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THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1928.
THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA
Improved Uniform International
(Bj REV. P. B. FITEWATtfR. D.D.. !>••■
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Lesson fo^ January 22
JESUS Afio THE LAW
LESSON TEXT—Mark
GOLDEN TEXT—Think not that 1
am come .to destroy the law, or the
prophets. 1 am not come to deatloy
but to fulfill.
PRIMARY TOPIC—Doing Good bn
the Lord's Day. V-
^ JUNIOR TOpifc^-How to. Use the
Lord’s Day.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC— How Jesus Obeyed the Law.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC—Jesus Declares the Higher Law.
(Prepared by the National Geographic -
•Soci'Ay, Washtawton. D. C.) "—
N THESE days of congested popu
lation, rapid transit, telegraph and
radio connections, it is hard to
imagine people living in «>!i!iide
like that of Robinson Crusoe. Yet this
[hero, so much admired by youthful
readers of ffB earlier decade, Mas no
fatther from neighbors than are the
dwellers* of today on a certain is
land in tba-Norui Pacific.
* Middleton Island li^ 1G0 miles off
the southern coast of Alaska, almost
.due south of Cordova, a town of 1,000
inhabitants. From no point in Its area
i of a little less than eight square miles
is there anything to be seen except
limitless sea and sky.
The Indian name for the island,
lehaka or Achatsoo (which sounds
very much like a sneeze) means ‘‘The
Barborless.” It is a descriptive title,
'for in all the shore line there is no
Isafe anchorage for boats of nny iorL
'Steamers having business at Mid
dleton must,stay well outside of the
idead line of crashing surf which sur
rounds ft nearly every day of the year,
and, take the hazard of sending in a
femall boat. Rarely can the occupants
of such boats reach the shore without
a thorough drenching, If nothing
worse happens to them. More than
once a schooner, after a day or more
of standing by, has been obliged to
A Cliff bn Middleton Ifland.
last requires expert marksmanship, as
the seal must be shot through (he
head In order to float ashore; other
wise it sinks and is lost.
% In summer the foxes will leave the
food iu the feeding boxes and* go for
aging for themselves, running along
the beach in search of fish eggs and
small fish washed up in the kelp, or
climbing the cliffs' to rob the sea-
pigeons’ nests of eggs and squabs. The
animals are seen at close range only
in December, when they are lured In
to box traps. ^
Climatic conditions on Middleton
are agreeable on the whole, except for
I. Jesus and Fasting (vv. 18-22).
1. The questions asked (y. 18).
The scribes and pharisees seeing
Jesns eating with the publicans and
sinners, raifeed the /question as to why
He did so. Whefl Jesus heard their
question He declared, “They that are
whole have no need of the physician,
but they that are sick.” Another
question was then asked as to why
Christ’s disciples did not fast when
the disciples of John and of the phar
isees did fast? John the Baptist was
now in prison, therefore his disciples
were mourning for him.
2. Christ’s answer (Vv. 19, 20).
In explanation He raised thei ques
tion, “Can the children of the bride-
ON TAKING ADVICE.
MEMORIAL TO COLUMBUS.
EDUCATION CAN END, CRIME.
Secretary Hoover summarizes
the last year as regards wages
and employment thus:
“There was little unemploy
ment except during a moder
ate recession near the end of
the year and the rate of real
wages remained higher than
anywhere else in the world, or
than in anv ether time in the
world’s*, history. The high
prospect of the year did not
represent merely an upward
swing in the business cycle,
but was the result of that
general and permanent prog-
ich has marked
nation’s business.**
ress which has marked the
That is a situation for Ameri
can business men to keep in their
minds, thus avoiding damaging,
doubtiurhesitation. Business and
prosperity in this country have
climbed to a permanently higher
plane and, barring foolishness, will
stay there.
