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‘ . Thie Religion of Lincoln URPRISE has often been expressed S'that so many of pur public men are unprofessed Chrigtians. Lincelnuntil the last days of hid life was such, and yet he believed, no dbubt, the principal tenets of the Christian faith, at least thosehe expressed in the Apostle’s creed. His life was pure and if a black spot “®ver stained his character th&historical tynic has failed to put it on his printed ‘pages. During his administration as president one of -the lady members of the Christian commission had several fnterviews with him in regdrd tocertain government. matle’r;s concerning_ the cause she representef. At the close of one of these interviews Mr. )}‘incoln said to her: . i : “Madam, I have fdrmed a high opinfon of your Christian character, and now, as we are alone, I have a mind to ask you to give me, iin brief, your idea of what’constitutes a Christian.” Her reply was at some length, but, in substance, she said that it consisted of & conviction of one’s'iown sinfulness and weakness and the. personal need of Christ as a Saviour. She said that views in regard to doctriné might and did differ, but when one wajs really brought to feel his need of Divine help, and to seek the aid of the Holy Spirit for strength and guidance, it wds satisfactory evidence of his havingbeen born again. Mr. Lincoln listenged to her with deep tttention and visible signs of emotion, and when she had concluded said: *“lf what you have told me'is really a correct ‘viiew of this great subject, I think I can say, with sincerity, that I hope that I am a Christian. I had lived, until my boy Willie died, without realizing fully these things. That lilow, however, overwhelmed me. It showed me my weak‘mess as I had never felt it before. If I .can take what you have stated as a test, [ think I can safely say I know something of that change of heart of which you speak. And I will further add that it has been my intention for some time, at a suitable opportunity, to make a public religious profession.” . In many of his utterances, and in many of his documents, the president showed his trust in Divine providence and his religious nature. In'a cabinet meeting during the darkest days of the war he said to Secretary .Chase: 1 made a solemn vow beforé God that if ‘ g \ \/ ? - f | r P& . i 4 ‘ Hby/‘h;"rfl‘i i /"//‘7/ '//'// 2 \(\./ G 0 Uy R 17 — g 2 : < =Y . A\h RY) e SI & {\\,‘l\\\%\’?ﬁ | 95 oo I )y Uit ; m\t M 7 4 Tl e g™ A l‘ v\ \/ @i N (P Dok e ,7{; i . LISTENED WITH EMOTION Gen. Lee should bfié driven back from Pennsylvania [ would crown the result by the declaration of freedom to the slaves.” That he believed in prayer comes as a confession from his own lips. When the fearful cares and responsibilities of his office were pressing bhim most, he said: - “I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day. | should be the most presumptuous blockhead upon this footsiool if I for one day thought that I could discharge thé dutles which have come upon me since I came Into this place without the aid and enlightenment of One Who is wiser and stronger than all others.” .__ : ‘Her Retort, ' *“Your eyes, my dear, and your smile “are, intoxicating,” he told her in his Jocular way when she criticised the condition in which he camé from the club. “Even if they are,” she retorted, “they never gave you that breath.”—Chicago Post. et

- The Strength of Lincoln N the winter of 1864 between 40 and I 50 women connected with the Sani- : tary commission met in Washing‘ton to “‘talk it over.” After the business had been concluded, about half & the delegates decidéd to call upon President Lincoln. To one of their number, at least—Helen Evertson Smith—the interview offered a wonderfully impressive illustration of Lincoln’s trust in ‘God, and the strength and comfort he derived from it, : : There*was no special reason for the call, except, perhaps, a pardonable

