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MAIWA'S
OR
ALLAN QUATER'MAIN'S Gl
By H. RIDER
Authorvf "She"King &
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CHAPTER II. o
Continued. 1
The bnllet struck true and Tvith a
thud he dropped his great head upon .
the ground, groaned and died.
This little matter having been at- .
tended to, I, with the assistance of
Gobo, who had now found his feet,
went on to extricate our unfortunate ^
companion from the aloe busl). ^
This we found a thorny task, but at
last he was dragged forth uninjured. t
though in a very pious and prayerful K
frame of mind. j
His "spirit had certainly looked that j
way," he said, or he would now have
been dead.
As I never iike to interfere with true
Dietv. I did not venture to suceest that
h'? spirit hart deigned to make use of
my eight-bore in his interest.
Having dispatched this boy back to
? the camp to teil the bearers to come
and cut that buffalo up, I bethought .
me that I owed that rhinoceros a .
grudge "which I should love to repay. j
Sv, without saying a word of what x
was in my inj*ul to Gobo, who was nowmore
than ever convinced that fate r
walked about loose in Wambe's coun- j
try, I just followed on his spoor. .
He had crashed through the bush till
he reached the little glade.
Then, moderating his pace some- ^
what, he had followed the glade down
its entire length, and once more turned
to the right, through the forest, shaping
his course for the open land that
lies between the edge of the bush and
the river. ^
Having followed him for a mile or so j
farther, I found myself quite on the c
open. I took out my glass and searched
the plain.
About a mile ahead was something
brown?as I thought, the rhinoceros. I g
iidvauced another quarter of a mile and ,.
looked once more?it was not the rbi- ^
? noceros, but a big ant-heap.
This was puzzling, but I did not like
to give it up, because I knew from his j
spoor that he must be somewhat ahead. ^
4 But as the wind was blowing straight
from me toward the line that he had ^
. lonoweu, ana as a rninoceros can smeu ^
3'ou for about a mile, it -would not, I ^
felt, be safe to follow bis spoor any
farther. , - > s
So I made a detour of a mile and
more, until nearly opposite the antlirap;
then ooce more searched the ^
plain. jj
It "was no good; I could see nothing j(
of him, and was about to give it up p
and start after some oryx I saw in
the distance, when suddenly, at a dis- |,
tance of about three hundred yards ^
from the ant-lieap. and on its farther
side, I saw my rhino stand up in a
patch of giass. jj,
Heavens!'' I thought to myself, u
"he's off again." p
But no: after standing staring for a t(
mirnite or two, he once more lay down.
Now I found myself in a quandary. g
As you know, a rhinoceros is a very
short-sighted brute; indeed, his sight ?
is as bad as his scent is good.
Of this fact he is perfectly aware, e
but he always makes the iuost of his j,
natural gifts. (l
For instance, when he lies down he jj
invariably does^so with li:s head down
wind. t,
Thus if any enemy crosses his wind. 0
Jie 'will still be able to escape or at- t!
tack him. and if. on the other hand, the
dunger approaches up wind, he will at j
Jeast have a chance of seeing it. tj
Otherwise one might, by walking del- ?
icatelv. actually kick him up like a
partridge if only the advance was 2
inade up wind.
Well, tlie point was how on earth ,T
should I get within shot of this rlii- 'c
noceros. d
After much deliberation I determined
to try a side advance, thinking that I a
' might so get a shoulder shot. r
Accordingly we started in a crouch- a
ing attitude, I first, Gobo holding 011
to my coat-tails, and the other boy d
-on to Gobo's mooclia. o
I always adopt this plan when stalk- 11
ing big game, for if you follow any h
other system the bearers will get out
of line. ii
We got to within three hundred yards c
right enough, and then the real difficul- b
ties began.
The grass had been so closely eaten t
\ ore by game that there was scarcely
any cover. c<
Consequently it was necessary to go v
on our hands and knees, which in my t
case in volved laying down the eight- r
bore at every step and then lifting it
up again.
However. I wriggled along somehow, e
and if it had not been for Gobo and his ii
friend no doubt everything would have t
gone well.
But as you have, I dare say. oh- r
served, a native out stalking is always
of that mind which is supposed to ac- 1<
tuate an octrieh. f
So long as his head is hidden he n
seems to think that nothing else can
be seen. a
So it was in this instance; Gobo and r
the otlier boy crept along on their
hands and toes, with their heads well r
down. but. though unfortunately I did c
not notice it till too late, bearing the s
fundamental portions of their frames
liiph in the air. f
Now all animals are quite as sus- li
picious of this er.d of mankind as c
they are oi his face, and of this fact
1 soon had a proof. t
Just when we had pot witbin about s
two hundred yards, and I was con- a
gratulatin/ myself that I had not had r
this long crawl, with the sun beating
on the back of my neck like a fur- .1
nace. all for nothing, I heard the hiss- s
ing notes of the rhinoceros birds, ?nd ii
up flew four or five of them from j
t'ae brute's back, where they had been
comfortably employed in catching c
ticks. 1
Now this performance on the part of
the birds is to a rhinoceros what tiie s
word "cave" is to a schoolboy; it puts I
him 011 the qui vive at once.
