The Centre reporter. (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, October 15, 1891, Image 6

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    REV DR. TALMAGE,
The Brooklyn ihvine's Sunday
Bermon.
bubject: «The March of Christ Through the
Ceniurios"”
Text:
"
orouwns.”- Revelations xix. , 12.
“On iis head were
May vonur ears be
conoenirated DOWers
soul aroused while | snoak to vou of Mt
march Christ t) tha centuries’
You sar, “Give us Fons star
rooms of vou
gad #8
Canor
seiting sur
ing
was born
Lia
ial bathr
at Cairo and the P
its Corinth
columns, and the Parthenon at Athens, with
its glistening coronat , and there
wera monntains of fine architecture in many
parts of the world, but none of them was to
be the starting place of the Chieftain I cele
brate.
A cow's stali, a winter month, an atmos
here in whicna 1 moan of camels
foe baaing of ep, and the barking of
and the rough banter of host lries. Het
His first journey before He conld walk.
Armed desperadonss, with hands of blo a,
vere ready to snatch Him down into batohe
ery. Rev, William H. Thompson, the vate
yan and beloved missionary, whom I saw
this last month in Denver, in his eizhty.
sixth year, has described, in his volumns ene
titled, ** I'he Land and the Book,” Bethichem
88 hesaw it,
Winter before last I walked un and down
the gray hills of Jura limestons on which
the village now rests, fact that K ng
David had been bor . had not during
ages elevated the vi a to any special
T that it
dis
alert an
nil tha
vour thourh
ned of vo
Ouro
a8 ay
PaO,
an
*¢ and paisces at Jerusalem
10 and obelisk
me, wi
WOT
at Jericl
antheon at RB
Bann
of temples
ire t
Err pam
--~
or
on
rtm
one sta
words
mas ni
tion. W
or mete
bumaniz
that
might
rigot
Jupiter that nig csahral
; Where was
Pleiades that night it they did not an.
nounce the storms of persecution that would
assail our ieftian?
arch of Christ through
ust not walk before His
or that would not be
So we walk bel
1} while not vet in
terrace, to a "
mg and six handre
the hovering spien
the ce We mu
or beside Him
bt
d by a pillar crowns
i into the shape of 1
5 ¥
id along by
near a
fim, a
founis
Him
tain of tem ta
ack with re yoru
the s f this mountain
f perdition to effect our
but although weakened
nights of absti
Pandemonium down the
f how He can hurl into
temptations. And now
r Hit up the tough sides
{f UDeatitudee™ ani on
rocks, the Valley
Him, the lake of
Him, the Mediterra-
ting we follow nite
TOE
for
{ forty
netics
roc
help
we climb r ate
of
I
the 3 nt «
Dighest pulpit
Hatin te iore
te the 4 + of
tie
of
Galilee
nean sen Lo Him
a ser that t will trans’orm the world
with itx applied sentiment Now we follow
our ( hieftain on Laks Galilee We must
keep to th for our feet are not shod
with the supernatural, and we remenber
what poor work Peter made of it when he
tried to walk the water,
Christ our leader is on the top of the toss
ing waves, and it ir about half past three in
the morning, and it is the darkest time just
befors daybreak. But by the flashes of
lightning we see Hum putting His feet on
the crest of the wave stepping from crest
to crest, walking the white surf solid as
though it were frozen snow. The sailors
think a ghost is striding the tempest, but He
cheers tusm into placidity, showing Himself
tobe a great Christ for sailors. And He
walks the Atlantic and the fg ~ific and the
Mediterranean and Adriatic now, and if ex
hausted and affirighted voyagers will listen
for His voice at half past three o'clock in the
morning on any sen, indeed at any hour
tuey will hear His voloe of compassion and
encourage nent
We continue to follow our Chisftain, and
here is a blind mao by the wayside. It is
not from cataract of the eye or from oph-
thaimia, the eye extinguisher of the east,
but be wax born blind, “Be P He
ories, and first there is a st of the
eyelids, and then a twilight, and then a mid-
noon, and then a shout, “I see! 1 see!”
