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Subject: Tlie Message of Christ to.
Capital.
BrooVlyn, N. Y. Speaking at the
Irving Square Presbyterlnn Church
on the theme, "The Message ot Christ
to Capital," the Rev. I. W. Hender
son, pastor, took as hlt text Matthew
7:12, "Therefore, all things whatso
ever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them." lie
said:
Labor and capital. The great cor
related facts ot the economic life ot
to-day, as throughout all ages they
have been, are labor and capital.
But though they are correlated, cap
ital is of secondary importance. In
a simple society labor is central. In
a complex society labor and capital
may with reason he allowed to pos
sess an almost equal position of im
portance in the economic system.
But no matter how influential and
how powerful capital may oecome it
can never usurp the central, primal,
fundamental, ultimate position of
labor in the economic affairs of man.
The economic tendency of to-day
upon the side of capital is toward
centralization, toward combination,
toward concentration. With this ten
dency toward centralization we have
the spectacle of Immense corpora
tions gifted with a chartered power
at the hands ot a sovereign people.
And these corporations are engaged,
many of them. In the exercise of this
power in endeavors to control the
output of the necessltleo of life; di
rect and govern the markets ot the
world, and dictate prices for the
necessaries of life without due re
gard (o fairness or to the universal
laws, very largely, of supply nnd de
mand. There are good and there are
evil results to be expected nnd to bo
found in the economic trend of our
day.
The dangers of this economic ten
dency so far as capital is concerned
are many fold; and the first danger
Is, that in the centralization of wealth
and the increase of capital beyond
the bounds of safety, we shall have
two different and distinct classes in
the social life of our land. The dan
ger is, that, with a society in which
there shall be, in effect, but two
classes of men, we shall have a re
turn. In an economic way, to the un
healthy conditions of the feudal re
gime. The danger is that, upon the
one hand, we shall have the em
ployer, on the other hand, the em
ploye; on the one hand, the men of
money and, on the other, the salaried.
The danger is that, on the one hand,
we shall have a class of Independent
wealthy men and, on the other, a
mass of dependent retainers; on the
one hand, the wealth holders and, on
the other, the wage workers.
The second danger Is from cor
porate concentration. By virtue of
Governmental enactments a corpora
tion, though composed of personali
ties, is itself an impersonality before
the law. The sense of individual re
sponsibility is lessened and men are
released, by the law Itself, from that
lively sense of personal duty which is
Incumbent and felt upon the part of
the individual man with a personal
relation to the law and to trade. Men
become the engineers of a huge
mechanism. Humanity is lost in the
machinery of commercial life.
Another danger of the economic
tendency on the part of capital to-day
Is that, by virtue of its immense pow
ers, it shall grow up as a State within
a State. With the numberless and
increasing ramifications and alliances
of our larger corporations there has
grown up an alarming situation.
Take, for instance, the mos,t noted
corporation in the land. However
valuable the public services ot this
corporation may have been; however
important its con.ributions to soci
ety, as a leader in the march of trade,
may be admitted to be; however
much we may praise it for the many
excellencies which It possesses, we
cannot escape the fact that it stands
to-day, as do many other corpora
tions, as a danger to the public wel
fare and as a possible enemy to the
common weal. The ramifications, the
business alliances, the political coali
tions of this one corporation are so
diverse, so Nation wide, so stupen
dous as to be almost past belief. All
this is wise from the standpoint of a
purecomnierci.il life. Thereisnothing
inherently wrong in such a condition
of affairs if the correlative power
which it brings be exercised with an
eye single toward the light of right
eousness. But if ever this enormous
influence and capacity for good or for
ill should become vested in the hands
of unscrupulous mn the danger to
our civil litierty would be very real.
If, in the course of time, the power
of such corporations should become
the property of unjust and ungodly
men, whoso creed should be selfish
ness and whose commercial aim
should be directed toward the satis
faction of unbridled self-interest, im
mediate and intense iniquity would,
of sequence, result. The danger to
these American people lies not in the
strength of military force; not in an
unsellish imperialism which strives
for the amelioration of the peoples
of the islands ot the sea; but in the
unholy use of dishonest power by Im
moral and conscienceless men of
wealth. Then will be realized the
prophecy of the State within the
State. Then will come the test of
capital, made arrogant with wealth,
lu the lists against the Governmental
authority.
It does not necessarily follow,
whatever may be our fears, that com
bination per sc Js evil. Combination'
is a natural and a logical result of
the conditions under which we live.1
Anything, whatever its name, which'
lightens labor, enlarges efficiency, and
increases the impetus of commercial
life, is of value to humanity at large.
