TIIK NORFOLK WKKKLY NEWS-JOURNAL , PHIDAY , OCTOBKK 7 , 1910.
Farmert In France.
Nogont lo Hotrou , Franco , Sept. 13.
Editor NUWH : It WUH my Intention
to give the renders of The News the
rusultH of my observations of the people
ple of Franco in u single letter , but
when ono makes u careful study of thu
people of thlH country , oven for n
lirluf tlino , ho llnds It ImpoBHlblo to
wrltu of city and country life as bo
finds It bore , at the same tlmo. In no
commonwealth of thu world can mich
a contraBt be found between the people
ple of the country and UIOHO of the
citlcB. In all I liuvo ever read of thu
people of France , either In history or
current literature , I bavo yet to read
that which honctttly portrays the true
character of the rural population of
tliln country. History teaches us , and
I hollovu correctly , that Franco has al
ways been ruled by Paris , but If the
rural population was taken from
France the republic would not endure
for n single year.
Geology.
To have an Intelligent understand
ing of the people of any country
makes It necessary that wo know
something of the soil from which they
live. Agriculturally , this country can
IK ; divided Into four districts so far as
Us Soil is concerned. In the south wo
II nil the thinnest and poorest soils , the
formation being limestone and gyp
sum. The central basin , that Is , the
valleys of the Seine and Loire rivers ,
Is a glacial drift , as is also the east
ern part. The southwestern plateau ,
Including the divide between thu
above named rivers , is a magnesia
formation In which one llnds much
Jasper , the soil being rather poor. In
the north the formation for the most
part Is a sandstone , terminating in
granite at the extreme northeast.
The people of the central , western
and northern districts are the same ,
their lives being influenced and con
trolled by the same industries , the
same sentiments and the same tradi
tions. In the southern district the
people are quite different socially , po
litically and traditionally from those
In the other three districts.
Flora.
The natural plant life differs widely
in the different districts. In parts of
the south the Horn Is almost semi-
tropical. Hero is found the llg and
olive in favored localities ; the grape
Is present everywhere ; chestnuts are
found upon the ridges ; while pines
and many species of hard wood make
up the forests.
1 In the central and southwestern dis
tricts soft woods predominate lynii ,
ash , maple , oak , beech and elm upon
the better soils ; Iron wood , pine and
locust upon the ridges ; whllo our own
willows , cottonwood and sycamore are
found along the streams. In the cast ,
pine is the chief growth.
In the north one limls bard and soft
woods about equally divided. In the
good soils maple , ash , oak , elm and
cottonwood are found growing. At
high elovatlons and upon the sand
plains near the coast plno Is found
growing in a way profitable to both
people and state.
The state forestry system is a good
one , the forests being well kept and
preserved throughout the common
wealth. Not a piece of wood is wasted
anywhere. Anything that can not be
used for lumber of commerce , is used
for fuel.
Fauna.
The bird and animal life does not
differ greatly from that of the United
States. The nightingale is occasion
ally heard in the central basin ; mead
ow larks , sparrows , hawks , crows , robbins -
bins , orioles , swallows , bullfinches and
it kind of mocking bird not unlike our
socalled cat-bird of the northern states
are to bo seen dally In the farming dis
tricts and forests.
While passing through a forest near
the German frontier I saw deer and
wild swine , but no attempt was made
to shoot them by any of the party ,
this being forbidden by law. In fact ,
one cannot carry firearms hero of any
kind without a special permit. .
Farms and Their Productions.
The farms of France are generally
small , ranging from a hectare to a
hundred of them , the hectare being
2.40 acres. Until the French revolu
tion the land of Franco was held in
largo feudal estates , but ono of the
good results of the revolution was the
division of these largo estates Into
small homes for the poor people.
The live stock farmers , or breeders ,
now own the larger farms. These
farms are partitioned by well kept
hedges , and every part of the farm Is
made to produce something. There is
no land In Franco so fertile as the
good land of Nebraska , yet the produc
tion hero more than doubles that of
Nebraska , area for area , and In some
instances is several times as much.
This Is made possible by the much
bettor system of farming which pre
vails over here. A French farmer
would take forty acres of good Ne
braska soil and make It produce more
than any ICO acres farmed by nn
American. The poorest ridges here ,
with scarcely any soil upon them , are
producing larger grain crops than ever
heard of in our state. It Is not an un
common sight here to see three and
four crops growing upon the same
area at the saino time. By this sys
tern a crop is being harvested every
month during the growing season. At
least two crops are grown when one of
them is grain barley , oats or wheat.
