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1 BABBIT SHOOTING FOR THE TOO:
I BIT" AT AN "ECOLE Bt
||j It is claimed that, with the aid <
iM rails on wheels by its own momentun
tm a practiced rabbit shot in a very short
9 %ients of the rabbit in "life" by the f<
behind bushes, behind small wicker ai
its "death" by the fact that, when h
turns a somersault. Obviously, the ra
London News.
Largest Projectile in (he World, j
The accompanying illustration is of j
more than ordinary interest from the i
fact that it shows the largest and |
heaviest projectile in the world, being j
the huge five-foot armor-piercing
Largest Projectile in the World.
shell fired from the United States
^Government's great sixteen-inch rifle.
This giant shell and powerful gun are
^considered two of the most destruc~
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Mrs. Gush-?"Your boy is the ima
Mr. Blank?"Do you reaAly thli
"know."?New York Mall.
Stocking Stays Up.
A self-supporting stocking that wi#!
.stay up without the use of a garter
hfts been devised by a New York man.
Thus far the principle has been ap
Band Fits Over Calf.
nlied only to half-hose, and whether
it would be practicable in women's
stockings is ?. question. The support
FIRING AT A METAL "RUNNING RAB< "
; [BASSE," NEAR PARIS. s
if this metal rabbit, which runs along
1, it is possible for any one to become
time. Realism is added to the move- ?.
let that during its "run" it disappears
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ches, and so on. Realism is added to of
it properly, it leaps into the air and th
ils are on sloping ground.?Illustrated "I
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tive and deadly engines of warfare if
in existence. The monster sixteen- su
inch rifle, the only one built so far, in
is now at the Sandy Hook Proving w:
Grounds, and has only been fired a th
few times. The huge shell of steel th
can be hurled a distance of twenty ge
miles, or more, and weighs 2400 pc
pounds. The powder charge is nearly w:
5UU pounas. me cost, 01 iirmg uuw 10
shot reaches in the neighborhood of ar
$1000. It is not probable that this m
type of gun will be used, but rather l.
the fourteen-inch, for the main coast be
defenses of the Panama Canal and ?
possibly the Philippines. This formidable
and long range weapon
though capable of firing so tremendous
a projectile is too costly and
fires too slowly for modern warfare. ol.
?Scientific American. w.
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Realizing Editor's Ideals. B<
When a man pays down his dollar ?*
for a year's subscription to his home
paper, or for advertising in its col- 0lJ
umns, he is at the same time adver- ot
Using his home town to the outlying
country and neighboring cities. The in
more a newspaper's subscription and pa
advertising increase, the more fea- Sli
tures .the publisher can add, the va
faster he can improve his mechanical
equipment, the moro nearly can he w<
come to realize his ideals of news- ex
paper makiDg.
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)F HEREDITY. ~
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(C <3+-n > iT* re
ge of you, Mr. Blank." .
ik so? lie's only my stepson, you r
ki
ing section fits around the calf, and it
might not hold above the knee. A co
double band, with the lower part at- m
tached to the stocking at opposite 116
points, acts as the supporter. This
band fits around the calf, and when se
stretched up it takes a firm grip on JC
the leg, supporting the stocking as m
well as any garter. For use with
knee-length drawers a supporter of in
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this kind is unusually desirable, as it
is much more comfortable than a rubber
or leather garter which has metal
joints. Many men who would otherwise
wear this cool type of under gar- to
ment are deterred from so doing be- u?
cause they do not like the feel of the co
old-style garter on the bare leg. th
it
King Albert, the new monarch of
Belgium, devotes two hours every of
day to the study of mechanical en- is
gineering. He drives his own auto- e?
mobile, and, what is more, he can re- cj
pair it when anything gets out of
order. tl]
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"Walk slowly! Eat less," are Dr. Vi.
Osier's direCions for middle-aged t<
persons who want to live long.
A BROOM FOR THE STOMACH."
0 the French Call Parsley?Pumpkin
Rich in Phosphorus.
The French have a saying that
parsley is a broom to sweep the
;omach." Lettuce is u nerve food,
adishes build tissue and are rich in
hosphorus. also in iron.
Horseradish contains a higher permtage
of sulphur than all the other
sgetable roots, soimch ranking nex-:
1 value. Spinach ilso contains a
.rge proportion of iron.
