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New York City. Dr. IT. Allen Ttir-'
per, pnstorof tbe Fifteenth Street Bnp
itist Church, preached Sunday on "Mar
riage and Olvorce." Tup text was
Mnlthew xlx:4-: "And lie answered
and said unto tliem: Have ye not read
that He which made them at the be
ginning made them male and female,
nnd said for this cause shall a man
leave father nnd mother nnd shall
cleave to his wife; and they twain shall
toe one flesh? What therefore Ood
bath Joined together, let not man put
asunder." Dr. Tupper said:
Marriage was the first institutional
Rift of God to man; nnd the family was
the first organization formed by God
for the blessing of humanity. During
all the centuries, amid tbe changes of;
governments, ceremonies and dispensa
tions, the impress of divine favor rest
ed upon these beaven-born establish
ments, nnd when their integrity lias
been maintained they bnve been the
sources and centres of light nnd love;
but when their integrity bus been ns
galled untold sorrows nnd suffering
liave come upon mankind.
Christ wrought the beginning of Ills
miracles at a marriage feast, in n gath
ering of families; nnd the pen of in
spiration pictures Him as the Bride
groom and Ills Church as the Bride.
Tbe holy ordinnnce of marriage was
given to support social order; to In
crease Jiumnn happiness, nnd to pro
vide that through well regulated fami
lies truth and righteousness might be
transmitted from age to nge. The vlo.
Intlon of Its vows is the canker at the
'heart of human progress and civiliza
tion. In tbe West Indies, we are told,
.there is a timber that lias all the ap
pearance of strength and solidity, but
when the test is applied it snaps asund
er and a fine white powder tills the air.
The cause is now appnrent; a worm has
eaten its way Into the heart of the
wood and slowly but surely devoured
its fiber until a hollow shell only re
mains. The divorce evil, if not arrested, will
gradually undermine our proud civiliza
tion, and when the testing time comes
.what appeared1 to be so attractive will
prove to be only a hollow shnm.
In the discussion of marriage and di
vorce I will call your attention to n
divine law, a social disease and a fatal
danger.
First A divine law. Centuries ago
the cunning Pharisees attempted to en
trap the divine Teacher by asking Him
the question: "Is it lawful for a man
to put away bis wife for every cause?"
In that day there existed two opposing,
schools. At the head of one was Shnm
ma!, who insisted that divorce should
be allowed only in the ense of adultery;
nt the head of the other wns IHllel,
who maintained that a man might put
. Hwny his wife for any cause at all. The
tempters of Christ thought that the
trap was well set, for if He failed to
hold strict views on the marriage ques
tion they would report Him to tbo fol
lowers of Shnuimnl, and if Ho held tho
opposite opinion they would turn upon
Him the enmity of the followers of
Hlllel, one of whose strong adherents
, .was Herod, who hnd just beheaded
John the Baptist. In the words of nn
other: "Brushing nsldo tbelr quibbling,
Jesus goes back to foundation princi
ples aud gives Ills message to the
church of all nges concerning marriage
and divorce."
It is a fivefold message,: Tbe mar
riage of one man and one woman is a
divine Institution; it is a divine act; It
joins husband and wife In a relation
closer nnd more binding than the rela
tion of parent and child; it so unifies
husband nnd wife that they cease to bo
two and become one flesh; nnd it can
be dissolved only by death. When the
point wns made by the Pharisees that
Moses maintained that a writing of di
vorcement shall be given under certain
conditions, Jesus declared Mint this was
a concession to the hardness of heart Of
the people.
Tbe position of Jesus Christ on the
subject under discussion is clearly set
forth in His Sermon on the Mount: "It
has been said, 'Whosoever shall put'
away his wife, let him give her a writ-,
Ing of divorcement, but I say unto you'
that whosoever shall put away his
wife saving for tho cause of fornlca- I
tlon, causeth her to commit adultery."
And Mark records these words of.
Jesus: "Whosoever puttctb away his
wife and marrleth another comniltteth
ndultery ngulnst her. And if a woman
shall put awny her husband and bo
married to another, sho comuiitteth
adultery." And in Luke we have set
forth the same law of Christ. From
His recorded words wo nre forced to'
tho following conclusions: That Jesus
allowed divorce on one and only ono
ground, namely, adultery, and thnt He
seems to allow the re-murriuge of the
innocent party.
In Epheslnns v:22-2S Tnul gives the
noblest picture of tho sanctity and dig
nity of tho marriage relation, for ho
eompures It to the mvstle union be
tween Christ and the glorious church of
the redeemed for whom Christ died.
This Is no temporary bond to bo
nupped nt will. Jesus is today the
Head of His Church, and It is being
purified by Him nnd mnde without
pot or wrinkle. Moreover, in Romans
vil:10 Paul argues that the Christian
I set free from the bondage of the
law, ns the woman enn have a new,
husband only on the death of the
former husband. But in I Corinthians
vll:12-10 Paul speaks of the problem In
family life presented where tile hus
band is a Christian aud the wife a
heathen and vice versa. He has two
things to say about this new problem
that hud not arisen when Jesus spoke
on tho subject. His first word Is that
the Christian must not force a separa
tion. If the heathen husband or wife
Is willing to continue" the union, tho
ChrlsUnn must be willing to do so.
