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MAKE A If there Isn't any pleasure Waits for you beside the way, If there's not a thing to grin at In your journey day by day, If v ou've got excuse for kicking And for stirring up a row. Don't you do it! Don't you do it! Just be happy, anyhow. Just be happy, just be happy; Take the fiddle and the bow, Snuggle it against your shoulder, Limber up and let her go, Till the world is full of music And there's icy in every string, Till you get all outdoors laughing And von make the echoes sine. S The Quest of ? ? %mt BY FRANKLIN Vt "Yes, he's an effective member of the police force," said my friend, the Indian agent. He was speaking of a tail young Sioux in uniform, who had just handed in a message and stepped out of his office. ' I "Twn \fonns was an odd boy." he I mused, "a dreamer, and imaginative to an uncommon degree. He was about thirteen, I reckon, -when he came near to bringing on war out here, and by a curious incident as trivial in nature as many which have been responsible for bitter reprisals on our frontiers. This was the way of it: "Two Moons was wading in the shallows of .Antelope Creek one day, and found an old horseshoe. He took this to his brother, Little Chief, who was a helper in our blacksmith's shop, and the brother told him carelessly of an old tradition which said that any one finding an 'iron hoof in a river, with the toe pointing up or down, should ride to the end of the stream, where he would find a fine herd of horses which would follow him home. The finder of the shoe wa^ to go secretly, saying nothing to any one. "TWo Moons swallowed the story, and kept down his excitement until his mother slept that night. His father was away somewhere, and the lad took his gun and. cartridge-belt, some bacon, which had recently been issued, secured a pony and stole away. He was certain that the toe of the iron hoof had pointed up the creek, so up the creek He went. On such an errand, the day-dreainer was bound to strike trouble sooner or later, and Two Moons struck it soon. He crossed the line of the reservation some time in the night, and had ridden fifteen or twenty miles on the cattle range when ho came upon a bunch of horses, young stock, feeding on the bottom-lands. Looking beyond, he saw that the creek was apparently cut off by hills; so feeling a 'heap good,' he rodo out to the horses. The animals showed no sign of wishing to follow him, and Two Moons, concluding that something was wrong with the 'medicine' somewhere, drove the bunch on aown xne vuuey. t "It was now morning, and Two Moons, dreaming of the excitement which his arrival at the agency would create, forgot even to eat his bacon. He had jogged on for two or three hours when, in turning a bend, he i looked behind, to see a number of horsemen riding hard on his trail. "He had the real Indian's instinct, in spite of his mooning, and he knew at a glance that there were white riders after him. He had made a dreadful mistake in driving these horses, after they had refused to follow him. They were the white men's stock! "He knew what would happen to ' him should he be caught, and he put the quirt to his pony, as much alive and alert as he had been dazed and dreaming. He rode a good pony, which had done nothing but graze all summer, ana ior a ume ne Kepi ms " lead. He had nearly reached the reservation line when his horse began to give out. His pursuers were swiftly gaining, when, in dashing over a rise, he came face to face with his brother. "Two Moons' absence had been discovered early in the morning, and Little Chief, guessing the cause, had taken the trail, and was riding hard after him. The brothers' horses both were well biqkwn, and, there being no need of words, the elder wheeled and led the way into a coulee which he had crossed a little time before. At the head of this ravine the two turned their ponies loose and took to cover, where they had perfect command of every approach without exposing themselves. "Well, the cow-men came up, and warned by a couple of shots, grasped the situation. There were five of them, and they posted four, so as to hold the Indians. Then the fifth rode away after help. "It was about this time, I reckon, that Twn MnnnR1 father r>am? in frnrn his visiting; and he posted after his sons, to come back in the afternoon and report their situation to me. Much disquieted, I cautioned the father to say nothing to any one else, but to get a fresh pony at once, and guide me to the besieged. "It was after dark when we reached the ground. I posted my guide at the mouth of the coulee, and soon was among the besiegers. There were a dozen or more angry cow-men surrounding a covert so perfect that they couldn't rush the Sioux without a certainty of serious loss of life. "I found their leader, a ranch foreman named Farrell, whom I knew. I told him my version of Two Moons' quest, and begged him to drop the matter. He and two others who stood with him laughed at my tale, which I must confess, though I doubted not of its truth, smacked of improbability. They declared that they would 'get those thieving Sioux,' if tney nau 10 starve mem out: l-iau they been within the reservation liraits, I might have made my authority felt, but they we're well outside my jurisdiction; and I saw that neither threat nor persuasion could avail. "After some talk I went back to w>ere I had posted Chaska?Two Moons' father?only to find that he was gone. I knew then that, in spite of my injunction, he had passed the word of his boys' plight out over the agency. The coy.'