THE PULPIT.
A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY
ADAM MACDONALD REOCH
Something t(i Do.
Iion't allow your breeders to stand
round huddled up In a corner of the
hen house If you want fertllo egi;s.
Give th"m Bomethlng to do. Make
tem hunt their food In the litter. An
f-tlve hens Is worth a dozen Innctlvo
iv n In the breeding pen. Farmers'
Home Journal.
Ciasolinp Kiijrhic
Vhrtt do you know about the prac
t!. il working of the tncollno engine
.lowing and seeding operations?
"ime farmers seem to think It Is the
cj.nln'i plan on lare farms. Exper
iments have brr n tried for complet
ing the operation of plowing, harrow
1 i ; and sei din ; at one operation by
I Veiling the; different Implements b -1
i id the gasoline engine. Wo would
J :s to havo photographs and c!"-
fc'vlptlon of such outfits. Eilu
mist
planks around the pen, one on eact
side, flvB or six Inches from th
ground and ci?ht cr ten Ir.chc3 from
the wall of the pen. T'.-.cse planki
keep the bow from lnylris c'owa
against the sides of the pen and the
pigs are not nearly so liable to be
mushed. Indiana Farmer.
Thome: What Is Your Life?
The Itocf of Aiilm:i?.
The hoof3 of animals arc cyiiftant
ly crowing. When they walk around
on the ground the sarrl, fuiies and
other hard surfaces war the hoofs
away enough to keep tin in In normal
condition, but itabling rattle with
other animals and ke;ilng them for
months on soft straw .ivcs the hoofs
an opportunity to mow because they
get very little wear. It Is often nec
ess.iry to give tip i:i attention with a
paring outfit nlo; this time of the
year. Epltomist.
Potato er Hill Onion.
This onion h becoming more of a
favorite each year because of Its abil
ity to withstand the severe colds of
the winter, and Its freedom from the
ravages of the "onion maggot." Sets
planted In the fall produce market
able bulbs in late June or early July,
JUF.t at the time the market is bare
of fresh stock, 'and therefore bring a
desirable price. Tho large bulbs
planted In tho spring make seta by
the fall, thus making It necessary for
the onion grower to save mature
bulbs for spring planting. In order
to keep up his supply of sets. The
matured bulbs should be stored In
thin layprs In a dry, well ventilated
place. Farmers' Home Journal.
Totatoes Tudor Straw. -I
have a big pile of straw and would
like to use It on potatoes. Please ex
plain bow It Is done. What do I do
after plowln;$ and harrowing the
ground? A. F. S.
Plant the potatoes in pieces, cut In
the usual way, two or three eyes to
tho piece, about fifteen Inches apart
In rows thirty Inches apart, pressing
Into the ground slightly. Then cover
with straw, two or three Inches deep.
If covered too deep they may rot.
If the season happens to be a wet
one there Is dagger of rotting even
with light covering, and here is per
haps the principal objection to this
method. It Is Just the plan for dry
soil or a dry summer. Indiana Farmer.
Do Hunts Poison the Soil'.'
No one knows so well ns the prac
tical farmer how rapidly a naturally
fertile soil may be eihaustcd by cul
tivation. In this country, the tiibac -o
In ii rl.n (if Virginia afford an example
of this rapid decline In fertility. Yhs
abandoned New England farms, teo,
help to illustrate the effects product)
by the constant cultivation of the
same fields. Land that once yielded
crops as If by magic now requires an
artificial preparation before it will
reward the furmer tor liU strenuous
labor In tho field.
Sir Oliver Lodge, the eminent Eng.
Ilah scientist, Is reported to have ex
pressed his belief in the theory of
the poisoning of the cultivated lands
of the world. The advocates of this
theory believe that the systematic ro
tation of crops Is needless. They be.
llevo that it is inipesslble.to exhaust
the ground by a crop, as the food sup.
plies in the soil are too great to ad
mit of such a result. Other causes,
therefore, must underlie tho failure
of a crop to what was ones fertile
soli, and, according to the believers
In the theory, this failure Is due to
root poisoning. According to the
poisoning theory a crop doea not do
bo well when it Immediately succeeds
another of tho same sort because it
excretes an active poison which is de.
structive of Us own germs. Artifi
cial measures e recommended not
so much as a food for the plant as a
remedy against these root poisonE.
Very thorough investigation has,
however, recently been carried out at
Rothamsted, perhaps the most sclen.
tiflc farm in the world, which tends
to show that adherents of the poison
ing theory have not yet succeeded In
fully proving their case. If this the
ory be true, manure, In the truo
sense, will no longer be necessary, but
something to destroy, the poisons ex
creted by the (ilants will serve a more
useful purpose. As the root polsq,:i
is admitted to exist In small quanti
ties only, the treatment of land by
any new process Hooking to this end
should be much cheaper than under
the present system of fertilization.
