TALM AGE'S SER3I0X.
THE PREACHER DISCOURSES ON
HEAVENUY MANNA.
Karthly Nourishment -Not Needed ia
MaU-a of Hpiritunl F.ial tat iou M niiic
Forma a Large Part of the Heraphic
Menu lato tbe Kingdom.
Fed on Angela Food.
Among the thousands ho greeted Rev.
lr. Taltnage in the New Y'irk Academy
of Muir Sumiaj afternoon were a larc
uuiuber of stranger from distant imns '
the L'oion. At the close of the services
the prea.-her. on tearing the platform, i
found himself confronted br enough ieo- !
i.le to fill si. ..rdmarv sized church, a 1 1
intent on shaking hands with him. Ibe
subject of discourse iut the afternoon
M "A Seraphic Diet," the text selected
being Psalms ixxvii., i2, "Man did eat
angels' food."
Somewhat risk would be the undertak-
iug to tell just what was the manna that j
fell to the Israelites in the wilderness, of !
w hat it was made and who made it. The j
manna was called atigel' ftxtd, but why J
no called'' Was it because it came from j
the place where angela lire, or becaun
augels couiiouiided it, or because angel
did eat it. or because it was giod enough
for angels? On what crystal planer w
it carried to the door of heaven and then
thrown out? How did it taste? We are
told there was something in it like honey,
but if the saccharine tame in it had been
too trong many would not hare liked It.
and so it may hare had a commingling of
flavorsthis delicacy of the skies. It
must hare been nutritious, for a nation
lived on it fur forty year-;. It must hare
been healthful, for it ia mi inspiring!?- ap
plauded. It must hare been abundant, l,e
cauae it dismissed the necessity of a sut
ler for a great army. Each person had a
ration Of ..three quarts a day allow ed to
him, and so lo.OUO.tHiO pounds were nec
essary every week. Those were the time
uf which my text apeaks, when "man did
eat angels' food,"
If the good I,ord, who has helped me o
often, will help me now. I will first tell
you what is angela' food and then how we
may get some of it for ourselves. In our
mortal state we must have for mastication
and digestion and assimilation the pro
ducts of the earth. Corporeity a well as
mentality and spirituality characterizes
us. The slyle of diet has much to do with
our well being. Light and frothy food
taken exclusively result in weak mus
cles and semi-invalidism. The taking of
too much annual food produces sensuality.
Vegetarians are cranks. Reasonable se
lection of the farinaceous and the solid or
dinarily produces physical stamina.
" Above Earthly Food.
But we have all occasionally been in an
ecstatic state where we forgot the neces
sity of earthly food. We w ere fed by joys,
by anticipations, by discoveries, by companion:-
'dps that dwindled the dining hour
into ins gtiincaiice and made the pleasures
of the uble stupid and uninviting. There
hare been cases where from seemingly in
v. iblc MiJi'irk the human body has been
maintained, as in the remarkable case of
our invalid and Christian neighbor, Mol
lie Fancher, known throughout the medi
cal and Christian world for that she was
seven weeks without earthly food, fed and
sustained on heavenly visions. Our be
loved Dr. Irenueiis I'rime, editor and theo
logian, recorded the wonders concerning
this girl. Professor West, the great sci
entist, marveled over it, and Willard Par
ker, of world-wide fame in surgery, threw
Hp his hands in amazement at it. There
are times in all our live when the soul
asserts itself and says to the body: "Hush!
Stand back! Stand down!"
I am a! a banquet where do chalices
gleam, and no viands smoke, and no culi
nary implements clatter. I am feeding on
that which uo human hand has mixed and
no earthly oven linked. I am eating "an
gels' food." If you have never been in
such an exalted state, 1 commiserate your
leaden temperament, and I dismiss you
from this service as incompetent to under
stand the thrilling and glorious sugges
tiveness of my text wheu it says, "Man
did eat angels' food."
A Feast of Soul.
