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CHAPTER XV.
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"You are making a mistake," replied
Mr. Avery. "The opportunity
to become a king does not come to
every one. As for me, I shall not go.
I have no ties in England, and I Bhall
remain with these loyal people and
help them in their struggle toward
civilization."
"Then why not take the throne
yourself?" I asked.
He shook his iiead.
? "Crickmore, you do not even now
understand the idolatrous worship you
have inspired in the hearts of these
people. I, king! No. These people love
me and trust me, but they would laugh
at the idea of making me king. They
need a strong hand and strong mind
to guide them, and you have proven
your possession of both. The people
believe you were sent supernaturallv
to lead them out of bondage, and
years of teaching will not erase that
impression from their minds. You
have come to them in a way that appeals
to their peculiar natures, and it
will be very difficult to prove to them
that you do not absolutely belong to
them."
??r?Drt."Poflr rrnnlf? mftkfl ft COnd
king," I said.
"Try it and Bee," replied the missionary.
"Wait, I -will show you?"
He called to Oso-Bark, who was not
far away, and when the Jumar came
to us, he said:
"Oso-Bark, your king says he is not
your king. He is going away to join
his people in other lands. You are to
be king if you desire."
The Jumar looked at me with eyes
full of reproach.
"What is this you tell me?"he said,
his voice trembling with emotion.
"Leave us! The Oolek leave us!
And where would he go rather than
among the people he has delivered
from the bonds of slavery? Would he
go away from Talmooch and leave his
people to struggle alone, when they
need him to guide them? Ah, it cannot
be! You are making a jest.
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land that for twenty years has known
but the darkness of cruelty and bloodshed.
The people who owned the
land were the slaves of foreign murderers.
Unhappiness and woe filled
every home, and every heart was sad.
But in answer to the prayers of the
JumarB and the Kaleks, who prayed
* as our good teacher taught us to pray,
you came to us. You taught us to be
brave. You taught us how to work?
how to bear our ills in silence, and
work harder for that end. You helped
us in every way. You have made us
glad with victory. And now, when
every heart is swelling with that glad naoo
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are going away. You have laid low
the tyrant, and his ecepter shall no
more wave over ns. Out of darkness
into light you have led us. Once more
will our homes be made glad with the
8ongB of children. Now our hearts
shall be happy and our land prosperous.
But if you leave us, who is going
to protect us from the enemy?
Why will you leave us, Oolek? Can
you not be happy here? Is not our
island fair to look upon and fair to
dwell in? Can you find braver men
or truer women in all your other
lands? Ah, we want you with us.
We want you, and we want our sweet
friend who has been the angel of light
to us all, while you have been the god
of war. Take not away the happiness
you have brought us nor the love."
He knelt down, and taking Miss
Arnold's hand and mine he kissed
them and shed tears upon them.
Mr. Avery was visibly affected.
Miss Arnold's eyes looked moist. I
began to feel uncomfortable myself.
"But, see here, Oso-Bark," I said;
"you have set your idol too high. I
am not a king. I am only a plain man
from a country that has no king. 1
did not hear your prayers and come to
you; I was cast on your snores oj
chance. Moreover, I don't want to
be king. We Americans settled that
long ago. What good would it do if
.1 stayed?"
"Ah! What harm will it not do if
you go? You will leave us without a
king, as is your own country. And
are not the people 6ad? We cannot
live without a king. Our king is our
good and wise father; we are his
happy children. We are not ready to
govern as Mr. Avery has told us other
countries do. We need a king who is
ail a king. But if you do not want to
be king call it what you like, but stay
with us. But to the people of Talmooch
you are king. They will come
to-morrow with garlands of flowers to
proclaim you king. They will come
with songs of rejoicing and of worship.
They will come dancing and
playing on musical instruments. They
will come in hundreds and in thousands.
What will you tell them then?
Will you tell tliem they are not good
enough for you to live amongst? Will
you break their hearts by telling them
that you fought not to make Talinooch
a nation, but to seek safety for yourself?
