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DR. TALMAGES SERMON.'
SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY" THE NOTED
DIVINE.
Sttl>jcct: Pillar* of Smoke?Trial* of Truth
Kxi>res?e<l With a ISiblical Symbol?
. / Tli? Sufl?ring of the Churcli of Go?l
k l'owerfully Set Forth.
I [Copyright, I.oui> Klapji'h. ISW.'
W.yshixotox, D. C.?The trials through
which the truth has struggled nre by Dr.
T:ilmage here set forth uuder n Bible symbol
of great suggestlveaess and -power;
text, Solomon's Song, iii.. 6, "Wbo is this
(bat cometh out of the wilderness like
I Hlars of smoke?"
The architecture of the smoke is wondrous,
vbether God with His finger
curves it into a cloud, or rounds it into
a (Some, or points it in a spire, or
spreads it in a wing, or, as in tne text,
hoists it in a pillar. Watch it winding
up from the country farmhouse in the
early morning, showing that the pastoral
industries have begun, or see it
ascending from the chimneys of th?i
city, teiliug of the homes fed, the factories
turning out valuable fabrics, the
printing presses preparing book and
f newspaper and all the 10,000 wheels
k of work in motion. On a clear day this
' vapor spoken of mounts with such buoyancy,
and spreads such a delicate veil
across the sky, and traces such graceful
lines of circle and semicircle, and waves
and tosses and sinks and soars and scatters
with such affluence of shape and color and
suguestiveness that, if you have never noticed
it, you are like a man who has all his
life lived in Paris and yet never seen the
Luxembourg, or all bis life in Rome and
never seen the Vatican, or all his life at
Lockport and never seen Niagara. Fortyfour
times the Bible spoaks of the smoke,
and it is about time that somebody
lirAiirthed a sermon recognizing this |
strange. weird, beautiful, elastic, charm- j
ing. terrific and fascinating vapor. Across
the Bible sky floats the smoke of Sinai, the
sraolce of Sodom, the smoke of Ai, the
smoke of the pit, the smolre of the volcanic
hills when God touches them, and in my
text the glorious church of God comiug up
cut of the wilderness like pillars of smoke
In the first place, these pillars of smoke
in my text indicate the suffering the
church of G.od has endured. What do I
mean by the church? I moan not a building.
not a sect, but those wiio in all ages
and all lands and of all beliefs love God
and ure trying to do right. For many eeuturies
the heavens have been black with
the smoke of martyrdom. If set side by
side, you could girdle the earth with the
flres of persecution?Rowland Taylor
burued nt Hadleigb, Latimer burned nt
Oxford, John Rogers burned at Smlthfleld,
John Hooper burned at Gloucester, John
Huss burned at Constance, Lawrence
Saunders burned ut Coventry, Jona of Arc
burned at Rouen.
Trotestants have represented Catholics
as having a monopoly of perseoutorf, but
both Protestant and Catholic havo practiced
infamous cruelties. The Catholics
during the reign of Hunneric weraby Protestants
put to the worst torturer, 'stripped
of their clothing, hoisted in the air by
pulleys with weights suspended frbm<|jpqir
feet, then let down, and ears and-eyes,
nose and tongue were amputated^fct^teted
hot plates of iron were put agalndt tbtf't'enderest
part of their bodies. .
fipnrco Bancroft, the historian jHBK'Of
the.Stute of Maryland: "In tb? lafl&iJHch
Catholics had opened to Protestan^vf&ass
might not be 9aid publicly, nojwCtaclir: *
priest or bishop might utter hUfdpt in a
voico of persuasion, no CathoflS might
1 teach the young. If a wayward child of
a papist would become an apostate, the
law wrested for him from I1I3 parents a
share of their property. Such were the
methods adopted to prevent the..g*owth of
popery." ,
Catholicism, as well as Protestantism,
ha3 bad its martyr?. It does SQgjja as if
when any onesectgot complete do^ifcanoy
In any land the devil of perdecutioujwdl
cruelty took possession of that 3ect. Tb?hv
see the Catholics after the Hugugfiotig.:
the gentiles after the Jews in Tourata0ewhere
a great pit was dug and fire lt&hl$$lat
the bottom of the pit, and 160 Jewish vlc?
tims wereconsuined. Seethe Presbyterffr
parliament of Eugland, more tyrannical
in their treatment of opponents ttxad'&ad
Lbeen the criminul courts. Persecute air'J
agalust the Baptists by Pted&Baptlsts, parT-j
secution of theEstabllshed Churoh ugai&st i
the Methodist Church, persecution
the Quakefs, perseeuthjjaiigainst tftj? PtIHf- J
^Bp^^OOOmore of them died from baaisbf^^tj
I Witness the sufferings of the Waldens<?,l
I of tbu Albigenses, of the Neatoriang,;.,Wit#]
nesa St. Bartholomew's massacr^.;
I the Duke of Alva driving oat ot-mff ltyttfl
Cbrlstiaos. Witness Herod And- Nfero-rtaul
Decius and Hildebraud and Torqudj^^H
and Earl of Montfort and. Lo/d (BmHH
bouse, who, when told' that liemcMHHH
account for his cruelties, said, '*1 havtfnV |
need to account to man, and as t?r0o<?l:|
will take Him in my own hands.'Vjl red
lino runs through the church.I'lflgMfr of
1900 year9, a line of blood. NofnSy the
hnudreds of thousands,but-by the mi.-ions,
must we count tbose slain for Christ's sake.
No wonder John Milton put tbegroarasof
the martyrs to an immortal tone, writing:
, Avenge, 0 Lord, Thy slaughtered' saints
whose bones \
, Lie scatteied on the Alpine mout^ri|(lBS t
p cold.
The smoke of martyrs' fcomea and
martyrs' bodies if rolling up once'
would have eclipsed the noonday and^
turned the brightest day tho world ever ?t?K
Into a midnight. "Who Is this thats
cometli up oat of the wilderness like pfl-i
lara of smoke?"
Has persecution ceased? Ask that young
man who is trying to be a Christian U* a,
store or factory, where from morni^#??)?
