FOR THE mm . THE PULPIT. A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY PROF. HENRY S. NASH, D. D. AND fiToCKMAN Thome : In God's Likeness. mm Y- Hardy Sheep. Cheviot sheep are noted for their hardy constitutions and ability to thrive under certain conditions which are detrimental to other breeds. Pro. feasor C. S. Plumb says the hardiness of the Cheviot Is unsurpassed anion the medium wools. The rigor of winter, sparseness of fuel and Intes tinal parasites, causo less suffering anions Cheviots than most other breads. Farmers' Home Journal. Use of O'oul. la ;!iobo localities where valuable land In completely subdued by brush, the goats are couriered of more value for the purpose of clearing It thun for their mohair or meat. They thus became oi.e of the farmer's niopt Important toolp. Their valuo In this respect must ho measured by tho value of the land which they render cultivable. It Is said that in Oregon, wrier.) Chinamen had been paid as high as $ju an acre for clearing brush, goats had done the work even better. Sprouts will spring up behind men's work, but goats will keep them down until they cense to appear. Farmers' Home Journal. Fertilizing Value of Straw. In this great wheat belt It Is often the practice to burr, straw; In other sections straw is largely wasted. Straw has both a considerable feeding and a fertilizing value. In order to determine its fertilizing value experi ments have been made by tho Mary land Station. Fresh wheat straw wns broadcasted at the rate of two tons per acre in the early fall and plowed down tho following spring, and the following results were obtained: Tho untreated land produced thirty-four bushels of corn per acre and sixteen bushels of wheat. The straw land produced fifty-eight and nine teen bushels, respectively, and the same land manured produced eighty nix bushels of corn and twenty-two bushels of wheat. The result shows 'hat while straw Is not as valuable a fertilizer as manure, it will produce a considerable increase In yield, and should be used fresh where available rather than allowed to go to waste. Weekly Witness. Skim-Milk Paint. The following formula for making skim-milk paint will be of interest to all who deBire a cheap paint that will wear well. Stir into a gallon of sklm-mllk three pounds of Portland cement, adding, at the same time, any paint, In dry form, that will give the color you desire. The milk will bold the paint in suspension, but the cement, being heavy, will sink; therefore, it will be necessary to keep the mix ture well stirred with a paddle. Mix only enough at a time for one day's use. If the mixture is not thoroughly stirred, as you use it, it will get thicker and thicker, and it will be necessary to thin It by adding more milk. Six hours after applying this paint It will be dry. It is not affected by weather. Carbolic acid or any other disin fectant can be added, thus making it very effective for use in poultry houses and the stable. It makes an excellent ,jalnt for fences when col ored drab, by the addition of a little lampblack, or a dull green, by adding ochre and a small quantity of Prus sian blue. Outing Magazine. The Rust Problem. How to prevent or lessen the losses due to rusting of iron and steel is an Important problem and ono which is receiving more and more attention. This problem has become of far great er Importance in recent years for two reasons: (1) The greatly increased use of these materials; (2) tho fact that the iron and steel made to-day are much more sprlously injured by rust than those made by earlier and lower processes. The great interest which farmers and road builders have in this prob lem has led tho United States Depart ment of Agriculture to take it up. Several publications of more or less technical character have already been Issued. The latest of these, a bulletin on "The Preservation of Iron and Steel," by Allerton S. Cushman, de scribes some very interesting experi ments. Tho protection of iron and steel from destruction by rust Is one of the great conservation problems to which the age Is just awakening, it it can be solved, a great waste of our min eral resources can be stopped. The production and use of rust-resistant steel and Iron will pay In the long run, even If it Involves an Increase In cost of manufacture. thorough cultivation and harvesting at the proper time. You dairymen will be surprised to find how easy It is to increase profits if you will simply take a little time to plan for your crops, and the feed ins nf Vnnr atnrle I)nn' ha nft-.M that silage will cause the cows' teeth to dernv rtr iflvo thpm hollnur tinrn or wolf In the tall. Fit a small piece or ground for aiiaira, ana stay with It till you get a stand. C. I. Hunt, In Farm and Home. Tho Farmer's Horse. That Eastern farmers are begin ning to realize the folly of raising Ikht-welght horses of trottlnc blood ami are taking an Interest in draught breeds, Is shown by the many car loads of horses brought from the West and sold for good prices. Thero are, doubtless, cases where tho pur chase of