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curiosity on the part ot the women to see “Old Abe” at close hand, and to hear his voice. The demand upon his time was a matter that probably had not occurred to them. Long, lank, haggard and embarrassed, the president certainly looked as if, in the depths of his generous heart, he were silently wishing that this additional burden had not been laid upon him. His sorrowful dark eyes were far sunken under cavernous eyebrows. His thick, dark Hair lay wiidly at cross-pur-poses over his head. His large nose loomed above a wide mouth set in a heavy, muscular framing which looked as if it had never smiled. The Youth’s Companion says that each one of the women, as she shook hands with him, had tried to say some pleasant thing, and he had gravely and perfunctorily replied with an expreéssionless “Thank: you.” The moments were getting fearfully long, and trying to the president. : . “Could we not get out?” a lady asked, in a whisper. Just then a dear old Quaker lady took the long-suffering giant’s downstretched hand. She had to rise on tiptoe, and as she did it her sweet voice uttered some words difficult to calch. But their effect was easy to see. As when the lights suddenly blaze begind a cathedral window, so the radiance illumined those rugged features and poureéd frorm the wonderful eyes. The gaunt form straightened. The mouth became beautiful in its sweetness. It is .not possible to give the words of either exactly, but this was their support: “Yes, friend Abraham, thee gieed not think thee stands alone. We are all praying for thee. The he‘artfs‘ﬁf all the people are behind thee, and thee cannot fail. The Lord has appointed thee, the Lord will sustain thee, and the people tove thee. Yea, as no man was ever loved before, does this people love thee, We are only a few weak women, but we represent many. Take cémfort, frienq Abraham. God is with thee. The peo--ple are behind thee.” : “I know it.” The great, soft voice rolled solemnly and sweetly forth from the trembling lips. “If I did not have the knowledge that God is Sustaining and will sustain me until my appointeqd work is done, I could not live, If I did not. believe that the hearts of all loya] people were with me, I could not endure it, yy heart would have broken long ago. o) s “You have given a cup of cold water to a very thirsty and -grateful man. Laghes, you have done me a great kindness to-day. I knew it before.. I knew that good men and Women were praying for me, but I was so tired I had almost forgotten. God bless you all!” i Well Worn. - “His face has such a worn look!” i “No wonder; he has been traveling on {t for nearly 40 years.”—Puck.

-+ The Humor of Lincoln ; JINCOLN was remarkable for his L humor and his fund of anecdote, both in his conversation and his public addresses, used to illustrate some point or argument he was endeavoring to impress upon the mind o: his hearers. He has often been accused- of coarseness, sometimes vulgarity, -,in- this respect. Secretary Seward once said in reply to this charge: “I am .convinced that Mr. Lincoln has been greatly wronged in this regard. In all his intercourse with men, embracing governors, senators, congressmen ‘and others I never heard him utter a -remark that would have been out of pldce if uttered in the presence of ladies. The trouble is that many foul-mouthed men in the country -have put.these vulgarities in Mr. Lincoln’s mouth in their own

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imaginaticn, using his name to give force to their attempts: at wit. M.. fincoln was the purest-hearted marn with whom I ever came in contact.” After the confederacy had been crumbled into ruins and Jefferson Davis, its president, had been captured, and confined, the "government was. worried with the question as to what they should do with him, and it came to be a pretty general remark that “we had an elephant on our hands.” He was guilty of treason and hanging was the punishment for this crime, but there were few of our statesmen who favored that, although it was hard to see how they could consistently give him his liberty. One day a leading minister called on Mr. Lincoln and asked him what he was going to do'with Jeff Davis. “Well,” said Mr. Lincoln, “I believe 1 can answer that question by telling you a story. There was once a boy in Springfield who bought a coon, which, after the novelty wore off, became a great nuisance. One day, after he had been dragging the coon through the streets with a rope attached to the animal’s collar, he sat down on thR curb‘stone completely fagged out and disconsolate. A man passing by stopped and asked him wha‘t was the matter. ‘Oh,” was the reply, ‘the coon is such a trouble to me.” "“Why don’t you get rid of him, then? said the gentleman. ‘Hush,” replied the boy, ‘don’t you see that he is gnawing his rope off? I am going to let him do it. Then I'll go home and tell the folks that’he gotaway.’” During the course of the'war a friend asked Mr. Lincoln one day how many men the confederates had in the field. “Twelve hundred thousand,” was the prompt and decided reply. The interrogator in ameazement exclaimed: “Is it possible that they have that large

