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MAKE A
If there Isn't any pleasure
Waits for you beside the way,
If there's not a thing to grin at
In your journey day by day,
If v ou've got excuse for kicking
And for stirring up a row.
Don't you do it! Don't you do it!
Just be happy, anyhow.
Just be happy, just be happy;
Take the fiddle and the bow,
Snuggle it against your shoulder,
Limber up and let her go,
Till the world is full of music
And there's icy in every string,
Till you get all outdoors laughing
And von make the echoes sine.
S The Quest of
? ?
%mt BY FRANKLIN Vt
"Yes, he's an effective member of
the police force," said my friend, the
Indian agent. He was speaking of a
tail young Sioux in uniform, who
had just handed in a message and
stepped out of his office. ' I
"Twn \fonns was an odd boy." he I
mused, "a dreamer, and imaginative
to an uncommon degree. He was
about thirteen, I reckon, -when he
came near to bringing on war out
here, and by a curious incident as
trivial in nature as many which have
been responsible for bitter reprisals
on our frontiers. This was the way
of it:
"Two Moons was wading in the
shallows of .Antelope Creek one day,
and found an old horseshoe. He took
this to his brother, Little Chief, who
was a helper in our blacksmith's
shop, and the brother told him carelessly
of an old tradition which said
that any one finding an 'iron hoof
in a river, with the toe pointing up
or down, should ride to the end of
the stream, where he would find a
fine herd of horses which would follow
him home. The finder of the
shoe wa^ to go secretly, saying nothing
to any one.
"TWo Moons swallowed the story,
and kept down his excitement until
his mother slept that night. His
father was away somewhere, and the
lad took his gun and. cartridge-belt,
some bacon, which had recently been
issued, secured a pony and stole
away. He was certain that the toe
of the iron hoof had pointed up the
creek, so up the creek He went.
On such an errand, the day-dreainer
was bound to strike trouble sooner
or later, and Two Moons struck it
soon. He crossed the line of the
reservation some time in the night,
and had ridden fifteen or twenty
miles on the cattle range when ho
came upon a bunch of horses, young
stock, feeding on the bottom-lands.
Looking beyond, he saw that the
creek was apparently cut off by hills;
so feeling a 'heap good,' he rodo out
to the horses. The animals showed
no sign of wishing to follow him,
and Two Moons, concluding that
something was wrong with the 'medicine'
somewhere, drove the bunch
on aown xne vuuey.
t "It was now morning, and Two
Moons, dreaming of the excitement
which his arrival at the agency would
create, forgot even to eat his bacon.
He had jogged on for two or three
hours when, in turning a bend, he
i looked behind, to see a number of
horsemen riding hard on his trail.
"He had the real Indian's instinct,
in spite of his mooning, and he knew
at a glance that there were white
riders after him. He had made a
dreadful mistake in driving these
horses, after they had refused to follow
him. They were the white men's
stock!
"He knew what would happen to
' him should he be caught, and he put
the quirt to his pony, as much alive
and alert as he had been dazed and
dreaming. He rode a good pony,
which had done nothing but graze all
summer, ana ior a ume ne Kepi ms
" lead. He had nearly reached the
reservation line when his horse began
to give out. His pursuers were
swiftly gaining, when, in dashing
over a rise, he came face to face with
his brother.
"Two Moons' absence had been
discovered early in the morning, and
Little Chief, guessing the cause, had
taken the trail, and was riding hard
after him. The brothers' horses
both were well biqkwn, and, there
being no need of words, the elder
wheeled and led the way into a
coulee which he had crossed a little
time before. At the head of this ravine
the two turned their ponies
loose and took to cover, where they
had perfect command of every approach
without exposing themselves.
"Well, the cow-men came up, and
warned by a couple of shots, grasped
the situation. There were five of
them, and they posted four, so as to
hold the Indians. Then the fifth rode
away after help.
"It was about this time, I reckon,
that Twn MnnnR1 father r>am? in frnrn
his visiting; and he posted after his
sons, to come back in the afternoon
and report their situation to me.
Much disquieted, I cautioned the
father to say nothing to any one else,
but to get a fresh pony at once, and
guide me to the besieged.
"It was after dark when we reached
the ground. I posted my guide at the
mouth of the coulee, and soon was
among the besiegers. There were a
dozen or more angry cow-men surrounding
a covert so perfect that
they couldn't rush the Sioux without
a certainty of serious loss of life.
"I found their leader, a ranch foreman
named Farrell, whom I knew. I
told him my version of Two Moons'
quest, and begged him to drop the
matter. He and two others who
stood with him laughed at my tale,
which I must confess, though I doubted
not of its truth, smacked of improbability.
They declared that they
would 'get those thieving Sioux,' if
tney nau 10 starve mem out: l-iau
they been within the reservation liraits,
I might have made my authority
felt, but they we're well outside my
jurisdiction; and I saw that neither
threat nor persuasion could avail.
