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! 'O S there?" "Me, Si
i, tL" -nuo's -'iiie't-'-L. "Brown. I
waut'er sptak to yer." '
"Come Iu, then;" anil as the Intruder
entered the "buuk," Its owner glanced
up from his work and said, "What's
the matter with VOU. nOW eh? AM
you a nrlsoner again?"
Private Brown laughed hoarsely and
answered
"No not this time, sergeant I only
want yer to write a letter home for
' me."
"You're a nuisance, Brown! I've got
tomorrow's parade slate to make out
before first post Caa't you get some
one In the bungalow to do It for youT
I'm too buav now..
"You know I wouldn't Jet any ot the
chaps do it," Brown answered, some
what sullenly. ' "They'd only grin t
me "cos I can't write. But It dont
matter. I'll go on the boose again and
spend the money, and then you'll have
to put me in the 'clink' for druna.
Bereeant Hollis noted the defiant
tone, and said sharply: ,
"Come, none of that nonsense with
me. Brown, or I'll confine you now!
What money are you talking about?"
"I've been on the steady for a month.
Didn't you know?" .
"I noticed that you haven't been a
prisoner for about a fortnight How
much have yon saved?"
... "Well, you see, I had a hand at cards
yesterday, and won abeut 80 chips, and
I want ter send It home to a slater of
mine. It'll do her more good than It
will me." ' . ' -
"Ohr So you've got Into that gam
bling set have your Mind I don't catch
' yon at it for If I do. Into the guard
room you'll g!M,A;-HK"'' Y-.'.';
"I don't often play,, sergeant," said
Brown, deprecatlngly; and, thinking
the opportunity a good one, he re
nowed his request "Will you write
my letter for me, sergeant?" v
"I suppose I must to get rid of your.
Fire ahead with the address."
"Miss Alice- Brown lady's-maid
Taunton Court, Norfolk." Absorbed
In admiration of the sergeant's call-
graphy, Brown, standing by the table,
did not notloe the slight start made
by the writer as the words "Taunton
Court" fell upon his ears. In nnaf-
f. a . . . I
Matatrl 11 ttH mm t3-v.aa.aa Mti , nH.fi UaaaaF I
me cfk't you write?"
alXsaM-tataSi
natively:. .:, , y
"You come Xrom that part?1
. "Not I'm a towney of yonrn; Didn't
yer know that?" Brown answered with
a disgusted look.
"What! You a Scotchman? Ton go
and teU that to the next draft!"
Browa felt insulted by this reference
to the "draff and said with dignity
"It's a fact sergeant 1 was born In
Aberdeen; but we came to London
when I was a kid.1
"A very small 'kid,' too, t Imagine.
. Why, man alive, you're a Cockney ail
over! But what about . the i letter?
What shall I say?"
But Brown's Insulted dignity would
not allow the assertion about . the
Cockney origin to pass unchallenged.
"Honor bright sergeant t ain't no
Cockney. But look 'ere. My sister and
me la the only, two left, and she's la
dy's maid there, and-I'm a-goln' to send
her one hundred chips rupees, you
knewas aa she'll have tome thing put
by agin the time when she leaves."
Though he had only a moment be
fore protested that he had no time to
spare, the sergeant now showed a
V inconsistent desire to (
chat
ie's going to leaveeh?" he
I s'pose she wilt when her
Ms married." ;.. "-
r that the BMrtrltoonlal In
' Mistress of Private
Jit not to have been
i Sergeant Hlllls of
wu Horse," espe-
, as an unfinished
tig In front of htm;
but it sti, ... ..t the suoject did In
terest b,im, for he said: , i; f,i
"What makes you think her mistress
la.go.ng to marry?"
"Why, she's got any ' amount of
brass," Brown answered, "and my sis
ter says she's very pretty, so she's
sure to marry." v.':
A- quiet smile passed over the ser
geant's face, and be glanced at a pho
tograph that stood on the table in
front-of him. Then he scribbled away
at the letter tor a minute, Inquired how
the money was to be sent, once more
resumed his writing, and finally laid
down his pen and said:
"Look here. Brown why don't yon
go to the regimental school and learn
bow to read and write? I'll give you
all the help I can, and It will keep yon
away from the canteen." ' " -
"Will you help me, sergeant really T
Then, by Jlmlne, - - start tomorrow
Wouldn't Ally be surprised to get a
letter from me all In my own fist?"
and Brown smued at the thought
"Say, sergeant," he added as an after
thought "what'U I do If any of the
chaps get toughing at me?"
"Do? Why, punch the first one's
head for him only don't let me hear
about It Never fear they won't
laugh at you for long; and It they do,
what's the oddB?" . - -.
"Right you are, sergeant I'll do
It!" ' .
, -."Hmt up while I copy out this scrlb
There's a plug of tobacco over
ne; cut some up for me, aitd fill
your own pipe as. well. I don't sup
r -"-a you have any of your own."
" n't I, though! I've plenty of
now I'm on the sttsaily;" and
iiimphantly, fished a plus; of
' of his jm-ket pocket "Look
ft, as he thrust It undr
9 ii" ' "fee that? I'm
a . x i f r -i next
" ! t rl-
X. tllCf.
novels. On the tabte'were" some pho
togvaphs la upright frames, and one
wmra occupied i centre place seemed
to have a great attraction for the ser
geant, for be repeatedly looked at It as
ne wrote. It represented -a tall, slim
girl of about 18 with a lovely trua
looklng face.. It could hardly belong
to Sergeant Hollts, for on the back
of It ?U written, "To my own dear
jjougias from Marie." and hi name
was not "Douglas."
