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M u a Exporta and Idadon.. 8an.hlrry Dam for Big B m k m

PINANCaOMMERCE-TRANSPORTATSON

Immcnre Expo- o P o a d M ~ f Tha Demand for Aotomobilu.. , , Tank Car8 for Tramportation

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SCIENCE AND INVENTION

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The Trail of the Serpent

By LAODICEA MESSENGER

Dealing rith man's early r e l a d o n r h i ~ with the A n g c S m d rhoring why therair n o r ro much d t t e a .beat c o a m d u t i o n with the d u d The pubiicrtion of this remarkable and thrilling wrid r i l l begin in 8 m b ~ q o e n irme a this Maguinet f Worth more than the price of a y c u ' r rnb~cnption. Subscribe N O W m d be #rue to get it d. l

THE GOLDEN AGE

Published ewry other week a 1265 Broadway. New York Gty, t WOODWORTK HUDGINGS & MARTIN - CLAYTON J. WOODWORT H.. Lditw ROBERTJ. MARTI N... . ............................t..... B&ws 1Irnqs WILLIA 1. EUDCINGS.. .Scc-r and T r e a r u r r G p u m m md P o r r m the d d r r r d u c h kL. r pGa

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ISDOM of the right order 'is essential to the Nor is this magazine p u b l i s w for pecuriiary profit , rdfare and happiness of mankind. During or gain to anyonr All the money realized from its 'the few years recently p a t the world, through fiery publication above the operating expenses will be used =periences, has acquimd a vast amount of h o w l - for the further dibemination of such knowledge amongst the people as will be beneficial to them. It is , edge; bet to properly rppb that knowledge is now the important question. There is a perfect standard backed by some of the best and ablest men in the ' of rppliatim and when that standard is h o w n and world and shall be maintained as an educational mefollowed the result is d to k satisfying. It i dium for the purpose of teaching the tnae relationship s the privilege and duty of c-rery one who can do s between science, agriculture labor &id p u n rcli@on o Its publication is for the ' to render aid to his felbenefit of the people, low m the wise applicaadvising than of per:2 tion of acquired knowT H E GOLDEN ACE ' and pointing t h a n b a ledge and'to aid him to Ikholdl Timesa gateway open d n k , better and nobler l i f e incrc~~ knowledge and And P u c e is poised on outspread win-; ~ n joy rtmd. tiptoe while .he sin-: d Its purpose is to exwisdom. Such aid, t o Good-bye old -1 - plain in the light of accocnplish a good reGood-by. old t u n 1 Divine wisdom the tms or angels . n i t to b u thim pt. s l , should be rendered ut On. moaning Misery and Hate.. meaning of the great unselfishly. "The wise Looe hold. the key phenormna of the prcsman will hear and inOf tbinm to be: And Hope hoi& out a fair rhitr page, ent day and to prwe t o crease in learning." And bids yon write, thinking minds by ex-;This magazine enters Wt dkep delight ih dence incontmvertib:e tbt field, &erefore, with Th. glory o THE GOLDEN A G E f r mission which is pecua N and convincing that liuuldturiqut I t b time of a greater ties+ ing of mankind is now at IH) rivals because it h a no compctitorr. Every one joining in a similar &ort hand. Like a voice in the wilderness of confusion, its mission is to announce the incoming of the Golden Age. to do-good will be welcomed by ru. T h e n are more sad hearts in the world today than Its policy i and shall be not to array the rich s r at m y time of its history. A devastating war has against the poor, nor the poor against the rich, the classes against the masses, nor the masses against the a c t e d the nations until t h y a n tom and bleeding classes bat it will seek to do good unto dl mankind to death. A c c a m p y i n g the war came the gmat It is not published in tbe interest of any religious pestilential influenza, claiming double the number of d e n d o n , nor is it the advocate of any political victims that fell. as a result of the war. I n the past party o r organization. It k no rwpectv of persons few years, millions have gone down into death and other millions bemoan the loss of their loved ones. becaw of racq color or condition of SUvitudc

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Everpdxrc the cud of Uvinglmormb, higher d high- rtld ranAitionr of real want m d farnine stare m a q people in tbe face In pnctiully d the mder l of the world k o c are m strike or t h r d d q b rh to strike .ad thereby stop the wheels of cormnercc There is a pznad unrest everphcra

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The hanciau are no less i p c r p l ~ .They have n yielded d t t the demands of labor, only t n o he convinced in their OWTI minds that further yielding d mean disaster; and the tension h beaxing roch thrt the industries of the land arc threatening to elore down, alI of which d d bring greater distrerr both to producer Ihd m u a The Chicago s m.

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the very time of tfn -tat increue of knowledge And w b ? Then k a reason, and that reason we must ucubin m d govern ourselves accordingly. T I L a wide dhcrsity of knowledge, which. if & p@y applied, wodd r&ult_in great and beneficial wisdom to the peopk What, then, ir the d mean- ing of the p t 'conditions, and is thm a ~ p - e r&edy that will bring order out of choor rtld atabfish a luting peace, prosperity md happinus to the people? TEE Goron AGS enters the field for the vay purpose of uuwaing thest qu md ddently expects to answer them bo the rrtisfactioa of all thinking minds Tar GOLDEN AGEWin carry into the homes of the people the desired meurqe which wilI tend to restore C&UICIL to the disturb& md -fort to the
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I f , dechre the corporation heads and their backers, walko aob in the Crane and H k e s t t r works are r e h a d for saddened heark We & not expect t accomplish more serious and exbensire industrid interruptions; if the this by human wisdom. because that hu been tried budding workers prove to take tJu5r responsibility rr lightly s u thar fellows in the C n n e and Harvester rhw: if tbe and hiled and such wjsdom i foolishnesr in the sight - rtmt m i l m y 43qlOyee~ are uncompromiringly insistent upon of Jehovah. But we will point the people to the clear uvarv-seven per cent increase in the ~ g v9e. rhm. sy a and-indisputable evidence in the light of present-day anployerr and thdr finanaal backem. let it come t an utrane o Fiiancid men do not m n e words. They state point* ic events, disclosing the d h k d y acpreued ranedy for , tbq rrin bock anployera to the limit; . il & rl t &cry i & the rcwnstruction of hunua &aim that d bring l porhnt indaatry i Chicago and the Middle West tenitn I be s t d m the desire of all nations, assuring to t e - - life, h psople n h than submit to ;m tmreuonrbl; t & wage o r unjust andition. If it must come to a drutic c w d l12xrt-y. and happiness. We invite all d e r - l w i n g , tion between employer and employe+, well and good; they, t the representatives of a p i t d dedd not avoid the t a t ; law-abiding, God-faring persons io aid in passing this l t the t i g be settled now and definitely; they arc r r e hn rg musage of comfort on to those who desire to be bo meet and combat it to r h a l condtuioa u the u s e r t i a n
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comforted n e troublesome tima upon the earth have awakand socially. Daily problems are arising, the solving ened the people to a realization that they hava of which seenu beyond the power of human ingenuity. neglected Bible study and have not provided thar children with sufficient taching conccming the grrat Seeing a l t h e e things coming to pars before our v q l truths in the Bible. Our Religious Department will eyes, who a n lightly pass over the words of the Great carry in a c h issue a carefully arranged Bible study Master foretelling these times when there would be in such simple form that it can be readily anderstwd "upon earth distnss of nations, with perplexity, the by any one. This will enable the people to ramin sea and the wava roaring, men's hearts failing them at home and quietly study their Bibles and increase for far and for looking to the things coming u p m knowledge and in Divine wisdom. Every parent the earth I" o w u it u a duty t his child to see that the child is n These distressing times have come at the very provided with proper Biblid instruction THE climax of the development of inventive genius-at GOLDEN ' supply this long-felt w n . AGE d at The nations a n in distress politically, k c i a l l y

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Open* the m d s u a d , t cmtnlizirqpmrhues and discontinuing competition whemer k is wasteful. .nd omeCwsuy amld ha* fait t rrrtllt in great. o problem is engaging the attention of the ultimate swings. And it is the pubIic, i the end, that. n i a n people as few prapasitioru have ever d n oe plan, evolved by the railroad brotherhoods, is bued haa to foot the bin, h o m e r the roo& are o p e d . n upon the constantly rising cost of living to the con- As t the gavemmmt'r operation of tbe nilroads, sumer; the knowledge that the repeated increases in this has not been such a total failure, as mna]r would wages have brought no real benefit to the workers, like to think A large part of the apparent lorsw are since the and greatly bat have gratly enriched the owners of capital; the due bD decreased basinincreased wagu. The t t l r ~ s g ebill of January, oa conviction that further advances in wag- at the expense of a cost of living exceeding that of the wage 1919, was 66 per cent higher than the carraponding increase, are wholly futile; the knowledge that in- figure for the last month of private opmticm. cruse in the productive power of human efTort should Government operation without the active and willbe reflected equally in increased wages and dmeased ing cooperation of the employes tends toward stagnacost of riving, not increased cost of living; the knowl- tion and bureaucracy, and docs not satisfy the legitiedge that increased cost of transportation results in m mate aspirations of the rdroad workers ; hence there increase in the cost of living while dmeased cost of must be a considerable participation of employes and transportation results in reduced cost of living, and officers in railway management. As long as the the assurance that the rights of all railroads are based brotherhoods are in opposition, with capital and entircfy on grants which the public made t the Government against them, they will not feel the reo sponsibility which they must feel if the interests of the . present o m e n . The remedy proposed is that private capital be elim- public arc to be preserved. inated from the railroads by requiring the private As a matter of fact, it has been a long time since ownen of nilroad stocks and bonds to surrender the executive heads of the railroad companiu were their securities for Government b o d s with a 6xed in control of the properties over which they presided. fntcrest return based upon the money actually in- Railroad presidents have said repeatedly that it wa9 vested, and that the roads be managed by corpora- becoming impossible to manage the railroads under a tions in which the public, the operating managements system -of Federal control plus ,the interfemce of and labor shall be equally qresented. One-half the forty-eight separate states. The 'rate-making power net savings would go to the public by increasing sem- was lost long ago, and s was the control of wages. o ice without adding costs or by reducing costs, the The roads were btihg held up by the Government on other half would be divided between the openton one hand and the employes on the other. And it has and the wage earners. not always been true that the executive heads of the The railroads would be ptaced in control of a board railroads have managed those properties in the interselected one-third by the President, one-third by the ab of their stockholders. Sometimes they have operating oKaalr and one-third by the employees; managed them with an eye on the stock market, someand are to divide any surplus between the nation and times with a view of completing mergers in which the bankers were interested. Was not the New Haven the employees, or t meet any dqficit by taxation o No matter how the railroads are operated, t h e are wrecked by a man selected by a leading banker? It is claimed that there are now 12,000,000 stock. three partnus in the industry, capital, labor and the public. I t is a self-evident f a d that until manage holders of the railroads. Their holdings would not ment is wholly efficient, the rate the public p a p is be disturbed by being exchanged for Government exccssivc It is labor's proposal to readjust the inter- bonds. They would have a larger actual voice in the ests in the railroads to a new balancc I t is labor's management of the railroad properties as voters of c i that skill skil the prime force in the railroad in- the United Stat- Government than they ever had as lm a dtutry; and that beyond giving to capital a rr~sonsble stockholders. I t is well known that the officials of return on the money honestly invested, the public owes the railroads have been selected by the bankers, and their sdections have not always bcen good ones, it nothing.

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p3 th* In tirunrill a d e s there n mach talk that the r o d s If they ut tbe 8ctnd m e n 4hrtc ' a d be returned to the owners 'and that when they interest on the bonds, won't t h q k as much interested n ~ ? returned there must be r dividend p a r m t t c d by u t h y tbe United States treasury o r else a marked i n c r e a ~ Railroading is the only business that has every hin ntes. But this is not r good time to increase rates. dustry and every individual in the country for its client, IS. f a the guarantee of dividendr, if the W- and e v e y p e w n in the ~ u n t q ~h t ~ W W . o h a nil-4 invaluable *Nice the mod. perfo-t & m pmte -fie- of printe it d not be long, and a g h n b b4 h f o n m p r i v t75,W m i l a of l h + the i v e line bekg ~ & c w d fie g a i n of 95 d C 8 1 a d emplofi4 about 7 m a to the m i k Tbua liai for the f905 lina or 1800,OOO in CO L placed in the han& of the -rnprai -? s ott m p l u i c b-eu q the m u t c l h r a born in Tau. in OM, fattened i Iowa, slaughtaed in Chi-3 . and rb*h the Gorernmmt pmpedypke &dQ briw in iced a m to Your h a 10 -1 0 as the schook, highways, water supply, f r a Impr*l V * poU.l facilities, i r r i p t i m and fire protection already Ymr M ~ O U P fornia, your other m e l m from Colorado or Southern +Qeinistered by i t Under any system of private ownenhip it is and Indiana, your strawbema from Missouri or Mississinit P 6 m g a from norib " mifor-. drip k a ral problan to h o w what to do =and T a pF u r banwas fmm the s d o a r d ;they t(u ma& ~ v i o w l , , , me ktthing to vith Eveq you pu war mw them ri* the s y r t e a thly d d brhg Our ~~erythinC cu Or too. Or nilmadsurq 650 mq XI SO^ beaebt, so that they might have the a h a m ym woman and child in the land, which is about three o aommon terminals, through trains and such other f t i m u what the roilroads of any other land carry. d as come from unification. Under the Plumb 'Plan the division of dividends a to it to ad-bgr I t L M e v e d that if the Plumb Plan is adopted the is am Prtsidentps appointees to represent the public on the of the, operating employes to get their additional comboud of directors should be chosen much u the me* thrn pnsation in th form of divihd. bcn Of me are chmepfor life' Or of wage. It i hoped that this will provide an offset s during Thq .har!d not , beclaw of the'prominent phce they occupy in the B an indolent policy on the part of the c m p l ~ swho, instead of exerting more effort to create new busines3, couacils and activities of the political party in power. could deade merely to raise wages, and so impose a . I t is claimed by bankers that if private capital is upon the public to enter f m l y upon the venture of further developing Some objections o f i d to the plumbPlan ut the railroads, and if railroad credit is to be reSstab- ht labor itself mthing, but apparently anlished on a solid basis of genuine confidence. 6 per relativdy high wages Empard other with cent. on the final valuation, plus a modest share in indust* rtrength in ways and might use its = m i n e in excess of this penmtage, would consti- that not be for the best intuests of he rest mte the minimum required. This, it is believed, it will of the countr).. It is would that more be impossible to guarantee. b t devoted to increasing wages than t increasing o If the railroads under pub!ic regulation cannot cfficiencr and ht men Hould be retained in finance themselves, and if the Government will not would not be able to malre good under &Iance as long as are run for private pmfitt private operation. It is f too, that nilit necesSdy follows that the Government must take -& would haye to be built out of Governmat over the o m e n h i p and dtimate control of the rail- funds, there be political f i dsong differat ~ ma&- The plans for a partnership of a p i t d a d the sections for such new lines, and new "pork bills" that --mt do not work- They out of would put the notorious river and hubor appropriaThe mitoad brotherhoods have learned that in an tionr f u in the ,hadc ultimate test of strength they have the power to enthe Prophet ~~h~ in hk viia chaptheir demands upon both a d k v e 2:34 foresla the d r e a d l ~& & locomotiva writ. Compulsory arbitration is out of the question. ning ,like the ligtning,,, "with flaming torch- in he Tbe nilroad anployes constitute a large part of the day of his prepaxation," he little imagined that thue atireuship of the country, and they will be interested wonderful "cfiariots" were destined to become the as dtizars, wl they not, in seeing t a the railroads property, not of kings, nor of the rich, but of the il ht are w t l y mlnnged? And how about the public? common people, like himself.

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lYU% POWXR OF THE PRESS blaelrs and whites u a result of the reign o t m r . f During the war a large influx of negraer into T be tm, that if' wie no crimes, scandals, r o s accidents, etc., t h m Chicape ~ ~ ~the ~ d e section and n e f l m s it, O v ~ neZm d of means were being gradudly forced out of it intowould h wy less n e w s p p u t , but 2 if coald spin f m W r p a p e r s h t new mAe a ~ u t l f i n gwhite. sections. This caused a strained (i6ag entirely a t of the e r b w ~b~ influ- situation. The actual beginning in Chicyo wos in a k e of the press is remarkable. An indiscreet state- a at an amusement r m mcnt o r an untrue statement a t a c r i t i d dme has Negroes are intoletant of the indignities t o which aot infrequently produced disastrous d t r . It has they were subjected before the war and claim with r i ~ in ~ ~ h i and G ~ ~ s n considerable force that having done their full share becn d d m e d that the Chicago in fdy w e n largely due to two items, which in making the world safe for democracy the): =e not to be deprived without protest of the libatica we reproduce herewith. On the morning o the worst day o the race dots which they fought 0 e a j o ~ . f f The large packers of Chicago have announced in Washington, D. C, Washington paper printed this on its first page: that they will dismiss d l negro employes, passibly hoping thus to effect the removal of some thbusands UJ(OBILIZATY0S FOR TO-SIGHT of ncgmes back to the South, where they arc needed "It w learned that a mobilization of every available s:? : : mm stationed in or near Washington or on leave here has for farm work and where they arc more appreciated A newspaper is the smallest thing 8 man parbeen' ordered for to-morrow evening Rear the KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS hut on P e n n d v d a Avenue between Seventh chases, but it is like the tongue: "The tongue is a a d Ei&th e e t The r c* of assemMy is 9 o'clock, afid little member; the tongue is fire,,and setteth on of the the purpo* is a fire the c a n e of nature; behold how great a mztprst two evenings to pale into insignificance. Whether ofiicial fire kindlethl"-Jamer 3:sp ,cognizance of this usemblage and iu ktent vl bring about ter a il

its forestalling candot be t d d "

Two days before the riot in Chicago r Chicap paper said:

q'ot only is Q~icagoa meidug-station &d port af refuge for colored people who are anxious to be free from the jurisdictioa of I j ~ c h law, but there has b m built here a publcity ar propagada-machine that directs appcab or carrim or! an agitation that every week m h hundreds of thoawds cu of people of the colored w e in the SouthStates. Tbs State Street blocks south of Thirty-6rst Street are a 'newspaper row' with The Defendrr, The Scorch-Light, The Guide, The hrdzvocatr, The Whip, as weekly publications, and there are also illustrated monthly magazinct such u Thr Hal& Cmkrr). m d The Fworitr."

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In Washington an individual crime was made 8 race issue. Marines, soldiers and sailors took up the issue which had been suggested to them. Unoffending negroes were assaulted upon the streets and were even dragged from street cars for the purpose. The trouble in Chicago a week later amounted to a small sized civil war. In one instance in the latter city a negro woman and the child in her arms were beaten to death by whites without provocation. Scores of other deaths resulted among both

others as temporary wives, and &ere are brokers in Japan who make a business of supplying such wives, sometimes showing a dozen or more to the prospective purchaser before the final choice is made by signing a register and unmade b y signing o f f. Japanese bride-merchants in America do business entirely by photograph, and of course, according to American laws the brides thus selected by their future husbands become permanent additions t o the family. hn While with our Western ways of looL.ing at t i e we may find fault with the Japanese women for the view they take of the matriage &tion, we a n not bnd fault with them for any failure t o act as mothers. So many children are being born to the Japanese women of California as t o cause some anxiety t o the people of that state. Ten years ago the number of children born of Japanese parents in California was 246. During the years 1918 this numbgr had increased to 4,920 for

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the one year and in one nothem California county during that year there were 176 children born of Japanese parents and but 86 born of white parents. There are now more than 30,000Japanese children in California who are native-born and possess all the rights of l a s i n g and ownership held by white children. Statistics show that intermarriage between .whites and Japanese is almost unknown. T h e chif.dren of such marriages are excluded from white ,society and they and their parents are compelled to live in the Japanese quarters. These conditions d o not augur well for the amalgamation of the Japanese and white races. . Here we have a very literal fulfilment of the Lord's promised punishment of Mother Eve and her daughters: "Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception."-Genesis

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draw near to the better age, a leveling process is observable. The worker to act on the plane of the captain of industry, and to manage the business. The laity perceive that the gulf between them and tbe clergy is an illusion. The average citizen demands his share i n the actual govcming. T h e powerful and influential are correspondingly reduced. Mountains are trimmed down and valleys raised up. Woman seeks her place by the aide of man, and if possible a little above. Having secured the vote, she becomes a voter, and some of her enter politics. They say that in the older woman-suffrage states, the woman politicians are the equal of their male predecessors anywhere. I n the newer woman-voting commonwealths the evolution of the woman in politics is going on. The first stage is the zealot, enthusiastic, with a burning zeal for the uplift of womankind. She is developed into o r is succeeded by the crafty self-seeker. T h e woman politician steps from the chrysalis; and find y the funale grafter and corruptionist comptda the cycle. I n many states the woman voter is at the zealot stage. The opportunity for doing good, of reforming, af correcting abuses, appeals to the best instincts of the high-minded. Consequently the door opens, and forthwith appears in the approaching political campaign the woman political speaker. It is the Republican oratress first. I t remains t o be seen whether she will equal her male predecessor, who from his soapbox so deftly threw a spell over his audience and bound them with his webs u to

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in the United States is the Douglass High School of Cincinnati. Blacks from rtI over the city g~ to this school by preference. They fe$ that they get the best chance by staying in their own crowd, and they are probably right. In the main itntranco of the Douglass School a n four placards reading: "SelfControl, Self-Reliance, Self-Respect, Race Pridc." The teach- are of hightlass, and largely drawn from the South. T h e x h o o l has every feature calculated to make it an attmctive rendezvous for e d ored boys and girls until the closing hour, which is 9.W P. M. Its play rooms, libraries, medical attention, open-air rooms for tuberculou~ children, special c l u s u for defectives, and courses in manual training and domertic science, d l have proven that the best way to deal with the colored boy or girl to make for contentment and order is t o give them a chance, and to give them that & m c e by themselves. While it is true that "of one blood Cod hath made d nations of men," neve+eless under present iml perfect conditions a wise segregation is probably ul advmtagt to all concerned.

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ISCUSSION proceeds widely u to the best way to meet the increasingly insistent demand of the worker that.he be permitted to have a , voice in. the management of the business. All employers now know that they mast d a l with their employes by collective bargaining and it would seem the part of wisdom 'for thetn to 'spend some time now i n considering how they can make the best solution of the new situation which is bound to arise when the employee demands a voice in the management. . It' is a curiotls thing that while the avkrage -man ' will admit that he knows nothing about most subjects he has never studied, such as music, geology, botany, astronomy, etc., he is fully convinced of his ability t o govern or help to govern business or polit{ a institutions of any kind without ever having &1 studied the subject or without having ever had the least experience. This makes the coming business parther a liability for a time until he has learned something of his new duties, but not as much of a liability, perhaps, as some people would like to think. It not infrequently happens that a night watchman or railroad conductor or other unskilled or am&-skilled worker is thoroughly saccer~ful conin trolling the politics of s ward, the operations of a lodge o the conduct of a labor organization. They r control such affairs because they know men and how to deal with them. While, therefore. a great many mistakes will be made in the transfer of a certain amount of power to the workers in an industrial organization, nevertheless it is highly probable that the manufacturei will discover qualities of leadership where he has not been accustomed to look for them, and where they will be of value in the budness. When a suspicion orists between a manufacturer and customer, as a result of a supposed injustice or grievance, the man who is calltd upon to settle that grievance and remove the injustice is a man who has made a study of human nature, m d at the same time is capable of seeing both s i d a of a problem. Such men are to be found in the marketing end of a- business, either in the sales o r advertising deputrnents. The laborer is j u t or necessary to the manufac-

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turer as the customer. TIis opinions exercise a considerable influence in labor ranks and his vote counts for just 3s much a the president of his company. The suspicion in'which he holds his employer mayv be and probably is many times deeper than that of any customer and may affect the efficiency of his work and his whole attitude toward the business. This suspicion must be cleared away not by a mere statement of intent but by interestihg and truthful statements regarding the necessities of the'company; its policies and what it hopes to do. I t would seem, therefore, that the marketing eqd of a business is the end best fitted with this new problem which is here and here to stay. The best thing to do withr a pressing problem is to solve it and not try to dodge it or postpone it, especially if it is 3 problem that wiil not be dodged or postponed. "A wise man wiil hear, and will increase learning; and a man of ~rmdcrstandingshall attain unto wise hs counsels." (Proverbs 15 ) . T i is as good advice to the managers of labor to-day as it was thousands of years ago, when it was written.

HOW LONG WILL T H E OIL LAST! HE production pf petroleum 'in the United
States hai averaged about 950,000 barrels per day for the past year and a half, with a consump tion ronlewhat in excess of production. From January, 1918, to January, 1919, the stock on hand decreased from 150,000,000 barrels to 128,000,000 barrels, but had risen to 132,165,OW barrels by'the end of May, 1919. . When the Standard Ol Company begins to seil i oil stock in the open market it is a pretty good sign that those on the inside see the beginning of the end and are trying to place their money where it will be safer. There a n seven1 distinct oil fields in the United States: the upper ruches of the Ohio River, Northwestern Ohio, Southeastern Illinois, Northeastern Oklahoma, North Texas, Northwestern Louisiana, Southeastern Texas, Southern Glifornia and Wyoming. Some of these fields are now 85% exhausted. The average investor in oil stocks, especially in new companies, never seema to know that most wells decline in production very rapidly, which makes necessary constant drilling to maintain production. The average decline of flowing wells in some fields
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T h e Bureau of Mines of the Federal Government Tgtated recently. in effect, that the country is now -facing a serious shortage of petroleum. While this country has produced 579% of'the world's supply of petroleum it has done so by a depletion of the Mtiond resenre supply. ' Oil wells, like mining properties, are obviously . .%elf-liquidating. Every barrel of oil or pound of metal removed correspondingly reduces the amount recoverable and consequently reduces the value of the property. Hence, the absolute necessity of oil producers being continually on the lookout for new :sources of supply to serve as a production supply ,against their declining wells. Few, if any, producing companies ever show on their balance sheets any reserve for oil depletion. It frequently happens that a new company will begin to pay dividends prematurely, with the result that it soon requires more capital with which to continue operations. I t is generally unwise to purchase stock in companies which pay immediate dividends. All of the oil companies--the most prosperous as well as the most wheezy-would be glad if they could find some way of maintaining a permanent supply of oil, such as was miraculously provided for. the widow by the old Hebrew prophkt Elisha. The story is brief and very interesting:
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T o w there cried a ccrtain wornan of the wives of th wcs of the prophets nnto E!isha, saying, Thy servant my husband is &ad; and thou knowest that thy servant did f a r tbe Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my PAW sons to be bondmen And Elibha said unto her, WXat s h l l I do for thee? tdl me: what hast thou it1 the house? And sbe ui4 Thim handmaid h t h not anphing in the house, save a pot of oil. Tho he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of d t y l h neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. And w k n tbx an come in thou halt shut the door upon thee and upan thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and them rlrrlt set aside that which is fulL So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sans, who brought the rarck to her; and she poured out And i came to pey when t ' the wuek were full, that she said unto her sob Bring me yet a vessel: a d he said unto her, There is not a v u v l more And tbt oil stayed. Then she came and told the man d God: and he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and day children of the rest."--2 Kinqr 4:l-7.

tire varld'r supply of phosphate and about 82 per cent. of the supply of the United States. These phosphate beds, underlying almost the entire state, are one of the great reasons for the productivity of Florida soil T h e greatest and richest beds of phorphate are in the vicinity of Tampa, which has the distinction of being the largest shipper of phosphate rock in the world. T h e phosphorous employed in the manuf?cturr of . matches and for medicinal purposes i obtained from s phosphate rock by mixing it with coke and sand and heating it in an electric furnace. It is marketed in the form of sticks, which are d e by conducting the phosphorus from the melting pot through a pipe surrounded by cold water. T h e phosphorus solidifies in the pipe and can be removed u a continuous rod. The phosphorus sticks are packed in jars covered with water, to avoid spontaneotls combustion. Acid phosphate, for years one o i our most popular soft drinks, could nbt be manufactured o r sold at the soda counter, if it were not for the output of the Florida mines. Owing to its remarkable influence on the growth o f bone in young animals, it has been used in the treatment of bone affections. It is also most effective in pulmonary troubles and skin diseases and as a nerve t o n i c It bas been well known for many years that a trace of phosphorus in the manufacture of bronze adds greatly to the tenacity of the metal and to its value I t is an essential of calcium phosphide used for distress signals a t sea and was widely employed during the Great War in the manufacture of smoke screens for hiding vessels from submarina. Phosphate mines, strictly speaking, are not miner a t all, but merely open pits. T h e deposits are of all sizes and shapes, hard-rock, soft-rock and pebbles, and frequently occur in pockets of limestone, from which they are scooped with the naked hand. The work is all done by negro labor, principally with pick and shovel, but sometimes by dredges or other hydraulic apparatus After mining it requires to be washed,' dried, pulverized and sacked. T h e human family needs these phosphate deposits a t the present time for food and medicinal purposes, and it strikes us that a fatherly Being who had the foresight and beneficace to lay up stores of food and medicine for an uncruted race is a. God the human family can trust, and a God they will love a when they know him. "And God s w everything that he had made, and behold it was very godg'Genesis 1:31.

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own goods or in gold. Meantime we can and should lend them all of our savings that we can Spare, but if we go further and inflate our credit position in order to lend them more we cannot fail to cause a further rise in the cost of living. The proposition to accept European notes, backed by European mortgages, in payment 'for American goods, is all right, but not if those notes arc to be used as a basis for the further inflation of our curm c y . The temporary and illusory gain that would DAYS ?OR follow such an inflation would be more than offset . by the unrest of labor and a11 the other evils which HE only man in the world with a full bank accompany inflation.. account is the American, and he will have It was in August, 1915, that the quantity of money plenty of foreign friends as long as he has money to i the United States began its rapid increase. One lend n month later prices began to shoot upward, keeping Representatives of many foreign governments almost exact pace with the quantity of money. In and municipalities have been rushing to America February, 1916, money suddenly stopped increasing, to secare g r a t loam here Some of the amoum and two or three months later prices stopped like- are : wise. The money in circulation in the United States The S n i u Republic, $30.000.000 rose from three and one-third billions in 1913 to fjve Denmu4 15,000,000 Cxccho-Shma& 25,000,000 m d a half billions in 1918, corresponding to the rise BelOiarq 5, O o 0 b W in prices. h a b , 75m,oao The money in circulation in 'the world outside of Fid, Several minillio~r Russia increased during the war from fifteen bilPoland, Several millions Argentiq SNc* milliom lions to forty-five billions and the bank deposits in B d Smd millions fifteen principal countries from &venty-seven bif, A large loan lions to wventy-five billions. Prices have trebled ' Fmacq An important bond iuuc also. The main cause for the present extension In bank In addition, the most powerful financial syndicate credit is the Liberty Loan. Subsuibers for the ever formed in this country, if not in the world, will loans have not paid their bonds in full. These bonds undertake to loan from one to fiJe billion dollars in are unrivalled security for borrowings and will con- credits to thousands of foreign buyers with which in tinue to be so until the Government which issues turn to p u h e American foodstuffs, raw materials them redeems them. Until they are paid there is and other supplies. little chance that prices will fall materially from As much of these vast sums 4 1 1 never leave the their present high level Prices in Europe since the country but be expended here for American prodwar began have riseh more than they have in the ucts, a great circulation of money will result and a United States, and for the same reason-too much large volume o 6usiness will be done By American f money. In Russia the Bolsheviki have issued eighty concerns, linked up with the int&national financiers. billion dollars of paper money, or more than all the There will be plenty of work until these amounts rcst of the world put together. are spent, and at good waga,.for American labor The poor world is sutrering from rornething that will not permit its net return for a day's work to only a few individuals urperienc+-too much money. decrease, whatever figures the cost of living may They are finding out that money "maketh not rlch," rucb. without corresponding i n c r u s t in the things that The time is coming, o course, when Europe wl f il

money wiU buy. So vast is the seeming inflation of business that busineu men everpwhere are enlarging their businesses, like the man m the parable whose found "broaght forth plentifu1Iy: md he thought w i t h himself, saying, What shall f do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits, and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years."-Luke 12:18#1

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rh.ttrrtd industries, and also be able to ship goods i t the American market; and then a reaction may no be urpectod in Ameriu, with the usual phenomena, of l e u work, Iowa wages and falling prices. But for 8 time thir country u safe k o m the difficultiu
incident to business depression. The time i coming, however, when a perplexing a muat be met; for borrowings have the unsituation fortunate faculty of the limitation imposed by the ability of the borrower paying interest. But it looks ; Gough America was safe for another year of r good timer

TANK CARS FOR TRANSPORTATION ORE than 100 commoditiu are now transported i tank cars. Kerosene, gasoline, suln phuric, muritic, nitric and picric acib, ammonia, alcohol, benzol, ether, cod-tar, chlorine for bleaching, tannic acid for tanning, turpentine and rosin IMbiENSE EXPORTS OF AMERICAN FOODSTURF for paints, vegetable oils for soaps and butterine, N 1918 the quantity of fresh beef exported waa linseed oil for paint makers, soya bean oil, castor 540,000,000 pounds, or 86 times as much u in b u n oil, peanut oil, cocoanut oil, olive oil, corn oil, 1914. T h e quantity of bacon exported was 1,000,- whale and fish oils, fats and oil from the meat 000,000 pounds, o r five times the amount exported packers, asphalt for roofing and roads, caustic soda in 1913 T e amount of condensed milk was 553,- for soap, silicate of rod? and potash b r soaps and h 000,000 pounds o r 26 times aa much u in 1913. Of fertilizem o k r w , glucose, vinegar, pickles, this amount 25,000,000 pounds went to India or four sldmrnrdmiIkandwintarcaUrhippdintankarr times as much as was shipped to India the previous of tm+

MSTORA TION OF OUR MERCHANT MARING HERE has been no American merchant marine worth while since Commodore Vanderbilt sold his line of trans-Atlantic steamers to his English competitors. The necessity of building ships t o transport our soldiers to France has again placed a great fleet of merchant ships under the American flag. The Shipping Board has announced the opening of 62 regular cargo liner services, twenty-five ot which start from New York. They cover South America, Africa, the Pacific, Italy, France, the North Sea states and England. Besides this it has been announced that over $200,000,000 worth of merchant ships have been ordered, which indicates that the magnificent ship-building facilities put up during the war for military needs will not be allowed to go to ruin. The plan of sale announced for Government ships b very generous. I t allows the purchaser to charter for three years, paying from his profits. At the end of the three years he has the option of buying the ships outright a t $110 a ton or returning them to the Board. I t is not clear just how the American buyers of American ships expect t o make money out of the purchases, because it i s quite well known that American-operated ships are the most expensive to nm in the world; and often fail in competition on equal t v m s with the shipping of other nations.

year. Taking all kinds of foodstuffs into considention the United States is now exporting four times as much 3s before the war. The money value is six times as great. I t is now estimated at $ , 0 , 0 , 30 00 0w per year dhilt then it was $!kN,000,000 year. " per Many 8 man ir deceived .by such figures into thinking that it represents the incruring wealth of the country, whereas it represents the opposite. Every ton of raw material taken out of the land impoverishes the r e d w d t h by that much. It seems, all right to the thoughtless, but it i like what the s Bible speaks of when it says, "There is 8 way that seemeth good to a man, but the end thereof is destruction." A country which enlarges its exports by sending away its actual wealth would come to not 'ng if the process were continued bang enough. WING to the unprecedented prosperity of the fanners, the demand for automobiles is now estimated a t 60 per cent. ahead of the supply; and orders, both by dealers and the consuming public, are being booked for months ahead. The growth in popularity of the motor car is shown by the registration figures for the year of 5,500,000, over a million cars better than the best previous figures. In California there is one automobile in use for every seven adults in the state. No family purchases an automobile without the families next door desiring also to fulfil the ancient Bible prophecy to the effect that "many shall run to and fro" (Daniei 12 :4). In order to fulfil this divine prediction, men that are wholly unable to afford it mortgage their houses m d . sell* everything they have, as though an automobile w e n a "pearl of great price." All over the country the American people are beating their chicken houses into garages.

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inceptidn w a i recently approved by Supreme Court Justice Lydon of New York. The charter Burpost i to "hasten the coming of a democracy, both gcns aiPi mb efficient, by building upon a basis of population units an organization through which the people an get a clear idea of their common needs, and can utilize the technical knowledge of skilled groups in formulating and carrying out programs to meet these needs." A similar social unit system in Cindnnati is reported to 3ave successfully developed a quite genuine democracy in small groups of the population, who by the unfavorable conditions of tenement city life had been unable to "find themselves" eociologically. The groups by a direct process of practical - education in the social and economic needs of the people cultivated in a mixed population a spirit of independence quite comparable to that which has been the pride of American tradition. Incidentally the social unit incurred the cordial opposition of the local politicians who found their grip increasingly impaired as the knowledge of their former subjects grew. Knowledge ia power. It is independence I t is the foundation of true democracy, which in essence is the actual direction of the people's affairs by the people themselves. The time for genera! enlightenment on d topics l is not merely coming-it is here. The chains of ignorance and superstition are about to be forever broken. The common people are about to enter into a greater and greater freedom which will soonand to the people, unexpectedly-blossom out into that which Paul promised, when he foresaw the better age just now ahead, and said: "The creation [dl created beings] itself dso shall be delivered from the bondage of cormptim [the chrixu of ignorance, superstition, direuc and ultimately death] into the glorious l i b e q of the [perfect earthly] children of God." The coming of that which has not yet c o m e genuine democracy-is just around the future's comer. I t draws very near. Al humanity will l soon go forth to meet i t but k will not come through any of the well-meant plam vtrich are now

TO &ASTEN TadF COBIZVG OF DEMOCRACY being experimented with. Certainly no one could HE NATIONAL SOCIAL UNIT ORGANI- have any better purpose than the backers of the ZATION is the name of a corporation whox social unit system, but they are dealing with a situ-

ation too complicated for them to save i t The world will be saved far democracy, but it will be' through the agency' of the coming kingdom of Messiah.

19REEDOiU EXISTS WBE- WEAK A R E FREE HE d e w of dvilIzatioa of a community nuy be measured by the liberty accorded to the weaker membera of the community. Where the defenceless are defended and the individually weak are backed up by the power of all, liberty exists in tangible form. Those classes which a n without 8 mice and without a vote are most likely to be imposed upon by the strong and unscrupulous. One such class consists of those who under the law are classified as infants and minors. I t is a promising sign when the rights of such classes are defended as in a recent instance in an Eastern city. A boy is not supposed to exercise any particular IegaI rights, but when a property owner in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., chased nine-yearsld Roland White so that the boy fell down and hurt himself, because the lad was scooting past the house on a pushmobile, it waa apparent that in Dobbs Ferry at l u s t a boy has some rigtits. The man had asked the children why they could not scoot on the other side of the street; his wife was nemous and the noise annoyed her. One of the neighbors was not surprised that the boy might have suffered from the kind of pain that gains plaintiffs substantial amounts from damage suits, for she said that when the man was chasing the boy he had such a temble look on his face that it frightened even her; but the magistrate merely imposed a sentence and then mercifully suspended i t He made it plain that the majesty of the law protected even boys on scooters, becruse "there is no law that prevents boys from scooting or roller-skating on the side-walks," and that "a man must remember that he was a boy once himself." If judges and big people generally remembered. that they like to have liberty themselves, and would allow others the rune liberties they insist on, and if they would protect and help and be a big brother

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ization would take a step upward and there would be real liberty for grown-ups as well as for children. In the Golden Age, which is fast approaching, the rights of every person will be safeguarded, even those of little boys and girls. "I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir" (Isaiah 13:12). The people u e promised a better time than they have ever even dreamed bf, as evidenced by these words :"Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him" (1 Corinthidns 2 :9) ; and Liberty for the weakest, even the boys and the girls, will characterize the greatness and majesty of the coming better order of things.

T h t the Jews would have a v a y hYd timc for many' centuries was not unknown to the Jewish prophets. And even thew pogroms were foretold; for the Prophet Jeremiah says: "I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them' from every mountain [kingdom], and from every hill [lesser nation], and out of the hola (protected placer) of " the rocks [strongholdr of society) . (Jeremiah 16 :16.) Thu dreadful hunting of the Jews, however, is prelude to the re!gathering of as many of them as desire. back to their home country. The Messianic kingdom will come after enough of the Jews yt reestablished, and through them will flow the grateot b&t to all the people of the whole world

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the ruling party in Poland is engaged in a rhuneless persecution of Jews, with a view to making their political hold on the country stronger. Ugly illustrated posters, depicting the Jew or a serpent or vampire, appear in the newspapers and are doing everything possible to fan the fanaticism of the ignorant masses into a brutal massacre. The Jews are blamed for the high cost of living, despite the fact that this phenomenon is world wide and has been caused by the fiscal policies of the warring countries, As high as eighty Jews have been killed in a single pogrom in Poland, and they are of frequent occurrence; sometimes whole streets of Jewish homes are burned down, accompanied by brutalities in which the Roman Catholic Polish Christians seem to equal the Turks in their attacks against the Armenians. Some of the factories in Poland belong to Jews, but in them no Jewish operatives can be employed, . despite the fact that one-third of the populace are Jews. Polish workmen will not work with Jews and they can only work in small home industries of their own. Theycan not enter the civil service. The Poles, politically and culturally a backward people, have won the power to make their land a hell for its three million Jews by no merit of their own, but simply by the victory of the Germans over thc Russian and of the Allies over the G e m s . The P o l e understand well what their r6le in Europe is. Their r6le is to keep a strong conscript u m y on the Vistula, while the French keep watch on the Rhinc. They know very well if they fill this die, they may treat Jews, Germans and other minori i s Y they plcasc. te

NDER the charge that all Jews are Bolsheviki CtecbnSlovakia and Poland, besides old Austria
The civilization d the world broke down because the Great Powers played the Balkan states against each other for their own purposes. T h e Russian Empire md the p h of Germany for a Mittel-Europa collided. Now the whole of Central Europe has been Balkanized From the Baltic to the Aegean the whole territory is now filled with small, ambitious, ind&tely bounded stater. Will they keep the peace? Will their larger and more ambitious neighbors help them to keep the peace, or will they, in pursuance of their own ambitious designs, contrive to keep these small states quarrtling among themselves in the hope of themselves profiting by the melee? Europe must get to work. Will she get to work better with a large number of petty states or a small number of large states? Are customs barriers a help to commerce or a hindrance? If there are many boundaries to cross will trade be facilif tated or hindered? I Europe docs not get to work boundaries or m boundaria, what will happen? Practically all the people of Europe, a t l u s t an overwhelming majority, profess obedience to the commands of Jesus Christ, but evidently they have two things more to learn. One of them is suggested by Paul, that "if any would not work, neither should he eat" (2 Thessalonians 3 :10) ;for unless Europe gets to work she will not have enough to cat except by borrowing money from the United Statea and paying for food with the eume money. The other thing that these ~hri'stiansrequire ir to realize that there is no permanent relationship possible among them accept that based upon thia ancient principle: "Tbou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
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fannen that corn always does well when it fdlows a crop of clover, but it was discovered anew in 8 d o n of Nofib Carolina by a young farmer who purchased m abandoned farm and who nbticed that his first crop of corn did best in a part of the fidd that had grown up to wild clover. The next spring he seeded all his wheat in clover and has bear doing it ever since. Hs farm is now one of i the show-places of the state. Other farmerr in the naghborhood have followed his example and fmm 8 poor farming country have built up the best CornBelt in that prrt of the South Many years ago a great potato-producing indust y developed in Aroostook County, Maine. The r potatoes were grown in rotation with oats and clover; two years of potatoes, one of aats and one of clover, with as heavy an application of fertiluer as the potatoes would pay for. Wonderful results were obtained by this rotation and enrichment of the soil, and now ft has been discovered that this u m e rotation, with equally good results, can be oMained in any potato-growing country. In the so-called Black Belt of Alabama and Musissippi many lands had been cropped to cotton without change or rest for a hundred years. The yield of cotton had fallen so low as to make the land ni practically worthless u t l somebody dixovercd that it was naturally adapted to alfalfa. Now it is producing great crops of alfalf& three or four tons t o the acre, and after a few years produces corn rivalling the yield in the Corn-Belt states. Twenty yean ago the sand-hill country o N r h f ot Carolina was regarded as worthless. Fifty cents an acre was a good average for the land. The roil is little but sand for 20 feet or more down. A hotelkeeper undertook to raise vegetables for his t a b l t H e found that cowpeas and fertilizer worked a revolution in the soil. After turning under a few crops of pea vines he was able to produce 60 to 70 bushels of corn per acre. The system spread gradually until now the sand-hill re&on is one of the most prosperous in the state. Now land is selling at $200 to $250 per acre and the yield of cotton runs to a bale or more per acre. By these and similar methods the Lord m i sure

WHAT ROTATION OF CROPS ACCOMPWSEES ly fulfil his promise, "Behold, I make all things new" T HAD probably been discovered elsewhere by other (Revelation 21 5). The earth ia being made new
before oar very eyes and the land i yielding it? s increase.

DYNAMITING TEE EARTH INTO A PARADISE HE-USEOF ELECEUCXTY m d dynamite in the Great War has developed methods for dealing with & stumps m d water coursu which will , alter the face of the earth. In digging ditches the holes are drilled two feet apart and two feet drip, the number of rows depending upon the width.desired for the bed of the s t r u m As soon abou't 10 holes arc drilled and loaded they are exploded by electricity. The blast lifts the soil 200 feet in the air and scatters it out over the adjoining land for a 'distance of 150 feet, leaving a clean ditch. If a deeper bed is desired the first bed of the stream can be blasted out by another layer of holes, or a third. One of the principal uses of dynamite in clearing up large areas is that of blasting out stumps. Three holes are drilled on opposite sides of the stump, all slanting in toward the center, and reaching down to the subsoil beneath the stump. Crow-bars are generally used for making the holes, but portable electric and compressed air drills are also used. Another great use of dynamite is in clearing land of boulders. This is done by t h e e methods, dcapping, which consists in removing the d p a m i t e from the shell and packing it in a compact conical heap on the boulder, and then covering it with several inches of thick heavy mud; blochholkg, which consists of drilling a hole into the boulder and chuging it with a small amount of dynamite ;and mahe holing, which consists in rolling the boulder oat of its bed by placing a hole under it similar to one of the holes used to remove a stump. If a sufficient s charge of dynamite i used the boulder will be broken into fragments. Boulders should always be snakeholed before attempts at madupping or blockhaling are made. The mud used for mudcapping must be free from stones. If stoner are present in the mud they will be thrown like bullets. Blockholing requires mom labor but i the simplest s method for breaking very hard boulders, and the only method for breaking boulders over 3 feet i n diameter. I t requires much less dynamite than either snakeholing or mudcapping. ,

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TURN~NCFLORIDA'S SWAMPS INTO FARMS AKE OKECHOBEE, the second larzest -lake
wholly within the United States, lies in the center of the everglades of Florida, with its surface thirty feet above the sea. The discovery of this fact made possible a vast reclamation work now under way, by which a very large part of what was once s u p posed to be waste land is finding purchasers who see for it a p e a t future. Four canals havt been completed from Lake O k t chobee to the sea, and a fifth is under way. Four of these are to the Atlantic Ocean and one to the Gulf of Mexico. Supplementing these there is also to be a canal 200 feet wide and 12 feet deep, fitted with locks, which will be suitable for navigation, and can be used to control the water levels in the other canals and hence in the whole district. The drained lands are already producing large crops without the use of fertilizers,of any kind and a town of 2,000 inhabitants, Moore Haven, is now standing at the junction of Lake Okechobee with the canal leading to the Gulf where but two years ago a11 was covered with water. There is no question but that this country will shortly be producing great quantities of sugar, for which it seems eminently fitted. I t also h'as great possibilities for a great variety of other cropa, including cattle raising. The country is level and free from large timber, and tractods can be used in clearing it and working it. Rranchu of the Florida East Coast Line and Atlantic Coast Line have been built a points on the lake and other l i n u are projected The pru in process of reclamation is larger b a n the combined stater of Rhode Island and Connecticut. One of the commissions to man at the time of his creation by the Almighty was to subdue the earth. (Genesis 1:3.) Which is the nobler work for man? subduing the earth and drawing from it its bounties for the blessing of h fellow men? or subduing and i exploiting his fellow men 7

CONSERVATION OF SOIL FERTILITY HE VERY FOUNDATION of soil fertility and

roil conservation is carbonate of lime. Grbonate of lime in the roil takes out its acid humors and toxic poisons and brings in useful bacteria. It brings clover

and alfalfa a d brings nitrogen out of the air. Sowing it abroad over the fields makes a vast difference in the fertility and permanence of the soil. When a million tons a year of carbonate of lime are used along the Atlantic seaboard that part of the United States will turn into a veritable Garden of Eden. Every great and enduring civilization in the world has grown up on a soil that was alkaline with lime, not acid. Babylon, Palestine, Egypt, Greece, Italy and France are all lands rich in carbonate of lime. The great west beyond the Missouri river has often as much as four per cent. of carbonate of lime. The primary cause of decay in farming along the 'Atlantic seaboard is the fact that the soils are d&dent in carbonate of lime. On that one fact, so long forgotten or never leamed, rests all the discouragement and decay that is found from Florida to Nova Scotia The eastern farmer has one of the best climates and the very best markets in the world. The only d i 5 d t y is that the land is lime-hungry. A land hungry for lime i insatiable . Manures will s not remain in it, phosphorus unites with silica, iron, or alumina and becomes unavailable; the soil becomes acid, useful bacteria won't grow in it, nor the clovers nor alfalfa. There are vast stores of carbonate of lime all d o n g the foothills bordering on the Atlantic coastal plain, unnumbered millions of tons are ready for the farmer's use. Machinery is ready, capital is ready, d the railways. All that is needed is education H a e in the east is the population, here are the homes, farms, schools, roads, villages and the impoverished, half-abandoned fields lying within drivkrq distance of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and New York. All, that is needed is to educate the farmer t o understand that he must have carbonate of lime oa hia soil and a prosperity w l follow il thrt will a m u e those who have grown to maturity in the belietthat the one-time fertility can never be restormi How true it is that the "people perish for lack of knowledge" &Hosea 4 :6

HAULING MILK WITH TRUCKS

a few years ago got up at unearthly houn of the night to get their milk to market, and even then sometimes get the lacteal fluid in too late for the babies. Ha& of ten to thirty miles were too much for horses, but today the fanner gets up early, but It a revoaable hour, and with an auto truck gets the milk in from long distances and on time. Truck transportation tends to stabilize the quantity and to incruse it by making a sure market for a l l the milk the fumtr an bring.

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use in the direction of aviation, for it is obvious that there is no other way -in which aviators can be appri~& their own whereabouts in fog or darkness. of With this id= in view a new transmitter has been d t vised which will project into the air beams of wireless somewhat like the searchlight but without the light, capable of expanding or contracting in area covered. Through the aid of these beams it is hoped that some day the flying aeronaut in time of fog can be guided'from one part of the country to another. Arrangements are now in effect by which navigators at the Brooklyn Navy Yard are enabled to give bearings to ships lost in the fog off the Atlantic Coast. The vessels wire when they want assistance and then, with the aid of several stations; the office fixes the ships' locations and they can proceed without waiting for clear weather. It does not appear that it will ever be any too safe to fy rapidly or fly at all in a fog. In Canada l an aviator went head on into a barn in a fog killing him instantly and completely wrecking his machine. How many have been killed by running b t o trees and other obstructions in fogs will probably never be known. But the wireless will at least help to make it safer. There are wireless instruments' now available which provide for taking bearings under any weather conditions. When signals are heard strongest in the operator's head telephone a movable pointer indicates the direction of the incoming signal. The geographical direction is then secured by a glance at the compass. Therefore, if signals can' be heard from two wireless stations offering a wide angle the aircraft operator has merely to make a simple triangulation to get his exact bearings. The densest fog is no obstacle to the receipt of these signals. In the course of normal development it is to be expected that v k y soon wireless telephone convcrsation will be held between aircraft and ships at sea. - I t then becomes a simple matter for the aviator lost in the fog to gef his exact position almost instantly by this method. I t is said that in Captain Alcock's remarkable flight across the Atlantic direction-finding coils were built into the wings of his machine, so that when

THE FUTURE OF WIRELESS HE FUTURE OF WIRELESS lies in part in its

the machine was pointed toward the great wireless station a$ Clifden, Ireland, the machine continually recorded the fact. When the machihe veered to the right or left the signals immediately ceased recording on the receiving apparatus. This was so simpk that the pilot did not need to understand the signals being sent out. As long as he could hear the signals in his telephone head-gear he knew he was heading directly toward the wireless station' where he subsequently landed. The Clifden station is in constant communication with the wireless station at Glace Bay, Canada, so that Captain Alcock was able to hear the station throughout his voyage and keep his machine pointed toward it, thus overcoming the effect of the side drift caused by the winds. As the aviator, apparently lost in a trackless sea of fog, may know whither he is bound, s the child o of God, in a world that is filled with darkness and confusion, may know that he is guided by $he eye of him that never sleeps. "I will guide thee with mine eye."-~s&ns 32 :8.

COMETS-THE TRAMPS OF THE HEAVEN3

OMETS, along with shooting s t v r and meteon, are the tramps of the heavens. Thy are supposed to consist of geses which escaped b c i i swept up by the planets and moons of the solar system s the time t the system was formed by the repaxation of these planets 'from the sun. Their orb& arc very kregular and are inclined at a11 angles to each other, whereas the orbits of all the planets lie very nearly i the same n around plane. The planets revolve from west to esr~t the sun, while comets not infrequently back around the sun in t e opposite direction, from east bo west h The orbits of the planets are almost perfect circles, while the orbits of the comets are ellipses. All the comets which visit our sun are aupposed to belong to our solar system, although th; visits of some of them about the sun are separated by hundreds of thousands of years. Donati's comet hor 8 known orbit of more than two thousand yean, and ita aphelion (point in its orbit farthest away from the sun) is five times more distant than the orbit of the planet N e p tune. Halley's comet has an orbit of seventy-fivp years, and Encke's comet of three and a third years. Stars shine undimmed in lustre even thmagh the heads of comets. The earth has oa a number of occa-yitb= sions passed directly through the t?it of

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If it should eaconnter a comet head-on it is, doubtful if it would experience anything more s d o u s than a shower of meteors. A great many comets have been swuved from their original orbits by coming in dose proximity to the larger planets. About forty have been thus captured by Jupiter, Saturn, U n n u s and Neptune, although Jupiter possesses the lion's ohue. They have been a p t u r e d in the sense that their aphelia are now in the vicinity of these planets, and this fact has suggested the thought that each of the comets has its aphelia =ear some planet, the farthest aphelia being about p k n d s that are so remote from our sun that they can not be seen by the most powerful telescope. The most interesting feature of a comet is its tail, which develops and increases in brilliancy as the comet approaches the sun. The tail is always turned away from the sun, so that while the comet rushes around the sun the tail gradually changes place from being behind the comet to being in front of it. Hydrogen tails are long and straight, hydrocarbon tails are long and curved Tails of iron or other metailic vapors are short and bushy. At times the same comet will have two or 'more tails of different types. Comets a n continually disintegrating. Sometimes they come too close to the sun at their perihelion passage and become split into two or more comets, 'each with its own tail. Sometimes the tails become tvisted or brushed aside as if they had encountered some unl m w n force. Sometimes they disintegrate entirely into periodic swarms of meteors. I t is supposed that the great star shower in 1833 was caused by the passage of the earth through the nuclius of what had once been a great comet Comets travel at a leisurely speed through the frigid A t e r regions of the solar system. This speed is gradually accelerated as the comet draws nearer and nearer the sun, until it has acquired, near the time of its perihelion passage, a velocity that occasionally exceeds two hundred and fifty miles a second. I n one respect comets bear a close resemblance to the "wandering s t a n to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever," of Jude 13, in that both amount to as nearly nothing as anything possibly
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menace to balloonists and aviators, and on this account they were made the subject of special study. Thunderclcmds are columns of heated air which have r i K n from the earth's surface, due to the heating effects of the sun, and have carried m i t r up with osue thun. T i moisture d o u not condenoe in the form hs of drops until it comes in contact with dust particla or electricany charged partides which act as centers of condensation. The water condenses much n w e quickly about partida charged with negative el=tricity than w t particles charged with positive elecih tricity. The negatively charged drops being smaller and lighter are amed to the top of the cloud, very often forming a heavy negative charge, while the heavier positively charged drops fall to the bottom of the doud, forming 2 s t m g positive ch-. The effect of wind on raindrop, is to break them up and change thun from positively charged d r o p to negatively charged droplets. Thus every thundercloud is seen'to be really a huge electrical generator. The earth itself is a great storage battery of negative elec: tricity, estimated at 600,000,000 volts; When a charge of electricity in a cloud gets s&ciently great the lightning flash takes place This may take place from the top to the base of a cloud, or between the base of the doud and the earth, or between one cloud and another, sometimes w e r distances of twenty miles. A flash of lighning always produces a powerful inductive effect, which may cause flashes to occur in rzpid succession. I t frequently happens that a negatively charged doud approaches the earth, and in doing so .the inductive effect changes its charge to positive, and a thunderstorm follows. One of the most beautiful of the Psalms of David is David's description of a thunderstorm. H e says poetically, describing both the thunder and the lightn:ng, "The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fi re.'-Psalm 20 : 7.

WOOD MORE DURABLE THAN IRON

in dense jungles of South America and require great labor and expense to cut and ship. They are heavy that they will sink instantly alone and when placed in the water ~villoutlast iron or steel. For this reason, and because they are impervious to the attacks of insects, they are used for the sills of drydocks and canal locks. This wood has been known to stand under water for over a hundred years and remain in perfectly sound condition. T h e wood used in the gates of the Canada Dock, built in 185% was so perfectly preserved that it was used again in 1894.

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NERVOUS AND STUPID CHILDREN ity to digest his food. Malnourished children should 0 ACHIEVE MARKED SUCCESS, a man especially be guarded against getting too t i r d
n e e . bniru plus physical endurance. and every ambitious father w a s his boys to have that surplus of physical vitality which spells courage, initiative and persistence. No amount of mere intellectual keeness or a ~ f infornution a n make up for the b s s of vitality d which enables men and women to enjoy the struggle of life and get on well with other people. - I t is the delicate, finely attuned instrument which is most easily thrown off the key, and it is the sensitive, high-strung child whose nerves are most easily injured by overstnia, Such chil&en should be checked rather than spurred, and their eager desire to please .should n t be urploited to tickle the vanity or unbio tion of parents and teachers. Many a nervous breakdown a thirty or forty is due to overstimulation and t overactivity when the child should have been laying up a store of energy and forming habits of physical and e m o t i d thrift. I t is of great importance that a child should have the normal weight for his age and height. If a child is seriously underweight this is an indication that something is wrong. It means that he is using up his energy more rapidly than he should, and that some &y he have to pay for i t Stupid children require attention for a different reawn. It has been estimated that from 3,000,O to 5,000,000 American school children have adenoids, diseased tonsils and other glandular defects, which are making them appear stupid and are causing them to be backward in school. The child troubled with adenoids breathes through his mouth, and a lax lower jaw and vacant, sleepy eyes give an unmistakable expression of stupidity and dullness. The transformation in such children when the adenoids, by a slight operation, are removed, is often very rapid. The child with adenoids is stupid and sleepy, because he is not getting enough oxygen, and his blood is consequently laden with impurities and the cells of his brain are not properly nourished. I t is also estimated that one-fifth of all the school children in the country, o r 5,000,000, are malnourished. Undernourishment is the soil of diminished rcsiatance upon which J sorts of physical and mental 1 disuses grow. Malnourished children, having !ittle rcseme energy, fatigue easily. A healthy child recuperates quiddy. Overfatigue lessear a child's abil-

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TEETH EXTRACTION A CURE FOR DISEASE R COTTON, of the New Jersey Hospital, at
Trenton, discovered that many of the patients suffering from mental disease had also serious chronic infections of the t m t h , tonsils and stomach, and that by removing the infected teeth he was able t restore o many patients who, with fonner methods of treatment, became chronic patients .and remained in the hospital until the time of their death. As a result of the extraction of infected teeth Dr. Cotton was able to increase the proportion of discharges to admissians from 43% to 87y0;in other words to double the number of patients who left the hospital. T e X - n y photographs of teeth show that m v l y h people have infected teeth who have no knowledge of i t The failure of the dentist to recognize the arirt-

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lnce of root infection and the practise of in 'ing between 5.30 and 7.00 ~'dock, while her husband pivots, gold crowns and bridge work without first cared for the children. taking radiographs to bc sure &at there are no inThe method of washing by an electric washer i s fected roots has caused more rheumatism, pernicious very simple. The tub of the machine is filled &tb anemia, heart disease, Bright's disease and mental dis- lukewarm water into which a solution of one-half eases than we can measure. Bacteria a t the roots of cup of soda crystals and oaohalf jar of soap jelly, infected teeth must have an outlet, especially if the made from any kind of soap, i placed. The motor s tooth has been crowned and all means of drainage is started and when it gets humming the clutch is from the upper part of the tooth is thereby cut off. thrown in and the solution churned for two minutes Then the bacteria filter through the bone in which the until sudsy; then the machine is stopped and the ' teeth are embedded, migrate to other organs and set clothes put in. The machine is then nm 15 minuta up secondary foci of infection. The only known pre- for ordinary washes or longer for clothes badly ventlon of the effects of this infection is to have all soiled The clothes are rinsed in the machine in d d teeth removed in which the nerves have been de- ing water, d l of one kind bang rinsed together. In strayed, an well as the tedh known to be infected. rinsing, the machine ia run another five minuta and No one should attempt to preserve teeth by having the clothes are then wrung out into cold Muing water the nerves killed Such teeth should be extracted. ready to be hung out to dry. The cost of the electric These deathdealing germs, hidden away out of sight washer is $100 for the preferred designs. about the roots of the teeth, suggest those secret faylts Probably no part of the Bible has thus far had t which undermine and destroy character. "Cleanse more significant fulfilment than the statement, "n I thou me from secret faults."-Psalm 19: 12. the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread tin thotl return unto the ground ; for oat of it Iv?rt thou taken: WASHING MADE EASY for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou ictura' HERE is no dodging the family wash. It has to (Genesis 3 :19.) The fact that we see in every direcbe done. It is done. The weekly expense for an tion the elimination of the arduous work of mankind average family in moderate circumstances is calculated is in itself a happy augury of the coming approech a $3.00. Of this amount $ . 0 goes to the laundress, of Messiah's kingdom, the dawn of the Golden A g e t 20 10c. for her carfare, 3%. for her lunch, 25c. for soaps and powders used, and 30c. for electricity consumed. " FAMINE AND PESTILENCEn The electric washer has made a great change in ARNINGS are issued by the medical pmfesmany households. One woman reports that it takes sion to get ready for a recurrence of I d u her one and one-half hours to do the week's wash, enza. The history of epidemics shows a m r r e n c e in fifteen minutu to get the water ready and put the the succeeding year, and the black pllgir-as "Inmachine away, and one and onequartet hours to do fluenzap'-is expected to stalk through the land again the a c t . washing. Her machine runs with a quarter this fall. Public Health Departments ort in receipt horse-pow- motor, consuming about 15c. worth of of many anxious letters of inquiry, and in answer the current per month, and the soap and washing powder warning is going out t prepare for what b coming. o run the total monthly bill up to 40c. - She calculates The good advice is given to build up strength to that in three and one-third years she has paid for her meet a possible Influenza attack. As a preventive, 90 machine, paid the interest on the investment at 6 1 , exercise and good food are recommended and cleared over $50.00 in cash, besides not being Health Departments express themselves that the bothered by having a laundress around expected epidemic will be less serious than that of Another woman reporb that it costs her one and 1918, because many of the population are immune one-half cents an hour to run the machine, another through having had the disease once. 1 that previous to the purchase of a machine she emBrotherly love among men would banish influenza. ployed a k u n d r u s for two days each week and now It would see that all had the vitality builders of good that she does her own wash in three hours per week food, good air, plenty of light and outdoor exercise. with no help whatever. Another, with family of Lack of love among men is destined, in the near eight reports that four hours a week suffices for the future, to bring the further fulfillment of the word wash, and another that in 142 wuhes she used 2 0 of Jehovah : "in divers places pestilences" (Luke, 0 cakes of soap with the electric washer. Another, a . 21 :11) ; "before him [preceding his Kingdom presmother with a l u g e family of small children, reported ence] went the pestilence' ( a a k k 3 :5) ; ' have Hbku, 1 thpt rbc did the family washing cvay Monday morn- w t among you the pertilenct"-hms, 4 :la
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selves may carry'm a systematic course of Bible study i their homes. In this department will be found disn ' d o n of Bible questions and explanation of Scripture passages of the deepest interest to all studenta without regard to cmd o denomination. It is not our purr pose or desire t induce any one to join anything. Our o purpose here u purely educational. No nation or people cm clfford to neglect Bible il study. It wl be conceded on every hand that the nuh and hurry of the twentieth century has greatly retarded Bible study. The people arc feeling the result thereof. \Ye hope to turn their min& back to r sober, candid w i d e r a t i o n of the great truths contained in the Scriptures, The Bible is the torch of civilization and liberty. Its influence for g w d in society has been recognized by the greatest statesmen of all times. Aside from being a masterpiece of literature, science and poetry, it con-.i-'tains a statement of Cod's purposes concerning the human race. In times past it was not possible to be understood for the reason that it was not God's time for it to be understood. The Bible itself assures us that a period of time would come in which the people would understand and appreciate the Bible teachings and profit from these teachings. The prophecies of the Scriptures are in fact the history of the world written in a d v ~ c c It m-t be evident to every reasonable person that no hum= mind could have foretold centuries ago the happening of present-day events. The Scriptures declare that holy men of old wrote the Bible as their minds were moved to act by the invisible influence and power of Jehovah. In humony with this expressed thought, Jehovah caused the Prophet Daniel to give a brief outline of the world's history from the time of Nebuchadn u z r r until the present day. Although Daniel had a mental vision of things that should come to pass, yet he could w t -dustand than and he recor& this fa& saying, "I beard but I understood not Then said I, 0 my Lord, what shall be the end of these thiigs? And he [Jehovah] said, Go thy way, h i e l , for the wof6 art c l o d up and sealed until the time of the cod Many rhU be purified and made white and tried, but the wkked shall do wickedly and none of the

wicJced shall underst.ad but the wise shall understand." (Danitl 12: 8-10.) The wise mentioned here is not necessarily one who is learned after the manner of arthly uisdo- but b the one who p o ~ s e s reverential desire to know Jthovah'a purpose concerning man. The Scriptunr referring to such ~ay, "The reverence of the Lord is the lw!gimhg of wisdom." "The secret of the Lord h with them that reverence Him and He wifl show than His plan." The Bible i a g r a t e s house of knowledge and wisdom. I t claims to be a revelation fnna Jehocourse .l what Id vah conceining mm, bir origin, will lead to his ! dhappin-, i pace ud joy. It is g i v a to the the oldest book in existence. It Israelites, the chosen people of the bd,m d handed down from one gcnentioo to wthcrn m d has been miraculously preserved by Divine intavmtioe It h a outlived the stonns of centuries. Men have endavoted by e v possible means to dertra~rk They ~ have hidden it, burned it and attempted bo compel the people to'refnin f t o m studying it; p th baok t still lives and more and more is nunkind realizing the need of understanding it. If all the pe~plcsof the world to-day understood the Scriptures and diligently sought to abide by their teachings, t h v e w d 4 not be a strike known in the knd; there would be no labor troubles ; there would be no setioru d c t between labor and capital; then would be no a d e r h g of the people from the unrighteous condu@of the profiteers ; there would not be the present distress of nations w t ih perplexity. It is equally true that tho BlW amtains a clear statement of the Divine remedy provided for the rectification of all these difficultia. It is quite probable that very few a n aware of the fact that the world's great systems of transportation by steam, electricity, gas engines, flying machines, and the g e n e d great increase of knowledge was foretold centuries ago and that Jehovah caused His Prophet Danid to make record of it. In the light of presentday events we can see that this record was made for the very purpose of calling the studcat'a attention to the fact that we rr?ched a gr& thiage in the social order of things. Daniel had been told that in the time of the end the Scriptures would be unfolded and understood by the student who was wise after God's order of wisdom. Then Jehovah caused him to record that which d d constitute proof that the desired time had bcar tuche4 "But thou, 0 Daniel,

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shut up-the words and s u l the book until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be increased." (Daniel 12:4.) The "time of the end" 'here mentioned clearly doer not mean the end of time, because time will never end; nor does it mean the end of the earth and its destruction; but it . does mean the end of the world, i e., the end of a certain long-established social order of things-theend of a period of time W e may conddently know, then, that the great inventions and increase of knowledge which have reached a climax in the day in which we are living is one of the strongest proofs of the authenticity of the Scriptures as the Divine word and a further proof that we have reached the end of the old order and the beginning of a new, a different and better order. And this is the time in which the Scriptures are to be understood. This is the time in which the people have greater need to understand them; and the sufferings and trials, distress and disturbances that have come upon the peoples of earth will cause them to turn their minds and hearts to searching the Scrip tares as they have not done before. That the nations are in distress and the people perplexed is evidenced upon every hand. What the people really want to know is how they can extricatc themselves from the present d i l u m . If Divine wisdom foreknew and foretold the present dilemma, then we may reasonably expect to find in the Bible a Divinely provided remedy for relieving the people; and this we do find. In subsequent issues of this magazine it is our purpose t o show the progressive development of\ Jehovah's plan from the time of creation of the earth down t o the present day, and by placing the prophecies alongside of current history--the thinqs which we daily see coming to pass--to produce the ' incontrovertible proof that we are standing a t the m y portals of the Golden Age. s The Golden Age has been the great desire of men and nations for many centuries. Jehovah established a model governmcvt amongst the Israelites and gave t o them a perfect code of laws. Had they been able t o keep those laws perfectly the Golden Age would have come in thcir day. T h e Lord - dealt with that people, as shown both b y sacred and profane history, for a period of 1800 years and then cast them o f because of their unfaithfulness. He f used their experience, however, to teach other nations a great lesson which has been profitable for Christians throughout the Gospel Age and which will now be profitable for a11 the world. T h e inability of the Israelites to keep the perfect law proved

that man without the aid o the Lord cannot bring ! in the Golden Age, and further shows that when man has reached his extremity it will be God's op port unity to establish the very things that man dtsires. The prophetic proof is that shortly following the end of the Gentile Times (which, in fact, ended in 1914) the Lord will make a new covenant orrangcment with the people through the medium or intervention of the p a t Messiah, and by a?d through this means establish a perfect condition on the a r t h . Under such an a m g u n a r t profiteering will be impossible. The oppression of the masses by the classes will be impossible. The people will be taught righteoumess and in order that they might profit thereby evil influences will be rtstrained. They will be taught just what to eat and h o u to cat it, how t o exercise, what is correct and proper conduct, the proper things to read and study, how to keep the law perfectly; and this much-needed aid ministered by and through the Messkh will open the way for the blessing of a11 the nations and peop l u of the earth in harmony with ,the promise made by Jehovah four thousand years ago. Concerning the o r d k of things under the wise and perfect rdler and the beneficent influence of the g ~ v e ~ m e during that time, the prophet of the nt Lord wrote: "And the government shall be upon his [Messiah's] shoulder; t n d his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace; and of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end" (Isaiah 9 : 6 , 7). Furthermore, the i prophet says concerning the righteousness of Hs reign: -"With righteoumess shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; thcir young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the o x And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cadratrice' den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain [kingdom]: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as 11 :4-9. the w a t m cover the sea."-Isaiah Some of the blessings that will come to the people during the Messianic reign are described by the

- -- - - -piophet thns: "Thea the eyes of ,the blind shall be opened, a d the eorr of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then ahdl th.func nun leap u an hart, and the toogut of the dumb sing: tar in the wilderness dull water b d out, and stm8mr in the d e r u t And tbe nmaned d the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their huh:they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sarrow and sighing shall flee away."--Isaiah 35 :5,6,10. . That t h e pmmhes to mankind may be more ,clarly understood aad bet* appnciated, we will, beginning with a mbsquent number of this m a p rine, prrbliob a series of d c l u showing the progreuivt steps of Jehovah's arrangements from the time of the creation of earth up to the glorious cul- - A

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greatest desire is to live forever in a state of happiness. Nothing hro been so ce&in as the provub says, "Thc living know t a they shall die." Neariy every living p e r m has ht lost some friend, relative or loved one in death. The present condition of the d u d ones is of great interest . to the living for two reasons: (1) because the living are keenly interested in their friends and loved ones; I and (2) because the living contemplate that they may soon go to the &me place. Naturally, the living examine anything that purports to teach that they can talk w t their departed friends. This desire to mrnih rnunicate with the departed one3 has been greatly augmented by conditions produced by the war, beu u s e so many have died as a result of the war and many more have died from the pestilence that came in the time of the war. Recently the public press has printed much concerning the dead and the ability of certain !iving ones to communicate with'the dead These published experiences are attracting wide attention throughout the world and should not be passed by lightly. If the living can talk witb the dead, then all the people should know it. On the other hand, if from a fair consideration of all the evidence we should find that the living cannot talk with the dead, but that the testimony produced in support of the contention is decep -tive a d misleading, then, of course, the people should be acquainted with these facts. -- It is intemting to note the class of men who are producing and publishing this evidence. They are not of the superstitious, ignorant or uneducated. On the contrary, from the world's viewpoint, they are men of great learning, of high moraj and social standing,

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and of stridest integrity. As such matters are usudly considered, they are strictly compctmt witnesses, whose testimony should be candidly weighed a d considered. We introduce a few of these witnesses and give excerpts from their testimony as published in the public press by the Metropolitan Newspaper Service. Prof. James H. Hyslop, PhD., U . D . , Secretary of the American Society for Psychid Reseuch, testifies that interest in psychic1 phenomena has greatly increased since the war; that such was predicted before the war through M s Piper in a message quotd by r. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Prof. Hyslop farther states that the present wide interest is due tm a combination of 'duences: first, the wholesak loss of life; and second, the materialistic state of the age; that by far the largest number of persoas who became interested in psychic research had their interest aroused by the death of some friend or relative; that finding the clergymen knew no more about the matter than themselves, or could offer only faith a an escape from s doubt, they sought the psychic research for heip; that it is doubtfwl if thr same interest wowld have been arouscd by f h t same uar i t s the Middk Agrs. Many ask, Why should the recent world war create such an increased interest in psychic phenomena? We expect to show herein that it is dur tbw for such increased interest and that the war is merely incidental to it. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a positive witness that the living communicate with the d a d ( ? ) , has written much on the subject. It will be noticed that the musages which purport to come from the dead come through a medium. A few excerpts from his testimony follow :

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'I think that the presr~mptionis very d e a r that in the case of some mediums, like Eusapia Paladino, they may be guilty of trickery when their powers fail them; and yet at other t i m a bave genuine gifts. 'When the war came it brought umestness into our souls .nd ~ d U e I look more closeljr a t our own beliefs and reassess their d u e . , "The nfigiotn side of it 1 saw to be of infinitely greater importance and it i this of which I will presently speak. I t s seemed to m e that a11 these phenomens large and small have been the telephone bells which said to the human race, 'Rouse yourselves. stand by, be at attention 1 Here are signs for you. They will lead you up to the message which God wishes to aend.' P h y r i a l phenomena make religion a very r u l thing; no longer r rmtttr of faith, but a matter of actual experience , and fact. 'I have spoken of a body of fresh doctrine. Whence does thh come? It comes in the main through automatic writing where the hand of the human medium is controlled either by an alleged d u d human beihg o r by an alleged angel. . Thua written communications are supplemented by a vast number of utterances and by the verbal message of spirits given through the lips of mediums. Sometimes it has even come by direct voices. I t h u come through the family circle md table tilting. "The lessons we may learn teach us of tlre continued life of the soul; of the nature o f that life and how it is influenced by our conduct h e r e If this is distinct from religion. I must confess that I do not understand the distinction. T o me it i religion, the very essence of i t s "As to o t h a creeds, it must be admitted that an.acceptance o f the teachings brought to us from beyond woutd, greatly modify conventional Christianity. , v i t d of d l , it would C O U ) ~ and make absolutely ~ certain t fact of lift oftrr death, the b a A of all religion. k It would confirm the unhappy results of sin, although it would shaw that t h u e r u u l t s are never permanent It would con6nn the idea of h a v e n and a temporary p e d taste which c m u p o n d a to purgatory rather than to hell. Christianity mart change or must perish. She h u deferred it until her churches are half empty, until women are her chief supporters and until both the learned part of the community oa the one ride and the poorest c l u s on the other are largely alienated from h a . T h e people are alienated because they frankly do not believe the facts presenftd to them to be tru. Thir reason md their sea^ of justice is equally offended. One can see n o justice in the vicarious sacrifice nor in the God who would be plaated by such means. Above all. many cannot underrtrnd sucb u p r a s i o n r u,the redemption from sin. "Never ru there any evidence of a fall of man; but if t h e w a e n o fall, then what became of the atonement, of the redemption, of original sin. of r l u g e put of Christian mystical p w h y ? Too much reem to have been.made of Christ*# death. Men die continually for their convictions. Thourrndr of our lads did in France Therefore the death of Chrirt. beautiful u it is in the Gospel narrative, has seemed to a ~ s u m e undue importance Too much stress has been laid upon Christ's d u t h and far too little upon His life. That w u where the t m e grandeur and t h e true lesson lay. Never had any one such r robust common sense o r such a sympathy f o r wellmess. I t was this most wonderful and uncommon life and not H b (Cbrist'r) duth which ir the true center of thcQrktirnrrliqioo

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"He (Christ) came down at r time of great earthly depmvitl; a time when the world was almost u wicked a r it u now; in order to give the people i example and teaching of n an ideal l i f c Then H e returned t o His o m high station, having left an example whicb u still occasionally f o l l o r e d "If such r view of Christianity were generally accepted, then I think we should have a creed which might unite the churches, which might bt reconciled with rcieqce, which might defy all attacks, which might carry the Christian-faith on f o r an indefinite period. 'Messages from the dead have been received in many laWs a t various times, mixed with a good desl h t this world which we could verify. The mcsuges upon t h a e points seem to me to be infinitely reassuring, whether we regard our own fate o r that of our friends. T h e d e p ~ e d c that passing ~ c L usua1;y easy and painless and followed by an enormous naction of peace and euc, "The spirit is not a glorified angel or 8 goblin, but it is simply the person himself, retaining all his strength and weaknesses, his wisdom and l h folly, exactly u he has retained his personal appearance. "Communkations usually come from t h o u . who have not long passed over and tend t o p o w fainter u one would expect There is in Mr. I h n s o n Rogers' life a very good case of a spirit who called himself Manton and claimed to have been born at Lawrence, Lydiard, a d buried in Sfbke, Newin* ton, in 1677. I t w u clearly shown afterward that there w u such a man and that he was OUws Cromwell's cbaplu'n So far as my own reading goes thir fr the oldest spirit on record as returnkg. All agree that life beyond is for a limited per i d , h f t e r which they p u on t o yet other placer, but ~ p q parently there is more comrnuniation )theen these phases . than between UJ m d tbe spirit Imb*

Other witnesses of the same character as Sir G n a n Doyle are Prof; Crawford, Prof. Lodge, Prof. Barrett, Gerald Balfour, ~ i s h o ~ Fallows, Rev. Fielding Ould, Archdeacon Wilberforce, and' many others of more br less prominence. oThe distinguished witnesses above m&tibped claim to bclieve in Jehovah God as the great First Cause, the ail-wise and eternal One. They a h i t that Jesus Christ came down from hcavtn, wai a man, lived on earth; that He died, was resurrected and ietumed to heaven. They quote from the Bible and thereby admit the authenticity of the Scriptures-that the Bible is the Word of God. With these admissions from the wise and distinguished witnesses we have a basis from which to reason and a rule by which t h a r testimony may be weighed and considered. Just here we are reminded of the words of the Prophet Isaiah speaking as the mouthpiece of Jehovah, relating to the very question under consideration: "And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards [mediums] that peep and that mutter [say unto them1 : should oot a people seek unto their

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communication with the d u d , if not in harmoay with but the soul continues to live. As above quoted, and supported by the Word of Cbd is conclusively Sir Conan Doyle says: "The results of psychic re' provqd untny. God is His own interpreter and He acarch, the deductions which we may draw and the ' will explain His Word to those who seek to underlusons we may learn teach us of the continued ljfe . .. e d , i t r Bible i the Word of Truth, "For of the soul."' W e quote from Bishop Fallows as s prophccy came not in old time by the will of man; follows: "In recent yearn great stridu have been , - but hdy men of God spoke as they were moved by made in the explanatiort of psychic phenomena and th; Holy Spirit." (2 Peter 1 :21.) I t was Jesus in the years to come the science of communication Christ who said, "Thy word is truth." (John-$7:17.) with the dead wilt be made a part of the curriculum :'#Ah Scripture divinely inspired is indeed profitable of great educational institutions. I have called the for teaching, for instroction, for correction,. for that new sci,ence Immortalism because it depends for its discipline which is in righteousness, so that the nnn existence, & the immortalby of tk soul, in which of-God may be complete, thoroughly fitted for every we all believe, and the pra4matilon of identity begood work." (2 Timothy 3:16, 17, Diagiott.) Then yond the grave." by the testimony of the Bible let us examine' these From the two eminent witness- above quoted, it 'questions and settle than accordingly. is seen that the theory of Gmmunication with the I t must 'be conceded in the outset that if t h ~ dead dead rests strictly upon the old doctrine of inherent can communicate with the living then the dead are immortality of the soul. Is the immortality of the t conscioas after death and know 'everything that is soul supported by the Bible? Our answer is, there - trmspiring'. The first important question, then, to is just one Scripture in the Bible that supports it d d e e n e by the Scriptures i * and that Scripture Jesus declares is a lie and the first lie ever told, and Satan told it. It is found in Genesis 3 :5. The occasion was S a h n using the serW e quote some pertinent Scriptures bearing di- pent as a medium through which to speak to Mother reftly on the point: "In death there is no remem- Eve and thereby deceive her with reference to eating brance of thee; in the grave who shall give thee of the forbidden fruit. The woman mid, "We may t h b ?" (Psalm 6:s). "Wilt thou show wonders to not eat of the fruit in the midst of the garden of -'the dead? Shall the d u d arise and praise thee? Eden, for God hath said, Ye ahall not eat of it, e Shall thy loving kindness be dcclartd in the grave? neithe; shall ye touch it, lest f die." And to this orethy faithfulness in destruction?" (Psalm 88 :lo, Satan replied, "Ye shall not surely die; for God doth 1-1). . "Thou turnest man to destruction" (Psalm know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes 90:3). "The dead praise not the Lord, neither aoy shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." This statement of Satan, "Ye shall that go down into silence."-Psalm 115:17. The Scripturu clearly show that one who dies net surely die," has been the foundation of every stops breathing, does not think, has no feeling; false doctrine from then until now and it is the one therefore v u l d not be conscious. "His breath goah to which Jesus referted when speaking of Satan as ' f m h , he nturneth to his earth; in that very day his the father of lies. I Subsequent to the violatidn of God's law, Adam 'thoughts paisb'*-Psalm 146:4. "For the living know that they shall die, but the and his wife Eve were sentenced to d a t h and driven 9 :5. from Eden m d in due coune of time they died. dead know not ulything."-Eccluiastu . !'Whatever thy hand hdeth to do, do it with thy Was it merely the body o r the aoul that died? ' L t e mi@, far there is no work, nor device, nor knowl- us first determine what'is the soul. Man is a mu1 ; td&, nor wisdom in the grave whither thou goest. he does not possess a soul. Every living creature -Ecluiastu 9 :lo. is a soul. W e say a man has f cow; he possesses a "Neveriiieless, man b;ing in honor abideth not; cow. But we would not say t man b a cow. "And 49 :12 he is like the b w t s that perish."-Psalm the Lord Cod formed man out of the dust of the JCsus declared that a11 the dead are in their graves earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of and asleep--unconscious, knowing nothing (John livea, and man btcomr o Jiving soul."-Genesis 2%

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Clearly, then, we see t!mt Jehovah fcrmed from tlie elements of the earth the body of man and theq breathed into his nostrils ihe breath which living creatures breathe. This breath animated the body, started the circuktion. and the result was a moving, sentient being, whic!l God designated a soul. God in ,His Word applied the term living soul t:, the lower order of animals long before the creation of man. (See Genesis 1:a, marginal reading.) H e 30, . used the word soul as applicable to beasts, say! s o ing, 'Zevy a tribute unto ,the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep.'*-Numbers 31 28. When one dies, then, it means a separation of the breath ot life from the body, which means exqinction of the soul, just as the beasts die. "For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; SO that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; are all of the dust, and a11 turn to dust again" (Ecclesiastes 3 :19, 20). T o settle all qcestion absu: the soul being subject to death or not, the Ps3lmist says, "M;hat man is he that liveth and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grzvc?" (Psalm 89:48.) Eut even more explicit are these wods, "The soul that sinneth it shall die" (Ezck:el 18:4). I the soul were immortal, it w o d d not be f subject t o death; not even God would be able to destroy i t Jesus plainly said that Je!~ovsh has the power to destray the soul.--Matthew I0 Who then is immortal? The cri?:urcs answer, "The blessed ahd only p t e n t a t e . the king of kings and lord of lords, who only hath immortality" (1 Timothy 6:15, 16). Immortality means that which is not subject to death and is offered as a great prize to the faithful follower of Jesus unto death. "Who will render to every man according to his deeds: to them who by patient ccntinuance in well doing seek for glory, honor and immortality, eternal life."-Romans 2 6,7. This prize of immortality is offered to none except the Christian, who having made a consecration to do God's will, continues faithfully unto death. T o such Jesus said, "Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life" (Revelation 2 :lo). Again the s;ripturw say, "This mortal must put on irnmortality" (1 Corinthians 1533). And here the words are addressed only to the faithful unto death. T h e Bible plainly teaches that "man is of the earth, earthy"; he is not spiritual (1 Corinthians 15:45-47).