Now. what do the s.ipernaturals live
on? They experience none of the demands
of corporeity and ha ve no hindrance or en
vironment in the shape of bone and mus
cle and flesh, and hence that which may
aeieciate our paiate or invigorate our
poor, dying frames would be of no use
to them. But they have a food of their
own. My text says so. There may be
other courses of food in the heavenly
menu that J am not aw are of, but I know
of five or six styles of food always on
celestial table when cherubim and sera
phim and archangel gather for heavenly
repast the myBtery of redemption, celes
tialized music, the heavenly picturesque.
sublime colloquy, eternal enterprise,
saintly association, divine companionship,
celebrative jubilance. There is one sub
ject that excite the curiosity and inquiai-
tiveness of all those angels. St. I'eter
say, "Which thing the angels desire to
look into that is, why did Christ ex
change a palace for a barn? Why did
he drop a scepter from his right hand to
take a spear into his left side? Why quit
the anthem of the worshiping heaven to
hear the crooning of a weary mother"
voice? W as a straw better than a gar
land? "Could it not have been done in
some other way?" says angel the first.
"Wai the human race worth such a sac
rificer says angel the second. "How
could heaven get along without him for
thirty-three years;' says angel the third.
"Through that assassination may sinful
man rise into eternal companionship!"
say angel the fourth. And then they all
bend toward each other and talk about it
and guess about it and try to fathom it
aud prophesy concerning it. But the
subject is too big, and they on'y nibble at
it. They only break off a piece of it. They
only taste it. They just dip Into it. And
then one angel trie, "Worthy is the Lamb
that was slain! And another says, "Un
searchable." And another aays, "Part
finding out!" And another say, "Alle
luia!" And then they all fill their cup
of gold with the "new win of the king
dom. .
Heavenly Wine.
Unlike tbe beaker of earth, which poi
on, these glow with immortal health, the
wine pre cd from the grape of the heav
enly Kschol, and they all drink to the
memory of manger and cross, aha tiered
epulcher and Ollvetic aacensioa. Oh, that
rests, laeplrlag. ra
f the world', ranees! That siakes an
gels' food. The takisf f that food trw
i of
astral awstaatoasttsirft he
ttfUfc, gtraf twJMr Mi Ii the wftsM
their k i ii it " aiiMiion iutereotivtellatiufi.
Solu uf the crumb of that angels' food
fall all aruuud oar wilderness cauip to-day,
and we feel like crying with J'aul, "Oh,
tbe depth of the riches, both of the wis
dom ami know ledge of God!" or witb ex
piring Stephen, "I-ord Jesus, receive my
(int ."" or utb niaay an enraptured aoul:
"None but Christ! N'oue but Christ!"
I'sss around this angels' food. Carry it
through all these aisle. Climb with it
through all these galleries! Take it among
all the hovels a well aa Hinting ail the pai-ai-ea
of the great town! Give all nation
a taste of this angel' food.
Now ill the emerald palace of heaven
let the cupbearers and servant of the
king remove thi cours from tbe banquet
and bring on another course of angels'
food, which in celestial music. You and I
n' " al "" con-en or oratorio a
hr.le aaaembiage to whoui th mu.ic waa
,""r ''"" "" l"r ""'
in at the lipa of the mouth was so delight
ful to their taste as that which they took
in at the lip of the ear. I have seen
and you have seen people actually intox
icated with sweet sounds. Oratorios
which are always too protracted for those
of us who have not had our faculties cul
tivated in that direction were never long
enough for them, as at 11 o'clock at night
the leader of the orchestra gave the three
taps of his baton to again start the music
they were as fresh and alert as when
i three hours before and at is o'clock tbe cur
tain V. :'s lirst lifted.
( Music to them is food lor body, Tood tor
mind and food for soul. From what I
read in my Kittle I think celestiilized mu
sic will make up a large part of angels'
food. Why do I say "celestialixed mu
sic?" Because, though music may have
been born in heaven, it had not all it
charms until it came to earth and took a
baptism of tears. Since then it has had a
pathos and a tenderness that it could not
otherwise have possessed. It had to pass
under the shadow and over stormy sea
and weep at sepulchers and to be hum
med as lullaby over the cradle of aick
children before it could mount to its pres
ent altitudes of heavenly power. No or
gan on earth would be complete without
the stop "tremolo" and the stop "vox
humana." And no niusic of heaven would
be complete without the "tremolo" of
earthly sorrow comforted and the "vox
humana" of earthly sympathies glorified.
lust take np the New Testament and find
it a notebook of celeKtialiised music.
A Por of Music.
It say Jesus sang a hyniu before be
went to tbe Mount of Olives, and if he
could sing on earth with Bethlehem hu
miliation close behind him, and sworn
enemies close on loth side of him, and
the torments of Golgotha juBt before him,
do you not suppose he ings in heaven?
