The Syracuse Journal, Volume 6, Number 23, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 1 October 1913 — Page 2

The Syracuse Journal GEO. O. SNYDER, Publisher. Syracuse, ... Indiana. HAS TROUBLES IN CHUNKS Unfortunate Tennis Referee Seemingly* as Much Worried as Is Baseball Umpire. A good deal of the humors of a tenHis tournament comes in the way of the referee, writes F. R. Burrow in the Strand. He it is upon whom an Indignant father bursts with righteous indignation, to impart his illogical conviction that “if my daughter had been properly handicapped she would have won easily!” It is to him that a husband has been known to bring the apparently startling request, “I want you to scratch my wife!” S His duties in the management and careful fittting-in of the matches of a tournament are apt to be disturbed by telegrams such as the following series, which once came at intervals of about half an hour from an absent competitor whose presence was Urgently desired. No. 1 ran, “Car broke down, hiring another.” No. 2, “Hired car broken down, coming by train.” No. 3, “Train broken down, hiring special.” And No. 4, “Special broken down; walking.” Quite outside one’s ordinary duties is the receipts of such a postcard as the following: “I see ya# have a crochet tournament at next week. Please let me know by return what size cotton and pins are allowed.” > This baffled me completely, until I learned that in the week following the tennis tournament a croquet tournament was to be held on the same ground and either through a printer's error or supreme mental blindness some confiding spinster had jumped to the conclusion that the opportunity' 1 had at last arrived for exhibiting her talents as crochet-worker. Witty Heckler. Many are the vicissitudes through which Englishmen pass on their pilgrimage to the house of commons, and in the opinion of a contributor to the English Illustrated Magazine, none is so annoying as the “voice” from the back of vne hall. It is dreaded by even the most experienced campaigner. Not long ago, following the present fashion of boasting of your humble origin and early struggles, a prospective M. P. referred to the hardships of his youth. “How did I make my way in the world ?” he asked the audience. “I got my start in life by serving in a grocery shop at twelve shillings a week, and yet I managed to save.” “Was that before cash registers were invented?” asked the inexorable “voice.” The orator wisely decided to join in the general laugh. • Denatured Food Substances. After denatured alcohol, we have come to denatured food substances. Chief Carl Alsberg, successor to Dr. Wiley at Washington, has arranged with the secretary of the treasury that all imported substances found unfit for food may be refused admission to this country unless they are treated /with coloring matter or other distasteful substances that will make it impossible to convert them into foodstuffs. Many importers are entering substances like ratten eggs and ran■cid oils “for technical purposes” that anust be this process be actually used in tanning leather, soapmaking, and the manufacture of lubricants, instead of entering human stomachs in deceptive form. Dr. Alsberg calls for an amendment to the food and drugs act such denaturing of unfit domestic as well as foreign foods. Ape Proved Worthy Foe. After a hard fight in which he stood -off a crowd of 20 men, a big man-ape which escaped from a theater at Chico, Cal., was killed in an alleyway at the rear of the stage. The ape had been searched for for several days, Nut no trace of the animal was found. It is believed that he kept hidden in the rafters and, becoming hungry, put In an appearance at the place where he received his last meal. The monkey put up a fight when the crowd attempted to take him. He fought viciously and had his pursuers about ready to capitulate when a man fired a 22-caliber rifle and, with one shot, killed the ape. He measured over four feet high. Atchison Problem. A young man in Atchison, Kan., famous for its freak folk, gave a young woman a costly ring, paying for it in . installments. The girl jilted him and kept the ring, and the Atchison Globe declares it will take the young man 18 months to finish the payments. It’s the little problems of this sort that save Atchison from absolute dull- , ness. ___ Not a Bookworm. “Yes, indeed,”' began the man with the tired, sleepy-looking eyes, “I often spend the entire night in my library.” “I didn’t know you were such a great reader.” “I’m not! One of my bookcases is a folding bed.” Off the Water Wagon. Aladdin rubbed his lamp and the genie appeared. “It’s my first sight of a djinn-phiz,” jdghed Aladdin. And he rolled off the water wagon. Prophetic, A quarrelsome couple, having exhausted many subjects, came to dlscussing tombstones, and the husband asked: “My dear, what kind of stone do you suppose they will give me when 1 -die?” “Brimstone,” was the reply. Oldest Inhabited Kilkenny castle Is one of the oldest Inhabited houses in the world, many rof the rooms being much as they were 800 years ago.

