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May-we tg thankful e'en as though gr \
Thanksgiving Day had never come;
Our love in gratitude should flow, 4
Nor mignt o\1t lips be mute and dumb.
Each hour our hearts should thankful be
And prayer and praise ascend to Thee.
' Each day should be Thanksgiving Day M
For blessings that were gifts from Him;
Though we forget, or though we pray? ' *
Or whether down and deep within J
' Our hearts are hard as nether stone, 'rig* ^
\ Our gracious gifts were all His own ^
The gin ot ncrrie, of life, of health. -=^"
Of plenty spread upon each board , . ;
The things of years that make true weaitn, _
Rounded and heaped as gran'ry stored, ?
Th*v? XTP. tbe ?ifts of psicrsj Hav?
Though we forget or though we pray. $!fj- .ii-j.-!";.'-'!
The gift of> country iree ana wide
With liberty of thought and creed; vC-8 4jiMA
land wherein we may abide
And freely choose our ev'ry need'
A country where sublimest. good
Bespeaks our constant gratitude.
>
PT' ,mL kept *ast year was a"
?"~*n to tear up the paper,
" V | too. They must havi
k. 1 KT ' ^ere. but we aI1 1001
13% 8 J m H ' rtown llie steps didn'
| WeU*lt S a ontl* now<
f 1>00r ^?SS' Slie aI
)?SP S I 1^ V won't be home till a gi
. ? 5^ J |\i\l B Christmas. It takes a
/ V F DON'T know." said Grandma ! efrn ft'20 at a dcllar
I Decker, laying aside her spec- ^ fe *'
tacles and pushing the little Tbe days went by. as
1 iron teakettle to the front of \? louolJ ?ld Pe?P ?' a
' -the stove. "We may have a special dawned clear and br
cause for thanksgiving this year, but ? clo(* Gramlpa D;c+
I can't think of any. There's the red be, Plucked ho** ot
COW gone dry a month earlier than ^uikey. and ^lt eyes,
usual, and the pumpkins caught by teardrops his wife
.that early freeze, every one in the *ble " f?r
field. But worst of all," and the old the ldst of ber *0lk
Voice quivered a little, "there'll be f?u,nded 011 tbe walk
, only us two at the table this year. "ttle ffure came up tof
and what's the use to bake anything the oId 4^an ,sp!augT
extra just pretending to keep Thanks- es8, 8 ?
giving Day?" for Thanksgiving, aftc
"What's that?" said her husband. , pitiful little st
looking over "the top of his paper. "Not 0 * * Holland, i
keep Thanksgiving when we've never . e ^ ovei-exei on,
let the day pass these forty years discharged her fo
without roast turkey and all the rest!" fau * and Q dol
"I know," was the answer, "but we n oao c?ruer of ber P?
.used to have Ellen and James, and "prcllief as sucl1 a li
then after they died little Jess took tT ty tha \nuf h?,
I their place. Dear little Jess, she al- Nevf V?lnd' dear'
.ways seemed our own more than E!- "01IDg,. ^ ,t0o,ier ,W<
len's. But this year we're all alone. old*ed. She doe
and it takes more than turkey and aD?'bo^ on accTount ol
pies and governor's proclamations to )e lozen. ts goc
make a Thanksgiving. If we had not ?ltb ?*' m0ney 18 J
lost that $20 Jess would be here now f.ut bei fi,Qgf,IS Jsr0,133
- - . ? . ... the sharp knife did it!
msteact or up tomwianu s wording m Sud(leu,y it slipi,C(L
y - - * *" unintentional cutting
jj ft and out upon the tabli
i. i i earthenware, stones, g
I* shining pieces of go!
10 I j the bronze turkey had
11 J*- \ Jl*' ? -i his fcod si?ce that i]
II.,, I|;i' j [j when he picked them
ftll&PSii XM !f# Decker's paper.
