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Subject: Receiving the Spirit.
Brooklyn, N. T. Preaching at the
Irving Square Presbyterian Church.
Hamburg avenue and Welrfleld
street, on the above theme, the pas
tor. Rev. r. W Henderson, took aa
hl text Jno 20:22. "Receive ve th
Holy Spirit."
He aald: The reception of the Holy
Spirt In the Inner sanctuary of he
human heart Is the condition of en
trance Into the kingdom of God. The
possibility of the Immediate and pres
ent Incoming and welcoming of the
3pirlt Is reason enough for us to be
lieve that the kingdom begins In this
life and at once, if you will The fact
that the coming of the Spirit Into the
heart Is contemporaneous with the
ontrance of the Individual Into the
privileges of divine citizenship Is suf.
ficient demonstration that spiritual
ity Is the key to, and the essence of,
and the, first requirement of admis
sion to the kingdom. The one and
only way to participate in the jovs
and blessings of the Spirit filled life
Is to cease from hardness of heart.
nd from intellectual self-glorihVatlon
and self-trust, and to become as lit
tle children In humility and receptiv
ity to truth. Spirituality and divine
cltizeushin are one and the same
thing Growth In splrltualltv is the
teBt of efficient citizenship. The man
who has stopped depending upon his
own strength, his own wisdom, and
hag opened his heart and eyes and
ears and mind to the Influences and
manifestations of the Spirit In his
life Is ready to receive, and In all
conscience will get, the papers and
rights of a citizen of the kingdom ol
the God of Jesus Christ. And that
soul only is being sanctified unto God
likeness and fashioned into the Im
age of Jesus Christ who Is growing
dally, hourly, momently. In the
gifts and graces of the spiritual life
To be spiritual Is to become child
like. To attain spiritual develop
ment Is the aim and the calling of
those who are Christ's.
The Holy Spirit, the personal, pu
rifying, propelling presence of God
In the life of man, Is the means unto
the spiritualizing of human natures
according to the divine decrees. The
entrance of the Spirit spells death tc
In. The yielding of self to the gen
tle ministrations of the Holy Ghost Is
the first step toward individual trans
formation. The communion of the
spirit of man with the Spirit of God
brings peace, contentment, rest and
a wisdom and energy which are more
than sufficient to timet the demands
and the opposition of the world. Nc
mere impersonal, unreal, unattaln
ble something is this Spirit which
Christ bade His disciples receive, and
of which at a later time they received
a fuller measure. It is the real, help
ful, personal presence of Ood in the
life. The spirit of man is a prey tc
all sin save the Spirit of God as a
constructive, controlling force cornea
in. The transfusion of the soul with
the vitality of the Spirit nils the dy
lng heart of man with life.
There are three characteristics ol
the Holy Spirit to which I wish to di
rect your thought. The Holy Spirit
Is a constant presence In the life ol
the world, a controlling energy, s
oul satisfying comforter.
The Holy Spirit is a constant pres
ence and factor in the life of the
world. The ondre list of graces and
gifts and blessings which are ours at
the hands of our heavenly Father are
constant. The gift of the Spirit is nc
exception to the rule. When God
promises to men the presence and
uplift of the Holy Spirit upon th
fulfil ment of certain conditions upon
their part He means Just what He
says. Our Father is not tickle Of
changeable or inconstant. He Is th?
same to-day, yesterday and forever
And His Spirit, which Is His own
real, personal presence In the hearts
ft men, is as constant as is all els?
Jlth which Ho has anything to do.
When we were far away frum dutj
and were serving sin the Spirit of the
living God was knocking ever at our
hearts. And though we hated our
selves and the depth of our own in
iquity, though the world may have
despised us and forsaken us, though
everything In life may have held us
as "unclean"' with the leprosy of sin,
still the Spirit or the living, loving
Father of us all stood waiting to re
veal to us the wealth and beauty of
the love of God and to revive our
dying Bonis with the fullness of powe:
unto eternal life.
The constancy of the Spirit as s
factor in life Is nowhere better Illus
trated than In the experience of
Christian men who have given them
selves up. In less or greater measure,
to His dominion. What a Joy, what
a comfort, what a stay It '.a to know
that whenever and wheresoever we
may turn to the Spirit for the portion
of refreshment that our souls so
sorely need we shall always find Him
ready to supply our wants.