Can you tell them this and
think you are doing right? What is
there in your country that needs you
?a friend, a brother, a sister, a
mother! Bring them here. We will
make them welcome. And here is a
nation?a free nation by your hand?
that needs you to stay and keep them
free. Speak, Oolek! Say that you
understand my awkward words and
will stay with us and help us."
Miss Arnold was looking at me
curiously.
Mr. Avery held out his hand to me,
and Raid:
"Crickmore, yon must stay. God
cent you. You must abide."
/ . I wavered a moment, and then
grasping Miss Arnold's hand, said:
"Grace, if you will stay, I will. I
am awkward at expressing my love,
' "t T ??Y, olnnnt-o Wfl Will rflftttll
Hong Kong as soon as I can get a
ship, find your father, obtain his consent,
and return to these people, who
Jove n? better than we will tf'-id elsewiiora.
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It is not necessary to tell all that
wa9 said then.
Miss Arnold elected herself Queen
Talmooch by saying one little word,
"Yes."
CHAPTER XTI.
HEX-KO-HI.
It has been said by those whoonght
to know, "Uneasy lies the head that
wears a crown." But no crownless
head ever rested more easily than
mine that first niglit of my kingship
at Quiental. I was very weary, and
slept soundly and long. In the morning,
when I went into the breakfastroom,
I found Miss Arnold and Mr.
Avery waiting for me to appear before
the coffee was brought in.
"I declare, our king sleeps late,"
said Mr. Avery, gayly, as I entered.
"Perhaps you would, too, had you
fought an entire campaign in one day,"
I said, laughing and sitting down near
Miss Arnold. "I was rather tired,
but feel equal to any emergency now."
"I tell you," said the old man, gazing
around him, "the fellew that
trimmed up this old barn knew what
he was doing. It is simply gorgeous.
Now look at that panel of gold. Was
ever anything so fine?" H
"Yes, in the temple of Su Foo. The
arrangements here are strikingly like
that place. Do you not think so, Miss
Arnold?"
"Very like," she said. "There is
a suspioion of relationship about it.
But that doesn't concern us now. How
soon do y*)u think we shall be able to
vaasili TTati r*_
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"It all depends upon luck. If we
have to build a ship to go there in, it
will be a long time. Bnt the first ship
that stops here shall take us to your
father."
"Poor papa? These long months
have been lonely ones to him, I know.
How happy he will be to see me?to
see us?alive and well!"
"Yes," I said, "he will, no doubt,
be overjoyed to see me. I hope, be:
fore I meet him, I shall succeed in
getting this stain off me. I would
like to be white again."
"What about Hen-Ko-Hi?" asked
Mr. Avery.
"Bother that rascal! Why couldn't
he have fought with his army and been
killed decently? He deserves death
more than any of the others. I must
give him a trial, I suppose, aud show
something like mercy. I don't feel
any."
"I see but one course. You must
have him executed."
"Possibly. But he must have at
least the semblance of a trial. If this
thing is made a national issue?for I
shall appeal to the States for protection?it
will be much better for us if
we show that Hen-Ko-Hi suffered
death legally and not by the hands of
violenoe."
4 'Perhaps you are right. But your
position with your own people dev
_ a..iu ?
manas am ueam.
"I believe you. We will give him
a trial this afternoon."
Toward the close of the day I called
Garu-Saak to me, and ordered him to
have Hen-Ko-Hei taken to the north
tower for trial.
There was in the north tower a large
squarb room, light and airy, which I
had chosen for the trial. It was an
ideal room for an executive chamber.
The windows looked out over the battlements
to the sea. In this room
there were large, comfortable chairs
and some solid mahogany tables.
Mr. Avery joined me, and I led the
way through the long corridors to the
north tower. Mr. Avery was calm, but
evidently by an effort. Now that the
time had come to send, in a cold, passionless
way, a human being to his
death, the good old preacher felt that
his advice had been wrong.
