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DR. T ALU AGE'S SERMON.
SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE Br THE NOTED
i DIVINE.
V Suhjoct: Drama Discussed?-It C.tnnot I5e
I Suppressed?Christianity Should Cnn'
trot and Reform I'ublie Amusement?
The Church .Should Go to the Theater.
{Copyright I'.iuu.!
Washington. P. C.?At a time wh^n trio
whole country is in controversy as never
before com-eming the theater ami somo
plays are being arrested by the police and
others are being patronized !>.v Christian
people this sermon of Dr. Taltnage is of j
much interest. The text is I Corinthians
vii., 31, "They that use this world as not J
abusing it."
My reason for preaching this discourse is j
that I have been kindly iuvited by two of i
the leading newspapers of this country to
inspect and report on two of the popular
| plays of the day?to go some weeks ago to I
V Chicago and see the drama ' Quo Vadis"
I and criticise it with respect to its moral efr
feet aud to go to New York r.nd see the
drama "Ben-Hur'' ami write my opinion of
it for public use. Instead of doing that I
propose in a sermon to discuss what we
shall do with the dramatic element which
God has implanted in many of our natures
?not iu ten or 100 or 1000, but in the vast
majority of the human race. Some people
speak of the drama as though it were
something built up outside of ourselves by*
the Coogreves aud the Goldsmiths aud
the Shnkespeares and the Sberldans of
I, literature and that then we attune our
f tastes to correspond with human inventions.
Not at all. The drama is an echo
_ from the feeling which Ood has implanted
I in our immortal sou!?. It is seen first in the
domestic circle among the children three
or four years of age playing with their
dolls aud their cradles and their carts, seen
f tea vears after in tne playhouses of wood,
I ten years after in the parlor charades, alter
[ that"ia the elaborate impersonations in the
I academies of music. Thespls and .Escbyf
las and Sophocles and Euripides merely
dramatized what was in the Greek heart;
r Terence and Plautus and Seneca merely
dramatized what was in the Roman heart;
Congreve andFarqubar merely dramatized
what was in the English heart; Racine,
Coroeille and Alflerl only dramatized what
was in the French and Italian heart;
Shakespeare only dramatized what was iu
the great world's heart. The dithyrambio
and oiassic drama, the sentimental drama,
the romantic drama, were merely echoes
of the humau soul.
I do not speak of the drama on the poetic
shelf or of the drama in the playhouse, but
I speak of the dramatic element In your
souland mine. We make men responsible
for it. They are not responsible. They
are responsible for the perversion of it, but
cot fop the original implantation. God did
that work, and I suppose He knew what Ea
was about when He made us. We are
nearly all moved by the spectacular. When
on Thanksgiving Day we decorate our
churches wltii the eotton and the rice and
the apples and the'wheat and the rye and
the oat*, our gratitude to God is stirred;
when on Easter morning'we see written in
, letters of flowers the inscription, "He Is
Risen," our emotions are stirred. Evfry
parent likes to go to the school eitiijhltioti,
with its recitations and its dialogue and
its droll costumes. The toTChUghCoNK
cession of the political campaign iS'Meffwr
the dramatization of principles involved.
No intelligent man can look in any Secular
or religious direction without finding this
dramatic element revealing,'-,unrolling,
demonstrating Itself. What shali we do
with it?
Shall we suppress it? Ton can as easily
suppress its Creator. You may ' direct it,
you may educate it, you may jpayify if
you may harness it to multl-poteflfcueefulness,
and that it is your duty to do, just as
we cultivate taste xor tue ueauuiui auu
sublime. x ^ "
Now, I have to tell you not only thaLGod
Las Implanted this dramatic element in
our natures, but I have to tell you In tbe
Scriptures He cultivates it, He appeals to It,
He develops It. I do not care where you
cpeu tbe Bible, your eye will fall upon a
drama. Here it is in the book of Judges,
the fir tree, the vine, the olive tree, the
bramble?they all make speeches. Then at
the close of tho scene there is a coronation,
aud the bramble is proclaimed king.
That is a political drama. Here it 1s in
the book of Job. Euter Elipiias, Blldad,'
Zopbar, Elihu and Job. The opening act
of the drama, all darkness; the closing
act of the drama, all sunshiue. Magnificent
drama is the book of Job.
Here it is in Solomon's Song?the region,
an oriental region: Vineyards, pomegranates,
mountain of myrrh, flock of sheep,
garden of epices, a wooing, a bride, a bridegroom,
dialogue after dialogue?intense,
gorgeous, all susrgestive drama is the book
of Solomon's Song. Here it is in the book
of Luke; Costly mansion in the night. All
the windows bright with illumination. The
floor n-quake with the dance. Returned
eon in costly garments whioh do not very
well fit him perhaps, for they were not
made for him, but he must swiftly leave oft
his old garb and prepare for this extemporized
levee. Pouting sou at the back
door, too mad to go ia, because they are
making such a fuss. Tears of sympathy
running down the old mau's cheek at th?
story of his son's wiiudering and suffering
and tears of joy at his return. When you
heard Murdock recite 'The Prodigal Son"
in one of his readings, you did not know
llglou have started ju3t under the reading
ot that soul revolutionizing drama of "The
Prodigal Son."
Here it is in the book of Revelation?
crystnlline sea, pearly prate, opaline river,
1 amethystine capstone, showering coronets,
one vial poured out incardlnatlng the waiters,
cavalrymen of heaven galloping on
white horses, nations ia doxology, halleluiahs
to tho right of them, halleluiahs to
the left of them. As the Bible opens with
the drama of the flr3t paradise, so it closes
With the drama ot the second paradise.
Ulnd you, whea I say dramu I do not
mean myth or fable, for mtf theology is of
the oldest type?860 years 61<J, thousands or
years old, as old as the Bible. When I speak
of the drama c rat the beginning
and close of the Biblei I do not
mean an allegory, but I mean the truth
bo stated that in grouping and in startling
effect it is a God glv^n, world resoundiug,
* heaven echoing dragaa. Now, if God implanted
this dramatic element In our nature?,
and if He has cultivated and devel
oped It iu toe scriptures, i ueuiouu mm
? ' you recognize it.
Because the drama has again and Again
L been degraded and employed for destrdor
tire purposes is nothing against the drama
? any more than music ougUt to be acdajetard
because it has been taken again and again
into the saturnalian wassails of 4000 years.
i Will you refuse to enthrone music on the
church organ because the ?jirt has been
r' trampled again and again under the feet
of the lascivious dance?
