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SUNDAY MORNING. ™ Mrs. Tupman, a prominent lady Hf of Richmond, Va., a great sufferer with woman’s troubles, tells of her cure by Lydia E, Pinkharr/s Vegetable Compound. “Bear Mrs. Fink ham: For some years I suffered with backache,' severe bearing-down pains, leucorrhoea, and falling of the womb. I tried many remedies, but nothing gave any positive relief. “I commenced taking Lydia E. Finklumt’s Vegetable Compound in June, 1901. When I had taken the first half bottle, 1 felt a vast im provement, and have now taken ten bottles with the result that I feel like anew woman. When 1 commenced taking (he Vegetable Com pound I felt ail worn out and was fast approaching complete nervous collapse. I weighed only 98 pounds. Now I weigh 109§ pounds and am improving every day. [ gladly testify to the benefits received.”— Mrs. K. C. Tupman, 423 West 30th St., Richmond, Va. When a medicine lias been successful in more than a million oases, is it justice to yourself to say, without trying it, “I do not believe it would help me”? Surely you cannot wish to remain weak and sick and discour aged, exhausted with eaeh day’s work. You have some derange ment of the feminine organism, and Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege table Compound will help you just as surely as it lias others. Sirs. W. H. Pelham, Jr., 108 E. Baker St., Richmond, Va., says: “Dear Mas. Pinkiiam:—l must say that Ido not believe there is any female medicine to compare with Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Coin- Ci I return to you my heartfelt thanks for our medicine lias done for me. Before tho vegetable Compound I was so badly uit 1 thought I could not live much r. The little work I had to do was a len to me. I suffered with irregular struation and leueorrbcea, which caused irritation of the parts. 1 looked like ho had consumption, but I do not look tat now, and I owe it all to your wondcr ’ took only six bottles, but it has made me feel like anew person. I thank God that there is such a female helper l?o it, therefore, believed by all women who are ill that Lydia K. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is tho medicine they should take. It has stood the test of time, and It has hundreds of thousands of cures to its credit. Women should consider it.unwise to use any other medicine. Mrs. Pinkhatn, whose address is Lynn, Mass., will answer cheer fully and without cost all letters addressed to her by sick women. Perhaps she has just the knowledge that will help your case try her tp-day it costs nothing. firflftn FORFEIT if w© cannot forthwith prodoc© the original letters and signatures of \nf||fiiß ahovt testimonials, which will prove their absolute genuineness. VjJJUUU l<ydia h. i’lnkliam M.o<Uciuo Cos., I,ynn, Mass. 'FAcirri':/ VDADCD £ iOTGUN ! . "New Rival” “Leader” “Repeater” nF you arc looking for reliable shotgun am munition, the kind that shoots where you point your gun, buy Winchester Factory Loaded Shotgun Shells: “New Rival,” loaded with Black powder; “Leader” and “Repeater,” loaded with Smokeless. Insist upon having Winchester Factory Loaded Shells, and accept no others. ALL DEALERS KEEP THEM Vr, *TL >rn* fiesaiae stamped CC C. Sever sold la balk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell “something jost as good.’’ HAMLINS WIZARD OIL ' DIPHTHERIA. CROUP ALL agnUGGISTS, fc-LL . IT A WOMAN’S HEART. She (gently)—l am afraid I do r.ot love you enough to t>e your wife, but I shall always be your friend, and sincerely wish for your happiness. He (moodily)—l know what I’ll do. She (anxiously)—You surely will not do yourself an injury. He \ calmly)—No: I will find happi ness. I will marry someone else. She—Horrors! Give me snothei day to consider, dear THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS. A SERMON FOR SUNDAY AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE UPON THE HOLY GHOST. The Rev. Dr, .1. Wilbur Chapman Shows How the Holy ill lost 1h the Christian’* Helper IScyotifl All Others—ls tho Life of tlie Chuicli. New York City. The serm.vn here furnished to the press is the most impres sive one of a series which thr Rev. i)r. J. Wilbur Chapman prepared diiic time ago for the Bible Institute Colp.triage Associa tion. It is entitled "The lloly Ghost in His to the Church/’ and was preached from the text: "And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved/' Acts 2: 47. In the honest endeavor which we make properly to live the Christian life and in the end receive a reward from the hand o l the Master, thereby not missing our crown, the lfo/v Ghost beyond all others is our helper. He is certainly to be count ed as the director and leader of our church life. We need expect no great outpouring of the Holy Ghost so long a- His leader ship is ignored, and without this high spiritual atmosphere we may expect, as in dividual.