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pose an early decision in the hope that
by postponement opposition may be
overcome and a division among Pres
byterians averted. We have no such
hope. No Church union of importance
has ever been effected without a meas
ure of loss, and in the present instance
the step proposed is so radical and in
volves such a break with tradition that
the loss must naturally be the greater.
That it should bo so is regrettable but
it is none the less inevitable. The
cause lies deep in human nature. Ev
erywhere in organized society we find
the two elements, the progressive and
the conservative, each playing its own
important part. No movement involv
ing a departure from use and wont was
ever launched without opposition as
unyielding as the circumstances of the
case would permit, a union of the
British North American provinces had
long commended itself to far-seeing
statesmen, but when the project was
started there were many who opposed
it with the utmost tenacity and who
wquld never have entered the union
if they had not been compelled to do
so. In the case of our Church we have
such an opposition. Some of its lead
ers are opposed to union on principle.
They argued against it as inherently
undesirable. They announced their in
tention to maintain a separate Pres
?">""> "eforo it was known
what the final vote or the people would
be. What hope is there that an op
position such as this can be conciliated
y dela> ? Whether the union takes
Place soon or late they are bound to
?remain out and to take with them as
many people as they can influence. In
t 10 affairs of the Church coercion is
neither possible nor desirable. And
therefore the only thing to be done ts
to let these brethren go, however re
gretfully, hoping always that the un
o ding of events may prove stronger
than argument and that In the course
of time we may be again united.
5. If it be said that the Imminent
schism in the Presbyterian Church is
too large a price to pay for the pro
jected union, we cannot agree. We
cherish the hope that the schism may
not bo upon a great scale. While there
are some In the minority who, as we
have said, are opposed to union on
principle and must needs follow where
conscience leads, it is well known that
there are others who are opposed sim
i? ?n. grounds of Present expediency
it is impossible to think that the on
position of the latter class will persist
when union becomes an accomplished
TfB?UH?there iS anothcr consideration,
r schism in the Presbyterian Church
an evn, what of the enormous and
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manifold schism tbat exists and has
long existed in the Church of Christ?
Who does not see to-day that the Church
of Jesus Christ upon earth is weaken
ed as a force for righteousness and
peace through its division by all kinds
of national and denominational lines?
There lies before us In Canada the op
portunity of being the first to lay a
healing hand upon these wounds in the
body of Christ. Shall we reject that
opportunity? Who can tell to what
happy issue we may attain, what draw
ing together there may be of those who
love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity,
if once a breach is made in the sec
tarian wall? In that victorious as
sault may it be Canada's high privilege
to lead the way!
SALIVA AX1) DISEASE.
Go out-of-doors any cold morning
and your very breath preaches a ser
mon in the carriage of disease. The
warm vapor from your mouth, exuded
with the breath from the lungs, forms
a veritable cloud, plainly visible to the
eye. Watching that little cloud, one
can readily see how, if the vapor con
tained disease germs, it might be in
haled into the throat and lungs of any
person coming within range of it.
Precisely this is happening every
day. Practically all the communica
ble or "catching" diseases of children
are carried from the sick to the well
In the spray of sallvla by coughing,
sneezing, talking, or even by merely
breathing out. The spray, with the
germs it contains, reaches others; the
germs find a breeding place; disease
follows. The ordinary colds and
"grippe" prevalent at this season of
the year are carried in exactly the
same manner.
Disease is spread by salivia in many
other ways, some of them so common
that we wonder why the dangers from
them was not recognized long ago.
For instance, many mothers think they
can take food from their own mouths
and give it to children without any
danger. As a matter of fact, this food
may carry any germs in the mouth of
the mother. And such germs may
lurk there, though the mother ap
pears in good health. Thus it hap
pens that many careless mothers lit
erally poison their own children. The
same is true of the horrible habit
many children have of "trading chew
ing gum" or "swapping bites" of
lunch. Mothers should absolutely pro
hibit their children from putting into
their mouths anything that has been
in the mouth of any other person.
All this applies to articles of busi
ness and commerce as well as to food.
Many people, for example, put a pencil
Into their mouth before they write
with it, or else interrupt their writ
ing every few minutes to do the same
thing ? without thinking for a mo
ment that the pencil may have been in
the mouth of some person with a
loathsome disease. So with the "lick
ing" of postage stamps, the counting
of money by wetting the fingers, and
the like.
Another common method by which
disease germs are spread in saliva is
through the use of a common drinking
cup or glass. The germs from the
Hps of a diseased person will adhere
to the rim of the glass ? this has been
demonstrated hundreds of times ?
and will be carried directly to the
lips of the next person using the glass.
The "common cup" is every bit as com
mon as the name implies and infi
nitely more dangerous.
Kissing likewise spreads disease.
Here is an instance: Some time ago a
Pennsylvania physician was called
upon to treat eight young ladies and
a young boy, all of whom had
chancres of the lip, the first stage of
that loathsome disease, syphilis. Hor
rified at such a disclosure, Che physi
cinu investigated, and found that all
the young girls had contracted this
most hoiTible malady from a young
man who, through ignorance or crimi
nal carelessness, had played "kissing
games" with them while suffering
from a syphilitic Bore on the lip.
