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RURAL EN TER PR ISE Last o f Me IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SiindaySchool She praises it 33 to everybody! ’ Lesson’ Whalen iB y R B V P B r iT I W A T B R . D .P ot tb « E v e n in g S c h o o l. M oody B lb l« ■ titu te o f C h ic a g o ) ((S' I tS S , W e s te r n N e w s p a p e r V n lo n » Charles W Morgan "D Preserved as Relie Mrs, Crane had indigestion for ten years; Tanlac brought immediate relief. Lesson for N ovem ber 22 PAUL B EFO R E A t <s clim ax to long year! of "cfer ing, *•'*«». H attie Crane got to bad she couldn't sleep a n d there were d a r t when the couldn't walk across the floor. A t tim et the g a t pressure w at to great the could scarcely breathe. She w a t f a in t and dlzxy. She writes: “ Tanlac brought im m ediate relief a n d six bottlet were enough to rid me of m y troubles a n d bring back the jo y o f living. S ty health i t better than ever an J J am to pleased with Tanlac I p ra ise it to everybody." F E L IX L E SSO N T E X T — A c ts l< t-»T. G O L D E N T E X T — " H errin do I exsr- c ts s m y s e lf, to h a v e a lw a y s a c o n s c ie n c e vo id o f o ffe n se to w a r d God. an d t o w ir d m en — A cta I t 1« PR IM A R Y T O PIC — W h y P a u l W a t N ot A fr a id J f X I O R T O PIC — P a u l B e fo r e F e lix . IN T E R M E D IA T E A N D S E N IO R T O P IC— P a u l B e fo r e E eltx A C o n tr a st YOUNG P E O P l.E A N D A D U L T T O P IC— H ow to H ave a Good Conactenca. By J O H N D IC K IN S O N S H E R M A N AST of the wbab-ra—of the old-time squure-rlgged ships that galled the Seven Seas for whale oil. whalebone, spermaceti and ambergris — Is the Charles W. Morgan of New Bedford. Elghty-four years old. she’s In her home port to stn.v. But she's no dismantled hulk, with which the elements will have their way. She's spick and span with fresh paint and a new suit of canvas nnd she lies In u concrete cradle on the waterfront of the estate of Col. E. II. R. Green at J Bound Hills. Henceforth her mission Is that of object lesson of one of the country’s greatest Industries, of which she saw the rise, decline and fall. New Bedford sent out her first whaler In 1755. For many years she was the great whaling port of the world. Now the Morgan Is as much a curiosity to most of her people as to the lands man visitor front the Middle West who thinks of a whale as "the hlg | fish that swallowed Jonah." Here’s how Col. Edward Howland Robinson Green comes to be Inter ested In the old whaler. She was named for Charles W. Morgan, her first owner. Her second owner was Edward Mott Robinson, father of Colonel Green's mother, the famous H etty Green. Capt. George Fred Tilton Is the v tr r r a v & rf crowning touch. He's a veteran New a a J Jd P n rrt ' Bedford whaling skipper who looks may he the end of the whaler. the part. And when he spins whuling Now, all of these things used to yarns—why, the old days seem to live happen In the old days. Once a whale again. smashed a boat and the crew floated Visitors? Well, rather. The old all night on the carcass—that’s a whaler has been alive with visitors whaling classic. In J. T. Brown's all summer from all parts of the hook, "Stray Leaves from a Whaler's country. Most of them frankly admit Log" Is told In detail how Vera, the complete Ignorance on the subjects of Portuguese boat steerer, uttered a cry whales and whaling and listen round and "the immense glistening lower eyed. But lots of them have read Jaw, armed with two rows of polished “Moby Dick" or the “Cruise of the teeth, flashed from the water when Cachalot" or "Stray Leaves from a the gigantic whale leaped Into the Whaler’s Log"—or all three. So they air, carrying with It the head of the take on airs. hoot, which had snapped asunder, and The Morgan's the real thing, all the unfortunate Vera, whose head and right. Old as she Is. she was built long arms were suspended from the to last. Jethro and Zacharlah Hill corners of the mouster’s mouth . . . man of New Bedford built her of live Two other men, the how and midship oak, with copper fastenings and oarsmen, were never seen again." The Essex of Nantucket In lull) met sheathing. She hns cruised over every whaling ground from the Arctic to this fate: The captain and first mate the Antarctic. For twenty years or so being fast to a big sperm whale, Owen she sailed out of San Francisco, until Chase, second mate, headed the ship the steam whalers put her out of busi toward them. The whale came to the ness. These stenm whalers use modern surface and fiercely rammed the ship methods and there's no adventure or bow on. stopping her as If she hud romance In the business any more—It's struck a rock. It passed under the ship, scraping her keel, nnd coming Just slaughter. Here's about the way a whale was up astern. After snapping Its Jaws captured and handled on the Morgan and thrashing the water with Its tuil. In the old d