*:, no special victories. On the day of Pentecost two great events occurred; the first was the exaltation of Jesus Christ at the right hand of the Father—" This Jesus hath God raided up, whereof we ait all witnesses” (Acts 2: 32); the other was the outpouring of the Spirit, because de.uis had been raised up and exalted. The point is that Christ as our head had poured out upon Him the Holy Ghost; thus receiving Him in trust for the body; and it naturally follows that what the head has received the members of the body have a right to claim. Since that day. in the plan of God. the Holy Ghost has been the administrator of the affairs of the church, and He is here to make Christ real to every believer. If lie had tarried with us in the Ik*/* and I had claimed His presence. He would have been denied to you; but now that He in present in the Spirit, we may all have Him and lay claim to His presence, and the Jove of God may be shed abroad in our hearts iiy the Holy Ghost. He is in a real sense the vicar of Christ, and then* <. m be no other. The Son of God is to-day at tho light band of God. repi-o-iontj’ig Hie ©mn h, and the Spirit of God ought to be enthroned and exalted in the ©hmvh. representing the risen Ghriat. He i- to rounsel her, to guide her and to control her in a word. Tic is to govern all things in tho church, from the Vast things unto the ercateat. The Scriptures arc evidence that He has i message for the church. Jt is generally believed that tho epistles to the seven chinches in the Revelation contain the pro phetic setting forth of the church's history —its declines* and recoveri? its failure's and returns, and it js believed by maty that we have come to the Laodicean period of history of the lad d.ivs of the church. Seven times wo have the expression re peated- ‘ He that hat h an ear. let him he ir what the Spirit sriifb unto the churches." It is to be rioted that this expression is Used after each of the churches luid back slidden. Ephesus had left her first love; Smyrna was rich, and likely to be proud; Vergamos was touched with the doctrine of Balaam; Thvatira was inf]M©m od bv Je zebel; Sardis had a name to live, and was dead; Philadelphia had but little strength, while Luodicen was neither hot nor cold. 1 he real cure for backsliding in the elmr. h is that which comes to u - bv the Holy Ghost of the revelation of God’s will and the interpretation of God’s word. T. The church is a called-out body. Wo were chosen in Him before IHe world’s foundation, and wo ire elect according to the foreknowledge of God, for thus *-aith the Scripture, po&ns i$ in heaven direct ing the work of the church, but the Hojv Ghost is here carrying out the plan. This plan extends to the minutest detail* of the life of the church, lie lias ordained the oliices we must have, and the kind of men we must lay hold upon to till them: , Y\ iieivtore He -aiili. when He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gkis uiito men. And Jfe gave some, apos tles; and some, prophets; and some, evan gOii.sls: and some, pastors and teachers; lor the perfecting of saints, for tho work of t he ministry, for tin.* educing oi the body of Christ/’ Millies! ins ■!: S, H, 12. Th© church is really tlie habitation of God., ilcar what the Scriptures have to say; Lph. 2: 19 to 22 "Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fel low-citizens with the saints. aul of the household of God; and are built upon llie foundation oi the apostles and prophets, •leans l hrist Himself being the c hief cor neratvme; in whom all the building fitly frame and together groweth unto a‘holy* teni- Pit* in the Lord: in whom ye. also are nuilded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. If He is dwelling in us. we must lie careful of our church life, tor we may grieve Him and quench Him by the wav we live and work. Many tilings are done to-day in the church which may commend themselves to men, and yet fall utterly snort oi the approval of God. As an illustration, Peter, standing up with Hie .120. spoke of the deparun* of Judas, and declared that one uiu-t be chosen in In-, stead. lV::ver was oflered. n vote v. :t.