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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1908-10-01, Page 2 (2), Some two years ago a fess mod- est representativee of the British taiddle class started an egitetioa for the organization and legislative Tacogaittion -of that "neglected" ielentot, They complained bitterly that while the bolded gentry bed, he botiA ofelotds end. te "twee of Onninenera fee took afteretheireu. terestki and the ttafte'llfOrkers'imid t ehuattone,tht !boa:flitt'ttr; the the s6.tia1ists saod iifi**1301itiOtani to attendto their 4144/0044,0ttedUltete bitetettle one ,to champion , theif cause, the result being thst they were being doubly Med and that on them thn• burdens of growing takes and the aosts of the various "soeial re- forms" were being fastened more 'and more. Certain reverses of ra- dicals and municipalizationists in local elections have since been at- tributed to the "awakening" of the /middle classes thus appealed to by their awn literary and articulate. spokesmen. Now science and' "eugenics" are supposed to have come, to the de- the—eteme great middle togivevaiv, clef etee: eke the British Association for, the Ad- vancement of Science Professor WiIliam Ridgeway, president of the anthropologieal section, made an attack on the entire policy of - -soda referm as exemplified in gold --iiitittnatessittlangeseate4...1-1M school children, popular education, etc., from the viewpoint of riatu.el selection, the survival of the fittest and the desired improtement- o the national stock. Our modern statesmen, he said, were poor stock bleeders.- Instead of fostering the test elements—the middle classes— they encouraged the multiplicetion and preservation of the worst—th incapable, the thriftless, the sub merged. The members of the middl class marry late and have small families, fearing to face the strag- gle for existence in an age which subordinates them to the "lower a 101 Let n in the Sprit and He Will Not Fulfill the Lusts - of the Flesh Tileco tlath he) te1/48094 taken net ie. net tif'e mud; .hkeause, of dit, yon but eeele tie is,,conneon tiesinen; fetenees in virettiestanees, bitt*be but '9,Q4' who IS feithfel, WIU not tetniee of the ditleteece en•peteretzale Auger you to teefipeed boire that etY.. • V.9.‘r-nay plapo two Men 1,11'tht are *hie; butwiIlwth th'e tenip suie. ,eneleeneeent. One Maze $74W7 Whin, *1•89 MAO:* Wa.Y.10,* esolko,. euntbk to it. temptatibu 'because, he that •may: be able to learat.-e-t iw his teerea onttutx ,IttIATWXel'14ee'eeeeecieeeeeeeeeeeee', ' eretallheeettelliee ur ivery man realizes that when he genies because he ,liae witlun him would do good evil is present with thepledge of victory. him.filenetity is ever •pursued by • This ie not underrating eireura- hltunting forms of sin that lurk in stances. Many a man's security ambush, choose their moment for frotn temptation lies in cutting him - surprise and spring upon their vie. self loose from the outward asso. tire when he least suspects their Piations o wrong. Let him make presence. Sometimes we divide a solemn Gera -pact with himself that persons into the tempted and the he will remain away from the place untenipteds There - are •persons of temptation. The devil enters the whose life flows along as smoothly soul of many a Man through his and quietly as a brook in a shelter- mouth, his eyes, his ears. The man ed meadow. They seem not to be thus influenced should make a holy disturbed by any temptations with- covenant with his senses of in or without. Or they live on such TASTE, SIGHT AND ,HEARING. high altitudes of spiritual Berea- ity as to escape the morel miasmas of the valley. Let us not be deceiv- ed by such classification. Weak, shallow natures are the lillaftWee ttO. P •hey are -- above it. Strong natures neeereee cape .temptation and usually the stronger the personality the stron- ger and fiercer the temptation. Temptation itself is not sin. TEMPTATION IS INFECTION; ititedseetes: -riasehessilithathersoestestatche upon his moral con-stitutioe.