Ligonier Banner., Volume 45, Number 13, Ligonier, Noble County, 16 June 1910 — Page 2

ey w 0 . The Ligonier | Banner UIGONIER, INDIANA. S—— ————— s r—— | ADVANTAGES OF IVINTER. 'An old-fashioned wintdr has its ad- ' wvantages and disadvantages. If these ~were to be enumerated ih parallel columns it is probable thaf the advantages would lead by a lhrge majority. In a winter like the past one the ground is usually frezérd to the depth of a few inches in November and thereafter the snowfall keeps h blanket over the earth which prevebts the frost from creeping downwar§i inch by inch ‘lantil it reaches a depthfof four or five feet. It keeps all plantflife at the sur‘face of the soil in a perfectly dormant state, but does not completely suspend - Ithe function of deep lfing roots. A "/ continual covering of fice and snow 'in the cities keeps thef litter and filth ' of the street from being dried and fine!y powdered and carfled about by ' every passing breeze § This is one of | the most common sourkes of colds, in- | Yuenza, grlp, infectionk of the nose, | #nd its labyrinthine sfnuses and the | l.n‘ozu. mitdle ear andfrespiratory pasi sages in general. Sucl affections have | been less general thid year than in f‘ several preceding deasons. Steady 1. cpld, although very tfying to the .old ' and.to people of subnbrmal vital ener- | gies, is in reality mudh better than ali ternating warm spplls . and = zero | " pinches, for the latterfconditions invite ‘ indiscretions in dressf . . g At this season of thp year housenold- | ers’ thoughts turn nafurally to lawns | and back yards, and fhere is a general | desire to have clean fand ornamental furroundings. Unforfunately, in many instances the desird _is not strong enough to produce rgstilts. A man who beautifies his front Fawn 4s a public .benefactor. He no fdoubt gets some » - satisfaction out of hs effort and expense, but every pagser enjoys the re-. sult of his effort, anfl the .whole neighborhood is benefitedf When the effort extends to the bacH vard the number of individuals benefifed is not so great, ~ but perhaps the erfjoyment by the - smaller number is fore intense. No ore énjoys a dir ¥ back yard, and every person who sdes one from a window forms an unfaforable opinion of .the householder wHo permits an un- - sightly accumulatiof of misplaced matter in his. environthent. A clean or ornate front lawn §s —more. common than a clean and prnate back yard, Yet nothing will bgtter repay effort * than a trim back yard. It can be made - to produce grass dnd flowers instead of tin cans, ash - heaps and useless wood, and the re doval of household debris is a sanitary precaution as well .as an esthetic denjonstration. The wisdom of aintaining a derelict patrol along fthe-: Atlantic coast, and of sending a [derelict destroyer after wrecks that &re reported at sea, is indorsed by thd fact that. the rev“ente cutter Gresham Ras just towed - into Provincetown Mass., that capsized hull of a vdssel that has been drifting about ,th seas for the past two years, a mengice to sailing ships laden with valuaple cargoes, and to steamers with hedvy passenger lists. A Clhicagod magistrate thinks that drunken men shogld not be arrested, bu: taken instead' y policemen to their bomes. Perhaps he next step in this way of doing thihgs will be to give autoists the right{ to exact damages irom people they f run down, on the ground of 'the-«troble and loss-of time whieh such collisjons with pedestrians entail. o Professor Laughlin proposes to establish a new arigtocracy of the simple life. Every manjcan start an aristocracy of that sor , on his own account, but the trouble [ that it is caviar to the general, becuse in the nature of the case ‘it cannt support a press agent. f - : -« King Albert, fhe new sovereign of “the Belgians, is progressive monarch. “One of the ways in which this is indicated is his approval of the plan for essuring reforms in the Congo region end opening the door for commerce in that direction. f . It’s a good sheme to make each head of a housghold his own census maker, because the probabilities are that he can puf down an approximate estimate of hisjwife’s age without creating a painful scene. . 2 Mugic is re ported to makg the hum- - ble hen lay more prolifically. A little investigation into the relative merits ~of Waguer or ragtime in the entertainment of the féwl might be of value. Four poor zhildren, the oldest 11 years of age, were arrested in Cleve- _ land for stealing a doll from a store, Its owner must have thought a lot of that doﬂ;! . Two New Nork boys.also have succeeded in tufning d_o‘(hle back somersaults. Suréely the uplift of the stage is at hand! | : ‘- ~ Kaider Wilhelm’s sixth son is to join the navy. Wilhelm ought to have ~ saved one for the airship fleet. - When a Woman has to disguise herself as a man in order to get good em- ~ ployment ag a cook, it would seem that woman is got.invading man’s kingdom ~ as much a§ has been feared. - What ay exquisite pleasure it must . be to be jable to satisfy your artisucsoul by purchasing a picture ‘for ~ $600,000! | o - Boston [reports a phenomenal catch ~of lobsters. Thiz will make Broadway

