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DUMH 'IN A WREC~K f atal Collision Near Winnsboro South Carolina ThREE DIE AT THEIR .OSTS Fast Freight and a Light Engine Fron Charlosec Collide on a Curve anid Three Trainmen Meet Instant Dexh-A Colored Fireman Fatally Hut-Wreck Alleged to be Due Taikre of an Operator to Deliver Orders Though the Young Man Denmes Responsibility-Trains Only Slightly Delayed by the Accident. Columbia, S. C.. Special.-A fast freigh: and light engine came together near Winnsboro Sunday morning on the Southern in a head-on collision. The dead are: D. M. Dixon, white, conductor on gnge. Jas. T. McPherson. Jr., white, fire man -on engine. Henry Pile, engineer on light en -ine. . The injured are: James G. Price, white. engineer on freight. Charles D. Weir, white brakeman ln freight. Henry Gates, colored. fireman on reight. Will die. Orders Never Delivered. rhrough freight No. 74. north bound. carrying a load of lumber and Ither goods, left Columbia on time Sunday morning at 2:10. Orders were iven by the disioatcher here show that extra 1engie No. 1626. -outhbound, had the right of way of he track to Winnsboro. The order wvas never delivered to the crew ->f the freight train. The operator at the B!anding stree station of the South rn gave the conductor and engineer f the freight two other orders and -btained their sigaturps, but he, for ome reason, faile:d to transmit this oe. His name is Blolick and he is a voung man just in his 20th year. Kills an Entire Family. Houston, Mo., Special.-Barney Parsons. a farmer, his wife and three -hildren, were murdered Friday near Lickington. Mo. A farmer iamed Hamilton has been arrested charged with the murder and is said to have -onfessed. Parsons had sold his farm and crops to Hamilton, and it is alleged that the men quarreled over the terms of the sale. Parsons and FairlV set out from their former home n a covered wagon bound for Mis found shot to death and the mother and three childr(a had b.--n ciubbd o death. .Jodq Hamilton. the alleged murderer, is i.i th-: Ik-uston .Jail. strongly guiarded to prevent lynching. Hie is said to have mnade a complete Iessin. SCRUSHED TO DEATH BY FREIGHT TRAIN. S\ Little Girl, with Foot Caught in Cat tle GurCrushed to Dpa1th 'by Train Wh'ile Six Ycar Old C'om paz ion Vain-y T-~ed to Stosp Trai' La C'ros-:e. Wis.. Special.-Stand ug helpless with hecr foot caught in e autleguiard at Indian Hill erss ing seveni-yea.r-old Mimie Hunt wiatched the onr ruishing raini which kiled her wvhile IDagna Sentad, her sitx-year-old companion 'vainly tried to signal the enin~eer. 9Sitting upon a brake wheel on top of the train was John Hunt. the~ g~irls rather. a brakemnan. unconscious that hits child was beinz .zroted to death 'I beneath theC wheels. The girls wecre- returning from school when the H~unt ehild's foot became caught. Terrorists Executed. SLodxz. llussian Polanid. By Cable An"other Tlerrori -. (,I1Condemed -to death hv the drumhlead courtmnar Gal, was executedj here. The !zeneral strike is in full swing. There is no t radie in the streets. no paer were published and strong detachments of troops are guading the main thor ouLhara':s. Police seara'hes have reC SSUltit in a great number of arrests. $200,000 Incendiary Fire. Charlottetown, P. E. I.. Special. More than 50 buildtings we(re dlestroy by a fire which ruined o'ne fourth the town of Suinmerside. the cap a! of Prine co(unty. T'he toital less estaimed at. 0,00, with inisur ne of on!ly ab)Io 650.000. A pt three hundred fee: in idth and near lya raile long Isas; burned throtugh the town'. The buildings destroyed .luded t he colurt houts?, jail. electrie hg.1st~ation, pos!4fice. jour hotels ::ndi two chuirches, besides the railway stat ion and nan: d welli ns. It is beliered that the :ie was oi inceu-. diary orig.U Bad Croatan Killed. Oxenidine. a Croatan. was kille'd ,Sun day afterno'on by .Tohn Locklear. alho a (Croatan. The kiliniu' took plaece about i l mile5. from Lumnberton. nean Baie. i s countyI . Loc-kieur m*namv t B-aker, at 11:.e- a deputy sh1erf. stur loded in jail. Locklarn-mloyed an al torney and wi not. alk. iNirw.->. N. Y.. Special.-This mrning l::r-y1ng d:.wn the limbs of trees- iand -iegraph wires. Tel ?raphj co!nnicat ion withBffl was e; . s wereC b1oth the tele lnv -: conee wvith tha: -v !enncat ionha not ye bwen .