There is no sense and no reason In
much of our conatant petitions to
Ood to Infill us with His Spirit. The
Influences of types of thought and of
prayer are hardly escapable. We
have grown so accustomed to ask
Ood to fill us with His Spirit of
power. But I submit, would we not
pray better and more to the point
if we thanked our Father for the
favors of His love and acknowledge
to Him In person, what He already
knows, our shortcomings and our
lack of appropriation of the gift of
His Spirit. The showers of spiritual
blessings are forever falling free, full
and sufficient up.ia human souls
everywhere. Our prayers should be
not of petition that Ood may give us
showers, but rather of thanksgiving
tor past, present and future blessings
and of dedication of self, through the
riches of His grace and powers to a
JSnsir'and more fruitful life for Hlra
The presence and Influence of the
Holy Spirit In the lite of the world la
a constant gratuity. If you are not
the deeply grounded spiritual man
that you should be the fault lies nol
with the Spirit, of whom there in
abundance unto all men's necessity,
but with you whi; have refused thai
wealth or spiritual power which, un
der God, might be yours if you would.
Everywhere and continually the Spirit
of the Lord Is active. He knocks
ever at the door of the sinner heart.
He Is forever pouring out the Inex
haustible waters of spiritual life
upon the parched souls of men. But
neither God nor His Spirit can fill
an inverted cup The showers of
blessing can not flood a closed heart.
Then, too, the Holy Spirit is a con
trolling energy in the life of thu man
who Is susceptible to His Influence.
Christ tells us that His Spirit shall
leud us into all truth: that Ho shall
be our Guide, our Teacher and our
Helper- The cat j log o( the activities
of thr Spirit in me lire or man la
"strengthening and snstnlning. By
Him we- are led Info the entirety of
divine seif-rovelatlon and of eternal
truth, trader the- guidance of the
Spirit of the living Ood e may
progress from truth to truth as the
wonders of nod's universe gr. re
vealed to m and th application of
everlasting verities brought horn (o
our hearts. May no man flinch to
follow the Spirit withersoever He
may direct. As Ihvnte went through
I hell and heaven and the- Intermediate
I regions of the world beyond, and tot
In allegory and song the wonders that
j he witnessed and the sights he saw,
so may we. with the Spirit as ouu
! guide, be given grace to look truth
I squarely In the face and portray fl
i faithfully to the wortd. And If we
as Dante, or heyoi.d him Christ, shall
i be hounded by those who fear the
: light of truth we shall yet be certain
that the truth, the truth alone, Ir
, worth men's fealty and shall make
; them free.
The Spirit as the Comforter ap
peals to the heart of every Christian.
Who of us does not Joy In the fart
that above us and within its Is this
comforting Spirit of the Lord our
God? The human hart cries out
for comfort when distress and dan
ger and des. ruction come upon It.
When our hearts are bowed In an
guish and cur souls are crushed with
grief, when every human tie Is sev
ered and no mortal hand may avail
to dispel our utter darkness, thee, the
spirit of the loving God strengthens,
sustains, sanctifies the soul. "Save
me, O God. for the waters are come
Into my soul," we cry out with the !
Psalmist. In the Judith wilderness
Of the world our souls thirst for Him.
our flesh longs for Him as In a dry
and thirsty land, where no water Is. I
Then the Spirit comes, and with His
entrance the live springs of refresh
ment minister to our routs' deep
need. The Spirit as the Comforter Is
Ood In His presence ministering to I
the humat.est of mortal needs. No !
man can live happily without Him.
No man can weather the trials of
tribulation and the temptations of '
prosperity without Him. Lending
the sorrowing light hearts He keeps
tat successful level header;
The sensof the constant presence
Of the Spirit of God In the individual I
and world life is the certain lndica- j
tlon of a true religious experience.
No man who lives near to Ood la '
without It. It Is elemental In Chris-
tlan experience. And this conscious- j
ness of God's abiding and guiding Is
the mainstay of the soul. Without It j
progress is impossible In the truest !
sense. With It we may fight with ,
feai lessness, with hope unquench- !
able, against principalities and pow-
ers. against the wickedness of high
places and the sins of mighty : leu.
rOT the abiding Spirit of the living
God is the controlling energy in the
life of humanity. Bad men may de
fMt Him temporarily; evil pollcl.s I
may frustrate His purposes and hurl
themselves against His plans: but the
Spirit of God is unconquerable. He
Is the controlling, the overruling en,- !
ergy In the world. In this Spirit we
should And our strength. From Him
we should derive ihe comfort of our
souls.
Let not your heart be troubled.
Come what may. be the storms of life i
what they will. God will not leave us
comfortless. He will not leave us !
orphans. He Is with us. He will
Mia with every soul who bids Him
enter. He will constantly refresh us
all. He will give us courage and be
our strength. He will suffuse us.
He will comfort us. And He does.
Num. 24:
Maft. 3:
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29-3K.
16-24.
AUGUST ELEVENTH.
Thw teachings of the trees. .Ps. 104r
16-T8: 1: 1-6.
The- trees teach praise. 1 Chron.
16: 29-14.
They tec.ch God's care.
r.-9.
They teach probation.
S-10.
