0 riHE PULPIT. A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY THE REV. J. A. R. CAIRNS. 1 The (Mary of Rrnth. TUifnst. Ireland. The famous iTMbytcrltn divine, the Row J. A. R. Calm- r. "ontly delivered the follow ing ernion entitled. The Olory of Death " H Kick a his text: "T ill Ik giin ." Phil. 1:21. " The victory." 1 Cor. 15: 5 7 . I It nol retnarkabl thai the thing that haunts iih like a terror It the thins rhet hums Ilk- an Inspiration tc the n-"ti who wove together the teach inn nf this Hook? What we try tc forget, Micy strove to remember Whi: we rail calamity, they railed blowing and dcllverane?. Vh;it mak- hi rrv. mnd them rejoice. The iviiivsi leaching ot this nook If that rlMth Is glorlnu. it is an In plratioi. And that teaohlne maker the uniquen-s of the Christian Cos. pel. Let Ul gtther the incidents thai aeem to present this teaching: The great. Teacher la going ti die. The hip' :it death (row ch ar and unm.'ai ikaide, and the hearts of (he disci;, l.v h -in to fail tiiem. The la bors RnrI rayera and dental of those busy, i- -ring years appear a thr.i: ley would Issue In nothing IMH HI friendship Is going to bf tak;i away, and out of all those years only a memory will be lefl then. No other psue seemed possi ble. They had no knowledge and they 1 ad :u power. tad how did .Testis fare that? Wijai doer, H say? What ran Mr ay? Me s?ems shut up bv a loglca! MCear.it y to admit the dark forebod lag i HI disciples, nut it was Jusl there that the opportunity for the new truth came just at the point when human effort seemed to fail and human inspiration to die that Itl OManlng could be vaguely lelt If not -.:: understood. And His new ruth is this simply 'That death if glorl u " it has a glory all Its own. John 14 gathers about that. Jagl( truth. That Is its meaning. Its pur pose "1 go to prepare n place (01 you, that where I am there ye. may be also." "Let not your heart be troubled, neither let It be afraid." Thut friendship and that inspira tion an I that teachlngthat they loved so much and feared so much to lose, would become deeper and fuller and eternal becauM of the coming ol death. They would lose nothing, they would gain much. "If ye loved Ale ye would rejoice because I go." But you say Christ was somehow unique. "He was tempted in all points iike as we are, and yet without -ln." With His spiritual vision and power we can see how He could bi earless of death, and iind In it a rlrh and abiding tesllmony to the truth of His Gospel, but what of the bur dened men the men who walk In mists and mysteries, who lack the virion and the power? Can death ever be less than a terror and devr.id of glory? Let us see. Take Paul Our text is his testimony and eenfea alon. "To die is yaiu the vic tory." Paul s life was hard. His year? were crowned with labors and de nials. How little response there eemed to be for all he gave! And what was It that burned before him as the shining goal to which he long"d to come what, was the Inspir ation that warmed his weary heart? It was death. "I am in a strait be twixr two having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which Is far better. Nevertheless to abide In th? flesh is more needful to you." "I am ready. Henceforth there I? laid v;p for me a crown." And what is the glad note that. Pe ter strikes to cheer the hearts ol tboao who suffer and pray and weep nd wait? What light does he throw icross the daik pathway of theli Jribalation? "Nevertheless we, ac cording to Hb prdmtse, look for new heavens and a new earth Wh rail dweilefh righteousness. Wherefore, beloved, seeing thp.t ft '.onk for such Things he diligent, that ye may be found ot Him lu peace, without spot and blameless." And what consolation stole Into the heart of that lonely thinker on Pat raos shut away from work and friendship, and suffering for the cross.' Who are tluse that are nr rayed In the white robes. "These are they w'jlch come out of the great tribulation, and they washed theii robes and made them white in the blood Of the Lamb. Therefore, are they before the throne of Cod, und serve Him day and night In His tem ple. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the sun light on them or any heat, ''or tb Lamb which Is In the midst rf the throne shall fted theni, and f hall lead them unto living fountains of water, and Cod 'shall wipe away ail tears from their eyes." Such, then, is the view of death that was taken by tin? disciples of Jesus and the apostles of the early Christian church. And 1 think it bj abundantly clear that most of us are far away from such a view Death Is to us the last calamity Wo meet it with liar and uncertainty. How is ono to account for this Strang dissimilarity? How has a Joy become u heartbreak, and an ln spirttlou become a tenor? If we can answer this we shall answer many lesser questions, and discover how it is that not only in death, but In sorrow and sickness und disap pear;, wit we are missing the con solation and the glory thut ought to dweil evermore in our hearts. It is clear. 