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Can One Know That He Is Saved and How? By Rev. Howard W. Pope, Superintendent of Men, Moodtjr Bible Institute , TEXT.?Theae thins* h&v* I written unto jre that bellev* on the nam* ef the Bon of God, that ye may know thai fm have eternal Ufe.?I St. John If 11. ' Yea, If he reaKy is saved, ft to true there are some who think that It la preeump tlous for meto Mgr thai ha know* he day" (Timothy 1 5:18 we.learn thj all his children children they are. is a Chrletjim. but Paul , does sot agree with them, for he says, *1 know whom I hare bettered, end am peroaded that He 1? able to keep, that which I hair* committed unto Him against that 12).' From I John \t God Intends that shall know wboee 1 John t:l teach** Wie MUIO UWUiUD V4 hold, what manner of love the JWhtf ' hath bestowed upon a*, that. we should be called the childism of M; end Such we are." It Is not Important thai one iboiltf fcnow when he became. a Ohfiatluv Irot It Is very Important that V should know that he la a Chrlitjan.. Those who have been eonvert*4?faf_ childhood often have no racollecWbn' of the d me wfawi they were convert-' 4, . but It 1a jwt necewafy. ithaL tin* ehonlfl. It 1i neceseary,. hower^.; that they rtwuld know that they are converted. If they dre to " have rfnlf >? In Phrlatka work.' Thers are three unmistakable proofs oTthe believer's sonshlp. 1 The witness of God?* wqsrd- R?\] member that' forgrveneas of tin Is ^fcomethlng which takes plaoe In the. mind of God, and not In the enaction-, al nature of the believer. Our first and best evidence of any such trans action then, must be the testimony of God Himself. If He names jfcertaln. conditions upon which He . will for-. give sin, and I comply with these: con ditions, I know that my tins are for given because I have God's wtttfLfor tt If I accept Jesus Christ as . my personal Savior, I know that I have become a child of God because God's word affirms It. It is not a question, of how I feel, but of what God says., The feeling may be wholly lacking, and yet the transaction' may be none the less real Dr. A. J. Gordon was once dealing with a lady who claimed to have p.c-. cepted Christ, but who did not feel, saved. All efforts to help her. were unsuccessful, until finally he asked .Jf she owned the house in which she lived. She said she did. "Do you have a certain 'at home' feeling ;tn this house whleh you do not have I9 any other?" "Yes." Is that why you know the house Is yours?" "Cer tainly not I suppose I might feel as much at home In a house which was not mine, if I lived in lt;long fnougb." "How then do you know that thie house Is yours?" "Because I have the deed which conveys the property to me, and have read it with my .one eyes. i ou are sure inai mis nouse Is .tqui;. because the record sa/B so?7 "Ye*", "And you yniralfelMi Jutti-as suxe- even if you did not have that peculiar 'at home' feeling of wbtgh you Bpeak?" "I think 30. The -feel ing 1b very pleasant, but It is no prp9>t jot ownership." "Now If you could see a deed by which God had-given to rou Eternal.' life, would you believe the record?" 1 certainly would.*.- "Would,r thai recerd be sufficient to convince you without additional evldenfetT "I think it woul<[.Her?ben Mk?d b#p^ , to read L John 5:11^1*,-'"And this la the record that God faftb-fiv^Jo u?. eternal life, and this life ~ is is His Son. He that hath the 8on hath' Wef" and be that hath not the Son?aJji^nct, life." When she had read the.verses he asked her if she knew that she was saved, and she sald,**l Go?