[ night he i:> the butt of all the mean witw
ticlsms of unbelieving employ??. Ask yiat
wife whose husband makes, her fondness
for the house of God and even he kneelirig
prayer by the bedside a derision and
is no more fit for her holy companionship
tbau a filthy crow would be flt oompaniou
t tor a robin or a goldecoriqia^.Ooxpttro;
mise with tbe world and surrendBr^to Its
conventionalities and It may let you alone,
but all (vlio will Jive godly In Christ Josua.j
[.* must suffer persecution. Be a theatre going**
I card playing, wine drinking, roaud dauoing
L Christian and you may escape criticism,
r / and social pressure. But bo an up and
t down, out and out follower of Christ, and
worldling will wink to worldling as lie
L speaks your name, and you will be put in
many a doggerel and snubbed by th09e
not worthy to blacken your oldest sbpes.
V When the bridge at Ashtabula broke and
I let down tho most of the carload ot passengers
to instant death, Mr. P. P. Bliss
was seated on one side of the aisle of the
I car writing down a Christian song which
be was composing, and on the other side
a group of men were playiug cards.
Whose landing place In eternity would you
prefer?that of P. P. Bliss, the gospel singar
nr nf Hill piirtl nlnvers?
A great compluiut comes from the theatres
about the Indies' high hats because
tb?y obstruct the view of the stag*, and a
lady reporter asked me what I thought
about it, and I told her that if the indecent
pictures of actresses in the show windows
were accurate pictures of what goes oa in
many of the theatres night by night, then
it would be well if the ladies'hats were a
mile high, sous to completely obstruct the
vision. It professed Chrlstiaus go to such
places during tho weeK, no one will ever
persecute them for their religion, for they
have noue, aud they are the joke of lieli.
But lot them live a consecrated and Christian
life and they will soon run against
sneering opposition.
For a compromise Christian character
an easy time now, but for consecrated behavior.
grimace aud caricature. For tho
body, thanks to the God of free America,
there are now no swords or llery stakes,
but for tho souls of thousands of tbe good,
iu a figurative sense, rack and glbbot and
Torquemada. The symbol of the domestic
and social and private and publicsuffering
of a great multitude of God's dear children,
pillars of smoke. What an exciting
scene in India when, during the sepoy rebellion,
a regiment of bighlanders cameup
and found the dead body of one of General
Wheeler's daughters, who had been insulted
aud mauled and slain by the sepoys.
So great was the wrath against these
"\ murderers that tho Scotch regiment sat
down, aud, cutting off the bair or this
dead daughter of General Wheeler, tbey
divided it among them, and eacli one
counted the numbtr of hairs given him,
aud each took an oath, which was execu
, / '
' daughter they would dash out the ^ors1
bestial sepoy, But as we look over the
story ot those who In all ages have suffered, I
for the truth, while we leave vengeance to i
the Lord, let us baud together In one
solemn vow, one tremendous oath, afier i
having counted the host of the martyrs, I
that for each one of those glorious men
and women who died for the truth an immortal
shall live, live with God and live
iurvvttr.
But, .13 I already hinted in tbe first
sentence of this sermon, nothing cau be
more beautiful than the figures of smoke
on a clear sky. You can see what ycu will
In the contour of this volatile vapor, uow
enchanted castles, dow troops of horsemen,
now bannered procession, uow
winged couriers, now a black angel of
wrath under a spear ol the sunshine
turned to an angol of. light, and now from
horizon to horizon the air is a picture
gallery filled with masterpieces of which
God is the artist, burning clouds of smoke
born in tbe sunrise and evening clouds
of smoke laid in the burnished sepulchers
of the sunset.
The beauty of the transfigured smoke is
a divine symbol of the beauty of the
church. The fairest of all the fair is she.
Do not call those persecutors of whom I
spoke the church. They are the parasites
of the church, not the church itself. Her
mission is to cover the earth with a supernatural
gladness, to open hII the prison doors,
to balsam all tbe wounds, to moss all the
graves,to burn up the night in tbe lireplace
of a great morning, to chuuge iron handcuffs
into diamonded wristlets, to turn the
whole race arouu'a and whereas it faced
death, commanding it, "Right about face
for heaven!" According to the number of j
tbe spires of the churches in all our cities,
towns and neighborhoods are the good
homes, the worldly prosperities and the
pure morals and the happy sotils.
Meet me at any depot the world over, and
with my eyes closed take me by the hand
and lead me.so that my feet will not stum- j
ble, and without my once looking down or j
looking on the level take me to some high '
roof or tower and let me sefe tbe tops ot
the churches, and I will tell you the proportion
of suicides, of arsons, pt murders,
of tberts. According as the churches are
numerous are the crimes few. According
as the churche* nre few tlio crimes are nu? |
merous. Tlie most beautiful organization |
the world ever saw or ever will see is the |
much maligned church, the.'friend of all j
good, the foe of all evil, "fair as the moon j
and clear as the sun." Beautiful in her
Author, beautiful in her ml* ion, the heroine
of the centuries, the bride of Christ,-'
the queen of the nations!
Men may desecrate it, as Cromwell.when ;
hestabled his cavalry horses la St. Paul's j
Cathedral; or "break olT the image ot j
Christ, as did tbe iconoclasts in York min- |
ster; or hurl against it august literary an- j
tipathies, as did Gibbon; or plot its over- .
throw, as do some in every community
whose pride and hate and debauchery are
reproved by the Ten Commandments
which it thunders and tbe sermon on-the
mount which its breathes. But it will
stand as long as the earth stnnds, the
same unique and wonder working and
beatific and miraculous thing jIqv !
which God decreed it. Small wits tax |
thsir brain to say things that will put !
her at disadvantage, but many ot them !
rcl11 aanri for Its nnnrinlAnfH .When dv> !
Ins:, and their cbiiitrcn will be gKtDored up '
uDder its benedictions after the parental I
curso 1ms been removed. Through her j
gates will mureh all the influences for Rood i
that ?hall ever reach our world. Take her j
membership ns n mass, not sfra^king of the ;
acknowledged exceptions, they are the ;
noblest, grandest, kindest, best men and j
women of the age?. But for them the .
earth would lougago have beea a burned j
out volcano. They have been the salt that j
Das kept the human race from putrefac- j
lion insufferable either to human or augolic
olfactories.
You lying and hypocritical world, shut
up those slanders about the church of i
Christ, an institution which, far from being j
what it ought to be antl never pretending j
tabs, perfect, Is 500 times better *than any ,
institution that the world ever saw j
,ojT#v?r dreambd of. The highest honor I
ever had*and the highest honor I shall
ever reeeive and the highest honor I ever
Hi to hate my name on he;: records
ember*,. At her altars I repented,
jacrameuts I believed. In her serme,dl?B<?rom
her doors let me be
0 church of Godt Thou home of j
_ iteous! Thou harbor from.tempe3i!
