LIEUTENANT BOWMAN.
i'
IN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS
PE-RU-Nfl CURED HIM.
Cold Affected Head and Throat
Attack Was Severe.
Chas. W. Bowman. 1st Lieut. and Adjt.
4th M. S. M. C'av. Vols., writ from Lan
ham. Mil., as follows:
"Though somewhat morse to patent
medicines, anil still more averse to be
coming a professional artidnvit man. it
seems only a plain duty in the present in
stance to aila my experience to the col
limns already written concerning the cura
tive powers of Veruna.
"lhavr been pa rtlcala rl i benefited
by Uh ur far raid In the heed aud
throat. I ha ve fcppn ablr to 'nil u rare
MMn at a mosf eeeere attark In
fort itrlght tones hyttH umt arrordlnft
todirrvtlouH. I uht It uh a arvvrntlrt
whenever thrraienrd trtth an attack.
"Members of iny family also use it for
like ailments. We are recommending it tc
our frienda."
Chas. W. Bowman.
,1s. lour IfrngglDt fnr five I'erun .
thnanac far .'?.
Lightning t lashes.
Lightning flashes In a storm are
fonnd by an English observer to bp
much less Irregular In period than
they appear. Such storms have usu
ally two fori sometimes three
from which the flashes radiate, and
the discharges from each come at
regulai intervals. The apii'nrent Ir
regularity Is due to the varying rates
of the different centers. In a storm
of .fuly. 1905. the two foci were
about a mile and a half apart, and in
an knr the northern center omitted
:!n flashes nt intervals of 15, .1". S
So and 9o seconds, and the southern
center guvo 16 flashes at Intervals of
IT. SI and 31 seconds. Anotner un
explained observation Is that Just be
fore each great flash there Is a mo
mentary falat lighting up of the sky
in the storm region.
(ioldsinlth's Resurrection.
A company was playing "She
, Stoops to Conquer" In a small provln
j c!al town last summer, when a man
I without any money, wishing to gee
, the show, stepped up to the box
j office and said :
"Pass me In, please."
The box-office man gave a loud
harsh laugh.
"Pass you in what for?" he
j asked.
The applicant drew himself up and
! answered haughtily:
What for? Why; beearse I am
; Oliver Cioldsmlth, author of the
play."
"Oh. I beg your pardon, sir," re
plied the other. In a shocked voice.
! as he hurriedly wrote out an order
1 for a box. Pick Me l'p.
Remarkable Herd Test.
Herd tests at the Montana Station
how that of two cows that produced
within sixty-five cents of each other
one coat t.66 more to keep, making
the real difference $7.20. There was
m great difference In the length of
time the cows were dry, ranging
from 137 to 24 days, which suggest
another point to be watched In de
termining the profit makers.
To Get Rid of Stumps.
Tho easiest way to get rid of
stumps In Held or meadow Is to burn
them out. Dig a trench around the
tump about two Teet wide and two
to three feet deep; cut off all pro
jecting roots quite close and remove
the soli as much as possible Then
leave the stump for a few days to
dry. Gather up a lot of dry sticks
nnd brush and till up the trench all
around and on top of stump and set
it on fire. The stump will be con
sumed In a day Of two. Even green
stumps may be burned out in this
way, although It may require a sec
ond or third supply of dry sticks on
tile fire to accomplish It. The Eplto-mist.
From Miliaria.
One day a man. apparently white,
came Into the best resta'irant in
Atlanta. The head waiter looked
htm over and thought he had negro
blood tn htm In fact, he was a very
light quadroon).
"Here, you," the head waiter
said, "you are colored!"
"Oh. no. I ain't," the man replied.
"Not in the sense you mean."
"But you are mighty dark."
"I know I am. but that Is because
I am a Malay."
The head waiter was nonplussed
He looked again, and then asked,
suspiciously: "What tg a Malay?
Where Is he from?"
"Why," said the man, easily, "Ma
lays are from Malaria.'' San Fran
cisco Argonaut.
Rig-Hend in Horses.
