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:l Prince Henry
jjfe Who !s Coming:
II Most Popular Man in the
IT is the most popular and the most g
accomplished of the Holienzollerns h
who is in a few weeks to visit a
America as the guest of the nation
?nd the personal representative 01 xiis i
Imperial Majesty William II. of Germany.
Prince Henry of Prussia, the Raises
only brother, is indeed 'one of the
few princes in Europe "who fulfill the
romantic ideal of what the son of a
royal household should be. A navigator.
a scholar, a musician, handsome
and dignified in appearance and lovable
in personality. His Royal Highness
will decidedly be the most interesting
visitor the United States has seen in
many years. And there is every reason
to believe that the olive branch of
peace which It is his mission to offer
us afresh will.be extended by a most
.graceful hand.
Henry, the sailor prince of Germany,
"Unser Heinrich," as he is affectionately
called, is now forty years old,
having been born on August 14, 1862.
Among the many points in which he
offers a striking contrast to his brother.
none is more significant than the '
fact that he was the favorite son of '
both his mother and father, and that .
he was loyally devoted to them both
at a time when William, then Crown '
Prince, was pursuing a decidedly un- [
filial course. Personally Prince Henry
is a little less tall than bis brother, c
PBINCE^E^NEr OF^PRUSSIA'S WIFE AND ^
family. k sh
1)ut is far more symmetrically propor- el:
tloned, and so well have-his twenty
years of seamanship agreed with him
that he gives an impression of perfect w
health. He has a handsome face and pc
head, and wears a close-trimmed blond Wl
beard and mustache, after the fashIon
of the present Prince of Wales, his ~~
cousin.
While Wilhelm's various, remarkable,
alarming and erratic attributes
and acts have earned for him all sorts
of titles among his loving subjects,
from War Lord down through all the
degraes of Ich und Gott, Wilhelm the
Sudden, Wilhelm the All Knowing,
Jack of All Trades, the Mailyphlst, the
Pickelhaube, and William the Vain.
Prince Henry has made himself so .
well beloved among the Germans that
they have honored him as they did his I
father. They called that good ~
man "Unser Fritz," and they call his *
younger son "Unser Heinrich."
He has earned their love byCl)
Keeping his mouth shut (except
once in Kiel): ,Ta
(2) Bearing the hard lot of a younger _
prince without expectations and with a th
mailyphist brother, in silence and with a
dignity; ca
(3) Minding his own business; he
(4) Selecting for that business that of ar
sailor. fa
Every nation with a crowned head of
demands a sailor prince, and the sailor
prince always is the favorite. Henry ci]
Is a real sailor prince. There wasn't se
any fooling about it. Few admirals in
any service in the world have seen as te
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PRINCE HENRY, BROTHER O]
much s?a service as he has. He
.worked his way up and served as a c
captain so long that all Germany be- n
came excited over it, and insinuated I
that his imperial and absolute brother ?
never would let him advance. a
_ Besides beinsr able to steer a shin or a
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er guns or scrub her decks, he can
lake excellent clocks.
OLUMBIA WILL ENTERTAIN GE I
If there ever should be a revolution
Europe that would make it desirable
r the Admiral to emigrate and begin
'e over again in a free and easy eouny,
he could hang out his shingle in
aiden lane confident that the merit
f his goods would bring a reasonable
nount of business to
Albert William Henry Hohenzollern, :
Formerly Member of the Firm of :
William II. (Limited), :
Now Manufacturer of Clocks. :
For Prince Henry learned clock
aking as a trade, following the Homzollern
custom of teaching each
lild a manual art. Wilhelm the
ighty is a glovemaker by trade and
said is to be as good at it as he is
emperoring, sculpture, statesmanlip,
oratory and poetry. Whatever
se he is, he is no slouch, but does
erything with all his might. I
The imperial yacht Hohenzollern,
bich will sail over here, is the most
>werful private yacht in the world
ith the exception of the Standart.
longing to the Czar of Russia. Like
ie kaiser's yacht as she will look
when completed.
at vessel, the Hohenzollern really is
warship. She is well armed, and
pable of being armed far more
tavily than she is. Her sides are
mor plated and she has a ram. In
ct, in all essentials she i3 a cruiser
no mean strength.
Her crew is uniformed, and the displine
aboard is that of a naval ves1.