Philadelphia Record.
Text: For what Is your life? It Is
even a vapor, that appeareth for a lit
tle time, and then vanlsheth away.
James 4:14.
This Is an apt metaphor with which
to represent the brevity and evanes
cence of life, but It does not tell the
whole story.
The cloud which the text speakB of
as Coating Idly in the sky we have im
prisoned In our machinery and com
pelled to do mighty things. This ca
pacity of fleeting vapor for energy
and work well represents the capacity
of the human spirit for Inspiration
and service. This constitutes man's
greatest endowment and Is the life of
every faculty and attainment.
Scripture continually speaks of man
ns a "vessel" or utensil which depends
for its usefulness and worth upon the
value of Its contents. When noble
Ideals perish our life descends toward
the level of tho brute. Just ns vapor,
bereft of Its heat, turns again to Its
original liquid foiin, comparatively
without value.
Life and action carried on In ac
cordance with true Ideals will result
unfailingly in progress. Too often
tho monotony of life consumes the
energy which should jro toward the
realization of our idea)3, and when
we stand before the doors of larse
opportunities we are overcome with
fear and hesitation.
Man, like the vapor, will never do
his best work except under pressure.
A brook will bable until It meets tho
dam, when it begins to turn the grist
mill. Without a sense of responsibil
ity a man will develop no force of
character. We should think of our
responsibilities as opportunities. Life
Is most truly described, in the broad
sense, as a great opportunity. That
is the way Jesus looked at it. "Treas
ure hid In a field." "a pearl of great
price," "talents intrusted to servan-ts,"
these are the similes he used. They
all emphasize the element of opportu
nity. Life is. In short, the ipportunity to
find our true Eelf, and until we have
done that we can never hope to find
the true God. If a man gain the
w hole world and lose himself It prof
Iteth nothing, for a mau can actually
and permanently possess nothing ex
cept himself. Is a man entitled to
say "I live," simply because he eats
and sleeps and is physically well? A
human life is far more complex. Tho
first reed pipe gave forth music, but
Its descendant, the great organ, gives
forth completed music in which the
other parts are harmonized with the
melody. The complete life Is one In
which the religious or spiritual note
gathers Into harmony the moral, the
Intellectual and the physical elements
In our being, bringing them also Into
harmony with Cod. Uie source and
fountain of life.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS VOli MAY Gj
IIcMs For Slock.
Lr -jts and mangels are greatly rec
ommended by seedsmen. We raised
some mangels Rome few years a?o:
tho stock liked them only fairly well.
We never raised any more until last
season, when we conceived the Idea
to iaiao some of tho half sugar, stock
beets, to try, our main object being
to have them for our brood sows
when pumpkins gave out.
We planted these in rows about
thirty Inches apart for conveniences
In cultivating. Wo worked the soil,
which was naturally rich, Into very
good shape; as v.-.; had no seed drill
we drilled them In by hand and cov
ered shallow by haul.
Tho first cultivation was tedious
with hoe and fir.'4:i"3 but they grew
fast, and made a fine lot of beets fur
the small patch we had In. The sea
son though was so dry they probably
on!y pot half size; after two or thre"
sharp frr--''s we pulled them out and
"ricked" them un on a naturally well
dralntd spot, covered with a layer of
atr.'.w, tiien dirt; we opened one end
n few days bu'k and they are ia fine
shape. The hois a and sows went for
them In grand ptle. We never tried
the other K'ock on them. I believe
th y will prove profitable. Abraham
IS.-oif., in t!iu Ir.JInt.a Farmer.
To Snve the Early Tigs.
At least two poin s are Important
In saving th.) early pigs that are
quhe generally r.e-k-i.ed. The first
In to keep tha plx from chilling im
mediately after birth. Ono method
which has been found elective on our
farm is to havo a bushel basket by a
warm fire at the housi and us the
plm are born put them into a smaller
ba.sk - t, over them up warm and tar
ry them to tho basket at the fire. If
1L Is In tho Light it means a v.ho'.e
rU-afs work. This Is kept up until I
the row Is through fnrrowlng. The
I If, nrj kcl.t In the basket until they
r.ro dry and warm through and
through, and ready for something to
cat. Uy this tlmo the sow will have
become quiet. Then they are carried
to t'acir mother, and see that they
Kt something to tat. If It Is a very
cold time th sow should be la warm
and comfortable quarters, or else tho
l'zn will chill, no matter how well
tli' are dried and wannad at ma
tart. Rut a pig that ii dry, warn,
and fed can stand a good deal of cold.
Another method that we have tried
successfully is to havo a tub In the
pen and have a gallon Jug full of hot
water In It, and as fast as the pigs
are dropped put them Into the tub
and cover It over with an old horse
blanket. In an hour or two, or as
oou as they are all dried oft well,
put them with' their mother.
