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A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
.DR. LOUIS ALBERT BANKS.
Subject: The Compassion of Christ.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—Dr. Louis Albert
Banks, at one time pastor of the Han-
son Place M. E. Church, where he was
most successful, preached there Sun-
day morning on *‘The Christ Who is
Touched With the Feeling of Our In-
firmities.”” The text was from He-
brews iv:15. “We have not a high
priest which cannot be touched with
the feeling of our infirmities, but was
in all points tempted as we are, yet
without sin.” Dr. Banks said:
“The last part of this text explains
the first. Christ is in sensitive touch
with us in the temptations and trials
of life because He has personally ex-
perienced them. He is not a stranger
standing off on the ramparts of heav-
en, looking down,’ though it be ever
so 'benevolently, upon sorrows and dif-
ficulties which He has never person-
ally known. Such compassion could
not mean much to us. But Jesus
Christ perfected Himself as the cap-
tain of our salvation through suffering.
For three and thivty years He wore
our flesh, and tasted our grief, and He.
is touched with the feeling of our in-,
firmities. How nruch that ought to
mean to us. When we-are in any trial
or trouble, and we need comfort, it is
not to the most-joyo
have neyer known what sorrow was,
to whom we go for sympathy.
« “Some years ago I was surprised to
receive from a very rich man in a city
where I was then pastor a check for
a large sum of money which he said
he wished me to.use among the poor
in my part of the city, and especially
among children who were having a
hard time of.it. I followed his direc=
tions and gave him an account of how
portions of it were used. Still other
sums followed until I was véry much
interested.’in the matter, and won-
dered not a little at the cause of it.
{After it had gone on for nearly a year
I received a letter from him inviting
me to take lunch with him at a hotel.
When we met he said: ‘I suppose you.
have wondered at- my sending this
money to’ you; an entire stranger to
me, and at my being so much interest-
ed in the children of the poor in your
section of the gity. But this is how it
comes. . My father died when I was a
very little boy. .My mother was left
a widow with a large family of chil-
dren, all of whom were too small to
be of much help. She had to work
very hard, but work as hard as she
could, she was unable to procure
enough food and clothing to give us
comfort all the time. For two or
three years I knew what it was to be
hungry. Many-a night I have cried
myself to sleep in silence lest my
mother should hear and it should make
her feel bad, because I was so hungry.
I could not keep back the tears, and I
knew she had no bread to give me.
You would scarcely believe it,’ con-
tinued the millionaire, ‘looking at me
‘now and knowing what you do of me
that on mor> than one occasion. I
have run and snatched a crust of
bread thrown away from a wagon
where some teamster had eaten his
lunch,. and rescued it from.a dog, and
sat down -and ate it gratefully, and
washed it down ‘with a drink from
the town pump.” Then the tears came
into the big man’s eye and one rolled
out on his cheek as he said: ‘Now you
know .why I have so much sympathy
for the poor children. -It makes me
shiver on a cold night when I think
of the bays and girls who have not
<clothing: enough to:keep-them warm.
For I have been in their place, and I
know how it feels. . I know how a boy
feels when he is hungry and eold, and,
{God ‘helping “me, I shall never lose a
<hance to help a boy or a girl that is
in a hard place.
“As-~I : listened . to this big-hearted
‘man there.came into my mind. the
Scripture. we are studying.. He was
able to. sympathize with .and. comfort
others, because he had a fellow feel-
ing with their infirmities and their
SOITOWS.
“So, no-one could be a Savior for us
who had not suffered. No one could
have compassion on us. in our weak-
messes who had not himself been
tempted and tried as by fire. Only a
man who has been hungry, and has
not known where to lay his head at
times, knows low to sympathize with
others wlio are in similar experience.
Only he: who has been in the wilder-
ness with ‘the devil, tempted on every
side, struggling for his life, .knows
how to sympathize and have true com-
passion with tempted men and women
to-day: Only He who has been crowned
swith thorns, who has been spit upon
and whipped with the scourge, who
has fainted under His cross, knows
real compassion, knows how to be
touched with the feeling of people who
are lashed by cruel misfortune and
who are fainting under burdens too
heavy for their shoulders. But Jesus
Christ meets all these requirements,
He knows all about it.
