Ligonier Banner., Volume 37, Number 43, Ligonier, Noble County, 22 January 1903 — Page 7

Che Ligonicr Banney LIGONIFR. ——m_— INDIANA A Jump at Conclusions By EDWIN J. WEBSTER.

HEN Jobhn Ashe returned from: the city and found that the farm next to his had been sold, ke was vastly displeased. He had intended to buy that farm for himself, but had evidently delayed too long. It wasn’t John Ashe’s way to take things on hearsay; so he visited the county clerk’s office to make certain the sale actually had taken place. Sure enough, there was the deed duly recorded, and giving “A. Wilkins” as the name of the purchaser of the coveted farm.- ° . e

“A. Wilkins,” growled the . goodhearted but irascible John. “A. probably stands for Alexander. One of those fellows that everyone calls Alex, and who thinks he knows it all. Never did like a man of that name. Well, if this Alex Wilkins don’t mind his own business, or if he lets his stock or chickens run over my place, he will get into trouble.” Which showed a rather unjustifiable tendency on the part of John Ashe to jump at conclusions regarding both the name and the personal qualities of the new owner of the adjoining farm. But A. Wilkins apparently did not keep #is fences "in good ‘order, neither had he impressed on his chickens the vast importance of not troubling the vegetables and peace of mind of John Ashe. First, the big rooster erawled through a holef in the fence. He looked around in: a lordly manner. The ground seemed eminently adapted as foraging territory for himself and his clucking satellites, the hens. He called to them in the imperative manner common to all self-respecting big roosters. . One by one the hens hurried through the broken fence. The big rooster strode haughtily toward the spot where John Ashe’s choicest vegetables were planted. The hens bustled along after him.

John Ashe saw the rocster and his wives at work pecking and scratching in the ground that had been so carefully planted. He drove them out with stronger words than he was in the habit of using. The hens fled as fast as their legs could carry them. The big rooster tried to combine

/. el eR O ﬁ“/-v _ e (R < W Al =)\ L J \'f-'_‘-‘ll '4,/:7(: "‘;‘. Yol Ay = A wgt! | 7 o A \Y i SW | N I _— = i ",/j {\l ‘ —h B f\l-qul I “I DON'T BLAME THE HENS.” speed with dignity, but he reached the break in the fence only a short distance behind the hens. Three times that day the rooster and his family invaded the vegetable garden, and thrice John Ashe drove them out. He used hard words, buf: no violence, for, in spite of his apparent quick temper. John was softhearted and did not wish to -hurt the hens. And hard words hurt no hens, whatever may be true of sticks and stones. Anyhow, John did not, blame the hens so much as he dii their owner, A. Wilkins, the recent purchaser of the adjoining farm. Against A. Wilkins his wrath burned deep and strong. :

HIS NARROWNESS. They call him close and mean Becanse he saves cay after day, And never at the bar is seen _ : Tossing his hard-earned coin away— Last night he made an orphan glad : And bought the store a cripple had. They call him niggardly Because he lives on frugal fare; They dress in handsome style, while he Finds cheap clothes good enough to wear; ‘Where many . a widow’s light is:dim A prayer goes up each night for him. - They call him mean and small Because he fails to find the joys Of loitering where sirens call, = Angd “making merry with the boys Wrere palsied men and blind ones They've learned to know and wi * 2 well . He toils day after day, E 3 They call him drudge and closes He may be narrow, as they sayg -And niggardly and little-soulf§ They call him mean, but in the'd . Of God he may seem otherwise @ —B. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record: CHILDREN PREVENT DLVQI i&uatutiu Gathered frof A tries by German Scientif . Has Made Great Resend & i e . Children are the best preves divorces according to statisg ered "by Dr. Frederick "P# ng, Gerr n scientist, who jhas dßvotes . s SR R G o his life to the study of-theé conditior leading to separations #nd whe f* rhade a careful examinatighi "3 ﬁeports from all countries. iy | . i ures shpw that in cases of voliiatat ‘separation 54 per cent. of the g bave no children, says the O Tribune. ¢ s‘s % The statistics prove ? i large proportion of divorces are R < who marry under 20 yearsSg#nce As marriagg-has grown later, she ra. - tio of divorces steadily decreases. Di vorce rules highest in the,sigth o seventh year after many fi - The number of divorces ti:;{;{g:- rent countries depends, of course, lapgel, ol creeds and laws, as well as @& na-

