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I MAIWA'S
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|-' ALLAN QUATERiWAIN'S
By H. RIDE
Author of "She," "Kifi
CHATTER VI. 10
Continued.
"The white uian is cleverer than a
jackal.
"Yes, 50 shall it be, and may the
Snake of the Butiana people stand up
upon its tail and prosper the war, for
so shall we be rid of Wambe and the
tyrannies of Wambe!"
After tnat tue gin iuaiwa sioou up,
and once more producing fhe dreadful
little dried hand, made her father'and
several of-hislieftd councilors swear by
.;it' and upon it that they would carry
out the war of vengeance to the bitter
end.
It was a very curious sight to see,
and the fight that ensued was, by the
way, thereafter known among the
tribes of that district as the "War of
the Little Hand."
The next two days wore busy ones
for us.
Messengers were sent out, and every
Available man of the Butiana tribe was
ordered up to "a great dance."
The country was small, and by the
^evening of the second day some twelve
hundred and fifty men were assembled.
At dawn of the following day, the
fourth from the departure of the heralds,
the main Impi started under the
command of Nala himself, who, know
1ng that His life ana cmeitamsmp uuzig
upon the issue of the struggle, wisely
determined to be present to direct it.
With him went Maiwa, who was to
guide them up the secret patb.
Of course we bad to give them two
days' start, as they had more than a
Jinndred miles of rough country to pass,
including the crossing of the great
'mountain range which rai} north and
south, for it was necessary that the
Impi should make a wide detour in
Viut'l IV COViij/c ucicv,iiv?i.
At length, however, at dawn on the
.sixth day, I took the road, accompanied
"by my most unwilling bearer?, "who did
not at all like the idea of thus putting
their heads into the lion's mouth.
Indeed, it was only the fear of Nala's
( ., spears, together with a vague confidence
in myself, that induced them to
accept the adventure.
With me also were about two hun..
dred.Butiawis, all armed-with guns-of
vnrious^ind^for many of tliese people
iad guu|,\thOTigh they were not very
proficient in the use of them.
But they carried no shield and wore
Jio head-dress or armlets; indeed, every
rwarlike appearance was carefully
avoided.
With our party went also a sister of
Maiwa, though by a different mother,
rwho strongly resembled her *iu face
and form, and whose mission it was to
personate the runaway wife.
That evening wc camped upon the
.+nn nf <hn cliff un which we had so
? ?r - j
ibarely escaped, and next morning at
ithe first breaking of the light we rolled
away the stones with which we had
blocked the passage some days before,
and descended to the hillside beneath.
Here the bodies, or rather the skeletons,
of the men who had fallen before
my rifie still lay about.
The Matuku soldiers had left their
comrades to be buried by the vultures.
I descended the gully into which poor
Gobo had fallen, and searched for his
ibody, but in vain, although I found the
spot where he and the other man had
struck, together with the bones of the
latter, which I recognized by the waist
cloth.
Either some beast of prey had car
Tied Gobo off, or the" Matuku people
had disposed of Lis remains, and also
of my express rifle which lie carried.
At any rate, I never saw or heard
any more of him.
Once in Wambe's country wo adopted
a very cimcumspect method of proceeding.
About fifty men marched ahead, in
loose order, to guard against surprise,
while as many more followed behind.
The other hundred were gathered in
a bunch between, and in the centre of
... v '.these men I marched, together with the
girl whp was personating Maiwa, and
all my bearers.
We were disarmed, and some of my
men -were tied together, to show that
we were prisoners, while the girl had
n blanket thrown over her head, and
moved along with an air of great dejection.
We headed straight for Wambe's
place, which was at a distance of about
twenty-five miles from the mountain
pass.
When we had gone some five miles
we met a party of about fifty of Wambe's
soldiers, who were evidently on
the lookout for us.
They stopped us and their captain
asked where we were going.
The headman of our party answered
that he was conveying Maiwa, Waiu:be's
runaway wife, 'together with the
white hunter and his meu, to be given
"up to Wambe in accordance with his
command.
The captain then wanted to know
why we were so many, to which our
spokesman replied that I and my men
were very desperate fellows, and that
it was feared that if we were sent with
a smaller escort we should escape and
bring disgrace and the wrath of Wambe
upon their tribe.
Thereon this gentleman, the Matuku
captain, began to amuse himself at my
expense, and mock me, sayiug that
Wambe would make me pay for the
soldiers that I had killed.
He would put me in the "Tiling tnat
bites"'?in other words, the lion trap?
and leave in* there to die like a jackal
caught by the leg.
I made no answer to this, though my
wrath was great, but pretended to
look frightened.
Indeed, there was not much pretcuse
about it?I was frightened.