-. i various r-ail lit STOLEA MILLION Li Agent for firm Makes Heavy Ge Haul of funds A. CUBAN-AMERICAN FIRM FAILS 110 Assignment of J. M. Ceballos & Co., Get of New York, Bankers and Mer- t chants, 'With Liabilities Between t" $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 is An- A nounced and Blame Placed Upon A Absconding of Manuel Silverira, of I Havana. t ANw York, Special.-The assign ment of J. M. Ceballos & Co., bankers and merchants, with liabilities be tween $3,000,000 and $4,000,000, was announced in a statement which de- sta elared that the failure was due to Sot the defacaleation and absconding of ing Manuel Silverira, of Silvarira & Com- wal pany, Havana, agents of the New stai York company Silverira's defalcation Sp( is alleged to amount to about $1,- par 000,000. He sailed from Havana on To October 2, ostensibly for New York 3 city to consult with the members of pro J. M. Ceballos & Company, but has res] not reached this city. Counsel for reg the asignee said that Silverira left atta on his steamer, the Caim.ina, for I parts unknown, accompanied by his quo wife and children, and that every me: effort was made to locale him. the The members of the firm of J. M. quE Ceballos & Company are J. M. Ce- pre ballos, John S. Fiske and Anderson thi C, Wilson. coI The assignee is Win. H. Rowe, of of the law firm of Sullivan & Crom- the w-fll, of this city. Mr. Rowe said the plo that the assets of the firm were of a tua very substantial character, but from tha a hasty examination it was manifest con that they would require careful hus- sta banding. Accountants are now at wh work on the books of the company. mn It was stated unofficially that there rea e was ground to hope that the assets qm would be sufficient to cover the loses ti of the firm and that it would be tio enabled to resume business. var J. M. Ceballos & Company was col established about 50 years ago and th has large interests in Cuba, chiefly ee in the development of railroads and itI sugar plantations. It operates a line er of steamers between New York and o Spanish Earopean centers and Span- tdi isi-American cities. dij hal Urges Negros to Organize. a New York, Special.-" Such meo as Hoke Smith, John Temple Graves, me: Vardaman and Tillman ought never thi: dt to be able to obtain any service from sul a colored man,'' said Osward G. 'Vil lard, in an address before the Afro- per American council now in session here pet Mr. Villard also declared that in hisfo opinion no negro should ithink of97 ecntributing as much as one cent to t1 e support of the anti-negro news- jof pipers in Georgia. He urged the suI negro to organize to band together re for his defence and to fi'ght for his gez rights. "The time is ripe for serv- so ing notice on the country,'' said he, "that further efforts in any section of the land to degrade the negro to eo a servile position, to create that im- foi possible thing, a republic with mnil- VO lions of persons taxed but not rep- pam resented, shall be fought from now I on. Leave the murdering in cold cre blood to the race that proadly calls "or itself the superior, the better civi- 1 lized.'' "P] .... .- - nit Cargo of Chiinese Seized. 'in Providence, R. I., Special.-After Ipam having evaded the United States cus- in toms immigration officers for more not than two weeks. the schooner yacht wa; Frolie, which left Placenti, N. F.. with a cargo of contrabrand Chinese me: inlmigrants, was b)oarded in the -bee Providence river and confiscated in of the name of the United States gov- Th: enent. Two Portuepse members rat of~ the crew were placed under arrest yem they being the only persons found yor 6n1 board the boat; three men were sul arrested on suspicion of being con eerned in the smuggling of Chinese fac ir to this country. the yo1 Augusta "Stock Exchange" Fails, me: Augusta, Ga., Special.-The Au- 'l gista "stock exchange'' the local ma branch of the Odell Stock and Pro- on vision Company, of Cincinnati, 0., plo failed to open its doors. Manager' tha Sylvester stated that as far as he Iwil was concerned the closing was per- thi! manent. The offieial statement shows Ijas liabilities -of about $700.' The as- out sets consist of office furniture. cot ______________-rec Killed in Baseball Game. Bolla. Mo.. Specil.