"Thou shalt not kill!" was uppermost
in his mind, and the law of mercy
was his theme.
awa was nt?irJnnflr a cflvoro /?nn
X UCi O n ??iuwuwij w WW. V. W WWflict
going on -within him. Hen-KoHi
was the murderer of hie wife. For
years he had been tortured bodily by
the tyrant, as his useless arm bore
witness. The moment had come when
he must pass upon the murderer judgment
of death or mercy.
Oso-Bark entered the room quietly.
His face was set and determined.
There was no doubt of his desire with
regard to Hen-Ko-Hi. He could not
consign the royal prisoner to a fate
that was severe or cruel enough to satisfy
his thirst for revenge.
I motioned him to a chair. I eat
down between him and Mr. Avery.
It was not long before we heard the
tramp of Boldiers on the stone floor of
the corridor; the the shuffling of a
prisoner in chains.
The face of Hen-Ko-Hi was not a
pleasant one to look at. It never could
have been pleasant, even under the
most favorable circumstances. Now
it was hideous in its coutortions of
rage and hate. He had been swayed
so long by unbridled passions that no
self-control, no power of dissembling,
was left to him.
Fear and hatred were mingled in
his glance. For, like all tyrants, the
fellow was a coward at heart.
When Hen-Ko-Hi bad been placed
before me, and the soldiers had taken
their positions on either side, I said:
"Oso-Bark, we will hear from you
first: Arraign the prisoner"
The talented Jumrir slowly arose,
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UUU Willi IxillklUll UiU?, Oiuuu a rnument
looking at his fallen foe- Then,
in a deep, impassioned voice, he
spoke:
"0 king, you of white skin and
honest heart, who have come to ns
out of the Sacred Forest, listen to
what I have to say. Listen, O king,
while I tell yon once more of the descent
upon our beautiful land of a
horde of murderers and woman-stealers,
who debauched and killed the
fairest of our loved ones. Listen
while I tell you how the sun of Talmooch
was darkened for twenty years
by this Mantchoo tyrant, who now
stands cowering before you, pleading
1 for mercy he never gave."
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uglier still, and blazed with awful in- j
tensity at the Jumar who was hurling '
these terrible accusations at his
head.
"Once, O king," continued OsoBark,
"when the family of Brandoneck,
the Kalek, occupied this palace,
the land of Talmooch gave forth in
plenty, and her shores were the only
limit to the happiness of her people.
Our men were strong and brave. Our
women were beautiful and good. Our
children were pretty and quick to
learn. They sat at the feet of the
good teacher there and drank in his
words of wisdom about a God of
whem their fathers liad been in ignorance.
No idols desecrated our happy
homes. The Sacred Forest was our
temple, and in it we knelt in simple
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"Our lives were good. Our laws
were few, because our crimes were
few. We knew not the feeling of discontent.
The singing of the birds in
the forest was not more joyous than
the singing of our wives and mothers
while at their daily work.
"But, O king, oue day, in an hour
that seemed all brightness, when our
fighting men were at work in the
fields and mines and our women were
busy spinning or weaving, there came
to our shores a number of foreign
ships. A people of whom we knew
but little came from them upon our
land. We, who were at peace with all
nature and with, all men, gave them
welcome. We opened to them our
homes aud gave them shelter. Better i
had it beeu had we taken the poison J
from the fangs of the serpents in the '
mountains, and inserted it into the J
veins of every being in the land.
"The strangers to whom we had J
given welcome, whom we had fed and i
to whom we had given drink, gathered [
together in the darkness of a star- i
less night and ruthlessly sacked J
our homes. They murdered our i
soldiers who sought to stay their j
course. They swept away our children,
taking cruel delight in the dying
cries of our petted ones. They
stole the fairest of our women. Woe,
grief, misery were all they left to the
survivors of that invasion.
"But not only were the women of
the Jumars and of the Kaleks their
victims, but ah, now, 0 king, listen
carefully, I beseech you!?the lovely
wife of the good missionary, Mr.