The second Important point that It
too often neglected Is the prctuttlon
of the young pigs fro.m Injury by the
fciotber. To do thU wo nail narrow
Farm Notes.
Separata good, rich cream, then
churn It at a lower temperature.
Milk la used raw,' while most other
food products are cooked in some
way. Tho very fact that milk Is a
raw food should stimulate those en
gaged In its production to the greatest
possible care.
Never put warm cream and cold
cream together. Use separate cans,
Don't say you can't afford It. "You are
in tho dairy business every day in
the year. If conducted properly
there Is money enough In It to buy all
the necessary tool:.
Milk may, be unclean and unfit for
use from either Internal or external
causes. The cow may be diseased or
the surroundings and Vhe utensils
may be dirty. Trouble may come
from disease in the families of work
men engaged about the premises.
Epidemics of scarlet fever have been
traced to this source.
A quart of milk Is said to be equal
In nutrition to a pound of beefsteak.
It is also said to bo equal to two
pounds of bread. A pound of steak
costs anywhere from ten to thirty
cents, according to the cut end the
market. Two pounds of bread cost
usually from ten to twelve cents. Why
should milk sell for less than bread
or beefsteak?
Milk and cream take up cdors an1
taints from unclean vessels in which
they may be placed, or from any sub
stance, emitting an odor. They are
easily spoiled and made unwhole
some for food If any dirt or filth g.Hs
Into them, or If they are covered up
tight bo that the fresh air does not
get to them to remove the odors and
gases which may bo forming In them.
Good buttei contains from twelve
to fifteen per cent, of water. Some
butter makers ry to Increase the
weight by Increasing the moisture
content. This method Is not honest
ind It Is not good policy. Such work
is characterized as fraudulent. At
tempts are being made to regulate It
by law, In fact, some authorities
claim that the puro food law as It
now sfand covers it. From "Dairy
Notes," In the Agricultural Eplio-mist.
Could Yon Pray?
Coming from Chicago one day be
fore I was a saved man, an eleven-year-old
boy made an attempt to
board my train at Hebron and, miss
ing his bold, fell nnder the cars. A
section man pulled bini out and laid
him on the platform. The boy made
a grab for his bat that was just be
yond his reach, and then realized that
his other arm was broken and one
leg gone. He began to beg us to kill
him. They placed him on a stretcher,
nnd some one ran for his mother, who
lived JuBt a block away. She came
running, and as she knelt at his side,
cried:
"My Cod, Frank, Is this you!"
"Yes, mother," he replied, "and
won't you pray for me?"
Wringing her hands, she sobbed:
"O Frank, I can't pray! I don't know
how!"
There on her knees, at the Bide of
her dying boy. she turned to us and
pleaded for some of us to pray for
him, but we each one had to admit
that we did not know how, and he
died before us without a prayer. I
never shall forget the anguish written
on that poor mother's face. I do
thank God that I have learned to pray
since that time and to hold up before
the throne of grace not only my own
children, but those of prayerless par
ents about me.
Poor, lint Rlrli.
A poor blind woman in Paris put
twenty-seven francs Into a plate at
a missionary meeting. "You cannot
Afford so much," said one. "Yea, sir,
I can." she answered. On being
pressed to explain, she said: "I am
blind, and I said to my fallow-straw-workerr,
'How much money do you
siend In a year for oil In your lamps
when it Is too dark to work nights?'
Vr"' replied. "Twenty-seven francs.'
"?o," said the poor woman, "I
fiur.d that I save so much In the
year berause I am blind and do not
nerd a lamp, and I give It to shed
lf-;ht to the dark heathen lauds."
Detroit News-Trlbnne.
Moral Constitution.
Let a man build op his moral con
stitution by thinking noble thoughts,
derived from the habitual practice of
reading good books, performing no
ble deeds, association with pure wom
en and honorable men. Let a man
wulk In the spirit and he will not ful
fill the lusts of the flesh. Rev. Will
iam C. Btinsman.
Beneficent Power.
No matter how insignificant you
may be, you can exert some beneficent
power over tho tide and flow of hu
man pan-Ions, and diffuse a calm and
blessed light on those that fall within
yom- environment. Cardinal James
Cibbons. ,
Knew Ills Ross.
A reporter of the Cincinnati Ea- i
quirer John R. McLean's newspaper i
uas once seut Into a small town in
Southwestern Ohio to got the story j
of a woman evangelist who had been
greatly talked about. Tho reporter
attended one of her meetings and oc
cupied a front seat. When those who
wished to be saved were asked to j
arise, he kept hla seat and used bit i
noto book. The woman approached, 1
and, taking Dim by the haud, said:
fCome to Jesus." "Madame," said
the newspaper, "I'm here solely on
business to report your work."
"Brother," said she, "iere la no bus
iness so Important as God's." "Well,
maybe not," tald the reporter; "but
you don't know John McLean. " Argonaut.