Suddenly a trumpet call rang out
sharp and clear on the night air, and
ine sergeant jumped to bis feet,
"There's llrst post ' going, and I
haven't finished the parade slate yet
us au your fault. Brownl'' he ex
claimed angrily, forgetting thrjt he had
taken an hour over five minutes' work.
Hastily finishing the letter, he handed
It to Brown, and said. "There you are
clear out! " But, before Browa had
left the "bunk," ha added. In a kindli
er tone, , "Mind you go to School to
morrow and keep off the drink, i. You
can com la her la the evening and
tell ne how you've, got on,"
"All right, sergeant " Good night!".
And the door closed on Brown and the
sergeant was alone, . '
; :;." ' '. ; t
"Mamma, what a re 'you going to do
about It nowT We don't know where
m poor Douglas Is, and his father
says (hat they have mot heard a word
from him since ha disappeared, 'Some
thing must be done."
How ridiculous yon are. Marie!"
said Mrs. Crowther. aa mother and
daughter eat together in the morning
room pf Taunton Court' ""What can I
do; la the matter? It's his family's
place to find him out tad tell him what
has happened." " "
No no, mamma!" objected Mane.
with a tiny spot of red on each cheek.
It la our place to do so. It was
through one of our family that he was
disgraced, and we ought to be the very
first to let him know about It" " .,
How unfeeling you are, Marie! I'm
sure your poor dead brother never In
tended that Douglas Gordon should
hava to bear the biame. if Mr. tJor
don hadn't been so stupid, there need
Ihavseeu no scandal; you might bare
RUrf marri! tn Mm
- aa.ua aaw a , .ua. JUUI
af . . ....
iDroiner miarnt nave bim it- ,
Notwithstanding JaflrnToihefy quer
ulor"Stne re it impellea to
lead tueTfBaent one, and said
"I cannot Imagine what makes yo
talk like that mamma.: You know
why Douglas took the blame, and yet
every time wo speak about him you
pretend that yon don't know how noble
It waa of htm." And aa ah thought ot
an aer lover had given up to save the
honor of her family, the girl grew more
vehement in her championship of hla.
"Poor Douglas! k Ha wouldn't imak
any defence; and to think that he gave
up hla name, his home and me, all to
save our name from disgrace, and now
we pan't find him to tell him that his
innocence baa been proved! Oh, mam
ma, have you no pity tor him?"
Softened for the moment by the pas
sionate entreaty vet her ' daughter's
voice, Mrs. Crowther smoothed down
her frills with her bejewelled hands
aaa said:
"'My dear child, of coarse I'm aortf
lor mm, ana i ve no doubt be 11 tarn
up Some day. But you are most tool-
tab to keep thinking about him la the'
way you do. You've lost three good
chances since your engagement to him
was broken oft by me, and I don't sup
pose he has thought ot you once since."
"Marie said nothing, but the happy
confident smile on her. face gave her
mother an answer, and. with an Indig
nant, swish ot her dress, Mrs. Crow
ther 'rustled out of the room in a
rage. . : .. ,
la the old days Marie Crowther and
Douglas Gordon Were to hare become
man and wife. The scion ot an old
Scottish family, Douglas had been at
once the pride and hope of his family
and Marie's blameless knight But a
great disgrace fell upon him. A way
ward, spoiled end Unprincipled youth,
Marie'a brother, jaarry, bad beea a
guest ot the Gordon's In their High
land borne, and had there forged and
uttered a check. The forgery was dis
covered, and,, dreading exposure, thj
guilty young man had confided hla
fears to Douglas, having first bound
him over to secrecy. Neglecting Dvug
las' advice to throw himself upon the
mercy of the man whose name had
beea forged, be managed to preserve
his secret Suddenly Douglas found
that he was suspected of the forgery.
At first he laughed at the very Idea ot
It but gradually he learned that his
accusers were serious. , Whence the
first hints had come no one knew, but
piece after piece of circumstantial evi
dence turned up which seemed to fas
ten the guilt on Douglas, and at last
In utter despair at the aspect of the
altair, he appealed to Harry Crowther
to clear him, never suspecting that he
himself had given currency to the sus
picion. ' Marie's brother declined to
confess his guilt, and reminded Doug
las oi mi promise to keep the matter
secret True to his word, Douglas re
mained silent under the awful Impu
tation, and at last his own father or
dered him to leave the house. His sim
ple assurance ot Innocence satisfied
Marie, and she believed In him. even
while she was compelled to give him
up. At last after weary waiting, and
after all trace o( him had been lost
his Innocence was clearly established.
Harry Crowther had gone to "the
dogs," and at last had sunk to the
lowest depths. For some months he
also disappeared, and then his mother
received a telegram from a French wa
tering place summoning her to he son's
"0 ltd. . nil V n h".
reparation and cleared Ii
shame. Worldly and t.
ti.-!y
of Us
i i.
.rd os ,
ii ihjmiw
1 she ci
Gordo
'iml.
I. rowdier was, a
Ml br
'as sacred In her
.1. n 1 I
I. I ' ;
i. ..; a !, t i it
can't h i ( it
is really fuuu him,"
"W hat should u-Va you think that
It Is cot f rout. him, AilceT Inquired
her mistress with taint Interest,
"Well, you fee, miss, there's some
money with It, and It's hot signed by
him as be usually does. Ki) one else
id India knows me, so I fuiiif that the
lettof must be trout hint, and that the
man as wrote It for him forgot what
be was a-dolng and signed his own
name to It by mistake."
"How very curious, Alice! May I tee
the letter? I might be able to tell yon
what to do," said Marie, Interested at
last
Delighted at her young mistress' In
terest in her affairs, the maid gave her
the letter and resumed her work, chat
ting away all the time aa she did so,
What could It mean? Marie'a brain
was In a whirl, and her mald'e chatter
tell upon unheeding ears, - There, tn
her own hand, before her eyes, was
the well known handwriting, and at
the end ot the letter was the bold sig
nature, "Your loving brother, Douglas
Gordon."
