g The Puipft A SERMON Subject: The C1alm.i of Authority. BrooVyn, N. T. Preaching at the Irving Square Presbyterian Church, Hamburg avenue and Welrfleld street, on the above theme, the pas tor. Rev. Ira Wemmell Henderson, took as his text Ex. 20:12, "Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother." He said : The recognition by society and the Individual of the authority of par entage Is at the centre of all the theory of social government. The agreement of society that parents may and should control the youth of their offspring Is the foundation upon which our system of social authority Is reared. The individual recogni tion of the ruling right of parents Is expressed In a larger sense In this Republic In the submission of the mluorlty to the decree of the majori ty. The command speaks the truth When It enjoins honor to parents as the sure means unto long life. Small mrcess would wo enjoy did we not pay some heed to the mandates of our elders. Little power would the law of city, State or Nation exert over our lives were the fundamental ideas of obedience eliminated from Tamily life. The individual and that Nation which has a poor sense of the need for obedience Is sure to meet an early death. The man who won't learn from the past will not live long to Instruct his descendants. The State within whose boundaries the recognition of rhe rights of the law has fallen Into disrepute will soon totter, fall and be dashed to pieces. The text calls to our minds three things: First, that children should honor those who are over them by birth. Secondly, that parents should oe worthy of honor from their chil dren. Lastly, that, broadly speak ing, the principle of obedience that Is to say, respect for law must be manifested In all our civic life. "Honor thy father and thy moth er," says the commandment. In urging '.he need for honor It implies that obedience, respect and defefence be yielded to thisc who are above us In birth. The man who doesn't honor a good father and mother is not much of a man. The flrsi law of family life is that we should give honor to thoso who have given us life and that meed of love which we enjoy at their hands. The man who works loving ly and long for the welfare of his children, the woman who strives with motherly affection to make her home the pleasant harbor of her children, both are entitled to and should re ceive the honor of their children. Honor implies obedience. The youth who obeys the wist mandates of a good parent can never fail or fall. The parents who speak out of the fund of a true experience can teach any youth the way to the hap piest life, and their words should be law. Honor implies respect. It Is not dignified to belittle the place and dig nity of a good parent. The youth "vho essays to speak with dogmatic assurance upon the full range of human problems pronounces him Belf a fool at the start. The disre spectful youth who disdains wise counsel and claims to know It all will ere long find out that, his an cestors can tell him at least one or I wo things of which he Is Ignorant. Honor Implies deference. A youth who Is to be the true being that ve all should be must learn first to yield primacy In all departments in life to ripe years lull of wisdom and noble experience. The man who pushes his way Into places where re serve should. Very properly, be shown will sooner or later find that cheek doesn't .w checks, but rath er rebuffs. We must, in our youth, yield fconor, respect, obedience and defer ence to those who lead us worthily In the home. He who would lead must learn to obey. He who would gain honor must grant honor. The man who wish the respect of other 1 men must first of all be respectful. X little yielding of the point or place to age does no man any harm. Def erence Is delightful either in young r old. It Isn't at all necessary for me to point to our youth the wrecks upon ihe shores of life who are monu ments to dishonorable actions In the home. The gutters and the jails are all too full of men and women who refused to honor, to obey, to respect or to listen. On the o'her hand, the command ment forces en ethical duty on the parent. Many times men become criminals because of parental mis management and lack of wise, sound and pure leadership in the home. Honor be to whom honor is due. The man or the woman who demands honor from a child must be honor able that is to say, worthy of honor. Parents must be respectable before they 3hall merit or gain their chil dren's respect Obedler.ee Is the due of that man who doesn't contravene the moral law or Um laws of common sense and the due of him alone. Age deserves def erence not on the basis of years so much as on the basis of wisdom. Parent are many times more re- . sponsible for the lack of honor that chlldroa show thorn than are the