SLEW MUCH GAME IN JUNGLES OF AFRICA

Colonel Roosevelt Bagged Elephants, Lions and Many other Animals, Sending the Specimens to the Smithsonian Institute — Kermit the Expedition’s Photographer. - v ’

Colonel Roosevelt added much to his fame as a hunter of big game during his 11 months in East Africa, and ‘also sent a great number of valuable 's’pecfmens of the fauna and flora of ‘that region to the Smithsonian institution, which partly financed the ex‘pedition. The individual expenses of Mr. Roosevelt and his son Kermit were paid by the former, who earned large sums by writing articles for a magazine descriptive of his experiences. L Not wasting much time after leaving -the White House, Colonel Roosevelt sailed from New York on the steamship Hamburg, headed for Naples. With him were Kermit and ‘three naturalists, Major Mearns, Edmund Heller and J. Alden Loring, and stowed in the hold was most of their ‘elaborate outfit for killing or photographing the animals of East Africa and for preserving the specimens destined for, the Smithsonian Institution. Kermit had trained himself to be the chief photographer. of the expedition, but he also turned out to be considerable of a hunter. A great throng of friends and admirers bade the colonel farewell, and he sailed away, but could pot entirely separate himself from the world, for practically all the way across the Atlantic wireless communication with the Hamburg was maintained. Moreover, at the Azd;es, and again at Gibraltar, he found the officials and people insisted on doing him honor, and when he reached Naples on. April b the entire populace turned out to greet him with flowers and cheers. Boarding the German steamship Admiral for Mombasa, Mr. Rooseveilt found in his cabin a quantity of flowers and a letter from Emperor William wishing him “good hunting.” - At Messina a stop was made to view the earthquake ruins, and there, at King Victor Emmanuel’s request, Mr. Roosevelt: and Kermit visited the Italian monarcli on board the battleship Rex Umberto. ' The party arrived at Mombasa April 21 and was received by

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Acting Governor Jackson, who had been instructed by the British govern: ment to do all in his powef ‘o further the plans of the expedition. ‘Unusual privileges were granted the hunters, and Mr. Roosevelt and Kermit. were licensed to kill lons. At Mombasa the party was joined by R. J. Cuninghame, a veteran African hunter and explorer, and Leslie J. Tarleton, and these two managed the expedition in a most able manner. Taking train to Kapitil plains, the party became the guests of Sir Alfred Pease on his ranch. An immense caravan of 260 persons was organized and on April 25 Colonel Roosevelt had his first African hunt. On this occasion he bagged two wildebeests and a Thompson’s gazelle. April 30 was a notable day in the camp on the Athi, for on that day the first lions fell victims to the marksmanship of the Roosevelts. Theodore shot two and Kermit one, and there was great rejoicing among the natives who maae up the caravan. After that the big game came fast and cheetahs, giraffes, rhinoceroses and more lions were

Ambition.

