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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1909-10-21, Page 2 (2), r - -- Of. NOTES AND CONINip,NT -.4 leadieg Mettical, organ, !wares die es -mu the, aeon. dery schools aniL allege15to 01$14 4,1011054e a5a career. ..In epite.of Ali recent reetrictiOnte anti ;efforts eo raise t.he statidard o elinissions nieelieahreheals, in' rPlit.p Of long It CCU thee eitretiegii:e. is AO tesdr thet the overate peace ttioetfineheit hard, to make ;tide ftv'leThe'''iieftteld'sttlereestttid ..healiet and 'the impeeied eanitare otiaitiona, eUr e A:eong the .2eituseS a the declin' of medical ingonteseIn ihort, .youn men are, Urged to shan.ntedicin tintesti they *re 'devote& to • the set ence heelthntake sni :intellectual and humaititarian interest in it and on'pect to practiee.,st * sacrifice,. r ay• be observed th*t 'there i ely a profession whieh doe • The World a Cr ":471 r"401. of Self-Saori • fy tc'4e;Se-SkitiVe' e ti -f3. One of the Wiriest of the enierit retkie declared that theesteee. way • 4101{, 40 .04 .slave,. ftbr the Sake .0 Another.- this. eig'ieatig t the wOrgreatest religiotte & hader, a they who linel thee•IUR free lifiiMnSt;kaieeetie live; reot- . for theMselvee, 'hut fig etherie . .. • , 'ins the iiimple•teaching,s of the pro- , Phet of 'Na,zareth under survivals 4 of ancient euperatitiooe and niaas- es of hiloisophical aUbtlety and We have beep for _eentuistea. bun - -complain-oThifirsupply a prim titioners and decreasing demand for their services or falling returns. It would not be a bad thing if thou- sands of young men "intended" for law, medicine, engineering, teaching were indueed to take up farming and gardening aixl see what brains, odueatione industry and efficiency can do by way of increasing the yield of. land. • ne---LIToiewhea - li Or /dal " message ie spoken it 'sounds 60 Strange we call it a new religion. The doctrine that the greatest need of the universe is, that Men should love one another and live for one another, has been neglected 64 long that it appears to be whet - 13' new. , Your historians point to this and your philosopherento that as the es- sential article of Christian faith, but it is n ither in . hietorical re - 2!,,,. t'kellate.f IhetatkitiettleferiteSeibees elle t tug that marks and nsakee thee true man in religion is • that liertaa learned thatlife is' itist tterevi seee-eto-toyeeand to *vent& away. His falili is right who is right with his fellows. THE MOST IMPORTANT HOUR - eon'YeleteLuglisiniee....neeembanneeisaireises- ly sought to stem the risieg tem- Peeance tideein their.nenantry by eille-ging the oldiallaeiefr eitiout Ike nutritive qualities of beer. •This has attracted the medieal and other • papers irto liberal Apositions of the-sciontifie-proo her -matter, _which isebig, • 'el/tat-to-the- claims, of the bairer . -It perirt- ed4ont that in order get A3 much • true value as there i in a glass of milk a man would have to drink so much beer ehat the alcohol in it • would make him stupidly drunk, it It did not brilig„ him to the verge of delirium tremens. The state- ment of Baron von Liebig, the • great German chemist, ie recalled that there is more _nutritive value in the flour that one can hold on • the point of a table knife than in 40 quarts of the best Bavarian beer. • Gautier, the great French chemist and .authority on foods, points out • that beer contains an immense pro- • portion ofithe- salts that work so • disastrously upon the body, and are one of the causes for the ening of the artories andea ten- • dency to apoplexy, which Proves se fetal to beer -drinkers. Sir • are Roberts, in England, and a • number of eminent- German physio- logists have tarried on patient and • long experime its upon dogs and human beings which have proven that beer is highly detrimental to digestion, interfering to a • very marked degree with the digestion ot search, which is the largest com- po ient in everybody's food. 151 1,4 • A Pittsburg millionaire, whose *lame is not sto be mado known, bnt who is not Andrew Carnegie, has given to the city Teache-rs' seiciation $250,003 as the Substan- • tial foundation for a pension fund for those who