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J A Schotarb- Discourse By
Jj Rev. Howard MlisH.
Uionktyn. X. Y.-In Holy Trinity
Church, Sunday morning, the rector,
tli" Rev. Howard Melish, preached
frn-.u the text, "Krom that tlnu Jesus
lieiin it tci preach nnd to say, 'Repent.' "
-St. Matthew Iv:17. II? said:
1 t'il one of the n 1 1 1" t men In
America, it man who li;til studied tin'
popular m I ml carefully nnd observed It
inns', keenly, say not long ago, tlmt If
lie were young again tile one message
lie would endeavor to bring home to his
countrymen Is spirit. soul, inunhootl
make roiiilititiiiM. not roiuli t inns nii'Ii.
Three forces are producing the oppo
site view. The first Is materialism.,
Materialism ns u philosophy Is dlsered
llcil. Twe.ity-tlve years iik It received
tremendous importance through the
fnriunl.itlon of a doctrine of evolution
liy natural selection. To-day It Is not
tanuli t In n single university chair,
lint materialism, in n popular concep
tion of the world. Is more g'tierally
heeded than ever before In It God Is
Identified w ith His universe. His name
is I'orce. His law is to he found not In
tl' Bible, hut In tiie latest text hooks
nn physics. .Man is tilt niiinial which
lliinks. He Is a creatine id' his en
vironment. When he dies he Is dead
lis eery other beast of the field.
Tiie second Is the teaching of some
socialists. There is socialism nnd there
Is Christian socialism. Christian social-1-ni
endeavors to make a place In so
cialism for Christianity's emphasis on
tiie individual. Socialism is concerned
with the economic and Industrial reor
ganization of siclety. As Interpreted
by some of Its expounders it Is telling
men that they can't be Just or right or
pure or honest or humane under the
competitive system. To talk about eth
ical standard so long as men must
compete tj live is ch Id's play. The
Sermon on the Mount Is impracticable:
let a man obey its precepts and he is
sure to be thrown by tli current of
life on io the hank as wreckage. What
Is t;""ded to make men is a different
ordr of society. Such teachings, such
feeling, for it has b-i onie m ire a feci
Ins than a clearly articulated system,
has weakened the soi-e of Individual
responsibility. I can't he pure living
under tenement house conditions. 1
can't speak the truth in a modern pul-
pit or a modern r.ewspaner. therefore ,
1 am not responsible for impurity, dis
honesty, lying. .
The thin! force. layin-j stress on con- i
(llti'ins instead of will, and so weaken- i
Ins individual conscience, is Christian
Science. At first thou'-ht this may
seem an utterly inconsistent statement.
Does not Christian Science lay all the
emphasis on the individual his lati
tude of mind, his thought 7 Not at all.
What it emphasize. is conditions of
thought, l'.y methods which rival the
methods of Ilypatia and the Neo-Pla-tonists,
they endeavor to work your
mind in'.o n state where nothing ex
ternal to your mind has any reality.
Sin does not exist. The suffering of
little children in the Home of St. Gdes
the Cripple is a m"te thought. The
dishonesty of bus ness has no reality.
The tragedy of much of our tenement
lions? life, .vitl, i s starvation, unem
ployment, -"warfed lives, ur the sinfuf
Iuxiiriniisness of much tit the "I'lfth
avenue" life are mere thoughts. .Jesus
on His cross was only acting n part.
Such teaching has no social mes
sage. Christian Science has pro
duced some beautiful characters, "Is
raelites in whom there is in guile,"
who recognize l:i Jesus, ns did Na
thaniel, "the Sou of Cod," b' t it has
not and cannot produce a s.icial re
former to go Into a ilit.k slum ami
stay there. wor!;'::g nnd dying for the
kingdom of Cod. because K has no
message to the conscience. Imlividtial
or social.
Over against li" three forces which
weaken individual responsibility I I
would put thewie truth of . epenta nee. I
It is an old word with a long record.
The vocabulary of sitne nations does
not know It. And those nations have
died. Wealth corrupted them, power
made th"tn arrogant, and arroge.ncy led
to national madness and ruin. They
had voices wnich criticized and com
plained, which riilienl 1 and despaired,
but no voice with thunder and light
ning In its tone to cry "Repent:" lint
one nation deve!pjd a race of men
whom we call pro;. lets. They were
men who r;ioke fir Cod. The word of
the Lord cuuie to them. And they
spoke that wor.l to tii con -ience of
their nation. They made men feel
guiit. they lointe 1 out the right way,
and tli".v inspired men to walk in it.
