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STATE CAPITAL
Legislative and Otherwise
Tke aati-pass bUl west through the
house with but one dissenting vote
thnt efjCene) aad immediately after
the senate accepted the house amead
saeats. The bill carries' the emergency
clause and will become a law just as
soda as signed by the governor. By
reason of the senate provision makiag
the holder of a pass equally guilty with
the giver, every owner of an annual
In the state, not especially excepted
by the provisions of the bill, will be
come a criminal and subject to prose
cution unless he throws his paste
board into the fire or hsnds it back to
the giver. Several members of the
legislature who have been making fre
quent trips home on complimentary,
transportation will have to pay when
they leave after the final windup.
Under provisions of the bill attorneys
or surgeons to receive passes must be
able to show that they are "bona fide
employes, the major portion of whose
time is employed in the service of the
company" from which they might re
ceive the transportation. Cone's ob
jection is that there are a hundred and
one pretexts through which a railroad
may construe lawyer and doctor poli
ticians al! over the state as employes.
The house recommended for passage
Aldrich's maximum freight rate bill by
practically a unanimous vote. The
senate having passed the measure, it
will he certain of passage now and
equally certain of approval. The bill
makes :t reduction of 15 per cent In
the rates in force January 1, 1907, on
live stock, potatoes, grain and grain
proJucts. fruit, coal, lumber and build
ing material in car load lots. The rail
way commission is given power to
raise or lower rates. If the roads show
that the rates are not reasonable, the
commission has power to permit the
roads to raise rates. The friends it
the hill make the claim that ft will
give immediate relief from the unjust
charges on the principal products fised
and shipped in the state and without
waiting an indefinite time on the rail
way commission. It was urged as a
temporary and supplementary act to
the hill defining the powers of the
commission.
Two hills regulating the South Oma
ha live stock exchange nd the stock
yards were passed by the house. One
bill by Adams of Dawes provides for
a general cut amounting to 50 per cent
oti the profits in the charges made at
the yards for feed, yardage and sim
ilar service. It provides also for state
weights of live stock and for annual
public reports showing the business
condition of the company. The Do
ran bill Is aimed at the commission
men and the live stock exchange. It
provides a cut in commission charges
to put tVm back to where they were
two years ago before a general .reduc
tion was made by commission men.
An anti-discrimination feature also
practically knocks out the stock ex
change by opening up that exchange
to any character of Irresponsible con
cern. Under its present rules a com
mission man must pay the shipper for
all live stock sold for him whether
the commission man can collect or not.
The hor.se refused to stand for S. F.
384. which conferred upon the state
labor bureau authority to investigate
corporations and look into the books
or these concerns, a bill which it was
said Governor Sheldon heartily en
dorsed, and it was indefinitely post
poned upon the recommendation of
the judiciary committee. McMullen
and Harvey made talks against the
bill, and though Noyes of Cass offered,
amendments, they were not acted up
on, and the house sustained the re
port of the committee. S. P. 308 re
ceived a similar fate. This is the bill
by Aldrirh of Butler providing com
mon carriers shall receive permission
from the railway commission before
floating bonds.
The railway commission has not yet
formally organized owing to the ab
sence of Robert Cowell, the member
from Omaha. He failed to come early
In the week and it is not known when
he will be present. His resignation has
been expected for some time, as he has
told friends that he would resign if
the work of the commission required
nijjch of his time. He was not present
to be sworn in when other state of
ficers took the oath of office January
t. but took ..the oath later.
The "single tax" theory is dead as
far as the present session of the legis
lator is concerned. The senate killed
a bill introduced in the house by Rep
resentative Davis. Later a similar
fate befell S. F. No. 109. presented by
Senator McKesson. Governor Sheldon
recommended in his message that all
mortgage indebtedness be deducted
from the assessed valuation of the
property.