"After some talk I went back to
w>ere I had posted Chaska?Two
Moons' father?only to find that he
was gone. I knew then that, in spite
of my injunction, he had passed the
word of his boys' plight out over the
agency. The coy.'-men must sack
. BLUFF. IJ
'It's a duty you are owing t
To the world to shake your feet,
And to lift your voice in singin'
Till the music fills the street; '
If the world is dark and glocmy ]
And you haven't got a friend, t
It's your duty to dissemble, f
It's your duty to pretend.
If you meet the world a-grinnin>, t
Then the world will grin at vou; ,
You can laugh the clouds to flinders.
Till the blue sky glimmers through; '
If you just pretend you're happy.
With your whole rwart in the bluff .
Then, almost before you know it,
You'll be happy, sure enough!
?Houston Poet. 1
?? est? 1
Two Moons. 11
;
IELLES CALKINS.
down in the end. or fight my Brules.
"The wretched prospect of another
Indian uprising was staring mo in
the face, and I had not even communication
by wire with the outside
world. I went back to the cow-men,
| to be a witness against them and for
my Indians in the last extremity.
"Had the night been dark, I should
I have had hope that Little Chief and
Two Moons might crawl through the
lines or make a dash and get away;
but there was a brilliant full moon,
and a man could be seen quite plainly
at 200 yards. The cowboys stood,
or grimly sat, at intervals of fifty
yards, and a rabbit could not have i
| passed their line without discovery. j
"Farrell was not at all pleased to
see me when I bivouacked at his
[ stand. He was offish in conversation,
I not exactly rude, but with a tone
which said, 'You may camp here, it's
i a free range?too free for interfer
erice of any sort!' J i
"By midnight other cow-men be- ]
gan to arrive, and by daylight there
were twenty-five or thirty at hand. ]
Evidently these men expected a sortie f
| by the agency Sioux, ahd were pre- 1
pared to fight. Losses from stock 1
'rustling' of late had exasperated the "!
I whole district of the Antelope. Each
man of these besiegers carried a magazine
gun and two revolvers, and was
belted, with metallic cartridges, so j
that, in the distance, he appeared to t
be uniformed in copper plate. c
"I knew that, if not interfered ,
with; they would rush my Indians ?
and end the business as soon as they t
had coffee and a bite to eat. While a t
detail was passing coffee and hard r
biscuit along the line, my Sioux put i
in an appearance. To the number of (
fifty odd these filed out of a coulee, s
in a glitter of oiled guns and copper j
shells, and took position, fitting their ^
horses, like a group of bronze and c
armored statues, at 600 or 700'yards. i
They were the pick of my agency, a
armed, doubtless, with all the guns t
and cartridges that could be collected f
on Antelope Reservation. t
"The cow-men paid this formidable a
f" As It 5triketh th
? By H. J. T
I. Keep your conscience teni
I 2. Be not weary in well doic
13. To-day's frugality is to-m<
4. Salvation is an accomplish
the best ends of life. Degradation
tion of the worst ends of life.
5. Better go supperless to be
ti. Man should pay more att<
8 than thoge on the street.
7. Every dollar put by to-d
3 morrow.
>; S. One whose falsehoods nc
t the right to speak the truth.
- 9. Mediocrity can talk, but it
10. Beware of little expens
! great ship.
II. Character building is
? ing and development.
12. Man is like a cracked be
fa the grating of the two broken surf
could be trimmed off by means of
p the defect.
party no apparent heed, but pro- t
ceeded calmly with the bread and 1
coffee. Yet 1 knew that a fight waa ?
imminent, and without providential i
interference could not be delayed be- <
yond a few minutes. I begged per- 3
mission of Farrell to go to their ?
covert and have an interview with t
Latue uniei ana i wu auuuub, uut auci i
a brief talk with some of his men, he j 1
refused my request. 1 c
"The tragedy was at hand. The j t
men had finished eatiiig and were i
looking to their weapons and hitch- ?
ing their cartridge-belts into position, 11
and a detail had brought up their [ i
horses for distribution when, at the j 1
head of the coulee and in their cen- jr
tre, I saw a fluttering rag, apparently 3
thrust up out of the ground. <
"I lost no seconds in pointing this e
out to Fa/rell, who was about to
mount his horse.' t
"''They want to talk,' I said. Let i
them, and I will interpret.' <
"Farrell scowled fiercely at the *
pitiful signal, and swept the outlying I
Sioux with a swift glance of sus- t
picion. Then he turned to me.
" 'Well,' he growled, 'holler at 'em
if it'll do you any cood; but don't
give 'em any notion they can get away 1
from what's coming!' J
"I raised my voice and shouted to <
Little Chief to know what he had to ^
say. i
" 'Two Moons will surrender!' was <
his answer. 'He will 20 out to those t
men now. I have never taken their 2
horses, and I did not counsel my 1
brother to do so!' I
" 'The boy who ran off your horses *
by mistake will come out to you now,' 1
I interpreted, turning to Farrell and 1
the nearer men. 'He will come un- (
armed. The other mau, his brother, J
was in no way to blame, save in tell- !
ing the boy an old tradition of finding <
a horseshoe. If you punish Little 1
Chief, you should punish also all <
these others who have come out to (
defend the boy." 1
" 'Sounds reasonable,' Farrell reluctantly
admitted. 'Well, tell the
thief to come out.' Then word was
passed along the line. f
"f signaled the brothers that Two t
Mcons should come 011. There was c
no hesitation. The slim, half-naked <
hoy suddenly appeared upon the '
level. He came toward us, walking
very straight and steadily, and to his
doom, as 1 verily believed. 1
'The lad was stripped to the leg- !
