Gl ESSIXO BOKO,
We are very, v ry tnsny. and although to
small 'f he,
With our numbers we ire aMc to control
the mighty e.
You may trend on in nt plcanure, but re
meniher, vou go,
That we keep a fait ' f nl record of your
posting to ami fro.
So, if you are bent on mischief, kindly go
otne other Wit) .
Let u have no guilty secret to conceal or
to betray;
For it pleases in far better " hen we share
vour lawful pirts
And you pile us up nr. 1 !i.ipc us into
monuments and (ortf.
Answer The sands of tin- senahors.
Henry Johnstone, St, Nicholas,
6 A LECTURE. 1
toe
$ Greece Described to the 6
I
I
) Inhatolinntf) of Walla
H trail.
rn
The man who had been everything j
but a barber and a policeman was
narrating thinjs.
"When I lirsi struck Walla Walla,
back In the autumn of '80," he said,
"I found that town a whole heap
more prosperous than I v.-as. After
I'd been there for a coupl of weeks,
with nothing doing, I began to re
flect that If something didn't happen
pretty soon I d find myself bogged or j sna t0 nim.
paces. Sappho was always a great
favorite oftmine, anyhow.
"I mentioned, too, quite a number
of times, how the mountain looted en
Marathon and Marathon looked on
Ihn una mrl I luaaed in Atpaal and
ber friend Pericles, and did the hrst
1 knew to whitewash the little UUCOn
ventlonalltles of those two. I de
voted a few moments to Diogenes, as
well as Socrates, and I kind ' puz
zled them and aroused their nd:nlra-
tlon by dwelling upon the Peripatetic
School of Philosophy they didn't
know what I was talking about, and
when a lecturer gets an audience In a
state of mind like that their enthu
siasm for him Increases with each
tick of the chronometer.
"After It was over I countnjd up
the gnto receipts and found that there
was $430 left for me after paying ex
penses. I wmt back to the hotel in a
fever and fervor of exultation. A
squat, well dressed, curly haired man,
with a swarthy skin and a thb-k
black mustache, was talking with the
landlord when I strolled Into the ho
tel office. The stranger turned nnd
smiled a very agrerablc smile when
ii ; no ...
My friend.' he said to me. noia-
THE PULPIT.
SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. DR. C. W. M'CORMICK.
Theme: Prayer.-
Ing out his hand, 'I congratulate you.
I listened to your lecture. It was'
nnd as he was a foreigner he hailed
for a word immense. When I re
turn to my own country I am going
to give an Illustrated lecture on Tibet.'
Oh, you've been in Tibet, men.
vaezed or something
"In a moment of confidential gloom
I Imparted my tale of woe to the
landlord of my hotel, with whom I
happened to be all squarc-yr.rds, for
the reason that I'd had the prescience
and foresight to pay my board with
my last kale two weeks in advance
upon hitting the town.
' 'N'ow vou needn't be surprised a
whole lot,' I told the good natured
landlord. 'If I stick your night clerk
up one of thesi- nights aad take to the
chaparral with whatever small change
he happens to have lu the till. I'm
all In, and 1 don't see anybody In
Walla Walla making feather beds
from the moldings of the angels
around here. How about a ball hop's
billet, if you expect me to remain
honest, or a berth as head bootblack
of your doggoned old tavern?'
"It wag at this stage of it that that
whole souled innkeeper of Walla
Walla got busy In framing up a
scheme in my behest and behalf.
"'Never done no lerturiu', have
you, buddy?' he asked me.
"Seeing that he was taking an In
terest in me, I thought that I might
as well be on the level with him, and
so I told him, candldl), that, curi
ously enough, I had never been en
gaged in the lecture RAd.
" 'Well, that ain't savin' that you
couldn't spin 'em a talk, s'posln' the
chanst swung your way," suggested
the landlord. 'Now, I've got tucked
away in the cellar a lot o' lantern
elides picters o' Greece, ancient an'
modern, is what they're labelled
that was left here a couple o' years
ago by a lecturln' son of a skunk that
never got sober 'noiigli th' hull time
he was in an' around Walla Walla V
onreel his talk, although he adver
tised his lecture four or five times,
never pullln' it off. I; was plumb
loco from Tiooze all UT t:;ae he were
. here, and he dliapp'lnted th' popu
lation so often, after pronilsln' t'
d'liver his lecture, that the las' time
he falls down on em tu..v gits i
rl, r,n ha rnnlleil still smiling
that engaging smile. 'Thai's why
I'm going to lecture on It.'
"That squat man was a sure enough
green tourist and echolar who had
Just happened to drop Into Walla
Walla in time to hear me lecture
about Greece. The memory of his
saturnine grin Is a nightmare to me
yet." Washington Star.
CURB FOB SNAKE MTl.
er an runs him out o camp, an lie
never streaks back no more. Cons
quent, I'm th' heir an' assign forever
o' these- yere slides o' his'u that por
tray all what is 'boat ancient and
modern Greei.:. Now, there's your
tip, hombrey, and you can work the
rest of It out f'r y'rself. You're wel
come t' use them Hide I if you want
to, an' I'll guarantee you'll draw a
How Itnmhman Treated a Wound
When Par From Sen lenient.