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Man is a human being; he is not a spirit being. "A spirit [being] math not flesh and bones" (Luke 24:39). T h e Apostle in his argument in 1' Corinthians 15 plainly shours that human or natural beings have human or natural bodies; that Adam was a human a?d not a spiritual being; that none aFe given spiritual bodies except the faithful followers of Christ Jesus and they receive such only at the resurrection. These Scriptures, then, prove conclusively (and there is none to contradict them) that man has not an immortal soul; that man is n t a spirit being o but a human; that man when he dies is dead and is not conscious; therefore .could not possibly commt!nicate with any who are living. T h e twtimony of the e m i n e ~ witnesses above cited is in direct contradiction o the Bible. First. f they deny th* man w a created 8 perfect human being and fell. On the contrary, they teach the doctrine of evolution; namely, that man evolved frcm 3 much lower order and has been progressing sincThe Bible says that God created man in His ow? image and likeness (Genesis 1:26, 27) and we a r e certain that God never was an ape nor in the i c r of one. In addition to this, the &riptures p;a;n . ; dec!are, "His work is perfect" (De'uteronomy 3-7 1 The Sc;iptural account plainly shows that man v:9lated God's law and was driven from Eden, his F e r fect home, sentenced to death, and died; that :sentence was in process of execution covering a period of 930 y e a n ; t b t the perfect man begot no children, but only the imperf;ct man under the sextence, of death exercised his t o w e r of transmit:. .,life. - I t reasonably follows, then, that the imptrt'f man c o d d not bcget t pe;fect child. Hence God : prophet wrote, "Behold, I was shzpen in iniqu:::, and in sin did my mother conceive me" (Psa'-51 : 5 ) . Again, "Wherefore, as by one man (Adam: sin entered the world and death by sin, s dca:? o passed upon all men for that all have sinned" ( R o mans 5 :12). Human experience corroborates t A e teaching of the Bible, as it is well known by all careful observtrs that the human race is degenerating and has been for centuries; and no evolutionist has ever yet been able to prove any progress of the lower brder of animals to a higher order, nor has any connecting link been found between animals and men: The testimony of the eminent witnesses above mentioned in substance denier the ransom sauifice and one of them in particular expressly denies it. 1irhile the death of, Christ is admitted, the value of His death i positively denied. s
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The Scriptura plainly t u c h tbkt,them k rw other the aothendcity d tb Scriplet thdt w aunt given under heaven whereby we must be stand or f d by them. ssved. (Acts 4:12) "I determined not to know myThe testimony quoted from gii Conan -t I 8& thing among you save Jesus Christ and him cruci- mits that Jwoa died and rose &om tbe dead and 6ed."--1 Corinthians 2 2 . ascended on high St. Rul, the inspired witnew of The whde race wu under the c o n d ' d o o of Jehovah and whoae testhony we bcficve to be more h death through Adam's disobedie~lce. T e only way reliable thvr th.t of the eminent scholars of our forthem to get out from under that burden i by r present time, concerning the dead add: "Now if s rrrraun price being provided and paid. A ransom Cbiirt be preached that k rose from the means r corresponding price. Adam was a perfect how say some among you that there is no m t c CJSSUI and there was no man on earth who c d d re- tion of the dead? But if t h t r t be no r a d o n of deem the n e e or give God a ransom for him. the d u d , then h CMst not r h ~ and if Chrigt be : Psalm 4:7.) God promised that He would m##nnot risen, then is oar preaching vain, md ycmr faith nma from the power of the grave and rcdeun him is also Mia. Yea, m d p uc found fahe w i t n ~ a fmm death. (Hoses 13:14.) The life of Jcms uu of God; because we have testified of God that he transferred from the spirit to the human plane. He &red up Christ: whom he r a i d nat up, if so be n~ begotten by the power of Jehovah, was born that the dead rise n o t For if the dead rbe not, then M y , brmless, separate from sinners, without dt- is not Christ, raised: and if Christ be not raised, fiiancnt. Concerning Him we read, "We see J, yoor faith is vain; ye a n yet in y a u rim ' Then who was made a little lower than the angels for the they also which are f d e n asleep in Christ are persugering of death, crowned with glor~rand honor; that he by the grace of Gcd should taste death for every mann-Hebrews 29. Sir Conan Doyle says, "He (Jesus) came down upon tbc earth to give the people the example and teaching of . ideal lift." Of Himself Juossays, "I am come n J'tbrt they [the pebple] might have life uid that they might have it more abundantly." We believe that Jerur h a better witness than Sir Conaa Doyle because He was the son of God anct spoke with authority and knew more ab.out His mission to e u t h than any man. Again Jesus said, "Even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many." (Matthew XI:=.) Again Jesus said, "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that rhosoever believeth in him should not perish, but hove everlasting life." (John 3 :16) Sir Comn Doyle and his corroborative witnesses see the abso1 necessity for denying the fall of man, the great atonement sacrifice and the paying of the ransom price in order to sustain their theory that the dead uc alive, because the consciousness of the dead abmlutdy denies the necessity for a redeemer. s There i no teaching in the Scripture that haa brought more comfort and consolation to the hurt - o the r e d thinker than that of the resurrection of f the dead. If the theory that the dead arc alive and an communicate with the living is correct, then the dtxtrine of the resurrection of the dead is a b rolutely frlse. Resurrection means a restanding to rift, which would be impossible if the dead were alnrdy alive. Since these eminent witnesses admit

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The Apostle then pnxmdr to pnm conclusively that Christ did rise from the dead md then positively stater : "For since by man came death, by man came a h the feS~eCti0fi the of dead. For as alI in Adam die, even s d in Christ o l shall be made alive. But every man in hh own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his appearing." Again St. Paul stater, "There shall be r resurrection o the dead, f both just and unjust" (Acts 24d5). Jesus testified, "Marvel not at this:' for the h o k ir coming in which. rll' that arc in the graves shall hear his voice and shall come fcxtAti (John 5 28.) Jesus gave an illustration when he awakened L & u a m to how the dcad shall be awakened. (John 116-44.) It will be noticed in this last instance that L u a r u s had been d u d four days and Jesus did not call hirn back from t b spirit world, but he caused the stone to be rolled away from the tomb and then "cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth; and he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes" The record is absolutely silent on thk matter of his consciousness while he was dead. Tnus it will be seen that the testimony of the eminent wftnessu abwe cited, who have recentfy staded the world with their statanents, is flatly contradicted by the Scriptures. Sir Conan Doyle in his testimony says, "Bfy point is that psychical phenomena must, when properly undefttood and digested, make religion a 'very real thing and no longer a matter of faith, but a matter of actual urperieacc" J u said, "Nevertheless, u s

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when the son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" (Luke 15:8.) Zhest eminent gentlemen would destroy faith in G o d s Word as a veritable fulfillment of the Master's prophecy. But, some will say, can it be possible that these eminent scholars are telling falsehoods and trying t o deceive the people by making them believe that the spirits of dead men can tip tables and make them walk, can cause the hand to write, can speak through mediums and can even make their voices heard direct? How these things impress the mind of another is illustrated by the following incident: The father o Mr. A had been dead a number of f years. H e was met by a spiritist, who said to him, "Mr. A, would you like to talk t o your father?" Mr. A replied, "W'hy my father is dead." "Yes," replied his questioner, "but you can communicate with th'e dead." Mr. A expressed his unbelief. Then his questioner said, "Mr. A, are you willing to give the matter a trial and let me demonstrate to you that you can talk to your father? If you will go to a certain number on a certain street and call for Mrs. and say to her you have come to communicate with one of your dead friends, but do not tell her wfrom; and then put her to the test and see if she can call up your dead father." Mr. A assents. H e calls on the woman, who is known as a spiritualistic medium. He says to her, "I came here for the purpose of communicating with a dead friend. I am a skeptic, but I came a t the instance of my friend and I want you t o prove t o me whether or not I can talk t o some one who is dead." The medium replies, "If you will do what I tell,you, I will make an effort t o put you into communication with the one 'with whom you would like to talk. T h e conditions I impose upon you arc these: First, you must sit quietly in that chair. You must not resist m e with the power of your will, but be entirely suhmissive and willing to be convinced. You must then center your mind upon the person with whom you would like t o talk." Mr. A agrees to the conditions and c a m e s them out, sitting quietly, being willing t o be convinced and, therefore, submitting his will. I n a short time the medium announces the presence of some one who wishes to talk t o him. Mr. A listens and presently he hears a voice speaking to him and he recognizes it as the voice of his father, -long since dead. The father then relates to him certain events that transpired in Mr. A's boyhood and ~ l s o tells him other things which Mr. A subsequently proves from other evidence is correct. A has been a Christian up to this time, thoroughly believing in the Bible. Now he goes away, however, convinced that his father is alive and not dead and is able to talk with him. The question is, Did Mr. A hear his father's voice?' W e answer, No, because his father was dead and the Scriptures conclusively prove that dead men do not talk. Experience proves the same thing. But can it be denied that he heard a voice? And we answer, No; nor will there be any attempt t o deny it. W e admit that he heard a voice. W e admit t$at Sir Conan Doyle and all of his eminent associates who testify t o communicating with the dead arc testifying to what they believe t o be the truth and that they have heard voices, seen writing and observed tables walk. But instead of this being the work or v o i c e of the spirits of departed men, we answer that the voices and works are those of demons who never were men, and this we will prove by the scripture;; and proving this assertion by the Scriptures ought t o be sufficient to satisfy every one, in the light of other Scriptures heretofore cited, that the dead are not conscious and cannot communicate with the living. Lucifer, who afterward became Satan, was in Ederas the overseer of man. He deceived Mother Eve and caused the death sentence t o come upon h e r and Adam. I n pronouncing this sentence, Jehovah will put enmity between thee and the wosaid, man and between thy seed and her feed. And it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel." --Genesis 3 :15. Satan was deprived of his position as overseer of man. Adam having lost his dominion, t h m was none in the earth in authority, Horrified at the results of Lucifer's wrongful course, the angels of 'heaven (sons of God) desired to uplift man and God permitted certain ones of them t o undertake the task. (Hebrews 2:s; Genesis 6:l-5.) Tiiese angels were granted the power t o materialize in human form and to assume dominion over the affairs of earth. They likewise had power to dematerialize. Satan determined that he would not be thwarted in his purpose of opposing Jehovah. He had become a liar and the father of lies and now, with a malignant heart, he set about to'seduce these angels, his former companions in glory, m d through them to retain control over man. H e injected into the minds of these spirit beings the thought to take wives from amongst the daughters of men, which they did, thereby leaving their own loftier estate. Thus Satan caused the angels to sin and fall. The offspring resulting from this unholy alliance filled the earth with violence and God announced His determination to destroy all flesh in the earth He

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ro d r c d Noah md thar brought on the deluge. the d u d should be put to death. (Exodus 22:18; No& a d hir b i b , eight in'all, not having been Leviticus 1931; 206, 27.) An attempt to comcontaminated by t h e evil ones, received favor in municate with them was declared by Jehovah as an Cod's sight and w e n saved in the ark which Noah abomination in H t right. "There shall not be had buildtd at the direction of Jehovah. The great found among you a +tch or 8 charmer or 8 condoad destroyed d flshly beings save those that sulter with familiar rpirits, or a medium o r a bel were in the ark. The angelic beings, however, a- mancer, for all that do these things are an abomina18:lo, 12. &ng their power to dematairrlize, were not de- tion onto the hd"-Deuteronomy Saul, the fint king o Israel, had a seance G t h f .stroyed. What became of them? The Bible inswers that they were restrained of their 1 and a medium who prethded to call up Saxnuel rimilar r eonfined in the darkness of the atmosphere near the to what the eminent witnesses above mentioned earth. "God spared not the angels that sinned, but have nlated in modern tima. (See 1 Samuel cast than down to tartan^ [mistrandated hell] 289-20.) Somuel waa 8 god prophet. He died. .and d d i v m d them into chains of darkness to be S a d , the king of Israel, became evil and Cod withh mewed unto judgmenLn (2 Peter 2:4.) . "rtre drew His favor from him. T e king then directed angels which kept not their fint estate, but left their hia servants to Snd him a witch or rpiritualistic me-own habitation, he hath reserved in everluting dium with whom t~ consult. Ha uu directed to chain, under darkness unto the judgment of the the witch living in the cave a t Endor.& Knowing . p t day.- (Jude 6.) In this condition t h y w e e that it WM his duty to put tn deatb all such meto be &ned until the judgment day, the infer- diums, as provided by the Law; a d knowing that ence being tbat at the judgment day they would u- if she recognized him M the king of Israel she would mist greater power than at any time since the not operate for him, 6e disguised himself and then - hod. At no time since .the flood have they been per- went to the cave to see her. Evidently the demons mittcd to materialize in human form. We here assert revealed to this medium that the man who stood thatt he judgment of the fallen angels is at hand and before her was the king of Ismel, and homfied, she thetefdre this explains why they exercise s much exclaimed, "Why hast thou come to take my life?" o Saul then admitted to h a that he me the king but A " more power now than at any other time Of this we will speak later. Since the time of the deluge they promised to preserve her life if she would obey have had power to communicate with the human race him and call up Samuel, the d u d prophet The oat). thrwgh the instrumentality of willing mediums. seance then took placa The demo^ awed to The Scriptures designate Satan as the prince of p u s before h g mind a vision of a man rising from devils or demons. (Matthew 12:24.) In some man- the earth and the witch cried out; and b a n g inn a Satan has dominated the other demons or devils. quired of by S a d a~ to what she saw, she said she He i spoken of as "the prince of the power of the beheld an old man rising, wearing a mlritle, the d t s air" and "the god of this world." (Ephesians 2 3 ; scription being like that of Samuel the prophet 2 Corinthians 4:4.) The first lie was the word Saul fell prone upon the earth and then the medium spoken by Satan to Mother Eve, "Ye shall not proceeded to tell him that the message from Samuel surely die"; and ever since he has kept before the was that on the morrow be should engage in battle minds of humanity the falsehood "There i no with the Philistines, that he would be defeated and s - death." The _theorythat every man has an immortal that the king and his oona would be killed. Sir Conan Doyle in his tatimony stat* "Some soul fin& proof o d y in Satan's lie. T o sustain his f d w position Satan h u ever kept before man's mind mediums like Eusapia Palladino may be guilty of that the dead are alive, even more so than before trickery." The duaons played a trick on the witch death. The evil spirits otherwise spoken of as de- of Endor and on Saul on this occasion and lied to mons, under the control of Satan, have aided him both of them. Samuel was dead and therefore could in u t r y i n g out this great l i e Many times the not arise. History discloses the fact that the battle * between Saul and the Philistine did not take place Scriptures refer to them as "lying spirits." The communication of man with these evil spirits the next day but several days afterward and that impersonating the dead is not a new thing. I t has all of his sons were not killed, but that two of them , persisted since the flood. When God made the Law survived v d lived for years. From the days of the flood and1 now these evil Covenant with the nation of Israel, as a safeguard against these demons He provided in the Law that spirits or demons have been unable to communicate any one who would consult a medium concerning with any one who was unwilling to submit to their

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idaence; and this explains why, in the incident above recorded, Mr. A was requisted to remain quiet, not to resist with his will. but be willing to be taught and to concentrate his mind upon the one with whom he would like to speak. When Jesus was on earth these demons possessed ,human kings, operated throtrgh mediums, and Jesus cast than out-See Matthews 9 :32,33 ; 10:8 ; 12 22 ; Mark 5:l-20; 9:17-27; ~ u k 9:3842. e These demons have mindi ;uperior to human minds and doubtless are perfect in memqry. Having u k t e d since the time of the flood, they are f d a r with the events of earth and, this explains why one such could impersonate a human being who has been dead a long while. Sir Conan Doyle cites the instance of one who named himself Manton and who is said to have died in 1677 and who was Oliver Cromwell's chaplain. I t is an easy matter for a demon familiar with. the life of Cromwell and those living at his time to come forward and produce such evidence and thus overreach a mind that is willing to be convinced Mr. A above mentioned did not hear the voice of f his father but he heard the voice o one of these demons, who being familiar with his father's life and history was able to produce facts having a tendency to convince th; son that his father was still living; and the son, being ignorant of who these demons are, fell a ready victim to the delusion that his father yet lives. But why, one asks, should such eminent professors u Sir Conan Doyle, Sir Oliver Lodge, Prof. Hyslop and other great and wise men be overreached by these demons. I t might seem probable, says such a one, that a weak-minded person would be overreached, but it seems rather unreasonable that such great men should be mistaken. W e answer that the greatest mia that has lived is not equal intellectually to these spirit beings who arc restrained in darkness. God forelmew and through His prophets foretold that these men, wise in their own conceits and in the eyes of o t h m , would advance such argument in the t i w s in which we arc living, deceiving others and being deceired Long ago He caused His holy prophet to record the words which subsequently St. Paul quoted: "For it is written [Isaiah 29:14], I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and I will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where i the disputer of this world? Hath not God made s foolish the wisdom of this world? , For after that in the wisdom of God the world knew not God." (1 Corinthians 1:19-21.) Does it not really seem

foolish to sensible men who believe in the Scriptaro for these great wise men to say, "Christianity must change or must perish?". In other words, they are stating that the great plan of redemption provideJ by Jehovah must yield to their increased wisdom a d if it does not so yield then it must perish. But, asks another, why should we attempt to deny the power to communicate with the d u d when we get much codsolation from the fact of talking 6 t h . our dead friends? And if your contention is correct tkat it is the demons m u n i a t i n g , what p u v or motive would they hare in impersonating people who had b n n dead for some time? The answer to these questions is the real kernel of the nut, so to speak. There never was a crime committed except there was 6 motive back of i t The so-cdkd communication of dead people with the living is a crime upon humanity because it blinds them to God's great purposc The real motive is to keep the people in ignorance and i darkness conn cerning the provision that God has made for the . salvation and blessing of mankind. God said to man, "Ye shall surely diew; and Satan said, "Ye shall not surely die" Satan lied. Satan has ever dpposed Jehovah's purposes and f ehovah has permitted him to do this for the purpose of teaching mankind a gnat lesson and magnifying His own (Jehovah's) power in due time The great plan of redemption provided by Jehovah will become operative through Christ and His chosen bride To Abraham Jehovah said, "In thy seed shall a11 the families of the earth be blessed." This was the seed of promise and it i? the seed against which Satan has warred at all times. S t Paul plainly points out that the seed of promise is the ChristJesus the head and the faithful members of =s body who continue to follow Him even unto death and participate in the first resurrection. When this promise was made to Abraham, Satan sought to have Sarah, his wife, debayched that the seed would be destroyed. When the promise w a passed down to David, Satan attempted to have David killed. When Jesus came to earth, recognizing that He was the promised seed, Satan sought to kill him and ultimately succeeded, through his agencies ;but God raised Him from the dead and exalted Him above all others, making Him head over the Church, His k d y . Satan and the demons have waned against the Church and against Christ Jesus all through the Age. They have sought to destroy true Christianity and now the wise men boldly say, "Christianiv must yield to the further deception of Satan or be destroyed. How many will be fooled? Jesus said

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d except the elect, and if it were posrible he w d d order and t&e t l for the beginning ~f the new, , deceive the v e q elect which will 'bring kr the Golden Age, Jcnu said, "But ' . Above we quoted the scriptare th.t there ia no u the dap of Noah wae, ro rhll .Ira the coming f other name givea under heaven whereby we must o the Son of man be" (Matthew 24S7). It d be be saved except the name of Christ Jesus. Tbe teb remembered, refming to the Scriptural account of timony of the eminent witness Sir Gmaa Doyle k to Noah's day, that the demo= then had overreached ' the effect that too much stress is laid on the d a t h . and debauched practically all of the human rrce and o , of Christ Jesus, He is a very prominent man and the people were indiffemnt t the prtachings of he otrd the other professors named have a wide in- Noah and they were going abottt pursuing that flucnce over the people and the public press is open which would gratify t h d r desirer. They had dis- to these influential men now to influence the people; regarded God and Hia Word .ad we see d y the '4.: and thua Sa is blinding these great men and is same thing now prevailing; and it i bdrig brought tn s blinding those who yield to them, including a large about chiefly through the ministration of the demons number of clergymen, just as the Apostle said it who did i t in Noah's day. W e warn the people, would be (2 Corinthians 4:3,4). If the people can therefore', to be not deceived bf the testimony of be thoroughly convinced that their dead friends ue wise men, but to turn their attention t 8 careful o * alive and not d u d , then they will believe that man and faithful study of the Bible, whkh'onlj contains did not fall; that there was no necessiq for a re- the pure doctrine with reference to G d B sprmiabn deaner; that Jcsp Christ did not die to save them; for the salvation and blessing of mrmkInd. that there is no resurrection of the dead; and t h w The above Scriptural proof adduced, therefore, Satan and the demons would succeed in destroying conclusively shows that the dead are dead m d are the faith of the people in God's great plan of re- not c o n h s ; that the living cannot c q m u n i c a t e demption. I t is easy, thercfote, to be seen that one with the d u d ; and the testimony of thc eminent . of the greatest menaces to the human race today, wise men is fall7 and c o n d a s i v d j explained by the the strongest delusion, and that which threatens to Suipturrs, which show that in the time in which destroy the very foundation of faith in God's Word we are now living the demons would exercise and plan, is the deception held before the people greater power, deceiving the rhinb of man*, inducthat the living can communicate with the dud. ing them to believe that their dead friends are dive a d by thus pretending fraudulmtly to bring them From the Scriptures above cited (2 Peter 2 :4; Jude 6) we have seen that these demons were to be a measure of comfort are in fact deceiving them and from God's great uronp restrained in darkness until the judgment day. The driving them for their o m tion on. ;fear inference to be drawn from this is that when The result of this delusion will be i 8 short time stii n the judgment day is reached they would be able n exercise greater power than ever before because greater confusion, i fulfillment of 'lTesw8P ~ o P ~ ~ C Y * they would be in a m-urn at l a s t relwed from "For then shall be great tribulation, such u was their rrstnint. 0 t h Scriptur- clearly a d conclu- not since the beginning of the world to this time; ~ 2421. sively prove that we are in the time of the judgment no, nor ever shdl be."-Matthew This time of great stress, however, will be folupon the nations and upon Christendom, and that this is also the time of the judgment of the evil lowed by the reign of Christ, introducing the Golden . spirits, the demons. This explains why the great Age, during which all blindness of mind and conwar which has just ended was used as a means of fusion will be removed and during which time the inducing more people to turn to spiritism. The knowledge of the Lord shall fill the whole earth as great war was foretold by the Lord Jesus as the the waters fill the deep, and every one will be time when "nation shall rise against nation and brought to a knowledge of the Truth and in that kingdom against kingdom," and that this would be time a11 the d u d shall be awakened out of death and one of the evidences of the end of the old o r d n of being brought to an accurate knowledge of the things just preceding the inauguration of the new Truth (1 Timothy 2 : - ) will l a m that Jesus a r i s t 36, order, which is the Golden Age. The Great Master gave His life a ransom for all and that in due time sytcd that a further evidence of that time would be the testimony will be given to alI, and a l l wiH underthat this war would be followed by general social stand. And those who do understand m d obey the disturbance, revolutions and like trouble throughout Lord will be blessed by being lifted up to perfection the earth; and we now see that in progress. As an of body and mind and united with their frienda to additional evidence that we are at the end of the old enjoy everlastingly peace, prosperity and happiness.

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as "bank holidays." In the summer of 1914 the Irish question was engaging the attention of England and
causing much concern. At the same time there was a great deal of agitation among the laboring elements, and. it was generally understood throughout Great Britain that the beginning of the bank holidays that year (August 1st) would mark the beginning of a great strike, which would not only tie up commerce but would stop every wheel in the United Kingdomtbe very thing that ham just come t o paas. Necessarily the tension was high in Great Britain at that time and every one was in an attitude of expectancy. But just before the time for calling the strike, the great international war began. The labor agitation ceased and the labor elements joined hands with the other elements of the social order of Great Britain and went out t o fight Great Britain's enemies. But the war did not serve to permyenfly appease the wrath of the discontented of the labor and radical elements. Shortly after the war these elemtnts in the social order began an agitation. and for the past few weeks Great Britain has been in the throes of not only a disturbed labor and financial condition, but what the mblic press t e r n a bloodless revolution. A met* politan paper recently said:
"Great Britain's bloodlass rrvolution is gaining fast and the Lords and Commons in daily session are progressing with proposals designed to equalize opportnnititr in m r y phase of lifc 'The coal nationalization plan h gaining adherence in hi& places, despite the vigorow and virile attacks by the plutocratic holderr and agents of coal'tractr. It i~ contended the government's witnesru and u p v M that the titles to these areu are invalid and have been nnjnstly and illegally held for anturies. T h e government Ia having itr hands full Wth tbe anemployment quest~on,and cool heads alone will avert clash Amcriu n r may have a better idea of conditioru whtn thty lurn that whereas in the United Stater, according to Mr. Gornpers, less than fifteen pa c n . of wage u r n e n arc o ~ u t d kl et .

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We frequently hear the expression, "Histoy VU itself." W e are forcibly reminded of the parallelism between conditions prevaiiing in G n a t Britain a d those which once prevailed in Palestine. For centuries Jehovah dealt with the Jeyish people. and Jetusalem was the ecclesiastical center of the world. English scholars have long contended that England occupies a position relative to the world similar to that occupied by Jerusalem in the closing years of the national historp of Israel. The Prophet Jeremiah, who was s p a cially sent to Israel between the years 646 and 606 a c , describes the enemies of Jemsalem as "the people from the north country," a rash, radical element. This r a d i a l element from the north had come down and laid siego to Jerusalem. When word was brought that the armies of Egypt were marching toward Jerusalem, these peaples of the north, otherwise known a s the W d e a n r , withdrew from the siege of Jerusalrm to war .gainst the a n n i u of Egypt, and having defeated t h m , returned and again laid siege to Jerusalem with the w& known r a u l t recorded both in sacred and profme hi, tov: The peoples from the north described by the prophat. very fitly picture or represent the labor and radical elements of Great Britain that laid siege t o the government of England in 1914; and hearing of the oncoming of the Gennans they withdrew and fought the c n q until their defeat, only to return and renew their sieg. against the government of Great Britain. In this connection we arc reminded that according tb Bible chronology the old social order of things reached an end with 1914. In other words. there the period granted to the Gentile as a lease of undisturbed r u l e ship of the earth ended When Jesus was asked what would be some of the evidences of the end of the world (the old order) and the beginning of the new, he answered, "Nation shall rise against nation and kingdom

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ddrexu in tbe United Stater. the Saturnalia of the dryr of the h u m race in unpoliced Liverpool, the general strike situation tha! thrutena to pudyxe England, we see the ecothe ast of living qoo up the price of h u m life pou d o r a The ume spirit permutes not oilb popuh P s t u . but mn popular decencies and morals. I?he h m o r t of tbC niest war ever indicted on suffer& human it^ h.rr tried the world's rod to th limit of ea&rmet The 4 0 a h u becn violent. Hrmun l t n h put uo in# through a spasm of protest. Hmac, riots and extramgance and immodesty and jazz music m d rhimmie d.ncu are a seething wash of u n r u t I s humanity going on the rocks? It wcmr tu-be-h margin of s a f e at timu appears to k cut down to 8 reekI i a t y fine Iiic Tbe ship is passing through rey steering closer than caution warrants to the m f r . h d mdcontenta in the fo'd~leare trying t unsteady the h a d of th. o pilot."

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domirud incentive to most human actlon. prrwt "For h m m i t y is only just emerging, somewhat fearfully, somewhat r e d t l ~ s f y ,from the shadow of a great crime. The dawn of puce b obscured in the cloud-rack that follows the wake of the nrr a m p e s t T o r the time being the tendency of social forcea is toward discord and disintegration. -4lrnost every newspaper dispatch, foreign and domutic, affords evidence of this dangerous trend England, France, - Grmany Redivivus, the three balance-wheels of Europe, are running out of true. "Our people at home are fretting under new laws and new obliptioam; restless and irritated, they are turning away from the wisdom of the ages. These psychological causes are manifest in violent disturbances. The whole world is mutinous. ' I n such sporadic outbreaks u the IVincipeg revolt. the t Chicago riots, the promiscuous bomb-throwing a leading

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through the agency of Messiah's kingdom, the inaugn- t h w arc better t h tfiv are a& 'Artide F er the tn18 of s a n m i f Or the status of the hionme in ntion of the Golden Age. Before these blessings long relatiori t o the League covenant This ir not relfishner or la; hoped for md promis& begin, the prurnt imp-suluity, but the same m e n d procar which unw r cindet. fect and unrighteous systems must end. in a man's eye to e n p s r man of his attention thrn doa Part of the people for centuries have been in a n a- , , dismmd i, ta, neighborhood of Jd*." alted position, while the greater number of than have The Landon.Doi?y H m f d records conditions of unbeen far below them. T h i d t e d ones, then, would be repraented by the hills or high places, while the rest a w n g ia France in the following m p h : d c g r would picture thwe of the lower walla of liic 9.0. d* A& F W ~ a h d looking tr ~ ub t r s ~ d t time of the dm k . the prophet of the Lard says, ' Z v q valley [low place, ~ ~ ~ , " t ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ kJW people] shall be and every and plot to min dctodau Leon k d e i t h Action n hill [high people] shall be made low ; and the m k e d ~ r o y o ~rw hc m o t r, Ms d t s .nd h ~ .In [unrighteouu, profiteers, etc] shall be made straight point of f a c ~ mthe ot k not o d d at 9 But t . b the sign*-% for it a mand the rough places [the c o m a difficult to under- makes It F ~ W MeOu manifestadon of the de+o discontent m o u e the whole nude n i s does mass of the worten. stand or pass over~s,a not mean that the ppor will ultimately dominate the me nuin immedim is of ,lo,,,-r the rich, nor the rich be brought down to a low condition ; high cost of living, which people in England C-ot p s i b b but it does mean a general leveling pmcus in which appreaate. But opvt tram that there is a general rerue of every have a fir opportunity for life, libaty disillusionment a d dlroppaintment Victory h u turned into *-d happines under he righttom reign of the M-dust aud aha,and the worken of France are realizing that for them four years* struggle hu brought nothing." siah. It is, therefore, profitable for the people to a p . ~reciatethe real mtaning of this Pment disturbed F m P ~coma the word that the following trades s to the aft (or were at the time of the correspondence) on mudition and to Prepare * bleuing~ that must follow. strike: metal workers, tailors, milliners, bootmakers. Among the Present o r old order of think there am mechanical modellers, saw-mill workers, printers, plumrich and the poor &- bers, butchers, carpenters, glove makers, builders, nunely* men% the high and the low e l m m b * the d c d and newspaper employas, subway men, transport workers, arnsurative elements. The public F m MY brmze workers, taxi drirrrs, e l s t r i d worken at bward an- Bourget Campany, auplhated e x p i d o n of these elanof Maison Brassert, Maiother- The strilelaborers the son Brcguet, Maison Dnfagd, and aeroplane workers the -i. *s lt dw to heated WQ* at Courtevoie. In France outside of h i s builders are it is not ~ J J X O ~speak~ ~ affairs to ~ on strike at Valmdennu, timber warken at SainteIs not Tulle, tramway workers at Caen, gas workers a t Nc these elements a 6 - g , "hot" coafhcd to Pa* the bat is emhe= vers, metal worken at Grenoble, electrical workera in in practically every nation. W e append some appro- h i n e ,minas in pas-dexalais. ptiate excerpts from the daily p e s s as evidence of As further proof of the spirit of discontent and the the fervent heat that is prevailing among these heat p-ailing the elunents, we quote from the d o u s elements. The Philadelphia Public Ledger Orrqm

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"What have L e peaple'd b l y k n riotlng about? High e prices. To read the recent cablegrams from that l a d of long history and magic beauty one would have expected t e h rioting to be over Fiume or the Adriatic Islands ar the - :. exclusion of Italy from the French alliance But the source . ' of the trouble was more o~mmonplace unsentimental. I t and was simply that the grocer charged too much for 'eatsp and the tailor for clothes. '%rope i thinking of itr s t o m a h and its back, n d its s political right8 or its national boundariu "And Europe h a no monopoly on this line of Lought The
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"When has &era beca mch r tumult? "A hundred thousand strikers in the building tradu in Chicago I "A ' A d r e d and fifty thousand railroad shopmen on strike in America ! "A 'A -1e.a kwyefr boure &united .ad kumcd because he assisted in p r o ~ c u t i n g radialsl "Whites and colored in near civil war i Chicago! o "Strikes in full swing or incubating in maoy America cities ; labor unrest d over the world l l "A night of riot in Liverpod described by a newspaper as 'the most dbtrusing night ever p a s ~ d a civilized c i d I in " S h i k u of policemen, street car workers. railwar operatives and mine workers in various pub of Englaodl "Where u e we headed for?"

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.fthirdf.euc~evenkmrppedot& Itbegan,aofuu thL generatian is cnnccmn4 in Anneni* where the Turb h i h Chrirtirnr without provoking the ~ocJkdOrba tian natioaa to anything more tho mild pretests. I t s p r d t the Bahaa, r h v e the second B a l k ru was preceded o and ueompaaied by the most appalling w n c r u . The & I & rep- upon them massacres, in which no ooe'r h?n& were dcm, war r sensation early ia 1914 . With the outbruk of the war between S v r k md Amatria tk d i r w bkred up with renewed for)., and when the tittle . Nbecame a put one the g m n s narc urried into Fnacc .d Belgium on the one side and into Russia on the other. I The Cvmrns md R u s r h s committed rtrodtia upon each orhu in the cast, and in Poland both sidu persecuted the Jerr. "The B o l h d s t revelation introduced a new element of baed-vy and desire for revenge on the one hand, fear on the other. The number of killings by the Bolshevilci h u kea uaggenkd. but though it i claimed Lmim h a not s ldllcd wantonly, it k admitted he mared no Yfe that stood in the way of him swccar On the outskirts of the revolutioa wavered a barbvic fringe, the offspring of poverty and ogpression, who killed like b e u u and were in turn killed, eves by the rcvolutionirts. T Nenemies of the revolution m e from bte f h t u I bbdthirse u the mt of the terrorists. In Finland, Mana mrheia m nponed to have hlled about nine thousand. i Kokhsk k known to hold 'down his 'liberated' districts with a bloody hand and bas executed hundreds, ;nJuding seven1 members of the Constituent AsxmMy who took refugc with him from the Bolsheviki; the Japanese hold large pa* of Siberia under r reiga of terror, m d Petlwa'r forcer are charged with the almost incredible crime of killing a in' d p t i n g - t h e killing of 84,000 Jews in the Ukraine. "Spoataneoua as well u organized cruelty has been n m pant everywhere The f a c e s of order and of disorder are almost equally savage. What is going on. seems to be a general breakdown of civiiired restraints throughout a large part r of central and eastern Europc It i just such a brmkduwn. appuently, u preceded tlie destruction of the old Roman avJLrtioa fifteen hundred years ago. The dcril u let loose in &world, the h a r t s of men are full of cruelty. Soch a .dc@s~eration a n &a# great muof men d o r a toward - ?the beart just a s it cm individuals. Conceivably the whole .-world m a y be attacked by i t Neither westcra E u r o a nor -Amcriu u crfc We do &t know what tunputr may-sweep over u r no antidote ucept cliU'b to a few standards which have proven g o d W e u n not tell what of oar institution# will survive. or if any wiU survive mjm&red. but we m bt r u n b a t the morc-tolulnt we =,& lllQt kindly, the more willing to stu* tbc other man's point of

. . ClpitJistr have becomecanvinctd that the man tbey yield to the denun& of the labor and radical elcmmts, the more will be demanded of than, .and here i r s growing antagonism betweenthe tvo danents. T+eo is o &rat to withdraw cnpitd from public .nd private t n t m p r h , which, of mume, would depress kuiaar d finmcial interests to the detriment of all. Wt ih both capital and labor idle. the two dements would dhintegrate or melt. With a constant wasfare between the two the result would be the same. Recently a bill w u introduced in Congress that is kno\vn u tbc Plumb plan for thg control and ape& of the railroads. Its chief provisions are t h w : 1. Purchase by the Govennnmt of aH the nilmad s t u n s on valuatiom determined finally by the courts: 2 Operation by a directorate of fifteen, five to be . chosen by the President to represent the public, five to be elected by the operating officials and five by the classified employers. 3. Equal division of sarptus, after paying tixed charges and operating corts between the public and the employee. 4. Automatic reduction of rates whtn the a~ ployes' share of the surplus is more than five per cent. of the gross operating revenue. 5. Regional operation of the lines as a unified syrtun.
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?)rt condition rteordcd by the public press as lbove quoted is not one that has come sudrtmly upon the world but has crept in gradually as a thief in the night. It is impossible to read this record of present-day events without having in mind the prophetic words recorded nineteen centuries a p by the inspired apostle and prophet of the Lord :vho said: "Bgt the dzy af the Lord will come as a thief in the night ; in the which the heavens shall pass anray with a great noise, anqth;' elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth a!so and the works that are therein shall be burned up. . . . Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the &r of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat." ' .--2 Peter 3:10-12. I t should be remcmbcred that St. Peter was prophet a9 well as an apostle ;that he; as other prophets, was a mouthpiece of C o d , ~ o cxpound ~ r ' ~ iuttennce re concerning things that would come to pass. As were other of ~ ~prophets,' he ~ d was moved to write of thin@ which, not being due in his time or day and therefore not appteciated then, are now due to be fd'Financial men do not mince kords; they state pointedly filled and can be appreciated by those who obsenpethe they will back employe:^ to the limiv win permit every irn- events transpiring in tile !ight of the testimony po-t industry in Chicago and in the Middle West territory reorded in ~~l~ \vrit. @ k strike-itricken rather tl~an hbnlit to m unreuonabk or unjust coadition,. ~f it come + drastic issue Throughout tile Scriptures"earth"w11en used symk t v e t n emplopr and Crnployee, well and goad; they, the bolically, represents societ)., or the prevailing social Orrepresentatives of capital declare, will not evade the contest; der. "Heavens" used in the s)plbolicaI sense m-.u Ict the thing be settled no\*! and definitely; they are ready to powers of spiritual control or ecclesiastica~elements matt and combat it to r final conclu~ion,is the .asertion.' prevailing at a stated time. "Fire" used in a figurative There is an ecclcsiasticrl element which is described sense, as in the Scriptures quoted a b a ~ erepresents or , in the Scriptures by the symbolic te? "heavens," and piCtura destruction. \vith prpphetjc \vision, this it is v;ell 'mown to all that this element is melting and looking to the end of the d6e, the time thrau@ disintegrating. The Rev.. Dr. Gmham is reported re- which the is now refers to the pc.d ccntly to have said : "the day of the Lord" and states that it will come upon "LVorld-rocking social uphcavalr, thrutcniw to dtstro). 111 the world "as a thief ia the night," that is to say, unreligion, u due to come in the n u t few y w s . Ameria, i ot,servcd except by those who are c n md dw the muntime, is in peril of bCcomina drunk with a sense of iu p o w r of h j n p destroyed, *erefore, have other in^ the hea"&'ls (meaing the present pawn of spiritual control) shall pass away with a great, his* nrtionr in tk p u t " o h'ew York City is ing, troublesome noise. And s we see the pnscnt The R ~ D~ . R. Stnttoir ~. ecclesiastical elements mixing up with the worldly elereported by the ?;ew York -4mnicce as saying: rnents and disregarding the teachings of Jesus and the . . 'We stc church& inviting opera 'rtarr' to r i a at theis apstles and melting away or disintcgating. continu, -. scrvictr m d securing 'movie artists' in the f r u t i c efiort to - - attra~tthe crowd, and very recently we had the annocncc- kg, the apostle says: ".kid the eltmmts [clarly mmt in our Papers of one Putor wf.10 introduced the jazz meaning the rich and poor dencna, the Rnancial a d b a d into kir services. labor elements, the radical and conservative elements, "I believe, my frio;&, that h e new church methods are etc.1 shall melt pith feflent heat;" that is to say, they 8 shameless surrender to the worst tendencies of the timu. "And the next stage--1v11at shall it be? hiore pronounced will become so hot one toward another that the result \-aude:.ille features? Tight-rope walking across the heads ,,,ill be a uithdnwal of capital and a supension of of the congregation from the gallery to the choir loft? Conreemred flcg d;ncinp a d t$e 4reljbims hanet; h!weell labor through strikes, ausing the elements to melt or he preacher's 'stunts'? Arr we to hrve this?" , disintegntt
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cipitate a great conffict .which will k won by the unions." . Another paper, the mouthpiece of another branch of the ndical element, says: "Nothing less thsn the foundations of private ownership of every public ind u s t y are menaced by the Plumb plan bill now i;l the li+s against the old system of railroad control, which h u run its course and amply proved its inefficiencyand worthlessness." Continuing, this writer points out that "the working class" has in its favor "tht menacing unrtu due to the sooting cost of living, the ability of the workers to counterbalance capitalist control of Conp e s s by the general strike if aggression should force the use of this weapon, and the p!ain fact that the numb plan is the ocly workable way out of the milroad irnpassi, sometlling which no anount of slander \ regarding it can disprove." Another great daily, spaking for the financial side of the question and which shows how the two elements are incrudng in fervent heat One toward the other, ~. says :

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little David of the newly-organized-inte union employes of tlw steel industry in his challenge to the sttel.Goliath makes demands that are interesting and typical of t h e wants of workers affiliated with the trades unions. \%%ether the reasonableness of the unionpen's position can find its way into the reactionary philosophy which Goliath has assumed since Andrew Carnegie's. Homestead battle remains to bi seen, for the unionized employs are said to be few and the employers belittle their efforts. In the long-ago the relationship between employer .and employe used to be that of a relatively well-to40 friend to his working friend who was good at carpentering, o r something else. As an employer hired more men he knew each man less, and finally he knows the worker not at all, save as a producing unit in a cost record. The human element gradually vanished, and employers cultivated political economists to think out justifying reasons for the unsentimental f treatment o workers. Tlle economists devised the theory that labor, that resultant of human effort and emotion often unto death, was a "commodity" to be traded in like hides or Topper. This is t h e accepted economic theory, and the workers in compact groups hzve adopted it to force from employers the price for their "commodity" that will enable the worker to have a good home for wife and childrzn, with plenty .to eat and wear, and enough edccation.btsidcs so that the coming generation may get out of the evil conditions forced upon labor and excused by the "commodity" theory. So labor demands the right to turn the employer's theory against him ,and to sell him in one_ big bargain the labor of all thc workers. ins t a d of continuing to give the employers the right t o force undesired prices for labor upon the men individually. Employers do not like this "collective targ;riningWfor it d w away with some of the profits they have secured on under-paid work, but it stabilizes labor prices, and all 1:ands know what to figure on a long as the uniform price scale is in force. Xo one likes the man that compels another to do something he objects to doing, particularly i i it cnts donn one's personal purchasing ability. So the employer does not like to keep in his employ worken that strive to force the employers to pay s price agreeable to the workers for their "commodity." Such men are marked for future reference, rnd at a con-

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venient mclrnent are quietly dropped from the pay roll. The steel trades union seeks to have such men reinstated, so that the workers may bo represented by men of adquate ability to cope in bargaining with the employers; and they ark that such representatives of &bar as may have been discharged be paid for the time ' lwt from work since their discharge. In the d a m of the industrial age, when water wheel and stearn engine was first hitched' up to a string,.of machines, employers hircd men on the theory that the longer hours a man worked the greater his aggregate production. Jlen, tvonlen and even little children were worked such long hours that they seldom saw the sunlight outside of factory walls; for seven days a week was none too much for "Christian" employers to exact of workers who were poor and couldn't wear good clothes and who sometimes swore or lost *eir tcmpers, to the scandalization of refined and "noble" ladies and gentlemen. But by hard battles and the assistance of philanthropic friends-of-humanity in high places, the fourteen and sixteen-hour days were cut to twelve, then to ten, to nine and to eight, and t h e n is considerable unbiased opinion among &ciency men that the hours might drop to six without diminution in productioa So the steel workers ask the for a universal eight-hour day thro~ighout industry. The galley slave chained to the immense oar of an ancient ship. used to work day in and-day out till he dropped- down sick at his post and was neatly dbpatcl~tdm d fed to thesharks of the deep. In p a p n countries men drag themselves to work in r hopeless every-dqy grind. In a revolutionary France, insanely doing away. with e~erythingsavoring of a dreadful past, the): had one day without work in ten. I n America we have what is scicntitically conceded to be the most efficient arrangement, viz., one resting day to six working days. But in our sted industry thousands wark -cry day without respite, for what can one mnn do against Goliath, even though conscience and a' weary body demand the needed ration of rest t o work? So labor asks the steel chiefs for "one day's rest in seven." It seems inconceivable that in a day when s,tores close evenings at five and Wednesday afternoons, and women ~vodcersarc not permitted to work more than so many hours a week, that there should be straight twenty-four hour shifts of work anywhere in America. Yet there are shifts in the steel industry when

f the wotlca goes on say a t five, and xftcrnoon fol- have no tentiment of l o y . 1 ~o t anyone. Labor is 1001% morning, and evening to midnight nrccteds the not unreasonable in requesting "double rates of day, and then the wee small hours ma on to another pap for all overtime and for work on Sundays and five A. M. before the worker rests from his labor. holidays." On the impersonal "commodity" theory of wages Men \\or?< l i h this not because they want to but because an impmonal industry f o m s than to do so the relations of employer and employe a n -theoreticalo r suffer a dismissal which may keep t h a n from get- ly l i k tho* of two machines handling parts of 8 ting work anywhere in the country such as they are p m d u a Labor reasons that in the long pasternployfitted for. Labor is eager to work, but it wants to err have compelled labor to do a great mmy things work like a human being, and to it reb Goliath for that it did not do .willingly, md why dould not th.. tkc abolition of the twenty-four hour shift. employer be compelled to do some t h i n p unwillir!gly A man's wage in tlie uhimate consists not of money hinlself? Lebor finds some difficuity in keeping the but of the things okainable through the day's labor. union men paying their dues when the pinch of bad f f anything happens, designedly by the employer, or conditions is not felt and there is no strike on. othem.ise, whereby he g s less for his money, he a In the interests of efficiency, which' rignifier the obsuffers an actual cut in wages. Rising prices are an- , taining of the last grain of product per wage unit, other name for diminishing wages. Ii the wage be- anployerr favor having only the most nearly physically fore the price raise was scarcely enough for subsist- perfect men working for than. This is bad for the encc, the actual \\.age reduced by the high cost of men who are a bit old o not vcxy well o r very strong, r living places the worker in a plight. For America to but who are as well qualified as the stronger' p e n to r a i n the America that was a good place for the do not an excessive but a good day's work. The emcommbn people, the worker nlust receive r real w a n ployer can handb the younger men better,' and they enough to limp up his health and his family's health, work harder for the advancement which smeral yean buy good clothing, food and other necessities for an, of experience will t a c h them comes to few, and to give the children an education to make life worth obtain which the young men are willing to sacrifice while, and lay by for niny davs and old age. There- all the rest of the workers on the altar of p e r m a 1 fort the steel worker asks for "increases in wages ambition. So, to take from the employer another inrrrflicimt to guanntce American standards of living." strument giving him undue advantage in bargaining If the same wage is paid in d l brancl~esof an in- for the great industrial "commodity," the workers dedustry for the same kind of work, it places the buyer mand "abolition of physical examination of applicants on a basis where he knows where he stands in his for emplo)ment." No matter what concessions labor may obtain from own competitive affairs. W'ith the present varying wage scales, the highly pzid employes in one p h t its employer, or vice versa, neither p a w will be fully may be kept partly idle while work is djverted to plants satisfied. If the employen shodd own the whole paying less for the same kind of work, thus incras- thing bodily, including the plants and the workers as irq the number of low-paid employes at the expense slaves, they would posseu no real satisfaction, for of the high-wage ones, and decreasing the chance of their good would be at the expense of their fellow men. the low-paid workers securing suitable raises in pay. Men are not a commodity, the economic fiction notThe workers are seeking "standard scales of wages withstanding. And even if labor should reach the extreme of taking over the ownership and management for a11 crafts and classification of workers." therewith. Any man espects to work a reasonable nrrmber of of the plant, there would be no co~tcntment hours. That time is sold to his employer. The rest Both parties are operating from the point of selfof the day and of the night is his own, time, as much interest, ~vhereas happiness and co~tcntmentreside at as the clothes on his back or the watch in his pocket. the other pole of unselfish interest, by each in all and . ? >T o devote personal time to an employer's use is like by d l in each. At no very distant day all parties will , loaning the employer one's overcoat o r shoes, and for attain thzt l~appinesswhich they seek, and then Iabor AGEsolvent -such service he should receive a return added to the troubles will cease forever. THEGOLDEN . regular wage rate. The question of loyalty to an em- of labor difficulties is the golden rule. Before ldng the ployer might enter in with an employer who had per- oft-repeated prayer will be answered and God's will soml relations with the employe, but where an em- will be done on earth a s it is done in heaven. The p!oyer deals with Iabor as a "commodity" the sue- steel industry will become a vast brotherhood with gestion of loyalty in connection therewith is a contra- the union motto realized of "One for 3U and all for diction of terms, for steel, sugar or a typewriter one."

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RF.BLRLDING TRE WORZD CCORDING to Lloyd G o r g e the world is a b u t to be rebuilt into a world of sunshine for 9. Of the old world the British Premier paints a sombre picture: "What was the old world like? It ww a world scarred by slum, disgraced by 'sweating' whtf* unemployment thrwgh the vicissitudes of ipdustry brought despair to multitudes of humble homes; a world where, side by side with want, there was waste of the inexhaustible riches of the earth, partly throwh ignorance and want of foresight, partly through entrenched selfishness." L.loyd'George has liwd up with the inevitrble, and . set his face'against further existence of the ordcr that has "waxed old," and which by 1314 had begun to pass away. He says, "If we renew the least of that world, we shall betray the .hr;oic dead. We shall store up retribution for oursdves and for our children" Among millions of others the great Welshman sees the futility of seeking to perpetuate that which is worn-out : "If any are inclined to maintain this old world, I& them beware, lest. it fall and overwhdm them & their households in r u i n The old world must and will come to an a d . No effort can shore it up much longer." The Golden Age is coming and Lloyd George may be among the billions to hall its glory and in some little way help to extend its beneficent influence, for be professes willingness to help: "It' s1:ould be the sublime duty of aH without tllought qf panismship to a k P t in building a new worid where labor shzll have its just reward and indolence alone shall suffer wn. at" Mach as the great ones of the present order prate about "rebuilding," they will be permitted to play but an insignificant part in that work, for their very contact with present evil methods disquaSies tllern from coustructing the pure cdi6ce for restored humanity. Their stewarbhip has aboct come to its end, and into ,th& place will step men whose unswerving loyalty to ' :God has qualified them to can-y out the divine pur-poses for the restoration of a distract4 and crushed world. Concerning the sequence of coming events the Bibl i d prediction is, first, concerning this worn-out m M " T h y shall take away his dcminioo, to conr : sun?e and destroy it unto the end." Of the "rebuikling" the Great Book says. "And tile hngdom a l d
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dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom 'under the whole heaven shall be given' to the people [the truly faithful Jewish and Christian people] o the f sainth [the prophets and apostles] d the moat High, and all dominions [rulers] shall s e n e and obef' him. Hitherto is the end of the matt-." (Daniel 7:26-28.) In due time even the Lloyd Georges will turn to God alone fpr divine aid in remedying coaditiocs too hard for human wisdom to control.

HOW PROHIBITION WORKS N practice, prohibition works better than some thought it wodd.' T h m were m e who looked u p m the closing of mloons, breweries, distitleri* malt houses and bottlingnworks with alarm, lest tht army employed in t h e places should be without emp!oymcnt and a considerable burden be added to an already heavily-burdened people. Now it appears that the matter is rapidly adjusting itself. The buildings arc being turned into factories acd salesrooms for the production and distribution of e all kinds of things that men and women m d and use, and which many arc now able to get instead of t h liquor that once consumed their surplus earnings. It is no loss to a community when the money once sptnt for liquor goes for ice cream, soft drinks, movies and otlnr frivolities; it is a gain, for the worker is entertained, and withoat his injury. And if the money once spcnt for liquors goes for F e r f w d for the family, better clothing, better farnishings, music, b o and the thousand and one othtr things that imob prove health and comfort of mind and body all' can rejoice in the change, even including tho* who once had profitabk work in tbe liquor buskrcss, but who . could never take satisfaction in it because their fellows were cursed and cursed only by the work they did. : The Lord used the war as the deciding fsctor for bringing the liquor tratfic to an end. We do not bdieve that it is the will of the Lord that the American people should ever have in their midst again a means whmby some u n rob 0thof ma& and health and bring mistry to their wives .and childby pandering to their diseased appetites. Nor do we believe that the Amtrican Government would ever wish again t o license it. "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging.. (Prav. 20:l) Before the prohibition era statistics showed that 72 per cent. of all c r i m i d s were made so by strong drink.

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than haw the voten all worked up over him. So war prohibition went through, with little thought about
it by the common people a something for peace times also, in the most &cult form t change back agabo an a ~ ~ ~ ~ d to the federal c d t u t i o a mcnt The popular mind not h r v b g ps~nttd the puca to proposition it h at work to get bock w h. it started from. AlJ kin& of orgumartr are k b g suggested t the people why the prohibition which h, -. o ought not to be. There ia dissatisfdon, a d t h c ~ am not lacking powerful h a n d intto @ money to s a that antiIpmhibition thoughtr get into the disturbed minds of the people Thought. of discontent tnvel in d&; a ,not, d because the people c u e so much for b e u , but because they have a grievlnce o v u a sumptuary k w , they conjure up the whole family of grievances, red and imaginary. , First is the personal-rights gricvulce. The mpn who wants to get tipsy likes to assert his personal right to abuse his health, his mind, his job, his reputation and his wife and family, and i able to build up s a plausible argument Ciovering a n extensive field of personal rights versus civil righta A curious phenomenon of the w;ar-p~ohibitionsihration is that the saloons remain open. In this is an astute psychology. Users of liquor find that taking away drink signifies taking away a method of life. The bar across which the soft drink now finds its way was once a center of good-natured discussion. NOW every bar.is a protracted indignation meeting. Prohibition appeds t a large number as a wrong, o b e u w many consider that it waa inflicted on them "dishonesdy," slipped o v a when ir.was unsafe for one to assert a right, because some one else could vociferate that said amxtbns might be inimitable to the war. The news is out through waiters, servants and merchants that the wealthy have stocked their cellars with drinkables a -that there h no pmhibition for the d man who had a few hundreds o thousands of dollars r to invest in liquid refr-enb. Mart drinkers are poor,, and they object that what puts them under the prohibition h and others not under it is the &stinction between poverty and wealth. This the brewery interfind no difficulty in magnifying into a &tiond scandal. Cultivated discontent 4 now a speciaty of the liquor interests and may be expected to come to the surface through devious channel. The unclosed saloon h c o m u the entw of strike propaganda. Thc saloon-keeper h a paatmaster fa politics, and he who

viewpoint the desirability of sobering the southern negro speaks volumes for national prohibition. From an economic point of view effrcimcy men are quite unanimous in preferring the nondrinker. The voice of science concurs that the drug alcohol should be placed with other habit-forming drugs beyond the

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Thoughtful men, however, felt that there might arise from prohibition consequences easily a serious s as'the continued use of the drug. The prohibition leaders are well meaning persons, but largely men and namcn of the zealot type, rather narrow-minded, unacquainted with the broader aspects of public or private administration, and particularly inept in the f o ~ s e e i n g weighing of psychological results which and t the sophisticated politician are his hourly st& in o h d e . The prohibition "fans" either did not understand the psychology of a prohibition forced upon an unwilling population, or they regarded it a negligible factor. Some would-be managers of other people conceive of the handling of human beings as like the moving of insensate raw materials-just get them in a legal steam shovel and put them somewhere, and there they stay put. But people have minds, while things have not; and if they are to be made to go, they have to go first with their minds, and afterwards they zmh their bodies go. There is no permanence in an arrangement where bodies are put somewhere first without minds being put there also. Physical force fails; it puts bodies without putting minds. Unless extreme coercion makes the minds think it is wiser to go along with the bodies, the minds sooner or later try to put bodies badc; and then not merely is the trouble for nothing, but perhaps brute force stupidly outrages mind by putting the bodies back again. It is claimed that the putting of drink away from the people was accomplished without first converting the minds of the people. If the man$ had been accorded the chance to vote, it is not quite certain that prohibitia would have come. Pressure was brought 6 bear upon a few-the 1egkMo1.l. Legislators arc pecukrly susceptible to the methods of t e zealot h reformer; thdr political stability depends on the voters' *te of mind; and if a moral-reform zealot happenod along in war time, when no one dared to k suspected of hindering the G r a t Crusade. the hgklator wuat docilely along w t the dormer nthr ih

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took enough of his valuable time to go through n u m bcrless judicial decisions and to compile from t h i w five of them the following definitions : "Intoxicating liquors arc those liquors which arc intended for use as Beverage and which contain dcoho1 in such proportion o r percent. that when COIP sumed in any &&tity that can practically be drunk by an ordinary man, o r in any quantity that the human stomach can ordinarily hold, will produce a condi* commonly known a s intoxication o r druak-." This is an ideal definition from a l m viewpoint, hecause it contains so many words that wodd require legal construction or interpretation. The words "intended," "pnctically," "ordinary," " o d i y , " a d "con~monly" are suficiently indefinite t give mplbyo ment to courts and lawyers for a total of many months or even years. Of course, lawyers m-ust live. The other learned definition is: "Drunkenness Or intoxication is a materially abnormal m e n d o r phy* ical condition manifesting itself in the 1 of the OF dinary control of the mental faculties or bodily fun* tions to a substantial extent." This definition JSO cop tains four good words for the courts to wrangk over, namely, materially, abnormal, ordinary and substantial. SIDE ISSUES OF PROB7BITION If many states follow.New York State, another byHERE is ,no reform without unexpected minor product of prohibition may be laws impinging someresults. One of the outcrops of prohibition is what on personal liberty. Home brewed root beer the effect on the vineyard industry. California is hard . with "any trace of alcohol" may incur liability to a hit. Investors have $200,000,000 in the grape-growing fine of $100, $500 or $1,000 and imprisonment for industry and some 50,000 men, women and children six months. The ailing person who needs wine "for . work in the vineyards and allied interests. The 4 , his stom3ch's sake" is under the same liability, ex0 000 ton 1920 crop worth $12,000,0 is at stake ; it is cept when protected by a physicianrs prescription. The too much to be eaten. and is a loss, it is feared. if not farmer's cider is a menace to his pocketbook and l i b erty, unless made unfit to drink or de-alcoholired The crushed and converted into wine. At great cost of time, labor and money 110,000 man who never would "snitch" at school will have t o acres of practically useless land, some of it almost a find new principles of honor, for he can be comdesert, has been transformed into vineyards by some pelled to tell where he got his liquor or be jailed in 8,000 grape growers. One of the tragedies of pro- contempt of court. The great question of thc old hibition is that hundreds of families, aggregating per- English common law will probably come again to the haps 40,000 persons, may lose their all should these front on account of armies of professional and amawine-grape vineyards lapse back to sagebrush or des- teur spies bent on tracing down the scent of aicohd and incidentally turning up anything else. That old ert land. " Another by-product of prohibition is the mental ex- question was "whose home is safe ! ercise it is giving jurists and lexicographers in trying to find a definition for "intoxicating." The new con- TENS OF MlLLIONS FOR COLLEGES HE cause of "higher" education receives a d i c stitutional amendment forbids "intoxicating" bevertinct advancement in the twenty million dollam ages, and it is necessary now to know what this means. There is a grave difference among men and women recently given to Yde University. This sum will be of high purpose on this point. The brightest minds expended for a memorial building and for fellowof the country have applied themselves to supply the ships, professorships, scholarships and prizes. Another institution of higher education in d&tion. 1t is said that the Honorable ~ l i h u Root
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rents of discontent. Struggles over wages may be more numerous and show a vicious spirit because of the class propaganda which is quietly going on in corner saloom. And it is easy to imagine that strikes may not k the only methods employed to h a m s and annoy those whom they are led to regard as the privileged clwu. There is no human cause better than temperance in g 4 , but it is questionable whether at this particu. l r d i d time the interests of temperance have not a bem somewhat hindered by what is essentially a wartime measure. The Good Book says, "Be not among wine-bibbers for the drunkard shall come to poverty" (Proverbs 2320), and "Who hath woe? who hath sormw? who hath contentions? who hath wounds without cause? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine" (Proverbs 23:29-30) ; but it also says, "TOeverything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven; a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence and a time to speak." (Ecdesiastes 3:l-7) In due time under Golden Age ipnditions the people will be elevated enough not to want any drug stimulation, alcoholic or othenvise.

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the P d c Cout states, which are the m u a of the ambitious, idle and restless, and which show a percentage of 0.2695 per cent. The northern central group, devoted largely to fanning, has 0.2202 per cent. insane. The western mountain group i stid to have r the most representatively American populatian, witb quite a low proportion of foreign born, and they rYllr low in insanity, with 0.1506 per cent. The m l o d people are not-so subject to insanity as the white no, as the southern group of states comes lowest with but 0.14595 per cent insane. Religion may have a bearing, for the groups having a predominant Roman Catholic population are high in insanity, and the Pacific Coast group with a considerable population devoted to theosophy and other forms of spiritism shows a strain of insanity, while the south, the stronghold of Protestantism, is fowut in proportion of the insane. ,Romanism and spiritism play upon the emotions, cultivate superstition and demand the absolute surrender of the will to the religion, without fortifying the mind with knowledge and building up a strong charactv based upon reason and faith combined. In the last score of years it h a been found easy to get rid of relatives by medic@ affidavits as to their sanity, and it is considered that t h e n is a considerable number of persons incarcerated in insane institutions who are as sane as anyone outside. A periodic EVERYBODY INSANE1 investigation of the inmates of all such institutions is HAT everyone else has a screw loose except our- ' mommendcd in ordtr to stop this abuse and give libselves is a truism. George Bernard Shaw says erty to thousands wrongfully shut up in these "gilded. that "the longer I live, the more I amainclined to the hells," and that in such instances the parties to this belief that this earth is used by orhcr planets ru a worse-than-murder crime should& liable to urandary lunatic asylum." A "scientist" has calculated the punishment nurnber'of years until, at the present rate of increase, ' A further large propodon of inmata of these inthe entire population will be "off enough under stitutions are the victims of spiritism--persons that alienist standards to be fit for the asylum. have dabbled with demons until "obsessed" and Some figures are available for estimating this, if finally periodically "possessed" by them. I t was to American standards are representative of world con- thir class that Jesus brought relief in the many inditions. I n the fourteen yean from 1890 to 1904 the stances where he "cast out devils" or, a s described percentage of the United States population in i n w e in Biblical language, "He went about doing good institutions rose froin 0.17 per cent to 0.183 per cent and healing all that were oppressed [through spiritThe populace then had not begun to go to movies and ism] of the devil." (Acts 10:38.) These unfortuwere not living at the present dizzy rate, but in the nate insane need not keepers and straightjackets, six years from 1904 to 1910 the rate rose to 0.2042 but the power of One stronger than man to break per cent. and in the seven years to 1917 to 0.2276 per the hold acquired by devils through the surrender cent. Statistics are not available for the war year of of the will in superstition and spiritism. Such a 1918 and the high-cost-living year of 1919, but insti- power is about to be manifested and under t h e , tutions for the insane must be increasing their borders. healing influences of the Golden Age "the whole The relation between industrialism and insanity ap- creation. which groaneth and travaileth in pain topears by grouping the states which are largely indus- gether until now. shall be delivered from the bondtrial, in which group the percentage of insane is age of corruption (physical, religious, moral and 02715 per cent. The group next worse off is mental degeneration) into the glorious l i b e m
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the nation for a ten million dollar increase in its endowment fund. Before the drive was a day old four million dollars were subscribed by a donor who had already given seven million dollars to the institute Whoever it is that has put up this eleven million dollars he is a fairy godfather, for no one knows what his name is. The high cost of living has inndcd college precincts and among the low-paid workers of the nation are college professors, and particularly the instructors who do most of the direct teaching. The same high cost has struck a hard blow to the college man. The tuition fee at New England's grutest technical institution has been raidd from $250 to $300. While this is a large sum to a poor young man, it does not represent nearly an of the cost of the education of the students. ' The actual expense to the insitution of one of its courses in technology approaches $800 o r $900. When the student has paid his $300, he is the beneficiary of charity to the extent of $500 or $6Nl more. The average college student rather pfides himself on his independence; yet he is a much an s object of charity as the inmate of an almshouse. h The cost of supplying education in t e colleges has gone up with the general cost of living, and every educational institution which has not received a liberal increase in interest-bearing donations is "hard up."

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quirtd size, and require reheating of the hardened lower a d to make the cylinder of proper length and thickness. The ends of the cylinders are cut square by first running a hat thread of glass about the p r o p * line of cleavage, following it with the pasage of a stronger. weight for weight, than a steel bar. This bar of eold iron o v a the same place. wood, caned plywood because of the lvay it i built up, s Experience has shown that the best way to store the l a p t by layer, has been found of g r a t value in the glass in quantities is to let it remain in the cylindrical airpkce industry. Ribs made of plywood are more form until about the time for shipment. Hence, in than two and one-half times as strong as those made glass wsrehouses, the storage space is filled with of other wood$, and work has now begun on malting these cj-lindcrs, each six or more feet tall pnd about the w i n e themstlve~ this material, thu, eliminating two feet in diameter. T h e tubes are cut by running of the flap of the cloth entirely. a hot iron Qve; the desired line of cleavage, f 0 1 1 0 ~ A serious difficulty which has been overcome in the ing it r;ith a cold iron, when the big roll breaks use of p l p o o d for airplanes construction was the mak- open as easily as if it were cut with a diamond. The ing from blood of a glue that will stand any quantity roll is then heated sufficiently to permit it to be flatof moisture without letting go. An equally satts- tened and is ready for the market. f;l~toQ' one has been made from casein, obtained Apparently, in Bible times, the art of making t r a p from milk- These new glues will be a valuable ad- parent glass had not been perfected. Thc apostle said, dition t o cabinet makers and builders. Furniture we through a ghssdarklyv (1 Car, 13 :12) made with them will not come apart, nor veneers as though to imply thet glass in those days was more warp 0s peel- P l ~ o o d n be made from the or less opaque. How thankful we ought t o be, living a finest rvalnut at a total cost of less than 3c. Per at the dawn of the Golden .4ge when even the poorest s q u r e foot, can be put, On over ordinary wall PaP:r, homes have plenty of windows and clear glass in all , and \\-ill last a life time. of them. It is not so long ago, in England, since tho In Lhis P ~ Y ' strcnger ~ , steel: we have ~ ~ ~ than lord, of some of the old castles had their ~lndoivs illustration of hobv the Lord can take characters, weak taken out and stored during the \vintct. time to protect in themselves, and surround thcm with S U C influencc~ them from possible darnqe by the elements ~ Glass Ihun and $0 fortify thcm by his promises as to veT precicus thing then. %ow it is ,-heap and "mighty through God to the pulling down of xtrong eve,,.\,.flcre. holds" of error and sin.-;! Cor. 10 :4.

S T R m T H OP PLYWOgD T ht ban tliscovcnd that a piece of wood cut by a machine into thin panels and glued together in such a manner that the grain of one panel runs at right m@es to the grain of the bva adjacent panels is

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P h t c glass iq madc by a process similar to the rolling out cf dough, but window glass in general is nude by b!cwing glass into the form of' cylinders, either by hand-blowing or machine-blocving. A niachine-blower is an applratus which automatically dips a big pipe into a 1;ettlc of molten glnss, and ,then gradually raises it, pulling a11 the molten glass upward 3s thc pipe rises. A constant s-eazi of air kept flowing in through the pipc causes the glass to Zssurne the form of a cylinder. Haah-blowing is substantially the same in principle 7.s mnc:iinc-bic\c-iclg, esccpt th:~t the glass which is partially b!n:vn must be redipped forr cr f i ~ e times into the molten glass to procure more and )-et more material, to inake the c~!inderof the ra-

PRACTICAL lIELPIVLIYESS LN BUSINESS T the New York Edison Company last sumniet t!~ere 1 ~ 3 s exhibit of practical helpfulness an for the workers, designed however, not for altruistic p u ~ o s e s ,but to teach employes the uses of electric current so that they might talk it up among their neighbors. Any employe might bring in his beans or blackberries, rvit!l the jars and sugar, and have E his canning done free o charge, so that when the m3n brought home those jars a!l done the wife nligh! te!l her friends how it was all done in an electric fireless cooker. Last spring employes brought in their fine curtains and had them done in an electric ~vas!iing m3cliine. The hoyscout flags and c3ps were w;;hed in the same machine, and the boys talked about it ever~where. Someday the heads of

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WATER P O W m SYSmAf CANADA'S NE of the greatest engineering feats of K s t o v is n o r being carried out by Canada. She needs a t least three hundred thousand horsepower a remod in order to supply Ontario with light, hut and power, and in ordm to get it she is widening and deepen@ the Welland river ond forcing it t0 flow the wrong way; building a great mill-race from the river t o a point n u r Queenstown; erecting that point a g u t power-houae through which'ten thouund cubic feet of water will rush cvefy second. just before the m t c r reaches the pow- house it will drop through the & distance of three hundred feet. The immenx quantity and the apeed a t which it comes will easily generate the power require& The artificial 300-foit fall combines the 150foot fall of Niagari with the rapids above and below the falls. The mill-race is really a great canal. The canal will be eight and a half miles long and involves the digging of fifteen million cubic yards of rock and earth. The earth sections of the canal will have sloping sides, the bottom being thirtyfour feet wide and the top one hundred and sixtytwo feet wide. The rock sections will have vertical sides forty-eight feet wide and thirty-five feet deep. The electric shovels used in digging up the dirt are the largest in the world. They pick up eight cubic yards of dirt, carry it t o a dump car eighty feet above, and go back for another load, all in less than a minntc Each shovel weighs three hundred and seventy-five tons. The channelling machines are th; most powerful made;-they cut to a depth of twtnty feet. For drilling, hollow drills are used, the advantage being that the cuttines are blown out of the hole as rapidly . . as they are made. The holm are made 12 feetdeep and 7 feet apart and at times as' many as a thousand of these holes are shot a t once, breaking fifty thousand tons of rock to fragments. Much of this rock is afterward broken up for use in making concrete for the bridges which cross the canal. There are 1500 men at work on the job and it is hoped to finish it by 1921, at.a cost of approximately

industries will do things for employes and probably others from a genuine desire to "do good to all." The is long Past when an employer might curse him a p l o y w with impunity. Now the ide? is for an exeeutive.,to give his men the same treatment he wants them t o pass on to the public. The averip CustomCr, on account of the experience of Some body he has heard of, imagines that an electric light cornpay, for example, is always trying to "put something over" on him. Too little attention has been paid, to the way public service employes, excepting street ailway men and telephone operators, treat the public, but now that is being changed for the better, not however because it is right but because it pays. I.

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man with great natural gifts is the one who always needed in the occupation where mch gifts count. For example, no one is more useful to human society than the'resrarch man. SpeakTng of his characteristics the London Electrician says: "He is born, not made.. H e has the creative gift, the faculty of seeing new combinations and possibilities where the most accomplished technician without the gifts sees only known ones. H e retains so incurable an interest in experimenting that he is willing to sacrifice to it the joys and emoluments of managerial power. A man of proved creative power is sought after, you might almost say courted." Such men are scarce enough now, but the day is not far distant in the better age when there will be thousands of creative minds better able to work out the world's problems than any one

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PARCEL POST AND THE EXPORT TRADE ARCEL post is the quickest and most cco;?omical method of transporting light weight merchandise between the nations of Korth, Centnl and South America At present there are four different limits of weight, depending on the country of destination, 11,20 and 22 lbs: to mcst countries. Cuba is the exception with a limit of 4 Ibs. 6 0s. Shippers must learn the limit of weight of the country tb which they make shipment so as to avoid uruiecessary division of goods. I t surprising how goods can be divided into great numbers of packages and yet arrive safely at destination when sent by parcel post. A Chicago mail order house sent 300 11-Ib. packages to a small to\vn in the eastern part of Bolivia, thousands of miles over water routes and mountain trails, and the goods arrived in perfect condition, not a n item missing or damaged. Ordinarily the &stoms duty is collected according to the weight and valuation shown on the tag attached t o the parcel, but consular invoices are necessary to certain countries when the value of the shipment is above a certain amount. The English arrangement with reference to parcel post is to charge one rate of postage for packages less than 3 Ibs. in weight, another for packages from 3 to 7 Ibs. in weight, another for packages over 7 lbr. The heavier the package, the less the rate o f postage. This is an incentive to buyers to increase the size of their parcels and orders. There are some barriers to the full use of the parcel post that should be removed. The limit of weight to each country should be the same, 22 lbs. It should be allo\\-able in all countries, as is the case in some, to pack all kinds of mailable articles in the one package, instead of requiring articles of different customs classifications to be packed and shipped separately. Arrsngemcnts should be perfected for sending parcels C. 0 D. Customs should be levied in all countries . on the net weight, so as not to encourage the shipment of parcels insafficiently wrapped. In countries where duty is collected on the gross weight of packages the exporter is at a loss to know what to do. His customer demands that the goods shall be so packed as to reach him safely, but wishes to pay duty on the least amount possible. This often results in a dissatisfied customer and a skeptical exporter.

We sometimes wonder how Daniel and his three fellow-Presidents managed to control the 1M provinces of the then known world, tvhcn there wal neither telegraph, telephone, railway. steamship, n u t p mobile nor bicycle. The courier seemed to be' the iastest thing known in those days. \Vhat would Daniel have thought of a courier service which could handle 300 11-lb. packages from Chicago to the interior of Bolivia and think nothing of it 1

SClENTIFIC DESTRUCTION OF RAILROADS UCH complete destruction of railroad property was never before known as was visited upon the railroads of Western. Belgium and Northeastern Francc during-the Great War. During the American Civil \Var the bridgks were burned and the tracks tom up. The rails were hated in the middle and then wrapped around tree trunks. defying all efforts to dislodge them, or a great pile of tics and other cdmbustibles wcre set afire and the rails for a distance were piled criss-cross on the top of the pile and allowed to all melt together in the center. But these achicvcrnents of the American War pale beside what the Germans did in France du+ng their retreat. A V-shaped device drawn. by a locomotive first ripped the rails from the ties; the joints were torpedoed ; embankments were blown away, clear down to the. nattfral soil; cuts wererblown in from the sides; tunnels were blown up ~ i t such lavishness h as to pulverize the soil clear t o the surface above the arch; culverts, abutments, piers, and the earthworks leading t o them were blown t o atoms; bridges, telegraph lines, signals, stations, awitchtowers, cranes, nothing was spared. At bridge sites mines were plantcd with delayed action fuses calculated to explode a dozen days later, after temporary bridges had been put in position, and secondary mines were also placed calculated t o explode months later, after the permanent bridges had-been put in place. As they face the ruins of their once beautiful land we can imagine that the French people may well feel like Jeremiah of old when he said, "Thou h u t heard, 0 my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled." (Jer. 4:19, 20) W e are glad for the French people, and for the world, that the era in which such destruction i possible, u near a erd s

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tant itan in the food supply of mankind. They come into direct cnmpetition with butter, lard and lard substitutes. T h e vegetable oils are substitutes for cotton seed oil and that'in its turn is a substitute for lard. LYd and other animal tats come into competition with butter in the manufacture of butter substitutes. Thus the supply of vegetable oils has a direct effect upon the market price of 211 the edible fats. Prominent among the vegetable oils is that of the soy-bean. which comes mainly from hfanchuria. T h e port of Daircn alone, during the calendar yeor of 1918, shipped direct t o the United States more than 128,000 tons of this oil. The customary milling ratio of soy-beans to beancake is 24 to 23, s that the o vegetable oil shipment from this one port t o the United States in one year represents a crop of 3,072,000 tons of soy-beans. T h e great packers, who m a t e most of the butter substitutes, are now developing a trade in tinned milk with the Orient and with South America. They will naturally wish to bring back the vegetable oils of these countries ap it means cheaper raw products for butterines and eventually lower prices for milk through the fall in price of butter. T h e soap and paint manufacturing concerns, and the consuming public that is on the hunt for lower living costs, \%-ill interested in the importation of be these vegetable oils. as ,~~r.ell the packers, while an the d a b interests will wish to see their importation stopped at once. This illustrates the marked difference between the commerce of to-day and commerce of Bible times. I n those ancient days international trade consisted almost entirely of highly valuable silks, spices, and metals, and necesasrily so because of the meager means of transportation; but to-day the whcle world is ransacked for the every-day food of mankind

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HE country's street railways have'been having a hard time, and the automobile has added t o

their burden. If those who have automobiles-and their friends-prefer them to trolley cars, o r if small shippers prefer trucks for cost and convenience, t o interurban express, it will seem that the trolley men should find ways and means of improving their service t o meet modern competition. T h e trolley men have long had their own way in utter disregarb of the common people, and the man on the street cannot be blamed if he feels a little secret ~ t i l f o c t i o n at seeing rural transportation shaping up a little toward the coming ideal whcn the ptmple will wiscly control a11 such service. I

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Acause ofof the electrical men has obeen the retardriencc the ing slower extension f electricity in

practicd tnnsportation. They have not known enough about either the science o r the art of railr ~ a d i n g . Their profissional pride, their belief in m d seal for the electrical profession, has led the electrical experts to ~ ~ e r e s t i m a t e their claims of what they a u l d do, and underestimate the cost of doing it.

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HIGHWA Y MOTOR TRANSPORT AILROAD managers complain that their buriness is being cut into by truck transportation. T h e new system serves the people satisfactorily and the business is yet in small enough units not t o dominate the communities it works for. Highway transport between Chicago and Milwaukee has become a n established fact by the United hlotor Transport Lines which connect various warehouses and terminals in each city with those in the other. Similar transport l i n e are in successful opention in the East, 2s between Yew York and Boston

makws of the Dodge automobile, is an index of in the automobile industry. - Automobile prices are following the general upward trend of prices, with a dozen or so manufacturers announcing advances. The "ship-by-truck" movement recently ran a caravan of eighteen trucks across country to demonstrate their value to hliddle West farmers.

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Nations, and she wilt continue to dominate it. Several p a ~ t s the Empire, each wich a popuhof tion less than that of New York City, have a r gnat ' r representation in certain matters as the whole United Stain Before the war Britain held about one-fourth of the d habitable area of the world u ~ governed ontfourth of the world's population Now, as a result of takiq over the Gamim colonies, Persia and Mesopotamia, it ' har about one-third of the world and its inhabitants under its control, and with the passing of Gtnnany from the stage it is in effect and in fact the mistress of the world. Between 1871 and 1914 there was added to the Britijh Empire over 4 . ~ , O C Osquare nliles of territory, and a popuiation of more than 60,OOJ.W. The British bankers have found the spread of the Empire valuable to thetn. The field for their investments has widened, and thcy have always realized , that the British navy was back of their bonds. And thcy hive been none too generous to the natives of the conquered lands. In Egypt a labor day lasts 12. to 15 hours arid the wages are equivalent t o 25c. per day for adults, and 12c per day for children. The difference between these wages and the wages that must be paid in Great Britain represents profit for the banker and therefore British m r ~ e y naturally ~ e k ~ i n v e s t n f eabroad. But nt some of the bankers so manage things that they get back, in one for& or another, a good part of even the pittance tltat the native !aborer receives. An illustration of this occurred in connection with the present Khedivc .. H e was loaned 82,000,000 pounds at 7y0 with 1% for amortization. The bankers gave him, however, pounds only 20,700,000pounds in cash, and 9,00Ci,CCU in his own notes at par. which they had bought at 6SL70 of their face value. The remaining 52,00.00G pounds - they kept as security for the amount actually loaned, , j. but the Khedive is to pay tbc hterest on the whole 82,. - - 000,000. At this rate the Knedivc will pay 31y0 for ' his money, besides losing over 3,C00,000 pounds the pounds o f his own notes. first year on the 9,000,000 The Khedive. of course, gets the money to pay this interest and to reiux~dthe principal by taxing heavily his 25c per day subjects. The sad part o i it is that even under this thinly-disguised slavery the lot of tlie

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common people is better than under native rulers who are not in some sense responsible to the British crown. The Egyptian people, feeling the burden, were led by some to hope and believe that the deliberations at Paris would give them self-determination, the rig@ self-government, but although the British Government has officially stated several times in past years that it has no right in Egypt, it nevertheless does not let go its hold, because Egypt is the key to the Suez canal, and the Suez canal is the key to the Far East I t cannot be denied that the British have greatly improved the condition of the people of Egypt. They have given ' them honest courts and clean government, which i s something they never had before and would not have if left to themselves., Yet the Egyptian people are not satisfied and want to govern themselves in their own way, possibly in hope that they can keep for their own use a larger part of that daily wage of 25c I is not at all likely that the Egyptian people will t get greater liberties by any movement of their own. They tried it by starting an insurrection, and before it was quelled eight hundred of them were killed, sixteen hundred wounded, thirty-nine sentenced to death, twenty-seven to imprisonment for life and two thousand to other terms in prison. Sixty British soldiers and civilians were also killed and one hundred and forty-nine wounded. We regret that in quelling the Egyptian insurrection the British bombed the villages of the natives, thus ki!ling innoctnt women and children and noncombatants. If the Egyptian people, and all the other African and Asiatic peoples under British rule, gain greater liberties they are likely to get it first by an old force now manifesting itself in a new way. Some e v e n hundred years ago, in 1215 A D , the Britkh people .. took away from King John his right to manage the British Government. In 1911 they shelved the House of Lords. Now the papers are full of stories of what the great labor unions of England have in view. Practically all the workers of the British Isles are in these unions, and since the war thcy are interesting thanxlves actively in the domestic and foreign policies of s the Empire in a way they never did before. It i not clear how any political party can resist the demands of these laborites and remain in power, and if t h y get what they demand they will be the real masters of the greatest Empire that ever dominated the world. Ilow long will it be before they get it?

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The d right the rulership of the world, .mu, rests in thetoOne who bought it with his howown
precious blood. It i of t i One, the Lord Jesus, that s hs the prophet &tingly says, "The government shall be upon hir rbouldu" and "Of the inaxax of his .ad p e a t h v t Shd be M cnd" (1% It i for that long-promised r l , now near s ue 9 6 , 7) at hand, that we p n y when we say, "Thy kingdom aanq thy wl be done on urth as it i done in il s heaven."-Matthew 6 :la Almost evejbody in Berlin is gambling. c o d ired the baccarat tables never diminish rws and the money changes hands in large sums, 20,000 and 30,000marks at a turn of the hand. The conrtrnt round of gaming, eating and drinking g o u on d night. Surcely anyone thinks of leaving before l dawn, and many remain tor breakfast. The people odmit that the war was a great gamble, a game in which everything waa staked and lost Along with the gambling and eating and drinking in these dubs a craze for dancing has broken out. and thousand of young girls are there nightly in gowns which &auld cause their arrest in New York During the March riots when blood flowed in the streets the.bands jazzed in the halls and the girls screamed with laughter as they whirled around the may polc The sacritices of the war have given way to a disregard of all oxiventionalities. The course of the German people since they started fn the great war and until now reminds one of that of the prodigal son, who wasted his patrimony in riotous living. Many o 'those now feverf ishly gambling with one mother are liable to discover that "the riches of wickedness profit nothing," and that the Lord "casteth away the substance of the wicked."-Proverbs 10: 1-3.

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will become a law until it ia approved by a nrwlp elected ~ i k s d a as, the legislature is called ~ All over the world a trumpet message is sounding forth. It is the =me that was cast upon the Liberty B l of 1776 Finland is m e of the lateat to rcapond el to the divine call uttered b u r & of y m WO: "Proclaim liberty throughout all. the land unto d the inhabitanta thereof."-levitiaur 25

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to decide what form of government they will have. For seventeen months they have been independent of Russia, and during all that time the debate has p r r c on furiously as to whether the country should be a republic or a monarchy. The decision wan finrliy made. The new Finland will be governed by 8 president elected for six years, on the first o d o n by the existing one-chamber legislature, which remains unchanged, but ever afterward by a special Elective Assembly of 300 members, chosen by the pcoplr No bill which the president vetoes

TEE FINNISa REPUBLTC NEW republic has been born, Finland. It has taken a long time for the Finnish people

kings are beat known wd have the longest time to popularize their beneficence, they are the lust wanted While A m t r b ir d coming the sEionr of royalty, s a cp i O md,b&g asr p n before them, and thr ubest people" are vieing with one another as prince'a messenger b o p ond p ~ c k horses, the kinp and pMca am behg chwd out of European countria and are meeting with demonh strations on the other side of t e ledger. The soldiery who should be the direct bmefiaa r i a of a plundering nobility and kingdom, are r e ported in Austria or with one voice protesting against recent alleged efiorta to establish a monarchy. The entire armed force of the nation are rcportcd active in thc protest With dl itr defects the republican form of government in best liked by the people beczrw it gives the would-be kings the least chance to meddle with the people and affords the common people the largest opportunity to l& after; their own dairs. At any o rate the Austrian soldiers, representing the common ptoplq &owed that "the kings havs had their day: by urging in a demonstration bcefore the Parliament building that the republican fonn of government be retained. Similar demonstratioar were reported from the country diotrictr of At&% Humanity ia drawing near the ideal r cd order oi long promised in the Word of God. In the better world about t take form upon the earth the divine o principle will be established that it is not designed that most men should be autocratidly ruled by a few men, or that man should, without full and free consent and cooperation, exercise authority over man Man was given dominion over the earth and over the lower order of creatures to be their b e n t ficent autaaat. but the relationship of man to man will ultimately be that of a re& brotherhood, the full realization of that republiconism in which each man u the kingly equal of all other men and each woman a beautiful queen in a world of equals. The Anstrim soldivy dimly sense the future ordet and are reaching out for the of Meoskh'r

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world, but the world is not independent of him. He is nearest to the food supply and can furrl food for himself and family with less difficulty than others. Supplies of clothing are at his hand dm; wool. hides, flax, conon, etc., requiring only his industry, and that of his family. H e can make his own shelter, of logs if necessary. If transportation facilities are poor he can get along with almost no assistance from the outside world. There are men now living in certain districts of the United States who can remember when the annual store bill of the family was less than two dollars. A little d t and a little iron was all that was purchased, and the man and his family did the rest But the farmer wants more than food, clothing and shelter, and his wife and family want more. They want education; teachers, books, stationery and school supplies. They want information; mail facilities, tclephones, telegraph, wirelus. They want music; pianos, organs, phonographs, records. They want amusement ; games, toys, n~velties. They want furnishings; carpets, furniture. draperies. They want conveniences; kitchen utensils, tinware, crockery. They want sanitation; plumbing, heating, ventilation. They want art; pictures, wall paper, statues. They want hardware; locks, hinges, cutlery. The farmer wants all these and more H e wants implementi of all kinds to help him in his work; reapers, threshers, mowers, plows, cultivators, seeders, tools of all kinds. H e wants hamess, fertilizers, seed His wants are legion. It k these and a thousand other natural and proper wants of the farmer that have made the complex thing we call civilization, with all its factories, warehouses, stores, banks and trade and transportation facilities. W e all live on the things produced on the farm. It follows then that transportation to and from the farm is the thing we all need, and need badly. And i. this thing is here at last. The ox team was a step, the , dirt road was a step, the canal was a step, the farm - wagon was a step, the railroad was a step and a great one, but the automobile was the thing that brought r e sults. Since the advent of the automobile there has been more agitation for good roads, and with better results. thin in all the years that preceded its advent. Everybody wants good roads now because everybody has YI automobile and w n s to go everywhere in comat
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tically disappeared Many farmers now have passenger cur for pcnonzl, travel, tractors for farm work and motor tnrdro for hauling produce to market. This is all moving in the ie right direction, in the l n of better roads, and the bringing of the food producer nearer to the consumer, nearer to the man who supplies the farmer with the s things he must have if he i to do the pat work of feeding and clothing the swarming millions who depend upon his fields for a livelihood. The ebb tide of the sale of tractors farmers'is passed, and the trend toward a large volume of s d c l has set in. The fann tractor b not yet been the p o p ular thing with the farmer who could not yet see the use of investing the price of several horses in a m o c h i ~ that in a recent degree of development racked itself to pieces in a couple of y u n . Intelligent experience is being built into the tractor now, and the implumat has be& developed more nearly to do its work. The Great War did much for the development of motor trucks. Hundreds of trucks, bearing the U.SA stamp on engines and radiator$ went through heavy shell fire that shot tops and bodies away, the trucks continuing to run, and hauling loads over open fields and tom, muddy roads near the front , The capacity of any truck can be ?creased by the use of a trailer. It is better to get a small truck and buy a trailer later if you must. There is danger of loading motor trucks too heavily. Sometimu the platform scales that will be used to weigh the load were kistded before the day of motor trucks, and have insu9icicnt capacity to weigh very large trucks heavily loaded. Some states demand exceptionally kge fees for heavy trucks, because of the damage they do the roads; only $50 is charged for a five-ton truck, but anything heavier calls for a license fee of $250 to $500. For a ton truck the cost will average 10c per mile. If the truck repIaces horses the principal saving will be in feed, harness, shoeing and veterinary service, less care, less space, saving of driver's time, wider radius cf marketing, l u s shrinkage in hauling livc stock, better market condition of perishable products, livery charges and safety without hitching. Doubledecked motor-truck bodies are desirable where two or more ty classes of products arc handled, such as livc @r and eggs.

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G ~ d ' r Word u full of promises rrrpoctinO the glorious epoch, the Golden Age, when "the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord" (1%. 119;H a b 2:14); when "every man shall sit under his vine and under h u fig tree; and none shall make them afraid" ( M i d 4:4) ;when "they shall not build and mother inhabit," but when home ownership shall be general (1s. 65: 21-23). Thus a time is anticipared when every man in the summu season will be interested in the production of the things that come to hb own tabfc. And this is the natural inclination of healthy, n o d m e n This docs not mean, however, that there will not dways be great fields for the production of the world's staple cmps. The farmer will long continue to k a great factor in feeding the world, and the motor truck will enable h to deliver that food whm i m and where it will be most needed.

Wh.t a lesson the Lord taught in Hir atery about. the seed that "As soon as it was sprung up, it witha ered away, because it lacked moisture" (Luke 8 :6). How like the human heart is to soil, as the Lord compared it, and how needful for it, under presknt conditions, to be continually plowed and harrowed to keep it Irom becoming hard and selfish md unsuited to the character growths the Lord desires.

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NE of the gratest friends of the fanner is the' toad, which makes a living on the insects which are, injurious to crops. l-he t d s worot the h e , for this reawn the snake is a poor dditioIl to the live se Beoidm killiq toads n i the =de ms young birds, which fiveon , and destroys eggs not only of the 4 birds but of ham Y weU There seam to be an instinctive dislike TB& VALUE OF ThE M U Z H to h a on the part of the human f d y , which lea& HIRTY y a r s ?go it was solemnly and oflidJly the average person to kill them On bight Thip a~ersion declared t a the Great P h h m ht ~ would a ~e a to be pmper enough. t ~
The story is an d d one, and a sad one, of how Satan

in deceiving Mother Eve acted through a wrpent which for he had obses~ed the purpose, a d how, of this use of the serpent against one treated in God's likeness, the serpent was "Cursed above all uttle, and lbove e v w beast of the field."--6ene~i~ :14. 3
FI-ECTRICALLY REVIVED P U N T S HE EFFECT of electrical currents upon pknt life has been long known and is gradually being utilized more and marc A Connebicut.florist now utilizes it forreviving almost lifeless plants which have been shipped to him from long dist&~ces 2nd arrive in an almost d u d condition Two or more cells are connected up with fine copper wire, the positive pole being connected to a nail placed in the soil of the flower pot, while the negative pole is secured delicately around an u p p u branch. I n a week or two the plant is fully revived and growing in a flourishing fashion. I n some sections market gardeners have been caught stealing electricity from power wirer o r third r i s which pass their premises. al How little we know about the invisible forces which God has made f ~ the controlling of his unir verse. Here is an unsrm fn>rce which has on almost miraculous power ovtr life And what is life? I t also h an unseen force, and, i the words of one of n the greatest of earth's philosophers. "life is incomprehensible." The Prophet Ezekiel says of dead nations and dead human beings, "I will put rhy spirit [breath] within you, and ye shall live."-Ezekiei 37 6

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right t&e and place finished it. Tonnrd the last U-boats could be trailed just as accuntdy w if t h q had been maneuvering on the surface of the ses. Attacks by aeroplane were also frustrated by thc magnifying of sounds. Grut reflectors w e n employ&. e t ice had to ba chipped from the gages and instrn- to catch the sound of approaching hostile aircraft at a \\;hen the approximate location of the apmmts a d the air-speed indicator v.3~so clogged 4 t h n@t. aircraft was determined by this sound-~vave ice that it r e f u d to ~itork an. Dtiring the last four proacl~ing at h o u n of the flight the radiator shutters and thermom- catcher, then powerful searchlights wcrc suddenly flashed on, and their beams pointed in the direction eters were almost completely incructed with ice. On account of fog the sense of vc';ticality was previously indicated by the sound detector. The antidestroyed, and for part of the trip the aviator was fly- aircraft guns and the Allied aeroplanes did the rest. A man's voice can now be magnified until it c m ing upside down, but had no knowledge of the fact until Ile came down within fifty feet of the water. Not be heard twenty miles. The ticking of 'a watch can until he saw the mountainous billows ready to engulf be amplified until it can be heard above the roar of him did he realize his predicament and shoot up again. a crowd. A wireless station recently received a telpThe speed of 124 miles per hour was made up partly phonc message from Europe and, through its mpliof the zaaal machine speed of 30 miles per hour and Ger, startled hunters in the marshes eight miles away. partly of the breeze that always blows from \Vat to It is quite possible that by means of this apparatus East at the high altkudes of one to two miles in which a means will yet be found for persons to converse with one another bct~vccnany points on the face of the greater part of the flight occurred. The landing was nose down in a bog which mmpled the globe. -K With mirzcles such i s this transpiring before our up the fonvord end of the airplane like a s h u t of paper say and left it a complete tvrtck. It is hard to see in Cap- eyes, what will the critics of God's ~ o r d who tain Alcock's achievement anything that will tend to h3b-t ridiculed the thought that "the Fathe; sceth make ocean travel by airplane popular with those who [and heareth] in secret" the prayers of his saints, have found this world a pretty gocd place in which to uttered in the privacy of their closets?-Matthew + ' 6;& live. * There is an interesting hannmy of thought, howwcr, between these v/ond:rful P.ights of human beings JOINT USES OF AIRPLANGS ~h WIRELESS and the statement of the prophet regarding those that M'ONDERFUL supervision over cetiain earthly , wait upon the Lord. I t is true of both that "They shall =*airs is possible through the combined rise of mount up with wings 2s eagles" (Isa. 40:31). In the two great inventions, the airplane and wirelest tdeone case the wings are literal wings, even though made 'phonc. The latter invention has now reached a stage of wood and canvas. In the other case the w i n e are where practically any one can bc instructed in handling tile Old and Sew Tes:aments of the sacred Scriptures. the talking and receiving apparatus. At Hardin, Xfont., an aviator has bccn engaged to THE SfA GNZFYXNG OF SOUNDS carry the mulager of a 103,OCX) acre wheat ranch from T \\'AS THE MAGNIFYING of soxnds that beat one part of the field to mother, and by the wireless tdthe U-boat. During the last years of the war the ephone he is ablc to report back to the ranch head_ and destroyers kept almost perfect track of quarters or give local orders to gang o r section foremen ,j - - one another's whereabouts. Every move was closely wliile in flight. * T e same principle is made use of in California. h checked up, all by means of the microphones mounted in the vessels. At first thc advantage was ~ i t the U- Tllere, in the dry season, forest fires frequently do h boats, which could detcct the merchntmvl one to two grcst dan:agr The Government has now laid out four hours' fail away. Latcr the Allies had the better micro- airp:ane routes of 150 miles each over forest areas; phones and the C'-bolt was tloorned. Its every move these routes to be covered every day, and cxperiurcc was known 2nd the dropping of a depth bomb at tlie h3s shown that forest fires are easily detected anywhere

TWO THOUSAND NIL68 I A MGHT N APTAIN ALCOCK'S great flight from Kemfbundlurd to ~ l i f d m , IreIan4 1990 miles in 16 houn, was mode under conditions calculated to strike terror to t t stoutest heart. The cold was so extreme h

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within the areas covered. For this purpose the aviator flies at an elevation of from 6 0 0 t o 10,000 feet. ,0 IVonderful as arc these things that men a n do, and are now prepared to do on a vaster scale than ever before, in viewing the landscape o'er with a view to its better administration, how much more wonderful u our God, of whom it is written. "The eyes of the Lord are i in every place, beholding the evil and the good" ( Prov. 1 15:3), and "Neither is there any crcatuw that is not lMnifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do 1"-Hebrews 4 :13.

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DISTRIBUTION dF INSANG HE distribution of the insane is interesting. Of course, the location of the sanest of the count y must be the capital city, but the District of Columbia leads in the number of in=% w t a p cn ih ur t w of 0.8406 per cent., over twice that of the next petitor, which is Roman Catholic h f u r ~ d r u ~ ~ t t s with 0.3761 per cent. The Federal Hospital for the insane is at Washington, but no such excuse can be o f i d for hiassechuscns. What foreign birth and rctiqion m y have t o do with this may appear fmm the fact *' that the percentage of insane in Wyoming i 0.1207 per s cent. Massachusetts has between three and four O m PLANETS AND THE FZXED STARS times the best of \Iryoming both in insane and i n f o p H E only planets which can be seen from the earth eign bom. are those that belong to our own sun. Vcnus is a near neighbor. At times it comes within 26.KO.000 NEW SOURCE OF PO EZR W s of US, t ~ h i l eNeptune is 100 times as far away. e EADERS in the electrical industry se; possibility Venus and Jupiter shine with a brilliancy surpassing of the discovery and development of other thht of the brightest fixed stars, but rtnlike the fixed and better sources ~ f ' ~ o w than any yet known. er stars they have no light or heat of their own but bor- Jn discussing the slow dcvelopmcnt of water powers, row itall from the sun. hfr. L C. Reynolds of Geneva. N. Y . says that : . shines with a clear ~parkling white because it "Contrary to 'the general belief the depletion of the has a cloudy atmosphert. Jupiter glows with a yel- world's coal supply t o date is but a small nick out lowish fingc, because it is in agaseous condition Mars of the immense dcpcsits still untouched. Long beglows with a deep red tinge, due to his snow-covered fore such deposits are exhausted power from some surface, while Saturn is a dull l a d color. Mercury is undeveloped source, possibly dire? from the sun, so r i a r the horizon, i. e.. so near the sun, that he can will be available." Evidently there will be plenty be seen only in spring or fall, and then only at twilight. of power even for a world population ten times that Neptune is so far away that il cannot be seen with the of to-day. naked eye. PIOLET FOR COiYSVXP~mES Because they are so close to us, the planets appear ULTRAt o wander through the sky from day to day. The N inventor in Germany h y ~ devised an electric nearer the planet is to the u r t h the greater the rate treatment for consumptives in a r m m where at which it appears to move through the sky. Once the patient can walk around. Quartz electric bulbs %urn is located it is easier to keep track of him than arc suspended from the cciring and the walls are 0 other planets, as it taker him 3 years to make his trip covered with a material which reflects the healing arollild the sun. ultra-violet rays in which the patient is completely , The *ed stars are all suns. emitting light and heat bathed. of their own. The nearest one of these is 10,000 t i m u u far distant as Neptune, o r 26,000,000,000 miles POWDERED COAL away. There are very few railrvay trains that can N England progress is being rnade in the commake 712 miles in 24 hours, and keep it up, but a train plete combustion of coal, by pulverizing it so d thzt could do thzt could make the journey in a even that it can be blo+n into the furnace. T h e advan100,000,000 years, provided the fuel lasted, and nothing tages are higher temperature, smokeless combuswore out, and the train crew and passengers did not.# tion and no loss of heat units via the ash pile. ' tired in the meantime. ' "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fin- CREAP WIRELESS PHONES COMING I OVERNhlENT red-tape permitting, the Mar, gm, the moon, and the stars, which thou hast orconi wireless experts expect in a very few ; dained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him! and i years, at most, t o see wireless telephone systems 9 the son of man, that thou visitest him [plannest for his recovery of perfect human life and eanhly dominion in making longdistance conversation' possible to any part of the world at nominal car+ ; The Golden Age] !"-Psa. 8 :4, 5.

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food is a builder of strength and a prevcnt i . Rut some light is thrown oil the likelihood of tlie comnion pcople k i n g able to obtain nlore , -nourishing food this year than in 1915, by some infor. mation frcm the New York Departn~ent of Health. The high cost of 1ivi;rg h a s a bearing on the "flu'' pestilence, by diminishing vital powers as follows: Sickness has been irrcreascd by the cos: of food ; families which never appealed for charity are now doing so ; upomen are being driven illto industry ; cllildren under sixteen are giving up education to cnter factories as unskilled labor; meat, cgb, sugar and milk a n no longer seen on many tables; t l ~ cbirth rate is decreasing; infant mortality is increasing; malnutrition is prevalent amo:lg 'adults as well as chiltlren; in 1318 21 per cent. were upder~wurished,against 33 per cent. now; Xew York has already had 100 more infant dcriths than by this time last year; out of over 2,OCO famiiics investigated 51 per cent. had annual \ . earnings of less than $90, and 25 per cent. less than $1.203; 21 per cent. earned undcr $600; cheap coffees and'teas are'replacing milk; 18 per cent. are in debt to food dealers and landlords; 37 per, cent have no m a t ; 54 per cent. are using much le-s than formerly ; 33 per cent. use no eggs; 30 per cent. no butter and 10 per cent. no sugar. In most of these families the economic balance, which used to be precariously maintained, may be overthrown by the slightest change in living cor~ditions. Wage losses c a u x illness, which in turn decreases income, and tl~ingsgrow more hopeless. I f ' some of tile people get the "flcl," they spread infection, and all m y contract it. The disease finds a fertile soil in the undernourished bodies of the poor. It is too much to espect that a11 will yet make the healtli of each the concern of all, but the sickness of one is of vital importance to many, for death steals . E.. indiscrimil~ately into the windows of all, rich and . : p b r , when malnutrition in a tenement affords a nest - for tile black plague.