Tell it 10 all the blind, and they at least
oun appreciate it. And hore is the
dend gon, and here is the
and here i# Lazarus. Live!”
ories, and they live. Tell it
bereft households, tell it among
And bere around Him gather
and the dumb, and the sick,
word th hyp thes couches
from awfu » helpless
rublcund health, and the
oi
OT
earn
il y
na
Sen
HH
pITRIR, Tel IS At twaslva o'clock at night:
] tell it at two o'clock in the morning: tell if
| at hall-nast three, and in the last watea of
the night, that Jesus walks the tempest,
| Ntill we follow our Chis tain until ths
| povernment that gave Him no protect on ine
| sists that He nav tax, ani t Ww to raise
the requbiite two do jars and ssvontv.'ive
! ents, He orders Peter to cateh a fish tnat bas
fin its mouth a Roman which is a
bright coin (and vou know that flesh natursl y
j bi*s at anvil ing bright), bnt it waa mirc.e
that Peter shouid ave caught it at the firs
hanl,
Now wa follow our until! for
| tha paliry san o 1 teen « rs Ju ling
| sells Him wo his 1 all the
betraved! If { dollar
LO" ones nh
0 DO
state,
bnnirel ¢
3
five un.
a sold out,
| eonslder for how mu a sum the
| Lord of earth sant he 3
to humiliation an {| dea
iowing Him on a spi
ren and twelve o'e
ches awl lant ras,
£amoool nibs They are
SEIDANG
ising a
brea
with ¢
nad dog,
“rouzos” led on
and punish Him
nn the quistads oo. Gath
28 Moh wit
It is a herd of Joruss em
by Judas to arrest Christ
for being the loveliest ani best being that
ever lived. But rioters are liable to assail
the wrong man, How were they to bs sure
which one wat Jesus? “I will kiss Him.”
says Judas,” “and by that sirnal you will
know on whom to lay your hands of ar
rest.” Bo the kiss woich throurthout ths
human race and for all time God intended
as the most sacred demonstration of sffec-
tion, for Paul writes to the Romans, and
the Corinthians, and the Thessalonians
concerning ths “holy kiss” and Peter
celebrates the kiss of charity, and with
that conjunction of Lips Laban met Jacob,
and Jose h met his brethren, and Aaron
| met Mores, and Bamuel met Sau!, and Jona-
han met David, and Orpah parted from
{| Naomi, and Paul separate fron his friends
{at Ephesus, and the father in the
| parables greeted the returning prod. al,
tend when the millennium shall cone
| We are told rigateousness and pecs will kiss
| each ind ail the world
kiss miration « #8 out,
the any anil ye
sacred
i sticks
is tavitad to
Hass
per sh
{rom the way" ths #1 fe none
strati
at and hb
Hs is
by lack
sulfarin
OL food,
sls, whipping: wilh
if maltreatment
in 1580 ony fifieen
tae hill ani
& in youder wall
from the apex of Mount
J think our Caisftan muss
bave taken a long time for the asosnt, tor
n exh
untain onl ls, desert bh
imwood rod VeArs
took our party
t 30 2 :
tant
L0G
limest
mummit and there endure! what William
Cowper and John Miton and Chares
Wesley and Isaac Watts and James Mont.
and all the other sacre{ posts have
attempted to put in verse, and Aagelo and
Raphael and Titian and Leonardo da Vine
nd the great talian and German aod
panish and F artists have attempted
to paint, and Boswst and Masilion and
Georze W Thomas Chalmers
renca
efleld and
have attempted to preach.
Something of its overwhelming awful
estimate fron the fact that
in the heavens could
a unflinchmgly
ut drownel the
ooked upon
oid sewallowal
has looked un
of Arbeia, B
n, and V
ever scalded
e earth wits human gor
Loox upon the s
its face a vail ol ©
3 It hid itself, It said to the
it. “i remign © we this spoctacie upon
cia I have no strength to gaz: thou art
blind, O mi night and for that reason [ com
mit to thee this tragedy ™ Then the night
bawk and the bat flew Ly, and the jackal
howial in the ravines,
Now we follow our Chisftain as
earry His limp and lacerated form amid the
flowers and trees of a garden, the gla lone,
the
five or §ix steps to an aisle
But ony a
for there is an
leaving the
rocks to this day in their aslant and rup
tured state deciarative of the fact that
Lave
A
vad,
thay
mandrakes down
of granite, where He sleops,
little while He sleeps thers,
we soo. our Chisfiain arouse
froma His brie! slumber and wrestle down
prisoned in that cavern, and put both heels
on the monster, and coming forth with »
ery that will not cease to be echoed until ou
s'anging into the debris of demolished come
Now we follow our Chieftain to the
shoulder of Mount Olivet, and without
wings He rises, the disciples clutching for His
toby too late to reach them, 484 Sctoa the
great guifs of space with one bound He gain
that ia which for thirty-"“ree years had
Bip ani Al
the greatest da heaven
bad over sean. They had Him
from tears, from wounds, from
in which He was the ohief delight. In all the
librotto of celestial music it was hard to find |
an anthem enough conjubllant to celebrate |
the joy saintly, seraphic, arch-angelic.
