Why does a horse eat grass backward and a cow forward?
Why does a hop vine wind one way and a bean vine the other?
Where should a chimney be the larger, at the top or bottom, and why?
Can you tell why a horse, when tethered with a rope, always unravels it,
while a cow always twists it into kinky knots?
How old must a grape vine be before it bears?
Can you tell why leaves turn upside down before it rains?
What wood will bear the greatest weight without breaking? Which is the
most elastic?
What is the length of a horse’s head—is it as long as a flour barrel?
What animals have no upper teeth in front, and why?
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AGUINALDO OFFERED HIM FINANCIAL AID
Mr. Bryan Says, But He Would not Consider Proposition.
Lincoln, Neb., July 19.—W. J. Bryan issued a statement to the press last
evening, in which he gives his version of the story that Aguinaldo had
promised him financial aid in one of his campaigns.
Bryan says in this statement that two Filipinos wanted to confer with
him in New York. He refused to meet them. He sent a friend, to whom
the Filipinos said that Aguinaldo was willing to surrender, in case of
Bryan’s election to the presidency, and was also willing to contribute
to Bryan’s campaign fund.
Bryan says he refused to consider either proposition.
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60,000 Roses in One Bed.
What sightseer at any exposition ever saw 60,000 roses blooming in one
bed? It is a sight never before enjoyed by any visitor to any fair. Yet
on the morning of July 4th William Scott showed to the thousands at the
Rainbow City a single bed of roses covering an area of 1,500 square feet
and having over 900 plants or bushes bearing over 60,000 roses, all in
bloom.
The roses in this superb special show were all of one rare and exquisite
variety, crimson ramblers. This is not a loose, quick-dropping rose,
but a hardy, beauteous bloom that grows in clusters and flourishes
gloriously.—Buffalo Express.
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The Owensboro fair will be held Aug. 13 to 17. Premiums and purses are
more than double those of former years. Special attractions never before
seen on a fair ground will be exhibited free of charge. The Owensboro
Derby for $1,000 will be the first day. The American Band of Chicago will
furnish the music during the fair. The most novel feature advertised
is Neremus, the bull wrestler, who will meet and defeat the wildest of
bulls every afternoon. Neremus will go into the ring without weapons of
any kind, and will forfeit $10 for any bull he cannot subdue, and that
without injury to the animal.
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The Old Man “Treed.”
(Atlanta Constitution.)
This is a Georgia boy’s account of his father’s entrance into politics:
“Dad has took the stump. I dunno who run him up it; but he’s on it, jest
the same. Dad is after a offis. One paper says he is a born liar: ’nuther
one says he stole a horse, an ’nuther one says he run off with a widder.
W’en ma heard all them things she said she thought she knowed him before,
but is glad she’s found him out at last, an’ jest wait till she ketches
him again.”
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Every woman starts out in life with an idea that her instinct will always
tell her when her husband is lying. In about two years she thinks it is a
safe rule to think he never tells the truth.
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
Topic For the Week Beginning July 28—Comment by Rev. S. H. Doyle.
TOPIC.—Missions; true philanthropy.—Gal. vi, 1-10.
Philanthropy is the practical love of mankind. It is “universal good
will, readiness to do good to all men.” Philanthropy should embrace the
entire man—body, mind, soul. It is usually limited to the care of the
body and of the mind, but should not be so limited, because “the soul is
the man, and the man is the soul.” A limited philanthropy is a defective
philanthropy. True philanthropy is not limited and hence not defective.
True philanthropy is nowhere so well illustrated as in Christian
missions. The Christian missionary aims to elevate body, mind and soul,
and therefore is the truest of all philanthropists.