I could not conccal from myself tli.Tt
ours was a most hazardous enterprise,
and that it was very possible that I
might make acquaintance with that
lion trap before I was many days older.
However, it was quite impossible to
<lesert poor Every in bis misfortune, so
& iad to go .on and trust to Providence
--
REVENGE
)R : <JfGREATEST
ADVENTURE
R HAGGARD.
g Solomon's Mines," Etc.
as I Lave so often had to do before and
sincc.
And now a fresh difficulty arose.
Wambe's soldiers insisted upon accompanying
us, and what is more, did
all they could to urge us forward, at
1 they were naturally anxious t<> get tc
' the chief's place before evening.
But we, on the other hand, had excellent
reasons for not arriving till
night was closing in. since we relied
upon the gloom to cover our advance
upon the koppie which commanded the
town.
Finally they got so importune thai
we had to flatly refuse to move faster,
nllpsrinc ns a reason that the cirl was
tired.
Tliey did not accept this excuse in
good part.' and at one time I thoughl
tiiat we should liave come to blows, for
there is no love lost between Butianas
and Matukus.
At last, however, either from motives
of policy or because they were so evidently
outnumbered, they gave in, and
suffered us to go our own pace.
I earnestly wished that they would
have added to the obligation by going
theirs, but this they absolutely declined
to do.
On vhe contrary, they accompanied
us every foot of the way, keeping up a
running fire of allusions to the "Thing
that bites'' that jarred upon my nerves
aud discomposed my temper.
About 4.30 in the afternoon wc eamc
ir? a neck or ridce of stony ground,
whence we could plainly see Wambe's
town, lying some six or seven'miles
away, '.nd 3000 feet beneath us.
The town is built in a valley, with
the exception of Wambe's own kraal;
that is situated at the mouth of some
caves upon the slope of the opposing
mountains, over which I hopci to see
our Impi's spear6 come flashing in the
morrow's light.
Even from where we stood it "was
easy to see how strongly the place was
fol'tified with schanses and stone walls
and how difficult of approach.
Indeed, unless taken by surprise, it
seemed to me quite impregnable to a
force operating without caunon. and
even cannon would not make much impression
cn rocks and r.tony koppie?
tilled with caves.
Then came the des.cent of the pass.
nvilnnns hncinosB it TTHK. fOl"
ilUU UU uiuuuvto
the path?if it may be called a pathwas
almost entirely composed of huge
water-worn bowlders, from the one to
the other of which we had 10 jump like
so many grasshoppers.
It took us two hours to get down,
and traveling through that burning
sun, when at last we did reach the
bottom I for one was pretty nearly
played out.
Shortly afterward, just as it was
growing dark, we came to the first line
of fortifications, which consisted of a
triple stone wall pierced by a gateway
so narrow that a man could hardly
squeeze through it.
We passed this without question, being
accompanied by Wambe's soldiers.
Then came a belt of land, three bun*
drcd paces or more in widtb, very rocky
and broken, and having no huts upon
it.
It was in hollows in this belt that the
cattle were kraaled in case of danger.
On the farther side were more fortifications,
and another small gateway
shaped like an inverted V, ana just, ceyond
and through it I saw the koppie
we had planned to seize looming up
against the line of mountains behind.
As we went I whispered my suggestions
to our captain, with the result
that at the second gateway he halted
the cavalcade, and addressing the captain
of Wambe's soldiers, said that wc
would wait here till we received Wambe's
word to enter the town.
The other man said that -was well,
only he must hand over the prisoners
to bo tijken up to the chief's kraal, for
Wambc was "hungry to begin upon
them," and his "heart desired to see
the white man at rest before he closed
his eyes in sleep,"' and as for his wife,
surely he would welcome her.
Our lender replied tliat ne eouiu.uoi
do this thins, because his orders were
to deliver the prisoners to Wambe at
Wambe's own kraal, and they might
not be broken.
How eould he be responsible for the
safety of the prisoners if he let them
out of his band?
No; they would wait there till Wambe's
word was brought.
To this, after some demur, the other
man consented, and departed, remarkins?
that he would soon be back.
As he passed me he called out. with
a sneer, pointing, as he did so, to the
fading red in the western sky: "Look
your last upon the light, white man,
for the 'Thing that bites' lives in 'the
dark.'*
Next day it so happened that I shot
this man, and do you know, I think
jiw.* i.~ St. nVir>T,+ /-miv hnmnn taeincr
lllrtl HC" io uuv/ui v???j 1,
who lias come to harm at my Lands
for whom I did not feel sincere sorrow
aud, in a degree, remorse.
CHAPTER VII.
THE ATTACK.
Just where we halted ran a little
stream of water.
