Ligonier Banner., Volume 39, Number 25, Ligonier, Noble County, 15 September 1904 — Page 7
PARKER TO EDITORS.
DWELLS ON EXTRAVAGANCE OF " REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Compares Present Autoératic Administration with Democratic Devotion to Principle—Party . Not a Machine. :
About 200 democratic editors, representing the principal party papers from all over the country, called on Judge Parker at Esopus on September 8. Mr. Charles W. Knapp, of the St. Louis Republic, addressed the candidate in the name of the 5,100 democratic and independent newspapers suppaorting Parker and Davis, saying, among other things: ‘ Address of C. W. Knapp.
“We bring you greeting from the democratic and independent press of the United States. Sharing your ardent devotion to those eternal principles of truth and justice which bear the name democracy, we have come to touch hands with our chosen leader and in his presence register our pledges of loyal fealty ;go’r the great work of governmental reform in which we expect to follow him to a glorious victory next November. “By your fearlessness, resolution and independence, sir, we have already been stimulated to new vigor and aggressiveness. We come to tell you by word and by action of the enthusiasm that inspires our work and the confidence with which we await its successful fruition in the very near future. ‘ “We are of one mind in echoing your own-forcible denunciations of the trinity of oppressions from which the American people suffer so much. Not the transitory requirements of party duty,‘but the enduring responsibilities of a deep-seated conviction unite both you and us in unfaltering opposition to imperialism, high tariffs and corrupt officialism. | . Faith in the Candidate. “And when we decry imperialism we have no fear, Judge Parker, that you will either be blind to the grave duties which the obligations of an enlightened civilization impose upon us in the new relations which have come to our country during the last half dozen years, or that you will shrink from the task which Christian humanity demands that we shounld bravely execute. e “We know that you will be awake to the call of duty and ready to do the bidding of our destiny. We know that you will lead the American people courageously forward to whatever sacrifices the ordinances of fate have set for them.
- “But we know, also, and we rejoice in the knowledge, that you will assure the execution of these obligations within and not outside the constitution.
“We have been profoundly impressed with your earnest appeal that the legislative, judicial and executive departments of the government preserve the clearly defined distinctions, as.to their relative powers, which the wise framers of our organic law imbedded in the constitution of the United States. .
‘“We draw from the record of your judieial career many evidences that none of these distinctions will be overlooked in your performance of administrative duties. We fear no befogging phrase of new invention when you are our executive, and do not doubt that'you will recognize that our so-called insular possessions are really subject colonies. Wants Policy Abandoned.
‘“With a president imbued with wholesome respect for the constitution, we shall look for a prompt guaranty that its protections for life, liberty and p*‘operty run equaily for all who live under its flag. We shall/ count also on a speedy abandonment of the political and legal anachronism that a democratic republic, founded on a constitution heralded—-as the essence of ‘wisdom applied to human life, can hold a foréign ‘people as subject vassals outside that constitution and unblessed by its guaranties. :
““We thank you particularly, Judge Parker, for the manly declaration that you will not be a candidate for'a second term if you are elected president. We “welcome in this avowal the introduction of a new and vital issue in politics and unhesitatingly give it our indorsement and support. It supplements and completes that vigorous manifestation of your individuality which the telegram to the St. Louis convention so forcibly conveyed. - : :
“We rejoice that the principles and policies of democracy ‘have found so worthy an exponent in 1904, because we realize that every great popular movement must present to the people both the idea and the man for the hour. We give both, and we are proud of the man who so impressively demonstrates that he would rather be right than be president. s
“We mean that he shall be president because he is right. ‘Sow a character,’ said a distinguished writer, ‘and - you reap a destiny.’” We shall prove the truth of the apothegm. The democratic party planted Alton 8.. Parker at St. Louis, and it will reap the presidency.’- - What Judge Parker Said.