Her interior is as lavish as her exrior
is grim and threatening.
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F EMPEROR WILLIAM II.
Miss Alice Roosevelt, who will
hristen the schooner yacht that is
ow lying on the ways at Shooter's
sland, in the works of the Townsend
: Downey Ship Building Company, is
tall well-built girl of the modern
thletic tvue. She ifi the daughter of
the President by his first wife, ani
was cared for by his sister, now Mrs
Cowles. wire of Commander Cowles
of the Navy, until Mr. Roosevelt mar
ried again. She is in her nineteentt
year.
Prince Henry's Itinerary.
This program of Prince Henry'a
I \ mopinnn tnlir was submitted to Em
peror William and the Prince, and has
been approved by them:
February 22?The arrival of the
Prince and his suite at New York.
IMANIA AT A L(A)UNCH' PARTY.
?From the New York Tribune.
February 23?The official welcome
by the representatives of President
Roosevelt, the Governor of the State
of New York and the Mayor of New
York City.
February 24?The launching of the
yacht at Shooter's Island and a dinner
to be given by Prince Henry.
February 25?A reception in honor
of Prince Henry, a dinner in his honor
to be given by the Mayor of New
York and, if consistent with these
GERMAN EMBASSY AT WASHINGTON, D. 0.
(Prince Henry's stopping place while at
the National Capital.)
functions, a reception by the Press
Club.
February 20?The Prince and his
party will pvoceed to Washington,
where the Prince will reside at the
German Embassy. He will exchange
calls with President Roosevelt and be
entertained by a dinner at the White
House.
February 27?Official receptions and
visits ancj a dinner at the German
Embassy.
February 2S?The Prince and bis
party will start for Chicago.
The appointment of the Prince's
time between Chicago, Milwaukee,
Niagara Falls and Boston, all of which
he will visit, has not yet been precisely
made. In fact, any part of the
official nrojrram may be modified.
Before sailing for home Prince
Henry will spend two or three days in
New York, visiting the city's objects
of interest and receiving privately
some of New York's notable citizens.
A Celebrated Roman Eater.
Touching the matter of eating, the
stories told by the old chroniclers and
historians of the abnormal appetites of
certain Roman and Oriental men of
note fairly stagger belief. Gibbon tells
of Soliman, a caliph in the eighth century,
who died of indigestion in his
camp near Chalcis, in Syria, just as
he was about to lead an army of Arabs
against Constantinople. He had emptied
two baskets of eggs and figs, which
he swallowed alternately, and the repast
was finished with marrow and
sugar. In a pilgrimage to Mecca the
same caliph had eaten with impunity
at a single meal seventy pomegranates,
a kid, six fowls and a huge quantity
of the grapes of Tayef.
Dangerous Dellfflitg,
A Ndtt Vnflr r.hvcipinn 1i?iq ror?pntT^
drawn attention to tlie danger of tuberculosis
infection in childhood from
visits to menageries. These greatly
loved visits of the little ones should,
he thinks, give concern to sanitarians.
To visit vthe monkey houses in the
zoological gardens and to remain there
as long as nurses, time and temper
will allow is the delight of every
child, teut monkeys also, like the
children of men, are prone to tubercle.
The commotion, dust, impure air of
the average monkey house are certainly
favorable to the dissemination
of tubercle?The Medical Press.
A Qweer London Character Gone.
William Day, a London character,
is dead. He always wore a high hat
inscribed in gold letters, "Prepare to
meet thy God." He had special permission
from Scotland Yard to wear
this hat. He made a special point of
promenading the Strand when the
theatre crowds were pouring out
from the matinees.
The old wooden boat bridge over th?
ancient Oxus, on the line of the TransCaspian
Railroad, is to be replaced by
an Iron bridge 5000 feet long, supported
on twenty-four piers. The estimated
cost ol' the structure is $2,000,?
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I COMBINATION CHAIR-TABLE.
Something New and Odd In the Way ot
' Furnitnre.
This unique furnishing piece, the
1 combination chair-table, is designed
especially for piazza or lawn use; but
COMBINATION CHAIR-TABLE.
It is quite attractive enough and sufficiently
finished to form a decorative
a/1J!44a*\ 4-n n wrf ??/%/% *> I** o m rtl* 5tl r* A1?
