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THE TULPIT. A BRILLIANT - SUNDAY SERMON ~BY BISHOP BURCESS. Subject: Church Music. pre-Inebed .!in 1 n in:: 1n 11 ihe Chuiirch of !:.i.el ... Th1 (' ion w h,, d.f.-tite ilm bvamxiful 'I~~~ hei( bihpek n"hrhiuse." th~~~~~~~nt Ibn .dl ::.s alH ot he-ar? H hat forw th 1 eye,-vv shil 1e TI-Ioit This or~m. whielb we dedicate' to lay. to the f:!ory of t ;od. has1 beren plnee'd b1:'r.' in mr of 1oe who w:' n fni ; th ful a qTit' (ImV'nd woirshin r in this elmrth. Geo 1 'arker. There a I noen111-r an rire in the in for lhw-eh mna-:m ::!fd tim with 0n ' nma\. To make tiN p7art'' otf our' worship wvorihy of ourthunh' ,' a-cfrfi hi tie his~ montey. h's str(Ti. It h w< sm to w t1n it wouiMi not lw ott of n~i.-i.- for-' me To sponk to Von tt o'fv chftlroh mulsi and 10 trao its hi'toy so tat w1 mnay ho hcttir nhi t e-ti m:tO th vn:int of wl,'t Iml1st Ihiwayg iet . 1! W dkillnt to ihe servi. thie hand-maid, not the mis trs.of wvor'ship. The RibiO never e'ke o prove thie Oxiet07nen of' Goud. Trho praohs. i.. nlhilosophors. histor'ianfS Of-the Old TIes tament. as will as the Apostles and Rya ngelsi.: of the new. everywhere as silme the .I1d andi PerionIlity of God. 'Thiey&- t :rene for thi nosi tion. Thev sniply claim it as their rigiht. Only the fool. 21nd Le (niv im ;ier his brenth. enn deny the (-xistonee of God. But if any argument isz hinted ST. it is rather this argument from de s zin. 1ih1 is to-'hay. after all. thr- ad vniei" of modlern s'f-ince. cnniidered the m.st covelt of themil an .11d which le struck off vt white heat. ni it worp. in this glowhi'n Sentn(-C( of the Palm ist. "He th-t nI)anted Ihe ear. shall He not hear? He 1hn.It formd tlie eye. shall Ile not see':" Tih- writer nmy not have known. perhaps. as much of bliman auntomny -Ond of the hsil, of the brain. as Trofe.sor .am.. he may not lhve ben s rognillit of the delicate structure of the e,ye ad ear as 4ne of ouir nlulillern spiealists. hut Th1e maI:Trveli a nild the beauty were ie fore his indm in ::l their power wwn he wrote those words. It is au ar:n ment which li fo!tl alone canI set aSide. that sne'li01 hlins (O not r'oie by chn':ie and ia t iii zh Supr1E11o Being som.ethiig corresnoiding to hearinw al s;einz exists,. that the music which (11 ielit the uc.r (if iman iis known to God. an he ..:x itf the fisali the sweet unfathemable beauty of the >N'orld. of tm .wars and of the tiowers have their e-xistence primarily for God. The Tlirrified phio)sopher may call out "anthronmorphism." but for m part I do not fear that as much as the im personality of partheism or material ism. If it is true. as Professor Sholer says. that the naturalist has a right to conhlnde that tihe universe is under the control of power in ways like unto. the mind of man then surely we have a right to believe that all our art, our music, our architecture, our paintings and sculpture are heard or seen by God and are pleasing. or unpieasing to Hifl accordinlg as they are or are not tfound ed upon the pr ieples of truth. Let us not-ardue about this. Let us assume it now as we speak of church miSc. We ('an watch -their syays with our microscope. but we udare nlot assert that they do not hlear .commands and live in a world of the sour('e of which we know nothing. So with the universe. Wo can plow thet heavens wiih the telescope, but we know not that what we ('all the music of the sheres has il existence and time it is only a poet's fancy which asserts that the heavens, the stars and the planets accompany tihe sons of God ini their praise of the Father in Heaven. In all civilized nations I believe music ihas alweys had some connctionl with reiligion. The Greeks had no doubt carried it. as they did every art they t<>uched, to a high gradle of excellence. In Plato we find music is a constant 'source of illustration. In those days, as in these. they had the mere musi cTan, who prided himself on 1;is ear and lost the poetry and the meaning of tihe art. 'The mnusicianis," One of the characters says bitterly. "put their ears ini the place of their minds." "Yes," replied Glaucon. "I like to see them laying their ears alongside of their neighbIors' faces. some saying. 'Ttsanew nocte.' 