strange granitic cliffs.
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BETWEEN MAN AND TIGER.
His name was Goulias. He was ol
medium height and physique; but he
possessed athletic vigor, no .doubi
the strength of the primitive mar
who like the actual gorilla had n¢
other weapon to floor his enemy thar
‘his fists—mass of arms infinitely vig:
orous. He was garrisoned at Tien:
yen, a post situated at the end of the
a 0000000000000000CO00G
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+ Gulf of Tongking, adjacent to" av
ocean of wooded mountains whose un.
dulations under the waves of eternal
green verdure lean over the sea in.
Goulias was ever without any
weapons. © He had a fearless con:
tempt for wild beasts and pirates; for
he could depend upon the strength ol
his arm, which, like another Milo,
could uproot a young tree and make
~ a stick of it.
One evening in the darkness of
night without a moon, when storm
menaced, he came back from the
home of the post receiver, where ha
bad been detained, really splitting
the darkness as he went, so dense it
was. From the stretched sky full of
heavy clouds fell a dark shroud. He
walked groping, the familiar knowl-
edge of the smallest obstacles of a|
many times overrun way permitting
him to rejoin his post. On the turn
of the street at the point where it
closely fitted between the palisades
that inclosed the last houses, he saw
two shining lights. “In the matted
darkness of the night they would
have appeared like distant watch
lights, if the unsteady yellow phos-
phorescent gleams had not escaped in
. sudden flashes and he had not heard
the pant of heavy respiration near
him. : :
In the midst of the profound um-
‘bra in which entire nature was en-
gulfed, in the silence of the sleeping
village, in the deserted streets, alone,
that noise and the gleams gave signs
of life. But those signs are signs of
death for those who perceive them.
Goulias held in his hand a flexible
rattan. To be quick in the act, he
lashed the space betwen the two shin-
ing points, the left arm stretched td
prevent the defense of a ripost, the
‘body well settled upon the strong
base of his open legs. On the instant
that he struck, he was half thrown
~ down by the shock of a mass that
pounced on him, clutching him horri-
bly—his flesh trembling under the
grievous scalds of the claws that
plunged into his shoulders and thighs,
while the hot breath bathed his face
with a fetid breathing—but, like the
jaw of a trap, his two muscular arms
stretched round the tiger’s neck, his
hands pinching, squeezing and smash:
ing like a vise. :
“A double rattle was heard—the rat:
tle of the wild beast suffocating, the
rattle of the man stifling. On his
breast, along the thighs, Goulias was
tortured by the lacerating scratches
His flesh and muscles plowed by the
paws of the tiger, fastened with the
four limbs to hig prey, were torn piece
by piece. /
In this berseker animal struggie
all the chance was for the wild beast
whose phosphorescent stare pierced
the darkness and lighted for him
alone the movements of his adver
sary. Nevertheless, the tiger was
suffocated, the neck twisted, and the
breast crushed; but the man’s blool
flowed in soft streams, and with that
blood his life. ;
Of the two, man or beast, which
would hold out the longer? Goulias
was worn out. He must let go wher
his rigid hands like steel clamps were
lifted by repeated spasms; the paws
loosened and dropped and the tiger|
fell backward, dragging him witkt
him. The two bodies rolled on the
ground. Staggering, the lientenant
raised up. Tottering, stumbling, he
arrived at the post. At the entrance
of the guardhouse in full light he ap-
peared a bloody specter before the
eyes of the terrified soldiers. :
"The adjutant and a few men un
fler arms ran to the tiger. They found
him stretched between the palisades
the body still slightly quivering ip.
The horrible drama was played in
such complete silence that the An-
pamese who reposed in. the neighbor:
“ing canha were not attracted.
“Goulias died three days after thal
incredible fight. As he had only
flest wounds, he would have bee
saved had the post possessed the an:
tiseptics and bandages necessary.