Ji;!-1 , rite j J'jSji} Ifii, How carefully each V
-t LaS dried and admired! )
\ ' _!? cettins the humiliatic
if being discharged, now
flr"Mi?fegm( ftW. k?l were to be paid by t
^ Mr ! ^rst inteutled for tbat i
rayj about the kitchen, bal
1 fflffli an<* daInty co?k'es>uu
IM^Am ipf' On Thanksgiving Da;
Wili i hei S^dfatber t0 hi
[ and always keep Than
^lie keepiu?may iie ^
|'| so, as she filled the (lis!
preserves and set thy
/ Too Much Dree
?The Pilgrim fathe
J jYj economists; they nevt
bent ovjgb the table. their Sunday clothes
turkeys. ? Indianapolis
l.thelr kitchen for money enough to pay '
'last year's taxes on the old farm." rr\
j'And her eyes filled with tears. t
ii "There, there, mother, don't cry," I /
;said the old man, half tenderly, half II ? [reprovingly.
"It's no use crying for L\ *
'lost money or spilled milk, though \JjfA \Ifl >3r^
I ??TkAWA +Ka?? flfo./lAllQf <*n1rl iff rft
J.'Y U"C "1VUJ " ' *- , I,,-, __
jwent to is a mystery to me. I was ? jog
counting them out on the porch, and ~ -7?.
Just laid them on my paper a minute
.while I went to call Jess, but when I ^
icame back that big gobbler that we villi I ]
mil. May we be thankful, Lord, each day,
rare/; For blessings numbering1 infinite?
$fP*Fbr gifts that heed no stint nor stay,
m/iil/if Nor wait a coming day nor night^
0LWThat ^upcn us 25 a sfi?wer>
"Renewing in their gracious power.1
(May we be thankful tnat in Tnee\
gafV We find a Father kind and good- .
w^om 'tis joy to bow the knee
'-And know we shall be understood, .
When soul is sad or heart opprest?
In Thee is oerfect peace and rest.
May we be thankful that a Fnend
Stands ever closely by our side,
Vho to each prayer an ear will lend,
From whom we never need to hide
One little thought that hurts or'grieves-*
He listens, sorrows, and relieves.
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Thanksgiving .Day?let it be each day^
We cannot give too deep of love;
jSte|g And may our ev'ry thought betray
W Our gratitude, and constant prove,
That we t6 Him as children come
'fgjgfe And know 'tis best His will be crane
trying his best CARVING THE TURKEY,
'tore I read it, How to Handle Cold 9teel on ThBnk9.
e rolled some- givJnK Day
ced, and takin Tlie firgt move o? the carver is to
' j T?? ^-?0 ' insert the fork astride the breastbone,
an ye gn en at thp p0llltt piungiug it deep enough
ere am t muc tQ secure a firm Then remove
nee ess nen drumstick with one stroke of the
en ng up su - j-njfe^ flrgt cutting through the skin
n?. ' ea down to the joint, hitting it squarely.
? uo it myseir. It Jf? mtle difficult t0 jocate thlg
Sh^t T? 3?int> but pressing the leg away
U iU^i n U ^ 6 from the side of the turkey it is readiacd
while after . .
l -i ] y *oun"0I??
w ? 0 It is claimed that the expert carver
an a a a nQt remove ^he fork from the
, breast until he has quite finished. Be
that as !t may !t 13 Qulte necessary
.n. e ^ to use the fork in separating the thigh
l? ' ... from the "drumstick."
:er broughf in
le great bronze / li i '
a little dimmed i A )
bent over the ?uv
the oven. In I
a familiar step y J
and a dejected I
the door, while ' \fAW3 i
rom his chair. W & '
tss come home
iad that morn* ^
r some trifling plunge the fork upright into the
ars tied closely centre of the breastbone. The drumor,
damp hand- stlck is removed by a single stroke of
ttle toward the the kUife, hitting the joint exactly,
paid!
said grandma, - - *
irk. "We can ^*3^ \
sn't give milk,
! the pumpkins \y
id to have you yV "
lot everything."
tied a little as j '
There was an >2}^
of membrane
e rolled bits of
" been grinding
aomentous day ^ y-shaped cut toward the joint
from Grandpa separates the thigh and drumstick.
ras washed and fuy ' ^(f
Even Jess, for- Nljf/^A
m that lies in
that the taxes
lie very money ^ ^
mrpose, tmstieu I
:ing spicy cake S I
til the shadows L ^5\V~~~r' Wrt* ~'
y, as she helped
ie cause for it,
promised to do a neat stroke through the ball and
hes with quince socket joint severs th? wing.
first one by his To accomplish this make a V-shaped
cut toward the joint, noiuing tne uugn
" against the side of the turkey with
med Up. the fork. The "drumstick" drops off
giving picture neatly into the platter.
