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I || 1?> Aborigines !' of Japan. ?? By WALTER L. BEASLEY. 1/ ROBABLY one of tbe most I ^ interesting ethnological ex13 liibits at tbe forthcoming ' St. Louis Exposition will be a native village aud several rurally groups of the Hairy 'Ainus of Yezzo of Japan. Prof. Frederick Starr, of the University of Chicago. leaves shortly for the Orient to feecure typical representatives of this itoysterious and little-known race, who iwill be seen in this country for the /first time. They are one of the few 'peoples who still remain a puzzle to ,/lhe anthropologists. They have no I!{written language, no record 01 any kind to throw light upon their past. ?They are classed as the aborigines of Japan, and were found living upon /the island when the Japanese arrived there. The Japanese conquered and drove them northward to the cold and lees hospitable regions. They now dwelt on the island of Yezzo, just ^iiorth of Japan. A few own the Kur[ilea, while a portion have emigrated [ eross to the Russian penal settlement 'of SagbaHen. The men are noted for ho orfrortrdlrorr CTnwfrh Of hair, I .which covers their bodies, as well as for their long beards. Owing to their primitive ways, and peculiar religious and ceremonious observances, they afford au excellent subject for study. An extensive and picturesque collection ofi Ainu dress and ceremonial objects nas recently been received and installed at the American Museum of I A COAT MADE OF BAKE. Natural Historj, obtained by Dr. Berthole Lauffer, an Asiatic explorer, and partly by gift of Arthur Curtis James, Esq. The Ainns' dress, religion and mode iif*? nr#? nimost the same as those I existing hundreds of years ago. The reople are subjects of Japan, but have no voice in government, and are simply left to themselves. They have no ambition, and have not introduced into their industrial life any of the progressive methods of their near neighbors, the Japanese. They number about 16,000, a mere remnant of a once numerous and barbarous race. They subsist chiefly by hunting and fishing. The bear is still pursued and shot by means of xlie primitive bow and poisoned arrow, though the Ja Ipauese are endeavoring to esiorce a law against this method. An Ainu house consists of a frameWork of poles having the roof and Bides thatched with reeds, with a small hole left in the roof for the smoke to escape. The completion of one of these huts is considered a gala occasion, and marked by a housewarming feast, at which all the relatives and others who helped to build the same are invited. Cakes of millet are passed around, and a big tub of sake or rice wine is placed in the cen/% i5 flin rrtATTl IlUC VI lut IVVM.. One of the odd objects used by Ainu tneu are long woorlen sticks extensively oruamented, called mustache lifters. AIW WOJTEX WITH TATTOOKD MTTS I The most important Ainu | Ceremony of the year is the |?|| , great bear feast held in Sep- \ ||| tember and October. The bear ijj| is universally worshiped, and * is looked upon as one of the most honorable representatives '^SS of their various gods. To give pf | a bear festival is considered a great honor, and is likewise |||j Quite expensive. \ i DThese serve a doubie purpose, being I used in religious ceremonial worsuip; [wtoen so employed, they dip one end in the sake bowl, and offa: a few drops of win*, to (lie gods whom tlio.v desire to pray to. while in ordinar;. use they are utilized to keep I Lie I0115. beard out of the cup v.iii ? (Lie per so 1 is drinking. They are from twelve mi mmmmrnrnmasm PBArCR STIOIW. fourteen"inches rong, and earvea in various designs, and are highly treas- j ured by their owners, who do not care ? to part with them. ^ Young women are more prepossess- ? Ing than the men, and are much sought r AINU THATCHED HUTS. by the Japanese for wives. They t practice, however, the custom of tat- t tooing their lips so as to imitate mus- r taches, thus producing a strange effect c to their features. The tattooing is said i to be somewnat painrui. ic is uoue t by degrees, requiring about a year to j put the finishing touches on. The t tattoo is obtained from the bark of the t birch, a pile of which is burnt under a i kettle, until the bottom is well black- g ened with a thick coating. With a knife the woman makes a few in- ] cisions on the part to be tattooed, after which she takes some of the soot upon her finger, and rubs it well in the