-men must sack . BLUFF. IJ 'It's a duty you are owing t To the world to shake your feet, And to lift your voice in singin' Till the music fills the street; ' If the world is dark and glocmy ] And you haven't got a friend, t It's your duty to dissemble, f It's your duty to pretend. If you meet the world a-grinnin>, t Then the world will grin at vou; , You can laugh the clouds to flinders. Till the blue sky glimmers through; ' If you just pretend you're happy. With your whole rwart in the bluff . Then, almost before you know it, You'll be happy, sure enough! ?Houston Poet. 1 ?? est? 1 Two Moons. 11 ; IELLES CALKINS. down in the end. or fight my Brules. "The wretched prospect of another Indian uprising was staring mo in the face, and I had not even communication by wire with the outside world. I went back to the cow-men, | to be a witness against them and for my Indians in the last extremity. "Had the night been dark, I should I have had hope that Little Chief and Two Moons might crawl through the lines or make a dash and get away; but there was a brilliant full moon, and a man could be seen quite plainly at 200 yards. The cowboys stood, or grimly sat, at intervals of fifty yards, and a rabbit could not have i | passed their line without discovery. j "Farrell was not at all pleased to see me when I bivouacked at his [ stand. He was offish in conversation, I not exactly rude, but with a tone which said, 'You may camp here, it's i a free range?too free for interfer erice of any sort!' J i "By midnight other cow-men be- ] gan to arrive, and by daylight there were twenty-five or thirty at hand. ] Evidently these men expected a sortie f | by the agency Sioux, ahd were pre- 1 pared to fight. Losses from stock 1 'rustling' of late had exasperated the "! I whole district of the Antelope. Each man of these besiegers carried a magazine gun and two revolvers, and was belted, with metallic cartridges, so j that, in the distance, he appeared to t be uniformed in copper plate. c "I knew that, if not interfered , with; they would rush my Indians ? and end the business as soon as they t had coffee and a bite to eat. While a t detail was passing coffee and hard r biscuit along the line, my Sioux put i in an appearance. To the number of ( fifty odd these filed out of a coulee, s in a glitter of oiled guns and copper j shells, and took position, fitting their ^ horses, like a group of bronze and c armored statues, at 600 or 700'yards. i They were the pick of my agency, a armed, doubtless, with all the guns t and cartridges that could be collected f on Antelope Reservation. t "The cow-men paid this formidable a f" As It 5triketh th ? By H. J. T I. Keep your conscience teni I 2. Be not weary in well doic 13. To-day's frugality is to-m< 4. Salvation is an accomplish the best ends of life. Degradation tion of the worst ends of life. 5. Better go supperless to be ti. Man should pay more att< 8 than thoge on the street. 7. Every dollar put by to-d 3 morrow. >; S. One whose falsehoods nc t the right to speak the truth. - 9. Mediocrity can talk, but it 10. Beware of little expens ! great ship. II. Character building is ? ing and development. 12. Man is like a cracked be fa the grating of the two broken surf could be trimmed off by means of p the defect. party no apparent heed, but pro- t ceeded calmly with the bread and 1 coffee. Yet 1 knew that a fight waa ? imminent, and without providential i interference could not be delayed be- < yond a few minutes. I begged per- 3 mission of Farrell to go to their ? covert and have an interview with t Latue uniei ana i wu auuuub, uut auci i a brief talk with some of his men, he j 1 refused my request. 1 c "The tragedy was at hand. The j t men had finished eatiiig and were i looking to their weapons and hitch- ? ing their cartridge-belts into position, 11 and a detail had brought up their [ i horses for distribution when, at the j 1 head of the coulee and in their cen- jr tre, I saw a fluttering rag, apparently 3 thrust up out of the ground. < "I lost no seconds in pointing this e out to Fa/rell, who was about to mount his horse.' t "''They want to talk,' I said. Let i them, and I will interpret.' < "Farrell scowled fiercely at the * pitiful signal, and swept the outlying I Sioux with a swift glance of sus- t picion. Then he turned to me. " 'Well,' he growled, 'holler at 'em if it'll do you any cood; but don't give 'em any notion they can get away 1 from what's coming!' J "I raised my voice and shouted to < Little Chief to know what he had to ^ say. i " 'Two Moons will surrender!' was < his answer. 