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| THE VAQUISA ?| Most Remarkable Tribe ? t0 Hi 7S\ ^ ? *T Hn I~> /"\ /'"N r~l ?* T 1 ^ JVltAlUAIN 1 Kuuro n ETTENTION has again been called by the present hostile attitude of the Ynqui Indians, in the mountain districts of Norths estern Mexico to what is perhaps the most remarkable tribe of aboriginals known to history. The Yaquis differ materially from the numerous other tribes inhabiting this section of the globe, says a writer in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. "While thoroughly partaking of the ferocious nature of tho Apaches of the American frontier, and entertaining quite as pronounced a hatred for all people of more civilized tastes, they are charflpfprized bv a verv distinct predilection for intelligent forms of government. But that any restrictions or obligations should be placed upon them by au alien people, such as they have ever been disposed to regard all mankind not of their tribe, they are disposed to consider as unwarranted interference with their hereditary customs, and hence intolerable. The Yaquis have been a constant source of dread to the Mexicans ever since the first attempt at civilizing the northwestern section of the republic, to which movement the former have been most strenuously opposed. Like other North American tribes, they hold that the territory they inhabit is theirs by right of inheritance from their forefathers, and every foot of land that has from time to time been wrenched from them has ultimately been paid for by the life's blood of the inva'ders. During past centuries the Yaquis have been almost incessantly at war with the Spaninvds and their Mexican 1 ? ?? .1 Kv* rl A/VHAAft 4l\ All' aesceuuttuto, uj ucuicco mvu i ?,/sjyice powerful tribe has been reduced i until at the present day it numbers less than 15,000 members. Of their former broad domain all the possessions that now remain to the Yaquis are a few leagues of land situated iu the lower valleys of the Rio Ynqui, in the southern portion of the State of Senora. Here, during the brief inter vals of peace which they have occasionally experienced, they have made their homes, following their natural pursuits of farming, stock raising and.' mining. This is the jand that hari Jaeen officially assigne&fca them by tile Mexican GovernmeniwlJaek of /it, however, in the (astues^ of the great Sierra j/adres, lies a territory that is theirs /by right of their exclusive ability to penetrate and when necessary Ao inhabit it. This is the war ;, honxe of the Yaquis. Here in the conflicts of late years they have proved invincible, unconquerable. It is a country of rugged mountain steeps, of deep, furnacelike defiles and deso^^ late, sweltering mesa lands?a counV try inaccessible, intolerable to auy* thing tinman save only the Yaquis. Suoh is the stronghold in which this race of fighters is intrenched to-day. The Yaquis derive their name from j their peculiar habit of loud talking, their verbal designation Yaqui meaning, "He who shouts." The Yaqui, or Huaqui, is one of the chief rivers of Mexico, being about 400 miles in ,1 r 1 -f ? ~l icugm, buu is luruieu ui sevciui i streams, which rise close to the American boundary in the Sieira Madre Mountains. The Yaqui has its outlet in the Gulf of California, about twentyfive miles southeast of Guaymas, the ' principal Mexican seaport of the Gulf. The State of Sonora has an area of about 71,000 square miles, or nearly 25,000 miles more than New York, and a population of about 155,000. The assessed value of the property is about $7,500,000. It consists in ' ] ^ v* ' : V, . l|ll| ! <-*?> / YAQUI GRASS HOUSE, j inines, cottoD -weaving, china potteries, cattle ranches and other branches of pastoral industry. The valley of the Yaqui, which is the scene of the 'present disturbances, according to American scientists and explorers emI braces about 12,000 square miles. It feme of the most mountainous parts Mexico. I 1 / \/*\ %\/*\ 7?