SULZER BEGGED FOR PROTECTION Morgenthau Says Governor Asked That He Be Shielded. AMBASSADOR GAVE SI,OOO Superintendent of’M’ublic Works Contributed SSOO to Campaign Fund and Gives Damaging Testimony at Impeachment Trial. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 29. —Governor Sulzer tried to persuade contributors , to his campaign fund not to testify against him, according to evidence adduced at his impeachment trial Friday. He asked Duncan W. Peck, state superintendent of public works, who gave SSOO to the fund, to violate his oath on the witness stand in event he should be called to testify before the Frawley investigating committee, Peck swore. The governor, Beck asserted, had told him that he, too, would deny having received contributions. This conversation, he said, was held in the governor’s office at the capitol. Peck at the time of his contribution held his present position, but told the governor, he said, that there were “no strings” to the gift, and that he did not feel that he was obliged to reappoint him. Peck was reappointed. The governor asked Henry W. Morgenthau, ambassador ito Turkey, who contributed SI,OOO, to be “easy on him,” and to “treat the affair between us as personal” in the event that he should be called to testify. This Mr. Morgenthau swore to when recalled to the stand. He said the request was made by governor over the long distance telephone on September 2 last. It was further brought out that Richard Croker, Jr., son of the former leader of Tammany, had contributed a $2,000 check,, payable, at the request of Sulzer, to the order of “Cash,” and that the check was cashed by Frederick L. Colwell, alleged to have been the governor’s agent in his Wall street transactions. Croker testified that the governor wanted the check in a convenient form to cash it immediately, because he was in a hurry, to start on his campaign trip through the state. This was on October 16, but it developed that Colwell did, not cash the check until October 31. The latter testimony was given by William B. Houghton, paying teller of the Equitable Trust company of New York, who said that Colwell was his Sunday school teacher. Demand for Colwell’s production brought out a statement from the governor’s attorneys that they expected to get in communication with him tonight or tomorrow. John W. Cox, Thomas W. Brady, John T. Dooling, J. Temple Gwathmey, Luitpold Mendelbaum and Judge Lewis J. Conlan, all of New York, testified that they had contributed checks or cash from SIOO to SI,OOO, none of which was mentioned in the governor’s sworn statement of campaign contributions. Many developments marked the impeachment trial of Governor Sulzer Thursday., They were as follows: Jacob H. Schiff, a New York banker, testified that he was recently asked by Samuel 1. Frankenstein, a former law partner of Governor Sulzer, if he would accept the return of the alleged $2,500 campaign contribution which the banker on Wednesday said he gave to the governor without restriction as to its use. Mr. Schiff said he had replied negatively. The high court, by a unanimous vote, decided to admit all testimony pertaining to campaign contributions made to the governor, even though they were not specified in the articles of impeachment. This ruling paved the way for the introduction of evidence intended to show £he governor had solicited and received large contributions from brewing interests. FRISCO TRAIN IS WRECKED. New Orleans Hospitals Ordered to Prepare for Injured. New Orleans, La., Sept. 29. —Northbound St, Louis & San Francisco pas-, senger train No. 202 was wrecked near Kinner, La. A relief train has left for the scene and New Orleans hospitals have been notified to prepare to care for injured. Reports do not give number of injured, nor how many, if' any, were killed. Death Takes Patrick, Ford. New York, Sept. 25.—Patrick Ford, editor of the Irish World, died at his home in Brooklyn. For a generation he had supported with speech and pen Irish opposition to English rule, organizing in 1879 and afterward 2,500 branches of the Land League to the treasurer of which in Ireland he forwarded $500,000 through his paper. ’ Joseph W. Folk Takes Office. Washington, Sept. 29.—A Chautauqua lecturer was added to the pay roll of the state department when Joseph W. Folk took the oath of solicitor of the department. Mr. Folk is reputed to be sacrificing an income of $35,000, Death of 140 No Lesson; Fined. New York, Sept. 29. —Max Blanck, proprietor of the Triangle Waist company, whose building was swept by fire, with the loss of 140 lives, was found guilty of having the factory doors fastened. He was fined S2O. Daughters Won’t Contest Will. New York, Sept. 27. —Assistant Corporation Counsel W. R. C. Mayer, a brother of Mrs. William J. Gaynor, denied reports that Mayor Gaynor s two daughters, who were cut off with SI,OOO each, would contest the will. Adds 66 postal Banks. Washington, Sept 26.— postoffices, which are to be advanced to presidential grade October 1, have been designated by Postmaster General Burleson to be postal savings depositories after November 1.

