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Brooklyn, N. Y. An the subject of
his sermon Sunday the Rev. Livingston
L. Taylor, pastor of tlip Puritau Con
gregational Church, spoke on "The
Square Deal In Ilellgion." lie took
two texts: Proverbs xil.:22: "Tliey Hint
deal truly are Ills delight," and Psalm
xl.:7: "The righteous Lord loveth right
eousness." Mr. Taylor mild:
The ki lgdoin of heaven Is A squat 0
deal on earth. From the night visions
of the shepherds to the day dreams of
St. John It Is peace and good will on
earth, among men, whleh the hosts of
God are seen bestirring themselves to
promote. And lie who came from
heaven lived brother to all men. that
they might ever after dwell as breth
ren here. Hut there ran be no kingdom
of brotherly men on earth with any
other throne set up than that of a fath
erly Hod in heaven. The square deal
has Its vertical lines as well as its hori
Kontal. The horizon never limited
Christ's vision. lie lived for the day
v iieu men would treat Cod right. In
that day no man will have tiling
to fear from any other man. The
thinking world Is coining around more
nnd more to Christ's estimate of relig
ion as the power that must set lhlir;s
right among men. Hut in li s day and
in ours the problem of Ihe square deal
involves religion Itself. It has always
been hard to get n square deal for re
ligion. It has always been hard to
maintain n square deal In presenting
the claims of religion. It has always
been hard to keep n square deal at the
heart of religion. These things should
be borne in mind by us nil ns we enter
upon the special religions activities and
privileges of the Lenten season,
i The square deal in religion Involves
n K,...r. a ileal for religion. And this In
turn Involves two things: first, a fnir
miu el attitude toward religious phe
nomena, Institutions, doctrines nnd per
tons. end second, it determination to
deal fairly with our own religious na
ttr.v. a delovailnatioa to give the soul a
square deal.
.Men deal more fairly with the fact
if reiiulon than they used to. Th"y
are settling down to the conclusion that
the race is "incorrigibly religious."
Thev are beginning to understand that
the world's history could not have been j
what- it has been ir men nau no capac
ity and need for religion. Religion
must be recognized ns u legitimate hu
man interest unless we want to throw
out of court the most persistent of nil
classes of facts. Religion must be rec
ognized ns one of the great human in
terests if we nre to maintain nny sort
of proportion in our view of human life
as n whole. Religion must be recog
nised as the supreme human interest if
we would be consistent with any roi- I
Bi'UMiJ.'- uriiuiiivii ut io.i,i'j. .
ion is an affair of the soul in its rela
tions with the Infinite nothing short of
this is reasonable or right. We should
expect to see men, as we do, striving
to make religion supreme, not content
with anything short of the religious in
terpretation of tlie universe and of hu
nin.; life, determined to have some sort
of religious system, spending nnd being
spent in the service of religious Institu
tions, their churches, their missions.
We should denl as fairly with these
facts ns we do with the facts which
convince ns .hat it is natural for men
to have music, thnt it is natural for
men to express themselves and to find
pleasure In the varied forms of art,
that it is natural for men to concern
themselves with tlie right and wrong
of things nnd of their own lives.
But fair dealing with the fact of re
ligion requires that we should recog
nize the limitations nnd the inevitable
imperfection of nil the forms in which
the religious aspirations of men iind
expression. It Is nothing to the dis
credit of religion if onr best efforts to
embody it fall short of those visions of
its glory with which our souls are
blessed. It is no less n treasure be
cause we have It '. x earthen vessels
Religious systems nre confessedly im
perfect. Religious persons are full of
faults. But they exist. They are
facts. And they are as good evidence
of man's religious nature as they are
of the imperfection of all things human.
But how about our own religious na
ture, yours nnd mine? Have we been
treating it fairly? In 1S70 lieorge Ro
manes, n brilliant young British scien
tist, came to the conclusion that he
had no right to a soul or a God, and
Unit it was Ills "obvious duty to stitle
all belief" and to "discipline his intel
lect with regard to this matter into an
attitude of tlio purest skepticism." "1
am not ashom-Jd to confess," he wrote
at the time, "that with this virtual ne
gation of liod the universe to me lias
lost its nonlof loveliness." And h was
oppressed by "the appalling contrast
between the hallowed glory of that
creed willed was once mine, and the
lonely mywtery of existence ns I now
find it." A little less than twenty
years later George Romanes became
convinced that In seeking to deal un
flinchingly with the facts of physical
science he had Ignored the most signifi
cant of ull facts, the most directly
known, the most completely attested of
nil facts, the facts of til own religious
nature. He came to recognize that it
Is "reasonable to be a Christian believ
er." Before his untimely death he had
returned "to that full, deliberate com
munion with tlie church of Jesus Christ
which he had for so ninny years been
conscientiously compelled to forego."