John D. Rockefeller, eighty-
eight 'years old, immediately
wigwag a disappointed farewell and
depart without having accomplished; e^tTre"momhlf'Etecem'ber."'
her errand. ~ ^ - i • „ , , , _
One of the ^.natural beauties of the
Callers at" the island are Jew and !
far between, however, as it is off the *
the strong and almost constant winds chamber fast while the bridegroom is c ^?. ng f s <<sta y cc at when
which sweep It. The lowest tempera- 9hd»nn$*» no tiioh derlnred that told'" by a professional that he
ture recorded is 20 degrees below
zero,/ the highest' 110. There is an
annual rainfall of about 96 Inches
and from 2 to 4 inches of snow in
winter. The succession of seasons is
not unlike that of New England, al-^
though the summer is much longer.
Spring on Middleton begins with the
reappearance of plant life, about the
njiddltf of February. From this time
oi, the sun shines warmer and longer
each day until the summer solstice.
Between May 1 and August 15 there
are from 15 to 20 hours of sunlight
dally, and during June and July no
darkness at all. But the islanders pay
for this luxury in the long nights of
winter, when they get hardly more
than a glimpse of Old Sol during the
course of boats bound for Sewitfd,
Nome, and the Arctic. Once. In a
bine tnodn, one of the fishing boats
. which ply along the Alaskan coast
turns off the beaten path to pay the
island a friendly visit, and is lucky
if its dory is able to make a land-
“Ing.
No postman makes an unfailing
daily call upon the islanders, no
telephone bell tinkles its-welcome sum
mons to communic*ation with the outer
world. Not even a trail of smoke or
a sail On the horizon Is sighted for
two, three, or even' six months at a
^time; yet in this utte/ isolation two
voluntary exiles live in comfort and
contentment for eleven months of the
year. >\
Raising Blus Foxes.
. . ' _ Since 1890 Middleton lias heen
leased by the government To^various
I private concerns as a breeding farm
for blue foxes, and In consequence
there has been a succession of (husoes
,. In charge of the place. The present
one is by birth a Bostonian, who emi-
^j^ated to the Yukon during the Klon-
rush and thence crossed back to
^Pnele Sam’s territory on the trail of
another “big strike.’’
Like many another In those hectic
days, he made and lost fortunes, trav
eled and prospected over many hun-
; dreds of miles of that vast country,
and acquired what your true Alaskan
always possesses—the ability to turn
^ j his hand to any occupation which
comes along and to make It go.
Unlike Defee’s famous hero, this
modem Crusoe brought an excellent
partner to share his solitude. Mrs.
Crusoe was a Boston school teacher
until her exodus to the far North
i west ten years ago. Some yertrs ago
- these two sold a prosperous restau
rant business in Cordova/Alaska, and
left that thriving little town to he
gin their experience In fox farming
,on, DJiddleton, out In the ocean.
The breeding of blue foxes in cap
tivity is_not an easy undertaking,
owing to the extreme shyness of the
fox family. They do not readily grow
accustomed to man," but generally
have the attitude of wild animals op
the defensive. A mother fox, when
alarmed, has been known to kill her
offspring on the instant, and the con-
' atant nervousness of the animals
'even affects the quality of the fur.
> On the island the foxes are unaware
i of being prisoners, as they roam free
ly; so they rear their young in the
J natural way, double theii^ number an-
j nualiy, and produce skins of great
< beauty. r
Fur Brings a ^ood Pries. .
_ The blue fox has a long-haired fur.
i^f a soft gray tone at the ends of the
Jkxw, shading to a dull blue close
V^the pelt An average price in thi
Twdon market Is $175, while cxr
'ttonally fine skins may bring $375
The chief duty of the fox farnW Is
f* i provide and daily distribute fresh
food for his charges, at stations/seat-
tered about the island, especially dur
ing the winter months. Besides, a
i email proportion of vegetables lations
consist of rabbits and the flfih~©f the
bair geal when It can be obtained. The
island is a chain of lakes, clear as
crystal and large enough to afford the
pleasures of boating. Scattered along
the shores of the lakes are the only
trees which the place possesses—12
small spruces, battered and bruise^
by the winds, hut refusing to give up
the fight. Grass of 12 varieties flour
ishes everywhere, sometimes growing
six or eight feet high.
Gnats; but No Mosquitoes.
