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Exeter Advocate, 1901-10-10, Page 3ev. Dr. T A despatch from Washi -Rev. Dr. Talmage pre the following text; -Acts "The barbarous people sl litt14 kindness." Here we are on t,he Isl ta, another noun) for lUle eland, which has alw niportant commercial onging at different ti nicia, to Greeran lio R &hitt, to Spain, to )frari .longing to England. 'Eh 1111110 P3 about 100 squa in the atieditel•ranem Ruch clarity of atmo Nlount Aetna, 130 nallo be, distinctly seen. 'I gloriously memorable Knights of Malta for ii ruled there, but most cause of the apostolic shi bestorrned vessel on will ed had "lai1 to" on tl 'vack, and the wind east-northeast, and, tbe Ing probably a 111110 a hour, she struck at called St. Paul's Bay. sailors have taken up t count and decided be versy the place Of tl But the island, which I a coast, is for the most den. ' Richest fruits and if honey characterized time as well as now. enges, figs and olives gi When Paul and 111.5 crawled up o11 the beac end hungry from long from food and CHILLED TO TE the islanders, though c• Ions because they cou Greek, opened their c shipwrecked unfortuna thing had gone to the li decP, and the barefoote apostle and ship's cr condition to appreciate My text finds the sl Shore on Malta and fire drying themselves best provision the islan them. And they go ment quarters for, thre cuperate, Publins, thesr them, although he har, ness in the house at ti father down with a don Yea, for three months on the island • watchin and putting the hospit islanders to a severe it endured the test satisfa it is recorded for all time and eternity to r in regard to the inhabi to, "The barbarous p us lio little kiariness.''. ,Kindness! What a that is! It would ta long that which th angel used to measure the length, the, hreadt of that munificent wo favorite Bible word, al launched in the boo caught up inthe hook embraced in the book ol by in the book of San in the book of Psahns in many places in the ment: Kindness! A gentle. than mighty. I WRESTLE ME before I get through W strong enough to, thrav gel. But it will be "1. Stand around it and vi by "its glow as Paul a voyagers stood a.rom the Island of Malta, wl tese made themSelves my text by the way their victims of the se barous people showec kindness." Kindness! All defin multipotent word breal way. You say it is nignity, generosity; it 1 good wishes; • it is an beneficence; it is a con the happiness' of others else says, "Why, 1 c definition of kindness; of the soul; it is affect it is a climacteric gra combination of all gra passion; it is the perfec manliness and woman] . you through? You dead failure in your d cannot be defined, but what it 1,13 for we have Some of you may ha ,Paul felt it, on some as the ship went to pie of us have again and awful stress of life ha 'earth or heaven hands which ''showed us n ness." There is kindness of kindness of word, lain Fuld there is Jesus 01 pe,•sonation of all of t nees! You cannot.aff canilot play it as a pai YOU CANNOT E By, 11 10 grace of have it nside of you, 11 SUMMer, or, rather; c June and October,- the the one and the tonic It copilot dwell with spite or revenge or mai its first, appearance i these Anutlekites and G Hittites and Jebusites and ' quit forever-ev every woman well, eve every bird well every 1 ery dog well, every cat spi t•i t full swing, cu have no more need of prevention of cruelty t more need of protecti man's associations, dull every sword until , 'out sti„in deep, and u bat -i vary till it could make gunpowder of no the woeld except, for, r or py4LncF niS celebra ness 15 ,31, spi rt.i, divine .. A. G.00D... WHO I) ., , 0 . . . celestial ineinory can recall that ,It.. ever e.xist,0.4 at all, not., 1)4t, ).1 t•11Q)".. ewaill.11. vve,,tubieidergsitetV 101nsscittrtilitssN,,e.heinailtilal Isaiah calls .4"t1 v '1 et' . 1 'nd . , le C ,C1 a, me vi, - ness" of 00.1.. . ...,. •. : • - - i • THE ' Ess. S.._S.I., , 0 - • '' - • ' '' ' . - - • , ,, }'1' tali,/ the it . be 7 and ,Tee u 11 so. Jo_ and ea , , J the was is the • cv, his to out not Je- did i 7 n all ' The : to ` all ' - ' and D a- Saul In ' of ' and th . e• tv•t1 1 1 21) ' and . for Jo-- with t o he . ' PS The pos-• was God,. ini- guil- (Ex. . finds in to Em- . to ? " dav - was . (at Je- sor- ' nlay •s• - -et . pray ' of each . • and and re- ' , each no' Jo- .be- to am ani with i also God, -un-. of a ; • . •to etei lUs saw good , the. 'de- ill w---1 him . f e the. a. t ,r • ..- 0 Eli v ., Sam, lh, 17, 18).. How towthing, the entreaty of ',:foseph to 11:t.he4,1,...111116fb.ebtilt.v1z,: with thee, 'eco,namnde.',.wihiosInv Joadness., I pray thee, Unto 'ine," etc. (Verses , 14, .15,) He did net cep,so to feel . the wrong thi-it,' Was. done to him, he did not forget. his poor old lather: from. whom he had been stolen, Rol . the home from which lia had teen so cruelly snatch; ed away, .. an probably it was a duan.1.1.11yg,s,c2°I.undri, de to- nti.