Avery, who had come among us to
teach us of his God, was torn from
her husband's arms and brought here
?brought here to become the sport
of the monsters that fawned before
this?this quaking, crawling thing
that stands cringing before you now.
"Where is that white face now? Is
it, as I have seen it, bright with the
brightness of happy smiles and lighted ,
as by the sun of a pure and kindly
soul?
"Does the soft, kind voice that once 1
spoke wordB of tenderness to our 1
women in their hours of pain now (
speak with the words of earth? Does
the hand that was stretched out to re- j
ceive in kindness our newly born, to 1
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care lor mem as oniy a guuu wumuu i
can care for them?does that gentle
hand now live to soothe the furrowed
brow of her aged and sorrowing husband?
"No! No! No! O king, those
eyes are closed in death! That gentle
voice is stilled and hushed with the
silence of the breathless night. Those
hands are withered and decayed. But
I see them now, O master, I see them
now, waving there?there, above your
head?there, by the brow of our good
old teacher?and there, pointing wttk
the finger that dooms to death at the
monster who so cruelly destroyed her
life!
"Ah, with that pure spirit, driven
forth by this fiend and his rotten
horde, there departed from this earth
all the happiness of him we have
learned to love! And with her, too,
have gone the hundreds of women of j,
Talmooch who have fallen under the j,
blasting touch of this awful murderer! ,
"And shall he go unpunished?
"Shall the wretch who commanded
and led in the awful deeds that made 1
the grounds of Talmooch tremble in j:
wrath?shall he go free? I
"No! O king, I say in the voice of |.
twenty thousand Jumars, in the voice !
of thirty thousand Kaleks, that this !
man must die! Only by his death can
the wrongs 01 our people bo avenged.
The spirits of our murdered ones call 1
now to you to see justice done by the '
power that has come to you. ,
"I say no more. The sky grows !
dark with sickening dread that this
monster shall live to boast of the evil j,
he has done. But in the hands of my j
king I leave him. I'am finished ,
[to be continued. ]
An Argument.
It u the part of every householder,
nr miv one in mithoritv. nublic or pri
vate, to carefully consider orders before
they are given. But after they
are issued it would be suicidal to all
government to argue out tbo matter
with employe, eervant, or child. From
the nature of things, they cannot judge
the necessity or worth of the command
it is their part to carry out.
Many funny stories are told of freshly
trained soldiers and sailors, to whom
the thought was new that their first
virtue was implicit obedicucc. One
such tale dates back to our Civil War,
and is told for truth by one who overheard
it. A snilor of one of the big
gunboats of the time was notorious for
his lazy habits, as well as for his ingenuousness
in finding excuses fov his
careless ways. While seemingly honest,
he was often hauled up lor reprimand
or punishment.
The captain, a passionate man and
a believer iu stern discipline, lost patience
with Tom, and when the fellow
was brought before him for the third
time in cne week for some neglect o2
work, lie said, augrily,
"What?agaiu, Tom?"
"I'm not here of my own will, sir,"
began simple Tom.
And poor Tom, finding his efforts to
speak were cut off, at last said, resiguedly:
"Well, cr.ptain, have it your own
way. I didn't cone here to ar^ua
with you, sir!"
And after that Tom's unsympathetic
comrades called on him every day in
his imprisonment, which he mayhavo j
deserved, but scarcely understood,
and told him that they "did not coao
to argue with him!"
And while Tom's r-tory sounds r.bsnrd,
it is true that,many of us are just
as foolish, and liko jnst as long to
learn the beauty and stxvu^thof obc- '
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CHEAPER TO FARM
THAN HOR
' MAN POWER IN OKI
The farmers of Oklahoma have dec:
their binders and reapers. At this day
and horseflesh is at such a high price tl
of tramps and hire them to pull the mac
work of this kind was done on the big 4
the Cherokee Strip. "Joe" Miller, the
he hag hired teams from the neighbors
and that this year he hired twenty tran
the cost. In Oklahoma the ranches are
horses to do the -work, and in harvest t;
a great price. The Miller ranch contaii
be the largest wheat farm in the world.
