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A SERMON
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Bul)Jort: The Firt Commandment.
Brooklyn, N Y. Preaching at the
Irving Square Presbyterian Church. I
Hamburg avenue and Welrfleld :
treet, on the theme. "The First Com- I
niaudment," the pastor, Rev. Ira
Wemmell Henderson, took as his text
Ex 20 3, "Thou shall have no other I
gods before Me." He said:
(Jiven to a people who lived amid
polytheistic surroundings and hedged
In by the worshipers of the many
gods this commandment has as much :
force In this day as it had then. The
call of Jehovah for undivided loyalty
at the hands of His people is but the
demand of reason. "No man can i
serve two masters," and he who I
would try so to do finds out, In whnt
KOever department. ot life he may
-elect the teat, that this is a great
truth. Granting God only the aver- j
age of human Intellectuality we must i
agree that the Almighty knew what '
He was about when He laid fast
claim upon the unified service of His ;
chosen people. The history of poly- ;
theism Is the record of the deadening
of the best religious Instincts and i
capabilities in man, and the story of i
the strife of the deities to secure
human patronage.
Grant, If you wish, that the first
word is but the appreciation by Moses
of the fundamental truths which God
had put Into the hearts of the best
men of the Hebrew nation, rather I
than a specific, face-to-face, objec-
the revelation of Jehovah's will to '
Modes alone, and the truth Is not '
quenched. The particular doctrines
you may hold as to just what are I
the means of divine self-revelation
and inspiration do not in any way t
affect the facts. Moses got the truth.
Thai Is the point. It Is of secondary !
Importance whut view you may hold
M to how the truth sank Into his
heart But this Is a digression.
"Tho.-. shalt have no other gods
before Me," said Jehovah. And the :
darkest days of Israel were those
when she served the no-gods of the ,
heathens. In this day and generation
many peoples are In the midst of the
blackness of thick darkness because j
they serve too many and unworthy 1
gods. The religious a"civlties and
spiritual sensibilities of any nat'on I
have more to do with Its material ;
succc 38 than shallow thinkers and t
cursory students of history are ready
D admit. A high religious life has
fruit In a fine mornlltj A deep
moral consciousness finds expression
in clean and heniflcent conduct. And
good conduct concerns the health !
of all the departments of life wherein
human energy is expended. A na- i
tlon of many gods will, for reasons
that are easily perceived, soon de- I
generate. When men may play the
gods against each other for personal
gain It is easy to compute how long
it will be before all so?ial life will
become corrupt.
But much as we may be Interested
in the Btudy of the effects of polythe
istic religions upon the conduct of
nations, and willing as we may be
to contemplate the evil and disastrous
consequences of such religions upon
the entire life of a people, there Is
yet a more pointed application of the
text that very properly may com
mand our attention.
You remember the story of the
Heh young man! Well, the trouble I
with him was not that he was rich,
but that money was his god. Riches j
are no sin If they are righteously '
acquired. To lie rich is to be tried
fearfully tried. Money as a means
to the service of God Is unmixed I
good. Money as Mammon Is damna- i
tion to heart and mind and soul 1
alike. Cash, considered as so much
credit from the eternnl storehouse of
God's wealth, Is capable of much
good. Gold, as greed and the gainer
of personal self-satisfaction alone, is 1
a curse.
As the young man, who so touched
the heart of Jesus, allowed his bank
account to deter him from the ser- ,
vice God demanded of him, so many 1
of us serve money, ambition, social I
demands and social preferment, in-
stead of Jehovah. The man who sac- j
rifices all that Is best within him
upon the altar of money is a
fool. The next panic may sweep
him away and drag his wealth from ;
him. The woman who works herself
tint Oat to death and makes a slave of '
her husband that they may have only I
clear water ahead of them In the !
social swim, will, when the end is 1
come, find that it Is all a farce and 1
that a younger, better looking, richer
woman, whose husband has more
cash, now bads the social race. No
man can serve ambition for ambi- '
tlon's sake and keep his peace with !
uoa. Ambition, selfish ambition, I
mean, knows not God and respects
no man. The rush for a place at the
top, either In politics or society, Is
largely responsible for that deaden
ing of the finer Impulses aud that
tultiflcatlon of conscience that, In
many circles, wo see to-day.
But lest we become too destructive,
let us consider the constructive and
positive aspects of the commandment.
To answer the query of those who
tried Him In His exegesis of the ten
words Jesus promulgated the clinch
ing and summarizing commandment,
' Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind, and with
all thy strength." From the entirety
of the heart and in Its unity; with the
central and soul life; Intellectually
snd In the fulness of spiritual
strength; In short, with the whole of
his being man U to serve the one
true God. tli Father of our Lord
and of us.