When John Ashe went for his mail that evening he detailed to the sympathetic Widow Brown, the village postimnistress, the story of ‘his wrongs. As he neared the end of his tale of woe, a young woman, whom a swift glance showed to John Ashe as more than usually attractive, entered the little post office. She was a stranger. John thought she must be visiting some one in the village. “l don’t blame the hens, for they don’t knpw any better,” said John, as he finished the tale of his troubles; “but if I catch that A. Wilkins I'll give him the worst thrashing mau ever got.” Now, what there was in that speech to amuse anybody was more than John Ashe could tell. But it certainly did. The postmistress opened her eyes wide, gave a little gasp, started as if to say something, glanced at the pretty girl who had just entered, and then went into a perfect spasm of langhter. And the girl,. after a startled and indignant little glance, also seemed to find the situafion extremely amusing. John left the post office .in a state of indignation. He felt that he deserved sympathy, not ridicule. He was angry at the postmistress. Perhaps he should have felt equally vexed at the girl.: But he wasn’t. IFFor she was an extremely pretty girl. The next morning the rooster and his faithful hens erawled through the break in the fence and began to renew their depredations on John Ashe’s garden. Now patience had ceased to be a virtue. John not only chased them out, but, picking up & stone, threw it at the rooster. It wasn't a big stone, and John didn't throw it very hard. But it struck the big rooster on the leg. He fell over, utiering loud clucks of mingled pain and anger. John had not meant to hurt the rooster, only to frighten it. He hurried to pick.up the injured fowl. And just at that moment on the other side of the low fence appeared. A. Wilkins, the person .te whom John Ashe had promised the “worst thrashing man ever got.”

- But: John Ashe did. not make any move as if to attack A. Wilkins. Instead, he stood holding the injured rooster in his arms, feeling the most guilty and miserable criminal in the world, for A. Wilkins was dainty and sweet. loeking. A. Wilkins had cheeks touched with pink, and wavy broewn hair, and eyes of the same color. - John recognized her as the pretty girl he had seen in the posy office the evening before. Too late he remembered that A. could stand for other names than Alexander— Alice, for instance.

*So, not content with threatening me, vou had to stone my poor, helpless, innocént rooster!” said the owner of the brown eyes,” scornfully. “Give him to me this instant. I wili take the poor thing home and care for him. I don’t dare come the other side of the fence to get him, for I suppose I would receive ‘the worst thrashing man ever got.’” “

John passed the injured fowl over the fence. A. Wilkins took.it in her arms and walked rapidly away with it. John stood in sorrowful but admiring silence, watching her. TFour times his garden had been raided by the “helpless, innocent rooster.” Some persons would have said John was justified in throwing the stone. But John did not feel that way. il All that day John Ashe wuandered about in melancholy fashion, hig gloom deepening when he reraembered the scorn in the pretty brown eyes of A. Wilkins. In the evening, howy ever, he took heart of grace. It would be only neighborly to inquire after the -condition of the injwed rooster. He donned his best clothes. In fact, he took far more care of his attire than is usual with a person inquiring as to the condition of wounded roosters. Just before starting for the ‘house of A. Wilkins, John stopped and gathered a bouquet of his choicest flowers. for, of course, if there is anything which a rooster with a broken leg longs for it s flowers. ok

After that John Ashe’ found it often necessary to visit the house in which A. Wilkins resided. FEven after the rooster had regained his usual health and again began to raid John'’s garden—now unmolested—the visits did not cease. In fact, they were kept up until Alice decided that A. was an excellent initial, not only for the first, but for a.last name-— Ashe, for instance.—N. Y. Times.