children themselves. Honor In many ', minds begins and stops with obe dience. Many parents seem to think that the subjection of the Individual ity of a child to their whim and will Is the buiu and total of obedience. Obedience consists In becoming aa much like thenr.eltes as possible some parents seem to think. Chll- 1 dren cannot be held down In that I matter. Freedom must be allowed for the exerclbe of Individuality and I personal preference and bent. Obe dience must be given aid required, only when a moral principle is at Btk or the best interests of a child 'make It necessary that parental au thority be enforced. But the unrea sonable exercise of undue authority; which many people exhibit iu tbelrl borne life is pitiful and the morel so because the consequences are quite sure. The whole of honor Is not bound up in oberthtnee. Obedience abould not stifle Individuality. Chil dren have rights to wise leadership and unceasing parental love. Many times they receive silly government and no love and whom shall we blame for the consequences? The wise parent will realize that as we grow older our Ideaa cban- 1 and our perceptive powers strength en. Outdance for a boy of four will bardly ever be the sort of advice the youth of fourteen will need. You may be the apotheosis of wisdom to your child of five .mi the finest par- "$nt ever to a child of six without ' the power of analytical comparison and keen perception and most of ; us If we are not too unwise In handl j Ing our children are but beware when your youth of sixteen has seen the habits of better and wiser men than you. Then must you watch out. For If you do not trow with and adjust yourself to the changing point of view sad the Increased vis Ion of your child you soon will find you are fast losing his respect. Olve a child wise guidance! Study not i how to make him a replica, a repro- ductlon of yourself; but to lead him I to be a distinct personality, possessed of strong Individuality, molding by his own actions his being into the stature of the Son of Ood! Some one has snld: "Who Is to blame for the pitiable mite which children give In reiurn for a parentB' flood of love?" I do not know; but of this I am sure: If parents would ' cease to feel that they own their children In common with their horses, their estates and their cat tle; If they would not, as many do in varying degrees, treat their chil dren as their property, the return of love would be far more adequate than It Is." We know how true that Is. And yet I fear that, many of us do not know how to handle our own chil dren. A good child asks not for more pocket money, or newer clothes, or a more sumptuous sup ply at the table but for a richer love. It Is uselss to try to hold children with gifts. Chlldien should be taught to yield honor through parental love. A man who attempts to bind his children to him with ma terial possessions must surely fall. .But the father and the mother be they ever so unlearned and be they ever so poor who give their wisest experience and richest love to the cultivation of the personalities of their children will find that a bond that neither time nor eternity can sever holds their children to their sides. And If that won't nothing else will. Love :s the touchstone of life, the law ard the measure of values. Love Is the force that draws soul to SOUl. The home that Is ruled by love will be the seat of honor. For It Is the abode of everything !hat Is honorable, respectable, worthy Df obedience and deference. But to carry the principle Into Its broadest application we must glance for a moment at the duty of honor and obedience to law, civil and moral. Here, as with the individual, the law must be worthy of honor. The civil law to-day, is not so highly respected as it nhould be. From all parts of our country we read of lynchlngs, riots and miniature civil wars all due to disrespect for law. And yet the laws are largely at fault and the enforcers of the law with them. When a murderer, guilty be fore men and God of heinous sin, may use the law to cheat the law, and prevent the execution of jus tice; when one man may buy off the law that sends another citizen to jail; when those who are sworn to enforce the law neglect their duty; we cannot say that Individuals are entirely to blame for lack of defer ence to the law. The laws should be wise, sane, quick to act. equal in meting justice to all offenders. Thus only can It retain the respect of the governed. And we on our part aro not to turn to "wild justice" when the laws are not to our taste, but rather to the ballot box, there to see to it that good laws and the right men are set up over us to rule. But all honor for law Is bound up with our early Ideas and teachings, and in the home should be found the source of respect for law EP'wUrl I LrJSUE LESSONS 9UNDAY, JULY 7. Public Affairs a Divine Trust. Rom. 13: 17. Christian Citizenship. Passages for reference; Dan. 2: 10, 21; 1 Pet. 2: : 1317 . It Is required In stewards that a man be found faithful. "Every ono of us shall. glvu an account of himself to God" (Rom. 14: !