: SUNDAY StRTO : 5 g J A SchoUrlr Dioour &r J J Dan H. M.r1yn Ham. 3 lllllNMNNinimiMMi Denver, Cot. Dean IT. Mnrtyn Hurt, of the St. John's Cathedral, recently preached a sermon on "Tithing the Divine Solution of the Soclnl Prob lem," The text was from Matthew 111:21: "Render, therefore, unto Caesar the thing which are Caesar's and unto God the thing which are Ood's." Dean Hart said: "It surely was no Just argument that . because the head of Caesar was upon the coin it therefore belonged to him and ought to be returned to the Im perial treasury, any more than be cause the effigy of the king Is struck upon the Kngllsh sovereign that there fore all sovereigns are Ills property. "you will notice that the Lord bad Bald, 'Show me the tribute money.' A bystander offered the coin, which lay In the extended palm of the Iord's hand. The Jews have ever been the most precocious of money dealers. Had the Romans permitted them to pay their taxes In all manner of coins, great would have been the loss to the exchequer; therefore a coin was struck, and there are still some of them to be seen, In which alone It was lar to pay the tax. This coin had to be purchased from the publican of the district, who looked after his own Interests. The 'tribute money' went to Rome, t the Imperial treasury. "The man who had produced the coin had already acknowledged his liability and had provided himself with the uieans of liquidating it. The coin was only of use for the one purpose; that one thing was the payment of the tribute. The questioner had answered himself. 'Fulfill your obligation,' said the Lord, 'and render unto Caesar the things that be Caesar's, and do not forget that the power of Caesar Is only the representative of the higher power by whom kings reign, and if you admit the authority of the servant by so much more should you recognize the authority of the Master; render, there fore, unto Ood the things that are God's.' What, then, are 'the things of God' which we are required to ren der uuto Him? "If the context requires that the parallel shall be continued, and It Is in a sum of money that the answer must be given, then the only reply can be that one-tenth of every man's income is 'u thing of God.' Now what evi dence have we that this Is so and what is the purpose of the law? "The ultimate appeal as to what is truth must be the opinion of the race. If the opinion of all men could be taken as to the truth or falsity of any proposition, that would be a tinal de termination. When anybody is in doubt of n legal or medical question, the only solution of the doubt is an ap peal to men of the legal or medical professions. 'Counsel's opinion' is taken, or the sufferer goes to a doctor. If it were possible to extend this natural instinct to the limits of hu manity nnd upon any question of grave import the opinion of nil men could be ascertained, then that expres sion would be as nearly truth as it is possible for us men to arrive at. "The Llncolnlan canon is as sure a rule as the most firmly established axiom. 'You cannot fool nil the peo ple all tho time.' There are, at least, double the number of Bibles in the world as there are all other books put together. If the list of the libraries in the world be taken out of an en cyclopedia and the number of their volumes added. It will be found that in all the libraries which possess over 100,000 volumes there are 80,000,000 books, and if we allow that there are as many books In household libraries as In these great public collections, which is making a liberal estimate, we may safely conclude that there are not more than 100,000,000 secular books In the world. But during the last century the leading Bible societies of Europe and America put out more than 200,000,000 Bibles, in 3B0 differ ent languages. The British and For eign Bible Society turns out of its presses seven Bibles, or parts of the Bible, every minute, duy and night. It is, therefore, the opinion of the race that this Book is 'the most valuable tiling In the world,' as the Archbishop of Canterbury describes it, as he hand ed a copy to the new-crowned king. "The opinion of the race is that the Bible is a book of truth; that it is what it professes to be the revelation of the heavenly Father to the children of men. Now If this be the case, It would be strange indeed if this com munication from outside our life did not instruct us as to the great desider ata of every Individual. Let any one ask himself what would make him p&fectiy happy and content in this present state of existence. "The reply would be; First,' to have a conscience void of offense; next, to have no fear of death, but n looking forward to n glory to be revealed; and finally, to be removed from any anxiety as to the necessities of living. As we Bhould expect, the answers to these essential requirements of life are given on the very first pago of human history. "In the dramatic story of Cain and Abel tho three provisions for satisfy ing these three fundamental wants are plainly stated. Theso two broth ers came together on the same day, at the same time, to the same place, for the same purpose; there were two altars and each brought material for acrlf.ee. "The essential truth of sacrifice, de spite the Immense ingenuity which bag been employed to expluin it away, remains stamped upon It. Millions of Intelligent men have brought an inno cent victim to an