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MOTH DISCUSSED
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Lesson for March 13
M A K IN G T H E W O R L D C H R IS T IA N
L E SSO N T E X T — M att. 28 l» -2 o . A cts
1« 6 15
G U L D E N T E X T — Oo y e t h e r e f o r , an «
te a c h a ll n a tio n s
P R IM A R Y T O PIC — T e llin g E v e r y
b o d y A b o u t J e su s.
JU N IO R T O PIC — W in n in g th e W orld
fo r C h r ist.
IN T E R M E D IA T E A N D SE N IO R T O P
IC— H o » W e C an S p re a d th e G osp el.
YOP.NO P E O P L E A N D A D l'I .T T O P
IC — ,'h r ia tla n M iss io n s th e H op e o f th e
W orld.
Her« ure the nlue boy grouts of Chicago who have been chosen us p art of the crew of John Borden's next
expedition to the Arctic regions Io the summer, l-eft to right, they are, fro n t: Johnston Pow er (skipper). Gerald
Hhlpman, Charlea Unger, Steven Ham. Back : Ted Purcell. J. B. Ryuu, Hugh Bisbee, Calvin C arlisle and Ja c k Hol
brook.
Tells of Early
Life on Plains
"Along In the sum m er of '68 about
HO negro soldiers, eith er of the Sixth
or Tenth cavalry, I don’t rem em ber
which, from Fort Concho, where Sun
Angelo now stands, hud been sent to
the plains under the command of a
Tahoka, Texas.—•‘You're the bravest Lieutenant Gilbert on the trail of a
kill I ever saw," an officer In the Union bunch of Indians who hud been steal
arm y once told I. P. Metcalf, better ing horses from outlying ranches. As
known locally as “ Uncle Ike.”
the days went by, fear for the safety
‘T in niff b ra v e ; I've Just got too of ttie negroes grew. No word was
denied much pride to be a cow ard,” tieard from them. Then, one day in
the then youthful lighter quickly re August, orders were received ut Camp
to rt tsl
Cooper for the .'Mi Texas Hungers atu-
II was proliably lh at "pride’' he tloned there Io start a search for the
«{Hike alioiil while doing service In the negro troopers
Civil war that has marked “Uncle Ike"
Settlements Near Forts.
us a successful tighter, and “Uncle
“The only settlem ents In western
Ike,” Civil war veteran, ex-Indian
lighter and form er member of the Texas lu those days were centered
Texas Hungers, has led a quiet life as around Fort Griffin, Fort Concho, Del
“marrying squire" of Tahoka for the Norte, where Kl Paso now stands, anil
u few other such forts. Indians In
last few years.
“Uncle Ike" M etcalf look bis first Oklahoma were allowed to leave res
slep onto the fertile plains of Texas ervations and Journey Into the western
lu HUM us one of a detachm ent of part of Texas to hunt the huffulo th at
Texas Hangers. Entering Lynn county, grazed the plains In herds of from a
or wliut is now called Lynn county, hundred to several thousand head.
Frequently these Indians, not con-
from the aoullieast. the rungerg
marched northw ard to the Tahoka lent willi killing hulfalo alone, raided
springs, on the west side of Tahoka scattering and isolated rauche*. way
lake, about nine «dies northeast of the laid truvelera. and even at times ven
present town of Tahoka, where they tured, down Into Comanche, Brown.
E rath, suit other central west Texas
pitched camp and spent ten day*.
counties.
Tells of Trip to Plaine.
“It took a brave group of men to
Metcalf had been stationed at Camp
stt,rt a trip across the plains facing
Cooper, six miles above Port Griffin on
the probability of meeting up with
the Clear Pork brunch of the Brazos,
hostile Indians, the scarcity of w ater
as a member of the Second Texas
ing places and the danger of becom
Hangers. The occasion of Ids first
ing lost anil running out of food, to su.v
trip Io the pluius lie says was th is:
nothing of the lonesomeness of such
a trip.
All Eager to Go.
“But when the orders came the
Artificial Larynx
whole bunch was rearin ' to go. C ap
tain Brown of E rath county was to tie
Invented by Briton
lu command. While we were getting
London.— While no |u>slllve
ready to break camp and to sta rt the
prediction la made, the artificial
trip th at was Io cover hundreds of
larynx Invented hy Sir Hicbard
miles th at would take weeks to makt»
I'nget, London scientist, may
a mail carrier of the Dallas W eather
eventually be substituted In the
ford - Fort Griffin Fort D av is-F o rt
Ib ro sts of men who have lost
"Adolie" I »«-I Norte Hue n sle In and
I heir voices through wounds or
to l,| iis of a terrible m assacre of a
disease. The device has amax-
bunch of C alifornia In,m igrants com
lug possibilities.
mllteil by a hand of Comanche Indi
When It was first exhibited
ans. lhat had taken place near the
al a medical clinic. Sir Hicbard
head of I »evil's river, between the
■nude It say “Hello. Isindon!
present town of Odessa and Concho.