T, et B e A T s e et et cttme—tional temperament and morals; but, @n the whole, the proportion of divarees to the sum total of married life is remarkably small among the European nations, ranging from 0.42 and 0.11 per thousand married couples,. ¢ _ In Japan divorce is much more commori, and in the United States the negroes largely swell the number. - Everywhere it seems on the increase, A significant feature in Germany is the growing number of divorces granted on the ground of mutual agreement. For the five years Bingßs)7 there were §n_ Berlin BEEE 502, 423, 416, 451. #dn Beéflin, in 1897-98, in 1,000 divorces, the surviving children were as ifollows: No children, 54 per cent.; -one child; 21.3 per cent.; ~two chil(dren, 888 per cent.; three children, 5 pew bent; four children, 2.6 per jent SBl children, 1.1 ,A ¥ ;‘-‘“fv,,l. ,’r-per cent.—a M:f:‘i '???.‘Zit for large families, & W A dere Trngll g Jid Lady—Dear me, shOWméany m. Paid these animals areust Q; ik o wAR F Wild. Blast Trainer—Yes, mum—- : lm(?%il.f night with _the missus.— Pmy Sloper, jﬁ * 1 : Chronic Striker. b Smith—Do you know Short? | Janes—Yes. “What gort of a fellow is he? How ‘does he strike you?” R il strikes me for five dollars, ugt"—Chicago Daily News. ¥ W 9% Passengers on Great Lakes. "The number of passengers carried by boats on th& great lakes is from a quarter to a third of a million each 4 season.—Albany Argus. : Paris (Krance) waiters have re- ! volted aﬁ:st the tip system and have made a union demand for regu- l

SCANDALS IN DEPARTMENTS:-

Nearly Every Department of Gove ernment Service Needs a Thor- ; ough Investigation.

The post office scandals are assuming huge dimensions. Nearly all the higher officials appear to be involved and yet no official investigation has been ordered by the postmaster general. s

Perry Heath has come to town to help his former associates to cover up their delinquencies and there are good prospects that Senator Hanna will be as much interested in shielding them as he was in the Rathbone and Neely incident. .

For a reform administration, the present one is attaining greater notoriety. for scandals in the departments, that have, so far, come to the surface, than any since the second Grant administration. -

The com'missioner of the general land office has been forced to resign and some minor officials in the same department have been ordered to show cause why they should not be dismissed from the government service.

The customs department of the treasury is being investigated and in addition to the silk frauds. that are now in the courts, a general reorganization of the New York branch of the service has been determined upon, and the development will be far-reaching if ar honest administration is degired.

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The- agricultural department is charged with fixing the crop statisties in the interest of speculation and with dealing out to favored brokers advance information that has proved valuable, in rigging the markets for agricultural produce, ahead of the general public. For a long time it has been claimed that the agricultural statistics have been unreliable. and this contention has been made thore certain by the discrepancies between the reports of the statistician and those of-the census bureau. There is war berween the two departments, and if the 111;1t{e1' is not hushed up a scandal of magnitude will certainly be developed. The statistical bureaus of the various departments have been proven to be unreliable, to say the least, and investigation has shown thdt many of the figures have been doctored and fixed to suit the party in power.

The above are 2 few of the most retent scandals that have come to light and there is no doubt that if an impartial investigation of the departments could be had, the country would be aroused to the necessity of a change of administration. 3 5

_Nor has the impartial rule in our new island pessessions developed any betfer state of affairs. lln Porto Rico, a smuggling scandal has developed.and officers’ of the government. . are the principal ones implicated. It is also claimed that gross election frauds in that island were perpetrated to keéep the government party in’'power and that no redre¢s or investigation is permitted. : o

In the Philippines. matters seem to be going from bad to worse, and smuggling and even plraey are occurring within sight of Manila. Pestilence and famine are the added horrors that are now devastating those islands, and their conditionis far worse than when under the despotism of Spain. -

For-.a boasted reform administration, the present omne is certainly facing an era of scandals that will require a great de:}; of whitewash 1o cover up the exposures, orit will sink to the level of the most corrupt one that has ever gursed the people of the United States. =

’ The only way for President Ropsevelt to save his own skirts from conI tamination is to insist on a thorough investigation and, if necessary, turn | ' the Hanna machipe politicians, wko ' now haye eontrol, outéinto ihe cold wohld from the snig nesés they now - oecupy. e ' A mnetoric us mouthpiece of monopoly hiiE at Senatordloar’s anti_trust bill Zsﬁﬂg'gesisr‘“a*'w’eaken)i*n r?ﬁ%: E;t be rigidly 'fnng'ic:i} facyl}yﬁhit.ﬁéijti‘%n‘ | ?&in_\'ed by the senators®” Tn other w?)r_ 8, “the mu%qlist s as grazy a%— | body whe' entertain 'ﬂfg,ideﬁédf interfering with their epérations and, ooan sidering the aftitude of a republican. I congress and a_republican president, they are ‘justified in the belief.—Chis cago Chronicle. e j - ——Enormous "pi‘e‘%‘ is bei%ﬁ _brought to bear upon m%ew by the commerecial inf.er%&gqtﬁé country F?to ratify pending Peeiprocity treaties ‘ %ah{f eliminate from the Dingley act ‘?scﬁws which have outlived their _usefM¥ese. This fact was brought for*ly’ @il by the presence in Washol GER@ N ational board of trade #and {1 pity of belief among "ﬁ ggarding the duty of Jeong e R % ariff and reciproeity egls gaco Chronicle. glega B 8 minute is breathed Dwn person.