Eiiten by a rattlesnake In the calf
of the right leg in the Santa Ana
Mountains last Saturday, .lohu Mc
rvirnlrk. a rancher of Grapeland,
saved his life by making an incision
with his pocket knife and inserting
a piece of the reptile's flesh in the
wound, lie bandaged it tightly and
walked seven hours before he reached
his ranch, where he could receive
! medical treatment. Dr. Summer J.
Quint was called from Los Angeles to
attend McCornick. When he arrived
he found that his patient was suffer
ing from a slight poisoning. He de
clares that McCornick saved his life
by his own treatment.
McCornick was hunting through
scrub oak when he felt a peculiar
stinz in his leg. He looaeu uown
and saw the snake dragging on the
.rvnunrl ns he walked. Its fangs had
become fastened in his leggings and
it was unable to withdraw them.
With the butt of his gun McCor
nick knocked the snake oft and then
crushed Its head with his heel. As
quickly as possible he ran into the
open and carried the snake with him.
When he bared his leg he squeezed
all the blood he could out of the two
punctures which the fangs had made.
Then he opened a gash, cutting
through the two wounds and letting
out the blood and poison. He cut
a piece of fiesh out of the snake's
l ack and inserted it in the wound.
McCornick used his handerchief for
bandages and then tied his leg again
just above the knee to stop the poi
son from working through his sys
tem. McCornick was miles from any set
tl'r.'.ent where he could secure medi
cal attendance, so he started back to
Crupeland. His les pulsated with
pain and he soon became deathly sick
Brooklvn, N. T. A large audience
lathered in the Noetrand Avenue M.
K Church, Sunday morning, to nem
the first sermon by the new pastor,
the Rev. Dr. Charles W. McCormlck.
He was greeted by hundreds of the
people nt the close of the service.
His morning subject wn "The
Ground raid Scope of Christian
Prayer " The text was from Ephes
tans 1:1-17, "Wherefore I also cease
not to give thanks for you, maklna
mention of you In my prayers." Or
McCormlck said:
Saint Paul was a man of prayer.
Ha liolleved In nraver. He was fully
persuaded that between himself, n
porsecuiea unu iuiinm,u ,.--.,
and needy saints everywhere, thrf
was a vital and effective reiationsiiip
by way of the throne of grace. Tc
him the question. Does God answei
prayer? had no existence. nnn u
IWfld in our day he would have bad
little In common with those who find
the chief value of prayer in the self
Inspiration and self-culture which un
doubtedly are among Its good results.
The nearest he ever came to speakinc
of the reflex Influence of prayer was
In his letter to the Phillpplans, where
he save: "Pe careful for nothing;
but in everything, by prayer supplica
tion, with thanksgiving, let your re
quests be made known unto God.
And the pence of God, which passeth
all understanding, shall guard youi
hearts and vour thoughts in Chrlsl
Jesus." Here the result of prayer Is
subjective. It is the peace of a soul
that has jovfnlly confided everything
to the caro of God, the Father. Bui
it Is not the mere relief from anxiety
which follows the shifting of ono'i
burdens to the back of nnother. It li
ihc "noira nf nd." Cod's neace. the
kind and measure of peace which God j
,oo ,,n whteVi He itnoarts to Hi!
children who trust in Him, of which
Jesus said, "My peace I give untc :
J'o"-"
The ground of Paul's confidence Ir j
prayer Is his conception of God and ol
his own relation to God as a chosen i
ambassador. Hack of all bis theology
and ethical teachinc lies his own per- j
sonal experience. God had touched
his life and spoken directly to him
This experience was at once his polnl
of outlook and nw untauing gruuuu
Of confidence for himself and for the
Onlv such a spirit can sen God truly
or life wholly. Onlv heart vision U
clear vision. Hence the prnyor of the
text, that the eyes of the heart may
be enlightened. It wns with the eyes
of the heart that tho father saw the
prodigal afar off. It follows, then,
since a knowledge of God Involves
and conditions a man's wisdom and
spiritual understanding, and is essen
tial to wholeness of vision, that the
verv sanity of our views of life 1
wrapped up In oilr conception of God.
t V i, i nf Him all other
knowledge has Its beginning and In
terpretation. Three great corollaries are involved
In the knowledge of God for which
Paul prays: 1. If God be the trans
cendent and Immanent God of his
experience, and if men come to know
Him as such, the call of God to salva
UrJn and holiness Is a perfect guaran
tee of His loving Interest, and a suf-
A aI Ant rnaann for 11 11 fnlllne hone. In
tho knowledge of God, the ohlld of
God perceives the hope of his calling.
2. The riches of God's glory is In His
saints, His inheritance, and the peo
ple of His possession. Tho nature
and work of God display His valua
tion of a redeemed race. Tho snlnts
are His cherished possession. 3. To
know God as Paul knew Him In
Christ Jesus Is to see the very forces
at work which God relies upon to save
the world, and to apprehend the
greatness of His power toward us who
believe. To know God Is to under
stand that all power In Henven and
In earth Is at. His disposal and that
It Is pledged to supply all the needs of
i His children.
