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oUJME XVIII.-
THB ARROW-HEAD.
idled In the forest clay,
t, It tmugly slept away
ner, summer, passed It o'er
twice a hundred yr, or morf
'lug into ohvs uprearwdi
t by rood in laud waa cleared.
Mg IroHLUiU pnlefuo plow
al 10 mwit iha worlirtttliuW.
it K.i
And on my sluilv desk It lies,
A duretlot, In mm urprirt.
Y bore vaaistied Is Ui ein'mlii hade?
1 bo aislo of the primeval ir'ailc!1 '
. 7 lie deer's thrill mort. th lurk- y ' call?
The Iiiitiau' meaim'ti guttural?
1 he moocnsin, tuo copper face,
2 he war-whoop, and iustrid gtlmaovf
4
THR OLD GUITAR.
By EMMA CHURCHMAN HEWITT.
It was noon hour In a large busi
ness establishment, and group ol
merry girls were standing by ft Win'
dow, chattering, as such girls Will, Of
everything had nothing. Even k cas
ual gl&nca would reveal the tact that
the) fores bt this office was1 socially far
above the ordinary run ot such places.
In fact, many ol these young girls bore
In their (aces such evidences of refine'
ment that It was hard to understand
Just how they found themselves there,
To, the manager, however, a warm'
lUtmneu, Bj-ijipaiuutiu . n
known the private history ot hearly
: every girl In the establishment.
Frnm rifpllliina hue ns an innovation.
and fearing her rule ha a curtailing of
privileges which they had Wrested
from the firm, under the very slack
management which bad preceded her
advent, they had grown to respect and
lore ber In spite of the inflexible will
to which they wore obliged to bow.
They had gradually recognised the fact
that adherence to duty alone was the
standard by which they were gauged.
"When this fact was thoroughly under
stood, It boob became a' recognized fact
that the clerk who disliked the mana
ger was one who would shirk her le
gitimate work . whenever she could.
It was no wcndei then to see her
cne of this grouji mentioned la tbe
beginning. '
"Have ol ever been to St. John's at
Eaitur, Miss TrtHdt?" inquired MilliB
Wendall, drawing her head In trtrd
the window where she bad beeit watch
inga" runaway, and turning suddenly
; A new excitement turned the hoftds
ot all the girls, add Millie Wendall
did uot sea the Quick, nervous Clasp
of the handa, or hear the breath sharp
ly drawn In, as one In mortal pain
might do. All she was conscious of
was the quiet reply-
"Yes, . Miss Wendall once many
years ago." -
"Why. Miss Trlffet, how big and
black your eyes are!" exclaimed Net
tie Julian, suddenly, a warmhearted,
i. Impulsive hoyden, who, as She de
clared, "adored the around Miss TNI
tot' walked-on.".
"Nonsense, Nettle, you make me
, blush) You must sea very droll things
With those new glasses of yours. The
Idea of my pale blue eyes looking 'big
and black!'"
"Look, girls! See If I am not right!"
exclaimed Nettle, taking Miss Trlffet
by the shoulders and trying to turn
her around.
But Miss Trlffet laughingly declared
the was not on exhibition, and break'
Ing away from her captor, went to her
desk knd struck tbe gong for the close
rf the nnnn hour ! ;
few moments she tat at one
.cam, then, with a smothered ex
W the rose.
INo! I cannot, miiat Dot think
"rartnot afford It!" the tal4tp
s she throw bvff Into the"
'"a afternoptFMiat feverish
" Bours dragged! It
tie never passed to
a five o'clock tolled
i great clock across
'? struck twice and
t , lywasOvBh
The Siiiiit. .i:Fi6h energy that had
characterized her work of the afternoon,-'
war thrown Into her walk as
she wended her way home. People who
noted this energetic woman striding
up the street looking neither to tbe
right nor to the left.' evidently see
ing nothing, quietly turned aside and
lot her have the right ot way. Arriv
ing at a large old fashioned house on
tbe edge of the c!(y, the opened the
door with her latch-key and ascended
three-flights of stairs to the place sh
called "home" "Old Mald't Hall"-
at she laughingly termed It.
As she entered her rooms her two-)
iblack cats raised tbeir heads and
greeted her with a 'gratified purr, at
;once dropping back Into their comfort
ably positions behind the "Lady Frank
lin," which did duty tor an open grate
tit ttila ftua aot nf inartniAnha. Mhlj.k
... ...... WDJ " - w IHI MUVIIUIJ T- 11 (V W
consisted ot two large rooms upon the
third floor, overlooking a large yard
full of great trees.
Bo absorbed was the In her own
thoughts that she omitted her cuitom
ary ceremony of stooping to pat them
on the head and give them a word of
fndearment. Throwing herself In her
chair, she had juat given herself up
to reflection when she felt herself
gently pulled by the skirt. ' '
"Why, poor old Jetty," she ex
claimed,l'"lt Is too bad. 1 almost for
got you, you poor old o-ook-necked fel-
1...t T T ,ti.t l
t w a intuit .en uium lur yuii man
I do for Tipple, you poor unfortunate!
We've been companions In misery, Jet
ty, dear, haven't weT" And she took
tbe rat In her arms as If he had been
a child. "Come on Tipple! There's
r'd for you, too!"
Living by herself for years, this si
lftit woman had learned to make com-p-uilong
of these two apeerhlost cont
ra i i-f lipra, and surely no human
'il 1 ie In- n n -ifl d' i-r-,
t' - t' i v ie
, o r. 'I io - r
rnrnliahi'e. could but thy tale tie tolJ,
tome wrinkled arrow-maker, old, ;
Another Aiinitiiiiitlia's sire, '
Close oronoimig by hl;f wigwam flra,
"Wltn .lent labor, chip bv chip
Blow wrom lit tiin Imrb, and edge, and "PI
And atrlilinit ovjir trunk and brook
. A lllawatba came -and tooki
Tli mind may paint, but eannot Rive
The breath to make its figuri live,
Uonearetbe hands that shaped tbeosoi
Oone la the Warilur and bl howtv-r
Gone l the quarry aud the out I
E one are the wild, red fortn-l-lols--"
ke their own boil fervT speds .