The senate declined to reconsider Its
action of the previous day indefinitely
postponing H. R. 403, by Blystoae. ap
propriating '$50,000 for a hospital
building at the Lincoln hospital for
the insane for the use of men. Me
Keseoa's motion to reconsider was defeated-
by a vote of 9 to 15. The mat
ter was discussed aad Root' of Cass,
chairman of the finance committee,
aid his committee was unanimous in
Its decision that the appropriation was
aot necessary. He was supported by
other members of the finance com
mittee. The hoase was touched with senti
ment and presented to Speaker Net
tletoh a solid silver carving set and
berry bowl and a carving set to Chief
Clerk Clyde Barnard. Representative
Dodge made the presentation speech
and paid an eloquent tribute to the
speaker and clerk.
Governor Sheldon signed the termi
nal tax bill fifteen minutes after the
bill was placed oa his desk. The bill
has no emergency clause and will not
affect the assessment of railroad prop
erty this ye"
The state-wide primary MU
the house oa the 29th. as fine' by
the seaate. Dodge, of Douglas, move1
that all the ameadmeats he adoptee
with the exception ef section 34), rss
lallag' to the- promulgation of the
party platform aad the selection of
a state committee, aad on tails eaes
ttea he asked for the appointment
of a coafereace committee. His mo
tion was defeated. The seaate pin d
the bill by a vote of 39 to 3, every
seaator going oa record. Though the
bill was recommitted at the foreaooa
session for aa ameadmeat which Sea
ator Aldrich wasted ' to attach, the
change was aot made aad the bill was
placed on its passage at the opeaiag
of the afternoon session. The three
seaators who voted agaiast the
ore were Ashton, Latta aad Hi
Ashton aad Latta are feskmlsts while
Haaaa is a republican. Ashtoa ex
plaiaed his vote in a writtea state
meat, declaring the primary would
cost the state $200,000 a year. The
bill goes to the -governor at once.
The proposed law, to go back to the
old system oi precinct or township
elective-assessors, was defeated ia -the
house by a vote of 40 to 42. The bill
was introduced by Johnson of Saline
and applied only to counties of less
than 25,000. In these counties the
county assessor was to be done away
with and the deputy assessors. Instead
of being appointed by him, were to be
elected in each precinct or township.
There was a considerable demand for
the bill by farmers who declare that
assessors are appointed from the
towns which give the merchants in
the towns the best of the bargain at
the expense of the farmers.
The house passed the Adams and
Doran stock yards bills with practic
ally ' the Douglas county delegation
opposed. Some of the members from
Douglas county did not vote for the
bills. The contest came up In the
afternoon when Thiessen of Jeffersoa
raoved to recommit H. R. 495 by Do
ran to provide an amendment that
commission men should charge 50
cents a head for selling cattle, 25
cents a head for calves, 15 cents for
hogs and 5 cents for sheep. This was
quickly voted down when Clarke of
Douglas made a motion that the bill
be indefinitely postponed. It received
only 8 votes.
Among the more important bills
passed was an amendment to the
Hirsch law by Cone. It seeks to rem
edy the defects in the Hirsch elevator
law by providing a means through
which railroads are required to furnish
trackage to elevators. The limit in ca
pacity of elevators to which railroads
are required to furnish side tracks Is
also reduced to 10,000 bushels. The
bill provides that the elevator man
must be ready to put up the cost of
building the side track, but forbids dis
crimination between two elevators In
one place and requires the railroads
to treat all elevator men in one local
ity alike.
The senate finance committee 'rec
ommended for passage H. R. 295,
which provides for a heating plant at
the Peru Normal school. The action
of the committee in indefinitely post
poning the bill appropriating $2,000
for a subhatchery for fish in Cherry
county was reversed by the senate
after a fight by Senator Hanna. After
securing the reconsideration of the
vote he moved the bill be placed on
general file, and after a heated de
bate in which members of the finance
committee declared the action would
open tip the way for a wholesale re
versal of the, action of the commit
tee, the motion carried.
