THE PULPIT. AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BV THE REV. MERLE A. BREED. Thome: Realizing the Pattern. Lincoln, Neb. The Rev. Merle A. Breed, who recently entered upon the fifth year of his pastorate of the Con gregational Church at Montlcello, Iowa, occupied the pulpit of the First Congregational Church of this city Sulday morning He spoke from He brews 8:5: "See, salth he, that thou make all things according to the pat tern that was shewed thee In the mount," tnklng tho subject, "The Pattern In the Mount, the Building on the Plain." Mr. Dreed said In the course of his sermon: Our text, whlrh Is a quotation from Exodun IS: 40, sets before us a pic ture ns interesting us It li suggestive. The hosts of Israel have been waiting long before Mount Sinai. Their lead er, Moses, is hidden In the cloud capped, flro-rlven summit in com munion with Jehovah. While the people are waiting In the plain, he has gone forth to the mountain's tow ering peak to be with God, to hear H.'s will for them and f ir himself, and to bring down a divine pattern of a tabernacle for God's worship and the Uplifting of men's hearts and lives to heavenly things. The people In gen After tlie clouds and glory had with Irawu from Slnal, th humblest Is raelite could point to the tabernacle and say: "The glory of God still fol lows us all through our wilderness wanderings In that tabernacle yonder, snd without me It would never have been complete." Your life, where It Is, Is needed for the rearing of some thing greater and better than the tabernacle in the world of to-day. and without It the kingdom of God will never come In Its fullness. Before this all other needs of our time sluk Into insignificance; for the truest tabernacle for the showing forth of God to the world Is not a pattern hidden in the majesty of uunnproa'.h able heights, nor is It teni'ilo or cathedral, helpful as these may be, hut a life simple outwardly, though with lnxurlnnt and divine furnishings within; a life spent on the levels whore our fellow men live theirs, lllled not with ruch consecrated fur nishings as adorned the tabernacle Moses fashioned, but with the graces nut kindly deeds men nojd to see and feel near at hand. This Is our work, as divinely appointed to us as It wns to Mosei. It is the greater building. In which all our common tasks nnd nimblest efforts mav have an lu.nored lilac- as truly as did the altar and laver in the ancient tabernacle. But for this successful building of our lives Into God's purpose we, too, must seek our pattern in the mount. dod Himself builds according to plan. Even a casual glance at His wonderful world this morning will a!solo3o that. Purpose nnd plan are everywhere. Tv.ot one grain or send INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MENTS kok Rovnanm is. BITTER WAR ON INTEMPERANCE ' NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH. SOLRIFnS FIGHTING THIS CURSE GREATLY CHEERED. eral had but earthly ambitions. While I u a law unto Itself. Not one tower Topic Temperance Meeting: A Study of Temperance Organizations. Jer. 35: 1.19. The NnzarlicB. Amos 2: The antl-treatlng league. 15. v The wise men. Prov. 23: 11. 12. Ilnb. 2: Moses was hidden in the clouds and darkness of the mount, they were occupied with dancing and feasting, with eating end drinking, and mik ing golden calves to worship. IfoSM Is beholding the pattern of that taber nacle about which the religious life Of the nation was to arise, and which was t stamp Its impress upon the world. Mos "S Is filling his soul with the vision which he Is to endeavor to realize among the rude, ignorant, su perstitious, half-wild Israelites In the daln beneath him. To one man came l he vision of heavenly things. The rest, were to receive it through him. His life work was to be that of bring ing this within their reach and mak ing It real to them. The vision splendid came to him on blooms, or withers, unbidden. Not one leaf drops before Its time. Not a bird note Is unrelated; Its music Is born from present conditions and ivakes Its own echo. All things fall Into their place and carry out the di vine purpose. This is the method of the divine" building, whether in nature or in hu man live.-". And It may be so in your life and mine. We may know God's purpose for us and follow It as truly ns tho grain of sand, the flower, the bird of the air. "If any man wllleth to do His will," said the Master, "he shall know." God does no; withhold His plan from any man. The mount is ?ver r.aily for the revealing of the pattern, but men must take the time to learn, te withdraw to Its retreat. me neiguiF. i ne details, measure- The pattern came not to Moses till he ments. gathering of materials, labor had twice spent tortv days and forty of construction wereall to be wrought uU,ts in the mount alone with God. out on the levels of common life upon I A;tei. niany years' tuition in the iiie piain w ma easily imag.ne , wilderness enme John the Dae'ist, that the children of Israel and the . herald nf Christ The wilderness was roving tribes about them greatly ad mired the completed tabe;::: , with Its curtains of