In the multitude of hi thoughts with
in him lie bad secured a square deal
for his soul.
Our difficulties may not be his. but
we have them. The things which
make It hard for us to secure our souls
their chance may be very different
from the things which made it hard
for him. Scientific men of to-day have
less to maka them feel as the seeming
ly trluniphnnt niaterlalir . of the sec
entles muilo young Romanes feel nbout
tiavlng a God and a so il. But our ililtl
culties may be ot another class entire
ly. Perhaps they are far lesj credit
able to our intellectual sincerity, less
creditable to our moral purpose, evil
Inclination and the multiplied oppor
tunities for gratifying them that make
it hard for their souls to get fair hear
ing. "The lust of the flesh, the lust of
the eye and the pride of life nre not of
the Father," John tells us. But some
thing more la true. They out-Herod
Hurod In their conspiracy aaalnst v.'!" '
Is heaven-born In us. They are not
only "not of the Father," but ttcy are
the deadly foes of all that Is of the
Father. Happy are the souls In which
the flight Into Egypt comes out as It
doe in Matthew's Gospel of the In
fancy. Let us not hesitate to play
Joseph ;3 our threatened ioul. All the
dreams and angels that we need will
be forthcoming if we are faithful, and
we hull get back to Nazareth. Some
how Herod will be circumvented. And
though it be neither scientlflc doctrine
nor .vll propensities which do riost to
make It hard for our souls, but .hist tlie
petty preoccupations and the dally
burden and the round rf more or leu
irritating duties of our comuiou life,
ne r.re r.cJer thu saje sacred obliga
tion and have the same encour- rement
to secure for our souls the square deal
tied menus t.,ein to have. Let us never
forget thnt .lesus Christ Is tin grout
champion of n square .'eal for every
soul, and thnt that means ours.
A square deal In presenting the
rlalms of religion should be religiously
maintained. God is eternally against
nnytlilng else. .Teremlah never said
anything which bears more unmistak
ably the seal of a i.lvln; rat idea t Ion
than when he called It "a wonderful
and ho .'ih!e thing" that bad come to
pass In the land; that "the prophets
prophesy falsely, and the priests bear
rule by their means: an i mr people
lov.v '.o hi. ve it so." But ;'. square ileal
In ;ire.'entlng the claims of religion
rules mil. in . merely wilful falsifica
tion nnd perversion if (he truth, .t
rules tut intolerance and demands n
square deal for the religious convic
tion of other pcple. It rules -ut dog
matism and ..emanil a square deal for
whateier new light may break forth.
It ruL'S out the insinuation of doubt
and di lands a square deal for the
feeblest ami most unintelligent faith,
it -uli out Insincerity of whatever
kind. Rut it docs not rr.le mt: loyalty
to de.'p convictions. iur dellnlteness
of teaching, nor the replacing of the
broken reel of an outworn doctrine
with the strong staff of a living truth.
To be absolutely loyal to the truth, and
yet deal fairly with all the spiritual In
terests ttfiVeied by the manner In which
the claims of religion are presented. Is
no light thing to achieve. Hut of one
thing. ilmse to whom we go with the
call of Christ must be left in no doubt,
and that Is that, so far as In us lies and
God gives vs iijlit upon our way. we
mean to be square with them. God
made our ears so that they Instinctive
ly protect them-elves against cant.
They close as quhkl.v as the threatened
eye.
The square ileal In religion involves
a square ileal at the heart of religion.