'He will 20 out to those t men now. I have never taken their 2 horses, and I did not counsel my 1 brother to do so!' I " 'The boy who ran off your horses * by mistake will come out to you now,' 1 I interpreted, turning to Farrell and 1 the nearer men. 'He will come un- ( armed. The other mau, his brother, J was in no way to blame, save in tell- ! ing the boy an old tradition of finding < a horseshoe. If you punish Little 1 Chief, you should punish also all < these others who have come out to ( defend the boy." 1 " 'Sounds reasonable,' Farrell reluctantly admitted. 'Well, tell the thief to come out.' Then word was passed along the line. f "f signaled the brothers that Two t Mcons should come 011. There was c no hesitation. The slim, half-naked < hoy suddenly appeared upon the ' level. He came toward us, walking very straight and steadily, and to his doom, as 1 verily believed. 1 'The lad was stripped to the leg- ! I gi*2g?, and his hair, freshly braided i md greased, hung- in two strings lown his breast. In all his bearing here was the high spirit of self;acrifice, of making atonement. As le drew near, 1 found myself biting ny lips and my vision getting misty vith the pity of it. He came direct ,o me. " 'My father,' he said, 'I alone am ;o blamo for what has happened'. I wish to give my body to these men .hat my people may not suffer.' "A dozen or more cowboys had gathered about their leader as I inAo T enAlr/i Torn WnnilR -CI yiClCU. AO X OpUAV, * U v AMkwwa?r, with flushed face, showing a pleadng eagerness that his sacrifice should )e accepted, went forward a little to 'ace them. "Before I had finished speaking a :hrill went through me. The at-* nosphere of hostility had melted as :louds vanish after a June shower, rhe brave spirit and truthful face of ;he boy had won what neither argunent nor force could have accomplished. "There were some seconds of sience; then one of the men raised the ;ension. " 'Shucks!' he said, and turning lis back on the scene, walked off. Sverybody laughed, and Farren nung lis hat at the boy's feet. " 'You little sap-sucker,' he said, you've mighty nigh raised a lot of nischief, but you've shorfe made good 'or the sand! Bill,' he said to one >f his men, 'bring up that gray pony >' mine and give it to this high red. iVe've got to remove him from temptaion.' > . . i ' ) "Amid laughter and the gathering >f the clan, white and red,- the gray >ony was brought, and Two Moons, he most amazed and delighted little ndian on earth, I reckon, was lifted lpon the back of a tine cow-horse, ind made to understand tbrt it was lis. Then the cowboys rode away, vith my Brules whooping 'How! 3ow! How!' after them. "When the, noise had subsided, Two VIoons turned to me. 'At any rate, father,' he shouted, earnestly, 'my nedicine was good, else I should not lave got this fine p)jy!' "?From the Youth's Companion. The Price of Eggs. "When eggs get in the neighborlood of forty cents a dozen and buter climbs to thirty-five and forty :ents people always want to know vhat the cause is," said a New Jer;ey farmer to a Dock street merchant he other day. "They think we are rying to bleed them, but if they eally knew the trutb, they wouldn't lave much to say, I don't believe. )f course you fellows here on Dock treet know the causes, but the ordiiary person doesn't. Do you know vhy eggs are scarce? It's not beause the hens are not working as lard as usual. Some may be taking i vacation, it's true, but it's because he farmers are saving their eggs or incubators. About this time of he year the poultry raisers,collect ill the fresh eggs they can and pile e Philosopher. | HIEDE. , ler.v -I ig. ' 6 arrow's felicity. hment through the selection of ? is a consequence of the cultiva- B d than to rise in debt. 0 ?ntion to the chips on his lathe ? i ay comes as a gift to you to- y j longer deceive has forfeited h is for genius to observe. >es; a small leak will sink a I ronseauencft of constant train- S 11 that does not ring because of ? aces on each other, but if these S a saw or file, it would remedy H :hem into the patent setting hens. iTou ask why they do this? Well, it's i siipple proposition. It takes three veeks to the day for 3ggs to hatch >ut. As soon as you get chickens rou begin to feed them to beat ;verything. The brooders, in which hey are kept in winter to keep them varm, are fairly alive with the little 'ellows, and by stuffing them with' :orn and wheat we soon have chickins as big as squabs and kill them 'or broilers. You know what they, ire?the highest kind of chicken neat. You can't blame the farmers 'or hoarding their eggs when you enow the profit there is in broilers, rhen you get as much per pound as rou get for a dozen eggs at forty :ents a dozen. Its only the law of supply and demand which makes ;ggs high, as everything else. Let all he farmers turn all their eggs into narket, and you will see the price :ome down; let them hoard ?their ;ggs for hatching and up goes the jrice. It's simple when you know he truth."