Ligonier Banner., Volume 43, Number 32, Ligonier, Noble County, 29 October 1908 — Page 7

THE SPECTRUM PAGE | )7 By RICHARD B SHELTON , |

(Copyright, by Shortstory Pub. Co.)

Probably a third of the people of the civilized world know of the existence of the great glass company, one of the wealthiest of corporations, and at least a third more have seen in shop windows in all parts of the globe glassware of every description, clear as crystal or most perfectly colored, and annealed by a wonderful process, which renders it so tough that an ordinary blow has no effect ‘wpon it. 1 It is the Allglass Company which has revolutionized the art, and which came into existence through a strange chance. For yvears glassware had been John Temple’s hobby. His house was filled with the choicest gleanings of many lands. His uncle, whose name he bore, had left him enough of a fortune to devote his time to such things, and he followed his bent with a zeal sufficiently below mania to be termed genuine enthusiasm. During his days of collecting, two points ~were brought forcibly to his attention. He' could procure glasses of the most beautiful tints, but at a price -which made them beyond the reach of people in' ordinary circurhstances. Again, when he had procured a treasure, it must be kept in a case or handled with care lest some chance slip might prove its destruction. To overcome these two things—to make a glass of perfect coloring and at the same time one which would be tough enough to be serviceable—Temple bent all his energies. That it could be done he was positive, but ten good years of his life, spent for the most part in an ill-smelling laboratory, netted but scant results. He had, however, made some advancement, and his determination to accomplish his end was no whit lessened. ; One afternoon in March, after weeks of dishearfening work, he had discovered a process by which perfect amber tints could be obtained at a nominal sum. It was three o’clock*when he finished work and locked the laboratory. -It was Temple’s custom after hours of concentration to walk down town, pausing now and then to peer into shop windows, that the trifling interest he found there might relieve the strain of the preceding hours. : It was a windy afternoon and heavy clouds hung the sky. He. walked briskly, for the air was chilly, and it was not until he was well down town that he paused before the windows of a second-hand bookshop. Within was a miscellaneous collection of boaks in a more or less battered condition—volumes of encyclopaedias, Dickens, Thackeray and textbooks—and, strewn ‘about, paper-covered novels with suggestive titles and more suggestive sub-titles. In the center of the window was a huge family Bible, opened, Ihe text of Matthew on the right-hand page, and on the left a blank page of the “Family Record.” As he stood there, the sun broke through the clouds A moment later he was staring through the window with wondering eyes. On the page of the “Family Record,” indistinct at the beginning, but growing clearer as he read down the page, were these words, written in a cramped, but painstaking hand: :

—this method of annealing gives a toughness which will resist any ordinary shock. It is, moreover, if practiced on a large scale, cheaper than any known method, and for— | The remaining words were quite illegibile. The rest of the page was seemingly a blank. He read and re-read the words and then rushed into the shop. = “Let me see the Bible in the window,” he said to the clerk, with as much nonchalance as he could muster. " When the book was handed to him, ‘Temple turned at once to the last page of the “Family Record.” It was perfectly blank. He scanned the preceding pages and searched - through ‘those headed “Marriages” - and “Births.” He found merely a few conventional entries in faded ink. “Overwork,” he thought to himself, as he went up the street, yet when he remembered every detail of the writing the explanation was far from satisfactory.

Two days later he stood again before the window. It was, perhaps, an hour later in the day than his previous visit. The sun shone from a <loudless sky. There were the battered books and the novels, and there was the Bible. It was with a queer thrill that he turned his eyes to the record page. He could scarcely believe his sight. In the same cramped hand he read these words: —practiced on a large scale, cheaper than any known method, and for years .1 sought to put this knowledge in the proper hands. I distrust D. C., which makes it—

The words began a little lower on the page than before. There was the same indistinctness at the beginning and end. Again Temple sought the shop and asked to see the Bible, and again the page was blank. He went outside and waited until the Bible was replaced in the window. The writing was the same, save that the words “impossible for me to” appeared at the end. He walked up the street and back again. When he stood once more before the window the sun had set. The page was again blank.

