The Clinton News Record, 1929-10-17, Page 6he conquest Still Friends
of Diphtheir°ia With France
Centuriesago great Creek and
Boman doctor's, described in their
writings the ravages of a nose and
throat disease. They did not -call it w
diphtheria in their records, but that
is what it was.
A tot or things have happened' since
then. 'Medical men through the ages,
have .. given the disease their best
thoughts,- until now more is known p
about diphtS"eria than any other of
the communicable maladies on the lists,
of human"experience, n
A Tribute to M. Briand
"I shall neyer think oi~.rlcgotiating
with 'any State any alliance from,
Moil France could be 'excluded, or
which weld be hostile to her,"—Mr.:
Ramsay MacDonald.
The Labour' Party and the Labour
Government, ,to the 'surprise of many,
poo"plo, aye. paying very pleasant come'
liments to M Briand. It was thought
that the laeter':i friendship ; for Sir'
Austen Chamberlain might mean the
ow Labour, Government .would have.
ertain difficulties to overcome, but the.
'Daily }Ierald'e" Genova correspond
nt, Mr. George Siocombo, dispel this
doe. -lie writes:
"About M.•Briand there can be no
Wo minds. lie is the. foremost Euro-
peen of our time. It any Haan can be,
nstinctively as well -as intellectually,
be citizen . of a contin'ont as divers)-
ed and as ancient upon the ruins of
its successive ruined Empires ae. Fui'-
pe, It le the French Premier.
"With no other' Frenchmen have I.
elt that he represented the.,oseence
and the wit of modern France, the,
Prance of the Revolution, and"of the
Three Republics, 'of the peasant' and
tbeb artisan; the stabbornand cynical,
ndividualism combined with cin in-
tinctive and natural democracy; as ie
the case with el, Briand.
"Ile le,a great, almost an enspirei1y.
rater, in whose speech the subtle 'in-'
ellingence, the' lively ,and )Hocking.
wit- struggle for the . mastery 'over .a
grave .and, .profound emotion. And
what is .rare is•an orator, he.cen,not'
only move the,Xnasses; he can move
their leaders.{ .
'No other. spea]ier, 'It the League
g
Assembly in, my 'recollection, with the
single exception of Mr. Ramsay rMvlae-
l?onald, has had and held'so:long the
undivided' attention of, the leaders oe
• e 'nations. M. ,Briand" is .singularly
at home in the Assembly. It •Is an
orchestra 'in which; be plays she :Shat
violin. Under the .subtle le -aspiration
of bis Ours touch the vast 'harmony
surges forth in waves,
Be"knows lite Power, and he would
not be human if he did not, in his sire
humorous fashion, enjoy it to'the full.
But •at•.heart the Prendh Premier is
simple.' He; is ' obsessed by but R.
single passion -the prevention of war._
Something 'of the French peasant's.
horror of the devastatton.whioh war
brings upon his amiling, ordered
fields, and wreaks upon bin industri-
ous iieatr baa entered like a searing
Iron into the soul of Aristide Briand.
He le still a politician, but he is a
mail without a party. lie has only an
idea. To seek peace and to pursue
it," ,
- But, even though, knowledge, is c
power, it does not Mean, in this case,,''
tl at'the battle la completely, mon. 0
Raving, acquired their information, 1
the doctors must take further steps in
order that it may do some good.: They t
must tell the public, and convince it,
and move' it to action. - i
In the case of diphtheria, .if they t
P > y
succeed in doing' these things,' you may d
be reading in the newspapers some
day, "So-and-so died today `o£ diph-'.0
tfieria. A.coroner's jury will investi-
gate." And the jury will; want to f
know "who caused.:So-and-so's death"
-not "what caused it?"' mark you,`'
but "who caused it?" In' other words,
we are reaching the point where it is
considered unnecessary for a single :1
death from 'diphtheria to happen, and :st
when one does happen it will -be con-`
sidered the resu.t of ;somebody care-
lessness; and that• somebody will have 0
to be punished, t
Diphtheria results from a germ se£`�'
tling in : the victim's throat. The
germ gives off a poison celled' toxin,
and it is toxin that spreads -through
the system and causes illness. So the
first treatment for 'diphtheria found.
by medical science was called anti-
toxin.
nti-toxin.-
• Here is how it vias made: A .vigor,.
cue, young horse,.' carefully tested to '
make\sure that it had no- disease, 1s th
used, at is 'carefully ihjeoted with
increasing. Ocses of diphtheria toxin:
-that is, the poison of the diphtheria.
germ, The horse's system;immedi-
ately beg)» s,developing anti -toxin in
order to fight the effects of the toxin.
