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? ????? j , ?EHflBX?r"!*~ _ A ^ ^ B '%OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWOg I fiVUnting Money! How the Metnl 1* Transformed Into O " S, Bright Pieces of Money. 9 OOOOOOOCOOQOOOOCOOOCOO0CGO l"IWHE Director of the 1 Mint, George E. : a I, J Roberts, is probably about the best Pgl^B) e^uiPPed man iQ < the country for the s purpose- He bas * *> * "" hit* mnnpv < manufatur ing Plants in operation ~-m *^y j s ?at Philadelphia, 7 at San Francisco, s.-\ ' 411(1 at New OrV V leans, turning six tundred tons of silver into subsidiary -coin. The Southern mint is working t'-at its., full capacity now on silver dol|j lars alone. !From the ingot to the coin is a rapid journey at one of the mints. It begins ' in the "weighing room," where stands the pair of balances that receives all the i$ecai brought In. The scales in R Philadelphia mint are said to be ff the largest and finest in the world. "They haV' a capacity of 685 pounds, Ibut exhibit Instantly the variation of wwgWBjgunareain or au ouuce. x?e ?y?-; mZ/juhxuol weighing and recording besyjdT" B^have is carrlcd out with every transfer ?.the metal until It 13 delivered as ^Hnp it) the cashlejr.' ^. >" ^ !?'. _ Aft?r leaving the weighing room IP^ sllfir^FgbW/M the case maybe, Kf ^ sent to the melting room, where it K|>te ^dtanped j^to'.ffie huge plumbago Crucibles. After melting, the coin maI ca|t Into bars, and when cold I i ;.J& fragments cut from each, which is |-^aent to ttie assay office. The assayer I'r^'lWCertalns the proportion of pure HKfcd In the bar and amount of alloy K^lroeded to bring It to the required '^Standard. The bars are again melted, jSphg'alloy doled In, and the metal then |J'.''icools In bars about a' foot in length, an loch in thickness and rfrgu ?^atea jn wiatn according 10 me size 01 HSBttftpin to be manufactured. % SHwie' melting room for gold and In HMK^Bpther departments of the mints. are overlaid with hexagon HnSflHhroirplates, through which* fall SHBHm^particles of gold that ad-" raHHHBe shoes of the operators. of the floors are even ^HHH2H|H^ate(l for the gold and g|^^H|^^^G|^kirector Roberts is aunHBaH^^flH^kstatement that more Sfl3|RH^HI|^BDs saved annually. next receives the ^HIR8^9^HB|^Aed between powern thp r?tiv of bars come out p9Rvrfi>bous the proper thlfckn^ss for B^Jtrijps . from which to chit the '-planH?Set6,,r These last 'nam'^d are coins Bfijb the plain before they receive the ?#tamp or are milled. Before the plan i.?cbeta are cut, however, the ribbons Repass through several presses to bring 'fjthem to the proper hardness and to Vfc&use them to pass muster In the way jjpof width and thickness to the breadth ^^jR.-a?^tec tne piancnets_are cpt tne fanet&l begins Jo look like coin. The Mttmnd pieces drop from this marveljtduis Machine at the rate of 250 a Lpainutei though' when pressed < a wjp&ed of 280 can be attained, r The Imperforated.strips go back to. the cruciS'.bfe. while the planchets go ro the I coining-room. Here they are carefully knotted* by girls who are wonderfully fcjypart in detecting tbose that are unijder or over weight. The perfect planthen go to the adjusting room, Kwfcfcre they are further scrutinized. ta*bea they visit the milling machine. f?jThe jrtanchiet leaves this operation V iWith, Its edges turned up to protect .. jthe device which is stamped on later. |JManyvpersons call the fluting or "reedSihg'* On the coins the "milled edge." pThisUa^an error. ' s ^^Before the final stroke is given the that will make it aa obligation of ' ? e*r\ X. y ' UM. H /' CUTTING OUT THE COINS., Bfthe United States Government it goes .to the cleaning-room, for, after it has passed through so many processes it gR?;& black, greasy and anything but sil|^B'-.very or golden. They are heated to a dull red :.nd dipped into boiling acid, J^-otvlilch very quickly removes every ^ % \ k \ * ' <4 ? ' 'A .. * trace of grime or grease. The plan< chets are dried after their acid bath in revolving