SERMON FOR SUNDAY
A ScKolarlr Diicourt By Ri
Edward L Hunt
Subject: "That They Might Hava Life. ''
Washington. D. C. The Itv. 1VJ
ward Lawrence Hunt, on Sunday
preached the following brilliant
sermon from the text: "1 came thar
they might have life, and that they
might have it more abundantly."
John 10:10:
Jesus' object was to give men life.
His church preaches this through her
chief sacrament: "My flesh I give for
the life of the world."
Oh, the wild Joys of living!
The hunt or the bear" are these
the President's holiday words or
Browning's? Even that life is the
gift of God through Jesus Christ,
"without whom was not anything
maile that was made."
Physical life is good. There Is
something better. The "high man"
who "would not discount life, as fools
do," who would "not live thus, but
know" Is "still lortier than the world
suspects." There is something higher
still. "To know" Is not eternal life,
but to know God and the gift of
God is eternal life, through Jesus
Christ. "This Is life eternal, that
they might know Thee, the only true
God. and Jesus Christ whom Thou
hast sunt."
To give man that life, Jesus must
come. "1 came that they might have
life' Why could not the living
Creator give that life by Ills mere
word?
First, because death had passed
upon all men, for all sinned. The
God of Law, who breathed Into man's
nostrils the breath of life, when man
became a living soul, ordained the
law. "The soul that slnneth, it shall
die": or, to put the same truth in
other words: The God of Love
warned man that "the wages of sin
Is death." Man scorned love's
warning and sinned. Then felt with
in him thnt sin is a fatal disease.
So came Jesus to put away sin by His
death, that as sin reigned unto death,
even so might grace reign through
righteousness, unto eternal life
through Jesus Christ.
"Grace" means He died for our
sins that we, set frre from sin. made
alive unto God, might live. He came,
then, to free us from that death
which means separation from the liv
ing God; to reconcile us to God in
one only way, by death, so that here
on earth we might live with God.
And, further, He camo to free us
from the fear of that death which is
the blowing out of the candle. By
rising from the dead, and so bring
ing life and Immortality to light by
His Gospel, He inspires the hope of
immortality. Hence we do not
Stretch lame lunula of faith an I grope.
And faintly trust the larger hope,
but we lay strong hold on th hope
set before us, as an anchor of the
soul, sure and steadrast, entering in
to that within the veil.
This eternal life must be laid hold
of by man, "I came that thev might."
not must. Man gets it by faith: "He
that liveth and believeth on Me shall
never die." It is "whosoever be
lieveth" that "need not perish, but
have eternal life."
Remember eternal life is not mere
duration. Jesus is the quality. How,
not how long, we live; and because
of quality, endurance: "No one is
able to snatch them out of My
Father's hand." To know God, to
Bhare His life, to walk in love with
Him until God is tired of you, means
to hve with Him forever.
Second, He came because man
must have a teacher and an example
of the best life. "If when we were
"lemies we were reconciled to God
by the death of His Son. much more,
being reconciled, we shall be saved
by His life."
Jesus' life is the hope of the race.
One man has lived in the fullest
healthy exercise of all his powers
no man need despair. The ideal has
been realized. He has also given
us the secret of success. It is williug
surrender to God. It is to learn
God's purposes and with loving
sympathy work them out with Him.
This involves first and alwavs the
destruction of selfishness. It "means
we must follow Christ. And "If any
man will come after Me, let blm deny
himself and take up his cross. For
he that will gain his life shall lose it:
but he that will lose his life for My
sake shall find it."
Except a corn of wheat shall fall
into the ground and die, it abideth
by itself alone. But if it die it shall
live abundantly. What a pitiable
time the mean, selfish man must have
to abide alone here on earth with
the grasping fellow even he himself
despises. And if at last, in disgust
at himself, he should follow the ex
ample of a Judas (whose association
with Jesus gave him at least enough
conception of a true manhood to be
euongh diHgusted with blmseU to kill
himself) then? Then he must keep
on "abiding by himself alone," for
ever with a murderer, alone.
Judas Jesus ! Grasping giving!
Which will you follow?
If you would live you must first
wish for it. One object of Jesus'
life was to awaken your desire for
the fullest life. Contrast, then, your
life with His, with the life of the
best character you know, with the
man you hoped in your youth's beset
dreams you might some day be.
Note the appalling railroad wreck
of the past week. Read its allegory.