There are no enemies of plant life
on the island. Picture the joys of
horticulture without aphis, cutworm
or potato bug. The mosquito, that ter
rible pest of the Alaska mainland, is
also absent. Evidently U was not on
Middleton island that’the Indians used
t> tie a man naked Iru the woods In
mosquito time as a form of capital
punishment.
However, for three weeks in August
( life is 1 made miserable by the tiny
gnat called by the Indians “No-see
urns,” which will go through any net
ting yet devised by man, and theie-
fore cannot/be kept out of the house
entirely,
During the last week of June great
quantities of wild strawberries ripen
all over the Island, and for a month
the residents revel in them. Then, in
August, the salmon berry hushes are
heavily laden with ripe berries, almost
any one of which would fiH an after-
dinner coffee cup.
Delectable ^strawberry preserves and
salmonberry Jelly are two of the lux
uries which Mrs. Crusoe provides fo^
the winter menu. The staples, in Ian
quantities, are brought in from Cor
dova yearly.
When the islanders need eggs/they
go to Hie great chalk cliffs at the
north end of the island, where/the sea
pigeons nest. . Stretched»Iflay on the
cliff top, with a hook-nnd-bag contrap
tion, they fish up the eggs from the
ledges below. T^iey are a Jrifle smaller
than—hens’ eggs and-
with them?’’ He then declared that
as long as they have the bridegroom
with them they cannot fast The time
will come, however, when they would
fast. He is now away. Fasting,
therefore, Is appropriate.
3. New wine in old bottles (vv. 21,
~22).
—The bottles .mentioned here were
made of skins of animals. In the fer*
mentation of the wine there was ex-
pansibiTwhich stretched the skin. Iql_
put new wine In the bottle after it
was stretched would, cause It to Jjie
rent asunder when fermentation todk
plqpe. The same thing in principle
would be realized If new cloth were
used on old garments. The teaching
designed was to show the foolishness
of imposing old customs on the new
age. ' / \
II. The Disciples Plucking Ears of
Corn on the Sabbath (Mark 2:23-28).
1. The. charge made 5 against the dis
ciples (vv. 23, 24).
Perhaps they were on their way to
the synagogue to worship when they
plucked the ears of corn. For. this
act the pharisefes accused them of
lawlessness.
2. Jesus defends them against the/
charge (vv. 25-28).
(D He cites a precedent (w. 25,
He .showed them that the veryyiaw
which they charged the disciplea^with
breaking recorded the fact that/David
the great king of Israel had gone Into
the house of God and eaten /he bread
which should be eaten oyily by the
priests.
(2) He shows the nature of a Sab
bath law (v. 27).
The Sabbath was /made for man,
therefore Its right use is to be deter
mined by the good/oi map. The laws
of honesty, truth/purity and love dif
fer from the law of the Sabbath and
there Is no circumstance or condition
under whieh/they may be departed
from.
(3) Jesu/ Is the lx>rd of the Sab
bath. (v.
It was He who Instituted it when
creation was finished, therefore He
had / right to use It as it pleased
Hiny for man’s good,
m. Jesus Healing a Man's Withered
md on the Sabbath (3:1-6).
1. The place—the synagogue (v. 1).
Jesus’ example Shows what He did
on the Sabbath. He went to the
place of worship. The presence of
the man wit# a withered hand gave
Jesus an opportunity to administer a
rebuke m the pharisees.
2. The pharisees watching (v. 2.) ^
They knew that Jesus would be In
terested in this helpless man. They
surmised that sbme work would have
to be performed to heal him. /
3. The man made an example (v. 3).
Jqsus wanted the cnao fn ho npon
stood too close to the ball. That
change lengthened his drive by
twenty yards* ' .
Mr. Rockefeller has said that
his success in the beginning
due to patience and economy.
It may have .been due also tc/his
ability to Hsten to others at
advice. That is a thing thaymany
young men who would like to be
Rockefellers have not learned to
do.
Christopher Columbus’ memory
is to he honored by building a
magnificent lighthouse costing $4,
000,000'. What is left of Columbus’
body will lie under the lighthouse
... on a reservatioVgiven by the Gov
ernment of Sam Domingo.
