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T3 ca c*F -; ~y isgic l:.,the we
ACROSS T1 ! R e the h iin Of the kin*" ' '
houly"sboha d m r" ha:vCe Dn nerv u2
anut g rg on that b a', aka at
D~ Ta~m,-,gc'' Tais of 0 y' Pas- the o,.ran cr the helm an u t
Dc T fP and that the boat might be
szge Oyr the J rdan ds' ed Cn the reeks. as sometimos
sovs were dashed in the Jirian, anu
then I could have imagined the boa:
FROMr; ALMO3T UNNOTICED starting nt:d rocking. and thy crjing
out: OU i, we are going to be lost
We are going down!" Nit so. Ti,
Incident cf Olden Tim- Are Drawn king was 'on bord: the b a-, and thos
women aI ehilircn and a:1 the )u e
L= ssfns of C ,mfort ard hold of the ki-g knew that et.ry care
was t-ken to bve tie b-:r.e hean
H: pefuln:-Ss to A 1 of the em;ire-pss in safety.
N >w, I want to break up a ae usion
Ccc's Chi-dren. i, uSur n.id, anid tbat is this: When
iur frierads go out fie n this world, we
F:om an un~oticed incident cf olden reei -o-ry for them bccan-e they hav:
time Dr. Ta'maze in this disc~urse to go alene; and paren-: hold on to the
draws ecme comforting and rap:urcu; nanes cf their chi:ren who are dying
s and hold on to something of the im
lessons1. The text is 11 s;muel sx. pression that the moment they let go
18, "And there went over a ferryboat t he li:tie one will be in the darkness
to carry over the king's hou ehold." and in the boat all a!cne. "Oh," the
Which of the crowd is the king? parent sass, "if I could only go with
That short mmn, srabarnt and in fa :2y cbile, I wou d be willing to die a
tigue dress It is D.avid, the exild half doz n times. I am afraiid she
king. He has defeated his enemies iill be lost in the woods or in the dirk
and is new going home to recume biz ness; I am a'raid she will be very much
alace. Good! I always le to see frightened in the boat all alone. '
David come cut ahead. But between break up the deinsion. When a s ul
him and his home there isth-- cl.brated gos to heaven, it does not go alone;
river Jordan which has to b- passed the King is on boar i the boat. Was
the king is accompanied to the Dank 'aul alone in the i.:s extre:nity? H -ar
of the river by an ari'toeratic old gen the shcut of the sacred missionary as
tieman of 80 years, B.:ziai by nan.e, he crus out, 'I am row ready to be of
who owned a fine c:norv seat at Roge fered, and the time of my departure is
lim. Besides that, IDvid has his lami- at hind." Was John Wsley alone in
ly with him. But how shall they get the last c remits? No Hcar Lim
across the river? Wit'e they are stand say, 'Beat of all God is with us."
ing there I see a ferry boat coming from Was Sir Wtlaiam Forb-s alone in the
the other side, and asit cuts :hrough last cx'remits? No. Hear him say
the water I see the faces of David and to his friends. "Tell all the people who
his household brighten up at the are coming down to the bed of dea'h
thought of so soon getting home. No from my experience it has no terrors"
sooner has the ferryboat stitck the 'O ," say a gr'eat many people. "that
shore than David aid his family and does very well for distinguished Christ
his old friend Barziilai fr'm Rogeim tans, but fir me, a common man, for
get on board the beat.. Eitbr with me, a eommen woman, we can't ex
splashing oars at the side or with one peet that gu dance and help." If I
oar sening at the stern of the boat should give you a passage of Scripture
they leave the eastern bank of the Jar tbat would promise to you positively
dan and start for the western bans. when you are erossing the river to the
That western bank is black with next world the king would be in she
crowds of people, who are waving ant boat, would you belicve the promise?
shouting at the approaoh of the king and - OZ yes."t on ia', -'I would. Here 1s
his family. The muitary are all our the promise. "When thou passest
Some of those who have been David's through the waters, I will be with thee,
worst enemies now shout until they are and through the rivers, they shall not
hoarse at his return. No sooner has overfb w tnee." Christ at the sisk pil
the boat struck the shore on the west- low to take the soul out of the body;
era side than the earth quakes and the Christ to help the soul down the bark
heavens ring with cheers c welcome into the boat; Christ midstream; Christ
and congratulation. Davi_ and his on the other side to help the soun up
family and Barzillai from Rogehm the beach. Be comforted about your
step ashore. King David asks his old d-parted friends. Be comforted about
friend to go with him and live at the your own demise when the time shall
palace, but Barzillai ap logiz -s and come. Tell it to all the prople under
intimates that he is irfirm with age the sun that no Christian ever dies
and too deaf to appreciate the music, alone; the King is in the boat.
and has a delicate appetite th-a' wcu'd Again. my text suggests that leay
soon be cloyed with luxuricu living, ing this world for heaven is only cross
and so he begs that D.vd would let ing a furry. Dr. Snaw estimates the
him go back to his country seat. average width of the Jordan to be about
I once heard the father of a president 30 yards. What, so narrow? Yes.
of the United States say- that he had "There went over a ferryboat to carry
just been to Wasningtou to see his son the king's household." Yes, going to
in the White House, and he told me of heaven is only a short trip-only a fer
the wonderful things that occurred ry. It may be 80 miles-that is 80
there and of what Daniel Webster said years-before we get to the wet bank
to him, but he declared: 'I wai glad en the other side, but the crossing is
to get ac me. There was too much go short. I will tell you the whole se~re:.