'ether-s delating Ka~ ihe tw~o nIotu~es reihe same." But for Plato music had a deeper signifi cance and in one single sentence he brings out its connection with morals. "Simplicity in music," he says, "was the parent of temperance in the soul." a truth which we need to remember to-day as never before. But to the Hebrews the art was sa cred. Miriam with her timbals and her dances accompanied her song of victory. The majestic rhythm of the Psalms were blended, no doubt, with an equally majestic music. When the people were carried away Into captiv ity their conquerors wanted to hear them sing their beautiful national airs. But the yon voices refused to an Twe'r. "H-ow can we sing the Lord's songs in a strange land?" Browning has dramatized the scene, but the peo ple must have been naturally musical when the shepherd lad could come with his harp and drive away the worst melancholy from the heart of the trou ' bled monarch, I doub~t not that our Lord loved the music of the Temple and that one happy mlomen'tt inl Holy Week wtas when the children of the Temple, pre sumably the boys wvho sang this daily service, cried out in homage to their prophet. H-osanna~: to the Son of David: Thle history of early church service is obscur~:e, hut at the beginning of the sevenlth (centulry Gregeory the Great, the Bishop of R~ome, created a new era andl probabtly a reform in! the ar't lby introduci1!': whaltt wa:s kniown as the G regorian ame~;s or modes. I have po techiien18 i t Ywi(' ('8'iolch to a sset lmnt cer'i it i tht the Gre'('iani styleif ' m:: us sn at term. Li> hee''eze 'r ' i of all the i.es-t a:: stroni : -' *:"la m se h le But duini . h Middle Ages corrup :ion htd sat in of so se'rins ai nature -hat wie fin the Mi'tish IPur'tans and ua'si. The, 'turiiars 'bolishedl all c usient iramnms fromn their -i ree -:'sin d thet ret''ra! ton.C 'f vor- f the ""vien' and' ptrayters ndthe hir ti of rise im :nneCs. whieh. lowevor. hn * an the erna:ur of Gro :orian -henlts. Un't it is not a; well tnown that! thle Cotnnel'l of Tr'ent coen wired fo-'-."~ comnriO the plrevnient style 4f ebinrh muslic: with extraordinary se t erity att( wOS on1 the eve of forbidding iny kind of mnsie in tile Ohurc'h. when it was saved from this extreme action Now why. in~ sw-hi diffrent finarters. 10 we find en vitent and virulent )tm~oismfl to church musie? Let us rirsc tpuWer that iustt'in. and them Ie wha t wasi Iinnt I:softnd Ttat :ntgoim. Thei~ rta son wvhy nis' was , eiifned w..4 hr-:te it .een :: -ehor in the eninp. Duinil the Middle A lt 1-ironaurs h 1:l lveIntA fl many h I:tl Infifl me1di t.z :ome( 44f 1;w soft~ anE d pa d thoiC. sonm wa.,Irlak :d 4i om ty. This kim <'i mu <- ::11 11i" cl iich lon II I h eI d :nred.j0 nii th elrc r-)om T ( oo l:ltn preveniors h Tve lldPtOhih secu11ar1 tune :a1 icororaed hoem into thle m S-) 1110 Ohtte i Oni ven Ia he prc.1ne iwOrtL5 ilstead of those of the Latin 1ituray. it is as if to-iY wE i4houild hnvo thlie :irs of "Annie Laurie" Ir "Way Down ol the Smwa nee River" hs.-d as a thieile for I!( 'ommnionoflice irllay. (1n lhte ir1aa at the t liime of pa riaking f th Bread : Wineo of the Prclyl aind - f oui Lord. This abu.:e of muiie h1 --am11L a1 se:m1dal inl iho ehnn(eel. AI n'tr ently chir nnd organists had iinot learnr'd that oh'erlienoe 1 telip rler whl on11 trust lias no be aeon jil. Ind the o)!v way which seeled pC zible- 1o Stop lhet. propfanffy wac to sz 101nce the v of 0ran1 I and choir 'ilike. You imay rest asslired( that whi there i, some obsculIty :is to the reatli state of affairs. yet the( deseeraiion must havr. hel very .:reat when Scoteh Puritans awl Roman plinteS un111t'. 0 ;n theoir coemnnniin of thle art. 0 What saven it. thnl? Il the P; estaunt wvorid it was Lvimer. His lo,.ve of music was inte'se. He used to ninv On the flute. :;-d zaid that the devi tied from its souiild when he played. H-e Wrote zme of the stateliest andl n ohiest of the German hymns. And if he did not coilpose thl music :-s well. he certainly sutprintended it; | comaposition. This bes- of hvnin in Is -eall foun,(.edl on the old metho-d i of plain' song which Gregory the Great advocated. In these revelations which are goi'n on all the time now in the social. the financial and political world, we find that the standard of ethies is practicall that of mien who have no faith ill th a hearing anlid seeing God. It is morality for the world. Sin is not -in unless it is found out.