-'. Our talents must be acrounUd for at the end. We are our brother's keeper. "If meat make my brother to offend. I will eat no flesh while the world standeth." If drink does not tempt me, but trips my neighbor, It Is not only my duty to leave It alone but to guard him. I am responsible for the use of my citi zenship. If my organization ability, enthusiasm, or public standing prom ises to enable me to help banish bad ofllcers or laws, or if I can aid In get ting better officers or enforcement, then 1 must exert myself to the full. Since God Is back of the Christian, he Is never pjssltntstlc nor satisfied with the bad. While he Is orderly ho yet pushes positively for 'the better. He Is also patient, not expecting to reform things in a day. It js as necesary to render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's as to render unto God the things that tire God's. One of the worst rum holes In an otherwise temperance county In Colorado, remains "wet" be cause most of the "good" cillzens are members of the "Covenanter's" Churrh. This denomination refuses to vote bocause the name of Christ U not used In the national constitu tion. The Anti-Saloon League, with a Methodist president and a Method ist general secretary. Is a strong movement that promises to throttle the saloon. It knows no party, but works for men and laws. Largely through Us plans and Its local option laws IS. OtiO.OOO people of the 27,000, 000 who live in the South have no saloons. Go to I he primaries and see that others go with you. Get acquainted with the precinct committeeman. Send a committee to him early with a request to hold the primary In a decent place. It will' not. hurt the church basement or League room to have a primary In It. The saloon man will get purple with rage, but his crowd will feel n bit cowed there. Get next to the leaders. The "bum" element do. Votes count. There are nmre good ones than bad. Talk with the candidates. Get them committed in writing, then the weak-kneed can be stiffened up at the proper time. lie willing to sit in a convention. The clean, wholesome presence of a Christian mon will cow rascals and spoil their plans. If we did not have men willing to run for office, taking the consequent abuse, the nation's righteousness would be In a bad way. Remedy For Egg Sucking Dog. The following plan for curing a dog of the egg sucking habit Is recommended by a writer In The Practical Farmer: "Doll an egg and while perfectly hot put it In his mouth and hold his jaws down on It until well burnt, and he will be afraid of eggs from that time on." Handy Device. To make a grit box, cut four pieces from an Inch board like Fig. 1. Then board up using half Inch stuff, as shown In Fig. 2, by boring two holes In back about two inches Good Grit Box and Grain Feeder. from sides and one lneh from top. This box can be hung on two pegs or nails or inside of poulty house and makes a very convenient and sanitary grit box. Three kinds of grit or feed can be kept separately to which the fowls have access at nil times but cannot waste or foul It. It is well to let the front board ex tend ono and one-half Inches below top of partitions by notching, to pre vent grit from feeding Into the trough too freely. JULY SEVENTH. Forgctfulness and Forgiveness. An old man lay on his dying bed. Beside him were three of his sons. The father had taken each of his boys by the hand, and had spoken his last words of loving advice and fare well. When he had finished, one of the boys leaned over the dying man and, with much emotion, asked for giveness for any harsh words spoken in the past. With a look of unut terable love, the father replied: "Oh, my boy, I forgot it all long ago!" When the prodigal (you and I) re turns and confesses his sin, he finds that his Father has forgotten It all long ago. While the confession is still on the penitent's lips, he Is re stored to sonshlp. A Little at Time. How often do we sigh for opportu nities of doing good, whilst we neg lect the openings of providence in lit tle things, which would frequently lead to the accomplishment of most Important usefulness! Dr. Johnson used to say. "He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do any." Good is done by degrees. However small in proportion the benefits which follow Individual attempts to do good, a great deal may thus be accomplished by perseverance, even In the midst of discouragements and disappointments. Crabb. The Invisible Force. God hates the sin but loves the sin ner loves him t! at is, as a