- • Mas- laria seizes the man in whose body the disease finds a susceptible con - di -OA: -Tiitalion Ts- an induce= ment to depart from the path of rectitude', and may spring from without or from a man's own na- ture. As an outward solicitation it comes to one man, and he says "Yes." It comes to another man, e and 'he says "No." The outward temptation arouses the personality within a man. The outward appeal e te do wrong measures the tempt- able .element within. The -reason why one man over- comes temptation and another does elassess Such an argument can be given en appearance of validity in a so- ciety where clah where few of the "inferior" are ex- pected to rise above their- level. In any country of opportunity and sift change it would be absolute- ly pointless. Where a man is an employe to -day, a contractor to- ., morrow and a large employer the dee-eater, or a clerk to -day, et head of a department to -morrow and a partner the next day, what becomes of the distinethai between the enid- dle class and the lower elements? Even in stratified England Sci- ence is not at all tolidly behind the Ridgeway view. What_ of the in- fluences of en i ironment and of op- portunity, emphasized more and more by practical sociologists and .even listehreedeesi _litlutteoLdliesete fects of social reform on .the gin erat_ national health I Da -not fate tory regulations, sch )01 hygiene, improved housing, sanitary cam- , reigns; mean better birth; and low- er death rates? tiro the children of the lower classes necessarily in- ferior physically and mentally? Science is not ready to conderna social reform in the name of "pe- thral selection," which, logically applied, would justify even fraud And violence as "forms of competi- tion." SOME NEW SPA PER STATISTICS Dne Neuspaper Published forf.very S2,000 People. • A French statistician calculates t bat there is one newspaper pub fished for ery tai,030 inhabitants ef the known world; In Ettrofe, fatrmany heads the fist with 5,ro newepapere, • of which noo are pub fished daily ; England cornea ne*t, with 3,000 o wspapers, whic10 foa are -dailien," and then conies' Timm.° with -e,e19 neVi'llp3pers, of NvhiC111 only one-fourth are daily, or published te ice or 'thrice a week. Italy comes forth slab 1,400 papers, rind is; folleseed by Austria Hun- gary, Spain. Russia, Greece and itterla.nd, the taet hariTrig 450 tiwnpziperi .11together Europe has about e0.009 newspapers. There are 12.569 neeepaylere pub- lished in the llnited Statee ; about 1.000 (le therri are published daile;. and leo aro managed, edited, and publiehed by nogroes. In Asia there are :1.000 periodical publica- tienel of which the greater pert ap- feet British Indite and 3apan:11 thO,', hate:. country publishes 1,400',1 epers, of which ee are pnb.' But a man's security lies not so much in seclusion. He must go out into the world. The greatest safe- guard against temptation is self - culture. A, healthy body is the best ewitilo,4 Of life are gem but r quentIe pow- % erless.—Better is it to have a strong soul; iron in the blood. Let a man build up his moral coristituaion by thinking noble thoughts, derived 1 pilyeceel'aPallt? the bread awl cake ON TIIE WILD NOIrrII COAST" atid raisins. ee. gad no eleilde-The inference wbich the narrator would hive the reader deew is that Michel' elsilde tessness was a 4irect punishment for her disapproval of the kieg`e behavior in dencing as he had done before the people and the ark of Jehovah. ' iyottY 4.44:4'1i!olottoziki! 1;Atiiitl froze* hi MeieseColleee quantity nt, another age and to a species of aol- Mal that dues not now exist. The ivory is eut. !rein the tusks of mas- todons, .Whose Oweletons are, found frozen in, masses of ice or buried ta the mud of Siberian rivers and weamps. The northern portion of the country abounds in extensive bogs, which are called urm:ans. In these are found the tusks of the mastodon, from which it is infer- red that • these animals lost their lives by venturing upon a surface that would' not bear their weight. Of this region and its pro- ducts Dr. Charles Wenyon writes in his book, "Across Siberia on the Great Post -Road" : Even to wild animals these ur- mans are riorbidden ground. The nimble -stepping, broad -hoofed re;n- deer can sometimes cross them r mos other .large 'animals attempt- ei rur ounh ing to do so Would quickly ,be en- I stool; or some exactly like giga gulfed, and this may be a partial explanation of the remains of mam- (By A Banker.) One of the moat-steiking examples of the marvellous handiwork of Na- ture is tenqueetionably tlaet etrange group of clustered prisumatie col - minis 4110WP 45 the Giant' Cause- way, which adds such interest to the bold, rugged, ceaetline of