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Exeter Advocate, 1909-03-04, Page 2CURRENT TOPICS. We have heard much of late con- cerning the need of better adapta- tion of school methods and courses to the needs of life, industrial and social. Our ordinary education, we rae rightly told, is too bookish and use less or worse to many of the pupils, who, for that reason, drop it at an early stage and enter the struggle of opportunity and bread with the poorest equipment. Presi- dent Eliot of Harvard, in an address on the ethics of industrialism, re- minded the advocates of religious and moral culture that, if the schools and lite are to be brought into closer relations, life will have to meet the schools half way. Edu- cation must be practical, to be sure, but life must be reasonably ethical. Life must see to it that it "does not nullify in practice the good prin- ciples the child has learned at school." Education, of course, does not end at graduation; it is a pro- cess that continues all through life; the moral atmosphere in which we live, move and have our being exerts infinitely more pressure than the stock of ideas acquired in school and even in the home. Moral education, therefore, is the need of children of larger growth aa well as of school pupils. In- dustry, the professions, commerce, the public service must severally endeavor to live up to the ideals earnestly taught to the young. President Eliot illustrated his pro- positions with references to mono- polies, to abuses of combinations of employers and employed, but other illustrations will readily occur to the observant. What are the effects on the young of graft, apoils, salary grabs, evasion and violation of law by public officials? What are the effects of quackery and greed and loose morals in the pro- fessions? What are the effects of the law's absurd and senseless technicalities, of the perversions of "expert evidence," of unseemly wrangling in court, of lying and perjury, of filth and vulgarity in art? Verily, ethical teaching in the schools will need to bo accompanied by ethical teaching and ethical standards in the greater and larger life outside. The best way to in- culcate respect for truth, honor and law is to manifest such respect in daily practice, to sot examples to the young and establish harmony between precepts and conduct. A HOLIDAY FOIL THE WIFE. Give your wife a vacation. She needs one. Little cares are harder to bear than greater responsibili- ties, and she has many more cares than her husband, and sometimes as great responsibilities. The doc- tor,, tell us more women break down mentally than men, and they also tell us this is because they have more cases to carry, rind have to carry them continuously. When your work is done you can lock it up in your office and put the key in your pocket. But she never locks her work up till sleep comes and turns the key upon it. A wo- man's work is never done. And modern life has increased and in- tensified it. Cares have multiplied faster than conveniences. Life is more complex, its demands aro greater and more numerous, society more exacting. Who needs a tnca- tion if she does not 1 And she can- not get it at home. The more quiet and restful the home is to you, the more evidence that it is a care, if not a burden, to her. A house- keeper can no more take a vacation in her home than a merchant in his counting -house. Even though her absence occasions inconvenience, give her an occasional vacation. "Oi hear they do he sindin' mes- sages now wideut woires or poles. Faith. it's wendherful toimes we're nitro' in, 1)innis." '•It is, Moike. Shure, th' way things is gain' we'll he able to thravel widout Lavin' home wan av .him days." Sufferer (to lady in front)—"Ma- YOUNG FOLKS "OLD MUSTARD." ly. At first he tossed his head andi blew hard through his nostrils; then he began to move about un- easily as far as his rope would let him, and to snort and paw the ground. When o.te of the guards went near him lie turned upon hire a pair of eyes that were bright green and shiny. When Grandmother Lane was a At last. Mr. Harding happened little girl her father carne in ono te think what the trader had told day and said, "Wife, it is all set- him• tled at last. I have sold the farm. Do you suppose�it can be that Next week we will start West. he scents Indians? ho asked one There is a large company going of the other man. from here, and we must try to get ready to go with them." Little Mary, as grandmother was then called, heard the news with „ great delight, because she knew it +nen. would mean a long long journey, Quietly Mr. Harding went from lasting months, and carrying them wagon to wagon, t.