COME TODAY ? a a [2h i GE ——_— If we could her the grasses grow; If we could hear the flowers bloom: ° Bf all their music we could Know, AS we are consclpus of perfume, Hew would our souls enraptured be With thelr transcendent melody’ If all earth's grief could smite the saz, Could utter all its grim despair; U human anguish we could hear, Transmitted into dirge and prayer, Oh, with what boundless sympathy, Our hearts would know griel's bitter plea And God does know—He made the ear, | Each opening bud—He hears it sing; ! Each vibrant thought shall He not hear, Whose hearing hath no limiting? He hears, through discord, sweetest chime, And we shall hear it 50 sometime - Frank A Breck, In Chicago Advance. A THOUGHTFUL GIFT. Glad for a Whole Year on Their Lonely Foreign Field. i out to the fleld for the first time last friends, locke Corbin from China to the Chicago Advance. {| Toward the close of that evening one | of the 4adles produced a laundry bag of blue denim and handed it to the young missionaries. The bag was found go contain 52 packages, each one bearing a dalg and the name of the giver. Beginning with the week when the young missionaries sailed from their native shores, one package was to be opened each week. Each packet ‘contained a little gift, a book, 8 pretty handkerchief or collar, a photograph, or similar remem- brance, ofttimes uding a helpful message from the giver. The bride immediately dubbed it, “The Wonder Bag.” Only those who have been Ia like conditions can understand what joy this gift brought (wo young from their pative land. Each week the day when the “Wonder Bag” pack- ow livefiest anticipation. IE If r £5 8. | given with a personal touch | made them doubly precious. This | thoughtful gift is spoken of in the hove that other churches may take Looked After in the An- thracite Region. | young missionaries happy. BITS BY THE WAY. | complete mastery. | Never is happiness more clear thaa | when founded on clean-heartedness { There is more worship in the musie of the heart than in all the art of music. Chronic self-conceit la more fatal than either measles or mumps — United Presbyterian. Some people never think of being grateful for one meal until they are hungry for the next Death is only the one who has gone to get the home ready coming to take us to it—Ram’'s Horn. As a countenance is made beautiful by the soul's shining through It, so the world is beautiful by the shining through it of a God. —Jacobl, If the mind is kept fully occupled with good thoughts there will be no room for evil ones. The cell that is full of honey has no room for anything else. —United Presbyterian. We are apt to forget that the de- velopment of the inner life is not per fect unless it issue’ in such going about doing good as was the flower and fruit of our Saviour's thirty years. — Rew F. B. Meyer. - No one of my fellows can do that special work for me which [ come into the world to do; he may do a higher work, but he cannot do my work. 1 cannot hand my work over to him, aay more than [ can band over my ree sponsibilities or my gifts. —HRuskin, To love is better thas (0 be great, it is Detter than to be refined, it ls better than to be wise. Love takes precedence of sll prophecy, of every kind of knowledge, and of the gift of ; Jove is higher than bope or 1 and is the very royalty of God. —Belected. _ Guard within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give withoud hesitation, bow (0 lose without re. gaged in other lines of engineering the mechanical details of mine hoisting cannot fail to be of Interest, says R. V. Norris, in En- gineering Magazine [t is here shown thal they are vital to the sucess of the majority of coal minirg Industries With many, the mining of coal Is tlassed among the roughest kind of mechanical operations, in which the i prominent part—an idea which bas survived (he era of primitive mining operations. Modern mining, however Bas been brought to a stage of en- gineering refinement never dreamed of by the ploneers of the |ndusiry. To the lav reader the condensed pres entation of the state of the art as now conducted, even so far as it re lates to the Ilifting of coal from Jt normal level to the surfacg. Is a revelation, such, as without expert in- structions, could not be gained eve: by a tour of Inspection throughout th» anthracite alstricts. The manner of obtaining the groat supply of fuel which is so intimately reiated to th: progress of civilization, of which sup- ply the Pennsylvania anihracite m™ gion are one of the most Important soyrces of