But still we follow our Chieftain in His
march through the osn for invisibly
He still walks the earth, and of
faith we still follow Him. can tel
where He walks by the oh and hos
Jhaeis, and reformatory institu and |
mercy that spring along ' |
WAY. 1 Doar Tio trond is th k room and
In the abodes of bereavement. He marche
on the nations are
bearing His voios. The continents are
His , America will be His!
Detalles be Hin! De® Bound m
1 «] Now
1 All the sarth will be His! Do
3 now it big
world been found.
hava the “ends of the earen™
covers’, andl not until now have the
“uttermost parts of the world” been ree
vealed, The navigator did his work, tha
expiorer did his work, toe sclentst did
bis work, sad now for tha fir time sines
the world has been er has the world
ven known, measured and geosrae
phizad, the Jos:, hidden ani! unknown
tract has ben mapped ort, and the
wark of evangelization will be becan with
an earnestness and velocity as vel unine
nad, stoamashios are realy: tan
r express trains are ready: prints
3
ready, the telszraph and
resn
ate!
-
Oa
How
tha
a ©E are
slephons are
are ready and »
through the cm
ing on!
One by ons «
and constity
His name,
He in this year
fines the ve
histians
IMAreaing on
ron! March
into line
»d and worsh
than at a
the day has
n ond proc
waiter so
hinzon!
mia
1891
r one and
giinations wil J
t y Land
renting on!
Fhisdear oll w
BCOurged, WHoss
whose heart has been wraag, will vet
heaven, This planet's torn roYe of pain and
erime and dementia will come off and the
white and spotiess and glittering robe of
holiness and happiness will come on, The
ast wound will have stung for the last time;
the last grief will have wipaa its iast tour;
the last criminal will have repented of his
lust crime and our world that has
been a stragzler among worlis a lost
star, a wayward planet, a rebellious globe, a
miscreant satellite, will hear the vole that
uttered childish plan' in Betbleiem and
sgonizad prayer in Gethsemane anvil dying
groan on Golgotha, and this voice cries
“Come,” our world will return from its wan-
dering never again to stray. Marching on!
Marching on!
Then this world's joy will be 30 great that
pther worlds besi les teaven may be zlad to
ref ice with us. By the aid of powerini
le escopes, year by year becoming mors
powerfal, mountains in stars have
been discovered! and chas ns and volcanoes
snd canals, and the strieo atmowsposrs, aad
this wii go oy, and mightier ant mightier
tesscopes will be jovented until I should
aot wonder wo will be anls to exchange sige
nas with other planets And as |
have no oubt other worl ars nasal
for Gol hava Bait
ma zniticent ave the n
in the
17
Mar:
back as besn
WwW OOss
pave bean blin lel,
rival
eves
other
in 8
1
r ifn 8»
us ever ougza
s river iocarnadu 3
with the wounded the fe
ftrewn with a dead sal
all traces of humanity
ut, there met in the public square of
that city Leipsic the allied oon. |
uerors and kings wao had gained the vie- |
tory--the Kkiog of Prassia, thes emoeror of
Rusia, ths wn § Bweleg {ol
lowed by the chiefs 0! their armies With
drawn swords theses monarch saluted each |
other and cheered for the continental vie. |
tory they bad together gained. History has
made the scons meamora dle i
Greater and more thrilling will
speciacie when the world is all ¢
for the truth, and in front of the palace «
heaven the kings and congaerors of all
silied powers of Christian usefulness shall |
miuie each other and recount the struggies
by waich they gained the triumph, and then
sand over their swords to Him who is the
thief of the conquerors, crying: “Thins ob,
hrist, is the kin xdom inke the crown of
victory, the crown of dominion, the crown
of grace, the crown of glory.” “Un tis bead
Were many crowns.”
