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COMMERCIAL EXPANSION
Wonderful Progress Made by This
Country in a Few Years.
OUR INDEPENDENT POSITION,

Agricultural Exports Increased S120,0o0,
600 in 1903 as Compared With 1897
and Manufactured Exports S2S,o00,00t
Extending Our Foreign Markcts-W'
are Becoming IndustrialIy Independen,
WASHINGTON, D. C. Especially. con.
dition OF tho worlds commerce at the end
of 1898 Is described In review just made
public by the State Department. The re-
view is Introductory to the publication
soon to be made in regard to the CONNER
cial relations OF the United States with for.
sign countries and is addressed to the
President in q letter from the Secretary o.
State. The Chief Of the Bureau OF Foreign
Commerce, Frederic Emory, summarizes
The contents of the review in an introduc.
ton, In which be says the steady progress
OF commercial expansion is attested not
only by the Custom House returns OF ez-
ports and imports, but by official publica-
lions of other Governments and the de-
tailed reports OF the diplomatic and con-
sular representatives ofthe United States.
During the calendar year 1887" MIR.
Emory says" the agricultural exports OF
the United States amounted, in round tg-
ures, to $3.50, ,OOO, 900, and In the calendar
year 1895 TO nearly S852, 100000 The e1-
ports OF manufactured goods during 1887
aggregated nearly $3.50 900 900, and 10 1893
to S30S, 900 900. We find upon comparison OF
percentages OF the total export trade, that,
Notwithstanding the enormous Increase OF
exports of AGRICULTURAL products, amount
Ing to more than S120, 900 900, there was Q
decline In the percentage OF manufactured
exports Of less than one per cent. as COM
pared with the previous year; that 1s to
say, while the percentage OF agricultural
exports rose from 81 GO to 60 the exports OF
manufactured goods fell only from 25.S9 TO
24.96.
"There was IN actual gain during the
year 1898 in manufactured exports OF
about S2S, 900 900 against an increase dur
ing the calendar year 1897 OF S26,0OO,0 ,00O.
When the fact is considered that during
portion OF the year 1893 the industrial and
commercial activities OF the United States
were more or less affected by the war
with Spain, the increase Of 5000 900 In
the exports Of manufactured goods, would
seem to indicate that we not only did NOT
lose ground, but made substantial gains IN
certain markets"
Mr.. Emory says 1t would appear that
the United States Is rapidly becoming
industrially Independent to very great
extent Of the rest OF the world, and at the
same time Is developing Its commercial re-
lations In such way as will enable It to
take in exchange much larger quantities
OF goods which 1t is unable to produce.
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Keeping Up the Fight.

You are probably doing great deal moro
than you know A young man said. the
other day, in my presence, that he was
brought to Christ by his brother, who, after
his own conversion, spoke to him repeatedly
about the state OF his soul. He said: Il
never answered my brother, but met his en-
treaties by stolid silence. 1 often e1-
pected that he would get discouraged and
give it up; ut the same time was very glad
that he didn't, and really was nearer yield
ing many times than l cared to let him
know" When St. Paul's was being built,
there was bit of the previous building 80
obdurate that it resisted every assault OF
the pickaxe and other mechanical appli-
ances Finally, Sir Christopher Wren set upa
kind OF battering ram, which was kept at
work day and night. because he said that
every shock might bs the last. And the hugo
masonry ultimately was vanquished, not by
the final blow. but by the whole series. So
your influence is telling. The warm. SUM
shine is penetrating below the surface; the
obdurate heart is becoming moved; that
neighborhood Is much more nearly won than
you imagine; that husband heart has often
been profoundly moved by your efforts; add
though he says nothing now, some day he
will confess that his proud nature prevented
him many time saying all that he felt. A
missionary who learns foreign language
in the FIRST months seems to be making no
progress Mt all, till suddenly one day the ripe
fruit drops into his hand, the corner OF the
road is turned the brow OF the hill gained
Rev. F. B. Meyer.
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Each Cardinal releases the cord of
the canopy of his throne, which folds
down. No one may remain covered
in the presence of the Pope. A new
ring-the Ring of the Fisherman-is
given to the Sovereign Pontiff.
The first and SECOND Cardinal
Deacons-Lord Cardinal Theodolphus
Mer:el and Lord Cardinal Louis
Macchi-conduct His Holiness to the
rear of the altar with the masters of
ceremonies and the Augustinian Sac.
ristan; they take away his cardi-
nalitial scarlet aud vest him in a cas-
sock OF white taffeta with cincture,
fair white linen rochet and the papel
stole, q crimson almuce. and shoes OF
crimson cloth embroidered in gold.
The servants of the conclave proceed
to pillage the cell lately occupied BY
His Holiness.
The new Pope sits upon chair be.
fore the altar of the Sistine Chapel
and the Cardinal Dean, the Lori
Louis Oreglia di Santo Stefano, who
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MOB KILLS A CRAZY MAN.
dis Death Followed the WoundinE of
Farmer In East Haddam, Conn.