* 1 Be cause I haye Oo*'f Wojrd for .it." 8. The wltpesa of the ^Spirit. (Ro-. mans 8:16). "Tbe 8pjM*H beareth witness with our .spirit, that we are the children of God/* Let it be clearly understood that the wit nep* of God's Word la suCJcUnt to pro,ve that one,, Is chlW (of ,God, an^, If one does not believe this .wUnpsj^ he makes God a liar (I. John 5:10). However the believer Is entitled itso to the witness of the SptfH, the con scious realisation that.he is a child of God. an,d he should not rest satisfied until he has it It is a part of his lnherltanoe in Jesus Christ, and If he has not receive* 't. he shouty revere ntly but persistently inquire the re*, son why. "He t? it hath My com mandments and keepeth them , , , , . I will manifest Myself to him" (John 14:21). 3. The frutt of the spirit (Gal. 5:22). "The fruit of the Spirit Is love. Joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temper ttnce." Thft Is the evidence which our neighbors will appreciate moet, and which ought to be apparent;to all. It does not appear all at onc<?, how-, ever, for fruit grows, and growth re quires time, while a gift is bestowed lnatantly. I TtAI.-AM yon. uw w*n (wmwHf Utvnatod and an*xnl?a 1b your, br nrlckad works, |?t now bath b* r*co&ail4d. In th? bod/ of Hla flaah throbfb ^th. k> pr?Mnt you boly and uahI*na?abW and unprov?abl? In Hla alfht; If r* ?ontlnu? In tb? faith ffrousdad and and b* not movad a war from tha top* of th* cospel, which jra bar* haaWL ?Coloulana 1: tX-IX Tttt.tpoatto P?ol la hon e peaking of J^ecun Chriat M tha oo# to whoai . aU. Um? . tttUoaw of tho, CMQm4 KOA^'bf whom .K .pMfp|4.i th* fitittr to, r*e oaclta$11 thtoga unto btn< Wit By -aU thtaflL**; hoiMttWt ti* doa* hotoMMup.' aatty or Jttaahii*-; Jy^ibir that wopM, Include not .only th# .a<mla of the v-jai .i ?_t_7IT iL eonaetBD?a, - ?wt uw aemsw. m. n?f: hlmtilf,. But feeme*n? til. the, thlag* which It r the father from the Jwflnnlnf thm to teooaclle.: ThA delUiU^tTtioi? lajth*, 3w?k which M atwU > .teMjUrt&jof theBfcl*<*i / fes&K3u pW&s*d the father to reconcile to Wttk elf *r? tike belleveri pa Jeaus Christ, -tod * *4? Of tlwir r*ooneilfatloa??pe ;#9fe??fc *mto& 1., *V*^H?*ta.??r<:.0W.,aNdL of reconciliation, by tailing u*-that we w^rnom&*) haoq? rml*4d _. ^ T&nwfclJBe" costal of >?^Yfla.frp? our &e*;?th,\f that time |he froSfc Go<t AlKl but hostile.to, fcjrt .* *?< w| Thia.v.^, oeseaaa^Iy in, uid ,fca?*r . rbepft^.j who ar$.jihle-^0yL [ *W^b ?re ?eai*r*i$ >;t* .will And thin, .tqmUftrxn?*t_,^; tb?..; *?T MtU^O* tt* "wick*! -wottoj." - "v. : our.. revoiiclilaUoo. wWeb > Ged. jito. \ ??&/>** ; i The . ??rj.. : ailew^ *tt<l ?gali!U?t>koB4 Fou^^ Jb* r?K*4fc? . . TM#.,!*,,*3M& , understand that It ;< matto. Gca,:fo*.th*t J3?$ ,pw&~ to-.ns,,, Thf? M t out of th? way which was the hairier to bli reconciliation. III. -This leads Paul to sfcfclk In the third place "of tie' means ' of our recoQclUatloa whlch wu ^he work of Christ fof. u^pn th|e oros*,** our sub stltu^e isarlpitf, ..."In tip Jbody of his flesh through death." Why say "the body of his flesh?" Why not say "his body* without adding "flesh?" Be oaqpe^ therf^M *a hecftUcst, soct In that day Wfc3ch denied the materiality of, Cbrtrt"* .bqdy;V' They believed In a spiritual, but not a material, medlatpr ship. ' But Christ had a real body and rial flesh and real Jilood^vblch he offei!ed -in prestation Jor oujr'sin. he passed throngjbr'real suffering and died a real iluiV HurvK ta tha tat^hlnv nf +Kla -4*rmk r-n, TV. And this brings us to the fourth ..poiilt. which ta the result of our reconciliation, presented "holj and without blemish and uncharged In Ood;a -?Uh^" Ttyfjs true Immediate ljr bellf Tflr the moment he aocepts .Chnjpt t>jr faith as his Sayloyr. Oh. tt'eTery bodjr jn this ain-cursed and sJn-W?Srt?a world only knew and be lieved that!