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Pi IK) Orleans Fast in the ( W Monster, Yel MANY NEW CASES DEVELOP DAILY ! Twenty-S^x New Cases Are Reported and Number of Deaths Grows, but the Men of Science Stili Think the Situation Not Beyond Control?All * But Two of New Cases Italians. It**1-*' . r* New Orleans, (Special.)?New ease.s CO reported up to 6 p. m. Sunday, 27. Total cases to date, 283. . Death to-day, 3. pd Deaths to date, 57. New foci. 4. gt Total foci, 41. at. Of the deaths, one occurred at the er Emergency Hospital and was one of th the cases transferred there. That insti- cli tution new has 19 cases under treat i j._.i j be uieui tiiiu u.sfuaigfu us iirsi paucui i as cured. I The State board of health divided j the State into districts, comprising !1 half a dozen parishes each, with a i ' medical inspector in charge of each,, , and will immediately investigate alii ' rumors of yellow fever cases which 1 come to light outside of New Orleans j . and that part of the State which is ! now included in the city for quarantine I co purposes. ! clj There is no foundation for the report of the case near Borgan Citj and ve that the body and house had been gjj J&umed. It has been thoroughly investi- (.P] gated. ah ? Although the unofficial reports ag made public showed a larger number 14 of yellow fever deaths than Friday, ce] when there were only two, and the of appearance of a number of new cases, be the men of science who are warring against the yellow fever plague ended cr< last week's labors confident that the Sti situation was still well in hand, and Ca with no immediate prospects of becom- gij ing alarming. Saturday's official report sis of Friday's progress of the disease Ar shows that the entire quarter above 15: Canal street was free from a single new case, and that the fever was only St! spreading in the poorer habitations of the down town quarter, with new cases isolated except in the heart of the French Market quarter. res VICTIMS MOSTLY ITALIANS. Cv< The health authorities continue to hold also that the plague remains an Italian infection, all but two of the 26 cases reported being of that nationality. Almost without exception since the beginning of the fever, those who have fallen victims to the disease have been un of the poorer classes of the population, ap many of them not long residents of As the United States, and, therefore, un- S acclimated. For several years the planters of Louisiana have Deen replacing the ne" groes with Italian labor, and there has been a steady flow of immigration 1 from Sicily and other parts of Italy to Louisiana. Many of the immigrants ;a; p have remained in New Orleans, finding employment in the peddling of art fruit or in the work of unloading ves- at sels at the fruit wharves. It was among these that the fever first appeared, and \ to their lack of acclimation and the re* inadequacy of their treatment has vo been largely due the heavy mortality ce] that has characterized the present vis- flll itation of the scourge. Friday's deaths \~~~ have been principally of Italians. In i S01 two or more cases in the last two, toi days ^deaths have been reported of' at persons who were only reported the ^ -day previously as having taken the. fever. There have been concealed frc cases, which the emergency officers, jnj with the assistance of surgoons, have fa( disclosed. wt The first de^ih in the Emergency Ve Hospital occurred. The hospital was mj opened Friday with 13 cases, and ah tra oqual number was added Friday. Into ex? the hospital are sent the worst cases las of unfortunates found without comforts or medicinal attendance in their inj 1 in JJVJUVC. . ___ Young Man Drank Poison. Ar Fredericksburg, Special. ? Charlie Mitchel, a young man who came here co1 recently from Richmond and has been De employed on an ice wagon, attempted wa suicide by drinking laudanum. He was , 8" carried to the mayor's office, where j Jn Drs. Barney and Chewning relieved ( ^ him. He was then committed to jail and is now in a normal condition. hi. Johann Hoch Respited. Chicago. Special. ? Johann Hoch, A "Bluebeard" and confessed bigamist, ha sentenced to be hanged Friday for poisoning one of his wives, was granted a reprieve until August 25th by ^ Governor Deneen. The stay of execution followed hours of anxiety on t;f the part of Hoch, who had never given jm up hope, and was allowed by the Gov- p], ernor only after the latter had been lo assured that the necessary sum to ap-, peal the case had been raised. The amount. $500, was given by an aitor- W ney and friend of Hoch's counsel. The ab attorney declared he was actuated Sa purely by humanitarian motives. se1 23 Killed on Electric Railway. re. Liverpool, By Cable.?An electric he; ???-oir> nn tht> T.anpashirp and of CApi COO uttiu, v?