See two pictures the freight car
loaded with blessing; two cars with
dynamite with power for good; the
passenger train with Its freight of
souls. What thrill of the music In
dustry in the song of the whi.zing
wheels and the whlshshsh of the
greeting as the two iron steeds of
strength and speed, fed with black
bread from the heart of the earth,
rush past, each on Its own track!
Few sights are beautiful.
But look again. Some freight cars
leave their track, fall across the
other's track and woe! the sicken
ing, sightless horror of the wreck;
the groans of the dying, the ghastly
dead unknown.
It's the lesson of our life, with lt
trains of body and spirit on their
God-laid tracks fraught with bless
ing. Earth hag no picture more
beautiful than man, all his powers
in fullest play iu harmony, soul help
ing flesh as flesh helps soul. But
look again. The lusts of the flesh
throw both from their God-laid
tracks.
Hell has no picture more hideous.
Ob, man, wrecked by selfishness,
Jesus came to redeem you and set
you again on the right tracks; to
throw open the tracks of new life
to you. Watch His life on earth of
transcendent glory and follow Him.
The trains are running on the Penn
sylvania system to-day and travel is
even safer.
Third. Jesus came, because only
by Himself becoming the vine of
humanity couM Uod's life flow Into
man's lu a way to sustain sod de-
! velnp a tree nmrhnod. Only by this
infusion of Christ s life can weak
mnn follow Him and grow like Him.
' I am the vine, ye are the branches."
".'Cxcent ve eat the flesh of the Son
j of Man and drink His blood ye have
no life In you." "I am the living
h.m.tu, vii. ii i ' . . v. ill. i
cometli down from Heaven and
giveth life unto the world."
A shallow infidel with flippant wit
railed this the "cannibalism of the
church." This is not a church ques
tion, (t Is as practical as the rail
of th doctor on which your life
depends. It Is more vital. Jesus
-ares little about our formal worship.
He cares much about our daily con
duct. He cares most about our real
motives, our inmost life. The most
superficial thought must convince
any man that we can have no life
save from the God In whom we live
ind move aid have our being; and,
furthermore, that we must receive
His life through the channels of His
:wn appointing. His channel for us
is the Son of Man. "If ye abide in
Me and My words abide in you, ye
4hnll ask what yo will of life and it
shall be yours. If any man live not
In Me, he will bo a withered branch
ind be burned. If you live in Mo,
Rod will break forth Into glory of
abundant fruit !n your life. Yotir
oy will be full your peace undis
turbed, a puzzle to men in the world
nf trouble, your -strength as the
Jtrength of God."
Richard Mansfield's most thrilling
sentence Is, when as the prince, de
prived of a natural childhood nnd
I youth, with the vehement passion
oi a lummy Bireaui wnicn suuuemy
hursts the dam which had long re
strained its natural flow, he says to
his fellow students!: "We are young,
and we're going to Kve." This hun
ger and thrust for life, abundant life,
Jesus approves. Even to those who,
In their eager Infatuation for life,
choose "the way that seemeth right
unto a man. but whose end is death,"
! Jesus speaks: "I came that you
l might have life. He that cometh
to Me shall never hunger, and he
I that believeth in Me shall never
I thirst." Come to Jesus, and your
youth will have all your eyes and
heart can crave.
Oh, man about to turn away un
convinced, take a few Sabbath hours
to see the life He lived, and that you
may live with Him to imagine the
face and bear the accents of the
Prince of Life when He said to His
contemporaries In Palestine as He
says to His contemporaries in Amer
ica to-day: "You will not come unto
Me that, you might have l.fe."
i Faithful Stewardship.
One of the plainest duties of stew-
ardship is that we bring conscience j
and deliberate consideration to bear j
I upon our administration of this !
, world's good3. We are not faithful j
i stewards if we spend according to !
! our own whim and fancy, and let j
I "charity" depend, as it so often does,
' Dn little better than accident or habit. I
I We are stewards In regard to what I
I we spend on ourselves and our fami- I
lies, as well as in what we spend for
purposes beyond ourselves; our per
sonal and domestic expenditure, our
savings and our gifts, and the propor
tion between them should all equally
pass under the inspection of delib
erate conscience. If that were once
thorouirhlv understood and nractlsed
by us, we should be very different
I people, and there would be very dif
I ferent results from many an appeal
1 flint (a niDita tn 11a Btatuaprlahln
; means aenneraiion, ana inieuigeni
consideration, and conscientious dis
' posat and administration as o.' a
fund that Is not mine, but is put into
my hand. The Rev. Alexander Mc
Laren.