The central doctrine should be the
righteousness of God. tlie righteous
dealing el' God with men, a square
deal and nothing less for all men. a
square deal end nothing more for "the
saved." Haul never gets tired of tell
ing its that God does not save us by
doing anything wrong. He Is continu
ally declaring God's righteousness in
His way of saving men. that He is at
once "Just and the jnstifler of him that
hath faith in Jesiis." Tan! proclaims
the triumph of the square deal in
Christ. In Him "mercy and truth are
met together; righteousness ami peace
have kissed each other." All that God
oii'ers to us hi Christ lie has a right to
offer, lie comes before the bar of our
conscience with His great gospel of
forgiveness. If it is not ra tilled there
It can never give us peace. It Is not
the k'. sensitive consciences which
have borne the most unequivocal testi
mony to the price which God gives in
Christ .Ions. But there should be noth
ing to settle between your conscience
and your doctrine nf salvation. We nre
not saved by dishonest bookkeeping.
Nothing is credited to us which does
not belong to us In God's sight. livery
item which justifies God in His mercy
toward us may not appear. But no
scheme that could not pass muster with
us in our dealing with men enn repre
sent the redemptive dealings of God
with sinners. The man who finds
peace with God through Jesus Christ
just believes that whatever safeguard
ing of righteousness was necessary
when God's mercy set out to save him
has not been neglected.
But while we need not fear that God
will offer us more than He has n right
to, we need have, on the other hand, no
fear of giving too much to lliui if wc
give all.
"Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Meiuanus my soul, my life, piy nil."
rgntire l.tvlriz.
Living to escape trouble is a poor
kind of existence. Thesmaller animals
In the forests and mountains have to
give a large share of their attention to
avoiding catastrophe, but mail was
made for another kind of life. "How
nre you'" n man called out to his
friend in passing. "I can't complain,"
was the ready answer. Hour fellow!
The best that he could say was that he
was successfully dodging disaster for
the moment! The present momei.l
ought to make the highest point of Joy
ous accomplishment our lives have yet
known. God means that It should.
We have more to be thankful for to
day than ever before since we or the
world came Into being. Even our un
conscious habits of speech will indie""
this if we are living abundantly.
Go t'l Cure,
People talk about special provi
dences. I believe In providences, but
not lu the specialty. I do not believe
that God lets the thread of my affairs
go for six days, and on the seventh
evening takes it up for a monienl. The
so-called special providence are no
exception to the rule they are common
to all men at all moments. Hut It Is a
fact that God's care Is mure evident In
some instances of It than In others, to
the dim aud often bewildered vision ot
humanity. Upon such instances men
seize and call them providences. It la
well that they can, but It would be
gloriously better If they could believe
that the whole matter is one grand
providence. George MacDonald.
All We Here to Do.
The discipline which we choose for
ourselves does not destroy our self-love
like that which God assigns us Himself
each day. All we have to do Is to give
ourselves up to God day by day, with
out looking further. He entries us in
His nruis as a loving mother carries
her child. In every need let us look
with love nud trust to our heavenly
Father. FriiecU deln Mothe Feuelon.
DOCTOR HAS OFFICE IN JAIL.
Patient Call There, and His Butine
I Growing.
Dr. Gu3tav Krauss, who was extra
dited from New York on a criminal
charge preferred against him by Mrs.
Thomas Kutledge and now lockd up
In tho county jail at Jersey City on a
civil suit brcight by Mr. Rutledge, Is
allowed to practice his profession In
the Jail.
As he bad given ball on the criminal
charge before hla arrest on the civil
process he 1 not regarded a a prig,
oner In the ordinary sense of the term,
and Is merely confined In the detention
room set apai t for witnesses.
Here all who choose to call are al
lowed to consult him professionally.
8ome day be l:i visited by a dozen pa
tients, and be say It Is a dull day
when be has only two or three visit
ors. "Not only that," he added, "but my
business la increasing. It It keep on
growing at the same rate that It baa
for the last ten days my Income will
more than cover the expenses of niy
trial." New York World.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
NTERNATIONAU LESSON COMMENTS
FOR APRIL I.
Subject ! The Two Fnnnriaiinn., IMarr.
Til., l.V19-l)olln Tflit, JllnM l
94-Mnnnrr VrrMif. 84-83 Topic I
ComiMla In Character Kailillnc.
I. The false and tho true (vs. 15-20).
Jesus has Just been spenklng of the
narrow entrance Into Ills kingdom nnd
the broad way which lends down to
death: He now turns His attention to
the false guides which lend men nstrny,
IS. "Beware." Be on your guard:
look out for. "False prophets." Who
will deceive you and lead you Into tho
broad way. "Sheep's clothing." A
symbol of deceptive, wicked men put
ting on the garb of piety. See 2 (.'or.
