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The man who goe 3 to sleep on a
railroad track was again burled In
hloberly the ott r day, announces the
Kansas City Star.
The Chicago News says: “If any
body else writes a novel on Chicago
society, let us hope it will deal with
the deodorized kind.”
For an entirely efficient system of
administering laws to maintain the
purity of food products throughout
this country or in any considerable
part of it, argues the New,York Jour¬
nal of Commerce, it is essential that
those laws shall be harmonious and
consistent. This means that there
must be substantial uniformity In the
laws of different states—absolute uni¬
formity through the adoption of the
same statute Is desirable—and com¬
plete harmony between the state and
national laws.
The Kennebec Journal tells of tlie
second largest grange In the country,
that at Houlton, Me., which has 951
members. Its co-operative store has
13,000 square feet of floor space. Last
year it did a business of $150,000, and
it is expected to increase the amount
to $150,000 the present year. This
store was established ten years ago
with a capital of $140, all borrowed
money. Its manager receives a salary
of $1,000 and hires his own help. In
connection with the store are a grist
mill, a blacksmith shop and a starch
factory, all operated for the benefit
of patrons only. There is a fire In¬
surance company in connection with
the grange, which carries $3,000,000
risks.
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Annoyed beyond endurance be¬
cause her husband's golden hair jars
so cruelly against: the green hangings
of her drawing room, an artistic
Frenchwoman secdcs a divorce from
the Philistine. Tlie crude husband
refuses to dye Ills hair to a less clash¬
ing shade, evidence enough that he
no longer loves, thinks the lady; al¬
though it may be observed that he
might have to bleach and re-dye his
looks should his wife decide to change
the color scheme of her rooms. A
simpler method, suggests the New
York American, if the artistic tem¬
perament would permit of a wait,
would be for the lady to keep ou
worrying the husband a little longer,
when ha will grow bald and go with
most any furniture.
It seems probable, to the New York
World, that five persons have been
saved from death by tlie new serum
obtained by Dr. G. G. Rambaud, of
the Pasteur Institute, for treatment
In advanced cases of hydrophobia.
There were eight patients at the in¬
stitute suffering from mad dog bites.
In one case Dr. Rambaud used the
Paris serum. “It is too early to say
what this new serum will do,” said
Dr. Rambaud, “but It appears that it
will do all that is claimed by the
Paris physicians. 1 have used it in
five cases where people were bitten
on the face by a mad dog—the most
dangerous place a person can be bit¬
ten—and with -good results. If 1 had
not had this new serum no doubt the
patients would have died.”
The Constantinople correspondent
of t-lie Neue Freie Presse, of Vienna,
says that among the first of the many
organizations who marched to the
Yildlz Kiosk to express thanks for
the constitutional decree were the
burden bearers, or hamalis. These
powerful, athletic Turks, for the most
part beautiful men, despite their dirty
garb, have a well organized society
which lays down the laws by which
they are guided in tlieir vocation.
They come from Asiatic Turkey,
where they leave their wives while
they work industriously and honestly
for a few years, save their earnings
*qjid then return to their homes. The
bad pavements and the narrow, wind¬
ing streets preclude the dray in Con¬
stantinople, and these men take the
place of the dray horse. On long
s they may be seen carrying great
b; ^ ot goods, pianos, safes and all
sorts heavy property. They are fa
natical in their religion and thor¬
oughly Turkish, but it seems that
they appreciate the advance toward
liberalism, and showed their ability
to live up to European methods ou
the day aftet the demonstration,
when thew struck for higher wages,
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A SERMON ‘d
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Subject: Temptation.
Luke 11:4—“Lead us not into tempta¬
tion.”