1 think, that the men who found and bald to the glory of death were free from many of the Biibtle temptations that surround our My. The atmosphere they breathed was pagan. The worit they did was unpopular. The Gospel they pro fessed was bitterly rldlcultd and op posed These men could not live Christian lives as "of course." They bad got to live It deliberately, pas sionately, earnestly. They were driv en lack to draw out ot Christianity the very richest that it would give. To drift wa impossible. Tbey were definitely out of It. And a they faced It all with the Spirit of Chrtit In their hearts, and with a great, he roic faith in Him, they discovered tin- tea H t, .mi and what river of Strength o lowed from Him into them ! The foundation of their fearless ness was experience, and so personal experience of Christ and their utter Inability to find Joy In the world made the glory of death. Out of their circumstances and ex periences can't you catch a gleam of something that Is not ourowu? Can't you see something in their clrcum etanres and lu their hearts that we lack? 1 think both are abundantly clear. Take our circumstances. We live In no pagan atmosphere. The buivhe.g consecrated to .th.e. program of Christ are the most visible objects of our cities They flaunt themselves in our faces. Tht hells peal out glad notes above the din and clash of traffic. And what of the Book that gathers up the teaching--the words and works of Jesus? All mnv pos sess and rend It. To be a Christian Is no longer to be heroic. A man may confess Christ without apology. Nay! The under lying assumption behind all our ac tlons Is that a man is a Christian. To be otherwise a man must specific ally and ostentatiously deny (t. We start our life with Christian baptism; we are hid away with the tindvlng words of Christian hope ringing above our sleeping place. We join our life to nnother, and rear our homes upon he Christian foundation nut all has degenerated to an Idle form. It has come to be taken for grant ed. Men ask for baptism for their children and burial for their dead, berause It is the usual, the expected thing. And, brethren, don't you see v. here It has led us to? To a Chris tian fo.tnnlism that contains no vital ity, no power. We are living lives oV0ld of etperlence. We do not feel the power or Christ, nor do we see the glory of His living presence. Wo mumble words that have no deep, abiding significance. It Is tragic: Jt.ls horrlblo. pt (t Is the spirit or tne age. The Chris tian life Is losing much because of the success of Christianity. Because It has meant and has accomplished so much. It means nnd accomplishes so little to-day. Its success is the cause of our personal loss. It Is an old his toric truism that success Is the be ginning of defeat. It has happened in empires and religions. It Is the man who has to fight for his faith that holds that faith as his most cher ished possession. We take Christ as we take our dally bread, without one thought of all it means, of all It represents. And what of our experience? My dear brethren, It is because we find our joy in the world and miss the joy of Christ that death has been changed from a glory to a fear, from an In spiration to a dismay. We have grown to love the world this fading, dying world its joys, its music, Its rewards. We have grown to forget the sacred, eternal words of Christ as to what life is, and duty, and God. And the yenrs race on busy, crowded years of labor for place and money and success. When the night grows dark und lonely we cry for comfort, and wtien the day breaks with golden beams of light we hasten away and we forget. We forget! We forget! ! Ah! it Is the man whose night has been the longest that knows Christ the best and fears death the least. There are worse calamities than sor row antl defeat. One thousand nine hundred years ago Jesus warned us against success It binds us and It holds much from us. In the dav of our own SUtSctancy it Is hard to see nnd plan for Christ. Is it not impos sible? And th"n the days come when the strength grows weak and the body falls and the clash of the world goes back ai d back, and we He and watch and wait and think! What comes, then? We grow afraid! We have had no true fellowship with Him. We don't know Him. We can't fear lessly trust Him. Others tell of His keeping, and of the great, dear love He gave. Others go into the mists singing nnd crying Vlctorj ! But we we don't know. He hasn't been expeiienced, and we miss tho cer tainty. Oh, my beloved! I warn you to day! That day comes. You are grower older and weaker and tireder! You will lie down one day. And when the tiredness is very great, and the world has got your best will you be able to say, "I am ready." "I have gotten the victory?" This certainty only comes out ot faith In and service to Christ, out of experlenceof Christ. If in the morning you have no rich memories of Christ inside your heart. It you have no ex periences of Him gathered inside your character oh! face It very ear nestly, for the faith that changes death to an inspiration, and makes the corruption and lonesomeness of the grave an Ideal and a power, Is the greatest thing in the world. Death has another