"Wilsey of Frontier, chairman of the
railroad committee of the senate,
gently laid fifteen bills on the secre
tary's desk after a motion had been
carried to indefinitely postpone all
senate files not on the general file or
advanced to third reading. The batch,
with one or two exceptions, applied
directly to railroads, but in the entire
lot there is not one that is not wholly
or partly covered by bills already
passed by one or both of the two
houses. Many of them related to the
qualifications and powers of the rail
way commission and some related to
maximum rates of commodities.
The senate expunged from the rec
ords a resolution offered by Sibley
of Lincoln county early in the session
censuring Assistant Secretary F. P.
Corrick. The trouble came about
through the publication of some let
ters from some of Sibley's constit
uents protesting against a stringent
anti-pass law. Senator Sibley offered
the resolution apparently while an
gered at the publication of the letters.
It was never pushed and has been al
lowed to lie dormant until, when, by
unanimous vote, a motion by Randall
of Madison to expunge it from the
records carried.
The last, county option bill was In
definitely postponed in the house by a
vote of 40 to 37, made by Lahners of
Thayer county. The measure was in
troduced by E. W. Brown of Lancas
ter after tht origiaal postponement.
The defeat of the Thomas bin to re
duce the rates charged by .sleeping
car companies in this state was one
of the features of a senate session.
Aldrich of Butler moved to recommit
the bill to the committee of the whole
for specific amendment, so 'as to .per
mit the railroad commission to control
rates as well as the running of sleep
ing cars oa trains. Clarke of Adams
moved to table the whole matter,
which would have carried with It the
original bill. King of Polk spoke la
opposition to the motion to table. It
was defeated, thus killing the measure.
The physical connection telephone
bill is among the measures left oa
general file by the sifting committee.
Five hundred and fifty-eight bills were
introduced in the house and only a
small portion of this nnmber has been
considered or advanced. The seaate
killed the Thomas bill, cutting the
fares on sleeping car rates and that
the house sifting committee Imme
diately afterward advanced the house
sleeping car bill to the sifting file,
together with the bl)' catting express
rat's.
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Get after the peach sorer.
Eggs hatched bow will produce the
early layers.
Set out the horseradish roots as
early as the ground will permit.
Variety is important in providing
the grain ration for the sheep.
In buying a work horse for the
farm be sure to see that yon get a
fast walker.
A. silo and a separator will prove
indispensable where eight or more
cows are kept.
Don't push the horse beyond the
limit, x Signs of exhaustion point the
time to stop and rest.
A lamb creep is needed as soon as
the little fellows will eat grain so
that they can get in away from the
mothers and eat at will.
Three essential things to remember
in spraying are, what to spray for,
the proper solution, and its applica
tion at the right time.
Two milch goats can be so handled
as'to keep a family in milk the entire
year, by having one come in fresh
at the end of each half year.
After the colt is about five months
old begin gradually to stop it from
sucking. Take a month to do it, and
neither colt or dam will suffer or
tret
It is easy to put the eggs into the
incubator, but it means care and at
tention and strict observation of the
rules to get chicks out of the incu
bator. Goats thrive best on hilly and rocky
land, but will thrive on level bind that
is not wet or swampy. They are great
foragers and will subsist on weeds
and brush.
The best remedy for the flock of
hens, that does not produce a good
average of fertile eggs is to intro
duce new blood. Buy healthy males
from another flock.
The kind of a road you will have
along side of your place all summer
depends largely upon the amount of
work you do thereon with the road
drag during this spring.
As to the value of alfalfa as a feed
an Illinois farmer declares he would
rather have it pound for pound than
wheat bran in feeding milch cows,
brood sows, young pigs and all grow
ing stock.
The nest of the setting hen should
be made up of dry earth with chopped
hay or straw as a liberal covering, and
then insect powder dusted over the
eggs and nest before placing the hen
thereon.