Hypocrisy a sin. Mark 11
"A green tree.' Ps. 37
"Grafted on." Rom. II
Shall Ood prepare a place for a
bird's nest and not prepare a place
for an Immortal soul? (Ps. 104: 17.)
In lives, as In trees, there Is a sea
son for fVult-bearIng; and it Is fool
ish to expect the fruit In the time of
blossoms (Ps. 1: 3).
When leaves wither, the troublP Is
usually not In the leaf, but In the
trunk. So a man need not work about
the exteriors of his life if his heart Is
right (Ps. I: J).
Suggestions.
The more we And of God In the?
Bible, the more we shalT find in na
ture; and the more we see God In na
ture, the better we shall understand
our Ilibles.
Trees, the greatest of the plant
world, will have many lessons for
man. the greatest of the animal
world.
Christian is Ihe stronger for the
reverent study of any natural SCfSTICS
and botany is one of the most conven
ient and useful sclencos for the pur
pose. Whoever habitually regards with
reverence the stars by night and the
trees bv day can hardly live a mean
life.
Illustrations.
All parts of - the tree trunk,
branches, roots, blossoms are only
modilied leaves. So let our lives be
formed upon Christ.
To one who understands natural
laws, the winter's barrenness is but a
clear prophecy of the summer's lux
uriance. Thus shall we Interpret our
hardships.
A noble old age is like a healthy
tree in autumn; an Ignoble old age
Is like a worm-eaten tree In spring.
When a tree ceases to grow, In that
year it begins to die. So with a
man.
The Great Lesson of Life.
What a vast proportion of our lives
is spent In anxious and useless fore
bodings concerning the future eith
er our own or those of our dear
ones. Present Joys, present bless
ings slip by and we miss half their
favor, and all for want of faith In
Him who provides for the tiniest
sunbeam.
Oh, when shall we learn the sweet
trust In God that our little children
show us every day by their confiding
faith in us? We, who are so muta
ble, so faulty, so Irritable, so unjust;
and He who is so watchful, so piti
ful, so loving, so forgiving? Why
can not we, slipping our hand into
His every day, walk trustingly over
that day's appointed path, thorny or
flowery, crooked or straight, know
ing that evening will bring us sle3p.
peace and home? Phillips Brooks.
Event .Are Cod's
Ood hath a thousand keys to open
a thousand doors for the deliverance
Of His own, when It has come to the
extremity, once said Samuel Ruther- ,
ford. Let us be faithful and care for i
our purt. which is to do and suffer
with Him. and lay God's part on
Himself and leave It there, duties
are ours, events are the Lord's.
When our faith goes to meddle
with events, and to hold a court (If j
so to speak) upon God's providence.
and beginneth to say. How will i
Thou do this or that?" we lose '
ground. We have nothing to do
there. It 1b our part to let the Al
mighty exercise His own office and
steer His own helm
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY. AUGUST 11.
Enduring Persecution Matt. 5: 10.
Passages for reference: Rom. 5: 3;
8; 17. IS; 2 Cor. 12; 10; Phil. 1: 29;
Rev. 7: 13-17.
The man of ease Is as tender as a
hothouse plant. Life's storms are as
necessary for sturdlness In charactet
as for the steel ribbing of giant oaks.
President Ca.ssatt of the great Penn
sylvania Railroad system, recently ue
Ceased, though wealthy, began as a
surveying rodman and worked to the
top. Because of this experience he
became the finest railroad manager In
the country. One of the Vanderbllts
on graduating from Yale began as an
apprentice in the machine shop and
to!l?d on through every department
so that he might understand railroad
ing. IVa learn dangers by experi
ence. Values are alone appreciated
when hunger or cold comes as a re
sult of waste. "Hard times" in the
land always teach people how to save.
A shining goal puts men on their met
tle. Many a student learns the Jo
and enrichment of study by working
for a medal. The baseball player
practices until all latent powers are
awake so that he may got on the team
that represents the college. Mothers
dig and slave so that the son can glow
with nride and power on graduation
day. We shall at the end, when we
have "fought a syjod fight" and hav-
"kept the faith." reeei a "crown of
lire' at God's right hand. What mat
ter about the storms and trials If
these all contribute to our upbuilding
and we reach the glorious goal at the
end?
The psrsOCUUon specified is for
righteousness' sake. Otherwise we
cannot be sure of the "Blessed." Self
righteousness does not count. It Is
easy to wrap home-woven garments
about, us and Ignore others. Many
Criticisms are fair and wise. We
would bo bigger It we noticed them
and made corrections In our lives.
Other limes our crude personalities,
stubborn, unteaehable self-will, and
ugly tem bSTS make us enemies who
retaliate by mistreatment We ned
to Inspect ourselves closely. Motives,
spirit and deeds must be scrutinized
lie sure the heart and hand are good
Persecutions will then be Satan's re
cognition of our Christllness.
