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Subject The
Brooklyn. N. ? Preaching at t
the Irving Square Presbyterian
Church on the theme 'The Ten
Words, " tho Rev Ira VVemmell Hen
ierson. pastor, took as his text Exo
lus 20: 1-17. He said
Whatever may be our personal and 1
private convictions as to the manner
of God's revelation of Himself to
Moses: however much we may differ
is to the exact form In which the
aw-glver of Israel received the mes
sage of Divinity; however much we
nay be at variance as to the etact
less of the Bible story In Its por
traiture of the scene when Moses met
Jehovah on Sinai; no matter what j
nay be our belief concerning the
late and the authorship of the book
)f the Exodus, the simple fact Is
hat the ten commandments are the
-xpresslon of fundamental truths i
bat God has revealed to man. Be
llnd all human law and Jurlspru
lonce 1I'S the code of Moses. These
.on stern, terse negative commands '
hat Moses got from God are at the
asls of all legal theory and practice.
The decalog is the codification of
'he divine will for the guidance and
:ontrol of human action. The ten '
words are the rules of the Almighty I
for the regulation of man's rela- j
Jons with humanity and his Maker.
Take them, merely, if you will, as
:he human recognition of man's ob-
lgatlons toward nod and society and
itlll tho commandments are of God.
Whether we reach the conclusion by
'.he tiresome philosophy of the Mid- 1
He Ages, or by the simple reason
ng of the earliest minds of Israel, I
ir by the scientific discriminative
irocesscs of modern thought, the
Tact is that all truth Is from God.
'Thus salth the Lord" Is the source
if life's verities. It is God who ln
lplres us, God who gives Us knowl
edge and understanding and wis
iom ; God it is who sends us onward
ind upward. He It was who put
nto the hearts of Moses and of Is
ael the love of His laws and the
lesire to do His will. And to-day
4e strives with us as really as He
jver endeavored with the generations
.hat are dead.
The question Is not whether or no
jod gave Moses tablets of stone: the
ssue is not whether or no Moses
vrote the story of the scene on the
nount, as it is preserved to us; the i
point to be decided Is whether or no
VIo3es spoke God-given truth. It all
alnges not on the manner of the
lellvery of the commandments but
jpon the nature ami dlvinoness of
'he matter revealed. Do Moses'
vords bear the marks of a heaven
Dorn gift, are tiny fraught with the
sower and the wisdom of Jehovah
Himself? Are they stamped with
i celestial brand and do they ex
press everlasting verities? Are
.hey just to men and are they
worthy of the King? Do they meet
the needs of men? Are they In
iplratlonal? These are the tests of
:he usefulness and the worthiness of
'.he commandments. These are the
jualities that must inhere in them
;re they can command the respect
if humanity and evidence God's oris
nation. By these standards the ten com
mandments are divinely Inspired. A
glance at them discovers to us the
lea! of the Kternal. Experience of
'.heir value in the midst of the ac
ivltles of this world's life proves
:helr worth to mankind. Analysis
)f their content and their aim leads
is to declare them worthy of Je-
novah. With all that inquiry asks
IM criticism demands the ten words
ire at one.
Consider the commandments sepa
rately and you will grant I speak the
truth. The call of God for undivided
loyalty to Himself Is but the voice
jf reason. No man can serve two
masters. Ani it is a certainty that
least of all can he serve two masters
whose interests are diametrically op
oosed. We cannot serve righteous
ness and sin at the same time. God
deserves the full devotion of every
tiuraan heart. To worship an idol
Is to lose the consciousness of the
spirituality of Divinity; to mistake
means for the end, material mani
Testations for the unseen dynast. To
play fast and loose with God's name
ts an Insult to the Father. The self
espect of God requires human self
control. Profanity is indecent and
degrading to mind and soul. The
need and the preuiousness of a Sab
bath's rest is too apparent to war
rant comment. Common courtesy
accords respect to our earthly par
ents, especially when they are worthy
of respect. Strict obedience to the
command "thou shalt not kill"
would spoil the business of- the exe
cutioners; stop war at once.
The fruits of adultery are all too
dlstresslnglv visible. The jails are
full of thieves and would be over
crowded were the Mosaic code rigid
ly applied and enforced. Lying Is
mean, unmanly, despicable, disre
putable, devilish. Satisfaction with
a fair share of this world's goods
U better than covetousness.
The decalog meets humanity at
"lital points and helps mankind
ahead. Although Included In the
law of love laid down by Christ it
is by no means abrogated. The ten
commandments bind us as well as
Moses. The words of Christ empha
size their demands. The laws of
Moses are not defeasible or defunct.