?Philadelphia Record. Costly Necklaces. The most costly necklace in the vorld belongs to the Countess ienckel, a lady well known in Lon-> ion and Paris society, the value ovhich is said to be $250,000. It is eally composed of three necklaces, ;ach of historic interest. One was^ he property of the ex-Queen of Naples, sister of the late Austrian^ impress; the second was once the property of a Spanish grandee; while he third was formerly owned by the impress Eugenie. Not long ago a lecklace composed of 412 pearls, in iight rows, the property ol* the late Duchess of Montrose, was sold for 559,100. The Empress Frederick of jermany is said to have possessed a lecklace of thirty-two pearls, worth it least $200,000, while Lady II:hesier's necklace of black pearls is valued at about $125,000.?Tit-Bits. Vegetarians. Vegetarianism has got its grip on iociety, and has already commenced o make converts in numbers large mough to be encouraging to thai jvauKelists of the cult of the bean incl-nut-food.?M. A. P. It is suggested that Boston should >ensiou the cook who, in forty years, !3S made 394,000 pies and 2,000,000 loughnuts. IFSrmnIE] itesiMtociaiaoMtMitoM* We are just at the tail end of the 'coon season, for the sweet corn has . ripened, and our friends have been Sown from the mountains and woods, Enjoying themselves, as is their right and privilege. The observant night liner, putting down his baits and taknn h<o nolo will hftVB nnttcsd >Ug uy UikO 1TM* WW ? _ _ _ _ the tracks of Procyon lotor along the brook side, for he likes variety. But &s different hounds are suitable for different countries, so are 'coon dogs Df great good in one place, and of do account in another. He may be of great service, where the topography is open and extensive, and the same dog can just as well be at home, say as on the western hank of the Hudson, from twenty to thirty miles north of New York. Your j country barber even, is a philosopher (n sport; and It was the dictum of a /Sparkill, N. Y., knight of the strop, who 'expounded in this way to me, the* other day. A coon's skin hanging on the wall by this single-handed aairdresser suggested the conversation on 'coons and 'coon dogs. Said he: "The truth of it is, a Southern 'coon dog is no good here; they can keep their hounds. What we want is a terrier dog, and I'd take an Airedale terrier and hound cross for choice. But we want 'em silent as the grave till he comes to the tree, where mister 'coon has gone up, and then he can holler like a fire bell if he likes. Your hound is too noisy, and Mr. Coon is off and gets such a start that he's under fifty million tons of Palisades rock and rubbish | before you <?an count twenty. Give | me the terrier that will quickly follow his trail, and then rush him to his tree. We can do the rest. Your noisy hound, hereabouts, is no good. I'd give a hundred dollars for a quiet 'coon dog myself, and there's Mr. fa well known millionaire with sporting tastes), who'd give me fcur, hundred on my bargain. There ain't a good 'coon dog to be had, and that's why we're not getting i 'coons this fall." And who shall say that our Sparkill friend was not right??From Recreation. WORDS OF WISDOM. __ y We are haunted by an ideal life, and it is because we have within us the beginning and the possibility of it.?Phillips Brooks. In this world, it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.?Henry Ward Beecher It is ridiculous to expect God to hear us when we do not hear ourselves; which is the case when our lips move, with the mind inattentive and wandering.? Seed. '' ' Each good habit we weave in our teens means a better and happier life to its very end?and we cannot afford to waste an hour in setting the loom at work.?Scottish Reformer. It is personal influence that de' termines the size of a life; not words, nor even deeds.?Scottish Reformer. Let us see that, whenever we have failed to be loving, we have also failed to be wise; that, whenever we bave been blind to our neighbor's in| terests we have also been blind to our own; whenever, we have hurt others we have hurt ourselves much more.?Charles Kingsley. The man who cannot spare time for outdoor recreation usually holds the averages good by taking time to V. a mIaI. n _ r uc aicts..?ouumsu neiurmer. Stated seasons of quiet and retirement are demanded for the nurturing of the spiritual nature. It is in such times that we realize the littleness of the frets and annoyances of the way, and rise with fresh incentives for holy duty.?J. R. MacDuff. Why Fruit Acids Are Wholesome. Fruit acids destroy all kinds of disease germs. This answers the question why our, fruits are promoters of health. Disease germs are ! ever nresent in the month thrnnt I stomach and bowels. If these germs j can be destroyed by such agreeable medicine as fresh apples, peaches, pears, grapes, strawberries and raspberries, blackberries, currants and other similar fruits, why should we not