And tills is ivp-'ti'ance. In circum
stances when other i:at;:is have dis
appeared, as in tratisp! intntion and
ca.itivity. this nation w.s kept alive
because of its seue of r esponsibility
for its own deed-. pat rid future. '
That nation In the fulness of time I
cave birth to fhris-inulty. Its inline- I
(i'.ite forerunner was ,1 ihn the B.-tpt'st. I
What h t .right is seintuVd up in the j
one word -repent. The 1 1 J i man wiih
si-ii' siitllcicn. y. the p iwerl'ul m.-iti with
his nrrog.-tiiiy are tj ne ievele 1 down j
like tic nciuntii iis; il,. poor man with I
his patience is to hi lili.-d up like the I
valleys. Start now; for tii- ax Is laid
ti) the root of your tree and down you
will ionic if you don't have fruit.
Share your abundance with those who
lime nothing: cease to squander your
money cm clothes and food when men
ar naked and chil lren are hungry.
Stop levying unjust taxes on the poor.
Abide by the law and sp.'.,k the trutn.
Take what you earn and nothing more.
.le-ns caught up that message and
tried 'Repent!" .bdin had been preach
ing to classes as tie) prophets had
preached to the nation. Christ brought
the truth home to the conscience of the
individual. Each one of you knows
of ids own self what Is right. Then
ilo It. otherwise your religion Is n
fhain. Your prayers are words. Your
theolcgy is speculation. Only .lie known
Cod , ho W illi, to do His will. You
have no peace in your soul, no Joy In
your life, but you are weary ami heavy
laden under all this luxury nnd formal
ism. Your money is your undoing.
Turn from t. Resolve to Reilc the
right and do it, come what may. Y'otir
foes w ill be those of your own house
hold. Y'ou will be as n sheep among
wolves. Hut you will find pence and
Joy mid will be really free. In this
way ile nwoke the censcieuce of the
Mediterranean world and quickened
Individual responsibility.
How are we to arouse among us re
sponsibility and quicken our Individual
bud social peiitance. Hut Is not that
preached by every pentance. But Is
not that preuched by every evangelist?
It Is, and some men are touched by It.
Hut when they go to the evangelist as
men went to John the Baptist and oth
ers went to Christ asking "What
wouldst Thou have us to do 7" the an
swer Is "Stop smoking, leave off the
use of alcohol, kep away from the
theatre, join church, pray dully and
read your Bible." This Is the whole
duty of man. And other men, virile
men, seeing the Insipid ehumeter of
I Christianity thus professed, don't fight
It- this Is the age of religious tolerance
hut pass It by ns good for women nnd
children.
I appeal to the conscience of every
man and woman here today. Wo
are followers of Jesus Christ. Now,
only His first word to the world Is
repent. He gave many more, but they
all depend upon that for their real
meaning, t'ntil we truly repent Chris
tianity for us Is a sealed book. Have
we repented? We have looked over
our personal lvcs. Here was a fault.
Here was a sin. There was n mistake.
We feel nshatned of this. Henceforth
In our personal lives we shall be dif
ferent. Cod forgive! And we feel for
given. There It ends.
Knds In nn age where there Is more
wealth than In any nge of the world
before: when that wealth Is attained
by some men. not by hard labor of
hands or brains, but overnight: In nn
nge w hen because of this wealth there
Is more luxury In n city like New York
than in ail the world fifty years ngo;
where men nnd women live for money
and sell their souls for money! What
should repentance mean to-day?
It Is a inesnge to those who have
money. Search your consciences to see
how you came by your wealth. Can
you say with Zaecheus, "Lord, if I
have taken anything from any man
by false accusation, I .estore him four
fold';" Y'ou know- and I know that
many of our fortunes have been dis
honestly. Illegally and unjustly ac
cumulated, liy false returns to State
odiciahs. by false use of trust moneys.,
by false use of the powers of (govern
ment, by false business methods has
his money been obtained. Repentance
demands that restitution he made to
the individuals or the community from
whom this money was taken. Search
your conscience to see what wealth Is
doing to you. Since you entered Into
the possession of money by work or
by Inheritance are you n nobler man
or a truer woman? Or has money
made you little-souled, mean, narrow,
proud, extravagant, arrogant, supercil
ious? fJlve It away at once, every cent
of it. It Is better to go through life
with no monev than with money to go
down Into hell fire.