Tf applied as directed, the follow
ing remedy for big-head In horses
will effect a permanent cure without
leaving any bad effects: One pint
of alcohol, one gill spirits of turpen
tine, one ounce corrosive sublimate,
one ounce gum camphor and one
ounce oil of spike, to be well mixed
together and applied externally to
the psrt twice a day; when used up.
a cure will be effected. It will take
a long time for the disease to entire
ly disappear and the hair will come
off slightly, but it will grow again
and there will be no scars. The
compound is poison and should be
plainly labeled and kept out of the
teach of children The Epltomlst.
Xo Wonder.
Into her beautiful azure eyes.
As he kissed and called her "dear,"
There appeared a look of surprise
For they had been married a year.
Chicago News.
Raw's This T
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward to
ssy oe of Catarrh tuat cannot be cured a
I. all's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cbexiy A Co., Toledo, 0.
e, the midersliftifd, hav known If 1
t hsnsy for the laat 16 years, and bellevortlrn
I ertectly nonorabia In all business transac
lionaand fluanclally able to carry out aoy
obligation! made by their tlrm.
Wsst A raoAX, Wholesale Druggist To
ledo, U.
viauhxo, KiNitAS A Maims, Whoie.aU
Druggist, 'ioiedo, U.
Hall's cacarrn Uoreta r u al v.araally, Hi.
IiHidlreotlyuponthaulo . 1 m l :n'touou i ir
jaeea oi thBy.tnm. 'lc-tlmoutala ieue (rs.
rrtas, ?4d. pur dottle, r-oidoy an Druggists.
J aks hail V r'.imii .- Pin- or orutlpntloo.
The Man Who Coached Kipling.
Kudyard Kipling spent a wintei
u Washington some year;, ago. One
day he was found peering around In
the corridors of the State, War, and
Navy Building.
"What is it, Mr. Kipling?" a man
who knew him asked.
"I want to find the person here
who knows most about steam engi
neering." They referred him to Chief Engi
aeei Melville, the great steam ex
pert. "What is it?:' asked Melville,
after Kipling hud been Introduced
"I want to find the man who
knows most about steam engineer
ing." "Jim Perry's your man," said Mel
ville, and he gave Kipling a card to
Perry. Kipling went down to see
Perry, talked to him for half a day,
and then wrote his story. "Between
the Devil and the Deep Sea." -Saturday
Evening Post.
FITS,St. Vitns'Dftuce :Nervons Diseases per
maumitly cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. H trial Imttle and treatise free.
Dr. H. R. Kline. Ld.'-WI Arch St., Phil,, Pa.
The Decline of Mirth.
The explanation that laughter Is
disappearing on account of the sad
ness of the modern view of life is dls-
I carded by Slgnor F. Franceschlnl. an
, Italian psychologist. He concludes
I that mirth, like poetry, depends upon
imagination, and that the develop
l men! of the reasoning powers has
tetided to banish the distortion that
makes things seem funny. The more
the imagination Is brought under the
control of logic the less do we laugh.
Education is now scientific and prac
tical, and to more than smile is be
comlng a characteristic of a simpler
and more natural culture, where Im
agination still holds sway and people
have not forgotten how to laugh.
Average Spede Of Clouds.
I A member of the staff of the Blue
Hill Observatory, near Boston, has
reported that the average speed with
I which clouds, between 8,000 and
I 9,000 feet high, move Is 60 miles
an hour In midsummer and 110 miles
an hour in midwinter. The swiftest
flight of a cloud yet measured was
2:10 miles an hour.
Mix.d.
Teacher--What is a coal magnate:
To mule 7
Tommle -1 don't know, mu'am;
I only thought those things come In
cheese Yonkers Statesman.
amcmy Mini.
j "Million's new chauffeur Is a cheap
swindle."
' Then Million Is to be congratu
lated. Mine's an expensive one."
Cleveland Press.
Shelter For Hogs.
If one be crowded for hog-house
' room, but have a straw stack he can
utilize it for the shelter of his pigs
! in the following manner. By using
I a straw knife gouge out a large clr-
1 Olla,. f.0,'1,,. ,1-nll In.r. ,Un l
....... , ... hum uiiu i iit- wvira C Ul
the stack; it will ba necessary to
Vt
iip
cut down the full depth of the stack.
When the loose straw haB all been
j removed it should be saved for use
set two posts in tho front of the
cavity and nail on boards; use
boards or looBa straw for the roof.
We have made this kind of shelter
several times for shoats following
grain fed cattle; we have found It
warm at.d satisfactory. It should look
something like this. George P. Will
iams, Radnor, Ohio.