A mayonnaise dressing with letice
is especially desirable for thin
2ople, but for the overplump French
ressing is to be recommended. The
ition of vinegar on the digestive orms,
however, is not to be consid ed.
The acid of lemon juice is
eferable.
While apples are a most excellent
uit for brain building, which phosicrus
aids in, the humble pumpkin.
;secrated to the uses of pie and
ick-o'-lanterns, holds the prize,
umpkin rates 2.79 in phosphorus,
hile apple is but .45.
When in search for this special eleent
take up a pumpkin diet. But
) winter squash would stand the
ime analysis it can be used as a vegable
in many varieties and thus the
?eded phosphorus supplied. Cuccm::rs
rank next in phosphorus value
i pumpkin, being 2.08.?Vegetarian
agazine.
Conscience vs. Art.
Thomas Nelson Page, in the smok?
? ^ DnUin rooforl fho
g rfJUUl U1 I, lie oaiui., wunagi.vu ~ |
terary and the scientific temperaents.
"But a letter will best bring out
y point," said the famous author.
Sfou've heard, of course, of Tennym's
poem, 'The Vision of Sin.* Well,
1 eminent mathematician wrote
snnyson, on the appearance of his
>em, a letter that ran like this:
" 'Dear Sir?I find in a recent poem
yours entitled "The Vision of Sin,"
e followingunwarranted statement: i
3very moment dies a man, and 1
rery moment one is born." I need
irdly point out that this calculation, 1
correct, would tend to keep the
,m total of the world's population (
a state of perpeutal equipoise, t
hereas, it is an established fact that i
e said population is constantly on I
e increase. I would, therefore, sug- !
ist that in the next edition of this
tern that erroneous calculation to
hich I refer should be corrected as
llows: "Every moment dies 4 man, i
ud one and a sixteenth is bom." I
ay add that the exact figures are
167, but something must, of course, 1
t conceded to the laws c>? rhythm.' " |
-Washington Star.
They Don't Chew Gum. i
I have passed a summer in Europe <
ithout flies or mosquitoes, and withit
seeing rows of pasty faced girls !
liting their turn to ruin their stomhe
at soda water fountains. In ,
;rlin, Paris and London and the rest |
Europe a druggist's is a pharmacy, i
lien people drink soda it is poured I
it of bottles in a cafe, and there are 1
her beverages and I have passed a 1
mmer out of sight of that everlastg
oscillation of the jaws that accom- ,
nies the everlasting chewing of ,
im, in the street cars, on the ele- i
.ted, in the parks, in the restau- I
nts, everywhere you turn. If I j
ire asked if in any* respect Europe
ueis luc uiulcu uwico, jl wuuiu. OU.J
once. "Yes. the people do not chew (
im."?London Letter to New York ,
in..
Mosquitoes Stop Sawmills.
Lake Charles has been suffering 1
om the worst mosquito plague 1
lown in the last twenty-five years,
le mosquitoes were brought up
Dm the marshes by strong south ,
nds and hindered outdoor work, i
erations being practically suspend- I
at some of the sawmills because of I
eir presence. Live stock is sufferg
greatly, and travel in the country
practically impossible. The same
ague rages at Grand Lake and |
ickberry, south of here, but Cam- |
on at the south of the river is rented
to be almost free of the pests. 1
New Orleans Picayune. 1
A Thirty-Four Inch Soldier.
"Julien Touchard de Mauves. le 1
us petit conscrit de France." Such
is the announcement placarded upi
the windows of a. shop on a fete
.y in the town of Argentan in 1
ance during last summer. By payg
a small charge one might enter
id look upon this extraordinary lit>
man.
By English calculations he is tliir- I
-four and a half inches in height
id weighs forty-four pounds. Al- j
ough he appears like a child of
ur, yet he is over twenty years of
;e. On the latter account he has
scessarily to respond to the call of
s country.?Strand.
In a Nice Cool Sewer.
It was a hot evening followicg a
gular scorcher of a day, and Casey
id the family were sitting out on the
ont porch trying to keep cool.
"Sure, 'twas an awful day in the
tchen," said Mrs. Casey.
"I have t' smile when I hear ye
mplainin' about the heat, for as a
atther iv fact, ye don't know what
?at is," said Casey.