These three crops , together with rye ,
nro grown every where over the central
basin , and In much of the west and
north. Because of the cool , moist ell
mate , , more tlmo Is required to ripen
grain here than with us. The grain
harvest Is in full operation at this
writing. Some are cutting and shock
ing , others stacking , and I have seen
three machines threshing. The stacks
are all thatched over in the same man
ner as wo shingle our houses , and no
water or moisture can reach the
grain. Put up in this way those stacks
\vlll keep In good condition for many
years.
Sugar beets , potatoes , onions , car
rots , peas and other garden crops are
grown everywhere and In largo quan
tities. The French farmer will take
his entire crop of onions across the
channel to England to market. Ho Is
nothing If not n good salesman , so
good , In fact , that he could make the
average Yankee look like 30 cents.
Fruits and berries nro extensively
grown and command a good price.
The prices off arm products hero I
will give when I write of the city life
of France. Cattle , sheep , swine and
poultry are all sources of much revenue -
enuo to the farmers of this country.
Horses are an Important Industry ,
$3,000,000 worth of them being ex
ported annually for breeding purposes.
In the south wine , honey , raisins
and other fruits are the chief crops.
Some sheep are kept In the rough
districts.
Railroads.
The farmers of Franco are com-
pelled to pay tribute to a railroad sys
tem managed and operated In the In
terests of Paris. In most cases It will
bo necessary for a farmer to ship his
products 200 or 300 miles via Paris to
got it only thirty miles , or a little more
from his home. There are no lines of
the state railway system that do not
run directly to Paris , let them start
where they may.
In addition to thin , the service is
poor and the tariff high , much higher
than in the eastern half of the United
States. The freight cars are poor ,
small things , not much larger than
the wagon box of our wagons. A load
of lumber will all be placed upon a
one-horse cart when It reaches its des-
dilation.
The passenger service Is better than
the freight service. The tlmo made
Is good , the express trains making
from fifty to ilfty-llve of our miles per
hour. The coaches nro nearly all of
the small compartment design , with
sldu door entrance , such as ono gen
erally sees In most parts of Europe.
The passenger rates are much higher
than with us. Reduced to our system
of miles nnd dollars , first class faro Is
four cents per mile , second , three
cents , and third class two cents.
Olllclal life here stands for more
than It does In America , even the of
ficials of private corporations being
accorded courtesies and privileges not
accorded such ofllclals. even in most
countries of Europe. I have just con-
eluded a trip of seven days , in company -
pany with Air. Martin and his secretary -
"
tary , of the "Societe Tlpplque Perch-
prone , " In which we made more than
i,100 kilometers. The second day 1
noticed we had the same coach ( one
quite different from the others of the
train ) , and that we still occupied it by
ourselves , and when I asked the rea
son for this I was informed that It was
nn official coach of the state , and nl-
ways at the service of the "Societe"
for the asking. Hero was the state
pulling a coach more than 1,100 kilo
meters for three men , when any other
car would have done just as well.
Education.
I believe I am safe in placing the
farmer of northern and central France
among the world's most Intelligent
people. Everyone of them reads a
dally paper and ho reads it under-
standingly. They can bo seen reading
their dally paper whllo herding their
cattle and sheep In the fields , nnd
while going to and from their work In
the fields they will read their paper as
they walk along their way. In the
current literature of the day ho Is the
best Informed man I have over met.
There are two dally papers published
in France with a circulation exceeding
ono million each , and this Is made
possible by the farmer only.
It Is , after all is said , the French
farmer that Is behind that great na
tional question , the separation of
church and state. Only yesterday I
was at three farms where sons had
been sent to England for their educa
tion. At one place the two oldest sons
were preparing for their journey to
England , where one of them had al
ready spent three years , the other ,
one. These boys fine manly fellows
spoke a purer English than the av
erage Nebraskan , nnd the Interest
shown In their college work and the
great future before them was really
touching. At another farm where I
called the two sons were at Purdue
university , Lafayette , Ind. , wrestling
with a four years' course in agricul
ture. Upon many of the farms can be
found young men who can speak Eng
lish fluently. No education Is too good
for the son of a farmer here , and he
does not care to pay taxes for some
thing he regards as no good. The
farmers here are a unit in demanding
better opportunities for the Industrial
education of their sons. Because of
their social system , co-education is not
as popular hero as It is with us.