ing on there for me." My father, an It is not five minutes across, nor thre-',
aged man, made his last yikit at my nor one minute. It is an itamanous
house in Philad t ehia, and af ter the transport ation. People talk as t u
church service was over, and we went leavi:;g this life, the Christian w'nt
home, some one in the house asked fihurdering arnd swimming, to eraxi u,
the aged man how he enjoyed the ser exhausted on the o:.h.-r shore, a:,d .o be
vice. "Well,' he repiia. "I eri j yed tpulled out of the pelting sire s by
the servlee, but there were too many Ramsgare lifeboat N> sueh thing it
people there for me. It troubled no~ ie only a fe.rry. It is so narrow that we
head very much." The fact is that old can hail each other from bank to- bak
people do not like excitement. if It is only four atrns' lengths a.os
King David had asked Barzllai 30 The arm of earth!; farewell pui t'n
years before to go to the palace, the from this side the arm of heavenly wel
probabilhty is that Batzillai nvuid have come put out from the cteer side.
gone, but net now. They ki-s each while the d:.ing Christian, s:andiog
other goodby, a custom amonig m~fn midstream, stretenhed out his two aris
oriental, bu in vogue yet where t wo thbe one to take the farewell of earth,
brothers part or an aged father and a and other to take greeting of heavsu
eon go asay froma eac~h o:hcr never to That makes four arms' lengths across
meet again. No wonder that their lips the river.
met as King Davia and old Barziai, Blessed be God, that when we leave
at the prow of the ferryb.oat, parted this world we are not to have a g;'eat
forever. and perilous enterprise of cetting into
This river Jordan, in all ages and heaven. Not a dangerons Frankhan ex
among all languages, has been the sym- pedition to find the northw'est passage
bol of the bonaary line between earth among icebergs Only a ferry. That
and heaven. Yet when, on a former accounts for something you have trever
occasion, I preached to you about the boen a ble to understand. You never
Jordanic paseage 1 have no doubt that suppot ed that very nervous and timid
some of you despondingly said. "The Christian people could be so u'-exited
Lord might have divided Jordan for and placid in the last hour. The fa-t
Joshua, but not for poor me." Cheer is, they were clear down on the bank.
up! I want to show youthat there is a -and they saw there was nothing to be
way over Jordan as well as through it. frightened about. Such a short dis.
My text says. "And there went over a tance-only a ferry. With one ear
ferryboat to carry over the kinig's house- -they heard the funeral psalm in their
hold." me mory, and with the other ear they
All our cities are familiar with the iheard the song of heavenly saiu':ion.
ferr) boat. It goes from San Francisco Toe willows on this side of Jordan and
to Oakiand and from Liverpool to the Lebanon cedars on the other almost
Birkenhead, and twice every secu'ar nelce hirbace.Ol
day of the week mulmtudes are on tth ery
ferryboats of our great cities, to that ysjctaosugssheft
you will not ned to hunt up a classtoatfathtwen ecrsoertte
dictionary to find out what I meanlatwshlfndaoidadng Th
wnile 1 am spearing to you about theferba aspoe ofi mytx
passage of Davia and his family acrossmenapletosrtfmadapac
the rnver Jordan. t ad ai n i e~: i o
My subject, in the fir'st place, im- fn h atr hr fteJra
presses me with the fact that, when weanmoesldtnthwsersoe
cross over from this world to the nextwhrhelndadytoaget
the boat will have to come from themayhveisntarlpae.T
other side. The tribe of Jidah, we yuhae safgbn nteds
are informed, sent this ferr boat across tne om evni oi
to get DLavid and z~is househohi. I hae.Atrtersreto a
stand on the eastern side of the ceyuwl aearsr~'dfo
river Jordan, and I find no shipping atansoehgtorad nadate
all, but whiue I am standirg there 1 retdeeadcoost e ihi
see a boat piowing througti the river,areuecderan muitoegl
and as I hear the :miri of the watersit Smrmninhsdaaenikg
and the boat c:>mea to the eastern bide agetda ffnaoi t un
of the Jordan and David and his familymaeilsi dsriios fhavn
arad his old friend step on beard thatWelnomfrndiyowlltl
boat I am mightiy impressed with themewawilbthueofarsrc
fact that when we cross over from thisedbyin eanwth ohngo
world to the next the boat wili ave to todo n ohn oha n oh
come from the opposite shore.igtoadlannthgtoasehn
Bleased be G-od, there is a boat com- Iwl ag o.Aeyugigt ia
ing from the other s.do! Transporta- buinetrfovrsnggaot
tioni at last for our sonis from tne otheryorhdsadfetruhtear
shore; every thing aban: this gosp'-linisrnitloemtetswtr
frcm the ottter snore; pardon fromt the izi h etro h u n h
othaer shore; mercy from uie other shore; ni oetai~igi h ea
pity from the other shore; mitibary ofa'oftemo? htisnty
segels from the other store; power to hae.Dsaife ihJh' a
work miracles from the other shore; traitahaeteb~a ikr
Jesus Chirist from the other shore. aetyn opthu evnta
'Tais is a faithial saying and worthywlldfothma :.Inerhad
of all acceptation that Christ Jeaso n eve att g oecp
came into the world to save sinners," S.Jh' evn eiv hl
and from a foreign snore I see the fer-hor r.TpdysgyeadIac
ry boat coming, and it rols with the Wtsrct ~n n 'atriy
surges of a Sanouur's suffring; but as it Oouay"w re oldoug'
strnkts the earth the mountains rock,thoraTn rdwlpoiete
and the dead adj1ut their apparei soora.Dntyuhhrabtteo