The Livery of Christ.
If you wear the livery of Christ
you will find Him so meek and lowly
of heart that you will find rest unto
vour souls. He i the most mag-
' naminous of captains. There never
' was His like among the choicest of
! princes. He is always to be found in
the thickest part of the battle. When
the wind blows cold He always takes
the bleak side of the hill. The heav
iest end of the Cross lies over His
shoulders. If He bids us carry a bur
den. He carries it also.
His service is life, peace, Joy. Oh,
that you would enter on it at once.
God help you to enlist under the ban
ner of Jesus Christ. Last words of
the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon.
What Prayer Gives.
Prayer gives serenity, calmness,
peace, trust, after the anxieties ol
expectancy, the exultations of success,
the agonies of sorrow and bereave
ment. What Is prayer, that it will
make us thus tranquil and joyous,
thus calm and trustful? What is
prayer, that it purifies and exalts us,
helps us to live worthily and hope
fully? It Is an Irrepressible sense of
want seeking supplies from the the
Infinite Fulness. It is aspiration climb
ing along the craggy pathways to the
Fountain of all Joys and fruitions
George Simmons.
The Spirit-Filled Life.
The Spirit-filled life is empty of
self. When Christ comes in Belt goes
out. The two are Incompatible.
When Jesus begins to reign He de
thrones selfishness and pride. If
there is to be a new life, there must
be an utter surrender of the old will,
with all its ways. The presence of
God in a person's heart Is proved by
a character of unselfishness and ser
vice. It is Impossible for Christ to
dwell In a' selfish heart, for to do so
would be to share an idol's throne. 1
Uam's Horn.
A Sorrow-Stricken Couple.
Rarely, perhaps, has history re
corded a meeting more affecting than
that which Is about to take place be
tween the ex-empress of the French
and the Emperor-King Frauds Jo
seph. Tho one has lost her throne,
her husband, and, above all, her only
son. The other has been tried even
more severely in the furnace of do
mestic affliction. The fate of his
brother, Maximilian of Mexico, the
murder of the Empress Elizabeth,
and the mysterious eud of his only
son and heir, the Crown Prince Ru
dolph these are the blows by
which Frauds Joseph has been suc
cessively smitten. And yet "Beneath
the bludgeoning of chance, bis head
Is bloody, but unbowed." Pall Mall
Gazette.
HEFTY WORDS.
"They say that Henry James care
fully weighs each word before he
sets It down."
"That's soT And what does he
use? Hay scales?"
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 0.
The Power and Blessedness of United
Prayer Matt. 18. 19.
Holy fellowship and divine acknow
ledgment. Mai. S. 18-18.
Mutual supplication and confession.
James 5. 1G.
A specific object for united prayer.
Acts 12. 12.
A Pentecostal prayer meeting. Acts
1. in. 14.
Exhortations to united prayer. Epli.
6. 18, 19.
He hears the united prayer of
exiles. Isa. 19. 20.
The Topic. "Men ought always to
pray and not to faint" to grow
weary and cease. Men are so needy,
and God Is so rich and so willing.
The materialists, who are forever
crying as they Investigate the uni
verse, "Here's Law: Where's God?"
and talking about the Immutability of
Law, and so forth, will never succeed
In convincing more than a very few
that there is no efficacy In prayer.
And for the following reasons:
The belief in il Is ingrained a part
of the very fabric of human nature.
The Supreme Hook teaches prayer
by precept, nnd encourages it by ex
amples of answered petitions.
The experience of the church, in all
the ages of Its history, tenches that'
prayer has a vital energy und ability
to reach God and to bring desired
blessings.
Our topic is concerned more spe
cifically with united prayer, and to
this we now c;.'ie In our Dally Bond
Ings. S;ilit Jesin, "If two of you shall
agree on earth as touching anything
they shall ask In my name, it ahall
be done f'r them of my Father."
Rev. John Livingstone, a Scotch
preacher, saw five hundred persons
converted In one flay. Mighty ser
mon '.' Doubtless, but there have been
thousands as el'iquont and convinc
ing, and not one was converted as a
result. What then? Why. many
Christians bad devoted the whole of
the preceding night to prayer for this
very object.
We pvrn another thing from our
leadings; namely, that a condition of
blessedness and power In united
prayer Is the confession of our faults.
