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seaport and to the interior regions.
In this last item is embraced many of
the most curious devices. Our
American manufacturers as rule like
to send their goods to the eonsignee
in packing cases. They have done
that way for long time, and they know
of no better way to send articles in good
shape. But you can't ship goods IN
that way into the interior OF South
America.
Shipments across the mountains
there are made as q general thing by
pack mule. And one of the aims OF
the commercial exhibit is to tell Amer
lean shippers how to pack goods 30 as
to enable freighters to take them to
distant destinations. There is no use
sending goods to west Brazilian points
in packing cases. They will never reach
the consignee, and all the possibilities
of trade are ruined for the simple res-
son that the seller does not use the
Judgment an intelligent understanding
of the case will give him. Europesn mer-
chants understand this and send their
goods to the Latin-American States
all ready for packing on mules or on
the backs Of men if they be consigned
to q place where that is the accepted
mode of transportation.
The lesson is taught by profuslon
of pictures, which will be interesting
to all classes as well as the special one
of commercial tendencies, articles OF
trade, models of implements, efig1es OF
animals and materials used generally
in the country designated A prom,
inent place is given to articles OF food
supply, with the methods OF prepara-
ton and use. Under this head comes
the indigenous cereals, fruits and veg
etables, their cultivation, irrigation and
harvesting and storing. The processes
of raising coffee are shown, together
with pictures of machinery used for
pulping, drying and cleaning the ber-
ries.
The same plan is followed in relation
to sugar. The ancient and modern sys-
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TEMPERANCE.
WHAT DO YOU CARE ?


Strong men are falling on every hand,
Havoc appalling Is wrought In the land;
Pestilence, famine and war are outdone-
Never more dsmning i'll under the sun
Highest and lowest arc caught In the snare
Statesmen and patriots, what do you care?
Women are weeping worn hearts away,
Fasting and watch keeping day after day;
Tremblingly waiting steps that were dear,
Love soured to hating, hope chilled to fear
Weak beneath more than the strongest can
bear
Chivalrous husbands, what do you care2
Children are crying for love and for bread,
Needlessly dying, happy when dead;
Carrying friendless hearts made for fun
Through shadows endless, life Just begun.
Aimlessly wandering, hungry and bare;
Fathers and mothers, what do you care?
Babes are polluted, cursed from their birth,
Parents embruted fixing their worth,
Infancy priced by the Spirit Of Wine
The modern Moloch-is burnt at his shrine
Daily his priests for their affairs prepare;
Champions OF Christendom, what do you
care?
Daily the weak to slavery sink,
Vainly they seek escape from the drink;
Household and neighbor, involved In their
thrall
Fruitlessly labor to break the fall;
Piteously rises the victims prayer;
Lovers Of freedom, what do you care2
Jesus by dying liberty gave,
Love self-denying only can save,
Light to its strength Is the temperance cross,
Glorious at length the gain Of its loss;
Passion and triumph Love asks us to share
Friends Of the Saviour. what do you care?
Il. F. B. Tinling, In the Voice.
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Edis0n's Latest Invention.

Thomas Edison's exhibit at Chicago
is the kinetograph, the last OF his won
derful inventions displayed in connec-
tion with the most versatile group
of monographs ever brought together.
1t is to the eye what the phonograph
is to the ear, a mechanical retina,
which stores away living picture, to
be reproduced in all its actions, every
movement faithfully shown at any
time and in any place. With the
kinetograph it is possible to show in
Chicago Chauncey Depew delivering a
speech aboard the flagship Chicago IN
New York Harbor. Not photograph
of arrested action, but the living man,
his every gesture, the play of expires.
sion on his face and the movements of
his lips. 1t will transmit and repro
duco motion of any kind for any dis
tauce. Atlanta Constitution.
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MY LAMP.