that they may be fit to come ca:. Tha an.IbleeIsal e e ai
boatttuhesthee~rh, n'~ ~o in wth rpedhei l bac his. ng
~iloma Wa iiget itO t i hi cx etMyo tubec sgalsof suggestste fact
Tirng iem:t ~ain~ 'ie -a~ec-Jfatr that' whzein e crsal ovete
I am hs." t I S.~ah Wu l ast we s all:a fon s o lanipg. Te
got iu~~~o thaferrboa' "~se~vdofh i nat a y kno ih n m text'hc
gaic! Uen he at..! I~-" Go meanl a'oace star-fo an aro place
tha ~sth l~~t -an~ ~omtr ot r fide asternithor of hve noran
ahoe t ta. Dy aa:~ n~- t a oss an e sh olid ta teesdternl shore
so. ~-'n w a: a>~?t -~ ~e. w-hbre henu aneds havn. yet to a gea
will c~me frm t~e sammanyeheavenodis not a for yeals pace. nTo
furod ta ie~o.a~tv . tr-t a y ouh hiavnls, th everlan hin~ thes
thin tiat t~s~s romtit~ stasnc' e Now, mythavn~ fro a solid
Ag-sn, ~ ~. iet u~g-tsa' h eav~ e Afterg tohe resurrecton tha
we cro~s urrecatdt eyeaanthcolirs to seotherthide
be o boad th b~tt ~L~ Ca it.r Sart. m n in thi tayhe a mwkeg
in !.bi ties as n it i:~i~y. heme whats oill bt the lst o rshrrect
boe wrenotskilfllymad, nd t at the and ting Wohear aadnoah
his family wc'n, over in the f: rryboctsOi.C~1I~ ALOD
s;okcr of n the tcx, they landed anid
a n::eion that bid cm out t, gr.eCt Theme of the Q a'ious Lines Show
thcm. A they sep;:.-d f omi the deck
of the bo.t to tree s",ore there were Handsome Increase
:h uands of r p" e ?'o gash, r. d
aroun d them to a a sa'f tioa
that was be; ord ceseripicn. And so present hsr4 at work on the p'epzration
you :nd I wi lc e t a: the landing. of its annual report to the General As
Oar arrival will not be like steppieg sembl U courte, all the fiurcs are
more at A::werp of Constantinople not a for the aruaI gnea
am rg a cry vi of strangers. It will be s .. (: *hcwiug the y.ar's bu.,ine +s
aig irod' g:-d frfends, thoe h , g fc. in the Sha>e" ;ut it i Fos
are warm hearted friends and all their stele t; !'>"v the total incomc 'rom al
friends. We k-ow people whorn we sou- s an the tot the
have never seen by hearir'g some bad es rim's, n )t invudng toes, by r.'ads
tsik abs-ut t'em ve'ry mu h; we know !or all the roads save three very ra il
them alnost as well as if we haoi seeri n the and ed i3man the
them. And do you not suppJ!se tkt our
parents and brothers a:,d sbers anI
children in havea have ocn talking IfforLs have been gade to secure
abnt ui all these ycars, and tiking to reiorts without ro'ult. They are
their fried? S. that, aace of the report.
we cross the river at the lait we shal;
not only be met by aU those C:?tisti.,n have a to:.l income from all sources
frierde whom we knew on earth, :lt 3riutnigto very nearly ten millin of
by aU their friends. They will c-me deliars, the missing roads having
do-vn to the l.nding to meet us. Your enough to run it to that mark, the in
d-parted friends love you no v more era'e over the prcc ding year being
than they ever did Yn wil be sur- $1,0,7163 3S.
prised at the last to tied how they te o an strctures, mainten
keow about all the agairs of yur life. aynd stctrs rin
Wny, they are only across the ferry. nce and
and the boat is coming this way, ad and32n6riasiaganst $5,u.t1o36 76 l
the boat is going that way. I do not
know bat they have already a-ked the year, m;king the tetAl income le. x
L'rd the day, the hour, the moment pnsC5 $3,221 813 SO again-t $305
when you are coming across a'd that 13'; Si last year.
they k:ow now, bu I do know that you F:om this total income lcs expenss
will be m-.t at the laeding. The poet 9 0 99hi t? 1 has to be dedued
Southey said 're thought he should that b ceal a n of t s
know Bishosp iber in heaven by the charged. The
portraits he had seen of him in London, attributed largely to the laying of new
and Dr. Rinaoiph said he thought he rails, the improvement of Vroperties,
would know Wiliam Cowper, the poet. etc , which is general at this time. The
in heaven from the pictures he had total defict is $52 253 81. charged only
seen of him in England; but wo wili to those new or rebabilitated lines
know our departed kindred by the por brought into use during the year.
traits hung in the throneroom of our Tiio Atantic Coast Line system
hearts.shows a toal ir.eme for the year f
On starlight nights youlook up-and
I suppose it is so with any one who icr last Sear, this bein one of the
has friends in heaven-on starlight p
nights you look up, and you canno 5 ri 5 in h earalins $1.2
heir but think of those who have g'ne, 1U 66 last sar, a a s 1 -
and I suppose they look down atid can 1. bb s ' .1 and t otal -
nos help but think of us. Bat they p n at
have the advantage of us. We know 13
not just where their world o'joy is; The other Southern line,
they know where we are.Spartanburg and the Atlanta
There was roman e ael and Charlotte Air Line, show hand
tian beaury in the life of Dr. Adoniram some increases, however.
Judson, the Baptist missionary, when The report this year will show 191
he concluded to pirL from his wife, she miles of new road built and rceived
to come to America to restore here during the year 1900. The largest items
health, he to g back to Barma to i this total are the new inks of the
preach the gospel. They had started Seaboard Air L ne and the Southern
from Burma for the United States to railways.
ether; but, getting near St. Ha lena. THE PERENNIAL PROBLEM.
3drs. Jadson was ro moci better she
said: "Well, now I can got home very
early. You go back to Barma and theTwoClasseuThat Husbands May
preach the gospel to those poor people.
