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Soap.


The first distinct mention Of soap
now extant is by Pliny, who speaks OF
it as an invention of the Gauls; but be
that as it may, the use Of soap foi
washing purposes is Of great antiquity.
In the ruins of Pompeii complete
soap manufactory was found, and the
utensils and some soap were in tol.
cradle stateof preservation. The Gal.
lie soap of eighteen centuries ago was
prepared from fat and wood ashes,
particularly the ashes from beechwood,
which wood was very common in
France as we'll as in England. Soap
is spoken Of by writer's from the sec.
ond century, but 1.-The Saracens were
the first people to bring it into gener.
al use as an external cleansing medi.
um. The use of soap is thus de-
scribed: "When examined chemically
the skin is found to be composed OF a
substance analogous to dried white Of
egg, in a word albumen. Now, albu-
men is soluble in the alkalies, and
when soap is used for washing the skin
the excess of alkali combines with the
oily fluid with which the skin is ma
turally bedewed, removes it in the
form of an emulsion, and with it a
portion of the dirt. Another portion
of the alkali softens and dissolves the
superficial stratum of the skin, and
when this is rubbed off the rest of the
dirt disappears. So that every wash
ing of the skin with soap removes the
old face of the skin and leaves a new
one, and were the process repeated to
excess the latter would become atten-
uated. New York Ledger.
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FLORIDA ORANGE CROP.
Ten Per Cent. of the Frost-Bitten Grove
Were Abandoned.

Ten Per Cent. of the Frost-Bitten Groves
Were Abandoned.
II the owners OF the Florida orange
groves had given careful attention to their
groves Immediately after the freeze, in
stead Of neglecting, them as large pro-
portion Of them did, the orange crop this
year would be something Ike 1000, 900
boxes, instead of 250, 900, as 1t Is estimated
it will be. or this 25O, 900 boxes about 2Oo,-
900 will be marketed outside OF the State.
Why most Of the groves that were even
tually cared for are so backward Is that
their owners were too poor to buy the fer
tiizers necessary to force the trees to
vigorous growth. Now they are fertllizing
their groves literally, having been able to
borrow money on them since the better
times came. Within about four years, II
nothing occurs to give the groves set
back, the orange production will be as
great as it was before the freeze-about
5000,0 900 boxes. ,
It is estimated that fully ten per cent. OF
The groves injured by tho frost were
abandoned, but many new groves have
been set out in that section OF the State
which was not noticeably hurt by the
freeze. 1t would not be at all surprising
II ten years hence Florida should be pro-
ducing 10. .000. 900 boxes OF oranges wear.
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eloquent" Figuress

The liquor traffic Of Ohio pays into the
State treasury alone the handsome SUM OF
81 ,0O0, 900 year. In addition 1t pays to
the various local treasures 81, 500, 900 morel
These figures are eloquent and speak for
themselves.-W and Spirit News. j
Yes, they are eloquent, but they only tel?
one side OF the story. They don't tell how
much the liquor traffic costs the State OF
Ohio. One Of its Governors tells the story
however. He says 1t costs the State S70,i
600, 900 annually. "These figures are also
eloquent and speak for themselves" But
even that doesn't tell half the story. The
eloquence of the tears Of thousands Of
heartbroken wives and children over the
wreck and ruin of husbands and fathers
and desolated homes is kept In the back
ground. The wreck and ruin OF manhood
and the destruction of life as well as prop
erty caused by the "liquor traffic" Of Ohio
Is also eloquent and appeals to the mani
hood OF it's citizens to destroy 1t as they
would venomous serpent or would stamp
out deadly plague.-CalIfornia Voice.
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A TEMPERANCE COLUMN
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
" IN MANY WAYS. 4:

The soliloquy of . "sample"-Che Physii
clan and tho Liquor Prescription =
A Dangerous Practice Denounced
Yes, am a sample; yet who'd have e1l
pected- ~ "a
When first Jared forth in the sunshine d
That I, whose first steps were by fond carr
In school and in college. loved honoredi
respected;
Should stand here ruin, forlorn and de-.
jected- So
A sample rooms "sample"-But, alas.
it's the truth.
What caused it3 Well, some prste OF fore
ordination,
And talk as though men were the crea.
lures Of fate. 8 ~ IS +
But must confess, twas my own inclinaf
tion s, q
That caused me to Yield to the subtle temp
That whispered, In wine I might find In
spiretfon- - .s.gs - I ~ ( -. 5Si.tS
Idrank and awoke to my folIy-too lasa
To-day there are others witirhearts brightly
glowing, ..
Z Whose pathway seems fair as q clearsdsJ
IN June; Is
They drink, Ii with laugh, jest and song
The harvest that comes from the seed they.
are sowing, ~ IS 4. L:
Is best shown by Samples" that deck d
saloon. ~ s. - X
Thomas sullivan, in the Rams Horn. +
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Old Church in Virginia.

One of the very few old churches
still standing and practically un-
changed is st. Luke's, at Smithville,
Isle Of Wight County, Va. 1t was
built in 1852, as attested by the date
on some of the bricks, under the su-
perintendence of Joseph Bridger,
whose descendants still live in the
county and worship in the church.
The records of the family, which are
unbroken for period of $50 years, es.
tablish the date of the building of the
church, and are full of interesting de.
tails of early colonial history.
It appears that st. Luke's was or
iginally so we'll built and of such ex.
cellent material that no repairs were
made to it until 1877, 105 years after
it's com pletion. At that time it was
ordered "that Peter Woodward do the
shingling of the church with good cy
pres shingles of good substance, arc
we'll nailed, for 700 pounds of tobacco,
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A Remarkable Rat.

The Cincinnati Zoo boasts curiosity
in the way of white rat. It closely
resembles miniature white boar and
has two long tusks growing out of the
sides of the mouth and curving upward
to fully twice the length of the head.
The rat is not more than O week old.
Its parents are the ordinary white
rats, beloved of the small boy, as also
are its brothers and sisters. Being in
a cage, somewhat removed from view,
no one paid particular attention to the
white rat family. When the little
monstrosity was discovered he was
nearly week old. The keeper
promptly removed him from the rest
of the family and is bringing him up
most carefully. When molested the
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Latest Style In Heirdressfns.

The latest style of hairdressing, that
of the Duchesse d'Angouleme, daugh.
ter of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoin-
cite, which was the popular vogue in
the early part of the century, when the
bonnie duchesse was exiled to Eng
land, is having revival in France. 1t
Is said that seldom have Partisan ele-
gantes encountered fashion more diff
ficult to revive than this one. 1t is
most complicated method of hairdress-
ing, but perhaps for this reason it is
likely to be more popular. In order to
accomplish it it is necessary to draw
tie hair straight up from the nape OF
the neck, tie it firmly on the top of the
head, and then arrange it so as to iml-
tate bows. There must be a parting
from ear to ear, but it must not be far
back from the forehead. All the hair
behind this division must be brushed
back and tied together with the back
hair. The front hair has central
parting. There is an arrangement OF
short curls brought into bunch at
each side by means of side comb, or
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

eve Follow That Way"-Sorrows Which
Have Been Averted-Beauty Not Nee
essary to Fruitage- Harvest but Frui-
They are gathering homeward, one by one,
And we follow that way;
Their labors are, ended, their journey done,
And closed Is their day. -.
They tread the streets Of the city fair,
No scars from earth's conflict fierce they bear.
Nor feel the pain Of life's goading care,
In their unalloyed bliss
They are gathering homeward, one by one,
And we follow that way;
The boatman pale to their port has come
In the twilight gray.
And we hear the dip OF his muffled oar,
But our hearts are rent with an anguish sore,
".r> Gazing that way.
They are gathering homeward, one by one,
In the midst Of the fight
And we stand perplexed III wonderment
dumb,
In sorrow and night. ..
But the clarion voice Of our leader cries: :.
1.-THE conflict deepens. Arise !artse ~,
For the living must stand where the dead
And face the dread foe.
They:aregatherine homeward,o % comforting
thought! @."s f.. VI.
And we follow that way.
Inspired with the lesson their life has taught
We risk no delay.
Then Onward" the cry on every hand
s.For God and home and every hand"
TILL our cause Is crowned with a victory
grand.
And we follow that way.
" I'LL =. Union Signal.
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Defenders Of the Birds.