The owner of well-bred fowls is as
justified in valuing eggs from pure
stock at more thaa the market price
which eggs from scrubs can command,
as the man who has a pure-bred herd
of cattle in asking a high price for his
calves.
Undoubtedly the deadliest foe of
the farm poultry is the tiny mite,
whose smallness is made up for by
the enormous numbers'in which he
does congregate on the perches and
in the nest boxes. Begin a crusade
against the intruders at once, and
once out keep them out of the hen
house.
The reaping depends on the sowing,
and the sowing on the care with which
the farmer has selected his seed.
Good, heavy, clean seed cannot be se
cured without the help of a fanning
mill. And furthermore the farmer
should remember that he cannot get
anyone to take the same pains in
grading his seed that he would him
self. According to the government cen
sus report there were 826 establish
ments in the United States engaged
in manufacturing butter, cheese and
condensed milk in the year 1905. The
total capital employed in the industry
was $47,255,000, and the total number
of wage earners 15,557. Material con
sumed amounted in value to $142,920.
000. while the products were valued
in the aggregate at $168,182,000.
There is no better remedy for scale
insects thaa the lime-sulphur, spray.
So those who use it for -.Sea Jose
can also kill other scale with it.
Bat, remember, this mixture should
be used before buds swell. For later
use, whale-oil solution is the safest
remedy for oyster-shell and scurfy
scale.
Now is the time to prepare your
Bordeaux mixture and get the spray
ing apparatus ia shape. The former
is made in the proportions of two
pouBds of copper sulphate aad two
pounds of fresh lime, to 50 gallons
of water. The first spraying should
be done in the spring as soon as the
bads begin to swelL This will de
stroy the fungus that produces leaf
curl of the peach, scab of the peach
and brown rot The second sprayiag
should be given after the petals falL
The treatment as applied tip cherry
trass helps to control the leaf spot
and the powdery milder.
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dollars la the beak.
Worms cat sows the thrift aad re
dace the profits la swiae gi owing
Harsh treatment ef the cow Is
mere thaa apt to decrease the nrilk
flew.
Cold haaaa oa the udder of a sen
sitive cow are more thaa apt to make
her kick.
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fleece -'ao- good to catch the animal
by the wooL
The only phase of the dairyiag is
dastry which is overdone Is the keep-lag-
of poor cows which return ao
profit
Don't use the cowaedder for a
hand warmer. Begia "your mllUag
after yoa have warmed yoar heads
up with other work.
The space ia the hives should be
suited to the slse of the colony, espe
cially at this season of tteyearrwaea
the colony is apt to be weak'.'
Durlag the short days of wlater it
may be necessary to do some of the
chores after dark, but now that the
days are longer, plan to have the day's
work end with the coming of night
Put yourself in the other animal's
place. Do unto thy horse and thy
cow as thou dost think thon wouldst
like to be done for if in their place.
is a golden rule for the stock raiser.
Home-grown seed carefully cleaned,
and graded is more valuable than
seed brought in from abroad. For this
reason the fanning mill, even though
it be only a hand-power one, should be
found on every farm.
The "I guess" method is the one too
often followed by the farmer in the
running of his dairy, in the growing
of his livestock, in the raising of his
crops.
Progress in agriculture, declares
Prof. Cyril G. Hopkins, demands that
to the greatest possible extent prac
tice shall be controlled by science, not
by chemistry alone, but by every
science that deals with principles fun
damental to agriculture:
If tuberculosis has gained a 'foot
hold in your dairy herd separate all
affected animals .from the healthy
ones, thoroughly disinfect the barns,
and then establish better sanitary
conditions.
Compare the appropriation of $3,500
made by this government for experi
ments looking to the Improvement ot
draft horses with that of $350,000
made by France for the same pur
pose, and then judge 'which is the
most interested in the -subject.