James says. "Confess one to another
Rnd pray for each other."- Let It be
real confession. Finally, let us not
forget to pray, as chapters and
churches, for those whom God lias
called to the service of the sanctuary;
thf ministers of the gospel. They
will be tempted. O. so sorely! to
check utterance, to prophesy smooth
things, to avoid occasions of offense
ar.d opposition.
Never restrain an impluse to pray.
Who can tell with what treasure he
Is laden when the Holy Spirit In this
way knocks at our heart's door
SEPTEMBER NINTH.
The Triumphs of Christianity. John
12: 32; 1 Cor. 15: 20-28.
The goal of Christianity Is "all
men": therefore tho goal of each
Christian must be, "all men whom I
can reach."
The triumphs of Alexander, Ceusar,
Napoleon, meant the death of thou
sands; Christ's triumph means life,
life abundunt, life eternal.
The triumph of Christianity Is the
supremacy of law of the highest
law.
The majesty of Christianity is the
majesty of humility, and Its climax is
to be in an act of divine humility.
Suggestions.
Christianity is an organization, and
triumphs as un organization; but the
glorius results consists of the tri
umphs of individuals of you and me..
The triumphs of Christianity must
be such as Christ would call triumphs
victories of humility over pride, of
lovo over selfishness, of purity over
sin.
How Christ must long for us to
make our longings the same as His!
it is no accident that the Christian
countries are the lands of civiliza
tion and the ruling nations of the
world.
Illustrations.
In the "triumph" of a Roman con
queror throngs of the captives he
had made were led in chains. In
Christ's triumph the captives He has
released march In happy freedom.
One of the best illustrations of the
growth of Christianity is Ezeklel's
river, first covering only the feet,
now grown a river to swim in, soon
to cover the earth "as the waters
cover the sea."
Christ's Illustration is of a mus
tard seed, the tiniest of objects, now
become a tree.
The water moves back and forth In
an ellipse, but the wave moves on;
so Christianity progresses in spite of
the slowness of Christians.
THE NATIONAL GAME,
There are more Cleveland admir
ers iu Boston than iu any other city,
barring Cleveland.
In fifty-three games Turner, of the
Cleveland team, failed la but three
games to hit safely.
"Jigs" Donohue is now considered
one of the least consistent hitters in
the American League.
The age of heraldry is not
dead yet. The Athletics have a
Knight and a Lord and a Cross.
Tim Murnane rises to remark that
"Hayden Is fast coming Into his best
form and proving a valuable man."
Frank Killan, tho southpaw pitch
er of the Detroit Club, has Jumped
to a Chicago semi-professional team.
Lindsay still leads tho American
League in sacrifice hits. The Tigers'
first sacker has no opposition for the
honor.
Fielder Jones says his White Sox
team may he broken up, but he won't
give up. TIk.c's the proper spirit for
a leader.
Al. Orth, the "curvoless wonder"
of the Highlanders, is said to be de
sirous of quitting the game in defer
ence to the wishes of his wife.
( It Is not considered that Crigur
will be able to don the catcher's
mask again this year, although he
Joins in light preliminary practice.
Jimmy Collins did not go West
with the Bostons. He will nurse his
knee at home until the team returns
from the trip. He has a floating car
tilage. The Washington Club has pur
chased for 1750 pitcher-outfielder
Robert Edmondeon, of Houston, who
leads the South Texas League in
batting.
fT Hogs Becoming Stiff.
The cause of this aggravating trou
ble Is damp beds ami overfeeding,
both of which can be very easily rem
edied. When the hogs are stiff they
are most sure to be constipated, as
these two generally go together.
Letting the hogs out for a run, and
having the pens clean and dry are
the best remedies. It you think a
little medicine advisable give to hogs
v.-elghlng 100 pounds a tenspoonful
each of a mixture of saltpetre and
sulphur, halt and half. New York
Witness.
I'lu I5et Horp.
There is a growing demand among
the farmers to-day for a horse that
Is a good not a fair roadster and
nt the same time hold his end up
hen It comes to working ou the
farm. The mnn that has such an ani
mal has certainly f.ot a "jewel" and
our advice is to hold on to it, ar.d
tihould It be a mure, by all means
breed from ., for the offspring of
such an animal is surr providing
the sire is what he should be to be
of more than averngo value. New
York Witness.
Increase the Currants.