I looked at it, and an idea struck me.
Probably there would be no water on
the koppie.
I suggested this to our captain, and
acting on the hint he directed all the
men to drink what they could, and also
to till the seven or eight cooking pots
which we had with us with water.
Then camc the crucial moment.
IIow were we to get possession of the
koppie.
When our captain asked me, I said
that I thought we had better march up
aud take it. and this accordingly we
went on to do.
When we came to the narrow pateway
we were, as I expec*>d. stopped
by two soldiers who were on guard
there and asked our business.
The captain answered that we had
changed our mind and would follow od
to Wambe's kraal.
" '
Tie soldiers said no: we must now ]
wait. j'
To this we replied by pushing them j f
to one side, and marching in single i
file through the gateway, which was |
distant not more than a hundred yards j
from the koppie.
While we were getting through, the
men we had pushed away ran toward a
the town, calling for assistance?a caH t
that was promptly responded to, for in I *
another minute we made out scores of i
armed men running hard in our direc- ^
tion. , ?** j
So we ran, too. for the koppie. _
'As soon as they understood what we
! were after, which they did not at first, ^
owing to the dimness of the light, they ^
did their level best to get to the koppie '
before us. ^
1 But we^had the start of them, and c
! with the exception of one unfortunate t
1 man, who stumbled and fell, we were
well on to it before they arrived. ^
This man they captured, and when
' fighting began on the following mornL
ing, and he refused to give any infor!
mation,. they killed him.
1 Luckily they had no time to torture
him. or they would cfertainly have done c
so, for these Matuku people are very |
fond of- torturing their enemies.
1 When we reached the koppie, the ~
base of which covered about half an 7
. 11
' acre of ground, the soldiers wno uau '
been trying to cut us off halted, for a
they knew the strength of the position. 11
This gave us a few minutes, before 0
the light had quite vanished, to recon- f
' notre the place. n
We found that it was unoccupied, for- h
tified with a regular labyrinth of stone 1
walls, and contained three large caves s'
; and some smaller ones.
The next business was to post the w
men to such advantage as time would a
allow.
My own men I was careful to put
; right at the top.
They were perfectly useless from ter- r
ror, and what I feared was that they b
might try to escape and give informa- [ c
tion of our plans to Wambe. r
So I watched them like the apple of b
my eye, telling them that should they li
da?e to stir they would be shot is
Theu it grew Quite dark, and pres- n
enlly out of tiie aaruness x uearu ?
voice: it was that of the leader of the t]
soldiers who had escorted us, calling to d
us to come down. fi
We replied that it was too dark to c
move: that we should hit our feet i?
against the stones. *
He insisted upon our descending, and t<
we flatly refused, saying that if any i<
attempt was made to dislodge us, we t<
would fire. t:
After that, as they had no real in- P
tention of attacking us in the dark, u
the men withdrew, but we saw from ^
the watchfires that were lighted fi
around that tbey were keeping a strict P
watch upon our position.
That night was a* wearing one, for j
we never quite knew how the situation !
was going to-develop. Fortunately we j e
had some cooke'd food with us, so we j b
did not starve. 9 .
It was lucky, however, that we had u
drunk our fill before coming up, for. as
I had anticipated, there was not a drop
of water on the koppie. ' c
At length the night wore away, and
with the first tinge of light I began to b
go my rounds, and stumbling along the
stony paths, make things as ready as I 0
could for the attack, which I felt sure j
would be delivered before we were two r,
hours older.
The men were cramped and cold, and f(
consequently low spirited, but I exhorted
them to the best of my ability, ] 0
bidding them remember the race from
which they sprang, and not show the I
- ' ' J -* lf.tnl.a I _
wmte ICUIDGF 10 U crowu Ui- iuaiuaa pdogs.
1 b
At length it began to grow light, and
presently I saw long'columns of men '
advancing toward the koppie. jj
They halted, under cover, at a distance
of about a hundred and fifty t
yards, and just as the dawn broke, a
herald came forward and called to us. ^
Our captain stood on the rock and
answered- him.
"These are the words of TVambe," *
he said. "Come forth from the koppie a
and give over the evil doers, and go in
.peace, or stay on the koppie and be .
slain."
"It is too early to come forth as yet,"
answered our man, in fine diplomatic
style. *
"When the sun sucks up the mist,
u
then will we come forth.
"Our limbs are stiff with cold." ' j1
"Come forth even now/' said the
herald.
'Not if I know it, my Doy, siuu 1
myself, but the captain replied that he
would come out when he thought
proper, and not before.
(To bo continued.)
Legends of Old Newgate. .