WILLIAM B. LAMAR i w W Judge William B. Lamar of Monticello, Fla., will be the United States commissioner to the exposition in San Francisco in 1915. He is a former member of congress from Florida. WORLD’S BALL SERIES TO BEGIN OCTOBER 7 First Game Will Be Played at New York—Commission Fixes Prices t of Seats. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 27. —The members of the National Baseball commission decided Thursday that the first game between that club and the Philadelphia American league team for the world’s championship shall be played in New York on October 7. In making these arrangements the commission assumes that the Giants will win in the National league. The umpires agreed upon for the series are T. H. Connolly, John J. Egan, William Klem and Charles J. Rigler. The second game will be played in Philadelphia on October 8, after which the clubs will alternate between the two cities. In case a game is postponed because of rain or for some other cause, or a legal game is not played, the teams will remain in the city where the postponement occurred until a legal game shall have been’ played. In the event of a legal game resulting in a tie, the two clubs will not play it off in the city where it occurred, but will move on to the next city, the same as though the contest resulted in one of the teams winning. All games will start at two p. m., and there will be band concerts on each ground from eleven a. m. to one p. m. • In New York the following prices will prevail: Boxes, accommodating four person, $25; upper grand stand, reserved, $3; admission and entire lower grand stand, unreserved, $2; bleacher seats, sl. In Philadelphia the prices will be: Box seats, $5 each; reserved seats in main grandstand, $3; reserved seats, right and left pavilions, $2; bleacher seats, sl. PLOTTED TO SLAY PREMIER. Five Men Confess They Intended Killing Official. Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 29. —A confession that they intended to assassinate the Portuguese premier, Dr. Alfonso Costa, and instigate a revolt was made by five men arrested while placing bombs around the premier's villa at Praia das Macas, a watering place near Cintra. Madrid, Spain, Sept. 27.—Bands of Portuguese royalists have gathered along the Portuguese frontier, according to dispatches from Badajos, where they intend to carry out a carefully laid plan to create slight disturbances at various points so as to attract the attention of the Portuguese while the main body of a royalist army marches on Lisbon from the north. BLOW UP TRAIN; 50 KILLED. American Escapes Death, but. Loses All His Valuables. Laredo, Tex., Sept. 24. —Fifty persons were killed when rebels dynamited a passenger train on the Mexican Natiojial railway sixty miles south of Saltillo, Mex., according to official reports to Mexican federal headquarters in Nuevo Laredo Monday. W. W. Mervain of San Francisco, the only American on the train, is said to have escaped injury, but was robbed. Two dynamite mines were set off by electricity, it is said. The first class coach was only derailed, byt the baggage, express, and two second class coaches were blown to pieces. Last Merrimac Officer Dead. Natchez, Miss.. Sept. 29.—Capt. J. R. Eggleston, the last surviving officer of the Confederate ironclad Merrimac,, is dead at Sewanee, Tenn., according to a message sept to relatives here on Friday. Strike Costs Michigan $350,C00. Calumet, Mich.. Sept. 29.—The cost of the copper strike to the state has reached $300,000, and by the time militiamen are paid in full for their time and their sustenance, it will reach $50,000 additional. Manuel’s Bride to Hospital. Munich, Bavaria, Sept. 27.—Princess Augustine Victoria, wife of former King Manuel of Portugal, was ordered by her physicians to return to the hospital and remain for some time. She is suffering from grip. Legislator’s Son Ends Life. Williamson, W. Va., Sept. 27. —Joseph Rhodes, nineteen years old, son of Representative S. U.G. Rhodes, who Is in jail serving a sentence for bribery, shot himself to death in his roc tn.