A Wronger Assurance.
The faith or the heart la a stronger
assurance than all the visions of the
outward sense. When fortune smiles
around me. I may think that I am
happv; when sanctity nnd love
breathe within roe, I know It
France Is about to amend Iti pres
ent law to provide that patent thall
lapse if Its bolder shall fait to exer
cise his right In Franca or In the col
onies of France for a period ot three
years from 1U graoticg.
Inspiration of Self.
According to what a man Is, is tho
cuality and amount of the virtue that
gops out of him, and he cannot cense
to Impart this peculiar life unless he
sinks Into the lethargy of deat'u.
Sears.
Rrjokw Constantly.
We should not found our praises of
Cod on things that are far apart In
their occurrence. We should look for
His "wonderful works" In those that
are most constant. Tha rejoicing that
Is In the Eternal Father should be no
more suspended than are Ilia boun
ties. N. L. Frotbingnam.
Faith That la Able.
Faith la the being able to cleave to
a power of goodness, appealing to our
higher and real self and not to our
lower and apparent self. Matthew
Arnold.
Subject: Relieving nnd Doing, James
2:11: SO Golden Text : James
8:20 Commit Verse 20 Com
mentary. TIME. A. D. 60. PLACE. Jeru
salem. EXPOSITION. I. Living Faith
and Dead Faith, 14-19. There Is no
profit In a man's saying that he has
faith unless he proves it by such con
duct as necessarily results from living
faith. Real faith Is not mere opinion,
It Is cot mer belief of the truth. Real
faith, the faith that saves, Is heart
faith (Horn. 10:9, 10), faith that
governs our thoughts, our feelings,
our choices and our conduct, faith
that leads to action along the line of
that which we believe. The faith
which a man says that he has but
which does not prove Itself by works,
"that" faith (v. 14 R. V.) cannot
save a man. We are saved by faith,
but we are saved by real faith. "Faith
Is the assurance of things hoped, tho
conviction of things not seen" (Heb.
11:1. .A. R. V.). The foundation
upon which this assurance of things
hoped for rests is God's Word. Tho
reality of the faith shows Itself by
ronduct along the line of that which
Is believed (Heb. 11:7, 17-19, 22;
30). This Is not only the doctrine
that the Holy Spirit teaches through
James, but It Is nlso the doctrine that
He teaches through Paul (Gal. 5:6;
1 Cor. 16:22; 1 Thess. 1:3; Tit. 1:
16; 3:8). There were those In
James' dav who were abusing tho
doctrine of salvation by faith. They
Interpreted faith as merely meaning
theological opinion and they were
holding that whoever held the right
theological opinion was therebv saved
Irrespective of his conduct. The love
that tells a needy mau to depart In
peace without giving him what he
needs for his comfort is a sham love,
a dead love (v. 16; cf. Matt. 14:1S,
16; 25:42-45; Rom. 12:9; 1 John 3:
16-18), and Just-so the faith that
does not lead to action Is a sham
faith a dead faith. Thore is no life
nor profit In the one nor In tho other.
A man may be a true Christian and
be destitute of the necessities of lite
(v. 15: Heb. 11:37). Their necessity
is a call to us to prove our faith bv
ministering to It. Obedience to God
is the onlv real proof of faith (cf.
Heb. 11:3, 7. 8. 17. 24, 25. 30). Real
faith Is the migtlest thing there Is
among men (Heb. 11:33, 38): dead
faith is a disgusting corpse. Do not
merely say you have faith, prove It
bv vour conduct (cr. Tit. 2:7, 11-14;
1 Tim. 1:5; Matt. 7:17: 2 Cor. 5:17:
7:1). It is well to believe the truth,
but rierely believing the truth with
the head alone will not save a man.
II. How Abraham nnI Italin't were
Justified, 20-20. Paul appeals to the
Old Testament Scriptures to prove,
that a man Is Justified by faith alone
apart from the works of the law
(Rom. 4:1-12; cf. 3:28, R.V.)." James
emphasizes the other side of the
truth, that the faith that lead3 to jus
tification Is a faith that proves itself
by works. We aro justified by faith
without works, but we are not Justi
fied by a faith that Is without works.
The faith which God sees and upon
which He justifies a man leads inevit
ably to works which men can see.
Gcd saw the faith of Abraham find
counted It to him for righteousness
(Gen. 15:6; Rom. 4:3-6, 10. 11, 22,
24; Gal. 3-6), but the faith God saw
was real and led Abraham to works
that all could see and which proved
his faith. The proof to us of th.
faith is works, and wo know that he
who does not work has no justifying
faith. There Is no contradiction be
tween Paul and James. They stanj
for opposite sides of the same truth.
Abraham proved his faith by doing
what God bade him do, even to the
extent of laying his son, his only son,
upon the altar.
