Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 15, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 December 1893 — Page 3
WEEKLY COURIER.
C, DOANW, I'ubllHJiBi-.
INDIANA.
CHEEK" AND "GAUL
Word Ifnvo DIITrrrnt Meanings, a
TliW Mttle Story Shown
"Sow and then I hear some onu do
clare that a man has 'moiiuuicntul gull,'
hut the iciiow using tno term mis no
conception of its significance. ju (.imply means It's u case of extraordi
nary cheek."
t was a Cincinnati man stopping for day or two in Detroit who spoke us
above, ami when asked what he know
about "monumental gall" hu replied:
"I was traveling in California during'
the great boom, and one day got around
to Los Angeles and met u chap who
used to he in the furuituro business in
my town. Ho had arrived only theday before and was Hut broke. As he had put up at the best hotel I thought that was a case of 'monumental gall,' but ho
hadn't began to show his nerve vet. After a bit hu came to mc and wanted
to know if I had any blank checks oa eastern banks. I had checks
on Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis
aad Toledo and gave him six or eight.
Everybody was wild over real estate, and this chap took a walk around and
got options on three different lots, giv ing his check for about fifteen thou
band dollars in eaeli case. Some one
went up to the hotel to ask about him,
and lie turned around and took an op
tion on thecaravansery at two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars for ten days.
He wrote out a cheek for twenty-five
thousand dollars as cool as yon please.
and within the next twenty-four hours
had options on the best burgiuns in
town. I gavu hun a dozen checks in
all and he filled 'em out for about one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. If
any of the banks had been telegraphed to ho would have been dished, but he
had a way with him which seemed to
satisfy everybody that lie was heeled and was working for a tenstrike. 1 saw him fill out a cheek for fifty thousand dollars und shake it under the iioh of a man who had been offering a nice bit of land for forty-seven thousand dollars. He seared the man half
to death for a minute, and rushed out and put the price live thousand dollars."
' Hut he couldn't really im,?"
Uli"" "llo didn't want to. Ho was giving that locality a .specimen of 'monumental pall. Thu people were up on 'check.' but hud never seen a face of hammered brass. What d'yo think he did? I'll tell you straight, and I'll give you the names of parties to write to if ;,ou doubt my word. I'.efore a single one of his options expired he sold them out to a new crowd, and in eight days lie had cleared thirty-five thousand c! .'lars in as good R0( as California ever mined. The owner of the hotel pave him live thousand dollars and his worthless chucks in my presence, and fe t so good over it that he opened the champagne and brought out .some cigars worth a dollar each."
ipMpirniTri tumi"
U MEKJt Hill TH I Ml
IP
V I.1TTU: child
comes to my Unec, And i u p b l n k pleads that lie may climb Into my lap to hear mo tell The Christmas talo hu loves
bo well
A tale my mother told to mo
Ucglnning "Once upon a time." It Is a talo of skies that ranir With angel rhapsodies sublime: Of that preat host, scrcno ami white, I he shepherd saw onu winter nlht And the lorious stars that Hang An anthom onco upon a time. This story of the hallowed years Tells of the sacrifice sublltno Of Ono who prayed nlonu and wept While His wearied follower slept And how His blood and Mary's tears Commingled ouou upon a time. And now my darling at my side And echoes of the distant chime llrlng that sweet story back to me, Of Detblebcm and Calvary, And of the senile Christ that'died. Tor sinners onco upon a time. The mighty deeds that men have told In ponderous tomes of fluent rhyme Like misty shadows fade away; Hut this sweet story bid for aye; And like tho stars that saus of old, Wo sins of "Onco udod a tinrn"
-Eugtno Mold, in Chicago Saturday Evening
in-rum.
then ho
at fifty
buy any
"And didn't you make anything?" '-Vota blamed red! Say, that cuss
even depended on me for his five-cent
cigars for lour or live days, and I sat
around like a bump on a log- and saw
him rake in a fine fortune! He got out
ot the thing slick and clean, without
suspicion, wlnle I had to telegraph
nome lor a miserable little three hun
"red dollars, and the landlord had
man watching' mo for two or three
"ays to see that I didn't jump my bill
- K"i cneeK euougn io carry me
along pretty comfortably, but when it
comes to 'monumental gall' I'm way
uown the hull. I used to mix the
wins but I don't any more. Any fool
can have 'eheek,' but tho other stuff is
only to be found in a chain-lightning
"urioiman." Detroit Free Press.