THE DISCOVERER
Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, the
Great Woman's Remedy for Woman's Ills.
Ovcrfnt Hens.
During the winter months the
fowls, not having the same amount
of exercise as they get at other sea
sons of the year, show a disposition
at times, particularly in the case of
the heavier breeds?, to become too
fat.
Nature provides that the wild
birds, such as partridge, quail, etc.,
put on flesh and fat in the fall, so
that if food is scarce they will have
a reserve to draw upon. Fowls,
being of the same great feathered
family, also in a measure show this
disposition, and, If fed too heavily,
later on in the winter will tend to
accumulate too much fat.
The fat In an overfat hen Is not, in
most cases, distributed evenly, but
occurs in bunches, preventing the
laying of eggs, tending to produce
sickness, and at the same time mak
ing her poor for eating purposes,
from the fact that the fat does not
run evenly throughout the flesh. aB
does that of the bird in Just right
condition.
Wheat, wheat screenings, boiled
or steamed oats, cracked corn in
place of whole corn, and with the
other grains predominating over that
of corn, scattered in litter, so that
the hens will have to work to get
them, will be found good grains to
feed when a flock Is showing a ten
dency to put on too much fat H. E.
Ilaydock, In the Tribune Farmer.
LYDIA E. PINKHAM"
ride-
No other medicine for Woman's ills in the world has received such
spread and unqualified endorsement.
No other medicine has sueii a record of eur -s of female illnesses or suoh
hosts of grateful friends as has Lydia K. i'inkhiiin's Vegetable Compound.
For more than 30 years it has been curing' all forms of Female Complaints,
Inflammation and Ulceration, and consequent Spinal Weakness.
It has cured more esses of backache and Local Weaknesses than any other
one remedy. It dissolves and expels tumors in an early stage of development.
Irregularities and periodical pains, Weakness of the Stomach, Indigestion,
Bloating. Nervous Prostration. Headache, Genera. Debil'ty quickly yield toil;
also dersugex) organs, causing pain, dragging sensations and backache.
Under all circumstances it acts In haruony wtth the female system.
It removes that wearing feeling, extreme lassitude, "don't care" and
" want-to-b left aloue" fueling, excltabi'ity, Irritability, nervousness, diz
ziness, faintness, sleeplessness, flatulency, melancholy or the "blues". These
us-e indications of Female Weakness or mum derangement of the organs,
which this medicine cures as wull as Chronlo Kidney Complaints and
Backache, of either sex.
Those women who refuse to ancept anything else are rewarded a hundred
thousand times, for they get what tbey want a cure. Sold by Druggists
everywhere Refuse all substitutes.
Alfnlfa For Hog Cholera.
A few years ago farmers were
almost afraid to raise hogs on ac
count of the prevalence of cholera.
Once that disease got a start In a
herd it generally succeeded in prac
tically destroying it. Not only the
old stock but the pigs were also
affected. Hog cholera remedies were
sometimes used to good advantage,
then again they proved ineffectual in
stopping the ravages of the i,lane
j Since the farmers have taken to
raising airaita extensively as a field
forage plant for hogs, however, the
situation is changed. Now hog
cholera, in sections where swine are
pastured on alfalfa, Is rare and the
loss by the disease has been reduced
to a mere fraction of that of former
times. Farmers everywhere attrlb-.
ute the change to the wonderful
plant, alfaBa, and they are doubt
less correct In their conclusions.
The difference in the health of
hogs (hat have been kept in fal
lota and fed grain and dry reeds is
pronounced and particularly so with
regard to young pigs. Sucklings
that have alfaifa-fed mothers are far
more rugged and healthy than those
whose uncestrul dam can be traced
to the pig sty. Sows that forage on
alfalfa raise lusty, hearty pigs that
seldom fall victims to cholera, while
the mothers that are kept on either
feedB and not permitted tb freedom
of the alfalfa fields are generally in
clined to be sickly. Kansas has mace
great utrldoa In growing alfalfa the
past five or six years and those sec
tions of the State where it is raised
most extensively tle turning out the
cleanest hogs and the farmers rom
plaln less of the prevalence ot
cholera.
