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WMOST IMPORTANT EVENTS GATHERED FROM ALL POINTS OF THE GLOBE.

GIVEN IN ITEMIZED FORM

WNotable Happenings Prepared for the Perusal of the Busy Man—Sum- - mary of the Latest Home and Foreign Notes. IN CONGRESS. Carrying a total of $11,508,3806, the agricultural appropriation .bill was passed by the house of representatives. The Democrats then began their threatened filibuster. : In executive session the senate confirmed the appointments of * David Jayne Hill as ambassador to Germany, Spencer F. Eddy as minister to Argéntina and Arthur M. Beaupre as minister to the Netherlands. ' Further serious. charges as to the mistreatment of Indians on the Mongana Crow reservation by the agents were made before the senate commit¢ee on Indian affairs by Mrs. Helen Pierce Grey,-a newspaper writer who was arrested last summer for her conmection with the protests of the red men. - In his capacity as a member of the house Speaker Cannon introduced "a resolution directing the attorney general to transmit to the house the papers bearing upon the investigation into the affairs of the print paper “trust.” The passage of a bill authorizing the construction' of a dam ~ across the ‘Snake river in the state of Washington and the consideration of & measure for adjudicating the claims of states against the government account of the disposition of the proceeds of public lands occupied nearly the entire session of the senate. " President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nomination of Dr. David Jayne Hill to be American ambassador at Berlin. Germany. The resignation of Charlemagne Tower, now at the post, has been accepted to take effect June 1..

The long expected correspondence between America and Venezuela respecting pending American claims against the latter country was submitted to the senate, together with Solicitor Scott’s memorandum advising prompt and vigorous action to compel Venezuela to settle the claims. Isaac L. Rice, president of the Electric Boat company, made a sweeping denial of the charges preferred by Representative George L. Lilley of Connecticut, before the special committee of the house. ¢

PERSONAL.

At Paso Robles Hot Springs, Cal, Admiral Robley D. Evans began his treatment, being wheeled to the baths in a chair.

" Threatening letters received by Mrs. Harold F. McCormick of Chicago, daughter of J. D. Rockefeller, caused the police to place guards around her residence. -

The resignation of Gov. Joseph K. Toole becoming effective, Edwin Norris, lieutenant governor, was inaugurated chief executive of Montana. Secretary Taft left Washington for a ten days’ trip in the middle west. Charges against Chancellor Day of Syracuse university that he had defamed President Roosevelt, were ruled out by Bishop Moore in the New York Methodist Episcopal conference.

United States Senator Davis was fined $25 in Little Rock, Ark., for disturbing the peace. sE g

United States Senator Jefferson Davis had a personal encounter with Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Thomas Helm on a street in Little Rock, the senator was struck and both men were arrested. Chester Gillette was electrocuted in Auburn (N. Y.) prison for the murder of Grace Brown. He confessed his guilt to his spiritual advisers.’

GENERAL NEWS.

New York university students went “on strike” as a result of the temporary suspension by the faculty of Albert Young, president of the junior class, following investigation of the ducking in the ‘college “horse trough” of Harry Bloch, a freshman. Mary Green, aged 22, of New York, the daughter of a former sea captain, aftired herself in all the finery she bad planned to wear at her wedding at Easter time, dnd then committed suicide by gas asphyxiation.

One man was burned to death and many houses destroyed by a prairie fire near Paxton, Neb. : ~ Gems and jewelry valued at $3,000 were stolen from the show window of the Fifth avenue store of Dikran Kelekian, Persian consul at New T ¢

Two robbers who dynamited a safe at Independence, Kan., were captured after being wounded by officers. _ During target practice at MagdaJena bay 140 inches of the muzzie of one of the six-inch broadside guns of the Missouri blew off. No one was inJured. :

The Indiana Republican conveéntion was organized with Representative Jesse Overstreet as temporary chair man and Representative J. €. Chaney of Sullivan as permanent chairman. A platform was prepared indorsing the candidacy of Vice-President Fairbanks and demanding tariff revision. Mayor Anderson of La Crosse, Wis,, clamped down the lid on that city. which had been considered one of the most wide-open in the country. : The me‘eonw'mk and Trusi ~company 6f McComb City, Miss., cap-