Paul and Silas sang in midnight dungeon.
and do you not suppose that now they
sing on the delectable summits? What
do the harp and trumpets and choir of
Revelation suggest if not music? What
would the millions of good singers and
players upon instruments wno iook part
a earthly worship do in heaven without
music' Why. the mansions ring wun it.
The great halls of eternity echo witb it
The worship of unnumbered boats is in-
wrap"H w ith it, It will I tbe only art
of ear'h that will have enough elasticity
and strength to leap the grave and take
posfM -.m of heaven. Sculpture will bait
this sii'e of the grave because it chiefly
conic t.iorates the forms of those win in
heaven will be reconstructed, and what
would ne. want of the sculptured imita
tion wh n we stand in the presence of the
resurrected original? Painting will halt
this s V" of the grave because the colors
of er.r'1! would be too tame for heari n.
and v'h;it ue to have pictured on cannis
the S'-eue which shall be described, to us
by til se who were the participants?
One of the diaciplea will tell us about
the "last supper" better than Titian, with
mighty touch, set it up in art gallery. The
plainest saint by tongue will descrih the
last judgment better than Michael An
gelo, with his pencil, put it upon the ceil
ing of the Vatican. Architecture will
halt this aide the grave, for what use
would there be for architect's compass and
design in that city which is already built
and garnished until nothing can be add
ed; all the Tuileries and Windsor castles
aud St.. Clouds of the earth piled up not
equaling its humblest residences; all the
St. Pauls and St. Peters and St. Izaaks
and St. Sophias of the earth built into one
athedral not equaling the heavenly tem
ple, but Music will pass right on, right
up and right in, and millions in heaven
will acknowledge that, under God, she
was the chief cause of their salvation.
Oh, I would like to be present when all
the great Christian singers and the great
Christian players of ail the ages shall
congregate in heaven! Of course they
must. 1 l:e nil the rest of us. he clennsed
and ransomed U) the blood of the nlaiu
Lamb. Alas, that some of the great ar
tists of sweet sound shoojd have been as
distinguished for profligacy as for the
way they warbled or sang or fingered the
keyboard or trod the organ pedal. Some
who have been distinguished bassos and
sopranos and prima donnas on earth I
fear will never sing the song of Moses
and the Lamb or put the Hp to the trumpet
with sounds of victory before the throne.
But many of the masters who charmed
us on earth will more mightily charm us
in heaven. Great music hall of eternity!
May you and I be there some day to ac
claim when the "Halleluiah Chorus" it
wakened. As on earth there have been
harmonies made np of other harmonk-s,
a strain of music from that overture, and
a bar from this snd a bar from that, but
oe great tune or theme, Into which all
the others were poured as rivers Into a
sea, so it may be given to the mightiest
soul in the heavenly world to gather
something from all tbe sacred songs we
have sung on earth or which have been
sung In all the ages, and roll them on in
eternal symphony, but the one great theme
and the one overmastering tone that shall
carry all before it and uplift all heaven
from central throne to farthest gate of
pearl and to the highest capstone of ame
thyst will be, "L'nto him who loved us
and washed ns from our sins in his own
blood and made us kings and priests unto
God and the Lamb, to him be glory!'
That will be manna enough for all heaven
to feed on. That will be a banquet for
immortals. That will be angels' food.
Mighty Katerpriee.
Now in the emerald palace of heaven
let the cupbearers and servants of the
King remove this course from the ban
sjnet and bring on another course of an
te)' food, which to laying ont of might
enterprise. Tbe Bible lets as know poet
tlvely that the angels have oar world's
Cain oa their heart They afford the
raaid traaett fna world to world. Mia
leteriM laMta, eortlag epirita, defend
last satatt. gmin aphrtto yea, ther
ail wain taetr taowght , Weaie
and that imptie.1 not only the creation of
our world, but of other worlds.
Shall they pmn only for our little plauet
and ie unconcerned for a planet Wl timer
larger? No. They have all the galaxies
under their observation; mighty scheme
of helpfulness to be laid out and execut
ed; shipwrecked worlds to be towed in;
planetary fires to be put out; demoniac
hosts riding up to be hurled back aud
dow n. These angels of light unhorse an
ApoIIyon il t oe stroke of battleax celes
tial. Ther calk these matters all over.