In the haste of the moment with
his thoughts full of Marie and the past
"Sergeant Hollis" had unwittingly
signed his real name to Brown's Utter.
Isn't It .a beautiful letter, Misa Ma
rie. Such a beautiful name, too! Oh,
Miss Marie, whatever Is the matter?"
Marie, with her face burled in her
hands, was sobbing hysterically.' And
the dinner bell rang unheeded aa mis
tress and maid luld their heads to
gether and attempt! to solve the enig
ma. , . . , 9 - t
e - e e e v t
f""Who say I tttrooe letters?" sang out
Corporal Jonesj ;d troop orderly-cor
poral, as he entered the troop bunga
low with a bundle ot letters and news
papers in his hand. . ,.,
Down went the Jack-boots and
swords that the men were polishing,
and a rush waa made tor the bed on
which Jones had enthroned himself
with his precious burden. ' f
Give a fellow a chance to breathe,
you chaps! What do you -want
Brown? Yon don't suppose there's one
for your ha growled. t ; r
Do you thluk I ain't got so one to
write to me, corporal?" fetoiW
Brown.. "How do you know that
pa ami met and left me a forturtToT"
T,"Oh, yea, I knowl s YonpVs a dock
ain't he, BrowalXwhy criminal
Yes no-yes It JWT Hera is one for
you with a bhjrtat crest oa ..I Who'i
your, pal, Jhown -the commander-In-
'ft .' ... i;,' . .. r- t is
yon mind, corporal. Just
It over here," said Brown, and,
baring secured hla property he put on
helmet and crossed over to Eer-
t Hollis' "bunk.'
, sergeant I've got a tetter," .he
he entered. ,: :.. .v.
1, can't you manage to read It
now yourself?" the sergeant answered.
ulte. ,-1 can manage print
all right though. But you might read
it for me, sergeant; t and Browa hand
ed the letter to the sergeant and, seat
ing himself on the edge ot the bed, pre
pared to listen. .
To his surprise hla sergeant read it
through to himself first then took an
other enclosure out of the envelope and
read that looked at them both, sat
down, got up again, and finally went
marching op and down the veranda
with the letters la hla hand, whistling
loudly, "Rolling Home to Merry Eng
land,'! then he dashed Inside" and
shook Brown by both hands until that
gsuch-Derplexed man opined that it
waa either the "Jim-Jams" or sun
stroke. Then the sergeant subsided
Into a chair and sat gating first at
Brown, and than with strange Intensity
at the letters. ; :
Brown was pustledY It must M the
"Jim-jams." All of a auddea the ser
geant rose and made another dash at
Brown. There was no doubt about It
now!' It was the "Jim-Jams." and
Brown precipitated himself over the
bed cot and, grasping a carbine by
the barrel, stood ready to "do or die.
The sergeant started at hint with
blank amassment and then the truth
dawned uom him, - , ;
"Why, you thick-headed old fool,
did you think I had delirium tremens?
Come out from that bed, and I'll tell
yon all about It"
When Browa went back to hla troop
bungalow that morning he gathered a
few choice spirits around him and orat
ed. - ; --.if-r,:-;r. ." vr
i "Say, - chaps, what do you think?
You know Sergeant Hollis? Well,
blowed if he ain't some one else! His
name by rights Is Gordon, and may I
be shot if he ain't a-going home and
a-going to marry my sister's missus,
worth no end of chips! ; It all come
out through a letter as he wrote for
me. Oh, yon may larf but It's a fact"
Absorbed tn her thoughts, the girl
sitting la the big bay window did not,
hear the door open. A broad-shoul
dered, bronsed, well- featured man en
tered and noiselessly crossed the room.
Laying his hand tenderly upon the
girl's shoulder, he said:
Marie!"
Douglas! At last at last!" girl
gasped, springing to her feet; and,
clasped in his arms, she was soon at
rest
In after life a coachman used to
drive her and her husband about whose
name once stood on the roll of the
'Green Horse" as "Number Two Thou
sand, Two Hundred and Twenty-two,
Private Brown." Waverley Magailne.
Sir Edward Clarke's Career.
Sir Edward Clarke was predestined
In youth neither for law nor politics,
but for the Ices ambitious career ot a
commercial traveler. Ills futhor was
a goldsmith and Jewelor In London, and
Edward spent his tliiio from 13 to 17
years old In "learning the b'li'm '-i."
But his heart was evidently not
tliore, for he tolls how, even at school
the first book he ever boimht w
own pocket money l;r.m
lii b
Lives of Siiito
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::::o:i m Sunday
ACICCOUrtCS ENTITLED 'MS THS OLD
BOOK PR CM COD?"
Same of the Krldeiwes That the Book We
Call th BlbU Hm Been Ulna to Us
1'r the Inspiration ot God Xt Is Ten
liafiy lttvo's Boditi -
' fitlLAbElPHU, th ReV, D. Kerr
Foyce Tapper, pastor Of the First Baptist
Church of this city, preached strong ser
mon Sunday morning on "Is the Old Book
-torn God!" This is one oi the oldest
and strongest churches in the land. It
was prwuded over for thirty years by Dr.
Gcorqe Dana Roardman, who was succeed
ed about eight rears ago by Dr. Tupper,
Two years ago, at a cost of nearly $400,000,
a tnagnirlcent noimt of worship was erected
and i5().Q00 endowment laid aside. The
congregations are very large, especially in
the evening, The text (or tins sermon was
from FnM Thfgsalonians ii-13! "We thank
God without ceasing because when ye
received the word of God ye received it
not as the word of nan, but as it is in
truth, the Word of God." Dr. Tupper
aid: :. , . .