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ing is as dangerous zs underfeeding; those wllo are overfed become fat and lazy. and the liver aid kidneys become overwvrked and break down. certain foods are almost specifics for certain symptoms of disease. 111diabetes, the principal symptom is sugar in the urine. and benefit is obtained at once by excluding from the diet articles which contain ;m excess of sugar and starch. Therc can be no grcat arnour~t of sugar excreted through the kidneys if there is none entering the blood. Because it is.an ideal heat former, the fat stored naturally in the body in time of hwlth becomes the first base of supply in case of sickness, and that is the rcason \rvllypeople get thin when they get skk. Foods which have no value in keeping up the heat supply of the body have no value in sickness, and for that reason meat broths, tea, alcohol, delicacies, cakes, ices and as confections are useless or worse than u ~ l e s s a diet in in time of sickness. Milk, which is a ~~ecessity childhood, and a \vholeso~efood for zdults, is a necessity in illness. The Prophet Job's description of a sick man is brief and to the point. Iie says : ''He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strnng pain: so that his soul abhorreth bread. and his soul dainty meat. His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be secn ;2nd his bones that &re not seen stick out. Yea, his soul draweth neat unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers. If there be a messenger with him-[if the i\lessengcr of the Covenant, the Lord at his second advent, who has come t o establish his kingdom or1 cartl~],an interpreter. one among it thousand, to show mall his [the hfessenger's] uprightness: then hc is gracio;s unto him. and saith, Deliver him from going do\va to the pit: I have found a ransom. His flesh shall be frcshcr than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth" (Job 33:lP 25). When the incoming Golden Age is fully established, "The inhabitant shall not spy I am sick" (Isa. 33-24). Death came originally because the first pair were c ~ c l u d e dfrom the trees of life tn Eden. Their food since then has been imperfect; in the new age perfection of diet is reassured, in the Lord's due time and way. Meantime Ict us eat as ' wisely as we can. I USEFUL RECIPES IIE following recipcs will be of interest to ' every housewife; , , . r .. -.

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Cottage Cheese saftens when heated.. Bake in t rhodtrtte wen, bast1 gallon skimmed milk, 1 cup buttermilk or thick. ing occ~sionalIywith a \vcll-flavored fat. rour rniIk. junket tablet dissol;.cd in 2 t a b ~ t s ~ o o n f d ; IIashcd Brov!n Potatoes With Cottage Cheese rater. Stir thoroaghly together. il'arm to 75 degrees Chop coid boiled potatoes fine and season them wen by placing the pail in a vessel of \\.arm water. Set with salt, pepper and onion juice. Turn upon a hot aside over nighlt. In tlit morning, without heating, pour the curd, without breaking it, upon a piece of heavy frying pan ligl~tlygreased wit11 drippings, and cbok muslin. Drain until dry. Season with t r e m and salt. the potatoes slowly without stirring till they are bro~ned next the pan. Meanwhile soften a gentrom Cottage Checse Scuce quantity of cottage checse with cream or milk till it Dissolve to ;M level teaspoon of soda in a little will spread easily. Mix with it any desired seasoning, m l or hot water to each cup of cottage cheese to such as chopped parsely or pimrnto~,r little leftover ik neutralize the acid flwor. Use the soda carefully, as ham or bacon, chili sauce o r picalitli. and spread it too much is as bad as too little. For a thin saucc use over the potatoes. Let the mixtue stand long enough 1 cup milk, 3: tablespoonful butter, tablespwnful to warm and soften the cheese; then fold over the flour, % teaspoonful salt, dash pepper, % cup cheese. potatoes like an onielet, turn it upon a hot platter, and For thicker sauces add more B ~ u r up to 2 tablespoon- serve at once. Many persons enjoy the slight acid , fuls for the thickest sauce. Cook the milk, butter, f a t o r of the cheese with this dish. If desired, howflour, salt and pepper thoroughly and cool it sligl~tly ever, the acid of the cheese may bc neutralized by before adding to the cheese. Stir the sauce gradually adding ) tcaspoon c r more of soda for a c h cup of i into the cheese till well blended, then reheat carrlully. cheese. After adding the cheese avoid boiling the sauce, for it Cottage Cheese Pudding toughens the cheese. Use the sauce for creaming 2 slices stale bread, 2 eggs, 35 teaspaon salt, 1 cup potatoes, eggs, toa;t, and leftover vegetables. milk, 1 cup cottage cheese. :/r teaspoon soda, cup Scrambled Eggs With Cottage Cheese sugar, % cup seeded raisins, teaspoon allspice, 5 teaspoon clwea Cut the bread into For each egg use tea~poon rait, plenty of pepper, teaspoon mace, 1 heaping tablespoonful of cheese, the acid of which cubes and place in a buttered baking dish. B u t the has been neutralized by soda as above, and fat to yolks and whites of the eggs separately, Blend with grease the pan. Stir the checse d:rcctly into the bezten yolks the milk, salt aed sugar, and cheese, to which the soda has been added. Add the spice and chopped egg and scranmble. raisins and lastly fold in the stiffiy beaten whites. Cottage Cl~ciseCu:I::s '' 1 cup cottage cheese, 1 cup dry trcsg crumbs, 2 Pour this m i a r e ovtr the cubes of bread and bake tablcspooiis dripping. !icup coarsely chopped pea- like a custard in a moderate o v e . If desirect, iht wlrite of I cgg may be beaten separately, scveetenccl nut meats, % teaspoo:~ powdered sage, J,i t-taspmn with 1 tablespoon of sug~r, and spread over the top thyme, 1 tablespoon nxlk, 1 teaspoon szlt, jS teaof :he pudding just befort removing it f o the men. rm spoon Fcpptr, :4 tcxpcon scda, 1 to 2 ta~lespoons Cottage Checse Pic , finely chopped onion. Cook the onion in the drippings until tender but not brown. . Dissolve the scda in the 1 cup cottagc cliecse, 34 cup stlgar, :/J cup milk intc, milk and work in the checse. Mix all o h e r dry in- which oile tablespoon cornstarch h;s been bm00dlly gredients thoroughly with the bread crunibs. Blend stirred, 2 beaten cgg yclks, 1 table:poon melted fat, .t peanut butter and onion dith the cheese alid ,mix t h t ! ie n s p n vanilla. Mix- the i:lgredients in the order bread crumbs with t h m . Fornl into fiat cakes. dust given. Eake the pi: m one crust. Caol it slightly and with b r a d crumbs, or corn meal, and fry a ddkate cover with ~ncringutmade by adding 2 tablcspoans broun in a little fat in a hot frying pa:i. sugar and 5 teaspoon ianclla to the whites of 2 eggs and brown in a slow o\en. Cottage Cheese Loaf With Bean, Cottage Cheese Cake - : 1 cup cottage cheesc, 54 teaspoon soda to ncutralitr i --add, 2 cup3 cooked and mashed beans or peas. 1 cup cup milk, 2 1 cup cottage cheebe, 33 cup sugar, boded ricc (dry), 1 cup dry bread crumbs, 2 table- eggs, 2 tablespoons cornstarch, 1 tablespeon melted spoons chopped onion, 2 tablespoons drippings, fat, salt, ! teaspoon lemon ju~cc. Mix the ingredii may be used chopped celery or celery salt. Mix bean$, cheese, b m d ents in the order given. hIace or natn~eg crumbs t n d seasoning together \vcll and form into a for flavoring. Eake 25 minutes in a moderate o\en roll. The roll should be mised \cry stiff, as the c!lcae cntil brown This makes r very firm custard.
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may not assume that even the Jews themselves are, since the days of Christ, especially the recipient of God's blessing, and yet it has been marvelously true of them as was prophesied: "Thou shalt lend unto many nations, 'and thou shalt not borrow."-Dcu 28:12.

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be obtained. T h e Prophet speaks of a time when "there shall be a very great valley: and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it to, ward the south" (Zechariah 14:4). This great val- PRISON FARH NU 2 l ,flewhere designated in the Scriptures u the q HE four officm in charge of ~ r i s o n ' F a r m 2 No. Valley of Blessings, is God's kingdom, the Golden in France, where American soldiers were MAge. Beautiful and wonderful as is the Grand prisoned who had been guilty of being absent without Canyon, it is a s nothing compared to the glories leave, have established a reputation for cruelty that God will reveal to an eager world with the inau- will linger long. These men were found guilty of guration of the promised kingdom of life, peace, and kicking, striking and slapping prisoners, using abusive iivine blessing. language to prisoners,' making provoking s p e c h u against enlisted men under their charge, fraudulently ANDREW CARNEGIE-MONEY MAKER NDREW CARNEGIE, just deceased at the age converting money and private propetty of prisoners of 84 bean business in Pittsburgh as Ibobbin under their charge, threatening prisoners, taking the boy at $120 a week. This was at the age of 12. At 13 private property of prisoners and failing to return the he was running the stcam en,nine of a small factory. same, ordering the burning of private property of prisAt 14 he was a tclkgraph boy at $3 per week. At oners, gross neglect in furnishing food to prisoners, 15 he was an operator and shortly afterward en- being drunk and disorderly in uniform, and perjury. It was brought out that prisoners were rolled in the tered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, rising rapidly to an important position. H e mud for smiling, were knocked down for looking saved his money and trebled it by wise investments.. around, were knocked down and had their teeth At an early age he started the Keystone Bridge knocked out for refusing to surrender their money Company for the manufacture of iron bridges, real- belts, ate dirty potato peelings and evm ate from the izing that these would soon take the place of the su-ill-barrel in order to get enough to keep alive, were wooden ones then generally in use. This was suc- punched in the face for being slightly out of line, were cessful from the start and led to the erection of rail knocked down and beaten upon the slightest pravocrmills, the purchase of vast tracts of ore in the shores tion, while one man for crying out against thue outof the Great Lakes, and the purchase of a fleet of rages had his throat cut. Four men were beaten with blackjacks until blood steamers t o bring the ore t o the dock of his own was streaming from their faces, and when one of them railwaffrom Lake Erie t o Pittsburgh. H e retired from business with the purchase of became weak and lagged .behind he was hit from the his holdings b y the United States Steel Corporation back and kicked into line. The prisonen were drilled , a t a price which staggered the world. I t was in front of the muzzles of machine guns, and while claimed at the time that the price which he asked these things were going on they w e n cut off from the for his properties was four times their value, but outside world and not allowed to communicate with that Morgan paid it rather than have Carnegie dis- home, friends or their superior officers. Mtn were rupt the railroad business by building a new double forced to sleep on cobblestones, and one man was put track line from Pittsburgh to New York as he had down a twenty-fivefoot hole thirteen days on one can of corned beef and a box of hard tack. On the fourthreatened t o do. During his lifetime Carnegie gave away $300,- tcenth day he died. - iNO,000, of which sum $70,000,000 went to the foundQur Lord said of John the Baptist that among all '-*;ing of free libraries and the balance t o the great the prophets there had not arisen a greater than he. Karnegie Foundation a t Pittsburgh, Washington This great mouthpiece of the Lord when approached and New York, devoted t o education, peace, the re- by soldiers with the demand that he tell them what warding of heroes, etc. His fortune at the time of their proper duties were said to them, "Do violence his death was still huge. to no man." (Luke 3 :14) Surely, if these officers Andrew Carnegie was not a Jew, and we may not who had their helpless fellow-soldiers under their care assume that he was blessed in basket and in store had heard and heeded these words they could never for that reason (Deuteronomy 28:5). Indeed, we have visited upon them such terrible cruelties.

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peoplc's prodiirity for being fooled and .liking if made success both for P. T. Barnurn's a m +d for modern spiritism. T o the "spirits" it awat be a ' c k w D 1 see people paying to be fooled bD in the ring and side shows of the mystic delusion of occultism. Not that the people do not see, hear and feel tbinga uncanny, but that the uncanny amounts to little or is fit consumption for mental dcfectivu. For yeam h c k the "spirits" communicated with the gdlible in brief utterances through ouija boards, slate writings, rapping and medium. The communications were w unintelliaile they were called "mystic," bu? common people would have called them plain foolishn s . T d y a more intelligent class is taken in by es the new mysticism by interesting and fascinating magazine articles which a n alleged to come from invisible spirit authors. Thc "noted novelist," Basil King, has a series of vtida in the Cosmopolitan, which according to the headline is made up of "interesting messages which have come to him from the dead." H e says, "In writfag these article.#I a little more than an amanuensis, m lad I am at' liberty to take a detached and appraising dew of r grat topic for the B a r rrsson that the presentation Is not mint" Mr. King has b u n led to think that the articles come frum the 'spirits of d a d people." H e was never more mistaken. for according to the Bible, which some real Christians still believe to be the Word of God, "The dead know not anythinf (Ecclesiastes 9:S), and when a man dies, "in that very day his thoughts perish" (Psalms 146 :4). If dead people "know nothing'' and "have no thoughts," the communicatians of which Basil King is the "arnanuensis" originate from some one elsc-fram some ' spirit, accordii to Paul a seducing s p W (1 T i othy 4:1), in plain words, a demon, a devil, one of the faIlen angels confined since the Flood to the atmosphere of the earth-2 Peter 2 :4, Jude 6. This author reczives his messages, not direct, but through a female spirit medium. It will be recalled how often good women have been utilized by evil spirits in thii way-Ann Lee of spiritualist Shakerism, Mrs. Eddy of Christian Science, MR. White of Adventism and innumerable common mediums, not to forget Mother Eve whose following the suggestions of the devil Biblically brought disaster to her children. It may not disturb some "Christians," but if they

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ative force, and mine the secondary." A rpiritirt knows for sum thh is so, for has not "Henry" told him, ' W e are the prismatic colors of his glory," and "each prismatic color g i v u back the rays of light with its special refraction." And when the spiritist geta the proper slant, he "falls" for all sorts of aesthetic gush such a s "Beauty is infinite, o r it wotrld not be beauty; beauty can never be exhausted," which 1s all right, because "these are among our t e a c h 5 [the devil's, "Henry's"] favorite thoughts." . When Jesus was alive, the "spirits" trembled at his rebuke; they dreaded him: bat now, according to "Henry," they and Jesur arc on excellent terms : "We [devils] who arc speaking to you now arc trying to express in modem terms and to meet in modern conditions the same fundamental truths Jesus taught." However, they shy at the doctrine of Christianity: "We generally avoid direct reference to Christian teachings and influence." But they cannot escape bc lief in the truths of the Bible, for they belong to the .class mentioned by the martyr James, "The devils believe and tremble" (Jamis 2 29). It is at the doctrines of Christ the Judge that they tremble: nothing is more natural than that they should "avoid direct reference to Christian teachings." Evidently the same sinister influences which recently made the peacemaker anathema, now purpose to lead men to an opposite extreme and to substitute the il;.nis fcturrz of "mundaim." o r "world-ism" for nationalism. Does not "Henry" make this plain in pmdently guarded words? "The purposc of nationality is the same as that of individuals. h e r e is fundamcntalfy no more reason for w%s betwten nations ! r than for combats between men of o m gift and men of another. It is as.lcdicrous an exhibition of coordinate egotism for race to fight xace as for all musicians to join in a war zgainst all painters." Fortunately, "Henry" is in the spirit world and cannot be landed in jail for talking like this. The lure of demonism, alias spiritism, is one of the strongest and subtlest enticements to take Christians away from Christ. Spiritism is a reality. The phen* mma a m actualiti~, and the source i i evil beyond description. It is folly to deny the reility of the proven occurrences of spiritism when their actuality is attested by scientists under rigid tests. The evil is a real one. It is here in p w i n g power, and the safe plan is to follow the tested Biblical recipe, "Resist t f ~ e devil, and he will fl ce from thec" (James 4 :7) A good course is to determine to resist everything that savors of the occult as being of evil. In the twentieth century this may seem old-fa,hioned, but it pays to be old-fashioned in matters where caution u the way of safety.

to pitch in and help. "whether or not you ask for counsel, or are aw&e of it after it has been given." And how holy these devils arc l for "we cannot perceive evil, and arc corucious d y of 'blanks , when it is prucat." And so ready with "helpful'l wisdom like "the serpent" in Eden assistkg Mother Eve "to make one wise"; as "Henry" says, "We see s clearly the road of safety and wisdom, i n yhich no o evil cm be met'with." This is bait to get a suggcstible person t o surrender the citadel. of his will, and unrcsistingly heed suggestions of the demons : "Cultivation of the spiritual ear [the faculty of receiving audible demonic suggestions] is of utmost importance, for through this organ [the 'inner' a r ] you can apprehend the words of life." Rather. the words of death1 S . Paul says, "The works of the flesh are t manifest, witchcraft, strife, murders and such like; of which I have also told you that they which do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God." God Biblically declares uncompromising hostility to demons; but to catch the unwary, untutored, honest and simple, how close, forsooth. do these spiritual outlaws represent themselves to be to the great Judge : "Your interest in us must never be allowed to stand between you and your consciousness of God. We an expressions of him ( !) but do not forget that it is he who speaks t h u g h us ( !!) and that we [de'rilsj are the reflection of his glory." (!!!) But faithful St. Paul warns: "I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils; ye cannot drink [participate in] the cup [of doctrines, teachings and fcI!owship in the life] of the Lord, and the cup [of doctrinis, teachings and fellowship] of devils."-l Corinthians 10:ZO-21. "Surrender the will," is the plea of demonism; be;ome limp, pliable, putty-like in the hands of devils; this is their victory, for the battle is won or lost in &e mind. So "Henry" wants to mtice you to give in to him: "I like to help in everything I can. Ask and I will tell you all I can. You use your mind too actively in your effort to hear, and I cannot overcome your thoughts [the impassable barier of the will] at times. Relax, and lay your head on my shouIder. Give me your hands, and I will lead you on." Of course. : "Henry" will lead you on; but who wants to bc led f - -' on by a devil ? Mr. Demon, alias "Henry" claims intimacy with the Deity, who on Biblical authority expencd him from heaven ages ago. Through "Henry's" cooperation a spiritist becomes qualified t o say, " mxpress the I Father, who expresses himself in me. Things get their d u e , not because they are mine alone, bat btUUK they are both mine and his. H s is the first c r t i

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twenty-five hundred years or more Freemasons have waited f o r the returning of one Hiram Abiff, the great Master Mason. They claim he died a violent death because of his loyalty to the divine secre:s typified id Solomon's temple; that he must reappear in order that that great antitypical temple may be completed and its grand service be _ , accomplished. The Mohammedans, are also expecting a great messenger, a prophet, through whom they and d l people will be blessed. For many centuries they have waited his coming. They believe his kingdom is near at hand. For thirty-five hundred years or morc Jews have waited for the coming of the great prophet \vho was typified by n10ses a:>d whom Moses foretold, and who was also foreshadowed by Kings David and Solotnon and by the glorious priest, Melchizedek. They expect him t o establish his kingdom and restore Israel in Palestine, and with this hope thousands of Jews are now hurrying to Palestine, believing the time of llessiah's appearance is at hand. Christians of every shade who are conversant ,~' with the Bible look for thp coming of the Messiah, and they believe that His a p p a r i n g is near at hand. I n fa&, "the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain," waiting for they know not what, but desiring some relief that will bring to them peace and happiness and life. W h o is this great and mighty one expected? The Scriptures answer he is the great' hlessiah, the Kiug of Glory, the one who will bring the desire of all nations. More than four thousand years ago Jehovah promised Abraham, saying. "In thy seed , shall all the nations of the earth be blessed" (Genesis 22:lB). And thus he assured all that his promise would be fulfilled. T h e same inspired witnzss # . plainly states that this long promised one, the "seed," is the Christ. T h e word Christ translated from the Greek has the same meaning as the Hebrew word hlessiah, both terms meaning the . "anointed one," the one given'authority to rule. . i Jehovah organized Israel into a sample nation. or - ' government. H e gave t o them a code of perfect laws. H e dealt with them for upwards of eighteen hundred years, and used that nation to make pictures or types of the coming Rlessiah, through whom he would bring blessings to all mankind. Thereafter Jehovah permitted the Gentiles to attempt t o establish an ideal government in the earth, and granted to them a period of 2,520 years
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LABOR and ECONOMICS

SIXTY CELVTSA N HOL'R various sections of the countrp a r a g e of ~ i x t y cents an hour for unskilled labor is 1col;ed for. This looks like a small fortune, compared with the fifteen or twenty cmts an hour that we3 the ruling figure only a few years ago. This i~cre8se a-azcs represents more than a rise due in solely to high cost of living. The unskilled labor has ' mnltiplied three or four time8 where living costs have doribled. The laborer is better off than before becausq his day's pay will buy him more. I n the wheat belt in the 1919 harvest season as high rn a dollar an hour was paid for farm help, and in eome &ions there .were three jobs to every competent m m . The extra riae in the labor wage is due to the cn~nent warcity &f labor. This class of workers has been recmited largely from immigration, but the war cut down fmmigration to a fraction of its formel figure, and the outgoing stream of laborem made the net immigration very -small, a aituation now aggravated by the great exodus of foreigners returning to their E u r u p c n homes. The wage of common labor has responded in part to the scarcity of labor. The law of mpplp and demand a i last enables the day laborer to come into his own. is Some emplojment expert8 declare that the crl~ntry facing a serious labor shortage, owing to thr home-visits of thc thousands who have been over herc longer tlJan usual. and to the reviral of business. 7't.c estimatc is made that by n e b Sew Y e u the c u t -rill be ehort o nv of common labor to the extent of a m 3 i w and n half workers. IVkiat this may do to the price by hour that a lzborer can command may be essimated by the wage experts, hut ewn higher than s i x t y cents may reasonably be looked for. Labor's r a g e is considered t\e basis nn? of all industry. For example, where c o m e n labor gets a given u-age, the wage of skilled labor will hc ro11:Uy rpcaking a certain number of h e s thac ~f th- CY m o n

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"doubling up" ta-o or more families in houses made over into apartments or tenements. The country is nhort $4,000,000,000 worth of howw and there is an annual need of $3,000,000,000 for building purposes, two thirds of which ia for homea I n New York there in an almost total stoppage of work on new houses. Prices and labor are so high that those desiring to build are waiting until t h q can put up apartments or houses which will not depreciate a quarter in value when the tide of prices has receded. Some of the percentages of increase in the wholesale prices of building materials Bince July 1915 according t the American Contractor, are as follows. ayerage o 119 ;lime 116 ;cement 99 ; brick 170 ;sand 150 ; gravel 123; crushed stone 106 ;linseed oil 240; white lead 86; structural steel 86 ; hemlock 78 ;yellow pine timber 87; yellow pice 127; spruce timber 71; window glass 136; plate glass 113. The percentage incresse of wages has been about o n e third that of materials, as follo~vsfrom July 1915 to July 1919; carpenters, shop work 50; carpenters, outride 30 ; brick layers 20 ; cement masons 30 ; wmposition ioofers 50 ; electrical workers 25 ;engineers, koisting 17 ;marble ~ o r k e r 18; metallic lathers 13 ;painten s 50; plasterers 30; plumbers 27; roofers and sheet metal ta workers 20; slate and tile roofers 18; s e m fitters 27; stone cutters '50; ebne masons 35; done setters 17; tile layers 30 ; wood workers 53 ; hod carriers 69. An, important incident of these @ues ie that building workers, with a thirty-nine per cent wage increass and facing a one-hundred per cent cost of living increase, are not getting a fair share of the goods for their d . j s work. This condition ia attributable to elack business, and is likely to be remedied when building increases. With an increazed demand for drilled labor $he workers may be eqxcted to apply pressure through dxikes to increase thelr wages to correspond with the ad~anccdcost of living. The practical result to the bailder of homes will be that the laborcost increase l o u l d ultimately be in keeping with the 119 per cent increase in material prices. Further price increases may be looked for in lumber, which may r s from its present average increase of ie only eighty per cent to a higher figtue, and there is a oarcity of some materials. Th= is the burden under which the home bu~lderof 1920 staggers. It a m u n t a for the f a d that in New York the number of apartment housee, tenrments and houses has dropped from hundreds five ycus ago to pradically nothing the 5rst haIf of this year. A temporary favorable feature M that building

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lhould not only not be chcaper, but should cotit. mora For a time at 1 the discouraged home builder may not expect to find himself in a falling market. For those taking immediate advantage of present prices and rage scales the law of supplp and demand ir operating favorably and they may be able, for a while, to sell their buildings at a profit. With population increasing two to three per cent a year and the number of homer not increakg by any ouch rate, there &odd be a rising price for home properties. These conditions are the result partly of the abolition during the war of the economic law of competition. In its place was built up a beneficent q s t e m of cooperation whereby each party concerned was racurqd a fair percentage of profit. The cost-plus-a-per-cent system d b couragcd competition and enabled unscrupulous contractors to put at work unheard-of numbera of men whn worked more or leao as they pleased and produced build-. ings of unprecedented 6 There u e numberlm hobailt under pre-var canditionq and almost aa good M new houses, which the home seeker can buy for less than anything of equal quaLty the builder of today can offer. A8 long aa this chsa of budding6 ia in the muket there is no reason why an e m o m i d home e k e r should buy new h o w . Under exkting conditionr them ia r conhntly, widening margin of the popnlation approaching the homeless state. Scarcity of h o u q high rent8 and extortionate landlords are driving thousands t o paint. where they find it di5cult to avoid having no robf o v q their heada. They require homes, but the homes are m c e 1 y to be had st a f i p rhicb their daily wage w i l l &or& With building at a atandstill, or progressing on high-cost lines what are these unfortunate, poor to do? Certainly they may look fomard with anticipation to the Golden Age when i t shall not be true that the men that build houses build them for other people to live in a d they themselves go homeless. Rather the promiae is made that soon "they shall long enjoy the work of their hands1'-Isaiah 65 :21-22.

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HEY HAD T O revive the Food Administration in E n g h d and we may have to do no in this wuntry. There k t d k now of placing warehouse ownerr and cold dorage men m d wholeders and large retailers under licenae. We had them under license during the war. There is U k of enforcing regulations against hoarding. We did it during the war. There is talk-of' laying down rules governing the profit which is fair. We did that during the au. There is talk of cutting thecost of living by using n zone system for shipdents M Live dock and hik T5b rm done during the war.

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benefitted, then, by the abolition of the Food i n Adminiatration? Who r a i d the cost of living a a it waa abolished, and who suffered as a result? If the Food Administration aaa a good thing to help the pmple eave during the war, would it not be a good thing to help save the people now? There is a hint in Joseph'a experiences in Egypt that in times of world scarcity one of the mod useful d c e a of the Government i to see that the people'r s food a p p l y is cared for, so that they may not come to wmt. Joseph's whole p~uposein buying and Btoring the food, and doling i t out an needed was 'To save much people alive."-Gen. 4 1 :1-57 ; 47 :13-26 50 :20. ;

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demands of labor to a voica la the manage ment of the businesses with which they ue connected are of a nature that will not be ed aside. Labor h u been moving steadily forward in its attempt. to s e a m a larger share of the profits of industry ever sinthe mauguration of the factory system, which began in England in the year 1800. At that time it a s a criminal act for workmen even s to meet in an nttempt to improve their wages and condition of labor, and for more than fifty years the employing class in Great Britain, through its control of legislation, was ahle to attach to trade unions the taint beof l a a l e m a The workmen felt this injuLctice.long fore the employers admitted it and made their indignation felt at rnrious times in acts of violence in which thousands of dollars worth of property war destroyed. The worhmcn were not alone in their resort to violence. More than one employer has been guilty of resorting to violence by hiring ruffians anned Kith rifles to a d as strikebrediers. This practice has now been almost entirely given up, as the experience of many years has shown that collective bargaining hu come to stay, and there is no more reason why workers should not organize than there is why bankers, manufaeturera, publishers, etc., should be forbidden to do so. The high cost of living is made' higher still by e v e T strike, for it is the people, the whole people, that in the end must pay for wery interruption of the businem of producing and distributing the necesearies of life. Every, inklligcnt workman h o r n this and every intelligent workman wonts steady employment. To be sure he wants the best wags he can get, but he can not really want the impossible and must not have the unreasonable. He will be satisfied, and must be satisfied, with a reasonable share in the profits, but wants his own representatives on the board of directors to make sure that figures are not juggled. Kith less he will not be content. I n these times, with labor realizing its importance in of the defence of the country and the n~aintainence the county, instead of an employer trying to regulate wages by impsing his n-ill upon his employes, the best r a y for him to maintain a permanent labor supply is to sit around the council table a i t h representatives of his -men and endeavor to work out the problem on r baais that is just to all concerned. KO one can accurately compute the d u e of anotheis labor. We all know that it is to the interest of the countm, to employers and employes alike, that the largest production should be obtained with a given amount

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IS to at t h some of the 1 Tmentshardwmeget theinthetheh dailyofpress.plausiblestatethat appear We can not be sure that of things that look were

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r ahortap in leather. h t h e r i a by-product of cattle s raising. Cattle are not raid or slaughtered for their hides merely. The hides result naturally from the sale of bed, and the d e s of beef per capita are much less thm they used to be, because the people cannot afEord to eat much meat at the p r i m which have recently

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was gently reduced and it d be a long time before l the l a t h e r docks in those oauntriea will be as great M it ontx m There are large stocks of leather at porta a in South America, India, C'trina and Siberia, but the .hipping of the world is not yet d c i e n t to transport it. There hm been taIk that shoes are selling in Enrope far 820 to $25 per pair, but thouasnds of shoes were re~ntly advertised for export at prices ranging f o rm $1.80 to $5.75 per pair, or about one tenth the deged European prices. Somebody must be getting the difference and it looks as if somebody is getting t much. m There u e quite a good rarrny people in the United S h h today who can not understand why ahoes that cost $6.75 at the factory should cod the consumer $12. The retail shoe men claim that they are making l e s money than formerly because of the loss of business due to high prices. The Golden Rule, "Tihatsoerer ye would that men &odd do to you, do you even so to them" (Xatt. 7 :12), in 8 rule of businesa none too often followed, but is ncrerfhelesa the acme of risdom M w l as justice,and in el the Golden Age mi be enforced upon all by the unseen +ha1 powers that w i l l then be in control. The Golden Rule does not s p w d lies and half-truths in the effort to maintain fictitious p r i m . .
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of labor, having due regard to the h d t h , d c t y , rest,

recreat ion nnd in~provementof the workers. These being safeguarded, the larger the amount that i p r e . d u o d the more there is to divide. The time was when a Pharaoh could say to a people that he achnowlecl~dWLW mightier than his o n p o p l c get you straw d-~ereyou can find (Ex.1:9), "Go it: yet oot ought of your 11-ork stall bc diminished" (Ex. 5:11) and hc n ~ k and for a time r ~ c i r c d d implicit obedience. n u t now the workers lmoa their btrensh better than they once did, and the modern Pharaoh h-no\t-s bcttcr than to send out a foreman to his men with such a message as Pharaoh of Egypt ecrt to the Israclitcs. The nearer apprmch of master and rrorkmen to the conlmon ]ere1 is a happy augury of the actuol dawning of a better age.

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the United States is Europe. Europe is like a good customer who has hecn burned out and requires crcdit. s h e nerds food, coal, r a r materids and machinq until gd on her feet,snd meantime, she bar neither gold nor the goods with which to m & immediate pavmcnt, this country must loan snd keep an loanin,. ~t is &imated that to through the next ~~d~Kill need loans from us of $500,000~000, Fiance about ~ 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0and Belgium .Rillneed *hut $~~0,000,00~. J J ~ ~ canr.otwe to to E~~~~ except why cannotwe for ck.h, and if she cannot pap let her go hunt? \\re can, but if let her go hnngry then we go h u n - ~ too. It works ant in t h b way. Our8 is a p - a t agricultural county. We rniee more food than n can r d . When we can scll this surplus food c SALVAGING BROD-V RICE GRAINS tmd p r i m our farmers are prosperous. Rhen the HE 1918 crop of ricc in buirinnn, T r X a , Ar~ 3S,000,000 b ~ l l e l s . farme" are prosprous e v e ~ h d is prqerous' be-, kmms and t i p Carolinu. farmer is kmd customer, and a ~ e n d s his cause Ordinarily wmc? 2,380,000 bushels of this \vould hare "OaCT f r ~ l when he has any t spend- When E n r o ~ ? o ben converted into hwr. The part thue nsed is made h here up to the t i n i c ~ tparticles of milled ricc, broken pieces ceases t o need O'?r food e x ~ o the f lea thall one-third af a , in size. ~~~~i~~ is the farnler class nil1 lose its purchasing pon-er and we not a large r i c + u s i q nation and a problem now pre- "ill all feel the pi3ch. Hence it ia i m p o h t that we if eatm itself as to thc best u x to make of these broken lend to t E riee-sair.s. They can be made into rice-flokes It h e ' o f the body politic, & it is true of ? lmk and t a s k lilic corn flakes, or t,hep can be puffed and k d y of Christ. thnt 'we are members one of another". made into pnKed rice even thoagh the g a i n s arc broken. ( E ~ h .4:25) =ore and more we me led to we that ~i~ flour can used as a SubsfitUte for the command to "Love one another; not ns Cain, who of whq of that wicked one, and slew his brother" (I John wheat flour in ba!i:,r.g but at the ethical 12c per lh.. or $24.00 per bbl. could not be considered a 3:11,12) i d not only good from bnt it is actually good state-manship, and a statesmanverp goo11 investment. be more and more a8 we proI n America scarcelp six pounds of rice per capita ir ship that conmmcd in n year ; whereas thc per capita consumption farther and into the *gein f o r c i p couctries is as follows; in Japan each man,, roman and child cons&nes 141 pounds of rice a OCEAN GUNTS T I S PROPOSED to build two 1,000-foot steamehipr year; in C::ico 123 pounds; in Rl~esia1 pounds ; in 1 Englnnd 27 pomds; in France 31 pounds; in l t d y 101 t run betreen this c o u n t y and European ports. o Thourand-foot ships are big ones, but they do not pounds, and in Gcrrnanp 9.7 pounds. It is a favorable sign when n e see men considering represent the progess of which humanity might be what to do with s ~ c h apparently small items of human thought capable. h'o one knows a h a t was the size of food as broken ricc! r a i n s . Anybody can W a s t e : it other contemplated boah, but Noah's ark some 4,399 requires no brains to do that. But to make the w i s e d years q o , made a good start with a length of 450 feet, md best use of the fraplcnts of human time, effort, a b r e d t h of :3 feet and a height of 45 feet. The food, etc.. so tllat the largest and beat results can be comforts of the ark r e r e negligible a n d . would not obtained for humnnity, this rcquircs thought. 'Tc hare have eatistied the modem tourist trade, but they sated an illustration of thc Divine view of the ~ a l u of human for the load of animals and people that took the trip e food in the command of our Lord, after he had mirac- from "the world that was" to "this present evil world': ulously fed 5,000 people u i t h five loaves and two little The ark, too, ras scientifically designed, for ita dimerifishes, to gather up the broken fra,gnents of loares and sions are seid by a marile erpert to be those suited for miuimuin carrJing capscib. U e s so that nothing be l o a t . J o h n 6:12.

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TWO MZLLION NEW GARDENERS IIAPPY, enthusiastic, succersf ul and healthy army of two million gardcnna. haa been added to the nature-lover8 of our oountrv; 400,000 in the dates from Maine to Marpland; 250,000 in the states from Yirghia to Mississippi ;600,000 in the states from Ohio to North Dakots and 500,000 in tho 'states from Kentuckv to New Bfcsico. That was the enrollment in the United S t n h School Garden Army for 1919. I t u.t9 dl an outgrodh of the Great War, but it was a grand dep in the right direction. I t ia bringing foranrd a new generation that will apprcciatc and lore Mother Earth and the fresh air anii the p h i s , as the past generation h u not done. And it will be n healthier generation, and a far happirr one. It has good backing too. It has come to star, for it has been made a part of the required school rork in many of the curricula arid the garden army director haa bccomc a part of the official family of tllc State Dcpartmcnt of Education in some states, and will probably be madc M, in 311 states. The rork is darting right. The motto hns been, "A garden for every childevery child in n gardcn". and courss in gardening have been started in the normal schools, so that the children may hare the right k i ~ d teachers. I n Ohio the of legislature ~t avidc $1,.500 in prizes to be awarded to the coung gardeners, nnd they never appmpioted $1,500 to a more worthy purpose. I n Xcw Hampshire 7 per cent of the entire population of the state is enrolled in .the Garden Army. This movement is an importat part of the work of the Goldcn Age. Our original inheritance in the gardcn of Eden is to bc restored, and it rill be redored in part by the effort5 of men to subdue the carth, as wns contemplated in Cod's original purpose. (Gen. 1:25) The ultimate effect will be that "thc desolate land e h d be tilled n-hcreaa it lay desolate in the sight of d that pasaeil by. And they shall sar, This land that l waa desolate is become like t h c garden of Eden." -Ezekiel 3G:35.

The theory is a good one and has the support of able men. We wish it well and interpret it aa one of the the Ixttrr en. hrbingers

GAdlgLINC FOR A SICK MAN'S BLANKETS HRISTEXDOU is sick; every financier knows it; yet the financial news from Wall Street rhowr no indications of a let-up in the gambling spirit. When the master mind3 of the county are grappling with the railroad problem i t d a a not rrad well that the storks of equipment companies have advanced and :Are cnjoging p.md earnings, with the prospect of an increase in domestic business when the railroads are rdurncd to pri~atc opcration." It lmks too much as though somc people were too sure of thcir prcsent and future profits. With thc comrnon people of the country gre3tly agitated over thc price of shoes it does not rcatl WC!~ that "Khilc hide acd lcnther markets reflcdd agitation nqainst high prices, thc stock moved f o m r d in the belief that even qt decrcn*ed price levels the company will continue to make I a r pmfits." It looks too much ~ as thoufill there is somebody that h a had more to do with cries of lcathrr shortage and demands for higher p r i m than is right. With the p a t msss of people in New Tork that and has had to @re up the use of meat, butter, milk, it does not read w l that "The local tRction el 'liares displqcd a more buoyant tone on reports that fare increases \~ouldbe allowed" nnd "Buying of this issue %as prcdiktcd on the belid that higher f a m will be granted to the traction companici." It looks too much as though some people were interested in seeing higher fares whose intcrest is not entirely unselfish. Gambling is always interesting. There raas the time, you remember, when clex-en of the apostles cast lots to see ~ h i c h the two men they had picked out for the of twclfth apostle should be accepted of the Lord as such. (Acts 1:15-26) But this ans bcfore thc Holy Spirit had mme at Pentecost Afterward, long afterward, they all learned that the Lord liad chosen the Apostle THE SOCIAL UNIT PLAN Paul to that high honor, and to him wan panted IFTEEN THOCSAXD people, in a section of "Visions and rerelations of the Lord" (2 Cor. 12:14) Cincinnati, have proved that by working together which he was privileged to communicate to the eleven they can virtually remore porerty, crime and disease \rho had been with the Lord from the first.--Gd. 1: 1 1from thcir midst. Thpp have done it n o r for three 24; 2:l-31. pears. Xeighborhood administrations are formed which makc it their business to see to it that every person in BETTER TIMES COMING a , particular block is adequately provided with work, ETTER TIUES are coming. I t can be stated confood, medical attention and rccrcation. The theory is fidently and scripturally that present conditionr of that when every block in every city is thus looked aftcr, world-wide unrest are but precursors or forerunne'n of r a n t crime m d pestilence will bc things of the pad. the Golden Age

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MOTOR TRUCKS FOR OIL TRADE the loads consiat of long partr, suck m standard lengths T HAS BEEN demonstrated that a 1 1-2 ton truck of piping and derrick material. These overhang s the t w.ill replace not less than t a o %horse-drawn wagons, renr of the tntck, m d owing to the extremely pom roads
and a large truck will displace from sir to nine horses and two or three horse-dranu wagons and effect a considerable saving in labor. -4 2 1-2 ton truck is u r d l y operated by one man, n-hile a larger truck usually has a helper. . Within a radius of less than ten miles teams are ., usurlly most economical to operate, if kept bus? all the.. time, but it is easier to obtain help to operate trucks than it is to &ire teams. The truck has the d v e t a g e of being ahle to perfonn the work more utisfactorily in the heat of summer and m the intense q l d of the winter wason. For long hauls and full loads the motor truck has tbe advantage of the horse in economy ond in every other way, prticulwly because of its greater speed. A.truck can handle goods within a radius of 60 miles more economicslly than they can be shipped by rail. Tbis ie because the goods do not hare to be prepared w t r 4 u y for Bhipment and becaw of the fewer .- W i n g s that are required. When goods are loaded on motor t r u c h they are delivered direct to the destination. Where a milage of 60 or 65 miles per day is covered the, mast economical sLe of truclc is s 2 1-2 ton truck, where& in larger centera, where the mileage is 35 to 40 miles per day a 3 1-2 ton truck L the most economical. . Another advanbge of the motor buck is that i t cuts down the number of hours a man has t o work becruse it ehortens the time necessary to mnke delireria It is ,very seldom that an old employe who has driven a team for a number of yeare and in broken in on a motor truck wishes to g o back to the old style of vehicle. B e f i s the truck an interesting study and takes more inkrest in it and better care of it than he would the horses. I t has proved in most in-dances that the old time horse-driver. who is brolren in and carefully instructed, makes a much better motor truck driver than a professional Biauffeur. It is not uncommon now to see trucks carrying from 4,000 to 5,000 pounds making their way over the desert regions in the far west, rrherc roa& are entirely absent, fot c l i c e s of fifty t sisty miles. o Special t r u c h are now made for the oil i n d m . %e requirements encountered by trucks in the fields of West Virginia and western Pennsylvanis have proven the necessity of these special designs. Yoat of

which must be traversed in the mountains, the overhung load sways violently and sets up severe rocking strains in thc body as well ns in all parts of the rear of the truck. TIm ayerage body r l not stand up under these il con&tions. The work of oil drilling requircs the moving about of much heavy equipmelit, which haa been done here* fore rlorlp and clumsily by three or four teams of horses. The roads in oil regions generally beggar description. Not infrequently the best oil deposits are in locations which are almost inaccessible. Jobs that formerly required half a day are now done by rcobr trucks in an hour. Drilling rigs, boilers, pumps, lumbbr are moved by t r u c h quickly m d with ease, that can be hnndled by horses only slowly and with dBculty. \'&en a new field is ope~edup the lume d&ulty is alrayr encountered in getting machinery and supplies of all kinds from the mare& railroad to the point where the equipment is to be used. If there are any roads in the section at the s t u t they soon becdme KI cut up with the heavy tra5c and so slippery and greasy aa t be almost impassable. Under conditions such a theee, tractore of the uterpillar type haul l d through to destination which can hasdly be moved by any other means. Horses can not he worked when the mud geta m deep as their gamble joints, and this not i&equently happens in the oil fields. In Detrsit recently, . n a test, a truck in whieh tho i power is applied to every wheel ascended the Court House stairs, step by step, with 22 men aboard. This truck will nin in mnd so deep that the axle housings drag, and will go doand out of cellars and through sand, almost anywhere. Creeping tractors, patterned after the '4anksJ' used in the Great \fir, are desigded as power auxilliariea to do what trucks were not designed for. These tractors will h a d loads over roads where a motor truck would not be able to turn a uheel. They ore used to pull motor tn~clrs owr the worst of roads, and for moving boilers, drilling r i g and casing to new locations; for building and maintaining roads; for puliing'trees and dumps and oil casings. For certain kinds of work where it k desired to discharge the load on either aide of a vehicle, paiity

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dump bodies are provided which require no power to operate. These discharge the load add retwn to an upright position by gravity.. afkrwarda l&;ng automatically. The hopper i V-ehaped, with perfrrtly s straight side, which allows the material to mmpletelJ clear the body when it aeaumes the dump position. Constructors, ship builderr, quarries, steel and iron manufacturers-nll of thoae industries rending out the ~ o s gigantic loads and requiring the moat exacting t schedules of time on their production-are coming more and more to use motor trucke. Tank cars are specially designed for the transfer of liquid loada and are now 'to be seen everywhere. Tank cars are built with compartments, connected w-ith cross pipes in the rear which allow any one of the compartments, or all of them if de$ired to be opened into the main pipe leading to the pump or fauceta for filling cans at the rear. Notor driven pumps empty or fill these tanks in ten minutes time. The operation of several hundred motor truck vehicles o\-er a period of one year shows the folloa-ing percentages of cost: Gnrollne ...-......-.. ......................... . -...--..-- $23.21
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the past, except that at dividend time thep have a chance at greater profib than heretofore. There ia no doubt, too, that they face the possibility of losing dl they put into the venture. Business success generally follows a long period of reif-restraint on the p u t of somebody, and elf-rentrnint ir a character builder. " e H that ruleth his own spirit [is better1 than he that tdceth a city." (Proverbs 1 6 : 3 9 ) There are mme who will not wish these workerr well in their new venture, but we are not of that class. \Ye hope that they will d e . a great succeu of their double role uf employer and employee and receive an adequate return for the invertments in money, ekill and self-restraint that thaf put into the business.

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well to the Actna Iron and Steel Company, a corporation made up of former workers of the great steel plant at gar^, Indiana. These men. have purchased the old -4etna gmcotton plant, near Gary, at a cost of $400,000. To succeed thep nill need to hare among their numbers sliilled salesmen and office workers a s %ell as octunl steel makers. They nil1 need to hare an executive head nnd to obey him. They ill nced to be reasocable in their rage demands, and all to vork together for the good of the busincee. T!iey will need to study economy SECC'RITY OF POSITION in erery way, and rill probably nced the serrices of 4BOR feels that a lorg period of sen-ice for a concern some good financier. should give as much security of position as that If t h q make a succees of their venture, their erper- u n i ~ e m l l y accorded to la-err, physicians. bankers and hnces w i l l not differ greatly from their experiencer i others who have grovn dd in the nervice of their clienfs. n
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THE MAUFACTURE OF STEEL 0 EXTRACT the metal from an? ore the ore is melted by intense h a t and by adding to it b e , which unites with the impurities of the o n to form r liquid slag which floatr upon the molten metal. The metal is then drawn off from the bottom of the furnace, after rhich it nee& to be refined. Coke is used to provide the fuel for melting the ore and in order ti, provide sufiicient air for the combustion enormous quantities are pumped in through great stoves where the air is first heated to over 1,000 degree. 'Wee stoves of which there are three or four to each furnace, are large cylinders filled with a checker work of fire brick. P g iron always contains impurities, among which are i sulphur and phosphoro~u,and both of these are objectionable and need to be reduced by burning away. Sulphur in too great quantities cause8 skel when heated to bend or breolr. Phosphorous in too great quantitien causes oteel when cold to be brittle. Fof the burning out of these impuritica oil hna the advantage of providing a heat which can be easily regulated. If Tubalain, "an instructor of ever?; artificer in brass and iron" (Qenesie 4 : 2 1 ) , were to visit n modern blaat-furnace plant he would snrelp be astonished at the gigantic ecale on which we do things nowadays, even though the principles are the same aa he taught fire thousand pears ago, but all theee improvementr are necessarr to the manufactlire of the machinery and tools that m i l l be needed to do the drudgery of the world in the Golden Age on whose threshold we stand.

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rejected in 1896, America'saved itself from a web like what the p p l e are now etitn:~gled in. Silver would have been put on the free coiilage bbasis like gold ahich, if t&cn to the mint is, without charge, run through the processes necessary to turn i t into gold .,coin. Free coinage of gold had not undnlp increased the volume of currency, bccause gold had been scarce. But if producers had been permitted to have silver coined free, the production of silver nou!d have become so have betin noticegreat that the quantity of money ~vould ably increased. Some n i g h t sap this would have given the common people and the business men more money to handle, and there K O I have bccn an increase in the volume of ~ ~ business, for if any business man needed money for his businees he could get d he needcd. There is some truth in this; hut there is morc truth in the fact that buriness men do not need much more money, because they do h u ~ ~ not , with moncy itself but with credits ads vanced by the balks; when a business man obtains a loan from a bank, he merely leaves the amount on .,deposit, and draws checks against it, and usually does not use much cash. If the volume of money aere increased, most of it would be deposited by the pcople in the banks, where it would become the haeis for further loans to bueinese men. On account of the fact thnt business men do not draw out money, but use checks, a bank loans more credits than the amount of the money, PO that the cash in' the b d a may become the basis of credits ten to twcaty times the amount of the cash. ' A mcdernte increase in money in banks aenw for very large increases in credit loans to business men. Safe nnd sane busiress increases slowlyt bccause bascd on the slowly incrcasi~gconsunling power of the people, and . a large increme in the volume of money, such ns would q a v e resulted from "free silver: would not result in ,$a corresponding increase of legitimate business, but an -"inflation9 of credits. . A condition exists today like that from inflation of silver, but the inflation now is from an unprecederted increase in the amount of gold. Not ollly has the rollune of gold increased but tl;at of other forms of currency. The amount of money in the United States was $3,300,000,000 in 1913. I n January, 1914, it had risen,

TOO MUCa MONEY to meet the needs of trade, to $3,447,000.000, or about HEY "free - silver" theories of currency were 3 per cent incre~se;in January 1313, to 83,543.000,000,
another increase of shout 3 per wnt. I n January, 1916, it was 83,909,000,000, or about 10 pcr cent more; the inflatlo,? of currencp due to the war hat1 begun to be fclt. In J s n u a q , 1318. it was $5,120,000,000, another inrrense of about 15 per cent. At the present time the amount haa jrunped tp in round numbers $7,563,000,000 or an increase in two years of 50 per cent, rm advance in volume of currency wl~ollyunrelatrd to any increase in thc volume of husineso, or more exactly in the amount of go& produccd. This has an cffcct of vital importance to the people. While the people save a little, they spend practically all that thrp earu, the saving usually being a compurtively negligible factor. If their income is r a i d , they continue to save a trifle but usually spend practically d l t h q earn. i f there is no increase in the amount of goods produced, the people w l simply spend mom il money for the same goods, a process which lusumer, the tangible form of a higher cost of living, now the burden of half the headlines in the newspapers Roughly speaking the iucrease in the cast of living has corresponded a i t h the incresee in the volume of currency. From January, 1914, to January 1915, the average =holesale prices of all commodities increased 3 per cent. The next pear it increased 19 per cent From 1916 to 1917 it increased 26 per cent and from 1917 to 1915 it shored an increase of 32 per cent, 4 since then has made r further large advance. of The vol~unc currency and the cost of living increase or decreabe together. Until the volun~eof currency ia lessened there is little hope of a material reduction in prices. In an era of high prices and corresponding discontent, the mental attltude of the workcrs reduces the volume of production, as aptation takes the place of Cnciency, and mcn think about grievances rather than work. If the volume of goods, money and credits doer not changc, prices remain unchanged. The outlook is for no part~cularroctraction of tha currency. If the gold now in the Eanlcs aere to return to ci:c~lin:~on a m o w the people it would reduce the volume of money in banks ahich is being used as a bas& for loans and c r c d b to business men. But the people are trained to consider gold as for the banks, and they do not cven try to get i t into circulation. It k easier to uae paper money and checks than coin, and uni~ersai experience is that r people trnincd to the

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and possibly the Government may have a hand in it. . . The ~overnment w many thinga for us during the did war that we get to thinking about ita powers of orgmization and imagine thin& it might 5nd ri way t do o to help us with our pa-wlved proble~m. One of the principal items in the marlietirig of food is its transportstion. The Government sells the portation, bcticall? all of it; perhaps it could be persuetled to buy and sell the food itself, or certain kinds of it. Wouldn't it be a great idea in this country, M it is in Europe, to place your order with the postman for butter, eggs, breed, potatoes. etc., and have it come direct by the next parcel post? Seem w y ; doesn't it? . We shut our ere^ and imagine a time when the people of a great district, ncting through the government or some great cooperative association, will organize regular motor-truck services radiating from industrial centers for fifty or a hundred miles and thus effectively bring the food from the farm to the individual consumer. It would eccm that it would not take a great deal more time to learn to grade, classify and price all kinds of farm produce than it cloes to figwe, parcel post rates, and tbe same kind of people that were glad a littIe while ago to buy the Govern~cnfs surplus bacon would prob. ably Icarn -ily to appreciate the privilege of buying its fresh vegetables. The details of the job would be a t d for a Solon, but it seems worth a trial. A n-are house would be a neces~ity, but it is nothing new for. the Government to have warehouses. It had many ware houses during the war. This pressing problem we may be sure is one to which -" the IPrd w i l l give attention when he begins the work of straightening out the earth'a tangled affairs. ' "The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof" (1 Cor.10: 26) and we may be sure he d l see to it that adequate arrangements are made for distributing its bowtier among his countless happy subjects who wiU find here FROM FARM TO HOME HERE ARE too man! middlemen betweeu the farm their heart's desire. "The desire of all nations shall . and the home, and the great problem of the day in come."-Hwi 2 :?. how to get rid of tlicm or at least some of t h e n An investigation showed that there were eight to ten mid- A TRUE STANDARD OF VALL?E OLD IS T H E world's prgent standard of value, dlemen between the Sen- Tork farmer and the ultimate because it M about the only thing of value in time consumer i the city. -411 of these middlemen ha\-e n demanded profits, no matter what happened to the of war that can be exchanged for necessities by the the farmer, so that it has not infreqnentiy happened that nations at war. K ~ t h passing away of wars, a better the farmer, rather than receive for hls fruit less than the and truer standard of value e m s W b l e . The real basis of ralue is that which supports human freight charges, has allowed i t to rot upon the ground. And it does not seem right for the farmer to receive but life, not that which cm be ued to destroy it. What ir six to ten cents per quart for his milk while the can- needed in the way of money in r certi6cat.e which k o rumer ten miles away paye from sistcen to k e n 9 cents. good an-where in the world f r the rrmc w e g a b We h d ourselves wondering whether i t may not be quantity of flour, butter, beefs bacon, kmr,mg.rs clothf porslble thai the motor truck will solve thb problem, ing and fuel. Ia the combined iuteU@wx o the world more. convenient cunency do not readily turn back to metal currency for daily use. The chance ia remote of a reduction in gold by i b f i w to other countriix. The situatidh is teverSed that uned to prmail M regarb payment of gold to Europe, for interest, ocean freight, tourists, laborers' home remittames, and trade balances. To a masweable e.xtent the United States has become a creditor nation, which turns the gold stream toward o w shores. Europe needs rnaterial for reconstruction and will pay America for it with gold. Europe's exports to America are h r smaller thau before, which creates a trade balnnce favorable to this wuntry, with the amount of the balance payable in gold here. U the banks could reduce the enormous volume of loans to bnsineae men, there rrould be less credit-dollars in circulation, and a contraction of the sums available for business purposes a-auld ensue, and with less money going to the people to pap for goods with, prices and wages will fall. But there is little prospect of a change; the new Liberty Bonds are remarkably good security for bank loons, and there can' he no diminishing in their volume until they are redeemed. Paper money may not be expected to decreass in volume for the Federal Reserve notes and tank notes show an increasing tendency toward espa~ision. That there is no prospect of s decrease in the currency, but rather an increase. is evident. To get people that have money to refrain from spending practically all they get is to expect a change in human nature. There is goilig to 1w plenty of money in circulation, plenty to pap.for things with. and on this basis prices should continue high, if u3dwI they do not rise, after the palliatircs applied hare run thcir course of pnrtinl uld temporary eEcienc~.

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The member8 during the war were able to get lower prices than others, even on articles for which the government set the price, because the annual dividend amounted to a reduction in priw. Governme~ltrestrictions hampered the full success of the cooperative system, by making it ditIicult to obtain the necessary supplies for manufacturing purposes, and for distribution through the cooperative stores. The work was impaired by the fact that thoueonds of the membef~ were called into the army. Membership in the cooperative societies hclped the soldiers because the societies made up to the soldiers the difEerencc between their reedar wages and their pap while in the army, several million dollars being disbursed in this way. The cooperative 'societies, while o e e r e d by common workmen, are a living demobtration of the fact that the common people require no tutors, but are competent to manage their own affairs. The great system begun decades ago in the decision of a few A-orkersin a humble cottage to join together in making purchases and has been prudent and eflicient. The same wise management which raised the united cooperative societies to the position of the largest trade unit in Great Britaiu is now reaching out for extecsions aud improvements in many directions. One of the developments is the purchase of large coal properties in Torkshire whereby manF of the cooperators can add coal to the list of articles on which they are able to save. This is in addition t o p coal mine omed by the society in the neighborhood of Ken-castle. Large sums have been expended for farm3 and factories. The society paid during the war $573,480 to estend its factories. I t paid $3,049,650 for new fadories and workhops. I n farms and other lands it invested $3,334,960. The grand total of investment for land and factories, in war time, rrhen progresa should be slow, was nearly $7,000,000. The amazing area of farms held by the cooperative societies is some 33,000 acres, in Lancestershire, Cheshire, Yorhhire and Cambridgeshire. n If the enterprise wcre i America, one uould never hear the end of it, but who outside of Britain's tight little isles haf heard much of the prodigious enterprise of this combination of the common people! At the present time they are looArg forward to the addition of the following tu their already great list of businesses : flour mills, tanneries, jam factories, boot and shoe factoriu, corn mius, U y farms, and other m e l e s s odds de n b under the classification of " s i d a r enterprises." Three weaving mills with a total of 1,900 looms are the property of the sxieties, and not satidied, they are h u t to extend their tertlle interests, and build a large anill for the spinning of yarn

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Kew Tork City, to rake money. The British coopemtive societies are securing the money to invest in their great estensions by issues of what they call "develop ment bonds," in denominations of $100, $250, $500, $2,500, and $5,000, 11p to a t t l of $12,500,000 for the oa first idane. The societies agree that t h e e bonds shall bear 4 1-5 per cent interest payable s e m i - p u d y and be redeemable at par after ten years; and judging by the past fidelity of the societies in keeping their promises they vill meet this obligation the &me as though they were "repllnz' financiers. Another dension of membership and busin- is in process. The cooperative societies run their own banks, but up to thia time have not been able to persuade the great British trades unions to place their banking business with them. Arrangements to this effect have been concluded, and in order to Anit together more closely the interests of the British trades unions and the British cooperative societies, a great 'plan of agricultural and i~dustrialde~elopmentwill ahortly be. announced for the benefit of both parties. I n the Cnited Statesplans for cooperation in mnqfacturing and distribution of goods have never been the,. great succese they are in Great Britain. The British pecple, it i s said, are more thrifty and more honest in their dealings than the Bmericans, and both these qudities are required in a high degree to insure eucwss in cooperation. l'ossibly under the Lash of the high cost of Living the American common people may become more thrifty, and no doubt enough thoroughly reliable people might easily be found in p r a c t i d y every community to make a sueof American cooperative societies comparable to what ie seen across the eep The itlea of the Golden Age is a perfect cooperation among all mankind. It rillbe not merely a cooperation . for business purposes as now, but a drawing together in a unity exprejmt by Paul, "That ye should speak the wme things, aud be perfectly joined together in the same mind and i the name judgment" (1 Corinthian8 n 1: l o ) I t vill be the materialization of the brotherhood of mau and the fatherhood of God.

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SHANTUNG AND THE STUDE.YTS more professedly Christian nations engaged in the proECACSE its ercellcnt harbor of Kiaochau is the time 'of robbing a peace-loving neighbor, the Japrnew shortcst npproach to P d i n from the sea, aud be- claimed that th& mirely whhed ta develop the rewurees cause the province, Shantung, of which i t is the metro- of Shantung so that its inunmse cod deposit8 may be pal~e, excels in soil, climate, mlnerals and the industrious u . 4 for warming the people. They also claimed that character of its people, Germany selected it as the basis they wished to girc the Chinese a better government e of its raid in 1891. A corps of engineers visited the ahole than the Chinese can. But the fecb u that the J a p anese are morally bankrupt. They have made Shmtung Chinose coast and having in view the German conquest , of the world, had just concluded Shantung would w e a base for the flooding of China with morphine, despite its purpose best in China when, as a result of a quarrel, the fact that the Japanese government entered into a two German missionaries were killed by uatircs in the solemn covenant with the other nations of the world at interior cf that province. German troops aere imma- the Internntional Opium Convention a t The Hague in iotely lncded. t!le occupation cif the tcrritsry w an- 1012, prodsing to do dl in their powcr to wsbt China a nounced, a d a ninety-nine y e u lease of Kiztochnu and in her fight against opium and'drtgs. At the same time outlying districts, together wit11 railnyay and mining that the Japarieso ore claiming this capacity for ruperior concessioas, woa demanded and obtaindd from the goyernrnent they are engaged, in or&, in n rystemrtic Chinese government. This lease a s always particularly and ehamclcss mwacre of Chrktion missionaries ond - objectionable to the' Chinese because the province as, Christian natives. k l y i the spring of the present year the etudenta n the birthplace of Confucius. Bundreds of thousands of the Chinese journey yearly to Confucius' tomb to do of Pekin lTniversitg, angered by the m m s of Japan c s I reverence to his memory. and the failure of China, usaulted two of the three hniediately after the outbreak of the mar the Jap- Chinese stateemen who negotiat&l m e t treaties w i t h ,-. . aneve gorernment demandd the surrender of giaochnu Japan, blued upon the piratical Japanese demand of md the withdrawal from Japanese and Chinese aatera tweaty-one points above mentioned. The government of German men-of-\mr. The pridege of joining with arrested a number of the studcnte, the Chancellor of the Japan and England in the driving out of the Germans Universitp resigned and disappeared because of thrmts . was refused to the Chinese, dmp& their request. The against hh life by memherr of the pro-Japanese party, Germans were forced to surrender in nine*- &ya. m d all the nixdents in Pekin above the mnk of element. f A year after the outbreak of the war a demand, com- nry cchools aent on etrike. They divided into partier o ten, speaking against Japan and Japanese goods. They powd of trenty-one points, by which control of China w b given to the. Japanese, was suddenly presented to \vent to other citim all over China end,organized the China by the Jnpnnese. These demands came at a time students similarly. Several hundred of the 6tudentr f when neither China r,or the rest of the world nere in were arrested in Pekin. The nest dar the number o porition to do other than yield to them. It was strictly speakers r s s doubled nnd the arrests ran to over a Japanese style and Japanese ethics ( ? ) for Japan to thousbnd. The jails could not hold the students and they sere ~ h n hp in the Tniversity buildingo. The t present these demandi at such a,time. I n 1917 China follored the example of the rnited faculty met and tele~aphedtheir protest widespread. liferchant of Shanghai aent on strike, followed by States in declaring war against Germany m d notified - h a of the abrogation of the TreaQ of 1898. Ten days Tientsin and Sanbzing. Merchants of Pekin and other :r- later Great Britain and Japan. entered into a m e t cities prepared to join. There was talk of a strike tases. The gwernment capitulated, sent .treaty, under rhieh Japan w u to retain, in the prorince against pa~ing delegates to the student3 to make apology, na demanded, of Shantung, all the*rights and privileges granted to Germany uuder that Mme treaty of 1898. l'hc Cnited *re-i&ated the Chmcellor, gave instructions to the States go~ernment,altllough a greatly interested parq, delegates a t Paris not to sign the treaty except with apparently knew nothing of the existence of this secret resen-ations as to Shantung and dismissed the three men muss of proJapanese afElintions. treaty until February, 1919. The mare ve see of the Japanes goyernment the With a hypocrisy that would do credit to one of the

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that we C L not believe them all. One month apSI French plan for an encircling blockade, the &a peace offer from England, the third a decisim to h d e at once, the fourth a withdram1 of American koop*because are not at war vith Russia, and then we a sinking of Russian warships by the British just as the Britiah Govrrnment anounces that no more troops wl il be sent. At one time the newspapers tell us the Moscow Government hm been conquered, the next we know is that it has attracted the entire Russian people to its cause. One day me learn that Moscow is deluged Kith the blood of offenders against the Republic and the next that there has not been an execution in two months. We are told that persons prominent ! nthe British Govi ernment are increasing their holding in Russian securities and then comes the news that Germany is driving a great army into the heart of Busin. There ia one fact that stands out of the Russian collection of misstatements, however, and thnt ie that there ia no r e d foundation to the alleged All-Rueeian Goyernment of Admiral Kolchak in Eastern Siberia The State Department m e w e to Colonel How summed him up when it mid, '.He is surrounded and dependent on the support of reaction elements rllose principal idea of government k the reconquest of former p f t s . His umy is being organized on old lines of Czarist cliscipline. Severd units hare idready revolted against brutalitp of officers." Kolchak's army was levied by conscription and his treasnry filled by the reestablishment of the, government monopoly in the manufacture and sale of ardent . i spirits, which the late Czar's government, to its last, ' ing credit, abolidhed at the beginning of the war, at a loss of $330.000,000 a year revenue. Aided by a m , munition rrnd money supplied by the Allies he has diswlved local assemblies of elected representatives of the All-Russia Constituent -4ssernbly, imprisoned some and @hot others; he has suppressed the opposition press, up trades unions and imprisoned all grad@ of
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But Kolchak i losing ground. He hns lost Ufa, Perm s and Jhtcrinburg in quick succession nnd the Russian Republic ha-!!gained them and a-ith them vast stows of coal, iron and gold, platinum mines with a yield three times as great as the rest of the world's in the daya More the vsr, deposits of nickel, copper, zinc, mercury, rilver, iridium, cobalt nnd asbestor. Kolchalr's own r p u porters in Paris now claim that he can only hold hir own with the aid of armed foreign support The Cos~clio in the South are slowing up. There is nobody left in - Siberia and eastem Busaia to oppose the Russian Republic but the Japanese. Which is the worst foe to democr q ? What w l be the outcome? Japan, u the rumor il , has it, is now pouring new thoussnda of troops into Siberin, while to America is granted the work of lieeping the railwap open to facilitate their we=*ard flow. The Scriptures &ow thnt we are in the time when every valley shall be malted and every mountain be brought low. (Isaiah 40 :4) We understand this to mean that the lowly and depressed wl be gradually raised and il the proud and autocratic will be humbled. Pic c h s Japan with-the latter. Her course in wishing to exercise lordship over the 30,000,000 helpless C h i n e republicans at Shantung does not appeal to us, and we do not believe the Lord d favor her ambitious designr in l Siberia, or in Bnssirr. How do we h o w that it would be better and safer for civilization to have the pellow raws clamoring at the door of Europe than to let the Russians choose and operate their own form of garernment ?

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HERE are many farmers in the Horthn-est who feel, rightly or arongly, that they have been improperly treated at the hands of the railway, grain and banking powers of the country. Not long ago they conceived the idea of trying to take the power out of the hands of men who, when a farmer wanted to buy seed in the Spring and came into a bank to borrow $75. was asked to sign a note for $90, and pay interest on that amount at 15 per cent. They did this with a rush in North Dakota, because they became convinced that their legislators were crooked because of politics. and replaced them with non-partisan men who did what the farmers ranted done. Cdvin T o d e y was the man who sta~ted the North Dakota movement, a plain farmer stung to action by what he considered the untrustaorthinesa of both the political parties operating in the state. Tondey nu recently tried m d convicted in a wealthy county of Southern Uinneaota of conspiracy to discourrge enlistments in the .oar against Germony. E c ah member of the jury tbrt tried him a a d c i e n t l j a

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wealthy to own hir own automobile; no member of the Son-I'artism Lcwc was allowed a plncc in it and tx ! defense and one member of the preliminary pnncl openlp c h r & every juror with acknoaledgcd bias qainst the farmers' movemect. Thc Government's ow= certificote of Tondey's loyalty, and its achnowle~,.ment his of rid, was not allowed in evidence. Townley war denied his request to dismiss his l a n ~ e r s make his own plea and to the jury and since the close of the trial indictments charging perjury k v e been sought , by the defense against the prosecuting attorney and the chief witness. The prosecution failed to produce documentary evidence of opposition to the war in any of the L e a g e declarations or instruction sheets or letters to organizers, but the defense was able to show that organizers weie specScally commauded to not in nny way discourage the Government's war policies, but to support them. Testimony for the defense was excluded unless it mas in the nature of a direct answer to the specific charges of the state. The newspapers of the muntrp are'not r e v jubilant over the conviction of T o d e p . The farmers arc now being joined by organized labor in hiinnewt3 and \Yashington on a programme of public ownership and operation of railirays, steamships, banks, stockyards, packing plant8 and groin elevators, largely ns a result of the Townley trial. The surcst woy to mnlie a movep - . ment grow is to persecute it. A true stateaman can not afford to seek for poEer, but that is the first thought of. everp politician m d every monarch. The possession of power m k c s a politician or . monarch blind to what sh011kl be his first and lost thought, that ficedom and juatirc? for the individual. If there are p p h in thc Northrest vtho have becomc distrustfnl of b t h the grmt parti= their confidence is not to be gained by force. . There was a king long ago by thc r m c of nchobonm who received from =me of his ccunsellors some very advie On 8nbject Of T1lc P W P felt that ~~ Solomon had not studied thcir intcrests snfficiently and dcsired that their burdens be lightened. Brhoboarn 15-as advised to tell thcm, and (lid tell thcm, "3Ly father mcdz Yo= yoke b e a ~ m d I will add to Four ~o!te:El? father , also chastiied you with n-liips, but 1 will c!lasrise you : f* 3 ' with scorpions", and the r r u l t r v an crer1ri:i;ig proof , of his bad statesmanship.-1 Kings 1?:1-20.

TEE MEXICAN OIL SITUATIOV

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rcaircd. I n that year, under the administration of President Oonmles, the Xcxian Civil Codes were w nmcnded a to malre these notices unnecessary. I p 1917 9 the revisecl Uexican Constitution restored the a r r a n p mcnt in effect prior to 1884, claiming, m d not without jutice, that "The ownership of lands and soters within the limits of the national t e m t o y i vested originally s in the nation" which has "at o l l times the right to impose on private property such limitationr ss the public interest may demnd as well ss the right t4 regulate the development of natural r c s o m , which are susceptible of appropriation,,in order to conserve t - dnd equith ably to distribute the public wealth." In pursluce of these principles a tas of $1 an acre was levied on all oil acreago held by private owners, rhcther or not the land was being derdoped. Sub* quently this was reduced to GOc, which was paid undcr protest, but when it came to filing notices of when and where thry mould drill, the companies declined to complp.with the regulations, with the result that p v ernmcnt troops appeared on the scene and prevented furtller operations. On May 1, the hlexiau Congress was mnrencd in extra ~ s i o and is now endeavoring to n fir upon legislation for wtidactorily reconciling the individual icterests of the oil producers and those oi the nntion. have such a aedth of ' F , ,,,iOm of the undeveloped natural resources as Mexico, a mil capable of producing all the.cereal crops m d 90 per cent of tile knoIbmfrnits of the world, vast t~ of timber, including many of pmious hardR-oob and dyewoods, a climate, and every knoaP mineral, with Ti,\e range oil field* which exported more than 63,000,000 barrcls in 191s. ~t is not to bc m-onderedat that ~~~i~~ de5irc3 tllnt the Mexican p p ! c should have a share of the Iwncfits il;at uill accrue from the development of thesa rcso~~rc~s. ~cconscioualp, uesican ~~~~~~~~t trying to the is opply on 11eholf of thc Mexican people a principle of thc the jew could not ancient ,~~,.,.;-i~h under la,.,. nlienatc? from hii the land =hich had once been I ) midortune or ,,.,ismanage~ panted to hie ,,nt hc codd lose control of it for a time, but once in come back into erev z t v Fears it must chilhen, debts eainrt hi, pa.ssion or t ~ ,of d it and against its onners being cancelled.--Lev. 25 :l-55 This Jubilee arrulgement was an illustration of the plan by ~ h i c h purposes to restore to human kind all God that \\.as lost in Eden, m d this reatoration era is at hand : we are *anding on the threshold of '?he times of restitution of oll thing% spoken by the mouth of dl tbc holy prophets since the world bcganD*-Ah 3 2 . 1

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a HE F R E ~ C ~ GOVERNMEST T m i s t a k e in not accepting Mr. Filron9s programme whereby Germnny would have been made respoosible directly for the area rhich she d2vstaM. FraEcc would tht~s have been able to secure a fsr grc3t.r Ei131 than she is ahle to -re in indemnities. and it is impossible for her to diyide these indemities amopg the oancrs of the devastated properties rrithout apparently favoring some at the expense of others and thus causing dissatisfaction. The national debt of Frame is now 200,000,000,000 frnncs, which is morc than half her national wealth. It is obviously impossible for her to pay the interest on this r u t sum without resorting to hvoic meagures. The minister of finances, several months q o , proposed a tax capital as a step toward cutting do,,lm of 25 pel. cent this colossal dcht, hut thc propertied c!eoes olljecied and he abandoccd hi3 programme completely, having aceomplished nothing by it but to e n d tile cost of li-,-i3g higher. The Parisian people, realizing that increased pa? only menus increased prim, are n o r demanding a complete reorganization of the v;hole system of production and distribution. The f ~ ~ ~ ~upprcsionof newspapers during the e u t peace nekotiations, or their appearme with long blank columns, created n bad effect upoh the Parisian people, more especiallr rs it became h o ~ that the n prohibited in Paris had already appeared in English papers. Of the 100,000 soldiers brought to Paris to suppresi possible May Day riots. many regiments had to be withd r a m and replaced after the soldiers h d come in contact with the Paris people, se they were co lsnger dependable. In the army and navy itself there were numerous outbreaks of discontent during the war the n e w of which nerer appenr~d il.ntil ieecntl~.The raising of the red 0% cn four ships of the Black Fleet, the formkg of Soviets a t Toulon and the rerolt of three artillcrp regiments at Toulou?e d show that r e are in just such l "a day of ~ r r f . hCI day of trouble 3r.d distress, a day of , wnsteness and desolation, a day of d ~ r h e u gloomand ; inws, a day of clouds and thick dark.&' (Zeph. 1 : l j ) : t, as the prophet shows will precede the day ahen the whole aorld will "call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent."-Zeph. 3:I).

.Tugo-Slavia has left only 4,000,000 rural population attacl~ccd Vicnna, and Vicnna csn not live on these. to of the ~,000,000p ~ p l eof ~ u s t r i a3,00070~-are industrial, and if some mean8 could b? found whereby Vien~m cmld continue to be the finnncid, businesa and railroad @nkr of what once Au~tro-HunPJr~; it ~011ld continue to exist, but as it is these 9,000,000 have little to do and practically all the e l l t c r p r i ~ ~ the city of ~ t a . P . ~ t The result for the moment has been to . tam the city into one r a t Monte Carlo, but this can not go on; pcople can not continue for long to live by 60mhling from one,another. somebody must get to work all starve in a heap. O they r Thoughtful mcu have proposed three remedies: one h union with Qemnnp, but this the Allies will not permit, another is communi*-, which is impndied. The thing that ie m o ~ desired by the majority of the people is that t Amcricn shculd take over the coantrp acd develop it. It is the claim of the -4ustrinns that r e have ~lnnged mid-Europe into chaos and that we alone have the c a p the business abilit? to pull it out. ihl the o~@uniQ of The isolation of Viema has the steamship ItalY- She h 5 been quietly buying U P . ~ecuitiea once held throughout Austro-Hungq, .thur obtaining at a smnll cost the control of the merchant marine of the A&iatic, the verg t h b g she sought to by the PO-ion of Fixme, now i her temporary n pwwsion M o result of D'Annunzio's raid. Vienna has been for centuries the P a t k t rtat of Roman Catholic poner in the aorld. I n its present idleand hpending ~ o v e r v and d e ~ a d n t i o n we 8 p b of the "lfidgment of the eat harlot that ritMh u P i l many waters."-Revelation 11:1.

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C W N G POULTRY finished molting or are well into the molt. The hens UILINQ serves two purposes: Fir&, i t insurea which molt k t , provided they are otherwise desirable, ones to save for breeders. A hen which has that the feed w l be cons~~med the better-pro- arc thc b e ~ t il by
ducing hma, thereby incrensing the profit. Second, i t makes it possible to save those best suited for breeders, both on account of their better production and on account of their superior strength-and vitelity, qualities essential to layers to stand up under the eevere strain of heavy laying. Weeding out the poor hens gives those left more room and a better chance. Culling should be continuous throughout the year, of any hen which is sick, rhich is emaciatd, or which ahows evidences of nonproduction, weakness, or poor ritality.. The whole flock should also he given a careful and sg&matic culling at some one time with the object of dividing them into two lots, one the better producers and the other the poorer producers. From the better producers i t is also desirable to pick out as many of the best as will be needed for breeders. Bond or otherwise mark these hens so that eggs from them only will be . s a ~ d hatching. Narlcet those selected as-the poor for producers. Save for laying and breeding those selected as the better producers. Hens which show indications of laytng in Augnst\or September are those which on the aveFqe ha1.c been the better produccrs for the year. The better producers during the first laying year are those which will be tile better producers in subsequent years. Hens showing indications of having been good producers throughout the year should be retaiced for the nest year regardless of their age, but relatively few hens a-ill prove to be profitable producers beyond their second la)& year if of the heavier breeds. SicLness and lack of vigor are indicated by listlesrness, inactivity, tendency to stay on or under the roost during the day, poor appetite, dull eye, dark or bluish color of comb, long toe nails, scaky or crow hcad, and the tendency to go to roost cerly in thc el-cnir.,o and to be one of the to lcuve the roost ,ill the morning. Molt is one of the most ~nluableand easily applied tests of proctuction. Hens craw laying completely or almost complt.tely during the molt. The better producers lay lute in the fall, and therefore molt late. Late molters also molt rapidly as a rule, while early molters molt slowly. Therefore, oare the hens rhich have not molted by August or.are only just beginning to molt late in September or in October, and discud those which h i v e

not molted a t t h b time is characterized by soiled and worn or 11rokcn plumage, which is especially evident in thc tail plumage, while those molted or molting 'show clean, fresh plumqe or growing feathers. Culling the carly molkrs just pa soon as they begin to molt ia one of thc easiest w-ays to weed out poor layers. I n those breeds having yellow l q s , the color fades out slowly as the laying season advances. The rapidity and degree to which the yellow color is lost depends to a conaidera1,le ertent upon the heaviness of laying. The yellow color goes out from the scales on the front of the shnnks first and finally from the s d e s on the rear. Hens ' on grws range do not lose the shank color as quickly or con~pletely t.hose in bare yards. Some soils also tend to as bleach tile color of the legs. Hens showing strong or mediiun yellow shank color are almost certainly poor layers, but cccasio:?ally poor layers may show pale or white shanks. I n breeds such as the Rhode Island Red a-here thc shnlllrs may show horn color as well as yellow, the horn must not be confused with the yellow. The rear and sides of the shank show little of thia horn color. -4 sick hen or one in poor condition may also show pale sl:ulh. I n breecls having yellow beaks, the same principle? applies a in the case of the yellow shaxib. However? s the color is lost from the beak more quickly than from the shanks mid is also regained more quickly. The lower beak blcaches faster than the upper, but may be used where the upper is obscured by horn or black. breeds the yellow color of the skin I n yello~v-skinned immediately about the vent is quickly lost with layiug, and is quickly regained after laying ceases. White or pink vent color gcnerdly indicates that the hen is laying. while a yellow vent means that the bird is not laying. t The ~ e n of a hcn laying heavily is large, expanded, or moistt while that of a heu not laying is comparatively small. hard: puckered, acd dry. \\hen a hen is laling or about to lay, her comb is large, rmy:, full of blood, and bright red in color. T h e n not laying, the comb is small and shrunken, pale or dull in color, comparrtivdy hard, and covered with whitish scales. A dark or bluish color indicates sicknesa The and changes in the ~ a t t l e s ear lobes are similar to those of the comb, hut not so marked. As a hen stap6 hying there is a tendency for her to

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molt in September or October; with large. moist ventsi; w~th large. bright-red combs ; thin, pliable pelvic bones \rcU spreatl apart, witle spread between pelvic bone9 .nd rear end of keel, and large, soft, pliable abdomen. I n breeds with yellow skins and shanks, the hens naved should aLw shor pale or white shanks, and pale or white beaks and vents. The culling of live-stock which is constantly going on upon erery well-mannged farm is something akin to what is going on in the present operatiom of divine providence r i t h respect to our race. The gospel a-re sent forth to the Gentiles "to take out of them a people for his name". (Acts 15:11) Those gathered by the gospel call are depicted as of ever7 sort, and after the full number to twit the divine purpose have been gathered into the gospel net a certain kind of separation ir cnrried on. "The kingdom of heaven t like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: which, when it is full, they drew to shore and gathered the good into vessels." (Matt. 13:47, 48) There ha nothing in thin to intimate that those unsuitable a t the first sorting may not grow up and at a later time be nuitable for mother purpose. The object of gathering out the "people for his name" k declared to be the blessing of all the residue of mankind-Acta 15 :11.

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take -onfat. This is noticeable in examining the pelvic boncs, the two bones which can be felt as points on either side of the vent. When the h m is laying, these bones are comparativelr flexible. f hen she is not laying. they feel thicker and less flexible, due to the fat ahich has accumulated there. The spread or distance apart of these pelvic boncs is also ci raluable indication of whether or not the hen is laying. When laying they are wider apart than when not laying. The spread can be roughly measured for practical purposes by determining how many fingers can be laid between the bones. If the spread measures two fingers or less, the probabilities are that the hen is not laying while if the spread ia greater, she is probably laying. In measuring this spread the'size of the hens of different breeds, with the corresponding natural di5erence in Q e spread, must be kept in mind A hen laying well is s good eater. Her intedines are, therefore, fuller and more distended, and, require more room than when she is not laying and not eating so much. When laying, the ovary and oviduct are of greater size and require more room. To provide this e&a room, the distance from the rear end of'the k&l to the pelric bones increases, with a consequent i n e r e in size of the abdomen. A spread of three or more finer8 in the smaller ,breeds, such as the Leghorn, and four or more fingers in the larger breeds, such as the Plymouth Rock, indicates that the hen is in a laying condition. A spread of less than three fingers in the smaller breeds and less than four fingers in the larger breeds indicates that she is not in a laying condition. When t e hen is laying, the greater size of the abdoh men, together with the lessening tendency to m u l a t e fat at this point, results in a d t , flexible abdomen, ik suggesting, when handled, the texture of a pPrtlr m l ed-out udder of a cow. When laying has ceased, the abdomen grows smaller, or contracts, and it feels, when handled, harder and less flenble. In culling the flock remember that i t is d e r to depend upon the igrecment of a combination of eeveral characteristics rather than to select by any one alone. With this in mind cull these hens: sick, weak. lacking vigor, inactive, poor eaters, molted or started to molt, r i t h small, puckered, hard, dry vents ;with wall, shriveled, hard, dull-colored combs; with thick or coarse, stitr pelrlc bones, pelric bones close together, small sprrad between pelric bones and rear end of keel, and full, had, d abdomen. In breeds Kith pellow skin and ehanks, the discarded hen should also shor yellow or medium yellow shanks and yellow beaka and vents. Save they hem: heslthy, atrmg, rigorou~ mkt, and d v e ; p o d erten; not molting or just begmnbg to

PUUPOSES OF PRUNZNC NDER NATURAL conditions planta grow thickly; one crowds upon the other, m d in that way all superfluous individusls as well as branches are crowded out. Under artificial conditions plants u e p l d at distances which prevent' thia natural pruning. The incream3 amount of Yood a t a h b l e to plants under srtificid conditions frequently excites growth, m that the distance between the difierent whorls of branches, which naturally develop from nenr the end of the growth o f each season, becomes great, giving t h e plant m open fonn nnd the appearance of having been built by etoriea By a judicious uae of the pruning knife the gardener shortens the annual p o d , thus reducing the distance between the branches formed in successive yeaxa, with the result that the tree has a more compact and eymmetrical form. Ertreme examples of the n m a i v of heading-back ate almost invariably met with in the c s of poplars grown ae for decorati~e purposes. Among orchard trees now presents greater nooessity for annual treatment in t h i s way than do the perch and the Keiffer pear, although n a l y all of the fruit and ornamental t r e a while young require nre in thir putirmkr. Another n why pruning M necessy w i t h .pknts pun under vtiiicid conditions k that rome of our mat

desirable ornnmentd treea and rhrulm have UI unfortunate ~ t u habit of growth which resulta in a method of d branching which makea trees unable to withstand high YLhh or mma. It ia the gardener's buriness, therehre, to guard against such branching and to so direct the growth of the tree as to force it to distribute its branches in such a manner r9 aill best prevent it from being broken during high winds or heavy etormn. A notable example of this undesirable system of branching is had in the silver maple. This tree almost invariably branches u aa to throw two strong shoots from the point bf , branching, each of which grows at about the same rate, with a very narrow angle between them; tho reeult is, that as the branches increase in siw, the union between them not being perfect. severe pressure placed upon one of them has a tendency to split them apart. Everyone who hns oboend the silver maple has frequently w n large trees badly broken or split after severe wind storms. If thc tree trainer had given carcful attention to the arrangement of the branches during the early life of such t m s , these undesirable results. which are so fatal t succcesful park adornment, might have been o avoided. Pnining, then, is necessary in order that the habits of a tree wluch ere naturally bad may be corrected. With fruit trees pruning ir important becauee it cnn be used for the purpose of checking the growth as aell na for the purpose of thinning the fruit. I t is an old and well established maxim among fruit goa-crs that whatever tends to check growth increases the fruitfuIness of the plant. Pruning can be used to accomplish this result. Contradictory ns it map at first thought appear, pruning L frequently resorted to to accelernte or augment growth in plants. f cdi growing nursery stock is frequently severely cut back during the resting period in order that all the strength of the root may be forced into the formation of 3 single upright stalk which aill make nurwry tree. Severe pruning is dso the plant a ~alable resorted to with older plants for the p u r p k of rejuvenating them. Old apple trees and old shade trees are frequently so treated, in order to induce them to throw out strong new shoots. With such plants as the yach. which bears its fruit upon the growth of thc pre\ ious !Far, pruuing is of great importoncc, as thc growth can reduce the crop in proportion to the capacity of the tree. Successful fruit growers thoroughly understand the importance of gauging the quantity of fruit allowed to borne by a tree to the capacity of the tree, the ability of the tree in this rerpect being memured by thr rate of growth, the variety, urd the soil and climatic conditions to which lt is mbjected.

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Pruning is of prime importance also in controlling the &ion of some of our most dreaded plant diseases. The study of pear-blight, for instance, has r h o u ~ that this d i d ir very gana9lly communicated from plant to plant by insects, through the pollen, as they pass from b h m to bloeeom, or, later in the season, from shoot to shoot. It is also beliered that the disease cm be carried by the wind and that infection can take place while the vegetative processes are active and the tissue at the ends of the branches can easily be entered by the germs of the die@. The nay in which pruning ir of service in controlling pear-blight is as follows: It is the natural tendency of the pear and the apple while young to form fruiting spurs upon the body and larger branches of the tree. These fruiting spurs produce blossoms from year to gear, which are in turn at^ liable to be visited by been or other insects carrying the destructive spores of the pearblight iu are the blossom a t the extremitia of the branches. It is evident, therefore, that a blossom situated upon the body or larger branches of a tree becoming infected by this disease would communicate it diredly to the frnmework of the tree, with the result that the tree n-oulcl bc fatally injured; but if these fruiting spurs are all eliminated from the body and larger main branches of the tree by careful pruning the possibility of infection in this way ia overcome. The available meanr of gaining entrance to the tree by this parasite is confined to the smaller branchen, nhich, if affected, can be cut away without sr\-erely injuring or disfiguring the tree. This is, in brief, the method of successfully controlling the pear-blight. I t is purely h mechanical operation, but one which requires a rigid esecntion of the principle of removing all fruiting spurs from the body and m i an framework branches of the tree as aell as cutting out all infested shoot in other parts of the trw I n the caw of the dreaded plum and peach rot the ravages of the disease can be staped to r limited extent by thc removal of branches which interfere and would bring the fruit upon adjacent branches in contact, for it is well known that this disease is readily cornrnunicnted from fruit to fruit if they come in contact. I t is the rim of succrs~ful growers of peaches and plums to have the f r u i t EO distributed upon the branches that they shdl not come in contact even when fully developed. I t is the aim of the peach grower to hare the fruits at least 6 inches apart, uhile it is the object of the plum grower to have them 2 1-2 to 4 inches apart. The gardener, therefore, has M r a m for pruning trees the removal of dead, dying or broken branches, the rcmoval of branches in order to prevent the breaking or disfiguring of the t e in later y e a q the removal of re

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it doe8 not pap to carry them longer. The ideal deer u rectang~lar and even from front to rear. Too much gun gives meat a watery finish, and it eclls at a discount. Too much grcen silage produces the same effect. Corn makes a fine white fat. The color of the best meat i~ bright red. Cottonseed m a f i m up el the flesh and adds to the quality. Steers eighteen montha old are not sufficiently matured for prime cuts and c r acasses past three yenrs are too coarse in meat and uneven in finish and qunlity. The bones of the older animals are flinty, and layers of lean meat are stringy and tough, and the fat is yellow. The raising of lire-stock is one of the oldest i t p a tions of man, and if you don't believe they h e w aomething about it in olden times read Genesis 30 :31-43m d see how Jacob, after having his wages changed ten timed by his avaricious father-in-law, finally managed to get the better of him by using his knowledge of how m d BWINC AND FATTENING BEEF when to make use of pre-natal influences upon the unTEEBS are ready to sell when they get so fat that born cattle. the back apparently sinks a little, and an indentation appears deep enough to hold a cup of water so SKY COLORS that it r i l l not run down the sides. An animal ready 0 T H E FARMER the colors of the sky foretell for for the block has two bacb, one which grows on the . him the weather conditions on which his work may deer, and the other put on by the feeder through the depend. He cnnnot rely on the Weather Bureau for the use of plenty of the right kind of feed. conditions for his particular farm, and naturally learns The first lap in profitable buying is to buy the right enough to forecast accurately hie own wcather. kind of a steer. Cattle which are merely hide and bones Sky colors have been from of old an index of the w hard to judke. Feeders should avernge 900 to 1,000 metrorological. Shakespeare given us the commody pounds, of good quality and in good flesh. A f m poor accepted index of foul weather: h r s in k load w l bring doan the price of the whole il A red mom thnt ev-rr yet betokened load. Anew cattle get into very h e condition, make Wreck to the .seamen, tempest to the fkld, good gains and are economical feeders. Sorrow to the shepllerk woe unto the birrle. Ousts arid foul fla!i.s to herdsmen and to h e r b Desirable feedera are built like a block set on four pins, as low-hung rs possible, should be straight dong On the other hnnd red in the evening indicates the the back, wide back, thick loin, and deep, well-arched opposite of the morning red. el ribs; should carry out w l behind, have wide ehesta and If the e~ening EL-y, uot far up, but nenr the weatern round shoulders fitting snugly t4 the body, with a short horizon is yellow, greenish, or some other short aavethick neck, wide, ahort head, quiet eyes and lips not length color, the cl~ances good wcather are excellent, for too thick. for these colors indicate less condensation and a drier Cattle which are cunied daily and fed on shelled corn, air than does the evening red. oats, oilmeal, and timothy and clover in limited quanBut an evening 'sky, devoid of these colors, and overil tities, with a little fodder now and then, w l average to cast with n uniform gray indicates an air ~aturated with gain three pounds a day. The shelled corn is gradually moisture and ready to drop d o ~ rain or snow. n increased until each head is getting a half bushel per day Shdespeare from 11is depth of resource gives this and the oilmeal until they are getting 3 lbs. per day. index of a clcar 2ay : The deem like to be curried and currying them makes The weary run hnth mzde a golden sef A n d by the b r l ~ l r t track of hls fiery car them friendly and in good condition to take on fat. Gives token of a yooctly clay tomorrow. The currying a h makes the cattle more attractive to t l ~ c We would like to fay that our Lord referred to weather buyer. In the spring the corn geta dry and needs to be signs in the familiar passsage Uatthew 18:3, but thew ground. S t e m a n be fattened by the above procese in four words u e missing from the oldest Greelr MSS. and an months time and obould be dispoeed of at that time, as evidently no part of the Divine reoord. branches and fruit spurs for protection against infectious diseases, and the retluction of the annunl growth in order to reduce the clSopin proportion to the cnpacity of the tree. The Creator never intended that even in a perfect earth the trees a d &rube would not necd h u m care. "The no Lord God took the man, and put him i t the garden of Eden to drees it and to keep it" (Gen. 2:15), and the more he knows about how to dress and keep the earth's surface, and the better use he makes of his knowledge, the more wonderful will be the results obtained. I n wveral placea in the Scriptures the heavenly Father himself is likened to a vine dresser, notably in John l5:l-8, shouing that the pruning of vines and plants is necessary to their well-being, and especially to their f ruit-bearing.