Before the birds were well in the fcir
2 saw the grass stir. s
f
reveng!
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REATEST ADVENTURE,
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HAGGARD.
'olomon's Mines," Etc.
"Down you go!" X whispered to t
soys, and as I did so the rhinocei
jot up and glared suspiciously aroui
But he could see nothing; indei
f we had been standing up I doubt
le would have seen us at that d
a nee.
80 he merely gave two or three snil
itid then lay down, his head still do\
vind, the birds once more settling
lis back.
But it was clear to me that he w
keeping with one eye open, and g<
rally in a suspicious and uncbristi
'rnme of mind, and that it was u:
e.ss to proceed farther 011 that sta
io we quietly withdrew to consider t
>osition and study the ground.
The results were not satisfactory.
j 11 ere was ?iusuiuiei,y uu w*?- siuv.
'xcept the ant-heap, which "was soi
hree hundred yards from the rliiu<
ros upon his up-wind side.
I knew that if I tried to stalk h
n front I should fail, and so I shoi
f I attempted to do so from t
arther side; he or the birds would s
ue.
So I came to a conclusion: I wov
:o to the ant-heap, which would gi
iim my wind, and instead of stalki
lim I would let him stalk me.
It was a bold step, and one whici
hould never advise a hunter to tnl
>ut somehow I felt as though rhi
md I must play the hand out.
I explained my intentions to the ro<
vho both<held up their hands in h<
or.
Their fears for my safety were a 1
lc mitigated, however, when I tc
hem that I did not expect them
ome tv itil me.
Gobo breathed a prayer that I mig
iot meet fate "walking about, and t
ther one sincerely trusted that r
pirit might look my way when t
hinoceros charged, and then they bo
leparted to a place of safety.
Taking my eight-bore and half
lozen spare cartridges in my pocki
made a detour, and reaching the ai
teap in safety. lay down.
For a moment the wind had droppi
mt presently a gentle puff of <
iassed over me and blew on towa
he rhinoceros.
By the way. I wonder what it is th
mells so strong about a man?
Is it his body or his breath?
1 utivtr licvci urcu uuic iv ixiunc ui
ut I saw somewhere the other di
Lint in the duck decoys the man wJ
i working the ducks holds a litl
iece of burning turf before his ruout
nd if lie does this they cannot smi
iin, which looks as though it were tl
reatb.
Well, whatever it was about me th
ttracted his attention the vhinocer
oon smelled me, and within half
linute after the puff of wind hi
assed he was up and turning roui
3 get his head up wind.
There he stood for a few seconds ai
niffed, and then Ld began to mov
rst of all at a trot, then, as the see
rew stronger, at a furious gallop.
On he came, snorting like a runawi
iiffine, with his tail stuck straight i
i the air; if lie bad seen me lie do^
liere, lie could not Lave made a bett
ne.
It was ratlier nervous work, I ci
*11 you, lying there waiting for h
nslaught, for he looked like a mou
lin of flesh.
I determined, however, not tc fire t
could plainly see his eye, for I thii
liat rule always gives one the rig
istance for big game.
So I rested my rifle on the ant-he:
nd waited for him, kneeling.
At last, when he was about for
ards away, 1 saw that the time hi
ome, and aiming straight for the mi
le of the chest. I pulled.
Thud went the heavy bullet.and wi
Tremendous snuri over ruueu u
hinoceros beneath its shock, just iil
shot rabbit.
But if I had thought that he w
one for I "was mistaken, for in a
thcr second he was up ;ind coming
le as hard as ever, only with his lies
eld low.
I waited till he was w.ithin ten yar<:
iv the hope that lie would expose li
host, but he would do nothing of tl
ort.
So T just had to lire at his head wi
be loft barrel, and tnke my chance.
Well, as luck would have it.
ourse, tiie animal put his horn in tl
ray of the bullet, -which cut tie:
hrough it about two inches above tl
oot. and then glanced off into space.
After that things ;#ot rather seriov
My gun was empty and the rhinc
ros was rapidly arriving?so rapid!
udeed. that I came to the conelusii
hat 1 had better make way for him.
Accordingly I jumped to my feet ai
an to the right as hard as I could ?
As I did so he arrived full ti
nocked my friendly ant-heap flat, ai
or the second time that day went
uost magnificent oropper.
This gave me a few seconds' sta:
ml I riin down wind?my word. I d
llll.
Unfortunately, however, my modf
etreat was observed, and the rhinc
ros, as soon as iie {rot his legs ngai
et to work to run alter roe.
Now r.o man on earth can run
ast as an irritated rhinoceros can g;
op. and I knew that he must so
atcli me up.
But having some slight experience
his sort of thing, I. luckily for ir
elf. kept my head, and as I tied I ma
.god to open my rifle, get the okl ca
idges out and put two fresh ones ii
To do this I had to steady my pa
i little, and by the time that I h
napped the rifle to I heard him sno
g and thundering away within a ft
>aces of my back.