* v?v Yorkshire Railroad, bound from Liver- be pool to Southport. collided with an coi ^ empty stationary train at Hall Road station, causing the death of twentythree persons and the injury of many tui others. So The first car of the express, which tat was crowded, was smashed to pieces ws and only six of its occupants escaped, an The road was recently given an elec- Tfc trie equipment. kn Attempted Assassination St. Petersburg, By Cable.?A eircum- ] Btantia! report of an attempt on the Ha life of Constantine Petrovitch Pobie- M? donostseff, chief procurator of the kil Holy Synod, is current in St. Peters- de burg Wednesday night, but the Aste* sociated Press is unable to obtain conflrmation of it. The authorities, and fe, even the police at the Tsarskoe-Selo n? railway station here, where the at- by tempt is reported to have been made, re disclaim all knowledge of any such wj happening. va 11 If' i irip of That Malignant! low Fever COMMITTEE REPORTS. he Crop Estimate Board Find Thai ; Hyde, with Holmes Prompting Him, ! Mac'e the Figures Lower Than the Facts at Hand Warranted. Washington. Special.?Assistant Sec- | tary Hays made the following report Secretary Wilson on the acreage of j >tton in the Southern States in 1905, j compared with that planted in 1904: The crop estimating board of the I)oirtment of Agriculture has considered e report issued by the Bureau of atistics on June 2. relative to the j reage planted in cotton in the South- , n States in 1905. as compared with at planted in 1904. and has con- j ided: First: That a new estimate should ! made on acreage planted, and that e figures in Mr. Hyde's hands when iking his estimate should be used as e basis. Second: That Mr. Hyde, with Mr. ilmes at his elbow, prompting him, ide the estimate lower than the facts his hand from the reports from the | ven classes of reporters employed by i e bureau warranted. Third: The board finds upon careful j nsideration of the reports of all isses of correspondents and agents, at the acreage planted in cotton this ar. including the entire season, ould have been estimated at 85.1 per at of that planted last year, equivi? ?* ir* nlontprl Q ffP 'Ill If a ICUlHUUli 1U [/muvvu ?*v.? e as compared with last year of 99 per cent, (instead of 11.4 per at.) or 4.731.000 acres?the estimate the total acreage planted this year ing 26.999.000 acres. The estimated percentage of the debase in each of the cotton-growing ites is as follows: Virginia 18; North i rolina 16; South Carolina 14; Geori 14; Florida 12; Alabama 11; Missippi 16; Louisiana 17; Texas 16; kansas 19: Tennessee 13; Missouri ; Oklahoma 15; Indian Territory 11. The averages were made for each jte by each of the four members of ? board, and the comparatively small (agreements were harmonized almost 4 lolly by averaging, and the above J suits are fully agreed to by each and 1 ery member of the board. Respectfully submitted, VICTOR OLMSTED. STEPHEN D. FESSENDEN, , GEORGE K. HOLMES, W. W. LONG, Crop Estimating Board. The above findings and report made der mv supervision have my entire proval. W. M. HAYS, sistant Secretary in Charge Bureau Statistics. Approved: JAMES WILSON. Secretary of Agriculture. Fall Trade Outlook Good. New York, Special. ? Bradstreet ys: foil trQ/lo qHvIcPS crop rtpuna onvi inn ? 2 more unanimously favorable than any preceding time at this season. 'Confidence in the crop situation is lected by good fall orders and a lume of wholesale and retail trade rtainly in excess of a year ago and ly equal to the average at this seal. Special activity is noted in cot1 goods, which are in eager demand high prices, with scarcity of desirai makes widely reported. 'Reports from the clothing lines and ' >m lumber, hardware and the build; material lines are generally satis- : ;tory. A heavy movement of winter , teat has helped collections and deloped a little more activity in flour lling in the Southwest. The iron i ide shows some quietness after the ; ceptional activity in pig iron noted , it week. ' 'Business failures for the week end; July 27 numbered 195, against 174 1 likp weak of 1904." i i Error in the Revised Cotton Report Washington, Special.?In the revised tton report issued Thursday by the partment of Agriculture an error 1 is committed in the second paraaph which made it appear that the . ne estimate by Mr. Hyde was made >wer" than the facts at hand warwhen, in fact, it was made Igher." The erroneous statement | ^ ut-en corrected by the department. Telegraphic Briefs. .11 of the dead of the Bennington ve been identified; they number 58. The Charleston board of health has ' cided that the yellow fever situation not sufficiently serious to require 1 arantining against any point. President Castro is extensively forying the Venezuelan coast and may port Japanese gunners. He contemites visiting his neighbor republics propose an allegiance. V. T. Sanford, who killed George right, in Rome. Ga., says he will be le to prove that Wright