supply, will ever continue {0 possess an interest superior to that of many industries to which coal-get ting is commnerclally vital The facts given Illustrate the impor. tance of skillful engineering to miner hoisting. and serve to place in a strong light the great advancement made during the last 25 years by cars- ful study and skillful construct'on. Yt will be seen that even the smallest detalis have received attemtiong and that what might seem of small mo. ment to those unfamiliar with the rc. quirements of coal hoisting prove upon examination to be far otherwise Eligible to Matrimony. The bachelor who doesn’t smoke, and daofn't drink. and doesn’t play poker, and doesn’t bet on the rales, and keeps away from the stock market, is almost good enough Lo get married. Ancient System. [dentification by finger. print Is gen- erally supposed to ‘be quite a modern European detective device; but it ap- pears that iL was employed in Korea 1,00 years ago. = pa 365 BAD Eov < “ The Bad Boy Finds Germany Very Mucu Like Milwaukee—He Plays Mumblety Peg with the German Princes—He Entertains the Royal Family with “a Trick.” EY HON GEORGE W PECK Ex Governor of Wisconsin, Former Editor of Pecks Bun, Author of “Peel's Lad Boy.” Etc) (Copyright 1485, by Joseph B Bowles) Berlin, Germany. —My Dear Old Pummernickel ~-Now we have got pretty near home, and you would en- Joy It to be with us, because you coulda’t tell this town from Milwaukee, except for the military precision with which everything is conducted, where You never take a glass of beer without! cracking your heels together like a sol dier, and giving a military salute tg the bartender, who Is the commander. in-chief of all who happen to patronize bis bar, everybody here acts like he was at a picnic in the woods, with a large barrel of beer with perspiration oozing down the outside, and a spigot of the largest size, which Alls a schooner at one turn of the wrist, and, every man either smiles or laughs out loud, and you feel as though there fIAPPINESS EVERYWHERE was happiness everywhere, and that heaven was right here In this greatest German city. There is laughter every where, except when the empervr drives by, escorted by his body gua: d, on the finest horses In the world, then every citizen on the street stops smiling aad laughing, all stand at attention, and every face takes on a solemn, patriotic, almost a fighting look, as though each man would consider it his happiest duty and pleasure to walk right up to g4he mouth of cannon and die In his tracks for his pale-faced, haggard and loved emperor. And the emperor never smiles on his subjecis as he passes, but looks Into every eye on both sides of the beautiful street with an expression of agony on his face but a proud light in his eye, as though he would say, “Ach, Gott, but they are daisies; and they would fight for the Fatherland with the last breath In their bodies.” The pride of the people tn that moustached young man, with the Jook of suffering, is only equalled by the pride of the emperor in every German In Germany, or anywhere on the face of the globe. There Is none of the “Hello BIIL" suf as we have in America. when the president drives through his people; many of them yell, “Hello Teddy,” while he shows his teeth and laughs and stands up in his carriage, and says, “Hello Mike,” as be recogulzes an acquaintance But these same “Hello Bill" Americans are probably just as loyal to their chief. wherever he may be, and would fight as hard as the loving Germans would for their hereditary emperor I suppose there is somebody working in Berlin, but it seems to us that the whole population, so far as can be seen, Is bent on enjoying every minute, walking the streets, In good clothes giving military salutes, and drinking beer between meals, and talking about what Germany would do to an enemy if the ever-present chip on the shoulder should be knocked off, even adeldent ally. But they all seem to love Amer ica, and when we registered at ‘he hotel, from Milwaukee, Wis. U.S A citizens began to gather around us and ask about relatives al our home. They seem to think that every German who has settled In Milwaukee owns a brew ery, and that all are rich, and toat some day they will come back to Ger many and spend the money and fight for the emperor We did oot have the heart to tell them that all the Germans In Mil waukee were goluk to stay there and spend thelr money, and while their hearts were still warm towards ‘he Fatherland, they loved the Stars and Stripes and would fight for the Amer fcan fag against the