11:1.'I-13. "Inwardly," etc. Under their
outer covering they hide hearts like
wolves, and nre ready to tear and de
stroy. HI. "Know them." Their real
l atine will soon appear, nnd their false
1n i fines will be detected. "Their
fnilts." The moral tendency of theit
lives nnd doctrines.
1", IS. "Good tree corrupt tree."
i ne comparison or men to trees fre
quently occurs In tho Bible.
11). "liewn down." To this day in
the F.ast trees are vnlued only so far
ns they produce fruit. "Cast into tlie
lire." Fire is the symbol of utter de
struction. II. Mere profession not snflleient
(vs. 2l-:s:si. LM. "Not every one."
Christ Is here laying down tho true
test of ndmlttance Into the kingdom
of God. He has just told them thnt
thev must enter In through n narrow
gate and walk a narrow way. nnd now
He intimates that it.nuy will seek to
pain admittance on the ground of mere
profession. "That saith Lord. Lord."
'Tnie religion Is more than a profession.
We may acknowledge the authority of
Christ, believe in His divinity and ac
cent His touching as truth, nnd still
without the love of God In the henrt
we shall be shut out of Iienven. "King
dom of heaven." God's spiritual king
rloin where Christ relcns In tlie heartf
and lives of men. 22. "Many." Not
merely en occasional one. but ihe mini
her will be astonishingly large. "Ir
that ibiy." The judgment day. Thf
day when the final ncenunts shall l
brought In, and when each shall re
celve his just desert. See Acts 17:.'!1
Ruin. 11:10; 2 Cor. ":10. "Prophesied.'
As the whole gospel is a real prophecy
foretelling tlie vast future of the hu
man race death, judgment and eter
nity, so every preacher Is a prophet.
2:t. "I never knew you." As My
disciples. How sad! From this wc
see how easy It Is to be deceived. Manv
are trusting In the church, their good
name, their generosity, their great
Rifts, their employment in the minis
try, their self-sacrilli'e, their devotion
to the cause, etc.. etc., while at heat!
they are not right with God and nt the
last great day will be cast to tlie left
hand. They are destitute of the love ol
God. which is the nil-essential (1 Cor.
13:l-!l). "Depart from Me." Such bo
long to the left hand consigned to the
regions of darkness nnd despair.
III. The two builders (vs. 24-27. 24.
"Therefore." Jesus now proceeds tc
impress the truth by a very striking Il
lustration. "Whosoever heareth." See
R. V. "Both ch.sses ot men hear the
wordt So far they are nlike. In like
manner the two houses have externally
the- same awnearunee. but tb lm-,iV
j day of trial shows the difference."
uoetu tneui." Thus making them the
real foundation of Ids life. "Will lik
en him." St. Matthew who, living
near the lake, had often witnessed
such sudden Hoods as are described,
uses vigorous language and draws the
picture vividly. "A wise man." Hru
dent, far-sighted a man of understand
ing who looks ahead and sees the dan
ger and makes use of the best means
of avoiding it. Tho wise builder is the
one wbo hears and obeys tlie words ot
Christ. "Built his house." His char
acter; himself. Iiaeh mau possesses a
liouse which is his absolutely, nud for
which he alone is responsible. "Upou
a lock." Our rock Is Jesus Christ (lsa
118:22; Isa. 2S:lu; 1 Cor. 3:11). He is
the sure foundation. As wa centre
our faith in Him, and build according
to the maxims which He has laid
down we shall be safe. 23. "The rain
beat." So tempests nnd storms of
atllictions, persecutions, temptations
and all sorts of trials beat against the
bouI. "It fell not." The. religion of
Jesus Christ In the soul will stand
every test. The emblem of a house to
represent the religious life is very ap
propriate. 2U. "Doeth them not." Fails to do
what he knows he ought to do; ueglect
them; or professes to do and does not.
"Foolish man." He was short-sighted
nnd n Mowed present pleasure, gratifi
cation aud profit to so till his life that
he failed to look beyond to the result
of his course. "The sand." The sand
represents the self-life. 27. "It fell."