man, not In his character u. a sinner. God loves humanity In spite of, not be cause of Its wrongdoing. He wculd. If possible, love the wrongdoer out of his sin, love him Into decency, Banlty, righteousness. The love of God Is not a mere empty sentiment, but is an invisible force which makes for holiness, and ultimately for happi ness. Ram's Horn. In the Inner Sanctuary. None but a wholly consecrated soul can come Into the most holy place of communion with God in the in ner sanctuary. Hannah Whitall Smith. ' Hon- to Remember the Color. "Why and Wherefore" answered a query the other day about the seven colors of the prism, or the primary colors violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. These seven colors are named in their prlsmatio order, and the first letter of each color spells the word "Vlbgyor." This word, apparently nonsensical, sticks in the memory like Mark Twain's fa mous "Punch, brothers, punch with care," and will be found a valuable aid to the memory when the subject of the prlmiiry colors and their order In tho rainbow conies up. It was told me by an old professor, when I was a schoolboy, and I send it to you think ing that it may be of Interest to some of your readers. Albert Collins, in the New York American. The proprietors of an Austrian carpet factory at Mafferdorf have acquired German patents which em body a method of manufacturing car pets or floor coverings from paper. The new material can be made in all colors, Is washable, and may prove Itself a rival to linoleum. Topic How our lives may be conse crated to our country. Isa. 62: 1-12. Othniel's consecration. Judg. 3: 5-11. True national greatness. 1 Kings IS: 1-18. Elijah's Patriotism. 1 Kings 10: 1-9. Prosperity and religion. 2 Chron. 34: 1-8. A stanch patriot. Neh. 2: 1-8. Sublime consecration. Rom. 9: 1-7. A country has an individuality as a man has, and every citizen has a hand In framing that. Individuality. As in warfare, there are few watch men, while the remainder stand ready with their weapons, ko a na tion needs few seers, but many who will go and fight when the seers raise the alarm. A name to be coveted for a nation, "The Holy People." Far better than The Successful People, or Tho Rlcth People, or The Learned Peo ple. Our country Is the street In front of our house and the saloon around the corner. Just as much as New York City or the Rocky Mountains. Civil war comes seldom to our country, but the devil Is waging silent war all the time. Consecration to our country Is a part of our consacration to our coun try's God. Voting where the citizenship of so many ends, Is only Its true begin ning. Illustrations. Casting a ballot without patriotic action following. Is like region that Is only for Sunday. Our nation Is a vessel with two openings, a small one and a large one, the people and their rulers; and water must stand at the same level In both openings. In the ship of state It Is as honor able to clean the decks as to take tho altitude of tlr; sun. ties is Indeed written upon parch- The charter of our national liber ties Is Indeed written upon parch ment the hands and hearts of the people. The love of country produces good manners, and good manners also love of country. Montesquieu Which is tho best government? That which teaches selft,overniuent. Goethe. National progress is the sum of individual Industry, energy aud up righteousness, as national decay is of Individual idleness, selfishness and vice. Samuel Smiles. Broody Hens ns Mothers. Professor Graham, of the Ontario Station, considers that broody hens are preferable as mothers for chick ens hatched In an Incubator. "The best plan," he says, "to get the broody hens to take the chicks is to give the hen two or three eggs out of tho incubator on the eighteenth or nineteenth day and allow her to hatch them. When your Incubator hatch Is over take a dozen or fifteen chickens and put them under the hen after dark. Even if they hap pen to differ In color from those she has hatched she will mother them all the same. If you give them to her In the daytime she may not do so. Never neglect to give the hen a thorough dusting before giving her any eggs. If there Is one thing more than another that requires careful attention In rearing young chickens, it Is to keep them free from lice. If lice get upon thorn, from the hen or elsewhere, a large proportion of thorn will be almost sure to die." Pruning Trees. Do not allow your trees to waste a large amount of their energy on the development of unnecessary branches. Thow their vitality into those which are to remain. But do not go at the work of pruning until you have looked the tree over from all sides and satisfied yourself exactly what needs doing. Never prune on the haphazard system, or from a "Bense of duty." Prune for results that stand for