►us_ng the sleep - into a new country, where there ors. Ho had hardly finished when was never any cold weather and Old Mustard. with a terrible roar, where great crops could be raised; s°aI)Pod oho rope that held him, without touch hard work, and there: dashed to the edge of the circle, would always be plenty to eat. lie -1 leaped a cart -tongue, and thunder- • d h f til was not ding' °d away in the darkness. Almost "It may be," ho said. "It is sure that he is exited over some- thing. Perhaps vie had better be on the safe side and wake the an oa, er a u ) g instantly there carne a scream and alum, but man) other families • t whom they know a ere going at the then the ruening oharge of Indian same time, so that she would have' rid6rs. some of her playmates with her They worn net by the men of the as a sheep to the slaughter — He party, now all prepared for them unresistingly went to his sacrificial all the way. i and rotectied by the circle of death on the cross, as the lamb for It was a wonderful sight when, wa ons. And findin that their at - the great day came at last, and g g the evening sacrifice to the altar. the long wagon-traiu set out. In tack had been discovered too soon, Tho very power of his death over all there wore more than forty the Indians drew off after the first men arose from the fact that lie wagons, some drawn by four or sixrash. wont voluntarily, out of love for horses, and sumo by as many as By the earliest flush of daylight man, to tho cross, when at any time eight big oxen. And such strauge a searching -party went out from "twelve legions of angels were we/gores! They were more like camp. It came upon poor Old Mus- ready to deliver him froin 'his ene- houses on wheels, only instead of a tard grazing about, and not far mios (Matt. 26: ee). roof there was a 'sigh frame over- 'away lay an Indian trampled into 33. In his humiliation his judg- head made of hoops, and covered the dust. The Indian was the fore- ment was taken away—The judg- with canvas, so it made a sort of anost of the band that was quietly merit (justice) due to him. A fair tent to ride in by day, if you creeping up on the camp when Old trial was not accorded to him, as is wished, and to sleep in at night. Mustard had !wonted them, and plainly seen in the account of the And from these hoops hung all not only given warning, but sur- trial of Jesus. Who shall declare sorts of things—hams and pieces of Prised and killed the leader. — his generation t—This may mean bacon, strips of dried pumpkin, Youth's Companion. "who can fitly declare the number pans to coox in, and clothes.04 Underneath the big wagon, out- side, swung the great kettles, in which the larger things were cook- ed, and axes and ropes and chains for pulling the wagons out when they got stuck in the mud. To little Mary it was all new and delightful. The big wagons squeaked and groaned and swayed from side to sine till the hams hanging from the frame overhead would swing back and forth like the pendulum of a clock. There were the shouts of the Hien to the horses and oxen, the barking of the dogs that ran alcng the side of the trail, the sharp cracking of tho drivers' whips, and the ting -tang of the iron kettles swinging against each other. And always they were passing through places that were. now and seeing things that were fresh and strange. The wagon of Mr. Harding —that was grandmother's father—was drawn by four oxen, but one of therm, known as Jerry, began to show signs of sickness when they had been on the road a few days. The incn gave him medicine and doctored him all they could, but ho seemed to grow weaker all the time instead of better, and ono morning, when they went to yoke the oxen to tho wagon, they found him dead. For a day or two they went, on w ith only three oxen. Then Mr. Harding met a trader who wag wit -j ling to sell him a pot ox that he' called "Old Mustard," to tako the place of Jerry. 