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DB. TALMAGES SERMON.
SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BYTHE NOTED
DIVINE
^abject: The Flat; of Truce?Interests of
ranltal ftnrl Tohnr Apa TrlAntlC^K ?llci
When They Cente to Antagonize J?dcb
Othpr Strife Will Ceafte.
I [Copyright, Louis Elopsch, 1839.1
Washinotos, D. C.?In this discourse DrTalmage
suggests how tlie everlasting war
between capital unci labor may be brought
to a happy end. The text Is I Corinthians
xii., 21, "The eye cannot say unto the
hand, I have no need of thee."
1 Fifty thousand workmen in Chicago
ceasing work In one day; Brooklyn stunned
by the attempt to halt its railroad cars;
Cleveland In the throes of n labor agitation,
and restlessness among toilers all
over the land have caused an epidemic of
ttrlkes, and, somewhat to better things, I
apply the Paullue thought of my text.
? You. have seen an elaborate piece of. machinery,
with a thousand wheels and a
thousand bands and a thousand pulleys all
controlled by one great waferwheel, the
machinery so adjusted that when you jar
one part of It you jar all parts of it. Well,
human society is a great piece of mechan
lam controlled oy one great ana ever revolving
force?the wheel of God's providence.
You harm one part of the machin?ry
of society, and you harm all parts. All
profession? interdependent. All trades interdependent.
All classes of people interdependent.
Capital and lwbor interdependent.
No such thing as independence.
Dives cannot kick Lazarus without hurting
his own foot. They who threw Shadrach
into the furnace got their own bodies
scorched. Or, to come back to the figure
of the text, what a strange thins it would
be if ttie eye should say: I oversee the entire
physical mechanism. I despise the
other members of the body; if there is anything
I am disgusted with, it is with those 1
miserable, low llvod hands. Or, what if 1
the hand should say: I am the boss work- 1
man of the whole physical economy; I have 1
no respect for the other members of the
body. If there is anything I despise, It is ;
the eye seated under the dome of the forehead
doing nothing but look.
I come in, and I wave the flag of truco I
between these two contestants, and I say, 1
'The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have j
no need of thee.' "
That brings me to the flr3t suggestion, 1
and that i9, that labor and capital are to
be brought to a better understanding by a 1
-complete canvass of the whole subject. J
They will be brought to peace when they '
find that they are Identical In their inter- 1
ests. When one goes down, they both go 1
down. When one rises, they both rise. 1
There will be an equilibrium after awhile. '
There never has been an exception to tbe I
rule. That whicL is good for one class of
society eventually will be good for all '
classes of society, and that which Is bad
tor one class of society will eventually and j
in time be bad for all. Eveiy speech tbat 1
labor makes against capital postpones the 1
day of permanent adjustment. Every
speech that capital makes against labor J
postpones the day of permanent adjust- '
ment. When capital maligns labor, it is 1
the eye cursing the hand: When labor !
maligus capital, it is hand cursing the eye.
Aa fur na T ohsftrvod. the vast maior
Ity of capitalists are successful laborers.
If the capitalists would draw their
tflove, you would see the broken Anger '
sail, the scar of an old blister, tbo 1
stiffened finger joint. The great ' puo- ]
Ushers ot the country tor the mos: part
-were bookbinders, or typesetters, on small '
pay. The great carriage manufacturers 1
lor the most part sand-papered wagoa
bodies in wheelwright shops. While, on 1
the other band, in all our larga manufac- :
turlng establishments you will find men on 1
wages who onco employed a hundred or j
five hundred bands. The distance between 1
capital and labor is not a great gulf over 1
-which is swung a Niagara suspension '
bridge; it is only a step, and the capitalists 1
ire crossing over to become laborers, and '
the laborers are crossing over to become 1
capitalists. Would God they might shako !
bands while they cross. On the other J
ihand, laborers are the highest style of capl
tallsts. Where are their investments? In 1
banks? No! In the railroads? No! Their '
nerve, their muscle, their bone, their me
?)?tll + K?k!*? nliuci/inl ItOrtUh Ufa
yv&ji*uiv;ai na.ul, iuou |/ujjr.?u uw?ni.u W
imagniflcent capital! He who has two eyes, '
two ears, two feet, two hands, ten fingers, '
ibaa machinery that puts into nothingness j
oarpet and screw nnd cotton factory, and ,
all the other implements on the planet.
rTho capitalists were laborers, the laborers 1
were capitalists. The sooner we under- 1
stand that the better.
! Again, there is to come roiiof to the la- ;
boring classes of this country through cooperative
associations. I am not at this ;
tmoment speaking of trades unions, but of j
ithat plan by which laborers put their sur- .
jplus together and become their own capitalists.
Instead of being dependent upon (
jthe beck of this capitalist or that capital- (
rist, they mauage their own affairs. In
JJngland and Wales there are 813 co-opera- ,
tlye associations. They have 340,000 ruenijbers;
they have a capital of $18,000,000, or ,
iwhat corresponds to our dollars and thoy '
kio a business annually of $63,000,000.
(Thomas Brassoy, one of the foremost tnen >
|ln tho British Parliament, on the subject ,
?ays: "Co-operation is the one and the only (
jrelief for the laboring populations. This ,
lis the path," he savs, "by which they are ,
jtocomeup from the hand to the mouth ,
style of living, to reap the rewards and the ,
>n a # nnarl Aivtllvrtflnn ''
'Derby and John Stuart Mill, who gare halt
their lives to the study of the labor ques- '
tipn, believed in co-operative Institutions. ,
y "But," says some one, "haven't these In- j '
stltutlons sometimes been a failure?" Yes.
'Every gTeat movement has been a failure
!?t some time. Application of the steam (
power a failure, electro telegraphy a fall- (
ore, railroading a failure, but now the
?shief successes of the world.
I "But," says some one, "why talk of surplus
being put by laborers Into co-operatlve
associations when the vast multitude
of tollers of this country axe struggling for !
their dally bread and have no surplus?" I
reply, put Into my hand the money spent ;
toy the laboring classes of America for rum
*nd tobacco, and I will establish co-operative
associations In all parts of this land,
some of them mightier than any financial
Institutions of the country. We speed In
this country over 3100,000,000 every year
for tobacco. We spend over 61,500,000,000
directly or indirectly for rum. The laboring
classes spond their share of this money.