Impersonality before the law is not
In Itself an unmitigated evil if so be
the men who manage corporations do
not forget humanity and God. Com
binations and corporations are bene
ficial so long ai they are good.
It also dues not follow, necessarily,
that the possession of great wealth
;a a crime. Wealth Is a sin only when
it is unrighteously acquired or in
humanly expended and used. Tho
man who becomes rich in righteous
ness Is an honor to the Common
wealth. The man who spends his
Nubstance In a decent way with due
regard for the public good is a credit
to the4 State. But bad men whose
wealth is the result of malicious
depredations upon the public, and
whose moneys are expended in un
clean ways, are public criminals and
disgraces to humanity. It also does
not follow necessarily that a system
IRA W.ttrDR
Ttt E: PAMOOS D i VI NES
amatlSTity. it may nostroy to" some
extent the money making capacity of
the individual; but to destroy a man's
ability to exercise his financial In
stinct is not to destroy the man. In
dividuality is not a matter so .mtrh
of money as of mind, heart, and soul.
And any system which permits men
to enjoy a larger opportunity for the
exercise of their intellectual, moral
and spiritual capacities, and which
enables humanity to realize in a
larger fashion the fulness of human
personality upon every side, must be
valuable to man kind. Righteous com
bination will afford opportunity for
all the faculties. The individualism
of to-day Is an Insult, In the last an
alysis, to personalities w ho are made
In the Image of Almighty God.
About all that It emphasizes Is out
capacity and desire to make money.
And however valuable money may
be and however much we may all
need It, this Is the eternal truth of
Cod, that that system which empha
sizes thin side of mnn's nature al
most to the stultifying of his mental,
ethical and spiritual characteristics !s
a thing of sin.
The message of Christ to capital.
And what is this gospel? It I under
stand the truth of God unto men of
wealth as It has been revealed unto
U9 In Jesus Christ our Lord, It is this,
that money is a trust; that wealth is
a talent ; that the possession of ex
traordinary ability for financial suc
cess and commercial leadership is a
gift ot God compelling inescapable
duties upon those so blessed and en
forcing tremendous obligations. A
man's money is to be used not unto
the satisfaction of his selfish desires,
but for the good of all. Men are not
to be treated as slaves. They are not
to be considered as machines. Bear
ing in mind the admonition of our
Lord, "Whatsoever ye would that
men should do unto you, do ye even
so to them," our men of financial and
commercial prominence should re
member that even the humblest man
Is a personality and not a mechan
ism; that even a laborer is a child of
the living God. If there are any men
who should have patience, forbear
ance, charity, loving kindness, ten
derness, compassion with and for the
men who toil, they are the men who
in the providence of God are su
premely endowed with the fulness
and the fatness of the good things of
life. It is the business, as. under
God, it should be the happluess, of
our men of mean3 and of commercial
prominence to study the comfort, to
enhance the joy, to foster the educa
tion, to assist the moral and spiritual
upliftment of the man who Is work
ing for a wage. Their delight it
should be, as it Is their duty, to
lighten labor and to increase wages
to the utmost limit that .lie economic
conditions which are existent will al
low. They should see that the toilet
has free hours, sufficient and often
enough not only for rest, but also fot
honest recreation. Men do not ask
for alms, they simply desire a chance
and an opportunity to do something
more than exist to live. In the
darkest days of African bondage
there were no worse, though there
were different, conditions, than those
which cliaructerizethe inhuman white
slavery that is a feature of the eco
nomic system of to-duy. Multitudes
of men eke out but a bare and, at
best, a miserable existence, as ths
fruit of honest, laborious and often
time dangerous, toil; while those whe
pay their wages live in splendor, af
fluence, and, many times, in super
cilious and arrogant indifference to
the needs of men. The message ol
Christ to the man of wealth is a call
for selfishness, self-sacrifice and hon
est philanthropy.
The great need of cnpital to-day it
an Instillation In Us henrt of the prin
ciples and the personality, of the
character and the convictions ol
Jesus Christ. We cannot i.ope for s
sound eierclso of commercial au
thority; we cannot, wisely and sen
sibly, expect a true development ol
our commercial life without the pres
ence of His truth as the guiding and
controlling factor in the hearts ait
the minds and the souls of our men o!
wealth. 'Fillod with the spirit ol
Christ they will love men; and lov
ing men, we shall have no fear.
A Mistake Frequently Made.