I stopped, and as I did so rapic
oeked the rifle and slewed round
ny lieel.
By this time the brute was witi;
six or seven yards of me, but luck
>is head was up.
I lifted t!.*> rifle and fired at liim.
It was a snap shot, but the bul
struck him in the chest within thr
t
f /
^ inches of the first, and found its way I .
into his lungs.
^ It did not stop liim, however, so all j <
j I could do was to bound to one sidv. j f
which I did with surprising activity, j
and as he brushed past roe fire the J
cfher barrel into his side.
That did for him. ^
The bail passed in behind the shoulder
and right through his heart. 1
He fell over on to hfs side, gave one 1
most awful squeal?a dozen pigs could
not have made such a noise?and
^ promptly died, keeping his wicked eyes
^ wide oprn all the time. il
As for me, I biew my nose, and going *
jje up to the rhinoceros, sat on his head, 0
,os and reflected that I had had a capital 1
morning's shooting.
?d,
if CHAPTER III. <
is. TIIE FIRST ROUND.
After this, as it was now midday, s
Ist and I had killed enough meat, we
vn inarched back triumphantly to camp, J
on "where I proceeded to concoct a stew 1
of buffalo beef and compressed vege- j
as table.
?n- When this was done, we ate the stew, (
an and then I had a nap. }
se- About 4 o'clock, however. Gobo "woke 1
Ik; me up, and told me tb,it the headman 1
lie of one of Wambe's kraals had arrived
to see me. * ?
I ordered him to be brought up, and i j
mt presently he came, a little, wizened,
Tie talkative old man, with a -waistcloth '<
jc- round his middle, and a greasy, frayed I
kaross mado of the skins of rock rab- <
im bits over his shoulders. ,i
ild I told him to sit down, and then 't
he abused him roundly. |1
ee "What do you mean." I asked, "by j <
disturbing me in this rude way? !
ild "How did he dare to cause a person :c
ve of my quality and evident importance (
ng to be awakened In order to interview. ;
his entirely contemptible self?"
i I I spoke thus bocause I knew that it t
ce, would produce an impression on him. 1
no Nobody except a really great maD, it
he would argue, would dare to speak to i
m, iim in that fashion. i
)r- Most savages are desperate bullies <
at heart, and look on insolence as a i]
it- fiicn of rower. 1
Id The old man instantly collapsed. '1
to He was utterly overcome, lie said; '.i
his heart was split in two, and well .<
ht realized the extent of liis misbehavior. ]
he But the occasion was very urgent. \
ny He heard that a mighty hunter was j
he in the neighborhood, a beautiful white ]
th man?how beautiful he could not have i
imagined had he not seen?(this to me!) f
a ?and he came to beg his assistance. j
et, The truth was that three bull ele- j
it- phants such as no man ever saw had j
for years been the terror of their kraal, j
?d, which was but a small place, a cattle s
lir kraal of the great chief Wambe, where j
rd they lived to keep the cattle. 'j
And now of late these elephants had c
at done them much damage, but last night (
they had destroyed a whole patch of j
n. i___i 1 i,? thnt -if
mealie lium, uuu uc iwiw umv <
it, they came back they would nil starve
iy next season for want of food,
lio Would the mighty white man then
:le be pleased to come and kill the eleh.
phnnts?
?11 It would be easy for him to do?oh,
lie most easy!
It was only necessary that he should
at hide himself in a tree, for there was a
os full moon, and then when the elephants
a appeared he would speak to thein with
id the gun, and they would fall down
id (lead, and there would be an end of
their troubling.
id Of course, I hummed and hawed and
e, made a great favor of consenting to
nt this proposal, though really I was de- j
lighted to have a chance. c
ly One of the conditions that I made p
ip was that a messenger should at once j
.Tn be dispatched to Wambe. whose kraal t
er was two days' journey from where I c
was, telling him that I proposed to j
m come and pay my respects to him in a (
lis few days, and to ask his formal per- t
u- mission to shoot in his country. j
Also I intimated that I was prepared ^
ill to present him with "bongo;" that is. ^
ik blackmail, and that I hoped to do a
ht little trade with' him in ivory, of which
I heard he had a great quantity. t
lp This message the old gentleman
promsied to dispatch at once, though ! r
ty there was something about his manner j *
td which showed me that he was doubt* j
d- ful as to how it would be received. | 8
After that we struck our camp, and J
th moved on to the kraal, which we j
lie reached about an hour before sunset. | 6
ke This kraal was a collection of huts \ 1
surrounded by . a slight thorn fence; j ?
as perhaps there were ten of them in all. ^
n- It was situated in a kloof of the ^
at mountain, with a rivulet flowing down
id it. :l
(To be continued.) s
Is T
. ' The Coatllest Cane*. ,
US - * !
ke "A single joint malacea cane will al- i
ways fetch from $400 to $500," said the c
U, dealer. "Malacca hardly ever grows E
with enough space between the joints j8
of to make a single joint stick. Usually i
l1(> the joints are not more than a foot c
ln apart. When you find in Singapore? f
111jit is where malacea comes from?a ^
UP -
piece of malacca with the joints five
1!? feet apart, so that it will make a single
)C. joint stick, come to me and I will give t
y you .$500 for it. j
ou' "Malacca sticks with tie joints three I
feet apart are worth $30 or $40. Snake- !