Far int¢ the night Temple sat before his fire trying to solve the mystery. Had he .called up, in his concentration, some psychic force? It would have seemed plausible, had he been possessed of any faith in such things. Yet, no better explanation presenting itself to his mind, he went to bed more disturbed than he had ever been in his life. = Many times after that he went to -the bookshop. Always, when the sun ‘shone, he read portions. of that cramped handwriting. Sometimes it was the same text—sométimes new, and once words appeared on the margin of the first chapters of Matthew. He noticed that the position of the

its humbler neighbor, and this additional four feet had been utilized for an extra side to the show-window. The store next door was occupied by a drug firm and in the corner of the window nearest the book shop was a huge glass globe of red liquid. By careful measurements, Temple found that where the red light came filtering through the globe and fell on the record page of the Bible the handwriting became visible. He could have shouted with joy at his deductions. The rest was plain enough then. . Once more he asked to see the Bible and inquired’ its price. “We ask $4.75,” said the clérk, tentatively, “its age—" . Temple listened as patiently as possible, handed out a five-dollar note and had to be called back for his change as he hurried from the shop with his possession to hail a cab. On the way up town he stopped at a photographic

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supply store and purchased a ruby lantern. Then he sped anxiously homeward. He took the Bible and lantern into a dark room and turned the red light upon the “Family Record.” Instantly the pages and the margins through several chapters of Matthew teemed with that handwriting he knew ‘so well. And this is, in part, what he read: . ‘ September 3, 1856. My Dear Son: I write this at the house of David Clapp, who has advanced the capital for my experiments. -I am sick— I fear with mortal illness. I write this that you may share with me the.knowledge that my experiments have been a complete success and that by sharing it (the knowledge is yours and mine alone), you may have the upper hand of this man Clapp, whom I have good cause to believe has no intention of keeping faith with me. He has made several moves which have shown his low motives of greed. 1 cafl plainly see it is his one aim to find out the secret of the process and then to turn all the profits to’ his own uses. I shall write down all the data for you to-day on these pages and destroy all other ‘papers. This to guard against Clapp, who, I believe, has no scruples so long as he can accomplish his end. I write this in a spectrum ink visible only in a red light. If you return from your journey abroad before I pass away, I can tell you in person. If not, I can only trust your quick wit to fathom my meaning in these phrases in the note I leave you, “Let your light be in the Bible —Matthew 1:13 especially. See that it is read.” I trust when you read them your mind will turn to the time when, a little boy in my laboratory, you were content for hours with the little piece of cardboard and the bit of red glass which made the letters come and go at-your will. God keep you, my boy! Ma:g you reap the harvest of your father’s life work.

Then followed a complete description of a process for making, coloring and annealing glass, which is jealously guarded by John Temple, treasurer of the Allglass Company. How the son failed to fathom the hidden meaning of his father’s note—if he ever received it—is still a mystery, for to this day the man who discovered the process is unknown.

Might Have Saved Us. The devil is cunning and wily, Assuming the guise for the place. Now, if he had been a sea serpent Eve wouldn't have fallen from grace And brought such assortment of troubles Upon her unfortunate race. : For what could a sea serpent offer To make such a sacrifice cheap? What lure and temptation attractive To justify payment so steep, Excepting an intimate knowledge ‘Of all that pertains to the deep? Such knowledge -Eve wouldn’'t have - wanted - Her glories and plegsures to dim; Perpetual ignorance, rather, Her cup would have filled to the brim; She would have wished summers unending - i : . With Adam to teach her to swim. —McLandburgh Wilson, in New Yark Herald. : o