This is the only unique fact in the
* history of the animal reign where a
* man overcame and suffocated in his
arms the king of wild beasts.—Sun-
THRILLS OF BIG HUNTING.
In a personally conducted hunting
. tour in British East Africa ohe ex
pects adventures which ‘do not runt
to comedy. Quite out of the looked:
for line is this incident, related by
Col. J. H. Patterson, D. 5:0.
At about 4.30 in the afternoon 1
was_ riding a little ahead of my
friends, and seeing a large leafy trea
a short distance to the left of the
track I called out and suggested that |
we should have tea under it. My pro-
prosal was eagerly accepted, and we
turned off to reach its cool shade. I
had not gone a dozen yards when, as
I was passing through some thick
bush, I was startled by hearing a vio-
lent snort come from the midst of it,
and next instant I saw the vicious
nead of a huge rhino dashing at: me
at full speed. |
“Aladdin needed neither whip nor
spur’ to get -qut of the way—in fact,
lhe gave such a great bound that he
almost unseated me, and simply flew
for about thirty or forty yards be-
‘fore I could get the least control over
(him. Glancing over my shoulder to
find out what was happening, I was
horrified to see gun bearers dashing
wildly for the trees, mules careering
off riderless through the bush, S.
standing weaponless, shouting for his
rifle, and—horror or horrors!—the
infuriated rhino rushing headlong on
to Mrs. S., who was seated on the
ground, with nothing in her hand
save an open umbrella.
I gave her up for lost, as I knew
we could do nothing in time to save,
her. Luckily at this critical moment
she did not lose her merve, but
“shooed” the umbrella right in the
face of the oncoming brute, and this
extraordinary and unexpected appar-
ition so startled the great beast that
instead of continuing his charge and’
tossing her aloft, he suddenly veered
away to the left and disappeared
through the bushes in a cloud of dust.
Probably this is the first and lust.
instance on record of a beast of the
‘jungle being thwarted by a weapon
so eminently of civilization as the
umbrella. Not all the experiences of
the Patterson party were of an out-
come so satisfactory, The good horse
Aladdin was killed in course of time |
by a “rogue” elephant. Fever laid
several hunters low.. "A Mr. B., of the |.
expedition, was killed in his sick bed,
by the presumably accidental dis-.|
charge of his own pistol. And there
was a mutiny of natives which threat-
simply and vividly in his book.
FRENCH HEROINE DIES POOR. |
When Juliette Dodu died in Paris
recently another name was added to
the long list of heroes and heroines
who met only with neglect in their
lives. In 1870, when the Germans
‘were pressing forward on Paris, Mlle.
Dodu, then eighteen years old, was a
telegraph operator in Pithiviers, not
far from Orleans, on the way to Paris.
When the invaders besieged Orleans
they cut, as they believed, all the
wires leading from the city to the out-
side world; but it happened they over-
looked the girl and her station in
Pithiviers, then only a small village.
Though surrounded the enemy on
all sides she stuck to her keyboard,
and not only exchanged constant com-
munication with her besieged fellow-
countrymen in Orleans, but actually
succeeded in connecting her wire with
the German military lines, This en-
abled her to transmit to the garrison
in Orleans all the orders issued for
attacks on the city, and at the same
time to keep the military authorities
in Paris posted on the larger plans
of the German army. So successfully
did she do this that at the end of a
month the invaders realized there was
a leak in their lin2s of communica-
tion, and it finally was traced to Mlle.