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'n{:mber?" “Yes, sir,” said Mr. Lincoln, “1,200,000; there is no doubt of it. You see all of our generals, when they get whipped, say ’ the enemy outnumbered them from three or.five to one. I must believe them. Now we have 400,000 men in the field. Three times four make twelve. Don’t you see? It is a simple problem in arithmetic.” : i In the beginning of the war, a Methodist friend once said to him: “I hope that the Lord is on our side.” “I am not at all concerned about that,” said Mr. Lincoln, “for I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord’s side.” ey ] ’ Lincoln and His Boys. K It was a frequent custom with Lincoln, this .of carrying his children on his shoulders. He rarely went down street that he did not have one of his younger boys mounted on his shoulder, while another hung to the tail of his long coat. The antics of the boys with their father, and the species of tyranny they exercised over him, are still subjects of talk in Springfteld. Mr. Roland Diller, who was a neighbor of Mr. Lincoln, tells one of the best of the stories. He 'was called to the door one day by hearing a great noise of children, and there war Mr. Lincolu striding by with the boys, both of whom were wailing aloud. “Why, Mr. Lincoln, what’s the matter with tHe bpys?” he asked. ~ “Just what’s the matter with th{ whole world,” Lincoln replied.. “I'v( got three walnuts, and sach wanta two.’

~ THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.. Le-loﬂ in the l'nterntatlonal Series . for February 14, 1904—Jesus . Forgives Sins. T THE LESSON TEXT.—Mark 2:1-12, GOLDEN TEXT.—The Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins. —Mark 2:10. : OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION. Preaching t0nr................,..Matt. 4:23, 24 Preaching toUT. ic.iviisiies oo MATK 195-39 Preaching tour.....cececaievesege Luke 2:42-44 Healing a 1eper.........iiia v Matt 8. 1- 4 Healing a 1eper..........c..c0eee..Mark 1:40-45 Healing a leper.......coceeseens.. Luke 5:12-16 Healing a para1ytic.............Matt. 9: 1« 8 Healing a para1ytic..............Mark 2:1-12 Healing a para1ytic..............Luke 5:17-26 Time.—The early summer of A, D. 28 (Early [in “The Year cf Public Favor.”) . © Place.—Jesus’ temporary home at Capernaum; probably the house cf the former fisherman, Simon Peter. : ' 'NOTES AND COMMENTS. “Into Capernaum:” Jesus' headquar-= ters for about half of His. ministry. “After some days:” During which He was on a preaching tour among the towns of Galilee (1:39). *lt was noised that He was in the house: “Or, at home, as in the margin. e still had a place He could- call home. It was probably Peter’s house. Since Jesus had left Capernaum He had been much talked about, both by the common people, who were His stanch friends, and the scribes and religious teachers, who very naturally looked upon Him with suspicion. New methods and teachings, ¢specially if they are religious, are usually looked upon with sugpicion. "Many were gathered together:” The friendly common people were in the majority, .but in the most prominent places were the scribes and members of the reli‘gious -aristocracy. They considered Jesus.an unauthorized and unsafe teacher, and meant to watch His movements very closely. “He spake the word unto them:” "He was in a private house, and simply and informally speaking to them of the kingdom that was at hand, and of goodness and faith as conditions of entrance into it.

The erowd was very dense, both in the house and about it, so that those who were bringing the sick mango Him, and who were likely to be a‘le late, could not even get near Him. “They come:” The relations and friends of the man. “The palsy:” A form of paralysis. “Borne of four:”’ Only four of those who .came with him actually carried him. “When they could not . . . they uncovered the roof:” When they ¢ould not, they did; there was no way, so they made one; there were obstacles and they surmounted them. Such determination is magnificent; of course’ they accomplished their purpose. ‘“Broken it up:” Remember that the roofs of the small ‘oriental houses were usually flat, and reached by a small outside stairway. They were made of rafters laid close together, then a layer of brushwood, and upon that 10 or 12 inches of solid earth. This, of course, could be dug through without permanently injuring the roof. Naturally the scribes who sat under the places where the digging was going on were not in the best frame of mind. by the time the man was let down.

“Their faith:” Men who hew wut a way for themselves, in spite of all obstacles, do.not do it without faith that success is possible, and that the struggle is worth while. Those men had faith in Jesus. - Tt was nothing mystical—perhaps not religious, but real. They had good reason to believe -He would actually heal their friend, if they gave Him the chance. - The sick man, too, had faith. “Son:” A sympathetic word. Matthew adds, be of good cheer; words calculated to increase the man’s assurance. “Thy sins are forgiven:” Jésus saw in'the man a desire for more than physical cure. He- knew the man’s heart, and saw. that they were reconciled.. “He blasphémeth:” He insults God. = “Straightway . . . perceiving:” The scribes did not speak, but Jesus instantly felt their displeasure and knew what caused it., He would convince His critics of the truth of what He said about forgiveness by -healing the man’s body as his soul had been healed. “The Son of Man hath authorily . . . to forgive sins:” When we consider that two elements enter into the question of forgiveness, namely, the heart of the sinner and the heart of God, and that God is waiting to forgive the instant the sinner is ready, we see that the meaning is that Jesus could with authority announce forgiveness of sins. Ordinary men cannot do .this, because they have not the Divine knowledge of the hearts of men and the heart of God that Jesus had. § :