- If ther would only PftBM touth#. rash., of things and listen to H for a .single mon^ectj. ? the begitmlng of & revolution, John Bttttffok ** ix? <tt> fto? >t Iraa.to Britf afc subjects.h?e mn K* but H ^wa^ ,obj?fced ;by American c4tt*sns.. In -joth^wo^* is that in stant their condition 1b^W*f,?hang^ though the experience ef that change WI a thing of growth. So the lnatapt a man takes ChrUt as his Sariovf, he standi before God free from th* guilt of sin. without blemish and.: without charge. And this Is graoe! ( The final point In the lesson Is th< proof oY our reconcfttatloti, Irtilch di that we "eontlnus In the faith, rooted, and grounded and not moved awgj " from the hope of the gospel." Paul flu speaking' not to the falsi teacher Mrbc went out of the church, but t? th< true. believer, who., stayed In. Thosj;, who.fare lruej to the "faith delivered once fot all to the saints" have the. witness In themselYes that they an, reconciled to God.. tmr '> p? ~r~\ . *:??? it In The Shoe Store, (Scene?A shoe store during < i narked down sale. The customers ire being marshaled In order by, ur >ane managers. Wild eyed clerks are Tying to wait on three times as many persons as they can really satisfy by ;helr attentions.) Young Girl (after gazing five my ites abstractedly at a bronze satin >oot on her foot, during which time her :lerk has told five women that he .Is >u?jr)?"I don't know whether I want t or not It'll go veil with the greqn, jut whether- ltH look all right wlith my blue velvet X " Young QlrJ's Friend ; (Jumping to 9*r feet as though !hot)?"Where is t? Oh, I can't have lo?t It! It was right her*?excuse me, madam, but irtll you get up?" . Woman Next Her _ (froetily) ? !*I lont know wbatyottSre Jost, but I a% iure.^ou that. I \ It! I've ,got plenty of in yx oW?/* Clert^Wfcathave.Jqu lost?" ' Young Gifl's Friend <pa wing among thq hoes, on thefloor)?"My csrii 3t?e?. J?aslft, you >&w. m? have It, lidn't you? Yon know I had it at thf sther, store lujd now. It's - gone!" f'-Clerk (BoothlBsiy^?"K roar cards were In it posfiWy It wiU be returned to jovl." * . Young Gill's / Jrrien4r-"No, they^l IH V# ? ' a ?(l?ar nna! T tnimt have lost 1U I'm goiag back to tha: jther^tai*." . tooiNlJJiteri^^Jrith 70a, deer, tmt IV* Just g?stj&> on these brOtlife T^otsf"5, DoyoiT" think they'd look well with the blue-?" Young, Qirl'st yrtend^Uaele - Jim n.re it to me and I had it right on mjr arm In (he other store. I'm going bsck there M Womaa. ^exjLHetlsharxOy)?"Well.. -.It's tat^^shop;^ ,;; Ne*,;.(to-^clejtkXr-^Cwit *<>*?*&** : ^^>taitand i .l/^aSiSRSw^T I'dwffi; <' V^ag X3irl^rri?p4/(tMpifi* from tiV^ftpr of ^hosrlnc <througlrthe 6rual0?"Wh^do. you Jt^lgl?just. its uraswaiftgrs andna.%;, afcl grabbed #tfc#?d .;?*#; H !*)%: interna ^-^Srfe^y frUWfai! She said phe <*Qs1d call a policeman! I*m,-|ll fn ipemitle ?< I came,, back to ; Yeuo* ,Ghtlr-"Wby, that's a shame, Tdifcfy-,- It: i'd 4*lr ."brought along - a r*> " * . rniwt . Woman Nexf Her (grabbing at the friend as she.fctarts out again}-?"I'll call* tho manager!. That's tir.a second time you've pi^k^d up my muf^! You've had you^ey* pn^t all the jtlmet I " Yqunc Qlrtii - 'Friend (diatractedly)r ?"Oh, I hate yoar - old muff! I thought I lafd mtna, th?r*! if Un#f Jim finds that Tve lost that card -ease IH die!" 5 Newly Arrived Customers (alj. ?lam orliy;)?"Isn't there. a soul In v this plaOs to jraftFon anybody? I've stood her* an hour I; I jolt faint to Me. that pump In jj^jrhido^t" Manager (swooping down as the^ clerks begfn to pawth?Talr~)?''