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WHEN WILL THE WORLD END?
Thousands of People Deluded Into j
Belief That Destruction Will be '
Soon. I
The end of the world has now
been definitely fixed for 1916 !
It is really extraordinary the
number of people who believe an
early end of the world. Thou
sands have been disappointed at
various dutes and no doubt thou
sands more will be disappointed in
the oft-looked for event.
London has suffered from sever
al end-of-the-world panics. It was
predicted that on a certain October
13 the city would be destroyed, a
destruction to be followed shortly
by the end of the earth. For some
reason or other the people became
panic-stricken. Thousands rushed
out to Hampstead and other out
lying suburbs on the 12th, watch
ing and fearing. All through the
night they waited, and all through
the wearv hours of the 13th they
kept watch, with blanched faces,
for the expected catastrophe. At
midnight thousands of tired-out
specimens of humanity found the
world still solid and walked home
in disgust.
In 1842 a prophet predicted the
end of all things, beginning with
the destruction of London on Mar.
16. Like the previous prediction,
it failed to come off, though thou
sands fled into the country before
the 'fatal' day.
Just over two years ago there
was great excitement in this coun
try. No fewer than three different
prophets had fixed on December
27. 1908, as the last day of all,
and had advised her followers to
wind up their earthly affairs.
Spangler was the chief of these
prophets, and many of his follow
ers anxious to hear the first blast
of the trumpet of the archangel.re
fused to go to bed on the Saturday
night. At dawn a large number
of them put on white dresses spec
ially made for the occasion. Ac
cordirg to Prophet Spangler, the
skies were to have rolled back like
a scroll about 1 1 a. m. Unfortu
nately for the truth of this, it snow
ed all the time, and Spangler s fol
lowers, besides catching cold, be-
CJme the laughing stock of
still solid earth. A warrant
issued for the iprophet who
conveniently disappeared, by
way on the grounds that he
he
was
had
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a public nuisance.
Many people will recollect Prof.
Falb, who ten years ago announced
thai the world would be destroyed
by a comet on November 13th.
Thousands of credulous persons
made preparations for the end. In
Russia, where superstition is rife,
many of the peasants started drink
ing about the night hefore in their
terror, only to wake up with split
ting headaches. Russian peasants
are particularly prone to believe in
this kind of thing.
Just over sixteen years ago a
Mohammedan religious prophet
stirred up panic among thousands
of natives by his predictions. Arabs
spent days and nights in prayers,
and the panic spread to the local
Jews. When it was at its height
the prophet announced that he and
certain of his followers would be
spared when the end came. For
a consideration in cash, many of
his panic-stricken found that they
also could be saved. Needless to
say, Africa became too hot for the
prophet and after a short while he
was forced to flee from the scene
of his little swindle.
HOW TO REACH A HUNDRED.
W omen who desire to live to be
centenarians may be interested in
reading the rules for such an ac
complishment. I lere are the ob
servances by which Mrs. Mary M.
Scriggens, who has just celebrated
her 97th birthday at Brockton,
Mass., says she expects to live to
one hundred: Lotsof regular hard
work fifteen hours a day is not
too much; abstain from idle gos
siping about your neighbors; never
flirt, for it is a useless waste of en
ergy; most emphatically do not
read novels, for it destroys the dis
position women get wrinkles
worrying over the troubles of the
heroes; if you have vanity of dress
destroy it the young women of
today who are binding up their
limbs with hobble skirts are short
ening their lives; keep away from
dances and moving pictures. Ex
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WHEN DAVJS DONE.
Wearied are we and the harvest is not ended,
Our weapon fail us and our sands are run;
Toil on who may, for us the night's descended
Our day is done.
Farewell to failure on the field forever
Farewell; few are the sheaves we bring, or none;
Yet will the Master's welcome wait endeavor,
Now day is done.
Farewell, O Earth, thy bleak grey skies of sorrow !
For once the homestead of our faith is won;
Thy cloud shall cast no shadow o'er to-morrow
Thy day is done.
Fast fades the light; and lo. in gloom before us
That voiceless valley which ne foot may shun!
Courage, my soul. One Star is brightening o'er us
Since day is done.