"Oh, don't I, now?" said Mrs. Cay.
"Sure I'd change places with
>u any day, for while I'm workin'
'er a hot cook stove all day, I'm
inkin' iv th' fine picnic you're hav
vnrkin" down .there in that nice
ol sewer."?National Monthly.
Oiled Roads in Kansas. i
The Standard Oil Company offers
donate $700 worth of crude oil to
>e on a mile of road in different
unties. State Engineer Gearhart, of
e Kansas Agricultural College, says
will cost between $400 and $500
prepare a mile of road for the use
! oil. In Jackson County an effort
being made to raise the money necsary
to prepare the road for the
1.
It is claimed for the oil roads that
le process is permanent and that
h^n properly graded the roads shed
ater and never become muddy.?
:>pelca Capital.
~ THE PULPIT. \l
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AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY 1
THE REV. C. B. ETSLER. *
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Thenje: Christ-Consciousness.
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Brooklyn, N. Y.?Sunday morning
the Rev. Clarence Bartlett Etsler, ..
pastor of the Church of the Good Tid- w
ings, preached on 'The Essential Me- t]
dlation of the Christ-Consciousness." t]
The text was from I. John 5:10: "He
that believeth on the Son of God hath 1
the witness In himself." Mr. Etsler
said: J
la this day of skeptical spiritual t(
unrest and mental reconstruction, we
hear considerable speculation as to
the peson and place of Jesus Christ.
I want to convince you that questions ,
of Christ's genealogy and birth are
overshadowed in importance for us .
by the experience of His conscious ^
birth within our present lives. p
We ask no mar. to believe in Jesus
Christ as the Son of God upon historical
evidence alone, for such evidence
may not be satisfactory to all. But .
we do ask every man to believe on the
Son of God and the power of a Christlike
life, 'upon the witness of the J
Christ consciousness. "He that believeth
on the Son of God hath the '
witness in himself."
We do not ask men to give credence p
to external evidence, but we commend ,
to every raoul the Christ witness in .
himself. We ask some of our breth- ..
ren, what was the purpose of Jesus'
life, and they reply that He was God .
in human form seeking by His death .
and suffering to cancel mankind's .
debt unto Himself in a substitutional .
atonement of vicarious sacrifice,whatsoever
that may be. If Christ was ..
God and found it necessary to conform
to such a complicated process In ^
order to placate Himself, then we are
worshiping a God who violates our
conception of perfect justice. ^
But some will say: "Ah! then you *
deny the divinity of Christ?" No! p
most unmistakably, we do not. We
affirm He was divine and we affirm
the divinity of every created soul. |
We affirm Christ was divine and we ,
affirm the same for all mankind.
Christ's mission was to reveal the v,
trifoi truth that Ho and wi> and ever*v .
soul that lives are children - of the IL
living God. i
The consciousness of Christ was a
consciousness of His divine relationship
to God as Father and Son. Our consciousness,
the price of a complete j.
life, is a consciousness of our relationship
to Christ and fellowman as .
brothers all, and through that con- d
sciousness the supreme revelation,
like that which came to Him that we ,
are God's offspring, too. Not that ,
Christ was God. conceived of Himself
in any miraculous way, but that .
He was born as you and I, according
to God's established means of re-creation,
and that His heritage was the j
heritage we all receive of human evo- ^
lution and divine self consciousness,
How does Christ differ from oth<:r
men we ask? In this, His perfect con- w
sciouuness of sonship with God. But
does this explain His power to he;il ,
the sick and to speak peace unto trou- L
l>led souls, or are the recorded eviilences
of His seeming supernatural /g
power to be relegated to the realm of c
myth and legend? In the light of *
modern knowledge, we believe the
ieemingly inexplicable occurrences of
:he so-called miracles of Christ were
out the natural results of His supreme
Sod-consciousness. "Christ's Godconsciousness
callel to His Father ,
through all space. He sent His word ,,
and healed; the wind and waves .
obeyed His will, ft Is written that .
He touched the higher etheric vibrations
with the powerful thought of
His master mind and the thought ^
turned into wine and loaves and tv
Bshes?"higher intelligence projected hf
Into form through the God-consciou.s- jj.
aess."