There are three reasons to enum
erate no more- why we should serve
Jehovah. Tho first is that service is
obligatory, the second is that It Is
necessary; the third is that it Is sat
isfactory. ' At the centre of all life stands
God, the personal loving Father of
every man, the Creator of the mate
rial world. Back of Him we cannot
legitimately go, nor is there any ne
c.essity or valid reason to do so. As.1
ur Father, He Is the source andl
giver of out Uvea. To serve Him is
obUpatory upon all men Tils rte
mmi'J that He be given pre-eminence
in rery man's life is not unreafrjn
abla. If obedience be the duty of
every child to a loving earthly par
ent, who shall question the right of
God to make obedience to Himself
alone the obligation of every soul?
No man of perception will remove
God from the world. No man can.
The one great, obtrusive fact In life,
that constantly forces itaelt upou our
attention, is that God 1. Harmony
with HI laws brings ua happiness.
OlBcord with the verities of God put
a man Into hell. From tho fact that
God I the ruler and Ufa of the uni
verse we are bound to conclude that
Cor tha urecervation of lila own lu
tegrlty and for our own best devel
opment It la obligatory that we serve
the Lord our God and Him only.
Then, too, It Is neressory that men
shall give God the prime position in
their lives. In order to the glory of
the Father which Is the chief end of
man and In order to the cultivation
of all that Is noblest within them,
men tnu.vt ally themselves with those
spiritual an godly elements and
Ideals In life that make for the high
est and the best. No man Is so well
rounded a man as be who measures
his life-work by spiritual and eternal
standards. Tho opportunist has no
chance In God's Kingdom. The ca
reer that Is most a blessing to the In
dividual and to mankind Is the one
that Is grounded In godliness and
whose works of righteousness are
the result of the Inward work
ings of a holy love. The effort of
the rightly balanced man Is to be
most of use and to have the world
mark and remember him as worth
while. The man who Is most of ac
count and whose memory will be
Ipngest cherished Is that man whose
life is squared to the measure of god
liness revealed In Jesus Christ. Good
ness Is necessary to a lasting success.
Tho man who is the best man and
whose achievement Is permanent is
the man who serves God In the unity
of love.
In the last place, the fruits of such
service are satisfactory. A man niny
till the soil and reap many harvests
till his barns be full, but If he have
no communion with God he will go
hungry In the after llf". What to
you Is your money when God calls
you to tho heavenly places? The
amount of Christian character you
posses;, not the coins that crowd your
purse, will be the mensure of your
value then and there, Whnt are your
clothe? when death's shroud encloses
you? What are you you who have
worshiped at the altar of your own
wisdom when God puts you In the
balance? All these things are ad
mittedly unsubstnnti.il. But the
wealth of God endures. The Chris
tian who Is clothed upon by Jesus
Christ shall ever be prepared to stand
within the presence of Almighty God.
The wisdom of God is sufficient unto
the saving of the soul and lasts for
ever. If we would but reverse things
and make al! the material elements
and all our Intellectual abilities sub
servient and subsidiary and subordi
nate to the prime work of the spir
itual s.'rvlce of Jehovah life would be
more satisfactory. Jle who serves
God gets money enough and eternal
life. The striver for eminence in
godliness and uprightness will be
well In the front of Heaven's society
and will not want for recognition
among people whose approval is
worth anything here. The deepest
knowledge and the hnrdest task the
mind of man can attack is to be found
In the appropriation of the eternal
wisdom of our God. The fruits of
God-serving are peRce. Joy, content
ment, purity, eternal life. The prizes
of the world are Meeting. The serv
ing of God is satisfactory. To him
who Is faithful the reward is sure.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, JULY 21.
Povarty In Spirit. Matt. 8: 4.
Passages for reference; Psa. 51 :
17; Prov. lrt; 13; Matt. 23: 12; Luke
IS: 28-30; 1 Pet. 5: 5.
The Jewish Church had long been
trnlned for tho victorious Messiah.
The teachings had been colored by
materialism, and so the leaders look
ed for a temporal king. Jesus at the
start attempted to win and use this
splendid organization. Their Jeamus;',
opposition to his teaching, and as a
final occasion their bitterness at. the
healing of the withered hand on tho
Sabbath, led Jesus to recognize the
necessity of a new church. Hp then
selected the twelve disciples and gave
them the Sermon on the Mount ps
the constitution of the new organiza
tion, the basis for the kingdom over
which he was to rufe. It dealt with
the character (Matt. 5; 1-12) nnd in
fluence (MntL 5: 13-1 fi of the citi
zens, the hew law (Matt. 5: 17-4S)
and tho new life tMatt. fi: 7-29) of the
kingdom. Luke's shorter account
(Luke fi: 20-49) was elthor an ab
breviation, another discourse, tho
points that impressed his mind, on tho
subject-matter he deemed necessary
for his pur pott in presenting a brief
complete life of Jesus.