cylinders filled with saw; dust. They come out bright and shining, and are finally hustled into the coining-room, whence they become full-fledged pieces of money. , t FOft FOG AND NIGHT SIGNALS'. Gas and Bell Baoy, Which Barns Three Month! and 1b Seen Six Miles. Remarkably effective as an aid to, navigation is n gas buoy which at the same time is a bell buoy. It is likely to play an important part in the pro-,; tection of the shipping of this port, as well as being a most important factor in increasing and developing the commerce of New York. This is so because through the proper use of these buoys this harbor could' be made navigable at any hour, at low tide as well as when the tide is full, While' fogs and thick and stormy * weather would no longer be a bar to the free * and expeditious entry 01! ships of all." tonnage. vThe height of the buoy over all i* eighteen feet. From the water line, to the focal plane it measures ten feet six Inches, and the dlkmeter of the body of the buoy is seven feet, the, total weight being GS60 pounds, me body of the buoy forms the receiver for the compressed gas, and is of sufficient size to give buoyancy for flotation and of adequate strength to safe-" ly hold a pressure of 150 to 180 pounds j per square inch. ; *j On top of the body is a wrought iron tower about six feet high, surmounting which is a lantern. Surroqnding the lantern Is a cage for protecting it, and the tower Is provided wUh a pla'form oq which to stand to light or adjust the flame. * Just below the'platform is'sOBperid*,' ed a "bell weighing 185" poun$&< '^Thls bell -is sounded automatically leVery twenty or thirty seconds,- or, kgtifejsdo at regular Intervals o? .duration, all of which mayJ.be. ivedeter mined. - - . . - /_?J_ J The flow of the gaa-Trom ine receivers to the lartern furnished-the means of operating the be^;X Thus a reliable sophding of the >bell?. warning Is se'evted without any > dependence upon thfe action of the waeefs, as is the casejl wj^the. old-fashioned bell buoys. ?The "advantages 01 these buoys^6anv be easily understood, for they ,not;only < fixed or flashing light, .that cf n bW fi6^'a|di^|tence of between six ; a|id^igitft miles, ^ut operate in "coinbi- ) n'atIonia^ijfaost supceSsfully. a bell, thup^ffrordiWg i -dopfcie protection tomariners, ^h&fe buoys "will burn con- | tinuouWj: ^dsy, nnd: tjighp.ftrom three.' months to ^e^ear,wlthf'ott^--charge, I of ^gas. and^nit^jb^i^tedffpr about J NEW GAS, ANP, BELL BUOY. v v fifty'cents a day, [Including the cost of. gas. Buo^ii of this type without the^ bell attachment are 6sed, very largely.? fcy all the civilized nations of the world, and are officially recommended. England has 236 in service, France 223, the United States 134, Germany 98, Holland 60, Denmark 21, Egypt;112, Canada 46 and Italy 15.?New York Herald. ^ \Vells That "Blow Air. ^ t Here and there on a portion of Sank prairie, in Wisconsin, there is a curious phenomenon known as the '"blowing wells." The wells are continually forcing great volumes of air upward or, like some huge monster, are dragging into the interior of the earth no small amount of the zephyrs as they come and go. Tne operators who have ex/ cavated great holes Into the sand and gravel, as well as the; husbandmen upon whose farms ,the wells are found, seem to be mystified as to the causes which surround this unusual freak of . n:itiirfv Thf> hlnwlnc wolls nr*? sn no culiar that sources of . water supply with such unusual characteristics are not believed to exist elsewhere on? the continent The matter: has created considerable discussion in the neighborhood of the wells.?Chicago Record, England Venerates the Oak. It is only too to sayVbat.our' State forests have been neglected and mismrnaged In the near past. Alice Holt apd the New Forest are instances in point. Then there is Windsor Forest, which has also suffered in the same way. In manjg places oaks were being grown where there was no prospect of their ever becoming good trees. The