‘What would the world do without ambitious people, people who are determined to get on? Why, it would be as flabby as a Norfolk dumpling. 'Ambiuous people are the leaven which raises it into wholesome bread. Without ambitious people the world would never get up. They are busybodies who are about early in the morning, hammering, shouting and rattling the fireirons, and rendering it generally impossible for the rest of the house to remain in bed. . Contented, unambitious people who don’t care about improving their position are all very well in their way. I have not a word to say against them so long as they keep quiet. But do not,. for goodness sake, let them go strutting about, as they are so fond of doing, crying out that they are models for the whole species.—From “Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow.”

Claimed Otherwise.

“He is terribly stuck on hiniself, is he not?” , “No, I guess not; I heard him say he hated & mush-head.” _

added to the list, in all 14 varieties of animals being secured. Meanwhile Kermit was busy with his cameras and the naturalists prepared the specimens. 4

George McMillan, an American, was the next host of the hunters, and several weeks were' spent on his fine Ju Ja ranch and in the surrounding country. There the game was very plentiful and many flne specimens were bagged. Members of the party made several extensive trips of exploration, notably on and around Mount Kenia.

The expedition left East Africa December 19, crossed Uganda and went down the White Nile, getting back to comparative civilization at Gondokoro. There they went aboard a steamer put at their disposal by the sirdar, and journeyed to Khartum, where Mrs. Roosevelt met her husband, and accompanied him in a leisurely trip to Cairo. During his stay in Egypt Colonel Roosevelt was the recipient of many honors and - made several speeches. One of them, in which he praised the administration of the British, gave considerable offense to the native Nationalists. At the end of March .the Roosevelts sailed for Italy. In a preliminary report to the Smithsonian Institution Mr. Roosevelt summarized the material results of the expedition as follows: : “On the trip Mr. Heller has pre: pared 1,020 specimens of mammals, the majority of large size; Mr. Loring has prepared 3,163, and Doctor Mearns 714—a total of 4,897 mammals. Of birds, Doctor Mearns has ' prepared nearly 3,100, Mr. Loring 899, and Mr. Heller about fifty—a total of about 4,000 birds. ?

o “oOf reptiles and batra(?hlans. Messrs. Mearns, Loring and Heller collected abeut 2,000. . “Of fishes, about 500 were collected. Doctor Mearns collected marine fishes near Mombasa, and fresh water fishes elsewhere in British East Africa, and he and Curninghame collected fishes in the White Nile.

“This makes, in al, of vertebrates: Mammals: ol o i o i $B3O Birds (abeut 00l sl v .. 4,000 Reptiles and batrachians (about)..... 2,000 Fishes (BDOUL). . ici s iai: inaoniciinsavess B 0 Total: ot vd aiia b inias cisviss 11,897 “The invertebrates were collected chiefly by Doctor Mearns. with some assistance from Messrs. Cuninghame and Kermit Roosevelt. “A few marine shells were collected near Mombasa, and land and freshwater shells throughout the regions visited, as well as.crabs, beetles, millipeds, and other invertebrates. “Several thousand plants were collected throughout the regions visited by Doctor Mearns, who employed and trained for the work a M'nyumnezi named Makangarri, who soon learned how to make very good specimens, and turned out an excellent man in every way. . “Anthropological materials = were gathered by Doctor Mearns, with some assistance from others; a collection was contributed by Major Ross, an American in the government service at Nairobi.” . : E. WEBSTER.

Town Owned by One Man.

Strange things obtain in the old country. For instance the town of Castlerea, one of the most progressive centers in the west of Ireland, with some 3,000 of a population, is owned by a private family, the lands belonging to the Sandford estate. The estate is now to be acquired by the congested districts board; and as this means that present tenants will have the option of becoming their own land. lords, and that fresh lands, will be broken up into small lets, the sale is very popular and will, it is kxpected, have a considerable influence on the commercial prosperity, of the place.

A Legal Process. 7 “I hear their progress in .the boat was arrested by a leak:” s “Yos' - “What did they do?” “Bailed her out.” v .

His Choice.