Professor P. Brouardel in an ad
dress on the measures adopted bj
different nations for the prevention
of consumption, calls attention to a
mistake made in the different coun
tries by ministers who have the
charge of the financial department
of the Stale. He s,ays they like to
calculate the sum the State gets from
the duty on alcohol, but they should
d'duct from It the cost to the com
niunity of the fainhy of the ruined
drunkard, his degenerate, infirm,
scrofulous and epileptic children, who
must have shelter. This invasion of
alcoholism ought to be regarded by
everyone as a public danger, and this
principle, the truth of which Is incon
testable, should be Inculcated Into
the masses, that the future of the
world will be in the hands of the
temperate.
Response to Prayer.
There is no true prayer without
some response. Invisible wires from
heaven to earth are ever vibrating
with divine blessings, and when
prayer touches them the electric
stream if love enter the aouL
Newman Hair.
RIDDI.E3.
Why does an onion resemble a
ringing bell? Because peel follows
peel in un onion, and peal follow
peal In a bell, when It is ringing.
What word of three syllables teiif
us at what time we should dance?
At ten dance.
Why is Ireland llkc-ly to become
the richest country In the world? Be
cause Its capital U always doubling
(Dublin).
When you go to bed, why are your
slippers like a deferred resolution?
Because they are put otf till the
next day.
When is a nose not a nose? 'When
it is a little reddish (radish). Lon
don News.
Was He a Vankee.
Adam was not an Englishman.
When be awoke and found Eve by
his side she was an absolutely new
thin;. Tho English always run
away from the new; tie did not
Adam cannot have been an English.,
man. London Truth.
DECEMBER NINTH.
Christ's Life. XII, Lesson from the
"Seven Words from the Cross."
John 19:25-30; Luke 23:34-46;
Mark 13:34.
Honoring a mother. Prov. 23: 22-23.
Our Great High Priest. I ten. 2:
1MH.
Paul's finished life. 2 Tim. 4:1-8.
Forgiving enemies. Mark 11:20-2C.
"Save to the uttermost." Heb. 7:
22-2K.
"Into thy hands." Ps. 31:1-8.
'Father, forgive them."
This Is the climax of love, and so
the climax of Christ.
Christ considers not what is done
but what is willed; If we "know not,"
God punishes not.
"To-day (halt thou be with me."
No ono of us can be in a worse case
than the thief on the cross: he has
shown us how any man may be Baved.
The cross tho gateway to parudlwe!
Do we find It so?
"Why hast Thou forsaken m?"
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A Ills uuiy naa n'rvi i ivj uriiiJir 10
Christ s union witn maiiKinu mat tie
should doubt His Father.
We can never be so far forsaken of
God as Christ seemed to be, and yet
bow near God was to Him!
"Behold Thy Mother."
Christ on the cross took thought for
the lowest sinner, and pardoned him;
and for the highest of His creation, a
loving mother.
This word was also a blessing to
John: there Is no comfort of grief
equal to a task.
"I Thirst."
Not only the most bitter pungs of
the spirit broke the heart of Christ,
but the most Intense anguish of body.
He can sympathize with all our aches.
Remember that If Christ hud not
come, such cruel deaths would still
be inflicted.
"Father, Into' Thy Hand."
Christ had used His life all through
as a steward of it for another; now
He returns it, how gloriously enlarg
ed! The clouds had passed away; there
is no more thought of being forsak
en. "It Is Finished."
And yet It was only begun, us Luke
rightly said In the first verse of the
Acts.
There Is no "finished," complete life
outside of Christ.
EPWORTH JLEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9.
Association Unto Salvation. Matt.
11. 19.
Daily Readings.
A disciple won from an unpromising
source Luke IK. 5-10.
A friend of former days brought to
Jesus. Luke 5. 29-:S2.
Warnings ugain.st contamination.
Ia?v. IS. ;i; Num. u?,, 55; Dent. 12. oO.
Must be properly armed when
among the wicked. Prov. 2. 11.
Our mission is to the transgressors.
Ezek. 2. S-5.
Power of association In domestic
life. 1 Cor. 7, 12 10.
We are so constantly being warned
against unworthy companionships that,
it Is well to have somewhat on the
other side to maintain a proper bal
ance of teaching. There are circum
stances that justify association with
those whom to copy would be ruin
ous to our own characters. For, llrst,
It Is our mission to the world to re
place tho leaven of wickedness with
the leaven of goodness; to make
flowers and fruits to grow In the place
of briars and nettles. So Jesus ming
led in the social affairs of life, even
to the scandal of the hypocritical
Pharisees, who said, "Behold a man
gluttonous!" But wherever Jesus
went the people were made thoughtful
of spiritual things, and were turned
In lesser or larger degree from their
evil ways. After the Master spoke
to him, Zacehaeus said: "Behold,
Lord, the half of my goods 1 (hereby)
give to the poor," and so on, showing
a thoroughly penitential condition of
heart.