.Thou refuge for the1 weary!:' Thou lightmouse
of many nations! Thou type of
Fbeavenl I oould .kiss thy Tery dust with
Bgukiuu. r
y tears shall fall,
* ray prayers asoend,
y toils and cures be given
Is and cares shall end. h
smoke;" says Solomon m the
rloK my text. Not like the
3d up from the throat ot a
it polsoued with the cases ot |
torles, or floating iu black i
the coaflagratloa ot borneilphurous
from biasing batreet
as a burning grove ofcin- j
Qfjle of sassafras, or the odors j
censer. "Wuo is this that
^.uiuotHgmi. of the wilderness like pillars |
of smok3,perfumed with myrrh and frank- |
incensed' Hear it, men and women everywhere,
that the advance of the j?enuiuo
churoh of Obrlst means peace for all nation.-.
, Viotofc^Hugo, in his book entitled j
*iljlive^r-tliree," stiys: "NothiDg calmer
than^fmoke, but nothinp more startling.
peaceful smokes, and there are
uvlaBKc,: 'The thickness and color ot u
make the. whole difference
holes of ships will vanish. '
' fcA distinguished general of our Civil War
t|oJd me that Abraham Lincoln proposed to
TOf^idour civil conflict by purchase of all
theaves ot the South aud setting them
preer^He calculated what would bo a
reasonable price for them, and when the
number of millions ot dollars that would
bo required for such a purchase was
announced the proposition was scouted,
and the North would not have made the
Offer, an<l| the South wojld not have
accepted It It made. "But," 8Aid my military
frknd, "the war went on aud just the
.number of millions ot dollars that Mr.
-Llacolu calculated would have been
enough to make a reasonable purchase of
all the slaves was spent in war, besides all
the precious lives that were hailed away
in the 250 battles. Ia other words, there
ought to be some other way tor men to
settle their controversies without butchery.
Oh, come Into the church through Christ
the door, a door more glorious than that
of the temple of Hercules, whloh had two
pillars, and one was gold and the other
emoraldl Come in to-day! The world
you leave behind is a poor world, and It
will burn and pass off like pillars of
smoke. Whether the flnal conflagration
will start, in the coal mines of Pennsylvania,
which in some plucesbnvo for many
years been burning and eating into tho
heart of the mountains, or whether it shall
begin near the California geysers, or
whether from out the furnaces of Cotopaxl
and Vesuvius and Stromboli it shall
burst forth upon the astonished nations I
make 110 prophecy, but all geologists
tell us that we stand on the lid of a world,
tho heart ol whl?h is a raging, roaring, awful
flame, and some day God will let tbo
red monsters out of their imprisonment of
centuries, and New York on Are in 1835,
ana unar;estou on nro m iou.-j, ;iuu omwco
ou lire iu 1872, and Boston oa tire in 1873
wero only, like one spark from a blncKsmith's
forge uh compared with that
last universal blase which will be seen
in other worlds. But gradually tho.,'
Humes will lessen, and tho worjd TTliii
become a great living coal, aud Ahjra
will take on ashen hue, and then oui cruiuft*
plauet will begin t>> smolco, and tha^aipunt
aius will smoke, and tbu valleys svllt&rnoke,
and tbe islands will smoke, and,the seas
will smoke, and tbe cities -will smoke* andtbe
live continents will be five plIlurB of
smoke. But tbe black vapors will bogla to
lessen in height and density, and then will
become hardly visible to those who look
upon it from the 9ky galleries, and after
awhile from just one polut tbere will curl
up a thin, solitary vapor, and tbeu even
that will vanish, and there will be nothing
left except the charred ruins of a burncH
out world, the corpse of a dead stang^H
allies of an extinguished pianst, a^Hn
pillar of smoke.
But that will not interfere with^H89B|
vestments if you have taken Chr^^^SHH
Saviour. Secure beaven as yo^^K^gBf
home, und you can look dowu^^^BBSS
mantled, dlsiui*.>d and
without anv perturbation. flHHH
IKE GREAT DESTROYER,
30VIE STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Oil! For a Wanliincton?Theatre* to Help
Stop Drunkenness ? Awe-tnaplrlnc
Piny*?Horrible Seen ex of Drunkard"
Demi* to Tench Temperance.
Oh! for the patriot's spirit now
To battle for the right;
Ob! for a Washington to lead
Our armies In the fight;
Oh! for a victory over wrong;
Oh! for the time to come
When we shall celebrate the day
Our nation conquered ruin.
Novel Means to Combat Itnrn.
Intoxication is so alarmingly on the increase
in Belgium that tlie authorities are
at their wit9' end to discover some method
of checking its growth. It i9 asserted that
in Brussels and in the rural places every
other man is a drunkard. In Antwerp alcoholism
is cot so prevalent, but it is tad
enough even there. It is feared that the
national life is in danger, and the Government
is thoroughly aroused because of the
seriousness of the situation.
The prohibition element, which is very
small, is doing all it can in an evangelical
way, butjs not especially successful in Its
labors, me latesc oraer 01 me uoverument
in the matter directs that in Antwerp,
Brussels and In the rural towns the
professional and amateur theatrical talent
are to devote one night a week to plays
that teach temperance.
All of the theatres aro;oxdered to reserve
one night for preaching 'from the stage
through the medium of a play, and many
of the leading playwrights ofythe country
have been asked to prepare dramas depicting
the fearful oursro brought upon the
people through alcohols , . y
It is suggested that in the plays pro-,
duced on "Alcohol Nlght9" there shall be
scenea illustrating the degradation and '
misery resulting from drinK; "showing
homes, wherein father or mother, or both .
are drunkards, and little children are suffering
frofci their drunken fury and their
neglect; de&fiteating "the horrors of delirium
tremens* and murders in the
frenzy of intoxication, and to,be especially
particular to make prominent tbe offensive
and awful side of the use of intoxicants by
women and girls.
Tho matter has been taken up with eh-!
orgy In Brussols. and here the walls -and
every possible place where a poster can be
placed is adorned witty pictures of scenes
of horror from the "alcohol" playp. Warnings
In big prints und placards of various
kinds are to derio everywhere.