|Kl wood sticks, if they are marked well? 1
,0 snakewood comes from Tritish Guiana s?
lt) ?are worth $40 or $30. A yellow ebu(j
ony stick?ebony comcs to us in logs a
a from Ce.vloti and Mauritius?is worth n
$20 or $25. Wanghee, from China, f
makes an excellent and costly stick? *
a perfect wanghee is wortu $20. Some
men tarry canes of rhinoceros horn. ^
These cost from $100 apiece on up. r
"The wood for canes comes to us
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from all parts of the world. Myrtle, L
olive and orange eonie from Algiers. *
ns Bamboo comes from Singapore. Rataj.
tau comes from Singapore. Gnie-gnie fi
on comes from Mauritius."?New York
Press. s
of 1
Seek to Cure Deafness. f
n. In a London hospit.-.l wave siren is s
rt. used to test what sounds a deaf person a
hears. Wlieu ouce it is discovered b
ce th.it a certain note is not heard or only fi
a(] heard indistinctly a tuniug fork of this
rt. note is selected, and an attempt is h
,w made to stimulate the muscle and to b
arouse the nerve. If the tuning fork is a
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Uj. not sufficient, tne souuu is juwwom u
01) by iue^ns of a resonator. c
A small bag of camphor gum kept ^
"n in ?i drawer or cupboard will drive '
:'-v away red ants.
The Greut Salt Lake, in Utah, is now
let crossed by a trestle bridge over twenty ci
eo miles long. ^
Hi pi
igopul^gefsqoegl
I VVlAWtVl'VVVWW'WVV'VlW'V
Dr. Tli. Mortensen, of *thc Zooogical
Museum of Copenhagen, is 6
n Washington to study the fish in
he National Museum.
The trials of electric locomotives
within the Simplon tunnel have ?
;iven a speed of forty-three and p
:hree-quarter miles an hour, 'which b
.vould reduce the passage through ii
.0 about seventeen minutes.
6
k
The rangs of years over which A
lancer is likely to occur is practi- #
rally the same in both sees?forty- g
iix-sixty-four?but the mean age of g
ncidence of the disease is 55.2
ears in males and 40.9 years in fe- 1;
nales. li
6
The latest theory about appendi- ,
litis is that advanced by Dr. Alexmder
Schmidt, of Altoona. who be- t]
ieves it may be caused, by the min- jj
ite metallic particles that get into a
inned food when the can opener i3 f
tpplied. h
A writer in the American Ma- ?
:hinist stated recently that a steam ?
)ipe of six inches diameter was cov- jj
jred with a wooden bo< of twelve
nche3 diameter which was filled with l
i sawdust mortar, one barrel oC u
ime in five of sawdust. Before cov- n
jring the pipe?nearly 700 feet in
ength? It condensed 1440 pounds 11
>f water hourly; after covering it Q
:ondensed 193 pounds hourly. ^
It is at last definitely settled that 1
he six new battle ships decided upon r
)y the French Government to rival r
;he Dreadnought, are to have a per- ?
nanent protection of a special kind ^
igainst torpedoes. M. Bertin, Chief g.
Construction Engineer to the French a
?leet, has made the announcement
;o the Academy of Sciences. The vi
Drotection is to consist of internal fi
irmor-plating inside the vessel at a u
certain depth below the waterline. ^
3ut nothing very heroic is claimed ?
or the system. The most expected e
s that a battleship even badly hit e
)y a torpedo can be kept afloat.
.(
The diamond has Tiow to yield its
jlace as the hardest substance d
cnown. The title henceforth belongs "
:o the recently discovered metal
J
tnown as tantalum, which cuts it- -j
;elf but diamonds only wear out b
.heir own edges against it. The ex- p
Deriment was tried of working a g
iiamond drill continuously for sev- ^
mty-two hours on a sheet of pure
netallic tantalum one twenty-fifth ^
)f an inch thici:?hardly thicker, jj
herefore, than a sheet of substan- 0
ial note paper. The speed of the ii
Irill maintained night and cay was f<
>000 revolutions a minute. At the tl
>nd of tbe test the sheet of tanta- 8:
um, so far from being perforated, "
vas only slightly dented but the
liamond in the drill was worn to ^
i stub.
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XTEREST IN ZAPLTE CULTURE, ji
a
Capitalists Investing in Mexican
Land For Raising Fiber Plant.
Zapupe culture continues to be a d
ield of largo investment for many "
:apitalista of Tampico, Meiico, and ^
ilso of many investors from the ^
Jnited States. Within the past f.
nonth there have bean six large ti
:oncerns, two of which are located t<
n New York and one in Kansas
}ity, that have sent their represen- ?
atives to Tarapico to look carefully
nto the question of zapupe culture.