.After six weeks or so, it 'the horse,
Orr ugh tests; is :shown to be react:
Ing satktactorily,the horse• is; bled,
tbe serumseparated and refined by
special :methods which make it ready
for humans. • •
Now, this' anti -toxin is an almost
certain cure for people, who have
contracted' diphtheria, It is great-
est faits its work when it is used • im-
mediately the patient catches diphth-
eria, and' everyhour cf delay meant
additional danger.
But there has been developed,
through filrther research work' with
anti -toxin, another and more power-
ful weapon with which .to defeat
diphtheria: It has been deyeloped
only in the last few years, and it of-
fers complete immunization. The
person who takes this treatment .will
not be subject t0•-dipbtheria at all,
Toxold gives what le called active
immunization, ao' compared with the
passive immunization offered by anti.
Main. Toxoid contains no serum
but is the product •of diphtheria
bacilli, rendered completely non -toile
by suitable treatment.' Toxoid goes
thither than anti -toxin, beaause 01100
In the human system It continues to
stimulate our bleed to produce its own
anti -toxin. ` So the effects of toxold
are permanent, as far as can be dis-
covered in the length of time it has
`been in use, as compared with ant,
toxin, the powers of which disappear
after a shortirne.
•
' Autwlrlin'a Tenderness
Later In the season nature's ten-
derness waxes' stronger. It is impos-
sible' not to be fond. of our mother
Pow; tor she is so fond oft nal At
other periods she does not( make this
fmpreaalon on 'me, or only' at rare In.
tervals; but In 'these genial days of
autumn, when 'elle has perfected her
Harvests' and accomplished every
needful tiring that was given her to
do, then she overflows with a blesee 1
superfluity of love. She lute leisure
to career her children now... A
blessing is flung abroad and scattered
far and wide over. the earth; to be
gathered up by al who chooee. 1 re.
-cline upon the still unwithered grass
and whisper to myself, "0 perfect
day!' 0 beautiful; world! 0 benefi-
dent God!" And it Is the promise of
a bleared eternity; for our aidreatee
would "never have made such lovely
Jaye - and have given us the ,dem
Hearts to enjoy Them, above and be-
yond ,ail thought, unless we .were
meant to be 9mmortal. Thissunabine
le the golden pledge thereof. It
beams through the gates of .Paradise
and shows us glimpses far inyeard.—
Hawthorne, in "Mottoes From An 01d
Manse."
Naval Agreements
• Leo Mane in the. National • Ileview
(London); We regret these efforts of
the English-speaking nations to ar-
range each other's naviee. .They are
neither aeneib]e nor satisfactory from
any staiipoint, and ,are likely to leave
things worse than, they found them.
The good intentions` of the White
House and Downing Street are not In
quoatton but something, beyond good
intentions Is needed °in international
Affairs; especially Anglo-American at-
fairs, in which it is infinitely -easier
,to err than. in any other sphere, and
Anglo-Ameridan'mistakes seem to pro-
duee niore bad bleed.than most, :..
As, moreover, British statesmen are
never tired of 'declaring that war with
the United States is'' "unthinkable,"
We cannot conceive why the size of
the American Navy possesses any in-
terest for them' or why MMIr. Ramsay
MacDonald ahoul1 deem it necessary
to go to. Washington'to discuss so
academie an issue., nBuild: what 'ships
you please ,leavin'd us to de likewise,"
should' be our .attitude en this (Pieta
lion, un101$ 'both parties'W'ish tobor-
row .trouble.
Then •there Is one more discovery
which tins groat bearing on the 1m-
pending "Decline and Tall of Diphth-
eria", about which I would like to
tell you. it is walled the Schick
test and it was Invented by a very
modest man of that name who livOO in
Boston; and is little known to the
outside world because he does very
little but work and eat and sleep,
The work he has done bas been of
great benefit to• mankind, because the
Schick test enables doctors- to find
out whether or not a person is apt
to get diphtheria. • The Schick test
to made by Injecting into the Akin
of the forearm about threedrops of
a test toxin. If the sutect is suscept-
ible to diphtheria a red spot will ane
Pear an the arm within 2 or 3 day(.