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SCIENCE ard INVENTION

OUR DYE INDUSTRY IN DANGER a renlJy efective clefense." Not merely ia the dye in1 W A S HECOGXIXED during the war that the dustry a t stalie, but the entire fabric of chemistry and '
success of the American dyc icdustry delwnded on allied sciences. The ~clutionproposrd to protect the the continuance of thc v:ar and that peace rvould see intererts cf American chemical industry and science iP conditions resumed that had made the industry neglig- a syatetn of licensing the importation of dyes and other ible. Peace is at hand, and ways and mcam are now chemicda on such a basis that if a substance is being being suggzsted for saving the millions invested in the produced by American concerns it s h d not k imported at all by foreign makers until the American plants are D~lsiness. Owing to the Germnn propaganda Americans had sn!%cier.t!y r;ell established to meet competition on bcen led to believe that good dyes could not be mode eqnnl tcrma. Ae long as nations makc war on one another it is outride of Ciermacy and that dyes mzde elsewhere would alivays be more cxpensivc. t l ~ a nthe Germnn m d c pro- al~colutelyr.ecco:ary to practice self-preserration, even d:lct. This was attributed to the pcticnt research of t h ~ u g hprtiuc.tion casts m4y run higher. I n due time German chemists, tile frec use of their serviczs made in this cocdition will be changed, for it ir promised thot all German induntrics, the alleged thoroughness of Gcr- Jehovah in the Golden Agc will "scatter the people that a . - s l s 68 3 0 . man scientific education aud alrat might not gen~rally delight in w r " P a m be known: that German chemists acre so plentiful that good men co:lld be hired for thirty dollars upward a DIRIGIBLES a d PHOTOGRAPHY L'SEFLX b-product of the Great War is aerial montl~. photoggphy, which givea promise of being widely Cntil the European u-ar broke out in 1913 there mas practically no dye industry in the United States. The used heredter in the laying out of railroads, highways, sites /c&etelopment of the industry had been opposed by im- irrigation canals, dams, timber reservations, ,-. .--1 mensa textile interests o3 t!le plea cf the necescitp of and boundaries. A good vehicle for the aerial photo-. keeping ccit.! (!o\\n. n-l~ich neccsmry protectire tariff grapher is thc dirigible. the A dirigible can be stopped in midair, and raised or would have raised dnring the deveiopnlent period af the busines. Out of thc 900 different colors on the market loncred to any altitude desired; i t can be moored to r American dye plants prodilced nine n:~d was supplving tree and ran get along without shelter. During the war about t pzr cent of the market requirements. German i t was nct uncommon for dirigibles to be moored in the m roncemo supplied 90 yr cent of the dyes used and pro- open for mocths without damage. There ip no vibntion, duced an infinit? variety of beet one plart a!one listhg hencr long csposum can be made by the and thus the best results obtnined. There i s plenty of over 11.000 calors. The anr placed American mnnufa~turee~ totaling some room t s uork and to develop negatires, there is no occast h r x billioil dollars, i n a predicament. Uost cclors ion for haste, and there is no nervous strain upon the \rcri! siinr,ly ul~obtoir.al;le. acd c r m the g,~vcr~xr,ent photogapher while he is aloft. Thc first cost is about found itwlf em1)nrrassc~iI ficd dyes to print it; ekmps fP5.000 acd the opcrnting cost about $1,200 per month. to and cnr:.enc!.. Dye ~vorksprodccc and use chemicals of IIelium can con- be obtained in qaantities for lifting . vdue in the manufacture o i explosives, and the L-nited purposcs. and L safe, where hgdrcgen is always trencher-. is States f0ur.d it~elf deyrivecl of a sl~pplyof snbctances OUP. I ~ n d i n g simple; on calm daya a ten-acre arm . essential to the prosecution of Kar. Thc government \rill answer the purpose. I n pliots,"raphic mapping an area of approximately * immrdiately e~couragcd building up of an Americzn the t-ro cguare miles is photographed a t each e x p o m e dye inr',u?try rttitaklc fcr Loth pence and war pnrposcq , and hnndreds of mil!iors of dollars were inrested 10.000 fwt above ground; at loner height the area of courrp is l w . therein. "Surcly the m a t h of man shall praice" the Creator. Prac.ticdly the entire Amcrican dre bnsinrss is in dznger of destruction s t the hands of a German competi- (Pra. 76:lO) Out of the Great War hare come and are tion which Congressman Lon,qorth describes as a "con;- coming many inventions and discoveries that u e fraught petition of an admrearp so powerful, KI fierce and ao with blessings to monldnd. Who would have expected l desperate thot no practicable ratee of duQ would offer w a r to bring r new method of mapping the d

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HYGIhWB VERSUS CORDIAWTY T WAS a bit of hygienic wisdom that Hedth OtYimr Gaub of Montrlnir, Kew Jemr. utkred when his bulletin kid, "Don't shake every paw that is extended to yau." Certain diwa~cscrc communicntccl by contact. During an epidcmie of grip a bncinc~s concern irnprovd the xickncw record by haring the door knobs continually , wiped with an antiseptic solution. Lcss cases cccurred . af& the precaution than bcfore. I n the literal as wcll as thc figuratirc sense no one kncms whose hands arc clcan. h-ot all persons are as carcful ahout prsonsl clconliness as they mig!~t be. Same uec something hsincs the hygienic hniidkcrchicf -for cleaning their noms. -4 small pcrcc~trycharc ;!;in d k a s e s or mres with which their kncds come in contact. A till less number harc tubcrculoais or other infcctious discs., and can communiczte thc dccclly g~ms i ~ the hand. A ,very fcv arc carriers 'of typhoid or of wsual diwase gcrmc. Promiscuous llandshakicg makes onc liable to ratch some of these g m e . ' Officer Gaub's advice has somr mund mcdical opinion back of it: "Tbc clctn haad habit is a p o d one, and t h d d he arlop+d, for it means much i n promoting community hralth, due to the fact that the human hand has been shorn to be the mcdiurn through which many d i m havo bcen pprcad. IInnds!lnking is almost univerad. and ~ h i l e stands for friendliness and wciabilit it?, it he; it3 dmgers. 3lcdical men are d a , that tho infection of influenza is often conveyed in this way." 'l1oesil~lp other c t ~ ~ t a m s might bc put under ban. S o womm should k i ~ s anotller on meeting or parting. S o one ought to cat from a spoon or fork, and ~ r t a i n l y not with such indecorum as from a h i f c , that another person has u d , udc3s the cating tool has n ccrtificatc of sterility. Dctectircs, mnintained a t public expense, should w e that no unmarried persons, or children especiallr, kiss one another. street railray and railroad-car seats ~hould hnre remorablc and systcruatically sterilized covers. Handshaking should be m d c "enfe for humnn., ity" by laws rcqiiiring ally person before grarping another's hand to see that thc hand is properly and suitably inclosed in a germ proof ,nlore, or 13 tbc cam of the very paor, a mitten or stocking or a piece of cloth or paper. Provision should be made for all personp appearing in public to be hygienically clad in &tiseptic gauze or'in medicated cotton. In due time the public would become educated up to the correct standard of hrficne, egpeciallj if offenders were ferreted out by a d c i e n t l y

lorfie and ale]-t force of medical spiee. But we spare you The presence of g e m is undeniable, but the principal error in the foregoing assumption is that liability to dincasc comes chicfly from the fact that the germs are upon the body, \VcU nuthenticated medicnl opinion statcs that mrry p r s o n is literally mvcred wi& germs and t11nt evcry mouth and nosc is n resemoir of all kicds of t h e e louer forms of life. The hygienic thing is to build np .the prm-resisting p w c r s of the people so that the bodily powers orercome the efforts of the germs to find brccr!icg graiinds in wcd;cned tisbues. Persans of good vitality can shnlrc hands and still be safe, if they arc rcnjocable follo~rers the advice posted conspicuof 'oualy in a lorgc hospifal ;
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Onc of Chc rcsolts that r i l l bc the crowning achievea mcnt of thc healing arts n-ill be the eradication of. dcarlly gcrms from the earth, as has been done in same localities where a successful fight has been uaged against ycllolv fcrcr. Aa the Golden A p progresses this will undoulitedlg be doce, and simultancbucly vitality will be built up to perfection. Then "the inhabitant shall uot sap, I am sick" (Isaiah 33:24), but every one that followa the bencbce~tjpidance of the c o m i ~ g Kill age gmlually find that '%is flesh shall be fresher than a child's; he shall return to the days of his youth." --Job 33 :25.

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NEC'ROTICS I TIBfE OF WAR N HE WAR did something for neurotics; it helped to discover thcm and thus made it possible to do romcthing for thcm. A sufferer from neurosis does not li~lowwhat ails him, nor d&s his physician, but the malady is very real and its cure easy. The dymptom is a more or lees imaginary illness, generally diagnosed as gastrctintestiud trouble, which totally unfita thc sufferer for service in the battle-line, and results in his being taken t the hospital. Over 11,000 cases came ta i light in the army, and it is estimated by the physicians xho camc in touch with thew cases that probably 10 per cent of all thc cascs in hospitals of all kinds arc cases of neuroeis which havc not been identified as such. The old cure for neurosis in time of war vaa flogging or imprisonment; such a cure is really the torture of the sick. What the neurotic needs is light emploj-ment in the open air, or in any position in which the strain upon the nerves is alight. The neurotic can work, and accomplish goad rcsultq but not if eggd on by fear or m y other

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motive calculated to impair his weaken4 nenous system. brat the misturc thoroughly :add the aeli-beaten ahitca "Kemcs" are a reality not recognized by thode n-ho do of the g g r ; bakc in shallow tins; cowr with frosting not have them. The Scriptures indicate that along to- made as follows: ward the last of his carer, when ow Lord r a s wakened OTCA~C Fr9sting for L!rr!lrr ~ o t . c ~ Cake by the hcding of others, d l at the cspcnse of his ON-r. Grated rind of orange; teaspcon lcnon juice; tableYifdity (Greek,.dunanis-Mark 5 :30), hia nervous system was badlp shattered. The oweating of drops of blood epoon orange juice; egg go&; confectioner's sugar; mix d l ingredients but thc sugar; nuow the mi\ture to in the garden of Getheemaue indicutcs this. ~tandan hour; strain; acltl confectioser's sugu until frosting k thick enough to be spread on the cake. t MOUNTAIN RESORT I THE CITY N hardly possible, in view of thc fact t h t most of the p e a t cities of the world are built at tide water, but such progrew aas made during the Great Wur in the constrliction and managcmcnt of mammoth gaa bags that i t is now seriously pioposcd that airshipa be used as hogpitnls for the cure of paticnt3 suffering with t ~ k r c u l o ~ i s . There are not many of earth's millions that can afford to go to thc mountains when ataicted with early pulmonary tuberculosir, but it dccs not require a 6rmt stretch of the imagillation to forcsee a time whcn every city might be able to give all the benefit of a trip to the nountains b even the poorest inhabitants. I t would bc but a trifiing expense to give the a c t e d a few days or weeks Life in the higher and drier atmospheres a nilc or less above etery city, b sending them up for a stay in captil-e airships fitted up for t l ~ c purposc.
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HONEY AS A FOOD EFORE the use of cane sugar, honey uas anc of the principal sweetening materials. As e fmd it is a q m p of four parts sugar to one part rater, with practicallv no nitropnous substrrcces. The action of thc bee's digesti+c juices make honey a predigested s q a r mare wholesome than cane sugar, valuable to delav o~coming fatigue during great crel-tion. Hozcr is ~light!y lasativc and has certain ather rery slight ph-aiological rffccts. A number of good recipes may be made up uitt !;ccey, as follows : Bran Drown Bread Cup ~ b i t e wholc wheat flour; teaspoon soda: f or teaspoou salt; cup bran ; f cup honer cup sour milk; # cup raisins floured; sift together the flour, ~ o d s acd ~ a l t add other ingreclicnts; steam 3 hc-~rs bakc 40 ; cr minutcs in slow oven.

Honey Ribbon Caka cup hutter; 2 cups s u ~ a r ;4 eggs; CUP milk; 34 cups flour ; 5 , ten3pons baking pok-der ; lf te6 q m n s ground cardamon seed: 1 3 teaspooru ginger; 4 teaspoon cir.nmon ; 4 ten~poon cloves; 1-3 cup raisins s d e d and cut in pieces ;1-3 ccp flgs finely chopp ~ ;t a l l ~ ~ p a o n d honey ;rub butter and sugar together; add yolks of cggs; sift together flour nnd baking powder; add them to the mirture, nltcrating them with the milk; add whites of the eggs well baten; bake twothirds of ihc mixture in two layer-cake pans ; to the remeind~radd spices. fruit and honey and bake in lay&-'cake p a ; put laycrs together with crystallized honey between. Honey Cookies - 2-3 cup honep; 2-3 cup sugar; 2 1-3 cups flour; 1-"tezcpoon s o h ; 1 1-2 teaspoon cinnamon; teaspoon cloves; teaspoon alispice; 2 ounces finely chopped candirct orange peel; pound walnut meats fbely chappzd : rift togtter flour, spices, and soda; add other ingrrdicn!.: Aneacl thcroughly; roll out thin; cut ~ i t h l~isc-~~it cutter; thcse cockies are vcry hard.

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flour; 3 tcaspoons pound cincunon; j teaspoon r d t ; 14 teaspoons soda; 2 tablespoons plain or orange-flour water; whitu 3 eggs; rcb together honey and butter; add unbeaten yolks; beat thoroughly; add flour riftad lritb Einnunon and d t ;add sod.d h l v e d in the me ; tr

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MAKING TEE DESERT SAFE highly educated people in the world, printing and selling to H E AMERICAN DESERT is triangdar in form, more books in p r o ~ r ~ i o n the POpdation thrn with itr w e edge the Sierra Ncmdn and C ~ c a d e other mrult~'. Many S * a half-door more 85,000 Icelanders in the mor~ntains.its mathern edge the Mexican border to a lanflagc~flllmtl~. There p i n t ahout one-third the a e y through Texas. an& its home c0untF' and half that many i wknipcl5 Vann third edge from c&ew Crrgon to w-cetcrll Texas by a couver, Scattlc and other points in the Xorthwest. Iccline n ~ n n i n g through Salt La2;r City and Senta Fe. This land is about the size of Kenhtcb. It hss equal suffrage countrp contains many prosperous cities. ayicultaml and no jails or courts. The last crime on the island nas districts and minc~,but the localities that have l~-at2r eommittcd more than thirty ?caw q o . I n the matter of m~pplieaare widely a~pnratedand travel bct~t-ecnthem civil deportrn~nt land in the world is as nearly ideal no by automobile is 11nsafc n-ithoct a knomlcdgc of ahcre a"ce!n~dThe Iceland pan? in the mcans o f travel, and there water can be arcllrcd. Automcbilcs that us2 no rratcr is prao:icallv no other way of transporting people or are aantrd on the Dcscrt. fha:l back. F@r that reason the i s l a d The ,~orcrnmcntt c s rec?ctJy appropriated ten thonsis p~eticdlj-and a~propriakl? called "The land of and dollars for sp;ir.liling these desert rrgions with +nhoards directing thirsty travelIcrs to water. About bridle paths." mar not w p p s e . prhapa, that it vim of literdl a thou5ax:d !o:r~:sllips h n ~ e alreacl? hecn corcred hv these s i p s and it is estimated that for $100,00i3 more tile "on- tbst the Lord spoke vhcn he said, "Hast thou a-hcle trrritory can h coi-cred and sl:ch things as ,lealh entered into the treasure9 of the mow"? (Job 38322) by thirst %rillbe almost irnpossibie. It is a ~ ~ ~ r p rtos c It ma? be that this m p r e m t s truths mming in crystali . m n y to learn that the famous D c o a lralley of CJif- lized form. Water s?mbolims truth, and s n o d a k e s are rain drops. Homrer. it may also ornia contain9 numerous large ~.?ringg,some of which merel.7' ~ s t a l l i z e d be t-rue that Iceland and other f2r northern m t r i e s &&drd exmllent sn.imnling to the pa* that contain great ' t r ~ a s w c sof mineral wealth or possibly that district u-ith the s i p s abore mentioned. even of 0f86'icnltllrd -filth ahen their -v&~P, m e d The Prophet mys, "Go through, go through the gates ; prepare ye the way of the people: cast up, c a d up the 115th dacicrs at the time of the flood, gradually become to man. , highmy; gather ont the etonc~;lift up a standard for "Ore and the people." H e also $8~3, ."Prepare pe the way of B R I T m ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION the T ~ r c l make straight in the r!~=ert highiny for our ; a plar e*dition to the JPxE,1920, a sk God". (lzaiah 62 :I0; 40:s) There is an intererticg SGuth pule under the lcaderohip of be analogy het~reenthe signboards in the American Desert, John L. Cope, accompanied the Shackleton e-Tdipointing the thirst? trarrlers to springs of water, a n d ' as surgeon and geolo@st. The object of the evdithe "standard for the people," lifted up bv the people u.ill be to the position snd dnt of of C M "in the ?esertn of human sin a ~ l d fo!l>-. Human- m i n c r a l o ~ c a land other valne, to of i+ r i l l find i t ~ a f e travelling w'!~cnthe way of truth is not, the didribution and miSration of ahales and genr pointzd out. erally to estpnd the know-ledge of Antarctica The expcdition a-ill take along a fairly pon-erful ereless sct to ICELAXD keep in touch with civilization during ita long stay. I t CET,AST), like ell other countrics. ha^. ~uffered geatly expects to use an airplane in accomplishing the h a 1 from increasd cost of livirp as a r e d t of the G r x t stages of the trip. "There is nothing covered that ahall not be revealed" 11-ar, hut she has proftcd too. Thc cost of living is more t\an double what it was four ?cars aCo but the a a r has (JIatthew 10 :2G) The Antarctic continent is now about taught the pmple lion. to gpt a1m:lt three times as mxch to bc ~ubjectrdto the clo.se?lt scrutiny as to the treasures for their rcol as fcrnrrlv, for now they have ships it contains for the needy world. Kithout doubt the plying in re,plar coxrimcrce bct~vcen Revkjavik and coming erpedition d l lay bare many of its riches, providing s further step in the prrparation of humanity Ncw Tork. The people of Iceland, hken as a whole, are the most for enjoyment of the bleesings of the Golden Aga

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O F r a n c e " next XaSon, U l l y t h o u ~ l l d rare'desti~ul d i ~ a p p i n h e n t . A few, perhaps, picture the whole of France ss a barren ~~~ ; others set only Northern France &US aflastatc(l m d T t to wander for reeks u n i M scenes of desolation. lxe b t h is that not over ten Per cent of France was .occupied by the Tcutonq and that of this area not over a tenth, or one per cent of the whole of the ~ u n t W a s y subject t thf! iron h d . As Francc has an area of oom!! o 207,129 scluare miles, the de\-atated pa* amounts to ; about ?v000 quare miles, strung out along the line of the fiont from St\-itzcrland to the X-orth Spa. Of arts overrun by thc Germans the battlefield of the Marne is already as well cultivated ns it \!-as brforc the war.; other parts show little trace of war. I t is only in "Xo 31anJsLand" and adjacent thereto that the farms and villages are very seriously damaged or destroyed. The villages were originally built of stone. tile and cement, and d be r~bnilt Eame way. for that is t h e the - age-long ha!~itof the French citizen. But the thrifty Frenchman will consider well ahich ail1 be worth most to him-a restored Propert? or one makillbr a good looking ruin for tourists to gaze at, and thus a location for a thrifty little bit of trade with the Amcricans. The real damage to France consists of ruined textile mills, electric plants, machinery factori6, sugar refineries, machine &tops.,mines and steel works, whose value totals close to a billion dollars, but whose ruins are aaj-thing but spectacular. Tourists that want to see real devastation should have traveled over the wake of some of the armies of ancient times when there was nothing but heaps of stone for jackals to h o d o\.er and every trace of llfe wtu obliterated.

SEEING DE ;TROYED FRANCE AIRPLANES AR5 LIKE BOATS F THE million tourists r h o pbln to visit " ~ i n e d N AIRI'r,ASE is an air h , t driving through &

air the am as a rubmarine drives through the water. Anything that would retard the speed of l submarine i its element, the water, wodd retrrd the rpsqd n of un airplane in its clement, the air. I n the design of r boat, every effort ia made to make it glide rrrily md naturally through tthe water ;nnglea, projedionq everything that The moat cconomic~ design of an a i r p l m h a ig am ib stream-lhes that prmit the tucking axay of everything exept rings, rudders and propellm, and the time will come yhen the landing wheels of airplanes will be tucked up into the hull during flight, u r g d on the ring tucks up its legs. I n an airplane t r a ~ d h g 90 ,aes per hour if one the hand above the windrhield, the == n -t ,i o is the ur dipping it into & water from a motor-boat. F~~~ the modern air-tunnel how the of the correct proprtion of airpl.nes. In these m e l a ap i m e n b are made ahid arniniahre existing or COMeivrble kind of dlg in watching the bebvior of the the carrents of the tunncl, and cataloging them, ths have been discovend which todafs machincs stable and airworthy in bad flying weather~ ~ ~mankind ~is mdering lthe ~ d ~ l =iencs of nrvip t i o n of the air; he uw&keth upan (pfialma 1~ : ) i pumitting aor' 3 , ,,.ings of the race to tate the joys of soiling about in the blue a p l n m of of heaven. It ia said that some kcome rro e n ~ o n r e d the air by the fir& flight t m thcp us ncrrr c o n h t themsel,.es in other -pationr, though wm& never k indued to go daft a -nd tirnc

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The Sational Guard Asbociation came out flatly against the proposal to put 1,500.000 Americans u d e r arms every summer, and this would lead Congress to national militarto look ~ k a n c e the plan to at ization which has been advocated by some. There is something oppcaling to the minds of lots of people i militarism. They n to see the splendid specimells of ph!.sical manhood which thc army brings together, they enjoy the uniforms, the marching, the military bearing of the officers, the music, the glbhing weapons, the visible evidences of strength and force. But there are other things tbt b y e to be taken into con&aeration, md some of these u e being considered now.

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THE GREATEST STUDY OF B f A m U . . ERTAINLY no one can oreredimate the value of UNIVERSAL MILZTAR Y TRAINING an accurate ansjvu to the question 'What is Man ?" T IS NOT clear thnt the American people are ready adopt the policy n-hich brought about the mi. of of all qudions which confront m8n t h b One s b 0 d b.

most readily understood for the mason thst we m all born on this human plane and all surrounded by thousands of other. human beings. With such mbject matter for observation we should be thorough9 informcd; but we are not. On no subject are the majority of people more confused than upon this v e v one. So limitcd arc oiir p a e r s of obsewation, 80 inaccurate 0rir ahjlity to make ~lcductions,t t n t we art really c o h e d to the information, given us in God'd Word. Aside from what the Bible tells us of man's nature and being there are two main thoughb abroad in Christendom. T e are sure our readers ail1 be greatly interested in the V discmion of this subject ahich be* on the next prga

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But if the rererend gentlemen of Denver ari! not interested in looking to the Bible to tind out man'r origin, some of the rest of us are. But let ua first glance RTHODOXP would have us beliere that man is briefly at what legitimate science a us about , not man at all, but is some kind of a dual being; his aaul and spirit. ostensibly human. ostensibly made fit for the earth and sience intorms us that the hbodp mmposed its conditions and socieQ but really r sort of ethereal ,.,ten chemical elements. These elementa not are mnfined b in a nlp- Fdiar b man: for they me loud &nSive1y be sighing and moaning for the time of his in other realms posed ~~t what science tell ua V e well. S n ~ ~ an emn is lost ~ e about the souJ-that suppsedly elusive geniu pining a t d e n t ; manifestlv there i no more restraint upon to escap from its body of clay? science kmws nothhg s that part of the mystic subjective self, which is mppowd of mch a being; the most and painstaking disDots this &ion of the human -tomy has revded no trace of h h? waiting for the Of @it armor 1% to some !nore blissful sphere?wdting it. On the other hand the testimony of =ienceis all for the fed of the spirit body to j o b it? Is it laid aside to the e ~ f f that consciousness ineepsr,,bb CQ1lOeded t in some celestial service station where "pasta" are kept with organism. ~f a shock, or the , hdises f and whole bodies reassembled after death? Or does the the nen.ous mnsciousnesa not on^ new untrammeled arm faithfully dog the steps of its but it has ceawd with euch benumbing* ershhilc neighboring body ? Science tells us that made superior power of ~ n scatter* the ing + due to his soperior brain. Lower But, the orthodox tell u, by red& man's body is born d k r mannu of mmewbt, .nd it may stated = h e that ordinsrg generation in animals, God in some unsearch- power to -on is in propofion sk to the finenw able and inexpIicab1e way implants a q i r i t and associates of the brain h c t u r e . M ~ even in~ h* power ~ ~ ~ d with that body at the time o birth Orthodoq to th feel varies ditfmnt stsgeir of his individf ;"dl= to distingulh very surely between the spirit dedprnCnt. amt n ~ t . ~ . ? . .nd the soul; but they ar6 very sure that both are im- than wme of the lower and M~ p'RP mortal-that 'God himself either does not or cannot to he into a e n i l i ~ it -uentl, terminate the exiRtenca which he started. In later years ,f rewning lapse back a vq that his the majoritg. of drthodox bodies have come ta look with low stqe. and his organim is deworsting. mnch more than tolerance upcrn the would be scientiiic me only epirit science horn about ~ , d the UIeoxy called evolution. Practically a l of the schools of is the spirit or l of life. And this life , i mence in Europe, which at fist espoused the doctrine depndent upon nourishment, ewn fie inof evolution, have long since abandoned it aa being diTidnd cell. ~f nourishment to s tiny cell is cut founded on insnfficient evidence. But it seems to have t h t though the life of the organism as el die, l g~tten well in6Sined into the @?stems of ecclesiasticism. a whole map persist. On the other hand, after the death T a i t is a real and prcscnt factor in religious circles of the mrdinate &ivitia of the body, life-sins ht is plain from a recent item in a Denver newspaper, part for days in individual ce& of the body. of which we quote : Science lolows nothing of a future date. The few T h e minlecm of Dearer having rretntlr been thrown wientlets a-ho have dabbled hl Spiritism and who profess lnto mlld trcmon orer the reearream of the mntrorenf to belime in a future date on the grounb of their n- caocernlng the doctrine of erolntinn, arc now to take a long searches in that field, may be truly scientific along ' f' look lnto the past in the h o p of determlnlng where man ~h~ pmcrnm a m m i t t * ,,i other lmes, but their conclusions in the realm of d t 1 came from nod ahen 3 tht Den\-er 3Iinisterl8l Alliancw In.mind by President A.H. ism are born more of desire than of science. The word C. Y o m , h m scheduled an illwtratd Ilrctare for the meet- wiena comes from boa.~~~~h~~~ by ing 3fondag on the tople, How Old is Man? It Is cspected aenfists, or by other4 are not science, however inter& that the tradltloncll Blble ehmnolop). of G a r will bc glvm of antl- ' a n m w h a t serious crimp when -nthe pmposltloa Perm.1 ing thq may be. The very most that real aciena can qrurlm cavemen parover the and their .bout sp&itiw is that spirits am evidently beings, of hleory b reeltcd. by the dbtingulshcd Iectartr from an inridble n a b And thia accords perfectly with Boulder."

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what the Bible has to say on the subjcd, namcly, that there are spirit beings of high intelligence, who never were huunan beings, but who, through their disobedience, are estranged from God and from all holy beings. ' But --hat does the Bible say, then, about the nature of man? Its answer not only we with the best that en science has to offer, but it goes much further in that it tells the ori,& and present of man, also his future. The words immediately folloaing our text give some raluable suggestions upon the point of our inquiry. "Thou madest him a little lower than the angels," estdoli~hesman's relationship to the superior orders of creation: angels, seraphim, cherubim, archangels, and quite possibly others which inhabit the celestial sphere. Whatever man is, then, he is not an angel, not as high in plane of existence as an angel-is not, in fact. a spirit being a t all, he is "of the earth earthy."-1 Cor. 1; :47. "And h a d crowned him with glorp and honor." The referezce here is evidently to the glorp of being endowed vith the character image of Jehovah (Genesis 1 :26,27), and with the honor of being made lord over all of God's other creation of earth. Not only was he qt~alificdby his very superiority of nature to be earth's king, but God definitely "set him over the w o r h of his [Gcd'sl hands" (Hebrews 2 :7) and "put all things under his fectJ'.-Psalm 8 :6. hlnn . according to these Scriptures, is an exquisite animal, o r i ~ a l l y ' c r o w n e dwith the glory of character perfection, and' with the honor 6f earthly dominion. But does not the Bible mention the soul and the spirit? Quite so; but they in no wise disturb the simple yet glorious picture of man. The eoul is a conscious being, the individuality, the ego; the spirit i~ simply the animating principle, the spark of life. No personality whatever attaches to the spirit. Let us examine the account of man's creation more minutely. We read: "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life [Hebrea, the breath of lives, i. e. that breath common to all life] ; and [M a consequence of this action1 man became a living i soul"'-a pulsating, sentient being.-Genesis 2 : .. Could anything be simpler? This brief statement of twenty-seven words tells the ahole story of man's creation. God formed a hody of earth; he animated that body, and conscious esistence began. But while man is sublimely and n-onderf~dlymade (Psalm 133 :i-I). in that his organism is intricately fashioned nr.d the actions and reactiolls of his elahoraie nen-ons s ~ e t e : n dcfy accurate calculation, still, there is no m!.stery regarding his nature, if the Bible account be folloxcd EIe is a human being, an earthly being, made fit for and a p prop?iate to the earth and its arrangements. KO uncmny "soul" crouchcd in h m as in a prison c l ; no i el

elusive "spirit" hovered over or near him. No: man on stood upright as God's highest linndi\~-ork earth, ss Jehovah's representative, cnpahle of responding to all the ' p'rompt,ings of his Maker. The Scriptures leave w douht whatcver as to man's original perfection. "Bis [God's] work is perfect" (Deutcronomy 32 :4) ; '*God ' hath made man upright" (Ecclesia&s 7 :29) ;and "God saw everything that he had made, and. behold, it was very good". (Genesis 1:31) If with Jehovah's perfect taste and with his perfect ability t have improved upon o his o m handiwork he still pronounced man "very g d ' , he must have been a glorioua creature indeed. But though he was a periect being, yct he w a a dependent ~ creature and God had made every provision for his well-being and happiness. H e had provided for his EUStenance the fruit of certain trees of thc garden, saying, "Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely cat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou ghalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou e a h t thereof thou shalt surely diey'.-Geneais 2:16,17. But the sad story is that Adam did diabey and t h w brought upon himself death, m d a t the same time brousht upon all his posterity imperfection, sorrow, siekness, suflcring and death. (Romans 5:12,18,19) There has been no perfect human being on earth since Adam's disobedience, our Lord Jesus alone excepted. We d sinl ned in that one transgeasion and "are come short of the glory of God". Now our glory, like our howledga, .ia fragmentary (1 Corinthians 1 3 :9) but while our original - . endowment of perfect wisdom, p e r f a t justice, perfect love and perfect power is now disarranged and distorted, such disarrangement does not affect our nature. Adam surely und&,hod what death meant; he could hardly bave realized what it would mean in suffering and distress, for he had never obsen-ed, much less experienced, dcath. But he had a perfect mind and h e w full well that death meant the taking away of those life rights and prinleges which he had received not as a debt, hut as a boon from his Maker, but even if he had hat1 the slightest uncertainty on this point Jehovah made i t plain hen his disobedient son was being driven from Eden? his lovely home: '.In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread until thou return to the ground ; for out of it vast thou takelr. for dust thou art and 11nto dust shalt thou return".-Genesis 3 :10. Sclne would her? be ixlined to quote the words of the poct: "'Dust thou art, to dust retameth' was not spolien of t!lc sov.1". Iiut which is worthy of greater crcdcncc, I ~ ~ g f ~ l l or uJeho\-ah? There is no eRcrt in this text o to distizl-nirh between the cessation of artirities in thc body autl the cercat~onof conrciousr.e~a. Llscwhcre we are told concerning man: " i breath gcrth forth, he Hs returlleth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts

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perish". (Psalm 146 :4) Furthermore it is the same of life but God. The most skilled physician m o t #'thou' which would be rcspd~sible the transgcsion "Back to itc mansion call the fleeting breath". And M for which was to come uncler the scntcncc of death, in case v;c read just as our ow five senses tell us: "The11 ikall of disobedience. God deds with the rcspocsible part of the d u d return to the earth rs i t ass [the scve~tccn m individual: W a n lsolnth on the outward appearnrce elements shall disintegrate] ; and the spirit [enern c ; r but God looket!~on the heart". (1 Samuel 16 :7) Jehovah p w c r of life] shall return to God who p v e it1'.certainly knew that Adam's body was not p i n g to walk . Ecclesiutcs le:?. uound and 40 something without the direction of the A little illustration might h d p to retain the points in mind. The r a m i c g diR not read: 'In the day that thy mind. llere is s candle; it l a . neither light nor heat. body eateth thereof thy body ahdl surely die'; but it did e light it with fire and both light and hect are given \ : ' read: "In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt off. It h3s power, capacity for performance. Its iittle surely die". Both the warning and the rntcnce rerc Came can he used to light other candles, or it could be manifestly to the indiridual, the conscious, sentient, the umd to start a very de&wtira conflagration The wax responsible being as a whole.-Eccleaisstes 3 :20. is gratlually burned up; the flame flickers and dies. Its 'The dust of the ground" i, of couree, merely another poweven to start other flamea, or even to work injuxy, is s way of saying "the'elementa of the earth". Before his gone; it gives forth neither light or heat. So Kith tho tpnsgression Adam had a perfect mind, a perfect body, creation of man. There was h t the inert and hmsible 'perfect environment, perfect life, a perfect dominion. body of Arlam. The brain and nervous sgstem were there, H e had all thesc things to keep and to enjoy forever. but incapable of perception or reasoning. Then it in Death is not a normal thing on earth, any more thaa lighted fmm the torch in God's own hand, and both light it is e in heaven. But when Adam sinned he lost at and uprmth, both brilliancy of human wit and warmth o once his krfect dominion and his perfect surroundings. of love are radiated. Thousmds may feel the influence HM mind and body, through dearth of proper nourish- of that pctsonalitg; had i t not been for sin and the ment, began to lose their respective sharpness and vigor; aiming scntencc of death that warmth and light could and the bright flame of life, which had ban started by radiate for d eternity; but M f s d s now strnd a few l Jehovah's own land, began first to dim, then to flicker, years d i c e to consume thc organism and the individual m d W y died out altogether. AU his powen returned cemes ta M t e , -sea to radiate any mom thoughts or t h h i n e r t unconscious state in which they were prior to gin? out tendcr ympthies. The soul is .dead. The b hh being ener,gized with life from a divine fouctain. spark cf lifc i under God's control to be given back a t s And what becomes of the soul at death? It simply the re~urr+ion (which is to be brought about by divine ceases to edst; i t goes just where the b e goes ahen pawer u a d t of Christ's redemptive m i 6 c e ) and the candle in muffed out; it goes just where the figures the body simply decomposu i t its =vend elunents. no go when they are rubbed off the ~~~~~~~d. You may But dou not the apostle aap something about being retain a memory of them; the results of the figuring 'deliyered from thir body of flesh'? And does he not ma-jke lasting eTen after the figures themselves a& gone. also mention about om-'outward mas perishing, but E e so, some bfluential souls, "departing, leave behind our inward msn being renewed dry by day'? Yes, but vn them footpricts on the sands of time". And do not the the ape-de a s a member af the new creation; and that a Scriptures speak of a resurrection and does not that is another stoq. Uuch of the confusion on the subject imply that something is dive somewhere? Certainly the of man's nature has cnme from applying Scriptures to Scriptures spcak of a resurrection ; but why a resur- man which u e intended to apply only to the church of redion if the individual is already dire wmeu.herz? tho Gospel age, which in admittedly in a transitory Evidently there is some b d of a record kept of each state. To umder6tand the Bible at all, it is essential indiedual child of Adan, that his bdividurlity Ixay br that r e "rightly diede the word of truth". Ifen originally created perfcct, became a sinner, forreproduced in God's due time, that he may be rccre3t.d with the same identity, and givcn a body, for thcre csu fcited his life and brought sickness w d death upon all be no conscious existence ~ i t h o u t organism. 1311t a of his offspring. J e - . s prorided redemption for manan record of a s o d or being is a vastly differect thizg from kind through his death and resurrection. "By the grace of God he tasted death for erery man," and this fact having that soul or being alive soine~here. Where 2oes the epkit or animating principle go at mu& be. "testified to a l l in due time". (Hebrews 2 :9-1; death? It simply returns to it3 Giver. Cp ?-I tl:, point 1 Timothy 2:3-6) In Gods "due time" the blessing of being restored to human M e d i a n Kill be offered to all of death the possessor of life can retain his life and pus it on to others by process of procreation, bu; as aocn mankind. The Bible designates mch ss "the time of a death has ensued no one has control of that m e e restoration" or rr-constxuction mod-the Goldan

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The remedia agreed upon in the convention were a EEKS ago, the representatives of the minera of tho six hour day and five day week, by which it was hoped Central Competitive District met in contention at that a grcator continuity of employment would be obCleveland T i District cdvers \Vestern Pennsylvania, tained, and owing to thc dim light and gas-laden atmoshs Ohio and Indiana and mines one-half of the bituminous phere in which the work ia done the men felt that these o coal produced.in the United States. The t o M biturnin- h o w are proper enough t ask for the mining industry. ow coal output of the United Stated is approxiautely They also asked for a 60% increase in rages, with time m d a hdf for overtime and double time on S&dags 600,000,000 tons. During the past year the men have been avenging and holidays. They. claimed that on $75 per month, at .only b o or three darn work per week. I n the early put present prices of foodstuffs, they do not get'enough to of. the year rod waa a drug on the market and when eat and a n not properly feed their children. . Early in Geptember the miners' delegates met the there waa a good market for the coal, cars could not be had in d c i e n t quantity to handle it promptly. T h e , operators at Buffalo. m e miners m e armed with &xed miners claim that in the ten weeks ending with August inatructions from the Cleveland convention that the the c u shortages cut production to .the extent of foregoing demands must be met by the operators or they s. would go on strike November 1 t 12,000,000 tons. The reply of the operators was that 'the public is a T u it happens that although the men are working hs at what appear to be good wages, their actual earnings party to the agreement made o-April lst., 1918; and during the past year have averaged but $75 per month, that the agreement must remaii in force unhl the and i 1918, when they bad more work & a t my President issues hia proclamation of peace. They ther* n other time in recent years, their average earnings vere fore declined to grant the miners' demands. They also only $80 per month. They have averaged during the complained that the demand for a new wage ag-reement past rear to work only about three daya per week. Tha was sprung upon them in the fall, when they are least able to meet it, because then ia the time for the great - daily output is 9 or 10 tons per man. During the war themen received two increases in pay, rush of coal otders, whereas, heretofore, the spring has the l a d contract dating from April I , 1918. That been the time for d parleye. & The conference a-as adjourned to Philadelphia early contract provided that the men should continue at the aduring the war, but not beyond in October ma again neither side seemed able to make same rate of wg h -4pril Id., 1920. At the convention the men claimed any concessions satisfactory to the other. T . meeting that the war is over and that the bantract no longer holds. They said that they had worked at the old =a& sina the date of the armistice, November 11, 1918, ?nerdy by common consent Additionally they called attention to the fact that although their w q w have riaen 47% since 1914 yet the average increaee in the eost of living during that that t h e i r - d time wrs-65% m d the net d t condition is wors now than it a s fire @ul .go. o broke up and Mr. Lewis, the Dietrld President of the miners. returned to Indianapolis a ~ issued an order d that all work ahould cease at midnight October 31pt., except such work in the care of properties ss is pennitted under the rdes in force at such time. This order w a s sent out Odober 15th., with the declaration that "the U i e Mine Workers of America me now embarking m ntd the gre.at& enterprise in the h s o y of the trade union itr movement." The strike order wss sent to a l states. l

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~-&tely after the strike order waa i m e d the hV-ent took a hand and Secretary Wilson of the 'Department of Labor, summoned the operators and tepreeentati~esof the miners to meet him in Washington. The p a t e s t determination to make no concemiona wad manifested on both sidea. Edimatea u to the n& of miners that would be rffeded by the .strike ranged dl the way from 225,000 to 800,000 men,. the assumption in latter caee m m t l y judging that a strike in the C n r l District would heviteta ably be carried into other Districts It ia not thought th.t the Anthracite District will be affected, aa supplemental agreements have been made carrying current rgreementa over to April lst., 1920. The miners dated they believe that all of their demanda can be readily granted without any incrersa in the price of coaL On the other hand Senator Frelinghuysen hss dated that the demands, if granted, will cost consumers over a billion d o h s per year. In any event there ia said to be less than a month's coal on hand and a protracted strike at this time would cause a complete 8 t o p p ~ e all traffic and industry. The stack of of held by the railroads a t this time is verJ limited. SO great is the importsnce of the bituminous coal output the industries of the country that the mount produced hre doubled within the past ten years. There are doubtless great profits in the coal businesa at this time and presumably the miners know this and wish to enjoy a share of them. They claim that they u e not Bolshevists but are seeking to effect some kind of arrangement by which they can be guaranteed permsnent employment as long aa they are able to work and thereafter a reasonable living for themselves and those dependent upon them. These are not unreasonable aims. with' the stsel The miners are probably ,?pathetic ~trikersand trying to help them to w i n ' The operators are said to be considering the umal plan of having the public pay for the strike, and pay a good round interest on it, if the strike is mocessful. They think that if less coal is produced it will be bid for at prices which rill cover a l posible differences in cost l of production. If the ,.trike is protracted, pneumonia and influenza are likely to follow the scarcity in fuel m d distress snd hunger affect all clasaea Under the Lever A d a war measure to prohibit interference with production and dstribution of d in war were =joined from striking ulder time, penalty for c o n s ~ i r s c ~ . Howam, the * e w u inangurated on November lst, the miners mode leaderless by the injunction which pardized m y p s i b l e direction of the coal workers.

Some Bible students have thought that the text,'"then shall not be a coal to aum at, nor a fire to sit before if' (Isaiah 47:14) teaches that the great time of trouble spoken of by our Lord, aa the "grat tribulation, such re w u not since the beginning of the world" would be ushered in by a great coal strike. Examining the pr~sageciQd we do not #e it that my. The prophet seema to be describing the f i e referrad to by President Wilean when he said "the world i b on fire", m d conveys the thought that the bre in question is not literal fire, 'hot a coal to a a n n at'', not that kind of a Are, but a symbolic4 fire, "the fire of God's jealousg." (Zephaniah 3:8) How carelea we were not to notice that the literal "earth abideth forever."-EcclrsiastPs 1:4.

FOREIGN COAL SITUATION HE BITUMINOUS d cituadon in this country a n n o t be fully understood without a consideration of the eitution abroad. There little or no coal in

Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, ItaIj,~Switzerland and the Balhna. Bitherto t h m conntriea Nve been supplied by England, Germany and Belgium. Large quantities hare reqby Fraag Spain and Austria, which consume more than they cm produce. Due to labor troubles, Britain's annual production has ehrunk from 287,412,000 tons to 214,000,000. This means that instead of having 75,000,000 tons to export she can erport only 15,000,000 tons. The whole of Europe is erpecting thst the United Staten will make up thia deficiency of 60,000,000 tons and a further shortage of 21,000,000 tons due to smaller out'puts of Belgium and G e k y . It would require %0,800 men digging coal at top speed for a year to produce the shortage of coal that will be experiend in Europe this year and t i coal can come from the United States only. To hs carry thin coal would require 1,620,000 care of 50 tam each. Pvis is destitute of d re we write. Many factars complicate the situation. The ship owners of Norway, Sweden, Denma& Holland instead of carrying cod Nomy, Sweden, Denmark and to ~ ~ l l have~ d , ~ to have their &ps csq to south beria or other places from which return p and greater , profib could be o,,toined. They have

preferred that the leas profitable budnew ahodd be -ed in uncleSam',, nea mCTchant while they re,p the of the more des*le corm and d&inatiom, Shipments from E n g b d hove betn impeded, ves&y sometimes at anchor three to four before they can get a ~h~ prk obbine. for the 1 rang- from $30 and $32 p a ton at Baltic @ toWpertoninItaly.

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LABOR CONFERENCE FAXLURE BY ~ m H 1 1 . m Collective bargaining is the rock on which the recent HE U S E of Labor Unionism in E n g h d and the Industrial Conference in Wsahington split and went to This Conference, and the reduction of prima of ' United Stated d a b from' 1830. I n the United pieS t a h Charles A. Dana, Wendell Phillip, Wm. Lloyd food and other n d t i e s were depended upon ta avert Garriaon, Bobert Owen and Albert Brigbane were aome the threatened coal strike and railroad strike ~ n if the d rd of Connow pending, cm not stop of- its advocates. Horace Oreeley opened the New Fork passlge of them, the serious reaulta t follow any one can oee. o T d w n to ita diacuesion. The rapid development of machinery in frat obliterCapital and Labar stand now mnch in the relative ating the l n betwen skihed and unskilled Wa and position that the Central P o r n and the Alliea did in ie e 8 large ahan of the funds of the uniom are devoted to J d y 1 9 1 4 Each a b e d to dominate the other d d conthe organizing of the lower f o m of unskilled labor M sequently the World-Autocracy against theoretic Demin the ase of the unskilled laborers of the S M Truut ocracy. All f a r a a i n g men concluded that in a fight to recently. To defeat the aima of the u n i m the Steel the finish between them the result would be about what k t has admitted ita skilled operativeo to a smnU share it has been; practically half of the world was destroyed i i earnings and a few docks have, been allotted to and now, in 1919, Capital and Labor stand facing each n b other in the same way and far-seeing men conclude that them and a pension eystem introduced. Cooperative industria in come af the in&yidd ne- if the thnatened k h t ta a finish talces place the remainamities and in food distribution is a feature of English ing hslf of the world d be destroyed. trade unionism m d the capital invested in them approxA gigantic blow by Labor is threatened; the Illinois irhates $100,000,000. Federation of Ubor hes voted for one big Union of all There is a decidedly political aspect to Trade-Union- workern in Canada and the United States, and orgmlzed h although in America that feature has been d i e labor plans to join forom with the farmers. , .etrous to ite promoters, M capital and employers here a Capital s p if the %ht must come it might as well retab corps of skilled politicians that on able to outwit come now, and labor says the same, Is there not a better any that the labor unions can employ, besides the vast way? Vice-President M r h l points it out in the folasal mum of money that the former have always at t e r lowing, according to the Boston American: hi ~lllmuld "Just fm long M capital and labor stand and glare nt encll ererlastlng turmoll nnd n nation-n ide In England howe=, elm prejn& is 80 &ong that other, w e may tho& who d e r from the rigid caste and low wages T h e Congrecll of the United States 18 a klnd of doctor easier welded token= into 8 Imheahe force, dthoagh tbt tRats rrymptoms md doesn't trmt diseclse. mom the bvia of the franchk nrrmWW 7 ' % Ieglslatin mmedy that 1 know.oi can be fooacl to than here; the Lrbar prodarc peace and quietude and gbod order-unless the the prope* which wa8 organized in 1906 deb more thsn 50 msauhetarers see somrthlng more in business than dl,{members af Parliament out of 670. den& m d look upon the employe8 M brothen in the Repnbll" and not an eags In the machlne or a8 numbers on me p d i c a l of the union the in the Com0n8 the LUbor az:nlesa the 1nbortn.g m m have some higher i n e n t i n With the aid of fadions inde ta do thelr work than the men wage trhich comes from the toold the doing of i t ; if they put in thelr t h e finding how little they pendedt lobar members, by Ma, can do nnd haw mnch more they a n for the dolns of It, brl.nca of power and some times ahape leghtiap. to bring -der ib It la hopeless from their standpoint. me goalof me Unionism the workerq ht its battle line -. "It b no part of government to boost one man nnd ta burner prsdidy boot another. in the united states is OW collective b a r g h b g ; the 1 hopels the mad wpaasiom of men are to hammer and other conditiOm of a t legY1atlve hall8 for their llnd and just settlemenrs. m g n i x d right to adjust labor in all industries, w n g h an agent of the anion, A government of d i s m t i o n a i c a T h e only government In businen6 ltie that can hope to not in the h a of that particular employer rith whom the b@ is made. In England the main point w e d Uve la a government of 10- and m m m l o n . for now, &dea the raising of .nd & h o r n g "What the economic Ilia of America n e d a I not a law6 horn, is the nationalizing of the coal f In ~ ~ ~ mbapU.l of ~ ~ n m ~ pVIo. ~ America, in North Dakota, an organization of the workIt hd war wtrlotism~ m, including the farme* hen ~ P the state goV-M ' m e r e n e m will ba perfect jrrstla in the world until ment, and this movement s p r d g to other s t a h m y the llon and the lamb lie down together. and not. as they Q now, wltb t lamb b i & o t the Uoa. b next pear be formidable.

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The public pnss ia rlmost silent on the subject, '1 ta " p m n t n p a z pat la the kckgmund sad the capitalist and the laborer except to say that it wrs 5 mast mdlm that the ccmsnrncr 1s r1.w entitled to admisloa sible disorder17 manifestations. No officid has any lnto tbe broth-. rod basinos muat be prlmarlly for authority to command anyone to act cont law. o tbe l . a pnmMhg 8 rontefated and happy m l e . e.( Furthermore, from the standpoint of his tor^, violent Yblrl&ndr and wages muat ba memadam. Tbla la r problem for rlntlon by mca who k h m e l the fatbcrheod treatment of defenseless mlluM in both foolish and a futile. It dirplaya M jpeat an ignorana .of the real af God and the brothrhoad of man. *It a l l r on wy man of everJ creed to mlve It: not for value of thinga M the poor old king r h o thought he r one pcrson: not for one dm: but la the lntersts of the ms mutcr of the ser Instead of demonstrating hi3 whole pcoptc. power, it demonstrated his weahmess, for that which he "It Is net to k I ~ i ~ p cthat ?roan ngnin the Yrurene shalr chose to lobk upon as an adront wrs merely the outd walk tbrnn(rb deld and fnctnr?. through pnlece 80d bovel, working of certain reany powerful and natural i d u lemvln~ &bind Him everywhere t k onIy solotioa for e m r ~ enccs which the king ronld have done well to &vestigate m prnblem, the buiing Indueno of Hlr golden rulc t Y am In favor of n n j sllcrlati~qmemnum for the Unre m d ~mderstand. t b t ronld adjust t h m tronhltc~, but I ham no canddence We suspect that fear plays a large part in these aberIn tbc proposed eettlemmt of thea dimcultin This onem rationd of j~istice. The merits of the stal workern' na n t r mhtloq rnd I only say it I the h o p that men of n strike hare absolutely nothing to do with the mattcr. e?ery crscd may ml?= how intik ban bnn o m theology. The Constnbilla~are afraid something might hoppen t b m we hme imagined that m cnuld go to church aa The higher Sawlay and lore Cbd whom we hrrr not skn. rithout the to sM rioting m d they might get h*. rat of thc week lerlng out fellom-men whom we knee wen." officials are afraid they might lose some of their prestige with the great and influential, unless t 4 y make a show of force. And so it goes d along thz line. FZOGCWC THE SEI GES AGO, when tbe king buslnesr was more flour- - Those who hare talien upon then!mlveu the renponsiahiq than at present, one Pmian monarch IO f u ihility of public office in theee days have no easy t d ; fargot himself as t4 hare the sca flogged when i t a r - that must be remembered: B u t they often do the verp Imked the sacial amenities of hia realm rcd showed more thing which makes their position most dScult. For dderenca to the moon than it did to the kn' .wishes. men to parade around or assemble in meetings could do igs The tide rose and wet the ropd feet. The royal mew no harm. On the contrary it r o d d give outlet to their roce futer than the tide, and the poor tea WM punished restiveness; and after a few hours tho men would g . ~ u conuquence. Who was there that dared t question home tifed md peaceful. This plan was followed in Xea o the d h k of the Iring's commands :who dared even think Tork severd years ago rhen I. W. W' paraded on Fifth s . tM his conduct rrs pnenle, childish, infintile? No Avenna Thq were not interfend with, and not the doubt there was much dutiful &ort at looking approval. slightest trouble resulted. Before the parade fhe police For W M not the kmg the king? Rss he not the vested commissioner WM besitged with dernmda from whitei n M o the w a n e ; rm he not the- established f a d enthasirstr and p r o f e s s i d patrioteen to interf h k i k t i m s af tbe land? Bcridcr, them rruy hare been fere with the prooecdings. The comrnisaioner's course mme Bolaberik a scrpent or I. W. W. eel hidden in of declining to interfere with the tide proved to be tbe m thee audreioua m e a ; md would not tlut possibility wise one; for in a few hours the tide receded of itself, no justify, -yw, render glorious m d patriotic r h r t othcrrim l u ~ i n g jetsam of broken heads or bloody uniform. Row happy the time rhen neither animals nor men might look like futility and f o o h e m ~ ? The mrId has not changed much s i n e then. The "shall hurt or destrof and rhen "none &dl make restless, turbulent mresss of h d i y are rN1 being them afraid".-Isaiah 1 :9 ;11 :2. 1

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"Just new w need a bo@ of dtlrW who am content to flogged the l n of today. The State C d b u G r r J dp a d y ' s work for a W s -: r b o m ntlllng to pf a of Pamqhmtk furPiehes one instance of thin kind nf QS'8 warn f 8 64's m t k : W& w b l h ram h th@ w o t t A corporal of the United Strtea form in Sibcrir um-.6maUlmL.tlrkrpllad wsd recaatly beaten by ~C& 0.2 the czarist troops of ~~natber#Mbclpa.FnslPaurdrdthh.rehrda if not aided, by the Japanee. Canepportw11Q nDr t h An@ of Ua b r d to rrlm tLcL Bu-betted, riderable hubbub hm ken r a i d , and pmparly, owe tlrd nuues down M& that of AboU Ben Adhem as ther nm. Ibrir. It m an oatrage. But mounted Cossacks of a 'The trumpet calI of c o d e n c s i not only t the mnlt W s e n Pmqlvrmia, together with "thugs, gmgskfi:;, s a etr a d m, )at t the h i m and mighty. and w k a dlddenh m d detectiver," h n e bmtrlly beaten np and disprrse[l o td wags am mmsurab?y f a ~ ~ p t t cin tbe love of aerrlcs p d l e gwnps of eke1 H e r r Kitbih the last fen n i.rearCbrtrt).n~pgpfv,ii~j.~ho~sat.U.~..c h don, m o l l preferment and peraonal s u c c s l ohmst all k weelrs. T e public pms is almost silent on the subject, a pnt In the kcl;iround and the cnpitallst and tbe laborer exapt to ray that it ru, Unecesmf' t "pment" pow must n lu that the consumer 18 81230 entitled to admtsloo iiible disorderly &ifeatrtions. al No o6cia3 has any tnto tbe brotherhood, and baslncss mast be prlmsrlly for authoriq t command anyone to act o to law. tlre iarr of pmmotbg a contchtcd and happy people. Furthermore, from the stsadpoint of history, violent UDfrl&adr and r a g e s 6 U S t b B f i d ~ W . mb b 8 wa a 6 blim In the fatherhood treatment of defenseless mrsses h both foolish and h m i e m for soluttaa futile. It display8 .a great an ignormtce of the real a t Ced and the brotherhood af mas. "It crllr on every man of ere- creed to WIW It: not for value of things aa the poor old king who thought he one person; not for o w d w ; but I the interests of the w u master of the u s Instead of demonstrating hi3 n *le pea@+ power, it demonstrated his wealmess, for that which he "It is net to be Iltvped thnt soon mgln the Xmurene shalf chose to l&k upon IM an a e o n t WM m e w the outwmlk thmugh field and factory, through pnlacc lrrd horel. hmvln~ behind Him tnr>'lrbere the m ? y mtotioa for every m t prnblem. the h a l i n g Iodumce of H b golden tulc " I In itlror of any rllcviatia# nrcrsom for tbe time am that ronld adju* theae troohlca. but I have no canadenre in th@ proposed settlement of theae dintculticlr Thls offem no new solution, and I only say It In the hope that men of m r j ersrd may mlYm how futile h been o m tbwlogy, r k n a bmr Imagined that as muld fo to church aa t Lloday and laic God whom we haw not seen. ~ I t h o u tthe re#~t the m!ek larln# our fellonmen whom we Iia-e mn." of

pu)GGLNC THE SEA GES AGO, when the king b u s i n e ~ more flourwas than at present, one Persian rnonuch rn far furgot hi&& aa to hare the ses flogged when it a r 1eoi;ed the aecial arnenitia of his realm md showed more deference to the moan than it dfd td the king'g's,rishes. The tide rase and v t the royal feet. The r o p l anger e rose trstn than the tide, and the poor e a a m punish4 e u r conatqumoc. Who w s l thve that dared to question the ehies if the Iring's cammaads :who dared even think that hiir,vmadn~t puerile, childish, infantile? NO ras doubt there v n much dutiful &ort at Imking approvd. a For vm not thc hng the king? Ras he not the vested inttreata of the country; was he not the established M t u t i a o r of tbe land ? B c d a , them M J hare been same B0hBerik4.acasermnt or I. W. W. d hidden in W a a audacious m e s ; m d would not tb.t pomibility jurtif~, xender glorious and patriotic whrt o h e m i s yes, might look like futility and fwbhnese? The m r l d hm not changed much sn then. The i e restleas, turbulent mreses of humanity u e s t i l l being

working of certain reall? powerful and natural i d u e n a s which the king would have done well to investigate and ~ m d e r h d . V suspect that fear plars a large part in these abere rationd ot justice. The merits of the ntet workers' strike have abwlutelg nothing to do with the mattcr. The Constnbulaq are afraid mmething might happen to start rioting and the? might get h$. T e higher h officido are afraid they might lose some of their prestige with the great .ad inflientid, unIess t 4 y make r show of force.. And ra it goea a l l along thz line. Those who hare taken upon therhselva the responsihility of public o& in these days have no easy task ; that m s be remembered: But they often do the verp ut thing which d i e s their position mast difficult. For men to parade uomd or assemble in meetings could do no harm. On the contrary it would give outlet to their restiveness; and after a few hours the men would g7 home tired and peaceful. This plan r a fallowed in Sea a Tork several gars ago when I. W. W.'s p a d t d on Fifth Avenna They wen not interfered with, and not the alighted trouble resulted. Before the parade he police commissioner was besieged with demur& from whitefaced enthasiasta and professional patrioteers to inttrfere with tbc proceedings. The commissioner's course of declining t6 i n k r f m with the tide proved to be tbewise om; for in a few h o r n the .tide receded af itaclf, laying no jetsam of breken heads or bloody uniformn. How bappy the time when neither animals nor men "shall hart or destroy" and when '%one &all ma* them afraid".-Isaiah 11:D ;11 :2.

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EVOLUTIONIST GUESSING & XOW comes into court o learned scientist of a V famous institution of learning acd tells us all about it, and what he can not remember and tell at his own persand knowledge he tells a n ~ a j aa ia the cutom , with modern "scientists." Dr. Evolution tells us, and I prithee, 0 render, do not laugh at what he tcLIeth thee, that his meeator same 18,000,000 pars aga a a fish by the name of Oateolopis. m He t l 6 us how he knows thia, because he mith, "No el brain here, just an animal controlled by a nervous q~tun." Than it ceems that the family - trse show8 that 5,000,000 year% later the Doctor's anceston had become primitive reptiles, and the family name had changed to Sdymbtlria. The Doctor e.splaim about this second ancestor tkyt he WPS ''also brainless" and a Little more bone headed th.n the poor fish that started all the trouble. Then coma another little jump of only 12,000,000 gears in the genealogy record, with everything running h e to form, until forth came Dr. "Opos8um" who betrayed the best teaching of his ancestors by M e s t i n g the "fist spasm of true brain." No explanation of this. There is a little b r e d in the record hem Our modern Doctor is not just sure whether his ancestor appeared 2,000,000 years ago or 2,150,000, but it WM one or the other and the difference is slight. There in no doubt that he appeared, for the Dodor says that "There arose h Wyoming one of the first of the rnaestral primates, or sp?'and thgt he "4 only a small thimbleful of brains", which all seems perfectly regular. The Doctor cuts things pretty h e when he gets dorn to oar o m times. H admits that "Our record of e human history covers only 6,000 gears" and tells us that "the average human &uJ war not complete" until about 34,000 years prior to that timc b d = , ~ o u l d h o w the true up!amtion of haw you the W t o r b o w s that we all started from a poor fish,' m d ho'k it came about that eome of t w fish, managhg b to lire part of the time out of the ma, made it w i b l e for us nowadays to ghde to and from our work hanP5ng on to trolley straps instead of wiggling and twistmg and Ganing oyselvea through the water? Would you h o w how the Doctar learned rll these grand f& that happened 18,000,000, 15,000,060, 3,600.000, 2,C00,000 ("or maybe, 2,750,000") and 34,000 p a r s ago? Rerder, we are rstonkhed at your ignormce, but r e w i l l fLU you. Tht D c o had his otr

o m private date stamped on every one of those creatum when they were born. You must remember tht he is a "ecientist" and scientists do not do thhp by guesiwork. He had to know these thugs or he a d d not h t e about them, and there im no other p d l e way to Ma. It ssems too bad to have men ~ m i n gtheir W-given mental freultiee in this enlightened Tnentieth CenCary to try to establieh the thoroughly &credited evolution theory. The evolution theory has gone into the discard as a result of thc disoovery of the now well-establiahed Mendelian low of heredity, which always r o r b , and the observation that the supposed Lw of Evolution d m not work and can not be made t work. o All about us RE ree that the various creatures u e of h e d naturw which do not evolve to h i g h ' natures ;snd though those who hold to the evolution theory have made repented endeavors, they haw never succeeded in blending dinerent species or in producing a new fixed s variety. x o instance is known where one kind t . chuged to another kind. Though there u e 6sh that can w e their fins for % moment os wings, and fly out of the water, and frogs that can eing, they have nevv been known to change into birda; and though there are among brutes some which bear a slight reaemblsnce t6 men, the evidence ie wbolly lacking that man wss evolved from such creatures. If the theory were correct Erolution would be a fact today, and we would we about UI fish becoming birds, and monkeya beeoming men. One theoy regarding the crwtion (excepting man) by a p r m s s of evolution, to wliich we sa no serious objection, we briefly qtnte as folloas: It assumes that the various species of the present are fised and unchangeable os far as nature or kind is conturne& u d though present natures may be dmeloped t a much o higher standard, eren to perfection, these speciw or naturer yI.l forever be the same. T i theory furtner hs assumes tbat none of these fixed specie8 were originally created SO, but that in thc remote psst they rrere developed from the earth, and by @u.l prof evolution from one form to another. Thew d u t i w , under divinely established Iawe, in which &age6 of food and climate played an important part m y have continued until the h e d speciea, ra at preaent saa, were established, beyond which change L i m ~ f i l e ,the ultimata purpom of the Ciator in thir r w to d l tppcwanw, hrving been reached. Though each of the various funiliea of plant6 md a n i d is wpoble of improw-emat or of degradation, none of them M

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ceptiblc of change into,nor can they be produced from, other fnmilies or kinds. Though each of these m a y attain to the perfection of its own fixed nature, the Creator's desi,~ as t nature having been attained o further change in this respect is impossible. It is claimed that the orighal plants and animals, from w5ich present fixed varieties came, became extinct before the creation of man. Skeletons and fossils of animals and plants which do not now exist, found deep below the e&s surface, favor this theory. T i view hs neither ignores nor rejeds the Bible teaching that man was a direct and perfect creation, made in the menw and moral image of hia Maker. The account in thc Scriptures is esplicit : ",Qnd God said, Let us make man in our image, after o m likeness: and let them have dominion over the fbh of the em,and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over a l l the earth, and over every creeping thing that &eepeth upon the earth. So God created mnn in his own image, in the image of God created he him ;male and female created he them."-Crc:~. I :?C, 2:.

The reward for "mitching" (taftling to a guard) or "stool-pigconing" (helping to lay a trap for a fellowprisoner) is to get cut with a safety razor bIade from the opening of the ear to the comer of the mouth. Such a man is marked for life, and there are many mch in prison. 13etrega.l of a fellow-prisoner ' h t h no forgiven&. In a s e m aII men, since the fill of our first parents in the Garden of Eden, are convicts, outcasts, waiting b r the time when the curse shall be no more. T h d God s that time i coming. Then there will be no prisons, nor need for any. "God himself will be with them [with men here upon earth, in the new order of things], and bq their God. And there shall be no mom curse. There shall be no night there."-Revelation 21 :3 ;22 :3, 5.

BROTHERL Y LOVE IN PRISOLV HE REAL NATUPcE of men ahincs out n-hen they are in prison. . are on a common level; the d e u W are sewre and life is hard, but it is surprising under the.% unfavoraLle cocditions to see how much of brotherly interest is manifested toward those who are most ~kfotturmte. There is no place where a sick man, a blind man or a cripplc is treated more considerately by his fellows than in prison, and this speaks well for is human kind. One of the frt h v e r i e a a prisoner makes is that tho majoriq of the men in prison are like the majoritp ollt of it, and that there is no great difIerence. Bad men are just naughty boys who got caught; but it sometimes happens that men are imprisoned who are not bad at d . l The governor of Ncw Tork State has just released a prisoner, a former lahyer, who blinded himself in an attempt to commit suicide. 'Xhile he %a in prison his .s attendants and fellow-prisoners taught him the touch qStem of typewriting, and he now goee forth in -the brave hoge of picking up again the threada of life which he once b p e d to snap completely asunder. m e there is generally goodhartedness among prisoners they also have a very definite code oi honor. The reward for trespassing upon the rights ?f another prisoner is qually a .sudden black eye from an onlooking inmate and a-brief period of unconsciousness on a stone f o r The one who bestows the reward, howeyer, gets lo. ten or etteen days in the dungeon or '%bull pen", and has m equal period added to the time which he must sene.

HOW AUTOMOBiZES TAKE Ta6 PEOPLE OFF ENEFITS of $7,500 were paid afterJa salesman had stopped at a garage to h f l a k one of the tires of hia crrr. He evidently got too much pressure; the r m blew off the wheel, struck him in the head and i trsctnred hia skull. The heim of a New Jersey A r k recei~ed $4,500 because he tried to help his wife drive ; the car went o v a an erdbanlnnent into a lake, and three wen droned. A Deputy SherifZ of Atlanta left an insurance estate of .$2,625 when the front wheel collapsed and the c r turned turtle. The survivors of a a 63-year old lumber broker of received $7,500 after he had been 6ut driving with hin wife; while crossing a narrow bridge over a deep ravine, the machine swerved, broke the rail and dropped to the b t o of otm 5 the gorge. Another amonat of $7,500 w e n t . t ~ wife of a man the driving home; at a strwt crowing he noticed hie daughter on one side and started to cross over at a speed of only fifteen miles, to give her a ride home, but failed to notice that the c r was headed for a water trough in a the middle of the road: he tried to steer away but the right side of his car struck the water-tank and the force of the blow threw his head forward against the steering wheel and fractured hie skull, In New York a tire and rim burst from an automobile and pieas of the rim seriously injured taro men about the head and neck and crashed through a drug store window nuu the soda fountain causing eeveral women to faint. Accidents are so common nowadays that it is ditEicult to imagine conditions goon to prevail in the Golden Age when all accidents will be f o r e . and preventad; for it is dirinely predicted that "they shall not hurt [myone] nor destroy [cause death] in & my [God's] holy mountain [kingdom] . - IEW :9. " 11

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BOILER WATER TREA TMENT question of nater treatment is one in which the cmplopF YOU COVER a steam pipe with asbestos, magnesia, ment of chemicnl and engineering knowledge is bcth or other heat-insulating material, you keep the heat absolutely necessary and highly profitable, and it vou?.
in the steam ; if gdu l:nr or coat a hller tube with scale o r other heat-insulating material, you keep the heat out of the boiler aater, and send it to the stack. By lagging your pipes you save fuel easily. By lining your tubes with s d e you waste it continuously and needlessly. All natural waters contain more or less of this hest: insulating material. partly as suspended matter sraci: as clay, fine sand, i::soluble forms of iron, aluminum, ctc. which generally may be removed by filteration, and partly aa dissolved matter, such as compoundv of cdcitun. magnesium, sodium, potssium, and other mineral
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I n the &sc of a l~oilertube covered with a dense scale the only way to maintain a constant flow of heat from the furnace to the boiler water in to increase the "heat pressure," so to speak; that is, to burn more fucl. With a drposit of 1-9 inch of scale, 16 ccllts of every dollnr paid for coal is lost. The low is euily preve~tcd and the trilv.mtages of soft water abundantly justify all erpcnditure necessarp to secure it. Facts mlIectcd by the Government show thnt a cruclble steel company, by substitut~ngsoft for hard water, effcckd a saving of $22,000 per annum in ita c a d biU. Another steel company reported a saving of $30,000 from the softening of its boiler water. A marble company reported a saving of 21 per cent of its fuel by softening its boiler water. Othcr companies reported profits resulting direcffy from the substitution of soft for hard aater varying from 32 per cent to 7 1 per cent. The Chicago and Rorthmestern 'Railroad Company, comparing its operating expenses in 1902-1903, before and after softexiing its nater supply, reported a saving of $75,000 per annum. At present prices of coal this eaving would be twice that amount. It is estimated of that thc'beirse hard water in the locomotive boilers of the c ~ u n t r y involves the annual c&munption of 15,000,000 tons of cod more than would be needed were soft water exclusively used. The methqds expploged in softening water are divided into two cl&ses; those in which the d e - f o r m i n g property is r h o v e d before the water enters the boiler, and those in nhich the softening is effwted thin the boiler itself by means of boiler cornpounda I t can not be too strongly emphasized that this sludge and of the boiler compound i W .

volving the use of chcmicnls) rather than to uuciertake such aithout knoning accuratel~thc composition of the water and of the material uscd to soften it. It is most important to remcrnber that the quality of the nater, even hhen secured from the same aource, varies widely A from tin~cto time. . condition of excessive concentration of nater after a protracted drought map be changed within an hour to a corresponding excessive dilution by a summer stom. The result would be to decrease enormously the perccntsge of dissolved matter , and to i n c r ~ w probably to a much greater degree, the amount of suspcsnded matter. As a consequence, a prescribed treatment of the water based on its analysis at any particular time might not lead to satisfactory results if applied at another time. .As an instance of the serious dangzr of an unintelligent "dosing" of boiler waters may be cited the results of a long series of investigationr which have, apparently, shonm that carbonate of soda in solution produces brittlenes in boiler steel. Cnrhnatc of soda (soda ash) is used in most water-treating processes and its unintdligent use may r e d y lead to a very dangerous con.. dition in a boiler. Boiler compounds afford a mry e s f u l means of boderwater treatment in plants whose s z or value of output ie would not justify the use-of a more expensive method This would be true of a large percentage of the plants -of the country. I n spite of 3 great variety of trade names a very Iarge percentage of nll boiler compounds consist most largely of carbonate of soda, to nhich caustic soda is sometimes added, and occnsiondy phosphate of soda. Starchy materials, and those contabing tannin are frequent ingredients. Thc supposed effect of these last two materials is to coat the particles of precipitated incrusting material and prevent its cohesion into compact scale. The chief disadvantage, assuming that they are used intelligently, is the necessity of frequently blowing down the boiler to prevent the accumulation of "sludga' and of alkaline (mdium) salts in the. water, both of which c w foaming. Furthermore, this blowing down must ~ be supplemented by washing out, and occasionally closing down the boiler to complete the removal of the Judge and of the boiler compound itself.

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b e v c r competent superviaion of boiler-water treatment is available within the plint organhtian, it in preferable t soften the water before it enters the boiler, o and this xrnr3t be done when the pensent* of scaleforming ingdienta is high. The removal of de-forming components from water by chemical means, whether before or after entering the boiler, is accomplished by converting the calcium and msgneainm compounds into practically insoluble forms, canning them to separate from the water and allowing the material to be removed by blowing down, filtering or m&timu by settling. There are in m e n t use in power plants practically only one lime-eoda procese, of which there are two varieties difieriq chiefly in the temperature of the water when treated. The treatment coneista of adding to the "raw-" water softening agent0 in carefully controlled amount, according t the composition of the o water, mixing these thoroughly with the water, and e t i n , ~ snf6cient time to elapse for the +paration of the "eladge'' before the water ia fed to the boiler. In the case of the '%ot-continuous" prooese thia s e p d o n is efEected more rapidly, though it admits of less s o t w cdpwi* than in the case of the "coldcontinnod'. Another advantage of the hot procesa ia that it q e l a the air horn the water and so reducea the corrosion The zeolite process is entirely unlike the prmmes described above and, unlike them, g v e s a water of zero hardness. The softening agent i an d c i a l material s composed largely of sodium compounds, which are exchanged for the d e forming material of the water; that is, the water diasolvea sodium compounds from the softener and replaces it by the calcium and magnejium which hod caused the hardness of the water. The hard water simply flows over the permutit packed in a cylinder or is forced up through it and flows from it with all scale-forming material removed. A t r a time fe the softener must be regenerated by allowing a oolution d salt to Bow over it, restoring its original mrnposition and activity. The construction and operation of this eoftening equipment is ertremely simple. On the other hand, in the -%of water of a high degree of temporary or csrb0na.b hardnees there is a eompondmgly large amount o oodium ealta introduced i t the water w f no + t f M liable to occur (m is liable to occur whensofterling water of a similar composition by meanr of boil? dbrnpbunds). In such cases the folloKing modSed foihr of zeolite proms L used: I n this an intermittent or continuoue tank equipment, M described already under the limesoda process, i a <x)nnected through a filter to a zeolite softener. Only

lime is used in the t n , the soda compound being ak secured f o the zeolite. The filter ir placed between rm the tank and the zeolite softener to avoid any aludge coating the permutit particla and m im-p8ir itr dciency. No proceea of water ooftening ir n t i s f a c t o ~ Pnlerr the amount o mpended matter ir reduced to a minf imum. I n the cane of very finely divided matter this m a y be done by adding d e d - O ; -m for example-but t h e should be uaed with extreme caution and always under expert direction. Ordiunrily, though, auch suepended matter ir removed by of which the sand iilter w t a down flow of the water b the mod ih eatisfactory type. They ue not e+ve either in original or maintenance The parpose d the xwthodp dercrikd above ir to prevent the formation of ocale. Thars i a mother cleu of water-trerting material naed -1 to m o v e Graphite and kerosene are most often used for these purposes. T e r action aems entirely mechanical. hi Opinioa as to the desirability of their use vary from enthusiastic commendation to rbaolute condemnation, though their uiie seems generally approved by practical men. Neither ahould be used, however, i boilers in n which there is already a heavy deposit of d e , or the loosening of this and its accumulation in the bottom of the boiler is apt to lead to blistering and bagged boiler metal. Both graphite and keroeene &odd be used v e q cautioudy. Keroeene, if used in excerrive qwtitg, i , apt to distil over and attack gaskets The healing of bitter vatera by phg nomething into them to remove their injuriobs d c happened at et least thrice in Bible timea One instance of thb we have vhen the lsarlites in the d d e r n w "codd not drink of the waters of Mnrah because they were bitter" and Moses "cried unto the Lord; and the Lurd showF6 him a tree, which when he hsd cast into the waters, the waters were made meek" (Exodus 15:23, 25) Another instance is where Elisha healed the waters of Jericho by casting salt into the spring (3 Kings 3:19:22) and a third instance is where he healed the p o d pottage.2 King8 4 : 3 w The tree csst into the waters of Marah reprea&s tha croaa of C r s ,able now to make d oru bitter erperhit l iencea meet, and able in the dawning age to give the poor world a new hope of life. The d t catrt into the spring represents the Lord's true people during t3b gospel age. "Ye an the salt of the e r h " (Matt. 5 :13) at. The Lord will use t e to heal rt thek aourcc the water8 hm of truth made brackish with creedd error, during the

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SUCCESSFUL WELFiUU WORK for ita memberr, appears in the growth of th, AaocirEW CORPORATIONS a n be woeed of d o h tion from SO in 1306, 1,131 in 1910, 5,263 in 1915, to kind t b g e from a purely kindly pupom, but m y 6,823 in 1919.
go to great length in doing good to their employu it p y r . W l a e work L pmfibble baausc it efr gain# aome good-wdl from employer, &acts and holb the bettor claw of workers, &or& mule traking for the nr oz amblbou, and mrkos a fractional int in &iency. So whur one of the large conoernr of the metropob, the New York Edison Company, doer velfare work on quite a large d e , it m s not be mpeded of millpnut mid rnotivas, nor of much elae than adding to or conoening the return on the investmen+ Ths work is carried on through the k i a t i o n of Employeq now jn its fifteenth year. The social activities e n t e r &out the Club H o w , which is liberally p a t r o n i d for social affairs, smokers, library, entertainmen% lectures and departmental gatherings. Tvo annual events gladden the bearb of the workers-the winter amateur theatrical enterbinmeat, followed by r bdi, and the summer Association outing. The Cot~pany h 9 many lady employes; and ladies' nights, appropri. ate?~ enough, are not infrequent. &Coat of the male workers for any electrical operating concern get plenty of exercise in their work, but thc boys and younger men h d vent for their extra steam in athleticbindoor games and bowling i winter and outn door gmee and sports for the warm season. T e smaller h boyr are organized as Boy Scouts, and have the ue of a m e r camp on Long Island Sound and a fall and Kiater shack with kitchen, open fireplace and the other thine d m to the boy heart, in the great Interstate Park betveen Kew York and New Jeraey. The Association furniehm vuione h d n of d c e , and h s several cluaes of membership, octire membera . who m vok and hold office, honorary faturea, includy i q employee working on m hourly h h , who may shve in the'bnefits of the sick fund T e insurmae featun h provideo &50 without medical ernmination, which m y with examination be i n c r e d to $1,000 on whale life, 20-papent, endowment or other p h w . T e beneficiary h of a dee@ rqember receives $100 additional from the Company. 2 i c g benefits covering up to 26 weeke am obtainable by the weekly payment of two nnte for esch $1.44 a week payable in ase of a k b e u . That the vuiour features are attractire, or elet that the Company hu carried on an active propgsnd. or used canpubion

Tho tcluationd faturea u e interesting. A full? equipped laboratory for educational purposrr ii Miok i n d where practice rad expuimcnL in techid subjecb w dlorded. Thue ia a Technical whool, r Commercial rchoal and m b u n t i n g school. T k educational work fram Octobu to April ia tecbnid coutm iP carried on by lectwo, platform cxpcriments, laboratory erperiments, ond cLsr work. The Gve techn i d courece covv such principlu of tlcctriciq a a worker should how, md the principb of direct md alternating current. and the oarresponding Qple of nuchinee. The knowledge imparted i designed to fit a the workers for their work, and the commerd awrw comprsc elementary branches, telephony, atenograph?, health factors, and such specidized &to . appear in r cowssf for infomation clerks, junior elu4 oface bays and junior iarpecbra. The w g 02 promotion in tb. Cornpanj s accounting roomr is mule &in by corueor in bookkeeping, principles of u ~ ~ ~ tm namounting id g problem A summer scllool in conducted for the judor inspectors and w n t a of the light* inspection and s p e d e r n e bureau& how prrcticrl ie the It m y r q r k ~ o n r cto instruction worked up in this corporation fchool system. None of the old-fashioned, stilt& pedagogical bookr for the modernly e d u d ywng 'nun who i t bun n o practical English!, f i t he dudiu wwld benefit myone: chooaiq a theme, developing m original thought, framing i address, tbe pwta of .EL address, h e t y , n dirisioxu of oratory, effective speaking .ad application8 of bnsinma English. In uiother cvptle designed to develop g e n d eSciency the worku studies about rppeuance, manners, courtesy, right thid&g urd rpecidized knowledge M anfrctorr, tedd of eEcisnq, the purpose of educstion and citizenship. In onothet wurst for developing generd bwinuam eiacjency the subjects are: vhrt ir psychology? what ir eonriournesa, attention urd inkrest, inatinct, hbit sad thc nervorrr qrtcm, e m t i o n and p e p t i o n , memory, rueon, the rill, priaeipla of appeal and mponee in businem, 8nd pl~cbolog f American So cienq? With a of r d practical idar in hia mind, what wonder thrt m E d h n worker should a u t e matidly dcrclop in edscienq I J ordm tkut injured emplop mry o a d ~ pcunn no

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iarp l~ they are paid full wages d.wing disability and blazed a dishonorable way for bankrupt electric r d ue given the necessary medical attendance. I t k sur- cays, with it8 showing of scorea of mileP of track abana prising h t only 8 per cent of the widen& are purely doned to weeds and washouts, and New York felectrid, the other c a w being falls 14 per a n t , like fate. From the gfmt Interborough Rapid Transit struck by ~naterial30 per cent, material in eye 12 per of New York City down to the small* and shortest wt, buine 6 per cent, cuts 8 per cent, sprains G per cent, lines the Mocedonian cry goes forth. Trolley lines which were subjected to the promotion tools 7 per cent, infected wounds 4 per cent, handlug ashes 3 per cent, and machinery and frost bite 1 per methoda of two or three d e d a w o are reaping t h e cent each. Only 20 per cent are out over a week. Med- h r e t that comes from bad sowing. Private enterprise avs ical cabinets and pulmotors are conveniently gtationed built the roads, in return for bond issues of two or three timea the value of the materids and labor in the mnto render prompt service in sudden emergencia. PermaGnw in emplopment ie rewarded by a service struction, and sweetened the bonda with huge issues of annuity for employes over 50, who have served continu- common stock. Both bonds aad stock8 were painted up o d p for 25 years; it consists of not over 60 per cent of for a "kiUing" and were rapidly psased into the hanrb the annual wage3 eaiied, at the rate of 2 per cent far of "innocent" investors eeeking something for nothing. each year of service up to 30 years. To encourage t r f and who by paying erorbitrnt prices rcquind the hind hit in a prnctical way there is a saving and loan association, of vested (interest that demanda interest and dividends conducted at the Company's expense and afording a on the Liquid element of the hancing. The payment of safe investment at G per cent, with satisfactory arrange- these periodic sums "&inned2' the roade and kept them ments for loans, mortgages and withdrawal of funds. from being a d q u t e l y kept up out of what was left ~ r r a n ~ s k e n t s all kinds are beneficial ta both of income. Finally the war hished the r i . of un employer and employe, if adminhtered in the right Thirty years ago the only way to interest the men spirit, and especially if the employer deals with the that h e w how to build the roads was to let them get a employe on a just and liberal basis as to wagea and big promoteis profit. Without this incentive the electric promotion. The suspicion is always liable to arise among railways never would have been built. The state could employes of a concern doing ertensive welfare work, not build them and the common people had not the that-the welfare is in lieu of an adequate wage, and may vent&me spirit to combine their little savings into operate to qumch aspirations for higher pay. It is the great mms required for big enterpriaea. . The interesting to note tlut the junior engineers, chemists methoda n&y w r t o e af a period of rather e e hs and other technical men of Mew York City have recently naky promotiou, and it M fair to judge the performance organized a trades union in order, by collective bargain- of the pnat by the conservative standard8 of the present. ing, t obtain a satisfactory income. a T e people needed the roads, .nd need them now, and h Welfare work arises primarily from the kind instinda the bnainPanlilre tbing i to keep the rods going for the s of human employers, and secondarily on a more extensive public bene6t Under no c i r c d ~ ought the false e ~ scale from the fact that it pays. The motive is a d - Lead af Bfasxhu8etta to be followed, for no prejudice seeking oae. That it has not yet touched the mainspring and no precedent ahould be allowed to stand in the way of love is plain because the executives' attitude is ane of of the continudion of this valuable public aenrke. condescension and patronage rather than the broad It i sclqowledged that the credit of the companies has s brotherly love that will characterize the Golden Age and been destroyed and that fund8 cannot be raised for wl ultimately knit executives and employes of an in- exknsione, il and improvemezttr Inves ors t dustry into one big family. f a to buy bonds and notes of comp8niea whcee profits er are eaten up by high operating cds, whoee rr~enuea for B A ~ I X P T TROLLEY unws relief are blocked by public b e commissions, and 0 ONE FAMILIAR with the methods by which whoae very future ie i m e by m unprecedented American electric railways were finan& it in world crisis. No practical arrangement is known for the nothing surprising to see the executive heads of some state to m m e e the operotion of the transportation line& thirty rot& in wlemn conclave and unlll;moua in the T e Gring o the price of taansportation hPr been taken h f conviction tqst "something must be donc" out of the handa of the exemtivee and been divided Without some new scheme for working the long- between aste and municipal authorities into an inexsdering public for more money the managers express tricable eonhzsion. Some executiva want only state the fear that the electrlc railway systemo of New York commissions and others want both atate and municipal. State at least cannot long survive. Massdusetta h u T h e r e i e r d m i l v ~ o v u t h e f i n n n c u l ,

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operating, regulntion and public ownership p h advanced to bring relief. The Gnancial arrangements are ao much a part of the machinery for conducting an electric railway aa the rolling stocb: and road bed. The p t outlook is that the k c i a l leg of the stool t crocked through and is giving way. If thc executives cannot solve the problem it m y be necessary to look to the state for the permanent financing of this public neceeaity. It in suggested +st ntule the state has broad shoulders it inay not be able to bear all the proposed burdens that r variee of businesa failures would impose upon it. The situation is indeed so perplexing that it is beyond permanent repair by human means; it in part of the unavoidable breakdown of the present order of things. Fortunately it will be succeeded quickly by a new urangement that will not merely fix up present failures but under the auspices of the Golden Age will so1ve.d problms perfectly and never come to an end.

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than not to be +s recorded, "but they did not make cent. htanufadurers rut still working on fall and kc~owa interpretation" (Daniel 4 3 ) The less occult winter orders ahereas they usually are busy on spring the help and the more knowledge of business data a business goo& at thin season. man has the more likelv he ie to be successful. The unrest of labor diminishes production by strikes or low efficiency. Many workers, &d to spending their NEW Y O N TRUCK LAVES large wagea freely, become restive on the lead restriction. HE SHIP-BY-TRCCK business has come t etay Tens of thousands are going to Europe. o unleea the railroadg returned t private control, o Hundredu of thourn& practiced war thrift and ppn should. d e v h competitive schemer to destroy the new want to spend their savings. T e inhibitions of war are h competition. There are now scorea of establinhed rou* past, and the orders for goods ere like the torrent from for hauling freight,in every dvection out of New York. a flood b . & Whether or not this demand w i l l force Wberever there are good roada there the trucka go. prim to the sky, m y thinga w i l l be absolakly unobThe longest regular truck route is 906 mila round tainable at any price trip to Buffalo by way of Albmy. There L a choice of p e scarcity suggests that the world hss not leached five different tnicking concerns by which to ship. the peace and plenty promised for the Golden Age. Pittsburgh via Philadelphia cks next with 802 These good things are coming, for of them it ia written, oe mila and 31 concerns. Others are: Boston via Prov- "The children of men shall put their trust undq the idence, 486 miles, 19 concerns; Baston via Sprinfield, shadow of thy wings; they s i d be abundantly satisfied 468 miles, 14 lines; Scranton via Wilkesbarre, 314 miles, with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them 1line; Atlantic City, 290 miles, 3 lines; Hartford, 226 drink of the river of thy pleasures." (Psalms 36 3 - 8 ) miles, 3 lines; Allentown, Pa, 200 m l s 5 linee; And this w l , in due tim--come ie, il t psss exactly o Cmdcn. J., 198 m l s 1line; Port Jefferson, N. Y., eo promised, because, "God loved the world" ie, 128 miles, 1 line; Asbury Park, 120 d e s , 2 lines; West DECIMAL PRICING WANTED Point, 120 miles, 2 lines. , Other re,Rular lines run to Nt. Bisco, New Haven, I E OF T H E labor-producing habits of business is t sell things by 12's and 144's. The only good o Camp Dix, Bridgeport, Albany, Rahway and Newark. S x linee' make n specialty of regular routea covering reason for continuing an obviously obsolete system ie i Greater F e w York, and 97 concerns will truck material because "It hath been el-er thua" "anj-where". Tine lines vary in time from meekly to'two At the Nation4 Hardware Association convention or three times a week, or daily; and a host of concerns recently the cry w'ent up for a modern method. The will go "anytime." hardware men want a uniform method based on the The cost of trucking freight ie usually less than by decimal system. One manufacturer p;ts up ca~ea labeled rail; the goods are delivered at the door or at a conveni- ''doze&" and another next doorpacks hia with "gross" ; ent terminal ~rax.ehouse usually the goocis are delivered labels. Others catalogue and pack by the dozens and in excell~ntcondition; and the time is often lesa than bill by the groes. The proposed improvement is being by express. investigated, and if no good objections appear, will be adopted, and we will be able to say good-bye to tlm old GREA T SHORTAGE COMLNG f amilinl.. nomenclature S DAYS of ci:ange it is hazardous to predict business conditions half a verrr &cad. but business men are COMMISSIONS ON BONDS concerned owr 3 condition expected to materialize next ANY PERSONS owning government bonda and spring. desiring to add to their holdings or to sell do not Orders are comhg, domestic and foreign, in unprece- know what ia s fair cornmjssion to pay on the t m s action. Amrding to the Government Bond ComrnWee dented-*xvolume.There is unlimited spending ability. The difficnlty is the probable shortage of materials of the Investment Banked Association the following with which u fill the orders, and a s h o w of labor to are the proper aornmisaione : Up to and including, $100, , 50 cenb ; $200, 60 cents ; $300, 50 o e h ; $600, 90 do the wort. The required quontie of raw materials has not been cents; $600, $1.00; $700, $1.10; $800, $1.15; $900, il produced. 'Other shortgee w l be: a billion yards short- $1.20; $1,000, $125. The basis for determining the age in cottdh goods ; s i b and \roolens millions of y a r b market value for the transaction should be the current short; leather scarce ; steel nnd iron below requirements ; quotation on the New Tork Exchiinge, or after the close and ao on. Textile m l s are promising bupers 60 per of the Stock Exchange for the day, the closing price on il cent of their orders and trill soon reduce this t 25 per tht d8y. o

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on sides by governed SURROUNDED Armenians haveTurks and centuries by them, the been for

in a mast difficult position. The Turks are not good rulem, and the reason for it lies in their religion. I t i~ t h b question of religion that determines government. A heathen nation, wit11 a heathen ruler, like Japan, shamelessly takes adrantage of surrounding peoplea and nations without being in the least deterred by conscience. A truly Christian ruler has constantly in mind the principles of Christianity, a h.-pocritical Christian ruler professes one thing and does another, and a hfussulman go- by the Koran. The Koran teaches intolerance toward Chrictians. Therefore the Armenians have had a hard time under Turkish rule. As m n ' m the Turks entered the war all Armenian men able to bear arms were forced into the ormy where they did the menial labor, trench-digging and all service in which no arms were necesvg, the T u b being afraid to arm them. Shortly afterward, to a people thue s t r i p ped of their natural defenders, the announcement wan made that all Armenians viould be deported to Mesopotamia "for the duration of the nar, in order to safeguard the empire." The deportati~nstarted on a set day. Turkish and Kurdish soldiery started the Armenians on the way, on f a t . The order included every one, men, women, children, old and young, including cultured and refined teachers, students and graduates of American-founded missionary colleges. The men mere separated from the women and children and marched ahead to "clear the ay." They mere then marched away to a secluded spot and butchered. Xext the children were butchered before the eyes of their mothers, and the women were divided among the soldiery to be used as they saw fit. Out of parties of 5,000 Armeninns it frequently happened that only 100 survived the trip. h i v i n g in Mesopotamia, without"&lter, with very little clothing, and nith scanty food, most of the remainder perished, in d estimated at l about 1,000,000 persons. About 4,000 mannged to reach the Mediterranean shore and sigilal to French ~arshipn. The7 were t,akenliirst to Egypt and then, mrny of them, to America, aherc they are now living. At the Atbreak of the war the total number of ...eninns in the world was estimated at 4,500,000. They hare beer! badly scattered by the frequently recurring deportations and their accompanying massacres,

and this has tended to keep them a subject people. At t k t time there were 2,100,000 living within the borders of what is now Armenia, and the rest were scatterdin outlying provinces. The bulk of the 2,700,000 were on the Russian side of the border, for Armenia k in two parts, Russian Arm& and Turkish Armenia, lying side by side, South and East of the BLock Sea. When the Russians began their campsign in the Caumns in the Fall of 1914 the Armeniuu helped n them. Without their d d the s u a x h d d v r n c e i b the territory now included in Turkish Armenia would not have been possible. Their diflidtiea btgm whea the Russian m y of 800,000 men becune Bolsheviaed and melted away in the summer of 1917. Those w e n dark days for the Armenians, who had no other course open to them but to hold the linea which the Russiarur had abandoned, and nhich were now left in their handa. With the advent of tho United States into the f orld W r the Armenians received new hope. After being cut a off from the outside world for fourteen months they were rescued from their desperate plight by the p l u c b British army which cut its way through from the Persinn gulf and has since, until recently, garrisoned the county. drmenia hae enemies on dl sides, fpr the reason that she has hlo~lemson all sides. These are now leagued togethir for her desbudion. Ber natural enemies, besidea the 3,000,000 Turks that survived the War,are the 3,000,000 Russian Moslems, called Tartars, who hare organized the-lvea into the republic of Azerbaijan with their capital at Baku in Eastern Caucasiq the 2,000,000 Bolshevist R u s s h s who have organked the aeorgfan republic in Western Caucasia, and the 1,000,000 Kurds, practically nomade, who inhabit the ~ d mountain regions of Turkish Armenia. If Armenia d could hare kept from getting into trouble with the Tartars she would have had a chance. The firat breach between the Armenians and their Tdrtu neighbore to the Northeast came in the W c r part of July, 1919. At that time the Tartars murdered an Armenian o5cia.l. The Armenians made the W e of sending troops to enforce a demand for the punishment of the guilty. The Tartsra attacked these troopa, defeated them, and then, as Xoslems, began a systematic massacre of all Armeniam within reach, including their o m uaoffending subjects who had the misfortune to be nearest at hand.

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Then ia no love lost between the Turks and the feared that the sending of troops to Armenia would T m u in ravaging the territory of Russian Armenia ahnost mi? embroil the United Stater in estensive the Turh take three fourths of all Tartar crops ss well European quarrels which have centered about the Darb d of the atmenian crops, but when the Turks gamed danellea for centuries. l power ncently over an Armenian community they showThe bitterneso which exists between the h & ed enough interest in the T r a e becanse of their com- Christhns and the Turk* Moslems u a result of atr mon l b e n faith to allow t e to murder the Brmen- Turkish deportations and massacrm and Armeniaq kdx hm irPl two days before taking a hand in the same work activitie in behalf of the Buasiam and English i seen s
th&vea. The British army of occupation was withdram from Am rin September. It w u but 42,000 men, but was d c i e n t to mainwith the help of the A r m e n i a ~ tab order in the turbulent country inhabited by the mixed Turk*, Armenian and &rdi& peopl~. The reason it was withdrawn was because the brave British hop that composed it had been away from home four yeam and the labor elementa of England wanted their return, urging that British taxpayers and B r a midiem can not be espected to keep half the human race in a r k S b h a b appeared i the pn &at the = the British army moved Northward from the Persian gulf VY not t protect hmenia, or punish Turkey, ar o hold the Bolaheviki in check, but to get posaession of the immense riches of the Caspian oil fields about Baka The aithdrawal apparently proves that if the British did have this i view it is not now a part of their plan, n or that they feel that the same results can be obtained m m e a d y in another nay. Thae is no indication that Great Britain expects to withdraw her troops from Egypt, however. The mlwish, except on the part of the French, is a that America ahould accept a mandate to govern Turkey, hcluding h e n i a and the other republics which have uisen in what was once the Turkish ernpire, but there are diECp1tie.a. One of these ie h t Unifed S& t M not a war with Turkey, and has not been, and w h q t lately, in the pursuance of his duties, Admid Brisk1 of & United States Mavy warned Turkey not to conh u e her maasacres of Armenians, Turkey appealed to the Paris conference for protection agamst h m k a n rggredop, and the French press took her part A p k there is no lawful way by which the United t S t r t a can send troop into Armenia without a declardion of wax againat Turkey. The 6rst thing such troop rill h.or fo do will be to engage in battle with the lhrhi h now enrelo#ing %hatunhappy country. T e Pregident can nat oomtitutionally send these without the c a m t of c g s , although h o p s were sent t Siberia and m ns o Northern h i s wlthout Congressional consent. If wnr is declared against h k e y it is not likely that enough soldiers =.be obtained acept by conscription. I is t
in bits of news which come from time to time. When the Armenians retreated with the Bussioas from certain sectioll~ TurEah Armenia in the summer of 1917 they of destroyed all Tmlcish houses and expelled the Turke over the frontier in a naked and hrlf-starved condition. Pu'ow, ar fast as the Turks gain control over territoryry which hu, been occupied by Armenians, they 8m destroying every vestige of the Annenian popuhtion. The encircling of Armenia now under way by the !Rub, Tartus and Kards, a l under the direction of l Enver Paaha, of German-Turkish alliance fame, hae for ita objed the complete obliteration of the Armenians from the face of the earth. That the Armenian republic c m hold out until Christmas 8eem quite improbable. a fast as the hvks gain ground i the* n rutvement they carry out their d p b s of -ere, the Y q girls being wried off to the harems. When t b q recently captured NMchman, with an d t e d slaughter of 6,000 to 12,000 perm=, h e r icana crossing i t Persia report having seen the river no at which they croseed full of headless, mutilated, bodies. It is generally believed that the only argument to which the ?hrkish enemiea of Apenia w i l l listm k force, and that as swn as it is dehitely known that the United States wiIl not eend troop, Armenia and the Armenians must perinh from the earth, because the man-power of the & m e n h a is now exhausted. - f I Armenia is dadrqed eivilhtion will h d itaelf acing a combination of Turkish and Bolshevist forces in bgia Ildinor which d have no opposition in their march l Westward to the Dardanelles. Armenians sre p r o f e d C l h t h q and the Great W r baa ahown that they have ae much and aa little a right to the name C h r i s t h u any of the other nations that b e chimed that title But it seems hard to see a great and edightened people, who have been o great f help to the Allies, and who have suffered so horribly during the WU, now left helplea to be dedroyed by Moslem savage% These are days when Natiom are divinely forgiven jast u they have forgiven others, in accordance with , W e words, <?f ye forgive nut men [even T u r b ] their trespssses, neither wilt your Heavenly Father forgive yopr trerpasea"-Matthew 6:1&

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CIVILIZING T a 6 CACTUS T IS NORE of a job to civilize the cactus than some of us imagined a few years ago, when we first began to hear s h i e s about the wonders of spineless varieties.