- taken, anti .MuliltiiM cjeete'L but there was no indication that tins eWiioit was ever ratified by the Lord, for Matthias .it Slice sinks nut of ih*. Two years a,he, warn tiic Lord calls one to ii,l the vi cancy, namely, cfiml of Ta-us. Paul speaks thus of hint self: Gal. 1: 1 “Paul, an apostle, not of men, neither bv man, but by -resus Christ and God tlie Father who raised Hint from the dead.” 11. (be church was estabKuhcd bv aims and i wonders. Acts 3: 1 to 4-"And wl.cn the <1; 'V o( 1 entecost was fully eo.me tliev were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there cattle a sound front heaven as oi a rushing, mighty wind, and it filled ail the house where they w ere S' ,: in,:. And there appeared unto them < ..von tongues Lite ns of tire, and it sat upon eaeh PV AnJ they were all Uded w.tlt the Holy (ahost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the spirit gave them utter ance. Hob. 2; 1 "God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles and gifts oi the Holv Ghost, according to lies own will." 1 hero was no church in the Old Testa ment. This is the opinion of many Bible teachers, in Acts 2: 41, we read; “Then -hej that gaidiv received His word were baptized. and the same day there were added unto them about 3000 souls.” . In this text the words "unto them" are writ ten mitalics, so that the original is, "there uere added about 3000 .souls," But we must add to when we add, so in Acts 2: 4. we read: "And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. ’ But there is a still better ex planation. In Acts .j: 14. we read: "They were added to the Lord." This is Paul's conception of the church. Const is the head and the church is His body. \\ e arc being called out now from the Gentile world. Every new soul won for C heist comes in to •amplctc the body. >ome day the last man win come in, and ihe skies will brighten with the return of the Lord. It is this that gives one the passion for soul-winning. It is this thought that fur nishes the inspiration for the foreign mis sionary. The church is a called-out bodv. and tlie missionary is sent to Africa, to China, to Japan, that he may work in the fellowship ot tho Holy Ghost in leading solus to Christ. God speed me day when the last member of the bodv shall be found! TIL The church is enlightened by the Spirit. The Spirit is the breath or God in the body of His church. If His rule is not fol lowed it naturally results that His life is •hut but. Thus it come* to be like a man suffering from pneumonia—one unaccus tomed to such scene* declares that what the man needs is more air, but in point of fact it i.s not more air he needs at all, but more lung to be filled with air. We do not want more of the Holy Ghost, but the Holy Ghost ought to have more of the church. And sometimes, because Hi- rule is not followed. He in a measure withdraws Himself, and allows the forms to stay, but the power is departed. The oil is gone, hue the lamp is there. There me churches where prayer is offered, and the Bible read, and church-going religiously kept up, and there is positively not even the sem blance of power. They arc described in the words or Scripture as "having a name to live, hut being dead." They remind one of the guard found in the excavated city of Pompeii. Hr stood with his hel met and his armor on, and hi* bony linger clasping his spear, and yet not living. It is just the same with the efilircb. A little thing at first may result in lo** of power in the entire church. A wrong financial policy might do it. A spirit of criticism might accomplish it. “There is an in*idiou disease which slowly and secretly turns the vital organs of the body to boil-. Jr. begins by ossify ing little fragments of tissue here and there. No medical skill can arrest its pro gress. Nature ;m perverted from hey healthy process of assimilating and nutri tion to'the creation in th© system of noth ing but bone. What should be life to mus cle and nerve and sinew and arteries, turns to solid anti li>elc* ■ bone. At length the heart is reached and vital parts of it become bane, and its beautiful work of pulsation, by which life is sent in red streams to the very tip* of the fingers, ceases and death ensue-;. Such is the moral induration which the sensibilities of a soul .suffer, when long appealed to bv the services of religion, to which it will not yivc back a throb of responsive feel ing.*' TY. If the church is >be governed l.v the Spirit, every office-bearer in the church should lie influenced hv Hie Holy Ghost. Ministers should be filled. Fan! gives an illustration of one phn*© of this truth: Acts III: 912 • “Then Saul, (who also is called Raul), filled with the Hole Ghost, set bis eves on him. and said. O full of all subtPity and ail mischief. thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wiit thou not cense to pervert, the right ways of the Lord? And now, boh Jd. the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shaft he blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And i nine'<l lately there foil on him a mi.