This is a most sapient sentence in
the prayer Christ taught His disci
ples. It reveals the philosophical in
sight and the intensified acumen of
the Master. It casts a white light
upon the thoughtfulness of our Sav
lour, and not only illuminates our
understanding but of the subject in hand,
also glorifies the moral genius
and the perspicacity of Jesus. It
stamps Jesus as a sage. Few things
that He ever said have differentiated
truths more finely. This declaration
and petition is sagacious, penetra¬
tive, profound. It cuts through sin
to that which is antecedent. It shows
us the hand and the artifice of the
seducer, and his seductions. Ponder
the text. You will find It central. II;
is suggestive, superlatively influen¬
tial.
Temptation is a subject that Is
much misunderstood. Few grasp its
significance, comprehend its power,
or apprehend Its fundamental rela
tlonship to sin. You will note that
Jesus says, “Lead us not into tempta
noTeav^el'!™^ not say, Deliver us c: from e?n evil, "and and
lead us not into temptation.” The
ordering of the language is consonant
with the sequence and logic of the
thoughts the words express. Jesus
was conversant with the general un
Intelligence concerning the place of
temptation In the life of man. Then
as now the multitude was more con
earned with overt wickedness than
with precedent thought. Then as
o°f 6 ?he Ta,^cuk C ^7 f lL t0 nofice
out of the handcuffs of the police
than to keep their thoughts pur e and
?h»n til b whim V*wavs
m.n i^mediaTJlv^nS tn nti
>/ tin J mimed lately spoke. They Thev
didn t understand the viciousness of
temptation or think about it any more
wlnbL £®™P£ ati ° n 01 ,h t1n q nTnptimpa
it ,, appears to be superficial. - Now i it
is ail objective force, an influence
moving us from without. Again it is
subjective, a wrong desire or an evil
wish leading us, as it weie, iom
But whether lomniaHnn temptation u be P subtle
or superficial, subjective or objective,
r h
a w««h wish or nr a woman, temptation w is
dangerous. For it holds the seeds of
godles.ness S leadeth 1 PP Hpth°hv by SS the steprf steep,
shaip way that goes down to that
f^be to be The the S O |ood ood V intentions Intentions o? ot cafeless careless
mea ’
How few „ of . us pay any atte l o
subf e temptation Most of us spurn
it when the jail d°ors draw a J ar ^
the loss of social oi leligums p >
is threatened. We cast Satan out
iv lun we can see the end c I
tion at a glance But we coddleand
Sroke fondle it^d We hue efriss ?t to^our it^ hearts We
We wouldn’t
for the world L commit the crime that
is the offsm- of the thought What
tonis ols we c nre' i t. Would \ von y rub a rat
r!-,' „ P • , 3 „„„„„„„„ It^repares
*erous fhe when iUs subtle readfthe
road for sin It makes
heart of man execute®the to plan and the hand
of l'nv- man ,° to ® X e £ will of Satan
Tt Detentions , nn ,i it fll ii
of "array 8 *It nromises It comes
in fair looks good.
pretensions are pretences. Its prom¬
ises are aerial. It is well dressed.
But it is all clothes. The colors will
not stand sunlight, nor the weave in¬
spection. It looks good. But its
heart is had. It is as dangerous as
it was in Eden, as subtle, as cautious,
as mealy-mouthed, the fourth chaper as disastrous. of the Gospel
In
according to St. Matthew you may
read how Jesus dealt with tempta¬
tion. And reading you will under¬
stand, with a little thought, what was
Jesus’ conception of the relation of
temptation to sin and why it was
that He taught His disciples that
temptation was the subtle antecedent
of wickedness that flaunts itself, as it
is. “The tempter came to Him, he
said, If Thou be the Son of God, com¬
mand that these stones be made
bread.” “The devil . . . set
teth Him on the pinnacle of the Tem¬
ple, and saith unto Him
Cast Thyself down.” “Again, the
devil . . . showeth Him all the
kingdoms of the world. M What did
Jesus do? What would we do under
like circumstances?
Jesus neither parleyed nor fooled
with temptation, He dismissed the
tempter instanter. He wasted no
words in discussion, He attempted
no compromise. He didn’t ask fur
ther light or discuss the tsrms of¬
fered. He quickly, brusquely, ener¬
getically spurned the tempter and
the temptation. I have an idea that
if the devil hadn’t gone the Christ
would have moved on. “And, be
hold, angels came and ministered un¬
to Him.