This incident is important as showing the beginning of the opposition of the orthodox reiigious teachers.: As yet the cloud was no larger than a man’s hand, but within two years it would be a storm which should break above His head and increase in fury till it had taken the life of the young man, Jesnus of Nazareth, who “went about doing good.” “And he arose:” A demonstration of the power anq,authority of Jesus. “They were all amaa"e’kd: " Including the scribes, who were prabably most surprised o all. . But dem_bnstrations_ have little effect on those who are most interested in maintaining their old opinions than in getting at the truth. “And glorified God:” This cannot include the scribes, Jesus’ influence among the common peoPple was growing rapidly; the opposition, of the religious aristocracy was solidifyIng no less rapldly,

DIN’TS FOR THE COMPLEXION. Don’t eat hot or fresh bread if you want to be healthy and-beautiful. Don’t drink iced water. Cool water quenches “thirst much better ‘than ice cold fluid. : Don’t eat much meat in hot weather if you would keep your skin free from eruptions. - Don’t eat ice cream too fast. Eaten slowly and allowed to'melt in the mouth it can do no harm. Don’t eat when very tired, if you expect to get any good from your food and preserve your beauty. . Don’t eat cold, starchy foods; like potato salad and cold porridge, unless you have strong digestive organs. : Don’t drink much water at meals, but take a glassful the first thing in the morning and the last thing at night. Don’t eat more than one hearty meal a day. This is the secret of good looks, health and long life—a secret which if everyone followed the doctors could not make a liviﬁg. . If King Peter can see his way to retiring on a comfortabie pension, that’s his best move.—Boston Globe.

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THE MEASURING OUTFIB. ° was for the purchase of meal for the poor, while the remainder was set aside to be divided%among each year’s four conspicuous rides—the ‘oldest, . the youngest, the tallest and the shortest—who were married in St. Cyrus Parish church. : The administration of the fund is in the hands of the parish minister, and unhappy at times is his task, such are the jealousies which arise among the competitors, for there is keen rivalry for these legacies, which amount to hardly more than $3O each; but that is quite an important sum in so remote and simple a village. All St. Cyrusturns out on “Bride Measuring Day,” and the occasion is made a holiday. " 'Making Work Less Tiresome. Though never grudging a hard day’s work where duty demands it, there are many ways by which we can lighten labor, and make our work less tiresome. For instance, when a big ironing has got to be done what a comfort and relief it is to the feet to use a cushion to stand on during the doing of it. It can be made up from an old quilt folded and covered by a piece of carpet. Until it has been tried no one can believe the rest it is to tired feet.—Chicago News. ,wa to Keep Gloves Clean. Rub light gloves with fine breadcrumbs after each time of wearing, . If you allow them to get very dirty home cleaning is selaom a success, but treated in this way they will look nice for quite a long time. -

{Eé Helen, Govldts Crailies. 4 e, 3 AN Y S ‘

HOQ is the most famous woman in W this country? You will not have to;think before you answer. “Helen Miller Gould.” ! - Born less than 35 years- ago, very quiet in her manner, devoted to no fad, taking up no special profession, Miss ‘Gould is still the most prominent American woman of her day, and probably the most prominent young woman in the.world. i - From her earliest childhood Helen Gould has been called “little”” Helen. As.a small girl she was tiny, and even now she is only five feet six. When her father died 12 years ago she was very slight and, it seemed to her {riends, shorter than she is now. She was dark, very silent, very undemonstrdtive, not dressy, and in no way obtrusive. No one thought that, at that age; she would ever become a great philanthropic figure in the world’s work. One of the first ‘deeds was the erection of a beautiful memorial chapel to