Both the other subjects for which
' Paul prays are Impossible without
this knowledge of God; with it, they
I are possible and almost assured. The
; perfect walk and tho perfect work
would seem to be tho normal out
'. growth of such spiritual understand
ing. To know Him and Jesus ChrlBt
whom He hath scut, is, and must ever
be, life eternal.
DECEMBER THIRTEENTH
Topic Books That Delight
Strengthen Prov. 4: 1-9.
and
THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA
CO KltTE!)' ATTACK ON DIUNR
WINNING ALL ALONG LINK
houseful with 'em, and tha'. the boys
Ml behave; they'll have to, 'ca-.se
they'll be ladles present. I'll S3e that
everybody In Walla Walla what's
broke t' lectures 11 bo on hand.'
"I suppose m :. i. thero wasn't
manna in thai kindly : stion. I
thanked the landlord, and he had the
bunch of slides brought up from the
cellar and dusted off.
..IT. . 1 .. U .. .1 V.-. .. 1 ' 1 1. . . . V.A
lie ijul uiiij ui-.i; .i ..ii.. . u u i n-im4y
had the recreant Icc.uivr's BAglC lan- :
tern and all the res: of the gear, all
ready to be set up and put together
for the lecture. I loo'.;cd the sli-Ies
over and found tiia. they were a cork
ing fine lot of views.
"I got. a propeiiy man from the
In his weakened condition ne was
compelled to rest on the road time
and again. When ha finally reached
home ho was almost exhausted and
his leg was dreatlfully swollen and
almost black.
McCornick says that his treatment
was famous among the Indians for
snake bites and he has known of a
number of instances where its appli
cation has saved Uvc3. Los Anjeles
.Moose That Drink at a Pump.
James Tibbelts, of the Neck Koad,
Beaton, has been entertaining strange
company for several days, hiarly last
ueeu Mr. Tibbetts went to tho barn
j got. a property man trom me - vuh,, v.-
new Walla Walla haou.e who j , ,. ?i
knew all about tnaj.c Ian irn gear to " " " ,.. . ,-
assemblo the rtuK and try it out '"r 10 "art the v. ate. at tae
against a Sr. in the hotel djBtag t ur"''8-d ' f "itina
,. .. -ii' and u cow moose, apparently waiting
room after the wpper bad been . Mr. Tlbuci'.s veut directly
eleared wy, and It all w,rkcd oa pump ttnd bCBa raUins water
ttt"Ti,enJwUh the landlord SljSt StfHS PS
the following Satu.day evening It
was then Tuesday and inserted an
n tick ad. In the newspa-ier to the
effect that Euripides Aristophanes
Athercslus, the famous traveler and
professor of the University of Athena,
would deliver his noted lecture on an
cient r.nd modern Grocer at the opera
house on tin following Ba urday eve
ning, with tho finest set of views H
lu t atlve of his subject that had
ever been got together.
"The landlord, who was consider
able of a citizen in Walla Walla. Kot
busy plugging for me, and wiien the
tickets were put on sale at the drug
store they went like hot wa fles near
a city cab stand. Tho lantern was
set up and the slides were thrown on
the screen in a rotation rehearsal,
ft twI Sxtntrinv moraini it occurred to
me that It wouldn't be such a bad
idea for me to think up s .methlug to
say to go with the picture.
"I had never been any nearer to
Greece than Sandy Hook, but I wasn't
bothered much by that co'isldratlon.
1 didn't stand In much fear that the
Walla Walla lolka would be sticklers
Tor the exact figures as to ancient
nnd modern Oreece.
"And, as a matter of fact, they
wern't. The lecture I gave them was
all right and It went through with a
.-latter. I sureed it on pretty thick
about the conquerlug hosts of Alex
ander of Macedon, and I let them
have plenty of 'The Isles of Greece,
the Isles of Oreece, where burning
Sappho loved and sung" In fact, I
think I handed them that quotation
i.o less than nineteen times during
the lecture, just to till lu the desert
anions the first of the animals to
reach it were the stranger, iacn
WOOS3 draiiK its quaiuy and taeu
slowly vulaed pasi tne farmer to a
low place in the feuce, where each
vaulted over and struck off uerosa
nit ti.j.d in tne direction of tne woods.
Bvery morning since tne creature
haia appeared in the barnyard VOMB
.Mr. libbettl nas turned on the water,
the strange part of tne affair llos in
tne fac Lial tne farm is well watered
by three small brous, Which keep
running ail winter, and the Sebastl-
euoK iiiver is but a few bundled
yards away. It Is possible the crea
tures have discovered something In
tuo urooKS and in tne river which sat
tnoir taste going in another direc
tion, for they are watering regularly
at the Tlubettts pump. The moose
nave never homered the cows or the
oxen of the Tlbuett herd and the lat
ter have never apparently paid any
attention to the presence of the
strangers. Kennebec Journal.
Iteilurilig Weight.
Itace Horse Ov.uer 'William, you
are too heavy. Can't you take some
thing off?"