Of course, the unsympathetic scoff at
this parental effort of the Government of
Belgium to uplift the people and save the
nation from degeneration. It is too early
now to say howmuch'good will come oujt
of this extraordinary war on drink, but
the authorities are sanguine that a great
work will be doue. 1
JDrankenoett. J>xaitkeiincss Everywhere.
In Princeton Henry Cunulngham gdt
<*?Anoi1 lifa Jinnafl fnr hfu
bottle. He overturned a Iam|> and was
burned to deatb.
John Kane, after swearing solemnly that
bo would never again touch liquor, drank
himself Into convulsions and died, strapped
to a cot in Bellevue, with wife and thre'e.
children wailing about him.
Mrs. Emilv Bigelow, wearing dinmonds
ouough to lit oat a showcase, and with a
bank-book showing a balanco of $39,000,,
tried to spend it all for liquor. 8he wag*
found drunk in the ptreet* crying, "GriiW
me a drink or I shall go acazy." /"J
Drunkenness; drunkenness, drnqkenaesff'
everywhere and on all sides. The police
stations are Oiled with it, the courts ere
swamped with it, the country is cursed
with' it. It seems to be a national failing
without a national cause.
We are prosperous. Therefore it cannot
have hopelessness for a starter. Wo are a
hard working and wealthy nation. Therefore
poverty cannot be tho general incentive.
Our Puritan ancestor* were not
drunkards. isuc cue strum oi uruuscuura:
exists, and, strange to say, it is regarded
by drinkere themselves not as a Habit, but
a recreation.?New York Journal.
EflecU of Social Drlukini;.
People do not need to become drunkard*
to do prreat barm in this field. After a
quarter of a century of industry the family
discovers mnny social privileges denied
them, because tbe father indulged daily in
a few glasses of beer. But for such prac.Ices,
how much more widespread would
be the uses and delights of education?
The childreu have been forced to leave
school before they otherwise would; thoy
have to go to work beforo they aro able to
appreciate good literature and thus its
ennobling influences are wholly lost to
them. Tiiftir minds remain woali and unstable
audthey seek pleasure in light and*
trifling nmusotnents. The effect of this in
arresting development of strength of
character can not be doubted, vwe see
I traces of it everyday ii the faces^of,' bfQv
dreds who have never themselves been
addicted to the use of intoxicants. This is
one of the most awftil charges against intemperance,
and it is due more to what
nre often called temperate habits than to
drunkennoss. How much of joy andsweetness
and power Is thus denied us! Hov
| urgont the demaud for total abstinence!
A Great Editor on Drinking.
, "It would b9 well for every Frenchman
; to rise every morning with ttie thought
that he belongs to the raca thut consumes
the most alcohol.
"Alcohol Is death to the racs.
"Alcohol will kill the Europeans as it
killed the Indians iu North America.
"Alcohol taeaas disease, means tuberculosis-,
means decay, sterility, impotence.
"Alcobdl la another word for wickedness,
cruelty, vice aud Insanity.
"Alcohol means misery, downfall of nations.
"Tne best way to prove patriotism, and
to be useful to one's oountry is to lUht
against alcoholism."?Editorial iu the Par
Is Figaro, most largely circulated paper
in France.
The God of To-iUy.
Lady Somerset, in speaking recently of
the* $1,150,000,000 of English capital invested
in breweries, said: "The god of to-day is
six por cent. To secure the investment of
their funds in stocks that will pay high
rates, is the sole aim of too mauy whoso
first prayer ought to be the elevation of
their age and race. Under the stimulus of
these great compani?3, which are composed
of such respeotabie elements, drunkenness
has increased in many English communities
from twenty-two to thirty-six-pe;
;ent."
making; Klind Boys Drunk.
The managers of tho institution for tho
blind in Columbus, Ohio, are exceedingly
troubled over tho fact that the boys who
are inmates of their /nstiiutiou are being
nticad into the saloons of Columbus on
Sunday when they have been allowed to go
outside of the Institution to attend church,
und are there being made drunk.
The Crusade In Uriel.
It is estimated that in England on/1 io
j every 1000 persons is arrested for drunkenuoss
and fined and imprisoned.
A Good Templar District Lo ig? has been
1 instituted for Ceylo'i, when* tha order inJ
eludes naval, military, civilian and native
members.
1 Tho City Connrll o? Rjdwood Fails,
Minn., has passed an ordinance to remove
alfeBdreens or other obstruettonsto the pubUovlQw
'a saloons ou Sundrfjg. ..
fcUft&ovra Supreme Court"%asv decide 1
,tlwt*&y. persju who obtains liquor for a
drunkard is as guilty of -violating
; a liquor^d^ouler^w.Uo soils the
muannuolnc fl All | Artfj LiRfl/I R ft in f> fl.
. A UUjf II UII. u UB, hub u Itimn n
drunltea mau lylus ';i the frutier In Trout
of It, lie opened the doer ;iadaaid: "Mister,
your alga's fell do vn." The saloon keeper
chased hfm half tirouud the square.
4alngl? vessel 3:iiliup from the port of
Boston has taken oae hundred itud thirtyone
thoasufcd gallons of rum to Africa, ;iul
reports bave.oome of snips carrying ;ygfl
gfe missionary ant^^^^ulred t
THE SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JANUARY 7.
Vfcfojcct: TIio Birth of Ltikn ii.. 116?Coition
T?-xt: Matt. i.t ~ 1?Memory
V??r.?e?, S-l 1 ? Coinnienlary on th?
Day'# I.eaaon.
l>T3o:?ct.Tio>\?Six months nnsg away
ifter tho birth of John, tho foreruaner, find
theu oomcs the birth of Jesus, the Messiah.
the most important eveut iu tho
world's history. Our lesson begins with
great majesty as it rofers to the Emperor
Augustas, "at whoso feet lay the whole
known world, and to whose commnml
obedience was rendered iu every country,
and city, and village." It theu descends
to tell of the obscure birth of an infant, in
one of the incst obscure towns, in an ob. curo
province; but it rises again into
greater maje3ty as it describes the multllude
of heavenly visitants who announce
the glory and greatness of the child.
1. "In those days." That is about the
time John the Baptist was born and the
events took place as related in tho preceding
chapter. "Caesar Augustus." The
(Irst or tho Koman emperors. "All tho
world." All of the Romau world. At that
time tho ltoman empire extended further
than ever before, or tban it has since, and
was called "the empire of the whole earth."
"Taxed." Enrolled, or registered, probably
with a vie^w to.taxing. . .