the tierth of Ireland. Both eaet ap,t1 week of. OW' Caueewey tee, Jolty, beetling eliffe beaevidenee of the Viehteljeree'.0. trQttIenaeua .feeeer of Abe waves, *hick etteikilit from t eeettlee wilet.111 Iver4n1 egaltiet thee() 'intinitio4s of •ce r. atepete4needoteleseeasep11i, iiifeeebida'''Vittrilie 're of reverbereting theeder, the fern- ing billows madly rus'lt;' cir now earvipg .the rock jute), faptaetic ehapea,„ es the eolossal Giant's Face perhaps, with the exception of the strange representation of a skull at Golgotha, outside.the walls of Jer- usalem, and also, too, of the natur- al statue of Queen Elizabeth on the Cornish coast, themost striking example of Nature's imagery to be seen anywhere on the globe. But the Causeway itself is the centre of attraction. Here many thousands of regularly carved col- umns, mostly pentagdnal, and averaging about two feet in dia- meter, are arranged' in fantastic clastets; some grouped together like a vast organ; some arranged as for the throne of a Titan, the sides and back formed ofupright col- a:W/0MT moth and rhinoceros, which are so from the habitual practice of read- I abundant and so widely diffused ing good --books, performing nohle thrdugh these northern marsh- ._ assaaaattiM with eiteMetRa and- Venerable- "MeiI Tft. 'tare, pure friendship and honor- able toil' are among the methods which God provides to enable a tic honeycombs. Standing upon the girdle is becoming totiiiiire, s ;1k :5" summit of one of these stupendous The' front closing is one of the 1 taft*****itialettilet4lele1+41111 Fashion Hints. AeHe&etetstelet÷leieesleke,i4 FADS ANDFANCIES. treoe, stedleilotrkeig in eitieeee..,, • 4,11 lengths. of ,oitta4,40The, nouietai .faele: "eyes e 4 -r,r9ed. aleeve is oue'. • • A 1, *a ii.;:.**14 417, ?agft,'*tIm•124*''.. acTekdeoplitntiipe.o:at''of the clay, is •do-, Long neck ruffs hold their pope- • larity. ° - Ostrich tips are to be used in quantity. Both high and lair collars will be worn this fall. Every hour the vogue for long sleeves becomes stronger. The mushroom effect in millin- ery increases in popularity. Coats will have many buttons, large.,jupers and fancy iedium and small in size. ttpiliex.44e autumn and winter gowns. - cided movement in toques of fur. as _last ivinter for trimming. Parasols and hats are now made Silk will be prominet in the new October probably will see a de- 'est' Braid is likely to be as .popular cretonhe jacket. The em eta -witaefai aes c asters of pillars the scene is al- most popular features of the new tegether striking and bewildering. skirts. On all sides columns sculptured as • Some of the many _gorei and IhOteestiaatatuattezet ine-tife eliffe from which preleaelit la reereitsteleuetee etleeetirieteeet in front the...ejetter—see-callecer-ate of these strange black bit back monoliths ; the moment is' made •of white wash The most popular shirt waist of -e-or two points -the -ends of -mine ' 'a • net. , tengue of rock wholly composed of1 Dressy coats of voile, silk, etc., these five or six -sided columns,, will have silk and !nee for elabora- stretching out three or four hun- tion. dred feet from the land; while be-; The craze for aigrettes and many yond is the expanse of the great plumes is making millinery tremen- ocean,- here its white -crested bit, dot,* costly. lows breaking in 'clouds of foazn! Empire style coats are in high against the adamantine pillared i favor, both for evening and for rocks, but at its further extreme dressy wear in the day. frozen by the breath of the gelid' So pretty is os ume effect north into floes and bergs of solid A , that there is little probability that ICC. ; its popularity will wane. And while contemplating .this! It is evident that small ..nea strange example of Nature's han- stripes and checks will rule the day dicraft, the thought erPsse e, large checks being little worn. mind that although in this insta,nce Fashioneble new tones include 'fit the museum at Mihail are utineerougs specimens of mannuoth. and throughout this region they are by no means rare. he laito-oreiconteettentPtation- -01 ice -Pact- -breaks (Town a river -bank, all books the Bible is the best, for er floods tear up .a frozen marsh, it passes as iron into the blood and or the summer thaw penetrates a, gives vigor to the will. Of all little more deeply than usual into friendships, the sense of the corn- the