Add to that little currant patch
which has been appreciated so many
times by the good wife. As -oon
us th : leaves begin to fade cuttings
from six to eight inches in length
should -be made from the new wood
und planted at once In a very rich
moist loam, and while doing it take
particular pains to give the soil a
linn pressure around the base of the
cutting. In the fall, befo-n the
t round freezes, give the new bed a
covering o" some good mulch, and
tnis will serve as a mears of prevent
ing the action of the frost from
throwing the cuttings out. Plants
that are between one and two years
oli". are just about in proper shape to
) planted in the ?el. New York
Witnes.
What's Taken From (he Soil.
A thirty-bushel crop of wheat will
remove from the soil forty-eight
pounds of nitrogen, nine pounds of
potasli and twenty pounds of phos
phoric acid. If the grain alone is
sold it removes from the farm thirty
three pounds of nitrogen, nine
pounds of potash and fourteen
pounds of phosphoric acid. Sixty
bushels of corn, if taken from the
farm, will remove fifty-six pounds of
nitrogen, thirteen pounds of potash
and twenty pounds of phosphoric
acid. Are you replacing this either
in the shape of manure, commercial
for' .izers or a rotation? By this
time you all. no doubt, know what we
think of "robber" cows, and we apply
the same thing to the farmer who,
if he robs his land, Ic certainly rob
bing himself.
Catnip as a Honey Plant.
Among tho many honey plants,
there is surely none more valuable,
considering the extent to which It
grows, than the ordinary weed, cat
nip. Tills plant while common, is
not plentiful enough in most places
to give any considerable yield of
honey known tc be from the plant.
If the action of the bees forms any
i.idex to its value, however, it Is
surely really valuable. The plant
comes n bloom with us about July
1st or a little sooner and continues
throughout, the summer. During this
time the bees visit it continually
from morning till night, no matter
from what other source they may be
gathering nectar, nor how freely it
may be coming in. The honey la
thought by rome to be greenish In
color and rather rank in flavor. I
have noticed, however, that ns the
season advances, these characteristics
of the honey vanish, while the catnip
remains lu full bloom. I believe,
therefore, that these undesirable
characteristics are due to tho nectar
from some flower other than catnip.
These are some of tho thing3 I have
noticed about the value of catnip for
honey.--C. A. Ludwlg, Brookville,
Ind.
Ducks on the I'nrin.
Ducks are a source of quite a good
deal of profit to those who make a
specially of raising them, and there
ia no reason at all but what they
could ho made to be profitable when
kept lu small numbers on individual
farms'. A. correspondent of the Farm
Star, in urging farmers to tal:e up
ihe raising of ducks, says:
"Too much hard food, such as
grain, does not agree with these
birds, nnd they cannot thrive on it.
Some feeders use a small portion of
grain, others do not, and tt has not
been proved to be of any advantage
to feed It. Soft food la their natural
diet, together with grasses, vegeta
ble and animal food. The proper
selection of the food Is extremely im
roiiaut lo secure the rapid growth
of the due!:, and the Ingredients of
tho food must bo such as will afford
a well balanced and substantial ra
tion. When ducks uro raised for
breeding they must not be forced,
like tho others. An excellent ration
is equal parts of corn meal, wheat,
bran, green food, five per ..'eiit. beef
Bcraps and five per rent, coarse sand
or grit. Feeding stuffs should be
mixed In a trough large enough to
bold the quantity without run
ning over the edges. When mixing
corn meal and bran, do not make it
'.oo sloppy. Warm water should be
used when tho water Is excessively
cold. A second trough should be had
to mix green foods lu, such as cut
rye, oats, etc., and dampen with
water; theu mix an allowance of No,
I grade flour with it. Thoroughly
mix, so that the flour will completely
cover the treen stuff. After this has
been done mix the flour and green
mixture and add an allowance of
bbet scraps and sand. When vege-
tables are used they should be well
cooked before mixing them in the
ration."
While ducks do not require the
amount of attention that chickens lo,
and are quite free from disease In
addition to this, no one should get tt
into their head that the only thing to
be done is to secure a house, pur
chase the ducks that are to be used
as starters, and then merely sit down
and figure out the profits. Like any
thing else on the farm, the scheme of
making ducki profitable has got to
be backed up with a certain amount
of experience, a goodly amount of
hard work and a strict attenthn: to
every detail of the business.
Kffeetive Trap Nest.
A very simple trap nest is thus de
scribed by Orange Judd Farmer: One
side and part of the top on one com
partment Is removed to show the in
terior construction. Each compart
ment should be thirteen inches wide,
fifteen Inches high and thirty Inches
deep, while the nest box is twelve
Inches square and three inches deep.