But why may not we come forth- q
with into vital union with God; why dwith
Christ can we not attain to the bj
God-consciousness at once? Why
might not the art student create the
masterpiece of an Angelo? Why
might not the young wood worker
produce a Cremona or a Strad? Why is
might not a freshman engineer de- T
sign a Brooklyn Bridge? Why might ol
not the graduate from the pushcart w
brigade presume to pilot a Packard y(
aver the Vanderbilt cup course? uj
Must they not all receive a master's
Instruction and gain perfection by cc
their steady attention to trifles under st
the master's guiding hand? "For s
there is one God and one mediator bi
between God and man, the man cs
Christ Jesus." "0 God, Thou hast tt
searched me and known me, Thou art ol
acquainted with all my ways. There il
is not a word in any tongue but lo, ii
0 God, Thou knowest it altogether, ei
Such knowledge is too wonderful for sd
me; it is high, I cannot attain unto ?
it."
Such, in substance, is the complaint
of many who have sought the Godconsciousness
without the mediation
of Jesus Christ. And because they 01
have found it not they have said: U1
"It is too high for me, I cannot attain J
unto it, it is reserved for the favored "(
few." As sensible for the raw student ^
who fails to produce the masterpiece
to give up in hopeless despair. "Jesus
answered and said, if a man love Me h<
he will keep My words and My Father
will love him ard we will come unto *3
him and make our abode with him; a>
neither Xnoweth any man the Father 1)1
save the Son and he to whom the Sol
will reveal Him." *
We may repeat the affirmation that
we believe in the universal fatherhood
of God, but God-consciousness
can only come from within. Not all
the affirmation of a lifetime can take
the place of the internal evidence.
Our consciousness, however, is dependent
largely upon our objective ^
experience, it is gauged in; great
measure Dy our active reiauon 01 me
to eternal truth. How presumptuous,
then, to deny the essentiality of the
mediation of a Christ consciousness '
twict u:s and God. In Christ's life ?
habit there is revealed to us the atti- .
tude toward fellow men that is abso- (
lutely essential before God-consciousness
can be enjoyed.
Men who discount the place and
power of Jesus Chr.st a.-e seeking to
enter the cosmic consciousness with a
crude life habit that shuts them off
effectively from that infinite supply m
of God life and world power. As sens- m
ible for a man to flap his arms and
expect to fly, because skilled invent- w
ors have conquered the problem of
aerial flight, as for the novice to disdain
the mediation of .Tesus Christ.
If you would circle tnrougn tne
vaulted skies, go to a Wright or Cur- j
tiss and learn the principles of aerial ja
navigation to which you must relate w
yourself. If you would connect your
life with God's almighty power, go to
Jesus the Christ and learn from Him
the principles of right relation be- ai
tween man and man. Christ's human pi
nature is the factor that mediates us tY
to God. Christ-consciousness is the of
stage of development wherefrom we pi
reach up for God-consciousness. How ai
should the learner duplicate the per- ii
ormance of a Paderew?kt wnen ever
is simplest efforts produce a jangW
f discord? How attune oneself t(
he perfect melody of the Infinite
rhen we can't even strike a chord
hat vibrates in harmony with whai
re know of perfected humanity'
low expect the Inflow of peace anc
ower from the Infinite supply whet
re neglect the power Christ has re
ealed, that's dwelling: in us now?
The mediation of the Christ is i
nk between us and God withoul
'hich the chain is incomplete. "He
hat believeth on the Ron of God hatt
tie witness in himself." The Christ
onsciousness Is the full realizatior
f the weaving of human brotherhood
ot as a mere euphonious phrase witt
rhich to round out a platitude of glit;ring
generality but as a living facl
herebv we realize our active relation
) neighbor and our present dependnee
on the rare. It's easv enough tc
ill him brother whose life touches
ur own; it's no hard matter to feel
rotherly toward those who live on
ie same level with us. But the
hrist-cnnsciousness is more than
lat. When Christ bade men turn
3e other cheek unto the smiter. He
lav have seemed to us to preach a
octrine fit for no self-resnectine
tan. When He prayed unto His
eavenly Father for dtvine clemency
nto HI3 murderers and excused their
rime, we may have felt indignanl
nd loath to echo that nraver. Bui
ich are the ties of brotherhood thai
hrist sought to reveal. Not that we
Tould go about placarded with a
fingle which reads, "Kick me. I like
not that we should absolve our
iminals from remedial punishment,
t that our consciousness of brotherood
should be so strong that no
uman injustice can shake our faith
t its interdependent power. Tf such
compliance .as Jesus recognized to
es of brotherhood seem an easv
ractice in your daily life then indeed
du have attained the full Christmsciousness.
