The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, January 12, 1910, Image 7
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I A Moimmei
' WAR MEMORIAL FOR HORSES, EREG
The only monument of
I The horse has come into its o?
flj . have been adequately recognized in t
8 burg, the Transvaal. This is the onl
1 . Directly beneath the horse are the w<
I sists not so much in the number of i
| as in the extent and justice of its con
I "Erected by public subscription in rei
& animals which perisned in the Anglo
H. Bed For Hospitals.
I /"A boon to the bedridden and to
thousands o? hospital patients through
out the country is the invention of a
Kentucky man. This is a bed which
W can be raised or lowered at the head
I 1 ? i*
L Turn Crank and Bed Moves.
k i *' to any position comfortable to the pa
tient and having a rest for the legs in
addition. A pair of standards with a
I cross-bar, looking like a horizontal
L bar on rollers, holds the upper end ot
I the bed suspended. At one side of the
' standards is a wheel and gear by
which the head of the bed may be
f _ Taised or lowered to change the position
of the person occupying it. Running
up from the foot of the bed is a
T-ahaped bar to be placed under the
flegs of the patient, so that when the
?f bed is tilted at a steep angle he is
kept'from sliding downward, the bar
| beneath his legs giving him the feeling
of being in a reclining chair. Any
person who has been forced to lie
abed for any length of time, unable to
change his position, will appreciate
the relief such a bed will afford.
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Inflections of a Bachelor.
Finance is doing it with other peo(
pie's money.
The men who talk business the
most seem to do it the least.
When the average man pays back a
loan he acts as if a pickpocket had
gone through his clothes.
There is no use going into a political
campaign with any reputation, because
you won't have any when you
, come out.
.The grandest time a man has is describing
to his wife how an election is
' coming out, and the busiest explaining
why it didn't.?New York Press.
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REVE
Vegetarian?"If I get out of this
?rtoiii ruucu.
New Ticket Holder.
I Though It is useful at 30da fountl
j dins and all sorts of amusement par
lors, the ticket holder recemly de|V
signed by two Pittsburg men is of
it to Horses.
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TED AT MIDDLKPrTlG, TRANSVAAL,
the kind in the world.
rn. His faithful services to mankind
he erection of a monument at Middley
monument of its kind in the world,
jrds: "The greatness of a nation conts
people or the extent of its territory
lpassion." At the base are the words:
:ognition of the services of the gallanl
-Boer War, 1899-1902."
Gold Mining in Maine.
Gold mining up in Byron, Oxford
County, seems to be getting down tc
systematic operations, a quartz crusher
with a capacity of 150 to 200 tons
a day being installed at the mine or
Houghton Stream, a new store buill
and a mill of 180x80 feet planned foi
the near future. Mr. McCrillis, o!
mining fame, is camping with twc
other mining sharps on the Easl
Branch, and the little minitig boom is
on the increase.?Oxford County Advertiser.
No Speed Limit Here.
Motorists who have been prevented
by rural constables from making the
speed they desired over country roads
may find an outlet for their spirits or
the auto scenic railroad designed by s
West Virginia man. On this road
they may speed to*their heart's content,
with never a fear of running intc
a ditch or hitting a gully, and withoul
the prospect of killing a pedestrian
which may be either a relief or i disappointment,
according to the disposition
of the automobilist. The autc
railroad consists of a track, with a
slot In the centre, like the old-fashioned
cable slot. The cars are mod.eled
after the ordinary motor runabout,
and are operated by a bar thai
runs through the slot and is connect
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No Pedestrians ia Way.
ed with the steering wheel. This bar
has a T-shaped end that fits in the
slot and prevents the car from leaving
the track. For seashore resorts and
amusement parks this railroad .will
be found an exciting form of enterI
tainment.
NGE.
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C/fJ seM^>*7
I'll eat beef for the rest ot my days.
| rapidly growing moving picture show
1 business. The holder consists of a
j square box with hinged lid. Inside
I the box, on a partition that bi
sects it laterally, rests Uie roll of tickets.
On one side is a printing and
registering device which keeps an accurate
account of all tickets sold, so
that the cashier always knows what
the sales are up to date and can compare
them with the receipts, if necessary,
to discover any discrepancy that
there may be between the two. This
is made all the easier by the fact that
the lower part of the box is fitted
with a cash drawer. When the box is
not in use the lid can be fastened
down by means of a lock on front and
j the danger of loss from theft of tickJ
ets overcome.