Mixed Stocks in Trade. The complex functions of drug stores have long ceased to be novel. Persons go into drug stores ready to ask for almost anything and confident that they will be served. One druggist who has a store up near Columbia university says his stock of crackers is one of the most profitable investments, because students seem to pré fer to go to him rather than to a grocer, although' they pay more for crackers to him. " But when cigar stores go outside the line of tobacco, pipes, cigars and smokables generally, it still seems a little odd. Some cigar .stores have taken on a side line of watches, which is about as odd a thirg as a store of the kind might be expected to do. e e S AT Woman Fond of Adventure. - Mrs. Emma Barry of San Francisco has just returned from a trip to the arctic circle, daring which, it is as serted, she went farther north thgn any other white woman. She accomnpanied her husband prospecting for gold, and after she lays in certain sup plies she will rejoin him in Alasha, T g esg e B Al

HARRY A GARFIELD

SON OF MARTYRED PRESIDENT HEADS WILLIAMS COLLEGE.

Installed as Successor of Recently Deceased Prof. Henry Hopkins— Turned from Law and Poli- ‘ tics to Teaching.

. Boston.—For the exercises attending the induction into office of Harry Augustus Garfield as president of Williams college, which took place a few days ago, the pleasant little town of Williamstown, in western Massachusetts, entertained the largest crowd in its history. Presidents of nearly four-score universities or colleges and a great number of prominent educators, clergmen and statesmen, as well as the alumni generally were present. ; Williams college has become famous through two great names, Hopkins and Garfield, in its 117 years of activity. Mark Hopkins, who was pregident of the college for 36 years, was one of the most forceful and renowned of modern educators. James A. Garfield, the president of the United States, who was shot by an assassin, was a graduate of Williams and sent his four sons to._the college. Harry Augustus Garfield is the oldest son, the others graduated being Jan}es Rudolph Garfield, the secretaryr of the interior; Irvin McDowell Garfield and Abram Garfield. ‘ " ; Until James A. Garfield became a candidate for the presidency, Williams, though well known in New England, was hardly known nationally. Opened as a school of higher learning in 1791, it was for many decades a modest institution, obscured among New England colleges by the fame of Harvard and Yale, but winning notice from the educational world by its graduates and especially by its life under Mark Hopkins as president. The attention brought to it by Garfield’s noeination for president, his election and his

e ::-‘.e;:r‘:\ % iy Y N : l- V. . R, } e - N i f: 'y g ;*‘e \f,' miee . % 3 :" N . 7 . il AT - A Wy Y ST T e ~ = [LI 3 % , l '.:_g.’\‘ \ it : A - , Harry A. Garfield. ‘ragic death, identified the college in the popular mind with the assassinated president henceforth. : Harry Augustus Garfield succeeds President Henry Hopkins, who died a month ago. Graduated from Williams 23 years ago, Mr. Garfield is now 45 years old. G Born in Hiram, 0., Harry Augustus Garfield returned to his native state as soon as his 'legal education was finished. After his graduation from Williams he was master for one year of St. Paul's school, Concord, N. H., where he was prepared for college, then he studied law for a year in Columbia law school and in the office of Bangs, Stetson, Tracey & MacVeagh. The following year he continued his law studies at the Inns of Court, in London, and at Oxford university, devoting much attention to the courses in political science. Upon his return to the United States in the spring of 1888 he was admitted to the bar in Ohio.

In June, 1888, he married Miss Belle H. Mason of Cleveland, daughter of a leading railroad lawyer. After his marriage he formed a partnership with his brother James and began the practice| of law in Cleveland. They soon developed a large practice. Harry Garfield took a keen interest in politics and was the organizer of the Municipal association, which defeated and broke up the notorious MecKisson gang, then controlling city politics. Until 1903 Harry Garfield served this assoc‘iv?.tion. as president and in 1898 he was president also of the Cleveland chamber of comimerce.