It is nothing against painting and sculpP
ture thnt in Corinth and Hercalaneuin
they were demonstrative of vulgarity and
turpitude. The dreadful museum at
.* . Pompeii shall throw no discredit on PovrI
] ers's "Greek Slave" or Cburoh's "Heart
L.' of the Andes" or RubensV "De*
t.. ?v.? n ii __ i>r .>?
BCODl rtuui luu vivap v& ay^oiv c
Judgment." The very Tact that again and
again the drama baa been dragged throngh
the sewers or iniquity Is the reason why we
should snatch It up and start tt oar on
a grand and a boly and a magniflccnt
t! mission. Let me say at this point In my
IL sermon that the drama will npver be lifted
to its rigbtfal sphere by those people who
have not sense ?nouRh to distinguish beHvtween
the drama and the playhouse. The
W drama is no more the theatre than a hymns'
book is a church. I am not speaking in
regard to the theatre at all. The drama Is
a literary expression of that feeling which
Ood Implanted in the human soul. Neither
will tbe drama over he lifted to Its proper
sphere bv wholesale denunciation of aStg
dramatists. If you have not known meu
j a Lid women connected with the drama who'
i- are pu" in heart and pure in speeoh and
pure in lire, it is becuuao yoa have not had
very wide acquaintance.
Ji? Wholesale denunciation of all dramatists
f will i:ever elevate the drama. Yonder
? stand a church and a theatre on opposite
h sides of the street. The church shouts over
E to the theatre, "You are all scoundrels!"
? The tlieatreshouts back, "You are all hypoorites!"
Aud they both falsity. Dropping
fe; all indiscriminate jeremiads against draeL
matists and realizing that the drama is not
B; necessarily connected with this Institution
K" or with that, I want to show you bow the
E dramatic element iu our natures may be
K' harnessed to tho chariot of civilization and
K/ Christianity.
E- . Fifty essays about the sorrows of the
us.- poor could not affect one as a little axaina
of accident and suffering I saw one slippery
morning In the s'-eets of Philadelphia.
Just aliead of m<? ?vas a lad, wretched
In apparel, his limb, amputated at the
knee; from tlie pallor of the boy's cheek,
the amputation not long before. He had
a package of broken food under his arm-food
he had begged, I suppose, at the
doors. A? ho passed on over the slippery
| |?u\uim:ui, tauuuuJiiy iiun uuoianj, x
steadied him uutil his crutch slipped and
he fell. I helped him up as well as I could,
gathered up the fragments of the package
us well as I could, put them under one
arm and the crutch under the other arm,
but when I saw the blood run down his
pule cheek I burst into tears. Fifty essays
about tlys sufferings of the poor could not
touch one like that little drama of accident
and suffering.
Oh, we want in all our different dopurtmeuts
of usefulness more cf the dramatic
element and less of the didactiJ. The
tendeucy in this day is to drone religion,
to whine religion, to eaut religion, to moan ;
religion, to croak religion, to sepulcharlze
religion, when we ought to present it in
animated and spectacular manner. I
What we want, ministers and laymen, is
to get our sermons uad our exhortations
and our prayers out of the old rut. The old :
hackneyed religious phrases that come
snoring down through the centuries will 1
never arrest the masses. What we want j
to-day, you in your sphere, and I in my
sphere, is to freshen up. People do not .
want in their sermons the sham flowers I
bought at the millinery shop, but the
japonicas wet with the morning dew, not
the heavy bones of extinct megatherium '
of past ages, but the living reindeer caught :
last August nt the edge of Schroon Lake, i
We want to drive out the drowsy and the
prosaic and the tedious and the humdrum
and introduce the brightness and the
vivacity and the holy sarcasm and the sauotiQed
wit and the epigrammatic power and
the blood red earnestaess and the lire of religious
zeal, and I do not kuow of auy way i
of doing it as well as through the dramatic. ;
But now let us tarn to the drama as au 1
amusement and entertainment.
Rev. Dr. Bellows, of New York, many
years ago fn a very brilliant but much criti- :
cised sermon took the position that the
thoater might be renovated apd tjaade auxiliary
to the church. Many Christian people
are of the same opinion. I do not
agree with them. I have no ldda?that success
is in that direction. WUatl have said
heretofore on this subject, aaufer as I can
remember, is ray sedttmeut now. 'But today
I take a step in advance of toy former
theory. Christianity is going ta&take full
possession of this worl.d .'anjfcrcobtrol lis
maxims, its laws, its literature, its scleuco
and Its- amusements. Shut out from the
realm of Christianity anytMag ami you
give it up to sin and%eatb.
If Christianity U mighty enough to
manage everything$nt thefliiousemeuts of ,
the world, tbenU &a very defectiveChristianity.4
Is It capiMb o{ Jumping account
of the tears of theJnagW-Iand Incompetent
to m?kt record offlKluRHes? Is it good to
follow the fpnea?fiM(t3Wmb at tlie world's
play? Can it cagrajfuul the other elements
of our nature lm??ihe dramatic element?
Myildea of GhrtjMMHt.is that it cau aud
Now, what w& 'want to "to hasten that
time. How will itta'dbua? By the church
going over to tlio,', t neater? It will not gc. !
By the theater aoprtsg >to the church? It !
will not come. WSat.wft want is a reformed I
amusemeut association in every-city and
town of the TJjjitW States. Once announced
and ejtflalned and illustrated, j
the Ohrlstlan apfti JiWlantUroplc capitalist
will come forwSgHRestabllsh it, and there
will be public spUtittd men every where who |
will do this worl&wif the dramatic element j
of ournatpres. ne?d a new institution
to meet ana&ecognize and develop ;
and defend tbV.pfcmatic element of our
nature. It naeda 4#-be distinct from everything
that Is or has been.
I would have this .^reformed amusement
association having in oharge this new institution
of the spectacular take possession
of some hall or academy. It might take a
smaller building-at the start, but it would
soon need the largest hall, and even that
would not hold the people, for he who
opens before the dramatic element in
human nature an opportunity of gratification
.witiujut comproiaiaafe.und without
donffbf dods the mlghtte8f*illing of this
centurr, and the tides of neh .ria institution
would rise as the Atlantic rises at
Liverpool aockt., ' \
luwrw tiro (cus ui liiuusuuus vi vu^t^biwu
homes where the sods and. daughters nre
held back from dratnutio entertainment for
reasons which some of you would say a re
good reasons nud others <irould say are
poor reasons, but still held back. But on
the establishment of suoh an institution
they would feel the arrest of tlmir anxieties I
and would say on the establishment of this
new institution, which I have called the !
spectacular, "Tlittnlc, God. this is what we j
have all beeu waiting for."