So falls the sinner. The floods are
wearing away Ids sandy foundation,
aud soon one tremendous storm shall
beat upou him and he aud his hopes
thall forever fall. "Great was the
full." How great Is the loss of tho
soul! What a terrible fall for a soul
created in the Image of God, aud with
ull the glorious possibilities before It of
a life of bliss forever with Christ, to
be cast to the left baud at the last day.
IV. The people astonished (vs. 28,
20). 28. "These suyings." The ser
inon just preached. "Astouished."
The teachings of Jesus all through Hi
lire excited admiration, wonder and
amazement. 21). "Having authority."
His power lay in Himself aud iu Hi
life. By His speaking with authority
may be meaut, 1. That the truth He
spuke cuuie with authority. 2. That
the majesty and nower with which n
! spuku gave lilin authority. "Not a
tne scribes." He did not speak llko a
common Interpreter, but with the air
of a prophet.
Why We 8ay "Hello."
Long, long ago, wolves were numer
ous in all parts of the world, especially
In England. Wolf hunting was a fa
vorite sport with the gentry, and to
kill wolves was regarded as the sacred
duty of all Englishmen. In fact, an
old law reads: "All barons must hunt
and chase a wolf four times a year."
French was the language of the court
at that time, so the burly old English
butiters used the cry of the French
wolf hunters, which was "Au loup! Au
loup!" ("To the wolf.") These words,
heard at a distance, sounded like ''a
loo," but the English, who always put
an H on wherever they possibly can,
put It on the words "A loo," and when
wolf hunting shouted "Ha-Ioo." Th
form we use when we call "Hello," as
no word has been found that carries
so far or so well as hello. For this
reason It is the accepted form ot the
telephone companies the world over.
Washington Star.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES
APRIL FIRST.
Lives That Endure. Matt. 7: 24, 25;
1 Cor. 3: 10-15; Eph. 2; 19-22; 1
Tim. 6: 17-19; ,2 Tim. 2: 14-19.
Every one of us mny found some
thing that will outlast the earth a
Christian life.
A foundation hnlf Christ and half
worldllness Is ns unsound as a foun
dation half stone and half turf.
Earthly buildings are formed once
for all, and ore enlarged only with
difficulty; but a Christ-founded life Is
a growing organism.
Whatever good we build on earth
has Its counterpart In our "house not
made with hands, eternal, In the
heavens."
Suggestions.
All lives endure, but where?
Thnt Is the question.
The best way to gain a lasting
memory among men Is to live, not for
the future, but wisely for to-day.
Lives soon become gigantic if they
are steadily built upward, with no
tearing down.
We spend ninny years In ''getting
a start In llfo," and too many of us
never get to the living.
Illustrations.
The most permanent work of men
Is a grass-covered heap of earth. It
Is life that lasts.
Most of Dore's paintings, brilliant
at first, have faded away because he
used poor colors. The materials of
our Hvps are ns Important ns the use
wo make of them.
Already It lias becomo necessary to
rebuild the Brooklyn Bridge, because
It was not Intended for such tremen
dous traffic. Let us build our lives
for the greatest possible destiny.
Radium Is constantly giving off
energy, and no one has been able to
see that It loses substance by It,
though It must. A well-ordered life,
however, actually grows by giving
out.
Questions.
Is my lifo fixed on the one Foun
dation? Am I making plans for the hour or
for eternity?
Would my plans go on grandly, if
my life were transferred to heav
en? There Is only one way to get ready
for Immortality, and that is to love
this life, and live It as bravely and
cheerfully as we can. Henry van
Dyke.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, APRIL 1.
8orvlng With Christ. Acts 15. 4; 1
Pet. 2. 21-25.
Tho commercial world lias learned
that there is power In cooperation far
beyond any power which can be exert-
sa by competition.
This is the age of combination. Men
are working together, knowing that
In their united and mutually helpful
work there Is more profit than there
used to be nhen each worked for him
self. Competition as a working force
Is no longer strong enough to do the
work of tho world.
So cooperation Is at tho front and
foremott in nun's thought. We are
more than familiar with the names it
bears;.comblne, trust, merger, union,
association, federation. Even tho Ep.
worth League Is a product of the mod
ern passion for cooperation; It is a
merger of five societies, and Bonis of
them were unions of other and less
extensive organizations.
lint business cooperation, though It
seems to bo something better, is Just
a' eihsn ,ij o.'e.ii.Jii, '' Hi can hi
just as unscrupulous. The unpop
ularity of the the "trusts" is largoly
due to the fact that people consider
them devices to enrich the few at the
expense of the many.
