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Realizing Our Visions Of Truth.

When visions cease and ideals have
perished, when the heights of perfect
living are lost to eyes turned downward.
there is peril for the soul. We live by
what we see, not merely by the gifts to
which we have attained. God counts
as his people not only those who have
reached the goal, but also those who are
upon the road. Our heart belongs at
the further I'D of our desire. In low
ing Christ, whom as yet we know i'm
perfectly, we have put ourselves in vital
contact with One who is himself the
truth, in whom all our imperfect aspi-
rations are to be first purified, then sat
isfed. 1t is God who gives the longing
and He will not. let it die without at
tainment if our Wills are true. He cor
rects our vision as he leads us toward
the goal. Peter had a vision Of cere-
monial purity which made the Gentiles
all unclean; but God showed him that
the true ideal was not a scornful sep
aration such rs he had practiced. but .
helpful mingling which should bring q
diviner purity to the unclean peoples.
We hold our ideals subject to Gods cor
rection, but we may be sure that our
attainment will be more blessed and
more useful than we dreamed. Here on
earth we are always growing, and the
wish changes as the knowledge grows
The pattern Of the tent Of our abiding
is 10 the loving thought Of Christ.-The
Congregationalist. --.
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FOREST FIRES.
The Indians Managed the Matter Better
Than We Do To-Day.

The Indians Managed the Matter Better
Than We Do To-Day.
A correspondent Of the Bedford In
uuirer, IAN old mountaineer," makes
the following novel propositions for
the prevention Of destructive forest
fires: First compel all owners of wood
land under heavy penalty to clear
their woods Of all leaves and small
underbrush by burning the same or
otherwise removing at such times as
the owners may select during the
months of November, December and
January, holding them responsible for
any damage done to the property OF
others, so that proper care and judg-
ment may be used. Of course the first
clearing of mountain and other tim
Der land on which there may be an
accumulation of leaves and brush (the
product of many years. will be at
tended with some expense and great
care, but when once cleaned nearly all
care, expense and trouble E-ill end in
case all owners Of woodland each and
every year be compelled under heavy
penalty during the aforesaid months
to burn all the leaves which may have
fallen from the seasons growth. If
this be done there can be no forest
fires during the nine succeeding
months; there will be nothing to burn.
After the forests and groves, are
once cleared of all leaves and small
underbrush, the cost Of each year OF
burning the leaves Of one seasons
growth will hardly exceed the cost OF
a box of matches. Furthermore, II
done properly, there can be no harm
to any young growth, as farmers know
from experience that burning stuDDle
off O field will not kill the roots or
grass. The ashes Of the leaves, being
left on the ground, will prove Sood
fertilizer, and more than enough unln-
iured acorns and nuts will be LEFT to
take root, where it is impossible II
there be a heavy carpet OF leaves.
Fall fires, simply from the flash or q
coating of one seasons leaves, will be
so hight that birds and game or all
kinds will scarcely be frightened, and
in the months named there are nc
young birds and nests and no helpless
animals. Nuts, too, Of all kinds could
easily be seen and gathered when
wanted.
Let us learn wisdom from the In.
dians and the hunters Of 100 years
ago. When the leaves were burned
each fall in West Virginia and Mary
land the ridges were covered with
dense growth of bluegrass, affording
pasture for deer and cattle. Thls an
nual fall burning had much to do IN
producing the smoky atmosphere
which was called Indian summer.
bradford PENN Era.
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Can AniInnl's Cry:

Lady Burton says she has seen
horses in the Syrian desert cry from
thirst, a mule cry from the pain of an
injured foot, and camels shed tears in
streams. A cow, sold by its mistress
who had rendered it from birth, Wept
pitifully. a young soko ape used to
CRY from vexation if Livingstone didn't
nurse it in his arms when it asked hin
to. Wounded apes have died crying,
and apes have wept over their young
ones slain by hunters. A chimpanzee
trained to carry water jugs broke one,
and fell a-crying; which proved sor-
row, though it wouldn't mend the jug.
Rats, discovering young one drowned
have been moved to tears Of grief. A
giraffe which a huntsman's rifle had
injured began to cry. Sea lions weep
for the loss of their young. Gordon
Cumming observed tears trickllns
from the eyes of a dying elephant.
And even an orang.outang, when de-
priv red of its mango, was so ve1ed
that 1t took to crying. There can be
little doubt, therefore, that animals 90
weep from grief, or pain. or annoy
ance.-Cassells Little Folks.
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Tho Crusade In Brief.