The answers of Jesus were as in¬
candescent as they were unequivocal.
They were hot, surcharged with en¬
ergy in full play. They were aflame
with a heat that shot light into the
nature and danger and the method
to be free of temptation's snare. And
they were straight. They were not
the sort of answers we return when
the devil makes proposals to us.
Jesus didn’t toy with Satan's propo¬
sitions, He didn’t ask him to sub
mit a brief, He delayed neither re
sponse nor judgment, He gave him
cool hearing, urtical reply, no oppor-
tunity or occasion for rebuttal.
How otherwise we do. Tempta
tion finds us willing, voluble, invit
ing. What sin cannot do tempta
tion does. For the sin we do the
temptation to which we have yield
ed is responsible. What wind is to
the moving boat and sails, coal to
the locomotive, and heat, gasoline and
associated planes to the aeronaut,
similarly temptation is to sin. Know¬
ing this it is not wise to parley with
tempters or temptation. Jesus didn’t
discuss Satan's propositions, for dis¬
cussion would have implied the right
of Satan to be heard. It would have
given him privilege in court. Jesus
saw that discussion would be dis
obedience, argument a confession,
debate damaging,
are bard y wlS£ r r than Jesus,
i R ,bfe would not parley, we oug.it
no *-- ^ Rls moral sense and mental
insight, . , _ . ... His sense of . religious , respon
sibility, would not permit Him to
argue with Satan .we cannot as His
followers do less than He. To par
ley is to listen And the devil has
many a sweet tone, plausible
fine sounding promise. And many
there are who, with unstopped and
ready ears, are misled thereby. No
wise man would plot murder on a
“e« E nCd v n 1
tte sight of Much less wise Is
Jof'his ^ ataQ ltt the
chamber cha “J° B *,wL.+ heart
Jesus didn t tool witn batan. rr tie P
^ eard bia wa^the^end^ d
^£ d fufure it There
no dates for conferences
£ h ® ™ at ter £®r. «as closedHe ^ntan
wfth with nted?n as He was 1 “
^ote'vou he®went d f t
Note > ou that that he went away away and aud left lett
Je 0 ££^n 0 ttofoo with , temp .
^ a Z ? hP d<wu It’s not nerson
Sns a “ y ? 00 is withtemnte*and tempta!
ls a f ool
one afternoon last summer as I
t d waiting for a car by ‘course, the tracks
where the electric trains two
. ' drew near . When opposite to
tb deliberately jumped from
a Platform to the charged third rail,
I nearly had heart disease. In a
moment they jumped safely off. To
advice thev offered this bit of
wisdom . “We J jumped l off wood with
both feet to th ra L T lie rail’s on
wood. All you have to do is to jump
off with both feet at once.” A slip
and they WQuld have j ump ed—into
ebern jty! ‘ A jump—a flash—a limu
body by tke track side covered w itli
a paltry canvas — a C 0 ffl n —a mound
jn Greenwood A boy dea d, r- home
desolate, a soul gone prematurely to
}tg God Because a boy would fool
| witll deat h. How Men and women not and like
temptation! * many are
bo ys?
You wouldn’t cross Niagara with a
r 0 P e for a walk and a P ole for a SU P'
pQrt and balance? No! why? Be
cauge you > re not a fool! You would
I ^ -i um P the Twentieth Century Ex
j p regg You’re not a fool! You
wouldn’t put you’re band next a
j wb i rr j n£ r wheel. You wouldn’t fool
j j with de - ath Qr danger But you will
{qo1 with tempta tion. You will play
; ^ tempters. J You will think a long
b or0 you will do e vil. But
| | yo y u will think evil and give audience
Now! Aren’t
' a fool? Wherein do you differ
; from the boys?