Now. as I believe tbat I make soueagton
of aa institution wi>ich wiser -H^ll
develop, I want to give some clutofct eristics
of this new institution. this sptoWctl- |
lar, if it is to he a grand soolal anflStoyU j
success. Iu the first pUo*, it* Oik^vSHMu
monts must be compressed wUb|n aPfHflH
ami three-quarters. What kills serawW
prayers and lectures and entertaimne^H
of all sort# is prolixity. At a reu'sonaSH
hour every nlgbt every certain of put^K
entertainment ought to drop, every chunH
st"vit: ought to cease, the. Instrument* JH
orchestras ought to be unstrung. &
Oa the platform of this new insUtmHH
there will be u drama whlcfi before rto?M
ing has beeu read, expurgated, abbrffljMjBgB
ami parsed upon by a board of trusttjfifl
connected with this reformed anansemdaH
association, xr snere do iq a uraau^HMBg
trace suggesting evil. It will be strfefcatig
out. If there be in a Shakes peareah plafri
word with two meanings?a good meaning
and a bad meanlug?another .word;
substituted, an honest word loaidAgSian*':
way. The caterers to suftUe taste ^raay?
to learn that Shakespearean
better than CongMVjM^jiwrtigS^f;:,jtdn.'.
say, "Who will dare tocbahge by eXM?g ;!,l
tion or^ abbreviation ; a fl^4^1WPBW,e4p
tbla reformed amuse moat. aj^btjiutlOQwlil
the abbreviation ofitV>iw>Wjj^c^^toa|
thirty or forty pages
Lost" read at^one time"."be
tbn spectacular, under fUeftattlo^^SSs
best men and women in tliti'bon^abi?tM
there Bhaii be noting ..witn^e^ ^tiyWi
would beunQt for^a paxlOK. An.y.Httttnd^,'any
look, any word tbi(t'woajd.^ftaa<?y^
seated at youx own Article," Hi lyoSMwraf^
eircle, wlli"be prohibited' from. ijiat pta'f *
form. By 'what law of.eoinimoh j3Bg&-$Q&f
morality does that .whiflth-1s.:notv&t to.Hlfe.
seeu.or heard, by A ve people'ityc.Oq*#
t\A daun ak liaunA Kw 1 KfW 'i^rtnldJ 'TiAn'-ratt I
WU slUWIf Vi . I/J " A WV. |^y ~~,VH ' 1W* 'j
platform ot that spectaouUr aUtbewiena^
of the drama will b? as dy?^1
a lecture by Edward Ever&lioir-i ireito&ri,'
by P. W. Robertson. /'.'Oa.^hat ,pUt!iu$i:
there shall be no oaroa38rr np:toet|tftt'e: BOuyprian,
no foe of goad mor*]i? nif4ii^utld?r.
or femlQlh^.
Now let us have a new ittstltartlifcU'vwtth
expurgated drama and witLt the aur^oiuudings
I have spoken or, an InattwwoMMdl^
we can Without sophistry aadwlt fiout sett
deception support aad' patronize, t&.VarfPyt
tution so uncompromisingly good ,,tba((,w
oau attend It without any shoos to oar. religious
sensibilities, $hoQ$jftthe,Sabbath:
before we sat at the hbhraaonuDenf.i ;
The amusements of llfenre 6ea?tll(fl, ba<1
tliey are valuable, but they cannot jay you
tor the loss of yoursduL I cofct&. riot tell*
your character; I could not tell jtttt pros.
Dects tor this world or the next t?y the particular
church yon attend, bat it you will
tell raw where you were last night and
where yon were the night before and where
you .have been the nights of the last montb
Ithlokl could guess where you will spond
et&rul^. t '
fc-JJ to tire drama oryont life and mine it
1 WTIl soon end. There will be no encore to
bring us bask*. At the beginning of that
drama of life stood a cradle; at the end of
it will 3taud a Kruve. The flrst act, w<U-_
coino. The last act, farewell. The intermediate
act?, banquet aud battle, processions
bridal and funeral, songs aud tears,
laughter an-J groans.
Scene: The last day. Stage: The rocking
earth. Enter: Dukes, lords, kings, beggars.
clowns. No sword. No tinsel. No
crowu. For footlights: The kindling flames
of a world. For orchestra: The trumpets
that wake the dead. For applause: The
clapping floods of the sea. For curtain:
The heavbns rolled together as a scroll.
For tragedy* wfhe Doom of the Profligate.''
For the last soene of the fifth aot:
The tramp cf nations aoross the stagesome
to the.right, others to the left. Then
the bell of the last thunder will ring, aad
tbe cr rtaln will drnn
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' GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
' WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS.
Inn I>i?y i:i S(>vi)n-f.r>(! Will Do Hi? I'sirt
? K<*4|>o:i4iS>itity Cannot I*?* Avoi'ieil?
The SeaDon'A Opportunities ? MukI
Work for (iod or Home.
On* rainbow spans Time's oea.ui I>r?a3i,
Novell colors make God manifest:
His work and rest are heaven's bov.';
Ours their Jim mirror far below.
While r.jsts tho race oue day in sevaa,
(lod <j;>ens wido the Kates ul heaven;
Ho soothes the weary heart aud brain,
-I ~ ?
Ul';UU3 uuu n?uw.
A goldeu candlestick the week?
Seven branched. its flumes ail upward seek
Gud's face, and contra! is the flame
Tbat bears His Sabbath's matchless name.
Time's coming golden ages wait
Ou work and worship, alternate;
Toil givos the face heroic light.
And hallowed rest is holy might.
Tbou and thy servant both shall pause;
Thou and the stranger.- Equal lawn
Shall rule the race in toil and rest;
.So brotherhood is born and blessed.
Creation and Redemption thou
Shalt glorify, with blissful brow,
And into God's own likeness grow;
His Sabbaths into heaven-flow.
?Joseph Cook, in Coagregatlonalist
Goil Will Do HI* Fart.