Dr. W. C. Wilkinson quotes from
the diary of George Tlcknor some
what concerning that traveler's visit
to the drawing room of the famous
Wllberforce, the English antl slavery
philanthropist. "I ulwayB came
away," says Ticknor, "with regret
because 1 had been in the midst of
influences which ought to have made
me better." A man of less udmirable
character would no doubt huve felt in
some measure the same Inspiration
toward goodness.
The mission workers, deaconesses,
and Salvationists go down among the
vilest and come back without stain,
having gone forth enveloped with the
heavenly atmosphere of their vocution.
If we will "associate with the vo
taries of folly only to reclaim them"
we shall be likely to escape contag
ion. Let us be sure of our motives.
Diamonds In I'nitcd States.
Never before in tho history of the
Vnited Stutos has there been such
demand 'or diamonds us there was
in l!u.r. Large quantities were im
ported, but tho country produced
none. In 1903 it produced diamonds
to the value of $50, In 1901 it bu t
an output worth $100, in 1900 It.'
production was valued ut $150, and
in 1S99 tho country toasted natlvu
diamonds to the value of $oo.
Diamonds have been discovered lu
the lnlted States In four different
regions, but their actual place of ori
gin is In every case unknown. All
have been found in loose und super
ficial deposit and all accidentally.
It Is not at all Improbable, however,
that somo day the original sources
of this queen of gems may be dis
covered. Tim high price of diamonds 1ms
made tho recent search for these pru
tloua stoiies in tho 1' lilted States und
Canada keener than ever beforw. A
careful watch for diamonds waa kept
during the examination by the Vni
ted States Geological Survey of roany
samples of gold nnd platinum sn.Hla
at the Lewis and Clark Exposition in
Portland, Ore.
A lookout for diamond's has nlso
been kept by a number of people who
have been dredging for gold on an
extensive scale in the rivers of Cali
fornia. In neither, rase have any
finds been reported. Scientific American.
Iladlcal Mranrc With "Veltows."
Never wait for a disease to spread
on trees. It the "yellows" appear
in the peach orchard dig up the tree,
burn it at once and examine tho trees
at least once a week. Black knot on
plums and blight on pear trees should
be looked after before damage is
done; but if remedies fall it is bet
ter to burn the trees than to allow
other trees to become infected,
Cooling Milk by Aeration.
The cooling of milk by forcing air
through it (aeration) is an excellent
method, as the otygen of the air as
sists in purifying it, but the aera
tion must be done in some place
where the air is as pure as possible
and free from dust. To force air
that Is laden with dust and odors
Into the milk is as injurious as to
expose the milk to such Influences,
hence the greatest care should be ex
ercised In aerating.
Snnflinver Seed For Foul try.
A head or two of sunflower that
lias gone to seed Is a good thing to
throw Into the chicken yard two or
three times a week at this season.
Too many sunflower Beeds are not
good for them, but many fanciers
feed them quite freely when they aro
preparing their birds for exhibition.
It gives a gloss to the plumage and
fattens the bird. It also stimulates
the egg production when limited
amounts are given, but when fed too
liberally the excess of fat produced
internally injures the egg producing
orgaus.
Shrinkage of Wheat.
An old farmer recently told the
writer of an experiment which dis
proves the common idea of a loss in
wheat by shrinkage between harvest
time and winter, which leads many to
sell wheat early if prices are good.
A flour barrel was filled with wheat
threshed In July, dry and in good
condition. It weighed 210 pounds
(barrel thirteen pounds) and was
kept in a dry place, gimlet holes
being bored in the barrel to prevent
heating. Occasionally barrel and
contents were weighed and it was
round that it did not vary except in
damp seasons, when It Increased
t'.iree-fourths of a pound. At the
end of twelvemonths the weight wa3
just the same to the ounce as It was
the year before, or the day when the
wheat was stored away.
Dust and Hogs.
A dust bath does very well for
fowls, but it is hard on hogs. Per
haps you have kept your hogs In one
lot till the grass is all killed off
where they feed. Tho corn is thrown
out in one spot, and the hogs root in
the dust for the kernels, says an ex
change. Every time they run for
feed or swiU they stir up a cloud of
dust in dry weather. Maybe they
eleep In a dusty place.
The result Is that they breathe
more dust than they should, nnd
many die because their lungs get
clogged up and inflamed.
They may act as though they had
a bad cold or pneumonia or cholera
when none of these things are the
matter.
Change tho feeding ground bo as
to get the hogs out of the dust. No
matter whether they have reached
the Btage of dying or not, it is best
to guard against loss.
Rloat in Cuttle.