-, and a darkness, and he vent about seeking some to lead him by the hand. Then the denuty. when lie saw wlmt Tva-i done, believed, being aston ished at the doctrine of the Lord." The Holy Ghost only fills the man whose d©sire is to honor Chris;. Philosophy, poetry, art. sociology, ethics, are well enough in their plat©*. but their place is in the pulpit. The Holy Ghost ha pledged Himself to witness only to th© sto r v of Jesus and th© resurrection. Paul Meuydit this whole '-king ortt, and while he. was schooled in all the learning of the day, he said: "YVe preach Gfii i- < irrifiod, unto ♦he Jew* ;> rftUMifilmg lilo.k. . ui unto tho Greek* foolishness. But unto them that arc ■the power of God and the wisdom of'God.” Hater is another ilhm• -ation* \©ts 4: S . “'•’hen Veter, with the Holy Ghost, said unto them: Yc rulers of the people and ©ldrr of Israel." Vds 11: U 16-- nd as I began In speak the Holy Ghot fr'l on them, as on us m the Then remembered l lh© word of the Lord. I’iuv that fie said. John indeed baptized with water, but ye hall bo baptized with the Holy Gh;>s! ” I do not know of any on© ia cite New Testament iScriptun* Curnishir.g ns a Bet ter argument for the use of the .word of God in prrachiny than iVicr himself.-Take tho sermon at Von teen. t. if you simply ft string of lexis of Scripture. L vtm should ah\ "But is ibis all he said':" f answer: “The words of Scripture are all that th© Holy Ghost thouvht worthy or record.” Veter's words would have* passed a wav with his own generation. The word of God abides forever. Stephen furnishes an illustration of the fact that to he tilled with the Holy Ghost does not always mean humad success. 'ets G: 5 to K " \ml the sayiny pleaded the whyp multitude, and they choae Ste phen. a man full of fa\ih and of the Holy Ghost, and and Vrochorus, and Xi canor. and Timor, and Pnrmenas, and Ni colas. a proselyte of Antioch: whom they set before Hit l apusules. nr.d \vh©:i they had juaved th y laid tln ir I’.amls on ta.em. And the word of God inn-eased, and the number of the di • iples imil:iniicd in dern .-•ahun greatly, *nd a great ©omn nv of the nriest* wer ‘ obedient to Mu* faith. And Stephen, full of faith and now©©, did crea* wonders am! miracles among the people." Vets 7• Vi--"But he. being full of the Ho’y Glio.'t, looked, up steadfastly into heaven :and saw the glory o; (••>d, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God.”’ One migot.h * filled with the Spirit, and pass through the greatest disappointment of his life, for Stephen Mas just as truly tilled, although h© was “toned to death, as Veter, th? preacher of Veniecost. God might fill you and then test you. The great guns which are used in the defense of our country are always tested before th v leave the arsenal. The position of the minister is an exalt ed one. k Veter 1: 12 ' Into whom it w.vi revealed that not unto th©irwelvcs. hut unto us they did minister th© things which arc* now reported unto you by them that have premhed the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghot sent down from heav en. which things the angels desire to look into.” 'There is not an ancel in the skies to-day hut who would leave his post o; honor to take your place and mine in the preaching of the ffOSTKd. The v-ositum is a divine one: Acts '.V: 2s~ ' Take heed, therefore, unto yo-.:rs*'*lvcv. and to all th' flock over the which the Holy Ch©si hath made you !\e r -aer-s. to / a t the church of God which He hath purchased with His own blood/’ It greatly lurnittcs one's work to know tha J we a v • re to do just what Jesus would do if lie were in our ulnce. The message of the man of Hod is inspired; Malt. 10: 20 "For ir is not ye that speak, bur the Spirit • f your Father which <*nouk <th in you." Mack IS: !l>. 