FUliIng: DiK.
ai a certain point all the men aad flogs came to a halt Half the dogs
men tuen moved further along th
.uers edge about two hundred yards.
'ii a concerted signal the dogs were started from their respective points, and swam straight out seaward in sinfe'le 11K in two columns. At a wild, sharp cry from nil thu Ainus the right column wheeled left and tho left column wheeled right, until the head of each column met. Then at another
ijrnai all of tbom vnm i, is,,n
th d... ...V V "
.hu, advancing more and more
m creseentle formation. As they neared the shore, increasing numbers of fish
"i'l'cared m shallow water, frightened
.mi i,y tue, plashing of the ad VatliHn. ..1 , ...
taumln oi uogs, which, ns
" U8 their feet touched bottom,
j-unci upon the fishes us quick as a
i ne uogs promptly brought the
which they had seized to their
'asiers, who cut off the heads and
sue each dog the head which belonged w him as his share of tho catch. Thu
which caughtnotliinggot Micro this dog drill of the
rciy unique Life rißu Savages.
with
. nothing.
Ainus is
Trans-S!
H1 Result er ThoaKhtlessnM. Mrs. C-ofrequent-Wasn't It too bad JoSle? Hurlta,onff'8 PWtty little Äwa1rffibUt"'1 h8VCn,t hCardt MrnHWe,n,U, th0P ,ltly' nml8h0 for V Harkn,n to tho drug-ttoro or so lnod!cino for u When Melt l?n8",muthine thttt wo,d c-c a wk poddlu ho winked at tho druggist, ZVZCC f ,mbU' 1 S"PP9C' thi kille,! M lV ,,lm 0mo "tuff that ul 11,0 fTChicago Tribune. Made n .Mistake.
ilt Vi IT "What U th0 n' of wt gin you were Dlavino- xvltb?
that
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nniao.
Tori queer
r?"Rht!
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ivyv -mat's a
Are you uro you
Ifi Myrtla May.-
HERE'S something v o r y raystcri ffus about it," said excited Mrs. Soever to her passive hus
band, "For Augusta to give it out that she was going so far to visit some
one she had never seen, and start off in
spite of our remonstrances upon the
appointed day, and then suddenly to
reappear and admit she hadn't been
where she said she was going, but yet
to keep her whereabouts for those two
days a secret from us I tell you, it's
Tory queer! And such a cold as she
has brought back with her! Well, it will be a mercy if it doesn't end in
pneumonia and carry her off. Hut,
then, Augusta's head was always full
of tho queerest crotchets." she ended.
breathlessly, "and j'ou never could tell what she was going to do next"
That Augusta Van Allien was eccen
tric to a decree was tho unanimous
opinion of her nearest relatives. Hut to
many a poor soul she seemed a veritable angel of mercy if a small, middleaged angel can bo imagined, in widow's cap and spectacles! In reality, tho little woman had a passion for doing "nice things" for others, and being blessed with a liberal portion of this world's goods she was able to follow her generous inclinations, and was never so happy as when planning to give, some one a pleasant surprise. Her plan for this particular holiday season had been to make a "Merry Christmas" for tho familj of a poor and distant cousin. Slio had never seen this cousin, nor any of her familj, but she had somehow managed to learn the names and ages of her eight children and she had solidly packed a huge box with comfortable jackets and shawls, and hoods of various sizes, and many other nice and appropriate things, and had so crammed tho chinks with books and dolls and paint boxes and tin toys and trumpets, that the porters who put it on board the train vowed it must bo
loaded down with lead
When Mrs. Van 'Allien's
"i a pieasant prospect to bo obliged to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas lay cold and hunp-y In a snow-drift in a deserted part of the country. The afternoon worcslowlv on. There was no communication fvith t in.