Oone all thy world, 0 arrow-bcadi
EdWIn L. Bablni ill Youth's Companion!
pose In their silent brcast3, and many
a one-sided conversation did she hold.
Tonight, however, she had no wor.lt
for them. Herself alone, and the past,
occupied her thoughts'. -
"Well, pussies," she said at last,
rousing herself with a sliitke, and
dropping thfrn gently oil th) floor, "this
won't do; pussies must have" their
suppers, ho matter what hnppenn,
musfnt they?" A purr and It ncisd
which the chose to Interpret as as
sent, was their reply, as thtiy rubbed
thdmseives slowly back knd forth
against her skirt Each' having do
voured.hls saucer ot-warm milk, wblcE
was their evening meal, they stretched
themselves out behind the Lady
Franklin again and went to sleep, til
Interest in Miss Triffet's movemffflts
havlhit entirely vtnlshed for the time
being. - . .
Pack and forth she went with lag
ging steps, preparing her own light
supper and washing her solitary tea
cup, saucer and plate. -
All done, and iter arrangement for
tiie evening completed, she sat down
and gave herself up to reflection.
What a host of memories had the
Idle question ot Millie Wendall called
up, a question forgotton by the querist,
almost at Soon as asked! "St. Johns
at Easterl" How well the remem
bered that day long ago, when in all
the flush of warm young love the had
walked to Church With John Cray, her
chosen one out nf all tlm world! What
Vnoble mkn he had toemejLfto tall
And protectlng-so handwme m$ ten
""sana bow hajnvrt"e naa ueena
eSie listen bi'to Uie aervlce every wow
seemed addrecsed to her personally,
and Of 611 the people In that congre
gation, from So heart did more Joyous,
sincere paeans arise than from that
of Ellice Trlffet. -
Then had followed all those beauti
ful spring and summer months, that
passed almost like a dream, when all
the world seemed made for happiness,
and the air Itself seemea to breathe of
love. There, under the ttart, thoy had
Bat, and she had listened with shining
eyes while John had sung to her ma
songs ot lave htl had learned In foreign
climes, accompanying himself with a
soft ttrummlng upon the guitar. How
well the remembered the lessons he
had given ; what amusement thoy had
bad ovr her awkwardness the mo
ment of triumph when the could really
sing the pretty little (Spanish ditty all
through, and accompany herself, with
out a mistake! How ne had praised
her and then had laughingly crowned
ber with a wreath ot woodbine that
grew overhead)
Then had om that awful time, tiat
even now, after an Interval of ten
years ih could not think of without
paling to the Up, and growing sick and
falnttha awful, time when the newt
came that John Gray bad been killed
Hji railway accident and to horribly
mangled that hit dearest friend would
not know him! So stunned was the
by the blow, that when a few Weeke
later the crash came, and her fathef
died bt despair, she hailed her changed
fortunes with pleasure, and threw her
self into the work of the business
world at her salvation. ,
The spell was strong upon her to
night, and underneath all her reflec
tion, was running the strata 'of the
little Spanish ditty learned so long ago,
and fraught with such precious recol
lections. Never since that night, so
many yeart back, had she touched the
guitar, but tonight she was Irresist
ibly impelled to take it out and handle
it one more, .Poor thing! A sad
looking object it was! ; The pearl set.
tlnga loosened, a long crack across its
face! As the lifted it tenderly from
its case, her hands accidentally twept
across the tuneless strings and brought
forth a wail that mado MIbs Trlffet
sblver.
"Nothing but tW ghost of lost happi
ness could have evoked such a wall
as that!" she said, halt aloud, while a
eharp, sobbing sigh caught her throat
Reverently the stooped and kissed the
poor old thing, and then seating her
self, laid It softly across her lap. With
her handkerchief the delicately wiped
tne oust away and tnen mechanically
began to tune the strings. The apeli
was on her, and in a moment she had
struck into the old Spanish ditty, to
dear In the past ; Over and over
again the sang the little song, her
voice gaining confidence at each repe
tition, until It eweilgj forth with al
most its old-time beauty and fulness.
So absorbed waa she that the person
on the other side of the door was
obliged to knock loudly three times
before ttio sound was carried to Mist
Triffet'l inner consciousness. -
"Please, Miss Triffet,fleaid the land
lady, when she finally gained a hear
ing, "the gentleman on the floor above
(the cripple i told you about), baa
asked mo who it was singing down
here. I told him I didn't know, btjt as
It's you, biIes, I thought maybe you
wouldn't mind coming up and sinking
for him, Just once."
"Oh, Mrs. Mullli'm!" exclultm d
" ' s T'"T t, "I couldn't; I never Biig
' r . iy. I I an-n't saint, for
iis," i :e flushed painfully at the
I ' ' 1, i,t i, I wnt'luu'tA kymi, bit
, 1 ..ri'I i.
i 1 l'i a , ' i '
! t, 1 I i , "
4 ? '4 C 1, . !.fe..i , f - .
FItANIIMN.
with excitement, e'iio ascended the
btalrs to the auditor.
"I'ui sorry, but I only know a Vow
little tliingi,'.' she b'-gart, as she en
tered. "Only a lltitd song or twu; but
if they give you pleasure I shall be
very glnd." ' ""
At her auditor turned hit face to the
light Elllco Trlffet behold John Gray-
"ObvElUcd! EllicB!" he erldd. "For
give me for sending Tor you. My heart
cried out for you so, I could not help
It, dear, I could not help It! It has
been so hard all these years,, but I
would not come into your bright young
life, t a wretched cripple, dependent
upon the' bounty ot my friends'. For
give1 me, dearj forgive me! t knew
you thought t Was dead, knd it was
better so bilt, oh, my darling! how
hungry my heart has been for you."