Ancient history has preserved the tra
dition that when, thirty centuries ago, the
city of Troy was sacked by the Greeks,
the conquerors made the general proclam
ation that each of the inhabitants thereof
be permitted to save a single article of
property especially dear to his own heart,
.faking advantage of the offer. Aeueaa
selected his household gods ana carried
them in triumph and for joy to a place
of safety, do pleased were the Greeks
by this unaffected act of piety that they
extended, to him, further indulgence, al
lowing hint to save one other thing, when,
returning in haste, he bore off on hit
shoulders his aged father, whose wisdom
and affection constituted for him a price
less inheritance.
Were the traditions thus related to re
peat itself in history to-day and the priv
ilege granted every aenuine Christian be
liever, ,ia t supposed season of calamity
and privation, to make a ideation of that
one possession most highly prized by him,
both because of its lntrinsie value ana its
immortal influence, the truest w-sdom
would dictate a peculiar and, to F
an inexplicable choice. This at me would
not be silver or gold, military. Jswievttr
erne nonor, profound learning or
less eloouence: this choice would
even father or mother, husband or Wifa,
son or aaugmer, mena or lover: pre.
as might be each of these, it would ni
the one thing wisely chosen if the inoice
Were msde both f"T jmf WIT rmitr
What then woo 7Ke one ffiirwhe?
Dtrange as y ' ,-mm to manv.
ehoiff " Mt thankful Christian
in uiemn. sacred our. would be a
i.,in book a book ancient and artless.
-elevating and ennobling, divine and d ar
son.
.As I alter this sentence you anticipate
the destination I am about to make. You
need not be told that. This book la no
work of mere poetry, neither Iliad nor
Odyssey, Milton a Odes nor enarespeare's
plays; no work of mere history, neither
Livy nor Tacitus, Hallsm nor Hume; no
wore: oi mere pmiosonny, neit
aor Hamilton. Descartes nor
book of mere biography, neither Plutarch
nor Lamartine, Kemusat aor Voltaire j no
book of mere romance, ' neither George
Eliot nor Scott Bulwer nor Thackeray;
no book of mere ethics, neither Plato nor
Seneca, Paihr aor Bain; no book of Chris
tiaa morality and meditation, neither
Thomas a Kemris' "Imitation of Christ"
aor Panyan's "Pilgrim's Progress " Hook
er's ''Homilies' nor Paschal's "Thoughts"
great and good as are many if not all
of these, immortal works some of them,
rising like grand and majestic mountain
peaks, catching and presenting to the
world the glorious splendors of th high
est human genius we eonld see them and
all else of man's creation burn into ashes
or buried in the sea, if at their expense
we might save to oar hearts snd lives
sere and hereafter that one single book,
which has an origin and a character and
a mission and a destinv as far above everv
work of man's creation as the skies are
above the clouds that book whose "au
thor is God. whose subject is man, whose
object is salvation, whose end eternity"
that book of which Pollock, In an out-
Mint of poetic fervor and WhrisUan faitn,
so feelingly writes: '
This lamp from off the everlasting throne
aurey took dowa, and la the night of
time
Stood casting oa the dark and gracious
. OOW, . V' ' : ' " '
Ana forere.' beseeching men with
test ... .......
And earnest sighs, to" hear, believe and
live. ,.-
Surely, brethren, this most be the book
oi au oooas, wnicn, wnue run ana ncn
with the sweetest strains of poetry, the
most memorable deeds of history, the most
insxhaustible stores ot philosophy, the
most thrilling incidents of biography, the
luftiest principles of ethical and moral
teaching, counts no one of these its fea
tures of ehiefest glory, but rather this:
'that for centuries it has gone up and dowa
this world of ours, relieving Human con
sciences, illuminating human intellects, re
deeming human spirits, transforming hu
man lires, and tnst, in so beautiful and
glorious a degree, that the thinking world
if beginning to accept the statement of
bchleimermacher, "To abolish the Bible
k to pluck up ly the roots all that is
noblest and truest and divineet in the
world's civilisation." - i
Oht if then is one n raver that J offer
np daily with more constancy ewr Fervor
of soul tnan another m our age ot tneo
1 ; 1 t i a iL :. . v.: .
aVB,nu irauinik miu uuicaja, 1, la ,111a. uum.
aeep me as an ambassador of Christ and
the great Brotherhood of Christian believ
ers, true now and always to the infallible
Word of the eternal God. As in the oast.
supernatural revelation -haa had to con
tend against the sopbisms of Jlume and
te transcegdental philosophy of Ger
many, so to-dsy, all about na there are
those who battle against the idea of a liv
ing, personal, omnipotent Jehovah, who
esa and does freely and fully communi
cate With His children; and to-day there
is a call long and loud for those who ac
cept the bibls as the full and satisfactory
oracle from heaven, to stand up and out
against all these attacks, and that, too,
with convictions strong and nnshaken.