Improvement. Aim to preserve a proper balance of head without producing a stiff, formal effect. Cut out weak wood, wher ever found, even If It does somewhat disturb symmetrical outlines. The development of healthy branches will enable you to correct this fault later. Thin out the branches, where too thick, to allow a free circula tion of air. It is a most excellent plan to cover every cut that is made with a thick coat of paint. This pre vents unnecessary loss of sap, ex cludes rain, keeps away insects and assists the wound to heal rapidly. How He Caught Hem. Archbishop Whateley had a true sense of grammar, Bays an old Eng lishman who remembers him, and de lighted to spring catch questions. One was: "What Is the vocative of cat?" Generally the assured answer was, "Ob, cat!" The archbishop would smile then and say, "No. Puss, puss!" Youth's Companion A Great Benefactor. If people of other countries wore asked the name of the Englishman whom they hold la greatest respect that of Lord Lister would rise spon taneously to tbeir Hps. This, at least, is literally true, that no man alive has by a single discovery conferred upon the whole of mankind a greater boon than did tho surgeon who dis covered the antiseptic treatment of wouuds. London Telegraph. Hogs and Pasture. Among other recommendations of Prof. Soule, of the Virginia Experi ment Station farm, are the follow ing: "Prepare the land with the great est possible care, and seed alfalfa. Alfalfa will be the most desirable of all the grazing crops, as it can ho grazed over two or three times dur ing u single season, aud will remain on the land several years, if well established." He also recommends artichokes to feed through fall and winter. "Some grain should be fed to the hogB on grazing crops one to three pounds per day, depending on the age and slzo of the animals. An ear or two of corn will often be all that Is necessary. By using graz ing crops the corn can be made to go much farther, and a better qual ity of pork obtained at a lower cost per pound. Hogs kept on grazing crops are under the very best Banl tary conditions. The plan suggested will provide grazing for twenty-five to fifty hogs, depending on the char acter of the land and the crop season." m The Alcohol Potato. "I am advised by the United States Department of Agriculture that they have recently Imported samples of potatoes grown in Europe wich have been found to give a very high percentage of alcohol, and that there aro varieties grown in this country, with which the department Is now experimenting, which show a large starch content. In view of the fact, as shows in the report of the Committee on Ways and Mea,ns perfecting the alcohol laws, that In the fiscal year of 1 905 Oeiinany uuod Ul.148,182 bushels of potatoes in the production of alcohol, there would teem to be no reason why in maay parts of this country the cultivation of these special kinds of potatoes for use In the productlrn of alcohol should not be found profitable by our farmers. "A matter of great Importance In relation to the capacity of our farms to produce practically unlimited quantities of tho materials from which industrial alcohol Is made, Is the fact that the growth of theso farm crops docs not exhaust the soil. After the alcohol has been extracted from corn or potatoes these materials are still serviceable as cattle feed. In which form they ultimately find their way back to the land. "Some disappointment has been ex pressed over the delay on the part of our manufacturers to furnish alcohol-burning lamps, stoves, heaters and other alcohol-using apparatus, similar to thoso used In Germany. I have personally investigated this matter and find that American manu facturers are preparing to put on the market In tho near future lamps In which It has been found by care fully conducted experiments that ono gallon of alcohol will give as much light as two gallons of kerosene. I have also seen samples of cooking stoves, heaters and other alcohol us ing appliances, which will te on sale in this country at an early date." Senator Hnnsbrough. VALUABLE COLONIAL COINS. Rules Governing Horse Sales. The rules, covered very generally by statute law of the various States, summarized by one of our horse ex changes aro ns follows: The rules governing the present popular system of selling horses at auction at combination sales should be thoroughly considered and under stood by ail prospective consignors. They usually are very similar to the following: A horse sold sound must be perfectly sound In every way. A horso sold servlceably sound must be virtually a sound horse. His wind nnd eyes must be good, not lame or sore In nny way; tho horse must be sound, barring slight blem ishes. TheBe blemishes must not con stitute any unsoundness, and must be nothing more