Prof. H. H. Bailey of Cornell uni
versity' says: "I believe Jn the organ
ization of separate - agricultural
schools, but also believe that the com
mon school musttak&upagricuUuTBl.
instruction in its rudiamentary princi
ples." He predicts that the common
school system "in the next ten years
will be redistricted and reorganized
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In Denmark the children pass front
the elementary schoobVto the agri
cultural and dairy high schools, oi
which in that little country, there are
no fewer than 97, 85 of jthese receiv
ing state assistance.. "More than, 100
teachers, chiefly male aqd female stu
dents of the University, of Cppea
hagen. without paymentTgive lectures
and demonstrations in different parts
of the country to working men and
women during the whiter.,
Secretary Wilson injjarecent.. re
port on the work ofthefedara meat
inspectors under the new' law shows
that they are passing on ah'enormous
number of cattle, bogs and sheep.
The report shows that during July,
August and September, 1906, 9,685,
000 carcasses were inspected. In Oc
tober, November and December 13,
262,000 carcasses were passed upon.
In July last year inspection was con
ducted at 154 establishments, while ia
January. 1907, it was being main
tained at 644 plants.
Plans are being laid by the Commer:
cial association 'of Chicago for a big
corn exposition next fall in Chicago.
It is to be known as the-National Corn
exposition, and according to the dates
now fixed will be held October 5 to
19. One hundred and fifty thousand
dollars is to be expended in making
the show a success. Cash prizes will
be distributed so that every corn sec
tion will be rewarded, providing it par
tlcipates. There will probably be state
prizes, probably district prizes, aad
certainly prizes for the farmer, the"'
farmer's wife, the farmer's son and the
farmer's daughter. The men having1'
the exposition in charge are, leaders in
Chicago business enterprises. The fal
lowing officers were elected: Presi
dent. Edwia S. Conway; vice presi
dents, E. 8. Fursman, El Paso, 111.;
Prof. P. G. Holden, Ames, la.; secre
tary, Curt M. Treat, Chicago.
There is no doubt that electricity
will be used more largely by the farm
er of the future. The latest develop
ment in this direction is the associa
tion which has been formed,Ty somo
enterprising farmers of Davidson aad
Turner counties in South Dakota for
the purpose of introducing of elect
trical power iato farmiag communi
ties and its utilization for plowing aad
-cultfrating the soil, harvesting the
crops, running farm machinery and
lighting the nomes of the -people. It
will be applied to the dairies, cream
eries aad other local industries. Pow
er is to be put in the home for the
purpose of running sewing machinery
laundry appliances and everything re
quiring physical labor. The plan of
those Dakota farmers Is worthy the
consideration of agriculturists la
many sections of our western country.
It contemplates active -cooperation of
neighbors for the purpose of utilizing
the natural advantages. It mesas the
harnessing of water power ia the
mountains aad valleys aad the devel-.
opment of industries allied to farming
that' will increase the assets of the
country.
GREAT RELIGIOUS
REVIVAL ON ALL
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HARVEST OFCONVERTS LARGER
' THAN EVER KNOWN.
Historic Movement ef 1t57 Far
Eetlpsed ia Intensity and Fervor
Starting with the Work ef Terrey
aad Alaaaadsr tn-Aaetralia Fear
Years Ago It Has Spread to All Civ-'
lliaed Countries What the Evan
gelists Say af Jt .
Chicago. The greatest religious re
vival jot modern times is in progress.
Throughout the United States the
manifestations of enthusiasm- have
been no more marked thaa ia foreiga
countries. The movement seems to
be world-wide. China aad India are
Beading to this country most remarka
ble reports of the religious awakening
In those countries. Everywhere the
revival spirit is marked beyond all
precedent
In the central part of the United
States, with Chicago as the focal
point, the series of "old-time" relig-
Dr. R. A. Torrey.
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ious meetings and the harvest of con-,
verts have been the most notable in
the history of the country since 1857.
