IRASP OPPORTUNITIES. Br. TalMft Say* New Year Will Be Om of (be Greatest of All Time. Tbs VerM's Nermal Cm«1Um Will Be

to all the aUd and doubUnc. The text u Ezodoa Jdi. 2, “Thu month ahall br unto you the fe«tari!i> of month.; it ahall be the first ■oath of the year to you." The last month of the old year has passed out of aieht, and the first month of She new year* has arrived. The midnisht ■ate last Wednesday opened and January catered. She deserves a better ner~— J •he is called after Janus, the I at the opening of the year. Thu month ;wma of old called the wolf month because, through the severity of its weather, the hungry wolves came down seeking food Wad devouring human life. In the missals

wood under the arm, suggestive ■the warmth that must be kindled.

•• 'Yes, January is the open door of the Wear, and through that door will come nrhat long processions, some of them beartag palm leaves and some myrtle, other*

.With garlands of wheat and others with

. It will, I think,

res* and m iJSTfj,

gents oftwelvemonth. II It will abound with blessini

Rational and international controversies jof momentous import will be settled. Year pt coronation .ml dethronement, year that WOl settle Cuban and Porto Rican and Philippine and South African and Chinese idestinies. The tamest year for many a decade past has dug iU millions of graves and reared its millions of marriage altars, l iWe cat. expect greater event, in this many more than in any other year to gh and weep and triumph and perish. ■ csrsr.sshi-.Ess

> the air and sailing the seas and ng the mountains will make nnpred to God that before the now open-

The front door of a stupendous year baa Opened. Before many of you there will be twelve months of opportunity for making the world hgtter or worse, happier or more Wuserabl^Lct us pray that it may be a

t this might be the year in which the it instruments now chiefly used

,—jue, such strong am, such swift wing, «h lightning foot, that it occurs to me

h^m a^^i^'ufon w^“£

started back antTcrief^wt. “I sew anothnation and kindred and tongue and pro SthiTS'.MEpfi .^■X.nu,”

The fountains that made highest leap in a zzr.rXtxTfi The sleds craunch through the hard snow. 1 warmest attire the wardrobe can afford is put on that we may defend ourselves scionst the fury of the elements. Hardest of all the months for the poor, let it be the season of greatest gencrositj part of the prosperous. How muc lie of coal or a pair of shoes or a shawl may do in assuagement of suffering between the 1st of January and the 1st of February God only knows. Sealed by our warm regUterc or wrapped in furs which Bake ns independent-of the cutting January blast, let us .not forget the fircless hearth and the thin garments and the riing end the night tempestuous, I uld not wonder if we could hear a voice _t was heard on Galilee and at the gates i Nam and by the pool of Bethesda say sf Uto'E " “ ie did 11 10 ' U,em ' 76 Ob, the n'ight of the cold! The arctic _nd antarctic invading the temperate zone! The victories of the frost-aa when the Thames in I30B became firm as any bridge mad the inhabitants crossed and rccrossed oo the ice mid booths add places of temporary amusement were Wilt on the hardk .."syjsvs SS&SS-ma mMmB mmm frozen over. As we go fnrti ISkS'&SL:'

JSS,

the worst climates mm

ptarfanyja.Tu." silence. These shepherds and ti repeated in the neighboring town they beard, and Urge numbers of p expecting Bat all waa a deception, out onthe following night, and they hi the same uproar and tumult in the hi ens—tb* two armies in battle. The king, hearing of this seeming combat in the stsijs' ffSrS; lyrsr^a the conflict and came back to the king and took solemn oath as to this mysterioui

occurrence.

Whether those shepherds and trarelen and embassadors of the king were in de armies diabolic, we know who will triompb, and we have a "right ’ victory through our Lord The King of Kings, f

id ol Joshua and

.... nfliet. I hare no fei mendous issue. My only fear U that we will not be found in the ranks and fully anned to do our part in this campaign of

the eternities.

Again, I remark that the month of January has seen many of the most stupendous events in the world's history and a

ing of cradles and i » that have affected n

I month Americai^iiidmendenc^TB^^S dared, followed by Lexington and Bunker | Hill and Monmouth and Valley Forge and I York town. January saw the prodamaj^H

| that abolished American slavery. at the time ,k *

jsgw “’id the

■cry. Though mighty opln-

saassWLTJ Z liked it-therc is but one opinion now, and if it were put to vote in all tbe States of the South, “Shall slavery be reinstated?” there would be an overwhelming vote of “No!” Tbe pen with which the document

waa signed and -f tained the ink are

uable as the origil pendence, with all iU erasures and interlineations. The institution which for seventy or eighty years kept the nation in and the South to da-y are in as complete

TOwNorthUs built its factories on the ■ of the Chattahoochee and tbe Boaand tbe South baa sent many of its

Mcthara a

si

Jhittahoocbee and

Sooth has sent mi

rooms, its wisest bankers into our ages, its most consecrated ministers

• its—all this the result of the

ef /notice that^January has been honored with tbe nativity of some of the greatest among the nations. Edmund Burke was born this month, the Kn of the philosophic world, William H. Prescott of the historic world. Sir John Moore of tbe military world, Robert Burns of the poetic world. Polycarp of tbe martyr world, Peter the Great of the kingly world, D*uel Webster of the statesman

world.

fBnt^I esnnothread the epitaphs of oce^out month of the year. Many of those well known gained naif their renown and did Herschcl is known all the world over and will be known through all time, but little is said of her who was born this first month of the year, and without whose help he never could have been what he jns sss. She repaired and adjusted his telescopes. £h“lsr , r & ”" k -

planned for him his work. ■even comets and made “A

Nebulae and Star dusters.” of January.introduced her to the observatories, but she has never been properly in-

-oduced to the world.

