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T3 ca c*F -; ~y isgic l:.,the we ACROSS T1 ! R e the h iin Of the kin*" ' ' houly"sboha d m r" ha:vCe Dn nerv u2 anut g rg on that b a', aka at D~ Ta~m,-,gc'' Tais of 0 y' Pas- the o,.ran cr the helm an u t Dc T fP and that the boat might be szge Oyr the J rdan ds' ed Cn the reeks. as sometimos sovs were dashed in the Jirian, anu then I could have imagined the boa: FROMr; ALMO3T UNNOTICED starting nt:d rocking. and thy crjing out: OU i, we are going to be lost We are going down!" Nit so. Ti, Incident cf Olden Tim- Are Drawn king was 'on bord: the b a-, and thos women aI ehilircn and a:1 the )u e L= ssfns of C ,mfort ard hold of the ki-g knew that et.ry care was t-ken to bve tie b-:r.e hean H: pefuln:-Ss to A 1 of the em;ire-pss in safety. N >w, I want to break up a ae usion Ccc's Chi-dren. i, uSur n.id, anid tbat is this: When iur frierads go out fie n this world, we F:om an un~oticed incident cf olden reei -o-ry for them bccan-e they hav: time Dr. Ta'maze in this disc~urse to go alene; and paren-: hold on to the draws ecme comforting and rap:urcu; nanes cf their chi:ren who are dying s and hold on to something of the im lessons1. The text is 11 s;muel sx. pression that the moment they let go 18, "And there went over a ferryboat t he li:tie one will be in the darkness to carry over the king's hou ehold." and in the boat all a!cne. "Oh," the Which of the crowd is the king? parent sass, "if I could only go with That short mmn, srabarnt and in fa :2y cbile, I wou d be willing to die a tigue dress It is D.avid, the exild half doz n times. I am afraiid she king. He has defeated his enemies iill be lost in the woods or in the dirk and is new going home to recume biz ness; I am a'raid she will be very much alace. Good! I always le to see frightened in the boat all alone. ' David come cut ahead. But between break up the deinsion. When a s ul him and his home there isth-- cl.brated gos to heaven, it does not go alone; river Jordan which has to b- passed the King is on boar i the boat. Was the king is accompanied to the Dank 'aul alone in the i.:s extre:nity? H -ar of the river by an ari'toeratic old gen the shcut of the sacred missionary as tieman of 80 years, B.:ziai by nan.e, he crus out, 'I am row ready to be of who owned a fine c:norv seat at Roge fered, and the time of my departure is lim. Besides that, IDvid has his lami- at hind." Was John Wsley alone in ly with him. But how shall they get the last c remits? No Hcar Lim across the river? Wit'e they are stand say, 'Beat of all God is with us." ing there I see a ferry boat coming from Was Sir Wtlaiam Forb-s alone in the the other side, and asit cuts :hrough last cx'remits? No. Hear him say the water I see the faces of David and to his friends. "Tell all the people who his household brighten up at the are coming down to the bed of dea'h thought of so soon getting home. No from my experience it has no terrors" sooner has the ferryboat stitck the 'O ," say a gr'eat many people. "that shore than David aid his family and does very well for distinguished Christ his old friend Barziilai fr'm Rogeim tans, but fir me, a common man, for get on board the beat.. Eitbr with me, a eommen woman, we can't ex splashing oars at the side or with one peet that gu dance and help." If I oar sening at the stern of the boat should give you a passage of Scripture they leave the eastern bank of the Jar tbat would promise to you positively dan and start for the western bans. when you are erossing the river to the That western bank is black with next world the king would be in she crowds of people, who are waving ant boat, would you belicve the promise? shouting at the approaoh of the king and - OZ yes."t on ia', -'I would. Here 1s his family. The muitary are all our the promise. "When thou passest Some of those who have been David's through the waters, I will be with thee, worst enemies now shout until they are and through the rivers, they shall not hoarse at his return. No sooner has overfb w tnee." Christ at the sisk pil the boat struck the shore on the west- low to take the soul out of the body; era side than the earth quakes and the Christ to help the soul down the bark heavens ring with cheers c welcome into the boat; Christ midstream; Christ and congratulation. Davi_ and his on the other side to help the soun up family and Barzillai from Rogehm the beach. Be comforted about your step ashore. King David asks his old d-parted friends. Be comforted about friend to go with him and live at the your own demise when the time shall palace, but Barzillai ap logiz -s and come. Tell it to all the prople under intimates that he is irfirm with age the sun that no Christian ever dies and too deaf to appreciate the music, alone; the King is in the boat. and has a delicate appetite th-a' wcu'd Again. my text suggests that leay soon be cloyed with luxuricu living, ing this world for heaven is only cross and so he begs that D.vd would let ing a furry. Dr. Snaw estimates the him go back to his country seat. average width of the Jordan to be about I once heard the father of a president 30 yards. What, so narrow? Yes. of the United States say- that he had "There went over a ferryboat to carry just been to Wasningtou to see his son the king's household." Yes, going to in the White House, and he told me of heaven is only a short trip-only a fer the wonderful things that occurred ry. It may be 80 miles-that is 80 there and of what Daniel Webster said years-before we get to the wet bank to him, but he declared: 'I wai glad en the other side, but the crossing is to get ac me. There was too much go short. I will tell you the whole se~re:. ing on there for me." My father, an It is not five minutes across, nor thre-', aged man, made his last yikit at my nor one minute. It is an itamanous house in Philad t ehia, and af ter the transport ation. People talk as t u church service was over, and we went leavi:;g this life, the Christian w'nt home, some one in the house asked fihurdering arnd swimming, to eraxi u, the aged man how he enjoyed the ser exhausted on the o:.h.