PASTOR RUSSELL
ON MARS HILL
Preaches to ths Athenians and
Corinthians.
THE MESSAGE OF ST, PAUL
Reaffirms the Apostle's Argument
God Offered Forgiveness to All Who
Would Believe In Jesus Mankind
Has Made Serious Mistakes Respect
ing tke Divine Purpose Reward For
Those In" Harmony With God.
Corinth. Greece.
March lO.-The !.
B. S. A. Missions
Investigation Com
mit t e e is here.
Tnstor Russell, Its
Chairman, deliver
ed an address In
our largest Audi
torium. Rev. Bos
dnyannes served
ns interpreter. Ills
text was: "God
hath appointed a
Day in the which
He will Judge the world." (Acts xvll,
'31.1 lie said:
Enroute to your city, I visited Ath
ens. As 1 stood upon Mars Hill and
made a short address, my mind revert
ed to the account of Saint Paul's
preaching there, and I have chosen
some of His words on that occasion as
my text. As St. Faul made no Impres
sion there it is quite improbable that I
made any. Indeed, the city today
might well be described In the lan
guage of eighteen centuries ago, as
wholly given up to Idolatry.
True, it ia not today fashionable in
civilized communities to worship Im
ages: and yet in another sense it is
still fashionable. There is still a great
worship of man throughout the civil
ized world, but in a different form
from that of old. No longer do we bow
before wooden images, but before in
ward images the images of our minds,
our mental aspirations with some,
wealth and fame; with others, ease
and pleasure, and with still others, the
-creed idols of ouf forefathers, misera
ble misrepresentations of the true God.
The Day of Judgment.
Saint Paul on Mars Hill preached
Jesus ami the resurrection Jesus af
the Redeemer from the death sentence,
making possible the resurrection of the
dead by satisfying the demands of Di
vine Law against the sinner the resur
rection as the means or agency through
which the blessing of the Savior's
leat'u will reach Adnni and all th
families of the earth. As we follow
Saint Paul's thought we will surely bt
blessed by his view of the Gospel.
Addressing the Geutiles, the Apos
tle explaips that for a long time God
had "winked" at Polytheism and linage
worshln. "but now," he says, "God
i-omiuandeth all men everywhere to re
jieut." Let us note the meaning ol
these words. How did God "wink" al
sin and idolatry? And does He still
"wink" at it? And why did He change
and when did He begin to command all
men to repent?
The answer Is that for four thousand
vears Idolatry prevailed and God
"winked" at or took no notice of It
lie did not "wink" at the Idolaters' dy
ing In their ignorance and say to the
devils. "Take those poor creatures whe
know uo better: Roast them to all
eternity!" Nothing of the kind. Out
forefathers merely imagined that and
by false reasoning convinced them
selves, and twisted some texts oi
Scripture which they did not properlj
understand in support of this theory,
and then they handed it down to us tc
our perplexity and to the testing oi
our faith in God.
(iod "winked" at idolatry and sin
for four thousand years In the sense
of uot noticing It. making uo comment
on it. sending no reproofs, leaving the
heathen in their Ignorance. The only
exception to this was God's dealing?
with the little uation of Israel. To the
Jews He gave a Law Covenant which
offered eternal life on the condition oi
their thorough obedience to the Divine
law, tho measure of a perfect man't
ohiUtti, which they were unable to com
ply with: and hence they died the anm
u. did the heathen. All went to the
Bitde hell-to the tomb-to. throl. tc
lailrs, the state or condition of death
an unconscious state, a "sleep."
Jesus the Redeemer,
God was in no haste to send the Re
deemer: 41-S years elapsed before
Jesus was born, and thirty years more
before lie began Ills ministry. Had
It been true, as some aver, that mil
lions, for all those centuries were blind
ly stumbling Into eternal torture for
lack of u Divine revelation, we may be
sure that our gracious God would not
have left them without It. Who can
think of n Just and loving God n
trinklng nt the going of millions of UN
creatures to eternal torture? But since
they merely "fell asleep" in death. lie
could very well "wink" at tho matter
in view of His future plans, which we
will consider shortly.