than splints, slightly pulled and a little rounding on the curb joints; above all, ho must not have a bad looking curb, and must not have a brand. He may be a little out in tho knees, but must not stand over on the knees or ankles. He may have a little puff on the outside of the hock, but must not hsvo thorough pin or boj;gy hock, ring-bone or jack. although he may naturally be a little coarse jointed, and front part of hocks must not bo puffed. Ho may have slight scars or wire marks, but iheeo must not cause any deformity of the body, logs or feet. and nothing more than a slight scar. He must not have any scar from fis tula or poll evil. He cannot have a hip down, and if one hip Is p trifle lower than the other. It must be natural, and no deformity like the cap of a hip down. He must not have sldebones or nny bad blemishes that will depreclato his value more than a trifle, but must be sound, barring slight blemishes that do not hurt him or change his value but very little, and In no case more than the above mentioned blemishes. Car bruises must be of a temporary na ture. A horso sold to wind and work must havo good wind, be a good worker, and not a crlbber, and every thing else goes with him. A horso sold for work only must be a good worker, and everything else goes with him. A horBo sold at the halter Is sold juBt as ho Btands without any recom. mend. In all cases a horse must ful fill the bill as announced vhen sold. Whether It Is single or double. horses must have all tne other quali ties recommended by the auctioneer when on Bale. An:- horse proving different from the way he is repre sented can be rejected on examina tion of the buyer, which must be on the day of the sale or within the re quired time, according to the rules and BUStoms of that particular con cern. Indiana Farmer. Money Issued Before- Revolution Worth More Then Gold. If there Is any one who possesses n collection of coins of tho country's colonial period that person Is very fortunate. If nt any ttmo a pinch should come, making It necessary for the owner of such a collection to dis pose of It In order to procure the ne cessities of life, a sum of money could bo obtained for the collection that would make tho seller Independent of the world for a lifetime. It is doubtful, however, If there Is a complete collection of the coinage of this country of the days before the Revolution anywhere within the bor ders of the land, though In many museums, public ns well as private, thcro is a goodly representation. Tho coins of Maryland end Vir ginia In the time of their colonial cxlstcnco wore quaint and peculiar In their way. They Included shillings, slx-ponny ploces, pennies and half penny pieces. Among thoso that abounded In Maryland was the Lord BalM-.ure groat, called after the old English groat, which was worth about four penco In the old country. Theso coins, as well as those of Vir ginia at that time, wore coined In England for the colonies. One that circulated very extensively in Virgin ia was tho "Glocostcr token," and there were multitudes of half-pennies In those days, all with more or less peculiar stamps upon them. Among the coins of tho period be fore the Declaration of Independence New York, or New Amsterdam, as It was then known, spread broadcast her shilling pieces stamped with a pine tree, and they were as good as gold In tho markets. Massaehusetts aleo had her pine troe Bhllllng, and It wan good anywhere, as they came from Hull's minting house In Pem broke Square. Many of tho smaller coins of those days Immortalized the American eagle, and the North Amer ican aborigine had his innings. Ollvo branches and stars and mottoes of various kinds appeared on tho ob verse and reverse sides of thoso old colris, from shillings down to half pence. The old coppers of those days, particularly those minted In the New England region, and the three penny ?olns, as well, are of Inestimable val ue to-day, but the few of them that do exist are as carefully guarded, wheresoever they are, as tho crown diamonds of any empire under the sun. Washington Post. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSOR COM1. MEXTS FOR JULY 7 BY Till; REV. L W. HENDERSON. Amazing Definitions. Tho American schoolboy has no monopoly of blundering answers, as is shown by the following answers in a school examination written by some of our cousins across the water: "John Wesley was a great sea cap tain. He beat the Dutch at Waterloo, and by degrees rose to be Duke of Wellington. He was burled near Nel son In the Poets' Corner at Westmin ster Abbey." "The sublime porte Is a very flno old wine." "Tho possessive Is tho case when somebody has got yours and won't give It to you." "Tho plural of penny is two pence. " "In the sentence, "I saw the goat butt the man," 'butt' Is a conjunction, because