altar erected to tho unseen but recognised God. Putting their hands on the head of the victim, they confessed the sins which lay a burden on their conscience; they thus killed the sacrificial animal; they burnt part of it and ate tho rest of It. It would be an insult to the Intelli gence of mankind to admit that all the generations of men should, one after another, perform sacrifice in practical ly the same way, and mean nothing by it. The meaning of ita ritual is written large upon its surface. No sensible man could for a moment be lieve that the wrongs he had done, and which he regretted and would undo If he could, and was prepared to make what atonement for he was able he could transfer to a dumb animal by putting his hands on It head and con fesslng his sins. That Innocent ani mal represented some other Being, who 'could bear the sins of the world.' The only nation of theologians the .world has ever produced kept dear the original revelation. They knew there was a Lamb of God tnat tukelh away the sin of the world.' "That God requires of men a tenth ef their income, as a tux for the gen ral purposes of the commonweal, and Issued this law as one of the fumla tnental rules for the guidance of hu man society, is evldont from the fact of Its wide observance by ancient na tions. One instance must suffice. In Plutarch's life of the Dictator Camil. Ins, it is recorded that after the taking of the Etruscan City of Veil, the augurs reported from their inspection of the sacrifices, that the gods were outraged. An Inquiry was Instituted and it was ascertained that the sol diers who bad been concerned in the sacking of the city had neglected to dedicate the accustomed tenth to the gods. The senate decreed that the victorious legions should make restitu tion nnd that a cup of gold of eight talents weight should be sent as a trespass offering to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. "The Roman ladles brought, of their own free will, such - liberal gifts of jewels and gold that the Senate, to honor them, decreed that funeral ora tions might be made at the obsequies of women, which hitherto had only been permitted over eminent public men. This extraordinary episode proves how rarely it happened that tithes were not paid and how grievous was the sin of omitting their payment. The further history of this incident also proves that the payment of tithes was a world wide institution and car ried with it a saeredness which can (only be accounted for by admitting fthat It was a primitive and universally recognized law of Ood. . "Three senators of high rank were appointed to carry the restored tithe, with the trespass offering, to Delphos. On its way the embassy was taken by the Llparlans, who were then at war with Rome. But when the governor of the city understood that the rich booty was tithe on Its way to Delphos, he not only liberated the Romans, but sent a squadron of his own fleet to convoy them safely on their way. "This dedication at a tenth, for the common purposes of the community, could only have been devised by a mind which thoroughly understood the whole problem of the needs of .human society. If it were honestly practiced it would be found Just enough to alle viate all social pressure and It is not a little to be wondered at, that the public eye should be blinded to such an exceedingly simple and easily ex ecuted law, which could readily bo "enacted and as readily executed. Sup pose that every citizen comprehended the effectiveness of the law of tithe nnd voted that it should be constituted a national income tax, what would be the result? "Consider' the absolute impossibility of legislating ngalnst trusts or com binations of capital. Legislation against the natural processes of trade can never be a success. The money getting proclivity is an element in the character of men, which, like other characteristics, varies In different peo ple. Those In whom it is largely de veloped will accumulate money natur ally. -If all the wealth of the com munity were evenly distributed among its Individuals It would, in the course of a few years, go back again into the hands of those who possessed the apti tude of making money. The law of God would tax this capability for the benefit of those who do not possess It, and for those who by various disabil ities gravitate below the line of com fortable living. "The taxation of a tenth will be found to be that exact fraction which everybody can subscribe without dis tress, and exactly that sum which will maintain those who from various causes are unable to maintain them selves. All communities have about the same proportionate composition, and the example afforded by this city of Denver will be applicable to any other city mutatis mutandis. "This city is composed of about thir ty thousand houses. It will be readily conceded that for living purposes each, house must represent u yearly Income of $1000. So that the minimum Income of this city is $30,000,000. The actual Income is probably twice that amount. But see the effect of tithing this mini mum $30,000,000. The tithe would be $3,000,000. Now, by actual reckoning, it Is found that the Income of the U.'j churches, thut Is, oil moneys gathered for all purposes from the people wor shiping In them, amounts to leas than $300,000. Last year the incomes of the five largest denominations were: The Presbyterians, $30,000; the