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SURE OF POPULARITY. ° No Mntt'e‘r Where She May Be Plneod; 1 the *“Friendly Girl” Invari- | . ably Wins Out. g | The friendly giri makes friends wherever she goes, and retains them. She is bright and cheerful, and enters a room like a sea breeze, fresh, laughing, nodding right and left with happy Impartiality. The “blues” and the “doldrums" fly out of the window when she comes in. They simply can’t endure her sunny presence. - ‘ She is ready for everything. She never throws cold water on your plans. . She claps her hands and says they are splendid, and suggests a way to make them even mord delightful, so sweetly ard modestly that you think it is your own suggestion. 203 S Wherever she goes she sees the drnll side of things. And she has such a funny, whole-hearted way of describirg them that it is as good to hear her as to ‘have been there yourself—even better, for she has the humorous eye, which is a great gift. - She doesn’t abuse:it, though. You Zeedn’t expect to be regaled with bitter arcasm and spiteful exaggerations. Ske can be clever and comical without bs'ing unkind, or untruthful, or coarss. And this is also a great gift, She is receptive and responsive. She likes everybody, not considering it her dpty to sugpsct anyone of evil until positive praof has been presented. She prefers to consider all. the world honest and glad until it proves:itself otherwise. s The friendly girl always gets along. She has friends everywhere. lor people who have met her never forget her, and she.has room in her own heart for everybody. 2t ) The girl who has friends—who makes friends and keeps friends—bless her! It does not matter whether she isTich and good looking, or poor and plain. Her faculty for friendship makes up for everything else, and there isn't anybady we'd rather have around.—N. Y. Weekly.

KEEP BOYS ON .THE FARM. Educational Department Gives Good * Advice to Rural Father—Advice to the Teachers, -

‘The superintendent of public instruection of the state of Indiana has recently issued a 'p‘ulletin touching on the steady migration of the young meén of the rural districts fo the cities in search of a socalled *better' chance.” Believing that Indiana is being sapped of its energies by that movement, the department ina bulletin to the teachers says that they can influence the boy to stay on the farm and to work out its' problems. “It will be a sad day for our national life when all our young farmers.come to town; when the small, well-cultivated homesteads give way to landed estates,” ‘the bulletin says. : *The necessity of keeping the boys on the farm avas the subject of a discussion as to what the teacher can do for the community. A teacher’s powerin determining the industry of a community lies in making her schoolroom a busy workshop, where the rights of others and the nobility of honest toil are taught. * The bulletin which is being sent out by the state superintendent deals with the relation of the teacher to the school, ‘her patrons and the locality. The teacher, the bulletin says, ought to be a missionary, harmonizing turbulent elements:

pert leather burners, experts in many things which crippled boys can do. Woody Crest is known far and wide and the neighbors seeing the boys out for an. airing of an afterncon say: “Here come Helen’s babies.”” Her latest charity is to give $lOO,OOO- for, the building of another big home for girls and boys. > “I like Helen Gould,” said a. member of a political club, “because sheé‘.oes Lot put on airs.” | : “I like her because she does mnot argue,” said another. ‘I like her because she does not try to outdress us,” said a third. And so each one had a word of commendation. Miss Gould is far from aggressive. She allows her dear friend, Mrs. Russell Sage, to go ahead and she follows, “We are making up bags for the soldiers in the Philippines,” Mrs. Sage will announce, ‘‘and I put a jacknife in each.” One by ore the different members present will tell what they will place in the bags, one a sewing companion, one a book, another a calendar. And so on. When all have finished Mrs. Sage will say: “And Miss Helen Gould commissions me to say that she will place a purse in each bag, contairing a gold piece.” : .And, later in the Philippines, each soldier of the hundred or more who receive those bags will be gladdened by a purse and a gold piece. ; . “That is Helen Gould's way,” the ladies will whisper. - Just where Miss Gould’s benefactions have taken her no one knows. She loves to present large and valuable articles to the government and, during the Spanish war she attempted to give a warship. And the government has, in all possible cases, accepted these gifts, declining certain ones when it was uneonstitutional to accept. . f Helen Gould’s smallest charity is a flower charity. She owns an immense hothouse at Tarrytown and the flowers from this great glass series of structures are sent to the poor. “Do you give those to .the poor of your mneighborhood?” asked a visiting stranger. ; “No,” said Miss Gould, smiling, “but to those who are in need. And allof my friends are in need—of my good wishes, daily,” she added with that curious look which her friends call “tne Jay Gould ‘expression.” - - -1s Helen Gould pretty or is she not? _This is & question which is often asked. lureply it can besaid th& Helen Gould has a very sweet face. Itisagood, pleasant face, rather serious but very nice. She is good looking distinctly and mi{ht be called pretty. Her dress, while costly, is rather plain, though she wears the finest of gowns, :