The rich man has so many Inter
ests and ran command so many plea
sures and comforts that he often neg
lects or forgets his spiritual life. Tho
hunger Is nevertheless there, and
will arouse at the sight of God's man
na. We too genorally neglect him.
There are plpnty of wealthy Zac
chouses who will as gladly welcome
Jesus to their house and heart as the
first one, If they are shown where
they may find him. Hut the poor hear
him gladly, because they have 80
many deprivations and felt needs.
The Independent, self-sufficient spirit
Is, when people are poor, not bo "bols
tered and fed by material things.
Such ones feel their dependence
hence the word "poor," "needy," "des
titute of wealth or Influence,' Is used.
So wr must feel pooo be hungry of
spirit, If God Is enabled to supply us
with that which will make us blessed.
We must recognize and cultivate our
spiritual hunger, which only God can
satisfy, If we are to get heaven's
blessings. Then, however, the prom
ise, "Blessed are they which do
httngr and thirst after righteousness;
for they shall be filled,' is ours. This
filling makes possible nnd natural tho
fruits of the Spirit. "Love, joy,
peace" are for personal satisfaction.
"Longsuffeiing" and "gentleness" en
able us to win. harmonize with and
help others. "Goodness, faith, meek
ness and temperance" are Jewel-like
traits that crown our character. Spir
itual teachableness and searching
bring us heaven's marks and Joys.
What the Hog Needs.
Do not keep hogs in a little, con
fined place where they will get no
exercise. The hog does want soil,
but not filth, and they need a
bedroom, a place to exercise and
plenty of aunlight. If they have sun
light, exercise and good treatment
there Is every reason to believe that
they will make a profit for their
OWnaT, Weekly Witness.
A Poultry Pointer.
The principal breeds to be con
sidered as strictly market and broiler
birds arc the Brahms, Cochin and
Langshans, as they attain the great
est size either as broilers or as ma
tured fowls, out there is no half way
ground, If not slaughtered at broiler
nge, nine or ten weeks, they will not
be again lit for the block until near
ly matured, as from broiler age to
near maturity they grow a large
frame without putting on much of
any meat or fat. In fact, while
growing It Is almost Impossible to
fatten them. Weekly Witness.
A Ration For Sitters.
Feed the sitting hens once a ;lny,
compelling them to leave their nests
so as to dust their bodies and make
preparation for another day's stay.
It la not necessary that sitting hens
be given as much ns they can con
sume, as their inactivity does not
conduce to a great demand for food;
but a ration consisting of one part
ground meat, one part cornmeal and
three parts cracked corn should sup
ply their wants until the chicks are,
hatched, when the hens should then
be given a variety. Farmers' Home
Journal.
Thoroughness In Religion.
"How long halt ye between two ;
opinions? If the Lord be God fol
low Him; but if Baal, then follow
Mm." (1 Kings 18:21.) "Thor
ough," then, is the law here. Here
Is a call on the whole nature to servo
God. To you Christ must be all; let
Him be supreme.
Make the best of yourself, that
you may be the better able to ser"e
and glorify Him. Bring to Him your
power of thought, your acuteness of
reasoning, your wealth of imagina
tion, your play of fancy, as well as
all the fervor of your soul. Jesus is
your Saviour and your God; then
follow Him with your whole sou!
always, in all things, at all cost. With
both hands that is, with all your
might; earnestly that Is, with all
your soul, serve Him who has given
Himself for you. With the heart
believe, and with the mouth confess,
that Jesus is Saviour and Lord. Dr.
Guinness Rogers.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES
JULY TWENTY-FIRST.
"At the Last."
It Is right to seek the good-will
of all men, and to desire that they
speak well of us, but when we lie
down to die it will be an empty pil
low If this is all that we can rest
on. When we are through with life
and all its applause, and are await
ing the final call, we want some
thing mora substantial than a Chau
tauqua salute. When the faces we
love grow dim to our vision, and
we are lying in the twilight of two
worlds, there are voices we would
much rather hear than the plaudits
and the acclaim of our countrymen,
and one of them is, ' Well done, good
and faithful servant; enter thou In
to the Joy of thy Lord."