We read about what excellent food it made for attle, and how it was so cheap to produce that the result in due time, would probably be the raising of cattle in such numbers that the best porterhouse steak could be sold at a profit for 10c per pound. Porterhouse ! Porterhouse!! Where did we ever hear that word before? Ah! That wm before the cheaper cuts had become so expensive we could not afford to buy anything but soup bones. We heard about the cachu fruit, how delicious it is, and how it is all-eady found in candid form in the Far West confectionery stores, how it is splendid for jellies and even useful in thc manufacture of paint. Dispatches are just going the rounds that at San Bernardino, Cal, a cactua food prducta plant is now about to turn "the wild thorny cactus of the desert wastes" into cattle food, "table eyrup of high quality and delicious flavor", glucose, gluten, bread flour and paper pdp. Thia may all be true and we hope it is, for i t is important to m a & n d that the cactus be made usable if that ia possible, and it seem as though it might be. The government has been engaged for years in making ehbonte erperimente w t some f f e n hundred rariih ite eties of cactus at two stations in Texas and one in Californi~,and has learned a few things which are of interest in thia connection. The two worst things about the cactus, or prickly pear, as it is also called, are, first, that it has some large "prickers", like thorns, which are called spines, and, second, that it has some more prickers, like small needles, which are called spicules. By the time you have shaken hands once with a cactus which is well provided with vines or spicuIee, or both (for they gencraLly grow together)kyou will h o w why we haye to cinilize the cadua Anotbrr thing about the cactus is that it does not stay civilized as it ought In 1905 the Government imported from the island of M l a a few cuttings of a at large spinele.4s spheies called Opuntk @ua indica, but what does i t d o after it has been in America for six years bat develop into a big cactus one side of which is practically spinelesa while the other side is exceedingly spiny P I h t can you say to a plant that ncts that r a y ? A plant of another spineless variety shows the same

how-, that disposition ar this one. It M well lack of epines can be maintained in certain species by "regetation propagation", and that the ~ariationrback to spinea are comparatively slight. There are species of cacti in southern Texae which are variable. Sometimes they have spines and sometimes they hare n o t When they do not have spines h e y h y do have spicules, however, to a greater or less degra. As a matter of fact completely spineless joint6 are eomewhat rare. Csually, on &in varieties, there will be produced one cutting to a limb entirely or p d spineless, and these pgta can be cut and used for fodder. On some varieties the spines can be d y burned off and the whole plant cm then be used. I n southern Texas the planta grow more rapidly, n-hile at the California station the development of fruit is more rapid. The less the plant growth, the greater the fruit development. Planta which have made no vegetative growth in a season have produced an exceedinglj hcavy crop of fruit. Fruit usually cornea in the third year of the plant. The spinelcsw f o i ~ u do not do well in moist mil or , when the air is moist. They rot very badly. I n cold weather, dso, the poorly mpported limbs cue very likely to break off. The recommended and d practica in propagating the plants is by a cutting from an older one. Resetting is necessary after a few years, on amount of the deterioration and unsightly condition which manifests itself. A temperature of 20 degrees Fahrenheit ie about as low as the so-called spineless Indian-% group of Wi csn withstand, although thie temperatun may go aa low aa 40 degrees below zero for the small, extreme n o r t h h forms. The plants hare great recuperative powers. Limbs which have become discolored and droop through an angle of 90 degrees or more will o f t n recover and gain their normal position. In one cuwr where a loss of at least 50 per cent waa estimated from r heavy izeeze the result was an actual loss of not ovu two per cent. When the plants are sick from fro& they mud n t be o cut, bruised or handled on account of the rapid matting which ensues. The greateat loss in cold n e a t h comes from the breaking o f of large l i m b of the upinelens f form which is in most general use, due to the fact t h t it is weak at the joints. The wealth and variety of green exhibited by acti are scarcely excelled in m other group of plants, a d y the color of the individual pknt ir co&mtlj c h q k g .

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There is the colol of the old, the young and the middle- CORN AND WaEA T CROPS aged joints, the a ~ t u r n n apring color, an well ae the and HE CORN crop for thc year s a recently estimated a color of health, disease, and protection. The color of the at 2,858,000,000 bushels, which is about 26 b d e h young growth ia often strikingly beautitul, arr ia &o per year for every man, woman and child in the United that caused by cold weather or severe drought. States. Xost of thie grain is consumed first by live stock The flowers of fully one fourth of the cacti change and nftervcrrdi by humans in the form of meat, though color decidedly as the day advances. Some change from corn i the form of corn flakes, corn meal mush, sweet n light yellow to deep orange with a tinge of red, =me corn, succotash, canned corn,'corn fritters, corn m@& . from light yellow to pink, others from brick red to deep and hominy is-widely used, and in the South there are purple. On the other ha$& many cactus plants have many homes in which no meal is considered complete variously colored flosers on the same plant, each chang- unless there ie Bome form of corn bread upon the table. ing or not, as the case may be. One of the southern The crop for 1919 ia considered of good quality and Arizona cacti has flowers ranging from greeniah yellow fair size. This staple food of Americana and of Amerthrough chocolate to bright purple. Purplish tints may ican cattle was first brought to the attention of white be produced at will in many species. men by the Indians of the American continent. It is a There are a number of species in which new fruits plant particularly suited to oar hot summer climate, rise from the old ones, which become incorporated as a and not gr0v-n to any great extent elsewhere. We permanent part of the plant, thus making pendent export rery little. It is eetimatecl that the wheat crop this gear w i l l be bunches of fruits of p n t e r or less ertent. Sometimes this condition of proliferation, a it is called, is brought about the same a~ it waj last year, 919,000,000 bushelq hs s on by the a k k s of a s a l fly which deposits its eggs or almut 8 bushels per year for each of us. T i i ml 300,000,000 bushela less than was expected; but thia in the very young flower buds, causing complete sterility ie of the fruit, which is belated and of small s z . A still allows a largd quantity for e-rport, on the basis of similiar condition is caused by lice congregating on the the 1918 euperience. The spring wheat crop this year tips of the young flower buds and preventing them from did poorly, and it is declared by many farmers in the opening. These bunches of fruit are of considerable , a-inter wheat helt that they d not attempt the s o d g importance upon the stock rangee of the Southwest, of spring wheat again. The drouth this year in M o n b a furnish& succulent and nutritious morsels which con- and Kestern Cnnsdn n-as very severe, practically ruining tribute not a little to the sustaining capacity of the the wheat crop in those sections. The word "corn" a used throughout the scripture^ ranges in time of need. refers to grain of dl kinds. Some tibnes it refers to I t is the Government investigator's belief that "Our deserts are incapable of supporting crops of native wheat, a when our Lord used the rq-pression, "Except 8 no par-much less of the spineless introduwd varieties." corn of wheat fall i t the ground cmd die, it abideth alone; but if it die it bringeth forth much fruit." No doubt that is his honest opinion, and the r d t of careful study, but w-hen we read his opinion we think of (John 12 :24) The thought back of this is that if Jesus other Governmeut investigators in earlier days, who had not sacrificed his life he might have mnintaine3 it proved that it would never be possible for a steamer, forever, but in that event he would not hare been privileged to bestow life upon the church nnd the world. to cross the ocean because it could not carry coal enough to make the voyage, and the others who proved that nothing could ever be raised on arid lands nhich are now TO BUY LAND OR TO SELL T CCRRENT p r i m for farm products the valuation yielding wonderful harvests of wheat and other crops. of $300 and upward per acre for land which would TVe'weve the study which is now being mnde of cacti have seemed so out of all reason a few pars ago is only will be of vrrp great advantage to mnnbid in the near n h t should now be expected. The sale of rnio futme. Our own conviction is thnt the climatic eon- besed upon its s u p p o d d u e , upon what it is worth to ditions are so changing that in due time the Anmican its possessor, vhzt profit can be made out of it, snd even desert will disappear entirely, and that in the meantime at $300 per acre a profit can be made at present out of the desert $eas kill yield much food that d be needed a well-managed farm. l and apprec3ted by man and beast, and this food, we But the current prices of farm products are besed apprehend, will come in large part from the cil-ilized upn the apeumption that Europe can be supplied with cactus. "The desert shall rejoice and bloesom as the credit to buy our goods. As soon as she can no longer b q at present prices the prices m s fall, and when they ut rose."-Isaiah 35 : L

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do fall the price of $300 will be too high. The man who has money to invest in n farm at the present time should e.rpect to see his land depreciate in value to a point il where it wl return only the profit that it returned bdore the aar. Unless he can pry cash for the farm he had better not buy it. But if he crrn pay cash he can hnrdly put his money into any form of property more likely to give lasting satisfaction. It is a kind of property that is very tangible in these intangible times. A man who has a large farm, larger than he can work to the best advantage, would do well to divide his holdings at the present time, especially if he has on interest-bearing debt that con be cleared off. It ie not going to be so =y to p3y the interest on a high-priced farm next year rrs it is this year, and lt d be harder l still the year following. Persons who sell fsrm property now would do weII to sell for cash. Prices on some kinds e , to fall. of farm produds have already bIn Abrahmi's time the land w a s free to the urn. Although -4braham lived just an hundred geara in Palast~ne(Genesis 12 :4 ;23 :8) yet he never owned any of the land (Acts 7:5), despite the fact that he maintaincd a p e a t household of 318 servants (Genesis 14:14) and was accounted a ''migl$' prince'' among the people(Genesis 23 :6) IVhen the time came for him b burp Sarah he had no place to put her, and the .de of a burial plot was particularly conditioned on the fact that he was "a stranger and eojournei' among the Cnnasnltcs, the real omers.-Genesis 23 :1-20.

TO INCREASE WHEAT TTELD made by farmers in HE ~ I S T ~ too o f ~ n E the VinBr-Wheat B d t of thinlimg that there will always be enough moisture for the greatest growth, with the result that short crops are harvested when more attention to the savin,n of moisture would have assured good yields. farmers in Illinois turns One of the most under the stubble as soon as the ab are off. He harrons, the same daj, what has been turned under and before sosing time gws over the field several times with the dm, kq, or roller so as to ]il off the weeds, to sett,12 ;l the subsQil, and to keep a mulch on top. shodd be urcd nr seed, for it has H~~~~~~~ been shorn by experiment that seed acclirnntcd in a lccditp generally giver better yields than seed of the m e variety brotto,lght from a di,tance. Fmming and done, gradhg the & before thus rerno* broken, immature ancl shrircled p i n s . w d w b apd f o r e i p material. Smut balls ond man? gains which haye been nfiected by scab will be removed by the fanzzing mlll, M these are lighter than sound

grain. \There stinking smut and loose smut are present, seed wheat should be treated with formalin. Broadctvting is a very ineffective way of sowing. More uniform stands are secured with lets e d , and winter resistance is greater, where drills are used for seeding. In well-prepared soil it makes little difference what kind of a drill is used. It ia seldom good practice to plant at a greater clcpth than three inches; a half inch less i better. On the Great Plains, from three to fa? p'ecks per acre is the usual rate of seeding, but in dl other parta of the Winter-Wheat Belt a pecks k the usual h quantity s o n . To avoid the Eessian f seeding should be dela~ed l ; as long as possible. The first frost in the fall destroys most of these in@&, and thus greatly reduces the damage which they may inflict. If the 'right date for planting be selected, neither early enough to be attacked by the fly nor yet BO late M to cause danger of wmterIdling, fbur-fifths of the injury to winter wheat may be a~oided,Risks of late seeding may be greatly lessened by providing-&firm, we&drained seed bed, finely worked on top, in which there is plenty of moisture and available plant fd. Ordinary stsble rnsllure supplies the elements needed to keep wheat land in good producing condition, except that it is i phoephorus. On the n f-8 this is W , added i the &ble a #e m n n i made, 50 s pounds of rock phosphate to one ton of manure. T i hs system of reinforcing manure with phosphorus is practiced extensicely throughout the Middle West and South. One pound of phosphate dullted in the stable af ewh horse or cow per day ~ccomplishesthe desired e result. One of the best rotations of craps, for a rotation which contains wheat as one of the items, is corn, oats. wheat and clover, the farm being divided into four equal pa& and worked regularly every season. On C farm where such a rotation was practiced with elwllert result3 the programme of fertilization wm as follows : For the corn ten tons per acre of the abavtdscrib~d phosphnted manure WJU plowed undu, the ~ l o w d land being subsequently dressed aith one ton per acre of limestene. For the oats no fertilization. For the wheat two fertilizations, one in the fall of a wmplete fertilizer made up of 200 p u n & steamed bone med, 100 ~ u n d i "id phosphate 40 Po*d9 mur*b of P0t-h~ and 'I'hls 0C in the spring of 60 p u n & nitrak of 400 pounds of fertilizer p r acre cost) about $6.50 p r =re for the materials. The outcome of the foregoing treatment w a sn eight?car aver* of ii bushels of corn per acre, followed by 61 buhek of oats, 33 bushels of wheat and 3 2-3 tono

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YOUR BUSEZL OF P E ID YOU eat your bushel of peanuta I& year? You did it you are on werage American, for there are 100,000,000 Americana and we raised 100,000,000 bash& of peanub in 1918. To be sure, we only b e s t e d 50,000,000 bushels, but pigs harvested the rest, and then we hanested the pip. h d when we ate the hams and bacon we ate the 60,000,000 bush& of FRUIT GROWING VICTORIES peanuts that the pigs gathered for us. AXITOBA, Alberta and Saskatchewan have a l u a y ~ w e ate a lot of peanub from the d b a lot salted, e , been considered beyond the fruit zone on account a lot in the form of peanut butter, and a lot in the fonn of t h severe ePinters freezing and bursting the trees. of p n u t oil, which-came to ua dhguised as butter, During the past ten years the Canadian Forestry Com- salad oil, e t c Uncle Sam haa just acknowledged oP16dd.l~ that we mission has been gr~pplingwith this problem and at their Agricultural College at Indian Head, a suburb of do love the peanut. He hne had his dietary experts on ru se Winnipeg, they now have a bearing orchard of plam trees the job arrd they have msrd him that .the peanut is a et and appie treea thst is a great success. The trees in this perfect substitute for m a . And meat hu been or ia orchard are sheltered from the prevailing winter winds sauce. It ought not to be 8carte, but it has been made so, &d that makes it so even if it isn't m Meat ought . by a screen of closely-set 6r trees. A very dserent way of producing a v&e@ of fruits not to be mode earrce by piling it up in a warehaus where there was none was brought to light in the work until it spoils and has to be sold for fertilizer. But m y of 8 horticulturist at Findlay, Ohio, recently. He had way the peanut is valuable for food and Uncle Sam haa upon hie farm an apple tree that was decayed in several now set apart $12,000 "for collecting and distributing al placee, had several dead limbs, and his frienda said it by telegraph, m i and otherwhe,.information on the woyld never field again. He scraped the tree, removed supply, demand, commerci& movement, disposition, d the dead matter, filled the holea with cement, and the quality and market prices of $eanuta'* We hope that l tree revived. Then he began to experiment with it. this does not mean that the same thing that happened il Now he has &ted upon the original tree thuty-two to the meat w l happen to the peanut. We would Like vuietiea of apples and six varieties of pears Pad obtaine to eat our bushel next yeor instead of having i t locked fnrit of vuionr kinds from the tree from early summer up in a warehouse until the Senate ratifies, without until late in the Fall. T e tree ie more than seventy-five resemations, the League of Nations trertp, or solome other h far-off time. y w s old, and i part held together with chains. s \Ye wonder if those were peanut8 that Jamb referred An unique incident of our Lord's mimstry was the pronouncement of B e curse upon the barren fig tree, to in Genesis 43 :11 when he said to his eleven sono Tk % e t ' ~ r o h i t grow on thee heweforward until the age. " a e of the best fruits in the land in your veseele, and gp, And presently the bg tree withered may." ( ~ a t t 21 :19) carry down the man [the ruler of E y t Joseph] 8 : That fig tree represented the Jewish nation. Our Lord preclent, r little balm, and a little honey, spices, and r e f e d to the m e tree again, "Now learn a parable myrrh, nuts, and almonds." [Just after r e had w r i t . atr of the fig t e e : When hie branch t yet tender. and that we looked the m t e up 'hd found that it was putteth forththves, ye know that summer b nigh: so doubtlese pistachio nuts that Jacob a t t h e kind used likewise j when ye see all these things, knoa that it is in Raroring ice cream]. The "garden of nutd'of Cank near, even at the doors." (Matthew 24 :31,32) Thus ticles 6:11 includes nuts of all kinds. The reference, the I a r d tello us that when we begin to aee Zionism in spiritually, is to the heart-gardens of the Foolish Vvgin the e r h the Jews beginning to return to Palestine, class that does not yield as quickly as a gardea of spicea at, m d large number8 planning to follow them, u i now its treasures to the heart-Qardener, the Lord. s

of clover, m increase as compared with unfertilized lands of 50 buahels of corn, 31 bushels of oate, 21 bushels of wheat and over 2 tom of hay. I n the Golden Age "The seed shall be prosperous; the vihe s h d give her fruit, and the .ground shall give hhr increase, and the heavens shall give their dew." (Zechariah 8 :l2) Many of these changes are n o s being brought about in the earth in what seems a perfectly natural way, but which are really the outworking of Jehovah's good purpoees toward our race. He is using the minds of men, and the needs of humanity to develop the euperior methods of cultivation which wl make of il the earth an Eden restored. "And they shall cay, Thie land that'naa desolate is become like the garden 'of Eden.".-Ezekiel 36 :35.

the con, we may know that the barrennes~ the Jew8 of toward the Lord is at an end, and that the d a m of the age, the Oolden Age, ia-at hand, even at the door. Thus expect tbat i 8 few years there will be a great n we returning to the Lord on the pnrt of the JWS, fruitthe age which the great husbandman saw so long ago.Romans 1 26. 1

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HAECKEL AS A "SCIENTIST" 0 MAN of science had a greater influence among his contemporaries than evolutionist Ernest b lid, who recently died at J e w Germany. Hie many friends and admirers praised him ae a light of the first magnitude, and innumerable clergymen of modernist tendencies swore by H d e l and mistaught the Bible from their pulpib in the ''light" of the great Cferman. NOWthat the war has made it possible to ~ U I German philosophy without being d e d an i g n o r p w , the searchlight and the microscope have been applied to many a Teuton scientist, and the world sees them in a lesa favorable Qlxt. Even before the war the reliability of Haeckel's conclusions wss assailed, he wna'robbed of his cheapLy won laurels, he was convicted of forging scientific proofs, and his ignorance both of scientific principles and of his Own principles \raS clearly PmVeIl. For example, Professor Frank Thilly, in a lecture before the Sage Philosophical Club at Cornell Univereity, eummed up his argument as follows: 'We have examined Haeckel's phdosophy and have pointed out its inconsistencies and inadequateness. I t violates the fundamental requirements of scientific hypothesis ;it is not consistent d t h itself, and does not explain the facts. It ie 80 f d of contradictions that its opponents will have no di5iculty in citing passages from the 'World Riddles' convicting the author of almost any philosophical heresy under the sun. The fact is, Haeckel's philosophy i no system at all, but a conglomeration of s different system, a metaphysical potpourri, r thing of ahreds and patches." Another critic of Haeckel, Professor 0. D.Chwolson, of the Imperial University at Petrograd, says, "The result of our investigation k t e r r i b l m n e might say it makes one's hair stand on end! Ercehing, absolutely eueything Haeckel saps in connection r i t h questions of physical research is false, is based on misconceptions w b e m s an h o s t incredible ignorance of the most fundamental qyestions. Equipped with such utter ignormce, however, he considers it possible to declare the foundation of modern physical science, the kinetic theory of substance, as untenable. IIaecAd's '\Torld Riddles' are typical M tnese writings whose authors ignore and despise the-elfth commandment: Thou shalt never write about anything thou doest not understand." When "scientiscls" fall out. and tear oze another to pieces, the common people ha\-e the chance to ascertain juat how Little even the "great" ones know.

WIRELESS FIRE IGNITION ERE I a question a t agitating & insurance S mpia just n o , and there are other people d o are interested. A few yeus ago the otepmabip ~ 6 1 turno" w\.as burned in midoeen There warr no apparent c a m for the conflagration. It wse at 8 time when \\-ireless sbtions were very d i v e .nd a hentist suggested t h t the cause of the accident was the crossing of Uw i d e m waves at the tjme p b a - fie &p h took fire. NOW comes the -omcement of 8 R e n d &tist, by which perfected a Mr. G. A- hroy, that he a p p m b h v e set on fire the electric of combustiLle ilrrterfi several pr& away. Thb anwpe follow4 by the ob-ation af some recently fdin the Loop one t h t the bdmn district of Chiago, killing- a dozen people m d it had p a d a large bb; burst into flames j h near a pl.nt. in the .r about i 1\7bt wonderful unseen I=, elmtric currenb of pll sorts, - e m heat, ra&+ activity, the spiritud powere of demo* the beneficent parers of the holy mg&, 6'Min-g ~irib, sent forth to minister for them who be hof salvation l"HebrerPs 1

SIXTY MILES A GALLON N A TINY S u o n 'CFoW" does thirty miles or ~ ~ o t o r q cdl m fiity miles i n a gallon of gwoline e the proud owner never lets hie friendr forget it. What w l the ubiquitous Ford owner not u y rhcn he gets il the new gasdine m o b invented i Klnnu CiQ? - n I t ia called the Van Dyke motor and drimr 40 be built on quite new principles It gives promise of unheardaf mileage records per galloa h o n g other claim made for this remarkabIe invention are that it incre3.w~the pwer ten per cent h u g h a-ent af heat ordinarily radiated ;it operatea on 8 fuel srving of s u t y per cent compared with standard m it will ; makc an n n u s d y e5cient drplme motor; .it wl il make possible the manufacture o a cr eelling for $250. f a The ancient prophet, DaPi4 would p e r b p ~ not be unduly surprised to come back and rss the common people skimming over the ground in "ahuioto" costing four for a thouand dollars, for it waa he who uttered the prophecy to the effect that "many shall run to and fro7' (Daniel l2:4), and it is poeeible that 8 100-milean-hour racing machine might not give ooocenr to the
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Hebrew age of Babylon. At any r t ,man? are running ae to and fro, and if that ia the fulfilment of the prophet'o prediction, the other part goes with it h t thir is the "tlme of the end," in plain worb, the end of t h ~ s order of things. to be shortly followed by the long promised . Golden Age.

TRANSA TLANTIC TELEPHONY idea of u k i n g BAT THE r-tion of across the m a n by wireleu may be at hand appcm from the statement that the h e r d Electric Company is coneidering plans for d o h it. A wealthy New Yorker has a partner in Paris and wiehing to obviate the delay of the eIedric c&le, is having pl- & a m up for d i n g him up l ~ h e other department of the business with my this difference that fhe call go by -eland the response d be from Paris. l The consulting engineer of the "0.E " in c h a r p of . this' hind of work, h a perfected the duplex 'wireless telephone and says that the trans-Atlantic wstm confernplated wdl be much like that of an ordtrlephone exchange. It will mnke it easy for the traveller who is expected to write a letter home every day, to take up the hotel-room phone and talk three minutes mth wife or sweetheart; and something like that will come, we are confidently mformed, when wireless telephone exchanges are established in all the principle citiea of the world. It will be quite a dream of the ancients fulfilled when man talks familiarly with his fellow across sea and land.

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SIGNALLING TO MARS? VERY once in a while some "scientist" gets public. ity by resurrecting the ancient scienti6c possibility of communicating aith the planet ?dam This is alwayn interesting and enough of the c o d o n people will a t least wan the newspaper paragraph to add that much "fame" to a man of science. The assumption is that the planet Mars is peopled with intelligert beinge, who have a similar feverish liking for "some new thing," that they u e trying to communicate with the planet Earth; and that there ue ''ucientiots" on Mara equally deeirotle,with the earth ackntists of securing "fame". But w h o h & whether the 3fartiaas (?) map be quite good people and might not w e to communicate with m dkreputable a planet aa Earth? Another scientist @n e hie bow, .e he repcata the Grst act o the feOniliOf play, "Yarn and the Martiurs." f It k Profesqr David Todd and he proposes to utilize the biggest haloon ever made and go up to the highest height erer gone to by humann. The gss bag will have a apacit). of 140,009 cubic feet, and if expected t a ascend

with the Professor to the heigbt of 50,000 milea. It ir by meam of a new invention, of course. which perhaps har never been tried hefore and nobody holvs for sure whether it will work, but divides the baloon into two compartments, the upper containing hydrogen g u , md the lower ordinary frenh air. And the Proftnror hu just returned from Brazil and "perfected" r nignalling apparatus for the experiments. The announcement ir evidently o6ci.l for it i made by Leo Stevens, bdoo% s instructor at Fort Omdr It the old to the public -i 'tto Even but t h e ~ have to be t@ = Ma" ie thing dreeeed ocwioluLl~. The e p i c of Jerusalem had it right when he n o t e , "The thing that llath been im that which k;and that which is do= th.t which be done; t h a a y thing.. whereof ,it m y be said, See, this in new? it hath been already of old timc, which was before pr." (Eccles how many timeP the.ncie* imh% Z9-l0) We tried si@ to t FZSEES AND EORSES 0flNDS DISTINGUlSHED professor of psychology msvered s question as to the mental procesees of the lower animals by stating that they thought and felt like human berngs but to a lees degree Scientists are on the right track in in\-ertigatiig the minds of animals for there is wmething to be discovered, though of what practical value is not dwelt upon. One "famoua authority," Dr. Francis Ward, h stndied fish a and says that they actually think. A fieh hoe memory and judgment to refuse a bait covering a hook, provided the fish's. latest sad exprience wlth,the hook is not over r certain number of days or hours distant. The fish was able t connect mentally the hook and bait with a s i p d a a few inches above. That fishes love one anotl.er just as higher animals do haa been proved, aa well .s that they give expression to their emotions. Indeed, if one knm-s fish, he can, according to Dr. Ward, watch them and tell what they are thinking about, what they intend ' to do, and the state of their feelings. Xore people h o w horees than h o w fish, and that horeee have emotions and love their friends and hate their tormentors there is no question. No one of humane instincts can have much to do with a good home without gaining an affection far the animal, which is often reciprocated to n marked degree. That horses even weep L vouched ior by a prominent veterinarjan who states that they have well developed tear glands, and that " n i a dumb brute's existence, especially a old and m o u a n horse, there might be times of great fatigue, when hij physical condition could produce such a reaction, which u something like hysteria"

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of ssfety mner to make the mtea for the city as a whole compare very favorably with other cities where the Childrede Bureau has mado a similar study. T ' Infant mortality rate for Saginaw is only 84.6, notab17 less than that of the registration a r m Thirty-nine per cent of the births occurred in fmiliea where the fatheir earnings were over $850 a year, a proportion exceeded only by that of Brockton, Masa Less than an eighth of the Shginaw mothen were pmfully employed, during the year prior to the baby's birth or during any part of the babfa first yenr. In the m a z l u f m cities of BrocMon and Xew Bedford, Mass, omfifth and twofifths of the mothers, respectively, had worked in order to supplement the family income. Only 8 few of the Saginaw mothers, even when employed, worked away from home, SO that a majority of the bubies had the advantage of bread feeding and mothering. The attendance of s physician a t confinement in Saghaw was the rule to which there were few exceptions. Very few of the mothers were cut off from useful inform8tion rega.rdin,n the care of their babies though their inability to read. Only C per cent of the Saginaw mothen w r illiterate, ee ap comparcd Kith 13 per cent in Broctton, ?da33., 16 per cent i Johnstom, Pa., and 17 per cent in n Manche~trr,S. H. But, although Saginaw is a c o m p a r ~ t i d y safe place for babies, all babies do not have an equal dunce C lire. If eve* babr is to be given a c h a e , the report points out, every f d y must be enabled to maintain n fair standard of living and every erpectant mother must be in a position to secure proper care and advice. I n this r a y every. p a t of the city cap be made a safety wne for babies. I n the Golden Age human life will be considered precious everywhere, more highly esteemed than "the golden wedge of Ophir." (Isaiah 13:12) It will be esteemed for w b t it is-the wonderful, inscrutable gift of God, and while we have reuon to believe that thc number of new babia, will gradually decrease rs men cnd women kcome more and more u d i p h lJ interested in tke welfare of the whole race, yet we may be w e that when the babiee arrive they will be made welcome and cared for in such a way, if possible, as to v a n t e e not orililp their ph~sical their mental and moral wellbut being in every sense!. There is nomething mong with people who do cot have a warm spot in their hearts for the little folks that bring so much of sunshine with them inta the world,

SAFETY ZONES FOR BABIES ABIES who expect to sp&d their first year of life in a citp should take care to choose a "safety zone." , According to a report on Infant Mortality in Saghaw, Micfi, given out recently by the Children's Bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor, it is more than 6 timca as dangerous for a baby to be born in one section of the town aa in another. The investigations of'the Bureau have shown that the essentials of a safety zone for babies are that a majority of the fathers in it must earn a 'liring wage. the mothers must not be employed during the year before or the pear following the baby's birth, the mothers m s receive proper chre when their babia ut are botn, both fathers and mothera must be able to read and write, aqd the babies m u d be properly h o u d In Pa,@aw there were several wards where poor drainage, unsanitary disposition of garbage and refuse, ouMoor torlets, shallow well drinking waters and dwellings which lacked sewer connection rendered the section unsafe for babies. I n the ward in Saginaw where the least farorable conditions prevailed, one baby out of every 6 died before it was a year old, as compared with one out of every 34 in the best residential wards. I n the ward hariog the highest infant mortality, a majority of the fathers had very small wages. Of the 2 1 babies who died in this word, 18 hnd fathers earning less thcn . $S50 a year. The infant mortality rate was only about half as great for t h o ~ ebabies whose fathers earned between $850 and $1020 a year aa it was for the city as o whole, and only about one-fourth as p e n t for those whose fathers earned $1250 or more, while Babies who wen unfortunate enough to choose fathers earning less than $430 died at a rate over twice as great aa that for the vrhole city. It is only when the father's earni~ge were small that the Saginan mothers went out to amk. The infant mortdiq. rate for the babies of v o r h mothcrs was 133.7 as &mpared with 55.3 for those wliose mothera were not ginfuIly employed. A low income also mcans that the mother na a , d e does not receive proper care before the baby is born. I n Saginaw the deaths of tnsthirh of t l v b@ies were due primarily to prenatal causes. "Pnqatal Care" says the report, "is especially needed for the inexperienced young mother and in fnmdies in which the father's earning ore low,judging from the high mortality among Grst-born babies y l d in the lower earnings groups.'' There rere, however, in Sagiuam, a s d c i e n t number

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altruistically deroted t the welfare of his fellorrs o be seen by any traveler that t&es the trouble to go up the Yangtse River to the city of Nan-tung Chow. There livm a Cpinese scholar, Chang Chien, r h o had tried in vain to give play to his beneficent ideas in high government positions, and finding the Chinese politiciand control of government inimical there to the welfare of the common people, the same as in other countries, hc l d t public aervice and settled in k - t u n g Chow determined to begin to make his community a model one. The effect of this sage's' efforts has been to create in the heart of China, what a l the missionaria of Christianity l have never rrccomplished, a model for the community development of tho nation, something that will doubtless stand as the best that can be accomplished until the Golden Age tranafonna the entire world, including

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and appreciate the k ~ t t i f u lin art and nature, they must firrrt be g i ~ e n opportunitJ to earn t h e 4 rice. the Create a condition such that the people do not .think of . , ' poverty." What this great citizen of the Chinene Republic k doing will be the burden of t h o u ~ n d a altruistic men of nnd,women when the Golden Age has come in ita glory. Then the great and powerful aU regard it their greatest i achievement, not to help themselves t the people's o millions, but to help the people by OM with devoted s e m k When that time c m s it d be ar though the oe l cornmirnd, "Forward Xarch 1" had been given for d the l peoples of a l nations, for it mill m the whole wodd l e marching on with a progress and a pmpvitg undreamed of. Every man will be every other man's brother and eve* woman every other woman's sieter. All will be far one and one Kill be far all. It will indeed be the China. To Chang Chien were given in charge all the public Golden Age of which paeta have mag, dreamera have institutions of the city, including the poorhouse, the dreamed and for which the whole world b ever hoped. would Christ have commanded jails, the poIice and the educational work He has a I t ia coming-soon-for all Christians everywhere for eighten centuries to pray scheme of industrial de~lelopment which has taken form in six land development companies and numerous other the prayer, "Thy will be done on earth m it b done in industries. There is a; agricultural mllege, working on heaven" unlesa it were in the divine plan that the eipcrimental fields to ascertain the best crops and the prayer should be fulfilled? best methoda of handling them. According to "hid', ..these include 6dda of Sen Island cotton, engar-cme AU ABOARD FOR ELTROPE OR SIX TEAnS war, subgarines, passports, censorfrom America, wheat suited to m e r e n t soils, apples, ehipe and other conditions have hindered the tourist pears, figs, bamboo6 and muIbemes. Embroidery is dweloped into a local industry through a school conduct- trade, but neb year the bars are expected to be down. Stemship companies report, possibly for advertising ed by a Chineae lady, the, finest embroidq expert of the Republic Other departments are under the charge purposebi that 1020 will witnees an unprecedented rush of specially selected e-xperts. Nan-tung Chow is in- to tsee the aar-torn fields and towns of France and debted to Chmg Chien for a system of five public parks, Belgium. European travel aiIl cany the fresh distinction . connected by winding driveways and artietic bridges and of familiarity with the renowned nun- of new battlefields. T h o u ~ n d a go with reverent grief to s e the will e containing beautiful lakes and grottoes. C h a q Chicn is an efficient altruist, for he follows the graves of their soldier dead. Tens of thousands of definite pian of inaugurating two new enterpa year. former soldiers will accompany their people over scenes The 1919 program includea an automobile road to the they helped to make historic. The old crowd of millionn fornous Lang Shan Hille, and 1928 wiil see more r d - , aires cannot let the newly-rich outdo them i ability to udes dikes for flood pmention and a achool for silk culture. talk about "the Continent." H n r d of thousands af The c i t i b d Nan-tung Chow, down to the children, other people will revisit the old folks, tonr quietly in the are with thewise man who has led them up from poverty established manner, visit art galleries and pay homage of to culture and plenty. Chang Chien states the simple at the multitudinous ~hrincs the old aorld. The total principles t~ which he won confidence snd aralcened of visitors ia estimated at a million, of whom a third the Chinese to their present propes: "If yon wish to have booked their pasage provisionally on the hundred develop a community, you must h of all avoid all ahips that w i l l be wait* for them. t

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If the army of tourists could b q i r their march at once it would be a godsend to Europc, for it is estimated that the d i o n trarelers wl spncl iour LiUion dollars il abroad. The direct effect of this flood of money rilI be to put billions into circulation and rtimulate Europe's domedic trrde and manufactures. It will Lc the equiydent of . American loka of that amourt, with the n tdvrnhge to Europe of not having to be paid back and a r q i n g w intereat charIt wl give Europe a vast il mm with which to repay thin country for manufactured d raw materials which the poverty dricken nations uc unable to pay for now with either gold oi goods It rin go in the shape of h d s baaed on foreign exchange, m d by rsising the demand for foreign exchange, will increme the value of the pound, franc and mark, m d stimulate the parchaw of A m e r i w goods abroad, a t d e now I.ngukhhg from the 10- met in changing foreign monetary u i s into d o l k a In r n s g ways the nt promised exodus will be a b n f t to both t Old World eei h m d the .New; its failure would be a calamity. There ia mme danger, hbarever, of the tourist tide not turnkg Eruopeaard, if the spread of the rerolationu movement is not checked, far wealthy tourists would y feel anything but at home in a ommunist country. But taurista are not laoking for any v i a l danger in tbat direction, though i t mny become more eeriour The relation$hip established by a rast international trade maka the whole aorld dependent on every part, and e v q part on the whole. So unnoticed a movement u the tourid$ visits to Europe are nemssary to the \relfm of thousands. I t ia true that throughout the entire world 'We a n al membera one of another" l (Ephesians 4:23), for the economic body, even aa the true church, Christ's body, is "not onc member but many, and whether one member euEer, all the members suffer with it, and the eye camat eay unto the hand, I have no need of thee, nor again the hand to the feet, I have no need of you ; there should be no division in the body, but the members shonld have the same care one far u?oth~."-1 C o r i n t l r i ~ :14-16. 12

Kherever he travels the famed two blader of grass grow where but one had grown. He builb fadoriea, mates t o n s and cities, make8 whole states and nation8 prosprour. He originates new wants and eA-pmdnthe horizon of human interests. He eleyeten the standards of livbg and upp plies the neceseities, comforts and luxuries for the better life, Whemer he goea he b l e u a the iahabitants of ciQ, town and countq. He t the king of travelers, because he ia the greatest servant of the p p b .

RBWARDmV mz c-ms HE SUM O F $3,000,000 h u been aet uide bj the British Government for special rcwrtdr for the xmmmding office of the Great War. Of thb amount Fi$d-Xarohal lIaig and Admiral h t t y rra each to get $500,000 and Viecout French .ndAdmirrl h l l i ~ a each get $250,000. The Ameriean castom ia t reward o i military chiefs with one or more monsber purdes md b pluibly a little better title and pay, a d thrt ia d . l The English example is hardly W t e d to chiU the ardor of military men in Ore& Britain. Rathu re may mappow they w i l I welarme any f d m opportanitier to m e their country in r militxuy way, m d this dots not h or peurt 10 Nevertheless, make them p c a m "Bleeeed are the peacemakers; for t h y chaIl be called the children of Wn-Matthew 5 :9.

THE CREATEST TRAI?ELER F A BEGAL crown w e n to be awuded to the greatest trawer in the world's history it r c d d not fall on A UTOIOBILIF YACA TIONISTS ANY VACATIONISTS lyt aummer nude 8 ~hristo~her ~olumbus, Uaroo Polo, h e r i c u , nor any second-hand a~~tornobile perfem their transparof the noted explorers of ancient or modem times. Nor tation senice. At tha beginning of the vacation they would it be dm to Julius C w , Napoleon Bonaparte, l nor -7 king, potentate or nobleman, nor even to the bought recond-hand care, b;the foks out sad back, best spend& in Lht American army of invasion that w i l l m d enjoyed many pluwnt t r i p about the ~acation point. On return home tke autos were sold at a net cost "see ruined! Europe" next y w . The traveler r h o is entitled to rear the v o w n is the for operation and depreciation which ru r light invest aleman. He is the ,greatest because thc most d u l . ment for the added vacation pleasurc

GROWTH OF TEE U 5: FLgGT . T TLIE TIME the United Htatecr %et made its grand tour uf the world in 1908 its total t0nnag.g was 206,627 ;today it is more than five timea as large. Then there were 800 officers and 13,508 m m ; now t h e e are 4,000 offiers and 66,000 m(n. Then the largest ship had four twelve-inch guns ana d d shoot 10,000 yards. NOWthe largest ship carrier tadm fourteeninch guns and can hit the target at 20,000 yards. Then coal was the fuel; now oil. mlen the time comes that thep ' h t their s ~ o i d s into plo~sharesand their pears into pruning hooks" (Issiah 2:4), what a lot of pruning hooks they rl be il able to get out of one of t h c s armored ships, carrflng twelve fourteen-inch rifles.

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WORLD &AS ENDED-YOU MAY NEVER DIE OR MANY CENTCRIES sickness, sarrow, suffering and death have aflicted the human race. But there haa ban just enough joy mixed with the sorrows of life 'to m a t e a ion,+ desire for life everlnsting. And if that life ererlasting could be accompanied by perfection the happiness of man would be complete. Recogniziog Jehorah as the great First Cause, whose attributes are wisdom, justice, love and power, and who is the Creator

o t m m , it m m s entirely mwnable that having permit

ted man to so long desire the blessings of life everlasting, his wisdom and lme would lead 'him to make provision for the gratification of that desire. Reason or theorizing -done could not lead us to a satisfactory concIusion, nor hrs man tan left to rely merely upon these. Jehovah baa graciously provided a record. u-r~ttenby holy men of old and bp his inspired witnesses. wliich record disclosea that God hos a grcat plan which he has caused to develop in an orderly and majedic maniier. I n this record, the Bible, we find the testimonr concerning man's origin, his course, the reason for his sickne:~, sorrow, suffering m d death, and a-hat the future holds for him. The Bible ha3 ne\-er been wholly and completelp understood, bilt according f the standard stated therein the a light has r;hone brighter and brighter as the centuries hare progressed, and the promise u made that far gr?nkr light would be ~ h e d upon its pages in thc close of the agc. m e n the Propilet Dailiel recorded a brief history of the world long before these cvenb transpired. Jehovah told o him to close up the prophecy and seal the words, s that t h q could not bc understood, until the time of the end. The inference mud he I-eachcdthat uhen that "time of the end" occurs the Itlblc would IJC better understood. If in this hour of great distrcss Epon humankind r e ' can bnd a consoling rneesagr that nil1 bind up the broken heart$d and comfort t h o ~ e that mourn. then with gladness aoze;hould embrace this message a d be eager to transmit it to other*, that thqv too might rejoice. This article is written for the purpose of proving that the time is here to understand the Bible; that s e are in "the time of the end"; that the old order is perishing from the earth ;f i a t the new is coming i n ; that restitution bleseings wiH koan be offered ta the world and then men who obey the righteous laws of Jehovah adI never die. In this article m d a subsequent one, we hope to make this proof m clear and convincing that all who hare faith in the B i b l ~ see the reason for the sorrows now can on earth and the blessings that shall follow.

I n the examination of this mbject we mast apply the prophetic evidences in the place where they belong. The Scripturn admonish ns: "Study to show thyself appzaved unto God, a work ma^ that needeth not t be ashamed, a rightly dividing the word of truth."(2 Timothy 2:15) The Scripturea that applied at one atage of the world's history may haole no application now, and vice versa Sucb was recognized by the New T s a e t e t e m , and etmn particularl~ the Lord Jesus himself. by For nearly nineteen centuries students of divine prophecy have e~pectrdand looked for the world t end, o becruse Jesus taught it would end. Many Christian men, however, failing to rccagnb the distinction between the spibollc and litrral p h r m of the Bible, have been canfused concerning the end of the world. For instance, fhe great. John CaI\in taught that upon the happening of that event Jails, reappenring near the earth, would cause fire to be emitted from the clouds, eetting the earth a S m e and totally destroying i t and everything on it. Being a clergyman of greaknnorn, it waa supposed that he b a - d his conclusions upon a propr interpretation cf the Bible, and great numbers believed his teaching; and for thia r e w n , with f e u and trepidation, meny have looked forrard to the ending of the world. Rcaeon rould lead us ta the conclusion that Jehovah mould not cwate a aondcrful earth like this, permit man t o bring it t 3 high at& of cultivati%n in many placm. o and then completely destroy it. *Such is wholly out of harmony with hio character. Likemet mch is ahoIly out of harmony with the plain fuching of his Word, whtch pays : "The earth abideth forever." (Ecdeaiastes 1:4) "For thus mith the Lard that created t e heavensjCod h himself that fanned the urth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he farmed i t ta be i n h a b ~ k l . " ( isarah 45 :la) When the Bible speaks of the rcorld ending it does not mean the literal earth, but it d m refer to an epmh or dispensation of time during which a certain arfangement of things or sactl order crisb. In proof of this the Scriptdisclaae that there was a "world" which existed from the time o Eden f until the 'great deluge: "Whereby the world that tkpn was. being overflowed w t water, perished." (2 Peter ib 3 :6) At the end of the flood a new "world" began, and the promise is made by the same Scriptural writer that h it shdl end. T e period of that world L from the flood until the coming of Messinha kingdom, and his kingdom rould mark the beginning of another new world or new order of things.

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-'? There are several distinct pcriads of time mentioned production, the conditions accompanying the w u made in the Scriptures ahic!~ have their culmination practi- it necessary to establish in ncarly every country r Food cany a t the same time. Among these are 311e timcs of Idrninirtrator. That the pcoplcs have been in a con&- ' the Gentiles" and "tlie cnd of t)lc world." 'Rse Scrip- tion of famine for the post three yearn no one would tures disclose that the Gentile Times span a period of. otkmpt to gain.ca?-. From Amenia comes the cry t o d a ~ 2520 yare. They had their beginning with the aver- of threat5nd .+n-ation; r similar cry from' Russia; throw of Zedekiah, the last king of Isrcl. in the autumn from Germanp'; from Austria; from the Balkans; in of 607 B. C. at the time Nebuchadnctur of Babylon fact; from ncarlg all parts of thc c h h . Mr. Frank A established the first universal empire in the carth. This VanderJip, far same time President of the Nationd Bity period of 2520 Fears, then, necesarily cnded In the Rank of New York, recently, through the A&iatedb
autumn season of 1914 A. D. Referring to this period of time the great Nastcr, through the Rmelator. ? a d : "Thc nations were angry, and thy wrath is come." (&yrlr,tion 11:is) ~ h prophecSb fldfilled on tlnlc. submit testimon? Jesus s~ml'ctll. Eveqone who helie~esthat he i~ the Son of C;od and that he spoke with authority must beliesc, in the light of the events that are dad)- transpiring, that the old uorld has ended. .Jesus had been teaching his disciples that the
and that he "lne again his kingdom should supplant the old. unnghtmus ortlcr. Five days before his crucifix-~on dirciples opproaclled hie h h as he a t on the Mount of Olives and propounded this question: 'Tell us, \nhen mu this happen? jyhat ;our arrival. a3d of the will be the sign [proof] of the world ?" It waa not God's purpoEe that the disciples ~bouldat that time clearly uder&ud the answer that :he l\laster gave. His answer was couched in such prophetic phrases that it could be understood clenrly by no studcllt of thc Bible until the events transpired. His ansr;er. in thc - light of present events, however, ia now manifest. He showed that the end of the world would be makcd with great trouble and disturbances in the earth. His ansrers are set forth m the 24th chapter of Matthew and the 2lst chapter of Luke. - b o n g the answers given by hlm are the following : "Nation &all rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famiom. and pestilences, these are the .nd e d q u d e s jn divers places. beginning of sorrows."'-Xatthea 24 :'i ,S. Chronologically, the old world ended in the autumn seasoiiiiaf 1914, and exactly on time nation rose against nation and kingdom against kingdom. and there followed the greatest war of all history. Twenty-nine nations were invalved in that war, including by far the b~eater . put of (arth;e population. Tbe oat rons i ,olrsd arc n prticulplp designated among mankind as Christiac nations. h e to the prophetic utterances. this was the be,ainn* of mrrors, marking the end of &c world. Closely, followed a hirtha fulfillment of this prophetic answer; namely, the famlne. Notwithstanding the fcrtde condition of the e u t h and the wonderful mcans of

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"1 doubt ~f Amcrlcn comprehenrb the extent of the p ~ m l s w uof Ewoprnn intlustry. Of coum, we erpcct idle n c y tI~rc~i=I~outi ~ l e v n ~ t cdl~trfcts,but there I s partial tl ~ d I~llc!;es?;throughout the whole Indrrstrtal a m of Europe, in 1 i ~ ~ t ~ m 1 as in klligpwnt m n n t r f a In England m m ns a nn regular -w irolD c;o\crument +t nnemplament, m d the number i s -erpectal to amw ns the Bntlsh ormy i further demobllfiod. s Be'ginm w'.m m l v i O 8 nnemploment The Covernmeut of Hoilnnd Is givlng sobsidlzed food to meet c~n~litiolls nncmploy-mcot. Itdx Is dealing of . m y n of uncmploycd. GreRt iadustr,es Poland proatat*. 1" C z e c h w S l o ~ ~ kthe limits of dlmtgnnlation hare been ~a renditxL In Huiunnin the farmers a n without l l n stock onti tlierc is not e n w h O sced to plant the field%" f It i8 to be cf@e$ that thb condition of food & o w e

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, Follo~ving upon the heels of the 7mr m d the food bhortage came the greatest pestilence that has d i c t e d manhad. In four years the war victims mmbered approsiruately 9,000,000. I n less than one year the victims of the dread influem exceeded 12,000,000. Scientists warn against a r e c u r e n q of the peetilence bccaue the lack of food, causeg lack of nourishment amongst the people, lays their system open to the attack of diseak- germs. Throughout the Scriptures the word earthquae used in a ~ymbolicsense means re~olution. Here then we have another fulfilment of the prophetic m w e r of J ~ U S . With the fall of aristocracy in Russia came a great revolution. With the fall of plutocracy in Gennany a revolution occurred thcrc The public press almost daily reports conditions prevailing throughout Enrope border- I ing on re~olution,while every drry the nem columns are filled with reports of a disturbed condition mongsf labor 'in Amerlca and throughout the world. I n further a==er to the questions pro~ounded tlie disciples conc~rnilrg end of the world Jesus said : the Then there v;iU be "upon the earth distresa of nations n ith perplexit?; the E a and the waves r h g ; rnen'n c hearts failiug them for fcar, a d for loolung .fter t h ~ ' t h i n k which are coming on the earth." There d d be na doubt of the fulfilment of this Scripstatement in the very holu through which r e are now pwing.

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In hia addrw?a to Congess aince these days of disturbPresident Wilson said: ' h s u e days Tee of great perplexity, when a great cloud hanga over the greater part of the world. It earns as if great, blind m n M forces have been released which have for long becn held in leaeh aad restraint? Government officibls u e in perplexiv; financiers are perplexed; business men are disturbed and their hearts .re fearful ; men who have to do with l a b organizations are in perplexitpad disturbed; and the restleas element of humanity which the Lord likened unto the aea, is roaring and those who make up the numbers, the peoples, the waves, are daahing against each other, and there is a general condition of unrest in the earth, all of which evidences the fact that the old world hss come to an end cind the time for the new is here. One of the most conclusive proofs given in the aiswer of Jesw is that concerning the Jewish people God organized the Jews into a nation and dealt e t h them exclusively for more than eighteen centuries. The time came when, because of the Jews' unfaithfulness, that nation was destroyed, and Jesus said: "They shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles until the time6 of the Gentiles be fuliiUedY' -Luke 21 :U The student of prophecy finds that there is a parallel between the events which transpired relative to Israel and the events transpiring during the Gentile dominion. Jehovah through the Prophet Jeremiah, spoke to Israel advising the people of that nation that they would be driven out of their own country into a country with which thej were not familiar; that there they would receive great persecution, and that this period of persecntion and saeEering would be the same length as the period of their favor, and that thereafter he would bring them back i t Palestine and a a n show them favor. no gi Their returning to Palestine, Jesus mentioned, would mark the time of his presence andthe end of the world. (See Jeremi* l6:13-18) Through the Prophet Zechariah the Lord Jehovah foretdd there would be great rejoicisg in Jerusalem over the entrance of the King (Messiah), and that thrt day would mark the time a-hen the "double" would begin to count; that is to say, it would mark the beginning of Cod's favor being rithd r a m from the Jewish people and the beginning of a period of ,&Bering equal to the period of their favor. ' The Praphet Says: '9ejoiee greatly, 0 daughter of Zion; shout, 0 daughter of JerusaIem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation ; lowly, and riding upon an aeq and upon a colt the foal of an ass." (Zechmah 9 :9) Xatthew 21 :I-9records a fnlfilment of this prophecy, when Jaw made his tri-

umphal entry into Jerusalem, offering himself aa King. That gmat event transpired in the spring of the year A. D. 33. The favor k the J e m began in 1812 B. C., m d A. D. 33 marked the end of a period of 1845 yeus, the time when J e m oSci.lly withdrew God's favor from the Jenish people, my* t them: "Behold, your houne o is left unto you desolate." Since this period of time shodd be doubled, according to thin prophetic evid,e]lct, we must add 1845 years to & D. 33, which brings as b A. D. 1878, at which time there &odd be mme evidence of God'e favor beginning b return to the Jews in order that this p a d l might be carried o u t We h d the fulfilment in his tor^ in this. PJddine, mered to rll orthodbx Jem, had long been in the po~sessfon Turkey. A war between Tuxkey and of Russia resulted in t&e treaty of San Stephano, which pract'icaUy eliminate Turkey's European poeaessioas. At t h i juncture of affairs, there appeared upon the m e a remarkable man, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, officialIy designated Iard Beacornfield, his true name being Disraeli, a full-blooded Israelite Acting in his official capacity, he called t his aid the o u m y and n a v of Great Britain, aemed notice on Russia that she must recede from the harsh tresty made with Turkey, and the result KM the Berlin Congress of Nations which assembled June 13, 1878 and w a i a n ession for thirty days. It was presided over by Lord Beacoosfield, the Jew, who wrotethe treaty and dictated the hlicp of the conrention, The amference resulted in a new treaQ, more fat-orable to Tnrtej,and in consideration f& this act on the paat of Great Britain, Turkey guaranteed certain religiona*and civil rights to the Jem in Palestine which ?hey had not enjoyed since they were driven out at the fad of that nation. Thus i A. D. 1818, exactly on time, God's favor began n to return to the Jews, distinctIy marking the parallel fulfilment. While the favor waa officially withdrawn from the Jcwa in the spring of A. D. 33, it wm not until ezsctlp forty y e m thereafter, to wit, A. D. 73, thnt Judea b n e depopulated and the Jews c d t be a nation. a Accordingly, in 1878 favor began to r e h to the Jews and waa marked progrewively by t e dvxnce of Zionism h a d Jews returning to Palesting until the end of forty to wit, in the spring of 1918, when r distinct event happened, again fufiUing the peralleliem The Allied armies under General Allenby had nrcated the e e a e i o n of Palatine for the purpose of d b h h g in Palestine a separate and distinct nation for the Jew. Nathan S b w , the grand old man of AmenJ e v , i r speech delirered in New York City daring n the progress of the nu, said : 'Ve are liring in m cye when r e u e about to rerlize the two-thoumd-year-old

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"Slr Arthur Conan Doyle, the farno116 author. describe11 lnst night h a r be had heard the v o l e of his -0, who hns been dead for a sear. He said: '1 war la a darkened mom with UPC men. my wife. and an amateur medium. The medium was bound i a i r p l a w with a striog. Jly wife n

hope of the Jewish people. I am especially glad that we are witnessing the spectacle of the whole world applauding and approving and supporting our great purpoee to 3w?-dablish the Jewish people on their own soil." Jesus used a parable as further corroborative evidence af the events that sho~ddbe transpiring h u t the time of "the end of the world." On a previous occasion he had likened the Jewish nation unto 6g tree. Now he says: "l.arn h parable of the fig tree ; When its branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves, ye know that the wmmer is nigh: so likewise, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Venly, verily I soy unto ~ o u this generation shall not p u s till , all these things be fulfilled." In other words, %-hen these eventa begin to take place the people or generation then on e d h would be permitted to aee a complete fulfilment of the prophetic evidences s t forth in this great prophecy, proving conclusively the ending of the old eorld and the coming in of the new. 8 8 additional evidence in answer to the question, Jesua said: 'The gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in a l the world for a witness unto & nations, and l then tlu m shall come." T i has been fulfilled. The d hs message of the kingdom, translated into every b o r n tongue and Ianguage, has been carried to the four corners of the earth. This has not been for the purpose of converting the world, but, according to the testimony of Jenw, has been "as a w t e s " thet some of the world ins, might know about it. Further &wering hia disciples', Jesus declared that aa it am in the daye of h'oah, so shall it be i the end of n the world. 'Tor ae in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered the ark, and h e w q t until the flood came, and took them all away." And we find it exactly so in the time in which r e are n o r liring. Very few, comparatively speaking, of the peoples of earth really stop to consider what is the meaxting of the present disturbed conditions of society. They continue vith their business and social affairs as usual, giving little or no heed to the Scriptural &timony and the fulfillment of prophetic utterances. Such was true in Noah's day. While Noah preached the people scoffed q d mocked him. At the present time of distress, a-hen the' people are greatly in need of comfort, the clergy rn a class not only fail to tl the people the el meaning of this terrible trouble, but they treat the subject with contempt and mf at anyone who claims f that the wotld i ended. b %%en Jerusalem fell into the hands of the U e d armiea, this, together with the great influx of Jews into Palestine, caused a few clergymen to meet in London and issue a manifesto and publish it throughout the

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their pons (n ~h~ t demm b bringing to misrepresenting the dead nnd overreaching the minds of m n W h y was it necessary for Sir Conan Doyle to be in e. a dark room? Why a a it necessary to hive a medium a n there i order to hear the voice of one speaking from mother world? The answer in obvious in view of the in pr th&t tb. s a i p ~ fraud upon mankind, operate i thd dark, am lying a to deceive r e d su& q ~ band ue , this nor. nm the case in Noah's day, and mch is the Tbe Scriptures disclose, in Revelation 7, that approximat* at the end of the world these demons will cauw, g&t violence among the people Jesus atated, M further evidence of the end of the world : "For then ehdl be pest tribulation mch as was not nince the beginning of the world to thia time, no, nor eoer shall be." When a long-time lease en& and the buildings erected on it sn in a decayed condition, and a new owner cornea iPto poasesaion with the intention of erecting new buildingn, his h acta are to tear down and remove the old t and clear the lot for the building of the new afmcture. The old order or old vorld ended in 1914, and exactly on time the work of removing the old order began and

prog.rcssa The great King of king and Lord of and he is remoping the lords is direding preparabrJ ta the don of the new and righraru order of thhga. Tbs prophet of the Lordy h a d g in mind thir very time when the kings of earth would be making a hist desperate stand to hold their poswssiom, m t c : ''And in the days of thtse k i n p shall the God of hesven eet up a kingdom, which ehall never be destroyed : and the kingdom shall not be left to other people,%ut it .hall brcak i picca,and consume dl them lsingdomq n and it ahall m d for ever."-Daniel 2:44. We aubmit that the evidence ia conclusive to the reasonrble mind who believer in the S e r i ~ t u that the ~, world ha8 add;that the old order h passing away r o d the new is coming in ;and if that be true, then this m s mark the dawning of a new and better day ; it ut m s mark the bg ut ed p of the Golden Age, and of a necessity m s mnrk the t m for the hrlbllment of the ut ie great Biblical promises that Jehovah haa made for the . b l u i n g of mankind with M , liberty and happiness. e kr our next- h e we will produce the Scriptaral proof that them are ndliona now on earth that will never die, and the man who availa him& of ths divine t s i etmony and conforms himself to the d e u of the new order w i l l be the one to receive the longdeeired blessings of life everlasting h a s t d e of happineso

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CAPITAL - LABOR 7EWSZON SE SKIRJIISH after another between canital and lahcr c a u m the common people, who have to foot all the bills, to n-cnder where this thing will end. Every %trike to improve the condition of some of us makes it just that mnch harder for all of us. And the strikes are eilch strange etrl!res. Thq are not what the? used to be. This striking of policemen is sn entirely new thing, and a shocl; all aro~und. Theoretica!lv palice hsve no right at all to &die; ior they npresent us, the people as a whole. They a n appointed custodians o law and order. We want to f laow where the:. are all the time, because we never I n o n when we may need them. And pet we mast not forget that the big boy in antfarm are jud ordinary men like the rest of uz, and they have to lire. and since the prices of everythicg have risen so dreadf~dy they have fallen an c a T prep to the id- that they ouzht to hsve more nionm, so that they can prcnride their families with the t hhgc they need. It all e m s human enough, when you think of it. Bxt if they h e w there was m ordinance forbidding them t o join a union, then they e h d d have obeped the law. h a n e e th-qp erpect ns to do m. The st-I strike is and has been a long, hard bett!c. Penrqlvania is in line with r h a t t k m n q a i n k d v:th this section had e-rted. Xany of the workers i the n I b s t r m m a s are of e 4 e d 'Tennsylvsnia &itchn estraction, a r e y mn~rvative,glow-going, kindly-dispodtioned class of people who live simply. o m their o m honles and arw?t nith resi_pation conditions which t h y can not easLlp rhange. I n the deel basin- there have been but two shifta during the benty-fom hours, frwr time immemorial, the men plfncrally working h a m 5 :00 until 5 :00.running one week on the day ahift and the ether an the night shift This anzngement givm the *mk& one Sunday off everp othrr week. and every other ..xk he rwkm a &right henty-four hour oh*, from

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5 :00 p. m. Saturday to 5 :06 p. m. Sunday. Then the followmg week he rrorks from 5 :00 am. to 1:00 p. m. each day a p until Saturday inclusive, hie night chift stnrting in at 5 :00 p. m. the next day. The operation oftlaet furnaces continuonsly is a l m d inevitnble, as the rlrpcnse of rhntting one down and starting it again is verp great. In not a few instanma the temporary shutting down o a blast tarnace h u f caused the failure of the cornpan? operating it XOdoubt s part of the effort to get three shifta of eight hmra each intd the &eel business, inctead of the long twelpe-hour grind which has been the rule heretofore, in dae t the o sumem of the railway workers in procuring a working day of eight houra. The work arol~nd blast furnace or a steel mill i~ao hard and as dangerous M railroading, and it is hard to see n h p the one class eho~ddcontinue b work twelve hour when the other has t work but eight. o P n d d ~ n t Filson's conference at Washington d representatives of canital and labor had a g e t bjk ra mapped out for i t "for the dwelopmcnt of a new rela: tionship between cap:tal and labor." but the labar d e b k t c s bolted and upset the program when the rigfit of collective bargaining was not concdcd bp the capitalist group. It is hard to see how mrh a conference wnld do other than malie M h e r concessions to labor, became elf can see that lalor h r the drength that corns from mryrior numbers, and it now =ma determined ba have a voice in the maragement of practically ern?. p a t industry Kith vhich it is comected. In Japan this princip?. of "attezdance of lahor delegates at all conferences of the company has just been mcedad to the pnnten of Tokio. This is the m r lamukable h u m oe lahm anions in Japan are dmed orgmizatiom A blind man, on the I r k side uf the moan. a n m a plainly that an i t l i e t determined. pacrful majornelgn, itp will have ib own way crentur3ly. "Be wise now, thedorq 0 ye (money) kinp."-Psrlm 2 : 10.

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EIGE COST OF L M N G UO'S TO BLAME? If we oas bnd him and f5x him with one in the aaaiam, he L done for, and the difliculty, of course, w i l l settle itself. Such a & of iie mind maliea ldr. Average C t z n m q mark for people who u e too lrmart for him. AB a matter of fa& the man to blame is ofttn the best one to help br thing up, wa may be re &om as anyone to m his erw e corrected. However, to de6nitely h responsibilitJ for the high cost of livbg, may enable a good msny Average Citizea to relieve eome mental tension Such responsibility can now be definitely and iinslly set upon the right pa* To know the genegia of " C. L." throws Light upon the H subject. T i ia h o r n in certain circles. The insiders hs even b o w the individual transaction w t which 'CH.C. ih L." was born. Tradition of the street has it this way: It waa in the early days of the big war, in 1914 or t h e m h u h The event took place in the explosives industry. Many of the smaller nations were caught short of gun powder. The American powder companies were filled with o r d m for way ahead. They did not care whether any mom orders came ar not. One of the srnaIler countries had erhansted ita patience waiting for the big powder companies to accept their order far a few million pounda T e approached hy a lesser concern supplicating permission to w d their money. Even the d oompaniea were full of b d n e s s from large customers, with orders booked far ahead. The ruling price wm say t i t cents a pound. So the a hry d concern, in order to dircourage the d country, said that they would accept the ordm a a dollar r t pound or thereabouts. The general situation was in control of His Excellencp, Uars, the world's her-Lord of the last few yeam, and porrder at a dollar was chap beside the possible rain of W r The order waa placed, and the little povder a. concern had the best order yet on ita books. Within a month or thereabouts, the current price of powder was a dollar a pound. Other business grasped the golden opportunitp. Other commodities, bought by countries at mar, were jumped up to a figure intended to approaai the rkmorrs standard 'XU &e M c a' ; & bear." Steel, iron, copper, lead, ,guns, pistols, leather, sllipa, ocean transportation, grain. canned foods and a swarm of others, I& Nother Earth, for a trip ahose top wss l the sky. Government m ~ t r o was f o r d into the field to regdate the rsce beheen supply and the demands of W u . The insatiable greed of M r for more and yet as more to burn up and destroy in the Great Paatime,

interiocking with the willing-ness of the trader to accept the enormous p i offered without haggling by the rm buping agents of foreign governments, created a bad camhination for Xr. Average Man. He must pay more or go without and see the food and clothing the kiddiea needed go sailing across the Atlantic The imperative d d of hungry stomachs and cold backs were the enforced c~mplianceof the common people with the r u i n o u c o r n of the War Lordo of E r p . Thue ass uoe " C. Lmborn and quickly grew from expangive inH fancy i t boisterous maturity. no e The blame for the high cost of living r& upon Mars. The rcady purse of W r began it and sustained i t a On no other aoulders does exclusive mponsibility rest The whole world is crying out against the high cost of living ; it is t cry of ignorance and emotion against @ plain arithmetic Mathematice sags that them fa w emt of living problem if the buying p o r n of the worker is undiminished If when commodities rise, wages rise to the same extent, the workefs dap'r labor continues to get him just am much at one time .a another. He Lives n-ith the same d o r t beceuse he has the same thiugu to vork mth, play w i t h and live u p But the common people are common people becanse they ue not amart enough for the uncommon people, many of whom started from the common lwd and by ability or crookednea have &en to p h ai power. If the people were clever enough to insist upon havin5 in the bnsicesa of =change or trade, a mercaue of value that would not n y in actual value, they would not be u troubled abont the high cost of Living. If a dollar ronld alwap buy the ssme quantity of goods, varying only with scarcity or plenty, the people w d d have one less important factor to contend with. Their wages-would always be a t a figure that they could understand. Bat when the dollar, right under the nom of the man on the street, imperceptihty shrinlrs day by day, the wage earner, to UEC a ~ ~ m m phrase, does not know on %here he is at." I n h s mind for many decsdes a dollar i hss been a dollar. and that was all there was to it. But with the advent of War a dollar ceased to be a dollar's is worth, and Mr. f orker and M s Worker found them.dres BOD,?& by mo.th abJ~ boy J m d 1.a~ fbip to m o f aorld's goods. If the profiteer in labor had nished to find a clever scheme without being seen, to rob labor of the producti of his labor, he could not have de\ired a better in~trun e n t than the ranishing doliar. The business man could alxaps raise prices a t rill u n l e ~ s was hindered by a public =mice corumirsion he or by a food commhioner. Getting wsges raised, haw-

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eyer, was rot so.simple a matter because it was wually thc rcs~dtof a fight with the employer. The employer kecp ahead in the mcc, for he could raise could d v n ~ s prices again 3rd it wodd be some tirne before the worker would rcalize that the employer's price-increase meant just that much real wage dccrcase. One par* as making more than the other party. It was alrars the business man ah0 did the price raising. He \\-as making invisible clifferertial between the extra pay guc'.,ned to the xrorker and the additional price !ie forthwith charged labor a ~ ~ h i c h d ordifiacly naa snbstaztidly largrr than the a-age increase it aas supposed

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getting less and othen more. Cndesited consequenced might be cited from such inequalitieunrest, discontent, vindictireness, revolution,aaarchy. The big profiteer does not be- sole responsibifity for the prevailing distress. Everyone does who helped '%oost" prices or wages. The retailer did not neglect h h part in raising the cost of living. I n the aunshhy trade d a y of 1915-1916 =me retailen were slow to sense the changing situation. Honest fog* they could not charge a multiple profit on goods they had bought low. But the little p m f i k n persuaded thern t "play the o game," and get their share of the golden stream while it lasted. A grocery trade journal ;an full-pago adtisements that raising p r i m ass the dyle and no grocer should fail to raise his; "evergbody ras doing it," and "they could get the money." I t as a kind of golden age, which forced thousands of Fords and hundreds of ''si~es" and "eights" upon a willing r e t d trade. living hare to But now dealers looking for s too-& be reasonable. It hre seemed M though a jail 8enter.m rras the o n l ~ thing to keep some dealers r i t h i n b o u n h For the public weal, the little profiteers have to adopt the new fair-price fashion. Profiteers are nothing new. Thep hod them in d a y of old, when the prophet Ezekiel said, "Thou hast taken n s u y and increase, and thou hast greedily pined of thy neighbors by extortion, and hast forgotten mc, aaith the Lord God1'--el 22 : 3 1.

TEE LITTLE PROFITEER ! LA' haa to lire, and when rising prices are KI h fashionable, the price autocrat has to make his p r d t represent as good a living as before. To a dealer wages or sa1ar.r are spclled "profit," and his wage may be Large or EKMII or even miuus-he must make money whm the making is good. If prim double, the dealer, to hare the srme wage, ehoald obtain I a e profit. This is d y fair. Any worker's income ohodd v a q with priccs, s thut there be none d tbe ineqnib a lonu

PACgLNG -ON-ANDERSON bill recently befom Congresa for the decentralization of the packing basin- h to oorrect the wratc in haaling animalr from points all over the country to Chicago or Kansas City, and then shipping directly back the hished product. It hcpes to eliminate a long string of conmidon merchant and middlemen. It proposes to licewe a11 packen and provides a lipt of punishable offensea for unfair, unjustly diseriminatory or deceptive practicer in cornmerat The b13 propose8 to license any number of standardi d planb erected municipalities or m b d i v b i o ~ of states, or by their accredited representatives. It proposes that records and accounts shall be submitted ta the Secretary of Agriculture and that the remicea of the plant shall be available to all customers on the h i s of fair and reasonable returns and without unjust discrimination. It contemplates the rerpicea of special cars and the whtanae of the Gowmment in mattem of inupdim, otandardizatian, plans m d adcice, bat not h d a l&stma. It t the hope of the frnmers of the bill to change tbr

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parking buaineu h m a centralized busineaa i t ona no in which the local centrs of production will be the local centre of disM'bation. However, if it in profitable to decentralize the packing busineaa, one can not but wondcr why the great padem have not found this out long ago. But perhaps they have had too many other things oc L n d to give this phazc? of the b u s i n e ~ rdequate attention. It in freely claimed that the big packers have been busier in mrnering all sulrstitutcs for meat than in providing meat itself for the people a t legitimately low p i c i I t certainly looks & though sorccthhg is wrong when 700,000 lbs. of beef. lamb and pork are kcpt in storage 80 long that they hare to be iold for fertilizer at lJ,c per pound.

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fi be caused by a temporary b d d o r n of credit. 'Tor The pasage d: M o m thea daya there ru no hire for man, nor m y hire for beast; neither w u there any peace to him that went out or came in h u m of the .tIiiction: for I set all men every one against hir 8: 10. neighbor".-Zechariah PRINCIPLES OF SUCCGSS >TORHER in aa). omupation might profit by A t h e adiiee giren t army o t % m by Y a j o r C k n d o McGlachlin : You must have courage, self-reliance and good judgment. Cournge is a very camman natural gift, but it ma? aleo be developed by practice in dangerous games and occupntioiis Self-~rl~anrr is usunllc a result of training a d personal effort, to be attained by actually performing tasks. Good judgment cornea from the atudy of your td; before you do it and from d e c t i o n upon the resultr obtained and mistakes that may have been made. I n your l ~ f e from day to day, you ehould o h m ? the principles of simpliciQ, directnew, thomughnesa and promptness. Thc shp!er your thoughts and reasoning, the mom clear will be pour declion. The simpler your language, the more easily you mil be understoad. Direct statements will d t in c l r r i t ~of understanding by your ~ u b r d m ~ k a by your supnars, and and arc equally appreciated by both. Thorough treatment of subjecta thnt you are r e q u u d to handle will result in their effective &position.Y o r m u s t train yourself to regard these subjeets not merely from your o m standpoint but from that of your superiors and that of pour subordinates, keeping in tiew always the interests of thc government which you serve. Do not sac.rifice thoroughnees to simplicity. Brcviip is a virtue, but thoroughness is the more important principlc. . I3e pronpt. I t i c icdi=pcnsible. Procrastination is the root of ali el-il. Those who put things od do not do &em. Those who do not do them are n o t useful.

POOD AND CLOTmrG CCORDING to the Natiol~alIndustrial Conference

Board in its recrnt research there is a race between food aud clothing, as to which r i l l increasc the most in prim Betwren July, 1914. and July. 1319. iood increased in price 30%. but was distanced 10% br clothing, which increased 100%. Other i n m a w were. shelter 2 9 8 , itd, heat and light 57% and sundriea 63%. The average ndvanm in the cost of living m e 73%. t The figures coniputed by the Board are claimed to be those of the arerage family expense or budget, and probohl~.represent the facb, unless there was an effort to make thc figures as 4 ss possible in order to have them show that a a , p i n c r e ~ e daa much as the co& of living. Tlrero is an old sav to the effect that "Figures do not lie, hut linrs do figure." There is no intention to d k r d i t the figures arrived at, but M o r e accepti~y them as finsl, it might be well for "the man on the etreet" to b o w something about the personnel cf the Board. their connection? and the motives by which they might be influenced. Accordiug to the Board the prrcentagcs of a man'e famil!. e?;pcli.;r are c1ictril)ntcd as follo~vr Food 43.lk, : rhrlter 17.; 5,'clothing 13.2%. f ael, heat and light 6.6% ant1 surdrics 20.4%, total 1 0 0 9 .

DEMAND FOR LABOR HE maintenance of a proper labor supply dcpenb JANITORS OLV S T R I m someu-hnt upon the w n g e pnid to labor. If the r a , p u s rutficient to keep labor st work the supply is more HE 7,600 membcrs of the Chicyo Flat Jdtorr' plentiful than if some am not at work. A llian who i~ Union are demanding $3.60 to $5.00 an aputment idle temporarily because he is dissatisfied with hu r a p a month and living quartera on ar above the a h & The or atber conditions of labor is, for that time, not a flat o m e n cieclare tlrat the janiton are now getting worker at ail. If all the workers in the c o u n e went $125 to $175 a month, free living q u u t e r q fim h a t , on a t r h a t the mnle time i t could not be A d that kbor light and g y and that tke d m rigniqT d ir plentiful but that it is warm $200 to $250 a month.

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t o d q ma!<es them. "Trcin up a &ild in the ~rr-oylie SA6ATAGE OF TEACHERS go; is import- ~h0uld and when he is old, he rt-iu Dot depart froin STAWS of the tenclling ant hue it nze&3 the ?.b!ic zltf?udetornrd the it" (Proverb. ?? :6) is dc: a p o d rccip? fr: I!IC cira!ion of future! cilizenahip. future welfare of the people. A report from l p 1 3 scllool superintendent3 inLcart~9 AUTO THZSVES IN FIPAf;CE that the Cnitul Strtcll is short 68,000 hackers, or 5.6% ISI: IIVSDBED autorcobilea, moat of them stolen. of the 650,000 teaching positlone. There are dao 65,000 were m s e d by the American Expedition in parwru rco~ptedss teachers who are not fit for their l'ranm. The car-stealing epidemic r a s not on5n-d to ptitionr. Tbis rt-prcoentg 103.000 tcachi:>,rr pooikons any one rlncq or any one nationalit!-. If R car \ma lcft withoat tr?riicrs of ctc11 ialr 1li):111:. by the rcnclalde it was certain to dmppear in a very Of the 1.512 cchaol ruporintcndentr, 1,430, or 3 4 . 6 5 'abort tune. a h u l e d it ta his and mrt the trachers' rdaria tht not built a hap&ack arolmd it. Or passbg anit of ,tme in P ~ to ~ P in ~ ~ liv;sg ; ~ other orqank.tion lldpcd itself to mapeta, cnrburctor, ~ Or sJ.e% repo* that thf.r have lt necevav cpmk plug3. c y r e t.rcs and spare wheel. Instances are to lower the rt.ndnrd af qud~5caticnsm the effort to get on Ixt?.cm and ds,.ligkk and in a tcathers: 1,052 or 69.6% report that the number of girl =ow the tf..rco pd rhccls, nqrl bop teachers belan- twentyone k increediug; l,a95, staring gear and radiitor of a temporarily disabled or 93.n% " * that promising young men and rromcn P dlsaFFred and never rearere& arc not trkmg up teaching as l the pas:. Tho situation a Fords ~ t h numks out llar,l h least serious where sderies have b x n lncreasfd mod. trace, ns it wm pracEcally imPbssi51e for The d e t f l o ~ m m tof tho mind a d char* of the to prove that tho car cvcr did belong to the American poung is ~ o b be co~npuedwith the -g t of ~ ~ d i t ~h~ great ~ O ~ ~ Q FOi ~ U of windows, if the criterion i!~the wags i n af the g , F t ,~m&, b -5 m hmem, , aml;err. E ~ t h e r teaching profernion is amaidered of tl&orm f4 FmOB before the - .nd when off& for the , no p r r t i d a r importance, or there is a sr8hmtic e k e , -a q~ckly & remeas to diacred:t the public whooh by impairing their dfim, psople who hrc p&- b h.~a grcrt ci-. for the eighth comrmndment 7 ! b u rhlt not S&&' I Tht red trouble m y bs that the hdim 8 ( d ~0:15), a m to podti- h t fi negligible factor Lwcnus~they do not auitrol r o w a d appbrn only to *tealing from inaiyid& principle are not proper!^ ~ni&Led. Perhaps if the 630,000 Bmu- it just =ong to #teal from on -ation af pmple ican teachers were welded into 6 bad- ~ O they B from i n d i n d d , pt thfre , P * m t hg!y reqxctable people, whose co-cea o w d ham a labor ba&ng which would an, lar when school boards that pars ap their petitions for r d e f from it ,, c t o aealmg aith m-fim, , a m pinding ~ o T F I 'SO. 1Of ~0rkcn more k p 0 ~ t ~ ~~ ~ s Gov-ert The Scriptures &Ow fiat i n Golb than those that control the future of the people the *-efts en3 defalcatiom mast be ma&e good for trach?:s do thro-agh the cducatign of the yonag. 'Ihey the fia 2 0 5 , &ditioI1d; .nd mhm fm & o d d be g f ~ e n salary ircr-es at ~ m m m t o Two=, as might be mp Kith 8 r i t h the higher cost of lirkg. cannot be made good "unto him a m vham he ha% Sicholus Vclhiiro:ic, the morn? and mental lca&~! of trespassed", it is requircd thzt #'the trespass be recornSerbia. axording to the Eduational Brcinr, asserts pcnsed m t o the Lurd." ( X d r s 5 :6-8) There is hopa that "If ~ h c r e nn!thhprr to be learned from the war, here for som3 P ho 57 stock cunipulations have robbed is it is 1r~.btle~s The education of youth in all t h e wrpor~tioru mXons. E pcrsodly required to d - e this: cf conn?rics of the world must become m international up d t h e &2dc3tions t q r o d l a be reEnced to l h virtnal davery for mpriads of years, bct no doubt the af!'3ir of tLe re^ h t ir.portance." Seglcci of t teachkg profesCan b e s m no p r o d - "recompense ur.b the Lord" w i l l take one form of b ing future for this country, for the man and woman of contrition not exp:csxd so mzch in d o b s sad C W ~ J be l&y what t e * e h h r of rs in true repcntancc md retormatIca of h e a t t-tp pars henee

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(1 Peter 5: 10) whose *'tender mercies u e over all bir works". ((Psalm 145: 9) Men who so f v forgot their original inlieritmce of godlikeness as to torture a helpleas woman in the night time, have fallen far. m e Lord says to mme such, "Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as t h ~ r (Psalm 50: 21) and the ' intimation ia that they thought mong.

FOR mz POOR O W THAT COLLEGES are raising millions, next in order should be donation8 of large amounts to help the children of the poor who are not able to invest

If it is a financial impossibility to provide a $200-arear eduatiOn for the Youag people, it is probabl? a that a few thousand Tale students are goin," good to hare that much added to the liberal amounts already provided for their education. "Highei' education is regarded s good enough thing for tens of of young men to in it hundreds of dollars n Tear a piece, but i t is seriouslp lacking in one element, for after it has done all it can !t usually leaves its beneficiaries in the position of those the Bible speaks of as "ever learning, and never able to cone to the knowledge of the t u h . 2 Timothy 3: 7 . rt"-

a thousand dollars a year for education. TwenQ million dollars given to Yale represents about $5.000 per student. To P ~ ~ Or a~~ ~ r r~c i Y b l ~ the eduatiOn ? ~ a n of the poor children would be . enterprise like a national drive for Liberty Bonds. There are, consematively 'Mine9 perhaps ten the to each One of POQr in this with an endowment that would provide an income of $200 a pear would require the raising of the enormo7Yr

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a week. They organized a union, intvPiesed the TOO LITTLE BAIL Qpogrephers, pressmen and photstngravers as to ghat CCASIOFSLCY we hear it said that the bail they were getting, presented demandd of $38 mi-urn required for certain violators is too large; there for reporters and 845 for disk men, aad got it. Tkc have been instances in which bail was 2enied altogether. newspaper omers did not \ i m t to reco~mizethe union, But it is seldom one hears of a case where the bail might but they did when they thought of the cmbarrassnents be considered too small. It seems to us, however, thar, of missing several editiom. T!ierc \vas no mention of the 51,000 bail is too small a requirement for any one of the brain vorkers' victory in any &:ton newspapers. three men in h'orthern Sew Tork who climbed icto the The man who organized the Boston editors and rcroom of Xrs. Le Felche in the abaerce of lier husband, porters in opening address alluded to them as brain-

pulled her from bed, stripped her in the presence of her eleven year old son and sir Fear old daughter, m d poured hot tar and feathers over her naked body. Tho Jews were forl)idden to torture any living thing. Torture is ~vhollpforeign to the character of him of vliom it is mitten that he is "the God of grad'

less braina-orkcrs. He seemed to think that, as tlle Scriptures espmss the matter, '?he laborer is ~ o r t tof j his hire? and he could see no rcamn why the men who do the rough work around ncrspaper offices shotdd -ire trice the pay for their work u do tho% who achady sapply the material for tho %ding public,

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S-PT BEARIAVCSAND OILS OLL R BEARINGS will bear the heariest loads, ball bearings rank next and babbit metal ir next. If the bearings are loose, thick lubricants like graphite and g r e a r a:e best, especially where there is flying dirt. Such lubricants form ridges around the shaft at the ends of the journal and close the openin3 to the entrance .of sand or d i r t The best oils for high speed shaft3 with light pressure ox the bearings are a misture of 20% spcnn oil (obtained from the blubber and head of the sperm whale), 307~ olive oil (of which the better grades are dark and poorer , d e s light in color) and 50% light mineral oil. For low speed hai its with light pressure on the beari i g s the best lubricant is 50% olive oil and 50% light m i n e d oil. For high speed shafts w i f i heavy pressure on the bearings the best lubricant id 35% lard oil (the liquid obtained from crystallized lnrd by straining under presNR), 25% sperm oil and 40% henw lcinerd ol i. For low speed shafts with heavy pressure on karings the bed lubricant is 60% colza oil ( a pale yellow oil obtained from rape seed) 25% lard oil and 25% M o w oil (obtained from solid tallow by pressure). For moderately high speed shafts with very heavy pressure on the bearing the best lubricant ie 35% sperm oil, 20% colza oil, 26% lard oil, 16% tdw oil d 6% fine plumbago. . For low speed shafts with very heavy pressme an the bearings the best lubricant is graphite-grease which consists of 26% 'cow, 3070 p a h palm 33% mined oil .and 12% fine graphite. The resistance of various oils to k i n g squeezed out of bearings at 65 degrees temperature Fahrenheit is rs follow8:

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Seatsfoat oil is obtninetl by boiling out t!ic fret of ~laughtered animals, and i properly prepared from fresh f material contains less than 55 of l p of fatty acid. but :he commercial oil sometimes contains as high 30%. Seatsfoot oil containing over 4% of fatty acid should not he used aa a lubricant. Tallow oil should hare a sweet clean odor when used as a lubricant and sho111d be free from suspenaed matter. I n the Scriptures the Body of Christ is compared to the human bodp. and in this figure the joints me porticularly referred to. Tliesc joints, in a way, compare to the bearings in a piece of machinery. Unlegp thep are well oiled there is trouble. And again, if they are well oiled with t11e spirit of loving emice of other members (4 the Body, "The whole M y fitly joined together and c ~ m p 3 d c d that which every joint supplieth. according by to the effectual working in k e measure of every part, d e t h increasz of the body unto the edifjing of itself in love."-Ephesians 4 :16.

TEXTILES RUN FyLC BE PROSPEnITY of the textile industry is shown by the percentage of the total number of spindles that ye busy. At present the industry ia running as nenr full capacity as possible, for an account of repairs and other n&sq idleness it is never feasible for 100 cent of the spindles to be i operation. n The following pematagea of apindlea active a t different d&a clearly indicate the rise of the textile mills from the depression of hat winter. The figurer are for the woolen mills, which sre fairly representative af the whole industry: -F'rescnt time, 92%, August 91%, July 91%; June 8596, May 63%, April 71%, March 6876, February 59%, January 63%, December (1918) 849, November 8896, October 91%, September'92s. Sperm oil 1 0 The total number of epindles in the woolen milla in Liglit minernl 011 1I . 2,176,953 and in the worsted mills, 2,307,178, grand Cotton-d oil 19 . total, 4,451,131. Some branches of the business are Olive oil "0 I.urd 011 -.,I 0 running 9 5 5 of full capacity, and others are running R n l e on..-. ".3 double shift, the latter circumstances being the cnrrse of Seatstoot oil ". .I the high prices for some goods produced on overtime Tallorv oiL ".S Henvs miaernl 0 1 1 . 4 0 Pay rat= Castor O I L-..... 3ZO If Solomon, the miter of Proverbs, aere here bdap bt 220 dg eFahrenheit d oila are about equally he might not advise to "Oo to the ant, thou sluggard; l fluid. consider her rays, and be wise" (Proverbs 6:6), but Castor oil is ohtniied from castor beans b~ pressing, "Go to the mill norker," for t h g e hrs d d o m been r darning and filtering and is nearly c o l o r h time when the mills aere busier than now.

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vdttable than those of euy oce person. A bujioesa i q imnersely benefittd ahere idea3 flow naturally urd Iresly from ecerp worker t o those that can mr9. t m h peta at ire. A rvietp of mgpstion sy3tcms for employes h a k n hied out. I n most indanca thep failed, but in a few cases ther 11-1-e achieved the hoped-for succehg Thnt t b failures far outnumber the s u c c e a ~ sis owing to the f d i n g that erecutires have cf not gring redly d d e r ate treatment to those that r o r k rrith them. I n ose sua~e.rSonsystem d~icribedby System the n-riter ascribes the fault to the manzgexnent: "'The b!f.ne r-ted wl~ollpvith t e nar.agezoent The h gwem: rn223ger wns not seriously concemnl about pttlng Idens thst he muld uas from &e Torkern. He a o q falrly confident tl-.nt he nnrl tl:e erecutiwc asminted t ~ l r lhim ~ svere competent ro r~1nthe busine.js r.i! ~i$:t. The su3:e~tlon sy6tem Ile looked uwn us more or less of 3 game which might amuse the employrs. "As n m 3 : : l t of this attitnrle, no wrioUb @;?art AM made to apply the saggestlo?~ere3 though rromc of them gnrs indications of constructive thou-At on the part of employca, Xot many r,orke:s crn be kept conti;uorrsly Interested In the moderately resote ch3:ce of winning a rnther rlender prirc, pnrticulnrlT. when tlle pcrpose of the contest Ia w obrlowly farclcnl." I n the few cases rhere the m s e s t i o n system h r mccm, System continues, the c o ~ ~ o ~faders~nre: lin "I. The oper.mindetlness of the manngement and the serious decii.r iOr ideas of cmplo~es. '2. e . n i::ii~;~rss to consider rboronghlg the ideas thnt are offered. 110 mntter --Inether they s e n g d or not at fint glance: and the inteoaon In MX mse to let tbe mnplop h o w the dec'sion and the renwn for 1~ " . The desire to rea-3rd falrly the moo who maker Lhr 3 mggestIon. If it hfu ary value." The danger that 3 mnr?ngement runs of being set down as simpl! hypocritical in asking for suggaestions, crops out ~ L e n ernplog-e is nct fully adrised of the the executive attitude toward the euggesion, and a detalled erplnnatian is rot giwn a h y the suggestion will not war:; or is nc: ezpedie~ts t the t k e : "The Eastman Koda!; Company," cn2tic::es S g ~ f c m ,''um a3 onalrsis sheet by m a r s of which those responsible for lookhg into the suggestions of rcrkers masure the cojt of changes a g a i u t t!1s savings the!- 3 3 effect. The rorlrer ~ is taken into the confidc;ncz of the management, acd if an idea canrot be ascd with nrac~iccl results, the reasou.: ns they are s h o ~ mby t h e acd>jir si;*t ere fully exp l ~ c d b " a rcsdt, t k h concern receirer to .& corr!izl coopezction from its emplo~es. I n contxst to the Ecstman nt2tuilr. the following about a F ~ C - i n t ~ n r l e n t at who h2d appzrcntlp favored a c g p s t i c n , t d e tbc stor)- of the complete

(the supcsinbmdent) told the department bead he hod decided against it, ending with 'for masons which I cannot discus m t h you! Imagine how epeertilr that man, a h o could ~ o or would nut t the t m to give hir ie resaoxm b a responsii deprrtment hard, nould have p i l e d tbe chrncer cri any m g g d h m." Rank md cordial trestment cf workera is likely to keep them more interested in their ~ o r than in idera k for social, industrid and political change, a d the opinions of executives in this r e o w is comewhat as follows: "It is safe to ~ a p that r h e n the minds of workers are tarried in the direction of building up. there L not much room for those id- which tend h tear d o n and destroy, i d e a oftea lying hidden, &,n the workers disgndled and gloomy of temperament, in&nt of hand, r r d fertile mil for seeds of unrest, d.kaMadion, or industrinl &if&,' Evidently the safe tBing for business management ia to be a hind of ';big brothef' to those who work r i t h them. h the p r e s a t crisis nothing less aiil nnswer than the practical applicztion of the Golden Rule in every business Such a business L likely to suffer least in the periodic &or stonns that m p over iudustry after indurtrp. It pays t o be brotherly. It ia the n e t d thing for men to t e t one mother ~ t consideration and even ra h with brotherly Imp It L the thing that is to be the rule in the fast-approaching Golden Age, for the rule then is to be that every man, from e a t i v e doan. to hold his position, mast 'lme his neighbor ks himself," and that those that wiU not .ecommodste t h e m h e s mest ixcvitahlp be dropped as the *fits of a be* social order, the d t thst cannot surrive.

lend money to Europe If we lend her what she requires labor w i l l be scarce, for we shall have to continue to nzn our Eel& and worksholw st full s p e d to fill her req~rerocnts; but if we withdram our credit then there xill be a change i the other direction. n Jut at present h b r is scarce in America. Uore than 3,000,000 men have been returned from the T ~ i t e d States m y and navy to civil life, and nearly all of these hare at once found profitable e m p l o v t . One thing that heo made thia pos.d.de is ffie immigration . sLn?ntion There is no immigrant labor to be hod. Prior to thc w u r e were &iring a net immigration from Europe of 800,000 pusom annnally. During the !last five y c v s there has been no net immigration, the uumber goin: v t having jws about eqxalled the number coming i , p

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PROGRESS OP AUSTRALU N THE YEAR 1917 the manufactures of Awtrdin .mounted t over one billion dollars. This means that o die u -idly coming into a position where she r i l l be able to produce all or nearly d l the things she needs or At present her principal imports are apparel, machinew, pnper and drugs. The e-sports consist principlly of p i n , dressed meat, hide, wool, and metah. The country contains rich stores of gold. cool and other metals and miceral.. Au.h.alia ie 2,400 miles long and 1,900 m l s widc. ie The interior ia at present au immense plateau, an almost buren plain, except in the eastern and southeastern portion, in which there are ertersive plnins admirably suited to stock-raising and agricdtue. The rivers ere rnbjeet to great irregularities, depending upon the frU of rgin. The climate is generally hot and dry but very healthy. Occasioanlly there are excessively hot rinds from the interior which result in great discomfort, followed by cold winds from the south. Snow storms are -n o in June, July m d Auyjt, the winter seaeon. hrritralian trea rod bushes generally hava w t fdiage and thick leathery leaved, wdl f t e to retain itd moislam Some of the eucalyptus trw have been found to nuwupo 500 feet in height. . Ansbalia r s s first s~ttledin 1789 ar a penal settla m e n t I n 1851 geld was dimvered in lsrge quentities atd gwt immigration followed. The last convict urived in 1868, and in the BO years in which it woe a pearl colony. Awtrrlin and Tasmania received ahout 143,000 of t h e eriles kom their native obores. Tb. effect of the outdoor life W M b restors most of i k e anvicta to noble, upright, healthy rmDbood l d v D ~ the moat respected familk d Auetralia toby of trace their liuwe to thgs meu. t think o it, r e all b e e oar l i n w to a o f m r i c t , an exile; namely, father A h For Ood %ath ands of one blood al nation6 of men, for t dwell on l o d the face of the earth ;.and llath determined the times l before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; that they should seek nfter the Lord, if haply they might feel dtsr him, and find him, though he be uot far from every one of us." (Acta 17 :26,27) Ood foresaw the rirclam of placing a hardy race of men to subdue tho Abtzrliaa continent and pursued the policy, strange t US. but wiw. as we now we, of letting its pioneers be o & for one rereon or motber had incurred ths

displeasure of their fc.llo\t- men. and been bmished from their midst, only to h d a happier home elseahere.
WASTI-VG OTHERS' MONEY HI: PEOPLE a ho heTe done thc Icmt work in the world, and therefore hava the least right to be was* ful. are frequently the most prodigal in wartiug money which has been saved by others a~itlwhich temporarily comcs ivto their care. Rcprcwntativc Blmd of Idaho, who has been in~cctigntingcocditioila in France. reports that : per cent of the funds sc:~tto philanthropic and O hnevolent organizations in France has gone for espenses of administration and that the cornmittre of which he is chsirnlnn arc I)'ingi:~g with then1 opirfi of on agrecmc~t under which $1.;00.000.n00 wort11 of Corer~lm~~t property which included. an two of the itema, food and tediles alone worth $500,000,000, na ' sold for $100,000,000. Possibly i t was necessary for Government e m p l o y to destroy eeveral million dollars worth of automobile parts and other material a t Verneuil, France, u testi~ fied by a former officer of a motor unit in the +tionary fome, but it s e a m hard to beliera that sbme m could not be found for bales o f k , autoaaobik bod@ f wheels, tires and rules in a world in the condition o f the one in which we now find ourselves. The end of the war has left the War Department with a grest number of unused automobiles on its hands, some 47,000. Man? of these, still in their crates, are piled five high in an open field near Washington, when thep have remained ever since the armistice was signed, their a v e r s snd u p h o h h y rotting away and theitmachinery oovered with mast. Conin now pressing for the d e o these machines, and rith m y Oi the f automobile fadories three months behind in their o r d m there reenu no teamu why they should not be mld at o m for what they w i l l bring. Any money the Government cur Bave m this way will b eo much leaa it will have to procure otherwise. The greatest waster of the agw ia a m n d e &g eeribed in the eighteenth chapter of Bevelation u "Babylon the Greav'. Cancerning tht qmblie city i t b said that "n her was found the blood of propbeta, i and of ruinta, and of d that rue slain upon the earth." l (Revelation 18: 24) The fall of t h b mystical 1 9ia 5 indicated M just prereding the thortwd y e u reign d Chrirt, dewrribed in Re~elation20 :I-?.