soil was unsuited to these trees, though capable of growing excellent Scotch pines. Therie are plenty of woods in the south, Of England, the property of private "individuals, where the ground is oak3l<3f; yet the owners make no attempt 1o plant any other sort of tree. A trek which is now very common throughout Surrey and other counties is the locust tree, or acacia.? London Expree*. The Kal?er'? Speechmaking. A journalist who has often been called upon to make a stenographic report of a speech by Emperor William declr-ea that the Kaiser speaks i slowly at first, but gradually gets fasti er and faster, UQtll It is. Impossible to ; follow him verbatim. The reporters, he says, generally wrlf- down what they can, and, by comparing notes afterward, concoct a tolerably acciil^te ' report of what he said. \ llll II III II " v ' . i IDE. TALMAGE'S SERMON I j SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED DIVINE. i ~ Subject: The Faith of Raliab?There ii Mercy For AII Sinners ? Cheer For All Who Are Engaged in Life's* Buttles-? Meaning: of the Son's Standing Still. [Copyfufct imw.l Washington, D. C? In this discourse Dr. Talmage follows Joshua on his triumphal march and speaks encouraging words to all who are engaged in the battles of this life; text, Joshua i, 5, "There shall not any man be able- to stand before thee all the days of thy life." ' y -Moses was dead. A beautiful tradition Bays the Lord kissed him and in that act idrew forth the eoul ,of the dying lawgiver. He had been buried; only oiie person at the funeral?the same One who kissed him. Bat>. God >never takes a .man away from any place of usefulness until.He has some one ready to replace him.' The Lord does not go locking around amid a great variety of candidates to find some one especially?-, &tted for the vacated position.' He m<vkes a man for that place. Moses has passed off the stage, and Joshua, the bero,i puts his foot on the platform, of history so aplidly that alt the ages echo with the tread. He was a magnificent fighter, but he always fought on the right side, and be never foq?ht unless God. told him to fight. Wn ln'q tnllifjjptf'onnmmAnf frnm (tH^ who gave him the promise at the start, "There shall not any man 4k able to stand before thee all the days of tfey life." God fulfilled this promise, although Josh-' ua's first battle .was with the spring freshet,' the next with a stone wall,; the ne&t leading on a regiment of| whipped- cowards and-the next battling against darkness. wheeling the son and the moon info his jbattoHon. and theIa#t'against theking of'.tetir'ors. death?fire great victories,. , ' -Aa a rbje, when the .general of* an Wrmy starts, out in a -<rar he tfonld like to, have,' a srjrtall battle in order, that'-he may get his pwa courage up.- afid rally. his troops ind get them, drilled, for gr^atey,conflicts, but the: first' undercutting or^osnua .was greater than the leveling orj'ForfriPufaski bp. the' assault of.Gibraltar -or^.th^ over,th?w*of the Bastille;. It .w?s .ihe crowing. of the .'Jordan at the time 'of 'the sprinz fresh'et. Th? snows 6f Mount .Lebanon ha a just beeu7mplting;.'&ha tfciey poured down cue vkUey/'and ^th<ewKtjle valTej;.was a taging torrent.' Sc> -Cauaanites stand on. one hank, and they look wtxpta and see Joshua and tire Iprtelijte^taK? they lapgk ?nd -say; "Aha! /They'CAnhot disturb as -until the freshets fall. It ^'impossible jfor, them,'tov. tfeach us." , But.after awhile tbey look across",the .water, and they^see i raoveraent in the atifly of Joshua.. They ?ay: "What,., is tKe matter now? "Why, there must be a panic among those troops, and they are going 'to fly, or perhaps they are going to march across tlje xiver Jorl'?? Tnaliim ia n 1nnfttii? " Hut Jaahoa. [ UUU VVOMUM 'U r i the ehieftain, looks at his army and cries, , "Forward, march!" and they start for the : bakk!of the Jordan. One mile.ahead go Vo priests carrying ajflitteringbor fotfr feet long and two fefctwide. It is^tbe ark of the covenant. ' And they corae: dowh^ and po aoohar dp ihey juat to.dch the rim of >the water wfth their vftet.'than', by inAlmighty fiat, Jordah jjprtaJ'.' <Thov:oriny' of Joghuk marphea^tightiOii. without getting their feet w&'<tbver me. bottomT<)& the riv^r. a path, bfrichalk and^brokei# shelly and pebble*, un&T,?hey get M tha Tother bank; Thed.they lay hold q^the pJe t-'to let us ' Corns', through ?nd kept r tbera ' p*ted?