i hide world, for tho storm had beaten ' down thu telegraph wires, and the for-
(.auf which jiau started out ome hours beforo had not returned Mrs. Van Allien, all this time, went
iiung irom group to group, dropping crumbs of comfort on every side, and eudeavoring to replace complaints with at least a semblance of content Hut tho weary children were fretting becausu they "wouldn't bo 1111 Vivllnrn
for Christmas, and wouldn't have any Christmus till Christmas was all over." Then a new and charming possibility opened itself to Mrs. Van Allien's busy brain; und presently sho was seen in earnest consultation with the conductor and tho porter, and after that they all three vanished into another ear. Tho proceedings after this were ro delightfully mysterious to all of the children, and they we.ro so taken up with wondering what was going on, that they quite forgot to fret One end of the ear had been hastily curtained off with shawls, but one child, peeping, was sure he had seen the branch of a great groen tree. All of the mothers had now been taken into Mrs. Van Allien's confidence, and several of the older girls
hau been called upon to help, behind the shawls. The excitement among the children momentarily increased, and just as tho darkness of Christmas Eve was enfolding tho wearied and suppcrless passengers in the dimly-lighted train, down came the screening shawls, and a brilliantly-lighted Christinas tree burst on their bewildered gaze. Then such a shout went up as filled tired little Mrs. Van Allien with keen delight O Cousin Henrietta Marlow and your eight children! You little dreara'how tho unexpected gifts so carefully pre. pared for you are being scattered now! Your coats and shawls will servo to
left it, blazing wildly up toward tk black and stormy sky. It was lato in the afternoon before tho foraging party had reached tho littlo settlement, several miles away, and after getting well warmed and rested they had started oat on their return, carrying plentiful supplies for their fasting comrades on tho snowbouud train. But in the early twilight they had missed their way, and after hours of aimless wandering
through thu pathless snow, chilled and overcome with drowsiness, they had thrown themselves down to sleep, even though they knew that to sleep then might mean to perish. They never dreamed that they had almost reached their goal, round which they had been circling for so long. Suddculy, through his half-closed eyes, one of their number saw a light
uosh out in tho distance, and, half
dreaming, ho fancied it a star. At
that moment ho was a child again in his father's house, and it was Christmas Eve. His mother bent over tho bedside and tucked tho blanket closo around her boy, and O! how warm it seemed' Her good-night kiss was pressed upon his brow, and as sho left the room she drew tho curtain back so he could see the sky, whence ono bright star shono down upon .him through the silent night "His star in
me cast, pernaps, anu as he remem-.
bered the sweet old storv tho star
grew brighter still and seemed to beckon him, like a Heavenly guide. Then tho dream faded away and consciousness came struggling back through the bewildering numbness which nearly mastered him, but still tho star gleamed on. A star, a light, a beacon fire, a refuge close at hand! With difficulty ho aroused his sleeping comrades, and they raised their shout for helix The wind caught up tho sound and carried it across the great white sheet of snow to ears that were strained with
listening. Then came shrill answering cries of encourairement, and brave men
kept to her resolution, and thoajrh her sister and brother-in-law were amazed to see her back so soon, and she was obliged to admit that sho had "not spent Christmas with Henrietta Marlow after all," sho told them nothing
more, in spite of all their endeavors
to una out, she Itept tho reasons for her chango of plan, as well as her
whereabouts on Christmas day, com
pletoly shrouded in mystery. Bho
often chuckled in secret over Caroline's
baffled curiosity, and thoroughly en
joyed her petulant declaration that
"Augusta was certainly growing
queerer every day." Henrietta Marlow received tho sur prise of her life on Now Year's morn
ing, when a great box was set down
beforo her door. It was filled with sin
gularly appropriate and welcome gifts
tne duplicates of thoso with which
Mrs. Van Allien had adorned her im protnptu Christmas tree.
