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U0 1olnness is prorlrtW Z mtae I-ej that now is, as well as that for which is to come. But, my friends, do not put so much emphasis on worldly success as to let your eternal affairs go at loose ends. I have nothing to say against money. The more money you get the better, if it comes honestly and goes usefully. For the lack of it, sickbnss dies with out medicine, and hung..r finds its cof fin in an empty bread tray, and naked ness shivers for clothes and fire. All this canting tirade against money as though it had no practical use, when I hear a man indulge in it, makes me think the best lleav en for him would be an everlasting poor house! No, there is a practical; use in money; but while we admit that, we must also admit that it can not satisfy the soul, that it can not pay for our ferriage across the Jordan of death, that it can not unlock the gate of Heaven for our immortal soul Yet there are men who act as though packs of bonds and mortgag- could be traded off for a mansion i:: I,-aven, and as though gold were a kg:1 tender in, that land where it is so -.ommon that they make pavements out of it. Sal vation by Christ is the only salvation. Treasures in Heaven arc the only incorruptible treasures. 11 ave you ever ciphered out that sum i;: l:,ss and gain, "What shall it profit a :i:a if he gain the whole world and ic°,t his soul?" You may wear fine al:arcl now, but the winds of death will iatter it lilke rags. Homespun and , threadbare coat have sometimes bce-- the shadow of robes white in the blo.,d of the Lamb. So, there are men wh', =,, on in life a fine voyage they are nmak'ing out of it. All is well, till some (.uroolydon of business disaster, comes n pon them, and they go down. The lb, tom of this commercial sea is strewn; with the shat tered hulks. But, beca:i . your prop ertycgoes, shall your s jal go? O, no! there is coming a more stupendous ship wreck after awhile. T'::is world--God launched it 6,000 years ago, and it is sailing on; but one day it will stagger at the cry of firel" and the timbers of the rocks will burn, and the mountains flame like masts, and the clouds like sails in the judgment hurricane. God will take a good nA.ny off the deck, and others out of the berths, where they are now sleeping in Jesus. How many shall go down? No one will know until it is announced in Heaven one day: "Shipwreck of a world! So many millions saved! So many millions drowned! Because your fortunes go, because your house goes, because all your earthly possessions go, do not let your soul go! May the Lord Almighty, through the blood of the everlasting oovenau t, save your yours. Here is a problem hard :, prove, Of that there is no doubt, W1hich takes less time--to fall in love; Or -when in love, fall out? Young White Baltimore Girl liRnr Away with a Negro. A singular elopement, with alleged hypnotism as its foundation, was dis closed before Magistrate Jermon at the central police station rhilaaelphia the other day. Joseph Daniels, a mniddle-aged col ored man with flowing Dundreary whiskcrs, had a hearing and was held without bail for trial for having eloped from Baltimore to Philadelphia with pretty Sallie Johnson, aged 15, a petite Baltimore girl, whom Daniels had em ployed in his oriole city music store. Sallie said at the hearing that Dan iels "had some influence over her which she could not explain," so she yielded when a week ago he told her to tell her mother he was about to give the girl a position in a new music store in Phila delphia. Thus the ill-mated pair eloped to the Quaker city-. They were quickly followed by Thomas J. Owens, of Baltimore, the ir's uncle, who has turned prosecutor. Dali is still under the dusky Dut Lreary's "Inuenece." however. oVop So Ilounteoine Growers A able to Handle It. Fruit growers in California, arei amazed at the extent of the apricot! crop. The quantity of the fruit com ing in is simply overwhelming, and it would seem that every tree in thoval ley had this year taken to bearing the luscious 'cot. The driers are unable to take care of the fruit coming in, and are forced to reject, much of it after it is picked. One man who could not dis pose of his apricots after they were picked iTumped two tons by the road side, and there are a nufnber of growers who will not attempt to harvest their, crops. Any losses sustained in this way, how ever, are due to the neglect of the grow-, ers to make preparations for handling the fruit in time. The associations are ba ling all the fruit of their mnem bers, and there are a number of driers at work with large forces of men, wom en and children. But it is impossible to secure enough help to handle the fruit. Calls for 100 cutters are posted in the post office, and probably 200 people could get employment to-day. The, are very few of the growers ,ho are prepared to handle their own fruit, and4 as a consequence those who are not in the associations are obliged to sell their' fruit or let it go to waste. One effect of the glut of apricots will be to somewhat improve the quality of the dried fruit sent out, as some pains are being taken to discriminate as to the quality of the fruit to be rejected. It has been suggested that a large part of the fruit going to waste should be given to the poor people. But those people are at work in the driers for as p~ny hours per day as they choose tq work, and probably would prefer, b draw wages than to put in their time drying fruit for themselves. ANDREE AND HIS BALLOON. Selentists at Berlin Do Not Believe He Will Reach the Pole. The best scientific opinion in Berlin is not sanguine of the success of Herr Andree's undertaking to reach the porth pole by means of his airship. Further details have been received as to the circumstances under which the ascent was made from the island of Trolpsoe, in the midst of a strong wind, which4frequently blew ii strong gusts. The cook had carefully stowed in a small barrel the first dinner to be eaten aloft, and Herr Fraenkel took along a few bottles of beer for inathediate use, From the west side of the balloon waved the Swedish colors, side by side with a white silk flag adorned with a blue anchor, the gift of a woman friend of the aeronaut. Immediately under, the balloon was fastened diagonally a piece pf bamboo to which were attached sails like wings, which the aeronauts hoped to be able to manipulate from the car by means 1f ropes. Shortly before 2:30 (July 11) Andree was ready. Then the trio, Andree, Strlndberg and Fraenkel, standing in the car, sev ered the ropes holding the Balloon, while Andree counted: "One, two, three." The balloon rose majestically. All three waved their caps and shouted: "Greetings to all at home in Sweden." After the narrow escape from being driven against the rock in Swwingberg sound, the balloon was seen moving northward, exactly as Andree wished, over the flat. peninsula of Hollaender naes. It will probably be driven toward Greenland or the north coast of Amer ica. Naval Studies Are Completed. Six Moroccan students, who have completed their studies at the Italian naval academy, have been sent back to their country on the warship Lepanto. Ilorseless Vehlele in Parts. 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