-r shore, a:,d .o be vice. "Well,' he repiia. "I eri j yed tpulled out of the pelting sire s by the servlee, but there were too many Ramsgare lifeboat N> sueh thing it people there for me. It troubled no~ ie only a fe.rry. It is so narrow that we head very much." The fact is that old can hail each other from bank to- bak people do not like excitement. if It is only four atrns' lengths a.os King David had asked Barzllai 30 The arm of earth!; farewell pui t'n years before to go to the palace, the from this side the arm of heavenly wel probabilhty is that Batzillai nvuid have come put out from the cteer side. gone, but net now. They ki-s each while the d:.ing Christian, s:andiog other goodby, a custom amonig m~fn midstream, stretenhed out his two aris oriental, bu in vogue yet where t wo thbe one to take the farewell of earth, brothers part or an aged father and a and other to take greeting of heavsu eon go asay froma eac~h o:hcr never to That makes four arms' lengths across meet again. No wonder that their lips the river. met as King Davia and old Barziai, Blessed be God, that when we leave at the prow of the ferryb.oat, parted this world we are not to have a g;'eat forever. and perilous enterprise of cetting into This river Jordan, in all ages and heaven. Not a dangerons Frankhan ex among all languages, has been the sym- pedition to find the northw'est passage bol of the bonaary line between earth among icebergs Only a ferry. That and heaven. Yet when, on a former accounts for something you have trever occasion, I preached to you about the boen a ble to understand. You never Jordanic paseage 1 have no doubt that suppot ed that very nervous and timid some of you despondingly said. "The Christian people could be so u'-exited Lord might have divided Jordan for and placid in the last hour. The fa-t Joshua, but not for poor me." Cheer is, they were clear down on the bank. up! I want to show youthat there is a -and they saw there was nothing to be way over Jordan as well as through it. frightened about. Such a short dis. My text says. "And there went over a tance-only a ferry. With one ear ferryboat to carry over the kinig's house- -they heard the funeral psalm in their hold." me mory, and with the other ear they All our cities are familiar with the iheard the song of heavenly saiu':ion. ferr) boat. It goes from San Francisco Toe willows on this side of Jordan and to Oakiand and from Liverpool to the Lebanon cedars on the other almost Birkenhead, and twice every secu'ar nelce hirbace.Ol day of the week mulmtudes are on tth ery ferryboats of our great cities, to that ysjctaosugssheft you will not ned to hunt up a classtoatfathtwen ecrsoertte dictionary to find out what I meanlatwshlfndaoidadng Th wnile 1 am spearing to you about theferba aspoe ofi mytx passage of Davia and his family acrossmenapletosrtfmadapac the rnver Jordan. t ad ai n i e~: i o My subject, in the fir'st place, im- fn h atr hr fteJra presses me with the fact that, when weanmoesldtnthwsersoe cross over from this world to the nextwhrhelndadytoaget the boat will have to come from themayhveisntarlpae.T other side. The tribe of Jidah, we yuhae safgbn nteds are informed, sent this ferr boat across tne om evni oi to get DLavid and z~is househohi. I hae.Atrtersreto a stand on the eastern side of the ceyuwl aearsr~'dfo river Jordan, and I find no shipping atansoehgtorad nadate all, but whiue I am standirg there 1 retdeeadcoost e ihi see a boat piowing througti the river,areuecderan muitoegl and as I hear the :miri of the watersit Smrmninhsdaaenikg and the boat c:>mea to the eastern bide agetda ffnaoi t un of the Jordan and David and his familymaeilsi dsriios fhavn arad his old friend step on beard thatWelnomfrndiyowlltl boat I am mightiy impressed with themewawilbthueofarsrc fact that when we cross over from thisedbyin eanwth ohngo world to the next the boat wili ave to todo n ohn oha n oh come from the opposite shore.igtoadlannthgtoasehn Bleased be G-od, there is a boat com- Iwl ag o.Aeyugigt ia ing from the other s.do! Transporta- buinetrfovrsnggaot tioni at last for our sonis from tne otheryorhdsadfetruhtear shore; every thing aban: this gosp'-linisrnitloemtetswtr frcm the ottter snore; pardon fromt the izi h etro h u n h othaer shore; mercy from uie other shore; ni oetai~igi h ea pity from the other shore; mitibary ofa'oftemo? htisnty segels from the other store; power to hae.Dsaife ihJh' a work miracles from the other shore; traitahaeteb~a ikr Jesus Chirist from the other shore. aetyn opthu evnta 'Tais is a faithial saying and worthywlldfothma :.Inerhad of all acceptation that Christ Jeaso n eve att g oecp came into the world to save sinners," S.Jh' evn eiv hl and from a foreign snore I see the fer-hor r.TpdysgyeadIac ry boat coming, and it rols with the Wtsrct ~n n 'atriy surges of a Sanouur's suffring; but as it Oouay"w re oldoug' strnkts the earth the mountains rock,thoraTn rdwlpoiete and the dead adj1ut their apparei soora.Dntyuhhrabtteo that they may be fit to come ca:. Tha an.IbleeIsal e e ai boatttuhesthee~rh, n'~ ~o in wth rpedhei l bac his. ng ~iloma Wa iiget itO t i hi cx etMyo tubec sgalsof suggestste fact Tirng iem:t ~ain~ 'ie -a~ec-Jfatr that' whzein e crsal ovete I am hs." t I S.