But if anger, or worr
and fear make you sometimes forif
f V? ff nf f Vinn 7
IUC 1 If, U to Ul. Ul Vl.li^l 4IUWU, ?.lib?l A
>mmend to you the witness of the
brist within.
But what's the use of all of this,
imeone may ask. "I try to live honst
and upright and useful and that's
.1 any man can do." Yes, but aren't
ju subject to worry and annoyance
metimes? Don't you ever suffer
lysical Infirmity, and wouldn't It be
orth while to banish the fear ol
lin and the worry of annoyance from
)ur life? Jesus healed lepers in
is day, but was not contaminated.
;sus cast out demons, but none of
lem entered into Him. The man
ith the unclean spirit cried out. sayg,
"Let us alone; what have we to
) with Thee. Thou Jesus of Nazasth?"
And Jesus rebuked him, say.
ig. "Hold thy peace and come out
him."
What have we, in our day and age,
i do with Thee, Thou Jesus of Naz eth?
We know Thee, who Thou
t, the Holy One of God. Have we
lysical imperfection or mental distse?
Learn from the master phy
clan, self-healing through the chan;1
of thine own soul by the Christ
itness in thyself. Christ's God>nsciousness
made Him immune to
lysical disease and mental contaon.
And to that same protecting
r>d-consciousness you and I can at.in
when we have mastered the
hrist-consciousness. God was in?ed
in Christ, reconciling the world
ato Himself, but the world can only
:ach that perfect reconciliation
irough keeping the words and works
! Christ the Son.
Belief in Christ is belief in the dlnity
of man. Belief in Christ is be?f
in salvation by character. Belief
. Christ is belief in eternal progress
om man on up to God. God hath
>t left Himself without witnesses In
rery age and nation and wherever
ie spirit of the Christ shows through
ie heritage of brute ancestry, there
?gins the consciousness that leads to
fe eternal.
Look within thyself for'witness to
hrist's power for life, and seize toly
the ever present opportunity for
avely going on.
"My Shepherd."
aay it over and over, to-day, "He
my Shepherd; He is my Shepherd."
his little word will make a paradise
' earth, and fill with glory the home
W/-.11 li-tra anH nl?Pf> where
>u work; in a word, it will lift you
? to where the Heaven fles.
The water-spider forms a sac-like
ittage and fills it with air; then
luts herself in and sinks into the
!a. She then anchors it and there
-ings forth her young. She practiilly
lives in an upper world, allough
surrounded by all the dangers
! the great deep. This is your privege,
for this day and every day to
ve in the very atmosphere of Heav1,
while working down here in the
n-tainted atmosphere of this world;
-J. Wilbur Chapman.
Cany Your Own Burden.
Sufficient unto most people is theii
vn burden. Do not pile your load
pon others. Do not distress "Mien]
ith your aches and pains, your
iubts and fears and forebodings,
o not tell them of your mental and
oral infirmities. They will find
lem out soon enough without your
?lp, and possibly will see them more
early than you do yourself. If there
a cloud in your heart do not let it
ipear in your face. Bear your own
irden bravely. Yon can lighten it
- - * '
y giving otners a iut. ? uieai
hougbts.
The Only Compelling Ideal.
The one ideal that is pure and peranent
and satisfying, the one ideal,
tat actually has had power to keep
self alive and prove itself victorious
Jer the disintegrating forces of sin
id death is the ideal in Jesus Christ,
he men and women who have built
pon that foundation have been the
;st men and women, and have left
?hind them the most enduring and
orious work, even in the very doain
where the human ideals have
;en erected as supreme. ? Henry
an Dyke.
Good Resolutions.
Resolved, to live with all my might
hile I do live.
Resolved, never to lose one moent
of time, but improve it in the
ost profitable way I possibly can.
Resolved, never to do anything
hich I should despise or think mean
of in another.
Kesoiveci, never to ao anyimng out
! revenge.