and Mrs. nford stayed at an Atlantic hotel reral times as man and wife. The grand jury in Washington instigating the cotton report scandal ard six witnesses yesterday, four ! them being from New iork. It is iieved that the investigation will J ntinue for two weeks. rhe boiler of the Reliance, a small gboat belonging to Peter Bender & n, blew up at the landing on Plan- ! ion creek, Northampton county, and is totally destroyed. Mr. Bender i d his son Fred were painfully burned le cause of the explosion is not v n u. U. S. Marshal Shot. Roanoke, Va.. Special.?At Union ill. Franklin county. United States irshal Z. T. Wade was shot and led bv a negro named Cephas Poinxter, an alleged illicit whiskey disler. Wade went to arrest Poindex and the negro fired cn him with a ctgnn, the load of shot taking cf L-t in the abdomen. The negro thetj| ide his escajto and is being hunte a posse. Wade has been in the venue service for seven years and is popular. Great excitement pre' lis in the vicinity. 11 NEWS OF in j Notes About Cotton Mills and Other Southern Industries. The Columbia State says: Mr. J. A. Clarkson, of Kopkins. brought to the j city some speciments of cotton which . appear to have been withered by lightning or to have been scalded by the sun. But the cause of this blight is the presence of myriads of smal1 white moths which in a week destroyed a patch of five acres belonging to a negro. The moths were first noticed on a pokeberry bush which they soon destoryed, and from there they spread over the cotton field. Another patch of one acre has also been ruined. Mr. Clarkson, being the magistrate of that place, was appealed to, and he brought specimens of the ruined cotton to 'die city. Mr. J. W. Bauer, section director, upon seeing the cotton stalks, states that the matter should be referred to Dr. Charles E. Chambliss, of Clemson j College, the State entomologist. Mr. ' Clarkson will meet at the station any j representative of the government or of Clemson College who will make an ex- j nmination. The stockholders of the Lumberton j i Cotton Mill.':, of Lumberton, N. C., held j i their annual meeting last week. They I ! found the renorts of the management i ! satisfactory, and a 2 per cent, quarter- ' ly dividend was declared. The com- I pany is now preparing the site and '< building materials for its addition, to be erected. As previously stated, 1 this addition will be one story high, 1 78x267 feet, to contain 6240 spindles, ? and its cost will be about $100,000. j Contracts foi the machinery have been ( placed with the leading New England machinery builders. j ^ A cotton waste mill is the largest | j industry planned for Spartanburg and 1 is the outcome of the visit of Messrs. j Corr, Ayers and Hoffman, well known ( Boston and Philadelphia capitalists and mill factors to that city. The 1 party inspected several available sites for the proposed factory and expressed j themselves as being highly pleased j with the place. The building of the mill 1 will likely be the result of their visit. 1 The plant will be something new in the ( cotton mill industry for this section \ and the estimated cost is $200,000. Its | ( products are rope, twine and various } 1 ntK , Vi o f rtfln Krt fr*r\YY\ uiiici aiiitico luai tau uc luauv. 11 uiu cotton waste. The Dixie Cotton Mills, Lagrange, Ga., held its annual meeting of directors and stockholders last week. The report of the management for the year's business ending June 30 was found to be satisfactory. Besides charging a large part of the earnings to the purchase of machinery installed ' during the year, an amount was set aside to pay the 3 per cent semiannual dividend on October 1, and $10,000 was added to the surplus fund. At the annual meeting at Ware Shoals of the stockholders of the Ware Shoals Manufacturing Company, of Laurens, S. C., the following directors were elected: J. O. C. Fleming, N. B. r Dial, of Laurens, J. T. Johnson, Spar- i tanburg, Benjamin B. Riegel, John S. * Rieged, George E. Riegel, Howard t Riegel, E. W. Sparks, New York. Sub- j sequently the board re-elected Mr. t Dial president and Benjamin B. Rie- 1 gel treasurer. jj A charter has been granted the Po- J mona Manufacturing Pnmnnnv r>f 1 Greensboro, capital stock, $250,000, to * make yarns, cotton goods, etc., a among the stockholders being J. F? Serice, J. E. Southerland and W. P. ' Southerland, of Greenville, S. C.: A. T. ^ Wing, of Palmer, Miss.; Lee H. Battle, f Greensboro, and several others from 0 that town. c TEXTILE NOTES. (From the Manufacturers' Record.) Tre Hamer (S. C.) Cotton Mils has declared an annual dividend of 3 per s cent. 0 Tre Clover (S. C.) Cotton Manufac- t, turing Co. has declared its usual an- gl nual dividend of 10 per cent. It is reported that the Chinnabee Cotton Mills of Talladega, Ala., will double its present equipment of 3468 y ring spindles. a Tt Is rpnnrtpH