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5 , SCf^E UNKNOWN AMERICAN NATURAL BRIDGES i t t. s h.\as^xs. Tn rh? so::taoa:*.ajrn T.art of Utah. on xhe soutL'.vesurn slope cf the Blue Mountains, in San Juan County, far !rcm the main iinos oi travel and in i region a;u.osc inaccessible, are Sorens ol natural bridges varying in size from a few feet ti; hundreds of feet across. Three of the largest are , sho^rn in the accompanying pictures. And they may well be classed among the wonders of the world. These three bridges are located THE' GREAT AUGUSTA NATURA i ' JUAN cou: Span, 320 feet; height, 34S feet; within a radius of throe or four miles, and many smaller ones are found within a comparatively short distance. The smallest of the three shown is a giant compared with the Natural Bridge of Virginia with which every one is familiar. On account of the distance from railroads and the difficulties encountered in making the trip, but few people have visited these curiosities, and their discovery being comparatively recent, but little is known about them. Only within the last year or two has anything like a scientific study been made of these peculiar formations. In 1905 Salt Lake City men visited the region, and the scientists of the party made an extended study of the structures and careful measurements as well as numerous photographs. A picture gives but a faint idea of the magnitude of these giant structures, the largest of which is to the natural bridges of the world what the Grand Canon of the Colorado is to the gorges of the world. It is claimed that the Augusta Bridge is the largest irnnu-n natural hrlriee in the world: out Mr. Charles F. Loomis in his interesting book, "Some Strange Corners of Our Country,'* describes a ^ natural bridge in Arizona that is large enough to contain a five acre peach orchard upon its floor. Its structure is, however, radically different from that of the Utah bridges, so :hat it cannot be classed with them. These thr;e bridges are situated in the White Canon, which leads down to the Colorado River. In fact, all of the natural bridges of this region are in canons leading down to the Colorado. The large bridges ace in the very wilds of the continent, about 125 miles from Yellow Jacket Canon, I Colorado, and ICS miles from Cortez, Colorado, the nearest outfitting point for travelers visiting the region. Rliiff TTtnh a smnll Mnrmnn settle Iment, is a sort of relay place or halfway point on the journey, which must be made on horseback most of the way. The dimensions of the bridges, according to estimates and careful measurements that have been made. I THE LITTLE OK, EDWIN N AT I F I Span 206 feet; will give one something of an idea of their magnitude. The largest ol the three, the great Augusta Bridge, has a span 320 feet and a height 348 feet, with a roadway on top thirty feet wide. The Natural Bridge of Virginia -with its span of ninety-three feet and a height of 215 feet is a mere pygmy compared with this giant of the Rockies. The archway of the Caroline Bridge has a span of 250 * 1 of 1 85 fopf Thp I. auu a U&l^ilV Ul AW smallest of the three is known as the Little or Edwin Eridge. Though called little it is far from being small with its span of 205 feet and a height of 121 feet to top of the roadway that crosses it.?Scientific American. Kitchen Utensil. Apparently inventors are continually endeavoring to combine in one articles which were formerly made I w IfW j in several distinct units. This is particularly the case in regard to kitchen j | o:ciGl.\ OF THU I'lNLAi'l'LiC. ! I^viui-acs I'rsm G!?i Writers That It is u ui cuuin .?4ifv * *<.?? | There is little ground for any other : belief than that the pineapple is a native American plant. The first rnen' ti-">n cf it is in Oviedo's work (lo26). . The edition of his work published in j 15 S3 contains the first illustration of a pineapple ever shown by a European. It may appear crude to us, and yet one can distinguish the plant with I certainty. Dviedo was followed by a number of other prominent naturalI ists who described?and many of L BRIDGE, WHITE CANCN, SAN sTY, UTAH. width of roadway on top, 35 feet. whom pictured ? the pineapple Notable among these were Thevet, Beuzoni, de Lery, Durante and Orta Some of these knew and had seen the pineapple in its native habitat, Brazil. There seems, however, to be some reason to believe that it extended northward in Mexico. On the other From a Photograph of the First Pineapple Illustration Ever Published.?De Oviedo, 1535. hard, it was probably not native to the West-Indies. Acosta (1C00) says that it was introduced there from Brazil. However this may be, it