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Carlo was ¥rank McMillan’s dog, and a fine specimen of the canine he was. Mr. ‘McMillan had brought Him from Scotland. He was-a Scotch collie, and was only a few monels old when he landed in America. Carlowasafavorite with the whole family, especially with the two boys, William and George, who had not yet reached their ’teens. They delighted to speak.of Carlo as ‘“‘a gift Tfrom Uncle George, of old Scotland.” R S The pup was strong and healthy, and soon developed into a.large, muscular dog. - His intelligence seemed -to be above that of the average. No 'pains were spared to teach him, and as a result his training almost.equaled that of a performing dog. Mr. McMillan’ lived near a river, and the boys’ greatest delight was to throw sticks and other small objects that would float into the water, Lnd have the dogswim in and bring them to the shore. "When Carlo was about two years old these boys went to,visit their Uncle Harry, who lived about 30 miles distant. 'When-on the point of starting they each extended a hand to Carlo, and he in return extended his paw to “shake” as intelligently as a human being would have done. - The boys charged their. parents 'to ‘W{,eep' him' company” while they were gone.™ Now it was midsummer, and-as Mr. Raymond had a son between the ages of William and George, they spent a great deal of their time -in “outdoor sports. The river was only-a few hun-

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dred yards away from the house, and the boys had a boat in which they took a row each day. One day, while they were out rowing, George’s hat ‘dropped into the water, and in trying to reach it he lost his balance and was precipitated into the stream. He could not swim, and the other boys set up a great ery for help, but were so excited that they could. do nothing themselves. George soon disappeared beneath the water, but as ‘the stream was of no great.depth at that point he almost instantly reappeared at the surface. Then the two boys .in the boat saw something resembling a dog 'seize their drowning c‘pmpanion"b'_v the collar of the coat, so as to keep his head above the water, and make for .the shore, which he soon gained, never relaxing his hold on the boy-till he had him safely on terra firma.- Then he bounded a few feet away and vigorously shook himself. It was Carlo: .

George was badly scared and somewhat the worse for being strangled, but he soon recovered. The other boys hastily rowed to the shore. In their joy to see Carlo, William and George almost forgot their adventure. Carlo, was a hero, but they could not unravel the mystery surrounding:his appearance upon the scene. He had a Jeather strap around his neck, as- if he had been led by it. . [ They went to the house and related their adventure. ~ Mr. Raymond told them that he had seen a tramp passing by @n hour or two before, leading the dog, and going in the direction of the river. Then they believed that he had been stolen, and this belief was confirmed next day, when they had a letter from their father, saying that Carlo ‘'was missing, and that a tramp had been seen a few miles away with a dog answering his description. - What if the tramyp had not stolen Carlo!—F. M. Beverly, in Orange Judd-Farmer. .

Monkeys Caught by Stratagem. Ring-tajl monkeys, one of the most valuable and expensive of the smaller animals, are caught in an interesting way. A cocoanut is split in two and a banana with-a piece of wood running through it placed lengthwise through the nut, the ‘twg- halves of which are drawn together by wires. Then a hole is cut large enough for the monkey’s paw to enter. The monkey ‘spies the tempting nut from his tree.- He hops down, looks it over, sees the hole and. smells the banana inside. He is fond of bananas. Putting his paw in, he grasps it, but the wood prévents it from coming out. Then the catchers appear and the monkey runs for a tree. But he cannot climb becauss of the cocoanut on his paw, and he will not let go of that, 80 he is captured, pawing wildly at the

BRANDING THE THUMB. How Maleéefactors Were Branded im " England for Coﬁmlttlnj - Minor O)l!ense-. i . Those “good ‘old days.” How simple and direct were their methods in alk things relating to the preservation of the 'social system, especially that part relating’to the punitive, some hundred yvears or more ago! If you don’t believe it, look at the picture of the holdfast with a hand in position that secured a malefactor condemned to have the forever disgracing “M" brand on his thumb, and near it hangs the terrible branding instrument. Theze articles are to be