partake of them freely, thus avoiding doctors' bills? Remember that it is easier to keep well than to get well after you are once sick. This does not mean to infer that you should stuff yourself with fruit at all hours of the day or night; some people can eat fruit in this way, but most of us should eat our fruits at meal time, or before or after meals. It is good practice to keep lemons | upon the table continually, and on rising in the morning squeeze a tablespoonful of lemon juice into a glass of water and drink it as soon as you get out of bed; two or three times a day drink a glass of water intn whirh Vine hoon nlnnort n too. ? " ] Bpoonful of lemon juice. Lemon juice purifies the water by destroying the germs of disease that may be contained in the water, and more thani this, when we drink this lemon juice, diluted by water without sugar, we destroy the germs of disease which are in our systems. One reason why rural people are more healthy than' city people is that they eat more fruit. But there are other reasons why fruits are healthful. They are easily digested. If we eat fruit at meal time we are not so inclined to overeat such foods as meat and greasy substances.?Green's Fruit Grower. Swiss Mountain Delivery. The Swiss postal department is . making arrangements for the distribution of mails in many mountain ous districts hitherto inaccessible during the winter months. This is to be done by means of skis, and a whole corps of postmen have been! ! in training for the iervice.?London' ' Ulobe. 1 w r. .v - THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA 1 CONCERTED ATTACK ON DRINK | WINNING ALL ALONG LINE. Decisions of the Higher Courts? What the Divine Court Says and What the United States Supreme Court Says. 1. The Divine Court: (1) On the drunkard?Woe unto 4Via+ ftwa 1 rrh+xr In Hrlnlr wine. iiicui tiiat ai o IUI^uij bv vt* ?? -?| and men of strength to mingle strong t drink. (Isa. 5:22.) No drunkard shall inherit the 7 Kingdom of God. CI Cor. 6:10.) p (2) On the license system?Woe v nnto them which justify the wicked v for reward, and take away the right- , eousness of the righteousness from him. (Isa. 5:23.) ? Woe unto him that buildeth his g house by unrighteousness and his ^ chambers by wrong. (Jer. 22:13.) ^ Woe unto him that buildeth a town Q with blood and establisheth a city by , iniquity. (Hab. 2:12.) j 2. The Supreme Court of the United States: ' p (1) On the drink' system, as a ^ danger to the public?We cannot shut out of view the fact, within the knowledge of all, that the public ? health, the public morals and the ,< public safety may be endangered by j the general use of Intoxicating drinks. v ?State of Kansas vs. Ziebold & Hagelin, 123 U. 8. 634. ^ (2) On public health and morals, ^ j as inalienable^?No Legislature can ^ bargain away the public health or the 0 public morals. The .people them- j selves cannot do it, much less their ^ servants. * * * Government is s organized with a view to their preservation.?Stone vs. Mississippi, 101 U. S. 816. f J (3) On the right to sell intoxicat- v ine liauors. as not inherent?There is ^ no inherent right of a citizen to thus * sell intoxicating liquors by retail. It j is not a privilege of a State or of n t citizen of the United States.?Crowley vs. Christensen, 137 U. S. 86. j So far as such a right exists (the a right to sell liquor), it is not one of a the rights growing out of citizenship v of the United States.?Bartemeyer vs. t Iowa. 85 U. S. 18 Wallace 120. 2 (4) On the gain of prohibition of 0 Intoxicating liquors?If a loss of rev- j enue should accrue to the United h States (because of prohibition) from E a diminished consumption of ardent <spirits, she will be a gainer a thou- q sand fold in the health, wealtli and t happiness of the people.?License r cases, 46 U. S. 5 How. 632. g (5) On the right of a State to r prohibition, etc.?All powers of a t court, whether at common law or in j. chancery, may be called into operation by a legislative body for the (purpose of suppressing this objection- p able traffic. Pearsori: "A State has ? a right to prohibit or restrict the t manufacture of intoxicating liquors e within her limits; to prohibit all sale j or traffic in them in said State?and r to provide regulations for the abate- 8 meet, as a common nuisance, of the ^ property used for such forbidden pur- 2 poses."?Kidd vs. Pearson.?Dial of j Progress. j ???- y "Strange Benevolence." i U One day, riding with a friend in j one of our leading cities, I noticed a F stately and palatial residence, to g which I called my friend's attention. 