Every poultry raiser knows the value
of a trap nest, so it is not necessary
to enter into Its utility. Any number
of them may be constructed side by
side, and all equipped in. the same
manner. Tho doorway at the front la
ten inches wide and twelve Inches
high, the door is twelve Inches
square and is caught at one corner
with a screw, When it is set. the
doorway is open, but when the hen
has sprung it the door falls and the
opposite end to the screw catches In
an iron staple which prevents it from
being moved by the captive hen.
The tops of the nests are provided
with a few slats at the forward end
for light and ventilation, and each
compartment hr.s a trapdoor hinged
at the top so the hen can be removed
from tho nest. The nest box is pro
vided with two screws at each side
Just forward from the middle. These
rest on blocks with a V-shaped top.
The nest is balunced so the weight
of a hen when she steps on the front
edge will tip lt'down. thereby releas
ing the wire end that holds the door
and allows it to fall. Two pieces of
wire are used. One Is made fast to a
screw eye driven in the front edge of
the box and extends up reaiiy to the
under side of the top, where a piece
of cord is tied to it. The cord passes
through a screw eye aud toward the
front of the box, where, four inches
from the eye, it is tied to the longer
piece of wire that extend-: to the door.
The wire and string are adjusted so
the front eud of the wire passing
through a hole In the board will pro
ject a quarter of an inch and support
the door. When the hen steps on the
box and drags the -vlre down that
pulls the long wire lu and the door
drops. By opening; the trap door r.l
the top It is easy to set the door
again.
Current Furm Chat.
Pure-bred seed goes hand In hand
with pure-bred stock and is every bit
as essential.
The most prominent "catch crop"
just now is to catch up with the
weeds.
Speaking with a nearby farmer re
cently, he said that, his day's work
"commenced at suu-up and ended at
sun-down."
What do you think of the plan,
dear readers?
To me, it seems little short of
felly; I can rcarcely see the neces
sity for It, unless it might be account
ed for by the fact thut the manage
ment was very poor.
Excessive hard labor on the furm
must certainly be due to rank mis
management and an effort on the
part of tho farmer to accomplish
everything by brawn alone and not
use brain at all.
There is no reason on earth why
a day's work on the farm should not
be about the same as It is anywhere
else.
Industry is not the only thing that
is necessary on t.ie farm if it were,
I know of several men -who have
failed that would have succeeded.
Keeping everlasting at a thing
does not always bring success. In
spite of the trite saying that it does.
The more persistently some people
labor the worse oft they become,
simply because they are not expend
ing their euerglos in the correct way
and along the most profitable line.
Following up this same reasoning,
there are some farmers who are con
stantly drifting further away from
the desired goal, no matter how hard
they may work, simply because they
are on the wrong track to get there,
and the harder they work the further
off they get; they cannot come out
all right, because they did uot go ia
right!
Intelligent management Is as nec
essary In order to get the utmost pos
sible out of farm work, as It Is tn any
other business; there Is always a
best way lo do everything and sever
al more or less poorer ways.
If some farmers would quit work
ing an hour or two before bedtime
occasionally, and spend the remain
der of the evening studying itbe Epi
toinist, or some other reliable farm
paper or farm book, they would not
lose anything. Uncle Rural, la the
Agricultural Epltomtst.
Serviceable Trap Nest.
Alcohol As a Fuel
From Casslcr's Magazine.
The Ideal fuel is liquid fuel of a
nature to be readily vaporized. If
the liquid be ot a limpid, non-viscous
character, the difficulties found lo
pipe line transportation with the
thick fuel oils will not stand in the
way of such transportation and dis
tribution. We have In ethyl alcohol
an Ideal fuel colorless, limpid, of
moderate boiling point, about fifty
degrees below thnt of water, non
freezing, burning without smoke,
mixing with water lu all proportions,
nnd therefore its flame extinguished
by water, cleanly, drying off com
pletely when spilled, not attacking
rubber gaskets or packings, and non
corrosive for metal tanks and hold
ers. The fact that the flame is blu
ish, or so-called non-luminous, means
that the flame is almost devoid ot
free carbon particles, with their in
terna heat radiating power, a fact f
considerable importance. When gas
olene or heavy oils are burning, the
flame, loaded with free carbon or
soot, radiates heat to such a degree
that It Is not posslblo to approach
near the conflagration, and combusti
ble surroundings are readily fired by
pure radiation of heat.