\ . NOBLE RACE I M w of Aboriginals Known <*> story. g AVE THEM AT BAY. ^ ssoaeieeoieeo^I The Yaquis as a race claim descent from one of the original seven emigra tions from the iN'ortli, naving cioseiy followed the Toltecs of the sixth century or before, who founded their kingdom on the sjte of Tala, about fifty miles north of the City of Mexico. They claim by tradition an.earlier origin than the Aztecs, -who built cities and possessed a civilization which was at its height in the time of the first expedition of Cortez. The TYPES' Of TBI; FF G tiatWG ^xicanlf&vernment has announced 1 policy ot extermination agahist these Indians. ' j The present uprising is t^e sixth in their history. The Indians* revolted against Spain in 17:35. The Hidalgos (rare worsted in battle, but they made ajj-ior their failure in arms by their arEftil duplicity. The Yaquis revolted again in.-1825, and again in 1832, against Mexico, when, armed with bows, battle axes and spears, and led by tiieur oelebratecl cuieirain, uancieras, they made it lively for the Government troops, but wqre finally overcome. They made another attempt in 1841, and defended their mountain fastnesses with Spartan valor, and for years held the Government at bay. Order was restored by a compromise. The conflict this time will be to the , death. In their ten yeara' war the Yaquis were still u^ing almost wholly their primitive weapons. ^To-day they are well armed. The Yaquis are fine people,: and rather deserve encouragement than annihilation, writes an American officer who recently visited their country. They are the remnants of a brave and partly civilized people whom the Spaniards fcrnnd in Mexico. They have never been conquered, and i c +1, uave uevei luigucu uucu kjyuuiou enemies nor their descendants. Their military organization is almost perfect, and consists of companies, regiments and divisions. The wife of our chief blushed with pleasure as one of our number li.ung about her neck a string of bln$beads as a parting gift. She w?6 truly worthy of our admiration. So was the grin on the face of her youngster as he began to realize what sweetness was concealed in a lump of maple sugar which we gave him. Their huts were our homes, the doors of which would always have been open to us had there been any. At the back end pf eacn were two tiers or bunks for sleeping purposes; in the k * >' |r" ?=> 4 > '1 showixg utensils. ^f'mt the family squatted, cooked and "'ad. Mere justice demands that I fild say I found nothing but cleanss about their homes, porsons and oundings, and the high opinion ;h I then formed of their general _._Jligence, great bravery and intrinsic worth still remains unchanged. They are not sava& ?3. The talk in the papers about surrounding them and starving them is rot, for it cannot be done at this season of the year. At this time down there everything is green and verdure is at its best. These Indians live on j cactus, on a kind of brown sugar and i on parched corn and of this they can j Krwl ..?i:_.:J..j j. -i. ii. A; i uuu ou uuuuuieu auuouui ai mis ume j of the year. It is just as sensible to put a man in a well and talk of killing him by thirst as to talk of starving these Indians now. Just south of the Yaqui Indians is another tribe which is about as largo aud which sympathizes largely with the Yaquis. These are the Mayo Indians and they are probably oi fine specimens of physical manhood as are to be found on the continent. They are as numerous as the Yaquis, and it is the custom of these Indians to kill all their old men and women long before they would die a natural death, and they prevent the marriage of either a man or a woman of the tribe m ^TAQUIS IN. WAR DRESS. who is in any way imperfect or de-' fprmed. The result is they hafe a | _ * n* 1 JjjClOe OI mayuiucouL spcuimcua u i | iiftanhood and womanhood. The Mexi- I can Government will have its hands full with the Yaquis alone, but if the cJL \"?A . It, SkW/ A YAQUI MAIDEN WITH PAINTED FACE. Mayos join them it will be a long drawn out contest. How to Ifoil Money. A well-known chemical expert in England recently boiled a sixpence and watched it dissolve and pass away in the form of vapor, just as any - - l 41% .? *>svf r\ f wn for UUtJ LUI^UL UU WllrU Ok ?