these Western horses is tho best policy, but what the Eastern farmer does not always realize is the fact that we enn nroriiice n much hot. ter quality of horse than the West sends us, and that it Is possible to breed and realize a nroflt from eood farm mares. Farmers who have good sound mares of draught type are for tunate, lor they make the heat, form teams, and may produce colts at the same time It given right care. For increasing Interest Ix-lop- falcon In Eastern farmers In draught breeds of horses thanks are due the manufac turers of heavy modern farm Imple ments. On these tools the farmer finds the llghttrottlng-bred horse sim ply out ot Place, and he sees the value of the horse that does a good share ot Its drawing by its weight in the col lar. While EOOU foundation Ktnclr. rf draught breeds Is not plentiful In tha h.ast, it is Increasing, and tho farmer who has a good mare to breed faud he should not breed any other). should, not begrudge the time taken to go a considerable distance for tho use ot a superior stallion. New Jersey has set a eond nnmnia for other Eastern States In expending 120,000 for the nurchasa and mnln. tenance of draught and coach stal lions, which are to be distributed in the State through farmers' organiza tions. Another uood New Jersov law is the disqualifying of mongrel stal lions. Of course, snoori ia vq.v at tractive, and many farmers have fol lowed the lure who would have been better off If they had left the breed ing of trotters to the mill farmer, who could afford the time. patience ana ability required for their development. For every trotting bred horse that sells for a big price mere are nine others that will not sell for a good price, neither are they good farm horses. Tho farmer should raise the type of horse with which he will run th horse of docile disposition, adapted to rarm work and always In demand at a good price, with little tl me snent In handling. What horse fills these re quirements so well as the draught? Rural New Yorker. Planning tho llulry Work. Some men spend a great deal ot time trying to figure what it costs to feed their dairy herds under their methods ot handling rather than try ing to reduce the cost ot feeding. I know a man who Is feeding 12 pounds mixed hay and fire pounds corn stover per day with five pound ground oats to bis fresh cowa. Two tons per acre ot mixed hay is a Rood yield for his farm, which, figured at flO per ton, would make 920 par acre. This same ground would raise twenty tons of silage, which, figured at one-third the value of bay, would make a production of 1(6 per acre. Or be could raise at least four limes the feeding value of bis bay by putting to part of his land to millet. There la no better time to plan for Increasing the season's profits tban cow. We must figure closely on the cost of production, as well as the In crease ot yield. Intensive farming la the order of the day. We can easily double tbe yield of our crops by giving more at tentioa to tbe selection of seeds, hot ter paepmtloa of tbe teed bed, more Sweet Potato Plants. Prepare a hot-bed by UBing fresh manure from the horse barns. Add about one-third to one-half Btraw or bedding material and mix thorough ly. This mixture should be packed In the bed to a depth of twelve to eighteen Inches. A convenient width for a hotbed is six feot; they can then be made as long as desired. The mixture should then be thor oughly moistened but not made wet;1 too much water will retard the head ing process caused by the fermenta tion of the manure. Let this mix ture Btand in the bed for three or four days, by which time it will have reached Its highest degree of heat. At this time the bed should be care fully examined to see that there are no dry spots. The mixture should be k"pt well moistened. The frames that are to support the covering of the bed should then be placed on top of the bed of manure with the slope of the earth to the south. Two or three Inches of soil should be spread over the mixture and the sweet pota toes carefully placed on the surface and covered with an additional layer of soil to a depth of two or three Inches. Sandy soil Is best tor this purpose. Keep this soil moist throughout tbe entire period ot plant growth. The potatoes should be carefully distributed over the bed and no two potatoes should He against each other, but they need not be more than one-half Inch apart. Tbe po tatoes that are more than two and one-half or three inches in diameter should be split lengthwise, and the cut surface placed down In the bed; smaller potatoes may be placed In the bed Whole. The potatoes should be placed In the bed about sir weeks before tbe first points are to be trans planted to the open field. If care Is exercised In pulling tbe plants, a sec ond crop ot plants will be produced in about two weeks and a third and much lighter crop will be produced about two weeks later during which time a good bed will produce from 100 to ISO plants per square foot. Tbe plants should not be placed In tha open field until the soli Is quite warm and