They bend toward each other in sublini
est colloquy. They have cabinet meeting
of w inged immortal. They assemble the
mightiest of tbem in holy consultation.
They plan out stellar, lunar, solar, con
stellated achievement. They vie with
each other a to who shall do the grand
est thing for the eternals. They comKae
doxologiea for the temple of the sun. They
preside over coronation. If in the great
organ of the universe one key gets out of
tune, they plan for iU retuning. No un
dertaking is so difficult, no post of duty
is so distant, no mission is so stupendous
but at God's command they are gladly ob-
ined. When they sit together in heav
en's places, Gabriel and Michael, the arch
angel, and the angel that pointed Hagar
to the fountain in the desert, and the an
gel that swung open the prison door of
delivered Peter, and the angels who are
to be the reapers at tbe end of the world,
and the angel that stood by Paul to en
courage him on the foundering cornship
of Alexandria, and the two angels that
sentineled the tomb of Christ, and the
four angels that St. John saw in Apoca
lypse at the four corners of the earth, and
the twelve angels that guard the twelve
winging pearls, and the 2U,()0 charioted
angels that the psalmist described, and
more radiant than all of them put to
gether, and mightier than all, and lovelier
than all, "the Angel of the Covenant,"
the cadpnee of hi voice tbe best music
that ever entranced mortal or immortal
ears, his smile another noon risen on mid-
noon, his presence enough to make a heav
en if there were no other attraction I
say. when they meet together in the coun
cil chambers close to the throne, ah, that
will 1 regalement infinite! That will be
repast supernal. That will be angela'
food.
And one of my exciting anticipations of
heaven is the prospect of seeing and talk
ing with some of them- Why not? What
did they come out for ou tbe balcony on
that Christmas night and sing fur our
world if they did not want to be put in
communication with u? 1 know the ser
enade was in Greek, but they knew that
their words would be translated in all lan
guages. If they thought themselvu; too
good to have anything to do with us,
would they have dropped Christmas carols
upon the shepherds, a bad as any of us
have ever been? Aye, If they sang for
mortals, will they not sing for us when
we become immortal?
"There is joy in the presence of the an
gels of God over one sinner that repent-
eth." Why are they so happily agitated?
Because they know what a tremendous
thing it is to turn clear around from the
wrong and take the right road. It is be
cause they know the difference between
swinea' trough with nothing but husks
and a king's banquet with angels' food.
It is because they know the infinite, the
everlasting difference between down and
up.
Time of Festivity.
Their festivity is catching. If wo hear
the bells of a city ring, we say, "What is
thut for?" If we bear rolling out from
an auditorum the sound of a full orches
tra, we say, "What is happening here?'
And when the angels of God take on jubi
lance over a case of earthly repentance
your friends in heaven will say, "What
new thing has happened? Why full diap
ason? Why the chime from the oldest
towers of eternity?" The fact Is, my
hearers, there are people in heaven who
would like to hear from you. Your chil
dren there are wondering when father and
mother will come into the kingdom, and
witb more glee than they ever danced in
the hallway at your coming home at even
tide they will dance the floor of the heav
enly mansion at the tidings of father and
mother saved. Besides that, the old folks
want to hear from you. They are stand
ing at the head of the celestial stair
waiting for the news that their prayers
have been answered, and that yon are
coming on to take from their lips a kiss
better than that which now they throw at
you. Calling you by your first name, as
they always did, they are talking about
you and saying, "There is our son," or,
"There is our daughter down in that
world of struggling, battling, suffering,
sinning, weeping. Why can they not see
that Christ is the only one who can help
and comfort and saver
That is what they are saying about yon.
and, if you will this hour in one prayer of
surrender that will not take more than a
second to make decide this, then swifter
than telegraphic dispatch the news would
reach them, and angels of God who never
fell would join your glorified kindred in
celebration, and the caterers of heaven
would do their best, and saints and se
raphs side by side would take angels' food.
Glory be to God for such a possibility!
Oh, that this moment there might be a
rush for hesven!
The Spirit and the Bride say. Come,
Rejoicing saints re-echo, Come.
Who faints, who thirsts, who will, may
come.
Thy Saviour bids thee come.
Young Falcons at School.