The Cross.
In our days there are many who
would leave the cross out of Chris
tianity. They want an unsufTering
Christ, a teacher, an example, a
friend, yet not an atoning Saviour
But the cross is at the. heart of the
Gospel. We can be saved only b
the One who suffered for us. With
out shedding of blood there Is no re
mission Then In our lives, too, we
must accept the law of the cross. W
must die If we wish to live. We must
lose If we would gain. We must suf
fer it we would reign. Wo can helj
others nly through self-denial and
coat.
A French Murderess.
One of the most remarkable crlnv
Inals who ever baffled Justice is a cun
ning Frenchwoman of the farming
class named Bobllllor. In October,
1905, this good woman lost her hus
band, as the doctor certified, from
fracture of the Jaw and skull caused
by the kick of a horse inflicted twenty-four
hours before death. Then the
widow placed all her confidence In
her foreman, a man named Gouret,
who developed drinking ways, and a
few days ago he was found dead In
the granary with a shattered skull
and a pistol in his hand. Unluckily
tor the widow it wus observed that
tao pistol had never been discharged,
and a blood-stained axe was found
which fitted only too well with the In
Juries to the dead man's skull. Con
fronted by these evidences the wom
an confessed that the man had stag
gered to the granary to sleep off a
drunken bout, and that she had
killed him with the axe. She also
confessed that she bad murdeied her
husband with the same weapon as he
lay on his bed in a drunken sleep.
He survived a day without recovering
consciousness. London Globe.
Mlecoie Steel.
The advantage of the electric steel
over the steel manufactured by the
old system Is Its superior purity, and
permits the introduction of from
twenty to thirty per cent, more car
bon than in the crucible steel. II
can be more easily forged, is nol
easily affected, like the cruciblf
steel, by the damaging Influence ol
overheating; it is stronger and mort
Arm, and offers a much greater re
sistance to wear and tear. The new
system also gives added indepeu
dence on account of the very ordi
nary material used for produclni
the j e Such advantages hav
never been reached by any other sys
tern, and it has only recently bees
given to the public. This Is account
ed for by the fact that the inventor,
Br. Engineer Paul Heroult, a French
man, has kept the success a secret
until be was able to demonstrate tc
the public a complete, successful
working plant.
The electric process la based on
scientific metallurgical principles
which are, of course, the secret oi
the Invention, while the old cruclbli
method was u reBmelting system,
and dependent upon the use of only
the most expensive ores.. This new
process should be of great Interest
to the American steel industry.
Harper's Weekly.
A WOMAN'S VIEW OF IT
Mrs. Highflyer "I am going to
South Dakota."
Mrs. WJgwag--"fluslncss or pleas
ure?" Mrs. Highflyer "Both; I am going
to get a divorce." Philadelphia Roc-ore"
Care of Yotmg Chickens.
Take care of your young chickens.
They should not be let out of their
coops too early In the morning, or
when the dew Is on the ground; stm
less should they be suffered to range
over the wet grass, which Is a com
mon caame of disease and death.
They should also be guarded against
sudden unfavorable changes of wea
ther, more particularly If attended
with rain. Nearly all the diseases of
galllnucoons fowls aruse from cold
moisture. The period at which chicks
are left to shift for themselves de
pends upon the disposition of tfre
hen. Some wit continue their atten
tions to their chickens till they are
nearly full-grown, while others wlIT
cast them off much earlier. In the
latter case an eye should be kept up
on them for a few days, for chickens
In this half-grown state are much
more liable to disease than when they
were apparently tender little weaklings.
Weather and Turkeys.
"Turkeys' condition depends on tho
weather," said a poultry farmer,
quoted by The Dundee Advertiser.
"I'll tell you why. If It's mild wea
ther the turkeys go trudging about
from morning till night, up hill and
down dale, hunting worms and grubs
and bugs. They cover twenty or
thirty miles a day, and get muscular
and hard with exercise They become
athletes. And, of course, to eat ath
letic turkeys you need an axe. In
cold, snowy weather the ground
freezes, and the worms and grubs and
bugs all disappear. The turkeys,
therefore, cease their all-day Jaunts,
and. loafing In the farmyard, eat
corn and those other fattening foods
that they won't look at If bugs are
to be had. So, taking no exercise,
gorging themselves on starchy food,
they become fat and soft. They are
all out of condition from the football
standpoint, but, from the culinary
standpoint, they are prime. That is
why a warm autumn means tough,
scraggy turkeys, while a cold one
means fat, tender. Juicy ones."
course, that affer-swarnas may be ec-
pected to issue.