The man-luge Is legitimate nnd the.
fhildren am legitimate, hut tbe other
word U this: Nuppose the heathen
husgand ,r wife Is nut willing to keep
np tho marriage relation and insists on:
separation, then what? Well, let the
unbelieving husband or wife go. says
Paul. He uses tbe word "depart" bere.l
not the technical word "put away." !
It would seem that this is n case oti
voluntary separation, not a legal divorce.-
If this be true, there could, of
course, be no re-inarrlage In such'
cases, for the marriage has lie v or been'
legally annulled. This alternative is
not even raised by Paul in this connec
tlon. It may bo properly snld, then,
that Paul did hot advocate divorce for
anything save adultery, though he docs
not even indicate this exception save by
Implication.
This divine law Is Bet forth in no un
certain sound on the pages of Clod's
.Word; and the disobedience of It must
ntall sorrowful results to the Indi
vidual, the family, and the community.
' Second A social disease. Divorces
are more numerous lu the United
8 1 a ten lu proportion to marriages thun
in any other country of which we have
SPX-record;, This social disease Is con. I
itaglou and spreading. In 1870, 8.5
per cent, of marriages ended In divorce.
In 1880, 4.8 per cent. In IS'.K), 6.2 per
cent. In 1000, 8.1 per cent. In 18IKI
the percentage of tho divorced to the
married was 0.5. In liXKt it wns 0.7.
According to tho census of 1900 thero
were 2457 divorced women in the
United States tinder the age of twenty,
nnd 13,175 divorced women between
twenty and twenty-live years of age.
South Carolina is tbe only State in
the Union which grnnts no divorce.
New York is the only State in the
Union which proposes to grant divorces
only on Scriptural grounds; yet New
York grnnts, nnnunlly, more tbnn a
thousand divorces.
Illinois gives a fair Illustration of
the lnws of almost all tbe States. Af
ter reciting a long list of grounds upon
which a divorce may be grnnted, tho
law concludes by empowering the court
to grant a divorce upon nny plea which
It thinks justifiable.
Tbe Western States, in order to in
crease their population, nre making
fipen aud shameless bids for those dis
satisfied with the married state to come
to them and have It dissolved.
. Statistics given by tho Chicago Dnlly
News Almanac, 1903, show the follow
ing number of divorces grnnted In lend
ing cities of our country In 1901:
Providence, 327; Cincinnati, 405; Bos
ton, 400; Cleveland, 454: Philadelphia,
402: St. Louis, 573: New York. 817; San
Francisco, 840; Chicago. 1808.
The statistics of Carroll I). Wright,
Commissioner of Labor, for twenty
years, from 1807 to 1S80, show 328,712
divorces grnnted in the United States
in those years. In 18G7, 0937 divorces
were grouted, while In 1880 25,535 di
vorces were granted, making an In
crease of 157 per cent. The Increase of
population was sixty per cent, during
the enme period.
In 1807 Ohio granted 001 divorces,
and in 1900 the State granted 3217
divorces ono to every eleven mnrrlnges
solemnized In tbe State. Indiana
grnnted, in 1807, 1090 divorces, and in
1900, 4599 one divorce to every six
marriages solemnized in the State.
Only a short time ago the papers were
telling of a woman in Indiana who
had eight living husbands, from whom
she hnd been divorced, nnd this sume
woman was then preparing to 'be mar
ried to the ninth victim. Michigan in
1807 granted 441) divorces, nnd in 190O
granted 2418 divorces one divorce to
every eleven mnrrlnges solemnized in
the State.
I A table of divorces In the Christian
world in 1885, as given in "Studies in
'History, Economics nnd Public Law,"
issued by Columbia University, gives
the following Interesting fact: Canada,
Great Britain and Ireland, France,
Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland,
Denmark, Sweden, (iermnny, Austria,
Roumanln, Russia nnd Australia grant
ed a total of 20.111 divorces, while in
tbe same year the United States grant
ed 23,472 divorces an excess over all
other countries in the Christian world
Of 3301.
Forty-five Stntes nnd several Terri
tories hnve various and conflicting
laws, nnd more than 3000 courts have
Jurisdiction of divorce cases. A
learned essayist snys of our legislation
Ihnt It "presents the largest and Strang
rst.nnd perhnps the saddest experiment
In tbe sphere of family laws which
free, self-governing countries have ever
tried." It was published in a recent
journal thnt divorces were grunted in
Chicago for the following causes: Snor
ing, cold feet, eating with a knife, in
sisting upon going to bed in his over
coat and boots, smoking cigarettes,
failure as a cook.
During recent years divorce has de
veloped into nn industry in tho United
States, the legal profession and the
bench have done much to encourage
this terrible traffic. ,
1 For 0211 divorces in France In a
given period, the United Suites offers
25,000, tho United Kingdom showing
475 nnd the Germnn Umpire t078 for
the same time. For a period of twenty
years In Maryland the rate of marriage
to divorce was 01.94. Massachusetts
averaged 31.28 to every divorce.