While the pulpit sleeps, the saloon sells,
Moderation the gateway to drunken.
ness.
Alcohol, the mightiest evil genius for
killing men.
Human depravity its deepest depths
liquor traffic.
The number of saloons in Ohio last year
vas l0,34S, an increase Of ats over 1899.
The license receipts were sl,s64,642.
Alcohol vitiates the blood, inAames the
stomach, overtaxes the heart, destroys
the kidneys, hardens the liver and softens
the brain.-Norman Kerr, NJ. d.
Experiments with marching soldiers
hive generally shown that spirits should
not be used in times of great muscular eS'
ertion.
1T would tickle the w. C. T. U. half te
death to know what hard shedding New
York saloonkeepers have nowadays" The
speaker was the proprietor of successful
downtown cafe.
Experience has shown that about one.
third of the living children of alcoholic
parents are epileptic, and that more than
onc.half of the idiots in the world are the
offspring Of alcoholic parents.
Kraepelir goes 30 far as to consider in.
toxication mental disturbance fraught
with great danger to society. He points
out also the frequency with which alco
holism 10 responsible for crime OF yariow
kinds and degrees.
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Mental NJ ood OF Drinkers.

To the MANY uninformcd people who in
sist on drinking strong liquors not be-.
cause they like the taste, but are fond of
the effects" the discoveries made by DR..
Allen Starr as to the quality of mental
mood produced in the drinker by different
sorts Of beverages may prove instructive.
In recent article in the Medical Rec
ord he says that the result of careful in
vestigation has led him to conclude that
in the majority of individuals sherry pro-
duces a quarrelsome disposition, while,
on the other hand, port tends to exert a
soothing effect. Champagne causes appar:.
emily decided exhilaration Of the flow of
thought, while Burgundy makes one think
more slowly and by no means adds to the
feeling of conviviality..
Whisky, brandy and gin have entirely
different effects on the individual, but
DR.. Starr will not undertake to classify
their manifestations with reference to any
large number of persons.
The fact of the matter is he cannot do
30, for each one of these beverages pro-
duces an effect upon the individual who
NAV absorb them in overdoses that Is IN
inverse ratio to the sober temperament OF
the absorber and in diametric opposition
to every rule of psychology that was ever
laid down. Four drinks Of brandy may
make usually tdClGuIu luulfleuoi IoiN
like house afre, while five drinks of gin
may put an alert and hustling man into
state of paralysis, Eleven drinks of whisky
may set normally .peaee-loving citizen to
fighting every wooden Indian and police
telephone box he comes across, and mix
ture of all three of these brands of liquor
during the progress of spree may turn
the most profane and irreGgious man into
a singer Of hymns and spouter of gospel
texts and scraps of sermons.
If the large number of experimenting
persons who insist on drinking liquor
without reference to quantity or quality
or age or character for its "efects" and
not for its "taste," would take the pre-:
caution to have the different stages Of
their Gags portrayed by photographers
and photographers, engaged especially to
follow them from barEoom to buffet, and
from beer saloon to alehouse, they might
secure a collection of data that. when ex-
amined in moments of stern and reflective
sobriety, would serve more effectively to
prevent recurrence of their experiment
tation than all the cures for alcoholism
ever invented.-Kansas City Times.
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Although the lioness's laws were |

Although the lioness's jaws were
fairly crunching his shoulder bones
and her paws lacerating and oppress-
ing his chest, the resolute fellow
called out, in perfectly natural voice,
quite as if nothing at all unusual were
occurring: Coco! Coco! Yiiens, mon
Coco! Eiens done mon cheri! La
bonne bette! La bonne bette! LIE beau
garcon! Quill est beau, qu'n est gentil
ce Coco-la! Oh lie bon CHEN quill
estw And then, as the dog, his mood
transformed from shame to joy by the
caressing tones Of his masters voice.
approached. Michel stretched forth the
hand which the lioness's fierce en-
brace left free and patted him kindly
on the head.
The effect on Imperatrice was in
stantaneous. Her eyes 'grew gentle,
her teeth and her claws relaxed, re-
luctantly, it is true-for the SAVIOR of
the warm human blood was probably
sweeter than anything she had hith-
erto known outside her dreams-but
surely, and sliding to the hoor, she
licked affectionately the face Of the
dog and the hand of the master by
turns.
Because it was plain as daylight
that the lioness had offended not from
savagery, but from excess OF love. she
was not punished for her outbreak.
Nor did Michel, after his return from
the hospital, where his ugly wounds
sent him, attempt to read her any les
son. Rather he read himself one, and
it will be many long day, you may
be sure, before he disciplines Coco
again in the presence of Imperatrice.
Coco, the rascal, thoroughly appre-
ciates the situation, and conuucts, or
misconducts himself accordingly.
There are two very different Cocos
since Imperatrice's memorable de-
fence of him; a Coco in the cage and a
Coco out of it.-Youth's Companion.
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GODS MESSAGE TO. MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS

Two ReliGions-Rsalizlng Our Visions ss
Truth Modern Christian anity-R Rajoies
In the Lord A Morning Prayer
Gods Beautiful World - Lords Day.
A woman sat by q hearthside place
Reading book with a pleasant face,
Till child came up with a childish
frown
And pushed the book, saying, "Put IL
down.
Then the mother. slapping his curly
head,
Said, Troublesome child, go off to bed.
A great deal of Christ's life must
know
To train you up as child should 60"
And the child went off to bed to cry.
And denounce religion-by and by.
Another woman bent Ger q book
With smile Of joy and an intent look.
Till child came up and logged her
knee,
And said of the book, Put it down.
take me-"
Then the mother sighed as she stroked
his head,
Saying softly, II never shall get it read;
But III try by loving to learn His will,
And His love into my child instil.'
That child went to bed without .
sigh,
And will love religion-by and by.
Rams Horn.
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Merely . Lack Of Maphness.

A drunkard who is told that he is suf.
fering from a disease knows deep down In
his own soul that his principal suffering
is q lacl, of manliness. If he has an hon
est interval occasionally he despises him.
self, recognizes chat the plea Of want OF
will is one which might be urged IN de-
fense of all criminal weakness, Of all de:
reelection of duty, as we'll as in defense OF
his worse than beastly appetite.
Strictly speaking drunkenness is not per
Sc a crime, as the sympathetic justice
urges, but it is the father of many crimes,
and even in it's "plainest"' aspects it rolls
up a greater total of misery, heartache,
ruin and despair than all the crimes put
together. We can imagine nothing, there
fore, which is more fatuous or untorglVa,
bic than the coddling of the individual
who is responsible for share in this total
with the notion that he has no response
bility, that he is somehow really distin'
puisled as a deserving object of compass
sionate concern. The whipping post
would serve his case thousand times bet
ter, but unfortunately the nature of the
offense makes that impossible.
The frenzy which drives women to
smashing saloons is always explicable. but
they are after the wrong object. They
should smash the drunkards, who are the
real home destroyers and whose misguidi;;
ed apologists simply multiply the evil
which they wish to decrease.
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Something In Reserve.

A Young lady had train to catch,
and chartered cab, which unfortun-
ately was drawn by very wretched
horse. Having told cabby that she had
to reach the station in twenty minutes,
away the vehicle dashed at five miles
an hour.
They had barely got fifty yards how
ever, before the lady put her head out
of the window and requested the driv-
er to whip the horse, as she would
otherwise miss the train. He accord
ingly did so.
A little further on she asked him to
administer the whip once more, as the
cab was only just moving. Cabby
again complied Soon after she said:
"Can't you hit him on the head SO as
to wake him up a bit?"
Looking at the young lady the cabby
exclaimed
"Well, miss. I've 1T the hanimal all
over is bloomin' body except rs left
ear, and I'm savin' that for the last
'ilw-London Answers.
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Modern Christianity.

While Jesus Christ Is the same yester-
day, today and forever, it is equally true
that different aspects Of his character
and work appeai with special force to
the experience and need of different
ages of the church. The direction Of
Christian thought has naturally been
determined in part by the objections
and reproaches of the enemies of tha
faith. In the early centuries Christian
thought was chiefly concerned with the
nature of Christ and his relation to the
Godhead. Controversy on these points
kept the Eastern church in ferment
for centuries. In the Western church
problems relating especially to the work
of Christ as the Savior Of men from the
wrath Of God engaged the mind Of the
church down to the time Of Luther and
beyond. But our time, set in the midst
of immense and rapid changes, aroused
to the yastness of the modern world
and it's moral meaning, touched with
human insight and feeling as no age
before it ever was, turns to Jesus OF
Nazareth as the perfect revelation OF q
righteous and loving God, the Create.
of the universe and It's moral Ruler ana
Redeemer.-The Congregationalist. 60.
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANcE-

Poem Deaths Assistant Butcher-Drtnk-
ing Tor tho Effect - Experiments of
DR.. Starr and Pertinent Suggestions
by tho Kansas City Times.
In our world, death deputies
Intemperance to do the work OF age;
And hanging up the quiver nasure gavs
him,
AS slow of execution, for dispatch.
Sends for his licensed butchers; bids them
slay ,
Their sheep (the silly sheep they feeced
before),
And toss him twice ten thousand at .
meal.
Oh, what heap of slain
Cry out for vengeance on us.
Young.
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A Morning Prayer.

Teach US to use this day, o Lord. in
glad remembrance Of Christ's rising
from from the dead and the new life which
he has given. Let Thy presence cheer
our souls, the teaching of Thy Holy
Snirit show us our own sin and thine
availing % love revealed in Christ Help
US to worship Thee in all sincerity OF
Of thanksgiving. Make it a feast day
TO 70 our souls in happy thoughts Of Thee:
in foretaste of the heavenly $ service st and an,
companionship Of saints. Accept our
offer;nrs and use and bless each effort
of % ministration for which Thou givest
o opportunity. May rest be sweet to BODY.
so,lI and spirit, preparing US for better
work and higher thought and for ne ne
rest that remaineth for the people VI
God. Amen.
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A,,.,,c.n LEATHER In Germany.