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RAILROAD EQLXPdLENT OSTHdRI. to upectation the e q u i p n : ~ ~ ~ tthe of railroads ia not being kept up es thoroughly as it should, and the manufacturere of railrood equipment are being hit by a 8hortage of orders. The ~oie-ent ia sdling to reduce the billion dollar shortage on the anticipatad hoome from operation, and fop the time is letting equipment go. llailroad men say that there can be no relief for a rear or more. At the same time there is an enormous demand for railroad equipment in forei-gri countries, but the proper arrangements have not been d e yet for financing huge orders from outside the country. Emopean countrie~ are able to pay only in bonds and the American banlia are not prepared to handle such bonds for the equipmeat concern& W t an unpnxedented need for their piodnct ih in domestic and foreign markets, eqaipment man&turers are obliged to see their plants dose d o n for la& of businesa

AIR TRANSIT HILE transit by air is not yet ont of the rcalm
of science, in eome cases it almost approache being an estahlkhcd method of transportation. 'I'he d35cult.y of using air commercially h its danger and e~cessi\-ecost. A motor truck or actornobile can stop and rest if clisabled, but there is short shrift for the make air airplane that wodd like to rest in mid air. -1'0 travel even approach safety there would hare t~ be established air hues marked by landing places frequcnt enough for a machine to volplane to safety an.mh~rc. FXforts are being made to "practhlize" air travel. An airplane of 19,000 pounds, to carry 3,000 pounds of mail, and equipped with three motors and mueless telephone, and manned by two pilots and a navigator, i j being built to run between New Tork and Chicago in ~ewn hours--provided nothing hapGiant gas-bag machines are planned in England to travel between h'ew Tork and London. They are to be luxurious afIairs, Kith s a l o o ~dining room, and sleeping ~~, cabins The equipment contemplates 3,500,000 cubic feet of gas, a cm$uo" capacity of wren$ tons, a n o n s b p ability of 6,000 miles and a speed of eighty miles an hour, to cross the Atlantic in f&ty hours-alaays prorided the ine\itable does not occur. It was an approach to p r a c t i d t r ~ p o r t a t i o n when ea a nine-j-ear-ld T x n Kith hia mother rode from Houston to attend school at Kew l'ork. The t i p msr safely made from D d s , ria -bkanias, I h k , Indianapolis, Daytan, Cleveland, Buffalo and Eicghamton The ri.h of the air h e were sliarply illujtrated by the killing i a fall of Xajor FrisYtll at Port Jervk. N. Y n . He had said the a r i '%umpf', aud it proved to be so. In the present state of air transit, men, U e richer, "make themselves ainga; they fiy brag as an eagle toward heaven" ( ~ r o v k b s : 5 ) , but men l a d the sure 23 power which keep the w l e safe and sound i hia w d $rmg W d o m of the sky. n ie

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of the Associated Advertising Septemh Clubs of the Vorld, held at h'ew Orl24th and 25th, rend like a page horn the proceedings of the League of Xatiox. There were d-ates from all p& of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Great Britain and Argentina, cablegrams from the Prime Minister of Australia, the President of Peru and other dignitaries whose habitat is far h m our shoreg The subjecta discussed were such as to how to help Mr. TTilson solve the industriel problem, how to make Latin America better Lno~vnto the people of the UPited States, how to protect L i b e e %I& holders against securit.ies of questionable value, how to malie the U&d States better Anom in Mesico. and other subjects such as one rould espect t o engage the atkntion of statesmen but which rery properly engage the attention of those who have ao much t3 do nith molding public opinion and directing the success of public ventures as falls to the encc-despised advertising man. s f The advertising man of today i a &jeminatar o information. He is expected to supply real news, and if the concern with whirl1 he is coanected is not doing work that is hportsrit eno11g11to merit publicity there is no reason wh? it e1,ould expect the public to be interested in what i t has to say. The advertiabg man is a pusher for business, a pioneer, ao expert in-the art of creating new wants or new w a s ti, snppip old ones. E w v person who announces a policr is an advertiser, 8 publisher, a proclaimer of what he purposes to do. When Satan said, "I w i l l e d t my throne abore the stars af God; I wl sit also upon the mount of the congregail t o , in the sides of the north ;I will ascend above tha in

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OUR BOYS AND THE FRENCH GREAT many A.mericau soldiers did not came nway from France with very good opinions of either the country or the people. The? dc-terbcl its mud, which is everywhere, its unpaved street, its lack of bathtubs, its omnipresent manure piles, its sj-,stem of charging Amcricans se~eral times as much for supplies as it did Frenchmen for the same articles, ontl its women most of all. The true .Snerican laves and ailmires true -romanhood and finds little to admire in a community u,l~ere, according to a prominent D. D., a man can enter almost any home and treat the woman of that home as his o m wife. And he stated that this k largely h e throughout France. The French people did not jind all of our soldiers a l l that they chould wish, either. They fomd them too much addicted to bard liquor, and n i t infreqnently too rnde in speech and a d . The effect of French liquors upon our soldiers mar be judged from the fact thnt at one t i e i3. the summer of 1918 there were 30,000 officersand men of the h e r i c a n troops absent without leare from their organizations. According to the mother of an American soldier now buried in France, the French are reported to be greatly shocked owr the American neglect of some cemeteries in which are buried the -4merican dead. Some of these cemeteries, a pear a f t ~ they were drst used, were said r to be fall of r w of closely packed white cmsea and os long trenches instead of, as n-ith the French, individual grmes, carefully cared for. I n Borne of the cemeteries there was said to be no flag flying, no person on c a r d , nothing to indicate that anybody had snp interest in the ~eed-mvered grounds. In the French grounds the officers and mcn are buried together; in the Bmericnn grounds they are kept separate D & is the t h e n for l this ? Geoerd Persliing is of the opinion thnt the Americans r h o fell in hsttle in France &odd be allowed to lie where the? arc now buried, but &is does not seem to agree nith the general sentimen-t of those wllo have lo& their lored ores on ti:: field of battle. General Pershing Was given a great ndcome on his arrival in h'ew York, but his return did not arraken the enthusiasm expected. and a few fie?-s leter tb.e propwition t award him a o golden sword n-os receircd so coldly in Congress thnt i t was abandoned for t!e time. The American people are thinking a lot now about the bo? they have lost and are not 80 much interested in the &em,

It vill be a great day for thc fathers and mother3 and brothers and sisters and sacethearts of the b o p that fell in France when '-all thnt are in their graves shall h a r his voice and shall come forth" (John 6:28,29) and it will be a great (lay for the boys themwlrcs. \Ve believe that this a\\-akenicg of those no\%- asleep in death is near at hand am1 that it a-ill not be so long before some of those boys now buried in France will come and look a t the very places where al that nes left l of their mortal remains was laid in the summer of 1913. In a future issue we hope to give the reasons for our belief that the resurrection nl begin within the next il decade.

SIZE OF PEACE ARdm T IS GENERALLY believed that Senator Chamberlain effectually killed the so-called March bill, recently presented for Mr. Baker, Secretary of War, and the General S t d of the United States a m 7 . Senator Chamkrlain denounced the bill not only because it aimed at a vast military establishment, 509,000 men in time of peace, but because the General S U wanM for the purpose a lump sum to be erpended entirely at ii t discretion, Congress merely serving in the capaci* of milker of the public caw to provide the funds. Senator Chamberlain said that the bill as proposed spelled "Xilitarism to a degree never surpaseed in the palmiet days of the great general st& of the German m y . ' ' The General St& n-as what ruined Oermany. Tkere is no General Staff in the MTJ, probably the most &dent, best managed department of the Government. Perhaps that is th* reason for its dciency. It map be true that there are good reasons wby the IJnited States peace m y should in a few years be fonr times as great as it was in 1917, but it would seem ss though the wreckege in Europe- &odd be canhcing that it is not a good thing to have millions of armed men standing around riFith nothing to do. It stands ta reason that some of those men, those who have the most to @in br it. or who think they have the most to gain b~ it, will u-;e what infuenc? they have to bring on war, in the hope of profiting thereby. Tillat is the proper size of 8 standing army for the ITnited States in time of peace? Should i t be 500,000 as propowd bp Mr. Baker, or 300,000 as propowd bp General AleSndrew, former C h i d of S a f of the Amertf ican Expeditionq Force, or 120,000 ae it a s in 19171 ObviouaJ it all depends m what we want the army to

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do. T!lcre is no need in hiring for a particular job of ~imilartcrms in our OH= day. I n 011 probability the work four tin1c.s na nlaily workera as are news.iarg for armies of the four Iilngs cornbin?d (lid uot esceed a t h r t job. An(! thttn tllrre is to be cou.iidc.red also, that thousand men. to get men for this particular job the wages m u ~ be high t enough to attract them, or the- \ have to be obtained OFFICERS AND MEV ' d l by conscription, md it doen not =rn r e u o ~ t l z the for ECHET.IBY BAKEB of the War Department 1 United S t a h to resort to conscription in time of peacf. revol:ed the military order posted a t Camp MacVarious forms of peace conscription hare k n propoded. .41-thur, '\Vaco, Tesm, which, in effect, forbade the There arc but two general reasons for an army in t h e nrtendance of an officer a t any wid &air at which an of peac?. One is to properly p a r d our out!:.-ing posses- cdisted mnn was present and which made it obligatory sion. against sutldon attack. and the other is to maintain upon the o&er either to leave or to force the enlisted order ct home. \\;hat renon is t.hcre b believe that the man to leave. T I rerocation wad a good piece of forces adequate for t!~is purpose in 191: \v\.~uld again bushes& We do not want in thin country s set of lazy not ' be adequate in time of peace ? Senator Swauson s y 3 prig3 that imagine they are some uncommon clsy, too with .reference to large 1:lil itary expenditures, "A large good ta m o c i a h bitla thek fellom UPiformr do not p u t of the immeasc sums now appropriated for m- makemen m a t s could be utilized to secure bstter educational Benotor Chamberlain haa proested that the&must be advantages, to construct good road.?, t build better a reformation of the court mu-tial system which w i l l o homes, lo aid religicua and charitable irratitutions, to nake it imposible, as waa recently the cpse in Texr.4, to develop industries, and for the general advance o impose the death penalty for a minor offense and then f cornfofi and ci\.ilization." These arc the words a a carry it out within 48 hours, before the papers in the statesman and this is a ststsrnanlikc utterance. wuld Rech Wa&h@n for review. He presented I n time of peace the principal du* oi the U i e a bill authorizing omnegtg for all soldiers, sailors and ntd Staks army is to preserve order within the Cuikd States m i n e e mvicted by court mnrti.l itself, and possibly with the idea that because of @war Elio f h m should not forget that the tlrst reconditiom there would be more disorder than d, quirement is that they be men, and no nun is r real Secretary of Wnr Bdier has issued orders that hereafter m s a w b f s k s l m t a i r a d v ~ t a p a f ~ t h a t u e f o r State oEcirrls can a l l M y upon oommnnding the time placed i his power. Of d man on earth the n l generala of military departments in their ~ i c i n i t yto milikry o & a z t the last man that can a b d to show furnish such troops as niay be necessary for the protcc- that he d m not abide by the simple rules of plain tioa of lives w.d p:.op:rtj, thus performing duties which justiea but must resort to artifice to bolster up his claim formerly dcvo!ved large15 upon the S a t h r a l G w d of t authanty and to respect Who can imagine the noble o the Strte it&. Csntzldon CorneLi~ story of whose conmion to the the l?le armics of olden t h e a did not amount to much, at Christian faith i m beautifully told in the tenth and r riot to start wlth. The iirst account of a "kaitle'' eleventh chapters of the Ads of the Apostles failing to 1-t recorded in the Scriptures i in the fourtee& chapter of treat the & n under h m with utmost c o w - a n t 1 s e i Genesis. TSere four kings carried am? a p t i v e a m - respect? The thought that a man must be priggisll, cruel ham's ~ e p h e wLot, alter they k d ddefatc.4 the five and unfair to be made mitable &rial for an ofiicer opposing b g s . I\-@ r a t to suppose ' b s the army could only a r k in the micd af 2x4 who loloas in his are which captured the Sodomites na a huge one, even heart that there ia no r d -=on n-hp anybody s1:ould though the u m e s oi four kings we i n ~ o d u - d k con- respect him at all. l nection with it. 'i'hk u-w not ti very lozg b e dtcr the dood, and the a t k c ~wpulationwas nut s yet large. A WAR BY-PRODUCT s The suggestion of certrlin higher critits & o ~ tvast BE EFFECTS of a world war are nct wholly bad. armies, grest cities, etc., a t t l ~ i s time, u+ of kun?w)out A by-product is that there are many less rorkcra in rith the f o c t s h t , the siiortu* a tuu f the the United State3 than would have been the nomzl #mod; aad oeoaud, tke ability of ;Lbr& vi& r i l S rucn, cse if there had been no European vcr. This n~akcj b even make M attack and &concert and a d u s e the conditious in America fa~orable respects employment, ;rs u m y and deliver Lot and the Sorlomiter d their but it no doubt necceaihtes that many Americans bust l g& 'Ihs f m s all a p u t a tLe citw, the armies, work at harder manual kbor th.11 they have brvn ht $he h g l y powers of that b y , wera v q meagu in aocustomed to, rs oar heavy work hw been Inrgely aunpuhn with what we haie in mind ailen se rue performed heretofore by new hmipnh

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n'Il0 --IRE A--~-P RCHISTS? '2'IBCHfSX, 3s u p h i l ~ ~ o p i i ~ , , ~ccor&r,o the Ento cpclJpedia Erittaaia, is rhc oppacite of Socidisn. The aim of the Sor.dirts i:- to crater : power in the J Gorcr-ezt a d to n!die t.5e G ~ 3 Stn;?, as they call t the prospecti~esclciaht arran,-ent, the controlling fador in nearly e r e q activity of hum= life. Anarchism U fist fiz State b e a d y hm too much *me?, and thrt n e a r 1 all d:e troubl~s maokhd originate from of thst fact. Soc.inli;m Erliercg in ,-entrg!ization of power more and more, iu behalf of the peaplc. -4carchism belieres in decentraliz~tionfor the same reclson. w m c r g in the the0ric.s of =archim me of k o distinct schools, the one believhg in tile gradual sprmd of their doctrines agd the other believing that force h necessar;r. There is great antaganism be*een the two schocls of thought, but both admit that if &eir philorophp shorJd prevail it would wipe out the weaker n;entd, is not a moral and physical ~pecimensof the race. very clieerlul outlmk for an? of ua that me prirablp forced to admit, just to ourileltes, that we are not aa strong either nmInUy, morally or p h p i d y , y we could r i s h ! We do not know to which of these s b L a of thought Alexander Besliman and Emma Q o l b belong. We only h o w that these t r o are lergely in the pnbLic q e a t preeent as thep haye just been relawed from prison and PFO hewn as mrchiSt leadus. B g b L described correctlp as "a studious, earnest, middy read man of wry pleemnt, quiet mamer." He desimater himself as 66 an idealist nhote viers ncd I2enl3 conflict rPith t h m of capital." \Then d i e d in court if he was an miuchist he rc.fuscd to n=n-er, further than to my, "The hearing i s *n inmaion of my anecienoe a d my thoughts, not aa inquiry into my actions." I n the Homestead steel strike t~enty-eight rears ago, when he was but a lad, BergB o t a d injared E C. FricX, and fcr that crimc p e n t fourteen years in B Pennsylranir prison. Hs sentence of h o pegn a t Atlanta i l'e~tenri3r,., juct completed, ass for vioktion of the fedition aci. ?lies Coldman aas arrested and seritenccd 3t f l : ~ snnic f illle a1 Cerlmsn and has just been rclcascd k o m tile Uirsouri Etatc P e n i t e u t i q at JcXcrson Citr. Eoth Mr. CErkman and U i s s W h a n bare issued statementi ol? couilitions in their p!m3 of confinrment that call far inre+tigation m d netion Officers a k o dischcy the state or federal rules in their rnlnqement of prisons arc alxrchists themaelrcs, are they mt? The meaning oi t h e word *'Am.rchf' is ''without mlc" and rules are eren more necessaT for the rulers than for the ruled. If a r d e r does not abide b p the ru!a expressly b p r e p n d to limit his ovn poacr, how cro he, rith r

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good corscionce, require cf o:hers that tLer keep the rules he is n:ppowd to cntarcc!? And then comes up the qucrtion of blrhcrirm. 13 that Anarchism? The gemera1 idea in the public mind eeemr to be that it arnou1.1ts to the scme thing. and there has been a last amount of licmture circulated to cnc o w e thrt idea But we have an intareoting prod that the two are quite diiTer?nt, and that not in R w i a , & rhere tb mmch.bb u e r e e ~ g n i z d a * *Pmatc and distinct from the Bolshe~-iats(Scchlids). We had the illustration in this countrv, a t a lecture room of the Rand School. =!me them rras a lecture on the mecaiug of t h e term "so~ict". The hour dc\-ot?d t~ the lecture on this topic hod passed; sl;d h e roor.1 uar occupied by a committee givuig urel'ill tttentiou to the homing problem, r h e n i t KM burd open by a gang that threw them into the atreet, along a i t h their furniture, and made a complete wreck of the Mom. The men who broke up this orderly mectiry of thinking men and women were ux:ckiAq nere they not? If not, what r e r e the).? At any rate they were not friendy to thr sol-iet (&ishe\-kt) id= and made tile attack for that reaswn. And hat about those riots in O d s ? There a mob of fire tilousand people partislly wrecked the c o ~ n t y court h o w with bombs in order to ntaL their vengeance on the n e p o whom they finally ~ c w d e d lynching. Al l w snd order w r thrown to the aindm, l a ee and the mayor who attempted ta stem the tide N s t r u g up and barely e3cp.ped with hie life. Ia it not 8 gmd time t do a litile knrt-searching on then o qdons? On August 9th, Representative Blanton, Democnrt, o f Teue i n t r o d u d in Congress a joint resolution 'dcu 'eling that a state of anarchy e x h in U i e Stxh, ntd authorizing the president to f r interdate mails a ~ & tr&c from further udawful interference, and to a& quately protect citizens in thck prop* righta" H s a llepresentatirc Elarton is apparently amusing OM or more departmcntg of the Goremment itself of not living up to t!ie rc!cs '\vhicll hare been prepand bf Congesa to limit its poaers. His m i t i o n i n that t b men who kEve violnkd these mlw nre anOTCbiCtL L
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At Portland, Oregon, on September 15th, Resident ITilson expressed conviction that unlesa the Ircrgue of Sation3 b e c o ~ e sa reality, now existing Oovemmentr will be overthrown aud t l ~ e i rform changed. On the fame &y Senator O r e n u n of North Cuolinr in the United Stotcs Senate ussd almost the rrms h g u q e , ~ a g n g "Until t!:ia ia done there can be uo p w but . e . uurci:, rcro:oticn, s:m-ation and awc11y:rill ahlk up

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AGRlCULTURE Z' ALASK.4 I ) HE AREA of Alaska is a little more than the combined a r m of Maine. Sew- Hampshire. Vermont, Jiassachusettc, Rhode Island, Connecticut, 4cw Tor!;, S e w Jerscp, Pennsylvania. Delarc-am, 3Iarylar.d, Virginia, \Vest Virginia, Sorth Carolina, Soutlr Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The tillable arm is h u t q u d to tbat of Connecticut. Much of the land, ewn on rather steep hillside*. is boggy, the drainage k i n g poor. The formation of the roil and the blanket of moss, dm& nnivcraallr present, greatly extends the marshp area. I n some places the layer of dead and living moss covers t ! g o u n d t a ~ o depth of sevcral fect. The poncr possessed by the moss of absorbing nnd retaining l u g e amounts of wcter and its character as n nonconductor of ~ C P ?will. to some ertent, account for the cold, n e t condition of thc underlying soil. The pregnce of this dense mossy laycr ma1;ci travelling very difficult, since crcviccs, rocks, fallen limbs, and trees are s co~ercdthat numerous pitfalls o are hidden from sight. I3enefcid results follow the remoral of the moss so that the soil mar be sarmed u i d thawed earlier in thc season. In general, the coo-it of Alska is characterized I)!g e n t rainfall and a rather constant temperature. due to the Japan current, ahich sweeps thc nholc c a d . I n many placer zero temperature is seldom expericrced. The average daily range of the thermoxmter dming the summer months is very s a l The temperature a t ml. Wmgell, Juneau and Sitka are almost the same ao those for the same period at Trondhjem and Bergen, in h'om-ay, Helsiagtors, Finland, the whole of Scotland m d thc OrLney Islands. The total amount of summer rainfall, while large, is not clcesive. I n general, along the coast rcgion, the wintert snow has disappeared a t sea l e r d hy the middle of April, a!thocgh mow flurries are comnlon for some time after that date. Killing frosts u e s l o experienced between May and October. edm The organic content of man:; of tlie Ala.4ian soi!s is rcry much higher thnn .in any of the agric.uliura1 lands of the States. Frequently the soil is arirlulous and require considerable lime to sweeten it. I n placrs the roil is p e q in appearance and when dry it bulna redily. There is considerable of this mil in the southeastern portion. I n southwestern Alaska n gnvclly submil i morc J u n d n n t and thc presentx of volcanic s material in some plnces renders tbe soil very rich and r e q u h less drainage.

Tile southeartem part of ,Usjlia is hcaviI:; embered c-ith a grswtll that will ercntually be very rduablc. Thc spruce grows pight fcet in diameter and more than two hcndred feet high; red aod yellow ccdars abound, 11s1:ally a t ~omr? little devation above the sea. As thc exportation oi lumbcr is un!3\\-ful the only use of the forests at the prcsent time is for lumber and fuel for t hc sparac population. Thc gnsses of A l ~ ! i a flolirish to an extraordinnrp cleg~ec nll parts of thc country. \Vherever the timber in is cut a n y and the undergrowth of &rubs is kept dolln, a dcnw g r o ~ t h g a s s soon taken pie, to the of c+clu.;ion o: all other plant$. Timothy, orchard grass, and blue grass grow to p 3 t size. One of the most cornam nctire grasses is the ,Unalran red top. It is n proclineni factor in nearly all p u s mixtures and frequently excceck n man in height.- White clorer is spreading rapitlly. The grass is nutritious, the cattle n l ~ a ~ s becoc:ing slerk and fat during the summer =son. Alaskans claim that i t is more expensi\-e to make hap , on the g c u n d than i t is to bring i t from San Franctcco or Scattlc, but this is because of the crude hnnd-sc~zhe .. methocia cxploped. A few days' work in leveling off the irregular I~umnocks,M that mowers and horse rakes t coultl I* uqcd, soultl rcduce the cost to a few dollus per t a x Thc abundance of berries in Alzska has been a subject of rcmark by everyone who has mitten oonoerning this country. The flavor of most Alaskan berries is escellmt. They arc widely used for foad, being put up by the v:hitcs in the usual nay in preserves, jellies aii3-i.aos; among the natives the principal method of prewving them is in scd oil. One of the native plants uscd to a considerable extent is 5vild r:ce, tfrc undergroufid bulbs of ahich are collcctctl. Cried, powtlered, aud lnade into a sort of cakr. Bcach peas grow- i : ~ many portions of the country. The p!cllti yield nbundnntl!-, and the pods are well filled vith -mJl, juicy peas about the size of the French p e a of the xnrkct. There is quite a number of pot herb plants jrhich grow nncll in ~\1*1;a, nmong which are skunk-cabbage, ~hcphrrd'a pars, horse-radish, dandelion, and turnip tops. The hardier vegetables of our own garden rlso do wcll, such as lettuce, radishes, carrob, parsnips, onionti, PC=. snap beans and rhubarb. Potatoes grow, but not to o size) desked, although isolated specimens weighing a pound each am Q k

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olitzined. I n rcme nleecs cs5bage aar.d c.ulfloaa n;!l I!asl;a. RT-P.c=t? ?r.d barli-r are grown in a ? c i e n t not heol. Samplcz arc frequently swn o i i h abnnrmtll sinn2snce in tl:e ~ic;.th 01 l:;lr.;pe t s supply 1 ~ 2 1 ~ lcF-s\.ior cf beets and t u m i p ~ ,the p k t r fr?quut!y c:erund:, ar,d also t a goCiC e\:?ri:t iar crport. C'sttls, atten!atir.g to c o ~ l p l c tthcir life c>tr!e in one season. rl:e?p azd *\vine ere esin;!~licl!* ;aiscd in the= countrib?, ~ In s s ~ B cnxs no criiargcd root is fsrrncd ncd ihe plan: s;l~.ep doing n c l l i.c Im!sr;d, n'liich app-ws 12:s nuopim s to eeed early. Some rnrieties ci birnjp are 12;s ticas from 33 a g l . i ~ J t u d standpoht thnn Alaska. subject to this undesirhble trait t t m others. CIIX h o p s for the i ~ t u r rof &h's 'Eic rc:tl:cS a gardening which have k e n generally dzvcriopmen: lie chiefly in the relatively rLight climatic i employed are rerv poor. Often a llsrge n r n ~ m of l a k r tlsnges which we judge will be required to make LIL? t a is cspndcc! in pinnticg n c r o ~ ~ occ? plaxtecl it is coaa country more ccngnid. This p n of the wuntry but J l o ~ e d care for it9zlE. C1o.e plectiug r m s to be n-ill rrruzl!y bc the fir-L to be dereioped. But our h o p s to to the r d e . Pohtoes are gecerdly rlmt~c! inch- apcrt e s t ~ n d rlla iuthest limit3 of the intsior. W e trust eiu in roll--E scns?:t.-d nct more ihnu a foot. Thc r c d t of i n our Gcd that he has dl the meam at ilis diypo~pl,nnd such glanting i; a thick growth of vines that covers the all the -mvi-rr required, to bring d o a t such climatic grouni to such m extent tBai the sun's rays nc-;er reach chmgc~.s will evectuolly make the whole interior of 33 :L the groucd It is not surpri~ingthrt emall potatoes . U d a "rcjoice a3d ~~CSSOILI as the ros".-IsaiSh r e r d t from sncb plating. k d d i n g up of the coil is OLD MAXIHS VALL7ABLE ,perally practiced. Tmallp thc bcls are form4 e h u t AST I 1--ll?MER h becn laughed at for givhg s three or four feet wide and r a i z d Li high abore the crdexce to the anciezt maxima of the farm, but general level as con be done ecocornically. the r r i k d States llcpcrtment of Agriculture has At nearlp ere? A!n.kan rillsge ss=c cow. p i 2 a ~ d t h o q h t thcsc rural pro~erhs n.oh,r of an inrest$ation. po~dtrpare kept. a-hi!e k r s s are kept =t come of t: !e The rcsdt is t l u t mazy of them hove been prored to be !* or places. At serrrnl plzces clairies are m k t a i s e d , the eyprcssion of the keen common oense of agriculhrreupplics of m l and m a l l c;u=tities of butter 5e'sg ik ists of olden time and vorth perpeixating. furnished d u r i ~ g mscp mont!ls of the year. P i p thrire It i &5cult in the countrp to hc\v just thc b s t time s esceedinglp well bat when allowed to n?n at l a r p their to p h n t diiierert seeds. 'I%o old ma* furnish correct flesh is liable to acquire 3 fishy flayor. Protection of live infcnnation by makirg comparison with the develop stoc?: from the n-intar rsins is exential, although there menr of othcr planrs under local cozditions. Beans are is a Cock of sheep on one cf the islands that ! s no u heit phcted rnen thc blackberry bushes blofson. Ewly o*cr ?helter than thst prorid2d hy a r c i very *omus gardenkg nu? commence when the catkins hare formed gro\rth of spyuce rrew. The reinter range is of little on the maple trees. At the close of the reaqon warning \.due, as the g a s s c s contcin iitt!? EL:? rltion z f k r being of frcst L given b ~ t!lc maturing of the c d e b u r T ~ s d e d t p the winter rsin;. 'Klcre is ri best tinie for e r c v farm operation, and In aoutheastcin ll3::;2. ~Sth erception of the this is aeccrztc.1:; iudic~ted some tree, shrub or p l a t . the by tide Eats, l a d must ilr5t ;>? c!rnrzd of the derse farest Scicntks b.ave imagined thct their "scientifi~'~' instrugrcx21, and i some plac~s dec? n;css \rill have to bc r n e ~ t s n the sere silprior to an-thing el-, but the WashinG-. renal-ed. The sprwe stumps m u t be dng out, as ther ton r c s r c h c r s arc demonstrating something that the are v e q slow i3 rot~i::g, aud not irf rc-quently prodrcc Bib!e ages rgo said might be espected n o s : "The vkdo:n Icrge second-gron-th timber. 13 atditiox to ckark;, t t . . ~ of t!ieir aisc men shdl perish [bc- found comparatively h n d m u t t c thorou~hl;rh i n e d azd protected agciu~t sortUessl ;olld the ucdere~andiag their pr~deri: mcu of EceLmge from abo:-e. TIIL ditching and rezoi-31 of s t d l be hid."-Isaiah 23 :1P. s t m , is \-cry luborIous and csyc?;s;;e. In the sosth~~ a?stc.rn portion of tht c~ilctry&c csp:rse cf clearing JrECETARIA4,YIS:7f SETTLED QLXSTIOI\ A m a y the st7n.1~~ uot be rct-icirrd, nor is drninixg will I Lord atc roast lamb and settlc'd the vegctdhn X r..zc?ss3ry t o t!le ss21? cstcril. Lzc.!; o!' i?lar::cts ant! transqccsiion, and since fia hror;s tbnt hnmon beings prtetion facilities retard ;he ng:ic.~!:;:rcl dorelcpmett r q i r e s o ~ mcnt wc fecl xire he will so arrange matters c cf the c o u t r r , but these are kixg L~iprovedg~duall!.. in the k c o n i c g GolOcn Age that dl will hare opporn l c n c h a t i c conditioa.;, t o p o ~ a y h y ,soils, etc.. of t m i t g to get thclr quota. The distribution of mcab Sorapy, Iceleod, the Orlatty Ielzd.:, s- \rc.!l a; Fcst- is a silbjeit to which any ruler can afford to give land, Sr:cden a r d Finland, are con~parcclwith those cf proiound a;rcntio~l. I t is something that touches the Alaslia, it s5e:ns pra(2rtL'le that al:at his been ncconiplish- inttreria of erery h m z n being except reget~rinnsand d in these E u r 3 ~ e r ncocctries caa also be done in m A others as do nct acar leather shoes.

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Lives protect one another. OR-ingto a low grade of moral ethics on the part of the p e a t Inen of thc xorid, hummity is still in a darkage stage where the fittest to survive are imaginrd to be the most ferocious, unscrupulous and destructive. Tho.5~ to ~ r h o m homage is paid are still as in the dark past of man, "the m i g h b men" and those a h o by what e prominent thinker t e r m "commercial cannibalism" hare amassed immense stores of gm&. The wisdom of thi3 world ia their wisdom. h-one other would be permitted to be taught. Time and again in the dark ages the world's great ones hare d r s m e d various h~unanetheories in the blood of their advocates and adherents. The best wisdom for the common people is to follow what is termed c l i a e wisdom As James says, "The wisdom that is from above is first pure [sincere, not double dealmg]. then peaceable [not rrarlike], gentle [not rough and boisterous], and easy to be entreated [not hard hearted], full of mercy [not cruel. ferocious and destn~ctire], and good fruits [not evil fruitage of wicked acts], without partialitg [treating a l alike with l liindness], and without hnocrisy." How dserent from present methods of persistent deception of the people in the public press, in the pulpit and everywhere else that it pays to withold or distort the truth!-Tames 3:17. The time is coming when the antiquated type of great man w i l l be as extinct as the monsters of the geologic pad, and in their plcce the great ones of the Golden 9 g e will be the gentle, Christlike lovers of mankind, who rill be the beloved leaders of a world full of those of whom it is s i , 'The meek shall inherit the earth", and ad r i t h the earth " e h d inherit everlasting life." (Matthew 5 :5,19:29) The a-orld d l be a good ]>lace for the common people to li\.e i when the oppressors are gone n and =hen the people 1 0 ~ their neighbors as themselres. s

virhout roc]. .-:earn or elzctric, wires, and unaffected by heat or cold. 'I'hc motor u.ill r1111 equally well in the air or submcrgcd in trakr. It car1 be quickly installed in nn automoljilc-after which no more 28-cent gasorm! Mr. Smith says, 'This inrention d l furnish power for heating houses, as well as lighting houses and a l l buildings and streets. The electric railway companies can rern0c.e their trolley wires, and dismantle their costly poacr plants. . U unsightly smoke stacks can be 4 removed, as thcre Kill be no need for coal. Pittsburgh, the smoky c i q , can be made as light ss day. There w i l l be no more coal famines in the winter months, as coal will not be needed, and the coal mines can be sealed, and the coal barons will be checked. Yotorists d operate l their automobiles without using gasoline" Some day nen- sources of power are ddined to be discorered, and if inrentor Smith hss an invention of the claimed efficiency, he will be a renowned world benefactor. But the financial interests will won know ity aorth, and -sill seek to quietly ' ' ~ "in order to it, prevent a catastrophic annihilation of wlaei in oil, coal and public utiliQ properties. The Good Book says that mch blessings are to be divinely g i ~ e n man that "eye hath not seen, nor ear to heard, neither hare entered inta the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him". (1 Corinthians 2 :9) In the Qolden Age d men l sill love God for his gaodneas and far his matchless charscter, and i t may be that some such imention as inventor Smith's msy eoon appear to inaugurate some of the blessings that are to come

FUTURE FOR THE AIRPLANE?

Aemnutics, which gpesks with British caution, the airship appean to have a great fuhue for commerce where time ia a dominant factor and the demand is suEcient to jnstify r large machine. It has also a p e a t field in the opening up of nev countries where other means of communication are difficult. Tlie o d y limitation to-size will be the cost of the airship and its sheds, just as in steam vessels it is the cost of the vessel and the cost of deepening the ROTARY MAGNETIC MOTOR O K SOON the problem wl be solved of a mctirp harbors that limit the size of Atlantic liners. il Der~lopmentsof this character generally take place povser and mechnnism far more efficient than yet s devised, is u ~ o n but ~ H. R S m i t b of O<r~,no. - C. S. ~lmrly. Orkcrwi2 ffnilurcs occur, a in the caw of the k. claims t have refuwd $1,000,000 for 3 new rotarv Great \\-c.ztrrn. It may be many y e m M o r e the rirship ', o magnetic motor. The new device, he eavs. will opera:tl is incrcnwd from its present marimurn of ;50 to 1,500 fwt. If tho dercloprnent is subsidized or msiPted by sutomobiles. street cars. locomotircs. shipplnr. I i g i ~ t i n ~ plants. m d in fact do a n ~ t h i n g uhich is being doce bx the gorernrncnt, very rapid development may be acmmpliahcd. my other prime mover. In peace time the seaplane, airplane and airship will. The machine b mid to be driven by magnets, on SJ dm@ phn thrt any one can produce his o m power, hove their uses. But except for apeciPl semicea of high

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utility it is quertiol~ablewhether they w i l l play more than a minor I~artas compared with steamship. railway and motor t r w p o r t . An errmple of spccial service wcu when an Italian soprroo, engaged to sing in Paris, missed her train at Xiion. She hired an airplane and got to Paris in good time. Another artist flew from Paris to Deaurille to keep his appointment Herminie Korner, leading lady of the Uunich Theater, flew from Munich to the -4upburg Theater and return with two of her company. Joe Lakro, an actor, flew from Hanover to the Hamburg Theater and dropped 60,000 dodgers over Hamburg. While it is written that men "shall mount up on eagles' wings" and the present development of the air machine perhaps sdciently fulfills this prediction, there u e ma& pronounced b i t a t i o n s on present rnethoda of air transportstion, that something else may haye to be looked for, for the complete fulfillment of the old Biblical pronouncement.

utilized fields of the sea that the Bible predicta that icr the Golden Age, "I [God] will multiply the increme of the field."-Ezekiel 36 S O .

SEA WEED UTJZlTIES AIIIE MAX has been busy reaping and consuming the products of the surface of the earth, ha has neglected an entire realm of the vegetable world. I t is e s t i i t e d that there are some 15,000 varieties of what in ignorance of its life-giving qualities is termed wa "weed". Only a little attention has been paid to the vegetable growth of the waters, but that has yielded valuable results. T h e idea has taken root in some astute minds that reamed ma7 hare commercial or money-making possibilities, m d with selfishness as a motive, something is being done to mrrh-e them raluable to humanity. In Japrn the matter has been gom into for same time, m d 600,000 Japanese n o r work in the seaweed indnstry, turning the water grou-ths inta boots, picture frames, muble &ring, electric switchboards and r subtitate for cotton. Thc F e c seaneed beconics a stiffener for rnh mattand a oizing for straw hots. In South Awtralia it works up into ropes and cord for fishing neb. In Essex, England seaweed is used for fertilizer, end in other parta of EnkIDPd "'Iavei' is a n as a k regetoblc In Ireland "tope," eatem hot, becomea a remedy for rheumatism nod throat troubles. I n America -weed is employed to regubte the bowels. Xow certain nrietiea u e being trmsfonncd, with other materials, i t bricks for b u i l b g purposes. no According to Profereor Charlea E. Bessey, of the Univew of Nebraska, seaweeds are d n s d e d umrding to color, d there are many nrietiea-1,000 blueqrcan dimes, 10,000 green rerwecda, 1,600 brown mme& 2,500 red seaweeds m d h u t 400 rboerortr. Parhpr it ru p e in reftmnoc to the hitherto ua-

the stamping of the o n to powder. sometimes its roasting, and then the chemical treatment to eparate the metal from minerals composing the ore A new procese, the Greenwrit, claim to e-xtract -the copper directly from the ore at from seven to ten cents a pound. The method is electrolytic and the copper i a practically pure. Old p r m m obtain from 65% to 80% o the copper f in the ore. By the new method fmm 77% to 87% ia secured. I n ancient Hebrew times the mining and ertraction of coppr a s described poetically: Ustone man melts a for coppr ;he searcheth the stone of thick darkness and of the shadow of death; he hath d r rhnft far from the wanderer: they that are forgotten of the foot are suspended [in the ehaft] ;awry from mu! [in the shaft], hath thrust they waver to and fro; in the f i t ~ m r his hand ;he hath overturned m o n n f o the roots ; in the roclcs he hath cleft cham&" (Job 88:l-11) There acre copper mines in the Sinai Peninml., and on tlie Red Sea shores were furnrea m d the wharves whence the copper was ahipped. In Uer tima of persecution Christiane were forced to work in the copper mines of that locality.
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cost sirteen to twenty cents a pound. It required

NITROGEN INDUSTRP OEHYAX Government loan of 200,000,000 marks was the basis for the great nitrogen works at Oppau, near Lud~igshafen.The factory rJ1 have W a g e capacity of 350,000 tons of ammonia fcrtilinr, d r daily ~3p8cityof 2,800 tons, and will employ 8,000 to 9,000 persons. The first building of the eeven t be built, o is completely equipped a i t h machhry, end i magnit tude may be sunaised from the fact tbrt it hne 3,500 telephones and haa already cost $750,000.

RECENT ClZELUICAL P U N T S

HE ACTIVITY of an industry may be indicated by the number of patenb issued to inveptcm Patent9 in ehtmstg never were eo active before. , h a g mrsp recent patmts us: a proclos for reparating nitrogen from air, one for the recovery of iodine from redduer. m d one for the formation of pmmoni. by meam of the electric uc A proaar L patented for the de&dJtic treatment of tinead mmp, one for r m af e k b i c furxwx,d~ll~far~~dkLB*aPr

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IN INDUSTRY YIXG Alcohol was dethroned aa a beverage list July the annual u r of the drug U the Cnited I States dropped from 269,000,000 to 100,000.000 gallons, the latter q ~ ~ a n t ibeing connuned largely in the various ty arts, ant1 the differcnec having been drunk heretofore wlely as a beverage. I t is prcdicted. however, that the time is not far distant when 2,500,000,000 gallom of alcohol rill be annually employed in the arts and indlistriea and for niotor fuel in automobiles. As the petroleum supply drindlrs and the price of gasoline advances to that of alcohol, alcohol will rapidly replace gasoliine as a fuel. Even now denatured ethyl alcohol in carload lots is the cherpcr. Furthermore. alcohol yields more power to the gallon than gasolim, it does not clog carbureter:, it is clean to handle, and does not have a disngreeable odor. There are scores of untouched sources of commercial dcohol. Anv plant, fruit or grain which can be fermented is a possible spring for the greater stream of the drug which is yet to flow to do the work of man. Palms, corn stalks, sawdust and the cactus are among the articles which can be fermented into some kind of sugar, and the sugar into alcohol. Alcohol may be enthroned again as King-not as a beraage but as a'power, in the realm where gasoline now reigns. I n olden days dcohol was not known m a separate dintillate, and the liquidn containing it were noteaorthp, or notorious, as intoxicants. NOW-that fcmntrg is the legally dry as Bahara, the Biblical warnings against intempemnce may be out of date, but they rill long wire as reminders of former d a ~ s : for -ample, of an England or an Smerica, made "merrie" by its liquors.

A regular service 1 3 operated from France to Morocco, starting at Toulouw. with stops at Barcelona, Alicmtc, Mdaga and Rnl~at,bringing Rabat two dats' journey from Pnri~. Po~sengersand mail leave Paris by the night train and the flight to Rabat. J f o r m . takes siitccn hours. A branch 1ir.c runs to Orm in Algeria. An airplane service in also being arranged from London to Rrithh West dfrica. n The period of human pr0grres.s beginning in 1800 ir predicted in the Bible as "the day [priod] o hir p r e p f -tion"the preparation for the Golden Age by means of every conceivable improvement that can make for the comfort and well-being of people-Nahnm 2 : 3.

CANADIAN CHEMISTBY S ALBERTA, Crmsda, the Government h h t to establish a reaearch department to .d in dmdeping i the natural r e o u r r e o tha province It ir hoped to f built up large induetrier in a d , oil, ruhv.1 g u 4 enlt. The Dominion Government hau p n p P e d a tory of Canadian Chemical Industriq giving a runmey of the industries devoted to chemistry md their work for the past six years.

BRITISH MOTOR INDUSTRr S THE PRICE of gwoline r k a them m with it the zeal of inventor9 to dnirs a bcttcr fuel. Hundred8 of minds are nor working on thir probhm h'ottingham, England, reporto that an Am inventor has produced a fuel which has bem jwlgcd wortby of an oflicial tsst. The new mator fnd L, chimed to run an automobile thirty milea for tm cmb.

AFRICA AND TEE AllRPWNE IB GEORGE LLOYD, Governor of Bombay, is conridering a waplane service between Bombay and -i h, to be est.blished by New Yeu. An inland p o d service k in hand between Bombay and the other principal cities of India T e Belgian OoPernmrnt ia &out to develop comh mercial aviation on the Congo. There will be regular mail and passenger service between Kixwham and StanIqville. The trip ad1 take two days, and the service w i l l start after S e w Ycar, with twelve 300-horsepower hydroplanw. Each plane will c a v 900 kilos at a speed of I15 to 140 kilometers an hour. Central Africa missionaries want hydroplanes to take the place of a fleet of launches n o r running between various mission rtations. At inland poinb landing^ r i l l be arranged in the straight. smooth central streets of the mti1.e towns, which are UPIIPII~ feet wide and 100 el#nd af gram and other obstrrla

SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT I N EJRM ZW#S S Bible tm the relation between master d renant i a war very close, despite the fact that these mmanta wen sametimes hundreds in number. Abraham hut 318 mrrlnta barn in hie own houae, not counting their rim-and chidren. (Genesir 14 : 14) Job had 22,000 bmd u f Live stock and it must have taken many manta to h k after these. (Job 42 :12) Eliaha wre.plowing with twelve yoke o oxen. rlso implying many m a n t a (1 Kings f 19:19) Yet the customary salutation of an employer to him -ants was 'The Lord be with you", and tbe ctut o m q reply of the senant w s "The Lord blesa theew. a. (Ruth 2 :4) Modern methods of demanda, curt d u d e , violence. machine guus. etc., do not point the way ta the Golden Age. Wiser couneel r n ~ ~ prevail, and it ail1 st prerul. ur due time, for the time d come when the l p a n i n g creation. now reaching blindly after better things, shall be delivered from the bondage of cormptiom into a gloritws liberty from rin m d every evil thing.-

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NOTIFS ON INnOZA-ZA
* item conceraiag the cm of infection korn a bsted cf mcceptibility to in0uaua being par&icPLTly atfeted by antiseptic applications to the nose md & t the d b q consideration i~ the vitality a, of tho indiridd. fn the Cnited States S o 7 n hundred men rolmteered for exhaustire tern. There m2n were in the best state of health and sere kept so during the period of experiment. They were subjected to eveq possible mode of iptoction. Live idcmza bacilli were sprayed hourly into their nonr and thmatj. T h g were fed g e m with their food. They rere 1;ept in close contact in nlrnost every conceil-able re? with influenza patienth sleeping with them, eating rith them, breathing the sane air, and rigorously wing to get the di In 9pite of dl effarts, not one of thh hale a ~ heartf group of sailors d contracted thc "fin". n esperiment is ad~ancedas i s strong proof of the theory that-the contrading of influent. ir principally a question of strong or weakened condition of the bodyTke medical publication Eq;gcio publinhes n o t a on the exprience with in the common school in Stockholm, Sueden. The school had 711 pupil. of whom 419 c~ntmcted disc=. So far as a careful study of the the recard goes, the ~prcndof the disease among the pupils in the school was almost at the same rate ss the avernga spread throughout the city. In consequence it is not considered worth while to close the rehools becaw t fact that the pupils are together in the school docs b E O ~ produce more danger from the disease than if the;r were at home
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d i m s two days d t e r 8 veU d e b e d bwering of 1 uy trro eyer tha cause 5 t in : a long journey; in d e r the ~ A E Q ~ much of too alcohol; i thc fuurth a tong walk dfer thc h g conn finement aboard ship. Anything that lowers ritnlity may open the doors t o a prompt attack of " l " The exhaustion may come fu. from n drug, from constipation, from indigestible fad, from staying up too late, from overworking or uerckmg, from a Et of passion, r:om bcdy rentilated lodging, '~7)rki~g sleeping room, or from poor or under or nutrition. Imm*snity to influenza ranges from Stnod none i n the under-naorished of r r countries to the almo?t a complete immunity of the athlete. It will tach 100 per e a t in the perfect h c m n bcings n-ho d be deve!l oped i n the Gol&n Age. It rill thea Iw h e , as the Bible sots, "The Lord Kill gire rtragth unto bid
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where proper ventiktian t impossible, like the conditions in a crowded c i v tenement. Even in a hospital ward,. with ten feet betaten bed centers, inf31ienz8 cprearla, but i thips where hammocks are tao feet apart, n says the London Lancet, the chances of infection are 123 times u gnat r b where the d o r s lie %ad-to-foof"

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Immunity &pen& on p c r d vitality. lo the crse of w r d mcdicrl tnea r h o bad ken inrmune for months, for 8 W

PRETZNTIOLV OF PESTILENCE HE REGCLATIOS nnd prevention of p a t epidemics ir in-gly dircussed irr. tha London Lonest. the leading British medical j d The Lancet iP concerned over the iaahili* of the profesi01~ handle to t e influeria pestilence. I t nsh the quertion: h uCnn tbe m t epidemlcr of dimme rblch from tlme tO tlme srrecp over the earth be prcrented by humnn effort? *When tbe recent truly terrlble epldcmk o Lnflucnu-re f use the aorda dellbemtely, tor the d e a t h outnumbe* lmmuumrably those caused four and a half parr of tb$ greatest war In hLstory-mept over the world. how_mnnf were saved from Im attacks by lndlrldual or cornmunet m e a r e s of precaution7 The medlcol profuslon =not claim that the course of the -idem& ' ~ r u r h ~ & 84 a 8much less w e d , by any &ch mensurcr "In the hMorp of ~Idemlcs.Indue- took lta o r l ~ n In region mmewkn nenr the Russian border of !hrkeston. epreadlng along the trade mutee nr trnnnportation m o d The epidemic focus of l n P u e w Is aomewhem on tb.Easterd border of R u s k I t la not too moch for a recoutmctiw medial p r o f d o n to oonceire tLc clearlug up of r r g l whlcb by L l n ~ ~ i b l lm d its neglect has every twenty: u iv d e or t t years orlglnatcd mrcs of d W 9 e rpreadlkf Lm over the globe. But thir eridence h restrlctccl to one particular outbreak of th. T~KI HFOUed S a m I&upa enza of 191519 uow we know mt where. The rroo*lr br not show the w e dear w s s from o m well-dedrrtb curter to tk rsn of tb. ~ t e The interms at rtak. me . the rewards of mcma & pmeotlng wen one single pan&-' m l soch as th.t of 1118 or lQ18,a n ou Coo wksal a scab ~

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carried world wid^. But EO supposition is insigDifiant enough ro prevent a "scientist" from building a worldreforming theory upon it. 'l'hc "scicntilic" conclusion is that "anorher wcr rrould be follosred by a widesprud pestilence, and even. effort & o d d be made to a& ware hi the future." The truth a b u t the black plague peetilenor, M that Eutope am flooded with ksietics who r u e infected but immune to the pnelunonic plague, and that when the infxtion spread it focnd aii unusually luge number o f persons in a low ~ t a t e vitality owing to the world of scarcity of food. Yoi.wn gases and volcano88 probably had nothing to do viith it. Lcciecce is a useful handmaid of society when it confines itself to facts. But the d i ~ i n e opinion of same of it is as when Paul s p h of "science falsely so called" (1 Timothy 6 : 20), and '<The wisdom of this world M fooliahess nlth God."-1 Corinthians 3 :10.

"Prr-vcutntive mcclicinr cnn proudly clairn to have opened

the ryes ui rnvclcrn stntmmr~i rrnd ndmi~~iatrutulu the to

over\vhclmirl,n Inlld~rt:~nce the stuts uucl the people, of to dealing seriuuslg \\-it11 rlle j,roblems of dbensr preventloo. 'l'oilny Inrzr. mr;tl~ nod fnr-seeing measures \tirh this obJect occupy n plucr in ~ ; r u c r l c ~politico. I "\Ve like ~ I Jpicture n wurltl t v h ~ r ethe prerentlon nnrl eradimtion of all diwnse tlint can hr! pnrrcntrd or erudicntacl sl~oultlbe the nim-vm the firat nl~n-f nut1onaI and interaatlunal ~ k , l l c y and effort; uhcre mcxsurrs 1;aving us their objecr the F:IV~:I? 11111lionsof h u m ~ ~ n of lives \ruultl be though: cs worthy of a g:c:~t rt:~tesrnau'ae n e r ~ i e s find of the Intereat of the public nn I'reo Trdtlc, bimctullisn and the nnfionallzatlon nf the r:til\vi~ys. \Vllell :he ?muke and nolse o \var ha\-e clenred awily. and the nations are rer~lly n t f pence ngalin, the aratesnlrr! of the !rorltl could flntl no higher or more atin~ulnt!ri~ fur their energies thrw the clennsing aim Of epidemic breeding gounds."

The proMcm of thc U.D.'s is r a l acd great, and their purpose is gocd. but it r:ould be better if they forgot the "proudly" part. becal~ac '.Pride goeth bcforc destruction." (Prorcrl)~16: 18) E r i d e ~ t l ythe clean=hg of pestilcnw foci depends upon worldrride g o d government, and ffmt cannot be e-qcctecl until the comiug FREh-CE HYGIEhYC RENEWAL Golden Age ushers in the Kingdom of God. Tlien d l CAUPLLIGPU' the reconstruction of the regions of for disease will gradually be banished, u ! ilun~nzitj.built c France de~astated the war has been imu,rruratcd by up in vitdity until it will be impossible far g e r x s or by thc Interallied Congcss for Social Hygiene. This, bacteria to h d a feedkg gro-ad in wenkeued tissue. according to the Medical Record, includes problems in hygiene in the war territory that, on account of tho VOLCANOES TO BLAbiE? thoroughnew of Germnn "frightfulness", are novel m d HX ILfEDICcU; profession has an idea 1 Every difficult. conceivable source for the "flu" had been raked over, Many French v e h , contray to rules of cidized r a r but it has required a "scientist?' t blame the pestilence fare, hove beell poisoned in o variety of ways. Here the o of 1918 .on the volcanoes. There u s on eruption of water itself must be actually disinfected by means of n Mount Kloet in Java recently which wiped out some ozone or a process known as javelinition. The inhabitthousands of natives, and years ago Krakatoa exploded ants are advised to boil the rater they use, and where and U e d the upper air 115th the volcanic dust that they desire to reoccupy their properties on devastated caused the brilliant sunsets of 1883. Thb proves that h d , are counseled to dig deep artesian wells so as there hsve been p e a t volcanic eruptions, ahich must be avoid the perile to health of the driuking of palluted the firot premise in estabkhbg the blame for the -'flu' surfaw water. -on the volcanoes Ln mauy places the soil itself will hare t be purified, o The "scientists" say that they do not h o w , ant1 some of it superficially and some quite deeply. Where cannot be sure, and that "sutlicient time h a not elapsed" there are shell holes. ~?:ines and other dccp openings, an4 m d probably it might be added that they never wiil yater has collected, the surface-is trausformed from know, but they ask respectful consideration for the idea good farm land into poisonous marshes. Malaria is a that in some unexplainable and disconnected way the mccccc, and the Inlid has to be thoroughly and decply thoroughly heat-sterilized contents of the volcmo~sdis- drained. I'spowcl surfaces are being disinfected, and tributed throughout the atmosphere ma?- be, or migllt insect life dc.s;roycd, which might become a meliace to be, responsible for t e untold suKuing u d grief of humnn healtli by touching i1;fected places aud communih patilene. cating the infection to thc people. Old latrines, dun," The theory is again that the poison gases let loose aver henpi, r&blt-s m d daughter houses receive s p i a l attenIKau'r Land" were carried el-qwhere by the winda tion, that the soil where they have k n may become fit and aused the "0a" in Spain, & m y , Englmd, agoin for hum^ beings to live on. for children to play FrPnce, South America, Africa, Asia and the United on and for the raising of food. I n some places there u c States Of course, there were rahs to wash the air subterranean passages and dugouts, which oi tours have clean hvun them poisons m d keep them f o being become Wed with water which is n n y t h g but mfe for rm

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hea1U1, and thc filling in of which is arc of the pecnliar ITAtl.rlN BABIES DYING p r o b l m being met br the acqencies started ir, motion br T.lI.I.48 nAEI1CS are perishing fcr lack of m * the C o n g for Social Eygiene. ~ The Amcricnn Frce Milk and llclief for. Italy h u been aJliing for ~100,000 o provide dry milk and cont C&7.. bF ADlWOIDS dccsed milk for babies in Italy. Out of about 300,000 Italian babies needing 11dp only a little over one-tenth been a great pr6\-nlcnce F ~ T YE , ~ S E there of tonsils and adenoid grotith childreo, have b?cn proprly p r d d e d for. How eerious is the ;a in It@ the fact which q u i r e remood by surgical opentions that are during the war ninety-three per cent of the u t t l e were md ncce,,av both plinful and expensire. lt is in order to enable the killed to feed the familia of Italian 6Cldicr~ The h t there plloUld be c ~ i l to dewlop in p,.,,rth md prmentdirrased or in9uenza epidemic caused the death of over r million h and left innumerrbic norsing babim behind, w&ened conditions for life. Prevention is much bctter pr*=s & howeTer, eFpecidy sine the sur@d thowands of whom hotre died from h of nourishment. operfirna ationc mmt quito frcqucntly bz r e p t e d one or more It mpcrtcd that unless very 1WP qurntities of milk are sent to Ital3; another you w i l l wo very fen brbiea timea in rfter yearn. corntry. Even ago it known by some people that t "live h ora of p c i t k s by babics is one of the chief cross of BEST HIFALn7-GuARb dkmed md enlarged tanails and adenoid groehs, which LL KISDS of gcrmicidcr am emplayed by people d t from the suction. who cm d o u for health vht gemrlesmess, but Tonsils uc a nmssity to the Wr, especially ta they supply a fluid acrrdioa The accordhg tb the l'hiladelphia TuberculostS Committee norking c~h, S * ~ of remom tonsib are an indicator of the condition of the body. the best One is dirt, but it took r "scicntise' t6 l&O c ~ l t m ths of thq we discrscd the b o d is out of e-*rmd contents of ~ n ~ ~ of e d hands, and wadad which nsultr most frequently either tiom over eating or mncI: to ~ ~ ~ t h~ bv far the w k r numbcr of @rmr t n c e from not w i n g the right kind of foocls. TOO rrmoved with ths dirt. &tWVGI', P y S the C C ~ milk is not for it is too rich a food, unkathe mittcc, n singla rplash in m p v water is not adequnte, child is older and gets pleoty of excrck. rcrubB~ remaving the the tonsil,, lIrd. unless but the hands must be d i l i m y and f 9 0 e n t l ~ them is a tcnwners of the mi~scles the n of & ladkg to b d , cff~tuallyenough visibly m o r e tho soiled thooc p a t . This t~oublc be c a w by a g a d u a b condition, in order to be d@ewrded can infection. It is hcreic treatment to "wUh and be ta', hn' osteopath or chiropractar. but pcrlieps worth while, particularly if the old aa Diseased tonsils arc alone rutfrcient cane for adenoid nt ; e ' t growths. Thrsc growths ere also caneed bp mothers not PCIC tNC that suiticiently cleansing the b ~ b f snostrils, thus causing TBE DRUG F7CE 8 gathering of matter aod an irritated condition. -Catarrh, which results from an q ~ a v a t e d cold when CCORDISG t o tho X m Tork City H d t h Depa* tha system ia out of condition. is arothcr cauw- of mmt. obrrvationa made o* 2,776 drug usem, rdcnoid growths. I n fad anything that irritates the indicrrte t h t in a b u t half the c a w acret s of drug tonsils acd those parts of the now, kuch as whaopiw lure thc can? of other persons part of the time, thw cough. long b r d crving spells, ck., will cause adenoid i n c r e ~ i n g danger of sprp.d of the via. Besides the the gron-ths m d diwased tonsil. number rcgister~d-about 6,C)Oetbere arc about 90,000 Children r h o suffer wit11 catarrhal colds should be other addicts in the city. I t is tviclcnt that there u o W g h t how to clrrn~cthe nasal psmgcs canrenicnt!~ rr.any recret channels thraugh which m reaching a md cfEciently. and this is something m a y adults do not the victims. Int:re&ing f t ~ m publidhcd concerning are know. The process is esrremely shplc. thc 'Jirt:;placc of drug w s registckd including the Into a cilp of warm water. quite warm to the toucii Vnitcd Sratcs u-ith 2.621, and Italy second with nearly but not hot, sprinkle enough mlt t give it a m i l a d t ns many. Thc way in which the users bccrms involved a task. Thm using the hand rs a naptrclc snuff the in the mcshea of the drug habit was told b? r 1 mlution thoroug3.r up Grrt one w t r i l and then the number. 1,222 f d thmugh evil sssocirtiom, 480 thrwh 0 t h until some of it m . s down the throat. Expd the illnrsr. lO8 to relieve pain, 72 h g h inw-4 : m t of the nose and repeat until fully clean&. hs alcoholic drink, 60 opium aneking, 1% fam* trouble, Follow by @?ghg ths throat with the uma dutbn. 3 d m uld out, and 30 for the plersms af the

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RECIPE9 Eonty P.u&'ing KTIRGLY di.sregarding the r!i~':t mcdicina! value 3 cup honer; 6 oul?ccs bread crumbs; 4 cup milk; fo~d?ti:Eworthy r i ~ ; ~ ! half lemon: ? teaspoon ginger; 2 egg y 0 . b ; of honer, it is P rrho!~:a~::c, U Y C ~ I L I of of extended use. It is qrmb!r and intrcr!uc;e a p l ~ a s - 2 iaSlc7pwns butter: 2 egg whites; mix honey and ing trarjety an? makrn thc dlct mox apptiring aa,! Lrcad crumbs; ndtl mill:, searoning, rolh of t a g ; beat consequently more wholrwme. Tlie cheapest form in mixtilre thozoug!llp; add butter and d J h of egga well whic5 to buy honey ia extract. in hsttles. Iloney makes beaten ; atenm a b u t % hours in pudding mold which i o & large nuiber of good rccipcs, some of which arc as not =ore than threequarten full. follows : Ronw Brced 1 quart cream; 6 b d b g e m i f CUP d d a t c ? t ~ 2 cups h m q ; 4 alps r$ flour; teaspoon soda : 4 teaconbm~ q o o m anheed; 2 tc8rpoonn ginger; 4 teaspoons pander- flarorcd h o n ~ ; chill honey b P * a ed cardsmom seed; 2 egg yolks; f c,,p brown ellgar; it in pan of ice water; whip creun; add it t honer. silt flow with spices aad soda; add otl\er ingcdic;l',i; miriug well; line a dish with 1 . d ~fingas; fill with put dough in W o w buttered pana to m itich tlept!, h o a c ~ and cmam; m e nrY coldm d bake in hot own. Fruit d B o w J a g Bo.nry Sponge Cape A good jell? may be mede from winter apples a d ? cup m F r ; f cup honer ; 4 eggs ; 1 car d t e d flour : hon~?,wing a mpfal of h o n to crch cupful of apple ~ mix mgar md h o n ~ boil until syrup + i s a thread j ~ , and prmng n t l p : , ~ as in a r ~ hmT ~ l l e n. && O P from F p n ;beat !'oh of fe6"' until light ; e m b a& dth-other fruits mitabk jelly; the more pdar qnlp over Y O of~ e g p ; beat mkture until cold; d&c&-ly flarored honey are b & for tbia purporr. add %OW; a md fold beaten whites of eggs into d a l f a honcp g i h g arr errpecaly t tar& mixture; bake 40 or 50 minutes in pan lined with Honey Ft:&ye buttered p a p , in s o oven. lw 3 cups sugar; 4 crlp tone!- : 3 c7.1p water; t e ; g c H o n q P m d Cake extract ; boil togetha ruw. 1 cvp mew; 8 cup h o a q ; 1 cup burkr; 4 e g p ; whikr ; 1 teaspoon ~anllla bon" and water until syrup rpina a thread when drop .~ 2 ~ p pastrp flour; 3 teaspoon p ~ r d e r ctar s F C Z ~ ; 3 tcazpoon man; t t=poon nlaiil cr, ormge- ped frcm c spoon (ahout 250 degrees F.) ; pour q - u a flower water; rub together but?er acd s::g:r; acLi over well-lcakn whiter of egp, beating o o n t i n w d v h a q ; add of eggs wJ h & n ; drJ~ h i b of eggs, n s mixt'ue Pour Paw ; k t c n to stiff froth; thcn pkin or ormge-i?owcr aate:; add flavoring after mk-ture har cooled a Bttle. Drop Papcr. add p d C a y flour sifM ~ t m& and cardamom Jced ; in rnnll piems On buttCred Or parha h beat misture 10 minuks; put dough i t ram1 tin with may be omitted. no Raney Caramels high sides; bolie in elox oren one hour. "us cp granukted sugar ;4 cop cream or milk ;) tu_n Eoney Drop CaLcs 4 cup honq; 2 cap butter; 4 teaspoonc*amon ; hone?; h p butter; mix i n g r d h t s ; h a t .ad r 4~rspoon doves; 1 egg ; 14 to 2 cups f l o u ; 4 terspoon until mew ir dissolved; cook without rtirrhg until n be ronned from a.littlc of m * i= h p p t d & # , ; 2 tab!espoons ,rater; 1 cup *&kke, in mall firm ball cut beat hone, md butter until butter meIb Ivbde int3 cold water: beat niistura until it crptallizer; pan? the m k h r e is wann 'add tho spices; when cold add part into buttere2 paus; cut into squaru; the additioll of of i n egg well beaten, so& dis~~lvcd water, and. pecnnnuts im?mrca these b , in rri6ir.s; add enough more fl01i.r to make a dough that will Hony Popcam E& &P b fnemfb on a L.lCcred tin ; xonc? be hnt,.d up,t LbOt &pa, h b r e a hdd , US in a moderate oren. Lei: aithont beir.5 greatly chrngtd color or flavor :if Honey Brar. CooEies it ia herted carefully moat of the water i erpahd; the s 2 tablespoom butter; f cup honey; 2 egp ; f to 4 honey then b m e r hard on d i n g and caa be used for t e r r s ~ rod.; 4 cup flour ; 1 cup bran ; teupoon m k q popcorn U ; To mrts than, dip the popped no powdered artsed; rub together butter aud Donep; add corn i t tke hot honey, rhape into bdb and cod. IIone? eggs unbe&tcn;beat mixture thoroughly; rift tqether popcorn b d h absorb moirturo when atancling in the air. I d a , misted; combine d the ingre0imta; drop T h q mud t h d u r e ba eithrr kept very d d y covered Y , l from feupoon on buttered tin ;haka in moderate own. or nkGlted md dried b e being wed,

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of mankind, the rhola m ultimddt d d go i t no hops foo death and then w d d ba no them in the futum Qal promirsd, W,that ha would redeem man from death. Throwh the pmpkst he mid: "I d m m m t h a n from tbt pamr of the l gmve ;I w i l l redeem thtm froan death."-Haa 13 :14

MILUOlVS NOW LIVING WILL NEYER DIE mu. If a man keep my nying, he shall never dle."John 8: 5L E IXQGIRISG mind naturally asks: Why should man we death at all? Is it not posaible for him to live everlastinglp? Xot understanding why death baa =>-aged the human race and what remedy Jehovah has pxwided against it, the many hare concluded that death h d c y prm-ailed among men and men rill always u rr a dic. An understanding of the Scriptures clarifies the mbject entirely. I'he rnrd created but one man--4dam. All the works d Jehonh m perfect. (Deutcronomy 32 :4) 31an was e created in the image and likeness of God and Jehovah ee him dominion over the things of earth. (Genesis v &: b628) The first man, Adam, king perfect in organism and having a perfect rife, Eve, and the right to proppte his race and fill the earth. not only had life and liberty and happinem himself but could ha\-e maint.incd the rune for all of his offepring had he hen obedient to Jeho~xh. Chd had informed him t.hot a violation ef his law would result in the l m of e v e M i n g ba had. The Genesis account is that God told Adnm tkllt dnth would mdt from disobedience of the divine coamand Man did violate God's law and was aenb e d to die, the farmd ps -- of the judgment reading : 'Tor dust thou art and unto dust thou mhdt &urn." To cairn this judgment of death God eeparated Adun fmm hb perfect home, Eden. deprived him of the perfect foad which grew there. cawed him to feed upon the poimiour dements of tire earth, and thus the death mtencc was esccutcd. Tk perfect man Adam hegat no children. bat while -ing the sentence of dcath he exercised his pro-tire powers and t h e were born of Adam aad Eve chiIdm. Tbey inherited the impcriections resulting to their pumts by reason of the death qnteuce. "As by tin dkbediof one man [Adam] .sin mtcd inta the rerld, and death by sin. so d a t h has passed ~ p o n all men, for that all horc rinnrd." (Romaus 5: 12) Thus tbe whole r.ce cune under legal condemnation. and thus ~ ~ d Gqd's arrangement we ran appreciate m g tbr words of the P m h i c t : "I3ehold, I was shapcn i n iniquity, and in uh did my mother eanaire mc"-

Sinceaperfectnunhad~d.ndb~dath upon the r k , nothing but the life of a pnted m n m could catisfy that judgment; and m n a d o the h l f ~ ~ race were imperfect, therefore "nona o them amM by f any m a s redeem his brother, nor gin t (3ad a ~ w m en o

for h S ' - Y h 49 :1 . and in Jesus in his prthuman crib-tenco was the order to carry out the Father% w i l l his lite nu transferred from spirit to human "God sending h s own Son i in the likenem of sinful tfrsh, and for ocmdemned s n in the flesh." (Romans 8 :3) He wm rich in haveni 1 glory, wisdom and power, and tbougb be WM rich 1 "yet for ?OUT sakes he h r n e pmx, th.t ye t m h h b povedy might be rich." ( 2 Corinthiana 8: 9) The human race had lost the right to life, and d were p i n g l into death. I t l ~ e n Jesur ame he said: CI an amno tbat they might hare life, and that they might b s ib mom r abundantly." (John 10: 10) "The Son of mrr, ame not to be ienini~tered unto, but to rninbtm, and fa give his life a roruom for many." (Matthew 20: 28 ' W e rsa Jes=, who was made a little Iowcr than the .ngab for the suffering of death, crowned with glory a d honor, ~ that he 1 ) the grace of God should taste death for every man."-Hebrews 2 :9. The death and resurrection af Jam p r m i a - i ramon1 or purchase price for-the enthe humur ru?e. Then in God7a due time everp one of Adun'a ram, the living and the dead, must h o w thir frct and haw a chance to accept the benefits of it. 'Tor thin is good and acceptable in the sight of God oar Saviour. who will Ilare d l men to be saved [from ffie andemrution of dtath bv the rmlsom sacrifice]. and to come unto t l ~ r k n o w l ~ g e the truth. For t h e n is one God. and one of Medintor between God and men. the man Christ J e s u ; r h o pave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time." (1 Timothy Z : 8-6) This ramom prim f r the o p u r h of -kind from dmth tnr pmided marly 1.S00 years ago. But nten h e ~ e continned to die for the r e r r n it was not Cd'a due timt to begin fa offer them P & 61:5 . Thir judgment of deuth being justly inllicted by life. "Cod rt the first did visit the Cientilca to take out J s b v a h for a riolvtion of hh l o w could never h laversed of them r people iorhiaarme....Andafter t h L I d l by him, and unleas he made some yrovisiou for the relief return, and build yin the hbemach of David, which

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is fallen down; ancl I will build again the ruins thereof, centurv than ever before. and with it has cunle a greater and I rvi!l set it up: thiit the rrsiclue of men might seek enli~l~t-l~nlcnt proplc c.o:lcprnin~ the Erble. bwali:.e of aftcr thc I ~ r d and nll the nations upon whom my rime the tir?:c is due. -4ntl ow :L I : ~ - I ~ ~ S of \I:? Scriptun.s , k callcd, saith the Lorcl. who doeth all thrse things."u1.e li~:ili:::: 0111 tliot thc Iliblc llicrills c.xac~lywhat it ::;-.ril(.:y. t h s t .Ttbl:ovah pro\.ided tl~rouyh the drat5 Acts 1 5 : 14 - 17. ;!r.cl ,Jchoyrh madc a l,ronli;?e to hithful -xbl.ahsm, sa,-ir;6, rcill~rcciionoc .JCSIIS a purchn.;e prlcc for all men, 'Inthy m d elldl all the families of the i-arth bz "nd in c;oc!'s tine time a kno\vletlge of this fact m u d to a blesjed.9 The of Abraham is the Christ, Jcalls be b r o ~ ~ g h t all, "kc'ai~sehe hati1 ~ p p o i n k d day in the Head and the church hij bodv. ((jalatlafis 3 : 16, 2;. t l : ~~:l;ich he will judge tllc world in righteousness bp s] 29; Colcssians 1 : 18) From the time of the death and that man [('hrist J e s ~ ~whom he Ilath ordained; rhereuf IIC 1 ~ t . h i ~ t n g a.;jul.ancca unto all men, in that he h ~ l h rwmredion of Jesus until llir second coming is the tinlr! which God visited the natiom of the earth alJ ! . a i d h i ~ l the d~ad."--Acts 1:: 31. \Vhrn are tlicsc prccious promises due to be fdiilled? had the Gospel preac!lcd as r witness. according to lleferring to the article in our last issue concerning the Jesus' prophetic steterncnt, in order that those ~ v l ~ o l~enrd and made a full consecration to do Jehot-ah's will end of the aorltl. 1i.c quotc again the I\-ords of t! !e and rcnxin ohdiefit ucto their covenant might thus Vaster: ";\l?d the nations were angry, and thy wr.?th is Ibe gntl~credout iron1 among nien. and with the great comc. and the time of the dead that the? shollltl be K i l l s Christ Jesus, conetitute the promired seed of jndgecl, and that thou shouldest give reward cilto Abraham, thro11gh which the blessings will comc to senants thc prophets, and to the saints, and to them. innl?l;ind under Ucssiah'e reign. There will not be a grcnt !hat fcnr thy nrmc." (Revelation 11:16) C'lcarQ, the~i, r~iimbcrof tllcsc. Jce11s hin~sclf is authority for sn:;ing inany of these g e n t truths are now due to be understood, that i t \rill be just 3 litrle flock, a compurativcly small h a u s e the old order is passing avay and the nca order and number. (Luke l?:3?) Only tho* who, during the is mmirlg in. Jesus tniigl~t? every one of his diacil11c.s Gospel age and before the setting up of his kingdom. ~mphasized.his second coming and the establishment of make a fcll consecratioll aud prove thercselvcs over- his kingdom. One of them, referring to that gIorio11a comers have thc promiw of immortality. the promi* of time! wrote: "Times of refreshing shall come ftom the face of the Lord [Jehovah], and he d send Jesm joint heirship a i t h Christ Jest18 in Ilia kingdom.Rerelation 2 :10 ; 3 :21. Christ, which before aas preached unto you, w h the o f For -7 good, hon& men and Tomen hare heavens muat retain until the h~ reditUti0n of by asked, mhat hope is there for me of getting Life ever- things, which God bath ~pokm the m e of all his lasting? The church spstems, through their creeds, holy propheb since the world began." ( A d 8: 19-21) ha\*= answered this qcestion i this vise : Catholicism Therefore the time mnsi come when there shrill be offered n said : Only a v e q few die qnd go to hcaoen. The major- t d i n d the blessing= of being restored to the cono ity of Catholics a t death must spend s long p r i o d in ditions that Adam enjoyed defore he s h e d ; m e l 7 , pnrgatorp, and there is a chance of these being after- perfection of bod? and of mind, and perfection of conwards transsferred from purgatory to heaven. and all the ditions ~ ~ r r o u n d i n g insuring hi8 P m e a d * i him, others mast ~ p e n d their eternie in fire a d brimstone. happiness. being tarmentcd forevrr. The answer of the creeds of Are we near the fulfillment of that prophecy? is , the answer of Jews -mncemhg the end of & the various P r o t e s h t ~psterns rean? worse. A m r d i a g 6ot.e a to their theory no p u r g a t o r ~ even is provided. There is the world: "For then shall there be great tribulation no hope of life merlasting in happiness according to such as w u not since the beginning of the world to this their thmrp =cept for those who become members of time. no, nor ever shall b e And except those days the church and die and go to heaven. ,411 others must should be shorlned, there should be no flesh saved: but spend ekrnitp being tormented by fireproof devils. Is for the elect's sake those d a p shall be shortened.*there any wonder that ru~lonable,sensiMe men have Matther 84: 21, 23. rejeded the churches, rejected the Bible, and eren This sa-g of Jesus is subject to only one intcrpreturned against God? Forced to believe that thls ars the tation; namt-lr, that the old order sill comfletely p l s g only p r o e i o n made, t h q hare disregarded all B i b l i d away by the great& t h of trouble the world h a erw teaching. This has been a great mistake. k n o m ; that there w i l l never ba another mch t h e of ; l l Entering the Twentieth C e n w great truths are trat~ble that i t d be m great that d the humen nce being unfolded to maukind. The propem in inrention, would per* from the earth unlesa the Lord would ~ i e n c e education in p u r l i a more muked in thin cause it t be hartend, but for hb eLct'8 & n d y , and o ,

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t h w "horn hc bas M or t&m out of the world-tho fire of my jealous).. For then m i . 1 turn ta the people h r d Jcaru and thc true Chrirtiam-fcr the sake of a pure message, that they m dl call upon the n.ms of 6 t m d p w i l l be ~hortenedand will therefore the Lord, to serve him w t one conwnt" (Zephaniah 3: h r ih un d t in nuny h~mrn beings passing through this time 8,0) \?ly t r to the people c pure message after t h b should the Lord permit time of trouble is over unless God intends that the of trouble d t h o u t d~ing. m y ta m p e death in that time of trouble unles he pcopIe should profit by it? m y children hart ka left fathmless in thh time azpected to & t h some good? Why say for the elect% th.t ha b going to shorten the time, and thus M e of war Lnd r e ~ o l u t h ,d with comfort tht Lotd'a m e r e a be but one conclusion. prophet up: '?rum thy fatherless children, I from The el& d i t u t e the seed of Abraham according to preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me."the promise, throagh which blessing shall be ministered Jeremiah 49 :1 . 1 to the remainder of nunkind- 'J%en=fore God would After tho* who pu6 through the time of trorrble ham rpue aoma to pass through this time of trouble that the been ministered unto m d given t e opportmitiea oi h elect might begin the reconstruction work of the hum= blessings by the Messiah, then those who have slept in M y , M with those who remained on earth their graves in desth LhJl be awakened d given 8 A e b ?during to the gnst time of trouble that is knowledge of the truth That will be-tbdr#due time" o now acting msnkind, the prophet of the Lord wrote: t hear the message concerhg the rmram. Ward it ab.ll coma to pass that in all the land, saith the not at this, for the hour M coming in which .l in their I . come p.rb therein shall be cut off and die ;but the ga\.m shall hear his [Christ J d ] voice md Lord, third sh.U be left therein. And I w i l l bring the third forth; they that hare done good unto 8 remnv&on of part h g h the fire [the fiery trouble]. and will refine life; and thep that have done evil [and d ahp have gone l them rs dm is d e d , and will try them es gold t inta death have done evil] unto a mun&ion [restand6hal.l call on my name, and I wiU hear them: ing to life] by jadgmemts." (John 6: m, 39, Revised triad: I d my, It is my people: and they shall soy, The Lord Verdon) "There shall be mumxtion of the a d , l ia my God." (%chiah 13: 8,9) Why bring 8 part both of the just .nd of the unjukm (Acb 24: 15) d the people through the fiery trouble unless it is God'r "Christ is risen from the d a d m d become the &stfruita o pnrpme t give than a churee to accept ths blessings of them that dept. F r ainm by man [ A h ] came o thatghaIIbemiaisteredthrongh~7Cleulytbbu d e d t a , m b y m a n [ C h r b t J c s u ] a m s d s o t h e ~ md o l the pr~poa; he q s theae will hear him and will xdi011 of the &ad. For aa dl in Adam die, for baome his people rad be obedient to him in Christ shall be d e dire But every man in hfr uwn concerning 0rder." ( 1 Corinthian# 16: 20-23) The a@e then the prophet d the Lard, those who lme in time, mid: &%lessed pKw.Reds show that the If %Pst reign \mtd he is &at the paar : the r l delivm bath put il C!nemiea under hir f a The krt enemy that him in time of trouble T e Lord w i l l p m e m him and shall be destrayed ia d a h * h et. It sin be during the reign of the glorioaa H u h keep him dive, and he sha.U be b I e 4 upon the earth et [not in heaven] :and thou wilt n t deliver him unto the that the following t s will be fully naliad: L?f a man o w i l l of his enegnies." (Psdm 4 1 :1,3) This is a wonder- keep my saying, he shall nsvar aa death.'' It annot be ful hianti= for mm in this hour of p a t dinturbance said that man, in the true t?enae, livg until he hu the and d i s h t be wnsidarte of the poor and afflicted, legal right to live, and the legalright ta live will come to o to ded rightmesly w i t h their neighbors, to live i peace him only when it is oflered M a graciom gift &.rough n as and honor the Lord. Such are the ones that are promised Christ Jcsu~, the Apostle stipulateb (Romans 6 :23 ; deli~eranaein the time of trouble. Those who s e 5 : 18,lI)) Jesus declared: USnd rhosaver lireth and ek 1 meehers and righteousness and aroid t r o l are belie~cthin me @hallnever die." (John 1 :26) This umis spcciallp promiaed protection in the t m of trouble. Scripture must have a fultillment, and the time for the ie beginning of its fulfillment L the beginnbg of resti-Zephaniah 2 :2, 3. Referring again to the same p a t stress upon tile tution tinlcr, which commence with the r e i p of the dead and * g away, m r l d md what &all follow thereafter, the prophet of Uesiah. The old order new w ~ n in, there are millions of p r ~ n on g a Jeho~ah =id: Un'rit ye upon me, ~ i t the Lard, n n t ~ l and h W through th.* fradb the day that I rise up t the prey; for my determination this earth now who o the h d ' a l'kh* d%rh.U rimer die. is t gather the nations, that I may assemble the k i n g who, o The prophet Job @v.m er r beautiful pieture d doms, to pour up11 them mine indignation, even all my for f a &roe anger: for all the earth shall be devowd with the tbis ~ o n p m e n t tha restoration o mnnlrind H

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d&h a man who i a s @ and dck; cmd t h e ~ , is bmught to him a knowledge of the great ransom. He believes and accepts the Lord's teaching and obeys the righteous rule and is restored to his ~011th. his flesh ar.d becomes frerhcr than thnt of a child. Nark t?:is beautiful Scripture: "& kcepeth back his so111 from the pit, m d his life from perishing by the sword. He [man] is chpstcned Jso with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: sa that his life a1)horreth bread and his soul dainty meat. His flesh is corsumed away that it cannot be seen; and his b n e s that were not seen ttick out. Yes, his soul daweth near nnto the e v e , and his life to the destroyers If there b r rnesxqer with him [one to deliver to him the m e s a 9 of c d d i o n through the raneom sacrifice]. an interpret-? [one who interprets to him and explains the Scriptureel. one among a thowand to show unto man his [the T ~ r d ' s luprightnees: then he [the Lard] is gracious unto him [ma], and asith, Deliver him from going d o ~ m to the pit: I [sars the man1 have found a n n m m [a purrhaser?. His flesh shsll become frcahcr than a ci~ild'a: I;e shall return to the d3ys of his youth. Hc stall pray unto Cdd and he will be ffa~~orable him: he shrill unto see his face with joy: for he w i l l render unto man his righte0uslless.''-Job 33 : 15-27, St. John, the follower of the Lord Jesus. was convicted of the alleged crime of sedition and banished to the Isle of Pntmos. W e he was there as a convict in

a rock quo?, the Lord visited him and ga+e him a w-ondcrful mental viion of the blessings to corn*. St John saw tho incoming of the Golden Agc, and auhlimdj dwribed it thus: *'And I e a r a new h a v e n [inrisible ruling power of the Christ1 and a n w earth [ma e organized society on earth1 : for the fint heaven a ~ . d the first earth \rere pasxd away [the old ordcr of thin@ perished] : and there wan no more eea [no more radial, hnarchistic clcmcntl. And I John paw the holy city [ymbolic of Messiah's kingdom], the new Je~raiern, coming down from C d out ot heaven, prcpred M a bride adorned for her liushand [thus describing thc righteons kingdom of the Lard, the Messiah t8l;ing possession of the t h i n g of earth]. -4nd I heard a p t voice out of hearen saying, Behold the tabernacle [dwelling place] of Cod is with p n [on earth, not in a heavenl. md he will dwell with them. and they a l l k his people, and Cmd himself shall be with them, and bc their God. And Ciod a W wipe a r a p dl t e u s from their eyes: and t h e n sl~all no more death, neither sorrow, be nor crying. neither shall there be any man pain: for the formcr things haye passed away. And 2e that sat upon 1 the throw said, &hold, I d t d things n w " e.Revelatmn 21: 1-5. I n this glorious reign of Christ the great enemy, of dcnth. wili be destroyed. m e n there is no more death t o live i n ravage hmRnkind the peoples of euth in happiness, in pace forever.
God hmrte* not: the cmtwia All obrtsclcs from His wth f?la zrmelou. Plnn rorketh wide ud d w R%ik slaw . Ris richtccru wrath. -. is - . . . -. 131s :lopet rbnll rnrer ma earth As the raters e'emprad tJm i a + : Each roo1 sha!l learn of t h e Sarlour'l mrth And lbe blood of AtonclncDt tm *God all1 to men !"-Clemt eeboc. that RL. "mt fm!W with rr tore *'Shail bc tn 1 1' when on z~&I'. 1: The " B r M ~ m " and '%ride'' a M .(rs& . God ncrkw bv m r i n r o r work* 810.4s rwrrth Hlr p;rrpwc hat By idnita 1~1nds maken His L-wra. Or r h m e t h is a m unLsed. 0 hrotbar mlnel no lnaser wim, So? question God's Lor* a n 6 ml;ht: a e si u~e rti ot a joy d M n e reulct! & e J u s o n right.

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Tour reme drrlnr- t h a t Heathmrlom a d s , .%nd eaperly picncls for l1Zbt": K h i l e C'hr~stian pra)cr and denials falls To rescue t h e ~ rsoula from bllahL Too say T h e y crr on m i m ' b brink For burror r i t h i n par Wu; Yet twenty-cine hundred hmtben sf& Into C h r t t l ~ n mrcs d bur." Are r o ! ~mnre r i k ihan the ra'.tha, r h o gave To jwstl** him cherlahed S9n? Or h ~ t r e Inrd of a conquered p r a h .Abnndmd Ria work undone! both Gad deaenA on fmlllble ann To tutbli..h .'The Only S ~ E Y : " And if thcr fail can Him Lorc,mnd-mn ihc bel:,it=;,= io errdlmr E r n e . Uath I f r . i h * c!nimr a11 rllrer ral gold. Otdaictd th:~: I;)? sr:\iltv +tore )lust win a row1 in:. :he 115par fold Or r i a i t .~ ~ r ; n u r c ? forcr -. .~ Aath He. h-fnrc m-h-re r?d!n?? *,me* TEe h t 8 r m s anal r:lr:h -hn'l riec. Co~<fgnIlwl the f I?* nf :I h l o n ~ . b ~ ~rare h t ~i~ T monr:a like >-nu and me:. u Ten os. 0 Chr!nt. n h n r:~Eere! rxr5 la*=. Rare hlliinnr nf ~rntnttzbtr l a r w nrecli-I i n si;.ltt nf thy b:wd ~ro!aed rrazr y n d -bed in hnnalcrs -re#? -..-~~ -. Creed a n r n - r h c Y - : hut reawn crta-So! And --n nnrl trnth am*: Tls ,jet can Id1 nf rhnt \\*onl. I anor. 'I will draw all mm unto Me!'

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Teke p u r tall m i n r ?n r m m ' r trinntphnnt uu, 1,lnk town to tnr. r . \;rite in iron 1-n:rdr 'Ihe lon:.r:rl.nr3l ;;nd nfr.enlhnttl& landr. p-ra rnild-ecr,I wrr.:lh : k n o n . l d ~ e .H:ht d l r t n a $>:,:I re>: thc:r nlcu~rncrraby r r r r r line. glen joined 13 u n i t y *ball wonder long That t a r e bod power to lrnd thelr h c r r U utmY, And mndr I t v?rCud(~s and mh!lme to slay. I l a . grmdiy n o w . t h ~ wonders of our d(r7 A-.- u~nkln: prrpemtinn for Chrlrt's r o r r l ray. And with *at )nyonr holm our P D ~ L Tm r:n:rh the h.11 of ! ~ r o g x s ru i t rollr. knnwinc ibaf all as . t rampleh or m l a but t& dawniag ~bst prcrdr t um. b J. a. nrut*.

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Unny of the automobile accidcntr at crossing occur THE MODERN FAIRY LA-VD at P ~ which ue well p r o m c d with bell8 or 0 t h S hIR17,ASD is a count? inhebited by little chjldr~ll ripuls, or am o p n to the view of the autoist I t i no: s it a d fairin; bnt n0.t of ,IS ~ u ago. n to f&r2.1nndwe lire in. the driver's i~ldiffercnce dangr, his dctermination to ~t ucs a pact to dream to loo!; frDn the editorkl get by firrt, his zlouness in working the mechaoiam nor ~t seems like ohTHE G o L .\CE ~across of ~ a a e to t h h crcitmcot ar.d confusion, but hia inability to =ti-. b wonderful sky line of h'ev York. chmging hourly with mate the r@ of the oncoming train that bring a nekness of tint, of ehrdcw and light, r i t h tier on tier d i m ~ t ~ r . train is mually upon b in a shorter of stars br night. a:ltl som4imm wqlendent with the tlmc then he t.llink8 it Can brThe higl-.er in t!:c scale of p c ~ f c c t i ~8n man is the Glov of i l l ~ sun-ncvcr tile rrsme,and more b.lu?ced his faculties, and among 0 t h -a the inriting one to fairyland It ~ 8 the petical Lord Dun=, who recently qeke ~ a k the cheek that ~ r u h c p u b upon *ition 5 r e tn X m Tork. on -The Land of X Dream7 and g m hate. Jn the age rllich nil1 noon opcn them w i l l be y plenty of time for men to 1em:i thoroughly things t h y the poet's x-icr: of the city: of nov nqlect. for the new age rill b r b t man a cona ' T h e f i s t impression your city made U F O ~ itr m e e anci scientific crdcrlines~. I rev: the ~ c n t le~$llming lifdime, until at laat life's oistaI in conditions contributing to @t?~tmjope~t- ill bnildingr ~ i i h their -dorrs in rcg:llJr raws. thought they were comp!ctcly under tho d o m i n u c ~ stretch out withorkt end. \l%o \I-odd mgl~ c n of ~ c ~ ,h logic, and could not enter into the realm of fabric,. Eut 0 a 3 f i p p h n i b is before him? st sunset timc on thc first mcning I looked on the Wool- MORE ACCIDE,YT~ as if twilight t a d kiddcn the rorth T o ~ e r and i t , C~SSE~TIC.L:T famer rmcntly ~ a m e d broke , bus of a g c a t mountsin, and only the r m i t jaw, ai:il wa:t to the hospital. Covlcdient seems rweded Kith its incrccliblc precipices liiting their to be daakwous State, for mother there war insmitable beacon:." trying to open a fruit jar for his wife, and broke hid Xarked appreciation of ihe bt30tifd is not 8 kdt v;rict. fitill z c t h c r \pas g h d i ~ g TI..& for a m a t pic, given in peat measure t d,for lifc is tm hard, and when the 1:jcdle 01the g i n d ~ r o flea 00 and fractured the struggle for bread takes the energy, and leow little his knee u p for rppmiatioa of the WO~&-6 of ocr kPutifU1 world. An accident ma? hagpen any\vllerc. pin prick r i ? h But t5e time of the Golden Age is at h a d , r h m i t will tile re~d!,mtseptic pi;or,ing is c ~ m z o n . Others t:*dt be given to all to open \: ic]c their e>%s u?d w the tender h ~ v e often happcrcd we. tke falling of p!skr frcm th? beauty and the gloriocs ~ m j u t fof cxcrtion. Xan nil1 -ling; :he dropping of an i c k ~ e l l 8 of -rj or have the opportuuity to bccone f l ; k o f o do as the from the &:en:h bafi tubs s t o of a b u a h g ~ ~ ~ r o p hJob a;lggests, "J)eck thyself n o r with mafeat? arc quite or&;:y rt ancidccta. and ercellcnc~: and ari-a!- t i l ~ i d \r ith glor: G ( bczutr." P: IU on0 i n ~ t a m a ~ a lphg on a couch i 8 5 n -Jab 10 : 10. hcmc ; the riamg rind blcr ti* curtein a s h s t the 23 jet. which sct fut to the curkin and then to the cida.3 TRA VELERS' RISKS clcthesX EYPERIYEST by EOEC b o 9~ i t i d mdt9 of c a S o per-w can claim to be h u e , or can g t automcbile. 'I'iler trletl to place \\-kere k is immu;?c from c-rpomc to accidentdl d u e to anr t:avclcr sen how close i k ~ ? CCL?;~! lei a trsir. 3 1 to then bcior: InjulT. they got off the t:aik LC: th?? %:00d an the 0:hi.r t i ~ ( " i . 13 Xetr Tork an o:.c:l;cdd trr,ilcr hoke, fell I t n-a3 practic~llyir,lpo=;b;: to estinlnte rile tinle, f o i il::~ passing auton~obilecd oe-:c:t.]y b-ed : =zd i3 ncz?!y every icstacce t!le nain a o d d have struck &hocked fcur men. ticni. Few if arp adult3 !lave anp conception of the ssme ~ r o r h c n were stirring boilkg tnr on a paring tr speed Kith whic!l a faat-o~pro~ching d n cnvers the job. -4.n ac;omohile with t r o occu?mts app:oach?d. ground. A t m~le* hocr it gc-s eighty-eight Ceet ;\ b~mb!c I.?? stung the driver. Th? n~tchinehit tila an a rccozd, and is upen a person on tile trork before ho ket:le oi tar, tippal it over, scattered tLe tar, and ba&y burned tl:c a-orhen. csn get out of the m,t.