Wasn't Neccssary.
!
i "Our family is awfully exclusive,"
said one little girl to another who
had just moved into the adjoining
flat. "Is yours?"
"Oh. no," replied the other. "We
haven't anything to be ashamed of."
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FOOLING FOOR <
S GRANDMOTHER
0OeO9MOMMUMO?ei
Dotty Dimple had been th<
family cat for eleven years, ;
now in -the enjoyment of a (
position and what should ha
a serene old age. These hone
gladly conceded to her by eve;
ber of the household except
less grandson of hers name
Bob had been, from the bi
rebel and an outlaw, and he
like one. Hig one eye was cl(
malevolent, and his general d<
was a combination of misct
sanctimonious pretension, am
savory was his reputation tha
attached misdemeanors were
ly laid to "that rascal Bob."
i In spite of his many blac
his cleverness won him manj
ers, and he swung through hi
with a reckless disregard of
approval of his relatives, hur
feline. His depravity had, du
six months preceding this stor
the form of teasing his granc
and so pertinacious had his
tion become that the usually
Dotty had on several occasioi
upon him with a ferocity seld
in her placid existence.
, One particularly obnoxiou
was to take a running jump <
back as she was pursuing a
promenade, a proceeding tha
' have cost him his life had
less nimble. He would make
. ing leap with a "whoop-la"
then ruslv for a distant fence
ha Timlin sit erinnins: with df
I the fury of Dotty.
^ Matters had gone on from
y frorse until / the atmosphe
charged with the smell of b
. the time. To preserve pea
"{ had been retired from the he
. almost entirely, but on this
' vigilance slept, and in the al
, he sauntered into the kitch
(L mischief in his eye. His gram
l was in her favorite chair, slee
sleep of old age. Her head hs
over the edge of the chair, he
j was slightly open, she was
I and she was dead with sleep.
Bob sat and surveyed her f
time with his bad-boy air). '
[ rose, very stealthily worked
) over to the chair, and raising
i high enough to bring his mou
l to her ear, yelled a bloodi
"miau" into it, and retreated
I tately toward the door, wl
watched developments.
> The crack of doom could hs
1 no more for poor Dotty. She
, bodily off the chair, spitting,
ing, and clawing at the cus!
a frenzy of fright.
> At last, panting, exhaust
i wide-awake, she caught sigh
tormentor, who immediately
- scene, and saved his skin
reaching a fence which was
: her enfeebled powers.
The truth of this story is
by one who witnessed the wl
sode. After this prank Bob
| an exile from home until hit
mother was gathered to her f
?Youth's Companion.
WORDS OP WISDOM
i
The only thing constant
man's heart is its constant ch;
There is a season when ev<
a woman kisses her husband
for his pocketbook and grapp
his heart with hook3 of steel.
One carat of engagement
1 worth a pound of promises.
When love is done a man s
heart, but a woman merely
hers.
; Before marriage we get th
of love and'then wonder why
to live on skimmed milk for
terward.
The only way to live happ
a husband is to let him kn
you can live happily without J
A woman has no reason, bu
who wants to doanythinghe si
do aLways has at least a aozei
It is unlucky to give a kr
thing sharp?even a sharp an:
A married man never api
the symphony of love unless 1
lowed to lead the orchestra ^
wife plays second fiddle.
A woman is such a helple
thing that most men fancy i
be impossible for her to vote
hand and curl her hair with ti
The man who courts troubl
times enas Dy marrying u.
From the state of coma int
most husbands sinks it lo
though after marriage "love
song" must lapse into a lullal
Flirtation is the bubble J
glass, love the wine, marri
dregs and divorce the headac
yet most of us keep on calling
other glass!
A man is always shocked i
discovers that the woman I
makes up her face, but he i
| utterly .disgusted until he fit
I she also has a way of making
I mind.?Helen Rowland, in t
York World.
The Toga's Cost.
Senator Piles, of Washing
C., who called at the White
estimated that it will have c
close to $500,000 to have bee:
ted States Senator for one ter
years. Senator Piles said thai
not be a candidate for rewhen
his term expires in Marc
He said he could have made
$100,000 a year practicing la1
attle, and could have come
Senate about 1911 and have
there as long as he wante<
Piles said that already there
eral candidates in the field to
him. Former United States
John L. Wilson, proprietor of
attle Post-Intelligencer; W.
Cormick, of Tacoma, and Judi
Burke, of Seattle, are all mon
after the toga, he said.