UUUU1UU I\J UUJ 1UULU ill OUiUUiU0 v*.
lounging rooms especially, or where
economy of space is a consideration.
"Alultum in parvo" might well be used
to describe it, as it combines a most
comfortable chair and convenient
table, with large drawer, in one furnishing
piece. It may be had in several
designs, in ash, dark green or
dark brown, or finished in weathered
ash, as desired. It is covered with
waterproof varnish to withstand
moisture or rain when used out-ofdoors.
Its attractive appearance,
convenience, substantiality and very
reasonable prite (from $8.50 to $11 in
different sizes) will commend this
piece to many.
Burled Cities of Aaia.
Duripg his recent 1-esearches among
the buried cities of Asia Dr. M. A.
Stein discovered much information regarding
the life of those cities which
for 2000 years have been immured in
the sand. The most striking excava- j
tions were made in the heart of the
desert of El Riya. There one settlement'was
exposed covering with Its
scattered dwellings and shrines an area
of about twenty-four square miles. Re
fuse heaps which were unearthed near
some ruined houses which apparently
had been tenanted by village officials
contained hundreds of documents,
beautifully written on wooden tablets
ana careruuy ilea ana seaiea. uwmg
to the preservative nature of the sand
many of these were in splendid condition?the
ink as black and the seals
and string as perfect as if they were
only a few weeks old. As these documents
are In a known Indian script
their decipherment can be cxpected to
reveal in a fascinating manner many
of the details of the ancient village
life
Vtricalture,
Thanks to Dr. Galton's studies, we
' know how much children inherit from
each of their ancestors; and it is theoretically
possible to calculate how
much increasing the productiveness
of the better individuals would improve
the race. Thus, if those who are
well endowed?and Dr. Galton believes
that it is possible to discover differences
in efficiency early in life?were
enabled to marry young and were
placed in favorable conditions, the efficiency
of the race would be increased
by an amount that can be calculated.
A Utopia such as Dr. Galton plans is
not easy to carry into effect, but it is
well to realize what enormous consequences
would follow were this possible
"under existing conditions of law
and sentiment."?Popular Science
Monthly. \
"" The Doctor's Circle.]
Each physician in the United States
has 655 persons to look to for his sup- i
port, for one to 655 is the proportion,
according to the latest Government
statistics. California stands at the
bottom?or top, depending on the view
I ?of tlie list, for there are only 4^6 actual
and prospective patients for each
M. D., while in Alaska 234!) persona
have to depend ou or take chances
with one doctor. New York is near the
average, with COS persons for each physician
to look after, and Pennsylvania
comes nearer the average than any
other States, with 6G2. Lying partially
between these great States comes New
Jersey, where the number of medical
practitioners falls off until one has to
care for GSU persons.
Coats of Anna Tabooed.
We second the motion of the New
England Historic Genealogical Society
that all Americans refuse to display
coat-of-arms in public. The fact that
there is more fraudulent heraldry now
in exhibition than at any time in a
hundred years, will be an added incentive.
aside from the greater question
of good taste, for the desired reticence
on the part of those who have the
genuine coat-of-arms.?Eoston Budget
llow Sh? Figured It Om.
Jimmy (with the peanuts)?"A little
girl choked to death eating peanuts |
the other day."
Jane?"Well, she'd be livin* yet if
she'd known New York Worl&
THE GREAT DESTROYE
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABO
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
The Wretched Panorama of Human I
ttire A-lrlft That the Bartender Watc:
Fasti Kcfore Him?Some Harm Done
"It," It Alwaya Meaning Whisky .
This is what the bartender sees:
young man with a cold face, much n
voua energy, and a tired-of-the-world
pression, leans over the polished, sih
mounted drinking bar.
You look at him and order your drinl
You know what you think of him, a
you think you know what he thinks of y
Did you ever stop to think of all 1
strange human beings besides yourself tl
pass before him?
He stands there as a sentinel, busin
man, detective, waiter, general enterta
er and host for the homeless.
In comes a young man, rather early
the day.
He is a little tired?up too late the ni|
before. He takes a cocktail. He tells 1
bartender that he does not believe
cocktails. He never takes them, in fa
"The bitters in the cocktail will eat a h
through a thin handkerchief?pretty t
effect on your stomach, eh?" and so on
Out goes the young man with the co
tail inside of him.