Resolved, never to do anything
should be afraid to do if it were the
st hour of my life.?Jonathan Edards.
Hold fast to the Bible as the sheel
ichor to your liberties. Write its
-ecepts on your hearts and practice
tern in your lives. To the influence
: this Book we are indebted for the
ogress made in true civilization,
id to this we must look as our guide
1 future.?Ulysses S. Grant.
i THE CRUSADE AGAINST DRINK
? , A<
PROGRESS MADE BY CHAMPIONS
FIGHTING THE RUM DEMON.
j Not a Harmless Luxury.
In concluding his address to the
German Abstaining Physicians, Proi
lessor Kraopelin said: R
t "Whoever understands the action ^
? of alcohol will certainly not look upon
i it as a harmless luxury (Genussmit- g
- tel). That is the conclusion to which Si
t the unbiased examination of its action E
I ^pon the mental life constantly leads. S]
i It must be admitted that there are F
- still many gaps in our knowledge of
t the subject yet to be filled. Our pres- g
i ent means of investigation extend so
. far, however, that there would be L
> little difficulty in completing our
t knowledge. This much is established
I to-day by means of modern investi- F,
t gation: That alcohol seriously in- jj
> jures the perception of external im?
i ! pressions and the association of ideas; N
i I that it .temporarily.promotes the im>
pulse to movement, but that it di- "J
l minishes the strength of muscular 0
; work in proportion to the exertion de- p
i manded; it also increases the sus'
ceptibility .to fatigue. The efTect of a g<
' single large dose lasts at least twen:
ty-four hours, and under some cir- A
i cumstances even forty-eight hours;
: the regular use of such doses proi
duces a continual diminution of ex- <
. ecutive ability, which is only very
> gradually restored and which leaves jj,
* behind for a long time afterward an g)
, Increased susceptibility to the effects jD
of alcohol. That is a clear scientific
1 knowledge. It alone furnishes us a hi
i standard with which to judge of the bi
influence which alcohol exerts upon fa
1 the mental life of our people." ui
- C?
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Which is Heathen? ej
At an important gathering in New tl
York City, the editor of a Chinese si
newspaper in San Francisco made an , tc
1 eloquent address, in which he pro- | h<
tested against our un-American ex- j in
' elusion of his countrymen from rights ' O
and privileges which other national- w
1 ities enjoyed within our boundaries, pi
1 He said: "You have singled out my io
| people from all human creation as hi
unworthy of your hospitality. You cl
[ let in the Italian, you let in .the Hun, ai
the Turk, the Jew and the Russian, cl
you let in the underworld of Europe w
and Asia?the idle, the ignorant and' vi
, criminal, and you shut out the peace- is
able and industrious Chinese, be- di
cause, you say, we are heathen and ta
smoke opium. You say the truth;
we are heathen and we do smoke w
opium; but you are Christian and you tl
drink whisky. And if I were a woman liI
would rather my husband smoke w
opium every time than drink your
Christian whisky. Opium puts him c*
asleep; opium makes him harmless ai
| like a corpse; whisky makes him wild
beast; whisky wakes up devil and P*
makes him brute. 'Melican man ^
|omes home full whisky?kicks wife; " at
Chinaman comes nome run opium? |
wife kick him. You be Christian, we
, be heathen. With my knowledge of
your American saloon, if I were to re- I
. turn to my country, and the issue
I, were a choice between the opium den |
, of my heathen China and the saloon i hi
of your Christian America, I would j ci
choose for my people opium rather j is
than whisky."- \ i n<
*
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A Holy Cause and a Most Unholy pi
Traffic. r
Every sincere follower of Jesus w
! Christ daily praysr "Thy kingdom , ne
come." There are two things con- w;
cerning which all true disciples of the
Son of God are a unit. They believe th
that the cause of Christian missions of
is a holy cause. They believe that the Ai
i liquor traffic is a most unholy traffic", er
i. From their lips there never drops a ! he
word disparaging the cause of- Chris- G<
' tian missions nor a syllable uphold- at
ing the liquor traffic. They are con'
vinced that their most earnest efforts lei
should be given for the Christianiza- Gi
tiOn of tne entire human race and j *n
they are thoroughly satisfied that j s*
their most determined efforts should ' *r
| be employed for the destruction of j *h
the foe that "biteth like a serpent,
1 and stingeth like an adder." Ps
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Shaking the Bums. T1
A few days ago a convention of bar- f ar
tenders was held at Euclid Beach , eD
Park, one of the very few "dry" i
pleasure resorts in Cleveland. There j TI
1 were several hundred of the liquor ,
dispensers present. An attache of the j
park, being afflicted with curiosity, '
asked one of them: | th
. "Why did you fellows pick out i
Euclid Beach Park, a temperance re- I
Bort, for your convention?"