°4v.'.1'(?isret.,.1'.stvbi.9.0'73a .qtteiese't• Minds I-Iriw sad to read. in verso a3, "Yet did not the 'chief butlelaremeras ben . . ,tsoseph, but. , forga t him." . it makes •, one 'think , of ' the poor ' wise man who clelivered a, .city, yet no olne iremembered that sande Poor Man (tea-ix', 14, 15) ; . - ' 518, Worth Ilastings With i in'''. the 'svaeo'il ' th• gineau7rid,e: it,,iiiiin..0.•sin.l.u1ni7C7bPqlrea4codofsliri.At:liele.6.0.1.i ilig held 22 (inning the yea Halton makes the best sh the matter of attendance 'w tai of 5190: South :. 'Bre 11ext with ian attendance ese ,t, a-tistics coyermg t tion Of the 'lecai institutes' will be grten -an. •the• annual tj'frisisaftu.,tnItirenit'ith,ennespuonlitisnoesitellac year instead,. of in -the antut An .imPertarit move in th, of. Farinerw. rite ti Lutes was connection with . the Ases.15c Canadian Fairs and 111xbih the la•st annual meeting Superintendent , Creel:man, W: assistatit secretary and edit( . . . ,,,aais,s,..,gc,-„t,i-J1-,,,,,TliTlaigli.e7nrei?ril ulti..1:+ns so as, :Ito bring imm rictasura inetaocis and pro, fore larger assenibleges ti lottneeirieae,,tistevebea.lsiedeimirerd ch..areselirin• gy and organizing capacity fit him, for the W0fks ' , , .., -IliTE•RI\T"4' T/QNAL XE$S.ON„ OCT. 13. ..........,.. Lima 0 -He Tells How You • ' - - .. -2!,ei, i . . . .,Be,:y . 3. O. •Hoppy. . . 4- - • . - ' WORKING ITS OWN. CURE. , . _ . . ,_ The '''`MidWay'?• NUfsanee at Agri- cultural Fairs: • The 'ClayS ''oi I the . Ontario s. AirrieuIr... tural Xi air. ilkfidway," .asi now. cons dueted,' are nuMbered. ' the scathing eriticisnis • delivered:last year by .the Farmers' . Advocate and other 'agris cultural 'and rural papere, produced a inaylved improvement in the _Toron- to Exhibition; nd the exposure, this a year, before the Board, of the Lon- don, Midway, .by Rev. iii0bert• .John- ston .a.110.' Mr: Adam Beck of that city, .73 likely to ' alter the regretta,- hie' et:mail-dens fOr. three years prevee tleii(1)21-11... at .the.Westefn ,Ontar'io Expcsi-, • . 'grace : . . .While- children and young People ' ' - ' ere pressingly invited- to 'attend sich ' . i'. • s • .'• places, ,ancl theiri, pre.se.ace -secured by- ' ineane of school lolidays and -tow ad- miss:Len fees, the least that can • i be expected is that all side shows per- •i'i •• ' , ' . mitted shall be' free from vicious fea-',. , • . ' • • tures. . A good sPiee . of lan of a . . clean nature; cannot be objected to, 'and, ought to serve as a sauce for , . . . niure, stable article.s. of mental diet provided,. by the various 'exhibits. But when ihindeeherates -into simple nastiness, it is, time to ok-in a hall, Johnston and -Mr. 'Beck de-.. ai,...1001isi'lnotnrinentdhiveriic.isfen.i.toyf ftohretipleaiii...eipst6srs..onof -L". al investigation and. fearless denim- dation of •.the. evils that, to within. the last two days • of .11.0. close Of the London ' Exhibition,' ' clreW .. large, crowds of men . and boys to their . . . . . . . . \ , laeivious performances. • . • . . . . . i Dr.' . Johnston, who is one ofLon- don's, most honored Presbyterian. ministers, said before the ,Iloard:---,./ "It. is not in the Maglish language to describe the horrible lewdness and • ' ' ' ' ' indescribably fdthy suggestiveness of the grossly Man -lora]. ' . performanceS' • • • ' -' ' - • ' ' • 11 huh we witnessed. It was an Oa o- aloes outrage on 'decency, and We would. ask On behalf of the citizens of 'London, not that 'the objectiona- ble features be expunged, for there is nothing in „the •shows Which isnot objectionable, .i but ., that the .Board should rid itself of these shows, root and. branch. . ' ' . i " ' • • ' streets,' ''in the city,. hall, on, the •eveis in the• hospitals aad .ab -the rail- road stations," continued. Dr. John- .ston, "these performances are, I un- • ' ' •• • - - ' derstand, the . principal subject of • . . . • • . con.versation... to -day. I hope it is not 'true that features which were ex- eluded 'froin Toronto i and Buffalo fairs have beenpermitted ta: flourish at ' the Western -Fair, but I have heard that one 'attraction here was . . not allowed at 'Buffalo.' .. ' "'I do. not wish' to pose as a .cen- sor of i. the morals of - the', Western Fair Board; but T have .suflicient con- fidence in ..You 'gentlemen to .' believe ' that the inamo-rality Was 'unknoWn. to . you, and that you will take steps to put a stop to . , . . , D .