I am almost well. I shall soon be well,
and then I will return to you." After The problem as to whether husbands
she had made that resolution, terrific really love their wives is again upper
in its grief, willing to give up her has- most in society, and battle, and mur
band for Christ's sake, she sat down der and sudden death, politics, trusts,
in her room and with trembling hand fiods, eartlq takes, heat, hades and
wrote Some eight or ten v:rees, four of and hurry have ben relegated to their
which I will row give you: proper places.
We part on this green is'et. loge-a
Thou for the exatern main; utusmybrogldi'd
Th'iufor he eierninto two great stas5es-those who are
I for the se:ting u lrinaga by their wives and those who
Oa, when to meet again! tikte r o.1n etaes a
When we knelt to see our He'nry die ai-dzn
a.d heardi his las! raint Dhazn,Btte athtahubnisdl
Each wip'ed aniy the o'he'< tears;
Niow each ?tu~t weep stone.c.nrlld yhiwfesnoeidno
An I who can pant our mutua' joyTeaeac ebnIi amebr
When, ah our nadering o er,de bein anawth oeti
We b.-th shan 0 as? cur iniaats threa ris : iditn noeo w
At home i n Burmna's snore? ~ us n ti oprtvye~
Bit h'gher shall car raptures glow tintobf hmaou.Alg rez
tin y on eeletial plaiam~bovhi nams aydrein
When -evei and pe:te.: here below prvdheilt onOnteoosb
Meet tie er tO part agvsfl, cte itrsed nadfalih
She f,idel thatmanuscript, a relapse r'zdsn.tifitearaeie
of ner eLa ase cane ca, and she died.
Dr Jadson ear's he put her away for in ~i~c oepwru cha
she rsure min on t':e isle of S:. HemI urcn a omnanoie
They h-A thought to part for a year or Btd u ad oeterwvs
two. Now they pairted forever, so farTiodthyo! n hepofls
as this world is concerned. And he says i h u~to hc h vrg
ne hastened on board after the funern a nl st h x~~o
with his iittle children to start for o vr~~gesie oteect
Brafrthe vtssei had already lif tee kn fmkn oet i ie n
her sai s. A ad he says, "I sat down
for some time in my cabin my little nSIttmi i ntimgesadh
childre-u around ecr g,"Mother, 1t ntbaistoayhtou
mother!' Aad I aoandoned myseif to
heartbreaking grief. Bat one day the m~nih r od saism;r r
thought came across me as my fattb i aigmnmnst h oeta
stretched her wing that we should me:e aeaehsadbertteae
agai~a in heaven, and I was comforted."aewf--o ls hr-ie
as it, my friends, all a delnsioin? Hse otnSa et
When he died, cid she meet him at Serty Hee's ekyNw
-he lancing? When she died, did theOran cotn xhng saem t
scores of soais whom she had brought sosfrte1 aso eebra
to Christ and who had precedad her toinraeor a yrof1,0.Fr
heaven memn her as the landing? I tbe- h o aso hesao thv
ieve is; l know it. Oh, giorions con-eaedt grgtesaha ote
solation, that when our poor work on 15dy fls er49uO
earth is done and we cross the river we heao tbrutinosgtd
shal be met at the landing!in th pstwkhaben437
Bat there is a thought that comes aant3987frtesvndy ni
over me 1.ke an electric bnoCk. D. I be tha ae atyrndfrhe1
long to the King's househola? Mark dy fDa bri a ~n868
you, the text hays, "Aud there went aant7698ls er
ova a ferry boat to carry over the kings s ns ~k h oa o~mn o
househla," and none but the king'ste15dy rmSet ode575
houeuid. Thee I ask, "Do I belong 69aant52658ls er h
to the houehold? Do you?' lf you end o een ncSp.1shwter
noteaime todiy and be adopted intoepsatllntd aesors37
that household. "Oa,' says somne soul4 gis 3495 at er vr
here, "I no not knoNv whetrher the King 'darosteMsispiOoad
wants mc!" Ho does; he does. HeartacPtmcrvr oeotenml e
voice from the throne, "I will ho a Cnd 8 5 gis 1 1 .s
father to them, and they shall be my ya neirsok nec~o hs
ions and daughters, esith the L )rOd attel sofhecm ril
Almighy." * Him that cometh unto,63aant 2 0 l~ er
me," Cnrist saye, "I will in nowise ~~~unl aig 9,5 gis
easta cut.' Come into the King's h'ouse, 5944ia er
hold. Sit down at the King's tabile. Fii~ xo~ o h ekhv
Ceme in and take your apparei frem theben1,25ganm2265ltyar
Kig's wardrobe, even the wedding gay-uzaigteutlhsfrf'rhes
mnt of Christ's righteousness. Come ~n27696aant22817ls
in and inherit the Kiogsa wealth. Come e.
in and cross in the Ktng's ferryboat. Nrhr iltknsadCnd
Cut aiis Arm Off. dre h atsvndy hwad
A head on collismon occured on the Aeia ii ot n ot n
Iron Mountain rait way at Desare, 31o.,Cada! arfrtees'nhv
last night between two Ireight trains bv 4066aant17791ls
kilig E~ugmner J.ames Britt and ~er
Braeman Ei Bradley. The latterw w mcsa hesaor adte2
caught un'ier the wre,:kage which toak laigsuhr neirc rshv
tee andI his body aas cremated. Fire-inraddungtewk13,2
man B. B.srr--tt feil under his enoine blsadaenw2352salrta
ann could only be resened frem b<-ing a hsdt n19
bared abve by cutting his arm off rtfl Icuigsok lf vra ot
an axe. Wiliam Ralston, coneuctor aditro on r~ h atco
and orskeman JR D Scott and brake- adtenme fhlsbogtit
mn G. L Saott were enightly ir jared. sgttu a o h e rp h
Tle two eegines were cempletely de .pl odt s5887 gis ,
mohedrd and eight eats leaded with 647fothsaeprudltya.
iunier amnd catton caht tire and were
enrely con-u.ned. The c.,llision wasTETRS Wi.