We must not lose sight of the truth
which Paul emphasizes against legal
ism on the one aide that we are jus
tified on the simple condition of a
real faith In Christ; and we must not
lose sight ot the truth which James
emphasizes against antl-nnmlnianisin '
on the other side that It Is only tho
t ajtjj tht.itIovejl lis csuuineueES. bs
works that jUBtitles. To the legalist
who is seeking to do something to
merit salvation wo must sav. "Stop
working and believe on Him that Jus
tlfleth the ungodly" (Rom. 4:5). To
the antl-nomlnlan who is boasting
that he has faith and is justified by it
but who does not show his faith by
his works we must say, "What doth
It profit If a man say he hath faith,
bnt have not works, can that faith
Bave him?" (James 2:14. R. V.).
We are Justified by faith alone, but
we are justified by that faith alone
that works 'cf. Matt. 12:37; 25:35
40). Real faith stops at no sacrifice
(v. 21). Abraham's real faith, which
stopped at no sacrifice, won him the
highest tltW ever bestowed upon a
man. "The Friend of God" (2 Chron.
20:7; Is. 41:8). We may all have
the same title (John 15:13-15).
There will be at leaBt one former
harlot In heaven Rahab. We havo
the Word ot God for it that she Is
Justified. She became the ancestress
of our Lord (Matt. 1:5). And to-day
publicans and harlots are entering
the kingdom -btforo the Pharisees
(Matt. 21:31). Of all the people liv
ing In Jericho the only name that has
come down to this present da . Is that
of a harlot. Others perished, but ah
perished not. Sho was saved by a
faith that led to works ( 1 . 25; Cf.
Heb. 11:31).
THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA
MAY THIRTIETH.
Heroes of Home Missions Matt
10: Mb.
Righteous Lot. ,2 Pet. 2: 6-9.
Courageous Nathan. 2 Sam. 12:
1-7.
John the Baptist. Jphn 1: 15-28.
Jesus. John .1: 9-13; Matt. 15:
21-28.
Peter. Gal. 2: 7-9.
A daughter of Jacob. John 4: 25-42.
Home missionaries preach as they
go; their "walk" la a "conversation,1
a sermon (v. 7).
AH have received freely; the com
mand to give freely comet to all. It
makes missionary duty universal (v.
8).
Every missionary is a test for all
whom he meets; to reject hi mrejecls
you (v. 14).
The Christian Is to have the ser
pent's prudence minus Its sting, the
dove's lnnocency minus Its weakness
(v. 10).
. John Eliot's great work was as
pioneer preacher to the Indians of
Massachusetts. He translated tho
Illble Into their language and found
ed settlements of Christian Indians,
all In the face of the bitterest oppo
sition and slander.
David Bralnerd's heroic work was
among the Indians of Massachusetts,
New York, and New Jersey, In the
first ha'f 'of the eighteenth century.
He riled when still a young mnn, after
n self-sacrificing life which was true
to his sentiment: "I cared not where
or how I lived or what hardships I
went through, so that I could but gain
souls to Chrl3t."
Joseph Ward, a Congregational
pioneer In South Dakota, founded
Yonkton College, was its first presi
dent, and worked to make a second
New England of Dakota.
John L. Dyer, "Father Dyer," the
great Methodist pioneer In Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Colorado and New Mexico,
was called "the snowshoe itinerant"
because for one winter he carried the
mall on snowshoes for thirty-seven
miles over the mountains.
Marcus Whitman, the Prescbyte
rlan pioneer in Oregon, Is famous foi
the heroic ride he took In the winter
of 1842. to Interview Tyler and Webs
ter and prevent the United Statw
from abandoning the great region.
He was massacred by the Indians in
1847.
CONCERTED ATTACK ON DRINK
WINNING ALL ALONG LINE.
Wise Teddy u fiUnn.
"Just a wee drop," raid the man In ths
store.
lie knew little Teddy, who'd been- there
before.
"A little won't hurt you, at least not this
once,
Just tnke it now, sonny, and don't be a
dunce.
Bee here. I will put this nice sugar-lump
in,
And here's to the health of young Teddy
O'Shinu." '
But Teddy looked up with his honest blue
eyes,
And his brave little face was most though-
ful and wine.
"I'm tep'rance," be laid, "and I can't taste
the stuff.
And how should I know when I'd taken
enough?
A taste mightn't hurt me, but maybe it
might,
And 1 know A wnv thnt ia aur tn lia iinlit
n never will nun
OShinn,
lvA(f?3V" tor ny dolly Mi! 1 1
VMmooA rn pfOTjanf fields Jl
fS.tVt ny Wfll I miftht d'jt&TiyV
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, MAY 30.
Profitable Hospitality Luke 14: 12
14 Local Charities.
While we should help all men, we
owe a special interest to our own
neighborhood. God would think more
of our professed love for China It we
gave a little more consideration to
that unattractive Chinese laundryman
in the basement around the corner.