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seen ‘to this day hanging'in the dock of the crown court at Lanc¢aster castle, in England. The prisoner’s left hand was . thrust into the holdfast and there lccked;y - while the jailer seized the red-hot iron and pressed it with mizht and main on the malefactor’'s thumb, thus marking him for life, and preventirg honest/men. from giving him employmert ¢u his release. , - -Prisoners appearing in this court were invariably compelled-.to hold up their left hands, in order that the jury might 'see whether there was a previous con‘viction against them. It is 100 years ago since this barbarous punishment - :with the branding iron was meted out - in Lancaster castle.—N. Y. Herald. ’ A CITY OF PIGEONS. Constantinople Is the Home of Ine numerable Flocks of Gray White Birds of This Specie&s. v, Constantinople is sometimes called the City of Dogs, but it might be called as well the City of Pigcons. for the pretty gray white bircs are there in innumerable flocks. i They are protected and fed by the Turks, who hold them and the spiderin - great vemeration. The reason they give is this: When .Mohamet, the great prophet, was fleeipg to Mecca he found one day that his enemies were in close pursuit, so he hid in a cavern on the road to Medina, After he got in a palr of doves immediately built their nests and laid two eggs at the mouth of the cave and 4 spider flung his web across it. When the pursuers came along they stopped, bit seeing the nest, with the eggs_and the spider’s web, they said: “No -human being has been here,” and on they went. This uccounts for the Turks’ veneration for the dove and tenderness for the spider, which they never kill. b These doves ‘have a great kindness for the mosques, where they form great . garlands of black ard white along the cornices and about the platforms cf the minarets. One reason for/this may be that in the courtyards of the mosques there are always fountains and trees, while the imams, or priests, keepa bag of eorn or millet seed on. h.rd to feed them. Many of the sultans, as well as private individuals; have left money in “their wills for the maintenarce of these holy birds. One mosque in particular, built by Sultan Bavezid 11., is generally called “Pigeon Mcsque,” on account of 'the specially large number of birds that make their homes there. The tradition about this is that when the mosque was ‘building a poor widow wished to help™ ‘She had no money, but she had a pair-~ of pigeons. so she gave these, the best ~ she had. The sultan was so pleased with the gift that he decreed that no one should disturb the birds and their descendants. and so they have increased and multiplied beyond calculation. These pigeons knew a stranrger, and as soon as they see one enter the courtvard down they come, a {eathered ‘whirlwind, with a sound like the roar of a cataract, ready for the corn which ‘they have learmed to expect. ‘A Turkish imam stands under the archway with a basket of corn, which he selis to the visitor for a_few cents, just as the-chil- - dren here buy peanuts to feed the gnimals at the circus or zoo. - - . At the mosque of Eyoub, which the Turks consider too sacred for Christians to enter, there is in the courtyard the fountain called Pigeon fountain. Close to the fountain is a beautiful plane tree, which is something like our - buttonball, and when it is a hot day the- - . leave the roofs and minarets and settle under the thick leaves of the tree until it looks as though there were more pigeons than leaves. An old, gray - woman is employed to feed these birds. —Milwaukee Sentinel-, - - This Youngstér Was Exact. ! The quality of -exactness frequently wins success. A Baltimore business man advertised for a “bright boy of 16 to make himself generally useful around the store.” The day after the “ad.” appeared in: the paper“the applicants for the position began to pour in his office. None of the boys, however, seemed to suit the critical merchant, as they either lacked the age or the ability that was required of them. The last boy in line proved to be a diminutive and brightfaced lad, who wore a confident smile. The merchant took a liking to the boy at the first glance, but doubted whether he was the required age. But the applicant answered all the questions put to him in such a manner as to gain the confidence of the business man, who finally asked: ‘“Are you 16 years of age?” “No, sir,” promptly replied the boy, with the same confident smile, “I am 15 years, 11 months and 29 days old; will that do?” He found that it would. Bird Dies of Broken Heart. - Vineland (N. J.) people express the verdicft “Dead from a broken heart,” in the case of a canary bird owned by the late Mrs. Sampsell. Since her death last June this bird and also a mock-. ing bird refused to sing, where before they filled the large millinery store with music. The canary died in November in spasms, and the moeking bird has already suffered several attacks. Grief for their mistress, who petted and fondled them, is belicved to be the cause of their distemper. *