.locaey "I'm wearing my lightest
suit, and haven t tasted loud ull day."
Owner "Tnen, for goodness sake,
go and get shaved." Tit-Bits.
Condeused mjlk imports in Japan
are Increasing enormously, rising
from a value of ISl'O.OOO In laoi to
11,031,000 in 1!07. The United
Stales supplies fifty-eight per cent.,
Great Brltsln twenty-five per cent.
and Switzerland thirty-one per cent,
His conception of God was that
God Is both transcendent and lm
mament; above the world and In the
world; not the logical concept ol
philosophy, nor the unknowable force
of science. He was a personal God,
whose eternal power and Uortheaa are
displayed In the works of His crea
tion; who gave law to sinful men;
who upholds all things by the word
of His power; who seeas 10 rensvui
the world in Christ; who works In the j
saints by His spirit to will and to dc
Of His own good pleasure; and whe j
has promised in Christ the complete
.ootni-mlnii nf all His children.
Chiefly, however, his view of God
was from the standpoint of Christ as
Redeemer. Here he saw the mystery,
hidden through the ages, which the
angels desired to look Into, revealed
in Christ, the unfolding of God's eter
nal purpose to redeem a lost world
from sin. This purpose is not new.
It antedates and is involved in crea
tion. It la as strong and changeless
as the nature of God Himself. Such
was Paul's thought of God.
inrt hi eoneentlon of li 1b own re
lation to God and of his mission ac
cords with this thought. He was slm-
..1,. niTiVo man nr ntt he. loved to SaV.
God's bond-servant; the least of all j
the saints, but called ol uoa to ae
clare the mvstery of redemption to a
perishing world. Necessity was laid
uron him; the love of God con
(trained him; he was debtor to all
men because of the great grace given
unto him; he was part of God's plan,
implicated from the very beginning
In the eternal purpose. As such he
could do nothing but obey and trust
as becomes a co-worker with God.
It is not strange, therefore, that
with such Ideas of God and himself
he should believe In prayer. It Is in
conceivable that he should not.
Prayer in such a case Is simply the
confidential request of a weaker part
ner in a wont aear uo uoiu pnu.
The answer Is assured. BesldeB, God
had already given His Son; what
needful thing coma ne wuuiioiu:
Whoever prays with Paul will have
no narrow or exclusive views of
praver. Listen to some of the peti
tions he offers. He prayB that he
mav be prospered by the will of God
to come to the Romans; for the
Epheslans, that they may have the
spirit of wisdom and revelation in the
knowledge of God, oelng strength
ened with power through the Spirit,
and having Christ constantly dwell
ing in their hearts that the;- may per
fectly know God's surpassing love.
He asks uod to give the Phillppiane
the spirit of wisdom and discernment
and discrimination, that they may be
gin cere and void of offense, filled with
all the fruits of righteousness, in
like manner he prays that the Coloa-
sians may be nilea wiin uie kuowi
edge of God's will in all spiritual wis
dom and understanding, walk worth
ily, bear fruit, Increasing In knowl
edge and power. Finally he praye
that God may count the Thessalon
iaus worthy of their high calling, and
till every desire growing out of good
ness, and every work of faith full ol
His power
In all of Paul's prayers we miss a
familiar note. He Beems to disre
gard the ordinary needs of life. Yet
he did not really do so. He simply
subordinated them and assumed that
God would withhold from His chil
dren no good thing. With him God'f
work was everything. Surely, if be
ji.i .v.,., t falihfiillv. fSod would
supply all his needs. Hence he prayed
for what he tnougni was ui umurai
Importance. As to the rest, he was
in God's care. ,
The great petitions of Paul's pray
ers are three: For a satisfying knowl
edge of God, a worthy life, and ac
cordant power. These are man's
great needs. Our text to-day deals
chiefly with the first.
An essential prerequisite of a sat
isfying knowledge of jod t a cer
tain soul-preparation which God only
can give. This preparation Is two
fold: i. The Spirit of God recreate
the "Irlt of man so that it becomes
s, t of wisdom. 2. In like man
lier u becomes a spirit of revelation.
By the term "spirit of wisdom" Is
-neant, not merely a wise spirit,
.hough so much Is, of course, Implied,
hut a spirit which is essentially wise
sven In It temper and action. Like
wise the "spirit of revelation" signi
fies, not the revelation, or the power
to make revelations, but a spirit
which cap receive 1 susceptible to
revelation. Such a sp'rlt result
partly from the removal of limita
tions, partly from a chelae In point
f view, nnd partly from added power.
Dr. Frank Crane's Eplgrnms.
The truest prayers are simple si
lence. To feel God is to pray.
Prayer is the orientation of life;
finding God, as sailors find a star.
LlttleneBS I self-hood; greatness
consists in being a vesBel for the In
finite. Our sole disease is Impotence. No
man ever had enough vitality, enough
passion. Our passion trails Its flower
In the slime, not because it grows too
strong, but because it has not. enough
vigor to raise Its Dioom towara neav-
en.
Love knows no crime, but too lit
tle love. It is the dull razor that
cuts. The sickly rose plants are they
that are attacked by vermin.