'Thy word is lamp unto my feet" said
the Psalmist Of old. You want your lamp
to burn as brightly as possible You trim
. the wick; you wash, dry and rolish the
glass chimney; you keep the shade clean.
Let the dust gather and the smoke make its
sooty deposit, and the wick become crisp
and hard and black and the light upon the
open page il Pickering and weak. The lamp
is your friend. but you must take good care
1t. 1t will treat you as you treat it. The
figure may be homely.
but 1t is true What the Bible brings to you
will depend In large measure upon what you
bring to it. You may have o crumb. or q
loaf, or q granary full to bursting, just as you
choose. There Is gold on its surface, there
are jewels in its mines, there are royal pearls
in its depths. All are not equally equipped
for its study; but every one of us can do his
utmost In its patient, loving study, and 10
labors will bring surer or richer reward
[Dr. A. j. F. Behrends.
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Treading the Water.

The Indians on the Mississippi River
tread water just as the dog treads it.
Among the natives of Joanna, an ISL
and on the coast of Madagascar, young
persons walk the water, carrying fruit
and vegetables to ships becalmed or,
it may be, lying in the ofhng miles
away. At Madras, watching their oP-
portunity, messengers, with letters Sc
cured in an oilskin cap, plunge into
the boiling surf and make their way to
the vessels outside, treading the water
through sea in which no ordinary
boat could live. At the Cape OF Good
Hope men used to proceed to the ves-
sci in the otfing through mountain
billows, treading water as they went
with the utmost security. New York
Advertiser.
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factories of the United States, are
plainly indicated. To make this object
lesson perfect the chief OF the Latin.
American department has prepared
complete models of carriers, and stuffed
specimens of those animals employed
as beasts of burden, each one equipped
with its proper accoutrement OF pack
saddles, and carrying an exact counter.
part Of the load expected OF it. These
samples show how goods may be
packed to insure safe and proper tran
sit over the roads and trails Of each
country, giving also weights and maxi.
mum weights permissible, so as to suit
all methods of local transportation.
The necessary material for the pack.
ing is also given-whether in cases OF
bags, bales or barrels, and whether the
same should be tin lined or hermeti.
cally sealed. Where the same articles
themselves could not be shown as sam
ples they are illustrated by photo.
graphs showing perfectly their uses
and functions.
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Big Trees.

One hears a good deal of the big
trees of the Northwest, but the fact il
that sll the vegetation there is luxuri
ant beyond the belief of the Easterp
man. There are Douglas frs in Wash
ington and for some distance north o.
that which are honestly said to be as tall
as the Brooklyn Bridge towers. Plank
from these trees sixteen feet wide have
been exhibited, and straight mast l25
feet long, unmarked by branches, was
cut on the shores of Puget Sound.
Common roadside weeds and bushes
have a proportionate largeness, theI
leaves being twice as large and their
stems twice as long as in the East, and
the ordinary fern that in this State
grows knee high is found there with
stalks seven feet long.-Cleveland
Leader.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