devote the hest years et their life to work in the public tele -S -1'01s. The example is one worth' study. "What retail I do with my menu?" is a question often asked by people of wealth who have no inuitediete tin with claims upon ' thtir leatorteene- at,* by thoceTe whom great 'fortunes _heve come, • the responsibility for distributing which is keenly fele. Recent yeais Lave 'witnessed the establishment of ss well endowed foirndation for retiring allowaecee for college and tuaivergitye teachers, e foundation foi on reaslerch ab. etru4 and difficult, line e where the prOspect finaateial 'returns is re- mote, ore .for investigating prob- lems of PreDent day societyeone for earnea search irgto the causes If • infectious disleeses. • MI them are/good. Bptilie'pao7 visieli(for the fveterans tO pub- . He school. seeeice hel not,yt been • made. In a country where the tehools are eounted th3 bulwark oF the nation this is a strange si- tuation. The teachers, as a rule,, are peerfly pad. They have Little thane() to envie for the rainy day. • Many of them gic,-e their live• s with unsparing enern,y to shaping the charaeper of their ,voutliful charg•es. It is a prote-siori lacking sense of tlurcompensations whieh cot- IE,ge and univernity teaeher have. But it e fundamental importance ote ever doubts. The Pittsburg ,kegintairg may remain an ieohit. ease. On the other hard the gift • to the teaelters ef that city may lead fro similar 01'409 e1sewh6re. It =AY event firwpiro clkne one ef large ten st se-eh-evers • „ t titra zo teed caee thoce the&•' ,ave accowpt ife ad etiltract( r. , I ' ,.the ttnde whit -vont in any lite is thee, in which it be - la 6----C-d-nssI:011fC-iif _the. fiaet-o other lives pressing on it, consti- tuting society about it, and making imperative demands upon it. The hour of real °emersion is whenenel turns frorn living inward t..0 living outward, from selfishness to social living, when the life begins to take the law of love as its guiding star.: Some lives never go through that change; they maintain to death the selfishness with which they were i t born, twhich is perfectly normal inj the child, the selfishness of the life ; e unconscious of the duties ie owes ti' all other lives. They may pass through emotional religious ecstas- ies, but their souls, their best eelves, remain bound in the bond- age of Self. Every man begins a .reever life ,s when, he becomes conscious of the 1 A I fact of social living, when he is - touched with a keling of the unity zed by tf ell living., when 50.01(11‘ PleASUre ,PaS5I.011 ef hUniAllitY bttius to Mora' him. Life tek.to org new sig., ,nifieauccs, 010 htilir OKI oet. l'O'iftles.44ni glow azetfljniree_ivittiln.. • _, To rive foe other* io 'to widen the bound's of tile. Our .4,yriiPathiee znake the neOsa 4re, of our souls. 'lie Man is any bigger than, his heart. You tee great, not according to th nUMbOr af serVants you, have, but ateeeteline to theetumber Whom yoa freely serve in ore. , I Your bold on life • depends on your eelf.ioves neat in it. Your roots in £oeiety. in the' stiike eep as you are investing yourself in it. So many lives have no root bemoan() they'ate afraid to strike down out of ,sight, to lose themseh\ca. Sinking nothing in sacrifice they soon dry up and - AREBLOWNAWAY. !If Otir modern problems of indi- vidual and social suffering, wrong and ininstice, are marks of an age' that lute not learned•to live by this law of 64:II-giving. We still believe, hatiitervretelteenuelips-mayegittere that 'every mon must look out for himself; wo reject the law that reigns universal- stieroateliealtrth rfiiaturtbat only in i,aerifice and service is fullness and perpetu- ite of life found. This is the faith most of all need. by our faith, faithsofully to •-eninthe of.aer ,nof tiaterifitenettrate-ilis first -of all the- good of others, bear one another's hurdeas, lise to make lives sweeter happier, to servelra. he ther alien te) 'be served, to find sweet joy of kindness and °Dun it more than any other gain. . This is the law of all life. All nature is ever giving, losing, sacri- ficing; What higher, wider, deep- er faith do we need than this, just o go our simple ways, in home, on street, in store abd shop, in family nd, human fellowship, taking life a the chane to find fullness of living so as to have the more life, the richer and more 'efficient life, With which to serve one another; giving life iii' the common things of living, in the kindly word, the ympathetie act,. the courteous eed, the Christly *spirit? . HENRY F.001. 