Cooperation is not a new force, and
its new use Is not the best use that
could be made of it. It is the oldest
force in the world, for It antedates sin
and selfla'jnees, which were the par
ents of competition.
It is the force with which God
meant the world to be run. His pur
pose wa that men should dwell to
gether, be members one of another,
workers together with God, and each
one a helper of all the rest to the limit
of tils powers.
Competition, which ignores the rights
of everybody but one's self, is un
christian. Any cooperation which Is
for tho benefit of a few, and whose
profit 8 come from the unwilling or un
conscious contributions of the many,
is also unchristian. Tho only Chris
tian force, and, therefore, the only
force that can roany build the struc
ture of the final civilization, which Is
the kingdom of God, Is jrlstiaa co
operation, that Is to say, the force of
"helping one another."
A Diplomat, Indeed.
"I wonder how it seems to have
written so many books that you can't
remember tho number?" sighed a pret
ty girl, a youthful literary aspirant,
after meeting John Burroughs, the nat
uralist, at the Pen and Brush club re
ception a few days ago. '
The gray-bearded sage ot Slabsldes
had Just remarked thut he couldn't al
ways remember how many books he
was the author of, and had told this
story:
"I was dining with a lady recently,
and when I made that remark, she
spoke up, saying:
"'Oh, I know. You have written
just thirteen, for I have them all here
In my library.' ,
'"Did I write all tbose books?' I
said. 'Why, it doesn't seem possi
ble.' "But you see my work has been my
play, and It has all been done so grad
ually that I can scarcely realize how
many there are. There will be four
teen in all when the one on which I
am now working is finished in June.
But, then," he continued, comforting
ly, "when you have worked forty years
as I have, you will have something to
show for your labors." New York
Sun.
Horn of Artificial Plants,
There are 430 manufactories of arti
ficial flowers, leaves, plants and fruits
In the district of Dresden. The largest
manufactories employ from 250 to
1,000 persons, and the total number
of persons engaged In the trade U
estimated at 10,000, the larger propor
tion being women and girl.
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.Magistrate "Prisoner, have you
Prisoner "Yls. sir, yer honor."
let the glntleiiinn see you." Bystander.
A RIVE1 OF FISH.
Lake County, one of tho most pic
turesque of the northern counties of
California, Is so unmet! from Clear
Lake, the largest body of fresh water
In tho State. From Its varied scenery
of mountain nnd hike. It hns been
called the "Switzerland of America."
Severn I rceeks run Into Clear Lake,
one of the principal being Kelsey
Creek. Each spring the tisli run from
Clear Lake up Kelsey Creek, to spawn,
sometimes in so great numbers thnt
wagons, In crossing, crush many of
them. It happens In somo seasons that
the dry weather, coming on suddenly
A KIVEU OF FISH-KELS
causes the waters of the creek to sub
side rapidly. Then tho fish nre left
stranded and die In countless millions.
The farmers cart off. wagon-loads of
them to use on their fields as fertiliz
ers, and the stench arising from their
decaying bodies makes the neighbor
hood almost uninhabitable. The pho
tograph was made by a local druggist
and shows Kelsey Creek nt a point
one mile from the town of Kelseyvlllo
and seven inllci: from Lakeport, the
county sent. Scientlflc American.
IMPROVED CALIPERS.
An Australian Inventor has devised
an improvement over the ordinary form
of caliper, which Is described thus by
the Iron Trade Ilevlew:
The improvement consists In adding
a small screw (A) to the caliper, which
Is placed over the regular screw. The
end of the screw (A) Is free and after
the caliper Is set In the usuul manner
this screw Is brought into contact at
(C) with the opposite leg of the caliper,
thus effectually locking It. The Illustra
tion also shows the application of the
Instrument ns a transfer cullper. The
thickness of tho web (D) Is obtained
and tho screw (A) set up in position.
The screw (F) Is then released and the
caliper taken from the work and 1
closed up until (C) comes In contact
with the screw (A). This device Is a
very quick transfer caliper and one
that can be made at slight expense.