I gi*2g?, and his hair, freshly braided i
md greased, hung- in two strings
lown his breast. In all his bearing
here was the high spirit of self;acrifice,
of making atonement. As
le drew near, 1 found myself biting
ny lips and my vision getting misty
vith the pity of it. He came direct
,o me.
" 'My father,' he said, 'I alone am
;o blamo for what has happened'. I
wish to give my body to these men
.hat my people may not suffer.'
"A dozen or more cowboys had
gathered about their leader as I inAo
T enAlr/i Torn WnnilR
-CI yiClCU. AO X OpUAV, * U v AMkwwa?r,
with flushed face, showing a pleadng
eagerness that his sacrifice should
)e accepted, went forward a little to
'ace them.
"Before I had finished speaking a
:hrill went through me. The at-*
nosphere of hostility had melted as
:louds vanish after a June shower,
rhe brave spirit and truthful face of
;he boy had won what neither argunent
nor force could have accomplished.
"There were some seconds of sience;
then one of the men raised the
;ension.
" 'Shucks!' he said, and turning
lis back on the scene, walked off.
Sverybody laughed, and Farren nung
lis hat at the boy's feet.
" 'You little sap-sucker,' he said,
you've mighty nigh raised a lot of
nischief, but you've shorfe made good
'or the sand! Bill,' he said to one
>f his men, 'bring up that gray pony
>' mine and give it to this high red.
iVe've got to remove him from temptaion.'
> . . i ' )
"Amid laughter and the gathering
>f the clan, white and red,- the gray
>ony was brought, and Two Moons,
he most amazed and delighted little
ndian on earth, I reckon, was lifted
lpon the back of a tine cow-horse,
ind made to understand tbrt it was
lis. Then the cowboys rode away,
vith my Brules whooping 'How!
3ow! How!' after them.
"When the, noise had subsided, Two
VIoons turned to me. 'At any rate,
father,' he shouted, earnestly, 'my
nedicine was good, else I should not
lave got this fine p)jy!' "?From the
Youth's Companion.
The Price of Eggs.
"When eggs get in the neighborlood
of forty cents a dozen and buter
climbs to thirty-five and forty
:ents people always want to know
vhat the cause is," said a New Jer;ey
farmer to a Dock street merchant
he other day. "They think we are
rying to bleed them, but if they
eally knew the trutb, they wouldn't
lave much to say, I don't believe.
)f course you fellows here on Dock
treet know the causes, but the ordiiary
person doesn't. Do you know
vhy eggs are scarce? It's not beause
the hens are not working as
lard as usual. Some may be taking
i vacation, it's true, but it's because
he farmers are saving their eggs
or incubators. About this time of
he year the poultry raisers,collect
ill the fresh eggs they can and pile
e Philosopher. |
HIEDE. ,
ler.v -I
ig. ' 6
arrow's felicity.
hment through the selection of ?
is a consequence of the cultiva- B
d than to rise in debt. 0
?ntion to the chips on his lathe ?
i
ay comes as a gift to you to- y
j longer deceive has forfeited h
is for genius to observe.
>es; a small leak will sink a I
ronseauencft of constant train- S
11 that does not ring because of ?
aces on each other, but if these S
a saw or file, it would remedy H
:hem into the patent setting hens.
iTou ask why they do this? Well, it's
i siipple proposition. It takes three
veeks to the day for 3ggs to hatch
>ut. As soon as you get chickens
rou begin to feed them to beat
;verything. The brooders, in which
hey are kept in winter to keep them
varm, are fairly alive with the little
'ellows, and by stuffing them with'
:orn and wheat we soon have chickins
as big as squabs and kill them
'or broilers. You know what they,
ire?the highest kind of chicken
neat. You can't blame the farmers
'or hoarding their eggs when you
enow the profit there is in broilers,
rhen you get as much per pound as
rou get for a dozen eggs at forty
:ents a dozen. Its only the law of
supply and demand which makes
;ggs high, as everything else. Let all
he farmers turn all their eggs into
narket, and you will see the price
:ome down; let them hoard ?their
;ggs for hatching and up goes the
jrice. It's simple when you know
he truth."?Philadelphia Record.
Costly Necklaces.