1t was a very funny -looking ox, indeed, not like any that Mary or anybody in her family had ever •sen before. Ho had a very large, round head, with shaggy hair mat- ted on top, and on his back was a largo hump. In color he was a dirty yellow all over. That is why the trader called hirn Mustard. "Ile isn't, very pretty," said the trader, "brit he is strong and good- natured, and will pull more than any ox of his size that I over saw. Besides, he will get on with leas grass and Tess water. Ho is half - buffalo ---he shows that in his huge tread and rhouldora. For this rea- son he will bo worth more to you than any scout or watch—dog; he can smell Indians a mile away, and will fight them on sight." Mr. Harding did not quite liko t:; buy so ttrange an animal, but he must get another ox somewhere, and so he took Old Mustard. By the end of the first day he was very glad ho had done so, for the funny looking yellow creature took its place at. the tongue of the cart. and pulled steadily and well. And every day after that he did his work faithfully, and seemed time. ltead ("was reading") Esai- never to be sick or to feel tired. as. Greek form of Isaiah. He was By the end of the fourth week reading aloud as was the custom, the wagon -train had entered a so that Philip was able to hear it. country where the Indians were It was a Pleasant and Profitable known to be on the war -path, and custom on long journeys. trouble was expected. They even 29. Then the Spirit said.—The citation which follows shows that he was read;ug front the Greek translation made in Egypt, and not from the Hebrew. Such a roll would be made by hand on parch- ment and was very expansive, "a pearl of great price" Ho had pro - testily bought it in Jerusalem in or- der to study the question discussed there concerning the Messiah. 31. In response to Philips ques- tion, tho Ethiopian replied, How can I, except atone man should guide me? Tho passage which he was reading was a pe..uliarly diffi- cult one to understand till the facts revealed the meaning. And these facts worn familiar to Philip. 32. The place of the Scripture was Isa. 53: 7, 8. The verses quo- ted aro a portion of tho prophet's vision of tho suffering Messiah. Tho picture is true in some. degree of those good oven of the nation who gave up their lives in an evil world to the making of the world butter ; but it was complete and ideal and perfect only in Jesus Christ giving his life for his people, and his body and spirit as an atoning sac- rifice for their sins. He was led THE SLNDAY SCHOOL JNTERN.tTIONAL LESSON, MARCH 7. Lesson X. Philip and the Ethiopi- an, Acts 8: 2649. Coldeu Text, John 5: 32. awe HEALTII DETECTING TUBERCULOSIS. Iu a previous article was noted the difficulty of an early diagnosis of consumption, and it was shown how necessary such a diagnosis is, since upon it depends, in many in- stances, ability to cure the dis- ease. It was stated also that tho old way of detecting consumption, still used commonly in the case of ,cattle, had been superseded by other and simpler methods. One of these methods is that called the "ophthalmo-reaction," because the test is trade in the eye. It is also Fash ion Hints. e+44•11-11-11-H-1-1-11-11-1-1- MODELING +44- H-1-i-1-t--H--I-1-i1-1 1 - +MODELING BLOUSES. Several nice points there are is the fitting of a shirtwaist or blouse that every home sewer does not know and many dressmakers neg- lect. Almost invariably, after the seams of a shirtwaist have been ,put together with a fair degree of accuracy, the novice nlukes either of two mistakes—if not. both: She bastes the collar and blouse to- gothor in a seam—which is wrong— called the Calmette or Wolff -Lis- or 1110 trios to fit the sleeve before Heir test, because it was devised the collar is fastened en. This Wit about t1.: same titre by the ono in is notpossible. France and the other iu Germany. Tho blouse should be put on the It consists in the instillation of seams basted only. A neckband or a drop of dilute tuberculin into a collar, finished at its lower odgo one eye. If the subject of the test and of tho correct, length should is entirely fie from tuberculosis, he laid over the blouse and around nothing follows, but if he suffers tlta neckthen carefully pinned from the disease, even in its very fast , so that thorn are no puckers beginnings, the eye will, after a ina the blouse. With the garment few days, become a little red, and now is hand, the collar is basted perhaps very slightly inflamed. exactly as it was pinned and the Another mode of employing tu- sleeve is basted in. berculin is called the "cuti-reac- It should now bo tried on with tion" or cutaneous test. It was shoulder seam still only basted. devised by a Vienese physician, and collar basted on and sleeve basted i3 made as follows: The delicate in, so that the fit of all three may skin on the inside of the forearm he proved or altered before any is carefully cleansed with soap of the final sowing be done. The and water, and then with ether. reason for doing this alt together Then a drop of tuberculin is placed is because either collar