* ProviddOI lthe scandal is kept out of sight it is ofr eosequence. Large sumis will he p lid to the most disreputable papers ud''lo the guise of subszcripltionS to keel) namies out of the scurrilous sheets. At onits are tampered with and ntr changed or omitted. so that no one imy r learn the fatsl. And all is done cause in Tlt eyes (of sichI men the on shame is the shame of the police cour and fe cropped hair and striped !a meams of the prisons. But if the' rapild machinery of modern life would sto, long eiouch for men to think. aybe tey would hear the psalmist' u tion rinlging in their ears. "He that planted the ear. shall le not hear? I Tlat made the eye. shall He not see' Morality and music are thus seen To have the same ideal. And the ehilr(ch which will teach the truth of Christ in this worl of sin. will have her orgale tuned with 1hC heavenly. and her t mu1si1 will not be made to please tile 0 ear of man. but to delight the ear o? God. No More sublime langg-age f ists than the passage in the commumitlno: ottice. "Theretore. with angels an. archngels aind with all the company I of heaven we laud and magnify Thy - glorious name." The church that t speaks these words is speakini only ultoi God. and the music wvhich must ~ acord with suchi thougt1ht and Ia. uage mutst be the music of a mind s n heart wvhich helontg unto the Lord V Go,1t Altuighty. I Sona in thie Night. God * - giveth songs in the nigt. Any nman can smug in the daty. I: When the cup is full. man drawts in s~irationi from it. When wealth rolls t in abunildance around himi, any man i can prlaise the God who gives a plen teous harvcst, or scnds home a loaded arosy.. t is easy to sing when we can reaui - notes u.i'aylight: but he is skilful ~ who sings wihen there is not a rey of light to read by-who sings from hist heart. No manl can make a song in the iiht of himself: lie may attempt it but lie will tid that a Sonig in tihe nigt must be0 divinely inspired. *.* No. it is nlot iln man'ts power(4t th sing a when al1 is adverse, unless an altar coal shall totuch his lip. ***Then, ~ since our Maker gives "songs in the . iht' let us w'ait npon Him for thet music.s 0 Thou Chief .Musician,. iet uls not remain songhess because affliction i upon us. but tune Thou our lips to the melody of thatiksgiving.-C. Hi. Spur- g Modern M..'acles. The U. S. Department of Agricultuirer as been experimlentling for some years in an effort to produce an orange which will grow in northern climates, and has recently met with success. Tangelo is the name of the new orang, How was it produced? By ~ lant marriage. The wiry, tough, sour lttle orange of Japan was mar ied to the luseious Florida orange. This i^nly one of the mainy miracles wrought to-day by scientists. Surely, it is feasible to think of a miracle wrought in the spirY1ual realm by the nion of God- and man. Every day' spiritual miracles are being performnedt man becomes a new creature as he0 becomes united through faith to hisi Saviour.. First evangelize the young men. anid then make them an evangelzing force, . for if these nations are golig to h'e I evangelized it is going to be by the .1 ons and (daughters of the soil. See x that this present generation does n't i erish from the earth without the yoting men knowing that Jestis Christ (tied andl~ rose again. and that Hie is a living Christ.-John I. -Mott. ' c A Station Without Signals. There is no 'Ahance of a signahuan making a mistake at Wanstrow Sta tion-the smallest on the Great WVest railway-for the simplec reason that there are no signals. and, conse cliently. no signalmtan. The stat ion is sit utedh on the Wells branch of Som- S ersetshire. between W.itham and Cran. more, a stuct'im' consisting of a piat orm abomt 21 y.'rds long and a smafll waiting r-oom. Iln the wa iin-room s a fire grate, 'ad on ihe platform one amp. Na station mzster. porter, or other saff is kept at. Wanstr-ow, the'' s'tion be-ing tunder the i-uperv-ision i9 of the Witiam station marster, who ii pays occaion::i visits to the place to e tht everyma is i order. Inb e winter a p!:ntlayer makecs a fite n the wai:Ing-r-om. __ :ends: to it d ur tng the day:. :md.t lights the ptatform anp whezn :.-eessary.-London Tit 5 UNRESPONSIVE. Her marble brow I do admire,t And ardeat looks I dart. But a, for me there is no fire wWiti her marhle hcart ME SUNDAY SCHOOL NTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS I-OR FEBRUARY IS. tsibeet: A )av of .itracles in Caperu:n, M:art: 1.. .1-4-Golden Te:.'tark. . :, - Memory Verses, :-. ::1 - Topic: J.-us the Great Physician. T. Coris Nt I t t vs. 21 21. 