The number of persons confined in
the caverns at one time occasionally,
exceeded 100, and not a few noted convicts
served terms of imprisonment
there. Many are the legends that t
cluster about the crumbling walls, and j
every turn in the underground passages ^
suggests some story of one or another. 0
of the convicts who have been confined v
in their dark recesses. As he leads the j
way from point to point the guide de- j
lights to recall these tales, and before
you leave the place you feel that you i
have added to your circle of acquaint- ?
ances a number of more than doubtful
characters. Among them are the negro
Jake; Dublin, the Incorrigible; Henry
? Wooster, the daring Tory; "Priest"
Parker and "Old Guinea," with many 1
others of less note.?New England B
Magazine.
. \
The Civilization of Africa. a
The combination of landowners sur- f
rounding Donya Sabok, a spot which e
the libn, rhino, buffalo, giraffe and j
eland sepru to have adopted as a home f
of shelter and safety, have resolved c
to protect, in a degree, a preservation ,
of their rights and the animals as well. c
-** -1 *" ft 4- nrnconf 1
'A'lie game ox me cuumij ??.
plays a big part in the assets of our s
infant colony, and it is the duty of
both officials ami settlers to see that
laws regarding shooting and trapping c
of wild animals are rigidly enforced.? a
From tbe Nairobi (British East Africa) t
Globe Trotter. 8
0
Old Tom Corwin, as he was famil- 0
iarly known, Governor of Ohio, United c
States Senator and Secretary of the f
Treasury in Fillmore's Cabinet, used to c
say: "Be solemn?all the monuments C
are raised to solemn asses." . b
, P
It isn't woman's rights that some y
women are constantly clnmoriDg for; a
1 it's all the rights. o,
'
G ^?U5EHOLD2
For Washing Silk.
An old recipe for gashing Bilk of
.ny kind or color is as follows: Put
he silk, one piece at a time, into a
lasin containing alcohol, soft soap
,nd common black molasses, in equal
larts. Work the silk up and down
a this mixture, avoiding creasing the
ilk if any rubbing has to be done.
Vhen clean, hold the silk in one
land, and after drawing the liquid
uto the basin with the other, lay in
lear, cold water. Rinse in this and
:eep changing the water until it is
lear. Do not wring the silk at any
ime during the process. Hang, dripiing,
on the line, .until partially
ried, then press on the wrong side.
?Good Housekeeping.
A Home-Invented Clothes-Closet.
As my sleeping room had no
lothes - closet, I obtained a board
welve inches wide and four feet
Dng. This was fastened securely to
he wall by means of brackets, just
igh enough for me to reach conveasntly.
Into the board I screwed
bout two dozen hooks?the kind
tr> factor! ir>ln flip under Side
f shelves. This made ample room
or the clothes that were needed
aost, and has an advantage over
ooks put up against the wall, in
hat the clothes do not crush nearly
o badly. Some pretty curtains
eaching from the shelf to the floor
rere used to drape the closet.?Womn's
Home Companion.
The Kitchen Sink.
The ideal sink is of porcelain with
oiled edge, round corners, porcelain
ack and open plumbing without a
rack or crevice for dirt or the ever
eady water bug. He is ready still,
ut he must live in the open and not
ie concealed. A white enamel sink
3 almost as good as the porcelain and
1UCU less e.\yeii?i?c. ouapoivuG
late are very good, and so, too, is
he copper-lined sink. The great
anger in the porcelain and enameled
inks is the breaking o? delicate
hina and glass. The copper lining
3 much the best for that. The
rooden drain boards tipping slightly
Dward the sink are a great conven;nce.
Frequently rubber mats with
oughened surfaces are placed on
hese to keep the dishes from sliping.
There are, besides, wire and
ickel-pl&ted dish-drainers, .which
rill keep the plates separated one
rom another while draining.?Harer's
Bazar.
Why It Doesn't Save.
Do you find your gas-stove a real
conomizer? If not, may not these
e some of the reasons:
Lighting burners before ready to
se them.
Baking but one thing at a time.
Heating water or cooking in unovered
vessels.
Placing small vessels upon large
urners."
Using large burners when a small
ne would do.
Not turning out the flame before
emoving food.
Not lowering the-- flame when
ood is already boiling.
Heating flatirons with nothing
ver them.
And would it not be worth while
o make use of these suggestions?
'or the gas-stove can be, and should
e, an economizer:
Matches are cheaper than gas.
Learn to read the metre?a simple
ittle clock.
Soak dried foods before cooking
hem.
Heat water in the oven after the
aking is over.
When baking biscuits broil beefteak
below the same blaze. Both
equire quick heat, and both done
t the same moment.
Try the expert's rule of putting
oaf cake into an almost cold oven
nd baking with only one burner.