Are you there?" 'M y God, I
"As this would not lie much out of
love you." amt other sentences
our way we decided to go by way of
Kurt her, by being delicately
Hie scene. We arrived at the head of
manipulated
(lie
Instrum ent
Hie river some tim e later, which was
simulated
various Inltecllous
known as Devil's Creek springs, and
and iicccula like coefcuey and
found Ihut the Im migrants hail ap
I- rent'll and I he souiul of a hoy
parently camped there several days.
with a had cold.
Six miles northw est of there we found
I he Invention I* constructed
tlie most hideous sight | ever saw.
w ith a scries of tubes contain
Thirty six people had been slaugli
dig organ reeds
lereil. stripped of th eir clothing, uud
cut to pieces. Not one wlilte man
Old Texas Ranger Helped
Bury Victims of Coman
che Indian Massacre
lived to tell th e story of how It all
occurred, but the story was silently
told In the scene we saw.
M ark of Comanches' Work.
"We knew the Coryanclies had done
Hie work, us the Comanches and Ton
kawa* w ere the only Indians th a t
roamed lu west Texas at thut time.
I never knew of a Tonkawa tribe
harm ing white people, but the Co
manche* w ere alw ays Into mischief.
"T he Indians probably found tho
Immigrants camped ut the springs und
waited for a good chance to attack
them. When th e latter got out from
under cover and on the pluius the
Indians sped down on them unuw ares
and wiped out the entire group.
“Nothing was left undone. They
murdered and undressed th eir victims,
took tlielr valuables, cut their th ro ats
and stom achs open, sculped them, and
left their bodies on the open prairies,
The wagons were burned w here they
stood, and th eir positions showed th a t
little fight hud been made, for If they
had Hie wngons would have been cor-
railed. Ashes, the dead bodies of 3d
men, women aud children, three dead
mules, and one dead horse, and a few
scattering feath ers from m attresses,
were all we found. The num ber of
hoof p rin ts showed that the tribe of
Indians hud been a large one.
“The story of the burial of the dead
Is alm ost too awful to tell. We a r
rived probably ten days a fte r the m as
sacre had taken place. Graves were
dug by the sides of the deud about
two und one half feet deep. One man
would ilu th e digging while another
would hold up a shovel of burning
ta r nenr him to kill the odor. When
one man got tired digging he ex
changed places with the la r burner.
It took us two days to bury them."
With th is grewsome task accom
plished. Hie rangers doubled hack to
Big Spring, near which were the Kil
patrick und Coffee ranches. Hie n ear
est outposts to the plains country.
From there they Journeyed to Wet To
bacco creek, which runs through Bor
den county, then to Moore's Draw, 20
miles southeast of ttie present town
of Tahoka, and then to T ahoka lake.
N evsr H eard of Lost Negroes.
"We stayed at Tahoka lake for
about ten days," Uncle Ike says, “wait-
I lug aud wutchlng for the lost negroes,
but never saw or heard of them. We
got tired staying there and moved to
the Yellow H orse canyon und then to
the Blanco canyon. While going down
the Blanco we met up with a hunch
of Comanches und hud a little sk ir
mish. One o r tw o of our men were
wounded and we killed 12 or 13 In
dlaus, I don't rem ember which. From
there we returned to our old camp
"W ere we glad to get back? Man.
civilisation looked good lo us."
But. “ Uncle Ike" Metcalf hud re
celled the thrill thut accompanies one
in coining on the great, stretching
plains of w estern Texas, and as civili
zation moved w estw ard he settled
In l.ynn county and took up the more
peuceful position of “ m arrying squire."
Since then he has m arried more cou
ples than any other one man living In
the plains or P anhandle country
SAYS SUN’S SPOTS ARE CAUSING
AN EPIDEMIC OF INFLUENZA
F.lactrlcal Inffusrvctt fftlrs B zctsrla
to lotsnss Activity, Ottclzr««
S c a n t 1st
the human organism from solar In
lluencc and subm itting It to special I
electrical treatm ent, a quick and ef
rectlve cure for liifliicnMi will he
found
lie also ascribes typhoid fever, hy
drophobia and the hulruilc plague to
sun «pot activity.