The Home.
Because of the early traditions of
the people , even the French farmer is
more public than otherwise in his
character. This is evidenced by the
grand public buildings , and the costly
monuments to be seen wherever ono
goes , in contrast with the more sim
ple homes of the people. The fanner
of France Is well and comfortably
boused throughout the state , yet the
home is simple and plain , and appears
the more so when contrasted with the
elegant public buildings to bo seen
wherever ono goes.
In most ot the rarm nomes ono finds
a kitchen , a dining and living room
combined , a pantry or work room , a
store room In which grain Is frequent
ly stored , a sleeping room for the hus
band and wife , and frequently a guest
room upon the first floor , and several
sleeping rooms above. The floor of
the kitchen , work room and dining
room are generally laid with tile , and
most of the roofs of the country are
cither tile or slato.
The furnishings of the house arc
plain but substantial , nearly every
thing found within a homo here hav
ing some well known use. Sowing ma
chines and organs of American make
are frequently scon , and they cost less
hero than at home. The standard
live-drawer sowing machine selling for
SCO with us can bo had for $40 hero.
' 1 ho same Is true of farm machinery.
The farm housowlfo of Franco Is n
good housekeeper. Order , system and
( leanllness are to bo seen In every
tome. She Is the best cook the world
ins vpr produced. The bread she
imkes Is a Joy forever. Besides caring
'or and doing the work of the home ,
.ho wife and daughters do much In
the garden and about the dairy. The
poultry Is always cared for by them ,
rho women more often milk than the
non.
French Character.
The farmer of Franco Is more a
Roman than n Teuton , and more a
Ircok than either. The world has yet
o produce a man with more self prldo
or greater urbanity than the ancient
Greek , whllo the Roman of ancient
.lines was cold , distant and dignified
n manner. Then , again , the farmer
lore resembles the ancient Greek In
ils hero worship. I do not wish to bo
mderstood as saying that the French
f ( inner still worships Apollo , Achilles ,
Kama , Venus , Jupiter , or any other of
' ho mythological gods of the ancient
Greeks , but they do practice hero wor
ship just the same , nnd the effect of
this worship Is excellent In the way
) f setting a high standard for every
lunmn net. If one farmer produces n
jetter crop than any other he Is an oh-
lect of worship. If ho Is known to
lave made a better sale of any farm
product ; to have discovered a new
irocess of any value to his state , or If
' ic excels over his fellows In any way ,
10 Is regarded as a hero just as much
as was ho who risked his life upon the
plains of Marathon.
The home life of these farmers is
simple , yet beautiful in the extreme.
The husband Is always courteous to
the wife , and kind , even Indulgent to
the children. The children are affec
tionate nnd lovable , yet respectful to
the parents and the aged. There Is a
close companionship noticed in these
families seldom seen elsewhere. The
wife Is an asset Invaluable to every
family. She has few equals anywhere
n io world. I wish the Nebraska
.eglslaturo would compel every bach-
lor In the state to import ono of
them. No social scandals are heard
lore , no divorces , no want of faithful
ness i , but in their stead the truest
faithfulness and confidence. True , It
' s that the world of this wife and
" * nothcr is not largo , but It is an ideally
l.appy one. Her world Is her homo
.ind her children. Nor is there any
fear ' of race suicide here so far as the
f farmer is concerned. In more than a
ft inmdrcd farm homes I have visited
t : he question , "How many children
I inve you ? " has been asked at every
' liome. The smallest number reported
was two , and this in a young family ,
the parents being under 30 years of
age. Nine children in one family has
l > een reported twice , and eight three
times. Here is n fact vital to the life
of the republic , which has been over
looked by tourists and students alike.
Ity life In France Is senile , whllo
country life Is virile In the extreme.
The country Is supplying the state
with all Its life and vitality , while the
cities are destroying both.
The military system of the French
people is a heavy burden upon the
farmer. He not only pays the larger
[ > art of its cost , but most of the re
cruits must come from the young life
of the farms. The young men of the
cities seldom pass the physical exam
ination required of them , while nearly
every farmer's son will pass. This
makes it necessary for the farmer to
furnish both funds nnd men , a very
severe and unjust tax. But here as at
home It Is the farmer that has the
money. In most districts the farmers
own their farms in fee simple title ,
and free of debt. This land Is worth
from $250 to $1,200 per acre. Every
farmer has a savings account , and
pome of the world's best securities are
owned by them.