Jesus dismissed Satan. We would
! be better and safer did we the same,
Repulse him. Get Christ to help you.
| Turn your hack on him. Tell him
1 to go to. Kick liim out if you have
! j t0 “iss - But the get tempter. rid of temptation. Dis
I If J r ° u can T set loose from the
i sriP of tlie tempter any other way—
then run. Better the woods than sm. t
I Better retreat than disgrace. Better j
i caution th a n dishonor. Many a man
would be without a spot that cannot
be blotted out to-day if he had only
run away, It is better to run away
from an affinity in sin than to em
brace.
When Jesus refused to parley,
when He showed no mood to fool,
when He gave direct and unhesi¬
tating answer Satan left Jesus. Not
otherwise is it with you. The adver¬
sary will go when you no longer hid
him stay. “And behold angels will
come and minister unto you.”
Irving Square Presbyterian Church,
Brooklyn, New York.
Teaching Nuggets.
Virtue is victory.
They gain the glory who give it to
God.
They who are fearless are never
heedless.
There are no triumphant lives
without their trials.
He only is fitted to rule who is
afraid to rule wrong.
Reliance oil the right is expressed
by defiance of the wrong.
He is never afraid to be alone who
knows he is never alone.
No one is too young to stand
against that which be knows to be
wrong. him who
Heaven never helps re¬
fuses the aid of that which lies at
hand.
The proof of being worthy of re¬
sponsibility is being ready for it.—
Henry F. Cope. > -
2,000,000 SEEK WORK.
Engiish Shopkeepers Insuring Against
Losses at Hands of Mob.
London, England—Terrified by re¬
cent riots in England of unemployed
thousands and by threats of still more
serious disorders as the weather
grows colder, shopkeepers in the large
English, Welsh and Scotch towns are
today insuring heavily against losses
at the hands of mobs.
The “Army of Workless *t now num
bers 2 , 000,000 and is steadily .increas¬
ing.
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INTERNATIONA L LESSON ROM
MEATS FOR NOVEMBER 8 .
Subject: David Grieves For Absalom,
2 Samuel 18 — Golden Text,
Prov. 17:25—Commit Verse 23
—Commentary.
TDIE.—1022 B. C. PLACE.—
Mahanaim.
EXPOSITION.—T. Tidings of Vic
tory, »’ 24-31. It -will not do in teach
, | thiB Iesgon to con fine oneself to
th . verses assigne d. Absalom had
j }d hig * lang wlth great shrewdness
d Mn But be had left God out in
h , calculations (ch . 17:14, R.
That omiggion was -fatal, It
5n answer to Dav id’ s pra yer that
<<had ordained to defeat the good
of A hithophel • • (cf. 2 Sam.
15;31) Hushai had appealed suc
cessfully to the vanity of Absalom in
seeming defection ttSume'S
general David
there were really many who stood by
him stlll ( cb 15 : 19 . 21 , 32-37; 17:17,
18-20,27:29; 18:3). At last a for
midable army had rallied to his sup
P ort «*• 18:1 ’ 2 > David ' s chief
concern was about Absalom, and his
P»rtln S word to his generals was to
deal gently with him (v. 5). The
overwhelming'victory which was the
reS ult of the battle is a type of the
overwhelming final victory that shall
^ our Davjd , g conflictg with H is
foes (Rev. 19:11-21: 2 Thess. 2:8).
More people of David ’s enemies were
destroyed by the hand of God in this
battle than by the hand of David’s
soldiers (v. 8 ; cf. Judges 5:20, 21).
Absalom had longed to meet the ssr
vants of David, hut when he met them
it was to his dismay and rum (v. 9).
Absalom was not now riding in a
chariot with horse and fifty men to
run before him (cf. ch. 15:1), hut on
a mule with his men running away
from him. It was an appropriate end
for Absalom that he should be hanged
(De. 21:23; cf. De. 27:1G. 20). We
all deserve to be hanged, as for that
matter (Gal. 3:10). The only thing
that saves us from it is that an
other was hanged in our place (Gal.