Some of the popular theories are that
divorce Is due to the conflicting and in
harmonious statutes of various States
Thus as Colonel Wright, In his report,
Informs us, it is the belief thnt persons
residing in Mio State of New York,
where the law is strict, are In the habit
of seeking divorces in Rhode Island.
But the statistics bIiow thnt of 4402
divorces granted in Rhode Island only
ninety-seven were to parties married
lu New York, and of 0020 granted in
Pennsylvania, only 705 were to parties
married in New York, while of the
289,540 couples whose place of mar
riage wns ascertained, 231,807 were dl
vorced in the same Stute lu which they
hud been married.
Third A fatal danger. The attack
upon the integrity of tho family is nu
unmitigated evil and n crime against
social order, which can only result In
the destruction of all that Is purest,
noblest and best In the world. Here
we find tho secret cause of the decline
and fall of the Roman Kmpire. The
laws as to fumlly life were loose; di
vorce became epidemic, nnd the empire
went down-in ruin and disgrace. The
Reign of Terror In France followed the
establishment of n law that marriage
could be dissolved merely by npplicn
catlon; 20,000 divorces were granted lu
Paris in one year, and during the same
period 48,000 outcast childreu were car
ried Into foundling hospitals nnd near
ly 10,000 new-born babies were taken
out of the sewers of tbe city nnd from
the secret places by the police. Tho
indescribable horrors of those times it
is impossible to picture, and who will
say that directly or indirectly the vio
lation of the saucUty of the marriage
state nnd the purity of the family lifo
did not contribute largely toward those
day of terror? The rejection of the
Bible, the denial of God and the dese
cration of tbe home yielded bitter fruit,
the taste of which still lingers in the
mouth of France, and lessons written
in blood have never been forgotten.
To-day In that country It Is allowable
to obtain separation for five years,
nnd nt .bn end of thnt time to npply
for the conversion of the separation
Into absolute divorce if the parties
have not been reconciled.
The prnctlcnl results of the Imperial
divorce law In Germany bnve been
gratifying. It gives four grounds for
divorce namely, ndultery, attempt of
either husband or wife on the lifo of
the other; malicious, willful desertion
aud continued violation of tbe marriage
vows. Both In France nnd Germany
attempts are beluga made to escape
threatening dangers by tbe enforce
ment of stricter laws on marriage and
divorce.
In New England nnd Wales there
were 170 divorces in 1870 ; 33(1 lu 1880;
304 In 1900, nnd 727 in 1889; nnd tbe
growing evil Is at last attracting tha at
tention of the lawmakers. We do not
rccognlzo the family at all In our na
tional constitution. It appears in our
State laws only as nn object of some
car, but not as an element of political
I lower. Mr. Gladstone declared that
lis fear for our future ceutered very
largely upon our ability to protect Mis
family, for weakness here menus dlstts
ter everywhere, t
Realizing tbe perilous position in
whjch we..oreihjia;d by the liurcuslus
social evils resulting from divorces, a
number of public spirited men Initiated
a corrective movement In 1878, and
what is now known as the Nntlolnl
League for the Protection of the Fam
ily, founded upon n broad basis, was
organized .In 18M1. The results from
this nnd kindred organizations bnve
been marked and encouraging. Rndl
cnl improvements nre noticed In the
lnws of New York. New Jersey, Penn
sylvania nnd Wisconsin; divorces after
residence of only three or six months
nre no longer permitted, ns they for
merly were, in North Dakota, Georgia,
uniirnrnin nnd several Territories. All
causes for divorce but one have been
stricken from the laws of the District
of Columbia, nnd commissions on uni
formity by co-operation of the States
now exist In no less than thirty-four
States nnd Territories.
The question of n constltutlonnl
amendment nnd admission of a nation
nl law on the matter under discussion
bnve been ngltnted; but ns long ns
twelve States can be rallied in defense
of the maintenance of StatP rights, it
is a waste of time to attempt the
amendment mi marriage or divorce.
But the agitation against this evil goes
on ns never before. The pulpit, the
press, the platform, the schools, col
leges nnd universities nre awakening
to a sense of the moral and social dan
ger thnt threatens us-, and t're out
spoken discussion of the marriage re
lation nnd the divorce laws must result
in great good.
Thirty years ago none of our high
er euiicuiiouni institutions gave any
attention to the study of the fnmllv.
but now the theological seminaries, tho
law schools and the universities nre
giving special care to this most Im
portant subject. We mny be assured
thnt our boasted civilization, our proud
commercial greatness, our high edu
cational attainments nnd our brilliant
material developments will only hasten
the dny of our disaster unless wp pro
tect the family nnd honor the God of
the home, who Is the Father of us all.
An Iuno'el'a Sermon to a l'rracher.
Never shnll I forget the remark of n
learned legal friend who was at one
time somewhat skeptical in his views.