-In a baseball game near the XLaies county line two young men named Clark and Me- ( Kee, belonging to the same team col- me: lided with terrifie force while trying eeli to catch a ball, McKee being killed roa almost instantly and Clark bemng ren- T, dered unconsecious. Clark was the T taller of the two and it is reported Jo1 that his upper teeth struck McKee anm in the forehead and were broken and col. imbedded in McKee's skull.sa Theatrical Company in Wreck. Sa~ Macon, Ga.., Specia.-A mixed pasenger and freiglt train on the Saboard Air Line was wrecked near. Ochillee, Ga.. about nmoon Wednesday as a result of the track spreadinz. be The "Human Harits' theatrical an<( companly andi othe-r pasengers were hor consderably shaken, but no serious Ins injury was infieted to) any person. ern: Considerable damage was done the cer traini. Wreeking train repaired tc Cat TIER To STRIKERSI neral Manager Spencer To I Southern's Machinists PES FOR EARLY SETTLEMENT I eral Manager H. B. Spencer, of lie Southern Railway, Issues Let er to Striking Machinists in Vhich it is Shown That Increase dready Granted Within Last Fiva "ears Has Been Out of Proportion o Earnings-Increases Granted t [ave Been Substantial-Believed 'hat Differences Will be Amically ettled. pencer, N. C., Special.-The first ,ement from the ofisials of the [thern Railway Company concern- V the recent strike on its system , received here Thursday. The .ements is sig!ned by Mr. IL B. b neer, general manager. and is in , t as follows: Southern Railway Machinists: h our action. declining to accept the r position offered by the company 3 pecting rates of pay and rules and e ulations, has been brought to the e mtion of the operating officers. a 'ecause of the difficulty of ac- 6 .inting a large body of men, by , ums of personal interviews, with attitude of this company on these ; 'stions, it is deemed expedient to sent the situation in the forra of ; letter. P t is the desire and effort of this o ipany to pay its employes a rate : wages fairly commensurate with character of service rendered and t conditions surrounding the em yment. That this policy is habi lly observed is shown by the fact 0 t the basis of wages paid by the i ipany is always kept substantially e adard. You will also recall that ile the rules and regulations now effect stipulate that the rates ag- 2 I upon will remain in effect one r, the company has from time to C e, without waiting for the expria i of this period, voluntarily ad- E ted the rates to meet the changed a ditions. The cordial attitude of E company towards its employes has A n further shown by the fact that C ias from time to time and whenev desired, received representatives the respective trades and occupa is, for the purpose of discussing ustments of rates of pay and con ons pertaining to such questions a e been in all cases amicably ad -1 * For the past twoa afhs the operations of the lines of Scompany effected by the increase aanded showed the following re-t nerease in gross earnings, 10.79 cent. Increase in operating ex ses and taxes 17.02 per cent. howing a decrease in net earnings the last two months of $149. .04. ts the aggregate increases in rates pay requested amounted to a large 2. thereby adding largely to the al-r dy heavy operating expenses, a eral increase is not considered rca able and therefore could not he nte& ni addition to this, the company is fronted bT a serious neitat ion be e various State commissions in fa of decreased rates of freight and senger charges. :vhich., if put into et. will mean large additional de ases in the net rennues of the rpany. Inder these circumstances it will be >rciated that the time is not ro ious to consider a general increase wages to emplo~yes. and the comn iy feels that its employes should fairness realize the sif i'tion and .insist on the general mecrease in zes demanded. n this connection. it must be re mbered that the company has rot n unmindful of the just interests the machinists in its employment. i is shown by tihe increases of the es of their pay within the last five .rs, which, as you are aware from tr own experience, have been most ij stantial. L fair consideration of the above ts will, I hope,. convince you that , re was no reasonable cat'se forI tr action in leaving the employ at of this company. he gravity of the situation de ads the most careful consideration the part of each and every em ye of this company, and I trust t, after such consideration, you I see that your attitude towards ;company has not been entirely t and that you will feel that you'I ht not only in justice to this pany, but in justice to yourselves, ansider your action. Both Crews Killed in Crash. heyenne. Wyo., Special.