Spiritual Helps.
To him who walks in the Spirit
all outward things are spiritual
helps, and the spirit of God makes
itself felt not only from within us,
but. also by things that border our
paths, that meet us In our walks,
that are with us In our homes,
through words spoken by friends and
through the ongoing of time as it
enlightens and changes us. Mount-ford.
Adorned With Holy Meditations.
Thou must keep thy memory clean
aud pure, as It were a wedlock cham
ber, from all strange thoughts, fan
cies and Imaginations; and it must
be trimmed aud adorned with holy
meditations and virtues of Christ'i
life and passion, that God may con
tinually and ever rest therein. Rob
ert Leightoa.
BLUEJACKETS MASCOT.
Bluejackets of the Monitor Nevada
have turned their backs on the billy
goat and game cock as mascots and
are now devoting their loviug atten
tions to a kingsnuke, which has be
come the pet of the ship's crew.
It it asserted that the new mascot
cats out of the hands of the sailors
and can brave the roughest seas
without setting seasick, just as
though It were a hardened old salt.
The Nevada was recently placed In
reserve at AnnapolU, and the sailors
during one of their Jaunts down
ilong the Severn discovered the snake
and taking a fancy to him took him
aboard In captivity. The snake is
nald greatly to enjoy his new life on
ihlpboard. Washington Star.
THE UNEXPECTED.
Travers "Hullo, Bixby, I've boen
looking for you. I want to speak to
you about that new book of yours."
Blxby (delighted) Well?''
Travers "I wanted to ask- you
where you had your binding done.
Its very neat." Cleveland Plain-
Dealer.
Topic Present-day applications cf
the last six Commandments.
Ex. 20: 12-17.
Jesus on filial regard. Matt. 15:
4-fi.
Murder in the heart. Matt, 5:
21-24.
Lust is adultery. Matt. 5: 27-32.
"Defraud his brother." 1 Thess. 4:
i-e.
No liar In heaven. Rev. 22: 11-13.
Covctousness. Eph. 5: 1-7.
Long life Is not to be the object
of our honoring of father and mother;
If it is. It will not be the result.
The wish that another were dead Is
a murder In the eyes of God. '
Sometimes one can bear false wit
ness against one's neighbor by sil
ence as well as speech.
No commandment so enters the se
cret places of one's heart as the
commandment not to covet. This is
the most Interior of the Command
ments. Of all the practices of Christian
nations the hardest to reconcilo with
the Commandments Is the defended
and glorified practice of war.
The eighth Commandment con
damns the thef": of time, and happi
ness, and good name, as well as of
money.
Doubtless the Commandment that
Is most often broken is the last
one.
Man's law can forbid Idolatry, pro
fanity and other sins, but only
God's law cau forbid covetousneas.
Illustrations.
Place poison In a spring to-day
nnd expect to gather It up to-morrow,
but do net expect to follow and
gather up the poison of a malicious
word.
CovetousneM is idolatry: the thin?
coveted is the idol, and self Is always
the pedestal.
Stealing on a large scale Is called
enterprise, as murder on a large
scale is called war.
We are our parents' life Insurance
companies: and shall we default pay
ment In their old age?
Next to God, thy parents: next
them, the uvaalstrate. William
Penn.
I pray Thee, O God, that I may bo
beautiful within. Socrates.
Prefer loss before unjust gain; for
that brings grief but once, this for
ever. Chllo.
The covetous person lives as if the
world were made altogether for him
and not he for the world; to take in
everything, and part with nothing.
South.
Bran Beneficial to Fowls.
A mess of bran is always bene
ficial to fowls. Bran contain-, more
phosphates and mineral jiatter
than ground grain, and also assists
in regulating the bowels. This is
true especially when a quantity of
linseed meal is given with It, but in
the warm season a mess three times
a week Is sufficient. It may be fed
by scalding it and feeding it in a
trough, or by sprinkling It dry on a
clean board or over cooked potatoes
and turnips. No other grain should
be given If bran Is allowed during
the summer season, especially If the
fowls have a large range. In fact,
no grain is necessary at all during a
warm season, but should such food
be given, let it be dry bran. Far
mers' Home Journal.
Foreign AVool For America.
Word comes from Australia that
at the closing wool trade for tli? sea
eon In that country, active buying
was noticed for all grades of wool
for this country. Tho Australian
production during the season has
been tho largest on record, and all
round prices have ruled high, says
the London Live Stock Journal. Dur
ing tho past ten years the sales- in
Australia, apart from the wool ex
ported for sale in England and the
continent, have Increased from 7 75,
000 to 1,288,000 bales. Apart from
the wool sold In New Zealand, which
amounted to 153,000 bales, the Aus
tralian sales reached a total of
1,441,615 bales, an Increase of 157,
000 bales as compared with last
year.