The reply was:' ;
"Because we are up against the !
I bums every working day of our lives, I ?
j and when we take a day off we want
i to get clear of the crowd." I
Any man who can read English can i
i Bee the moral in that reply without J W(
| having it pointed out to him.?C'eve- I de
lanu rrcaa. I
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Tourists Drink Less. j
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The use of liquor by tourists on i
board ocean steamships is decreasing, |
according to testimony of men en- j
gaged in the transportation business.
Sir Thomas Sutherland, chairman at 1 ea
the annual meeting of the Peninsular je.
and Oriental Steam Navigation Corapany,
held at London, declared that gg
"though their ships carried more pas- W
sengers than they carried ten years j ga
ago, the consumption of wine, beer , no
and spirits had fallen by fifty per j pa
cent.," while at the.same time "there f]a
has been a notable Increase in the j ha
consumption of mineral water, which , SfC
was unknown on board ships in the i on
tropics a few years ago."
Temperance Notes. |
A little tippling is a dangerous j
thing. ?,
The heavy candy eater is not likely f0]
to tVio norsnn mhn has a Ktrnnsr I ,-,f
liking for whisky, beer or wine. I as
Cincinnati, one of the three "wet- j Co
test" large cities in the country, is an- [
other beautiful ecample of the way
regulation and llcer-.se helps the poor
taxpayer. In just ten years, from sa<
1899 to 1909, the tax rate in the Ohio i*i:
metropolis has risen, from $25.74 to C131.11.
Lebanon, Tenn., the seat of Cumberland
University, has had no saloons
for several years. Lebanon has
had a wonderful growth ever since pli
saloons went out. Business has im- m<
proved all the while. tht
It is no uncommon thing to go into ^e:
the office of a business man, the
leader of law or finance, who is constantly
dealing with problems involv- Ty
ing the outlay of a big sum of money, ha
and find on his desk a box of bonbons ski
or chocolates. These he will offer to fro
a visitor much in the same way that /to
he used to think it proper courtesy wit
to offer a cigar or invite his guest out 'hei
to have a drink with him. cai
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"THOU ART REDEEMED."
aging the conflict?Death loomed ahead;
Weakened by battle?fainting through
dread;
asping for mercy?gasping for life;
:erner the conflict?more awful the strife.
bbing the life-blood?forsaken I seemed?
lake the Eternal, "Thou Art Redeemed."
lith took my place in the struggle with
Death;
ope filled my soul with the life-giving
breath;
ove healed the wounds, and my agony
fled;
Dace filled my life?now redeemed from
the dead.
iith fighting for me?victory was sure;
ope dwelling in me?life became pure. '
3
ow when the Tempter hurls doubt at my
soul,
["nou Art Redeemed," and eternities roll
at from the Lamb on the blood-sprinkled
throne.
emons of Hell have fled?doubts have all
gone;
)n of God only these poor lips shall
praise.
doring the Lamb of the Ancient of Dayiu
?S. E. Paxson, Moot / Bible Institute. ,
Waiting For the Vision.
H. Isabel Graham has written a
jautiful story in t'ie form of a lejnd
of a monk who knelt continually;
l his cell and prayed to be fashioned
ito the likeness of the cross. Ho
id made a vow that none should see } {
Is face until he had looked upon the ' *
ice of Christ. So his devotions were
abroken. The birds sang by hi*
ill window and the children played!
ithout, but the monk heeded not
ther the children or the birds?in
le absorption of his soul in its pason
for the Christ, he was oblivious
> all earthly things. One morning
j seemed to hear a spirit-voice sayg
that his prayer to see the Blessed >
ne should be auswered that day. He
- - - , . .
as very giaa, ana maao special preirations
for the coming of the visn.