The production of alcohol on a
large scale is very simple, and the
raw materials already exist in con
siderable variety. All saccharine or
starchy growths are available. Sac
charins waste3 are now largely used
in Cuba for alcohol production. At
present it is said that the low grades
ot molasses can be delivered at
American const cities at rbout
three cents a gallon. About three
gallons of this crude product
will be required to produce a gallon
of refined spirit, or ninety per cent,
alcohol, and the cost ot production
may be estimated at from three to
four cents, making the cost of the
alcohol n gallon about twelve cents.
,nhls alcohol will, in a properly or
ganized engine, equal, volume for
volume, gasolene now sold at a much
higher price in producing power.
Even in the Immediate future, then it
is evident that alcohol has a large
field of usefulness. The farmer need
not depend on wood, coal or oil for
his power. His agricultural wastes
will furnish it. His neld3 need only
receive the sunshine and be given
sufficient water, and thence any crop
yielding starch or sugar, howeve.- un
marketable otherwise, may be mado
the source of power, light and heat.
The use of alcohol as a fuel and
ns a source of power will grow grad
ually. It would be id'.e to look for
any otidden revolution in methods.
When we extend our vision into the
far future wc can only speak of pos
siBillties or probabilities. There is
always a possibility of new discov
eries modifying conditions to such
un extent that our best present judg
ment may be in error; but, assuming
that increasing scarcity and cost of
mineral fuels will gradually stimu
late the selection and use of sub
stitutes, it seems reasonable to pre
dict that the one substitute which
possesses the most desirable quali
ties is ethyl alcohol. The amount
t.iat can be produced is practically
unlimited.
A very important fact distinguish
ing alcohol production by agricul
ture from the production and ship
ment out of the laud of food pro
ducts, meat, etc., or even wood, is
that In the former the land is not
impoverished, as the mineral and
nitrogenous matters can be returned
to it, while in the food and wood car
ried away the richness of the land is
passing away too. Alcohol contains
only carbon, hydrogen and oxygon,
nil of which come from the air it
self. The transformation is begun
in the carbonic acid and water of the
air reaching the growing plant under
the influence of sunshine, and com
pleted in the fermenting vat and the
still under human direction. Vigor
ous plant growth Is a cooling process;
solar energy Ik rendered latent or po
tential. It would even be possible
to calculate from the "fuel value of
any growth or crop the proportion of
the solar energy stored up. Fer
mentation renders the energy stored
more available, and distillation final
ly yields a concentrated product.
It i3 not unreasonable to expect
that in large engines ot tho internal
combustion type, when highly de
veloped, we may attain efficiencies of
thirty to forty per cent. This means
thai of the heat units potential in
the fuel nnd liherated when it is
burned with the oxygen of the air
about one-third may be converted
into available power. It may even be
that future invention will carry this
proportion up to about one-half.
With alcohol at a cost of ten cents a
gallon a price even now realized in
Cuba the cost of the fuel per kilo
watt hour would be about one cen;
and a quarter on au assumed effi
ciency of thirty-three per cent, in tho
engine.
It is not to be Imagined that where
coul or oil can be obtained at any
thing like the present co3ts there is
at present any possibility of their re
placement. Neither is it likely thut
water power, developed under favor
able conditions. Can ever have as a
rival artificially produced fuel.
But inasmuch as the fuel cost is
only a relatively small fraction of the
total cost of operation of a great
system of distribution, such as that
of an electric lighting plant or rail
way, it is evident that; considering
the great convenience and adaptabili
ty of tho alcohol vapor internal com
bustion engine, a wide field may open
for Us application, as the cost of tha
fuel alone Is a relatively unimportant
Item. Certain it is that for isolated
mall nowers the alcohol motor can
soon be used with convenience and
economy In America, .following the
recent legislation there removing the
onerous tax.
Among the Itocks.
Sarah Bernhardt, reaching Paris
with $250,000 of good American
money, announces her intention of
pending some months at her Brlt
tauy home running barefoot among
the rocks. We needn't worry for
Sarah's feet, the rocks she will run
through art nice and toft.
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FEATHERS V8. FUR.
In the Itace Bettveen Jack Rabbit an)
Hawk the "Jack" Won.
AM the "lornlng the four staunch
horses had been pulling the heavy
stage coach over a sandy desert ia
southern Tens. Both the driver and
myself were drowsy, and nodded from
the effects of the scorching suo.
suddenly the lead horses jumped out
of the road, which brought us to onr
senses. A large western redtall hawk
that was circling over our heads, hail
cast its passing shadow on the satin
directly before tho horses, causing
them to shy.