caued by Eigiaeer Ra overlookug Th euian upmecrto
cii meetg p int. fne loss to theOioasnlldimsdthprce
raiisa cooipsiy is ab, ut $15.000. Lsn.is h adr ~ opn
MARRWLUON dr ani'utlwT.teSaet sov
A dispatenl Irum Unatrnam, Va., tells TeRpalcnatre eea h
of aion.antic weecinig wthieh occurren scrdti re n eae ~
rre Mornday Mi:s Lury Moticers, tuaha e rtiul i
dau r of the RsY A. W11 iamn Motley, nisdb i at.Teejsim
omme the pride of A Y. Yoag, Jr., ~aewl n ael crc u tS
f Sa Fianeisco Mr. Lueg is wornh sno lcin
$50,00, anda he and tiis til~e had
n~ver ma uii a few hours before the TEPN1NCN.R
cersiny wee performad. It seems Miss 'epnio prpitinbi a
Moe ies a poeters. asd a poem of her cmltdTusa ytehuesb
com1aion crme anier the notice 0 of mt eo ipfoitos tcr
Mr. Young. A correspuonecresulted isac 1520,0,o hc bu
aida l)1rsi.acc.~a ,andsting h14 Stateu i rad penision and t
of at o wcd~r ~Alwe ancefo a adble frtio nus goea
Vaeaa Woen n a oot ace OLD TIME CHRISTMASES.
Vienna wome= in a Foot ac
A singular race for which only
women were allowed to compete, was Changes Wrought During The Last
-writes our Vienna correspondent- The Last
arranged a few days ago in the sib- - y
urbs of this city. The distance to be The Chris'mas of 1847 was a simple
run was about five English miles, and and tcendt ahf4ir. cot sistirg mainly cf
the prizes offered were a gold watch Santa Caus ard well fil:ed stockings
and chain, a silver watch and chain, The pre;.nts were : oaie-made, with a
go!d bracelets and sums of money. few add sweetmeats and tcys. Thick
Twenty-seven women were entered of the chargne_! An Grag was asight
for the race and one was started every more rare than custard-.-i pies are now.
fire minutes. Thousands of persons A banana I do net reueniber havinr
lined the streets and roads. greeting seen before 1850. Farmers used flint
the competitors with ironical cheers. leeks to sho+t the squirrels for aChisi
The police had much trouble in keep
orde. an topresrvemss pie-or what we used to call ti~o
ing the course clear and to preserve ' Queen's arms." These were British
order. Agents at different points con- musdets, cagurd duriug the revolu
trolled the race, and cyclists accom- tiun. The first breech loader was pat
panied the runners. Of the starters, ented in 1836; but they reie notin -om
25 reached the goal. a village outside mon u-e. We went in thiek stoga boots
the capital. Th winner of the gold 1 btcause rubbers were barely knewo;
watch accomplis. ed the distance in at.d 1 do not think a rubber boat was
one hour and ten minutes. The win-I in <xistence. What we had were a sort
ner of the fourth race was a woman of Indian moccasin imported from Bra
of 5s. The first five prizos were won zil, capable of weariug for ten years
by married women, and the two last The first Goodycar patent was taken
by young girls.-London Telegraph. out in 1835. About the same time the
Exaggerated Maps of Spain. first maChif3 was put in operation for
Oscar F. Williams. who was consul making pens, .vhale for pens we used
general of the United States at Man goose quills or eve- hen quills. It was
nila when the Filipino insurrection however, a peculiarly inventive per
broke out, says that in the maps of period. All the knick knacks that are
Europe which were used In the Fil- Dostflmiliar to us were then novelties
ipino schools under the Spanish re- and costy. A bunch of ping in a Otrist
gime a large place in the center of aas stocking was n.,t despised. if a
that continent, usually occupying be x of matches could have been had it
more than one-half the page, was would have been a welcome gift from
marked Spain. All the rest of the (--anti Claus.
countries were scattered about the The stockirgs wcre hung up by the
edge. Thus the young Filipino came huge old fireplace, where great legs
to have a very distorted idea of the burled and coats were covered up at
magnitude of the country of his op- night. In rural sections we had never
pressors. Even Aguinaldo was sur- seen a scuttle of coal and had only
prised to learn that America covers heard of it as an effort to burn black
a greater area than Spain.-N. - stuues. Whalt oil lamps marked the
Herald. advanced line of progress in lighting
streets aed houses. There was no drcami
A Woman's Club In Hawaii. of cannd fruits and cocoa and elioco
Mention may be made of the Hawa- late, alrhougt Re had plenty of tea and
iian Woman's club, successfully coffee. It was impossible to gave a sew
launched in Honolulu five years ago. It ing macnineor a photograph. Dasur
was started by an American school- reucypes ire taut devicd until 1839;
teacher who was wont to invite young and the first were taken in Ameica at
girls to her home once a week for in- !ant a Sear later. I remember when
formal conversation on some topio. Avery, who tuck the first to picture
The outgrowth was a full-fledged elub west of A bang, carried it up and sown
of 34 members, most of them being Ha- the streets, fiudied with his suooess;
wailans, with a mixture, however, c! and ran into house after house to ea
Chinese and Portuguese. The president B It. I a a ghustly affair, to be
this year is a Chinese girl, who wears quinted at ana guessed out; but after
her quaint national costume when she all it was the oegnnieg of a great art.
ills the offcial chair. -Bertha Damaris The presents were {uaier o- aff. oci:n
Knobe, in Woman's Home Companion. because home made. The whole fsmiy
Duck been at woxik for weeks p.anning
Diplomatic, and ecuting little gifts The bog s
Proud Mamma-Wasn't Georgie a made boles and toys and hand sleds.
noble little gentleman to insist upo n te women made s.eckings and mu rs
Nellie's helping herself to a peach b& and dainty caps, while the girls malls
fore he took one himself?