bl;o. purple ipd f:ar let, with Its arl; and altar. Its candle stick and cherubim. Its pillars and table. Its canople- and courts. Its hob place and holy of holies, Its laver, mercy-seat and mysterious separating his mount of vision. Handel had a spiritual ear. and gave the world the oratorio of the Mtteiab, and when we hear It we must not forget the long period of preparation. Michael An gelo had the spiritual eye and hand and painted the frescoes of the Paul ine Chapel with the represen'atlom that, beautiful and costly as it was the tent of meeting but dimly fore vim. Din in re was or.e wno nau ,, ,..,., ,.,.,i, s, , i Been something better, who knew I ,, , c, j ,.,.,i the statues ot "Hav-ld" and "Moses." If nn..i ti,.... . . . , . ... . . - . . . - ii rani iuoui .!. Dai in .M.i ..i shadowed forth the glory of that pat- to mo,,itate upon the vision he had tern shown him In the mount The had of the fjnHst, who had met him people saw only the tabernacle In the ,. u, .,... . ., . -i,..i. , . . , ... I "II lll II M , III I 1 IS. 11 I plain, but the eves of Moses looked Himself retired to solitary places for beyond and through that and saw , t d er, you and i eed time 5V2" bfMK te I for surh a dlgcisure of cod s wm for mount with God. And that is our ! us a8 H ls waltl l0 , Before thought together this morning, the j we ran r, hu , rear thlJ ubtrMMSi, Pattern in he mount the building In ; of , ves , th of ,j.ul sr. the plain, for life still has Its Slnals, , v!re wf mu8t mk g,, pattern in the nuvic " J iinwivi llliatO, Ullll 11. 11UO Its plain, where these are to be real ized. Surely he is a sorry builder seen no pattern in the who has mount. For the success of our building, much will depend upon our choice of a pattern. The costliest building is manhood and womanhood, that something we call self, a life, character. Yet there j is much haphazard building. With the greatest variety of plans there is j little attention to standards, and an Infinite variety of results, beCJUMe the I i mount, not Slnal. but the heaven reaching life of Christ. The divine patterp has come near men In Jesus Christ. We have not to seek It amid the perils, darkness and difficulties of Slnnl; It Is here with us. built In all Its divine perfection on the levels 1 of our dally needs; supplying us with I all desirable Inspirations, helps and j satisfying fellowship, opening the very vail by which we eater Into the I most holy place Itself. It Is not a mount distant and removed, but a pattern Is not selected with the care an architect draws his designs upon his trestle board. What shall we hulU our lives hovel, or palace, or temple? It Ib an exhilarating reflection that every uct or thought Is building them Into Buiuiiiiu. w mil uu untune variety of patterns. We can not build after them all which shall we choose? There must lie unity in the design. The eclectic method, pure and simple, will hardly avail for this. What one age approved falls to win the appro bation of the uext. There must be permanence and real worth in the pattern, if It is to satisfy ourselves or others as the years pass. As we read history and the great names of past eras move before us, we often feel how transient they were. How like a hovel Is Midas, the Phrygian king of legend and story. How like a mold erlng trireme upon the shores of time is Pompey the Great. presence near at hand, familiar with our needs, to which we may with draw In moments of discouragement or temptation, full of divine comfort and solace for the hours of sorrow, full of divine strength and vitality In our days of weakness when all other help seems far away, full of gracious warning when we are careless and wayward. We need ever to be with drawing into this mount, Jesus Christ, if we are to realize the pattern In the plain of our earthly living, lie cause It Is so accessible, so complete in its ministry. "See, therefore, that thou make all thiugs according to the pattern that was shewed thee In the mount." dust covered rulu in the Roman forum Is Caesar. Now we may all be tabernacle I builders, like Moses, If we will. For this method Moses followed Is not to be thought of by us as excep tional. It Is a type for us each In our building. We, too, are building, building every day, building for eternity," and our Scripture lesson told us that our building must stand God's test. We have like opportuni ties with the great Jewish lawgiver. If he had eyes to see God, and ears to hear God, so have we. Will we choose the tabernacle pattern for our lives? "Every human soul," wrote Hartford's greatest divine, "has a complete and perfect plan, cherished for It in the heart of God a dlvina biography marked out, which It en ters into life to live. This life, right ly unfolded, will be a complete and beautiful whole, an experience led on by God, and unfolded by His se cret nurture, great lu Its conception, great In the divine skill by w.ilch It Is shaped; above all, great In the mo mentous and glorious Issues It pre pares." Life may be used for other purposes, no doubt, but do they sat isfy? Is not life insipid, unsatisfying, lost, till It is all wrought