that Xfesoro William ^ H. Kilgour, Charles T. Miller and A. s: F. Keizer, of Dallas, Texas, will es- w tablish a silk mill to employ about 100 d persons. Their intention is said to be c to erect a three-story building 60x150 feet in size, to accommodate the necessary silk-throwing machinery. The Board of Trade, Pine Bluff, Ark., is corresponding with several S Northern capitalists who contemplate u building a cotton factory in Pine S Bluff. t: The Malee (N. C.) Knitting Mills was destroyed by fire during the past g week. The company has not decided r whether it will or will not rebuild the ^ plant. According to reports the Joss t) was $10,000. y Several business men of Annison, tJ Ala., have acquired control of the Blue Springs Mill at Oxford, Ala., and this week they put the plant in operation. It is equipped with 2500 ring spindles and 80 looms. L. J. Cochran is super- v Intondent. ^ It is stated that the Fountain Inn 0 Manufacturing Co., of Fountain Inn, p S. C., will add 4500 spindles to its c, present equipment of 5500 spindles, in- t, creasing the total spindles to 10,000. qi The company will also add 60 72-inch a looms. Contracts for the machinery ? aie said to have been awarded. u Hope to Check Boycott. Washington. Special.?It is expected that within a few days announcement l) will be made of some plan by which it s is hoped that the Chinese boycott on p American goods, which is now in full 0 force in five Chinese cities, will be t; modified, if not checked. It is believed p that the boycott will not be success- _ ful, yet American traders have given the administration to understand that c thej are not willing to run any risk ? with the harm that might be done their trade in Canton and Shanghai, the two ? most important cities. b ? I INDEMIfrt WANTED] I High Japanese Official Declares That, Russia Must Foot the tills THE VIEWS OF BARON KOMURA Confident That Peace Will Be Successfully Negotiated at the Coming Conference ? The War is Costing! Japan $1,000,000 a Day, But She Does Not Desire Peace at Any Price. ?? ? Now York. Special.?That Japan will demand an indemnity of Russia in the negotiations for peace, and that war will be declared at an end at the conclusion of the negotiations at Portsmouth. N. H.. next month, is the belief of Baron Komura. head of the Japanese peace delegation, who arrived here today, as voiced by Aimar Sato, whe is the official spokesman 'for the Baron on this mission. Mr. Sato in an interview said: "I am confident that peace will be successfully negotiated by the appointad delegations. The Japanese will be guided by moderation, and no excessive demands will be made, biA the sentiment in Japan and Russia il^or peace, and in the interest of humaiVy and prosperity there must be peace, rhe cost to Japan, however, has been rery great. On both sides the lo3s in men has been 570,000. Russia losing 170,000 of these. The war is costing Japan $1,000,000 a day, and there is a feeling that there ought to be an iniemnity." Asked as to the probability of an armistice, Mr. Sato said that probably urould be among the first questions the plenipotentiaries would consider. Basing the form of the negotiations on previous treaty negotiations, Japan will make the demands for Russia's consideration he said. The peace terms, while held inviolate jy those who know their text, were 'ormulated by the Emperor of Japan md his council. Mr. Sato was asked f in the flush of victory the Japanese jeople would not feel entitled to more :han any treaty would allow, and he eplied: "The Japanese are not so gentle as o abide by any decision we may make. >ut theh pay great respect to the offl es of President Roosevelt and his acts lave done a great deal to emphasize :h need of peace." Of the future of China, Mr. Sato laid: If the central government could vork in harmony with the district or jrovincial governments. China woulC >ecome a great power, but at presenf hat seems to impossibble." g Japan's attitude toward China vfs nost friendly, said Mr. Sato, and while naintaining no moral Monroe Doctrine >ver the empire, she felt that it was nore or less under Japan's protection, This protection, by way of illustration, dr. Sato said, was "not so strong over }hina as that of the United States over South America." Mr. Sato said that while a desire for >eace was the sentiment of Japan, it vas not a desire for peace at any >rice. "Japan is in a very prosperous ondition at present," he said, "and he war taxes do not fail heavily upon he peou'.e yet. There has already been ub6cribed $250,000,000 to a new interlal lean, and our prosperity ifl further ndicated in the success of our foreign oans." The question was put to Mr. Sato as o any possibility of conflict with the Jnited States in the future, as sugges- J ed by some of the American press at ; he outbreak of the war, and Mr. Sa0 asked what could bring