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New Orleans Fast in th. Monster, I MANY NEW CASES DEVELOP DAli Twenty-Six New Cases Are Reportec and Number of Deaths Grows, bu the Men of Science Still Think the Situation Not Beyond Control-Al But Two of New Cases Italians. New Orleans. (Special.)-New cases reported -:p to 6 p. m. Sunday, 27. Total cases to date, 283. Death to-day, 3. Deaths to date, 57. New foci. 4. t Total foci, 41. Of the deaths, one occurred at the Emergen:-y Hospital and was one of the cases transferred there. That insti tution now has 19 cases under treat ment and discharged its first patient as cured. The State board of health divided the State into districts, comprising half a dozen parishes each, with a medical inspector in charge of each, and will immediately investigate all rumors of yellow fever cases which come to light outside of New Orleans and that part of the State which is now included in the city for quarantine purposes. There is no foundation for the re port of the case near Borgan City and that the body and house had been burned. It has been thoroughly investi gated. Althou-h the unofficial reports made public showed a larger number of yellow fever deaths than Friday, when there were only two, and the appearance of a number of new cases, the men of science who are warring against the yellow fever plague ended last week's labors confident that the situation was still well in hand, and with .c immediate prospects of becom ing alarming. Saturday's official report -of Friday's progress of the disease shows that the entire quarter above Canal street was free from a single new case. and that the fever was only spreading in the poorer habitations of the down town quarter, with new cases isolated except in the heart of the French Market quarter. VICTIMS MOSTLY ITALIANS. 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 national .ity. Almost without exception since the beginning of the fever, those who have fallen victims to the disease have been of the pcorer classes of the population, many of them not long residents of the United States, and, therefore, un .acclimated. For several years the planters of Louisiana have oeen replacing the ne .groes with Italian labor, and there has been a steady flow of immigration from Sicily and other parts of Italy to Louisiana. Many of the immigrants have remained in New Orleans, find ing employment in the peddling of druit er in the work of unloading yes sels at the fruit wharves. It was among theses that the fever first appeared, and to their lack of acclimation and the inadequacy of their treatment has been largely due the heavy mortality that has characterized the present vis itation of the scourge. Friday's deaths have been principally of Italians. In two or more cases in the last two days deaths have been reported of persons who were only reported the day previously as having taken the fever. There have been concealed cases, which tv' -mergency officers, Swith the as' er of surgeons. have disclosed. The first death -in the Emergency Hospital occurred. The hospital was opened Friday with 13 cases, and at -equal number was added Friday. Into the hospital are sent the worst cases of unfortunates found without com forts or medicinal attendance in their homes. Young Man Drank Poison. Fredericksburg, Special. - Charlie SMitchel, a yop1ng man who came here recently from Richmond and has been employed on an ice wagon, attempted suicide by drinking laudanum. He was carried to the mayor's office, where Drs. Barney and Chewning relieved him. He was then committed to jail and is now ift a normal condition. dohann Hoch Respited. Chicago. Special. - Johann Hoch, "Bluebeard" and confessed bigamist, sentenced to be hanged Friday for poisoning one of his wives, was grant ed a reprieve until August 25th by Governor Deneen. The stay of exe cution followed hours of anxiety on the part of Hoch, who had never given up hope, and was allowed by the Gov ernor only after the latter had been assured that the necessary sum to ap peal the case had been raised. The amount. 50. was given by- anat "ney and friend of Hoch's counsel. The attorney deciared he was actuated purely by humanitarian motives. 23 Kiiled on Electric Railway. Liverpool. By Cable.--An electric express train, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railroad, bound from Liver pool to Southport, collided with ari empty stationary train at Hall Road station. causing the death of twenty three persons and the injury of many others. The first car of the express, whici: was crowded, was smashed to pieces and only. six of its occupants escaped The road was recentuy given an elec trio equipment. Attempted Assassination St. Petersburg. By Cable.--A circum stanti>l report of a" at' empt on th( iif ofContatin Perovtc Pobic Grip of That lalignant ellow Fever COMMITTEE REPORTS. The Crop Estimate Board Find Thai Hyde, with Holmes Prompting Him, Made the Figures Lower Than tne Facts at Hand Warranted. Washington. Special.