Yeats ago a patriarchal layman in the
church told of his Christian experience that
bus been of profit to many. Far back in
his young manhood,he said,he was awakened
by the Spirit of God and the preaching of
the truth. Under deep conviction, he asked
me prayers 01 innsuans, out iiner uuys 01
seeking he hail found no clear or satisfactory
assurance of Divine accept mco. At
length in bis darkness there came to his
ruind some of '.he old teachings of Calvinism
?the suggestion that perhaps he was not
one of the elect aad h mce there could be no
salvation for him. For a time he was almost
in despair, but at length decided
that, whether salvation was lor him or
not. he would strive to do the will of God as
lonn as he lived, and if dually lost ho would
be lost crying to God for mercy. Ho did not
seek long in that spirit before he found
peace and joy. The old saint's course is a
safe one for all men -to renounce sin. confess
Christ, seek divine guidance and serve
God whether saved or lost. Such a course
will not fail to lead out pf darkness into
light and peace.?Zion's Herald.
Responsibility Cannot Be Avoided.
i Personal responsibility involves oae'a re(ation
to God aud the relations of others to
j God. so fur as it is within one's power to influence
them. Wo often shrink from admit- I
; ling responsibility, especiallfhn the latter
| respect. We not only feel thai our own obligations
are all which w^-can manage, I
but also are reluctant to lake the trouble
involved in concern for others. But.
j whatever our state of mind, responsibility
! cannot be escaped. We are in this world
and we have personal duties to God which
! iannot be evaded. No thoughtful niind can
fail to realize that it is better for us to have
them than it would be not to have them.
Moreover, we are surrounded by other peo- J
pie. We cannot avoid coming into more or
less close relations with them from hour to
I ?..MU Uurvrvrr if la a mioa. I
UUlir. 'TO UUUIU U'v'ti UU U<%|']rj? ?t? *o (? ljuwa- ,
tion if we could live, but for this intercourse
and it inevitabiy clotho3 us with a measure
Df control over their thoughts and actions,
und subjects us to their Influence. We cauot
avoid responsibility.
| ??
T'te Season's Opportunities.
; Now is the time to mediate our mast seri
jus concerns of life anew. If the main
i question is still uuseitled or unattended to
there is no other so good ^imfe for a duty
that requires so much of concentration. If
'we have grown slack iu our principles! now
is the time to set them up and be ourselves
set up iu their company. H the fascinations
of time have stolea Jtsayay from the invisible
uood now is the time to set our gaze more
| steadfastly on it when the good that is visible
I is frosted and hid under suows from the feight.
I Now is the tirno to be rational and stroug
j to revise our mistakes shake off our self,
indulgences, prepare o r charities justify
our friendships shed a sacred influence over
our families , sot ourselves to the service of
our country and our God by whatever cost
Df sacrifice. Doing this as we may it will
not much concern us, I think if our flight
[ jhould also be iu the winter.?From Horace
Busbueli's Essay on Winter.
>
k"
(r y'Nuiit Work for God or Home.
fefc;Atiy right-minded mail, who desires to
Efflaka tho must ot bis life and to be of use
Kibe world. will accept his responsibility,
Kbth for himself and tor other.-*, and try to
j^^Ktfgt^uitabl^. This is what Christ
^^^^pooaideratioa of the claims ^ of
other people better or
aflHButn they would be if they had not
<BHKfa pontaot with us. It is inevitable
good or harm in some degree.
th* long
1 us be
and
(lite, as
not only
c spirit.
it before
i supargbi
an
?- cou?o.-ivu?uou uuuU f uu., au^vr?Spot-6Vil.
wilt7 re veal tbemseh*;^;
. .'.J
. No66'of US really finish aaythlag In But
#hort1ife. We only begin tblngt^strtHhezi
loavQ t^em for o.thei**o take up and carry
^ojL It iirbetter, therefore, that we should
work as for the longest life* though our
days be but few. Jlence It Is better we
shoald'not know the time we are to live. It
keeps in'our heart nil the while tbe element
cat expectation and hope, for we may live to
reach fourscore. At the same time it holds
upon us perpetually the pressure of urgency
and haste, for any dav raav be our last.?J.
B. Miller. I). P/ '
So^uicrs to virrr CartnaKDi m Wrutleta.
The Board of Ordnanoe aud Fortlflca:lona
of the United States Army has recommended
tjiat tbe Ohlef of Ordnance be auhorfeed
to accept 5000 ammunition wrist.ets,
a'devlbe for carrying cartridges, invented
by Tbomas C. Orndorff, of Worcester,
Mass. Mr. OrndorfTs offer is made
without expense to the Government for
:he purpose of experimental trial. Tbe
wristlet encircles tbe forearm and holds
twenty cartridges. It weighs less than
one-hat' ounce.
a Horn* for itespectable Old Hstmii.
Articles of Incorporation of. the Eqnlne
Provident Society nave bee# filed In tbe
County Clerk's offlca In Brooklyn. 3h? object
or the socloty is "to provide
and ranoh whore boraes who have served:
their masters rulthfully can be taken care
of In their declining veurs."
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The sabbath school/
INTERNATIONAL LESSON! COMMENTS
FOR APRIL 8.
| Subject: Precepts anil Proinlson, Matt. I
vii.f 1-14?Gohtca Te*?. 3I?tt. vll., 13
1 ?Memory Verse*. 7, S, 13, 14?Comj
mentary on llio Day'* Lesson.
1. '"Judge not." Rash, harsb, uncbari,
table judgments; the thinking evil, where
j iio evil seemy, and speaking it accordingly.
Unkind, condemnatory, uncalled-for judg- I
i meats, which are neither dictated by duty
uor prompted iby love. "That ye be not
judged." It is the prerogative of God to
judge men. If we judge others we must
i expect to be judged by others uud our acts
I r. t ? 1 1 1 /"I i Ktr
i will also D'J juhkuu uy vjuu. -no mercy
shall be aliowu to the reputation of those
; who show no mercy to the reputation of
I others."
2. "It shah be measured to you again."
j In the moral order of things an unjust
blow will recoil on him wbo has dealt it.
With your measure shall it be measured to
you. Our judgment of others frequently
condemns ourselves. Rom. 2:1-3. What
would become of us If Ood should be as
severe in' judging us as we aro in judging
others? When we endenvor to raise our- 1
selves above Others by severely judgiug
them, we only lower ourselves in the estimation
of God dad all good people.
/ 3. "The mote, etc." The "splinter" as
opposed to the '^eam." On one side selflove
blinds us to oocslslves; and oh the
otber, envy and malice give us piereing
eyes in respect to others. When we shall
have as much zeal to correct ourselves, aa
we have inclination.tovreprove and correct
others, we shall know our sown defects
better than now we know those of oar
neighbor. ' V4.