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IU . : 1919 A. D. : 6048 d a c e CYe8Uon: 74274 E ~ r a t l a r ! ua. SRSO Jerrlsh : 3672 of Rome : -095 C r e O l m ~ p k d 2SiS Japanese; 1339 M o h a m m d a n I T : Yornisg. Venus. N a r s . Jupiter, SatPra : Bodno. 1 I a c ~ . BOY.2 3 : Pun rlres 6 :Wo. m. set* 1 :35 p. m. : Yoou rbw 8 :08 0. EL sets S :OY a. m.. '5vllfght bezinn 5 :IS r m. end8 8 :14 9. m, Itizh tidr I:J4 a. m.. 10 :20 p. m. ( S e t YO*) ; St J a
Chriaoctomr Dy. Greoco. N . 27 : T b a n k q i r l n g DR.'. E S.. Potto Elm: 1018. Indm m . army In Germmy : PractIcdlr JI G e m a n r a l d i u r b d o l d i s c b a r ~ r d Orer 1.500.000 primsera dmmd b t G-M; : Constnl~rinaple ocrupird by Urttlrh: Students' h# Training Corps at colleges dmoblllzcd. Xor. 1S : 1018. Ea!:ium d c a - o f German t m p e : Moonq'r rentencr e o m ~ u t c dto life iciprisonment. S o r . 20: 1913. Critieh army renches German tmntter: V. l. P a e r C o n f r z r n r ~r*nrwentativer to be ~Vilsom,Lcruing, WMtq Home and UIIbs. SOT. : St. Andrm'r E ~ T . 30 Queensland. Tlrtorfa. S.r Zuland. 3lanila : 1?16. I:u*sixn Ileet surrenderm to A1116 ; RrpnbUe sf Llrhxanin pmclsirnecl; 1&or r o t e agmlnat m y uy* reflurrlon; Elreaericj closed br Yrcddtntial d m

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AnothcrLabot C o w capacity, as to logidation suitable to meet the HE October labor conference went ta pieces present industrial situation. The American Federation of Labor, apparbecause three interests, labor, capital and ently impressed with the thought that labor, the public, met togethcr as interests, and from t e first they each seemed to conclude that the orgnilizcd or unorgnllized, ia wholly .unrcpreh the new board, has issued a . moat important mission of each party was to sented on conference at Washington, on call for a general Decem*hang together, no matter what happened to the conference as a whole. ,We all see XIOW that ber thirteenth, etating that labor is now confronted with dangers so p a v e as to affect the - this was not the right way to go abont it. There very foundation of its stmcture, were s m mistees, too, in the personnel. I t oe idamed the situation to have Elbert H. Gary dc ,* among the representatives of the public, while British Lcrbor P i y the steel strike was in full swing, and the larger HE British Government has announced a " of unorganized labor, including the profedvery liberal labor policy. Among other dons, was not represented st alI. things i t proposes the state purchase of mines, Now the President bas issued a can for the social amelioration of the mining areaa, another conference whose mission it r l be, admission of the miners to councils for the il not to deal directly with any condition which reorganization and economical management d the e t k noweexists, but to search out that underlying the mines, and a free career to mining M m m s s and propose a remedy u , will amid It also proposes an inquirp and propaganda such deplorable conditions as those which have to promote increased output, the deoelopment : rectm* confronted the country. and control of electric and witer power sapply, The object of the conference is declared to be a national maximum forty-eight hour week, a b determine some plan by which "our indus- living wage for all workers, workers to have a tries map be conducted with sach regard for voice in working conditions, workera to have a justice and fair dealing that the worbman d hancial interest in their work, provision to be l feel himself induced to put forth his best efforts, made for workers in periods of unemployment, *hat the employer d l have an encouraging the workers' homes to be made healthful d profit, and that the public will not suffer at the their transport expeditions. b d s of either clam." Lloyd George, the British Premier, ia, -anThe new conferees, of whom then are seven- nouncing the British labor policy, made an ;en, include ten government officials, snc.b ss utteruke that is remarkable for its breadth of &bet of6ce!rrq governors and other public view. He said: tcinIa, two lawyen, two college presidents, aMiUiona of g a k t young men hart ffur the 3 railroad official, one merchant and one new nod&. Hun&& of thousand6 dhd te dabW it. It aaaembled in Wsshington, k m - I t ~ U b ~ t b e p r o r n i a ~ m a C P ~ . I . diamarr -ihL r t i 6 ~ ' b w t m . r d v i r o ~

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"What d m a new world mean? What m a tbs dd world like? It lm 8 w d d where toil for m wd honest aorke- men and women, parch& nothing tetter than p e n q s .nrieqj md ,a rarred dm and m * w* where unanplopent through the vicimituder of i n d m try brought despair to multitudes of humble homm; a world when, side by ride with wmt, them w.s wads of the i n d d b l e richa of fie earth, p.ru, through igu0-e and want of forethought, partly through entrenched selfibhncss. "If we renew the lease of that world we shall betray the heroic d e d We ahrrll be @y t of the bssest periidy tbat ever blackened a people's fune. Nay, we shall etom up retribution for O ~ V a d for our children. The W old world mast m d &ill come to M end NOeffort it up much longer. If there be my who *ed to d m i let them beware l it f d l upan them and oversrholm them and their hoasebolh in ruin. the ablime dub oaf d, riaout thmght qt bailding np fie ncr t t,dp , , hdolence &.u hrs j& mwlud ib done 6hslI d e x want''

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plans are being tried out which give promise of splendid results, if they can be put into general operation We mention a few instances which have come to our notica The Clark Equipment Company, Buchanan, M&, haa made of its grounds a high-class i. perk A m p l e t e greenhow qdpment, band rnd band s a d basketball, football and baseball tn, tuuna and grounds, hospital for employes and families, cooperative store, and shop committses of employes for keeping in touch with the plant management, are features which tend to the promotion of tranquility of mind among the employes. The employes of the Clark Company are encouraged to become stockholders in the company, and when they do so receive special dividends upon their stock, in addition to the regular dividends paid to other share-holders. T e Clark company builds and sells homes to h its employes at cost of construction. The Lpcoming Foundry and Machine Cornpan?, Willirunsport, Pa, also has various teams for athletic contests, an orchestra, a sick benefit association, a newspaper, life insurance for all employes, badges for long and continuous serand a plan of building and selling homes t its mployea gimilnr t that used by the o o

composed of employes elected one from each d e p d e n t ; a Senate, amposed of the foremen; and a cabinet and executive, composed of the officers, after the plan of government of the TJnited States. Tbe House and Senate meet we , e& ' on company time, to discuss working conditions, safety, sanitation, wages, hours and piece work Any changes mnat be approved by a l three bodies. l The constituency of the House members is voter is arranged as to make m e that prsonal with his small factories there is one representative to every twenb-five or thirty employes; large in factories one t.0 every 2 0 or J M ~ P ~ O Y ~ S . The effort is made to keep the House from becoming oversized and unwieldy, but the men have the utmost freedom in choosing their representatives, M otherwise the company has no way to learn the real opinions of its men. Grievances in the plant are mttled &st between the employe and the form-; or, that failing, between the employe, the foreman and the employe's representative in the House; or, third, between the representative and the superintendent of the plant; or, fourth, in the House and the Senate; or, fifth, by the president of the company. It is fomd advantageom to employ an executive whose business it is to see that there ia no friction a t any point in this industrial machinery, which in actual test has been found to work splendidly.. Under this arrangement, the hours of l&r have been reduced from fifty-three hours per week to forty-fonr hours per week, without decrease in production, twelve hour shifts of certain employes have been eliminated, and piece-work rates have been rectified where it was shorn that they were too high or too low in competition with other workmen engaged in similar operations. Standards of production, quality and cost, have been fixed for each department and wage dividends, on a fiftyfifty basis, have been paid to the men and thc company for increases in production above tk standard production I n some cases these wag dividends have run aa high as seventeen p cent, paid every other week in cash. In same factories, production has been spe. ed up by . arrangement aadar which eigM n

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accomplished little in preventing the ambinea of capital, which is combined now in as gre8t ~trengthas ever before in history. Sil other capitalists acknowledge that we do tl have large corporatiom, and declare frankly their belief that the countries where the develop ment of large corporations has gone furthest are those countries where the people enjoy the highest wages and the best conditions of life. They even go further and declare that, as a rule, the smaller the business is, the more unsatisfactory the wages and working conditions. Lcrbor~rnbta T GOES without saying that labor has in its camp many men who are very foolish; men who think. riches can be distributed without being produced, and who have the idea that aomebody has a greit, d&p, exhaustless tresg ury opt of which fabulous wages could be paid forever without anybody putting anything into the bag; but the average workingman is not a natural born fool and can be depended upon m the long run to act with reason and judgment One thing which has diatarbed eome capitali t is the situation in Australia. There labor ss has had full control of the states and of the commonwealth itself, and has the most elaborate and elastic system of boards and courts in the world, objects of labor's own creation, but with the continued growth of trade-unions in the commonwealth, the number and seriousness of strikes continue. I t seems that the very class thnt placed the labor statutes on the books ignore them and resort to strikes to gain their ends. This is not fair to the pahlic, tm their employers or to themselves. b o t h e r thing which ha3 distnrbed some capitalists is the attitude of organized labor toward the proposed gift of Xr. lfelville Q. Henry, of Tacoma. 'bir. Henry is a wealthy man, but in his declining years and in feeble health. He has a coal mine, estimated to be able to produce 1,000 tons cf coal daily for a hundred years, and to be able to lay down c o d in the to\nis from Seattle to l'ortlund a t fourfifths of the freight rate alone now paid on coal brought in there from I\->ulning. He offered this mine, free of all cost, to the labor'unuons of the Northwest, estimating that it u-ould enso $bl,OOO,OOO to the laboring men of that country, but complains that his offer was coldly received, except by one tinsmiths' union.

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even to owning its own dairy herds and fruit that the Pittsburgh Leader solemnly says, "The people of America must go down on their knees ranches." These are noble sentiments. and ask for divine aid. We must pray for those The Arblie's Intereat who exercise authority that they may be .Rise E ARE a l interested in thie labor problem. and just. W o must pray that all of our citizens l It is a aelf-evident fact that only a savage may be faithful to dnty and obedient to law." flghb for his o m intemsts regardless of those I t is evident that the laboring people of the about him, and there is an obligation owed alike world plan its control. In England, in the by the employer and the employe, to conduct municipal elections, the labor aoaialiets gained their affairs so that the community as a whole control of thirty-nine out of forty-three districts does not suffer. Senator Edge, of New Jersey, in London. All the industrial centers wera cap made x wise observation when he said, "Labor tured by their candidates and they predict that i not the employe of capital (only), but of the they will control the government of Englsnd s people a t large, of the whole United States, and in the g e n e d eleotions next year. the people are the employer of capital also". At this time, it seems to us that tho& who The membership of The American Federation have been stewards of earth's wealth and power of Labor is now 4,000,000, but this is only about in the reoent past can do wl to read with great el one-sirth of the laboring force of the United care the parable of the unjust steward who was States, so that the other five-sixths have to be about to lose his stewardship, and who was . donsidered in these questions. We must not cammended by his master became he recogPited . forget that every time a reduction in output is that that time had come, and did the wised d e , some one's standard of living ia r e d u d ; thing he could do under the circnmstancea He awl not infrequently this loss is passed on to yielded gracefully to the inevitable, and made some clam that is not at all organized and is himself eolid with his former debtors by lightenunable to bear i t I t has been said, and we^ ing their burdens. See Luke 16:1-15. -*hint tmthf ally, that reckless indifference as to Bnpibyment of Soldterr whether the ahop wheeb tarn or not k one of HE hvernmer~thaa reported that of ths the great c a w of the High Cost of L v n . iig 4,000,000 men who were returned to civil We are just getting to the point where the ethics of the labor question is coming to the life since the signing of the - armistiae about l g t I t is a time for thought and effort to do eighty per cent mere taken back by their former ih. right, and not a time for passion. There mu employers and only about 25,000 had been an. a Cime when rebates were considered all right; able to s e e m employment of any kind up t the o , now everybody knows that i t was a contempt- date of the report, in September. This is 8 very ible piece of thievery. The public is waking up remarkable showing and indicates great prosih to the principles of right. A proposition has perity in the country, wt a desire to do the just been made to create a permanent industrial right thing by the soldiers on the put of b o d in Washington to regulate industry in employers. Occasionally there are disappoint the manner in which the Interstate Cornmeroe ments. Not long ago five ex-soldiem robbed a . Commission r e d a t e s traffic We think wen Chicago bank and explained EB their reawn t&t of this wggestion. It is so good that it mems they had been unable to get work. Of the 25,009 jobless ex-mldiem 10,000 are mid to k t, late in arriving. . !-.a The Senate of the United States, through i Greater New York. b

had hoped to solve some of the problems of an eight-hour shift in the steel industry. !l!'&a labor, because, to use his own words, "most was a step in the right direction. Tho t w e M m people cannot realize the silent tragedy of the hour shift is a barbarism that can no longer l toiler. He does not live, but barely exists in tolerated. Such hours break down the vitality mod cases. There is a world full of wealth if of men and are extravagant even if paid for, managed for all. I feel sure that now, more because the increased fatigue of the worker is than ever before in these days of high aost of not compensated for by his increased earnings, and cannot be. He is worn out before his time. livihg, labor should own and control ita soo supply of the most important necessities, f So ditficdt and serious is the labor sitnation

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clude that war breeds hate and more mar and more hate, and earnestly study horn to inaugurate eome form of control that will stop theperiods of murder madness. J u s t as the war m a breaking out, a great world's peace congress mas assembled in Germany; its deliberations were cut short the h t day, and its membcrs fled A few weeks before there was heralded an over the world: "Peace and good will to men"-"no more war, cr new era bas commenced". A new era had commenced, sure enough! The world is a cage of hawks. How can the doves of peace mrvive in it unless the hawks are chained? Al must admit that lore. is the essential l quality in peace, and that hate is a quality vhich invnriably causes rar-the destruction of human liberty and order. The cultivation of love, even for one's enemies, is the basis principle of Christian philosophy. Even justice, wisdom and power are deficient without it; in fsct, love is the very essence of life, and Bate the agent of decay and death. We seem to hare =ached the climax of the principle (or lack of principle) of rule by human force, which only provokes hate d e s s absolutely just and loving. The machine gun, the ritle, the revolver, the bomb, the baronet and the boycott are not the agenta of effective p e r d o n , but of irritation, hate and retaliation. The machinery of government is obliged to be constantly angmented by more force in opposition-more hate. The working people are eolidly organized against the capitdists; and the employers and the capitalists are rolidly organizing against the working people-more force and more force, but no l o ~ k With man's nature unchanged, is there any prospect that organized human government by the u8e of force can put down al resi~tance l and insognrate perpetual peace, that insurrections and rars will case1 History forbids any a d d u d o n . The power of seldshness and

its sequence, hate, can not be put human force, altboozh those who ha forrnod state the League of Nations, a ellurch n s tried system apparently, may t q it as it e by a church and state syatem during l dark ages and failed. Collecti~eman's character is fised rystalIized. Generation after generation of dyoutl~s, while plastic, under kindly tutoring, 'molded to a humanitarian spirit, hare not retqinecl it. How can the atart he made? How get r@of the old cnvironrnent-tho old human natcre]? Eren a p a t military and police force an4 an extended judicial system are inadcqnate tqprotcct fully thc property and lives of the law-abiding and the innocent. Predatory nations and gangs plunder and murder n-orse than mas ever k n o n in the dark ages. Robbers in the daytime, on the atreeta of our populous cities, ply their inhuman calling. 4 ,Men have theorized that the race dodd be educated, trained and evolved to a high& plane, pdparing it for the coming of Christ, ieady to set up h kingdom. But when could the(start be h made? Millions of priests and minist rs, also ' religious teachers, following generati n after generation, and hundreds of theologi schools nt work for nearly 2,000 years, and still fie Tars and the selhhness, the murders and !robbery and hate have grown worse and worde! The theory that a clergy clase o r m y othet human class e m reform the world ia forever a d h a l ly exploded. Phenomenal, superhuman, divine power, and that alone, can start the new order. The change must bo positive and r a d i d The prayer which our Lord tanght his disciples, "May thy kingdom come, and thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven", indicates to a certainty that the time will be when that change wl come. "Man's extremity is God's opporil tunity". The problem has become so complex that there is no hope that man can solve it. Yet unlem it is solved, soon the ram will perish in a debacle of murder and starvation. Tbere can be no question, h o ~ e v e rthat in due , time, when man is ready to admit t h 3 he has failed, divine power w i l l take d human rule by form and all dis l

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Only a little more than 4,000 years ago the polar ice caps on the plnnet aggregated approsimately 11,000,000 square miles, devitalizing human life almost to the point oE extinction. Ice is a rery great devitalizing agent. The polar ice caps now aggregate only about 2,000,000 square miles. Kormal conditions arc asserting themselves; and the ice will, in the not distant future! be gone. Then the meteorolosial condltlons on the planet will become ~ c r f c c t * The clouds arc dark and threatening now dl over tllc lsorld; hut the sun is shining behind them. "Scck rigl~tcouaness,seek nmkness: it may bc yc shall bc hid in the day of thc Lord's a n ~ e r . " "Xy dcterminntion is to gather tllo nat~one,that I ma^-assemble tlio 15ngdon1s to pour npon theru mine inclignntion, even all niy fierce anger; for all the earth [sclfish social order] shall be dcvourcd with the iirc of my jcdousy [not literal fire]. For then [after this1 I \\*ill turn to the people n pure languagc [the truth] that they may nll call npon the naine of the Lord lo senlc liim vith one consent." (Zcplianiah 2 :3 ; 3 :8, 9) ",lnd God shdl wipe d tcars from ll~eir eyes and there shall be no more death, neitller sorrow nor c r ~ i n gneither , shdl there be more pain; for the former things ~ a ~ p e d y . Bellold I make all ma things nc~."-Rc~elation 21 :4, 5.
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crimc. This will probably take the form of tho temporary pllysical paralysis of any one who atten~pts harm his neighbor in word or deed; lo and no force \ - l needed o r permitted by \ be l i either hnmzn governments or indiridunls. That tntould perfectly solve the problem The hawks would be clirrined, and the doves wo-dd survive. ~ 1 1gmdu&ly the qndity of sc?lfi&nossand ~s hate ~roulclbe eliminated from all except the incorrigible, thosc who would not or could not refonn. Ycnt up liate and seliishness in their w e being the active agents of decay, they drop off in deatli. But those ivho desire to refom], and those who 11ad a large rncasure of the q i r i t of lore and ol~dience, n-ould not chafe under restraint; they \~-ould survive and prosprr. Grndl~ally new order, tlic kingdoin the of hearcn, \-iould begin to be institntcd in 3 ~latuml way. Tlic Scriptures show that this is thc way in ~i11icllour Lord's prayer will be ans~t-crcd duc time, and that then padually in d l that 1:ave died will reiurn (recreated) from tl~e grare.-John S :25, 29. ~atllologiPt arc m,&ing astollishlg advnnces ill &scoverirlg the causes of disease and tho rncans of prolon,nirig 11man life. They claim that it is not impossible to find some means of prcrcnthg tlic cells tliet conlpose the human is b d y , fronl breaking down. O I ~ fllat C~ diseovcred, thcy claim, the problenl of endesu life is eolrcd. I t is well known that loving, di~~ositions conduce to 10% life; diriric lorc k i n g so vastly inore vitalizing than h ~ t ~ l i under the couditions provaili~~g lore, in kiilb.clom of heaven on earth N-e might reasonably assunie ~ r o d d the means of prebe venting tllc ccUs from breaking down. Scientific attainmelit d o n g d lincs is miraculous tllcse days. .4stronomere, geologists, electrical apcciolists and chemists note in their he great &anges wnding in the physicd world, changes destined to increme ~tal erlcrgy which can be evol~ed from niattcr Or it? md to certnin de'itnlizin~ agents that have for tl~ousandsof rears had im adrerse infiuence on organic life on the planet. In fact the earth has never been completed, and the human race has ever becn liring under abnormal canditions. Bat shortly nlanlrind will for the first tinie experience what living on a oompleted earth under a perfect divine govcrnnrent will be--"the desire of all nations".

ACCORDISG to SchooZ artd Societ?y, n-hen the Boston police left their positions the following inoitatioll by Professor E H, . Hall, of
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"Come back from your vncations, roung mcn; there is sport and di~ersionfor you right here in Boston!"

President A. Lawrence Loyell, of Haward, issued this bulletin:

'?n accordance with its traditions of public service the rniversity desires in 8 tinlc of crisis to help in m y it can to maintain order support the b w s "a9 of tho Common\rcalth. I therefore u r p all studenta do n, to prep;,c tllemsehn for wryin ur Gove,, of the Commooncdth them cd t ,ndcrT ,
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the temples of Jupiter before the beginning of the Christian era, and petrolem from the Caspian Sea cleposits about Baku haa been the source of the "holy fire" burned for cenhries in the temples of India The famous petrolem spring at Cuba, N. T., was mentioned by mismomnca nearly three hundred rears ago, and petroleum vas sold as medicine dourn to the time of the disco!-ery of the process of refining the crude oil so that illuminating oil could be obtained from it. The first efforts at obtaining petrolcum in the United Sta?es n-ere confind to collecting the oil from surface springs. Nine barrels. were t h s obtained i n\stern Pcnns5-lvnnia in the n spring of 1858 and were sold promptly in New York City for $278.19. m e first oil well was snnk at Titusdle, Pcnnsylranjn, by Col. E.H . Drake, and at a depth of 69f feet he struck a rein of oil wl~ichrose to within ten feet of the top of the well. During the next four months the well procluced 2,000 barrels, which sold readily at $20 per barrel. The production of all -wells in the country amonnted the next year to 500,000 barrels; in ten years it had risen to 5,000,000 bnrrels; in 1880 i t was 26,000,000 h r r e l s ; in 1900 it was 63,000,000 barrels; four years Inter, with the advent of the antomobile, it was 120,000,000 barrels. Oil and gas were formed similarly to coal. Copious vegetation, replete with carbonic acid gas, ww laid down in deposit, cot-cred and eonhcd, and subjected to decay, subsequently formed oil and its fumesnotnral gas. Gas, however, is not the fumes of o l alone; for it is frequently found in regions i indcpendent of oil. Xo longer in use is the fourcornered fully closed - in tower, but the great, convenient, ~cvcnty-fourfeet standard rig; no longer the dinli~lutivc stem, bailer, jars and bits that, conveniently bom~d together, constituted only a fair burden for tho back of the husky tool dresscr; but great massive tools that require to b e handled by power cranes; no longer the twcuty fcct of hole per shift of twelve hours,.

but one hundred tsventy feet in the stun; time; no longer the 694 foot hole but an average, in Penmylva."a, of l feet* w Here, for example, is a brief history of Bradford Oil Company's No. 46. The first forty feet n-ere pat down 16 inches in diameter through loose earth, mud and soft slate; and 3 ~vooden or tube, called the "conductor box", box wns inserted to the bottom, to keep back the foreign matter from the hole. This first hole is called the spudding hole, because drilled by what is cdled the "spudding" process. -At tlic bottom of the spudding hole a hole 8) inches in diameter, called the "big" hole, was sta~%cd and continued through dl the water~roducina soils and rocks to a depth of 350 feet. Here the well was cased with iron pipe 69 inches in diameter, set h d y on the bottom and reaching clear to the wrf- At the bottom of the big hole another hole G4 inches in dinrncter was started and sunk to the bottom of the oil-bearing strata. The oil pand of this particular well w p '75 feet thick, of a rich brown color, very soft and h e , and highly productive of oil and gas. The drilling of an oil well is a man's job; it in no job for a mller of hair ribbons and perfumery. The old-style method of drilling was by use of a steam engine; and thew are even yet largely used, though some prefer the gaa engine because it stands the strain better. m e heavy tools are laboriously lifted to a generous height and then suddenly dropped back -the hole. Between lifts the engine speed is greatly accelerated, became it has nothing to do. Therefore the engine room of n drilling rig is an exciting p l w . Shooting the well is no ladies' job either. The old-time oil-well shooter travelled a t night in a buggy, carrying with him enough nitroglycerine to shoot his next well. If the horse. ran m a y or if he struck a rough spot in the road, they filled in the spot the nest day and sent another man the nest night with another load. W e n No, 46 was shot, they touched off 100 quarts of nitro-glycerine in tho oil-bearing strata at one time. Kobody bas ever been down a hole to see just what hapunder auch

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circumstances, but the effect seems to be to loosen up things somewhat and start the oil to flowing, if there is any to flow. After the well is hot", tubing two inches in diameter, properly equipped with "working burrel" and "standing valve" at the bottom, is inserted to the bottom of the hole. How would you go about it to put an iron pipe a third of much larger iron pipe? mile long do\Vould 3-ou first screw the pipe together on the ground and fie* lift it up and drop i t into the holey If you tried that plan would you not be o f d d it w.odd bend a little b f o r e you got it straight up in the air! Or wodd you just hold pipe down the wt one hand and screw in the lengths one after ih mother with the other hand, gradually letting down the pipe until you struck bottom? ~ u snpporre yon got tired and dropped a few lengths or a quarter of a mile of pipe down the well1 How would you get i t again? Well! You can let the oil man worry about thaL He knows how to do it, and without losing any of his precioua oil, or even any of his precious gas. But it is no job for one of the weak sisters. he bas the put. in his rod, equipped w t another i h the sort of valve, a d this, too, has to reach d~the way from the top of the bottom of the well. Then he is ready to pmnp. This rod is called tb surfsoe mdS number of sucker rods can be operated from a sing1e Power cOnreniena~lomted referen- to the group. Com~mssed muoh Wed for P ~ P ' D and ~, some 8dv.ot a p s over any other method. Tho average prim P-lvank wtrolenm $2+50; now it stands a t $4.25 per barrel, n-ith small probabity of a decline. The average production per well is approrimately hdf a per d a A ~ small operator twent). ~rodncing wells a very comfortable income, while one with fifty wellshas the for a f ~ r t n n e . A gueher a ore* but Peu~ivania has probably had i b last great gasher. The first place where petroleum is mentioned in the Bible ila in the account of the construction of the Tower of Babel. There the partially evaporated fluid ia referred to as "slime". "And they had bricks for stone, and s i e lm

liad they for mortar." (Genesis 11:3) The first battle of himtory occurred amid the "slimepits", the oil-bearing strata a t the head of the Dead Sea. "The vale of Biddim was full of slimepits; and tho ldnm of Sodom and ffomorrnh fled, and fell thero9'.-Genesb 14: 10. Curiously enough, bricks cemented together with dried petroleum have been found in large qnantities in Nineveh and Babylon, and the oil deposits in the valley of the Dead Sea are now being developed. I t was these oil-bearing and sulphur-impregnated shales that supplied the "brimstone and fire" which destropd Sodom and Gomorrah. (Genesis 19 :24) We are glad to have the prophetic assmanee that those 1)eople of Sodo% destroyed SO many Yeas ago, s h d ~ e "return to their former estate" t t (Ezelriel 16: 55) on the borders of the inland sea where they once lived. g ~ c b i l o ekrcc r RSOSS o d g thomometers can look nt the quicksilver in the bulb and mmfort themselves that there, a t least, is something that is not lessening in value Thoae needing that qniwver thermometers shodd tnLe is worth $.' a pound and going up, because 127 mrm. it i . s e-precioru ~ adcksilver is one of it is found at h'ew In the United men, CaLfofia, md mmes haden, Sp+ it from the 8dPhnr i oinnabu ore, by a enment of hot lir , so to bum the adphruand leavethe mercury, me tenor qicmver,fie rnetafiC in daq Of q n i M v e r to d t e nith gold into an amalgam causes the chief use of the metal bcl The fi the * f one in the th-ometer, mercury is sproad over a copper plate, over w h i the gold ore is washed; the gold from ~ its ~ p ~ i ~ in contact wi* the h ~ and is promptly malg-ted mith the qUicb:silver, f ram which i t is s e p a r a M by heat. b o t h e r familiar is as a medicine when h m to use b fino globular ponder -5th rose water, under the name of blue mass. Among the chemical comp0-d~ is bichloride of mercary, made by heating a mixture of mercuia dphata md common salt, which ia sometimes taken at^ 8 poison, and results in painful and lengthy 8u.ffeting and in death. Quicksilver i also essential to the man&s ture of highmirron~

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and its effect on foreign and domeg tic. trade and op manufactures aud agriculture have been much in evidence in the newspapers ; bat it might w well be so much Greek, for some aP the public who do not understand enaugh about foreign exchange to know what is wrong. Foreign exchange is the medium of exchange for business between, for esample, this country and Englwd. I t is not the exchange of money, f o currency or gold i8 employed ns little as ~ possible, but is such an exchange as takes place when one dcder pays another by check; no money passes, but a transfer of credit is made on the m o u n t s of n single bank, if both dealers use the same bank, or between two banks if they employ different banks. Foreign eschange employs paper or drafts, something like checks, called bills of exchange. A transaction in foreign exchange requires four parties; a merchant, I ,and a broker, B, d in thie oauntry and a merchant, BJd, and a broker, BB, in England. Merchant M sells ods to merchant BM. Instead of sending e bill direat, merchant M sells it, w t a draft ih on BM, to broker B, who is buying such b i b constantly. This gives merchant M the money and gives broker B a credit payable from E n g h d , whicb becomes part of his fund of like credits. Broker B does not collect direct from British merchant BM, but send the bill with draft attached to British broker BB, who presents the draft k~ merchant B&'who pays the bill to BB. T i completes the transaction. hs Like trsnsactions where merchant BM sells goods to merchant M are executed in reverse order. The grand totalsof transaction8 is larger on one aide than on the other, and the differenae i e periodically eettled by shipments of gold. A person wishing to remit to England without having sold goods can purchase a bill of esohange out of the fund of credits of broker B and snail the bill of exchange direct to England, where the receiver eollects the money from broker BB. Ordinarily a dollar ie worth 100 centa in gold, and a British pound is worth 486f cents in gold

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orth only about 404; cents ange is figured so that an e q d amount of old is represented in the money of both cow 'es. Some bills of enchane are cabled across, d there is no interest to he taken into account but bids payable in thirty days, or other pe iod, take into account the interest payable f the tying up of the funds for that time. Othqr items carefully figured in are insurance, frei- t, packing, c o d s s i o n and wear of the gold cog, as though it were shipped. If the pound is fluct;hating in value, it may go up or down, daring h e period; and the broker selling the eschange figures the risk in as part of the cost of tbe emhnnge. Quite o high charge is made on time alls of exchange for remittances to conntries where the local currency is making wide and frequent fluctuations. The value of the exchange of different countries i s published daily in financial pages of the nempapets, gnd change bankers are continp.2Lly kept advised f changes through the day. The value of e s for France and some other countries as so many francs for 100 cents in gold ;If a country's currency is inflated it wiU be qorth less cents to the franc, lire or other unit, m d wl require more units to il equal 100 centa in pld. b a t h e r factor prodaces flactuationa in exchange: & when bought and sold by the baakern becorhes in effect a commodity aod subject i p r i v to the law of supply and n demand If, for axample, there are twice- as much goodo shipped to France as are shipped from France, French merchants will owe pore than they sre able to pay without the bankers' nhipping gold. French merchants having bills to meet for goods received will compete for the available erchanm, and w i l l bid the price of exchange up, so that they will offer more francs for 100 cents in gold than the local value of the franc would warrmt. This amounta to paying more than the billed price for the goods, makes the goode cost more, reduces tho profits of the French merchant, and hinders him from ordering goode from Werica, on which he may lose money. If there i s too great a "balnnoe of trade" in favor of Itbin country, and the foreign

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merchants are unable to pay the balance with bills based ou goods shipped by them, or with gold, the trade between the two countries is reduced to the figure where the imports and erporta and the corresponding hills of exchange balance each other. Each country has a certain stock of gold, most of which is needed to mstain the value of the local currency, and part only can be shipped to pay for bills of exchange. The government cannot afford to permit too .much gold to be sent out of the country, or the currency would become disorganized and, the gold foundation being removed, m y drop to a very low figure or become subject to wild 0uctnations, especially if the government prints an excessire amount of paper currency not based on gold, to take the place of the gold which bas h e n shipped away. I n extreme instances when the scarcity of exchange is excessive and cannot be overcome with counter shipments of goods or gold, as a t present between this country and Europe, the hs discrepancy can be overcome by t i country's loaning Europe amounts enough to balance the unavoidable difference. Europe pays this cornt y out of the money loaned, and securities, on r account of v:llich it was proposed to loan credits of from one to five billion dollars to Europe in order to keep trade going there and here. If the matter cannot be balanced up with goods, gold or loans, foreign trade has to fall in volume and become equal between the countries. I n this country this w-odd cause the decline of the great prosperity in manufacturing, mining, agriculture and trade enjoyed since the early summer of 1919. The consequences would be too serious to be readily invited-such economic, industrial and social effecta as flow from factories wholly or partially shut down, men out of work, and the increase of poverty, discontent, unrest and of revolutionary 8entiment. The effect would be felt both sides of the ocesn and would be serious. I t would not be properly remedied by turning over the management of affairs to men who did not understand the intricacies of commerce. If the balance can be restored between tho eoantries, the valnc of exchange will willrise to its n o d fieme. Rising excl~angestimulates trade, because merchants deal under the o p posite risk of falling or fluctuating exchange, and have the some chance to make money that a L dealer has in a rising mark& o d Tho problems of commerce and =change aro liable to become too p a t for even the experienced minds that are working upon them. They. are part of the conditions that were foretold Ipy Christ, when he said, "There ahall be upon the earth distress of natiom with perplexiw," (Luke 21 :25) and when the old Hebrew prophet said, "That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince [profiteer] asketh and the judge [ruler] asketh a reward [graft or honor] ; and the great man uttereth his mischievous desire [for a share of the spoils] ;so they wrap i t up [arrange it]; the best of them is as a brier; the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge ;the day of thy watchman and thy visitstion cometh ;now shall be their perp1enty."M c h 7: 3,4. ia
Pig Iron E d to Bug OULD-BEbuyers of iron are reported to be finding it hard to g e t Several factors look toward some rise in the price of pig iron, such as the strikes affecting iron, steel, coal and coke, and the huge demands of business; and furnace men are unwilling to sell much iron at present prices, when the possible artificial scarcity may send the price u p and cause a relative loss on iron sold now. Buyers are eager enough to order the metal, but sellers prefer to wait The prosperity iii the pig iron business is an index of prosperous conditions for some months to come; especially i~this true when a rising tendency in prices show a n unsatisfied demand, and more business going on than can be supplied with iron. Aviation by Dirigible UEKNG the World W r a German dirigible-a flew from Bulgaria practically the whole length of a G i c a and return without mishap. Some of the Zeppelins were 800 feet long, with speeds of 80 miles per hour, and carrying capacity for 500 passengers. I t is believed that in this type of machine lies the future of aviation as a field for legitimate transportation. The dirigible can be built to fly around the . world without landing, can stop for repairs in mid a r can descend slowly in rr fog, or Can i, rise above fogs or storms if desired. The airplane does not have these advantages, and en- , gineers are now s e r i o d y considering the estab- . lishment of aviation lines in which dirigiblca be umd exclusively. -a

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~ a t f a n a U m Rwria in m E L E S S dispatch from the Rnssim Republic claim that two &onsand industrial establishments have been nationalized by
them, o r about eighty-two per cent of all the industries in the country. It is very difficult to obtain from the d d y press any adequate idea of what the Rmsian people are trqing to do; and perhaps the newspapers themselves do not know, and are contenting themselves with raising a general howl in lieu of giving out real information on the subject. It looks from the above dispatch as though the aussians arc t*?,- to ,Tork the of is ~ ~ ~ ~ 1897 the ~ l ~ . ~ fora ~ ~ i

Ntrari. Colony, of ~rrlifornia,fonndd by Aev. E. B. Payne, on the theory "One for all ancl all for one." It had many advantages over
other colonies in that it picked out its members, and did not accept all sorts. Idoreover, it had a Lodge form of government of very thoron~h control. I t s founder, giving the reasons for the failure, in the S r Fraucisco Ezcmriner, said: rn
"~ltruri. WM not a complete fdure; we demonb+rated tlmt M good d m d rincerity-which pre, l vailed for r part of the time-mdc a happy community life, md on the other aide, that mpicion, m y and dfieh motive8 diaholix human M ~ Ra? d make life not worth w i e T r did not continue b tnut a d conhl. bider one another u we did at k t ~ but fell b c ~ , ~ ~ ~ l i ~ . L into the r a p of the rest of world."

this claim:
"The combinstione, h s t s and qndicates, of which & people at p ~ e n m m p b , dm0nstr.k the pnctit

cmbilitr of our basic prhciples of association. We merely

to pd principle a little fnrther and have this jndwtrieSoperated in tbeinte& of d, the nationby the people organized-the organic unity of the whole
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"The preaent industrial system proves itsell wrong by the immenae m o w s it produces; it proves itself absurd by the immense W & of eucrgy and material which is admitted to be its concomitant. Abginst thia s y h we nr OIU protest: for the abolition of the slavery it h u i -ght mt*% l a e Ow best we p dortr"

muniti~nr horn the BolsheviLi and fprnirh their o p p n a b w i t h both; but it w i l l not be npid d it -threaten the destruction of the family, its ten- will be costly."

i m as a whole is quite impractical. Although s Nationalism does not, lk Cornmanism, directly ie

While it has some favorable points, National-

What some people demonstrate by experience inductive b.sed upon Imowledge hmn nature. One wanting a lesson on the futility of hope from Nationali m while selfisliness still controls the hearts of s men, can get his experience cheaply by boarding for a week each a t three or four second-class "boarding houses About September first, General Maurice, the the New e e a t London rnilitarg critic, said york rinzes: ody hop I p. of o - e i by f o r e of -8 is thmugh a long, M prof &ustion. That process k at work, .nl will continue to work long we antinue rupph md of food

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d o n e would m l y be in that direction. b o n g ~ its advocates are many broadminded, philanthropic sods, some of whom have helped, withO u t hope of personal advantage, to found colonies where the principles of Nntionalism were to be worked out as p ~ b f i cexamples. Some of these colonies have been utter failures, and even the practically snccessfnl hare been forced to ignore Nationalist principles in dealing with the world outside their colonies ; and, as might be expected, they have all had considerable internal friction, Severlrl colonies on this Nationalist plan have ~tarted failed in the United States. One of and %e most noted failurea ie that known u the

Maybe we are not as wise as General Maurice. Certainly, if what he seeks to overtis what has been tried several times withoat success i n this comtry under the guise of XationaJigm, it is far more Likely to overturn itself t , to be overturned by force. It takes some people a long time to learn that the one anre way to bring great success to a difficult cause is to persecute it. Pe-ptioo muses investigation, and hvestigation of a new thing is more likely to bring to light its good points than its defeck So deep-seated are the laws of wnstitntional selfishness, and SO certain a m their operation tlat, if d the rich were dead today, and their l wed& distributed pro rats, thorn laws would

within 8 few yearr reproduce tbe very oonditions of today. And any system of laws that the majority of men might enact, which wodd deprive men of the opportunities .for exercising their a w i s i t i v e and selfish propensities, would mp the life of progreas and rapidly turn civilization back toward improvidence, indolence and barbarism. The only hope for the world is in the kingdom of om Lord Jesus Christ, the Millennia1 b g dom. It is God's long promised remedy, delayed until its due time, and now, thank God, it is nigh, even at the door. Man's extremity will be M'B opportunity, at a juncture when human ingenuity and s W have exhausted themselves in seeking relief without a ~ a i l "The desire of . d nations shall come." l

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E is an apparent differellee of opinion between the Congress and the executive department of the Government regpecting the p l w in which United States troops may be rrsed Congress alone has the power to declare war; get the Secretary of War holds that the Resident alone can determine where United States troops are to be used, and that no authorization for the use of Gnited Stater troops in Siberia a s needed. If the President or the s Secretary of War can legally place troops in Siberia they would seem to have equal rights in Mexico, Canado, Japan, China, England, France or elsewhere, actually producing a state of war to which Congressional sanction would be a mere form. The Constitution evidently did not contemplate this, and Congressional leaders, led by Senator McConniclr of Illinois, are DOW protesting against the further ass of United m s States t p in Enrope or Siberia without instructions from Congress. The Versailltreaty with Oermany provided that Bmerican troops shall be maintained in Europe for fifteen years. The League of Nations, if adopt ed, would hare legnlized this. The pressure for return of American soldiers f o Siberia w t ~ rm hastened by the flogging of Benjamin Sperling, n Brooklyn soldior, by Cossack chiefs in Eastern Siberia who me nominally responsible to Admiral Kolahak, the ruler pro tern of Western Siberia, but who are aetaally mere instruments of Japan on her west aud maroh into Siberia The Kdchak Qovern-

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curying out the general acheme adopted by the President at the Peace Canierence o making the United f Statea a party to aU the internal dispub of Enrep. If the treaty chould be ratified i it. preaemt form, this n would be an everyday aeumsio~."

W b o w that at heart our President does not e believe in the United States concerning ibelf with the Silesian coal miner or other strictly European affairs. We remember that ha was elected the last time because he kept w oat of the war. He stated just prior to that reelection that it is "the &ied and traditional policy of the United States to stand aloof from the politioa of Empe", and gave expression to the fear that the success of his political opponents would mean "that we ahall be drawn in one farm or another into the embroilmente of Europe.'' 'SVo believe that it i a gwd governpenti4 polia

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gain their former business. Fdl e t i a long, bard fight. nal Tbe Belgian Government ia dew the right thing by farmers whose lands wew within the fighting zone. These lands me k i n g leased to the (3overnment at fivo per cent of their p m - m r value, the Government guaranteeing to return them to their owners in a few 5%8TS' time in good condition as before the war. Full recovery of the amtry is impeded by the peanut politics of the clerical party, wbi& the majority in the effort to retain its hold party of the Government, if^ wg to discoarn nge the u e of the French langaage, by which s the Belgian people.have hitherto kept in touch with the progress of the wotld. The value of Belgian prop* destro~ea ~ebime t # n # ~ &n$m during the war- is estimated at $7,000,000,000* BELLfOTM was the fist ~ m t tor ~ 0, a b u t $1,000for every man, ~ ~ n i tand a ul d in the W a r so it ia one of the first invaded in the wuntry. The debt is now onecountries to show signs of recovery. While it is half that amount.m e r e is a plethora of paper a great industrial c o m t ~yet it is also one of money, , prices are ~ k y - h i ~ h tbe most alosely tilled countries in the world. ~ h ~ ~ ~is ~ i - ~ being only about ~ g so h agrid*al interests did not suffer to any the combined sim of Kew Jersey and Delaware, appreciable extent d d g the war or since- The yet ib popnlation is eqaal to that of the whole fanners received fabulous prices for their pro- of New England; and its fivers, aep ducts, and still d v e them arc short, are so important that fifteen of them The ad mines of BeWm were undamaged have been candbed. These canals are a l in we. l bl the a d now said to be produchg The glory of Belgium is in its a g r i d b r e , e i g h e - f o ~Per cent of their Pm-war total, th, Belgian0 being universally considered the ~ e r m i b export to E ' r m of 300,000 model farmers, or, we should say, gardeners, the tans pst month and considerable (pantitien to of the world. xearly all the farm work in Hollmd, Switzerland and Italy. Belgium is done with the spade, and the --hole the war o n e - h a the blast f ~ r x m x s land i~ one vast garden. Every farm is fully destroyed and haif the rtmainder were stocked, but the cattle are not turned out to -4 so that a t present only one- fourth of graze. They are fed on green crops, arranged ths f ~ that Were in ~ * operation in to come forward in regular succession. Every ~ 1914 ue in blast now. particle of liquid manure is collected in a tank C1~twance~ th*fl~h the port of b m r ~ sunk in the floor of the cattle shed. It is these are said to be about one-third what they were before l i q i d manures that have made Belgim the the war, and thin presumably represents in a garden spot of the =orld. . fair may the gC?m2rd condition of the country. Belgim s w m to be the one conntrp whi&, The t r m p ~ r t a t i o n i b t i o n is i pretty gbod hrrving at first accepted the Reformation docs n the G r m n a ~ having r e b e d the mlling trines, waa driven by persecution back into the stock which tbey carried away, together with Roman Catholio Church and has since remained much other riln.87 equipment- Passenger there, ~ t apparently no desire to again look h travel about the same now before the war. into "the perfect law of liberty". (James 1%) Hmdreda of the great Belgian factories ate I n our opinion the grcnt war and the present &l and a great many of the old employes struggle of the clerical party to maintain itself idle, il of them factorim have been lured to France by in power will result soon in a real and great the u e r wsges. Bepairs for the faotories. Reformation in Belgium. And we think, too, difbdt to obtain, and in mnny cases their that this Reformation m i l l make itself fdt in ham been ruined and are d e to re every part of the world.

for the United States ~ovemment avoid ento tangling itself in the border diaputes and other local affairs of Enmpc and Earopean countriee. We have a reason for this. It r e d : "Let none of you suffer as a busybody in other men's matters." (1Petcr 4:lli) I t ia quite as true in national life M it ia in private life that most people have snWcient to occupy them in sttending to their own business properly; and if they give mfiicient attention to the business of othere to be competent to meddle in their concerns they are surely neglecting to some extent their own affairs. One of the best ways to help along the Golden Age is to mind oar own business and enmurage others to do the same.

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&ropecur Food Situation' ROM the s w g of the armistice to the end of June, 1919, Mr. Hoover, the world food administrator; sent relief foods amounting to $7i0,000,000 to twenty-one European countries. Without this food the people of Europe wodd literally have been starved. Europe paid for the food, and paid high prices for it. h e r i c a n bacon sold to the Qermans a t as high as $1.60 per pound. At present the warehouses of norfhern Europe are packedwith food of all kinds, which is in danger of spoiling &use there is no market for it. I t is not that the Europeans do not want the food, but they have not the money to pay for it. Mr. Hoover estimates that to release this food to the hungry nations that desire it would require a credit of $4,000,000,000. But credits to a Europe that is virtually bankrupt and facing revolution, do not fdl the professional American financier . with any special enthusiasm. In August of this year, i the city of Chemn Ritg Germany, ninety citizens nnd soldiers were killed, and two hundred and ffy wounded, in it food riots in which the famished rioters killed the horses of the soldiers and divided their flesh ambng the people. & unexpected reversal of the usual experience I occurred when the relief expedition tried to sell dour in the southern part of Russia They found that local flour, scarce as it was, was selling in the open market for about two-thirds that asked for the hnerican flour, and were obliged 'to take it elsewhere to dispose of it.

years, and not over nineteen years of age, arc required to report for military training "not more than three hours in each week" for fortp-' one weeks in each year. In New Pork City the time spent in training is one and one half hburs per week, including the use of arms, disciplinary exercises, close order drill, skirmishing, signalling, teamwork, personal hygiene, sanitation, first aid, and military customs, Schoolboys are trained in the afternoons, and boy laborers after 5 p.m. Employers are required to see that every boy they take into their business is registered for training. The movement toward universal military training is a natural outcome of the World War, and yet it was the universal military training of Germany that plunged the world into the war. The Prince of Peace will have a more effectual method of preserving peace than training everybody to fight. m e r e is always the fear that if yon train people to f g t they wl sooner or ih, il later fight whether it is necessary or not. "In his day shall the righteous flourish; -and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth." -Psalm 72 :7.

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hTVERSAL military training has been proposed ns a convenient method of providing a trained soldiery for the protection of the country in case of future wars. Plans for this
vary from the Swiss plan of six months training spread out over a period of eight years, to the so-called West Point plan of requiring one year's continuous training for all youths of eighteen, m l t r court martials for all viola. iiay tors of military law, and organization into an army reserve at the close of the period .of kdning. It is conceded that universal military training would save the lives of many men in case of war and that it builds up the physique. Xn New Pork State, under the Slater act, p w i e d in 1916 and mended in 1917 and 1918, d bops in the state above the age of &teem l

of universal training which would give her at all times ten million men under arms. W e would suppose that China wodd have learned something from the eqeriences of Europe ;but perhaps it is a little too early for the Chinese to see that their past course haa been the wise one and that their proposed c o m e is most foolish, dangerous to their o m peace and to that of the rest of the world. "Blessed are the peacemakers" (Matthew 5: 9), and it should reqzre a large amount of argument to persuade any sensible person that ten million armed men constitute a peace-promotipg body.
South Ahican Natiuea , N THE general awakening of the world incident to the World War, the natives of South Africa are discovering that out of 94,000 natives who went to the war, 40,000 were left buried, while those who returned are debarred by low from purchasing land, from employment in skilled industrial work, and from church membership in the Dutch Reformed Church. In Bible times the black rsces wew treated lk human beings. sJee Aak 8:!2'739 ie

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AGRICULTURE AdD HUSBANDRY -------------I I --Farming for Nothihg war, lowering ~ ~ ~ fe v e qs l l e r e ,~ o d d i t ~ not ARMERS are making some money, but when hare driven many out anyway. When the n-ar the m o u n t paid by the public is compared started, the country wrs about to enter a serious classes. nith what the farmers get, some of them feel depression with hard times for m ~ n p as though they were farming for almost notll- The hard timcs have come for many %hide the ing. If a farmer gets $8.37 for the four and a country appears prosperous; for the profits

half bushcls of wheat that make a barrel of flour, it would seen1 that a~ inordinate profit is ~lurde somewhere when the W e r sells the same flour into loares for $58.70, and the hotel keeper sells the flour in bread slices for $587.00. I t is alleged that the farmer makes no money on his l e n t - a - b u s h e l wheat. 1nquir)- is being made where the profit goes between the farmer and the consumer and to find mTaysof getting the food to tlie user with less cspense. The miUer sells the grain as flour for $12.75. This makes a charge of $4.35 betveen farmer and miller for his serhce and for transportation, storage, inspection, commissions, insurance, and depreciation in volume. The consume r pays $14.00, giving the retailer $1.25 a barrel, which \ i l be acknowledged as a reaeonrl able return. The baker is not rolling in wcalth; for most of the $43.95 he is supposed to get goes out for the labor that distributes the loaf nt the doors, and the rest to bakery expenses, including labor, ingredients, repairs, upkeep, insurmce, interest, depreciation, waste, and the other unavoidable costs of a small plant. Perhaps much of tlie seemingly high cost is owing to the inflation of the currency to double or more what it wns in pre-war days, uld51ig everything seem double, including expenses and profits. If the figures mere reduced to a prewar h i s they nould not seen1 so formida\?le; for the farruei 11-ould receive $4.19, the nliller, $6.35, the retailer $7.00, t l ~ c baker $29.33, and the hotel beeper $394, tlie "profits" not appearing excessive anp-liere in this schedule, considering the cost of doing bu,' clncss. Farmers have to pay doublc for farni labor, but it costa the fain1 worlier taicc as mnch to live; and so with costs all along the line. Xost classes, perhaps, are not much worse off than beforc the war, but feel worse. Farnlers are being driven out of the business, but it is a ques'ion whether the forces in operation prior to the

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n disappearuig factor. Tl~cre are p o d times

for eonie, vexy excellent times; but thPy are for those that .are in a position to control selling prices, n-Iiich the farnicr is not. Tlle situation is interesting, perplexing, deceptive, cou~plicated. Workers, dealers, procluccrs seem to h making money, but are not, anrl cannot locate tlie trouble; or if they can, they are unable to control it, excepting a favorcd fern. l'lle firmcrs are beginning to cry out, and the cry is almost like that to come pictured by the Apostle James: "Behold the hire of the l a b r c r s [fa~mers] who hnve reaped down your is fields, n-l~ch of you kept back by frand [the rnrious sche~niilgof profiteers], crietli; and the cries of them m-hich have reaped are entered . into the ears of the Lord."-J ames 5: 4

Seventy MiUion A c m OT THAT land is to be created-that

was N done ages age-but overtoseventy, million ocrcs in the United States are be made avnil-

n b l c s o m c time. I t is the 54,4T1,700 acres of \vet nnd overflo\\-cd land that Congress is thinking of, with o. view to having i t reclaimed $10 forin pu-poses. According to the Department of the Interior this vast tmct, over four per cent of the total area of tire country, call bc readily and econoniicnlly drained and made dry enough for agriculture to flourish. This is an area over twice tliat of Scw England, more than the states of Xcw Tork, Pennsylvania, Xew Jersey and l~ela\rare,or more than the srrm of those of 101r.a and Illinois. Most of the wet land is in the bottom of the hIississippi and along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, but the heart of the a p i c d t u r d section contains t ~ c n t million acres. Much of the area y i~ adjacent to centers of population, and a very large part is provided with railroads which

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cross o r run near the swvamps. At the nominal not to name the fruit before it bcgins its existvalue of $10 an acre the land is worth $750,000,- ence; bnt if it materializes, i t might be termed 000, but once made productive it ~ ~ o u l it , is the "willow-peach." The time is coming when d estimated, advance ten times in value, to about millions of agricnltnrists will be trying e v e q eight billion dollars. It has practically no conceivable experiment to improve farm and popdation now, but when reclaimed could sup- orchard products; and then out of the myriadr port 100 persons to the square mile, and would of idem, some are bound to be fruitful and came llie fldfilment of the ancient prediction that in furnish homes for 2,500,000. The interest manifested in the question is the Golden Age, "Then shall the earth yield her from ita possible effect on the cost of food. increase. "-Psalm GI :6. Once drained, the swamp land is rich and productive of large, valuable crops. Wet lands in Blowing U p the Campa~na the Miesiesippi valley, South Carolina, Florida, OR miles around the city of Rome, It&, Xew Jersey and other states, after reclanlation, extends a barren expanse called the Camare producing enormous crops. Every farmer pngna Romana. Lack of water and a stratum lalows the worth of bottoms and meadow lands, of tufa, or porous volcanic soil, have kept the n-hich are what the swaxnps become when the ground from prodneing anything but grass. American methods of applJring dpnamite to water is drained off. As the amouilt of land in the couiltry reclaim- increase the fertility of land are being emable through drainage is much greater than ployed. Out of the vast stores of explosives left that through irrigation, and is richer and more over fro= the war, the Italian government is accessible, the belief is prevalent tliat private using some to improve the Campagna. Exploenterprise, which hitherto has done most of the sives are placed about two feet below the surreclamation, should be superseded by a great E R C ~and detonated, tearing up the soil and national movement with provision by the gov- making i t cultivable. I t is figured that if the ernment for making useful as much of the entire aTea were usable for farm purposes cnongh produce might be raised to feed Borne. eeventy million acres as is feasible. Even if supplying of esplosi~esdid benefit Some of earth's land is desert or barren because it has too little water, and some because s business allich made cohsiderablo monep it has too much. Either adding o r subtracting during the war, and which is alleged to be prewater may bring a condition like that spoken of pared to promote war as a business proposition, by Isaiah, the prophet: "The desert shall re- the common people are glad to see that busineas joice and blossom as the rose; i t shall blossom doing r o r k of a Golden Age variety. abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and ~uigDoubk kops of Berrita ing. "-Isaiah 35 :1, 2. HE YEAR 1919 produced double Grope of A WJCowPeach berries in numerous localities in the UnitedT IS hard to predict what the Burbanks of States where the weather conditions were right, the Golden Age mny produce in the n a y of and in the early part of November the second plant development, but many wonderful things crop of raspberries was on sale in considerable have been done, and esperirnents are going on quantities in the New Pork markets. This is everywhere to obtain better food for the people. not such an uncommon thing as some of the In O e i l , Pennsylvania, William Baer is newspapers seem to think;for when the weather rfed trying an interesting experiment. He has plant- permits.'it may happen any year. Those who ed a tract with poulig peach trees and one raised the berries know that the bushes which "lonely" willow tree. The hope is that the bore a second crop in 1919 will bear no berries willow through its contact with the peach trees in 1920, the plants having already utilized mill b ~ forth n new variety of peach. The their 1920 vitality, so to apeak. Them L a g experiment ia designed to enable the pollen of species of strawberry, however, which prodoter the pea& blossoms to lodge in the blossoms of cxop after crop throughout the serrson, and it t the willow, with the possibility of the willow not anressonable to expeot that i the near n blossom becoming fertilized and an entirely fntum means will be found to develop the oama new fruit produced. I t perhaps would be well characteristics in berries of other type&

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phere called the chromosphere, which .boot. up Or for MONG the fascinating, but as yet unsolved. mOuntainOlls (or nm) thouand iB IDOMtroBI subjects of astronomy are the relations b m n the a , bm-spots, the planeta, a n ~ l n the douds or P ~ ~ W P P w * ligh* U i . the terrestrial phenomena. I t is obviom that the "peed, md evidenti~borne daft -ptions rays, mysterious orb of day is the source or snstainer sive power of the been known to Out a of of all forma of energy on earth, and it is known long in One that certain solar cycles are paralleled by relatAbove the chromosphere for a d i s t ~ ~ ~of e o ad oyelea on earth. There is a border land of relatiom between ~n and earth %-hi& some 1~000,000 miles or more estende a soft whitish declare. is not understood, and which others light c d e d the which at time0 miatrim hm been ~eientifxally investigated. form about the sun, and at times extends in only Or three The corona to be Even savages appreciate the sun and the sunof mW ad)L g t but it has taken the painstaking efforts con'~osed of ih, "~"ws, e"tr0'o'uel~attenmted, espy of hm&eds of astronomers w t gigantic and ih &&ate scientific i n s t m e n t o to convey the tail of a conlet. I t s appearance i b b a n t i f a y knowledge that the s m is a most mysterious demrib9d a@''a complex glory of @ polar rays, dark rifts, filaments, straight, w e d and heavenly body. interlacing, and stnpendons synclinal strnatureta The sun is a globe 886,500 miles in diameter, m4th nebolous motth g.,, immensely hotter than tbe greatest heat attainable by even the electric arc, and estimated to be Sm'spots t~ be the photo- . Outer ~ gaees rush at p ~ which hot ~ ~ , at least 15,000 degrees Fahrenheit. I t tnrns ~ amand like the earth; bnt d-e the tho tremendous speed toward the interior. s~nthe abntrai or equatorid part rotates at a different Vats are Q~~~ numerous at speed from the polar part-the former in 24.9 times coming a t r e d a r intervals of l L l 3 gears, days and the tatter in 26.4 days s t 30 dcsrees f r p ~ p which they decline fn nmnber to a periodic latitude. This goes to show that the exterior, a t nlNmUm The Years ma*mSm-Wb are lW, 1893, 1904, 1916, 1927, and 1938, and the kart, ia not solid. Tbe 8un proper, or interior, is Liquid, solid, years of minimum spots are 1889, 1900, 1911, 1922, 1033, so on. te this or w e o n b i t is not certain which- for a t sohedde. ahodd be about half nurly l 5 , W it be h o r n how fiIlimnm; but 1919 hen mutter act3 even under the tremendous pressure of sun-apot ritb one .pmf a t the sun's center. Its average weight is 1-41 m,O,OOO by 100,000 miles, the times that of water. At the s u r f a c e i f there be a surface-gravitation wodd be so great as to A s t r o ~ ~ m ehave definitely asce-4 rs that 2i.a times tllat at the ourfm of the earth; the f~llo.\~i-ing phenomena vary a t the same time ~ 0 neighing 100 pounds would weigh as the sun-spots: the fecuh'or bright w near t P 2,796 pun&, and instantly by her ~~"u"-sPo?s; the eruptions and pr0mintXl~e~ of and a fat mnn would have no the chromosphere; fie form of the corona from 0partial shafts or arrowhead form with minimum chanoe a t all. spots, to a for111 well developed in every direcOnr the interior the d see* the photosphere, a Brilliantsunf i uR113t ~~g surface of tion nit11 maximum spots; auroras or n o d e r n white hot gas, which is constantly boiling or an$ sonthern lights; changes in the day and mrping up from below in groat centers and 1:ight du~tUnti0n8of the earth's mrrgnetia conBinldng down around the arean, producing a fitions; magnetic 8torm% which aFe ~ h t mattled appearance like rioe graino in soup. \\.hen sun-spots rue -w; tho W ' s This is the surfam in which sun spote occur. average temperature, which i l w t when the s - Above the photorphere is B red hot r a w c;potr are most, Md M e q ~re&b 4 tb~

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11.13 year period by from .9 to 1.8 degrees Fnhrenlleit. "AIany othcr terrestrial changes," says the Britannica, "in rainfall, cloudiness, number of cyclones, panics, prices of foods, famines, growth of trees and even flights of insects have been seriously compared ~ l t h sunsnots. some showing rather well substantiated periodic~tp with the spots, and others probably with purely fanciful results." It is interesting that serious magnetic disturbances arise from shafts of the corona not necessarily arising from sun-spots, but going out in definite directions anti rotating \ l t h the sun; when such shafts of coronal elnanations strike the earth, there arise the great magnetic cause auroras and even destroy storms w h ~ h the efficiency of telegraph and telephone svsterns in the areas affected. The sun-spot periods do not agree with any other h o w n periods of the planets or other members of the solar gystem, and seem to arise from conditions peenliar to the sun, or from some mknown influence quite outside the solar system. I t is taught by some who have studied the subject much, that the relative positions of sun, planets, and moon with definite points on the earth, tend t o produce such phenomena storms, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and hot and cold spells o r "waves". I t Seems as though to know the Sun nv0llld1>(? to know the Creator. AS yet we understand very little. The more n7e learn, the better we understand how mysterious are the sun and the stars, the mom we can say s y m ~ a t h e t i c d y t the ~ h ~ t - ~ r o ~ ''God his wise in heart and mighty h e in ~tren@.h;who spreadeth out the heavens ; who maketh k c t u r n s , Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south: who doeth preat things past finding out; ye4 wonders wi&ont number."--Job 9 :4 - 1 . 0

night of September 21st they are looking a t portious of thc bcnvens which could not be seen hy them on March 21st because of the bright ligl~t the sun. Again they are each looking a t of different !tars. The inhabitants of the ncntb polar regions and those of the south polat regions never see thc same stars. But the man on the equator, by rem&ning up all night on those two nights, can see all the stars the heavens contain that are visible to residents of our enrth. Astrononlers make frequent trips to the Andes observatories because of this fact. To one stall&ng on the ecluator, or elsewhere at a distance from the poles, the s-s seem to rise four minutes earlier each night than the night previous, so that in six months all the stars that were seen on a given night have clrop?ed below the horizon and are no longer visible. This gain of four minutes each day throughout the year b r i n e back bc t visibility ako l ~ the end of the year the stars that were visible y the year previous. Thus the sun appears to l-ise 365 times each year while the stars appear to rise 366 times. This appearance is due to the actual revolution of the earth around the sun. Standing on the equator looging toward the north the observer will see the north pole , b r just at the horizon; looking toward the south he will see no such pole star, but wl note il that "the chambers of the South?' (Job 9: 9) w afie i are relatively empty as northern hemisphere, within W ~ & located are "the sweet influencesthe Pleiades'* ( ~ 38: of ~ 31), the abode of Him that ''stretched ant north over the empty place, and hangeth the ear& upon nothing." (Job 26 :7) m o bught the prophet ~~b astronompt 50,000 Feet, Not Miles

Aatmnomy at the Equator professor who is going'to signal to Mars HEBE are some advantages in studying espected to rise 50,000 miles in his balloon.

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Tother portions the the earth.that dousnotoapplys astronomy at equator at of Let h gin

two persons, one a t the North Pole and the other at the South Pole. There are two fights in each year when the days and the nights are of equal length a t every point on the earth's surface. Those nights are approximately Narc11 21st and September 21st. On the night of Xarch 21st those two men are l o o b g at a certain section ef th, heavens, each at a different part. On the

(You are right! I t n-as feet, not miles, that were mcnnt) It is believed that flights at a height of 50,000 feet are possible, a plane with a passenger having already flown a t a height of 31,500 feet. Only a broken water pipe prevented the flight to 37,000 feet, which was the estimated capacity of the machine. Passengers on the railways of Colorado fr& quently faint when crossing the mountaim at an altitude of only about 10,000 feet

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now cmshed, grape oil estracted a t a cost of acceptable on topics under any of the ten $1.20, and the rcsidue of the seeds is used for drpartmcnta. Boil everything clown and malce f e d for animals. I t may not be long before tlii~lgs clear. Keep a copy, for what you aend grape oil appears on the pacers' shclvcs, and %-ill not be rctnrnd, but considered a contribua new food product given not merely to the tion to our work - . American public, but to the people of the world Pot Rowt rhererer vineyards exist. The same chenlistry that gives the grape oil Take a piece of beef krom the round in a looks forward to tho production of edible oils chuxk Sear this al over by pressing it down l from the seerls of tomatoes, pumpkins ancl other in a hot frying pan, Arst on one side and then vcgcta1)lcs. Littlc by little tlic pressnre of neccs- on the o t h r . This makes a covering thnt keeps sity is bringing Llcssings to the people, making in the juices. Then simmer it a long, long time life plemanter, affording \-n~*iety, niakiilg in a deep corered dish. When i t is half done and less intolerable the cost mid conditions of li~ing. put in salt and pepper, chopped onions and plenty of finely minced vegetables, and keep on A Vegetarian Samson TEEN Dean Ihffield Cutting of Seat- conkirtg till it is tcndcr and the juice is pretty tle stands six feet,-ncigl~s pounds, and well absorbed. You can keep i t shut up in the 185 is n giant in strength, and lie lias nevcr cater? o\-en or let it cook slowly on the back of rmgc, tneat. All day long he handles s i5-pomid drill but it must cook slowly nnd a long time. A fourpund piece a-ill easily make three meals. The ut the shipyard without particular effort. w His strength docs not come fro111animnl food; n*mailling juice may I t l i i e n d A cup of for he bredfasts on a quart of cool water, toluntoes with vegetables may be added. lnnches on three pcnnut sn~iclnicl~cs, two or Pot Roast three bananas mid a pint of inilk, and dines on beans without pork, mashed white or sweet Wipe one and one-half ponnds lean beef. Cut potatoes and other regetables. \\;hen a chilcl lle in oiie ancl onc-hdf inch pieces and sear, nnsaw a picture of a dog rctrieting a fowl, and covered, in oven at temperature of 450 degrees lias nelTercared for meat since. for ten minutes. Add one onion sliced, eight This boy's experience rcminds one of rr youth slices of carrot, two sprigs of parsley, It teain an oriental court, who insisted on lwing fed xpons pdt, 4 teaspoon peppercorns, 2 cups on "pulse" and water, meaning mlcooked grain cnnned tonutocs, 1cup peas. Corer ruld finish of various ldnds, ancl as a result displayed the baking. Before serving, thicken with three of best physical and mclital developlncnt in the tc\l~lc~poons butter to which have been added thrcc trrbleapns of flour. court.-Daniel 1:8-16. Clipping8 and Artick8 Hamburg Boast RIEKDS of THEGOLDEX AGE who mail us Sccnrc from Four butcher about twenty m t s clippings, wvill llclp the editors by obsening tllcse suggestions: Do not seiid whole news- worth of harnlburg steak, well p u n c l ; mix papers or pages; cut the clipping out; if it tliorouglily \\it11 the nlcat one cup of bread cqcupies more than a column, cut tllc papcr cn?ml)s,oile lnrgc or two wnr.11 onions, chopped around so as to i~lcludethe parts in otlier fine. Scnsol~to taste w-it11 salt and pepper. pall, put sek-crd small lurnps of columns, without having parts on narrow I'loce in b . i ~ i g butter on top allcl pour a cup of swect rnilk or strips; if it is on more than one page, pnstc or l pin the colwnns together at the top of Glc water orer d, to make gravy. clipping; on blank spaces in t!ie licacling or elsen-here, not d o \ n ~side of clippilrg, write Y t is the opinion of Four huml~lc scrvant that legibly name, totm, state and date of newspapcr o r magazine; do not roll clippings, but fold flat. there \rill be but very feru now living who \6V Recipes suitable to the next approaching not die if the cookillg recipes given in t? S arc ~~~~~~~~ed. Why not give recip season, and practical hints on homc-keeping G ~ E AOE health and hygiene are suggested from women for healthful food dishesr U.S. D,POLO . Iloblfs, frienda From my reader brief articles cue

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of most of the illogical things that thc Chincsc do. Thc reason for tlic u-all8 about thc CGncsc . turial plots is to kccp out c\il spirits. Tlie tttnt~~es animals and gods stationed at tho of four corners of thc lots arc to frighten thcsc apirits away. Thc tn-o large painted eyes at thc - bw of eacl~ a t ore to eilablc the craft to scc? b tho evil spirits whicll arc lurking in thc 11-aters, a d so to avoid them. Tllc tcmplc roofs and the rich men's -hou&s arc dccorntcd xvith large camid ~ t - o dragons to drive tile spirits away. d They nrc supposcd to t r a r d ' i n straight lirlcs ' only; niltl for that reneon the \vondcrful Crcat Aimtnplierie h t l\Td.l winds ttnnkelike over lrills and through lIAT starts the rain? is a question worthy valleys throngl~outthe fiftccn i l u ~ ~ d n~ilcs r d of of tlie invostigati~emind of a child, but its Ici~gth. To foil the plans of the evil spirits olic a h i e l ~ some adnits could not answer. t l ~ kwall was built with many steep turns. The r.vidcncc is strong that without plenty of Temples arc: built with blardi w d s opposite the dust tllerc \\-onltl be no rain. The nudens of emtrance gates to stop tllc p r o p s s of the cr-cry rair~drop believed to be s mote of dust. is devils, and pots rind jars are left on the house If it is t n ~ ctliat the co~~densation tho of roofs to. catch them. Buildi~lgsare limited in lnoistcrc of the air is dependent upon tiny bits - height for fear tlic cril spirits in tbcir flight^ of dust, it can r e d l y be seen how important the nriglit run into them. dust of tlic atmospliere is. This clcmon I\-orsliip lcads to supcrstitioxl in Dust plays an important part in four ways: tree dircction. It llas worcn itself about It is one of the chicf causes of haze.;it probably ' enrything pcrtnining to dcatli. llodics rcnlai~l ecmcs rrp centers of condcneation for fog parrulburicd until tfic mctliun~assilrcs tllc family ticles and rain drops; i t is the con= of the that the lucky day ]ins arrived. IYhcii the day e u ~ ~ r i s c elinsct colors and of the air colorand docs arrive, the body is buried with food and itself; slid it is the cause of twilight. clothing for its Euturc ncccls, and sometimes l Dust comes from s c ~ c meonmes. It is b l o ~ n with a h o r n a d cart in which to travel a h n t . np flwm the s u ~ of the earth by wind; i t h Fastened to the coffin is a rooster, whicl~is conics from apuce outside tlic atmosphere; a s mpposed to convey the spirit to its ancestral salt dust it rises up from ocenn spray; and some home. China has vast coal deposits, bnt t l ~ blorn up f r o ~ n is ~olcmoes. In the volcania Chinclro %-ill develop thcsc k o u s e of their csplosinn of Uount K r h t o a , between Sumatra not mpemtitions fcors of disturbing thc dgad. Thc nnd Java. dnst and s t e m were thrown up forcstcl hare long since clisappcad, and thc 111-oitg nliles into the air. The dust from ihis i people mffcr tiarril~ly tlie winter for want of cspla~ion in produced the sunset colors the fuel which lics right at their hand. of 1M3, which lasted for three or four years, .All can see that i n s t d of being partakers of show-iiig that the volcanic dust remained mae Lard's table the p r C!incm arc partakers pendcrl in the air for that length of time. R'tbe table of dcvils" (1 Corinthians 10: 21) l)niit is carrid by tho rinds for great b Apostle plainly shtos that all the n-orrl~ip distances. I t may be said that tbere is no square kntly offered to idola weut to the hens miie of earth &at has not received duat from infest the atmosphere of our earfh and rn every other q u u e mile.

accepted by them. m e s e demomi a m indeed all a b u t as, as thcp were in thc time of our Lord; but the i(1caa of the Chinese that they move in strnidlt lines, or can I>c frightened by anything that htunnn Ixinga can do, are of course absurd. MI the spiritudiatic phenomnenn of our day are the work of tlicsc demons, as has been prcviously slio\\~iin thcse columns. In worshiping demons tlie Cllincae are only doing in another \my what is doiic by every person who attends rr spiritualistic scance; and the same is true of persoils \rl~o, while supposing that tbcy worship tllr true God, arc! boning down to doctrines which dishonor Him and his Word of Truth.

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voice of melody-" (Isaiah 51: 3) Yes, Sou* rif rica \\-ill boom !

I f a man wero given the problem of how to create an earth and an atrcosphem which 11-ould provide suitable water snpp!y for practically the cntire ~arface, vould probably sct out to hc invent an eia'wmte system or' some bind to do the work. But the Creator, who did o better job than any human couici have imagined, employed dm dust of the grouna ro .give the rain its stnrt to.nater the ground, and used the sane dust to paixit the beautiful tints that are the despair of the artist. To ;rccomplidi great things ma11 cmploj-s great agexicies; but "base things of tllc ~rorld," we are told, "ai~d things'\rhich are dtlspieed, hnth God chosen, to bring to notlliiig thins&that are."-1 Corinthians 1:3 .

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South Africa to Boom URnTG the war among otller countries,

South Africa learned aomctlling a b u t taking care of itself without outside help. Much of the foodstuffs had previously been imported; but when war drafted the world's shipping, South Africa, rather than starre, learned to produce its onn food. The people had imported even their brcahqost eggs from England, but now they r d s e plccty of e g g and chickens for home consumption. Butter and cheese arc being produced; zxid thc traveler can drudi home-grown coffee, sxid eat South African vegetables. I t is diificult to get textile and machinery industries underway, but mills and factories are gradually rising. The tourist today finds Johannesburg, not a village, but a city of tall buildings, street cars, theaters, movies and hotels. The world demand for diamonds never was so great, and the Kimberly mines w e opersting full capacity. South Africa is called a good country for white people, w t 2,000,000 whites, and some 3,000,000colorih ed persons there. The land is developed in only a few parts, and the hardships of frontier life are no worm there than elsewhere. The r a boom for South Africa will materidel iEe after the Golden Age ia baugurated; for Sooth Africa nil1 hare rith all other countries the good things that are coming. 11'11at is wiitten of "Zion", will d s o be true of the most distant countries :"Jehovah shall comfort Zion : he w i l l comfort d her waste places ;and be will l make her wilderness Ute Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness ahall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the

sulphrrtes of sodium and potassium and in sizing and dyeing cotton goods, a new use has been found in Tcsns. Tliere the trawler cnrr pass swiftly over a road of this unique road-building material. F o r tcli llliles out ofRockport, some 170 miles soutlt\vest of C;1l\-eston, the road is k i n g surfaced u i t11 a material ~vfilch nnrilyzcs twenty-five per cerit cpeom salts, a1:d \vllich is obwned from uf flats \.rhcre tllc evaporation of the G l water inprc,qq.llatcsthe soil with this sdt. Iligh\vay engineers, it is declared, r i d the iuistnre a good road-surfacing material; for the salt absorbs enough moisture from the air im to keep the roads damp, free from dust, and fr 011 the dryest days. It becomes slippery in wet weather, but this is overcome by adding a small proportioli of shell and regulating the slope of rhe surface of the road. Ectter and bettor roads m i l l be the slogan as the cirilization of the Golden Age rises higher, but there is one road the like of which has not been seen. Tlle orders 1 5 1 forth to "make 1 1 go straight in the desert [of man's failures] rr highway for our God." (Isaiah 40: 3) Not that God will nse it for himsclf, but he will have it for men to use. As intimated, it will be a figurative, though wry real road: "The highway of thc! upright is to depart from evil.?'-Prov-- erbs 16 : 17.

Bright Clothes for Men LL MUST have noticed the gradual advance of women into the' realm of m n s attire, e' and a growing use by men and boy6 of garments suitable for the fair sex. It is only a few p a m since a colored hatband on a man's hat n u unknown. Now a London tailor is trying to introduce d e s , pink breeches and brigbh stockings among nlcn. I t is our belief thst t b gradual removal of d l differences of aex .i under way, appropriate to the new conditb of the Golden Age when none will die and t repopulation of earth will no longer be nap s+ry. See Mark 12: 18-26 for a ohtame& ama conditions to exbt in the "neww.@

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tears from their eyea; and there sh.n he 110 w. P. Pa& V. I. A-v more death, neither sorrow nor mybig; ncither Qolden Age is that period in human shad there be any more Q&L" (Ieslsh %; Job hiatory referred to by the Apostle in Acts 33 :25 ;Revclation 21: 4) Unr Lord tell8 a s that he speaks of "the restitution of .during his thousand-vear relsll on earth, d ill 3: 20, 21 come forth :theY that have done ' .l I=ga, wllich God bath spoken by fie mouth their graves pod; to the nmrrection of life; a d WYthat of & his holy prophets since the began9'. *nre,y it sill intereating to inquire what tho have done evil, to the resm-cction by judipnont hs of the buman ram has lost and what will be restored (John 5: Z!l) T i thousand-year reign mrld day for Uu sill the - t it during the 1,000 years during which the Lordwhat be joytul e see a it b bt : is to r e i on the earth ~ declared i heavens be glad, and let the ear* rejoice; let n Bevelation 5 :10 and 20 :6. We find in the first men say among the *tionq a j e h O r e~8 n e a n i .chapters of the Genesis aceom$ that man I;et the fields rejoice, and a t b t therein, made i the image and li!;eness of Gocl, . .., .because he mmeth to judge the e r h " n at.! mxived a paradise hone, everlasting life, 1 ~h~~~i~,~~ 16 r31,33. happiness, and tlle doininion of the earth, prosnd plea8aroto haR been oar Hd he to God's ; assist in showing the wonderful plan of o God m that the man raa pronounced by the towards the human race, to mnny soldiers on 'to be very good. 171e Bible us that Adan1 the Border and to gome of the womded at the for and the hnmnn race, On Walter Reed Hospital, at the National Capital, bboount of dxiobecbence. by means of the Photo-Drama of Creation. We L It requires but a casual glance at Adam's f,d qnite a number interested at time. b&tity-for we are d of the blood of Adam my h i d t tho interest will dm men :(A& 17: 26)-to see what we have lost throngh -4th one leg or one bgin to ah in the 7 t h fall of father Adam. hn morning with two l e g md two arms; w e the f On -mt of the World mar, the United c4wvhecledchair men" have no mom m e for 'stab8 providing for more than 280,000 that form of transportation! Won't there be : m d * many having lost l e v , arms, sight o r times at Walter &ed and all the great hospitals ' : k u i n & , e t c The other nations have mmy mili this country and thronghout the world7 Nor , ,E , who km in the same condition as are some ndl &ese great blessings be to rnldiers, ad our ?ma= soldiers. but mill surely extend to all the hmnaa nrce, , hgreat Creator declares that he w i l l re- both the dead and living. & m b the d h g and obedient all that they O The headlines of the daily papem hare lost, when his kingdom is established on overtaxed in recording only 8 few of those the earth. We wl not at this time refer to the u-onderfd things. il d d e n c e s that the Lord's fiingdom i3 Khen our Lord a t his first advent raised the .-. very near, jmt at the door. m e see from dead, healed tlie cripples, the blind, and the lrrish 13: 8, 9 and otl~erScriptures, that deaf, Iris work waa onlp a type of the grand re are millions now h m g who will never ~ m r k will soon begin in the antitype. In the he dk, bllt f d into b e subjects of the Jesns mked the a c t e d whether they , 'ingdom Take notice of a few of the joys that Glieved that he could heal them. Upon a reply ill come t a l of these. o l in the affirmati~e,the man was healed instantly. ".The eyes of the blind shall be opened, the I1 the great nntitype, faith in the Lord and hia 1 8 of the deaf shall be unstopped, the lame kingclom w l be easy. Speaking of the timee in il P &all leap as an hart, and the tongue of the which we are living, the prophet tellrr a (Daniel u ~brhall sing." "The flesh of a h old man shall 2 :44) : "And in the days of thew Lingr shall w 3 that of a child ahd he shall return to the the Ood of heaven mt up a kingdom whioh.sbd I d his ~rmth.""God ahall wipe away all never be d e s b p % "
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the burden of saving the world. "It ie f o r m Who WiU Show the Wq? T IS said that in some of the European lating," says Dr. John R Mott, intemtional nations the people are becoming depressed Iiend of the Ebnng,bieu's Christian Asquatio& oiid diecouragd. During thc war tkcy wcrc "probably the greatest program undertaken by stimulated by the supreme effort to nin the C'hristinns since the days of the Apostles. The war; tlrm ~ u o y c dup by nopes engendered by i'roicutant charclics of America face the imof promises of a peoples' peace; now disillusioxicd, nlcdiatc i~cccssity intervention in the troubled industrial situation in the country." and heart-sick, they are W n g into npatby. Thc clcrgy will make an intensive investiI t had seemed as though t l ~ comllon 1 m was e 1 i gation. Tllc reucarch platform includes : to be rewarded for liis sacrifice; as though, "-4 first-hand study of industrial disputes w t r ih autocracy bmi~lcd, democracy would be eri blessed with prosperity and pace. But thc vier to rcndcring any possible r rra fowarda just lezaders have felt it uecessary to rivet chains ~cttlcmcnts; and cataloguing of fhe occasiann af the "The study upon all to constrain the restless; they see no

way of deflating curreilcy and giving the people groups thc place and opportunity for free discusion of relief from exorbitant living cost; and they cny cnd 1111 aff~irsshort of violence: feel obliged to fetter Freedom, just alien the "To promote among employers the id- of recognizing common people believed they would a t last be Ii~bor nmnagcment, looking dtimrtcly to their having in free. Industry seems s h u t to feel the chill l ~ m d a voice in ii~mcialcantrol: 'To promote the ides o m o h a n p l o p of responsibil- . of ~l'ncertainb. Finance calls for funds to rehabilitate the fallen structure of industry m d ity for production; and "To dudy cooperation movemmta, the problcmr of trade. Governments cannot continue the prterthe immiggt, a d to prepare Literstun on minimum nrrlism of war. Al hands are weak \17isdom l standards.oi ~ving, b t d labor and indnstq. fails. Leadership is dismayed. ilausiry, women in indurrLr, rgricdtnta hbc~,.migra- ' Lord Curzan, spokesmh for the ~ r i t i s h tory workers, racial relatiom, and governmat mi- - - . Government mys : and relations." ' %othing mmna to me more certain thnn that great The general committee, in charge of the - : ' trouble and unforeseen developments lie before the world. world's hope, is composed of 150 prominent . . , I h b t whether re a r c d t of the war we have sncccedcti in pacifying E r p . IYhether we have or not, it is clergymen and l a p e n from the various denom- . $ ' uoe certain that for m e time we will be insccuze as to the inationel boards, and is aasured by government * - . stability of A i Having cscapd the dangers of the officials, large employers and labor men that "a . sa united Protestant constituency would have tre; war, Asia may be confrolltrd with a peril even more serious through disorder and the brcal;up of Russia mcndoua influence. The time has come for the church to take part, and the church's puticipaand Turkey." The words of other leaders go beyond per- tion d l be welcomed." ''It is high time," says . . plexity, and border on dismay. The aearcll Dr. Fisher, head of the industrial reTXions continues for a Noses to lead tlie world out of department of the movement, "for a united -9 the quagmire. The clergy feel that the mission Protcstaritism to cease bcing content with abis t l ~ ~ i r "The new world conditions, brought stract statements of principles and to get down . s. about by the n-ar conditions of industrial life, to nctunl participation in the labor disputes 02 of international relations, and of cducotion," :he present." Even militarism eccs the need of an orderly declares Professor Shelby of Lane Tlieologicd Seminary, "all for increased leadership by the scttling of the world's new warfare. Colonel cliurch and especially by the ministers. I t is the Cornegic says, for the Interchurch movement: "Sothing i- morc nrcessry than the spirit that comes duty of the millisters to aSbUnlC rr greater through t l r churches to illdustry for promoting bet& lc~derehipin the world thnn t h ~ yhave ever rclntIOU Lct~'c'cn yloyeru and employes." cjn 'wi'ore exercised" The clergy t h h k the world's Tl~c churcli is thc chosol champion k destr llope may be realized if ollly they may exercise autocracy Y I ~ nuke the world safe. Th8t.t greater authority a i d power than they did c.11urches \rill do what little they can no r through the dark ages. doubts. That they may accomplish their I The Interchurch World Movement take8 up ioas purpose is quite another qneati

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his vine, and under his fg tree. '' (Micab 4: 4) i I t will be ideal-the Golden *when qwq man, woman and c u d will be happily placed in his own home amid a culture and s plenty mch Look at the besptifd as yet are &own. suburbs of o m cities, and thbk of nation nation dwelliw in Such surroundinm from one end of the continent to the other and the whole world over' Now the cry of everyone from prince pauper ia for the blessings of peace. Fdse prophets cry, ''Peace I p w !!"-bat there is no e peace. Nahmal war ceases; internecine war commences; and no human wisdom can see the end. But the end i promised; for in due time s the to the mmmotioq peace. war ceases; war desired. The come the "grest dm" militarists will no longer lead men into war, but the Prince of Peace" will "guide our feet into the n a y of peace." (Luke 1:79) e4Nationshall not lift up sword again& nation, neither &dl TIlillh 35:lO. they learn war any more;" but the people H w wiU this wonder come to passt o "shall beat their swords into plowshama, and Fk.C the -on p p l e d be gven l their into ytba', (w 4) a 2: It ia th8t a m' bled (lm* of &e & of pw a -r des~emtefrom P' O* P m d ' ' w h the hm e e ceme; for m "1 m e n d conm1atiom of religion. But i the happy pem n her lib. rirsr,, (w 12), .nd a 66: Qolden Age of man there rill be plenty; for incnaw of h . gvemt i "the earth shdl yield her increase" ( s l 67 : hbdoml and Pam then, be ID an4 t . (t04 "I .riU 6, ; md, the C O m order it, and to e d b b h it t& j dt oand [grain], 4 rill i n c r e w it, and lay no famine ~ t jnstia, [in b relatiom of UPQn You; and I m d t i p b the froit of ''0 henppfodh even forePer," b d sets h m d the increase of the field." (Eeekiel36: his signahre , he . lof a 2% m) This tome b th. (3od-given di* of periorm 9LZ emeries of a thousand Burbanks workinn for love of the people. H e w k e Right IY I8 All w i l l rapidly come to have good homes and ZEDEKIAH, last king of Israel, wan a very pleasant surroundings. Nowadays the worker wicked mler, and to him the Lord said: M l d a a palace and a millionaire lives in it; he "And thou, profane, wicked prime of Israel, builds an apartment, and has the privilege of whose day ia come, when iniquity shall have an living in it as long as he pays another million- end, thus 4 t h the Lord God, Remove the dinaire rent. Bnt then, "they [the workers] shall dem and take off the crown :this shall not be the not build and another inhabit ; but they shall same :exalt him that is low, and abase him that build houses and inhabit them; they shall enjoy is high. I will overturn, overturn, ~ r t a r n it: the work of their hands." And every worker and it shall be no more, until he come whose ran have his own Little orchard. The worker right it is; and I will give it to himw-Ezekiel will not create an orchard or vineyard for the 2 1 : z - 9 7 rich, and never taste the fruit; for "they shuU The one whom right it ia to mcceed to the not plant, and another eat, but they shall plant throne as ruler and blesser of mankind in tho vineprds, and eat the fruit of them" (Isaiah Lord J e w the Christ, the great Messiah. 5: 2l,22);and "they [the workers, for dl wiU Nearly nipeteen.centuries ago he to emtb m be produeem] &all ait every nun under M a man and d i d rrpon the crow that he might

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provide the ransom or purchase price for the numan race by which mankind could bc legally released from the condemnation of death. He arose from the dead and ascended on high. Before going away be taught his disciples to pray to Jehovah, "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven." (Uatthew 6: 10) He told his disciples that he expccted to return. (John 14: 1-5) They asked h m the specific question, "Tell us, when shall i these things be? and what sllall be the sign [proof] of thy eonling and of the elid of the world"? He answered that the time n-onld be marked by great troulAe in the earth-a _great world war, in which "nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom". (Matthew 24: 7) That war bcgan in 1914 and is He further said that 'the war \vould be on&& followed by famine and pestilence. The famine is now in the earth; and likewise v e have exericnced the pestilence, the great influenza e said further that the mar, famine and pcstilence ~ ~ o n be followed by revolutions; and ld . such have already occurred in some of the uations, and all other nations are being threatened He further stated that upon earth there would be "distress of nations with perplexity ; men's hearts failing them for fear". (Luke 21: 26) And this is fulfilled. "For then shall be great tribulation, such sa was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor 24 :21. ever Bhall ba"-Matthew

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great religions denominations has made an appeal that should strike a responsive chord in every human heart. I t proposes that for the immediate future the professed church of Christ eliould pay a little less attention to preaching about fighting, and raising money on first one religious "drive" and then another, and devote its energies to preaching the Gospel. I t calls attention to the fact that for cereral pears past the people have heard a great deal about fighting, and it is not sure, now that the soldiers have returned, that all of them ham developed in Christlikeness as a result 04 their activities and environment while abroad. Why thia should be vhen the soldiers have been ministered to daily by the Knights of Columbus, the Y M. C. A. p d other war o r g m h t i o n a i . s wt arplrincd, . .. lions or &arch baildbgp. He beemad to be f

I t also seems to notice an apparent chilling of public intereat in "drives" to raise money for religion. Many people have agreed 6-1 set aside specified sums from their incomes for the next five years for one, two or three purposes; and the church paper in question thinks that more money can be raised by getting new converts and getting the money out of them, than Ly trying to raise more funds from the olc1,ones. There is a suggestion, too, that the people who have been in the front line trenches on all these recent drives would welcome some evidence that tlieir money is being wisely cxpended, and that the results coveted and promised ore attainable, if not in the immediate present then in the not far future. \Ye think theso observations by our conternp r a r y are opportune. We are inclined to stress this matter of professed ministers of religion attending to the business of religion. We real1::e, of coarse, that having little to do during the 11-cek,and little on Sundar, luirlisters are easily intercstcd in any worldly subject in which some or all of the members of their congregations are interested; and this fact is no doubt r e sponsible for many of their recent activities. W e hope this idea of having ministers enconraged to preach the Gospel will not be lost sight of. Many of them have preached on every other subject, and to dwindling congregations, as the statistics show; and if now, thia time-honored custom of trying to run the world'^ affairs should give way to a faithful preaching of the Word of God. and the means bv which men mav gain everlastkg life, we go on-record as prophesying a renewed interest in religion by some who hnd formed the idea, justly or unjustly, that many ministers were in the preaching business to preach what the people wanted and not what thc Bible teaches. We t i k our contemporary made a mental hn hitch in insinuating that the best way to raise more money is to get more converts. We know that some lmve formed the idea tllat the tm ideal of religion is "To get more converts, to raise more money, to build more churches, to get more conrcrts, to raise more money, to build Inore churches", e t c ;bat we think cr better eon-, ception of the matter wouid be obtained by studying the Scriptnrea, especially the life of; Christ, and noting the absence from his preacb i11g of any desire either for nambera or c o b

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eli-ted; the new to be w s c h p r e d e d Christ's b y one refined from all tram of tbe pagan. History repeats itself; and today i Palestine n the Jew plans for a Jewish polity, entirely freed and cleansed from every suggestion of the age-long captivity in Europe. I t is not surprising that the Zionistic Jews, or "Palestinians", agreed that as candidates for the o o n s t i h t assembly the only eligibles should be HebrewBpesging J k . No mixed dialect w r to have a, an o5cial footing in reorganized Jewry. Not men Yiddish, though the language of seyen millions, is to be permitted in official circles. Thus the strange exile of a nation, for -8 maintaining its identity unaltered, begins to end. The break with Europe ie to be complete. Anything the European oppressom h a w forced upon the Jews is to be discarded-the ignoble habib of mind, dress, occupation or speech are to go forever. The Jew in Palestine is to be a farmer, an occupation denied to him for oentnries. He will institute the most advanced system of education, with the world's most famous educators, in contrast with the enforced R w s i m denial of thee."-Iaa.iah

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just now tl~nn swpb of food. Everybody must Columbia, the salmon pack this year was only that eat to live, and al are interested to'knom 7,000 cases as compared with 155,700 cases in l whether there is food enough in the ~ o r l d 1915. The Canadian Fish Comrniszion believes to business has been ruined br a feed its millions, and if there is how those that that the &on too efficient system of traps and seines in the need it can get it. As a whole the American crops are excellent; Puget Sound region; that the fish have been and in the matter of live stock we have now caught before they could get to their epaming 4,609,000 niore swine, 350,000 more milch cows grounds, and therefore reproduction has ceased.' ' " a ~ 287,000 more of other cattle than we had a If this is true it is a pity; for salmon is a staplb d il year ago. Australia has a vast surplus of food; article of food that wl be missed. and the crops in Canada, South Africa, Argentina and in many parts-of Europe were all of C m e d Foods GOOD many of the plnnts that were former- * generous proportions. ly engaged in the manufacture of alcoholic The great American hen continues to do her duty. L s year she produced, it is calculated, liquors are now being turned into "food fact at 23,052,000??000 eggs. That looks like a lot of tories", and we do not h o w whether to view. eggs; but it amollnts to only 210 eggs per year, this wifb pleasure or with alarm. It dl-depends a * or a little more than one every other day, for upon what the chemists connected with these every man, women and child in the Unite& plants intend to do. I f they ore planning further assaults upon thb States. Probably the poultry raisers ate some life insurance companf8 mortality experienos . " eggs whibh have not been counted. It requires a great quantity of food to sagply tables by fixing up doctored frankfurters, cakes * 110,0,000people for a year. A Little while ago colored with egg-yellow made .from &a1 tar. the Government disposed of what many people* dyes, bleached fruits, processed rancid oils, tbought was a large surplus of food, accumula- cream scoured with soda aeh, corned beef and ted for the srmp; but somebody got to figuring ~mokedham redolent with chlorine, ice cream on the total and estimated that the whole lot colored u-ith ribbon dyes and pies made of rqdid not amount altogether to a day's supply per juvenatcd decayed fruits, we can tell them now hoasehold. The Government bought this meat that there is plenty of this kind of material on 'rat wholesale and sold i t a t the same prices, in the market and we can get along better without some instances for 50 .per mnt less than the these things than with them. Just recently we discovered that the Horse current prices charged by dealers. There is one article that is short, however, and Aid Society has a aannection with a Brooklyn that is salmon The salmon catch, al the way sausage factory?,possibly the same plant, o r one. l from W r i n g Sea to the mouth of the Columbia of the plants, i n which some 60,000 diseased

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zattlc were formerly tamed into sausage annually, nntil the proprietors of the works were sent to the penitentiary. Now these diseased cattle are diverted; we do not know just what do8.s become of them. 3 i the chemists wonld turn their attention to the nceds of the human system they wonld do a great service to humanity. As an indication of possibilities along this line we note the familiar fact that the human body contains some sixteen or seventeen elements; that the soil contains the same elements; and that the grain which grows on the soil contains the same elements. Yet R-hen we make our grain into white flour we take for human use the least nutritious portion of the grain, containing only a few of the elements, and give to the cattle the outside of the grain, the most nutritious and 'valuable parts, and the only ones that contain the minerals needed by the system. Dr. Wiiey, the food expert, recently toId the House Committee on Agriculture that it is due to the use of white wheat bread that at the -,tbreak of the war only shtyper e n t of our men were found to be in proper mndition me human system is not ior properly nourished by white bread.
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other food can take the place of milk for the human infant. Without its vitamins the growth is stunted, as is now so unhappily the case with the million or more of European babies that have never tasted milk; and there is an effect mpon the eye, cnllod dryeye, which shows t4e hunger of the child's system for just what the milk provides. Because it is pertinent to our subject, and because i t is importarzt, we mention here that where infants of under eighteen months cannot be nursed, the best available substitute for the. ik mother's m l is to be had by letting good fteah cow's milk stand until the richer portion hss d . l risen to the top. To this top.milk add an e q d volume of pure water, and to the mixture add one ounce of sugar of milk to each quart of mixture. After the child reaches eighteen months this preparation may gradually give way to ordinary cow's milk.