-Assistant Sec rotary Hays made the following report to Secretary Wilson on the acreage of cotton in the Southern States in 1905, as compared with that planted in 1904: The crop estimating board of the De partment of Agriculture has consiie:ed the report issued by the Bureau uf Statistics on June 2. relative to the acreage planted in cotton in the South ern States in 1905, as compared with that planted in 1904. and has con eluded: First: That a new estimate should be made on acreage planted, and that the figures in Mr. Hyde's hands when making his estimate should be used as the basis. Second: That Mr. Hyde, with Mr. Holmes at his elbow. prompting him, made the estimate lower than the facts at his hand from the reports from the seven classes of reporters employed by the bureau warranted. Third: The board finds upon careful consideration of the reports of all classes of correspondents and agents, that the acreage planted in cotton this year, including the entire season. should have been estimated at 85.1 per cent of that planted last year. equivi alent to a reduction in planted acre age as compared with last year of 14.99 per cent. (instead of 11.4 per cent.) or 4.731,000 acres-the estimate of the total acreage planted this year being 26.999.000 acres. The estimated percentage of the de crease in each of the cotton-growing States is as follows: Virginia 18; North Carolina 16; South Carolina 14: Geor gia 14: Florida 12: Alabama 11: Mis sissippi 16: Louisiana 17: Texas 16; Arkansas 19: Tennessee 13; Missouri 15: Oklahoma 15; Indian Territory 11. The averages were made for each State by each of the four members of the board, and the comparatively small disagreements were harmonized almost holly by averaging, and the above results are fully agreed to by each and every member of the board. Respectfully submit: -d, VICTOR OLMSTED. STEPHEN D. FESSENDEN, GEORGE K. HOLMES, W. W. LONG, Crop Estimating Board. The above findings and report made under my supervision have my entire approval. W. M. HAYS. Assistant Secretary in Charge Bureau Statistics. Approved: JAMES WILSON. Secretary of Agriculture. IFall Trade Outlook Good. New York, Special. -Bradstreet :as: "Crop reports and fall trade advices are more unanimously favorable than at any preceding time at this season. "Confidence in the crop situation is reflected by good fall orders and a volume of wholesale and retail trade certainly in excess of a year ago and fully equal to the averaae at this sea son. Special activity is noted in cot ton goods, which are in eager demand at high prices, with scarcity of desira ble makes widely reported. "Reports from the clothing lines and from lumber, hardware and the build ing material lines are generally satis factory. A heavy movement of winter wheat has helped collections and de veloped a little more activity ia flour milling in the Southwest. Th~e iron trade shows some quietness after the exceptional activity in pig iron noted last week. "Business failures for the week end in July 27 numbered 195, against 174 in the like week of 1904." An Error in the Revised Cotton Report Washington, Special.--In the revised coiton report issued Thursday by the IDepartment of Agriculture an error was committed in the second para graph which made it appear that the 'June estimate by Mr. Hyde ws.s made ~lower" than the facts at hanad war -1. whe'n. in fact, it was made "higher." The erroneous statement ha. oeen corrected oy the department. ITelegraphic Briefs. All of the dead of the Bennington have been identified; they number 58. The Charleston board of health has decided that the yellow fever situation is not sufficiently serious to require quarantining against any point. President Castro is extensively for tif'ying the Venezuelan coast and may import Japanese gunners. He contemi plates visiting his neighbor republics to propose an allegiance. V. T. Sanford, who killedl George able to prove that Wright and MIrs. Sanford stayed at an Atlantic hotel several times as mar. and wife. The grand jury in Washington in vestigatin g the cotr- .. report scandal heard six witnes: -> a-stercay, four of them being fro' ew york. It is helieved that the investigation will continue for two weeks. The boiler of the Reliance, a small tugboat belonging to Peter Bend.er & Son, blew up at the landing on Plan tation creek. Northampton ecunty, and was totally destroyed. 31r. Bender and his son Fred were painfu ly burned The cause of the explosicta is not known. U. S. IMarsha! Sho-. R one. Va.. Special.-At Union H~i Franlhn conmy. United States lrsa Z.ti T.ici e so-an Notes About Cotton Mills and Othcr Southern lnduzstrie.. The Columbia State says: Mr. J. A. Clarkson, of Hopkins. brought to the city some speciments of cotton which appear to have been withered by light ning or to have been scalded by the sun. But the cause of this blight is the presence of myriads of smaP whi-, moths which in a week destrcycd a patch of five acres belonging to a negro. The moths were first noticed on a pokeberry bush which they soon de storyed. 