“The incarnation of Jesus was no
sham. He wore our humanity com-
pletely, and there never was a more
Iperfectly sensitive human nature. one
more tender and exquisite in human
feelings than that of Jesus Christ. As
has been well said, Christ affected
none of that hard indifference in
which some ancient philosophers vain-
ly gloried. He felt as a man, and He
sympathized with the feelings of
others. On different occasions we are
informed that He was troubled in
spirit, that He groaned, and that He
wept. The story of His agony in the
Garden of Gethsemane exhibits: a
striking picture of the sensations of
innocent nature oppressed with an-
guish. It discovers all the contliet be-
tween the dread of suffering on the
one hand, and the sense of duty on the
other; the man struggling for a while
with human weakness, and in the end
rising superior and winning victory.
We hear the Savior say, ‘IFFather, if
it be possible, let this cup pass from
Me.” There is the dread of suffering
natural on all our lips, but the next
moment we hear Christ saying, ‘Nev-
ertheless, not as I will, but as Thon
awilt. |. Thy .will be . done.’ _ So our
Savior was touched with the feeling
of our infirmities. He was a man of
sorrows, and acquainted with grief.
His whole life was an experience of
the ordinary trials and provocations
that lead to evil, and these rere some-
times aggravated into the most in-
and happy, who
tense temptations. He was made the
target of all the arrows of Satan. But
though He was tempted in all points.
like as we are. He came off victorious;
and without sin.
“These reflections bring us to ap-
| preciate the fact that Christ is ideally
perfect as a friend and Savior for us
in the weaknesses and infirmities with
which our lives in this world are fa-
miliar. We may comfort ourselvew
with the assurance of several very
inspiring reflections.
“First—Christ, being touched with
the feeling of our infirmities, will’
make a distinction between what ‘is
weak and what is willfully wrong in’
us.” Jesus: gives ‘us a very - beautiful
iHustration of this in His treatment of:
the disciples, those three close friends,.
Peter and James and John, whom He
took with Him into the Garden of
Gethsemane on the night of His be-
trayal. He said to them as the bur-
den of sorrow pressed upon Him: ‘My
soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto
death; tarry ye here and watch with
Me.” And then He went away: a.lit-
tle by Himself and fell on His face in
prayer, and after a time He came back
wishing the comfort of the association
with His friends. And behold; they
were all"asleep.” They aroused at His
step, and Jesus. said to Peter, ‘What!
could ye not watch with Me one houn?:
‘Watch and pray, that ye enter not into
temptation.’ Then Jesus, in the ten-
derness of His great Leart, feeling
sympathy and ‘compassion “toward
them begins to apologize for them and”
explain to them their weakness. ‘The
spirit indeed is‘silling, He says, ‘but
the flesh is weak.” Was there: ever:
greater: tenderness than- that? . Oue
can easily imagine the sarcasm of Na-
poleon or Frederick the Great on an
occasion like that. ‘But could’ any-
thing more clearly illustrate the ten-
derness of Christ in distinguishing be-
tween our-weakness and willful wrong
doing? - We may be.-sure that Christ.
will never misjudge us if. we are do-
ing the best we can. He knows, it,
and appreciates it. fo its full value.
He sees every ‘battle 3 we make, even,
when we are’defeated, and knows the
motive behind - every ‘blow. that:‘is
strack in His name. “ He* will. never’
reject or look with indifference: or con-
tempt on any effort we make to serve
Him because of our infirmities which
make us to bluslr. What sve speak, in
words are not the only pray ‘ers Christ
hears, but every secret aspiration and
longing for. goodness or for helpful
service is a prayer which He hears
and answers. There is no eloguence ot
human lips that can compare with the
penitential tears shed in secret, spring-
ing from sincere meditation upon our
duty to God, and heartfelt longing that
we may render Him truer service.
“Second-—Jesus, knowing our infirm-
ities, will not allow us to be burdened
heavier than we are able to bear. He
will not allow ‘us to be tempted in
such a way that there is no escape for
us. He will not permit us to be. load-
ed, unless we bring it on ourselves by
our own sin, with unnecessary trou-
bles. His measure about burdens is
infinitely tender: ‘Come unto Me ‘all
ye that labor, and are. heavy Jaden;
and I will give you rest. Take my
yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for
I am meek and lowly in neart; and ye
shall find rest unto your souls. For
My yoke is easy, and My burden is
lights 5
“And in regard to temptation; we
have the direct promise that His.|.