Money Is sending thousands of men
and women to what Jesus called hell,
in this city. They got their wealth in
deliance of Cod's and our country's
law; they can only keep It by control
ling legislatures and creating monopo
lie.'. And what do they say? They
fall back on conditions ami dodge re
sponsibility. Ilepent. Fail? Y'ou prob
ably will fail. Conditions are bad In
poiitirs anil business. Hut Cod bids
yon fiiil. Co forth ns sheep among
wolves and fail. Y'ou will save your
soul alive here and hereafter. It is a
message to those who have no money.
Money itself is not evil, but the love of
It. the hist after it. Many n man who
has not a dollar has the love of it, and
Is giving his soul to get It. It Is his
envy of the rich that Is sin. If such
a man had money he would become
like the rich lie now envies, for his
soul Is like his brother's soul. Circum
stances may vary, one may live In
Mulberry Bend nnd the other on Fifth
avenue, but their souls are alike. The
Idle rich man in his club and the Bow
ery loafer are one r.nd the same breed.
One lias allowed himself to become the
victim of wealth, the other the victim
of poverty. Both are victims, not free
men
Therefore, to both nlike, neither ns
rich or poor, but as men, conquered
men. comes this message: Turn ye
from your poverty and your wealth nnd
with Cod's help stand forth free. Strip
you. make you bare of this money nnd
know the joy of bread earned In the
sweat of your brow. Find work, any
honest work, and do it like a man lii
the strength of the Lord.
When a man stops blamlns condi
tions and takes to himself the respon
sibility for what he Is and w lint he has
done he has obeyed the first word of
Christ "r.epent."
i5uil' Sl-liriol.
In our Father's school are ninny
benches. This life is school time.
Whatever the word CoJ writes on the
top of your page patience, courage,
forgiveness, resignation copy It over
utid over until He gives you another
vord. Never murmur. Lo your best
to solve your problems. If they ure
bard, try hard. If you are In the dark,
say. "Speak. Lord, for Thy servant
he.iretli." When you feel like com
plaining. lis:en. Be still before Coil
Inivid said: "I was dumb, I opened not
my mouth, because Thou didst It."
That Is better than moaning and la
menting, but let us leap from David to
Jesus, mil say: "The cup which My
Father hath given Me, shall I not drink
it." "Father, glorify Thy name." So
shall we be made perfect through suf
fering. Ma! tide I . liabcock. I. H.
We Touch the
tiulil.
Some :i:u" ago. in one of our maga
zines, th-re was an article entitled. "I
liae Touched the Cold-," the exclama
tion of a deep-sea diver who had Just
cone- up from exploring n wreck lying
I:i the depths. The writer of the para
graph alluded to the circumstances
that often tlr.is in religious life persons
"touch the gold" without seizing, pos
sess. tig ami nsin" it. How true this is1
We f'vqitent the sanctuary, hear nnd
handle the Word of Life, get a vision
of the Cross, put the sacramental
bread to our .lips we "touch the gold,"
and still l -ave it unrealized from yeat
to year. For want of a little more reso.
lute faith, we miss "the unsearoha till
riches" of personal fellowship with
Christ.
Imi-aiM.r la tiros th.
Great occasions do not make heroet
or cowards; they simply unveil them tc
the eyes of men. Silently and imper
ceptibly as we w ake or sleep, we grow
nnd wax strong, we grow and wai
weak, and at last some crisis shows u
what we have become. Cauou West
cotL
A Legal Switch.
The dUgust of a layman with loqal
phraseology was shown In the will of
Elphouzo Youngs, filed here. Mr.
Y'oungs was a dignified, well-to-do gen
tleman, best known for thirty years as
a deacon in one of the largest Congre
gational churches In Washington. He
wrote his will himself, evidently start
ing out to copy from some book form,
which set the example in this form:
"Being by the Grace of Cod In sound
mind and body, and mindful of the un
certainty of human life," etc.
Then suddenly on the written pago
there appears a wild dash of ink and
the following:
"Rats! This Is too formal. All that
Is about It Is this: At my death I
want my ever faithful and devoted
wife, Amelia Loretta h. Y'oungs, to
have and control everything I poa-seaa."-
New York Times.
Father of Many Llvtt Alan.
After being married three times and
bringing up twenty children, William
N. Cro.by, ased 83. la Uvlna alone on
!: atTueited farm a: Eroj., Me.
TIIE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR APRIL 15.
Subject t Jeni I'imrr Otpt DUrn mil
Heiilh, t.uk vll., 1-17 Oolilrn Till
John si., Memory Vrrfte. 14, 1.1
Tojiln A Oiral Fnlili Hint llrlrirr.