During those impetuous words- Miss
Trlffet bad stood as if frozen to the
floor.
"Oh, John!" the walled, aa with a
swift motion she went to the bed and
knelt by hit tide.' 'Oh, my love! my
love! bow could you, how could you,
all these years?' ;
"Sweetheart, did I not tell you I wat
dependent upon the bounty of ; my
frlendst How oould I marry you? It
Wat best that you thould b left to
forget me." ' .
"Yoll are 116 longer dependent Upon
the bounty Of your friend '. Jchn, dear.
Your wife, dear," the replied to bit
questioning look, flushing till sba
looked almost at young at she had
done ten years before, under the wood
bine, "your wife will take care ot you.
Nay! No protests, (Yoti cannot help
yourself. I thai) marry you in tptte of
yourself, See, dear, this Is leap year,
and I intend to press my rights. Dear,"
she addod tertdorly, "no not break my
heart by refusing to kecept tbit from
md, Would you not have don It for
mef Life wilt seem an Eden, If we
can be together. Think what you are
doing for me by Just simply living and
being your own true self!" "..'
A loving smile gave assent
"When am I to be married?" asked
he with mock meekness.
Ellice Triffet laughed. '
."In 8t. John's, in June," tbe an
twerej softly, but firmly, at one wJu
has made arrangements that wepnot
to be italnsald. Waverlov Macg&sine.
'QUAINT A
The thatuof Persia hat the long
Ulle of Jt4t. horses dyed crimson for
tlx Jsatnes at their tips. No one else
Irwfne country it allowed thla privl-
I Vthe ostrich clalmt the distinction ot
laying the largest egg. The egg, which
weighs, about three pounds, it consid
ered equal in contents to twenty-four
hen eggsV
' To encourage the erection of. beautiful-residences
in Paris, the authori
ties award three gold medals annually
to the designers of the most artistic
dwellings. The owners of thete hornet
are relieved of half of their, annual
taxos. -
A careful examination of bha trees
that are struck by lightning shows
that over half ot them are poplar. From
this fact scientists conclude that the
poplar has tome value aa a conductor
of lightning. Therefore agriculturists
are advised to plant these trees in the
vicinity of thoir farm buildings.
Henry HuJton, an Englishman, tail
ing under Dutch service, for the pur
pose of finding a new route to India,
chanced to enter the river now bearing
bit name. Hit reports of aa abund
ance of fur-bearing anlmala itt the
newly discovered region inspired the
Dutch fur-traders to send a ship thare
to secure supplies of fur. The traders
built a camp, on an Island naming if
after the Indian tribe Inhabiting that
region, Manhattan. ' The little camp
Wat the beginning of New York. All
the region found by Hudson and called
New Netherland wat governed by -the
Dutch West India company. At the
selfish company had many other things
on band, the colony wat badly gov
erned.
Charlotte Corday perished by the
guillotine a hundred and ten yeart ago,
four days after her killing of the fero
cious Marat The often told story ot
her face "having 'been teen to blush
after decapitation It probably Imag
inary! hut It it true that this Roman
heroine wat still so much of a wo.-nan
that, after her arrest the petitioned
the authorities to allow her portrait
to be painted. This was refused, but
the waa pleased to note that an artist
Wat sketching her during her trial, and
the carefully "posed" for him, and
gave him part of the few hours spent
ia her cell between sentence and exe
cution. She was a beautiful woman
twenty-four years of. age. The guillo
tine had been In use fifteen months
when she was executed, and it Is prob
able that the wat the first woman who
wat to put to death. The queen fol
lowed her three monthe later.
United 6ttes Horses.
The United States ia the greatest
horse-producing country in the world.
At this time, therefore, when other
agencies are coming Into competition
with horses for many purposes, and
are being substituted for horses In
many others, is proper for ut to
consider what It is wise to do In order
that there shall not be too serious
losses In an industry at great as it is
widespread and interesting. A few
years ago the horses In the United
States were valued at eleven hundred
million dollars. Business depression,
together with the competition and sub
stitutions referred to, depreciated
till stock more than one half. But
there has been an appreciation with
in a f'-w yerwj, owing to bn"j. s r!
ival I'liJ 'i"iiin! p'tpi:'ty, r,i t' ,t
t ho v.itno of the ln.""n In t .n n-' i.- y
b-.il i-. i ii imne tin tho 1 ' i )
linn tl i1' i.i hi U'f " '1 m" I " i t I !
nil J. r, J 1 f i' t t I i
. V i '!'!' v rt Vli
fi i r .1 to. Si . a ' if,,, 1, l t ,
Century.
N.
.r n wwnvrunAV VrtVFMiVP.R 9."..
A S22II0N TOR SUNDAY
A DISCOURSE ENTITLED "AN OLD
UESTlON FOR THE NEW ACt'.'
The Iter. 0. II. McKally Tnlkj tnntrnp
tlvoly on a SnhjM't of Vital luuiortiinee
to V All-Tlie Illa-hmt Type ot Lire Is
frhat Spent Fof Other.
linooKt.Yst, N. ,-Irt the Sixth Avenue
Baptist Church SundnV morning, the pas
tor, the Kev.. Charles It. McNallv preached
on "An Old Question for the New A?e."
Hit text was from John x:24: "If Thou h
the Christ, tell ua plainly." Mr. McXxlly
said: . ... .
. The men who aelced tliia qitettion were
dead in tnrneati Tlity naked it becnuae
til aneWcr ta-n of Vital import to them.