The fact Is that no real offer from
death could possibly be made until the
Redemption price had been provided
for the original sin under which they
were condemned to denth. This Is the
Apostle's argument, viz., that "now God
commnndeth all men everywhere to re
pent'' The now implies that He did
not command men previously to re
pent: and the reason why ne did Dot
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they could do and all the righteous
living possible to them would not have
saved them they would have died any
way. Hence there could have been no
message sent to them, for if the mes
senger had come and had said. Re
pent, and live contrary to your fallen
tastes and appetites,'' the people might
properly enough have said. "Why. for
what reason should we practice self
denial, self-restraint? Would It bring
ns any blessing of everlasting life or
harmony with God?" The truthful an
swer would have been. "No, because
you are nlready under a death sen- I
tence and alienated from God as sin- j
ners."
Hence. God merely overlooked or
"winked" at the ignorance and super
stition of the period from Adam to the
close of the 4101 years. But as soon
as Jesus had died, "the Just for the un
just." to make reconciliation for in
Viulty immediately the message wont
forth God offered forgiveness and
reconciliation to those who would be
lieve in Jesus and would accept the
Divine terms. Such have their sins
forgiven. Such may come back to fel
lowship with (!od. And, in the next
Yge. such may eventually attain full
human perfection by restitution proc
esses, up. up to all that was lost in
Adam and redeemed at Calvary.
God's Appointed Day.
Let us note carefully what the Apos
tle says respecting God's appointed
Day for the Judging of the world. lie
says that the command to reeiit now
goes forth to all men everywhere, "be
cause God hath appointed a future
Day. in which He will Judge the world."
Tho Apostle does not refer to that Day
as already begun, but ns merely ap
pointed or arranged for In advance. He
means that in arranging that "Jesus,
by the grace of God, should taste death
for every man," God was arranging
that every man might have a Judgment
or a trial, to determine whether or not
he will be worthy of this blessing
which Jesus' death provides him an
opportunity to secure. The Day was
future in Saint Paul's time, and it is
still future, because God has other
work which He proposes shall be ac
complished first, before the world's Day
of Judgment or trial shall begin.
The world's trial Day or period of
Judgment, or testing ns to worthiness
or unworthlness for everlasting life,
will be one of the thousand-year days
mentioned by Saint Peter, who said,
"A day with the Lord Is as a thou
sand years." The same period is call
ed elsewhere the "Day of Christ," the
Day or period of Messiah's glorious
reign. By the righteous ruling of Ills
Kingdom, by the suppression of Satan
and sin and the scattering of dark
ness. Ignorance and superstition, by
the shining forth of the Sun of Right
eousness with healing In its beams,
that glorious Day will bring blessing
to the world in general opportunity
for each Individual to come into Judg
ment or trial, the result of which will
be either the reward of life everlast
ing or the punishment of death ever
lasting "everlasting destruction from
the presence of the Lord and from the
glory of His power "
That great thousand-year Day Is
still future; and, meantime, the Apos
tle's words respecting mankind are
still true: "The whole crentlon groan
eth and travalleth In pnln together"
"waiting for the manifestation of the
sons of God." (Romans viil. 22. 10.)
If the nineteen centuries' delay In the
introduction of this great Day seems
long, let us not forget that It Is less
than half as long as the period which
preceded the period prior to the com
ing of Jesus and Ills dying, "the Just
for the unjust." Nor Is the. entire pe
riod long from the Divine standpoint.
For ns tho Prophet declares: "A thou
sand years In God's sight are but as
yesterday." or even shorter, "ns a
watch In the night." The six great
Days of a thousand years each. In
which sin and death have reigned, are
to be followed by a great Sabbath of
rest from evil a thousand years of
refreshment, relnvlgoratlon. upbuild
ing. restltntlon.-Acts III. 10-23.
"The Mystery of God."
The purpose of the nineteen centu
ries between the time when Jesus died
as man's Redeemer and the time when
He will take His Throne as the Re
storer of Adam and his race is spoken
of as a Mystery, because the great
work of grace herein accomplished is
measurably hidden from the world.
The Jews do not understand It; they
expected that Messiah's Kingdom and
their own national exaltation would
have come long ago. They cannot tell
noio why they have been for eighteen
centuries outcast from the Divine fa
vor. It is a mystery to them.
The Scriptures tell us who may
kuow or understand this Mystery and
when it will be finished. They say.
"The secret of the Lord is with them
(bat fear Him. unci He will show them
His Covenant." They tell us that iu
the days of the voice of the Seventh
Angel, when he shall begin to sound,
the in.vatery of God shall be finished,"
which lie hath kept secret from the
foundation of the world. Saint Paul
refers to this mystery, saying that It
was "hidden from past Ages and Dis
pensations," mid that It "Is now re
vealed to the saints." lie explains
what it is, namely, that we should be
fellow-heirs and of the same Body
with our Redeemer I'phesliuw 111 . (i.