There was a gentle knocking at, 'M
is door by and by, and the voice of a vJj
lild was heard pleading to be fed .'j
id taken In. Her feet were cold, her . ?
otbing was thin. But the monk />
as so intent on the coming of {be v
alon that he could not pause to minter
to any human needs. Evening
-ew on, the place became dreary, the ' '.4,d|
>pers burned low. Why was the . ?
si on so long in appearing? Then
ith bitter grief he heard the answer.
lat the vision had already come, had ;
tigered at his door, and then, un~
elcomed, had sobbed and turned '
vay. Jesus had come in the littler.',
lild, cold and hungry, had knocked*-. .?
id called, and waited, and grieved,
id gone. The monk had been exacting
some shining splendor/ like
ie burning bush, or the transflgur;ion.
The vision had come as a litb
child in need, seeking help, and ~ . %
i had not recognized it, and re- , , |3|
ised to receive it. '
A Place to Play.
"Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord ' [i
s God out of the fish's belly." . Peiliar
prayer-room this, but better 12 '
to have a strange sanctuary than
) sanctuary.
Many experiences had come to this
ayward-hearted prophet during the
eceding days, but prayer was not '
icorded in one of them. But now, ^
[thin the great sea monster, in dark- ^
iss and in sore straits, his hard heart
as broken, and be learnefl to prpy. ft
Thank God for the belly of the fish,
e Bedford jail, the shut-in village - ' .ijS
Aberdeen, the lonely forest of
nerica, where Jonah, Bunyan, Ruth.
ford and Brainard bowed their
;ads and hearts aubmissively to
3d, and learned to pray, and kept
prayer".
Brother, art thou a wilful, prayer- v >,$
ss man? Thine only hope is that the ?. 'A
3d of Jonah will bring thee low?
to the depths, where thine own
mncfh will flp? awav. and shut in '
om the path of thine own choosing,
ou wilt call upon thy God.
Sister, are the waterB now comissing
thee around about: are the
seds wrapped about thy head; art
ou saying: "All Thy billows and
ly waves pass over me?" Ah, thou
t in a good place if these experi.ces
of anguish will teach thee how
truly say, "Thy will be done."
lank God, and let all the people
lemnly say, Amen, as thou dost
tmbly and sincerely pray unto the
>rd thy God out of the darkness of
y tribulations.?Gospel Message. t
The Great Business Question.
Mark Hopkins once put to his clas.i '. ' 3
ir Lord's question, "What is a man
ofited if he gain the whole world
,d lose his own soul?" in this way:i
fou would like to have the world,
much of it at least as you want?.
ould you be willing to have the
>rld, all of it that you want, and be
af. or be deaf and dumb; or, worst
all, be deaf and dumb and blind?!
irhaps you would, but I doubt it;:
r that i3 the difference between beS
and having."?A. T. Pierson." *
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A Surccssful Life.
A successful life is the right use of
ch day, each hour, each moment,
irning its lessons, seizing its oprtunitles,
utilizing its privileges,
hting its battles, garnering its
>alth, and glorifying the God who
ve it. If this is done, there will be
need for regrets that we part comny
with each, day forever. Better
ys are coming?better, because we ,
ve made the past ones stepping
rnes to higher altitudes of wisdom
d goodness.
A Willing Heart.
Not rigid purpose, but pliant nffcc>n;
not kingly command, but docile
bmission; not even any passion for
-off excellence, but a willing neart
r the duty that ta near. The spirit
highest heroism before men stands
a little child fcefore the face of
d.
,
Beginning and End.
Let our prayer3, like the ancient
orifices, ascend morning and cvenLet
our days begin and end with'
.1.?Chancins.
Wedding Dance Kills Suitor. '
Dr. H. G. W. Reinhart, coroner's
?"? of Phinocr/v A o n i /I /} rl f a
j oltluili au vuiv.ujju; utLiuv,u iv
^ce a pathological examination of
i body of John Tyka, to determine
finitely that grief broke his heart
;cr he danced at the wedding of the
1 he had loved since childhood.
ka, who was twenty-one years old,
d been engaged to Bertha KowalI,
who recently accepted marriage
im John Kiupa. She asked Tyka
the wedding. He appeared, danced
ih her, and dropped dead. "Broken
irt" was given by a physician as
lse of death.
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