Judge Parker addressed his visitors as follows:
“It is indeed a great pleasure to welcome to Rosemount this body of representatives of the great American press, one of the mighty forces in the upbuild-
: The Impropriety. - : Horseowner—Did you feed the horse his oats? : ‘ Stable Boy—Yes: but he wouldn’t eat; I wonder what’s the matter? Foolisher—Probably objected to eating breakfast food for supper.—Detroit Free Press. : Not in His Line. “He seems disgusted with life.” “1 should think he would.” “Why?” - “He’s an undertaker.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer. : _ Reason in It. Towne—There is nothing I hate so much as a lazy man. ; Browne—Well, I wish there were more of them.” o “You do?” . “Certainly. 'The more lazy men there are the less competition we shall have in business.”—Cassell’s. e o L - Incentive, . r + Old Gentleman—Do you ' think you could love me better if I told youllwas worth a million? . Miss Ingenue—l could try harder, sir. =N. O. Picayune. :
ing and strengthening of a sturdy American citizenship. You have been in conference to the end that your work in this campaign may be. as effective as possible.-Organized effort and concerted action must always_increase the effectiveness of the common endeavor of many hands. . “The Jeaders who have made a thoroughfare through history down which in all the centuries their fame will march with giant strides have all been men who, though unmoyed by hasty expression of the hurried judgment of the people, were yet guided in all their public acts by the knowledge of what the deliberate and mature judgment of the people would be., So the great papers are those which anticipate the careful. judgment of the majority. The great tribunal of the American people may be implicitly relied on to decide all questions with unerring and exact justice when all the evidence is in and deliberation had, and those who would hold place as .leaders of the people must be .so thoroughly American, so discreet, so farsighted and so sure of the pulse of the people as to discern the course public opinion will take. - . “Though the instant judgment of the people may be often at fault, the ripe and final decision is always for the right. And the part of leadership is to know the right and honestly, patriotically, fearlesgly and zealously to advocate it. Just as long as the press can discern and lead the unhurried and well-consid-ered judgment of the people, so long will its power grow mightily, and so long will it hold its place in the front rank of the unfaltering and vigorous march cf national progress. . :
“To the upbuilding of the power of the press, and to the best use of that power, you have devoted yourselves. Thereare questions of great import to be passed upon by the people in November; questions that it will be your duty, and, therefore, I am sure, your pleasure as well, to present honestly and so clearly that the people will understand them. “I shall not take up your time, however, with any reference to the great issues upon which our party through its platform and candidates confidently appeal to the people for indorsement, but crave your indulgence while I briefly refér to a single feature 'of the platform of the republican party. : Welcomes the Challenge.
“That platform opens with a declaration of that party’s many years of control of government, coupled with the assertion that it ‘has displayed a high capacity for rule and government, which has been made even more conspicuous by the incapacity and infirmity of purpose shown by its opponents.” “This challenge to a eomparison of democratic and republican administrations since the republican party came into existence should be welcomed. Fortunately, we have eight recent years of democratic administration -of the executive department of the government which we will gladly compare with any similar period since 1860.
“The comparison will show that under- democratic control the administrative purity of the fathers was observed in the conduct of the government, that no one of its departments was permeated as of late with corruption rivaling the days of the star route frauds; that a successful effort was made to check the growth of expenditures; that it resulted in each instance in cutting down the expenses within the control of the executive department of the government below that of the preceding administrations. “The comparison will show also that each succeediig republican administration after 1868 increased expenses, and in some instances so greatly as to indicate reckless extravagance and waste of the people’s money. - “During Mr. Cleveland’s first term the average annual ‘expenditure was about $269,000,000. For the last three years it has been about $519,000,000. The governmental expenditure last year mounted up to $582,000,000, which is ‘not equaled by any year since the civil war, with the exception of the yvear of the Spanish war. “There is an inevitable result to such extravagance. Instead of a surplus in the annual receipts of about $80,000,000, which the present executive found on assuming control, there is now a deficit to be found there of $42,000,000. ; ‘“The limits of this address will not permit a further reference to the cost of. administration, but it should receive careful examination at , your hands. And you will be convinced that ‘reform is necessary;’ aye, far more necessary than in 1876, in the scale of public expenses, and when convinced you will do less than your duty if you fail to make the people understand it.
“The challenge of the republican platform permits you to compare the details, the everyday life, so to speak, of the democratic administration with both predecessive and successive administrations, and you will not shrink from it. | Devotion to Principle. “The sturdy. honesty, marked ability and thorough devotion to principle of all those in high places during those democratic administrations may without hesitation be placed alongside of the qualifications of similar officials in any and all other administrations.