Said he to me:
"Did I believe, ns yon do. that the
masses of our race nre perishing In sin,
I could have no rest. I would fly to
tell them of salvation. I would labor
day and night. I would speak with all
the pathos I could Munition. I would
warn nnd expostulate nnd entreat my
fellowmen to turn to Christ, and re
ceive salvation at Ills hands. I nm as
toulshed nt the manner in which the
majority of you ministers tell your
message. Why, you do not act as if
you believed your own words. You
hnve not the earnestness In preaching
Mutt we lawyers have in pleading. If
we were us tame as you are, we would
never carry a single suit."
A decade of years has passed away
since thnt remark was made. I blerfs
God It was addressed to me. It put lire
into my bones which I hope will burn
as long as I live. God preached a
stirring sermon to me that dav bv the
mouth of that infidel lawyer. Peter
Stryker.
I-ife In Conatructlre.
A certain evangelist Is using n card
on one side of which is the question.
'What must I do to lie saved';" and
following it nre the Scriptures which
point out tho way of salvation. On tho
other side of the card is the question,
"What must I do to be lost?" and the
answer follows, "Nothing."
The reply is simple but wonderfully
impressive. Many think that in order
to be lost they must run the log gamut
of vices and be aggressively bad. Not
so. We nre all bad enough to miss the
kingdom lu spite of the good points we
may have.
Life Is an active, constructive force.
It is likened unto a living temple or
unto a vine. It must therefore be built
up, and unless there is activity there
is no building. Unless there Is nctlve
goodness there Is no character, and un
less there is character there Is no sal
vation. Brethren Evangelist.
hnlrltunl l'firoity
Professing Christians sometimes at
tribute their spiritual poverty to na
ture. One is penurious, another cow
ardly, und they say it is because they
have been less generously eudowed by
nature than others and cannot help It.
it would be quite ns reasonable for ono
whose father's table, to which ho has
free ' access, is daily loaded with
wholesome food, to go about the streets
with guunt, bony linger and ghastly
countenance, starving to death, and
saying, "I cannot help It." God Is
nble to make u penurious man liberal,
generous nnd benevolent, or n cruel
man us gentle ns a lamb, or n passion
nte inuii ns calm nnd serene ns the.
bosom of a mountain hike when the
winds are hushed to rest. He Is nble
to make nil grace abound toward all
His children. Christian Advocate.
Learning What Lifo la.
Sorrow Is not an Incident occurring
now and Mien. It is the woof which Is
woven into the warp of life, nnd he
who has not discerned the diviuo sn
credneBS of sorrow and the profound
meaning which is concealed in pain
has yet to learn what life is. F. W.
Robertsou.
Games for Tndoors and Out.
The grand mogul. Did you ever
Play this?. Yes? Well, It is not sur
prising, for it is an old game, but
Just as amusing now as ever. It goes
like this: "The Grand Mogul does not
jliko E's," says one player '.'What will
Vou have for dlnner?"
Each player answers in turn, but
none of the dishes named must con
tain the letter E. The one who an
swers Incorrectly must pay a forfeit or
leave tbe game. When the letter E Is
exhausted try the other vowels.
Are you good at rhyming? This
game, called Rhyming Lights, Is lots
ot fuu. One player thinks of a word
and gives the others a rhyme to It.
Thud she may think of "coal," und she
says "I've thought of a word that
rhymes to pole." Tho others bavo to
guess tbo word in this fashion: If
they think the word Is "mole," they
say "It is a little animal that bur
rows?" "No," says the first player.
"Is it a smull loaf of bread?" they
ask. "No, It is not roll," says the
first player. "Is It something you
eat bread and milk from?" the?
guess. "No, It Is not a bowl," he
answers. "Is It something you bum?"
"Yes, it Is coal." Tbe player who
thought of "coal" then finds a word
for the others to guess.
Vermontors Are Good GueiMn.
A Vermont merchant rnn a contest
based on tho length of time that
big candle In his window would burn.
It burned 08 hours 60 minutes and 4C
seconds. Th nearest rue is was 99
hours.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12.
The Dangers of Indulgence. Prov.
2:i. 29-35; Isn. 5. 22-2."i. (Temper
ance Meeting.)
The book of Proverbs, or "Pnrablcs"
thoy might be trnnslated, In a com
pilation of wise sayings on many sub
jects. It Is remarkable that in that
age Buch strong and severe arraign
ments of Intemperance should be giv
en. But the sorrows thnt have come
from strong drink have been perpetu
al. Its woo and sorrow, its conten
tions and babblings, Its causeless
wounds nnd redness of eyes, are as
old as the rate. The world hns got
ten far nwny from many of the an
cient sins, but not from this sin ot
drunkenness. It is the Inst fortress
of the devil to capitulate. Islah ut
ters another woo upon tho injustice
nnd wickedness of those who use
strong drink.
History proves that the man who
yields to sinful Indulgence Is mastered
by his appetites. The only really
free man Is tho man who controls self
and musters his appetites. The ques
tion of Intemperance Is wrapped up In
this ono of self-control. The danger
lies in lhe further fact that nearly
every man thinks that be has self-control
when he bus not. Ho Is a slave
throuuh Indulgence when he thinks
that he Is master of tho situation.
Our passions nnd appetites are
strong. They grow by what they
feed upon. Fed by Indulgence and
they soon me masters of the will.