A delightfully chatty letter accompanied it whicli contained tho follow
ing sentence: "It was at ono tlrao my intention to have taken you bysurprisa on Christmas day, my dear and unknown cousin, but Providence having mysteriously disarranged my plans, I have now decided to defer my visit until the spring." Judith Spencer, in N. Y. Observer THE OLD RURAL CHRISTMAS.
came nluncinir onward thrmirrit ti
heep tnese nttio snow-bound children J drifts in hasto to find and aid in bringwarm through the long-coming night; , ing in tho wearied and half-frozen litnnd your toys and bright picture books ! tie band.
Will while away the otherwise tedious hours of their long cold Christmas day. There had been a general invitation
Happy tears were glistening in Mrs. Van Allien's eyes that night as she lay on her improvised bed of cushions un-
MRS. VA!f AM.ir.N- HAD FOUVD SOMRTUIXO FOR EACB.
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irs. van Aniens sister line
heard that she was going to travel two hundred miles in midwinter and take Henrietta Marlow by surprise, instead of spending her Christmas comfortably and soberly nt homo with them, sho had solemnly declared to her husband that sho thought Augusta must bo crazy, to which he had made the sagacious reply that for a crazy woman his sister-in-law certainly seemed ablo to manage her own affairs remarkably well. Early on the morning of tho day beforo Christmas, Mrs. Van Allien, with her unwieldy box of gifts had started on her journey in a jrentlo snowstorm; and all went well, though tho storm
steadily increased in violence, urtil just before noon, when the engine ran into an enormous drift and there stuck
fast
Soon all the women and children on
the train had been gathered together
in tho car where Mrs. Van Allien was
sitting, and for awhile she amused herself by studying them with kindly eyes.
But by and by, when they began to give a louder expression to their disap
pointment at the delay, she came to the rescue, and with her cheery temper and
tho contents of her liberally-stocked
lunch basket, sho succeeded in quieting
the complaints and raising the spirits
of most of tho despondent snowbound mothers and their uneasy children.
At first they had all expected that
tho englno would bo ablo to push its way through the drift and go on in tho
course of a few hours; but it soon became apparent that there was no possibility of getting through that night
It even began to be hinted that it
would bo impossible to proceed on the following day, unless the storm abated. And there wcro runors, too, that the fuel was running low, and that 'there were no provisions on board.
At this the Baurraursof the blockaded
travelers grew Umi Mais, for it was
given to everyone upon tho train, and no one, young or old, was forgotten. Mrs. Van Allien had found something
in her seemingly inexhaustible treasure box that was appropriate for each. Even the conductor was presented with a handsome pocketknifc; and the brakeman who had so gallantly
plunged through tho deepest drifts to
cut down thu Christmas tree had a new
warm mauler wound about Iiis neck, by her own hands. If they had been Mrs. Van Allion's chosen guests in her own home, tho evening could not have passed more merrily. And for the time no one gave his or her personal discomfort or disappointment even a passing thought When thu lights on tho tree had at last burned out and the sleepy children were about to be tuckeu into their improvised beds, Mrs. Van Allien sat resting upon her now empty Christmas chest, with hcreyesflxeddrcamily upon
the dismantled tree. Turning at last, Bhc beckoned the conductor to her side. "Something has beea worrying me," Bhc said, in her rapid wa. "Tho foraging party has not returned, and I cannot rid myself of tho dreadful idea that thoso poor men may be lost and wandering about, half frozen, in tho snow." "More likely they have found comfortable quarters in some farmhouse for the night, and early m tho morning they will turn up, bringing supplies for our breakfast" was tho reassuring
answer. "Perhaps so," she assented, doubtfully. "Hut still, there is tho other chance, and I feel that something ought to bo dona Maybe it's only a
woman's foolish fancy, but won't you do mc tills favor? (let that obliging brakeman to help carry out this tree, which has served its purpose here, nnd somewhere at a safe distance from the train-set it on fire. There's just a chanejj it may prove a beacon light; and anyway, I'd feel bo much better to sec it done." Not any of the men would have denied this little woman anything that she might ask, no matter how absurd the request might appear to them. So the dismantled tree was carried out, and dragged far up on the top of the drift, and there they touched it off a4
der the great-coat of tho kind conductor, for sho knew that there was not a soul on board that train, but had called a blessing down upon her and her wonderful Christmas tree. With the first rays of the Christmas
sun, for tho storm had ceased in the night, and tho morning sky spread its clear dome of blue above tho sparkling whiteness of the snow, help came, with
snow-plows and gangs of willing men.