--Five 2 were killed in a head-on freight ision on the Union Pacific Rail d at Ridge, near Laramie, Wyo.,. dead: Engineer Frank Strong and n Murray. Fireman Engstrom Kelley. Brakeman Myers. The ision was caused by mnisunder nding of orders. SDomingo Government Secures Peace. Washingiton,. Special.-Cable ad-I received here fromn San Do go state that an agreement ha. n reached betweeni the governmemt linsurger.nt for es in the neighibor ,d of Monte misti whereby the urge'nts wi! e nde to t the :gm' mecnt and L imardo. v-h. ducted the (....or.Pre.idr yeres. willI Governor c' nre Christi. READY fOR BIDDERS 'anama Canal Will Be Built By Contract Exclusively IEAVY BONDING IS DEMANDED ,ontract Provides That Each Bidder p Must Undertake the Entire Work a: of Construction-Proposals Must d be in by Noon of December 12. n it Washington, D. C., Special.-Invi- i ations for proposals to complete the anama Canal were issued by the J anal commissioners and the form of S ontract under which the work is to 0 o e done was made public by Chair a ian Shonts, who also gave 'out a c tter written to the Secretary of p Var, giving the commissioner's rea ns for contracting the work. The contract provides that each a idder must undertake the entire 0 rork of construction. No bar wil a a e offered to corporations associat I in the undertaking but they a mst be legally organized into a ingle body with which the govedn- r ient can deal. Bidders will not be V ousidered who do not have avail- s, ble capital of $5,000,000. A certi- t ed check for $200,000 is required ith each proposal, and a bond of 0 3,000,000 will be required from the T accessful bidder. The bidding is not n mited to American contraetors. l roposals are to be in before noon t< f Dec. 12, when they will be $ pened. Proposafs are to be ex r ressed in terms of percentage upon he estimated cost of construction, o rhich is to be fixed by a board of. e ve engineers, three representing the overnment and two representing the o ontractors. The chief engineer of a ie canal commission is to be chair- n ian of the engineering board. The 1l gineering board will also estimate P reasdnable time for the completion C f the canal, and will agree on a stem of premiums and penalities to e paid to the contractor, according s the work is completed within or eyond the estimated cost and time. t 11 the government plant for actual r obstruction work, including the rail -ay. is to be placed at the disposal f the contractor and is to be main-, a ined by the government.. The contract specifies that the com ission is to retain control of all gineering works in connection with ] he contruction of the canal, also 11 the municipal engineering, thet olice. sanitary, hospital and com iissary departments, mess housg, uarters, construction and main- . anance of buildings, operation of a be Panama Railway, and auditing n epartment to which contractors' as ounts are to be open and a de- . ,artment of materials and supplies. o Sixty days after the signing of the j ontract actual work is to be begun si n the isthmus, and the contract is t1 o take over all employes on the h thmus which the commission does o Lot wish to retain. No American b mploye is to work fore than eight I ours.D Arested for Abduction. t Greenville, S. C., Special.-Louis , apart, 20) years of age, was arrest- 'J d in this county, charged with ab- I lution. The girl in the case is the dpted daughter of C. R. Williams, g farmer. Wi1liams pays she told r m she was 16. They were married a a a cotton field by a notary, but were tl aptured before getting out of the C ounty. Papart is in jail. The girl b as returned to her home. r: I By Wire and Cable. The annual fair of the York County ~ Lgricultural Society opened. I The campaign of Charles E. Hughes r or Governor of New York will be con- I uted on State issues solely. Charles E. riughes opened the Rep blican -Gubernatorial campaign in few York by addressing a mass-meet- S og in Carnegie Hall. e Charged with "conspiracy against g rde' in violation of the anti-trust it aws of the State the Standard Oil f I ompany of Ohio and its alleged eon tituent companies, the Buckeye pipe t ine and the Manhattan Oil company. d vere placed on trial Tuesday be- ti 'ore Judge G. G. Banker, and a jury a n the probate court of Hancock n ounty. In the original informationL d iled last June John D. Rockfeller was t1 nade a party to the suit. but througi. c e granting of a request for a separ- a .te trial Mr. Roekfeller will not be a alled as a defendant until the cast h ainst the company has been dis- s osed of.o Explosion Kills Fouxr. Tamaqua, Pa., Special.