Use a steam-cooker if possible, as
whole dinner, from roast to puding,
may be perfectly cooked in it
:pon a simmering burner in three
tours.?Philadelphia Evening Buletin.
Iced Currants?Heat "t e white of
wo eggs until light, but not stiff.
Ldd one-quarter cup of water and
eat together. Dip large currants,
ne bunch at a time, into the egg and
rater, drain for a minute, then roll
a powdered sugar. Let the bunches
ie on paper until dry.
Hard Gingerbread?Half a cupful
if sugar, naif a cupful of molasses,
ialf a cupful of hot water, heaping
easpoonful of ginger, one heaping
easpoonful of body, two tablespoonuls
of shortening. P'lour enough to
nake it stiff. Don't roll, but put in a
hallow tin with the hand.
Steam Peach Pudding?Add two
paspoonfais of baking powder and
, half-teaspoonful of salt to two cupuls
of flour; sift twice and add
nough milk to make a tmcK Dauer
Jpat"thoroughly and rut a teaspoonul
of butter in each of si:: buttered
ups; add a thick layer of thinly
Meed, sweetened peaches; fill the
ups with baiter, set in a steamer
ver boiling water for half an hour;
erve hot with peach syrup.
Braised Cucumbers?Take as many
ucumbers as are required, peel them
nd cut into two-inch lengths. Cover
he bottom of a saucepan with a few
lices of fat bacon. Put in the pieces
f cucumber, with a sliced carrot and
nion, a clove, a teaspoonful of
hopped parsley and half a teaspoonul
of sweet herbs for each large cuumber,
with pjpperand salt to taste.
Jover the cucumbers with other
lices of fat bacon and fill the sauco?
an with Sufficient stock to cover the
fhole Stew it gently for one hour
nd serve it as an entree as an acomnanimant
tv or lamb
THE SUNDAY SCHOOT.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR SEPTEMBER 30.
Temperance Lesson, Gal. v., 15-2G,
Gal. vi? 7, 8 ? Golden Text,
Prov. xx., 1?-Memory Verses,
7, Topic: Life Contrasts.
I. The Spirit and the flesh at enmity
(vs. 16-18). IB. "If ye bite
and devour." In contrast to the love
of verses 13, 14. These are terms
drawn from the habits of wild beaste
in the order of climax. Bite designates
the momentary outbursts; devour,
the steady purpose of injury;
consume, the final result probable to
both parties. "Take heed," etc. As
wild beasts contend sometimes until
both are slain. The idea is that iu
their contentions they would destroy
the spirituality and happiness of each
other; 'their characters would be
ruined; the church would be overthrown.
16. "This I say then." Having
.pointed out the effects of violating
> the law of love, the apostle noW proceeds
to show how this" law may be
obeyed.' "Walk." This word is often
equivalent to "live." "In the
Spirit." This is differently explained:
1. By, or according to the
rule of the Spirit. 2. Ey the guidance
of the Spirit. 3. By the help
of the Spirit. Notice. 1. The antagonism
between the Holy Spirit in
all that he is and produces, and the
flesh -with its aDDetites and works,
2. The certainty of victory over the
flesh to all those who walk in or by
the Spirit. "Shall not fulfil." The
strongest negative possible. Ye shall
in no wise fulfil. If the Spirit of God
dwell in and rule your heart, the
I whole carnal mind will be destroyed;
and then, not only carnal ordinances
will be abandoned,but also the works
and propensities of the flesh.
"Lust." Desires. "Flesh." That
is, the evil impulses which have their
seat in the body. . 17. "Flesh lusteth
against the Spfrit" The two are
antagonistic; each seeks to control
the man and be supreme. One or
the other rules in.every soul.
18. "But." This-internal strife
may be ended. "Be led." By submitting
to the Spirit and by following
His drawings. "Not under the
law." Not under the restraints of
the Mosaic law or dispensation, but
under the control of the Spirit.
II. The works of the flesh (vs.
19-21). 19. "Works of the flesh."
The works which are done when the
man exalts the flesh and its desires
to a controlling influence.
20. "Idolatry." The worship of
false deities. "Witchcraft." Or sor
I eery. The use of charms, incantations,
etc., to produce preternatural
effects, "Variance." Strife; a "disposition
to dissent. "Emulations."
Jealousies, rivalry, endeavoring to
excel at the expense of another.
"Strife." "Factions." R. V. "Heresies."
Parties. Nothing is more in
line with the selfish, independent,
. fleshly nature than strife, contention,
factions and parties in the
church. 21. "Murders." Omitted
in the Revised Version. But if not
rightly in the text it is certainly one
of the works of the flesh.- "Drunkenness,
revelings." These are the
sins that follow the indulgence of
appetite. Revelings include drinking,
feasting, dancing, ribald songs
and debauchery in general. The
seeds or possibilities of all these sins
are in every unregenerate heart.