Coffee Versus Alcohol. - A traveler has made the observation that coffee-drinking people are very seldom given to drunkenness. In Brazil, for instance, where coffee is grown extensively and all the inhabitants drink it many times a day, intoxication is rarely seen. The effect is not only noticeable among the natives, but the foreigner who settles there, though possesséd of a passion for strong drink, gradually loses his liking for alcohol as he acquires-the coffee-drinking habit of the Brazilian. e ——————————————————— Mistakes Men Make. If it be true that a man who never makes mistakes never makes anything at all, it is equally trtue that an orator who never says an indiscreet thing may be confidently reckoned on never to say anything at all worth hearing. —London World. | - Elections in Mexico, They have a beautiful way of holding presidential elections in Mexico. Gen. Porfirio Diaz was reelected the other day and the voters didn’t know anything about it till it was all over.— Harrisonburg News. '
‘“Who, I pray you, would hesitate to compare the members of the cabinet of those years with the present omne, or with any one? Is the.fame of Bayard, Manning, Fairchild, Endicott, Whitney, Vilas, Dickinson, Garland, members of the 1884 cabinet, and Olney, Carlisle, Lamont, Smith, Francis, Herbert, Bissell, Wilson and Harmon of that of 1892 dwarfed when contrasted with the cabinet officials of to-day? ‘“When the comparison is once completed you will be eager.to ask the people which is the better. They will declare the victor in the contest between administrations to be the one which in addition to other excellencies saved many millions a year to the ration.
“Extravagance is running riot in federgl, state and municipal governments in spite of the well-directed effort of some excellent officials. The indebtedness of the municipal governments is steadily piling up, bond issues are increasingly frequent, and the people have not the satisfaction in many instances of a full equivalent. in improv‘e‘fnents for the money expended. And the federal government is leading in the race of great expenditures. Ere long the people will demand a reform in administrative expenses. “And they will do it now if°they are madeé to appreciate the whole truth. Party Not a Machine. “The democratic party is not a machine, it is a body of citizens who believe that on the whole its fundamental principles are best adapted to the conduct of the government. ‘“Among so many patriotic and intelligent men it is- inevitable that divergence of opinion as to minor questions and differences of view as to the correctness of the disposition of dead issues should be found. The party is concededly united to-day as to every vital article of faith which can reasonably enter into the pending canvass.
“Our adversaries are intrenched, in full possession of every department of the government, and it is a mistaken policy that would drive away voters who would help to oust them. The cause cannot be advanced by attacks on others within the party with whom we have had disagreements, but who are now working with us for a common result. !
“All men who have attained any degree of prominence have their friends, and the exercise of gordinary prudence forbids the anenalgn of allies who age willing and anxious to assist. The coming election is not to be determined by the September vote in hopelessly republican states where local issues and candidates even are grievously handicapped, but the result in Vermont Tuesday admonished wus, and there can be no harm in giving voice to the admonition—that harmonious coopefa‘tion of all and the elimination of personal, factional and unimportant differences, involving no surrender of principle, are essential to success.”
DUTCH COTTON CULTURE.
Experiments Have Shown Possibility of Success in This In- ' dustry.
In the Netherlands a committee has been formed for the promotion of the culture of cotton in the Dutch colonies, according to a réport from United States Consul Pitcairn. The Dutch government is reported to have promised its support and assistance. A report recently published by the committee had annexed to it as exhibits copies of letters from Surinam containing information on the result of culture, by way of experiment, of ser island apd upland cotton. Samples accompanying such letters furnished proof of the possibility of successful culture.
Experiments in the culture of ‘cotton have been made on the island of Java also, two different species having been planted, of which one is domestic and the other was imported from the United States in 1861. The latter is said tohave a longer staple than the former. The exports of cotten from the Dutch East Indies in the year 190 amounted to 5,300 tons., of which almost one-half was of Javanese growth. The administration of the residency of Samarang, the chief center of the cotton culture, is promoting and protecting the interests of the cotton planters in every respect. The*government has placed at the disposal of the said administration the sum of $2,416, to be used as loans and advancements to the native population for improvements and extension of the cotton culture. : :
Another report has been received from Paramaribo, in which it is said that extensive experiments are also being made in that district. The Dutch committee, the experiments having now sufficiently advanced, intends to establish a permanent business office. : : - Japan’s Gold Fields. | Big gold fields have been' discovered in Japan, which are now furnishing an output estimated at $15,000,000 annually and are expected to supply a total product .of $500,000,000. Everything seems to be coming Japan’s way. Russia has a great gold outgo to meet the expenses of the present war, and the finding of a few well paying gold mines would be most welcome just at this time. ;
Russians as Linguists. Every educated Russian knows threa languages besides his own, and many of them four. Knowledge of the English, French and German languages is considered necessary to culture. A family having small children employs two to four governesses, from whom the children learn foreign tongues before they are taught the more difficult Russian. This command of language makes possible the fact that Russians have a better knowledge of the world’s affairs than any other people. The King’s Vine, The famous vine at Hampton Court, which is 136 years old, is just now loaded with fruit, and the crop this year promises to be a very satisfactory one. The fruit is sent to the king for the private use of the royal family.—London Express. ; Daguerreotype. ' An effort is being made to revive the lost art of daguerrotype pictures. Time has shown that the old pictures taken 50 years ago are beautiful today. It was a real art and it will be revived.—Birmingham Ledger,
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PEOPLE DESIRE A CHANGE.
