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Signs of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 20.

THE CONSISTENT LIFE
Earlier text: How They Became Convinced

“CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM.”

By Editor

WE give the following candid letter place, tho we should prefer the term “Christianity” to that of “Christian Socialism.” Both terms are greatly abused, and it is the so-called political “Christian Socialism” which was spoken of disparagingly in the SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
EDITOR SIGNS OF THE TIMES: In two numbers of late you speak against Christian Socialism. That there is such a thing as genuine Christian Socialism is (1) to be inferred from the fact that its counterfeit is in the world, and there can be no counterfeit without the original first being in existence. (2) That Christian Socialism was the primitive condition of the church is proved positively by reading Acts 2: 44-47. Selfishness is the only reason that can be given for its discontinuance. Read Acts 4: 32-37 and 5: 1-11.
That it ever will or can be successfully established and carried out in this mortal state, in a selfish and sinful world, appears very improbable; but in that “new heavens and new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness,” we may expect to enjoy in its completeness all the benefits of Christian Socialism.
Riverside, Mich. T. L. WATERS.
It is well to note further that in the record of that primitive Christian Socialism the right of private property was recognized. Said Peter to Ananias: “While it [the property, the land] remained [before you sold it], did it not remain thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power?” There was no compulsion; all free giving and community of property was purely and wholly voluntary. Only the Spirit of Christ in regenerated men can do this work.

THE WAR IN THE EAST.

THE hard fighting of the war in the East has at last begun. The crossing of the Yalu by the Japanese began the land campaign, and in this engagement Russia received a stinging blow. The forces that were intended merely to delay the crossing and make it as costly as possible for the Japanese were caught unawares by the Japanese artillery, and the gunners seem to have been unable to extricate either themselves or their guns from the positions in which they had been posted. Some of the Russian batteries had practically all their men and horses killed or disabled. One report states that the Russians lost in this engagement 70 per cent of their men in killed, wounded, and prisoners. The Russian casualties in the engagement named were 362 killed, 600 missing, and 1,850 wounded. The Japanese loss was heavy also, but no statement of it has been given out.
Since the battle of the Yalu the Japanese army has been pushing forward, and the reports indicate that they have captured the place to which the Russians retreated, altho General Kuropatkin had gone forward with large re-enforcements. At the same time the navy made another attempt to block Port Arthur, and it is persistently declared that the attempt was a success. Ten merchantmen loaded with stone entered the channel under a deadly fire from the Russian fortifications, anchored and were sunk. Only a portion of the daring crews were saved. While this was in progress transports were landing thousands of Japanese soldiers on both sides of the peninsula on which Port Arthur is situated. These at once advanced to the railroad, and have cut Port Arthur off from communication with the rest of the Russian forces. The latter place will now be besieged by both land and sea. The Russians claim that it can hold out for one year.
The advancing Japanese forces are concentrating toward the Russian main army. They are equipped with the best artillery, and in numbers it is believed that the Japanese exceed the Russians in Manchuria. Europe is looking with mingled admiration and serious apprehension upon the feats of the Japanese.

AMERICA'S ALL-CITY CHARACTER.

By Editor

AMERICANS are inclined to a little boastfulness of their manners and civilization. Especially do they assume a superiority over the Old World peasantry. But a gentleman who is now in Ireland canvassing for books, holds a reverse opinion. Writing to an American journal, he says:—
The farmers here are far different from those in America, and the difference is a great advantage to the canvasser. At home one of our workers never thinks it strange to meet an angry, hot-headed customer, or to be ordered off the place with only two or three minutes to spare. It is not so here. The people are very kind and friendly, and would never think of greeting a stranger in a gruff or unsociable manner. A stranger is generally welcome to share their hospitality. Another great advantage is that nearly all the country people are church-members, and one never hears the unbecoming language that is so often used at home. One might well say of America that it is all city so far as evil is concerned, but here the country still maintains its old-fashioned simplicity, and it has as yet taken up with but few of the customs of the city.
This statement suggests another thought, namely, that whereas city people usually assume a superiority of manners and gentility, this bookman, whose business has given him large experience with all classes, gives the laurel to the country folks. It is indeed a sad commentary on American life, that it is becoming “all city” in character.

THE CONDITIONS AS OTHERS SEE THEM.