2 He said: "That beautiful mansion was built for its proprietor by benev- 0 olent gentlemen of this city and com- a munity.'' g And by further conversation I 5 learned that some men gave their 3 own clothing, others gave their pianos j and organs, and some donated their t carpets, pictures and furniture. Oth- j ers sacrificed nearly all the food of j pantry and cellar, and most of the ( clothing of the wardrobe belonging F to the wife and children. Some gave their sons jto dissipa- e tion, while their daughters became c outcasts. The majority of these T benevolent gentlemen deposited their 4 good name, their reputation, charac- f tor and all?mind, body and soul? ( all to erect thfs stately mansion for y the man who occupies it and owns it. 1 They also have given him the finest j suit of broadcloth and a brilliant dia- r mond pin, while they have dressed t his Wife and children in silks and g satins. They also keep the pantry, t cellar and wardrobe filled to over- j flowing. , E Strange benevolence! Who are 4 these benevolent ones, and who is the [ man living in the stately mansion, c surrounded by every luxury? Can g you guess??O. F. Laughbaum, in t National Advocate. / 1 J I The South and Ram. t The opinions of experts differ as to je the causes 01 tne rapia tspreiiu ui me prohibition Bentiment in the Southern States. One keen observer has lately expressed the opinion that tire present condition is "endemic," and that prohibition may becomo "epidemic" throughout the country. This is an ' extreme view. But the liquor trade is manifestly alarmed by the recent developments, and the prediction has been made that there will be some sort of anti-saloon planks in the platforms of both the great political parties next year.?Editorial in the New York Times. Red Men Ear Saloonkeepers. The Great Council of the United States Improved Order of Red Men, in sixtieth annual session, at Norfolk, Va., adopted an amendment to the laws of the order prohibiting membership in the future to all saloonkeepers and bartenders. This is not . retroactive, and does not affect the present status of such members of the 1 order. ' t Temperance Notes. Hon. C. W. Trickett, Assistant. At- jr torney-General for Kansas, has wiped a out 165 joints in Kansas City, Kan. tl The South, stripped of intemper- c ance, will forge ahead as never be- 01 fore. al Saloons in Portland, Me., may read- w *? a ily dg lcienunea uy mui uupaiuicu u< spruce partitions and a 3inful smell. ol The Independent Order of Good sc Templars has grown so strong in tt Hungary that is has become neces- ir sary to establish a grand lodge in tc that country. Rock Island, Illinois, has ninetyfive saloons, which is, in round numbers, one for eve;y 250 people. Rock Island's case is not unusual, but with a the rising tide of temperance it soon w. will be. i m A ai Since 1890, StaA prohibition has si been in operation constantly in- w creasing success in^ve States, while v? county, district, m^^wjal and town- 01 ihip prohibition ha^^Hnded its sway into more than h^^^^Bentire country, including the^^^K total banishment of the ten other States North and^^^^^kand large se sections in at lea^^^^^Bof the re- M Diainiug thirty-tw^^^^^H <7 - - : HE SUNDAY ZZEGOl. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JANUARY 12. object: Jesus and John Hie Dnplist, John 1:19-34 ? Golden Text, John 1:29?Commit Verses 29, 30?Commentary. TrMT??Wohrn?rv A.D27 PT.Arr:. ?Bethany beyond "the Jordan. EXPOSITION.?I. John's Answer y the Committee from Jerusalem, 1918. The ministry of John the Bapist has aroused great excitement, 'eople were in expectation. All men re re reasoning concerning John, whether happily he were the Christ Luke 3:15). This gave, rise to a ommittee being sent from Jerusalem o irfveetigate. There were two perons for whom the people were lookQg as preparatory to the coming of Jurist, Elijah, as prophesied by Malchi (Mai. 4:5) and the "Prophet Ike unto Moses" (Deut. 18:15-18). ohn frankly confesses that he was ot Christ, nor Elijah, nor thq, rophet predicted by Moses. There iave been those in recent years who laimed to be Elijah and the Prophet iredicted by Moses, and "Messenger f tne covenant " ana jjavia ana tae Branch," one of the two witnesses of tevelation, etc. There was a sense in which John was Elijah (Matt.'11:14; 7:10-13), i. e.. he came in the spirit nd power of Elijah (Luke 1:17), but Slijah in the sense in which the quesion was asked, a real re-incarnation if the prophet Elijah, he was not. low unlike the real John was to hose who in our day claim to be his uccessor! There is the utmost huoility in the way in which John tates his real position. He speaks of limself as only "a voice crying in the wilderness," applying to himself the irophecy of Isaiah (Isa. 40:3-5), which so clearly set forth John tho Japtist's mission. A voice is somehing to be heard, not seen. As John lad denied that he was the Christ, or ilijah, or "that prophet," the priests ,nd Levites made bold to question his uthority for bantizing In a -similar way, they made bold to question esus' authority at a later day (Matt. 1:23), and later still the authority f the apostles to preach (Acts 5:28). n his answer John again display* his lumility. His baptism in water was lothing to the baptism of the Coming )ne (cf. Matt. 3:11; Acts 1:5). The Jhrist was already in their midst, but hey were so blind that they did not' ecognize Him (cf. vs. 10, 11; chap. -19; 16:3). Happy