U. S. MINI ROBBED; GOLD BAG GONE Thousands of Dollars Missing From San Francisco. WAS LOOTED TEN YEARS AGO Money Taken From Vault and Sack of Washers Is Substituted for Coin—Secret Service Agents Are Busy. San Francisco, Sept. 29.—A report published late here last night of the discovery of extensive thefts in the United States mint brought no denial from the mint officials. Federal secret service men called from Washington are working on what is believed to be the most extensive robbery of a government depository since the same mint was looted of a fortune in gold bars a decade ago. One sack, alone containing $30,000, has been found to be missing, and the government agents fear from the traces left by the thieves that the mint has been looted systematically of many thousands more. Superintendent of the Mint T. W. S. Shanahan refused to deny the report that the loss is a heavy one.- He has referred all inquiries to the treasury department in Washington, from which, he declares, all information must come. The sack, which had contained $30,000, had been replaced by a similar one containing iron washers, almost equalizing the gold in weight. The sack bore the ordinary government stamp. The secret service men have all employes of the mint under surveillance. Thirty government agents and accountants are working to determine the extent of the loss. The report of the robbery at the mint came from an employe of the depository who was angered at the questioning and surveillance of the secret service men. “I cannot discuss the matter under the circumstances," was the only answer elicited from Superintendent Shanahan. “It is' official business and something for the authorities at Washington to deal with.” About ten years ago one man, alone and unaided, tunneled under the mint and after several nights of work succeeded in carrying gold bars worth nearly $300,000 down to the seashore, where he cashed it. When he feared that he had been traced by secret service men he visited the hiding place of the bullion at night and threw it into the bay. He was later arrested, and after his confession the greater amount of the treasure was recovered. RODDENBERY DIES IN GEORGIA. Congressman Succumbs to Nervous Breakdown—Death Expected. Thomasville, Ga., Sept. 27.—United States Representative Seaborn A.. Roddenbery, too bad been ill at his home here since Sunday, died on Thursday. A nervous breakdown had prompted him to leave Washington at the direction of physicians. It had been believed a short rest would restore him to health, and not until Sunday did his condition become serious. Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery was born on a farm in Decatur county, Georgia, January 12, 1870. He was graduated from Mercer university at Macon, Ga., in 1891, and in 1894 was admitted to the bar. Congressman Roddenbery was elected to represent the Second Georgia district in the Sixty-first congress in February, 1910, and was re-elected to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third congresses. Mrs. Roddenbery and five children survive. $500,000 VOTED FARMERS. Meat Packers’ Association 'to Show Profits in Beef. Chicago, Sept. 24. —Five hundred thousand dollars was voted by the American Meat Packers’ association, in session here Monday to stimulate cattle raising. This step was taken as the result of the situation which the packers declare confronts t£e coun try—a meat famine by 1923 —and to lower the high cost of living. This was decided by the meat packers at their anual convention, on the motion of Gustav Bischoff. Sr., of the Independent Packing company, St. Louis, president of the organization. ASKS $50,000 FOR LOVE. Woman Sues Widow for Alienation of Husband’s Affections. Minneapolis, Minn.. Sept. 29.—Mrs. Caroline M. Ferguson, wife of George E. Ferguson, a real estate dealer, began suit in the Hennepin district court against Mrs. Florence D. Smalley, widow of Victor Smalley, the playwright, charging the a'ffenation of her husband’s affections. Mrs. Ferguson seeks $50,000 damages. Kills Two Soldiers and Self. Parchim, Germany, Sept. 29. —Two soldiers were, killed and one was fatally wounded by an officer’s servant. They were attempting to capture him after he had been detected in a robbery. He committed suicide. Will Guard Lloyd-George. London. Sept. 29.—Half a dozen of the best detectives attached to Scotland Yard were detailed to guard Chancellor David Lloyd-George from suffr -gette attack» when he leaves on a brief vacation. , — * Seek to Settle Alienation Suit. New York, Sept. 26. —Strenuous efforts are being made to settle the sl,000,000 damage suit brought by Mrs. Joseph A. Blake, against Mrs. Clarence H. Mackey for alleged alienation of the affections of Doctor Blake. Colonel Brfrzolora Is Dead. Fort Smith, Ark, Sept 26.—C01. James Brizzolora, one of the most noted characters in the southwest, and who earned his title when fourteen years old under Garibaldi, In the Italian army, died here.