Appetite clamors for indulgence, nnd
It is not easy to deny. Our imagina
tions become corrupt and help to
weaken the will. But no man can re
sist temptation, or deny appetite, un
til he has self-control. Young peoplo
from Christian homes have tho same
natural appetites nnd desires as those
who are vicious. We need to re
member that we will be swept off our
feet and fall If we do not have a will
which will resist. And even then we
must hnve the help of God's grace
and Spirit.
Every good Instinct would lead us
to cultivate self-control and recognize
tho dangers of Indulgence. 'The path
of success In life is hedged In by self
control. The honor of men, the fav
or of God, heaven ami happiness are
dependent upon It. The vices of so
ciety, tho fashionable pleasures of
the day, the tendencies everywhere to
take life easy and shirk tho hard
things of lifo, all tend to self-indulgence.
But if we would win In life and
bo overcomers we must be seifcon
trolled and refuse Indulgence In evil.
A man can face unknown duties and
perils fearlessly if ho Knows that he
has the power to meet them. The
world lies nt the feet of the man who
has self-control. The highest useful
ness In life is his who hns learned
to master himself. The reverse of
all this is truo of him who has yield
ed to indulgence.
IDE
NOVEMBER TWELFTH.
The Dangers of Indulgence. Prov. 23:
29-35; Isa. 5:22 25.
Some Bible Hints.
. If we never look- upon a temptation,
we are in no danger from It; It is
the man that stops to look that is In
peril.
The wise man learns to consider
everything with regard not to Its
beginning, but its ending, nnd asks
at the opening of every road, "Whith
er does it lead?"
Why (Jo men call It strong drink
when It lends to nothing but weak
ness, and enptures only wenk mon?
The more worthless a thing, the
more rapidly and easily does fire con
sume It; one wiy to combat the ftro
of sin is to toss the chaff out of your
nature.
Suggestion.
When we say , "Once more and
this Is positively the last time," It Is
not the lust time.
When we Indulge in any ski, let
us remember that It Is not an Indul
gence of ourselves nloue; It is an In
dulgence of Satan.
The danger of any sla is not in
the possibility of greater sin, but In
tho sin Itself, which may ilx us In
evil.
The indulgence of the mind, of de
sire nud "brooding, Is as perilous as
the Indulgence of the deed Itself.
Illustrations.
The man who tried how close to
the precipice he could drive, discover
ed thnt the precipice was undermined
at the edge.
The chains of habit are. forged by
the blows of time every hour In sin
Is a new hammer stroke.
The lower a man goes, the more he
weighs, and the harder It. is for him
to rise.
Temperance Training.
A society temperance pledge may
be hung upon the wall, with the sig
natures of all the members upon it.
Plan for the temperance meetings
long in advance, nnd make them as
strong as possible.
Introduce into every temperance
meeting some account of recent tem
perance victories, and the progress
of the movement.
Learn what are the temperance
laws of your own State and communi
ty, and how they are kept.
Why should not the temperance
committee learn, for the Information
of voters, tho position as to temper
ance of the candidates bcJore the
people for election?
Magle Second Sight,
To do the trick of "second sight"
all that Is necessary In tbe way of
equipment U a large slate a piece of
chalk and a sheet of paper. First,
ask some one In the company to write
any number or words on tbe paper and
tell him that you, without seeing the
paper, will then write upon the slate
those very words.
Everyone wljl smile and at once
call upon you to make good your
claim. When the paper la ready di
rect It to be hidden while you turn
your back.
Curious Nest.
The statlonmaster of the Great
Eastern railway at Southend, Eng
land, has discovered under the board
ing of one of the rolrts a . nest of
young hedeehos, which hnd apparent
ly suffore-' no Incouvenlenco from tht
heavy frnf!le.
l ft, ' SCIENCE 2)
Notwithstanding the Incredulity ot
many men of science, the Hall Cannon
Society of Limns, France. In its report
for the past season, again approves the
method of dissipating hailstorms in the
grape growing districts by firing at the
clouds.
A considerable Industry hns recently
been developed In Swedeu on tbe basis
of an invention mnde by Joseph Phls
ter, nn Austrian, whereby coloring
matter is forced into fresh cut wood.
It takes tho place of snp, and gives to
the wood a brilliant color, which does
not fade after the wood has become
seasoned.
Tho trial trip ot the gasoline motor
car built for use on branches of Mie
Union Faclftc Railroad, was recently
made, and tho car was pronounced a
success. The run was made from
Omaha to Valley, Nov., nnd return, a
speed of fifty miles an hour being
maintained and a maximum speed of
62.2 miles being attained at one point.
An interesting series of experiments
to test the military value of airships is
nbout to be made by the French artil
lery. It may be premised that the fact
of their valuo may be taken as estab
lished up to a certain point to the satis
faction of the French military authori
ties, since a permanent "hnrbor" for
airships has been established in the ar
tillery quarter of the garrison of Toul.
In drilling for gas, or oil. at Dexter.