By Editor

THERE appear from time to time in other journals items or articles which show that there are still many who see and sense the condition of this age. A writer in a recent issue of the Christian Cynosure has the following to say relative to the sad conditions that exist in family life to-day:—
Family ties are regarded less seriously than a business contract. It took Rome eight centuries to descend from family purity to family leprosy in Elagabalus. How far we have descended in less than ten! Rome fell because of licentiousness. She was honeycombed with corruption. The same corruption is creeping over us. The word “corruption” means to flow together. An orange is divided into cells or sacks, each filled with juice. While these walls are solid the fruit is sound. But when the cell-wall breaks, the juices pour together, and corruption or decay begins. The family is the cell of the social body. Let these cells be kept firm, and the social body is healthy. But let these be broken by divorce, by the social evil, and by adulterous marriages, and the corruption of society follows. Drunkenness, suicide, and murder follow this as pestilence follows war. And the fact that 6,000,000 men in this land are in the lodge, where they pretend to worship Deity while they sacrifice to devils; who exclude the Lord Jesus Christ, and practise a religion of works; who divorce character from salvation, and send all their members to the Grand Lodge above; who rob the family and the church of the time and service and financial aid which God has appointed them to pay lodge dues and perquisites, is one of the most ruinous signs of our times.
Apropos of the increasing strife between employer and employee, the same writer continues:—
The coal miners' union and coal operators' trusts are arrayed against each other, each glaring at the other with drawn swords, and whetting them for slaughter. The governor of New Jersey said in a public meeting that our country is on the eve of a great industrial war that will be more bloody and general than any in our history. The conditions that produced the French Revolution exist here. The torch may be applied to the powder magazine at any moment. The foundations of God's moral order are out of their course, and are being destroyed.

SUNDAY AND POLITICS.

By Editor

REFERRING to the fact that several prominent pastors of New York City recently preached against liquor selling on Sunday, and against legislation permitting such practice, the Sabbath Recorder (Seventh-day Baptist) says:—
If any permanent reform is secured for Sabbath observance, whether in connection with Sunday or any other day, it must be gained upon religious grounds. The most important step toward securing a clear field for Sabbath reform is to separate the whole question from politics. This involves a radical change of base concerning what is called Sunday legislation; and also the entire separation of the liquor traffic from all other forms of business in connection with such legislation. At present all that the friends of true Sabbath reform can do is to restate this truth and call attention to the better way. As in all similar cases, the interests involved must find their way through experience, bitter and continual, toward larger conceptions of the true position which Sabbath reform involves. If the pastors in the city of New York would cease to treat the question as a political one, and fall back upon the Word of God and the essentially religious character of the whole Sabbath question, much would be gained.
The point which we wish to note particularly in connection with this extract is that the Christian Statesman, organ of the National Reform Association, specifically indorses it. But, unless the association radically changes its base of operations, it is difficult to perceive the logic of the indorsement.
The Recorder says that “the most important step toward securing a clear field for Sabbath reform is to separate the whole question from politics.” In supporting such a proposition, the “reformers,” in order to be consistent, would have to recede from all their efforts to secure Sabbath legislation by political bodies. To separate the Sabbath question from the religion of the Bible would leave Sunday out of the question altogether; then if it were to be also segregated from politics, that would leave it no standing at all above other secular days.
The Sabbath question can be, and ought to be, separated from politics, for it is the Lord's day, holy and honorable. No earthly power can affect its character, and its observance is in no sense political. The state of right has nothing to do with it. But the Sunday question is a religious question with a political backing. It is not a Biblical question, and, therefore, has no legitimate connection with the Christian religion. Sunday, as an institution for special observance, was established by a political power, and while it has been accepted by those professing Christianity, its maintenance has ever been by the force of political influence. Its most ardent advocates admit this when they plead for more political support, lest the institution be destroyed.
The last sentence of the quotation from the Recorder is true, but for the pastors of New York, or any other locality, to apply it practically would be to drop Sunday out of the question altogether. If the National Reformers really meant to indorse the sentiment expressed by the Recorder (seeing that they deem Sunday to be a Sabbath), we would expect them to withdraw their District of Columbia Sunday Bill from Congress. But we will not see it. The Sunday institution, altho religious in purpose, would have no force whatever if divorced from politics. It is essentially a church-and-state institution, and never can be anything else.