about such 1 conflict. When it was suggested that apan might covet the Philippine Is- j ands. he laughed heartily, and replied i hat Japan tfoud not have the Philip- j lines as a gift, even though a bonus ;ccompanied the gift. Baron Komuro and his party arrived rom Chicago and proceeded at once I o the Waldorf-Astoria, where they i vlll be quartered un*'1 his departure I or Portsmouth. The *e was no dem mstration beyond the presence of a ew Japanese merchants and members >f th Nippon Club. Patrick Hope* for New Trial. New York, Special.?The notice of tay of execution of the death penalty n the order granted by Judge O'Brien o Lawyer Albert T. Patrick, under entence of death for the murder of the ged millionaire, william M. Rice, was ot served until Wednesday on the lawer, who is confined in the death house t Sing Sing prison. Patrick laughed hen the notice was given him and aid: "I knew it would come. It is only rhat I expected.' He expressed confience that in a short time he would seure a new trial and ultimately his reedom. ^ Senator Mttjhell Sentenced. Portland, Ore.. Special. ? United taites Senator Mitchell, convicted of sing his office in the United States enate to further the law practice of he firm of Mitchell & Tanner, of his city, was sentenced to pay a fine f $1,000 and to six months penal ervitude. Pending a review of the \ ase by the Supreme Court of the i J Inited States, execution of the sen ?nce will be deferred. Meantime j j lltchell will be placed under bail to ( ie amount of $2,000. } Accused of Embezzlement. < Richmond, Va., Special.?A Gordons- i ilie, Va., special says that J. W. Lock- 1 ood, who was president of the Eank I f Orange, which failed for $30,000 and aid 15 cents on the dollar, was arrest- | ilcni train at Gordonsville and taken < ) Orange, charged with embezzling $5,- ( 00 of the bank's funds. A warrant was j lso issued, the special say3, for New?n Lockwood, a brother of J. W. Lock- ; ood. \ Twenty New Cases of Fever. ' New Orleans, Special.?There has een no material change in the fever ituation. Two more deaths were re- ( orted. There is absolutely no rec- ( rd of the number of cases under | reatment at the present time, but i : is believed to be about twenty. ! 'hysicians are reporting promptly all 1 ases of fever, and immediate steps f re being taken to prevent mosquito 1 ifection, so that the prospects of re- ' tricting the infection is considered ' right. I jti T \ *' < i / ^household affairs DKVILLKD MUSHI'OOMSI. Chop one quart of period imi^hrooais Season with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Mix the yolks of two hard boiled eggs and two raw eggs together and stir in with one pint of bread crumbs and one large tablesponful ol butter. Fill little shells with the mix ture, cover with grated crackers ami bits of luttcr. Set in the oven ti brown. FRIED CELERY. Cut stalks of celery into three or font inch lengths. Even if it is not well blanched it can be used for this purpose. Beat together one egg and a tahlespoonfnl of cold water; roll your celery first in this and then in lint' crumbs; sprinkle with a little salt and pepper: roll again in the egg. and fry in olive oil. Strew grated cheese o\er the stalks after taking them from ih-j oil and before sending to table. HARICOT OF OX TAIL. Divide an ox tail into pieces about three inches long, dip them in seasoned flour and fry in hot fat until brown. Drain them and put them into a stewpan with a sliced and fried onion and a pint of hot stock. Bring to the boil and then add a turnip and a carrot cut into small dice. Simmer the whole very gently for two hours, then lay the pieces of ox tail round a hot dish, put the vegetables in the centre, and'straiu the thickened gravy oveEGG TIMBALES. Butter small tin moulds and dust them with powdered parsley: then an egg is dropped in each, and they are put in a pan of hot water and cooked in the oven for about ten minutes, when they may be turned out on u round platter, and a sauce made of a cup of thickened cream with chopped mushrooms in it, or a tomato-sauce with the mushrooms may be poured around them. These timbales may be altered by lining the moulds with finely minced ham instead of the parsley, hut it must be moistened with cream or egg to make it adhere to the tin. The egg is put in and the sauce used as before. BANANA SALAD. A strip of the peel of a large and perfect banana may be turned back, and most of the pulp carefully scooped out. The sffort, thick variety of banana, in either red or yellow, is the best for this purpose. To all the space left by the removal of the pulp, prepare a mixture of thinly sliced banana, shredded orange or grape-fruit, seeded and peeled white grapes, and a few kernels of English walnuts or pecans in small pieces. In their season, stoned cherries may be added. All must first be mixed in a bowl with a generous supply