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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. r 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, The Pul/o/i 'itmmmfrm mmHmmmmmmammmmmammrnK- wnr ^ A SERMON ‘d r [BXWf^£ND£R3ofi N ^fc'i® 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. ! j Sun&bij-ebcuoof \ ! j 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-