Dodu and her little station. She was
arrested, condemned by a court mar-
tial and sentenced to be shot, but her
story reached the ears of Prince Fred-
erick Charles of Prussia, the “Red
Prince,” and at his personal interces-
sion her life was spared. When the
war ended Mlle. Dodu was awarded
the medal of the Legion of Honor,
but after that her grateful fellow-
countrymen forgot her, and she died
in poverty. : :
The death of Mlle. Dodu occurred
just a day after that of Margaret
Hunt, one of the fighting heroines of |
‘England. Mrs. Hunt had just become
the bride of a young soldier when the |
Crimean War broke out, and, rather
than be separated from her husband,
‘disguised herself as a man and man:
aged to accompany ‘his regiment to
the front. She served alinost to ‘the |
end of the war before her secret was
discovered, and, though she was then
promptly shipped back to ‘England,
she was placed, on the death of her
‘husband, on the list of pensioners of
the Royal Patriotic Fund. After
coming through the trenches at Alma,
Balaclava and Sebastopol without a
‘scratch, she met her death through
the upsetting of a kerosene lamp in
her little home in Swindon.—New
York Press.fl
A It's Your Chance.
- Say, brother, sister, that boy or
girl you are now teaching may have
the best teacher he or she may ever
have; and it may be that vou are the
only person. in the world that ‘can
ever lead them to Christ. Will you
not pray earnestly that the Lord may
help you do your duty?—Western
Methodist. :
LR
QUAINT INDUSTRIES,
El
Where Animals Pay the Rates and
Taxes.
Up to comparatively recent times
municipalities were content to run
fit of ratepayers, but DOW they are
embarking in all kinds of trades and
businesses.
It is not generally known that cyg-
nets from the swannery of the Lind-
field (Sussex) Parish Council are sold
every year for ‘half a guinea each,
and that the money is devoted to the
relief of the rates. ;
When the Town Council of Tor-
quay purchased a couple of thousand
shed, ‘in order to supply. the town
with a constant run of pure water,
they became possessed of a rabbit
warren. When the warren first. eame
into the hands of the authorities. it
‘was overstocked with rabbits, and
no fewer than 10,000 of the nimble
creatures were caught and sold in one
year, bringing into the coffers of the
council several hundreds of pounds.
High Wycombe Council. Rye Mead
was presented to the town free, gratis
and for nothing by Queen Elizabeth.
The royal lady, when she visited the
town on one occasion, found that milk
was conspicuous by its absence, so
she made the borough a gift of a
large meadow for the purpose of
| keeping cows. Cattle have grazed on
Rye Mead ever since that day of long
ago. ; og
" Tunbridge Wells possesses a mu-
_about £500 worth of hops every year.
The money received on their sale goes
toward the reduction of the rates.
‘The province of Jauja, in Peru, is
practically run: by a company of citi-
gens, “who own the shops, the fac-
tories’ and the stalls in the market
places. Jauja is not a very -enter-
‘prising’ place, however, for = copper
coinage is unknown. Eggs are circu-
“lated as small change, forty to fifty
of them, the numher varying accord-
ing as they are plentiful or scarce,
being counted: as. sixpence of our
hands by ‘the hundred every day in
‘the market places, are shipped by the
capital, and exchanged for coin and
goods, FTN. if
In one year the ruler of Uganda re-
ceived from his subjects £60,000 in
the form of “King's taxes.” In the
was paid into the official treasury in
the shape of live stock, consisting of
elephants, chimpanzees, zebras, ante-
lopes, monkeys, etc. The various an-
imals were sold in due course to men-
ageries and zoological gardens in var-
‘ious parts of the world, enriching the
State coffers by over £30,000.—Tit-
Bite iP hl
Fresh Air in Street Cars.
The Chicago Board of Health in-
sists that every street car in the city
and the trains on her elevated roads
shall have a supply of untainted air.