Found guiity 6f the chargé of a7.son, Henry F. MéD6nald, in & . “Tircuit courtroom at Terre Haute, Ind., shot and Killed Detective William E. Dwyer, ‘wounded other officers’ and wag himself seriously wothded. The shooting followed the mcemmfi of the verdict of the jury defore which McDon2}d had been tried on a charge of dynamiting Stores and a church in Sanford last year. [ i The Indiana Republican state convention adopted a platform, indorsed Vice-President Fairbanks and instructed the 30 state delegates to the natjonal convention at Chiiago to vote and work for his nomination for the presidency, and nominated a state ticket headed by J. E. Watson of Rushville for governor. | ‘ ;

During maneuvers the }British torpedo boat destroyer Tiger was sunk by a cruiser and about #4 men perished. : 4

A report that Colombian troops had seized the town of Jurado, in the republic of Panama, aroused fears that war would break out between the two republics. = . Marie Lehman, 26 years old, com. mitted suicide in St. Louis to leave $l,OOO life insurance to her helpless, invalid sister. ' i

Capf. J. W. Isbister of Chicago, master of the steamer Park Foster, was run down 'and killed by a New York Central engine in Buffalo, N. Y. The czar of Russia decided to dissolve the Finnish. Diet.-

Floods in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky cost several lives and did great damage to property. In Minnesota and North Dakota a severe blizzard hampered the railways. : Ellen French Venderbilt has begun suit ~ against her husband, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, for divorce or legal separation. Papers in the case were filed in the supreme court in New York ‘just after Mr. Vanderbilt had sailed for Europe and counsel for the plaintiff refused to reveal the‘precise nature of the action.

T. L. Lewis began his duties as president of the United Mine Workers of America by inviting the operators of Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and western Pennsylvania to confer with representatives of the miners in Indianapolis. -

Alexander Dickson, a carpenter on

the United States collier '‘Aberanda, was acquitted at San Juan, Porto Rico, of the murder of Chief Officer Walter Weichert. -

. Facing adverse conditions in ‘the way of high winds and heavy seas, the armored cruiser Montana exceeded her contract requirements by a slender margin on the Rockland trial course. ;

Two' hundred- and fifty thousand picks dropped from the hands of as many bituminous coalF miners of the United States, not to be used again until a wage settlement has been reached and a scale adopted between the members of the United Mine Workers of America and the coal operators jof the various fields. Gus Johnson, a wealthy farmer who

lived five miles south of Kenmare, N. D., was murdered and R. S. Noah and “Patsy” Coyle are in jail charged with the crime.

Judge Smith McPherson in the federal court at Kansas City decided that he has full jurisdiction over the maximum freight rate and the twocent passenger fare cases in Missouri.

Percy M. Houston, recently elected secretary and treasurer of the YazooMississippi levee board, was shot and killed by J. T. Lowe, a prominent attorney of Tunic, Miss. =

Flora Whiston, one of the girls wha testified in the case against Raymond Hitchcock, the comedian, was in. dicted by a grand jury in New York on a charge of perjury. 2

The réceivership for the Westing

house Machine company last October, at the beginning of the financial de: pression, was vacated by Judge James S. Young of the United States circuit court at Pittsburg, on petition of the company and the receivers. New York police failed to prove that Alexander Berkman, the anarchisi ledder, had in any way instigated the attempt of Selig Silverstein to mur der policemen with a bomb. The federal grand jury at San Juan, Porto Rico, returned an indict ment against Capt. George Worley, master of the United States collier Aberanda, charging him with inhuman treatment of his men. The house of commons adopted by 2 vote of 313 to 157 a resolution moved by John E. Redmond, the nationalist leader, that “in the opinion of this house a solution of the home rule problem can only be attained by. giving the Irigsh people legislative and executive control of all purely Irish affairs,” after the resolution had been amended by adding the words “all subject to the supreme authority of the imperial parliament.” Its credit restored, with $6,000,000 in

cash and exchange with which to pay a deposit account of 12 millions, and with financiers of national prominence in charge, the National Bank of Com: merce of Kansas City reopened.