of dressing, and after the yeilow cases are filled with the salad each must be laid on lettuce leaves. These must be prepared a short time before using. Either a mayonnaise or a good boiled dressing may be used. (Hints for, the Ino osekeepefu For quick baking with a small fire, the sheetiron oven such as is used for gasoline stoves is very convenient set over the two hottest griddles of the range. In testing a piece of cloth to see If It is a cotton mixture, If you cut a small piece off and put a match to it. if it is all wool It will only singe, but if cotton Is there it will'flare up. Prepared paste for paperhanging can now be bought dry. It is ready for use as soon as stirred into cold water, and 3oes away with the trouble of boiling 0our paste, which so often is lumpy. There is no nicer breakfast than a sliced green pepper cut very small and x>oked for ten minutes with two peeled and diced tomatoes in a little butter; ldd four eggs lightly beaten aud stir is for a scramble. A coat of prepared, black varnlsli or spar varnish given to the screens will ieep them looking bright and fresh, ind make them last longer. Apply with a good paint brush, rubbing well into the mesh on both sides. An oculist suggests that glasses should be washed every night in warm soapsuds, well rinsed and dried on a ait of old, soft linen. Few people, :hough otherwise neat and fastidious, deanse their glasses frequently rnough. It is not generally known that eggs 'overed with boiling water and allowed :o stand for five minutes are more nourishing and more easily digested :han eggs placed in boiling water and lllowed to boil furiously for three and 1 half minutes. ' Make a delicious violet perfume by lutting half an ounce of small pieces >f orris root into two ounces of alcohol. \dd to this a bunch of newly-picked riolets. cork and bottle tightly and shake well. After it has been standing "our or live days a few drops on the landkercliiefs will leave the scent of 'resh violets. w'hen the handles of steel knives nr.d 'orks come off they can be easily nicnd>d with resin. Four a little powdered esin into me cavuy m iue numm-. Heat the part of the knife that tits into he handle until it is red hot. and thrust nto the handle. It will Income firmly ixed by the resin when it becomes cool, ['rotect the blade from the heat Carl# Sold WiV lints. The wonderful way An which the ?hic Parisienne buildsA her coiffure o lill the hollows ai^ffnglcs made by ihe modish Watteau hats is finding irnitation in London also. It's no secret; rou put your hat on, and wherever you :hink it is wanted, you stick in a tuft >[ curled hair fastened on a long pin :o secure it. Curls, knots and puff oows in every shade of blond or dark Hair are sold with the hats.?Coming Mtdes, Loudon. iMTII LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, AUGUST SIXTH. The First Fruits for God.?Lev. 23. 9-14; Deut. 10. 9-12. Our lessons are from the old Jewish 1 I law, and the special section we study is that which refers to the offering { of the first fruits to God. The sheaf ' was only a representative of the first * | fruits of every kind. The pious He ; brew could not relish anything that -i U _ U ~ -1 - i i ... .i I "e huu not snarea wun me L.ora. 1 The Lord's portion must first be offer> , ed, then the rest might be enjoyed. How this rebukes the offerings profesing Christians often make! The second selection is an account of the institution of the Feast of Tabernacles. the great harvest festival of the year. It was at this feast that Jesus stood and cried, "If any man i thirst, let him come to me and drink." The real test of a Christian life is the attitude we assume toward God. If that attitude be one of reluctant service, of compulsion in doing and giving; if we put our own interests paramount to any other, how can we profess to serve God at all? If, on the other hand, we put Christ and the church first; and let selfinterest be a secondary consideration do we not place ourselves on the same plane as the Jew was put by the Lord in our lesson? That the Jew became a timeserver and a formalist is n# reason why we may not see the ^ostice and beauty of the original law Jrin its intent and design. The spirit of this law has passed over to the Christian law of consecration, and rests upon us to-day. We are greatly tempted in this age of worldliness and prosperity to put our pleasures, our interests first. We catch the spirit of gain and competition and forget to bring the first fruit# of every toil to God. Instead, we compromise by giving a spare margin of the left-over portions, If indeed we do not sometimes forget to give anything at all. We not only fail to "tithe" our money, our time, and our possessions, but we fail to give any systematic proportion to him. We see the cause of God suffer and need help, while we have been robbing God of onr offerings. Not only