out a temple, a dwelling place for God most high? Here some will say, "Hut my life Is cast on other levels. It ueals with common things, with the doing of momentous acts and routine service! What opportunity can there be for me to achieve such large or worthy results? If conditions were different! or my calling other than it Is, all this might be of Interest to me. I lone to put just this Into my living, but It U all too remote from life as I have tq lire It." Here lies the value of the scene before us. Through Moses the i humeltvt of the people became part ners with him In building the taber- tie Moses did not rear it upon the i Hid -encircled mount, but lu the plain, thf.l you and I might be encour aged to realize the purpose of God or us In the field of common dally re laliouB and amid what will otherwise be the drudgery of dally living. He leaves us the same task. Merchant tnd toucher, sailor and soldier, farm er and workman, author and editor, housewife and clerk, mistress aud maid, lawyer and preacher, however humble and obscure our lives seem, we are to be fellow workmen with tin I in bringing things divine luto th!ue seemingly common and uu- Why'.' Is there not something minutely pathetic In the contlnunl going back af one generation after another to the old. sad mystery of pain? There Is, I suppose, says the Rev. George Jack- How like a I son. nothing new to be said about It; there is no fre;h light to be cast upon It; yet still men wait and watcV with hope, still the poor brain busier Itself nnd the torn heart cries aloud, "My God, my God, why ?". Other questions we answer, or they answer themselves, or we are content that they should remain unanswered; but this question Is always with us. And, Indeed, how should It be otherwise, ilnre on every man, soon or late, the dark mystery thrusts Itself? "Man that Is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble." The words are rery old, they are never obsolete. The generations come and go. but sorrow and pain and death abide. The Reason. The saint loves truth because It Is true, and loves right because it Is right, and loves God because He id 3od. Rev. J. Osslan Davtes. The Tine onqueror. The greatest conqueror Is he that jns mastered the world that 1 es In iid own breast. Scottish Reformer. Covered by the Rules. A bright girl In n large school ap plied to her teacher for leave to bi absent half a day, on a plea that het mother had received a telegran which stated thai company was oi the way. "It's my father's half-sister ant ber three boys," said the pupil, anx lously, "and mother doesn't see hoe he can do without me because thosi boys always act so dreadfully." The teacher referred her to thl printed list of reasons which Justl Bed absence, and asked It ber casi came under any of them. "I think It might come undor thli head, Miss Rules," said the girl pointing, as she spoke, to the wordi "Domestic affliction. Philadelphia Ledger. SAME WITH A DIFFERENCE "Bo he praised ray singing, did he?" "Yes; said It was heavenly." "Did he really say that?" "Well, not exactly; but be probably meant that. He said It was unearth ly." London Opinion. 8uhject: The Lord Our Shepherd, I Vilm 23 Gnhlcn Text, IV 23:1 Commit tho Entire Psnltn Road John 10:1-1H. TIME. Uncertain. ' PU1CE. Un certain. K. POSITION 1. Every Want Met, 1-3. The twenty-third Psalm Is a great depth, an unfathomable ocean of truth. The foundation thought of the first four verses, "Jehovah is my Shepherd." Tho figure stands for care, protection nnd provision on God'B pnrt; trust and obedience and following on man's part (Jno. 10:1, IS, 26-29; flen. 33:13; Lu. 2:8; ".:4 6; Acts 20:29; Isa. 53:0; Matt. 9:30). It Is a shepherd's business tq feed tho sheep Bnd lambs, nnd by making Himself 'my Shepherd Jeho-. vah his undertaken to make It His buslnoF3 to provide m with pasture, to meet every need. So David con tinues, "I ahall not want." This any one who Is sure that ho Is one of Je hovah's sheep ran confidently brv. Who .lehovah'B sheep arc Jesus plain ly tolls us (Jno. 10:3. 4, 5, 27). Je hovah's Bhoop will never lack any thing that It Is for his roal good to havo (Ps. 84:11; 34:9, 10; Phil. 4:19; Matt. 0:33; Ro. 8:32; He. 13:5, ). The Psalm leads on from the general statement to specific wants supplied. In verso 3 we have four wants supplied: rest, food, drink, lending. Literally translated, "He maketh me to Ho down In pastures of tender grass, He leadeth rao beside the Water! of rest." There la a two fold rest In this verse: the passive rest of sheep lying down on the soft, young spring grass; the active rest of walking beside the waters of rest. Is there any other grass, food, so ensy for a true sheep of Christ to eat, so Juicy, so delicious, so nutritious, as that which wo find In tho Word of God? There Is drink as well as food. Jehovnh leads His sheep right beside "the wnters of rest.' What "the waters of rest." ar9 Jesus tells us (Jno. 4:14; 7:37-39). The Holy Spirit Is tho water we drink (for the appropriateness of "wnters of rest" cf. Gal. 5:22). There Is guidance also "Ho leadeth me." Not only are there still waters there, but It