ays: When the lookout at the monster rammed the second time, the masthead halls the deck with with Its head half out of water. It •’•There she blows!" the whaleboats struck the ship directly under the are lowered. There are five or six cathead and completely stove in her boats, each requiring at least six bows. It then went under the ship men. The boats race for the whale. and -disappeared to leeward. The The first boat runs almost up against Essex sank. After ninety days of hor the huge bulk. The harpooner In the rifying experiences In two boats, the how hurls the barbed weapon. The crew were picked up. the mate's boat rowers back the boat frantically. The by the brig India of London nnd the whale plunges down, sometimes to a captain’s by the whaler Dauphin. There's no chance for anything like depth of 200 fathoms. The line sm okes out of the tub* Finally the this In modern steam whaling. The whale comes up to breathe, usually high-speed boat can run rings around In twenty minutes or so. Other boats j the fastest whale. A big gun In the fix harpoons. Again .. the whale goes bow shoots a barbed harpoon carrying down and so on Finally the whale I a botnh timed for three seconds. The Is killed by lances. The boats then explosion Inside the whale kills In tow the carcass to the ship, where It stantly. The carcass Is then pumped Is made fast to the chains so that It full of air. Ultimately the steamer will not sink. Unless there are other tows Its captures to Its shore station whales In sight, the men then cut up where the oil la extracted and the the outer layer with “blubber-spades " meat canned by modern machinery. And there's Ice. In 1871 a fleet of Great cubical chunks are hoisted to the deck to be "tried out” In huge forty-two whalers was caught In the kettles, strained and stored In ensks. Arctic and only one escaped. More But sometimes It doesn’t happen than 1.2**’ men were shipwrecked, hut Just exactly this way. Suppose the escaped in boats. And New Bedford's line gets around a man—that’s the loss was more than a million dollnrs. St. Peter, so goes the old story, end of him. Suppose the whale takps out all the line. The axman cuts— peeked out through the Pearly Gates and that's the last of a thousand and asked, "Who knocks so loudly?" "John Smith, the faraoua fisherman." feet of line. Suppose In the dying flurries the great tall—25 feet by 7— was the answer. "Well. I isn 't keep you out for that, hits a boat—that’s the end of that boat and maybe several of her crew. but go easy on your fish stories." But John Smith told 'em, morning, Suppose a toothed whale bites the noon and night, to admiring throngs boat Into splinters—that's one boat But always there was a man on the leas. Suppose a hlg sperm whale gets edge of the circle who sneered and mad and rams the whaler Itself—that I. Paul Accused (vv. 1-D). •Authentic statement from our hies. Tsui was now In the hnnds of Felix w ho determined to hettr Ills case after Y o u d o n 't h a v e to ta k e ou r w ord for T a n la c . J u s t tr y th is his accusers had come from Jerusalem. m a rv elo u s tonic y o u rself and see how q u ick ly it b rin g s resu lts. Ananias. the high priest, and elders T h er e is n o th in g lik e T a n la c t o clea n se an d r e v ita liz e slu g catne with Tertullus, perhaps a Ro gish b lo o d , restore lo st a p p e tite s an d p u t th e w h o le b o d y in man barrister, who formally made the fig h tin g trim . accusation according to Roman law. R e su lts co m e q u ick . Y o u sta r t feelin g b e tte r rig h t from He began with flattery. He gave Felix th e first d o se. B efore th e b o ttle is g o n e y o u w ill w onder the fullest praise when he and all the people knew that he lied, for Felix was w h a t m ira cle h a s h a p p en ed to y o u . one of the worst goverlnors, destitute T a n la c is a b so lu te ly p u re an d h arm less. I t is a n atu ral of morals and Justice. He brought a to n ic , a form u la o f r o o ts, b ark s an d h ea lin g h erb s g a th e red four fold charge against P au l: from e v e r y p art o f th e g lo b e to brin g y o u h ea lth and stren g th i 1. "A Pestilent Fellow" (v. 5). N o tb : For Constipation, take Tanlac Vege This would Indicate a fellow utterly table 1‘ills, Nature's own harmless laxative, b a s e and corrupt—a plague. 2. An Inciter of Rebellion, a Mover ' of Sedition (v. 5). This they hoped would bring hltn In to conflict with the Roman power. 3. That He Was the Ringleader of a Sect—a Schlsinatlcal Party—a Her etic (v. 5). This was designed to throw con tempt nnd suspicion upon the Chris tians, by this means to bring Paul into E co n o m y Success R u le * deeper trouble. “But Isn't It expensive running ■ There are scores of starters to every 4. That He Had Profaned the Tetn- finisher. Every person who gels ahead country house every summer?" I pie (v. fi). “No; I save money. We can’t get recognizes, consciously or unconscious In this charge we see the wickedness ly, four rules for success: First, lie help to stay out there nnd my wife again, they wilfully suppressed facts. makes up his mind; second, he's happy bus to do all her own work." II. Paul's Defense (vv. 10-21). and keen at Ills work ; third, lie studies B(«»p ( h r ( ’« I n . This is a splendid example of the and thinks; fourth, he tlnlalies uliul T h e h u rt o f a bu rn or a c u t «top « strength and dignity of a man whose he starts.