The next stroke removes the wing.
A deep cut through the ball and socket
rs were close joint severs this with a part of the
>r rigged up in breast meat. To strike the joint
to go shooting squarely the first time requires skill,
3 Journal. though sometimes it Is done very neat
ly by pure luck, and this calls forth
most favorable comment from the expectant
and hungry assemblage. If
'' x \ x irrtiin /inaen't' otrlkp tlio ininfr nt
r\ ^ ^ IUC tXUAiC UVVUM ?# w ? ?
\\Y first, move it back and forth, pressing
\ ?yj (fr l\| the "wing away from the body, disl
w v c^osln& tlle ball the then cu'
; y vlr through and the wing is detached.
J&r When this process is completed the
gr* disjointed portions are laiu to one side
of tlle Patter, or put on a separate
plate, to allow of free space for slicing
"s^?^ the breast meat.
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An Awakening In the South.
ONE o? the most forcible evidences
of the prosperity of
the South, and an assurance
that that portion of the country
has been brought to a realizing
sense of some of its needs, is the en
thusiasm manifested over the subject
af improved highways. It will be
hard to find one point on which the
South has recently experienced a
greater awakening. Last June, whc*b
the good roads train under the initiative
of the Illinois Central Railroad
made a trip, starting at New Orleans
as the southern end of the line, it left
behind it a trail of leagues and associations,
State and local, devoted to
improving the highways of half a
dozen States. The recent convention
at Buffalo, which attracted delegates
from all over the Union, and even
across the Atlantic, had an equally
good result, although in a different
way. Now comes the announcement
that the Southern Railway Company
has inaugurated a great movement iD
its desire to improve the road systems
converging to its tracks. The
company is to run a good roads special.
fully equipped, along its lines,
stopping at various points to build a
half mile or a mile of good road, and
show the people what can be done
and how to do it.
This initiative should receive cordial
co-operation. Rivers, the natural, and
railroads, the artificial, highways, arc
of little use if the people only a short
distance away from their lines are unable
to reach them. In many ways
the people of the South have been held
back for want of decent transportation
facilities by the ordinary highway.
In the rules governing the new rural
mail delivery system one of the requirements
is the ability to travel
twenty-five miles a day, and the Impossibility
of doing this has in many
cases delayed the extension of the system.
This is equally true of business
opportunities of all kinds, more especially
the disposing of produce on a
rising market. It has been estimated
by a man fully acquainted with market
conditions in the South and South
west that opportunities for more than
a million dollars Increase In profits
have been lost to farmers in the last
two years through inability to get to
market quickly at a critical time.
And this not alone of the South and
the Southwest. Right here in New
York State farmers have been kept
away from profitable markets by roads
which were bogs or quagmires instead
of paths fit for a man to ride over or
a horse to travel in. But New York
has seen the light, and to-day the imr
provement of the highways is a question
which is seldom allowed to drop
out of sight. It Is an omen of good
for the Southland that the people are
demanding of their legislators more
and more attention to the highways,
and that the cold business part of the
proposition is seen in its right light.
Road building, although of national
a. nn/1 mncf
lmponuucu, is a iuuu -??ui ix, um* ui?u?
be carried on under local conditions.
It Is in this regard that the good roads
trains are doing well. They strike all
sorts of soil and all kinds of difficulties.
and show the people how to improve
^heir travel facilities at the least
possible expense, in the shortest possible
time and with the smallest amount
of trouble.
That the railroads have an eye to
the main chance in developing the
lands along their lines in no way detracts
from the ultimate benefit of
their work to the farmer in the immediate
neighborhood, as well as to the
dweller in the city which the farmer
wishes to reach with what he has to
sell.?New York Tribune.
Good Road* Save Money.