And the Father would think us sin
cere if we ceased calling the black
man a "nigger" and treated him like
a brother before we grew sentimental
over the black man In Africa.
I owe more to my home than to
my neighbors, more to my neighbors
than to the rest of the city, more to
the city than to the state, etc., but no
man can use this as an excuse for neg
Ing the heathen. Christian love
spreads Itself like water In leveling
up the human race. If I love my
neighbor as myself, I will continue to
give of myself until my neighbor's op
portunities level up with mine.
In considering the question of char
ity we should discriminate between
justice, charity, and pauperization.
If an honest, industrious man Is
trying to support a large family on a
miserable wage, he doesn't want char
ity any more than you do he wants
justice. He wants better wages, a
distribution of opportunities for him
self and family on the basis or broth
erhood, and not on the basis or war
like competition. It Is all nonsense
to talk about equal opportunity un
der our present competitive system.
Almighty God never intended that
one man should rence off In a life
time more than Adam could have
earned If he had started in at six dol
lars a day and worked for 00,000
years. The true spirit of charity
should lead us not only to relieve suf
fering but to work for Justice.
The charity advocated by Jesus
deals with the physically Incompetent
(verse 13) ''the poor, maimed, halt,
blind." When able bodied impostors
followed him around the lake (John
6: 26) to enjoy another free lunch he
very quickly disposed of them.
As Jesus disposed of those who
pauperized themselves so did the
apostle Paul (2 Thess. 3: 10). It Is
sometimes necessary to use hunger to
drive laziness out of some people.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Comic Supplement a Peril.
The Sunday comic supplement Is
national peril, and students of juve
nile crime can no longer Ignore its
Influence upon the receptive Infant
mind. It is a well known biological
and psychological law that the mi
metic tendency of children Is partic
ularly strong In the domain of the
reprehensible. To laugh at the dis
comfiture ot an elder person to whom
a flection Is owing, to seek revenge by
underhanded means, to betray guile
less and trusting confidence, to be
selfish, untruthful, brutal and crafty,
these are the qualities ot the heroes
of the comlo supplements.-
The flagship Connecticut, of tha
Volted States Navy, Is now equipped
with the most powerful searchlight In
the world. The great mirror Is five
feet lu diameter, and was made for
the Government In Germany. Th
searchlight will throw such an Im
mense beam ot light that It will be
bis to detect a submarine or torpedo
boat at a distance ot tea miles.
Work at Beverly, Mass., on tha
summer home of President Taft was
rushed.
William E. Corey did not deny that
he was a prominent figure In a huge
copper combination.
Colonel John Jacob Astor Is the
owner ot the largest collection In the
world of automobiles for personal use.
Jacob Riis was elected honorary
prtsldeut ot the Playground Associa
tion of America, in session at Pitts
burg. Rear-Admiral Harbor and the offi
cers of his squadron were received by
tho Mikado and dined by Admiral
Tq.;o at Toklo.
Learning that Magistrate Walsh
had died poor, bis associates made up
n fund of $1000 for his widow, In
New York City.
Professor Charles Wnldstoln, of
Cambridge University, and Mrs. Theo
dore Seiigninn, of New York City,
were married in London.
W. K. Vandorbllt offered to pay the
expenses ot uniting the fragments of
John Jay Park Into a practically new
breathing spot for New York City.
Marquis de Vlllalobar, first secre
tary of the Spanish Embassy at Lon
don, will succeed Don Ramon Plua,
the Spanish Minister tt Washington,
V. C.
Rodman Grlscom, brother of Lloyd
C. Grlscom, the American Ambassa
dor to Italy, was received In private
audience by King Victor Emmanuel,
at Rome,
Dr. Harvey W. Wllsy, tho Govern
ment's food expert, and about 150
delegates to the International Con
gress ot Applied Chemistry, sailed .for
London. f
I The hide ot a cow weight abbot
thirty-five pounds, bnt that of ft
Bar U about bait thst amount.
me," said Teddy
never can hurt if I never beirin!"
Julia H. Johnston, Peoria, 111,
Medical Science and Alcohol.
Perhaps the most startling Indict
ment ot alcohol and alcoholic drinks
ever made was that registered against
them by a convention ot eminent doc
tors and scientists meeting In Wash
ington City a few days ago as "Tho
American Society For the Study of
Alcohol and Other Drug Narcotics."
These men came not as temperance
advocates, but as physicians and
scientists reporting the actual results
of scientific and medical Investiga
tions In hospitals, laboratories, and
sick rooms. With remarkable unan
imity they declared that the old ideas
of whisky as a medicine have been
exploded; that its use in the treat
ment of disease must be wholly aban
doned. It brings out hidden weak
nesses and develops latent maladies;
It Is especially dangerous when used
by persons suffering from any nerv
ous weakness, "and by lowering the
vitality and destroying the combative
forces of the blood" It makes it
harder to resist all kinds of disease.