Express rates in Indiana were re duced on an average of between ten

‘and 12 per cent. in an opinion and or der issued by the Imdiana r@ilroad commission. S

Minister Russell protested to the

Venezuelan government because a sack of mail for the American cruiser Tacoma was opened at La Guayra.

Archbishop John Ireland of St. Paul has written a letter to. the clergy and laity of his archdiocese on the subject of marriage and divorce, in which he characterizes the marriage contract of the times a mere commercial exchange.

William J. Bryan, addressing the Democrats of Missouri at Kansas City, said President Roosévelt should have selected Senator La Follette to succeed him.

OBITUARY.

John L. Phillips, former mayor. of Springfield, 111., dropped dead. ‘ B. Warkentin, a pioneer Kansan and known to the Mennonite people all over the United States, died suddenly .at some point in Syria, while on a tour of Europe and Asia. The Ohio Republican state central committee elected H. A. Williams of Columbus chairnian of the state exec utive committee, to succeed Senator . Joseph Howard, Jr, & prominent

The Funny Things One Sees Smiling Round the World . : B’ MARSHALL P. WILDER (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) While at the Imperial hotel, Tokio, we were permitted to witness a portion of a Japanese wedding, that is, the feast and reception. Like our Hebrew | friends in America, the Japs now hire the parlors of a hotel, chiefly because their little doll houses are so small. It was very funny; the women all like embarrassed images, done up in their best kimonos and not saying a word, while the men, in stiff, badlyfitting European “store clothes,” stood around in little groups and - talked, looking like animated tailors’ dummies,

One young man picked out a native gir on the piano with one finger, while the children were the only ones who were at all happy, or didn’t logk as if they .wished they hadn’t come. Says Mrs. Peace to Miss Sharp, a caller: “My husbard and I never dispute before the children. When a quarrei seems imminent, we always send them out.” e

Miss Sharp: “Ah, I've often wondered why they're so much in the street!” S . Hateful thing, wasn’t she? & * * Japanese trains are small and slow, and seem not to think ,it ‘necessary ever to be on time. Smoking is al lowed in every class, even in the sleeping cars. i The bedding is clean and sufficient, but there are no springs in the beds, absolutely no privacy, and one tiny window for the whole compartment, public opinion being usually divided as to whether it shall' be opened or closed. i

This reminds me of a story my friend, Col. Cody (“Buffalo Bill”) used to tell: He said that once upon a time an Englishman who had never been in the west before was his guest. They

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were riding through a Rock Mountain canyon one day, when suddenly a tremendous gust of wind came swooping down .upon them, and actually carried the Englishman clear off the wagon seat. After he had been picked up, he combed the sand and gravel out of his whiskers and said: v “I say! I think you overdo ventilation in this bloomin’ country!” My berth was over the wheels, and this, together with a roadbed of which a coal railroad in Pennsylvania would be ashamed, produced such jolts and -bumps that my brain felt as though it had been through an egg-beater. The compartment was- full, one occupant being a German army officer, who, beside being in full uniform, even to enormous fur-lined overcoat, sword and spurs, brought in to choke the little available space a satchel, a large flat wicker hamper and a packing box. He also had a very industrious and far-reaching snore with him.

~ The: third occupant being a travel ing Cadthelic priest and, like the sol

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Picked Out a Native Air on the Piano.

dier, a man of huge proportions, I was rather interested to know which of these was to occupy the berth over me, for it seemed a flimsy sort of affair, and I took particular pains to see that it was well propped up.

I was rather relieved to find it was to be the soldier, for I consoled myself with the old adage that the pen is mightier than the sword and decided it would be a worse calamity to have the church down on me than the army. Even if sleep with all these considerations had been possible, the frequent stops would have completely put it to flight, for the moment a train arrives at a station, no matter what the time of mght, the sellers of lunch boxes, hot milk, tea or tobacco begin to cry their wares, in tones that are like the wailings of lost souls, and for penetta. tion and volume unequalled by any.