• Tohnst 'stet 1 that he ws ' • • on c ec •as n • speaking 0 " - Which not f an exhibition •,,h as • , • . • •• • Dam t tu consideled immoral horn a " •• " • '• ' t ', dwhich ' pui itani cal - stand p o in , , lin , • . • . . • i • - . .in some might consider perfectly clean. "The: shows I spealc of,”. he said, , 'contain nothing but what is degrad- ing. ' Yen. have to go back to the days of ancient ,• Rome to find •.any- i thing to equal them for lascivious- a, , . ries• • ' . ' ,"I •Wofild 'advocate that the Fair' B • 1 1 ' t • ' ' ' oaic iereaf er ,. appoint persons in whose 'judgment they have confidence, to see that within' Obiectionable is g - • • - to ran, and I hope that the - . • Fair will be kept above even suspi- cion and certainly . above anything imineeal., - _ ____ _ e . - ofaiNrIDENCL IN THE BOARD i i 7 ' 'i Dr. Johnstqn's i confidence ' in the Fair . • • . • Board was j-ustified in that they • ' • • • disclaimed knowledge of the 'minor- • • • side. ' alities presented by the - shows .and . promptly ordered . three of them off ,the ground's, for breach of. con- tract. Greater care will be exercised hi the fut:Cre. The Board .has had • i • •' - ' . ' • - its eves opened as to what' may be expectel. wh 1 • theatres-- : i c . en ow . rue a - ' ' lowed to run I'acki •e l'ab'l . • . a ng any I a- ,- 1 7 ity or merit,, they 'depend for their ' ,. . • • custom, on an ;appeal' to the bestial sicl i f human''nature.(Luke C o We may expect next .year to , find the ,London . Midway rightly , censored a el. th , 1 • f • • ' ' • - - . n .. ei a oi e i ce fi om i nnet-tent performances, . to. which "men only" are invited.' - • ' ' Refepring . to the above 'the. London T - •• . . • • • - ' News says (in part) editdrially:- , . - • ' . The side show attractions which r Were . in operation at . the 'll estern, Fair during • the past week .were,, th.e • • most , disgraceful ever presented in perhaps• 0 • ts • Tl • in a a.rio.. • ime London,, 1 Id b• I, • • •• 5 10 u C no place in a „nese agli-, Cultural and industrial exhibition for • • • • . ' '' any of those theatrical side show, attractiens. .'112e Fair Board points to the fact that, the arausement fee,- tures are patronized.' But the. Fair ) - i ' • Board has for years been -catering to a specialty loving . class, • , and it. would be 1u:install 'il they dici, thit se,. cur° them. • . ' . ' GLASGOW' EXII1131TI' 'ON '-' • :. --- ' ' The Glasgow 'Exhibition- sheuld be ' • ' - - a model fc.ii. exhibitions in Canada. T • ' • 'I' • ' • s• hole is not a "A Ida ay not e, side show, not a Sign of a 'fake is to be seen. -Vet this fair has, been one pf. the most sticcessfill that -the world has ever known. . • ' '. ' The Western Fair B.otircl is open to crititism for permittingsthe . perform- antes to . which special objections ' Were made,. , The Fair ;Board was re- sponsible for the Morality of the 'ex, hibitiOns given, . . But it it .,'is :said . "they did not know:" • But they ehould have known , If one of the •buildonP•s had - s• • . ' - s' been oefectito, .11(1,0 fallen and,injured many people, the, Iloard would have been held responsible . • • , ' • Xt is to bc. hoped that the autheri- t,ieS 'Nvill.see to 11that110 theatrical side shows are on the gronnels next year, and that H they are not prepar- ed to elliniriate till the specialty fee,- tures they will curtail them to Shoh an extent as to Make 'thein the triple Ming and not the bedy, of the 'ekhibi- ti011•-(Mi'S.) .E1nnia. Vitaterson; :Ont. Prov, Press 'Supt ; in W 4 /1" ,t, T . , ' . . , Text ,of the Lesson, .Gen.' XXxix, :,. . , to. xi, ..,5. Golden Text, . Gen. xxxix, 1. .. 0 ' , , i ' a0, 21. "He was there in the son, hut the Lord we• ' - 'II I ' ',-i.:11e. last: lesson • lefta.sjewsVh.%,,,°sseal1vitei,,: In. the lionse, of Petipha,r in ISe- hutverso2-of this cillapter S'YePis ''The Lord Was_ with . J °genii,' and us0111i.Lni."1 He' seeMs bWati,lle logirroaSe'neo el•ofc4d by1 aye ris'el• above all his eircumsj though he was. d ne•1.11a•es' yeuX1g- ant' they .were; and Ino, haylay'tt.eriSoPligi ined that; God Should be glorified in . him it,1--)0111.1di • was that he did prosper. This -is splea-: idiel 'testimony .' And ..in' ights. by. of( .0Giaoicpl,a.'rbee.ettila,"upototoi..x.e2v77_1°)-. liever c , • . n - • 9 . Then notice pati filar, i , .i• • ' .' - ir •s s- 1.'fb°unded ci onifIdenc.e, in him, He, 'mit all that ie. lad in Joseph's hand and left there without a care (sees in verses 4 to Q. the expressioh "all that 'had" four-thnes).. Let .es .witho-et. ' ' hesitati°n Place all the. we .are have in the hands of our Lord sus ' and leave' there with the •f . , . . all. . 1 le .,assarariCe. that 1 -le will ,see to it. (Ps. xXX.tili, s ; . Prot. xvi, . 3). Think of the widow and the boy who . each ;gave all to Him (Luke xxi, 4 ; John Via 11) .' i The adversary cannot stand s,ciiirechu iiiiisgtini,tnecoetsi,snaensds all/1(cl iv:et:ea:yin"- otat'edr. to humiliate Joseph • yet more,, under a , base-, false • accusation . sePh is east into,. Prison,. but , being innocent the Lord Is with him ' p ' • • . .• . , • ightens has affliction, somewhat giving h' a, . . ' • ini f vonan the. sight of keener of the Prison• But it hard for him, for 'a .time,. for it Written that:they hurt his' 'feet with fetters, hewaslaid in iron, until the time that his word .casae, ' ' word of the Lord .tried him .