was probably cultivated there before the coming of the Spaniards. Th?re ar<? at least thrre Americar BRIDGE, SAN JUAN COIN V. JTAH. height, 121 feet. names for the fruit, and there are nc ancient names except those derived from this source. Moreover, no men tiou is made of it before the published description by Oviedo. What is a Baby? A Baby: That which makes home happier, love stronger, patience greater, hands busier, nights longer, days shorter, the past forgotten, the future brighter.?Rupert's Magazine Burglars made holes in the rco) of the premises of Messes. Langham pawnbrokers, Dudley, and by this mparts sprnrpri a hnnl nf 1 flA uL-at^Vino and articles of jewelry. utensils. A novel combination of this kind is shown in the illustration. In this device a St. Louis man has succeeded in combining a fork, spoon, knife and can opener. At one end is the fork, at the other end the spoon, knife and can opener. By thus combining these four articles in one the economical housewife can save expenses, obtaining the four articles for the cost of o?e. It also means less silverware to wash?the one combined utensil requiring less cleaning than the four?Washington Star Its Particular Effect. The leader of fashion was striclzen with pneumonia. "Madam," said the doctor, "your low-necked dress is responsible for this." "I knew that costume would be effective," murmured the patient, weakly, but with a satisfied smile.? Pittsburg Leader. There is a daily average of 47,000 pounds of condemned food (besides the milk) destroyed by the New York City Board of Health. '-vfK s ?i 'IlLBC'pUipiTWg^ A J^'sry- I XS^J^Sj; J2f T/-t?: .r??:tS? R ,'R/f -vit-n/rZL. MnwDZiiSor-/- jl | ! tS'OJJ ' Subject: "Patriotic Manhood." Brooklyn, N. Y.?Preaching at the Irving Square Presbyterian Church, Hamburg avenue and Weirfield street, on the above theme, the pastor. Rev. Ira Wemmell Henderson, took as his text II Sam. 10:12, ''Let us show ourselves men for the sake of our people and for the cities ol our God." He said: The history of the world is rich with the record of the achievements of patriotic manhood. In no untrue sense we may say that the fairest his tory of humanity is inseparably linked with the deeds of its heroes. Whether in war or peace, it has been ever so. The valorous of all ages have made the enduring story of the world's advance. Not otherwise is it with America. The story of the States is the story of heroic living both in war and in peace. No nation under the sun has a prouder list of valiant warriors than have we. No country can boast a more unblemished record?despite our acknowledged sins?than ours. The memory of the men who braved the wilds of an unknown land, of the souls who dared at Valley Forge, on the waters of Lake Erie, at Gettysburg, at Santiago, that a new land might be discovered to a waiting world, that a nation might be born and saved, that liberty might be enlarged, will never be forgotten. The remembrance of such manhood is imperishable. Of such a manhood America has her share. By the devotion of such a manhood our heritage of fre?dom was procured, and by it the priceless liberties of a free people have been conserved to us all. But glorious as is the history of militant America, greater still is her pre-eminence as a nation that is being perfected under God in the arts of peace. Delightful as are the deeds of our warriors, still more entrancing are the peaceful achievements of our civilians. The Puritans, as stern and unrelenting warriors, are not half the picture that they present as the architects and builders of a government founded deep in the everlasting principles of individual and social righteousness. Washington as a general is eclipsed by the first President of an, united people. The Southerner as a fighter is supreme, but the fruits of a rehabilitated Southland tell to-day in tones that are thunderous of the patriotism, the chivalry, the indomitable perseverance of the manhood of the South. Some day we shall elevate Edison above Grant and the heroes of the moral warfares we have waged above the valorous upon the field of strife. For, in the last analysis, the heroes of peace are, from every point of view, more masterful, more inspiring than the mighty men of war. II is easier, when once the fever of the battle has gotten hold upon a man, to go to death to the mingled ro^r of music and of musketry than to live and struggle in the face of overwhelming odds, without a cheer and without the fanfare of the field of battle, for the civic welfare of a nation and for abstract right. And many a man who has served with devotion under the stimulus of the common call to arms has been