One of the most important and encouraging
of the many conferences
held at the Pan-American Exposition
was the good roads congress. The
questions of mutual concern which
uruu^iii uciEgaiun ?
ty-nine of the States, and from Mexico
and Canada, is one upon which
much has been spoken and written,
and had the congress merely met to
continue the advocacy of improved
roads it would have been of little note.
The delegates, however, were not
limited to the discussion of what
ought to be done; they were able to
compare notes upon what, has been
done.
Particularly gratifying reports came
from the South, where highway improvement
has been needed greatly.
There was a general agreement among
representatives of all parts of the
country that the i-ise of public interest
in good roads was steady and promising.
and there was a general belief
that much progress would be made in
the next few years.
Maryland has not overlooked this
ntiaufii\n st-nto <ilfl hjis been enlisted
in the worthy cause of road improvement,
and public sentiment will probably
be found in sympathy with n determination
to keep up witb sister
States in this important work.
Moreover, good roads, aside from
convenience, are of great money value
to any community. Business is aided,
as well as comfort or pleasure. Tbo
price of hauling produce over a bad
road far exceeds the cost of keeping
the same highway in good repair.?
Baltimore Herald.
The Automobile Situation.
At first thought it seems strauge tha.
so many automobiles should be im
1? a n?A?innnq frrvm nnnnfripi
[luriCU u?v auictimuu ^ w ^ ? ?..
that certainly know no more about the
building of machines than we do, and
whose inventors are certainly no more
ingenious than ours. The mystery
disappears, however, when one remembers
that the automobile is a product
of good roads, or, at any rate,
that good roads are necessary for its
existence, just as they were for its
development. And American roadswell.
our standards are rising everywhere,
and even though they are still
very low in most parts of the country,
we are learning fast.
The world's yearly supply of coal is
worth six times her gold.
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WASHINGTON ITEMS.
The Board of Visitors to the Naval
Observatory, In a report to Secretary
Long, favors civilian control of that institution.
A board of high army officers, head
ea Dy General Miles, was appointed
to select permanent camp grounds on
which extensive military manoeuvres
may be held.
As Bureau Chief. Rear-Admiral
Crowninshield has selected the magnificent
new battleship Illinois for his
flagship when he shall become commander
of the European squadron.
Report of the Commission of Navigation
shows that American shipping
h:.i now practically reached the maximum
tonnage of 1SG1.
The Industrial Commission Is framing
Its report on agricultural conditions.
General Greely, Chief Signal Officer,
has returned to Washington from a
world tour inspecting cables.
The Republican leaders In Congress
plan to cut off all the war taxes in order
to reduce the enormous Treasury
surplus, which Secretary Gage now
estimates at $130,000,000 for the year.
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
Mindoro Islanders attacked an
American garrison at breakfast, but
our troops were fully armed and put
the Filipinos to flight.
Santiago Iglesias, a labor leader, was
arrested on the arrival of the New
York steamer at San Juan for failure
to appear for trial on the charge of
causing a strike in San Juan last July.
The Democratic party has nominated
General Eartolome Masso as its candidate
for the Presidency of Cuba.
The Municipal Council of Havana
has decided by a vote of ten to eight
to accept the bid of S. P. McGivney
and R. T. Rockeby, of Jersey City,
I tm orvj nm an fnv tho Wnvnnn
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sewering and paving contract.
Nearly $1,000,000 worth of American
machinery has been ordered for a
Porto Rico sugar works.
At Inopacan, P. I., the insurgents
cut the telegraph line. While American
troops were repairing it they were
fired upon by insurgents. After a brief
skirmish the rebels were dispersed.
First Lieutenant Robert T. Crawford,
of the First Infantry, a sergeant
and five men were drowned while attempting
to cross the Baboan River,
P. I.
DOMESTIC.
The Seventh National Bank, New
York City, resumed business, and will
pay depositors in full.
In the Supreme Court of New Jersey
a ruling was made which practically
fixes $1000 as the maximum amount
of damages parents may claim for the
killing of a child.
George Foster Peabody, of New
*- nu~ l"*" /lAnofftH
X OI"K Has piuciitaiij uvuw v?
$21,000 to the Montgomery (Ala.)
Young Men's Christian Association.