HORACE WORTH VAUGHN** i My ‘ | 1 Jttv, Mil 1 IMIIk - ML 1 w SI Horace Worth Vaughn has succeeded Senator Norris Sheppard as congressman from the First Texas district. He has held many public offices and resigned from the legislature to enter congress. He is forty-six years old. ADVISES GOVERNOR TO GIVE THAW TO NEW YORK New Hampshire Attorney General Tells Felker to Sign Extradi- , -tion Papers. Concord, N. H, Sept. 27.—1 t was learned that Attorney General Tuttle of New Hampshire has advised Governor Felker to sign the extradition warrant for the return of Harry K. Thaw to New York state. The attorney general bases his opinion upon the fact that the extradition ’papers are in proper form, and that it is unnecessary for the governor in a case of this kind to go into details before signing the warrant . Harry K. Thaw and attorneys were disagreeably surprised when William Travers Jerome, deputy attorney general for New York state, appeared at the extradition hearing before Governor Felker Tuesday and announced that the Duchess county grand jury had returned a secret indictment against Thaw charging him with conspiracy in connection with his escape from Mateawan asylum. In making the announcement Jerome said that be is endeavoring to secure an indictment against the man who conceived the plan for Thaw’s escape, and tor this reason had asked that the indictment against Thaw be kept secret as long as possible., After nearing the arguments of I counsel for both sides. Governor Feb I ker reserved judgment and announced i that he would not make public his decision until next week. During the course of his argument ■ against extraction former Governor ■ Stone of Pennsylvania, chief counsel for Thaw, accused Jerome of deceit and trickery in the conduct of the case. » BIG LINER PASSES UP PORT. Heavy Sea . Bars Passengers From Olympic at Queenstown. Queenstown, Sept. 27—After shunning Queenstown harbor, owing to a rough sea, the White Star steamship Olympic sailed for the United States, leaving nearly 250 enraged Americans Jn town to await another vessel. ExSenator William A. Clark took the chair at an indignation meeting and | a resolution moved by Justice Cohalan of New York was adopted. This protested against the failure of the liner to enter the port. After the Olympic sailed arrangements were made to provide passage for all the Americans and the mail on the Adriatic. FOSS URGES ROAD INQUIRY. Says State Should Learn What New Haven Did With Money. Boston, Sept. 29.—Governor Foss called on Chairman MacLeod of the state's public service commission to investigate an expenditure of $337,000 reported by the New Haven railroad to the commission “during the period substantially covered by the last session of tfre Massachusetts legislature for ‘personal services’ and ‘other expenses.’ ” He hinted $1,000,000 had been spent in a similar way mysteriously. France Wins Aeroplane Race. London, Sept. 27.—France won the international quick-tarting aeroplane race at the Hendon aerodrome, with United States second and England third. The French aviator started and flew 239 feet in 31 seconds. , Opium Kills Paris Beauty. Paris, Sept. 27. —The death of a Parisian beauty, Pierrete Fleury, led the police to investigate the cause, and they found that it was due to opium, of which the girl took enormous quantities. $163,000,000 Flood Loss. Washington, Sept. 26.—The total damage from floods last spring was $163,000,000, of which 70 per cent, was done in Ohio and Indiana, according to a report issued by the United States weather bureau. two Brothers Killed In Row. Grand Chain, 111., Sept. 26—Joseph and John Hill were killed, and their brother, Bige Hill, was injured seriously in a family row. Joseph Hill had swore out warrants for assault against John and Bige.

