule. He only fell fifty feet and was rescued comparatively uninjured. At the annual meeting of the Commercial Travelers' Association, of Canada, the proposal to reduce the mortuary benefit fund was defeated by atk overwhelming majority The Postoffice Department of Great Britain has announcedtbat it will hereafter accept wireless messages for transmission to ships at sea at the rate of thirteen cents a word. An ingenious thief who secreted.him4 ? - *<ac>oa/1 hn froifjif Bt'il 111 U UUU& UUUlCoocu IV %MV station at Smichow. in Austria, was captured after be bad filled tbe trunk with miscellaneous valuables from otber luggage. The court htta issued an order to tbe sheriff to sell Michigan City, Ind., "at ' auction to the highest bidder" to satisfy a judgment of $11,000 against tbe town for injuries received by a young ^ woman who fell through a sidewalk. . KEWS OF THE FAR EAST. General Dembowskl, of the Russian army, was wounded in Manchuria. More artillery than In any former battle in history was engaged In the battle on the Hun Kiver O.vr.ma reports that the Russians left 12QO dead on the battlefield at tbe battle of tbe Sba River. Tbe Japanese reported that Chinese troop-*, accompanied Mfstchenko's Cos- 4 sacks on tbe raid against Xewchwnng. Ccneral (iVipenberg left the front. Kiironntkln remains in supreme command of tbe Russian forces in .Manchuria. Russian cavalry rnf<T?d a town In ^ Northeastern Korea. 2."0 miles from Vladivostok, held it four days, then re- .1, tired north. A dispatch from Toklo said that the losses of the Russians in the recent' hattle were 10.000 jnen, and those of (he Japanese iiOOO. Poland continue* to he a centre of disturbance. Fifteen thousand slrib- ( ers marcliinj* on Warsaw were dispersed by Cossack*. TJie Chinese Minister called on Cbanrvllor con Buelow in Berlin1, and gave him most positive assurances that China is'not infringing neutrality. ' ^ "?? AQV1CPS rrom luiSMim Iicnu<|iiiiiirii> in Manchuria wy that the armies are in their former positions. The coltl Treat her caused intense suffering to the Russian wounded. Sharp fighting took place between forces of General Ivuroki and the Russian left, according to a dispatch from .Mukden. Thousands of wounded men arrived at the hospitals. Admiral Kamimura has left Tokio to rejoin his squadron, it having been reported that the Vladivostok warships were again ready for service. Thirteen jnnks with 500 refugees from Port Arthur on board arrived at Chefoo. Eleven junks were missing. ^ Courtesy is a cheap commodity, buf it sgmetimes pays splendid dividends. A farmer in Elk county, Kansas, displays this sign: "Hunt all you want to, and como to the huuse for dinner." This farmer, it is said, Is twenty calvaa ahead on this season's bunt alone, I