The suggestion made at the session
of the American Ornithologists' Union
in New York that day be set apart
for calling special attention of the pub
lie, and especially of children, to the
necessity and desirability of protect
ing birds, is a most excellent one. The
union further suggests that bird day
be combined with Arbor day, and this
is wise also, because if there are too
many days for special observance the
public will become weary of them. 1t
was pointed out at the convention
above referred to that a most import
ant influence could be exerted by the
schools in stopping the terrible
slaughter of birds which is going on,
and which will, if unchecked, not only
result in the determination of num-
Der of species, but great damage will
result to farmers. Brooklyn Stand.
ard-Union.
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Beauty Not Necessary to Rruitage.

Once upon . time very huge and ancient
apple-tree in an orchard set forth a sugges-
tive parable In the face Of passers by. OF
those who ran but chose to read. An Inn
mense branch, broken from the trunk, but
not severed from the root, was cast upon
the ground by the high wind. There 1t lay
along. the size OF tree itself, like de-
feated giant, but not defeated after all. Its
object was to bear fruit, and bear fruit 1t
did. The tiny apples with which 1t was
covered when it fell grew apace and
ripened, in spite Of the fell disaster that
had visited the branch. It still had vital
connection with the root, though torn from
the trunk. The tree was marred, the branch
broken; but In spite of all, It fulfilled Its
mission. Beauty, symmetery, conspicu-
GUS place high In air among. the other
branches, were not essential, although de-
sirable. The vital thing-connection with
the root-insured the life and fruitage. So
a MANNED life, cast from its high place. In
jured by some sharp stroke, but not de-
stroyed, may still be fruitful and also fair,
may live in the sunlight, gladden. the EYES,
and enrich the lives OF others, IL, at the
root. there is still vital connection with the
Infinite Source OF life and loye.-Julia Il
Johnston, in bright Threads"
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WERE BORN IN 1915.
Ladies' Who Claim to Be the Oldest Liv-
ing Twins in the Country.