^uVt he" seated, ladle*, and 111 have some one here at once! Be seat " Woman, Grenadier?"That's what pon said jthlrty-fiva minutes ago. I'll not sit dojwn! I phaijstaqd right here, till this young woman makes up her mind aboit that bronzy ?09^" Young j Girl (quite unhjO^rlngll? "Maybe fd better g&t a black satin. You can yrear black satin with every thing. Only they wea* out.soapon. Haven't you any that don't wear out?" Womai\ Orenadler (to .nobodyIn particular)?1 shall ; stand , right , here!" Clerk (to woman who has tried to abduct him by main foroe)?"No, mad am; caa1( - Would Q* ^bduo^of-""! a kail report you to tptMiwaweel Of an the impu dence?when I're waited hours I" Young Girl's Trlen^ (gtpflnp for breath aad waring the card ea$e)?"I found It! I fpus4 itJ I'd put it In my coat pocket!" Young 6iri?"How nice, Mary I (To clerk) What did you say la the _prlce of theae brtfftffe "boota? 'Seven and a ha#,- maAefMoyn x toa^tenI My goOdnMraT " Why" didn't you tell me that before? At a marked down sale I Jhtpg^ drgam tor anything!^ Heijt.^' e^waitf^d all. una tiemi inrmon unoyuif: Clerk (grittloc ftla ta?tk>a? 1?? fac?a tb? ;jr?m*? MN9*pr^n?dam, I can attend to yoaJ !* Woman OrcnadiflT?lfa about ?#!. m4 1 h*4 to.oWitt Jik%4W?iu I "wa^t two pairt of 10 cant aho? lacoa.^ji An Aoln^&l Story For Little PoJKs The Adjutant Bird Did you ever seo an adjutant blrdl Well, It Is a peculiar looking \blrd that has been given Its name on account of Its military appearance. I shall tell you a story of the adju tant bird. He felt so much like a sol dier that he began to think that all the birds should become soldiers and go to the bird store and release the birds that were in captivity. Well, he paid a visit to all of his friends and urged them to Join in this scheme, but none of them was in fovor of It. MIt is of no nao to try any such plan 8 that," they said to him. "We wil? V w BUCKLED OX HIS 8WOBD AND BTABTBD OFF. til be caught or killed. We cannot do any good by making any each attempt aa yoo propose." lie talked and talked to them, bnt tlicy would not believe that the Idea wofcn good one.. "Well, then, I know what I will do," hC .criod^boldly. "I will go alone and release all the birds that are kept In cages. In tha bird store and at private homes," So ha pat on bis.uniform and buckled on bis sword and started off, feeling tha$. he was a very mighty fellow In deed. Now there Isn't very much more .to my stopr except this; As soon as the Uid>t^ man saw him coming be got oat ? liig .net and threw It over the adju&qt btr&'a/ head. Then he tooK off the bird's sword and pretty uniform ftad.put him In a cagpv.wlth his other that the ad Jujta^ilcdwas (KoJd to a lady, who ..ttwaig hlmvpp in herparlor to show her f Vienna whatf fine creature be was. ' M^L?Bob't try to do too much by rourseJJ*?Detroit JoornaL f-| JU.-jjuUU.l'J t-.'M -J 1 f *; APt> Animal ST pry Por h T Little PolHs | -- - '< ;; ThisPla Went to Market | ' i-l.l.lUH . L . You have hoard many stories about pigs and. probably a story about this pig, for this la the one that went to .mark^ c He?wo*& loony little, fellow, who was iMWJ*. aa<J because ha , liked t'o Uarcftt good time he got Into trouble. At the market he got his boskets filled With apples and potatoes and peaches and pears and berries and oth er good tilings that his mother had told aim to get jpufl tfceu Started for home. i He had not got very far when he met ,tif9 pther.Uttle .pigs. One of them was flying a kite and the other was watcb tng him. "Oh,; what..