If there In anything that will solve
the hog cholera problem which has
always been a great loss to farmers it
Is alfalfa. The time will come when
etery hog feeder and grower will
plant alfalfa for no other purpose
than grazing hogs. It is not likely
that the mlllentum is very near, but
when the universal alfalfa time
comes It will not be surprising to find
hog cholera on the shelf as a back
number, while the swine of that day
will not know what sickness it.
The Bpltomlst.
THE YDUDIUX OR "HOODOO" i
EPWGRTH LHEliE LESSiS
Fattening Pigs In the Wood.
Recently we visited a farmer
friend who Is known for his thrift
and up-to-date farm methods. He
has Ideas of his own which he put
Into successful practice. One of these
is seen In the manner in which he
fattens his hogs for market. He al
lows them to have free range of a
large wood lot In which a pig house
has been built, In the upper part
of this building he has placed a store
of corn which he feeds to the animals
when they appear to be hungry. In
this his methods differ from many
farmers we know of who keep their
pigs closed up in a narrow pen and
give them more corn than they can
eat at one time, in fact surfeit them.
Of course the friend In question gives
plenty of drink In the way of sepa
rated milk and enough water to hie
pigs to satisfy thnlr thirst. We have
always believed that If pigs are al
lowed to run In tho woods or fields,
during fattening season, although
the fattening process is not quite so
rapid as when housed up, the meat
after slaughter is of a better tex
ture and a finer flavor than that ol
the closely confined animals. Prac
tical experience has proven this tc
be the case.
One thing noticeable, about thi
pigs belonging to our friend, was the
clean, healthy appearance of thi
wholw lot. Plenty of etercise In open
air, a good crop of beech nuts ai
their command, plenty of drink and
just the right amount of corn at a
feeding, combine to make these pigi
a course of pleasure and profit tc
their owner. Indiana Farmer.
Shelter and Wnrmtli.
Shelter is a valuable adjunct to the
food. As heat is produced from the
food, It is well known that the
warmer the animal Is kept in wintei
th less food Is required to supply
Us wants. The winter is an excel
lent time for fattening stock, owing
to the outdoor work being then part
ly suspended, and there Is no better
assistant for that purpose than dry
quarters. Before the animal can lay
on fat the ordinary demands for the
heat of the body must be provided,
and during very severe and cold sea
sons the animals cannot even appro
priate sufficient food to create the
necessary heat to sustain life when
they are exposed without shelter.
Every pound of flesh lost must be
renewed, and every day that an ani
mal is fed without gaining in flesh
Is so much time lost that cannot be
regained. Shelter, then, is econom
ical In enabling the animals to not
only supply themselves with heat,
but also to store on fat, and it rep
resents just so much grain or hay.
The more complete the building for
the purposes intended the better, and
the more comfortable the animals the
faster they will increase In weight.
One should never waif until the sea
son becomes cold before erecting the
akcvtr, as a good start in the fall
will materially assist the animals to
enter the winter full of vigor and
well prepared to endure the cold,
provided they are properly cared for.
As the hogs will gain from good shel
ter, so will the cattle and sheep,
which also should be kept warm.
Even the poultry will lay in winter
if kept warm and comfortable and
fed as regularly as the larger stock.
Farm Topics.
Avoid getting hens over fat for
egg farm.
The busy hen is the laying hen.
Keep them busy.
Hens over two years old are of
very little use for eggs.
One breed, and the best, should
be every poultry man's motto.
When a swarm Is put into a new
hive, their first care is . build comb.
We should not expect e.t.v chick
to be a prlxe winner. One per cent,
is not a bad showing.
If trusts are responsible for the
high price of poultry, farmers will
rejoice to see them continue to
flourish. .
It is poor policy to try to beat a
colt into doing anything. Patience
and gentleness will Induce him to da
unj thing that will not hurt him.
No farm is complete without a
good flock of good fowlB. Farmers
themselves should give more atten
tion to the poultry, for it brings tn a
steady income.
It you want to bring brightness
and joy into the hen house try a cab
bage head hung Just so the chicks
will have to jump for it. It will keep
them busy and healthy, too.
Burdocks around the fence cor
ners can be killed by pouring a little
strong sulphuric acid into the centra
of each plant. Persistent hoeing off
below the crown will also kiy them.
No matter what you are offered
for them, save sonic of the best ewe
.noli, fur your own flock. Take
those,, from the middle-aged, thrifty
mothers. They will raise larger and
belter lambs themselves.