Now, suppose the laboring man who has
been expending his money in those directions
should just add up how much ho has
expended during these past few years, and
then suppose that that money was put into
a co-operative association, and then suppose
he should have nli bis friends la toll,
who had made the same kind of expenditure
do thfl name thlncr. and that should
be added up and put into a co-operative
association. And then take all that money
expended for overdress and overstyle and
overiivlng on the part of toiling people in
order that they may appear as well as persons
who have more income?gather that
All up and vou could have co-operative associations
all over this land.
i I am not saying anything now about
trades unions. You want to know what I
think of trades unions. I think they are
most beneflciul in some directions, and
they have a specific object, and in this day,
when there nre vast monopolies?a thousand
monopolies concentrating the wealth
of the people into the possession of a few
men?unless the laboring men of this country
and all countries baod together tnoy
will go under. There is a lawful use of a
trade union. If it means sympathy in time
of sickness, if it means finding work for
people when they are out of work, if it
means the Improvement of the financial,
the moral or the religious coudltion of the
laboring classes, that is all right. Do not
artists band together in nn art union? Do
not singer? band together in Handel and
Hadyn societies? Do not newspaper men
band together In press clubs? Do net
ministers of religion band together in conferences
and associations? There is not in
nil the land a city where clergymen do not
come together, many of them once a week,
to talk over affairs. For these reasons you
should not blame labor guilds. When tuey
^thnlr loerlHmnfa nrnrlf thftV flT*H
most admirable, but when thoy come
around with drum and fife and flag from
their scaffoldings, from their factories,
then they are nihilistic, then they are communistic,
then they are bnrbarioj then they
are a curse. If a man wunts to atop work
let him stop work, but he cannot stop me
from work.
But now suppose that all the laboring
classes banded together for boneflcent purposes
In co-operative fossooUtion, under
trbfttover namw tbey pat their meats to*
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gether. Suppose tbev take the money that
they waste lu rum and tobacco aud use it
for the elevation of tbeir families, for the
education of their children, for their moral,
intellectual ami religious improvement,
wiiat a ciltretent state ot tninsr* we wouiu
bavo iu this country and they would have
iu Great Britain!
Do you not realize the fact that m^n
work better without stimulant? You 9ay,
"Will you deny the laboring men this help
which they get from strong drink, borne
down as they are with many anxieties and
exhauscing work?" I would deny them j
nothing that is good for them. I would
deny them strong drink, ii I had the power, I
because it is damaging to them. My father
suid: "J bocame a temperance man ia
early lite because I found that in tho
harvest field, while I was naturally weaker
than the other men, I could hold out longer
than any of them. They took stimulant I
and I took none." ;
Everybody knows they cannot endure
great fatigue?men who Indulge iu stimulants.
All our young men understand
that. When they are preparing for tne regatta,
or the ball club, or the athletic
wrestling, they abstain from strong drink.
Now, suppose all this money that is
wasted were gathered together and put in- |
to co-operative institutions. O'j. we
would have a very different state of things
irotn waiu we uivvo now.
I remark again, the laboring classes of |
tbi3 country ?iro to tlad great relief when
they learn, all of them learn, forecast and
providence. Vast numbers of them put
down their Income and they put down
their expenses, and If the Income meets
the expenses that Is all that id necessary.
I know laboring men who are in a perfect
fidget until they have spent their last dollar.
They fly around everywhere until
they get it spent. A case came under my
observation where a young man 'was
receiving $700 a year and earned it
by very hard work. The marri ige day
came. The bride had received $300 as an
inheritance from her grandfather. She
put the $500 iu wedding equipment. Then
the twain hired two rooms on the third
story. Then this man, who had most arduous
employment, just as much as he
could possibly endure, got evening employment
so he could earn a few dollars
more and by this extra evening employment
almost extinguished his eyesight.
Why did he t ike this extra evening em- |
ploymcnt? Was It to lay by something for :
(i rainy day? No! Was it to get a life in- i
3urance so that if he should die his w io j
would not be a pauper? No! It wa3 for !
the one purpo-o of getting his w.fe a $150 j
sealskin sacque. I am just giving you a !
fact X know, luo sister 01 mis womau, ui- j
though 9hei9 a very poor girl, whs not to ,
be eclipsed, and so she wont to work day ;
nud night und toilod and tolled and toiled !
almost into the grave until she got a 8150
sealskin saoque! Well, the news went
abroad all through the street. Mo9t of tbo
people on that street were laboring, hard
working people, and they were not to be
outshone in this way, uud they all went to
work in the same-direction und practically
said, though not literally: "Though the
heavens fall, we must have a sealskin
sacque!"
A clergyman in Iowa told me that hi*
church and the entire neighborhood had '
been ruined by the fact that tbo people j
mortgaged their farm3 in order to go down j
to the Philadelphia Centennial in 1376.
First, one family would go, then another j
family, and flually it was not respectable i
not to go to the Centennial at.Philadel- !
phla, and they mortgaged their farms. The i
church and the neighborhood ruined in j
that way. Now, between such fools and
pauperism there Is only a very jjhort atep.
In time of peace prepare for war. In time
of prosperity prepare for adversity. Yet
how many there are who drive on the
nwonitilrtrt nn/1 nf fhrt lnntih !
touch of accident or slcicnoss over tijey yo. j
A.h, my friends, it 13 not right, It i9 not i
honest! He that provideth not for his own, |
iod especially those of his own household, j
Is worse than an iuildel. A man has no
right to live in luxury und have all oom- j
forts and all brightness around lijm, tak- |
ing his family with him at that rate? !
sverytulug bright and beautiful and lux- J
urious until he stumbles against a tomb-j
stone and falls In, and they all go to the i
poorhouse. That is not common honesty,
[nra no advocate of skinflint saving. X;
i^hor It. But I plead for Christian provl- :
ilence.
Some of the oid>>r persons remember I
very well Abranam Van Nest, of New York, j
one of Its Christian merchants. He was !
often called mean because he calculated j
so closely. Why did he calculate closely? j
rhat ho might have the more to give, j
There was not a Bible society or a tract i
society or a reformatory institution in the j
city of New York but he had Ills hau J iu sup- j
porting it. Ho denied himself many luxu- j
ries that he might gi?e to others the neces- |
3itles. He has been many years reaping j
hlo ranrurri in houvPll hilt T slmll nnvflr !
forget the day when I, a green country '
lad, came to his house and spent the even- i
Ing, and at the close of tbo evening, as I
<tus departlug, lie accompanied me to the '
door, accompanied me to the steps, came |
down off the steps and said: "Here, De j
Witt, is 540 forbcks. Don't say anything
about it." It Is mean or it is mag- j
iflcent to save, according as you save for 1
n good or bad object.