That word "Clil'lnl'1 Wns Indnl, with a
Wealth Ot tneanliti fir lieae iTeiriah ques
tioners. Our Wot-il l.'htwt ia the oUspring
bt the Creek Tin. .!.," v V.li in itt turn
inherits til tlie meaning; that (liD lU'brc
embodied in his word "Meaeinh, Around
this word for hundred nf year all J?wili
life, political and religious, had centered
The realmiata hail made ft the dominant
Kit in many ol tneir sweetest song. It
multi-colored shadings had formed the
warn and woof of prophetic viaiona. The
mother as idie lulled her little one to aleeti
sang of a Messianic hope. The little lad
aa he came to his father's knee asking fur
a tale had Ilia imacinatioa fired bv the
story of what would be when Tcsiah
should come. More than the nam ot
Cromwell or Wealev to England, anil
of Washington or duar1 to Amer
ica, was the name of Messiah to a Jew,
for It wna at one the battle cry of hi pn
itical liberties and tli keynote of bis re
ligion. . '
The .Tewa aa tliev thought of the MesKlah
mar be divided Into two elaaaes, thoe
Whose conception waa predominantly reli
gious and apirittial, and thoae whoc
thought was predominantly political. I
any predominnntlv because the two view
Were commonly blended.. The more apirit
tial hoped for the deliverance of the na
tions from the bondage nf in, and the re
ligion aupremacv of the Jewish nation
through the ministry -it tlie Meaaiah, whi'e
the lea religious looked for the political
pre-eminence of the Jew nnder the Icaif
ership of the Measianie King. However
divergent the view, in two thing all were
agreed -the coming of the Messiah ntcMit
Jewish pre-eminence, and he . in Ins coning
Would be the CBpecialbr anointed of tikd,
having the power, trie wnrda inil Aay
anirit if God, he was to he the inatruio'nt
ht CtnA the trim n ii'ni'.m Wlli.taa&rl for
the nation, Ear,'i fthe history
nation the tns Aaa more niritiial
Dill by coming oi .icaus ox
Vauro j.Kir honeNiad loat it liioher
-l" .'ie piritual cliaracter
""urn morning toward the eloa. of Hi
eartniy mimatrv, when the chilling blasts
of winter had driven Him from the open
eourt nf the temnie tn a heltered annt.
Jesu, the row far famed teacher and
claimant of Messianic honor, might luive
been seen pacing up and down the navel
inclosnre known as RoVnon'a 1'orch. It
wat trie fcaat of dedication and the fath-
Ira of the nation were gathered in .Tnian
m. There Was much azitation and con
flict amnnjc them. The fame and claim nf
.Teaiif of Nazareth waa known to all.
Many of these very men had followed in
the crowds to ee and hear Him. The
more spiritual had felt a stransre ttlrring
cf the soul in response to the call of this
Strange teacher to a purer and more exalt
ed life, bnt surely thev reasoned this cou.M
not be the Christ He wo an different
from what they had expected the Christ
to be. The less religion were even more
puaaled. The life of Jeans from the creat
ure comfort side was nothing to lie en
vied. Thev could find nothing to exn'ain
th aim nf this Teacher with Hi subver
sive teaching. Of one thing thev were
stirs. He was t dangerous man. for while
by implication and even openly He claimed
to be the Christ, He In no way correannncl
d to their idea of what the Christ should
be. Surely He was not (til Meioialt nf
God! Upon what could such a man aa tliia
base such a claim! .
While Jean naced thonrlitrully up aid
down within the porch He was nuirk'v
surrounded by an eager, pressing crowd,
om intense with yearning for aaffirancc
and satisfaction of aonl, other dark with
the cloud of stricken ronaeience and the
malioionsnesa of disappointed hatred. Not
withstanding their varied feelings, all alike
Were anxious to ply Him wih question.
Eagerly thev preased nnon Him the vitnl
question "How long wilt Thou hold ua in
miapenae?" literally, "How long wilt Then
lift op our sonlr' excite ns, hold n be
tween hope and fear? "If Thou really art
th Chriet, then tell ne plainly." Such ia
th inevitable question which must be
aaked bv every soul when brought face to
face with the claim of Jeau to be the
Christ of God. Wa lie the anointed of
God? Wa He "th King's Bon" wm
should be called '"Wonderful, counselor,
th mighty God, the evor'unling Father,
the nrinc of pease?" Waa Ha indeed
the Chriat. or waa He an impoater or a
weakling, illisioned hy the fervor of His
own nthusislnna? These question' as nld
SI Christianity are vital to our cV Rid
our. If He is not th Chriat we mv he
don with Him and go onr wav. If TJe ia
iu very truth "the anointed," "the sent of
God." we are hound to listen to ITia voice
ai tile voice of God, to learn His precept
and obey. ' . ' '
To our queation "Art Thou the Christ??:
Jean makes answer; not Hi words: '
"I told you, but y believe not," The
hnmediat appeal of Jeans was to His ver
bal attestation at His Messiahahip. Al
ready He had 'told them that God Was His
Father, that th Father had tent Him
into the world in Hi name, to establish
Hi kingdom among men, but they would
not believe. Of what use wa it to tell
them that which they had already heard
and had refused to believe? Nor was it al
together strange that Hi verbal attesta
tion of Hi Messiahahip wa not reitdily ac
cepted, for Ilia aaaertion to be one with
God was a moat startling one. Men give
credence slowly to the claim of other;
they mint see reason or they will not be
lieve. Should a mna erm t" our National
Government claiming to he the Ambarsn
dor of England the first thing that would
be required of him would be that he should
furnish credentials. Failing to furnish
them he would be laughed at for a fool.
Jesu saw that He must found His claim
on something more convincing than Hi
verbal attestation. He recognized the ne
cessity for proof and furnishes that proof
In Hi words "the work that I do in Mr -Father'
name, these bear witness of Me."
Tni appeal of Jesus to Hi works a proof
that He wa the Christ require that wo
for a moment examine them.
Strenuous efforts have been made during
thi. the ntrw age, to read out of the work
of Jemis ll that is snnernatural and di- i
vine. He is unintelligible, we are told, un- i
lest accounted for on human grounds alone.