Phree deals in land suitable for rais- e:
ng the fibre have been made, and h
everal others are pending. g
The nature of the plant has many "w
hings to recommend it to the Sl
ilanter; tt is very hardy, rans little &
itocks, matures quickly and lasts
ifteen years, is not dependent to 0
my extent on climatic conditions or e
noisture, and the fibre is extracted "
rom the leaves with economy. TherG o:
ire several grades of zapupe and
danters have not as yet come to an ^
agreement as to which is the best. ?:
The industry is in its infancy as
et. Planting at present is more in w
he northern parts of Vera Cruz, ^
hough there are several large tracts
et out in Southern Tamaulipas as 2
veil. n
Experts say that the zapupe fibre ^
s far superior to henequen fibre, ?
an be used in the manufacture of a ^
nuch finer grade of material, and as tl
uch will command a eood deal w
iigher price. On the other hand, pi
ne experienced, wealthy and in- hi
iuential planter in this State claims
hat while zapupe is undoubtedly a
;ood thing, heneouen in these parts
s better than zapupe, and far better m
han it ever was in Yucatan. ai
d(
Blind Men Successful Fishermen. ui
Three blind men fished skilfully, P'
ide by side, in a launch off Anglesea, ?
rawing in black bass and flounders c?
t the rate of one a minute. They jtl
ever missed a bite. They never tt
ailed to land a fish. Only the cap- ei
ain had to bait their hooks for them
-but then the captain baits the
looks of all deep-sea anglers as a
ule. ' . ii
The sightless trio, smiliug, said S<
bat blind fishermen were not rare; P'
hat in the institution where they ^
ived a full third of the inmates
shed. Ir
They pointed out that fishing is a r
port singularly suited for the blind. 3j
'o sit still, to catch fish by "feeling" ir
hem on the line, is, indeed, the only w
port where the blind are at no dis- f?
dvantage. Fly fishing, of course, is e1
eyond them, on account of the difcuities
of the cast.
Side by side in the rocking launch, b
auling in the bass and flounders
risklv their faces crnwiner rpdripr ?
nd redder with sunburn, the three
lind men fished and smoked antl
nattered, and at the day's end it
ras found that thoy had severally
aught more fish than any other man S1
board.?Chicago Chronicle.
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"Grass" widows mear.s in reality
curtesy widow, from the French m
orti "grace." -
PHE SUNDAY SCIIOOl 1
^TERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS ?
FOR AUGUST 12.
?
ubject: The Parable of the Two
Sons, Lake xvM 11-32?Golden
\ Text, Mat. iii., 7 ? Memory
Verses 17, 18.
I. Leaving home (vs. 11-13). 11.- b
A certain man." The simple, un- I
retentious beginning of th-e most o
eautiful of all parables. The man d
s here the image of God the Father, c
Two sons." The two sons may be g
aid to be representatives of man- t;
ind, for we have in them examples s
f two great phases of alienation "
rom God?the elder is blinded by ti
elf-rig'nteousness, the younger de- r
raded by his unrighteousness. 12. "v
The younger." He represents open- j.
Y wicked persons, such as the pubican.s
aDd sinners. He also repre- v
ents the thoughtless, careless youth, t!
13. "Not many days." He had r
ecided upon his course and hast- ^
ned to be gone. This shadows forth t]
lie rapidity (1) of national and (2) ^
adividual degeneracy. "Gathered ]j
11 together." Sinners who go astray g
rom God venture their all. "Took 6(
is journey." He was weary of his h
other's government and desired g
;reater liberty. The journey the ^
rodigal took represents the sinner ^
a his departure from God. He went e
ito a "far country," far from.truth. a
II. *In deep distress (vs. 14-16).
4. "Spent all." He did not stop y
ntil his last dollar was gone. "A g
lighty famine." The soul living at h
distance from God, and shut out j,
rom intercourse with Him, will very j(
oon feel its utter emptiness. A
lighty famine will follow. "In tj
rant." Real want is soul want.
15. "Joined himself to a citizen."
'he same wicked life that before was
epresented by riotous living is here ?
epresented by servile living, for siners
are perfect slaves. The devil is
he citizen of that country; he is j.
oth in city and country. "To feed
wine." This was doubly degrading, .
nd especially so to a Jew.
16. "With the husks." The husks g
rere not trie poas qi some otuer .
ruit, but "the fruitof the carob-tree,
sed. for feeding swine." He was ^
riven to the extremity of trying to ?
atisfy his hunger with the food that |
ras fit only for swine. So sinners ^
ndeavor to satisfy the soul witb ~
arthly and sensual delights. J!
III. The decision to return home
vs. 17-19). tJ
17. "He came to himself." Sin
ethrones the reason. A state of sin
5 a state of folly and madness, hut
L - ?? ? J ^ ~ /\n wf / H
Lit; UlilUiiCbb 19 iU LUC UCC.lt II
:3). "Bread enough and to spare." g
he lowest in my father's house has 0
read to give to the poor. God's f,
eople are abundantly supplied with tl
ood things. "I perish." Sinners $
'ill not come to Christ until they see n
tiemselves ready to perish. 18. "I p
'ill aris.?." He had left home of his v
wn free will, and he must return
1 the sanre way. God compels no n
ne to do right. "And go." Follow- a
lg the decision there must be an ef- e,
Drt put forth. In returning to God n
here is something to do. "I have t(
[nned." The first thing to do is to t]
lake a full confession of our sins n
1 John i: 9; Job 33:27, 28). e.
Against heaven." Against God.