(Ps. 18, 19).., We may imagine the advet,-. ' • • ' i' 'saiy suggesting that . now all 'visions and. dreams ., had come naught, for he wouldnever get of .this prison, yet we doubt' +hat his mind was staid Upon hovah, and he had victoryby faith. ,22, ' 28. "Whatsoever they . . i there he was .the doersof .itt,6 As Potiphar's-house 'So in. the 'prison ' things • wore• placed .under..him. „. keeper of the prison ,looked not anything, for it was evident that the Lord was with him end niede ' • ' '‘. c that he did 'to Prosper. Circum- • stancesatmosphere do net always indicate' ' ys pros- perity or otherwise. It is the prese once and 'blessing of .God that ,cone ;was stitute true prosperity• Daniel' prosperous in the lions' den, . b.' • f •' ' d ' the f furnace' is iien s in le lery • . - . . . 7 -sad was ,more prosperous than the king, even though he fled fro . , .him, for God Was. with him. Everyllin step in ' the life of Joseph and D • d .step ti • David was a to a none, . evei, or so it. is -with the bell • ' I otercemer is' promised a seat Christ on 1 -lis "throne (Rev. iii • • . • ' The cross is•the way to -the crown. • "- • ,Speen,' x , •• c ne butler. lel ' Pharaoh's1 ' f - ' , ,..., ,. • themselveswith eau.. '-' 'P ie prison and . le serves Joseph .' tl ' ' • ' • - 1 ' ' ,,.„ ., , • ' . " lem while they continue there' a season.. :Like our Lord Jesus, sePh is not only numbered ransgrersors and has .things laid t- ---- -0 s ' is" • his, charge -that he knew not but s . ' is also an illustration .of minister-. ine tin, o. , others 2 a im fan being '' e• t• tl • than 'Ministered unto (Isa. liii 12.- 1 • - . i_ ' ' xxXv, 11 ; Matth. xx, 28). . offence of these officers .brought them not. only.imprisonment, .but the . , . s• . ' .. sitalit of death. If our Lord , Y to . mark iniquity, who could stand ? But, He is the Lord and recious for ivino• Merciful . g .. ,e g s, • , . e• • and' (laity, transeression sin, though He will by no 'means clear the ty who refuse., to turn to Him ' - ''''. '''-xlv7 6; 7). ' • '5-7 One mornin . Joseoh , • g - these two prisoners very unhappy and.. manifesting, it '.-so ,plainly their. faces ' that he. asked them, "Wherefore look 'ye so 'sadly cla • 9"' We think. of the Lord's clues- 7 • - ' ' • tion to the two who walked to . . i malls' ' • "What manner' of communica- , • tions are these. that ye' have one ' another as e walk and are sad ,, . y a • ` , 17'n But their • s.atinesssttrbotecl . , ,, s due to their unbelief. ' One was . , • .• ... the king ,noticed that Nehemian sad (Neh. ii 1-5), but his sadness . . t , . . was due to hie sorrow because the desolation of the' holy city rusaleni. .The fellowship . of . Christ's stifferin - 9 will bring us . much • ' g• , , ' • . row: but in the miidst of all We • C • le Lord as sorrowful 1 mei e. in ..1.1. . , , always rejoicing (IL Corayi, 10); iiF'• 'Do notinterPretations• 'belong , ', . , a . to God ? •, Tell me I • , them, . yen " They were sad . because ., . s their dreams, which they had dreamed in the seine night ' < . . . 0.. which ' they could not understand. They had forgotten their dreams retained' only a sort of troubled membrence • like Nebuchadnezzar • .. , . ... , hut, though they could not tell one his dream, . they feared lest one could explain the dreams..,•. seph's saying, "Interpretations lone' to God • -tell your dream ''' ' '' Me " 'was equal to saving "I ' .' .` • `e, . ' „ acquainted . with God,' or.- I 1 • ' 1 • • .' " ' • "God •s -tele en God, oi : 1. , inc." See chapter xli, 16, , and Dan.' ii, 18, 28. What o blessed thing to be so , intimate with to. walk 'With 1 -Jim .iii such comm ion'l -. Yet that 'is the privilege child Of God (II. CCU*. vi, 16-18 John xiva 23 ; Dent. x,-.tociy,' 10).. , 9-15. They told their dreams Joseph, and • hesinterpreted them, and it tame to pass according, the intertiretation, the chief '•butler was restored to his butlership again; and ' the chief baker was hanged i- • ' ' - (verses 21, 22). The butler told dreain first, and when the baker that the interpretation was .. he also told his dream', .e.nd Joseph was faithful in. his interpretation, though . it foreboded no good to baker: ..The servant of God must cl are judgment . and mercy equal faithfUlne5is. it is not for to Withhold , anything for fear hurting 'people'C feelings:, $00i faithhilnesS of S,aniitel; who/1.1)11f' Child, in deelitring the whole message ngton says; Lebec)... frora • ,bo ,,:seiii,. 6,: nawou us no and 'of Mal-. This lite. Th iLYS been an centre,. hes es to Plioc- . . ome, to Ar- 10e, now he- 1 area detho .. re Julies, It . sea and of "D'here l'Arlt. ',.