4.111111.1.1 11. I appeal unto Caesar -To this Paul was forced, because (1) he was certaiu of being condemned by the Sanhedrin, and (2), • since Festus was both just and timid, he could expect nothing from him.' . EL The council -The assessors, who acted as the governor's legal advisers. Chapter 20, verse 1. Agrippa - He was the son of that Herod Agrippa. whose tragic death is de- scribed in Acts la., and. became ru- ler over eeveral Jewish cities. He was instruniental in completing the temple-, and was deeply interested in all Jewish questions.' Ife was last of the Herods., With his sis- ter Bernice, who bore a most un- enviable reputation in the Roma.n ',oriel, he had come to pay his re- sectsla cotes regards it as a most oppor- v to Festue, the new governor. tuner timeto bring forward his dis- tinguished prisoner. The hearing h should teinie; (2) that lie ehotild er ; fA that Iie ehoitld rise again from the deed; (4) that he shou41' e.,preieched to the Gentile, 24.e. maw w,ritings, literally. Referring to Paul's vonvereanee with the legal kild prophetic literature ef his na MU,* Note the • good-natured and courteous formaof Paul's reply. In he- Geeek; eob (Tom. ieethe. 'eritC oppoeite Of madness. 29. Withe, but little persuaion thou woulclest, fau rnake me a prefei'aIet the old traasiqtqii. "AlmOst thou ratutdeet, me" is Needle' possible The''id,'Ca. is, that tho q*ostIe is foo1i411 to suppose -he eau: • with lie little leiiuble wan „the king %-et ta-the. eiiele, of the despised Nazarene,. ° Pliiardirase ?: • "I may have Seemed to. We Persua. sion, and euddenty to have junlped at the conclusion that you accept the teaching of the prophets As I nye1feeeeive it• hut whether it • etel-littlerirriitifelf persuasion, or little or intieh time, nay prayer to God is, for you and .for all who lis- ten to me, that they may become such as. I am," etc .32. Might have been sekit liberty -Agrippa accepts Paul's versiiii,of the Jewish Scriptures as true, and a Jew acquits hint. This con- firmed the view of Festus (Sete 26. 20. I t he had' not appealed - This appeal made impossible either ton- demnation or acquittal by a. lower roiticreeeereeeeekee, -kiTEMeeeifih'ASITRES'feiiteINDIA. Seditionists There Not Popular. Says .Under Secretary. --elthe strong -hand-with -whieh •e Irreeerinneeet of Great Britain °beg-- to-putedown-ese.dition-Mon- ,gering in India was the main fea- • ture of an addre s of the Master Elibank when introducing the • Indian Budget th other day in tho •.English House of Commous. The main point of the Under- • Secretary's speech were as follows: The financial year closed with a ideficit oof 3% millions. A serious falling off in the gross receipt e from the Indian railways. owing to restricted trade. Lord Iiitchener's great work in remodelling the Indlan Army. The ruined harvests of a year or two ago have resulted in the loss of 7,000,000 tons of food- grain. • valued at 228,000,000. The authorities have been able to close tho relief works since, and • there is no general distrees now. The Under-Secretary gracefully expressed the sympathy of the House with Lady 3Nyllie, and its • indebtedness ter tile Indian gentle man who gave his life at the• Im- • perial Institute in the attempt to save Sir Curzon. "The crime was FM isolated act and not connected with any general wide -spread eon- ispiraey against British power," be Said. "A committee," he went on, "has Leen set up under Lord Ampehre to introduee friendliness young 'D- enali students this country to families with whom they may live and see real British life -a better type than can be seen in Blooms- bury. hoarding holm's." "There are in India." said the Master Of Elihank. "a few sedi- tionists„ and they aro held in non - tempt by the mass of the people of India . "This enuntry will maintain or- der, and the stirrers -up ef ced;iion will be removed from the &tete of a miselieyious activity. •There will he no eupineness of *stein*. tion in dealine with anarchial out, rage and sedition." THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, OCT. 24. Lesson IV. Paul a Prlsone Arts 21 6.12. • Golden Text, 2 • Tim. 1. 