Uncle Henry-Oh, yes, very noble. SAwkJ as a r thr me ghes.
Georgie, what made you let Nellie help things in those days; for both the wo
herself first? men and the men had taaes, as well as
Georgie-Beeause there wa'n't but a snack ann a kio. edgy of land col
two peaches, a great big one and a - cure It is interesting to note that
tie bit of one. I knew Nellie would be
too polite to take the big one.-Roston oeo u etosiesadsca
too olie totak thebigone Bosoa tudents prophesy a large reaction form
Transcript. ur present fast and uneasy age to the
Few Beds in Russia. 'uae: and calr of those earler days of
Beds are comparatively scarce in te ceurur. 0 course we shal not
Russia, and many well-to-do houses g ye up our inventions; but with them
are still unprovided with them. "e IflL' lute our boyish tl~itement, and
Peasants sleep on the tops of their react to another eriod of recansidera
ovens; middle-class people and ser;- L.Ti a entehsoyo
ants roll themselves up in sheepskinste a.
and lie down near stoves; soldiers rest h iotdegin profte
upon wooden cots without beddingodm oky~s h prs ~~
and it is only within the last few nfrerouygul.(uee
years that students In schools have ig eeawy thm;adi h
been allowed beds.-N. Y. Sun. *. ra aiyrowic a h
Rulers of China.w ahrd eoetehig ieo
The emperor of China Is assisted bylgsedanttsrto adtrad
a cabinet, a council of state and the fn~iLcniehdol hr h
six boards. There is no prime minis- vh.l au~i Ltd etaee
ter. but there are six chancellors, who orhm rw on n aeor
mediate between him and the subor- ad (Amaoadpaynipe
dinate ofmcials. The emperor, like the ~me nwir ooejie ~r
sultan of Turkey, attends to all the de-nerythnteatradmoe.
tails. The chancellors are assisted byNocidasvrpemtdtoC5t
600 seribes, translators and other of- osffrmtehue-odaerak
ficials, half! of whom are Manchus er ihu h or.to f a~rns
foregnerzs.-N. Y. Journal.'tatr9ocok ooeee nuh
He Was No Egotist. u ds ifw ratto?:eoro
"Will you marry me, Miss Ton- smlrmtoso iigi i eb
mey?" asked Mr. Collingwiood.arurcinofmr oele.L
"No, indeed," replied she. "I u e oi.ta h amhm smr
wouldn't marry the best man en ~ahmadtetr;bucfml
earth." acr efenand
"Of course you won't. You'll nevser_________
have an opportunity. But that is no - Hril oaas
reason why you shouldn't marry mie."
-Deroi ~rePres.Frtahen a pmutinic opeutns forh
man ens, .vatie for pand Training
Nea Enugh ,,scooe qui or eve hqichsI was
Pa-Wel, wen tapeole tink rion. cAlrte body, suppoks to are
alik tbu ar sai to gre. No, y mosht fmissa toruswere then reovere
sax ues wht "isaree mens.~ anda revitioAbnc of hpis of m hist
"Oh ye, tat' whn oly ne ee-maks tcrin tat dpse d. peron par
plc thofnmatchesecouldihadelbhen hressi
Not15th D~LTrhet sks f r hung0uby0th
Mrs Nasby(imatintl calin)- hre olefrepl5acen woen stets
1~er, dop verthig a one ad o bun ed aun coals whom poeried.a
Kora-Yee ma'nn.ht.de ictiuralscs hwaeead tner
"sew, what'snthe babytcyinf coa?' ahe daadoare
"'Cus Idrppd immaai. _ heardo as an M fort jnto r lc
lagowEvein Ties.trne Whle ot Bimps markdYth
_________advanle ie ahwof gr:-anolihing
Noreeleaaud houneC.tTheree.asenoYdrea
C~a lt'smoe i. he laty; ter aThog as, pie t of teY. n
*o'twat o iv I twn c'raee Storas, Bmoson.e N. gieY. s
"Wel, p. m sas I weliv hee rll tu pes Fwere notdeacduti. P 839
I'm rownup n' gay-eade ash The young wereten uied romsc on
won lenri. kep pi."-ndlnapils ahcthr a f er othe burememer Then
ouraleri wh th ok fi e irskno n itr
Expressive Eest.of A lbarnyor, carrieidpend on
at you and ook sad at the saete satteead flhe wicap and urne
you ay gnerlly e sresme an d ak into hue auterin ouse ae
eyes"-N.Y. Pess.o~quie ato anargued ut;d biut fe
loaingwa the fieg nsicgpo Ia israt art
TooFarBehn.Th peent wie sree wuere aflei:..n
Mill-I ndestad tat issEidr. a een acosth w io- weepaning
ly i geting o bevery'stanb fiexecapgtes nd te Tne way th
Will-Ye; bu sh'll ..Tr m~ madck bones saed o a and calngks
thetim sh hs lst.Smat ort uoThe womenwidow~cks adjcnt toftre
You Faltssapd dandty a h ile creeg alon mahe
our fiends otice ots ofperoof Landythe athere wiad e damts
fault tha escpe yur eemie __ om-e as ins ord ant te..tgrat
Atcso Glbe.ticgse of thoe fied~a; crthee.
__________ _Amearchfo themindtts s b ein l mae
To See fea-selfa s ackda as knsie bdg flnd cuer
Mn. Raate - Otentt~ou? I ure. cItitrung a tove frote that
like to havemaepir olasbeoveroher aerse andesocial
s~ ebarittudentimorroAmeiyaa.lrge__rescun__orm
gtHesn Ataal ournoearle ays of
ClereViion hs een a ;scrine o tha 173
he-efoe w wee mrrid g Americanu hivetin.esu wrth $205,
usedto ay Iwastheappl ofyou 203,000 hae mrrbied titese, sand
He-MybeI dd; ut 'vehadmy no e hnge hasbeen the ihtf
-ye eeld sncethe.-Pilaelpia Tord marrdiag isu apard in--y
Buletnd titime andc as h scrts,.