The American Tourist.
I have met Americans here every
day since my arrival , and in all parts
of ' France. Some of them are hero us
tourists merely , others are on busi
ness. So far as gaining valuable In
formation , the American is the poor-
f-st traveler in Europe. I have yet to
moot an American hero who could
pive ono any Information of value con
cerning the country or people ho has
SOPH. He is quick enough to see the
trivial and superficial things , but never
those things of vital Importance to
the world's Intelligence. I met one
man here from Iowa who is regarded
as an authority at homo upon agricul
tural subjects , and yet he could not
answer a single question as t the
soil , crops or markets of Franco , after
touring the country for more than two
months. He could tell mo all about
the length of skirts worn by the danc
ers of Paris , and even of those who
wore no skirts at all , but his knowl
edge of the country ended there. The
Englishman Is a far better traveler
than the American. He Is always
peeking Information of value to his
country and people.
Roosevelt and Bryan.
The two Americans best known to
the farmers of Fr.ance are Roosevelt
nnd Bryan. Every fanner I have mot
in all parts of Franco regards Roosevelt
velt as the greatest man in public life ,
no man or country oxcopted. Every
farmer I have met has much to say of
him.
Only two things have made Ne
braska known to the fanners of
France Bryan and the horse breeding
Industry. Bryan Is well known to the
farmers hero , and highly respected by
them. It has been a source of much
pleasure to me to daily hear these
two men spoken ot in such a compli
mentary way.
This town of 7,000 people Is the cen
ter of the horse breeding Industry of
France , the Socloto Hlpplque Perch-
crone being located here.
O , L. Carlson.
SEEN A DREAM FROCK YET ?
It's Even Later Than the Hobble and
Stovepipe.
Chicago , Oct. 1. Enter , a "dream
I rock. "
It walked Into the annual convention
.
tion of the Chicago dressmakers at
the Palmer bouse and drove every
thing . before It , not excepting the hob
bles and the bolster slips and the
stovepipe patterns.
The "dream frock" Is a' dream.
It Is as full of peculiarities as the
heathen Chlneo. A "dream frock" Is
as hard to recognize as a jelly llsh era
a chameleon. When you don't see
It , it's probably there.
The properly constructed "dream
frock" is as thin as it can bo and
still stay on. It Is cut after the bols
ter slip Idea , but has the same rela
tion to the remainder of a well dress
ed woman's clothes as a filmy veil
has to her face. It softens things
and produces a foggy , hazy , "dont-
kno-whether-lt-ls-or-lsn't" Impression.
Most of the "dream frocks" maybe
bo rolled up and tucked away In an
ordinary sl/.ed thimble , but they cost
like sin.
At the theatrical matinee to be con
ducted tomorrow afternoon one will
be exhibited which cost $350. It Is
to be worn by Miss Daisy Lchay , an
English actress. Not on account of
this gown , but for a far more Import
ant reason , Miss Luhny has been in
vited to appear before the dress
makers.
She knows how to sit down.
Why , lots of women know how to
Not. that's just It.
With the development of the stove
pipe skirt , sitting down becomes the
most serious proposition for the fash
ionably dressed woman. Miss Lehay
has learned the trick.
She backs up to a chair and then
wilts.
"I just fall from the knees , " she
explained.
Miss Lehay backs up to a chair with
a sort of sldewlso , crawfish motion ,
puts ono foot out behind to bo sure
the chair is there and then simply
falls until she lands.
The hard part of it Is to malto the
knees bend quickly at Just the right
moment.
Fail to Get Ball Match.
After a heated discussion between
George Boyer , manager of the Tildeii
baseball team , and Edwin Thompson ,
manager of the Wisner team the look-
ed-for baseball contest between the
two teams was called oil' in Norfolk
yesterday owing to the fact that
neither of the two parties could agree
on the placing of the $200 side bet.
According to Manager Thompson ,
Mr. Boyer had agreed to meet him In
Norfolk and arrange for the series of
live games on which ho declared $200
was to have been placed.
Upon his arrival here he found that
Mr. Boyer did not wish to place the
$200 in a bulk on the live games but
wished to bet $ GO on each of the five
games. Then Thompson Immediately
challenged the Tllden manager to play
his team for $200 as a side bet , one
game , two games or as many as five
games which the Tilden man could
not take up owing to the fact that his
Instructions were to place only the
$50 bets on the five game series.