11- "And the (rospel must firs* be rutblisbed amor.g all nation*. Jb.it when they shall lead you and deliver you up. lake no thought be forehand what ye >hall speak, neither do ye premeditate, but whatsoever shall he .given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that .speak, hut the Holy (•host/* 12: 12 "For the Holy Ghost shall teach von in the same hour what ye ought to say/' The Holy Ghost never entourages idle ness. We are not teaching the Fsson that one n<'-1 simply or.cn his mouth and ex pect the Lord to till ii; but the ideal posi tion is for everyone to be so filled with the message all the time that if he were called io speak anv number of times during the day he would always be sure that he had. c. message from God. Notice what the Serintures say: Rev. 1: 10- "I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day and heard be hind me a great voice, as of a trumpet." Rev. 4: 2—“And immediately I was in the Spirit: and. behold, a thrdne was set in heaven, and one sat. on the throne/’ ]f one is saturated with His message, nnd is in the Spirit, there will be no question ns to his rower in the presentation of what he has to say. These conditions bavins resulted the re sults are guaranteed: Mark IS: 15-18 ‘And He said unto them. Go ye into all the world, and urea eh the gospel to every creature. He that beliereth and is bap tized shall be saved; but he that beiieveth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe: in My name shall they cast out devils: they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents, .and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them: thav [ shall lav bands on the sW:. and tiioT shall ! recover." He!.. 2: 4-"Uod also beann- I tiiem witness, both with signs and non ; ders. and with (liver* miracles and tut* or i the Holy Ilhost, accovdins to His own j will.” There is absolutely no limit to ’ God’s power: He can do all things. , There is a very significant expression ! used in Scripture. Hev. 14: 13— Anri 1 i heard a voice from heaven saying nnto me. Write. Hle&sed arc the dead which die ill ; t!ie Lord from henceforth. Yea. saith the i Spirit, that they mav rest from their laj i hors: and their works do fooow theam I The Rev. 1\ li. Meyer thinks that this vs ! to he interpreted as “Amen, saitii the Spiritand that it is the Spirit s approv , nl of what wo have don© in the name ot i Christ. It will be a glad day for the church when for every pastor’s work the ppint shall breathe “Amen:” for the service ot every elder, deacon and trustee Me snail sav again •‘Amen:’’ when the living of all : the saints shall live - . nearly according to 1 God’s will tint at the close of each day : th* spirit shall say “Amen and amep. Rut the filling of the Holy Ghost is not to he confined to those who are called ministers of the gospel. Kvery deacon ought to he filled: Acts C: 3, 4—"Where ton*, brethren. look y© out nmong you seven men of honest report, full of toe Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom wc mav an point over this business. But wc will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. There was a time in the history of Hie church when men were chosen to fill the church's offices, not he-'an e ot their social position or tK*ir financial abihtw. hu sim ply they were men filled with the Holy real test of fitness for si ’h an office. I feel very sure that wc should expect a Pentecostal oulnotiiing of the Spirit ot God only when this principle is recognized. If the 7Toly Ghost is the life of the church ”* v.v Ill’ll in Bcriotpre: Lnh. 4; 31, 32- "f jet all bifternes. B . and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil sneaking, lie nut av/av from you. with all nmhec. and l>© ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another even as God for Christ'* sake hath forgiven'vou" then we nn to be e:<cee/iiny!y ear©fill with vogppet to everything that would grieve Him in the least, it i ' rnv thought to soun* that the piwnee of bitterness or wrath or an •cr v.- mid grieve the Spirit. Such is in deed the ease. ’ll ■ Ill* •*-*< • Tlu- Holv Ghost i.s to work’ out m m I ill ~ which' - f has fievomolUhed for ns i on the throne. There can oulv he on# hin | dranen to the working out of this plan of : God, and that is found in fbn ehnreli U ! self. There is iso f -:np warning forjrll the menibcvs of the elrirch: 1 r J Hess. •>: h not the Spirit.' Acts •: H-0 •*Rut |Vt;r said. Ananias, why hath Satan tilled thine sear‘ to lie to 'he Holy Ghost and 1 o keen beck ymrt of the price of Hie land? Wliiles it remained, was it not thine own? And after it \n- sold. Mas it not in thine own power? Whv hest thou con ceived this thing in thine heart? f l hou hist not lied onto men. but unto God. \nd \ nani is hein<* these words, Ml down, and gave up the Hi oat. and great f©fr earn© ©n all tiiem that heard tii©se things. And the young men arose, wound him up. and carried him out and buried him. And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, earn© in. And Veter an swered unto her. Ted me whether ye eold flic land for so *>ueh? And sh© said. Yen, for so much. Then Peter said unto her. How is it that v© Invc agreed together in ■ ©‘•pi the Soirit