2. "First made.'VTlt seems there were
two onrollmeats,- "Cyryilus." Or Quir,.?
inins., There ft a chronological difficulty
here. Qairlnius was Governor ot Syria in
A. Ik8, ten'years lbter than this,, and at
that'tlmehe toolc a census to which St.
Luke refers fn Acts 5: 37. ^Maay T explications
have been suggested. The most satisfactory
explanation ot the matter seems to
be )Uat Quirlntus was twice Gh>yernor ot
Syirta, In B. C. 4, as well as la ti i>. 6. This
Ka a ?all lot
3CDIU9 IV VD "lOil VDkaUl V0UOU (Utk.
*3. ''Into bis pwu city." The Roman
custom was to enrol persons at the place of
residence, but the Jewish custon*1''required
tbe enrolment to take place id the native
city.
4, "Went up." From Galilee to tho
much more elevated region of' Bethlehem.
,"Citv of David." Wiipre Dnyld was bom.
5. "With Mary.". It Is uncertain whether
her presence was obligatory .or voluntary,
bat It Is obvious that, afterj^vhat she hacl
suffered (JIatt. 1:19), she-choae to clini; to
1 the presence and protection; of her husbahd.
"Espoused wlte/^Bette'r; *'who wa3
'betrothed to him." ? v6,.
"While there." , C?3ar Augustus was
hat an Instrument In the'h?nd of Providence
to folftll the prophecy Of Micah
(chap. 5:2) with respect to the birth-place
xot the Messiah, v " 'jgM'
7. "Her ilrst-born son.?' .Kiat excellent I
and glorious person, who wa*the flrs'-born
of every creature, and the. h0lr a11
things; whom all tho 'fU^t-b'oca in the Old
Testament preffgUrafc \whom tbo angels
adore (HeD. 1:6); and Ito whom those that
believe become the jirst-lborn and tbe flrsttraits
of God's creators. "In a manger."
Probably some. dr grotto used for
sheltering cattle, >nod perhaps belonging
to the *ame shepherds to whom the "plnd
tidings", werejfltst brought. "God and
roan; tbe old aM hftTT covenants; heavoa
and earth, me?c lyiuaaanger." Tne only
person who had thtjil vilest of chocsing
Ills Dlrttiplac&J:Cbi??vto bo born la a mangar;
itivffiT-rA. square erection,
opeu inside, wfrera travelers put up, ami
whose tear portions -wore used as stables."
^,8. "Satfad country." Near, ptobably not
mj^ ivfiy. ^Shepherds." It was vary
proper that the announcement should be
jtnadoto shepherds/ Abraham and David,
f to whom the promise o' t&e Messiah was
^flrstmade, were shepherds, and now the
Chlor Shepherd is about to appearand tho
i shepherds are the first to receive the clad
news. "Iu the field." They undoubtedly
had tents or booths under which they
dwelt. "Keoplng watch....by night.'* Or.
"keeping uightwatche3." They watched
by turns, against wild beasts and robbers.
The (act that the shepherds were in the
fields affords no ground for concluding
1 that the nativity could not have taken
i place in tho winter. Tho average tempera,
j tnre at Jerusalem for Ave years was, in
I December, fifty-four degrees.
9. "Augel." Diviue messenger. "Carr.a
upon tliem." Stood over them. "Glory
of tbo Lord." That extreme splendor In
which the Deity is represented as appearing
to men, and sometimes called the Shej
ohinah?an appsaranco frequently attend
I ed. as in this case, by it company of angels.
; It is likely that the angel appeared la the
I air at some littio distance above them, and
j that from Him the rays o( the glory of the
i Lord shone round about them,as the ray?
1 of light are projected from the sun. "Sore
I afraid." "Terrilted with the appearauce
; of so glorious a being." Thero la no prool
i here that tho shepherds were morally imj
pure and afraid that divine justice was
r about to be meted out to them. Even holy
! men tremblo when thoy come in contact
jwith the supernatural.
10. "Good tlilings." "The literal meaning
of Gospel." I am come to declare the
loving-kindness of the Lord. My message
i will cause great joy. It is a message to you
I'(Jews) first, and it also reaches to "all the
I people," R. V. To the whole human race
See, Gen. 12:3; Mutt. 23:19; Lute 2:28-32; 24
11, 47: Col. l:2i-2S.
11. "Is boru." Isa. 9:5; John 1:14
j 'David's greater Son begins bis earthlj
irutrux iu ins nuucoivi a uu.u^. outuit uuu
ired years before, a prophet bad predicted
the Messiah's birth at Bethlehem. MIc. 5
2." "A Savior."' (1) A deliverer. (2) A
restorer. (3) A preserver. Matt. 1:21
"Not.shnll be u Savior,but 'horn a Savior.' *
"Christ." The Anointed One. .Christ Is
the Greek word correspondiijc to the He.
brow word Jl'.'ssiab. Iu ancient times pro
phots, priests aud kings were anointed
with oil when set apart to their sacred
work. "Christ was anointed for these holj
offices, which wo may share with Him by
His anointing us with the Holy Ghost.'"Christ
is sufficiently qualitied to sustain
these unspeakably important offices
bccause He is "The L?rd." God, as well
us man." '
12. "A sign." The vory thiog thai would
Ivivo rt'iiiDftil Hiarrt ivuo marla fhn
sign unto them. Auy fear as to whether
they may approach the naw-bora King and
offer Him their homage is dispel 9 I by.the
iutimatlon of Iii9 lowly condition, while
their carnnl views of t lie nature of His klagdora
aro thereby "Oti attracted.
13. ' A multitude." They descended to
honor tbo Prince of Peace. "Heavenly
host." The army or angeia which is renresonted
R.5 3Urrou jdiug tlx* thronn of Qod.
Sep 1 Kings 22:19: P.?a. 103:20,21: 119:2.
14. "J!ory....in th? highest." Christ is
the highest glory of God. "On earth peace."
Peacotoman: peace with God; peace of
conscience. "Goodwill:" God ba3 shown
His good will by sending the Messiah*
< 15. "Let us now go." There is no time
to lose. Let us go now. "Thi3 is the language
of obedience, desiriug to receive assurance
and strength." by seeing for themselves
"this thing wiiich Is coma to pass."
1G. "With haste."' Filled and thrilled
with holy joy they could not linger. "And
found." "It is probable that by com muni<
atini? their experiences to each othar their
faith we? greatlv strengthened."
BLOODHOUNDS FOR CANTON, OHIO.