Episcopa lians. $48,000; the Congregatlonallsts, $34,000; the Baptists, $31,000, and the Methodists, $21,000. So that $250,000 will represent the religious Income of this community. The County Commis sioners expended on relief $Sli,000, The fo:ir hospitals did not spend In charitable work $50,(HiO. The other so cieties which exist for eleemosynary purposes, together with nil the private charity of the city, will have their ex penditures well covered by $114,000. So that $500,000 represents the relig ious nnd charitable cost to u city of 103,000 people, of maintaining Its churches, hospitals and eharitnble so cieties. The public school system, which Is remarkably elllcieut, cost $4i,0O0. Thus, for all sorts of charit able relief, nil sorts of religious effort and for public education the city of Denver spent $1,000,000. If tithing werw m force the tithe commissioners would have, nt tho least, $3,000,000 at their disposal that means to say that the churches might all be free, the hospitals wide open and well equipped; public laundries might relieve the women of the work ing classes; their food might bo cooked at the public kitchens; every man ton old to work might be pensioned; the streets might be gardens, where all such pensioners might have easy labor. and every reasonable cause for dlacon- tent might be removed. Let the people demand that an In come tax of a tenth shall be a national levy. The English pay Income tax. why should not Amerlcuns? The Mor mons pay tithe, and they have no poor and no discontent, so far as the matter of living Is concerned. It Is tho law of God, wonderful, simple and completely effective, whereby all social disabilities may be removed, , Facts About Far Alaska. Do you know that Nome, Alaska, Is J00 miles west of Honolulu? Do you know that Alaska has almost two and a half times as much coast line as the rest of the United States? ' The panhandle of Alaska Includes 1,000 miles of inland sea, protected oy a range of islands. The Yukon carries as much water is the Mississippi. It rises within thirty miles of the Pacific and travels J'OOO miles to the Behrlng sea. The mouth of the Ukon is ninety miles wide. As In the Amazon's mouth, you may ascend it on a clear day and see no Bhore. From Cape Prince of Wales, Amer ican soli, you can see Asia across only thirty-two miles of the Behrlng (trait. Seven railways are In operation or being constructed. The most famous Is the Skagway-Tkon cohnectlna link of 140 miles. Alaska's canned salmon output I estimated this year at 110,000,000. One-sixth of the members -cf Camp Nome, Arctic Brotherhood, are col lege graduates. THE . SUNDAY , SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR OCTOBER 22. Subject: Kebnlltllnc the Taraple, Kir III., 10 to lv., 5 Golden Tut, I. Cor. III., 17 Memory Varies, 10, 11 Coin, mentarr on the Day's Unon, 1. The foundation of the temple laid (vs. 1013). 10. "The builders." Jes hua and Zerubbabel as managers, with the people as workmen. The people did all they could during the winter in making preparations for building the temple, for great labor must have been required in clearing the ground for the foundation as well as in providing ma terials. In a little more than a year after they left Babylon, Zerubbabel and Jeshua having nppointed the priests and the Levltes to attend to their courses, laid the foundation. The Jeshua of verse 9 Is not the high pries'; of verse 2. but another a Levite mentioned in chapter 2:40. "Priests in their apparel." The elegant and beautiful ortlelol robes used by the priests in their celebrations, especially . the blue and scarlet nnd purple robes with gold and gems of the high priests and others, described In Exodus 30. Priesthood was an ordinance peculiar to Israel. "With trumpets." For sum moning assembles and joyful an nouncements. "The Levltes." God chose the descendants of Levi for the service of Ills tabernacle and temple. In the wilderness they encamped around it as guardians, and in moving conveyed It from place to place. 11. "They sang together by course." Sang alternately, or responslvely ; one party saying, "The Lord is good," and the other responding, "For His mercy endureth forever." "All the people shouted." "Those who had known only the misery of having no temple at all praised the Lord with shouts of Joy when they saw the foundation laid, for to them this was ns life from the dead." 12. ".Many ancient men wept." To them It was the day of small things (Zech. 4:10). The new house, In comparison with the oid one, was "as nothing" (Hag. 2:31. The temple would not be overlaid with gold, 03 Solomon's, nor surrounded with such magnificent buildings. The nrk, the tables, the mercy seat were lost. No visible glory would appear In the holy place. There were no an swers by Urim nnd Tbummim. There was no fire from heaven. 13. "Could not discern." This mixture of sorrow nnd Joy Is a representation of this world; some are bathing in rivers of Joy. while others are drowned In floods of tears. -II. A tempting offer (vs. 1, 2). 1. "The adversaries." These were the Samaritans and different nations with which the kings of Assyria had peo pled the land of Israel when they had carried the original Inhabitants away into captivity. See verse 9. Doubt less they were envious of the favor shown them by Cyrus, the king of Persia. The worst enemies Judah and Benjamin' hnd were those that said they were Jews and wero not (Rev. 3:0). 