side. Of all It means ! cannot tell. Jesus uses ter rible Imagery that ought to startle us. The worm dleth not; fire is not quenched, and a great gulf opens. I have seen the face of men who mis spent their youth and years, und when manhood came it was hell! But w hat may lie behind years and years of forget fulness of God? Who can say? One thing It is It is the loss of all that life can he satisfied with, and all that It was created for. It 1 missing life and God. 5TzI INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM ML' NTS roil iVht 12. Teaching Nugget. His presence Is our power. To love Him lu to live for others. None remain hungry where He is host. His glory has not lifted Him above the feeling of our infirmities. Every profession of love must come to the test of the life of service. Tho best evidence ot His confidence In us is the call to His service. It Is always easier to discuss the duties of others than to do our own. Many mistake the business of regu lating others for their own righteous ness. They cannot see the Father's face -no cannot bend to serve the least ',f His children. A life is groat not by tho measure of few mistakes, but by splendid mas tery over all mistakes. Heury F. Cope, In the Sunday-School Times. God Loves Perseverance. God doeB not Always refuse when He delays, but He loves perseverance and grants It everything Scottish Reformer. A Cave of Nature's Jewels. By proclamation of the President the Jewel Cave National Monument has boen established in the Black Hills National Forest In South Da kota. This formation is. in some re spects, unique. It was explored in 1900. and consists of a series of chambers, connected by passages and galleries, the walls ot which are en crusted with beautiful calclte rrystals. It Is situated in a canon on a lime stone plateau, 6000 feet above' sea level. It Is believed to have been tho channel for the waters of a now y tluct geyser. Youth's Companion. Subject: Saul Chosen King. 1 Snni net l nnd 10 (ioldcn Text. 2 Sam. Mil Commit Verse 21 Head I Sam. 1 1 Commentary. TIME. 1900 B. C. PLACE I Mlzpeh. EXPOSITION. I. Saul Chosen King, 17-23. Jehovah had already ! pointed Saul out as the one whom He j had chosen to be king over Israel (rf. ; oh. 9:17), and Samuel had made known this choice f God unto Saul (ch. 9:20. 21; 10:1). Now there la to be a formal and public rholre by lot. Samuel called the people to gether but not unto himself, "unto the LORD." They were to meet the LORD fnce to face that day and to hi nr a message from Him. Are our gatherings together unto the Lord or unto some man? The place of meet ing was one that had been hallowed by former gatherings (Judges 20:1; I 1 Sam. 7:r, I), Samuel again re . proves them for asking for n king ! (cf. ch. 8:7-9, 10; 12:12, 17-19). But the reproof was not Samuel's but '.i d's. C:.d calls to their remem brance bow He hud saved them and brought them up out of the land of j bitterness and bondage. Hew gross was the ingratitude of a people that could reject such a 9od. and how great was tlntlr folly that they should desire some hiimnn king nnd deliverer instead of Him. But their Ingrati tude and folly was nothing In eom ; parisnn with that of those who reject , such a Deliverer and Lord as Jesus ; Christ has proven Himself to be. It ; is the method of God in reasoning with men to call to their remem brnnee His loving kindness towards l then. In order that they may see their own Ingratitude and folly in the j light of His nboundlng grace (cf. Ju. 2:1: 0:8, 9). It was a fourfold de liverance lhat Jehovah had wrought j for them (1) He had brought them tip out of Egypt, the land of bondage, plagues nnd darkness. (2) He had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians: thnt hand had been a , heavy one. And the hand out of which Christ delivers us to-dav is a , heavy tne. (3) He had delivered them out of the hand of all kingdoms. 1 He had brcughl them to civil liberty and Self-govammaati :.nd now they very foolishly desired a king again. The only way to be delivered from the oppression of all earthly kings is I to have Gcd for our King. (4) He had delivered them out of the hand j ot a that oppressed them (cf. Luke I 1:74, 75). No earthly king could do that. Their obstinacy and folly in ! this matter was a foreshadowing of i how men would treat Christ (cf. Acts I 7:51, 52). Samuel told them their awful guilt without, n.inclng words. ; "Ye have this day rejected your God." This is a frightful Inctlctment, but it ; Is onb that can be Justly brought against every ons tc-day who is re ! Jectlng Christ. In th face of all God ; has done they still said, "Give us a ! man. Set a king over us." The In visible God is not enough for the un believing heart. The lot was in those days one of the divinely appointed ' ways of discovering the mind of the i Lord (Pro. 16:33; 18:18; Josh, j 7:16-1S; 1 Sam. 14:41; Acts 1:24 l 26). But there is no use of the lot after the giving of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. When the tribe of Ben , jamiu was taken they might have ' seen, had they oeen familiar with the Scriptures, that