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i-HEN I—John Jublier, veteran
\i J butler at the Grange—took in
t .> 5 oelock tea things one evening
i i; was the footman's place, strictly
. iking, to do so. but knowing that
!'•' two old ladies preferred me, I
ays made a point of doing HO).
(i.of them, I think it was Miss Ma
li; a, said:
• Well, .lubber, :-iud what do you
• m of the new housemaid? Tell
i: andidly, do you think she will
Kill.' '"
• I think, ma'am." I replied, "she
is ! remarkably good-looking young
in. You see, ma'am, she only
i yesterday, so it is Impossible
i. Ie to tell exactly. I can only say
ems a respectable girl enough,
its > '-ertainly very clean and tidy,
n.. \.m."
. es, she Is very presentable, cer
; ," chimed in Miss Jane; "but.
Mil know, .lubber, we want. Eome
t! :■ : more than good looks.
.'ou see, Jubbor, Ann Preedy had
I. here so uiuny years, and ray sis
tc. :id 1 were so familiar with her
vthat we cannot get used to a
ii - maid very quickly. Still, you
u:j i stand, we have such very great
f;:< h in your opinions upon nil do
mestic . affairs, .lubber, that if you
es . ssed yourself satisfied with
M-■v Blake we shoirtd feel quite easy
ip minds.
i we will ask you, Jubbrr, to
kc-j) your eyes on her, and to re
in-; to us on her general conduct,
• i ' :> on. iu-- Pay. a week's time
fi o- : now."
\V< 11, I did keep an eye on tho
y:.i ,ur woman, as I was told, and a
v.of he* - acquaintance only con- ,
tins;- a my original impression—
i . : that she was as good-look
!.. i iiirl as one would wish to see
i hair, slightly Inclined to red,
• i . . compact little figure, and such
; i; and ankle! r wouldn't give a
r 'on for the prettiest woman
i-.i . 'and, I assure you, if she hrd
•; t feet and ankles. And thorn
:flake certainly possessed. S : .e
.; i onderfully quick, and re at,
i. , i:\ her housework.
rst morning after she came I
•! -ended in person her dusting
of old china in the drawing
i ■ 1 c«uld not. have done it bet
u df. Well, it's a remarkable
c! -r. .ance, that every blessed
•,.e.:g after t'nat did I find myself
u , r. toward the drawing room,
x -> f.-t-e Mary H!al:o was busy dusting
t. • . laments.
••• vou fond of china?" enid I.
ou i si' ning, as I watched the new
!" : -■'■ Id tenderly taking up a lit
tle ii • len shepeydeas.
\es," sHo CNcialmed. "1 can
112i k ■ ou, Mr. J lbbtr. that dusting
this ie , n of a morning is a labor of
!<>•■ ' me.; it is, truly. My late mis
t: ••.< g.tve me a hook all about old
i' : ;\ and I I know something
al-- it, sir. Next to listening to
iu ic I think I like to looi; at beau
i I c !na. And. oh! Mr. Jubbor.
'.a • ly you do perform on that
vi •'.in! When you was playing last
i i your room 1 sat'and listen
< ' d it was a treat to a poor girl.
1 when you played Home,
; t '.!ome,' oh! Mr. .lubber, you
■ : #w how I felt.
'' )' Mr. .lubber. 1 could not help 1
I—l c-i -cannot help it now. ■
(•'!•. J-.T Jnbbcr, f-f-forglve me,
. t you? T c-c-can't help it,
so k-h kind to me."
\:r!. with t!iat, biassed if she
d' 1 :. : throw herself into my arms,
as if her heart would break.
V . . 'II can say is, when a young
o>ely woman in distress twines
h- -1 round the neck of a sus
man. and goe<« on as Mary
'. ! • did to I*l- that morning, T
I ■■ there is only cue thing that '
i can do under the circumstances, j
; • ; ! did it, you may bo sure. I——in
she ■ -kissed her!
I hi t a somewhat undignified and
i . ' y i t rea t.
( : ;,-i S i.y enough, that very raorn
ii::'..ie up the week that my mis- !
t 1 given me in which I was to j
' i estimate of the character of j
M .ry i lake. :
I in happy to say," I reported
"that 1 consider Mary Blake perfect i
! ' every possible way. .She is modest i
; - i >.: (assuming in her manner, and ;
i ; ' hound to say that as a house
i ' ; i never yet saw her equal. I
i 1 ik, ma'am," I wound up, "the !
i;.o. fragile china In the world '
wo,.id be perfectly safe If she had j
ti ■ handling of it."