OF the 81, 900 brewerles estimsted to be In
the world 26, 900 are in Germany.
In Christiana, with its 100000 inhabitants
there are only twenty-ssyen places where
liquor Is retailed.
1t Is estimated that Of every hundred dol
lars paid out for dr. nj, SKY dollars a-e from
the pockets OF worGins men.
The Algemeins Zeituas, o. Munich. says :
Experience in Germany. rs e.sewhsre, aas
proved that the dangerous aeonol pest can
not be fought deter ninslIy except by radical
methods"
The number o: suicides in Paris last year
was 1920, two hunirs m / for;v--nree being
by hanging. The gro1sn O, so;,;t-d-.nking
Is credited with bein: - Important factor In
the remarkable n,rease.
As the Catholic goes to its readers to-day
an unfortunate man in rais city pays the
penalty OF his misdeeds on the gal!ows. At
one end was wilisKy, then the murder. now
the hangman's rope. They all tt.-Pittsourg
Catholic.
What is the good of moderate drinking"
any way you please to look at it? Can't men
manage to be social without sticking their
noses in the same beer bottle or pouring some
of the same fiery fluid into the;- stonachs?
Out upon such social customs which require
men to run the risk Of being sots In order to
be ''5ociRl.
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incidentally the histories of those
countries are illustrated by photo
graphs of their noted men-p, esidents,
governors, revolutionary leaders,
ancient viceroys and leaders OF more
than local prominence. Fac SMILES
of their declarations of independence,
constitutions and famous State papers
ali extremely valuable-sre for the
first time presented. Together they
will tell the story of the two great
epochs. the viceroyalties and the revo-
lutions.
The theory of the psn-American ad-
vocates is that a great and growing
market for American goods lies close to
the south of US, and that it should be
controlled by the merchants and manu-
facturers of the United States instead
of those of Europe. For this purpose
the various articles of import into the
Latin-American countries are shown
and enumerated, representing the
various classes of goods best adapted
to the uses of the people inNevery dis
trict. For instance, the most popular
styles of dress goods and other fabrics
for wearing apparel, bpots, shoes nil
inery and hosiery, and Earticlesiof
adornment are shown, that our people
may know what things will meet the
readiest sale in the south lands. II
The markets of Europe have been
ransacked to find samples of the goods
most in demand in the South American
countries, and these also are here ex-
hibited that Americans may know
against what they are compelled to
compete. Prices at factories, cost OF
transportation and selling rates, both
of those from Europe and from the
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with the Latin-American countries will
make their chiefest exhibit. They
have been accorded excellent space,
and enough of it, and there they have
placed the exhibits they have for the
past three years been collecting all the
way from the Rio Grande to Cape
Horn. ...,
The exhibit from the Southern
countries is very interesting, indeed.
It is devoted to an exposition OF the
present conditions and resources OF
the Central and South American coun-
tries aad the West Indies, the articles
of general import into the Latin
American countries, their prices, popu-
lar patterns of goods in demand there,
samples Of Implements desirable and
methods of transportation both to the
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RELIGIOUS READING,
BLOSSOMS IN AGE.

You Is an appie-tree.
Joints all shruuk like an old mans knee,
Gaping trunk half eaten away,
Crumbling yisibly day by day;
Branches dead, or dying fast,
Topmost limb like splintered mast.
Yet behold, in the prime Of May,
How 1t blooms in the sweet old way
Heart of it brave and warm,
Spite Of many wintry storm;
Throbbing still with the deep desire,
Burning still with the'eager fire,
Striving still with the zeal and truth
Of the gladstone morning-days Of youth.
Still to do and to be, forsooth,
Something worthy of him whose care,
Summer or Winter, failed it ne'er-
This is motive for you and me,
When we grow old like the apple-tree.
BY James Buckham, in Christian Union
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ANANIAS.

Lying to God is dangerous business. The
first man who died in the primitive church
was struck dead for lying to the Holy Ghost,
and lying about money! What would be
the result il the same results followed lying
to-day? Says Bishop Wilson IN the Ar
kansas Methodist
"The man of fifty thousand dollars who
brings five dollars, twenty dollars, or one
hundred dollars to the altar of God and says
''that is all have to spare" If he does not
lie to God, Ananias never did. Tens Of
thousands are living in luxury, spending
millions for pride, vanity, gluttony and
sensuaty. submitting mere bagatelle to
the uses of the Holy Spirit, and yet flatter
themselves that they are on the way to
heaven and sure OF glory. Beware, lest q
worse fate than Ananias overtake you.'
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PUBLIC SAFETY.

The general public Is entitled to the maxi
mum Of security for property and person. 1t
pays for that. 1t wants sober conductors,
engineers. fremen, brakemen and switch
tenders. As rule It's wants In this respect
are gratihed No railroad company would
dare to employ an tnebriate In any one OF
these positions. But the tendency Is to 60
further, and to- refuse to employ any drink
ing man, whether drunkard or not. No
rational man will employ o drinking coach
man. No factory will employ drinking
engineer, supposins the business to be well
managed. Few will employ doctor who is
know to drink habitually, and to an extent
to cause remark. These consequences may
deter some from evil Hving.-Phlladelph1s
North American.
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sATAN's SHARE.