21. "Th . .l u a11-d he four dii'-vihitLl s tih- . "Indi 'pde-rnamn." .\eji on the res -nat ot th Veo G;;!ie .~' "Strart - ~~~~~~I 11. ow rotr vi t'i. 'ls 3 vay." In M.. s.ine f ows .se-ne in Ane ue~eee..n ,-ariy tritiion says i t xvark wrt-; his gIt(o l a d d.iind s Pi ail .iS is m'adCe" pro.aile by iis vivine s" rdhe r::pi swid o lthe story The syngo . ..\fyer the reur ts. Wt e atintyt y otlp r ng p everywhand timotnig!S th o. iThe.' hOs werd s"I.irthid tat th p110 - 'f'e t o in .(tSeru h-l. : lKin. :i.: tD n ~ . r m apuptli 24-rp Ltur s atond thie dvdmst ivred touke t:11. T:: a;:Id. t o nommon to ::lisurbed wi ble. pelrsonl to Speak i!n Tin. Sy*111irou-. 22. "They wee :.:tonis .t lyan; His ea.hing. i. At therme [:tflwi the humn hears " . havs f Ilis -eINSt $~. _' know Theec. )pknwh-r of th e divin Maw. uhithoriTy." l wipok is ione do aIissionled by God. :rkl H11 1:aid ' rea tcs non Himswelf. He oid. Iny C or. Hue wa~s. i. Dio las. o. riia . 3. Conlvin-ing. " . 'nSi - n1. "Not as the k iheo." the svibes rere without spiritUaI lfe, thir- mof er ws cold. and. with an nnholy :i itio. they sou't their ow" :1itd no .od's ;tlory. . Pevr vil SpCireiots (s. hi. Is wi.hA nauno wit" H ll mnchln pirit" Lue sa1sh had "a: !pir-it f n e d and "iriscdi out wiiu loud voic (h.uk 4:3). Ture hias een a tmch duin rewardigmani dcleamn spirit." Many hold h t OSe wo wensi toe devils beyHi ;ere simply disased peod.: thin hecir stron:g pzaroxy: ssweeny is"We ca ot anewith this, owever, and mllust nlsist l:. hatdiiul S it mlay be lo undersntanld, ye~t real iemns did ihi - this m ant and itHose terred to i i veiSv.e 2-4. "Let u.,; alone." Theo devil i! y desirea no ie let alne, and bad ""n do not wanit to ibe disturbed with lnyth. good. We hrear is. cry ilhe olmeitrwe under to de0l with uln 11an things to-day, suh ;,-s intem.pr .e and thle social vi . "What have Sto Go with t6" Ndiing at Him. 'Ir. He lin onchord be2ween Christ d Bey."To ies..troy us." To ri s from our abodew bak to our native lcBet. See Matt. 8:_19. -I know Thee." ninsom disease. like the ao li-y. thus addressing Christ! _No. 'hrist is dealing with derils now. and ey know Him well. "The Holy One f God." The Messiah, who has. com destroy the kingdom of the devil (1 hn 3:8). 25. "Jesu rebuked him." ie dong not desid e testimony of evils to prove H2'is Messiahship). 'hroughout His minitry Christ never ireasemomen conteae and etything, at mtod, anb e c nt tuce rit staten "H' theylb peelter eby. "hu ministed." Iishe wrd peiay ittie oauthity. ehwoldho Iho Me sny icas outth del. . Whn "Thern hid.". TrhcneuSaahm ukded says the seting threwn then, nd bamouht thim. sicd tor Him "no Craesu." illvn troedevs. Alley s ordof commnds.od i7."Wha o thn hs?" "Wht is tl thesamne living. nsht asne.l asd bisle willin. Wad nxodis o dimortant frs tha: poe aihd. "Wi1t. "uthor ity." is'oau Ysarity nd powersreonized aevey yte uclean deo. "Hald mhey." [im.he 28. "all thra weroad." 'hiesmiasle ai hanugh on pubni. eud helel who ca pbisead itheyn ere sony "Dicseseg evis.m. isirIHelin is ma hrme (hat 2e-mu). isfailhto Anotre, diteases waies e Betsaidae (ohn :v) ere 2ow lIs *at C141: ra t(apernaum u ,Jae a Simon'sd wite'sstirher. Thuns.w e SatoPtry was a Married Wan.r"Lay lek. wa afe e aLke all t a reen aver See Luk ci:i3a. Spais wars -artsit a brlate ter follwin tore er Ae o1fod effctnu, a itchraThe rishase.h etnd frquey civil ea to-day, and yefltl w e cord oes erfectlytrecovoreduandseevicemen the riny dte ftehueod TV. Ma~nyc; miraeonv. he-r4). of. ishon thesun did et." Theti Sabbth nde ith't the setting sun an then 1 ..ey* brugt tr ic te oi. "Unto [imo."Chis h'as a pae forek al urt aches, ilan trobe. kAockaosuf ring atel suees tono'i tr in to eeu. Ever dsatiy the same liting ft's all. 3k"lhect. o rGedUe com ay. .'. He au mny. .ue as Helidhnd n hm CHUISlN N[lO NODE FEBRUARY EIGHTEENTH. Chr;t's Life. II. His Life-v.ork, and What We May Learn About Our Own Work.--John 14:8-14. Tv'.-- is not hing higher :han' Christ. When we know him. we rf-ac - the elmax of iowledge. If wp want to see how Gmd iecs, we look at Christ's acts. ('hrist's life on earth is at epitome of God's eternity. W.e c(ain do greater works that Chrisl because our work,; are found ed -on His, as a chili on his fatihr-n shoulder can see farther than his father. Christ dois riot promise to do all things fcr us. but all things that we ask in oecor'dance with His spirit. Christ erroe to ea.r h to show us the Father: and to do this He had Onl'y to r-how us Himself. He came :nTo the world to save men: that was the side of God's na ture that He wanted shown to the world. If Christ.