The temperature in those vehicles is
to be neither too high nor too low,
and carbonic acid gas and microbes
are to be so effectually boycotted as
no longer to exist. Let us hope that
this movement may not only accoms-
plish the good which it intends local-
ly, but that it may spread over the
country. Street car ventilation in
and comfort. Here the conductors do
not pay any more attention to it than
they do to the stage of the river,
which has no relation whatever ot
their business. Cars are packed to
suffocation, but no attempt is made
tial looked after when the cars are
‘moderately filled. The odor is often
sickening to a person with a sound
stomach, while people who are sub-
ject to nausea frequently find the con-
ditions unbearable. This is not pe-
“culiar to St. Joseph, but prevails gen-
erally. It is unquestionably due to
the complaisance of the public and
largely because the people do not
appreciate the danger to health that
exists in unventilated and unsanitary
cars. The Chicago Board of Health
has made a good move.—St. Joseph
News-Press. :
~~ Do You Write Novels?
When Charles Dickens was in
Washington, D. €., he met one morn-
ing. on the steps’of the Capitol a,
young Congressman from Tennessee,
. whom the great novelist had offended
by his bluntness. That morning Dick-
ens was in great good humor. “I
have,” said he, “found an almost ex-
act counterpart of Little Nell,” “Lit-
tle Nell who?” queried the Tennes-
‘sean. Dickens looked him over from
head to foot, and foot to head before
he answered, “My Little Nell.” “Oh,”
said the Tennessean, ‘I didn’t know
| you. had your daughter with you.”
“I am speaking of the Little Nell of
sir,” retorted = Dickens, flushing.
“Oh,” said the imperturbable Tennes-
sean, ‘‘you write novels, do you?”
The art of glove cutting requires
great skill, and in France some of the
best workmen are paid $100 a week,
\
the gas and water works for the bene-
acres of land on the Dartmoor water- |
Cattle pay the smaller billls of the]
nicipal hop plantation, which yields
— g ere ra RL pn
~The
Sunday =Schoo!l
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
MENTS FOR MARCH 20.
Subject: A Paralytic Forgiven and
Healed, Matt. 9:1-13—Com-
mit Verse 2.
+ GOLDEN TEXT. — “The Son of
Man hath power on earth to forgive
sins.” Matt. 9:6.
TIME.—May or June, A.D. 28.
'- PLACE.—Capernaum.
EXPOSITION.—I. The Healing of
a Paralytic, 1-9. The full account of
, this miracle is found in Mark 2:1-12,
"and Luke 5:17-26. "They brought
this man to Jesus because there was
no one else who could help, and they
were confident that He could and
would. It was because of their faith
that Jesus did' what they sought.
Their faith was a faith that could be
seen (v, 2). True faith can be seen,
it materializes in works (Jas. 2:18).
Jesus is ready to say to-day to every
paralytic and to every soul in distress,
“Son, be of good cheer,” if the one in
distress will only trust Him. Jesus
forgave before healing. As always,
go in this case, the professional fault
finder was present, and as often, he
was a high ecclesiastic, a scribe (the-
ological professor). The Scribes
were there for the purpose of finding
-John 5:16). They found it. =~ They
brought a very common charge and
very serious charge against Jesus,
“this man blasphemes’ (John 10:33;
Mark 14:64). Their reasoning. was
right up to a certain: point, no one
but God can forgive sing, and if Jesus
was not God, He was a blasphemer.
Granted the Unitarian conception of
Jesus and the Scribes were right, and
ened the whole outfit with annihila- | money. These eggs, which change
tion. ,
Col. Patterson tells the whole story | the x :
; ‘| ‘tradespeople to Lima, the Peruvian
first place, however, half of this sum
the winter time is essential to health
to supply fresh air, nor is this essen-
1 5:28,, R. V.)
‘my story, ‘The Old Curiosity Shop,’
His execution justifiable, but if Jesus
is God, then it is the Scribes and, the
Dnitarians who are the blasphemers.
Jesus demonstrated to His startled
accusers that He was divine, and had
the power to forgive sins by reading
their secret thought (v. 4; cf. 2
Chron. 6:30; Jer. 17:9, 10; Ps. 139:
1, 2). Then He gave another proof,
He healed the palsied man. Jesus
wishes men to “know that the Son of
Man hath power on earth to forgive
sins,” so He performs an act that we
can see, and which demands divine
power for its accomplishment that we
may know that He has the power for
that which we cannot see and which
also demands divine power for its ac-
complishment. So it is proven that
Jesus has power on earth to forgive
sins.
but we “know” it is so. The palsied
man knew that his sins were forgiv-
en, because Jesus said so. “We may
know that ours also are forgiven on
the same ground (Acts 13:36, 39).