They will always be obligating. No
statement of our Lord and no bit
of New Testament wisdom legislates
them out of existence or counter
mands them. They still bind us.
The eleventh command merely sup
ports, supplements and reinforces
the other ten.
Love God and you won't serve
Mammon and the no-gods of the
aliens. Much less will you take His
name In vain. Love Ood and you
will treat His children well. Love
the brethren and ycu will labor to
make their lives joyous. The words
of Christ serve most to imbed the
laws of Moses deeper in the minds
of Christians who are honest.
Now it Is very generally supposed
that the laws of the ten tablets are
of merely negative force. Explicitly,
I presume, that li so. On the face
of things the element of prohibition
enters, largest, into the commands.
But every explicit prohibition and
negation impliedly asserts a cor
responding and correlated affirma
tion and positive admonition. "Thou
abalt not." says the law, explicitly.
"Thou shalt" says the seme law im
plicitly. The law against murder
implies the right of life. The dls
oountenauclng of falsehood puts a
premium on truth. To smash our
Idol is the Brat step toward whole
IPlrited service of the alone true
Tea Words.
God. The command to stop work
and shut up shop implies that a day's
rest Is necessary and that. Ood re
ceive specific recognition from His
children once a week at least. These
and the rest of the commands In
dicate to the man with the open
mind that the ten words are some
thing more than a series of "don'ts."
Talk about avoiding prohibitions
Is not well balanced. It la impos
sible for the thinking man to escape
them. The positive commands of
Jesus suggests Innumerable prohi
bitions. The mere "thou shalt" In
timates that there Is something we
must not do. Men tell us that, pro
hibitions cause men to desire to do
wrong, that commands not to do
evil Impel men to sin Just because
of humanity's sheer perverseness.
But sin comes from the wilfulness
of the sinner and not because of
any law, negative or positive. Jesus
promulgated the most ettenslve as
well as the most statesmanlike posi
tive law that the world has ever
known; but we know that even many
or His followers fail to obey It, as
well as the multitude of those who
defiantly deny Him. Despite Christ's
positive example and His positive
declarations and demands men still
continue to run after sin. The shrine
of Mammon is Jammed w'th vo
taries. The streets resound with
curses. The harlots and tho men
of unclean life still strike unholy
bargains. Homes are shattered and
lives are blighted by the lying tongue.
The cells In "murderers' row" are
ever full. The nations maintain
armed ramps. Legislators spend
their time trying to devise ways and
means to de-Chrlstlanlze our Sab
bath. I had almost said, legislators
waste their time; for their plans
will never be crownpd with success
except America as Ephralm "Is a
cake not turned." Everywhere and
every moment men are sinning, and
that In the face of the positive com
mand of Christ that they should de
Blre and strive for the best. But no
one Is foolish enough to say that
the affirmative demand of Jesus that
humanity do and be good impels
mankind to disobedience. Likewise
It ought to be patent that men sin
against negative laws not because of
the laws but In spite of them. The
ten commandments are no more re
sponsible for sin than Is the eleventh.
And the man who says that law ex
cited him to sin invents a lame and
a thin excuse to say the most for It.
A due and proper regard for t'.ie
ten commandments not only will
lead men to cease from doing the
Interdicted sins but also will inspire
them to do good. The implicit "thou
shalt" Is Just as mandatory as the
explicit "thou shall not." "Thou
shalt not covet," for you will have
enough to do and will secure suffi
cient of this world's stores if you
will attend strictly to your own af
fairs. "Thou shalt not bear false
witness," for your own reputation
for veracity Is lost with the He. And
no matter how well you may He or
how smooth and slick you may be
the odds arc against you, for the
truth must win and It will win.
"Thou shalt not commit adultery,"
because the perpetuity of the race
is dependent on its purity. "Thou
shalt not kill" because God has given
the other man the Inalienable light
to life. "Honor thy father and thy
mother" and let them precipitate
any troubles If any there are to be,
not you. "Remember the Cabbath
day" and make It a true rest-day.
"Thou shalt not take the name of
the Lord thy God iu vain," and yet
I have heard many a man' take more
liberties with the name of God than
you would allow any man to take
with yours. Thou shalt not bow
down to images or Berve other gods,
for the Lord is a spirit and a unity;
an idol is a delusion and a snare.