- life-work was to show to iien the' Saviour-God, what Christian dare- entertain any other life-werk for himsei'? 'life was more successful than an: othe'r life ever lived. Our succcess depends on imitating it. Christ made His life a 1 rfect rir ror turned heavenward. so that look Ing upon Him we should see God alone. When a irue musician plays a con position by Mozart he has no thought of Interpolating measures uf his own. So our only aim in life should be to preent Christ to men. Questions. Are my life plans mine or Christ's? Am I satisfied with Christ's approv a, cr dc ! s(eek tliC world's? Am I scldng to continue Christ's work' If there is one other society any where within re.-ach, form with it a Christian Endeavor union. The purpose of these unions is mutual helpfulness. You can hold occasional joint prayer meetings and socials. You ran exchange the plans each has found helpful. You can ex change leaders now and then. You can send eac': other brotherly mess ages and frater-nal messengers. [PORTH LEA9UE LESSONS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18. A Life Refined and Perfected by Its Trials.-2 Cor. 4. 11-18. In a perfect world there might be no pain. There are. those who argue otherwise, and we will not quarrel with them just now. But in this world there is pain enough. The gospel and its gifts of grace cannot provide a safe conduct against suffer-ing. The Christian is not Im mune. Some sorts of suffering he escapes, of course, but in the world e has tribulation of many kinds. The difference between the Chris tian and the unbeliever is In the use and effect of trial on the life. To him who has no faith In Christ the world's burdens are an unmixed but also an unavoidable evil. He cannot flee from them or put them on others, and they have no meaning of good for him. The Christian on the other hand, finds all his experiences eloquent of God and of good. He believes that to him all thing~s work together for good. He consIders every fact of life as con trolled b~y the Father, who loves him, and as containing a message of love. One of the saintliest of Christians has cu tivated a beautiful habit of getting triumph out of trial. He says: "God loves me. He loves me so much that he prefers that I should suffer, If suffering is the necessary bearer of some message of help which [ ned. And so, when the trial Is especilly hard to 'endure, I say to yselfi -H~ow grett thing God Is trying to do for me, that he considers t worth the price of all this pain! And then I seek' for the secret mes Bage, andl I find that God's estimate of it was entirely right." Most discouraged people are ready to give up because circumstances are against them what a mistake that is! No real Christian believes in the mnipotence of circumstances. God 's children should be masters of events. not mastered by them. Once you look at tnese circum stances from the Christian's point of view they become imputent for harm. Always to the Christian they that are for us more than they that are against s. God knows all about our cir m.mstances and he does not belittle their Importance. But his "Never theless" is bigg -than all adverse circumstances. Hardship has ever been the lot of the saints. The greatest saint is not e who has the most trouble, but who has mastered It all. Russian Proverbs. When the priest s':s down to read :ass the people lie down to hear it. Whni the thunder ceatses the peas. nt forgets to cross hiriself. A mr.n needs only not to b-e a cripple or a hunchback -toibe account ed a handsome fellow by toe women. Even an old man can win a woman's love and keep it, if he ii~!n't jeAous. When a v~oman goes to heaven she wants to take her cow wvith her. Over the v~cmaao from afar tuie devil pcur'a hone:'. When the den-il cannot arrive in time he sends a woman on before him. Praise your wife, not three days after the wedding. but three years after it--if you can. Al!' chri::tendomi fa .;ts in Lent ex ept the' tlogs and .he noblemen. poerty is not a sn, am it is the cause of neany At ht. me.~ a ani juged by. his A lie to:ld c ".