TALMAGE'S SERMON.
BUSINESS LIFE , LAST SUN
DAY'S SUBJECT.
A .Lecture In Common lloncd ? "NoI
Slothful In llutlntiJftl Fertmit In Hnlrlt )
Serving the Loril" Horn. lajll.
( Copyright 1S09 by I.ouls Klopsch. )
Industry , devotitneps and Uhmtlun
fiervlce nil comnicnded In thut short
text. Vhat ! Is It pdsslblo that they
shall b"o conjoined ? 'Oh , yes. 'Thoje
Is no war between religion and busi
ness , between Icdgora and Bibles , be
tween churches nnd country houses.
On the contrary , religion accelerates
business , sharpens men's wits , sweet
ens acerbity of disposition , fillips the
blood of phlegmatlcs , and throws mqrp
velocity into the wheels of hard w.ork ,
U gives butter balancing to the Judg
ment , more strength to the will , more
mtisclo to Induatry , and throws into
enthusiasm a more consecrated flre.
You cannot in all the circle of the
world show mo n man whose honest
business has been despoiled by re
ligion.
The Industrial classes arc divided In
to three groups : producersj manufac
turers , ' traders Producers , such as
farmers and miners. Manufacturers ,
fcuch as those who 'turn ' corn Into food ,
and wool arid flax 'into apparel. Trad
ers , 'such ' as make profit out of the
transfer and exchange of all that
which Js produced and manufactured.
'A business man may belong to any
one on all of these classes , and not
one Is Independent of any other.
When the Prince Imperial of France
fell o'n the Zulu battlefield because the
strap fastening the stirrup to the sad-
( { lle broke as he clung to It , his cora-
i.ndes all escaping , but he falling under
.the lances of the savages , a great
many people blamed the Empress for
allowing her son to go forth into that
battlefield , and other blamed the Eng
lish government for accepting the sac
rifice ; and other blamed the Zulus for
their barbarism. The one most to
blame was the harnessmaker who fash
ioned that strap of the stirrup out of
. .ohoddy and Imperfect material as It
was found to have been afterward. If
the strap had held , the Prince Imperial
would probably have been alive today.
But the strap broke. No prince inde
pendent' of a harnessmaker ! High ,
low , wise , ignorant , you in one occu
pation , I in another , all bound to
gether. So that there- must be one
continuous line of sympathy with each
other's work. But whatever your vo
cation , If you have a multiplicity of
engagements , if Into your life there
come losses and annoyances and per
turbations as well as percentages and
dividends , if you are pursued from
Monday morning until Saturday night ,
and from January to January by in
exorable obligation and duty , then you
are a business man , or you are a busi
ness woman , and my subject is appro
priate to your case.
* * *
Traders in grain come to know some
thing about foreign harvests ; traders
in fruit conic to know something
about the prospects of tropical produc
tion ; manufacturers of American
seeds come to understand the tariff on
imported articles ; publishers of books
must come to understand the new law
of copyright ; owners of ships must
come to know winds and shoals and
navigation ; and every bale of cotton ,
and every raisin cask , and every tea
box and every cluster of bananas is so
much literature for a business man.
Now , my brother , what are you going
to do with the intelligence ? Do you
suppose God put you in this school of
information merely that you might be
sharper in a trade , that you might be
more successful as a worldling ? Oh ,
no ; it was that you might take that
useful information and use it for Jesus
Christ.
Can it be that you have been deal
ing with foreign lands and never had
the missionary spirit , wishing the sal
vation of foreign peopje ? Can it be
that you have become acquainted with
all the outrages Inflicted In business
life and that you have never tried to
bring to bear that Gospel which is to
extirpate all evil and correct all
wrongs and illumine all darkness and
lift up all wretchedness and save men
for this world and the world to come ?
Can it be that understanding all the in
tricacies of business you know nothing
about those things which will last after
all bills of exchange and consignments
and invoices and rent rolls shall have
crumpled up and been consumed In
the fires of the last great day ? Can
It be that a man will bo wise for time
and a fool for eternity ?
I remark , also , that business life is
n school for Integrity. No man knows
what he will do until he is tempted.
