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i A GREAT REFRESHMENT. Dr. Talmage Says God is a Fountain of Joy That is Unappreciated. An Everlasting Well of Gladness ?? Watti for the Thirsty. [ Copyright Mt I Washington, D. C.?In this discourse Dr. Talmage represents religion as a great refreshment and invites all the world to come and receive it; text, Genesis xxix, 8, "We cannot until all the flocks be gath? ered together and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep." A scene in Mesopotamia, beautifully pastoral. A well of water of great value in that region. The fields around about it white with three flocks of sheep lying down waiting for the watering- I near their bleating coming on the nright air and the laughter of young men and maid? ens indulging in rustic repartee. I look off, and J see other flocks of sheep com? ing. Meanwhile Jacob, a stranger, on an interesting errand of looking for a wife, comes to the well. A beautiful shepherd? ess comes to the same well. I see her ap-" proaching followed by her father's flock of sheep. It was a memorable meeting. Jacob married that shepherdess. The Bible account of it is, "Jacob kissed Rach? el and lifted up his voice and wept." It has always been a mvstery to me what he found to cry about. But before that scene Occurred Jacob accosts the shepherds and nsks them why they postpone the slaking Dt" the thirst of these sheep and why they rlid not immediately proceed to water \heni. The shepherds reply to the effect: 'We arc all good neighbors, and as a mat ter of courtesy we wait until all the sheep of the neighborhood come up. Besides that, this stone on the well's mouth is somewhat heavy, and several of us take ho'd of it and push it aside, and then the buckets and the troughs are filled, and the sheep are satisfied. We cannot until all the nocks are gathered together and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep." Oh, this is a thirsty world! Hot for the head and blistering for the feet and parching for the tongue. The world's Sreat want is a cool, refreshing, satisfying raft. We wander around, and we find the cistern empty. Long and tedious drought has dried up the world's fountain, but centuries ago a shepherd, with crook in the shape of a cross and feet cut to the bleeding, explored the desert passages of this world, and one day came across a well a thousand feet deep, bubbling and bright and opalescent, and looked to the north and the south and the east and the west and cried out with a voice strong and musical that rang through the ages, "Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters!" Now, a great flock of sheep to-day gather around this gospel well. There are a great many thirsty souls. I wonder why the flocks of all nations do not gath? er?why so maay stay thirsty?and while I am wondering about it my text breaks forth in the explanation, saying, "We can? not until all the flocks be gathered to? gether and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep." If a herd of swine come to a well they angrily jostle each other for the prece? dence; if a drove of cattle come to a well they hook each other back from the water, but when a flock of sheep come, though a hundred of them shall be disap? pointed, they only express it by sad bleat? ing, they come together peaceably. We want a great multitude to come around the gospel well. I know there are those who do not like a crowd; they think a crowd is vulgar. If they are oppressed for room in church, it makes them posi? tively impatient and belligerent. We have had people permanently leave church he cause so many people come to it. Not so did these Oriental shepherds. They wait? ed until all the flocks were gathered, and the more flocks that came the better they liked it. And so we ought to be anxious that all the people should come. Go out into the highways and the hedges and compel them to come in; go to the rich and tell them they are indigent without the gospel of Jesus; go to the poor and tell them the affluence there is in Christ; go to the blind and tell them of the touch that gives eternal illumination; go to the lame and tell them of the joy that will make the lame man leap like a hart. Gather all the sheep off all the mountains; none so torn of the dogs, none so sick, nore so worried, so dying, as to be omit? ted. Why not gather a great flock? All this city in a nock; all New York in a flock; all London in a flock; all the world in a flock. This well of the gospel is deep enough to put out the burning thirst of the 1.600,000 OOO of the race. Do not let the church by a spirit of exclusiveness keep the world out. Let