"In thine own eje." That man Is
/wholly unut to point otaers to tne way 01
life who Is utmself walking tn the way that
leads to death.. Those who.blame others
ought to be blameless and harmless themselves.
5. "Thou hypocrite." Oar Lord tears off
the mask and gives people their right
aacne. A hypocrite Is one who. professes to
be what he U not; who claims to be a devoted
Christian, "While his heart is vile.'
But in this cose a person is called a hypocrite
because he does not apply to himself
the measure b? which he judges his
brother. He appeared to have a aaije for
others, but his zeal was only n pretence, a
mere show for.the purpose of exalting himself.
"First cast out."" Wo should attend
to thelntewsts of our own souls first. Let
us seeft to- know -ourselves, and-get ourselves
right, and then it wiU?be>our duty to,
look after the souls of others.
6. "That whio'h fcoly untp the dogs."
Do not give the sadrlficial meat that lius
been consecrated to God to the dogs. Give
not the holy ordinances, which have been
Instituted for th^ true followers of Christ,
to unholy and sinful m.eni who try to destroy
the characters/'of others by evl!speaklng,
backbiting;-.,and slandering.
Dogs alludes to tba^ijj^lch<3 low, uncleaa
and Ill-natured; Sjgwsii^wjbborn realstauce,
sensual granulations "and Impurities.
, ''Your peopw^Y^Wbclous things.
"Trample them." Tbiey wttl reject and ae
spise them, and turn them to an unboly
acoount. * ,
7. "Ask?seek?knock." This verse contains
very important direction?. In every
thing, by prayer and suppllq#tlon, we are
to make our roquest9 know unto God;
and th^r we are to 'Meek'l-rcontinue to
ask and knock at the door:.of His mercy.
Our approaches to God should be in earnestness
and 9iucerity. These three words
include the ideas of wuuts and loss. We
are destitute of all spiritual' good, and
have lost God, and are in danger of losing
eternal life; be In ^arnest; be importunate;
ask with confidence and humility; seek
with ciira .and application; knock loudly
and long.
8. "Every one that asketli receivetb,
etc." Christ binds llliusolf to h3.ir and answer.
No soul can pray in vain that prays
as God has directed. If we bring Christ's
words and Christ's sacrifice .with us, not
one of heaven's blessings can be denied us.
But our asking roust be in harmony with
the will of God, aud in faith. James 4:2, 3.
9. "What mau is there of von." No ono
is so wicked as to give his child a stone if
he should ask bread. The child is hero
represented as aslclug what is necessary
and wholesome. Tbe Lord does not answer
our requests unless they will be for
our good.
11. "If ye then, being evil." Sinful
people aro ready and anxious to give good
gifts to their children. From natural affection
they are ready to provide everything
necessary to their support and comfort.
"How much more." How much more will !
One whose nature Is love and who is infinitely
holy and good give good things to
them that ask Him. The world often gives
stones for broad and serpents for flsh, but
(toil UBVOr uuca. UUUU 1U1U^. iu; I
Father, through Chri9t, give8 "goof |
things." Christ, gives the Hbly Spirit
(Luke 11:13); His words of admonition and
command; His peace and joy (John. 14:27;
15:11); His love (Roui. 5:5); in a word, Ha
gives Himself. 1 Cor. 1:30; Coi. 3:1J.
12. "That men should do to you, etc.'
Ttfis is the Golden Rule. The principle
here stated is the second great commandment,
"Thou shalt love thy noigbor us thyself."
Place thyself in the condition of thy
neighbor and act accordingly. 1. It i?
fundamental, and underlies government,
I society and religion. 2. It Is reasonable,
3. It is universal. 4. It is equitable. 5. It
| is portable; we can carry it with us. 6. It
I is evangelical. In order to carry it out
l fully, we need the grace of God in a large
I degree. "The law and the prophets." This
| is the sum of all that is contained in thn
i Old Testament, pertaining to men's couduct
toward each other. It is brief, yel
comprehensive, and cannot be improved
upon.
13. "Enter ye In at the strait gate." Or,
j by this strait gate, referring to the precept
! just laid down. But, in general, this is tha
I narrow gate of humility, repentance and
I true conversion. It lstlie entire absence oi
j sin that makes this gate narrow. And we
[ are toid to "enter in." Luke says, "Strive
(or agonize) to enter in." The entrauce.is
! riifflpiilf 1 KAPfinqn it is narrow. 2. The
gate must be diligently sought. 3, The
devil, the allurements of the world, the inspiration
of the crowd and the desires of
our own wicked heart will all tend todrtfw
us away from the narrow gate, and these
must all be resisted and overcome before
we cau enter in. "Wide is the gate." The ,
pate of unbelief, of camel affections, of
fleshlylusts has many allurements, and Is
open to all. "To destruction." The end i3
eternal death. "He that purseth evil pur.
sueth it to his own destruction." Prov.
11:19. The way of sin loads to ruin. ".Many
.;..go in thereat." The way is easy of access.
It is broad, and popular, and requires
no effort. The train will run down
an incline without steam.
14. "I^gadoth unto life." Spiritual life
^consisjte xii being united to Christ. Without
OftOTttutMtf isd?ad. Epb. 2:5,6. The
sljLorwbftjh we Ar^'.gullty (Johu 5:40) is
rdPctiofr Chsftf^iojlife. "Few there be." j
Few care to renounce their sinful pleas-,
nres. "That And It." Although the narrow,
way must besought, yet it is possible to?
find it. All mankind may bo saved if ther
will moettb^cbbdltlons. '
ENGLAND'S GREAT EXTORTIONER.
? of Iinur Gordon. Who Wrecked
31or? Hoine* Tlian Any Other Man.
'-The money-lender Isaue Gordon, whc
4idd from consumption in Birmingham,
England, aped thirty-five yeur9, was a
iwtirer orthe perfect penny dreadful type
;fle not only exacted interest varying from
fifty to fire hundred per cent., but took
mallclou* pleasure iu terrifying and insult
i?g ns well as fleecing his clieuts. Ha con
ducted business, In half a dozen different
towns under different names, and,'it is said
sometimes bud dealings with the samp via
tim under nil Ills dilates.
> He went to EuglAriU penniless, hut- a [tot
a short apprenticeship to a Woauestei
money-lender, started on his own account
He testified under compulsion before tht
Usury Committee of the House ot Com
, mons In 1897, when his conduct became sc
truculent aud deilant that he was threat
ened With punishment. Among other typl
cat cuses he admitted that he had extracted
frnm n HnmfnrJshlrH fjirm??r a DrOiniSSOH
uoto for 11000 for a- loan of $260, while e
Chester gentleman vrbo borrowed $25,00(
repaid $70;000.