The boy had been infected by kissing
one of the girls who had kissed the
young man. In precisely the same
way any child or any adult may con
tract disease by kissing unhealthy per
sons.
Do not make any mistake on this
point: syphilis and tuberculosis (con
sumption) can be spread and are
spread as easily in saliva as colds and
sore throats are spread.
Careless spitting spreads disease to
thousands. Even where the spray or
the saliva does not immediately reach
the throat of some person, it may dry
in dust or get on clothing and even
tually cause disease in healthy per
sons. Some of the most dangerous
disease germs are long lived and per
sist in their power to cause disease ?
that is, in virulence ? for many, many
months.
Here are a few simple rules for
practical protection against these dis
eases:
1. Cover your mouth and nose with
a handkerchief, or bow your head,
whenever you cough or sneeze.
2. Never spit anywhere except into
a cuspidor.
3. Keep your fingers from your
mouth and keep from your mouth
everything that can possibly have
come, directly or indirectly, from the
mouth or body of any other person.
4. See that the law is enforced and
that every person with an infectious
disease is kept from others, by quar
antine or isolation, as long as there
is any danger that disease germs from
that person's body may reach the bod
ies of others. ? Virginia Health Bulle
tin.
I Story Corner jj
A Blow From (or at) the Bench.
"Yonr honor," informed the police
man as he pointed to the prisoner,
"ho refused to rise while the band
played 'The Star-Spangled Banner.' "
"I did not recognize the tune," ex
plained the culprit hastily.
"Now, my dear man," said the judge
sympathetically, "let me whistle it for
you, so that hereafter you may distin
guish it."
The judge whistled the melody and
the prisoner listened intently. When
his honor had finished the defendant
exclaimed generously:
"Your honor, if the band had
played the tune as you whistled it, I
would not be here today."
"Discharged!" interrupted the
well pleased judge.
"But the band would," concluded
the man in an undertone as he hastily
retired from the court-room. ? The
Christian Herald.
The Flirt ? How do you like my new
engagement ring?
"Fine! When does it come off?"
Hard on the Lions.
The Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon'a
keen wit was always based on sterl
ing common sense. One day he re
marked to one of his "sons:
"Can you tell me the reason why
the lions didn't eat Daniel?"
"No, sir. Why was it?"
"Because the most of him was back
bone and the rest was grit." ? Tit
Bits.
Keeping Up With Father.
It was a Pike county woman who
indited a note to the teacher concern
ing the punishment of her young
hopeful. The note ran thus:
"Dear Miss : You rite me
about whippin' Sammy. I hereby give
you permission to beat him up any
time it Is necessary to learn his lesson.
He is just like his father ? you have
to learn him with a club. Pound
nolege Into him. I want him to get
it and don't pay no attention what
his father says ? I'll handle him." ?
Reading Eagle.
Just DtwrtS.
Wife ? This paper tells of a man
out in Ohio who lives on onions alone.
Huh ? Well, anyone who lives on
onions ought to live alone." ? Boston
Transcript.
Behind the Times.
"I hear that all of the clever writ
ers are deserting the magazines to
write for the movies."
"You were misinformed; the clover
writers haven't been in the magazines
for some time noV." ? Puck.
In Detroit there really is a lady
named Phoebe B. Beebe. Now If
Phoebe B. Beebe had a bee, and the
bee were lost, we might say, "Where
can Phoebe B. Beebe's bee be?" ? The
American Boy.
Patriotism.
Myrtle ? Why don't you paint the
sky blue?
Mary ? "Cos I've only got Prussian
blue, and I'm not going to use that
till the war's over. ? London Opinion.
Mileage Per Gallon.
Willis ? Just think of it! Those
Spanish hidalgos would go three thou
sand miles on a galleon!
Gillis ? Nonsense. You can't be
lieve half you read about those for
eign cars. ? Life.
Bluffing.
Jinks ? Billings surely likes to put
on airs.
Binks ? What's he doing now?"
Jinks ? Oh, he fills a gasoline can
with water and carries It home In full
sight of the neighbors every night. ?
Cornell Widow.
A Young Logician.
Who can tell the working of chil
dren's minds, or how, all unwittingly,
we may make ourselves appear unjust
in our dealings toward them? An ex
change relates the following:
"This was brought home to Mr.
Heewit the other day as he took his
young hopeful, aged six, for a consti
tutional. The youngster was evidently
thinking hard, for he was silent ?
which was unusual.
" 'Daddy,' he said, looking up sud
dently, 'I think I want to get mar
ried!'
"'Do you, my son? And who to,
may I ask?' answered the proud pa
rent, looking at him.
" 'I want to marry granny.'
"'Do you indeed? And do you
think I would let you marry my
mother ? eh?'
" 'Well, why shouldn't I' retorted
the tender logician. 'You married
mine, didn't you?' " ? Philadelphia
Presbyterian.
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