~ah Wu l ast we s all:a fon s o lanipg. Te got iu~~~o thaferrboa' "~se~vdofh i nat a y kno ih n m text'hc gaic! Uen he at..! I~-" Go meanl a'oace star-fo an aro place tha ~sth l~~t -an~ ~omtr ot r fide asternithor of hve noran ahoe t ta. Dy aa:~ n~- t a oss an e sh olid ta teesdternl shore so. ~-'n w a: a>~?t -~ ~e. w-hbre henu aneds havn. yet to a gea will c~me frm t~e sammanyeheavenodis not a for yeals pace. nTo furod ta ie~o.a~tv . tr-t a y ouh hiavnls, th everlan hin~ thes thin tiat t~s~s romtit~ stasnc' e Now, mythavn~ fro a solid Ag-sn, ~ ~. iet u~g-tsa' h eav~ e Afterg tohe resurrecton tha we cro~s urrecatdt eyeaanthcolirs to seotherthide be o boad th b~tt ~L~ Ca it.r Sart. m n in thi tayhe a mwkeg in !.bi ties as n it i:~i~y. heme whats oill bt the lst o rshrrect boe wrenotskilfllymad, nd t at the and ting Wohear aadnoah his family wc'n, over in the f: rryboctsOi.C~1I~ ALOD s;okcr of n the tcx, they landed anid a n::eion that bid cm out t, gr.eCt Theme of the Q a'ious Lines Show thcm. A they sep;:.-d f omi the deck of the bo.t to tree s",ore there were Handsome Increase :h uands of r p" e ?'o gash, r. d aroun d them to a a sa'f tioa that was be; ord ceseripicn. And so present hsr4 at work on the p'epzration you :nd I wi lc e t a: the landing. of its annual report to the General As Oar arrival will not be like steppieg sembl U courte, all the fiurcs are more at A::werp of Constantinople not a for the aruaI gnea am rg a cry vi of strangers. It will be s .. (: *hcwiug the y.ar's bu.,ine +s aig irod' g:-d frfends, thoe h , g fc. in the Sha>e" ;ut it i Fos are warm hearted friends and all their stele t; !'>"v the total incomc 'rom al friends. We k-ow people whorn we sou- s an the tot the have never seen by hearir'g some bad es rim's, n )t invudng toes, by r.'ads tsik abs-ut t'em ve'ry mu h; we know !or all the roads save three very ra il them alnost as well as if we haoi seeri n the and ed i3man the them. And do you not suppJ!se tkt our parents and brothers a:,d sbers anI children in havea have ocn talking IfforLs have been gade to secure abnt ui all these ycars, and tiking to reiorts without ro'ult. They are their fried? S. that, aace of the report. we cross the river at the lait we shal; not only be met by aU those C:?tisti.,n have a to:.l income from all sources frierde whom we knew on earth, :lt 3riutnigto very nearly ten millin of by aU their friends. They will c-me deliars, the missing roads having do-vn to the l.nding to meet us. Your enough to run it to that mark, the in d-parted friends love you no v more era'e over the prcc ding year being than they ever did Yn wil be sur- $1,0,7163 3S. prised at the last to tied how they te o an strctures, mainten keow about all the agairs of yur life. aynd stctrs rin Wny, they are only across the ferry. nce and and the boat is coming this way, ad and32n6riasiaganst $5,u.t1o36 76 l the boat is going that way. I do not know bat they have already a-ked the year, m;king the tetAl income le. x L'rd the day, the hour, the moment pnsC5 $3,221 813 SO again-t $305 when you are coming across a'd that 13'; Si last year. they k:ow now, bu I do know that you F:om this total income lcs expenss will be m-.t at the laeding. The poet 9 0 99hi t? 1 has to be dedued Southey said 're thought he should that b ceal a n of t s know Bishosp iber in heaven by the charged. The portraits he had seen of him in London, attributed largely to the laying of new and Dr. Rinaoiph said he thought he rails, the improvement of Vroperties, would know Wiliam Cowper, the poet. etc , which is general at this time. The in heaven from the pictures he had total defict is $52 253 81. charged only seen of him in England; but wo wili to those new or rebabilitated lines know our departed kindred by the por brought into use during the year. traits hung in the throneroom of our Tiio Atantic Coast Line system hearts.shows a toal ir.eme for the year f On starlight nights youlook up-and I suppose it is so with any one who icr last Sear, this bein one of the has friends in heaven-on starlight p nights you look up, and you canno 5 ri 5 in h earalins $1.2 heir but think of those who have g'ne, 1U 66 last sar, a a s 1 - and I suppose they look down atid can 1. bb s ' .1 and t otal - nos help but think of us. Bat they p n at have the advantage of us. We know 13 not just where their world o'joy is; The other Southern line, they know where we are.Spartanburg and the Atlanta There was roman e ael and Charlotte Air Line, show hand tian beaury in the life of Dr. Adoniram some increases, however. Judson, the Baptist missionary, when The report this year will show 191 he concluded to pirL from his wife, she miles of new road built and rceived to come to America to restore here during the year 1900. The largest items health, he to g back to Barma to i this total are the new inks of the preach the gospel. They had started Seaboard Air L ne and the Southern from Burma for the United States to railways. ether; but, getting near St. Ha lena. THE PERENNIAL PROBLEM. 