This is one Indication of tho de
mand for the new clip in this coun
try when ready for the market.
Hunter and Hawk After Rabbit.
Tho othor day as George E. Crook
er was rabbit hunting with his dog
In North Bath woods and was about
to shot a rabbit that his dog was
chasing, a big hawk, which had been
soaring overhead In search of dinner,
swooped down and struck its talons
Into the hare and was flying off with
it, when Crooker fired at the hawk,
bringing down both rabbit and bird.
The hawk was a goshawk, a rare bird
In these parts. Kennebec Journal.
CONCESSIONS.
"Don't you think the railwayi
ought to make some concession! to
the people?"
" W do make concessions." an-
j swered Mr. Duatln Btax "Some of
j us railway men are rich enough to
run our trains entirely for our own
pleasure and convenience. Yet we
let the public ride on the oars."
.Washington Star.
Top Grafting.
is for top grafting should be
cul at once, if not already done, and
kept from drying. Select the large
sticks of laBt year's growth, having
prominent buds. The best part to
use is the centre of the scion; the tips
may bo too pithy and the bottom end
deficient In good buds. Cherries
must be grafted early long before
the sap flows In March; plums soon
after. The best time to graft apples
and pears Is Just as the sap starts,
but this may be dono before and Is
successful until the leaf buds begin
to open, If tho sun is not hot enough
to cause the wax to run and open the
cuts to the air. Thrifty branches
from one to two Inches In diameter
are the most satisfactory to top graft.
Two scions should be set into each
stub, and whero the scion is not
pinched In tight tho stock must be
la3hcd with cotton string or raffia.
In grafting a tree of bearing size, not
over one-half of the top should be cut
away the n.st year, but all the top of
a young tree may bo removed. All
cut surfaces, Including tho upper end
of the scion and the cracks in the
slock, must be covered with wax to
prevent exposture to air and drying.
A good wax Is made of ouo pound of
rendered tallow, two pounds of bees
wax and four pounds of resin melted
together, and while hot poured into
cold water and then pulled, as candy
la pulled, until smooth and free from
grain. The hands should bo .greatjed
with tallow to prevent sticking.
Country Gentleman.
Turnips milJ Witch Grass.
One of tho worst peats, if you do
not know how to get rid of it, but one
of the easiest to get Yid of if you
know how. I had n piece of one
acre that caused me a good deal of
trouble and expense. I h;.d heard
that raising a crop of turnips would
kill it out. I hardly believed it, but
thought I would try a small part
of It.
So in on.-; corner whore the grass
waa the thiokoat I towed in drills of
Sweet German turnlpa. The reault
was that tho next year, although the
other parte of the field were full of
it, on that spot It waa killed out.
I took more of the field for turnips
the neat year and kept adding until
I cleared the field of it. Now, waa
not that a better way than your cor
respondent suggested ot digging it
out by the roots at great cost? I
have had the same results with cab
bage. If the land la a Bandy noil put In
turnip, If clayey put In cabbage. The
beauty ot this plan Is that we have
no extra work to kill It out. Sim
ply hoe the turnip and cabbage prop
erly and you get rid of the grass.
My theory Is that hoeing these
crops the last time In August, if it
Is properly, done, cuts off the grass
at a time when It kills it. At any
rate, I know that If farmers will do
as I have done they will get rid
of It at no extra cost.
The acre that 1 apeak of is now
the easiest to work of any on the
farm. Of course we have some of
It left on the headlands, nnd wo have
to watch or the plow will take some
of it into the field. I think If far
mers will try my plan they will thank
me for this ndvlce. H. A. Turner, In
tho American Cultivator.
Helps In Farm Work.
I have handled horses all my life
and never yet had to give one a beat
ing to make him act as I wanted him
to. If I found I had that kind of a
horse on ray hands I always sold
him.
If you know a boy in your neigh
borhood who Is having a particularly
lonely and hard life, says a writer in
the Richmond Tlmes-Dlspatch, have
your own boys bring him over occa
sionally. Good company, a good din
ner and a friendly look puts a heap
o' heart In a boy.
We are all receiving letters and
circulars about wonderful wheat,
corn and other seeds at monstrous
prices. If you haven't saved your
own seed, buy them from the dealer
you know to be honest.
A dozen grapo vines of the right
kind will In three years provide the
family with all the grapes they can
eat. You can plant them in two
hours, and they require very little
attention.