In 1903 he retired from the practice of law to accept the chair of politics at Princeton university. Here he made a record for learning and ability by his lectures on colonial government and government by party. ; The selection of Mr. Garfield for the presideney of Williams college is another example of the tendency of New England institutions of learning to select for| their heads men of a different type from the college presidents of former years, Wh(l were uniformly clergymen, of little or no expeérience with the world outside of college walls. President Eliot of Harvard was a chemist, President Hadley of Yale was an economist and President Luther of Trinity college (Hartford) was a mathematician. Outside of New England the tendency has been more pronounced. .The college draws students from every state in the union, as well as from several foreign countries. Alumni associations of the college are to be found in all the large cities of the United States. Williams has ﬁen called “the cradle of foreign missions,” and its name is mentioned with the spread of the missionary movement.

A Sign of Success. “She’s certain to be a big hit on the stage this year.” “Why she was a flat failure last year.” : : “l know, but she's going to wear a directoire gown and do a Salome dance this season and can't fail’— Detroit Free Press. ' Not Worth Repeating. : Kind Lady—But that isn’'t the same story you told me the last time you were here. Rt The Hobo—'Course it ain't. Youse didn’t berleeve de odder one.—Chicago Daily News. ‘ L

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BIG EASTERN COLLEGES ‘ SEEKING QUARTER BACKS All Teams, Sra-ve Princeton, Find It Hard Work to Secure Suitable Men for Position.

It is the quartei~back question that is worrying the .coaches at the big colleges. Barring Princeton, all the members of the big five are up against a serlous proposition regarding the most important position on the team. The Tigers have Capt. Eddie Dillon, who Is one of the greatest quarterbacks in the country. Unless the unexpected happens Dillon will easily be premier quarter-back of the season. Yale loses “Tad” Jones, the regular quarter, and also Dines, the first substitute for the position. Who will play the position is a mystery. Already the blues have tried several men. :

Hopkins, of last year’s freshman team, and Bingham, second substitute on the 1907 ’varsity, are likely candidates. There is, however, a strong possibility* that either Wheaton or Philbin may be moved into the all-im-portant position. These players both played half-back last year. Wheaton seems the most likely candidate. The coaches are desirous of having Wheaton on the team on account of his excellent drop-kicking ability. If possible, therefore, he will be broken in. Harvard, like Yale, has lost its 1907 quarter-back, and also its principal substitutes. Newhall played the position, and although he was not such a brilliant player as Jones, Harvard will feel his loss even more than the Blues will note the absence of Jones. Three men are standing out prominently as the most valuable candidates for the position at Cambridge. There is not much to choose between them, as all are of fair ’'varsity caliber. G. G. Brown, Cutler and Sprague are the players, and each is being thoroughly tried out by Coach Daly. Although Cornell and Pennsylvania both have veteran quarter-backs on hand, each university has to face the problem that is confronting Yale and Harvard. Keinath is the regular quar-ter-back of the Pennsylvania aggregation, but the coaches in Philadelphia are either dissatisfied with his work or are afraid that he will not be able to last out the season. s Gardiner and Caldwell were at the all-important position on the Cornell team last year, and both are back this fall. Neither 1s particularly brilliant, and some one may cut them out before the season is over. Another quarterback who will not be seen this year is young Mount Pleasant, the star of the Carlisle eleven of last fall. It is hard to get a good guarter-back these days. The position has changed 80 much that the man chosen must have more attributes than any other player on the team. He is virtually a half-back, and so must be heavy and strong, besides being quick and active and the general mainstay of the team.