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 'he 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 College. the State entomologist. Mr. Clarkson will meet at the station any representative of the government or of Clemson College who will make an ex amination. The stockholders of the Lumberton Cotton Mills, of Lumberton, N. C., held their annual meeting last week. They found the reports of the management satisfactory, and a 2 per cent. quarter ly dividend was declared. The com pany is now preparing the site and building materials for its addition, to be erected. As previously stated, this addition will be one story high, 78x267 feet, to contain 6240 spindles, and its cost will be about $100,000. Contracts for the machinery have been placed with the leading New England machinery builders. A cotton waste mill is the largest industry planned for Spartanburg and is the outcome of the visit of Messrs. Corr, Ayers and Hoffman, well known Boston and Philadelphia capitalists and mill factors to that city. The party inspected several available sites for the proposed factory and expressed themselves as being highly pleased with the place. The building of the mill will likely be the result of their visit. 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 otaer articles that can be made from cotton waste. The Dixie Cotton Mills, Lagrange, Ga., held its annual meeting of direc tors 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 Manufactur'ng Company, of Laurens, S. C., the following directors were elected: J. 0. C. Fleming, N. B. Dial, of Laurens, J. T. Johnson, Spar tanburg, Benjamin B. Riegel, John S. Riegel, George E. Riegel, Howard Riegel, E. W. Sparks, New York. Sub sequently the board re-elected Mr. Dial president and Benjiamin B. Rie gel treasurer. A charter has been granted the Po mona Manufacturing Company, of Greensboro, capital stock, $250,000, to make yarns, cotton goods, etc., 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, Greensboro, and several others from that town. TEXTILE NOTES. (From the Manufacturers' Record.) Tre Hamer (S. C.) Cotton Mils has declared an annual dividend of 3 per cent. Tre Clovei- (S. C.) Cotton Manufac turing Co. has declared its usual an nual dividend of 10 per cent. It is reported that the Chinnabee Cotton Mills of Talladega, Ala., will double its present equipment of 3468 ring spindles. It is reported that Messrs. William H. Kilgour, Charles T. Miller and A. F. Keizer,. of Dallas, Texas, will es tablish a sillk mill to employ about 100 persons. Their intention is said to be to erect a three-story building 60x150 feet in size, to accommodate the nec essary silk-throwing machinery. The Board of Trade, Pine Bluff, Ark., is corresponding with several Northern capitalists who contemplate building a cctton factory in Pine~ Biuff. The Malee (N. C.) Knitting Mills was destroyed by fire during the past week. The company has not decided whether it will or will not rebuild the plant. According to reports the Thss was $19,Q00. Several business men of Annison, 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 S0 looms. L. J. Cochran is super. intendent. It is stated that the Fountain Inn Manufacturing Co., of Fountain Inn, S. C., - will add 4500 spindles to its presenlt equipment of 5500 spindles, in creasing the total spindles to 10.000. The company will also add 60 72-inch looms. Contracts for the machinery ar e said to have been awarded. Hope to Check Boycott. Washington. Special.-It is expected that witi;n a few: days announcement wi!! be raade of some plan by which it is honed that lhe Ch incae boy.cciTt on mneimnrtat ctoies. n INDEMNITY WANTED Hligh Japarese Official ecc3res That hussia Must Fact the fills THE VIEWS OF BARON KOMURA Confident That Peace Will Be Suc cessful:y Negotiated at the Coming Conference - The War is Costing Japan $1,000,000 a Day, But She Does Not Desire Poace at Any Price. New York. Speial.-That Japan will demand an indemnity of Russia in the negotiations for peace, and that war will be declared at an end at the con clusion of the negotiations at Ports mouth. N. H.. next month, is the be lief of Baron Komura. head of the Ja panese )eace delegation, who arrived here to.ay, as voiced by Aimar Sato, whe is the official spokesman *for the Baron on this mission. Mr. Sato in ap interview said: "1 am confident that peace will be successfully negctiated by the appoint ad delegations. The Japanese will be guided by moderation, and no exces sive demands will be made, but the sentiment in Japan and Russia is for peace, and in the interest of humanity and prosperity there must be peace. The cost to Japan, however, has been very great. On both sides the loss in men has been 570,000. Russia losing 370,000 of these. The war is costing Japan "1,000,000 a day, and there is a feeling that there ought to be an in demnity." Asked as to the probability of an ar mistice, Mr. Sato said that probably would be among the first questions the plenipotentiaries would consider. Bas ing the form of the negotiations on previous treaty negotiations. Japan will make the demands for Russia's consideration, he said. The :oeace terms, while held inviolate by those who know their text, were formulated by the Emperor of Japan and his council. Mr. Sato was asked if in the flush of victory the Japanese people would not feel entitled to more than any treaty would allow. and he repliec: "The Japanese are not so gentle as to abide by any decision we may make. but theh pay great respect to the offi ces of President Roosevelt and his acts have done a great deal to emphasize