Gordon was sentenoed to twelve months
imprisonment on n charge of false pretenses,
but was released.a(ter eight month!
.owing to the serious 6t'rfte of his heaith
Since then he lu^s been more implacabh
than eyer. Ho admlttW to an average oJ _
Mo loans yeaAf, u trials fluid to bwN 3
P?eoked muAiflLes fry any other mur
in England. HeTOJIgntad in the ruin am'
pain he wrought. His fortune ia said tc
be more than *7.500.000.
BOERS DENY TREACHER!
President Steyn's Answer to the
Ciurges of General Roberts.
PREFERS COUNTER ACCUSATIONS,
Oranje Free State I'reiident Say? That tli?
1 THE GREAT DESTROYER!
S ;OME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
1 Tumbler of Claret?An Ohio Editor'*
Scorching; Arraignment of a Uanquet
to Newnpnpcr Me:t Which He lteceutlj
Attended?A Shocking Scenc.
poured out a tumbler of claret,
Or course with intention to drinit,
Uid, holding It up la the sunlight
I paused for a moment to thlnlc;
i really can't toll you what made me?
I never had done so before,
Chough for years every day at my dinner.
I hud emptied one tumbler or more.
'A friend" in the lonliest hours,
"A companion" I culled the red wine,
Andcnllud It .1 "noctar divine."
Ind sometimes I poetized slightly,
3ut to-doy as I Razed on the claret,
That sparkled and glowed in the sun,
[ asked it, "What have you done for mo
That any true friend would have done?
'You have given me some pleasant feelings,
) But thev always were followed by pain;
You have given me ten thousand headaches,
And are ready to do It again;
You set my blood leaping and bounding,
Which, though pleasant was hurtful no
doubt,
And if 1 keep up the acquaintance,
I am sure you will give me the gout,
"I remember a oertain occasion
When you caused me to act like a fool.
And, yea, I remember another,
When you made me fall into a pool.
And where la Tom Smitber?you killed him!
Will Howard you made a poor knave;
, Both my friends, and I might oount a dozen
You have sent to prison or grave.
*
"Is this a "loyal friend'a treatment?
And ure you deserving the name?
3ay! What do you give those who love yov
But poverty, sorrow and shame?
A. few paltry momenta of pleasure,
An age of trouble and grief;
Nowonder yod blush in the sunlight,
You robber, you liar, you thief 1
' * " , Yv,
Til have nothing more to do with you
From this moment, this hour, this day
To send you adrift, bag aiid baggage,
I know is the only safe way."
And I poured out that tumbler of olaret,
Poured it out, and not down, on tbe spot.
And nil this, you see, was accomplished,
* By ju9t a few moments ot tbdaght.
?Ella Wheeler Wijoox.
. , ' i-Vj \!
Far From the Mlllennlam. **
On the occasion of the inauguration of
GoveraorNUsh, ot Ohio, the Press Committee
gave u big spread to the editorial fraternity
of the State. A daily paper ic
Zanesviile was so profuse in its thanks as
to compare their treatment at the bauquot
to the dawu of the millennium,
This moves Editor Palmer, of the Danville
Citizen, to remark that if the editor'*
views or the millennium are correct, he
don't care to be in it. After defining millonDium
to mean "heavenly place whore
Christ relgus," he says:'
"How do yoa suppose It would look tcsee
a thousands fifteen hundred men whe
were erroneously dabbed the 'Conservators
of Morals and Oood Citizenship of the
State of Ohio* smoking ^ornoob pipes and
spitting flae tobaoco juice, and drinking .
beer and whiskies and uttering foul oatha -1
etc., how would such a picture look
through the glasses of the Saluts?
"The cold facts In the case are namely:
That the Chairman of the Press Committee
was most courteous to tho visitlug
delegates while in his office, but when the
time for refreshments came,, to which all
the press representatives were invited, a
direct iDSiilt was offered to temperaooo
and morality. On one side of the room
tlireo men served lunch which incl&ded
uroaa, DU'cer, two icinus 01 meat, puiuto i
salart and pickles. vNo water.or coffee. On
the other side of the room intoxicating
liquors in the form of whisky and beer
wore served, all of wbioh were free to
the press representatives. 'Cigars also <
were freo aud freely used, as also were the j
intoxicants.
"Itumocraoy has great cause, for re- I
joiolng, while temperance hides her face !
in shame!" ,
"The Citizen has looked in vain for a
word of reproach from any of our exchanges,
but on the contrary a great number
of the press publications endorsed the
action in highest terms, and liken it to the
millennium. May God save us from the
millennium if that occasion was a simile."
V "It'* a Pltj to Find Tliee Here."
A tall, rough-looking mas, holding a
child by the hand, entored the barroom of
a much frequented saloon. Ordering a
g'ass of beer, he sat down and joined In
conversation with those around him; another
and auother glass was ordered, and
soon all thought of his child, who stood
noar t!iO doorway, vanished from his mind.
"Hollo, youngster!" oried the landlord, <
who had been too busy to notice the child
before, "whoso son are ye, an* where do ye
ftninn from?"
"I'm my daddy's son," whimpered the
child, a9 bis large blue eyes met the gaze
of the stem, stout landlord.
"Oh?ah?aheni!" stammered the landlord,
as ho reooguized the man to be one of
his best customers.
"Thou'rt a bonnie bairn, to be sure; but,
after all, it's a pity to find thee here," he
said, apparently In deep thought, and
scarcely knowing what he said.
"LandlordI" cried the father, as he threw
down the glass be bad held in his hand,
"them are the very words you aald to my
father when I first came in here with him
thirty year* ago. v
"Laudlord!" he cried again, bringing
his hand heavily ou the oounter, "my lad
nor I shall never come in here again. I see
it all now. My father died a drunkard; I,
too, shall do so unless I am quiekly res
cuou. auu tuts mu-?wnat wiu.ueaor i
Kin going home to ask God tio keep mc
from this accursed drink. I shall ask Him
to help me to train up my boy In the way
He'd have him go, and when lie Is old he
will not depart from It. I thailk you for
thorn words of yours. Good night!"?rue
Inland.
a Sensible Young Woman.