ground, some of these antedil- panionship of the Man of Nazareth uvian monsters arc very likely- to is the most invigorating. The power be exposed. • and purity of his life may be claim- In many cases the remains are so ed and used in every hour of temp- fresh and well preserved, with their tation. - dark, shaggy hair and underwool of Devote yourself to God and you reddish brown, their tufted ears will find .God fights the battles of and long, curved tusks, that all the a will resigned. aborigines, and even some of tfie Russian settlers, persist in the be - WILLIAM C. STINSON. ,hef that they are specimens of ani- mals which still live, burrowing un- cierground like moles, and which man might perhaps achieve a suniti charming shade of DaS y bille, THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, OCT. 4. ;Lesson 1. David Brings the .Ark to Jerusaietn. Golden irext, Psa. 100:4. , Verse 1.. And David again gath- ered—The "again" refers back to the preceding successive conflicts of David with the Philistines (2 Sam. 1. 17-25), in each of which David bad been euccessful. 2. All the people --The captains of thousands and of hundreds with (he soldiers under them (1 Chron. 13. 1, 2), and such of the people who had come together in the rein- eral assembly called by David. Battle-judah--As we learn from 1 Citron. 13. 6, this was but another name for Kiriath-jearim, referred tosunder thatenamesineleSamatiailli. as the place to which the Philis- tines sent the ark after their trou- blesome experience with it as.Ash- dod. As the name here used indi- cates, the place was within the boundaries of the territory of Ju- dah. oz, "threw it down." The clause in the original is not clear. 7. For his error—Or. "raslmess. The punishment which befell tee unfortunate Uzza.h, and which n excessive, since his -iiiie•itive wa clearly that of preventing an ace. dent to the era, must be judge from the religious standpoint of tii author of the narrative. "For 114( and his contemporaries it was ne a question lef moral transgressien and its punishment, but rather a question of the sacred character of the ark, whose gioliness' eas con tagious and therefore a source of. danger and even of death to ordin- ary unsanctified persons" (Ken- nedy)., 8. Broken forth upon—With sud den awful punishment, „ Perez-tizzah—That is "the tread of 1.7zzah." 10. Obed-edoin the Gittite--A na tive of Gatti, the. Philistineseity, but a resident in the environs o Jerusalem, and one who hed been admitted to certain aivil a,nd relig- kite& privilegeseamongethe- Jews,. s 11. Jehovah blessed Obed-edom— The nature of the blessin is t indicated, but probably it took the form of Ifealth, happiness, and prosperity, being vouchsafed to tape family. The good fortune of Obeid - edam in connection wit th many times their weight of thei die the instant they are admitted lar result, yet in connection with smoke, leather. btonze, and very te the light. animate life he is utterly impotent.; dark old rose. The farther one .goes northwar 1 And He who created life upon thel There is a note of simplicity in the more abundant do these re- earth, by yielding up His own hu- children'e costumes and the over - mains become. They are washed up man life upon the cross for our diessed child is now the exee tion. In e i es upon the arctic demption has provided a means by That the fashionable skirt of the 4 di the coast contain great quan-' For when enduring the blackness I shorPs, and some 'extensive islands, which we may inherit eternal life. day may be smooth fittivi all extra' asiose, material must be :tam* tad from tities of fossil ivory and bones. 1 of darkness dpon that bitter cross 0 Tusks which have been long or the Saviour of the world was on our underwear. Among the new materials are 1. repeatedly exposed to the air are; behalf suffering the penalty for our found attractive designs in wor- t brittle and unserviceable, but those' transgreseions. , steds, but the serges and the pans- mas will probably predominate. The first need of the autumn is a tailored suit to replace the Light- weight voile er pongee that has served the summer through. Character may be added to neck - %sear by means of the new long, narrow velset and braid tied with tasseled or pendent bead ends. Black is smart with a touch of gold to relieve it, 'while blacks sa- 'sold at the shops, and especially! The Gross