grace. shall be sufficient for us, and
that in every temptation He will make,
4 way for our escape, SO that" both
in our sorrows and in our ddinger
Christ, touched with the feeling: of
our infirmities, stands ready to :com-
fort and defend us. - We shall go neo
path so lonely or uncertain but we:
may find marks to show us, if we
really seek for them, that Clirist has
been over the way first. Alexander
Maclaren recalls the custonis of pio-
neers in- trackless lands, how" wher]
one friend passes through: pathless
forests. he breaks: a. branch “ever .and:
anon as he goes, that these who. come.
after may. see the traces of his hav-
ing been there, and.may know, that
they have not lost the trail. So Ww hen
we are journeying through the murky
Hight, and the’ dark woods of afffiction
and sorrow; it-is a‘preciéus- thing to
find - here and there w broken- branch
or: a Jteafy stem bent down withthe
| tread of Christ's foet. and the .kindly
thoughtfulness .of His .hand. as He
passed, and to remember that the path
Hg trod He bas hallowed, and’ that
there are lingering fragrances “and
hidden strengths in the remembrance
that He was tempted in ail points-like
as we are, bearing grief for-wus, bear-
ing grief with us, bearing grief like us.
“Third—As. angels. comforted. Jesus
in His sows, so. He will, succor us
in our frials and weaknesses, How,
tenderly * Jesiis prayed’ for "us before
He offered” Himself upon’ thé cross as
an atonement for our sins!" In that
tender prayer in which ‘He expressly
states that it was not only: for His dis-
ciples, but for all who should believe
on Him through their.words to the
end of .the world, and therefore. in-,
cludes us, the Savior prays: ‘Now I am
no, more in the world; but these are in
the world. Holy Father! Thine they;
were, and Thou gavest them Me, Kéep
them through Thine: own name,
Sanctify -them - through -Thy. truth.
Keep them from the evil one, that they
may be where I am, and may behold
the glory which Thou hast .given. Me.’
How tender Christ was to people in
hard places during His earthly min-
istry! Recall His journey ‘to visit
Martha and Mary when their brother
Lazarus was dead. Remecuber- the
kindness to the poor woman whe
touched His garments as the crowd
pressed about Him. Remember the
woman who brought her box of
precious ointment as He sat at the
feast in the house of Simon, who wet
His feet with her tears and wiped
them with the hairs of her head. In
all these, and in multitudes of other
cases how. conspicuous the tenderness
and sensitive compassion of Jesus
Christ in comforting those who are
tried and troubled. Surely there could
be nothing more attractive to us.
Nothing which could more perfectly
appeal to our confidence and to our
faith than the character and the story
of Jesus our Savior as set forth in the
Word of God. 2
Narrow Way Easiest.
It is easier to take the narrow than
the broad way. If you go to destruc-
tion you must leap over, the Bible,
over the Church of Christ, over the
prayers of parents and friends. You
must leap over the love of the Savior
Himself.—Evan Roberts.
“heaven™
for, the return (Vs. 5-11). 5.
SABBATH SCHOOL LESION
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR OCTOBER 15.
Subjeet: Returning From Captivity, Ezra.
i, 1.11-Golden Text, Psa. €XX¥., B=
Memory Verses, 5, 6—Commeniary" on
the Day’s Lesson.
1. The proclamation of Hite Cyrus
to return (vs. 1-4). 1. “First year of
Cyrus.” That is his first year as sole
king at Babylon. He was king, twenty
years before this, of Elam and gradu-
ally extended his empire over the Per-
sians and Medes; Babylonians and
Chaldeans. For. two years after the
capture of Babylon Darius was king
of Babylon under Cyrus. Now Cyrus
reigned at Babylon. “Word of the
Lord.” See Jer. 25:12:,:29:10. The
promise was that after seventy years
the Lord ‘would bring His. people
again to - Palestine. - “Stirred up—Cy-
rus.” There is good-reason #o accept.
the Jewish tradition according .to..Jos]
sephus, that.Daniel, occupying a, high .
position in the court of Cyrus, br Gught.