Cultivate iaith in God and tbe feeling that He will do for you that which is best, and you will be ready for either sunshine or shadow. The other eleven months of the year 1902 will not all be made up of gladness or of grief. Tbe cup that is all

made up of sweetness is insipid.

Between these just opened gates of the

year and the closing ojZthose gates there God. Y?“will'h^e W qiSti°M tii decide which will need supernatural impulse. There may be illnesses of the body or perplexities of mind or apiritual exhaustions to be healed and comforted and strengththe eleven months. Start right, and yon what aea route he .will take. While‘yon Sd°hare Uie e Hfcbort? iJS £S^“n I t£ da vita .and be ready for smooth voyage all tbe way serosa or tbe swoop of a Carib-

bean whirlwind.

Rev. Solomon Spaulding was for some

and pubhahed it aa a revel calling it the “Book of

caihngittbi from that pub the monster a

e it was ilat-on of

better engsged than wnting that book of falsehoods. However much time we hare, we never have time to do wrong. Harness /oU^ring^'m onths^uT* i ts° t rain/^Oh^KJW much you may do lor God brtwemi now

nu oi the year* and the bri-

Ssfeesii] Bmm'

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The crow and the blackbird fly much alike, but there is a certain air of labor In the flight of the crow that di»tingulshea It from the faster and easier winging of the blackbird. The swallow does not fly. He sweeps through the air in erratic circular flights, catcbflies on the wing, and even nipping twigs from the tress as ses with which to build his nests. He is never still. The development of the automobile as an engine of war is at present occupying much attention among military authorities Jn Europe. The English, the French, the Italians, the Germans and the Russians are all at wogk upon the problem. Several types of military automobiles are being experimented with. In Italy a special form of armored machine has been devised for the purpose of protecting railways in time of war. Some of the German machines are intended for scouting, and are furnished with drawing tables and maps. Others carry Maxim guns and can do a little fighting. Very encouraging reports have been received from Prof. C. C. Georgeson. in charge of the agricultural experiment stations in Alaska. On a trip into the Interior and down the Yukon early in August he found new potatoes, cabbages, cauliflowers and other vegetables ready for the table, and gardens blooming with a variety of annual flowers. At Rampart rye and barley were ripened this year, and there was a fair prospect for oats and wheat On the lower Yukon extensive tracts were found covered with luxuriant grasses, often six feet

ally well suited

i agricultural

Much has been learned within *a few years past of what goes on and exists in the air, up to a height of three miles, by means of kites carrying meteorological and other scientific instruments. Now Mr. A. Lawrence Rotch of the Blue Hill observatory proposes to extend tbe field of scientific kite flying over toe ocean. Experiment with a towboat in Massachusetts bay last summer showed that a kite can easily be flown from a moving vessel at times when it could not be caused to rise from the land. Mr. Rotrh intends, to pursue his experiments from Atlantic steamships, whose speed renders it poeible to fly kites even in calm weather. He points out our comparative ignorance of the conditions of the upper air over \he oceans, and the importance of acquiring knowledge in that direction. He wishes particularly to explore the atmosphere over the equatorial reqions of the globe. .All readers of the Odyssey, at least, must take a lively interest in the theory advocated by Dr. Th. Zell that the one-eyed giant whom Ulysses blinded in bis care on the slopes of Mt. Etna was. In reality, a gorilla, and that the original of Homer's story was a r Iniscence of an actual encounter tween early civilized men and one of their monstrous prehuman ancestors. This is in opposition to the theory of Grimm that the story of Polyphemus is a mythic account of the strife of the elements. The fact that gorillas do not now live near me Mediterranean is not in conflict with Doctor Zell’s argument, because It is well know that in prehistoric times Europe contained many animals that at present are peculiar to Africa and other distant

Mow Tbsr MsBogo lo Maks Their Small

Salaries <io a Loot Way.

How naval officers, with salaries

varying from 11000 to $3000

to maintain a degree of style seems a deep mystery t° the ordinary citizen. Not only must a naval officer keep blm-

1 with the half dozen dlfinns specified by the gov-

ernment. but he must be able when ashore to present a decent appearance In civilian attire, must stop at good hotels, must associate with civilians of social position corresponding to his own, and if he has a wife and children he must maintain them in good style. All this is msde possible by that species of domestic communism known co-operative housekeeping. The officers' mess aboard ship is an illustration of lb Each man in the combination contributes a certain aum for the purchnae of supplies. If an officer bo short of funds, he may draw two h months' psy in advance. The mon fund is placed in the hands of a caterer chosen from the mess, and the supplies are purchas’ed in bulk and at

the lowest possible cost

The caterer taakca careful calcula-

tions, allowing for breakage and other losses, adds a small percentage of profit and then retails his supplies at prices considerably below current prlci

Creme de menthe Is a highly cordial among naval officers,

and. in fact. Is said to have been first called to the attention of the discriminating American public by the mess of a United States man-of-war. It retails in saloons and even In clubs at 15 cents a glass, but the mesa rate aboard ship - JiToydlnarily Just one-half that price. TJ* mesa caterer buys his wines

cjgfirs abroad whenever H is pos-

le to do so.