a traitor and a coward and has sold his country and his soul because he lacked the courage to risk all and to dare and to attack against moral and spiritual wickedness and exalted sin in the quiet hours for the common weal. America needs more men to live for her?men who will dare to show themselves men "for the sake of our orirl fnr tlio nf ftllP Hnrl ,J For it would appear that this is a land of promise, that Immanuel is with us, that this country is His country, that the municipalities of this united commonwealth are the property, the possession of Divinity. In the face of national weakness and of civic unrighteousness, in the face of the unquestioned exploitation oi the people for the benefit of the few, we need men who have a call to live for the general good, and who wil] heed and serve. The problems of America are as stupendous as tier sins, The situation demands, however, not revolution but solution. The land cries oul for men who can solve?solve large problems in a large way. We musl have solution, and that soon. If it ie delayed for long we shall have "th? deluge." The rose of our presenl prosperity is fragrant, but every live man knows that it has its thorns The body politic is the most cultured that the world has seen, but evexj careful diagnosis proclaims it sicli with a low fever that must be eliminated. We need saviors to-day, met who are a sweet savor to God and who have power with men; men whc will be straight; men who will b( honest; men who will value recti tude above riches and the populai welfare above personal reward. America needs manhood. And first of all she needs a broad-minded manhood. The Puritan was sturdj but he was narrow. The manhood ol to-day must combine the sturdiness and integrity of the Pilgrim Fathers with the intellectual breath of ar enlightened member of a twentieth century society. It must not be nar row, it must not be shallow. Possessing the ethical capacity of ? man of God, it must have that capacity for sound and proficient judgment that shall command .and retair the confidence of men. America need3 a moral manhood She needs a race of men who wil have more respect for the right thai respect for law. The reason so manj men have not proper respect for law is that they have no comprehecsior of the mandatory qualities of thai which is right. The man who loves AK- _ ~.U A A/v lim ngui litieiy nas iu asu nuai 1. the sanction of the law. The mar who is chiefiy concerned with squar ing his actions to his "sense of ought ness" will never land in jail or be i subject for investigation. We wanl first a larger love for the right. Ther we shall secure a due respect foj lav/. Our multi-millionaires whc flaunt their defiance to the civic law in the face of an outraged public sentiment would never think to dc so had they any decent regard foi the dictates of the right. Moralit] atone can secure the law the sane tion from each soul it should receive America needs a religious man hood. From the point of view of i minister of the Gospel of Jesu; Christ, I am bound to say that wc need a Christian manhood. For with out religion morals cannot exist. Mo ralitv and rplierion are so related thai a man's religious capacity will sure ly be an indication of his morality Religion and ecclesiasticism are noi one. Fine phrasing and fine living likewise are riot necessarily co terminous. Wo want no subservienc) to systems and to creeds and to authorities of human construction simply for the salce of systems and I creeds and authorities. But we do [ want a full blooded, whole-hear'^d, soulful manhood whose understand I Ul LUC Cilct 1 ctCLCl CtiiU BUVClCi(j,UlJ I j of God shall be comprehensive and ! exact, and whose lives shall be lived, and purposes controlled, and plans promulgated under the consciousness of divine leading and of a judgment day. We do not want long speeches on what we ought to be, , we do want long lives full of the spirit of God and dominated by a ' desire to realize in action the con| cepts of inspired minds. Such men and such lives will be ! self-sacrificing. And America de| mands a self-sacrificing manhood. ! Too long have we taught our young men to prepare to take care of themselves. We need to teach them in | future to learn to take care of others. Humanity needs guidance. Let us raise up leaders. The country needs saviors; let us educate them under God. For ?hc joy of living lies in giving self out in service. Self-culture is attained through self-sacrifice. There is no joy in solitary progress. The loneliest life is the lifo that looks largest toward the eatis- , faction of self. We must carry othA*.f? riiifnr> if Ttra nrmtlrl ho liannv I CO