And the bartender knows that tl
young man, with his fine reasonings a
hia belief in himself, is the cormrn
drunkard of year after next. He vas s<
the beginning of many such cock .ii phi
gophers, and the ending of- the same.
The way not to be a .drunkard is ne1
to taste spirits. The bartender knows th
Eut his customers do not know it.
At another hpur of the day there con
in the older man. This one is the fre
faced young oldish man.
He haa small gray side whiskers,
shows several people?whom he does i
kiiow?his book of commutation tickets
He changes his mind suddenly fri
whisky to lemonade. The bartender p
pares the lemon slowly, and the m
changes his mind back to whisky.
Then he tries to look more dignified th
the two younger men with him. In t
midst of the effort he begins to sing "1
Heart Bowed Down with Weight of Wo<
and he tells the bartender "that is fri
"The Bohemian Girl."
He sings many other selections, oc
sionally forgetting his dignity, and oc
sionally remembering that he is the h?
of a most respectable home-^partly p;
for.
The wise man on the outside of the 1
suggests that the oldish man will get ii
trouble. But the bartender says:
"No, he will go home all right. But
won't sing all the way there. About 1
time he gets home he'll realize what mor
he has spent, and you would not like
be his wife. It won't be any songs tl
she'll get."
The bartender knows that the oldish m
?about fifty-one or two ? has escap
being a drunkard by mere accident, a
that he has not quite escaped yet.
A little hard luck, too much troul
and he'll lose his balance, forget that thi
ia lemonade, and take to whisky pern
neatly.
At the far end of the bar there ia 1
man who comes in slowly and passes
hand over his face nervously. The b
tender ?.sks no questions, but pushes, t
a bottle of everyday whisky and a sin
glass of water.
The whisky goes down. A shiver f
lows the whisky and a very little of t
water follows the jhiver. The man g<
out with his arms close to his sides, !
gait shuffling, and his head hanging.
It has taken him less than three m
utes to buy, swallow and pay for a libe
dose of poison.
Says the bartender:
"That fellow had a good business on
Doesn't look it, dotfi he? Jim over th<
used to work for him. But he couldn't
it alone." *
The "it" mentioned is whisky.
Outside in the cold that man, w
couldn't let it alone, is shuffling his w
against the bitter wind. And even in i
poor sodden brain reform and wisdom i
striving to-be heard.
His soul and body are sunk far beli
par. His vitality is gone, never to retui
The whisky, with its shiver, that tt
of a shock to the heart, lifts him up foi
second.
He has a little false strength of mi
and brain, and that strength ia used
mumble good resolutions.
He thinks he will stop drinking.
thinks he could easily get money backi
if he gave up drinking for good. He fe
and really believes that he will stop drii
ing.
Perhaps he goes home, and for the ht
dredth time makes a poor woman belie
him. and makes her weep more for j(
as she has wept many times from sorro'
Bat the bartender knows that tl
man's day has gone, and that Niaga
I Rii er could turn back as easily as
could remount the swift stream that
sweeping him to destruction.
Five men come in together. Each as
of all the others:
"What are you going to have?"
The bartender spreads out his hands
the edge of the bar, attentive and prepai
to work quickly.
Every man insists on "buying"' son
thing to drink in his turn. Each tal
what the others insist on giving him.
Each thinks that he is hospitable.
But the bartender knows that those m
belong to the Great American Associati
r-_ 11-- ~C T>
iur mu iviuiiuiuiiiu e ui lyruiuiaiuo tiuuu
"treating."
Each of these men might perhaps ta
i his glass of beer, or even something wor
with relative safety. But as stupidly
Mtampeded animals pushing each otl
over a precipice, each insists on buyi
poison in his turn. And every one sper
nis money to make every other one, if p
sible, a hard drinking and a wasted mar
You, Mr. Reader, have seen all th<
tyoe* and many others, have you not?
Why did you see them? What reas
| had you for seeing then? ?New Yc
Journal.
Needn't Lire With Drunkards.