the gashes she has made. Several applications result in two dark-blue bands, * which will last for five or six months 0 hofnri* hpirtfi' renewed. f J One of the most curious and sacred 1 of all the Ainu belongings is the . "inao," or wooden prayer sticks, which hold the mo3t important place in their religion. The people believe in ' a great many gods aud deities, good ' and bad, who reside in and control the forces of nature. The inao are pieces of whittled willow wood, with the shavings left attached to the top. They are symbolic offerings In prayer, presented to the distant gods. Some are shaved upward, and others backward. They' are hung up in the windows, doorways, and iooked upon as charms, safeguards, and evils. They are also | placed near springs, river-banks, store- < houses, by the fireside, and in fact in every domain where the particular god is supposed to dwell. Near each hut is _ a small plot, which might be called ^ the Ainu church or temple, for it is ^ his special place of worship. This ~ ' ' *? - ? ? * ? -1- ? ? >.0 ai. nnloa ^ consists Ot U IIUUIUCI ul luauo ui tiuigo, upon which are placed the skulls of ^ animals, which have betn killed in a hunt or sacrifice, especially the bear. The men, old and young, with solemn 1 faces, sit before these weird-looking t objects and offci- sacrifices, pour out J libations of wine, and utter prayers to the gods, and implore them to re- 1 ward the supplicant with .success in c hunting. The material for the garments of I both sexes is made from the inner bark of the elm tree, which is put into 1 water to soak and to soften, after ^ which it is taken out, and the fibre divided into threads and balls. It " is then woven into narrow rolls of 1 - -4.1. - - ? rp rrnr. L'linu uu a [juuuuvc iuuui. o-lic ments are quite rough, ami have a faded brown color. The women are J somewhat expert in executing fancy needle-work, and in'their arrangement of patterns and designs, the embroidery and decoration is done with Japanese colored thread, upon the groundwork of their own elm-bark J fabric. In winter the women sew 1 bear, deer and wolf skins over the t elm fibre for greater warmth. The Ainu bear hunters undoubtedly outclass the best civilized sportsmen in bravery and courage. The latter consider one hundred yards off with a modern Winchester a safe distance for a shot for sua'i an animal. The Ainu method, on the contrary, is as unique as it is thrilling and dangerous. To rout them out. long poles are pushed inside: if one shows hiinself in TCAHE8. ' * ' I mmmmtmmmmtmmmmmmmammmmrntfi IAIRY AINO OP YBZZO, JAPAN. I fair vii?w he falls severely wounded by the poisoned arrow. Often they are smoked out. When a bear is firBt shot, be savagely and furiously at .ipIcs nis enemy. At close quarters. n<? Ainu discards Ijis bow and arrow, waiting one final onslaught. The .rounded and enraged ln?ast stands """ frt rvAJirwii iJIUII lies u.l u.J. m -?, i.-ill,, i., pon liis assailant. If tLie Ainu be a )i*;iami experienced hunter, he ivatches his chance to make tbe final mil fata! thrust. At the right time le rushes into the animal's embrace, ind plunges his knife into his body. But he does not always escape with>ut a reminder of the encounter, some of the less venturesome hunters iinploy another method. Armed with 1 long, sharp-pointed spear, they await he charge, and keep the points of heir weapons well hidden and covered )y a piece of cloth under tbe arm. The inimal seeing the hunter evidently vithout a weapon, makes a wild dash .'or him; quick as a flash, Wie hunter nerely steps aside, and the beast falls jpon the spear, which penetrates far uto his body. A great diversity of opinion exists imong anthropologists as to the origin md relationship of the Aiuus to other leoples. They have no linguistic iftinity to any neighboring or distant lations. Baeiz. a foreign investigator, >wing to their rather white skin and ion-savage appearance, advances the heory that they were formerly allied o a branch of a European Caucasian ace, which became divided and sepirated by encroachments of MongolTurkish invasions. Prof. Franz Boas, lowever, considered the foremost American authority, disagrees with his statement, and is of the belief hat they probably belonged to the Dast Siberian and Asiatic tribes.? Scientific American. FOR THE LONG AND SHORT Probably it is not the most serious >roblem of life, but it is at least one f the little worries of a great many >eople to get a bed that will fit tlir?rp .ire tens of thousands ** v* _ THE ADJUST ABLE BED# vho never gave this matter thought, >ut there are hundreds who have, and ome of these mny have literally spent ileepless nitjhts in contemplation of he question. In the first place, when a person's ltn Mn<A n 1\ A Aasitm^fl uuscies UilVC icia.