The most costly necklace in the
vorld belongs to the Countess
ienckel, a lady well known in Lon->
ion and Paris society, the value ovhich
is said to be $250,000. It is
eally composed of three necklaces,
;ach of historic interest. One was^
he property of the ex-Queen of
Naples, sister of the late Austrian^
impress; the second was once the
property of a Spanish grandee; while
he third was formerly owned by the
impress Eugenie. Not long ago a
lecklace composed of 412 pearls, in
iight rows, the property ol* the late
Duchess of Montrose, was sold for
559,100. The Empress Frederick of
jermany is said to have possessed a
lecklace of thirty-two pearls, worth
it least $200,000, while Lady II:hesier's
necklace of black pearls is
valued at about $125,000.?Tit-Bits.
Vegetarians.
Vegetarianism has got its grip on
iociety, and has already commenced
o make converts in numbers large
mough to be encouraging to thai
jvauKelists of the cult of the bean
incl-nut-food.?M. A. P.
It is suggested that Boston should
>ensiou the cook who, in forty years,
!3S made 394,000 pies and 2,000,000
loughnuts.
IFSrmnIE]
itesiMtociaiaoMtMitoM*
We are just at the tail end of the
'coon season, for the sweet corn has .
ripened, and our friends have been
Sown from the mountains and woods,
Enjoying themselves, as is their right
and privilege. The observant night
liner, putting down his baits and taknn
h<o nolo will hftVB nnttcsd
>Ug uy UikO 1TM* WW ? _ _ _ _
the tracks of Procyon lotor along the
brook side, for he likes variety. But
&s different hounds are suitable for
different countries, so are 'coon dogs
Df great good in one place, and of
do account in another. He may be
of great service, where the topography
is open and extensive, and the
same dog can just as well be at
home, say as on the western hank of
the Hudson, from twenty to thirty
miles north of New York. Your j
country barber even, is a philosopher
(n sport; and It was the dictum of a
/Sparkill, N. Y., knight of the strop,
who 'expounded in this way to me,
the* other day. A coon's skin hanging
on the wall by this single-handed
aairdresser suggested the conversation
on 'coons and 'coon dogs. Said
he: "The truth of it is, a Southern
'coon dog is no good here; they can
keep their hounds. What we want
is a terrier dog, and I'd take an
Airedale terrier and hound cross for
choice. But we want 'em silent as
the grave till he comes to the tree,
where mister 'coon has gone up, and
then he can holler like a fire bell if
he likes. Your hound is too noisy,
and Mr. Coon is off and gets such
a start that he's under fifty million
tons of Palisades rock and rubbish |
before you <?an count twenty. Give |
me the terrier that will quickly follow
his trail, and then rush him to
his tree. We can do the rest. Your
noisy hound, hereabouts, is no good.
I'd give a hundred dollars for a quiet
'coon dog myself, and there's
Mr. fa well known millionaire
with sporting tastes), who'd give me
fcur, hundred on my bargain. There
ain't a good 'coon dog to be had,
and that's why we're not getting
i 'coons this fall." And who shall say
that our Sparkill friend was not
right??From Recreation.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
__ y
We are haunted by an ideal life,
and it is because we have within us
the beginning and the possibility of
it.?Phillips Brooks.
In this world, it is not what we
take up, but what we give up, that
makes us rich.?Henry Ward Beecher
It is ridiculous to expect God to
hear us when we do not hear ourselves;
which is the case when our
lips move, with the mind inattentive
and wandering.? Seed.
'' '
Each good habit we weave in our
teens means a better and happier life
to its very end?and we cannot afford
to waste an hour in setting the
loom at work.?Scottish Reformer.
It is personal influence that de'
termines the size of a life; not words,
nor even deeds.?Scottish Reformer.
Let us see that, whenever we have
failed to be loving, we have also
failed to be wise; that, whenever we
bave been blind to our neighbor's in|
terests we have also been blind to
our own; whenever, we have hurt
others we have hurt ourselves much
more.?Charles Kingsley.
The man who cannot spare time
for outdoor recreation usually holds
the averages good by taking time to
V. a mIaI. n _ r
uc aicts..?ouumsu neiurmer.
Stated seasons of quiet and retirement
are demanded for the nurturing
of the spiritual nature. It is in
such times that we realize the littleness
of the frets and annoyances of
the way, and rise with fresh incentives
for holy duty.?J. R. MacDuff.
Why Fruit Acids Are Wholesome.
Fruit acids destroy all kinds of
disease germs. This answers the
question why our, fruits are promoters
of health. Disease germs are !
ever nresent in the month thrnnt I
stomach and bowels. If these germs j
can be destroyed by such agreeable
medicine as fresh apples, peaches,
pears, grapes, strawberries and raspberries,
blackberries, currants and
other similar fruits, why should we
not partake of them freely, thus
avoiding doctors' bills? Remember
that it is easier to keep well than to
get well after you are once sick.
This does not mean to infer that
you should stuff yourself with fruit
at all hours of the day or night;
some people can eat fruit in this way,
but most of us should eat our fruits
at meal time, or before or after
meals.
It is good practice to keep lemons
| upon the table continually, and on
rising in the morning squeeze a
tablespoonful of lemon juice into a
glass of water and drink it as soon
as you get out of bed; two or three
times a day drink a glass of water
intn whirh Vine hoon nlnnort n too.