The steady decline OF the German !eath.
er industry, which the Germans CLAIM ~ Is
foreign product, is really due to the vast
,uperiority of American leather, according
to Consul Schumann, at Mainz, in are
mort to the State Department at Washing:
ton. In spite Of a thorough study OF
American methods in this regard. and fac
tories built on the American plan, he says
the Germans cannot duplicate the Amer''
cao article
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Rejoice in the Lord.

Unless we Rejoice in the Lord"'
how can we, through the long work.
day of life. still chant our morning
song?" Joy that sprouts by the runlets
of April is dead when August comes.
He only who is planted by the rivers or
water has the unfailins fruit of season.
able joy. Let there be no sap in a mans
gladness but that which flows from the
things which he possesseth." and how
easily is his moisture turned into the
drought Of summer. BE Joyful IN tne
Lord Emulate old Habakkuk. He was
no dry-weather Christian. Although
the fig tree shall not blossom, neithe.
shall fruit be in, the vines; the labor OF
the olive shall fail, and the fields shall
yield no meat: the flock shall be be cut St on Oh
from the fold. ana tnere e,;iI snSn raioice % in in
the Lord, will joy in the God Of my
salvation. ."-Maltbie D. Babcock, D. Dr.
in s. S. Times.
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Believers in cremation will derive en-,
couragement from the report just issued
by the council Of the Cremation tnsS s0c1ssy
oress Of the movement there. During the
Year under review 3Ol cremations have
been carried out by the society at Wo-
king, as against 240 during 1899, being an
increase of twenty-five per cent. This
brings the total number Of crcMations
performed at Woking IN 1874. During
1000 eighty-eight bodies were cremated at
Manchester, sixteen at Glasgow and forty
at Liverpool. This brings the totals az
these places to AIS, IS and lO2 respectively.
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To Turn Eivers Into Dry Valleys

Acting under the general directions OF
Chief photographer Newell, geological sur
vey parties have just begun work in the
Gunnison River Valley in Western Colo
RADIO, near Montrose, which looks to di-
verting the river by means of great tun-
mel through mountain range into dry W
gun the preliminary work of dverting st.
Pary's River into the Milk River Valley
in Montana
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A Painters Grim Joke.

A saloon license was granted in a Penn:
sylyania town in building formerly used
big sign, Trunk Factory" The saloon
keeper asked q prohibition painter to
change the sign to suit his business at the
least possible cost. The painter took his
brush and simply carried it. around the
crossline Of the" making the sign read,
Drunk Factory"
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Pnniahed For RidiculIng DuelinR

Arthur Schpitzler, the playwright and
novelist. has been expelled from the
ranks of reservist officers in the Austrian,
Army and UNANIMOUSLY degraded by mil
in which he throws ridicule upon the
practice of dueling.
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LIQUOR and Business Mon.

1t is beyond question that the daily
potations Of city men are terribly on the
Increase. The red rules of self-denial and
moderation during the hours OF business
have been brushed aside.-Toronto Truth
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o,d,. Reautiful World.

Think of breathing in Gods sweet,
,rre air. and instantly giving it forth IN
foml-mouthed speech! Think Of trans
mmt;no the fragrance of flowers inte
nroran;ty! How can any man be pro-
rsne in a summer garden, or In the bios
somihg country? That is one OF the
most Gishenrtening things about the as
soc,ation of man and nature-that man
.an be so brutally insensible, sometimes,
70 the swcetly humanizing. refining. up-
lifting influences shed upon him and dif.
fused through him by Gods beauhfes
world.-Zion's Herald.
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Proxress or Cremation.

The root of worship is need; the bios
om. love: the fruit. character.
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The Lords Day, being the remem-
,rance of a grent blessing, must be a
lay Of joy. festivity, spiritual rejoicing
ind thanksgiving Taylor.
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IN ANY CARB.

In olden times when girl grew up,
They. tied her with ropes of gems.
They shackled her ankles and wrists with
ore,
: And they crowned her with diadems.
They soaked her tresses in perfumed oil,
They rubbed her with paste and things,
Then brought her forth, as queen, befit
To rivet tho gaze of kings.
But nova dip in the tumbling waves,
With a rest on the sands between,
"a linen skirt, and sailor hat
And-she's just as much of queen!
Madeline Bridges, in Life.
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1t costs from $50 to slOO per ton to send
freight to Manila.
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Discovery Of Potassium,

Potassium was discovered in 1907 by Sir
Humphrey Davy. -.
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It's a wonder some people don't get in
digestion from chewing the rag