\fu autl uc a^uuico I i reclining position lie is much longer j han he was tall as he stood on his : eet, and this discrepancy has been j nore than responsible for the failure j ?f a purchaser to properly judge the iize of a bed, so that wheu he comes o use it his head butts into the head>oard and his feet are securely vedged against the footboard. In this vay he Is deprived of the true rest'ulness of repose, as a contracted position is not only uncomfortable, but jnliygienic. The new adjustable bed can be engthened or shortened within a given | ange, and all such difficulties as have j >een described eliminated. A Folding Axe. Someone who has evidently had no j ittle experience 111 the use of axes and I latchets in places in which it was dif- j lcult to properly handle tuem ua3 j THE TELESCOPIC AAE. solved a knotty puazle for the rest of lumanity who may have suffered in :he same way. His idea consists of the making o? in axe whose handle may be lengthened or shortened by means of a telescopic arrangement of a very ingenious nature. This affair, as shown in the accompanying picture, can be easily adjusted to the wants of the user, and as the lxe is lield firmly in whatever position it is placed, there is really iu the possession of the owner of one of these uew contrivances not one hut half a dozen sizes of cutting aud hammering tools. InHAiiity in California. The number of insane in California in 18G0 was one to 1000, and in 1ST0 one to 500. At present the registered insane number one to 2GU of the general population. 1 BUTTONHOLE CUTTER. I New St>yle o! Scissors to Make R Task of t?he Dressmaker ? More Siniple. i Some of the most simple ideas of the j inventive geuius have proven of the I most value to humanity, aud it is safe ftt.it- H.,v i.lrta nf a Panned. 1 IKJ >CMUUC iu<ll IUC illCtl V4. c* L v.u?v^ ? vaiiia man for a buttonhole cutting scissors will develop into a wonderful i aid to all those dressmakers and others into whose hands it may fall. There have been buttonhole cutting UNIQUE BUTTONHOLE CUTrER. scis6ors before, it .s true, but here is au affair that combines au ordinary pair of scissors with one that will make the little slits in the cloth and will avert all necessity for laying down oue of the tools of the seamstress' art' for the picking up of another. This arrangement, which is made plain by the accompanying picture, rnnsisfs of a Dair of scissors which can be used in ordinary cutting, to the j handle of which is affixed a peculiarly shaped cutting blade which will do the buttonhole work in an instant when the cloth is placed beneath it There is no danger of its being mislaid or lost, for the worker has it ever before her, as she does the other cutting necessary in her work. * IMPROVED TOOL. An improved ^ jmbination tool that dispenses with a number of separate tools found in an ordiuary carpenter's kit, thereby avoiding the delay incident to the use of separate instru ments, is the saw-blade, try and bevel square. This combination had already been effected by previous inventors, but in such cases the combined bevel and try square was arranged at different angles to the back of the sawblade. and in some cases the handle of the saw was constructed to cooperate with the pivoted member. All such devices have invariably been capable of use at only one point on the saw-blade. Mr. Waters has succeeded in arranging the several members of his combination tool ." > that they permit of a much greater range of adjustment. The saw-'jlade is of the usual form, with a straight-back edge, divided and marked so as to constitute a rule or measure. On one or both faces of the saw-blade, adjacent to the handle, is a sector or angle scale, struck from a centre on the blade, at which point is arranged a smooth opening. Over the blade is passed a piece of material provided with a pivot hole and suitable for use as one leg of a Wnl fha hi/>!.