2. "Let us build with you." This people no doubt were desirous of par taking of tho privileges granted to the Jews by the king of Persia. Hearing that the temple was being built they were aware that it -would be a fatal blow to their superstition, and there fore they set themselves to oppose it. But as they had not power to do It openly and by force they endeavored to do it secretly and by cunning. They offered their services, that by this they might pry Into their counsels, find some matter of accusation against them, and thereby retard the work while they pretended to further It. "We seek your God." Tho religion of the Samaritans was a mixture of Idol atry, superstition and ignorance; far worse nt tills time than It was when our Lord Himself declared that they knew not what they worshiped. The Samaritans were neither Israelites by birth, nor yet true proslytes. "Since the doys of Esar-hnddon." King of Assyria and Babylon. Ho is the only Assyrian king who reigned at Babylon. History tells us that he took n large number of people from Palestine to dwell in Babylon, and placed n large number of Babylonians in Palestine In their place. Those Assyrian settlers intermarried with the remnant of Israelite women, nnd their descend ants, a mongrel race, went under tli name of Samaritans. III. A positive reply (v. 3). 3. "Ye have nothing to do with us." We can not acknowledge you ns worshipers of ,the true God, and cannot participate with you in anything that relates to His worship. No compromise meas ures could be considered. Zerubbabel nnd his associates saw that to enter into nn alliance with these semi-heathen would mean tho breaking down of the Jewish Institutions nnd a relapse Into h'.oiatry. "Wo will build." Thus was a Brent peril averted. They saved a nation, for the time, at any rate, from tho danger of having their religion corrupted and adulterated by intermixture with a form of belief and practice which was altogether of an inferior type. IV. The work delayed (vs. 4, 5). 4. "Weakened the hands." This opposi tion is supposed to have begun soon after the foundation was laid. During the remainder of tho reign of Cyrus, about five years, they did not openly oppose a work he hnd commanded, but discouraged the people and perhaps In tercepted their materials for building, nnd by bribing counselors to oppose their application to the ministers of Cyrus for supplies or protection they greatly obstructed the design. This would be more easily dono, as it is probnblo that Daniel died ubout this time (Dan. :25-2S. !5. "Until the reign of Darius." .This king began to reign B. C. r22. Permls sion was given to complete tho build ing lu B. C. 520. War Armament. The Brodorlck cap, a German Im portation, adopted only after endless discussion, Including a parliamentary debate, was discarded almost Imme diately with a loss of more than half n million dollars to the govsr.i ment. At least one suicide may bo directly traced to the controversy. Even more costly has been the change In rifles, more than $1,600,000 having been wasted In the adoption and discarding of various arms upon the mere question ,of the proper length of the barrel. New Material for Paper. Samples of the papaya, or Mexican pawpaw, have been sent to American paper makers to bo tested for its adaptability for the manufacture of high gT3'l''S of paper. To judge from Its appearance, it seems probable that no decorticating machinery would be require in Its treatmeut, as the fibrous . material Is devoid of woody elements to oil appearanoos. OCTOBER TWENTY-SECOND. Sacred 8ongs That Hive Helpsd. Eph. 6:13-20; Col. 3:13-17. In o::r songs we are to "speak one to another"; we are not to think set' flshly of ourselves. If a hymn Is to help us or any on eise, ic must come irom deeper than the Hp3, it must make melody in our hearts. The more of Ood's grace we havet In our hearts, the more helpfulness will there be upon our lips, whatever we say or sing. If our singing is to be "In the nam of the Lord", it must not only be in a religious meeting, but in a religious spirit. Suggestive Thoughts. A hymn will help you most If you make it help some one else. A hymn should not be sung at all unless it Is part of the worship. Often we sing merely the tune, not the words. Try reading the words over carefully In concert before the hymn is sung. The more you know of the history of hymns, the more history will they make In your own lives. Hymns and Hymn-Writers. Probably the greatest of all hymns Is "Rbck of Ages," written more than a century and a quarter ago, and more helpful now than ever In its long history. "To the thoughts suggested In that song we may run as to a strong tower, and are safe." "Just as I am" was written by Charlotte Elliott, an Invalid and a very brilliant woman. Moody called It the most helpful of hymns. "There Is a green hill far away" was written by Mrs. C. F. Alexander, a most davoted worker among the poor. Miss Havergal knew Greek and Her brew, and wrote poems In Gorman as easily as English. "I gave my life for thee," she thought so Infwlor that she threw It Into the fire; but it fell out again. Mr. Sankey was attracted by "The ninety and nine," and cut the poem from a newspaper. At the close of an Impressive sermon by Moody on the Good Shepherd, Sankey sung the now famous hymn, hastily Improvising the music. "Nearer, my God, to Thee" takes on fresh meaning as we learn that Its author, Sarah Flower Adams, sung it with almost her last breath. H. G. Spafford was a lawyer who lost all his possessions In a panic, and henceforth devoted himself to re ligion. He wrote "When peace like a river" on hearing that his four daughters had been drowned and his wife left a hopeless Invalid from the shock. The Service of Song. Plan some special musical featur for each meeting. The society might well assist, In a body, the musical service of tha mid-week church prayer meeting and the Sunday-evening service. Many societies do much good bj conducting song services In hosplfr als and similar places. EPIfiTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22. Sacred Songs That Have Helped. Eph. 8. 