<to .let. tig'-go! balck if we are de/ieifted?" ' p\Bj!t this-is no'.place'for the host tp stop.' Joshua gives the command, "For-' [ ward, ..arch!" In the distance there, is a long grove of trees, and at the end of the grove is.;a city. Jt is a city with arbors, a city .with walls seeming to reach to the heavens, to buttress the very sky. It'is . the, great metropolis that commands the -mountain pass/ It is Jericho. That city was Rafter ward captured by Pompey ^nd OM^ by Herod;the .Great and once again, bjr' tne Mohammedans,'but this campaign^ the Lord-plans^ljEhere shall be no swords, , no shieldsy^/bftttei^e jam; there itfaft ?e.onnr, onerWwpoi^. o^ war, and that a ram's norn. Thp. tfyto' of the slain ram was sometunes and holes were punritured 'iujt, 'atijtl then the musician would put ito^.'&toibient-to his lips, and \ he wOul? hot i^.. fingers over this' rude musical .lnstlfijjq^ut and make a great deal of swort, bpjp&ny. f6r the people. That was 4hwS^-.;;iuid jof weapon. Seven priest^--lpgra 'tof tiute , these rude, rustic instrnmehti; ^nd they were to go?MWd thi^1^'?rety Jay for six days? once ? A&jfUav skf days?and then on the sevenctCS^j^E^ey were;to go arouhd blowing musict$ instruments seven times, and Jferi at the close of the seventh blowing of^nc ram's horn on the seventh ?iay the^'fSfi^tion ..tt& the whole. scene was to be-a'jhout,' ax (which thos^ great walls shouldifcumble from^cap^tone rte'base.1': The seven iwriests wjtl&aie ruae^musicai instruments pass, all arbaiid the city walla on the first day' andjsoor^ a faUijle. Not so much as a jjiece ?*jlatftefctotfbke loose from the waU,-nOfr^]mah as a- loosened rock, not so mach.jtf..&g?&4>iApflrtar lost from its place. i'Theye,%'ajy*Mie unbelieving Israelites, ''dld^Kjjit tHuyou^o? Why, those ministers :dea of going around the cit^witl^'tfio'ae musical instruments and expecting in that -way to. destroy it. Joshua lias been spoiled. He thinks because he has overthrown and conquered the spring freshet he can overthrow ,the stone Avail. Why, it is not philosophic; Do you not see there is no relation between the blowing of iliese musical instruments and the knocking I down of the wall? It is not philfbopljic. And i[ suppose there were many wijeacres who stood with their , brows knitted and with the forefinger of the right hand to the forefinger of the left hand, arguing it all out and showing that it was not posa soiisoicnnld nroduce such I, VIUIC maw ouvu u vt*Mwr - an effect. And 1 suppose that night in the encampment there was plenty of caricature, and if Joshua had been nominated *for any high military position he would not have received many votes. Joshua's stock wa,! down. The second day the jpriedls blowing the musical instruments go ground the city, and again a failure, The third day, and a failure; the fourth day, and a failure; fifth day, and a failure; sixth day, and a failure. The seventh day comes, the climacteric day., Joshua is up early in the morning and examines the troops, walks all about and looks al the city wall. The priest* start to iuak< the circuit of the pity. They go all rounr once, all around twice, three times, foui times, live times, six times, seven times and u failure. There is only one mor< thing to do, and that is to utter a grea shout. I see the Jsraelitish army straight ening themselves up, tilling their lungs to a vociferation such as never was heard be fore and never heard after. Joshua feel that the hour has come, and he cries ou to his host, "Shout, for the Lord hath giv en you the city!" All together the troop shout: "Down, Jericho! Down, Jericho!' and the long line of solid masonry begin to quiver and to move and to rock. Stan e?