A young couple at Philadelphia were preparing
for marriage?the day was fixed and
invitations seat out. Just a week before
the time, the lady smelted whisky oh hoi
lover's breath. She at onoe declared the
engagement oil and nothing/could Induce
her to chauge)her mind. He brought suit
for broach of promise.- The judge Instructed
the jury that "If Is a woman's
privilege to annul her promise of marriage
if she bellevegj th good faith, that good
reasons for so doing hare arisen since she
entered Into the oontraot." The jury considered
whisky drinking a good rtmson foi
breaking the contract and found for defendant.
Wisely the brave young woman
said: "I'd rather have to work ail my life
and die an old maid than marry a mar
who drinks whisky." J _
The Cruaaile In Brief.
The people build jails and the saloon;
All them.
The saloonkeepers are ex-offlclo criminals.
Not one in tea obeys the laws.
He who drinks alcoholic liquor makes
the "temple of the Holy Ghost" a dancehull
for tiiedomons of hell.
Satan himself officiated at the marriage
of the Government and suloon, but what
Satan has joiuod together let all men put
asunder.
.?T.ae love of money Is a root of all evil
i&'d the llceuse pluu is a gigantic Irrigation
system, with whisky for wator aud th?
suioon Tor ditches.
The saloon that would pay what it cost;
would bo iusolvout iu twouty-four houra.
"The Beach aud th? Bar: It it were not
for J; he Bjr there would he but ilttio usi
for tltt.Beuch."
Wby.ahoulcl not tlip Natloa ::nd tho State:
grant local ODtlon for polygamy? It would
So qufob*?? 'oorslsteut as to grant loca
op tlon; to- th^quor saloous.
The Govej^W^bt that would turn saloon
keeper in orflfer to lesson the evils of tin
liquor traffic would be equally justified^*
turning murderer so as to lessou
DM of yirtimi., ;v Jmgmm
\,M dispensary system
'&ms' of liquor
than doubtful, it would stll^BB^^^H|^H
bouto to with the
i>o?r? uavo ^oc > loiaieu cue ugages oj
of Civilized Warfare?Rarjliera Wer?
Fired on byt|UritlsH Troops After tUi
White Flue Had Been Kalsed.
London (By Cable).?The following dis.
patch hH3 been received at the War Office
from Lord Roberts, at Bloemtontein:
' I have received the following reply tc
ray telegram o? March 11, to the Presidents
o' the Free State and South African Republic:
PRESIDEXT STEYN.
_________ : i
"'Your Excellenoy'3 telegram reachec
me yesterday, I assure you nothing would
grieve me more than that my burgher;
should males themselves guilty of a deec
sack as that laid to their charge by you. 1
l am, however, glad to say you must hav?
bee a tate token.
, " 'I hare made personal Inquiry of Gen i
erul Delarey, who was la command of our
burghers at the place mentioned by you
He denies entirely that oar burghers actec
as stated byyott, bat he says that on Saturday,
the date being Illegible, the British
troops, when they were about fifty yards |
from our position, pat up their hands as
Well as a white flag, while at the same !
time your, cannon bombarded the said |
troops, With the result that Commandant !
De Beer was wounded. Yesterday moru- !
'log the head Commandant wrote In his ufc- !
'count of the battle as follows:
"Th? soldiers hoisted the white flag,
but were then flred at by the English can- ;
nons ajd compelled.to charge."
Perhaps It la nj>'t knowQ foyour Excel- {.
lency that tlie'-^ame thing happened at |
Spion Hop, wbere;'when-a portion of th6 {
troops hoisted a fehlte flag and put up theli >
hands, and while oar burghers were busy j
disarming them,- another portion of cbe j
troops fired on oar burgbers, but some of |
the British troops were,killed. It has al-ic :
been reported that at the last battle of tb( :
Tugela, English cannon flred on troop9 who ,
had surrendered. " 1
" 'With reference to the explosive bullets
found In Cronje's .laager and elsewhere, I .
can give yonr Excellency assurance that |
such ballets were "hot purchased or allowed
by the Government. I have, however, no
reason to doabt your statement, as I know
many of the burghers of, this State and of
the South African Republic took a large ;
number of Lee-Metforarlfles and dum-dutn 1
and other bullet9 from British troops.
"'May I. request your. Excellency, as the j
cable Is closed to me, to make my reply |
known to your Government and the neutral
by 4able? ' 1 State Pbesldent.' " |
The dlspatoh from Lord Bobercs con- ,
olades as follows:
"As the (nqairy into that matter proves ,
his Honor's allegations to be unfounded, j
and as I personally saw the holding up ol I
annas wuica ue uenies, 1 u?vo uui iuuukui ,
it desirable to continue tiie correspond- j
enc'e."
PROPERTY BIGHTS OF THE DUTCIA. '
?:?
Great Britain Will Not Ktcotniie Alienstiona
or Co occasions.
Cape TowH,\South Afriou (By Cable).? j
Sir Alfred Milner, the Governor of Cape i
Colony and British High Commissioner of
South Africa, has issued a proolamatfou
declaringI that the Imperial Government
will not recognize as valid or effectual any
alienations of property, whether* of lands
railroads or mines, within the Transvaal or
the Orange Free State, or any interest
therein or encumbrances, or any concessions
granted by the said Government.
4 1
New Zealand Offers More Aid.
London (By Cable).?The Earl of Ranfurly,
Governor of New Zealand, has cabled
to Colonial Secretary Chamberlain that'
that colony wishes to Indorse the position
taken by Great Britain in reference to intervention
in South Africa. He assures
Mr. Chamberlain that New Zealand sup
ports the mother opuntry, and will maintain
that portion irrespective of cousequenees.
Boer* Blow Up Bridge*.
Ca.pz Tows, South Africa (By Cable).?
The Boers hare blown up the bridges north
of Bloemfonfein, including those at Wluburg
aud Kroonstad. The bridge over the
Mojlder River, fourteen miles north of the
Free State capital, bus been destroyed.
Tlio law courts at Bloemfonteln have bestreopened.
?
BOLD ROBBERS CET $90,000.
Kan OS With a Satchel Being Sent (o a |
Bank In Pari*.
Pajbis (By Cable).?A.n audacious robbery
of $80,000 was committed from the North
ern Railroad. The company, which thret
timea weekly deposits large amounts witl:
the Bank of Franco, 9ent $126,000, ol
which amount $80,030 was in smalt bills.
Tills'w.13 pluced in a satchel, and the
money was conveyed from the station tc
cue OaUK la a Cart, WUICll wus m cuatgi; u.
two clerks.
Before tliey started one of the clerks
placed .the autchel beside the coachmaa.
Two men approached and engaged tue at'
teution of the clerk nnd coachman, while a
third man picked up the satchel and bolted
with it. The loss was not noticed un
til it was too late to catch the robbers.