Superintendent Burton, of the Sterling-Worth
Sanitarium, declared that
"the use of spirits is followed by
shortened life, increasing (prema
ture) age, and diminished vitality;
alcohol in any Torm can never pro
long life," while Dr. B. C. Keister, of
the Roanoke Home Sanitarium, de
clared :
"Theories held a few years ago as
correct are now found to be errone
ous. Alcohol, like every other drug
in common use, Is found by science to
be useless except as a narcotic.
Alcohol as n beverage Is a relic of
barbarous times.
Dr. Henry O. Marcy, ex-president
of the American Medical Association,
laid especial emphasis on the use ot
whisky as a cause of degeneracy
"among the colored and illiterate
classes of the South," and a number
ot emtnent doctors Joined in urging
the necessity of providing hospitals
for the especial treatment of Inebri
ates and drunkards. Dr. H. J.
Achard, a tuberculosis specialist, es
pecially attacked the old Idea of whls.
ky being UBeful in lung trouble, and
reported statistics showing that' of
suspected consumptives treated with
alcohol, ninety per cent. died, and of
those treated without alcohol, only
twenty-five per cent. "In. some cases
the direct action of alcohol predis
poses and encourages tuberculosis,"
he declared. Progressive Farmer.
Children and Alcohol.
If there is one subject more than
another within the entire scope of the
liquor problem upon which all ob
servers are In gratifying accord, It is
in regard to the dangers ot allowing
alcohol In any quantity to children
and adolescents. During youth the
habits of the body are formed, and
the growing organism has peculiar
susceptibility to narcotic poisons. Dr.
Alexander Lambert made a study of
a certain number of alcohol cases in
Bellevue Hospital, with reference to
the age at which the use of the drug
began. Here are the rather startling
and highly sugestlve facts:
"Of 259 Instances where the age
of beginning to drink wag known,
four began before bIx years of age;
thirteen between six and twelve
years; sixteen between twelve and
sixteen; 102 between sixteen and
twenty-one; seventy-one between
twenty-one and thirty, and eight only
after thirty years of age. Thus, near
ly seven per cent, began before
twelve years of age, or the seventh
school year; thirty per cent, began
before the age of sixteen, and over
two-thirds that is, sidy-eight per
cent. began before twenty-one yean
of age. McClure's.
THE FATHER'S PART.
A day or two ago it seems to me,
I said within my prayers "Dear God
above,
Bless Thou our baby with abundant
love;
Keep her from pestilence and clou to
Thee."
A day or two ago and yet to-night
I'm asked to give her up to love's de.
mand.
A just request, Christ-sanctioned, noj
my hand
I cannot raise to wrestle with the blight.
A day or two ago I begged God's gr.ire
Becaune she was so little and so di-nr.
The Master, kind and gracious, entrant
my fear.
Straight-limbed and strong she grew l.
fore my face.
And yet my night's petition was the nmt.
1 did not aeem to know it when h
grew.
But "Kless our little one and keep her
'true"
Ascended from my lira each night that
came.
To-ntglit one spoke 1 knew him clean and
strong
Told of Ilia love, and then of love returned.
I I must aay "Ye but how my hurt
I heart yearned!
1 And all the ytora ahead, how long-how
long!
. Edwin Carlile Litscy,
! The Cruelty of ThouKhtlcssnpei.
Most of the cruelty of the world Is
; thoughtless cruelty. Very few peo-
pie would Intentionally add to an
j other's load or make his burden in
life heavier or his path rougher.
I Most of the great heart-wounds are
Inflicted by thoughtless thrusts, thin;
i out often In a moment ot aiicr,
! when, perhaps, we were too proud
; to apologize or to try to heal the
grievous wounds we bad made.
I Can anything be more cruel than to
. discourage a soul who has been strjg.
i gling to do the best he can, to throw
! stumbling-blocks In the path of those
i who are trying to get on In the world
, against great odds?
No life is just tho same after you
have once touched it; will you leave
a ray ot hope or one of despair, a flash
! ot light or ft somber cloud across
' some dark life each day; will you by
I thoughtless cruelty deepen the sha-
dow which hangs over the life, or
will you by kindness dispel It alto
gether? No matter how you feel or
what is disturbing your peace of
mind, never allow yourself to send
out a discouraging, a cruel, or an un
kind word or thought.
The gloom caster, the shadow
tLrower, the fault-finder, the sarcas
tic man, the man who Is always giv
ing you a thrust somewhere, does s
vast amount ot harm in a community.
Men who thrpw gloomy shadows
wherever they go, who depress every
body, who are alwavs looking on the
dark side of everything, who see lit-
r tie good or beauty In life, are bad
neighbors, and. as a rule, unsuccess
ful, unpopular, and little mourned
wben they dlt.