^ nnJori She falls! Crash ko th Uuai uuuvi. ^ wails and temples, the towers, the pa , aces, the air blackened with duBt. The huzza of the. victorious Israelite . and the groan of. the conquered Canaai ites commingle, (und^, Josnua^ standin there in tbk debris of the" valla, heufl voice sayiDt "There mhall not be able to ling beioro. l* - > i :?* ?? jDaly otfe house spared. WKo lives th?P Some great king? No. Some woman di tinguished for great, kindly deeds? N She had been conspicuous for her crime It is the house of Rahab. Why wa? h( house spared? Because she had been great sinner? No, but .because she r , pented, demonstrating, to all the that there is mercy i&r the chief of si: ners. ' * The red fcord of divine injunction ratcl ing from her window to the ground) t that' wh#u the people saw the red <01 they knew it was the divine indicatic that they Bhould not disturb the prep iaes, making us' think of the divine cor of a Saviour's deliverance, the red cir of a Saviour's kindness, the red cord * a Saviour's mercy, the red cord of at rescue. Mercy for the 'chief of' sinner Put your-trust in that God, and no dan age shall' befall yon,, . v When our world shall be. more terrib surrounded than was Jericho, even by tl trumpets of the judgment 4ay, and tl hills and the mountamg, the: metal bon< and ribs of nature, shpll break, they wl have bad Eahab's faith shall havdRahab deliverance. When wrapped in fire the realms of eth? f' low * . rX, leaven's last thunder shekel; to , eartb oeiow, /. . -5 f: xtf Thou, undismayed, shalt. o'er - t he * rub mile 1t> And lip-ht thy to^h at nature's fuhctt - pile. tg But Joshua's troops may not halt her) The command i^'Foftvard, march1"Th<|i is the cityoT Ai. It. must be taken j Cscouting party '-come* back and r saye "Joshua, we ca^' do that withoift. you. ] is going to be a very easy jab^'flTott mui stay here while we go apdoipture it. They match with a' emaU'referfieflti i front of-that city. The/men" of Ai look a them and give -one/yell, and the>:ttriffiM .run like; rfcindeeiif."-.:. 1 :>V{- V ' 'ihik;is no j>Iai?~;for the hSpt <1 Jophua/to.'stOp.i^aJ^ard, march^jjr? Joshua id the trobpt/S'heM, is the'cltyfc Qibeon. . It has jjiut itself . Tinker'the jfte tection. of 'J^hwft - . They .send' wt>rd There are^ve ) ngs-after us.V.Thejra* going to ;d?(!trby;'!u^.'Send troops' <juicj Send..us Bfelp rifihfcv&way"Jdahqa ha 3' tfiree/dayi', march, mpxe'than .igoubl quick. On. the morning' of,thfc -third'da, he ia- befo^c?.the( enemy; ..There are frnt long llnei OT oattle.'The battle -opens w$ frreat'^Bkupiief,; ;^ut;,the, Canaarutes'. eooi Is Joahufc". ^That.?1 tb e Vdin'^wo' ; cpja qnerea/ the Spring freshet , and* ikpooke* rtinm . fVif wxll ot" JerichtitfflflHe 91roved' the' city, of Ai. There* fightirife.";- '\Tk?jrfr gonad'at^PBBlB ai' ;C3h ty # and hta host aprinjj^-upon * while theP catapults , of th^B volley of hailstone^, into; all the artillery of the heaHQ^M^Hj lets of iron, round ^A VnHHH thfe ledgeir .'of .Betbhorq^H^^mH Joehua, ''thfe is ?Sy6u-. npt eee4t>e,:<^^^^^H] Those Amorite* th r??|sfraa?> Has he f V- ?ook out '^en^RRH^BP^^^N %frd his :ii:y.JI^HDHj diant witbj^H^S8MH^^HH| eending *a^^KVibeon, ufjOBH mjjMrifl^^ftight sometimes wilF.JiflB H^^B^^Bacea of the <Jj&&?ofotW Nu^^^^BHhe' deseebdmg sup'and I^HH^H^Haint crescent o? ,the moon 0HHR that Goa who shaped th I^^^^H^Boves' the worlds he _ cries HMBau stilL.uboa Gibeori, am 11 J_ -e A J-T " Tk.. Tauey . jl uc stem I do not ?n<J^:an< ave it to the Cfimtiai infidel scieUttotatowe' Mule I tell yoir;T*ftev Btf. "What!" toy yoi ainr atiH^iVY#; iiformed nowadays. r not live oat halt thei sets at no6n. But le battle for .God. and th truth and againrt sin. and the day ot hi usefulness is prolonged and prolonged an) prolonged.'