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which acoDmpanies
this article
shows a sloop
yacht, or a cutter
yacht, as the
Englishman
yy would say. -A
J/1 sloop yacht has
vf, one mast, the
* main mast. The
" " great race between
the Columbia and the Shamrock
is a race of sloop yachts. The
America, which was the original
winner of what is now known as the
America .Cup, was a schooner yaoht,
but nearly all of the cup contestants
since that time have been sloops.
jglt is supposed, to begin with, that
the reader knows that the extreme
forward tip of a yacht is called the
Btem, that the forward portion is
called the bow, that the rear end is
called the stern, and that the sides of
the boat are the beams. Everyone
also knows that the keel of a yacht is
the portion which cuts deepest into
DIAGRAM SHOWING THE ARRANGEMENT
OF SPARS AND SAILS ON A SLOOP
YACHT.
the water, and it is in the construction
of the keel that the greatest
changes aud progress have been made
in yachting. Everyone who reads the
papers knows of the discussions which
have gone on for years as to the comparative
value of the center-board
kee!?a board which lets down sidewise
from the interior of the boat
through the bottom, the fin keel,
which is x deep, sharp, fin-like projection
on the bottom of the boat, the
bulb fin and the ordinary cutter keel.
So much for the hull of the boat.
The backbone of a sloop's rigging is
the mainmast, marked (1) in the
diagram. This is usually made of the
very best and Btraightest spruce timber,
although in "the case of the
Colombia an immensely strong steel
tube has been used. At the top of
of the mainmast, the topmast (2) is
attached. In the case of the new cup
defender this topmast is so made that
it will slide down into the hollow
portion of the mainmast, but in
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ordinary yacht construction it is
firmly attached to tiie ouitiue
of the mainmast, as shown in the
diagram. These masts are held in
pluce by what are known as shrouds,
long, heavy wire ropes (10 aud 11),
which run from the "hounds" at the
top of the mainmast and from the top
of the topmast to each side of tho
hull, where they are firmly attached.
In order to further strengthen the
topmast a crosstreo (9) is placed at
the head of the topmast for spreading
the topmast Bhrouds. It was tho
breaking of this spreader which caused
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When the crosstree snapped the topmast
was loosened and fell beforo the
wind with such force that the steel
mainmast broke short olf about half
way of its length. Next to the mast
in importance is the bowsprit (3).
which is heid down bv the bowstav
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ided to do away with horses to puft
the machines can be drawn so easily
lat it is cheaper to advertise for a gang
ihines during the harvest. The first
'101" Ranch, in the northern part of
man who owns the ranch, says that
to help in his harvest for many years,
ips and the work was done at just half
so large that no one man owns enough
[me a horse is a scarce article and costs
us five thousand acres, and is said to
and the bowstay fall (16 and 17). The
main boom (4) spreads and holds fast
the lower portion of the mainstail (A).
At the top of the mainsail is the gaff
(5), and above that is the club topsail
(D), reaching higher even than the
top of the topmost. These are the
principal sticks in a sloop yacht. The
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The first will be a triangular course, the
and return. Dotted lines show course tal
boats. Tlie best three out of five races will d
racers are also provided with a very
important boom called the spinnaker
boom (7). This boom is removable,
and is only nsed when the yacht is
running full before the wird: It is
always conveniently placed on the
deck, so that when the wind is right
it can be instantly placed in position. It
is let down by the ping lift (18) and
held in place by the spinnaker boom
brace (19) and the spinnaker boom
guy (26). It is usually spread almost
opposite the mainsail, so that it gives
to the yacht practically two broad
wings, by means of which she can take
full advantage of a following wind, in
this way immensely increasing her
speed. A yacht with spinnaker set
and bellying fall of wind is a most
beaatiful sight, resembling some huge
seagull skimming over the surface of
the water. Indeed, the sails are so
big and reach so far on each side of
the yacht that the body of the boat
itself is hardly visible. No doubt
much will be said in the reports of
the coming races about the spinnaker
and how it is set, for* it is an exceed
m^ijr lauv icavuao jhvuv *uv
ing.