San Francisco Streetcar Strike Averted

The threatened strike of street-car operatives in San Francisco has been averted, the men having agreed to the final proposition of the company. The agreement is to continue for one year. In case a strike had been ordered, the company had intended to ask that a receiver be appointed by the government. This would have brought in government troops for the protection of the property and to insure the operation of the various lines in safety. They had also decided not to begin operating cars until eight o'clock in the morning. This would have affected workmen and workwomen in all parts of the city, who, generally, must ride long distances in order to get to their work. This would probably have resulted in bringing the strike to an end very soon, or in causing other strikes for the purpose of attempting to bring the company to terms through the tying up of all business operations in San Francisco. There is no doubt also that it would have increased the hatred of labor organizations for the employer.
A German archeological company working on the ruins of ancient Babylon reports that it has just made a discovery of the greatest historical interest in the valley of the Tigris, where for some years it has been busy in making excavations. It has unearthed five palaces and a large temple, in but a slightly-damaged condition, which will permit the historian to construct and locate the principal events in the reign of Sardanapalus, of whose history very little is known, and this not substantiated by any proof. One of the palaces is literally covered with inscriptions describing the glorious reign of that famous king of Assyria. Among the many interesting finds made there is a portrait of this king in solid stone.
The British expedition in Tibet has been met by another force of Tibetans. They opposed the passage of the expedition and an engagement followed, in which it is reported that 250 Tibetans were killed, the British loss being practically nothing, only two men being wounded. The expedition continues to press on toward the sacred city. England seems to be making the most of her opportunity to gain a predominating influence in the “closed country.”
The Peruvian Government has decided to defend its claim to the disputed territory between Peru and Brazil. Troops and guns have been ordered to the disputed territory to drive out any troops of Brazil now there and to defend the territory against any invasion of Brazilian troops. This is regarded as a war measure, and will probably lead to war with Brazil, as it is understood that her troops are now in the territory.
A decision of considerable interest in the labor and capital dispute has just been rendered by the Supreme Court of Kansas. Kansas had a law which prohibited an employer from discharging an employee because of his belonging to a labor organization. A trial was made recently of the constitutionality of the law, and the Supreme Court has declared it unconstitutional.
The strike of the Santa Fe machinists and helpers continues to extend. The company has begun to supply the places of the strikers with machinists from other parts of the country, and has secured a sweeping injunction against interference from the workmen.
The medical examiner for the street-cleaning departments of New York reports that one-fifth of the street sweepers of New York are now affected with tuberculosis, as a result of their occupation. There is great danger in breathing street dust.
The Hamburg-American Steamship Company has given an order for the building of a 35,000-ton Atlantic liner. This will be 14,000 tons larger than the Cedric, the greatest vessel now afloat. It will measure 715 feet in length.

ECONOMY AND THRIFT IN THE HOME.

By Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle

(Concluded.)