Dor* Purchased to Hunt Burglars and
Footpad* Who Infest the City.
Mayor James H. Robertson, of Canton,
rtiiin ratnrnml from Chattanooga to Can
ton a few days ago, having been la that
Southern city to purchase two bloodhounds
for the Polio* Department. The two animals
have arrived and they cost the city
$200.
The purchase of the dogs by Canton's
Mayor was authorized by the City Council,
although the money to pay for them
was raised by popular subscription. Tiie
dogs are to bo kept by tho Police Department,
ancLthe city will pay for their care.
There tjfcve been numerous pe tty burglaries
In Canton for several mouths.
Holdups have been of almost nightly occurrence,
and the police have beui unable
to run-in and convict any of the footpads
and beggars. Popular indignation has
existed for several weeks. Commissioner
GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN.
precnant thouchts from the
world's createst prophets.
fio Modern Saint? Weed* Come from
Not Weeding ? The ]Y1 Inintration of
A Uhavop fnr Turoui' rirAlVth-,
Life It Love and Service.
Mo monkish garb he wears, no beads he
tells,
Nor is Immured in walls remote from
strife.
Bat from bis heart deep mercy ever wells;
He locks humanely forth on human life.
Cn place of missals or of altar dreams
He cons the passioned book of deeds and
days;
Striving to cast the comforting sweet beam3
Of charity on dark and noisome ways.
Not hedged about by sacerdotal rule,
He walks a fellow of the scarred and weak;
Liberal and wise his gifts; be goes to school
To Justice, and he turns tH other cheek.
He looks not holy; simple is nis belief;
His creed, for mystic visions, do not scan:
His face showo lines cut there by others'
grief
Aud in his eyes b lovo of brother-man.
Not self nor self-salvation la his care;
He yearns to make the world a sunnier
clime
To live in, and his mission everywhere
Is strangely like to Christ's in olden time.
I N . '
No medieval mystery, no crowned
Dim figure halo-ringed, uncanny bright;
& modern saint! A man who treads earth's
ground
Ana ministers to men with all his might.
?Bichard Burton, in The Independent.
Weed* Como from Not Weeding.
,Wbat tor.gb, sturdy, impudent things
weeds ate! There is the flaunting poppy,
turning its scarlet face up to heaven and refusing
to icok at the com?such a plain
creature, it ought to be ashamed of itself.
And^the charlock laughs at the trembling
stalk. "You golden, indeed! Here, let me
show myself. Jt is really a pity that the
sun should waste bis thiuiDg upon you."
And !;ere stands the haughty thistle, thrusting
the corn aside with its prickly arms,
I and nodding its h?>ad jauntily to the Wg
I bumble-bee. "Glad to see you," said the
| thistle. ' You can get something out of me,
| but I can't think, for my part, what anybody
I can see to admire in the corn." "Nor fI,
j either." says the bumble-bee, a9 he flies away.
"What is thisV" cries the Lord or the
J Harvest. "Hero I should have a crop. This
fleld that ought to have yielded sixtyfold
at least, is full of weeds."
"Please, sir, I did not do anything." says
the servant, quite satisfied that it is no
fault of his. "I did not plunt them."
' Plant them," says the Master. "Plant
them. What impudence! NOj indeedbut
you neglected to pull them up!"
My friends, weeds are not things that people
Call sins. They are not actual offences
| of which you can say that this is wrong and
that. Weeds come from not weeding. It is
neglect, and yot that may bring about a condition
of things as bad as if the plowman
bad never turned a furrow, and
the sower bad never cast the seed.
' But," says the servant, "they come of
themselves. The soil is so rich,and we have
had so much inin and then so much sunshine
that tb?y have flourished wonderfully."
'-Worse and wotee," says thti Muster.
"'The soil that grows such weeds ought
to grow good corn: and the rain and the
sunshine that have been spent upon them
would have brought in a good harvest."
No. there is no excuse. You may talk of
your peculiarities and circumstances and
difficulties. A man who does so much in the
Vworld ought to be some good in the church.
Dear friends, there is no excuse. If you
and I do belong to God and havo received
the good seed, nothing in the world will exI
f use our not bringing forth good fruit.?
j M;:rk GuyPearse. In Horailetie.
The Ministration of Grief.
It is not always true that they who have
experienced no deep sorrows are incapable
of true und deep sympathy with the griefs
of others. Sometimes they enter most appreciatively
into the feelings of their
Tini- -is tli? rule, thev who look
upon suffering only from the outside fuii to
grasp its fullest significance, and their sympathy
is more an expression of kindly feeling
than of genuine"comprehension aud fellowship.
Personal experience of suffering
unquestionably deepens dXfcsympathitos.and
for this reason undoubtedly^rMar no other,
we are olten called upon to sufferr*-&o one
can do the largest possible work in a w??;ld
in which suffering holds so prominent'!*,
place who is not qualified to minister with
pertineut and powerful appreciation to those
in trouble. No one's character is well
rounded, no one's experience of life sufficiently
contprehensive. no one's sense of
personal insignificance and of entire dependence
upon divine support is what it
needs to be, until the finger of sorrow has
| been laid upon life with its always painful
i nn<i nftpn atincrin?. vet in the end ennobling
touch.
A I' ayer for I.arjjer Orowtli.
Spirit of vue living God, by whom all truth
and wisdom come to light, so quicken, wa
beseech thee, the minds and hearts of thy
servants who gather to take counsel together
that ail their deliberations may be for the
glory of Christ acd the upbuilding of his
kingdom. May all who speak be taught of
thee. May all who bear listen with an attentive
and teachable spirit. Kemember the
needs of the churches, and build them up
in a fruit-bearing faith and rlghteou.snt.ss.
Show thou thou the way in ail perplexities.
{ and give thy servants quick and discerning
j minds. In sympathy and forvmt zeal, with
J love of the truth, as of those whom Christ
| has made free, and rejoicing in a common
hope may all their work and thought be acceptable
in thy sight and profitable for the
help of thy people. Bless and quicken
I abundantly the whole church of Christ.
1 May all its members be imbued with a
deeper sense of the presence of thy spirit, a
fuller joy in tb3 communion of saints, a
truer vision of tne power and unity or truth.
And this wo ask through Jesus Cbri9t our
Lord. Amen.
Life Is Lov j and Service.