or sleeve on the skin, and the arm is semi- may destroy the fitof the other. fled as in vaccination, first in a Another nice point so often dry part, then in the centro of the overlooked is a certain length of drop of tuberculin. At the end of line under the arm. Tho mosb fashionable gowned women demand to be allowed to turn on tho gas; they, presumably, have found it, in- convenient to be disabled by their simplest of blouses. To gain this length, two things are necessary : Do not cut out the armhole too mucin under the arm, instead of one. and when the tape measure is several pimples placed round the waist to deter - wearer, or on a figure, with nae of those who share his life," his one or two days, if the subject has spiritual prosperity, which came incipient tuberculosis, a small not only in spite of, but through pimple comes at the place vaccin- his humiliation. For his life is tak- ated with the tuberculin, but not en from the earth.—How then could at the other point which was scari- ho bo tho everlasting king foretold fied at the same time. Tho skin by Isaiah? for a abort distance surrounding 34. Of whom speaketh the pro- the pimple may bo more or less red - phot this?—The two pictures of the dened, rnd sometimes there are Messiah in the book of Isaiah and the other prophets must have been a great puzzle to the Jews. No por- traits or descriptions of the same person could bo more irreconcil- able or contradictory. 35. Then Philip ... began at the Verso 26.—And the (It. V., "But same Scripture.—Which was ful- an") angel of tho Lord.—Whether filled in Jesus, and has been fut- ile appeared in sono visible form, or by some inward communication, or by vision, is not revealed, and is a matter of small consequence. But in any case it was a real mes- senger bringing a real message from God. Go toward the south (front Samaria) unto the way that led southwest from Jerusalem unto G Samaritan ad sed filed in no other. And preached, announced the glad tidings of Jesus ject is in the early stage of tuber- -Philip showed the strange and culosia, the anointing is followed marvelous correspondence between within two days by an eruption on the many descriptions of the Isles- the arta of a number of small pim- siah in the prophets and the then plea, which itch more or less, and well-known life of Jesus of Nazar- are usually surrounded by an area eth. Ile placed Jesus in his life, of reddish or purplish skin. After death, and character beside the ten days or two weeks the eruption picture of the Messiah which the grndurlly disappears. A simplification of this cutaneous mine the waist -line, lower it a lit - test is what has been called the tlo bit and let the wearer -to -bo percutanec.us test. This consists roach up to prove whether or not in merely rubbing tuberculin on tho underarm seam is long enough the skin, either the undiluted sub- between sleeve and belt. seance, or an ointment made of The guimpe tied down with a rib - equal pants of tuberculin and bon run through a casing is a de - lanolin. When the reaction is posi- cided improvement on the very five, that is to say, when the sub- short detachable guimpe. Invari- able tho suggestion that it be made removable seemed to convey to the average dressmaker just the mor - est yoke that pulled out or puffed up (and which was the worse?) after the wearer had gone to the infinite pain3 of punting it down by some sort of a double -back -action; Gaza. Inc amain nn ru crossed is always to be assumed that or joined into tiro road from Jeru- Prophets had painted, and all could • None of these tests is absolutely not every lady hes the luxury of see that the picture was n Portrait perfect, for sometimes a reaction a maid. mere° and travel to Egypt and Salem, the great highway of cum- of Jesus. He could also explain cents when there is no tubercu- It is not possible to buy the tied how this humiliation and sacrificc..osia The two skin tests aro about down guimpe made of tubked or thence to all parts of Africa. Which is desert. Uncultivated pasture lands. It is uncertain whether de- sert refers to the country, the de - illustrate t byt} descent of the sert road, or to the old city of were the means by which the glories equal as regards reliability. Tho of the Messiah and his kingdom eye test, although fairly accurate, tcere to bo attained, and he could is beginning to be thought danger- ' i the Gaza (George Adam Smith) which the church, its deeds. and its iii had been deserted for the new city fluence as already shown in Jeru nearer the sea. Salem. 27. And he arose and went.