I know there, are many people who have
much to say against savings banks and
life insurances. I have to tell ycu that the
vast majority of the homesteads In this |
country have been the result of such Institutions,
and I have to toll you also that
the vast majority of homesteads of the future
for the laboring classes will be the result
of such institutions. It will bo a great |
day for the working classes of England
and the United States when the workingman
can buy a barrel of flour instead of
Hour by the small sack; when he can buy
(v barrel of sugar Instead of sugar by the
pound; when he cau pay cash for coats
and hats and shoes rcther than pay an additional
amount for the reason that he bu9
to get it all charged.
I know a gentleman very well who has
over 1000 hands in his employ. I said to
him some years ago when there was great
trouble in the labor market, <!How are you
getting on with your men?" "Oh," hesald,
"I have no trouble!" "Why," I said, "have
not you had any strlkos?" "Oh, no!" he
said. "I never had any trouble." "What
plan do you pursue?" He said: "I will tell j
you. All my mon know every year j use i
bow matters stand. Every little while I
cull tftem together and say: 'Now, boys,
last year I made so much. This year I
male loss. So you see I cannot pay you as
much as I did last year. Now, I want to
know wbat you think I ought to have as
a percentage out of this establishment
and what wages I ought to give you. You
know I put all my energy la tills business, I
put all my fortune in it and risked every- j
thing. What do you really think I ought |
to have and you ought to have?" By the j
time we come out of that consultation wo (
are unanimous. There has never been an i
exception. When we prosper we will pros- !
per together. When we suffer, wo all suffer !
together, and my mon would die for me." j
Now, let all employers be frank with their
employes. Take them Into your coufl- I
donee. Let them know just how matters ]
stand. Thero Is an immense amount of I
common sense In the world. It is always
safe to appeal to it.
HER HAND GUIDED BY PRAYER. |
Yonnjf Woman Recover* a Fackaje of
JUoney Lost While Shopping.
A small package pinked up in Stephen
Morris's store in Northport, L. I., the other
day by James Browster, a clerk, contained
two S50 hank notes and one for ?5. On
Sunday morniug a young woman called
upon Brewster and described the package !
and contents aud asked him if he had heard j
of it being found in the store. The ciork j
gave it to her. The yoaug woman was i
v->ry happy over the recovery of the money. '
She said that she was ke-piiivT the two tl :ty j
dollar notes for a friend, and that the other j
was her own.
SUe said that after discovering the loss
of the mou^y she knelt in prayer and asked i
that it should fall into honest hands. Then I
she put tho names of the three stores she |
bud visited on that day on pieces of pa pet j
and closing hor eyes asked that her hand !
be guided to the one containing tliu name !
of the 9tore where she had lost the money. !
When she opened her eyos she held the I
piece of paper containing the name of Mor? I
rls'u store. As she could not flnd Sir. Mor- 1
ris sho hurried to the liouie of the clerk,
The young woman is stopping with Mrs.
James Leonard, at East Northport*- ^
Leaves 9X0.000 For Mission Work.
The will of O. D. Van Pelt was flled ut
New Brunswick, N. J., a few days ago. Th?
testator leaves $10,000 to the Board ot
Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church
of America. ;
GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. '
PRECNANT THOUCHTS FROM THE '
WORLD'S GREATEST PROPHETS.
The Divine Order?Mixtakin); the Spirit's
Teaching?'"The City of Human Life"
A lliitrIjt mid lleautiful Truth?Jesus'
Identification With Man.
'Tis first the true, and then the beautiful, j
Not first the beautiful, and then the true; (
First the wild wood, with rock and fen, and ;
pool, (
"" ? -'-1- 1- rt rwl I .
.meu loo gay gurueu, riuu iu t?uv. (
hue. i
"Tis first tho Rood, and than tho beautiful, .
Not first the beautiful, aud tben the good; j
First the rough seed, sowu iu the rougher ,
soil, ,
Then the flower blossom or tho branching ,
wood. I
NTot llrst tho glad, and tb< n the sorrowful, (
But first the sorrowful, and then the glad;
Tears for a day; for earth of tears is full, j
Then we forget that we were ever sad.
Not flrst the bright, and after that the dark, \
But flrst the durk, and af;or that the
bright:
First the thick cloud, and then the rainbow's ,
arc;
First tho dark grave, then resurrection j
light.
'Tis first the night?stern night of storm and 1
war, I
Long night of heavy clouds and veiled
skies:
Then the Tar sparkle of the morning star.
Thut bids the saints awake, and dawn
arise.
?Uoratius Bonar in Congregationalism
Mistaking the Spirit*!* Teaching.
To somi people it appears a defect in
Christiauity that its adherents,who claim to
be able to determine their duty quite clearly
so often evidently mistake the Spirit's
teachings au l go astray. This is because
human nature is not changed in its essential
qualities by conversion to Christ. The lifepurpose
is reserved and consecrated, but
the nature remains hutnau still, ana liable
to the temptation and weakness which inevitably
beset humanity. Moreover, the
ex[6 ience of learning to detect the true
from the apparent teaching ?f the. Spirit is
an importent element in the soul's discipline,
although necessarily involving the possibility
of many a sad^mistake, It is not strange
theie;'ore that we often mistake the Spirit's
teachings. But wo need not be disheartened
if wo are conscious of making such
mistakes less frequently and in less danger/ *iio
fnrma Wo mnL'u nil thlio nttrflAnfl
most commonly by assuming our own con* '
elusions to be those suggested by the Spirit. '
Wo naturally regard as most likely to be 1
right that which seems to us best. It Is J
hur.l to discriminate between trie apparent
best, and the true best, because of the ]
limitation of our range of knowledge. This
temptation is especially grave in the cases of (
the impulsive aud hast}'. The error is often '
committed with good intent and an entire f
disposition to follow the Divine will. It is '
duo simply to imperfect examination of evl- <
dence. Too great care cannot be taken to '
be sure of the Divine teachiugs.or what we '
suppose them to bo. When we are sure of the
way wh can go forward safely. Until we
are sure of that we ought not tj go forward '
at all,
"The City of Human Life." J
Noah listeus In docility while Ood tells
him how the ark of his safety must be built*
Daniel lifts up Ms eyes to God, and then (
goes and doe* his duty in Babylon with the
den of roaring lions yawning at his side: Job '
sits in his misery and bears it patiently ,
because it came from God. Then out of theic '
several centuries, out of their scattered i
homes?Noah out of his far distant antiquity (
wliurM we ciiii fl* neither time nor blace.