With vou to-dav I come to consider the
question, What are some of the evidences
that the Book we call the Bible has been
riven by inspiration of God? I say some,
lor we nave no time, even if we had the
ability, to enumerate them all. That these
sacred writers themselves believe that
theirs were the oracles of God is without
question. Hear David Sing: "ihe spirit
of the Lord spake by roe and His word
Was in my tongue;" snd Inaiah, "Hear, oh
heavens, and give ear, oh earth, for the
Lord has spoken, the mnuth of the lord
hath sooken:" and Ewkiel. "The Word
of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel,
the priest, and tne hand oi the ixird was
5ici him;" ana l'etr, after the death of
udas, "Men and brethren, the Scripture
must neds have been fiihilled, which the
I.1IV Cmot by the mouth of Dnvid spake
l-eiore concerning Judas:" snd 1'aul would
Bixwk, "not in the words which man a
wisdom teaclii'ih, but which ths ilo'v
;hit teacbeth. And how our Iird
throws the "broad shield of Hi" infallible j
truthfulness" over the whole t)ld Testa
ment chwh, tentifvii'Dr bolli to t"e soeu-
v S'"i toe itivioMihiiity ot tits Vi ord el
(,(1. 'J l e (,il lesUiiK lit wis then as
now. divided mio tne iaw, lite ito1
snd the sacred wrm
ng ii tne
.11 that c
I th.
mm-
of the "('
I r
(it l.e !(
111 ( nrL,jr I
n.iV IM Via
r-
em pnntheismj snd Ineffable purity of
the holiness of God amid all the obscurity
of 1 t;yptian theories snd Csaaanitlsh idol
atry; the omnipresence of God amid all
the theories of gods many and lords
many," IloW infinitely sbove and beyond
all bumn speciilstions are the reflations
of the LivinS Word respecting ths Divine
mindl IloW majestic stlch declarations
as tkese: "In the beginning God crested
the heavens and the earth; before, the
mountains were brought forth of ever
Thou hadst formed the earth and the
world, even from everlasting to everlast
ing, Tnou are Godi" "God is a spirit;"
"God is lover' "God Is llght. In a mag
nificent treatise on this fundamental ques
tion of God and the revelations respecting
it made by the Scriptures, an American
writer haa pointed out five conceptions
of God found in the Bible, snd found no
where else among all the religions of
earth, near and weish these:
(1) Qod is a spirit, existing from eter
nity, creator ot neaven ana tmn; uj
God is one, yet revealing Himself in the
tnreeioia distinction ana personality,
Father. Hon and Holv Bnirit! (31 God is
absolutely infinite in all His attributes
and capacities in power omnipotent, in
knowledae omniscient, id existence omni
present, in purpose immutable, in charac
ter immaculate: tne emiwuiment 01, an
that is good and great; the impersonation
01 an excellence: (4) 1 oa is proviaentiai.
not far off and inaccessible, careless 0
seJ-scting-lsws and untouched by human
woes, but a' God of sympathy, compassion,
love; a God, who, in all His laws, and be
hind all His laws, and above all His laws,
and in control of all His laws, not only
guards cherubim and seraphim angels and
archangels, out also marks the movement
of lily, sparrow and child; and above all,
God is a Redeemer, living and dying
among men in aeii-sacrmce insnanie, to
lift them from darkness to light, from sin
to glory in short not a mere ideal of a
v,od to worship but a God with whom
ever human soul ma hare nersonsl. con
scious relations, a God to fear, a God to
love, a uod to pray to, a uod to oney
a God so holy that we muct sbandoa sin
if we would serve Him, and a God so lov
ing that our very sin has moved Him to
a self-denying atonement. Truly, tbie
ttook that tells so much about God must
be a book from God.
Because it is God's Book, the Bible is
peculiarly man s book, wnen man would
ievements. It is wonderful how our
10 jortieac contentions, ana aisoest
WjoIs Knalish literature baa leoome pac
n.Mted, saturated and elevated by senti
ments and expressions from the Holy
uresTU-l-f the most interesting
to ths tudtrntr. Alike of the Bible
and of Shakespeare, is the indehtcnritM ol 1
tne nara et Avon to wees oraciee 01 ngnt
and life. A careful atudy of Shakes
peare s life reveals no fewer than Ave
hundred and fifty biblical quotations and
ntunenta. Here m Menard u. are
tv: then in "Richard III." are forty-
ic: vonder in "Hamlet" alone, eiahtv-
two. now many biblical books are merer
8ixtr-si. From bow many does Shakes
pear quote, or to how many does he re
fer f To fifty-four. How many plays has
Bhakespearef Thirty-seven. In bow many
are there Scriptural references? In every
one of the thirty-seven, A careful stndy
of this subject will reveal that Genesis
furnishes the poet thirty-one quotations
or references: Psalms, fifty-nine; Proverbs,
thirty-five; Isaiah, twenty-one; Matthew,
sixty) . fa-usc inirty; xtomans, twenty
three. Nrtr u this axeetitional. A echol-
arly American author has declared that it
ts as imnoesible to subtract the Bible from
our aaooerB English literati re aa to no
braid the sunbeams or subtract the vet
low or violet rays from the tides of light
that fill the solar system with warmth and
cheer." Each English stndent knows how
true this is. Without the Bible Milton
could never have written his "Paradise
Lost7' and "Samson Ago-utes." With
out the Bible Bunyan cd 4 never have
composed his "Pilgrim, or Tscit his
"Jerusalem," or Dante hie "Inferno," or
Bums his ''Cotter's Saturday Night.'' No
wonder John Quiney Adams -could ex
claim: "In whatever light we view the
Bible. Whether with referenrs to revela
tion or history or morality, it is a mine
of knowledge, like which none other has
ever been- found in anv land or any
1 n aT 1 . L 1 'la ' I tl't-l
cm 1 111 , ta. a, wwiuaT ttiat Jjsaici ncunicr,
prince of torensie orators, could say that
tne perusal of the Ifible In ttia early dsys
imparted to him many of the chief excel
lencies of hie literary style. ' No wonder
that the gifted Choata eloquently ex
claimed: '1 would have the Bible read,
not only the its authority, revelations,
commands and exaetneae ooligr'ery yes
terday, to-day and forever, bnt for its
literature, its pathos, its dim imagery, its
wings of consolation ana wtsaosa ana
universal truth." Truly this Book of
books must be the Book of God.