Consider, then, that when viewed in the
light of human action, His works were j
beautiful nd powerful beyond compare,
and in themselves point to a higher divine !
life. The advanced thinkers nf our day !
have, within comparatively few , years,
reached the conclusion that the highest
tvpe of life is that which they call altruis
tic, i. ., a life spent for others. The
highest personal life is realized only a
that life, forgetting 6C-!f. rises shove self
and exhauses itself for others. The ethical
wosld rejoices in this newly found truth.
Go back Wis) years and there you will fine
Chje whone Am were spent in doing other
good. Follow Jesus through 11 i ministry
and you will snon discover thnt ymt are
following the footsteps of the world' ono
unvifMi man and ils greatest philanthro
pist. Every act is designed to help an
other. You sei'k for thn h'nst trace of
seiiihnes in vain. Every work bear tlm
seal nf humanity's hint. Indeed, so tar
am thev a hove the world's best tint thev
bring in their wake avvcet thoughts f
God. i .e linn ot !e works. A htth
while 8"f Ke f (1 the hm i i ' Hum n '
It wax but fi'lnJ ite tone in it t,
lino I , n un e I V i I "I
1 1
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I
u.. n I sous ' no a t
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ve I!
i i I -i
ol (.ill e
well.
11,- t 1
i e to 1 1 i
The Christ thev were looking for wa to
demonstrate Ilia divin power by (ho
might and conrpicst pi arms. They had it
til cut and dried just What Hie, Christ
should bo and do He wna r-j'tdenly to t
pear out of the heavens or ott ol sonm a
queatered wav of life, attended by great
wonders. With the sword Ho was quickly
to overrun the world and aet up in .Icru
Kilem a power that would rule all nations.
AnV love or philanthropy that could ha
Worked in would be all right, but before
all else Messiah must be the messenger, nf
Cod's wrnth against the nations, visiting
them with defeat and disaster, that the
Jew mignt rule supreme.
. Thus it wa that to the questioner nl
Ilia daV JesnS proved to be a itunib'lnj
block. Did they find in Him t more thai;
human power? Ye, they Conceded that
thev did. As they saw Ilim rotor (lid
emaciated bodv of the leper, or Infuse new
life into the palsied form or open the eves
nf the blind, or raise the dead fioin the
grave, they were bound to recognise a more
than human power. The gros and mali
cious said this power Is of the devil, hut
the more Intelligent said, a thev saw Hie
"oseiKshness. the love and tenderness of
His act. "W have never aeut'it done nn
ihia wise before!" "No man could rti
these work except Oml he with him!"
"Surely this must be the Christ! he
anawer of Jean to the qnrationers of Hi
dav viven in -the terms of love-, an gnawer
which thev would not or could not under
stand, la that which satisfies Hi heart and
wason of the Innnirer of to-day. It is aa
thnuvh Jesus said. "Yon ask If I am roallv
the Chriat of Cod anil in Him you look
for divine power. Ixiok at My work, are
thev not of the highest type? Ay, more,
thev are framrht with. the power of God
and prove, not only tlwit I am the Christ,
hut that the nature of God ia lietter thnrl
the thomrht of man has made him. Mo i
a God of tenderness, of love." Hlessed an
swer, for it teachea that character is su
preme, and that the higher.t life ia one of
simnle ministrv to the need of others. . ;
To the innuirer of to-tlny the anawer nl
Jesus should he convincing. Since it is
our to look from the mountain peak of
many centuries we may, however, tee still
other proof and find sliM other answer
to the all important question. "Was Jesu
the Christ?".. History gives s twofold an
swer, firl at seen in th preparation of
th world for th coming of tie MeasiaU.
and Jhen in the development of the world
ithought ince the days of .Testis. Paul de
clare that "when the-fulness of time wss
com-. God sent forth His Son" into th
world. fXU. tiuL. fulness of time h must
Antvs meant th pcrd. tnat v i to elapse,
according to tlte wisiiom ot "nu. pemre
His Son, the Christ, eliou.il com. Now, it
Jesu was th Christ, -w mav expect to
find the eiroumstance of the time m
IVirhiah He lived peculiarly fitted lor lt
I Jem ing. What were these circumstnncea?
I 'the Vast Koman emnire afforded a broad
and accessible held lor the spread oi -a
new religion, ' The sceptre of Koman pow
er rpled th world. Radiating from Koine
aa a centre were splendid military roads
whujh extended to the remotest boundaries
of the empire, because of these and the
opening of ocean route travel was easy
a compared with preceding centuries,
l'eopl traveled more. Thn facilities for
disseminating a new truth were better
than ever before in the world' history.
But the most notable preparation waa
that of the Jewish people. They had long
striven with their desiro to worship idols.
At last their viiion wa clarified in tin re
gard, and the way wa open for a further
revelation. , Moreover., the diceriiini
among them, from reading th snnal of
their father, had com to long for th
promised Messiah until that longing wa
kindled to a fervent heat All these tilings
peculiarly fitted the time in whiclr Ju
lived for the reception and spread of great
religious truth. '.' :
i Nor i history since that time less re
markable. He died a death of shame; none
could according to the common notion he
more ignominious or disgraceful. H'S
friends apparently wer few. lht He
Would soon be forgotten would seem nat
ural. Rut it wa not so.-. His follower
multiplied with marvelous rapidity, t er
ecutions began and thousand of them
were burned, roasted, speared and given
over to wild beast. Notwithstanding all
this, within 300 year one-twentieth part
of th empire were profcaed Cbnt ions,
the Emperor himself among th number.
From that time until the present ChTi
tiauity and civilisation have gone hand in
hand. Manv of the great upheaval of
the world's life is the story ol Christianity
asserting herself against th power that
would stav her triumphant march. It was
o in th time of Charlemagne, of Luther,
of Cromwell and of Plymouth Rock. ih
lines of history converge toward .Teu
Christ. In all thing, truly He hat .pre
eminent. SuHly, this muat be the Chriat.
From th hitorio pqint of view was He
not more than man? His work and th
voice of history declare Jesu to be the
God-man.