Old-Time Hospitality.
An old-fashioned -woman
think she has observed all tl
of hospitality unless she a
guests to have chicken ten til
tatoes six times and bread I
THE PULPIT.
? ? AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
? DR. ROBERT BRUCE HULL
>e?eio
3 petted Theme: The Christian Ideal.
md was Brooklyn, N. Y.?Dr. Robert Bruce
lignifled Hull, for many years pastor of the
ve been j Greenwood Baptist Church, Sunday
>rs wore morning preached his inaugural
ry mem- sermon an pastor of the Sumner
a grace- Avenue Baptist Church, corner of De d
Bob catur street. His subject was "The
joirot o Christian Ideal." He took as his
,i v texts Matthew xx:2 8, "The Son of
s looKea ^jan came n0[ to be ministered unto,
;ver and j but to minister and to give His life as
smeanor i a ransom l'or many," and Romans
lief and J viii: y: "If any man hath not the spirit
1 so un- | of Christ he is none of His." He
t all un- 6a^> among other thing3:
n _t. Jesus Christ on earth was the Ideal
1 Man. His life was the ideal life. Our j
manhood and our lives will be Ideal j
k deeds as we approach in our actions to the j
r admir- pattern He has set. The purpose of j
s career the life of Jesus was service and sac- ;
the dis- riflce. This must, therefore, be the !
nan and purpose of every true disciple. Othrine
the erwIse the denunciation of the great j
n apostle is over us and we hear the
y, taKen terrible words, "If any man have not
[mother, the spirit of Christ he Is none of His."
persecu- On this day, when we begin our labor
amiable together as pastor and people, It is
is fallen well that we should all bear in mir?d
om seeD that the purpose of this Christian life
is service. The word minister Means
1, precisely this. Your "servant for
Jesus sake" was the title Paul gave
Dver ner himself in writing t.o the Corinthian
stately Church. This is the ideal which, by
,t would God's help, I shall keep before my
he beeD own eyes, and this same Ideal of the
the fly- Christian life I shall in all my minisair,
and try seek to present to you. I can ask
5 where you to do n?thing nobler or higher
/ji_ht at than the examPle of Christ and I dare
' s not place before (you anything lower
than this. ,
i bad to I There is dignity in this service. The '
re was ; law of God's own being is to give Is
attle all ; Himself to others. Because He is om- !
ce, Bob i nipotent He creates. Because of j
rnse life > abounding strength He works. Of i
' Him Jesus says: "My Father worketh j
occas o i ijitberto and I work." We have this '
[ternoon principle, therefore, that the most '
en with eminent are those who most eminentimother
ly serve. The well known motto of
ping the the Prince of Wales, "Ich> Dein," I
id fallen serve, is an illustration in point. All
r mouth Srpat souls delight in service. Eli
jah's constant motto was, "The Lord
B' God before whom I stand," and thus
standing before God and in His server
some jce ^e could defy kings, priests and
rhen he peoples. David rejoiced to say. "Truhis
way iy I am Thy servant." Go through
himself ' the great names of Bible stories or
ith close secular history and one and all are esriiitiz
teemed because of service rendered. I
. The more of self-sacrifice there is in
prec p - tlie serv|ce the more nearly it apiere
he pr0aches the ideal and the more surely
it is honored of men and esteemed
ive done of God. Lowell sings truly:
flew up Count me o'er earth's chosen heroes;
coi-aom. Thev were men that stood alone.
kTrJ^TTr, While the men they agonized for |
Qions in Hurled the centumelioua Btone.
Jesus service culminated in giving .
,ed and His life as a ransom for many. This
t -of her is the highest service; we honor sol- j
fled the diers, not because they fight, but be- |
only by cause they are willing to die. When j
beyond Moravian missionaries are willing to
enter a leper colony and brave a leper's
death that they may save some,
asserted they manifest again the spirit of the
lole epi- Master whom they serve. When Garbecame
ibaldi's men asked him what their rej
grand- ward Bhould bo for service in his
orbears. army, he is* reported to have said;
"You will suffer hunger. You will go
barefoot over rough ways. You will
be clothed in rags. You will have
sickness, wounds and death, but Italy
will be free." The noble Italians
about a shouted: "We are the men! We are
ange the men!"