Let us put aside all quibbling and
splitting of hairs and admit the
right of the ten words to rule as
the laws of our lives. Let us ac
knowledge their divine inspiration
and their worthiness. Let us not
seek to escape either their commands
or their implicates. If we cannot
live under the laws of Ood with peace
and quietude of mind then let us
change not the laws but our mode
of living. Tho fault is not with God's
regulations but with our society and
Its forms. God glveth and possesseth
wisdom. Humanity has a monopoly
of tho wiseacres.
The statement that the ten com
ma idments are of no use to-day and
that we have outgrown them is a
bit of fiction. No man is old enough
to outgrow essential truth, nor is
auy people wise enough and strong
enough to get along without the ten
commandments. So long as men
have minds they must recognize the
force of "thou shalt not" as the
decalog presents It. The new com
mandment may sum up all the wis
dom of the old ones, but the truth
that swayed our fathers' fathers
must still command allegiance and
respect.
EPWDRTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3.
vVlse and Foolish Building. Matt. 7.
21-29.
Passages for reference: Rom. 2. 13;
I Cor. I. 11-13; 2 Tim. 2. 19.
The Scriptures sometimes represent
men ns builders. A comparison of
mssnges on this subject will furnish
nany valuable hints for life. The
onndatlon of the superstructure, the
natetial, the design, the ornamenta
lon, all these may be found here by
x little research. It tells us that at
he last, when the building Is all done,
.here will be many disappointments.
Some will have claim to have done
hlngs In the name of Chrljt, but the
ludge will say to them, '! never knew
on. Depart from me, ye that work
niqiilty." Then he illustrates what
le means. Hearing Is not enough;
he doing of the things we hear Is
he essential thing. The house on
lie sand may look Just us nice as the
ne on the roek, but the testing time
vl!l come that reveals the fact that
t is not safe. The Importance of
ho foundation being sure is here In
culcated. The cbject for which the building 19
rected will have much to do In de
al mining many things. Tho design,
he material, the depth of foundation,
ind many other features are depend
ent upon this. A man's purpose In
uilldlng his life will control many of
these matters. We take it that we
ire to accept the ptircse that Ood
lays down, namely, to form a chnr
tcter that will stand the test of time
ind eternity.
The higher n building Is to be, the
leeper must go the foundations. So
if we would oulld high we must dig
deep. Our aim being a life like
rhrlst, if we would build up to
,'hrist we must get down to Christ.
Other foundation can no man lay
.hnn that is laid, which is Jesus
inist."
We have to renumber that we are
,iot building for a day, though that
would demand good material, but we
lie building to stand as long as eter
nity lasts. A man is foolish to put
Mound! lass materials In a structure
'hat is to last. It will only mean
Osa. Nothing but the best ought to
e built into my character. A house
mould not be erected Just to stand
In the sunshine, but to endure the
ItOTin and gale. Bridges are built
to stand a greater strain than can
ver be put upon them. So the wise
man will build ao as to stand the
norm of temptation) the struggle of
Ufa, the shock of death, and the scru
tiny of the Judgment day.
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Where to Put Your Trust.
My trust Is not that I am holy, hut
that, being unholy, Christ died for
me My rest is nere, not in wnat l
am or shall be, or feel or know, but
In what Christ Is and mtiBt be In
what Christ did and ts still dolfig as
He stands before yonder throne of
glory. C. H. Spurgeon.
MERMAIDS AND MERMEN.
Nearly all nations have folk lore
and fairy tale accounts of mermaids,
and sometimes of mermen. Even
the American Indians had theli
"woman-fish" and "man-fish." The
Chinese tell stories about their sea
women of the Southern seas. Some
times mermaids and mormon are rep
resented as leaving the water and
living with human beings, but mora
frequently they are pictured as being
so attractive that they sometimes
will luiv nunian beings to destruction
In the depths of tho sea. These
myths have been utilized by many
po'.ts, and have even "beon used for
stories "with a moral." Most ency
clopedias and Baring Gould's "Mythi
of the Middle Ages" give Interesting
histories of the myths and the extent
to which they hava been held by vari
ous nations. St. Nicholas.
Alphonse Daudet is said to have
received for "Sapho," published In
18(4, the record price of over 1201).-600.
FEBRUARY THIRD
What Christian Endeavor Means, to
Me and to the World. PhU. 2
1-18.
C. E. means surrender. Phil. 1: 19-
26.
Having Christ's mind. 1 Cor. 2: 12
10. Lowliness. Eph. 4:1-5.
Confession. Matt. 10:32-39.
Service. Matt. 10:40-42.
Obedience. 2 Cor. 10:1-0.