The sellers of *ea at the stations will give one a small teapot filled with hot tea, and a tiny cup, all for three sen, or a cent and a hailf in American money.’ ‘ ‘

At the railroad stations during the war with Russia one was sure to see parties of wounded soldiers returning from the front; or those who were departing for the seat of war. These latter were ' always attended by a crowd of men and women, who waved small Japanese flags and gave a shout as the train moved away. This shout is really more of a screech than a good, round cheer, such as would be heard in America, for it seems as if there is some physical reason why the Japanese people cannot raise their voices without producing the most blood-curdling. sounds. The street cries are all strident and unpleasant; the commands of officers to their men tinny and rasping:ike, while Japanese singing, to a foreigner, is conducive to nervous prostration. £ w 9 * I have spoken somewhat of the external attitude of these people. Of their interior attitude of heart and mind much more might be said, especially in regard to their late war with Russia, which was going on at the time of my visit. This was something they would not talk about. Any mention of the subject was met with an adroit change of the conversation into other channels; but intense patriotism, the most supreme confidence in their ultimate success reigned in every heart. Examples of the most heroic self-sacrifice were not lacking. A Japanese mother had given her three sons to the war. The first was reported slain. She smiled and said, “It is well. I am happy.” The second lay dead upon the field. She smiled again, and said, “I am still happy.” The third gave up his life, and they said to her: “At last you weep!” “Yes!” she said, “but it is because I have no more sons to give to my beloved country!”

Now, this is all very beautiful, but as my mission in life is laughter instead of tears, I want to say that it reminds me of a little story of our country and our war—the war of the great rebellion. When, in answer to the call for troops, the blood of our noble volunteers had been poured out upon southern fields for three long years, there arose a class of men called “bounty jumpers” who, acting as substitutes for drafted men and taking a large sum of money for the job, sometimes “jumped the bounty” and disappeared instead of going to the front to serve Unole Sam. These men were subjected to a medical examination which, in the hands of un«

scrupulous physicians (who received a large fee if the man “passed”), was not always as rigorous as it should be. A doctor who was seen coming out of the examining room with a very sour face was greeted by a friend with a “Hello, Doc! What's the matter? Didn’t you pass your man?” : “Pass nothin’!”

“Why, he looked all right!”

“All right! Why he was sound as a nut; but the colonel of the regiment suggested we stand him up on a high table and make him jump to the floor, and, by Jove! if his confounded glass eye didn’t fall out and spoil the whole business!” :

While Japanese men are more and more adopting European dress, the women assume it very slowly, the men not encouraging it, seeming to prefer their womenkind in the national costume. There is reason certainly for this preference, for a Japanese woman is picturesque in her own costume, even though she may not come up to standards of western beauty. While in the borrowed plumes of other countries she is like the daw decked out in peacock feathers, that neither became him, nor made him other than he was. * * @ The working class still cling to the ancient costume and methods. To-day ladders are made of bamboo, the rungs lashed fast with rope, as they have been made for generations. The streets are watered with little carts having a row of holes at the back, and pulled by men, who fill them slowly and laboriously one bucket at a time, while the sidewalks are watered by two perforated buckets, suspended from a bamboo pole laid across the shoulders of a man, who trots in and out between the people, turning and ‘twisting until the walk is thoroughly ~sprinkled. Everything seems to be done the hardest way, and those who work, work very hard. The few men who have a horse dray never sit and drive, even when the dray is empty, but always walk ahead, dragging the patient brute along. Loads are more frequently carried on hand-carts, pulled by men, women or boys. In going up a hill three or four men will pull or pugh, intoning a sort of droning song as they work. % : 3 : . In the country districts life in i most primitive and ancient aspects may be seen. In the rice flelds men and women work side by side, their ankles bleeding from contact with the ‘stubble, wielding tools of a pattern as old as the cultivation of the grain. The evolution of the new Japan from the chrysalis of the old is an interesting study. just- now. All signs point toward the springing up of a new country, full-fledged, ready to spread its bflt&*‘fin and fly away