? "
] Bpoonful of lemon juice. Lemon juice
purifies the water by destroying the
germs of disease that may be contained
in the water, and more thani
this, when we drink this lemon juice,
diluted by water without sugar, we
destroy the germs of disease which
are in our systems. One reason why
rural people are more healthy than'
city people is that they eat more
fruit.
But there are other reasons why
fruits are healthful. They are easily
digested. If we eat fruit at meal
time we are not so inclined to overeat
such foods as meat and greasy
substances.?Green's Fruit Grower.
Swiss Mountain Delivery.
The Swiss postal department is .
making arrangements for the distribution
of mails in many mountain
ous districts hitherto inaccessible
during the winter months. This is
to be done by means of skis, and a
whole corps of postmen have been! !
in training for the iervice.?London' '
Ulobe. 1
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THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA 1
CONCERTED ATTACK ON DRINK |
WINNING ALL ALONG LINE.
Decisions of the Higher Courts?
What the Divine Court Says and
What the United States Supreme
Court Says.
1. The Divine Court:
(1) On the drunkard?Woe unto
4Via+ ftwa 1 rrh+xr In Hrlnlr wine.
iiicui tiiat ai o IUI^uij bv vt* ?? -?|
and men of strength to mingle strong t
drink. (Isa. 5:22.)
No drunkard shall inherit the 7
Kingdom of God. CI Cor. 6:10.) p
(2) On the license system?Woe v
nnto them which justify the wicked v
for reward, and take away the right- ,
eousness of the righteousness from
him. (Isa. 5:23.) ?
Woe unto him that buildeth his g
house by unrighteousness and his ^
chambers by wrong. (Jer. 22:13.) ^
Woe unto him that buildeth a town Q
with blood and establisheth a city by ,
iniquity. (Hab. 2:12.) j
2. The Supreme Court of the
United States: ' p
(1) On the drink' system, as a ^
danger to the public?We cannot shut
out of view the fact, within the
knowledge of all, that the public ?
health, the public morals and the ,<
public safety may be endangered by j
the general use of Intoxicating drinks. v
?State of Kansas vs. Ziebold &
Hagelin, 123 U. 8. 634. ^
(2) On public health and morals, ^ j
as inalienable^?No Legislature can ^
bargain away the public health or the 0
public morals. The .people them- j
selves cannot do it, much less their ^
servants. * * * Government is s
organized with a view to their preservation.?Stone
vs. Mississippi, 101
U. S. 816. f J
(3) On the right to sell intoxicat- v
ine liauors. as not inherent?There is ^
no inherent right of a citizen to thus *
sell intoxicating liquors by retail. It j
is not a privilege of a State or of n t
citizen of the United States.?Crowley
vs. Christensen, 137 U. S. 86. j
So far as such a right exists (the a
right to sell liquor), it is not one of a
the rights growing out of citizenship v
of the United States.?Bartemeyer vs. t
Iowa. 85 U. S. 18 Wallace 120. 2
(4) On the gain of prohibition of 0
Intoxicating liquors?If a loss of rev- j
enue should accrue to the United h
States (because of prohibition) from E
a diminished consumption of ardent <spirits,
she will be a gainer a thou- q
sand fold in the health, wealtli and t
happiness of the people.?License r
cases, 46 U. S. 5 How. 632. g
(5) On the right of a State to r
prohibition, etc.?All powers of a t
court, whether at common law or in j.
chancery, may be called into operation
by a legislative body for the (purpose
of suppressing this objection- p
able traffic. Pearsori: "A State has ?
a right to prohibit or restrict the t
manufacture of intoxicating liquors e
within her limits; to prohibit all sale j
or traffic in them in said State?and r
to provide regulations for the abate- 8
meet, as a common nuisance, of the ^
property used for such forbidden pur- 2
poses."?Kidd vs. Pearson.?Dial of j
Progress. j
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"Strange Benevolence."
i U
One day, riding with a friend in j
one of our leading cities, I noticed a F
stately and palatial residence, to g
which I called my friend's attention. 2
He said: "That beautiful mansion
was built for its proprietor by benev- 0
olent gentlemen of this city and com- a
munity.'' g
And by further conversation I 5
learned that some men gave their 3
own clothing, others gave their pianos j
and organs, and some donated their t
carpets, pictures and furniture. Oth- j
ers sacrificed nearly all the food of j
pantry and cellar, and most of the (
clothing of the wardrobe belonging F
to the wife and children.