About the time the queen cells are
to hatch affix an entrance guard of
perforated sine to the hive. After a;
few days several' dead queens will be
found at the- hive entrance. Now re
move the entrance guard and you
barre remalirlng undoubtedly the best
queen of the- lot, after the plan of the
survival of the fittest. Putting on
sections is an Important part of
apiary work. If the first lot of sec
tions Is not nlnceit nn the hives nr
the proper time the- amount of honey
securea rrom any given colony will
be- greatly reduced. If put on too
late tfre bees win have begun making
preparations to swarm It la hotter
on tike- whole to- put them on a little
coo early than too- late. A colony
with abundant entrance for air Is less
Inclined1 to swarmi than it otherwise
would be. Raising, the hive by put
ting an Inch block uader each corner,
leaving the hive-open all arouud. can
hardly be beaten for giving plenty of
air. But do not hope that the plan
of giving, plenty of air will suffice
to keep bees from swarming entirely.
F. O. Herman, In The Epltomls'
The use of nitrogen gas has been
tried In France for Inflating tlretn
Modern Farming.
One of the farm papers states thnt
modern methods of farnilim are nnw
so perfect that the farmers may mow
peas, take them to a cannery and in
two- and a halt hoursfromthe time the
vines are pitchforked? to the receiving
platform, the peas have been hulled,
washed, siftod, blanched, placed in
cane,, brined, the cans capped, proc
essed, labeled, boxed and the peaw
made ready for consumers; all at
the cost of a dime per can and with
out having been touched by human
hands at any stage of the process.
of much of the farm well water. The
fact Is that people, as a rule, are verv
careless nowadays about the soiirce
of drinking water. Wooden curbing,
absolutely no ventilation in many
cases and noor soils for the rifie. L"1 "r eels or. even ta
tion of water have hrnn.ht .l n,,t ,h Dreea,ng weo aur ng the lambing
change
A . tin ... . " unui me new grass is
A farmer who believes that pIentIful froduceB mo8t benPZclJ r
suits in the way of increasing the
flow of milk. It is B trond nliiri to
commence the feeding of roots a
month at least before lambing. In
feeding them, sprinkle on a liberal
supply of bran and meal mixed in
equal quantities. As well as roots,
always feed the best of hay; and feed
regularly, three times each day. If
your sheep are not out to pasture.
Ventilated Platform.
plenty of pure air in the well will aid
much In the purity of the wa'er gave
us the following plan: The frame for
the support of the platform Is made
of two by tours, allowing a space
of four to six Inches between the top
and bottom parts of the sides. This
space Is covered on the Inside with
two screens. The first is a large
mesh, to keep out large vermin.
Over this is a fly screen, to keep out
dirt, Insects, etc. The well never be
comes foul. In winter the platform
is covered with straw and snow.
Iowa Homestead.
How to Detect Swarming.
The first Indication of swarming is
the laying or eggs in the drone comb.
While the presence of eggs in the
drome-cells Is not a sure sign that a
swarm will issue, yet as far as I have
observed swarms never do Issue with
out eggs being laid therein. If the
weather Is propitious the next step Is
the building of queen-cells, soon after
which the queen deposits eggs In
them. In three days these eggs hatch
Into larvae and these larvae are fed
an abundance of food by the nurse
bees for six days, when the cells con
taining the embryo queens are sealed
over.
If no bad weather intervenes the
swarm issues the next day, the old
queen going with the swarm. Bear In
mind that this Is the rule with the
black or German bees and generally
with other races; still, the Italians
often swarm when the eggs are first
laid in the queen-cells and some with
out the least preparation except
drones In a time when swarming runs
high in an apiary. I And, as a rule,
that the first queen emerges from her
cell from sU to seven days after the
swarm Issues. If more swarms are
allowed, they come forth two days
later, or from the eighth to ninth
day after the first and never later
than the sixteenth day.
As soon as It Is decided that no
more swarms shall issue, all quedhs
In the cells are destroyed, when in
from five to nine days the you Tig
queen goes out to be fertilized, two
days after which she commences to
lay. It the apiarists stops all after
swarming by the cutting of the queen
cells, or by other mean that keeps
all t)f (be bees in the old hive to
gether after the first Issue, I find that
the young queen Is much slower In
going out on her wedding trip and
often does not commence to- lay till
from the twelfth to the sixteenth
day.
Taking one season with another
tho bulk of surplus honey is gathered
Dy tne nr.t or prlmu-swarm. This
one swarm to Issue from each hito
To prevent after swarms, place the lu Tho Epl'tomlst
upwiy uiveu swarm on its original
stand and move the hive from which
the swarm has Issued to a new Inn.
tiou.
r.nl.im-ing Cornmeal.
As long as eornnteal exists It will
be- used as a fbod for chicks, and
while it has been used for many dec
ades and found excellent yet It should
and can be improved. It is deficient
in mineral matter, and does not pro
vide lime for the growth of hones.