is the man who eally knows The Christ (Jno. 17:3), >ut the world, even to-day, knows lim not (1 John 3:1). II. John the Baptist's Testimony Concerning Jesus, 29>34. Notice the irecision with which John the Evan;elist marks the exact time that these hings occurred. He himself was an ye-witness. John first testifies that esus was the "Lamb of God." The eference Is beyond question to the acriflcial lambs, the atoning sacriices of the Old Testament (cf. Gen. 2:7, 8; Ex. 12:3; Num. 28:3-10; sa. 53.7). As the Lamb of God, esus would take away the sin of the world. The thought here is not dcatw'o rtA?rai* Vttlf QtATia. L V fcfl CtliUC J.1 Ulil OIU a JJunt-i , Uuv. uwvuv oent and deliverance from sin's guilt. resus is the Deliverer from Bin's tower and presence as well as sin's ruilt (Matt. 1:21; Hcb. 7:25; Judo 4), but this is not the thought here. Vhere taking away of sin is spoken f in connection with atoning blood, it .lways refers to the removal of the ;uilt of sin (cf. Lev. 16:30; 17:11; 4:19, 31; Jer. 33:8; Ps. 51:7.; Rev. :5; 7:14; Heb. 9:22', 23; Eph. 1:7; torn. 3:25; 5:9; Matt. 26:28). As he Lamb of God in atoning sacrifice, esus made propitiation for sin /(1 ohn 2:2; Matt. 20:28; 2 Cor. 5:21; Jal. 3:13), and on the ground of this tropitiation sin is taken away, reaoved from the sinner as far as the iast is from the west (Ps. 103:12; f. Lev. 17:21, 22). God dealt in uercy with men before Christ's time lecause Jesus was "The Lamb slain rom the foundation of the world' Rev. 13:8). The death of Christ ?as, in God's sight, an eternal fact. Jut while the death of Christ avails n this way for all men, believer and [ inbeliever, it fully avails only foi | hose who accept it. Jesus "is the j Javiour of all men, especially of those'1 hat believe" (1 Tim. 4:10). There leed be no difficulty with John's tatement, "I knew Him not." John ived in Judea, Jesus in Galilee; and hough Jesus had gone up to the passiver, it is quite likely that in the ;reat crowds He did not meet John, >ut probably what John means is thai te did not know Him as the coming lessiah. As soon cs he saw, JohD ;ave his testimony. The descent o 1 he Spirit was not a mere subjective xperience seen only by Jesus (cf, flatt. 3:16; Luke 3:22), but an obective fact, witnessed by John a 1 veil as Jesus. John is not the real laptizer, but Jesus, the baptizer witb he Holy Ghost and fire (cf. Matt, - A -A- 1 A . A A ?:ii; jonn 3:39, it. v.; Atis av.-*-*:7; 19:2-6). The baptism with th? jpirit is the great baptism, the on? laptism that unites all believers intd he one body (Eph. 4:4, 5; cf. 1 Cor, ( .2:13) and Jesus, and Jesus only, is -le that baptized with the Hols Jhost. As the baptizer with the Holjl Jhost, John also recognized Jesus ai he Son of God. He is the Son ol Jod, because begotten of God (Luke . :35), and possessed of the attributes if the Father (Heb. 1:3; Phil. 2*6, I. V.), so fully that He. could say, He that hath seen Me hath seen th? father" (John 14:9); the One ill vhom all the fulness of the Godhead I welt bodily (Col. 2:9); to be hon?red even as the Father is honored John 5:23). The cramped heart cannot contain he Christ. Burbanli's Thornless Cactus. The National Mueseum, at Washigton, D. C., has placed on exhibition specimen "leaf" of a thornless cac is aeveiopea Dy j_iuiner curuau&, ui alifornia. Perfecting a cactus withnt thorns means providing a valuale forage plant which will grow as ell in arid as in moist regions. The ittened stem of this novel growth, Ften erroneously called a "leaf," in ime of the best specimens is nearly tree feet long, a foot wide and three iches thick, and its surface is similar ?that of a watermelon. Output of Graphite. Although this country consumes jout thirty-five per cent, of the orld's total output of graphite, it furchoe huf- twontv nof nont nf it The Mount imported into the United "ates in 1906, chiefly from Ceylon, as valued at $1,554,212, and the ilue of the domestic production was ily 5340,239. Afictl 75, Weds His StepdaughterAbraham Shank, ol Omaha, Neb., iventy-five years old, was married to iss Josephine Miller, his stepdaujhr. 1 I ~ rf| PrmUGHTS .quietJMBUTV THE FOUR ANCHORS. > (Acts 27:29.) !Thc night is dark, but God, my God, Is here, and in command, And sure am I, when morning breaks, I shall be "at the land." 