- ' ` s away, can he islancl is because ' the long 'while famous be- ipwreck, The h Paul ..sait, 10 starb°arci was blowing teSsel'•drtft- IliErlion\avl what Practical ,Thoen,cii3iebolentia..00__ Le shipwreck. as so. rough part negar- a. profusion it in pairs 'he finest Or- ow there. ' . ceinrades h, saturated abstinenee , 3 BONE : ., , tiled, ba,rbars, cl. ' not speak leers to the ,es. • ' Every- oittom .of the I, bareheaded tw were in . a hospitality, . hp's crew a- iround 'a hot mid With the lers eon offer into Govern- . days' to re- ii'.better aler, inviting. i se-vere sick- le time, his •erou.s illness..' they stayed a for a ship aiti6, 01 the tat. ', But ft ctoi•ily, and .the ages 01 ;ad 'and bear .:..ants .01. males eoplc showed- . . . great word . , ke a ',reed. as , • a apocalyptic.I Leaven to tellsuddenlyfind . . ii, the ,height , ,0 -d. • •Iii ' IS ' a O it is early. k of Genesis,: of Joshua, Ruth, sworn mel,..crownedmen1,- . .nd enthroned Now ' Testa-- • vord ,no more expect it. •will . . DOWN. . . ith 'it. It isstrict v ' an archan-' •e1.i for us to • ' • trm 'ourselves rid his fellow " Ld the fire on • lere the Mal- immortal - in they ' treated , .,- '' "The 'bar- . us no little . . • tions of that c ' down half . cleinency, •b ge- s .Made up of expression of tribution .to''xxiV . Some one ,n give you •a. t' is eunsaine. , ,on perennial; :ea ,. it is the es;. it is coin- bion of gentle iness.'' Are have made e ' fixiition.. It we till' knoW 14; ;•‘• . 'e y ....Qs power. Fe• . 'felt ftas aoast of rock ees, but more, gain ill sonic 1 either from stretched on t o little kind" • ' ,dispo.sition, . .. dneSSof act, • mistthe iim-.• ,-•• hem.. kind-. act it. • Yoe t. 'ACT IT. • i od You must un everlasting •imbination of gel.ii. al itY of - •., of the -other. arrega-neeor ' - °vole/ice: At L the Soul all ,rgishites, and Must quit, i..ry man Well, in/ child Well, Corse well eV- . , : .. rell.. Give this id you would sdcieties for Y ainMals, Il0 e sewing , we- and it Would' it would not IW11,,eel everY not roll, and more use .in OelL :biaSi,•ing' t;i0/1.• i<ind- le• iseelitei . . we.. t. . .. .. . and moans i o pi ayei , and then to sedulonsly, cultivated until it fills all the nature. with • a 'perfinne richer and more pungent than 'inignonette,, and, as if you put a ttift of that aromatic beauty .1aehind the clock on the inautel or in. soe 'corner wheee ni nobody can ..see it, you ilrla people Walking about your room,, looking this w,aytv, and that, and ' ey0,..il .0,-.2s,k them, ivhat are YOU looking fol and they- ' answer, "Where iS - tha.t• flower ?" so if one hit'S in his sold this infinite sweetness of , disposition its perfeme ',will whelin everything. " . . Still fm..ther I must. speak of hincl '. s ' .' - 11e85 of word. When you meet . any one, do you say a pleasant thing or ansunpleasant ? 'Do ' you tell him of agreeable • things you have , heard . . about him or the disagreeable? When he leaves • you does 110 feel ... better or • ....- DOES I -IE FEEL WORSE,. Oh, the power of the. tongue • for, the 'production of happiness or ,' rnis--' es.y. I One , would think from .'ii the way tim:tongue is .ea.,.ed irn si,e, might i.gt.aelic,.0aa, r pe'o.wieliii,.it 1;-t,liT.st,t; iitt iws'aesh.atiiriecla, ton- the back' part of the mouth by. Strati. inuscles. , Then it, is sarrounded . by teeth. of .the lower jaw, .50 Many. 17017 bars, .and then' by the teeth of , the • uppe,.. jaw,. more ivory , bars. . T • • " le , " .., i two',. • hen, outside of all, aro the. hips with tl • . ar of compresSion 'and 'e powor • - ' arrest. A nd yet, • notivithstanding these . four imPrisoninents or limita- tions, . how Many take no hint in re- gard to the dangerousspOwer of the tongue, and the results are lacerae- tion,• • a .• • ' ' • scauification and dairmation. 'There are those if theyknow a good thing bou - . v ' • • r: • , • a t .,. ou. and a had thine, will .mention, the .bad thing and act as. though they 'had never' heard 'the good .thing.• Now, there are .two sides to almost' every one's 'char- actor, and we have the 'choiceof. ,overhauling the virtue or the., vice. We can greet .Patill and ', the ship's crow as they 'come up 'the be.e.,ch of Malta' with th words,"What ' • • e .a soi- ry looking set yon are ! • How little of navigation, you must know .to run en „ these rocks I Didn't you know than to tit o i' 1 ' , <, p 1 t on the Medi- t .. -. .. . • clianean . this wintry month .? It . was not inuch. of .a ship anyhow, or it ,wbuld not have gone to piectes as soon. as that. Well, what do you want ? . We have hard enough work to make, a -living fer:Oui'selves. with- „out, having thrust' on . us 276 raga- inuflins.'' .Not i so said. the "M.a.ltese. . think they..saids.''Come in i . Sit down by the fire ,aifil ' warm your- $elves. Glad that .' you all . got . off ' with .your liVeS. - • , . MAKE YOURSELF, AT 1-1,0ME. •.. • r . • You . are welcome . to all we have ' t'lship' ' - sight'' un i some comes in and you resume • • Here,' ;tour voyage. let . , . t 1 I ' ' ' me put a, ii-inc age . on your forehead f 11 t, ' ' or ra • is •an ugly gash you got from .. • - , •. • .' - ' g the no,,ting timbers. And here i s a mail with a broken aim .; ' tve- i a .,doctor come to attend to this te.i." siefzii".taicistuiriet.".1'.And,. though. Ler ee n . .. e . madness went .0n, . we have little more than this brief record : ' "The barber ons PeoPle ' ' ''' '' i ShOWed 115 '110 little kindness." , i •• , , , • , . . • , l' Furthermore, there, is kindness of action.. That .is 'what Joseph Shows. ed to .11_iS outrageou brothers.A.. That e sallowed • '' D.