3drs. Jadson was ro moci better she said: "Well, now I can got home very early. You go back to Barma and theTwoClasseuThat Husbands May preach the gospel to those poor people. I am almost well. I shall soon be well, and then I will return to you." After The problem as to whether husbands she had made that resolution, terrific really love their wives is again upper in its grief, willing to give up her has- most in society, and battle, and mur band for Christ's sake, she sat down der and sudden death, politics, trusts, in her room and with trembling hand fiods, eartlq takes, heat, hades and wrote Some eight or ten v:rees, four of and hurry have ben relegated to their which I will row give you: proper places. We part on this green is'et. loge-a Thou for the exatern main; utusmybrogldi'd Th'iufor he eierninto two great stas5es-those who are I for the se:ting u lrinaga by their wives and those who Oa, when to meet again! tikte r o.1n etaes a When we knelt to see our He'nry die ai-dzn a.d heardi his las! raint Dhazn,Btte athtahubnisdl Each wip'ed aniy the o'he'< tears; Niow each ?tu~t weep stone.c.nrlld yhiwfesnoeidno An I who can pant our mutua' joyTeaeac ebnIi amebr When, ah our nadering o er,de bein anawth oeti We b.-th shan 0 as? cur iniaats threa ris : iditn noeo w At home i n Burmna's snore? ~ us n ti oprtvye~ Bit h'gher shall car raptures glow tintobf hmaou.Alg rez tin y on eeletial plaiam~bovhi nams aydrein When -evei and pe:te.: here below prvdheilt onOnteoosb Meet tie er tO part agvsfl, cte itrsed nadfalih She f,idel thatmanuscript, a relapse r'zdsn.tifitearaeie of ner eLa ase cane ca, and she died. Dr Jadson ear's he put her away for in ~i~c oepwru cha she rsure min on t':e isle of S:. HemI urcn a omnanoie They h-A thought to part for a year or Btd u ad oeterwvs two. Now they pairted forever, so farTiodthyo! n hepofls as this world is concerned. And he says i h u~to hc h vrg ne hastened on board after the funern a nl st h x~~o with his iittle children to start for o vr~~gesie oteect Brafrthe vtssei had already lif tee kn fmkn oet i ie n her sai s. A ad he says, "I sat down for some time in my cabin my little nSIttmi i ntimgesadh childre-u around ecr g,"Mother, 1t ntbaistoayhtou mother!' Aad I aoandoned myseif to heartbreaking grief. Bat one day the m~nih r od saism;r r thought came across me as my fattb i aigmnmnst h oeta stretched her wing that we should me:e aeaehsadbertteae agai~a in heaven, and I was comforted."aewf--o ls hr-ie as it, my friends, all a delnsioin? Hse otnSa et When he died, cid she meet him at Serty Hee's ekyNw -he lancing? When she died, did theOran cotn xhng saem t scores of soais whom she had brought sosfrte1 aso eebra to Christ and who had precedad her toinraeor a yrof1,0.Fr heaven memn her as the landing? I tbe- h o aso hesao thv ieve is; l know it. Oh, giorions con-eaedt grgtesaha ote solation, that when our poor work on 15dy fls er49uO earth is done and we cross the river we heao tbrutinosgtd shal be met at the landing!in th pstwkhaben437 Bat there is a thought that comes aant3987frtesvndy ni over me 1.ke an electric bnoCk. D. I be tha ae atyrndfrhe1 long to the King's househola? Mark dy fDa bri a ~n868 you, the text hays, "Aud there went aant7698ls er ova a ferry boat to carry over the kings s ns ~k h oa o~mn o househla," and none but the king'ste15dy rmSet ode575 houeuid. Thee I ask, "Do I belong 69aant52658ls er h to the houehold? Do you?' lf you end o een ncSp.1shwter noteaime todiy and be adopted intoepsatllntd aesors37 that household. "Oa,' says somne soul4 gis 3495 at er vr here, "I no not knoNv whetrher the King 'darosteMsispiOoad wants mc!" Ho does; he does. HeartacPtmcrvr oeotenml e voice from the throne, "I will ho a Cnd 8 5 gis 1 1 .s father to them, and they shall be my ya neirsok nec~o hs ions and daughters, esith the L )rOd attel sofhecm ril Almighy." * Him that cometh unto,63aant 2 0 l~ er me," Cnrist saye, "I will in nowise ~~~unl aig 9,5 gis easta cut.' Come into the King's h'ouse, 5944ia er hold. Sit down at the King's tabile. Fii~ xo~ o h ekhv Ceme in and take your apparei frem theben1,25ganm2265ltyar Kig's wardrobe, even the wedding gay-uzaigteutlhsfrf'rhes mnt of Christ's righteousness. Come ~n27696aant22817ls in and inherit the Kiogsa wealth. Come e. in and cross in the Ktng's ferryboat. Nrhr iltknsadCnd Cut aiis Arm Off. dre h atsvndy hwad A head on collismon occured on the Aeia ii ot n ot n Iron Mountain rait way at Desare, 31o.,Cada! arfrtees'nhv last night between two Ireight trains bv 4066aant17791ls kilig E~ugmner J.ames Britt and ~er Braeman Ei Bradley. The latterw w mcsa hesaor adte2 caught un'ier the wre,:kage which toak laigsuhr neirc rshv tee andI his body aas cremated. Fire-inraddungtewk13,2 man B. B.srr--tt feil under his enoine blsadaenw2352salrta ann could only be resened frem b<-ing a hsdt n19 bared abve by cutting his arm off rtfl Icuigsok lf vra ot an axe. Wiliam