Kan., the operators struck a gas sand
at n depth of 400 feet from which a
good flow of gas was obtulned. but, to
the surprise of everybody, this gas
would not burn. Later it was discov
ered fiat it would burn if introduced
Into a fire box containing already burn
ing fuel, but as soon ns the coal or
other fuel was exhausted the gas again
refused to burn.
It Is a well-known fact that salts of
iron are ot great importance for the hu
man system, and that the human body
may supply its want of iron from veg
etable foods. The Neue Tageblntt re
ports experiments at the Vienna agri
cultural bacteriological station in
which spinach was planted iu soil to
which hydrate of iron had been added.
The spinach grown from seed showed
a percentage of Iron seven times as
great ns ordinary spinach, without In
jury to the plant.
AN OLD TRICK
now a Son of the Kinerald lute I' plield
Hn Nation's Pride.
Irishmen stand high in the regard of
Admiral Schlej. He likes to tell stories
of the indomitable, reckless pluck of
the Irish. Thus, at a dinner that Col.
McClure, of Philadelphia, gave in his
honor, he tald:
"An American merchantman once lay
in a Dutch port, and a number of
Dutch sailors came aboard to have a
chat with our men.
"By nnd by a spirit of rivalry, arose.
The sailors tried to outdo one another
in athletic tricks. The honors for a
long while lay with the Americans,
but finally a Dutchman climbed to the
very top of the mainmast aud there
stood on his head.
"Tho Americans' spirits fell at once.
It was plain that the Dutch had out
done them. They looked at one an
other sheepishly. They were silent
and ashamed.
Suddenly a young Irishman leaped
to his feet.
"Begobs," ho said, 'I won't let that
fat Dutch beat me.'
"And the reckless fellow ran like a
monkey up the mast and got ready
to stand on his head. He put his head
down and gave n push with his legs.
The first push wasn't hard enough, and
he dropped back. Up went his legs
again. But the second push was too
hard, and he fell heels over head. His
back struck the first rope, his legs the
next, his neck the next, and so on,
somersault after somersault, till event
ually he landed on his feet on the deck,
" 'Do that,' he shouted Immediately,
and he looked triumphantly at the
Dutchman.
"All the sailors crowded round him
and piiuscd his pluck und agility
warmly. ,
" 'Och.' he suld, 'say jiothin' about it.
Sure, it's an ould, ould thrlck wld me.
Sure, It's a thrlck the little childer do
In my country.' " Clevelaud Leader.
The Uai'i lntelllKence.
Wundt, the great German psycholo
gist, tells a Rtory of a dog which Is
briefly this: The dog used to be bathed
on Saturday, but not liking it would
disappear on Saturday morning aud
come buck at night too late for the
proposed ablution. Wundt, however,
tuies pains to show that tho dog did
not know that it was Saturday, but
that by association with certain things
done early on that day he was led to
anticipate, aud hence to escape, the
hated butb. But this argument re
minds me ot that of the dog trainer
who denied that the dog was iutelll
cent. "He will come when I call out.
'Come, Fldo,' " he remarked, "but 11 i
I hud taught him he would have come
just the sume when I called out, 'Go,
Fldo:' "
I quite agree with Wundt that the
dog formed his conclusions from as
sociation ot ldeun, but in what other
way do we ourselves know that It i
Suturduy? Is not the very repetition
of Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc., to
Saturday purtly a matter of associa
tion? Loudon Dally News.
T.j Drop Oar, But Sight Keinalni.
A man In Berlin awoke recently in
terrible pain and found bis left eye
on the pillow. With the nsslstnnee of
his family he put It buck, but bus to
hold his head erect while on the street
for fear It will drop out again. The
right eye fell out soon after the first
acquired tbe falling trick, und now
the poor fellow fears tbut some time
he will literally lose Ills eyes. His
sight Is as good as it ever wus.
case has been brought before
Berlin Medical Association.
Tbe
the
V
Tbe Berlin authorities have refused
a bequest of $125,000 for the purpose
of cktubl'shlng an orphanage conducted
on vegelarlnu principles.
household
Vflatters
Tha PrcMrvad Past,
Preserved peas should be heated In
the water tluy are preserved In, then
drained and set lu n stewpnn wlti a
piece of butter, salt, pepper, nutmeg,
pinch of sugar aud If liked a little
thickening of yolk of egg and milk.
Mildew on tha Unen.
At this time of the year mildew spots
nre apt to be noticed on the linen. A
paste made of equal parts of cnstilu
soap and starch, moistened with lemon
Juice remove the dark blotches, if it is
applied on both sides irnd the article
put In the sun. Repent the applica
tion if necessary.
Waililng tha Smirenxm.
As soon ns saucepans or frying pans
have been used for cooking purposes
they should bn washed out while still
warm. fills will prevent probable
breakages by leaving them about, nnd
will save lunch time, since cooking
utensils are far mon; difficult to lean
when once allowed to get col 1.
Tha Malned Table Mnen.
Never put table linen into soapsuds
until nil stains nre removed by pour
ing boiling water through them. J ills
will remove nil Mains but Iron rust.
Foi thnt sprinkle on oxalic ncid. wet
ting the spot with cold witter. Rub
gently between the hands, and if will
gradually disappear. It obstinate, re
peat the process.