Even to-day with pageants by sea
jry time and iand, with booming guns and
he feels ringing cheers, with breeze-blown ban
les 11 to tiers ana marvelous lnuminauuiis, we
celebrate the heroic bravery of the
rine is discoverer and the persistent toll of
the inventor. In every human heart
there is a God-implanted admiration
seals hie for service and sacrifice.
conceals Such effort represents love, the
mightiest force in the universe. God
could compel service, but, as He has
e cream macje us jje cannot compel love. It
we have js iove that is needed more than servever
af- ice. If there be first a loving heart,
though the service be imperfect, yet It
ilv with ls aPPreciated- Soldiers have perthftt
f?rmed duty at the point of the comow
tnat mander'8 pistol, but they were not healm.
roes God does not forceps to hatet
a man ful tasks, but says: "Son. daughhouldn't
ter? glye Me thy heart." The service
of the Christian, the service of
this Church, is to be Christlike. Not
rer any- for seif( for advantage or glory
swer. as an organization, but for God and
,reciates humanity are we to live and labor,
be is al- Tbis effort 13 to g^en to help the .
... , . ! lowest as well as the highest. Our
Lord's disciples were amazed that He
would talk to a poor sinful woman
iss little who was a Samaritan. Their exclut
would siveness and their pride would have
vith one Passed ber by witb contempt. Not so
te other- JesusHe
came to give His life a ransom
le some- f0r many. His work was to save that
which was lost. For the lost He made
o which atonement. For the lost Ho sends
, out His disciples to preach. For the |1
^ * sake of the lost He declares: "Lo. I !
s sweet am witj1 you aiway ?> our Christian j
W* life is to be like His. Yes, our Chris- i
in life's tian life is to be like His. "Christ
ase the in us- the hope and glory." We are
he and not imitators. The Christ
f 'r or. *n US work as Jesus did.
; ior an- spjrjt 0f Christ will manifest
Itself In the earnest and loving servhen
he vice of all men from the lowest to <
le loves the highest. It is said that over the
is nevei gate to Plato's academy were these
ids that words: "Let no one enter here who
, k does not know geometry." That was
'. M the crown and pride of earthly wisae
isew dom (
mi? ?S-1L -e "Wtiri.
me spirit ul VviiiiaL oa,<ii. ??
floever will may come." and "Him i
that cometh to Me I will in no wise
. D cast out." Becauoo God knew the
>ion, u. nee(j 0( human souls. He came to
House, eartii in the person of Jesus Christ,
ost him Because we were dead in trespasses
a a Uni- and sin, He became our sin-bearer,
m of six Because we were helpless and hope;
he will less He gave His life for us. Be fiiprtinn
cause of that eternity before us, He
. 1911 lived our life and died our death that
* * we might triumph over death and
at least heil and reign with Him forevertv
in Se- more.
to the This is the message of Christianity
! stayed to the world.
d. Mr. 1
are sev- Your Face Shine.
succeed Communion with God has the efSenator
fect making us joyous. The Lord
t-hp cP. does not like to see any of His dis?
M " ciples looking sad. * * When
" * men seek to entice you to forego ccmje
Thos. rnunion with God and to follow the
i or less world with them, let your face shine
with the brightness that comes from
your communion with the Master,
and they, will cease to trouble you.
Christians can sometimes do more by
doesn t gaining for God than by speaking for
le rules Him.?Andrew A. Bonar.
sks her J
lies, po- The world delights in sunny peo-i
twice.? pie. The old are hungering for love'1 i
The
Sunday=School
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOK JAISUAK* Li3.
Subject: True Blessedness, Matt. 5:
1-10?Commit to Memory
Verses 2-0.
]
GOLDEN TEXT.?"Blessed are the
pure in heart, for they shall see God."
Matt. 5:8.
TIME.?Midsummer A. D. 28.
PLACE.?Horns of Hattin. i
EXPOSITION.?I. How to Bo
Happy, 1-12. In this lesson Jesus
answers the great question that man
is ever asking, How to be happy.
Jesus points out eight classes whom
God pronounces happy. They are not i
those whom the world esteems happy. <
Indeed they are in part those whom
the world esteems most unfortunate. '
But time has justified, and eternity
will more abundantly justify .the
declarations of Christ. (1) The first
class are "the poor in spirit," i. e., the 3
lowly in heart, those who recognize
their need and are contrite and hum- 1
ble in spirit (comp. Ps. 34:18; 51: <
17; Prov. 29:23; Isa. 57:15; 66:2; :
Phil. 3:3). Theirs is the kingdom of 1
heaven. The good of this present 1
evil age belongs to the self-assertive
and self-esteeming; the good of the
coming age belongs to the self-re- i
nouncing and self-abhorring. The \
door of the kingdom is only open to
those who realize their utter pioral I
poverty and humble themselves in >'
the dust (Jas. 4:9, 10; 1 Pet. 5:6;
Luke 18:14; 1:53). The spirit of 1
the twentieth century is utterly opposed
to the poverty in spirit here described.