do we thus sin against him, but we miss all the joy and delight of sharing our. harvests and our gains with our Master. (> If the choice must be made between pleasure and the interests of the church, choose God's interests. If sacrifice Is demanded to choose Christ, make the sacrifice and choose him. Put God first in the choices of your life. ghristWhInotes SUNDAY, AUGUST SIXTH. First Fruits for God.?Lev.23:9-14; Deut. 16: 9-12. (Consecration Meeting.) God wants us to give Him some thing that has cost us something, the result of our planting and reaping; and what we give God must be without blemish, and there is no blemish so great as self-seeking. Let our gifts keep pace with our blessings, and it will do no harm if they even exceed them. All gifts to God are to be offered with jov; indeed, the joy is'itself,a gift. God is always giving us His first and best; should we not do as much for Him? % We are not to give with this in view, but it is a fact that gifts to God always receive many fold in return. Illustrations. How eager is a child to bring his first achievement to father and mother! Let us keep the child heart. The farmer expends only about five per cent, of the actual power used in growing his crops. The rest is power exerted by the sun and the rain. When you are using borrowed capital, the returns are not yours until you have paid the interest on your debt. When a workman has made wares all day, and his employer comes at night, he wants his employer to take the best of the lot as a sample of his work. Questions. What per cent of your earnings are you devoting to Christian work? Will God continue to bless you unless you use His blessings in the best way? Training Givers. Every consecration meeting should be closed with a collection. The best way to raise money is by the plan of pledges, each Endeavorer being given a slip of paper with a list of sums from one cent a month up. He will theck the sum he is willing to pay each month, and will then be given twelve little envelopes, iu which to place his contribution, the envelopes bearing his number so that the record can be kept by the treasurer. QUEER THINGS IN OFFERTORY. Odds and Ends Contributed by West Indian Natives. Odds and ends, and as queer a collection as one could Lope to see, are found amongst the offertory contributions of the natives of Bugotu, In the British Solomon islands. It is no rare thing there for the minister to draw from the collection box a string of red beads, which, providing it measures the length of the arms outstretched, is coin of the realm equaling a florin, but strings of white beads* of the same length are but as the insignificant three-penny bit. Other articles among the collection ou the lasi emits ounuity ia cuuuetnuu ?nu the Melanesian Mission church were white armlets, each equal in value to a shilling; pieces of tortoisesbell. a bamboo box such as is used to carry lime for betel-chewing, a fine string bag, and ? piece of the native cloth in which the Bugotu women wrap their babies to protect them from the Melanesian insects. The whole collection on that particular Sunday was sold for ?31 10s.?no insignificant figure. ?London Tit-Bits. Telephones for Guam. A Meriden, Conn., concern has just shipped 100 telephones to the Island of Guam. ' W ' V. IM\- i f * ' Jn-i . ' jl q v7#l TTHE SUNDAY SCHOOL *W INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR AUGUST 6. flnbject: Joilth'i Good Relip), II. Cbroa# xxzlr., 1-13?Golden Text, Eccl. xll* 1?Memory Ver?e?, 1-3?Cominenr*ry on the Day* Leuon. 1. Josiah's character (vs. 1, 2). "L "Josiah." The fifteenth king of Judab (not counting Athalinb. the usurper), son of Anion and Jedidah. He was married at the age of thirteen to Zebudah. 2. "Did?right." He grew up Into a noble life In spite of the worst Influences of an Immoral and Idolatrous court and the example of an Idolatrous father. "In the sight," etc. He was right .not only outwardly before men, but in his heart before God. "Ways of David." The character of David was the standard by which the a i_ tM +U ? a# :< Bucreu uisionuijs were in ine unuu vi trying his successors (1 Kings 11: 4; 2 Kings 14: 3; 18: 3: 2 Chrou. 28: 1; 29: 2). David was regarded as the model king (1 Kings 14: 8; 15: 5). "The ways of David," which are here particularly referred to were those into which ho was led by his religious character and zeal. "His father." His ancestor. "Turned not aside" (R. V.) This phrase implies an undeviating obedience to all the commandments. II. Idolatrous images destroyed (vs. 3-7). I m 3. "Eighth year." When he was sixteen years old. "Began to seek." It is quite wonderful to see this young man in the midst of the temptations of an Idolatrous and corrupt court begin, at the first dawning of his manhood, to serve the Lord with all his heart. Those dwelling under unfavorable influences should take courage. "Began to purge." The condition of things in' Judah and Jerusalem at the time of Josiah's conversion was most deplorable. For nearly seventy years idolatry had prevailed. In the twelfth year of his reign, and the twentieth year of his age. Josiah set out in earnest to destroy the Idolatry of his kingdom. In 2 Kings 22: 3 the date given is the eighteenth year of his reign. "High places." It was the practice of the heathen to erect altars for their Idolatrous worship on the tops of hills or mountains, supposing they were nearer heaven. "Grooves." "The Asherim." 