- nf Hip S.1W equate ui uc?ti, mv. blade constituting the other member. This headpiece is held in any desired position by the fraction of the clamping screw shown. The opening on one sii'? of this member is threaded and nBanMaant\ MM SEVERAL TOOLS IN ONE. on the other smooth, so that by reversing the screw and introducing its threaded end into the corresponding threaded opening in the headpiece and briuging up the screw-end against the face of the saw-blade the bevel or square attachment can be engaged at auy point desired. A SPRING STIRRUP. A great many riders are unable to accustom themselves to llie jar of horseback riding and an Iowa man. who probably is numbered on this list, has essayed to solve the difficulty for them. As the accompanying picture will THE SPRING STIRRUP. show, the idea consists of a spring stirrup, the mechanism so arranged as to be concealed and protected by au appropriate casing. The jar to the rider is broken by the springs, which extend and- contract as the rider's weight is put on and taken from them with each leap of his steed. Ten years ago bananas and pineapples were rarely to be seeu in French fruit stores; now they are on sale iu most of them. I ! G O 0 D I : ? R O A D S. I 4n Important Social Problem. No tendency of modern times has caused so much uneasiness in the UHUU3 ul suL'iai puiiuaupueia auu it! formers as the drift of population from i the rural districts to the cities. That j this tendency is deplorable is admitted on all hands, but there is no general j agreement as to what should be done ! to discourage it. Recently, however. : public speakers and writers have beeu insisting that the way to keep the bright young men and women on the farms Is to ameliorate the conditions I of country life. The extension of telephone lines into the country and the rural free mail delivery are steps in that direction. But the general improvement of the country roads would be a far more important step. Bad roads do more than anything else to" promote ignorance, isolation, discouragement and disgust among the country people. Good roads promote attendance at school and the church; , they make social gatherings, literary societies, dramatic entertainments and club and lodge meetings possible during the winter and spring. With bad roads the farmer is compelled to hibernate, socially, for three or four months in the year. With good roads these months become the most pleasant and in some respects the most profitable in the year. The improvement of the country roads is now recoguized as one of the greatest questions before the American public; and it is coming to be recognized as a question which concerns not merely the rural population, but the whole people. Many public men have declared their conviction that road improvement is a proper subject for national as well as State legislation. Among the reasons offered ill support of this view are the following: i First?The improvement of the highways is too great a burden for a rural nnnnlnHnn <r? hpar fllonp. If left to %W them the problem will never be solved. Second?The improvement of the roads would benefit all classes through* out the entire country; hence, the whole people should share in the necessary expense. Third?The improvement of ' the roads is necessary to the extension of the ruraL free delivery system; and Congress is authorized by the Constitution to "establish post roads." Fourth?The improvement of the roads is certainly as fit a subject for national legislation as improvement of rivers and harbors. Alaska Asks For Good Road*. Director Martin Dodge, of the Office of Public Road Inquiries, who is staying at the Park Avenue Hotel, is enthusiastic over the work his office is I J- > OQ1/1 ha re? UUlUg. II 13 Lcuiaiaauic, ouxu **v.f ^^ cently, "what a hold the idea of good roads has taken on the minds of the people of every class in every section. I am answering all sorts of inquiries from this city since the Brownlow bill providing Government aid had- been introduced into Congress. The Office of Public Road Inquiries is a division of the Department of Agriculture and the postal official having charge of its mail tells us that letters for our department exceed in quantity the entire mall delivered to the other divisions of the department. In some sections of the South this subject of.good roads has actually superseded the race question in political and other conventions. The work of experiment and actual demonstration by our office of the value of good roads is bearing greater fruit than we had dreamed of when it was established. They are begging for aid from far off Alaska. On the Canadian