It' Will be &bent.. the Mee of te ten
Ontpiece ,and wheal it eom0e 10
means the subject is apt to get diph-
'therla and that the toxoid is needed.
11 not, be is immune, The Schick
boat is just a skin test -the toxin used.
for tho test does riot enter the blood,
so that no damage tan result,
1 "Tine Art of Thinking",
• I.lilaireyBelloe he the New States-
mau (London)! Thinking bas often
`keen condenlnetl during the lust eon;
*ury, and oven lately in tho Dnglish
tongue as a solvent of Judgntont end
instinctive power. , . I fancy that
these who decry the ancient and bon-
'orable practice of thinking aro mix-
ing it up . with two things very dif-
ferent, which are cailed 'reductions
irom insufficient premises, and 'dedetc-
tions from false premesos; or porhape
they are nixing it up with ergufying
—which of 01I the destestable bablts
of man is perhaps the moot intoler-
nble—tnless, indeed, it. be set to
work upon matters wholly undiscov-
erable, wherein it is a very tolerable
pastime, Indeed, you May note that
men In their cups generally talk meta•
Tbysiee. And this, let me tell you,
is not particularly true of :tire .over -
'educated, but of all men whatsoever,
UT'ILIZiNG WOOD WASTE
•There, are in the Bordeaux district
pf Franco, some three hundred motet -
;trucks being operated on wood gas as
'meter ,fuel, Developments In this
_line n'.) ening tollowed,,,,,at?xieT ora0t
r educts Laboratory' of Canada, De-
partment of the interior, Ottawa,
Since the use of wood gas as a motor
fuel may offer one valuable method
of utilizing wood waste, particularly
In outlying districts.
The north magnetic iiole'is located
In Boothia peninsuia on the ,Arctic
coast of. Canada and the south magne-
tic pole in South Victoria Land south
from New Zealand.
Is Shay Alive?
Story ,goes That Math, Hari
Pomona Dancer -'Spy;
Reprieved
Pari teXs Mate hall, the f eeinat-
ing dancer•spy, still alive?
Videll•informed persons declare that
the mystorlous woman found 11neon
soiorce on the seashore at' Montalivitit,'
near Bordeaux, who gavo her name ae;
Gloria MaoAlletor, and. rata that she
pad fallen hem "the British steamer
Piaglo,"•Sian reality the Dutch woman
spy condemned to death in the last
year 'of the war and shot in the moat
of 'yineennee forgers.
At least six eye -witnesses have de-
scribed the execution _of Mata Hari,
They told how she was comforted dui,
ing the last minutes of her life by a
nun and by Maitre Menet, thee:Veteran
banister 'who, defended lier;'how she
y ,
removed" he white kid gloves and
r.^S
v sX s3 h, 3 as .h �p
gave then) as a:souvonn to the officer e��e
conimandiug the.firing party; and``how
she fell appal
tots. aPPar0ntly:rid Ieel'
with, bol
' ILLUS.TRATING IN
CREASEDcoTR4EFIC ?R08EMnS The .photograph :here' ho e what Yonge St. 'Toronto',bols
like during
Repreve Myth,bluentcwheeSnco,uQruowonheanndveAhlibouiatrStcsngestinneontratoi11 n enotza e mass
There has,'ggown is the strange „
supposition however,
that as a co
i it a
s illation for informatioir given, ;and
fat the request of -highly .placeddper-_
eonagea,' "Mata Hari was - really :'.re;
prioved.: The .shooting at Vincennes,
1t is declared, was stage-managed like
a cinema scene' and there were es brit-,
lets 'in the rcfres of. the firing party.
And • now it ie stated that 0110 we -
man Who gave the two false Haines,
Stat that of Gloria MacAllister with'
the 'false story .that she had 1011811 Oft
the non-existent steamer±'Dagio, and
seebndly that of Benita' Adamson, of.