Ralston, coneuctor aditro on r~ h atco and orskeman JR D Scott and brake- adtenme fhlsbogtit mn G. L Saott were enightly ir jared. sgttu a o h e rp h Tle two eegines were cempletely de .pl odt s5887 gis , mohedrd and eight eats leaded with 647fothsaeprudltya. iunier amnd catton caht tire and were enrely con-u.ned. The c.,llision wasTETRS Wi. caued by Eigiaeer Ra overlookug Th euian upmecrto cii meetg p int. fne loss to theOioasnlldimsdthprce raiisa cooipsiy is ab, ut $15.000. Lsn.is h adr ~ opn MARRWLUON dr ani'utlwT.teSaet sov A dispatenl Irum Unatrnam, Va., tells TeRpalcnatre eea h of aion.antic weecinig wthieh occurren scrdti re n eae ~ rre Mornday Mi:s Lury Moticers, tuaha e rtiul i dau r of the RsY A. W11 iamn Motley, nisdb i at.Teejsim omme the pride of A Y. Yoag, Jr., ~aewl n ael crc u tS f Sa Fianeisco Mr. Lueg is wornh sno lcin $50,00, anda he and tiis til~e had n~ver ma uii a few hours before the TEPN1NCN.R cersiny wee performad. It seems Miss 'epnio prpitinbi a Moe ies a poeters. asd a poem of her cmltdTusa ytehuesb com1aion crme anier the notice 0 of mt eo ipfoitos tcr Mr. Young. A correspuonecresulted isac 1520,0,o hc bu aida l)1rsi.acc.~a ,andsting h14 Stateu i rad penision and t of at o wcd~r ~Alwe ancefo a adble frtio nus goea Vaeaa Woen n a oot ace OLD TIME CHRISTMASES. Vienna wome= in a Foot ac A singular race for which only women were allowed to compete, was Changes Wrought During The Last -writes our Vienna correspondent- The Last arranged a few days ago in the sib- - y urbs of this city. The distance to be The Chris'mas of 1847 was a simple run was about five English miles, and and tcendt ahf4ir. cot sistirg mainly cf the prizes offered were a gold watch Santa Caus ard well fil:ed stockings and chain, a silver watch and chain, The pre;.nts were : oaie-made, with a go!d bracelets and sums of money. few add sweetmeats and tcys. Thick Twenty-seven women were entered of the chargne_! An Grag was asight for the race and one was started every more rare than custard-.-i pies are now. fire minutes. Thousands of persons A banana I do net reueniber havinr lined the streets and roads. greeting seen before 1850. Farmers used flint the competitors with ironical cheers. leeks to sho+t the squirrels for aChisi The police had much trouble in keep orde. an topresrvemss pie-or what we used to call ti~o ing the course clear and to preserve ' Queen's arms." These were British order. Agents at different points con- musdets, cagurd duriug the revolu trolled the race, and cyclists accom- tiun. The first breech loader was pat panied the runners. Of the starters, ented in 1836; but they reie notin -om 25 reached the goal. a village outside mon u-e. We went in thiek stoga boots the capital. Th winner of the gold 1 btcause rubbers were barely knewo; watch accomplis. ed the distance in at.d 1 do not think a rubber boat was one hour and ten minutes. The win-I in <xistence. What we had were a sort ner of the fourth race was a woman of Indian moccasin imported from Bra of 5s. The first five prizos were won zil, capable of weariug for ten years by married women, and the two last The first Goodycar patent was taken by young girls.-London Telegraph. out in 1835. About the same time the Exaggerated Maps of Spain. first maChif3 was put in operation for Oscar F. Williams. who was consul making pens, .vhale for pens we used general of the United States at Man goose quills or eve- hen quills. It was nila when the Filipino insurrection however, a peculiarly inventive per broke out, says that in the maps of period. All the knick knacks that are Europe which were used In the Fil- Dostflmiliar to us were then novelties ipino schools under the Spanish re- and costy. A bunch of ping in a Otrist gime a large place in the center of aas stocking was n.,t despised. if a that continent, usually occupying be x of matches could have been had it more than one-half the page, was would have been a welcome gift from marked Spain. All the rest of the (--anti Claus. countries were scattered about the The stockirgs wcre hung up by the edge. Thus the young Filipino came huge old fireplace, where great legs to have a very distorted idea of the burled and coats were covered up at magnitude of the country of his op- night. In rural sections we had never pressors. Even Aguinaldo was sur- seen a scuttle of coal and had only prised to learn that America covers heard of it as an effort to burn black a greater area than Spain.-N. - stuues. Whalt oil lamps marked the Herald. advanced line of progress in lighting streets aed houses. There was no drcami A Woman's Club In Hawaii. of cannd fruits and cocoa and elioco Mention may be made of the Hawa- late, alrhougt Re had plenty of tea and iian Woman's club, successfully coffee. It was impossible to gave a sew launched in Honolulu five years ago. It ing macnineor a photograph. Dasur was started by an American school- reucypes ire taut devicd until 1839; teacher who was wont to invite young and the first were taken in Ameica at girls to her home once a week for in- !ant a Sear later. I remember when formal conversation on some topio. Avery, who tuck the first to picture The outgrowth was a full-fledged elub west of A bang, carried it up and sown of 34 members, most of them being Ha- the streets, fiudied with his suooess; wailans, with a