A LIVELY MUMMY. Something Tha¢ Will Play Havoc with the Crumbling Idols < ‘of Protection. : The Washington Post, of January 4, Bays: % e “The Chicago Chronicle’s devqtion to the decadent, the almost fossilized heresy of free tradeis sointense that it never omits a possible opportunity to show itsrabid animosity toward the triumphantly vindicated doctrine of protection. Indeed. the Chronicle hunts for such opportunities and in~ vites that temptation, ignoring the abundant proofs thatits idolis, forall practical purposes, as dead as the oldest Egyptian mummy.” Free trade is a ‘“fossilized heresy” and an “Egyptian mummy,” is it? It never was more animated than now. Not for years has there been as much free—not tariff reform, but radical free trade—talk, both in and out of Washington, as during the past four months. Hundreds of newspapers are demanding that coal, beef, steel, hides and numerous other trust produets, be put on the free list. A free trade mass meeting was held in Faneuil hall, Boston on December 30. A great audience yelled itself hioarse for free trade in coal. beef and other articles. The tariff tax now has more enemies in Boston than the tea tax had when Boston's famous ‘‘tea party” was in cession. So lively is-this free trade

mummy that it has aroused the republican party from its Rip Van Winkle slumber. Speaker Henderson got frightened and fled when he saw this “fossilized heresy” approaching under the banner “lowaidea.” Babcock and other republican congréssmen are introducing free trade bills as peace offerings to this free trade mummy. If President Roosevelt had thought that free trade was'a mummy, instead of a live issue, he would not have advocated free coal in his message to congress. : ’

~ The free trade mummy is o much alive that it ix creating consternation in republican ranks. It will break all of their old protection idols and bric-a-brac fetiches if the republicans try to _keep it.in their museum of antiquities. ' Money That Is Taimted. Lecturing before the Philadelphia Society of Ethical Culture Mr. John A. ; Hobson, English economist and sociologist, said: ', “*Carnegie, Rockefeller and Rhodes, ' made rich by corrupt bargains with ofI ﬁ.ce holders, monopoly of oil wells and pipe lines, control of law courts and :])oliticians, avoidance of taxes, ruth-I-Iloas crushing of independent dealers, ;contr_ol of markets by trusts, tariff protection purchased—is it safe and l good to take charity from such men as these?” ;

This is the question, put in a &lightly different form by Prof. Bascom, which is now agitating the pulpit and press of the country.. However it may be settled it is certain that the power to advance prices, which these trust barons usually exercise just after they have announced to the world that they are about to give charity to some institution, should be taken from them. It is noticed that they collect from the the people, in enhanced prices, several times the mmount ‘to be given in charity. 'lf, after being shorn of the power over prices, they should continue to give millions to subsidize colleges and enslave the professors, we might be more ready to give them some credit for their action, and not suspect that their charity was a ci(l)ak to cover their €in. of monopoly and extortionate prices. e Fllin

OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

—-—This Roosevelt trouble reminds us-of what a desperately dangerous thing'it.is to elect a man vice president who is unfit for president.—Memphis News. L é

——Even conceding that the tariff is “a sacred white elephant,” does not Senator Vest know that nothing annoys an elephant more than to be trifled with?—Detroit Free Press, ——Senator Hoar’s belief that the effect of consolidation has so far been confined to apprehension and alarm and has not extended to seriousinjury provokes an inquiry as to who pays his meat bills.—Pittsburg Dispatch.

* —Some’ of the “infant industries” have grown to be such sturdy youngsters that they are offering shares of stock to their men. Can it be possible ‘that the period of protection is nearing anend? This must be a sad subject of contemplation for Mark Hanna and company.—St. Louis Republic. ——Senator Vest's plea for free ¢oal was worthy his years and his honors. That he should have to plead — and probably in vain—for what the common sense of the country demands is a striking comment on cur so-called government of the people, by the people and for the people.~N. Y. World. .

HOW SHE BASTED IT.

A Young Housewife's Terrible Time Preparing Her First Chicken for the Oven. .