Is Je hovah Himself who leads along the bank. This leading Is continuous and constant. He "leadeth," not drlveth. In this nnd the following verses there nre four experiences Into which, and In which, Ho lends; "waters of rest;" "paths of righteousness" (a holy walk); Into and through darkness, peril and testing; into His own house forever. In verse 3 we have a fifth want supplied : healing, or reviving. Invigorating, "He rcstoreth (or, re vlveth) my soul." If. Every Poor Banished, 4. The Lord's sheep 1b now taken Into entire ly new experiences. No longer pas tures of tender grass aud waters jf rest, but "the valley of the deepest darkness" (that Is the force of the Hebrew phraso "shadow of death"). The Psalmist has not merely the ex perience of literal death In mind, but all experiences where the darkness Is thick and profound. God's sheep do not always walk In bright paths. In the darkest valloy Jehovah's sheep have no fears, "I will fear no evil." A true trust in God banishes all fear, under all circumstances, for all time (Isa. 12:2; 26:3; Ps. 3:5, 6; 27:1; 46:1-3; Phil. 4:6. 7; Ro. 8:28-32). And why not fear? "For Thou art with me." Not because there Is no danger, but because there Is One with us stronger than any possible enemy. III. Every Longing Satisfied. 5, 0. Hero the figure changes: Jehovah no longer appears as a shepherd, but as a bountiful host. "Thou preparest a table before me" think out all that He has spread before us on this table. No banquet on earth like that. Aa to the general character of the feast read Ps. 63:5; 81:6. Note where we are feasted, "In tho presence of mine enemies." Christ's own have enemies (Jno. 15:19; 2 Ti. 3:12), but our wonderful Host will spread us a ban quet In their very presence. That Is one of the things that make the world so angry with the church; they see what a banquot wo have, while they are feeding on husks. There Is not only a feast; but also an anointing. The oil with which He anoints our heads Is "the oil of gladness," the Holy Spirit (Acts 10:38; He. 1:9; 1 Jno. 2:?0, 27, R. V.). He anoints our heads with this oil, it flows down over our whole person (cf. Ps. 133:2, R. V.). In ancient times an anoint ing was a necessary preparation for a feast, and the anointing with the Holy Spirit Is a necessary preparation for the Lord's feast. The next step fol lows naturally, yea, Inevitably "my cup runneth over" (or. Is "an ahunJ dant drink"). Do you know the over- ' flowing cup? Now we leave the feast tor our earthly pilgrimage (v. 6). But we are not unguarded, "surely I goodness and mercy shall follow me," I wish no better rear-guards, or foot- i men than those. God's goodness and mercy ( loving-klndnoss) follow our' every step. There Is no doubt about It, "surely." How well-protected and perfectly secure we are. The Shep herd picking out the path before us, 1 and again close beside us In the dark valley, and Hts own goodness and mercy following us all the way. Note ; now long this will continue. Now we come to tho end of our pilgrimage , and pass out of time Into Eternity, i "1 will dwell In the house of the Lord J forever," A Cure For Seasickness. To pick up your home paper In a strange city produces a feeling akin to fleeing your nation's flag floating in a foreign country. That we knew, but we did not know that sight of the home paper would cure s.'aBlckness until lart week. A lady on board the steamer Btate of California, on bee trip from San Francisco to Portland; was shown a copy of the Pilot Rock Record and the effect wat marvel ous, '..js lady was on her way to Pi lot Rock to pay a visit to ber parents, but had been confined to her berth almost from the hour of leaving San Francisco. At sight of her home pa per she came on deck and enjoyed the remainder of the trip Immensely. -Pilot Rock Record. HUB SJIOULD KNOW. v "The opera Is laid In the time of Louis XVI. The stage manager won ders If tho costumes aro historically correct." "Why doesn't he ask one of the chorus girls?" Pittsburg Post. 19-21. A divine proclamation. Isa. 51: 17- 9, Paul's doctrine. Rom. 11: 19-23. A woe upon drink. Isa. 28: 1-8. Never take It upon you to '.est n mnn's ability to withstand tempta tion until the Lord tells yo-i to do It. aa He told Jeremiah! (V. 2.) Jonndab was wIbo In hl commands. A father should not leave nuch a mat tor to his children's Judgment, but should reinforce their wills with his authority (v. 6.) The Ilerhahltcs adopted the only safety no wine; not moderate drink Ing. or drinking when they "felt In ni""d of a stimulant" (v. 8.) Temperance families do not run out; nnd they transmit their fine qualities)! ns any observer mav see (v. 19.) Temperance Organizations. Tho Independent Order of Rocha bites was established In 1S35. In Sal lord, DBStend. In Imltai'm of tho an cient children of Jonadnb. It not only requires total bstlnonco, but It provides a fund for sickness and dentil. Tho National Temperance Society hid Its origin In a convention hold 'n 18C5 nt Saratoga. It publishes tem perance periodlosJl for young prople and adults, and n very Inrce number of temperance books and tracts. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union has been called "the sober sec ond thought" of the wonderful Woman's Crusade of December. 1873. nnd tho flrflt half of 1874. Tho or gnnlzation was effected In a conven tion hold nt Cleveland in November of 1S74. Tho Independent Order of Good Templars, originating In 1S51. received a nntlonnl organization In Mny. 1855, In a convontlvn nt Clovelnnd. 'It admits womrn on nn equality with men. H.n pledges requires life-long total abstinence. The Prohibition party, nfter mnnv State eimpnigns, participated firs; In a national Presidential election in 1S72. The S-,ns of Temperance arose, In 1812, from the famous Washington inn movement. It Is ti total absti nence association, with charitable and benefit fra'uros. The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America was founded on Washington's birthday. 1872. In Bal timore, end It is doing a fine and ag grtsslve work. The first Band of Hope was formed In Leeds. Knglnnd. In 1S47, and It soon became a popular name for tem perance organizations, especially among the young. A Saloon Catechism A Few Answer ' to a Few Qurstions Which j Should Open the Eyes of Those 1 lillnd to the Grrrvt Liquor Evil. What curses the unborn babe? i The saloon. What robs the little child of cloth- I Ing, food and love? The saloon. What takes the tender youth out of school, sending htm to work? The saloon. What causes tho manly boy to ; blush for hts father? Tho saloon. What lures young girls Into Its dens for rile purposes? The saloon. What thief takes pictures, furni ture and comforts from the home? The saloon. What sendB a mother ont to scrub? Tho saloon. What turns a doaf ear to the plead Ing wife? The saloon. What Impoverishes but novcr helps? The saloon. What Is the only business built up by debauchery? The saloon. What fills the Jails, reformatories and prisons? The saloon. What hldoB tho thief, holdups and murderers? The saloon. What constantly defies the law? Tho aaloon. What costs tho county, ctty and State more than all other things? The aaloon. What backs up dnnce halls and houses of Ill-fame? The saloon. What bribes legislatures, cltleB and corporations? The saloon. What furnishes free drinks for the police? The saloon. What ruins body, mtnd and soul? Tho saloon. What makes a man make a fool of himself In public? Tho saloon. What makes a man a demon In private? The saloon. Who owns tho most stock 1:1 a sa loon? The devil. What fools the citizens by talking of revenue? Tho saloon. What would reduce our taxes and replenish pocketbnoks and banks? The abolishment of the saloon. EPWDRTH LEW LESS01S SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15. Soul-Wlnnlng a Glorious Service. James 5. 20; Dan. 12. 3; Ezek. 33. 7-9 Personal Evan gelism. "Soul-winning" Is a large word. It can very properly be made to cover Very thing involved In the establish ment of the kingdom of God In a hu man life Christian child nurture, helpful religious Instruction, the ed ucation of the heart In all things of the Spirit, the discipline of the will through social service and combating evil, and the open acceptance of Christ as a personal Saviour. Even In this limited sense It em braces abandoning sin. self-surrender, a sense uf forgiveness, willing obedi ence and service and trust In the Spirit things great enough to make angels shout. Some are not far from the kingdom, and only need to yield definitely to the spirit within and to openly confess Christ; others must break wt:h their whole past, Its sinful habits and evil companions Whatever it may Involve, winning a soul Is the most glorious servlco we can render our Ixjrd. Soul-wlnntng Is the chief business of the church. "The Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost." Paul says: "I am be come all thiugs to all men. that I may by all means save some." The church Is and ought to be engaged In many enterprises -educational, soclnl, philanthropic and civic, but all these activities are directly and Indirectly to facilitate and strengthen her main business of soul-winning. This Is oue of the strong elements of the great Forward Movement among the English Wesleyans, that all their men's clubs, boup kitchens. Pleasant Sunday Afternoons, and goose clubs are auxllllnry and subordinate to the grejit work of personal evangelism. Soul-winning Is every Christian's personal business. God seeks to of fer the world personal salvation, per sonally presented by those who have personally experienced It. We never quite know the Joy of the Christian life until we have a defllnlte share In the Christian happiness of another uoul. Drinking Women. The Sun, In discussing "Women and Drinking," says: "It Is true that of recent years the practice of drinking by women at pub lic restaurants has much Increased. Formerly it cast a reproach on women and raised a doubt of their respecta bility, but now If a woman orders a cocktail, whisky, champagne or any other alcoholic beverage it attracts no special attention In a restaurant." This Is certainly the case, and many of them are of a class of which fifteen years ago most of the members would not