th need of peace." Of the future of China, Mr. Sato said: If the central government could work in harmony with the district or provincial governments, China woulC becore a great power, but at present that seems to impossibble." Japan's attitude toward China was most friendly, said Mr. Sato, and while maintaining no moral Monroe Doctrine over the empire, she felt that it was more or less under Japan's protectica, This protection, b~y way of illustration. Mr. Sato said, was "not so strong over China as that of the United States over South America." Mr. Sato said that while a desire for peace was the sentiment of Japan, it was not a desire for peace at any price. "Japan is in a very prosperous condition at present," he said, "and the war taxes do not fail heavily upon the peoule yet. There has already been subscribed $250,000,000 to a new inter nal loan, and our prosperity is further indicated in the success of our foreign loans." The question was put to Mr. Sato as to any possihbility of conflict with the United States in the future, as sugges ted by some of the American press at the outbreak of the .war, and Mr. Sa to asked what could bring about such a conflict. When it was suggested that Japan might covet the Philippine Is lands, he laughed heartily, and replied that Japan woud not have the Philip pines as a gift, even though a bonus accompanied the gift. Baron Komuro and his party arrived from Chicago and proceeded at once to the Waldorf-Astoria. where they will be quartered until .his departure for Portsmouth. There was no dem onstration beyond the presence of a few Japanese merchants and members of th Nippon Club. Patrick Hopes for New Trial. Ne~w York, Special.-The notice of stay o: execution of the death penalty n the vder granted by Judge O'Brien to Lawyei Albert T. Patrick, under sentence of death for the murder of the aged millionaire, william M. Rice, was ot served until Wednesday on the law yer, who is confined in the deat'a house t Sing Sing prison. Patrick laughed when the notice was given him and said: "I knew it would come. It is only what I expected.' He expressed confi dence that in a short time he would se cure a new trial and ultimately his freedom. Senator Mus~hell Sentenced. Portland. Ore.. Special. - United States Senator Mitchell. convicted of using his office in the United States Senate to further the law practice of the firm of Mitchell & Tanner, of this city, was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000 and to six months penal servitude. Pending a review of the case by the Supreme Court of the' United States, execution of the sen tence will be deferred. Meantime Mitchell will be piaced under bail to the amount of $2,000. Accused of Embezzlement. Richmond. Va., special.--A Gordons vilie. Va., special says that J. W. Lock wood, who was president of the Bank of Orange. which failed for $30.000 anti paid 15 cents on the dollar. wvas arrest ed on a train at Gordonsville and-taken to :-ange. charged with embezziing $5, C20 of the bank's funds. A narrant was also issued. the special says. for New ton Lockwood, a brother of J. W.. Lock wood1. Twenty Nevw Cases of Fever. New Orlear s, Special.-There h~as been no material change in the fever st at ion. Two more deaths w'e Te o:-d of the numbier ofC cases un( er . anen t the present time. lu:. voi b le to lbe about wenlty. Phyv ciansi arc reportinlg promptly all cass f r.-ver. and imimediate stepns ~re Veing taken to prevent mosquito infcion. so that the prospcts of re sriing the infection is considered hight "1GUSEHOLD AFFAIRS DEViLL.ED 3IUSHIROOMW. (o110) 01 quart of p0e!Md mushrol-,s. Season with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Mix the yolks of two iard boiled eggs and two raw eggs together, aId stir in with one pint of broad crumbs and one large tablesponful of butter. Fill little shells with the mix ture, (-over with grated crackers and bits of b:utter. Set in the ovei to brown. FRIED CELERY. Cut talks of celery into three or four inch lengths. Even if it is not Well blanched it can be used for this pur poso. Beat together one egg lad .1 tahWespoonful of cold water: roll youir celery first in this and then in lino crumbs; sprinkle with a little salZ mail piepper: roll angain ill the e. and Ilry in olive oil. Strew grqted cheese over the stalks after taking them from the oil and before sending to table. IARICOT OF OX TAIL. Divide an ox tail uito pieces about three inches long. (Ilp them in seasoned tiour and fry in hot fat until brown. Drain them and put them into a stew pan with a sliced and fried onion aid 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 strain the thickened gravy ove" EGG TIMBALES. Butter small tin mould, and (lust 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 a 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, but 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 be fore.