'M- dear Jane," exclaimed Miss
i ii!a. clapping her hands together
!u g: at delight—"my dear Jane, j
or were, I do believe, such lucky
r 'iple as we are. We have actually j
nd another treasure."
'I, dear reader, the Interest 1 \
in \lary Blake's career still
. :ed. and 1 found myself every j
,ig Eupeilntending the dusting
lions in the drawing room. The
U bl ie eyes (no longer with"
in 'eirO would still look into
• In same pleading, trustful |
the brother and sisterly kiss ;
\ 1 still j..-i ;s between ns.
ihn Jubbor —John Jubber!" I
1 a myself," this vill not do, my
Vou who have made a vow of
•tual celibacy togo falling in '■
like this, for that's what It Is, ,
t 's n» mistake about it; you!
e - :t to he ashamed of yourself."
.ie next morning I avoided the
drawing room at dusting time. Ue-
was a reproachful looW
In the blu# eyes. I determined.
though, to be firm, and the next
morning, as before, to keep clear 112 t
tho drawing room. AUx! for ray
resolution.
Happening to pass the door- quite
by accident, of course--I, heard a
sound as of some one choking with
in. Mary 111, perhaps, I thought to
myself, and (it once opened the door.
Yes, there she was, sitting on the
sofa with her head burled in the
cushions, sobbing as If her heart
would break.
•'What Is the matter. Mary, my
dear?" T exclsilraed, drying her eyes
, with her own duster rs I evoke.
] "Oli! go away—go-a aw-a-a-y,"
she sobbed.
] "No, no; tell me what Is the mat
ter-—what are you crjlng for?"
said I.
"Oh! Mister Jubbor, I 1-o-o-ve you
too, and you're s-s-so cruel!" she
replied, sobbing uway louder than
ever.
Well, here wns a pretty go. Of
I made a fool of myself, and
I loved her In return, and all
Mie rest of it, if only to keep her
quiet.
".And you will be lc-klnd to me,
ami let riie help you clean tno
p p-plato, as you promised?" said
she.
i "Oh! yes, of course I will, Mary,
; my dear," I replied, sealing the
promise with a kiss. "And now be
off. and I'll finish your dusting for
you."
Well, 112 dusted away at the china
ornaments, thinking all the while
what a fool 1 had made of myself,
and was about to leave the room,
| when by the sofa on which I had
found Mary reclining. 1 caught
of a crumpled piece of paper. It was
a letter, and as it commenced "Dear
Poll." I guessed at once who ii be
longed to. So 1 pocketed It. mean
ing ro hand It to Mary when I next
saw her alone.
Now, I am not an inquisitive man,
a:> a rule, but before I gist to my pun
try I could no more resist reading
that letter than a moth could avoid
going at a candle. This Is what it
6aid—
Denr Poll Hasn't that there old
Spooney lot you have a sight of the
plate yet? 'Jet to see it immediate,
as Bill and n.« want to do the crack
next week, and Oliver's (the writer
alluded in hi* slat!.?, to the moon)
hold of the old girl's diamonds, yon
can do 'em up ready for us at tho
sumo time. Further pertlklers ou
hearing from you.
The kid.-, Ik all well, and so am I,
and I remain, yours affectionate,
Joseph Maggs.
P. S. — Is thene a Barker on the
premises?
It didn't want much ncumen to
understand this precious epistle. It
was as plain a* day that the party
who wrote it meant carrying off my
mistresses' plat'*, and that tho newly
found treasure <?), Mary Blake, was
In with the thieves.
The next thing to he done, thinks
I to myself, H to see whether "Old
Spooney" can't get the best, of Mr.
Joseph Maggs. With that in view,
nft -r making a copy of the letter, in;.*
first act was togo and replace it ex
actly whore I fo.ind it. And it was
lucky 1 did, as it happened, for just
as I came out .Miss Mary Blake
bounced in. She came to look for her
duster, she said, ami it was quite le
ft esliing to note the dash she made
Tor the letter the moment she paw it
Of course, I pretended not to notice
that part of the performance.