LOSE BLOOM EARLY

UNFORTUNATE FATE OF SOME AMERICAN CHILDREN. ,- Are Little Men and Women at a Tene ~ der Age—Boy of 14 Acts as ' “Social Secretary” for > < the Family. An amateur investigator has discovered the following instances of the way in which some American children are made ready to struggle with life. - “Think of a girl of 13,” she said, “who has been taught to believe that all her birthday means is the.gift of & beautiful pearl from her grandmother. From her very first birthday the fact has been the most important thing that has happened to mark the anniversary of her eptraice into the joys of this life. . ‘“Her grandmother was, like all her family, very rich. It occurred to her that she would like her granddaughter to have a pearl necklace that should be as fine as any that money could buy. So she hit on the idea of pre: senting the child with a superb pearl every year. o “In the meantime all the childish joy of the child’s birthday celebration has been made to lie in the acquisition of that pearl. ‘lt has for 12 ‘birthdays been the engrossing event of the'cele- ‘ bration. =

. “Just what the effect of making the material part of her string of young years the most important part it is not possible to say. To me, as a person interested in the proper training of the young, the idea seems grotesquely inappropriate. : : “Almost as singular in its exhibition of a parent’s idea of the right sort of influence for a child is the occupation of a 14-year-old boy that I know. He has been intrusted by hig family with the care of all the social duties of his mother and the other members of the family.

“He takes charge of all the cards received at the houce, sees to -it that cards are sent in return, and acts as a sort of social secretary for his sisters as well as for the other older members of the family. They are very much amused by the enthusiasm and cleverness with which he relieves them of all social responsibility. ; ‘“He is now 14, and that is an age at which seriousness may without too much emphasis be allowed to play some part in a boy’s life. Yet his parents apparently think that what he is doing is important enough to be allowed to occupy ' much of the time that should, 'in fact, be spent at his books or in some more serious way. “What he will think about when he {s 21 it is not possible to say. Perhaps he will outgrow his obsession with cardboard and stationery. But what will be the future of the 13-year-old girl who was taken to Europe last summer for her first educational tour? . “She went with her father and mother, and there was scarcely a corner:of Europe they did not visit. They traveled, indeed, more than 12,000 miles. They are: quite sure about that, for they went in a motor and they have the record of the trip.

“Those 12,000 miles ‘were so divided that the usual speed during all their journey was 40 miles an hour. What a comprehensive idea of Europe thaf girl must have got on her first educa. tional trip to Europe! How must her youthful imagination have been stirred by the sight of the strange and quaint sights she saw in those strange lands, traveling at the rate of 40 miles an hour!” : ’

Fates of English Derby Winners.

Like several of his predecessors as winners of the Derby, Persimmon has ended his days tragically. It is not long since Donovan, who won the Blue Riband for the duke of Portland in 1889, dashed into a tree while running loose in his paddock and so seriously injured his head that he had to be destroyed. Silvio broke his leg and was shot; Kingcraft, the winner of 1870, died while crossing the Atlantic, a fate which also befell Blue Gown, the hero of two years earlier. Kisber ended his days an exile in Hungary and George Frederick spent his latter days, sightless, on a Canadian farm. Hermit, the sensational winner of 41 years ago, lived to a good old age, and his skeleton, we fancy, still survives in the Royal Veterinary college, Camden Town; and the “flying Amato” lies buried in the beautiful grounds of The Durdans, Lord Rosebery’s Epsom seat. . One Definition of Critic. J “The late Edmund Clarence Sted. man, the banker-poet,” said a magazine editor, “was really a better critic than poet. He had a high opinion of the critic’s functions. Attacks on the value of criticism always angered him. He used to tell about a typical attack of this kind. He heard it at a gupper after the theater. It came from an unsuccessful actor. Mr. Stedman was replying to the toast, ‘Our American Critics! He began with the query, uttered in a ringing voice: : - “s“What is a critic?