I. The centurion nsks aid of Christ
(vs. 1-."). 1. "F.uded sayings." The
sayings recorded In th preceding
chapter and in the sermon just
preached. "In the nudlence." What
Christ said He spoke publicly. In se
cret He snid nothing (John 1.S:L'0i.
"Into Cnpernnu'ii." Where most of
His mighty deeds were performed.
Y'et Ills miracles failed to produce re
pentance (Matt. l!:.'ll. 2. "Centur.
Ion's servant." A centurion was n
Roman otltcer, ranking with our cap
tain, who hnd charge of 100 men. This
centurion, though a Gentile, was fa
vorable to the Jews, religiously In
cli.ied, generous and kind. The ser
vant wns probably a slave.
3. "Heard of Jesus." Of Ills nr
rlvnl nt Cnperraum. Ho must have
known of His miracles before this.
"Sent elders." The leading men the
magistrates of Capernaum. "Beseech
ing Him." Karnestl.v entreating Him.
These elders of the Jews must have
been strongly attached to t .e cen
turion. "Would come." They evident
ly thought it wonid be proper for Him
to go to the house, even though the cen
turion was a Centile. 4. "Came to
Jesus." Distress drives to Jesus, and
Jesus conies to those in distress. "In
stantly." That Is. earnestly nnd with
out n moment's delay. "lie was wor
thy." This Is what the elder said of
the centurion.
5. "Love tli our nation." Ho was
probably a proselyte of the gate that
is, one of those who embraced Judaism
on the whole, but without becoming n
proselyte of righteousness by accept-
. lng circumcision.
II. The ceuturlrn's opinion of him
self (vs. t',-S. 6. ".leus went." He
was glad to go with them. He Is the
Savior of the Centlles as well ns the
Jews. "Sent friends." This was the
second deputation, nnd It Is quite
likely that the centurion also came
himself. Sea Ma it. :"i-S. "Trouble
not thyself." If he hnd known Jesus
better he would have known that Jesus
was nnxlous to help him. "Not wor
thy." He was only a Centile ar.d
thus outside of the favared nation. He
regarded Jesus as n sunerlot belt g. 7.
"To come unto Thee." He felt ns
though he could not approach in'.o the
presence of one so great nnd so holy.
"But say In .. word." Ho had proii
nbly heard n few mor.'.h before this
how Christ had healed the nobleman's
sdii when nt .-. f.'stsnca from hlni
(John 4:40-54.1. 8. "Set under author
ity." That li, under the authority of
others. He Is confident that Jesns
can ns easily send nn angel to cure
this servant of his, as he can send a
soldier on nn errand.
III. The centurion's faith rewarded
(vs. 0. i0).
t). "Marvelled nt him." The only
other time when Jesus Is sold to have
been astonished Is In Mark (1:0, when
He marvelled because of unbelief.
Christ was not ignorant of the centur
ion's faith. He knew all nbout that
before n word bad been spoken; but
He expressed His admiration with n
view to. make it more conspicuous.
"So great faith." Faith Is that soul
element which enables us to grasp
God. It is the medium through which
we receive the blessings of the divine
life. "In Israel." After the return
from the captivity this term was given
to nil Jews. 10. "Servant whole."
The healing took place at a distance
from Christ, lie could heal by a word
is well as by a touch.
IV. The widow's gon raised from
the dead (vs. 11-17). 11. "The day
if tor." "Soon afterwards." R. V.
'Much people." Jesus was now reach
ing the height of His popularity. 12.
"The gate." Nearly ull towns and vil
lages were surrounded by walls ns a
protection. "Carried out." With the
exception of kings, all burials were
outside the city. "Much people."
Here was a large company of mourn
ers. Naln is approached by a narrow,
rocky path; there was- only one en
trance to the city; the two processions
met on the western slope of the hill
side. 13. "Had compassion." He did
not wait foe her to usk for help, for
probably she did not know Him. Her
needs und sorrows were her silent
prayers. The fact that this youth was
"the only son of his mother." and that
she was a widow wuuld convey to Jew
ish, notions a deeper sorrow than it
even does to ours, for they regarded
childlessness as n special calamity,
and the loss of offspring as a direct
punishment for sin. "Weep not." The
large company came to weep with her.
14. "Touched." Here again, ns In
the case of the leper, our Lord sacri
ficed the mere Levitlcal ceremonialism,
with Its rules about uucleanuess, to a
higher law. "Bier." Jewish coffins
were open, so that the dead could be
seen; but in the case of the poorer
classes there would be no cotllu, but
merely n board supported by two poles
on which the dead would be laid. "1
say." Life and deuth are controlled
by the will of this "I." "Arise." At
last death has met Its Master!