Daniel out of Babylon. Job out of the laud I J
of Uz?they come and meet in the city of j 1
Ezekiel's vision. Noah hears bis messages;
Dauiel does his faithful work, Job meets his ;
pain, in thes-o streets which have existence
only in the prophet's dream. At ouce that
unbuilt city becomes the picture of the
world in wbieh humanity works out its j
great career under the care of God. Life J
the problem, life the task and life the bur- ,
dec, meet the souls of men everywhere; .
anu,by the docility and fidelity nud patience j
which are trained in them, the city of our <
human life is gradually filled with God.
. . . The city is rich in which there is j
a Noah, a Daniel aud a Job. Each adds his \
element to what the rest contribute, aud the
whole city's life grows balanced and complete.
The life is rich which God has filled ,
with knowledge, duty and patience, making i
them all channels through which He gives j
to it Himself.?i'hiliips brooks.
]
A Bright and lienutiful Truth. ]
To be insignificant is not to be worthless. '
God discriminates carefully between the ]
two. And to become conscious of the divine
power, its maguiflcence aud its immeuslty, 1
is to realize, better than ever if we rightly J
appreciate the matter, wbat it means to have i
the divine power on our side, to be able to j ]
call upon it for health iu time of weukuess :
and temptation, to depend upon it for !-upport
in the hour of peril and distress, to be '
able to rejoice in it iu the day of prosper- '
ity, and to feel at all times that in a real 1
sense it is ours always because we are
Christ's and Christ is God's. No one under- !
stands his Creator as he ought, or as he <
may. who does not take pains, sometimes, 1
to let his mind dwell upon this thought oi
God's infinite power. The more it is made
a subject of reverent rejection, the more it
becomes transformed from a cold and mat- i
ter-oNc^urse fact in connection with tho
divine history, so to speak, into a bright and
beautiful truth, rich in joyful and helpful j
significance for every one of us.
Jeftus' Identification With Man.
A Christian hits do right to a luxury that
isolates him from his fellowmeu. Why is it
not a good thing for a man to spend six
months in Europe and the other six at
home, giving generously all the time to
charity aud doing many good deeds in that
portion of one year when he is supposed to
be at work? Simply because such a program
cuts him off from the vast majority of
his fellow-beiugs. Harm attaches to every
luxury which makes one less sensitive to
the tremendous .-truggle that is going on
all about us?a struggle often not for delicacies
for the table or for an occa.-ional trip
abroad, but a struggle for daily bread and
for shelter by night. Whether or not Jesus
owned property, He identified himself to
the uttermost with the average man aud the
average man's problems.
A l'j??*nn of l'r?i*c. I
Gloryfythy holy name, 0 God, through r.9 1
in a fruii-bearing day. Help us to abide in 1
Christ that we may share his life and do his
work. If the channels of our thought and
our desire are choked with ?iu, purge us
that we may bring forth more fruit. In
morning hours of toil, in noontime rest, in 1
the work that draws to an end with the sun
setting, and in our evening thoughts or
:ares abide thou with us and make our .
hearts glad in thee. The night's rest and j
the new strength the morning brings f r ^
ioul and body are from thee, and tbiue shall
be our praise* in every gain and effort, in
every joy and grief, through Jesus Christ ?
our Lord. Amen. .
i ;
The only way to bo kept from fnl!in<: is to j
(/row. If you stand i<ti]l you will fall "Th-; t
righteous shall flourish as a branch." Rf- r
member that you are not a tree, that you (
stand alone; you arc only a branch, and it c
is only while you nbide in Him. a* a braccb, ,
that you will flourish.?Itobert Murray Jlc- (
L'heyne. (
Happiness never comes to idleness,though t
t may come with rest. t
T?ie House "Where Uncoln Died.
The old iiouso opposite Ford's Theatre, ,
Washington, where Lincoln died, which is .
owned by the Government, under the direc- j
t!on ol Colonel Diugham, Superintendent j
of Public Buildings j-.uu orounas, is Doing ,
restore 1 and rejiuircil. The house will bo t
used for the exhibition of Lincoln relics, j
of which there is a largo collection. r
Ancient Egyptian Sweet Jfoas.
At the Windsor Flower Show, London,
sweet pea vines were exhibited which were
grown from 9eeda taken from the tomb of .
an Egyptian mummy burled 2000 years "
ago. The blossom is of a delicate pink j
and white In color, and Is less than the ordinary
size
ivir\- .';^ v. , ._ ;..JiiuiL'T'.i,
THE SABBATH SCHOOL."
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<11., 10 to It., 5?Golden Text: "The
Temple of God Is Holy, Which Teinpte
Ye Are,". I Cor. lli.. 17?Commentary,
10. "The builders." Joshua and Zerut>rnbel
as managers, with the people as
workmen. The people did all they could
luring the winter In making preparations
or building the temple, for great labot
nust have been required in clearing the
ground for the foundation as well as in
l>rovlding matorials. In a little more tlmo !
i year after they had left Babylon, Zerubjibel
and Jeshua having appointed the
priests and Levltes to attend to theii
:ourses, laid the foundation. The Jeshua
of v. 9 is not the high priest of v. 2, but another?a
Levlte mentioned in chapter 2:40,
' Priests in their apparel." The elegant
and beautiful official robes used by the
priests In their celebrations, especially the
alue and scarlet and purple robes with
;old and gems of the high priests and
others, described in Ex. 39. Priesthood
ivas an ordinance peculiar to Israel. The
assential idea of a priest is one whc
lraws near to God on behalf of others
Hence the high priest was clad in special
srarments called "garments for glory and
beauty," that ho misht be typically whal
lie was not actually. His dress poluted tc
i Priest to come?one who would need nc
material garments In which to exercise
His Priesthood. The materials, colors and
Fashion of the garments wore all of di
dne appointment. Blue is peculiarly a
heavenly color. In Revelation John saw it
in the second foundation of the wail of the j
ileavonly city. "With trumpets." For j
>ummonlng assemblies and joyful an ouacements.
"The Levltes." God chose I
the descendants of Levi for the service of j
His tabernacle and templo. In the wil- j
lerness they encamped around it as >
guardians, and in ruovins? conveyed it
From place to place. After the building of j
the temple, they had charge of the gates, Df
the sacred vessels, of the storehouses,
if the preparation of the shew-bread and j
Jther offerings, and of the singing music, j
11. "They sang together by course." i
sang alternately, or responslvely; one
party saying, "Tho Lord is tfood," and the j
ither responding, "For His mercy eudurelh i
forever." The priests, with trumpets, ap- |
pointed by Moses, aud the Levites, with !
jymbals, appointed by David, made up a ;
concert of praise at the laying of the i
Fouudatlon of tho temple, to assist the j
dncrina of that hvmn for which out I
tongues should never bo out of tuue, con- i
tained in Psalms lOfi, 107, 118 and 136. "All
tlis people shouted." Those who had
known only the misery of having no
temple at all"praised tho Lord with shouts
of joy when tboy saw the foundation laid. '
[or to them this was us lifo from the doadi
12. "ilanv anelont men wopt." If :
iras tho day of small things. Zech. 4:10. '
l'he new house, in comparison with the old
one, was "as nothing." Hag. 2:3. The
tcmpio was not overlaid with gold a?