No West Virginia woman need live w;
her husband if he is a habitual drunka
for the Supreme Court of the State 1
decided that, if, after marriage, the h
band becomes a drunkard the wife is ju;
fied in deserting him. For this cause, f
thermore, the wife is entitled to her dov
although at the time of his death she
living apart from him. The decision of 1
court is reported in the case of Neeley
Neelev, from Doddridge County. In
opinion Judge Dent says: "No woman
compelled to live with the worst of
brutes?a drunken brute?to the peril
her health and life, but she has a right
leave him and live apart from him ur
he furnishes her indubitable evidence'
reformation."
Ncnd of a Phj'ilcian.
Wa Irnnvr of man? men addicted
strong drink who have, in their sober r
ments. prayed long and faithfully that I
drink-devil might be cast out from the
but their habit has become a disease, a
they :air.iot heal themselves, even
means of prayer.
Help Needed.
To tell a man to cure himself of drui
enuesi portriya a large quantity of ign
ance upon the subject and a small amoi
of human sympathy. It sounds like ad)
ing a man to go into a cage of wild anim
without providing him with weapons
defense.
Beer in Factories.
So serious has the drawback ol be
drinking workingmen in Germany becoi
and so thoroughly is it reeogDized, tha
movement has been started to exclude i
drink from the factory premises. It 1
been not uncommon for a man to cousu
ten pints a day in his sjjop, while the
erage is put at not much below a gal
per day, excess being especially marl
among moulders. Several experime
have already been made in educating wo
ingmen to dispense with the morning a
afternoon recesses for beer, and one fi
making electrical apparatus in .Berlin I
found an increase of ten per cent, in p
duct per man since the change was ma
There is no arguing against such facts
these.?Evening Post.
IE THE SABBATH SCHOOL
UT INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR FEBRUARY 23.
Subject: Tlie Arrest of Stephen, Acta -H.,
he 1-13?Golden Text, iMatt. x., 28-Membj
ory Verses, 7, 3?Commentary on the
Day's Lesson.
A 1. "In those days." This phrase was
ier- used to mark an indefinite period. In
ex- Mact. 3: 1 it implies a number of years,
rer- while in Acts 1: 15 it marks a period o^
only a few days. The events of this lesson
c. occurred just before the death of Stephen,
which was only a short time before the
ou. conversion of Saul. "Was multiplied."
the Was becoming numerous. "A murmuring."
hat A complaint. The ground for the complaint
was that partiality had been shown
ess in the distribution of tne common fund.
in- 2. The twelve. ihe apostles. Matthias
was now one of their number. It
in seems that up to this time the apostles
had attended to this matter. "Called the
?ht multitude." As soon as they were inthe
formed of the complaints they immediatein
ly called the whole church together and
ict. proposed a plan by which these temporal
ole interests could be conserved. "Not rea>ad
son." "It is not fit." R. V. It is not the
proper thing to do. "Forsake the word of
ck- God" (R. V.) To leave the higher functions
to which we have been called. "And
iat serve tables." That is, to attend to the
.nd business duties of the church,
led 3. "Look ye out." Choose. Here we
;en see an organized, working church. The
ilo- apostles took the wise course in order to
allay any suspicion that they were showier
ing partiality or desired to control the afat.
fairs of the church. "From among you"
(R. V.) That is, from among the Gre
iea cians and Hebrews, that there may be jussh
tice done, and no further cause of complaint.
"Seven men." Seven was a saHe
cred number among the Hebrews and deiot
noted completeness.
4. "Continually to prayer." The origoxa
inal expression here used denotes intense
re- and persevering application to a thing, or
ian unwearied effort in it. Even apostles rould
not live without prayer. "Ministry of the
Lan word." The preaching of the gospel. It
:he is by "the foolishness of preaching" that
'he the world is to be saved. The minister
e " who does not pray much will be a failure
om spiritually.
5. "The saying pleased." There was no
ca. thought of neglecting any one, and the
ca. whole'body of the disciples rejoiced that a
,a(j remedy had been proposed. "Stephen."
jid A man in every way qualified to fill the
office. He nobly defended the cause of the
3a_ Lord Jesus and had the honor of being the
first Christian martyr. "Philip." In chapter
8: 5 we hear of Philip as a preacher m
ke Samaria, and be is probably tne same as
.t.e "Philip the evangelist" mentioned in chappy
ter 21: 8. Of the other five nothing ?g.
known outside of this passage. "Nicolas.
iat That Nicolas was the founder of the sect
mentioned in Rev. 2: 6 is a conjecture
without proof.
led "?et ^e^ore *he apostles." The peoj
pie chose the men, but the apostles confirmed
the selection. This implied a veto
, power. "Prayed." The apostles prayed
for these persons that they might be qualified
to fill the position to which they had
been called. ' Laid their hands." This
, was a symbol of the impartation of the
gifts and graces which they needed to
h13 qualify them for their office.
ar" 7. "Increased." That is, was , more
)U.f widely spread now that the apostles were
a11 freed from secular care?, and left to give
themselves unto the ministry of the word,
ol* The prosperity referred to shows that per;he
feet harmony had been restored. "A great
ses company," etc. This was the crowning
his triumph of the gospel.