Wolf la Town.
A girl aged five was seated on the
doorstep of her mother's home at Vic
tor, Col., the other day and was about
to eat a piece of bread and butter,
covered with sugar, when a large gray
wolf dashed up, snatched the bread out
of her band aud went off with It
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uny visible means of support."
(To bis wife) "Stand up, Bridget, and
ROCX AMD STUMEXTAASTOR.
Stumps and rocks very often prove
nnsty nnd troublesome obstnclcs In
tho path of Improvements, and much
time and labor are generally expend
ed before they are finally removed. It
Is not always desirable to resort to
blasting, with Its subsequent dangers,
nnd au apparatus like the one shown
here would In nine cases out of ten
be sufficient for the purpose. The in
ventor, n New Hampshire man, claims
that It I capnble of exerting a maxi
mum lifting power nt a minimum ex
penditure of labor. In this apparatus
a supporting frame Is employed, trlnn-
EY C'ltEEK, CALIFORNIA.
gulnr In shape, to the npex of wlilch
Is suspended the lifting mechanism.
This consists of a supporting bar, one
end of which Is provided with an
opening for the reception of a link,
whleh is attached to the top of the,
frame, the opposite end being re
cessed and having a vertical slot in
which Is mounted a rack-bar. The
rack-bar Is adjusted to rnlse or lower
PULLS CP THB BOCK.
the loud by means of a lever. At the
inner end of the lever is a terminal
plu which engages with the teeth on
the rack-bar. As a means for locking
the rack-bar preparatory to .taking a
new grip, a latch is provided. Secured
to the lower end of the bar Is a ring
or link, to which is fan toned in any
manner one end of a chain or rope for
attachment to the Btump, rock or
other artlclo to be extracted. After
the chain has been attached to the
stump the lever Is operated, which
forces the rack-bar up a notch, after
which a fresh bold Is secured and the
operation repeated. By making the
frame strong and the lever long an
Immense amount of power can be con
centrated; In fact, plenty to extrac'
ordinary stumps or rocks.
Indian Debt Purln-.
The Indians are honest, but their
rent money is not always enough to
pay their debts, so the debts continue,
says M. O. Cunnlff in the World's
Work. Mr. Miller declares that they
now owe him $22,000. One owed him
(200 oil a certain settling day. Ho
owed another man 9200. He was re
ceiving from the agent 9300, 9100 of
which be had immediate need for. He
tucked away bis own 9100 and then
paid the other man.
"Look here," said Mr. Miller,
"where's my 92007"
. The Indian drew him 'aside eonfb
dentlally.
"Me no like other feller," be said.
"Had man. ray blm. He go -way.
You stay bare; me stay here. You
lyood man. Me pay you some other
time." 1
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CROWING SUMAC.
The fsMlnv of an Important n,
Proilnet of tho Farmer.
The passing of tho sumac business
one of the noticeable features n n.,.
East Virginia agriculture. Some twentjj
or thWy yenrs ago this was an in
portant by-product ot the farm,
tlsroughotit the eastern hnlf of .
Stsrte, and large quantities of the nr
tide were cured every year, especlnii,
in the regions tributary to the cIm,
of Petersburg, nichmond and Pre,!
crlcksbtirg. In each of which elth.
there were several mills establish;
for grinding the raw product.
But cither on account of the ur.cn
tnlnty of the animal supply nnd fluotu
atlon ot prices or because the foreim
sumac, being admitted duty frw
proved too strong a competitor, th,
Virginia Industry loon began to log
gulsh. and has now become practically
extinct.
Of course there were, and nre, rea
sous for this decadence. Our penpu
are generally at no loss to find profit
able employment for their best skin
and labor. And as no attempt wa.
made to advance the business by citlti
vatlou or to give the plant that atteu
tlon which every staple really demanih
lu order to make a good profit, It is no:
surprising that the business did 1101
continue to hold the VHiitnge it had
gained. And now, unfortunately. t
has, for the time nt least, passed away,
and one of the resources ot our farms
that might have been made quite prol
itnble promises to become again ow
of the neglected tilings.