have thought of doing such a thing. It Is quite possible to deduco too much from this, but It Is also easy to underestimate the conclusion. While what "sensational" prenchers or "sensational" papers say on such matters, as though an epidemic of drunkenness 1b prevailing among re spectable women, Is not to be taken for exact truth, there is a serious change In progress. "Young society women," under the Influence of imi tation, which most of them are inca pable of resisting, are falling Into evil wnys. Ono coterie includes fourteen nt the present time, all of whom drink wine freely, and only three re ject stronger liquors. They are all members of Episcopal and Presby terian churches, except one, who is an ex-Methodlst. The fact that wom en of high grade and their Imitators can drink in public hotels and res taurants without exciting remark or attention Is more portentous than is the mere fact that these particular women drink. New York Christian Advocate. AVon't Employ Drinkers. Extreme measures to prevent fu- , ture mine disasters have been take.i by the H. C. Frlck Coke Company. Pittsburg, the coking division of tho United States Steel Corporation. Or- 1 dera have been Issued providing for the dismissal of miners who become so Intoxicated while off duty that thoy are Incapacitated for work the follow ing day. The company has also noti fied Its employes that It will not em ploy miners who drink either on or off duty. This radical action is the result of numerous conferences of all superintendents and other officials of the company. They declare that the use of In toxicants among the miners, particu larly the foreign element, has been bo pronounced in recent years tha: they cannot afford to employ them. At such times, they allege, the men take chances that they would not talc tf iu their normal condition. Not n Citizen's Privilege, "To keep a saloon Is not a privil ege of a citizen of the State or of the United States." Such has been the declaration of the Supreme Court of tie I'n .1 states and of the Supreme Court of Indiana and other States. Courts deny that the saloon is one of the privileges or Immunities of cit 1 7,ens, guaranteed under the Four teenth Amendment, and this denial, taken in connection with their con struction of this amendment, means that to keep a saloon is not liberty; thnt It Is not the pursuit of happi ness: that a saloon Is not property within the meaning of the Constitu tion, aud that It is an unlawful business. Apple Trees Are Long Livers By E. P. POWELL. How old can an apple tree grow? I have a few of the trees planted by Bconondoab, the Oneida chief, with Dominie Klrkland, the missionary, In ( 1791. These trees, now considerably . over 100 years of age, still bear an . abundance of fruit, '"he wood Is In good condition, notwithstanding many years of neglect. The average age of an orchard, as generally planted and cared for, rarely exceeds fifty years. I am Inclined to think that the more sturdy sorts can be made to exceed 150 years. In order to attain any such age there must be a selection of varieties, and they uiuat be grafted high up on tough stock. Our father's apple trees were grafted in the tops; but the apples planted In these days are grafted tn the roots. However, one must not cling too 4ong to au old tree. I love any fine old tree, espe cially an apple tree, but when beyond usefulness it Is a sin to let it cumber the ground. Jesus laid down a great horticultural law when He cursed the barren fig tree (t. e., coudemued It to being cut down). There Is no room for second-rate stuff In the orchard. The Outing Mugazlnt. Sotting an Example. The labor poople In the present j urltlsn rarliameot pledged them selves not to buy or use liquors in the government buildings, whlrh of. far unusual facilities In that direction. Temperance Notei. The workman must be maile to iu and feel that the saloon is not helping him us he Imagines. Never so much trying to settle the liquor question on non-partlstn lines: never so many poll'.ical conventions having trouble with It. Happy the man who can seo the drift of things. I find that alcoholic drinks give no strength. No. On the contrary, drink builds up no muscle, but de s.roys Its power and makes tt less active for work. B. W. Richardson, M. I). HADN'T BEEN K1SED FOR YEARS. Ella "She Isn't a very attractive girl." Stella "That's right; If anybody ever printed a kiss on her lips the fopyrlght must have run out." New York Press. One of the biggest pieces of engi neering in New' England is a 2500 horsepower dam ip the Union River, at Ellsworth, Me. It Is constructed oi hollow concrete, and cost nearly $oo.oo. T bothered fcr rbc oyitrriour FACE TO FACE. ST ATWOOD Mil l.FM. Alone with Thee, O God, I all my sins confess. I would not hide one net of guilt, Did I the power possess. Thou knowest every blot Upon life's written page, Thou knmvcst e'en the secret thought' That do my mind engag Therefore, O lovlne Lord, I come to seek Thy face, Thnt I may plcsd, as oft before. For Thy continued grace. Foruive. dour Lord, I prsy. Forgive my every sin. Oh. cleanse my heart, nnd let my life, Be free