vessel appeared over tin is much used to trim street at the museum, as mementos of a i Berlin before 4 o'clock, _passing gowns of nasy blue. - The liody-and-sleeves-in-one idea f Inamreath. One of the favorite, royal castle, and going thence to visit to this graveyard of the over Unter den Linden and the prevails in all classes of under and elleios, very accurately resembled the densely crowded quarters. outer garments, and often is seen 'slices .of Russian bread and cheese.: around the Potedamer Plaz, which, at its best in waists. • alitit the bread is really a trans--; In the mikttc_r_ii traffic, is Beelin'el some of tee new large elate. eeer I vcrse section of ono of the long, Att'd'rket street. The ship sailed at decided in their down curvinie lines. I bones of a mammoth, and the cheese : a .height of 750 feet, following the. others are flattened out, and all i a piece of ivory from his tusk. The, line of the streets, arranging races m carry low ci owns. i two, joined together, were sold at; with the electric tramway ears, and Real Irish crochet collar and cuff !a price which enabled the ingenious beating them all, although they ran sets come in heavy effects as well conteiver to obtain for himself i at their highest speed. ' i as in the Baby high; and they are It was a wonderful sight to. see ',as desirable ae they are durable. Inch have remained buried in the, ite retain qualities of recent ivory, AIRSHIPS' OF GERMAN ARMY. and are a valuable article of mer-, chaudise. There is a great market' A Stirring Spectacle Was Wit - for these mammoth tusks at .3tral nessed Over Berlin. kutsk, on the Lena, from which they find their way to the work- The Parseval and ...e Gross Army shops of European Russia, and even ' airships afforded Berlin, Germany, - to the ivory -carvers of Canton. i a thrilling spectacle of mimic bats , Variope trinkets and works of roil tle high in the air the other morn - are made of these remains, and are log- e pres- • homely fare which they simulated The cherubim -Angelic attend- ence of the ark in his home leech ants having, according te Old Tes- .David to make *a second and more tament symbolism, certain sacred cautious attempt to transfer the • * duties in -the courts of heaven. Latt- second' and mo1e. cautious attempt cr this symbolism- was represented to transfer the sacred shrine to his ia the elaborate golden cover of new citadel. the ark of the covenant. Figures 13. The ark on this occasion •was of cherubim with outstreehed pro- reverently tarried, not driven as tecting wings surmounted this coy- before, the transfer being aceom- er of the ark whieh was known es pa.nied by suitable religious eaeri- the "mercy seat." fices and services. 3. A tiew cart—One not as .yet 14. Danced befbre Jehovah with desecrated by use for ordinary pur- poses. The Levitical law as found a. Num. 3. 29-31; 7. 9, provided that the ark should be carried by Le - cites. The house of Abinadab—Whither the arle.had been brought by the, Men of Kiriatlifearim after the ca- tastrophe at Beth-ehemesh (com- pare 1 Sam. 0.019; 7. WU* the ark had remained in this plaice\ it had been under the immediate edre of Eleazar, son of Abinadab, Tlizah and Ahio, the sons of Ab- inadah—The word "eons" is here t be taken in the broader Sense of )descendant% 5. Fir wood—Or, "cyprese:" Harps . . . psalteries . . . tinihrels . castanets; . . eistra . eyea- bals.—Aneient types of musical in- struments, of whieli 5011120 in slight - h' modified form come down to the all his might—A , rather primitive seethed of expresaing great jov. A linen eple d—A short priestly garment fastened by's girdle, the exact character of which is no - „where explained. It is probably a -Siltr form of the garnient de - JO. Michel, the daughter of Saul —One of the wive e of )Divid. She was deeply offended at wkat she considered to, be linsaitable be- havior for the king. -17. The tent -that David- had pitehed for it' -Not the tabernaele proper "Adele was Giheon Citron. Ie. See but a temporary plaee of safe keepiing for the ark. 18. Burnt offerings—Dedicatory ie their nature, the whole of the; saeeifice being covenanted as an of- fering before Jehovah. Peace offeringe—Eucheristie in teri Jed E20641. C-Sff: present day. Compera defiinitions character, and furnishing the festi- and pietoral illustrations in eny sat meat for the tt`gPfahleil good Bible di