The planting of a tree, whether for
fruit, timber or ornament, increases
the uiiid of the land. The value of
many farms could be almost doubled
In a few years, at least In a genera
tlon, by Judicious tree planting.
Bays ex-Uovernor Hoard: "I
would not keep u cow on ciy farm
that would not earn me $50 a year
with butier at twenty cents a pound.
Some of my cows the past year kava
earned $60 at the creamery." -
The Vaudaux Is an African -cult,
imported by the negroes Into Amer
ica. It is known In Haytl and the
West Indies as Vaudaux and in the
United Stat.-., as Voodoo, while by
the more Ignorant colored people in
the latter it Is spoken of with fear as
Hoo-doo. The term itself signifies an
all-powerful being, incarnate in the
form of a snake, and the cult may be
defined as sorcery based on a belief
tn evil spirits. Vaudaux is. In a very
gross form, also a worship of sen
suality, having a striking losemblancs
to that of Satkl. "the power of energy
of the divine nature In action," whose
votaries in India adore a woman. At
in the rites of the Saktl. those of th
Vaudaux usually end In an orgy.
Voodoolsm has a great number ol
deities, rhlefest among them being
Hougoun Badagrl. the snake, which,
as a rule, is an ordinary viper. Thlt
reptile, however, does not derive great
pleasure from Its elevation to divin
ity. It is placed In a box and left
there until It is starved to deal h. To
gether with the snake the Darotala
I. c., the thunder stone, is the object
of the highest veneration. This,
however, is In practice anything but
n thunder stone or meteor stone, only
a very nicely polished stone ax of the
times of the Carlbbees. The Haytlan?
sometimes find such a stone in the
forests, cannot account for Its origin,
and. believing It to be heaven sent,
take It for the thunder stone, to
which divine adoration must be paid.
It rests upon a plate, and communi
cates its will by rattling, which Is in
terpreted to the faithful by the high
priest or high priestess. Every Fri
day it is given a hath in olive oil.
The principal other gods are Loco, the
Rtrawberry tree, generally found at
the entrance of their temples: the
twin gods Sango and Bado, represent
ing the lightning and wind: Attas
hollo, the universal spirit, and Agaou
Kata Balayi, the lord of the chaos.
There Is also Opete, the divine tur
key; Cinibi Klta, the lord of hell, rep
resented by a blood-stained hatchet,
with his subordinate devils, and At
lagra Vadra, the god who knows alt.
Twins, Mara a are always wor
shiped, whether they be men or ani
mals. Their birth is celebrated by
feasts, with strange ceremonies.
At the head of a Vaudaux com
munity stands a high priest, the
Papalols, and a high priestess, the
MamalolB, both names being Creole
corruptions of Papa Roy and Mamma
Roy I. e., father king and mother
queen. The inferior priests vary
both in name and functions In the
different parts of Haytl. There is the
howgan, the medicine man, or phy
sician, tho craftiest man In the tribe,
peddling "wanges, amulets (bags
filled with little shehs and stones) of
various virtue. Other priests are
railed Djions, Anlublndlgues or Du
gaons. They are In the service ot
the chief devil, Cimbi Kita. and his
subordinates, Azillt and Doux Pedre.
Theso gentlemen profess to be able
to kill the believer's enemies by
"robbing them of their souls" that
is, they hang the enemy's wax Image
In the temple and throw a spell upon
it. This superstition . . by no means
as harmless as one might imagine,
for the faithful think nothing of re
curring to some Blow poison to kill
also the body which has no soul.
The ceremonies of the worship are
always held at night, are secret, and
are characterized by prayer to the
snake, which is exhibited during vne
rite by hysterical manifestations ot
the priest and priestess in an Adamite
costume, less the fig leaf, and by a
wild dance for the initiation of
novices, which is marked by the wild
est debn.ichery and lnd3cency, and
especially by the sacrifice and eating
of a human being. The victim sacri
ficed Is spoken of as the cabrlt sans
cornes, "tho goat without horns."
Sometimes It is an adult, but most
frequently a child of ten to twelve
years. The priestess throttles It, the
priest cuts its head off. The corpse
is cut into pieces, roasted, and the
hair-raw flesh Is eaten with avidity.
