THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO, PA.
SATURDAY
NIGHT TALKS
" By REV. F. E. DAVISON
Rutland, VL
jXXXCCCOOOCOCCOOOOOOOOCCC C i
AN UNTAMABLE ORGAN.
International Bible Lesson for
Jane 6, 'oo-Uamea 3: 1-12).
1
DIMINUTIVE REPUBLICS.
The h e a t ! e n
philosopher X.m
thus, about to en
tertain frleniX
vant Aesop to
V'; I provide the brt
:'(""' I things the mur
Vet could supi'O
Tongues only
were provided
and these were
served up with
lb u 0 uiuvrvuv pbui
U I c o u r s e nfter
course was sup-
niied. each consisting of tongue.
"Did I not order you." said Xn.n
), in a violent passion, "to
buy the best victuals the mar
ket afforded?" "Yes. and have '
not obeyed your orders?" said Aesrp
"Is there anything better than tongue '
la not the tongue the bond of civil
society, the organ of truth and rea
son, and the instrument of our praise
and adoration of the gods?" And the
philosopher was convinced and silent.
Hut the next day Xanthus ordered his
servant to go to the market and bu;.
the worst things he cotild find. Aesop
went, and again when the covers were
lifted, behold there was nothing but
tonfiue, tongue boiled, tongue baited,
tongue stewed, tongue stuffed, tongun
sliced, tongue minced, tongue. "Y.liat!
tongue again?" exclaimed Xanthus.
"Most certainly," rejoined Aesop; "the
tongue most surely is the worst thins
In the world. It is the Instrument or
all strife and contention, the inven
tory of lawsuits, and the source of
division and wars; It Is the organ of
error, of lies, cnlumny and blasphe
mies." The witty servant was only putting
Into practical form the statement of
the Apostle James, "The tongue of
man no one can subdue it Is a turbu
lent evil, full of death-dealing poison;
with it we praise God. even the Fath
er, and with it we curse men made in
the Image of God: from the same
mouth come forth a eulogy and a
curse."
Universal Disease.
There was a disease prevalent In
the church, in the days of James and
it is epidemic In our own times. It
Is an Internal disease and the symp
toms are discovered by an eruption
r.hk'h appears upon the tongue. If
you would diagnose the state of a per
son's heart, like a skillful physician,
the quickest, surest way to get at it
Is to imitate the doctor and say,
"Let me see your tongue." The hand,
the eye, the foot, the ear are Impor
tant members of the human body, but
they do not show the mental, moral,
rpirltual, as well as physical condition
of the individual so perfectly as the
tongue. The ancient Greeks used the
same word for speech and thought,
and the modern German was as wisj
as he was witty when he said, "I will
believe that any animal thinks when
be tells me so."
Words Are Indices.
That Is to say, the words of a man
ere the indices of his character. They
ere the stream that advertises the
nature of the spring: out of the same
fountain does not flow sweet water
and bitter. Of course. It is possible
to coutrol the speech so as to hide
the real disposition in the heart, and
by constant watchfulness to deceive
the closest observer as to one's true
quality, until a certain purpose has
been accomplished, but that sort of
scheme cannot be carried out through
a whole life time, sooner or later the
restrained and curbed horse will run
away; in some unguarded moment the
real solf will be revealed. "Ly thy
words thou shalt be justified and by
tby words thou shalt be condemned."
That Is to say, It Is not so much what
a man says, as It is that his language
is the expression of what be Is. That
will be the criterion by which he will
be estimated by God and man. Ax
Will Carleton puts it:
"Coys flying kites haul in their while
winged birds
Tou can't do .tha way when you"r
flying words.
Thoughts unexpressed, may some
times fall back dead.
But God Himself can't kflt them wher.
they're said."
The Tongue a Fire.
To Illustrate that Idea James point?
to a prairie fire which an Indian car
kindle with a revolving stick and
which sweeps through the dry graa
ro fiercely and rapidly that men and
cnimai are compelled to flee for their
ilves oi tall and perish In the flames.
Million ot property have been swept
a teeause somebody was careles
with match; and hearts have been
orokes homes destroyed, bosoT
rietc separated, churches disrupted
:eigr.boids scandullzed, title'
:u 11. quake shaken, nations split asm
Cvi IUb-Iciis animosities kindled, be
thuHe booth one hns thrown the bo'n.
mal'eioiis word Into sorie'y. 1
every rlan.'.erer, liiir, backbiter. ! !;.
phctnt-r, (ilthy talker wore puiil''. '
loiUij ibo otK'iu of s;.eich. wh-.t
r iifcl'ty hoit of dumb peop'e r'-f-r
Vould be In this world. Tr '!"
le wlic."r;-j-J er.2 rc-.M.' ' '
Several Countries Are Smaller Than
Panama.