Ladies Who Claim to Be the Oldest Liv-
ing Twins In the Country.
The claim of the Newell brothers, of
Missouri, that they are the oldest pair
of twins in the country, will not hold,
according to correspondent of the
Chicago Times-Herald. Mrs. b. e.
johnson, recently of Kankakee, ILL.,,
and now of Omaha, Neb., and Mrs.
David Noggle, of Janesville, Wis, are
one month older. These ladies are
the twin children-Polly NJ. and Anna
M.-of Benjamin and Eunice Mosher
Lewis, and were born at Bristol, N. Y,
May 20, 1915. They were the young
est of fifteen children. The twins
went to Milan, Ohio, when about
seventeen, married there, and in 1887
Mrs. Noggle came to Wisconsin to live
the life of pioneer. Mrs. Noggle is
woman of native ability and can tell
many interesting tales of early life in
Wisconsin. She is the mother Of
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q nickel toy. Christmases back John
ID. Rockefeller sent check for $780,
900 TO the Fifty-seventh Street Baptist
church as q holiday offering, and the
same day the organ grinder of Null
berry Bend dropped couple of cop
pers In the plate of tie Italian church
in Roosevelt street.
SO much for the extremes of Christ
mas giving in New York.
Fully one-half of the Christmas
shopping is done the day and the night
before Christmas; not one-half financi-
ally, but numerically. The moderate
y poor, the poor and the very poor
must wait until the very last minute
to get their small funds together for
the great event. The money gift of
the employer to the bread winner of
the family is made the day before
Christmas, and often times the extent
of that gift determines the scope of the
Christmas shopping for the family.
Again if Christmas comes near the
: end of the week, as it does this year,
many will get their weeks pay on
Thursday night.
Another potent reason for delaying
the shopping to the last minute is that
things are cheaper on Christmas Eve
than earlier in the week, Toys and
games and clothing have suffered from
the rough handling, there are rips and
tears which, however, can be easily
sewed up; paint has been scraped off,
parts of games lost and numerous
other mishaps have occurred, all OF
which induces the shop owner to make
q material reducation in his prices.
Again, he does not want to carry q
single piece of his Christmas stock
over for year, as he loses the use Of
the monsy. So he is eager to mark
things down to the real cost, or trihe
below, if needs be, to get rid of them.
People who have to watch the pen
nies are quick to recognize these ad
yantages. So Christmas Eve is the
great shopping time for the lower
part of town and the East side. Vesey
street is the Christmas Eve stamping
ground of the old First and Fourth
Warders. The people for the mos
part of this district esteem themselves
lucky if they can spend 50, and as thi
sum has to supply the Christmas din
ner, as well as to bring Santa Claus
to an abnormally large family o
children, sharp bargaining must b.
done.
Push carts line the streets from
Broadway to the North River, and al
most anything from heavy clothing
household furniture, kitchen utensils
to tiny gimcrack toys can be bought
Ten cents is the prevailing price fol
the average run OF things, and at
squeeze this can be brought down tt
nine, or even eight cents.
y Grand street is the centre of th'
great East side. The Bowery bo.
} buys the Bowery girl ninetynine
cent diamond ring there, and sh'
reciprocates by purchasing a seven
caret, seventy inherent diamond stud.
Women with seven or eight children
toddling along in open-mouthed won
der manage to get through the alarm
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ing crush with their trancelike charges
in some remarkable way. A man with
hobby horse on one shoulder, We
locipede in his hand, Christmas tree
under his arm, big dolls sticking out
of every pocket, a dozen packages held
in some miraculous manner in the
other hand, stops and buys five
pound box of candy :or forty cents,
slows it away somehow, and goes on as
happy as the millionaire riding through
the Park in his victoria.
Tough girls not above sneaking q
roll of ribbon under their wraps, we're
it not for the hordes of detectives
which fill the stores of Grand street,
buy to the limit of their purses, but
buy sharply.
'I am going to buy, bennie for
Jimmie. says one to her friend.
"Say, mister" to the floor walker,
"where do I buy del. bennie?"
"Hey?"
ssDer bennie? What floor is youse
selling them on?"
"The bennie?"
eyes, yer hungry-looking guy, der
bennie. Don't yer spose Use got de
price? T want to buy bennie like
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low YORK SPENDS ITS MILLIONS FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS

ing, and answered that when per-
sons fire went out, he got some of a
neighbor, and if all the fires in the vii
lage should go out, they would get it
from the next village. Their fathers
and grandfathers had told them that
they remembered time or had, heard
from their ancestors that there
was time when fire was not known,
and everything was eaten raw.
The natives of the southern coast OF
New Guinea, having no iron, shave
themselves with piece of glass. For
merly they shaved with flint which
they could sharpen quite we'll and used
with considerable dexterity.
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MsIt.d by the Holy Spirit.

Egypt IS parched and dry. The Nile is
low and practically useless for watering the
land. The farmer looks in dismay. There
can be no harvest unless the seed is watered
is there no supply for his need Yes. On
the snow-capped mountains OF Africa there Is
all be needs, but 1t Is snow, and SO useless.
But the fiery sun arises. the snow Is melted,
tbe lakes are filed, the rijl overdows, and
the land is refreshed. the seed grows. har-
vest Is sure. Men are as the snow. They
need the Holy Spirit to bless the world
Preachers Magazine.
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dis" Here she caught hold of man
wearing blue overcoat and held the
coat for the others inspection:
ooh, a coat-on the fifth floor,
front"
"What dye ti'nk of dat? De guy
didn't know what a bennie was. He
must be new on Grand street." Then
they take the elevator and she tells
the man to let her off "where dere
sellin' de beDnies."
Fourteenth street and Sixth avenue
is where the biggest part of the city,
goodly section of Brooklyn, large
part of Jersey and big portion of all
the suburban towns within fifty miles
of New York do their shopping.
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Harvest but Fruition.