!very sin is a sin against God. 19.
No more worthy." He is ready to
umble himself. He knows that in
jstice his father could shut the door .
gainst him; he pleads for mercy.
IV. The return and the welcome
vs. 20-24). *
20. "He arose." He immediately
id all of these things that he had n
ecided upon. "Great way off." He 11
ras coming slowly, in rags, in dis- ^
race, questioning aDout his wel- cl
orae. "Father saw him." The
ither was ever watching for his re- "
jrn. So God knows when we start
sward Him. "And ran," etc. Thi3 *
apresents the readiness with which
rod receives returning sinners. 21,
The son said." He makes his con- ?>
;ssion; he abases himself. C
22. "But the father." The fath- Id
r did not wait until he had finished cl
is confession. In mis we see tne w
reat affection of the father and hia in
'illingness to forgive. "Said to his m
srvants." The father's joy is full lo
nd he instantly issues orders to m
slebrate his return. "Bring forth P<
uickly." (R. V.)?Let us show at pi
nee by our actions that the wander- d<
r is fully forgiven and reinstated. SI
Put a ring' on his hand." A sign w
t affection. tc
23. "Be merry." Be joyful and , it
appy. The Bible gives the children V
f God license to shout for joy. 24. ki
Was dead." Lost to all good, given ec
p to all evil. "Is alive again." Her6 tb
as special cause for rejoicing. Who c?
ould not be a partaker of this joy? al
V. The elder brother (vs. 25-32). Is
S. "He was angry." Our Lord bs
ow holds up to the murmuring t
harisees a likeness of themselves, tt
s the elder brother is angry at the ci
>y which welcomes the prodigal
ome from his wanderings, so have
lese men murmured at the mercy
ith which Jesus has received the
Liblican and the sinner. "Intreated b<
id." As Jesus was then entreating SI
le captious Pharisees not to spurn ti
le repenting outcasts. 2 9, 30. In ly
lese verses Jesus gives, in parable, ti
le substance of the Pharisaic mur- U
urings: We are better than others ly
ad should have great respect and ri
2'erence paid us; but you have left fc
3 and interested yourself in these tt
iblicans and r.inners. 31. "All? el
line." All is within thy reach. If w
)u do not enjoy my bounty it is be- of
luse you v/ill not. Notice .that the \i
irable leaves the elder brother on tc
le outside, stubbornly refusiug to f.a
iter. F
Field Gun to Kill Farmer.
An Algerian farmer defied the poce
and barricaded his farmyard. rc
sveral rifle volleys were fired at his jr
lace in the hope of terrifying him.
s this apparently had no effect, a j
iree-inch quick-firing field gun and
elinite shell were brought into use. ^
? ?-? H ? ! * f non hnmhe woro firPfl
A U.I1 ^IgUbCViil K?\Sl*AK/K* VT Vt W ? . v?.
he first two flew wide, but the other
xtcen reduced all the farm build- J11
igs to heaps of rubbish, under !a
hich, when search was made, the
irmer's body was found. He had
fidently been killed by a rifle bullei
i the preceding day, so that all the
;rrors of artillery and melinite had ir
sen wasted on a corpse. It is per- D
aps ihe first time that the police s<
ave tried heavy artillery on one loua to
.aR. t-r
ca
Cnp For Channel Swimmers. at
Additional stimulus having been th
ven to swimmers who wish to cross w
ie Dover Straits by the offer of the 7.y
lexander Channel Cup, valued at lb
1250, Burgess, Weidmai1, Mew,
rol?fe, W. J. Jones and Mi >; Keller- sp
an have all beguu practicing in the ag
jighborhood of Dover. as
rHE~GREAT DESTROYED
IOME STARTLING FACTS ABOU1
THE VICE CF INTEMPERANCE.
itnrUing Figures Regarding tlu
Growth of the Liquor Traffic
and It's Vicious Results in the
of Wisconsin.
In a remarkable report just made
y State Commissioner of Labor, J.
). Beck, of Wisconsin (part third
f the twelfth biennial report of the
epartment for 1905-1906),that offiial
gives some startling figures rearding
the growth of the liquor
raffle and its vicious results in the
tate made famous by the brewers.
It is evident," he declares, "that
be liquor traffic is about- as deeply
ooted and important a business in
Wisconsin as it is elsewhere in the
fnited States."
The -commissioner says that the
alue of all property employed in
he liquor traffic, both owned and
ented, is about $33,500,000, of
'hich $26,300 is in real estate and
ae remainder in fixtures and sunries.
The total tax paid by the
quor traffic ii^ the State is about
594,000. The total number ofperons
in the State dependent on the
quor traffic for a livelihood is 68,00.
The total annual revenue from
le manufacture and traffic in alconHn
Urmnrs in Wisconsin fnr Per!
ral, State and municipal governlents
is about $S,3S4,786.