FOOTBALL NOTES - Yale and Princeton paid Joe Pendleton a well-deserved compliment when they chose him to referee their annual game. Since he was graduated from Bowdoin college in 1890 he Ras had first the experience in the ﬁor and major school games, inclu those at Andover, Exeter, Groton, and St. Marks, -college freshmen games, games for Dartmouth, Brown, Amherst and Williams, and latterly important late-season games at Harvard and Princeton. November 14 will bring him his first experienceé as a referee of a championship game between two members of the “big four,” but it is safe ‘to predict it will not be his last. :

Jack Minds, who will umpire the Yale-Princeton game, was one of the greatest halfbacks University of Penn-} sylvania ever had. Incidentally the selection of Min&s is an indication of better feeling between the three col-i leges, as Yale and Princeton hereto-l fore never have had officials from Pennsylvania. ‘ | Glenn Warner is working out three elevens at Carlisle. He handles the first team himself; Johnson, the brilMant quarterback of several seasons ‘ago, has the second team, and Exendine, last year’s captain, is in charge of the third squad. , Columbia will again have interclass football, but will remain out of the game as far as intercollegiate contests are concerned. i

CLOSE RACE FOR PENNANT IN THE MINOR LEAGUES Strenuous Champlonship Fights in Many Organizations—Some of the Final Standings.

The National and American leagues were not the only organizations in which the race for the pennants was not settled until the final games. In the Southern league the Nashville and New Orleans clubs decided the championship on the result of the final match, Nashville winning by a shutout. In the Western league the concluding game between Sioux City and Omaha decided the championship in favor of Sioux City, a home run by “Ducky” Holmes winning the contest. In the American association the championship was decided by the result of the games played two days before the.-end of the season, Indianapolis beating out Louisville. 5 In the Eastern league the Providence team was beaten out for the pennant by a margin of 12 points by the Baltimore nine, the last week’s play deciding the championship. In the Connecticut league Springfield beat Hartford by five points. In the Three “I” league the Springfield team won by a margin of four points by beating Decatur, its nearest opponent, four straight games in the final games of the season.

The final standing in some of the leagues in which there were unusually close finishes this year will be found appended: SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Clubs. . Won. Lost. Per ct. Nashviltlé sib i .1 .56 573 New: Orleans Lo 10 67 571 Momphile .. vl iiiarebyesila 62 .540 MONEOMELY . (iiviivissoise:bB 65 511 Mobhlle o Sise s iabl 67 .500 AtRRtE Y Ai B 72 457 Lfttle Roek 0002 76 .449 Birmingham ................53 82 .393 WESTERN LEAGUE. o Sioux Oy (i 088 o 7 .607 OMaha oo oo iBO 59 .593 Blneoln o Diiai ilB 3 008 DIENVEE . (sivci winsianseneev il 74 A 9 Pueblo st il 88 79 440 Des Molnes .....i.cvsveves. .52 94 368 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Indianapolis .....c0pu0e.i2..92 61 .601 Loulswile: . o 88 - 66 .576 Columbuti: . v 0nt5.050 68 .568 Toledo 1 aBl 72 - .b3O MinneapoliS ......eeve.ceesdT 7 .500 Mllwaykee .....oieiioai. 001 83 .461 KanSas CHY 0 0010 83 .456 St Paul .. r 0018 104 .316 | EASTERN LEAGUE. BRILINOTE oo vt siiviesisBB 57 .593. Providetiee oo viiiieii 9 57 .581 INOWREE ol e ovi 509 58 ST ROITRIN o be AD 65 .536 I Montobl 0o 6 % .461 ROPONED §i i atanesiaee 09 79 .428 cJerNey Oty (ilii . o 0008 79 .423 Rochester ..iiiiii.ino.::oo 82. 401 : CONNECTICUT LEAGUE. Springfield v .iovviiineee. 84 41 .672 FIAPLIOPE i ius ol iiivasivene sDA 42 667 INOW HBYON o cei. iiene 0 63 .500 ‘New Beritadn ... ..cc0i00..61 64 :488 FHolgvoke‘ iBO RS .476 LBElARepott L iiiiiiiciiiai.ob 71 .437 MOHAES oo e ge Waterßury: ol i i vty 8 .333 : THREE I LEAGUE. . % HOringßelo .0o it 08 54 .603 FDBCATAE & 00l iis i e skl 59 .62 Cedar Rapids ....i.....,. .0 63 .523 PEOTIR 5y ii-s i iis cnrenineniDß 67 .496 LENIDUAHB i v BT 69 .493 Bloomilnßton .....i...0....04 73 .467 Rock - Istand s ioii 08 76 437 CHRTON (i v i 00 78 - 414 ’ CENTRAL ASSOCIATION. WHLETIOOO W iciin: vivaiveasens:BB 37 .04 BPHNgIOR. i (i 3 41 .670 IneY o T 55 .570 Wookule i 0 0 v 8 e 451 Jacksonville «.....cecioeeoo.o6 69 .448 ORKaIOOBA (5. .0 oeanibl 7% . .405 Kewanee oL ii. oo i 548 -18 o OLTOIWR iAI 80 375 WESTERN ASSOCIATION. i Topekß oBT R - 667 WIOhIE v e ciiiaiiansi 8L 60 - .619 Oklahoma CItY ..o 11 b 4 .588 SODHE &OUi e i es 0C 63 515 Hutchinion /(i i .08 . 66 .489% Webb CItY .6 oean G 2 68 ol 48R Springfleld ...........c.m00..467 81 .362 W S i RA i e 9% .268