First, always scald the cornmeal and
feed It as a stiff dough, or feed It
dry. In a little trough (never on the
ground ) . To a quart of the cornmeal
Improving the Well.
i nose wno remember how e.ire
. - juuui. eiiflumoi iue cornmeal
the water used to taste when it was aud ono gtu of Iln8eed meaI one ,
drawn up from the old onen ataiuvla . t . . .
- - l mem. aim a leaspoomui Ol
walled well will welcome any plan sait and bread soda mixed. Then mix
luijiiiMiiig WUI iprwsssHt WCKr. i lie I f
6weet. satisfying taste which it pos- i
sessed is not now very characteristic
The North Star Is estimated to
shine with at light 190 times that of
the sun.
Feat artificially dried is being
mado Into wood under heavy hydrau
lic pressure.
Arrangements are being discussed
for an electrical exposition at Niag
ara Fatls In 1908.
Electrolysis Is- the only practical
method: known for manufacturing
aluminum. All attempt to make
aluminum in the electric furnace by
reduction of aluminum with carbon
have proved unsuccessful. The pro
duct thus obtained Is almost axclu
sl tiy aluminum carbide.
One of the last contributions to
science made by Henri Moissan. the
French chemist, recently deceased1,
wars a classification of tho boiling
point of metals. His experiments with
the electric furnace demonstrated
that there- exists no known solid
which cannot be volatilized' In the
laboratory. In the meantime other
experimenters have shown that every
gas, except perhaps helium,, can be
llqueflod. and even solidified! Mois
sam found' that certain families of
metals are peculiar with regard to
volatilization. The platinum family,
for instance, has a very high boiling
point, much higher than that of gold.
Manganese Is the most volatile; nic
kel comes next; Iron Is refractory to
a high degree; and molybdenum and
tung9ten have the highest tailing
points In the-entire list
TOE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR At'O. It BY Til E
REV. I. W. HENDERSON.
I
ill the substances well before scald-
lug or feeding.
Roots For Receding Ewes.
Among well-informed stock-breed
ers. it is generally accepted as true
that the feeding of roots, either car
rots or beets or even potatoes, to
Great expectations are entertained
concerning the future development
ot the "telophoto'' invented by Pro
fessor Korn, of Munich. This Instru
ment, with the aid of selonlum, a sub
stance possessing the peculiar prop
erty of varying its electric resistance
in proportion to the amount of light
falling upon it, transmits a photo
graphic Image over ordinary tele-graph-wine.
One- of the most suc
cessful' experiments of Professor
Korn during last winter was. the
transmission of a photograph of the
King of England over a circuit con
necting Munich and Nuremberg. The
photographs appear crossed with fine
lines, but these hardly interfere with
the distinctness of the picture. The
photograph of King Edward was
transmitted in eleven and one-half
minutes, but Professor Korn hopes
to render, the process virtually instantaneous.
LONELY DOUGHERTY ISLAND.
The Foot of a Horse.
The foot of a horse Is one of the
most ingenious and unexampled
pieces of mechanism in animal struc
ture. The hoof contains a series of
verticles and thin laminae of horn.
amounting to about 500, and forming
a complete lining to it. In this are
fitted as many laminae belonging to
the coffin-bone, while both sets are
elastic and adherent. The edge of a
quire of paper, Inserted leaf by leaf
into another, will convey a sufficient
idea of the arrangement. Thus the
weight of the animal Is sum.orted hv
ns many elastic springs as there aro
laminae in all the feet, nnmunrinir ir
about 4000. distributed In the most
secure manner, since every Bprlng Is
acted on in an oblique direction.
Brood Coop.
The accompanying sketch shows a
very convenient brood coon which can
be built any size desired. I find that
twenty Inches square on the Inside Is
about right for ono hen and rhlclrenn
It should be made of lumber seven-eighth-inch
thick. For the slope of
the roof take a one bv twelve nf thA
desired length and cut as shown In
sKetch. It can be made with or with
out the floor. Door oan be hlneed
No Landing Ever Made There and
Sighted Only Twice In a Century.
Which is the loneliest, most deso
late t.nd most Inaccessible island on
the face of the globe? Many peo
ple would doubtless plnmp for one
of the Crozets, which were recently
brought Into notice owing to the
wreck thereon of the Norwegian ex
ploring ship Catherine, and the sub
sequent rescue of the castaway crew
by the Turakina, a British steamer
dispatched from Cape Town for that
purpose.
But Hog Island, the westernmost
of the group, and the one whereon
the wrecked men snent most nf rhoir
time, is by no means an undesirable seJr' Practlc1aly 'thi
Place of residence, abounding , .m. liquor la an econom
does in hares aud rabbits, penguins
albatrosses and sea elephants.