“A young ,W}'iter'like you oﬁght to choose a.graceful model for his style.”

“Oh, the girl 1T am engaged to suits my style all right. She’s a cloak model.”

lAFT WINS VIGTORY

PRESIDENT HALTS INJUNCTION WHILE AWAITING NEW i RAILROAD LAW.

ROADS WITHDRAW NEW RATES

Officials of Western Trunk Lines and Nation's Executive Agree to Let Commerce Commission Decide Fairness of Higher Tariffs.

[ Washington.—The big railroad offi- | clals of the west have made a comiplete surrender to President Taft. At the end of a four-hour confer- | ence Monday with the president in the executive offices, the representatives of the Western Trunk line committee | consénted .to the announcement that i they would withdraw the proposed in'creases in freight rates which. the | administration had enjoined by the i federal court in Missouri early last laveek. ' i . They further consented to make no { further effort to increase rates - until | the pending railroad bill has become § a law. This means. that all future in- | creases in rates proposed by these : railroads must be reviewed by the in- | terstate commerce commission before { such new rates become effective.s” { A latitnde of 11 mopths is allowed ; the commission in wg‘ich to investi- | gate the proposed rate increases, un- { der the bill as it is passed hy the sen- | ate, so that there'is approximately a | full year ahead under which the old | rates must be maintained, in conse- | quence of the agreement which the ad- | ministration forced from the railway ; men. So far this arrangement binds | only the western roads. e | But at the White House Tuesday afi ternoon President Taft had before | him Presidents Brown of the New | York Central lines, Mcßae of the | Pennsylvania road and such other ' eastern railway chiefs as they desired ] to bring with them for a conference along lines similar to those of the l western conference. These .eastern’ roads have also filed mnotice of increases in rates, There is every reason to belteve that the president made ia similar proposition to his callers | and that it was accepted, and all pos!sibility of increases in rates averted. In return for the withdrawal of the ' proposed increased rates the presi'dent agreed to discontinue the inmjunction proceedings instituted against the Western Trafic committee. But it is expressly understood that this action will not be discontinued until the completed railroad bill, as agreed to finally by the two houses of congress, has received the signature of the president. . ; The agreement is a distinct triumph for the administration. By a deft use of the Sherman anti-trust law, invoked as a club at the last hour, the threatened increase in freight rates has been prevented and the railroads held in check until congress finally | puts into the president’s hand the | means whereby the interstate_ commerce commission will have at . all l times the full means of regulating all | freight charges.

BARE $2,000,000 . C. GRAFT

Injunction Granted Against Former Employes and Companies Which They Organized.

Chicago.—Some of the details of the graft investigation growing out of an alleged “inner circle” in the Illinois Central railroad, through the operations of which the railroad company was robbed of nearly $2,000,000, were made .known Monday when Judge Walker granted issuance of an injunction against those accused. The injunction restrains the defendants from carrying out contracts given them by the Illinois Central. The defendants are:: i H. O. Osterman, the West Pullman Car. company, the American Car and Equipment company; J. C. Bucker, formerly superintendent of machinery of the Illinois Central railroad; William Renshaw, formerly in the employ of the railroad; O. S. Keith, formerly superintendent of trains for the railroad company, and John M. Taylor, formerly general storekeeper. : The avowed purpose of .the suit is to tie up the business of the concerns mentioned as defendants. These, it is charged, have bilked the railroad company out of the amount mentioned through collusion with the former employes of the line, who also are named as defendants. :

The suit, it is understod, was filed, preparatory to grand jury action. °

Whitney Begins Arctic Trip.

New Haven, Conn.—Harry Whitney, the hunter of this ‘city and Paul J. Rainey of Cleveland, 0., left New Haven for Sydney, C. 8., where they will join the arctic ship Beothie, which they have chartered for a hunt ing trip in the northern latitudes. Before leaving Whitney reiterated that the trip was absolutely for hunting purposes. :

Preshyterians for Church Union.