You may think you are a pretty
good farmer, but do not bo too lib
eral with your advice. Most people
don't like It, because It is cheap.
My father gave me a rebuke once
which I have never forgotten. He
noticed me standing talking to a
lady with my hat on and hands in
my pockets. He said nothing at the
time, but at the dinner table casually
told mother thnt he had seen a boy
doing just these things. Mother Bald
she was very much surprised, and
that was enough.
If you can possibly afford It, keep
one horse for your wife's use, ant?
let nobody else ride or drive it.
Sulphate of Iron For Moss.
Many persons are perplexed by the
appearance ot moss In their lawns.
Usually this appears when the lawn
gets very little sun. Mos3 also forms
when the soil Is sour and badly
drained, and then when this has been
done, apply heavy dressings of soot
or lime both quite fresh. Do this
in showery weather, so that they will
soon be washed in. The lime and
soot should kill tho moss, which
should be raked off with an . Iron
rake. Spread some fine soil over all,
and then sow some fine grass seed,
protecting from birds, If need be.
You might also try the following
remedy, which has been found very
elllcacious in the destruction of moss: I
Get some sulphate of iron and mix It
in the proportion of ouc pound of
sulphate to two gallons of water.
The solution should by mado in a I
wooden sack, putting the plain water
into the cask first, aud then adding '
the solution. Then get a rosed wa
tering pot and apply the mlxturo to 1
to the lawn over a space of fifteen
square yards. It should bo applied
as soon as made, as it loses strength
by keeping. It should also be made
with soft or rain water, avoiding, II
von .in WHtet- in which thiM-u to Hmn
The sulphate is known to be acting f
when tho moss turns black, after
which It withers away and crumble?
into powder. If it has been too weak,
the moss will only turn red, and an
other application Is necessary. As
moss generally Indicates poorness
of soil, it will be requisite after tho
moss is destroyed to apply a top
dressing ot loamy soil, manure and
wood-ashes. Indianapolis News.
Dressmaking.
I)y EDWARD WILLISTON FRENT35.
ft ta a curious fact that in a trade
ao old aa the making of women'a gar
ments, nnd a tn.de in which women are
ao deeply interested, the beat work
ahould be done and the highest
prices received by men. No one dis
putes the fact, hut various explana
tions are offered. The explanation
of it, which carries most weight, is
tne unwillingness of women, or their
lack of foresight and ambition, to
learn all branches of the trnde as
thoroughly as men them.
For the really first class dresv
maker or Indies' tailor work is al
ways abundant and earnings are
large. For the poor one thero are
aure to be "dull seasons" and small
wages. The girl who has this trade
In mind should therefore resolve to
master it or let it alone.
The foundation of dressmaking la
sewing. Ono should acquire a rea
sonable skill with the needle and at
lenst some knowledge of running n
sewiusr lachlne before one attempts
tm iearn dressmaking. These rudi
ments mastered, the next step will
depend somewhat on tho girl's resi
dence and means.
Tho easiest nnd shortest road 1?
through attendance at some good
school of cutting nnd fitting. The
time required for this will vary both
with the school and with the Individu
al pupil. Some Institutions advertise
that they graduate their pupils in
six weeks, some take six months.
The tuition, which, In nearly all
the schools, must be fully pnld In ad
vance, varies from $50 to $250, and
to this must be added the cost of liv
ing, which, in the large cities, where
such schools are usually situated, will
hardly be less than $5 a week.
If a girl decides to take such a
course she should exercise great care
lu choosing her school. There are
good ones, honestly managed and
equipped with competent teachers,
but there are others and Borne of
them advertise extensively which
are merely screen8 for robbery.
The girl who cannot afford a term
at any dressmaking school should
seek a position as sewing woman in
some good dressmaking establish
ment. Tho payment will be small at first
$5 or $0 a week but It will soon
adjust itself to her ability. She
should do all she can to learn from
the more skilled workers about her,
watch what is done, and try to dis
cover why. Then, at the first oppor
tunity, she should try to find some
cutter who, for a reasonable consid
eration, is willing to give her private
lessons in some department of cut
ting, as, for example, skirts or shirt
waists.
When she ha3 mastered either of
these branches of her trade she will
find opportunities to utilize her skill,
either at doing the work In the estab
lishment where she Is employed or In
some other place where an assistant
cutter Is needed. Her wages for that
work should be from $12 a week up
ward. The cutting of coats Is a branch by
itself, almost the highest on tho
dressmaking tree. It It cannot be
learned in a regular school course of
instruction it should at least be
learned from a man. This can usual
ly be done in private lessons, by ar
rangement with some working cutter.