From whatever cause, the bloat In
cattle is very dangerous and unless
help is soon obtained the animal will
die. The most effectual way of re
lief is to use an instrument that is
designed for this purpose, but if this
is not at hand a knife may be used,
the small blade of a penknife being
the right size, run through a cork to
make the blade the right length.
Push the right Bide of the cow
against the wall, place the knife on.
the left side, about midway between
the short rib and the hip bone, give
the knife a sharp blow with the hand,
withdraw the knife, Insert a quill
nnd leave it there until the gas es
capes. The quill should be watched
so that It may not become clogged
with blood.
The next day after the operation
give the cow one and one-half pounds
of Glauber's salts and if she is not
chewing her cud the next day, give
her a strip of salt pork, about a quar
ter of a pound, which will bring her
out in good shape. The knife opera
tion if properly performed is not at
all dangerous, but delay in attending
to it nearly always results in the
death of the animal. The Epltomlst.
Value of Corn Stover.
Many now living will remember
when it was almost the universal cus
tom in New England for the farmers
in harvesting their corn to cut tho
tops of the stalks off JubI above the
good ears and bind them up to be
used as fodder. The ears were loft
to ripen In the full blaze of the sun,
and were later picked off to be taken
to the barn for husking, or in a few
cases the stalks were cut and taken
with the ears on them, that they
might also be added to the winter
fodder. Others less careful did not
even take the pains to save the tops
that had been cut off, and denounced
the corn stover ns poorer fodder than
the hay from the bog meadow. Per
haps when dried in the sun, as it
was before cutting, trampled in tho
dirt, wet with many showers, and
often mouldy a it was, this might
have been true, though It scarcely
seems that the bog hay dried and
grown mouldy before cutting would
have been better. Now there are few
who do not cut their corn stover close
to the ground when the grain is still
soft and milky, allowing it to ripen
as they do tholr other grain, in the
bundle aid U.8 bundle in the stock.
The fodder is carefully saved and the
cow are said to produce as .much
milk or butter fatwhen they are feed
ing on It a when they are having
good English hay. We are reminded
of this by reading an extract irom an
old paper, which told that the man
ager for the Standard Cattle' Com
sa arirr
pany of Ames, Nob., raised In 1890
3463 acres of corn. From this he
cut 63 SB tons ot fodder, which he
claimed to be equal in value to 4800
tons of timothy hay. This was more
than two and a half tons per acre,
and nearly equal to two tons of hay
per acre In value. It cost him $10,
S20 to cut and feed it, or about $1.70
a ton equal to getting timothy at
$2.25 a ton. Probably the farmer in
New England may not grow as much
corn fodder to the acre, and may not
be able to harvest it as cheaply a
that, but the fodder of our Eastern
corn Is said to be more valuable than
that of the coarser growing Western
corn, and these figures suggest that
the fodder from an acre of good field
corn is worth enough so that when
its fair value is taken from the cost
of growing the corn crop it makes it
cheaper to grow the grain than to
buy it from Western growers. Bos
ton Cultivator.
The Most Profitable Horse.
Very few farmers ever make a sue
cess of breeding and rearing trotting
horses; that Is, they never get the big
money that such horBes occasionally
bring. It is the trainer or the man
that develops them that makes the
money, and most farmers have neith
er the lime nor skill to train such
horses. And again, there is only one
in a great many that brings the big
prices. It they haven't the speed
they sell comparatively cheap.
Then there is the coach or heavy
harness horse that sells very well,
providing he has quality with style
and action. These horses will sell
In pairs, so they must be well matched
and nicely trained, accmstiAied to the
sights and sounds of the city, such a
steam cars, street cars, automobiles,
etc., so that they are perfectly safe
when hitched to the family carriage.
On the farm they do not see such
things, and therefore will not bring
the big prices until they are educated.
Taking all In all, I think the rtraft
horse la the most profitable out for
the farmer to raise. The term draft
applies to horses weighing 1600
pounds or more, but a good many
horses that are put on the market in
working order, or in thin condition,
weighing 1500 pounds, could be made
to weigh 1600 pounds or more it
properly fitted for market, so have
them fat when they are ready to sell.
The larger the horse, If he has qnul
lty, the more he will bring. Those
weighing from 1300 pounds up to
draft weight ace called chunks, and
sell fairly well, but not with the draft
class. So In breeding, we should se
lect our best mares, ot good weight
and quality, having feet and legs,
such as Mr. Martiny has. described
to you, and breed them to a good
horse.
When you find a horse that breeds
well with your mares, use him right
along as long as you get good colts,
and you will have a lot of colts oi the
same disposition, conformation and
color, bo that you can match up
teams, for It takes all three of these
to make a perfectly matched team.