—Ap- They unto a certain parently under sealed orders, asso 36. water. ey ca ly Marubah, about often in life, not knowing the objey came a day's journey from Hebron to - arc often sent out withth s of his journey. Government ships ward Gaza. What. doth liinier 1110 ealed or -to bo baptized ?--This was saying, dors not to bo opened till out at "1 believe in Jesus as the Messiah, sea, so that by no means could their I accept him as my Saviour, and destination or purpose be revealed now I wish to confess him by bap - to the enemy' lands tins," as all other Christiana tied 27, 29. A roan of .dia. — A of been doing. Without. doubt Philip general term for the lands south had told him about baptism as the Egypt. But from the name of Christian way of acknowledging Queen Candace it was probably Christ. Meroe, a country which lay on the 37. If thou believeat, oto. —This right bank of the Nile from its jure- verse is wanting in the best mann tion with the Athara, as far as scripts, and was probably inserted Khartoum. and thence to the cast from some marginal note made to of the blue Nile to the Abyssinian keep readers from error. But it is Mountains. Of great authority. A the true answer to the Ethiopian's man of power, of wide influence, a question. I believe that Jesus prince. Under Candace. Not the Uhrist is the Son of God. He be- naane of an individual, but of a dy- lievcd with his mind and his heart. nasty, as Pharaoh in Egypt and He believed in him as his Master Cesar in Iodine. Queen of the and 1115 Saviour. Ethiopians. The kingdom of Me - time commanded ••f Augustus, and, according stop, and of course the whole ret - to Eusebius, oven to lila time, three irons would Seo what took place, and hundred years after Christ. Charge they may certainly be regarded as of all her treasure. Chancellor of the nucleus of a congregation to the exchequer, secretary of the be established in Ethiopia. He 'nip- treasury.Providence at exactly the right tizcd him --This was the rite 28. Was returning. --Guided by through which he made a public profession of his faith in Jesus. ' 0113, and will probably soon bo Spirit stud the character of darn, if you were to remove your found the remains of three partly Spirit speaks not only to our feel - hat 1 could see the play." Lively burned wagons. ings, but to our judgment and ton- in Front (with manifestation of sur-, Great wire was now taken to send science. Whoever is perfectly wil- Z,rise)—"Yes; but you could not scouts ahead during the day and ling to obey the voice of the Spirit then tee my new hat." to prepare the camp for defence at will be guided aright. Prejudices, (icer --"Yes, he is what yon might night. unwillingness to obey, past train - term a financial pessimist." Myer —"What's a financial pessimist 1" Oyer—''A man who is afraid to look pleasant for ft ar his friends wilt want to borrow from hint." Mr. and Mrs. Oldwetl had so SENTENCE SERMONS. Loving is simply life giving. The helpful hand is nese; e►npty. No grace is fairer than gratitude. The grouchy gospel soon brings its preachers to grief. He who gives for gain always gains disappointment. It is easy to affect and despise the things we cannot under stand. n i Givg is always a fine form'of The first. thing ant was done /titling or failure of training, in so far the '( ing. soon as the stop ea!' made for the as we allow them to exert an intiu- happiness never comes to any who night was to "park" all the once, w ill lead ti i astray ; as iron can enjoy it alone. mini - wagon', as they called it. The near the compass on a ship will The lofts soul is often best mrni- big ox -carts were placed in a great i deflect the guiding magnetic need- circle and chained one to another. I e. Join thyself to this chariot.— tested in the lowly service. manchildrenth f' 1 't k $ t' tt til ' k ted A excellent illustration is found The hest way to make sure of he- y the < 1e n now ome Imes le cR a were plc e n exec en r rs what to do ; so they took the whole outside. to graze, with men armed in Pilgrim's Progress, where Chris - pack to a picnic on the river, and with guns to watch them, and : tian is wandering around in d•,uht, Jet them run riot. Suddenly a sometimes they were driven inside. and meeting Evangelist is dirccteed email boy ran up to Mr. Oldwecd Brit always the camp -fires were to the right way. and cried out:— "Papa! papa: built in the circle, and round t•'lemj O. And Philip ran tnither--Not Archibald has fallen into the the different families gathered to' only ?hewing the eagerness of his .water'" "Archibald 