>great sport 1" exclaimed oor little pig. "How I should like to fly tbeLt WteP Then the other pigs said he could do so* and.be set his baskets down and I 1 THIS PIG WENT TO MARKET. took hold of the cord upon which th? kite, away up In the air, was pulling as hard aa ever It could pull. "This Is great fun," said he. "Hold tlght{" cried the other pigs. MI. wllL\V BaldLour.plg. After awhile he became tired, awl he eall?d,jthe,other pigs to come and take their kite, but they did not come. _ What do .you suppose had happened? Those two naughty little pigs had rua way with hlff baskets. When, he got, home there were tears In his eyes and his mother had a llttls witch waiting for him. You may be sure that the next time she sent him on an errand he did not stop on tlw way, to fly kites or anything else. There Is a time for play and a time for work. ?Pittsburg Dispatch. In January, 190S, Gustav Jinsinger, a literary man, and his wife. .Mary Jinsinger, rented a house at 145 Crolser etreet, in the city of London. They ilved apparently happily together till the husband took In Ruth Kirkwood. a typist and stenographer. From that time the author and the typist were sec:: l?y the neighbors to be frequently togeth er, and Mrs. Jinsinger was observed often in tears. She was In poor health, and a specialist In f--aln diseases was seen to make visits to the house. On thp loth of March. 11)08, Mrs. Jinsinger was seen for the last time at her home. Miss Martha Ellison, living opposite, saw her enter her house and close the front door behind her. No one after this date saw her come out Her husband and Ruth Kirkwood were Been to come out and go away, both separately and together. On the 30th of April vans appeared before their door and removed the furniture. Miss Ellison saw Mr. Jinsinger and the typist leave the house together. The next occupants of the house we^? Peter Hartigan and John Flynn. They were old men, living exclusive lives, wearing the meanest clothing and evidently very poor. They left the premises, after occupying them three months, never having paid any rent. The agent for the house report ed that he went to it and found it de serted. No one saw them move out, and it was supposed that they had done so at night when no one was about. During the autumn of 1910 No. 145 Croker street was razed to make room for a business block. The cellar was widened' and deepened to fit the new structure. Several feet under the old cellar floor the excavators came upon a human body, or, rather, the remains n* o fiiuf find hopn considerably Vl a uvujt iuuv ???% v eaten away by quicklime or some de structive agent The place of burial and the attempted destruction of the body excited suspicion. The case was reported to the police, who made In quiries as to the past occupants of the premises, and the doings of the Jin slngers came to light On chemical analysis the body was found to con tain traces of arsenic. The case at once arrested the at tention of detectives. The appearance of the typist the facts of Mrs. Jlnsin ger's depression and that she had not been seen to leave the house seemed to Indicate that Jinsinger and Miss Kirk wood had been lovers and that they had removed Mrs. Jinsinger that they might "marry. If Jinsinger could be found living with the typist there would be sufficient evidence against him to convict him before any Jury. A. hunt was made for the author, but for a long while nothing was heard of him. At last It was learned that he, accompanied by a girl, had sailed for America. A detective crossed in a faster steamer, arrested him and the girl, who proved to be Miss Kirk wood, ; and took both to London for trial. Jlnslnger was couvlcted principally \ on the evidence that has been stated here. Miss Ivirkwood was acquitted of being an accessory to the murder after the fact Jlnslnger was sen tenced to be