Leading Batters in Big Leagues. Honus Wagner, the Flying Dutchman of the Pittsburg club, has carried off the batting honors again in the National league this year. This is the third year in succession that Honus has led the major league in hitting. He took part in 148 games and clouted the ball so hard that be secured a percentage of .362. Mike Donlin, captain of the Giants, who tried hard to supplant Wagner as the star swatter of the league, finished second, his percentage being .327. “Kitty” Bransgfield, the first baseman of the Philadelphia club, is third on the list with a percentage of .309. Ira Thomas, the utility catcher of the Detroit team, leads the American league in hitting with a percentage of .327. “Ty” Cobb, of the same club, is second with .336.1‘ Johnny Poe, Princeton, 1895, wi helping out the Tiger coaches, as is also Capt. H. L. Dillon of the 190;1 Ql«.V‘n- S i 5y A r el 3% : ,

ONCE A CRIME TO GIVE ALMS. Ancient Code of European Law Pre vided Severe Punishment. . — ~ The secretary of the London Mendicity society reports that street begging is on the increase. He has statistics to prove his words, of course. But surely every man who has a penny to spare must have read or heard by this time that he really does a fellow-creature an ill-service when he gives it to him for the asking, says the Pall Mall Gazette. ; It is interesting to recall that; a code of European law in force for centuries did actually make almsgiving a crime, always punished severely —with death in certain cases. But this was 1,000 years ago, before the dawn of our happy civilization. It must be confessed, however, that there was an appearance of common sense about the famous Grajas code, which - ruled Norway, Iceland and much of England, doubtless, in its time. :

It began by laying down strict rules to make each family support its own indigent members, or to show sufficient cause for the failure. This is the essential principle of a sound system of poor relief, which we have suffered to lapse under the direction of progress. Having thus provided for the respectable class of paupers, as it may be put briefly, the legislator could deal firmly with roving mendicants and their abettors. And he did.. It is worth while to observe, however, that the family pauper had a guardian or trustee, l%iwpointed by the district council, who was responsible for his decent subsistence; if this man did not fulfill his duty or tried to escape it, he incurred the terrible penalty called exclusion—confinement in his house for three years; anyone who found him outside was free to Kill him.