^ . But Joshua was not quite through There was time for five funerals before th sun of that prolonged' day set. Who wil preach their funeral sermon? Massilloi preached the funeral sermon over Loui XVI.yi Who will preach the' funeral sei monj'pf those live .dead Kings?King c "Jerusalem, king* of Hebron, king of Jai rauth, -king of Ladhish. king of Eglon Let it,be ,by Joshua: What is his text What shall be the epitaph put on the doo of the tomb? "There shall not any met be Able to stand before thee all the day of xty life/' . Before you fasten up the door l-'wan five .^ore king3 beheaded and thrust inKing 'Alcohol, King Fraud, King Xusl King Su'peratitition, King Infidelity. Le them Be beheaded and hurl themiu The fasten the door forever.-idst&k ) What" shall the inscript&n ^Vndfeawba shall the epitaph be? Fortall v?lft?tia philanthropists of all HHv'Vfrero)in to come and look at it. vVhfckshflL^h inscription be? -, "There shall'faotMin man be able to stand before tUee'-iai th days of thy lffe."- ry? X But it .i# time for Joshua to go-.hom< He.is 110'years old. Washington .wen fKo PnkomM and at Mount Verno closcd his clays. Wellington died peacefu ly at Apsley House. Now, where aha Joshua rest'/ Why, he ia to have hi greatest battle now. After 110 years h has to meet a king who has more 'siil jects than, all the present population < the eartKyvhis throne a pyramid of skuili his parterre the graveyards and the cemi teries ^?f -the world, his chariot the world hearse?the king of terrors. Bat if this': Joshua's greatest battle it is going''to k Joshua's greatest victory. He gathers h friends around him and gives his vali dictory, and it iB full of, reminiscence. Young men tell what they are going,! do; old men tell what they have"flone. An as you havfe heard a grandfather or grea grandfather seatfed By the evening fii tell of Monmouth or Yorktown and the lift the crutch, or staff as though it'wei a musket to fight'/and shotv how th*" ?' battles were won, so Joshua gathers:, h friends around his dying couch, and 1 tells them the sto-y of what he has bet nnii' am Ko Ilea there, liis whi: uuwug", ?w ?- , , locks showing down on his wrinkled for head, I ask if God has kept His pronji all the way through. As he lies there 1 tells the story one, two or three times you have heard old people tell a stoi two or three times over?and he answei 'i go the way of all the earth, and n 1 one word of the promise has failed, u one word thereof: has failed; all has cor 1 to pass, not one word thereof has failed And then he turns to his family, as a d ! ing parent will, and says: "Choose nc whom you will serve, the God of Israel the God of the Amoiitea. As for me a. my house, we will serve the Jvord.". dying parent cinnot be reckless < thoughtless of his children Consent part with them forever at the door 1 the tomb we cannot. By the cradle r which their infancy was rocked, by t ' bosom on which they first Jay, by t 2 b'.ood of the covenant, by the Gvl 1 Joshua it shall not be. We will not pa we cannot part. Jehovah-Jireh, we ta r Thee at Thy promise. "I will Lfc a (Jod " thee and thy seed after thee." ? ? Dead, the old chieftain must be If out. Handle him very genth^|^l sacred body is over 110 yearit f him out, stretch out walked dry shod the par^4|^^HH| those lips which heli^^H at which .he wall.'^ffl^M the that doomed city ) Iiem. O . ' I * ' "% I 1; !j THE SA^Tfi' SCHOOL^ I .. " &a h* I- . i z -? J NTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS i oj FOR DECEMBER 9. | e- I ' v V. ;a . ; a- Subject: Bartlmeus Healed, Mark x., 46- I I 32?-Golden Text: Mark x., 51?Mem- j fi- orT Verses, 3CN52 ? Conmieiitarv on ! i0 j t.h$ J>ay'? Lesson. . ''' , ,(* | 48. "They came." Jesus and His disci|Q pies were making their last journey to 3." Jerusalem. They have crossed the River 1 j Jordan westward since our last lesson. 