mixture, however, c! and ran into house after house to ea Chinese and Portuguese. The president B It. I a a ghustly affair, to be this year is a Chinese girl, who wears quinted at ana guessed out; but after her quaint national costume when she all it was the oegnnieg of a great art. ills the offcial chair. -Bertha Damaris The presents were {uaier o- aff. oci:n Knobe, in Woman's Home Companion. because home made. The whole fsmiy Duck been at woxik for weeks p.anning Diplomatic, and ecuting little gifts The bog s Proud Mamma-Wasn't Georgie a made boles and toys and hand sleds. noble little gentleman to insist upo n te women made s.eckings and mu rs Nellie's helping herself to a peach b& and dainty caps, while the girls malls fore he took one himself? Uncle Henry-Oh, yes, very noble. SAwkJ as a r thr me ghes. Georgie, what made you let Nellie help things in those days; for both the wo herself first? men and the men had taaes, as well as Georgie-Beeause there wa'n't but a snack ann a kio. edgy of land col two peaches, a great big one and a - cure It is interesting to note that tie bit of one. I knew Nellie would be too polite to take the big one.-Roston oeo u etosiesadsca too olie totak thebigone Bosoa tudents prophesy a large reaction form Transcript. ur present fast and uneasy age to the Few Beds in Russia. 'uae: and calr of those earler days of Beds are comparatively scarce in te ceurur. 0 course we shal not Russia, and many well-to-do houses g ye up our inventions; but with them are still unprovided with them. "e IflL' lute our boyish tl~itement, and Peasants sleep on the tops of their react to another eriod of recansidera ovens; middle-class people and ser;- L.Ti a entehsoyo ants roll themselves up in sheepskinste a. and lie down near stoves; soldiers rest h iotdegin profte upon wooden cots without beddingodm oky~s h prs ~~ and it is only within the last few nfrerouygul.(uee years that students In schools have ig eeawy thm;adi h been allowed beds.-N. Y. Sun. *. ra aiyrowic a h Rulers of China.w ahrd eoetehig ieo The emperor of China Is assisted bylgsedanttsrto adtrad a cabinet, a council of state and the fn~iLcniehdol hr h six boards. There is no prime minis- vh.l au~i Ltd etaee ter. but there are six chancellors, who orhm rw on n aeor mediate between him and the subor- ad (Amaoadpaynipe dinate ofmcials. The emperor, like the ~me nwir ooejie ~r sultan of Turkey, attends to all the de-nerythnteatradmoe. tails. The chancellors are assisted byNocidasvrpemtdtoC5t 600 seribes, translators and other of- osffrmtehue-odaerak ficials, half! of whom are Manchus er ihu h or.to f a~rns foregnerzs.-N. Y. Journal.'tatr9ocok ooeee nuh He Was No Egotist. u ds ifw ratto?:eoro "Will you marry me, Miss Ton- smlrmtoso iigi i eb mey?" asked Mr. Collingwiood.arurcinofmr oele.L "No, indeed," replied she. "I u e oi.ta h amhm smr wouldn't marry the best man en ~ahmadtetr;bucfml earth." acr efenand "Of course you won't. You'll nevser_________ have an opportunity. But that is no - Hril oaas reason why you shouldn't marry mie." -Deroi ~rePres.Frtahen a pmutinic opeutns forh man ens, .vatie for pand Training Nea Enugh ,,scooe qui or eve hqichsI was Pa-Wel, wen tapeole tink rion. cAlrte body, suppoks to are alik tbu ar sai to gre. No, y mosht fmissa toruswere then reovere sax ues wht "isaree mens.~ anda revitioAbnc of hpis of m hist "Oh ye, tat' whn oly ne ee-maks tcrin tat dpse d. peron par plc thofnmatchesecouldihadelbhen hressi Not15th D~LTrhet sks f r hung0uby0th Mrs Nasby(imatintl calin)- hre olefrepl5acen woen stets 1~er, dop verthig a one ad o bun ed aun coals whom poeried.a Kora-Yee ma'nn.ht.de ictiuralscs hwaeead tner "sew, what'snthe babytcyinf coa?' ahe daadoare "'Cus Idrppd immaai. _ heardo as an M fort jnto r lc lagowEvein Ties.trne Whle ot Bimps markdYth _________advanle ie ahwof gr:-anolihing Noreeleaaud houneC.tTheree.asenoYdrea C~a lt'smoe i. he laty; ter aThog as, pie t of teY. n *o'twat o iv I twn c'raee Storas, Bmoson.e N. gieY. s "Wel, p. m sas I weliv hee rll tu pes Fwere notdeacduti. P 839 I'm rownup n' gay-eade ash The young wereten uied romsc on won lenri. kep pi."-ndlnapils ahcthr a f er othe burememer Then ouraleri wh th ok fi e irskno n itr Expressive Eest.of A lbarnyor, carrieidpend on at you and ook sad at the saete satteead flhe wicap and urne you ay gnerlly e sresme an d ak into hue auterin ouse ae eyes"-N.Y. Pess.o~quie ato anargued ut;d biut fe loaingwa the fieg nsicgpo Ia israt art TooFarBehn.Th peent wie sree wuere aflei:..n Mill-I ndestad tat issEidr. a een acosth w io- weepaning ly i geting o bevery'stanb fiexecapgtes nd te Tne way th Will-Ye; bu sh'll ..Tr m~ madck bones saed o a and calngks thetim sh hs lst.Smat ort uoThe womenwidow~cks adjcnt toftre You Faltssapd dandty a h ile creeg alon mahe our fiends otice ots ofperoof Landythe athere wiad e damts fault tha escpe yur eemie __ om-e as ins ord ant te..tgrat Atcso Glbe.ticgse of thoe fied~a; crthee. __________ _Amearchfo themindtts s b ein l mae To See fea-selfa s ackda as knsie bdg flnd cuer Mn. Raate - Otentt~ou? I ure. cItitrung a tove frote that like to havemaepir olasbeoveroher aerse andesocial s~ ebarittudentimorroAmeiyaa.lrge__rescun__orm gtHesn Ataal ournoearle ays of ClereViion hs een a ;scrine o tha 173 he-efoe w wee mrrid g Americanu hivetin.esu wrth $205, usedto ay Iwastheappl ofyou 203,000 hae mrrbied titese, sand He-MybeI dd; ut 'vehadmy no e hnge hasbeen the ihtf -ye eeld sncethe.