The fellowship of Christian En
deavor, In our unions and conversa
tions, docs not prevent our caring for
our own interests, but teaches us al
so to cine for the Interests of others.
The purpose of our Christian En
deavor committee work Is to teach us
so to master ourselves that we may
be true servants of others.
Christian Endeavor may be defined
as an attempt to see what difficult
things Christ can enable us to do, to
ills glory.
The light of Christian Endeavor is
the Bible, not hidden In solitude, but
held forth In service.
Suggestions.
Christian Endeavor will mean to tie
world no more than It means to En
deavorers. Christian Endeavor will mean less
and less to us if It Is not all the time
meaning more and more.
The pet son that gets the most of
Christian Endeavor is all the time
trying to put more Into It.
Christian Endeavor has become .a
world-forte, and Its world-plans should
dignify all Its drudgery.
Illustrations.
Christian Endeavor is a piece of
wood, out of which you may make a
whip, or a staff, or a sceptre!
Christian Endeavor Is a crown an
iron crown, if its motive Is duty, a
gold crown If Its motive Is love.
A tree Bpreads out In the air as far
as Its roots go In the soil. So does
Christian Endeavor.
Christian Endeavor needs the
guidance of older Christians. Plants
that spring up wild are strong but not
sweet. "
Questions.
What am I doing to help the world
wide Interests of Christian Endeav
or? is the motive power of my Christian
Endeavor work duty, or love?
Am I growing in the power of service?
Lorntlon of Harden.
One of the best locations for a
garden is the strawberry bed that
has been abandoned, as strawberry
beds are usually well manured and
carefully cultivated, while the shad
ing of the soil by the plants conduces
to the fermentation of humus. An
excellent plan to treat the bed for a
gnrden Is to apply plenty of well rot
ted manure now. If It can be done,
nnd then plow the bed In the spring,
working the top fine soil with a har
row and rake.
IVnrh Tree Localized.
The Introduction of new varieties,
budding, and the attacks of insects,
as well as diseases formerly un
known, have curtailed tho useful
ness of the peach tree and confined
It to certain localities. Budding or
grafting the trees, whether apple,
peach or pear. Is now but a repro
duction ot the original variety, and
may introduce all the Imperfections
as well as the advantages of the va
riety, to every portion of the country.
Cleanliness in Dairies.
In these strenuous days of milk
Inspection dairymen will he inter
ested In the remnrks of Professor
Trueman of the Illinois College
about cleanliness In the dairy barn.
After cautioning against too crowded
quarters he sums up. Light, air,
space, ventilation and a good floor.
Use tho whitewash pal! and then the
broom, and without adding any large
sum to your account for permanent
Improvement you will have a stable
that will satisfy the deninnds of any
reasonable advocate of clean milk.
Milk Made at Milking.
It Is claimed that when a cow giv
ing a large quantity of milk has been
slaughtered and every drop of milk
gathered up, the largest amount ever
found was about four quarts, hence
milk is believed to be largely made
during the time of milking, and the
cow must be placed under favorable
conditions at the time, If one does
not get the regular quantity of milk.
Do not think that the milk Is al
ready there, and all you have to do
is to draw It out, says an authority.
Only a small portion is in this state;
most of it is there ready to be
Shanged Into milk, but it is not milk,
and you must have things favorable
fo the cow to have this change.
For Tender Follugc.
Bordeaux mixture Is made thus:
Copper sulphate (blue vitriol), four
ijounds; quick lime, four pounds;
water, to mnke fifty gallons. Use a
light barre'., such as for coal oil.
Dissolve the copper In hot water, If
wanted for immediate use, or place
It In an old gunny sack and suspend
It In the barrel two-thirds full of
water, until It is all dissolved. In
atother vessel slake the lime, add
water until It Is of the consistency
of milk, and when cool pour It into
the copper solution, using a sieve to
remove all coarse materlnl. Stir this
mixture and fill the barrel with wa
ter; it is then ready for use. For
plants with tender foliage only one
half the amount of cupper and lime
should be used.
Treatment of Soil.
The soil will dry very rapidly and
to a great depth II allowed to get
hard and compact. There is but a
small space left for air in solid soils,
and from this fact they become hot
and dry to a great depth in summer,
while If ulr is present, as It is in
loose soils (being such a poor con
ductor of heat), it will allow only a
small portion of soil to become hot,
which soon cools at night and Is filled
with n copious dew, not only retain
ing the moisture already In the soil,
but also adding to it at a season
when moisture is especially desir
able. Newly set trees ore always
benefited by cultivation, because all
their roots are surface roots and can
not thrive In a hot, dry, compact soil,
hence the necessity of summer sur
face cultivation of newly Bet trees.
feminine news notes.