The Norfolk Shipyard and Dry Dock.
Company has been capitalized at $5,-:
000,000 to build a shipbuilding plant
at Sewall's Point, near Norfolk, Va.
Miss Emma King submitted to an inoculation
of tuberculosis serum from
a cow to aid Dr. Barney, of Brooklyn,
in testing Professor Koch's theory.
Francis Truth, -who had claimed to
be a "divine healer," and under such
a title was prosecuted in Boston by the
postal authorities, filed a petition in
bankruptcy with the Clerk of the Federal
Court, Concord, N. H.
The Police Department of Atlanta,
Ga., have placed under arrest .T. H.
Alexander ,a negro in the employ of
the United States Government. He is
charged with having stolen $4700 from
the valise of Major P. C. Stevens, a
United States paymaster.
Tammany district leaders of New
York City reported to Mr. Croker that
in the attempt to scratch Van Wyck
12,000 ballots that would have been
cast for the Wigwam's borough and
county candidates were invalidated.
Wpiirr Hart. "Father of the Third
Avenue Road," died in New York City
at the age of ninety-one.
Robert A. Ammon. lawyer for the
520-per-cent. Franklin syndicate, was
arrested in New York City charged
with grand larceny in receiving and
investing $100,000 of Miller's plunder.
Pensacola, Fla., has quarantined
against plague-infected ports.
Burglars took $430 in money and
stamps from the po3toffice, Princeton,
W. Va.
The thirteenth death from lockjaw
due to antitoxin injections occurred in
St. Louis, Mo.
Two thousand in cash and $10,000
in pearls was stolen from the 'oan*: at
Black Rock, Ark.
On 218 counts, former Assistant
Town Clerk R. A. Swan, Arlington,
Mass., was sentenced to eight years in
jail for embezzleuieut.
FOREIGN,
General Uribe-Uribe, in an interview
at the front, gave his views on the
present hostile attitude of Venezuela
and Colombia, which, he declared,
was only a war between the Conservative
and Liberal parties of the two
republics.
Reports from America that the Danish
West Indies had been sold to the
United States were declared to be premature
and incorrect by the Danish
Premier.
The French flag again flies over the
embassy in Constantinople, Turkey,
diplomatic relations having been resumed.
A sentinel fired at United States1
Minister Hart, in Colombia, but the
bullet missed the diplomat.
The Cape Town (South Africa)
Guard has again been called our, and
Lord Kitchener has issued an order
directing that all Boers captured in
British uniforms are to be shot.
An imperial Chinese edict appoints
Yuan Shi Kai, Governor of ShanTung
Province, successor to Li Hung
Chang as Viceroy of Pe-Chi-Li Province,
and Wang Wen Shao, to succeed
Earl Li as plenipotentiary.
It is announced that Andrew Carnegie
will give $500,000 to build ami
equip a technical college in Southern
Scotland. The institution will probably
be situated at Galashiels.
Colombia lias accepted Chile as mediator
of her troubles with Venezuela.
Sir AVilliam Lnurier asserted in a
speech at Montreal that Canada would
yet capture the iron trade of the United
States.
Turkey made further concessions to
French demands in the matter of
granting permission to rebuild
churches, convents and other institutions.
Li Hung Chang was laid in the
coffin he carried with him on his tour
of the world, and after elaborate obsequies
will be buried in the small vll
J lage where be was born. |
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HER BANDITS IMAGINARY
Ida Thompson, of Dover, N. Y., Con
fesses to Fabrications and Crimes.
She Declnres That She Herself Bnrned
Fanner Krtchnm's Barns?Committed
to a Home.
Poughkeepsie, N. T.?Ida Thompson's
weird midnight rides after the bandits
she thought were bombarding the
house of William Ketcham, of Dover,
her benefactor, and otherwise annoying
him. have been explained through
the action of the county and city officials.
A number of arrests were
made and enough was learned to
prove that the relen of terror at Dover.
as pictured by Miss Thompson, was
a fiction invented by her and intended
to serve her own ends.
Mr. Ketcham, while in Pouehkeep
sie a week ago, had a talk with Sheriff
Hoffman and Chief of Police McCabe!