- ' 1 we • . ' is whatavid„s io d to Mephibos- Iletil for his father •Jonathan's'.sake. That ,is what .0nesiphorus showed to Paul ' ' in the Roman ' • ' '.' • - • . . pcnitenticuy. Kindness'et.to a,11 1, Surely it ought. not to •b a, difficult r - ' ' ' •• e < . &lace to cultie , 'large vote when . • .. • , •• , , . en we see towering above the •' unpl that one • centuries such an ex- e.'' ' ' ` , • '• glimpse of it ou *ht. s • , . isi • - . le -0 melt and transform 'all .nations,. Kindness brought actr. ,. 'Lord from heaven. Kindness to miscreants,' .kindness' to pereectitors, kindness to the crippled ' and 'the 'blind' and the catelenth• ` . '-'•• -. ' ` - ' 'and. the" leprous and the. dropsical and ,the del ' 1 1 t • d • nomaca c ionic ierize lum all the si., v and • 4 ' - • . .`. ' ' - -a- ' .--!mot ie cross, 'kindness i to the bandits suffering on the "'side o um, am kindn,ess to the .exacit- . tioners ' ' while' yet they iii -1 ' ' puamc . the spear. and hainine I Ih rec .e spikes and h • • ' ' owled the .blasphennes. All , the ; stories. of the John Howerd • „ , „ ‘_ . s ellid, the Florence Night'it • 1 galls a,nd the Grace Darlings ' • 1. till gs..anc , e ca Lewises ' pale •b ' efore this transcendent example of . him who ' b• tl 1: '' ' se ir i aric life and des ill st • , . • ' ' ' " . aro , . TI -IE GREATEST STORY that the 'world eye • 1 - • I ' d .. , i te,ac an the theme of 1010 n'e tlest hosanna' that heaVen ever lifted. Yea.the ter 7 • . allowed both hands to kindness 1.hat .,be nailed to the horizontal timber of the cross With' that .cruel thun thump, now stretches down' from till): ° sloee those' -same. hands filled w ' , , , ith balm for all our wounds, forgiveness for • all our crimes,' rescue: for'all our ' . - ' . serld.Oms' • ' Aid whii ' taketti • •1, 1 1 0 we isus ma c 2 ess kiednes8 from C -to' d may it be' found that we have'uttered our last 'bitter' • • • ' -- word, Nvritten Our laSt cutting para- gleiph,„ .done out last i•et• li •Lito ai „ - , - a I i- 1-11' tion felt' oitr lest, re e geful 11 •1, , . . <. y n , eas . throb. - And 'it would not be a had epitaph for (0W of us if, by ,"" tile. grace of God, from this .time ferth, we 1 iv.ed suCli beneficent' lives „' that the tombstone's chisel couldaapproe priately 1301 Upon the plain slab that marks our grave a suggestionfroin „the -text "Ile ehowed hS no, little kindness," But not until the last child of God has got ashore fsem the- earthly storms that drove • him on the reeks • like ..illedi terran can En-. 1 d ' it ' t'l ' 11 h 1 roe y ons, no. .un 2 . a ,t e t nones of heaten are 'mounted, and all the COnquerors crOwned, and, all the harps and trtun ts '4 ' ' . i . pc am,. organs o, heitven are thrtninned or bloWn. or stauncidd . and the ransomed of all climes and ages. are in full chorus under the jubilant- swing Of angelic baton and We shall for thousands of yeara hate seen the; river. from tinder ' the throne yelling into t,lie "sea of glass , Mingled., With . 'flee," and • this World We noW inhabit: shall tie. So. fan 4„, 4.1„,.. •-a•st tihet Outv . a 1,,ig.tet, . ,r ..t. , 1 ' FARI SUIFICE ON THE . . . _ TAE WORK OF THE FARMERS' '. INSTITUTE_SLP9R 1900., ,.. Repert . of Superintendent Creel- niane-NewYear . of Progress, , - The Ontario Dem •t t f 'Ag'•- - ' al mien ° .-1 1 Culture has lust issued the , seventh annual 'report of the Superintendent , . .. .. . . - . of Farmers' Institutes, being for the year in00, ' It' is of ' nrach practical interest to all 'concerned' in thaspros-, fe,idei:lilteyeeoefs aagnrdiculitsuele•es,etaosititshewitdaellutacbukee included embody the. latest result of the .eXperna, t • d a •,-,,,,,hes of feltcli-ee AsPseerfiesgircilltlnOtfilsethaeagnorineeurilttibiro-a‘nis' science. 