Some gave their sons jto dissipa- e
tion, while their daughters became c
outcasts. The majority of these T
benevolent gentlemen deposited their 4
good name, their reputation, charac- f
tor and all?mind, body and soul? (
all to erect thfs stately mansion for y
the man who occupies it and owns it. 1
They also have given him the finest j
suit of broadcloth and a brilliant dia- r
mond pin, while they have dressed t
his Wife and children in silks and g
satins. They also keep the pantry, t
cellar and wardrobe filled to over- j
flowing. , E
Strange benevolence! Who are 4
these benevolent ones, and who is the [
man living in the stately mansion, c
surrounded by every luxury? Can g
you guess??O. F. Laughbaum, in t
National Advocate. / 1
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The South and Ram. t
The opinions of experts differ as to je
the causes 01 tne rapia tspreiiu ui me
prohibition Bentiment in the Southern
States. One keen observer has lately
expressed the opinion that tire present
condition is "endemic," and that
prohibition may becomo "epidemic"
throughout the country. This is an '
extreme view. But the liquor trade is
manifestly alarmed by the recent developments,
and the prediction has
been made that there will be some
sort of anti-saloon planks in the platforms
of both the great political parties
next year.?Editorial in the New
York Times.
Red Men Ear Saloonkeepers.
The Great Council of the United
States Improved Order of Red Men, in
sixtieth annual session, at Norfolk,
Va., adopted an amendment to the
laws of the order prohibiting membership
in the future to all saloonkeepers
and bartenders. This is not .
retroactive, and does not affect the
present status of such members of the 1
order. ' t
Temperance Notes.
Hon. C. W. Trickett, Assistant. At- jr
torney-General for Kansas, has wiped a
out 165 joints in Kansas City, Kan. tl
The South, stripped of intemper- c
ance, will forge ahead as never be- 01
fore. al
Saloons in Portland, Me., may read- w
*? a
ily dg lcienunea uy mui uupaiuicu u<
spruce partitions and a 3inful smell. ol
The Independent Order of Good sc
Templars has grown so strong in tt
Hungary that is has become neces- ir
sary to establish a grand lodge in tc
that country.
Rock Island, Illinois, has ninetyfive
saloons, which is, in round numbers,
one for eve;y 250 people. Rock
Island's case is not unusual, but with a
the rising tide of temperance it soon w.
will be. i m
A ai
Since 1890, StaA prohibition has si
been in operation constantly in- w
creasing success in^ve States, while v?
county, district, m^^wjal and town- 01
ihip prohibition ha^^Hnded its sway
into more than h^^^^Bentire country,
including the^^^K total banishment
of the ten other
States North and^^^^^kand large se
sections in at lea^^^^^Bof the re- M
Diainiug thirty-tw^^^^^H
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HE SUNDAY ZZEGOl.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JANUARY 12.
object: Jesus and John Hie Dnplist,
John 1:19-34 ? Golden Text,
John 1:29?Commit Verses 29,
30?Commentary.
TrMT??Wohrn?rv A.D27 PT.Arr:.
?Bethany beyond "the Jordan.
EXPOSITION.?I. John's Answer
y the Committee from Jerusalem, 1918.
The ministry of John the Bapist
has aroused great excitement,
'eople were in expectation. All men
re re reasoning concerning John,
whether happily he were the Christ
Luke 3:15). This gave, rise to a
ommittee being sent from Jerusalem
o irfveetigate. There were two perons
for whom the people were lookQg
as preparatory to the coming of
Jurist, Elijah, as prophesied by Malchi
(Mai. 4:5) and the "Prophet
Ike unto Moses" (Deut. 18:15-18).
ohn frankly confesses that he was
ot Christ, nor Elijah, nor thq,
rophet predicted by Moses. There
iave been those in recent years who
laimed to be Elijah and the Prophet
iredicted by Moses, and "Messenger
f tne covenant " ana jjavia ana tae
Branch," one of the two witnesses of
tevelation, etc. There was a sense in
which John was Elijah (Matt.'11:14;
7:10-13), i. e.. he came in the spirit
nd power of Elijah (Luke 1:17), but
Slijah in the sense in which the quesion
was asked, a real re-incarnation
if the prophet Elijah, he was not.
low unlike the real John was to
hose who in our day claim to be his
uccessor! There is the utmost huoility
in the way in which John
tates his real position. He speaks of
limself as only "a voice crying in the
wilderness," applying to himself the
irophecy of Isaiah (Isa. 40:3-5),
which so clearly set forth John tho
Japtist's mission. A voice is somehing
to be heard, not seen. As John
lad denied that he was the Christ, or
ilijah, or "that prophet," the priests
,nd Levites made bold to question his
uthority for bantizing In a -similar
way, they made bold to question
esus' authority at a later day (Matt.
1:23), and later still the authority
f the apostles to preach (Acts 5:28).
n his answer John again display* his
lumility. His baptism in water was
lothing to the baptism of the Coming
)ne (cf. Matt. 3:11; Acts 1:5). The
Jhrist was already in their midst, but
hey were so blind that they did not'
ecognize Him (cf. vs. 10, 11; chap.
-19; 16:3). Happy is the man who
eally knows The Christ (Jno. 17:3),
>ut the world, even to-day, knows
lim not (1 John 3:1).
II. John the Baptist's Testimony
Concerning Jesus, 29>34. Notice the
irecision with which John the Evan;elist
marks the exact time that these
hings occurred. He himself was an
ye-witness. John first testifies that
esus was the "Lamb of God." The
eference Is beyond question to the
acriflcial lambs, the atoning sacriices
of the Old Testament (cf. Gen.