It was unlooked-for luck, and the passengers eagerly congratulated one another, for thcro wero few among
them who would not be able now to reach their homes in the course of
Christmas daj. Hut during the wake
ful, wee small hours of the night, littlo Mrs. Van Allien had suddenly changed her plans. It was of no use to go on to
Henrietta Marlow's now, she thought, for her Christmas box was empty. And so sho had decided to bid her fellow travelers farewell at tho first stopping
place from which she could take a train that would carry her back to town. There wcro tender good-bys exchanged when the parting came, with many grateful woras, and children's kisses and warm embraces. Mrs. Van Allien stood smiling and waving back to them from the little wayside station, whilo the train slowly rolled on and carried them one and all out of her sight and life. "What nice people they all were," she said to herself, "and such good, happy children, bless them. Well, the more I see of tho world, the better
opinion I have of tho people in it I didn't get to Henrietta Marlow's after all, but I dcclaro I never had a lovelier Christmas in all my life. Hut how surprised Caroline and John will be to see mo back lo soon," sho mused, "and when they know but they sha'n't know a word about it, tfaoy'd only call it 'another of Augusta's vagaries,' and they'd have too many disagreeable things to say. I know they think I'm very queer, but they aro just as queer themselves and dreadfully curious. Now I'll just give them something to wonder over and puzzle themselves about this time, and I won't tell them one single word." So Mrs. Van Allien suddenly reappeared aad seeaed in the best of spirits in apite of her aavj cold. Bat ah
ThliiKi Wem Different In the OI4 Day Vet Chlldrea Were Very Merry. How many of the young people know that some forty years ago nine-tenths of the children in America had to enjoy Christmas with only such sums as they had saved up for months, often a penny at a time? Yet so it was. Not one father in ten thought of giving a boy "Christinas money;" tho big family din
ner and such fun as cost nothing was enough.
Indeed, save for candy and firecrack
ers, there was littlo to spend money for.
"uouinson Crusoe" and "J'arlcv'a
Tales" were almost the onlv storv
liooks, though the people had some old standbys on their shelves, and the "Old English Header" was, like other poor, always with them. Tlioro wero "Moral Lessons," a few, and tracts enough; but no gorgeously lettered volumes of childish song, no fairy stories shining in covers of blue, green and gold. The story that artists for tho earliest juvenile books had to label their pictures "This is a horse." "This is a cow," etc., is no doubt an exaggeration, but the toys really needed it Many' a little girl made n doll by dressing up a crook-necked squaslu "Kag
babies" were tho rule, A doll sucli as any child of parents abovo the grade of
paupers may now have for Christmas would then have excited tho amazement of tho neighborhood, and a doll that would open nnd shut its eyes-
well, language is lacking to set forth
the furor sucli a wonderful creation
would have excited.
It is an actual fact that the purchase of such a doll by order from Cincinnati at a cost of two dollars was made matter of church discussion in ono
town as late as 1813. "Tho neighbors'
finally decided it was all right, as the
mans littlo girl was an invalid aud
(needed amusement Sho certainly irot
it, if company was any amusement, for
every child for miles around was crazy
to sco that doll. As for paying ten
dollars for a doll, the pcoplo would have asked the court to namo a
guardian for the man who did it, as
one unfit to manage his own affairs.