In connection with his report of
/isconsin conditions, Commissioner
leek epitomizes the official figurefc
e has secured regarding crime
"om the whole country in the foljwing
figures:
"In the United States out of a toil
of 25,630 persons convicted of
rime., who were interviewed in gathring
these statistics, 24,457, or 96
er cent., were addicted to the use
f liquor. Of this total number conicted
of crime, less than 1 per cent,
sed wine only, 17 per cent, malt
iquor only, 3 per cent, distilled
quor only, and 76 per cent, used
svo or more kinds of liquor. Out
f 1836 cases of insanity examined,
71, or 37 per cent., were addicted
3 the use "of liquor, and one-half
lis number is classed as excessive
rinkers, and over 25 per cent, of
tie 1836 cases of insanity were
lused directly bythe use of liquors,
f the poverty which comes under
le observation c> charity organiz#.ons,
25 per cent, is directly due to
le use of liquor."
Moderate Beer Drinking.
The Evening Sun informs us that
ae fifty million barrels of beer conumed
in this country in a year give
nly one glass for every working day
ar every man. woman and child' in
he country, allowing none for Sunays.
That is a good illustration of
tie way figures are often used to
rove that black iis white, or at least,
cry nearly white.
It is quite safe to say that fully
ine-tenths of the children never get
ny beer, and it is probably safe to
stimate that three-fourths of the wolen
and one-half of the men do not
such it. We suppose there is fully
tiat proportion of persons who do
ot use alcoholic drinks at all but
ven among those who do, there are
ery many who seldom if ever touch
eer. We think it is quite safe to
stimate that at the outside there
re not more than fifteen million
abitual beer drinkers in the country,
nd as the large majority of them
re "moderate" drinkers, there must
e enough beer left out of the fifty
lillion barrels to keep three or four
lillions of men and women pretty
rell soaked all the time, Sundays inluded.
Verily, as the Sun remarks, "the
rewers have reason to be satisfied"
nd so has .their master.?New York
/itness.
Crime Product of the Saloon.
Under the caption, "Are We a
hristian Nation?" a correspondent
l Blackford County shows the small
aim we have to such a title when
e spend millions yearly in supportig
armies, building ships of war and
anufacturing ammunition, and aliw
the saloon to exist everywhere,
aking criminals and increasing the
Dverty and wretchedness of the peoe,
protecting some 250,000 of these
3ns of iniquity under the Stars and
;ripes, etc. The articlewould sound
ell as a temperance lecture, but is
>o lengthy for our space. But one
em we quote, namely: "Judge
aughan says, from his own personal
nowledge as Circuit Judge and pros:uting
attorney for thirteen years,
lat ninety per cent, of the criminal
ises that come before him are due
most directly to the saloons.This
a terrible indictment against the
iloon. made by a thoroughly compe
:nt witness, and ought to be
loughtfully considered by all good
tizens.
What It Costs.
"Some one estimates that getting
jrn costs the people of the United
:ates $225,000,000 annually; getng
married, $300,000,000 annua'i;
getting buried, $75,000,000. Getng
drunk costs the people of the
nited States $1,300,000,000 annual,
or more than getting born, mared
and buried put together. What
Ily is this last expenditure, when
ie drink thus bought handicaps the
lildren with a deadly heredity;
hen the drink will make thousands
! marriages end in divorce: when it
ill bring at least tens of thousands
i premature death, as insurance
,bles prove."?Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur
. Crafts, in the Christian Herald.
Temperance Notes.
Forty-seven of the great trunk rail*
)ads now discriminate against drinkig
employes.
A Cleveland bank requires its emoyes
to 6ign an agreement not to enr
any place where intoxicating
juors are sold.
Governor Hanly. of Indiana, estiates
that it cost the State of Iudiana
st year $100,000 simply to pay the
irnkey and to supply the board of
en in the county jails under- the
large of intoxication.
Some people think that ycu can
oprove an iniquity by washing it.
r. Herrick Johnson punctured this
jphism: "Eetter saloons is better
idness, improved vice, a moral conadiction."
A Pittsburg brewery is making a
mnnisrn against the horrors of tea
id coffee. Both are said to contain
ejn and caffeiii. The brewery ad.
riter has worked himself into a frcnin
detailing the frightful results of
ein and caffein.
The working population of Glasgow
ends annually in drink. 011 au ;iver;e,
$10,707,230, which is three times
much as it pars for rout.
'
I T^gUGHTS^ Fp^THE;
QUlET^^Sorv
TWO PLOWMEN: A PARABLE OB
! LIFE.
Two fields lay side by side. Only a hedgs
Which ran athwart the plain dissevered
them.
i In one my title lay, and he who owned
j The other was my brother. Each alike
Had generous part of one ancestral lot,
And each alike due diligence displayed V
On that he called his own. At early spring'
Jlach with a shining share upturned the
soil
And gave it to the sun, the wind, the
shower. >,
Thenceforth we rested not. Busily we.
wrought
And wiped our briny brows 'neath bun*
ing suns,
Biding tne time of one far-off event. .