I KNEW that Robert would never consent to running into debt, for we were struggling to make payments on our little home. So I waited until one day when he was away for a day and a night on business, and then we went to the village,—the fine lady and I,—and the deed was done. The merchant did not at all object to trusting me; he only opened his eyes wide, for neither Robert nor I had ever asked for a penny's credit before. But when we drove home that sunny afternoon in late September, the books of the merchant bore a very pompous entry:— Robert Hale, Dr., To six chairs . . . . . . . . . . . $15.00 “ one rocker . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 “ 15 yds. dress goods . . . . . 15.00 Total, . . . . . . . . . . . $40.00
“I shall never forget that ride home. The brightly-varnished chairs sat stiff and elegant, and glimmered in the yellow sunshine, and the fine rocker swayed back and forth with every lurch of the heavy wagon, while our nearest neighbor, Mrs. Hill, craned her neck to see where we were going with all that finery; for she had too great a sense of propriety to imagine for a moment that it was intended for our little log house. “My companion chatted volubly all the way home, and rallied me more than once on account of my stupid dullness, but somehow I had no heart to talk. Ever and anon the question would leap to my lips: ‘What do you think Robert will say? Will he be very angry?’ “‘What if he is?’ replied my Job's comforter; ‘small good it will do him to be cross; and I’m sure you’ll look quite stunning in your new gown when we get it made.’ “For the first time in our married life, I went to bed that night with a heavy heart; for Robert and I had promised solemnly never to have any secrets which the other might not share, and to consult each other in everything. “As my feverish cheek pressed the pillow, I tried to sleep, but every tick of the old clock seemed to say, ‘Forty-dollars!—forty-dollars!’ O, how I dreaded the morrow when Robert would come home! If I could only have returned the finery that night, I would gladly have done so; but this seemed out of the question, and I decided to do so early in the morning. How strangely grotesque those chairs looked in our modest little cabin, as my feverish eyes gazed upon them from my bed by the light of the moon, which shone brightly through the tiny window! And then, that dress! how would it look beside poor Robert's homespun suit? “‘Forty-dollars!—forty-dollars!’ still ticked the old clock, as I finally fell asleep. “I soon awoke from a troubled dream, with a horrible sense of suffocation. I tried to scream, but my throat was dry and parched, and it was only with great effort that I raised my head from the pillow. Then the full horror of the situation dawned upon me. The room was filled with dense smoke, and already the red tongues of flame were playing about my bed. My first thought was of Robert. O, if he would only come and save me! In horror I laid hold of my companion, and barely succeeded in dragging her from the burning pile, as the roof came crashing downward. “We spent the rest of the night with the cattle in the shed; and in the morning my guest made her way to the village as best she could, and returned home; for I could no longer offer her a place in which to lay her head. So she went, bewailing the loss of her finery (for she went in plain clothing, borrowed from the neighbors). “In the afternoon Robert returned. I shall never forget the look upon his dear face, as he clasped me to his breast and cried huskily, ‘Thank God you are safe, my darling!’ “‘O Robert! Robert! all my elegant furniture and my new dress! it is all burned!’ I wailed, ‘and I was going to take them back to the merchant today.’ “‘Why, my dear Jane, what do you mean?’ and then the whole miserable story came out.”
“What did Uncle Robert say, auntie?” asked young Mrs. Stanwood in a broken voice.
“He did not reproach me, dear, for he saw that I had suffered deeply. But I determined to earn the money myself with which to pay for my burned finery; but it took me all the long winter to do so. “In the spring we built another cabin, but it was furnished as simply as the first, and I have never forgotten my lesson, and firmly believe that more real happiness comes from simple living and the avoidance of debt than in all the luxury of fine feathers and borrowed plumage.”
A very serious young face was turned toward Auntie Hale for a kiss, and an earnest voice whispered in her ear:— “I don't believe I need that new parlor suit after all, auntie, for I'm sure Bryan would have to run into debt for it; and I am determined to try the pleasures and virtues of more economical living.”

APPLIED SCIENCE IN THE HEAVENS AND ON EARTH.

ON Saturday night, October 31, the Northern Pacific telegraphic department telegraphed a distance of six hundred and fifty miles without batteries. On that night extraordinary aurora borealis displays were seen. The electric waves were noticed as early as seven o'clock by the superintendent and assistant superintendent. They decided to experiment with the atmosphere as a current, and had the line opened from Saint Paul to Dickinson, N. D., with the batteries along the line removed. The electricity was taken from the atmosphere during the disturbance, which lasted twenty hours. We take the scientific account from the despatch in The World. The superintendent said: “We found that the electricity from the overcharged atmosphere registered from twenty-three millimeters positive back to the same figure negative. Pure green light shot forth at stated intervals toward the earth, and each time it descended it charged the electric wires all over the country to such a degree that all communication was stopped for a time and disturbed for many hours. The electrical waves came with the regularity of the pendulum. They were of about three minutes' duration each, shifting from negative to positive polarities in almost perfect rhythm. The instruments showed a maximum intensity of three hundred and seventy volts.” When the current was at its maximum positive polarity, they could talk to Dickinson very easily by using the regular Morse alphabet. As the pendulum swung back to the negative pole the sounds from the instruments would become fainter and fainter until the pressure came back. Superintendent Green declared it one of the most remarkable atmospheric disturbances coming under his knowledge for thirty years.—Christian Advocate.

"I'M HURRIED, CHILD!"

By Emma Burt

BY EMMA BURT.
"O MOTHER, look! I've found a butterfly Hanging upon a leaf. Do tell me why There was no butter? O, do see its wings! I never, never saw such pretty things— All streaked and striped with blue and brown and gold. Where is its house when all the days are cold?" "Yes, yes," she said in absent accents mild, "I'm hurried, child!"
"Last night my dolly quite forgot her prayers; And when she thought that you had gone down- stairs, Then dolly was afraid, and so I said: 'Just don't you mind, but say 'em in the bed, Because I think that God is just as near.' When dolls are 'fraid, do you s'pose He can hear?" The mother spoke from out the ruffles piled, "I'm hurried, child!"
"O, come and see the flowers in the sky— The sun has left; and won't you, by-and-by, Dear mother, take me in your arms and tell Me all about the pussy in the well? Then tell me of the babies in the wood? And then, perhaps, about Red Riding Hood?" "Too much to do! Hush, hush, you drive me wild! I'm hurried, child!"
The little one grew very quiet, now, And grieved and puzzled was the childish brow; And then it queried: "Mother, do you know The reason cause you must be hurried so? I guess the hours are littler than I, So I will take my pennies, and will buy A big clock! O, as big as it can be, For you and me."
The mother now has leisure infinite; She sits with folded hands, and face as white As winter. In her heart is winter's chill. She sits at leisure, questioning God's will. "My child has ceased to breathe, and all is night! Is heaven so dark that Thou dost grudge my light? O life! O God! I must discover why The time drags by."
O mothers, sweet, if cares must ever fall, Pray do not make them stones to build a wall Between thee and thine own; and miss thy right, O blessedness, so swift to take its flight! While answering baby questions, you are But entertaining angels unaware; And richest gifts are gathered by the way For darkest day. —Michigan Farmer.

