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CHURCH'S HALL OF
FAME.
WHEN NIAGARA RUNS DRY.
International Bible Lesson for
June 13, '09 (Heb. ti: i-4o)-
Every natlor.
has Its hnll of
fame. On the
walls of Its Val
halla the names
of the Immortals
are Inscribed,
like the Panthe
on, built by Louis
I. of Uavarla,
which was conse
crated to all Ger
mans who hare
become renown
ed In war, states
manship, liter
ature, science, or art.
Roll of the Departed.
And It Is significant that these great
men are all dead men. The world
has a universal habit of finding out
that It has been entertaining ancU
unawares. Blessings brighten as they
take their flight. The Washington
monument erected among the sky
scrapers of New Tork would not at
tract so much attention as It doas
standing out solitary and alone on ths
banks of the Potomac. We are too
near the men of the present to proper
ly estimate their proportions. Some
of them are much bigger than they
appear, and some of them will shrink
mightily when we get the proper per
spective. It is quite likely that the
neighbors of Abraham thought hiui a
deluded, addle-brained visionary when
he gave up his pleasant home lu Ur
of the Chaldees, and started out on a
wild goose errand to a land that he
expected to receive for an Inherit
ance, and we know that even Moses,
the greatest statesman of the ages
was criticised by his brother and sis
ter, and that the common rabble of
the street took up stones to pelt him.
We have frowns, and criticism, and
abuse and mud for our living leaders,
but fragrant flowers for their cof!ln3,
and soaring monuments for their
graves.
Have to Die to Be Appreciated.
People have to die to be appreciat
ed. Joan of Arc was burned at the
stake aa a vile heretic, but she has
recently been beatified by the Pope.
The flames did not harm her great
spirit, and the beatification will not
add any lustre to her glory. The inci
dent only serves to point this moral
and adorn this tale. There were
thousands of men who abused Abra
ham Lincoln. They never could speak
of him without a sneer. He was a
"railsplltter,- a black republican, an
uncouth Interloper. He was abused
by the newspapers, caricatured on the
platform, denounced by the politi
cians. The waves of assault rolled up
to bis feet from the south, and dasbeJ t
over his head from the north, asJ
they never ceased to roll over hira
till his gentle heart broke In death.
Dut 40 years after his assassination
Columbia carves his name in her ten
pie of fame side by side with Wash
ington, and the whole country, yea.
the whole civilized world uncovers
and bends the knee at the grave of
Abraham Lincoln.
A Matchless Pantheon.
The Hebrew pecple have their hall
of fame. It Is fcund In the eleventh
chapter of the book of Hebrews, writ
ten very likely by Apollos, a lover of
bis race. He goes Into that matchless
Pantheon, and beginning with Abe!,
the first martyr, he writes upon tho
jages of an imperishable book the
names of the heroes of faith for 4,000
jear3. The nations visit that sacred
edifice and read the deathless names.
Abel, Enoch, Noah. Abraham, l3aic.
Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Barak, Samson,
Jepthae, David. Samuel, the Prophets,
a cloud of witnesses, an honor roll
whom the proudest nations of earth
might covet
The Living Dead.
And yet these heroes are not dead.
They never began to have the Influ
ence In the world that they have at
this very moment. Tbelr conteicjwa
ries never were affected by them as
the whole world Is to-day. When
Abraham set out from Mesopotamia
be took none of bis relghbors with
him. When Enoch walked with God.
be went alone. In life and in transla
tion. When Noah .sailed over the
judgment flood he could Induce no one
else to embark with blm, save his awn
family. They bad little success, as
men count success with those who
were coeval with them. But to-day
r.hcrever the Bible Is read Enoch Is
walking with Cod, Abraham Is Inherit
ing the promises, the father of a
multitude like the sinds of the sea,
rnd Moses la breaking the bonds of
the oppressor and shouting In the ear
tf every taskmaster, "Let my people
No great man ever really d.'es.
Wfcen Jesus was In the flesh he was
Knitted to the narrow confines of
Palestine. It was only at his depart
ure thnt he could really say, Co y
l'-.fo all the world, and lo, I am wl'.h
yon alwy. The Christ Is the rw'
''.')i.iprfc.-nt personality in the wor!
tivdfy. Btn the ms thin Is Lru'i In
a lesser df-rree In res pent to every
'.vat suul of man. Tims the pre
' i Is peoj.!el with the shadowy forms
-( the past It Is Impossible to r.
Nature Will Destroy Cataract In
Three Thousand Years.