They stood no nonsense in those days. <An able-bodied person who begged was outlawed—equivalent to a sentence of death. Anyone proved to have been wandering for 15 days without visible means of subsistence .was held to be a beggar, “within the meaning of the act,” and treated accordingly. But the clause which most interested us was that which decreed that any man, whatever his station, who gave money, or money’s worth, to a vagrant, at the district assembly, or on his way thither, should be punished with exclusion. The crime of almsgiving was well understood in those days. Perhaps I should .add that the Grajas code was officially promulgated in 1116. But it had been in force, as the premable declares, for centuries.

s The ldeal Diet. : Too much food is as bad as too little and occasions a waste of energy and strength in the body as well as a waste of nutritive material, says a writer in ‘“What to Eat.” While in the case of some foods as purchased, notably meats, some waste is unavoidable, the pecuniary loss can be diminished, both by buying ‘those kinds in which there is the least waste, and by utilizing more carefully than is ordinarily done, portidns of what is usually classed as refuse. Much of the waste may be avoided by careful planning so .as to provide a comfortable and appetizing meal in' sufficient amount, but without excess. If strict economy is necessary, the dearer cuts of meats and the more expensive fruits and vegetables should be avoided. With reasonable care in cooking and serving, a pleasing and varied diet can be furnished at moderate cost. It should not be forgotten that dearness of a food material depends not only on its market price, but also on the cost of its digestible nutrients. It should alwadys be remembered that “the ideal diet is that combination of foods which, while imposing the least burden on the body, supplies it with exactly sufficient material to. meet its wants.”

Animals at New York Zoo., In the total number of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians (4,034), on exhibition, the New York Zoological park stands to-day at the head of all the zoological parks and gardens of the world. Berlin comes next, with a total of 3,149. The area of the New York Zoological park in land and water embraces 264 acres. Of walks and roads there are about eight miles, and of fences 10% miles. The maintenance force of the park, constantly on duty, embraces 141 persons. The number of vistors in 1907 was 1,273, 046—nearly one-third of the entire population of the metropolis of the American continent. Of this number it is estimated that a quarter of a million visitors were from outside of New York city.

Origin of the “Black Hand.” There was a historical foundation for the name “black hand,” according to Everybody's. Back in Inquisition days in Spain there was La Mano Nera, a secret society which fought the government and the church. It passed, and the secret societies of gouthern Italy were its heirs. Twenty years or more ago a false report was raised in Spain that La Mano Nera had been revived. The story lingered in the brain of a Herald reporter, and one fine day he attempted to rejuvenate waning interest in ‘a puzzling Italian murder case by speculating as to the coming to life of the ‘“black hand” among Latin immigrants in Ameriea. The other newspapers seized on the idea eagerly and kept it gorng.

pis T ‘The Aztec Calendar. . The Aztecs of Mexico had a calenldar of their own and one copy is engraved in stone and now preserved iin'_ the National Museum of Mexico. Fifty-two years constituted .a cycle with the Aztecs. Each year had 365 days. There were 1 months of 20 days each and five additional days ‘that were considered very unlucky, and were devoted to humaﬁacr‘iﬁco. The month was divided o four ‘weeks of five days each. The days were such names as “Rain,” “Monkey” and “Small Bird,” and each day of the month had a name. Whole phrases were used for the names of some months. AL - ~ : . 5 e et et A S A Pullman Peril. : “Grubber attracts a great deal of _attention when he travels.” : Toe Hew koY . "Hé snores.” T