ais Death Followed the WoundinE Of .
Farmer In East Haddam, Conn.
MrDDLErowS, Conn. (SpeciaD. In Ease
Haddam an. Italian barber ran .amuck with
shotgun, and after shooting and seriously
Noundlng John B. Geston, farmer, was
captured and shot to death by angry
citizens. The man was evidently insane.
The Italian formerly kept barber shop.
but disappeared about two years ago. he
was not seen again until the day OF the
tragedy, when John M. Gelscn went to his
barn to feed his livestock and was met by
the Italian, who hourished shotgun and
refused to let him enter the barn. The man,
however, left the place and went to the
home OF DR.. NJ. W. Plumstead, Uhero he
was found by Constable A. s. Bugbee
The Italian attempted to shoot the con-
stable, but his gun missed fire, and he then
tried to escape.
By this time the village was aroused and
dozen or more armed farmers. headed by
Constable Bugbee, started in pursuit.
John B. Gelston, sixty years old, father OF
John NJ. Gelston, was In advance OF the
party, and he suddenly came upon the
Italian Just across the road from the
Gelston farmhouse. The insane man
turned Oh Gels:on and shot him in the
head.
The posse OF citizens then arrived and
fired a volley into the manlac's body, kill.
ing him instantly.
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During the vacancy of the Holy See
affairs are administered by the Car
dinal Camerlengo, assisted by the
Lord Louis Oreglia di Santo Stefauo,
First Cardinal Bishop, Dean of the
Sacred College and Bishop of Ostia
and Valletri; by the Lord N1iccislas
Ledochowski, First Cardinal Priest,
and by the Lord Theodolphus Mertel,
First Cardinal Deacon.
The conclave must assemble ten
days after the death Of the Pope. The
cardinals go in procession, two and
two, according to their rank, SUR
rounded by the Swiss Guard and
singing "Veni Creator Spiritus, to
take possession of the cells assigned
to each by lot.
These cells are erected in nall of
the Vatican communicating with the
Sistine Chapel. They are mere frame
works of wood hung with fringed cur
tains. Five are green in hue, because
their occupants were created by Plus
TX. The drapery of fifty-two will be
of violet, because their occupants are
creations of Leo XIII.
On one side of each cell is cur
tanned doorway over which the car
dinal's armorials are shown, and
higher still is a little swinging win
dow. Each cardinal has a bed, o
table and chair.
Having viewed their quarters, the
cardinals 60 to the Pauline Chapel,
where bulls concerning the election of
Pope are read. To these the Car
dinal Dean exhorts the conclave to
conform.
Then all may go and dine at home
in comfort for the last time ui1::! =! p
new Pope begins to reign, but their
Eminences are bound to return to the
Vatican before p. m. on pain of en-
trance being barred.
Three hours after sunset doors are
shut and walled up on the inside with
masonry. Guards on the outside
watch every avenue.
One door is not walled up, in case
some cardinal or conclayist must
needs retire because of illness. Such
may not return. There is lock on
each side of this door. The outside
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lain draws the Fisherman's Ring of
massive gold, worth hundred golden
crowns, and, having broken it up,
divides the fragments among the six
Masters Of Ceremonies.
The Apostolic Datary and his secre-
taries carry all the other seals to the
Cardinal Camerlengo, who breaks
them also in the presence of the Audi
tor, the Treasurer and the Apostolic
Clerks. No other Cardinals may as
sist at this function.
The pontifcal nephews aud the
Cardinal Patron must quit the Palace
now. The Cardinal Camerlengo takes
possession in the name OF the Apos-
tolic Chamber, making an inventory
of what furniture has survived the
spoliation.
Twelve penitentiaries of st. Peter 5
Church with chaplsins see the body
shaved and embalmed with new per-
fumes. They vest it in the poEtifical
habits, crown it with a mitre and
place chalice in the hands.
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key is with the Prince Savelli. Heredi-
tary Marshal of the Church. The
Cardinal Camerlengo holds the inside
key.
The Sistine Chapel has been furn-
ished for the conclave. On both sides
thrones are set, having canopies which
can be let down by pulling on a cord.
On long table before the altar are
silver basins full of voting papers.
These are blank. On the altar are
two great chalices Of gold with patens.
Here is also the oath which every
Cardinal must swear before he records
his vote.
Blank voting papers are handed to
the Cardinals. Each voting paper
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WHEN A POPE DIES.
The Curious Ceremonies That Follow His Decease and the
Way Successor is Elected.