-Pilaelpia Tord marrdiag isu apard in--y Buletnd titime andc as h scrts,. Th fese barganmoyuter sale even "Mr. Bweregatsaysiatquite;aapdiin the thrpit, snt h?"anrm acind sle kitfe pizoe, wecgatherndpaperfoeotherf pgeplirero asked o ign"-hic~ ime-Hr- gIs adha corn o of 2,108,-ate a~dh 300f000 isushels ed. whe haret of~d 500,0m,000 ushand payedanm Noeriddi'evrsermterdtoae.n Veri eectnga hmefor~ at ield fr the0,000,0o0 buselsar annuaed Ialia artsts f al claseu.t e irtonof s tat. Altoug alos 0yeas o ae, But resdete 9Moc~lock might ve t'h the ashngtn Sarhe s hmse f giengl orsomhee ere for fr~r from beingdeligIbletoreaet toiot .rosperito tre urcetinaof1oretime tf.oL. GIld lie 11.N1. Home. Smallest of the Small. While we are accustomed to think very glad to be of atoms as the smallest possible uc of i. a. ,.. i'W g story which particles Into which matter can be t ? ara witnessto: divided, recent experiments, particu-. othe d a y.:.: ; (3erman, a well larly those of Dr. Gustave Le Bon. :u own operatic singer. meeting some have indicated that, through elec- .copatriots in a west end cafe, made a trical dissociation, atoms themselves few disparaging remarks about the are capable of subdivision into parti- kaiser. Later he sought quarters in a eles of amazing minuteness. Many hotel. Early in the morning he awoke. years ago Lord Kelvin calculated the and for the nonce was puzzled as to his probable size of a molecule of air, and latitude. He remembered that he had according to him about 25,000.000 such said something uncharitable respect molecules laid in a row would meas- ig Emperor William, and got into a ure an inch. There would be 600 air condition of blue funk, as he thought molecules in a wave-length of ordi- he was in for a year or two of impris nary light. Every molecule is com- onment for the offense of lese majeste posed of atoms smaller than itself. Suddenly he heard the "mee-ow" o Now, Dr. Le Bon calculates that the milkman, and he jubilantly fte particles dissociated by the electric to himself: "Thank elam energy which produces such phenom- safe; I am in London! Donnerwetter, ena as the Becquerel rays are so I fancied I was in Berlin!"-London small that even atoms would appear Household Words. to be "infinitely large" in comparison with them.-Youth's Companion. A Wild Dull's Swim. The steamship Lord Iveagh, Capt. strange Snow on MDar. Minister, sailed recently for Cardiff Prof. Johnstone Stoney, in develop- with a full general cargo comprising Ing his theory of the escape of gases 70,000 bushels of grain, 2,000 boxes of from planetary atmospheres depend- cheese, 700 standard deals and 380 Ing upon the force of gravity of the cattle. The whole of the latter were particular planets concerned, has con- ranch cattle and were so wild that it eluded that helium at present is slow- needed a nervy person to control ly escaping from the earth, and in a them. One bull succeeded in jumping distant past time it probably escaped overboard, and for nearly one hour much more rapidly. From Mars, he the bull swam around the basin, to says, water vapor must have escaped the delight of about 200 persons. with about the same readiness as Finally the tug Collier put In an ap helium fled from the earth, and ac- pearance and took the beast in tow to cordingly the variable white patches the vessel, where a cargo hawser had about the poles of Mars are not snow, been fixed to the winch. The rope but probably are frozen carbon diox- was dropped around the neck of the ide. Other appearances frequently animal and it was lifted on board. observed on Mars are due, he thinks, The bull was none the worse for his to low-lying fogs of carbon dioxide immersion.-Chicago Inter Ocean. vapor shifting alternately between the poles and the equatorial regions. The Dahlia in Italy. -Youth's Companion. Florence. the city of flowers, is about to celebrate a floral centenary-that of 2 Signals at Sea. the dahlia, which was first imported to The code of signals used by vessels at Europe from Mexico in 1790 by three sea is prepared by a committee ap- Spanish explorers, who planted it in pointed at the international marine Madrid in the hope that the tubers conferences that are held every few mght prove a cheap food for the stagy years. We had one at Washington in ing peasantry. Instead of that, th 1890, another one held at Copenhagen beauty of its flowers attracted the at two years ago, at which revisions were tention of the rich, and in 1800 some adopted, which extended and simpli- specimens were taken to Paris. From fled the code considerably. Each ship this time the dahlia became one of the is required to have a set of flags and a glories of European gardens. It also supply of rockets which represent 200 then first received a name, adapted or 300 combinations. These can be in- fm that of Dahl, the leading botanist terprted by the codebook into sen tences covering almost every possible situation or communication which any Evaporation of Gold. ship might want to send to another. Sir W. C. Roberts-Austen has proved Ships that pass in the night make sig- through an experiment extended ove nals by fre; in the day by Sags.