11 F.,haorNnavsertsi"mi Iti..esItyitruntieatifIlyeifnigartainndentsubit- •stantial some implIncttgrots.sm is . being intaideit . oi an. c ianges in me lac s a Oi a .c.naractPr Calculated to increase. the usefulness of.the institutes have been. alyeeted: The lecture WOrk,:f or- merly undertaken by I-Iorticultur- al ' Societies was Tossed into the hands of the Department and a 1111121- ' i • " ' • - ber of lughly successrut meetings of this character have been held. . This o works, includes addresses tschool children, an .innovation which has met with 'much appreciation; A num- her of the iiistitutes have - arranged for the holding of their annual Meet- ings at the nearest, Fruit Experiment station', where theirmembership will cae- have the ,a.dvan.tage of practical d mons ra. -ions in opera- • t t' • horticultural 4; s ' . . '1°11 ' ' ' POULTRY, Much attention1 b ' 1 de oted tas eel . v , • to the subject of poultry which was --. • • extenSive13, discussed at many meet- • . ' • ines. • In order to obtain accurate ' '.'t data , a series of poultry ex eriments P y'' -Pwith were'. ' ' d' '•• im e-.1 taken - in connection ' the Ontario poultry' Association. Ad- dresses were made by W. R Graham • ' •!' ' ' R. , ' Prof. A..G., Gilbert, J. E. Meyer, .G. R. .COttrell, and other poultry ex- perts, and practical .demonstrations - • " ' " '. ` .. :given as to the very best methods of kig, 'dressing and preparing 'for the market. The feature proved a , highly popular one and many re- •-" - ' ` quests were received for its continu- ' ,ance... • , ' . WOMEN'S INSTITUTES ' , • , . - - • - - - ' endeavors were made last . , ' a t ' • t • t tl f tl ' year . o m cies le women o - the • • dth • • - 1 ovince all , secure en , co -opera- • • - • . - • , , tion in the establishment of Women s Institutes, wIth the result that 31 organizations of the kind , were set on foot . win ch . hold meetings once a month .Some ' of these institutes ' . ' have over one hundred meinbers. A •thed - d mong .women who elivered a - dresses , at the meeting- of ,the Exper- • . - imental Tinio.n in December ,were Mrs. B. L. :Richards, Boston, Mass.; Mrs. I-Ioodiess - Hamilton; Miss Laura ' • Bose and Miss Blanche Maddock, of - G•uelph. . , PROVINCIAL 'iWINTER FAIR, e ilea aona, charac- Recognizing''.the d t' 1 ter of the Provincial Winter Fairar- rane•ements ' were • made to secure a 'attendance of the membership 3 o whom 1 were present rom 4 1 '518 f institutes All the speakers who - ' .' were to address institute,' meetings duringu..the whiter also attended the fair. A 'special 'program was drawn up -for Institute' workers with ciddres- ses from lar,,e nuinb,r of leading a - ' s e agricultural. experts and. instructors , :,••• • . ' ' • ,, • ' - - • 'the Seed Fair as a new. depart- - • . i , ment adopted. by . tie East York, South Wellington West Wellington , ' - ' ' and South, Grey Institutes. , •It .is , e held annually in March the farmers' , bringing_their, best sainples 'of. grain for prize '-competition and to sell or ' . 7 . . . - ' exchange. . During • the month of June many thousand 'farmers took. advantage' of ,the cheap ekcursione arranged by the • • ' ' • ' ` Institutes. to the Agricultural Col- lege. 'The popularity of these excitr- •`' - - • increase, ' i • . nous continues to .. while ni. ein the insightobtained - into ' od - ' • ' • • . ' • • • scientific methods by the visitors is • ' • , • a powerful educative influence. ' COLD STORAGE. . . , The 'subiect f cold storage fir - 3 0 s • - e and" e transportatiOn of Perishable pre- duet:s. has been extensively considered at InStit1ite gatlieringS. During the Exaerimental Union meetin the dei-- ' r - • - . • - g • _ . s egates. witnessed the operation of the cold storage.plarit at the Agriculture al College, and were inStrected. in its Processes. ' A panel: by G. C. 'Gaston Craighurst 'ideals with the subject end is accompanied. by seteral dies . ' ' ' ' , , • . • . • . . giams of cold storage buildings, P mob .• other Contents were' a erg b - . S., . Pc P . y 13,. 5. StevensOn on the selection and breeding. of daiyy cows; P. W. Hod- Sell , on swine breeding: A. , W. Smith on the .care of sheepe W. R..€1,raliam on poultry and egg prodUctiom.Lieut John McOrae, R.C.A., on Canadian horses in tne African War; T. X -I. Ma- son on 'corn' growing; W.. A, Peart On, tile Planagenlent Of . SailS, cind Sl111P- 8011 Rennie on nOxiopS ,wecdS,• 'Many otlierS are equally tmethy ' of mentiOn but these suffice to show the 'conipite- hensive Character of the voltnne, , -__._. . - • ' ' INCREAST.It IN 114EMBERSenter 11 lea- Returns received since the p' bl- i•,' f 'ti • 1show- - - ion 0 le repot' , an, encourage ,ing increase in the. membership. The nuinber of ' members, in June,' 1906 . .I 1.en in me Was 18,058,Which had ''s ' Ji. ' ' last to 26,377. , the number of meet- 'Ines held in the year ending June; ( 1.060, Was 715; While 725 were held the year f011oWing with' a .total at-, tehdanc.e, of 130,718 Persons,. ' The local Institute ' having the largest b. ''l '• .' ' it It • ' "t1 • ' 1 mem cis up is . - a on vvi, 1 a ist of LONDON BUILDING ., . ... , Smoke iS Responsible 1 ' 'General ' Deteriorat , ''' . • ' • The London County COlin foctuany. surmounted the in then indiherence with whi bors were watched in tin 3t:1044e111'sni°afi itseleleitleo. riS Itilliet,ilfetiC notoriety hunters have beet out effecttially and in that. the Council. has attiamted l attention then it did'. . Mor • . . .. - • .. conduct in the eupervision cet'Sing of Public 'amusemer , Provoked- the