—Grit. w h e n C ol«'« C arb ol Inal v e It» a p p lie d . It h e a l« q u ic k ly w ith o u t sca r « . 30c a n d life Is controlled by a noble purpose, 60c by a ll (IruKKiatM. o r «en d 30c to W r i g h t • In d i a n V e g e ta b le P illa a r a not and who has nothing to conceal, and T h « J. VV. C ol« C o . 127 H. E u c lid A v«., o n ly p u r g a tiv e . T h e y a x **rt • to n ic » e tlo n will not distort or suppress facta. O ak P a r k . III.— A d v e r tis e m e n t. on th « d lg w a tlo n . T e a t t h e m y o u ra w lf now 171 P e a r l B I.. N T Atlv 1. Paul's Frankness and Courtesy 1 (v. 10). A u tu m n M usings There Is usually a vast difference Flattery is entirely wanting. He ■ We can see very plainly that one between a man's worth and what he walked unity. It got on John Smith's gave recognition of the fact that Felix new family Isn't going to he very Is worth. nerve« and lie asked St. I’eter, "Who'» had been ruler of this people long popular In our neighborhood. They that uppity chap who tries to queer enough to he able to Judge justly, as j If some people practice humility It moved In after dark the other night, the habits and ways of the Jews were , Is because they are looking for the nnd nobody got a good look at their my best fish »torles?” familiar to him : he then In a digni underhold. "Oh, that's Jonah," said St. Peter. furniture.—Kansas City Star. Which raises the question, Has fied manner assumes that Felix will Jonah any right to take on airs? In render a Just decision based on ths | other words, did the whale swallow facts of the ease. 2. The Charge of Sedition Denied Jonah? Not wishing to he caught between I (vv. 11-12). He flatly and scornfully denied this the upper and nether millstones of the fundamentalist» and modernists, [ charge, showing Its utter falsity since this deponent further snyeth not. But the time was too short, It being but as to whether the whale could have twelve days since he went to Jeru swallowed Jonah, why, bless you, that salem. and half of that time had been | all depends upon the kind of whale apent as a prisoner of the Romans. 3. The Charge of Heresy (vv. 14- It was. If Jonah's whale was like the one shown In the old print reproduced lfl). Thia he met by a concession and a —why, one gulp could have done It. For this Is a toothed whale (cacha denial. He admitted that he was of lot, sperm whale, spermaceti whale). this "way" which they called heresy, Its length often runs to sixty feet. Its hut denied that Christians were schis head forms about one-half Its hulk matics. He showed clearly that Ills ac- j and extends more than one-third of Its lions were In keeping with the Hebrew Proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for length. Its mouth Is very large and religion. (1) He worshiped the same God > wide and its throat Is large enough to (▼. 14) Colds Headache Neuritis Lumbago pass a man with ease. (2) He fully believed In the same Incidentally, there's a new book out 8crlptures (v. 14). Pain Neuralgia Toothache Rheumatism —“Our Naval Heritage," by Lieu (3) He had the same hope of a tenant Commander Fitzhugh Green, coming resurrection of the dead (v. I U. S. N„ F. A. O. S., M. Sc. The 15). jacket soya It'» "officially approved; He declared that he had «« the prin read and checked by the historical ciple of life a conscience void of of section of the Navy department.” And fense before God and man in the very first chapter we find thia; . Accept only “ Bayer” package (4) The Charge of Sacrilege or Prof anntlon of the Temple (vv. 17-21). which contains proven directions. M o reo v er. It Is r e a lly s u r p r is in g h o w m a n y o f th e e a r ly sea la b s w ere This charge he refuted by showing: Bandy "Bayer” boxea of If tableta fo u n d e d on fa c ta th a t d ctled e x a g g e r a (1) That he had come all the way ( ____ Also bottle« of 24 and 100— Druggists. tio n T ake th e w h a le and Jonah yarn . O ur o w n L ite r a r y D ig e s t from Greece (v. 17). to worship at j A w lrta I» tha trade a irk at B tjrt Meno feet,ire of Moooaeetltwtdeeter of RallextlcaeM h a s p r in te d a tr u e s to r y o f a w h a le r the feast. la u n c h in g tw o w h a le b o a ts o f a fu ll e q u ip m e n t o f m en In an a tte m p t to (2) That he did not come up empty- , F o u n ts o f Sweets C o n s e r v a t io n c a p tu r e a g ig a n t ic sp e rm w h a le . In handed but had brought alms for Ids According lo a recent statistical th e b a t t le w ith th e m o n s te r th e w h a le “Your wife aaya you can't keep any c a p s iz e d o n e o f th e b o a ts A ll o f th e nation (v. 17). survey, the chief centers of candy thing from her." m en w e r e s a v e d e x c e p t tw o w h o w e r e (3) That there were not competent "Khe la mistaken I hnve a qunr manufacture In the United State« ara s u p p o s e d to h a v e b een d r o w n e d The w h a le w a s s u b s e q u e n t ly k ille d Two witnesses present to testify of his be ter Inside the lining of my vest at thia New York, Chicago, Boston, Cam d a y s la te r It w a s c u t up, an d to t h s lr bridge. Maas.; Cleveland, Pittsburgh havior In the temple (v. 19). very moment."