15-20; Col. 3. 15-17. From the beginning the Christian church has tieou a singing church be cause It has been a happy, Joyful church. Singing and service have al ways been closely Joined. No past of the public service Is worthior of more attention than is this. No bet ter means of supplementing the stu dy of the Bible can be found than to study the hymns of the church. Com mit to memory the hymns. They will be a solace In many a dark and try ing hour. Music Is the'oldest and most natur al of fine arts. It began with the first "lullaby" of tho first mother. In the ancient Jewish church song had Its prominent part and place. In the apostolic church It was evldonce. Down through all the centuries It has been the service of song as much as of the sermon that has been hon ored of God. Nearly as many souls have been sung into the kingdom as have been preached in. Look a mo ment at tho matter of hymn and song. 1. The Christian Hymn Is the Highest Expression of Experience. Charles Wesley's hymns are largely biographic. Charlotte Elliott's "Just as I am" Is tho expression of an ex perience into which she had Just come. Cowper's personal history Is written in his "God moves In a mys terious way." Fanny Crosby has put her life Into the hymns she wrote. When ordinary words fall song gives expression to tho deeper emotions of the soul. 2. Tho Hymn Is a Means of Great Influence. Souls have been convert ed, wanderers reclaimed, and hearts uplifted more often by the singing of some hymn than by any others' way. Instances are numerous where the singing of well-known and familiar hymns has been attended by remark able results. On great occasions the hymn is the best expressions of the thought of the service. 3. The Hymn is an Expression of Doctrine. It has often been said that the hymnology of Methodism was her standard of doctrine. More than in our books of theology are found In our hymns our best expressions of doctrine and belief. The Insurance of a common hymnal for the church es North and South will be a com mon bond that will keep unified our doctrine and be a constant compeller of fraternity. All truo love :s proof of our rela tionship to Ood. Ood makes provision often by giv ing us provision. To the good man all lifo is the voice of Ood's love. Tho object of service is society rather than science. The servant of the Cross must not bo a cross servant. The man who has a right to boast doesn't have to. He only is ready to serve who is ready to sacrifice There era always doors open lo tba man who has his hat on. . The "hands up" sermon lifts no hearts. CM no cross: no crown y I sometimes think when life seems dresr, hen gloom and darkness gather here, When Hope's bright str forsakes my akiea, And sorrow o'er my pathway lies, It would be sweet it would be best. To fold fTl V tired hanrla arwl rt . But then, Ood sends an sngel down, Who whispers oft "No Cross, No v,rowni Last night I heard the river moan With sad and melancholy tone; I saw its waters glancing free And dashing onward to the sea. I would have plunged beneath its tide, And on its friendly bosom died, Bllt then, iitui aenfc the amrpl rlnwn vt 00 whispered still "Hi a Cross, No Crown!" Then I turned from the river shore, To seek the lonely world once more, With aching heart and burning head, To battle for a crust of bread! But Hunger came who knew me well, And fainting by the way I fell. But still the angel fluttered down, And, weeping, said "No Cross, Crown!" No "No Cross, No Crown!" As standing there. The cross too heavy seemed to bear; And for the crown I could not see That it was ever meant for me! The words I could not understand Even while I clasped the angel's hand; But still he looked with pity down. And stilt he said "No Cross, No Crown!" Back to the world I turned again, To court life's joys, to bear its pain; But all the sweetness that it gave, I followed, weeping, to the grave! And from the cold and quiet sod I lifted my pale hands to God, And saw the angel coming down. And in his hands a golden crown! Then did I laugh nt earthly loss. And, kneeling, lifted up the cross: Though all that once made life so sweet Slept 'neath the lilies at my ieet! A radiance from the realms of light Flashed for a moment on my sight, "A still, small voice" came fluttering down. The cross had then become the crown! F. L. Stanton. Living as With Children. Most of us show our best side to chil dren. We do so because we know that they do not believe us to have any jther side, and we shrink from disap pointing them, and from losing their good opinion. A child has not learued