down all the bars, ewing open all the gates, scatter all the invitations, "Whosoever will let him come." Come, white and black. Come, red men of the forest. Come, Laplander out of the snow. Come. Patagonian, out of the south. Come in furn. Come pant? ing under palm leaves. Come one. Come all. Come now. As at this well of Meso? potamia Jacob and Rachel were betrothed, so this morning at this well of salvation Christ, our Shepherd, will meet you com? ing up with your long flocks of cares and anxieties, and He will stretch put His hand in pledge of His affection while all the heaven will cry out: "Behold the; bridegroom cometh! Go ye out to meet Him. You notice that this well of Mesopota-! mia had a stone on it, which must be re-! moved before the sheep could be watered,! and I find on the well of salvation to-day' impediments and obstacles which must be' removed in order that you may obtain the refreshment and life of this gospel. In your case the impediment is pride of heart. You cannot bear to come to so democratic a fountain. You do not want to come with so many others.' Jt is as though you were thirsty and you were in? vited to slake your thirst at the town pump instead of sitting in a parlor sip? ping out of a chased chalice which has just been lifted from a silver salver. Not so many publicans and sinners. You want to get to heaven, but you must bc in a special car, with your feet on a Turk? ish ottoman and a band of music on board the train. You do not want to be in com? pany with rustic Jacob and Rachel and to be drinking out of the fountain where 10, 000 sheep have been drinking before you. You will have to remove the obstacle of pride, or never find your way to the well. You will have to come as we came; will? ing to take the water of eternal life in any way and at any hand and in any kind of pitcher, crying out: "O Lord Jesus, I am dying of thirst! Give me the water of eternal fife, whether in trough or goblet. Give me the water of life. I care not in what it comes to me." Away with all your hindrances of pride from the well's mouth! Here is another man who is kept back from this water of life by thc stone of an obdurate heart, which lies over the mouth of the well. You have no more feeling upon this subject than if God had yet to do you the first kindness or you had to do God the first wrong. Seated on His lau all these years. His everlasting arms shel? tering you, where is your gratitude? Where is your morning and evening pray? er? Where are your consecrated lives? 1 say to you, as Daniel said to Belshazzar, "The God in whose hand thy breath is and all thy way thou hast not glorified." If you treated anybody as badly as you have treated God, you would have made 500 apologies ? yea, your whole life would, have been an apology. Three times a day you hav? been seated at God's table.' Spring, summer, autumn and winter He has appropriately appareled you. _our health from Him, your companion from Him, vour children from Him, your home from Him, all the bright surroundings of your life from Him. Oh, man, what dost thou with that hard heart? Canst thou not feel one throb of gratitude toward the God that made you and the Christ who came to redeem you and the Holy Ghost who has all these years been importuning you? if I could gather all the griefs of all orts irom these crowded streets and could i in one scroll, neither man nor ld endure the recitation. Well, t? Would von like to "No," 'I/was be why int lo wald vou have vour departed friends back again? "No," you say, "I couldn t take the responsibility of bringing them from a tearless realm to a realm of tears. 1 couldn't do it." Well, then, what do you want? A thousand voices in the audience erv out: "Comfort! Give us comfort! For that reason I have rolled away the stone from the well's mouth. Come, all ve wounded of the flock, pursued of the wolves, come to the fountain where the Lord's sick and bereft ones have come. "Ah," says some one. "you are not old enough to understand my sorrows. You have not been in the world as long as I have, and you can't talk to me about mv misfortunes in the time of old age." Well, I may not have lived as long as you, but I have been a great deal among old people, and I know how they feel about their fail? ing health and about their departed friends and about the loneliness that some? times strike8 through their souls. After two nersons have lived together for forty or fifty years, and one ot them is taken away, what desolation! . I shall not forget the cry of Dr. De Witt, of New York, when he stood by the open grave of his beloved wife, and after the obsequies had ended he looked down into the open place and said: "Farewell, my honored, faithful and beloved wife. 