This clearly means that the entire
Church class, sometimes called "the
Body of Christ, which is the Church."
and sometimes styled "the Bride, the
Lamb's Wife." Is to be sharer with the
Redeemer In the sufferings of the pres
ent life and In the glories of the fu
ture. The uearly nineteen centuries
of this Age. therefore, according to the
Scripture, have been for the purpose,
not of giving the world its trial for
everlasting life or death, but for the
trying, testing, the electing or selecting
cf the Church, and her perfecting with
her I.ird as sharers In "7. resurrec
tion." "the First Resurrection." rbillp
plans Hi. 10; Revelation xx. 0.
We have In the past made two seri
ous mistakes respecting the Divine pur
poses. One was that we assumed fitti
out Scriptural authority that the whole
world is now on trial for eternal life,
failing to see that it is merely the elect
Church, the consecrated class. The
other mistake Is that we reasoned as
though the Church were part of the
world and, therefore, that the trial of
the Church meant the trial of the
world. But hearken to the Scriptures
respecting the Church: "Yc are not of
the world, even as am not of the
world;" "I have chosen you out of the
world;" and again. "Let your light so
shine before men that they, seeing your
good works, may glorify your Father
which Is in heaven" "In the day of
their visitation."-! Peter li. 12.
Two Different Rewards.
We should notice also the wide dif
ference between the reward promised
tho Church and that proffered the
world. In both cases the reward will
be everlasting life. In both cases this
will mean full harmony with God, be
cause "All the wicked will God de
stroy." And again we read that "Who
soever hath the Son hath life, and
whosoever hath not tho Son shall not
see life." So, then, the attainment of
everlasting life, either by the Church
class or by the world, will mean com
ing into full harmony with the heaven
ly Father and with tho Lord Jesus, by
the merit of Christ's sacrifice. It will
mean a full turning away from sin
and a full devotion to God and to right
eousness. The difference will be as to nature.
The reward for the world will be
earthly nnture, human nature, with
everlasting life in an earthly Paradise
or Eden world-wide. Mankind never
lost a spiritual or heavenly condition
through Adam's disobedience, nor in
any other manner. He never had such
a condition or nature, or a right to it.
that he could lose it. He was made
man, "u .little lower than the angels."
His crown of glory and honor was an
earthly crown. Ills dominion was over
the birds of tho air, over cattle and
over the fish of the sea. This which be
lost Jesus paid the redemption price
for at Calvary; and these things lost
are the very things which Jesus and
His elect Bride will restore to mankind
during the thousand years of the Mes
sianic Kingdom. Thus we read: "The
Son of man came to seek and to save
that which teas lout."
Partakers of the Divine Nature.
The reward of the Church, eternal
life, perfection and harmony with God,
will be on the spirit plane wholly
different from the human. Man in
perfection will again be a little lower
than the angels; but tho Church, us
the Body of Christ, will share with
her Lord In His exaltatiou. "far above
angels, principalities and powers and
every name that is named" the divine
nature. This reward comes to the
Church under a special covenant of
sacrifice, which the Bible specifies.
This Church class, like her Lord,
must sacrifice tho earthly nature.
earthly interests, hopes and aims, and
must be begotten of the Father to a
heavenly, spiritual nature, iu order to
be a sharer In the First Resurrection;
and she must enter Into her reward be
fore the Messianic Kingdom can lie es
tablished for the blessing of mankind
iu general the saving of the world
from sin and from death.
Thus the Apostle wrote that the
groaning creation "waits for the maul
festatlon of the sons of God." (Romans
viil, 10.) "Now nro we the sons of
God, but It doth not yet appear what
we shall be (how glorious, how greatt.
but we know that when He shall ap
pear we shall be like Illin." Our res
urrection chnnge will make us like the
Savior; as it written, "We shall all
bo changed, in a moment, in a twin
kllng," because "flesh and blood can
not inherit the Kingdom of heaven."
"Commandeth All to Repent."
Come back again to Saint Paul's
words. He does not say that God
commanded the Church to icriice, for
If sacrifice v- ,-e a command it would
cease to be a sacrifice. Nowhere are
God's people commanded to present
their bodies living sacrifices, nor to
walk in the footsteps of Jesus, nor to
take up tho cross and follow Him. To
the saintly these sacrificing features
are set forth as u privilege ns an op
portunity. If they do these tilings the
Divine arrangement Is that through
the imputation of Christ's merit their
sacrifice will be holy and acceptable
unto God, and they will be granted n
share with the Redeemer in His high
exaltation the reward of sacrifice, of
self-denlnl, of loving, voluntary serv
ice to God. the truth and the brethren.