The principal sail of a sloop is the
mainsail (A). It is held in place by
the ropes and tackle shown at (25).
These ropes are callled the sheets,
and they are by all odds the most important
ropes connected with a yacht.
The skill of ayachtmanis based largely
on his ability to let out or take in
these sheets, thereby giving the sail
more or less wind. The speed of the
yacht is dependent very largely upon
the exactness with which the mainsail
is managed. If the wind is behind
the boat the sheet will, of course, be
eased out until the mainsail Btands at
n. -widp ancle with the lencrth of the
boat, thereby exposiug as much surface
as possible. In sailiDg into the
wind or "by the wind," as the old
seamen say, the sheets are drawn in
very close; in other words, the yacht
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is "close-hauled," so that the mainsail
stands almost parallel -witb. the
length of the boat. The skipper
must keep his eyes wide open and
never nllow his hand to leave the
sheets for a moment, if he would get
the beet speed from his boat and prevent
being capsized by sudden
squalls. The mainsail is assisted by a
number of smaller sails before the
mast. These are attached to various
ropes conuecting with the tip end of
the bowsprit and with the stem of the
yacht. The rope which connects the
bowsprit with the top of the topmast
(15) is called the topmast stay and
holds the topmast from being pulled
backward, just as the topmast backstay
(20) holds it from being driven
forward. The line which reaches from
the top of the mainmast to the stem
of the boat (14) is called the forestay,
and it Riinnnrto the mainmtmt frnn?
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falling backward. The sail (B) ie
called the foresail. The sail (C) the
jib, and the sail (E) the jib topsail.
They are all held in by ropes which 1
can be easily extended or shortened
so as to draw more or less wind. One
of the most picturesque of the sails is j
not shown in the diagram because it
is used only under certain favoring
conditions. This sail, the balloon jib, j
is an enormous sail made of very light
cloth?in the Columbia of silk?and
it is larger than either the mainsail or \
tne spinnaker. it is attacned at tne
very front of the boat, and it is supposed
to gather up all the wind that
there is. It is usually used when the I
winds are very light. The correct
method of using a balloon jib is a very
important feature of the yachtman's \
work, and it may play an exceedingly
important part in the coming race.
The little flag at the top of the topmast
(22) is called the burgee, and
that which flies from the tip of the
gaff (23) is called the pennant. In ,
case of heavy winds it is found necessary
sometimes to reei the sails. This
is done by means of the little strings
which are seen hanging in rows along
the lower part of the mainsail. The
"canvas is pulled down to the boom
and tied with these strings, so that J
less surface will bo exposed to the
wind. Reefing is only done in case
of a very heavy storm or squalls.
MOST FAMOUS COLORED DIVINE.
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Synopsis of Brother Jasper's "Sun Do
Move" Sermon.
The Rev. John Jasper, of Eich- ^
mond, Va., is one of the most popular 1
colored divines in this country, and
on the celebration of the eightieth '
anniversary of his birthday a short
time ago his church in the Virginia 1
capital was crowded to the doors by p i
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second fifteen miles straight to windward
ken to beat to windward and round stake
lecide the fate of the cup.
congregation that had assembled to
testify its devotion to him.
The sermon on which his reputation
rests is upon the text, "The Sun Do
Move." This famous discourse he
preaches at least once a year, and the
bare announcement is all that is
needed to throng his pews.
The Rev. Mr. Jasper is well thought
of outside his parishioners, and is always
pointed out to visitors as one of
the notables of the city.
The text of Jasper's famous sermon
is Exodus, chapter xv., verse 3, "The
Lord is a Man of War. The Lord is
His name." The theories advanced
are: The earth is square and immovable.
The sqd rises in the East and
moves toward the West and there seta.
The world is flat.