The wager paid to a competent wom
an cutter who is able to draft and fit
an entire suit are seldom le3s than
$25 a week, and are often as much a?
$35.
Tho really ambitious girl will man
age somehow to find a place for her
self In a good ladies' tailoring estab
lishment before Bhe rests content In
the confidence that she has complete
ly mastered her trade.
Women themselves are the first to
admit that workers of their own Bex
are generally unable to give the style
to a garment which is imparted by a
flrst-claBs "man tailor." This matter
of style touches not merely the cut
ting, but the "balance," the pressing,
and all those little details which dif
ferentiate the distinctive gown from
tho commonplace.
There is no reason why a woman
should not master these' details as
well as man. Those who do will
have no need to worry about success.
Youth's Companion.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COW.
ME NTS FOR JULY 91 BY THE
REV. f, W. HENDERSON".
Treat All Alike.
Advertising space In a newspaper
is the principal source of a newspa
per's revenue. Without the money
derived from advertising but few pa
pers could exist and none of them at
the present prices of subscriptions.
Iu all communities there aro those
who both think and act as though a
publisher should donate this advertis
ing space for this and that "moat
worthy and commendable object."
There are somo publishers who, for
the sake of obtaining a transient pop
uVirlty with this or that person, will
discriminate by giving away adver
tising. A bank could with the same con
sistency give to this and that person
a special bonus for his business, or a
merchant charging more for an ar
ticle than It Is worth In order to get
pay for articles he gives away to
special favorite customers.
A newapaper is bound to hare aome
set rates for advertising, and then
treat all patrons alike. Any other
rule Is unfair, unjust and dishonest
to both cuatomera and publisher.
Mississippi's Muin Outlet.
It is announced that the titanic
public works in progress of construc
tion by the United States Govern
ment at the Southwest Pass of the
Mississippi River are in a moat fa
vorable state of progress. This la
the main mouth or outlet of the great
river, and Is being treated with jet
ties in the same way as waa the
South Pass some thirty years ago.
It was then proposed to open South
west Pass, but the Government would
not consent to It, and required that
the experiment be tried on Sojith
Pass, the least important of three.
The plan of operations was to narrow
the pass by jetty walls and thus force
the current to carry out the mud
and dig out the channel by Its in
creased velocity and force. Complete
succeBa crowned tho work, which was
undertaken and carried out under
heavy forfeits by the great engineer,
James B. Eads. The success with
South Pass, whero a channel of thirty
feet was secured, has encouraged tho
operations at Southwest Paaa, where
from thirty-five to forty feot of wa
ter is expected. It ia reported that
all the submarine work haa been
completed snd the auperBtructure
only remains to be done. This will
make New Orleans equal in depth of
water to any of tho world's groates'
ports. New Orleana Picayune.
A Lucky Widower.
There are aome men whose luck
never entirely deaerta them. The
Sultan ot Morocco waa severely de
feated by the rebels, who captured1
800 of hla wives. -Waahlngton
Times.
A watch made for Emperor Charlea
V in 1630 waa recently examined in
England and fouud to weigh twenty
even pounds.
Biggest Cranberry Dog.
The largeat cranberry bog In tho
world ta being eatabliahed Just out
elde this village. When completed
it will cover 600 acrea, of which 300
will be under cultivation by July
. The work of laying out and cul
tivation the bog waa begun more
than twrj years ago, and since then a
force of moro than 100 men haa been
at work.
The bog la located on what ta for
tho moat part a natural swamp bor
dering on a pond from which water
Is distributed over tha swamp by a
pumping atation. Siaaconaet corres
pondence Beaton Herald.
Subject: The Ton, Commandment,
Duties Toward Men, Ex. 20:12
17 Golden Text: Lev. 10: IS
Memory Verses, 12-17.
The commandment that Impress
upon ua our duties toward humanity
are the corollarlea of the command
ments that tell ua of our obllgationa
toward God. We are ordered to have
a lasting love and roverence for God
not only because it la a good thing to
love God for Hla own Bake, but alao
becauae It Is neceaaary that we ahall
bo ready to learn from Him how He
desire Hla children to bo treated,
nils leaaon deala with out relatton
ahlpa to men. Individually and col
lectively, In the light of our alle
giance to God.