to his attention the prophécies of
Isaiah, which name Cyrus as* God’s*
servant (Isa. 44:26-28; 45:1-4), and per-
haps, alse,” the prophecies of Jeremiah,
showing -that God had for this purposes
given Babylon into the hands of Cyrus.;
“Made a proclamation.” See chapter
6. _ “In writing.” . To prevent any mis-
take or reversal. ’
2. “God of’heaven.” “Hence the Con-
(roller of all'men and affairs.” “God of
“seems to have been a usuale
‘title’ ofthe Supreme Being among the:
‘Persians. ‘At this time the Medo-Per-
‘sian -empire- was very extensive, ex-,
tending on the east to the Red Sea, on
the.north to the Black Sea, on the west
to.the Island of Cyprus and Eg gypt and
on the south to XYthopia., “Hath
charged me,” ete. Cyrus probably ac-
cepted the prophecy of Isaiah as a
charge to-build the temple. “The ex-
istence of predictions in which, 200
years before he was born, his victor-
ious, career and the important services
he should render to the Jews were
foretold, led him to acknowledge that
all his kingdoms were gifts hestowed
oni him by ‘the Lord God of heaven/’
and prompted him to fulfill the duty
which: had Been laid upon him. long
before his birth. This was the source
and origin = of the great favor he,
showed to the Jews.” 3. “Who 48.
there among you.” The return was to
be a volunteer movement. “His God
be with him.” A ‘pious wish, indicat-
ing the deep religious feeling and good-
ness of ‘heart which eharacterized Cy-
rus alone ‘of Persian monarchs. He
ruled. his subjects like a father... No. |’
nobler - character appears in ancient
history... “Let him: go.” AS the carry-
ing away of the Hebrews had taken
place at intervals of from soy enty to
fifty years before, there were but few
of the original exiles remaining, and it
is somewhat remarkable that so.many-
of their descendants; nearly 50,000 in
all, should be willing to go to.d coun-
try they had never seen. ‘Build the
house.” This was their great errand,
‘not to build their own houses, but the
housé of God. “He is the God.” We
can understand this great truth far’
more clearly than could Cyrus. Let us
see to it that we live out the knowledge
‘which we possess.
«4. “Whosoever remaineth.” Somer
persons . of rue and eminent piety
SO. situated that they did not deem it
their duty to 20, as, Daniel in the court
of Cyrus; others were hindered by old
age. "Many more returned-than we
read of being carried away captive.
“Tet “the men—help him.” Let =the
heathen. population. help- him. .~ ‘Free
will;offering.”” » Probably.that made by
‘Cyrus himself. .
11... The captives make preparations
“Chief of
the fathers.” Venerable men, heads of
families, sohie 6f whom had- seen the
first” tafirple; “Judah and B#rjamim®
Thése #rtbes, ‘1a%st exiled; were:the-first |
to return. But hat there were many.
from.the-other tribes alsa whe Sunes
appears from.many other passages.
“Str engthened their hands.” Sls
neighbors helped them and ‘contrib-
wfed Lberally. 1... * ‘Cy rus—brought
forth>*" ‘ete. * Nebuchadiiezzar “Mitte
thought that he was uhceonsciously pre-
isérving the sacred vessols of Fsrael in
‘av safe -and:imviolgble stronghold: till;
the .day.avhen Jehovah .avould bring,
‘about their restoration to Ilis people. .
;Sheshihazzar.” The Chaldee or.
S.
Pers n. name of Zetubbabel, Ziv ell.)
him at’ court” ‘as other Hames Word |
given to Daitiel and his friends.” Born
in“Babylon and*named by Mis friends
Zerubbabel fexile * in <Babylom). * He’
was racognized as hereditary prince of:
Judah; was leader of the first company
of exiles and director of the rebuilding
of the temple. . » ;
11. “All the vessels,” ete. This num-,
ber, 5400, is more than double the sum,
of verses 9 and 10, which was 2499,
It's probable that only the Targer or
more cestly véssals were nimbered in
‘detail, and the 5460 includes a great
umber of smaller and less costly
ones. , So they are reekoned by “Jose-
phas. Bh the history of the restoration
of the Jews to their country, the names
of three Jewish leaders and eof three
Persians are prominent.” The first.
Jewish leader was Zerubbabel, who
left Babylon under this proclamation
of Cyrus, B. C. 536, spvehty years dfter
the first captivity. After ar intetfval
of about twenty yeavs he was enabled
to complete the rebuilding otf the tem-
ple, in the reign of Darius Hystaspes,
seventy years after the destruction of
the temple, The second Jewish leader
was Ezra, who went up from Babylon
about eighty years after Zerubbabel,
in the seventh year of Artaxerxes
Longimanus. He labored chiefly to
restore the institutions of Moses. The
third - Jewish leader was Nehemiah,
who went up from Susa, or Shushan,
In the twentieth year of the same Ar-
taxerxes. He rebuilt the wall and set
up the gates of Jerusalem and pro-
moted many reforms.