Riga, is le reality. Mata Hari.
pointed out that thehoto-
P ,
gi•aphs'eirculated of the castaway are
MI different, and that her apparent
age, per:knowledge,of languages; and
hen personal appearance` identify her
'closely ;with the tragid figure'of the
Dutch -woman dancer,
Tho woman found at. Montalivet, .it
is admitted, canie• from. the 'military:
prison of the Fortress . of Ida, near
Borteaux. The police' declared that.
she had been sentenced to a. stiort
term of 'imprisonment as a vagabond.
But since *lien, it is asked, have wo-
men prisoners been sent to the Fort-
ress of Ha, and how is it thatthe of-
ficial
fficial police description given of her
has been discovered to be false?
Escape Planned.
The City Drivers' Nightmare
Is she not rather one of those mys-
terious State' prisoners whose real
identity is kept a close secret?
It is pointed out that a mysterious
boat showing no Hghts'was riding at.
anchpr not; far from Montallvet on the
day ;the woman was found lying ex-
haueed on the sande, and 1t la sur-
mised that bereescape"had been plan-
ned by powerful friends, but that
something went wrong at the last
minute, and the woman, trying to
swim Qut_to the a'escue skip, found her
strength failing her.
On tbe other hand, -the whole story
is scouted in French official circles as
a wild dream.
Thirty -and Sixty
George Leeks in the lied Book (New
York): Most of us have the idea that
a man's education Ought to be com-
plete when he is aboutdtwenty. As
a matter, of fact, in all the more dif-
ficult callings, those in which sheer
look and low cunning are of least im-
portance, and knowledge, power gid
experience of the greatest, man is FOG BEATEN
just out of school at sixty: This is Guided by visual radio beani, Lt. J.
as true in the rarefied upper realms li. Doolittle, recently made blind
of business as everywhere else. The
younger man who manages to attain 21fight test proving science had cwi-
to some showy second or third rank
among financials and'•business. man
is so remarkable tbat the cheer lead-
ers of low literature write him up in Germany May Get '
the go-and-get'em weeklies "and the
sob sisterd move down upon his abode
in echelon formation. The money
and business power of the land is in
the herb of old men.
�r n'; kn n Drivers
r�. ' Ultra -Violet ,is., a
ys'
r. n i
• Scc�red. b : ��rOiti°s
Proved a e�� al
Hamilton Grand Jniy De and Irradiation Increases .Germ.
More Adequate Penalties 1Zi]llug Blood Properties,.
Says Noted Doctor
Lo on:— r Eidino� ri in in,
nd 1)0 . v, w t .g
the Lancet on -he curative powere02
ri
Mtn -violet nays sive: "In 1.82 cases
tested the germ -killing; blood proper-
ties were increased.in, 84.6 per cent: of
cases, two ,hours after irradiation, by
6.5 per, lent. In severe -debility, follow-
ing illness, the, treatnreut has hasten-
ed the returnsof vigor and health. On
general body irradiation the short ray
therapy leas improved ' :the general
health, .,lessening susceptibility to
colds and acute bronchitis. Intonate%
radiation on hands and feet has com-
Hamilton-"Runs (night , be advie-
able ori the battlefield•to give soldiers`
reckless:' courage, but it, is certainly
not wanted on our highways," read' a
clause in the, grand jury . report pre-
sented last week to liar, Justice
Wright in supreme court. In the pre-
sentment, the jurors urged stricter
motor laws: and more severe punish-
ment for'careless`drivers.
"More cages of reckless: driving
should reach the court- before killings
result" The 'statement' continued:
"We recommend that the more seri-
ous the offence' the more adequate.
should be the penalty provided for:the Pleteky cured chilblains by improving
rigid control ofour highways. the circulation:"
"We believe that convictions for Pr
t.
reckless driving should result In can- ilii Aci,i7�o PeFlssflrlld8
%Dation of drivers permits for a
period commensurate with the seri-
ousness of the offence. It is recog-
nized that a high percentage of offend-
er% are drivers who imbibe intoxi-
cants and we think.,some means two days before Armistice Day. He
ought to be sought to reduce this
class." • is desirous of meeting all holders of
The grand jury's report was favor the Victoria Soso- There are about
ably commented upon by Mr. Justice 500 men who received this decoration
`Wright, who added that it is not' often for bravery still living in Groat BA
that grand jurors display suchprompt fain and the British Legion is arrang
Hess. (Ed.—We wonder what the Le ing for the attendanceyof as moor as
gion members will think of the "111111possible at the dinner.
and courage" part.)