If ther still be a lingering doubt in the
mind of my that Jcaua ia the Christ, 'th
King' Son, , let him study the bnman heart
and its deepest need and his doubtaf will
fly. Sin like a sombre cloud casts a dark
ened shadow acros every Jife. Man ha
ever found himself gripped in the relent
less grasp of an evil nature. None t ex
empt. All alike are tarred with the one
black stick. If a man tell yon he has not
a sinful nature get a little closer and you
will detect the odor ol the tar so familiar
to yourself. Congratulate ourselves as w
may upon our goodnea, It is till a fact
that we are by nature sinful. But while
tl.it is true, it i alo true tbt man feels
stirring within him a higher and holier na
tnre. He feels within a purpoe to b
other and better than he ia. Before him
he tee the ideal of a holy character, a na
ture wholly free from tin. and that nature
he feel to b akin to God. ... . ' ,: . -
Now look at Jesus in the light of these
facta. His day are one long eequence ol
holy thought and perfect deed. In Him
you look for sinfulness in vain. In Him
there is no fault, not the shadow of a
,l...l.t tt.t man ran brand a sinful.
This at once ditterentiateir Him front ail
others, in Him man una un ucti im
pressed. Let the heart once come in touch
with Jesus and it needs no other answer
to its questions. . In Him it is atuhcd.
What it would have. Jesus already ha,
tn touch with Him the soul mnjt keep if
it would have its need supplied. ml ft
higher life realised. Surely He who a.one
realize life's ideal and satiefie the need
and aspiration of the heart must b th
Chriat. Oh, soul, have you the assurance
this morning from need supplied ideals
sanctified and heart atished, that Jesus
is the Christ? Believe Him for Hi word
has been given. If not for this hebev
Him for Hi work' sake. If atill you
doubt, consult the testimony of history
and of the hnrtmn heart, and your soul, re
sponding to His divine touch, will surely
cry out, "Yes. Jesus, I know Thou art the
Christ of God!"
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LAST TRACES OF- BUFFALO.
"Any one traveling across those
stretchos of Kansas or Nebraska prai
ries which, are as yet unbroken by the
plow, and there are big areas of such
Virgin prairie still to be sen," said
an old-time plninuman, "will notice
hero and there big circular patrhfi
whore the grass Is greener, thicker
and higher than anywhere vhi
.round. Those curious circles of u
perlor grans arn duo to a cniino tint
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THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THEY
WERE INTENDED.
Largest Ever Oftctvtrtd Now In Pot
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vardHeated With Stonea The
Kitchens nf the Aborigine PtttUry
From Graves.
That the aboriginal Indiana of
North America did considerable cook
ing in thoir time has boon made evi
dent by the discovery in various parti
of the Umted Statet of numbers of
the earthonwaro' vessel! 1 known " at
"salt pant," but whose chief use was
apparently the preparation of food.
These vesaelp called salt pans by the
archaeologist because their main pur
pose teemed at first to have been the
evaporatlog of salt from : tbe i talt
springs near which the Indiana estab
lished to many of their villages are
the largost known specimens of native
North American pottery. Tbe largest
one ever found hat recently come in
to the possession of tbe Peabody mu
seum, at Harvard, writes too Cam
bridge correspondent of the New York
Pott. It measures tome SI inchet in
diameter by 11 Inches deep. In ap
pearance, therefore, it It very much
like a big, shallow punch bowl. It
wat discovered not long ago by an
'archaeological expedition under the
Joint auspices of the Peabody musoum
and the University of California, and
is an Important part of the Instruc
tive spoil taken from what It now a
farm near the meeting of the Little
Maramac and., the big Mississippi riv
ers in Jefferson county, Ma, once the
tlte of a tmtll Indian village.
Tblt big salt pan, in trtttsb the In
diana not only evaporated talt from
the water of talt licks which still ex
ist In the Immediate .yfclnlty, but
4Kreawked. thglElk meat or ven
ison, is onvwne of aigoodly number
of similar but smaller utentfJa. Jlrumfd
In the-same locality. The larger pans
were all sunk In the clay bottom upon
which the encampment bad retted, and
were therefore as permanent as any
modern stove or oven,: The difference
was that fire, Instead of being built
under or against the oven, was brought
to It In tbe shape of heated stones,
some of which, still showing evidence
of the many heatings to which the
Indians had subjected them, still re
mained in the salt pant recovered by
the Harvard and California archaeo
logists. Near the talt pans, or native cook
ing apparatus, still remained portions
ot the ancient fl replace t in which the
stones bad boen heated, together. wim
the bonea of several kinds of anlmala
which formed part ot the Indian bin of
fare about 100 yeart ago. Thete re
mains Included elk, boaver, deer, fox
and turkey; but there were no traces
of the buffalo, although buffalo re
mains are often found among the relict
of the Indiana who once roamed tbe
more western prairies.
, The big tilt pan and its smaller
companion pleoea of aboriginal kitch
en and dining room economy were nat
turally not the only evidence of early
Indian life found In the old village so
long hidden under bho plowed furrows
ot modern agriculture. The excava
tion, not yet fully completed, has al
ready revealed a cemetery as well aa
a village, the cemetery differing from
most of the Indian burial places al
ready found and opened In various
parts of the United States, In that It
was very much smaller than waa usual
ly the case. Although occasional iso
lated graves have been discovered, the
eperience of previous archaeological
investlgatlono .would have led natural
ly to the cpectatlon ot finding either
a very small group of graves, yadh
containing one skeleton or several
skeletons, or a very large ona embrac
ing hundreds of burials. In thla cat
only 1? graves .were discovered, al
though thla number represented the
burial of several times aa many In
dians. In the graves, which were probably
not earlier than the 17th century,
were found many smaller specimens of
pottery, chiefly earthenware bowls in
which tbe friends and relatives of the
departed warriors had placed what
they i considered would be food
enough to last them during their Jour
ney to the happy hunting grounds
one bowl In some case having evi
dently been considered tufflclent for
two warriors, while in other cases a
tingle warrior, perhaps a very hungry
one during bis lifetime, had been sup
plied with several. Thete bowls, In
interesting contrast with a somewhat
similar custom that existed among the
European nations of antiquity, in
which the burled food vessels were
almost always broken In pieces before
burial, were nearly all unbroken.