Our day is done. Do Thou, 0 God, ingather
Safe to Thy harvest-home each wandering one
Leave not one outcast to the tempest, Father,
When the day is done.
uiY BRAVc
BY MRS. MARGARET E. SANGSTER.
Tap, tap along the pavement, tap,
It came a little crutch,
A pale-faced lad looked up at me;
"I do not mind it much,"
He answered to my pitying look,
"It might be worse; you know,
Some fellows have to stay in bed,
While I quite fast can go.
"Oh, yes ! I used to run about,
Perhaps I may again;
The doctors say it's wonderful
1 have so little pain.
It hurts me now and then of course,
Well ever since the fall;
But I'm so very glad you see,
That I can walk at all."
Tap, tap the little crutch went on,
I saw the golden hair,
The brown eyes, wide and all aglow;
The noble manly air;
And somehow tears for a moment came,
And made my vision dim,
While still the laddie's cheerful words
Were sweet as sweetest hymn:
"I am so very glad, you see,
That I can walk at all."
Why that's the way for us to feel
When troubles may befall,
There's always blue sky somewhere friend,
Thot gh clouds around you meet,
And patience will the Master send.
If sought at His dear feet.
Saved Many From Death.
W. L. Mock, of Mock, Ark., believes ,
bu bat uvod many lives in Ins .1 ypurs
of sippricnpe in the driiir business." ,
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coverjf for weak, sore limits, bard colds,
hoarseness, obstinate poukIis, la grippp,
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my neighbors are alive and well today
because they took my advice to use it.
I honestly bphevc its the best throat
and I u ii medicine that's made." Kasy
to prove lie's riitlit. atrial bottle
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And a kiss in the dark is one
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Starts Much Trouble.
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stipation would result in severe indices
lion, yellow jaundice or virulent liver
trouble they would soon take Iir. King's
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"1 wouldn't let a doctor cut my foot
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"Lord, Save Them, They Perish.1'
During a heavy storm off the
coast of Spain, a dismantled mer
chantman was observed by a Brit
ish frigate drifting before the gale.
Hvery eye and glass were on her,
and a canvas shelter, on a deck al
most level with the sea, suggested
the idei that there might be life on
board. With all his faults, no man
is more alive to humanity than the
rough and hardy mariner; and so
the order instantly sounds to put
the ship about, and presently a
boat puts off with instructions to
bear down upon the wreck. Away
after that hulk go these gallant men
upon the swell of a roaring sea;they
reach it; they shout; and a strange
object rolls out of that canvas
screen against the lee shroud of a
broken mast. Hauled into a boat,
it proves to be a trunk of a man,
bent head and knees together, so
dried and shriveled as to be hardly
felt within the ample clothes, and
so light that a mere boy lifted it on
board.
It is laid on the deck; in sorrow
and pity the crew gathered around,
it shows signs of life; they draw
nearer; it moves; then mutters
mutters in a deep, sepulchral voice,
"There is another man!" Saved
himself, the first use the saved one
made of speech was to seek to save
another. Oh! learn that blessed
lesson. Be daily practicing it. And
so long as in our homes, among
our friends, and relatives, in
this wreck of a world which is
drifting down to ruin, there lives
an unconverted one, there is "an
other man," let us go to that man
and plead for Christ; and go to
Christ and plead for that man; the
cry, "Lord, save me, I perish,"
changed into one as welcome to a
Saviour's ear, "Lord, save them,
they perish." Thomas Guthrie.
IT IS DANUEKOUS TO BORROW
A man who was too economical
to purchase or subscribe for a pa
per sent his ilittle boy to borrow
the copy taken by his neighbor.
In his haste theiboy ran over a $4
stand of bees and in ten minutes
looked like a warty summer
squash. His father, who ran to
his assistance, and, failing to notice
a barbed wire fence, ran into that,
breaking it down, cutting a handful
of flesh from his anatomy and run
ing a $5 pair of pants. The old
cow took advantage of the gap in
the fence and got into the cornfield
and killed herself eating green
corn.
Hearing the racket, the wife
ran, upset a four-gallon churn full
of rich cream into a basket of kit
tens, drowning the entire litter.
In the hurry she dropped a $25
set of false teeth. The baby left
alone, crawled through the spilled
milk and into the parlor, ruining a
bran new $20 carpet.
