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Isrea,lstuiIs aud proyislo,is.

EEw YORK, Jan. lG.-Fiour, receipts q. ia
packaRess exports Gov barrels md l6t 200 sacks
inatEr! weak aud more active; sales 99,6JO bar,
rels. Wheat: receipts 400 bushels; exports
aud 10 900 bushels ofspOt; Spot market dull and
ilrmi No: red SIC; ungraded rcd 7bass5J,,c; on,
tlons fairly active; No. Bred January SGt1ic; Feb
rnary s7as13Fc closing ut size: March SS14c;
A AprlI S h!,t Nay sc; June Eye steady
exports gi.oqo bushels; sales 90, 90 bushels Of
futures and 151000 bushels OF spot; market
tifmer; ungradcd 95sffc; January 8stSc; FebruI
nry ss5se; March as1sc: April and May s9asc:
S'1sbe Sa exports
1900 bushels oispat; market dull aud weaker;
white January 21Sci Mny 91fc; mixed western
22s1la2s15c; white do 3oa3lc: 30. Chicago 8Oc.
Hay and hops steady. CosIee quiet and ~ points
June, September and October range l5SOal5 500:
spot Rio dull ut l914c. Sugar steady. Molasses
weak. Rice steady. A1alow steady. Turpenlinc
hnll; Eggs weak; western s4c. Pork active
steam 6221ssc: February e.23c; March GSoc; April
G.aGc: May 6.a3c; July 6.52c. Iuttcr dull; fancy
steady; Elgtn 9sa2s1Sc; western dairy SalGc;
creamery l2l25c. Cheese dull; western Sai0c.
z CHICAGO, Jan. Whcat-Thc,e was rather
stronger UNDERGONE 10 the market to-day, aud
while prices did not vary particularly lion yes.
'SAuhy pun tuctc scSlutu 10 w Htuler ieelllR.
aud the closing was about hchigher than yestef.
day. Corn ruled quiet. Oats fairly active.
Provisions steadier: Flour steady and unchang.
6!aoc: No. : red and january lie; February !7sxa;
May Sl3ssaSls4c, closing ut Sikc. Corn, c;,Sh M
2and Jsnuary 2S33ke;. February we: May sac.
oats, eash No. aud january .0c; February sDl "a:
M n, al.ssec closing A. 20. Rye, No: 3 4igc.
Harley, 40. hsa57c. Flaxseed, 81 S. Timothy
seed 81 %. Mess PORK, cash $3.50: January So ISI:
February 81 So; Mny 81 SIX. Lard, cash $50:
JANUARY 6.s21Hsc:, February 5S7Hc; May soc
saeon, hhors RIBS l.75c; shoulders 4.25c: short
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EAST LlBEhrY, Pa, jan. MISUNDERSTANDING
200 head; shipments, 2,lO0 head: market moth.
ing doing, all through comIgnments. Hogs.
Receipts 5000 head: shipments 5000 head mar.
kct firm; pigs 50 s0a3 IS; Workers s. 75a3S IS.
sheep-Reeeipts 500 head; shipments, GOO head :
market active and 1oc higher than yesterday. 4
ClSclNNATI. jan. 16.-llogS stronger: common
$. IS; receipts 5.iuo head; shipments $500 lead.
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NOTICE-GERMAN AMERICAN

NrOTICE-GERAlAN AMERICAN
IN REMEDY COMA NY.-rhc incor pota,ors
Vi thORsOyc pa'led company, having designated
saturday, January -, AID. 1870, AT 1880 p. M,
aid the Oillre OF 4. q. FRettcr, No. 1872 Main
street, In the city Of Wheeling, West Virginia.
AZ lhC plnru oI tho Bttt general meeting Of tho
SIoCkhOlden Of tho German American remedy
by.SWs aud transact any other business which
may he lawfully lono ny said stockholders In
general Gcetng, tie stock holdcts OF said com.
lrIly arc hereby nntIled 10 DO present at such
meeting at tue time and place aforesaid. In
hCrClinlp Aot thels hands this 10Th day Of jan.
uaty, A. D. 1875 {E'al.gtEy
Y. J. PARK, FRANK n. WHITE.
A. Il. EOEFTHR. 1lHerl' EEtt jall u
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T The Pride Of lIIs Cln.s.