. But we have a higher proof of. biblical
inspiration even than this, and that is
the perfect sdaptness ot the Word of God
to the conditions of all classes and kinds
of men. Dr. Storra well says: "The
treatise ot Plate on immorality is attrac
tive to the scholar, but obscure and dull to
the unlettered man; the Veda of the Hin
dus is, as a whole, unintelligible; the Kor
an is said to be a sealed book to the ma
jority of its constituents. In contrast to
all these, the Bible fills the whole cir
cumference - of ' man's endowment; it
touches every thought and feeling in this
great humanity; it is adapted to inspire
sage, to instruct the savage, to guide the
child." Truly, this- ft a nnivsrssl book,
answering man's deepest questions, solv
ing man s -most intricate problems, il
luminating man's most darkest hours, giv
ing, him support in life, peace in death,
and a song of sweetest melody amid the
ineffable glory of the eternal world. The
gifted - Reliant felt this wuca he sa.d:
"The Bible tits every fold and crevice of
las human SDirit." Not so philosophy.
educstion, science. Out astronomers point
out Uranus and Jupiter, but not the Star
qf Bethlehem. Our geologists unfold
earth's strata, bnt reveal no Rock of Ages.
Charles Reade, the litterateur, writes the
first line of hie own epitaph, "Reade, Dra
matist, Journalist, Novelist;" but Charles
Reads, the Christian, pens the other line:
"I hope for a resurrection, not from any
r 01 nature, out iron, tne win ox tne
God Almnrhtv." Whence cams that
revelation save through the dome window
of the sky? -us Bible alone answers our
deepest questions, solves our most intri
cate problems, illumines our darkest
hours. There can be no night when it
gives no song, no desert where it furnishes
no fountain. Its revelations supply sup
nort in life. Peace in death and sones of
everlasting joy beyond life. No heart is
too hard for its truths to melt, no sin too
great for ths Bible to banish, no lite too
degraded for the Bible to transform. Only
let a man teat God's Word and he will
have in its favor an argument that no
sophistry can destroy and no skepticism
touch. , , , .
The Heart's InSnsnee.
If there is ioV in vour heart, let it shine
in your face. This is ons of the lesser
ministries of love the cheering power of
happiness. Every bright turn makes a
biiaiiter world.
ROBIN'S NEST MADE OF LACE.
Woman Mleoeo Her Valuables and
Finds a ttlrd the Thief,
A KrS. Newton, who lives In Centnr
strent, put two f ne Ua- e d. .is out on
the Ii wn In front of her hove to
dry a f.'W ! "s a ". V, ;; ?o went
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lot of instances to show
the girls Like him best..
John Withes, Whe Waa Ugly. Didn't
Mind, It a Bit And Queen Wllhel
mlna's Husband Is Ne Adonis Beau
ties Whe4 Hava Found Male Plaln-
,: nesa Attractive. f-
Mty be there waa as much truth as
boasting In the statement of John
Wilkes, the famous London alderman:
"Ugly as 1 am, it I can have but a
quarter) of an hour's start, I can get
the better of any man. however good
looking, in the graces of any woman."
Ot Wilkes's abnormal ugliness
there was never any question. "The
very children ,- the street ran away
affrighted at the alght ot him!" And
yet his powers of fascination were so
great that women of beauty and fash
Ion vied with each other tor hla notice,
while handsome men ot all courtly
graces were neglected. v;
It waa said that there were ; few
beauties of the day whoachand Wilkes
might not have confidently hoped to
win. He married onei ot the richest
and loveliest women of hla time.
"Beauty and the Beast, they call us,"
Wilkes once said, to a friend, "and I
cannot honestly find fault with the de
scription." . .
That there la a powerful fascination
tor some women In extreme ugliness Is
proved by Innumerable cases in which
women who have been richly dowered
with physical charms have fallen In
love with men ot almost repulsive ap
pearance. J (':); V':.?'.
Queen Wllbelmlna Is an example of
a charming and attractive young wom
man choosing an ugly man. Fat and
plain of face, and, for a royal person,
distinctly poverty-stricken, Prince
Helnrtch of Mecklenburg-Schwerin haa
had great fascination forWomanklnd.
Gossips whispered tbit the young
Duke was taken hv snrbrlse when the
little Queen StTwTnd showed her
preference ibr blm, ajf&Xeiit wa
the first time that he had ""ween ad'
mired and courted by women of high
ranav -i- j:--,'
When Princess : Helena ot Russia
suddenly broke her engagement with
Max ot Baden It waa believed to be be
cause she hoped to persuade her par
enta to let her marry the stout, blond
dukellng Hetnrich, and the youngest
daughter ot the Duke of Edinburgh
also loved the young Duke, though in
tain.; In fact. Prince Helnrtch waa a
good deal of a lady killer, and he
knew It,. ':Jis.Xv--i-r-
Nelpperg, an ugly - creature, with
small . abilities, and yet amaller for
tune, waa Napoleon Bonaparte's rival
In the affection of Marie Louise, who
teU furiously in lore With bltq. With
everything to lose and nothing to gain
by her encouragement of the man, she
left no atone unturned until she was
able to make herself Nelpperg'a wife.
In the eyes of the world, It waa a ter
rible degradation for the widow of the
French Emperor to become the wife of
aa Austrian Count, but ahe cared not
whit what the world said, as waa the
case with the women who ran after the
ugly Duke de Richelieu.
When Richelieu was shut up In the
Bastlle, crowds of women, old and
young, and rich and poor, used to col
lect every day at the hour when he
took bis exercise on the parapets, and
adore htm from a distance, deploring
the incarceration of so adorable a per
son. 1
Theodore Hook waa another ugly
man who seemed to be Irresistible,
When Lisit waa an old man with a
hard, ugly face, women begged permis
sion to kiss hla agly hands and raved
over him aa thought he were Adonis's
Belt Dosens of schoolgirls and Count
esses who worshipped at hla . shrine
cared not a pin for hla music, nor un
derstood a note of It, but were keenly
alive to the charm ot hla personality.