You can sometimes put a three-year-old
and a four-yeur-old. or a four and
five, or a five and six-year-old to
gether, and mate them up better, as
a nicely matched team always brings
a little more money than if not
matched, but the least detect in a
matched team Is color. After all,
there is no bad color for a good
horse. David Iuiric.
Ensilage as a Fodder.
It has at times been asserted by
enthusiastic advocates of ensilage
that the material of which it is com
posed actually acquires during tha
slow and gradual process ot fer
mentation, to which it is subjected,
more nutritious properties than the
green stuff Itself contained previ
ous to being placed iu the silo or
stack. But this, of course, is an un
warrantable assertion. It has been
proved by chemical analysis that) on
pound of grass freshly cut iu the
field contains more nutritious mat
ter than a similar quantity of the
same grass turned into ensilage.
Nevertheless it has been repeatedly
proved that iu the matter ot increas
ing the flow of milk, or producing
flesh, ensilage can more than hold its
own with the original material, und
certainly it Is more ravenously eaten.
The explanation of this is that, un
like concentrated acids and powerful
re-agents used in laboratories lu ex
tracting substunces for analysis, the
stomach of an animal is only able to
assimilate and appropriate for the
uses ot the body that portion which
Is digestible as food. On the other
hand, and it is here where ensilage
has the pull over green fodder, dur
ing the process of turning grass into
silage a considerably greater pro
portion of mutter susceptible of being
nutritious is rendered soluble und
made more easily digestible by the
stomach ot the animal. The heat
and the alteration brought about
through the action of the enormous
number ot germs during the process
of fermentation, to which the green
stuff is subjected in the silo or stack,
soften and make ready for digestion
the fibres und nutritious substance
of which the material is composed.
This is why a greater proportion
of these same nutritious substances
Is rendered susceptible of being taken
into the circulation ot the animal
which feed on them, and subse
quently converted into flesh, fat or
milk. Writer on the subject ot en
silage have frequently compared tha
changes which take place lu the con
stitution of the fodder lu the silo to
those which take place In the first
stomach or paunch of ruminants,
and have found that a great similar
ity exists. The penetrating, but not
unpleasant, smell, and the accidental
taste ot ensilage, create among cat
tie a keener appetite, and they eat '
more, and with greater relish, ot the
food offered them, and this is a sub t
Btantlal advantage. The greater di
gestibility of ensilage and its mora
appetizing properties constitute a I
reason why it produces uch good re
suit whe.i fed to stock, more espe
dally to milking cows W. It. Gil
bert. In Boston Cultivator, ,
Dr. William Henry, an English
physician, states a the result ot ex
periments that, in all forms of ani
mal life, insects included, exists the
'.aste for alcohol. He says that fishes
re the only "real teetotalers" in ere
itlon. Liquid ar instead ot powder for
cartridges is the latest French nov
elty. These cartridges must be fired
within Ave minutes after their prepa
ration, however, as the liquid air
evaporate rapidly. They are, there
fore, ot no value commercially.
It has been observed that the num
ber of accidents Increases progres
sively from hour to hour during the
first half of the day, says an Eng
lish scientist; after the midday rest.
In the first hour ot the afternoon,
the number is notably less than Id
the last hour of the morning.
Recent experiments have shown
that fatigue causes a chemical change
In the blood, resulting in the produc
tion of a poison resembling the cu
rare poison, which certain savage
tribe use for arrows. Arrow poison,
however, is of vegetable origin.
When the blood of a tired animal is
injected into the arteries of a fresh
one, the latter exhibits all the symp
toms of fatigue.
The authorities of the Smithson
ian Institution, whose investigation
concerning the venom ot serpents
and other poisons have attracted
much attention during the last few
years, think- that the bile, which la
secreted by all animals, serves to
render non-effective a variety of or
ganic poisons which get into the
stomach undetected, along with the
food, and against which we should
otherwise have no protection.
That many people ere poisoned by
eggs, and not by spoiled eggs only,
but often by those that are freshly
laid and apparently good, is asserted
by a French chemist. Numerous
:ases of poisoning due to eclairs, or
;reum cakes, have occurred recently
In Paris, and It was in the course of
in investigation of these that tha
ioncluslon was reached that the toxia
ictlon was always the fault of the
?ggs in the custard, never ot mineral
poisons introduced accidentally or of
:he other ingredients of the cream.
French eggs, it is said, become in
jected before they are laid.