Th fese barganmoyuter sale even
"Mr. Bweregatsaysiatquite;aapdiin the
thrpit, snt h?"anrm acind sle kitfe pizoe,
wecgatherndpaperfoeotherf pgeplirero
asked o ign"-hic~ ime-Hr- gIs adha corn o of 2,108,-ate
a~dh 300f000 isushels ed. whe haret
of~d 500,0m,000 ushand payedanm
Noeriddi'evrsermterdtoae.n
Veri eectnga hmefor~ at ield fr the0,000,0o0 buselsar
annuaed Ialia artsts f al claseu.t e irtonof s tat.
Altoug alos 0yeas o ae, But resdete 9Moc~lock might ve t'h
the ashngtn Sarhe s hmse f giengl orsomhee ere for
fr~r from beingdeligIbletoreaet toiot .rosperito
tre urcetinaof1oretime tf.oL.
GIld lie 11.N1. Home.
Smallest of the Small.
While we are accustomed to think very glad to be
of atoms as the smallest possible uc of i. a. ,.. i'W g story which
particles Into which matter can be t ? ara witnessto:
divided, recent experiments, particu-. othe d a y.:.: ; (3erman, a well
larly those of Dr. Gustave Le Bon. :u own operatic singer. meeting some
have indicated that, through elec- .copatriots in a west end cafe, made a
trical dissociation, atoms themselves few disparaging remarks about the
are capable of subdivision into parti- kaiser. Later he sought quarters in a
eles of amazing minuteness. Many hotel. Early in the morning he awoke.
years ago Lord Kelvin calculated the and for the nonce was puzzled as to his
probable size of a molecule of air, and latitude. He remembered that he had
according to him about 25,000.000 such said something uncharitable respect
molecules laid in a row would meas- ig Emperor William, and got into a
ure an inch. There would be 600 air condition of blue funk, as he thought
molecules in a wave-length of ordi- he was in for a year or two of impris
nary light. Every molecule is com- onment for the offense of lese majeste
posed of atoms smaller than itself. Suddenly he heard the "mee-ow" o
Now, Dr. Le Bon calculates that the milkman, and he jubilantly fte
particles dissociated by the electric to himself: "Thank elam
energy which produces such phenom- safe; I am in London! Donnerwetter,
ena as the Becquerel rays are so I fancied I was in Berlin!"-London
small that even atoms would appear Household Words.
to be "infinitely large" in comparison
with them.-Youth's Companion. A Wild Dull's Swim.
The steamship Lord Iveagh, Capt.
strange Snow on MDar. Minister, sailed recently for Cardiff
Prof. Johnstone Stoney, in develop- with a full general cargo comprising
Ing his theory of the escape of gases 70,000 bushels of grain, 2,000 boxes of
from planetary atmospheres depend- cheese, 700 standard deals and 380
Ing upon the force of gravity of the cattle. The whole of the latter were
particular planets concerned, has con- ranch cattle and were so wild that it
eluded that helium at present is slow- needed a nervy person to control
ly escaping from the earth, and in a them. One bull succeeded in jumping
distant past time it probably escaped overboard, and for nearly one hour
much more rapidly. From Mars, he the bull swam around the basin, to
says, water vapor must have escaped the delight of about 200 persons.
with about the same readiness as Finally the tug Collier put In an ap
helium fled from the earth, and ac- pearance and took the beast in tow to
cordingly the variable white patches the vessel, where a cargo hawser had
about the poles of Mars are not snow, been fixed to the winch. The rope
but probably are frozen carbon diox- was dropped around the neck of the
ide. Other appearances frequently animal and it was lifted on board.
observed on Mars are due, he thinks, The bull was none the worse for his
to low-lying fogs of carbon dioxide immersion.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
vapor shifting alternately between
the poles and the equatorial regions. The Dahlia in Italy.
-Youth's Companion. Florence. the city of flowers, is about
to celebrate a floral centenary-that of 2
Signals at Sea. the dahlia, which was first imported to
The code of signals used by vessels at Europe from Mexico in 1790 by three
sea is prepared by a committee ap- Spanish explorers, who planted it in
pointed at the international marine Madrid in the hope that the tubers
conferences that are held every few mght prove a cheap food for the stagy
years. We had one at Washington in ing peasantry. Instead of that, th
1890, another one held at Copenhagen beauty of its flowers attracted the at
two years ago, at which revisions were tention of the rich, and in 1800 some
adopted, which extended and simpli- specimens were taken to Paris. From
fled the code considerably. Each ship this time the dahlia became one of the
is required to have a set of flags and a glories of European gardens. It also
supply of rockets which represent 200 then first received a name, adapted
or 300 combinations. These can be in- fm that of Dahl, the leading botanist
terprted by the codebook into sen
tences covering almost every possible
situation or communication which any Evaporation of Gold.
ship might want to send to another. Sir W. C. Roberts-Austen has proved
Ships that pass in the night make sig- through an experiment extended ove
nals by fre; in the day by Sags.-N'. four years that when a column of
Y. Times. lead is allowed to rest upon a column
of gold a slow diffusion or evaporation ,
Motor Posts in Australia. of the gold takes place, resulting in
A frequent difficulty encountered by the appearance of traces of gold in
postal authorities in -Australia is the the lead. When a degree of heat not
cheap and expeditious delivery of mails sufficient to melt either of the metals
to outlying localities. Many of these
places are hundreds of miles from the is ple the diffso The geld
nearest railway line, and the route is eny of the particles is upward into
apt to be through drought-stricken tela.A a si e nw h
coun.try, where the dry roads are at
times impassable even by cael . evaporation of gold occurs only i
is conspicuously the case in tropical metal.