wu uo .. v, i We must labor for humanity if we would find eternal peace. A nation J of self-sacrificing manhood is invincible. its history will be amaranthine, its glory will perdure unto the eternities of eternity. We must have the sort, of man, hood that will take our text as its motto if America is to endure. It is not popular to state the evils that afflict the American social system; , it is unwise to magnify them. But , they do exist and they must be curbed. They cannot be cured by avoiding them. They cannot be diag. nosed ^y evading them. They can . only be rectified by a patriotic manhood; a manhood of broad and deep , and sensitive intelligence, of superb moral capacity, of religious convic1 tion, of self-sacrificing loyalty*to the interests of the people and the commonwealths of God. It would be i idle to deny the need. To refrain to ! declare it is reprehensible. Already . the money-changers are in the tem' pies; the thieves are in the treasury, those who despoil the widows, the : orphans, and those who are without i guile, are at work. Already men are . "devising iniquity upon their beds." Already they are carrying out in the daylight the evil they design at night. The wind is being sowed. The holo; caust is being kindled. God forbid i we should await the whirlwind and , the flames with silent tongues. America must have a consecrated, ; patriotic manhood of a larger build, i of a wider vision, of a more divinely inspired energy then any she has yet possessed. Such a manhood alone can quench the smoldering fires and i combat with prevailing force the I gathering storm. With such a manhood we shall be secure. We must i have it. We shall have it. ! The church of the living Christ, as the possessor of the most enduring ; revelation of the truth of God given : unto men to-day, will not fail to k sieze her opportunity to exercise her i capacity for social service. In her hands lies the solution of America's perplexities, for under her dominion [ are the flower of American manhood. ! It is for her to enthuse her laity with an increased sense of civic re[ sponsibility. It is the duty of her i ministry to give the call to all the ! hosts of God, "let us show ourselves i men for the sake of our people and + V?/-? oiHnc nf r?nr find 99 > Conscience and the Watch. A man once asked me, "Is not con1 science a safer guide than the Holy 1 Spirit?" I just took out my watch and said, "Is not my watcti better f than the sun?" Suppose that I said to you, "I will tell you the hour by my watch, and you must always take the time from me." 1 It is the sun that is to rule the ; time.. Conscience is fallen and corI rupt. I? we had an unfallen con' science, like holy Adam, it would be ! as if my watch were always to agree ; with the sun. But now it is a most ; unsafe guide. ; Sometimes we hear men say, "I ' don't see any harm in this practice; | my conscience doesn't condemn it." j It is not your conscience or your consciousness that is the rule of right . and wrong; the law is the standard. By the law is the knowledge of sin. Sin is the transgression o? the law, ! not of conscience.?Dr. Andrew Bonar. . Rejoicing Always. s The Rev. John F. Cowan says that ; "One way to rejoice alwj.ys is to pray } always; to give thanks for little , things. I defy anyone to begin the i day by thanking God for the light > that breaks into the bed-chamber, : and for the fresh morning air, and for eight hours of rest, and for wai ter to wash in, and keep that up, and I go down to breakfast doleful and dis> couraged. Spirit-filled people are al> wavs sunnv neoDle. Peter and John rejoiced over stripes. Paul and Si las sang in prison. Find me a man filled with the Spirit, and I will show I you a silver-lined Christian. Every I groan and sigh and' complaint and r doubt and unfaithfulness is a bucket i of ice-water thrown on the spirit of s rejoicing." / 5 1 An Ascending Scale. 1 God's promises are ever on the ascending scale. One leads up to another fuller and more blessed than 1 itself. In Mesopotamia, God said, "I will show thee the land." In Canaan, "I will give thee all the land, ' and children innumerable as the grains of sand." | It is thus that God allures us to Saill IJintJSij. i>Ut giving uo au/iuiug ) till T?e have dared to act, that He r may test us. Not giving everything at first, that He may overwhelm us, t and always keeping in hand an in, finite reserve of blessing. Oh, the . unexplored remainders of God! Who ' ever saw His last star??F. B. Meyer. i A Waking Thought, t I will this day try to live a simple, i sincere, and serene life, repelling promptly every thought of discontent, > anxiety, discouragement, impurity r and self-seeking; cultivating cheer3 fulness, magnanimity, charity and > the habit of holy silcnce; exercising r economy in expenditure, carefulness r in conversation, diligence in appoint ed service, fidelity to every trust, and . #a childlike trust in God.?Bishop - John H. Vincent. t I Bearing Testimony. 