/\J\) Vi While lie was iloinj? it lie declared that any substance on. earth might be boiled and made to become vapor, il ouly you had'great heat enough to do it, not exceptiug granite rock. Iu boiling the sixpence it was cut up intu small pieces, which were placed iu the hollow carbon of ar electric arc lamp. Anyone who has examined the discarded carbons of ac arc lamp will have noticed that one ol the carbons is always pointed, while the other carbon has a small cuplike hole in the end. When the lamp is lighted the carbons stand one above the other, the sharp point of one carbon Gttting into the "cup" of the other. It was iu this little cup that the sixpence was boiled. Probably it was the smallest pot and the hottest tire in thfe 'wofld.4 tt- -i i Li._ n H piUUCU liltf |J;CUC9 VI KsKJlLl iu IUC hollow end of one carbou and fixed the other pointed carbou down against them. Then he turned oh the electric current. - He had arranged the apparatns in front of a magic lantern, so that the whole thing could be seen on a large white screen. The carbons,'the coin, and in fact everything could be viewed plainly. Of course, the electric current passing between the carbons made them very hot, and the cup soon became filled with a white heat. It was wonderful to see how quickly the silver melted and simmered, and finally boiled. k Bavaria, with a population of 5,818,500, spends $81,800,000 a year on beer., , vlv - ' V" , Coronna in Spain claims to have the oldest lighthouse in existence. 1 v,._ - 'ilfc: t ... THE DESIRE TO JUMP. An Unexpected Sensation Experienced bj Many Persons. Many persons who visit Niagart Falls fincl they have a great desire ti leap from various points on the sev? eral bridges or from one of thenumer* ous points of observation. For thia reason, after once having experienced the fascinating ccnsation that coaxes them on to death in the deep and rapid running waters, they never go near any of the seductive points without being in company with tome ono who will euard them from harm as a rfesult of what, perhaps, might be termed by some their weakness. Many people who have visited Niagara have confessed that the waters of the beautiful river had a weird fascination for them while standing at places where death would be easy by simply letting go one's hold and slipping into the river, and people saved from suicide there have admitted that they knew no reason why they should end "their lives, but the scene was bo delightful that it coaxed them to seek the peace of death there'. V .. In other places than it Niagara the ^ , ^ve.^ time the mvli^on was declined. laqent!was Iaughef it, the Professor staling that the'teason 1 people/had such desires was that they j were fnil of electricity; that the mag- ; netio-'fiun'ent in the earth -was the atfoaotioa, add that what he ,was standing oh carried, .the current,.', He also oontfie continui- i Ily/the man made j rad that the de,- | ^ t goes to heaven empty handed. There a?e preserved seats in heaven for rich P%U. Some men mistake peace with their pftstors for j>eace with Qpd. ^ If "fine sermons" ttotiKl have saved j the world, it would have been saved long ago. Many men are drinking salt water out of a bottle while they float on a i fresh water lake.?Ram's Horn. Saperatltfoa Aflecta l'rlce of Opala. A Ninth street lapidary is authority for'the statement that' nothing but the i queer superstition concerning the ill- ! lack supposed to cling to opals is re? j sponsible for the low market value of I those often beautiful stones. This | dealer has in his shop probably the ! finest collection of uncut stones and i quartz in this part of the country, and I his array of opals is particularly nne. "Take ail equally handsome group of gems of any other kind," he said rather mournfully, as he handled a tray of the opals, "and people would quarrel' for their possession. As it is, nobody wants the opal, and it is a shame, for there is no gem more I chaste or beautiful. The ill-luck ! theory is all I can find to account for it." Every stone in the lot shimmered i temptingly as he replaced the tray. | The cheapest opals are the Mexioan ; varieties. They ran from a cloudy 1 white to a steel gray in color, and are | not remarkable for their lustre. The . best oues come from Australia, and > vary from palest bine to pink and j blood red. Even these are ridicu* ! lously cheap. A pair qf them, oblong in shape and of equal size, were of j exquisite lustre, and when held up to j the light reflected a nimply countless i succession of tints. Theprice? "You may have them for 06," said the unirlovv aoillv "Tfonals were not ' lUI"VIMl J - ? ? J - JT uulucky," lie added, "they'd be ' svortk fifty. With a pearl let into sach they'd make a set of sleeve but- j tons for an Emperor."