- - BANANA SALAD. A strip of the peel of a arge and perfect banana may be turned blk. and most of the pulp carefully scooped out. The short, thick variety of ban ana, 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, shred ded 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 cher rie~s may be added. All must first be mixed in a bowl with a generous sup ply of dressing, and after the yellow 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, d HNTS FOFJ THE . t1OUSEKEEPEFG For quick baiking with a small fire, the sheetiron ov-en such as is used for gasoline stores 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 does away with the trouble of boiling flour paste, which so often is lumpy. There is no nicer breakfast than a sliced green pepper cut very small and cooked for ten minutes with two peeled and diced tomatoes in a little butter; adld four eggs lightly beaten and stir as for a scramble. A coat of prepared, black varnish or spar varnish given to the screens will keep them looking bright and fresh, and make them last longer. Apply with a good paint brush, rubbing wecll into the mesh on both sides. An oculist suggests that glasses should be washed every night in warm soapsuds. well rinsed and dried on bit of old, soft linen. Few people, though- otherwise neat and fastidious, cleanse their glasses frequently enougn. It is not generally known that eggs covered with boiling water and allowed to stand for five minutes are more nourishing and more easily digested than eggs placed in boiling wvater and allowed to boil furiously for three and a half minutes. Make a delicious violet perfume by putting half an ounce of smail pliCe5e of orris root into two ounces of alcohol. Add to this a bunch of newly-picked violets, cork and bottle tightly and shake well. After- it has beeni standig four or five days a fewv drops on the handkerchiefs wvill leave the scent of fresh violets. When the hndnles of steel knives and forks come off they can be easily mend ed with resin. Pour a little powdered resin into tile eavity in the handle. H-eat theC part of tile knife thlat lits into :he0 hand11e utnt il it is red hot, and thrust ito the handle. It will hxecome firmly ixedl by the resin when it becomes cool. Lrotect the ladie from the heat.. Curls sold With Hat.. T'Th wou Cful way' inl wich the -h-'a~inne huihis' up1 her coiffur(' '1<-r 1dhi f~iu d: on a n fti 19 icue it. I uri3. i:'is nnl pulf[ Mide, TLnndon. [PWOBTH 1901V LESSONS SUNSAY, AUGUST SIXTH. The Firzt Fruits for God.-Lcv. 23. 9-14; Deut. 1G. 9-12. Our lessons are from the old Jewish 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 he had not shared with the Lord. The Lord's portion must first be offer ed, then the rest might be enjoyed. How this rebuites the offerings pro fesing Christians often make! The second selection is an account r- the institution of the Feast of Taber nacles, the gear harvest festival of the year. It was at this feast that Jesus stood z.id cried, ~If any man 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 re luctant service, of compulsion in do ing and giving: if we put our own in terests 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 self interest be a secondary consi eration do we not rlace ourselves on t is rme plane as he Jew was put the Lord in our lesson? That the J. be came a timeserver and a formalist is no reason why we may not see the justice and beauty of the original law in its intent and design. The spirit of this law has passed over to the Christian law of consecration, and resis 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 competi tion and forget to bring the first fruits of every toil to God. Instead, we compromisp 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 rob bing God of our offerings. Not only do we thus sin against him, but we miss all the joy and delight of shar ing our harvests and our gains with our Master. If the choice must be made be tween 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. CHRISTIAN ENDE OR NOTES 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 with out 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 joy; indeed, the foy 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 re turn. 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 capi tal, the returns are not yours until you have paid the intersst 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 let as a sample of his work. Questions. What per cant of your earnings are you devoting to Christian work? Will God continue to bless. you un less 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 check the sum he is willing to pay each month, and will then be given twelve little envelopes, in which to place his contribution, the en veopes bearing his number so that the record can be kept by the trea surer. QUEER THINGS IN OFFERTORY. Odds and Ends Contributed by West Indian Natives. Odds and ends, and as queer a col lection as one could leope to see, are found amongst the offertory contribu tions of the natives of Bugotu, in the British Solomon islands. It is no rare thing there for the mirastcr to draw from the collection box a string of red beads, which, providing it measures the length of the arms out stretched, is coin of the realm equal ing a fiorin, but strings of white beads of the same length are but as the in eignificant three-penny bit. Other articles among the collection on the last Bible Sunday in connection with the Melanesian Mission church were white armlets, each equal in value to a shilling; pieces of tortoisesheil. a bamboo box such as is used to carry lime for betel-chewing, a fine string bag, and a piece of the native cloth in which the Bugatu women wrap their babies to protect them from the Me lanesian insects. The whole colction on that particular Sunday was said for .CZ1 DMs.