At summer's end we each one came at last
'jlo find our recompense. Each had his
own.
The end for which he'd toiled. Thro' all
those days y
Mv only thought had been no weeds should
grow,
But he had plowed 'mid rows cf waving
.corn
And in so doing killed the cumbering
weeds
That grew between. And now at sunt'
mer's close
Behold! my field was verdureless and bare,
While his was clad in vestiture of gold.
How vain mv toil. His recompense how,
full- '
Who reaped so much, yet plowed 110 more
than I!
?'T. Berry Smith, in Christian Advocate. ,
Hope of Glory.
In the change -which ta*5s place
when a soul comes to God tlie future
is changed as well as the past. All
things become new. . r
Some refuse to think of the futnre.
Having no hope, the future has no attraction
for them. They fix the mind on
other things and shut out the future.
Some dread the future. They sbud-T
der when the thought of death en-'
ters the mind.
But one who has found Christ has at
new experience with regard to the future.
He delights In the thought. He
rejoices that he is pressing forward.
tttaii 1^ Lo wa voflvci mnua
IXC IT VUiU 4iVt AiU TV LAJV jr wwfv;,
more slowly if he could. He is not
afraid to die, because God Is with him.
' Though I walk through the valley,
of the shadow of death, I will fear no
evil, for Thou art with me." He la
not afraid to meet God, because he ia
acquainted with Him. He is not ft
afraid to Jeave the world, because he la
sure of a better world. He dreada ,*
not to close this life, because be JiSS
the jtssurance of a better life. There
is a'bond of union between his spirit
and the invisible world- which he dla
tinctly feels. He has tasted the good
Word of God and the powers of the
world to come.
'The apostle exhorts us to be ready?
to give an answer to Him that asketbi
I a reason of the hone that is in us;
who can give such a reason??Cliris- /
tian Advocate.
/
A Leftion From the Power House.
"It is the earnest life after all that is
nedeed most," says the Rev. S. V.
Cole, in "The Life That Counts." "If
you should visit the power house
where they generate the electricity!
' that lights the town, you would find
there a switchboard' on which two
kinds of registers are set. One kind ,
measures what is called the ampfcrage,
or amount of electricity used, and the
other measures the voltage, or intensity
of it. The light that comes
does not depend upon the amount of
the amperage; the amount of electricity;
may be large or small; the light de- '
pends on the voltage; that must be
I kept always at tue ngnung poim; m!
tensity and not quantity produces light.
It is something like that with persons.
Ability may be great or meagre; ability,
Is only thp amperage. But look at the
earnestness of a man's life; that is the
voltage and determines the light. A.
man may-be able to do many thingsr
well and yet lack earnestness enough
to do anything sufficiently well to j
shine. When Jesus said to His disciples,
'Ye are the light of the world,' He
did not refer to the great amount of
truth which they possessed?they were
unlettered and ignorant men?but He
referred to the earnest way in which
the truth was held; they had left all
for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake."
On loor Knee*.
I remember some years ago climbing
the Weissborn above Zermatt Valley.
With two guides. There had been a
series of severe storms, and ours was
the first ascent for some weeks; consequently
we had a great deal of step- '
cutting to do. We had left the cabin
at two in the morning, and it was nearly
nine before we reached1 the summit, which
consisted, as on so many peaks
In the Alps, of splintered rocks, protruding
from the snow.
My ieading guide stood aside to let
me be first on top. And I, with the
long labor of the climb over and ex-,
bilarated by the thought of the great
view awaiting me. but forgetful of the
high gale which was-blowing on the''
3ther side of the rocks sprang eagerly
np them, and stood erect to see the
view. TUe guide pulled me down. ''On
;our knees, sir! You are not safe there
?xcept on your knees."
j? llf+c, ,,e. oil
.U)' yuUiJg J licnua, uuu mi.* mo ?.v
summits in life? high, splendid, perilous.
But these are nowhere more
splendid or more perilous than in our
routl;; summits of knowledge, of
friendship, of love, of success. Let wr,
as we value our moral health, tho
growth of our character and of our
fitness for God's service, see every one
of them as an altar on which to devote
ourselves once more to His will.?
George Adam Smith.
Make It Plain.
The past is written, the future is
beyond our control, but today is ours,
and is an opportunity to bestow a
gift which will be more welcome than
any whkh money can purchase. There
should be no guesswork concerning
affection; "make it plain," "write It
large."' Silence is golden when it renfcccccc
hiftcr words or ienorant com
raent. but it sinks like lead into the
heart which has a right to expect
tender and ;;ustful utterances.
| Rabbits Killed by Thousands.
Myriads of rabbits are causing the*
Southern Pacific Railway Company
trouble west of San Antonio. Texas.
It is exceedingly dry in that region v
and the rabbits are attracted to the
railway right of way in search o?
food at night. The electric lights in
use on the engines seem to daze them
and they ,are run over and killed by
the thousands. In some instances so
many have been killed as to seriously
impede progress of the trains.
Motor Boats at Venice.
Motor boats are taking the plactf
of gondolas for excursions at Venice.
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