?New York I Commercial Advertiser. She Slaked Lime in a liottle. \ Mrs. J. Washburn, who resides in j the rear of 9S Arsenal street, Water* J town, N. Y., wa3 seriously injured in j i very peculiar manner the other after- i Qoon. She desired to slake some ; lime, and, not being familiar with :hemistry, placed the stuff" in a heavy j bottle, filled the bottle with hot water , and tightly corked it. The lime soon set the water boiling md generated a quantity of steam that exerted an enormous pressure, j The bottle burst with a report like an ! eight-inch shell, and pieces of the ! glass struck Mrs. Washburn in the ' face and neck, terribly lacerating the j flesh. One large fragment of glass j cut a gash in the left side of the neck j that extended to within an eighth of an j inch of the jugular vein. The flying ; lime penetrated Mrs. Washburn's eyes, agd they, were seriously burned. Dr. Hoyt^&wed up and dressed th? ?A Ct\ a r? rl T)f WUUUUS iU W?C UBUH auu luuo, - Cannon cariBd for theeye3. It is,probably that %<jr sight will be saved, ? Analrdi of a Lady'* Tear. It 13 said of James Smitheoa that "happening to observe a tear gliding down a lady's cheek he endeavored to catch it io a crystal vessel; that one* half of the drop escaped, bat having ; , preserved the other half he submitted j it to reagents and detected what was then called mierocosaiic salt, with j muriate of soda and three or foai more saline substances held in solution."?Self-Culture. Railroad'* Consideration For Sick Woman We noticed a bulletin the Santa Fe had on the register to-day to conductors, requesting them not to whistle at a certain whistling post one-hall mile north of Thayer for a day or two, on account 'of a lady nearby beinq very siok. This is a very commendable act on the part of the Santa Fe and shows that a railroad corporation is ao? *o soulless as often depicted.? Chertyvale (Kan.) Clarion* . . rillfcrirrffllfo BISMARCK BIRTHDAY BONFIRES. To Celebrate tbe Natal Anniversary of tlie Iron Chancellor In a Notable Way. Students of the various universities in Germany recently decided, to celebrate tbe anniversary of Bismarck's birth in a notable fashion on April 1, 1900, end a programme has now been arranged in accordance with which im BONFIRES TO MAKE PRINCE BISMARCK'S pillars or monuments in honor of Bisatarck will be erected in many German cities, and on the morning of A.pril 1 flames will burst forth from them anil will continue to burn during the day.Tbe flrst.step in this direction was caken when several leading professors met at Eisenach for the purpose of dejiding on the form of the proposed monuments. The leading architects 3f Germany had been invited to compete, and the result was, that 320 designs were submitted. Of these ten were finally selected, md valuable prizes were awarded to the architects who had submitted them. The three designs which were jsteemed to be the best were submitted by W. Kreiss, an architect of Dresden. > One of his designs of a Bismarck monument is notable for its strength ind simplicity. We see a passive square structure, flanked by four pillars and with a hollow opening at the ;op, tnrough wnicn the names are to Durst. In this hollow opening is a arge metal brazier, which i& designed ;o hold the coal and other fnel, and crithin the structure is' a staircase eading np to the brazier. The rear ind sides of the monument are of smooth stone and are devoid of ornament, but on the front are several 3cnlptnral decorations. This design is generally admitted to be the best, and the numerous monuments which it is proposed to erect in honor of Bismarck will be fashioned ifter it. These will be placed on the highest points near the various cities md towns, and they will vary in size iccording to the wealth of the cities md the height of the elevations. One hundred and seventy-four ;ities and towns have already tfr ranged to erect a xusumrcii muu violent, and in each place a committee aas been appointed to select the most suitable spot for the erection of the structure. The plan is to have the fires in the various monuments lighted simultaneously on April 1, and it is believed that when that time oomes the monuments will be bo numerous that there will be a regular chain of beacon lights from one end of Germany to the other. Tlie Swordftah a Mackerel. The swordfish is really a gigantic