world, and that the younger Germans spoke the Ger- man language, if at all, with a Yankee accent. Gee, but wouldn't the people of Berlin be hot under the collar if they knew how many Germans In America were unfamiliar with (he make up of the German flag. and that they only see il occasionally, when some celebration of German days takes [ place. ? Well, when dad raw (he German emperor. drive down the great street and gol a look at his face, he sald “Hennery, | have got to see that young man and advise him to go and consult a doctor,” aud so we made arrange- meats to go Lo the palace and see the emperor of Germany, like’ you do when | you visit royalty in Turkey and Egypt, | for a good frock coat and a silk hat | will take you anywhere in the lay time, and a swallow-tall is legal ten- der at night, so dad put on his frock coal and silk hat, just as he would 40 £0 and attend an afternoon wedding a! home, and we were ushered into a regular parlor, where ‘he emperor was baving fun with his children, and the empress was doing some needle work Dad supposed we would have to talk to the emperor and the prince through an Interpreter, and we stood thers walting for some one to break the ice, when some one told the emperor that an American gentleman and his boy wanted to pay their respects, and the emperor, who wore an ordinary dark sult, with no military frills. took dae of the young princes he had been play- ing with, across his knee and gave him a couple of easy spanks, in fun. and the whole family was laughing and the spanked boy “tackled” the em- peror around the legs, below the knee like a football player. and the other princes pulled him off, and the em- Peror came up to dad, smiling as though he was having the time of his life, and spoke to dad in the purest English, and said he was glad to see the “Bad Boy' man, because he had read all about the pranks of the nad boy and bid dad welcome to Germany and he didn't look sick at all Dad was taka all of aheap, and didn't know what (0 make of the Ger- man emperor talking English, hut when the ruler of Germany turned to me and sald, “And so this is the cham- pion little devil of America.” and patted me on the head, dad felt that he had struck a friend of the family and he sat down with the emperor and talked for balf an hour, while the young princes gathered around me and we sal down on the floor and the boys got out their knives and we played mumblety peg on the carpet, Just as though we were at home, and all the boys talked English, and we oad a bully time. The princes had all read “Peck’'s Bad Boy.” and I think the emperor and empress have encour aged them in their wickedness for the boys told me of several tricks they bad played on their faiNer. the em perur, which they had copied from the “Bad Boy.” and it made me blush when they told of Initiating thelr father Into the Masons, the way my chum and 1 laitiated dad into ihe Masons with the ald of a goat I asked the bays how their dad took it, and told them from what we in America heard about the emperor of Germany, we would think he would kill anybody that played a trick on him, but they sald he would stand anything from the children, and enjoy it. but if grown men aitempted to monkey with him, the fur would fly. Tae crown prince came in and was Intro- duced to me, and he seemed proud w see me, ‘cause nis uncle, Prince Hen- ry. had told hin about being in Mil- waukee, and how all the women in that town were the handsomest he had ever seen in his trip around the world and he asked wwe If It was 30. | re ferred him to dad, and dad told aim the women were the greatest in the world, and then dad made his usual break. He sald: “Look ahere, Mister Prince, you have got to be married some day, and raise a family to hand the German empire down to. and my advice to you is not to let them saw off on to you no duchess or princess as homely as a hedge fence. with no ginger In her blood, but you skip out to America, and come to Milwaukee, and I will Introduce you to girls that are =0 handsome they will make you toe the mark, and if you marry one of them she will raise a family of healthy young royalty with no humor in the blood, and you won't have to go off and be gay away from home ‘cause an Amerikan wife will take you by the car if you show any signs of wandering from your awn fire side like lots of your relatives have done." Gee, but that wade the emperor hot, and he sald dad needn't instil any of his American ideas into the German “AND SO THIS 18 THE LITTLE DEVIL CHANPION mobility, as he could run things