to look for deceit or unklndness or double dealing. Therefore grown peo ple who think at all nre more careful to be scrupulously truthful to children, and to keep to the letter their promises to children, than they are to older ones who, ns they know, will "make allowances." An unspoiled child docs not "make allowances'' tor evil. He knows no standard but the simple best. Occasionally a grown man or woman seems to have retained that unspoiled confidence in the best side of every one. And to such a man or woman we nil try to show our best; when we are with them we try to be our best. Suppose we nil lived with each other as with children! Would the world be better or worse for it? The kingdom of heaven has been said to be of such. Sunday-School Times. The Untsen Clinrint. I have not a shadow of doubt that If all our eyes could bo opened to-day we should see our homes, and our places of business, and the streets we tra verse, filled with the "chariots of God." There Is no need for any one of us to walk for the lack of chariots. That cross inmate of your household, who has hitherto made life a burden to you, and who has been the Jugger naut car to crush your soul Into the dust, may henceforth be a glorious chariot to carry you to the heights of heavenly patience and long suffering. That misundorstj:.dlng, that mortifica tion, that unklndness, that disappoint ment, that loss, that defeat all these are chariots waiting to carry to the very heights of victory you have so longed to reach. Mount Into them, then, with thankful hearts and loso sight of all second causes lu the shin ing of Ills love who will carry you in Ills arms safely and triumphantly over It all.-H. W. Smith. ffod Is Leading Vou. Let It' fill you with cheerfulness and exalted feeing that God is lending you on, girding you for a work, preparing you for a good that is worthy of His Divine magnificence. If God is really preparing us all to become that which Is the very highest and best thing pos sible, thoro ought never to be a dis couraged or uncheerful being lu the world. Horace Bushuell. Tha Trua Tast, The minister considering a call must be careful that money does not drown the cull of the Master, and the congre gation selecting the man must remem ber that a "trial sermon" moy either do the man on Injustice or may greatly overestimate him. The minister's past record in the church be has been serv ing is the best record of what the mnn is, for a "trlul sermon" tells nothing about the man as a pastor. Rev. De Witt M. Beuhuui. Presbyterian, Balti more. Fallh of tha Heart. It is as true that penitence, purity, humility, goodness, self-sacrifice, in the heart Is tho divlnest Joy and glory, as if all the treasures and splendors of the universe drew near and gathered around to pay It homage. The faith of the heart Is a stronger assurance than all the visions of the outwurd sense. Orvllle Dewey. Tha Christian Frlnolple. Christianity, practically applied, has the power radically to change the whole aspect of our social life, and to make social evolution peaceful and profitable to all. No economic princi ple can for a moment take rank in practical efficiency with the Chris tian principle of love to God and love to neighbor as to self. Philip Moxoiu. Never Out of Hind. God's servants may often be hidden, but they are never forgotten. To Preserve Autumn Leaves. ' For preserving the autumn leaves which will soon be so plentiful, press them for several days in a book, then dip them In hot paraffin and blow un til cool. Oy this method the colors may be preserved almost Indefinitely. V Toa L.U. Churcht-He's Just craiy to get his name In the newspapers! 4 Oothani Ob, well. I don't believe he can get uny position In the Equitable now! V T1IE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE; St. l.onN With tba ''Mil-' On-rmor Tha Ilia liar-Room Is tha t'lnit of Drnnk- nntiss, Disorder and Crlrrif Wtir Man of tha Oov. Folk Type Ara Needed. Th i "Ud" :s on In St. Louis, or. In otuer words, the xeeutlve authorities have enforced and are enforcing tho 8--.dny closing of saloons. There has been a tremendous out cry and bitter opposition, hut Gover nor Folk has never flinched. The "lid" is on. Some Interesting figures are given lu a recent Issue of the St. Louis De spatch, these figures being Illustrated by diagrams which forcibly present the facts brought out In the statistics. The Despatch says: "Four months have pnssed since Gov. Folk clapped the lid upon the saloons of St. Louis. In those four months of the Sunday closing law. the Governor's determination to enforce it, the sentiment of the people for and against the Sunday saloon, and the lid In its various phases ethical, morn), financial and sociological have been a burning entity In St. Louis, stirring the community to such feeling of resentment nnd Indorsement that It has overshadowed all other lo cally public questions. "The lid's argument Is the record of police arrests lu St. Louis through the period that the lid has been on. compared with the arrests mnde In this same period through three prior years. The figures nre those of the police. They are unprejudiced. "They show that during the period that the lid has been on the Sunday behavior of the city has greatly Im proved. Drunkenness on Sunday has decreased thirty-eight per cent. Dis turbances of the peace on Sunday have decreased thirteen