During the excitement the oldest
daughter ran away with the hired
man, the dog broke up eleven sil
ting hens, and the calves got out
and chewed the tails off four fine
shirts. Ex.
HIS LAST REQUEST.
"Prisoner," said the judge to
the condemned prisoner, "have
you any last wish ? If so, speak,
and if reasonable, it will be grati
fied." "Yes," said the prisoner, who
had been a barber. "I'd like to
shave the prosecuting attorney."
SAM JONES ON PROFANITY.
The late Sam Jones said: "I
can see 801110 reason for the
fellow tluii Ktnals a side of ba
con when he's hungry, for he
wants to cut, and I ran soo
Rome ri'UBon for a drunkard
gottiti"; drunk, for ho thinks
he fools good then, but the fel
low that cusses hasn't got any
reason for what he doeB. He
not only goes to hell, but he
deadheads his way.
SUCH FUNNY PARENTS.
"Oh, mamma, I met such a fun
ny little girl at school today?"
"Did you, dear? What was tun
ny about her?"
"Her papa and mamma have
not been divorced."
REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AND CHILD.
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klad. Tweai tie ceau a bout.
It Appears To Be An Ordinary
Occurrence in Liberia.
Of certain aspects of Liberia
Captain Braithwaite Wallis writes
in the Geographical Journal: "The
population of Jane is large, almost
untouched by the so-called civiliza
tion on the coast. It is typical of
western Africa. The men have
fine physiques and very black
skins, and most of them plait their
hair, which is worn about six inches
long. They appeared to be well
armed with rifles, guns, spears and
swords. While in this town I saw
even slaves, who were held by the
leg in wooden stocks. They had
been in that position for some
months. One of them told me
through the interpreter that he had
been kept thus for two years. He
was a man of poor physique, and
a purchaser could not therefore be
easily found for him.
"That night, while asleep in my
little hut in the town, I was awak
ened by hearing a gentle chorus
of women's voices singing some
yards away. After a few minutes
the chorus ceased and a single
voice began, in Bande, an African
song. The voice was soft and
melodious, and the tune was fasci
nating and weird and harmonized
with the wild environment to which
it belonged. After a few lines the
other singers joined, and the result
was most attractive and beautiful,
containing as it did such harmo
ny with such excellent time. Dur
ing the years I have been in Africa
I do not remember having heard
anything quite like this singing be
fore, and I shall never forget it.
The interpreter told me the next
morning that the song was one
to the good spirits, asking them to
guard and protect the white man
and his followers on their jour
ney." Another incident: "A few yards
outside the first stockade I noticed
an empty grave, the newly turned
earth of which showed it had been
recently dug. This grave, it ap
peared, had been used for the pur
pose of burying a mat. alive as a
sacrifice, and I was informed in a
most matter of fact way and as if
the occurrence was quite an ordi
nary one that the unfortunate vic
tim's body had lately been ex
humed to obtain certain portions
for the purpose of manufacturing
fetish medicines."
WHEN TO MARRY.
An intersting and unusual esti
mate of the proper age for mat
rimony is that advanced by Mrs.
Vivian, head and founder of the
National Society of the Daughters
of California. The happiest and
most successful marriages, she
says.are those between the man of
50 and the woman of 35.
At that age of discretion, she
claims, the male has become more
mellow and tolerant as well ?s
more solvent. On the other hand
she intimates that a girl of 30 is
much harder to get along with
than to get along without, and that
there ought to be laws prohibiting
people marrying before they are
30 years old.
When Mrs. Vivian's theory gets
into working order the bachelor
entering the bald, corpulent age of
50 may as well leave home behind.
If Dr. Osier doesn't get him the
Daughters of California will. Ex
change. THE FEMININE JURY.
The beautiful young prisoner
entered tho box in her own be
half. "What is your age, miss?"
I asked the lawyer.
"Forty-eight," was the steady
reply.
The feminine jury caught its
breath with an audible little
gasp, and sat there rigid.
"How much did you pay for
that hat you are wearing?"
"Ninety -eight cents."
"Are you guilty of the crime
that is charged against you?"
"No."
Thus did the wily prisoner
attempt to establish her verac
ity and then convince the jury
that she was innocent. But
don't forget that this was a
jury of women. A verdict of
incurable insanity was brought
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