"The Bible says the son stood still,"
he announces dogmatically. "Is anybody
going to say the sun was standing
still before Jasher told it to stand
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THE REV. JOHN JASPEB, OF RICHMOND.
still? Do you think Jaslier would
have asked the privilege to stop the J
shu if she had not been moving. This {
morning when the sun rose it was 07er
there (pointing to the East). How,
in the name of God, could the sun get
from that side of the houae over to ,
this (pointing to the West) unless it ,
moved. (
"Now Solomon was certainly a (
scholar. DA you know he was the ]
man who said, 'The sun criseth and j
goeth down and hasteneth back to the j
place she moved from.' It is nonsen?e j
to say the sun does not move, lne (
mail who says the sun does not move
he does not read the Bible."
He fortifies himself in the same manner
in his belief that, the earlh is
square and flat.
ARftociatlon Devoted to CtiMt&r<l PIp.
The town of Hartford, in Oxford <
County, Me., has a Custard Pie Association,
which meets annually in a hem- j
lock grove on the margin of Swau j
Pond"aud gorges itself with custard <
pie. It grew out of a cuslard-pie-eat- <
ing contest between two residents of ?
the town on the annual Fast Day <
thirty-nine years ago. The match was t
adjudged to be a tie, the association i
was formed, aud everybody in it now
strives to beat everybody else eating i
custard pie. Secretary John D. Long, f
who was born iu the near-by town of ]
Buckfield, is an honored member.
Foreigner* In American Cltlea.
The foreign-born population of i
London is only 255,252 and that of ]
Paris ISO,000. The foreign-born pop- -v
ulation of New York by the police t
census is 879,972. By the census of v
1890 450,000 of the population of Chi- v
cago were foreign born, and 270,000 c
of Philadelphia, both of which you 'J
will take notice have more than Lon- t
don. Boston had 148,800, San Fran- n
10/! fillfl TioHiinnrA 1 99. flflfl nml ! T
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THE CHORISTERS.
There's a little band of Blogers
' Every evenlng^comes and lingers "-i
'Neath the winaow wi ujjt wgs m mv ^
trees; .
And with dark they raise their voices,
"While the gathering night rejoices,
tad the leaves join In l;he chorus with tho jj
brddZ6< *
Then the twinkling stars come out
To enjoy the merry rout,
ind the squirrels range themselves upon a ''
log; " :3
And the fireflies furnish light,
That thev read their notes aright?
rhe katydid, the cricket and the frog.
All the night I hear them singing;
Through my head their tunes are rlng?
lng?
Strains of music straight from Mother
Nature's heart;
Now the katydid and cricket,
From the deep of yonder thicket;
Then the croaking frog ofT yonder drones v>
his part.
By And by the moon appears,
As the midnight hour noars,
ind her smiles dispel the low'rlog mist and
fog; -.-.-J
Then the mirth is at its height,
And they glorify the night ?
rhe katydid, the orlcket and the frog.
?Philadelphia North American,
PITH AND POINT. ^ |
"Would you line to have the world
it your feet?" "I have, I'm nob j
standing on my head, am I?"?Philadelphia
Bulletin.
"Ob, to taste once more the gladness ? .1
That was mine In years gono by?"
The poet sang; but no one know
If he thought of love or pie.
?Detroit Free Press. ,'
Jaggles?"I see there's a new
keeper in the menagerie. Didn't the
animals like the old one?" Waggles?
"I guess so. They ate him up."? ? vj
Judge. 1 ~-M
"Dunphy is pretty well battered
a;p." "Yes. He and McCracken had . 3
a passage of words." "Only words?" j
"That's all. McCracken threw a
dictionary at him."
"Do you like Schubert's music, ]
Mr. Dillington?" "Well, it ain't so
good as they have at Swartzheimer's,
two doors further down the street.''?
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"A seaman washed overboard," ex- .%
claimed Mrs. Jongs, as she read a
newspaper headline; "but he perhapa
was so dirty they hadn't enough water
on the ship."?Tid-Bits. J
Stout Party (to bathing master)?