There are thousands of men who have
kept their integrity merely because
they never have been tested. A man
was elected treasurer of the State of
Maine some years ago. He was dis
tinguished for his honesty , usefulness
ana uprightness , nut before one year
had passed he had taken of the public
funds for his own private use , and was
hurled out of office in disgrace. Dis
tinguished for virtue before. Distin
guished for crime after. You can call
over the names of men just like that ,
in whose honesty you had complete
confidence , but placed in certain' ' cVises
of temptation they went overboard.
Never so many temptations to scoun-
dreilsm as now. Not a law on. the
statute book but has eorae back door
-through which a miscreant can oxcape.
Ah ! how many deceptions in the fab
ric of goods ; so much plundering In
commercial llfo that if n man talk
about living a life of complete commer
cial Integrity there are those who as
cribe it to greenness and lack of ' ( net.
More need of honesty now than over
before , tried lionesty. complete hon
esty , more than in those times when
business was a plain affair nnd wool
ens wuro woolens , and silks , w.cro silks
and men were men.
How many men do you suppose
there arc In commercial life who could
say truthfully , "In all the sales I have
ever made I have never overstated tile
value of goods ; In all the sales I
have ever made I have never covered
up an imperfection In the fabric ; q (
nil the thousands of dollars I hare
ovW m.idn I hnvi < noli tukrtn nnn dis
honest farthing ? " There are mon , how
ever , who can say it , " hundreds who
can jsuy It , thousands who cari srty it.
They are more honest than wljon they
Fold their first tlerco of rice , or their
first firkin of butter , becausp their
honesty and integrity have been , test
ed , tried and come out triumphant. But
they remember a time when they could
have' robbed a partner , or have ab
sconded with the funds of a bank , or
sprung a snap Judgment , or made a
false assignment , or borrowed illlmit-
ably without any efforts at payment ,
or got a man Into a sharp corner and
fleeced him. But they never took one
step on that pathway of hell fire. They
can say their prayers without hearing
the chink of dishonest dollars. They
can read their Bible without thinking
of the time when with a He on their
soiil In' the custom house they kissed
the book. "They" can 'think of death
and the judgment that comes after It
without hny flinching that dny when
all' charlatans and cheats , and jock
eys and frauds shall be doubly damn
ed. It does not make their knees
knock together , nnd it does Hot make
their teeth chatter to read "as thu part
ridge sitteth on eggs , and hatchcth
them not ; so he that getteh riches , and
not by right , shall leave them in the
midst of his days , and at his end shall
be a fool. "
What a school of integrity business
life is ! If you have ever beeri tempt
ed to let your integrity cringe before
present advantage , if you have ever
wakened up in some embarrassment ,
nnd said : 'Now , I will step n little
abide from the right path and no one
will know It , and I will come all right
again , it is only once. That only once
has ruined tens of thousands of men
for this life and blasted their souls for
eternity.
A merchant in Liverpool got a five-
pound Bank of England note , and ,
holding it up toward the Ught , he saw
omo Interlineations in what seemed
red ink. He finally deciphered the let
ters , and found out that the writing
had been made by a slave in Algiers ,
saying in substance : 'Whoever gets
this bank note will please to inform
my brother , John Dean , living near
Carlisle , that I am a slave of the Bey
of Algiers. " The merchant sent word ,
employed government officers and
found who this man was spoken of in
this bank bill. After awhile the man
was rescued , who for eleven years had
been n slave of the Bey of Algiers.
He was immediately emancipated , but
was so worn out by hardship and ex
posure he soon after died. Oh , if
some of the bank blUa that come
through your hands could tell all the
scenes through which they have pass
ed , it would be a tragedy eclipsing any
drama of Shakespeare , t mightier than
Kinc Lear or Macbeth !
As I go on In this subject , I am im
pressed with the importance of our
having moie sympathy with business
men. Is it not a shame' that we in our
pulpits do not oftener preach about
their struggles , their trials , and their
temptations ? Men who toll with the
hand are not apt to bo very sympathet
ic with those who toll wltli the brain.
The farmers who raise the corn and
oats and the wheat sometimes are
tempted to think that grain merchants
have an easy time , and get their prof
its without giving any equivalent. Pla
to and Aristotle were so opposed to
merchandise that they declared com
merce to be the curse of the nation ,
and they advised that cities be built
at least ten miles from the sea coast.
