THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO. P& SATURDAY TkTTTTT1 TXTVG & libcccccoccoocoooooocxxxxxB BLAZING THE TRAIL. Cy REV. T. E. DAVISON Rutland, VL International Bible Lesson for July 4, '09 (Acts 16: 1-15). In two of the greatest epics ever written, the Odeasey of Hom er and Aeneld ol Virgil, the here starts from Troy. Here was the tomb of the war rior Achilles, be fore which Alex ander the Great kindled his ambi tion, and started for the conquest of the East. The ambition of this soldier was to weld all nations Into one vast empire with common laws and language emanating from a central throne. New Worlds to Conquer. Four centuries later another war rior stood on the border of ABla, un der the shadow of the tomb of Achilles listening to tho Macedonian cry, looking for new worlds to con quer. Ho too was a hero of battles, ho bore In his hand an Invincible sword, ho was moved by a quenchlma ambition that could not be sutlsIieJ while there was another foot ot land that had not been trodden by tho her alds of tho cross. Taul, tho apostle, had come to do by spiritual power what Alexander the Great had failed to accomplish with all his cohorts, weld by the sword of the Spirit all nations Into one universal kingdom with common laws and language, Is suing from a central throne. On the Firing Line. The pioneer In untraveled regions, (he pnthnnder in the forests and In the mountains, does not explore for himself alone. While he looks fur ward In anticipation he Is ever con scious of the host pressing on behind him. and he seeks for them the safest places and the shortest cuts, and na he goes he slashes with axe tho trunks of great trees, that those who follow after may never be out of eight of signals of the proper trail. The ca reer of the Apostle Paul was much like that. He wns the pioneer of the churches' advancement. He was 0.1 the picket lino of the oncoming host. He kept far In advance of the main body of the army of conquest. He chafed and fretted In confinement. Ho was the embodiment of Charlc3 Kingsley's book "Westward the Star cf Empire Takes Its Way." When he gives a summary of a quarter of a century of service, when his work was not yet finished he makes out this i-ntnloguc: ("Of the Jews five times received I 40 stripes save one five tlmea 39 equals 195 stripes. Thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day 1 have been in the deep. In journey trig often, In perils of waters, in peril3 uf robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, In perils by the heath en, in perils in the city, In perils in the wilderness, in perils in tho sea, in perils among false brethren; In weari ness, and palnfulness, In watchings often, in hunger and thirst, In fastings often, in cold and nakedness." And like a true soldier instead of saying these things to murmur and complain the old hero says: "Seeing that many glory after the Hesh, Twill glory al3o." Honorable Scars. Oliver Cromwell had a vivid scar on his face received in battle. Once a portrait painter attempted to pose him in such a way as that the scar would be concealed. But the grim old warrior would not submit to it. "Paint me as I am," he said, "I will have scars and all." The scars of honora ble conflict are badges of honor, certl-. flcates of loyalty of which any man should be proud, and this old Chris tian hero said, "If you think you have reason to glory In what you have ac complished I have a few credentials myself." And then he proceeds to show his scars received while blazing the trail for generations yet unborn. No genuine pathfinder ever va3 known to complain of the roughness tt the way. The men who blaze the trail expect to endure hardness as good soldiers. Dr. Grenfell, the hero of Labrador, lay down on the ice and slept while drifting on an Ice floe out to sea. John Brown had no maledic tions for his enemies though riddlod with bullets. Commander Peary, again and again, has flung himself against the Icy barriers of the North in his attempts to reach the baffling pole. David Livingston, breathing out his life alone In the heart of the Dark Continent, uttered not a syllable of regret over a mis-spent career. Dr. Judson, the light-bearer for India counted not his life dear unto him self, so that he could get the Scrip tures of truth Into the hands of th teeming millions of that empire. An Paul, looking across the Agean son to the Grecian shore, and feeling th. divine call stirring within him, to car y the cross to those regions where f!0 noiv.nn eagle was the highest symbol of power, hesitated not an In stant to cut himself off from his bu -if supplies, and plant the standard o; ho croon on European soil. Europe rvd America have been redeemo.' ''ran barbarism, because Paul , tlx nivostle, blazed the trail for tho err-i;-.ir!ss rrx!cs ot tho Cross. TITLED WOMEN'S ODD PETS. A White Elephant, Pelicans, a Hyena and Pythons Fondled. Many women of title In England have strange pets. The Duchess of Marlborough has a collection of gazelles and pelicans on Thanut Inl and, in the mouth of the Thames. Lady Warwick owns a white elephant. She also has several peacocks. Or.o of these is pure white. It is a con firmed hermit, never going i.ear tho other birds, and It Is believed to bo 100 years old. Lady Constance Stewart-Richardson used to enrry a snako tucked Into the bodice of her gown. Lady Cottenham and her daughter, Lady Mary Pepys, keeps tnariuo.