mackerel, dividing pretty evenly the bonor of' being chief of the Scornbridre with the huge albacore, or deepaea tunny. Its weapon is a solid 6pear of bone sometimes reaching two feet in length, an elongation of the upper jaw which tapers to a keen point. Tl>oa? iv??mriTis nr? an *?T<?eedin?rlv race possession, very seldom seen except in museums, aud then generally found on exhibition just as they have been sawed out of some ship's timbers; the result of just such an error s\t An +o rinrf' nf UJ jUU^LUWUV VAA IUW ^U4 I. V4 xiphias was reported last wees from Kragero. into which port the bark Passe Partoufc hart put in leaking. Upon examination part of the weapon of a swordfish was found imbedded in a five-iuch plank, having first passed through the outer sheathing of metal. Novel Philippine Cavalry. The adaptability of the American is proverbial and this fact is humorously exhibited by the troops now in Iloilo. There are no horses on the island but there was a dire need of cavalry. So the soldiers impressed a herd of water bufialo and utilized them as mounts. TBOTTINO-BCLL U3ED BY OUB TEOOPS IN ILOILO. The illustration shows one of tht .icuuesacc uuja uu u bull. Tlie animal is said to be verj docile and to make an acceptable substitute for the horse. '/Afci'. .Juit a Tact. "31y youngest child is only eight been months eld," remarked Mr Snaggs, "yet he can play on the piano." "Oh, what are you giving us?" re plied two or three in the crowd. "It's a fact. Just put him on toj of the piano, with a few playthings, and he'll play as contentedly as yon please for an hour at a time." As a result of the penny postage scheme between the British colonies it has become necessary to extend th( facilities of the general postoffice ir London. The volume of Canadiar business alone has doubled since th< first of the year. ,\.v / A TEMPERANCE COLUMN. THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST IN MANY WAYS. The Sons of the Siren?A Phage of the Whisky Care Question Not Often Dwelt Upon?The Only Absolute Item edy Tor Alcoholism a Powerful Will. Bt BEY. FBAJfCIS A. OCK2JINOHASI. The sirens sit by the summer sea And they sing on the seething foam . a. souk ui lue rout ^uu rovcirj Of their mystic Island home. The sailor lists for a moment bcl?f And he steers for the lovely shore, But his bark Is wrecked on a rocky reef And he sinks to rise no more. Oh a siren sits In the city streets And she sings the selfsame song, And she smiles on the noblo youth she meets, And she gathers him into her throng. He drinks a draught from her golden bowl And he feels Its mystic fire Like the bliss of heaven within his soul, And he drinks to his heart's desire. He sinks as the sailor sank of old In the depths of a merciless sea, And the touch of his hand is damp and cold, And his life is a misery. His bratn is racked with young remorse, And his soul with sin is sore, His excess proceeds from worse to worse, Till he fails to rise no mftre. Oh, brave are the men who sign the roll For the hate of the draught that kills, Of the trade that strangles the youthful soul, 1 .Of the rain of human wills! Ob, brave are the hands that spurn the cup, That scorn the siren's call! But the man who raises his brother up Is the bravest of them all. ?Sacred Heart Review. v r.i... >ilair*. I I AIUO U4 U1DKJ VU(VB) The Intrinslo value of the many medicinal agencs which hare been warranted a sure cure (or the affliction of'alcoholism, has never been definitely settled, and In 3plte of flaring testimonials and advertisements, is uncertain at its best. Heavily drinking men are wont to flatter them* | selves into the belief that when the effects of excessive indulgence begin to Inconvenience them, they can apply to the first dispensary of patent nostrums and obtain relief at so much per gallon. Never was greater fallacy. Some of these cures doubtless have points of merit, but In Its last analysis, their success depends upon the individuality and will power of the patient. Those who availed themselves of the benefits offered by these different systems have been variously profited. Some ^few were never visited by a desire to taste the alcoholic poison again. Others held out against its allurements for a brief period after they had been discharged from the institute, and still others tired of the strict methods in vogue, and