- eI is
How a Voicaso was Bora in San Sal. |
vador.
il ne res
¥. o
tmitie bridge down,
sirest chokad
is for miles around
fiery from whom
Bal besa dashed
tne
oe
#
of
ct rinee o
ba
arose suddenly from the plain
of 1770, in the midst of w
ariy 8 hundred years a
profitable plantation. The owner return.
ng from sa sbscoce found the volcano
where he had left flourishing crops. In
December, 1769, the peons were alarmed
yy terrific rumblings under the ground,
sonstant trembling of the earth sad fre-
juent earthquakes, which did not extend
aver the Country as usual, but seemed to |
be confined to that particular locality.
They left the place in terror, and retura-
ing & week or two afterward, found that
the buildings had all been shaken down,
trees uprooted, and intge craters opened
in the fields which had been level earth |
before. From these craters smoke and
issued, and occasionally flames
were seen to come out of the ground. |
Some brave herdsmen remained near by |
|
:
i
It in
18
3 3
i spring aat
ad been for ne
of February, 1770, they bobeld a specta-
cle which no other man has been per-
mitted to witness, About 10 o'clock in
the morning the grand upheaval took
place, and it seemed to them as they,
fled in terror that the whole universe |
was being turned upside down. First
there was a series of explosions,
which lifted the crust of the
earth several hurdred feet, and |
out of the cracks issued flames
and immense volumes of smoke. An hour |
or two later there was another and |
grander convulsion, which shook snd |
startled the country for a hundred miles |
sround. Rocks weighing thousands of |
tons were hurled into the air and fell
several leagues distant. The surface of
the earth was elevated about 2000 feet,
snd ite internal recesses wore purged of
masses of lava and blistered stone, which |
fell in a heap around the hole from which
they issued. These discharges continued
for several days at arvegular intervals,
accompanied by loud explosions and
earthquakes, which did much
throughout the
THE RIVAL FLOWERS,
Haughtily the red rose
Mis upon er stem,
Queen of one (alr country,
Yet clniming curther realy
Ameriea sh» longs for
Thinks she fe Isher p
When a val ant army
Marches into sight
Column after column
SLi for nore make room,
Shining «hield and helmed,
Waving, golden plume,
Stil] the host ady
Eyes on
From mo
10 pra rie of the
Beornfully the rad
Bees het ¥
Dow 11
And mockl
vial .
stated nidenr,
giv she laughs tee
“Hail! thou plebeisn mon wreh,
Viith thy flaunting mien,
Flinging forth deff ines
To England's fairest queen!
“My royal birth and culture
Eutitie mi» to wield
The sceptire o'er a lowly-born
Tenant of the field.”
The youth of this free country
Has now within its power
The right to repiesent the land
1a a symbolie flower,
Oh. choose ye soon and wisely,
And when your eholee is mad
Of rival or comparison
Let no one feel afraid,
Which shall it be, my children?
The Rose, which lung ins bees
The emblem of 3 mon archy,
Or shall our wild-flower win?
an if high and lowly
1® ive Lo our sad,
coat extending,
Our gracelul Golden rod,
Ina G. ADAMS
SCIENTIFIC,
A Troy (N. Y.) electric car cost §.10,
C00
Water power runs the Dover (N. H,
ele Cirle plant
There il
OF Clan
A wale
* @ ectric light plant at the
enoa is to be extended
a totul of 40.0
palac
50 us 1§
inca ndescen
of V
inake
lamps,
tll
A resident of Evart, Mich,, bas in
veutsl a device whereby brakes apple
Lo a locomotive will ojerate every braks
on the Liaw, .
11
Modified oplum smoking is suggeste
valuable palliative in pulmonary tuber
COI08IS,
—— Masi
Rece nt experiments show that wit)
proper appliances ordinary gashight cas
be used 1n making photographs,
mecca
alcohol hn
He was Je
experimenting
used
elena,
Fahrenheit at fir
to use mercury alter
with boiling water.
—r pn
to Kitchen
kitchen »
char
By a recent ap
ranges the refuse from the
thoroughly dried, converted into
coal, and used as fuel,
A new Bwedish glass 1s claimed
hay e important advantages for
Wu
incro
snd other fue lenses, giving
greatly increased power,
ssl i—
A chair propelled by electricity fron
a storage bultery placed beneath ths
feat is the latest luxury for the invalid
ue charging will last for fifty miles o
travel,
——— Ai ———
Natural gas experts from Pittsburg,
Penu., are on their way to Brazil «
prosgect for natural gas and petroleun
for the Government of that country.
-— a a
Stoneham, Me., Is a rich field fo
SUNDAY SCHOOL, LESSON.