Queensland. But the government of Youth's Companion.
that colony has risen to the emergency Grows Only in America..
and has decided to try the experiment
of dispatching mails to "out back" by Indin corn oe othar when
motor car. The result is likely to betreofctalndotbr up.
awaited with interest in other places
than Queensland.-Lonidon Daily Mail. Sne19,we uoeipre u
Our Dad Manners. Uie tts t s sctl eda
If we could get a consensus of hion- sedl rwadls.yarsipr.
est opinions from foreigners we shouldfrmteUidSaesloear.
no doubt be told that our dominant gtd1900CObses fti,4,
national trait is-bad manners. We 5,0 uhl wn oGray
probably never shall lire down the ef-whc cotr asoipts5nl
feet produced by the swaggering, rich qatte rmTre n omna
"trippers" and shrieking girls who Erst-.Y.Sn
represented us in Europe. They still Foe muiin
are believed to be the true American
types. "The American vulgarizes all Shpcano gotsewihfoe
that he touches" has everywhere passeddaronwshp hsbeds
into an adage.-"An American Moth- lqel
er," in Ladies' Home Journal.ofaaginenwhntespIsn
A Disturbing Element. atoams mosbe h el.
Lawyer-Are you acquainted withodstosplcthliudarhtif
the defendant in this case?hudedersblozr.Inta -
Witness-Yes; I've known him f~ o ndtortcudnt xldee i
years.ashlshudbrtithmaau
"Have you ever known him to be a cene
disturber of the public peace?" ________
"Well-er-he personaily conducted Bais htBeoeDo ,
a number of trolley parties last sum- AnEkm bayibonfrecp
mer."-Chicago Daily News.foadakrudstonhesalf
Very Rich,.oo h aktn rdal ped
DistrIct Visitor-Well, Mrs. O'la- tl h odigEkm sa eui
herty, I hope your daughter has fula n scmltl n shgl
good place.cooeasawl-mkdmeshm
Mrs. O'Flaherty-Oh, it's a mighty pp.Tesm hn apn mn
oins place, enturely! Sure, Bridget teJpns.N .Sn
says that her mistress is so rich that ________
all her flannel pettieoats is mad. ofid o eahr
silk!-N. Y. World.SefPsesd Btr-hm
Where It Would Not Work,. odfloyumsntbt e
"Johnny, dear, did you try to mind HigySakWynt
the golden rule in your dealings withImth rpreo o h
your playmates at school to-day?" do'chrkw;pfesna ut
"Yes'm; till we had recess. You es Hah!-NY.Wrd
an't use It in football, you kndw. It'd________
kill the game deader'n a door naiL"-O l Fus
Chicago Tribune. Dri el steewsatm
No Need of Bait,.rbbyalds ota eidI
Crabshaw-I don't see where womanealliew nhe procda
acquired her extravagance in dress. egbrsmlnpthfo tera.
Eve wasn't that way.
Mrs. Crabshaw-Of course not. There -hcg al es
was only one man in the world thea eietyItxctd
and she had him.-Puck.Cae-otebsfrd asiyf'
The Fashionable Front. bigduk n o Ah nw
"Madge Mizzle is awfully conven-hewsduk
tional." Csia-hy h o olwn
"She is?" adfl i hoiswdn utn
"Yes; she will have a gold monogram hmef.Jde
en her note-paper even if she hasn'tThObtce
got shoes."-Indianapolis JournaL. Aead-o nwlv agsa
Sport for Real Fishermen. lositAdph
At Kyak, Alaska, are great fishing Aop-ebti os' oit
grounds. Halibut are caught thereNo8bot-O oSaeJura
weighing 350 pounds, cod 42 pounds _______
ead salmon 58 pounds.-N. Y. Sun. pdothEal'Flg.
Guards on European Royalty. Teei oeduta otefih
Every royal palace in Europe has its.o h al enga ai smn
special private police, who, in one guise wudmk t u ti e n~ita
or another, are alwvays on the lookout
for suspicious persons.-N. Y. Sun. readtspd.atr
Pa's Chips. N-Idntlk h dao sn
"Mfaw, I guess I don't have to cut uhsclrmicnorcuc.Dd
any kinlin' this winter," ventured lit-yontieheslcontergit
tle Willie. aedlsSuay
"Guess again, son. SeN.Wa a t
"well anyway, I heard paw tellin' "Idntkothnaefibuis
Mr. Blake inat he bought $25 worthsoehn'Iavfrqntyerdt
of chips the other night, na I thought sce ocrs"-Hre ie
that ought to last quite a speil.'--Den- SaeHm
ver Times. Col-ecle eala.Wa
Too Suggestive,.ol o o bu t
First Theatrical Manager -I thought Ms epe-el fIwr o
you were going to put on "The Win- Idmk tapitt lastl h
ter's Tale," and now you are billing tuhwe esaon.?iseP
"iidsummer Night's Dream." Pes
Second Manager-Yes; I didn't like
the name of the other piece. It sound- ue aans orey
ed too much like a frost.--Philadel- Athecoeffrmldnrsi
phia Record.Jaagussaepeetdwhan
Wireless Telegraphy,.a,~hhte reepce otk
In an ascension made recently byhmn'-bnyAgs
Messrs. V'allot and Jean and Louis ILe
earme it was found that it is possible ~ leU' re t
o communicate by wireless telegraphy cnseriwr'gt
between the earth and a freely rising - yrbewo,
balloon at great distances, without any
sonductor from the balloon to the )ti . L-~.-ii~g al
Clail H W-Cont Home
T. b-he oni..1is ater
ome:.~e-,n-rygladto b