-nio insigautcant figure. -London Tit-Bits. Telephones for Guam. A Meriden. Conn., concern has just shipped 100~ telephotnes to the island of Guam. 'THE SUNDAY SUOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR AUGUST 6. Subject: Josiah's Good Reign, II. Chron. xxxiv., 1-13-Golden Text, Ecci. xii.. 1-Memory Verses, 1-3-Commentary on the Day s Liesson. 1. Josiah's character (vs. 1, 2). 1. "Josiah." The fifteenth king of Judah (not counting Athallah. the usurper). son of Anion and Jedidah. He was married at the age of thirteen to Ze budah. 2. "Did-right." He grew up into a noble life in spite of the worst influences of an immoral and idola trous court and the example of an idol atrous 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 sacred historians were in the habit of trying his successors (1 Kings 11: 4: 2 Kings 14: 3; 18: 3; 2 Chron. 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 he was led by his religious character and zeal. "His father." His ancestor. "Turned not aside" (R. V.) This phrase implies an undeviating obe dience to all the commandments. II. Idolatrous images destroyed (vs. 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 in fluences should take courage. "Began to purge." The condition of things in Judah and Jerusalem at the time of Josiah's conversion was most deplor able. For nearly seventy years idol atry had prevailed. In the twelfth. year of his reign, and the twentieth year of his age, Josiah set out in ear nest to destroy the idolatry of his king dom. In 2 Kiigs 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 Ash erim." 4. "They brake down," etc. The temple was cleansed of idols, the mol ten images. idol altars and. Asherim were ground to: powder and their dust sprinkled on the graves of their wor shipers in the king's presence. 5. "Burnt the !ones.." This was predict ed of Josiah more than 300 years be fore this time (I Kings 13: 1, 2). The bones of the idolatrous priests, with the one exception of the prophet of Bethel (see 1 Kings 13: .. 30; 2 Kings 23: 15-18), 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 Judah. and looked to. them as their natural 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 proceed ings. Assur-bani-pal, King of Assyria, left his kingdom In such a disturbed state that his hold on Palestine re laxed, and thus opportunity was given to Josiah for his reforms. "With their nmattocks." "In their ruins."- R. V. Josiah overthrew idolatry in the cities named, which were many of them in ruins. III. The temple repaired (vs. 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 been the first work. Front purging he proceeded to repairs, and these had evidently been earried on for some considerable time before this particlar occasion. "Shaphan." Called scribe- in 2 Kings 22: 3. "Maa selah." Not elsewhere mentioned'. "Recorder."- An officer of high rank in the Jewish state, exercising the func tions 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 ad viser of the king. "Repair the house." The first work was to clear away the impediments and purge out the evils that had gathered int and about the house of the Lord. 9. "Hilkiak?' Son of Shallum and grandson of Zadok (1 Chron. & 12, 13). "Delirered the money." The temple had not been re paired since the time of Joash,. 200 or more years before this, and it was no doubt in a bad condition. The arrange ment for receiving money appears to have been the same as that adopted by Joash (? Kings 12: 9-12), when a ehest was placed in the temple into which the people put their offerings.. "Le vites-Iad gathered." Tfie money was eolected, not merely at the temple, but also by collectors who visited all parts of Jurdah and Israel for the purpose of soliciting contribtions. This work ap pears to have been done well and thor ughly. 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 houss" we are to understand the houses and ehambers of the priests in the temple and its courts. 13. In this verse we are told "of the Levites there were scribes, and offi ers, and porters." Here we have come to a new order of things. An order of scribes, forming a distinct division of the Levitical body, has been Instituted. When Hezek-iah employed men to copy the uncollected proverbs of Solomon (Prov. 25: 1), a class of scribes must have been instituted. It is probably to. the rise of this class that we are In debted for the preservation of so many proph.eeies of Hez~kiah's time. Dangers of Traveling. One of the best stories told about Arteus Ward concerns a journey - which the humorist took on a little "one-horse" railroad line in the Mid de 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, "do you mind .if I give you a little advice?" "Weli what is it?" said the conduc tor p-uflly. "Seems to me," continued Ward would be safer to take the cowcat off ti" engine and hitch it to t of the rea'r ear." --ha ior?" demanded the c The two sides of a re ra':r alike. accor