Halifax, N. S.—“ Church Union” was discussed by the Presbyterian assembly of Canada Wednesday.and a committee report favoring -union was adopted. A resolution to send . the question down to the presbyteries was carried hy a vote of 184 to 73.

Gen. William Butler Dead.

London.—Gen: Sir William Butler is dead at the age of seventy-two. His career included a part in the Fenian raid campaign and the‘'Red river expedition in Canada. {

Prince Gives Police $2OO.

New York.—Prince Tsai Tao, now in Europe, has sent his check for $2OO “for the police of New York.” The check was received Tuesday in a letter expressing thanks for courtesies extended during the prince’s recent visit to the city. §

King’s Pallbearers Get Medals.

London.—King George has decorated the sailors who carried the body of his father through Windsor. Tiesday he gave every man a medal of the Royal Victorian Order.

Ouke KiLLS Scorzs ALY ANOPTS BANK BILL

SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTRY IS AGAIN SEVERELY SHAKEN,

Thousands Fiee in Panic as Towns Are Ruined—Oid Men Die of Fright, ;

*Avellino, Italy.—The brunt of a severe earthquake that rocked the southern portion of Italy Tuesday was borne by the province of Avellino. . At Avellino, King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena appeared before the people in an effort to check their fright. Not even they, however, could reassure the terrified. The latest advices show the number of known dead as follows: Avellino, 23; Valetta, 1; San Fele di Potenza, 6;-. Castel,. Basonia, 1; Clanchi, 1; San Sossio, 10; Calitri, 50.

It is believed when the full list is secured, and the fatalities in the outlying district have been learned, the

death roll will run far higher. Government officials stated the first estimate of 300 will not be too high. Distressing scenes were witnessed as thousands fled in terror from their hovels, some.dying of fright. . Much damage was done to property, but it is impossible to determine the extent of the devastation. - : In this city little harm was done, and the only deéath reported was that of an old man who died of fright. The population, however, was terrorstricken. -

At Calitri, where 20 people are reported killed, the situation is distressing. Ten persons are said to have met death at San Sossio, where the sulphur waters with which the district is rich, were released from bounds by the disturbance and flooded the vicinity., From the flood noxious gasds arose. ‘ At Chianche a house fell burying and-killing an aged man. :

One person was killed and several were injured at Castelbaronia.

Squads of workmen together with detachments of soldiers were dispatched from this place to assist the suffering villagers. : It was in the darkest hour of the ‘morning when the shock was felt here. The sleeping town was aroused by the shaking of walls, the rattling of furniture and the falling of plaster from the ceilings. e In a moment panic had seized the 20,000 inhabitants, who live in daily fear of a seismic disaster. i

Half-naked men, women and children fled from their homes screaming with. terror. They had in their minds visions of Messina and the horror of Reggio. gfter several hours of frantic entreity the authorities succeeded in reestablishing a semblance of calm and relief squads were organized. Word that the king and queen were en route here on a special train served to afford new courage to the people and had a good effect in restoring order.

LORIMER CHARGES ARE FILED

Senator Cullom Lays Before Senate . 'Memorial Prepared by Voters’ League of Chicago. 5

Washington.—Senator Cullom Tuesday laid before the senate a memorial

prepared by the Legislative Voters’ league of Chicago embodying formal charges against Senator William Lorimer, . Senator Cullom offered the memorial without comment and it was read only in part and referred without comment to the committee on privileges and elections. .

The league’s memorial is a long document, embodying the confessions of White and Holstlaw, that they were bribed to vote for Lorimer; the bribery indictment against Lee O’Neil Browne, and otherwise summarizes the allegations heretofore published as affecting Lorimer’s election. This memorial places formal charges before the committee and is a basis for action which the senate:-has not had before. :

STORM HITS STATE PRISON

Buildings at Missouri Penitentiary Are Damaged—Two Convicts Hurt by Falling Timbers.