But you and I know that there arc no
more industrious or high minded men
than those who move in the world of
traffic. Some of them carry burdens
heavier than hods of brick , and are
expose'd to sharper things than the
east wind , and climb mountains high
er than the Alps or Himalaya , and if
they are faithful Christ will at last say
to them : "Well done , good and faith
ful servant ; thou hast been faithful
over a few things. I will make thcc
ruler over many things. Enter thou
into the joy of thy Lord. "
We talk about the martyrs of the
Piedmont valley , and the martyrs
among the Scotch highlands , and the
martyrs at Oxford. There are just as
certainly martyrs of Wall street and
State street , martyrs of Fulton street
and Broadway , martyrs of Atlantic
street nnd Chestnut street , going
through hotter fires , or having their
necks under sharper axes. Then it be
hooves us to banish all fretfulness
from our lives , If this subject be true.
We look back to the time when wo
were at school , and we remember the
rod , and we remember the hard tasks ,
and wo complained grievously ; but
now we see it was for the best. Busi
ness llfo Is a school , and the tasks
are naru , and ttie chastisements some
times arc very grievous ; but do not
complain. The hotter the fire the bet
ter the reflnlnlg. There are men before
the throne of God this day in triumph
who on earth were cheated out of ev
erything but their coffin. They were !
sued , they were imprisoned for debt ,
they were throttled by constables with
a whole pack of writs , they were sold
out by the , sheriffs , thpy had to com
promise with their creditors , they had
to make assignments. Their dying
hours were annoyed by the sharp ring
ing of the door bell by some impetuous
creditor who thought it was outrageous
nnd impudent' tlfat' a man should dare
to die before he paid the last half
dollar. '
'l had a friend who -lnid many mis
fortunes. ' Everything went against
him. He had good' business capacity
and was of the best of morals , but hu J
was one of those men such as you have
sometimes seen , for whom everything
scorns to go wrong. His life became
to him a plague. When I heard ho
was dead , I Bald : "Good got rid of
the sheriffs ! " Who are those lustrous
souls before the throne.2 When .the
question Is naked , "Who arc they ? " the
angels standing on the sea-of glass respond
spend : "These are they who came out
of great business trouble dnd had their
robes washed and made white in the
blodd of the Lnm > . "
A man arose in Kuitnn street prayer -
or meeting and s.ild : "I wish pub
licly to acknowledge the goodness of
God. I was in business trouble. 1
had money to pay , and 1 had no means
to pay It , and I was In utter despair
of all human help , , and , I laid this
matter before the. Lord , untl this mornIng -
Ing I went down among some old busi
ness friends I had not seen In many
years Just to make a call , and one said
to me , "Why , I am so glad to sec you !
Walk in ! We have sbmo money on our
books due you a good * while , but we
didn't know where you were , and
therefore not having your address wo
could not send it. We are very glad
you have come ? " And the man stand-
iilgi in Fulton street prayer meeting
said : "The amount they paid mo was
six times what I owed. " You soy It
only happened..so ? Ypu are unbeliev
ing. God'answered'that man's pray
er.
er.Oh
Oh , you want business grace. Com
mercial ethics , business honor , laws of
trade are all Very good In tholr place ,
but there are times 'when you want
something more than 'this world will
give you. You want God. For the
lack of Him some that you have known
have consented to forge , and to mal
treat their fripnds > and to curse their
enemies , and their names have been
bulletined among scoundrels , and they
have been ground to powder ; while
other men you have known have gone
through the * very 'same" stress of cir
cumstances triumphant. There arc
men here today who fought the battle
and gained the victory. People come
out of that man's store , and they say :
"Well , if. there ever was n Christian
trader , that is one. " Integrity kept
the hooks and waited on the customers.
Light from the eternal world flashed
through the show windows. Love to
God and love to man presided in that
storehouse. Some day people going
through the street notice that the shut
ters of the window are not down. The
bar of that store door'has not been
removed. People say , "What Is the
matter ? " You go up a little closer ,
and you see written on the card of
that window : "Closed on account of
the death of one of the firm. " That
day all through the circles of business
there is talk about how a good man
has gone. Boards of trade pass reso
lutions of sympathy , and churches of
Christ pray , "Help , Lord , for the god
ly man ceaseth. " He has made his last
bargain , ho has suffered his last loss ,
"he has ached with the last fatigue. His
children will get the result of his In
dustry , or , If through misfortune there
be no dollars left , they will have an
estate of prayer nijd Christian exam
ple which will be everlasting. Heav
enly rewards for earthly discipline.