-Four men erei- killed and one seriously majured! i an explosion in the dry house a! I he Dupont Powder Company's plant. r ine mile north of this town. Tht Lead are Thomas Purcell, Wilson Sas- ~ aman, Calvin Gerber, Edward Theis'l tach. Loran Dewire, a painter, ha<! ne of his legs blown off. The shoek rf the explosion was felt 10 inules wa.t Many Dlrowued in Flood. Mexico City, Mex.. Speeial-Recent os in the southern part of th<' tate of Jalisco and in the State o' r olima have resulted in gr-eat de S ~truction of property and loss of life fe number of fatalities from dr-owi. y ug along the line of the Manzanill 'xtension of the Mexican Centre Railroad is 123. Thousands of toi b of earth and refeks descended ij: reat landslides from the mountains. t /t GOOD @ @ ROADSI Building Roads in Illinois. Building good roads all over ihe eti is more gene iral now than ever ri~g :.o this work in I!ii ois. says: As a" means of :ucTa :' The peo Ic to th' advantag--s of eood roads ad of tie ways and imieLiods to pro uce them the State highways com ission of Illinois is pushing as rap ly as possible the construction of a umber of experimental roads in var us sections of the State. One stretch of road has been com leted at Salem. Ill. This road is ist outside the limits of ti'e city of alem. The highway commissioners C Salem township applied for bro en stone, which was furnished them. nd a piece of road built by the local >mmissioners; owing to the lack of roper methods the road thus laid as poorly made. The State high ay commission completed about 2, 00 feet of the work with the aid of steam roller and modern methods f construction. making as smooth nd fine appearing a piece of road s can be found anywhere. The width of the macadam is bout fourteen feet and put on eight ches deep; part of the work was asurfacing the road laid by the local Dmmissioners, at the end of which as about 600 feet of newly con ructed road. The exact cost of iis work cannot be ascertained ow ig to the lack of records on the ork done prior to that under charge f the State highway commission. he estimated cost of this work p-r ile, including grading and shaping tie subgrade, hauling the stone a stance of about a mile and a quar r, spreading and rolling, is about 2500. The material was furnished ee by the State from the State Dek crusher at the Southern Illinois enitentiary 'at Menard. The freight a the stone over the Illinois South rn railroa'd was paid in ballast. The contrast between the portion road built with the steam roller d that upon which the roller was ot used furnishes a most striking lustration of the importance of roper equipment and technical ex erience in highway construction. Good Roads and 3[aN. It is a severe commentary on the :ate of civilization of this republic at no first-class wagon or carriage Dad has as yet been built between ashington, the capital, and the earest large city. Baltimore. Such road is about to be built, and it ill be constructed by the State of :aryland. The impulse to perform tis belated service has sprung from e good roads movement, which wes much of its vitality to the auto iobilists. Under the influence of tis movement, the vicinity of the na onal capital of the United States ay within a dozen years or so be as rell equipped with roads as Dalmatia the mountainous districts of Wales w are. In order not to leave the active rork of stimulating the construction good roads entirely to the motor ;ts, the Government is going into it t some degree In connection with tie rural free mail delivery. State ighway officials have been addressed the subject of road improvement the United States Department of ~griculture and the Postoffice De artment, and the construction of ads is discreetly stimulated along tie line of more rapid nfiail delivery. It is to be hoped that the farmers ill see the point of this argument. hey certainly ought to. It takes ss than one-half , the time, a::d robably costs less than one-half the