15. "Began to ipeak." Which
proved that he wns fully restored.
10. "Came a fear." A sense of sol
emnity and reverential awe. "Clorl
Ced Cod." The miracle was witnessed
by a large company of people, and they
all recognized the U?.ud of God on the
One -who could perform such mighty
deeds. "Great prophet." The Jews
were at this time expecting Elijah,
Jeremiah, or one of the great prophets
to appear.
17. "This rumor." It appears that
the report of this miracle spread
throughout all Palestine; It reached
the ears of John the Baptist who was
Imprisoned nt Castle Macliertis.
disgruntled One Neatly Answered.
Ceorgo Harvey, the editor, was talk
!n about literary prize competitions
"These competitions no doubt do
good," ho said, "hut they excite a
great deal of rago and bitterness. If,
for Instance, there are 500 competitors
for a prize It la likely that 499 of them
will be dissatisfied with the award."
Mr. Harvey smiled.
"Lucky Is tho Judge," lie said, "who
can answer the disgruntled competitor
as a friend of mine once did.
"My frlf;cd wag the Judge la a ion
net contest. Over 1,000 aonnaU were
submitted. My friend read Uem all,
awarded the prize of $2S to a young
gentleman of Boston and In a few
daya received from another competi
tor a letter saying:
"Have you not made a mistake and
given the prize to the worst Instead of
to the best sonnet?"
"My friend wrote back: 'No, for If I
had the prize wouM undoubtedly bare
fallen to you.' "
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SUNDAY, A?RIL 13.
The Resurrected Lifs. Gal. 2.
SJ.
The fact that we l:e!ong to 0::e who
has conquered death h akes ua shuerf
of his life. His virt ry cjtrt! b-ciuse
he was the Lord of life. He deMies
to share his llfo wtt.i us. Tlat wai
often In his thought: "I Rtn the llf ;"
"He that llveth nnd btlkveth In me
Bhnll never die;" "1 am come that th-y
may have life."
If we have given ourulvc? ot Jesuj
Christ, to aecept his lordsMp nnd his
love, to be contro le( by his feeling"
and his purpess, we b'long to hl:n.
More than that; he Identifies I Im o'.
with us. We are branches of tho V.ne;
we are members of a body of which
lie Is the hfa.l; we are ens with him
and with the Father.
Then we have come Into a uw life.
We are ."risen with Christ." Th, r, is
Joy unspeakable in that. Hut thrrc
Is alao duty. "If ye then be risen with
Christ, seek those things which are
above."
This makes It possible for us to 8?t
our affections on the things which ara
above, that 'is, the thing which nbl !e,
the eternal things. It l.i not asy to
care for these higher pos-tcs-tons tin
less we posjess the higher life. But
when tlint enmes, as it do a In the mo
ment of our complete acceptance of
Jesus Christ, It is mcst natural that
we should seek to live In the presfiicj
of Christ. We cannot live his 1 f
elsewhere.
The Old Testamrnt prophet be
lieved In Immortality. The living
Christ and the regeneiated Christian
confirm that ancient talth.
The Blb'e and our human Instlnrti
maks us think of deith as nn enemy.
But dtnth was beaten In the struggle
for the lite of Jesus Christ. Death will
he beaten In the struggle for our life
If we accept Christ's gift of lifs
eternal.
Death's sting Is gone. Since there
Is now-no condemnation, death cannot
harm the Christian. It becomes his
servant ushering him Into the fullness
of life.
There Is enough meaning to -th"
Christian In the resurrected life oi Jus
tify the wdiole vocabulary of thanks
giving. .The great pain of life the
pain of unpardoned sin Is gone. The
great battle of life the struggle
agalm t the power of death Is won.
There Is nothing like great lalth In
a great fact to hold people steady. The
power of the resurrected life was the
secret of the early church's fearless
testimony. It Invigorates and tones
all the church's real Lie today.
APRIL FIFTEENTH.
Christ's Life. Lessons From His
I Resurrection Miracles. John 11:1
; 46; Luke 7:11-17; 8:41, 49-58.
When Christ said of the dead Laz
arus that he merely slept, He said
that of all our dead.
If we believe In Christ, we have al-
j ready entered the resurrection life,
' and death cannot even Interrupt It
What Christ said to the widow of
Naln He Bays to all mourners: "Weep
not, but rather rejoice, for your dear
one lives now In endless Joy."