The young of falcons and hawks are
well trained by their parents. From
the time they are strong enough to pull
at and break up the quarries brought to
them, It Is one long course of instruc
tion. The old birds know perfectly well
what the young ones will have to do,
and they get them fit for doing It as
soon aa they can. They compel them to
take longer flights day afwr day, and
teach them how to stoop that is, strike
at their quarry.
One or the other will shoot up witb a
portion of feather, or it may be fur, fol
lowed by the young hopefuls. Then tbe
morsel Is dropped from the dutch -down
they dash for It, and tbe one that
makes the quickest stoop secures the
prize before it reaches the ground.
When the old birds think the young can
fend for themselves, off they go.
This Is not a case of choice, bat ne
cessity, for they are simply cuffed and
buffeted off. So well to this knewn to
tbe country that It la a common thing to
hear a lad say: "Them 'are hawks haa
drat their young una off." Blacfc-
Tbera
was aay heart truly
great and
aot ala
VELVET SKIRT IS OUT.
NO LONGER WORN BY FASHION
ABLE WOMEN.
It's Hopeleixly Oat of lnte ui Fur
Coat with High 81ee ve-NoveI Trim
aiiag Ia Now Kaaential One Pleat
from Throat to Toe.
Fashion's Foibles.
York correspondence:
Ou the woman
who own a vel
vet skirt there Is
need of prompt
and decisive ac
tion. Her only
h ii la to sacri
fice It to the tsola
ors and get a
waist or sleeves
out of it, If possi
ble, because a vel
vet skirt Just now
la a hopelessly
unfashionable aa
a fur coat with
high sleeves. On
the other hand, it
Is safe to put a
good share of the Intended outlay for a
gown Into handsome brocade velvet
sleeves, and they should reach only to
the elbow. Brilliant velvets enter into
many of the most handsome spring
dresses and often times they are found
In odd companionship, though the effect
la not at all unpleasant at the first
glance, as Is the case with so many new
fashions. In one beautiful spring gown
brilliant grass green velvet Is combined
with white satin covered with ivory
guipure. The velvet bodice fits perfect
ly except for the necessary front box
pleat, the latter being slit from the
throat down and parting slightly to
ihow an under pleat of white satin cov
ered with rich Ivory rulpure. Tbe
KOVKL TRIM M 1 Sli A X KSSKXTtAI..
ileeve puffs are correspondingly silt, the
atln beneath (tugging out a little ami
the edges of the guipure being ap
pllijued to tbe eilgct of the velvet. The
velvet !u the bnck of the bodice Is cut
away to a point which comes just be
low the shoulders. Below, the bodice
In of the white natin, tbe guipure In
this case also being appllqued over the
edge of the velvet
In the Initial picture there Is shown
another use of velvet that Is commenda
ble according to coming standards.
Leather-colored cloth gives the skirt,
which Is trimmed about the bottom
w ith silk cords In bands and festoons,
A vest of this cloth appears In the
jacket bodice fastening at the side and
Hhowing a green velvet plastron. The
lixise front have revers and collar of
the cloth anil several showy buttons.
Many soring street gowns are to be
made with elbow puff sleeves, aud
whether the wearer catches her death
of cold or not the long sleeve will be
the only covering for the forearm.
Light glove will be worn, or In other
words, party gloves may be used in
the day time with the street dress. The
bills for cleansing will make women
long to go back to the economical
three-button affair and may eventually
bring about a return to that style.
Sleeves to the elbow will, however, be
correct, but fastidious wearers of them
will strive to have their dresses novel
In other respect. A areas that should
satisfy a woman of this sort Is the sub
ject of the second illustration, and is
sketched In a silver-gray poplin de lalne
combined with white cloth and garnish-
oB n,AT ran toe to throat.
d with dark-gray soutache braiding.
The aklrt la entirely of the gray poplin
and la fancifully braided at the top as
Indicated. A full shirred yoke of white
doth aitcnda on the bodice to tbe
tralat- farming a sort of veat for tbe
hralded oaraatat, which la finished at
Ik ta with caUoaav Lang braidad
f taw 6r-grar. Mao aagoa
arm ta white
Kw
sleeves, and tho collar Is msde to
match. Many a kind of trimming may
be made tu do service In place of thi
galloon, but the whe maiden will de
mand something of a novel nature.