“The unsuccessful actor, in the en. suing pause, answered from the bot. tom of the table:

“‘A man who doesn’t know a good thing when he sees it.”””

Awful Punishment of Murderers.

So late as the year 1831 the two Mavromichaelis, who slew Count Capo d’llstra, the first president of Greece, were immured within close brick walls built around them up to their chins and supplied with salted food, but no drink, until they died. Damiens, who attempted the life of King Louis XV. of France, was first barbarously tortured and then torn to pieces by wild horses. This punishment was carried out in one of the principal squares of Paris March 28, 1767. Ravaillac, who assassinated Hently IV. of France, suffered a similar fate. : Paving ‘the Way. : “I have no words to express to you my feelings for your daughter,” said the young man; “I—" .° - : “Well,” mt&n‘"‘upted the old man, “I've got to rgn down and fix the furnace. You may study the dictionary o 1 aene. 0o

TREE IN A TOWER.

Indiana Town Claims a Curiosity With. out a Duplicate in the World.

Greensburg, Ind.—This city has a curiogity that is said to have no duplicate in the world. It is a tree growing out of the top of the ccurthouse tower. There were formerly four trees, but when the courthouse (built from 1853 to 1860) was remodeled in 1887, the largest tree, then about 15 feet high, was removed, as its size was ihought to render the @wer unsafe. Two others on the south side. perished from the heat. The tree left is at the northwest corner of the tower where the reflection of the heat of the

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tower is not so intense as at the point where the two others died. - As there is a grove of soft maples growing in.the courthouse yard, the grove on the tower is supposed to have been started by the wind blowing the winged maple seeds between the crevices of the rocks where, catching root in the sediments of dust and watered by the rain, they sprouted. The trees were first noticed sprouting more than 30 years ago, and since then have been seen by and have excited the curiosity of even ‘“globe trotters,” many of whom have carried the news of it to foreigp lands. This tree is about 15 feet in height and three inches in diameter. MAY SUCCEED BRYCE.

Sir Cecil Spring-Rice Mentioned as British Envoy to United States.

Washington.—There is much speculation as to the possible successor of Mr. Bryce, when he retires as ambassador from Great Britain, and recently the name of Sir Cecil Arthur SpringRice- has been conspicuously A mentioned. - ! "

-He is now minister to Persia, where he has a very delicate position in which he is acquitting himself so well that he has earned promotion. He was once an attache at Washington,

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The Acadian Exiles.

Acadia is the original name of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick given to that country by the French who settled there in 1604. It was ceded 'to the English in 1713. During the Seven Years’ war 15,000 of the French settlers were deported by the English. because their presence was _deemed dangerous to the English colonies. They were scattered along the Atlantic coast and subjected to great hardships. Longfellow’s “Evangeline” is founded upon this pitiful incident. : Good Cycling Story. _An English country parson was one day going his nsual round of visiting, when he was ‘stopped by one of his congregation, an old farm hand, who said: “An’ hoo be yer darter this marning, yer reverend?”’ ‘“My daughtetr!” exclaimed the parson, rather surprised; ‘‘oh! she lis quite well, thank you. “What!” cried the rustic; “quite welll Why, 1 heard she had a cycle accident yesterday an’ busted her inner tubing!” b

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LESSON TEXT.—John 10;1-18. - Memory verse, 9. e -

GOLDEN TEXT.—“The good shepnerd giveth his life for the sheep.”’—John 10:11. TIME.--September, A. D. 29, at thé feast of tabernacles (John 7:2). Some commentators, however, consider that John 9:1-10: 21 took place at the feast of dedication (John 10:22) in November. The Ilatter part’ of the third year of Jesus’ public ministry. 3 TR PLACE.—Jerusalem. On tle second supposition as to time, the exact place was Solomon’s porch, on the east side of the temple. *‘Jesus with His audience might have seen the shepherds gathering their scattered flocks if they grazed out from the courts of the temple "over the neighboring hills.””—Public Commentary. PERSONS.—Probably the blind man whom Christ had just healed, some of Christ’s disciples, and some of the PhariRees, : 3