There "the wicked cease from troub
ling and the weary are at rest. "
PREVENTING ELECTROLYSIS.
A l'osnllil ( ! MulliofI of . JCoiKlurlns Vu-
KT.mt itf ! lrio Currents IIiirinlrHi.
The amount of damage done to water
and gas pipes by electricity that has
escaped from trolley lines on Its way
back to the power house is almost in
calculable. The evil is not so serious
nowadays as it was several years ago.
Modern methods of providing for the
return of the current have lessened Its
vagrant disposition. Nevertheless the
trouble continues to some extent. A
suggestion that bears on the subject
was made by the Engineering News a
few days ago. In St. John , N. B. , it
has been the practice for nearly half
a century to close the Joints in city
Tvater pipes , not with melted lead , as
in most places , but with : pine plugs.
The experiment wa's tried m 1851 and
again in 1857. On both occasions it
worked so well that the same policy
was pursued two years ago. The ob
ject in view was merely to secure econ
omy. But mention of the fact reminds
the Engineering News of the insulat
ing qualities of wood and of the propo
sition made last year that two or more
lengths of wooden pipe be Introduced
into the mains in every district where
tioublo was to be anticipated. Elec
tricity will not enter a line of pipe if
it cannot get out -again. An obstacle
which Would prove offe'ctual at any
given point along a system of metallic
conductors would dissuade a current
from going Into It in the first place.
Hence , if the wooden plugs interfered
with the conductivity of the pipes it
1 § hard to see why they would not pro
tect them from invasion. And if the
currents would not atterhp't to travel
along the pipe at all no electrolysis or
corrosion would enaue.
VUlicrman'n rnruilUr.
The record just published of a fish
ing expedition in Lapland should bo
good redding for anglers. The party
was one of two rods , with followers.
They fished for eleven days and se
cured u total of 282 salmon and 115
grilse , weighing in all nearly 6.000
pounds. The best day's catch for one
rod was thirty-three salmon and twen
ty-two grilse , or a total weight of 553
pounds. It sljoukl bo added that the
fishing party had to wait their oppor
tunity , for when they arrived at their
destination the river was frozen , and
when the thaw came there was at first
too much water for fishing. London
Globe.
A Chicago rascal who called himself
"Hope" secured from $1 to $10 apiece
from poor people out of employment ,
and told them to call later and get po
sitions. As might have been expected ,
both Hope and money arc lost.
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How SucccMfiil Farmer * < > | t nite This
Irf > rtmrnt of' Ilia Farm A Few
UlnU UK to Hi * fur * 'of l.l\m Stock
HUI |
Milk Dilution Soimrulort.
New8pap6r liullolln No. 77 , Indiana
'
Experiment'Station , ; , Within , ( ho past
few months there has been introduced
to the farmers , of Indiana .what Js
tornied , n dilution cream 'separator ,
frills Is not u separator as commonly
understood by dairymen , whefo cream
/B / oeparated from milk by ccrftrlfugal
force , but , la a specially constructed
can , usually of largo size , I'u which
cream separates from milk "by'rising
to the surface , by the commqn. gravity
process. . The principle of creaming in
this can , however , differs from that
usually performed in the dairy ,
through the mixing of water with the
milk to assist the cream to rise. These
specially made cans haVe certain p6-
cullarltles of construction and are ad
vertised by the makers ns "cream
separators. " The cans of , different
manufacturers differ In fern and atylc.
but the principal feature with all is
to fill the can partly full of new warm
milk and the"n at once add' n' largo
quantity of cold water. This of course
dilutes the milk , perhaps 100 per cent.
In this diluted condition , , thp claim of
'
the manufacturers is , that' the cream
wll rise more completely and rapidly
than if not diluted ; that In 20 to 30
minutes it will all rest oil'tho surface
of the skimmed milk , Which' may be
drawn oft from bolow.