“Mali," he »Mid. “I* the slave of the
sun and It* vast electrical power
Alike In health and sickness. Ids w el
fare and behavior are not regulated
| t,v Providence or the unstable human
will, hut by the sun's electro magnetic
force utsui the earth, which la one
common organism of which npin la
only a part.
• My theory, th at the present spread
of Influenza throughout the world Is
I due lo the sun spots, I* brllllanlly
I sep|M»rted hy the history of epidem ics
Moscow Sun spots are re*|M,ti«lltle
for Hie present epidemic of InfiiM'iiza.
In the opinion of Prof A. I*. Tchlje»
kXl of Moscow university. Professor
Trldjevaky Is the scientist who, in a
paper sent to the recent convention lu
Philadelphia of the American As*,,
d a lio n
for the Advancement of
Science, predicted another great war
In 1921». due to solar ugiiatton.
He told the corre«|MM„tent th at Hie
roiohlned electrical Inffuewce of the
nun upon tin' earth had Increased
ha terlal activity In the point where
whole countries are affected by ,11»
esse
Most poisonous bacteria sre harm
loss for human*, he explained proxld for the l**t thousand years.
"F o r example. Hie greatest cholera
c l they are inn acted upon hy the
•uu. He believe* that, hy ¡»listing j plagues occurred during the period»
I. The Great Commission (MatL
28 16-20).
1. When and w here given (v. 10).
It was shortly before the ascension
In a m ountain In Galilee where the
disciples met Jesus according to ap
pointment.
2. The foundation upon which the
commission rests (vv. 17, IS).
In order to prepare the disciples to
receive this commission, C hrist de
clared to them th a t all power In
heaven and lu earth was given unto
Hirn. Before the disclplee would en
te r upon the execution of this com
mission they must be convinced of
His Lordship. To create doubt In the
minds of believers us to the deity of
Jesus C hrist Is to cut the nerve of
missionary endeavor.
3. W hat the commission Is (vv. ID,
20).
I. “Go—teach all nations” (v. 19).
This means make disciples of all
the nations, not Jew s merely.
(2) “Baptize them In the name of
■
the T riune God" (v. 19).
Those who have become disciples of
!
! the Lord should receive the rite which
signifies their relation to him.
j
(3) "Teach them to observe all
C hrist's com m andm ents'' (v. 20).
i
Those who have become C hrist’s
j
' disciples should he taught obedience
( to sll His commandments.
j 4. The promise attached (v. 20).
Those who obey the king in evan
gelizing the world have the promise
1
of His unfailing presence.
of maximum sun s|w»t activity nnd de
clined sharply when the activl'y
reached Its minimum. These sun spot
period* ,H-cur regularly lu cycles of
U years."
Win» $100 for Eating
84 Hot Dog», No Roll»
N ew ark.
N.
.J
E ighty-four
"hoi
dogs" without a alngle ro ll! T hat's
the food »wallowing record Anthony
I. lion go of M o u td a lr, N. J . bus
chalked up for himself, and he la $101)
richer than before he tackled the
yard* of frankfurter?« that
through hla Ju«« The >1«W> wua wa
gered at a previous» “hot dog” consum
ing exhibition In lilooniAehl, N J.
it required two hour* and ftiteeu
minute« to accomplish the feat.
A f t e r 1 0 0 Y e a rs
Edinburgh. Scotland »Money left
UM> year» ago for a memorial to the
two g reat Scottish beroe*. Sir William
Wallace and Kohert the Bruce, 1» a*
la»t to be put to the use It w ai lu
tended.
!
II.
Forbidden by the
Holy Spirit
to Preach In Asia Minor (Acts 16:0-8).
The inclination of Paul and his
companions was to ta rry In Asia
I Minor preaching the Word, but con
trary to their Inclination they were
hurried alung. We have here a fine
lesson on divine guidance. The Holy
Spirit Is Just as active and faithful In
closing doors as in opening them.
“The stops as well as the steps of
good men are ordered of the Lord.”
We ought as truly to recognize God's
hand In the “shut-ins" as In the
“open-outs."
III. The Call to Macedonia (Acts
1(T»-12).
The, gospel having broken the con
fines of the Jew ish city and country,
tlie middle wall of partition having
been abolished, the tim e has come for
It to leap across the Aegean sea and
begin Its conquest on another conti
nent.
1. The vision (v. 9).
Being hemmed In on all sides, a
vision was given to Paul of a man
of M acedonia pleading for help. This
made plain to him the closed doors
about him. In finding the divine will,
we should look both ways.