Many of them may lie dormant for a
time; many may never come into actual
life; but under favoring circum:
stances, away from restrains, they
J will appear in the life and character.
Every one of these evils is promoted
and encouraged by the use of intoxicating
liquors. Intemperance excites
every evil passion, arouses wrath and
hatred, leads to murders, is the
friend of revelings. Intemperance is
a work of the flesh. It exalts tlje
flesh above the Spirit.
III. The fruit of the Spirit (vs.
22-26). 22. "Fruit of the Spirit."
The fruit of the Spirit is one, yet
manifold. He who has the Spirit of
Christ has in him the root of all
Christian graces.
23.* "Temperance." Self control
in the gratification of appetites.
While this includes the abstinence
j lrom strong drink it must not be
| limited to this. "No law." There
1 is no law to condemn those whose
i lives are adorned by these virtues.
I 24. "Have crucified." The apos1
tie uses the strong figure of crucifixion
to show how completely Christians'?
those "that are Christ's"?
have forsaken and renounced the old
life. They are dead to sin.
25. "Live in the Spirit." The
Revised Version has "by the Spirit"
in both clauses. That is, if we have
entered into a spiritual me, lei us
continue in that life. 26. "Let. us
not," etc. The apostle again points
which were destroying their spiritual
life.
IV. Sowing and reaping (vs. 7,
8). 7. "Be not deceived." This is
a warning against self-deception,
which, strange as it may seem, is
common. "Not mocked." God is not
deceived or deluded. "Soweth?
reap." This is a universal law of
| God's government which He will not
i relax.
j 8. "To his flesh." He that gratifies
bis carnal desires and lives a
life of ease and self-indulgence.
. "Reai^corruption." A strong figure.
| He will reap ruin and spiritual death,
j A course of self-indulgence corrupts
the moral nature and ends in destruction.
"To the Spirit." He who
follows and obeys the Spirit. "Life
everlasting." In this promise is included
all that God has provided for
j His people in the world to come.
Oldest Fixed Da(e 4241 B. C.
Professor James H. Breasted, thf
Egyptologist of the University of Chicago,
announced in an article in the
Biblical World, that the oldest fixed
date in hi3tory is 4241 B. C. In thai
I ~ 1-?*v ontre * * * rs AO 10T1 rl Q V W35
tablished. the year beginning on whal
would now be July 19. Consequents
the calendar now in use is 6147 year*
old. The professor arrived at thest
conclusions during his long exploration
trip to the Nile valley, when h<
i/*o 1 rlntoc i T
f u ilipctl CV.1 IUC aOLLUUUUllUKi -the
old and middle kingdoms ot
Egypt. Professor Breasted recentlj
returned from Egyst.
Ray and Night Bark.
The directors of the Third National
Bank of Ealtimore have decided tc
keep the bank open twenty-four
hours every business d_ay in the year.
Tbis is said to be the" first all night
national bank in the country.
8tJiTiassins Harvest in Hungary.'^
Tha crop report of the Hungarian
Ministry of Agriculture estimates
that this year's harvest will exceed
those of the last twenty-five years. t
-y'.-fr . .
..
rHE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
The Publicity Cure ? A Man Who
Docs Not Wish It Known That
He Gets Drank Should Not Get
Drunk.
TVe have commented before upon
j the case of tbe special inebriates'
j train run by one of the railway companies
in Liverpool, England. The
[ company had arranged to run a
1 special evening train for drunkards
on the night of the bank holiday
there, but to their surprise there
were no drunkards, consequently
| ao special trains were required. One
' | or tnc railway omciais speamug m
1 I explanation of this recently is re1
ported to have said:
The premature publication of our
1 intentions ruined our plans. The
1 regular topers who before could be
relied upon to travel home drunk,
have been shamed into sobriety. The
i idea of being placed in a compart1
ment with the other drunkards dis''
gusted them, consequently they re1
solved, to keep sober. J consider we
bave done more for the cause of tem1
perance than any amount of legislation
could possibly do.
1 It would seem from this that a
good cure for drunkenness is pub1
licity.
In olden times the pillory was con
ceded to be a most extreme form of
1 punishment. This was largely because
the exposure of those thus
punished to publicity and contempt. I
' I Tn.div u man mnv cat. rlrnnk. and I
i It is hushed up. He is either stowed
away in some room in the convenient
hotel or taken care of by his boom
companions, or perhaps sent home in
a cab. And many men whom people
would not suspect of such conduct
have been the worse for liquor.