Temperate Men Wanted.
Men who use intoxicating liquors for
any other than medicinal purposes need
not apply for positions as guards at the
Federal pentintiaries. The Civil Ser-
vice Commission so decided upon the
request of Attorney-General Mcody.
The commission also directed that the
papers of all persons now on the regis-
ter whose applications show that they
use intoxicating liquors as beverages
should be canceled.
classes,” the
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR OTES
OCTQBER “R FIFTEENTH.
Better Work Our Society Should Do.
Heb. 6:7-12; 13:20, 21.
Every noble endeavor.of yours has
stored np a happy thought of you, a
pleasant memory, in the mind of
God.
Two qualities ‘above all others the
Christian - worker needs—for - the fu-
ture, faith, and for the present, pa-
tience. |,
We are not to make ourselves per:
fect—but the Perfect One is to make
us perfect
I.et us ‘have only one test of our
work—not what men. think of it, nor.
even whal we ourselves think of it,
but whether it is well’ pleasing in the
sight of God.
Suggestions.
If the society’s work is not grow-
ing better all the time, it is growing
worse.
Hunt new taht they will
new zest for the old tasks.
No society can hope to do much
better unless it learns from societies
that’ dre doing ‘better. Have a’ wide-
awake “information = committee. or
Better wor: of . the society. means.
better work of. the individual mem-.
bers—of me. esis ;
A. Few illustrations.
No merchant can know whether his
business is succeeding or failing un-
less he Keeps accounts.
The" young poet thinks his
draft of ‘a poem is: perfect... -Tenny-
son polished his ppems with each
new edition till his death.
Who get. promoted in a
give
store?
Those that do" Better ‘work. It is"
thus in our Father’s business.
“Something to Say.”
Do mot expect something to say in
the prayer meeting without taking
some time -to think before the meet-
ing.
Though you give another's thought
in the meeting, make it your own by
prayerful meditation; sand say It in
your own words. .
Carry with you a prayer-meeting
note-bogk, with the topics for six
months ahead, and spaces for writing
down the thoughts and illustrations
that will come to you if you watch
for them. The hook will soon be full.
. A’ reference Bible .will always help.
you to “something to say,” for the
best commentary on - Scripture is
Scripture.
The best time to get something to
say on next Sunday is this Monday.
The best way to get something to
say is to try living out the Bible por-
tion, and report the result.
EPHORTH-LEAGLE it
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15.
Better Work Our Chapter Should Do,
Heb. 6. 7-12; 13. 20; 21,
The author of Hebrews shows, in
our ‘first ‘selection, the difference be-
tween two soils, one fruitful and the
other barren. The fruitful is- blessed,
but the thorny ground. is cursed. But
the better of the two is the thing that
is hoped for concerning those written
to;” The application ‘is “obvious. Bet-
ter work and better results are ‘to be
expected from the League. God -will
faithfully do his part; now the ex-
hortation is that we do ours. Tt is
an individual matter. If ‘each men-
ber*of- the Epworth Teague will do
better, the organization will. But it:
all. rests at last. upon the individual
member. 3 :
The second ‘selection ‘isa prayer
that this may be accomplished, and
we ‘thus “become “perfect” ‘that is,
symmetrical and complete,
goad work. And . it. will be.a wise,
study for. each chapter to see how.
work:
and where they can. do better
for’ Christ.
‘The Epworth League that is con-
tent to just keep up the organization;-
to hold its meetings and fill its of-
fices, is no help to the church. That
League only which is studyi ing to do
better to improve-in all. its depart-
ments, is the growing and profitahle
chapter. There are many reasons for
this:
No Growth Means Decay. We can-
not stand still. We groW or die. We
are doimg better or we are not doing
so well. We are demoralized if we
are not getting better. True in the
experience of the individual, it is
true of societies. We only maintain
our ground by getting on te higher
ground.
If the League has been helpful in
the past it ought to be more help-
ful in the future. New departments
and new methods mean new spheres
of usefulness. The devotional meet-
ing, once the only service held, has
now led to the Bible study class, the
mission study class, the Morning
Watch, the multiplied local guilds and
forms of service in each community.