Voters Are Tired of Fraud and Grafting in All the Departments of the Government.
“The democrats are united as they have not been before for ten years, and Parker and Davis will receive the normal vote of the party with a good many recruits from their .opponents. The republicans are split into factions on several issues. Nearly all the old Hanna machine ‘men are disgruntled, as they see a young element of their party in the saddle and they will not pull hard on the traces unless they are paid for their work either in money or. promises. In West Virginia, Delaware, New York. New Jersey, Massachusetts and Wisconsin the rival republican factions are intent on defeating each other and one or the other faction have no faith in or love for Candidate Roosevelt, though most of them declare they will vote for him. Inthese and other states there -are minor factions and important republicans who, while keeping within party lines, are opposed to their candidate for president and do not mind saying so in private conversation. ' The glamour of the Rough Rider has worn off and the business interests of the country have more weight in . politics than the imperialistic element. That is the great danger to the Rough Rider. The farmers have discovered that the trusts are bleeding them and that the high price of wheat is more than offset by the increased cost of what they buy.. The workingmen are organizing politically for their protection, for the republican majority in congress refused to listen to their . prayer for legislation for the eight-hour bill, the anti-injunction bill and other lesser laws labor thinks necessary for its salvation. All the republican leaders favor the open shop and most of them are openly in sympathy with the Parry or.ganization of protected trusts and manufacturers. ; .
Wages are being reduced and strikes are numerous and the cost of living is still advancing, which does not insi)ire confidence in the economic policies = of the republican party of those who are suffering from loss of wages and increased cost of food. :
' The trusts have decreased the profits of the small storekeepers, while rents and household expenses are higher than ever before and the opportunities for increased business are monopolized by the great department §tores which can purchase from the trusts at much less than the small storekeeper has to pay.. ..
People with limited incomes find their expenses have increased while their revenues are stationary. All these people are inquiring why the trusts should be protected by the tariff in selling their products at tite highest possible price here and a much lower price in foreign countries. Many of the voters have discovered that the tariff prevents competition and fosters monopoly and the increased cost for their products which the monopolists chargeis a much greater tax than the government receives. The revenues of the United States are declining and the expenses are greater than ever before in time of peace. Not only have the expenses of the government increased much faster in proportion than the population, but neither President Roosevelt, nor his cabinet, nor the republican majority in congress have offered any solution of the problem. They are all intent on “letting well enough alone,” and have paralyzed the industries of the country with a do-nothing policy by fighting all proposals for reform. The government departments are extravagant and filled with grafters which the republican party has refused to investigate, although evidence was plentiful that but a beginning had been made in exposing the frauds through a partisan investigation of but two bureaus of the post office department. Knowledge of all these sins of the republican party is finding lodgment in the hearts of many voters and they have determined on a change. Upon the surface of the political field all is still and serene, but there are mutterings in the homes of the farmers, the gottages of the artisans and the tenements of the laboring men that bode ill for the republican candidates. The still small voice of reason is working more changes of sentiment than the hired and blatant notes of the trust apologist can overcome, blare he never so loudly, and there is a quiet determination to ‘“turn the rascals out.” ; . | Waste of Public Money. 1 ~ The republicangs admit the increased cost of running the government under the present extravagant administration, ‘ but claim that it is necessary, as the growth of the country demands it. But the cost per capita should not increase faster than the population increases, as it should be relatively cheaper to run an 80,000,000 country than one with 40,000,000 of people; but the cost is increasing at a much greater ratio than the population, which shows extravagance { {and waste of the people’s money, °*
PARKER'S GOLD TELEGRAM.
Facts Regarding Its Transmission to St. Louis Which Can Be Maintained by Proofs. .