There was a Hash of greenbacks
worth $200 flying in the hands of the
Tllden manager and a draft calling for
the same amount with Thompson Im
mediately upon the meeting of the
two managers. Manager Thompson
mis bitter feelings against the Tilden
manager because ho declares that
party had agreed to take his bet in a
conversation over the telephone when
the meeting In this city was arranged
"
for.
When Manager Rnsley of the Nor
folk team was notified that the Wisner
and Tllden managers had disagreed ,
he Immediately challenged both
teams.
SATURDAY SIFTINGS.
Miss Evn Wille returned from a
visit with friends at Sioux City.
George A. Berlinglioff or Lincoln
was in the city transacting business.
Street Commissioner William Ueck-
er returned from a business trip at
Lynch.
Miss Addle Grant returned from
Lincoln , where she spent a few weeks
vacation.
Among the day's out-of-town visitors
in Norfolk were : A. V. Smith , Madi
son ; F. D. Berry , Madison ; J. P. |
Braun and family , Humphrey ; J. K.
Johnson , Wakefield ; John Miller , Gre
gory ; Peter Miller , Gregory ; Peter
Mueller , Gregory ; Grover Roy , Verdel ;
E. Spatz , Osmond ; R. J. Suhr , Pierce ;
Retta Green , Naper ; Eva Green , Nap-
or ; William Kcasllng , Hadar ; Herman
Kuehnke , Pierce ; W. F. Cookley , Fill-
lerton.
Mrs. Casting of Pierce was here.
Mrs. Roy Lambert returned from a
visit at Oakdale.
F. Pofahl of Hosklns is In the city
transacting business.
Miss Martha Raduenz of Hosklns
called on friends here.
Mrs. Joseph Prltchard , who has been
here visiting with her mother , Mrs. J.
W. Rets , has gone to St. Louis , where
she will join her husband and then go
to Now York City.
Powder Trust in Canada.
Vancouver , B. C. , Oct. 3. A ten-mil
lion dollar merger of all the powder
companies in Canada , with the excep
tion of the Giant Powder company's
branch factory at Telegrapn Bay , has
Just been effected. Ownership will bo
vested In the British Canadian explo
sives , limited , recently Incorporated
under the letters patent Issued by the
dominion government. The merger Is
controlled by the Nobel corporation ,
owning powder and dynamite factories
in every European country , and by the
Dupont Powder company of Delaware.
Try a Dally News want-ad.
Ooc.
PEOPLE'S PULPIT.
. . .
PREACHING
Sermon by TO
CHARLES T. IMPRISONED
RUSSELL , SPIRITS
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle. "By which also he went and
preached unto the spirits in prison"
( I Petctiii. 19) ) .
Knosvllle , Teun. . Sept. 20. A Con
vention of Bible Students IB In session
In thli ) city Pastor Russell of the
Brooklyn Tabernacle , as President of
the International Blblo Students Asso
ciation , addressed the Students twice
today. Ills audiences wcro targe and
Intelligent. We report ono of his ad
dresses from tup text foregoing. He
said :
Much speculation has been aroused
by our text Some have claimed that
It signifies that Christ , after bis death
on the cross and before bis resurrec
tion , went to Rome place where humnn
spirits arc Imprisoned In some kind of
purgatory and there preached to them
Not only Is the Catholic theory In line
with this suggestion , but many Protes
tants hold that the dead may be pray
ed for and thus be assisted to escape
from eternal torment All of this Is
wrong , np we shall show quite con
trary to the teachings of our text when
viewed In the light of its context.
Those preached to were not human
beings , but spirit beings not men. but
angels. This Is clearly stated in verso
20. which tplls us when these nngels
were imprisoned and why They weri %
Imprisoned in the days of Noah nt the
tlmp of the tlood , They were imprisoned
for disobedience. So we read ( verse
10i. "Ho preached unto spirits In pris
on , which sometime were disobedient ,
when once the long-suffering of God
waited In the days of Noah , while the
ark was a preparing" Turning back
to thp Gptiesls account of that time we
find quite n complete record or history
of these disobedient spirits , in the
Sixth Chapter , versos 1-5
Angels Preferred to Be Human * .
Some time after father Adam's diso
bedience and his expulsion from Eden
the holy angels were permitted to
visit humanity with a view to assist
ing men bark to harmony with Uod.