2:7, 8; Ex. 12:3; Num. 28:3-10;
sa. 53.7). As the Lamb of God,
esus would take away the sin of the
world. The thought here is not dcatw'o
rtA?rai* Vttlf QtATia.
L V fcfl CtliUC J.1 Ulil OIU a JJunt-i , Uuv. uwvuv
oent and deliverance from sin's guilt.
resus is the Deliverer from Bin's
tower and presence as well as sin's
ruilt (Matt. 1:21; Hcb. 7:25; Judo
4), but this is not the thought here.
Vhere taking away of sin is spoken
f in connection with atoning blood, it
.lways refers to the removal of the
;uilt of sin (cf. Lev. 16:30; 17:11;
4:19, 31; Jer. 33:8; Ps. 51:7.; Rev.
:5; 7:14; Heb. 9:22', 23; Eph. 1:7;
torn. 3:25; 5:9; Matt. 26:28). As
he Lamb of God in atoning sacrifice,
esus made propitiation for sin /(1
ohn 2:2; Matt. 20:28; 2 Cor. 5:21;
Jal. 3:13), and on the ground of this
tropitiation sin is taken away, reaoved
from the sinner as far as the
iast is from the west (Ps. 103:12;
f. Lev. 17:21, 22). God dealt in
uercy with men before Christ's time
lecause Jesus was "The Lamb slain
rom the foundation of the world'
Rev. 13:8). The death of Christ
?as, in God's sight, an eternal fact.
Jut while the death of Christ avails
n this way for all men, believer and [
inbeliever, it fully avails only foi |
hose who accept it. Jesus "is the j
Javiour of all men, especially of those'1
hat believe" (1 Tim. 4:10). There
leed be no difficulty with John's
tatement, "I knew Him not." John
ived in Judea, Jesus in Galilee; and
hough Jesus had gone up to the passiver,
it is quite likely that in the
;reat crowds He did not meet John,
>ut probably what John means is thai
te did not know Him as the coming
lessiah. As soon cs he saw, JohD
;ave his testimony. The descent o 1
he Spirit was not a mere subjective
xperience seen only by Jesus (cf,
flatt. 3:16; Luke 3:22), but an obective
fact, witnessed by John a 1
veil as Jesus. John is not the real
laptizer, but Jesus, the baptizer witb
he Holy Ghost and fire (cf. Matt,
- A -A- 1 A . A A
?:ii; jonn 3:39, it. v.; Atis av.-*-*:7;
19:2-6). The baptism with th?
jpirit is the great baptism, the on?
laptism that unites all believers intd
he one body (Eph. 4:4, 5; cf. 1 Cor, (
.2:13) and Jesus, and Jesus only, is
-le that baptized with the Hols
Jhost. As the baptizer with the Holjl
Jhost, John also recognized Jesus ai
he Son of God. He is the Son ol
Jod, because begotten of God (Luke
. :35), and possessed of the attributes
if the Father (Heb. 1:3; Phil. 2*6,
I. V.), so fully that He. could say,
He that hath seen Me hath seen th?
father" (John 14:9); the One ill
vhom all the fulness of the Godhead
I welt bodily (Col. 2:9); to be hon?red
even as the Father is honored
John 5:23).
The cramped heart cannot contain
he Christ.
Burbanli's Thornless Cactus.
The National Mueseum, at Washigton,
D. C., has placed on exhibition
specimen "leaf" of a thornless cac
is aeveiopea Dy j_iuiner curuau&, ui
alifornia. Perfecting a cactus withnt
thorns means providing a valuale
forage plant which will grow as
ell in arid as in moist regions. The
ittened stem of this novel growth,
Ften erroneously called a "leaf," in
ime of the best specimens is nearly
tree feet long, a foot wide and three
iches thick, and its surface is similar
?that of a watermelon.
Output of Graphite.
Although this country consumes
jout thirty-five per cent, of the
orld's total output of graphite, it furchoe
huf- twontv nof nont nf it The
Mount imported into the United
"ates in 1906, chiefly from Ceylon,
as valued at $1,554,212, and the
ilue of the domestic production was
ily 5340,239.
Afictl 75, Weds His StepdaughterAbraham
Shank, ol Omaha, Neb.,
iventy-five years old, was married to
iss Josephine Miller, his stepdaujhr.
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THE FOUR ANCHORS. >
(Acts 27:29.)
!Thc night is dark, but God, my God,
Is here, and in command,
And sure am I, when morning breaks,
I shall be "at the land."
'And since I know the darkness is
To Him &? sunniest day, *
I'll cast the anchor Patience out,
And wish?but wait?for day.
Fierce drives the storm, but winds and
waves
Within His hand are held,
'And trusting in Omnipotence
My-fears are sweetly quelled.
If wrecked, I'm in His faithful grasp,
I'll trust Him, though He slay;
So letting go the anchor Faith, ' K
I'll wish?but wait?for day.
