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THE CHRISTIAN NATION.<br />
Vol. Si.<br />
A r o u n d t h e O l d A r m C h a i r . i^;t^^:':J^:nr::::<br />
A BROTHER.<br />
'Tis good indeed to meet with friends<br />
Who're true and faithiul in their<br />
place;<br />
But truly life has many ends<br />
And for each life there is a race.<br />
Oh oft as we go on life's way,<br />
VCe feel the need of some one near<br />
To share the burden of the day.<br />
Be it toil or grief, be it hope or fear.<br />
We look around to see if there<br />
Is one in whom we can confide.<br />
We seek for one who's glad to share,<br />
Who's willing to be on our side.<br />
Oh, is there one can he so near<br />
Who'll help us when there is no other?<br />
Oh, such a one would be so dear<br />
We'd feel lie truly is our brother.<br />
construction<br />
that it is absolutely<br />
beyond the ingenuity of man to<br />
imitate tbem. A complete description<br />
of feathers would occupy<br />
many pages, but we can grasp in<br />
a way the wonder of God's handiwork<br />
by a sborit study of their<br />
growth and structure.<br />
Beginning with the young bird<br />
£.s it is hatched from the egg we<br />
find that scanty tufts of down cover<br />
its ^od_\•.<br />
Some birds at their<br />
birtli are more completely covered<br />
with this d'jwn than others—the<br />
higl^er tlie species in the scale the<br />
less down willl be found. This<br />
first silky down of the nestling<br />
bird grows<br />
from a thin layer of<br />
cells, the base of which is deeply<br />
rooted in the under layer of<br />
ing thebodj.<br />
In observing the structure of a<br />
the bird's skin. The skin of birds<br />
feather we are at once impressed<br />
is extremely thin—in some cases<br />
with its strength, elasticity and<br />
almost like tissue paper—and yet lightness. Each feather is com<br />
of feathers within feathers.<br />
it has three layers and is of suf-poseficielnt<br />
strength! to aEow all tbe Each quill has two rows of barbs<br />
hundreds of feathers to find a which form the vane of the feather.<br />
The barbs are divided into<br />
separate surface for attaching<br />
two rows of barbules, and these<br />
themselves. The cells from which<br />
again give rise to a series of<br />
the down grows gradually reach<br />
hooks or barbicels. Each, feather<br />
outward, split into folds which<br />
with all its parts is composed of<br />
separate and which, after emerging<br />
from the skin, harden into the ers overlap like the shingles on a<br />
myriads of cells. The wing feath<br />
many little particles which are roof—each feather serving to bind<br />
together the feathers above and<br />
knovru as "down."<br />
below it. This makes the wing<br />
At the base of tbe protuberance<br />
impervious to air and gives it the<br />
which gives rise to the down of<br />
Yes, one there is can help us all;<br />
proper wind resistance to enable<br />
He's glad to be our truest friend. the nestling is a round body of the bird to fly. It may be said<br />
Yes, He will hear us when we call, cells which is inactive until the that feathers are construoted of<br />
And faithful be until the end.<br />
bird is old enough for -its true minute plates which are split up<br />
into hundreds of thousands of<br />
Oh Jesus, Savior! give us grace feathers. These cells then grow<br />
That we may help the one, the other!<br />
parts. These plates are so formed<br />
as to give the feather lightness,<br />
and push the base of the down<br />
On earth I seek no higher place<br />
Than just like Thee to be a Brother. feathers outward until they are<br />
strength and elasticity and are<br />
Geneva, '14. B. W. finally shoved free from the skin. joined together by a series of<br />
In this way the nestling's first hooks extremely delicate in their<br />
THE FEATHERS OF BIRDS. plumage is replaced by its true make-up.<br />
By R. H. Howland.<br />
feathers. These feathers, upon Every feather and its parts has<br />
A bird's feather is one of the emerging from the skin, are<br />
a special shape and texture—all<br />
seeming to have a particular relationship<br />
to adjoining feathers on<br />
most marvelous pieces of mechanism<br />
in the world. So wonderful is sheaths. It is this that gives a<br />
bound up in a thin tissue of<br />