After hearing his story they
concluded that there was something
"fishy" about Ida's account of her
single-handed raids on horseback and
her battles with thusrs and vagabonds.
They communicated with Justice Allerton.
of Dover, and the town officials
offered to co-operate in exposing her.
The investigation had progressed to a
point where it was possible to make
arrests. So Sheriff Hoffman. Recorder
PVifof XfnOn V*n -nronf
-TX uioLiiauoci auu uuici iTi\.vauu ucuv
to Dover.
Recorder Morschauser acted as legal
adviser for Justice Allerton. and the
latter, upon information presented to
him, isued warrants for the arrest of
Edward Schriver. Frank Schermerhorn.
William Dingy. Gilbert Dean
and Ida Thompson. The charges were
vaerrancy and disorderly conduct
Dingy, Schermerhorn and Schriver
were caught first and sentenced to
three months in jail, the last two being
put on probation. Schermerhorn
mad. a confession Involving Ida
Thompson. He stated that two weeks
ago" he and Ida Thompson were near
William Ketcham's home, and that
she threw a stone through the window
and then mounted a horse and
rode to the woods, where she fired
a revolver twice. Ida. when taken into
custody, told Chief McCabe that she
had thrown the stones and cut the
farmer for the sake of notoriety, and
was also guilty of other depredations.
Her horseback trips after alleged
bandits were planned to keep her benefactor
In ignorance of her meetings
with Schermerhorn. .As a climax she
confessed to burning Farmer Ketcham's
buildings, causing him a loss of
S10.000. She was committed to St.
Ann's Home, at Albany.
IMMENSE POSTAL BUSINESS.
The Financial Tranftactlons For the Last
Fiscal Tear Were Over 8803,000,000.
Washington, D. C.?The annual report
of the Auditor for the Postofflce
Department for the fiscal year ended
June 30. 1901, says that in 183G, the
year in which the Auditor's office was
established as an independent institution,
the total financial transactions
were less than SG,000.000. while the aggregate
of such transactions for the
year 1901 was over $S03,000,000.
The items which go to make up the
sum total of these transactions are as
icmows: neveuuea ior pusim seiviue,
Sill,631.193; expenditures, $115,554,020:
total amount of money orders Issued,
$294,018,080; total amount of
money orders paid, $281,554,711.
Postal Service Estimated.
Washington. D. C.?The estimates ot
the anpropriatlons for'the Postal Service
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1003. aggregate $134,731,596. and the
estimates of revenues $132,030,030,
leaving a deficit of $2,710,940.
SAMAR STRONCHOLD TAKEN.
Rebels Driven Oat on the Second Day of
Fighting.
Manila.?Advices from Catbalogan,
capital of Sainar Island, report that
Major Waller attacked a force of insurgents
occupying a strong position
at Sojton, two three-Inch guns being
used to shell the rebel stronghold.
Throughout the first day the insurgents
held the place, but on tne sec
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attack, and, after a desperate engagement,
carried the position. Two marines
of the attacking force and twen-.
ty-slx insurgents were killed. Major
Waller destroyed the stronghold and
seventy houses.
Washington. D. C. ? Rear-Admiral
Rodgers at Manila cabled the Secretary
of the Navy as follows:
"Privates George Lynch and E. A.
Klonan killed in action, Sajopan, near
Basey, Samar, on the 7th inst."
No further details of the action were
given.
A BOY KIDNAPER.
TirelTe-Yoar-Old Lad Holds Smnll Child
For Ranaom.
Great Falls, Mont.?A twelve-yearold
boy named Southwick kidnaped
the six-year-old son of G. W. Ryan, a
prominent grocer, and sent a note to
the father demanding $1300 ransom,
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inreateuius iu mm picvco v*. 0^^^
the child's eyes and cut his hands off
unless the demand was complied with.
Mr. Ryan notified the police, who arrested
young Southwick shortly after
the Ryan boy had arrived at his father's
store unharmed, having been released
by Southwick.
Southwick confessed that he did the
deed of his own volition; and that he
had no accomplices. He expressed no
repentance and said: "I would have
hit the old man for $S000 if I thought
he would have stood for it."
Miss Stone is Alive.