12. THE LESSON WORD STUDIES. Time : Summer of A.D. 59. Place: Caesaiest. ' Perim -Ng: Paul; Festus, the new governor; Herod Agrippa II., great-grandson of Herod the Great.; Beraice, his sister, a notori- ous 'character.; Jews from Jerusa- lem. Links: 'Festers gave prompt attention. to the case of the Jews versus Paul (Acts 25, 1, 6, 13, 23). The hostile Jews attemPted to have the tete teied in lerusreleM)-tbat WAS held,111-thein."etee AgriP- they might carry out their plan to pa„. Bernice, .Festus, and the, chief I 111013 of the city. kill Paul, but Festus insisted upon 3. Expert in all cusk1rns . . . . their' carrying their charges, to Caesarea, where, Felix had left Paul in bonds. Point of the "Narrative.: Festus, PI order td please the Jews, invites Piet to be judged at Jeeter sahkin., beti he appeals \ Caesar, knowing there is no justice for him in Jerusalem. ; Before, Agrippa, who appears in fiae,sares to pay his respects to festilie Paul iettirsplete- ly clears himseile ' Chapter '23. verse 0: Whettille, had tarried among them-Festus, the stee:cssar of 'Fella, at Jerusalem. Witnt down unto Caesarea -4c. compargieil probably by the Jewish! elders (verse 5). • 7. Bringing against him 'many al grievous chargee -These they had doubtless accumulated from every source through the two years of his imprisonment. 8. Paul said in his defense -The, • thr,ee headinge of his statement rover the mime ground as his de- fense before Felix (Acts 24. men. 9. Desiring to gain favor - Pre- vineial governors were really ar-' swerable to their subjects, since the hitter might bring toraplaints agairet them Sit the close .of their term of *Mike. Wilt -thou go tip to Sorusalem . . -before rae-TIns is a violated Reel !man law. Festus therefore pro. ISCS that the offentes be • 49, li a, o r 4s. has b th e, and d r to 211:011 scan e cet rio juts! among the Jews -No idle compli- Jewislie customs were his specialty. ' 4-27. „Paul'sp,defttnsb. The main joint e are: (1) that all Jews 'know' o hislstrict training in the belief in. a corning Messiah and the resurree- tiqn; (2) that he had had his dim eulties in accepting Jesus as the fulfillment of promise, until Ails miraculous\ conversion and commis- sielin to the Gentiles; .(3) that th hostility' of the, Jew ei grew out of his !cal for w' it Moses/ arid (the prophets had distinctly' Wight (23). C. The hope of the promise - In. eluding the resurrection of all Jews le. ;shire in the Messianic kingdom, ne well /A21. the eoming t110 MeS• 8. The question is equvalent to, "Why not believe that Jew iS WAS raised freett the &Ali" D. Contrary to the name of Jeans order to faille confusion of 10. Gave my vote aiotinst them E.ttablishing the feet that Paul' was a nit :entree of the Sanhedrirt. 11- PrMishieg them . in all the synagoguei4fn variant places in the Gospelt ies find references to the synagogues *s places in. vfhieh n;cn.were soused And puilithed '(oMpAire, Matt. 10. 17). _ TEASED TO'DEATIL Heelers Indieted for `Mauslatighter \ ht ilavaria. In Erlangen, Bavaria Professor of Mathematics Dr. Bohn was teased to death by hie class, and a number of the student hazers are under indictment for maim wag i- , r. . Dr. Bolin was a vecy nerv- ous Mien, and A practical joker in his 'Oasts diseoverle„g the fact ,stir! reel up the other si6holars to''' play tricks ors him and make his life a inieery. The professor implored his pupils' to leates him alone, ONP13iti• nag that his health was at Stake, but the praetiCal jokers, so-callm, Would have their way, and continu- ed to annoy him. Fin, Ily the pro - lessor's wife and elau iters called together the • leading boys or tee elate, asking'thein to put ti, Start to the persectitioa. They respond- ed" nobly, OA put up a siga easy - hag; "'Whoever annoys Profeseor Bohn will be eonrally thrashed. The threat worked to perfectiol, but it came too late to sa4 the professor. Soon after the sign WAS PUt. UP Dr. Bolin took to his bed, never to rise again. , 1,1 .. The Lord t41Pr.glItilei ,a ,.. ' 'Ad In...a' Te before king ' .10.. . al, The leachi e o * and Stoties was: ' at x. WhAll- tliti* 1$11 site then the w roeived. u , ; 0 4 MAIDENS SOLDIERS YER'ONC IlEpeRONED FIGHT1ZOGI STRENGTH. 