EURKDAY, OCTORER 15 183
Washing the Disciples’ Feet.
LS
1-1
ON TEX]
John 13 Memory vors
LESSON PLAN.
Tor: OF THI IATL:
Son of God,
Text
inritten,
(lone (rt
1 lie Be
lice
of God
Tut ve
20 : 3
FOR THE
thal wi
the Christ, he
helio ’e
lis
Ire
that Jesus is
that
yuh
rip
y
rrici
J
t/iv
tng ye my
life yuEne,
1 hus Tilustra
ion
The Service of Love, v8
15
The Bervice of Relief
ve. 4-1)
Z. The Service
i tion, vs, 12.17
(ioLpex Texr: Let this mind be
you, which was also in Christ Jesus
Phil. 2 : b.
f
Of nsiruc
in
Dany Home ReApinGs:
M.—John 13 : 1-17. The Bon illus
trating service,
T.~Matt. 25 : 14-30.
quired.
Matt, 25 :
warded
T.—Hom. 6: 1.28,
BOT VICE,
F.-—- Rom.
broken.
Service re
31-46, Bervice re-
The
law
Bins srvice
Love begets
Herving in
i. Loy
The dev
heart of J
While we
forus (Bom. 5: 8
That he maght deliver
present evil world
Christ also suffered Fs,
for the unrig 1 Pet. 3
He loved us, snd his Mon
our sins «1 John 4 : 10.
scam
Word
us
(in
th
tenons {
for
sent
11. THE SERVICL OF
RELIEF,
I Conscious Exaltation:
Knowing that he came forth from
God, and goeth unto God (3.
1 came forth and am come from God
John 8B
1 leave the world,
Faster (Jobn 16 .
I am no more in the worid, A
to thee (John 17: 11
Who ecount-d it not a prize to be
on an equality with God (Pail 2
61.
and the
0
ts
go unto
come
Helonful
He
feet (5).
Wash your feel, and rest yourselves
under the tre: (Gen. 18 : 4,
Thou gavest me no water for my
Luke 7 : 44)
Ye also ought to wash o1
feet (Join 3 : 14).
Gird yourselves with humility, to serve
one another (1 Pet. 5 : 5.
Service:
began to wach the disciples’
feet
we anothor's
i, Complete Conquast:
Lord, not my feet only, but also my
hands and my head (9). .
Thon knowest all things; thou knowest
that 1 love thee (John 21 : 17).
Baul arose;. . . .and they led him by the
haud (Acts 9 : 8), )
I count all things to be loss fo:
Christ Jesus (Phil 3 ; 8),
When | saw him I fell at his feet as one
dead (Rev. 1:17).
Hi, THE SERVICER OF INSTRUCTION,
abundance, and tourmalines are nol
scarce,
sold for £700,
the sixteenth century, and although i
edible till 1829,
I —
three times one of the mines, and the
third time it knocked senseless s vera
the surface of the earth,
LI Mi.
The telephone bet ween Paris and Lon
don having been so successful It is pro
posed to connect Brussels and London,
For that purpose a cable will be lax
between aad Dover.
Ss fp ———
= Frenchman has invented an im
method of telegraphing so thal
t is practicable to transmit 15) words
per minute on a single wire. The mes
sage when delivered from the machine
1 typewritten,
i
Know
(12).
Are ye also even yet without under-
standing? (Matt. 15 : 16.)
© not perceive, neither remember?
(Matt, 16 : 9.) be
ye what 1 have done to you?
(John 8 : 43).
IL impressing his Standing:
Ye eall me, Master, and Lord: and
«vo 80 I am (18),
One is your master,
(Matt. 29 : 10),
Why eall ye me
not the things
: 46.)
even the Christ
Lord, Lord, and do
which T say? (Luke 8
Yeo also shonid do as I
you (15).
Learn of me; for I am meek and
in heart (Matt. 11:29, nd lowly
which
in Christ (Phil. 4 : 5). wis also
Leavin Of AD exam that
shaw d follow his Sample 1 Pet. 4 -
i‘ }.