Children are tired of the Teddy
bear, It Is announced.
French telephone girls must no
longer say "Hello." They must say
"J'ecoute."
Country balls re the solace of
English society now when London is
so phenomenally quiet.
Vhe National Synod of Norway hn-
recently voted by a large malorlty to
give women equal rights with men in
the government of the church.
Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, who has
spent the holiday season in New
York, has returned to Paris, where
she has made her homo for tin- past
year.
When Lady Clancarty died, on tho
last day of 1906. tho world at larro
had to be reminded that she was the
former Belle Bllton, concert hall
singer with a history.
Mrs. Mabel Judson Cox, former
wife of Dr. Rowland Co:;, Jr., was
married to Congressman Francis
Burton Harrison In All Souls' Church,
Portland Place, Londop.
The beggars who plague Mrs. Rus
sell Sage will be discouraged when
they find that she regards herself as
a trustee who has responsibilities to
the trust as well as to the Indigent.
Green Food For Poultry.
The Gleaner found the late-sowed
rye Intended as a cover crop for
the garden to be turned under in
spring a most useful help In ex
tending the green food season for
poultry. Two or three times a week
since grass was deadened by frost he
has cut a supply for the poultry and
they relish, it greatly, leaving their
freshly-served morning mash for it.
The only regret it that it was not
sown a few weks earlier so that the
clover would have been sufficiently
tall to be cut with a lawnmower.
The seed should be sown ut the last
cultivating to give best results. In
tho writer's case it was not sown un
til after pretty much everything had
been removed from the ground
even potatoos. The last clipping was
made Thanksgiving Day. Quite like
ly the green relish will be "down and
out urter the cold tmap.
Knowledge ot (he Soli.
We have but little more definite
knowledge of the soil and tho prin
ciples involved in Its treatment than
we had sixty years u&o, says the
Scientific American. Fertility is not
nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium
Hone, though the potentiul value of
any Held, or 8tate, or country, from
the agricultural standpoint, is meas
ured by these constituent elements
in Its soil, yet it has been demon
strated that soils which contain an
abundance of these elements, and
which are potentially capable of
producing crops for centuries per
haps, are not capable of producing
profitable cropB without the addition
of further amounts of these constit
uents. The chemical investlnator is,
therefore, obliged to take into con
sideration other fucts than this. He
must. It he would cover tin. whnt,.
Held, know something of geology,
of botany, of physics, of biology, of
bacteriology, and of the other nat
ural sciences, because chemistry
atone is not capable of fully com
passing the nroblem. thus . h
tuulty for specializing la any brauch
has been very great, and It is be
cause of tho broadness of the sub
ject, and the opportunity, as already
pointed out, and the necessity, also,
for giving Immediate help from the
knowledge that we have that has
prevented in a degree a broad study
of the fundamentals essential for en
abling genuine progress to be made.
Mange in Cattle.
Mange In cattle Is a contagious
skin disease caused by parasites.
Three forms of mango occur in cat
tle, viz: Sarcoptes, Psorosperm and
Symbrotic. These forms are named
after the variety of parasites which
Is the usual agent. Sacroptes mange
In cattle Is uncommon, the other two
being the most prevalent forms and
these frequently exist together In the
same animal. Cows are the most
often attacked.
Symptoms The most common
sites of mange are the roots of the
tail and the neck, especially the for
mer. The psoroptic form may spread
all over the body, if treatment is ne
glected, but this is unusual. The
biting of tho parasite gives rise to
an Itchy condition of the skin, which
cnuses the animal to rub Itself
against fixed objects, with the result
that the hair over the affected part9
gets rubbed off. On examining the
skin n considerable amount of scurf
may be seen, red and yellow blood
scabs appear on the surface and
there may be even abrasions, if the
animal has- been rubbing against
rough objects. If the psoroptic form
should spread over the body, the
patient may waste away and become
greatly reduced In condition.
In cases of this kind, however, It
will often be found that the wasting
is due to some serious internal
trouble such as tuberculosis, which
reduces the animal's natural power
of resistance to the less serious dis
ease. It has not Infrequently been ob
served that cows appear to become
cured spontaneously when turned
out to grass In the spring. This
usually means, however, that under
open-nlr conditions the parasites do
not increase at the same rate, hence
the active symptoms are merely less
marked. In the fall, when the anl
malB are again stabled, the parasites
which has persisted resume their
activity and this may lead to the
erroneous belief that re-infection
has taken place.