The Brooklyn Eagle is in a position to afirm and to maintain by proof these facts: . That Alton Brooks Parker wrote the famous gold standard dispatch to Wil liam F. Sheehan, then in St. Louis, on Saturday morning, July 9, at 11 o’clock, and sent the same from the Esopus telegraph station. That the dispatch was so written and so sent on Judge Parker’s own initiative, without consultation or communication with a single soul. That the dispatch was not written and sent in pursuance of a pre-arrangement and that those who advocated and advanced his cause in St. Louis had no foreknowledge of it. - » That Judge Parker reached his determination to send the dispatch after ha had been informed by the New York papers of Saturday morning, and by that means alone, and had comprehended in its entirety the situation as to the platform in St. Louis, : That Judge Parker did not anticipate or foresee the final action of the committee in its 16 hours session; that he did not have and could not have had knowledge of the events as they developed on Friday and Friday night at St. Louis, until eight o’clock Saturday morning; that during the 30 hours preceding the sending of the dispatch he had no communication whatsoever with any leader ofi the New York delegation, with any leader in the convention, or with any person of that convention or with any person in the east on any matter which could he construed as political. : !
THE PANAMA CONSPIRACY.
T 1 Morgan and His Pals Show Gratitude by Contributions to Republican Slush Fund.
The attempt to throw dust inte the voters’ eyes by the pretense that the republican national committee is short of cash is hardly consistent with the report that the head lobbyist of the Panama canal steal has paid to Mr. Cortelyou $400,000, which he promised Senator Hanna if the treaty was ratified. There was consfderable consternation when Hanna died amongst the principal / republican leaders as to, whether that promise to Hanna would be kept, but the chief Panama conspirator kept his word and came up te the captain’s office and settled like a little man. It was alSo reported that a large sum, said to be $200,000, has been forthcoming from J. Pierpont Morgan, as part of the bargain that gave his firm the control of the Panama payment to the French company. The support of President Roosevelt by the New York Sun, which is largely owned by Morgan, is doubtless part of the same bargain. Panama has been an unsavory mess from its inception and does not seem to have improved in flavor since it has been transferred to this country. That President Roosevelt should be even cognizait of the bribery and corruption is unfortunate, but that he is benefitting by it personally is deplorable.
FRESH POLITICAL NOTES. ——DMotion raises temperature. The republican committee keeps Mr. Fairbanks moving with the idea that he may warm up before the campaign is over.—N. Y. World,‘,»,.v i ——Big trusts contribute $10,000,000 toward Mr. Roosevelt’s campaign. The magnates are paying for those white house lunches and for what they took away.—St. Louis Republic. ——As a matter of secret fact the republicans are not worrying half as much about the seasoned age of Mr. Davis as they are worrying about the mental youngness of Mr. Roosevelt.—Atlanta Constitution. °
——Senator Depew brought home some brand-new jokes from Europe. Here is one of them: He says.that the republican party is going to win this fall by the greatest majority on record.— Boston Glgbe.
. ——On his way to Oyster Bay, Mr. Roosevelt was delayed by a flood. There may be a tidal wave next November—but it won’t keep Roosevelt away from Oyster Bay; quite the contrary.—Albany Argus. ——An esteemed. contemporary has been mourning the decline of fiction during recent years. But the mournful plaints, be it understood, were made before the republican campaign text-book was issued.—The Commoner, : ——A New York supporter of the administration affirms with great confidence that imperialism is a myth because it could: not exist in free America. Nobody is afraid of it here. But it can exist in the subject Philippiness —Philadelphia Record. . = :
THE SUNDAY BIBLE SCHOOL Lesson in the International Series for September 18, 1904—Israel Reproved.” : (Prepared by the “Highway and Byway” Preacher.) (Copyright, 1904, by J. M. Edson.) . LESSON TEXT. (Amos 5:4-15; Memory verses, 14, 15.) 4. For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and ye shall live; 5. But seek not Bethel, nor enter-into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to naught. . 6. Seek the Lora ard ye shall live; lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. 7. Ye who turn judgmént to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, 8. Seek Him that maketh the seven stars and Urion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that (flleth for the waters of the sea, and pouréth them out upon the face of the earth., The Lord is His name;