(2) The second beatitude 1
sounds equally strange. The "world's '
estimate is "blessed are those who 1
are not called to mourn; those who J
>i o it a nrv horon vnmenta and no sor
rows." "Not so," says Jesus, "deep
sorrow is one of the greatest blessings
of the life that now is." All who
have learned to know the deeper joys
that are in Christ, have been led into
them through great heart-aches. The
reason why those who mourn are
happy is because "they shall be comforted."
It is "the God of all comfort"
Himself who comforts them
(2 Cor. 1:3, 4). (3) The third class
who are happy are the "meek," i. e.,
the humble, gentle and mild as distinguished
from the self-assertive
and contentious and harsh (1 Cor.
4:21; 6:1; Eph. 4:2; 2 Tim. 2:23;
Tit. 3:2). The world's thought is
that there is no chance for the meek
man in a selfish, hustling age like
this; and that his gentle voice can
never be heard amid the universal
clamor. Jesus says, "they shall inherit
the earth" (comp. Ps. 37:11;
Isa. 57:13). Certainly they are the
most fit, and it will be a happy day
for the earth when they do. Even
now the words of the meek travel
farthest and are remembered longest.
Many a man who has had a message;
has failed to get the world to listen
to it, because of his self-assertive and
censorious manner in declaring it.
How we cry to God for something
more, something higher, deeper,
more perfect! How we long to be
perfectly like Him, between whom 1
and ourselves we see so wide a difference!
Jesus says, "you shall be
filled." But if one is satisfied with
present attainment, there is nothing
more for him (Luke 1:53). (5)
"The merciful." Mercy is that genu- '
ine loving kindness toward the needy
that leads to helpful action in their
behalf. The man who helps others in j
their distress, will be helped of God '{
in his own distress (Luke 3:68; Ps, j
41:1). On the other hand, he who
has a deaf ear to the cry of the j
needy will find that God has a deaf ,
ear when he cries to Him (Prov. 21: i
13; Matt. M8:23-35). (6) The next ,
happy ones, "the pure Ln heart." ,
Theirs in the supreme blessedness, 3
"they shall see God." God is infinite (
beauty and infinite glory in personal ,
manifestation. The joy of beholding ,
the greatest masterpiece of art, the j
most wondrous landscape, the face of ,
most matchless beauty, is nothing to |
the joy of gazing into the face of ]
God. The pure in heart and they t
alone have this ineffable joy (Heb. <
11:14). A sinful heart makes a )
blind eye. The pure in heart al- ,
ready see God (Jno. 14:19, 21, 23), ,
but "in a glass darkly," but in the j
coming day "face to face" (1 Cor. ,
13:12). (7) "Peace makers," their ]
blessedness is because "they shall be <
called sons of God" (R. V.). The j
God of the Bible is "the God of ,
peace" (Ro. 15:33; 16:20; Phil. 4: ]
? TJrvU "I 9 9 A ^ Qnrfllv fhon tVm !
?7 p X1CU. XU?*dU/$ wiui vaj vuvu vuv | j
peace makers are justly called His (
sons, On the other hand one who {
stirs up strife must be son of the
devil. All discord and strife has entered
the world through the devil.
The wisdom that leads to bitter envy,
ing and strife "is earthly, sensual. (
devilish." Those who are persecuted t
for righteousness' sake, upon them a ,
two-fold happiness is pronounced. .
II. The Disciples of Jesus the Salt <
of the Earth and the Light of the ,
World, 13-16. Believers in Christ ]
are the salt of the earth, it is they ,
who keep human society from spoil- ?
ing and who give a proper savor to J
It. Salt loses its savor by becoming
mixed with earth. The Christian
i ~ ? 1* J <- Ktr nnw nwAm Jalnrr TtritVt
IUSCS ills aavui uj v>n-/iuj./i uuitom^ unu i
the world. They are then good for |
nothing but to be cast out and trodden
under foot of man. Believers are
not only salt that preserves but light
that illumines. Jesus is the "Light of
the world" (John 8:12). and we by
receiving Him become lights to the
world also. It is our business to let
our light shine before men. We do
not need to make it shine, God does
that, but we should lec it shine.