Prevention The affected parts on
the animal's skin should be softened
by washing with soap and warm
water. After this has been done, the
parts should be dressed with one of
the common mange dressings, such
as spirit of tar oil and sulphur. The
dressings should be npplled twice or
even three times at intervals of ten
days. For the serious and rebellious
cases above mentioned veterinary ad
vice should be soueht The into.
from an infected animal should ho
removed each time after dressing
and the flooring and wood or other
fittings should be sprayed with a five
per cent, solution of carbolic acid in
aier. w. K. Ullbert, Alberta, Can.
Insect Pests Easily Killed.
Destroying the winter Ii.mi . la n
most important detail In the rnntrni
of our worBt insect pests, many of
wnicn are easily attacked then,
whereas In the active season they are
naru to reach.
All insects nass thrnmrVi .,, .. .
. n , . , ii , . , yj i
four Btages in their develn,,,nnt
from the egg to maturity, and differ
ent Insects pass the winter In differ
ent stages of existence; the grass
hopper in the egg, the cutworm as
a larva, the corn ear-worm as a
pupa, and the white grub us a partly
uaiueueu may Beetle. Late fall
padlng or plowing is the heat
od of controlling all these, though It
- ,,ouit; lur omer rea
sons, yet where these Inn,
very troublesome, It will usually be
me "est metnod of extermi
nating them.
The eggs of the irrasshnniu.,. o..
laid Just under
soil, and get so deeply burled that
wiey euner tall to hatch, or the
young are unable to -,. th .
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spring.
In the fall the cutworma ento-
soli to the deuth of thi-o
Inches, where they hollow out small
oval cells, and In which they remain
uuhj iue next spring. By breaking
up these cells and throwing out the
worms to the Influence of the change
able weather conditions after they
have commenced hibernating, many
of them are destroyed.
In the same wav the
- " ii cm-
worms which are such nuisances
upon me tips of the ears of sugar
corn, enter the soil In iho ..n
form cells similar to those of the cut-
woruia, in wnicn they transform to
the pupa stage. The pupae are
easily killed by exposure to the
weather, which Is brought about by
breaking up the cells in the dig
ging. The white grub Is a nest of nlm,...
every gurden crop, and very difficult
w umuuie wnen its depredations are
at their worst. The grub requires at
least two seasons to become full
grown, when it transforms to a pupa,
and later to a beetle, the well-kuown
May beetle or June bug, which files
In the lights and buzzes around the
ceilings of rooms during the warm
evenings of May and June. The bee
tles do not emerge from the soil un
til tho folowlng spring, existing dur
ing the winter In the earthen cells In
a partially hardened condition, and
without the brown color which ex
posure to daylight soon gives them.
In this condition t hoy are peculiarly
helpless, and If disturbed in late fall
are readily killed.
Wlreworms, which are so bother
some by eating Into seed corn, and
neceslUtlng replanting, may be at
tacked similarly.
Burying, as a result of rail spad
ing, will destroy many other pests
which pass the winter safely ahel
tered under rubbish, leaves, stalks
and such Ilk i, which .are to be found
scattered ov.-i moat gardens. India
napolis Nai.a,
What Is Ruppo9ed to be the tomb
of Cicero has been found near Naples.
A cargo of black carrots has been
received In Paris from Algiers, where
:hey grow.
Ceylon Is the hottest and North
west Canada the coldest possession
that the British flag floats over.
With a wealth per capita of $80.
South Australia claims a place In the
first ranks o prosperity throughout
the world.
A Stockholm paper says that since
the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese
war Russia has a great many more
millionaires.
Th" other day a London food In
upector took a sample of margarine
from a grocer's shop and. on examin
ing It, found It to be pure butter.
The farmers of Somersetshire,
Cngland, say that, thanks to the
iust raised by motor cars, there Is a
remarkable freedom from blight In
:hclr orchards.
Because the lork of a Methodist
Church In Hazlemere, England,
wouldn't work It was taken off. The
locksmith found 12s. 7 '...I. in it,
tome pious people hnving taken it
tor a contribution box.
Two locomotives on the North
London Railway have been fitted
with reservolts containing oak llquoi
(oak chips and caustic soda),
through which the boiler feed water
Is passed for purifying and softening
purposes.
The labors of 8Ir George Murray
Humphry proved that there is about
one centenarian to every 127,000
people, and that of seventy authenti
cated cases not. one rcachtd 110
years; three only are said to have
been 10S and one 106.