In 1893 the Indiana Experiment Sta
tion for two weeks carried on an ex
periment on th9iuftuGnco.ofdUution
of milk on efficiency of creaming. The
results of thisi work , as published In
bulletin 41 of the station , were that
a greatsr loss of fat occurs in skim
milk when dilution is practiced than
with undiluted milk , that'tho loss is
greater with cold than with warm
water , and. that by diluting the milk
a poorer quality of skltn milk for f9ed-
Ing is thereby produced. These results
were in accordance with conclusions
arrived at through similar experiments
at the Vermont , , Cornell , Illinois nnd
Ontario college stations. The process
of dilution was not to be recommended
ns a general practice.
These so-called separators are pat-
Manly Miles : These arc the two
largest geese known ; they are very
compact in body , dignified in carriage ,
quiet and gentle in disposition. When
3 years old and well fattened they will
frequently weigh forty-flvo to fifty
pounds per pair , sometimes reaching
as high as sixty pounds per pair. They
will lay from thirty to forty eggs in a
season and , &Mtfh all. Their r theTa
are valuable , of which they yield about
half a pound at a picking. The gos
lings are more hardy than the common '
variety and grow very rapidly , fro-
ented , and the Cornell Experiment
Station at Ithaca , N. Y. , has recently
published a bulletin describing and Il
lustrating eight forms of thorn , as do-
Bcrlbed in ( ho Patent Office Gazette.
Persons interested may perhaps se
cure a copy of this bulletin on appli
cation. The farmers and dairymen of
Indiana arc advised not to purchase
liese cans. The price as a rule is ox-
irbltant and the practice of dilution
is undesirable. But if the farmer
wishes to secure the same results ad
vertised by the makers o ? these cans ,
ho may obtain them by diluting his
milk in a comparatively inexpensive ,
round can , such as may be secured of
iny reputable dairy supply bouse , or
: an be made by any good tinsmith.
Such a can , however , should have a
aucet in the bottom , through which
no skimmed milk may be drawn. In
fact , If our farmers will set their milk
undiluted In deep cans nay eighteen
to twenty Inches deep and eight in
diameter set in cold water or cold
room , they will get more satisfac
tory returns than when set in shal
low pans or crocks. C. S. Plumb , Dl-
ector.
About the Poultry Ynrd.
The element of beauty should not
bo lost sight of in the breeding of
poultry. Certainly the good-looking
hen is not likely to lay any more cgga
than the unsightly one. Nevertheless ,
there is a real value In having n ( lock
uniform in color and markings , nnd
withal beautiful. The young especially
arc stimulated by the beauty of the
fowls to take an Interest In them. This
Interest may develop Into something
of value to the ones that are moved
y it. i
Tttfru
Feed wp thf > poultry for moulting
time. A woll-tlod flock will nomotlmos
molt so easily that the process will bo
hardly n6tlced , and will oven contlnua
to drop R few eggs every day. It la
often easy to get meat from the
slaughter houses. When-plgs or hogs
arc killed there are waste portions that
may be cooked and kept for a few dnyu.
This will greatly stimulate the pro
duction of now feathorj nnd will cor-
ruauandiugly relieve the drain on th"
system.
We notice In a poultry paper the ex
pression of the editor , "Never , never ,
nev'or , food soft mcssca ofi rtny kind. "
To us this appears a rather queer sug
gestion. It Is queer In the light of
modern experience , which seems to
have demonstrated that the soft mesa
Is1 a1 great boon to the poultry * espe
cially if they hnvo boon for. months
confined to u grain ration. Many .oC
bur most successful poultrymon1 food
soft food once a day the year round ,
and find it of great advantage. The
writer of this always had trouble with
Indigestion in his fowls before ho
adopted the plan of giving the fowls
a breakfast of cooked or scalded
ground food' Since that time , a period
of five years , no Indigestion has ap
peared , and ho attributes that fact en
tirely to the fact that the whole-grain
ration was in part supplanted by a
food that required lees work by the
digestive organs of fowls.
Th * Klnc Itlrd mill the I'ouUrynmn.
Don't allow the small boy with the
squirrel rlllu to go Into your groves
and practice his marksmanship on the
King blrda , says Wallace's Farmer.