8. "And Stephen." Very little is
in- known of the history of Stephen. It i8
ral thought that he was one of Peter's converts
on the day of Pentecost. "Full of
grace and power" (R. V.) He was filled
ce. with the Holy Spirit and had power, (1)
;re as a great resoner and (2) to work miralet
cles. "Did." "He was a man of deeds."
"Wonders." This is one of the words
used in the New Testament to denote mirho
acle3. "Miracles"?'"Signs." R. V. "He
ray wrought miracles, principally, no doubt,
bis in cases of sickness and suffering."
ire 9. "There arose certain." Stephen excited
the envy and jealousy of tne unbeow
lieving Jews, not only by the wonders and
rn. miracles which he wrought, and which
ills won distinction for him, but also by his
- a gift3 of knowledge and eloquence which
he employed in bearing witness for Christ.
_j TViotr konnmo ovfifpfl ar)r)him Dei*
IIU ~-7 m
to aonally, and engaged in discussion or debates
with him. They were Hellenistic
He Jews, and had previously known, Stephen,
,ng who was very probably a Hellenist himels
self. "Libertines"? 'Treed men." Ro^
man captives who had been given their liberty.
Many o? these had returned to Jura.
dca and they had a synagogue of their
;ve own in Jerusalem. 'Tacitus speaks of
0y 10,COO Libertine Jews." The Talmudlsts
w ' say there were 460 synagogues in Jerusa,a't
leia. "CyTenians." Cyrene was the chief
ira city in North Africa, and a great Jewish
he cofony. Numbers of Jews were settled
ja there, and . are said by Josephus to have
been a fourth part of the inhabitants of
the city. These Jews also had a syna*
?ogue. "Alexandrians." The Talmud
specially mentions the synagogue of the
Jews who came from Alexandria, in which
d city about 100.000 Jews resided. They
were the most learned of their race. "Cilicia."
' Paul's native province. "Asia."
?* This was the Roman province in Asia Mi*
k nor, and not the "grand division."
10. "Not able to resist." Not that they
owned that they had failed to sustain their
nnoitinn an/1 tliprpViv submitted to the
P truth, but that they could adduce no ar8
guments possessing any force in opposi,
tion to the wisdom and the Spirit wherelKe
with he spake.
se? 11. "Suborned men." Privately bribed
33 and instructed. "Against Moses." Steier
phen taught that the old dispensation was
j? m decay, and that the temple must pass
icl3 away. "Against God." This must refer
os* to the supreme dignity and authority
' which Stephen claimed for Christ.
?se 12. "They stirred up the people." At
this time the whole Jewish people were in
l0? a state of ill-suppressed frenzy and most
,r* sensitive jealousy for th$ honor of the Mosaic
institutions?feelings which broke out
in constant revolts against the Roman
power. This accusation was therefore the
it^ | most likely one they could have pitched
r<j upon to stir up ill will. "Caught him."
las Without law or form of justice the people
us. and magistrates rushed on the good man,
,tj. seized him and brought him to a council
ur. that was ready for every evil work. "The
^ :ouncil." The Sanhedrin.
13. "False witnesses." Their falseness
ou *
.jjg consisted in tne pcrvcitcu bums
^.g they gave to the words of Stephen,
hjj 15. "All?saw his face." All eyes turned
j3 upon Stephen. As he had been inspired)
a]j by the Spirit in his arguments, so now*,'
0j in the hour of trial, the Spirit shone outj
to upen his face, to testify of his presence!
within. "Of an angel." God's people!
0? ehine brightest in severe trials.
Do;i Trained to Lead the Illind.