From the standpoint of the community
this is hardly right. The
community should know what kind
of citizens men are. People should
j be apprised of the character of men
whom they are called upon to do
j business with or who it may be are
I candidates for some office of public
trust.
A man who does not wish to have
I It knov/n that he gets drunk should j
not get drunk. The "fact" of drunkenness
is more disgraceful and more
. degrading than the knowledge of
[ such a fact. The wrong is not in
being found out. but in getting
drunk. That which makes a man
unfit for society and untrustworthy
in the discharge of his duty is not
the public knowledge of his insobriety,
but the fact of it. Society
is therefore wronged by the suppression
of facts regarding the man's conduct
in this regard, and men are
trusted who would not be were the
facts all known.
It might not be a bad plan to
adopt the publicity cure for drunkenness.
to make known to the public
those who degrade themselves In this
way, so that all men, -both high and
low, .rich and poor, should simply
appear to their fellow-men as they
are.
We fancy that if the limelight of
publicity were thrown on some men's
lives their action in regard to the
use of intoxicating liquors would be
vastly different to what it is.
The Liverpool incident would seem
to show that however carelss men
are regarding their behavior they are
careful regarding their reputations.
Why should the rich club frequenter
be allowed to tipple and
carouse In secret and yet retain a
high position in business, and the
ordinary wage-earner be forced into
the police court and be discharged
from his employment for exactly the
same offence?
The fear of sneers has induced
many young men to drink, and fear
of sneers would induce many men to
keep sober.
?!<-> n/linm ntfnotipfl mhprfi
! it really belongs, some good might be
done.?Pioneer.
Rnral Dtlivery in Aid of Tempevnncc.
Mr.' James L. Spink, one of the
best known traveling men of the
Northwest, has just returned from
a long trip through the country districts
of Minneapolis and reports the
success of free rural delivery of letters
along a line that can hardly
have been anticipated by those instrumental
in establishing the system.
.In ono of the towns where Mr.
i Spink sold goods he overheard a
saloon-keeper discussing rural de'
livery and advancing arguments why
the plan should be done away with.
The main point he made was that it
ruined business.
"Wily," S3.1CI IVil". }
"when men came into town every
day for their mail they were sure
to drop into my place while they
were waitiDg; everybody treated
everybody else, and it made trade
lively. Now the farmers come into
town but two or three times a .week
and more ofteh but once, and the
worst of it is they don't happen to
come in together for they only come
in for groceries or some other supplies,
and no two men's supplies are
apt to give out at exactly the same
time. This, you see, does away with
the matter of treating and reduces
trade tremendously. It's ruining
business, I tell you."
Mr. Spink took pains to inquire
of the business men he traded with
as to the correctness of the saloonkeeper's
judgment, finding that it
was generally conceded that rural
delivery had materially affected the
liquor traffic in the small towns and
gives promise of being a most
"?1!"? vvirtano nf inprpasincr tem- I
mcnug Ut <uv. w
perance among the farmers.?Minneapolis
Journal.
Temperance Xotes.
England has $91,000,000 invested
in breweries in this country.
Wisconsin has 603 towns, villages
and cities without licenses, and S29
in which bar-rooms are permitted.
Mr. Gough said of moderate drinking
that "Every drunkard becomes
so trying to be a moderate drinker
and failing.''
According to the census of 1901
there were 27,707 barmaids in
Ensrland and Wales. Of that number. |
7UJ2 were in Loudon.
West Virginia has Lccal Option in
force in about two-thirds of the
State.
Tiie movement toward the eighthour
day seems to be gaining ground
in Scotland, especially in one direction.
Many business firm are advocating
late opening in the saloons?
not earlier than ten o'clock in the
morning?and early closing.
The police of Paris regularly visit
the places where liquor are sold, to
have the spirits chemically examined.
The specimens are sent to a city laboratory.
and. if they are found to
be adulterated, the entire stock is
seized and emptied into a sewer.
.
THIS TO WIN. \|
,Who swings with every wind that blotny I
Or changes with each changing %? I
Into the harbor of succes? . .. ' fl
Hie craft will never guide. I
Through storm or shine, 'gainst wind tfS I
wave, J|
With never-lagging courage he >
Must steer his vessel ever on, 9
| Straight over life's rough sea. I
To breast the storm, the winds defeat* . I
The waves o'ercome?this is to win. /
| Who labors thus will hear at last jH
?Arthur J. Burdlck, in Los Angela*
Herald. ?
A Gentle Call i
Sometimes the Christian life begins
very--simply, especially- with the
young. Among those who have beea
under good influencefa in the home,
the Church, ,the""Sabbathr:scliool and
have been living sweet and gentlelives,
free from grosser forms of evil, v it
is unreasonable to expect any violent
"experience" or marked change
in the outward manner, of living.