fled from their temporary refuge bofore receiving any good from the treatment. The different systems have all had their successes aud failures, and the secrecy surrounding the formulas of the medicines employed hna alarava lflffc floilbt' 03. to whether It WBS the chemical or moraf agents which brought the change.The drunkard wlio depends1 entirely on the physician to rescue blm after he has progressed far In hl9 Intemperance, is leaning on a broken stick. There can be no' doubt that the duly certain and absolute cure for alcoholism - is the exertion of a powerful will, and the devotee of John Barleycorn who is lobking around and ! trying to 9ee some way out of his vassalage had bettersatlsfy himself on this point at once.?Atlanta Constitution. ' The Drink Evil. There is to-day in the English-speaking* countries no such tremendous, far-reaching, vital question as that ?f drhnkenness. (n its implications and effects it overshadows all else. It lies at the centre of all social and political mischief. It paralyzes energies in evt -y direction. It baffi es penal reform. It obstructs political reform. It rears aloft a moss of evillyInsplred power, which "at every salient point threatens social' and national ,adI vance, which gives to Ignorance andvlce a greater potency than intelligence and I virtue can command; which deprives the poor of the advantages of modern projrress; which debauches and degrades mil* [ Hons, brutalizing and soddenlng them be-, low the . plane of healthy savagery, and Qlllng tlje Centres of population with creatures who.se condition almost excuses the immorality which renders them dangerous to their generation. Can any politioal organization be said to represent the best aspirations and the strongest needs of the people while this abiding source of misery, c time and poverty is allowed to spread and flourish??New York Tribune. Practical Temperance. The workingmen of Atlanta are to be commended for their action in deciding against the sale of beer on Labor J)ay. The main purpose of having a day set apart on which to pay tribute to the dig- | nlty of labor beiug to elevate It, no better j step could have beeu taken thaD that by which the laboring men of Atlanta have decided to mark the day by sobriety. Noclasi of men have suffered more from the evils of iutemperance than those who earn their bread by honest toll. Self-Indulgence steps In to steal that which should go to wife ! and children, and leaves In its train misery | untold. When wesee worklngmen exercising supreme self-denial aud setting their J I faces against customs which destroy happiness, we have a strong evidence of re- J form which means much to the home and the family. Lut the money which goes for intoxicants go the wives and babies instead, and we will raako a good exchange of joyous homes for the dubious profits j which may come to a few from the sale of intoxicants.?Atlanta Constitution. No Room For Drunkards. Thirty of the leading business men ol Minneapolis were recently asked "Is there room In your line of business for an ex. | ceptionally capable young man, who has j every qualification for business except that | out of business hours he drinks in modera- j tion with friends?" In five days those j thirty men had responded each for himself : and without knowledge of the others, and all bad the same story to tell. Not one bad auy time or use for men in their business who drunk. A3 business men are governed, | iii tbelr employment of labor, sole'y by re- I suits attained, the growing custom of dis- j crimluatlug against driuking men as employes is simple and direct testimony as to the erll effects of liquor upon the brain and hand of the worker. The Crusade in Brier. F>um nearly always spells ruin. Drinking is an enemy to thinking. Temperance is the guardian of the other virtues. ' The slang of the saloon is not in place on the lips of a sober man. A drunken man is a nuisance to everybody. Even the saloon-keeper throws him out. Not one drop of intoxicating liquor is allowed to be sold at any of the military camps of Canada. To be sober means to be secure against many assaults of the devil to which the drunkard succumbs. Scotland has 143 parisho3 without paupers, poor rates or public drinking houses. Perhaps the lack of the latter accounts for the absence of the former. There is something