per cent. As saults with intent to kill have de creased fifty per cent.. That Is. there have been fifty per cent, less arrests for assault with Intent to kill, thirty eight per cent, leso arrests for drunk enness and thirteen per cent, less arrests for disturbance of the peace lu the time that the lid nns been on than there were In these same four months of the three enrs previous to this, with th lid off. "This is the arithmetical side of the lid. It could not be presented before because the time has been insufficient to furnish n fair comparison. Four mouths Is time enough to make pos sible a very important and compre hensive test. The Sunday Post-Dispatch has gathered these statistics from the police, and now publish them for the first time." In commenting upon this the Mis souri Issue observes: "That these figures cover a period of four years, so that the test Is very ample. They cover three distinct lines of police court work, drunkenness, dis turbing the peace, and assault with In tent to kill. In some Instances three charges may be Involved In n single arrest, but In most cases the most serious chare is the one lodged ngalnst the individual arrested. But the lowest percentage of arrests con nected more or Ipss with the saloon, that of disturbing the ppace. is thir teen, which speaks volumes for the Sunday closing law." The Texas Advance makes a practi cal application of this lesson of law c-foreement. nnd says: "Tho question arises, if such nn Itn rr.ense improvement can be shown In a city like St. Louis, and In so brief a space of time, by the mere closing of saloons on Sundays, what would be the result if closed on evcrv day of th3 week, with officers behind the clos ing law who would enforce It to the letter? '"lhcrp Is a growing sentiment nil over the country In favor of n sti'Wer enforcement of law, and we bail with delight the time when n man who violates any law will be looked upon as he really Is an Anarchist. The country Is In deep need of more such men as Governor Folk has shown himself to be in this matter." If such tremendous Improvement resu'ts from Sunday closing, which is but a partial prohibition, how much greater would be the benefit were bar rooms to be abolished? There Is nothing in the St. Louis law to hinder men "loading up" ns late ns they please on Saturday night and taking their liquor home ta continue their debauch on Sunday, therefore, the decreaso shown In the figures tlven only represents a part of the crlms for which the bar-room is di rectly responsible. .One of the most distinct effects brought out in these statistics Is that the bar-room Itself Is the cause of drunkenness, disorder and crime, for tho simple closing of the bar-rooms prevents a great proportion of these offences against law and order. Close the bar-rooms for seven days lu the week nnd the result would bo even more striking. The Pioneer Tasnperance Notes. Town has one town controlled by the Prohibition party. It Is Prescott, near Creston. The three Prohibition party candidates for trustee were elected over their Democratic and Republican opponents. Eight ministers of Freeport, III., re cently raided twenty-flve saloons and gambling places In that city, and Inter swore out warrants for the arrest of twenty-five uieu, who wero fined f 150 and costs. Drink is the general cause of the un happy lives of most wives. It is the underlying factor thnt causes most of the desertions. When in his cups the man frequently abuses his wife, and she does not forget. Statement by Magistrate Moss lu tha Essex Market Court, New York. The duty of the army Is to defend the country and protect Its Interests. Can drunken soldiers or officers with maudlin brains be depended ou tor this? How emphatic the answer which history and the verdict of the best and ablest observers give to this question. Father T. J. Coffey, of the Roman Catholic Church, . declares: "The church that is not up lu arms against the liquor t rattle is iiot true to the in terests of the bavljur of mankind. There can be no compromise here." -leer and whisky are great primary causes of sunstroke. Associate Justice Charles C. Hnjsriy, of Muusachusetls, said rect-utly: "' could prove to you by the county and State records that tha 'direct Cost ol the liquor tin tno Is about live time at much us tha license tees received." The whole manufacture and ale of whisky Is based upon the lie that it .will be a benefit to those who use It. The English Coiigregatiouul Total Absliuence Association, pasted a res. HUlou coudciuuing the luunlclpalixa tlon of the sale of, alcohol. - Leave ulcoholtc drinks nloue. A res olutlou to that effect admit of uo pos sible liuulliK'utloa cr exception. C ommer ciat Review R. G. Dun 4 Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade" says: Favorable trade reports still predomi nate, and there is no anxiety regarding the future. Higher temperature checked rail distribution of heavy wearing sp parcl and other seasonable merchandise, but preparations for unprecedented Fall and Winter trade continue without di munition. Superlatives are needed in commenting on real estate transactions, building per mits, bank exchanges and railroad earn ings, and failure statistics for the third quarter show a very low commercial death rate. Quarterly records back to 1875 disclose no three-month period when the ratio of liabilities to solvent