He was bright, handsome boy Of 10,
sunny,tempered, brilliant and engaging,
the delight OF his parents, the Joy Of his
home, and the pride Of his class. Il But a
shadow TELL across his bright prospects.
1t began with IA tritling cough; soon
came premonitions Of consumption, his
strength failed, his cheeks grew hollow,
and he seemed doomed to an early grave.
Then a friend advised DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery He tried it
and was saved. Health and strength
returned, his cheerful voice rang out
again across the school playground, his
cheeks again grew rosy, his eyes bright,
He is still the pride Of his class and he
graduates this year with highest honors,
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OIL CRY, Jan. l6-rctroleum o,,cned al 81 p5l.::
highest 81 o59: lowest 81 O51s: closed at 81 o514
sales 5000 barrels: charters Gat9 barrels; ship!
ments 1921 barrels: runs ~, 5Ss barrels. q 4ef
. New YoRK. Jan. 16.-S,ock Exchange: Open.
Ing at st0t14: highest 81 OF; lowest ST 6i51;
closing at 81 0sh; sales e6l 200 barrels.
PITTSBURGH. PA, Jan. lG Petroleum dull but
steady: opened At :! o5H; closed at 81 05h; high.
est 81 051Ga; lowest 81 O5h. ,,-i n
closed at 81 051xz; highest 81. 66; lowest 81 Is;
cearauces l02 lO0 barrels. -I:l7.i7ii. 5F55f
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NrOrtCE-OEEICE OF TIE WHEEL.
N ISG, wEtLsBuRti 4 STATE LINE RAIL.
Road COMPANY, wellSbnfg, ": Va. January
Wheeling, WclBhurg " EAtc Line Railroad
COnpGuy viii bG held Ut tho general Office OF tho
Company, hudson House, Wellsburg, ". Va,
on Thursday, March ~. 1880, nj 2 o'clock p. m.,
ior the purpose ui GonAIderhg MI agreement Of
thv Pittsburgh, EAunOnSbWrg & State Line Rail.
tDNl Company, aud 10 VOC upon the acceptance
or rebellion OF The same. ~ order Of the Board
ri DirCctorS. a. Il. PAUL, Secretary Wheeling,
WCllShlitg " State Limo rnitrOnd Go. l'Hs tsth
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Trustees Sales.
TRUsTEE'S SALE.

fNRUSrEE'S SALE. n 4,
.hyvlrtuG Of a deed OF trust made by Bridget
Ncont TO nc rs trustee, dated July l, 1857, re-
Nh!Cl in Decd OF Trust Book No. Is, page $40.
y me office OF the Clerk OF the County Court OF
va!o county, West Virginia, will sell at the
sVtIn front door Of tho Court House OF said
COUNTY, on 81 r.. < <, ~; ~
SATURDAY, the 25th DAY Of JANUARY; 1880.
NnHeurnIg nj 10 o'clock Il. M, the following
described property, that is 10 4Say:,A piece OF
smunI situate IN the city OF Wheeling, Ohio
%SaGiy, West Virginia, being tho south half o.
ny numbered forty three, situate on the east
sEs OF Market street OIL the north side OF TWEEN.
H'SveAth street aud at the corner OF said
Es!yGS; sdId half lot has Il frontage Of twenty
nISIeel on Market street and extends back Of m
Cnfn width binding on Twenty seventh street
o9S huiltred itct 10 m alley. W.
tNe TILE Is believed 10 DO perfect, but selling
S .1Ne Will convey only the title vested In
III oy Sid deed Of trust r''sr NJ -2is!lt es ;ltI
tERNs OF SALE-Onc'thttd and rs much more
q @g purchaser elects IL pay in cath OH the day
VI NY, The balance In two equal installncnts At
~ SSsAV lwn years, notes bearing interest from
Wy Way Of sale 10 be given for the deferred pay
asnIS the buildings TO hO kept insured Tor the
~, sHSal Of the deferred payments, mud tho title
WIG Retained until payment Is made In full.sa
~ =, Ig WI. ". C0WDEN, Trustee. s
.n.u U. HILLER. Ancitnnecr. "a: s..ir5- de2l p
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ltINEIIART & TATUM, d
Real Estate. Stocks 4 Fire Insurance,
n H1us =1,ss NJ pr Err cTpEEr
FOR&SALE..