The days go. but the pain and sorrow
stay, ami yei someinmg eise, wuicb is uui
paiu and is not sorrow, comes and stays,and
that is the assurance and the certainty of
things invisible. Hopes dashed and buried
spring up in immortelles. Music bushed
here, and, hark! the echoes come, soft and
still and clear, from a land which is not far
off. The life, the soul, that was in the fac.e
tbat greeted us but juat now, stUl is, and
needs not longer earth's fine clay to shrne
through. Life is endurance; it is also aspiration;
it is also love and service. Ah! wo
may be glad and thankful th.it some things
never die. The dear one who has gone has
not gone out of life, but into lifo; not finished,
but just commenced the service she
was born for.?Kate Sanborn, in "S arlight
Calendar.'*
No Death but Change.
Make life what it has In it to be. In disjipleuhip
to this great Christ do a strong
manly or womanly part; accept the mercies
that come with a glad thankfulness; take
hold of work and duty with a firm, h?arty
grip: in ail life's intercourse, whether of
hom? or in the busy world, fulfil a loving,
aelpful part, and let your heart go out
towards that greater life of Ood, out of
which ours comes, and which is with us
I iiivmv <\n<1 th,.n thnll f,ifrt tea strfiiirthen
I III1 II
ing, gn-ateiiiny. all the way; aud there f.hall
be no death, but only, some day, just as t!ie
iiiWf n[ hfing briuj: it, a change, u pacing
3n, and tl.o uospoki-u- word to "come up
fitehor" into the next aud tlni'r atavje ot thi.j
j ROuJorful "Life."?lirooke Hurford. D. D,
'apali btHiupn Out 1l?e i'lnjiue.
The Japanese authorities are receiving
great praise lot: ilio spued aud skill wiiu
wliieh tliey have stamped out tlie bubouiu
plague. Ttie disease was not
spread bevond Um^hvcu
Remarkable^H^^ffln^HSMB
in^^HBHHH
II linUBilUUS Ul ? Uiuuwv.?
For Service In Month Afrlci^^^H^Hc
don to Equip a Corp*.
j London (By Cable).?Whatever may be
goinR on at the seat of war, there la an outburst
of patriotic enthusiasm in England
nnd Scotland worthy of the noblest tradN
tlons of the Elizabethan era. The Mlnt?>
cers have appealed to the nation for men
to fight the battle of the empire in South
Africa, and the response is fairly electric.
Battalion after battalion of militia is \ jlunteerlng
for foreign service.
Lord Chesham is enlisting a body of
three thousand yeomanry cavalry, and the
number can be doubled. London regiments
of the volunteer force are ready to
provide fifty thousand trained citizen
soldiers at short notice, and from England,
Wales, Scotland aud North Ireland oome
offers by which that number of volunteers
can be trebled.
The fibre of British patriotism is as
strong and genuine as It was. in the time
of the Spanish Armada. There are no
signs of flinching in any quarter from the
defence of the empire. The ministers have
put the nation on Its mettle, anil can now
pick and ch6oas the men they Want and
hold immense reserves behind for future
draft?.
Mr. Goschen reports that the Admiralty
has already nrovlded sea transoort for
129,000 troop? of all arms to South. Africa.
Another 120,000 are available If the Minis*
ters need them. .
The War Office, while embarrassed by
the spirit an l fervor of this national uprising,
is going methodically about the work
of reinforcing the British army now under
lire. The Seventh and Eighth divisions
will be mobilized like the previous divisions,
with urmy reservists. In this way
what remains of the army reserve, nominally
78,000 men, will be brought Into active
servloe.
Nine battalions of militia will be sent to
Africa out of the twenty-four embodied,
the preference being shown for artillerymen.
How large a force of volunteers will
be employed is not yet determined, but
artillerymen again will bespecially favored,
and also the best marksmen among the riflemen.
The yeomanry force bare'.y exceeds ten
thousand, but the War Office will take all
these sturdy rural cavalrymen It can get.
| It will also encourage enlistment of the
i mounted lorces in uanaua ami oiuor uuionies
and avail itself fully of assistance
from the loyalists of Cape Colony and
I Natal. To what extent India will be nl|
lowed to co-operate in the defence of the
| empire is unknown.
At a meeting of the Corporation of the
| City of London 8150,000 was donated toi
ward equipping a special corps of 1000
volunteers for service in South Africa. It
was resolved to confer the freedom of the
city on each volunteer, following the
precedent of 1759.
Australia Sends Iloapltal Corps.
Sydset, N. S. W. (By Cable).?The Government
of this colony has decided to
send a field hospital corps and a battery
of artillery td .South Africa In addition to
the mounted contingent.
FIRES COST EIGHT LIVES.
Two Disastrous Tenement Blazes In New
York City.
New Yof.k Citv (Special).?Eight persons
mot death In two tenement house flres
which occurred in the city a few days
ago. Several more persons were burned
and otherwise Injured.
Six of the dead aod all of the injured
were victims of a Are which nearly gutted
tlie five-story double tenement house at the
southeast corner of Third avenue and 102d
street, known as the Mentor.
That the loss of life was not greater wa3
due to the splendid work of the firemen,
who were on the scene in an incredibly
short time and effected heroic rescues by
means of their scaling and extension ladders.
The list of dead in the Third avenue fire
is as follows: Patrick Barrett, thirty-three
years old, laborer; Mrs. Patrick Barrett,
twenty-seven years old; Julia Barrett, six
years old; Mary Barrett, nine years old;
Richard Nickerson, bricklayer, and an unknown
woman.
"TN,The other flro occurred in a Tenth aventv*.
tenement. It started in ash barrels
on Miq first floor, and quickly swept
through the entire building. The many
inmates of tins place made their way to the
roof and to the rear fire escapes, and,
though the confusioH-^asgreat, It was believed
all had escaped uBtSt&e flames had
been extinguished. Then
i found Mrs. Fox, with her child
arras, on the stairway of the third floor.
They had been smothered to death by the
smoke.
LYNCHING FOLLOWS MURDER.
Necro "Workman in Pennsylvania I?
Chased and Shot by a Mob.
Dunbab, Penn. (Special).--Sanford White,
Superintendent of Construction for the<
\Y. J. Rainey Coke Company at Mount
Braddock works, w.is shot by Calob Pierce,
a negro laborer, and died while being
] taken to the hospital. The murderer fled
for the hills followed by a c rowd of .citizens
and workmen and Anally overtaken
and shot seven times.
Pierce was chased for two miles before
his pursuers came within shooting distance.