But is this the best? By no means.
We are to study how better to reach
and save the boys,” the “lapsed
unreached and un-
churched masses of our cities and
larger towns. The Epworth League
has not yet begun to measure up to
he possibilities of its usefulness.
In the hands of the young p<ople
rests very largely the future of our
church. Can the church mest the de-
mands of a changing future? Yes, if
the Epworth League will learn to .do
better work.
SILK LACE.
After washing, silk
allowed to lie for haif an hour in a
little warm milk, to which a very
little gum water has been added. Then
squeeze nearly dry and iron on the
wron'g side on a board covered with
several thicknesses of clean flannel
~—Home Notes.
“Swedish school children under the
guidance of their teachers annually
plant about 600.000 trees.
“first .
in. every.
lace should be |
WEALTH OF AMERICAN RAILWAYS
Commercial Value of Nation's Roads Over
¥leven Billions.
The vast commercial value of the
railroads of the United States is dis-
closed in a recent bulletin of the Cen-
sus Bureau. This value is placed at
$11,244,852,000, and is
among the various States as follows:
Ala. ....$150,211,000 | Mont.. ..$196,209,000
Alaska . 100, 1000 Nebraska. 263, 170, 000
Arizona 68, 356, 000 { Nevada... 43; 745, 1000
Ark, ,.. 124; 7626, O0iN. H..... 70 786, ,000
Cal"... 350, 694, 000 | N. J.. 53 568, 000
Colorado 198.261 1000 NM... 86,400, 2000
Conn. . 105,369, 000.IN. Y..... 898, 299, 000
Del. .... '17.985.000 I N.C... 118, 146,000
DP. Col. 5,578,000 N. Diss «ew 123,390,000
Florida . 80,467,000 | Ohio . . 689,797,000
Georgia. 156,603,000 | Okla 78,668,000
Idaho.. 91,877,000 reas. . 75,661,000
Illinois, . . 805,057,000 | Penn. ..1,420,608,000
Ind, Ter 79,405,000 | x Island’ 25.719.000
Indiana. 375,541,000 C.u..0 75,500,
iowa ... 344 847.000 > B..... 49,646,000
Kansas . 356,356,000 | Tenn 131,166,
Kent’eky 155,772,000 | Texas 237,718,000
Louisiana 123, 401, 1000 Utah.. .. 90.325,000
laine .. 80, 146, 000 | Vermont. . 37,311,000
Marylnd 132, 342, 000 | Virginia. 211,315,000
Mass.. 250, 1052, 1000 | Wash. . . 182.837 1000
‘Michizan 277, 597 0600 | W. Vir. . -201,799,900
Minn. .. 466,734 1000 Wischsin 284510 ooh
Miss. .'l, 107,884,000] Wyoming 109; 307; 2000
Missouri. 309,768,000
Of this immense aggregate it will be
observed that Pennsylvania, with $1,-
420,€08,000, has about one-eighth and
leads all the States of the Union, ex-
ceeding New York, which has the sec¢-1|
‘ond largest value, by $522,386,000, and
Illinois, the third, by $615,551,000.
The percentage of tax . valuations,
compared with the commercial value,.|
is given as follows, a number of the
States, for which returns were not
available, not being included:
Alabama 35.9 | Nevada ..ev,... 31.5
Arizona'....... 9.7] New Hampshire 28.3
Arkansas ...... 27.8 | New Jersey..... €9.5
California ..... 26.3 | New Mexico 9.9
Colorado, ...... 25.0] New York...... 25.6
Connecticut ...114.4 | North: Carolina. 61.4
Dist. Columbia 44.6 | North Dakota.. 18.0
Tlorida ........ 27.1. 10Di0y. .& i gine: + 19.4
Georgia 40.3 | Oklahoma ...... 15.2
Idiho :........ 11:0 { Rhode Island: :. 61.5
Illinois .. . 63.8 | South Carolina. 39.0
Indiana ....... 44.2 | South Dakota... 28.9
Towar. rs ....... 16.7 | Tennessee 46.6
Kansas 16.94 Texas. ois ven. 40:0
Kentucky ..... 40.90 1TtaN .. ones nee 220
Louisiana ......" 28.91 Vermont ....... 73.3
Michigan ....... 70.9 Virginia... vo. 37.7
Mississippi .++« 21.7 | Washington ... 14.3
Missouri ...... 21.7 | West Virginia.. 14.2
Montana ',..... 18.7 | Wisconsin 76.6
Nebraska ...... 18.5 | Wyoming 73
- The valuation given does not HEL
the value of Pullman cars or private
cars. The value of this equipment, in-
dependent of the commercial use to
which it is put, is estimated as follows
Pullman cars, $51,000,000; private cars,
$72,000,000.