3olomon's had boon, nor surrounded with
;uch magnificent ouildings. The ark, the
tables, tho metcv-seat were lost. Nc !
visible glory appeared in tho holy place j
Tlioro wore no answers to Uritn and Thummiro.
There was no lire from heaven.
13. "Uould not discern." This mixturfl '
of sorrow and joy is a representation o!
this world; some are bathing in rivers of
joy, while others are drowned In floods of
tears. Tl'e prophet Haggai comforted f
them by telling them that the glory of the
latter housu should exceed that of the for 1
mer, because the Lord (Jesas Christ) wa3 j
to coin6 to this temple and fill it with HU ;
Ulory. Hag. 2:1-9.
1. 'Tho adversaries." These were the (
5amarltans and different nations witt |
which the kings of Assyria bad peopled the
land of Israel when they had carried the j
original inhabitants away into captivity. ,
3eo v. 9. Doubtless tliey were envious 01
tho favor shown them by Cyrus the klog 01
Persia. Tifte worst onemies Judah and
Benj:irnin hail were these that said thej
tvere Jews and were not. Rev. 3:9. : j
2. "Let us build with you." This people j
no doubt wcro desirous to partake of th< |
prMiegos granted to the Jews by the kin# [
of Persia. Hearing Hiat the temple was io (
building, they were aware that it would |
be a fata! blow to their superstition, and
thereforo set themselves to opposo it. But
us they had not power to do it openly and
by force, they endeavored to do It secretly ,
find by wiles. They offered their services, i j
tliat by this they might pry into theii ,
counsels, find some matter of accusatioc
ngafiist them, and thereby ret rd the
work while they pretended to further it
"We seek your God as ye do." Tho relig- ' ,
[on of the Samaritans was a mixture ol (
Idolatry, superstition and ignorance; fat ,
worsu at this time than It was when oui |
Lord Himself declared that "they knew ,
not what thev worshiped." The Samarl* |
tans wore uelther Israelites by birth, cor |
< et true pro-eiytes. "3inc9 the days ol ,
E?ar-haddon." King of Assyria and |
-n n e^n cut IJ? la tha nnlu
Liiiuyiuu, jd. ojyo.?i. in w-.j (
Assyrian king who reigned at Babyloa |
flistory tells us that he took a lar^e num- |
her oT people from Falestluo to dwell Id (
Babylon, and placed a large number ol |
Babylonians In Palestine In their place ,
I'hoso Assyrian suttlers intermarried with ,
the remnant of Israelite women, and tbeii
riescendants, a mongrel race, went undex j
the name of Samaritan?.
*3. "Ye have nothing to do with us." We
reannot acknowledge you as worshipera i
of the true God, and cannot participate
with you iu anything that relate3 to His 1
worship.
4,5. "Weakened the hands." Thisoppo- 1
sltlou is suppo ed to have bogun soon
after the foundation was la d. During the '
remainder of the reign of Cvrus, almost J
Ave years, they did not openly oppose h '
work he had commanded, but discouraged 1
the people aud perhaps intercepted thei: 1
materials for building; and by bribing '
counselors to oopo3e their application to 1
the ministers of Cyrus forsupplles or pro- :
tectlon they greatly obstructed the de- '
sign. This would be more easily done, as
It Is probable that. Daniel died about this 1
time. Dan. 6:25-23. In consequence ol
Lhe dlfflcultlo* and obstacles thus Interposed
foi a period of twenty years, the j
progress of the work was \iery .slow. Two
dews of the course pursued by Zorubbabel
have beeu taken. First. Many have ro- j
gurdod It a3 a great mistake, a piece o!
Qarrow-raiuded, bigoted folly, which made !
anemios of those who should have been I
Irinnilti nnrf hfttrml and iealOUSV. '
md lowered the moral toue and cooled the !
5<ul of tho new colony. On the other band, 1
I'.uwMnson calls it "an heroic refusal toac- '
:opt the material aid of a rich and power- 1
ful people at the risk of imperiling relij?- '
Ions purity." Thus was a great peril
iverted. They saved a natiou, for the :
time at auy rate, from the .lauger of liav- j
ius their religion corrupted. I I
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FORESTS OF PORTO RICO.
few Left?At One Time the Ialand Wat ! 1
Covered With Tree*. j j
Thf? Agricultural Department at Wash- j .
ngton has issued a report on the forest i
:onditlons of Porto Rico, prepared by |
Robert T. Hill, of the Geological Survey, j
?1 ?* ! %** (a1nn<4 Inaf Infill1 f a
VIII* WOUb IU iuo tomuu iuo?, bv .
ittidy the subject. Ho says that Portb ; :
*ico was at one time covered by forests !
rom the level of the sea to the tops of the j
nountains, and that it is doubtf.'.l if there i
3 a foot of i13 urea which did not at some i
ime pupport treo growth. The Island is i !
low ahn03t deforested. It presents two j
?ontrastlng zones of vegetation. O-o in- i ;
i'.udes the mountains and north coast i ;
egion and the other is tho footblil country j
>f tho south coast. Tho mountains are :
. onstaDtly clal with fresh greea vordure, !
;vhilo tho flora of the border region has at J
Isies a dry and yellow aspect. In general , ,
:he growth"of the mountain region conil.Hts
of deciduous trees of many species
md ferns. The mountain ireos are prlnMpally
hard wooas. In one place, on the
mmmlt of El Yunquo, the original forest is
preserved. A few acres of forest are also
preserved hero and there in the Sierra
Jayey and the Cordillera Central. Othervise
"the mountains are deforested. The
lora in the foothill region Is of the type ol
ow, shrubby thorns and acacia-lite trees,
rhis growth is (.horny and dense.
Itriili??t Mnrnliv Die* at tlie Ace oT 107,
Bridget Murphy, a widow, died la St.
Bridget's Asylum, Quebec, at the ago ol
107. She was bora in Ireland. Inquiries
uy the asylum authorities Ave yeara ago
proved her use a: that time to have baoa
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I
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.
The Old, Old Story?The Liqnor Traffic
In the Greatest Curne In the ArmyThe
Views of an Army Officer?Th?
Canteen Deuonnced.
The old, otd story told once more?