There were few plainer men of hla
generation than the great Lord Broug
ham, and as few who took so little
trouble to Ingratiate themselves into
th favor ot women. let he might
hava picked and chosen among the
fairest ot society beauties. To a ques
tion where Lord Brougham was, the
answer was once given;. "Where the
ladlea are the nlckest" By follow
ing this significant guide he was gen
erally, run to earth.
Perhaps the reason of the attractive-
nesa ot the plain man la that he la not
vain. He caa't be, of his face, at any
rate. .- '
A pretty man la a nuisance," one
girl waa overheard to say. "I mean
the maa wboeebaircurIs,whoeecheeka
are red and who posea In public plac
es where be may be easily seen, and
who always wears a sleek smile on his
thoughtless face. He Is a nuisance
because ot bis conceit Girls grow
weary of looking at him, but he still
keeps in the way, believing he is giv
ing them a treat" i
It has been estimated that there are
only (0,000 really handsome men In
th United States. New York Sun.
SENATOR'S VOTE SOLD.
Phase ef Washington Legislative Life
Told by the Victim.
A. former distinguished senator, and
maa who died poor, although he
pent bis entire life In public affairs,
once told a very Interesting story of
bow his vote was sold without his
knowledge. Possibly otfner senatorial
votes have been gold in a like manner.
In a Pullman car one dny the sena
tor renewed the acquaintance of a
prominent railroad men he tifld met In
V aiJiln:,Un, and who, he knew, was
Interested la a lnnd grunt bill which
bad bf'imie a law snd had received
the senator's sunnort
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The senator gasped, got his breath,
demanded an explanation, and the par
ticulars of the affair then came out.
It developed that when this bill' waa
pending the railroad man received in
formation that there was danger of Its
being defeated, and came to Washing
ton to see about It Boon after hla ar
rival he met a man whom he knew
slightly as a legislature promoter, and
a number of senators said to be doubt
ful were named, but, added the promo
ter, their votes could be had for a
consideration. The price ot this par
ticular senator was fixed at 15000.
"Now, he Is a little peculiar about
these things," said the promoter, "and
you had better let me see him first
then later la the day you can call on
htm and see It he promises hla vote.
1; It seems that this promoter did call
on the senator, and mentioned the
railroad bill, and said that there was
a man in the city who would be glad
to khow that the senator would sup
port the bill; and might call later and
hear him say so. -;.-"
"Oh, yes," said the senator, "it's
good bill, and I'll vote for It but I have
no time to bother with this man.'
. Nevertheless, In the afternoon the
railroad man and his friend were ush
ered into the senator's committee
room, and the promoter said: ' ,
' "Senator, this Is the gentleman
spoke to you about this morning inter
ested in that land grant bill. He will
be glad to know it is all right"
"Yes, It's all right" said toe sena
tor. "The bill ought to pass, and, aa I
said this morning, I am going to sup
port it" .. -v u-:,1 -.
The Incident apparently closed un
til renewed afterward upon the train.
Upon the strength of that -inter-
view," said the railroad man, "we paid
that promoter $5000 for your voto
"Well, It's needless tor me to say I
never knew anything about It But tell
me, why did you go about anything
ot that kind? WlUMW4JlXyou come t;
me flretjsflthout any negoUauollfjind
flndjwf how I stood and wbat I would
. ' "Well, we were so scared we didn't
take any chances on anything," waa
the' wplr-tt'-;,j.v;'V..!;iw:;;-:;;i,,.;.7.:.
Telling the story afterward, the
senator said: "I had often looked at
Dome of my colleagues, whose reputa
tions had been Impugned, and asked
myself: 'Are they knaves or tools?
but after this Incident,, when- I felt
like criticising a fellow member tor
bla vote, or placed In a position where
he waa suspected ot it, and, therefore,
a fool, I would check myself as soma
one might be asking: To Which clnae
do you belong?'" Washington Post
' QUAINT AND CURIOUS." '
The German army has a swimming
school tor troops, where everyone must
learn to swim. The best swimmers are
to cross a stream ot several hundred
yards width, even when carrying their
clothing, rifle and ammunition.'
In a recent volume on the snakes of
Egypt Hlppolyte Boussac states that
the trick referred to In the Scriptures
of changing a snake Into a rod la still
practiced by the snake charmers. They
touch the snalte at a certain place ia
the neck when it falls Into a catalep
tic condition and becomes straight and
stiff. It Is then restored to Its former
condition by taking Its taiUi"een
the hands. and firmly rollings -v
An Englishman in Petticoat lane the
other night was caught in the act ot
stowing his handkerchief away la hla
sleeve, just as the girls do. He slip
ped it neatly between the sleeve and
cuff. It Is the common practice of fash
ionables In London society Just now. A
few New Yorkers bad the habit years
ago, excusing it on the ground that a
handkerchief In the pocket (any poc
ket) blemishes the physical contour.
-Att old woman ot seventy appeared
in a Viennese police court the other
day and made complaint against her
neighbor for having bewitched her.
The magistrate told her there waa no
such thing as being bewitched, and dis
missed the case; whereat the old wom
an became abusive: "A nice court of
Justice this! If some one steals a pen
ny he la locked up, but this woman
ruins my whole body and nothing, ia
done to her." ; . .