The publication is intended to show
the estimate placed upon the railroads
for business purposes and it purports
to give their market value rather than
the tax valuations. In a note it is
explained that “the value submitted
was determined not with” 4 view to
discovering a proper purchase price for
the > railways of the United States, nor
as “a basis” for. taxing these railway
properties,’ "but _ as one step in ascer-
[airy for the Consus Bureau the total
ealth of the United. S States.”
Pras amare s —— aL
Den Dutler Vindicated.
If Benjamin I. Butler takes any in-
terest in things here below he will
have-a chance to say “I told you so”
witen he glances dat New Orleans.
During the time~when he xvas in con-
tral of-things in that town in the Re-
bellion days he stamped yellow fever
out so completely that it did not dare
to sneak back until long after he left
the town. He cleaned up New Orleans
in 1862 as it had not been cleaned be-
fore since the days of Bienville. And
not since Bienvillé’s time was the
town - freer ‘from yellow fever and
other pests than he made it. :
General Butler may or may. not have
had a line on the mosquito theory of
infection. He’ ‘made the Crescent City
sO clean, ‘howeve; fer, that a mosquito
cold 16% fiy over it utiless he brought
iis rations with him. There were no
feedingegrounds for -him. left in that
tawn when Ben's soldiers and labor-
ers. figished their werk of ¢leansing,
deodorizing. and disinfecting. The
mosquito, rem ained away while Butler
had his headquarters there. * He estab-
lished a Federal quarantine against the
stegomyia compared with which the
present barrier is as’ full of holes as
any of: Rojestvensky’s ships.—St: Louis
Globe-Democrat.. . .
The Vanishing Watering Trough.
As ‘we drive through the country
these warm days we are led to notice
how seldom one sees a watering trough
by the roadside, which is quite in con-
trast to the condition of things a doz-
en years ago when one was to be
found every few miles. These troughs
were a source of much satisfaction to
the weary steed which was allowed
to quench its thirst while on a long
drive, and it seems too bad to note
their gradual disappearance. Just
why they have passed we do not know,
for they certainly were of no incon-
venience to anyone and were a bene-
fit. Would it not be well if the towns
and cities should do more to encour-
age the locating of these troughs, and
thus bring more comfert into the lives
ot the dumb beasts who serve us so
faitsfully >—Bath Independent,
The Pedometer in Lurops.
#According to my
writs W. Y. Morgan from Ven “1
have traveled through 171 miles of
cathedrals, fifty-six miles of public
buildings and eighty-five miles of
are galleries — all in ten days.
people may think my pedometer is too
rapid, but I know it is too slow. You
know a good bird dog learns never to
‘set’ for anything but a game bird.
And it is well established that people
with a certain kind of rheumatism can
tell the approaching changes in the
weather by the twinges in their joints.
And it is a fact that even when I do
not know there is a cathedral or an
art gallery within 100 miles let me ay»
proach one accidentally and my feet
will begin to ache.,"—Kdnsas City Star,
pedometer,”
Some
distributed |
“| strangers.
KEYSTONE oTATE GULLINGS
MUST PROVIDE FOR POOR
Decision Rendered Regarding ths
Care of the Indigent Sick
by Counties,
“The Attorney General's depart-
ment has. furnished State Health
Commissioner Dixon with an opinion
to the effect that it is the duty of
the county commissioners of coun-
ties, where there are 20 poor direc-
tors, to provide sustenance for all in-
digent persons residing within their
district, who are affected with dis-
ease, or who are kept from their
regular employment by reason of
quarantine established by the State
hea!th department. In an opinion to
the poor directors of Somerset
county the deputy attorney general
decides that any person applying for
admission to hospitals receiving
State aid must satisfy the authorities
that he is unable to pay for treat-
ment, and unles he can show that
this is the fact they should refuse to
admit him at all, or, if there be.ex-
tenuating circumstances he should be
admitted only as a paying patient.
