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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. It became volcano-like at
last, and in a great explosion blew off
the top of a hill. How far it will ex
tend and what effect it will have1 oa
the oil-producing territory it under
mfnes are auestlons which are belnjr
1 asked with not a little anxiety,
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