The strong feature of the New
South Wales liquor law Is when a
person is found on licensed prem
ises during prohibited hours he must
go before the court and prove him
self to be a traveler or regular
boarder or submit to a fine.
When a serpent is about to strike
an Intended victim he raises his head,
Jaws distended and fangs protrud
ing. With lightning rapidity he di
rects the fangs to the point of at
tack. The fangs are hollow muscu
lar tlsste growing from two glands
placed on either side of the head.
I'll I LI PP1 xi: SI' ft PRISES.
Lovely, Cool Plateaus Also Marvels
of Scenery.
It seems to me, says Hamilton
Wright, In Leslie's Weekly, that the
least appreciated feature of the Phil
ippines is the diversity of climate.
Though tho Philippines are all In the
tropics, yet frequently within a daf 's
travel one will come upon 3trong s'.l
matlc contrasts.
Whether you go tq the lovely, cool
mountain plateaus or down to tha
warmer citle3 of the sea level you
will tlnd that though there are
changes of the seasons, still the cli
mate from day to day varies little.
By dressing properly one does not
feel the heat so much.
Manila, the hottest place In the
Philippines, is often intensely warm
in March, April und May. Yet pros
trations never come as they do In
New York In midsummer, and above
all there are cool nights everywhere.
Perhaps no country in tho world
possesses so many scenic marvels as
the Philippines; regions which were
they known would attract tourists
he world over. There Is the wonder
ful Tool volcano, rising from the mid
dle of a lake; there are the vast Cor
dilleras, not surpassed in beauty and
grr.ndeur by any ranges in the world;
there are the wonderful mountain
plateaus and valleys covered with
seas of rich arid waving grass and
bordered by forested hogbacks which
project into them as canes project
into the ocean.
Here wild deer and boar roam
in great abundance, while occasional
herds of wild carabao move clumsily
over the ground. Perhaps for days
In these -regions one may not see a
native. The Island of Luzon alone
Is over 700 miles long; most all the
population live along the seacoa3t;
but were Its wonderful resouces de
veloped, many times its present popu
lation might dwell there in great
prosnerlty.
Marvels 'of a Watch.
The lifetime of a good watch is
fifty years. In Its dally duties the
balance vibrates 18,000 times every
hour, 430,000 times a day, or 157,
'080,000 times a year. The hairspring
makes a similar number of vibrations
nnd an equal number of ticks from
the escapement. If It is a really
good watch, multiply 157,680,000 by
fifty, which gives 7,8S4,000,000 pul
sations for fifty years. The chances
are that the wutch may even then
be In serviceable condition. This is
n marvelous record, considering the
timall quantity of food that has been
consumed by Its contr.ant action. We
say food because whatever labors
must be fed, and tin- watch "lives"
on about sixteen Inches of main
spring BTery twenty-four hours,
which furnishes tho power. Balti
more American
How They Look. iv
The Horticulturist Seedy.
The Dentist Down In the mouth.
The Nobleman Rank.
The Traveling Man Fast.
The Farmer Rakish.
The Jeweler Bright.
The Pirate Chesty.
The Milkman Pais.
The Barber Trim.
Tho Plurabor -"Just dear!"
The Soldlor Forwsrd. Lift. '
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
ME NTS FOR FEBRFARY .1, BY
THE REV. I. W. HENDERSON.
Subject: Noah Saved In the Ark,
Gen. R:l-I6 Golden Text: Ps.
ii 7 : .10 Memory Verses : 1 -8
Helpful Note.
The lesson for this Sabbath Is un
intelligible unless we read Genesis t
and 7. Especially, by way of resums
of the two chapters, would it bo r.ise
to read Oen. 6.1, 2, 5,6,8, 14, 18, 22;
7:4, 12, 24. With these verses we
secure, in some measure, a synopsis
ot the events that preceded that
which Is related In our Scripturo for
the day.
The story of Noah, as we have it
here, crowds the mind with morals.
Noah Is the second parent of the race,
us Adam was the first. Adam Is th
father of humanity, in the natural
sense. In the same sense Noah is th
savior. They are, so to speak, the
Washington and Lincoln ot human
ity's earliest days.
The lesson of Noah's life, so far,
Is the lesson ot obedience and Its re
wards. Adam's career is the exem
plification of refractoriness and its
consequences. Noah is a distinct ad
vance upon Adam. Adam's character
Ib primarily one of Innocence. It i(
untried at first and weak when tested.