AROUND THE CAMPaIH fire jgaSa SOUNDED END OF CIVIL WAR Two Veterans, Living at Maryville, Mo., Blew Shrill Notes That Mark-' ed Close of Hostilities. The two buglers, whose shrill notes marked the close of the Civil war — one for the Union forces and the other for the Confederates —live in Maryville and for years have been good friends, with many a “fighting-them-over” chat. The bugle that sounded that last charge for the Union forces at Appomattox, hangs in the office of Nathaniel Sisson, the man who sounded it to signal that last charge that was to be stopped suddenly by the appear ance of the flag of truce was; a soiled towel atop a hickory pole. The bugle that gave forth the notes that marked the close of hostilities for the other side was cast aside by H. P. Childress, the man who for four years had blown it, and in a dozen bloody battles, through the retreat from Gettysburg and on to Richmond, Five Forks and Appomattox, as being a good riddance. For when that last call was sounded Mr. Childress, who had shared with his comrades for two years the belief that the next battle would be the last, decided that his work was done and “lit right out” for home, not even waiting for his parole. Nor did he stop until he got back to Lynchburg. Strange to relate, Mr. Childress's call was not, sounded for nearly two hours after the surrender of Lee to Grant, and in the meantime his command, Lomax's cavalry under the command of General Penn, had been skirmishing away with the federate out several miles from Appomattox courthouse, in blissful ignorance that the ■ war was over. Their first intimation of the surrender came when a Union officer rode out with a white flag and advanced to General Penn with the news. Mr. Childress was standing near by and heard the officer say: “General Lee has surrendered to General Grant and you are ordered to hold your lines in their present positions.” Then General Penn ordered Bugler Childress to ride along the skirmish lines with orders to the colonels to cease firing, and, when he returned, he was ordered to blow “assembly,” which was the call for the skirmishers to fall back to their regiments. This done, Mr. Childress wheeled his horse and started back to find the pike to Lynchburg. He had been a soldier for four long years and was weary with war. He had sounded bugle calls at Second Bull Run, Winchester, Fort Royal, Clear Creek, Fisher’s Hill, Mount Jackson, Fort Republic, Harpers Ferry, Gettysburg, Brandy Station, Mine Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness. Spottsylvania Courthouse, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Richmond, Five Forks and this last assembly at Appomattox. And during all these four years he never had fired a shot. So young Childress wen*, home, dis- ! regarding the terms of war and othjer technicalities. On his solitary j journey he ran into General Rosser’s I command. “Hasn’t General Rosser ! surrendered?” he inquired. “Hell, 1 no!" was the answer, “and doesn’t in- | tend to.' It was several weeks after that Mr. Childress, now a civilian and busy with civilian pursuits, heard that he ought to go down to Fredericksburg and get his parole. He went in company with a number of neighbor boys and procured the paper which he guarded jealously for years and which finally was Mown away in a cyclone that demolished the Childress home, near Maryville, in 1883. It was different with Mr. Sisson, but ♦perhaps that Is natural, considering who won. He stayed it out and marched with Custer down Pennsylvania avenue in Washington city in I the grand review. Mr. Sisson was the brigade bugler in Custer's division and gave the signal for the charge, the regimental buglers catching it up and passing it on. Across the field charged the Union cavalry, with General Custer at the head. And while all .this was going on the flag of truce fluttered from the Confederate lines. Aides spurred their horses forward and overtook the fiery Custer to tell him of the tfuce. He ordered a halt and proceeded to General Gordon’s headquarters. While he was there a Confederate squad dashed out and opened fire. The Union soldiers thought that maybe Custer had been decoyed into the hands of the enemy and that the charge had been ordered as soon as he was safely trapped. But General Gordon soon stopped the firing, sending his orders by a Union officer after he had looked in vain for <jne of his own aides. Time to Get Out. A new South Carolina regiment were behind breastworks guarding a bridge —its first time in action- —when the Yanks swooped down upon them. The Yanks halted to fix bayonets, and one old “Secesh,” having never seen bayonets before, watched them with wideeyed interest fasten that implement on the end of their gun. The old man, becoming frightened, started to run. “I can stand for them t’ shoot powder an’ lead at me, but when they go t’ shoot butches knives I ain’t goin’t’ * fight.” Swells in the Water. Some green western boys with Sherman were discussing things nautical in land-lubber fashion. “I understand,” said one, “that a nautical mile is 6,080 feet and a statute mile is only 5,280 feet. Why is that? I thought a mile was a mile.” “Well, you see,” explained a comrade, “a mile is a mile, but a statute mile is measured on dry land, while a nautical pile is measured in the water, and, you know, water makes things swell.” "Why, of course,” replied the other

I Lot’s | | Question ! | By REV. PARLEY E. ZARTMANN, D. D. g Srcret&ry of Extection Department Moody Bible institute. Chicago X «i> $ TEXT-Is ‘it not a littie one?—Genesis 19:20.