11 the Eerie Axes Weise*. Fougkt • Rattle. • Vann the _nature of things avo- rf:latl'OssId.ajemist30-noelia,naly4rboicin,14-).244 thia tittle *teeny rate,. The Debi)- . mey Amazon made a, poor show against tho French, but 'Saxton had been much itopreseed wiva. them forty. yeare earlier -and he was * judge: ' The ditelpline was terribly: seveTelfiliii time; he dto not doubt they were very formide able troops. Relaxation Of diem'. Plali ine Gazette.rltiu °dtheul says ,the M The tkvtlikcit-Asi - .. A word, since Prof Bayne addeced such striking evidence to suggest that they were the warrior priest- esses eif the Hittite invaders,. Of the American Amazons it, may be recalled that Humboldt thought the legend not impossible; and be hao studied eke original records. Very few; whol hitie written on the sub- jeet are thus qualified probably, but Ur. 'Alfred', Wallace has shown us lately that Spruce, the great botanist, looked into the evidence) earefully snt formed a strong opin- eitin stifeririViii'leutteetinitliye -3r1K1sT9s. Much more interesting are the shield maidens of the Vikings. Would that we knew more about them personally. The historkal sagas--allude-te----themi but--alwa, so far as I remember, in a matter of fact way, Al it) ride personages. One of the very grandest poeeie sagas is that of the Shie/d Maiden 11 ervor, but even this takes for granted neari.y.everythine we parti- cularly vodat to know. She dressed as a man, and joined the Vikings. 'Presently she gained the conimand ot her party -and the story opens, true in the main probably. - The circumstantial account of the Battle of Bravoll between Sigurd of Denmark and Harald Hilditoun of Norway mentions several ship maidens who commanded troops. One even bore Harald's stindard. An fought like heroes, or eernons, and I think all died on the field; but it Seems that they were only women who rose to command by dering and military genius. Is -there any authority for the legends of Viking bands wholly feminine 7 The old Irish "Book of Lecan'' ettess casually "for men and women fe went alike to bettle in those days"; arid the reeordef tribal ohrgations called "Hosting" reckoned women among THE FIGHTING STRENGTH. Moreover, the life of Abbot Adam- , Fas'ii i� 11 ints. etitelt PARIS SHOPS'. ° Shawl° may be worn this winter. The, ehepherdese ehape bat ai ;47:rrie'maiti Wad satin 'revere ,ad -euffs aro •The ,all blaek bat sstill, reta,ine much ,of ite pOpularity. Zibeliee„ sperge. aeciethe elteviets are' populer for coats. s. he go. pivalar empire green has ,found its waY late NOtwear. Nothing 'nuteeuline is now Nell- ' ionable to the feminine outfit. • Toque and turbans are to be wora ,youte eineekeeelaire-4, There is an ever increasing ten! dency toaster(' .the tjtekirt that is draped. Street suits.are to continue much as the,y have beep_ in general de- sign. Long quills are much used to trim walking hats. Shimmering silk stuff& in two• tene effects will he much Seca through the winter. Art tntereeting revival is the croee-over bolero, made of silk and erop of buckram bat shapes tet;niti indicate -thlwtlit-gAvered4iatseee fife There is n increased popularity of -the skirt lath the deep hip c.)ke°, joined to a plaited flounce. higl stockS are taking the A't ,1) °pular favor for the auttimn. "The- turban worn bee young wo. anew_ -is a,entuch larger affair, than that intended for more. elderly , ones. There has been a revival of shirt blouses which the short waieted gown put in the background. The tucked sleeve b smal'er tha the one• which is plain, And eithe May be made in the full or shorter length. There is no trimming on a waist which gives it co much indiv du 1 y as a touch of hand embroidered work or braiding.. The beautiful willow plumes are coming into their own again after the rage for fruit trimmings ou late season. hats. For dressing sacks flannels and albatross are