This doubtless was permitted for two
reasons : First , had such an opportu
nlty not been furnished , the angels
might In the conclusion of God's great
Plan , have been Inclined to suy. Ves.
God accomplished human salvation ,
but In a very roundabout way and at
very great cost and trouble Had In-
given us an opportunity to mingle with
humanity wp' might have had an up
lifting Influence upon the people and
have accomplished their reconciliation
to God
God wished to forestall any such
misunderstanding of the wlsdo'm of
the Plan which ho had nrrnngrd and
would. In due time , work out ; second
ly. the angels themselves never had
come In contact with sin of any kind
Hence they npver had bppn tested or
tried In respect to their obedlpncp and
loyalty to thp Crpntor. They were per
ralttpd to attempt the recovery of hu
manlty partly in order to test their
own obedience and loyalty to God.
Our knowledge of spirit brings and
thp powers granted to thpm by thp
Almighty Is 11 in It rd to our observation
of thp Bible record. Thp nngels who
appeared as young men nt our Lord's
sepulchre and again nt his ascension
and who. as soon as they bad accom
{ plished the purposes of their visit , van
ished ' , arp Illustrations.
We remember the account of how
Abraham sat In the' door of bis
tent | and. Behold , three men came to
him. | Ho received them as mpn. enter-
tnlnpd t them at dinner and. we read ,
"They did pnt and talkpd with Abra
ham. " Thpy bad human powers though
still spirit beings. When they demn-
terlallx.pd they vanished.
Genesis vt , 1-2. Informs us that this
privilege of materialization for the as-
sistancp of mankind was eventually
misused by some of thp angels as an
opportunity for sinful Intercourse with
humanity. The tlmp at which this be
gnu Is not delinltply stated. The ex
presslon. "When men began to multi
ply on the face of the earth. " might
safely be estimated at about n thou
sand years after Adam's creation and
fall. ' This would leave a period of G. > r >
years to the flood. It was npproxi
mately during that long period that
the angelic sons of God , seeing the-
daughters of men , took to themselves
for wives all that they chose of the
fair daughters of men And they bare
children to them. The same became
mighty men which were of old men of
renown nnd giants. We remember
that at that parly day human life was
much longer than now nnd that man
hood was scarcely reached before a
century nnd that few became fathers
sooner ; and when we remember also
that the children of the angels
are not mentioned as boys , but men.
mighty men. renowned men. 1 * gives
the thought that the angels , without
Divine permission , had really started
to propagate a new race nnd that their
progeny was much stronger than that
of the poor. Adatnlc stock.
The disregard of Divine Law meant
that the strength of these giants would
be used selfishly and the licentious ex
ample of thp angels bad a demoral
izing effect upon the children of Adam ,
as well as upon their own children
All this Is stated and Implied In thp
words , "And God saw that the wlckcd-
npss of man wa great In the earth ,
and that over.v Imagination of thp
thoughts of his heart was only evil
continually. " What a terrible picture
of the condition of things before the
flood ! But God was not astonished ,
for he had foreknown everything
Hence ho had a great canopy of water
In the sky which temporarily gave the
cartn an cquatiic , temperate climate ,
but which he Intended should fall
upon the earth and cause the great
flood In Noah's day. Hence at the ap
propriate time God gave Instructions
to Noah ( o prepare nn ark for the sav
ing of himself nnd his house. Noah
and his family were the only members
of Adam's race In all the earth who
wore not more or less contaminated by
those angels How wide must have
been that Influence when we rend as
nn exceptional matter , "Now Noah
( and bis family ) was perfect In his
generation" - the disobedient angels
had nothing whatever to do with gen
erating them
Fallen Angels Changed.