'Ihe bond that bound us is severed. Thou art in glory, and I am here on earth. We shall meet again. Farewell! Farewell!" To lean on a prop for fifty years and then have it break under you! There were only two years' difference between the death of my father and mother. After my mother's decease my father used to go around as though looking for something. He would often get up from one room without any seeming reason and go to an? other room, and then he would take his cane and start out. and some one would say, "Father, where are you going?" And he would answer, "I don't know exactly where I am going." Always looking for something. Thoui.Ii he was a tender? hearted man 1 never saw him cry but once, and that was at the burial of my mother. After sixty years' living together it was hard to part. And there are aged people to-day who arc feeling just such a pang as that. I want to tell them there is perfect enchantment in the promises of this gospel, and I conic to them and offer them my arm, or I take their arm and I bring them to this, gospel well. Sit down, father or mother- sit down. See if there is anything at the well for you. Come, David, the psalmist, have you anything encouraging to offer them? "Yes,' says the psalmist; "they shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing to show that the Lord is up? right. He is my rock, and there is no un? righteousness in Him." Come, Isaiah, have you anything to say out of your pro? phecies for these aged people? "Yea," says Isaiah; "down to old age I am with thee, and to hoary hairs will I carry thee." Well, if the Lord is going to carry you, you ought not to worry much about your ailing eyesight and failing limbs. You get a little worried for fear that some time you will come to want, do you? Your children and grandchildren some? times speak a little sharp to you because of your ailments. Tho Lord will not speak sharp. Do you think you will come to want? What do you think the Lord is? Are His granaries empty? Will He feed-the raven and the rabbit and the lion in the desert and forget you? Why. nat? uralists tell us that the porpoise will not forsake its wounded and sick mate. And do you suppose the Lord of heaven and earth has not as much sympathy as the fish of the sea? But you say, "I am so near worn out, and I am of no use to God any more." I think the Lord knows whether you are of any more use or not. If you were of no more use He would have taken you before this. Do you think God has forgotten you because He has taken care of you seventy or eighty years? He thinks more of you to-day than He ever did because you think more of Him. May the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and Paul the aged be your God forever. But I gather all the promises to-day in a group, and I ask the shepherds to drive their flocks of lambs and sheep up to the sparkling supply. "Behold, happy is the man who God correcteth." "Though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion." "Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all." "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." I am determined that no one shall go out of this house uncomforted. So I come to your timid and shrinking soul to-day and compel vou to come out in the presence of the Divine Physician. He will not hurt you. He has been heal? ing wounds for many years, ana He will give you gentle and omnipotent medica? ment. But people, when they have trouble, go anywhere rather than to God. De Quin? cey took opium to get rid of his troubles, Charles Lamb took to punch, Theodore Hook took to something stronger. Edwin Forrest took to theatrical dissipation, and men have run all around the earth, hop? ing in the quick transit to get away from their misfortunes. It has been a dead failure. There is only one well that can slake the thirst of an afflicted spirit, and that is the deep and inexhaustible well of the gospel. But some one in the audience savs, "Notwithstanding all you have said this morning. I find no alleviation for my trou? bles." Well, I am not through yet. I have left the most potent consideration for the last. I am going to soothe you with the thought of heaven. However talkative we may be, there will come a time when the stoutest and most em? phatic interrogation will evoke from us no answer. As soon as wc have closed our lips for the final silence no power on earth can break that taciturnity. But where, O Christian, will be your spirit? In a scene of infinite gladness; the spring morning of heaven waving its blossoms in the bright air; victors