all right without aay help, and dad got ready Lo go, ‘cause the atmosphere was getting sort of chilly, but the emperor soon got over his huff, and told dad pot to hurry, and then he turned to me and sald, “Now, little American bad boy, what kind of a trick are you go- lug to play on me ‘cause from what I have read of you | know you will never go out of this house without giving me a beaefit, and all my buys expect it. and will enjoy it, the same as | will, now jel er go" I felt that it was up to me to & something to maintain the reputation I had made, so | sald, "Your majesty, I will sow proceed (0 make it inter. esting for you, if you and the boys will kindly be sealed In a circle around me.” They got Into & eirvie, all laughing, and I took out of my pistol A Dalf plut flask - | Eas = PRICE ONE one of the royal family, “Ene-mene-mony-my,” and open flask in front of cach one, and soon they all began to get and scratch themselves, and peror slapped his leg and pine arm and put his fogers down his and scratched his peck, and the prince jumped up and kicked hls and scratched his back, and "Bay, kid. you are pot hyn are you” and | sald, * mony-my,” and kept on touching Stopper. : By and by they all got (0 se and the emperor turned sort of p but be was going to see the 8 through to the end, as long as he a ticket, and he sald, “What I§ joke, anyway?" and | kept on say t “Ene-mene-mony-my,” and walk around in front of them, and dad gan tof dance around, loo, abd | under his shirt bosom and seratch leg, and they all scratched In son and laughed, and a little Kin DAD LEANED AGAINST A AND SCRATCHED. asked bow long before F know what it was all about, and | my ene-mene, and looked solemn, dad sald, “What you giving us I sald, “Never you mind, this Is show and | am the whole push,” everybody had raised up out | chair and each was scratching for that was out, and finally the y sald, “1 like a joke as well ag body, but | can’t laugh until T'K what 1 am laughing about” and told dad to make me show what in the bottle, and I showed the bot! and there was nothing in it, and they ‘stood scratching themselves, [ wld dad we better excuse oun and go, and we were going all enough when-dad sald, “What Is you are doing.’ and as we got 0 to the door 1 said, “Your m 3 have distributed, impartially, I in the royal family of Germany, a hs a pint of the hungriest fleas that Bg can produce, for they have been that flask three weeks with nothing to eat except themscives, and 1 estimates that there were a million Cairo fleas in the flask, enough to set up house- keeping In your paiace, with enough to stock the palace of your crown when he is married, and this Is you may remember the visit of Pack Bad Boy and his dad. Sa The emperor was mad at first, be laughed, and when we got out ¢ the palace dad leaned against a post and scratched his back, to me, “Hennery, you never of have did it,” and [ sald, “What a poor boy do when called upolh dealy to do something to enlerthl alty “Well,” says dad, “I don't myself, but this thing is apt on International complications.” and said, “Yes. it will bring Persia into ‘cause they will have to use IN insect powder to get rid of them, then we went lo our hotel and fleas all uight, and thought o sleepless night the royal family having. £8 Well, so long, old Pummernickel. Yours truly, HENNER SMALL PARISH IN LOND! Consists of But Twenty-Five § and Is Located in the Heart of the City. A parish situated within the of the precincts of the Bank of Es has reason to be. proud of itself is the happy position of St: Chi: le-Stock, which has an area of bl and eight-tenths acres and apo of but 25 souls, ae The population is a gradually ¢ ishing quantity, though there a notable Increase of one d past four years. The, figures are as follows: 1811, populatio] 1831. 72; 1841, 16; 1851, 45; 1881. 8 34; 1904, 24; 1905, 26, There are only three inhabited in St. Clristopher-le-Stock, Ini church of St. Christopher-le- XK pied the ground upon which thy house now stands. The nae Ww rived from its proximity to the market, which was theg held neighborhood of Change alley, church was demolished in 1781. The graveyard, according lished reports, was garden within the Peace of the XMeart If quiet and peace could only be by withdrawing from the duties nd cupations of active life, then : pesce for most of us could never is not In our power to iy fo still retreat, in whose guiet cape the evils and troubles the corner will never ba for world where care and evil
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