Comment and Suggestive Thought. The Twofold Parable: the Fold, the Shepherd.—Vs. 1-6. First let us try to put ourselves back among the sheepfolds of Christ’s time. How were they arranged? “The fold was 2a walled enclosure open to the sky, with a solid door, which was closely barred at night by the doorkeeper; and opened by him in the morning, when the shepherds came to claim their - sheep, which they had left in the fold the previous evening, in order to lead out to pasture.’—Century Bible. The doorkeeper, or “porter,” would know that anyone found climbing in over the wall was “a thief” (a sneak thief), ar “a robber” (a more violent rascal.) The Twofold Interpretation of the Parable.—Vs. 7-42. What double analogy did Christ draw from the ‘parable? He was the Door (v. 7) and the Shepberd (v. 11). Why did he run the risk of confusing his hearers? Because truth is so many-sided, and Christ means so much to men, that many comparisons are needed to picture it all. ! First Analogy: Christ, the Doar (vs. 7-9). How is Christ like the door of a fold? Through him alone can men enter into the peace and safety that a fold implies—safety from the ravening beasts of sin, peace in the consciousness of safety. Through the “door, too, they go out (v. 9) into the “pasture.” “What am a doo’ fo’, anyhow? Jes' to shet yo’ out, jes’ to shet ‘ yo’ in’ or to let yo’ thro’. Jesus am de tDoo’, de way into de Kingdom; an’ he am de Doo’, de way. out into life. He sho’ did say, ‘lf yo' enters in by me, yo’ shall be saved’—no evil can ' git by de Doo’ Jesus. ‘fifn’ yo’ shall go out an’ in!” Honey, dat am de freedom what he am all de time promisin’. ‘An’ yo’ shall find pasture”’ Dat am de | fullness of life what he am all de time tellin’ 'bout. When yo’ passes out an’ ‘when vo’ passes in, yo' sho' nuf has to pass right by de Mastah, and look him plum squar in de eyes.”—J: Ww. Lawrance. “Go in and out” was a phrase familiar to the -Jews. See | Deut.. 28: 6; Psa. 121: 8; Jer. 37: 4.

Why did Christ say he was the door of the sheep, rather than “of the fold?” Because Christ was thinking of his individual ‘followers, the sheep, rather than of the fold, his church. He is the door of both. e ' Who were those that came before Christ, the thieves and robbers,- whom the sheep did not hear? Not the prophets, who humbly pointed forward to ‘Christ, but the Jewish leaders of the time just before Christ, and especially the Pharisees. They ‘had laid many heavy burdens upon the people, who had been compelled to obey the severe requirements of formal religion, but their hearts never yielded to these falge leaders, “the sheep did not hear them.” : » -

S;c'ond Analogy: Christ, the Shepherd (vs. 10-18, 22-30.) As- opposed to the Pharisees’ wrong way of enter-

ing the Kingdom, Christ was: the Door; but as opposed to the character of the Pharisees, he was the Shepherd. “As mediator between God and man, be is the Door; as prophet or teacher, he is the Good Shepherd.”— James M. Macdonald, D. D. This is 8 frequent metaphor of the Old %estament, applied to God and to od’s honored servants (Num. 27: 15-21; Psa. 23; 80: 1; lsa. 40: 11; Jer. 23: 1-4; Fzek. 34: 11-16; Zech. 11: 4-17.) Homer often speaks of his kings and