IV. Encouraging thew Obedience:
yo if'ye dou Te Lous pilings, Wansed are
Matt, 25 : 21),
have done to
{9
len: .. servants to
voir frat ( Rom, 6 yo have
|
1
| Verse I.—*“Jesns knowing that his
hour was cone.” (1) Tha! decisive
tho ir; (2) That eo nprebensive know.
edge: (3) That unwavering advance,
Verse 1.—*"He loved them nnto the
The love of Jesus: (1) Its ob
8; (2) It 3) Its persistence,
Vers “He came forth from Gol,
goth unto God ” 1) His ous
}y His sojourn; (3) His home
j ¥ro {30 3: {4 For (30d;
BOOTH:
began to wash the
Of real ger
found humility; 3; Of
An act
shal iderstand
ithe veiling of the
present; The reve of the
future, —{1; Iguorance now; (2) Under-
| standing then,
: \ “If wash thee
bast no part with me.” (1) Man's de-
| filement; (2) Heaven's cleansing. -{1)
Unwashed, —an a'len (2) Washed,
| an heir,
Verse 10. — “Xe are clean, but
all A cleansed company; (2
uncleansed companion,
| Verse 14. —*“Ye ought also to wash
ons another's feet.” (1) The WWustri
| ous example; (2. The imperative obli-
{ gation. —(1) Real serving; (2; Lowly
serving; (3s Christ like serving.
Verse 15. —*Ye also should do as 1
{ have done to you." (1) Christ doing
{ for us; (1) doing for others —{(1)
| Christ's exam ple; (2) Man's obligation.
Verge 17+ “If ye know th se things,
| blessed are ye if ye do them.” (1)
i Action: (3) Blessodnoas,
TA DON
bereafter.” i
eres ns not, thom
not
An
74
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WV ©
LESSON Bi
DLE READING
WASHING OF THE YRET.
lagi
Lies ‘ay
¢ events
lion of
(John
inentls
urse
Con
tae
Per as
wn this
i at Bet iur ng
id par Of Lhurs iayv; the
Peter and Joha to prepare
passover supper; tue gath ring
and his disciples in the upper
room; the expression of desire to eat
t over (Lake): the contention
ax to who should be greaiest (Luke);
pro ably oceas'oned by the choice eo!
places at the table. The lesson follows
¢ during supp rv.”
PLACR.—An upper room in Jeruss-
lem, where the passover was eaten by
oar Lord aud his disciples, 5
{ Te —On Thursday evening, “be
| tween the even.ngs” comparatively
tearly in the lengthened coarse of
i events at the supper. The date isa
matter of dispute, but the synoptiste
expressly fix it at the usual time of
eating the passover, the evening of the
14th of Nisan; John's expres-ious can
be explained accordingly. The 14th of
Nisan 1s reckoned as occurring om
April 6, in that year, A. U. ©. 783 —A_
D. 10.
Prrsoxs, —Oar Lord and thetwelv a,
IncipRyTa. —The evangelist prefsces
his a count by referring tu the love of
Jesus for his own. Oar Lo:q, during
supper, in view of what was to oceur,
begins to wash the {ect of his disciples;
Peter objects twice, but when told that
it was vecessary for discipleship, asks
to be washed more folly, Our Lord's
auswer hints at the treachery of Judas,
Ths service being en ed, Jesu pro-
ceeds to explain its meaning: namely,
since their Master served them in thie
way, that they sbould follow his ex-
ample io serving on» another,
There is no parallel passage, though
all the other evangelists give fall ae-
count of the Las. Supper
The Bandit Monkey,
Monkeys io the East Indies are mg
bold and mischievous. An English resi
dent st Ahmedabad, jn Guzerst, abost
three hundred miles north of Bombay,
gives a droll lostance of this.
While taking a morning stroll he see
s small boy of twelve carrying o basket
of the editable vegetable calied ““brin.
Jals" to his parents’ house for breakfast,
Io passing the house of the local police
man, this urchin was impudently
sttacked by a huge blue-faced ape, whieh
suddenly emerged from the trees, rushed
I bor, snd seized two of the brie.
ale.
his pas
The youngster's cries and screams
brought out the constable with his stick.
The monkey was too quick for him, and
leaping on the rool of his cottage began
to eat his iN-gotten froit with contempha-
ous gestures of scorn and deflance.
Monkeys are a great post in India, be
cause they are privileged and protected
the Radjakado— with a black beard, es
pecially being regarded as a descendant
of Hanuman, the fabulous mookey-god,
an incarnation of Siva, whose exploits
sre related jo the fama mythological
romance of the “Ramayana,” where he
tommands sn army of monkeys
the hero, Rama, to march through the
forests of Southern ludia, to defeat the
King of giants, to recover the captored
wife of Rama. and tq conquer the Island
of Jaska “= Tt Fork Jowrnol
ve