Missions help the physical man. The care of the human body is of most
vital importance. It is the dwelling place of the Holy Ghost and is not
to be denied or dishonored. The relation that exists between the body and
the mind is a most intimate one, and a sound body is a primal necessity
to a sound mind. Heathenism largely ignores the body, and is usually
grossly ignorant of its wants and needs. Christianity gives the care of
the physical man its proper place. It does not deify the body, nor does
it ignore it, but it does give it an important place in man’s nature as
greatly influencing both mind and soul. Wherever the missionary goes
the importance of the human body is emphasized, and the proper methods
for its development, care and preservation are inaugurated, and the
physically weak and infirm are cared for.
Missions help the intellectual man. Christianity is not stoicism. It does
not make the cultivation of the mind the chief end of man’s existence,
but it does believe in the education and development of the intellect;
it does believe in and practice the care of those who are afflicted
with mental infirmities. Wherever the Christian missionary goes there
is renewed interest in education, in the development of the mind. The
church and the school, the Bible and the spelling book, go hand in
hand. Christianity is the handmaiden, not the foe, of education and of
intelligence.
Missions help the spiritual man. The supreme aim of Christian missions is
to care for the human soul, to have it redeemed by the blood of Christ
and kept by the power of the Holy Ghost after it has been redeemed. This
is the end of all missionary work. It would reveal God to man in Jesus
Christ and have God reconciled to man in Christ. No philanthropic work
of any other character can be compared to this. The care of the soul
is of infinitely more importance than the care of body or mind. The
missionary therefore in any every sense is the truest philanthropist.
This fact should increase our missionary zeal. Philanthropy is greatly
magnified today. If we would be the truest of philanthropists, we must be
interested in and supporters of missions.
THE PRAYER MEETING.
Let the missionary committee arrange a special missionary programme.
BIBLE READINGS.
Isa. xxxv, 1-10; lii, 7: Nah. i, 15; Math. vii, 12; x, 5-8; Rom. xii,
9-13; I Cor. xiii. 1-13: xv, 58; II Thess. iii, 13; Rev. xxii, 12.
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The Light of the World.
Christ is the Light of the World. Followers of Christ are described also
as lights kindled from the great central Light. In Christ’s life the love
of God broke like a glorious sunrise into the darkness of the earth.
We all know how Jesus lived. He was a benediction wherever He went. He
blessed the people by His words, which told them of God’s compassion,
love and truth. He blessed them by His life, in which the bitterest enemy
could find no fault—a life full of sweetness, gentleness, sympathy,
purity and whatsoever things are lovely. He blessed them by His deeds.
He went about doing good, healing, comforting, helping, lifting up,
cleansing lepers, opening blind eyes, scattering kindnesses everywhere.
Christ has passed into heaven, but He wants us to continue His life, with
all its goodness, its beauty, its sweet service. He kindles the life in
me that we may shine as He did,—J.R. Miller, D.D., in United Presbyterian.
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Needed at All Times.
Faith is a daily requisite. It is more than a pair of spiritual wings,
with which the soul may fly to heaven. We want it in all that we attempt
to do. The work may be insignificant, but faith in its success will give
it dignity and worth. Without this hopeful hopefulness no man can please
God nor even himself.—Presbyterian Journal.
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Spiritual Life.
God has made everyday humanity, the common duties, the common affections,
so fair, so full of tenderness, so full of claims on our love and
admiration, that were we to watch for them and take their joy the path
would be filled with music and our souls with grace.—Stopford A. Brooke.
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The Great Decision
The voice of my departed lord—“Go, teach all the nations”—
Comes on the night air and awakes my spirit.
And I will go!
Henceforth for me it matters not if storm or sunshine be my future lot.
Bitter or sweet my cup.
I may not stop to play with shadows or pluck earthly flowers by the way
Till I my work have done and rendered up account,
And when I come at last to lay me down and die,
Perhaps all unattended, ’neath the cocoa’s shade,
It will be sweet to me to know that I have toiled
For other worlds than this,
And, oh, if any for whom satan has struggled as he has for me
Should through my labors ever reach yon blissful shore.
Through all the ages of eternal years
My happy spirit never shall regret
That toil and suffering once were mine below!
—Selected.
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