Once again tie occupant OF the Vat
ican at Rome has become an object Of
acute interest to the civilized world.
When the news of Leo NILS sud-
den illness was cir rculated recently. it
was believed that his great age and
feebleness would make it extremely
doubtful whether he could undergo
the operation which his physicians de-
cided to be necessary. His illness re-
suited from tumor on the thigh. of
thirty years growth, the e1cision OF
which he bore with much fortitude.
His physical condition, however, was
such that the slightest indisposition
could only have serious result. and
the princes Of the Roman Church
realized the fact that the day was not
far distant when another Pontiff must
be chosen to the throne of the Papacy.
This is the story of the death of
Pope, of the Conclave which follows
and of the election Of new Pope, as
told by the New York World and IL
lustrated by pictures taken from
Harper's Weekly:
When he is in his agony his nephews
and his servants will remove what fur
niture they choo: from the palace OF
the Vatican.
When the doctors certify His Holi-
ness to have ceased to live in this
world the Cardinal Camerlengo, robed
in violet. and the Clerks Of the Cham
ber, robed in black, will approach the
corpse and, tapping him three times
on the forehead with silver mallet,
they will invoke the dead Pope by the
name by which his mother called him
in his boyhood: "Gioacchlno! Gioac-
chinol Gioacchinor'
If no sign of life be given after this
strange summons the Apostolic Pro
thonotaries draw up the Act Of Death.
From the lifeless finger the Chamber
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Ever since Justice Fields retirement
rom the Supreme Court Bench on Decem-
ser l, 1897, he had enjoyed comparatively
good health and, being relieved from tho
res responsibilities which he had borne for so
many years, he became more cheerful than
formerly. and seemed to enjoy the society
II bis friends and acquaIntances more than
aver before. All the winter, when the
weather was fair, 1t was his custom to take
daily drives about the city or through the
grounds OF the Soldiers Home.
About two weeks ago, however, he took
llonger drive than usual In On open ca-.
:iage, and contracted severe cold, which
:apldly developed the kidney troubles from
which he had suffered, though slightly, for
,ome time. The disease readily yielded to
:reatment, but on tho day before his death
/ change for the worse took place.
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An Ever Deepening Reality.

Tho work OF Christ within and upon the
redeemed soul is amending. The study OF
Christ is exhaustless: we never graduate
from the school OF our divine Teacher.
Nearly thirty years after Pauls conver ON
after all those years Of intense and her
culean toll and thought-his most passion
ate desire was that he might know the
Christ. One of the women OF BrowninS's
poetry went through the daysyw with her
Eyes upturned,
As if life were one long and sweet surprise. w
Such the Christ-life ever is to the disciple
who walks with expectant eyes upon his
Master. Christ is ever new to the Christian
whose vision Of the Lord is not obscured by
the shadow of his own selflshness. The
grace Of the Lord is ever mightier to the
arms Of faith: His beauty grows evcrmore-
respendent to the pure heart; His salvation
is an ever-ticepenng reality to the obedtent-
The discovery and revelation of Christ is
the business of lfe--is the worth of life; it
is an unending occupation.-G. D. Heron.
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The great bell of the Capitol, which
only sounds when the Pope is dead,
knells increasingly.
After four and twenty hours the
penitentiaries and the chaplains bear
the corpse upon an open bier to st.
Peters Church. Canons meet them.
The ordinary prayers for one dead are
chanted.
The dead Pope lies in state on a
lofty catafalque, where many tapers
burn in the Chapel of the Holy
Trinity. g,
After three days the corpse is Tapped
in lead. Two and fifty Cardinals of
the dead Pope's creation will put III
gold and silver medals. having the
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The Labor World.