Impurity comes from a morbid
love; when love strikes its tan root
down Into the infinite it purifies it
self "even as He Is pure."
irnif AaaA mil Hocreto nolson ;
hardy, sunlit, out-of-door souls make
honey. ,
r- r,voa ore ndnlterles. envies i
and such like, because there 1 a
worm In the core of our souls.
My hand is lame when my soul Is
dry."
Work is a sort of substitute ior
play and law Is a substitute for life;
for with children it is all play and
in Christ there is no law.
There are two kinds of law; as
gravitation and a statute; the latter
was Moses' kind, the former Jesus'.
From Sermon Preached by Or.
Prank Crane at Union Church, Wor
cester, Mass.
Luke's books. Acts 1: 1-5.
Paul's hooks. 2 Tim. 4: 913.
Peter's hooks. 1 Pet. 1: 1-6.
Missing books. Num. 21: 1-1-Writ.,,
-. in stone. Fx. 24: 12-18
Parchment rolls. Jor. 30: 2-4.
"Get" (v. 6) Is tho word of today;
and the word Is a good word If wo get
tho right things, the enduring things.
Getting wisdom Is only half; It le
quite as Important (v. 5) not to for
get it.
The value of a gain I the use we
can make of it. Some men are "land
poor," but no man Is ever wisdom
poor (v. 0.)
Wisdom Is not only useful but
beautiful. There is no beauty of
house or face or clothes or pictures
that is lovely without it (v. 9.)
Illustration.
Books must delight if they are to
.(.,hi.ii- hi Shnkesneare: "No
profit goes' where there's no pleasure
ta'en."
Buoks must strengthen If they are
to delight. Reading only for amuse
ment soon ceases to amuse.
Few have wide enough range in
their rending. Use different books
for different purposes.
Vnvor rend n book that ha not
something to give your life, nor cease
to read till you have received it.
Illustrations.
Tho love of a library is the best
Insurance. It insures against rone- ,
llness, despair, gloom.
Our partners make half the success
of our worldly business. Books give
us for speritual partners the world fl
best and greatest men.
A library Is a bank, containing the
treasures of all ages, and any one
may draw all he can carry away.
As you cannot know Intimately all
men, but must choose your friend,
so you cannot know all books, but
must chooBo your friends among
them.
HVTWTtHMTIONAL l.WSHON COM.
MKNTS FOR HF.CF.MB8R 18.
Subject: Solomon Dedicates the Tem
ple, 1 King 8 Golden Text, Ps.
122:1 Commit Verses 10, 11
Rend 1 Kings Ch. B-B.
-1004 B. C. PLACB. Je-
EFWQHTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13.
The Joy of the Overcomers Mev. 2,
7, 11, 17, 26-29; 3. 5, 12, 21.
A Fresh Beginning.
An Indiana chemist has discovered
a chemical process to revive gas
wells, and Is having great success
He has taken hold of a number of
dead wells and brought on big flows
again. He uses a chemical which,
lowered to the bottom of the well,
eats its way through the Trenton
rock, dissolving and cleaning out a
cement which has formed in the
pores, clogging the way for the gas
to pass to the well. Another charge
is put down with nitroglycerine on
top and shot into the rock. It Is
claimed the revived wells are as good
as new.
How many Christians there are
who need to be revived. It Is not
that their religious capabilities are
exhausted, but that some worldly ce-
.tint nfr tho eommunlcatum
llll'llL uan nun.
between the heart and God. Joshua
brought to the people of Israel a new
chapter of spiritual power that their
lives might again be opened Godward,
and His grace flow freshly to them.
Baptist Teacher.
The Scriptures recognizes the real
ity and power of temptation. its
promise Is "to him that overcometh."
Our references are to particular
Ohurche confronted by particular
conditions, the "Joy" or triumph fit
irt to ihr. rendition or temptation pe
culiar to the church to which it was
promised. There Is a joy suited to
every case: Those who have suf
fered end may still suffer shall not
have death to fear. Eternal life shall
be their portion. Those who have to
deny themselves meat offered unto
idols Bhall be fed with the food of
God tho hidden manna.
Those who resist the power of false
teachers shall be given the power if
rulers.
Those whose garments arc not de
filed through softness and ease ahall
be clothed In the livery of heaven
and honored by the confesslou of
Christ Jesu3. (See Matt. 10. 32.)
Those who resist the false Jews of
the synagogue shall become pillars
In God's temple and shall be honored
oven by those who try to turn them
aside.
Those who resist the allurements
nf wealth, with Its nromUe of posi
tion, shall be permitted to reign with
Christ and the Father in heaven.
Here, then, 13 clearly set forth the
general teaching that losses may be
aitatnlned in Christian service, but
they will be compensated for by the
eternal recognition of God in his ,
home above.
The overcomers shall reign with J
God. Only the victors are worthy j
to dwell with him.
Ambassador of Christ.