II. Jesus Eating With Publicans
and Sinners, 10:13. As Jesus passed
along His eye fell on a Jew gathering
taxes for Rome, lining his pockets at
the sacrifice of his patriotism. He be-
longed to the class despised by the
Jews, but he was to write the dis-
‘tinctively Jewish Gospel. His busi-
ness fitted him admirably to write
the Gospel, as a tax gatherer, he had
been trained to accuracy, to judge
men and to be proof against impos-
ture. It was very humiliating and of-
ists of the day that Jesus should
choose one of His most intimate disci-
ples from the class they most de-
spised. He acted in the most direct
opposition to the accepted notions of
the ecclesiastical leaders when He
made this choice. Matthew was at-
tending faithfully to his business
when Jesus called him, while the mul-
titudes had forsaken their usual avo-
cations and ‘resorted’ to Jesus
(Mark 2:13). This may have been
may have been indifference to relig-
jous enthusiasms. The call was very
sudden, very brief and very much to
the point, “Follow Me.” There was
a world of meaning in it. It involved
the renunciation of self and taking
up of the cross and saying farewell to
earthly ambitions, possessions and
58: 18:22), but it would bring re-
‘ward and honor and blessing immeas-
urable (John 8:12; 12:26; Matt. 19:
28). Nothing else costs so much as
to follow Christ; nothing else pays so
well. If Matthew had said “no” to
that call of Jesus, he doubtless would
have gained by it financially, but by
very few men of that day whose
‘names have survived the storms’ of
centuries, and also became an heir of
God and a’ joint heir with Jesus
Christ. There was no hesitation on
Matthew’s part; he arose at once, for-
sook all and' followed “Christ (Luke
«It was the voice of
Jesus that transformed. this . keen
disciple. Matthew made a great feast
at his house (Luke 5:29). Jesus at-
tended this gay party. . Matthew's
purpose was evidently not to display
his weakth, or merely even to honor
his new-found Master; he sought to
and friends, and succeeded (v. 10):
The publicans and sinners were wel-
come to the companionship of Jesus
here on earth. There will be a great
multitude who were once publicans
and ‘sinners who will sit down with
Him in glory. Jesus associated with
| them. We can never save them un-
less we imitate the Master's example.
In associating with them, we must be
careful to do it for the same purpose
rather than we lift them up.’ The
Pharisees were around as usual to
find fault. Where, then, is the
church’s true place? Jesus came to
| call sinners. He has no invitation of
something to criticise (Luke 5:19;
We not only hope that it is so,
fencive to the self-righteous religion-
from sturdy fidelity to business or it
prospects (Matt. 10:24; Luke 9:57,
gaying “ves,” he became ohne of the
‘money-getting publican into a devoted
get hold of his old business associates
publicans and sinners in order to save’
‘He did; or they will drag us” down |
need be, dying for.
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grace for the righteous man. Before-
a man can get anything from Jesus”
hand he must first take his proper
place, that of a sinner, at Jesus’ feet,
then he gets all (Luke 18:9-14; 1
Tim. 1:15). Blessed is the sinner
who hears the gracious call of Christ.
to repentance (Acts 2:38, 39; 26:18;
Luke 15:7-10),
CRSTMEREIRNTES
MARCH TWENTIETH.
| Topic—Money a Curse or a Blessing..
Luke 12: 13-21; Matt. 6:
19-21. ; Eh
Lot’s temptation. Gen. 13: 10-13;.
19: 15.
Blest Abraham. Gen. 13: 2, 14-18.