According to an official of the Ceo
logical 8urvey, a comparison of the
gags records for a period of 20 yean
shows that the land surrounding the
Great Lakes Is being gradually tilted
from northeast to southwest at such a
rate that, of two point! 10) talles
apart the northern rises five Inches
with reference to the southern In 100
years.
At Chicago the lake level rice
about one Inch In 10 years.
The official quoted predicts that. If
this movement continues. In about 3.
000 years all the upper lakes will dis
charge Into the Illinois River, the Ie
trolt and St Clair tllvers will To
backward, carrying the water of Lake
Erie Into Lake Huron, and the Niagara
River will run dry.
Women In Ethnolcfly.
The recent Investigations of Dr. C.
O. Seligman among tbe Veddas of
Ceylon, and tbe great Importance of
the aid which Doctor Seligman"! wife
was able to give him. lead Mr. A. C.
Haddon to point out the desirability
of women of a scientific turn of mind
Interesting themselves In work of this
kind. But for the presence of bis
wife Doctor Seligman would have
been unable to secure many of the
facts which he has accumulated. The
Veddas, who live In caves, are ex
tremely averse to having white men
visit their families; but Mrs. Seligman
was warmly welcomed among them,
and amon other things she collected
records of the songs of the women
and girls. They took the greatest de
light In the phonograph, and their
amazement was unbounded at bearing
their sonts and lullabies repeated by
the instrument
Natural Rotation In Forests.
Observations In India Indicate that
Just as agricultural land, after many
repetitions of the same crops, becomes
exhausted for tbat particular species,
so in forest lands, after long periods,
the seedlngs may fail owlnr to
changes In the soil, and new varieties
may take their place. Forests of blue
pine In that country have been ob
served to fail, the deolar-tree tending
te take the place of pine. In another
case forests of pine and oak have been
found, each Invading and tending to
take up the ground occupied by tbe
other. Elsewhere in India spruce
and silver fir have been found ad
vancing Into a failing oak forest and
mulberry extending upon land former
ly occupied iominantly by "shlsham"
trees.
His Favorite Game-Bird.
At a dinner one day, says a writer
.n tbe Philadelphia Public Ledger,
some men were discussing the merits
of different kinds of game-birds. One
preferred canvasback duck, another,
woodcock, and still another thought a
quail the most delicious article of
food. The discjsfion and the dinner
ended at about the tame time.
"Now, Frank," said one of the men
to the waiter at nls elbow, "what kind
of game do you like best?"
"Well, sun, to tell the truf. almost
any kind of game suits me, but what
I like bes' is an American eagle
served on a silber drllar.
ProlcHwIonni Cards.
A B rd Census.
Under the direction of Prof. S. A.
Forbes 01 the University of Illinois
a summer bird census of that state
has been t-.ken. The method was to
enumerate the birds seen on a strip
150 feet broad and 428 miles long, run
ning across the state from north to
south. This strip covers an area of
12 square miles Tbe count showed
7.740 birds of 80 species. On this
basis the total summer bird popula
tion of Illinois was calculated at 20.
700.000. of which 5.500.000 are English
sparrows. The meadow-lark Is the next
most numerous. The English sparrows
were found to decrease In number
from norfj to south. On the contrary,
the native birds Increased.
Whips from a Tree.
In the Island of Jamaica there
grows a tree with tbe botanic name
of the Daphre lagetto. from the
branches of which native workmen
make peculiarly strong and excellent
whips. These whips have the handle
and lash all In one piece. The handle
consists of a part of tbe stem retain
ing the bark. For the lash the stem
U deprived of bark and then split
Into strips, which are woven together
In a flexible cord six or seven feet
long. The proper taper Is afforded
by detaching more and more of the
strips as the end of the lash Is ap
proached. A Doctor's Messenjer.
In the north ot Scotland there is a
doctor who has to drive many mile
to vlait some of bis patients. He
takes with him several carrier-pigeons
and send tbem back to bl office with
a message ask'.nfc for the prescrip
tions that need to be made up and
sent at once. Then these reach the
sick persun very soon. If any of these
patients living .'ar off are so 111 that
they may neec" to have the doctor
come again to see them, be leaves
pigeons with them which can be sent
to him vlth a line asking him to come.
Tre "Varilla Bear."
The vanilla bean U the fruit of a
vine belonging to tht orchid lastly,
originally found in Mexico, but now
cultivated In South America. Java, and
other tropical regions. The term
"bean" Is Incorrect as the plant Is not
a legume, and the long, pencil-shaped
fruit pods, containing thousand of
minute seeds, do not resemble a bean.
Tbe beant having the finest Cavor and
the most expensive as to eost are
brov.jht fr;
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