Still seem the moments dreary, lotog*
I rest upon the Lord;
I muse on His "eternal years,"
And feast upon His word; v
His promises, so rich and great,
Are my support and stay; ' '
I'll drop the anchor Hope ahead,
And wish?but wait?for day. ;*
*
0 wisdom infinite! O light
And love subrepie, divine!
How can I feel one fluttering doubt . ~
In hands so dear as Thine?
Ill lean on Thee, my best beloved,
My heart on Thy heart lay,
And castinsr out the anchor Love,
I'll wish?bnt wait?for day. / V?
?Mrs. Helen E. .Brown, in Advocate ana
Guardian. ' '
Ministry of Intercession.
I remember a friend telling me that
at one time he was in the direst temptation,
and his future life was in the:
balance. There came upon him a
blast from Hell, and he was upon the
very point of recklessly throwing his
virtue and honor away.
Away in another part of England
there was a relative who Ihred close*
to God; some warning bell sounded t
in her heart that this person was In
danger. She pleaded with God for v
thel deliverance of his soul. She
knew not why there was sucb an ur- ' '<; > 4
gency laid on her to pray. for this
special person; but she spent long
hours on her knees' that night and
in the morning wrote to,her relative ' ;?
who had been in danger to explain
the strange feeling of urgency :
prayer, saying that it was on his account
she was praying.
"When the temptation was at Its
strongest there sounded in the con- V\
science of the man some terrific warn- ,
ing note; all the bells of the soul
were set riDging; a sense of fearful v'.:
and impending danger took possession
of him, and. the temptation lost
its power. Here was the turning
point of life. If the warning bells of
impending danger had been Ignored,
what would the result have been?,
If some Christians would hold themselves
free to let God ring bells of
intercession in their heart, many a'
poor soul might gain the benefit. In
answer to prayer the man's whole nature
was set tingling, and the sense of
Impending danger was his salvation.
?Bright Words.
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The Beauty of Death.
If there is one thing especially of t
which many people cannot possibly /1
believe that, under any circum- vf
stances, it would seem beautiful, I
suppose it must be death. That must ja
always be dreadful. Men seldom see
any misery in life so great .8" to out- ?
weigh the misery of leaving it. - d
But yet it comes to all of us, thai:' fl
He who made death made it, like all S
things else, to be beautiful in His V
time. When a life has lived its days
out in liappiness, grown old with con- . fl
stantly accumulating joys, and then, 1 I
at laBt, before decay has touched it, I
or the ground softens under its feet, g
the door opens, and it enters into the "
new youth of eternity; when a young ^
man has tried hid powers here and
dedicated them to God, and then i3
palled to the full use of their perfect- I
ed strength in the very presence of ^ j
pod whom he has loved; when a man "4
has lived for his brethren, and the
time comes that his life cannot help '
them any longer, hut his death can
put.life into dead truths, and send en(husiasm
into fainting hearts; when
leath comes as a rest to a man who
3 tired with a long fight, or as vieory
to a man who leaves his enemies
)affled behind him on the shore of
ime?in all these times, is death not
>eautiful?
"Nothing in all his life became this
man like leaving it," they said of one
Who died.?Phillips Brooks.
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Hope.
Every discovery has hope as its intentlve.
Behind every invention
whicn adds to the sum of human
happiness and every battle fought
for liberty, there is that hope. It it
the glory of the individual, the nation,
and the race; it is the exultant
pong of the poet, the musician, the
: i-x J4. ?~ iUA 1
pcuipiui't it la LUC 51VI j taai pain us |
the eastern skies at dawn; the sweet _ '
farewell that lingers In the sunset;
the music of the breeze; it is the
golden sky after the tempest.?Rev.
H. M. Couden, Episcopalian, Washington.
Interpret to the World.
' The world to-day is short-sighted,
bbtuse,i ignorant. It has no keen
Eense for the gift of God, which is j
eternal life. Ours it is to sense that
gift and interpret it to the world.
But are we living or speaking as if ' ;
we knew the Gift of God??Chicago
Standard. *
We Are Strangers.
Are we not strangers here? Is it c
not strange that we so often meat and
part without a word of our home,
or the way to it, or our advance toward
it??Archbishop Leighton.
a AVpnTi".Wpndpd Viptc of Life.
If a man gives himself to moneymaking,
or to the pushing of business
plans, and drives at it year in and
year out, he is a "very enterprising
fellow." If he is carried away with
political partisanship, he is "a wideawake
citizen." If he lives for pleasure,
and pursues it recklessly day
and night, he may be called a "little m
fast." But if he is dead earnest In
his purpose to honor Christ and to
save souls, then he is "a religious enthusiast,"
or a "fanatic."?H. Cla*/
Trumbull.
Wrong Horse Won $10,000.
Turfman Carman, of San Francisco,
sent his betting commissioner to *
place $10,000 on a horse, but the
commissioner made a mistake and
put it on the wrong racer. The
"wrong" one was the.victor, and Carman
doubled his money.
Italy Stops Bakers' Night Work. *
The Government has presented a j
bill prohibiting bakers from working
at night and establishing a heavy fine,which
will go to the fund for aged
workmen.
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