side of Alaska, where good roads have received intelligent Government attention, flour costs $8 in the distant regions, where not far from the American line the same flour costs $32?all because of the expense of haul, ing over the existing American roadways. The demands of the people of the South are forcing some of the most conservative opponents of Government aid in Congress from that part of the country to take an attitude of approval toward the project. The farmer, the railroads, and almost every aggregation of capital are together on this subject. Good roads feed the railways and in return reduce the cost of commodities which go to the farmers. Manufacturers are benefited in both directions. The rural free delivery and collective system hinges on the Question of good roads."?New York Tribune. iJtf Anxious For Good Rcalg. Frank D. Lyon. Special Examiner of Highways in the Engineer's Department of this State, was one of the principal speakers in Madison Square Garden at the opening session of the Amateur Motor League convention. He told the members several interesting things about good roads and the growing interest that is being taken in the subject through the rural districts. There are now 298 miles of permanent highways completed in New York State, 178 miles are under construction, appropriations by counties and the State have been made for 1252 miles, and petitions have been filed | | by various countips for 4143 miles. It j | will take several years to complete the j greater part of these projected roaas. but Mr. Lyon predicted that the majority would be iu use within live years. ' This will do more for the rural com. tnerce of the State." he added, "than any other factor, including waterways, steam or trolley systems." In speaking directly to the automobilists, air. Lyon sounded a note of warning. "You are desirous of aiding this industry." he said, "but you must remember now vaiuauie is me co-uperation. the good-will and assistance of those w'jo own property on the public highways, and use the same for other means than pleasure and with other means of conveyance. When bicycle riders started scorching, the result was disaster, but the genera1, use of bicycles brought discretion and consideration. The result must be the same with you. or it will bring forth the most drastic legislative enactments which can be enforced. "?New York Times. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MARCH 27Review* of tlio First Quarter?Read Ltikf Ji.t 46-52; Iv.. 17-ao-Golclt.il Text, Matt. If., 23 ? Topic, " Tiie Might} Works of Jesus." Introduction.?During the quarter we have studied the life of Christ from His youth to the beginning of the third year of His public ministry. The first year is called the year of obscurity, because of the little recorded about Him. The second year is the year of His greatest popularity, while the third year is the yar ot opposi ition and death. His popularity reached its height at the time of the miracle ol feeding the five thousand. Lesson I. Topic: Jesus among the doc tors. Place: nazareth and Jerusalem Jesus grew and became strong like other children. At the age of twelve He went with His parents to the feast of the Pass over. When they start on the return trip the child is left behind; found in the temple with the doctors of the law, asking 'and answering questions; all were astonished; His parents gently reprove Him; He tells them He must be about "Hia .Father's business;" returns with them to Nazareth. ; II. Topic: Preparing the way, of the Lord. Place: The wilderness of sJudea. , Tiberius Caesar, Roman Emperor;* Pilate, Governor of Judea; Herod, tetrarch of Galilee; Annas and Caiaphas, high priests. John preached in the wilderness; baptized in Jordan; preached repentance; insisted that they bring forth fruits unto repentance; a thorough reformation required of all; pointed to tbe Messiah. III. Topic: Jesus overcoming Satan. Place: Mount Quarantania. .Jesus goes from Nazareth, in Galilee, to be baptized of John. John shrinks from such a step; Jesus urges it; is baptized; the heavens are opened; the Spirit descends like a dove upon Him; voice from heaven; led into the wilderness; fasts forty days and nights: afterward hungers; is tempted by Satan: 1. Command stones to be made bread. Cast thyself down. 3. Worship Me.