the choice was neces sarily a temporary one; for the per manent king of Israel was t. come from Judith (Oeu. 49:10, 17), There ! is scarcely a saddei story in the Bible, , or In history, than that of Saul. II. How the People Received Their King, 2-1-27. Samuel was very enthusiastic over the man chose. I. "See ye him whom the LORD hat li j chosen," he crUd. With far deeper 1 meaning may ws point to Jesus and ! say, "See ye Him whom God hath I chosen" (cf. Acts 2:36). Samuel ! went on to say, "There Is none like bi&." It was true, but how much truer Is it of Jesus, that there is none like Him (Song 5:10) The people were etithusiasilc, toe; they "shout . ed." But, like sr- many shouters, there their enthusiasm ended; the greater part of them went "every mat. to his house." They had a leader now, and he c old do the fighting. They wtre like many modern churches, they shunt for the new pastor and then go home and leave him to do the fightl-ig. Saul ussumed to himself Hi yet. no glory, he went ! quietly back to bis humolo home and , waited for the call of Providence to do bis duty. It soon came (ch. 11:1 . 11). Not all ths pcoplo were apa , thetlc. There was a faithful little company, "a lu.nd of men whose I hearts God had touched" (cf. Ezr. j 1:5, R. V.). It Is always tho band whose hearts Oad has touched whe do the fighting and win the victories. ' But there was another sort of men In Israel, 'Sons of worthlessness." Their I descendants still live. These men mocked. They asked questions, too. 1 The sons of Belial are always great at asking hard questions, and their fav j orltf. question is, "how?" So these I sons of Belial asked, "how shall this ! man savt. us?" That Is Just what the j sons of Belial to-day are asking about ! Christ. Thty showed their contempt I by bringing him no present In ac knowledgement of his klngBhlp. In I th sam way many to-day show their contempt for Christ. Saul showed his wisdom and humtlttv nesB, by being silent undsr slights aud mocksry. tTnlon Pacific Railroad. The Union Pacific Railroad, built west over the mountains, and the Central Pacific Railroad, built east from Sacramento, were Joined, with impressive ceremonies, at Promon tory Point, Utah, May 10, 1869. The last tie, of laurel wood, with a plate of silver upon It, was laid on that day in the presence of the officers of tho road and a large concourse of vis itors from all over the country. The last spike, made of Iron, silver nnd gold, was driven with attachment that signalled the fact to all tbe -larger cities of the nation. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NQTE5 JULY TWELFTH. Character and Courtesy. 1 Peter 3: 8-12. Rooted In Christ. Col. t: 1-7. Courtesy In speech. Jas. 3: 1-8. Courtesy to enemies. Acts 20: 24-28. Courtesy In letters. 2 John 1 : 1-B. Courtesy In salutations. Luke 10: M. Courtesy to rulers. 1 Kings 1 : 28-31. Every man, If IT knew his Inner life, would have an appeal for our compassion and therefore A call for our courtesy. Iet us be courteous, not only to friends, but also r foes; for why should we nllow them to wrong u more by Inciting us to discourtesy? The tongue Is Die castle of courtesv. We are to seek peace, to pursue It, nnd not merely to nllow It. Suggestions. "Manners maketh men." says the old maxim. Mnnners are men. We often give h-nst courtesy to those for whom we care the most. to our friends and those In our home. True courtesy Is not moved by hope of gain; It Is tested by our conduct toward the poor aud Inferiors. Courtesy requires leisure; haste de stroys It. Many men have not leisure enough to succeed. Illustrations. Courtesy Is like oll.--on the waves of life, on tlie dust of life, in the bear ings of life. Courtesy shown only to strangers Is like a ftn'e coat over a ragged antl dirty shirt. The grace of courtesy Is bought with tbe coin of sympnthy and thoughtfiilness. It costs little, and no Investment pays so large dividends. All gentlemen wear a uniform, but It Is to the mind and not to the eye, for It Is courtesy. Quotations. He who Is not polite enough Is not human enough. Jouhert. There Is a courtesy of the hear-. It Is allied to love. From It springs the purest courtesy In the outward behavior. Goethe. The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble It. Bovee. As the sword of the best-tempered metal Is most flexible, so the truly generous ra most pliant and courte ous in their behavior to their Infer iors. Fuller. joarncrra ror me oyiETriouil; IN THE WOODS. ! BITTER WAR ON INTEMPERANCG tiOLDIERS FIOHTINO THIS Ct'RSB GREATLY CHKKHED. Tis sweet to worshin God when Love com Mai I In temple unadorned by human hands I lie ci i cnttiefirnl ot the solemn woods, Where no unworthy devotee intrudes; At mossy altar and in cloister-bowers, Where prayer is blended with the bnlm of flowers; In lesfy corridors nnd woodlsnd ways, Where all is resonant with hymns of praise; In shady groves festooned by drooping vinpn. Where bending bough with pendnnt branch entwines; Where babbling brooks with liquid tongues proclaim The glory and the grentness of His name David Banks Sickels, in New