Said a woman who knows how to cook nearly everything, relates the New York Herald: “I ‘was very young and unworldly when I was first married, and had a lot of things to learn about the simplest affairs of housekeeping. It was shocking, I know, not to know how long to cook an egg, for instance. I left the first I cocked stay on 20 minutes, I believe. Walter was awfully considerate, and hated to hurt my feelings. When the first batch of bread I made could not be sliced I concluded that I had better get a cook book and learn in earnest.

“The first thing I wanted to do, of course, was something wildly ambitious. T had no M#®other to go to for advice, and as Walter and I were miles away from his family, it wasn’t much better that way. “‘I am going to have a chicken,’ I told my husband. .

. “‘Don’t you want me to select it?’ my husband asked.

“But I said mo, and stubbornly started out to get it. i , “It was a round and plump-lookirg creature, and I fancied the surprise I would have in it for Wally. “Then I took the book and gave it a thorough examination for how-to-cool-a-chicken recipes. - There seemed to be numberless confusing ways, and T had difficulty in selecting one that looked simple.

. “I had scalded the hen, and in taking off the feathers had torn the skin somewhat. Iwas wondering' what to do with it, when I saw those never-to-be-forgiven words: ‘Baste well. © “Certainly I would baste well. Had I not seen, in my grandmother’s kitchen once, the very needle and thread they evidently meant? She had used it. I found out later, for sewing up the stuffing in a turkey. But, never pausing to consider what reason she might bave had, I leaped to the first conclusion that®entered my mind. 0 “T would baste well.

“I obtained a large®darning needle and a stout thread, and. carefully sewed and darned the wrinkled skin of that fowl. It was a sight for gods when I got through—so knit and knotted that Wally’s knife and carving fork caught in the charred stftches when 1 had it cooked aftes four: hours. :

“What's the matter?” asked my husband, looking up at my tearstained face, as he probed and sawed and got tangled up in the basting. . “‘l'm sure I don’t know, I said, and broke down completely. ‘I basted it well,” I managed to blurt out between sobs.

“ ‘Basted it!” said -my husband. “Well, I should say you did,’ and when T quieted down he told me what ‘basting’ meant. I laughed, too, but it was hofrible, nevertheless.”

THROWN FROM TORN BALLOON.

English Aeronaut’s Awful Fall from His Airship While Making an Axcent in China.

Mr. Stanley Spencer, who steered his airship over the city of London last September, has had many startling adventures, some of which London M. A. P. describes. Mr. Spencer made his first balloon ascent when he was 14. When he began t¢ make parachute descents he went all over the world. In Cuba he received a gold medal, and had the doubtful pleasure of reading his own obituary, prematurely published. .

It was in China that he produced the greatest impi‘essit)n on ‘the mnatives. The results were so serious, in fact, that the mandarins ordered him to “move on.” The people were so excited by his descents that, in emulation, they took to hurling themselves off the roof-tops, with disastrous results. At Canton he fell into the river three times, and was ignominiously fished out by Chincse women armed with boat hooks. But such incidents are details to an aeronaut.

Mr. Spencer considers that he has ha& only onereal accident in the course of ' his whole adventurous and dangerous career. That occurred 2t Hong-Kong, and the story of it sounds incredible. In the preparation for a parachute descent one of ais Chinese assistants held on to his rope too long, with the result that a zreat rent was torn in the balloon. Rather than disappoint the crowd, Mr, Spencer determined to trust to his luck, and gave the order to let go. The balloon shot up, the hot air—gas was not to be had—pouring from the fissure. The aneroid soon marked 600 feet, and the parachutist was beginning to get ready for the drop when the balloon suddenly collapsed, and after a vain endeavor to loosen the parachute, he fell like a stone. During the whole of that fall he was conscious, and felt no fear, only a dim wonder as to when he would strike. Twice he turned completely over, and then crashed on to rocky cliffs 150 feet above the sea level. Some sailors who were among the spectators rushed to ; : + o pick up his remains, and found him not only alive, but conscious. “Are you hurt ?” they asked with the fatuity of men deeply moved. “Only carried away a mainstay, boys,” was the cheery response, and then 'the aeronaut fainted. He had broken his thigh-bone, but that and some bruises were his only injuries. That one could fall 450 feet on rocks and live sounds incredible; but the explanation lies in the fact that the. aeronaut struck the slopihg side of the cliff and slid down to the bottom.