2. The advance (vv. 10-12).
As soon as th e divine way was
known they moved forward therein.
IV. Ths First Convert in Europs
(vv. 13-15).
T he devout people were accustomed
to worship hy the riverside. To Hila
humble gathering Paul came and
preached to the women assembled
there. A certain woman from Thva
tlra named Lydia, a proselyte, be
lieved his message and was baptized.
The steps In Lydia's conversion are
w orthy of note for they are ty p lcn l:
1. A ttendance at the place of w or
ship (v. 13).
Usually those whom God I* calling
are found at the place of prayer.
2. Listening to the preaching of
the Word of God (vv. 13, 14).
The Instrum ent used In the conver
sion of sinners Is the Word of God
(Rom. 10:17).
3. H er heart was opened by the
Lord <v. 14).
Only the Lord can convert a soul.
It Is our business to preach the Word
of God. and It Is God's business to
open the heart of the Inquirer.
4. She was baptized (v. 15).
Every one whose heart the Lord has
opened desires to confess Him In bap
tism.
5. H er household believed (v 15).
When one Is converted those In the
home will find It out
fl Practiced hospitality (v. 1.*,).
Those who have experienced God's
saving ffrsee are thus disposed to have
part In Ills work by rendering aid
to Ills minister*.
by t h e U n i t e d S t a te » D e p a r t m e n t
ot A g r i c u l t u r e . I
The oriental peach moth, which a t
tacks chlelly young growing twigs and
ripening fruit, Is a new und serious
A CLEAN SLATE
pest of peaches, quinces, und other
fruits, says the United S tates D epart
ment of Agriculture. As yet no one
“H ere's dat 11’ bucks I owe ya.
cultural practice or Insecticide has Spike,” volunteered Second Story
been found which will control this i Steve.
“T ’unks, Steve, but del’® was □’>
iUUttCL
Nicotine sulphate sprays, while kill burry»” replied bis friend.
ing some of the eggs, tire not a satis i ''N u ll, hut It's like dis. I gotta d an
factory remedy. C ertain other measures gerous Job on tonight. I gotta con-
employed likewise give only partiqj re track ta bump off u bloke, an' I w an ts
lief. Investigators In the bureau of go iuta de Job w it’ a d e a r conscience."
entomology of the departm ent and at —American Legion Monthly.
—
several state agricultural experiment
stations ure endeavoring to find a sat-
PERFECTLY
CLEAN FOOD
fuctory method of controlling ttie ¡test.
The oriental peach moth is uttacked
by many parasites, and In th eir use
lies a strong possibility of successful
control.
The rapid and extensive spread of
the Insect Is attributed chiefly to ship
ments of infested fruit and nursery
trees hearing overw intering larvae in
cocoons. The pest Is thought to have
been Introduced Into this country from
Jnpau about 1913. but Its original
home Is not known.
In some localities In Connecticut,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Delaware, Virginia and the D istrict
of Columbia, late peaches und quinces
have for several years had Infesta
D iner—Has this salad any vita-
tions running as high as 75 to 100 |>er mines In It, w aiter?
cent wormy fruit.
W aiter—No, s ir ; no, sir—th ere’s
D epartm ent C ircular 395-C, “The nothing like th a t In our fo o d ! Y ouil
Oriental Peach Sloth,” contains a de find everything perfectly clean.
scription of the Insect and also con
siderable Information relative to it*
A Stolen Kit»
distribution. Injury to fruit trees, us T o s t e a l a k is s Is n o t a m is s ,
well as other data. A copy of tba
T h o u g h It m a y le a d to s o r r o w ;
new publication may be obtained free, B u t w h y b e c o m e t h s t h ie f o f b lis s .
W h e n y o u c a n m e r e ly b o r r o w ?
as long as the supply lasts, upon ap
plication to the D epartm ent of Agri
Appropriate Sentiment
culture, W ashington, D. C.
She wus sending off a wedding pres-
I ent, a silver butterdish.
Spreaders Do Not Help-
“W hat shall I w rite on the card,
Efficiency of Sprays John?” she asked.
“Oh, Just the usual dope, I suppose,”
Glue, calcium caseinate and soaps
“Anything you
of various kiuds used as “spreaders" said her husband.
In common spray m ixtures employed like."
A few m inutes spent In thought and
against the Insect pests and diseases
of apples failed to give any appreci she handed him the card. In neatly
able Increase in the killing efficiency rounded le 'te rs he read the w ords:
of the sprays In tests carried on by the “F o r b u tter—o r for worse.”
entom ologists at the New York State
Experim ent station at Geneva. This
One Thing Necessary
statem ent Is made by the station en
T he first day of kindergarten th e
tomologist In a report on the work of teacher explained to the children th at
the station for the past year. The re It behooved them to behave If they
port Is available for free distribution w anted to stHy.
to all those Interested.