The price of the best champagnes in a well-managed mess is usually under $2 per quart. The price ashore is from $3.50 to $3.75. The best Imported cigars are retailed to the mess at from 40 to 60 percent below shore prices. There are, ordinarily, two officers' messes below decks aboard a United States ship—the wardroom mess and the steerage mess. The latter is for midshipmen and other juniors. The captain messes alone in solemn state, and if a vessel be a flagship the admiral may have his own separate table The cost of living in the wardroom mess is from $35 to $40 a month, elusive of wines and cigars. All transactions are on a credit system. Whenever a bottle of wine or a cigar

To Cool tbe Atsaosphor*. It is proposed to try. an experiment in the way oi cooling tar air at tne St Louis Fair Grounds, the proposition being to reduce the high temperature during the summer months by drawing down cool currents from an altitude of 800 or 1000 feet above the gro and flooding the grounds with air from 10 to 15 degrees cooler than the face temperature. The pla£ com, bends the construction of an aerial tower or standpipe of the aforesaid height with its lower termination about 50 feet abwve the ground, where large fans or blower* are attacned that will draw a current downward at the rate of 20 or 30 miles an honr, equivalent to a pumping capacity of 500,000 cubic feet of air per minute. This volume of air will cover an acre tea feet deep—in an hour CO acree, and in six hours. 360 acree. It is expected that calefaction through the action of the sun's rays will be counterbalanced and neutralized by the constancy of the current during the daytime. After sundown the temperature, it is claimed, can be held below 80 degrees Fahrenheit. me fans are to be started at 4 o’clock a. m., when the air Is coolest By ^J0 - o'clock the building* and grounds would .be filled with fresh air, and so maintained during the day. ,

A •iOOO PkaaMnf.

One of New York's veteran s

t me over $1000. I Imported «100e th of the birds and turned them

everybody shot them except tpe On* day a farmer came in and said th<birds were in his corn, and he didn’t 1 like to kill them, but he wished I’d make them get out I took my gun and went shooting In his corn field. I got that bird, and it Is the only one out of the whole lot I did get. So that pheosaat con me Just a UtUe ovei flOOt,”

MEN'O’-WAR’S MEN AS HOUSEWIVES. J

ESTABLISHED I90».

and i Bible''

summed up at the end of the month, and payment Is made cither directly by tne debtor or through the paymaster No chit Is given for meals, and each officer Is entitled to Uke guests on board to breakfast or dinner as often as he will. At the end of the cruise the proflu of the mess are divided pre rata among the members, and If th* ship goes out of commission whatevei stock of stores is on band Is elthei auctioned off to the officers or sold te the mess of some other ship.—New York Herald.

Masks as Chicken Salad. Many persons who read from tlm* to time of attempts such as are now being made by the state department ol agriculture and the local health board to suppress the bob veal traffic, wondci where an the bob veal goes to that if feald to reach the New York markets as they never sec any of It. One of the most common of the uses to which it Is put escapes the attention of the undlscrimlnating utterly. That is, iti use as a substitute for chicken in chicken salad. In the highest class of restaurant; In which the chicken in salad Is cut into reasonably large pieces, there is of course, nothing of this sort done But where uie supposed chicken is al most minced, as it too often Is. even !r good restaurants, there is generally room for a suspicion of the substitu tion of bob veal for chicken. Several men were almost more pained than disgusted. not long ago to find themselvet served with a salad of bob veal, with s scattering of bits of chicken In it in a Broadway restaurant -The proprietoi of the restaurant has several places b! refreshment in town and his name been held to be a guarantee of quality both of the edibles and th* drinkables served In his eating places —New York Sun.

BawdF Baaaball Hclplnc Golf. 5^ peculiar circumstance has tributed to golfs popularity and thaf is, the rowdyism that brought basi' into disrepute. There is no cm that equals the great American g It has the snap, the science, the skit and every feature that appeals to th* quick appreciation and nervous mands of the average American. Americans do not like profanity, ant the better classes of them arc opposet to paying good money to be dlsgustec by the bad manners and worse language of hired ruffians. Turned from the ball games, thou-

Some time in the future be rescued from its low condition anc there will be the might!e« revival evei know Jn the history of sport. May - - loh*'

Australia is the hottest country or rooord. I nave ridden for mile* astridi

but 1 hare never fountf

heat to compare with this. Out in thi country in the dry times there appear! to be little more than a sheet of brosrr

paper between you ’regions, and the poopU

and the people facetiously say

f .tO feed their heps or keep them from lay in*

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