We commented on the rather sing,
ular coincident and watched the bl;
bird as, in large circles, he graced
fully floated through the air, with
scarcely a movement ot the wings.
Suddenly a "Jack-rabbit," startled
by the rattle of the stage, jumped
from Its cover In the shade of a yucca
plant, and shook its legs over the
sandy expp--e in leaps fully fifteen
feet apart. It had not mado ten
jumps when the hawk spied It, and
halt falling, alf tumbling through
the air be descended to within fifty
feet of the earth and started in pur
suit. The "Jack" had gained a good
lead before it discovered that It wai
being chased, but on seeing the hawk,
it bent every muscle in Its sinewy
legs In an effort to outstrip its as
sailant. Graduai. y the hawk drew near
until he was almost over the "Jack,"
then, bowing his wings, he dropped
turough the air like a falling meteor,
With feet extended and talons out
stretched, he was about to snatch up
hl3 prey, when the "Jack" stopped
short and squatted flat on the sand,
The hawk overshot his mark a foot
or more, but Instead of turning back,
he arose in the r.arae graceful curve
in which he descended, thus describ
ing a large U.
No sooner had he started upward
than the "jack" was again coursing
over the desert like a shot from a
g-?- It had gained fuLy fifty yards
berora the hawk overtook It and
again attacked It. Once more the
"jack" eluded the charge In the same
manner.
By this time the chase had become
so exciting that the driver halted his
horses and we both stood up on the
seat, clinging to ep.ch other and
watching with bated breath the out
come ot the struggle.
"The 'Jack' can't keep that pace
up much longer, It's pretty well tuck
ered out now. The hawk'll catch it
next time sure," exclaimed the driver
as the combatants gradually drew
near. But before the hawk had a
chance again to swoop down, the
"Jack" reached a bunch of chaparral,
where it took shelter.
The hawk circled over the bushes
and then dove headlong Into them,
but the "Jack" moved Its position as
the bird was about to strike it aud
again escaped death.
The "Jack" evidently thought it
safer to fight in the open than In the
bushes, for as the hawk arose it
started off again, this time heading
for a bunch of cattle that was feed
ing about two hundred yards away.
The hawk made his fourth unsuc
cessful attack while the distance waa
being covered by the hare, but before
he was ready for another swoop the
"Jack" had outstripped his pursuer,
and dashing up to one of the steers,
darted between his front and hind
legs and stopped. There it remained.
The hawk seemed to be completely
outwitted. He circled about a tew
times; then, ns'if thoroughly dis
gusted, sailed off und was soon lost
to view.
The "Juck" was still under the
steer when we drove on. It was
quite evldunt to us that the "jack"
intended to use the steer for a shield
from the moment that It left the
chaparral, but whether it did so be
cause It thought that the hawk would
be afraid of so lar;.e an animal as a
steer, or because the creature afford
ed better protection from onslaughts
from above, is a question that the
reader will have to solve for him
self. From Nature aud Science iu
St. Nlchol-
WOHDS OF WISDOM.
A woman's Ideal of a house is all
closets and pantries.
There Is just as much room In a
flat as in a palace to quarrel.
A man can have a very peaceful
home by not trying to run it.
A hammock is a very nice thing
not to have room enough for two un
less It's a girl.
A boy can Inherit all his father'i
bad habits even when the old man
hasn't got any.
Nobody ever gets old enough to
Stop calling some other person a dod
dering old Idiot.
When a man is too scared to do
something tempting but risky he
culls it self control.
A man grows madder over seeing
some other fellow get ahead than
over falling himself.
The politician who is always prais
ing the plaiu people is mighty mad '
if you class him witl! them.
The people who shout loudest for
a revolution are usually out of the
country where It is taking place.
' When a woman says her husband
loves his home she means he opened
a bureau drawer without swearing at
It.
There Is more than an even chance
that a girl Is Interested in a follow
It she swears to her mother that she
Isn't. .,
Generally a girl Is la love when
she looks as It she had three mortal
diseases and had just burled her last
friend.
Those who have children have
mighty few theories about raising
them; they are too busy with th
facts of feeding and clothing them.
From "Reflections ot a Bachelor," in
the New York Press.
Corner Coupons. '
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regarding corner coupons, that any
mall form .Is permissible so long as
Its detachment leaves the advertise
ment ot which it forms part litact
and permanently, attached. Printer's
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