York Tribune. SUNDAY, JULY 12. The staff of Greenwich Observatory announce that they have discovered an eighth sateliitc .1 Jupiter. Dur ing uu examination of photographic plates of Jupiter, Mr. Melotte, one of tii" a i!! ant asl roiioiiiei discovered a faint marking occupying sllhtli' different position on the different plates. The satellite ha a retro jrsde motion. "Sweetness antl Light." That most famous ot Matthew Ar nold's phrases, "Sweetness and Light," ha avowedly adopted from Swift, who, however, used It ar relat ing to bees, because they make honey and wax. Arnold transferred it to the operation of culture, In making love and truth prevail. Pali Mull Gazette. Jesus Preaching Singleness of Pur pose in Service (John 4, 34; 5, 30; 6, 38; 8, 29; 14, 31; 15, 10.) Of the many things he might have written, John has singled out a few of the cachings of Jesus concerning service. In the first scripture, Jesus Is sitting by the well talking to a Woman, and at the last he Is sitting at the right hand of the Father In glory commanding the world. Ho was sent to do the Father's will; 4hal was his delight; and now from his throne, as Lord and Master of all, Jesus sends us to do his will, for as he was so ure we In the world, "1 come to do thy will," he said; and It Is the language of a life, laid down Jesus lived with his face set toward the service that cost the sacrifice of life, for it was full of love. "To do the will of him that sent me!" This Is such splendid service as (1) reeds and satisfies life at Its bed (I. :;i; ci makes us to realize thai all our dependence Is upon Him Who Is both our help and our hope (5. :!0): C!) shows us why we are where we are (0. 38); (4) brings to us i!" st glorious companionship (8 :.".'; Matt. 28. 29); (5) proves to the world our love for God (14. 31), (6) aaaure the consistency of life through the constancy of love 15 10.) "To finish his work." God's work not done: Did not I read that God res! ed from all his labors? Yes, from th labors of starting things. He merely got the materials ready then. God has provided most graciously a fine lot of things to work with, and a glad future to work toward, and a blessed reward to work for, and a wonderful stjutar to work under. Thai Is why Jesus said, "My Father worked a while ngo, nnd I work," but now .lesus works In us to will and to do; and so we work together, my Lord and I, for the betterment of the world. God In Christ and Christ In ti.i. the hope of glory And this I the stupendous wonder of It all God Is counting on us to finish his work. We can do ft und S wlllt It Mude u Difference. Hull Caine visited one October the country residence of a New York man. It was In New Kngland, on a moun tain side, and the splendid colors of the foliage the scarlets and golds aud innumerable flamelike tints gave to the still forests an indescrib able magnificence. The leaves fell in a rain of color through the transparent air. In the garden, one afternoon, he heard a gardener say to his little son: "I wish you would rake up these dead leaves in a pile." "Oh, I don't feel like it," whined the boy. "My back's sore, and I've got a cramp In my wrist, aud there growing pains lu my legB." "After you've got 'em raked up," went on the gardener calmly, "you can make a nice big bonfire out of them aud Jump over It." The boy began to whoop and leap "Hurrah!" he shouted. "Where the rake?" Rochester Herald. CLOSE QUARTERS WITH SHARK Captain Charle Adams, pilot and master pearl diver from Tapeete, Ta hiti, in tbe Pacific, while at work off the Island of Aphkl, of the Pomotu group, scouring the bottom of the sea In search of shells, was suddenly confronted by a slioal of sharks. With the knowledge of an old diver, Adanis opened hi Jacket, letting loose a flurry of bubble. The ruse was suc cessful, for all but one shark fled. To Adams' horror that one proved to be a monster. At every turn It came closer. Its Jaws gaping and its tiny eyes mapping viciously t him. Ad ams cast loose his diving suit In an effort to escape. With the speed of u bullet he shot toward the surface and clambered In the waiting boat. At that vry moment the ahurk had swal lowed tbe dlvlug suit. Tbe Ufa Hues were cut. Answers. The Spiritual Magnifying Glass. Great duties thrust, upon n true man bring him fnce to face with his own littleness. Joshua, at the hend of his nation, following In the steps of the mighty Moses, could well have shrunk front his ;ask had not tho Lord said to hlaj, "This day will I begin to magnify thee In the sight of all Israel." How camo thn great change about? Partly through growth In the man himself and a strengthening of all his powers, but mostly, we believe, through a change In the people's view of him. The one hated scout of Kadesh-Barnea was now the trusted commander of an army. So, too, In modern life does the Holy Spirit work to magnify and glo rify the children of God. Glorifica tion begins here and now as surely as eternal life. Neglect of this truth Is a source of much discouragement to young pastors and Christian work ers of sincere and humble spirit. What though you feel