-'rIy may be~ truer ta-1 Lh- tru th ro ' fooishly.' t1oiunec run b th 'hundred w '~2it and(. g-2 Che cc. m whe'~ni un ch ''a- ens men for At hinm whom alt men s lander all dogs PRISON GA~TES. "I see they didn't allow any tioral pieces at -the opening of Congress. Wonder why?" "Guess they were afraid some Sen S ato mih ge 'Gates Ajar.'" EX-MAYOR CRUMBJ RECOMMENDS PE-RU-NA. C. x.. "My endorsement of Pe-ru-na is Based On Its Merits." ---Ed. Crumbo. D D. CRI'M1O. ex-Mayor of New Al sb'aIny. nd.. writ-s from 51. E. Oak street: "My ejldorsement of Peruna is based on its merits. "If a man is sick he looks anxiously for something which will cure him, and Peruna will do the work. "I know that it vill cure catarrh of the head or stomach, indigestion, headache and any veary or sick teel ing. "It is bound to help anyone, if used according to directioas. "I also krow dozens of men whlo speak ii the highest terms of Peruna and have yet to hear o any one being diisappointed Mr. Criumbo,. in a later letter, dated Aug. 25. 1904. says: "My health i., good. at present, but if I should have to take any more medicine I wil fal i'ak on ivruna. John White & Co. LOUISVILLE. KY. Established 1937 Highest market price paid for raw FURS and Hides. Wol. * W N F...' G FNT.ei to sell rair'- H-ir Iomial -. Hair Growor: eures dandruff. fall imr bair, trows strniiht hair. takes )nt the curl: fifteen cents for sanile. LOESEP. Montclair. N. J. for 50c worth of ladin,- 19.6noveltie in Choic. C est Carden Seeds. $I worth of Universal Pr 0 mium Coupons free with every order. BOLGIANO'S SEED STORE, BALTIMORE. So. 7-'06. Ram Saved Man's Life. To be charged by an infuriated bull and gored almost to insensibility and afterward to be rescued through the interference of a ram is the remarka ble experience of John Michel, a farm hand employed on the farm of Mike Walters. near Benridge, Minn. Michel was milking the cows in the pasture lot when a bull charged him, knocked him to the ground and furi ously atterrpted to gore him. Michel made desperate attempts to escape from the enraged animal and was nearly uncouscious when a ram charged the bull, with the result that the latter turned his attention to the new foe andl Michel succeeded in crawling through the fence and es caping. Thte man is badly bruised and wounded, but no bones were broken and he will recover. TWINS WEIGHED THREE POUNDS Smallest Babie~s on Record in a New Orleans Hospital. In the Milliken hospital at New Or leans are a pair of twins which are probably the smallest living twins in this section of the country, If not in the whole United States. Together they weigh less than three pounds, and though they are so small that they can hardly be seen in their little beds, they are thriving under the care of the sisters and nurses of the hospital. They are boys, and, although only 29 days old. they have already been named. In the hosptial register their names are given as Charles and Kol mner Morgan. and their address at No. 1207 Annette street.-New York Her aid. Music Attracted Skunk. A Southwest Harbor man was play ing the violin in the twilight recently when a sleek little skunk came danc ing upon the veranda and up'to the door near which the musican was seat ed. Here the skunk apparently danced a jig to the tune of the music and when the music ceased and the player reached for his gun Mr. Skunk made his bow and a hasty exit.-Chicago Chronicle. Thief in Losing Transaction. A couple of weeks ago, some thief btole six fine puliets from the barn of John~ Stockwell of Manchester, Vt.. aind substituted for them two roosters andl a small lien. A local newspaper gave the incident some notice and the pullets were mysteriously returned niot, however, until the two roosters had buon caten up by Mr. Stockwell. No one has come after the hen yet. ARE WE~ FREE. "Well, Russia is going to be free at last. But there's one thing I can't un:!erstand." "What is that." "She &sn't patterning any of her new lu.atitution~s after the American brand." Old Coin Fcund in Leaves. While rnlking lharrs at Bethel. Vt.. Robert Currier rurnoe1 up a coin whi&' nroved to be one of the~ old-fashioned large kind. The coin is very distinct It takes a good deal of courage not to nretenel you have, it S a renovat< food for st is unsurpassed. est possible yield any given soil, a tion of POTASH The best methods leadin explained in the 65-page ill free to farmers who write for results attained with cow pe: Address. GERMA New York-93 Nazcau Streot. r PRICE 25 Cts 0CURE ThiE GRIP .IN ONE DAY A 0- GRIP, BAI W IN I I won't seIA MIEONLg FOf ' 14 t call for you - - F. W. Die CABBAGE PL ani all kinds cf garden p ar plants, zzr'vn In the o *1 ai sepdx of the mo,,st revll,,b I,- 1 thousanI acre trucZ farm. r ,d C'0ler realy l:'4 of De time orearlier. Redue1 exI will give us O per cent. AC W $ ..W per thoumand. large tot .. R.. Meezetts. S. .Th basestablimhed an FErpertluu' of n-getablea eqr.eelally ca blen. 