Woman Killed by a Jealous Wife.
Mi-*9 Annie Strother, night cashier In a
restaurant in Chicago was soot and almost
Instantly killed by an unidentified woman,
who escaped. Five shots were fired. The
flrst struck the cashier In the breast. MIs^
Strother turned and fled toward the kitehan
TIia arnmnn wltli revolver followed
her nud flred four more shots. The murderer
then coolly walked out of the place.
Later in the day Sirs. Charles Smith,
twenty-throe years oil, wife of a saloon
keeper, was arrested and made a confession,
suyiug she hud shot Miss Htrother be
3ause the latter bad taken her husband';
love.
The I.ubor World.
New York bousesinlths and iTlujjeaaea
get *3.20 for eight hours.
Berlin upholsterers to the
have goue ou strike lor
Button workers iiiiEocha^H^H^^^^H
s u bs t a u t i
Louis
w m -Mvcrnmxq&BmKrf&W- '< *"v < ' r? ;<*pr
HOW THEY CUT DOWN BIG TREESl
The Method Employed In Felling th?
Giunt Redwoods of California. j
It ia a most interesting sight to behold
one of these giant redwoods falU'
The process of cutting is effected
through the use of the axe and the
saw. All axes are double-faced,
through which much time is saved in
sharpening. Sometimes the axes
start the cut on both sides of the
trunk aad at places about opposite
each other through the thickness of the
tree. Affcer the chopping has penetrated
to the depth of about
two feet on each aide, the saw is
started in the line of the iucisiou
and the job completed with that instrument.
Generally, however, the
direction in which the tree is to fall is
determined, and the cut is made in
that side to the depth of from one
three feet. Then the choppers pass
to the opposite sid$ and begin sawing
at a point saveral feet higher than the
place of the iucision. As the saw
moves through the heart of the giant
he begins to sag down on the side
where the wound is gaping. In doing
thft he lifts apart the out and
opens the section whiok the esw is
making, ^thereby keeping free play for
the saw. This is aided at times by
driving wedges at the place where the
saw entered.
Presently it is apparent that the
section is opening wider and wider
and that the tree is beginning to lean
away from the cutters. They con"
tinue with their work a momen|
longer, then is heard the cracking ol
the wood fibres in front of the saw
teeth. Another Mvish of the saw anq
these increase. They give a report like
I- J il. 3fi? J -L
unug pisiuia nau .me rapiuuy 01 ueionafcion
of a Gatling gun. The sounds,
getting more rapid, presently - mergi
into a contindous roar. Then, if you
are standing near >by and the tree
is large, you will get the impression
that everything above is coming to
earth; that the whole forest is falling.
The great mast starts slowly tc
topple, cracking and exploding evet
louder at its base, until with a frightful
momentum, it comes sprawling
down, cracking and crushing anc
roaring and hitting the earth with s
clump and thump as if a wholf
broadside of thirteen-inch bombs hac
simultaneously struck a bastion.
The choppers quickly run over th?
triyik with their axes and cut awaj
all the branches. Almost before yot
oon rannvor vmiraalf flio lnnfr af.alb
is bare of limbs, and then the met
begin cross-cutting it into logs or sec
tions of from twenty-four to thjrtj
feet, as long as it is desired that the
boards into which it is to be reducec
at the mill shall be. This done the
logs are peeled of their bark, the
crowbar being used to pry. off the
thick integument, which is some'
times a foot in depth, the log being
turned with jackscrews, when such is
practicable, to get at the under side.
?San Francisco Call. ,
IVto tin tain ltati In Colorado.
H. P. Ufford, writing in the Century
of "Oat of Doors in Colorado,"
describes the mountain rat as the
only plague worse than the Canadian
.lay, popularly kaown a9 tne "camprobber."
Of the rat he says:
This fierce rodent is nearly twice'
the size of the Norway species, and is
always ready for a fight. Besides his
bellicose propensities, he is an arrant
thief. The miners have a saying thathe
will steal anything but a red-hot
stove. He does not steal to satisfy
hunger alone; he appears to be a klep
tomaniac. Provoked by the depred#
tions of one old graybeard whc
haunted our cabin, I one day assisted
iu harryiug his castle, where J. found , <
the following articles : Four ^ y
caudles, one partly burned, three
intact; two spoons, one knife, %. ; j,
two forks, twenty-seven nails, M. ''
all sizes; one box of pills; one coffeepot
lid aud one tin cup; two pairs oi
cn/?lra- tlirno lio.niAffl! nilfthottlf
of ink; three empty phials; one stick
of giaat powder with tea feet of fuse;
beaas,. rice and dried apples galore.
His spirit of mischief is as strong as
his passion for stealing, and the honest
miner solemnly avers that if yon
leave open a bag of beans or one of
rice, he will not rest till he has
made a clean transfer of all the beans
to the rice-bag, and vice versa. I
know that more, than once he has,
during the night filled one or both of
mj boots with the cones of the spruce
tree. Ihave<heard, also, of a ver
acious pruopcuiut nuv, icimuiuo
from a trip without coffee pot, frying
pan and bake oven, accounted tor
their absence by declaring that the
mountain rats had carried them off,
and emphasized his assertiou by
shooting through the leg a skeptic
who was so injudicious as to doubt the
fact.
Not n Leeal Poaod Weiirlit. '
A farm laborer went to a small shop
kept by an old woman, and asked for
"a pound o' bacon."
She produced the bacon and cut a
piece off, but could not find the pound
weight.
' "Oh, never mind t' pound weight,"
said he, "my hand weighs just a puud,
so pat ther bacon ou ther scales."
The.woman confidently placed the
bacon into one side of the scales, while
the man put his hand into tbfe other
side, and, of course, took good care to
have good weight.While
the woman was wrapping the
bacon up the pound weight was found,
and, on seeing it, tu,e maa said:
"Now, yon see if my hand fcon't
just weigh a pund." 'gThe
pound weight wtii accordingly
put into one scale and the man'a hand
into the other, this time only just to
balance. The old woman, on seeing
this, said: ' a.."Wha,
I niver seed aught. so neat
afore! Here's a red herria' for thee
honesty, masoa."?Iearson'aWeekly.
WImt'i In a Name.
There is more truth than poetry ia
the following: Call a girl a chick and
she smiles; call a woman a ben and
she howls. Call a young woman a
^ft^ond she is pleased; mil aa old
JJ^witch ..and sh^U indignant.