`l'lle'Jmperiall Conference
Colombo Daily News: if the Col-
onial 011100 were not so exalusiroly
preoccupied with the affairs of the
self-governing Dominions and with
the ways and manna of plaoating their
oxaeting peoples, it would have ,notic-
ed long ago that in contrast to them
there is little or no interest, in the
Crown Colonies in -the Imperial Con -
thrones. The reason is ofbourse that
the Crown Colonies are treated as if
they had no will or opinion 'Of their
own. That this treatment should be
meted out to fifty -fixe millions Of pee -
Pie is not it little strange.. Is it sur;
prising tbat a country like Ceylon
which during the century and more 02
British rule bad the honor of a visit
i'vom a Colonial Office officialonly the
other day should remain profoundly
rminterested in questions relating to
the "Colonia] Empire." '
t Jaa1CrlH ulet to V.C.'s
London,—The Prince of Wales will
preslde at an uniquedinner to be held
fuered greatest flying danger, fog.
v
Portion of Africa
Berlina — Several• German news-
papers printed reports that the Bri-
tish -government contemplated restor-
ing to Germany the southern section
of former German Bast Africa. OM-
Itlllperiai Preference tial circles said that they knew noth-
QtagO (N.Z.) Times: the policy of ing to confirm' the report, German
the Labor Party at Homer like that l0ast Africa, now known as. TangaOyi.
ot the Liberal Party, io opposed to l;a territory, is administered by Bri-
both tb0 McKenna duties and the .0o- tarn under mandator approved by 'the
palled safeguarding duties introduced League of Nations:'
by the late Government, and is op-. _
posed to protective duties of any ]chid. CONQUERORS
Preferential duties as 'apirliod to
We grow by overcoming; the force
we conquer becomes our •awn. 'We
rise on difficulties we surmount. "Wbat • ' Tt'1T only be & Mat tee of time until
opposes, armee, strengthens, and dis- refueling -flight contestants will have
the .desirability, of keeping trade ae splines the•avi11," diaelo5es to the mind to melte a seasonal change of clothes
free as possible freme Customs duties it0.'bOWOr, and implants faith in the a part of their ;preparation.--Washe
efficacy of patient, persevering labor. ington Post.
df any description,
goods from overseas are not protec-
tive in the ordinary sense, -bet they
'conflict with the view which" the Labor
and Liberal parties hold concerning
Science and Agriculture
Lancelot Lawton in the, Review of
Reviews (London), Only large un-
dertakings ,or small terms managed
by enllghteaed men and oo-operating
tor-speeifio purposes, can afford to
acquire the machinery, fertilizers and
advice requisite for highly remuner-
ative operation. It le a .hopeful sign
that aucb organizations are becoming
common. Agriculture cannot be
caved by restricting the areb of cul-
tivation, by the neglect of fertiliza-
tion, and • by faun to make We et
modern mechenleal'rorltrlvances. Such
a Vence 1s merely a policy 0f ail -round
insolvency — ;the inoolvent farmer
Waits .upon Fate whilst hie land, 'the
Metro of everything that ought: t0
,matter to''him, oinks Into insolvency,
Naval Competition
• Hamilton - Spectator ' (Ind, Cone.) :
There was a time when Britain couie.
anddid maintain' the largest navy, in
the world, but that time is passing.
How is Britain ,heavily in debt as she
is, faced with problems which would
have reduced any other nations in the
world to despair, to finance large
naval and Withal appropriations?
kiow is' Hire to rise superior to the:
grewing naval aspiration8,.02 the UM -
ted Stated? ,To these (inflations there
Ts ntF praa"tita failswer, And even
It Britain could enter into naval com-
petition with the Ameeican;;Repubeie,.
could : ouch a rivalry be obsa"rved
without apprehension by every man
whose judgment was not warped by
prejudice et blinded by 'jingolsm?