While the nngels preferred to live as
men In liumiin bodies , they would not
be overwhelmed Ilia- humanity In the
flood , but merely dissolve , by demate-
rlnlizatlon , their human bodies and be ,
as originally , spirit beings. Satan was
the tlrst sinner against the Divine gov
ernment , in his endeavor to set up a
separate empire and to have humanity
for his subjects. Although God had
full power to destroy Satan and the
other disobedient nngels. ho has not
exercised that power Instead IIP mere
ly Isolated them from himself and the
holy angels and Imprisoned them , in
the sense that he no longer permitted
them to materialize , either as a ser
pent or us humanity for thp tempting
and Injury of our race. In this souse
they are Imprisoned restrained of lib
erty
.Vow let us hear St. Peter's words re
specting these angels who sinned He
says 01 I'eter II.Ji. . "God spared not
the nngcN that sinned , but cast them
down to hell , and delivered them Into
chainof darkness , to be reserved unto
Judgment " The word turtnrii * here
rendered "hell" in our Common Ver
sion. Is found nowhere else In the Bi
ble. It refers to our earth's atmos
pherp and lo the fact that thovp fallen
angels , called demons or devils , are
"the power of the air" And Satan ,
who was originally an angel of much
higher rani ; anil nature , is their
Prince , "The Prince of the power of
the air. " the Prince-of demons. They
are "cast down" In the sense of being
treated Ignomlnlously. They are "In
chains of darkness. " not In chains of
Iron. They can still go and come and
be sources of temptation to humanity
who are In n sinful attitude of mind
They are restrained in chains of dark
ness In the sense that whatever they
do must be donp In the dark until
their Judgment timp nt tbp Great Day
at thp beginning of Messiah's thou
sand-year day of the reign of right
eousness.
Turn to St. Jude's Epistle. There
we read ivprsp 0) ) . "The angels which
kept not their first estate , but left
their own habitation , be hath reserved
In ngp lasting chains , under darkness ,
unto tbp Judgment of the Great Day. "
Their first pstate In which they were
creatPd was the spirit or angelic con
dition. They left their own proper con
dition of living nnd nature. In viola
tion of the Divine will , that they might
live on a lower plane live In sin ; for
the angels are sexless , thougn always
referred to as masculine. And our
Lord declares that those begotten of
the holy Spirit , who during this age
shall attain to the resurrection of the
dead , the "First Resurrection , " will be
"like unto the angels" In several re
spects one of these being that they
will neither marry nor be given In
marriage , but bp without sexual dis
tinction
In harmony with this note bow
spiritualists hold their seances , either
In absolute darkness or In a very faint
light. They claim now that the splr
Its are gptting morp and more power
of materialization and that soon they
will be able to materialize In broad
day light and go about amongst hu
manity as members of the race. We
do not question the power of God to
restrain these fallen nngols. these de
mons his power to restrain them from
materializing and thus doing great
harm In the world. Nevertheless , we
wonder If they will not be permitted
by God to find some greater powers
of materialization , contrary to thp DI
vine dpcree , that their course in this
matter may more particularly mani
fest to what extent some of them
have changed and reformed nnd dp-
sire to be obpdicnt. for instancp. while
othp.rs are still as opposed to God and
righteousness as pvpr Thpre Is room
for this understanding In the state
ment of thp Apostlp that thp chains of
darkness were to ' ontrol them until
the Great Day not necessarily into
that day pprbaps at Its vpry begin
ning thpy may bp permitted to gain
certain liberties and do a certain
amount of Injury to humanity , to all
who nrp not attpntlvp to the Word of
God. nnd who. therefore , will not
know who these spirits are that they
are the fallen angels , the demons of
the Hlblp
"Wicked Spirits , " "Lying Spirits. "
Thpsp are thp tnrms used In the
Scriptures In describing thp rancu an
gels , who from earliest days have at
tempted to deceive humanity repre
senting themselves as human being *
who have died and who desire to com
municate with their friends , And they
attempt to do so through spirit me
diums. This Is their practice from of
old. Their endeavor Is to break down
the human will nnd to more and more
control It The height of their ambi
tion and success Is to fully dominate
the human will , so that they may use
the tinman tirxiy as their own tiesh , an
when they hud power to materialize.
Those who come fully under their con
trol become demented , often several
spirits gaining possession of the ono
pemmallly and attempting to use the
same brains and body. It Is estimated
that one-half of all who are In Insane
asylums arp merely victims of spirit-
obsession. The great remedy against ,
all this Is the Truth of God's Word.
! Those who accept that cannot IIP de
ceived But the masses of mankind
are being deceived. The Scripture
I teaching Is that when n man Is dead
IIP knows not anything , and will never
know anything until the resurrection
of the dead. Whoever knows this In
fortllkvl against all the deceptions of
the evil spirits.
Wo are not claiming that nil mo-
dluniB are fraudulent. Some of them
wo know to lip most sincere. A largo
number have been delivered from their
awful position of acting as tools of
Satan by the reading of our little
pamphlet. "Proofs that Spiritism Is
Dcinonlsm. "
Jesus Preached to These Spirits.