of the Lord? BehoM, ♦he feet of them wbwh have buried thy husband are ct the door, and shall carry i he© out." While non may not no wade vs hue© been stricken down a v. ©re Ananias and Sai'Phim. yet it t©u© tint b6cnno of th-* fact that w© are livine in a spirit that is ©oi’trarv to tb* Holy Ghost, w© be eorl© dead spiritually, w not physically, and it is a possible thing to nearly fiueneh th© Spirit that from lhe human 1 vdpoint there* will b© no life t alh Thus while the indbudua! member of • *i© ©liiirch m. v --k • h ' ,ye iv* *. yet s© n b\ fire.” Mie thiuT mav Iv* true of the ehinvii m a whole. It would b© a sad ihi nr for ih© Bridegroom to be disappointed in bis bride. Knowing Wlten to ‘•{op. Tvoou ing when f > stop and stopping arc very different things. A man in a runa way motor ear knows very clearly that it is time to stop, but that doesn’t stop him. Many a man ur woman has carelessly or wilfully gotten into a bad habit, saying: "Oli! I am one who knows when to “ ©o.” That is probably true. The day mu’] com© when they wul know very clear ly that it in time to slop, but vit! not Ire able to do so. It is like taking hold of the handles of a strong electrical generator— y©ry ease to take hold, but very hard to © i go. The lingers of habit arc bent and barbed like fish-hooks; once in. they are hard to get out. The really wise nan con siders not only when to stop, but also when it is possible to stop, and he often ‘finds. *u so considering, that the best time of all to stop is before one has begun to go —Sundry-Scliooi Ti mes. Fresh From Coil’s Mint. ATI that God gives to us dev by day is. r. i: Mere, a new creation. YVe never re ceived it before. Ir never was our need tin til now. We may have received something like iv before, but that was not this, nor could that have filled the p\v ? ef Ibis. Every day’s b!©->inc ; are to each of •;: as a sneriid miracle i’vozn the hands of the ever loving and t!ie almighty God. As John Banyan says: "Thingsthat we receive ftt God’s hand come to us as things from the minting house —though old in them - elves, yet new to us/’ YV'imt should we do if our Father failed 1o give us current coin of His minting day by day?—Sunday- School Times. T’.olli TnUlvJdnnl and Social. The Spirit of God is now proving to us that this individualistic rule of Christian ity, although always primary and e&sential is after all. on’v a section ot the glorious Gospel oi the blessed God. This must be so, seeing that the Gospel was for man. who in the nature of him is structurally s>ch\l. You can insulate a wire because it is a wire. but von cannot insulate a man. The k Higdon* cs:abtishc<l wa- S *£ the sons •>; (had. and the ideal social drr is that in which the principle of broth < G'ood reigns with illimitable sway.—John Clifford. The Serrot of Succors. Faithfulness it the explanation of many a successful career. O nportunitv, ability and the friendly assistance that may he Stiven all tend to further one's efforts, but tin- f sis tent, untlaun-ed faithfulness to the labor in hand, in the Very face of op pos-.mn and hindrance and obstacles is that which conquers. The character that is developed by devotion to duty, m life’s smallest undertakings, is being equipped for glorious achievements. Therein i. found the secret of success.—Presbyterian. Prejudice. Prejudice never reasons, but moves and sways the mind and action from some in stinctive or sudden or biased impulse. It nas its seat m ignorance, weakness or idle ness. Tt is a Kindness of perception and re,anon union leads to personal and pub lic. injury. It acts as a hindrance to truth knowledge and to progress. Is j. an ;„: tratiziny force that resists and modifies the most cogent arguments, the most powerful discourses, the mast moving appeals and the most stin-ing considerations The Friend. Full Faith In Christianity. One cannot give money of anything else with the same passion with which h gives himself. Ail other forms of consecration are secondary— valuable, but secondary. ; \o generation, therefore, can show its fu’i mitn m (Christianity which does .