The negro held his revolver in his
hand as the mob rushed up. He dropped
the revolvor and begged his captors not to
lynch him. With an oath one of the mob
shot him and a fusillade of bullets followed.
Tho same men who had done the shootiDg
improvised a atretcberandstarted to carry
Pierce back to the hospital. He died on
the way.
Sanford White was fifty years of age and
?leaves several children. He was very popular
with the workmen. Pierce, the murdarm
( ame to Mount Braddock recently
from Virginia.
Elephant Kills HI* Trainer.
Patsy Forepaugb, trainer for Forepaugb
and Sell's circus, was killed At Columbus,
Ohio, a few days ago, by an elephant belonging
to the circus and known as Sid.
Forepaugh was trylnsr to get the elephant
to ko to another part of the building where
the elephants were, but Sid was sulky and
refused to obey. Forepaugh sunk a hook
into tola trunk which greatly angered the
elephant. Forepausjh was seized in tha
elephant's trunk and thrown to the ground
with great violence. Sid tiieu placed hia
forefoot upon Forepaugh, and throwing
UU weight upon him crushed his life out.
Advance In Price of Stove?.
An advance of a full twenty-flve pei
cent, in the price of stoves and ranges bus
baen decided on by the Association of
i Stove Manufacturers in session at Chicago,
j TLp advance will take effect January 1.
It is claimed the advauce was made necessary
Dy the increased prices of iron and
titeeJ.
.!*nmi Slcrn* The Hacue Convention.
Tho Japanese envoy at The Hague, HoiI.md,
ou behalf of tho Mikado, has signed
all the conventions of the International
Poaco Conference.
I)c\rey Wants
this
a pro^HB^^nn^B|n
one-half
velocity of^HHHH^^^B^H
ond. The recoil of thM^^B^HHBHS
checked by means o^Q^HB^^BEjH
brake, a spring cylinder andllH^^H^H
spade on the trail. '
The breech mechanism is on^^l^H
modified Schneider system, which
Crnesot works have adopted for alj
their qnick firing field gnns. It is o!
a screw pattern, working with onlj
one movement. The rapidity of flr<
I is from eight'to ten shots a minnta
The shrapnel shell especially designer for
the gnn contains 254 bnllets ani
a bursting charge of ninety graina
A.t the maziihum angle of twenty d?
grees the range of the projectile is n< *
less than five miles.
'* The wheel gauge of the gun car
riage and limber is only three feel
six inches. The gan, however, grest#
in the axletree in a manner that re>
duces the firing shock and gives the
carriage the stability required io
j spite of the narrow width be^ees -jfry
! wheels. When limbered up thegru? jjflj
j is kept in the same horizontal plant
, as the trail, which is an interesting
1 innovation, bnt one that seemB tc <>
J justify the designer's idea?that thf 'Yi '<
! muzzle of the gun will thus be car: f*:- '
! ried well above ground, and that it
: will not get choked up or knocked
| about when tho battery is manoeuT
j ring over rough ground.
j The gun is constructed of forge^
; and tempered steel, and is subjectec
to the same tests as those imposed bj
the French War Office. Its total
length is eight feet two inches, and
its weight about six hundred pounds.
The body of the gun includes three
component parts?a tube in which the
breech is screwed, a ring masking
this tube, and a steel band forming
i the outside shell of the gun and hold<<
! iug the whole together. \
As already hinted, the breech mechanism
is beautifully simple. Ona ? y'*
turn of a lever fixed Closed to the axle- y
tree undoes the breech screw and
opens the chamber. Again, this /
i : J i. N
LLiuuLinuiBUi uuco uuii rc^uuo ^
number of intricate pieces. Tlie few /
there are are simplo and strong, work
easily by hand without the employment
of any tool, and are placed in
positions where they are least likely
to be accidentally injured or struok
by stray bullets. Tho piece is actu<
ally discharged by means of a percus
sion fusing apparatus that works automatically,
while a subsidiary electrical
device is also carried.
In lyirg for elevation in the bat
tery position the gun and the cradle
on which it rests are balanced by the
limber?that is to say, the gun comet
into action limbered up. Later*!*
direction is obtained in the usual way .
by the aid of a traversing lever, a
business much simplified by the addi?,
tion of two little backsights half way .
iown the gun, which enables the ao
:uracy of tne aim to be louowea who
?ach discharge.
-
Tampon Inland's Aquatic C?t?.
'I read a description the other day
>f the retrieving cat owned by a sportsnan
on Metairie Ridge," said a planter
:rom the South coast, "and while th?
?ase was certainly remarkable it is
completely eclipsed, in my opinion, by
a family of swimming cats owned by >
Captain Bosco, of Tarpon Island. ?
Bosco is well knownin New
j Orleans, wn<.-^
I to do some
j popular with the cimq ihat^^hjj^
down to the Tarpon Club for periodt^^JP
cal ontings. He is the kingpin fisher* '
! man of Bay Adams and as quaint and
J original a character as you could find
: on tue wnoie coasi. nis Bwimmmg
cats, about which I started to tell yon,.
belong to a feline tribe that has lived
at the captain's place from time oat
of mind. There are at present, perhaps,
a dozen all told, and they have
apparently lost every vestige of the ,
natural antipathy of their species for
wal.er. They will wade unhesitatingly
through the shallows on the beach,
hunting for small fish, aud three or
four will actually swim out to nearby
luggers to get oysters. Like all cats
they are very fond of .that kind of
food, and when the drain's lugger
in from a visit to the beds sev
eval of them are certain to jump off
the landing and swim to where it lies
at auchor. It ia very strange to se"e
them come scrambling on board, mewiug
and shaking themselves and seemingly
as indifferent to the wetting as
so many setter puppies. How they
developed such an extraordinary trait
I don't pretend to say, but it has
probably been a matter of gradual
evolution. Captain Bosco doesn't romember
when his cats began to go in
to the water, but it was many years
ago, and with each generation the
natural aversion must have become
fainter and fainter. It wouldn't surprise
me if they developed web feet
in the course of time."?New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
Feminine FlnaucIerCuK. '
That women are the best financiers
of the world we have ofteu had opportunity
to acknowledge, says the Honolulu
Independent. We liavoseon them
at the auction sales wheu they made a
"bargain" by buying au article they had
no use for whatever, aud we have seeng^^M
them haggling over the pri^^y^M^^^H
a r a<1n
LUL I* M. W