In that year occurred a religious
movement that has become historic
by virtue of its intensity and scope.
Considered in proportion to population
then and now, the movement of 1857
probably was as important as the one
now in progress Taken without ref
erence to population, the movement
of 50 years ago was but as a drop in
a bucket compared, with the scope of
the revival movement that is abroad
to-day.
The history ot .religious movements
of this kind shows that they almost
invariably have followed on the heels
or have occurred during periods of
deep industrial distress. In the Unit
ed States this has been particularly
true.
Distress Affected Souls.
' The religious outbreak, of 1857 ap
parently had its origin in the-distress
of the people, and thousands of those
who had suffered financial losses in
material things flocked to the churches
to pray for relief from their troubles.
Monetary disaster rendered the peo
ple susceptible to religious influences,
just as misfortune in individual cases
Is a potent factor in the introspection
that often leads to the acceptance ot
religion. The great revival of the
late '70s 'appears to have had its ori
gin in a similar national condition.
The historic religious movement led
by. the 'late Dwight L. Moody in Chi
cago and running synchronous to the
world's fair took place when the coun
try was entering the throes of one of
the most disastrous industrial panics
in its history. The same is true of
other nations.
In this respect the present religious
movement differs from nearly all oth
ers. There have been ten years of
unprecedented prosperity. In mate
rial things the country and the people
as individuals have been and are more
prosperous than ever before. Yet,
contrary to history, ia the midst of
this marvellous prosperity there arises
and is maintained for at least four
years a constantly growing tide of re
ligious enthusiasm. The men guiding
the movement say that they see no
evidence of the approach of the end
of the revival spirit The number of
converts is increasing daily, more mea
are going into the evangelistic work,
and everywhere preparations, are be
ing made for wider activities in the
revival movement.
Revival Began in Australia.
The current "religious enthusiasm,
in Its world-wide sense, dates from
the work of Torrey and Alexander in
Australia four years ago. On this
Australian tour these evangelists
WEATHER A WAR ELEMENT.
Plays an Important Fart in Some Canv
' . saigns ef Note.
At a recent meeting of the Royal
Meteorological society of England the
president Richard Bentley, in an ad
dress showed how upon upward of 300
occasions the course of history waa
greatly influenced by weather coadl
tioas. Often iavasioBS were frustrated
or greatly impeded from the time of
the destruction of Mardoalus fleet en
Mount Athos to the attempted French
invasion of Ireland.
Fogs also played an Imoprtant part
In history. Lord Anson In a single
ship loaded with Spanish treasure
slipped unpereeived through the en-,
tire French ;fleetTTrand the great duke
of MeJriboroagh contrived to get his
army across the Scheldt in the teeth
of the enemy in a river mist Refer
ence was made to the difficulties over
asms ia crossing the snow oa the Alps
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the first great crowd of coaverts la
rtaeir acceptance ef reagioa. .The fire
thaa kindled spread throaghwat New
Zealand aad 'Australasia - It: has cea
tlaaed te ban steadily la that part ef
the world,t flaming; all the time aad
bteailssToataercely at iaterrala. The
men who atarted 'It went te Leaden
and the reealts of their work.there are
well remembered. England, Scotland
and Ireland caught the coataajon. The
famous Terrey and Alexaader meet
ing - at Cardiff. - Wales, started the
Welsh revival, which was one of the
most 'amazing rellglcas manifestations
of either andent or Modern times.
Siace that time the movement has
gone oa as a rising tide.
New England in a Fever. J
The nreseat revival spirit ia this
f country appeared ia its most distinct
form soon after the woaderfal sac
cesses of Torrey and Alexaader ia
England. New England, cold tempera
mentally aad reck-sound religiously,
cast off its traditional reserve and
laid itsejf open to the Influences of 'the
"old-time" religion. In Boston the
evangelistic work under Rev. A. C.
Dixon aad others' resulted ia aa un
preddented number of conversions.