Like the larger cooking pant. they
were made of clay In many cases,
perhaps, the clay taken from the banks
of the small creek that still connects
the tlte ot the village with the Missis,
alppl river, about one " and a half
miles distant mixed with finely brok
en shells and moledol by hand. But
whether the Indiana actually made
their pottery It one of the "debated
questions of archaeology, and It baa
been argued, especially In the caset ot
the larger and more difficult cooking
pans, that it may have been an inher
itance from more civilized ancestors.
Taking Car of the King.
How well the poopie know King
Grorgo of Greoce and how attached
thoy are to his ptrSDn la evident from
the follow!!1; ant'i'ioto. Oi,n summer
I b( ::.-v It w.is the R ii iri f .;,.wp!T.
the a - hi.t'lon of 1-r .t s. ".-.i -s--t
the Ft "licit povixnii i s t thi.ii , h et
cci of emu ion, jiMuiMiml' 'i tlie k'-ig
vHh a liunb'' ". e t"i-trt of
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GERMAN TOY INDUSTRY,
Hem Labor It Being Suprplted by
Large Faotoriet. ',r.
Tbe toy Industry of the Erzgeb go,
or ore mountains, which has h- de
veloping for centuries hat been slow
ly drifting into economic difficulties,
according to a report of Consul Mon
aghan at Chemnitz. With the appli
cation oftteam power ' and modern
machinery to the production of toys
the : bouse industry has gradual
ly been forced to the wall. With an
increase In th price of wood and a
decrease In tbe price of finished prod
uct, these people cf the mountains
have been put into a position where it
it necessary to toll night and day for a
meagre existence, which ia apparently
becoming more and more severe, '
For tome yeart the labor press of
tblt part of the country hat busied it
self with a portrayal of the wretched
conditloni existing among the peas
ants of the mountains, with the result
that . an investigation . wat recently
made by the Industrial commission of
Freiburg,., which largely substantiates
even the strong representations of the
labor organa. The main points of the
report of this commission may oil
summarised as follows: ,
The number of large establish
ments engaged In the manufacture cf
toys It Increasing. This might be
considered prima facie aa a welcome
sign were It not (or the fact that the
toys are not manufactured upon the
regular factory plan with hired bands,
but are ainue by men who have rented
space and machines quite Independent
ly of one another, and who form a
tort of voluntary association banded
together only for the take of. economy
In roof and equipment, but carrying
on their own separate businesses. A
disinclination it said to prevail among
the young men to enter a factory on
the basis of waguuwfe and be si
jected to tbe Immediate control", tflper.
Tioiuuauiu direction or an emDioyer,
er than earn the higher income af
forded by the factory wage, the young
men in the bills prefer a much more
meagre existence in the independence
and freedom of their own homes, . Be
cause of the fact that the inhabitants
of the mountains make but few and
simple demandt upon life.: the real
wretchedness of their situation it said
to be but rarely fully appreciated.
- The wage conditions existing in the
toy industry can be readily : observed
from the following figures prepared
by the commission referred to. The
most remunerative branch of the trade
affords a great Income of from 24 to
40 marks ($5.71 to 19.6?) per week,,
one-balf of which may be considered
as profit. In other branches the net
Income is as low as 6 to 9 marks
(11-42 to 12.14) per week. It must be
remembered that these Incomet are
not the earning! ot a single person,
but represent the labor of entire fam-
11103.
- How Inconceivably email the price
paid fcr certain klndt of toys Is can be
teen In the case of pencil boxes of tbe
cheapest, quality, for which the maker
gets from 48 to 68 cents per gross, or
about 1 1-8 cents a dozen.
The dally meals of these people are
reported by the commission to be con
fined largely to potatoes, linseed oil,
bread and coffee, and, at timet, meat
on Sundays,
With the price ol wood rlslngr toy
factories Increasing in numbers : ln
other parti of the country and, the
price of toys falling, It teomt that the
people ot Erzgeblrge must in their
increasing wretchedness , ffnd ,: tome
other meant of tuttenanceJt Export
era ot toys who operate large factories
In this neighborhood report good
businessand aro of the opinion that
the bouse Industry of the Erzgeblrge
la doomed and that the peasants will
be forced to give up their Independent
production and enter factories.
America's Future Climate.
On tbe whole, the wlntere will be
come milder, the tummera dryer and
dustier. Like the Nile, the lower Mis
sissippi will protect itt own, but tbe
midland region ot tho great cotton
belt will become at dry aa a Kansaa
holiday. No irrigation will avail to
undo all the mischief of what Parson
Bro willow used to call the "run and
ruin system of agriculture," the ante
bellum plan of wearing 'out the or
ganic llfo of one district and then
pushing on to devstate the next. Some
12,aoo,000 acres ot cotton lands were
wasted in that manner and now algh
to hoaven tn the form of barren bram
ble fields, torn by deep gullies, and
getting dryer and gulchler from year
to year. Springs are falling and the
migratory locust, the ominous harbin
ger of the desert, hat made its ap
pearance on the Atlantic coast plain.
Droughts will become more frequent
all over eastern America,. National
Magaxine.
Fight With Swamp Serpents.
While Chariot Wilcox was gather
ing huckleberries at the head of Union
Lake pond In Millville, N. J., one af
ternoon, he had an encounter waa
two huge rattlesnakes. At the Unit
note of warning Wilcox ran and se
cured a stout hickory club. He then
cautiously retraced hla steps and found
a huge reptile colled and ready, to
strike. After a desporaie struggle of
half an hour Je succeeded in killing
ttie snake.