unworthy of the love and praise of your people or your class, pastor or teacher? God knows, and He Is magnifying you in the sight of others, in order that Ho may accomplish tho more through you. What though your life seems far below your profession? Abide In Christ, and He can work wonders through the magnified Impression of Himself in you. Faith removes mountains by flrBt reducing them to mole hills, hut love triumphs by first casting a halo of glory about Its ob ject. We need to pray, "Lord, strengthen me this day," but we ought also to pray, "Lord magnify and glorify Thy servant this day In the sight of his fellows, to the end that Christ may be exalted, and His alone be the prnlse and honor." The Rev. W. F. Turnbull, In The Examiner., Bravely Said. If the evils that beset this old world are ever righted, the people who profess to believe In the ever present and over-ruling sovereignty of God must qulttheir shilly-shallying compromising attitude on all ques tions Involving moral principles. The supreme law of life is to do right because It Is right. Under that law there is no "neit best," but always the best. The oft-repeated "If you can't get a whole loaf, better take a half a loaf," may be good advice as regards mate rial matters, but It is not applicable to morals. The only position that Is tenable Is to do right because it is right. The assumption that we cannot get the best thing, or, in other words, that there are conditions unler which It is not best to do right, is prompted by lack of faith. In the affairs of life there are thou sands of things that we can give up and places where wo can make con cessions but when we enter the do main of morals there is but one pole star we must do right because it is right. You can certulnlv trust God for the results. New Wllrulngtou lobe. The Saloon nnd the Children It I f fort Upon the Families of the Worklngtiiflii is Indescribably Sad Barkeeper Rebuked. In a recent address B. I. Roberts, superintendent of cotton works In Danville. V'a . said: "The effect of the saloon upon children of the laborer, according to my observation (and It Is not very limited). Is indescribably ad. A few 'years ago, when there were saloons In Dnnvllle, I went to the mill one Monday morning quite early, and as the operatives came Into their respectivedepartments 1 noticed a little girl and a boy, who seemed only to have been at work a few davs. "The little girl looked thin and pale, and shortly after the machinery started up she came over to where I was and said, 'Mr. Roberts, I am so weak and feel so badly I cannot work io-day; brother and I have not had a mouthful of breakfast, and mother Is at home hungry and sad.' "I said, 'What does this mean? Didn't you draw your wages Saturday evening?' 'Yes. sir.' said she. 'but (looking down at the floor, and with tears In her eyes), father hns got to drinking nnd he spent all of our money Saturday night and did not buy us anything lo eat.' I went out and ordered breakfast for them both, then I called them and said, 'You go home and tell your mother and fath er, both, to come down to the mill nnd see me.' "They came, and I promptly said to the father that we would not nllow his children to work for us longer ex cept on one condition. Says he, 'What in thai?' I answered that the wages they made must be drawn by the mother and used by her to obtain food and clothes for the chftdren, and that he must not touch the money or have anything to do with mnklng the purchases. After some hesitation, and seeing thnt argument was use less, he agreed. "A few days later I was driving along the street and a barkeeper name out of a saloon and hailed me to stop. He came up to mv buggy ind said, 'Look here. Mr. Roberts, fob are Interferlngwlth my business.' 'What,' said I, '1 Interfering with your business? Your business is to take the food from the mouths of women and children and clothes off their barks. My business is to put them on.' He turned on his heel and walked away." so The diamond, so long the hardest known subitance, now has two rival, the illtclde and tbe deorlde of titan-ium-t-prodtict of Herl Molsian' electric furnace being claimed to ba a bard. An Incandeicent lamp In its green shade will, when turned upward to ward the celling, spread a soft and pleasantly diffused light, plenty strong enough for a room where no one la reading. When the lamp 1 so used no shadows are cast. Science so far has failed to furnish any explanation of the mystery of seedless fruits. They are not the out come of the work of man. Man per petuates them; he does no more. The seedless orange was found In a state of seedlessness. A Belgian engineer has been com- I iiiisniuueu oy me coiiiiumee lot ma International exhibition at Brussels In 1910 to erect a tower at Ixelles, which will be much higher than the Eiffel tower. The cost is estimated at 240,000. A movement has been started in the scientific world favoring the adoption of the word Kelvin to des- ignate the commercial unit of elec 1 trlcal energy at present known as the I kilowatt-hour, as a recognition of the services of the late Lord Kelvin