All over Canada the same waa true.
A four weeks' campaign in Toronto
by Torrey aad Alexaader resulted la
4,300 conversions.
Philadelphia aext was attacked by
the evangelists, and the eathasiasm
whipped to a high pitch, a small army
of mea, women aad children profess
ing conversion. Every section of the
country, outside possibly of the Pa
cific coast has fallea under the wave
of religious enthusiasm.
Felt Throughout the West
The revival in the middle west can
not properly be said to have spread
from Chicago, because the religious
fervor in this part of the United
States has been as much in evidence
in the cities surroundiag Chicago for
as long as it has beea ia the city.
The proportion of converts to popula
tion in the smaller cities and towns
also has been much greater thaa ia
Chicago for obvious reasons.
The exact number of converts in
Chicago within the last six months is
not ohtaiaable, for the 'reason there
have been so many individual revival
movements in Chicago without any
central controlling organization whose
business it fe to keep track of the
converts, each church doiag this work
for itself. The principal evangelists
workiag in this city estimate the num
ber to date at from 4,000 to 5,000. Be
sides these, many "backsliders" have
beea reclaimed and much interest has
been aroused among persons who
have not affiliated themselves with
any church.
Enthusiasm in England.
Ia England in the Established
church the religious enthusiasm with
ism. Some of the most effective evan
gelists in the field decline even to tell
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their audiences what church they are
formally affiliated with. In most cases
In the last year has been unprecedent
ed, and evangelical work of wide
scope is being carried on in much the
same manner as the revival work is
being done in the United States.
From the headquarters of the Sal
vation Army there come reports of ex
traordinary interest in the work of
that remarkable organization and of
an unusually large number of "saved."
The work of the army, however, fol
lowing the great humanitarian dic
tum of Gen. Booth that "we should
be williag to do as much for a man
as gar a horse," partakes in its daily
manifestation much of the character
of a revival aad the difference there
fore is not so noticeable. As an army
officer said: "We are whooping er
up all the time, anyway. With us it's,
always revival' time."
Standing out as the chief feature
of the present movement is the blot
ting out of sectarian lines in the evaa-.
gellstic work. The men who have
met with the greatest success are
those who have paid ao attention to
either sectarianism or deaominattoaal
this is known, but doctrinal prejudices
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by Hannibal. Napoleon. Massena, Sou
varoff and Macdonold. and also to the
march of Col. Kelly's Sikhs to the re
lief of Chitral. Mention is also made
of. the hailstorm which smote Rich
ard I.'s men at Ascelon. of the sleet
storms st the battle of Hohenllnden
and Sylau. and of the wild weather
during the memorable retreat from
Moscow.
Many other Instances were given.
The Abiding Love. -Itafnseth
law ia every heart.
We hear It each and all:
A song of those who aaawer not.
However we may call.
They tbroar the silence of the breast.
We see them aa of yore;
The klad. the true, the brave, the .sweet
Who walk with us ao more.
More homelike seems the vast unknown,
Slnoe they have entered there:
To fellow them were aot so hard.
Wherever they may fare.
They cannot be where God is not.
On. any sea or shore;
Whato'er betides, thy love abides, .
Our God for evermore.
-John W. Chadwick.
heptiathe
never
Thtu chmiaattoB ef
the evangelical
either cense or enact-
geasta differ oa this
that the moveaMat is
igaered; while others
eral revival spirit Is a
What the KvengsNta
If yoa ask one ef the'
who are Banking hag saeeeaeas in the,
revival field for the cease of the pree
ent movement he wM tefl yea that R
Is answer te prayer. This la what
Jtev. A. C. DIzaa said:
"We who believe ia the enteacy at
prayer believe that Ged ia ssnvirmg
the petrUoaa that have beea going ap
for tea years an over the earth far a
wsrid-wide revival ef religlea. Al
though the non-charehpapnlsrlaa 4eea
not know it; the fact Is that Chriatlaae
for a decads have prayed parabasal
ly, earnestly aad confidently for jest
such a movement aa la new la prog
ress. We are still praying aad the
movement is increasing. How much
stronger it will get only God knows.