A new field of usefulness has been
opened for especially intelligent dogs by
.jje the keeper of the kennel in England. The
'm animals are trained to lead the blind, and
n(J with this object in view they are taught
ky to walk in a straight line and at a steady
pace. To accomplish this result with a
young puppy requires about two months of
constant daily practice. The dogs are also
, taught to avoid carts on the street, and
V~' their sense of locality is developed to a
7 high degree. It takes about live months
to train a dog in all branches of the work,
''?* and when he has thoroughly mastered his
- profession he is sold for $10 or $15.
" Little Dorrlt'# Playground."
An interesting ceremony over Southwark
way, in London, took place, when a new
public park called "Little Dorrit's Playk
' ground" was opened to the public. The
I*Lg site was formerly covered by tiie Aiarsnaij
sea Prison, made famous by Dickens, and
me the adjacent streets are Dorrit street and
av. Clenman street, named for the novel.
I0n Thirty thousand dollars has been expended
.e(j in laying out this much-needed park in
this most dismal part of the old borough.
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ind Convicts to Work SKic Factory.
''m The South Carolina House of Reprcsenllas
tative8 has passed a resolution appointing
'j0* a commission to take steps to establish a
<l0. State fertilizer p'.r.nt, in which the State
aa phosphate rock will be used, and to operate
the factory with convict labor.
GOD'S MESSAGE TOMAN J
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE '. 'M
\unm ive rociTccT DanouFTC . 'tS?
Poem : Grant Xe Thy Peace?It la BUft*
take to SCeusara People by Thetr Oft? ? -./|r
paclty Rather Xlian by Their Qaality * '?>
?Christ's Point of View.
Lord, through the coining year I make no . . v"J
For wealth or power; neither that of grief ,*$25
I have no portion; but where'er I be,
Grant nie Thy peace! * .
I oak not that my days shall plea*or* i*
know;'
Nor that from sottqw^J shall find relief; .' V|$h
In hours of joy, in hours of pain, or woe, . Grant
me Thy peace! ^
If storm-clouds lower, if the sky be gray ' '38
And lightnings rift the air; if stormy sea* ^
Threaten to me engulf, dear Lord, I pray,
Grant me Thy peace!
If those I trust denv me. or betray. .?al
Til] sorrows' chalice holds but bitter leesf
If hopes, long cherished, fail me by tb# V-'.f
' Grant me Thy peace!
If joy bids fair to be my welcome guest-* - 'J ''Jj
Lest I forget?oh, leave ms not klone;
But let my happy heart have added zest;
Grant me,Thy peacel
That peace- which -passe ti" understanding x. >"
A peace which deadens pain when hop* .VJ
hath flown
In joy, in grief, whether I die or live, \
Grant me Thy peace!
?Elizabeth Crannell, in New York Sun* " ~
False Value*.
An artist was complaining to a' frieml " :'3|1
that American artists cannot afford to
paint large pictures because they could not
get prices that would pay for the work on
them. He said that those who. could ap?
preciate good pictures had not the money *>.' $
to buy them, and those who had the money - ' $
could not appreciate the amount of work -that
must be put into a picture. * ^
Happening to pass a large houee just
theu he saicT on chance, "This man, for instance,
would only buy small pictures, if
he bought, any." The friend, who happened
to know something of the occupant
of that house, dissented from this opinion,
: * 4.1**4 ??an knn<v1%f TM/tftlVM ^
II1<1 U 11 tuav uwu uvu&uv j , "^ 'j
at all he would want.to buy them by the ""V-ij
yard- ,
It is true of very many in regard to v',*$
other things than pictures that quantity;
counts for more with them than yialitr.
Indeed we are all more or less inclined to ' 'SaB
i make this mistake, even in our judgment . V?
of people. "We measure them by their ca~ .
pacity rather than by their quality. K.
meek. gentle, faithful, pure hearted, self- :
sacrificing man or woman who, perhaps ' ^-5
because of these qualities, is compelled .to
live in a poor house and wear plain
clothes, and who has no showy gifts' or accomplishments,
may be respected in a patronizing
way, but never receives the admiration
that is given so freely to the
popular preacher or to the successful "?g|B
money-getter or politician without any;'. . "' ?*
particular regard to-whether he possese*
any of the qualities' that go to make up ?.
Christlike character or not.