It Is the insplrer, the man who
' cheers and gives you hope and en
couragement, tne sunsnine nearer. me
man wno always has a kind word tor
you. who Is ever ready to give you hi!
hand and his help, that Is loved dur
ing life and mlssid after death.
Northwestern Christian Advocate. '
Let All Intoxicants Alone.
No man who begins drinking Is
sura iiat he can keep from drinking
Immoderately; while the latest medi
cal researcbs have proved that even
the most moderate drinking injures
one's nervous and mental powers, les
sens one's ability to resist disease,
and also aids In developing any latent
disease or weakness. Surgeon-General
Wyman in his recent address on
Southern health conditions sounded
a special note of warning concerning
the Injurious effects of alcoholic
drinks in warm climates.
A Silly Deed.
In the endeavor to ape the medie
val custom of christening ships with
wine certain parties acting nnder the
auspices of the Aeronautical Society,
of New York, went through the whole
ceremony in connection with an aero
plane constructed by Wilbur R. Kim
ball. A bottle of wine was gravely
broken on one of the bars of the ma
chine. Temperance Notes.
No line of manufacture gives em
ployment to so few men In proportion
to the capital Invested as does the
liquor traffic.
The cigar manufacturers and deal
ers of New York City have banded
together to wage war against the pro.
bibitlon movement.
E. B. Westbafer recently closed
successful meeting tt Noblesvllle, Ind.
One of the results was to help ban
ish the saloons from the county'by a
majority ot over two thousand.
Not only Is the liquor traffic
breeder of criminals, but it is itself
largely composed of mea who do not
hesitate to violate the law. The great
majority of retail liquor sellers are
open and notorious law breakers.
The moral classes must have a
great Issue of some kind, and tem
perance Is about the only one that
is permanently In sight.
Tho liquor business breeds crimin
als. The testimony of prison chap
lalns, or wardens, sheriffs and judges
of the criminal courts warrant the a
sen Ion that from elihty to ninety pei
cent, of crime la directly or Indirectly
traceable tc the uis ot Intoiicatlni
Lexers.
I I
We Shall See 111m.
Stephen, in the hour of his mar
tyrdom, looked up into heaven and
saw Jesus, and he sank down amid
the pelting stones like a child hushed
to softest slumber. Jesus will always
break out into view if we look toward
Him with longing and expectant trust,
and though we be In the very valley
of the, shadow ot death we will feat
no evil. To Bee Jesus will soothe one
in pain, will comfort one In sorrow,
will bring calm tn tumult, will allay
doubt, give hope in discouragement,
and in every way Invigorate and up
lift the soul as no other experience
can do. Wben hearts are breaking,
and tears are falling, and the light is
gone, to see Jesus is to find true com
fort; it is like the breaking forth ol
the stars to the traveler lost in the
depths of a wilderness. We can do
nothing better to mitigate the sor
rows and lighten the burdans of the
world than to help people to se
Jesus. John, writing to tbs churches
In the davs when -persecutions were
fierce and sorrows and suffering!
were well nigh intolerable, cheered
them in words that stand out In liv
ing light In his epistle, the word'
that all the ages have clung to r-.ni
rejoiced In bevond all else thpre writ
ten: "Wo shall see Him as He ia."
The Old Manly Fnlth.
May the courage, may the InslgM.
may the deen confidence In truth and
in the Bearch for It which mada nui
fathers in the faith strong, come to
us. New questions m?et us In out
own day, new forms of thought. Maj
we have the old courageous and mag
nanimous spirit, the manly faith cl
those willing to do, to dare. If need
be to die fur truth. S. M. Crothers.
The ath of Safety.
We yield ourselves up to
thoughts and suggestions, take coun
sel of them, listen, and then wowlet
that wb become their victims. Out
. safety Is not chiefly In strength ol
I will, but In cleaving to a holler con
panionshlp which Bhall arouse th
! better elements or the soul. Ephrain
I peabody.
Only Flcetln Words.
! Take It not grievously II sorns
think 111 of thee, and speak that thuil
I wouldst not willingly hear. Tho"
oughtest to be the hardest judge ol
thyself, and to think no one weakei
than thyself. If thou dost wall: e;'ir
j itually, thou wilt not much weigH
j fleeting words. '
Compensation,
It Is some compensation fr great
evils that they enforce' greai, H4ui
Scottish Reformer.
The first operation in this country
upon a human being In which the
cavity of the thorax was opened wbil
the lungs were Inflated from a cham
ber contaling air at a greater pressure
than that of the atmosphere was per
formed recently at tbe German Ho
pltal by Dr. Willy Meyer. Many op
erations In tbe thorax have been diffi
cult to perform, and others Iro pots'
tie because as soon as the cavity ol
tbe thtrai Is opened tbe lungs col'
lapse because of the atmjs?btrl
jressure.