Then starts the fanatical "Doux
Pedre," the devil dance, In which
they tear the rags from their bodies,
distort their limbs, bite each other
and themselves, while the Papalols
besprinkles them with the Bacrlflclal
blood and the priestess swlngB the
snake above their heads. Gradually
the dance turns into the most revolt
'"' orgy. New York Tribune.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 20.
Our Heavenly Father's Consideration.
Luke 11. 5-11.
Passages for reference; 2 Chron.
18. ; Pbb. 34. 15. 17: John 10. 23.
24. Phil. 4. 19.
An earthly parent will not mock
the hunger of his own boy by giving
him a stone instead of bread, a set
pent Instead of fish, or a scorpion in
stead of an egg. Can we Imagine
that the alt-perfect Father would do
less than the earthly parent? Nay.
will he not glve in even a wiser wny
and bestow thp best or all gifts as In
cluding every lesser one? Our heav
enly Father's greatest concern for us
Is that we shonld have the Holy
Spirit.
Chronicles assures us that Ood does
not even wait to hv called before he Is
at had ready to relieve. "The eyes of
the Lord run to and fro throughout
the whole earth, to show himself
strong In the behalf uf them whose
heart is perfect toward him."
Where' i his people go. there he is
watching for an opportunity to help.
The psalmist found that not only
were the lord's eyes open to see the
righteous, but his eats werg likewise
open to hear their cry, and for hltn
to hear Is also to help.
In John we ate assured that In
these days of the Spirit's Influence
whatever we ask In the name of Jesus
trusting In him as mediator, we shall
receive. Whoever Is a friend of Jesus
Is ulso a friend of the Father and re
ceives Ms consideration. Phil. 4. 19
Is commended to your careful and
prolonged consideration In the won
derful sweep of its provision.
Does Ood care for me? Let the
leader of the meeting lay stress on
this question. The basts of all true
prayer is that Ood does care, and yet
we often net as If we thought he had
no concern. Many a boy has been
stirred to do something for himself
because some one showed him that
he cared whether he got along or not.
"No man cares for me" has brought
many a person to the depths of de
spair: many step.) pointing toward
the suicide's grave have been turned
when the men found Ooa cared for
then). We may get beyond the reach
of earthly aid. but never beyond our
heavenly Father's reach.
"I know not where his Islands lift
Their fronded palms In air;
1 only know I cannot drift
Beyond his love and care."
THk 'PULPIT.
A BRILLIANT 8UN0AY SERMON BY
THE REV n AIM UNDO DE OVIE8. '
Thirty on the Wire.
The origin of the word "thirty,"
used in newspaper and telegraph of
fices to designate the close of report
for the day, has never been satisfac
torily explained, although it has been
used as long as newspaper men can
remember. There are several inter.
esting verslous of the original source
oi this symbol, a few of which are
here given: A compositor of some no
toriety in his locality droppd dead
while seated at his case. The last
types he had set were the figures
"30." A correspondent in Brooklyn
for a New York city uewBpaper In the
time before tho telegraph or tele
phone was in use had a contract to
furnish a certain amount of copy
dally, which he sent across the river
by ferry. To let the editor know
when his report had onded for the
day the correspondent aa-rasd to fur.
nlBh thirty sheets of copy each twen-
D-iour Hours. An old editor In New
York named O. W. Thurtee for yeara
always marked his tlual sheet before
going to press with his name "Thir
tee." From this, it Is said, evolved
'80," which has Bine been universal
ly employed, Kansas City Star.
Hints to Smokers,
Time is a keynote of successful
pipe smoking and another is gentle
ness. Take It easy. Don't crowd the
pipe to the top of the bowl. Never
get a pipe hot. Keep cool, and keep
your pipe cool. You can relight a
pipe, and if you are an old smoker
you will ba all the better for It.
When you have finished do not refill
a heated pipe. Canadian Clgai and
Tobacco Journal.
The tallest trees in tho world are
tn a eucalyptus grove not far from
Melbourne. Australia. Many of them
are about 301) feet hlgH.
JANUARY TWENTIETH
"More Than Conquerors." The Vic
tory Over Temptation. Gen. 3:
4-6; Matt. 26: 41; Rom. 8:37.
I heard the other day of a silly
young niaft who was taking a little of
all kinds of alcoholic drinks so that
he might know their taste and avobj
the, "knowing good and evil."