Do not our fears regarding death, for
ourselves and our beloved ones, still
put Christ "to scorn"?
Suggestions.
It was not merely that Christ told
men about their Immortality; He was
nnd Is their immortality.
Unless we begin before death to live
''In the power of an endless life," we
never shall live In It.
There is no surer test of the reality
of our faith than this: Do we look for
ward with dread to our death?
The three persons whom Christ rais
ed from the dead were martyrs, re
stored to this inferior life that we
might believe.
Illustrations.
Death, as Whittler says. Is a cov
ered bridge over the dark river; but
It glows, now, with a brilliant light.
Death Is like a sleep, leaving the
darkness and wearlnesa of earth, and
waking where all la light, and strength
and morning.
Tho architect that built the house
can surely rebuild it.
No one can look with seeing eyes
upon the resurrection miracles of the
spring, and doubt his own resurrection
after tho winter of death.
Our Daily Bible.
It Is good just to read the Bible
dally, at any time and place. It la
better to read It in a systematic way,
at a regular time and place. It Is
best of all to study It thoughtfully,
prayerfully, and with the best helps
attainable.
With all your Hlble-stu-:y, malt"
sure each day, the first thing In the
morning, of some soul-feeding sent
ence on which to live during the day.
The Bankrupt's Hymn.
There la a lawyer by the nam of
Hoxle out In Hampton, Iowa, who is
noted within a reasonably limited ter
ritory as a consummate wag.
A few years ago a good old deacon
In the Congregational church In that
city, who had held many public as well
as private offices of trust In the com
munity, found himself on tho verge
of financial ruin. In em-'eavorlng to
recoup and save himself from insolv
ency, he dragged a large number of
his unsuspecting friends Into the mael
strom, and was finally compelled' to
resort to bankruptcy. Now we will
use Hoxle'i own worJs In telling the
sequel: "The day was set ,for the
deacon's discharge In bankruptcy, and
after he had got his decree, I was
going home for supper, when I heard
the sound of music. I listened, and
noted that It emanutcd from the Con
gregational church. I was In a quan
dary. This was not Sunday, nor yet
prayer meeting night. I approachei"
and peered through the door. There
sat Deacon P , oblivious to every
surrounding, bis face wreathed as with
a beatific vision, a copy of the hymnal
before bis face, and he was singing
that old familiar hymn, 'Jeaus paid it
all!'" Green Bag.
Town Has Many Old Peopls.
In the quaint town ot Sterling,
Mass., thera are eighteen people who
are over 80 years of age. Of this
number two are men and the rest are
not only women but widows.
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8. . PERKINS RIDES IM AN
AUTC-KO TEL.
J. Plerpont Morgan's I'arlnor tin a
lt mitrknble Touring Cur
cost S'g.'j.ooo
IVople who drop Into Sherry's fo,
nfter noon tea nowadays nre likely to
stop nt the door to peep Into n liiuch-lalked-aboitt
nulomobilc which Is often
standing there. It Is the rolling pal
ace, or, tnoip accurately, the spinning
private hotel of George W. Perkins,
former vice-president of the New York
Llfo Insurance Company and partner
of J. Plorpont Morgan.
(Jrent wealth nnd (ho desire to apply
It to luxury In travel as well ns keen
nest In the gnmp of outshining one's
friends have produced some reninrk
nble touring cars, but tills big creation
from Mr. Perkins" Idea eclipses them
nil. Tho man whose testimony nt the
legislative investigation made a sensa
tion has not spared expense In realiz
ing his Ideal of n convcyni.ee that should
take the place of the private railway
car. And this purpose It serves for
himself and family.
It cost $23.1X10. The builders ot the
coach nre Frederick R. Wood & Co.. of
No. 21!) West Nineteenth street. The
chassis the triu k nnd running gear
was made In France. It required three
months to complete It. much of the
time being spout upon the Interior, just
ns workmen continue long within a
mansion after the walls nml roof nre
finished.
The part that may be referred to ns
the drawing room has revolving easy
chairs, of course fastened to the floor.
A chandelier of several bulbs and fine
workmanship sheds n Hood of light
upon the table, large enough for a little
supper or even a dinner. It nerves also
i. a a writing desk, and Is equipped ac
cordingly. On a long Journey or dur
ing the wait of n breakdown n game ot
bridge can be played comfortably, nnd
there Is no danger of cold feet, for
electric heaters nre set nt variotu
points of the main room.
There are mirrors, cabinet for the
O. W. PERKINS' NOVEL
smoker's outfit, n pantry with nn Ice
chest, toilet cases, a clock, parcel nets,
leather cupboards, hatrucks of cord and
other little conveniences.