The heartar-hes and the cries?
The drunkard's grave?the blighted y^arsThe.
heart-breaks and the bitter tears?
The shame that never dies.
One foolish act?one thoughtless deed
Itself so small a tblug;
And yet It changed the world to him,
And heralded the requiem
In dismal mlnlst'ring.
0. God of justice, on Thy throne.
When shall this blood-red crime.
Intemperance, cease to blast and blight?
When shall it hide itself from sight
Beyond the gates of time?
?Ram's Horn.
The Cnrse of All.
The liquor traffic In the armv as else,
where is the cutse of all; the prolific cnuse
of ruin, crime, lack of order and mlsnry,
writes a United States officer In the Tern
perance Advocate.
How best to deal with it is the question,
and a bis: one It 19, too.
The saloon of the post exchange is just
like the saloon in civil life, better in sonn*
respects and worse in other respects. The
fact that it is co-operative or our institution
by which the table of all of the soldier
is improved, also the fact of the cheapness
of the drink (supposed to be sold at
co*t) and its easy access induce many to
drink who would not otherwise do so.
This is one of the very worst features of the
canteeo.
I have known some to be run in an
orderly manner, others are perfect hells.
Earth has no viler places.
The argument that the men will go out
after it if not allowed to have it (drink) in
the garrison, so often and earnestly urged,
I do not think amounts to much, for the
men do, even with the canteen, go out aftet
it, and it is a question whether they do
not go out more with the canteen than
without it.
Now most of these arguments used pro
and con are not based upon fact9, but bias
or opinion.
Thfl ^lintAnn hna nAVflr hflon ohrwllaVin^
hence we can not say with certainty what
would or would not be If It were abolished.
1 would like to see it tried la real good
earnest, and see what tho army would be
and do without it.
Now here is a point I have longingly
worked and hoped for, viz.: to get the officers
of the army arrayed on our side
against the array saloon. This I think
possible, and If their co-operation could
be bad the cauteen would very soon disappear.
My hope of this is builded on this: Good
order and discipline among the soldiers is
the great ambition of officers, and if we can
convince them (which I think could be
done In time by wise effort) that the army
saloon was au agent of disorder, that without
it the discipline of the army would be
enhanced, these officers would be the first
to tight against it.
When Congress passed the law In question
I knew there, would be a hard fight before
the canteen died?it is so firmly fixed
in the military lif*.
No man of sense honestly doubts but that
Congress Intended to abolish in toto the
army saloon.
Novel Temperance Move.
Temperance saloons are to be opened in
Chicago this fall, but their distinctive
beverage Is to bo coffee and not tea, as In
New York. The work Is to be undertaken
by the Young People's Temperance Federation,
which was organized last Febr.-.ary,
Inrofrtlv *14 a rtfoiilf' rtf fJnimfana Qrthlmmal.
maau's efforts la the city, and which has
already acquired a very large membership.
I.s nlm Is practical and business-like methods
in the temperance propaganda, and
it is having the support of many moueyed
men iu Chicago. Ten saloons are to be
established nexc month, and it Is hoped to
ilouble that number soon thereafter. There
is to bo nothing of the charitable quality
about the 9aloons. and no suggestion of
ministerial oversight in their management.
They will be like other saloons, stive in the
ibsence of intoxicating drinks and profanity.
They are to have a bar of the
crtliodox type, with a good free lunch, and
tvill dispense coffee, tea, lemonade, and
other to'mperance drinks. The customers
will be privileged to loiter so long as they
are orderly, and may read or play games,
md in the cold wealher they may remalu
ill night if they ure homeless. It is not the
Intention of the federation to operate the
saloons directly itself. It will arrange so
that it has the ultimate control of the way
the places are conducted, and it will guarnutee
the saloon-keepers against loss in
tlin llrst months of their business, but apart
from that e ich place will be in private
bands. In most cases the proprietors will
provide their own fixtures and receive all
th? profits. In tbelr relations with the
federation in return for the guarantee
iguinst loss they will agree to sell their
piaces to the federation or to whom it
selects whenever that organization thinks
Lhe places are improperly conducted.
"My Papa DeU Drank."
,JIy friend was walking up State street,
late one afternoon, when he encouutered a
short seruion on temperance. The atr was
keen aod coid, with "symptoms of snow."
He had pulled hid cap down over his ears
as far as possible, and buttoned up bid overcoat
close to keep out the stinging lake
wind, and was hurrying along at a pace
that might rival Weston's, when ho nearly
ran over a child not more than four years
aid, who had fallen on the sidewalk near
Liiru.
' Heiffbo, sis!" he exclaimed, lifting her
safely to lier feet aualn.
Tbe little ragamuffin put up a grieved
lip, aud was going to cry, but stopped when
he spoke to her.
"Whew! barefooted, and such a day as
this!"?with a low whistle?"why don't
you run Ijome, sis, and put on your shoes
and ."tockiuga before you freeze your
toes?"
"Don't dot any shoes and stotin's."
"Don't got any, eh? How does that happen?
Don't your father buy you any shoes
and stockings?"
"0!i, no," she answered, with a tone that
ir.oant "of course not," and a manner indicating
that she considered the reason
juite sufficient; "no, my papa detsdrutik."
?Youug People's Paper.
Cnnnumptlon of Beer.
It is estimated that the consumption of
be*r In the entire world amounts to 51,
;oy,uiw,wj per auuuui. JLUI.^ SCDLUS LU yo
iu almost Incredible llgure, but it does not
uppearso strange when it is considered
tljiit the beer which Is consumed throughout
the world in a single year would maKe
a lake three and three-quarter miles Ion?,
a mile wide, and six fee; deep.? Sdentidc
American.
Altitude l'ov7ard Intemperate Men.
E::<?esslve drinking 1? being slowly
stamped out by othor agencies thau
legi>.latiou. Society does part of tlie
work, the church another, but amoni;
the more potent new (actors is the attitude
of large employers toward irntemperate
men. Railroad compauiea
will no linger have them, and that
means more than a million men compelled
toafistnin from luteinperance. Large man- i
ufacturer* are railing*lu lino and the sie^e
Is Deing tightened about the toper. K-i
Wil! m.vi !i?v^ liivimiM.-irrid from llOtl')r.?lble
and profitable employments ami his departure
wili cause no regret.? Minneapolis
I'iaiOs.
1!if Doitlolii Politic*.