^ IV. Topic: Christ and His gospel. Place: Nazareth. Jesus is in the synagogue on the Sabbath day. Reads from Isa. 61: 1, 2; applies the scripture to Himself: He can save the poor, the broken-heartefd, the captives, the blind, the bruised; they question regarding His lowly birth; He cannot heal there because He is not received; justifies His course by Elijah and Elisha; they think He puts them lower than the heathen; try to kill Him; He escapes. V. 'topic: 'lhe miraculous draught of fishes. Place: On the Sea of Galilee. Jesus walking by the Sea of Galilee; the people pressed upon Him: He entered into Peter'g boat and taught them while they stood on the land; commanded Simon to "launch out into the deep" for a draught; Simon said they had toiled all night and caught nothing, but he obeyed Christ's word; a great multitude of fishes inclosed; tbe net was breaking, and Peter beckoned to James and John to come to their assistL-i.1. filial until H(PV ance; uuiu auijj? ncic uuwu. w???M began to sink; the disciples were astonished at the miracle. Tney left all and followed Christ. VI. Topic: Christ healing diseases. Place: Capernaum. Jesus is in the synagogue on the Sabbath day.' Teaches the people; they are .astonished at His doctrine; an unclean spirit cries out; Jesus casts him out; fame spread abroad; at Peter's house; motherin-law healed; when the sun was down the diseased and those possessed with devils were brought to Him, and He healed them all and cast out the devils. He "suffered not the devils to speak." Jesus is not dependent upon the testimony or devils to cr.rry on His work or to prove His divinity. Tnere is no concord between Christ and Belial (2 Cor. 6: 14-16.) VII. Topic: Christ's power to heal and save. Place: Capernaum. Jesus is probably at Peter's house; a great crowd at the door; a paralytic brought and carried to the roof; the roof torn up; the bed let down; Jesus saw their faith; "Thy sins be forgiven thee-" the scribes reason; He speaketh blaspnemies; Jesus answers them; which is easier to say, Arise, or thy sins be forgiven? The cure; the people amazed. Tney glorify God, saying, '"We never saw it on this fashion." They saw that none but God could perform such a wonderful cure and they were filled with reverence and fear. The divinity of our Lord is here fully established. VIII. Topic: Reasoning about the Sabbath. Place: Capernaum. While Jesus and His disciples were walking through a field of grain on the Sabbath day, the disciples plucked the grain and ate it to satisfy their hunger; the Pharisees found j fault; Jesus justified their course by re- | ferring to David's act in eating the show bread, and to the priests who were obliged to work on the Saobath; He healed a man with a withered hand; they would lift a sheep out of a pit on the Sabbath day, and a man is better than a sheep. IX. Topic: True and false religion. Place: The Mount' of Beatitudes, or tne "Horns of Hattin." After a nujht of prayer and after choosing His twelve apostles, Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount to His disciples and the assembled crowds, in this lesson He shows that I mere profession is not sufficient; we must i be doers of the word and not hearers j only; the one who hears and does is lik- j ened to a wise man who built his house i on a rock and when the storms came it | stood; the one who hears and fail? to do is like a foolish man, who built on the i sand, and when the storms came his house I fell. J X. Topic: The power and authority of Christ. Place: Jesus and His disciples are crossiug the Sea of Galilee. Jesus is asleep; a great storm arises; they awake Christ and appeal tb Him to save them; He arises, rebukes the wind and says unto the sea. Peace be still, and there is a great.; ? i? 'ronrnvps them for their. caitu) ut ? _ weak faith; they are astonished at Christ and the wonderful miracle. Let all learn to have faith in God. XL Topic: Herod's great crime. Place: Macherus. The death of John occurred about the time the twelve returned. Herod Antipas was ruler of Galilee and Perca. When he heard of the mighty works of Christ he said John is risen. John had rebuked sin in high places. This is necessary, for, allowed to go unrebuked, the sin is made popular and the moral sense of the community is deadened Herod's course brought disaster to himself. XII. Topic: Feeding the multitude. Place: A desert place on the northeast coast of the Sea of Galilee. God can supply bread where it is least likely to ba found. Five thousand are fed. besides women and children; twelve