—Judge. v a s t a s to n is h m e n t , th e m en fo u n d o n e and Sun Francisco. (4) By challenging his enemies to o f th e ir s h ip m a te s w h o m th e y had t h o u g h t d ead ly in g u n c o n s c io u s In th e testify as to his conduct In the roun- j V e r if ic a t io n b e lly o f th e w h a le T h e m an s n a m e w a s J o h n B a r t le y , a n d h e A n ally r e ell (v. 20). Best of all |iayrhoanulyata la a man'» Officer-Kay! You can't swim there! c o v er e d . III. Fall» T rtm bles Betors Paul Bather—I know I can’t. I'm drown conscience. It knows and he kuowa It knowa On the other hand. If Jonah met np (vv. 22 27). lo g I This Is a sort of a sequel to the with a toothless whale— why. there was nothing doing, except by wny of trial. Wicked as Felix was, Paul's miracle. The toothless whale may be manner somehow won his favor, Ills j Just as hlg as a toothed whale nnd though he did not release him have Just as large a mouth, hut that sentence was Indulgent Imprisonment, mouth I* rhoek full of whalebone, which kept him free from his enemies through which 1» «trained the food. while under Itomsn protection. Felix Beside«, the gullet Is absurdly small sent for Paul that he might hear of Christ from him. Paul behaved him for ao huge a creature. ^ x \\\v x \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\> Those who think of a whale as a self aright before these sinners In high life H e reasoned of righteousness, "hlg fish" should think again. It's self-control and of Judgment to come, hlg enough—the only bigger living before Felix and his sinful wife with thing la the Big Tree of California. such power thst Felix wss terrified, But the whale Is as much an animal snd declared thst he wonld hear Paul as a horse or « sheep It has lon gs; further at a convenient time. This breathes air; gives birth to Its young was a most flimsy excuse for not and suckles It. Moreover, the mother changing his life and granting Jostles whale displays great affection for her to Paul. 12-foot offspring. T A N L A C FOR YO U R H E A L T H m SAY “ BAYER ASPIRIN” and INSIST 1 | DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART | C hildren C ry FOR C astoria Increasing Burden* the tower, but because of valuable ob jects stored w ithin Expert burglars, however, managed to enter, scale the Theft from a temple of the apex of tower, remove Its Jade and gold fop, n almost priceless Jade tower, has and make off with a number of golden Iven the Peking detective bureau a linages. roblem. The tower In question was T rib u te to th e O p e n F ir e onstructed more than 2.000 years ago Pictures In the Are! The plumber rlthln the Hal Huang San. a Lama ample. Its top contained 300 ounces with all his modern art falls to produce f gold with a market value of about ; the crudest daub. Ills background of 0.200. Priests guarded the temple by piped calories gives forth no romantic ay and by night—not with any Idea j coloring. No chord of fancy vibrate« hat the top would be removed from 1 In harmony with thermodynamics. But Clever Japanese Thieves how countless the poet« Inspired by the open fire, how endless the scene« portrayed by painters of words before the blazing hearth, what tender mem ories evoked thereby! In the hectic rush of modern life It may be that the people of the world still have need In tlielr hearts snd homes foF the calming Influence of the friendly fire.—“B. F.” in Chriatlan Science Monitor. Use N a t u r a l C ae Oklahoma la the only «late of the Union without an artificial gas planL The man who Increase« the hardens of his brother will find hla own load growing heavier.—Western Christian Advocate. R evenga Revenge la sweet to the taste but I bitter In the heart.—Western Christian Advocate. Faith F aith mean« surrender of the wftl.— Western Christian Advocate. M O T H E R :- F letcher’» Castoria it especially pre pared to relieve Infants in arms and Children all ages of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhea; allaying Feverishness arising there from, and, by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food ; giving healthy and natural sleep. T o avoid imitations, always look fo r the signature o f Absolutely Ila rm le s t - N o <Ipiatrs, Physicians everywhere recommend i t