Laws are made, men are subjected
to civil authority. Broken laws are
open to penalty. The governments
are powerful enough to enforce. If
men in autnority are wean ui uuwi
lng Is it in the power of the church
to say thou shalt? Is the church los
ing the noble standards that It has
won? Is she no longer tho ambassa
dor of Christ? Has she become the
spy of government?
Fountain I Alweys Open.
After the poor labors of the day are
open, my heart still cries, "God be
merciful to me a sinner." I am deep
ly sensible that dally, hourly and mo
mentarily I stand In need of the
! sprinkling of my Saviour's blood.
Thanks be to UOd, tne ioumain rs i
ways open. Oh, what an anchor Is
this to my soul! Lady Huntingdon.
Wet and Dry Goods.
One of the things that is breaking
up the Amerlcnn home to-day Is the
woman's love for dry goods nnd the
man's love for wet goods. Tho great
est enemy the American home has Is
the American saloon.
Be Bold.
Don't be a weak-kneed participant;
stand boldly upon your feet.
A Jeweler's Good Gues.
Some one wanted to know without
: - king directly how long a certain
woman had been married.
"About fifteen years," said a man,
who is a jeweler.
"How do you know?" asked hli
wife. "You don't 'know anything
about her. You never saw ber until
to-night. "
"I can tell by the size of her wed
ding ring," said the man. "Tho width
of weddlns; rinsrs changes about every
Ave years. Their size repeatB Itself
at certain periods, but figuring that
way th woman must have been mar
ried fourteen years ago. If not fifteen.
She Isn't old enough for forty-five,
consequently she must belong In the
fifteen-year class."
Subsequent Inquiry proved that the
jewelw was right. New York Sua.
The three-year-old son and heir of
the Czar Nicholas is Insured for 2.
600,000, and I said to pay th high
est premium In tho world. ,
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BIG BIRDS ON SMALL 5
-:- WINGS. -:- Z
I
tn the attemnt to discover some
universal law of bird-flight scientists
have disclosed concerning a number
of species a most puzzling paradox,
perhaps the most mysterious of the
enigmas that the aubject presents. It
1b that In a number of birds and In
sects the Blze of the wings decreases
In proportion to the Increase In size
of the body of the flying creature.
The Australian crane, for instance,
welghB over three hundred times
more than tho sparrow, but In pro
portion has only one-seventh of the
wing area of the smaller bird.
This curious fact Is equally strlk-
Itik if we comnare birds with insects.
It the gnat were Increased In size j
until It was as large as the Australian 1
crane and if the wings of the insect
were enlarged to maintain the pro
portion they now bear to Its noay,
they would be about one hundred and
fifty times larger than the crane's.
It requires 3.62 square feet ot
wing area per pound to float the
bank-swallow, but to sustain the
tawny vulture, a monstrous bird in
enmnarlson. reaulres only .68 of a
square foot of wing surface per pound
of body. The albatross, weigning
eighteen pounds, has a spread of wing
of eleven feet and six Inches, while
the trumpeter swan, weighing twenty-eight
pounds, has a spread of wing
of only eight feet. The stork weighs
eight times more than the pigeon, but
in proportion has only half as much
wing surface. "The Mystery of Bird
FUght," in Everybody'.
TIM K.
rusalem.
EXPOSITION. t The Gathering
nt Jerusalem to Dedicate the Temple,
1, 2. Great national gatherings for
religious purposes were one of the
marked features of the life of God'
.1 ... . ..1., I. . ... 1 V,,t nnlv hfllt
1 II.'- II i ' ' 1 1 I ' 101.111. ,v
they their three regulr.r yearly feast
(Ex. 23:14-17) but there were special
gatherings for special occasions like
this (cf. .Tosh. 23:2; 24:1; 1 Chron.
28:1). Sometimes, as In the case be
fore us, the regular and the special
were combined (cf. Ezra 3:1-6). Tha
Israelites when walking with God
took plenty of time for due acknowl
edgment of God's godness, and for
the cultivation of their moral and
spiritual life. The dedication of the
temple occupied seven days, and waa
imnKutlntolv fnllnwod hv the regular
yearly Feast of Tabernacles ( 2 Chron.
7:8-10). There were In all fourteen
days of confession of sin (for the
Day of Atonement occurred on the
tenth day of this month, Lev. 23:27,
..1,1,1, ... , 1 1 1 .1 Yin h thtrrt ftnv nf the
seven days of the dedication), of
thanksgiving and worship and prayer.
No wonder that God manifested Him
self to them tn such a glorious way.
The Immediate purpose of this great
national gathering of all tho leading
people of the nation was that they
might bring up "the ark of the cov
enant" with due honor. All the sen
ators of the nation were there, but
none of them presumed to touch the
ark that stood for God's presence In
their midst. God had appointed that
only "the sons of Kohath" should
bear the ark (Nu. 4, 15 B). On this
occasion the most important of the
I sons of Kohath, the descendants of
I Aaron, the priests themselves, bore
the ark (cf. Josh. 3:6, 14, 16; 6:6;
I De. 31:9; 1 Chron. 15: 2, 11-15).