To Keep Tin MllkpaiU Clean.
A housewife who uses tin tnilkpails
knows what a difficult thing it is to
keep them sweet nnd fresh. No
amount of ordinary soap und water
will tlo It. A well known writer on
household management suggests tho
following rule: Scald the palls every
day with boiling wuter and a little
baking soda. Then rinse them with
pure, fresh water und place them in tbe
sunshine.
Pytteinatle Work.
If the kitchen work is done system
atically und with u little forethought,
it will not seem the daily griud that
it Is usually considered.
, Some women can cook n meal nnd
have tho kitchen utmost as neat when
they have finished ns when ihey began,
while there nre others, unfortunately,
tho majority, who make such u litter
in every available spot, that when It
comes time to clean up. they hardly
know where to begin.
The Faililonhlile Dinner. '
A pronounced change has come over
the dinner, even iu fashionable circles.
A roast Is no longer considered inevit
able und sherbet is frequently omitted
as a tuidmeal refreshment. At a pret
ty dinner of ten covers, last week, in
a house famous for correct form and
attention to detail, cantaloupe took tbe
place of shell fish nt the first part. of
the meal und roast duck followed the
fish course nud ended the meats. Snl
nd. crackers and cheese, nesselrode
pudding nud coffee followed the duck
course.
A Footstool or Tin Can.
I'se seven three-pound tiu cans for a
foundation, cover each separately with
an old sock, or any old thick goods
anything to prevent the cans from
rubbing together and making a uoise
when moved about. Place one can
iu centre, with the other six arouud
It and sew all edges together ot bot
tom and top, well. Put some soft pad
ding on top, cover with wooleu goods
nnd sew n straight strip of goods for
a covering all around sides, fasten at
top of stool with cat stitching of some
light Ban silk or floss. These stools
nre nice for bedrooms or for the nur
sery. M. J. Martin, in The Epitotuisr.
M?mm
(tv-i u-ci
--".NVM'a
Snow Balls Wash a cupful of rice
and put In n saucepan of milk; boll
until tender, add n pinch of salt and
put In small cups to cool. When cold
turn out In n dish and pour over boiled
custard. Serve with whipped cream
or sauce.
Raw Totalo Fritters reel aud grate
under water a pint of raw potatoes,
(lrilu off the wahr through a towel
nnd wring the potato pulp iu It. Mix
the liquid with three limping tea
spoons of flour and three esgs beaten
light, salt and pepper to taste and try
the batter at once in enough smoking
hot fat to float the fritters. Serve them
hot, dusted with powdered sugar.
Pepper Relish Chop six pints new
cabbage, sprinkle with one-half cup
salt, next day drain nnd press dry.
Seed nnd chop three pints green pep
pers, two pints small green cucum
bers, mix, puck In a jar or enns, cover
with cold vinegar; add n ten cent box
of mixed spices or some ripe red pep
pers, four ounces of mustard seed nnd
the same of cloves and allspice. Horse
radish root and celery seed; also whole
onions to flavor, if liked. .
French Griddle Cakes Beat togeth
er, until smooth, six eggs and a pint
of sifted flour; melt one ounce of but
ter, und add to the butter, with one
ounce of sugar nud a cup of milk; beat
until smooth; put In a tublespoouful
of soda; spread tho batter evenly over
the surface by tipping the pan nbout;
fry to light brown; sprtad with jelly;
roll up, dust with powdered sugar und
serve hot.
Frozen Custnrd Take one pint of
milk und crcniu, one cup of sugar and
two eggs (whole), two tnblespnoufuls
of cornstarch Ibis U preferable to
flour. Mix the cornstarch and sugar
first aud stir into the milk nnd cream
when boiling, and stir until smooth.
Keep stirring about twenty minutes.
Beet the yolks, nnd add a half cupful
of sugar; weaken wiili a spoonful or
two of the hot mixture. Then stir It
In nud allow it to cook for a minute.
J'rceze.
Her Only I alllex.
"I don't think there Is a stain on my
character only hard wo:'k." said a
woman to the Acton magistrates the
othei day. --London Chronicle.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR NOVEMBER 12.
Ruhjeell Ktm'i Journey to ,lei nnlrm.
fcira VIII., 'II 3J-Uohlrn Tnt, Kra
lll., S3 Memory Vrrael. HI --J. I Com
mentary nn I lie l.eaenn.
I. A fnst proclaimed (vs. 2t-l'.';i. 21.
"Proclaimed n fast." Kzrn entered
upon his work with fasting nnd prayer.
The Journey was a dangerous one. 'es
pecially with n 11 the treasure he cur
ried. Kara realized the danger, but he
went forward in faith. Hi chief ciii
t.ern wns to have God With him. He
had procured Leviles to go with 1 1 i tit
(vs. Jii-201. but even that would be of
no avail If .Miovnh did not direct tlielr
steps. "Afflict ourselves." 'llotnble
ourselves." R. V.) nnd repent of our
sins. "To seek illin." Kra wmiteil th
people to commit themselves to the
guidance nnd protection of divine prov
idence nnd implore God to give them
a prosperous, journey. Their journey
lay chiefly through ('. desert, and the
Arabians nnd Suinaritnns were likely
to attack them.