-.ot offer its best gifts—WilliamM. Tucker NOVEMBER % Arettirus, the hottest star of the celestial bodies, gives us as much heat as does a standard candle six miles away. Tills fact was ascertained by the radiometer—an instrument which will show the amount of heat given off by a man’s face 2000 feet away. Replying to the more or less popular theory that comets are simply swarms of meteoric stones, a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society recalls the brilliancy—almost increased —of Arc turns as it was seen in ISSS through thousands of miles of the very nucleus of Donati’s comet. The mist from a frog pond would have blotted out the star altogetner. Chemists are discovering that there are gases in tho composition or the at mosphere other than those which have long been recognized. There are be sides argon and heliutfi, which have been known for some time, neon, eryp ;~n and xenon. The cheraie relations of these substance* are now being de termined, and tiieir atomic weight va rl-'s from that of helium, which is four, uu to that of xenon, which is 128. The radiations of radium have proved to be of rare value in medieine. It is found that a metallic screen interposed between tho eye and a vial contain ing radium in no way prevents the healthy eye from seeing it. If the I retina of a blind person be healthy, it | will be affected by ratjium rays even though the cornea be opaque to light rays. Consequently the radiations from radium can be used to discover whether or not the retina of a blind person is healthy. It i.s announced that Professor Marckwald, of the Berlin University, has discovered anew element of ex traordinary rndia-aetive energy. He found it in uranium ore, from which he separated it by an electrolytic pro cess. It occurs in the minute propor tion of one gramme per ton of ore. The rays it emits are simile to those of radium, but differ from the latter in that they are almost completely ab sorbed by paper and glass. A porcelain tube charged by rubbing immediately lowers its charge when :t minute par ticle of the new element is brought near it. Apparently no name has yet been given to it. llow the electric waves used in wire less telegraphy follow the earth’s curv ature is still an unsolved problem. E. Lasher supposes that the waves run aloug the surface of the earth, and especially of tho sea. in the same man ner that they follow a wire, and that part of the electric energy enters the earth's surface as part of it penetrates the surface of the wire. A suggested test of the theory is signaling between two balloons, when the difficulty of communication should increase with the height. The electrical oscillations being at right ingles to the wire or earth's surface, another interesting ex periment would be the sending of sig nals up a precipice, using both horizon tal and vertical autennae. Jobs For Official Now, the question of employing lions in ill'.* Government service under civil service regulations has come up for official consideration, owing to a let ter addressed to the Civil Service Coin mission by an official of the United States Geologhnl Survey, If seems that hens arc necessary and Indispensable assistants in certain kinds of Government work, and there is no reason why they should not he duly classified, like charwomen, fe male copyists and other Federal em ployes of the gentler sex. There is no question of President Roosevelt's au thority to extend over them the blan ket of file civil service under existing law. and it is undeniable that certain Important advantages would accrue from the regularizing of the chicken branch of public work. For it should he understood that Uu ci'' Sam utilizes a very great number of hens' eggs in the course of a year. It is most important that they should Fe fresh, and that the supply of them should be regular. The situation in Ibis regard was clearly explained in the letter written a few days ago by the official above mentioned. iho Government maintains a num ber of photographic laboratories iu ’ ashington, all of which requfre regu lar supplies of fresh eggs. These are used in so-called “wet plate.” Pacific Light For Bad Eyes. One new reason why California’s climate proves so beneficial to health seekers from the East has recently been set forth by a well-known physi cian there. He says that the many tourists who visit the “Land of Sun shine" every year are suffering from nervous prostration and other disor ders. which have their origin in unsus pected errors of vision, and that the trip to the Pacific coast benefits them by disclosing to them the cause of their trouble. Iho brilliant light of that sunny ••ountry immediately affects eyes which have distorted refraction and the pa tient at onee is moved to consult an oculist. He relieves the strain on the visual organs, and in so doing causes the blight of a host of other evils which hate been destroying peace and com fort, headache, melancholia, sleepless ness and incidentally a testy temper, which ha'd been caused by these Ills and others from which the invalid had been suffering. • Pittsburg ships more than 12,000,000 tons of coa} annually.