Scarcely had he fastened a rope
to his victim when he heard a rattle
bohlnd him, and Jumped in time to
escape the futiKt of a larger make. Ho
left the swamp at onco, and returned
before dark with tilli double barrelled
slinti'im, but could fiiul no trace of his
ti-t ond ndv)t!ivy. The sn:-,!,e he killed
ii,.-1 .iircd five ii-.'t three Inches, Br,d
i...: 16 miIIom nnd a button. Tls:a la
tho fourth raitlesiiake WW
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HYPHENATED NAMES.
Pee th hyphenated nam .
Of th fashionable dauio
In the Sunday morn edition
0( the "Social Btatlstielau"
Be th name:
Mistress BtnallaerVan Cooter-FUs WW
llyo-Htandfsh-Smytb. I
; . : Now, therewith - -.--,
Go descent from Knickerbockers,
Murdv puritanic knockers
Who knocked royalty to bits. , '
Welshmen kindly sot the "Fltal
-. 8o vou e . ('.,":,
That the name's a pedigree,. ,
Should this atvle continue for
IT'
Bay, a hundred year or more, :s;
Fashionable appellation '
Will display their hyphenations , , ,
By th score!
If (stress Btensellaer-Van Ceoger-FUt Llw-llyn-
BtandUh-Bmyth Hohen tauten Fonlatow-skr-
Montmoiney-Metternlh-ProbenuMiolI-Fnslyama-Th
O'Orady-Wu Ting Fang-Uo-Intosh-Uarraoalolo
- Hassan -Athouopon-loa-
Praalosa .. Eataihaay Agulaaldo Ciany
Horse I
Thn of course, ' ' '' '
Showing th ramlOoatlon .
Grafted oa by aU nation
For, la loos days, of th aaa
And th maid American - "
Suoh will be
Probably th pedigree. .
Hew Orleans Times-Democrat,
HUMOROUS.
Hoax He it a man of many callings.
Joax A Jack of all trades, eh? HoaJt
No; a train announcer.
Hobaon How it your brother do-,
ing at college? Dobson Fine. He't
tinging first tenor and playing second
base. , j i- T. '
Teacber-WIllie, what would be tb
first thing to do if a boy should 'be
tuns truck? Willie Let him stay" home
from school, " V
'Is the fond, of the trilllti
should say she was. -:Wby, the has all
ber books bound in one color, to they
win oe unirorm,
i New Boarder What's "the row 'np
ttalra? Landlady It'a that prqfessor
of hypnotism trying to. get his wife's
permission to go out this evening.
:i "He took tome fine viewt with hit
camera." "Yes. There ' was" nothing
else be could take without ljvlng It
charged up extra in tbe hotel bill,"
. Blobbs Scribbler has bad no less
than nine playa . rejected. ' Blobbs
What It he doing now? Blobbs Writ
ing essayt on the decline ot tbe dra
ma. , i,
LaMontt There goes a man. Who :
has done much to elevate women. La ,
Moyne Great suffrage reformer? La
Montt No; maker of : high French
heels. i " r. ' v
i Sharpe Wonder where the author .
of 'Wild Animals I Have Met' got hit
Inspiration? Whealton Prabably gaz
Ing at the bulla and bears in the stock
exchange. '
"It your wife a good cook?" asked
the visitor from out ot town. "It the?"
echoed the flat dweller." "Say, you Just
ought to be around" when, the roosts
the Janitor." t
"Sam here it a hatpin," said the
kindergarten , teacher.- "What- It it
used for?" ''To button your - thoet
with." replied the little girl at the foot ...
of the data. '
; Gritty George Yer cat la washln' its
face, mum.' Dejf say It la de sign of '
rain; The fctrdyltaAdl guess it
ywi fosf'to wash your faoqt would
be the sign of a hurricane. -
Mrs. Bates You must : mist your
husband awfully, Mrs. Stipple, be. wat
such a good man.' Mrs. Stipple Mies
htm! I guest I dol I alwayt depended
upon him to to whistle the dog into
the house at night ' '
"Is this town getting richer," asked
the drummer.' "Must be" replied the
native; "the society reporters used to
say tha - f matrons , wera, 'superbly
dressed,' but now they state they were
'superbly gowned.' J
Mlta Beacon (fwm .Boston)-! sup
pose you encouraged your daughter to
ttudy Browning? Major' Wick-Tbe
practical kind. Mist . Beacoa-Practl'
cal? Major ; Wick Yes; browning
beefsteak and potatoes, ,v
"I'll bet a dollar If 1 should ask you
to marry me you'd refuse,' ventured
Gussie, trying to Inject a. little more
spirit into tha-'Conversatlon. "My, but
you're a cheap onefrespondod the
girt. "W-w-w-why?" ttwrrnWajaus
tie. . "Because you . won't, bet more
than a dollar on a ture thing." .,
Where Richelieu Is Burled.
Although a item edict has gone
forth to no longer bottle up tho new
wine of tcience ant) lettert In tho old
receptacle of Richelieu, even official
Iconoclasts have spared the familiar
dome which covers the great cardinal's
tomb. ne new Sorbonne however
elaborate, would hardly be the sr
bonre at all without Richelieu's splen
did chapol aa lit heart. Students and
professors no longer have to bow be
fore the altar, and no Sorbonne doc
tors fill the pulpit; but whoso chooat s
can enter and either find a service, or
at least view the bcautilul sarcopha
gus beneath which lies the dust of tho
great Armand Joan du Plessls him
self, in the midst of the Institution lu
buildcd anew, lavishing the millions ,
his private fortune therenyi and evrn
mortgaging tho enlate orijiis hous.
Above the tomb hat In recent yeart
been suspended hit carefuf't prc.ti i vi :
cardinal'! hat, while the head ii ,
savnp'ly severed whon .tio tm- ii .
violated in 17:3, has alao b it i,
cuhni'.'y recoveied and rcphtctil en I
en.bsslincd p'nmhie. Even tho t . , , .
silt v:is fa-li-I swey and 1. t I
mnny ywtrt at tlm mi.,iiuu. i
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