Jefferson City, Mo.—A cyclone unroofed three buildings at the state penitentiary here and badly damaged two others. Two convicts were injured by falling timbers.

Fire broke out in the saddle tree factory in the prison folowing the windstorm. A large force of convicts, under heavy guard, subdued the flames. e The convicts beat the walls of their cells long after the storm had passed, and many prayed aloud and shrieked.

Ohio Cities “Open Shops.”

Columbus, O.—No Ohio city or village can contract with a labor union to employ none except union labor in municipal enterprises, ‘according to an opinion of Attorney General Denman. S

Carter Chief of Staff.

Washington.—Maj. Gen. William H. Carter, lately in command of the Philippine division, Wednesday assumed the duties of acting chief of staff of the army, relieving Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, who, after a short vacation, will assume command of the department of -the Pacific. General Carter will act as chief of staff until the retarn to Washington from South America of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of staff, when he will become assistant chief. L Wood is expected here about the middle of July.

Hurled Through Wind Shield.

Denver, Col.—Edna Warner, seven-yvear-old daughter of Louis Warner of this city, was hurled through the glass wind shield' of an automobile Monday when the machine, which was driven by thes father, collided with a telegraph pole.

King Dines the Roosevelts.

London.—Former President Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt wgfe entertained at luncheon Monday by King George and Queen Mary at Marlborough houvse. '

POSTAL SAVINGS MEASURE GETS 24 DEMOCRATIC VOTES IN °

HOUSE

FINAL BALLOT WAS 192 TO 113

Senator Borah Assures President Sen-

ate Will Accept Act as Passed by Lower Body—Conference Probably Unnecessary.

Washington.—The postal savings bank bill Thursday passed the house by a vote of 192 to 113, receiving 24 Democratic votes, although it was a Republican caucus measure, "

This is the last of the president's legislative measures to have to pass the house at this session—the last, at least, that the president will insist on. The house has now passed the railroad bill, the statehood bill and the conservation bill. The injunction bill will be permitted to slumber in committee, the preésident having told hause leaders he will not insist on it.

From now until adjournment the house will mark time, while the senate ‘completes its work and the conferees get together on bills on which the house and senate disagree. The general deficiency appropriation and the pubHc buildings bills can be brought out and passed at short. notice. * Neither will be the -subject of general attack. Th& public building bill will be crowded through in the last days of the session.

!’ Whether the postal savings bank | bill as it passed the house will have itogo to conference is uncertain. The | president approves the house bill, {which is' a S\ibst!tute. for the senate measure. Senator ‘- Borah, who was one of the most active-of the Repubalicans in framing the senate bill, has told the president that there is a i:hance of the senate accepting the | house bill. If this is done there will ' be no occasion for a conference.

| The house bill differs from the sen?ate bill in many important features, | mainly in the difference of amounts |of deposits to be carried in local | banks and in the control of the presi%den"t over the amounts so deposited. ‘The senate bill carries a hard and fast clause holding half of the de!poslts in local banks, not subject to | withdrawal, for investment in any securities; and providing for means for lthe withdrawal by individuals of their deposits for - investment in governfm'ent. bonds.

TARIFF BILL IS |INDORSED

Wisconsin Republicans in State Convention Praise Taft and Davidson Administrations.

. Milwaukee. —The administration of President William H. Taft is indorsed in the platform unanimously adopted at the closing session of the Repub-

lican state conwvention in Milwaukee Thursday.. The present tariff law is approved and the provisions for maximum and minimum schedules and future scientific revisions are commended. Governor Davidson's administration also is indorsed. ) The platform says:

“We commend the administration of William H. Taft, we admire his character, we recognize his marked ability as a statesman, and we applaud his fidelity to the plédges contained in the party platform and to the‘ principle of good government. “Under difficulties and against opposition that tried# the utmost his patience and forbedtance he has labored witheut ceasing to secure the enactment of wholesome constructive legislation, to introduce economies in the administration of the business affairs of the government, to wisely use and conserve the natural wealth of the nation, and to protect our honor and interests abroad. “We approve of the present tariff law as a real progressive measure. We especially commend the provisions for maximum and minimum schedules and future scientific revision. “To the end that our party may be maintained, high ideals upheld and party efficiency secured, frequent and regular party councils should be held, and the necessary party committees and officers should be appointed, whose duty it shall be to provide for a reorganization of the party throughout the state, and we favor the enactment of such laws as may be necessary to accomplish such ends. With the selection of a ‘campaign committeé, consisting of two members from each congressional district, and the choosing of William D. Connor of Maryland as state chairman, the convention adjourned sine die. - Browne Jury Completed. + Chicago.—The jury which will try Representative Lee O'Neil Browne, who is charged with offering Representative Charles White $l,OOO to vote for William Lorimer for United States senator, was completed Thursday and the taking of testimony was begun. Man of 107 an Immigrant. New York.—Passing through Ellis island Thursday was an immigrant believed to be the oldest ever to enter the United States. He is Peter Bekel, 107 years old, traveling with his seventy-year-old son, George Bekel, and George's son, Frederick.

Birth Rate in France Falls.

Paris.—Vital statictics just made show a decrease in the birth rate in France. The births during 1909 were 770,000, against 792,000 in the preceding year. ¢

Aeroplane’s Fall Kills Woman,

Worcester, England.—While an aviator was attempting to give an exhibition at the agricultural show here Thursday his aeroplane became unmanageable and swooped down upon a crowd of spectators, killing one woman and injuring several other persons.

Four Killed by Locomotive.

Haverstraw, N. Y.—Four personf were killed and one seriously injured here Thursday when a train struck & coach returning from a funeral.

The Parable of - the Sower Sunday School Lesson for June 19, 1910 © Speciall yimngedtorThiq Paper " LESSON TEXT.—Matthew 13:1-9, 18-28 Memory verse, 23. R . GOLDEN TEXT.—*Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing ot wickedness, receive with weakness the implanted’ word which s able to save your souls.”’—Jas.-1:21 (R. V). : TIME.—The autumn of A. D. 28 six months before the ldst lesson. PLACE.—Beside the Sea ‘of Galilee, probably near Capernaum. SO Suggestion and Practical Thought. When a Boat Bécame a Pulpit.—Vs. I:3a. When was this parable spoken? “The same day,”—a day of which we have a conspicuously full -record,"v'vhen‘ Jesus healed the blind-- and dumb demoniac. (Matt. 12: 22-45), and had a discussion with some scribes from Jerusalem:. When his mather and brothers sought him (Matt. 12: 46-50), he proclaimed. his .disciples as his kindred. Then, leaving the house, he went on to the seashore, and there gpoke a series of seven parables. - Who made up Christ’'s: audience? “Great multitudes,” “out of ‘every city,” as Luke says. - Christ had been teaching and healing in all their cities (Luke 8: 1), and hundreds must have followed the great rabbi and miracleworker, to see more wonders or to gain new blessings for .themselves or their dear ones. [n the crowd ‘were doubtless workmen from the near-by flelds and vineyards, fishermen just come from their toil out in the lake, shepherds from their flocks on the hills, artisans from tWe busy factories of the town, men from a caravan passing on the Damacus road, some. soldiers from .the barracks, boys on their way home from school, critical and gneering scribes ' ‘from- Jerusalem, eager and loving disciples, old men leaning on their staffs, ‘mothers with babies in thelr arms—all the-diverse elements of hiaman life wonld be represented, and all could fiid sémething for themselves in the simple stories the Preacher told.