payments through the clearing houses was lower than the 62 cents to $1000 just recorded, while the average loss to each firm in business of .J 13.26 was less than In ny year except 1881.. Industrial activity increases, a large tonnage of new business asiuring full time at the steel mills still' further into next year. Footwear shop! shows much heavier shipment than in 1504. and the textile factories are well engeged. Better crop news weakened cotton and grain prices slightly, but there will be enormous profits to the growers even if quotations go still lower. Commercial failures this week in the United States are 103, against 240 last week, 206 the preceding week and 322 the corresponding week last year. Fail ures in Canada number 22, against 21 last week, 34 the preceding week and 3S last yeas. Rradstreet's reports that wheat, in cluding Hour, exports for the week are 1,072,642 bushels, against 2.064,932 last week, 1,103,928 this week last year, 2, 378,722 in 1903 and 5,645,779 in 1902. Corn exports for the week are 1,186, 388 bushels, against 1,212,092 last week, 632,811 a year ago, 1,101,1 18 in 1903 and 180,358 in 1902. WHOLESALE MARKETS. Baltimore. FLOUR Steady and un changed; receipts, 10,478 barrels; ex ports, 4,434 barrels. WHEAT Quiet and lower. Spot contract, 82!4'o.82)4 ; spot No. 2 red Western, 84 ; September, 2lisJi2i ; October, 8282 ; December, 85 8554; steamer No. 2 red, 75754 1 re ceipts, 3,382 bushels; exports, 48,000 bushels; Southern, by sample, 68!i8o; Southern, on grade, 781584. CORN Steady at decline. Spot, s&A 58!4; September, sS'AS&A; year, SO'AQsoHi January, 49lA49'A; Feb ruary, 494954 I March, 494954 ; May, 49tAA9'A; steamer mixed, 56j4s6j4 i receipts, 18,930 bushels; Southern white corn, 57(a6o; Southern yellow corn, 58 60. OATS Quiet. No. a white, 33V2 34; No. 3 white, 3A33: No. 2 mixed, 3232j4; receipts, 122,376 bushels; ex ports, 40,000 bushels. RYE Firm. No. 2 Western, 68 ex port; 7i(a72 domestic; receipts, 1,687 bushels. HAY Steady and unchanged. BUTTER Steady and unchanged. Fancy imitation, it20 fancy creamery, 3222'A i fancy ladle, l8!o;i9; store packed, I5(5;i6. EGGS Steady and unchanged, 21. CHEESE Steady and unchanged. Large, 12M I medium, 12 ; small, 13. SUGAR Steady and unchanged. Coarse granulated, 5.20; fine, 5.20. New York .WHEAT No. 2 red, 884 elevator; No. 2 red, f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, oi4 f. o. b. afloat; No. I Northern Manitoba, giyi i. o. b. afloat. CORN No. 2, 58 elevator and 59 f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 yellow, 60A ; No. 2 white, 6oJ4. Option market was quiet and easier, closing partly -c. net lower. Mav closed 40-A- CORN MEAL Easy. White and yel low, 1.25; coarse, i.12i.I4; kiln dried, 3-03- BUTTER Firm; receipts, 4,283; street price, extra creamery, 2(a2iA, Official price, creamery, common to ex tra, I7rt72i. CHEESE Quiet and unchanged; re ceipt?, 3,987. EGGS Steady and unchanged; re ceipts, 8,0x). POULTRY Alive, quiet; Western chickens, 12; fowls, 13; turkeys, 13. Dressed, quiet; Western chickens, 15; fowls, 14; turkeys, MiS. LARD Easy. Western, 7.60; refined, easy; continent, 7.85; South American, 8.75; compound, 3Vs(5M- COTTONSEED OIL Firmer. Prim yellow, 2bxA(si2. Livs Slock. New York. BEEVES Steers demor alized, lof'i 15c. lower; fully 25 cars un sold. Native steers, 375r(i5 '5: West ern, 350; stags, 375fi40o; cows, I.40 13.15. Liverpool and London cables quoted live cattle selling at iwgl2c Dressed weight; refrigerator beef lower at Sfiftoc. per pound. Chicago CATTLE Steady to 10c. higher. Beef steers, 2.00(0:5.25; stockers nnd feeder?, 2.io(fi,4.oo ; cows and can tiers, !.25('i'3.73; bulls, 220(0:3.70; heif ers, 2.10(114.20; calves, 2.00('i:7.25 . HOGS Market 5c. higher early, but advance lost. Shipping and selected, 5.6ufii5.8s; mixed and heavy packing, i-otyrt 5.57j; light, 5.3o5-7o; P8 and roughs, i.5oC!?5.6o. SHEEP Market weak to 10c lower. Sheep, 2.oo(55.lo; lambs, 4.oo7.6o. FACTS WORTH KKMEMBERINQ. Ether was first used in surgical oper ations in 1846. Horse racing in Italy is dead since the introduction of automobile speed con tests. The first attempt to illustrate news was made in 1607. It depicted a flood in Monmouthshire, England. The French government intends to make experiments in its Congo colony in the cultivation of a wild coffee tree discovered by the explorer, M. Cheva lier. , ... John Rando.'ph Cooke and Mary Elizabeth Cooke, of Scranton, Pa., are believed to be the oldest twins in Amer ica. They were born near Buffalo 80 years ago. Chili's exports of saltpeter in the fis cal year ended March 31, 1905, aggre gated 1,710,000 tons. Germany was the largest customer, followed by Great Britain, the United States and France, iti the order given. For the fiscal year ended March 20, 1904. the imports of Persia amounted to about $32,250,000 and the exports to $21,100,000. Rmsia and Great Britain . absorb three-fourths of Persia's foreign trade. The remaining fourth is prin cipally shared by France, Austria nnd Turkey. The United States participates onlv to the extent of about $533,000 in the' value, of. the imports of Persia. In one year this country turns out 1,51x1 books of fiction alone. Juliet's home is about to le nM w satisfy a mortgage ol $j,o ". ) t mistake was i i H"t R"ins a - ' ' '" lionise instead of rMiiwA
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers