.7
HAKINO LEAD SHOT.
SOMF.THINO AUott A SIMPLE
UVTClfKIOt INDISIIIV.
Dropped Krom at imKh Tower Thf
Little Spheres J0lel ,y N
ural Kor ., ortn;I
Different sixes.
N
OT half n
HeCii.r
dozen Lloeks from
Hull ill New York
Cite
ilemler irou tower
tinea hig
into the ftir. Its
purpose ik tbe n,,,, foot tire 0( small
medallic pelletsi fi' the use of aports
' "mes. "-nil f then,, t turns out billions
every wee ? ,coll weather. Up near
the top of the Vtrnetura are furnaces
tor melting the substance, which la
ponreil in showers of globules down
through the shaft. Ther full into a
well of water lit the bottom, out of
which they are then scooped, to be
tortd into proper Hien ami polished
for market. I'.aeli individual shot
must pas a test ainl be declared per
feet before it is permitted to go out.
l'erfect ahot eonl.l be made by fall
ing two feet just a well as by drop
ping a distant? of 'JDO feet, if otilv
they rould eool rapidly enough, The
hot, when they nre let fall from the
top of the tower, are a perfectly
spherieal a wheu they reach the bot
tom. If they started in any other
shape they would not be made round
by th tumble, but would be merely
sln-g;s Then they not to the water. IJut
it is mvossary t but they shall drop n
long distance, in order that they may
have time to cod and burden before
arriving at the bottom. At for the
water, it purpose is not to chill them,
but to nfTord 11 yielding aubstance for
them to strike. It it wero otherwise
they would be flattened and made use
less. The well in the bottom of the
tower deserilied istwelve feet in depth
The tower may be likened to a tall
and very blender light house. It in 178
feet hif?h. The spiral iron stairway
winds fro!ii th- bottom to the top
around a central shaft. To reach the
summit in it laborious climb. At a
height of 140 fet it u tloor with a ilur
fiaoe for melting; th. metal. Thirty
1 'oet higher in another floor and a liee
ond furnace like the tirat. The lower
' furnace is used for the smaller sizes
of shot, because they do not have1 to
drop no far in order to get cool. Jr
bur shot the tipper furnace is em
ployed. A fall of sixty feet uniilil be
HiitHcient for the very small lord shot.
The workman who tends the furnace
bus half a doen utensils which 'look
like big saucepans, with long han'dles.
The bottom of each aauuepan is per
forated with small holes. . Thereiis no
other apparatus. Few manufactures
are more simple than that of leashot.
Tho metal for making shot has to be
very carefully prepared. Tiu ,-is com
monly found as an alloy of lead, but if
there is so little as one pound of tin
-"""8iC tons of lead the material will
tea ct produce, shot; it will oixlv vield
retiuelong slugs. Pure lead will not make
, v "shot. It must have with it ft propor
tion of arsenic. The latter has some
what the same effect upon lead as lard
or butter has on pastry ; it makes it
brittle. To begin with, the metal is
put into a pot with thirty pounds of
arsenic to each ton of lead. The mix
ture is heated to a cherry red. which
aiguilles about i!0l)() degrees Fahrcu
1 licit. The alloy thus prepared is made
; into pigs of !(!( pounds each. One of
these pigs if- melted together with 1000
pounds of pure lead, nnd thus is ob
tained tho material required for the
bhot.
When the man at the furnace wishes
to ascertain whether his molten stuff
is heated to the right temperature he
throws a little of it out upon cool
iron. If correct, it splits up into a
lot of rolliug globules resembling
mercury. All being in rend i net!, hoi
skims off from the top of the melt-1
ing pot a quantity of the impure stuff
that floats on the surface. lie puts a
layer of this iu the bottom of one of
the saucepans. When partly coed it
is of a putty-like consistency. It is
very porous.
Now, the operator holds the sauce
pan over the central shaft, which is
boxed iu with planks all the way to
the bottom of the tower. Looking
down, one can see a faint shimmer of
the water in the well far below. The
workman with his ladle pours some of
his pure lead alloy iuto the pan. It
makes its way through the porous
stuff on the bottom of the utensil and
forms a little drop at every opening
in tho perforated bottom. The drops
fall down the wall, followed by others
as fust as they can form.
In the mauipulatiou of the lead and
saucepau a skill is required which
machinery could not supply. It is
not necessury to have a pau with a
distinct size of perforations to pro
duce each size of hhot demauded.
Holes of a given size can be m tide to
yield shot of several ditVereut sizes by
making the layer of scum on the bot
tom of tbe pan thiuuer or thicker, or
by altering t lis temperuturu of tho
lead alloy. The holes are punched by
hand. At the same time, it is not pos
tible to make all the shot iu a given
batch of exactly the same size, Mo. 4
shot, for iustance, are made with a
pau that has holes meusuring fouroue
Unndredths of au inch in diameter.
Three-quarters of them will be of the
right size, but from fifteen to twenty
five per cent, will be smaller or bigger
than No. 4.
Another fact to be considered is that
brands of lead differ. All of them
will not make shot of the same sizes
or holes of given sizes. The operator
Is obliged to get over the difficulty by
luitably adjusting the temperature of
his melted metal aud the thickness of
the sou in at the bottom of his pau.
The best time to make shot is when
(he iron aides of the tower are whitened
en the interior with frost.
From the bottom of the well endless
chai dm of little buckets dip up the new
made shot and carry them to a (low
ftbove, where ther are poured upon an
inclined table of heated iron. As they
roll across this table they are dried by
the heat, and at the other end of it
they fall, into great bins. There they
remain' until they at a ready to pan
through certaiu further processet
which are reqnired to prepare them
for market. On coming out of the
bins they go into a revolving cylinder,
covered with wire cloth. Friction in
this contrivance removes from them
all corrosion and dirt. - Then they are
conveyed by machinery to ft aeries ol
wide boards arranged like steps, the
difference in elevation between each
two being alight. The first and highest
board ia alanted sufficiently to set the
shot rolling to the end of the steps.
The other boards are horizontal.
Now, between each two of the step
like boards there is a space as wide as
three or four fingers. The perfectly
spherical shot jump clear across thes
spaces, but the imperfect ones do not
roll sufficiently well to make the leaps.
Teruapa they may get across nut) ot
two of tile gaps, but they tire sure to
drop through by the time they get to
the third or fourth. Failing out they
are rejected. Those which pass the
ordeal aud jump all of the spaces are
perlect shot and are deemed accepta
ble without further test. The bad
ones are of all sorts of shape. Some
of them are twins or triplets, having
stuck together iu falling down the
wf,ll. Finally the little pellets are put
through a aeries of revolving sieve?
with different sized holes, by whieli
they tire automatically sorted into all
the different sizes known to the sports
man. Then it only remains to pack
them in bags and send them to market.
It should have been said, however,
that before being sorted by the sive
tliev are lint into a machine which
tumbles them around with plumbago,
otherwise known as blacklead or gra 1
phite the stuff' which is used to makt '
pencils. Thus thev get a coat ol j
plumbago, which gives them theii
beautiful shiue. Washington Star.
The Chinese Army,
TheC'oresn army has th reruttatiot
of being about the worst-managed mil
itary system, but the Chinese army is
only slightly superior. There is ik
discipline to speak of; in peace time
the regiments are skeletonized, am;
corruption pervades the service, as it
does every branch of public affairs it
China. Officers give the soldiers in
definite leave, mo that they may pocket
their pay, and they also commit othet
irregularities of a similar kind.
German army otlicers have been em
ployed during the last few years, ami
many thousands of soldiers have hail
more or less instruction, .and modern
arms are being introduced to some ex
tent, but, speaking geuerally, the met.
are very poorly armed. The iufautry
are armed with lbissian muzzle-load
ing rifles, swords aud shields, spears,
bows and arrows, and all krts of queei
meoTiwvaf weapons. " Soma !iUiij
are provided with huge match-locks,
sis feet loug, one for every two meu.
To discharge one of these weapons a
soldier stoops with his hands on hit
knees, and serves as a rest for t lit
muzzle of the piece while it is tired by
his companion. Most of the guns used
by the artillery are small brass cauuoi,
with smooth bores, of Hiissian menu
faeture, and nearly all the practice it
with blank cartridge a method cer
tainly not calculated to promote pro
licieiicy iu niHrksuiauship. When oc
casion' for lighting arises the bat
talious are hastily rilled iu with meu
undisciplined aud unprepared.
Not loug ago there was trouble in
Formosa, uml recruits were niveiglwo
on board ship by false pretenses, but
when they discovered their dest iiistion
was Formosa, grout numbers of tln-m
j tunned overboard, and were drowned.
The regular iu tun try numbers umrt
than 000,001) men, and the cnvalry
something under 1)10,000, though tin1
ordinary fighting strength of the Chi
nose army is estimated to be about ),
200,000. Facli province nupporU its own mil
itary force for keeping order, for tht
protection of its own territory, ami
for National defense iu case of need.
Wo have the authority of Urct Hart
for the statement that '"For ways that
lire dark and tricks that tire vain, tht
heathen Chinee is peculiar," and thi
character is certainly borne out by tht
couiluct of Chinese military affairs.
New York Dispatch.
lluillti? Lake ol Mini.
Oue ol the greatest natural wonders
in Java, "the tire island," u lare lake
ot foiling until, is situated almost iu
the ceutre of the luins of (Irohoaua,
fifty "puals" to the northeast of Solo.
It is almost two miles iu circumference
and in the center immense coltimus of
Koft, hot mud may he seen continually
rising and falliug;, like great Mack
timbers thrust forth and then suddenly
withdrawn ly a giant's hands. lit'Hidct
the phenomena of the columns there
are two gigantic Lobbies near the wes
tern edge which till up like hute bat
loons autl explode on an uvoraye ot
three times per uiiuiito. St. Louis Ku
public.
National Tastes Iu Onus.
In gnus, tho old-style Hint locks,
with stocks carved and painted in col
ors and with tho barrels painted iu
peculiar hieroglyphics, are sold to th.
Arabs and Africau tribes iu quantities.
The South American takes a dainty
barrel of the smallest gauge, with tht
stocks also elaborately carved and
ornamented. The Europeau buys a
gun exquisitely finished aud inlaid iu
tracings of gold. The barrel is often
of fluid steel, which is considered, bet
ter than the best Damascus. Th
American cares nothing for ornament,
but demands something that will stand
wear ui tear. Hardware.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLIES.
EDUCATING THK RED MAN.
T8S CAIU.lSt.lt SCHOOL IS iTTINtiKD
HT
ttnuss.
Cai.tn.it The fourteenth annual report
of ('apt. It. II. I'ratt. superintendent of the
Carlisle Indian Training school show Got!
pupil at lit s.'hool at present, 3!7 buy and
'.'bit girls. Tlieie represent 40 tribes. Dur
ing tho yesr . died, 2(0 returned to their
homes and '-''X) remain upon farms In
Pennsylvania for (ho winter. Sis graduat
ed during the year, making: li'l graduate
since the school wasestabliihed, 'f lis earn
ings for the year were: Hoys. ls:i SI ; girls,
.i7tt!t Their savings were: Hoys, U!!m;
girN, jr.. There are . Indian pupils
attending Dickinson college. 8o great was
the de l and for Indian boys sud girls upon
Isims this summer that onlv half the
requests could be met.
....
ASH fOtl TfAl urns' IWITI TfS
II Mimf c to The Slate aiiperiuu-udrntof
pulilic school' announces that the teachers'
institutes throuxhout the State nre progress,
ing finely. It is probable th money re-c-ived
Irom the county treasurers to aid In
the holding ot th institutes will not fall far
short or ll.Doo, while some tJ.'i.Oui) may he
es peeled Irom ether sources. If tho at
temlsnec continues as heretofore there will
he over lo.uio qtctators piesent.The cost of
I strueiioti will iire.ne something likn
.Cl.tViO mid there will be other expeiues to
the amount nf flii.OOO. Tho members them
selves, in dues etc.. give nearly Jo.euj
1W MI'V Ktl.l.Kll.
II n io Patrick Mal.aughlin and Da
vid. tonkins, two rock miners employed in
th l.aiisdir.l colliery, wer Instantly killed
by a pretnatiiro etplo-iou. They had pre
pared a blast, anil the fuse burning alouly
they supovil it had none out. Just nsthey
reiiclieit ilie place the bl.ist went olt and
t no men ere torn and mangled iu a hor
rible manner.
- -
tt I It emu M r I II f iJCXtl..
V.siiiN',roN-imte a number of crack
liehl shuts in tins section have decided not
to have any huutiti tins sc.tnn nint
ptitloavor to induce others to do so. tt lias
been many years since quail were so scarce
nsthey are this season, and these gentle
men desire to ptotect what is remaining in
order that they may not be entirely exter
minated. Tumi s Dt'ttkiN'. of Hoot t dale, a bookkeep
er lor the l-'ruk t 'iimpany, die.l al 1 ii'iiii.
town Saturday itisbt ol spinal meningitis.
A week hef"io Durkin went to I nioiuown
to niu:ry .Mary llealtv. While overheated he
drank tee water, beiatue ill and the fatal
malady developed.
'fur largest sheriff's sale of really held in
Moittiromery county for many years will
take plai eat Sorrfmown November ''-'.
when ;;U pronerties will ne sold by Sheriff
Simpson. ignite a number ot the proper
ties are farms that ure being sold on fore
closure. At Huntingdon robhers broke a large
glass ill the show window of J. M. baud's
hardware store and stoleguns and cutlery
valued ut (mu, Mr. Laird shotat tbe thieves
but mimed them. This is the fourth time
his store has been robbed within a few
months.
. ' J:'V BtvtiAN v, the colored nnrss girl
under arrest fur murdering a baby by mrc
ing concentrated lye down its throat, at I'll
ton tow n, has confessed to the crime, saying
n t'ounellsville girl had told her that lye was
good to quiet fret I ul babies.
(ii.or.uK Mi Cnr.v. an oil tank builder, ins
found unconscious with a gash in Ins head
hetieath ti bridge at butter Saturday ni,:ht.
He is alive, but still urn onsciuus. lie prob
nblv (ell from the b idge.
THIS RESULT DV COUNTIB9.
Party Pluralities Iu Pennsylvania To
gether With the Official Futures !
on Btata Trsaaurer In lSDl. j
The following table shows ths votes cast j
in esoh county of Pennsylvania for the I'.e- ',
publican and Democratic candidates I tn'
Slate'l'reasurer in 1S:M nnd the pluralit'sl
at Tuesday's election upon (hesame oillce
In fs'il Morrison, republican, bad ,l,:'.r7 I
plurality over Tildeu, Demo.-rat.
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Cameron
Carbon
Center
Chester
Clarion
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Clinton
Columbia
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Dauphin
Delaware
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tireene
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RELIGIOUS READING.
as sTti.i.
It Is often eaer to do than to suffer ths
will o( Oott. Tliero Is a pieaxiiroalilrt excite,
ment in the employment of oim's B'tiv pow
ers In tlm service of t'hrlsi, a satisfaction In
tho consciousness of doing good. A Hills
grae. Willi favoring provldi-noe. may maks
a Christian hro; wine- alioiinditig grnes
ulon will sn (flee to nmkn a Christian martyr,
lie still when Miseeuted mi l sliind i-cd -If
unjustly aoeused, you may rogjird every
epithet of alms a a lanlgrfof disctplestilp'.
Your divine Master and Ills apostles and wit
nesses were marked In the sums way. Then,
too. every tin tins the seeds of death within
It. I.it alone, It will die of itself. Opposition
may look very forntldn'ile ; It may s-:n a
"though thu iiioiinliilns weto carried into the
midst of the sm the waters thT"of roar, and
be troubled i the mountains shake with ths
swelling thereof i" but tli voice of wisdom
cries, "lie still aud know that I ntn Cel."
lie still when thwarted in vmr plans mi l
disappointed In your Iiom. Ymi at" tet re
sponsible fur results. tf you have sought
trust worthy ends by tnwful menus, niel li.ii.t
dons your utmost to tiitnin them, til- issue li
of divine ordering, and should lie no tnori
the milijis't of murmuring or repining Hihii
the chuugcs of the seiiHoiis or the rolling o
the spheres. ' lie purpose ol tiod In onr lost
or disMpKiluttiir:t ttinv not he obvious. You
tuny have to content yourself with th-
imoukiii. ) nre toil leirts ot nu wins
Hut tho not t tint thev n-., his wnvs ui'it
liusli tho soul Iu ipiletud" under Hie ino.l
trying and invsterloiis it iss.m of Hie. 1-mth
will take lip Ci wper' song ;
'lleblnd a froivittng pru i t.-nee
He hides n smiling fn e."
lie still lltld -r vote Mill, lion. They nr
nil deserved. Thev are nil ordered of'1,.1,1
They are enibi ai-e.1 inn, ng the "ml tilings'
that shiill work feget her for good to then
w ho love I iihI, M iiruiuriiig does not ,-..,n.
but rather Iih-p-iis, th. I i I . ti of git -t
Submitted to neipiii in .ll,-lli.-.
every sorrow may di-till lew Jos: evr
ufttet.iii may work out "a far more o I
Ing and eterniil w-'lkilit i f glory." Many ii
saint hns never evperien I th.. iniltnte pie.
clousness of the gospel, until til" rod of
Is upon him. tt is when in the vnie, will
eyes iipll'teil nnd montll closed "I wic
dumb"- tlim tie- stnrs of ironils glisten ot.
the splrltnul vision, and tie' s-m ,t righteous
uess darts his ras o eomiort met holy j.o
oil the stri.-kell soul.- Il-her.
"l lllllsl l t i V s I ill- I it
The late Mr. ltiindall. i long ti disMng-iished
metntierof Congress from IViiimi h am i. wa
never a disb.-lp v.-r o hrwtwariil . thougl;
he did not h me aniemh 'r.if the ehttrcl'
until late in life; hut be was ,ilw,is ami
everywlmre known as n believer in' divine
truth. The following anecdote Is n-lated hy
one who knew-him well:
"I was with him i some year agoi in hi.
eommlttee-room, with three or four neiiil.ers
of Congress who wen- seated hv th" iali!c. at
the hend of which Mr. Can-hiil sit husilv en.
gaged with his .orresp,indeii.-e. Hi, wirk
se,-nieil to nbsorb nil bis atteniion, an I he up.
poured Intake uotmti I wha!e -r v,as i.o.l
III his hearing. Tin n ers.it , m tool,
philosophical turn iiml dually lic a ne a .h
'iisslou of the llihle ,md I britiaiut. the ( 1 1
of romnrk liHlug ilecidcdlv sK.-pn nl. while
thsro was a strong the,t..(i s.-nti ueiit in
much that was said.
" t'he discussion wnt on for n lime with
out seeming to Interest the dlstlllgUI-'ll d
1'eiitisylvHiiian, who still went o i with hi
work, rending an t writing in bis u-ual i-iht-
fC'tle iiiiinuer. Ilelore long lie n,,t up t,,,m
ilsehulr. pushed his papcis asid . an t stood
for a iiioment at he corner o Hie t ,i t , ... wul
the ibs-ldsl und posltUo expression of emu
tituance which was so often noticed and re
inarktsl upon In the dchatc-. of the Home ol
Itepri-sentiillves. -i leiitlcmcn.' ho sai. with
serious emphasis, Christianity Is truth. Tlw
inn a who doubts it dlspiii-Hgcs hlsowu Int. -Ill
genee.' J his was snid in his newt solemii
and liiirssiveiiintiuer.nni it atnn Hslleneii1
T tllS dlseuulou. Ji moiliolli liC'ef ibv iVf iVjV'
room."
A o i. on tot's i 1 1 r... k.
Khaiue on the ( hristhni who slinks cluir.-t.
work! hhiili one eount 11 a task to 111 one
v If for comradeship wllh tho kings and
pieetis of ccli stlal eoii'ts.' Is ft an irksoue
Inly to show gratitude ior deli-.er.it from
ternal dentil.' One iiuisi li ne h -an ot si,, a,
o shrink from the oppoitumte s ,im oen
'ngs that nre culling to iloot", and ardent
ervlce (or ioil and Inniiiin.t . Ii giviw the
e to any proles..o ol I lift ,t iaii it if oh.,
heilshes or ludulg ,,. ju ,,.., ,. a;..itli,
jr repulsion of the Adaini-- i,i in.
It isnrouil priuh'ge, a iiu.iiu a-i l n ,IU
heritage to which t !i chil l . t 1 1 .. is Mlled
10 In a co-worker wild the lungh- si Man ol
ill the Mgc. ; to l.e n partner Willi lio.l i:i lie
regeiiHriltloll of I ril'-e. lifting ii 1 1 1 1 1 ; 1 1 1 1 -iiiahsin
to hrist bin - : to l.-i- li a soul vi--lom
lor eternity ; to k -op leu I, a friend l - un
falling into a holto:nc. pit : I . work for tie
orouiitioii of i:h.i ehild that inigle oilier-
isM live II felon's III, ; , ,.;. nig !i 1 . 1 1 !iri! I
he nerves of a tador iluai"i. Isj; tiothuu
o vou ,'
this will I e a y ar of the rilil hau l
lie Most High. There is no doit'it that ilcr
will be iiuiuy an I precious iiig.-ttlicriugs.
11 must be so. The Mills meetings through
nit our w stern eonntrv Inne bro.igiu iiunn
to Christ who are now read., lo he n e-d .r
his service. Tli'-y must n i b" p--i-iutte, t.
grow cold before they h-arti tii 'joi of hrlng-
ing others to Christ. Hur l lime-, in lni-mcs.
invariably bring mc-i to th - Lo: ,. who I..--ame
poor for ii", that we iniglil enjoy trm
weulth. Now for u glorious campaigu!
A Sllolll Kl.ltlloN os lli'Msir.
'In
II"
nil things
Willing lo lie llolie-tlv
'I i. xiii. is.
To tle honestly is o live Justly lllld above
reproach. It is to lne so tluit i: i mini, who
knows how wo live, can truly u nnv biuni
of us. Nothing is liouesi which is ugaui-t
justice or honor.
One may l.e able to keep out of jail, iiu-l yet
not "ilve iioiiHstly." All stealing is dishonest,
Ii may le a pin. or marble, or an apple,
that w su a', but il we lake it slyly, u is
rlouliiig. It is wicked lo steal Irom a broth. r
or s.sier or parent. We may m.t steal any
thing even H we need it, i ll ' olghlli eolii
maiidmi iit Is " Tboii shall not steal."
We mav nlsu Is- t :-h. oo -t in borrowing -
Hist, when we do not need w hat we I
irmw. i
uml then, when wo keep It longer than
nissd II, or do not lal.e good ear- of n, "In
ail Ihli.gs live In uestly."
Some are not hum si in buying nnd selling.
Their lulu is. In buy at all mm - as cheap as
tlu-y i'hii. and sell lis ileal-as they i Mil. IMs
;s il wn-ki'd rule. W oildi liuo - Willi those
who do not know- the Aorta ol the Hung
bought or sold. is cheating tlu-in, hi ina'.e
thn I est I al villi we i an. Sinn!, mis we
Irnde with those who in-,- in groat want, and
we fit our own price i, and make tl i much
loo high. If wa sell, or too low. if we buy.
I here Is n fair price fon-wn Ihniir Let that
be paid or tukeu for evi rylh'iiig. Ho who js
just and true, nnd love.s his neighbor as hi n
self, will soon II in I out what II lair price is.
luiostall men use too many words in buying
md selling, nnd when too many words tin'
used, them is almost always s li" soiii"vhor.
TUB I'osl l IVISl S 1-ilAM it.
Dr. T.vtnuu Abbott has been criticising se
verely he theology of J'o-iiivisui ; and. ns a
sort of iviicio id ali.nn ilnm, hehas recon
structed thn Lord's f'riiyr nu I'osillvist lilies
s follows : "Our brethren w hich are ou earth,
hallowed be our nane-; our kingdom come;
iur will be done on earth, for there is no
li ea vou. We will Kot us this day our dally
oread. We will forilve no trespassers, fui
'.here Is no forgiveness. We will four nu
temptatiou, for weenfc deliver ourselves from
svll and ours Is tbe kingdom, aud ours Is th
power, aud there U ud.glory aud uo fur ever.
atneu.
TEMPERANCE.
Too hasy I it mw.
flirty tide - Come In, old man, and ws'll
Urntk your good health !"
Vho(iklyrholio tndly-"Vou ein'tdo it
mv l;oy. i drauk my good health up yenni
Tun kvrtnr istsi tir.rnSMH,
T.i thn nonberii pitrt of fh se.i of.fnpsn
Some forty mile, distnut from th largo mi
d of Kwi. lies n tmy Is'nnd ended Oku
shlrl. Its soil Is fertile. Trees of varying
proportion cluster thickly over its siirinoe.
The agriculturist nml the lumberman might
Mud profitable occn mt jons there, ltnr the
ehlel pursuit of the people Is ll-hlng. Kvry
spring great sho-ils herring approach tlm
coast mid the IN It are e.isllv cnntiirod in siieli
mi,i,iti,ir.M ti..., ,i.i i . .
t i , ,,f Ti .ei J.,m '"' '"'I ' ispensa.
Z .,Tr" "1' r! ''Vr:l,,,", Vl",h,:,,"
Living thus In ease and plenty the peoplo
ni'itil ' spooled to develop lllliities llsll-
ally iuebb-ntul to such i-ii-cuui-.tfin,es. nnd
they appear to have rnllen pretty Iroely Into
the vice of driiiikenneHS. In iss.i tlier- were
some Sen souU lt fits islnnd. Kiev iose-sed
only four IWcl net. The, lived' in houses
that, he I with eonrse gruss : thev li.el s.-.ircely
any roads, and thev could bo.-i.st ijlv a s.n
gle ..,oo!. ,t they . n.uu.ed iiiinmilly
t-:t.lliiii worth an' sake in addition o shnehii
nnd other stroti--druiLs. I II sll.irl ,1,,...
'ortnnon h-.hcr uiiks j.ent upon inloxic itin
beverages more than H p-r month for every
unit o, their toimliet. Including v.-omen and
children. The i rati of intemperance
applied o the whole ( Japan vvoiihl slg,((.
an annual expenditure ..( -,iiii .nini.isi I on In
toxieiiting beverages nbuie, lathe fa -e of
this re.-kleas oiillav f.ir b,,aor the people
orten sulTercl severely from lnin,'i r and -old
( during the winter, the price of rice raiigin ;
very high In the midwinter mouths nti lthe
dwelljtig lions, hi-itig ill adapted to exclude
the Inclement iitinosphi.r,-. I'he local au
thorities prevailed upon them to adopt asys.
; tern of hii-rm pt nis,,tis against line's ol
I. ircll y, I lit their sour es. I-,. iee i-pi.
ItlelltS on ll.-ciilllll of sake. Were insllfll -n-nt
to aceompiisl: aiivllnng eilei-tive iiiih.it line.
Tiles . eir -Mili.l III -.-S illdll I some hold
Inen aiiioti- I hem to open'v dcnoiiie-e the
eesv.l Use of alcoholic , er.l ,-i-s as I lie
cause of all i he peoples siilTerings, audio
pre,.-h the ne,-essit of applying to tis -iul
purposes the iiiuds lints -.pi in , re,. ',..
rusride provoked violent opposition, l ul In
the inhabitants were ui Iu -e.l to enter
, Into the lollowmg agreement
Covenant made hy the p ope of ll'sitsbiri
Island con,-, -rinn,' the . ile and pur -h.n -of
ilcoliollc ,c, r agi s and the us,, of tln-M-i.e
, in the island of oknslnrt,
"This I in I which we Inhabit n ii lotieiy
,sl in I in the Pa -iilc ii,-. ..in. ps Inhahitants.
Mii-nher.iig tiiiiiiv lamilies. ,1 n. I almost their
on y iii -aiis of .imus ment in driiiMng ah-o.
j bol. N nit o' ev.-i ton nr.- addielod to
ake, the sums annually spent upon which
aggregate; a heavy iimo Int.
Ilehlors :ir,. uii.lhle to meet their I'llglge.
meiits, and some are even impelled to !.
petit Ilielal aid for sappliesof fool. 'o
ir threatened with misery and some i-rlr.i-;
irdin.irv measure Is necessary to save ns,
; frugality must l, the rule ol our condu.-t.
Old eerv kind of ex -ess unlsl ln avoided.
We. therefore, hereby resolve to abstain from
be luxury which w relish above nil others,
iia-iu-lv. siike, so as to terminate tlm import a -
, lion ol the liquor intolhe island, file luoliev
hithcito deioted t-itbe purelmseof saUcsliall
t o applied to lay in stocks ol ric and other
grain a--a provi 'on agam-t future want, on
he one Hand, nnd to Im reas i the capital
u.illuhlc lor lish ry put-poses on theother.
" sion v i i in-s or rur. Pito.nori.its. t
' n.-iici juiv. issi.
' rtlee t. - e, the iniiahltauts of iikus-
j hiri l-land, jointly and severally. In in r-l-
'ino.t Willi the oovenallt hereby signed, do
I pledge iiuisi'lves lo abandon wliolly tllesiile,
! (ilirohase, lllld lis" of llleobic hev l'iig s.
i i signed l 117 UKCsitiui Jsi usio us.-'
I The cohsi'vtcncrM ol this covenant we,
I very marked. It was rigorously ohserved.
Kveii Coveriinienf'onierhrsN whatever thrlr
i auk. hud to give up sake drinking when
the visited the island, and. a s u matt-i ol
course, uveiv dramster who '"Ouid iiol re.
lorin wns eo'nipelleit in lake l.lJs itetiarl lire
or lci theiiceiortli reigned eoinjiy
,-nospenly ennui Willi odd siri
let.'-IV
and
'es.
The
year
population lie-rciseit :i,,ioli in llv'l'.'
an I the i-apital Invested iu tbe llshlng , ,'us.
trv ten fold. Heed thateln-s were replaced
by shingles, four large gianarie.s were kept
lull ( rioe, and iu addition, cai h bouse had
a -lore of its own. It is stated that there is
how stored III the island rice mii 11) . lent to
siippoit the people for three or lour years,
even though the herring Mshory should fall
entirely. Iloads have have lus-n constru -tcd
in plaei s where mil long of the kind existed
I. el,, re. I'hi) principal school lias been
greatly improved, nndsescral hralich schools
bai" liei-t estahllsllcd.
N--w lauds have been brought into cullo i.
tion.aml hemp to tie- value of -Kuoil in
gi'ovn annually for the inanufa.-lurc of IMi.
Ing iiels, whieli, b-uore tb signing of the
l ovciianl. had lo be imported entirely from
t h main land. Statistics also show a marked
ilcct.-ase of crime, and so famous did the
su ss of the i xpcrimefit become that a
larL-e community ol seniors in the in-ighl or
ing islilllil ol l.-o pledged thcill.Hives ton
covenant similar to that ol Okusliiri, and
with similarly happy results. finally, "
mav add that whi-uihe live years orl;.'ili.lll v
i oiiieiiiplalcl hy th. veiiaut expired It was
renewed for iinoiher term of live years, des
pite the opposite, a ,.r au lliilueutial local of
iiei.il, Japan Mai!.
TKMri.tt a vi r
A moderate drink
.k.ws in 'tons,
r is worth more to the
ib-vi! than a drunkard
'faking Ihe ilrst drink may mean thai your
child will have a drunken father.
A I lilrvt has often been started with a tells
Fpoon that barrels could not ipieu -h.
The Hermans drank mom than a billion
gnlloi: of beer last year, and the iuh.ihitnui
of Ureal llrilaln .'I.'i.'i.imiii.iiiiu.
Wine is like auger, for it makes us strong,
blind an I Impatient, nnd il h-.-els us wrong;
the sirengtli is .iil -kly lo-. ; we fool 1 1 t ror
long.
It is announce that (ietu-ral lioolh, of (he
Snlvatiou Army, is "inalunnga sclu-uie for
carrying on n war agaiiisi tho lepior Irallle
all over the world."
The Voiing Ahstaiiirs' Ciiion of f hina now
numbers in its several branches ut Shanghai,
" I'oo I how and other cities, now ir Is of iiimi
lliousaiid tiieinbers.
There were 7.S."i,2S.i men employed on the
railroads of the I inlet Stales hi-l year.
.Many are rcpiired to be. nnd all ought to be,
abstainers from intoxicant-.
A sigullloiiiit fact is shown by I lie latest
census -lluit the Stales wiicie crime is not
Increasing faster iu proportion than the pop-
, illation are prohibit ion i Males,
According to Dr. Kerr, onc-fcurth of thn
'jre.Olill chlhln-li who die ill this country bu-
' fore they arn live years old, die because of
' lliu Intciiipcraneo of one or Wot li parent 4.
K 'cent medical statistics in Switzerland
-.how that II fly per cent, ol the young men
' who would otherwise be eligible lor military
service nrg rendered unlit by ex -ovsivo
drinking
Khaaia, chief of the Uamaugwalos of South
Afrl.-a, when lie became king, about twenty
years ago, hiiving-souu the sad effects of ar
dent spirits on some of his relatives, saldt
"If I ever become ruler bore, I will not allow
a drop ol ruin, gin or brandy to 1st sold iu
Ihe country ; ' and lie tins kept his word.
Mr. Dawes, for uiany years representing
MtissachiiHMtls la thn Cult" I States Senate,
says that drunkenness among members of
Congress Is oo longoreomtuoii or unnoticed.
There is a docided change ia the directiou
of temperance there as almost everywhere
else. Those persons and those Natious that
stluk to old-fashioned drinking liublts are
not only foolish and wicked but buhUJ the
SAlWATir SCHOOL
1NTF.KNA ITOXAt, M-.HiOf KOlt
MVKMIIKU l.
Lesson Tas.1: "linltnl Ion of Christ,"
K.H. Iv., ao-.'ia iol.leta
Jest: K.pli. Iv., :ia
Commentary.
':.' ' rtu y have not so arn,l Christ."
It- tins just been spi-iiking of ths fien'iles.
who with darkened understandings, animat
ed from ties life of tin t through lgnorsns
and blindness, walk In th vanity oil heir
mind, .-uid then be adds this wor I to
the saints. Tho Christian's walk or lit is to
be the most marked an I manliest contrast to
1 f" nne,! uirirKi-o mi i murine!
; of the worldling -. we are to
I Hi-r gentiles, but wonln ofour
walk not a
gentiles, but worthy of our vocation In
love ns children of light, md oircuaip"otl
t-hspt'T Iv.. 17. I. and chapter v.. S, 1.1).
'Jl. "If s i be ihnt tiai hesrd Hi li and
have been taught hv Kim as the truth Is In
.lesus." We hear Cbrisi ami are tsu-j-ht !
Illm wlie.i w heir His Word cither directly
Irom the liihl" or tlirough His servants, eyen
ns ll said, e th.it he,ir-lh you hearetli
Me, and he th desplstii von ,l-ios..tli Me,
mid be that despise! h e despis.-th Him that
sent MC 1 1, like x , 1 . We must, however,
see that all uv-ssig's are according to the
book, an I now more than ever must watch
lor I he Messenger t Is a. vol.. '.Ml'.
'22. "fill! ve put ofl coneernnigthe fornnr
conv ers it ion t he old m iii. which t. corrupt
ib-eordlng to the d Mtlul lusts." Or as tn
Col. Il.. '.. T'ui olT Ihe old nma with his
dee Is." Tins old m.in, or earn il mm. I or
Mesh or bo.lv of de-ith. us II is variously
called, is not s -inject to the law of tiod nil I
ti,. r can l . I' is s-nd lo b iv been crii'M
lied With i hrist. mi I near lo reckon it dmd
an I baiedon" with It iH i ii. vin.,7: !..'.
IP. Itistl I. mvssl'. part of i.s wlo.s.
a 'uaintaiie we .-r.) to out lor-ver an I know
no nu -re.
'J't. "And be renewed in the sp.nl of y itir
mind." The new birth, hv wiu.-li we lie -oais
llildsnn of lio I. s the re.-epMoll of s.cne
tiungsye never It id befor". even Christ Him
se'f into our he arts i l.iim I., -.'. 1 1 . 'Inen
we a re to yield our whole being 1. 1 linn that
He mav till the temples, one bodies, with
Hl-heir.iii. I His Spirit, an I so Iranslorui us
liy the r -n -win,- of our minds, ,-onior-nuig us
to His own iu :i Ic.n. vi,, ; xil., i, t
viil..'Jli.
'Jl. "An I that y put on the new man.
whi"!i alter i. i I Is ,-r . 1 1 1 --1 in righteousness
nnd truo hollue.s. ' It is In-ncefoi-th to he
- ii - t I. luit Christ, who li.eth in me. ' (or w
nre Mis wor:.:iiniislii created ia Christ Josus
unto good works, which Cod Inith Isdor
prepared that wesliould walk In thoin. Uisa
works being wrought bv "not I. but the
gra .fliod witli u-"i.nl. II, JO. iph. II..
Ml ; I Cor XV , 111 ). We were chosen III linn
that we should be holy i chapter I.. 1 1.
!". "Wherefore, putt nig away lying, speak
oM-ry in in truth with his neighbor, for w-nr-
members one of another." Our business
here Is t he building up of t he body of I 'hrisr ,
an I this will never h accomplished by lying,
loi by spelklllg the truth In love (verses I'l,
l ii. Some common ways of lying are to ss,y
W" know Hun and yet not keep Ids; outi
timn lili"nts, or to hay we love (iod nil I yet
leg love our brethren i I John II., 4 : iv., 'i0).
As to deceit and lying, rea l l's, e., 7.
Jl). "It" yt angry and sin not ; let not the
sun go down upon your wrath." It must tie
possible, then, to be angry without commit,
ling sin, and ot In verso .11 we are to put
nwiy all unger. I', is a different word In the
tire''. In each code, but neither word seems
to indicate a work of the Spirit. Sin not Is
plain enough and is cou'lriicd by I John II.,
I . therefor.' !: our dally prayer ! "Vouch
safe, (I Lord, to keep us Dos day without
sin." and lot us eii.-ct Illm to do it'.
'J7. '-Neither give plnee to the devil." AU
ilo'Uits and fetu s nnd forebodings are very
ui't to oo from hlni. Therefore, us one h
said, never oir.-r him a chair and consent .o
t-nk the mnttrr over with him, but refer him
ttlvto Vour Advocate a" ' iler sr.
i. v .- . .
I n linn i -. "
the mi
. '
lee
Sllei (if I...II!
f I'll, vi., II, IU,
' t-a. I
I 171.
..j ..- o l"
i i i blm that stole steal no more, but
i raii.r ,.( )m a. w,,r)( lv, wi,, i,!,,
, me thing which Isgool.tha' he may have to
give lo him Hint n loth." The eighth com-
uuiiiduient ( Lx. .xx., I'll is emphatic iijioii
the ilrst clause. I lie second is supported by
Acts xx. . '!'. where Pnnlsays, I hnvshowed
you all tilings, bow that so laboring vnougUI
lo support the weak." Observe why we
ought to labor, not simply for your own sup
port, but loli ivc something for the needy.
"J!i. "Let no corrupt communication pro-
c lout in your mouth, but that which Is
I'iio.I lo the us - of edifying, that II may min
ister gtaee li ill i the hearers." The words of
our mouths and meditation of our hearts nro
to be neeeptahlo unto Him (l's. xlj., ).
foolish talking nnd jesting are not I tiling
I ehtipt -I-v. . 4 ', and all Idle words must bo
given account of iM-ith. xll . :!ii. Who Is
sulll lent fortius.' II saj.s. "My graco Is
sul'l -icnt (or thee."
lit'. "And grie.e not lh lolv Spirit of
Iio l. whereby ye are sealed unto t he day of
re letup! ion. " ( iiheliev ers nmy resist tho
Spl-it iA-ts v 1 1 . . .'Ii, but believers may
rrieye or ipi-'ti-ii il I uess. v., :n. litis a
Holy Spirit nnd Spirit of truth ; therefore;
fihvlliing impure or deceitful must grlevo
line. If lie III! ns (chapter v.. Is I lie will
make us as lensilivc to evil as the eye Is to
til" I. -1st particle of du.i. Deis our dear
I'rieii I and abiding Couilort-r to show us
the tilings of Christ end guide Us unto all
truth i .1 oh ii xvi.. II. III. He jealously de
sli"ih us lo le- all lor Jes-is ( la-, iv., li, mar
gin i.
HI. "Let all bilti-ne ss an I wrath and
clamor and e d sneaking bo put inv.iv froi
you with all tniili'-e. ' Perhaps we are mo,
apt to sin lu.iiiifestiy iu the line of uvil spck
in.:. Sec , las. Iv.,' 17. with Z.-ch. ul.. III.
v i 1 1 . . 17. Hut bitterness in the heart Is Ibo
most insidious, an I the I, or. I searcheth our
Ic-Mi-ts and uu lersl.ui l.'lh all the lin iguii-Hi-iisol
our tliongl'ts it Iii-iii. xxviil,. ;).
Wo ciiu only trust Hun to give ns clean and
pare lu-aris and tlien lo keep lln-m so, for wn
ealili it, but lie U iiblr.
Wnsh. l.-'rd. and purify my heart,
Au I make It clean in ey ry part.
An I win n IKcleau. Lord, keepll, too,
I or that is more than 1 e.m .1 .
fl'J. "Aud b" ve kind one Pi another, fen
der hemic I. forgiving one miothei . eteii ne
llo I Iur Chr.st's sake lint Ii lorgiveti you."
The love of i io I In Christ to us should con
strain us lo love others, lor only thus ciiu we
prove our love o I in I 1 1 John lii,, ID ; John
vv.. I J i. As lul l u.is iiuiullesl In I hrisl, so
Christ should he manifest in us loth., glory
of ( io I and the good of others. Sin -e (iod
h is lorgieii us our great debt we should
sur -Iv forgive the little debts ol others to us,
(or whal comparison can there be bet w. -en
Ihe great.-st wrong ol othcis tons and our
sins ag uii-t 1 1 1 ' llelievnig thai Iiol litlh
lorgiveii us 1 1 .1 on ii.. Ul and that we ure
seaotd (chapler I., I'l. 1 1 1 will enable u i li"o.y
to lorgiie others. - lesson Helper.
-- -s
a - : r.s ririe n:-i vticr,
-i t'licricin d i-tor says lirinkiag m-n
are usii-iily line looking nu-i physically .-oil.
si lord. iSothitu- is th" matter wil h I heir
Klomaclis. It woulil be better lor the on Ior
111 into.-, il tlleillseiirto ilhl lltlllekllnidlgcllv,
organs, but the truth Is that alcohol, eousld.
ei-oi us a poison, has, like other poisons, an
cl 'otivu alllnlty for a particular part ol the
holy, mid it selects thn brain aihl n erven.
'I'ak.-ii into tli" stomach, In three seconds it
reaches the brain, and rasps upon the Hue
subst.-iu of tlm terminal nrtcri.si which
spread over the eonvululod folds of broiu
matter lllo u net. This prod noes eougesiioii
of i he brain. Lienor's elTect is acuta or tern,
porury Insanity, whllo olirnule ilriukiaiz
br ngs ou paralysis of the brniu. and destroys
the moral uharucter of muu. JlrunkeuuiuM
Is always tieDompaoioil by loss of moral
H -amina, by cowardice and falsehood. I Wen,
theiuodv'rat" Urluki'r teeoaies Jet, ed.''
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