y. Y, affecting about thousand men, Is
In progress.
Tho Carpenters Union OF Chicago has
raised the scale from 37lE cents to 42H
cents an hour.
Employes' wages OF the Tyler Tube and
Pine COMPANY, Washington, Penn, have
been increased ten per cent.
The Otis Steel Company, Cleveland, Ohio,
will advance the wages OF about GOO OF its
employees five per cent. on May /. The in.
crease Is made voluntarily.
The strike OF tho velvet weavers OF Gre
field, Germany, which commenced In Janu-
ary, has been adjusted by slight increase
In the wages Of the employees. -----
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is Ostia's and Velletri's Bishop, fol
lowed by other Eminences in theil
order, kneels to adore His Holiness,
kissing the cross upon his shoe, the
ring upon his hand, whereat the
Sovereign Pontiff makes the kneeler
rise and accords the Kiss of Peace on
both cheeks.
Then the. master mason breaks open
the walled-up door. The First Cardi-
nal Deacon, the Lord Theodolphus
Mertel, goes to the balcony of st:
Peters and to the city and the world
procIaims "I announce to you great
Joy. We have Pope
The papal benediction is impaired
and the Pope is borne away by the
twelve porters, clad in scarlet, to his
private chamber.
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GODS MESSAGE 10 MAN!
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST eaaPHETS.

Winning the Victory - The Light Of ths
World - Keeping Up the Fight An
Ever Deepening Reality - A Prayer
for Faith-Confession and Prayer. =
II the days brief pain and passing care
Have seemed too much and 800 hard to BEAR
II under its trivial press and:snart,
Thou hast failed in temper antl lost in hearts
II the undiscouraged, journeying sun,
AS it sinks to its rest with its travail done,
Leaves thee all spent with tlouble and sor-
row.
How shalt thou face the harder tomorrow
II the things familiar daunt thoe so.
How shalt thou deal with an unknown woer
II conquered by every passing dole,
How build the sinews OF thy soul?
To stand and shiver on the brink
OF each recurrent task, and shrink,
Will never harden thee to abide
The waves Of the turbulent Jordan tide.
Never a river but brims and fills
BY the aid OF numberless slender rills
Never strength but has grown and fed
With the force OF weakness conquered;
Never day but is ruled and shaped
By the power OF a yesterday escaped;
And never human soul that grew
By single resolve to its stature true.
Winter makes ready for the spring
BY months OF struggle and suffering;
And the victory won from the mortal strife
strengthens the fibre and pulse OF life.
How il the earth. in its chill despair,
Felt that the fight we're too hard to bear2
Where were the bloom and the vintage
then?
Where were the harvest for hungering men3
So, if the Now seem cruel and hard.
Endure 1t with thoughts OF the Afterwards;
And be sure that each task that Is clearly
set
Is to brace thee for other tasks harder yet
Train the stout muscles OF thy will
In the daily grapple with daily Ill,
Till, strong to wrestle and firm to abide,
Thou shalt smile at the turbulent Jordan.
tide.
Susan Coolidge, 10 lions Herald
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effigy of their benefactor on one side
and some notable act of his upon the
other.
The leaden coffin is placed inside a
casket covered with cypress wood and
walled up in some part of the Baslllca.
If the Holy Father shall have chosen
his place of sepulchre, either when
living or by his will, the translation
of his remains must not take place
until at least one year shall have
elapsed, except vast sum OF money
be paid to the Chapter of st. Peters
Church.
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PaIere WSlki'h ltcltCS.

Paderewski lives in house that is
a yeritable museum of musical relics.
Articles that have belonged to all the
gr.at composers are everywhere; and
the faces of their departed owners
gaze upon you from the walls. Flow
ers there are in profusion, for admir-
ers send to the famous pianist great
punches daily. The whole of the wall
in one room is occupied by the enor'
nous laurel wreath presented to him
at Leipsic.
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A PRAYER for Faith.

Almighty God. help us. We pray thee. to
walk by faith. not by sight, and to endure as
seeing the invisible. Help US to honor Jesus
Christ with our deepest trust. to put our
selves into his holy keeping and to draw
our inspiration from his infinite love. We
would have our conversation in heaven we
would live away from earth; we would drink
OF the river of thy delights. We bless
thee for the rewards OF faith which we have
already enjoyed, for our dominion over time
and for our mastery over the flesh. We
would still further know the blessedness OF
faith in thee and in Jesus Christ We would
never doubt thee. In the darkness we would
hold thy hand. in the light We would see
thy face, in the storm We would hear thy
voice, and in all things would see proofs OF
thy wisdom and care. Amen.
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STEPHEN J FIELD DEAD
Former Justics Of tho Supreme Court
Expires at Washington.
The Last But One OF the. Famous Fou
Brothers OF tho Fleld Family
Rls Honorable Career.