But to the world In general tho Lord
issues a command, viz.. Repent; turu
from your sins; come back to Me; seek
My face; seek to kuow and do My will.
The basis of this command is the Di
vine declaration that God's grace has
provided redemption in the blood of
Jesus, a reconciliation through His
blond, and that by nnd by the whole
world will be on trial for life or doih
everlasting, in u great Day of trial,
which God has ordained nnd over
which Christ and the Church will su
pervise, ns Judges.
Whoever comes to u knowledge of
this great Divine arrangement through
Christ has an Incentive to live right
eously, soberly nnd godly In this pres
ent time. Whoever hears nnd heeds
this command is laying up for himself
a good treasure of character nnd prep
aration for his life or death trial In the
great Judgment Day of the Messianic
Kingdom. Whoever Ignores this knowl
edge and "sows to the flesh" will find
himself renplug to the flesh further
weakness, further degradation and se
verer stripes or punishments in that
great thousand-year Judgment Dny.
MALT TO BE MADE
IN TARIFF BILLS
Congress May Adjourn Be'ore
National Conventions.
SENATE MAYYET COMPROMISE
Progressive Republican Member of
Upper Chamber Believe Common
Ground May Be Reached With Dem
ocratsWool Bill Will Be Last.
Washington, March 11. Curtailment
of the Democratic tariff revision pro
gram, with a view to "speeding up"
congress to permit adjournment be
fore the national conventions, is now
the expressed aim of the Democratic
mnjorlty iu the house.
Republicans and Democrats in the
senate and house are chafing over de
lay iu actual legislation that threatens
to crowd congress later on. Democrat
ic Leader Underwood of the house,
chairman of the ways and means com
mittee, indicated that the wool tariff
revision bill, which is to be reported
probably within ten days, will bo the
last of the revision measures at this
session of congress. The Idea has
been discussed by leaders of both par
ties in both houses and those who
have conferred have expressed the
view that congress was likely to he
away from Washington before the
gathering of the Republican clans at
Chicago, on June 18, and the Demo
crats at Italtlinore, on June 25.
Tariff Revision to End.
"I think our tariff revision bills will
end with the woolen schedule, which
we expect to report within ten days,"
said Underwood. "There is no use for
us to go any further until we find out
what the senate is going to do with
the bills already passed and what the
president is going to do. We have
passed a steel bill. We have passed a
sugar bill, and then we will have a
wool bill.
"We UI have made our record in
the tariff with these schedules and I
am opposed to going any further if the
work is wasted."
"Will congress adjourn before the
national convention?" Underwood was
asked.
"I am doing everything in my pow
er to bring that about and I confident
ly believe that it will be accomplished.
As soon as the sugar hill is out of the
way I may bring in the excise tax bill
I have not quite made up my mind
whether to follow with It immediately
after tho sugar bill is passed, but prob
ably will, as I view the situation now.
If not the appropriation bills will be
taken up. The diplomatic bill, postof
fice bill, legislative bill and others are
all ready. These can be hastened
through.
"I see no reason why adjournment
cannot be reached before the conven
tions."
The Democratic program in the sen
ate is to stand solidly behind the
house steel bill and, in a general way,
to support the Democratic measures
that come over from the house. Tho
rpgular Republicans, standing on what
they assert to be definite assurance
that the president will veto any re
vision legislation not based on tariff
board reports, will solidly oppose
house bills not based on such reporiu.
Wool Provisions Doubtful.
The house Democrats are talking
of a free wo:l bill, though Democratic
Leader Underwood Insists that even
silk or rubber would not raise the nec
ossary revenue to offset the loss from
free wool. Political conditions make
tho fate of any such measure on which
the house ways and means committee
will begin final work next week, prob
lematical in the senate.
While progressive Republican sena
tors, it is reported, are not acting gen
erally In concert on the tariff, some of
them believe that, falling concessions
from the regulars of their own party,
some common ground may he reached
with the Democrats to aehlee re
vision s'lcfss In the senate. Senator
Cummins In now preparing a measure
with this end In view. Democratic
Trader Martin and some of his party
! colleagues share In the belief that this
co-operation may be possible after
Democratic senators have gone on rec
ord for the straight Democratic meas
ures. It Is a question how far the
progressives nnd Democrats, respec
tively, may bo willing to yield.