THE STORK POSTMAN.

SOME children living in one of the northern provinces of Germany, says Our Animal Friends, discovered that a stork had made its nest upon their roof. All the summer they shared their tidbits with their long-legged friend, which became very tame and companionable.
When the cold weather came, the stork prepared to flit to warmer climes. The children were sad at the thought of losing their pet, but their parents consoled them with the assurance that the bird would surely return the next spring. So the children consulted together, and wrote a little note, stating that the stork was very dear to them, and begging the good people in the winter to be kind to their pet, and send it back to them in the spring.
They fastened the note to a ribbon, tied it round the bird's neck, and tucked it under its wing. The next day they watched the stork wing its way to milder skies. When the spring came again, behold! one fine morning there it was, tame and gentle as ever.
Great was the children's delight, but what was their surprise to discover round its neck and under its wing another bright band with a note attached. It was from a missionary in Africa, stating that he had read the children's note and had cared for the stork, and thought that children whose hearts had prompted them to provide for the comfort of a bird through the winter, would be willing to help clothe and feed the destitute children of his mission.
The children were full of sympathy, and the missionary's note won a golden answer from the family. Other letters came and went by post, until by and by the children learned to know the missionary and his little black waifs almost as well as they knew the beloved stork that had proved so trusty a messenger.

Bearing One Another’s Burdens

"Is THY burden hard and heavy? do thy steps drag wearily? Help to bear thy brother's burden; God will bear both it and thee."

THE USE OF THE PROBE.

IT frequently happens that the doctor has occasion to probe a wound or sore.
Notice him when he does it. He opens his case of instruments. He takes out a long, slender silver or hard rubber rod which is from six to ten inches long, with a smooth, round end. Some of them are as small as a darning needle. Others are as large as a pencil.
Watch the doctor closely when he takes this probe and attempts to use it. If he does not take the precaution to clean it, stop him. Don't allow him to touch your sore with it. He has been using it on some one else, and may poison you if you allow him to use it.
Call his attention to the fact that he boils an instrument when he operates on any one, and he should also boil his probe before he uses it on you, either for a sore or wound. Make him do it. It will do him good. He is getting awfully careless about such things. Tell him you will furnish him with hot water, and he can dip it in it and clean it carefully before he uses it.
Otherwise he will use it on you, and slip it back in his surgical case, and use it on the next person. In this way he scatters syphilis, erysipelas, gangrene, cancer, and other infectious dirt.—Medical Talk.

Teething Necklets.

By Australasian Good Health

Are teething necklets, rubber rings, and dummies [rubber nipples] for infants good?
Ans.—The first two are of some aid in cutting the teeth, but must be kept clean. There is always danger of communicating diseases to the child in this way. Germs adhere to these toys. We seem to expect our children to pass through all the ailments considered peculiar to children, as measles, scarlet fever, thrush, etc. Thrush is wholly due to uncleanness. Children naturally put everything into their mouths, and so the rubber rings, if used, should be kept very clean, and washed frequently. The little dummies I can not recommend. They are largely responsible for the posterior nasal growths. The constant suction of the child upon these things causes a congestion of the mucus membrane of the throat, and finally results in posterior nasal growth. The little dummies, so much used by infants, are a menace, and are certainly one of the main causes of this annoying trouble. It may be stated that posterior nasal growths are common only in countries where the dummies are freely used by the infants.—Australasian Good Health.

DAY OF THE LORD AT HAND.