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. working away a t the milk question, and 4 a v e discovered a method for condensing buttermilk and reducing it to a semi-solid condition where i t gives promise of being of great utility in baking. I t is said that this solid milk can be added to bread, producing a more healthful >oaf, and one which takes a delicious brown at a comparatively low baking temperature. This lower temperature allows the retention of a larger amount of moisiure.in the loaf. It looks a s though this discovery might be one of cansiderable value. F o . some tirle a means has been used for converting fr& milk into a dry pomder which can k shipped aiywherc and eighty per -mnt of the freight uved. T i powder may be kept hs forweeks, or even for montbg and with proper precaution can be remade into fresh sweet milk a t the end of that time. \fi.lk is ideal as a food because it has all five' ul the elements necessary to human life and growth, 'fats, nitrogenous sn~stanees,sugar, minerals and vitamins or growth-factora. No

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eaW enough to criticize our ~ m w n t methods of distribution, h we ought to t criticbe them and keep on criticizing them until we do something definite to improve a p l m whereby i t costs from two to ten times as much to deliver foodstuffs to the consumer ss it doer * to ~ r o d u c ethe food itself--a ~ l a n which has ' incieased in "efficieneg" until now every people in the country support a distributor, aa against thirty-one people in 1870. Gambling in the stock markets has something to do with this inefficiency; and Congress ought to make it illegal for these gamblers' quotations to paas through the mails or over the wires. In one day there is more wheat sold in Chicago than comes into Chicago in an entire year; and e v e q time it is sold there is a tax,however slight, laid on everp table in the land. Another item which enters into diatnbntion costs and the welfare of the people is the storage of food. I n August, a representative of Swift and Company informed a Congressional investigation committee that the total mpply of dressed mcats ready for the market on Jnw frrst'wse d c i e n t to last for only ten days. B t . u if that was the tiatb on June first, and if.the newspapers tell the truth,which is equally uncertain, then it was not true three months later; .' for at that t m , and with men, women apd ie children suffering for lack of food, it was estipb ated that there was $Z!,ooO,OOO,OOO worth of food ' .

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stored in h'ev Torl; City, not altogether in the lic~nsed \i-arehouses, but ~nuch it in brewery of lofts and other unlicensed places. At that time, when the Government began to get after the hoarders and profiteers in human necessities, millions of dollars worth of foodstaffs were seized in a St. Louis warehouse on the charge that they had been held over three months with the object of increasing the price, ten million eggs were seized in Detroit, and there were like seizures in Buffalo and elsewhere. At that time the charge was also made that warellousemen were storing food in one city as long as the law permits, and then m'oving it to anothercity and re-entering i t to storage without keeping any record of the time when it was first stored. Recanse of their power, the five great packers, Snift, h o u r , Wilson, Morris and Cndahy, upon whom the nation specially leaned in war time to supply food to the army, are now the special ol~jectsof su~picionin the matter-of profiteering. Tlle~e packers own ninety per fire cent of all the refrigerator cars in the country. In 1916 they slaughtered eighe-*o per cent of d the cattle, handled half the poultry, eggs and l cheese, and are rapidly gaining control of all foods for man and beast. They are also making large inroads into the marketing of building material and fuel commodities. These five packers have gained control of 762 other companies. They now manufacture o r deal in 775 commodities and dominate the food s p u ply of the world. The recent boost in shoe prioes is traceable to them in this may: Controlling the hide supply they took excessive profits and passed the increase on to the manufacturer, who added something more for himself, and the wholesaler and retailer followed the uame course. Those packers quickly dominate any field thev enter. In 1917 Armour first undertook #:( a; in that same year he became tile F the gr;~;ut,,~t merchant 'in the world, his rice s d e s emornltlxg- to more than 16,000,000 the wholesale price of pounds. rice increased eighty-five per cent. The big packers control 'the stocbards to which the nation's meat supply is shipped, control the commission men who are the produccra' only representatives a t the yards, discriminate against independent packers who would use the yards, prevent new packers from

getting into business, and restrict the meat sapply of the nation by so manipulating the livestock priccs as to discourage the producers. A favorite way to do this is to boost the market until an immense quantity-of stock is ]mown to be on cars on the way to tlie yards, and then to ~uddenlydrop the priceb so that on arrival at destination the shipper receives far less than the stock quotations had led him to espect. The financial power of these packers is so great that no competitor can hope to succeed if they use their power to break d o ~ m credit . his
OrEdith in Food HE widespread use of the automobile has so reduced the demand for horses, and the growers find them so unprofitable, that the Government has sanctioned the sale of horse meat, wt a view to killing off the surplus supply. ih It also hopes to add to the leather snpply bp this means. All horse meat o r horse meat products must be labelled as such. The New Pork State Department of Farms and Markets has issued an appeal to the people of New Tork City to learn to eat rabbits, calling attention to the fact that a t prevailing meat prices rabbits are cheap and wholesome food, and are considered a great delicacy in many parts of Europe. The United States Depa~tment Agricnltnre of has been setting forth the virtues and advantages of the goat. The goat will eat anything, stay anywhere and submit to any kind of treatment. I n return it gives a rich, creamy m l that ik i~ especially good for babies and can be m a b up into sevendifferent k i d s of cheesa Roasted kid is considered to be one of the most delectable of meats. In the foregoing, the Government has made efforis to assist thg common people in providing a meat supply a prices within their means, and t in this has done a good work. I n times of high prices for meats we might remember the canditions in the siege of Samaria when "an w ' 6 head w s sold,for fourscore pieces of silver". a (3 Kings 6:25) and the terrible conditionswhich prevailed then and a t the time of the siege of Jerusalem in A. D. 70, when women even ate I h ~ i o m children. r I t is a comfort to know that these conditions of smrcitp are all temporary mid mill give m y to a better time when there will be plenty for d . l

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."Fear not, 0 land; be glad arid rejoice:.for the .Lord mill do great things. Be not afraid [of food shortage], -ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine' do yield their stren&--Joel 2 :21, 22.
Benefiting the Cripples BOUT 200,000 American soldiers received such wounds during the World War that they are more or less ,disabled and require special training to fit them for the future. H m n ua nature is very forgetful of what i t owes to its benefactors; and these soldiers, who might find many ready to help them today, would not h d as many two years from now. Fnrther, it can not be long, in the nstnre of things, before they will be expected to compete w t those who ih are unin jured, and when they do, it is necessary that they be specially fortified by training if they would hold their positions. The Government is undertaking the training of all disabled soldiers; and experience has shown that there k hardly any trade or profession that they can not master under the personal and kindly a r e of their teachers, provided they have the will to do so. Their compensation, when fitted for the new work, is usually superior to that before they entered the service. 'While learning they are given compensation of not lees than $75 per month i they live alone, and f $30 for wife and $10 for each dependent child. During the Golden Age there will be Borne very wonderful. healing8 of cripples. We rend, "Then ahall the lame n m leap as an hart". p (Isaiah 35 :6) We had some wonderful examples of God's power to heal daring our Lord's ministry, and also daring the dare of the apostles. How thrilling mast have been tho scene, shadowing forth the coming glory of the 3.'-~sianicage, now-dawning, when Peter lurid to #.he man lame from his mother's womb, "Silwr a~rlgold have I none; but such as I hare I give thee: In the name of J e w s ,Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk And he took Eni by the right hand and lif'ted him up: anci immediately his feet and d e bones received drength. And he leaping up stood and walked, m d entered with them i t the temple, walking no and leaping, and praising God". (Acts 3 6 8 ) Immediately following this wondexfd exhibition of God's power comes St. Peter's still more

wonderful sermon on the Times of Restitntion (Acts 3:19 - 21) as a resul t of whicli .thousands of Jews were converted to the Chrishan faith. Mining Under the Ocwn ATE O F the oil fields of the .PaciGc Coast, lying within a few miles of Las Angeles, extends out into the Pacific Ocean, and a considerable number of oil wells +re located at some distance from the shore. 31 England, the workings of the Cumberland ma1 field run two miles out under the sea The ventilation of these mines is a nioe engineering problem, but is successfully accomplished. At Workington, England,-in the year 1837, before the science of surveying was a3 highly t developed as at present, the sea burst through and the workers were drowned. Many of the oldest mines of England, long ago worked out and abandoned, have filled with water in the lapse of time, and constitute an ever present danger to the miners in adjacent mines, who may be drowned at any moment.

A Coffee Shortage THIS wouldlook nice for a headline, would it not, in a day when we are fed with news regularly that first this item of food and then that item is not to be had at the old price because the supply is so limited? The facts are-that there probably never w a s a time in the world when there was as much coffee in sight as there is a t this moment About half of the coffee-users of the world have beenwithout coffee for five years, and during that time the production has been the same as ever. The green coffee beans keep indeMtely, m d get better as they grow older. Maybe somebody can tell us, atop this information, why coffee that can be bought wholesale in Brazil for 124c should sell here at retail for 75%but it is hard for us to understand. It look8 to us as though the system of distribution is too well organized, so well organized that the common people have not even a "look i " ann less they can arrange for coiiperative hying. Well ! Anyway! The Golden Age comes along, not all at once, but gradnallJ. Given tho , necessities of life i abundance, and statesmen n who have a real and abiding interest in peopte, it wiU not be long before m 3 a condition ss cl this w i l l be corrected. ..
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country than thep were at much worse in some of the b a t b g resorts, we can adopt lthc the year 1919, unexampled hitherto in the Japmese sQle of separating the men culd history of the United States, or i any other women bathers by a line, and paying no further n judge, w the ~ attention to such fittie items as dreas. At one i pascorntry, far as me Bible aception of the Roman wire the American resort over 500 girls were detained in by the policv, and word sent to their mothers period Ijnst before its f d . ae mat.er pen on^ adornmeht, nothing of to bring lheir daugliters sficicnt underclothing that they w ~ BO home i ~ c ~ ~ c Ytbc J n or , has h e n too m e O* mltly to suit ae of tho newly rich. Dealers in gems h ~ found clothing would be supplied by the c i l ~ . e it almost imposli~le importsuficient qoanti- A t the most espensive restaurant in -h'ew to tics to keep their customem supplied, and the Tork, whcre bvo tablespoons of coffee cost fifty cents, the most beautiful and elaborrrtel:: gems sold have k e n of the V e V highestqufity* dressed in lint vFaiting of the age The dealers report that whereas they bave two msh seo60ns, E~~~~~ chfis-, and this ,-ear for an opportunity to obtain seds. T l ~ e houses it has been Christmas in every day of every in which some of these people live have cost month. ~ fis i ~ an P*esltby itate of afldrs. fabulous sums. One is alleged to have cost $5,0N,000. One man used 200 tons of coal to During the the most erpen- heat Ids house during last year's coal fm~linc. parts the comtq, -4 w o m a $ ~ for ~ opera , ~ rates rangilin~from $7 to 0 5 per day, were E~~~~ is one to criticize them milliononnblc to care for their p e s t s , and resorted to air.es, but in some -es we Dar tile judgment thc construction of automobile camps to'provide too -ire. We therefore mge slat 'lelter lor those who could not be -mmOreaders do not tlrink too uncharitably of them. dated with rooms indoors. Remember that they as well as tLe poor are in seat st At saratogb where a ring come respects under the control of the present side is L&80, the d e a ~ c d Zidmidon is ,id qstm. Custom has k c d laws and bar$l-l0, panda d e das never before, d a a e s around tlleir-heads and hcmts. F&,e nere~ tho gate r w i ~ t s ran&% from $ % t o ~ncep(ionsof Christianity, endorsed by the 6 m per the dnily bets at the track whole world, rich and poor, Tor an~turies,&kc ruming as high $2t000~m* In the gmt worn deeply the grooves of thonght and reason cities, b 0 0 k I d C ~ r TlXT!d fie *-SC~R~!~S and i %.~&their minds travel to to~ fro. They , placed other millions. feel that they must do as other mcn do; that gambling at Sarabgs was not a m h e d is, they must use their time and talents to their to horse-racing; bat at the &d table hundreds best ability and on "bnsiness pl.inciplest'. .of thansands of dollars were repeatedly pivoted Doing this, the money rolls i on them, because n * : r h the tn~nof a card. A 8imila~mania is money and W e r p are creators of wed* rep* from France, where fortunes are won Thus they no doubt reason that having the f ~ lost d a single P ~ WI t is mpposed that wealth it is their duty not to hoard it d , but ~ hi l part of this . h i i J h - s b g x~ervomtenmion in to spend Eomc of it. They perhaps question o o America and in F'rance is due t the suppression whether it would be better t dispense it as 'of, the liqaor traffic a this a m t r y and t h e charity or to let it circalate through the avenue cocaine M e in France. of trade, and w a p s for labor. Under present The women of France and England are wrong conditions, therefore, it is extremely 'reported to have lost much of their womanly fortupate for the middle and poorest dasses 'modesty during the year, and perhaps the same that the wealthy are "foolishly' extraragant", is true to Borne ertent in this country. In France rather thhn miserly, spending lavishly a portion

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of t l ~ e flood of wealth rolling into their coffersfor diamonds, for instance, xliich require "diggill;.', polis1.Ling i n d mounting and thus givc employment to tliousands ~vho would only add tn tJic 11u.slbcr out of work if th2 wealthy had no foibles or ex-travagances, but hoarded ail tlw mollc~~- could get. the^ I1 m3king thesc suggestions for i3e measure 1 of consolation tl~cy may affol-d to the poorer clas~,c,c, would not be nnderstood as in any 1,-e sense jastifying the selfish extravagance of the ricll, \\*hich is n-rong, and n-hich the Lord condemns as 11-rorig. (Jamcs 5: 5) Can we wonder that many .are envious, and some angry and embittered, when they contrast t l ~ e wastefulness of the newly rich r i t h their own familjs penury, or a t least enforced economy, While w e wait c11tj.l the I d r d shall vu~dicatetheir cause, \;.c cannot wonder tbat soch matters arab-en in the 11crrrts of many of the common people feelings of e n y , Ilatred, malice and strife such a s we see occaslonall~manifesting themselves in the currcilt news of the day.

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Condiffomo f Newsboys IC ISBESTIGATIOK of the industry o f street nlarketing of newspapers in the principal cities re\-ealcd interesting facts about the newsboys. I n Ciilchlnati, for esample, there arc 3,800 ne~vehoys, or 1'7% of the boys of the city ht\\-ecn ten and sixteen. The boys are not orphans; for 81.2% have loth parents living. They are not from very poor families; 90% of the poor families in which there are newsImjs receive no cbarital~le assistance. . The .Jews are 6 5 of Cincinnati's popdation, 'but furnish 2972 of the uevrsboys, shoning that the trading instinct is a strong factor in turning boys to the occupation. A b u t 87% are native bdrn. The native born are 90% in Seattle,.SO% in Baltimore and 707; in Boston. The daily earnings o f . newsboys averagc twenty cents in Cincinnati, twventy-two cents in Raltilnore and twenty-eight cents in Chicago. 31% England and MTalesthe earnings of 45,000 street traders are 123 cents a day. 3lany newsboys are in constant touch with degrading or criminal surroundings. According to lfaurice B. Herter, Snperi~~tendent thc of United Jewish Charities, vzllo made the Cincinnati investigation, tlie boys on two papers were dealing with twenty-three supply men, of whom

Human Longevity NLT a little while ago r e leerned from the "experience tables" that the average of human life has gradually increased from 33 to 35 Years. How is it that it is now said to be shortening? The answer is that it is shortening for those who have reached 55 or more years of age, while it is greatly lengthened for.=ny ~:h? would have died in infancy but for the superior care infants now receive. Between 1900 and 1910, in nine l h e r i c a n States, the average d e a rate for all persons ~ under 35 years of age decreased 15%. For Persolls between 15 and 20 gears of a@ tfris decrease was as e c a t as 1976. Between 35 and 45 years of age the declsease i the death rate n waS 7%. Bettreen-43 and 55 gears of age i t %-as 2%. But over 55 years of age the deatli ~ - a t c ilwreased 9 5 . The causes assigned for this increase arc cl~icflydiseases of the heart, Mdneys, circulatory s>-stem and npoplesy. These diseases of maluritr, or "degenerative caU them, 6110~~ diseases", a s the ~115-sicians M-hatwe d l hiow to be a fact; nmely, that r e are living too fast. A French surgeon belieres that he has discovered a method to prevent all these diseases of old age. It consists in grafting the interstitial gland from a young aliimal to an old animal, causing the latter to l&c OIL youth and rigor. His first erperin~entswere uith 120 aninlals, in each case wit11 success. His next experiment w-as n-ith n man orer 80 yenrs of a@, upon .wliom he , d t e d a gland taken from a monkey. The result was that in a short time the man was restored to the health, vigor and mental alertness of a man of 30 gears. ' The time is at thc door when fie life of humanity shall be returned to its youtli, but our understanding 'is that the restoration will be done by Christ; for tlie gift of God, e t c r ~ ~ a l life, can come only through him. (Romans G: B ) Nevertheless, the French experiments are interesting. They are adding to our fand of human Imo\rledge and at any rate enable us to see how easy it,uill be for the Lord to perpetuate humall life indehitely when, in due h c , his kingdom ehall be established in the earth. -

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' ~ T.A IF.Clarke nitrate has to bc lightered out to vessels oitcil y . HlLI'S nitrate of soda deposits were dis- to a distance of several miles; but great efticicovered by'Indians about a hundred years ency in t h i s work enables the loading of as high ago. I n building a fire they noticed that the as .250 tons per hour, in spite of the he~.vy

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ground took fire in various directions. Fearing that this was the work of evil spirits they took' specunens to the priest, who analyzed it and piled the unused portions in his garden. The next spring there w k wonderful vegetation in the spot where the nitrate had been piled. Curiously enough, nothing grows on the nitrate beds themselves ;but when nitrate is mixed with soil the results are marvelous. Experiments have & o m that on soil where nitrate of sodn was nsed the productivity lacked only about twenty per cent of being double what it w s a without the nitrate. The only nitrate deposits capable of being nrorked commercially exist in Chili, and cmstitate Ciis most important article of export. hl' Fish skeletons hare been found in these nitrate deposits, and it is supposed therefore' that at some time the deposits constituted the ocean's bed and were formed by decay of its fishes and seaweeds. The dcposits are now f o m a at eleva: tions of 2,000 to 6,000 feet above the sea, to whicli they have been raised by the earthquakes that are characteristic of the region The grounds are largely owned by the Qovernment and are auctioned off from time to time. Tl~e rock in which the nitrate deposits are found is generally white, but may be yellow, gray or violet. I t is salty to the t s e and at soluble in water. The nitrate pampas are in tbc midst of rainless deserts. The calicbe (nitrate rock) is broken up by explosives, transported by roil to rock crusl~crs,boiled, rebed, crystallized, dried and packed in 200b. bags for shipw--)ti. Iodine and table salt are byp r o d ~ ~ ccl"'the process of manufactrue. The ts standard nii'rde nsed for fertilizing purposes is ninety-fivc 'per cent pure. It is estimated that 50,000 men a r e employed in the 1G7 plants engaged in the production of commercial nitrate?, and that three per cent of ihc available deposits are being worked. During the war Chili experienced rr great boom, on accou~itof tho immense quantities of nitrate rrsed in the manufacture of munitions. The

swells frequently experienced. -Surely-Ood'sways are not man's ways. JTliat a strange thing that, out of these desert wastes, should come something which i causing huns dreds of thousands of. acres of land in the United States, and elsewhere, to yield almost double their usual crops.. The Lord .has available all the materials wherewith to turn this earth into, a Paradise again as soon as the clock of tho ages has strnck the.time that suits his plan and purposes.

Oil From Cool MPERILED economically by the hard peace conditions, Germany i impqdled to thrifty s employment .of her resources. A resource lacki g in the German Republic is petroleum, and n the Germans are establishing vast factories to convert coal into petroleum and coke. The coke will contain mod of the energy from the coal, and the petroleum will be a clear addition to the national resources. According to the claims of Prino8 Lomenstein, a prominent chemist and manafactarer, 134% of the coal can be taken out and the remaining ''ookelike" substance burned with only 2% loss of &ciency. The 134% will comprise 10% crude petroleum, 13% benzine and 2% heavy oil. The government plans to build huge plants for the pr-ss, and to utilize the "coke" in the national railroads, which hitherto have used annually about 12,000,000 tons of coal. The processing of the coal will give 18,000 tons of benzine ; ,H,W -tons of heavy oil and 120,000 tons of cmde petroleum for use in the nation'e industries. The distillation of coal of shale fof oil is not new. A process was patented in England in 1850 and another in t i country i 1854. By hs n 1859'over sixty plants were w o r h g the American oil shales and mpplping the newly invented "kerosene", to take the place of the whale and animal oils and candles hitherto nsed for lighting. Up to 1860 the shale-oil industry prospered, but the discoveq of petroleum in liquid form brought an end to the busineaa

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no other large city. He a s s & g the road. begin to show a fair retarn. . It wras s tgpiad, lo& m d enterprise. MZ. Brimon y e s president, general manager, m d pretw mu& d the oEcer~. He a u l d pay on worken better wages than they had fslrm or in the timber. They gladly worked bard for &, because he wm a pod bow. 8n emergency the ahop men would put on extra Steam to get tbs rolling stock ready for -newed seniw, Others f l n 6 1 y worked the same a ~ y and regarded themselves much bettar off , than they had been The was not yet seasoned, and before putting good, substantial, new locomotives on the line, Mr. Brinson bought five old "rattle10comoti?es, to talie the bmt of The is passing. Perhaps new d4 1 rough and to pieces. be opened np eEectively by truck lines. Perhaps enough for the traffic; and it borrowed the cheaper the Ford The line had cars of Om, bUt foMd intransportation than r i l o a dIntrentivc motor s w i l l be needed extra rolling stock from the big lines, better id anstan t f worfig oh new which were getting new business from the Mid-, erien the will redize that land and glad to aemmodate a new "feeder". wold behold, J1 things IIe air. Briuson has appeared and testified before Bre: beCbae aew',m-z C o h t h w 5: 17, the Bonse Committee on Interstate Cornme&. -The road had been in operatioh d d y 1 feG 1 V'W WeighhrManrr fears before the h e r i a - G e m a n #.at. Now R. EDITOR: In your issue of October lst, he cannot get a shopman to help oat by speed19l9, page 6, second ool-, you make a b g np when a locomotive is oat of repair a d stakmeht which has been called i question, n is urgently needed to handle traflic. The big "Every year our railroads et 650 tons ry lines no longer loan him their cars. The bcal for every mrin, woman, .andchild in the land". hbor r&ives the same wages as the Govern- 1 would like to a& whether ,this mm adsc ment pays evewhere. He cannot mhke the print or a misstatement. I f that meam each old dedc, to 'Indrlce t r a c to move over his man, qroman, and child, and there are five i x the ~ h e , evcn if he could get the cars to carrp it. average family, it would mean 8,!250 tone t@ be The total investment in the road is a b u t loaded and unlokded for each f a y , a&d it ~ $1,200,000, including $360,000 of bonds. Mr. monld look as if Dad would h o td hustle lively Brinson says the bonds are k default as to in moving freight, id adition O hg a interest payments ;but the bondholders, being living,-EL M., Los hgele8, Calif., Oo+25,1910. 1 d ~ o p l e ,have not foreclosed. He dates Just the kind of shot no might have apecwd . that he cannot possibly. operate the road to from r eonntry where the climate is ro perfect dear expenses, to stty nothing of paying interest that houses ere a noismes, do-g in a burden on the bonds. The value of hi $700,000 in the and the food question is a joke1 E. h. ought to T

stock has been largely wiped oat; and there seems not the slightest chanoe of ever d e m , dividends on the investment Things look blue, if not bl& for the a d land dnd it is typical of the little roads which have signed the ahort-line contracts mverning conditions of operntion. lr.e m m W s railroad u p a n s i n reqnires substantial, enterprising b n h s a a e r 6 Brinmn's H the &d of mm that e throws railroads new Str@tobf36 country, of and O ~ n np and develops them The railroad s development of the land is in the hand. of the B ~ S Othe esermtive heads of the hpndreds ~ L of A o r t - b e feedem for the big s ~ s t e m * HOW much does Mr. Brinson feel like building like the others he has another ~ho*line b a t and succossfdy managed up to a paying position, before heasold them What is become of the necessary to others? of the expansion coontry's mo develop the terAbv just ready for new

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has had an interesting effect upon the rice trade. I n 1917 the total rice movement from China and Japan to the United States was 33,456 tons; but in 1918 one American banking company alone, through one American port, imported a quantity three times as great. I n 1694 a vessel bound for Liverpool from Madagasozr was blown so far out of her course that she had to put in to Charleston, S. C., for there the captain of the vessel repairs. Wt~ile gave a small package of rice to one Thomas Sm.ith, to use as seed. It bad been supposed previondp that rice would qot grow in this country, but Sqith grew enough rice tbe first year to almost feed the whole colony, and it has been a ~ t a p l e crop of the marsh lands of the southern states ever since. No doubt the Lord knew how suitable is the Sonth for rice production; and it was his hand that guided the Madagascar vessel t o these far shores, and laid the basis for a part of the great food supply that will be needed by the myriads of mankind that will the earth in the Golden Age
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A Canadian Revolution they go farther and believe that the Liberals OBODY-need be alarmed when we state themselves are a s mtrustworthp as the Conserthat a revolution is in p r m s s in fie p e a t s country to the north of u . It is a peaceful revolution, but none the less real. The people seem bent on no longer entrusting their interests to either of the two old parties, but of having a housecleaning, from the ground up. The work of removing all the old political elements and placing new parties and new men i charge of n the country's affairs is in full ming, and apparently nothing can stop it. During the war the Canadians came to feel more and more a just sense of their country's importallce in the affairs of the world, and a t its conclusion demanded separate representstioil of Canada at the peace conference and the privilege of signing the treaty on their own accoui~t. I n the treaty a s drawl there is no distinction between Canada and other powers signatory to it. This determination of the Canadians to have something to sa? about how they will be governed in the future is now reflecting itself in the domestic politics of the provinces and dominion. Throughout the war Canada was wverned by what the Canadians have d e d a Unionist Government; that is, a coalition of the s o - d e d Conservative and Liberal parties, in which all differences Were meyged until the W a r should be Now the common people are raising such a clamor to be heard on their OWII a c e o a t that the old line-up of the Conservatives and Liberals has been resumed, and for the delectation of the public the Liberal leaders have been telling the peaple what they think of their late bed-fellows- 1 1a statement printed in the x public press they recently denounced the Qovernment in these words :
charge thit the hBB to represent the people m d has outlived its usefulness. No body of men has the right to asurp power and continue to rule without submi* ih policg to the considerntion of the people. The b-ent h a failed to take the people into its oonfidence in framing its policy in the pat, rs also in formulating ib policy for the future"

The Canadian people as a whole seem to believe pretty much al that the Liberals have l had to say about their lt bed-fellows, bat ae

vatives. They claim that the whole arrangement by which the people have been governed by orders-incouncil, by which liberty of tbonght has been terrorized through wholesale arresb, ~eizureof publications, and breaking-up of -meetings of law-abiding, God-fearing pepple, through overworking the word "patriotism", has been, to my the least, extra-legal. Now the Canadians seem to have reached the ' conclusion that, for them, terrorism shall cease to terrorize. And who shall say that they, at least, have not s h o r n some real common sense, and some red patriotism? Does true patriotism mean that one may never dare to have a different opinion from that held by the person or persons who, for the moment, have the reins of power? Or does it mean if one is really patriotic, that he must wave his arms and throw his hat in the air, and shout himself black in the face, e v e v time such person o r persons give expression to a new thought or to a wntradiction of an old one? The new determination of the Canadian . people to be done with old party lines first came to light in a by-election held in St.Catherines, Ontario, in Febmnv, 1919. The District had always been a Conservative stronghold. There a new party, the Labor party, entered the field. It had been unknown hitherto, and a candidate was Kith m c d t p . But 'it -e-erp near * g fie election, and its mppor,ters claim that it did win fie election if the votes had been honestly counted. It W ( C ~a startling indication of the temper of the pe-le, of their determination to have a real democracy instead of an autocracy posing as a democracy. During the summer there was another expression of the popular dissatisfaction with t h ~ old Canadian par tie^ in the troubles at Winnipeg. There were many thine connected Kith the Winnipeg troubles that have never been cleared up, and it is not generally known on ' . this side of the line, even to this da& that the majority of the Winnipeg strike leaders were British-born, and of proven loyalty to Canada and the Canadian people, right at the time when they were being widely accused as fomentom of

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disturbances among foreigners. In the Fall the News, tho o3icid organ of the s t d e r s . When Canadian people had theit long-desired oppor- he was arrested and taken to the penitentiafl tunity to give an expression at the polls of near Winipeg, another gentleman, by the fiatns just how they felt about how things have been of Woodsworth, was placed in charge of the nranagcd by the old parties. same paper. The latter i an interesting s , In October came the eleotions for the legisla- character, idealist, for b e n t y years a tare of Ontario, the most populous, most con- minister in the Methodist chutch, hrithor of ii servative province in the Dominion. Besides patriotic book, entitled "Stfangera w t i on? ihn the new Labor party, the United Farmers of Gate-Conling Canadiwk,'' fouhder of the Ontario, enother political party only two yews Winnipeg People's Forum, founder bf the old,,entered the field. These farmers are. abso- Canadian Welfare League, and Director of th9 lntely against any return to the sale of Liquor, Bureau of Social Bemarch of Manitoba, S&Sare opposed to intervention in Russian affairs, katchewan abd &be* At tbe end of a week demand that Canhdian p o l i t i c k s keep out of he also was arrested oh the chatge of inciting European affairs altogether, welcome settlers to hold an unlawful assembly. When the facts from oppressed lands to come to the Dominion, were explained to tbe pebple of Brantford, they have a plan of progressive legislation i View seemingly concluded that those responsible for n which they hope to make into laws, and are the arrests of h e n s and Woods*orth were linked up with similar organizations of farmers entitled to a rebuke; and they W n i s t e r e d it. in tbe provinces of New Brunswick, Manitoba, Since then the United F a r n e t s have W O ~ Baskatchewan and Alberta., who furnished them three out of five by-elections in New Bmnsffick, with speakers in the campaign. Ontario and Saskatchewan, p o h t s twenty-five The result was a campaign that is described hundred miles apart. h New Brunsxiek the car: having taken on the ncrtnre of a religions United Farmers candidate was returned by ur revival. The women voters leaned more and 3,000 majority over a returned boldiez'.- In more to the .side of the two new democratic Ontario the Farmers' candidate had a mnjotity parties. Prominent men who entered the con-. of nearly 2,000 and ih Saskatchewan of nearly test on-the Government side swung to the side $000 votes. This sho~vs awakebed people. atl of the people during the fight The outcome was The Farmers' platform hcfddes lowering of a surprising rictory of these two brmd new tariffs on goods imported from other countries, parties over the two old ones. The Consema- especially if imported from Great Britah: tives, who had formerly held thescontrol by a reciprocity dith the United States; a tariff I total of 80 out of 1 1 seats, were dethroned, commission; taxation of unimproved l a n d 1 i hlld the coalition of the Labor afid United vafues; &n income ta9 ranging fro* 2 o wti ! Farmer parties bas 56 seats, a msjorify of gne $2,000 to 50% on h w b e s of $lW,WO; d e r i t over jll the old party mttidates md ihdepend- Gee W; hkorne tsr on cotporlation profits: public ownetshi of public necessities :abolition ents put together. The people of Ontario went to ~ n s i d e r a b r e of titles; abo tfdn of the C a d i a n senate; trouble to lay emphasis upon their d i s a p p r o ~ d national prohibition; feferendnm and r e d ; of the old parties.. A so-called labor-soldier and complete equelization bf the parliamentary candidate was defeated a parently for no other .'stahis of women reason than that he was acked by the expiring We cfinhot bdt s~pkthize t h the people in d Conserrative guverilment. One man wire report- their aspirations for a Bore democratic governed as elected l~iercly because he had been attack- ment, and in these aspirations they kpproach ed as a Bolsh~dk.Tlic mayor of Brantford waa more nearly to tbe standards set forth in the elected, mppnsedly, because he ignored the Scriptures. 'J?o the confusion of those who demands of the Cangetoatives tbat he should imorantly claim that the Bible eanctions an not let one of the western labor leaders, Mr. established empire rule over the people, instead I v e n ~ speak in the tie. , of "a government bf the people by the people," ' The gentlemarl, W l m Ivens, abotxt whom be it noted that Israel had a republican fad ii la the dispute i Brantford centered, is a Method- of government which continued for dyer fbnr n ist minister, hnd at the time of the troubles in hundred years. And it was changed for thet of Winnipeg waa editor of the Western Labot ti kingdom at the request of "the Elders," with.,
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Out the Lordg approval, who said to Gamnel, then acting a s a sort of informal president, "Hearken tlnto the voice of the people inall that they shdl.say unto thee, for .they have not rejected thee, but they hnre rejected me,'t)rat 1 should not reign over them". The people feel their need of a wise and strong d e r and w i l l findhim in the Lord, and in him alone, and that shortly. The nca parties in Canada may do romething to alleviate the condition of the people; but they can not do much. The conditions the leaders of these parties must face .are very difficult. They mill find themselves confronted with problems they have not forepeen, and trill be expected to produce changed conditions more quickly &an mill be possible. We hope for them that they will be wise, and lund, and just, and strong for the interests of a l the people. l

Governmentat Linzi fatiom T IS plain enough that if none of us ever did anything, or produced anything, we would all be naked, homeless and starved. Until we get to work and produce something there is aot much to govern, unless it be to form a sort of mutual defense society to prevent the stronger from killing and eating the weaker. 60 the fundamental fact of government is work. '?f any would not work, neitlier should he eat." (2 Thessalonians 3: 10) We mnst not get the idea that any kjnd of government man can devise \ il .l make it unnecessary for him to work And just now, when there is a shortage of almost everything that human beings need, due to the great waste of the war, the governments of the world are right in their conception that anything that will cause the people as a whole to produce more goods will be to the benefit of the people ne a whole. This brings ns to the question of how men can 8 " b e induced ta produce more, M, that there will : ' be more to divide. The prevailing rule of thought in the past has been that the only ' thing that mill indace the avertye man to put forth his best efforts is a desire to own and to hold things. And it mnst be admitted that there - is a great deal of truth in this contention. A system which makes each 'man responsible for the care of his own wife and children will cause the average man to put forth more effort than where his work will be um'd for the benefit of ihe wives and children of others.

Any man u7ho has the idea that it would ba better for the Government t o own and operate all the industries of the country would do me11 to visit m y public building in any city of tho lrnited States and note the general shiftlessness of the ompants, the dih, disorder and indifference manifest on al aides, and then turn t o l any equally large boilding in the hands of a private concenl and note the difference. The general atmosphere of the one is dirt and laziness, and af the other cleanliness and indust-. %'he acerage man looks npon a political job as on easy one; and while he has the job he is Liable to e-nd most of his energies i m g n to retain the job rather than in trging to render efficient service. But if he bar, a job with P private concern he knows that he must prodpce definite results, and that if he does not do it he may lose his job. He sees lother men about who are doing their beat to help themselves up in the world; and his fear of what they may do to h i rind his family if he does not do the work expected of l h leads him to put forth more effort than he might otherwise do. So then there are some good things to be said about competition. But competition in many lines is an nbosolute waste. Five telephone systems o r tnfo street railways in the same community are a nuisance. TKO telegraph companies render better service than one; but it is n great waste to the community rn a whole to lave to maintain two complete set8 of offices, poles, wires and equipment. Hel'e is a legitimate field for Gorernmcntal activity-how to produce an absolutely reliable and efficient telegraph service, one equal to that provided _by private owners, but at less expense to the public. The public should pay less to the Qovernment f a such a service than to prirate owners because a Government ownership of telephone .poles and w r s would enable athe telegraph ie lines to be operated in conjunction with them a t reduced cost All the wires could be cnmed npon the one set of poles. Governmental telegraph service in European countries shows that this is a problem which, if placed in the right hands, can be handled efficiently by'the Government, and at reduoed costa to the public. Besides, the Government has facilities, through the Post Office, for the delivery of telegrams. Competition, if it can be honestly maintained, d l d d resnlt in good 'eervice and low prices to I the consumer. But if d fhe milk dealers, for

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I n that case the Government he has benofitted ought to aid him in securing emplopent. What is needed is rr spring of human endearor other than the law of selfishness, a new well of water, a law of love, p motive that has the interests of others more in view than one's onn interests, which, however, should not be neglected. The present governments of earth are f a r better than none at all; and we al do well to l think about their activities in constrnctirc fashion, considering what they can reasonably do in the interests of the people a s a ~ h o l c without a t the same time becoming intolerable nuisances by inefficiently and expensively doing what private enterprise can do better, and by attempting to gecide for us jnst bow we shall think on questions in which they are interested. The more the pGople expect the Government to do for them, the higher 611 be the taxes which mnst be estracted from the people in one form cr another. There is no escaping this. The thing that we all desire, whether we h o r n it or not, is the establishment of Christ's kingdom. ''Thy kingdom come. Thy nill bc done in earth, as it is in heaven." (Matthew 6: 10) Earth's new King will know just what laws to put into effect, and just how to enforce them He alone has the power to give such a government a s mill insure neither sickness, sorrow nor death to those who obey his jnst and l righteous d .This is earth's hope, and its only hope. And, best of al "The desire of all l, nations shall comeWi-Haggai 2: 7.
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Dehudmting Grapee when the demand for dehydrated products TES tons of g a p e s in twenty-four hours is woulcl make the operation profita5le.
the record nlaintnined by the first commercial dehydrating plant of the kind, located in Pomonn, California. It is a saver of waste products; for fore-five per ccnt of the grapes treated would have been scrapped, because broken or otheni-ise injured by heavy rains. Conntry people are fnnliliar -4th the old method of drying fruits, by exposing them, in trnys, to sunli,nlit, dust, flies, and germs. When drying attains the dignity of n manufacturing .process the old nanle is too co~mnonplaceand it becomes dehydration, which signifies the extraction of water, or plain '.drying". Fruit of any kind map be dried by the nen- process, and stored indefinitely. l?ien soaked with water, ille dry cells swelL up, and the fruit regains much of its original size and, according to the inventor, most of its flavor. If dehydration plants were scattered generally over the country and made a s accessible to the farmer as a dairy, the over-production of any kind of fruit or vegetable could be turned from loss into profit; for the dried product might be stored until the close of the season for ll~e fresh fruit or vegetable, and then be placed on the market, without fear of deterioration, to the advantage of farmer and consumer and to the lowering of the cost of living. Dehydration plants make for easier work in ibe kitchen If there were a'plant in a city the housewives, instead of going to the labor and expense of canning and preserving, could bring their fruit to the plant and get it back dehydrated and in a form most convenient for preservation and uso Doubtless many new recipes might be invented for sweetening or flavoring frnits before having them dehydrated, and hitherto unusual combinatio~is fruits and of vegetables might be made by enterprising housewives: The existence of drying-plants in towns and cities +rill open up an entirely new field of enterprise and originality in home and store. Grocers would need have no fear of loss through spoiled fmit'and produce; for anything approaching the danger line could be rushed to the dehydrating plant and.returned in ite new form ready for Bale immediately, o r

In the Pomona grape-dehydrating plant, the grapes are placed in large trays with screen \wtt oms, and slipped into huge oven-like driers. Heat comes from large gas burners; and heated air is circulated over the grapes by a huge fan, ~ v h i c lselids it through a net work of chilled ~ pipes, on wliich the moisture is condensed and drips away, the dried air returning for furthcr duty. The repeated nrre of the air is one of tho fiecrets of the economy of the plant as compared with other pla~ltswhere the air is discharged into a chimney. the I t is l a r g ~ l y California wine grapes that . are being dehydrated, in order to meet thz deliland that will arise for the use of such ' grapes for the making of mine in the home, having ruled that wine mag be certain officials# made for home consumption Savings in freight, crates, t n mgar and i, decay are claimed for the new process. Immense losses can now be prerented in crops that ripen quickly, or that are damaged by rain. frost or heat, and greatbadvantages are predicted for housewives in country, town and city, wherever the dehydrated system obtains. Poor humanity needs the help that a general economy of food n-ould furnish, for now by tens of thonsands people in war-torn Europe are being "burnt with hunger". (Deuteronomy 32: 24) With wlmt nnspenkable relief wil-ihese . distracted ones welcome the day when "they shall not hunger nor thirst" (Isaiah49: lo), and "they shall be no more taken away with hunger in the land" (Ezekiel 54: 29); for -4th many such improvements a s that outlined above will the Golden Age be blessed.
Buying in the Dark T H E latest in 9 e l a n d - A r k b6kness is "peanut units". The guileless gullible buya EO many square feet or acres of land sweetened with the promise of all kinds af profits from peanuts that will be g r o m on the land.. A Chicago concern is said tp be offering land in Florida, to be planted aith peanuts, a t the modest ( 1 ) price of @,!5OO for ten acres, or multiples thereof at the same price.

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Qphm a PestiIence Now , 'TRID fever, ship, jail and camp fever rue ' some of the names under which typhus ferer has traveled in the past, and through which it has won an undesirable reputation. It is now raging ~ t the proportions of a h pestilence in the war belt from the Baltic Sea lo the Black Sea. Physicians are unable to cope uith i t ; and it is pronounced to be on far too extensive a scale for even the Red Cross to meet with hope of success. The disease i s rare in the United States because it is a filth disease and the Americans are one of the cleanest people in the world. When it occurs it is usually among immigrants. It is rare in European centers of population; but in filth centers, such as certain cities of Ireland, Russia, Ea-pt, India and Mexico, it Becomes epidemic. Its presence is both a misfortune and a disgrace, because due to overcrowding, bad ventilation, poor food, and bad habits, which are the fruits of ignorance. Typhus is Like typhoid in some respects, but is easily recognized, quarantined, disinfected ,and controlled. I t is communicated by contact, by the breath, by germs arising from the &in, and by the dust of the room. Under favorable conditions about ten per cent of the cases die, but in centers of filth and squalor the mortality is nppalling. I t bzgins like typhoid, but develops n dull red rash. Since the treatment consists mostly in combating the causes that give rise to the disease, it appears that it is cot well understood by physicians, who have to let the disease mn its course of fourteen to twenty-one days, withont being ible to assist nature materially though they mitigate the snffering. The prospects a& that with the people of the war zone exhausted, poverty stricken, undernc?mished, apd discouraged by the miseries of war, the dreaded pestilence may spread from itfi present zone of Lithuania, Esthonia, Poland, U k r d a , Serbia and the B a h n states into Hungary and Austria. O l if prosperity can ny be restored in other nations of Europe can the typhus be prevented 'from extendini itself all over the continent. There is a ehortage of food and medical supplies, and of eoap with which t o

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great deluges upon the earth. With the breaking T I5 very manifest that in al~tedilnvian times of this canopy the hot-house condition of the the entire earth's sutface was of uniform earth was relcnsed, and the waterj froze as temperature and moisture-that there were no they fell and entrapped under mountains of extremes of heat and cold, wet and dry as now. mow and ice many msuspecting forms of life, T i means that the entire earth was' in a mudl hs It might bb well for geblogists who have tried more -fruitful condition then than now. In one in vain to ascertain the time and cause of the certain locality-the Garden of Eden-absolute great Glacial Age of history to oonsider again, perfection prevailed. In this place the beauties in the light of the canopy theory as above and grandeur of perfection were such as to stated, the Scriptural narrative of the Flood. stagger the efforts of the most active imagina- It is F C ~ Tmanifest that daring the earliest tion. The uniform temperature and moisture periods of enrth's'development only the lowest condition8 prior to the Flood remlted from forms of life were in efistenoe. This is ac"the waters above the firmament'lair-remain- counted for in the light of the fact that the ing in suspension as is observed in the case of relative proportions of the various elements of the planet Saturn today. This canopy ~ e r v e d the earth's otnlospllere were such as to wtain an a kind of hot-house condition, preventing only those fonns of life a t that time. JVith the passing of time through the several lowering of temperature. Hence, it rained not at d ,but "there went up a m i s t from the earth, epochs in the creation of the earth both the l and watered the whole face of the ground". temperature and thq component elements of the --Genesis 2 :5, 6. air underwent great changes. As, for instance, This. equable climate .and uniform moisture in the Carboniferous Age, the surplus amount insured an abundance of the most varied t p p i - of carbondioxide of the air a t that time supcal vegetation, as well as animal life. As evi- plied this neceesary element to the rank forests dence ,of this fact note the finding underneath with which the earth was covered, until a dimiglaci6l ice-drifts of bodies of tropical animals nution in the amount of carbon, by reason of ih perfect state of prwervation. An antelope its absorption, caused such rank growth to was found thus recently with undigested'grus cease, Ou awount of the .absence of animal in its stomach. And more recently still, during life at that time there was no way for natare to the summer of 1919, specimens of fruits, such ;aaintain a balance of atmospheria conditions as as orange& lemons, bananas, cocoanuts and now. This condition resulted in the deathof many kinds af edible fruits now extinct, were the vast forests of that age. But being highly found in a petrified state underneath an old impregnated with carbon these forests did not avalanche at the base of White Mountain in decay; for under such conditions, without safPennsylvania, Also the petrified rerhains of Acient oxygen, decay was impoesihle, frcrh&nrfl~ horned toads were in evidence nqd With the dement upon the earth of this carboniferous canopy and its simnltoneoas con* is. ~ ; same locality. 3 sumption in the vast forests of earth, there . what does this prove? S h p l y that &ere was once an abundan& of were laid the foundations of the great ma1fields, tropical fauna and flora in the present state of which still exist ;hem snbaeqnently by deluges Pennsylvania Plien what 'magical wand hath and avalanches became submerged, teanlting wtonght bo great a transformation from t r o p in their h i n g mined tram beneath the earth's tbday. At the "end of the age," the air i d to low temperature conditions T The answer ~urface being filtered of its mrplus amount of carbonie, The Flood of the Bible in Noah's day. Let as now follow "the waters above the dioxide and hharged, instead, with an increased hr~lmment", and see them gradually collect, q o u n t of oxygen, the earth teemed with under the iatluence of earth'e centrifugal force, mprinda of 'living creatures, fowls of the air, hn , about t e pole^ wtil the great pull of gravity cattle, creeping t i e' eta h

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mold "a little lower than the angels", but the ori,@nnl elements of oxygen and carbon-dioside highest of earthly creations. God had prepared must of necessity be much diiuted. And this a j : him a place ; and Eden was his home. I n is now u~lderstaod s having .hen the immediate ~ Illis home, as already stated, it was Adam's cause of the shortening of life after the Flood. ~~rivilege remain forever, provided he should Xot only was the air thus diluted, but it to reason of such conkeep inviolate the laws of his Creator. His polluted-poisoned-by descendants likewise would haye beer1 born vith tamination, beconling in a sense death-dealing. the same privileges. +nd with the gradual inLest some may hold with the old text-books crease of liis lnrgc family, now estimated a t on Chemistry that nitrogen is a conlponent part twenty billions, he would gradually, as neces- of the air, it only becomes necessary here to sity had demanded, have extended, by subduing call attention to the fact that this substance 111s earth, the limitations of the Garden of Eden undergoes no change whatever in the process until it reached that condition of world-nidc of respiration Carcfdy-mndncted experiments paradise.-Genesis 1:26-2s. shorn conclusively that in the process of animal This plan of subduing the earth n~ouldhavc. respiration there is an appreciable decrease of been much more easily rrccomplislletl t h all tlis oxyKen and a correspl~ding increase of carbonone upon v h i d ~ man has been engaged since dioside. But the amount of nitrogen in both knowledge began to increase, because the pure (so-called) and impure air remains the "tliorns and thistles" of the earth \:-ere little in same. Thus we see that nitrogen has bef?n an e\-idoncc until after the Flood. Besides, Adam intrusion hl the air ;but before we have finished i l l the l~cginning virtually had control over the this discussion, we propose to show how even vnrth, and it was only necessnl-?-at that time t o . this temporary interference will, S i c the perl,~-ing into comj~lctesubjectioa. But Adam mission of evil, result finally in great benefit to it lost this near-perfection control, and with it, llumanity. In the first place it hastens the his perfect mailhood. As a result both mail and "dying" penalty; and *is within itself nTasa the earth began a gradual decline donm to the blessing to man during the supremacy of evil t h e of the Flood. After this event rapid decay in the age just now passing away. - I n the of man was manifest; and the eart:~swarmed nbsenee of qonrersion to Christianity and genuine refomlation of Life, long exposure to evil with the promised ,"thorns and thistles". It becomes necessary at this stage to consider influences renders any character more depraved. again the relative component parts of the air, All have doubtless observed that little children and its temperature, since these determine ordinarily are more nearly immune from comwholly the variety a profusion of life on mon vices than are adults. --. earth, and the, degree or their vitality. Besides this, it now appears, during these The comparative absence of nitrogen in the days of "increase of knowledge" that the nitroatmosphere prior to the Flood was due to the gen, stored in the atmosphere, is yet to serve a minimum amount of decay during that time. most important economic purpose in contributBut with the wholesale destmction of plant and ing to the restoration of the e r h s fertility. -. , at' animal life at the time of the last deluge, and Of l a t e y e a r s the agricultural scientist has * t:,;. :r,;. - -t c ,; ; 2ccey of same, the air became discovered means of extracting this element ~ a i ua i d PFith nitrogen-the l result of this from the air and of causing it to-enter the soil decay. This intrusion of nitrogen, a by-product, of earth, where i t becomes available plant food. into the air had tile effect of upsetting its This is lrccomplished by growing certain plants former balanced state of equilibrium. called legumes-peas, beans;the various kinds . As proof of this statement note the beginning of clover, eta., which, by the process of osmosis, life of shortening of l~uman immediately follow- absorb nitrogen from the sir and deposit it ing. And, of course, as death and decay in- tl~roughroot nodules into the soil,'-where it creased by reason of the continued shortening becomes amalgamated by a kind of microbe of life, the amount of nitrogen in the air also action w t the soil, setting free certain imih increased until at the present time seventy- portant elements which are at once taken up =yen per cent of the volume of the atmosphere by plants, thus stbulating their growth.

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Kor is this all: It has been found that nitrogen can be very profitably Used in thc manni'acture of high explosives. This being true, the rakious governments ha\-, during the recent war, had recourse to this almost inexhaustable snpply of material, constructing immense chemical plants for the purpose of extractiw out of theair this necessary element. But -4th the sie;ning of the armistice this output i s now being turiiled into an entirely different channel, that of manufacturing nitrogenons commercial fertilizers. This will greatly aid the earth in yielding her "increase", a s foretold, and wilI result in another blessing to man instend of an injury. How literally true is thc statement that "God is able to make even the m a t h of man to praise him"! With the increase of the food products of the earth as s direct result of rendering the soil more productive, m i l l come a corresponding of increase iu the qz~ality such foods. This fact has already been delnonstrated by carefully conductcd experiments. Two pigs from the enme litter were each segregated and given =actly the same attention as to water. food and geiieral environment. I n fact, all collditior~s were exnct1)the same in every respect as to tlie miount of food, and each given the sanie lrind of food. The food in each case was corn in equal weight. The only difference was th_e quality of the corn; one lot of xhi& was growl on soil producing only fifteen bushels per acre, wide tlie other corn came from land producing sixty bushels per acre. The test extended over a period of 11inety days, simnltancouslp conductcd. The pig fed on the better quality of corn gained more than tsvice as much increase miit as the other pig which consumed thc Qspio nnniber of . mc , ponnds of fqod containi~ the inferior quality k of corn. It =ems pertinent to note in this connection that of all a v e ~ ~ nofs human activities, none are e making greater progress tl i n that of intensive farming. The goal of this particular line of activities will have been consummated when the entire earth is fully "subd~~cd", and caused to become eneecdingly fruitful. I f any one doubts that these things will Le accomplished i t is but necessarp to remind such a n one that these t h i n e are already being accomplished today. Consider, for instance, the tonlato which only rr few pears ago grcw in its mild etatc, and n w t the size of an ordinary marble; today, by means

of proper selection, breeding and cultivation its size is increased more than seventy times, not t o spcak of t h e g r e a t improvement in its luscions~~ees. r o m everywhere come easily F veriiied reports of the development of the pecan from the originally wild seedlingwhich wqnired W a n e to forty years to begin bearing, to the modern paper-shell of eight to ten times its origind s i x , and bearing profitably at .five to eight years of age. These illustrations are tnkc-n fro111 the achievements of the present arernge crop productions, and do not consider .the ~namelonsachievements of such men as Bnrbanl; and other specialists. L Cs s t h a n twenty years ago the average farmer was contenting himself with growing but oile crop pcr year; and each snccessive crop \\*as rgpitlly depleting his soil. Today he i s gron-ir~g or more crops per season-at least two one a lcpn~e--and at the same time is improving fr01i1 ycrtr to year the fertilitg of his soil. And this \vitliout using commercial fertilizers. )\?lo that believes in God shall doubt his ~ ~ - o or p o ~ i c r ?He has spoken and is able to rd perform the same. He has said, "My Word shall !-lotreturn unto me void, but it shall accomplish tlie thing wliereunto I have sent if'. H e declares that lie will make the place of his footstoolthe earth-glorious; that " J e h o ~ a h who created the eartli formed it not in vain, but to be in.hnbited"-LLtl~at even the desert places shall become like the ancient Garden of the Lord". Therc remains in this connection one other !honglit to he considered. M7e have already o b ~ e r r e dthe descent and precipitation from time to time of deluges of various substances upon the earth, and the effects of these d e l u i s npon all life a t that time. According to scientists of the present day? there is yet another clcluge, consisting this time of .electricity, approaching the earth. This aiUlin a few gears will be precipitated npon the earth, and it is clain~ed will rcsult in p e a t benefit to humanity, Iwcausc its eontact m t h the earth Prill destroy i~ljurious microbes, germs and parasites. This \rill cause fermentation to cerrsc and thus produce the effect of preserving for an 'indefinite pcliod of time all perishable fruits and vegetables. T i will in a measure partially restore hs nntedilorioll conditions, and will produce tbe. effect of greatly dlcvinting human sufferings. Finally, as a concluding thought, it remains to be shown that the presaice of nitrogen in

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times, thia bnttlo-rearrod earth, drenched -, humau gore, will in tune become a veritable Garden of Eden. Paradise, lost through -4dam's transgression, will, througll the merit of the Ransom, "to be testified in due time", be restored. Burning and , * frown deserts now defying the ingenliity of man, being subdued, will be transformed into drenndands r>f beauty snd glory. 'Supplanting the marshalling of the hosts of w-ar,with their instruments of destruction and death, will be @ the busy hum of productive machinery and the march of i n d u e t r y a p p l e g the cnmulated energy of inventive genius to the harbessing df . all the hitherto lathnt forces of nature, and bending these into complete subjection and use for the etrerlnsting blessing of the entire human race. Then the billions of dollars now being applied to destructive purposes will be turned into constructive channels. "Swords shall be 1 h a t e n into plox-shares, and spears into pruning hooks? KO more uprising of "ation against nation9'--there m i be but one nation, a holy nation. Nor \till war be learned any more; for Jehooah "rnzl<cth wars to cease from the river to the ends of the earth". Then will be realized, through .the everlasting ages of eteraity, the true import of the message of the angels on the hills of Judea as they sang the song ef 'Teace on earth, good will among men". - Wit'f t h i s condition of perfection-of tho mnterial earth d come logically the pei-fection P man, mentally and morally, rzs well as phgsI dly. A1 incentives to selfishness and greed 1 Oei~~g eliminated, by reason of earth's supelabundance, the "re sidne of hnmsnitg shall attain perfection in every respect. Then also "the kno\rledge of the Lord shnll cover 'the earth as deep as the ocean". Then shall his . "glory be r e ~ e d e d n~id flesh shaU see it tbaU gether". Then shall hmlani&, no longer donfused, "know the tm#' and thereby become . "free". With his reason thus restored the mind of man will again become superior to matter. . Since the earth was made for man, not man . ., f o r t h e earth, he m l h able to order the il eensons at will--even the "winds and the waves :, ' will obey him". The Apostle Peter, our Lord and al the holy l prophets since the world began, declare that the human racx( is to be restored to glorious perfection, and shall again have dominion over: earth as its representative Adam had.

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be. a sign unto yon; Ye shall find thc babe llniwrsd P m e '.On earth peace, gwd ~ ~ toward mn/t-Lut;r $ : I ) . wrapped i n swaddling flotll@% lYiu in 7 1 manger." (Lukc 2 :10-12) Awed by this \ision C H R L S T x A s is w ~ r d c d man). people na and thrilled njth &ir c n p i r o ~ ~ n t ,the .hep , the date of thc birth of the bdw Jesus in a herds in ,rondcr and stood speedRt Rethlchen Or the dde lees before the fieayenly messenger. Then mdis correct is of mall imprtancc, bnt the event dcpJy there nith nngela was and is of greatest import3ncE. mnliitn;Io of t]lc lleavcnl?;host, angels bright and Bethlehem is eituatcd on en clcvstion over- fair; and 3, of this event looking a deep ravino, beyond which are fields of the age8 they joyfully sang together an where shepherds graze their flocks. Beautifol allthem of praise to Jehovah, " G l o r ~to God i n for ~0cZItionis this historic spot, particdarly the highest, on earth pace, gbod attractive to one of poetic mind and deep rever- toward lllen". ential h e a r t , a n d doubly w since the P a t J ~ p cenbries and the bnrdens of earthly g events, recorclc'd in Holy xTrit, which therc c a r e s h a r e c ~ r e c e d r Gdden glorions o iranepired nearly nineteen centuries ago. From ~ s i o n from minds of most men who tfie snwouncling hills of 3uclm the shepherds themselves Christians; and today these wotd6 had broWllt their d e e p to the field opposite announcing universal peat%to thoso of worldly Betlilehe~nand corralled them &ere for the Nind as but a hollow mockev. xeftr]y night. I f t i l e the others slept, one or more of ,inet,,, cenhries have come and gone sins the shepllcrds kept v i d over the flocb, ~ d t i n g .that heavenly messenger announced the birth for the dam of day. The atmosphere of J n d m of Jesus and brought a message of good tidings; is exceedingly rarided, and the stars shine forth and after these long years of laborions =sort with nnnsual b c a n t ~and brilliancy, and on the part of men t establish ideal cono the glorp of the night is enhanced. ditions, wit11 dismay they witness the whole Without doubt these lowly herders of sheep -:~orldrocked from center to c i r c d e r e n c e nnd were men of @cat reverence for h d , men who al lrindreds and peoples engaged in the strife of l trusted in his promiaea made to their father tongues, tumult, distress and war. Now the Abraham and hem? were expecting the earning great mass of so-called Christendom is trusting of Messinh. b d for their faithfulriess J e h o r h ifi fie god of f o r e and violence rather than in rewarded them with s woriderful vision. While ->c Gocl of peace and love. Millions of earth's tlrese humble watchers were t w i n = into the -brrl)ltants, including those who pose as teachers starlit heavens nnd mcditatinguponthemajesty and preachers of the Gospel, haye turned36 and expressed wisdom of Jchovah, thme ~ u d - infidelity, disregarding the Word of God, and denly appeared unto them 8 star of remarkable advise, counsel and engage in. strife and l ~ ~ i l l i n n c standing over against'Bethlehern, violence. Alas! their faith i God and in bis y, n c . + :$e,,@led the city of David. Simnltari- precious promises is gone. .ro~~!; migel of the Lord, the heaven1J mes:hn Eow different with those r h o truly love the s e n p r , ap~cnredunto them, and the light of Lord arid who atudy to show themselves approvthe dory of the Lord shone round about them. ed nn t o God ! Their diligent and prayerful Then the shepherds were sore afraid. What search to h-iorn the meaning of these e+ents man of .reverential mind would not Fave been past and present the Lord has been pleased to nwe-struck at snch a marvelous mamfestationl reward with a clear vision; and now they aro To calm their fears, the heavenly messenger privilcgad to mark the majestic onward tread sweetly said to these humble men of the fields; of Jehovah in the unfolding of his marvelow "Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings plan. And thus understanding, their h e a r b are , of great joy, which &dl to all pepple.' For tilled with joy; and the sweet message of that be unto yon is born this day in the city of David a ;'.svedy host resdunds through the corridor8 Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this d ~ d the n g , cdlli~lgattention .to the momentoun of
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events that are transpiring and the even n e a t e r man should die because of his disobedicncc to ones iniinediately to follow. Not only do they the Ian-, Jehovah chose, a s a means of enforcing rejoice in their o m hearts, bnt it is the privilege this jud,mcnt, to compel man to live o u t ~ i d c of of such true foUoaers of the Master nit11 con- the perfect Edcn and to feed npon the poisfinonfi fidexlce to say to the bewildered and frightened elements of the, earth until complete death of nominal Christendom: "Behold, t h y God would ensue. Hence he drove 'the two out of r~irncth". Eden and set a flaming sword at the garden's And now we invite all sober-minded peoples entrance, lest Adam might return and partake of corth-Christian and infidel. Jew and Gen- of the tree of life. F o r 930 years Adam battled t jlc, bond nnd f ree-to come with us' xvhilc we with the elements of the earth, daily saccum@ing, together briefly review this beautiful Christmas until a t the end of that time he was datld. story, and ascertain its meaning and significance The s&et of all the snflering, sorrow, sickness to the groaning people of all the nations of and death of humankind from then until now earth. Its message of comfort is intended for lies hi what occurred in -Eden and followir~g. all; for the angel of the Lord said: "Behold, I IVhile in Eden the perfect msn did not eremi* bring you good tidings of great joy, which his power to beget children; and I~ellrcthe fillall be to all people". The time is now due perfect pair never bronght forth childnm. It for the world to bcgin to understand the real was only after undergoing the legal kntene of meaning of what occurred on that memorable death, and after they had imbibed the poisonons morning in Bethlel~em; and those who do under- elements of earth's vegetation, thnt this pair stand and avail themselves of such knowledge cohabited arid children resulted. It is reasonwill h greatly blessed and comforted in heart, able, therefore, tb see tliat this condemnation mind and body. fcll upon the offspring; and that the father, 11-11y should -the babe Jesns be born at all? now imperfect, d d not beget a perfect child ; TI-hg nlnrk his birth nith such ceremony and h e ~ ~ c e offspring of Adam wonlrl'be an irnthe joyful expression by llle heavenly host t Ths p e r f e c t one. F o r t l G -reason the Psnlnlist a n s w e r i s t h e olcl, old story, which grows \\-rote: "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity and s~veeter ofteller told; and never so sweet as in sin did my mother mnceive.me". (Psalm51:. the no\v, because the time is here for its nppreci- 5) And for the same reason the inspired witness said, "As by one man sin entered into the world, ation by mb.. Four thousand years before the staging of and death by sin; so death passed [by inheritthis drama in the hills of Judrea, Jchovah had nnce] upon all men, for that all have sinned". (Romans 5:12) T h e ultimate *result of tho created a perfect pair-Adam and Eve-and provided them with a perfect home 'in E d e n operation of the divine law of necessity W O R ~ He had endow'ed them with power and authority h a v e m e a n t the complete extinction of the to bring forth children, to fill the earth and to hu~nau race. T o d a ~ instead of men living 930 , coxltrol i t and to make the entire earth a s a years, the nverage life is much less than one- garden, a glorious spot, a fit habitation for a tenth as long. happy and perfect race of people. To this first God forelnew the course that man would pair the L o r d granted the privilege of life take; and before the foundation of the world hc everlasting in a state of human blessedness, 'outlined .a plan for human redemption -and conditioned, however, upon a faithful obedience blessing. Xearly two thousand years after.the to .&is law. The wife, deceived by Satan into hunlankind had wandered in the earth in sorrow a violation of the divine law, in turn induced and distress, Jehovah spoke to his s e m t her husband to take the step of disobedience Abraham, likewise an imperfect man, but one wiifully rather than be separated from her. who exercised great faith in God, and to him The result of this trans,gression was an infiiction made promise that through his seed all the of the penalty of the law, whieh penalty is fanlilies, nations, liindreds and peoples of earth described in the Genesis account (chapter 3) as should have rr blessing. (Genesis 12: 2, 3; 22: n dying condition nntil death was fully accom- 18; Galatians 3: 16) Later, God organized the plished, a return 'to the dust whence the Lord descendants of Abraham into a nation bnder had taken the elements to make man. the name of Israel, arid with that nation rrnd Having judicially determined that t&cperfect people made 4lam corenant and from time to

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time reiterated his prom'rae to bring a blessing pcrfcct human being-nothing more and I to the nations of earth throug11 the seed.of nothing less. Abraham. The I ~ r w l i t e s verily believed that At once, then, \co see that none of Adam's this promised seed was an earthly seed. The ~ t o c k could mect this requirement of the law and promise at one time was conhod to the house redeem the human race k u 8 e all were in! of David; and when David ascended the throne perfect, having descended from Adam. And. the Jews thought that the t h e had come for this thought is expressed by the Psalmist,who ' the blessing of mankind. Tllc prophets, how- sap, "None of them a n by any means redeem eyer, foretold the coming of another and great- his brother nor give to God a-ransomfor him". er one; and at the time of Jesus' birth all (Psdm 49: 7) Any child begotten by n member ' thonghtfd people of Israel were looking for 'of the Adamic stock =odd nece6sarily be im, hence cthe amount concerning the conthe coming of the Messiah. God through bjs ~>crfect; prophet had foretold that Messiah would be ception of Mary and the birth of the babe Jesus. boni ill Bctlilehem of Juha-Matthew 2:5,6. ghows that shc conceived by the power.of thc : Hcrc we e i n p h i z c one thing prominent in holy Spirit. (Matthew 1 l8-25) Therefore the message bmugld by the angel; namely, the Jesus n-ps begotten not by muq M born of s word all. I t will be marked in thc examinatiol~ woman, cmd when born he w-aa "holy, harmless, of this a11d other Scriptures relating to- the undefiled and separate from sinners". (Hebrews reden~ptionof man that God had promised to 7: 2G) J\?len he grew to manhood's estate he 1 bless all the families.of thc cnrth, and thnt at was thc csact counterpart of Adam prior to his tbe birth of Jeans the angel announced that diaohedicnre. Not until we understand theso I this is glad tidings which gllall be brought to all tltings can n-e understnnd why there n-as RO i ' people. It i s not the thouqht of the Scriptures mudl joy in heaven aniong the angelic host at that we11n mrfisagc ~sould brought to all at thc birth of Jesus. The heavenly beings had I>e thc same time; but ihat ill God's due t h e every heit observing for four tl~onsandyears tha one of the human rare would hear this messagc dow;\snrcl course of mankind. They had see11 of glocl tidings and \\-odd each have the oppor- ihc preot degradation and sorrow that sin had family, and now they tunity of availing hirnsclf of the Ixnefit of it. inflicted npon thc hu~nan making prorieion The race ~ v n s justly condemned to death lx- pcrerivecl that Jehovah cause of disohdiencx to tbc la\\- of God; and for ihe rcdenvtion and Messing and uplifting this jndgmcilt could not bc sct mi?c or rerersed of all mcn. T h a t which man prizes aborc everything for the renson that God is unehangcable. His 1an.s arc ked. IIowevcr, sucli a jud,ment aonld else is lifc'; for wjthout life nothing else call bc be satisfied by the dcmaitds of the law being enjoyed: Tlie ti-holc human race, being under met. In due course of tinw God made promibe the condelnnalion of death, ultimately must die. to tlre house of Israel, his ~pecidlycho~en Why, then, did Jellus come to earth! U'hy pcoplc, that a provision f o r releasing manbind Itc born t He answers; "That the people might from death and the effects of tltis j u d e ~ e n t Itave life ancl have it more abundantly". (John would bc made. Y 'ticill ransom them from the 10: 10) He "was madc flesl~and h e l t anlong power ihc grave: will from (John 1: 14) "Frasmuch . q death :of cleatli, I \\ill Ibe thyredeem themgrate, us? partakers of dceh ancl blood, as the'childrei~ -' 0 plagues; 0 are he d s o limself , like\\.i.w partook of the sane." (Hebrews 2: 14) I n-ill bc' Uly dcstrnction."-Hosea 13:14. The word ransom means a price etactly "Ve sec Jesus, \\-llo \\.as made a little lou-er ... correspox~ding. A perfect man hacl violated t l ~ a nt1)c rrngcls [namel~,t, human being] for Godk: Ian-, and dcnth resulted. Therefore. tlic thc suffering of death, crowned with glory and that he by the of God should tast-e only thing that could constitutc n ransom 'or Ilo~ror; eorrcspor~ding price for mankind t\-onld be the dcatl~for every mrm." ( H e b m 2: 9) Jesus life of another pcdcct man, exactly equivalent himself declnred he laid down his life for . to Adam while in Men. I n other words, t l ~ c the sheep. (John 10:11,15, 16) Here he uses tedentption and deliverance of the human mcc the word sheei, to iilustratc. those who arc! frocJeath, and its restoration to human per- milling and obedient to the will of God, that fection and happiness, must entirely depend they shall mceivc the benefit of his sacrifice. And this opportunity must come to dl, as 5pon tile voluntary submiasion to death of zr em-

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zblc in the sight of God our Savior, m-110 will T h c ~ e promised a part iq the first resnrrecare have all men to tc saved and to conle unto the tion and an nssociation nith Christ Jesns as i Therefore we Imo\.vlcdge of the truth. For there is one God, inembers of tlic royal and one mediator between God and men, the e m understand the words of the Master when man Christ Jesus; who gore himself n rn1160~1lie aid that only a little flock (comparatively for all, to be testified [ t o dl] in dnc t h e . " opedring) of maidiind n-odd hare this blessing. (1 Timotiiy 2:s-6) Here again it is observed -Luke 12: 32. that it is God's will that all nlen shall be saved The purposes of the Lord in this regard a r e from the condemnatio:i of death and thercaftcr esccrtained from the nrords of the Apostle: brought to a Imo~vledge God's provision for "God a t the f i s t did visit the Oentiles to take of them, which tnoxlcdge opens to them tke op- out of them a people for his name. And to portunity of accepting Uie benefits of the ran- this agree the words of the prophets; as it i s som ~acrifice. Hence, says the Apootlc. thesc: written, Aftcr this I will return, and I will facts must be testified to all men in God's due build again the tolrcrnaclc of David, which is t h c . As this testimony comes to nleil at fallen down; and I will build again the ruins different times a11c1 they nnderstand it, they - tlicreof, and I m i l l set i t up; that the residue rejoice in i t because to them it is good tidings, of men might seek after the Lord, and a l the l good news of a better thing for them-an up- Gentiles, upon whom my name is called." portunity f o r life. -Acts 15 :14-17. Why, then, if Jesns died on the cross llearly Jesns taught IJs disciples, and through them nineteen benturies ago, tihodd tllc humail race the chusch has been taught, that after be had c:ontlnue to suffer? The Scriptural ansu-cr is ascended on higb he would return in course of clear. TIE promist. to Abraham \-:as that in time and gather mlto himself the saints, and his seed should tllc bleseing come to mcdcind; the11 \\-ould estal~lishhis kingdom for the purand this seed must first be fully devcloped pose of blessing mankind. .All C % r i s h people al before tlic benefit of thc ransom sacrifice c l have looked forward to the second coming of be extended lo sll. I t is important, tllcrcfore, the Lord, a11dto the end of the wicked order of to perceive what constitutes tllc seed and how things sad the estd~lishmentof a new and it is developed. Tlle Scriptural proof i s that righteous order. This same thought was in the this seed is the Christ, the Messiah, composed mind of the di~cipleswhen they approached of Jesus, the Head, and the church, meaning Jesus just before his crucifkion and propoundTl the called-out class n-hidl constitute the mcm- ed to him the direct question : " e l as when bcrs of the body of the N e s ~ i a h class. ltence St. thcsc things shall be, and what shall be the Paul argues: "As many of you a s h a ~ e bcen procf of thy coming and the end of the world ?" baptized into Christ have put on Christ And -blattl~ew 24: 3. The Lord Jesus anfivered their question, and if ye be Christ's, tllci lare ye Abr&nm's seed, and heirs according to the promise".-Galatians the answer is recorded in the twenty-fourth chapter of Matthcw and the twenty-first chaptcr 3 :27, 29. I t bas pleased t'nc h e a ~ e n l y Father to devote of Lukc. He describes the great stress and the period of time elapsing from the resurrec- trouble that is now upon the human race. tion of Jesns until the setting up of his kingdom Among other things he said that there mould to the work of selecting those who would be be a great world mar in which nation would rise w . i n g followers of +e Master, and who wodd against nation, to be accompanied by famine, prore their faithfulness and loyalty to him even pestilence and revolntions and a time of trouble unto death, and to whom he would grant the such a s never was before; and d mankind arc l privilege of joint-heirship with Christ'Jesns in witnessing the f n L f h e n t of this prophecy $t his Iungdom. (Romans 8: 16, 17; 2 Timothy 2: t l i s very time. Again he said in answer to the 11,13) The selection of this class has been from m e question that there wonld be 'hpon the among those who have ~oluntarily consecrated earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the their lives to the Lord. Not every one who says, sea and the wares [restless h d t y ] roaring; "Lord, Lord", % i l that class, but only men's hearts failing them for fear, and for lookbe of -l those who enter into a covenant with God by ing after thoec things ~ h i c h corning on the are

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trary to happiness. The autumn season marks the dying and falling of the leaves, the trees appear bare, and the wind moans and sighs through their branches. Then follows the long, dark, cold winter, picturing i n + ameasure the long night of saffering and death that has aficted the human race. In the spring -son the warm, gentle rays of the sun, falling npon the earth, cause the grass to spring forth, tho trees to bud and leaf, followed by the blossom8 and the fruit, the singing of the birdn a ~ the d rejoicing of d nature because of the reviving, l or coming again to life, of that which was dead' . Seemingly the Apostle had such a picture in hs i mind when he said that times of refreshing would come a t the establishment of Messiah'r kingdom because i t would mean the restoration of thnt which father Adam lost for himself and all of his offspring, namely, life and all the sweetness incident thereto. The perfed man Jesus, having laid down his life and thereby providing the purchase price for the human race, now returns for the pnrpose of ministering to mankind by giving to h m the very thing i that he has long desired. Long ago the Apostle saw this and wrote: "He [God] hath appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man [Christ Jesus] whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men in that he hath raised him from the dead". (Acts 17:31) The assurance here then is to every man that has lived on the earth that he must have a fair and impartial trial in a time of righteo_ne ness, which trial is for the purpose of giving him an opportunity to render himself in obedience to the lam of God and live. I t means th6t millions who have gone inta death will retarn again; for "there shall be a r e s u m t i o n of the dead, both of the just and the unjusL'' (Acts 24:15) Tbe great Master himself assures us that all in their graves shall hear his voice and awaken to the resurrection by judgments, i e . . , a time of trial and opportunity for.life and its blessings.-John 5 :2629. The work of reconstructing the human race will devolve npon the great Messiah, and that great work will begin as soon as the present trouble upon the earth has ended; for Jesus assures us that there never will be another time like it. (Mattbew (24: 21) Then, under his righteous reign, every one will have a chance of hearing the sayings of Jesus and then w$

earth: for the powers of heaven [ecclesiastical qatems] shall be shaken". (Lnke 21 :25, 26) All the trouble that has fitted the natiom since the fall of 1914 has been clearly in fulwment of the prophetic utterance of the Lord. To the Christian this means (and soon al the l world Kill learn to know that this is the meaning) that the kingdom of the Lord is a t hand, that Christ is present, that he is tearing away the old order of things preparatory to establishing a kingdom of rightkousness and peace which hall constitute "the desire of d l nations". " I trill shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come".-Haggai 2 :7. The wars, famine, pestilence, rc~olutions and like disturbances that so much-distress hnmankind d q not constitute any part of the &lad tidings. No one rejoices in this suffering and trouble; but the Christian rejoices that these tronbleso~lle times are the proof foretold by the Lord that would precede the establishment of his kingdom of righteousness which would bring blessings to all the groaning creation. The message that has been preached to the people f o r long centuries, and is yet being preached by many, to the effect that i t is the Lord's purpose to save a few in heaven and to consign all the residue of mankind to a condition of endless torture, contains no glad tidings to any one of an honest heart. Surely it could be no real joy to any person to be convinced that he would spend eternity in heavenly bliss while at the same time some one Far and ' d e a r t o him would be spending eternity in torture. Such a doctrine is not taught by the Word of God, but is the result of a distorted interpretation of the scriptures. The divine program, which has been develop ing progressively for many cef pries, has now z about renit:>,; :he point of time for the world of man kin^ to, begin to understand and a p preciate some nf the lengths and breadths and heights and 2=pths of tho love of God. His inspired witness m e : "Times of refreshing shall come from the presence of Jehovah; for. he 9Fill send Jews, who before was preached unto yon, whom the heavens must retain until the times of restitution of all things,which God h a t h spoken by t h e mouth of an hi8 holy prophets since the world began9'.-Ads 399-21. T h e word refreshing here rmggesta the thought of something that makes one happy after a long experience with that w i h is conhc

--.A -..app!y his' lrorde, 'Terily I say unto you, If way, and it sllall h called The n-ay of holiness: a mzll lreep my sayiiig he shall never sce death." the u:lclea~i shall not pass over it; but i t dial1 That Scripture, like all other sayings of the h for those: the wcl?-faring men, thougll fools, IJastcr, inust havc its time for fulfilllmnt; sllall not err thcreiil". This highway is the and no one could keep his sayiugs until first !Scssi~h, \vho i s @;iten a s a mediator between they heard tlle~n. T!lc iuillions ill death could God and npn, to ]cad man back to the state of not hear until a\;.nlic:ied oat of death, and the perfection; and thc \I-ZIJ- to pass over it will n~illions now on carth could not hear until God's bc by rcndcring tl~emselves obedience to the iu due time and mltjl they are told. Tllat due time la\\. of tlic Yessiah. It ~ h d l a holy, a be is about a t hand. rigliteous way. KO person shall be permitted Will that be a time, then, .of rcjoicing and to progress ip \vickednesi, in profiteering, in gladness? Thc Lord t!lroug11 the proplict gives oppression, in lcccping the people in ignorance us n vision of that great time of blessing, sap- or filching their pockets under the pretense of irlg. "The ~rjldcr~iess the solitary plzcz! preaching tlle Gospcl or mythit else; but its and ~ 5 n l l glad for theill and tlir desert slid1 objcct sllnll he Lhc cltnansing anw lessiilg of the be 'g rejoice, and blosso~nas the rose," thus pictnr- people, and it shall be so clear mld plain that ing how the earth itsclf shall begill to yield thnt every ninn can understand it. "No lion shall be ~ ~ l l i cih necessArp for the sustenance of there"; that is to say, no monstrous beast, such s mankind and pcrnlit him ,to enjoy thc fruits as czars, beastly governments, oppressing corof his labors 11-it1:out the interrcntion and porations, or ecr.lesiastia1, political or financial oppression of the profiteers. "It shall blossom sysleuis. "Sor any ravenous beast [government nl)undantly, and rejoice even wit11 joy and GP opprcssii-e violence] shall go np thereon, it singing: the glory of Lel~anonshall be given ~liall 1w found there; but the redeemed shall not 111110it, the cscolle~~cy Carmcl and Sl~aron, vall; tllerc." Thc earth and everthing in it sllall of the\- ellall see tlie ~ i o r y the Lord, and thp L mudc co~iducire the uplifting and blessing of w to excellency of our God." of mallkind. Before the comili,rr of that glorious day, H a v i n g i n mindi then, that the Apostle holvever, the prophet irlfers that the people nssul-cs us time and again that Jesus ransomed would become very much discouraged and the entire human race, all of them, the prophet without strength. EIe pictures thcm as tremb- conti~~ncs : "And the ransomed of the Lord shall ling in their knees and hanging doun their return [meaning they shall return from the land hands, and for their encouragenlent says: of thg enemy, from death and from their bond"Stre~igtl~en thc weak hands, and confirm age in blindn~ssand ignorance and superstiye the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a tion], and come to Zion [the Messiah] m i t k fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, songs nnd everlasting joy upon their heads: with vengeance, eve11 God t11c.y sllall obtcin joy and gladness, and sorrow your God u-ill con~c with a recornpence; he will come and save you." and s i g l ~ i n gsI1nl1 flec away". (Isaiah 35) St. Paul tells ns thnt the whole world aside lndeed then all shall lino\i- the truth ~f the from Christians are blind, and blinded by thc message that the nngcl brought to the shepherds ad~ersary. Many peopje are actually blind, as they w\.ntcllcd their flocks-good titihgs of l\-hilc practically all are blind concerning a great joy unto all. ~4 hlcssiah's kingdom will establish a .ulirersal vision of God's plnn. T h e p r o p h e t t h e n pictures the blessinp peace. As the propllet declares, rrllcn bis'bingduring the reconstruction, saying, "l'lic~i tlic do111 is establislierl, then the nations come Pyes of the blind slldl be opened, aiid thc ears and eny, "Let us go up to the mountaill [king ] 01 tho, deaf shall bc nnstopped. Then shall tllc ( I o ~ I ~of tllc Lord, and he ill teat h us of his lame mall leap a s an hart, and the tongue of thc: lvays, and I\-c-~vill ~ in lliis k ~ paths. And cluml~sing: for in the wilderness s1:all waters they :;111:11 tcat their m-ords intn ylowoharcs, _ and tl~cir speais into pru~~hlghooks :nation shall brcak out, and streams in t l ~ e dcsert." Then the prophet describes a way opened not lift up cr ~31'ord against naticn, neither shall. for the human race to journey back to the they learn \!-at any more. But they s h d sit perfection of life, of boay and mind, contin- ever?. Inan nilder I i s vine and nitder his fig tree; uing : "And an Iii~hwayshall bc thcre, and a and none sltnll make them afra:S'.-Micah 4 :14.

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To assure sach a lasting blessing will require, of course, nothing short of a perfect ruler. Then the earth w i l l have such, for "the government shall be upon his [Messiah's] shonlder; m d hie name shall be called Wonderful, Coanseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, [Life-giver], The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no endM.-Isaiah 9: 6, 7. ' '. To the Christian, therefore, who has a clear vision of the divine plan and who appreciates the time through whidi the world is now passing this should be the happiest Christmas he has ever spent, beranse by the eye of faith he can see the Sun of Righteousness rising with healing in its beam, driving back the great dark night of suffering, tumult and trouble, preparatory to the bealing,'blessing and uplifting of the human ram, back to the perfection of life, liberty and happiness. The incoming of this glorious time means the beginning of the Golden Age-a time of rejoicing for all who love riglteonsness.

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AGE inaugurates a children's Bible ahdy department. There is no desire or purpose to teach the doctrines of any sed or q t e m ; but the sole purpose is to instruct t cbiidren i h n the Bible. To do so we have arranged this study in question and answer form,.propotanding the qnestions and briefly answering, citing the Scriptures where the proper Biblical answer may be had. We snggest that the parents propound these questions to their children and aid them to locate in the Bible the answer, thw familiarizing the child (and incidentally the parent) w t the texts of the Bible and enabling ih them to get some insight into the gloriow character of Jehovah and the Lord J e w n We suggest f i a t the ohild be given one question each day and that in addition to the answer here given, it be encouraged fa 'wk up the' Scriptures cited and any other Scriptures that, with the aid of the parent, it might &Id bearing on the question. As this i a primary s study, we therefore begin with the mbject
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Juvenile Bible Su E tcy Answer: A book that contains the Word of AN'S highest duty and privilege is to God as expressed to man, and has reference glorify God One who loves and obeys tho to all the sixty-& books collectively, contained p a t Creator Iovbs and obeys righteousness, in what is commonly accepted as the Holy makes a better citiwn and a greater benefactor Scriptures. to mankind. To love and obey Jehovah one 2. What i s the Bible? must know him. How can we h o w him except Answer: It is an expression of God's m1 7 through his Word, and how can we know and toward man and an outline of his plan concemr. understand his Word unless we a e taught7 ing the human race, given for man's instraction. If it is proper and necessary to send oar chil- --John 17:17; 2 Corinthians 4 :2. dren to th6 public schools that they there may 3. Are we invited to study the Bakl be taught concerning the a e W things of this Answer: Yes; Jehovah says to as: " E i e , s life, with ~trongerreasoning i it proper and ' now, let us reason together" (Isaiah 1 18);and : necessary that they be taught concerning the "Study to show thyself approved unto &dY'. things that have to do w t their eternal welfare -2 Timothy 2 :15; J o h 5 :39; Deuteronomy ih . and happinea 29 :29; Revelation 1:3; 1Peter 3: 15. The Biblical education of children, b e believe, 1 Ghould we ezpect to udrskmd the deep . - has been sadly neglected. Every parent owes a things in the Bible ? d u e to his own child and a corresponding duty Answer: If we study it mith a reverential to every other child to whom he can render aid. and prayerful desire we may understand them. h view of the time of great stress now upon T h e reverence of the Lord is the beginning of the .human race, is it not high time that WB take wisdom." [Proverbs 1:7) The plan of God is a some positbe' action toward the instruction of secret which he has promised to reveal to those the children concerning the greatest thing about who reverentidly seek to understand it m e . which they should know, the Word of Godt secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; We believe that all parents, whether Chriirtim and he will show t e his plan."-Psh 25: hm or n t desire to aee their children grow up in. 14; 1Corinthians 2 : o, 10. righteousness and truth. Became of tbe long5. Can everybody understwid the Bible? felt need in behalf of the children, TEEQ o ~ ~ w rAnswer: They could, if everyone would corn-

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ply with God's d e s . Certain portions of the Bible are due to be understood a t ccrtain times; but even when those times come, he will not pei-mit the wicked to nnderstand, bnt the wise slid1 anderstand.-Daniel 12:10. 1. Who can understand the Bible? ; Answer: me 5ret thing essential is an honest desire to understand it. (Lnke 8 :15) Then one must be wise after God's manner of wisdom (Daniel 13:10; James 3: 17); and that kind of nisdom means that he recognizes Jehovah God as the-great First Cause, the Creator and the Giver of al good gifts. Then one must search l the Scriptures and study them.--John 5: 39; Jeremiah 29 :13 ; Acts 17 :11; 1 Corinthians 2 :lo. 7. Is the Bible intended to be understood; or is it a book sltrouded in mystery, only for one clnss to understand? Answer: It is a reasonable book; for God : invites us to reason with him (Isaiah 1 18; Job 13 :3) ; and the Bible gives the reason for God's dcaling with man and also the hope that man has. (1Peter 3 :15) We should reason when we study the Scriptures or talk t o others abont them.-Acts 17 :2. 8. If reasonable, then why cannot ever3body undet-slnnd the Bible? Answer: Because not every one is honest, and the dishonest uill not be able to understand it. (Luke 8: 15) Some do not desire to be righteons and good; hence they do not understand. (Matthew 5: 6) some may be honest and desire to be righteous, but do not study. (2 Timothy 2: 15) Some are too wise in their own conceits concerning earthly Kisdom and do not g i ~ God e credit. for knowing and stating it in his Word. (Matthew ll:25; 1 Corinthians 1:19) And some are too wicked-Daniel 12 :10. 9. Do the great, the wise, the mighty and the noble and educated have any special advantage in understanding the Bible, and i it necessary s to have a finished college education in order to uttderstand it? Ansmer: No; on the contrary, the vision (which means an nnders'tanding of God's Word) is hid from many who are wise after the manner of e a r t h l y wisdom and i made known and s understood by those who humbly and honestly seek to understand, though they may be poor and have little education.-1 Corinthians 1:20, 21, 26-29. lo. What is necessary for om to do to understand the Bible?

Answer: First, he must have an honest desire to understand it and a revcrence for Jehovah a s the g r e a t eternal One, the Maker of all things; he must hnve failh in God. "Without f a i t h it is impossible to please him." (Hebrews 1 :6) Second, he must have a sincere desire to 1 know the trnth and tell the Lord he is willingao . (lo his will.-Proverbs 1 :7 ; John 14 :26 ; 1 Coi-' inthinns 2 :12 ; Psalm 25 :14; Ilomai~s :14. 8 11. Is it profifable to study thc Bible and if Q; so, in what u ~ a y t Answer: See 2 Timothy 3:1517; John 17:lT.' . 12. Does a knoroledge of tlte Bible enable o?Le to do better9 Answer : See 2 Timothy 3:16. 13. Is the Bible written entirely in plain tanguage, or is some of it in sytnbolsl A ~ s w e:Some of it is written i plain phrase, r n while many parts of it are written in symbolic language, some in parables and dark sayings. -Mark 4 :32; Y atthew 13 :35; Revelation 1:l-3. 14. Why ulas not the Bible written irr ptakt 1ang:iage so evcrjbody could understand it, artd tcitl~ozrtsymbols or darlt sayings? Answer : God's purpose is to reveal on nnderstanding of his plan gradually. F o r instance, he had the prophets write many thiiga a-hich they conld not understand. They merely served as clerks or writers to make a record of things they saw. (Daniel 12 :8) The prophecy of the Bible is history written before it happens. Jehovah foreknew everything,from the begin-. ning to the end (Acts 15: 18) ;and he caused it to be written in such a way that it could not be understood untiI the prophecp is h f i l l e d by the events taking place. Then he expected the people to understand it ' . 15. Can you give an instance i n which'the Lord foretold something Z happen that we now - . o see? Answer:' Yes: He had Daniel record many 6 centuries ago that the time would come when there would be rapid traveling across the land and a great increase of knowledge in the world, which has come within the last hundred years. (Daniel 12 :4) There are many instances of find from time this kind in the Bible, as we to t h e in these studies. The Lord revealed through another prophet a description of the locomotive and railway train, many centuries before any man ever thought about inventing o r . building one. We will give the description oP this in ~ o m e later lesmn. . .

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track to the destination. It is an uemplilication Sentice for ~ u c t e r a of the Biblical maxim that "whosoever Kill be T TEE foundation of the swift, smooth trmel of today is an intricate s y s t e ~ chiefest, shall be servant of all". (Ma& 10: 44) of coordinated service. Without the surrender of Presumably i t is true of the personnel of a , the individual railroad worker's will td that of - ~ p t e mfrom bankers down, if unfaithful, that they a r e liable to hear the other Biblical inthe system, travel wodd be both ditficnlt and dangerous, and civilization would sink toward junction, "Cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be meping and the level of the semi-barbarous. 25 :30, Every railroad man i inspired with the ideal gnashing of teeth".-Matthew s of a s nearly perfect se+ce as he can render. Service by a worker-the public sccrrcely hears of, The Rig Bean 0 ACCUSTOXED are we t the bean in a o the car inspector, makes m e that no car leaves li:e terminal in s condition that might cause an .shell that it rather sarprises as ta see in a accident. The engineman's service calls for nn- dieplap ujndow a bean two or three feet long. intermptbd watchfulness and thoughtfulness This monster among beans is a butter bean over every rod of track and at every signal, to originated in Japan. One seed of the new bean m grow &to s y make safe delivery of the cargo at every stop. Safe and e5cient senice by the conductor plant 90 or 100 feet long bearing 100 beans, takes a pereonal, ~incere interest in the pss- each up to four to six feet long and weighing sengers, watches conditions, observes the dis- ten, twcnty or thirty pounds, or more. I t woultl patcher's orders, and sees to t$e safety and as t'&e a lnrge and hungry family to dispose of f a r rrs possible the comfort of the hundreds one twenty-pound bean a t a meal or even in Just horn mu& the big bean might help temporarily in his care. Serrice by the shop- a d a ~ . mail takes care that the rolling stock is in us out tho cost-of-living problem may be figured good condition as possible in the time allowed' out by G c oarions by estimating how manj'for the adjustment and repair of engines and miqht be raised in a city W - y a r d . The Japanese bean first began to be used in cars and is an importsnt contribution toward the efficient operation of the system. The rail- this country after the war got under way, and road clerk's service contributes in some measure is now being widely used as a staple food I t tq the possibility of the managements having is said to be good eating when cut and fried the records which make for the efficient opera- like egg plant, or boiled and eerved mi a white sauce. tion of the qstem. I this is a specimen of how the field is to f There is-no place where Iack of t h e q i r i t of service shows more than in the conduct of the "yield its increase" in the Golden Age, what executives. Their spirit travels through the u-ondcrful things may be expected when the prannnel, and manifests itseIf ih the acts of better order is fully under way l ev: ; m~ploye the road Ooverningihe entire of spski+r is the service rendered by the bankers D h m t A a p d Shkcg~ snd financiers who act as directors, appoint BE m l shortage in Switzerland is made ik executives, control policies and supply the funds worse by the foot-and-month disease, w i h hc required in a large way to purchase materials, is epidemic. On account of danger to the pegple, equipment and labor for the best maintenance dances m d other Bssemblages o the people, f and operation of the system. including funerals, are greatly restricted in the Modem travel is the resultant of the ecrvice ' attendance permitted. No milk is allowed to of thousands working separately but all to a reach condensed-milk factories or milk-chococommon end. In a snaxssfnl railroad it repre- late plants; and the. milk rations of children aenta the best that can be done for the money ore reduced thirty per cent. Cattle markets are to secare the safe and comfortnble delivery of closed, and farmers from infected districts are passengers and freight over mile after ml of forbidden to enter the towam ie

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