How customs and men have chnnjjftd
The average statesman of to-day courts the
temperance vote. He is rarely ever seeu
iu u saloon unless lie sneaks in at the back
door. .For moral, physical, social aaJ
business reasons lie makes it a point to
keep sober. The bottle is still a power,
but it is losing ground. It will always be
felt to some extent ia politics, but its aggr
ssive. dominant rule Is a tiling of tli?
r.uar Tnh man of to-lay who desires to
list; in public Ufa must have a clear head,
ami that means that he must not be tot
familiar with the bottle.?Memphis Commercial
Appeal.
S^xty thousand tons of cork are usee
each "year for the bottled beer sold and
drank by the people of England.
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DAMAGE BY TEXAS FLOODS
Tn9 Loss Placed at More Than $7,
000,000, After an Official Estimate.
Results Shown by a Tour of the Devas
tated Districts?Number of Fnruis
Submerged Placed at S100?
Washisotox, D. 0. (.Special).?E. S.
Holmes, Jr., an expert ot Jhe Statistical
Bureau ot the Department of Agriculture
lias just completed a report to Mr. Hyde
of that department, embodyiDg the results
of a tour of the flood-devastated region o
Texas, and making a careful estimate o
the damage done, the aggregate ot whlcl
he places at 87,414,000.
The reDort states that the greatest dam
age was In McLennan, Falls. Milam. Rob
ertson, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Wash
Ington, Waller, Austin, Fort Bend anc
Brazoria counties. The number of farm!
submerged Is estimated at 8100, with a to
tal area of 1.330,000 acres. Ol this area al
the time of the flood there were aboul
503,000 ocres under cultivation, 339,000 be
lng In cotton, 121,400 acres in corn, 10,801
acres in sugar cane, and 28,600 acres It
other crops, with a total production It
sight equivalent to about $7,950,000.
Although nearly ninety per cent, of thi
tnt-Al loan or?nnrr,?d in thn ileitrnfttton rtf O'
Injury to growing crops, the damage t<
farm property and the losses of live stock
etc., amount to the large sum of $844,000
The land itself is damaged by washing and
gullying to the extent of over $200,000, bui
of this loss about one-half Is estimated a<
offiet by the increased future productive'
ness resulting from the alluvial deposli
left by the flood.
Mr. Holmes says that the precise effec
of the flood upon this year's crops Is difficult
to estimate. While the crops over a
large area were praotlcally destroyed, the
effect of the rains on the upland crops will
be highly beneficial, and should, he thlnk9,
result in a large Increase In yield through
the entire central part of the State, and so
much of the western part as is undei
cultivation. He says, however, thai
a conservative estimate of the act
ual destruction includes about 227,
000 bales of cotton, representing at an
average price of 4V< cents a pounds about
$5,100,000; 4,400,000 bushels of corn, wortb
at twenty cents a bushel $930,000; sugar
cane to the value of $335,000, and othei
crops estimated at $235,000; a total loss tc
standing crops of $6,570,000. The addltioi
to this amount of the loss to farm property
raised the total to $7,414,000, or about $7^
a head of the population of the district
which is estimated at 100,000, negroe:
largely predominating.
MINISTER COMMITS SUICIDE.
The Rev. George McArdle Had Broodec
Over Financial Affair*.
Tbot, N. Y. (Special).?The Rev. Georgi
McArdle, of Mechanlcsville, cut his throa!
In the presence of his wife. The mlnlste
had been brooding over a wrong that ha<
been done to him some time azo, and this
in connection with financial difficulties, let
him to commit the deed.
Some time ago Mr. McArdle, while pas
tor of a church In Reynolds, became inter
ested in a patent with a Johnstown, man
There was trouble over the partnership
and criminal proceedings were instituted
against Mr. McArdle. He was arrested, bul
was acquitted.
He left the bouse on the morning of bis
death with a razor in his land. His wife
followed him toward the barn, and took
the razor awav from him. He gave it up,
and told his wife that he was going intc
the barn. She followed him, and found
that he had another razor.
8he attempted to take this away froa
bim, but ho brushed her aside, rushed to
>mrd the garret, and burred tne aoor.
Then tLie minister opened a small win
dow, through which his wife could no
fret, and, la plain sight of her, drew th<
razor across* bis throat and fell dead. Tht
door was forced, but the man was dead.
BRYAN ON NEW ISSUES.
The Results ot His Conferences With th
Iowa Democrats.
Des Moixes, Iowa (Special).?At fou
different meetings William Jennings Bryai
approved the course adopted by the Iowi
Democrats in planning the campaign thl
fall by dropping 16 to 1, and substitutinj
therefor anti-trust and anti-expan9lon
In an address to the County Chairmen hi
said:
"The Chicago Plutform was written foi
all time and the Democrat is not undei
oougation to reuerate us ueiaus, uui a:
new Issues arise we may turn our attentloi
to them, take them into the family anc
fight on them without apologizing for an]
former flght we have made."
Later, bofore the State Central Commit
tee, he repejted this statement, giving hi;
approval to a money plnnk which contain!
a simple endorsement of the Chicago plat
form without giving attention to the ques
tioi of ratio.
In two addresses at night, delivered be
fore large audiences, Mr. Bryan gave es
peclal attention to trusts and to expansion
declaring that these two Issues are of ut
most importance.
MULES FOR ENGLAND'S ARMY.
KrltUh Officer* in ?vr Orleans l'repar
iug For a Boer Campaign.
New Obleans, La. (Special).?It has bocome
known that the English mllitarj
commission-here, composed of Major Sco
btlland Cuptains Sonetly, Marsham anc
Fenton, who were sent here under sealec
orders, and who were supposed to be In
vestigating the Texas fever, are reallj
here for the purpose of purchasing mules
and perhaps other stock, for use in Soutl
Africa, in the event of war with the Boers
Some 5000 mules were similarly purchased
In 1392, in the Southwest, for use in th<
v> .i? ? Knt nnt fhnrn t'ftO Iiltfi
Cijf > (JbiOLt WOUip^t^U, */%*?. 0 w ? ?w-^
to be of any service.
THREE KILLED AT A CROSSINC.
Train Strikes a Carriage Containing i
Man and Two Women.
Reading, Penn. (Special). ? Franklin
Hassier, aged thirty-three years, son ol
the proprietor of the High'.anJ House
above Wernersviiie, and two guests,
Misses Hilda H. and Gertie Fleishman, ol
Harrisbarg, aged twenty and twenty-two
years, respectively, whom he was driving
to the station there, were killed by the
Lebanon Valley express near tnat place.
Ct is said that Mr. Hassler was warned not
(o cross, but he thought he could make it
when the train came along at a high rate
c! speed. The horse was also killed.
If tnnrllkari ItftUrIlAf].
The steamer Albion has arrived at Sao
Francisco, fifteen Jdays from Cape Nome.