leaders as shepherds; see also Plato’s Republic, Book I “The- figure has impressed itself deeply on the mind of Christendom, and is conspicuous {n the art and literature of the churches. It is still the emblem of the Christian ministry, from'the office of the bishop, with his pastoral staff, to that of the village preacher, who is known as - pastor.”—Century Bible. “This is the favorite and most touching figure in the Catacombs. It seems to inspire the early Christian painters with delightful - skill. e How was Christ like a shepherd? In (1) his care of men (vs. 10-13), in| (2) his knowledge of men (Vs. 14, 16), in (3) the breadth of his love for men (v. 16), in (4) the eagerness of men’s love for him (v. 27), in (5) .his divine commission to care for men (vs. 15, 17, 18, 26, 29.) ' . Two Kinds eof Hearers (Vs 1921, 31-42.) Christ’'s words, like a twoedged sword, always divided his hearers into two classes: those that mocked at him or raged agalmst bim, and those that went away thoughtful and impressed if mot convinced. 1t the last half of the chapter is to be referred to the same occasion as the first half (see “Time”), the first set of hearers even tried to stone Christ for his claim Ig unity with God: This stoning for blasphemy Wwas prescribed in Lev. 24: 16, and the Jews had attempted it only two months before. In which class of hearers are you?

Curious Cyclone In Japan. 1 In a bulletin printed in Japan Pref. Omori reports a regular phenomenon which attended the passage of a cyclone near Tokio. There was a tilting of the earth’s surface in one direction as the storm approached and in the other direction after it had gone. Both movements, registered at the professor’s- seismological observatory, indicated a sinking of the earth where the atmospheric pressure was lowest The expert accounts for it by supposing that suction at the storm center raised the level of the adjacent ‘burden on the bottom of the ocean.

CONSCIENCE HAD SLEPT LONG.

Puriociner of Cake of Soap Makes Restitution After Twenty Years.

Imagine a conscience that would gpan 20 years and drive a man to re‘member a theft of a cake of soap. THhat there is such a conscience, however, is proved by the receipt a few weeks ago of two cakes of soap by a storekeeper in a little town in Minnesota. . Twenty years ago this mam, Edward Hamilton, had a small store in St. Paul. In front of his establishment he had a showcase in which he displayed several large cakes of soap of special make. One morning he found the ‘glass broken open and one of the- cakes of soap missing. The theft was so small that &he matter was never reported, and Hamilton had forgotten it, till heéfeceived a letter from the thief, which read: : “Dear Sir: I send you two cakes of soap in payment for one I took from your showcase in St. Paul many years ago. I recently saw your advertisement in a country paper and learned of the change of your place of busiress. I regret deeply having taken the soap, and trust that this which I send will satisfactorily take its place.”— Sunday Magazine. :

WORKS FOR CIVIC PRIDE,

‘Excellent Scheme Devised by Mer chants of Western City. ' A new scheme for arousing local pride is being worked in an enterprising western city. The plan in brief is, instead of attempting to vitalize the civic spirit of the whole community, to organize clubs in different localities and to clean up and light up certain sections, without regard, to what may be done elsewhere. For instance, a club is organized in a single block, and merchants on each side of the street are persuaded to join. If ‘it is desired to make the block brilliant with light at night an investigation is had to see how it can be done, how much it will cost and what it is worth. The plan has worked s 0 successfully that organizations are springing up all over the same city to devote their attention to cleaning or lighting a certain restrgcted territory. It is much easier to secure co-opera-tion between 20 merchants than between 200, and the influence of the few spreads in a widening circle.— Baltimore News. : : LANGUID AND WEAK. A Condition Common with Kidney . Trouble and Backache. : Mrs. Marie Sipfle, 416 Miller St.; ‘Helena, Mont., says: ‘“Three years ago my back grew weak vk and lame and I B could not stoop N without. a sharp Igy‘ pain. -It was just 7 : as bad when Itried . to get up from a eSB ° chair. I was lanB 3 guid and listless e and had much pain and trouble with the kidney secretions. This was my state when I began withDoan’s Kidney Pills. They helped me from the first, and four boxes made a complete, lasting cure.”

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Class Favoritism.

“The Indian appropriation bill puts an end to the relations of the five tribes, I notice,” remarked -Reeder, looking up from his paper. ; ' “Humph!” growled Grump, whose wife’s cousin is making a protracted visit at his home. “I wish we were Indians.”—Kansas City Times.

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