Though Lot lived in the dawn of human history and in a far-away land, he is a modern character and seems like a citizen of our own community, so frequently do we meet men of similar character and conduct. He esteemed silver of more value than a soul, and the variety -and excitement of life in

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Sodom to dwelling in peace and quiet in the tents with Abraham. He is an illustration of the swift descent of the soul into the vortex of sin. He got into Sodom, which was not evil necessarily, but then Sodom got into him, and that is evil always. We know from the reedrd that it was a wicked town, full of sin and abomination, so wicked that even the pleading of righteous Abraham, the friend ' of God, could not save it; though Lot. was saved, yet so as by fire. Lot’s question was asked as he was being led out of the city by the messenger from God. It was a crisis day. The men plead with Lot to bring his family out with him; to his sons-in-law he seemed as one that mocked, so useless was his testimony. angels constrained Lot to flee wit> his wife and two daughters. “But Ijfe lingered; and the men laid hold up®n his hand, and upon the hand of h\s wife, and upon the hand of his twt> daughters, Jehovah being merciful unto him; and they brought him forth, and set him without the city . . . Escape to the mountains, lest thou be consumed.” But Lot does not want to go all the way in obedience, and as he copes to Zoar he says, “Behold now, this city, is near to flee- unto. Is it not a little one? Oh let me escape thither.” How often have we asked Lot’s question about our Life, when God has given some clear command. Something is under sentence, we know it. but we think It unimportant. Is it not a little one? For example: lack of love, -irritability, worldl'iness, a sharp tongue, falsehood, uncleanness, grieving the Holy Spirit, lack of forgiveness or apology, unco,ncern about our own souls. You excuse these; you palliate them; you laugh at them; you have them yourself, and encourage those who do them. You say, “Is it not a little one?” And many of your fellow-men are as funconcerned and indifferent as you are. But God—let me pause to think of him —calls these things sin. He says these things are fit for destruction and this warning to you has been timely, ample and urgent. You make light of sin, but God’s just judgment outweighs your selfish opinion prompted by carnal desires. No sin is small in his sight, and he knows the full measure and meaning of it. This little one may be the seed of a vast and vicious brood Beware of any sin. Fear it, hate it, flee from IL Say “No” to sin. Burn the witches which seek your destruction. More — it is an awful- thing to have any known sin and be determined to keep IL Henry M. Stanley tells us that the most formidable foes encountered in his trip across Africa were the Wambutti dwarfs. and arrows, looking more like children’s playthings, but the tips of these little arrows were poisoned with a small drop of poison deadly endugh to kill an elephant or a man. And strangest of all, the poison was made from honey. All sin is under the ban of God, and no amount of pleasure in the doing of it can make it right, or save it 2rom the awful punishment which belongs to sin. You ask about your pet sin, as Lot did about Zoar. Yes, God did spare the city, but he does not spare sin. He knows what it is and what it means, toward God and toward men. He knows what it does —robs of peace, shuts the soul out from God. makes cowards and makes tools for Satan, brings helplessness, hopelessness and death. He knows what sin cos ts—Christ and Calvary, .for Christ was manifested to take away sin; is he doing it in you? Can you face these facts and then stand up and say. “Is it not a little one?” You may make a mock of sin, now, but what will you say in that day when the Judge -will be on the throne? And we know how little influence, power and happiness people have who cling to their sins and who . refuse to obey the command of God to escape to the mountain. This weakness of testimony appears in the home, in the church, and in the community. The world has no use for a sinful member of the church. It finds fault, it cries shame, and it stays away from the church, from Christ and from heaven. Are you responsible for any such? Do you meet complaint, criticism or censure with “Is it not a little one?” God pity you! f These things ought not so to be. They need not be so. “Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus.” Grace enough for all, and free. Grace for salvation, for keeping, for perfection in the presence of Jesus at the last. “By grace are ye saved." Do you not see . how great and grievous a thing sin is? Do you not want to come into right relations with God? I declare emancipation from that sin, by Jesus Christ, who is able to save unto the uttermost. Don’t stay In slavery, but come out Into thei large place provided by Jesus Christ, In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing.—Macdonald.. /