What Is harvest season? It Is death but
a fruition. 1t is stripped fields, but bar
relied apples stubble In the field, but wheat
at the mill; out-of-doors naked world. the
summer things all gone, empty nests cling
ing to the boughs, brown leaves swinging
their last hour in the wind or rustling crisp
iy under foot and, indoors, thanksgiving
for the populations saved again and Tor giad
homes nesting closer. Fruition ana
death. That does not mean success becom.
ing failure then. The dying is part OF the
success. The loyal leaves-they would re-
sent a funeral sermon preached or dirges
sung above them. Their very last word.
their death-murmur, is Life. We have
not been destroyed" they say. 1--WE have
been fulfilled H. fruit that We have made. In
it We have eternal life. Rev. W. C.Gannetr'
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The Next Eclipse.

There will be q total eclipse OF the sun
visible In India on January 81, 1898. Three
expeditions will 60 out from England to
observe it. One, under Sir Norman Lock.
YER will 20 to Colombo, in Ceylon, and will
occupy itself chiefly with spectroscopie
and Photographic work. The second,
headed by the astronomer royal, Mr..
Christie, will be stationed at Jour, 10(
miles south OF Poona. while tho third, un-
der DR.. Copeland, will watch the eclipse at
Wardha
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All For Self.

{ Several years ago singular acefdanh
happened at the Great Northern st6Fmlnua
at Kings Gross. The train came into the|
station at full speed, and hesengine, dash-i
Ing through the wall, went into the com-t
mon open road, and narrowly escaped
breaking Into the great shaft that was sunk
at Kings Gross for the underground rail-
way: The consequences to passengers byi
the train, to the people In the street and toI
property OF all kinds was frightful. Mercfi
lully very little damage was done except
to the railway premises, engine and car
What had caused the sccidentf The
guard, who should have attended to the
train and put on the brakes, was asleepI
He was considered steady man, and bore
avery good character. Agentleman treated
him at a refreshment room on the ltne and
the drink, though itsmight not make htmI
drunk, made him drowsy, untitled him TOR
bis important charge. u
The guard was tried for his niisdemeanori
of neglecting his duty and was punished
with imprisonment-that being onlya part
and the least part, OF his punishment. His
character as q man to be trusted was gone.i
OF course he was utterly ruined. Tha(
gentleman who treated that poor guard
ought to have been doubly punished. HeI
was imperiling the lives Of his feilow-crea1
lures. True, in one sense, he shared the
danger, but the Scripture tells us, "As q
madman that scattereth firebands, arrows
and death, so Is he that deceiveth his
neighbor, and saith am not in sport"
That gentleman escaped public indignas
lion. Safe in his comfortable home, he
had leisure to think Of the guard that he
had tempted to his ruin. Perhaps he conf
graduated himself on his own escape. ALI
for selfI-Mrs. Clara Balfour.
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A Thoroughbred For 81,

The most remarkable thoroughbred
horse sale ever held in Kentucky, occurred
at Lexington few days ago, when William
Easton offered the Fairview stud. compris
Ing stations, mares and yearlings. By
hard work he succeeded In selling forty fol
the insignificant sum of S9157, an average
Of S78. Three horses were given away abb
solutely, two sold for $40 each, five fol
So each, five for $15 each, and one went for
the price Of halter. g.
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The Foundation of Gods Love.

read a little lesson as look out over thu
landscape brown and sere from the drought
not green thing in sight save the trees,
whose still dark emerald foliage Is 80 restful
to weary eyes. SO Is the soul whose roots
strike deep, deep, whore flow the hidden
fountains OF Gods precious love and unfail-
ing peace and joy for our rest and refresh
ine. The poor dropping WINGS and brown
maize and sere grasses are not to blame
it is not their nature to take deep root; but
It is what God designed for us. and We are
to blame il We fail.-M. E. B. Thompson.
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Temperance Soldiers.

There are more than 80, 900 total abstain,
ers among the British soldiers In India and
the proportion Is constantly growing. This
is remarkable, when liquors are dealt out
by the nation as part OF the soldiers daily
ration. The liquor Is before them, is OF!
fered without cost, and vet these m:a say
"We will not have it!'' OF the temperance
soldiers only one-tenth as many are ar!
rested for oflenses against discipline as of
those who drink. Liquor makes men quar-
relsome, even when they are not fully
drunken. Liquor should be no part OF q
soldiers daily rations.