hi ry portioun only of the- saerifice bezng offered upon the altar 6. Threshingiloor—A level, hard - trodden space of greened on whiell 19. A portion—The original text gtaiti was throsaad out bv the dees. not esplain what the portidn raitiVe 'method of treading it oet of. It tnaY have been "of' vith the feet, or accoinplieliing th,; flesh (ItteaCts as iri.our text. or it a:ce pa/Tog(' driving oxen ea& tatty beve been "of wine.,” as; the • • THE REAL BOSS. The ineurance agent climbed the steps and rang the bell. eWhons do you wish to see?" aeked the careworn person who came to the dbor. "I want to see the boss of the house," replied the iesurance agent. "Are you the boss?" "No,", meekly returned the man who came to the door; "I'm only the husband of the boss. Step"in; VII call the boss." The insurance agent Wok a seat in the hall, and he ehort time e tall, dignified woman appeared. "So you /pant to see the, bossier repeated the womane "Well, just steel into the kitehen. This wan please. Bridget, this gentleman'dee sires to see you." "Mn th' boss!" exclaimed Brid- get, when the insittance •man asked her the question. "Indade Oi'm not! Sure, here comes tle boss cow." She poi ted to a email boy of ten years who was coming towards the house "Tell me," pleaded the insurance agents when the eady came into the kitelten, 'Wee you the boss of the house r. "Want to see the hots?' asked the boy. "Well, you just come with Wearily the ineurance, agent elle/abed up the stair. He was ushered into a room on the second thew and uided to • the crib of a Stee the gigantic cruiser so near that the! In the latest millinery wide brim - details of the working effects are seen, and fancy feathers of the meek- i med Gainsborough and Rembrandt inag-eraet daisgeei.renaitblpea,c?aendscrteii.wel will be popular trimming, precision. Finally the aeronauts; is a leg -nut' Jai with a co tide of steering gear acting ‘lith automatic arentrisomlv An innovation shirt tvaist nleeve directed the ship toward the Reielel gefeepe of, tucks, that run from stag Building, where another pewutehoulder to cuff along the outside. erful airship, approacluee will)! On some of the new French hats tIhrzevy and trimming movement:3, 4 aigrettes are used in profusion, eas seen. It was tho' Pareeval, • soinetitnes as much as 0100 worth which had come aft4 the, other of aigrettes appearing on one hat. front Tegel. . . The two airship now began to manoeuvre against each other as if inten$ on the destruction of an enemy., • Upward and downward they went, attempting to get into a favorable position fir attack, Oe- seabing circles and spitel lines, and daelieng forward end baekWard. Suddenly the was airshi,p turia- ed in a liortherl direetiOn, taking, a course fbr Tege ., It was intniedi-' afely ftillowed by tile Parneval ship. At Tegel the "battle" was resumed, and for another hallehoui the yes - Fla s operated against one another, manoeuvring cun ingly while wait, ing for a moment for the enemy to expose a vital part. Finally they raced side by side at full speed, un- til the signal to stop "fighting" sms given, whereupon both des- cended without mishap. On board the Gtoss veseel was the reigning Duke Ernst of Saxe Altenburg, who several times tqak the helm a.rid nivigitied the ship very ably. 1%,t 11 o'clock the Gross airship aecended again end flew north. It returned •at 3 o'clock, but in those four hours it had made its way t, ' the test Prussian eo in some of' the new shirt walets hack yokes are introduced, and no doubt will increase in usage as the ceason'e stslee become more fir.nly eetablished. Extreme French fashion , plates altow the ultra -stylish woman with no hips, with her -,-coat long und aod her skife ha ir .5,traiptlyt fusee the waist. . .11rills are \Melt no,ed irtt,r trien- nein; guicreee land eleeteo. the lat- ter having frilln at the elbow. the lower part of the sleeve being flat onry slightly gethered Valencia lace stoeks in the Gib- sc n style are finished about the hot - tom w•tlit plaitings of two or three inches in width, "arranged to tpread out about the base of the collar line. Early autumn offerings inelude many bordered effects in beautiful designs and colorings in wool and cotton v He, foulard'crepe weaves, rongee, Wirt silk, lawa, mull, bee tisee, nete etc. NOT A porrnEttsoug SPOUSZ. 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