3:13). The destiny of all who treat
their parents as Absalom treated his
father will be like to Absalom’s
(Prov. 20:20, R. V.), Absalom was
deserted by all at the last, even “the
mule that was under him went away.”
Absalom paid dearly for the injury
that he had done Joab at an earlier
day (ch. 14:29, 30). Joab was a
veD S eful man - and had beeu waiting
all these years to get even. All our
mean treatment of others is likely to
come back some day upon our own
heads with compound interest. How
the heart of David trembled when he
was told that a man was coming run
ning. He knew that he had tidings,
but what kind of tidings? Then when
another appeared in the distance the
heart of David beat faster than ever.
Then when he was told that it was
Ahimaaz, and he was sure that it was
^ ood tidin ^ that he brought, fear
for Absalom filled his heart. Poor
David! Sin is awful costly! The first
word of Ahimaaz to David was
“Peace” (R. V. Marg. v. 28). That
is the message that the gospel brings
to every contrite sinner (Ro. 10:15).
Ahimaaz bowing himself before the
king with his face to the earth (v. 28,
R. V.). It was not only in honor to
the king, but also in worship of God,
whom he immediately proceeds to
bless. But before our David every
knee shall bow, and every tongue con
fess (Phil. 2:10, 11). Ahimaaz as¬
cribed all the glory for the victory to
Him to whom it belonged (cf. Gen.
14:20; Ps. 115:1; 144:1, 2; Rev.
19:1-3). It was Jehovah, and Jeho
vah alone, who had delivered up
David’s enemies. And it is He, and
He alone, who delivers up ou But
David had but one thought, “Is the
young man Absalom safe?” Ah,
David, you should have thought of
that years ago, when you took that
awful step that plunged Absalom into
eternal ruin. Most fathers think of
the safety of their sons too late.
Ahimaaz avoided the question, but his
answer was ominous. David felt that.
The Cushite, too, ascribed all the vic¬
tory to God. So did David himself
(ch. 22:48, 49; Pa. 124:2, 3). Veil
geauce belongeth to God, and He had
avenged David on all those that rose
up against him (cf. De. 32:35, 36;
Ps. 94:1; Ro. 12:19).
II. David’s Overwhelming Grief
Over Absalom, 32, 33. This is one of
the saddest scenes in all history, and
one of the most instructive. David’s
first question of the Cushite, as of
Ahimaaz, was, “Is the young man
Absalom safe? ! l The Cushite’s an¬
swer was not direct, but it was none
the less unmistakeable. In an instant
David knows that Absalom is dead,
and he knows that the ultimate re¬
sponsibility for the ruin of the son of
his love rests upon himself. Who can
measure the agony of the father who
looks updn the temporal and eternal
ruin of his son, and knows that he is
himself to blame for it all? That is
an agony that every father who wan¬
ders into sin may expect to face. The
enemies of our David will ultimately
all be as that young man was. David's
sin was no sufficient excuse for Absa¬
lom. He had brought ruin upon his
own head. Our David too sorrows
over the ruin of His bitterest foes
(Lu. 19:41, 42).. David said of Absa¬
lom, . t Would God I had died for
thee. it Christ did die for His enemies.
David seems to have never recovered
from this sorrow, All over these
chapters is written in large letters,
“WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWETH,
THAT SHALL HE ALSO REAP.”
A FP.ONT-ROW FORESTER.
The real woods
Are not the goods:
They’re buggy mind and they’re hot.
If peqce of
You want to find,
Best seek another spot.
Give me the green
And vernal scene
That futures in a play;
The canvas grove,
Whore fairies rove.
And everything is gay.
—Kansas City Star.
V
Si I mw 1 eeua#
U\ CslOttN
m m
m u LAp&ri. Wol^LD. *
THE
Kj V/ITri
In Atlantic City—“Wliat’s done to
kill time there?” "Oh, the bored
walk.”—Judge.