fresh from battle showing their scars: the rain of earthly sorrow struck through with thc rainbow of eternal joy; in one group God and an rcls and thc redeemed?Paul and Silas, Latimer and Rid'.y, Tyaiah and Jeremiah. Payson and John Milton, Gabriel and Michael, the archangel; lone line of choris? ters reaching across the hills; seas of joy dashing to the white beach; conquerors marching from gate to gate, you among them. Oh. what a great flock God will gather around the celestial well! No stone on the well's mouth while the shepherd waters the sheep. There Jacob will rec? ognize Rachel, the shepherdess. And. standing on one ride of the well of eternal ranturc your children and standing on the other Bide of eternal rapture your Chris? tian ancestry, you will be bounded on all sides by a joy so keen and grand that no other world has ever been permitted to experience it. Ont of that one deep well of heaven the Shepherd will dip reunion for the bereaved, wealth for the poor, health for the siek, rest for. the wean-. And then all the flock of the Lord's sheep will lie down in the green pastures, and world without end we will praise the Lord that on this summer Sabbath morn? ing we were permitted to study the story of Jacob and Rachel at the well. l PROMINENT PEC?L_. President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, ad? vocates thc Monroe doctrine. The British Official Gazette recently nunounced the reappointment of Al? fred Austin as Poet Laureate. Geronimo, Hie noted Indian, has an? nounced his con version to Christianity, and is, to all appearances, most de vout. The Rev. John Spurgeon, the fntlirr of the famous Charles Spurgeon, now dead, recently celebrated his uiuely first birthday. Rear-Admiral William T. Sampson, commandant of the Charleston Navy Yard, has recovered from his recent attack of illness. Bishop Abram ly. Littlejohn, of th** F-piscopal Diocese of Long Island, died recently at Williamstown, Mass.. aged seventy-seven years. King Edward of En?lnml can handle a gun with tho best field shots. When in India he went. In for that most ex? citing of sports, tiger shooting. President Diaz of Mexico has com? pletely recovered from the illn ? *? from which he suffered so severely during the latter part of tht* last win ter,. _E FOEGED A PARDON *!OW SWINDLER DENT CAVE A LIFE CONVICT FREEDOM. Deceived a Prison Warden and Texas Of. f,clal-Detec-d by a Clerk-Captnre of " the Forger? Sent to the Penitentiary For Life, While HU Partner ls at /.arpe Attorneys for William .7. Dent, who ls serving a life term in the Texas State Penitentiary, have lost their ap? peal to thc Court of Criminal Appeals, and announce their determination to take the case to the United States Su? preme Court. His attorneys contend that he is enduring cruel and unusual punishment for an act which is cov? ered by no law in the Texas code. Dent is a swindler of national fame. He has left a train of forgeries from the Canadian border to Mexico. But it is for none of these offense- that he is ia prison. He forged a pardon 1< ? ter for a friend and former partner. He fooled a (Jovernor, a Secretary of State, au Attorney-General and the warden of a penitentiary. He woi in his plot and discounted ewry move of tho official- But one trifling detail was overlooked that lcd to his capture. Ho borfrht a typewriter, without pay? ing for it, to assist him in his forgery, but did not get a new-style r_ac_Iue instead of an old etyle. The letters were slightly different, and that is why Dent's plot was exposed. Drnt's partner, for whoso liberty ho plotted, was George Isaacs, a country eton keeper, who killed Sheriff Mc Cheo, of Hemphill County, Texas, fsaacs wai sent to tho Texas State Penitentiary for life in 1SC8. Isaac's partner, W. J. Dent, went to the sanio prnlontlary in 1893 for forgery. Dent's term was five years. He was discharged from the pcBite3t___7, in which he had been rai exe_:ivi_?y pris? oner, In August, 1S09. One ncntli later, a man who said his name was Jackson walked into the Governor's offleo iu Austin, Tex., and asked for particulars concerning the application for tho pardon of one Clark, (sentenced for horse-stealing. The clerk told Jackson all parden pa? pers were kept in Ibo office of the Sec? retary of State. Jackson went there and was chown tho pardon file. He studied them long and earnestly, went out to luncheon, carno back and spent the afternoon la the office. Ho wa3 corrtcous and thanked the clerks pro? fusely. Three weeks later he eenie into tho office again and recalled tbe circum? stances of his former visit. He pro? duced several papers, said he wanted to send them to the