from error's stnin. Mnv T with heaven-born trust. Live ever nnnr to Thee. And mny my wnilc nnd tnlk through life. Lend others Thee to see. Christian Union Herald. CHARITIES I'.KShi H POOR COLLEGE MEN. Mission Workers Say Mast Em ployers Refuse Men With Hlehsr Education. Duties as Privileges. If yon and I ,who testify to God's love and care for us could only realize the "privileges" of the Christian's life Instead of talking of "our du ties," surely the world of which we form a part and Influence most, would feel the glad spirit of love and consecration which might win souls (wo know not the number) for our God. The trouble often is we look upon our dally tasks as "duties;" Just try calling them "privileges" and act as If thoy were such and see how soon the whole character of It all will change. Wo render service so glnd ly. so willingly, for the one we love with our whole heart, and If any one should ask us, "Don't you find It a matter of duty and very tiresome to do so much for the one you love?" we would be so surprised. Ah, friends, If you and I have given our hearts and nil we have into God's keeping, surely then loving Him enough to trust Him with our "all." we must love Him enough also to do the thine He sends us bb a privilege. Doesn't the child count It a "privi lege" to be able to help mamma with the dishes or "help mind" the baby? Doesn't the boy feel proud and man ly when he ta allowed to do some thing for papa, and does he not tell It as though It were an honor and trust put upon him? Would It not be well for us to re alize we are the children of our heav enly Father? If we would only, like the children, feel It was a privilege to be chosen of God, to "help Him," as It were, In doing our every day work cheerftilb', and the very bert we know how, because He trusts us with It we would be living our salva tion by nrovlng our love in our ac tions. God Is often proving us in the "little things." "Ho that Is faith ful In that which Is least Is faithful also In much." Let us count up our privileges. M. F. Bolton A Double Life. Not many years ago the president of a large loan company fn Canada was convicted of fraud. For a long time he had been speculating In stock until his defalcations grew to hun dreds of thousands. To keep the facts from the auditors, he had been obliged to handle a double set of books, one for his own personal In spection, and the other for the In spection of the stockholders. The difficulties Involved in this double life Increased until the situation be came unbearable., and ho went into bankruptcy. There are many men to-day who are living double lives. The part that the world sees Is plausible and respectable. The other part Is un clean and repulsive. Robert Louis Stevenson's classic entitled, "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde," Is an Interpre tation of these dual tendencies. Pr. Jekyl Is a physician of repute; Mr. Hyde is the personification of his bas er parts, and he Is debauched and brutal. These two lives lived tn the self same town by the self same indi vidual finally betray their authorship, and the mask of respectability is torn away. It is always thus. The secret sins will inevitably express themselves, and the veneer will soon cease to conceal the truth. The life that Is prostituted to sin leaves its traces, and a train of hide - penal ties follows In Its wake. As the result of a month's careful )bservatlon those In' charge of charlt tble institutions which care for the aeedy men of the city declared last light that a surprisingly large num oer of college men are among the un employed. Further It was stated that it Is very difficult to find work tor such men even in minor capacities, as employers are doubtful of their use fulness as practical men. More than 400 graduates or stu dents who had not finished their sourses at prominent universities and colleges were applicants at Bowery missions and East Sldo charitable or ganizations during the last month for work of any kind. The employers who take men recommended to them by the missions almost Invariably preferred those without a college training regardlosa of the physical equipment of the collego men to di the work. ' The fact In Itself that so many col lego men are seeking work has be come an Interesting study for the so ciologists who have to deal with them and during the last month they have been put through a course of ques tions. Although each man has given an indlvldunl reason to show why he was seeking work, the lack of practical training was common to all the an swers. Ambition In many cases took i men away from college and sent them out in the world to seek a living for themselves. In explaining the cause of their failure to get out of college a training that would fit them to earn a living, the following reasons were given by many of the men seeking employ ment: Too much "bossing" by Instructors. Discouragement over failure to pass examinations. Unhappy marriages which began with elopements from college. Tired of the restraint of college life. Anxious to get out In the world for themselves and enjoy living on the money which