Cupld and His Humor. Once upon a time an old maid went to Cupid and chided him. “You have forgotten me,” she said. And then, lowering her. voice, she continued: “Remember that my fortieth birthday is next month. T will expect a present from you.” “You shall have it,” answered Cupid. : = When the birthday came a package from the little god came with, it, and it was found to contain one .of Cupid’s worn-out last. generation bows. The woman threw it angrily to the floor. ' ; Moral.—There are bows and beaux. =N. Y. Herald.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. -

Leason in the International Seriea for January 235, 1903—Pnuil’s Coune . mel to the Theasalonians.

A THE LESSON TEXT. (I Thess. 5:14-28)) 14. Now we exhort you, Drethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.. 15, See that none render evil unfo any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, an@ to all men. 16. Rejoice evermore. 17. Pray without ceasing. 18. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of Goa in Christ Jesus concernng you. 19. Quench not the Spirit. 20. Despise not prophesyings. 21. Prove all things; hoid fast that which is good. . 22. Abstain from all appearance of evil. 23. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and bod%y he preserved biameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, e © 24, Faithful is he that calleth you; who aiso will do it. i 2Z5. Brethren, pray far us., 26. Greet all the brethren with an holy Kkiss. / -

27. 1 charge you by the Lord ‘that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. 28. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be wita yeu. Amen,

GOLDEN TEXT.—HoId fast that which is good.—l Thess. 5:21. ANALYSIS OF SCRIPTURE SECTION. The people of the L0rd......1. Thess. 5:12-22, The blessing ef the L0rd....1. Thess. 5:23-23. TIME.—A. D. 52 ' PLACE.—Corinth. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Anxiety Dissipated.—Forced to flee from - Thessalonica after laboring there but a short time, Paul could hardly help being anxieus about the converts he had gained while there. He knew how severely they would be tried—how they would be frowned upon and ridiculed and deserted by their friends; how, too, he would himself be slandered and accused of preaching for money. Would they be able to stand out against such assaults? The letter we study to-day was written upon learning that they had been faithful. o

It was a great dissppointment to Paul to be obliged to leave Thessalonica when he did. Review the facts of last Sunday's lesson. - He was eager to return to the Christians there, but when that seemed to be impossible, he sent Timothy to encourage and help them, and bring him news of their welfare. When Timothy returned with a good report, Paul, who had been anxious, was so relieved and overjoyed that he sat dewn at once and wrote them the letter that we study to-day. This is the gentlest of all Paul's letters. le writes as the missionary pastor, without a thought of controversy. 'The Thessalonians had been greatly troubled by the death of some of their number, for they had supposed that none of them was to die till Christ had come with great pomp. and glory to rule an earthly kingdom. In this letter Paul speaks comfort and consolation and hope to their souls.

Verses 12 and 13 counsel regard foz church officers, and peace among alk the members. This was specially iniportant in a new -church gathered of hitherto - discordant elements. “Know them that labor among you:” Acknowledge or recognize or regard them. “Esteem them.exceeding highly in love:” -ILet them stand very high in your loving esteem. *“Admonish the disorderk:” Not the duty of the officers alone, but of ‘“the brethren.” Compare 2 Thess. 3:11, “For we hear of some that swalk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.” So vivid was the belief in Christ’'s speedy coming that many enthusiasts stopped work. The effect was of course demoralizing. “Evil for evil:” Private revenge was not Christian. See Matt. 5:38, 39. “That which # good:” ‘lpstead of rendering.evil for evil, they were to defintely seek the welfare of their brethren. ‘“Rejoiee always:” An injunction that OChristians sometimes forget. The Christian above all men should be cheerful and rejoicing. “Pray without ceasing:” TLet your lives be lives of prayer—not lives given up to the speaking of petitions, but lives of constant communion with God. *“Quench not the spirit,” etc.: “The sober-minded had become displeased with the excess of ens thusiasm displayed by some—perhaps those instructed in 4:ll—and were in danger of discouraging some genuine manifestations of the Spirit."—Prof. Bosworth. Against this Paul cautions them. “Prophesyings:” The exhortations and testimony of the Christians 'at their meetings. “Every form of evil:” Not all appearance as in the Common Version, which would mean an entirely different thing. '“A holy kiss:” A very common eastern salutation. See Oriental Lesson Lights. *“Brethren, pray for us:” Paul’s asking the prayers of the church for himself suggests a way in which we who believe in prayer can help and strengthen our pastors. The paragraph following this letter in the Common Version; stating that it was written from Athens, has been omitted from the Revised Version, gince it was not on the original manuseript, and is incorreet.