baskets of fragments are gathered. After performing this r.onderful miracle the people were about to make Jesus a king, but He would noi permit it. He had ao ambition for Th.it nifrht He waved r?u\y .ilf ni^ht on the t mountain alone, I a;i?i between 3 and 0 o'clock went to Ilij j disciples, walking on the waves. Last Tear's Snnahine. The official summing up for 1903 as regards sunshine shows that all districts in the British Isles with one exception fell short of the average. The exception was England northwest, including Manchester, that curiously enough had an excess^ of fifty-seven sunny hours. In Scotland north, west and east, the defect was eighty-one hours, forty-eight hours and 133 hours. England northeast and east were short by 107 hours and 139 hours, while in England south and southwest the deficit was siityeight hours and 115 hours. The Midlands were behind by ninety-eight hours. In Ireland north and south the shortage was eighty-one hours and 119 hours. CommonIt* the islands in the English Channel were short of sunshine bv 1.1/5 houra. "Dull" Pupils Not Stupid, Bnt Deaf. For years the public schools of the Borough of Manhattan have had in every class one or more pupils who, to teachers and principals, have appeared dull, stupid and hopeless. In five cases out of six it waa found that indications of stupidity are not resultant from mental weakness, but because of deafness. Mm. Krupp Gives 8175,000 to Workmen. Mrs. Krupp, widow of the German gunmaker, kept the birthday of her husband by giving $25 each to 2000 workman whc had been twenty-five years with the company. .... - I God is Lots. Sweet and low, sweet and low, comes & song at eventide. Dweet ana low, sweet, ana low, tones in gentle cadence glide;' Soft and low, soft and low, as the dews of , . A evening fall, "God is love," saying, "God is love," and His care is over all. ; This we know, this we know, wheresoever we may move, Sweet and low, sweet and low, comes the message, God is love; * To and fro, sweet and low, we may hear . its echoes fall, God is love, saying, God is love, and Hi* care is over all. ?A. A. Payne. / * Charity Thinlcetli No Evil." The minister was conscious of the de* I>ression of Monday morning aa he sat ooking over the unanswered letters of the last two days. He wanted money?not much, but a little?and he could not shake off the helplessness which that want* brought with it. "I haven't a friend in the world of whom I should be willing to ask the loan of $130," he bitterly reflected"Friendship isn't worth much in dollar* ana :ents. * <>* '51 The money waa needed to pay a small doctor's bill for the baby's illness, for the minister had never been able to bring himself to accept the clerical immunity from doctor's charges. He wanted, too, with an unreasonable eagerness, to buy_ a set of maps for the Sunday-school, of which a sample lay on the study floor. He wanted his wife to keep her nurse maid another month. Fifty dollars would do the whole thing?but it might as well hare been $500 so far as he was concernedJust then his morning mail was brought in. A letter announced the death of as old friend?a woman whom^ he had met in. a summer vacation years before, and who had never forgotten the young preacher. She waa a spinster of modeqite means, but large and hospitable heart, and there wa? always a welcome and a comfortable meal ' in her home for him whenever he passed through her city. Now she was dead, and she had expressed a wish that he should assist her own minister in the service at her funeral. He gloomily thought that he could hardly afford to go. The $5 for his fare looked large to him. It would doubtless be a labor of love, and just now he did not love the labor. But he went, and he read the noble V words of St. Paul on death and the resurrection with an awakening sense of their depth and beauty. As he was leaving the old-fashioned house, now empty of the? gracious presence which had made it* plainness pleasant to him), the servant handed him a letter. It wan in the handwriting of his dear friend. The mere sight of it wrung his heart. As he tore it open a $1.00 bill dropped into his hand, and he read, "For my dear friend, in memory of the many hours when . , he has renewed my belief that youth may. have a deep regard for age, that true friendship seeketn not its own, and that Christ rules in many a human life." He read the words as in a dream. Had he, in spite of his frequent