1 Whatever success I have attained is due to my unfailingcustom of read ins my Bible and of praying every . morning before I leave iny room. No difficulties nor stress of business keep i rne from thus preparing myself for , the day.?Booker T. Washington. r No Faith in Tlieir FcIJow.s. It is strange that those who talk most of faith in Providence often I have least In people. \ THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA | CONCERTED ATTACK ON DRINK WINNING ALL ALONG LINE. What Should Be the True Position of Christians in Regard to the Question of Intoxicants is Here EIo qucjiuy uiscussea oyxvirs.tsaxi^r. Tlie question of abstinence from in.oxicants, and we might add narcotics, is no longer a personal question. In England and America, more than any other lands, souls and bodies by the thousands are falling victims to drink. The evils of drink are greatly increasing on the continent of Europe, and the brutalizing influence of this and other forms of baneful self-indulgence tell terribly upon the moral and religion of professedly ChriBtian countries. Lunatic asylums, prisons and graves fill rapidly in consequence of those things. "What, then, is the true position of Christians with regard to this thing? Are we to go with the multitude to do evil? God forbid. Setting aside the question whether or not these things are good for us individually, from either the morale physical or spiritual point of view, let us consider whether the use of them on our part helps to drag our brethren out of the mire or encourages them to wallow in It. "All things are lawful for me, but all j things dre not expedient; all things I are lawful for me, but all things edify not. Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth" (or good?R. V.). I. Cor. 10:23, 24. In I. Cor. 8, Paul contrasts love wtUVi 1'Ti ? TT7 1 rrft miff ftfVl WILLI r.UUTYlCUftC VlLL\J rr ICUfjC ^UligLU up, but love buildeth up;" buildeth up, not only ourselves, but other people. "And If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know." How often we have heard moderate drinkers declare how much they knew of the evil of drunkenness, but that for themselves they were ordered stimulants by doctors, and they should think it very wrong to abstain ?they knew how to take it in moderation. Puffed up by their own knowledge of how much drink they, might take with impunity, they condemn the weakness of the poor hapless drunkard. And some poor tempted servant, with no such knowledge, has reflected thus: "If my master, who is known as such a Christian man, thinks it right to use stimulants, how much more should I, who make no such profession?" And the servant, having no such power of self-control,becomes a drunkard, robs his master's cellar, leaves without a character, and ends either in a prison, a lunatic asylum or a work nouse. rne Knowieuge wmcn punea up went no way toward saving the poor tempted one. How many families we have known (n which one-half, in some cases the whole family, have fallen through drink! If we visit the prisons, the lunatic asylums, the courts and alleys Df our large towns, and search out the causes of thousands becoming mad, thousands becoming paupers, thousands being out of work, thousands being qutcasts upon oiw streets; the reason will be found, in nine cases out of ten. in the habitual use of intoxicants and narcotics. And none of these victims began by excess. Puffed up by the knowledge, as they thought, of their own strength, they fell, and there was none to help them. "But love buildeth up." That which no other power in all the universe has accomplished, love has done. .Tesus has made a way by which the poor, lost drunkard, the harlot, the opium slave, may be redeemed from their sins and misery; even from the very taste and desire of that which has enslaved them, as well as its physical consequences. His love "buildeth up" a temple of the Holy Ghost out of the veriest ruin which drink, uncleanliness or opium have made. For us, His followers, His representatives, the members of His body, what is becoming? ?Mrs. M. Baxter, in the Christian Herald. Essays on Alcohol. Nearly 6000 children in an English *chool district recently contributed essays on "Physical Deterioration and Alcohol." Here are some of the best: "Alcohol is useful, but not in the body. It is useful for polishing