It has been suggested that the
Himalaya Mountains, which are
known to have increased in height
many thousands of feet since thq
Eocene period, are still slowly grow
ing; and according to this view, the
earthquakes in India of late years
are sold to have affected an area
larger than that shaken by the fa
mous Lisbon 'quake of 1755, giving
rise to the belief among geologists
that they were the result of the
gradual uplifting of the mountains,
A careful investigation of the cir
cumstances is being made by foreign
unci American scientists.
Dr. Eydam, a noted German me
teorologist, has discovered a new and
extremely simple kind of barometer.
It consists of telegraplnwlre which is
strung from pole to pole along the
roadsides. Dr. Eydam declares that
'jy listening closely to the sound
made by the wind blowing across the
wires any one can tell exactly what
Ihe weather Is likely to be several
Jays iu advance. If the wires emit
l deep, mellow und sustained note,
tike that of an organ, it mean that
the weather will be showery, with
possible gales. A sharp, high tone
foretells cold, stormy weather, with,
n winter, snow and sleet.
Mexico's Fighting Force.
In the quarter of a century that
Poiiliio Diaz has been enforcing
peace In Mexico he has been prepar
ing for war. In the promotion of
railroad construction, the encourage
ment ot agriculture, mining and man
ufacturing; the establishment of
schools and the improvement ot har
bors, the question of national defense
has not been forgotten. Starting
with the disorganized troops that
placed htm in power in 1876 and
thoBe that opposed them, he has bulk
up an army of 27,000 men an army
well fed, well clothed, well equipped
and well officered and has perfected
arrangements quickly to increase the
fighting force to ut least 60,000 in
case of war. Crediting the country
with a population oj 14,000,000, Mex
ico now has a soldier to every 519
Inhabitants, and within a short time
following a declaration of war against
a foreign foe the ratio could be
changed to one to every 233. Re
view of Reviews.
Black Hits Vai n.
Black bass! Listen to an honest
statement. Sitting on a flat shelf ot
rock over deep water nnd wiggling
my toes Just beneath the surface pre
paratory to diving for a swim, behold
a half-pound bass suddenly swim into
sight aud examine those strange
things! Wiggle a little more and
suddenly flvo beauties, almost of
equal size, each about two pounds,
came swimming along as placidly a
could be, straight up to my feet,
looked at them carefullly and swam
slowly off again. Ot course we hur
ried, Knowlson and I, to get our rods,
and we caught and caught bass. Did
we? We did what everybody else
does when a place Is found where the
fish are thick. New York Press.
Stranger Thau Fiction.
"That man Flunkett Beems to bear
l charmed life."
"Why, I've never heard that lie
as mixed up in a railroad wreck
and escaped unhurt while, the people
all around him were killed and In
Jured. He has never, a far a I
know, had a miraculous escape from
a disaster at sea, and I don't believe
he ever was in a battle, was he?"
"No, but he's gone down to Mains
regularly during the past six year to
hunt and oome away every time wlth-l '
out a scratch." -Chicago Record-Her
aid, -
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
i
INTERXATIONAIi LESSON COM.
MEXTS FOR DECEMBER 9.
Subject: Jesus on the Cross, fake
xxlll., .13-40 Golden Text, Luke
Mill., 34 Memory Verses, 42,
43 Commentary.
t. Jesus crucified (v. 33). 3 J.
"When they were come." A great
company of reople and of women fol
lowed Jesus to the cross, who also
bewailed and lamented Him. The
three Mary were there: Mary, the
mother of Jesus; Mary, the wife ot
Cleopas; and Mary Magdalene, with
several other friend (v. 49). "Cal
vary." Calvary I the Latin, and
Golgotha the Hebrew word Tith the
same meaning. It 1 just outside the
city of Jerusalem. "They crucified
Him." HI hands and feet were
nailed to the cross (Luke 34:39, 40),
and then it was lifted and sunk Into
the ground with a sudden shock pro
ducing great pain. "The malefac
tors." Two thieves were crucified
with Jesus, one on the right hand,'
and the other o- the left.
II. The mocking crowd (vs. 34
37). 34. "Father, forgive them."
There were seven sayings of Christ
while on the cross. This, tha first
one. Is a prayer for His murderers.
"Parted His raiment." The four sol
dlcrs divided among themselves His
outer robe, head-dress, girdle and
sandals, but for His "coat," that is.
His tunic or under garment, which
was without seam and which would
have been ruined if divided, they cast
lots (John 19:23, 24). "Cast lots."
See Psa. 22:18. What a picture! 35.
"The people stood beholding." Vast
crowds were in Jerusalem to attend
the feast of the Passover. "The rul
ers " The dignitaries and members
of the Sanhedrln. "Derided Him."