warden of tho penitentiary as bearing on the caso of horse-stealer Clark, and asked for an official envelope to forward them in. The clerk gave him thc envelope, and after more compliments and tha_ks Jackson left. Next morning the warden of the penitentiary received a full and free pardon for George Lsaacs, senteLced for life for killing Sheriff McGhee. The signature of the Governor aud the other State officials were genuine. The impress of the great seal was authen? tic. The pardon was in correct form and of a regular pardon blank. There was a neatly typewritten summary of the reasons why Isaacs had boen par? doned. Everything was so correct, apparently, that Isaacs was called to the warden's office, told of his good fortune and set free. The warden sent the usnal acknowl? edgement of the receipt to the Gov? ernor. In due course the report of the warden to the Governor was made, lu it the pardon of George Isaacs was mentioned. The Governor scratched his head. He could not remember pardoning Isaacs. He called up the Secretary of State. That official knew nothing about it. Then he sent for the warden. He came and brought the pardon with him. In his hurry Isaacs had left it behind. The docu? ment was apparently genuine in every detail. The State officials examined it with a microscope, but could find no flaws. They were dumbfounded. "Why did you not sen! an acknowl? edgement of this?" demanded the Gov? ernor, fiercely. "I did," replied the warden. "I sent it on the next morning." The officials of the State of Tenas sat around in blank nmazemcr t. Then a clerk saw a discrepancy between two lines of typewriting. A typewrit? ing expert said two different machines had been used. That made it? clear that, the document was a forgery. Large rewards were offered for Dent and Jackson. No clew was ob? tained. Finally, after a year of S?ireh, a letter came from Phoenix, Ariz., from a woman who signed herself Mrs. Gray, asking if Jackson would be pardoned for his part in the pardon forgery if Isuacs were surrendered. The Governor sent an evasive reply and a detective. The detective called on Mr. Gray. He made the astcund ing discovery that Gray was Dent, the former convict. Dent discussed the pardon forgery with the detective, said Dent was working for him and asked what could be done. The detective said he would communicate with thc Governor. Next morning as he was on his way to sec Gray, or Dent, he met that worthy on the street, valise in hand. Dent was arrested and brought back to Austin. Then the story came out. When Dent was in prison his be? havior was admirable, and he was made a "trusty." One day a pardon came for a prisoner named Walker. Dent then had but a few more days of his own term to serve. Walker was so overjoyed at regaining his liberty that he ran for the train and left bis pardon lying in his bunk. The warden found the paper there and told Dent to run after Walker and hand it to him. Dent ran out with the pardon in his hand, but did not give it to Walker. He kept it himself. When he was released he made the visit to Austin under the name of Jackson, familiarized himself with pardon forms, fixed over the Walker pardon, changed the names and number and sent it to the penitentiary in thc of? ficial envelope the clerk gave him. Be? fore he left the prison he bribed the convict who handled the mail to de? stroy the acknowledgement he knew the warden would mail, and that is how he and his friend Isaacs had so long a start.?Nqw York World. A welman with humor is as rare as a man with the color sense. Red gnow is frequently seen in th-* Arctic and Alpine regions. Chemical experiments have led to the co:iclu-on that the red color is due to thc pres? ence of a vegetable substance. A resident of Vermont has a fish pond in his own house. He has about two feet of water in his cellar, so it is reported, and has placed some fish lo it that he caught in the river, so that he does not havo to go out of his house for fishing. An historic mansion b Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, is about to be pulled down. It was built in Charles II.'s reign for the Earl of Lindsay from de? signs by Inigo Jones. Charles Dick? ens took one of the rooms ta th? scene of the assassination of Sir Leicester Dcdlcck in "Bleak House." While digging for pier foundation for a bridge over tho Wansbeck, at Sheepwash, Northumberland. Eng? land, the arch of a very old bridge was discovered twelve below thc bed of thc river. Thc old structure was strongly built and intact. Nobody knows when this bridge was built. In Korea visiting cards ncaairing afoot iquarc arc in vogue. Tin bot ages of