By Charles Kingsley

THE day of the Lord is at hand, at hand; The storms roll up the sky; A nation sleeps starving on heaps of gold, While the dreamers toss and sigh. When the pain is sorest the child is born, And the day is darkest before the morn Of the day of the Lord at hand.
Gather you, gather you, angels of God; Chivalry, justice, and truth. Come, for the earth is grown coward and old; Come down and renew us her youth! Freedom, self-sacrifice, mercy, and love, Haste to the battle-field, stoop from above, To the day of the Lord at hand.
Gather you, gather you, hounds of hell, Famine and plague and war; Idleness, bigotry, cant, and misrule Gather, and fall in the snare! Hirelings and Mammonites, pedants, and knaves, Crawl to the battle, or sneak to your graves, In the day of the Lord at hand.
Who would sit and whine for a lost age of gold While the Lord of all ages is here? True hearts will leap up at the trumpet of God, And those who can suffer can dare. Each past age of gold was an iron age, too, And the meekest of saints may find stern work to do In the day of the Lord at hand. —Charles Kingsley.

THE DANGERS OF PIANO PRACTISE.

THE following appeared in a recent daily paper:
"The almost criminal insistence of parents in compelling their young daughters to practise the piano by the hour is sensibly receiving the attention of the family physician. The Berlin scientist who took ambitious mothers and fathers to task for inflicting nerve-wearing musical exercises on their children should find echo in this country of over-proud parents, and numberless prodigies. It is time the American doctors sought to put a stop to the universal piano playing, and save the nerves of the growing girl. Many complicated and often incurable diseases will thus be averted. Instead of encouraging much assiduity at the piano, the wise mother will curb it in her ambitious child. As for the compulsion often brought to bear upon the average little learner of music, the mere idea is revolting, yet too true. The Berlin scientist has sounded the alarm in time. Let the American mothers heed it before it is too late."
The following words from the author of "Education" are familiar. "It is customary to send very young children to school. They are required to study from books things that tax their young minds, and often they are taught music. A nervous child should not be overtaxed in any direction, and should not learn music until he is physically well-developed."

IF YOU ARE WELL-BRED.

By Orison Swett Marden

[Orison Swett Marden, in February Success.]
You will be kind. You will not use slang. You will try to make others happy. You will not be shy or self-conscious. You will never indulge in ill-natured gossip. You will never forget the respect due to age. You will not swagger or boast of your achievements. You will think of others before you think of your-self. You will be scrupulous in your regard for the rights of others. You will not measure your civility by people's bank accounts. You will not forget engagements, promises, or obligations of any kind. In conversation you will not be argumentative or contradictory. You will never make fun of the peculiarities or idiosyncrasies of others. You will not bore people by constantly talking of yourself and your affairs. You will never, under any circumstances, cause another pain, if you can help it. You will not think that "good intentions" compensate for rude or gruff manners. You will be as agreeable to your social inferiors as to your equals and superiors. You will not sulk or feel neglected if others receive more attention than you do. You will not have two sets of manners; one for "company" and one for home use. You will never remind a cripple of his deformity, or probe the sore spots of a sensitive soul. You will not gulp down your soup so audibly that you can be heard across the room, nor sop up the sauce in your plate with bits of bread. You will let a refined manner and superior intelligence show that you have traveled, instead of constantly talking of the different countries you have visited. You will not remark, while a guest, that you do not like the food which has been served to you. You will not attract attention by either your loud talk or laughter, or show your egotism by trying to absorb conversation.

NEW SACRED SONGS AND HYMNS.

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SACRED SONG.

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HYMNS.

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HOME SONGS.

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TO EXTERMINATE ANTS.

FOR the several species of ants that frequent pantries and other places in the house, nothing is more effective than pyrethum, known as buhach, and insect powder. As the killing property of this material is a volatile oil, the supply should be kept in an air-tight box, and frequently dusted along the runways and places frequented by these insects. For colonies of ants in lawns and sidewalks, get a small quantity of bisulphide of carbon, a very volatile, foul-smelling liquid as clear as water, with fumes heavier than air, and pour into the runways. If the entrance to the nest is large, saturate a small piece of cotton, and thrust it into the hole, and close the opening. Have no lights of any kind around when using the bisulphide of carbon, as its fumes are explosive. The fumes are deadly poison to animal life, but a reasonable amount can be inhaled without injury to persons.
Another remedy: Mix three pennyworth of tartar emetic in an equal amount of white sugar, make it quite moist, put it into small dishes, and set it on the shelves where the ants are troublesome. They will disappear, and you will find no dead ones about. Do not throw the mixture away, but save it for further attacks, as it can be easily moistened again.
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