Private Killed by Policeman.
Newport. R. I., March 11. Ed ward
K. Jones, a private of the One Hun
dred and Twenty-ninth coast artillery,
was killed by a shot fired by Patrol
man Gentile while he was trying to
disperse a crowd of disorderly artil
lerymen from Fort Adams. Oentlle
claims his pistol was accidentally dis
charged. Man Hurt In Wolf Trap.
Ashlr-.nd, Wis., March 11. Reaching
for a piece of meat behind a log that
he did not know was attached to a
wolf trap loaded with high explosives,
Cioorgo Wright, resident of Madeline
Island, was nearly killed. His hand
was torn off and his body mutilated
from the effects of the explosion.
Woman Hurt In Fall From Clouds.
Paris, March 11. Mrs. Dtiancourt.
while making a flight at Issy, dropped
from a great height. She managed
partially to right her machine before
it struck the ground. She was seri
ous Injured. Her husband was re
cently killed In an automobile accident.
CKRISTIBEL P1SKHHRST.
Suffragette Daughter of
Famous Agitator, Who
May Join Mother In Jail.
TAFT TAKES NINE
OUT OF THIRTEEN
Gels More More Than 100 Del
egates lor Slate Convention.
Des Moines, March 11. In nine of
the thirteen Republican county con
ventions hold In Iowa President Taft
secured more than 100 Instructed dele
gates to the state convention.
Clark Democrats are Jubilant over
the result of tho four Democratic coun
ty conventions, three of which In
structed for tho MIssourian. Marshall
county Rent an unlnstructed delegation.
Cummins leaders report a gain in
Audubon county, where the delegation
was divided. The delegation has five
more progressives on it than it had
two years ngo.
Caucuses were held in a portion of
Buena Vista county and in all of the
Taft precincts. According to tele
graphic information received at Cum
mins' headqunrters, the results footed
82 to 5 in Cummins' favor. Elghty
thrct votes will control the county
convention and with the Cummins pre
cincts yet to choose their delegates, a
clean Cummins victory seems certain.
The icsn't in Buena Vista in tho
Eleventh is particularly pleasing to
the Cummins forces, according to John
Briar. Senator Cummins' secretary.
The Cummins men are figuring all
of the Roosevelt delegates elected as
Cummins strength on ballot in the
state convention. They are much
elated over the split in Mills county
and tie result In Pnge, which went
for Roosevelt.
Despite the big lead In delegates
elected that has been gained by the
administration forces, progressive
leaders Insist they have the strength
in the Second. Third. Fourth, Fifth,
Seventh, Tenth and Eleventh districts
that is going to control the state con
vention nnd he election of the four
delegates at large to the national con
vention After a hitter fight the Cummins
fcrcea won In Warren county. Madi
son and Marlon counties will have
Taft delegates nt the district conven
tion In D"s Moines tomorrow. Dallns
has a split delegation. Senator Cum
mins will win his first two district
delegates to the national convention
from the Seventh district.
Increase In Iowa High Schools.
Reports to the state department of
education are to the effect that there
has been a considerable increase in
the attendance at the high Bchools of
the state, as a result of the state tu
ition law. Under this law the pupils
from rural schools who have graduated
from the eighth grade are permitted
to enter town high schoolu and compel
the home district to pay the tuition.
Because of this law there are many
students from the country going Into
the high schools.
Boosting Beef Industry.
A campaign was launched at Des
Moines to revive the beef cattle indus
try in Iowa, when a meeting of the
executive board of the Iowa Beef Cat
tle Producers' association was hold to
plan the work which will be done by
Rex Beresford, who is employed as a
bef expert by the association. Ar
rangements have been made for bee?
cattle trains to he run over the rsl!
roads of tho state during the months
If October and November.
Dairy Special Leaves Dubuque.
Dubuque, la.. March 11. The state
dulry special under the direction of
Hugh G. Van Pelt, state expert, Com
mlssionpr W. B. Barney and Assistant
J J. Ros, left Dubuque for a tour of
the Illinois Central lines In Iowa to
conclude In a week at Sioux City. An
enthusiastic meeting was held In Du
buque. Jury Disagrees In Census Frand Case
Tacoma, Wash., March 11 The
jury In tho case of Elmer L. Amldon.
accused of census frauds In Tacoma.
filled to reach a verdict and was dis
charged. A second trial will be held.