There Is no partition, but the for
ward or bedroom section Is fitted with
a couch of good size, which Is let down
when needed. During tho day or nt
tiny time when not in use the couch Is
so disposed of ns to take nothing from
the draw Ing-rooni space. There Is a
light over one end of the bed, so that
one may lie nnd read.
A feature of which Mr. Perkins is
especially proud Is the annunciator.
It Is attached to the dashboard In full
view of the chauffeur. Within the
e-oaoh there Is a board with electric
buttons. Seated In his reclining chnlr
Mr. Perkins can say "Start," "Stop,"
"Slower," "More speed." To do so be
bus only to touch the corresponding
button, and the thing Is done.
A French horn spreads Its bell over
the bend of the chauffeur. By n tube
It Is connected with tho Interior. If
there Is any communication not possi
ble through the annunciator It can be
made through the horn. Without rais
ing bis voice above the ordinary pitch
Mr. Perkins can speak to the chauffeur
nnd be heard distinctly. And the
chauffeur, by lifting bis bend, with
equal ease can talk bock to the occu
pants of the conch.
Probably It Is the most expensive
touring car in the country. The uphol
stery Is In the finest of Moroccan nnd
Spanish leathers, Imported especially
for Mr. Perkins. The tloor Is covered
with a costly rug. Seven persons can
be accommodated. In the matter of
speed It Is the equal of any touring car
extant. It Is fitted with the best up-to-date
mechanical contrivances known.
New Y'ork Herald.
lot Away the North Fnlp.
We are getting rnther tired of the
North Pole. It has been overdone.
Every man who wants to be a hero
and break Into print trots off to dis
cover the North Pole, and rotitea bnck
afterward and tells us bow nnd why he
failed, and will we make up n purse to
send him again? Sure to find It this
time. It Is getting to be n nuisance.
Let the old pole alone. Nolipdy wants
It, iinywny. Tillamook Herald.
Vhcy are going to lulld n twenty
four (dory tkyticrape - In Pittsburg
A HATPIN WITH TWO POINTS
Ail entirely new Idea In hatpins h.i
been patented by n Maine Inventor, no
illustration of which Is shown here.
This hatpin Is used in conjunction with
a holder, the latter being sewed to the
Hwentbiind or the ium-r edge of the hat.
This bidder Is in the Conn of a small
metal (dip having two oblong opening,
through which puts tne two points of a
double-pointed hatpin. The holders lire
fastened to the sweutband at each sido
of the head, und the plus push in
thi'Mtgh the air to hold tho hat In
place, the enlarged points ot the Latpiu
preventing it from fulling out. Tho
luitplii Is shaped similar to un ordi
nary hulrplii, with the exception of
the enlarged points, which are flat
tened and broadened. In connection
with the holder Is a socket projecting
outward from the edge ot the hat.
This socket serve a unlquo purpose.
Iu removing the bat from the head the
pins nro pulled as far out as possible,
which brings the heads of the pins In
to this socket, nud us the hat If re
" CORPORAL " JAMES TAKNIR
Comniiinder-lii-Chlef of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
WHAT' MAKES SAP ASCEND IN
TREES 7
The mechanism of (he nscent of wa
ter 'rom the roots of plants to the top
most leaves bus long been one of the
vexed problems of botntny. .v'one of
the suggested nnd partially received,
explanations satisfy everybody, and
ninny botanists are content to confess
Ignorance. In u communication to Sci
ence (July 22t, Professor George Mnc
loskle, of Princeton, suggests still an
other theory, which ho Is confident
solves the problem. According to him,
the water, so Intermingled with air
bubbles ns to form n light foam. Is
supported by atmospheric pressure,
while It moves upward by diffusing
through tho porous "septa" or parti
tions with which the ducts nre ailed.
Says the writer:
"Recent discoveries by Yesquo nnd
K. B. C velnnd nnd others ln:ve brought
us very near the solution of this In
veterate problem; but botanists seem
agreed to halt nt the last step, await
ing some occult signal from the phy
sicists. The old toy of the 'hydrostatic
paradox' ought to teach them that wa
ter pressed upward by the atmosphere
$23,000 TOURING AUTO.
has uo divine right to call a halt at
1033 centimeters. One fluid may sup
port and also elevate another fluid to
any required height. Thus the sup
ported weight In the annexed diagram
may be represented by n column of wa
ter raised a mile high or more. Tho
condition is that there shall be no Im
mediate continuity o mass between
the fluid to which the atmospheric
pressure Is applied amrthat which Is
to belifted. This condition is secured
in the tree by the numerous transverse
septa on Us water-ducts, which pre
vent the transmission of air or water
in mass, but penult every fro: mole
culur diffusion of water and of every
thing dissolved In It."