She reports that 100 people, men and women,
without food or means, were picked up
on the Kotzebue beach by the revenue cutter
Bear and taken to St. Michael's.
Es-Speaker Keed'n Future.
Representative Warner said in Washington
that he believe 1 Thomas B. P.eed
would remain In Co.ngress, and only declined
the Speakership because he wished
to advance views contrary to the Administration's
policy on the floor of the House.
Prominent People.
John Wanamaker's first salary was $1.23
a week.
President McSinley always shave3 him
self in the morning.
Joel Chandler Harrifl, the writer, never
lias seen a play actod.
Paul Kruser's favorite dish is salt herring.
He eata one every day.
Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chicago, has
never worn a silk hat in his life.
Senator Vest, of Missouri, is the sole sur
vivor of the Senate branch of the Confederate
Congress.
Lord Kitchener is the fourth baohelot
wbo has been elevated to the peerage Id
the last sevao vearw
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| GOOD ROADS NOTES I "\
Hovp Farmers Hay Help the Bokdi.
It is easily possible for farmers to
keep country roads in a maoh better
condition than most of them are at
present, writes J. N. Phillips, of
Florida. The individual can afford tc
do road mending on the same princt'
I pie that he repairs fences and build*
inpis, "It pays me." And a land
owner ought to feel as much shame,
, even guilt,- beforo the general pablia *
f over a mudhole that can be drained,
, or over a choked-up sluice along hi*
premises as he ought over negleoted
cattle or a display of filth.
It is not neccssary to wait for the
IUUU.-\vura.iii^ HCUSUU IU curno. xuc
j most profitable, common sense work.
, can be put in e, little at a time, if at
. the right time. Drainage is the be*
t ginning and tho ending of the whole
[ matter, if roads are to be roads and
) not sloughs. Watering-troughs and
1 hillside springs are ctmmon causes of
1 standing water, yet it is a very simpW
, matter to direut the water flowing
t from them in the way it should go. A
> stone, a loose board, a chunk of soil m
washed down against the end of ft
[ sluice may choke it up till it is worse
t than nothing. Five minutes' work
5 would send the water rushing through
[ its proper channel. It is not uncommon
to see water following the
t wheel rut for rods, when a man with ,
balf an eye can also see that a mere -> 'y:%
cut through the ridge at the edge of
the road would lead the water into the
ditch, perhaps down a bank.
1 DrooDinc into a bad hole or sofi
place a few superfluous stones now
and then to keep the water out would
work a double-headed blessing to all
passing that way. Heaving out a few
stubborn old stones from the traok
would work detriment to the blaoksmith
and wagon maker perhaps, but
a big saving to the farmer. If all suoh
patching were thus well kept np, the
[ yearly toil of public service would
count more and more toward the good
i roads of which all are dreaming and
talking. This view of the snbjeot is
no more than one feature of practical
farming, intelligent economy, a mure
, looking out for number one, no matter
how many others are also bene}
fited.
; Keep the Roads Clean.
t It's an old and true saying that what
i I is every man's business is no man's
. business, remarks J. L. Irwin, Gen1
tralia, Kansas. There is no place ' . ' JS
where the truth of this is more notice.
able than In the manner in which the
roaaa are leit 10 grow up iu iraau huu
| weeds, when a few hours' work would V
; keep them clean. No matter how neat
' a farmer may bo, or how tidyhe make* V 5
his farm appear, the effect is spoiled
so far as appearanco is concerned if ' x ;
i tho few feet of public highway be- -~
1 tween the roadway *and his fenoe is
1 overgrown by unsightly weeds, brusb
x and noxious herbage. A neat fenoa <
and well-kept roadside will add many
dollars to the value of a farm.
[ Beside the question of neatness
3 there is another, greater reason which
> every man must recognize, but which
is universally ignored, why a farmer
should give the road bordering his
farm strict attention. It will be a
( difficult task as most of us have found
to our cost, to keep the thistles, burs
1 and weeds in the road from scattering
t their seeds broadcast over the adjoin9
ing fields. It is macli easier to beep
5 the roads clean. As the roads are
5 fields where the seed is liable to be
j sown at any time, by passing teams,
grain or cattle, constant vigilance ia
r necessary. Bat the end gained cerr
tainly recompenses the labor and care. j
i "A wise man will make use of any1
thing. I will turn disease into a comf
modity," said Falstaff. A well-to-do
neighbor of ours uses the weeds and
3 coarse grass he outs.from the road aa
> stack bottoms. Where there is any
I ripe seed among the cuttings, how*
ever, this might not be best, nut cut
ting is usually done too early iu the
' season for that.
Materials Vaefal For Road*.
Any strong fibrous substance, and
Aanantallc nnp whifih holds moisture.
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such AS the refuse of sugarcane or sor
ghum, and even common straw, flax
or swamp grass can he made useful in
building roads. Wood fiber in any
j form ia excellent. The best is the
. fibrous sawdust made in sawing)
shingles by those machines which cut
] lengthwise of the fibre into tha side of
the block. Sawdust is first spread on
' the road from eight to ten inches
J deep, and this is covered with sand
to protect the road against fire lighted
I from pipes or cigars oarelessly thrown
! or emptied on the roadbed. The sand
also keeps the sawdust damp. The
dust and the sand soou become hard
and packed, and the wheels of the
heaviest wagon make but little im1
pression upon the surface. The roadbed
appears to be almost as solid as a
i nlftnk rnnd. but it is mnch easier for
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the teams. The road prepared in thi9
manner will remain good four or five
years, and will then require renewing
i in some parts. The ordinary lumber
sawdust would not be so good, of
course, but if mixed with planer shavings
might servo fairly well.
The Atotl-Rat Agitation.
Bad roads constitute the greatest
drawback to rural life, and for th?
lack of good roads the farmers suffer
more than any other class.
In every one of the leading States
the L. A. W. will introduce good
roads bills next winter, and the various
divisions are preparing for an active
campaign in their support.
The best road for the farmer, all
things being considered, is a solid,
well-built stone road, so narrow as to
be onlv a single track, but having a
firm efcrth road ou one or both sides.
When the traffic is not very extensive
the purposes of good roads are
better served by narrow tracks than
wide ones, while many of the objectionable
features of wide tracks are
removed, the initial cost of construction
is cut down one-half orjmore, and
the charges for repair reduced in proportion.
TVnm thfl nninber of Connecticut
towns that have tiled applications for
a share in the State good roads appropriation
of 8175,000, it becomes evident
that there will be not enough
money to supply half the demands.
Xlio number applying is 115, and their
requests exceed the appropriation by
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