It shows the connection be tween the goat and tho man." "Mushrooms always grow In damp places, and so they look Uko um brellas." "The difference between water and air is that air can bo made wetter, but water can not." Horse Collar Attachment. Horse collars of the typo thnt open at the top are generally constructed with tho upper edges formed of leather binding pieces that are sewed across. Tho Btltches soon be come worn, and the seam rips, the straw at tho top of the collar pro truding. A! horBe-collar attachment, designed to avoid these disadvan tages, is shown here. The horse col lar may be of any of the ordinary forms and open at the top. Metal clasps are secured alonu the meet- Denslty of Population in Great Cities. Of tho world's great cities Purls has the greatest number of inhabi tants per acre. For its 2,731,000 in habitants an area of only 19,275 acres Is available, so that each aero has 142 Inhabitants. Berlin Is almost as thickly popu lated, Inasmuch as Its city ground (now almost entirely built up) com prises only 15,568 acres, and in this space 2,034,000 people live, or 131 to each acre. The conditions are considerably better in London, where 4,536,000 people live in an area of 75,370 acres, or 60 to the acre. Vienna has only 39 Inhabitants per acre, the city ground comprising 42,. 503 acres and the population being 1,675,000. Of the great cltle3 New York has the smallest ratio of population to the acre. Ita 3,716,000 Inhabitants have an area of 203.866 acres (by far the largest city territorially In the world), so that there ure 18 people to an acre. Ing edges of the collar at the top, the edge of one clasp fitting Into the cav ity of the opposite clasp, where it is held in position by clinching tangs, fastened to the collar at the top i'l an adjustable strap and buckle to prevent the" Joint from becoming loosened and to unsure perfect rigidity. The Thermophone. We are told that perhaps the most ! Ingenious Invention which has re sulted from the cold-storage business Is that of tho thermophone, an Instru ment which measures heat at any desired point and transmits it by 'sound to the ear. The thermophone takes advantage of the physical fact that there Is a change of resistance iu an electrical conductor with ., change in temperature. Stations in ' all parts or the plant ore connected with the main office. Tho central In strument has a Btrles of switches and a dial showing tho degreo of temper ature, Just as on a thermometer. A receiving telephone Is connected with the switchboard. The operator con nects the telephone with any desired station in the. plant and places tho telephone to his ear. He hears a slight buzzing noise and the needle on the dial moves.' Finally there comes complete silence, and at that moment the needle indicates the ex act temperature. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Subject: God Fecd Israel in Egypt, ' Ex. 16:1.13 Golden Text, Jolin 0:21 Memory Verse. 4 Com mentnry. The charm of the history of the I people of Israel as It Is portrayed In ! the Scriptures lies largely In its hu- manness. Israel Is continually doing that which we are expectant men I would do. under like circumstances, i everywhere and In all time. Israel Is human In her righteousness and In her sinning, In her wisdom and in her folly. The lesson for to-day I shows ber humanness In no unmls , taknble fashion. Out In the wilder ness, tried and troubled with their I disappointments nnd sufferings, the I children of Israel are an example to us all and a photograph of us all. It ' was only yesterday, so to say, that , they had praised God for His dellv 1 erance and favor. Now they look with yearning upon the floshpots of I Egypt. They were eager for liberty, j but not so eager to pay the price. They were glad to hove the help of I Jehovah Thoy were not no happy to have the proving of Jehovah applied to their manhood. They show us : what we ought not to do In like cir j cumstances. They show us also what I we quite generally do when we are I face to face with analogous problems, j disappointments snd trials. Israel was overjoyed when, In tho providence of Jehovah, she was de i Ilvered out of the hand of Pharnoh 1 and divinely led toward the land of Jehovah's promise. But when the j hosts of Pharaoh threatened in tho j renr, Israel doubted the providence and ability of God and the wisdom of 1 His appointed leaders. When Israel I saw tho hosts of Pharaoh strewn . dead upon the seashore sands, Israel ; was glad and sang praises unto the Most High. But when water falle.1 to come Just When Israel wanted Tt I to come, when fodder and food failed 1 just when Israel wanted It to abound, 1 then Israel cursed her leaders, queB I tloned the leading of God, looked J back upon the leeks and garlic and onions of