Every Christian win Acknowledge when
thinking of it carefully that this is a false
standard of values/ that manhood and ->$
womanhood should be judged by qaulity v&jH
and not by quantity, and that Chnstbke
humility snould command far greater ad- - ;
miration than outward success of any
kind. And yet we are all so much under
the influence of the ideas of the world in
which we live that it is very difficult to r '#?
pay tribute to whom tribute is due in the. , ]" *
full measure in which it is due when the very
qualities which demand our homage
keep their possessor from attaining to
what the world considers a respectable "fi
rank in the community. It should be our .
constant effort, however, to overcome <
I these false ideas and'look- at men and V,
I women from Christ's point of view. We
must learn to do so if we want to become - v
i .vx. 1? ^wr?, r TXKtntt
unrisriuse omacivco.?uvn TT - _
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God's Plana.
God has His plana in providence and N '-'.'h
grace. They do not develop in a day.
They ripen by degrees. This does not Bmt SjJ
the human mind. Men'call for the speed- ;<y2
ier processes. They become discouraged 'i
and doubting at seeming delays or slow . ^
movements. But this does not help matters.
Our God takes His own time. He .-'jaB
makes no mistakes. He will not be forced; : .*1
neither will He force His own creatures. . ^
He will not deviate from His ordained op- '
crations. He will not shorten the step*
between the beginning and the end of
His purpose. Every man must live out 2
his appointed life. Between his birth and
the grave lies an interval of preparation, :
discipline and development, and whether 1}
the period be long or short, there is no 'i'T|
escaping it. The intervening process is as
much decreed as are the beginning and the
ending. It stands related to the final out* -Income.
It forms an important part in -frg
God's great "scheme in regard to time and
eternity. At times the experience may be
I r?.? trvincr but the Christian will recog
nize God's band in it and abide the issot
with patience, resignation and hope, aa*
sured that "all things work together fof
good to them that love God, who are the
called according to Hia purpose."?The
Presbyterian.
Transfigured by J era a.
Hare you never seen a splendor of fact
that even the garments caught? I have
over and ov?r again. So have you unless .
your "eyes were holden" that you did . "*>V
not note it. I have seen a woman's face
over an old worn Bible that almost lighted
a room. I have seen a plain farmer man
speaking of the love of Jesus till even hi*
rusty clothes shone like broadcloth or like
a scholar's silken hood. I have seen Bushnell's
face in the high pulpit of the old
chapel at Yale, being aalTow and dull with .
sickness and disease, slowly change till * "
every eye in the chapel was fixed npon it
as upon a lighted lamp, this very garb
seeming to catch the splendor.?Rev. Dar
vid N. Beach, Congregationalist, Denver.
The Loom of Time.
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A Christian man's Hie is iam m w
loom of time to a pattern which he doet
not see, but God does, and his heart is ,
shuttle. On one side of the loom is sorrow,
and on the other is joy, and the shuttle,
struck alternately by each, flies back
and forth, carrying the thread, which i?
white or black as the pattern needs. And
in the end, when God shall lift up the
(finished garment, and all its changing hues
shall glance out, it will then appear that
the deep and dark colors were as needful
to beauty as the bright and high colors.?
Henry Ward Beecher.
Best and Peace. \
True peace and rest lie not in outward
things. There liveth no man on earth whe
may always have rest and peace without
trouble* and crosses. Wherefore yield thy>
self willingly to them, and 6eek only that
true peacc of the heart which none can. >.
take away from thee, that thou may eft overcome
all assaults. ? Theologia Germamca.
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True 8errlce.
The true divine service is simply the
sood life. Whatever in the highest and
best way serves mankind serves and gl<h
i-iiics God. ? Rev. David Utter. Unity
Church. Denver.
inrmaiB of i'rlme In New York City.
Joseph Deuel, President of the Board of
. City Magistrates, has made public his aninial
report of the cases heard in the police
courts of New York City. It shows that
2I6f) more ra-ses came before them during, \ .
1301 than during 1900. there being 95,55$ \
prisoners in all. 76,422 being males and 19> . '
133 females. This is the high-water mar*
for arrests in New York City. The arrests
for Excise law violations, however* ."-v.;.-?
were fewer than in any year since 1879.
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Capital Invested In Itlce Fields.
Capital to the amount of $20,000,000 is
in Texas invested in the rice fields.
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