Dahomey announce their visits to each other by sending in advance a wooden board, or Ihe branch of a tree artistically carved. When tho visit is paid, the "card" retnrns lo tho possession of its owner, who probably uses it for many yean. The natives of Sv?tatra use for a visiting card a piece of wood about a foot long, decor? ated with a bunch cf straw and a knife. Birds are made to take their own pictures by the ingenious apparatus of Mr. O. G. Pike, an English photo? grapher. A bait of fat is placed on an electrical wire which is so connect? ed with a camera that, when the bait is removed, the camera shutter is re? leased, giving an instantaneous expos? ure of thc sensitive plate. An excel? lent portrait of the song thrush is among the Interesting results that have been shown. Tho arrangement may be used with other timid creatures. and for getting pictures of nocturnal animals the electrical wire can be made to ignite a little niagupsium as it releases tlie shutter, giving a strong light at the instant of exposure. Comfort, of the Mirra;.'. The prevailing idea of the steerage of an ocean steamer is a mass of un? comfortable people, men, women and babes, packed in as closely as they can stand, cooking their own food, sleeping wherever they can find a place to lie down on tbe deck, and living like pigs or ether animals in a foul atmosphere. That used to be the case, but on the big, modern Atlantic liners the accom? modations in the steerage are much more comfortable and cleanly and healthful than the people who occupy them are accustomed to at home. Not only legislation, but competition among the different companies, has accom? plished great reforms in this direc? tion. The sanitary arrangements are perfect. The methods of artilicial ven? tilation, by which foul air is forced out and pure air is forced in, keeps them clean and sweet, and methods of con? struction have been adopted so that this can be dene with a minimum of labor. The bunks are made of iron piping, tlie mattresses are of woven bands of iron, which yield to the body like ord? inary bedsprings; each passenger, in? stead of bringing his own bedding, as was formerly the practice, is given a sufficient, number of clean blan*Tef.s and a pillow. There are bathrooms and lavatory accommodations, which are purified by well-known processes. The sexes are separated; the men sleep in one section and the women in an? other, and each sex has its own sep? arate accommodations.?Chicago Rec? ord-Herald. Locast Porridge. The every day life of a Basuto vil? lage is a very simple affair when coin pared with the life of a British vil? lage. Take, for Instance, the food supply. Porridge is made of mealies, and thickened and flavored with sour milk (mafi) or herbs, aud it is seldom that a Mosuto? Basuto in the singular becomes Mosuto?comes to his meal leaving his appetite behind him. An* other standard dish ls locust porridge. a plentiful supply being kept up by tIn? constant showers of locusts, which aro veritable godsends to the natives in a country where food is very scarce. The Basuto collect tons and tons of these insects, and carefully store them, first pulling off the heads and wings. As occasion requires, they place quan? tities in large pots and boil them until soft aud pulpy, flavoring the porridge with fat, and making it savory with salt. The locust to au unprejudiced European is not unpalatable, closely resembling the shrimp in taste, though scarcely so nice. Greatly as the Mo? suto appreciates stewed locust, he Ilk* j still better the young green mais? stewed and served with melted butter, and certainly not the most fastidious could desire a more delicious food. Chambers's Journal. When Not to Volunteer. "Always obey orders, but never vol? unteer." said General Fitzhugh Lee, recently, "is the rule with army offi? cers, and it is a good one, as I know to my cost. In my early career I nearly lost my*life by volunteering to round up a band of Indians in tho Southwest when there was no occa? sion for my action at all. To make a long story short we met the Indians in a strongly entrenched position, end '.ad all we could do to rout them our. In the midst of the fight, which was extremed lively while it lasted, ra arrow passed clean through my body, and it was almost a miracle that it dd not kill me. As it was I nearly died in the rough ride back to camp, and I had to stay in the I-ospital a long tim \ Since then I have found that a soldier can get all the fighting be wants by simply obeying orders. ? Washingtcn Star. . _ , PURE FOOD UWVIOLATED. Int-jr-sting Tacts Concerning the l*Pi\?stlnj; of Coffee Brought C?t hy Scientific