ABSALOM REBELS AGAINST DAVID

LESSON TEXT.—2 Samuel 15:1-12 Memory verse 56. = GOLDEN TEXT.—“Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upéon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”—Exodus 20:12. TIME.—The exact time is uncertain. The following dates are as exact as ean well be obtained: David begins to reign at age of 30, B. C. 1063-1012. David's sin and repertance, B. C. 1042-991. Amnon’s. crime, one year later, B. C. 1041-990. Absalom kills his brother, two years later, B. C. 1039-988. Absalom’s exile, three years, B. C. 1038-985. Absalom two years {n' Jerusalem, B. C. 1034-983. Absalom’s plotting, thl;ﬁe or four years, B. C. 1030979. Death David, B. C. 1023-972. PLACE.—(I) Jerusalem, the capital and home of David. (2) Hebron, the oldest town of Palestine, 20 miles south of Jerusalem, where Absalom began his open rebellion. - s DAVID.—About 62 or 63 years old, in the thirty-second year of his reign. SOLOMON.—Probably eight or nine years old. - DAVID'S 'COUNSELORS. — (1> The prophet Nathan, who was also one of David’'s biographers (1 Chron. 29:29). (2) Ahithophel, the grandfather of Bathsheba, and a man of marvelous sagacity, whose -advice was like ‘the oracles of God” (2 Sam. 16:23). (3) Hushai, a wise friend. of David. . Comment and Suggestive Thought. - The Young Man Absalom.—Absalom was the,son of Maacah, a princess, the daughtér of Talmai, king of Geshur, a region northeast of the Sea of Gali lee in the foothills of the Lebanon mountains. He was born soon -after David became king of Israel, and hence was between 25 and 30 years old at the time of his rebellioft . His Inheritance. Being the descendant of kings in both lines of descent, of distinguished appearance and princely manners, Absalom inherited “all the handsomeness, manly bearing, and beauty of his father’s handsome and manly house. The sacred writer expatiates with evident relish upon Absalom’s extraordinary beauty. In all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty. From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.. And the hair of his head is a proverb to this day.” '——Alexander Whyte. . | But this was not all he inherited. Frem his mother he inherited all that a eorrupt court and heathen tendencies and environment had impressed -upon her nature. From his father he inherited a great mind, a strong will, a large nature, strong passions, but al--80 & power of self-control, an enlightened conscience, a religious nature, .and all that the training of his Bethlehem home could impress upon . his character. . £ Conditions Favorable to a Change of Government.= 1, It was a time of general peace throughout the wide éml,pire. For all restless, warlike spirits an opportunity was given for internal dissension, fault-finding, and opposition. .

2. There was a growing dissatisfaction with the king. The business of the law courts, over which the king himself presided, had become too vast to be attended to by one man. Appeals. from inferior judges and cases brought directly before the king could not all receive a fair hearing. : 3. David was very busy. preparing materials and gatbering money for a future temple. Nothing was visibly accomplished, yet the taxes were high. 4. David would naturally at his age be less active, ress in- the people’s eye, doing less for the outward glory of the kingdom. ; \ 5. It is possible that the events described in the last chapter of 2 Samuel took place before this time. The enrollment would be unpopular. The plague that followed would intensify the discontent. 6. In this case David was near the end of life, and Absalom would try not so much to take his father’s kingdom from him, as to idsure that he himself should be the successor. V. 1. “Prepared him chariots and horses and 50 men to run before him.” The orientals are very fond of: such display. Dr. Trumbull says when his little party started from Cairo for the pyramids a handsome young “Sais” bedecked with scarléet and blue and green and gold ran before them at the top of his speed, calling out for a elear path among the camels and donkeys and foot passengers.—Oriental Social Life, p. 215. Sy V. 2. “Absalom rose up early” to be on hand when the people came to present their cases to the king. Business in the east is held early, ,in order to escape the heat of the day. They retired early, for modern lights were not in their houses for evening work. Kings therefore held courts in (se early morning. “Beside the way of the gate.” There was usually an open market place near the gates for business and:public meetings. ‘We should Inquire. of our own hearts whether we are grateful to God. for all his benefits to ,us, and whether we are showing our gratitude by our lives. : = ; The story of King Lear is a commentary ‘on ingratitude, : V. 7. “And it came to pass after 40 years.” Some think this number is counted from the beginning of David’s reign, but most regard it as a transcriber’s error for four, a mistake easily made when numbers were designated by letters often very similar. The R. V. margin says: “Some ancient authorities read ‘four years.’” So does Josephys. “Let me go and pay my vow, . . . in Hebron.” A place conveniently distant for his purpose, and at the beginning of David’s reign the capital of Judea. . . . Far worse than ingratitude of man is ingratitude of children to parents,

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