SCIENCE - SIFTINGS.

The ants of South America have been known to construct ‘a tunnel three miles in length. : That natural sleep is due to the drugging effect of accumulated carbonic acid in the body, is the view taken by a French physiologist, Dr. Raphael Dubois. . A piece of skin cut from a human body will show signs of life for ten days after separation. Thisdiscovery is- important in connection with the grafting of new skin over a damaged part of the body. Dr. J.3Colling Warren, of Boston, has in his' museum the most perfect example in the world of the osseous formation of the extinct. mastodon. It only lacks a couple of toes or so of being absolutely complete,

Prof. Koch, the noted baeteriologist, declares that typhoid fever can be stamped out through proper treatment of each case. He urges that every case of typhoid fever be ag strictly isolated as a case of cholera, and by such isolation the disease could be wholly exterminated,

A A B - A : ) kl ) 8 /) oL Lq g 63 o k‘lr" : S 0 g Ry ERARTIN T G <RI AR P - el ¢ B> Pl h’l) ':/é </ ’\ai/‘;:" | S i'__*f s ° }_‘___ | : THE ECHOBACK. ‘ The little boy from Over the Way, . Ard the boy by the Rail Road Track, Went out one snowy winter day ‘ To hunt for the Echoback. Now, both of these little boys were armed With guns in their throats the wiile, But their bullets no living thirg - had harmed, _ Though they carried full half a mile. So bravely marched - these huntgfs kol Half way to the Big Red Sh'ed'.l e Then out ‘of their mouths a Great Noise rolled, . e And away the bullets sped. . To the Big Red She@ the bullets flew, And the Echoback was there; - And he caught the balls that-came so trie And flung them back through theair. Straight baek to the boastful hurtersthere, ‘Who, to kill the giant, had come; ’ He threw their buliets and hit them fair On the tender Tympanum, —~J. Wiley Owen, in Minenapolis Housekeeper. : 1 4" ) STRICT DOORKEEPER. How A& Chinese Servant Misunderstood the Instructions (ilvgl Him by His Mistress. When the Andersons -went to California they rented a small furnished house and engaged a Chinese man-of-all-work. The house was well situated and tastefully furnished, and Wing Lee proved to be a good cook, clean and respectful. " i

As soon as the Andersons were settled the neighbors began to-call, and it was then that the fact was discovered that Wing was absolutely devoid of any ideas as’to the ushering in or out of guests. So one morning . the ladies' determined to instruct him. Providing him with a tray, Miss Aunderson went out, rang theé bel, was shown into the parlor and waited while the calm {hinaman carried her card to Mrs. Andgrson. L

This was Trepeated several .times, until the: ladies were quite satisfied that Wing was perfect in his_role. That evening at 8:30 the bell rang. Wing shufled ‘majestically to the door, while mother and ~daughter hung. breathlessly over the banisters to watch the result of their teaching. They heard a gentléeman’s voicc ask if the ladies were at home. They saw "Wing present his tray and teceive a card with an air which inade them mentally pat each other on the back, and then they saw him draw a card from his sleeve. “Mine!” gasped Miss Anderson. “The one we used for the lessons!” Wing compared- the two carefully, and, returning the one which tlie caller had just handed him, he remarked blandly: “Tickee no good. No can come.” and calmly -shut the dger in the fact of the astonished guest.—Little Chronicle. "

- NEAT DOLL BOOKCASE. Bright Boys and Girls’ Can Make a Cunning th_lle Toy Ouwt of Very " Simple Material. Either a boy or a girl can make the cunning little doll bookcase like the illustration. Save your speols: and get all you can from obliging neighbors and aunts, who would be glad to have their empty spools taken out of their way. Select spools all”of oné B =—l ‘ o f B .1 L lUA TT = R : : = .______._.__._;.'! TR g |—!- = A i il: 02 P i- : L THE BOOKCASE COMPLETED. size, and with good glue 6r cement fasten the spools one on top of the other, to form the-upright of the book--case. gluing the shelves in between thespools at the proper intervals.. The shelves for this small bookcase are cigar box covers, and the spools are adark wood nearly the shade of the shelves, and:the whole case is varnished over. J‘he bookease may be made large endugh to hold your sister’s little library, and the shelves may be made of any pretty wood, such as is especially used in fretsaw work. The book shelves will not be strong enough to hang from the picture molding with books in, but should be_ placed upon a shelf low enough for the little girl to reach her favorite story books.—N. Y. Tribune. /’;