tc electrical science. One of the most curious phenom ena of geography is found on the southern coast of the Island of Sep halonia, In Greece. It is a stream of salt water which for an unknown period has left the almost tldeless sea and flowed inland with a volume sufficient to furnish waterpower to two mills. Buty. The King's work must go forward. There is no stop possible. If R is In my hand, entrusted to me, I mutt carry It forward. Well for anv man or woman who, early in life, works out this formulu for the place of duty which is assigned to him in men's affairs. Duty 1b no separate business, no part of my self-culture, no service for which I am to be paid at tbe ticket office or heaven. Duty Ib my part of an infinite service which an Infinite number of God's children must render before God's kingdom conies. It Is lifted from a little per sonal affair to its own place in close relationship with the movement of the universe. It seema to me not hard to make even children under stand this und enter into the enthus iasm of work thus rendered in the common cuuse for the Father of a all. Edward Everett Hale. Belter Off Without Saloons. Kansas City, Kan., a city of almost 100.000 population, is the largest prohibition city n the United States. It has been represented that the town has "gone bankrupt" since the sa loons were ordered out. that business has been ruined, and that people are moving away. Nothing could be far ther from the truth. Leading busi ness men and bankers of Kansas City, Kan., declare that business was never better than now. Miss Farrow, city treasurer of Kansas City, said to the writer that there had never been more cash in the city treasury than now; all Judgments have been paid and the city employes are paid in cash In stead of scrip as heretofore. The In come of the city Is Just aB large, de Spite the fact that hundreds of sa loonB or joints have been closed. C. L. Brokaw, cashier of the largest bank In Kansas City, Kan., has em ployed from his own resources a corps of stenographers to reply to questions nhout prohibition features In Kansas City. John W. Brledenthal, a prom inent banker and politician, says tho business and professional men are aroused at. the statements sent broad cast by brewery interests, that Kan sas City is suffering in a business way because of the saloons being closed. "Business was never better," is the general sentiment of every business man in the Kansas town. The labor ing man. as well aa the business man, Is realizing that the city is far better off without liquor stores. "D.," in the Christian Herald Milking by machinery. Introduced last year on' a large diary farm near Notlngham, Eng., has proved highly successful. The machine Is a Scotch invention nnd Is operated by a gas engine. The entire plant is worked by a man and a boy, who milk seven ty cows within one and a half hours. The proprietor says the saving In cost of labor will pay for the ma chine in leas than two years, to say nothing of the gain In cleanliness coniDared with handwork. , Rabies Is a far more common dis ease than is generally admitted; so that Dr. E. C. Shroeder, of the Bu reau of Animal Industry, urges con stant observation of dogs and their muzzling In public places. Recent progress has greatly lessened its ef fects, for, since Negri's dlacovery in 1903 of the distinguishing micro-organisms In the nerve cells, the dis ease Is early recognizable, and the Pasteur treatment Is effective In cur ing It. The mortality of sixty and eighty per cent. In untreated bites on hands and head has been reduced to 0.75 and 1.25 per cent. THE DECEITFUL FARMER. Bible Moths. John Wesley aud his followers, be cause of their devotion to the study of tbe divine word, were called Bible moths. The designation honors them and In part explains WeBley's world wide influence. Wesley, au Oxford graduute, a man of action, a rare or ganizer, a logician, a student of philo sophy us well as of theology, a think er and reasoner or t,,., , iu I thrilling, searching speaker, said lu I his latter days: "I will speak for one. After having sought the truth with ouiuc umgeuce lor nan a century, I am, at this day, hardly sure of 4U thins but what I learn from the Bi ble." As a result of his life study of the diviue word he cams thus lo vuluj it. Devil's let Wcupon. False shame Is the devil's pet weapon. He does more work with it even than with false pride; for with false pride he only goads evil; but with false shame paralyzes good. Ruskln. The Men .ccciod. Men who live near to God, and are willing to Buffer anything for Christ's ake without being proud of it, thesj are the meu we want. Adouiram Judsuu. A PROPHET IN HISOWN COUXTRV "I don't believe," remarked good old Aunt Loeezy, "that Llge Potter Is doln' very wall In Chicago." "Oh, I don't know," replied Unci Llphalot, "Llge uiter be a purty sharp chap before he went there." "Yes, but we've beeu takln' this Chicago paper four years now, aud it's never once mentioned his name even when the hull Potter family went there ter vlIt him!" Puck. Tb grant Oxford dictionary, which ha been under way for a generation baa reached "nr." One o, a hong List. The Minerva (O. ) News says: "A drink known as 'orange soda' and sold by an Ironton denier, was ana lyzed and found to contain 2.20 per cent, of alcohol. The dealer was compelled to pay the Alkln tax. Neither orange nor soda entered Into the combination. 