I?perts?Presence of Uacterhi. TOLEDO, August 10th?The Jury in ludge Meck's court in this city has 'ound James White, a local grocer, ;uilty of selling adulterated coffee 'Che prosecution was based on a pack? age ol' Ariosa coffee. The State of Ohio, through'the Pure food Commission, prosecuted White. The case was on trial for nearly a month, and attracted national atten? tion. The manufacturers of Ariosa coffee conducted the defense for Grocer White. Attorneys of eminence were retained to defend him, but after a short consultation a verdict of guilty was returned by thc jury. The State of Ohio considers this a big victory. Pure Food Commissioner Blackburn has been waging a warfare on spurious food articles and the de? partment has been successful. The complaint of the State of Ohio was that Ariosa coffee was coated witli a substance which concealed defects in the coffee and made it appear oe-.ter than it is. The State charged this coat? ing or glazing was a favorable medium for the propagation of bacteria. Prof. G. A. Kirelimiier, of this city, a well-known chemist, was the prin? cipal witness for the State. He tes? tified that he had made scientific ex? aminations of samples of Ariosa nurchased from Grocer White in the open market, and found that each berry contained an average of 300 bacteria. Mr. Kirchmaier further testified that other cof? fees he examined contained few bac? teria or none at all. Ile declared that the glazed coffee was not a wholesome food product. Chemist Schmidt, of Cincinnati, cor? roborated the testimony of Trof. Kirchmaier. The State did not present further testimony. The defense secured some of the most emineut chemlgtf and scientists in the United States to give testimony in their behalf. Prof. H. W. Wiley, of the United States Agricultural Department; Prof. Vaughn, of Ann Arbor University; Trofs. Bleile and Webber, of tho Ohio State University, wera called to de? fend Ariosa. Dr. Wiley made a care? ful examination of the method of man ufacturlng. Ho told of the !!>. 000,000 eggs used yearly in the prepar? ation of this glazing. On this point. ia cross-examination, (lie State's at? torney deftly drew from bim the in? formation that these eggs might bo kept in cold storage for a year or two at a time. Thc experts who heard Dr. Wiley's testimony vere .pleased to listen to so famous a chemist. The doctor at one point in his testimony explained very clearly how it is that the egg put into tho coffee pot by the housewife settles tho coffee. Ile said that the beat coagulates tlie og,r, and as it sinks to the bottom of tlie pot it carries the fine particles of cottee with it, and tims clarifies the drink. It is the act of coagulation in the coffee pot that does tlie work. Later on in his cross examination, he admitted that when the egg was put on Ariosa coffee at the factory it became coagulated, and as egg cannot be coagulated but once, that the coat? ing on coffee was practically no value, as a "settler' when it reached the coffee pot. Professor Wiley acknowledged that the glazing might be a favorable medium for the propagation of bac? teria, although he would not testify positively either way because be was not a bacteriologist. Professor Vaughn, of Ann Arbor, also a witness for the defense, said he found bacteria on Ariosa coffee. Professor Bleile, another witness for the defense, testified he found any number of lively bacteria on Ariosa coffee he examined, and agreed that glazed coffee surely was a more favor? able medium for the propagation of bacteria than unjlazed coffee. Pure Food Commissioner Blackburn ' says: "Thc State is very much elated over its victory. We arc now consider* iug the advisability of informing every grocer iu the State of Ohio that it is an infraction of thc laws to se'l Ariosa, and at tho same time give warniug to consumers that the coffee is nn adulterated food article." The verdict of the jury in this case is of national importance because a great many other States bore pure food laws like that of Ohio, and it is natural to suppose that similar ac? tion will be taken by other Pure Food j Commissioners to prevent the sale of j glazed coffees. ? rcttfl-uinklng'. Import ance. Undoubtedly thc day _ tcally good bread is dawning. The "new woman" has now come to the rescue. This means an awakening to latent capacities and powers, and a revising and new appre? ciation of old duties and obligations. In no place does this new woman shine with a finer light than she does in th<> home, where her intelligence reaches the remotest corners brightening and bettering all things. 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