Thpre nrp no human spirits to be
prpnched to. Human beings are not
spirit beluga. The dead of humanity
who have never heard of "tho only
name given under heaven or amongst
men whereby we must bo wived" will
hear that name In God's due time In'
the resurrect ion- during the thousand
years of Messiah's reign when he. an
the true Light , shall lighten every man
that cometh Into the world" ( John I. ( ) ) .
But If JCSIIM died nnd In death knew
not anything , how could ho preach to
the fallen angels ? Wo answer that It
Is a common expression that "actions
speak louder than words. " The great
actions or facts connected with our
Lord's dentil and resurrection consti
tuted a most wonderful sermon to the
fallen angels. As they beheld the Re
deemer's faithfulness to God , even
unto death , even the death of the cross ,
and as they then beheld God's faith
fulness to him In raising him from
the dead to the highest nature the
divine natiire "far above angels nnd
principalities and powers and every
mime that is named" all this consti
tuted a most nderful > sermon of love
ami lo.Milly. faith nnd obedience , etc.
The sermon to them meant. How seri
ous was our mistake. In being disobedi
ent to God In any particular. It meant
also. May not Cud , who has thtiH gone
to so much trouble for the redemption
of fallen jneii. have in his heart also
a place of mercy for us. should wo re
pent ? The Apostle Intimates that
these nngels. with the exception of
Satan , arc yet to have a testing or
trial , for he assures the Church that
God purposes that WP , as the Bride of
Christ , shall not only be entrusted
with the work of judging or giving
trial to the world of mankind during
the Millennium , but also that we shall
Judge angels not the holy angels , for.
of course , they need no judging on
our part but the fallen nngels ( I Cor.
vl , 31.
Quito possibly the hopes inspired by
that great sermon preached by our
Lord's resurrection to the spirit be
ings led some of those fallen angels
to repentance. If so we may suppose
that during the eighteen centuries
since , they have suffered severely at
the bands of the rebellious angels ,
who would bo aroused to animosity by
their reform.
The Scriptures seem to Imply that
"fallen angels. " "wicked spirits , " "ly
ing spirits. " "demons , " will have
much to do with bringing about the
great "time of trouble" with which
this Gospel Age will end , before thp
complete Inauguration of Messiah's
Empire find tbp binding of Satan ( Rev
elation xx. 4) ) . The intimation Is that
the trouble here will be short nnd
sharp , as In the days of Noah. The
declaration of the Apostle that these
evil spirits will be In chains of dark
ness until the Judgment of the Great
Day leaves room for the Inference that
when the Judgment of the Great Day
begins , the chains of darkness will be
broken. If. therefore , wp have the
right understanding of this matter
great evpnts are near at hand. Spirit
mediums arp already declaring that
thp spirits tpll them that they will
soon be able to materialize In broad
daylight. With .the power to counter-
felt and personate humanity what may
this not mean in the way of deception
mentioned by our Lord , who declares
that It will be so strong that It would
deceive even the "very elect" were
they not specially protected and guid
ed.
We remind you also of the great
strldp which Spiritism , Occultism and
Psychic Science have madp within thp
last few years. These now number
amongst their friends nnd advocates
Bomp of thp brightest scientific minds.
One of tbesp. Prof. James , of Harvard
College , recently , before dying , de
clared that lip would sppedlly com- ,
munlcatp with his friends. Already
the newspapers tell us that he lias be
gun to communicate , but the mediums
claim that IIP has dltllculty in operat
ing through thpm. bpcausp of the great
forcp and power of his Intellect and
that they must gradually become able
to net as his mediums. From the Bible
standpoint all this Is 11 fraud a de
ception but not on the part of the
mediums who nrp thpmsplvps deceived ,
but on thp part of the fallen angels ,
who are thus tricking humanity.
Beginning of the Germ Theory.
Ago.stino Bassl. a country doctor In
the north of Italy , early in the last
century was the starter of the germ
theory of dfsease. At that time a pe
culiar disease was killing the silk
worms , bringing ruin to the whole silk
country of Italy. Bassl , by the microscope -
scope , discovered the germ which is
the cause of the disease. The germ
Inter was named Botrltis bassiann.
Bassl believed and stated that human
discuses were also caused by germs.
BassI'M work was sneered at and pooh-
poohed by his fellow men and physi
cians , and hu failed to make u lasting
Impression , thereby losing great glory
for Italia. New York Press.