The T'r'ench have reluctantly ratifi-
ed the dept agreement. This does not
mean however, that they :will over :for -
Rhineland Troops Parade Before Sailing For. Hosce
801AE BRITISH RHINELAND, TROOPS ' MAHON PAST
Trosaes marching pact General Sir William hwaites, . officer eomrnanding Brltlili
give us for lending theme the money.—
New
oney:-New Yorker,
Anther teeees ie2t Moine area for "Blighty';.
eons at Wiesbaden, before
Canal Finished
In Amsterdam
Dwarfs Panama
Yrriuiden Sea Lock !s Built; to
Anticipate Shipping , fol•
Creat Many Years
Designed Before the War
Undertaking Started' 10 Years
Ago Now Reedy' fol' Use
..In the course of a few menthe there
will be opened' to Waffle a large now
lock for ocean-going' vessels entering
and leaving the ship teanal 'which
ferule` the principal approach to the
-port of Amsterdam from Ymuiden on
the' North Sea, writes a corroepondent�
oR Th
e London Observer." The lock
ie of outstanding size, and far exceeds
any other structure of the kind In
existence at.ihe present time, .Com-
pared with the Panama Canal lecke,
the camber for the reception of ship-
ping 'represents'an increase in cubic
apaclty ot.'over 100 per cent. e
The dimensions of the new lock' in
19nglisb unite are 1,312,feat long by
164 feet wide, 'with .a depth of Water
over sill, of , 50 feet below main sea
level: The Panama Canal locks have
a length of 1000 feet, ,a width of 110
feet, and'¢ depth oe 42 feet, The locks
en the Kaleer ,Wilhelm Canal from. the
North Sea to the Bahia specially en-
larged just, before the wur, are, 1,083
feet long by 118 feet wide by 45 feet•
The Ymuiden sea lock le not only.
far, in excessin size of any ship canal
loch'in the world; it is'also much in
advance of, any ship at present navi-
hi
gating -the gh pans, The largest ves-
sel, at the present'time'18 the Majed-
tic, which' has, a length of 956 feet
overall, a beam of 100 feel, and .a load-
ed draught of 38 feet, There is' a.vas
eel building for the White -Star Line
of somewhat greater tonnage; but ,the
dimensions of the Majestic will not be
greatly'exceeded', in the.•new liner.
Built For Future
Obviously, it indicatea''great confi-
dence on the part of the port authori-
ties.at Amsterdam in future develop-
ments at-tbe port to construct 51 look
'of such a -size and to incur an outlay
thereon which is represented in round
11gures by £500,000, The undertak-
ing, indeed, was embarked upon filly
ten years ago, when the building of
largo ships was More definitely in
abeyane than at present, and the en-
terprise and forethought so displayed,
if'justified by tbe future, will redound
greatly to the credit of the Dutch peo-
ple an °their technical advisers.
The magnitude and duration of the
work warrant some notice of its in-
ception and execution.
The Port o1 Amsterdam, whichup
to the beginning of the nineteenth cen-
tury could only be reached from the
open sea through the ehallow•chan-
nels of the Zuldor Zee, is now in direct
ommunitation with the North Sea by
means of a canal fifteen and a half
miles in length, which was opened In
18766, and which affords a' passage for
ships with drafts up to about thirty-
two
hirtytwo feet.
New Locks Provided
A pair of entrance locks were -orig-
inally provided, the larger of which
was 394 feet Ions by 60 feet wide, with
a depth of 201,e over'sills. It weeenot
long, however, before an entrance of
those modest dimensions proved in-
adequate for requirements.
A new' and larger lock had to be
provided, •and such a look with a
length of 737 feet, a width of 81 feet
and a depth' of 83 feet was construct-
ed to the :north Of the old Ioelcs and
brought IMO use in 1896. Net many
yearnafterwards it was realized that
the developments 1n. Alp construction
had again overtaken, the available ae-
commodatiots,
Another look of larger size became
imperative and a commission appoint-
ed by the Dutch Government in 1909
to examine the question decided on a
lock with dimenslone 1,148.feet by 141
feet by 44r4 feet.` Before effect could
be give nto the aommission'a reeom-
mondation, • lto war intervened and
when onstructional operations were
tactually begun in 1919 the dihrensiona
adopted weer those Weedy stated at
the beginning of this article. In view
of the earlier miscalculations it was
b it,•that this time a sudlcientlylarge
margin should be available to cover
any'' possible developments for a num-
ber of yearn to come.
•
The Farmer's Help
Violet Situbbins in :the Spectator
(London): (The writer has spent rile -
teen yeeire in the'. West of Canada.)