"Bat I reaUxe taw answer win net
satisfy those who do net heUeve ia
prayer. The unchurched, while ferced
by what they see to admit the strength
and scope of the present revival move
ment, demand other reasons for its
existence. And there probably are
other reasons. History ahewa as thai
faith cornea la waves. For some years
we have had the higher criticism, and
educational force destructive of faith
ia the Bible. Dr. Briggs ia the east.
M M
"Gypsy" Smith.
Dr. Harper of the University of Chi
cago ia the west, the leaders of the
Welhausen-Grafft school la Germany
and many others who have been la
the front of the higher criticism
movement have done much to destroy
faith. But there is a awinging hack
from this fad. Darwiaism Is oa the
wane. These things seem to 'come ia
cycles, bat each wave of faith ia the
Bible that appears Is much stronger
than its predecessor, and in the end
faith must triumph."
Rev. Mr. Sundaya Views.
"Billy" Sunday has some very mate
rial reasons for the strength of the
present movement. Here they are:
"The plan of gathering together
great audiences under one roof is one
source of success. There is enthusl-
asm In numbers. Formerly they tried
to convert a town by holding revival
meetings in a church that would aot
seat one-fiftieth of the population.
Most of the successful revivalists in
sist nowadays on the erection of a ta
bernacle big enough to hold thousaads,
if there Is bo such building already in
the town. And people now are so
prosperous that they freely give
money for this purpose where they'
formerly would not
"But back of it all is prayer. The
scoffers deny this, but if a large num
ber of scoffers were to ask a human
power to give them a certain thing in .
'a certain way at a certaia time aad
they received this thiag they would
be pretty likely to thiak it came from
the power they petiUoaed for it evea
if they could not actually see it givea."
Complaint ef the Scientist.
Dr. W. C. Farabee complalaed
quaintly one day before he set oat -on
his ethnological investigations
among the Indians at the head wa
ters of the Amazon about the slight
ing way la which the world still looks
on science.
"Only in Germany,' said Dr. Fara
bee, "does scleace get her due. Ia
some countries she Is so hardly used,
indeed, that the deductioB of the west
ern trapper comes to raiad. This trap
per, noticing a place where roots had
been dug up, examined the spot aad
then said calmly as he rose and
brushed the dust from his knees:
'This must have been done either by
a wild hog or a botanist' "
V
? Persia aaarseiy Koeuiaiee.
Large' tracts of Persia are uninhab
ited. The total population is about
9,000.000. which is only 14 to the
square mile. The nomads (Arabs.
Kards. Leks, Turks, Lars, Balucaia
and Gypsies) move from place te
place, according as their animala need
pastures or as their other Interests de
mand. Persia, Past aad Preseat
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hut we may meatioa two which are, at
any rate, not referred to in the official
abstract before us and are sufficiently
remarkable to deserve special notice.
The one Is the defeat of the barbar
ians by Marcus AureHua. A. D. 176,
oaring to a suddea hailstorm which,
according to ecclesiastical history,
came oa at the prayer ef the Melitene
Legion, afterward haowa aa the Legle
Fulminatrix, and the other the suddea
frost aad gale which upset the plana
of Maurice for the combined attack by
water aad land upon Antwerp in VOX
then in the hands of the Spaniards.
From a medical point of view
weather has many times affected the
course of campaigas by being favor
able to the spread' of epidemics, such
aa typhus aad typhoid fevers, sad
more especially whea the campaign
Included a long siege. Abnormally
wet or dry seasons have also brought
about their respective effects upon
armies. Exhaustion and parched
thirst were ia great measure respon
sible for the terrible disaster to the
arms of Portugal at Alcarcerqulvlr In
1578.
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