banged, according to the English law, about three weeks after hiaconvictlon. One morning In the spring of 190S Edward Burnes, a tinner living on the outskirts of London, on going out to work found a woman lying uncon clous before his door. He carried her Into the bouse and put her under the care of his wife. She soon regained consciousness, but could give no ac count of herself. She could not even remember her name. She was per mitted to spend the day In the tinner's house, and when he returned In the evening he reported the case to a physician. Through the doctor's Influ ence the woman was removed to a hospital, where she was entered as a permanent patient Two years after her going there one morning on taking ap a newspaper she gave a shriek. She bad seen a notice of the coming exe cution of Gustav Jlnslnger. A number, of persons collected about her and learnprt from her that the name Jin singer had brought back her memory. Bhe said she was the woman for whose murder Jlnslnger was to be ex ecuted. A reprieve was granted to Jlnslnger, who, on proof of the Identity of his ; wife, was released. Subsequently the j detectives made a hunt for Peter Har tigan and John Flynn. After a long search they fouud Hartlgan and de manded to know what had become of Flynn. He contradicted himself In his replies and. being further questioned by experts In such oases, finally told that while the twi lived together at 145 Croker street the house had been infested with rata. Hartigan had bovglit arsenic with which to poison them. One night Flynn, being 111, arose in the dark for some medicine he had been taking, got hold of the arsenic by mistake and died from taking a large dose. Fearing that he would be accused of having poisoned Flynn. Hartigan had endeavored to destroy the body with quicklime; but, failing to do so entirely, be bad buried what was left of It in the cellar. Hartlgan, being asked why he had not called in medical assistance for Flynn, gave two reasons for his failure to do so?first. Flynn had died very i soon after taking the arsenic; second. ' Flyun was n miser with ?10,000 hoard- , ed. Hartlgan, after Flynn's death, se- | cured this money and left the prem- i fees In the uight. for s I AUNT SUKiE S SANTA CIAIIS #= A CV.rlsttn^s Story {^-Q~-Q-?-Q+-Q>-Q-*QS-'0-'-C-*-Q-t-0-? M^^LF. Sukie Elueskjn 0 She fell In love wld me, < le Sukie Blueskln She fe!' !n love wid me, Ole Auti' Sukie Bluesldn 8!:e fell In love wid me. An' she axed me down ter her house Ter drink er cup er tea." So sang Black Caesar, the wag of tbe plantation. and then be proceeded to tell us about Aunt Sukie. "I des' tell yo' wat?I tell yo' fo' er fac\ by Jo! Ef I didn't git in de lam mines' scrape er Crlsmus time! Da* wus de tin*' we an' dem w'lte boys made up ter play er projick on Unc' Ike an' Aun' Sukie. "Long time 'fo' Crismus come we don't koab nuttin' but 'Sandy Claws, Saudy Claws,' f'om Aun' Sukie. She go pudgln' erroun' de kitcben sayin': 'Um-m! YTou'er w'at ole Marse Sandy Claws gwine ter fotcb me Crismus.' Den ef we git ter cuttin' up de leases' bit 'bout de bouse sbe 'low: 'Bettub min' w'at yo' 'bout. Fuses flng yo' know ole mau Sandy Claws gwlne ter pars a Ion' by 'u' uev' so much es no dice dern ole socks er yo'n. Won't ebcn put er groun' pea In 'em.' "So we all 'sldered an' 'sldered, an' Ins' we made up ter fix dat ole crittur up 'n good shape. We all know ole Aun' Sukie ain' got no sense ter frow 'way nohow, so we 'cide we gwine ter sea' Aun' Sukle 'n' Unc' Ike out 'u dey eeben senses. "Two er free days fo' Crismus we wus er sett in' on de fence, 'u' ole lady Sukle come by wld some truck ter make de fiah wld, an' den I sing dot