TESTING STRENGTH OF SNAILS

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FFNAILS are not generally considered especially fine exampies of Samson- — . like muscular develépment, yet their powers. are by no means to- be despised. This was recently proved by a little French boy in Paris, whose experiments showed some startling results. : : He picked upa couple of ord@inary garden snails. To the outer surface of the shell of each he glued'a crooked pin.. A piece of cotton was tie@ to the crooked. pin, and then its other end was attached to the object to be moved. Oneof the French bay's former playthings—a tin cart on wheels—was chosen, e it Placing the cart on a perfectly level surface, he thus barnessed the snails to it.

- EGG AND CARD TRICK. It Is Not Very Difficult to Perform, Al- " though It Will Mystify All G ¥ ¢t Yout Friends. " With a wineglass half full of water, an egg, a ring. and a playing card you may perform a very mneat amd pretty trick for the amysement of your friends. - ' Lay the card on top of the glass and on the card place a good-sized finger ring. Now balance the egg. smiall end upward, by placing it oa the ring. 2o Thus you will have a unigue stracture. apparently firm and nicely baianced, which it is' your purpose i demolish by a mere flick of the finger. In other words, you are to - b » \ u - i T iy :’:",_ e 2 L " 7 LAY EGG ON CARDON GLASS., let the egg and the ring fall imie the glass without your touching either of them. How are you going to do it? ~ It is the easiest thing in the world. if you do it in the right vay. AH vou have to do.is to flick the corner of the card with the second finger of yvour right hand, and if this is dom® exactly’ in ‘the. direction of the lewel of the card it will fiy out and lect the ring. and egg drop into thé glass. The water in the glass will prevent the egg {rom breaking. - A similar trick may be performed with a card and a ccin balanced om the forefinger of your left hand. The coin must be placed exactly in the center of the card, which will be over the tip of your finger, and when you flick the card away the coin will ress on your finger.—Brooklvn Eagle.

DOGS AS TRAVELERS. They Scem to Possess Some Peculiar Power Which Guides Them to Their Destination. In the old days of the James river canal a fine setter was taken by his master on a packet boat which was so crowded that the dog was pul im the captain’s cabin to be out of the way. His owner reached his destination after. nightfall, and had takem so much wine by that time that he was carried off the boat, and no one remembered his setter. Next morning the captain took the dog on deck wjth him, but was muca afraid he would jump off to the towatlband try to return that way. and so handsome an animal Would have been in dam being stolen.

2 Cg;:); however, lay perfectly guiet, but With an air of listening that attracted motice. Toward noom ke heard the sound of the horn of = pack%g eoming . from the opposite way, and as the boats passed each other he made a leap and was next heard from as having got off at tha place where his master had stopped, and as having gone at once to the house, where he was.a guest. - Could human intelligence have sarpassed that? Ty :

This same dog-lay on his master’s grave and refused food until he died from starvation. But I do not give this as’a case in point. A gentleman who lived 100 miles from a city moved there with all his possessions, including a bulldog which had been raised at his father's home, where he had hitherto resided. He was locked up-in the car with the furniture, and in the bustle of umnloading he disappeared. and two days afterward he reached his former home, coming by an inland route. as was known by parties who recognized him, so that he evidently marked out his own path withous reference to the railroad omn which he had been carried away.—Christian Endeavor World. X : : Sleeping in Far-Off Japan. Fhe Japanese never sleep with the head to the north. This is because the dead in Japan are always buried with the head in that position. Im sleeping rooms of many of the private fiouses and of hotels a diagram of the points of the compass is postéd upon the ceiling for the convenience of Dguests'. -

After a few minutes’ coy retirement ta their shells the snails emerged and began * to crawl along. The threads became tant. . For an instant there was a pause. Then— | excessively slowly and laboriously, with - mary tiny jerks—the cart followed its um~ willlng steeds. Incredible though it may sound, ghe snails drew the cart along easily, even when weights were put upon it. The drawing above, from a photograph taken in a garden near Paris, shows two snails drawing - a two<pound weight. JAlthough they did it at a decidedly ieisurely pace, and with : frequent pauses, the deadweight behind them seemed to cause them no inconvenfence.