all danger ot frost Is pabsod. Oklahoma Experiment Station. Suicide For Hcorplon. It a scorpion finds bimself licked by a centipede, which Is usually the case, though both little things put up a desperate tight, the scorpion com mits suicide. It twlsta Its tall por tion and stings Itself In the back of the neck and drops-dead. Tbe British Medical Association baa appointed a committee to consldor tbe question , ot healing ot the sick through such methods as the Emman uel movement, and may take up the subject at tu next general Meeting; Brooklyn, N. Y. In Holy Trinity, Sunday morning, the Rsv. Henry S. Nash, D. D., of Cambridge, Mass., was the preacher. A very large con gregation was present. Dr. Nash's subject was, "In Ood's Likeness." The text was from Psalms 17:16: "When I awake in Thy likeness I shall ho satisfied.'' He said: It seems to me that one of the happy elements In the life of our time regarding spiritual questions Is this: That so many honest, earnest men and women find themselves unable to believe In personal Immortality. I nay that that .to me is one of the hope ful signs of our generation, for how ever deep may be our personal pity for tbem, who through honest doubt have lost that which means so much to us, yet as a sign of the times It Is a ilvn of extreme nope because students of church history cannot doubt for a moment that the belief In the world to come has been tragically vulgarized, that upon that belief in the life be yond the craft of priesthood has built up an immense body of superstition that appeals to tho very opposite In tho hearts and souls of men, and who, therefore, If ho bo a Btudent of his tory, can doubt that God Himself, the living God who holds In His hands the reins of history, that it Is tho living God Himself who Inspires the honest, earnest doubts and questionings of an Increasing body of honorable men and women of our day touching the belief of immortality, and .the great good Ho Is teaching to the church la this: that God through that doubt is bringing His church to book, and is teaching His' churcn to start where tho prophet started, and not to put the cart before the horse, and not to argue for personal immortality before they have laid the foundation upon which that argument should be built. And every Christian to-day who thinks, and to whom personal Immor tality is the very breath of bis dally life says to us, and every Christian who thinks agrees with tho men and women who doubt or deny personal Immortality, that here is where we all start, whether inside the church or outside; here, I say, is where we start; the one thing that we all hold ourselves responsible for is good housekeeping, good housekeeping here upon earth, and in time, in space. But what dp we mean by housekeeping? And the problem la bow to keep one's loyalty .to life vig orous, recreative and self-renewing when life brings upon us Increasing burdens of responsibility and disap pointments and cares and pain and death. How to be loyal to life! That is tbe test, and by it the church of Christ 1b content to stand. By her ability to answer that question she would test her theology and her creed and her sacraments. Let us take a parable from the apple tree. The apple tree Is waiting just now confidently for the springtime. We thoroughly doubt and deny that old saying that "One swallow does not make a summer." The philosopher and the man of common sense have always affirmed that as If It were an ultimate truth regarding life. What a wretched, narrow, perverted, strick en world It would be if the philos opher and the theologian controlled this world; If there was not a poet and a prophet In It! The apple tree would say. If It knew a little hlBtory, "Well, I am Inclined to think that the agnostic and the Infallible theologian are twins." And It Is only becauBO the church has set. up the infallible theo logian as the teacher of the world that now the layman Is putting the theologian into his place, that now the layman's work has created the dogma of the agnostic In order to counterweigh and overcome the dog ma of the infallible. I know just a very little about God, but without that little I could not live and with out that little I could not look for ward to comfortably standing on the edge of spring, I could not look for ward confidently to my great task and Joy and privilege to bud and leaf and blosBora and fruit. And the parable when we translate It Into prose would come down to this: how to be loyal to life. First ot all, we must be un conquerably strong, strong. And what shall the kind of our strength be? Two kinds tbe strength to do and the strength to bear. And of the two, the strength to bear Is the greater, because the Btrength simply to dd Is always beset by temptation to vanity and to ego tism. A preacher knows that he Is never In such deadly peril of egotism aa when he is preaching, the mere joy of preaching, of the utterance ot ex pression. Tbe preacher who knows his own conscience knows that he Is never at any time so near to the devil as when he is in the pulpit, and all ot us know that It you take a man ot force, some man who wields a tremendous busi ness power, and If one dared to bet on such a tragic thing one would wager 100 to 1 that that man behind his own door Is a tyrant, a tyrant be cause the intoxication of power bai gone to his bead. But when It comes to strength in bearing there Is no allusion there. When God has given us our burden ot pain, disillusionment and disap pointment, and when by His grac and the sweet companionship of the Saviour we have learned to so beat our burdens that nobody but God ever knows what It is, to so bear it that the burden In our hearts if known only to God and not even to our dearest friends and closest kin, there Is no Illusion about that; no egotism about that. It Is just as the college boy would say, "to stand and take It." That li the kind of strength that Is pur strength; and the problem ot life It bow to become strong to do and equally strong to bear tbe burdeni that life imposes. As the little candle Is little brothel to the sun, so aspiration ot self knowledge and self-mastery to us, II one may so speak tbe little brotbei of God, tbe Infinite and tbe eternal, and we can be atrong to bear and strong to do, because we have God tternal In our hearts to give ua tb leeded endurance. And when we have gone so far, what are we to say aa we look through doubt and difficulty at th great question of Immortality T Wbal do we sayT It we have disencum bered our minds both of infallibility and agnosticism. If we have cleared the ship's deck, then, like a ship 1 the navy, we are ready for action, saying: "Orant me a safe passag through death and a holy rest and grant me that when I have crossed the great divide I may awaken aftei Thy eternal likeness and be satisfied. ' INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MENTS i on JCLY 11. The devil know a lot more about the Attractiveness of the Old Testa, meat than some modern preacbara da Subject 1 Paul's Second Missionary Journey The Philipplan Jailer, Acts 10:10-40 Golden Text, Acts 1 0 : :t I Commit Vs. 29-01. TIME A. D. 52. PLACE. Phil Ippl. EXPOSITION-. I. A Midnight Prayer and Praise Service in Jail, 25, 2(1. This Is one of the moBt Inspiring and Instructive prayer and praise ser vices on record. (1) The circum stances In a dark hole, with torn and bleeding and aching backs, and with a very dark outlook for the mor row. A good time to pray (Ps. BO: 15; comp, Jas. 5:13). But It might F.?em a strange time to sing praises (Luke 6:22, 23. ch. 5:41; Ko. 5:3; Phil. 2:17; 1 Pet. 14:4; Eph. 6:20). Sorrows and aches taken in that way become sweet friends. (2) The time midnight. There is no better time for a prayer and praise meeting. It might seem ns If Paul and Silas would have been bettor employed sleeping and getting strength for the next day's trials. Hut strength can often bo better gained by prayer than by Rleep. (3) The result "a great earthquake," "foundations of the pri son shaken," "every one's bands loosed," the jailor and his whole household converted and rejoicing. This land needs a moral earthquake. Let us pray for It. There are many prisoners who need to have their bands loosed. Let us pray for that. There is great need of the conversion of whole households. Let us pray for this also. Paul would never have gotten a hearing from those prisoners had he not himself been cast into pri. son. They were doubtless a hard ened crowd, more used to profanity and blasphemy than to prayer and songs of praise. II. The Jailor nt Phllippl Suddenly nnd Thoroughly Converted, 27-:it. In a moment the brutal Jailor becomes an an:ious Inquirer. He asked a great question. A question every man should ask. Note why the JrIIoi asked It, how he naked It, from whom ho asked it. (1) Why: Because he was lost and had been brought to see it and feel it. The jailor had not been listening with the prisoners as Paul and Silas prayed and sung. He had been fast asleep. But God woke him up. It is a great thing to have God wake us up. He had been brought face to face with death. He had been brought face to face with two holy men. He had been brought face to face with God, and he saw himself utterly lost, as any sano man sees himself when brought face to face with eternity nnd God. (2) How: In deep earnestness. None ol the trifling and shallowness charac teristic of so many modern "Inquiry rooms" here "trembling tor fear, fell down." Men who ask this ques tion, In this spirit, will soon be rejolc Ing as this jailor was. (3) From whom: From men who knew the an swer; from men who knew God's word (v. 32); from men who were saved themselves. A great answer to the great question.. But a very sim ple answer. What Is It to believe on the Lord Jesus? To "receive Him" or take Him (Jno. 1:12). Take Him as our Saviour who died in our place (Isa. 53:6; 1 Pet. 2:24; Gal. 3:13). Take Him as the One who rose again to be our Lord and King, and to de liver ub from sin's power (Acts 2:36; Heb. 7:25). Again It Is to commit ourselves and all that we have to Him 2 Tim. 1:12). Cast yourself upon Him, surrender absolutely to Him, leave all with Him, that Is the step that saves a man. But Paul and Silas did not stop with merely telling the jailor to believe on the Lord Jesus, they "Spake the Word" unto him (Kom. 10:17; comp. Jno. 20:31). Here la where many workers make n mistake. They rightly tell people to "believe," but they do not give them the word about Christ crucified and risen to enable them to believe. It does not take long to get a man saved if he Is in earnest. This jailor seemed a hard cuse. He was brutal, he wag Indifferent, ho was utterly ignorant. But in an hour (v. 33) he had passed out of suicidal despair into the rejoic ing, gentleness and abounding hospi tality of a baptized believer in Christ. Surely there is nothing about the way ot salvation that It takes long to tell or long to learn. One hour Is suffi cient tor the whole business. Note the results of genuineconverslon: (1) Transformation from brutality to ten. der compassion. (2) Open and Im mediate confession of Christ in bap tism. (3) Great joy (R. V.). (4) Generous hospitality. (6) A trans formed borne. III. Paul and Silas Released From Jail, 33-10. In the morning the mag. lstratcs were frightened. They no longer wished to punish Paul and Si las, but to get rid of them as quickly as possible. The earthquake had set them thinking. But they were not to get rid of Paul a easily aa they thought. He was a Roman citizen and they had beaten him publicly and tincondemned. This was a serious of fense. They bad be.ate.n him publicly and now they must justify him as publicly. Their former severity changes Into utter obsequlesness. They came and they besought and they brought and they beggd.- They did not hasten their departure from the city. Tbey comforted the young dis ciples before they left. Their Impri sonment had tdrned put to their honor and to the glory ot God (ct. Itom. 8:28). The officials were very foolish. They ought to have begged Paul to stay instead ot to have gone. Aa Isolated People. i How much remains to be done be fore we shall have a complete knowN edge of the Inhabitants ot our littld planet Is indicated by the failure ot Mr. Alanson Skinner, ot the Amer ican Museum of Natural HlBtory, to get Into communication last summed with the Naskapl Indians ot Labrador. He had supposed that they could b reached by way ot the west coast ot Labrador, but found It to be impossl ble. When driven by starvation la winter, they go to Nltchequon, In thtf Interior, fifty-five daye' journey by, canoe from Rupert's House, on East Main River. Otherwise they arq confined in tbe Interior ot Labrador proper, "held back on tha east and north by the Eskimo, on tbe west by the Northern Cree, and on tbe south by the hloatagaals." Youth's Com panion. Vncle E'ben. "Sometimes," said Uncle Eben, "d man dat Insists on beln' de wbol show ain't got much respeck fob dt feelln'i of de audience." EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, JULY 11. Transformed Common Things (John X 1-11-) Wine In the Old Testament Is every where the symbol of joy. Jesus' act in turning water into wine at Cana symbolizes bis desire to turn every common thing In our lives Into some thing rare and -Joyous. How many common things are transformed to his followers since Jesus camel The humblest cradle Is hallowed since he was cradled In a manger; the home liest Implements are sacred since he wrought with the carpenter's tools; even the cross, degraded by Its long association wdth criminals, glows with holy meaning since he hung upon It; the smallest living thing compels our reverence since he loved the birds and flowers; the life of a little child can not be valued In terms of the world's wealth since Jesus took a child Into his arms; womanhood Is radiant since he called a woman mother; manhood I outtops the stars since he walked on j the earth a man. If the things ! which make up your life work, play, 1 surroundings, people are dull and ! commonplace to you, It ds because you i have not yet seen them In the light of J the transforming touch of Christ. If t your life itself seems profitless, what it needs is to be trnnsformed by the commnndlng voice of ChrlRt. When Bishop Bashford first went to China he wrote back some very enter I talnlng letters about the modes of ! travel In that land. "Traveling here," he said, "would be a very dole ful thing If It were not that Mrs. Bash ford and myself make a picnic ot It ninety-mine days In a hundred." There was a very tiresome thing transform ed by a cheerful Christian spirit. TIssot, the great artist, went one day to a church In Paris to observe the worshippers In a study of types ot fashionable women. As he sat In the church he snemed to see In a vision a homeless peasant and his wife sitting weary and eorrowful by the roadside. As they sat Jesus came and sat beside them and talked with them. After tho vision TIssot could i not go on with his palnUngs of Parls- lan women. He had no rest until he ! put the mngnlfllcent picture, "Christ the Consoler," on canvas. Then,, in 1 eplred by the grandeur of his theme, 1 he went to Palestine and studied for i ten years in preparation for the most j mavellous series of Bible pictures ever ; painted. There la not a gift posiess i ed by any one of us that Christ can not take and make radiant and beau tiful for his work In the saving ot the world. THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA CONCERTED ATTACK ON DRINK WINNING ALL ALONG LINE. ep: JULY ELEVENTH Topic Life Lessons for Me from tne Gospel of John. John 14: 1-21. (Consecration Meeting.) Life and light. John 1: 1-13. How Jesus found me. John 1: 40 61. , Heavenly things. John 3: 12, 13, 10-21. The Living Fount. John 4: 10, 14: 7: 37. The living Bread. John 6: 52-59. The pledge of life. John 20: 1-18. John 14 Is the Twenty-third Psalm of- the New Testament, and the two are the most precious passages of Scripture. "Le not your heart be troubled" Is a commandment as binding as any In the Bible; and It Is followed by a two fold reason. Do you ask what Christ Is doing now? He Is preparing a place for each of His earthly brothers. To ask anything in Christ's name Is to plead His promise with God, and to ask in His spirit, for the things of which He would approve. "Life and light," power and wis dom what more can any one want? And Christ gives us both abundantly (1: 4.) The Cana miracle Is Christ's ap proval at the very outset of His min istry, ot the joyous side of life, and the home side (2: 2.) John 3: 16 Is the central verse ot the Bible, the central-sentence of all the world's libraries! No one really works for Christ that does not take delight In the work, as He did, and does (4: 34.) The Bible Is made one In Christ, and Christ's seal upon the Old Testa ment binds it upon the Christian's heart (5: 39, 46.) If we truly believe that Christ is the Bread ot life, we shall count It a disloyalty to Him even to seek satis faction elsewhere (6: 35.) There are those that do not enjoy the Water of life; but It Is because they are not thirsty (7: 37.) We boast of our political freedom, which Is Indeed blessed; but what avails It if our souls are chained? (S: 36.) Holland's Little Julie. The name of Holland's new "Lit tle Julie" Is in every way ot good omen for the house of Orange, which will have no lack of blossoms In the next generation It she follows her great-ancestress' example, for It was Juliana of Stolberg who made good her Nasrau husband's claim to be called William the Rich. He was rich, as Motley remarks, only in chil dren. But five sons, beaded by Wil liam the Silent, and seven daughter amounted to wealth indeed from the patriotic point of view, All those five Illustrious brothers owed much to the mother whose letters, written to them in hours of anxiety, still sur vive. She advised them, "with a much earnest simplicity, as it they were still children at her knee, to rely always, In the midst ot the trial and danger which were to beset their paths through life, upon the great hand of Cod." London Chronicle. A SIGHT FOR THE ELK. At country fair out in Kansas a nan went up to the tent where some elk were on exhibition and stared wistfully up at tbe sign. ' "I'd like to go In there," be said to the keeper, "but It would be mean to go In without my family, and I can't afford to pay for my wife and seven teen children." Tbe keeper stared at him in aston ishment. "Are all these your children?" be gasped. "Every one," said tbe man. "You wait a minute," said tha keeper. "I'm going to bring tbe elk out and let tbem tee you all."r Phil adelphia Record. ,- Does Prohibition Prohibit? Your article "Does Prohibition Prohibit?" which depicts a group of several lawyers and ex-Judge express ing the horrible evils of prohibition, make one wish that at least one more lawyer could have been added to tbe group to give from his personal knowledge the results of the enforce ment of prohibition In Kansas City, Kan. If C. W. Trlckett, Assistant Attorney-General of Kansas, had been present he would have stated the facts which appear below, culled from one of his speeches, and which I have taken the pains to have verified by communication direct with his office. On June 8, 1906, Mr. Trlckett was appointed special Attorney-General for Wyandotte County, which In eluded Kansas City, Kan., a city of about 90,000 inhabitants, and Argen tine, a city of about 10,000 Inhabi tants. At that time there were in the county 256 open saloons, 200 gam bling dens and sixty houses of social evil. Of the saloons 210 were In Kan sns City, Kan., twenty-two saloons were in Argentine and twenty-four in other localities. Thirty days later there was not a saloon in the county. Of the 90,000 population in Kan sss City, Kan., a large part were for eigners. It was and is a manufac turing city and the metropolis of the State. Time and again there had been outbreaks of the undesirable citizens burning property, wrecking trains, destroying lives. A few months be fore the city had elected by 2000 ma jority a Mayor whose platform was "Damn the Constitution and laws of the State of Kansas." When Mr. Trlckett was appointed under Instructions to enforce the pro hibitory law in Kansas City, Kan., he was met by delegation after delega tion of business men to protest gainst the closing of the saloons. Tbey said If thi saloons were closed It would stop the city's growth, de stroy the business of the merchants, deplete tho deposits of the banks, stop tho erection of buildings, render houses vacant, increase taxation, re duce the price of real estate, cause people to go over to Kansas City, Mo., to do their shopping and would ruin the town generally. The delegations were composed of bankers, real es tate men, lumber men and business Interests and professions generally. Mr. Trlckett proceeded to enforce the law, with the result that the same men who came to protest now admit their mistake and declare that if the State administration ever lets up they will raise any amount of money nec essary to prevent going back to the old regime. In the first twelve months after closing saloons the combined deposits of the city banks Increased one and a half million dollars. Mr. Trlckett says: "The real estate man says rents are higher than ever before. "The lumber man says so many new buildings are being erected that It Is almost impossible to supply the de mand, and this In mid-winter. "The taxpayer finds that it has put money into the public treasury In stead of increasing taxes. "The furniture dealer finds that he Is selling more furniture than ever before. "The timekeeper ot one of the large packing houses tells me that It the saloons are kept closed they could afford an increase In wages, because of the increased efficiency of the men. The shoe man reports likewise. ''Recently Mr. Newton, of the firm ot Dengel & Newton, stated to me that one astonishing feature of the increase In their line was that It was largely in footwear for women and children. Whv Is it that when the saloons are closed the women and children buy more shoes?" Here are some of the effects on crime: Reduced expense of criminal prose cutions more than $25,000 per year. Smaller police force required, mak ing another saving of $25,000. The criminal docket in District, Court shows that before the saloons were closed it required six or more weeks to try criminal cases. Since closing the saloons no term has ex ceeded three weeks. Before the saloons were closed there were from ten to thirty in the police court every morning. Since then very few arrests. On Septem ber 11, 1906, the Star reported that not a Btngle arrest had been made In twenty-tour hours. In the fall of 1906 a carnival was given with 50,000 persona gathered in the heart of the city and naradlng the streets. There was no drunken ness, no picking of pockets, no row dyism. No longer need for a detective force; thieve and burglars followed the saloon out of the city. In January, 1907, the police Judge ot Argentine said: "There Is not one case now where there were fifteen be fore." Formerly from fifteen to twenty young men were sent from Wyan dotte County to the reformatory. With the saloons closed Wyandotte County sent only two prisoners In a year. What was done in Kansas City could be done In New York City. The same problems .of lawless element and foreign population were met there as would be encountered here. Prohibition may not prohibit, but regulation does not seem to regulate. No law ever passed Is more persist ently and flagrantly violated than tbe high license Raines law. Alfred L. Manlere, In tbe New York Evening Sun. Temperance Note. First, the man takes a drink; then the drink takes a drink; then tbe drink takes the man. City officials believe that in future Chicago's Income from saloon licenses will never fall below 17,000,000 a year. Arkansas' law prohibiting tbe drinking of Intoxicants on trains in the State or on station platforms, though framed only to put down row dyism, will materially affect tbe busi ness ot the buffet car. AH the high class magazine now refuse liquor advertising, Harper's being the last to join the ranks. Tbe strange commentary upon tbe claim that Prohibition is an enemy of hotels Is found In the fact that the annual convention of tbe National Association of Hotel Men was held in Atlanta, Ga., on May 18. From this time forth, the man who makes mere temperance addresses will be rated as a good-natured, un conscious traitor to our cause; and tbe man who is too broad to be true will be rated as our mot dangerous enemy. Professor Aaron 8. Wkt klns. - Io Tonr Feet Ache and KnrnT Shake into your shoos Allen' Foot-En., a powder for the test. It mnkca tiKht of Pew shoos feel easy. Cum Corns, Dunmns bwpllon. Hot, Smarting nnd Sweating Keel and Ingrowing Nails. Sold .y a,i Dniim,.,. and Mioe stores, 25 cts. .Simple mt ,.., Addres. Allen S. Olmsted, l-ltoy, N. Y. The depression In the Dundee whale fiBhing Is so acute that there is danger of the Industry disappear Ing from the British Islea. Dr. Blggnra Itiu-klebui-r O .rclUI Tutu. All Rtom tan Tnu(as, Oliillren Tuthln DlarrliOH. Dy.ntry, otj. At DruiuU i aoa and ftOn ntr liottlo. The first sleeping car was started over the tracks In 1858. Tletter thnn gold Like it in color Hum tins Wizard Oil the best of all remedies for rheunintistn. neiirnli'in. nnd nil pain, soreness and inHnnwititi o. The world's average rainfall Is fiO Inches. B. N. U. 'M. Mrs. Winalow'a Soothing ymp forChiMrrn teething, softens theeunis. icUuetwintlamm,,. tion,aiiays nnm. cure win-1 -ilie. '2:'m a bulile. The resistance to traction In dry weather Is smallest on brick pave ments and In wet weather on bitu lltblc pavements. For COLDS unit RIP. Hick's r'APri'iKK I' the lest remi-rtr relieves the aWiitiir and fi-verUhnt";. cures the C0I1I nnd restores nornitil condition. It's lliiiild -I'lferta Immediately. Inc., ifac. and toe., atdruir stores. Progress Of Women. There Is no question that the up rising of women, which Is more or lees active in all parts of the world, has grown out of the gradual but steady decline of the men. Within the last four centuries of the world's history, alcoholic liquors, tobacco and all the enervating and narcotic drugs, with the single exception ot opium, have come into general knowledge and use, and, as a con sequence, because they are chiefly used by men there has been a grow ing enervation and degeneracy of the men, who are falling more and more under the contempt of the women. I!en were made physically strong er In order that they may support and protect the women and chil- dren. Women, by tbe facts of her constitution and existence, is neces sarily the keeper of the borne nnd Is most properly dependent upon the man. But when she sees In too many Instances that the husband and father is a miserable drunkard and the sons and brothers wretched loaf ers there Is no wonder that she feels there is something wrong in the so cial organization. It is a mistake to claim that the women aro naturally all good and pure, and that where they are other wise they are made so by the men. Descended as not a few are directly from depraved and degenerate - men It would be strange if there were not women who had inherited the evil qualities ot their fathers, and It is a grievous fact that this is the case. Moreover, women are largely affected by environment, and born as are some amid scenes of misery and vice and kept among such surroundings, bow can it be possible that all could or should be pure and good? New Orleans Picayune. Swinburne. Down at Harper's a group ot lit erary men were discussing' the death of Swinburne. "His wit was of the subtlest kind," said Colonel Harvey, who had met the poet on various oc casion la London. "I attended a dinner once at which Swinburne was present. Seated next to him wag a titled Briton of the' type we are so fond of caricaturing a drawling, fat-headed noodle. With an air of great condescension he turned to Swinburne and said: " 'Aw, Mr. Swinburne, I passed your house the other day.' "'Did you, indeed?' replied the poet, with just the suspicion of a twinkle in his eye. 'I am delighted to hear it. Thank you, so much!'" The Wasp. He Appreciated. "Of course," said the half regret ful wooer, "If your family doesn't think I'm good enough, why, I don't want to intrude where I'm not want ed." "I'll look out for that," said the businesslike young woman. "I think you are good enough, and my brother is a lawyer. Do you appre ciate the combination?" He did, and remained in. Cleve land Plain Dealer. Alaska's placer area Is three times that of early California. AN OLD TIMER Has Had Experiences. A woman who has used Postum since It came upon tbe market knows from experience the wisdom of using Postum In place of coffee If one val ues health and a clear brain. She says: "At the time Postum was first put on the market I was suffering from nervous dyspepsia, and my physician had repeatedly told me not to use tea or coffee. Finally I decided to take his advice and try Poatum. I got a package and had it carefully pre pared, finding It delicious to tbe taste. So I continued its use and very soon Its beneficial effects convinced me of it value, for I got well of my nerv ousness and dyspepsia, "My husband had been drinking coffee all his life until It had affected bis nerves terribly, and I persuaded him to shift to Postum. It was easy to get blm to make the change, for the Postum is so delicious. It cer tainly worked wonders for blm. "We soon learned that Postum doea not exhilarate or depress and doea not stimulate, but steadily and honestly strengthen tbe nerves and the stomach. "To make a long story short, our entire family continued to use Pos tum with satisfying results, as shown In our fine condition of health, and we have noticed a rather unexpected Improvement In brain and nerve pow er." Increased brain and nerve power always follow the use of Postum In place of coffee, sometimes in a very narked manner. "There's a Rea son." Look In pkga. for the famous lit tle book, "Tbe Road to Wellvllle." . Kvcr read tbe a bo re letter? A sanv pne appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of biuuaa Interest.
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