No one can look long upon any
temptation without coming to the con
clusion that the thing Is desirable.
If you would be safe, arrange your
life, not for the willing spirit, but for
the weak flesh.
Probably no man ever tested Christ
more (hoioughly than Paul did; and
Christ never failed him.
Suggestions.
A conqueror subdues his foes; more
than u conquerer transforms them In
to friends and helpers.
A conqueror gains the victory over
what Is outside him; more than a
conqueror subdtiej what Is inside him.
We can be more than conquerors
only us first we are conquered by
Christ.
We are more than conquerors
"through Him that loved us." "Per
fect love custeth out fear"--fear of
sin, as well as of everything else.
Illustrations.
The man who lifted a calf every day
was able to lift a cow at Ian. Sub
due the little temptations.
"My sword is short," said the
knight, "but 1 add a step to It." A
little natural ability, plus a determined
will, can conquer any temptation.
The fly that doesn't taste of the fly
paper won't get stuck on it.
The watchmaker must not handle
bricks: nor must the man who would
keep a sensitive conscience handle
sin.
To Think About.
Am 1 trying to see how near I can
go to' sin without sinning?
Do I love my temptations, or do. I
loathe them?
Am 1 trying to conquer slit In my
own strength, or In Christ's?
HANDLING A TIGER.
"In a cuge nearthe room in whlchl
lived while in Khiva," says Mr. Lang
don Warner In the Century Magazine,
"was a tiger from the Oxus swamps.
He had taken a dislike to me, and
every time 1 passed his cage he got
up and paced angrily toward me,
snarling.
"Into the cage of this beast, at the
command of the prince, a Turkoman
stepped, armed with a short stick as
big round as his wrist. With thle
stick he struck the tiger's nose as. he
made, for him, and then, with palma
out and eyes fixed, he walked slowly
up to the shrinking beust and stroked
his face and flank.
"The tiger snarled and took the
man's hand in his opou mouth. I
held my. breath and looked for the
bleeding stump to fall away. But
keeping that hand perfectly still, with
the other he tickled .he tiger's jowl
and scratched his ear, till with a
yawn and a big snarl the big cat
rolled oyer on his back to have his
belly scratched.
"The man then sank to his knees,
always keeping his hands In motion
over tho glossy fur, and with bis
foot drew toward hliu a collar at
tached to a chain This he snapped
round the beast's nei k and, rising to
his feet, laid hold of the chain and
dragged the tiger out.
"This was only the second time
that the cage had been entered. As
soon as the tiger was outside ha
espied the watching party and started
for them, but came up short on the
collar. If he had chosen to use his
weight and strength no four of them
could have held his tether, hut us It
was the Turkoman found little dlffl
culty with him, aud held hltn, .-nail-lug,
while a camera was snapped."
Subject: The True Religion.
Birmingham, Ala. The following
Impressive discourse entitled "The
True Religion" was preached In St.
Andrew's Sunday morning by the
Rev. Ralmundo de Ovlea. Hts text
was: St. Luke xxl.. 3: "Of a truth I
say unto you that this poor widow
hath cast In more than tbey all."
Mr. de Ovles said: BeeauBe relig
ion Is a feeling, an Intuition, an emo
tion, many well meaning people mis
take other emotions and feelings for
this one "divine stirring ot the
heart."
There are some minds that can
never be led to believe that religion
must become an ordinary, common
place and everyday matter with the
true Christian. They look for some
remarkable display of feeling, some
thing beyond and above the dally and
hourly emotions of life, in order that
they may feel certain of "having re
ligion." In other words, they look
for romance, not commonplace.
"What!" we can hear them cry.
"do you mean to say that when some
powerful and eloquent preacher haa
I stirred our hearts and made us real-
lze the depth of degradation in which
we have been living, until we turn
with disgust from our past life, make
uunumbered good resolutions and
feel good all over, that we have not
got religion? What more would you
command?
There Is only one thing which we
could ask, and yet what a difficult
test, "keep the feeling alive."
No man Is a Christian who must
be converted nnd baptized once .a
year. Religion is for a lifetime, not
a day, or a week, or even a month or
two. There is nothing more decep
tive than the enthusiasm resulting
from magnetic, eloquent preaching.