Not only the ark, but the entire
tabernacle, which up to this time had
been at Glbeon, was brought up. Sac
rifices and offerings expressing con
fession of sin, trust in atonement
through blood, consecration and com
munion with God, were offered in
countless profusion. By the "oracle
of the House is meant tno moBi t-ioiy
Place reserved for the ark (ch. 6:19
22). In this most Holy Place the
ark was placed under the sheltering
wings of the Cherubim (cf. ch. 6:27;
Ex. 25:20-23). At the time the rec
ord contained in this book was writ
ten everything still remained Just as
It was arranged the day of dedication
(v. 8). The ark contained the two
tables of stone which Moses had
hewed out at Horeb, and on which
Jehovah Himself had written "the
j ten words" (or commandments) (De.
10:1-5, R. V.). These "ten words"
! were God's covenant with Israel (Ex.
! 11-97 5 8 P V 1 Henee thn ark
that contained them was called "the
ark of the covenant. witu tne taw
of God perfectly kept within, and Its
blood-sprinkled mercy seat above,
where God met His people (Ex. !
26:20-22), It was a remarkable type j
of Christ. These ten words were also
called "tho testimony," because they j
were God's witness to the truth and I
to His will. There was absolutely
nothing elBe In tho ark but these two
tables of stone. Besides the ark, in i
the tablernacle, were the pot of I
manna (Ex. 16:33, 34) and Aaron s
rod that budded (Nu. 17:10, 11). As
these were by divine commandment
so closely associated with the ark of
testimony, the author of the Epistle
to the Hebrews regards them as being
in it. (The Greek preposition trans
lated "in" has a wider meaning and
use than our word "in.") Only the
law which Jehovah Himself had
written was actually inside the ark.
The complete Mosaic law (not merely
the ten words) written out In full by
the hand of Moses, was beside the
ark of the covenant, In the tabernacle
(De. 31:26), and afterwards In the
temple, where It was found when the
temple was being repaired In the days
of Jostah (1 K. 22:1-20).
II. The House of Jehovah KlUed
With the Glory of Jehovah, 10, 11,
(12, OS. When everything waa com
plete, and the temple was left emp
tied of all else for God Himself, He
came down and .filled it with His
own ineffable glory. wnen every
thing Is in place, and we have pre
sented ourselves to God to be His
t, .n.i.li. nnil hnvn tnlren off our hands.
He will come and fill us too with HI
glory. "The cloud" that "filled the
house of the Lord" was the-6hekinah
glory of His own awful presence (Le.
16:2; Ex. 13:21; 14:24; 16:10;
24: 16-18; 2 Cbron. 6:13, 14). When
tlw conditions are met to-day, God
just as really and manifestly, and far
more blessedly, fills His house with
His glory. In a similar way Jehovah
had filled the tabernacle with His
glory when that was set up, and ev
erything nniBiiea accoraing io ms
word (Ex. 40:34, 3G). And He again
filled the temple when Solomon had
finished his prayer (2 Chron. 7:1-3).
We have a far more abiding privilege
than Israel; tor It Is ours to constant
ly behold the glory of. God In the
pel-son of Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 3:18;
4:6; Jno. 1:14).
United Htates SenntoT Clny Gives
Best Method to tfse in Arquiiint
ing the Younger Generation
With the Dangers of the Hnloon.
In peaklng of the best method to
employ to make the younger gener
ation fully acquainted With the dan
gers of the saloon, Senator Clay, of
Oeorgla.Tecently said:
"Tho Ichools and the churches have
a great responsibility in this matter.
I regret that the Church Is so open
to criticism on this question. The
saloon Influence is so destructive, uni
versal and Insistent, It undoes so
much of what the Church tries to do
that It Is little short of marvelous
to me that she Is not more outspoken
against the ealoon. The schools are
doing far more than in the past, but
not so much as they might. The pu
pils should be drilled Incessantly In
the knowledge of the effects of al
cohol on the human system.
"Another Important and sadly ne
glected work of the churches and our
schools Is the teaching of the power
of a clean ballot. The people and tho
I youth should be taught that the ballot
Is put Into tho hands of the citizen
I for the making of clean, honest, State.
I city and national government; that
had trmrBrnmont enrnintlon in noll-
tlcs, Is an impossibility, if the clean
citizens of this country will use their
ballots as they should.
"Viewed In the light of this ne
glect, the corruption of our body pol
itic to-day lies at the door ot good
church-going citizens, because, being
in the majority, by the proper use of
the ballot, they could remove the
guilty, grafting politicians.
"Any minister or teacher who fall
to teach this continually is lament
ably derelict In his duty.
"It Is a deplorable fact that the In
stitutions of higher education In this
country, the universities particularly,
are criminally, wilfully negligent fn
pointing out the dangers of drink
and the power of a clean ballot. So
much so is this, that It Is nothing but
the strictest truth when I assert that
our great universities are to-day noth
ing but Institutions for the manufac
ture of drunkards and sports. Not
so much by the evil they teach, but
by tne gooa tney ao not leacu.
The Senator then related a story
of how a young man of his acquaint
ance, gifted, especially brilliant, had
been sent to a great university, with
glorious prospects, came back, In lit
tle more than a year, physically, men
tally and morally ruined through
drink.
