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and cared for by Him, the observation of any portion of His 

 works, however minute, indicates that there is nothing too 

 small for my constant and superintending care. If science 

 makes faith in God's care difficult, science also offers to faith 

 the most abundant aid. It shows that while His power rolls 

 through space the millions of worlds He has created, at the 

 same time He feeds the ravens when they cry, and clothes every 

 lily with its beauty, and numbers even the hairs of our heads 

 and the leaves that clothe the forest with their verdure and 

 beauty. 



MISTAKES ABOUT ALCOHOL. 



There is a common belief that alcohol gives new strength 

 and energy after fatigue sets in. The sensation of fatigue is 

 one of the safety valves of our machine ; to stifle the feeling 

 of fatigue, in order to do more work, is like closing the safety 

 valve so the boiler may be over heated and explosion result. 

 It is commonly thought that alcoholic drinks aid digestion, but 

 in reality the contrary would appear to be the case, for it has 

 been proved that a meal without alcohol is more quickly 

 followed by hunger than a meal with alcohol. In connection 

 with the sanitation of armies thousands of experiments upon 

 large bodies of men have been made, and have led to the 

 rusult that, in peace or war, in every climate — in heat, cold or 

 rain — soldiers are better able to endure the fatigue of the 

 most exhausting marches when they are not allowed any 

 alcohol at all. That mental exertions of all kinds are better 

 undergone without alcohol is generally admitted by most 

 people who have made the trial. It appears certain that from 

 70 to 80 per cent, of crime, 80 to 90 per cent, of all poverty 

 and from 10 to 40 per cent, of the suicides in most civilized 

 countries are to be ascribed to alcohol. — Westminster Review. 



COTTON SEED OIL. 



The uses to which cotton seed oil is put appear to be 

 manifold and a trade is now being opened for the carriage of 

 the oil in bulk by means of tank Steamers. In an article on 

 the subject an expert states that the cotton seed oil is made into 

 the finest Holland butter, that it is taken to Limburg, and goes to 

 America again in the form of the famous cheese ; that it goes 

 to Switzerland, and returns as Xeuchatel cheese ; and that it 

 is taken as far south in Europe as Italy, from which country it 

 again crosses the Atlantic, transformed into pure olive oil. He 