9. That strengtheneth the spoilea against the strong, so that the spoiied shall come against the fortress,’ ¥ .
10. They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. > 11.- Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burcens of wneat; ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them,
12. For 1 know your manitold transgressions and your mighty sins; they atflict the Jjust, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. 13. Therefore the prudent shall keep si.ence in that time; for it is an evil time. * 14. Seek good and not evil, that ye may live; and so the Lord, the God of Hosts, shail be with you, as ye have spoken. 15. Hate the evil, and love the good, and es.ablish judgmeant in the gate; 1t may be tnat the Lord God of Hosts will be gracicus unto thé remnant of Joseph, SCRIPTURAL SECTION.—The entire chapter should be read, and it would be weil to read the nine short chapters of the book, a.BO, :
GOLDEN TEXT.—‘‘Seek ye the Lord and ye shall live.”’—Amos 9:6, " TIME.—Amos prophesied during the latter part of the reign of Jerebcam 11. (see Amos 1:1). Jonah, Hosea and Joel were contemporaneous with Amos. It was a period considerably later than that of the lessons which we hdve been having. PLACE.—Amos’ home was at Tekoa, a few mules south of Jerusalem, but his tield of labor was in lsrael, with Bethel as probable center. : ‘ INTRODUCTORY NOTE.—Amos period was marked by great national prosperity (11, Kings 14:23-z(), but great morai corruption. The book of Amos is made up of a series of discourses, (1) Jgoncerning the nations—Chaps. 1-2:3; (2) Concerning Judah, 2:4-5; (3) Concerning Isragl, 2:6-9:15. The lessun 1s taken Irom the fourth discourse against Israel, God and the Sinner.
In the lesson to-day we have strikingly emphasized that which has been brought out in the lessons of the quarter, naufély: (1) God’s patient, persistent effort to turn His people from sin. (2) The certain punishment for sin, and (3), the equally certain reward of righteousness. 1f individuals are to be lost and nations destroyed, as the result of sin, it must be in spite of God’s reproof, and appeal; it must be in the face of God’s infinite love and His exceeding great mercy and saving grace. During the consummate wickedness of Ahab’s reign, God sent His greatest prophet Elijah, to seek to turn the hearts of the peopke back to God. And when the whole world was lost in the darkness of sin then it was that God sent the Light, His Son, into the world to light every soul back to Him. Evidence of God’s Love.—The rebukes and warning which God sent to His people through the prophets was one strong evidence of God’s love and faithfulness. Rev. 3:19, Heb. 12:6. True love doesnot condone or overlook sin, but on the contrary it reveals and rebukes it, that it may be put away. The proof of God’s love to man is that He condemned sin and provided deliverance in Christ. The proof of man’s love to God is that he receives God’s rebuke and obeys him. God’s Reproof.—God was qualified to rebuke Israel'because (1) He was the Allknowing God. He knew all about the idolatrous and iniquitous practices at Bethel, and Dan, and,Gilgal and Beersheba and Samaria (v. 5), and the corruption and oppression which prevailed (vs. 7, 10-12). Man may sin and hide it from the eyes and knowledge of men, but he cannot so do with God. Ps. 9:5; Jer. 16:17; 32:19; Prov. 5:21; Job 34:21. God saw every wicked act. The hatred in the heart against any who dared to idenounce evil (v. 10); the oppression of the poor, the extortion, the luxury (v. 11), the judicial corruption (v. 12). (2) He was the All-Powerful God. (Vs. 8-9). He who rebuked Israel was the Creator, the Ruler of day and night, the Giver of sunshine and rain; bringing life and sustenance to man, the destroyer of the wicked and the preserver of the righteous. What weight has rebuke, if behind it there is not the power to execute judgment. The God who rebukes is the God who is able to punish. (3) He was the Gracious God. No matter hotv steeped in ®in. if Israel would only seek Him He would be gracious unto them (v. 15). - Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.”—Rom. 5:20; Ps. 86:15; 111:4. (4) He was the Appealing God. Four times over in the 12 verses of the lesson He pleads with Israel to seek Him, and promising abundant blessing if they would. (5) He was the Warning and Avenging God. Note vs. 5,6, 11. The punishment that is to fall is captivity ‘agd the consuming fire of war, pestilence and famine. The only way of escape was to seek the Lord. Life could be had in no other way.
. SOME STEP SAVERS. A convenience is a strong, light table that can be easily moved about wherever needed. One trip to the refrigerator or cellar for butter, lard, milk and eggs, and one’s baking is accomplished with the fewest possible steps. A pantry cupboard may hold flour and meal chests; extracts, spices, sugar, salt, baking powder, soda, raisins, roll‘ingpin, bowls, molds and all measuring and mixing dishes and spoons. Sheet zinc, laid over edges and tacked firmly in place, makes a table covering that is easily cleaned and is not injured by hot cooking vessels, which may be removed from the fire to such a table. All cupboards should be kept dry and free from dust and crumbs. lln cleansing them, use clean cloth, clear, warm water, in which {s dissolved a spoonful of borax or soda. After thoroughly drying your cupboards will not have that lingering musty odor that often follows the use of soap. In the latest form of hospital construction there are no corners or angies in the wall which may catch dust.