angrY abuse i loon keepers and promenad hall,„thanag,ers, has been 'col justified by •ea-ents. In th Cc:Omen' has come to take i body .whose work is admi: rather than agitation, opit ing to compete with parl experimental social Jegislat .The Council is now tact "smoke nuisance" which no has lived in London' at anY inidsunimer will readily for the members are not. sa• ily improa (anent So fai 0,' " • • smoke" alone.' iS specified 1 ment as a ninSance 1 meaning' of the act." A the chief officer . of the. Put „ a e ,.. , • trot. aiepari.,mem• says:. . • . , "Apart • from the injury 1 causes o. 1 comfort, the damage ,ito 's.ti ings in London is consider building stones 'will stand ' don smoke for any great 1 e. , •, , A • . ] 'ime,..anci -cat orninagy which - are Ordinarily used ing purposes are found to . • ' • . . ' ' , DECAY VERY RAPI „ . , : . Complaint has been made to tin f the decay f Lar . 1. e 0 • , ay o . ace 'and Westminster Abbe: cay being, largely • attribui fumes oehydrochloric acid . , • • ' . , the salt glazing process at beth potteries:. Acting , . . . structions of the committe . , tiga.ted the subject and f - .. ' considerable 'care is taken mize the emission of the t and smokc. from the "pottc that experiments are • conti mg made to effect further- ' ir this direc#ion ' . '' - ,'-' ,' . "There is no doubt tha,t portions of Lambeth .1. Westminster Abbey the dec serious. iln order, to , cisCei ther 'this snould be 'Attrihu ' • • • dioohloric acid fumes I ha., inade . of portions 'of ,t1. stone The sesult showed . • - - a very simill percentage I chloric acid or its compo . present, certainly not mon normal perdenthge found - , •. , , stone in , ,other • buildings In addition to this I cam amination to .be Diode of hundred, old stone buildim ious parts 'of London. ; It that nearly al . these bullet - ,• . ed , signs of decay as seriot of' Lambeth or Westmilistc "Hayingtr et • 1 •si eeiu c to tba is,reaSonable1to infer that ofthese buildings cannot b to finnes• from 1 • • .. - , . . . les, but it is due partly to age of the bi ti 1 d tags, . the : cany of Which has no doub . celera.ted by the genet•ally mosphere of London, and the fact that illueli of the . is not well suited to resisi atinosphere. + . HER iSTIPULATIC That there are still pec miller with the ,telephone i - • ' • • lea the lecent experience o Man. . . He wished to have tele' nection between his house , ' ' • , for • son's VII•io -built his . sq deuce. The best route to over' the cottage of an ,o1 whom he had applied for to make' the slight Use of thet 'was riecee;iry. ' ' '' -'' . ' Th ' ldi lady I • e o ' gave lel c made a firm. stipulation a .• - time. . I'm ,Willing you . should citer my ' roof and hitch 'el you sec fit,.. she Said, Pleas tided you don't USC 'em. .d'eleck at nights ' - That thine; and I'm a light slem and the 'noise of folks ta head would be sure - awake, ' • i• — . 'REMOVING 11`,)CTRA.OR. a , ' A stons house just ' "" has -. , moved frOm Newcastle ' ' ' - ' both in . Pennsylvania a • • • ' " - ' twenty tailOs the owaer, 3 son h • ii• ' d ' ' I d t,' house,'-aVp-i.g CCICe • ...9 which had cost hin A. contractor undertook t 825 066, ril ' p 1' i ' I fittings' • - le i' f° 111s le( tli were catenii y ref token en tddie.Stone bloc csiwten t . own; and Itodac eC .0 houSe...wAS. re-crep e at , the total cost is set dew $80,600 • f. 78 hold-{ respect.; sI as re - S, aVe r while owing in' ith a tosi ce eoineS of 4.200.1 Pc opera-{ 111 detail,, bulletin, in1t1let net. I o interest intide in ation 111 0115 at of which s chosen; r of that co-oper- , of exhi- •ovect esses be-' an could', ved }Ugh- n's specially) or Thieiz Lon.' il' has - icule and eh its la - 'first ten successive diSts and Shaken measure; est noisy cover", its and 11- ts, •whichi 1 the sa- e music- siderably e end the tself as a iistration han lament in on. ling the one who tinie but get, but guine of • '`black y thei report of lic Con-, a smoky! • ealth and ne buil& able: Few the Lon- ength of Limestones for build, I)LY. from time beth Pal- -, tile de- ed to the • emitted in. the Lam -' n the in- , I inves- ound that to mini - cid fiunes ries, And nually be- , improve - in some lace and ay is very •tain whe- ted to hy- analysis e decayed that only. f 'hydro- nds was , than the in similar in towns. ed aa ex - about a - s P1 -v-ar- was found, ngs show- s as that facts, it the decay e specially he potter - the great P3 tarot do- t been ac - smoky ats partly to stone used such an N. ple unfas is proved f a certain honic con. and a new. nailer resi- k 1,lie wire d lady, to permi ssi on lim• roof onsent but t „ the same run wires n wherever antly, pro - after nine 8 my bed-, er at best, Ikhsg" oven. o keep me )INARY1. P0011 re. to 'Sharon,' distance of In Steven. 1.110ve hi* $1.00,000, Pc job fo i ha,relw00 oved, an liumberecl 11 cars. ,Th heron, an h at abo .,%‘,4.4,•Ztx0