radically wrong with the total abstainer who has not charity miogled with his zeal. If you are a total abstainer don't try to quibble out of your pledge. The hairsplitter is not in oarnes:. The total abstainer should try to diminish the evils of drink by word and example, particularly by example. Drunkenness is one of the most frequent causes of divorco iu Germany, and the children of these divorcees are most apt to I drl ftlnto crime. The true total abstainer does not set himself upon a pedestal ani think himself better than his neighbors. In all humility he chooses total abstinence as a means to his own salvation and the edification of others. t Y: . ' '.J'. f GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN.1 FRECNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE' WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS. ?' "Therefore My Heart I# Glad."?Ore*1-1 corning the World?The Boot* of Lift ?"Found Wanting"?Sansfalne In tlw Soul?A I'rayer Against SordidneM. Come, weary one, como ye apart and rest awhile! Fretted thou art, thy spirit's melody to discord turneJ. We will away to yonder valley's depth Where green boughs interlacing break the noonday glare Into a million flecks of noonday light. From the high hill a brook comes laughing to our feet; O'erhead, the birds, all careless of tomorrow's need, Pour out.their gleeful songs. Hast thou no note of praiseV The tow'ring pine,the cloudjfed,rock-boand brook, The 6lnglng bird, the orbit-keeping sunGod's power sustaineth these. Shall He not care for thee? : Canst thou not sing when clouds hang low? Needst thou the sunshine's touch to make thee glad? Ah, childly The eky-bred nightingale, though caged close, sicggon: Souls that forget their mountain-tops alone are mute. '.J Not yet is forged the chain that can thy w spirit bind. Bent o'er thy desk, beside the bench, whate're thy task, Sweet melodies of trust and Joy may 8tUl be . thine . J,r - u tnou wut iouow in tne way 01 turn Who, even in the darknebs ol Getbsemane, Kept in his soul the mountain-top of prayer. ?Ada Melville Shaw, in Zlon's Herald... ???? " .. ' " *,*sit. Overcoming: the World. '<'<86 When one has planned the best that hn-' man wisdom can devise, when be. baa car-ried out his plans with energy and' reso- ' ^1 lute purpose, then, when the human jrilT."-"aj has uone ull that it can do, it is dignified '/ * by submission to the Supretr > Will. That submission is not defeat; it is supreme aa? final victory. When one can see. and Know ' '-Jk| that his finite plans' and purposes and thufc '51 upon which Le has exerted his will?hat- :~7f ing reached their finite limit?are now taken . -j-. up into the plans and purposes of infinite wisdom, the final submission becomes the most dignified act of which a human being is capable. Jesus never aj^eared in the true grandeur of bis perfect manhood . so long as he seethed to be fulfilling hw own will. Ho never rose to his full stature vntil in his final act of submission be showed that his own will and purpose had become identical with the Supreme Will aad. Goodness:-. In that act of submission be showed that he ' \ had otercome.tho world. In the days that 1 '.gs -'?A? ?V>a<1{eA<n(aa'fuu\ti frfarsAlt*DO Vfl tttUlO QllCI | ?T UCU h U(7 u lO^i|/4VC^ puvt | ? t vuv**v?v ,.J and la exile, met In Ills name, they thought A of him not as defeated and destroyed. They 1 M Repeated to one another as a message from M him, "Be of good cheer; I hare overcome V the world." In all the ages place those.who 9 have caught the spirit of this message out of a confidence which tribulation could hot on<"",h have answered, "lam of-good,cheer ^ for I h'^ overqome the worlcj."?Bev. Geo. 1 BatcheDer.J The Boot* of Life. The closets of God's people are wfamv the roots of the c&urch grow. And if the root? be not nourished, there ean be no tree with, branches and fruit. In many cases the root of the plant is the most important part of it Hen do not see it. It is hidden away down, under the ground. Yet in tho dark it works ' *"?? away,and in Its secret laboratory it prepares the life which goes' up Into the plant or tree, and manifests Itself in' trunk or branches, in leaves and fruits.. The beautiful leaffabrics are woven down in the looms of that U dark earth-factory. The colors that tint th'e flowers are prepared In that Jowly work- ,. shop. The little blocks - that are piled in silence, one by one, as the fabric of thetree . . > grows up, are hewn oat in the secret quar-. *- TT_ .U_4 klaii m S TICS 01 me ruuis. no ii<ai vuuau tree maet first biess its roots. 