furniture." "I hope I never touch drink till I am dead." "A man who takes alcoholic drinks can see two things at once." "The children of drunkards are often weak, and are sometimes troubled with being bow-legged." "Those who take drink are not so broad-chested as they v/ere 100 years ago." "When a man is ill the doctor will say, 'Are you a drinker of alcohol?' And if he says, 'Yes,' the doctor will say, 'That is what has made you ill; you have a fattly liver.' " "The more temperately we live, the better it will be for body and mind." ?Philadelphia Ledger. Quiet For His Soul. A Frenchman in South America, a maker of wine, became a seeker of religion at the mission services. He could find no light. He could not even pray for it. Something kept saying to him, "What about your wine? What about your wine.?" "My wine is all right," he would reply. "It is good, pure wine; there is ? i. U .* i-U? ? 1-J. .. <?. ? T)??. 1,A I1UUJ1U5 U1U UlillUU VYiLU 1L. 13UL 11C could not gain the peace he sought until he took an ax, knocked in the heads of his wine casks and let the wine run out. The moment he did this, his tongue was loosened; he began to pray, and quiet took possession of his own soul. Temperance Notes. Maryland has fifteen "dry" counties out of twenty-three. America's 25,000,000 school children are being taught to-day the dangerous effects of alcoholic drink. The World's .Fifth Convention of Sabbath-School Workers, held recently at Rome, represented 26,000,000 scholars, the world over. Massachusetts has saloons in about 100 cities and towns, and has 2&0, including some large manufacturing centres, under local option. Tn Vfanftmu-v nuf r?f 1 1 Q rnnnHon sixty-eight are completely "dry." Thirty have license iu one town only, while local option prevails in large parts of others. September 20 will be World's Temperance Day at the Jamestown Exposition. Plans are being iormulated for making the Norfolk convention one of the greatest ever. Fifty-six out of sixty-four leading fraternal orders of the United States, with an aggregate of over 3000 members, now refuse to admit saloonkeepers and bartenders to their ranks. Such discrimination would J have been thought impracticable a I quarter of a century ago Musolino a Maniac. The name cf Musolino, the once world famed Sicilian brigand, is 1 again attracting notice in Italy. His 1 hle'Vilv str;-.np- tpmnornmr.nt hoc had : several phases since his condemnation, from an extreme placidity of resignation to fervid writing in verse, with ceas?les3 reading, and now there is another powerful reaction which i threatens the worst and mpst hope- i less form of insanity, religious melancholia. A madhouse may be the end of his lurid career.?London Globe. Cold Storage Client. ( An Oregon attorney, representing i client whose title to a certain cold storage plant was under fire, closed i an able argument before the Oregon Supreme Court recently with the following bit of pathos: "Your honors, there is more resting upon your decision than this cold storage plant; a human life is at stake. My client's I life's efforts are in this cold storage; his life blood is in this cold storage; his body and soul are wrapped up in this cold storage."?Law Notes. UfA r-iiornnIrtrt flin Fniylnna nM ] "O E,uai auicc tuc viuo uu^iuti] i>n The engine is reliable and simple, an agent near by to see everythin We have a liberal proposition to ma best engine made. Let us tell yon about it, because it . Wfe can furnish you our Typ if desired, 3 to 8 b. p., ready to have to be set up?no piping t build?siifiply fill with gasoline switch, turn the wheel and it t Easy to start winter or summer. Tl stationary power. 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The prisoner always goes out in an official chair borne by four persons, with a large number of bodyguards, and he is also fond of theatrical performances. The officials from the Governor downward are in the habit of going to his house to pay their respects twice a month.?Pekin and Tientsin Times. President Davis, of the Confederacy. believed that the presence of children brought him iuck. TERRIBLE ITCHING. Eczema Affected Whole System?Unable to Kest Night or Day?Suffered 4 l'ears?Cutieura Cures. "1 suffered severely lor tour years irom poison oak and ivy. My condition was serious, as i could not rest night or day and be free from a terrible itching sensation from scratching on ray hands between the fingers, my teet and face, and eczema followed. My eyesight was affected, and 1 went to a hospital especially for the eyes and got relief, but eczema got a terrible hold on my system. 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