The fifth command, which enjolna
proper reaped to our earthly parents,
la the baala upon which all social lite
la reared. The aenae of authority in
the home and of obedience to paren
tal control supplies the ground upon
which all Bane and Bound civil gov
ernmenta resta. It reata. to be aure,
on other principles. But It reata
hard on this. And the willingness
upon the part of tho child to yield
obedience to the authority of the par
ent implies that the parent shall be
worthy of recognition and that the
authority of the parent shall be wise
and sensible and Intelligent, a control
fashioned after thesoverelgnty which
God exercises In the world and over
humanity. An obedient child pre
supposes a parent who Is worthy to
be obeyed. And many times parent
lose Bight of this utterly. A child
cannot be expected to obey an unrea
sonable parent. We are under no ob
ligation to have respect for parent
who have no respect for themselves.
God docs not call upon a child to
have love for a parent, in filial fash
Ion, who renders no meed of love to
the child that parent haa brought
Into this world. A child Is not called
upon to stifle its own Individuality
and conform Itself to the parental
pattern in every minute detail of Its
life. And yet some people seem to
think that their children are not hon
oring them simply becauae they re
fuse to be run into a prearranged
family mold. Honoring one's par
ents does not consist in allowing
them to order one to do wrong, or In
allowing them to force one to do un
reasonable things. Honor to one's
parents consists In giving them due
and careful obedience along every
line that properly belongs to a par
ent's right. And most of all It en
tails upon the part of the parent that
he or she, as tho case may be, shall
be worthy of honor and wise and in
telligent in the matter of command
ment and control.
"Thou shalt not kill" enjoins the
sixth commandment. And you must
not only not kill your brother, but
also you must, not take your own life.
It further means that the nations
shall cease International murder and
that civil government shall cease to
execute human beings, no matter
what their crimes may have been. It
means also that It is murder to sell
adulterated medicine, to sell whisky
or any other poison, to work men
and women and children to death, or
to be a party to any form of murder,
be it long or short In its action, be It
refined or vicious.
The seventh commandment Is es
pecially in need of enforcement. No
one who is at all solicitous about the
welfare of this country can contem
plate the marital infelicities that are
so widespread and numerous in
America without a feeling of pro
found fear for the harvest that soon
er or later we shall reap as a nation
except we are able to put a stop to
the criminality that is rampant in our
midst. Humanity cannot long trifle
with the highest and holiest relations
of human life without reaping the
whirlwind. The divorce record of
America Is America's disgrace. Her
record of remarriages of men and
women who, lu the eyes of God and a
decent society, are not entitled to re
marriage is America's shame. And
these twin evils are a menace to the
health and perpetuity of the nation.
Some very eminent gentlemen
some of whom rent pews In high
toned churches and who are among
the officiary of the organized church
of Jesus Christ are to-day under
the condemnation of tho eighth com
mandment. For stealing may be va
riously committed. It Is not neces
sary to become a common pickpocket
In order to be a common thief. It il
not necessary to lay one's self open
to conviction under the provisions ol
the penal code In order to be a robbei
ot the vilest type. The worBt crlmtai
als In this land to-day are the uuei
who are out of Jail.
The ninth word of God to Mosul
and Israel hits the liars. And tht
liars are among the meanest peoplt
in the world and among those wh(
are denied entrance into the ney
Jerusalem of God. The liar is one o
the hardest problems with which b,U
mauity is cauea upon to dear X0
may count on an noueat man, but
liar la an unknown quantity. An
lying is a habit. Rather I ahoul
say It tends to become a habit. On
lie Invites another, And the worst
of the lie la that sooner or later it q
destroys the integrity of the liar thai
he doesn't know what he honestly
tninks or wnat the truth really u
composed of.
The people who are indicated by
the tenth commandment are among
the world's unfortunates very o(teu
They merit our pity, Jealousy s aj
unmitigated curse to the niftp wbt)
falls into its grasp- Qod help too
people who are bitten with the venom
sting of Jealousy, They are indeed
cursed.
Wonderful South Amcricnn Cataract,
The falla of Iguazu, near the meeting-place
of Brazil, Argentina and
Paraguay, seldom visited by foreign
ers, are among the most wonderful
cataracts in the world. They are
particularly interesting on account
of their greater extent and far more
varied charactur than those of Niag
ara. They are aUo much higher
than Niagara, their first plunge he
lug 210 feet, followed by two others
of M0 feet each, while between the
two aeries ot falls there are cata
racts and rapids covering a vast ex
panse and surrounding picturesque
Ulanda. It U estimated that the
horse-power represented by the falls
la no lesa than 14,000,000. Youth'e
Companion.
ENDURANCE.
Ethel "How long can a human
being live wUhout food?"
Jack "I don't know about hu
man beluga, but I know poets who
have been writing for yeara."
Judge.