"Got a bathing suit to fit me?" Bath
Robe Man (looking him over)?"I
guess so. What's your displacement?" ,
?Philadelphia North American.
Hixon?"I wonder h'ow Methuselah,
managed to live to such a ripe old
age." Dixon?"Probably hecanse
there were no bacteria and disease
germs in his day."?Chicago News.
"I am frank to say," he said, "that
I feel you encouraged my attentions."
" Perhaps," she replied, "but hoir
was I to know whether you wanted
to marry me, or only to borrow money
from father?"
Bing?"Yes, that's old Sprigging.
Half a dozen doctors have given him ' V
up at various times during his life.'*
Wing?"What was the trouble with
him?" Bing?"He wouldn't pay his
doctor bills."?Tit-Bita.
11-XT-? J TTT*It?- VI
rap a?~~iou ana wiiue uugui wov
ashamed of yourselves not to give
little sister any of yoar gumdrops.'"
Tommy?"Well, paw, you see, me . A
an' Willie have formed a trust, anr
she don't belong."?Ohio State Journal.
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"France is the home of modem * o
art," Baid the young man. "Well,"
answered the blunt citizen who had
been reading of the Dreyfus case,
"may be they can paint artistically
and sing artistically and dance artistically.
But I'm blesi if they can lieartistically."?Washington
Star.
The Bright Child: When the
Bright Child drew near to the rhinoceros
in the circus, all the world
wondered and listened, agape. "Oh,
mamma!" exclaimed the Bright Child,
pausing only to choose such words a?
wonld render her thought easily intelligible
to the multitude. "Lookt
The rhinoceros makes her own hide!"
The world laughed at this point, us-,
til it almost split, there being no
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doubt tiiat tiie urigni unua uaa
reference to the rhinoceros' hide not
fitting very well.?Detroit Journal.
Snn Always Slilnlnsr on the Flag:.
It was a favorite figure of speech
nrith a well-known Senator that by the
time the sun was setting on the>
farther-most part of Alaska dawn was
breaking on the coast of Maine. Thiswas
a little far-fetched, perhaps,* but
nobody need hare any doubt now that
at every hour in the day the sun i?
shining on the Stars and Stripes. In
the recent celebration of Decoration
Day there were many interesting
developments, including a schedule
of the time the flag wassaluated, and,
according to this calculation, the first
(ire-cracker went off in Guam and the
last in Hawaii. All around the world
there were enthusiastic celebrations,
ind it is interesting to remember that
Dn the next Fourth of July the President
of the United States will press & ?
button and the largest flag ever manufactured
in New England will float
from tlie top of the Eiffel Tower, over
;he Exposition.?Philadelphia Saturlay
Evening Post.
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A Frank Confession.
Some people are nothing if not outipoken
and frank. Not long ago a
veil known young society lady was
:alking to a society man and the twojot
into an argument about the amount
)f physical exercise each required.
"Why in the world don't you takonore
exercise?" said he. "1 never
see you walking. "You're forever riding
m the car. No matter if you have)nly
three blocks to go, you never
leeuii to want to do anything but jump
)n a car, even if it takes you longer
o wait for it than it would to walk the
vhole distance."
"Well, I'll just have you know, that
f you wore shoes two sizes too small
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or yuu, ^uu u wuuu w iiu?, iw, ?
Detroit Free Press.
Forelicn Washing*.
In many countries the family wasting
is done in streams or rivers. In
Sgyptit is usually done by a man,
vbo stands by tbe side of the Nile,
tnd slaps tbe clothes on tbc stones
lutil tbe dirt is pounded out. Korean
vomen usually do tbeir wasbiug in
iold water, and sometimes in streams.
Pbey spend much time in thi3 Rort of
ixereisc, as thoir faslidioiis bnabr.nds
oil abont u dozen tTrassps a week.
{orean atnl I-Ven^i women pound
iieir clotbos cleaa .v.l'u paddla*
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