United States Consul Dickinson has
received through Bulgarian agents at
Samakoff a letter from the brigands
containing a few words in Bulgarian
added by Miss Stone saying that slie
and Mme. Tsilka are alive.
Boers Got Two Guns.
It is known that the Boers got
away with the two guns captured
from Colonel Benson's column iu the
engagement near Brakenlaagte, eastern
Transvaal.
Tho Sporting World.
It Is declared that professionalism
has a foothold in the Amateur Athletic
Union.
A criticism made of the Carlisle
Indians' football play is that they
tackle too high.
Chicago high scnool football aspirants
are required to undergo a physical
examination and obtain parents'
consent.
William C. Whitney's stable leads
in the list of winning owners of the
season. More than $108,000 is credited
his ronreseutativeii
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THE SABBATH SCHOOL .
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
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Subject: The Call of Moses, Ex. III., 1-1*
?Golden Text: Ex. ill., 12?M.emorj
Verses, 9-12?Commentary on tli? Day'*
Lesson. ' ,
Introduction?The life of Moses is di
vided into three periods of forty years
each. 1. He was in Egypt forty years,
during which time he was trained, first
in his own home, and afterwards in the
household of Pharaoh. 2. He was in
Midian foriy years, caring for th^ sheep
of his father-in-law, in the veiy wilderness
where he was to lead forth the
children of Israel. 3. The first eighty
years of his life were only a preparation
for his life work, which wa3 the deliverance
of Israel. For forty years he led
the people of God in their wanderingB, ?
as mev journeven to war as canaan.
1. 4 Priest of Midian." Or prince, or
both priest and prince: "the original has
both meanings." "Led the flock." For
aboui forty year*? Closes had been serving
as a shepherd, caring for the flocks
of his father-in-law. "Back of the wil-#
dernes?." (R. V.) During all these years
he had been hoWing communion with
God. and was being prepared for his life
work. But think of a man with power
and ability such as Mo3es had, being held
down for forty years with a few sheep!
Yet this was evidently God's plan. His
wanderings would make him thoroughly
acquainted with this whole region, and
this would be of great importance to him
when he came to lead his people out
from Egypt. "Mountain of God." Sometimes
named Horeb, at other times Sinai.
It was called the mountain of God because
God aonearcd upon it to Moses.
2. "Angel of the Lord." Not a created
anzel for he is called Jehovah. Vs.
4. 6. This was none other than Jesus
Christ, the Redeemer of mankind. "A
flame of fire." Representing God's maj.
esty, purity and power, and showing that
He was about to bring destruction to His
enemies, and light and comfort to His
people. "The bush burned." 1. # As an
emblem it instructs. 2. As a miracle it
astonishes. 3. As a magnet it attracts.
4. As a monitor it warns. This is, 1. An
emblem of the state of the Israelies in f
their distress. 2. Of the etate of the.
church in the world. 3. Of the state of
every true Christian. "Not consumed."
Showinc that this was fire from heaven.
3. "Why the bush," etc. He desires
if possible to see the cause of this strange
appearance. God will reveal to listening f
%ouls all they need to know in order to
be able to follow and obey Him. ,, <
4. "God called?out of the bush."
Flame is the best symbol of God. 1. It
is immaterial. 2. It is glorious. 3. It
is mysterious in its nature. 4. As light,
it is everywhere?omnipresent. 5. It ^
enlightens the world. 6. It is a source
of life, beauty and power. 7. It is undefiled
and undefilable, absolutely pure.
8. It is terrible as a destructive power. v
9. It is warming, cheering and life-giving.
"And said Moses." Moses being
thus addressed by name, must have been
more surprised by what he heard than by
what he saw.
' 5. "Put off thy shoes." Putting off m
the sandals is a very ancient practice ia
worship. The rabbins say that the priests
perform their service with bare feet in
token of purity and reverence. All Mohammedans,
Brahmins and Pafrsees worship
barefooted to the present day.
"This was required of Moses as a token
of his reverence for God, of his humiliation
for his sins, of his putting away all
impurity in his life and of his submission
and readiness to obey God's will."