Amldon wan a census enumerator here
pnd was charged with being Implicated
with fraude that added 33,000 fic
titious names to the roll.
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COURT FALLS
BACKjN WORK
State Supreme Bench Still Coa-
tinues to Lose Ground.
STALLION LAW TO BE TESTED
Week Will Seo Papers of Both Taft and
Roosevelt-La Follette Primary Can
didates Filed far Contest Big Day
for Democrats.
Lincoln, March 11. Tho supreme
court at tho present time is from twen
ty months to two years behind with,
its work, or iu other words a case
filed today will be heard in the ordi
nary course of events In that length of
time. What, is still more discouraging
the court is gradually falling behind
instead of digging out under the pile
of litigation.
One reason for this is found in the
habit which some Nebraska attorneys
appear to have of appealing practical
ly every case in which they can indue
clients to take such action. The trlT
iallty of many of the cases is notable.
One instance of recent date is where
a case Involving an attachment
against a $40 sewing machine was ap
pealed twice to the supreme court
and In the finality the costs amounted
to more than $100. Another case of
comparatively recent vintage Involved
a difference of $8 over a deal In hay
and this Involved costs of about $300.
It Is estimated that more than B0 per
cent of tho civil litigation In the court
involves sums less than $500 and IS
per cent of It less than $200.
An aggravated feature of the situa
tion is that tho more the court geta
behind the more cases will be need
lessly appealed, for It offers an oppor
tunity for delay to litigants who have
who have that for their sole purpose.
They appeal and let the case practical
ly go by default when it actuauy
comes to a hearing and in the mean
time have gained time to straighten
themselves out or accomplish what
ever purpose delay Is useful for.
Soon Ready for Contest.
It Is expected that the present week
will see the papers of both the Taft
and Ia Folletto-Roosevelt primary
candidates filed and everything cleared
In readiness for the primary contest
Up to the present only a few of the ,
candidates for electors have filed, and
this requires a simple declaration ol
the candidates. One thing Is apparent
and that Is the obtaining of the neces
sary petitions Is more of a task than
either party anticipated. To organise
the machinery and get it working to
obtain the required number of signers
nnd have them distributed as provided
by law Is of Itself a big task. The di
rections appear simple enough, but
many make mistakes and the papers
must go back and the work all done
ver again.
Among the Democrats the big thing
Is March 19. In the evening there
will be the Bryan birthday banquet
and In the afternoon of the same day
Is the conference of progressive Dcmo
crnts.
Will Test Stallion Law.
Frank lams of St. Paul has decided
to test tho new stallion registration
lnw. He Is one of the heavy Import
ers of draft and other horses and up to
date has refused to have his horses In
rpectPd under the law; asserting that
it is unjust, nn unnecessary burden on
horse owners and accomplishes no
pood purpose. He has brought Injunc
tion proceedings nnd the pnpers were
served on the members of the stallion
registration board. He, in common
with some other Importers, asserts the
law Is unconstitutional. Another teat
of the law will cony In the trial of
the members of tho firm of Robinson
ft North, who have been, arrested on
tho charge ot selling a stallion which
had not been inspected. This case Is
set for trial March 18.
Consult Over Colony.
Iinls Klein of Chicago has been In
Lincoln consulting L. V. Guye, labor
commissioner, regarding the settle
ment of a colony of Chicago Jews
who are anxious to locate on Nebraska
farms. They are particularly anxious
to get located this year and Mr. Guye
Is hopeful of accomplishing thl. He
has In mind a tract of land sufficient
ly large and which Is especially adapt
cd to dairying, with which these peo
ple are famlllnr. and It Is thought the
deal can be consummated and the peo
plo move onto the lnnd by the time
grass starts.
"Forage" Disease Killing Horses.
A. Rnostroni, state veterinarian,
says that the disease which has killed
po many hors"s In Nebraska the last
winter is commonly called tho "for
age" disease, because it is caused,
like the famous cornstalk disease In
cattle, from something which Is con
tained on the fodder which horses eat.
He has no accurate list of the num
ber of horses which have died, but es
timates that from 1,000 to 1.500 hnve
been victims. Ono peculiarity la that
It seldom attacks the tough range
ponies or horses of that class, but the
letter clars of animals are victims.
Man's Death Caused by Bite of Dog.
Columbus, "Neb., March 11. Peter
Zumbro, aged about sixty years, met
his death by being bitten by a large
mastiff, owned by Al Duncan. The
beast bit him on the leg and ruptured
on artery.