Perhaps one of the greatest -draw,
back all foreign ;settlers to: Canada
experience is •the,dlfnoulty :of ,Janet -
leg svivosl .For a bachelor on .a eneible
le rather handicapped, It hat a
large crop ho muse hire help. The
help require' toed -and pinuty'of it, It
is hard ,to cook. for your %rew and
direct your own harvest oper'a'tions.
A wife isreally a term of domestic
economy almost essential to the well -
doing of tbe farmer, _ Time was
when a girl was writing to work for
her 7ruel{ancl you in and year out,
with but few new 'frocks and fewer
holidays, But times have channel.
Even our mow emigrants feel that,
British Settlers for Canada.
Manchester. Dispatolr: Recent hap-
penings in ,the Dominion: (of Canada)
have shown the dangers attending
the dispatch of British unemployed' to
that part of the 11lpipi-re just now. It
is a sad thing to know that, with em-
pty: 098000 across the 5600 and an
excess 0R workers at home, wecannot
find 'ati:factory ways and moans of
bringing,tlre'two together, The trou-
ble, to p great extent, lies in the fact
that :we are a manufacturing nation
and that our unemployed are town -
bred. it is no use sending such to
the open spaces. But what ,of the
youngsters wbo have not yet found
their job in life? With suitable pre,
llminary training there is no reason
'why ;they sbould net form the finest
type of emigrant.
Lesson
Sunday School
October 20. Lesson if—Usefel Werk\,
a Chrlstlan Duly—Genesis 91, :16•
Exodus 20:'.9; Nehemiah 6, 8; John)
5: 17. 9: 4; Acts 20; 33.35; 2 'f hes-,
salonfans 2: 6.12; Ephesians 4: 22.1
/Golden Text—if any would not. work,
/ neither: should he eat."—'2 Thessalon
lane 3: 10,
'ANALYSIS.
I, WOblt AND hl:S'r—(SOD'S PLAN, Gen. 2:,
12; Exod. 20: 9; John 5: 17,:
IT. DXADIPLEO OV UNSEL'PISII 111'D USD -
run Ledie0, Nei,- 6 3; John 0: 4;,
AEphcts. 20;;4: 33-85;28, 2 Theis, 8; 1-12;
INTROD OTioN Not only does: the
Bible detnand and honor useful work,
but'it -re ere is h ,
plt� n the worlrman as
called ofGad, des)
d rz ted r.,
a ,.o sink .-
arid endowed with the''spirit of God /or
the performance of :it,. st as truly as
priest, or prophet, or apostle. Indeed,
God's worts in whack Man '7 called to
have a sha;e, is represented as very
wide and varied, including many tasks,
each honorable in its place, and all
serving the divine will .end Human yet -
:fare. When, Joseph, the •sieve, un
ustly . imprisoned, 'slid' faithfully the
work thaj, :was put before him,, "the
Lord was with him, and that which he;
did'' the Lord made to prosper," Gen.'
39:>23, Of the two chief workmen os
thaetwildernesa sanctuary, Moses said
that God had calledthein by name, amr1�
filled thein!': v; ith elle spirit of God' in
wisdom,.: in undetstandin and in"
knowledge, and in all manner ofr
" Hated, 85;' xo k
reanshi
P, . 30 to 30. 2. Iii;'
ram of Tyre, who was engaged in the'
building of Solomon's temple, "was;
filled' with wisdom, and understanding;
end cunning, to work ail works
brass," 1 Rings 7: 14. - The sons of,
the prophets in the
p days of Elisba
built 'them own hone. to dwell in, 2
Icings 6: 1-2. Princes andpriests
Oared in the building of Nehemiah'&
wall, Neh. ch. 3. Isaiah says teat the
knowledge and, skill of the farmer
"cometh forth from the Lord f hosts;
which wonderful in "couiii Band ex-
cellent in wisdom," Ise,' 28: 23.29,' 'he
book of Proverbs akiounds 'Sri 6o/e-
mendation of •dilligent labor (chs: 10:,
4, 5. 13, '26; 12: 11, -24,, eta.). The
ehilsiren of the good, housewife ?'rise'
up and call her blessed,". Prov. 31: 28:
Many of the parables of the Lord re-,
fleet hie approval of honest tot], and
Paul's judgment regarding work" is
made abundantly clear in our lesson:
I. woax AND nes?—goo's PLAN,'Gen. 2:1
15; Exod. 20: 9; John 5: 17.