This idea of a boxpieat down tbe
front of you la Introduced Into some of
the handsomest diesnes shown. Many
times, as in the case of the npxt cos
tume that the artist contributes, th
pleat appears on the entire length of
the aklrt. From the latter the skirt
stands away in faultless godets, the
only trimming being rich ornaments
of steel passementerie at either side of
the center pleat, which are repeated
ou the bodice. Tbe back of the latter
Is made from bias material and the
AO AtS TUB PI. EATS EXTEND THE BODICE.
collar and Itelt are of black satin, the
former showing rosette trimming. The
full balloon sleeves are plain. Such
skirts are of themselves so handsome
that It Is entirely safe to leave them
untrimmed when desired. Indeed, It
must be plain to the veriest novice that
the godet Is capable of sustaining but
little ornamentation, being a thing of
undeniable beauty when unadorned.
So generally are women agreed ns to
the merits of this fashionable skirt
that it Is being taken up by old aud
young. Though It is as yet too early
to state that children cry for It, misses
revel In it, and tlaolr mothers adopt it
ttilte as freely. A model for an elder
ly woman Is naxt shown, the skirt's
pleats l!ng rather small, and the
front enlarged. Its ornamentation Is
a long end of the black satin belt fin
ished at top and bottom with asser
tive bows. Tha fitted bodice has a
plain vest, which laps over and fastens
underneath the left side, which, to
gether with the right, Is pleated to
match the skirt The sleeves have huge
double puffs. As drawn for this col
umn, this gown was in prune-.itlored
cashmere lined with alpaca, but ti host
of stuffs would srrvo us well. 1'opllii
would Ik! good and crepon better.
A pair of outdoor dresses nre put
Into the last Illustration, tbe left-hand
one wearing a dnss of beige cloth
trimmed with steel passementerie and
beige glace silk. The skirt Is box
pleated on either side of a plain front,
and the back is arranged !n three
TOO WKI.L OOWKED FOH THE STUEKT.
organ-pipe folda. Tbe bodice fastens
at the side and Is entirely fitted, a band
of steel galloon Imitating a yoke and
forming the head for two draped ends
in front, which are apparently the con
tinuation of the pleats In tbe aklrt A
plain belt Is ornamented In front with
four fancy buttons, and the very wide
puffed sleeves are of beige glnce silk.
There Is to b more material than
ever in the sleeves of the spring gowns,
but it will be more draped and con
fined to the arm In graceful curves, so
that It will not seem greater. The In
flated outline filled In with crinoline
and haircloth Is attacked by all man
ner of dainty devices for draping.
Luxurious collars are made entirely of
ostrich feathers set both ways. The
shorter ones stand upright about the
neck, the tips ctirllng softly from the
face; the longer ones set down, tbe
tips swirling prettily about the shoul
ders. The Hue of Joining Is hidden by
a roll of silk rlblion, which forms a
bow and ends at the chin. Nothing
could tie more regal. More feathers
can be applied In that way than on a
fan or picture bat
The tailor-made Easter woman will
wear a swirling skirt of broadcloth
that hits no placket hole. The entire
back lets down In a panel, fastening
at either edge with a row of from four
to seven buttons. In front, at either
edge, corresponding fastenings button
over pockets. These fastenings are
useful in tbe back, but In front they
Alt! OCUM ntlal, for It la unlikely that
aay woman could keep her hands
out of so alluring a pair of pockets
unleaa they were buttoned up, and tb
much heralded coming woman should
not arrlva with har haada la liar pock
eta. That would be dreadful! .
. Oeprrtaat, iam
4
ON A DAKOTA FARM.
tn That Country Cold snd Wind Are He
Sorted Bleiag.
Then the long, cold winters; thanks
for these, writes Budd Beeve In the St
Paul Globe. Six months in the year
the Creator of the universe stau-ls
guard over the homes to keep the
tramps away. He don't carry a shot
gun or club. He put the thermometer
40 degrees below xero. and the virtuous
inhabitant of North Dakota gin-s to
sleep guarded by nature, feeling Mife
and happy In divine bands. The state
of the atmosphere 1b a complete protec
tion against tramps. It Is true, a little
more wood is required as a tax to pay
for tbe presence of a divine policeman
w ho never sleeps on his beat The tax
Is cheap enough. It Is worth all It
costs, aud more. too. Over half the
year we are free from toads, bugs,
snakes, flies, and all Insects, human aud
otherwise. Long, cold winters make
this country a success as a pleasure re
sort Some tieople object to the exces
sive amount of wind in circulation here.