3. =. =
Ten ROOmed Brick House, In good repair. Mt 81
Thirteenth street, g., $40. sFstt Us SyEs5
Five konncd Cottage, 81 North Broadway
NEeet, $3.50. 81 ,gi57s-'si'ls5'l 55is.
Three doomed Brick House, 20 South Huron
street. s!,055. .5. it..,.! iil4s7, p "a ,ss7-sl
Residence on North Front street. q I.7' -
Aud many other Improved Properties ut low
figures; viii pay well us Hi Investment.
;, a Fruit Farm within sight Of this city, lust In
iS prime: will sell at bargain. jlaEi9 Z
blildil. Lots Ut Gll prices, III all parts OF the
city, at last years prices. l!uy before the ad-
vance cones, either Tor homes or Investments
1#y@ FOR RENT. @ !,
Ten Hoomcd Brick DwcliiHgat SIS Main street.
all modern improvements; fine location. go
SIorerOnm l!lj AlHin street. -r'1tE SIS l,s,15
SeFcn Roomed Dwelling. lG5, North Front
h!eet; Gll modern c0nreniences. 4.
St0yC'rO0m 1854 Market. street. ,.S. ~. VI.
S5 several Small Dwellings on the Island and
south Wheeling. ,5zz s:iii,HHs a
4. C. o. SMITH, rgy.@5
hG 'lt20 Min Street. .
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"Whatdid you and Smith talk about?n
about fifteen minutes" .a."I3 mean,
what did you talk over p, 1.-THE .tele.
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NV YoRx, Jaa. 1G.-rIg Iron firm; American
sl29, Copper dull lake 81 4j. Lead dull at
81 ST. TIN, quiet; straits so II. ~ s5,;.ljji
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-17

WEAK eyes and inhamed lids indicate
IN impure condition OF the blood. i The
best remedy is Ayers sarsaparilla. q It
vitalizes the blood, regulates the secre-
tons, and expels all scrofulous humors
from. the sy1tem. vs. Try 1t. & Price 81.
Worth S. bottle: I3is Mi; Daw Z!
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" FINANCE AND TRADE \
Tho Features Of tho Money and stock


Z NKw Yoak, Jan. is.--Money on call oasy
ranging from to S per cent last loan . per cent,
closed offered At 8 per cent, Prime mercantile
paper 61{a7 per cent. Sterling Exchange quiet
and steady at 81 s2A4 50! Sales wore, ri 1857
I, The stock market to-day was even less active
than for tho past few DAYS, owing Ia part to The
Atoppase OF the tlekers Of tho Commercial Tele.
graph Company, which seriously intcrfered with
tho business Of many brokers. I, The feeling Al
the opening was bnllish among tho traders, but
tue pressure upon Union Pacific from the bears
WAS extended 70 other stocks and the traders
turned oyer 70 the other tIle for turn and 4
general decline was tho conseq though
The fluctuations were Harrow Sugar refinerles
WIS up about per cent on covering by shorts,
W iscohsln Central was again materially lower.
The Coal atocks were remarkably strong again
aud Reading. WINS aided by the report that tho
Mayor Of Philadelphia had signed the terminal
Dill. Lead Trust, also showed some activity,
md advanced slightly. Tho market closed dull
'lt heavy aud generally at The lowest priccs. i
Railroad bonds were dull; talcs 81, 0S9, 0OO.
Government and State bonds heavy and steady,
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,rlliLADELrIllA, IA, Jan. 1G.-Flour weak,
Wheat quiet: la!r 70 good milling 7SaSjc; No.
ared january ST i1as!c: February S2snS,c; March
s y: e., Corn higher and Armcr: No. i low
uary aG1@a2G1lc; February :ail,a57c: March s7,%c.
April J7ilassAc. Oats weak; No. 4 white aS1Gyc;
No. white january 9Sittta2skkc; February aid
March 2ba2yo; Apr! 229lAla:silzzc liuttcr dull
ana weak: ronnSylyauia creamery extra 25a.,c;
pennsylvania tlrsts lbNl5 IA Ii y. N'1 !.
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NOTICE.
iC-,TOCKnOLDERs'$ MEETING.