little song w'at a be'n singln', an' I kep' on: "An' It's w'at do yo' fink Ole Sukle had fo' suppah, An' It's w'at do yo' fink Ole Sukle had fo' suppah. An' It's w'at do yo' fink Ole Sukle had to' suppah? Apple sass an' sparrer grass An' hptnlny an" buttah. "Well. sah. dat ole soul mos' had ei ipazznm w'en she hearn us er eingfn' dat song, an' she rail out V buse us an' 'buse us an' call us all kin' er bad names an' freaten us wid ha'nts an' 1 dunno w'at alL "Unc' Ike. he Aun' Sukie's ole maa an' be wur de contraries' an' de spite fules' ole nigger on de whole planta tion. He al'us er pokin' erroun' an' er grunflin' 'bout sumpin. He couldn' res' easy less'n he studyln' up some blr>' an moonnnao J firm* nop w'flt mpk ole marse krep dat ole nigger 'bout d* place fo' nobow. 'case be aiu' fittcn fa' nuOJn' but ter prowl erroun' an' liunt hen nes3es. an' w'en he fin' one be al'ua tek toll out'u It. He 'casloned us ter pit er rnauy er larrupln', wld 'e ole grumplln' ways, 'case marse b'lleve ev'y wo'd Cne' Ike say. mek' 110 dJf funce bow luucb de ole seoun'l stretch do blnnklt. But we done uiade up out mlu's ter git eben wld ole Ann' Sukle nn' Unc' Ike. tm nn' we des tease dem ole pussons twel dey 1110s' Love er fit "Uscter sing tlis way w'en we Bee TJne' Ike er coiuiu': "Big Ike. little Ike, yo' bettah go; Sukie bake ile ashrake slow, Dat's so; Sukle bake de ashcake slow, Too slow; Big Ike. little Ike, yo' bettah go! "T,o'd inass.v! Yo' dps arter seed dat olo contrary nlggab w'en we sing dat song. He Icok so vigus dat yo' fink ole "LA WD EH MASSY, IKE, HE'S COME!" Tomboy done got or holt er him, an' w'en we see de ole man grab up er bre6b an' mek to'ds us we git f'om dar. "\Y 00 cnsmus time sun irr gu close by, we all 'gun ter fix up fo' dem ole pussons. Day nex' fo' Crismus coarse he mek er long highferlutln' Rpeecb an' tell us dat long's we all b'liaved ou'se'fs purty well au* wo'k hard an' inek er good crop, lie gwine gin us er whole day fo' ter frolic erroun' nu' 'Jov wese'fs. 'Me an' Jack an' Tom?dem wus de w'lte boys?slip out'n de back do' an' des lit out. l>o\vn nt de fu'niss weh dey be'n er killin' hogs we sot an' rigged up er orojick fo" ter wake up dem ole folks. Tom say. Mack, yo* mus' be de ole Sandy Claws, an' we watch so's we don' git cotch tip wid.' Jack say. 'No, 1 hain't, nudder, 'case yo' boys run an' lef me an' den i ha ter git out the bes' I kin. Scrap Book A National Dish. I "When Mrs. Elizabetli King was trav I sling through Germany, In 1840, she j had an experience which left her hun i gry as well as amused at a hotel in Nonnenworth. In "Lord Kelvin's Ear ly Home" Mrs. King tells the story: There was a very large company In the hotel, and at 1 o'clock the guests assembled In a great hall for dinner. A.bout 150 sat down at the long, nar row table, we as the last corners at the very bottom. Far from us on a platform in the middle we saw a very stately decora tive tnsn. ur. xnicoji u?u u? wu? boar's head stewed In burgundy wine, a famous n.Hional dish. He said we mast dine on It, so as each course was offered he refused and made us do the same. At length two waiters removed the stately dish, and as It was carried off he rubbed his hands, sclaimlng, "Now we shall have 6ome dinner!" But, alas, It disappeared, and the com pany rose and scattered. It was sim ply an ornamental centerpiece of wood I Misspent Time. There la no remedy for time misspent, No healing for the waste of Idleness, WTiose very languor Is a punishment , Heavier than active souls can feel or guess. j hours of Indolence and discontent, Not now to be redeemed, ye sting not less Because 1 know this span of life was lent For