R. E. Zimmerman, a hardware
dealer of Béaver Falls, was robbed of
about” $100 in money by two young
They made a small pur:
clase, gave Mr. Zimmerman a $5 bill
to change and learned that' he had
his money in his safe, which was un-
locked. Then one of them got him
out on the sidewalk to shew him a
washing machine while the other left
the ‘store, went around the block,
crawled "in ‘through the back” window
and went through the safe. The
merchant did not miss the money for
an hour.
Rev. E. J. Gwynne, D. D., presi-
dent of Keystone College at Martins-
burg, Blair county, and brother-in-
law of W. W. Blackburn, of Pitts
burg, and 4 man who has been. a
Methodist all his life, applied for ad-
mission to the Huntingdon Presby-
tery of the Presbyterian Church, giv-
ing up his membership in the Meth-
odist denomination. In order to fit
himself for the Presbyterian pulpit
he will take a post-graduate course
in Princeton Theological Seminary.
The new station of the Wabash
railroad at Hickory was destroyed by
a fire. C. C. Coates, the agent, was
not awcre that the buiiuing was
ablaze until -he was driven from his
office by the flames and smoke. He
just bad time to seize the money
drawer and flee from the building.
All the tickets, furniture, freight and
express were destroyed. The loss is
about $10,000.
The nineteenth
the old Bucktail
at the home of State Senator E. A.
Irwin, at Curwensville, colonel of the
regiment. Many veterans went to
the Gettysburg battlefield, where a
marker was placed on the spot where
a colonel of.the regiment, Charlies W.
Taylor, fell. i
After having been practically dead
for 12 months, Wehrum, in Black
Lick valley, is about to be rejuvenat-
ed. A year ago the Lackawana Coal
company closed its mines. Since then
annual reunion of
almost all the papulation has left.
From now on, officials say, . additional
men will be taken on until the full
quota is at work again.
Captain John F. Drayo,, one’ gi the
leading coal and river men of the
Upper Ohio. valley died at his honie
in. Beaver in his 86th. year.
Dravo was a member ofthe legislature
for several® terms -and.a prominent
man in the business affairs of the
City of Pittsburg. ARLI w Gh de
The Maryland Coal, company, . a
Georges Creek corporation, has pur;
chased 37000 acres of coal lands ‘at
South Fork: * “Approxirhately $500,000
will change hands on this. deal." This
is the first venture of the Maryland
Coal company in Cambria county.
Samuel Rider, a well-known oil
driller - of - Butler, was found ‘dead: in
bed: at ‘the home of Frederick Dam-
bach, in Connoquenessing. He was
a son of the late Jacob Rider, and
was; by years old. His wife and four
children survive him.
Congressman A. PF. Cooper has
named .John R. Walker, of, Berlin,
Somerset coun ity, as. candidate for the
West Point Military academy.: The
alternates are BE. K. Fogg and John D.
Locke, of this place. Thére was no
competitive examination held.
» Discovering boys in his orchdrd
stealing apples Karl Burk, whose
farm is just west of Altoona, started
to chase them out. While pursuing
them one of the party turned and
opened fire on him with a revolver,
shooting him in the right leg.
Walter Bates, 48 years old, was kill-
ed at Oil City while working in the
new goverament building. He was di-
recting the hoisting of a large stone,
when the crane broke and the stone
and machinery fell on him. Bates
formerly lived at Bradford.
At Corry, Pa., Carl Gerston, aged
8, after school jumped on a freight
train in sight of his teacher, who told
him to get off. He rode some dis-
tance and. then landir i
front of another ich
him instantly.
Rev. W. H. Miilthon
pastor of St.
Sharon, has
tion to e
weeks. He all
declines to Alsen
The National works
can Sheet and Tin Plat
Monessen, will rest
October 16. Only 10 of the 25 mills
will be started. The plant has been
idle since June 15. The plant has
been equipped with a new boiler house
costing nearly $100,000.
Two strangers went into the store
of the Rochester Carpet company, and
asked the manager, C. H. Hickey, if
they could purchase an empty store
box. While Mr. Harris took one of
them into the cellar to pick out a box
the other stranger tapped the money
for four
u Reformed
“tende red his
effect’ in six
persecution, but
2 matier,
of the Ameri-
company, of
operations
years
5
drawer, securing $40.
regiment . was held |
Capt. ;