Noah's meritorious qualities are the
reBult of u willing obedience to Ood'f
commands. Born, after Adam, with
the Beeds of evil Innate through
heredity, Noah, in the midst of an
evil world, a Just and upright man,
finds favor in the eyes of Ood. Noah
is the sample of character made well
pleasing unto Ood, through His
grace, by volition. Noah's will Is
strong. Possessing, as did Adam, the
power of free choice; and, unlike
Adam, being surrounded with evil
companion:! and weakened by an in
herited predisposition for wayward
ness, Noah, yet. deliberately "walked
with Ood." Adam, we remember,
ran away from God.
God's covenant with Noah and His
condemnation of the sin of men throw
lights on the character of God. Je
hovah Is a God of love, of patience, of
discrimination. His discriminative
characteristics are shown by the fact
that while He hates evil He has yet
commendation for and Joy in men
who are good. Loving all humanity
the Father Is, however, guilty of no
sickly sentimentallsm. He is long
suffering, forbearing toward human
ity; but humanity mus'., except It obey
Him, take the consequences of volun
tary sin. But while He condemns the
evil, God never forgets the root of
righteousness appnrent among His
people. And ao God acts here. He
discriminates between righteous Noah
and his evil neighbors. He has pa
tience with them all until they become
utterly steeped in Iniquity. His heart
Is grieved at the wickedness of men,
for He loves them ns the children of
His own creation. But He does not
allow His love to become so degen
erated that He forgets judgment and
justice and His own divine integrity.
The story of Noah is the story of
God's determination to afford human
ity a chance to prove itself worthy of
its lineage. When all the worst of
the world's inhabitants are over
whelmed with the consequences of
their willfulness, God puts the seal
of His sanction upon Noah.
The lessons are obvious In their
present day application. Obedience
brings divine approval. Disobedi
ence works for death. Character is
the resultant of a will subordinated
to divine control. To find favor in
the eyes of God is the business and
duty of humanity and the especial
longing of the Christian. It Is good
ness that makes us worth while here
and for God. To be evil Is to be self
condemned. In wickedness is sorrow
and destruction. Faithfulness to
Ood and faith In Him is the finality of
happiness. For God Is as faithful
now, and to you and me, as he was
to upright Noah.
These notes may be of use:
Vs. 1. "Remembered." This does
not necessarily mean that God had
forgotten about Noah. It rather Im
plies that God had never forgotten
them. Hebrew: "Renewed His care
for." "Ark." Probably 450 by seventy-five
by forty-five feet.
Vs. 3. "Continually." The waters
seoped away gradually. "One hun
dred and fifty." See Oen. 7:24.
Vs. 4. "Ararat." Iu Armenia.
Pictured as the highest mountain in
the world, as we see by vs. 5.
Vs. 7. "Raven." So called be
cause of Its blackness.
Vs. 10t "And he waited seven
days longer."
Vs. 11. "Olive leaf." Rev. Fresh
leaf. It Is Bald that olive trees put
forth new shoots under water. The
finding of the olive twig by the dove
was, obviously, an Indication that the
Crater had gone down considerably.
The olive tree is very hardy and lux
uriant under proper conditions; it is
said not to grow at great heights,
however. "Knew." Evidently in the
construction of the ark while there
was provision made for light and air
there was none made for looking out.
Otherwise after the rain ceased Noah
might easily have seen the surround
ing conditions for himself. This
throws a light on his complete obedi
ence to and dependence on God. They
ihut themselves up In the ark and left
the outcome to the Almighty.
Vs. 13. "Dried up." The waters
first drained away until there wns no
covering of water over the ground.
Vb. 14. "Dried." And then the
ground dried up. Any one who has
seen the surface of a marsh while the
tide Is out can understand the mean
ing. It Is precisely the difference be
tween soggy and perfectly dry
ground.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Marconi has been converted to
Spiritualism.
Rudyard Kipling's uncle, the Rev.
F. W. Macdonald, la making a first
appearance as a writer.
King Leopold of Belgium Is a
prominent shareholder In some of the
largest hotels in Europe.
William J, Bryan has eighty-six
engagements to lecture the coming
summer at $500 a lecture.
False reports that 3. P. Morgan
was seriously 111 revealed the tact
that he has practically retired from
business.
It Is said In London that Lord Cur
son might have been the head ot the
British Legation In Washington had
ho so willed. .
Secretary Taft Is not a rich man,
and he tries hard to live on bis S8000
a year. His smallest annual bill thus
far is said to havo been $15,000.
Senor Enrique Creel, the newly
appointed Mexican Ambanssdor to
Washington, is a multi-millionaire,
the son of a Kentucky father and a
Mclean mother.