Ten dollars would buy an acre of good
timbered land In half of the country.
v oou carving was an envied accomplishment in those days. The "hired
hand" who had some skill with
jackknife had a crowd of children after
him on all possiblo occasions; the
father who could carve a human-looking figure out of walnut bark was a
hero to his fnraily. N. Y. Mailand Ex press.
YOUR WIFE AT CHRISTMAS. She And all business matters new, To her llnaneo I strance: A hundrcil-Uollar bill or two Shu calls a little change. Each day tho dinner is on time. No word sho answers back; Sho shows that she can act sublime To get a sealskin aacque. Altbouch her taste you'd not deny, You must admit It mars The season's joy to have her buy You neckties and cigars. Sho makes you drink of sorrow's cup To gain the kid's applause; For now sho likes to riß you up To look like Santa Claus. . . ' Though ready f ortk yMty strike. It hits you.rather funny; She wants to know first what ypu'dlika Then ask you for the money. James J. O'Ctnaell In Judgs -ü 1
CHRISTMAS
CRINKLES.
than one
Seme Pertinent Itrmarka Jars ties.
It requires no outlay of ifconcy to wish people a merry 'Christmas
Don't give yourself to more th
girl as a ChrWtmas present
Don't Bpend in gifts the money you owe your wash -woman. ih ' ' Presents aro not numerous in the homes where the parents' , carefully teach their fou rye avoids5 liat Santa Claus is a tnythMcal personage. Price-marks on Christmas gifts aro not to be regarded as emblems of veracity. Tho woman who can circulate most through the stores tho first three weeks of December can approximate tnoro closely tho value of tho presents her friends receive William Henry Slvitcr, in Puck. Thalr ChiUtrnki Gifts. "I thought it better to get you something useful," said Mr. Doasill to his
wife, "so I have brought yoa a couple
of good brooms for your Christmas present"
"That was very thoughtful of yoa.
my dear," replied Rlrr. Dossiii. "I
share your idets, and have bought you
a good strong coal scuttle for you to
carry up fuel from the cellar in." Judge.
It la the girl who save she doesn't
believe in accepting preseaU frost
young men who i moti likely to be
popular thi bsoaUl Waahlartoa Star.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. htarnatlonal Lmsh for Decctubrr S4, 1893 The Ulrth of Jems-Matt. S:l-tt. Specially Arranged from lVloubot's Notos. A CUIUSTMAS I.K880K. Ooldkn Text. -Thon shalt call Ills nara Jesus, for Ho Hhallsav Ills people from their sins. Matt l:2t Tiuk. Jesus Csrlst was bora A. M. (Anno Mundl, year of the world) 00, four years beforo tno dato from which wo count tho years A. V. (Anno Domini, year of the Ird). So that he was born tho last of December, KG 5, or 1S9T, not 1803, yearn ago. Tho mistako vas inado by tho monk who. In A. D. MM, published tho calculations from which wo have slnco counted the years. Dr. Schaff makes tho matter clear In this way. (It should bo carefully noted that tho numbers aro ordinal, standing for "Urst," "second," etc.). Tko common era Is four years too late, not live, since wo reckon from tho close of tho fifth year. Tho visit ot tho wlso men was six or eight wrecks after tho birth of Jesus, or February, U. C. 1 KULEiis. Augustus Cujsar, emporörot Home; flcro!, called the Great (the first of ths seven Hcrods named in tho New Testament) king of Judea (31th year), under Augustus. lierod was an old man, near tho end of his life. THK niltTII OF JKSCB. .. 1. Iiis Pro-existence (John 1; 1-3). lie was with His Father in IIercn from
eternity, lly Him were. ,tho. worlds created. Ho was God.