-wU. Lady Hope has tani'd a h.iro so that It comes to her call and follows hrr about like a dog. She calls tho hare "Mr. Juggins." Miss Hose Boi'gliicn Leigh of Rugby probably has the strangest pet of nil. It la a hyena, and she bought it from an Arab In Constantinople. Mrs. Arthur Cado gan, one of the leaders of the young er social set In London, keeps snake and pythons, and a photograph shows her with a python colled around her waist. She also has two lemurs. Tho Duchess of Roxeburgho, who wns M y Goelet of New York, has a herd of goats In which she takes great prido. Treatment of the Insane. Hereafter attendants In New York insane asylums who strike and abuse patients are to bo prosecuted by tlto Commission In Lunacy on a churge of assault The commission finds that there Is no need of violence on the part of attendants in managing insane patients. Restraint, of course, is necessary in some cases, but it can bo applied without injury to the patients. The decision of the Lunacy Commission to discourage and punish needlessly harsh treatment of par sons whose mental condition renders their confinement in an asylum neces sary will be gratifying to all humane citizens, and especially to those who have friends among the inmates of such Institutions. There is a feeling of dread In the minds of thousands over the fear that their friends or re latives under restraint in asylums shall be subjected to some form of abuso or deprivation. The officials In charge of those Institulons should do all they enn to allay thnt feeling and Inspire confidence in the management of our state asylums. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Too Good a Story to Keep. This woman was ill, or thought she I was, which came to 'the same thing. Accustomed to the ministrations of the family physician, she sent out a hurry call, but the medico could not be located for the moment. She grew sick and sicker with every minute, and as a last resort, another medical man was sent for, a stranger, but of high j repute. Before he could respond, the family jiiiysii'iuu lurueu up turn emeu iur ma patient. He was not told that an other had been called in, and when the second man arrived, the lady was so flustered and nonplused by the false position In which she found her self that she sent down word she was too ill to see the physician would he excuse her? He happened to mention the strange Incident to the family Dhvsiclan. with i whom he maintains close relations, and that is how the story leakod out. When Waking Up. Here Is a bit of information it will pay you to keep ready for reference, though you will perhaps turn up your nose at it at the first reading: "How to wake up, and wake up fully and quickly! Most people prefer not to wake up' in the morning that is, they think of the pleasure there would be in Just five minutes' more of sleep if only that alarm clock, had not sound ed its warning. Of course you have to get up, and if there is really any thing that will make the job easier and more pleasant you will want to know about It. Doctors have long ago agreed that dullness on first awaken ing in the morning is due to sluggish circulation of the blood in the brain. This can be quickly overcome by mas saging the neck in the neighborhood of the Jugular vein, thus stirring the blood to life and action. Rub your neck well on both sides and drowsi ness will leave you. Try it." New York Times. 1 An Isolated People. How much remains to be done be fore we shall have a complete knowl edge of the Inhabitants of our little planet is Indicated by the failure of Mr. Alanson Skinner of the American Museum of Natural History to get into communication last summer with the Naskapi Indians of Labrador. He had supposed that they could be reached by way of the west coast of Labrador, but found it to be impos sible. When driven by starvation in winter, they go to Nltchequon, in the Interior, 55 days' Journey by canoe from Rupert's Houbb on East Main River. Otherwise they are confined to the interior of Labrador proper, "hold back on the east and north by the Eskimo, on the west by the Northern Cree, and on the south by the Montagnals." . Dangerous Oil Wells. The question of underground con nexion of petroleum supplies bids fair to be an Important one to Mexi can and possibly Texas owners of wells and land. At last accounts the Mexican San Geroniino field was in flames, and the fire was steadily spreading. 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