T -@M@‘M h | % :5; 4 th/ é N 2 SR - §5 3 O ]=Y 2 " - i - RELIABLE FASHION NOTES. Mme. Baker Chats About Toilet Kinks and Describes Two New Shirtwaist Suits.” Mme. Baker, the famous fashion expert, chats interestingly about:the little things that stamp the costumé as good or bad, in the American Dressmaker. Among other things she says that the short skirt should set out a little in the back as our old godet backs used to; this effect is only given by the narrow crinoline facing across the back. The skirt must always tilt up a little; if cut the same length all around it will have this look. ’
It has been thought .that the long coats or redingotes could only be used with the sweeping skirt, but if they set out well in the back they can be and are worn with style. These long coats seem to call for lace cravats, and the latter are very prettily made of wide net lace insertions, either tied in loops or knots drawn through finger rings. " Belts are of every shape—wide or narrow, as best suits the figure. Winter gowns will have the same unlined collars, cuffs . and small yokes that have been used this summer, and separate yokes and collars or cliemisettes and undersleeves have come to stay. [sn’t it a comfort to have something for the neck that is easily removed ard cleaned? © )
No more pendants are used, even on elaborate evening cpats, but stiff, flat, old-fashioned velvet bows -are on everything. o . .
Many skirts are following the lines of the apron overskirt, and ruffles are put on as in former years; low in froat, running high on the sides and then down in the back again. Pinked ruffles and plaitings should sfand up now instead of lying down; this necessitates tacking edges to hold in place. = - Do not attempt to make a plaited skirt from -a circular pattern. -A- gore for every plait is the safest and best rule, and when a 21-gored skirt is mentioned, it is not a skirt: in narrow strips, but laid in plaits. .
A pretty trimming is made of .satin ribbons plaited all one way on one edge and reversed on the opposite side. This is used to separate bands, to head lace and as scrolls.
Do not put lace on long or short coats, unless very elaborate ones for evening wear; and, finally, let me advise you to - train your eye to - detect svery slight ckange in fashion. In
/" : B R -4 W\ B A R3O S\ 4 ‘:?J/ ,"f_r“ i 'T‘-\_ S PR AR | 1 1 TWO SHIRTWAIST SUITS. this way you will always see .which way the wind blows and be able to keep abreast of affairs, instead of behind. ¢ e The descriptions of the two suits here illustrated are also furnished by Mme. Baker. Fig. 1 is a shirtwaist suit of fancy checked wool in black, red and white. It has black pipings and belt, Irish lace yoke and red velvet embroidered outlines ‘yoke and forms cuffs. The second is a shirtwapst suit of reseda cashmere; silk of same shade tucked and arranged in squares for vest, collar and cuffs; velvet of darker shade- for collar, lacing buttons and belt.
REMEDY FOR MOSQUITOES. London Women Discover That Sandalwood Is Excellent Way of Getting Rid of Pests, . London women have discovered an agreeable way of ridding their homes of flies and mosquitoes, says the-Chicago Tribune. They burn sandalwood in the house, an idea imported from the orient. In London it is possible to get wood prepared for the purpose. In America it is to be had at almost any Turkish or Japanese importing house. It is then prepared for burning by being first cut into small pieces on-half inch thick and three inches long. ' Then it is baked or dried out in a slow oven 24 hours. A piece of the wood is put into a metal urn, lighted and allowed to burn until well aflame, when the flame is extinguished and the redhot ember left to smolder until the wood is consumed and nothing is left but a heap of fine gray ashes. 25 To Remove Dust from Eyes. Any foreign substance,in the eye is very painful, but to remove it is, after all, an easy matter. If the dust lodges on the lower lid press the finger gently but firmly against the lid, pulling it down apd telling the victim to look up. This exposes the inner lid and the dust can be removed upon a toothpick or a habrfirin.‘ about the end of which a bit of cotton has been wound to avold a scratch or bruise. If the upper lid is affected take the eyelashes firmly between the forefinger and the thumb, ask the patient to look “down, and with a quick movement turn the eyelid up over the point of a stencil, or, better still, the edge of a card, which should be pressed’ against the eyelid, just above the stiff part. This causes no pain and the dust can be wiped off as from the lower lid, says, an exchange. i o “Too Skeery.” “"Tain’t good to be too skeery,” said the old man. “I once knowed a gemman dat got his mind so tore up 'bout germs an' bacilluses dat he didn’t look whah he were goin’, an’ got.run ober by a truck.”—Washington Star. |
LEAVES LUXURY FOR CATS. Cincinnati Girl Forsakes Residence : of Aunt and Rents Cottagfi' for Feline Pets. ‘Because Miss Nannie Foster Carroll preferred the possession and company of her 19 cats to the home that had been hers with her aunt,-Mrs. Frances A. Taylor, in Highland avenue, in the pretty and aristocratic suburb of College Hill, Cincinnati, she has left that home for one on the Groeshagk road. The love of cats and kittens of Miss Carroll was not shared by her aunt, and the result was the declaration by the latter that her niece must either dispense with the catsor take them with her elsewhere.