4 , "Jericho.". City of the moon; or place of ** j fragrance. This was the largest, city in ' j the Jordan Valley. It waa^ahfiut sixteen ? j miles, northeast of Jerusalem. "As He j*" [ went out." Luke'siys it waa when they . i were entering the town t^at the healing ' | luu* piace., it u aimcuii to account lor J? {this difference. "A groat number of peopie." In addition to tlie crowds frequently followed Jesus were many people ) on their way to attend the Passover at ? ' Jerusalem. "Blind Bartimena." Matthew -eays there were two. If thera /Were two ^ there was one, and Mark; mentions Bacti mens by name, probably because; he was 16 well known. Blindness ig very common" : in; Palestine. The causes ate the sudden * f changes in temperature and light, the in,i-, teiuie brightness of thfe sun^.'and the fine 1 dust in the air of those saridv countries. v > Jl7. v^Tbst it was Jews.". He ;had evir i.'\ i dently board of the tame of Jeans, and fl how He could heal the' bliUjSL; ''Began to, $ > ciy out." It'^s .thitt'/:haneev of alifetime, U there ia'iio ti^e4d': ^tooiheat ,He J', "fill have passe a." Opportunities' lost are always tox be regretted,, but can never be. " recalled. "Son 'df With th^ J.j, J?wb this expression was applied to the Messiah. "Have ib?r<^ Online.''. Thecaie J of this, blind man illustrates well the churl dition of a sinner and his effotta in coming 4 ' to-God. ,, 1. As tb4iis. condition. He was 8 -blinflvand poor,:1 aWivJw knew: it. He4 needed ,n<i one '.tb Lhjonvince him of . hid KVvrretohed^&jlMlW&< state. One ayrapi torn ^of 'ep&wlfiawnidness is , that .those * who-are affedtod'.lyit think they see. _ The devil blinds .^fe 'ioinds di men-and-causes- ' if ^^'S3t?^S2Arii!S628IX&' A I 311*0 TA* nttlfffllFdnM* / T.fl O ft TO EaVAIPn OlnnPr {jl riet^ln approachiDg Ohnet. ploadf^^l rVnfflHMBSH 7 -'the called."/Vil[^^HnB i?0.at a distance, case, and He decides . before this whole. coropagftM^H^^^^^B 'comfort." It appears Who at first rebuked nraHlHH I earnestness now hastetf?|o^aHH^HH|fl | him upon his success. Thej^^Hd^HUfl \ class that is always anxious - ^ 60. "Casting away his b cast aside, his outer garment' tnHDH I hinder him in coming to Christ ? 1 not for garments now, it is sight he.^HH I aifea TKio mm.- ho tnL-Pnna a tong r,f Ml e removal of the hindrances of whatev^BH a kind that prevent,a soul.from coming toM Jesus. We should cast aside the garment ; I 01 (1) self-righteousness, (2) of pride" and I l,j i.WdrIdline?^'<3) of prejudice, (4) of effete ? ! forms and."ceremonids in religious work, 1 11 j and (5) in some cases the -garment of a. I ^ I wtoirtnless profession of reli$t&tt. - If every o * I penitent was ready to throW off his qihful ft e ' incumbranced, we\ should have fefrer dev j la^s in conversion., "Rdse1."- "Sprang i j ujj." (R. v.) He acted on ,the^ instant. 9- Many sit still and want Jesus to come ?to r I them. Bartimeua had no' excusea to offer; \ n ..he "was glad to obey. - J 3 51. "What wilt thou." What-is your^B request? Christ knew, but Ha'must Unoi^M br it, fron^. him. The divide' plan'& to as^H - if. wetffcpuld receive. Chriit say*, "Wj^BB He is always Sritting,^KH t l oiply difficulty is with nib a boni.f-^H.T. This was the highest nl^H of, rqf ?renfl? and respect he! could giVe, th^W k gradations* flying Rab, Rabbi,1' Rabban, |;i 11 RabbiOpi. fiEiutt;I might receive pay ! < I PctSF "HeflKtSj)1"tronble to ask for jvh&t j i ^ 9e**pMI*e<L.i ite aia noi eompia;n tw uu;n. m )of^wMh, had no need qf a prayer-book,,' 1 ana 3fed no vague expressions. A hun- 1 .^-31 3d knows how to ask for bread, a [ * !. blinljjfcan knows how to ask for sight, it awakened sinner finds no difficulty J1, inSw&ng aloud for salvation: ' < 11 way/V Gk> now and earn " ?v living fojp' ^tmrself and beg no more. ' ' "Thx ffeith hath made "thee whole." His ' . faith?we,a th<f medium through which the ! ! uHi'fy were brought to him. It ( s' I'-iw"' hfa^raeatheas, or his' prayers, , ji i o|^j,-hia ?aith in Christ that was com- , -Vr| mended; and yet earnestness and prayers ( is ?,~ar? 