The question is often naked what Is
the best method of destroying thai
hawks which provo such d hindrance
to the poultry ValbWr. Tlitf success
which you mcot with in destroying the
hnwka will bo nothing to. brag about ,
It , matters not what plun you may
adopt to that ( end. Tho. hawk Is an
exceedingly Waryi bird , nndtyou will
spend many weary hours trying to trap
him , without success. But you can
enter Into an alliance with the King
birds , and when the hawk cornea stroll
ing your way in search of a dinner
thqy will furnish him BO much enter
tainment that ho will forget what ho
came for. Ho will soon learn where a
pair of these audacious llttlo fighters
arc on guard , and will avoid the local
ity In his flights. The King bird kills
some bees , and for that reason every
body so minded think they have a
license to slay them without mercy ;
GREY TOULOUSE.GEESE.
TOULOUSE.GEESE.U
quently weighing , .when 4 or 5 weeks
old , from six to eight pounds each ,
and at 3 months from fifteen to eight
een pounds. They require no food but
pasturage , except in winter. In color
the gecso and gander are alike , but
can bo distinguished by the form and
voice , the gander being taller and more
upright Uinu tlip jposo , wjille they
haVe larger necks anu a higher-keyed
voice than the goose. Tbo quality of
the flesh is good. On this page wo
'show a pair of gray geese of-this va
riety.
but bees constitute1 but 'a small per
tion of their subsistence , and nobody
ever had a colony of bees seriously
weakened by the contributions which
they have levied upon It. They beat
everything ngalnst hawks , and If n
few families of them can bo induced
to make their homes in the premises
no other protection is needed. The
poultry raiser who sanctions the kill
ing of the King birds on his place is
depriving himself of thgi services of
some mighty good friends.
The Old Sltter.-In the meantime
the good wife had procured a few
old biddies from a neighbor and set
them in old barrels. Wo passed hv
them several times each day for all
the long twenty-one days. Wo never
looked about the temperature , the
moisture or the ventilation. The old
biddies didn't , either. They just set
there and slept. The stupid things.
How do they know what the tempera
ture Is ? One of them is blind in one
eye and has her tall feather pulled
out. Four of them had sixty eggs
When they began to "pip" the old UiU-
dies woke up and said. "Chirr , chirr
with an occasional cluck. Fifty-seven
chicks crawled out of those sixty eggs
The old blind hen batched every
egg
and has not "crowed" about U , either
'
She did It with her llttlo "hatchu "
Ex.
Dyspeptic Fowls. Fowls troubled
with dyspepsia can be cured generally
Provide ample room for each bird'
with pure water , feeding regularly a
w oil-balanced ration , with generous
exercise in obtaining food , and this
will icstoro these cases to health as a
role. Ex.
_ _
Th'c man who travels alorte tella lies '
THE NAM E STEWART.
Whnt lh Correct ofr-lli
Nntney
At n recent meeting of thclan. ;
filewnrt Society in Glasgow , Col. ilbbA' '
Stewart of Ardvolrllch , who presided ,
referring to' ' the different ways of spell
ing Iho clan name , safd fm | | tljo "dif
ferent ways of spelling the tfam'o arosn
cither from accTdcntnl causes or other
woU-dnflncfl reasons. The final letter
't' was Rii'bntltutcd for the 'd' of the
original nnmo 'Btewar'd' for the salfb
of euphony. The spelling of the name
Steuttrt"wml'lqYiUo 'n
Mary , on her return from France ,
French spoiling of her name , a
which she had been accustomed , ami
many clansmen perpetuated the royal
spelling , But , ln whatever way < , hpy
their 'namo , they all came from *
the original stock. Nor does this cnU >
the matter , for it may be rcmcmbere'd
by many that the Earl of Galloway re
fused to take part In the Collection of
the "dtuart exhibition" in London to
188 ! ) , because , the commlttco refused to
spell the "Stewart ' " hl.4
name , as lord
ship .himself docs , Ho maintained that
this wan the only correct orthography ,
and held aloof from the exhibition
which disregarded this assertion , This ,
however , seemed rather high-handed.
cspeblally when we discover by refer
ence to historical documents that near
ly all the famous people ' 6f the fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries sjiclt their
'
names in I'wo or three1 different wayb.