WASHINGTON, D. C. (SpeclaD. Justice
Stephen J. Field, Of the United States su'
preme Court (retirsd), died from kidney
complications ut his home on Capitol Hill
u this city at $50 o'clock Sunday evening.
At his bedside were his wife and her sister,
Mrs. J. Condit-Smith; Justice David J.
Brewer, his nephew; Mrs. Edgerton, OF
California; Mr.. Linton, his private secre.
tary; the Rev. Edward NJ. Mott, rector oil
the Church OF the Advent, and the family
servants
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BRITAIN BEATEN AT HOME.
The Feeling Regarding the Awarding Of
Contracts to American Firms.

The Feeling Regarding the Awarding OF
Contracts to American Firms.
LONDON (By Cable. ).-America' success.
full competition in the industrial market,
where she Is beating the British on their
own ground, is undoubtedly causing deep
concern end heartburnings In British
engineering circles. The acrimonious
protests OF English firms respecting the
awarding OF the Atbara Bridge contract to
a Philadelphia firm brought out clearly
this feeling, and the attempts to explain
American success by the glut OF work here
do not harmon with tue complaints
from English firms who have not received
orders which have been sent to America.
The fact is that industrial circles here
recognize that these contracts mean more
than mere evanescent competition, as IN
the case OF American engines; the railroad
authorities here have conceived the high
est opinion OF American work. This Is
borne out by the statement OF Manager
Smell, OF the locomotive department OF the
Great Northern Railway, which recently
ordered engines from America. He said:
"Apart from the fact that American
builders are able to make more speedy dc.
livery than the English there is no doubt
whatever that American engines are .ot
the highest excellence, and their present
features and improvements are OF sucn
utility as to attract the custom OF English
compunies."
The Daily Mail, taking up the question,
urges system OF proat-sharing. with the
introduction OF the newest and best ma
chinery, as the method whereby America
can be fought and worsted," though the
paper adds: 1--WE must own that the nation
is In some degree suffering from the lack
Of strenuousness both In employers and
employed"
The secretary OF the Engineers Society
makes statements which bear out the I'M
preston that considerable apprehension ts
felt here at the prospect OF an American In.
dustrial invasion. He said: "We certainly
regret the transfer OF work essentially be-
longing to our mark et, and 1t would be affect.
alton to deny that there Is indignation and
much comment on the state OF affairs. We
hope it will prove only temporary trans
fer, but you know the danger"
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Shot and Killed by Farmers.

TOLEDO, Ohio (SpeciaD. Martin Fur.
nival, resident OF East Toledo. was
shot to death by posse OF enragod
farmers living near Monclova, this coun.
ty, where chicken thievfng has Of late
been reduced to q science. Three broth
ers, well-to- do farmers, John, Henry and
Philip Halzfelt, gave themselves up 20 the
Sheriff and were brought to Toledo. While
they deplore tie killing they say patience
has ceased to be virtue, us the farmers
for miles around have been robbed nightly
until they ale desperate.
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Caught Disease by ReadinG of 1t.

As the result of reading sensational
story about cerebro spinal meningitis, Berba
Schreber, OF st. Louis, Mo-, was made dan
Gerous,y i'll Mt her homo OF that disease.
physicians. Here Is what is known in the
medical world as q case OF sympathetic
contaglon. She is attended by three physi-
clans, who declare the case the most pecu-
liar, although similar cases have been
chronicled In the medical records.
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The Highest Mountain Peak In Mckee,

Professor Angelo Heilprln, OF the Phi!a-
dalnhia Academy Of National Science, VINO
Is now In Mexico, has completed his caicu,
lations Of the heights Of the Ave principal
volcanic mountain peaks in Mexico. me
results of his measurement are rs folloWsz
Orizaba, as measured by the elcros tables
1906 feet; Popocnsepetl, II, ,523 feet; Iztacf;
cihuutl, I6, $50 feet; Nevada de Toluca.
14,954 feet. -