lofty duties, not for selfishness. Not to be whiled away in endless dreams, But to Improve ourselves and serve man kind. Life and Its choicest faculties were given, ilan should be ever better than he seems &nd shape his acts and discipline his mind To walk adoring earth with hope of heaven. ?Sir Arthur de Vera. Shocked His Dad. A pious and strict father, whose small son balked at going to church, showed the Irreverent boy one day a history of New England. "Here Is a picture of the Puritans polng to church," said the father. "What good and pious men! Notice their sugar loaf lints. They walk In single file through the deep -snow, and each man carrlcs a gun." "What do they carry guns to church for?" the boy asked with sudden in terest "For fear of the Indians," was the reply. "The Indians were apt to lie in WU1I. lor IUUIU Jll evcijr IU1 mug. a.u, what pious men tbey were, to be sure! - Think of them the next time you want to shirk your religious duties. Through snow and sleet, through bitter cold, through the perilous ambuscades of the savage Indians, they wended their way to church Sunday after Sunday with pious, thankful hearts. Yet you"? "Oh, rats!" said the boyl "I'd go to thurch every day in the week if I could get a shot at an Indian on (ho way." Not a Rehearsal. The Inquisitive man saw a hearse itart away from a house at the head of a funeral procession. "Who's dead?" he asked the corner grocer, who was standing in his door watching the funeral start. "Chon Schmidt," answered the gro :er. "John Smith!" exclaimed the other. "You don't mean to say John Smith Is lead?" "Veil, py golly," rejoined the grocer, "yot jou iink dey doing mit him? practicing, hey?"?New York World. A Substantial Bone. So many witnesses had queered his ;llents' cases by swearing that the shots they had heard In a shooting af fair were only thirty seconds apart that when press?4 to tell what they were doing when each report was heard, naming actions so dissimilar that it must have taken at least ten minutes to switch from one to the other, the criminal lawyer swore that he would maintain consistency above aH things in his latest case. Gustave, the Swedish janitor, had heard two ihots fired at the injured man, and the lawyer Impressed upon him the 1 ?L Kof Ha TT70Q iinpormiicw Ul DVTcauug luui ut nu> ?ngaged In the same task at each shot. In the course of the trial It was >rought out that the shots had been lred a month apart, the first being merely a little target practice that did flo harm, the second Inflicting a seri ous wound. But there was no time to :oach Gustave anew. Said the law yer: "What were you doing when the first shot was fired?" "I was sitting In the kitchen gnaw ing a chicken bone," said Gustave. "And what were you doing when the second shot was fired? Be careful feow you answer." "I was sitting In the kitchen," said lie, "gnawing that same chicken bone." A Better Voice. The late Signor Foil used to tell a good story about a then popular song. "rr,t - " ??? ?? WIiIIa onon/Hn<T "XIIe i' urmei s uujr. it uiib a holiday In the country In Englaud he went fishing and was caught In a heavy storm. Hurrying to a farm I house for refuge, he found that the ! yeoman's daughter had been married j that morning and that festivities wen j In progress. He was made welcome although his identity was not known asd in due'course he was asked to I contribute a song. He gave "The ; Farmer's Boy," which, It goes without j Baying, was received with acclamation But the farmer himself was restrain j ed In his praise. "It wur good." h. li Ml?n At1? laid, "Diir ye can i suit u nut- i.ui eowman. I've heard he a mile awuy Igalnst the wind."