2-. "I was ashaini'd," etc. I)zia I. ad
preached trust iu God before Hie
heathen rulers nnd he would n.it ilix--honor
God by asking the usual military
escort. Ho had represented God. the
object of his worship, ns xiii--ii ly
powerful, nnd ns having the strouuest
affection for Ills true followers. Thus
we see that this good man hnd mure
anxiety for the glory of God than for
his own personal nfety.
2?,. "So we fasted." " The people oid
ns Ezra commanded. God heard and
answered their prayers, nnd they were
kept In safety during the difficult and
dnngerous journey.
II. Ezra's charge to the prirsts (vs.
24-30). 24. "I separated twelve." There
is n difference of opinion here as in the
number of persons Kzrn selected us
custodians of tbe treusure nnd sacred
vessels. There were probably twelve
priests nnd twelve Levltes; but some
think there were twelve priests and
only ten Levltes. Shcrebinh and Hasli
nlilnh were two of the Levltes. 2.".
"Weighed." We may gather from this
thnt the gold nnd sliver were In bars or
Ingots, and not In coined money. 20.
"Unto their hnnd." We have here the
particular care Ezrn took of the treas
ure of God's sanctuary. Having com
mitted the keeping of It to God. he com
mitted the care of it to proper men.
though without God they would have
watched in vain. Our prayers should
always be seconded with our endeav
ors. Do we expect God should iy His
providence keep that which belongs :
us? Then ought we by His grace to
care for that which belongs to Hiai; let
God's honor and interest be our care.
The prophet in foretelling the r -t urn of
God's people and ministers out of Hal y
lon gave the solemn charge (Isa. "2.1 1 1,
"Be ye clean that bear the vessels of
the Lord." In .orublmhel's time the
vessels were delivered by number;
here by weight, that It might easily
nppear if any were missing. This Inti
mates that such as nre intrusted Willi
holy things nre concerned to remember,
both in receiving their trust and iu dis
charging It, Hint they must shoniy give
n very particular nccount of It. that
they may be faithful to It nnd so give
up their nccount with Joy. "Silver.-...
gold." Tbo whole treasure bus been
estimated at from four to six million
dollars. A talent ot silver was about
$1000; gold Is usually worth sixteen
times ns much ns silver.
27. "Basons. .. .drams." The word
translated "dram" nppeurs to be In the
Hebrew representative of the Persian
word which the Greek rendered by
"darlc." This was a gold coin, stumped
with the figure of the Persian king,
wearing his crown and armed wilt u
bow and arrow. According to the most
exact computation each such coin con
tained somewhat more pure gold than
nn English guinea, and wns worth five
dollars of our money. The basins"
would be worth about two hundred ami
seventy-five dollars each. "Vessels of
fine copper." Probably some fictitious
metnl made there thnt took the polish
and assumed the brightness of gold,
and because of its hardness was more
durable. There is still a metal of this
kind made nmoug the Asiatics. 28.
"Freewill offering." Tbe silver nnd
gold were a present to the house of God
thnt the king aud bis counselors bad
set npnrt.
HI. The Journey to Jerusalem (vs.
31, 321. 81. "We departed on the
twelfth day." Tbe company began to
form and arrange for the journey upon
the first duy of the month Nisau. I'pori
a review of his company Ezra observed
the lack of Levltes, and the time us d
In securing their union with the return
ing exiles, and In weighing the treas
ure, etc., took up the time until the
twelfth day. Abuva is the nam? both
of a smnll town nnd stream, not fur
from the river Euphrates. This would
bn a natural course -to pursue from
Shushan. This account of Ezra's prep
aration nnd journey Is a beautiful ex
ample of method and thoroughness
which Is of great value in the work of
God. Ezra sought first the prosperity
of God's cause, but he did not count it
lost time to spend twelve days In prep
aration for the Journey. Time used
for prayer is never lost time. Tune
consumed in perfecting plans for God's
work Is not misspent time. Always
take time to do n thing right. Things
done by half are ue Tr done well.
32. "We came to Jerusalem." The
dangerous journey was completed with
safety nt tho end of four, months.
"Abode. .. .three days.' That is. they
rested that long. On tho fourth day
the treasures were weighed and hand
id over to the custody of the officiating
priests of the temple. The returned
exiles offered burnt offerings, aud Ezra
delivered the royal commission to the
magistrates, while the Luvitlcal portion
of tlie company assisted in performing
the additional work which the arrival
of so muuy new worshipers occasioned.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS
lli'j mnniy nour a
the devil's invita
tion. Heaven ;s other
than a sublimated
hell.
No punic ever af
fects Aw lK'iue of
(iod.
Fullinc; blossoms
promise , r i pciun
fruit
Providence places no premium ou
slotli.
It takes piiru than soup to muko
saint.
Many a great lifo lias been lost be
cause the man niMiut his nil ou nu en
gine and lind nothing left for tl.
steering genr.
Kuvy will Kixtt. Iliu liiinsl. rich
est cup ever rtiisoil to Itomuii lips.
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