i. His Coming Foretold. From tho be
ginning Ho was prophculedV and tt-pi-
fied. Ho was tho center' Vf 'tho Jewish religion and of prophecy. .1. 1'reparationsforllisComimr. There
has been no other time in tho historr
of tho world so perfectly 'adapted" for tho beginning of tho new kingdom and the sprending of tho ric'ws of 'sal
vation throughout tho earth its htft'ln which Christ was born. (1) It 'was after the Jews had received all that
they would learn about God's kingdom, but before tho destruction of tho
nation and tho fall of their capital
and tho temple. (2) Thcro were many lands, but nearly all the world was subject to tho one government at Home, bo that the preachers of the
Gospel could travel in safety and be protected in their work-. (3) Tho world was nt peace, so that the Gospel
could have free course. (4) Tho Greek language was spoken everywhere with tho nativo lancruaires. so
that tho Gospel could bo heard and
read by all. (5) The Jews had been
lispcrsed through nil lands, carryinar
the Old Testament, which bore wit
ness to ono (od, nnd held tho prophecies of the Mcssinh. And they had established synagogues in almost every town, so that there was a place in which to preach tlte Gospel, and a people who could easily bo reached. (0) It was a time of great intellectual ac
tivity, and thcro was a widespread dis
belief in tho existing religions.
4. His Parentage. Tho mother of Jesus was tho Virgin Mary, but his father was God Himself through the Holy Spirit. His reputed father was Joseph, who afterwards became tho husband of Mnry. Jtoth Joseph and Mary wcro direct descendants of King David, of who.se lineage the Messiah was prophesied to come. The genealogy in Matthew is that of Joseph, und that in Lulco probably that of Mary, so that both really and legally Jesus was tho son of David. 5. The place of his birth was Bethlehem of Judma, five or six miles south of Jerusalem. It has many associations. Hero Ruth gleaned. Here David was born. Here ho was anointed king. Here, four centuries after Christ, Jerome, fleeing from persecution, accomplished thc great work of his life, tho translation of tho Scriptures into Latin (now called tho Vulgate, or common), tho version accepted by the Human Catholics. 0. The angel's welcome and tho visit of the shepherds are described in Luko '-': 8-10. 7. Tho presentation in tho temple, when he was forty days old, according to Jewish law, is described in Luke i5: 21-3U. PnACTICAI, BUOOERTIOJffl. Vor. 1. Nature rightly studied leads us to God and to Christ. Wc must look up to Heaven to bo guided rightly on earth, as ships aro guided on the ocean by tho stars. Those arc tho only true wiso men who use their learning to find out Heaven. Christ is wont to catch every man in the way of his own craft mägians with a star, fishers with fish. ' Those who know about Christ should make every effort to find' tj'uIt is worth while to sell all wq h'ava ,lo obtain this pearl of great pricc,,,., God still sends "stars üijlie cast' to lead us to Christ , Wicked men are troubled by that which brings hope to the world as by revivals, temperance reform, preaching and whatever interferes with unrighteous gains und pleasures. Hero is a test of our character whether wo rejoice or are troubled at
the coming of Christ and His kingdom.
In tins lesson wo havo t3'pes of four
classes of men which exist still: name
ly, (1) thoso who earnestly seek the
truth; (2) those who rest in the letter
of tho truth; (3) thoso who aro fearfully alarmed at the truth; and (4)
thoso who aro affectionate guardians
of the truth. Tho magi represent the
first, the scribes and Pharisees the sec- ,
ond, Herod tho third and Joseph aad
Mary tho fourth.
Burmese Virtues and HIM. Among the hill tribes of Ilunnah the
our cardinal virtues arc: To kill a
foe, to fall in battle, to become a priest.
and to offer oneself as a sacrifice to the earth goddess. Tho great sins are:
Gotting into debt, betraying public secrets, breaking an oath, refusing hos
pitality, and skulking in time of war
Average Height of Men. According to Topinard tho average
height of Laplanders is C0.7 inches; of
Huslimen, 02; of Chinese, 04; of French
men, 05; of Russians, C5.4; of Germans,
C0.2; of Danes, 00.2; of Irishmen, 07; of
Englishmen, Scotchmen and Swedes G7.4; of American Indians, 08.2; of Patagon ians, 70.3.
In olden times screws were made by
hand, and flvo minutes were spent In making one. Now a machine rattles
out sixty in a minute.
Mkax.vkm leads to villaiay with fatal'
attraction. Cherbuliez.