"Let the Church," exclaimed Sen
ator Clay, pacing the floor with true
Senatorial strides, "let the Church
and our educational Institutions but
teach the curse of drink, but point
out the power of a clean ballot, and
the future of this country would be
glorious.
"And mind you can't teach one
without the other. The saloon Influ
ence Is so Interwoven In our political
fabric that anything that means death
to' political corruption means the crip
pling of the saloon so that Its recov
ery Is Impossible. The saloon Is tho
mother of all our moral ulcers. Is the
father of practically all existing polit
ical corruption, the hermaphrodite of
sin. Without the miasma from the
saloon swamp, the disease germs in
politics would die. On It they exist.
"Do you know that tho liquor lobby
In every State is responsible for the
I meagre amount of reform legislation
we usually get, lowers the whole
moral tone of the State's legislators,
i in a word, makes political corruptlon
lsts? "You'll have to excuse me furth
er." the Senator said, good-naturedly.
"If some of my folks down In my
State read what I've given you, I ex
pect It will throw up some dust."
They .Inst Had To.
The Associated Press recently sent
broadcast the Item that the brewers
of St. Louis. Mo., have magnani
mously announced that henceforth
they "would obey the law" and not
sell to any saloons or bars which are
known., to be lawbreakers. This as
a voluntary act might be considered
praiseworthy, but the facts are thus
stated bv Excise Commissioner Mull
hill, of St. Louis: "This agreement,
was reached after 1 had issued a call
for a meeting of the accredited rep
resentatives of every brewery doing
tn St. I.ouls. I gave these
men two alternatives either to co
operate In upholding the law by re
fusing to supply Illegal clubs, or ex
pect to see fewer saloons In St.
Louis."
The Reason.
"Because the saloon is a criminal
Institution, evil and only evil, the
producer of ill health. Immorality.
Impurity, Insanity, poverty, crime,
degredation and woe, increasing
taxes, breaking up homes, corrupt
ing government, filling Jails, alms
houses, workhouses, penitentiaries
and Insane asylums, and directly and
indirectly carrying 2 00,000 of our
people annually to premature death,
It Is the business of government to
destroy the saloon." Such was the
declaration of the committee on
temperance appointed by the Indiana
Baptists to report to their recent
onnvantinn on the nrocreBB of pro
hibition and local option, and the
attitude of religious bodies and the
Bernard Shaw Answered.
Lady Randolph Churchill's answet
to Bernard Shaw's note written In re
ply to an Invitation to a luncheon
party la a good Illustration of th
writer keen and ready wit. To this
Invitation Mr. Shaw answered: "Cer
ininiv not: what have I done to pro-
,mv. .iie.h an attack upon my well
known habit?" Whereupon Lady
Bandolph replied: "Know nothing ol
your habit ; hope they are not a bad
a your manners." To this telegram
Mr. Shaw wrote a long letter excus
ing himself on the ground tbfct he did
not eat "the unfortunate dead a' "
mail and thing."
The Result of Long Age.
The Institutions of any age are
merely the crystallized oplnlans about
Uoa ot tne age preceuiug.
According to Messrs. Henriet and
Bonyssy ozone is produced by the ultra-violet
rays of the sun in the upper
Htmosnhere and the amount contained
In the air near the ground increases
when air currents descend from the
upper regions. Sometimes, also, It
Increases during rains. It ha been
observed that there 1 a reduction
of the proportion of carbonlo acid In
the air when the amount ot ozone In
creases. This Is regarded as an In
direct effect due to dilution of the
lower air by the purer air descending
from above. Youth's Companion.
Worst of Bargains.
To sell rum for a livelihood Is bad
enough, but for a whole community
to share the responsibility and guilt
of such a traffic seems a worse bar
gain than that of Eve or Judas.
Horace Greeley.
NO WORK FOR HIM.
"But." said the good old lady, "will
don't you go to work?"
Why, ma'am," began the disrepu
table old loafer, "yer see, I got a wlfu
an' live children' to support "'
"But how can you support them II
you don't go to work!"
As I was a-uyln', lady, I got s
wife an' live children to support me."
Catholic Standard and Time.
Temperance Notes.
The temperance move Is a move for
better humanity, and for better busi
ness. In North Carolina more than ninety-five
per cent, of the territory ha
barred liquor.
Gustav Trenen says: "Evon a
thimbleful of spirits weakens all mY
best faculties."
Give" up drink or give up hope of
holding your place In the Industrial
world, is the warning of John Burn
to the laboring men of England.
Drink 1 the dynamite of modarn
civilization. Hon. John D. Long.
Ninety per cent, of the territory in
Mississippi 1 prohibition, and It l
expected that the coming LeglBlatui
will enact absolute prohibition to'
the whole State.
Oklahoma was a fertile campaign
fcronnd for the League's crusaders.
By It recently adopted constitution
the sale ot liquor Is prohlblted-
Cougress will have to face the di
rect question of whether Wusblnst""
is to remain "wet" or whether uw
statesmen will have to forego the bar.
The Lriague Is preparing lot a vigor
ous assault.