The politician, the lawyer, even the
Infidel, all exercise this compelling
power over an audience, and In no
case does It give religion. Religion
corner Into the heart from no man,
!t comes from Ood Himself. It Is
true, Indeed, that Ood uses human
means, but when a soul Is truly con
verted religious enthusiasm wells
from the heart In a deep, quiet
8treim, not In the bubbling, efferves
cent spring of some momentary exal
tation. Such periods of excitement do
seem to lift us outside the ordinary
routine of life, and they have In
them a touch of the romantic. But
what really 13 romance, after all? It
is merely the commonplace viewed
from a distance. If any incident
which excites our fancy and appears
to be romantic were taken from the
pages of one of our thrilling novels
and introduced into our own lives we
should look upon It as trouble, and
what a deal of grumbling there would
be. Don't you see that this Is true,
and Is not a romantic novel, simply
the story of difficulties and trials
overcome? There is this difference
between a book and life: in a book
petty details are left out and the ex
citing events crowded together, one
upon another. In life the petty de
tails are all retained, and (in many
cases) the thrlhing passages omitted.
When some of us sigh in our youth
for stirring scenes aud a part to play
on life's stage, which shall be full of '
thrilling adventures, such as we have
read about in our favorite books, do
we ever think about disaster to our
selves, and does the story not end
happily? Yes, we all desire romance,
but no trouble or hardship ever en
ters Into the bargain. They are in
separable in tho real business of life.
So we see that Christianity is ro
mantic only In the true sense. It
means trials and obstacles to be over
come. The very first requirement of ro
mance is courage, and here romance
and Christianity agree. No coward
was ever a Christian. There Is no
greater mistake In the world than to
suppose that a Chj-lstian must be a
milksop, a poor, meek, wishy-washy
creature, without stamina and with
out manhood. Among the heroes of
history none were greater, none more
glorious and godlike than the Chris
tian martyrs. They were not sup
ported by ambition, by the praise of
men, nor the fear of ridicule, but
calmly and with eyes that saw. with
out flinching, their doom, died for a
feeling, that mysterious thing, faith.
Pause a little, you who look with
contempt upon the Christian life, and
think which is the braver course, to
float easily with the stream, to give
unbridled way to base passions and
weaknesses in our human hearts, to
avoid tho finger of scorn by joining
the swelling ranks of the scoffers and'
the degraded, or that other path, to
tajte the side ot the minority, to bat
tle against sin. to acknowledge the
standard of honor and freedom of
conscience? Whoever conquers his
besetting sin is man Indeed.
True religion, then, Is brave as
well as steadfast, but above all It is
steadfast. It does not demand great
sermons, It finds "sermons In stones."
It does not ask for great deeds to do,
It 1b contented with Its opportunities.
Who shall say what things are small?
Newton saw gravitation In the falling
of an apple, and Galileo, watching the
lamp of a great cathedral vibrating
from the movements of passing vehl-
gave to the world the division
of time by means of the pendulum.
Greatness lay Ip the minds of those
two men who could grasp opportull
nlty.
So It Is not the outward circum
stance but the heart which makes
things great or small. There are
abundant opportunities for our be
coming heroic Christians, oh, it we
would only grasp them. We miss so
much lu this life, romance and
beauty, and all because we lack cour
age to do our duty.
Duty is an ugly word at first, yet
within it lie all the bast things ot
life. It Is under the spell of that
wicked fairy, the world, but It be
comes beautiful if we embrace it.
Recall that story ot your childhood,
"Beauty aud the Beast." You re
member how ugly the beast appeared
to poor beauty. Still, for the sake of
her father's life she embraced It,
when, lo, a miracle, before her stands
a handsome prince. So It la with
life, duty, the dally task, the com
monplace routine, when undertaken
In the spirit of Christian raith takes
the form of that dear dream thai'- lies
In the heurt ot us all.
Who would imagine anything he
roic In the act of i hat poor widow
when she cast into an aJmabox her
two mites of copper? It took tho
gracious mind or Christ Jesus to
point out to the vorld the beauty of
thai iBSlgliilic ant deed Yes, aud as
long as the world, shall Inst and while
the gospel Is preached to erring man
kind, the gruatnsas of n pour woman's
i,e; 1 1 shull point out to the world a
lesson of beauty and heroism tint
shall never die.