Unable to part with her pets, Miss Carroll accepted the alternative offered
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The green eyes were the partieularip fetching feature of the cat, and they appealed at once to Miss Carroll. Miss Carroll was more inclined toward kittens than she was toward grown cats, but she did not confide this to the donor of the cat until she learned the next day that the green-eyed tabby was the mother of kittens. R
Miss Carroll clung to her preference for kittens. - o The result was that she took one o the infants, leaving the mother to caras for the others until they, too, becams ratters and could care for themselves.’ Snowball might have lived cut het traditional existence of nine lives in the Taylor domicile had she continued as she started out, but one morning she made her debut as the proud mother ot several kittens.
She had cause to be proud, too, because it was as finely assorted a family as any mother could wish. Among the number were a tortoise hsell, a Maltese, a tiger. and several that were mixtures of all kinds. The kittens and the trouble came at the same time. :_ -
“Nannie,” said Mrs. Taylor to her niece, a few days after the kittens had arrived, and aftey she had had a score of narrow escapes from stepping on the small specimens that were wandering around the house, “do you not think the condition of affairs has reached one of too much cat” e Miss Carroll was not slow to resent this reflection on her pets. “No, indeed,” she answered. “Tha Egyptians-were a highly cultured race, far advanced in learning and civilization, and they held cats high above all other animals in esteem, almost worshiping them.” -
“That may be,” replied Mrs. Taylor, “but I never was in Egypt in my life, and I do not intend to have my house filled with these nasty, crying, fighting, flea-covered cats a day longer. “You may get rid of the cats, or you may go, taking them with you.” ; “If you love me, you should love my cats,” rejoined Miss Carroll. . Mrs. Taylor assured her mniece that while her affection for her never had faltered, she firmly refused to sofar extend her love as to include a family of kittens.
“Then,” steadfastly announced Miss Carroll, “I shall take my cats and go.” The Cincinnati Commercial says that Miss Carroll immediately rented a small cottage on the Groesbeck road, College Hill, and with her pets moved into it. s
She lives there alone with her catsang kittens. -
The family now consists of 19 cats of all ages and kinds, the only likeness among them being the fact that each and every one is a common, ordinary cat.
POLITENESS ALWAYS WINS.
It May Not Always Be Appreciated, But Courtesy, Like Real Virtue, Is Its Own Reward. Very homely and apparently coarse is the saying that “honey catches more flies than vinegar.” It is, nevertheless, a self-évident truth, and when it is applied as a metaphor to our daily intercourse with our fellow-creatures, it proves a marvel of understanding. 3 f'g_l}'e man or woman who goes through life"with scornful lip and tilted chin, casting derisive glances, or worse, none at all, upon near and far, is likely to find himself or herself at a loss for the helping hand when it is most needed. . The pleasant salutation; the few moments interchange of remarks anent the weather, or equally general topics, with the passing stranger, hurts no one, not even the most exclusive. And sometimes, many times, it Decomes a case of the angel entertained unawares and an acquaintance that is very much “worth while” results.
Quite true is it that courtesy. may find itself defeated by the brazen impudence of some detrimental; but. as it is better to be cheated a thousand times when bestowing charity than to let one deserving case suffer, so it is better to be courteous than disagreeable, polite than rude; and ons always feels so much the better for the interchange of well-bred greetings tham when one has met a well-meant ade vance with the haughty stare of swm periority—Cincinnati Enquirer.