The regular annual meeting OF tho stockhold.
IRIS Of tho Riverside Iron Works will 30 held a,
Inc Office Of tho Company, No. 1901 Main street,
on Wednesday, January y, 1900. at Z O'Clock
n m. JOHN b. CULBERTsoN,
, ISInY .I#....7 ghHINtl'tsts Secretary,
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ClscISNATI. O.. Jan, la--Flour o,tet ! Whe.,
strong; No. red SOC; receipts 20 bushels. shin.
ments l.5oo bushels, Corn steuiy; No. linked
S,c. Oats nrmer; No. 2 mixed aic; 9 RYE STEADY
At Msaa. pork tlrmer at s9s7I{. Lard strong
A. 100, Hals meats. firm; short ribs 4.s7l15c.
at 81 o.. Butter, sugar and cheese firm. Errs
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I, BAi7iAoRE, Jan. lG,-Whcat, WESTERN steady.
~ g%inseE Isa spct and Suary SOasoe
a rss99f,aFy .! sasae: March May S5
" s5 saSic: February a7sc: March SIC; Aprii ':sa
ss14c; May ss544n30c, Z, Oats steady. RYE Arm nj
5ea:sc Hay weak: prime to choice si2 Goals %.
hntter weak: western packed l2alSc; host roll
ri ri creamery .aa2Sc. Eggs dull; western llc.
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noNps ANp s1ook auorA1lnNs-cLnsxn nln.

NJ
US u rcg............l2a Mash, & Chat,
Y. 8. a. cbupon.....l26 New Jersey tn. i.sk
w. ~ reg..""loi Northern Facific.... 80
Y. i. ~ COUPON. l0i1s do pteferred.... AZ
Adams Express. .lh3 IChIcago & N, W.. iOyss
American Rxprcss.lli do preferred ID =
Canada Boutheru..,. b3.|HeW York Central .io6k
central racitc...,. lohiO& Mississippi. q >
do inst preferred. GilSlpacIhc NAL, ssN
do secolh prefd. ii15lplttsburgh., Isl :
Denver Il Is. G"., 10 Reading. ............,... 8G<
Efie-.:."............ 2llSt. L. Il i. F......... lB
40 nteterred-".; o. do preferred......, rs 4
Fort Wayne...........lb5 do hrst ptcicrrcti' 81 "
Kansas 4 Texas ....,Y yj.lC, N, Il Isl. Paul., fs,x
Lake Erie & Vest, l7s3l do preierrtd iiNf
do pre!crrotl...... GisTexas Paeiilc ....','.. AZ,
Lake Shore ........l0als Union Pacile .....'.
Louisville j. Nush,, SCaZ UnIlcd States Ex.'' sc
H., N. A. Il C....,..,, 81 lW.. 81, L. Il ID
Memphis 4 Chas... d 10 prefefrcd. sis.
Michigan Central. p34|Wells.Fayo Ex."..lW
Missouri Pacl1c... 72lEWcstern Union .... XII.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-17
The family stovepipe was never meant
for pipe OF peace. a. IS, q is II; )
he New Discovery.