the bird's body, and all the feathers<br />
together forming a special pat<br />
its growth and so beautiful its young bird such a peculiar and<br />
structure and color that it almost grotesque appearance which we tern. All this wonderful growth<br />
seems as if the Great Moulder of have all noticed at a certain period<br />
in its development. These anew each year. Birds shed or<br />
of cell construdtion is reproduced<br />
all Nature's] marvels bad pi^t a<br />
soul in each part. So complicated<br />
moult their plumage at least once<br />
folds of growing feathers gradual-<br />
annually—generally shortly after<br />
and intricate are feathers in their<br />
r<br />
G o o d<br />
Looks<br />
As far as outline of feature is concerned, ed, good looks |<br />
are a birthright gift of nature. But it takes more than outline<br />
to realize what is understood by "o^ood looks" and ''beauty. "<br />
There must also be the radiant, animating influence of<br />
a fine skin and a lovely complexion. This can only be attained<br />
by keeping the skin in a condition of perfect health<br />
and purity; and the best known means is the daily use of<br />
Pears' Soap<br />
which is the quintessence of purity and the finest skin<br />
beautifier in the world It affords just the aid that nature<br />
requ-ires in making and keeping the skin soft, velvety, and<br />
of a lovely color.<br />
Pears' preserves the healthy freshness of the skin from<br />
youth to age, and is the most economical of all toilet soaps<br />
lasting twice as long as ordinary soaps. Commended by<br />
the famous beauties of six generations.<br />
First ill the Service of Beauty<br />
the breeding season is over. Sonii<br />
species moult both in the spring<br />
and auturnn, otbers moult onl'<br />
partially in the spring as well a;<br />
moulting fully in the autumn<br />
while still others seem to be in ;<br />
constant state of moult throughou<br />
the year. Feathers become won<br />
and soiled and broken, the feathe:<br />
cells become worn out owing t(<br />
the waste of tissues, and moultinj<br />
results. Fresh material which carries<br />
away the useless and wornout<br />
cells is brought to the root ol<br />
the featJier by the blood, the tips<br />
of the feather gradually weai<br />
away and the new feather is left<br />
exposed. Nature seems tq) provide<br />
for everything. A bird's wing<br />
feathers are shed in pairs with<br />
the result that the bird is not incapacitated<br />
in its flightduring the<br />
process of moulting, and but for<br />
few exceptions, moulting is always<br />
gradual and does not in any way<br />
hamper or interfere with the bird<br />
and its habits.<br />
As much again might be wriitter<br />
of feather coloring, but tbis would<br />
necessitate considerable discussior<br />
of individual species, and the subject<br />
of color in itself is a raosi<br />
complicated one. One at all interested<br />
in the study of birds cannolt<br />
help but be impressed by al<br />
the varied colors and markings t(<br />
be found—birds of all colors—al<br />
ways beautiful and wonderful th(,<br />
world over.<br />
IN MEMORIAM.<br />
MISS ESTELLE SLATER.<br />
The Young Ladies' Missionary So,<br />
ciety ot Gene\'n Congregation, in thi<br />
death of Estelle Slater, has lost i<br />
faithful president and one of our mos:<br />
earnest members.<br />
i<br />
Her guiet, cheerful disposition iani,<br />
her sincere interest in the welfare o<br />
all, and her willingness to helpii<br />
every good work, bear testimony o<br />
ner nigli Christian character. Jiivei<br />
when near to death, her thoughts wen<br />
of the Master's work in different de^<br />
partments of the church.<br />
Since the removal of such a devotei<br />
life leaves a vacancy that will tn.<br />
deeply realized by the members of th<<br />
missionary society, we feel it eminent<br />
ly fitting that we should record ou:<br />
appreciation of her faithful and lovinjj<br />
service; therefore, be it<br />
Resolved, That whle we mourn, ye<br />
we rejoice in the thought and assui<br />
ance that she has gone to be foreve<br />
with the Lord.<br />
While we have deep sympathy fo<br />
her mother and friends, yet we knos<br />
that even so great a loss to us ai<br />
may be overruled for good by Hir<br />
who dGcth all things well.<br />
COMMlTTEiE.