Heard Island, in the same seas, Is
far more Isolated, as well as more
barren; but it possesses, as does Hog,
a shelter hut for castaways, and It Is
visited by whalers occasionally. So,
too, is South Georgia, but it has no
shelter hut. and aB It is right out of
the track of shipping, any one un
lucky enough to be cast away there
on would stand a very poor chance of
ever getting off alive.
Bouvet Island. In the same seas, is
visited ever more rarely, and on the
last occasion when a ship touched
there five corpses were found frozen
on the beach, grim memento of some
unrecorded tragedy of the sea. Pos
session Island, in Its turn, Is still
Subject: TIii- Sl of N,dab -na
Ablhu, Lev. 10:1-11 Golden
Text, Prov. 20it Memory
Vcrw, 8.
Nadab and Ablhu furnish thw
groundwork fnr fho ram..A..n i
son of the day. Evidently they were
drunk when they went to perform
tbelr usual duties before the altar
At least It would" so appear since
Immediately following the recital of
their foolish actions and grievous dis
obedience to the commands of Ood
we have the record that the Lord
specifically commanded Aaron and
his other sons that they should re
frain from tollow!ig after strong
drink.
What Ood expected of Aaron as a
priest He expect of every one of us
as His children, especially of those
of ns who are- sealed' to Him In the
sacrifice of Jesus Christ For, as the
Proverb says, "wine lir a mocker."
It Is a sign not of a man's sense but
uia men oi ii wnen m rools with
liquor. It not only makes fools ot
men but It makes beaats of them.
It not only makes monkeys of them,
but it also makes raging, vicious
brutes of them. It Is a delusion and
a snare.
If It was a good thing for Aaron
and his sons to let the aort of wine
they used In their day alone. It is
cerainly wise that we sfrould let the
stuff that Is sold to-day alone. If
the wine of Israel could make Idiots
of the prlestB of the tabernacle no
man can accurately predict what the
alcoholic drinks of to-day will do
with men. For the likelihood Is that
the wine of that primitive time as
used' by the priesthood: was as good
as can be procured. But the vile
Stuff that Im anlri fn-rtnv ta can A.n 1 1
as bad as can be procured. The aver
age man to-day when he does buy
wine,, or beer, or liquors of any sort
cannot even bo certain that he is
purchasing what he wants. Much of
the- alcoholic drinks that are served
to- the public to-day tat poison flaunt
ing Itself under the black flag of sub
terttrgei But whether they Be pure or pois
onous alcoholic beverages had best
be left alone. No man can afford to
fool with them. We see dally Instances-
of the fdny of even strong.
Intelligent, moral ncen tampering
with) liquor. It Is as sensible to tam
per with liquor as It is to tease a rat
tlesnake. Statistics will never record
the number of the bright. Indus
trious,, brainy, useful men who tam
pered with liquor and met defeat.
God alone knows the awful list of
those who have gone down Into the
drunkard's grave because they felt
competent to curb and control about
as. fierce a monster as ever mastered'
man. Alcohol as a beverage Is a
fraud. It Is even questionable
whether it is useful as a medicine.
For its chief medicinal value is as a.
preservative and solvent. Its nutri
tive value Is sc. negligible as to be
wasuy dispensed witn, ana as easily
replaced. As a stimulant it is
sham. For its retroactive properties,
are too thoroughly pronounced.
There is nothing whatever to be
gained by the use of alcohol as a
beverage. First of all It Is an un
natural acquirement. Water Is the
natural beverage. Water slakes and
satisfies the thirst. Alcohol In
tensifies and excites the thirst. It
creates an abnormal desire. It is un
satisfying. Secondly, alcohol Is ex
pensive. None of us though he hav
the riches of Rockefeller Is rich
enough to spend a dollar on alcohol
ic drinks. And the poorer we are the
more we need the money for valid
necessities. The man who has money
to spend on drinks had better spend
iiiw uiouey ou uis iamny, enanty, or
riimself. Fot practically all the
In 11 fir la an AStetnrtm.
ic loss. Alcohol as a beverage takes
tne money or tne orinker without af
fording society commensurate re
turn. In the measure that its return
is Incommensurate it Is an economic
loss. Thirdly, alcohol as a beverage
Is dangerous. It la the hand maiden
of hell. It is the devil's hangman.