appropriate, as well as cotton crepe and other wash !Aft- terials. Dutch collars will be worn in the use because of their eomfort. but r modish street wear they win e• less seen. Favorite matrials for school coats for the little ones are the heavy tweeds, plain or with (14•11ade face, 4nd wool eerges. •There is something distieetive d smart about the Gibson waist at its popularity has increah.ed er sind-e the first appearance. Crowns on late auturna hats will obably be lower and a less itn- rtant part of the hat thal they an nan, of•fona., tells how he, hearing th of this dreadful practice. went to ee Irela-el, called an assemblage of the chide and bishops and persu- pr add them to pass a law, still, ex. po tent, entitled, "Lex innoeereium, which forbade this hurnmoniag of women- to war. It • seems likely, re however, that they still turned out se of their own free will-nadeed4 the gr practiee is not yet extinct, by all aecounts. • th At the present da, ln Europe, is the Montenegries on their here+. is tary Nee of Albania., inelude tho women among their fighting free era -or did, at any rate, a very few en years ago -before Prince Nicholas or had organized hisearmy. All aft -c. have bee -n for some time past. _ Green is bying pressed Es a eolor r autumn. the olive and eofb ades for at we Br, and the pale eel) for evening gowns. A' natural successor to the lea-- et boa. which, while still 1.74)ru, not so popular as it-uctel to be, the marabout neelspiece. Patent leather slippers are al- ys suitahte to go with anythiee, vaay be varied by differelt col - ed hose worn with diffeeent eks. partinentsof -supply were left te the " sir -ties and daughters; also the re- co eovery and transport of the wound, at ed. 1ut when the fighting lino was sty seriously Pre:AM the women rein- oth forced it. Assuredly they %You'd T have followed the old custom; in ha spite of the P,rinee's teforbes, had the Anotria advanced irito the Bleek an Mountain tite other day. , ..,, SOMO of the new hats have.S . c I - ming brim n turned baek shar ily the side, something after he le of no- summer hate •while ers are in tri -corner shape. , his year the use of the button s become et fine art. For coats buttons Dire almost always large d comparativety few \ of them are ed. 1 /Maw. SUCCESSCROWNS EFFORT Unifier Generally Gets What Ile • Worked For,. , Pn erhaps you have heard/ theis of the young fellow in a big who was laughed at by his a,sso Lare mates for working harder Visa seemed neceesary. They asked him''I one day what geod it itshim ad wtett he expected to get. "The big e"a desk in the-eorizere" cold the bust- ler. And there was much laughter, because the big desk in the corn& was thearnanager's/ But the day came w eV the yon g men von, liked w rk sat there and gave or tiers.. Mine men, it is true, have'''",/ nc big desk, no Wean= ter PI 'too ter position in sight. Belt thote A silk shirt waist to match the rt with which it is worn always ks well, and if brit:One-lei up linen turnovers is especially at. etive, he new ratv eilks are, wdven h a roiligh finish thit inekes thetn k et first glar-e like some new re of evrepe de chine. They beautiful and gill be efrective reception gonna iiral theatre aSes. edford cerd in the, silk or wool ve and the silk nergee is used makinp the <freesiat. argodela, win e mohair ae..1 eerges aro prefer- red for dresses whieh will reeeive hard wear. • The serpi-prinees dreceeo, are so !liar that many ‘iiibriten are ste mkt ?event° waists we/ clarts :enizng them Tee i-, it4} rove prtneees style. thus gtving du- al efrecte. ski too by tra wit lee ee g n who have not are fewer iinumber than any near -sight eoeialist ennirele the, waistline), once wore. A white tatitt raedel of thie. type 6Lvtvgtiohi embroid&red and , tliink5. The great thing to do is not to "kr:411,k" the ratan ahead of eon end Matto yoursolf .coro by,tov. c:lg Lisob but to leak for hi t4 • 0 A it:e te 0 eentol be co Ct1 ttiz* a, tiny any ef tho cemeen gaalltes are i111',front, ,theugli thbe steesesseeeil.vi:niisetiees.es•e'ines,,,,. . • ne-"Itionr /aim. • lie ii-Jalignall10---'-"114'41-iA •tilt n tl8itwaq to :W'r,q.'s -"1.43 wret framinms: it, "Mac 1),ii.e3Unlito"