I. You have heard your friends and
neighbors talking about it. You may
yourself be one Of the many who know
from personal experience Just how good
q, thing it is. II you have ever tried it.,
you are. Que OF its staunchi friends, be-
cause the wonderful thing about it is,
that when once given trial, Dr.. Kings
New Discovery ever. after holds place
in the house. b II you have never used it
and should be afflicted with cough,
cold, or any throat, lung or chest
trouble, secure bottle at ONCE and give
tia fair trial. Its guaranteed !, every
time, OF money refunded. Trial bottles
free at Logan Drug Co.'S drug store. z lji Q
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-17

Chronic Nasal Catarrh positively cured
by Or. sage's Catarrh Remedy. 50 cents
by druggists. 55i+'s' 52.!s s. s'
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business House and Dwelling numbered 22i3
md 99iJ Market street. r "gs 5000 aal3l} sfi
Business House aud Dwelling, numbered 22i7
and Ei9 Market street; the halls OH second and
third floors will be converted into dwelling
rooms 10 suit tenant. alt IA Es77'
GI!I5 Acre Farm, S3U0 per nnnun,. Z! 81
Desirable Residence on line OF r, ". & ny.
Railroad, SUI per nnnum. .F1ss n q
Fine Residences. Lots, Farms and other prop
crty for sale. - as7 E5it58I',
: H JAMES A. HENRY.
Real Estate Agent, U. s. Claim Attorney and No,
tary Public. 40. 1912 Market Street, jal3 s.
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Bucklen's Ar1lIcl Salve.

.,C,NclNNArr, O., Jan. TO- Cotton steady; mid.
ding lOJLEt Tis5tgyt t.Syi'i grs. Z
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B SouGuT for the last hundred years. "a
remedy for catarrh, hay fever, and cold
in the head, found at last in tEly's Cream
Balm, Safe and pleasant 70 i use, and
easily applied into the nostrils.s It gives
relief at once and a thorough treatment
positively cures. Price so cent?. 3MwFaw
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TOLEDO, O.. Jan. 16.-Wheat dull aud firm:
cash Sig; January, SIC; May Sls.c. Corn dull;
cash: ao.Sc: May 300. Oats, cash ne. Glover.
sGed active aud steady; cash aud February s. 90;
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stockholders' Meetings.
1T0CKllOLDERs' MEETING. h

- Tho annual meeting Of the stockholders Of tho
rrTTSKsoS INSURANCE COMPANY Of Wheeling,
Il, ,he election OF Directors, and any other
vH' iSs s Va Of ,he Company, No. lis Main
s n on Tuesday, January a, between tho
Sniy, Of aud O'Clock p! m. ~ L4 assjse ii 7,1
TMiiiE2i l !. H. sTR0Ef1LEtN. Bcc'y.
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general "pick ,uph voyage along lie i !
Lower California coast. My acceptance
as cook WINS based on the production OF
an Irish stew which I cooked for the
captain aud mate while tho Henry was
hove down" on the beach at North
Point, and undergoing the process i OF
cleaning her bottom Of barnacles. /
can't recollect at thislapse Of time where
learned to cook an Irish stew will
add that It was all | could cook-posi.
lively all-and with this astounding
capital Of culinary ignorance l ventured
down upon the great deep to do the
maritime housework for twenty great
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distinguishing fresh ), water
from salt-Iymean by! the eye.5$We sea
cooks use salt water TO boil beef and. po-
tatoes in or rather to boil beef and pork
and steam the potatoes. So ! usually
had a pail Of saltwater and one OF fresh
standing by the galley door. Sometimes
these got mixed up. ] always found
this out after making salt water coffee,
but then It was too late. Z They were
especially in the cabin, and
did not like salt water coffee. On any
strictly disciplined vessel the cook, sfor
such an otfense, would have been com
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03
WIT AND WISDOM.