The writer calculates that atmos
pheric pressure should sustain a col
ufiiii of water thirty-four foot high In
a duct whose dlnmeter is half a milli
meter, having n septu i of this size at
its base. If the duct narrowed down
above tho septum, the supported col
umn might bo much higher, and If
mixed with air, higher still perhaps
hundreds of feet. Of tho existence of
nlr In the dtict ho says:
'Dr. MacDougal states that 'the cav-
jlty of a wood-cell contains a bubble of
gas ('Plant-Physiology,' p. 2!)). And
Ktrnsburger describes the wuter as
freely streaming round the gas-bubbles
or between them nnd the walls.
This nrraiigement of water surround
ing gas-bubbles constitutes what. Is
known ns foam not, Indeed, of the
rough kind, but 'dressed.' so ns to be
In unison with the shape of the duct
through which It must pass. It would
take a great many hundreds of meters
of such foam to weigh a kilogram to
the square centimeter. Thus the at
mospheric pressure at tin base proves
to be sulilclent for the work to be done.
Every change of equilibrium will
cause a movement upward of the water
which Is the only movable Ingredient
of the mixture.
"If we are correct In ncceptlng the
observation that the water thus sur
rounds and encloses the continuous or
bended air-globules (which must nlso
have much apor of water), not only
is the streaming of tho water account
ed for, but also much phenomena as
capillarity nnd diffusion, and occasion
al stasis, reminding one of the phenom
ena of capillary circulation of blood;
also the correlation which Strasbur-
moved tho points of the plus will not
project and catch In the n dr.
In using the device the holder Is
Used on a Straw Hat.
first sewed dnto tne sweatband. Tbs
pin la then twisted so that tbe flat
I
gor, Vesqtie, and others have observe
between tho stnte of the bnrornet,,
nnd tho streaming within tho xylej
ducts Is explained, and possibly ,
pulsation of gas-bubbles which Mae,
Dougnl regarded as helping to ral
the water upward.
"The condition of low nplcnl prc
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visa em
HIT H "
it
1
Hydroslatic
Paradox
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3
Septum
Semi-aeptvnv
Xylem-duct
(diagrammatic)
sure is secured bv the nctivitv ,.l ihn
leaves correlated wdth the structure of
the ducts. The leaves nre not known to
actively attract the water, but they al
ways remove It as It arrives, turning
It Into starch, ntd transpiring It In
great quantity. When they die or are
stripped, the ascent of water censes."
PRISMATIC REFLECTOR.
A New Y'ork inventor has taken the
Idea of the "daylight prism" as a basis
and adapted It to an ordinary gns lamp
shade, producing n reflector and a
shade composed entirely of glass, nnd
having a part which acts entirely as a
reflector ant nn opposite part which
acts as a shade for directing nnd soft
ening the light. About one-half of the
surface of the shade Is covered, with
reflecting prisms, -constructed to di
rect bnck into- the shade a lurge por
tion of the light rays, which emnnato
within the reflector.
The other side of the reflector Is sub
stantially n shade. It has on the outer
surface a series of prisms which direct
the light In any desirable direction and
at the same time soften the light rays.
On tills sldo the Interior surface of the
shade is covered with diffusing ribs,
which soften the rays of light before
Directs the Rays of Light.
they reach the final directing prisms.
These reflectors, or shades, nre made of
pressed glass and In a single piece.
Philadelphia Record.
points call be Inserted Into tho ob
long openlugs. This Is easily dono by
Inserting one flat polut In one opening
and springing tho other -point over to
enter the othet opening. After tho
points pass through tho pin will as
sume its normal pos.tlin, and It can
then bo pushed in and out without
dropping out. Wlten It Is desired to
remove the pin nltogolher, and perhap
use It on auother hat, It la drawn out
as far as posslblo nnd thou simply
twisted so that tho flat points will
come through.
In using such a hatpin there Is also
no danger of making numbers of boles
In the side of the lint, which la tho
case with tbe common hatpin.
Britain's Out Burners.
The gas Industry in Great Brltal:
according to tho Society of British 0
Industries, consists of 1250 gas co
paules and local authorities, and t
plies 4,400,000 consumers. Tho i
don companies I. e., city and subr
within the ten mllei radius lnc
In the foregoing hare 049,000 co
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