Egypt, sighed for slavery ' with plenty. Then Israel was haunt ; ed with the fear of starvation. Ann this was human. It was tvpical i.t humanity, i The lesson shows us also what is the wonderful providence or God for His people even when things seem blackest to them. It must have ap I peared quite discouraging to Israel ; since they were in such a state of mind that thoy desired Egypt with Us many hardships in preference to t,ie wilderness with its hope of liberty, i They must have been pretty hungry i and hope must have all but fled. An.' it doesn't take hope long to flee lu I the presence of an empty stomach I But when the prospect was darkest so far as they were able to see then was God at hand, ready to help them and Inspire them. To be sure G il 1 did not help them out of their dift 1 culty Just In the way that they de sired or expected to be helped. Tlo help was no less effective, however. I The manna was an unknown quantity I to them. But It was satisfying. Israel Is not the only people that has had to go through a wilderness and through hardship and through suffering to achieve liberty. And It Is not only the nation that has to tra vel the same long road. Many an in dividual has had an analgous expe rience. The way out of national suf fering and hardship, the way out of individual and national sin and dis tress, Is a road that has Its trials, Its sorrows, ItsdisappointmentB, Its prov lngs, ail of which are as thorough going and as real as were the trials that beset and toBted Israel. But wherever the nation or the Individual has trusted God and been amenable to His will and followed His com mands there the providence and the leading of God has been marvelously manifest. God. led Israel ahead In comfort and security all the time that Israel obeyed Him and thoroughly trusted Him. Their sorrows came when they doubted and dlsobeyyl God. And so it Is with every nation and with every Individual. Just so long as we obey God and trust Him we move ahead. This lesson has n profound spirit ual significance. The trials of the sinner aa he moves up out of the land of spiritual bondage through tho wil derness of evil and temptation toward the promisod land of the new Jerusa lem aro In tholr own way as real as were the trials of Israel In the des ert. While he trusts In God and docs God's will his way Is made plain, the evidences of God's shephordlng are visible to his spiritual faculties. When he shuts his eyes to the lead ing of God he is afraid. When be is more obsessed with the contempla tion of the difficulties that confront and assail him than with the vision of Him who guards his soul ho is a troubled man. But when he trusts God and never loses sight of Hlra even In his hours of soredt trial thou Is ho always sure, then Is he always hopeful. For he knows that Ood will always provido that spiritual manna which Is meat and drink and strength und courage to his soul. We are all human after the man-, ner of the chosen people of God. The danger is that we shall forget God when His providences seem to us to fall. The danger Is that we shall ' look back as did Lot's wife and the children of Israel upon lands that wo have left behind us. That danger wo cannot too well avoid. Wo cannot minimize Its effect. Let uh guard against It. Let us always hope In God, who is the health of our coun tenance and our God. The Sudan's Asset. Tho Sudun possesses an important asset not yet developed that of its antiquities. Egypt's pyramids and temples are a profitable asset, bring ing orowds of tourists, every year constantly on the Increase. These visitors spend some luo,0QO an nually on the banks of the. Nile Windsor Magazine. The value of the India rubber im ported,lnto the Unlud States during the last year In the crude form aggre gated $50,000,0110 Brasil la ttu chief source of supply. A Swiss engineer announces a new fire escape. It consists of a series of folding iron ladders, contained in frames, attached to the window cases, each reaching to the window below. By merely turning a small winch on any floor all these frames are pushed outward from the building, the lad ders extended and securely connected with each other, thus forming a con tlnuous communication from the top floor to the ground. The manipula tion is simple and takes less than a minute. When not In use the escape is barely visible, and does not dis figure the facade of the building in the manner that the ordinary outside iron staircase does. A public test of the new escape has proved successful, and the Vienna fire brlgsdo repre sentatives have expressed their ap proval of It. '. Seventy fet high and measuring thirty feet nun. 1 the base, a giant black pc?lar, weighing 100 tons, has been felled " sold in Hertfordshire, ttnglaud. -
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