-N'. four years that when a column of Y. Times. lead is allowed to rest upon a column of gold a slow diffusion or evaporation , Motor Posts in Australia. of the gold takes place, resulting in A frequent difficulty encountered by the appearance of traces of gold in postal authorities in -Australia is the the lead. When a degree of heat not cheap and expeditious delivery of mails sufficient to melt either of the metals to outlying localities. Many of these places are hundreds of miles from the is ple the diffso The geld nearest railway line, and the route is eny of the particles is upward into apt to be through drought-stricken tela.A a si e nw h coun.try, where the dry roads are at times impassable even by cael . evaporation of gold occurs only i is conspicuously the case in tropical metal. Queensland. But the government of Youth's Companion. that colony has risen to the emergency Grows Only in America.. and has decided to try the experiment of dispatching mails to "out back" by Indin corn oe othar when motor car. The result is likely to betreofctalndotbr up. awaited with interest in other places than Queensland.-Lonidon Daily Mail. Sne19,we uoeipre u Our Dad Manners. Uie tts t s sctl eda If we could get a consensus of hion- sedl rwadls.yarsipr. est opinions from foreigners we shouldfrmteUidSaesloear. no doubt be told that our dominant gtd1900CObses fti,4, national trait is-bad manners. We 5,0 uhl wn oGray probably never shall lire down the ef-whc cotr asoipts5nl feet produced by the swaggering, rich qatte rmTre n omna "trippers" and shrieking girls who Erst-.Y.Sn represented us in Europe. They still Foe muiin are believed to be the true American types. "The American vulgarizes all Shpcano gotsewihfoe that he touches" has everywhere passeddaronwshp hsbeds into an adage.-"An American Moth- lqel er," in Ladies' Home Journal.ofaaginenwhntespIsn A Disturbing Element. atoams mosbe h el. Lawyer-Are you acquainted withodstosplcthliudarhtif the defendant in this case?hudedersblozr.Inta - Witness-Yes; I've known him f~ o ndtortcudnt xldee i years.ashlshudbrtithmaau "Have you ever known him to be a cene disturber of the public peace?" ________ "Well-er-he personaily conducted Bais htBeoeDo , a number of trolley parties last sum- AnEkm bayibonfrecp mer."-Chicago Daily News.foadakrudstonhesalf Very Rich,.oo h aktn rdal ped DistrIct Visitor-Well, Mrs. O'la- tl h odigEkm sa eui herty, I hope your daughter has fula n scmltl n shgl good place.cooeasawl-mkdmeshm Mrs. O'Flaherty-Oh, it's a mighty pp.Tesm hn apn mn oins place, enturely! Sure, Bridget teJpns.N .Sn says that her mistress is so rich that ________ all her flannel pettieoats is mad. ofid o eahr silk!-N. Y. World.SefPsesd Btr-hm Where It Would Not Work,. odfloyumsntbt e "Johnny, dear, did you try to mind HigySakWynt the golden rule in your dealings withImth rpreo o h your playmates at school to-day?" do'chrkw;pfesna ut "Yes'm; till we had recess. You es Hah!-NY.Wrd an't use It in football, you kndw. It'd________ kill the game deader'n a door naiL"-O l Fus Chicago Tribune. Dri el steewsatm No Need of Bait,.rbbyalds ota eidI Crabshaw-I don't see where womanealliew nhe procda acquired her extravagance in dress. egbrsmlnpthfo tera. Eve wasn't that way. Mrs. Crabshaw-Of course not. There -hcg al es was only one man in the world thea eietyItxctd and she had him.-Puck.Cae-otebsfrd asiyf' The Fashionable Front. bigduk n o Ah nw "Madge Mizzle is awfully conven-hewsduk tional." Csia-hy h o olwn "She is?" adfl i hoiswdn utn "Yes; she will have a gold monogram hmef.Jde en her note-paper even if she hasn'tThObtce got shoes."-Indianapolis JournaL. Aead-o nwlv agsa Sport for Real Fishermen. lositAdph At Kyak, Alaska, are great fishing Aop-ebti os' oit grounds. Halibut are caught thereNo8bot-O oSaeJura weighing 350 pounds, cod 42 pounds _______ ead salmon 58 pounds.-N. Y. Sun. pdothEal'Flg. Guards on European Royalty. Teei oeduta otefih Every royal palace in Europe has its.o h al enga ai smn special private police, who, in one guise wudmk t u ti e n~ita or another, are alwvays on the lookout for suspicious persons.-N. Y. Sun. readtspd.atr Pa's Chips. N-Idntlk h dao sn "Mfaw, I guess I don't have to cut uhsclrmicnorcuc.Dd any kinlin' this winter," ventured lit-yontieheslcontergit tle Willie. aedlsSuay "Guess again, son. SeN.Wa a t "well anyway, I heard paw tellin' "Idntkothnaefibuis Mr. Blake inat he bought $25 worthsoehn'Iavfrqntyerdt of chips the other night, na I thought sce ocrs"-Hre ie that ought to last quite a speil.'--Den- SaeHm ver Times. Col-ecle eala.Wa Too Suggestive,.ol o o bu t First Theatrical Manager -I thought Ms epe-el fIwr o you were going to put on "The Win- Idmk tapitt lastl h ter's Tale," and now you are billing tuhwe esaon.?iseP "iidsummer Night's Dream." Pes Second Manager-Yes; I didn't like the name of the other piece. It sound- ue aans orey ed too much like a frost.--Philadel- Athecoeffrmldnrsi phia Record.Jaagussaepeetdwhan Wireless Telegraphy,.a,~hhte reepce otk In an ascension made recently byhmn'-bnyAgs Messrs. V'allot and Jean and Louis ILe earme it was found that it is possible ~ leU' re t o communicate by wireless telegraphy cnseriwr'gt between the earth and a freely rising - yrbewo, balloon at great distances, without any sonductor from the balloon to the )ti . L-~.-ii~g al Clail H W-Cont Home T. b-he oni..1is ater ome:.~e-,n-rygladto b