1 Archibald I" i cook and eat their supper. "obedience, but froir' necessity, if repeated the father. Then ho One night. when the wagons had he would join the company .of trav- turned to his wife. "Mary," he been parked and every one had • elers. And while running beside ,inquired. anxiously, "have we an eaten supper and gone to sleep. Old the chariot he o%erhearrl hi:11 read Archibald!" Mustard began to act very strange- the prophet Esaias (Isaiah). The ing happy is to make some one eke glad. There's music that angels bend til hear when a man's walk is in harmony with his talk. The warmhearted are never con- tent so Tong as any hearts are left out in the cold. The meet eloquent prayers for the needy are the ones we Carry to them in 1a?kots. abandoned in favor of ono or other of the absolutely safe skin tests. —Youth's Companion. TO WARD OFF DISEASE. To ward off disease : Don't get "run down" or "played out. If tired, rest. Don't live in foul air. Don't drink impure water. Don't buy dirty milk. Don't use stale milk. Donbt eat food badly cooked. Take cooking lessons somewhere. Don't kiss dirty children. Don't mouth dirty money. Don't fail to wash your hands often. Don't rub your eyes with dirty added advantage of its being fingers. wearable with more gowns than Don't try to keep "up and one. about" all the time if you aro sick, For daytime wear there is a ten - but go to bed. deuey to depart from the time -lien - Diphtheria is spread by the lips ored tan and adopt the more en - and by fingers or other things usual shades of fawn. Butter col - which have been in the mouth, and or is another facorit.e, and anu•ng by spittle. evening gl-,ves the white ones are Consumption is often carried in more or less passe since the advent the same way, by kissing, unclean of tho colored glove. hands and by spittle. Pongee and all the variations of Scarlet fever, measles and small- that. Material will be popular pox may be carried from the skin of the patient to well people by fond and fingers. Typhoid fever and cholera aro carried by dirty habits and by dirty water and dirty milk. 13u don't worry about these things. for soap suds and sunshine are powerful disinfectants, good habits and right living are firm friends and allies, awl a strong, healthy body (your hest protection) does not readily give n foothold to discaie-producing germs. plain tulle, presumably there has been complaint by 301110 sufferer who could not see her back, bub felt its generally bad appearance. These nower gut►apes draw in at the waist line or below the bust if pinned to wear with an empire gown. The separate tulle sleeve is not so troublesome, because either a few stitches or a judieious pin or shield clamp will obviate the dif- ficulty. There aro, however, many gowns of such make as to render the sleeve attached to the guimpe a blessing to the wearer. For the home dressmaker this all -in one -3rd tied-d,wn garment is the easiest way out. The thinnest of yokes --the most elaborate—may be attempted at home with the cer- tainty of fit ; and if the lace of the yoke be allowed to extend far enough down, there will be. the THE DEADLY DRINKING CUP. E, cry common drinking cup, from the tin dipper of the boy who passes the drinking water in tho country school to the granite - ware cup chained beside the fau- cet in the lobby of the city school, is a poiron cup. These aro not imaginary dangers. but living, ma - again. Black tulle fnr evening wear is spangled with gold and silver. + SO EXPLICIT. The tradesman had rendered his hill, waited a month, and then wrote :— "Please, sir, I want my bill." Back carne the bill with these words :— "Certainly ; here it is." Tho bill was again r`turned. and in a month the tradesman again wrens:— "Kindly send me the amount of my bill." And the answer came promptly and politely :— "Certainly. It is 815.60." Tho third month the tradesman again %%rote :-- "Will you send ono a cheque for the amount of my bill 1" The answer came, with a blank, lignant germs awaiting the first ensigneyl cheque :— opportuwrity to enter the human "Certainly. here is the cheque. system. Who shall fay to what ex- I have kept the amount of your tent these school drinking cups hill.' •hare been responsible for the rime- The fourth month the tradesman talky among our children of school wrote :— nge.: Oftener than suspected, epi- "I want my hill paid." demise' of tonsilit.tr, severe colds. And the answer canoe back :-- sore thrusts. sial diphtheria enuld "So do I." be traced directly to this medium. Theo the tradesman gave it up.