Vanderbilts in "Mop."
At Wichita. Kan., Cornelius Vanderbilt
announced that the Vanderbilts
have become financially interested
in the Missouri Pacific Railroad
and he confirmed the rumor that ho 1
has been made a director of the com- (
pany. Just when this change in the s
directorate of the Missouri Pacific 1
was made he declined to state, but he
specified that he had become a di- t
rector "very recently." i
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11
Student Indicted For Counterfeiting, j
Williatn Lake, of Richwocd. a stu- ! j
dent in the Ohio State University, and ! j
George H. Reed, of Bowling Green,
were indicted at Toledo for counterfeiting.
They were arrested last summer
while working as bell boys at a *
hotel at Put-in-Bay, charged with j
manufacturing counterfeit quarters
with which they played the slot ma- 1
chines.
t
Mrs. Morns licft $3,500,000. ' *
According to an appraisor's inven- f
tory. the estate of the late Mrs. Sarah ?
Morris, widow of Nelson Morris, at J
Chicago, is valued at $3,551,982, ex- (
L.
THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGADNA
CONCERTED ATTACK ON DRINK
WINNING ALL ALONG LINE.
What It Costs.
Taking the lowest possible view o*
It, whisky-drinking does not pay.
The story is told of a successful
business man with a salary of $7500,
who believed that good fellowship,
no less than .the necessity of business,
required that he should drink with
his customers. But at the end of each
year he discovered that he was saving
no money. After paying his living
expenses there was nothing left.
Then he decided to keep an accurate
expense account. 'Without
changing his bibulous habits he put
down the price of every drink. At
the end of thirty days he was amazed
to find that he had spent $300 for
liquors. The little memorandum book
showed precisely what he had spent
over the bar, in "treating the house,"
wine suppers, cabs, when treating !
Ubums," etc.
He quit.
The motive in his case was not the
highest, in the world, but it was effective.
Mr. Workingman, if you drink,
have you ever counted the actual
cost in dollars and cents? Saloonkeepers
say their largest support
comes from men of labor. Is that
true? It is stated on good authority
that from one-third to one-half the
wageB of workingmen in this country
go over the bar. Is that true? If
so, how much are youicontributing?
If one-third to one-half of your wages
goes to the saloon proprietor, you are
Bpending proportionately as much as
the man who spent $300 a month.
Can you afford that?
v Keep an expense account for a
month. Figure up how much they
are taking from your wife and children
to give to the wife and children
Df .the saloon man. The amount will
probably surprise you.?Des Molpes
Daily News.
Beer and Students. .
- "This I can affirm, that in Germany,
Switzerland and Austria; yes,
and in France, a large part of the intellectual
power of our academic
youth is actually drowned in beer,
wine and absinthe. The ridiculous
drink compulsion and idiotic vainglory
at the drinking festivals German
students have introduced are
undoubtedly the most hideous deformity
In our civilized country. At the
same time they are a revelation of
ihe mental deficiency than which they
wild hardly have inherited one more
3illy. v
"They, call it jovial. Yes, a pretty
joviality, with its accompaniment of
palsied tongues, staggering, fighting,
vomiting and the 'katzendammer,' in
which the most colossal imbeciality
is applauded, and the most vulgar
beastliness and misdemeanors are excused
and glossed over.
"Gentlemen, I believe there is only
sne way to work out of our academia
legradation: By organizing total abstinence
societies among the stulents."?Prof.
August Forel.
Although of all pations the German
has the' greatest capacity for
culture, the general culture of the
highest classes is undergoing frightful
retrogression because of the' beer
consumption the student youth is affording
neither time nor sobriety for
what is demanded by the advanced
requirements to. prepare for professional
life.?Prdf. Von Hartman.
What Fills Oar Prisons.
Rev. Dr. Hall, of Burlington, an- ;
lious to find out if possible what per
sent, of crime results from drink,
jays:
"I wrote direct to the State prisons
In New York State asking what per
lent, of the inmates were addicted
to the use of intoxicating liqifors, and
what per cent, were in prison as a remit
of the drink habit. From Danaemora
this comes: 'Ninety-sii per
:ent. of the men who came to this
prison during the year just closed
were adicted to the use of intoxicating
liquors. From personal interviews
with the convicts themselves,
taking their own statements as the
basis of my conclusions, I should say
seventy-five per cent, of the inmates
3f this prison came here as the direct
result of the drink habit.' As you
may know, New York sends the worst
;lass of her criminals to this institution.