oney, to deliver the mail over a od road than over a bad. If the ads throughout the country were good as they are in some parts of tiis State and of Massachusetts and onnecticut, the free delivery could e extended everywhere, for the car [ers would be able to cover so much ore ground that the cost of the ser ice would be greatly reduced.' The eople of the United States never aid higher for ,any other extrava ance than for its indifference to the iatter of good highways. - New 'ork Mail. Active in Road Improvement. Autoists from all parts of the Key one State have learned with inter t that the York (Pa.) Automobile lub is taking an active hand in the od roads problem, and is doing all t its power to have the thorough ires improved. This latest real work as been started on the famous Get sburg pike, which runs from York iGettysburg, twenty-eight miles istant. This pike is traveled by tousands of autoists every summer d the improvements are badly eded at certain places. It is the iret run between New York and e National battlefield.anfd hundreds. the metropolitan tourists use it nually. The pike between York d WVrightsville, east to the Susque anna River, is also receiving its tiare of improvements. This is part I the same thoroughfare which goes rough to Philadelphia. Wouldn't Contradict. Sir James V'aughu, C:: well known ondon magistrate. upon his retire ten said his min-i had become so lurred with the thousands of cases had tried that he found it ,Im ossibe to collect his ideas and rem iscences. . If I had only known horthand," he ober-1ved, "what a aable book l coid have written." A young au-l pr'Qmpuous' b~V.arris r was dispu n with Sir James re arding a cer'tainl iniatter. The mag ;trate maintained that his point of iew was the corect one, whereupon e barrister e::eir:1ed: "In that ase then. I am~ I ia:' " "Well-" re aie'd Sir.....:s .ughn, as he miled sw"aly. 'it is s.carcely for me > cont: adie't a pec:.:al statement I that kin."-Ceveland Plain )ealer. Conscience :n(':er~ ;'t'ivedl yearly .y the Chanllrko:' the~ E'schequer, i England, in deault of unpaid axes, averng6s $;t .000. TrHORTH LEAU[ LESSONS SUNDAY. OCTOBER 21. Studies :n Church Benevolences. John 20. 21. 0 Daily Readings. The world dependent upon us. Ram. 10. 14. Comn.ndin, all our resources. Cor. S. M. The invesmemi of the whole i-*-. 2 Cor. S. -. Our rurc inkered L:0 by impu s.E-. but wL-SeLy. 2 Tim. 2. 4. Promises to the benevolent. Isa. 58. 6-11. - - Fidelity to these causes a test of profession. 1 John 3. 16, 17. A Commission appointed, by the last General Conference is at work upon the task of consolidating the church benevolerce. But whatever this Commission may do or whatever may be thought about the too fre quent asking f money by the past ors for the various causes, certain -it is that not one of these causes will be dropped out, and for the reason that not one caB7 be spared from the list. The outcry against the collections arises from the large degree of ig norance concerning thein which afflicts a considerable portion of the church constituency. First and greatest is the Missionary cause. Jesas was the first Christian Foreign Missionary. Before his as cension he gave this command: "Go ye Into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." What disciple will dare refuse? Therefore th'e great business of the church is the bringing of the world to a. knowl edge of its Lord and Saviour. Church Extension. A whole lesson will be given to this subject, November 4. Freedmcn's Aid and Southern Educa tion. What is it for? The establishment and maintenance of Christian schools in the sixteen Southern States. Orlr nally the work was confined to the colored population, but later it was found desirable, indeed, imperative, to extend the benefits of the move ment to the white people. Education al advantages in a.l that region were, and still are, very poor. The American Bible Society. It is an interdenominational society, and nearly all the churches contrib ute to its funds. In turn the Society helps the missionary enterprises of the various denominations by making grants of Bibles for distribution among the peoples in missionary lands. The Board of Education is the child of American Methodism's Cenr tennial year, 1866. Its business is the promotion of the educational work of the church. It raises funds to be used for the aid of students and in