“No, Maude, dear, to crack a joke
doesn’t always damage it.”—Phila¬
delphia Inquirer.
“Mrs. Fadd has a new wrinkle. J»
“The poor dear! She must be ageing
rapidly.”—Town and Country.
“I built my new suburban cottage
on a bluff.” “What is it called?” “It
wasn’t called at all. That’s why I
built the cottage.”—Baltimore Amer¬
ican.
Heeler Bill—“That plank was put
inter th’ platform by our own bunch.
We demanded it, see?” Citizen—“Yes,
I see. Sort of a gang plank.”—
Cleveland Leader.
Small Boy—“Papa, how can a camel
go through the eye of a needle?” Plu¬
tocratic parent—“I don’t know my
son; that’s what is worrying me.”—
Chicago Tribune.
“Taking an active part in the cam¬
paign?” “Should say I was. I’m as¬
sistant director of the bureau that at¬
tends to oiling the phonograph cylin¬
ders.”—Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Teacher (giving a lesson on the
rhinoceros)—“Now can you name any
others things that have horns and are
dangerous to get near?” Sharp Pupil
—“Motors cars.”—Philadelphia In¬
quirer.
English Girl (with great distinct¬
ness, addressing the chef de gare)—
“Pardon, monsieur! Voulez-vou 3
chercher pour moi l’homme avec le
mot, ‘cuisinier,’ autour de la couronne
de son chapeau.”—Punch.
Parson—“Young, man, I’m surprised
to see you fishing on the Sabbath. I
shall certainly make it the subject of
a sermon.” The young man—"Waal,
if it gives you an idea for a sermon,
maybe it’s wuth it!”—Life.
Trotter (who has been abroad)—
“So Maud and Charlie finally mar¬
ried?” Miss Homer—“Yes.” Trotter
—“I suppose they are happy?” Miss
Homer—"Undoubtedly; they each
married some one else.”- •Chicago
Daily News.
Mr. Hardsense—“My boy, success
comes only to the man who is, willing
to take off his coat and roll up his
sleeves.” The Junior—“Cawnt do it,
deah old dad. I nevah have a coat on,
and all the fellahs at school weah
sleeveless jerseys.”—ruck.
“It ’pears tew me,” remarked the
rural philosopher, “that law air a
heap sight like a colt.” "How’s that?”
queried the hired man. “Somebody
has tew break it afore yew kin tell
whether it’s enny good or not,” ex¬
plained the old granger.—Chicago
Daily News.
I Is your son-in-law, the duke, a
good conversationalist?” “Well,” an
swered Mr. Cumrox, “he's willing
enough. But my foreign vocabulary
is limited. I can never feel sure
whether he is talking about his pedi¬
gree or thinking up a menu for din¬
ner. J f ■Washington Star.
Affable grocer (to local art master)
—“Yes, sir, I shall be sending ’im
along to your evening classes when
’e’s a bit older, and I want you to
learn ’im just like you learned his
brother. You so trained that lad’s
eye, sir, that ’e can cut the bacon to
a qua’rter of an ounce.”—Punch.
“Well,” said the man who is run¬
ning for office, “suppose I do think I
am bigger than my party, What
then?” “In that case,” replied the
cool campaigner, “your party is liable
to dwindle in a way that'll leave no
possible doubt as to the correctness
of your estimate.”—Washington Star,
“Are you ‘Boots’?” blustered the big
Londoner in the American hotel.
“Nope,” replied the bellhop, “They
call me ‘Scales, I >> The Londoner
seemed mystified, Scales, eh? That’s
a blooming queer name, What do
they call you ‘Scales’ for?” “Because
I get tipped so often. That's the rea¬
son, boss.”—Chicago Daily News.
His Part.
Ethel—Let’s play house.
Johnny—All right; you be ma away
in the country, and I’ll be pa.—New
York Sun.
In twenty-three years of Atlantic
steaming the Britannic burned 510,000
tons of coal-