Failing to recognize this fact,
many parents continue to wrestle
with the Lord in prayer for the conversion
of their children long after
the change has really taken place;!
while the children and young people
themselves, on account of the same
mistaken impression, continue long
in strong efforts and deep, unsatisfied
longings to become Christians- ,
after God has indeed accepted theiftv
and they are actually living devoted- 1
ly in His service. *
It is well for us all to recognise 1
how simply and quietly the Christian
life sometimes begins.
A thoughtful girl of sixteen years*
living in the country at a distance
from the church, which made attendance
irregular, read, on, a,Sunday,
the memoir of a Christian worn
an. un closing'tne volume, sne saiu
to herself, "That was a beautiful
life." And after a little thought**..she
added, "And I should like to lire
such a lile." A few minutes later,
she knelt down and said, "Lord; I
will try from this time."
The decision was made. She wtfat
on steadily, and is still a useful and
influential Christian woman, honored
and beloved, and widely known
for her beautiful and devout character.?G.
B. F. Hallock, D. D. .
The Measuring-Rod.
' Let us measure our duty in giving.
What shall be the measuring-rod?
1. Your capacity. "She hath done
what she could." \.
2. Opportunity. "As we havetherefore
opportunity, let ue do good,
unto all men."
3. Your convictions. "That ser-^ .
vant which knew his Lord's will and*
prepared not himself, neither did according
to His will, shall be beaten*
with many stripes." #
4. The necessities of others. "It
a brother or a sister be naked or destitute
of daily food," etc.
5. The providence of God. "Let
every man lay by him in store as God B
hather prospered him." B
j 6.-.Symmetry of character. "Abound fi
in this grace also." B
7. Your own happiness. "It is jfl
! more blessed to give than to receive.""
8. God's glory. "Honor God with' afl
your substance."?Watchman.
Beware of Pride. H
Let us beware of pride. Some we flV
proud of their lace, others of their
race, others of place, others of their
|. face, others . of grace. I have met
people who were proud of their humility;
and I rather think I was
proud once of a sermon on the -"^B
"Grace of Lowliness." Nothing shows H
more truly when a nature is out of H
union with Christ than the obtrusion H
of the self-life and the boast of vain- ''I
glory.
For s'hch a state of mind chastise* 9|
ment is inevitable, and who would H
not rather trust himself to God than -B|
man? David knew that God's mer- R
cies were many and tender, and cast IE
himself into His hands. Why do we H
dread God so much as not to trust
Him with our lives, that He may do
according to His good pleasure??F. Hfl
B. Meyer, in London Christian. Hj
A Test of God.
There is an old legend of an en<
chanted cup filled with poison and pu^
treacherously into a king's hand. H<
signed the sign of the cross, and B|
named the name of God over it, and
it shivered in his grasp. Do you take
this name of the Lord as a testl m
Name Him over many a cup which |B
you are eager to drink of, the glitten
ing fragments will lie at your feel^^H
and the poison be spilled on tlw RM
ground. What you cannot lift before HE
His pure eyes, and think of Him Bj
while you enjoy, is not for you.?Al<
exander Maclaren, D. D. 9fl
Christ's Claim. B
God will have every common man
who has known Christ, to come to 3
decision about Him. This is what
Christ came into the -world for. And
we, to whom He has been presented all ]H
our lives, can, least of all, hope t?
escape. The claims of Christ on th?
world are not going to be settled b9
our authorities. His last appeal is
not to the wisdoms or the powers o) MB
the world, but to the common humag
heart, with all its prejudice and pa&
sion; it is to you and to me.?George
Adam' Smith.
First Result of Self-Improvement.
Every real and searching effort at
self-improvement is of itself a lesson
of profound humility. For we cannot
move a step without learning and
"--1: *v"~ ?wwiri1n#? thn V/PJlk
leeilUB LUC naj MM
ness, the vacillation of our movements BB
or v/ithout desiring to be set upon
the Rock that is higher than curselves.?W.
E. Gladstone.
Tlic Grcatert. Rfl
He that is least in tho Kingdom oz
Heaven is g oater thnn he that
greatest outside.?Joseph Parker,
Jndia-Chinn Railroad Urged. 9|
The commissioner of commerce of
Burmah strongly urges the building HH
of a railroad into western China, as HH
the present pack-animal transport:
collapses four months annually, ow- H
ing to the rains. The commissioner
adds that India's future land trade in
China is doomed to stagnation until
the railroad is constructed. Nfl
Occupants Orrn Farms. BH
Nearly sixty per cent, of the farms
In the United States belong to theifl H|
occupants. 4 HH
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