'also-important. " "And immediately." , ie [' It w^ pot necessary to wait a "long time J j is for a' gradual,healing, but instantly he j i b- saw.. Matthew say? that Jesus had com- , i passion, an'd touched .the eyes of the j 1 :o\ blind man. Poor) blind, ignorant and j ' id wretched though we may be, yet, when ' j t- we come-in; deep contrition and in faith, ! ' fe th? Lord will give us new hearts and new i 1 n characters immediately,* and send us on ! j [ ? otty way rejoicing. "Followed Jesus." None follow Christ blindfolded. He first, 19 by His grace, ? opens men's eyes and so J? draws their/hearts after Him. Bartimeus !n followed Christ as His disciple to -learn of Him and to bear testimony to Him, and T. to' His power and goodness. The best evi ie | Hdiibe of spiritual ' iflumjnation is a con-1 _ etant, inseparable adbersnce , to Jeaua rv Christ as our Lord and Leader. Z :?y? , C Women Make Hero of a Judffe. ne ' Judge Thomas R. Purriell) of the"Unite& ? States Circuit Court of Appeals at Rich g j.. mond, Va., is the hero of the hour wiiJfl (W womankind. His recent decision jMMH or bankruptcy case that a vomano^^B^H the "head of the house" has ^ into immense , opuiarity He lias been flooded . w their number has beco^^H|M|^HH^^H They all continuo^^^^HSHI^HBj had iiev(^HS^B^^B[^n - p V TOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. 4 i ? PRECNAtfLTHOUGHTS FROyi THE WORLD^CftEATEST/^DP^ETS. The Terfrs of Jeaot?God In All'Hit World ?Croat#* of the ChaUtian Llle?Kesolutiona for the Dawning Century?A Prayer for Help?A Decision of Chrlat. The Tears of Jesua. 'A man of sorrows and aquainted with grief." Tell me the tale of thy distress; Nor need thy plaint be brief, For well I know the sacredness And selfishness of grief. I dwelt in Heaven ere time beguu?; What home so dear could be? But underneath the Syrian sun No home awaited -toe. ^ I measured grief by sharing it With-trouble-laden men. \ \:'I fathomed woe by bearing it, Aad bear it now as then. - ' ?a4- n Ti?o tr frt li if^Q fhn tartf jLUi.ii uv/u una; w VMW That in thine eye doth shine, But brinjc thy bitter anguish here >And sweeten it with mine.-; With sympathy my eyes are wet, r- Though comfort grief disdain^ And hcayeqly joys I still for^et .v Beholding earthly puin. . \ ; [>! Think not of me as far away < " -Abiding in the sky, j ' For now, as erfct with feet of clay, A wayfarer am I: ; jm Today am weary, faint and loofl^HH| A*-yesterday on earth; : A'throne of sorrow And not of regal mirgiB : .Unbar thy door! ;: At call of : Tell' me: th|uMHBHD^BHnB ?iad HHnnBHBn no\H^BHBnnnM| of selves our ^^B||l|Bj^^HMBHH| Lord. wn^HNSIHS^flK^DE^^Bj Jesus Christ spoken, proM^H^D^^H|HB jvangelists, help us"-n^^^^HH^H| ivhioh they have ' writS^HHMfl^H|HH faith and glad npproprl^^^^^HHBH sage to our hearts. H|HnHjUI whose indwelling is. our^^^HBHHH| of the things of Christ,'^HjHHj^^^B ilnto us. Make thy Wori^HHSBH^H feet nnd a. light to our pflHHH 511 our minds with songl^^B^B^BH i?rnciun* worrls of puom^^H^^HBH these stores of memory gi^^^^BflSfl word for ,every trial an^^HHfl^HH May we be doers of the hearers onlv. to the- helii the glory of thy grace wbHHM deemed us and m:idfi us kings^^HBHH to God through Christ. A DecUlon of Tf the admiration, ai^| tiwards Jesus Christ world could be cry^tallr^^H^^HH^HI .'or him, what large nadB to his folio of nntagonlsn^H|B^^^^HH^B growing c h but^^H^HMBMM telves mHwHH THE~great~^H^^H| ^?-'HHI SOME STARTLING FAC^HBBH^HB THE VICE OF INTEMPfl^R^HBH ".-j;j* , - ^h Sotomon'i : AdTtce ? The Slg^UTcjJH^ffiflQn^B fir?r?. to .* Query to AfcjtnaM^Hj^Hfll Abotil Bf (/derate Drinker*?Here Havi^fo Faience With Tlppler?iV^^^j^H "Look\cot ui>on th^wine" when'^rofij Is what a wisfe maa^wiiely said. In language cl/?ar, distjnct, rm 'ptailr^, '?W? Sk Advising all- idea to atysftain. . V. ' For it had smitten wij^ta sting -\ The peasant. prophet, noeat/and klniz: ' '?SwS2 The holy men?the girfWf ^d wise? IT Were fallen as a. Jactifice--., Deceived; deluded by the anare, |^J Of which'he bids as all btiwHre;.-, jsBMMmI And points us to ttai blood-stained^^BMH^B Which tells of thoiXgtadB mocked^HH^HH^H Then holds forth ci&rly The tempter as It eparkledfl^H|^H^^BH f4 ;Re veals its its AndjyHHHHH