What was Christ’'s puipit?. .The crowd was-so great that, in order to gain a vantage ground whence he could be geen and heard, our Lord entered a boat.- LT -

What was Christ's sermon? “He spake many things unto them in parables.” These seven parables {Mark &dds an eighth) “are a great whole, setting forth ‘the mystery of the kingdom’ in its methods? of establishment, its corruption, its outward and inward growth, the conditions of entrance into it, and its final purification.”—Alexander Maclaren. The first parable is fittingly an f{llustration -of how the kingdom gets a foothold—or fails to—in human hearts and lives, through good and bad lfstening. It is less “the parable of the sower” than “the parable of the ground” that is offered to the sower. ) o Four Kinds of Ground.—Vs. 3b—9 What scene had Christ in mind as the basis of the parable? *“A sower wen* forth to sow.” =4

What is the first kind of ground on which the seed fell? “The way side,” for grainfields in Palestine are séldom fenced, and both pedestrians and beasts of burden use freely the narrow paths intersecting them. The ground, of course, is beaten hard, and the seed that falls there remains conspicuously on the surface. o

What is the second kind of ground? “Stony places, where ‘they had not miuch earth.” ) .

.What is the third kind of gtound? “Some fell among thorns.” . . How did the seed fare in that soll? “The thorns. sprung up, and chaoked them.” - . )

What is the fourth kind of ground? “Good ground,” rich, responsive and permanently productive. Of course, most of the seed fell upon such soil. How did the seed fare in this ground? “It brought. forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.” - Lt

Four Kinds of Hearers.—Vs. 18-23. Why did the disciples seek an explanation of the parable? It seems simple and clear to us only because we are so familiar with the interpretation. Really, it was susceptible of many meanings. . e

Who is the sower? Again, as in the next parable, the Son of man; but he is the head farmer, and all Christians are to be farmers under him.

What i 8 the seed? . “The word of the kingdom,”” whatever utterance or act has to do with the coming of the kingdom of heaven on earth. : What is the soil? It is the heart of man, which responds to the truth in many ways. -

Who are wayside hearers? Those that do not understand “the word of the kingdom.” Sy What ' befalls the truth {im such hearts? - “Then cometh the wicked one,” .Satah, ‘the reality of whose existence and baneful activity our Lord so often avouches, and catcheth away that which was sown,

Who are the stony ground hearersg? They make an advance over the first class, for they receive the word, and even with joy; but they obey it only to a certain extent and for a short time. = When obedience to it gets them into trouble. 3

Who- are the thorny ground hearers? Those in whose hearts the word of truth is choked by the care of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and, as Mark adds, “the lust other things.” Lok

Who are the good ground hearers? Those that hear the word and take it in, receive it in an honest and good heart, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience (Luke 8:15, r. v). How .can any heart. become good ground? By yielding itself to the influence of God’s Holy Spirit. - , No good seed equals the Bihle in eficacy. The word of God is the most popular book in' the world. Every year the American Bible society issues nearly two million copies or portions, and the British -and Foreign Bible society more than five million. more than 400 languages. Think of tte hundreds of thousands of preachers, the 20,000 missionaries, the 800,000 Sunday schools with 2500, 000 teachers, the 70,000 Christian’ Endeavor societles and many thousands of socleties constantly engaged In sowing the good seed!

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“My love of horses has been a great comfort to me all my life. I have always kept my horses in their place, though. I haven’t allowed them to interfere with my business. “Some men carry their love of horses altogether too far. Such a one was a young father who stood, with his fair wife, before the crib of their first born. i

*‘lsn’t he wonderful?” th® young mother cried. °‘Did.vou ever see anything like him at twenty-six months? “ ‘Maternal love is all very well, the father retorted, impatiently, ‘but please don’t try to compare it with a two-year-old thoroughbred.”” Good Work Proceeds Slowly. At the present rate of increase nearly forty-five years must elapse before sufficient hospital accommodations to provide for all the indigent consumptives in the United States will be provided, declares the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Although over . 7,000 beds in hospitals, sanatoria, camps and wards for tuberculous patients were established last year, there are fully 300,000 indigent consumptives who ought to be dlaced in such institutions and a total of oaly 22,720 beds in the entire country. On May 1, 1909, there were 15,244 beds for consumptives and 294 institutions. The annual report of the national association ghows an increase of 99 institutions and 7,600 beds.g

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