' Harry Lehr baa long been noted for
his taste In women's dress. It ia said
hU wife, who was Mrs. John Vinton
Dahlgren, never goes shopping without
taking him with her. ' Mrs, Lehr buya
most ot her bats at a well-known Twen
ty-third street shop.. Such ia her con
fidence in her husband's Judgment In
millinery that she haa on several oc
casions asked him to buy hor a hat
when she was too busy to accompany
him.. Mr. Lehr fulfills these commis
sions religiously, and has been seen In
the show room surrounded by eager
young women holding creations, which
be examines critically one by one, and
sometimes tilts over his own blond
curls to get the proper effect
A new method of discovering beds
ot ore hidden underground, in which
electricity serves for a detective, la
said to have met with some success In
vVales and in Cornwall. - A current of
high potential thirty thousand or
more volts Is led to two metal rods
set In the ground. From tbaee, lines
of force spread In all directions, and
can be detected by means of a tele
phonic receiver connected with another
pair ot metal rods, which may be plan
ed In any desired position. When no
sounds, or only very faint ones, are
heard, that fiwt Indicates a deflection,
of the lines of force, and by Btuftioj
tl e 1 ' 8 el I' f ni 'e the ln i'lnn of t' e
1, i , , a 11 vl i, '1 pre ,.ng f 9 d 1
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THEY BID HIM GO. .
Those hands, how I detest them,' '
Although I never pressed them .
ia my own; --
Ho rival rings adorn them.
And yet my esus to mourn then.
Clear Is sbowa.
Ray, think me not disloyal
Unto my lady royal 1 .
Veel ao shook) -For
the bands at which t eartt -Are
the oass that dally travel
Bound the elook.
New Tork Son,
HUMOROUS.
Blobbs Poeta are born, not made.'
Slobbs Then It Isn't altogether their
fault to It? . .
Nell Why do yon want to make a
fool of young Mr. Saphedde? Belle
Oh, If I don't some othur girl would.
' Wlgg BJonee doesn't seem able to
keep hla friends. Wagg Naturally,
when he gives them away at every op
portunity. Nell SheV awfully hysterical, Isn't
ahe? Belle Yes; somebody foolishly
told her that she was roost charming
when she laughed.
"Well, how does It seem to be en
gaged to such a wealthy girl?" "Fine!
Every time I kiss her I feeL.i
were taking the coupon off a govern
ment hond...,.;,,,,,,. -
"Pa," said little Willie Giggles, "la a
family Jar one o' 'them kind that'a
used for preserving?" "Perhaps, my
son," replied Mr. Giggles, "but not for
preserving the. peace."
An extract from a conversation in
1999: "I understand Smashalong's new
motor car was w recited today ''Yes;
it saw a horse and got so frightened
it tell over a cliff." Poem. -. '
, Fat woman (after museum Are) "I
miss the tattooed man." Manager
JtJjJy'TtfuaoTtT
recognize him without hla decorations.
You see, the firemen accidentally turn- '
ed the hose on him."
I " "Mamma," asked small Kloramay;
-wnat ia -single blessedness V " "Sin
gle blessedness, my dear,", replied the
knowing mother, "Is a bouquet that a
bachelor throws at himself when he
wants to marry and can't".
Proud Mamma You haven't kissed
the baby. Bachelor Uncle Umer
I'll try to remember next time. I'll
kiss her when I er come back from
China, "When will that be.". "Let
me see. In about sixteen years." ,
. "At what age do you consider women
the most charming?" asked the inquls
ltlve female ot more or less uncertain
years. 'The age of the woman who
aska the question," answered the man,
who waa a diplomat from Diplomacy
vine. zi; ,,. ,:,:'., vV'.
"Don't you know," said the tall man
at the free lunch counter, "I'd be sat
isfied with the world If I could find a
peart in this oyster soup," "Some pet
pie want so much," sighed the little
man; "I'd be satisfied It I could find aa
orator." , ' ; , , ,
"1 'suppose," said the benevolent vis
itor to the bright-looking patient,
"that there are many people In this
asylum who really ought not to be
here.". "Well, there may be a few, but
think ot the crowds outaide who ought
to be here with you and me" r ;.
Walking about one day 1 a the land
Ot shadows, paries Dickens unex-
LtlyejicountereL-MTNvJM
My dear leuow, saia jar. uiMtens, 1
hope you" entertain no 111 will
me on account of the unenviable no
toriety I seem to have given X you."
"Sir," loftily replied- Mr. Pecksniff,
"you owe me no apology. ' The name
ot Pecksniff will be remembered long
after the name ot Dickens la forgotten.1,
V Failings ef Correspondents.
Not one person In 10 folds a let
ter and puts it in the-envelope right
Bide up," said the correspondence
clerk ot a large New York publishing
house. "This firm receives upward ot
1000 letters a day, and It is my duty to
sort them and send them to the vari
ous head of departments. Each lot-
ler must be sent opened flat with the
envelope attached by a clip. In al
most every Instance the letter ia
folded and put tn the envelope so that
I have to turn It around before I can'
read it I have talked with friends .In
similar positions to mliteanj they tell
ma they have the same expertt'iu e, it
seems a trifling matter to a person
wbo opens only Ave or six letters a'
day, but to taw this loss of time caused
by either the ignorance or careless
ness of letter writers Is considerable. ,
Fully two-thirds ot tne letters re
ceived by a business house are filed.
Cabinet for this purpose are arranged
so that one" must refer to the begin
ning ot the letter, on the right hand
aide, to find the date. One-half th
persona who write oa matters of busi
ness, particularly women, put the dnin
at the end of the letter and on the 1. ri
band side, ao that we have to lift t:
whole bunch to got at it. These f.
ings of correspondents are worse t' ; i
Illegible writing and incorrect sue U.
ing." New York Times.
All Gone.
Last summer a well known pn
aor wcu. to a town on the east c
for a short rest and boarded s ;
fanner who was In the habit of t. :
few summer guests Into hla l. r
to heln to Day the rent. Fnmn f
ago the professor received a I
from his former landlady a
his patronage dining tlio
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