'the results give you at any time.-Yours respectfully.-N. H. ] Burro Broke Up the Ball. A ball given at TDaggett. Cal., in hon or of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Hart of Bars tow, who had just been married, was broken up by the appearance on the ballroom floor of a lanky desert burro, astride of which sat James Horgan, a well known prospector. The upper strata of Daggett were present. the best musicians in fifty miles had been employed, and for three days the floor of the ballroom had been rubbed down with wax until every board shone like glass. In the middle of the dance, while sixty couples were gracefully gliduig 1 about, the door was suddenly thrown open and, with a genuine desert j whoop. in rode Horgan. The burro, ac customed to tread carefully along i the steep declivities where a misstep meant death, picked its way almost to the center of the floor. The danc ers fell back amazed. Suddenly its legs slipped from un der the animal. Staggering to regain its footing it cut numerous grotesque antics, and finally turned almost a complete somersault. By degrees it I was assisted up, and Horgan disap peared, but the ball was not resumed. Twelve-Year-Old's First Deer. One of the happiest and proudeset boys in Maine is 12-year-old Loyal Gii man of Manchester. The lad saw a bi deer walking almost into the dooryard at home. He quietly went after his fa ther's rifle, tracked the deer to a near by field and dropped him at the first shot 31 Boxes 300 Boxes a For the mo: up from the: 331 people will Around the fireside or about the woli lighted family reading table during the winter evenings the children anid grown-ups can play with their wits ano see how many words can be made. 20 people making thre greatest numI] ber of words will each receive a little box containing a $10.00 gold piece. 10 people will each win one bos con tamning a $5.00 gold piece. 300 people will each win a box con taining $1.00 In paper money and one person who makes the highest number of words over all contestants will re ceive a box containing $100.00 in gold. It is really a most fascinating bit of fun to take up the list evening after evening and see how many words can be added. A few rules are necessary for abso lute fair play. Any word authorized by Webster's dictionary will be counted, but no name of person. Both the singular and plural can be used, as for instance "grape" and "grapes." The letters in "Y-I-0-Grape-Nuts"' may be repeated in the same word. Geographical names authorized by Webster will be co'unted. Arrange the words in alphabeticat classes, all those begining with A to together and thvee beginning with E~ to' cmeiC under E, etc. When you are writing down the words leave some spaces In the A. I2. and other columns to fill in later as new words come to you, for they will spring into mind every evening. It is almost certain that some eon testaits wvill tie with others. in such cases a prize identical in value and character with that offered in that class shall be awarded to each. Each one will be requested to send wvith the list of words a plainly written lc-tter describing the advaintages of Graper Nuts. but the contestant is not required-c to purchase a pkg. Trhese letterts ::re not to contain poetry. ori fancy tlour ishes. but simple. truthful statemients of fact. F-or illustration: A person may have experienced some incipient or chronic ails traceable to unwise se lection of food that failed to give the body and brainl the energy, heailth ar71i power desired. Seeking better cordli tions a change in food is made :r:d Grape-Nuts and cream uIsed in pla~ce o the former diet. Supp)oson uais the: meat, fried potaitoes. s:.arehy. sti'-ky messes of half-cooked oats or wheat and cuts out the coffee. Try. say:. for breakfast a bit of fruit, a diish of Grape-Nuts and cream, two soft-boiled eggs, a slice of hard toast and ai cup of Postum F'ood Coffee. Some amateurT says: "A man would faint a way on that, but m17 dar Mrind we wll pu >r of soil and as a ock, the cow pea To get the larg of cow peas from plentiful applica is necessary. r to certain success are fully' astra'd book, which we send it. It tells of the remarkafle iS r~oerished upon PoTAsH. a A:.: wo7KS. Maanen Ga.