There Is an ancient fable which tell US that
while Noah was planting the vineyard, the
devil approached him and inquired what he
was doing. planting vineyard!" replied
Noah. "Hum!" grunted Satan, whats the
use OF vineyard?" To which Noah gave
answer that Sits fruit Is sweet and good, and
its wine gladdens the taste" Whereupon
Satan, seeing here good chance for specu-
lation, proposed that they work it on shares,
which was agreed upon, and Immediately the
and mingled their. blood with the soil.
Therefore. II O man eats only Of the fruit OF
the vineyard, he Is as innocent as lamb {;
II he drinks wine, he imsgines himself lion,
and falls into mischief; II he drinks habitu-
ally, he becomes as selfish and unmannerly
as hog; if he gets drunk, he jabbers and
jumps about, and is silly and nasty, Like a
monkey.-Sacred Heart Review.
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A Four.Year Old GeniuS.

Marguerite Treasure" Ballantyne,
the four-year old daughter Of T. G. Bal
lautyne, of Cincinnati, Ohio, is going
to the Worlds Fair. She is lingu;s-
tical and musical wonder. She speaks
English, German and French, and plays
on the piano anything she hears. Men
tally she is as bright as can be, and in
all but her musical and linguistic talents
is like any other child of four. New
York Press.
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PITTSBURGH unacrtakers at q

PITTSBURGH undcrtakerS at q
recent convention took new cadaver
and transformed IL into mummy.
The mummy is to be shipped abroad,
but If it does not soon return
swathed in antique rags and claiming
to ante date the pyramids, the under.
takers must have endowed 1t with a
character far above that po ssessed by
nummies In general
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aaoa ON BRITISH WAR SHIPS.

Visitors to the British flagship Blake noted
with some surprise that regularly every day
at noon sration Of "grog' Is served out to her
500 sailors. This ancient custom, 1t seems, Is
still maintained in the British navy, though
It was abolished In the American service
many years ago. Yankee man-o'-warsmen
do not seem to have suffered by 1t either, II
the result Of the series Of international boat
races count for anything. They have won
every contest In which they have entered,
and once ortwice their og-drinking British
cousins have brought up the rear of the pro-
ssion.-Boston Journal.
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CoFFsON-I don I see why we can't
find a policeman occasionally in this
neighborhood when We want him.
Coles-Hum; are you bothered by the
saloons? Saloons? There isn't one
within a mile of u.s." We'll, that's
Chicago Tribune.
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The upper classes of the Japanese
are we'll educated, and while they read
such heavyworks rs Spencer, Carlyle,
Kant, Darwin and Huxley, they h@vo
no practical knowledge of politics and
of other matters as have the youth OF
this country.
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MoTHER-My daughter, I'm aston
ished at your conduct with that gen.
tleman. distinctly heard you kiss
him twice. Daughter-Nonsense, ma.
You know very well the conservatory
has an echo.-Life.
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CLOTH that a rifle bullet cannot
penetrate has been invented by q
tailor. The tests have been severe.
It only remains to subject the ma
terial to the trial of facing an unload.
ed pisto.
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THE bite of dog bestowed upon a
book agent has been assessed by a
jury at $4,000. A dog like this
should not be kept by a man of Or
dinary means. Better even subscribe
for the book.
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Bosom FRIENDS. --"What do you
say to the young barrister making me
an offer of marriage?" "Just as l
expected! When l Tilted him he swore
he would do himself an injury"-
Plauderecke.
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FAIR EXHIBITS.
THE RESOURCES OF THE LATIN
AMERICAN COUNTRIES.
Models and Pictures Relating to
Central and South America and
the West Indies-Gallery In
the Government Building.