'Pear cider' Is 'mother beverage which has caused much trouble. The Stato dairy and rood department has unearthed nu merous cases." The liquor trade has many pale beverages under fictitious names that It Is ready to dress up for qulbblcrs and plant them on' the shelf of a restaurant or a pharmacy, "hi (a one of a long list. Repeating Their Folly. Tho liquor dealers in Tennessee and Florida who are Bhipping liquor aver into Prohibition Atlanta under protection ot the law, are only re peating their folly whej In Atlauta they shipped liquor under protection of law Into the rural couuties ot Georgia. That piece of work kicked them out r the State, and this will ultimately kick them out of tbe na tion. Tbe People. Puuper Factories. Lady Henry, Somerset states the fact that in one district of Liverpool, in which there are uo saloons, there Is but one pauper In every thousand Inhabltunls. In another district, lu which there are 200 saloons, there Is one pauper in every twenty-eight in habitants. It is likely that investiga tion would disclose similar conditions In the wards and precincts of all cities. His Outrageous Truffle in Watered Stock. We might well cease our railing at Rockefeller; the farmer is the real monopolist. We might as well quit hammering Harrlman and cussing Carnegie until we can squeeze the water out of the farm produce. For the farmer Is caught with the goods, and science tells us the exact propor tion of the water In his "truck." For example, beef Is 76.5 per cent, water, .mutton 75, lamb C3.9, aud pork 60. 9. Such a watering of stock is enough to make a traction monop Jlist look like a drougth in the desert. Milk is 77 to 88 per cent, water, and cream 32.2 to 48, and this is even before it has come in contact with the pump. Potatoes, our old reliable spuds, are 76.7 per cent, water, yums 79.6, carrots, 86.7, cabbage 89.6, tur nips 90, spinach 90.6, muchrooms 93.7, and cucumbers 96. What com fort is there for a vegetarian lu such figures as these? And even the stalwart onion, the Goliath of the grocery, Is 89.1 per cent, water! Only a smell more than 10 per cent, of real onion! Fruits are 85 to 90 per cent, water, and early spring strawberries are nearly all water, and sour water at that! Even the great American hen has seemingly been corrupted by ou. modern methods, aud eggs are 85.7 per cent, water. And is this water capitalized? It It? Look at your grocery bills and behold! At the sight of them we ara ulmoBt ready to Blng a new M.n lalse," to cry, "ConBpuez le farmer! A bus his watered stock!" But we refrain. Secretary WlUou tella us that the farmer's boy Insists on com ing to the city,. Let the deluded vic tim come. Let him husten to his un doing. Let us send our boy out to run the farm, and tbe next genera tion shall see our revenge! Milwau kee Journal. Temperance Notes. Alissouri hud eight local option counties on January 1, 1903. On January 1 of this year there were sixty-one. Samuel L. Carleton, at one time head of the world organization of Hons of Temperance, died recently at Portland, Me , aged eighty-six years. Maine ha no shop vending Intoxi cants openly, or advertising its busi ness by any liquor algu; there Is no dlBtlllef , brewer of strong beer, blend r or rectlller In the Stat. Prohibition In the South 1 In no way a political maneuver, but au ln aplrlng movement of the masses of the people. It 1 an Intellectual awakeulug and a moral resolution. The Italian Popular Society for tbe Suppreaalon ot Alcoholism has ar ranged for a series of eighteen public conferences in various part ot tho country for the purpoae of perfecting and developing the'organitatlon. Men are not at liberty to murder with tho sword; they shall not be at liberty to murder with the bottle. Men are not at liberty to destroy homes with fire; they shall not be atj liberty to destroy home with strong drink. The Heal Reason. That midsummer days are tbe long est In tbe year Is because heat ex- pands; ' that criminal weigh less than moral men. Is because they're lighter fingered; that a man swears at a dull razor, is because the pesky thing lost Its temper first; that roae are referred to a ' blushing," l because tbey are prop erly ashamed of the prices tuey bring; that a wave If oalled a swell, is because It arrive at tbe ahore In great style and go away broke; that the army ot unemployed Is not decreasing Is because It members want too many afternoon off a week; that the present-day aero clubs are considered so exclusive. Is be rause the member necessarily all move lu the upper circles. Warwick James Price, in The Bohemian. Ouiii to Instructions In the wilt of W. W. Wilson, auctioneer, South-tud-oti-Sea I Eng. ), his favorite pony follow. d bin to tbe grave aud was shot w EUSorloaj.
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