--'' " AS'reet. GUAKANTEED TO CURE I CGLD, F EADACHE AND NEURALGIA it-GrIpSue to ad eaier who won-t Gusanate" I t r MONEY DACK IF IT BOES.VT CrEia ner, .V-., Manufacturer. Spriaina#ecd, Iha Lts! CELERY Plants! - .w fornish al kital- nf eab.age r . in, trrund gre-at coid. 4,r.)%n froul -t,",.Ph. We ua' tha sAI)ne plants on our r. it.iycountfsidtuet vro. rly kae . .. t Itrue- nior and Peet plan-%'. Eme S.; To - L rer thous..,i I. F. IB. 31.,g. Spne .ieurnber Seed I-ents. er;p-te.u, it rILV rStatesb Agrieniturl weva trinent -1:a! 'ationt otur iarmr.tr. tesIta. ki da thew ~e tflei tliL W tll I* - pA a e-. t -ITON COMPAN V MEGGETTS. 0. G. MEN WHO DO STRANGE THINGS Uniq:.e Feats Certified to by Trutht, Traveling Men. A .ap1) of travling men were di ; unique feats and physic:. e that people here and there <:. 0a. "I now a Chicagoan," said eji " iw can whistle a tune and hum ut" accompanimen? at the same time. J-. whis'les through a flat, not through hv Y-al round hcle. and the dec1i; miea.. i accompaniment together wit', he ril! sweetness of the whi-AtR a mighty auiractive thing t -I itLw a barber." said the seco)ui d r "who had a unique way o e nuts. He would place a itum bdwe-'or the back of his head and a or brick wall, and then )w onI give himself a sharp rap on th.' -rchatd with h!s fist; The nuts woi<' open every time." "A Manayunk man," said the third, . ve his head a jerk that turiet back Liis eyelids. le has to turn thew down again with his fingers. This is; ar *gly feat. and I'm glad it is rae." "I knew at school." said the fourll iraimmer, *a boy named Bucky 14 ams who could play tunes by snapping h lis Engers. The thumb and fli'st tw~o i'-gers of each hand would work away * n1.wi'. and forth would come the clear est. sweetest, faintest music. I used to si ihBueky Adama and inany. & uie 20hol scssion would he make. shorer and pleasanter with t.his odd Sof Gold f Greenbachs st words made se letters .Grape-Nuts earn these prizes. M rs t our pennies that the noor. hour will find a matn on our breakfast huskier anid with a stronger heart-beni. [andi clearer working brain than he ever had .on the old diet. Su ppose, if you have never really made a msove for absolutely clear health that pushe.3 you along each day W~ h a spring in your step and a re serve vigor in muscie .and brain that makes the doing of things a pleasure, yu join the army ot "plain old comWIne sense" and start ini now. 'Then after youi have been 2 or 3 weeks on the Grape-Nuts training you write a state met of how you used to be and. bon oi are now. The simple faicts will in terst other's and surprise yourself. We never publish names except on per' mission. bnt we often tel! the facts ha Ithe newspapers und when requested give ibe niames by priv'ate letter. There is. plenty of time to get per son -experient'e with Grape-Nuts and wrte asenisible, trnthful letter to be sent in the list of words, as the contest does not close until April S0thJ 1996. So start in as soon as you like to build ing words, and start in using Grape Nuts. Cut this statement'- out and keep) the letters Y---ralpe-Nuts be fe you :ind when you write your let c u will hav'e some reason to write, on the subject "Why I Owe Grape 1 enember 331 persons will Wla przes, whichi will be awarded In an~ exact and ju.s1 mannePr as soon as the' list can be c.ounted after' April 30th. t. Ev'ery contestant wi he sent a ur!nted list of names and addre~sses of winners on applicationl in order in~ !hate proof that the prizes are sent ais agreed. '1he comxpainy is weil known al over the wo:'ld forl tbsolute tideli!ty to its aremens and every smzile one& f the 3:31 winners may depe'nd on re ir i t rize won. Mlany per sonS might feeli it !:sPess te cne-t. but when e:wt remnt' ebrs cuist of sein 1ow mg. -. or'1 e venA' ing ad thet go)Jd. !atU'a lun ;lfl0 education inthe com titionl, it seem..!. wort. thlriatiwr i no cost. noth wintn'o the' many o:; .es of gold or. gr ? o ?enb;:!:l'lekcs. Oi his tiwi t tiz go at ot. t. arks, in the list and letter beforeC Apri! 1&uth, 1906. to Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd., Bazttle Creek. Mieh.. and let your naanease: .add.e. be nlainly written. -