lapses into cynicism and doubt of human kindness, had he helped this strong, quiet woman to faith in human virtue? He had always been at his best with her. Ah, that was it! Suddenly, as in a vision, he saw that he waa forever bound by his best, committed t? it, judged by it. In one sense the revelation was welcome, in another sense unwelcome. But -r here it was, brought by the gift from the dead hand. It had not come as an answer to prayer, to relieve distress, or to establish his faith in a special ptovidence, but it had come to convince hijn' of his guilt for that easy, Monday morning pessimism which had cheapened all human love, ana for the moment had credited the devil's doctrine that every man is for himself. His sermon the next Sunday waa on the text, "Charity thinketh no evil," and his congregation went away with a noble assurance of the dominion of goodness ii> this world.?Youth's Companion. Tow Responsibility. Respect your individuality, says Rev. W. L. Watkinson. It is a good thing to recall that we stand alone, that we are insulated from our fellows, that each of lis stands out distinctly before God as if there were not another being on the planet. Jtteaiize rthis constantly. Do not confound yourself with other people, do not lean upon other people; stand on your feet. I We saw an article the other day in which the writer insisted that roses ought to be grown on their own roots; he said such, roses were stronger and safer, and that they thus came to the utmost perfection of their splendid nature. It is the same with men. Keep on defining your individuality, hold personal fellowship with God, grow on your own roots, grow for eternity. Realize your responsibility. Never attempt to limit it or to escape it: it is your, glory; it alone distinguishes you from things and brutes. We may not put our burden on our brother, but we may lean on God. Ho knows us personally. He does not know the ocean only, but the drop; not the milky way, but the star; not the meadow, but tne flower; not the mass, but the atom; not the million, but the man. He knows you and knows you altogether. And He .jctfn bear your burden. It would crush your neighbor, but it will not crush Him. He can bear it as easily as the Atlantic bears a bubble, easily as Mont Blanc a snowflake. Cast "all your care upon Hin? for He careth for you." The Perseverance of God. God is the one who does the persevering, even in saints. "He civeth power to the faint." When men hold out unto the end they feel, as Paul did that it is not they, but "God who worketh in them," It' there were no divine voice saying, "1 am with you until the end," there would be no perseverance unto the end. Well, we know how journeys tend to drag and grow weary at the last. Who of us has not at some time had the pleasant relief of a * friend coming into the train at the end of a tedious day's travel, the passing away quickly in interest of conversation the weary finish of the journey? Perhaps that is why the Bible is so full of promises about the end of life's journey. God seems to make it clear that He is going to meet us and go with us even more fullv and personally there. God will make Himself in closer fellowship the companion of thai "long last mile." " So SIi(ill the Strength Ue. TV* man cli.ill rpppivG his own reward. according to his Own labor. Not according to bis talents and opportunities, but to the use made of them; not to the harvest that is reaped, but to the seed sown; nob according to hia gifts, not according to his successes, not according to the wor.d'.y ap1)lause he may have won, but according to lis labor. This meets the case of every disciple, as well the poorest as the richest, as well the ob.?cure.st as the greatest, a* well the servant with one talent as the servant with five. Only be faithful to your trust, and when the labor of the day is over, and you go up to the great harvest home, you will be "satidied-' To Found a Mormon Colonr. The State Land Board of Wyoming ha* agreed to sell 16,000 acres of land in the Big Horn country to Apostle Woodruff and a syndicate of Mormons. The MornnrniMa to start a bier irrigation plant and to settle the land with at~least 20,000 Mormons. The coiouy already numbers about 8000 settlers. Served In Three TTara. On the United States pension roll of the Topeka agency is the name of a man who has served in three wars and is 100 year* oid. He is Thomas E. Sauls, of Webb City, Mo. , i -