Most of the Independent states ot
South America look small to in on tha
map. so thAt when we bear of the
secession of a narrow neck of Isth
mian territory from the Republic of
Colombia we feel sure that it must be
an Insignificant principality that has
been created. Compared with our own
vast nation, Panama Is certainly very
small; yet it Is larger than four other
Independent states of the Western
world, and very much larger than the
smallest states of Europe. Of these
latter, Monaco Is the most dimlmulve.
with Its eight squRre miles. Despite
Its limited area. It has Its own coin
age, postage stamps ami trt ops. the
latter numbering five officers and sev
enty men. It has al.-o three town
Condamlne, with 6. IIS inhabitants;
Monte Carlo, with 3.794. and Monaco,
with 3.292. The principal Industry of
the principality, as everybody knows,
Is the systematic absorption of private
revenues. San Marino, the oldest re
public In the world, has an area of
twenty-three square miles and a popu
lation of 9,637. Among the other Euro
pean countries that are smaller thin
Panama are Denmark (exclu-lve of
her colonies), Belgium, Switzerland
and the Netherlands.
For Use In the Sick Room.
One of the greatest trials In caring
for a sick person who li utterly help
less Is the changing of the bed linen
when help Is necessary in lifting the
sufTerer while the clothing is removed
from the bed and replaced with fresh
sheets. The duty is so tedious and so
often accompanied by Increased suffer
ing on the part of the patient that it
Is apt to be postponed as long as pos
sible and only undertaken when It
can be no longer put off. In the hos
pitals, where everything is provided to
lighten the burden of caring for the
Bick. and where plenty of aid can be
bad from persons trained in the work,
this duty is not so much to be dreaded
and yet even there, as in the private
house, the apparatus recently designed
by a German Inventor and shown In
the Illustration would greatly lighten
the labor, as well as aud greatly to
the patient's comfort.
This device Is nothing les3 than
Elevates the Patient
wind-lass, designed to raise the body
from the bed and hold it in suspen
sion until the change has been com
pleted. It consists of an arched steel
frame, stretching from the head to the
foot of the bed and supporting be
tween it parallel members three rollers
andawlndingdrum. The later is geared
to a crank shaft and is provided with
a ratchet, which prevents backward
rotation while the weight of the body
Is on the cablei. When the br:d-
has been arranged over the patient
a number of slings are slipped be
neath the body and attached to the
ends of tho cables passing over the
rollers and connecting with the wind
ing drum. Then, by turning the crank,
the slings are elevated at the same
instant, and the body maintains a
level position while rising to the nec
essary height. When it becomes nec
essary to remove the patient from one
bed to anothe the same apparatus can
be used, carrying the suspended body
by means of the bridge.
August Gaiser of Oberdorf. Ger
many, is the inventor of the sick-room
appliance.
Preserve "Old Ironsides."
The Massachusetts Historical Socl
ety, by 1U officers and council, has ad
dressed a memorial to Congress ask
ing that the old frigate Constitution
be repaired and put in commission as
a training ship, and at suitable sea
sons in future be stationed at points
along our coast), where she may be
visited by Americans who are inter
ested in ber and her glorious history.
At present she lies, dismantled, out
of repair, and liable to injury at a
dock In Charlestown.
The Constitution was built In Boston
in 1797. In July, 1812. she escaped
from a squadron of six British ships,
which chased her for three days; In
August, 1812, she sunk the Guerrlere,
and in December the same year she
captured the Java off Brazil. In Feb
ruary, 1814, -abe captured the Cyane
and the Levant. In 1830. when it was
proposed to dismantle the old ship and
sell her, Dr Holmes came flaming out
with "Old Ironsides," the llnej begin
Ing. "What, tear her tattered ensign
down!" and from that day to this the
recurring schoolboy has regularly pro
tested against any slight to the Con
stitution. The Massachusetts Historl
cal Society protests that our old
"fighting frigate" li at least worthy ol
preservation and honor at our hands
as Nelson's Victory is In England, and
that opinion rests on facts which nay
reasonably be expected to appe! to
Congress. "It seems strange to me,"
writes the president of the o?i.ty,
"that, when every petty -tmssle on
land In the history of the nation !i
commemorated by some roniiun-ent.
the memory of the achievements ol
the Constitution cannot be preserved
In the preservation of the sh'p Itself."
-Harji'.r'i Weekly.
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