Columbus would be puzzled by
one feature /f his memorial, name
ly, lights shooting up into the air
to guide fiiers. He would think
angels yw^-e expected. Architects
are invited to compete in this en-
fsc, which should stir the'
imagination. / * • .
late Gavin McNab, an ex-
remely able lawyer of San Fran-
/cisco, leaves $40,000 to two clients
to make up for McNab’s bad ad
vice about investments. -
It is fortunate for the heirs of
certain gentlemen in and out of
Wall Street that such requests are
not customary or compulsory. If
Walt' Street gentlemen had to
make good losses caused by bad
advice on investments, there wohld
not be much left for legal heirs*
The Cream of the Tobacco Crop
/ , ; ~ ■ '/ ■
“The growth of LUCKY STRIKE Cigarette* ia • 7
wonderful thing but there is a reason* I know, —
because 1 buy theTobacco for LUCKY STRIKE*
I buy *The Cream ofthe Crop/that meU«*ifMltf
smoking Tobacco that die Farmer iustly de
scribes as 1 have described it above. The quality
of LUCKY STRIKE Cigarettes is telling. It i* /
natural that the brand should show^e tremen
dous growth that it is showing today.”
.7
Barer of Tobaeeo
Loafcviifat Kr.
No Throat Irritation-No
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flavor.
When the game season opens, on
September 15, the lakes are filled with
game birds, feedim; and resting on
their way down fmn their summer in
Arctic regions. /Unfortunately, -the
birds all leave before the weather Is
cold enough t</ freeze the meat* for
winter use.
Hungry fo/fresh meat, the Islanders
sampled th/ flesh of a young hair
seal Just killed and/found they had
hit upon a real treat. The meat, which
resemble/ venison in appearance, was
Juicy a/d delicious when rdhsted, and
the liyer more delicate than calves'
liver.
Everyday" life on Middleton island
is full of potential dangers : A‘ furi
ous winter storm, a fall from the cliffs,
shooting accident—any of these
light bring suffering and sorrow. The
most serious situations which have
arisen have been shortages of food
and ammunition.
Once each year In January, the
islanders board a small schooner for
Cordova for a month’s stay. The most
important business there, after seeing
the furs off for"London, Is the buylna
of equipment for the next year—4 , i*od,
clothing, tools, ammunition, reading
matter, and a hundred and one sun
dries, all essential.
The Department of- Commerce
says that in 250 principal cities of
jthe United States every human
'being pays an average of $4.09 a
year for police protection. Add
the cost of courts, prisonsj" dis
trict attorneys, etc., you find that
crime costs many hundreds of mil
lions a year. Add the “get-rich-
quick crimes” and it runs to bil
lions.
Unfortunately, what Lloyd
George says of war is true also of
crime, only education can end it
And this earth is many centuries
from being really educated .
The London Gazette published
inadvertently admiralty an^
nouncement of extra nay for offi
cers IN CHARGE OF AIR
CRAFT CARRIED BY SUB
MARINES. . ..
That Britain has submarines
equipped . with folding aircraft,
ready, if necessary, to carry de
struction to the enemy’s harbors,
is *a secret no longer..
That secret interests this coun
try. We don’t expect war from
Britain hut wh:*t the British can
build others can build. .
The United States Employment
Service pi edicts good times and
plenty n(
to all, so He commanded the man to
otand forth where all could see him.
4. The question asked <v. 4).
“Is It lawful to do good on the Sab
bath day, or to do evil, to save life,
or to kiUT* He made the issue clepr;
He plainly showed them that to fail
to do good, to>,i8hbw Works of mercy,
to save life, is to be guilty of wrong
doing, even of v murder.
— 5. The man healed (v. 5).
Christ healed him by speaking the
Word, so they could not accuse Him.
0. The result (vv. 4, 6)..
The pharisees were silenced. There
was no ground upon which to accuse
Him. But since' their hearts were
bent upon His destruction they sought
how they might pnt Him to death.
Effect of One Sin
Where one sin has entered, legions
will force their way through the same
breach.—Rogers.
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The ranks of millionaire Ameri- .
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0nite a few have incomes f.boye.
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Young people may he interested
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“Love is that which a girl has who
goes with a man who doesn’t own
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