6. "I am the God." God does not
sav I "was" the God of thy fathers, but
T "am" their God. The natriarchs were
still living, for God is not the God df the dead
but of the living. Mark 12:27.
"Afraid to look." He was overawed by
God's presence. 1
7. "Seen the affliction." That1 is, I
have considered their afflictions. Their
oppressed state, their sorrows, their tears.
their sighs, their heavy bondage had all
come in review before Him; for He
counts the sighs of His people and puts
their tears into His bottle. ,;4
8. "Am come down." When God did
something very extraordinary He was V"
said to "come down" to do it, as in Isa.
64:1. So Christ came down from heaven
to save fallen man. "And a large." Ca
naan was large eo' lpared with Goshen.
"With milk and honey." God called His
people out of Egypt, with its idolatry and
n <mnd land filled with
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good things. The milk and honey are *
typical of the richness and fulness of
God's grace. < .?
9. "The cry?is come unto me." God
had not come down to see whether the /
subjects of His promise were in such a
condition as to merit His salvation, neither
was He attracted by their excellences
or their virtures; but it was sufficient for
Him that they needed the great deliverance
that He was able to give.
10. "I will send thee." About forty
years before this Moses had undertaken
to deliver his people in his own way and
by his own strength. Now he had learned
, the other lessons God would t^ach him
and liis time had come. There >ib a vast
difference between God sending a man1
and a man running unsent.
11. "Who am I." Moses was the best
prepared for this work of any man living:
eminent for learning, wisdom, experience,
and yet he says, Who am I?
The better prepared any one is lor service.
the less opinion be has of himself.
"That I should go." Doubtless he was
affected by the remembrance of his former
failure. The work to be done was
great and dangerous. 1. His life might
be in danger. 2. What could a shepherd
do to influence a king? 3. It was
not likely that the Egyptians would
give up 2.000.000 people who were doing
their work without compensation. 4. To '
organize and discipline such a host of
untrained men would require great patience
and ability, o. It would be difficult
to induce the Israelites to risk all,
and leave Ejiypt for an unknown land.
112. "Will be with thee." My counsel
shall direct thee, and Mv power shall
bring all these mighty things to ,pass.
"Upon this mountain." God shows him
that in their return from Egypt they
would stop at this mountain on theiT
way, and would worship God in this place.
This would confirm the faith of Moses for
all the work of the long years which
were to follow.
Silk Industry Statistic*.
The Census "Bureau's preliminary report
on the silk industry in the United States
oKnvfa tVi.it tlie eanital invited aerre
pates $81,082,201. an increase of fifty-nine
per cent, since 1890. and that the value of
?ilk products in 1900 was $107.256,25S. an
increase of almost twenty-three per cent.
There are 4S3 est?biishments against 472
in 1890. The number of wage earners in
the industry i? 6.5,41fi, with total wages of
S20.982.)94. The miscellaneous ernenses
were S10.204.208, an increase of 141 per
rent., and the cost of materials used was
$52,406,663.
Cannot Stop Hailstorms.
Professor Willis L. Moore, Acting Secretary
of Agriculture, has issued an official
statement concerning the attempted
prevention of hailstorms by the use of,
explosives from specially designed cannon...
Professor Moore says in part: "We have,
here to do with a popular delusion, and
efforts should be made to prevent its,
spread in this country. The^ energy ex-.
p'ended by nature in the production 01
hailstorm, a tornado or a rainstorm prob-l
ably exceeds the combined energy of all;
the steam engines and explosives in the?
world. It is useless for man to attempt*
to combat nature on this scale."
t'rojjrcM of rrhfp'bniluTnjj.
The shipbuilding industry in the United
States._ c:*e!u?ive of the United States
Navy Yard, according to a nreliminary report
of the Oensnt Bureau had a total invested
capital or 8~fi,8!)9.fr51 in ]POO. This
h an increase of 181 per cent, since 1890.
Tlte value of product.?. including custom
work and repairing, was S73.444.753. an increase
of almost ninetv-three per cent.
There were 10S3 establishments and 43.121
ware earners. with total wages of ^4.338.100:
r."sceilan?ous exoenses. ?3.582/57, and
nntt r'( ?*i?.rpv:aln u?seH was S33.031.280.
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