80 it la in the spiritual life. It is not the tfloset which men see. It is not a man's* secret, personal religious life which the world understand? . . and praises. Yet it is in the closet that che V roots of his life grow.. And if the roots be not nourished then'the tree will soon die.?': V, w J. R. Miller, D. D. 'Tound Wanting." On a recent buuuay a large audience had assembled in the Old South Congrtgatlona) . ^ church expecting to/listen to President V Tucker of Dartmoutn college. He Was not present, but the city missionary, Bev. D. W. Waldron, took the pulpit Several of the disappointed attendants started for the doors, but Mr. Waldron managed to holt) the bulk of bis congregation by.teliihg them this story: *'1 recollect," said Dr. Waldron, "hearing of a minister who preached from the text, 'Found Wanting.' The people who were not interested in it began to leave the church. The reverend gentleman, paualng in his discourse, said: 'That's right. I suppose you were weighed in the balances and found wanting. In that cqse you can go . right out of the door.' Now, if I had an* V/r nounced any such text," contiuned the | speaker, MI should not have been obliged to make any such remark as that, and I trust those present will find the disappointment? they experience this morning working for /.heir good, as have the other disappointments of their lives." -Boston Herald." i an <l.ii:e in the Soul. All the coal-beds In Pennsylvania and Ohio are only solidified sunshine. The love of Jesus streaming down into your sonl I makes the central heat;that heat generates j spiritual power. So doth the joy j bi'oome your perennial strength. ?doubt' lag. ague-smitten Christian caunot ao much ! but shake. A backsliding Cnristian is on | his roud to a ceil tn the castle of giant despair. But "he who is nearest to Christ is nearest to the fire," and the contact keeps the heart aglow. ?r.y nui rejumc uiv?i , J Count up your golden mercies, count up your opportunities to do Rood, count up I your exceeding great and precious promI lses, count up your joys of heirship to an inj corruptible inheritance, and then march on ! the road heavenward, shouting!?Theodore L. Ouyler, D. D. A Prayer Against SordidneM. Search me, my God, and see it love of money holds a pliice ot honor in my soul, o? I prefer the riches of the world to thee! Help me to seek thy kingdom first and add ihou for my life on ?arth such gifts as thoo shalt choose. Thou knowest that I hare need of food and raiment,'of shelter for myself and those whom thou hast given me. of work and love, of health and hope. Thou 1 seest I crave the blessings of earth's liferest after toil, the joy of social greetings and opportunities of help for these I love. Let not gifts conceal the giver, and when 1 lack teach me a deeper heart's content ic thee. So choose and share my lot and rrrwn 3iv horws, through Jesus Christ, tbj perfect gift, Amen. Three Grades. There are three grades of Christian life t There i9, first of all, the dissatisfied life, th< life that knows thero is something it doo? not have, and that wants it, and that is perpetually discontented, and rightlj so, witt Itself. There is, secondly, the life that If half and half, that now and then rises up to the Mount cf Transfiguration nncl thei; puces for long seasons over weary waste? ol whitened ashes. Tberte is a third life o> atisfaction and content and pcare and Dower and rest, the life that has mace Jesu? Dhrist its one object, the life that every mas Ives who is able to sny in the fine phrase o: [gnatius, '"0 Christ, Thou art my insepar#' w life." r * | HYMN BOOKS SAVED HIS LIFE. e Doar Locked In a Cliurch For Three Day? r A At Kokomo, Ind., in the Maryland MetS- M }dl?t Episcopal Church, a large hound belonging to one of th? members weat~to^^H deep under a seat and was looked In at ;lose of the meting. The dog took mprlsoament ph.. >sophically, and fhro,> ilnva Hftprwurd that JUL UMLU .UlUU The further discovery was m a<lg^^Hfl|^9l eather coverlids of fifty byo^E^^^^HB :9itament3 Uad been eaten louud, which, after the eommaQlon the books. The lays oq a a c