In a -lent poem in the book of Pre=
verbs, ch. 8, Wisdom,- personified, •1a
represented as God's architect, his
master workman, Prov. 8: 30`. (Re'
Ver.), sharing with him. 11e mighty.
task oft building the world. And this
same divine Wisdom, whose "delight
was with the sone of men," Prov. 8:
31, having brought his great task to
completioirp gave man his work to do
v
in the gr d, put him into the garden
of Edea to dress it and to keep it."
Man's work therefore, is not thought
of in the Bible -as an accident or a
penalty. It is a part of God'a wise
and well -ordered plan. Tho honor is
put upon him of living in and caring
for God's created world. And God
ordained for him not ceaseless, un-'
relieved toil, but alternating work and
rest, as though he would make man's
work as Much as possible like his
own, Gen. 2: 1-8; Exod. 202 9.
The law of the Sabbath seems in
tended to sanctify labor. Tho settin
apart ed one clay of Teat in seven i
really a recognition that all our tim
is God's. The day of labor is just a
certainly God's they as the day of xes
and should be held equally sacred. H
who is Lord of the Sabbath is also.
Lord of the week day.
Sono such thought some to be pre-
sent to the mind of Jesus when he,
answers those narrow-minded, carping
fault-finders wh. put blame upon hied
for healing a man on the Sabbath day;
"illy. Father wor9ceth hitherto and
work," or, as Moffatt renders, hitherto,
m
Father has continued working to thil�
hour, so I work too," There, is a sense`
in which God's work never ends, and
to those who enter inost perfectly into
the mind of God, as Jesus did, all days
are alike, There are tasks that may
be, and should be, laid aside on the,
day of root, but the work of feeding
the hundiy, and healing the sick, and
ministering to the souls of men in
spiritual things, goal on. See John 5:
b
17.19.
II. EXAMPLES 01" DNSEL%4su
AND 'SSE-
1749.
LABOR, Neh. 6: 3; John 92 4;
Acts 20: 33-36; 2 Theis. 32 6-12;
Eph. 4: 28.
Nehemiah was being templed by to
persistent, a cunning, and an unscru
Mous enemy who would, if he eouid,
have prevented the completion of hist;
work in restoring the wall of Jerud
sedan. Had be net been se busily ea-
eupied he might-Tiave been deceived by
Sanballat's invitation to a conference,
and might have gone to his death. His
answer is worthy- of Its place in holy,
scripture; "I am doing a great work,
so -that ' I cannot come down, Why
should the work cease" while he par.
Ieys with the enemy?
There are some among us who mi�r}it
well take pattern rom Nehemiah's!I
wimple. They give fir e and labor to
endless and 'often.' futilediscussion,
while God's work ceases in their
hands. We, tea, are. doing it great
witork—on?should we ;not instantly carry
In the presence of suffering Jesus
finds opportunity to work the works
of God. The curious question asked
by the disciples concerning the rea-
son's for the man's blindness: (John 9:
1-4) can wait for an answer. Human.
need cannot wait. To heal the lain„
is to . do God's work. Jesus telt that
necessity was laid upon him, and th
time was short. IIo said, "I must." Is
not the same necessity laid.upon us in
presence of the same need?
Paul, more than once tells us that,
on bis missionary journeys, wherever
he carried the gospel' and founded
Christian communities, lie supported
himself by his own labor. So he had
done in Epheeusi as he declares in his
Farewell address to the elders of the
church off that city, Acts 20: 83-85. So
should they as Christian men, he said
"That so laboring ye ought to suppoHH:
the weak." The word of Jesus, quoted
in verse 35, are not found elsewhere.
It is quite evident that false accusa-
tions of selfishness and self-seeking
had been made against Paulin Thes-
salonica, and he answers these in his:
letters to the ThessaIonian ehurch, 1
1 These. 2: 8-6. Here in 2 'These. 8:'
6-12 he refers to disorderly persons in
the church, working not at all, but are
'busybodies. How often that is true,.
Paradoxical though it may sound, that
idlers are usybodiesl By way of .con-
trast Paul recallshis own behavior
'"among them.' We did not '"eat any
mans bread for naught, Compare
his exhortation in the letter to tine
Ephesians, 4: 28.