Auburn replies: 'Eighty-two
per cent, of the men received here
ast year used beer and liquor. Considerably
more than half of the numser
had parents, one or both of whom
were addicted to the use of alcoholic
leverages. I believe it to be the most
prolific cause of crime, especially
;rimes of violence.' Sing Sing reports
ibout the same per cent."
' Physicians Aid Temperance.
Addressing the National Woman's
Christian .Temperance Union convenion
at Omaha, NeT>., on "Mecfical
remperance." Mrs. Martha M. Allen,
superintendent oi' that department,
said that the growth of temperance
sentiment among the medical pro
.ession naa Deen remarKaDie. me
jse of alcoholic liquors in hospitals,
>he said, had become very small comlarod
with several years ago.
Weakened by Alcohol.
Dr. Bertillon, the eminent French
/ital statistician, has shown that
:uberculosis is twice as prevalent
imong the retail liquor dealers of
Prance as among other shopkeepers.
He attributes it to the fact that the
ilcohol which they handle and use all
lay long weakens their bodies and
;hus renders them more susceptible
:o the disease germs.
Tempcrance Notes.
One-eighth of the adults in Dennark
belong to total abstinence
inions.?Chevalier Dalhoff, Denmark.
There is a sentiment growing In
:his land that says the home must
lorae before the saloon. That the
saloon must go and the home must
,ive.
Account is rarely taken by the
iverage voter of the greatest evil of
ill; the hardship, misery and suffer,ug
the rum traffic entails upon the
,vives and children of its victims.
The saloonkeeper Is no better and
10 worse than the people who legalize I
lis business.
Young persons dining with friends
)ften are persuaded to take the first
itep on the way to drunkenness by
fielding to the invitation of their
lostess to partake of a glass of home
nade wine.
Mason Trowbridge, who is one of
;he District Attorney's assistants,
laid in a recent address that New
fork City spends $25,000,000 a year
ighting the evils caused by rum. Ha
laid that if saloons were abolished irt
;he State there would be a third less
;rime. pauperism and lunacy.
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Mojy Wr^wjg^g^| ^ *
A CALL TO THE CHURCH.
Brethren, awake! The time of deep i* ^
o'er;
The coming Lord is eren at the doaf! . vjj
Redeem each moment as it passes by;
No longer let the Church in slumber lie. . ' ^
The prince of darkness holdeth still bir \
sway,
And souls from God are wandering fat 1 h
away; v/-^
By countless wiles and error's maze* led, <.
Destruction's broad and easy road they '
tread.
Oh, let them not unwarned to ruiii go,
Thoughts and affections set on th^pgB b?? ; ,.g
J"w? ,1 tfj
Let each endeavor lovingly to save . V &
The heedless . sinner from a Christie? eg
grave. V/
You who are looking for the Lord's 'return, ' >
See to it that your lamps do brightly bum,' 38
That others, too, "that blessed hope" may '' s
share,
And earnestly to meet their God prepare., v'%
Be faithful witnesses for Him, and true \:;j%
To one and all with whom you have to do; j'A
And know, if thus each talent you Employ,
He -will appear to your exceeding la$. .
?Thos. Cawley, in London Chnttian.
Soul Prosperity.
T wish above all things that thou
mayest prosper and be In health, eyea
as thy soul prospereth.?IILr, John/'
1:2.
Soul welfare demands an honest,
active mind. Ignorance is not of It- \ ?j
self sinful, but it Is the fruitful
in which many forms of sin flourish.
There may be, however, a Kind ot
knowledge which is worse tbfca ig- 7^3
norance. "If the light that,is ffr thea - ^
be darkness, how great is that' dark- ? '! *
ness?" Where the whole truth is 1
not eagerly welcomed soul prosperity
Is an impossibility. One-sided knowi*
edge will inevitably develop onB-sidei: * jf?
souls and one-sided institutions. Of
the other hand, intellectual cfcndoni?s|
stripped of bias and prejudice,. would &??
lead to astonishing results. The lonf; ,/tjj|
Indulged dream of church unity, fot
example, will be realized when thf j'is
day of intellectual honesty dawns, ; $1
Normal and healthv feelines art
also essential to soul health, vfeut It?$38
is possible to turn fiction, tho drama^ ;;|g
life's daily experiences and even re?