stitutions for the purpose of securing a well-equipped force of men and women for the ministerial, mission ary, evangelistic and educational work of the church. - The,' Sunday School Union. (See lesson for August 19.) The Tract Scciety. Its name is sufficiently definitive. It publishes leaflets and pamphlets for wide dis-. tribution, and grants to our mission stations money to aid in the publica tion of religious literature in the var ious languages. CHlISIINENDEAVOB NOJES OCTOBER TWENTY-Fl RST. Faithfulness-Luke 16:10; 1 Car. 4: 1-5; Rev. 2:10. (Honorary Mem bers' Meeting.) , Fidelity is a habit, and must be :ultivated in little things, because great opportunities come too seldom to form a habit. Even in what i~ my own, self-re spect would compel me to be faith ful; how much more, when I have .othing that is my own! No one can be "faithfdl unto death" without being faithful all his life; for death may come at any time. Fidelity is the crown of life; it is the splendid flowering and climax of all our energies and talents. Suggestions. Faithfulness is built on faith. No man can be faithful without help from the unseen. Faithfulness is more than a deed, it is a desire; more than doing a duty, it is loving to do it..s True fidelity is faithful in the dark. Faithfulness does noi: consider ease or difficulty. reward or oblivion, -omrades or loneliness: it considers only the commandment. llustrations. Many are satisfied with planning ftur-e fidelity, which is like making a meal on pictures of food. Praise for faithfulness is like wreaths about an engine: the engine will work without them. The longer a tower stands the more ikely it is to fall: but the longer 'tthfulness endures the more certain is it. The longer a horse obeys his rider, the fewer commands he needs. So our obedience will unite our wills with the will of God. Quotations. It goes a great way toward making n man faithful, to let him understand~ that you th.nk him so.-Seneca. Nothing is more noble. nothing mor-e venerable, than ildelity.--Ci cero. athfulness can feed on suffering. snd knows no disappointment. -George Eliot. APPLYING MANUE TO LAND. Whenever it Is possible manure should be taken directly to the field from the stable and spread at once, not left in heaps to await a more eon venient time. Manure cannot be kent by any method of storing so there will not be loss in a greater or less degree. Fermentation always means a breaking down and loss of nitrogen compounds that pass away as gas. and consequently the sooner manure is got onto and under the soil the less will be the loss. Nitrogen is worth fifteen cents a pound, if bought in a fertilizer, and it consequenti takes but a short time for a ferment ing heap of manure to lose many dcl lars' worth of nitrogen,-Hioard's niryman. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MENTS FOR OCTOBER 21. Subject: The Parable of the Talents, Matt. xxv., 14-0--Golden Text, Pror. xxviii.,20--Memory Verse, 21-Topic: Fidelity to Duty. I. The servants reecve the tal ents (vs. 14-18). 14. "A r-an Christ represents Himself as a man going into another country, or heav en. "Called his own servants." The outward framework of the parable lies in the Eastern way of dealiig with property In the absence of the owner; the more primitive way be ing for the absentee to make his s.aves his agents. The apostles, ministers, all true Christians, are the servants of Christ. "His goods." The "goods" are the Lord's; all we have belongs to God. 15. "Five talents." The Interna tional Bible gives the value of a tal ent of - silver in the Old Testament period at $1920, and In the New Testament period at $1146. The tal ents represent all of those peculiar gifts which God has given us in this world. "His several ability." The slaves of the Greeks and Romans ,were often men of great attainments and skill. 16. "Then." "Straightway." R. V. We are here taught a lesson IA promptness. "Went and trade. We now see the use that the servants made of their master's goods. Two out of the three improved upon the trust committed to them. "Other five." He who receives much from God must make an improvement upon the whole, while of the one who:receives little but little is re quired. 