In short , there was no "proper spell
ing , " though Mary Queen of Scots al
ways wrote 'IStuart , " for the , almpl
rcoaoh tlmtishQ waa educated iniFranco
and tlio Frcri6h alphabet had no "w. "
Earlier kings of her race spelt their
names "Steward1 or "Stewart , " or
"iStuart , " at the fancy of llm moment
wjie'n tliey held' the , pen."Wo have ncaV-1
ly thi'rty ( .different ways' on * record ot
spoiling the surname of Stewart' ' in
English , Gaelic , French , Latlti , Italian ,
Spanish and Dutch , as follows : Stew
ard , Stewart , Stowartt , Stuart , Stuard ,
Stfeuarde , Stoiiard , Steimrt , Stcuert ,
Stewort , Steort , Stcubhart , Stoublmrtt.
Stlubhart , Stovyard , Stlurt , Stewart ,
Sturgard , Stuyardo , Stywnrd , Stuardus ,
Estuard , Eatuarza , Stlvard , Stlvardl.
It la contended that "the right etymol
ogy" Is S-dow-ard the 'Lord ' High , or
the Hlfifh Lord that Is , the lord ncxf
to the king In power.
RUBBER IS GETTING SCARCE.
I'ur That ItoiiMiii Oltl Itlcyclo Tiren Are
Mnd" Over , '
The popularity of bicycling has cre
ated a great , demand for rubber and as
a consequence the commodity is becoming -
coming scarce nnd the need of econ
omy In its use is imperative. It may
not be generally known that the india-
rubber dolls , animals and other toys
used by children In many cases began
their commercial existence in the form
of bicycle tires. All our India-rubber
toys come from Germany , ami several
enterprising English shlppors have
found that thn shlnmnnt nf old. wnrn-
out tires to the Gorman factories is a
very profitable business. During the
past two years tons of old rubber , that
used formerly to be thrown away , or
remade into cheap doormats , have
been shipped to Germany , and sent
back transformed into elaborate and
gaudy squeaking dolls , elephants and
other toys. Though rubber is used for
a wider variety of articles than any
other material , moro rubber was useji
last year in the manufacture of bicycle
tires than for any other purpose , and
the demand for rubber is now perma
nently in excess of the supply. Moro
than 800,000 pairs of , tires were made
in England during the last season , and
it is impossible to make them of any
but the very best rubber.
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Hlcvoiiion n a llurelnr.
Edmond Gossc has written a paper on
' 'Stevenson's ' Relation with Ch'ildrcn , "
in Chambers' Journal. In it ho relate ?
a story of his youthful days , ns. narrated - '
rated to bluiBeJf by Stevenson , Ho "was
still a little fellow when in the nUnmiGr * "
holidays , after reading a number of
detective novels of a bad kind , he was
passing one Sunday .afternoon along a
rend in an Edinburgh suburb. , There
ho saw a deserted house , furnished , but
without a caretaker. It struck young
Stevenson that it would be .a fine thing
to break into the house , which ho ac
cordingly did , roaming from room to
room , looking at books and pictures in
great excitement , until ho thought ho
heard a nolso in the garden. Terror
seized upon him as ho Imagined him-v
self handcuffed and convoyed to prison
just as the church folks wore returning
home. Ho burst Into crying , then man
aged to creep out as he had como iii.
, y
Day Dreaming- I
Day dreaming and the building of ; |
fantastic castles In the air is not half
so innocuous and harmless a pleasure
s it seems. The day dreamer , accord-
ng to medical experts , is akin to a
lunatic. Children and old , men who
revel In day-dreams have mental char
acteristics of the insane. Often they
tell lies , not because they lack the
moral sense , but because they have
distorted in themselves imagination.
Gradually they lese the requisite will
power to concentrate their minds 9n a
slven subjqct , and their thoughts be-
'
5ln to wander. Then it is only a race
between insanity and death , the win
ner claiming the dreamer.
Hud the Hyniptoiua.
Bllklns Smytho tries to make people
ple bollevo that he belongs to the "up
per crust. " Wllklns Well , I should
think ho did belong to the "upper
: rust. " Bllklns In what way does ho
show it ? ' Wllk'ins Always shorfand
utslly broke. Brooklyn Llfo. . ' ' "