1t takes almost superhuman strength
TO hang on when you begin at the top of
the ladder.-MilwaukeeJ Journal.
The man who depends upon wages
will get rich sooner than the man who
depends upon wagers.- Herald.
Many a young man who sows his
wild oats trusts to the grasshoppe- of
forgetfulness to destroy the crop
Texas Siftings.
1t is better to lose a Jest than a
friend, to miss an opportunity of saying
a good thing than TO make an enemy.
IN. Y. Ledger
When a man admires a woman who
can argue, you can depend upon it that
the woman is some other mans wife,
Atchison Globe.
He is happy whose circumstances
suit his temper; but he is more excellent
who can suit his temper to any circum-
stances.-Hume.
If there is ever a time when it's a
blessing for man to be blind, it is
when he is in love. He can't see what
q fool he makes of himself.-Bingham-
ton Republican.
Have you learned the lesson of yes
terday or the infinite meaning of to-day?
1t has duties of its own; they can not be
left until tomorrow. Tomorrow will
bring its own work.
In private conversation between
friends the wisest men very often talk
like the weakest; for, indeed. the talk
ing of friend is nothing else but think
ing aloud.-Addison.
Men and women, to lead worthy
lives, must have just respect for them
selves. Whatever tends to realize and
to strengthen these promotes human
welfare.-N. Y. Ledger.
"A sure cure of poverty, about which
we are hearing a good deal, is primarily
a cure of character. In free countries,
certainly, most of the poverty we find is
the near result of a weak intellectual,
or weak moral, character. or both.
If we live on the surface all the
time, our experiences must all be super
fetal. 1t is only by going down among
the roots of things that we gain knowl'
edge and power such as we need.-Unit-
ed Presbyterian.
Zone thing" says Lucy Larcom,
1--WE are atSast beginning to unde stand,
which our ancestors evidently had not
learned: that it is far more needful for
theologians to become as little children,
than for little children to become theo-
logians."
There is no gain in finish or polish
in and of itself. Polish and finish pre-
suppose something that is worthy of be-
ing thus brought into prominence. He
who essays to write with finish, or to
speak with polish, without having in
mind a thought or fact which is worthy
of being brought out even in toughest
gulse, and which possesses him because
of its intrinsic or its practical value, is
likely to fail of his purpose, and his pur-
pose is surely worthy of failure only
& s. Times
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03
A WORKING STEWARD.
Lessons to he Learned from the Career
of John Ericsson.

Lessons to BE Learned from the Career
of John Ericsson.
John Ericsson will always be a boys
hero. To read of his inventions is to
believe almost in magic, so wonderful is
il that one man should have done so
much to revolutionize methods of travel
and warfare, as we'll as to have enlarged
the field of mechanics until the posi-
bilities are boundless-for the little
solar engine which Ericsson left as
legacy may work as great wonders, when
understood and applied, as steam has
worked. Great engines may yet be
worked by the heat of the sun,
as they are now by steam and
electricity. Think of the great
economy in coal and labor when the
sun becomes the generating force in
moving machinery! Every boy can not
be a John Ericsson, but every boy can
hold as principle in his life the prin-
ciple which controlled him. "Provi-
dence has given me greater abilities for
use. within certain limits, than to any
other mortal. | will be a faithful
steward" he said to friend once; and
it was this thought that controlled his
life. To every boy is given some gift
not held by any other boy. 1t may not
be one that will make him marked be-
fore the world, but it is this gift that
distinguishes him from the rest of the
world. What he becomes depends on
the use he makes of this gift.
If you read the life of Ericsson, doubt
less you will be impressed with one
thing-his devotion to study; his deter
mination to understand whatever sub
ject he undertook. He understood the
principles of geometry so perfectly, APP
piled them SO thoroughly to mechanical
drawings that he found models unnec-
essary. 1t was this knowledge that en-
abled the young Swedish engineer to
enter a contest and complete locomo-
tive in seven weeks and Monitor" in
one hundred days. Some one gave the
definition of genius as the ability to do
hard work; and when we read the life
of this Swedish boy, who had but slight
school advantages, it seems to have
been his greatest genius, in spite of the
monuments of skill which he left
Every opportunity to gain knowledge
was used, and he studied especially
those lines which he felt would help to
lead him to his chosen field.
Boys can do that now. There is hard
ly city of any size in which a training
in any special line can not be followed
art, chemistry, mechanics, electrical
engineering, as well as the trades.
Never did boys in school have the OPP
portunities that they have now, and he
who feels himself steward will work
for the wardship.-Christian Union.