That Is because they have not analyzed
and looked Into the future value of
wind.
Tbe horse, the ox, electricity, steam
and water are all harnessed aud made
to serve man as servants, but wlud is
going to lie the king of powers. It Is
coming forw ard as a voluntary and uni
versal servant. AH that Is backing Is
machinery for It to work on. It Is going
to be almost Inexpensive. Windmills
are put up now for $125 that grind fif
teen bushels of feed per hour, pump all
the water that can be used on a farm,
run a wood saw, do the churning, run
a washing-machine and clotlies wriug
er and turn an Ice-cream freezer. It
will not be long before every farmer
will have a machine in his bouse to
generate electricity attached to his
windmill. He will cook and light his
house by electricity generated by his
friend, tbe wind. Instead of Retting up
cold mornings to build a fire the North
Dakota farmer will press a button at
the head of his bed and turn on the elec
tricity generated by the wind while he
has been soundly sleeping snd dream
ing of future greatness through the
night it will not be long till firewood
and sulphur matches will be a thing of
the past on the Western farm. There
Is not a fairyland ever dreamed of that
will compare with North Dakota when
our machinery Is In place the more the
bllzxard rages and bowls, the fiercer
the wind, the faster the mill will ran
and tbe warmer and lighter It will lie
Inside the North Dakota farmer will
Just alt and smile between the contend
ing elements the outslds and the In
side. He will stand on the Inside and
smile, radiant with comfort to see the
roaring elements harnessed up work
ing for him and making him happy.
He will light his barn and warm his
hen-roost by electricity. The kerosene
lantern must go with other things be
longing to the dark sges.
How to Have Good ftooks.
All of us want our literature "to be"
clean, helpful and elevating, writes Ed
ward W. Bok In the Indies' Home Jour
nal. But all of us evidently do not
Just the same. If we did, we would
have what we wanted and nothing else.
Nasty books are printed simply because
there are nasty peoplo who want them.
Suggestive papers are Issued, and suc
cessfully so, because there are people
who read them. Those of us who are
fond of good books are indignant be
cause am -h books as "Esther Waters,"
"The Heavenly Twins," "The Green
Carnation," "The Yellow Aster" are
successful. But why are they success
ful? Because we buy them, and when
t say "we" I mean "we." I do not mean
tbe other man or the other woman up
on whoso shoulders we are always
ready to transfer the blame. I have
very quietly made a study of tbs
sources from which a great deal of this
cry of bad or ephemeral literature
cornea, and I find that It comes, In
quite respectable proportions, from the
very people who boy these books and
help them to succeaa. Now, one thing
la absolutely true: Just so long aa we
continue buying thee books. Just so
long will we have them. When we
top buying, depend upon It the auth
ors will stop writing tbem and the pub
lisher will stop issuing them. But If
we buy "Heavenly Twins" why, ther
will be more "Heavenly Twin," and a
year hence we will have "Infernal
Trlpleta." Thia whole question Is sim
ply on of demand and supply; so long
aa tbe demand continues so will the
upply. '
Paiaoe Trolley Can.
In Boston something entirely new haa
been Introduced on the street railroads
In the shae of palace trolley cars. This
marks tbe height of luxury and conven
ience In street car construction. These
cars, however, do not make and regu
lar trips, and must be especially char
tered for the occasion. They were
designated for the use of theater par
ties or large parties going to other
places of entertainment Tbe cars are
twenty feet long by seven feet wide,
and the motors are twenty-five horse
pownr each. The Interior Is fitted up
very luxuriously, the wood work pol
ished mahogany, and the upholstering
of peacock blue brocaded plush. Each
car contains twenty comforable chairs
of elegant design, with wire hat hold
ers beneath them, The rest of the In
terior, such as the brass finishings, the
frescoing, and th electrical apparatus
Is all In keeping with the elegance of
the other furnishings, .
No man has a right to complain of
being sick If he feels no worse than ha
does when bis undershirt sJeevss ara
pulled up. , (
Aa a rule the nan who i
diaafpaaff,aad who ata bailrred hy
tbatr waasJysa ta Is?) haa aaada away,
win, fat i