4. "They brake down." etc. The temple was cleansed of idols, the molten images, idol altars and Asherim were- ground to powder and their dust ^ ., * sprinkled on the graves of their worshipers in the king's presence. 5. "Burnt the bones."- This was predicted of Joslah more than 300 years before this time (1 Kings 13: 1, 2). The bones of the idolatrous priests, with, the one exception of the prophet of Bethel (see 1 Kings 13:1, 30; 2 Kings 23: 13-18). were disentombed and burned upon their own altars. 6. "In the cities." etc. The northern kingdom was now under the Assyrian government, but the remnant of Israel maintained close relations with Jhdah * and looked to them as their natural fh protectors. Josiah used his influence and what power he had in removing the idcls from the land of Israel. The Assyrians probably did not trouble themselves about his religious proceedings. Assur-bani-pal, King of Assyria, left his kingdom in such a disturbed state that his hold on Palestine relaxed, and thus opportunity was given to Joslah for his reforms. "With their mattocks." "In their ruins." R. V. Joslah overthrew idolatry in thfc cities named, which were many, of them in ruins. III. The temple repaired (ts. 8-13). 8. "Eighteenth year." When he was twenty-six years old. This was the year in which the great work begun six years before was carried fully out. "Purged." The purging of the temple had prooably bees the first work. From purging he proceeded to repairs, and these had evidently been earried on for some considerable time before this particular occasion. "Shaphan." C-llaH fr? 9 g(ncr? 99* S. seiah." Not elsewhere mentioned. "Recorder." An officer of high rank la the Jewish state, exercising the functions not simply of an annalist or maker of records, but of chancellor or president of the privy council. His title has reference to his office as adviser of the king. "Repair the house." The first work was to dear away the * Impediments and purge out the evils , that had gathered In and about the house of the Lord. ?. "Hilkiah/" Son . of Shallum and grandson of Zadok (1 Chron. ?: 12, 13). "Delivered the money." The temple had not been repaired since the time of Joesh, 200 or more years before this, and it was no doubt in a bad condition. The arrangement for receiving money appears to have been the same as thpt adopted by Joash (2 Kings 12: >-12), when a chest was placed in the temple into which the people pnt their offerings. "Levltes?had gathered." The money was collected, not merely at the temple, bnt also by collectors who visited aff parts of Jndah and Israel for the purpose of soliciting contributions. This work appears to have been done well and thoroughly. 10. The money was placed in the hands of the overseers and they paid it to the workmen. 11. "To floor the houses." "To make beams for the houses." R. V. By "the houses" we are to understand the houses and chambers of the priests in the temple and Its courts. 13. In this verse we are told "of the Levites there were scribes, and officers. and porters." Here we have come to a new order of things. An order of scribes, forming a distinct division of the Levltical body, has been instituted. When Hezekiah employed men to copy the uncollected proverbs of Solomon (Prov. 25: 1). a class of scribes must have been instituted. It is probably to I the rise of this class that we are In deb ted for the preservation of so many prophecies of Hezekladi'* time. Dangers of Traveling. One of the best stories told about Artemus Ward concerns a Journey which the humorist took on a little "one-horse" railroad line in the Middle West. After the train had crept from station to station at a snail's pace for half a day, Ward beckoned to the conductor as he passed through the car. "Say, conductor," he drawled, "da you mind if I give you a littlo advice?" ?' ' "Well, what is it?" said the conductor pruflly. "Seems to me." continued WTard? "it would be safer to take the cowcatcher off 1*10 engine and hitch itlto tho end of the rear car." w "What for?" demanded the conductor. "Well, I've been thinking it over," said Ward, "and I doni see what's to prevent one of them cows out there from coming into the car and biting the passengers."?Harper's Weekly. The two sides o( a person'* faco ^ are never alike, according to Utt In? f