On his return home, W illie’s m other
"No appreciable Improvement In asked him how lie liked It.
the killing efficiency of common spray
"Well," replied the boy, "W e've sure
m ixtures was derived from the Incor got to behoove ourselves, all right."—
poration of such m aterials," says the Chrlstlun Science -Monitor.
station entomologist with reference to
“spreaders." “T heoretical considera
A Type Study
tions suggest the desirability of adding
O ur new stenographer left a prac
calcium caseliiHte to the lime-sulphur
and lead arsenate spray as a meaus of tice sheet In the machine the other
avoiding certalu undesirable chemical night and we present It verbatim sic :
"Now Is the tim e for nil good men
reactions. The casein m aterial also
serves a very useful purpose In the th is tnuchlne Is dirty 21346758611 ju s t
preparation of such sprays as sulphur look at that lower case k all gummed
suspensions and lubricating oil emul up I wish I had a pin also Schnect
Schnechatldy Schenectldy Schenectad-
sions.”
The report slso touches on many dy Schen O d arn !"
other lines of work baring to do with
the control of Insect pests of fruit Htiil NO T A PERMANENT PLACE
vegetables, and on the numerous
other activities of the station research
workers.
More and Better Grapes
Severe pruning seems best for
grapes. The Michigan Agricultural
college, whirl» has been trying this
method nut. says that It makes heavi
e r yields, larger and tighter clusters,
larger berries of better color, and that
the grapes ripen earlier than when
pruned lightly But the crop Is likely
to be sm aller the first year that the
vines are severely cut back.
ao-oooao-o-oooocnxiooooooooooo
Horticultural Hints
OOOOO O-ODOOOOOOOOQOOOODOOOO
Set peach, apple, and other fruit
trees.
. . .
W atch the young fruit trees for
rabbit Injury. It 1« safer to protect
. them with a collar of paper.
• • •
Manure will not cure a sick plant
' when It Is sick from fungus nr In
sect |>e*ts. It must hare Insecticides
or fungicides, arsenic and nicotine
preparations, nnd bordeaux mixture.
*, » e
The variety of peaches which seem
' to tie taking the lead In commercial
peach orchards are Elberta and Hale,
with the latter bringing the better
i prices In the m arket. Some Heath
' Clings are helng grown, but they
bring less tn the market.
• • •
The green gage plnm Is named after
P u rs u it o f H app in ess
Many people are on the wrong ; Sir William Gage, who popularized Its
scent In pursuit of happiness. They ! cultivation early In the Eighteenth
century.
I think It consists bi hr.vlng and get
• • s
ttng. and being served hy others. 11
P la n tin g ra sp b errie s 2 feet sp an
consists In giving and In serving oth
In rows 6 feet apart will require
erst—H erald of Gospel Liberty.
| TlLtn plants to the sere. At 2 by 8,
| 2.722 will be needed.
S a lv a tio n
s e e
Rai vat Ion 1« not from you, not In
Raspberries, blackberries, currant*
| yon nor hy you. nor of yon. but only and gooseberries are all adapted to
, In Christ, and by Christ, and of Christ. : .latiuary pruning And by removing
but thanks he to God Is for you.— I 'lead wood burning It—you will get
i Central Bible Hall Record.
j rid of a good deal of fungus disease
“He says he expects to find a Imine
In her heart.»'
“Well, m etaphorically speaking. I
think he'll find th at organ Is only
a wayside Inn."
Bach Seat Driver
A d e la id e w a s p ro n e to r id e
tn a n y c a r th a t'a m ad e
Sh e h it a n tu m p und <nt a bum p.
A d e la id e w h e r e A d e la id e .
Easy
“You are coming to my party, aren 't
you
“ How can I when Iln In half m ourn
ing."
"Oh. well, come and stay half the
evening."
Handy Caller
“The Browns are coming a fter d in
ner, Henry."
“Oh. Brown? Then I won't have to
lake niv sleeping powders tonight."—
Sydney Bulletin.
A Modern Plea
The multi millionaire was discours
ing <>u Ids philosophy of life. “ Wo
can't pick and choose," he said. “I
believe In taking ths world as I find
It”
“Still, you might leave a little of
It for the rest of us,” suggested the
ultim ate consumer.
In Difficulties
“Been playing bridge?"
"You don't play 18 holes at bridge.’
“I was in fully th at m any.”