llgion itself into fields of em?tlona)
dissipation. One of the functions ot ry
the feelings is to set us thinking. 21
we habitually refuse to heed them the
normal feelings of gladness, sympathy i
and indignation for injustice die out.' ^
of the soul. Indignation against era .
and enthusiasm for rJghteousn&s be- .
come alike impossible. ^ ,
A strong, resolute will is al$o necessary
to soul health. Mere wishes or
desires should not be mistaken for
purposes. Regulate and control th?
desires and the rest is comparatively
easy. The wrong purposes
dominate a soul were in the first place
merely wrong wishes.. Paul wrote, "I '
can do au tmngsr tnrougn mm wno
strengtheneth me." He had discov- . frvsj
ered the secret of soul power.. Thh^,|S[
must be sought, not in ourselves
alone, hut In the moral and spiritual > if
reinforcement arising from the sens? ;
of favor and friendship on thi? partof
theSupreme Being?God. *3
Prosperity of soul demandi sou* . $
growth. Growth is the replacing of * '?:?
worn out tissues with new and greater
supplies. Soul force consumed
/ vanquishing temptation Is replace?
py renewed and increased force, and
this Is soul growth. All growth projoeeds
from rudimentary stage to ')
formative, and from that to maturity, #?
and from maturity to the culture
stage. This is the goal in every field.
The wnrfcman Alms to become eZDWt^.T^I
and the scholar to become cultured.
The progress of the soul should not
stop short of the culture stage.
In spring the blossom comes and
goes, but leaves a tuft of green which,
rounding out to the full, becomes the ?j $
solid apple. The mellowing proces* 3
comes, and acid* which bitterly an?;<H|
tagonized each other blend into on? f-'-M
delightful flavor, while the tough* J.S
woody substance becomes a mass of
luscious crystals. Thus the principlei f |
of the soul, its knowledge, its faith, >1
its emotion, its purposes, all blend Is
the prosperous soul into &ne mellow
and pleasing personality, of which
only is it safe to pray, "Mayest thonr
prosper in all things, even as thy soul
prospers." ? Rev. A. Mjicdonald .'-"-f
Reoch, Forest Avenue Congregational iffl
Church, New York, in Sunday Herald, j?
Looking Unto Jesus.
It 13 not without significance that ^
the writer to the Hebrews associates IB
"looking unto jesus wuu iue tuuut- E|
tlons of prize winning in the Chris- , 3
tian race. The word translated "look- , J
ing" has deep emotion In it. It sug- : 3nl
gests the elements of surprise and ryil
rapture, the kind of looking which I
carries one away and renders one inr I
sensible to all other objects of at- ~1
traction. By this kind of looking OPQ-Jji
has no concern for "witnesses," or yH
"weights," or even the "besetting
sin," but in an inspired intensity one I
speeds along mindful only of the goat
who is also the prize. The spedflc-jftfl
for earnestness in the Christian lite
is "looking unto Jesus." I
Eternity a Present Conocionsness I
"Thou hast put eternity in their
heart." No man c??n bound his lite* I
< with the years that pass between fl
birth and death. Even the child feels \M
impulses that were born centuries be- fl
for his time, and the old man passes I
out of life nursing hopes and seeing !
visions that belong to the ages to fl
come. Eternity dwells, in every hu- fl
nan lifo.?Christian Advocate. *fl
The Great Perils. fl
Man is ever placcd between two I
great perils, the peril of the dreamer
who lacks common sense, and the fl
peril of the materialist who never I
sees the vision. H
Is there a grief in your heart which!
groweth into a sore pain? Is there H
- -'k.wls.n, r.t a onminff unrrnw' Rfi
iX Siiauun ui ? w-ui??0 ?
member it is the shadow of God's i|
wing and therefore.a safe shadow, s
and creep closer under it, and yci
closer.?J, R. Miller.
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I
AVifc Seeks Separation From No. 3.'? *
At St. Loi".s, Mo., Mrs. George A.,
I Hiles, separated from two husbands
' by divorce, has sued for a third dei
cree. On a motion for alimony pending
a decision she testified that she
j was without means. Hiles testified
I fhot Via wqc a wMnwpr with five Chil- ..
dren when he married Mrs. Minnio
l Kraschneky seventeen months ago.*
[ He was encouraged to marry, he said. ^8
j by her promise to divide $900&
equally with him. He swore he hatf
never received any of the moneys
^ecisio^va^eserved^^^^^^^^^^B