Yet the time may come once mow
when It will be found advisable nm!
profitable to revive this brauch of ru
ral Industry nt the South. There li
reason to believe, were proper paiiu
taken to grow the sumac plant and
cultivate it iu orchards the sume 11
fruit trees nre cultivated, that It would
prove to be Immensely profitable The
plant grows here luxuriantly, and even
in the wild state, where it is crowded
and Impeded by other plants. It yields
a large quantity of leaves. One hand
operating ilouj the forest sides aud
hedges, may collect several hundred
pounds of the green leaves lu a day.
The process of curing it Is as sinrile
us thut of curing hay. Of course, were
culture resorted to, the yield would be
greatly Increased, and a band could
gather much more of It iu a day. '
The gathering and curing Is a work
that would suit well the women, chil
dren and feebler members of a family,
and thus anothet branch of Industry
would be opened tip, 10 give profitable
employment nnd bring in extra dimes
to out Industrious and deserving rural
ists. This Is a consideration of con
siderable Importance.
The sumas the variety ased for tan
ning purposes is a plant thut grows
nud thrives well on poor laud. A mi
tlve here, like the field pea, it seenu
admirably adapted to our Southern con
ditions and agriculture. It would he
an easy matter to plant the roots lu
long rows for orchard culture. Being
a shrub, a great many of the plants
could be set upou au acre of land aud
one or two p'owlngs during the earlier
part of the rummer no doubt would be
ample cultivation for the crc.p. The
Intervals between the row might he
sown auuuully to scarlet clover or cow
peas, for stock to graze upou, and for
the benefit of the sumac orchard. No
stock would browse upou or harm the
sumc hush, and, lu this way, many an
acre of wild land might be converted
Into good pasturage and becomo a
source of revenue from the harvesting
of sumac.
The present source of the sumtic
supply of this country seems to lie
Sicily and other countries o? the Medi
terranean. The supply Is not equal to
the demand. A good authority stutes
that the percentage of tannin 1e the
Imported Sr.mnc Is not equal to that
of the Virginia leaf, while the amouut
of sand, is greater. Good samples of
Virginia sumac yjeld thirty to thirty
five per cent, of tanlc acid, nnd are
practically free from sand. Were the
Industry revived, and due pains taken
In the cultivation of the plant and the
curing of the leaves, there is no doubt
but the quality and quantity of our
own staple would soon force all for
eign sumac from our markets.
At the same time the large and ever
Increasing demand lit this country for
material for tanning purposes would
insure to the American sumac grower
a ready aud profitable market for all
he could produce. A steady demand
at stable prices could be counted on.
Thus, iu another field of Industry, our
people would find exercise for their
skill, nnd tho home merchant and man
ufacturer would become Independent
of foreign trade. Home and Farm. '
Concerning KewartU,
Many persons think tliey ought to be
rewarded for simple honesty. The
Idea is not only wrong but silly, de
clares a writer In the Denver Post,
end tells of an Incident that roused hit
wrath:
A few days ago, while Walking down
an Omaha street, I saw a man ahead
of me drop a pocketbook. A messenger
boy picked it up. Just then the man
missed it, and the boy returned it to
him without looking Inside. The nun)
gave the boy a quarter. The boy ac
cepted It, but was disgusted.
"Is dat all I get for being holiest?"
te asked.
"There Is just three dollars In that
pocketbook," said the num.
"Well, you ought to give me n dollar,
anyway," the boy replied, sulkily.
Had I been the man, 1 would have
added a kick to the quarter; and there
are lots of persons like that hoy In tblt
world.
Hyena Hnnttna- on Sblpbnarit.
An exciting byeua hunt was auionl!
the uuadvertlsed attractions ot a voy
age between Tunis and Marseilles with
lu the last few days, on board the
steamer DJurJura. A pjilr of byeuiio
had been taken on board, -but the cag?
a wooden one, was not strong enough
and during the night the female
caped. As efforts to get her back to
the cage only drove the brute to sbo
lier teeth, she wa shot by a geudarm"
in charge of some military prisoner'
Next day the male got out, but utter
hue and cry be was got bmk Into tl"
cage. He began, however, to atttic
tbe timber bars with his teeth lu '
manner so &arage that bo, too, "
shot as a precaution. The passenger
1 on tbe steamer bad to be kept bele"
during '.liiise scenes. Londou Globe.
Boesktlde cathedral I tbe W'esuiiO'
ter Abbey of the Danish uatlou.