18. "Digged in the earth." This is the peculiar temptation of the man who has little ability, and he sullenly retires from a service in which -he cannot shine and play a conspicuous part. "Hid his lord's money." He did not embezzle or squander it, but he hid it. How sad to bury one's talent! II. Faithful service rewarded (vs. 19-23). But while this no doubt re fers to His s-sond coming, yet there are many comings - in the great crises of life, in times of trouble, and especially In the hour of death. 19. "A long time." Time enough was given for improvement "Cometh." Christ Is certain to come. The time may seem long, but let as not be de ceived-He is coming again. 20. "Brought other five." 1. The good servant was ready. 2. There was nothing hid; he rendered a full acco"nt. 3. He came joyfully. 4. Quickly. 5. Without fear; there was no confusion. He knew he was right and he came with confidence. "Thou deliveredst unto me." Rec ognizing that all he had belonged to his master. "I have gained." H? had put forth an effort. Those peo ple who fold their arms and talk about trusting God will find, sooner or later, that God does not help the idler. 21. "Well done." The master gives his full and hearty approval. "Thou good." It is possible to be "good" even In this sinful world, to be pure and upright within. "Faith ful." Faithfulness rather than sue cess was rewarded. "Over a few things." At best we can do but lit tle for the Lord here. "Ruler over many things." Whe faithful one is made tuler over a larger sphere. "Joy of thy lord." We are not only - to have the joy of the Lord In'us, but we are to enter into His foy. 22. "Two talents." This servant had been as faithful and sucessful as the one who received fire talents. 23. "Well done." The rewards were according to his ability. He 'coud not have handled or enjoyed more. III. Unfaithfulness punished (u's. 24-30). 24. "I knew thee." No person really knows Christ who thinks Him a hard master,. "An hard man." This servant entertains hard thoughts of his lord. "Gather ing where thou didst not scatter" (R. V.) This was not atrue charge, for each one received much more than he had gained; God always lib erally rewards all who serve Him. 25. "1 was afraid." All sinners are afraid. "Thou hast thine own" (R. V.) He seems to boast of his honesti anW urghtneus 26.~ "Wicked and slothful." His master was not to be trifled with. "Thoiz knewest." Out of thine own moutk shalt thou be judged. 27. "Thou oughtest." The fact - that he knew what his master re quired was a reason why he should have used the talent. God appeals to us as "reasonable" beings and tells -as what we "ought" to do. "Exchangers." "Bankers." R. V.. Literally, "To those who- stand at ta bles," because the bankers had ta bles before them. "With interest" (R. V.) His, master had a right to expect a reasonable profit from the labors of his- servant 28. "The tal ent from him." The unfaithfu-l serv ant is not only reproached by his master, but he is actually punished. He loses what he had failed to use. 29. "Shall be given." The one who really has powers and abilities, and makes good use of them, to him shal be given greater posses sions. "Shall be taken away." From hign that hath not,. even that whieb he seemeth to have (Luke 8:I1g shall be taken away. 30. "Unprof itable " He was cast into outer darkness, merely because he was un profitable and idle and buried his talent. "Outer darkneos." Those who, fail to obey Christ will be cast from His presence. The punishment of the wicked will be terrible and eternal, YORKSHIRE PUDDING. Sift together one heaping pit of * four, half a teaspoonful of salt, a teaspoonful and a half baking pow'der and a teaspoonfu-1 of sugar. Add a tablespoonful of butter and with..the tips of the'fingers. rub fine.in the ficur. Best tw-o eggs until light,. add to them one pint milk and mix quick ly with the flour into a rather stiff btter. Pour a few spoonfuls of tle best drippings from the roast into a long tin pan, brushing all over the pan or, if preferred, ese small gem pans, heating and greasing n the same way. Pour in the batter and bake in 's medium hot oven thirty or forty minutes, basting frequently with drippings from the beef. In servmng lay the meat on a hot platter and gar nish with pujdding cut in squares5 or small puddings. Another way is to have the pudding baked undernleath the meat. In this' case. w:hen tihe meat Is half cocked lift ento the rnck Iand set the pan with pudding undier neath the meat, so that the drippinga il maln on the rmyiug below.