they actually earned. lu a few exceptional cases the ap petite for liquor has been confessed, but roost of the men who have ap plied at the Bowery missions have been splendid examples of physical manhood. One of the men who has been a close observer of the unemployed said last night that the fact that college men were wandering In large num bers about the East Side in Bearch of work was due to over-production from the colleges. Years ago it was an exceptional casn to find a college man at manual labor. That was be cause there were but few college bred men at that time. New York American. God's Debts. It Is the wonderful mercy of Ood, both to forgive us our debts to Him iu our sins, and to make Himself a debtor to us in His promises; so that now, both ways, the soul .may be sure; since He neither calleth for those debts which He hath once for given, nor wlthdraweth those favors and that Heaven which He hath promised; but, as He is a merciful creditor to forgive, so He is a true debtor to pay whatsoever He has un dertaken. Whence it ia come to pass, that the penitent sinner owes nc thing to God, but love and obedience; and God owes still much more and all to him; for He owes as much as He hath promised; and what He owes, by virtue of His blessed promise, we may challenge. O infinite mercy! He, that lent us all that we have, and In whose debt books we run hourly forward till tho Bum be endless; yet owes us more, and bids us look for paymont. I cannot deserve the least favor He can give; yet will I as confidently challenge the greatest, as it 1 de served It. Promise lndebtetb no less than loan or desert. Bishop Hall. The Unseen Ideal. "The situation that has not Its duty, Its ideal, was never yet occu pied by man," said Thomas Carlyle. If we cannot find the Ideal amid our dally circumstances, we shall never find It anywhere or follow it. If we feel no responsibility, no sense of duty where we stand, we condemn our selves in thus failing to recognize what Is really there. Young people often look for Ideals and duties in the clouds, and miss the best of life and the truest of growth by their folly. Scottish Reformer. HE EXPLAINS. "I don't 'see how you can write six fokes a day. Ideas must be scarce." "Tbe are," udraltted the press humorist. "I couldn't do It If ideas ere necessary." Houston Chroni cle. EVERYTHING IS. "Fell out of the window of my flat yesterday." "Break anything?" "Broke the lease. Falling out ol the window is strictly agalust the rules." Pittsburg Post. Enlistment of Minors. We are indebted to George C. Holt for the copy of a decision rendered by him In the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, lu the habeas corpus case of a minor, who sought for his release from the army on the plea that he enlisted without the consent of his parents. It will be observed that the learned Judge holds that recent decisions give to the military authorities the right of which they were deprived by pre vious decisions, to punish a minor for fraudulent enlistment and hold him until he has completed any sentence Imposed in his case. As Judge Holt says: "The recruiting officers of the army ought to be freed from tho nuis ance of enlistments which may at any time be nullified." While the decision is determined necessarily by tho law tn this case, It Is interesting to note the fact that Judge Holt Is familiar with army conditions, he having served during the Civil War in the volunteers. Army and Navy Journal. Detestable and Heinons. The class at kirk had been reading :he story of Joseph and his brethren, uu! it came to the turn of the visit ing minister to examine the boys. The replies to all of his questions had been quick, Intelligent and cor rect. Such as: "What great crime did these sons Df Jacob commit?" "They sold their brother Joseph." "Quite correct. And for how much?" "Twenty pieces of silver." "And what added to the cruelty and wickedness of these bad broth ers?" A pause. "What made their treachery even more detestable and heinous?" "Then a bright, little fellow stretched out nu eager hand. "Well, my man?" "Please, str, they sell't him owor cheap." Philadelphia Record. The Incumbent. On leaving his hi. dy. which Is In the rear of the church, the pastor of a district In Birmingham saw a little boy, a friend of his, talking to a stranger. "What was he saying to you, Dick?" asked the divine, as he came up to the youngster. "He Just wanted to know whether Dr. Blank was the preacher of this ci;urch." "And what did you tell htm?" l told him," responded the lad, wits dtarnily, "that you were the present encumbrance." Ttt-Blts. Ait)- Persiflage. Mrs. Cuppotee "How could a woman ever bring herself to marry uu aeronaut? He's so flighty." Mrs. Waypher "Yes, and too often he lacks ballast." Mrs. Marmalayde "Then, too, be looks down on ordinary people." Mrs. Cbtllk-on-Kearney "And again, he moves In the higher cir cles." Chicago Tribune. The Australian regulation for Im ports deals very strictly with patent iuedlclues, the labels of whleh make jx.travagaut claims aa to their curs live properties.
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