Deceitfulness of riches. Matt. 13:
22.
A rich man's privileges. Matt. 27:
57-60. / ?
Proceeds of oppression. Jas. 5: 16..
Gold used for God. Luke 8: 1-3.
It is well to lay up enough money"
to keep want from our dear ones, but
not enough to keep the boys from the-
necessity of work (Luke 12: 20.)
No money harms where it is riches.
“toward God” (Luke 12: 21.)
Only a little looking forward into.
the eternal ages will show us how
foolish is our absorption in money=
getting (Matt, 6: 20.)
Know yourself by asking, not what:
vou do, or what you think, but what
you desire (Matt. 6: 21.)
Thoughts.
Your money is a blessing when you
bless others with it; it is a curse when
vou seek to bless only yourself with,
it.
Money is always the substantial ex.
pression of the life of the one that
earns it—no more, and no less.
Money is not “the root of all evil,”
but, as the true translation is, oa
root of all kinds of evil.”
If you do not learn the right use of’
money while you have little money,
you are little likely to learn it when
you have much money. ;
Illustrations.
The power of money is like that of
a storage battery; it is stored human
energy. oo iil :
As it is no kindness to a strong
man to go and till his field for him,
so the giving of money is a harm if
it is given when it should be earned.
As grain, heaped up beyond what
gay be used, moulders away, so does
gold. A
“Money makes the mare go,” but
that is a very poor sore of mare, and&
that is a very pood sore of mare, and
its going is toward no worthy goal.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, MARCH 20.
How to Fight the Good Fight—(Eph.
6. 10-18; 1 Tim, 6. 11, 12.)
The apostolic vexhortation to “be
strong in the Lord” is quickly follow-
ed by a full equipment of armor for
the conflict. The girdle is no elegant
silken: sword-sash, such as an officer
in modern war folds around himself,
but one of toughest leather armed
with iron. It was secured about the
waist with the utmost care, keeping
the armor firmly in place. Thus truth
ghould surround the Christian with
gomething worth living for and, if
“The breastplate
of righteousness” should defend the
truth, and keep life's daily conduct In
harmony with the Christian program.
The very sandals of the feet should
protect fhe Christian soldier by their
readiness for duty. “The shield
(from dura, “a door”) of faith” should
protect the entire person like a strong
door from the “darts” lighted with
fiery and flaming tow, which sin hurls
at the soldiers of Christ. To let one
flaming dart pierce our armor leads
on to conflict, but faith, neutralizing
its poison, leads on to God. “The hel-
met of salvation,” protecting the
thought of the Christian soldier
against the depressing and miserable
thought of sin and failure, kindles the
light of hope in the confidence of viec-
tory. : :
With this panoply of God the Chris-
tian soldier grasps his weapon—both
of offense and defense—‘‘the sword
of the Spirit, which is the word of
God.” It is sharper than any two-
edged sword of Roman soldier. With
this he enters into conflict with hu-
man and superhuman foes, not trust-
ing in his own strength, but in the
majesty and might of God, “watching
thereunto with all perseverance.”
Prayer Made Preachers.
Cod's trve preachers have been dis-
‘tinguished by one great feature; they
were men of praver. Differing often
in many things, they have always had
one common centre. They may have
started from different points, and
traveled by different roads. but they
converged to cne point; they were
one in praver. God to them was the
centre of attraction, and prayer was
the path that led to God. ERY
These men prayed not occasionally,
not a little at regular or at odd times,
but they so praved that their prayers
entered into and shaped their c¢harac-
ters: they so prayed as to affect their
own lives and the lives of others; they
so prayed as to make the history of
the church and influence the current
of the times. They spent much time
in prayer, rot because they marked
the shadow on the dial or the hands
of ‘the clock, but because it was: to
them so momentous and engaging a
business that they could scarcely give
over.—-E. M. Bounds, in Preacher and
Prayer.
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