OUBTLEsS a good
deal of i n t er e 8 t
will center about
the Columbian gal
lery in the Govern
m ent Building,
says the Chicago
Herald. It is there
the projectors Of
closer relations
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SHE-You are always sneering at
women who talk too much. Are you
hitting at me? He-Not at all.
There are lots of women besides you
who talk too much. Texas Siftings.
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IE WE ONLY KNEW .

Ifonly we knew how much we are sur
rounded with the tokens of mercy!
leaves, flowers, the commonest things, have
all their tales to tell Our ignorance hinders
our thanksgiving-not that we are as thank
ful as we might be for the mercies that we
10 know of; perhaps il we were more would
be revealed to US. Say to yourself: "I am
surrounded with mercies which know not
Of. Lord. that I may praise Thee, let all
things have their voice for me."-[Quiver.
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Christianity Is not the religion of any
given time or p ace. 1t appeals to the
human soul. not to the faLcies Of any school
or period. 1t does not seek its support in
the prevailing ideas of the day, but seeks
and finds it in the sufferings and the abiding
aspirations OF humanity. Death will ever
be reality; the questions 1t arouses may
be set aside today, they will recur to-
morrow.-( (Bersier.
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than one century plant in full bloom, and
when you see the century plant your emo
ions are stirred. You look at it and say,
This flower has been gathering up its beauty
Tor whole century. and it will not bloom
again for another hundred years" Well. ]
have to tell you that in this garden Of the
church. spoken of In my text, there is cen.
tury plant.
In has gathered up its bloom from oil the
ages OF eternity, and 10 centuries ago It put
forth its glory. 1t is not only century plant,
but passion flower-the passion flower OF
Christ, a crimson flower, blood at the root
and blood on the leaves, the passion flower oi
Jesus, the century plant OF eternity. Come,
o winds from the north, and winds from the
south, and winds from the east, and winds
from tho west, and scatter tie perfume Oh
this flower through all Nations.
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oveliness within, but roughness outside.
Mexican cactus all the time.
But remember in boyhood that we mad in
our fathers garden what we called the Giant
81 Battle, peculiar rose, very red and very
lery. Suggestive flower, it was called the
Giant OF Battle. And 80 in the garden Of the
Lord we find that kind Of lower-the Pauhs
md Martin Luthers, the Wyclifs, the John
RnoSes-giants OF battle. What in other men
8 spark, in them Is a conHagration. Whom
hey pray, their prayers take fire; when they
suffer, they sweat great drops OF blood when
hey preach, 1t is pentecost; when they
light, it Is ThermopylB when they die,
IS martyrdom--giants Of battle. You say.
why have We not more OF them in the church
u Christ at this time?" I answer your aues-
don by asking another, why have We not
more Cromwells and Humboldts in the world?"
iod wants only few giants OF battle. They
10 their work, and they do it we'll
But I find also in the church of God
plant that shall call tho snowdrop, very
beautiful, but cold. It is very pure-pure as
ind rs cold as the snowdrop. No special
iympdthy. That kind Of man never loses
lis patience; he never weeps. he never
1ashes with anger; he never utters a rash
word. Always cold, always precise, always
oassi"e-beautiful snowdrop, out don't like
him. would rather have one Giant OF Bat
lie than 5000 snowdrops.
Give me man who may make some mis-.
;akes in his ardor for the Lords service
:ather than that kind Of nature which spends
IT'S whole life in doing but one thing. and
that is keeping equilibrium. There are snow
drops in all the churches-men without any
sympathy. Very good; they are in the
garden Of the Lord; therefore I know they
ought to be there, but always snowdrops.
You have seen in some places perhaps a
century plant. do not suppose there Is 9
person in this house who has ever seen more
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-17

A. l.. JAMisoN it Co., coal dealers, headQ arteIy
for Atlantic dynamite and Judson powder
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w ASH GOODS.

There is no such stock of Wash Goods
in Southwest Virginia as you will find
with US. Prices the lowest possible al
ways.