The strange thing Is that, while
the Church of Jesus Christ and the
courts of the land recognize that tho
beverage liquor traffic is at the
Bource of the vilest and most hope
less miseries of this country to-day,
the church takes no more decided
and defiant and aggressive attitude
against it than she does and the
courts of the land permit it to exist
in open defiance of the unconstitu
tional guarantees to the public at
large of undisturbed and equal op
portunity to pursue a peaceful exis
tence in liberty and happiness before
lonelier aud more inhospitable than the lftw- Tne strange thing is that
Bouvet i It is bo unpopular even In the church
Bouvet
But probably the palm In this dl
reciion must he ascribed to Dough
uui iuv noor. uoor oan ne ninged i uii muse oe ascribed to Dough
on, but I prefer to have the door sep- ' erty Island, on which, so far as la
Hrnlo na If la aa.U. . .. . u . Irnnivn n 1 1 1 i . .
arate as it is easier to turn the coop
over to let in the sunshine or to let !
the rain waBh It out. Bv nalllnar a i
cleat on as shown in Illustration and I
placing a button above, the door can
DO held in place. The bottom U at-
tached by means of a hook and staple
at each end. The cleats on floor serv
known, no landing has ever yet been
errected. it hus only been sighted
twice lu a century, and Is officially
to arraign the citizenship that pal
liates and endorses and permits the
saloon to exist for a consideration
even the Christian citizenship ot
America. Tho strange thing la that
the courts permit such a business to
exlBt. For every child of a drunken
iteur-rlKaH In k. J i... ti.. lu . fflther is ileniorl lha . . I . . n. ...o -. 1
.......... . i. 1 11 auu.JMM.liy s.iijiii. m- i - - -- - iiiui-
l ii ii 1 1 v lor wnn eKnnw, lira iii-t,.
. u. i; auu
the double nurnose nf hnlHInn- the
floor together and also helps to bold
the coop In place. The floor can be
easily cleaned with a broom and wa
ter. The two cover plunk-, should he
left a little apart and a atrln nailed
over them in order that tho foul air
may escape. Cleats should be nailed
on the Inside wherever needed to
strengthen the coop. A coop of this
kind can be carried from nlacn tn
place with ease, which, together with
ueing easily cleaned, makes It the
coop to have where insects are abun
dant. Holes can bo boreil wherever
desired tor ventilation or a maii
crack may be left in door.
rectlona as "the most remote and Iso
lated spot on earth." Pearson's
Weekly.
Anthracite Coal's Centenary.
Just a hundred years ago tho first
shipment of anthracite coal ever
made went from Plymouth, Luzerne
County, to Columbia, Lancaster
County, and a number of citizens of
Plymouth aro now arousing enthu
siasm for a celebration of this heroic
event. Abijah Smith shipped the
first cargo of tho black diamonds in
an ark. floating down the Susque
hanna River. The discovery by Jesse
Fell, of Wilkes-Barre, about six
months after this shipment, that the
new fuel would burn in his grate with
Intense heat without an air blast
caused mauy orders to come Into Ply
mouth for fuel, and the chief busi
ness of the town ever since hus been
the mining and shipping qt coal
Pittsburg Dispatch.
In hot
- , , w inn wwiun a Burweu uooi i un no mgfli
being true, it is best to allow only which will 1st in plenty of itr and
anut out all vermin j. L. Carroll.
Although South AmBricfc has ahnul
twIaM thm Aran nf 1 iTnu.i a..i
It Is from this old hive, of I It has only half the population. '
Hereditary Names.
According to the Invariable custom
of the Ouke of Richmond's family, it
Is prescribed that the eldest son and
the eldest son of the eldest son shuil
be named after King Charles II., to
whom they owe so much. The same
principle la preserved in Lord Salis
bury's family, where the eirte.t.
are named JaKnes. after .lama, t
In-slow. -d the earldom of Salisbury i
and vlsrniii.lv of Pruni. r,.n .. u you
hanniness that makes ns onv.nl ho.
fore the law. Every child born out
of drunken wedlock 1b handicapped
Inevitably In the race of life. Every
weak willed sot is aided on towards
misery and sorrow by the consent of
the State. Every mother rn a halt
furnished home, deprived of the nec
essaries of life. Is a standing argu
ment for the intervention of the
church and State. You can't make
men moral by law, to be sure. But
you can remove the legalized Invita
tion and suggestion to immorality
liy law. That is a duty of the church'
uud of the Situ?.
An Immense Telescope.
John D. Hooker, of Los Angeles,
has provided the necessary funds for
the purchase of a reflecting telescope,
of which the mirror will be 100
Inches in diameter aud the focal
length fifty feet. The enormous
stride contemplated by the erection of
such a telescope will be best appre
hended If we compare its dimensions
with the largest instruments of the
kind yet completed. Hitherto sixty
inches has been tho limit of diameter
Engineering.
and viscounty of Cranborua on the
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v.. in.un. tuuuusi ... lliu UQU30. L.OU--J
uou urupnic
A Feeler. ' V.
"But," asked the young doctor.
"why do you alwava nrdor nl.n. .
for every new patfstnt that comes to
From the hawksbill turtle of the
Carrlbean Sea comas the tortoise
shell Ot volume! cu.
Because, my bov." renlle.t th u
practitioner, "I can Judge by what
the patient says whether or not he
can afford it. That helps me when I
come to make out my bill-" Phila
dulphla Press.