'And since I know the darkness is To Him &? sunniest day, * I'll cast the anchor Patience out, And wish?but wait?for day. Fierce drives the storm, but winds and waves Within His hand are held, 'And trusting in Omnipotence My-fears are sweetly quelled. If wrecked, I'm in His faithful grasp, I'll trust Him, though He slay; So letting go the anchor Faith, ' K I'll wish?but wait?for day. Still seem the moments dreary, lotog* I rest upon the Lord; I muse on His "eternal years," And feast upon His word; v His promises, so rich and great, Are my support and stay; ' ' I'll drop the anchor Hope ahead, And wish?but wait?for day. ;* * 0 wisdom infinite! O light And love subrepie, divine! How can I feel one fluttering doubt . ~ In hands so dear as Thine? Ill lean on Thee, my best beloved, My heart on Thy heart lay, And castinsr out the anchor Love, I'll wish?bnt wait?for day. / V? ?Mrs. Helen E. .Brown, in Advocate ana Guardian. ' ' Ministry of Intercession. I remember a friend telling me that at one time he was in the direst temptation, and his future life was in the: balance. There came upon him a blast from Hell, and he was upon the very point of recklessly throwing his virtue and honor away. Away in another part of England there was a relative who Ihred close* to God; some warning bell sounded t in her heart that this person was In danger. She pleaded with God for v thel deliverance of his soul. She knew not why there was sucb an ur- ' '<; > 4 gency laid on her to pray. for this special person; but she spent long hours on her knees' that night and in the morning wrote to,her relative ' ;? who had been in danger to explain the strange feeling of urgency : prayer, saying that it was on his account she was praying. "When the temptation was at Its strongest there sounded in the con- V\ science of the man some terrific warn- , ing note; all the bells of the soul were set riDging; a sense of fearful v'.: and impending danger took possession of him, and. the temptation lost its power. Here was the turning point of life. If the warning bells of impending danger had been Ignored, what would the result have been?, If some Christians would hold themselves free to let God ring bells of intercession in their heart, many a' poor soul might gain the benefit. In answer to prayer the man's whole nature was set tingling, and the sense of Impending danger was his salvation. ?Bright Words. ; The Beauty of Death. If there is one thing especially of t which many people cannot possibly /1 believe that, under any circum- vf stances, it would seem beautiful, I suppose it must be death. That must ja always be dreadful. Men seldom see any misery in life so great .8" to out- ? weigh the misery of leaving it. - d But yet it comes to all of us, thai:' fl He who made death made it, like all S things else, to be beautiful in His V time. When a life has lived its days out in liappiness, grown old with con- . fl stantly accumulating joys, and then, 1 I at laBt, before decay has touched it, I or the ground softens under its feet, g the door opens, and it enters into the " new youth of eternity; when a young ^ man has tried hid powers here and dedicated them to God, and then i3 palled to the full use of their perfect- I ed strength in the very presence of ^ j pod whom he has loved; when a man "4 has lived for his brethren, and the time comes that his life cannot help ' them any longer, hut his death can put.life into dead truths, and send en(husiasm into fainting hearts; when leath comes as a rest to a man who 3 tired with a long fight, or as vieory to a man who leaves his enemies )affled behind him on the shore of ime?in all these times, is death not >eautiful? "Nothing in all his life became this man like leaving it," they said of one Who died.?Phillips Brooks. | % Hope. Every discovery has hope as its intentlve. Behind every invention whicn adds to the sum of human happiness and every battle fought for liberty, there is that hope. It it the glory of the individual, the nation, and the race; it is the exultant pong of the poet, the musician, the : i-x J4. ?~ iUA 1 pcuipiui't it la LUC 51VI j taai pain us | the eastern skies at dawn; the sweet _ ' farewell that lingers In the sunset; the music of the breeze; it is the golden sky after the tempest.?Rev. H. M. Couden, Episcopalian, Washington. Interpret to the World. ' The world to-day is short-sighted, bbtuse,i ignorant. It has no keen Eense for the gift of God, which is j eternal life. Ours it is to sense that gift and interpret it to the world. But are we living or speaking as if ' ; we knew the Gift of God??Chicago Standard. * We Are Strangers. Are we not strangers here? Is it c not strange that we so often meat and part without a word of our home, or the way to it, or our advance toward it??Archbishop Leighton. a AVpnTi".Wpndpd Viptc of Life. If a man gives himself to moneymaking, or to the pushing of business plans, and drives at it year in and year out, he is a "very enterprising fellow." If he is carried away with political partisanship, he is "a wideawake citizen." If he lives for pleasure, and pursues it recklessly day and night, he may be called a "little m fast." But if he is dead earnest In his purpose to honor Christ and to save souls, then he is "a religious enthusiast," or a "fanatic."?H. Cla*/ Trumbull. Wrong Horse Won $10,000. Turfman Carman, of San Francisco, sent his betting commissioner to * place $10,000 on a horse, but the commissioner made a mistake and put it on the wrong racer. The "wrong" one was the.victor, and Carman doubled his money. Italy Stops Bakers' Night Work. * The Government has presented a j bill prohibiting bakers from working at night and establishing a heavy fine,which will go to the fund for aged workmen. J