The crowd mocked Him from 9 till
12 o'clock. The women were last at
the cross and first at the grave. "Let
Him save Himself." They thought
that if Jesus were the Messiah, surely
He could deliver Himself from the
Roman cross.
36. "Vinegar." The soldiers pre
tend to treat Jesus as a king, to
whom the festive cup is presented.
III. The superscription (v. 38).
"Superscription." The white tablet
nulled upon the cross, above the head
ot the victim, to declare the crime for
which He was crucified. "Was writ
ten." Pilate wrote this superscrip
tion evidently In derision (John 19:
19). "King of the Jews." The words
are somewhat different In the differ
ent gospels, probably because some
of the writers copied from one lan
guage and some from another.
IV. The robber's conversion (vs.
39-43). 39. "Railed on Him."
The two thieves crucified with
Him may have belonged to the
band with Barabbas. "Save Thyself,"
etc. Prove your claim to the Mes
Rlahshlp by delivering yourself and
us from death. 4 0. "Dost not thou
fear God." Whatever the reckless
crowd may do, thou art near death;
does this have no effect upon you?,
41. "We justly." He is a true
penitent, confessing his sins. "Noth
ing amiss." He may have heard and
seen much of Jesus at the trial.
42. "Lord." The very use of
the word implies faith. "Thy king
dom." lie thus recognized Christ a
a real King.
43. "To-day." This was the sec
ond saving of Christ on tho cross.
"Paradise." This Is a word of Per
slan origin, denoting a beautiful park.
V. The supernatural darkness (vs.
44. 45). 44. "Sixth hour." Noon.
"Darkness." The darkness continued
three hours, from noon till 3 o'clock.
"Over the whole land." (R, V.) Ot
Palestine. This darkness was typi
cal ot the moral darkness that filled
the land. This was a miraculous oc
currence. showing the amazement of
God at the wickedness of the cruel
flxion of Him who' is the light of the
world and the sun of righteousness;
"The ninth hour." The honr of the
offering of the evening sacrifice. Dun
Ing the darkness occurred Christ's
fourth utterance on the cross: "Mjj
God, My God, why hast Thou for
saken Me?" (Matt. 27.46). The flftH
saying was, "I thirst" (John 19: 28)J
45. "The veil." The great veil o
the temple that hung between tha
Holy Place and the Holy ot Holies, 4j
cubits (60 feet) long, and 20 (30
feet) wide, of the thickness of ths1
palm ot the hand, and wrought in 72
squares, which were joined together)
These veils were very heavy. "Wai
rent." Its rending typified "that thJ
veil that shut out the vision of holM
ness from the hearts of the peopU
had been taken away" (2 Cor. 3:14
16). "Its rending was emblematical
and pointed out that the separation
between Jews and Gentiles was noW
abolished, and that the privilege o
the high priest was now communicate
ed to all mankind."
VI. Our Lord's death (v. 46). 46,
"With a loud voice." As it were tin1
triumphant note of a conqueror)
What He -11 id first at this time Is ret
corded in Johu 19:30, and was Hli
sixth Baying on the cross. "It is flnv
ished." "Father," etc. This was HU
seventh saying. "The word 'Father,
shows that His soul has recovered
full serenity." Not long before thid
when struggling in the darkness He
call.i to His "God;" now the UarkV
ness is gone and He sees God as a
loving "Father." "I commend Uf
spirit." I deposit My soul in Thy
hands. Here is another proof of the
immortality ot the soul, and of its
separate existence after death. "Cava
up the ghost." "He dismissed the;
spirit." He Himself willingly gave
up that life which it was Impossible
for man to take away. As Jesus gave
up His spirit there was an earthquake
ot such power as to rend the rocks
and open tha tombs (Matt 27:61
63). v
Clogs In the North of F.iigluno.. ,
At least 4,000,000 pairs of clogs
are sold In the northern counties ot
England every year. The "clog" is a
sort ot shoe with a wooden sole
(made iu one piece) and a leather top.
The sole of the clog Is finished with
a set of "cokers" or "Irons," one fot
the heel and auo'ther for the front of
the sole. These irons are made about
a quarter of an inch wide, one-eighth
of an Inch thick, aud are made to fit
the shape, of the sole somewhat as a
shoe is fitted to a horse's hoof. A
good trade might be built up by
American manufacturers in supply
ing either machine made wood soles
or. the "block" from which the hand
sole makers shape the finished sole,
as well as Jn the "Irons" or "cokers."
Dally Consular and Trade Reports.
DE LIC ATF, FLATTER V.
"How did Percy gain her father'
consent?"
"Oh, he sold his auto and bought
one like the old man'." Brooklyn
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