Apparently ruiieh relieved in her
mind, she now turned her attention
to me.
"Is my dear old Johnny-—you are
my Johnny now, aren't you?- going
to show me his pretty plate, as ho
promised to-day?" says the artful lit
tle minx, looking up into my face
with those great blue, iunocent-10-'dc
inJ--, eyi s of hers, and putting up hor
face for a kiss, which I hadn't tho
faintest objection to giving
"Of course, I will, my dear," I
replied. "Com' 1 to my pantry about
11.30, and I'll show you the lot."
"Dear old thing!" exclaimed she.
"I'll eome.uover fear."
At the time appointed she duly
made her appearance in the pantry,
when out came the plate for her edi
fication. There was a tremendous
lot, and I showed her every hit of it.
Directly arter luncheon, finding
that several things were wanted for
tit® house from town, I volunteered
togo myself and see about them.
Now Mr. Benjamin Bagshaw, who
was an inspector of police at that
time (you recollect lie retired last
year?) was a particular friend of
mine. Bo straight to Ben's bouse I
went.
"John, my boy," said Ben, when I
had told him my story, and showed
him the copy of the letter to Mary
Klake, "give us your flipper." Ben
was always a bit slangy wheu ex
cited. "I think that if we only use
discretion and hold our tongues we
shall make such a haul as will aston
ish 'em at Scotland Yard. Now, look
ye here, John," says he; "in the first,
place all letters to and fro between
Mary Blake, housemaid, and Joseph
Mcggs burglar, must be Intercepted.
That will be, of course, my business.
"In the second place, you must go
heme and make love to bluo-e'ed
Mary- -oh! the dear, sweet little in
nocent," laughed Ben —"fiercer than
ever.
"Thirdly and lastly, you must go
out everw afternoon and meet me
at four in the little spiunoy
as r.ins along the VYallington road,
so that we can keep each other well
posted."
What we were anxiously waiting
for the letter from Joe Maggs to
Mary Blake, saying when the plant
was to come off, and at last, on fie
eighth day, Ben, with tho very broad
' est grin you ever saw on a human
d countenance, announced that it bad
arrived.
Joe Maggs thanked his doar Polly
for the plan of the bouse and the
particulars of the swag, and he and
his pal would be waiting outside the
ho'iso at 2 o'clock In the morning on
Thursday. She was to undo the bolts
of the front door, so that they could
slip in, and they would then go
straight to "Old Spooney's" room,
gag and bind Idm If necessary, and
walk off with the plate. Finally, she
was to give some of "she knew
what to the dog.
"Ah! that bit about the dog re
mind* me," said Ben; "you'd better
1 get the noble animal away some
where, John, for the night."
We settled all our plans. When
i everybody had gone to bed I was to
! let the Inspector and two of his men
into the house, and secrete them on
. the drawing room landing. My next
i move was to undo the bolt, so that
any one could walk in. Finally, I
was togo to bed and await results.
| When 1 kissed "Blue Eyes" be
hind the pantry door that evening, 1
felt more like Judas than ever. The
only consolation I I ad was that she
was as false as I was. On Thursday
' night, having seen the last of the ser
| vanta off, I went softly to the hall
door and let Inspector Bagshaw and
; his two men in the house.
I Now, though I was not Jealous of
my friend, the inspector, yet I did
! not see why I should not contribute
! my mite toward the capture. There
j fore, before I went to bed (which I
! did with my clothes on. underneath
I my nightshirt) I was careless
[ f-r,n-.tgh to leave a decanter three
pruts full of port wine doctored, do
j\ou think, expressly for the bur
glarious party? Well, I shouldn't
! wonder If it was.
\t 1.30 o'clock I went to bed.
i Shortly after 2 I heard a noise, and
- I set up the mo..t awful snoring you
j ever heard. 1 kept my ears open,
i though, all the time. I heard them
at the plate chest; 1 laid foolishly
I left It. open. 1 heard 'cm shift its
contents into a bug or bigs, and tlu n
i and then land I give you m> word 1
I almost burst out laughing) I hoard
'em pegging away at the wine.
"Rlivuy! tho cove might ha' been
geateel enough to ha' left us out a
! wineglass- what do you think,
B'.ll?" Iheard some one say, as he
filled one of the tumblers which i
had purposely left on the table so as
j to be handy.
j I had not lonß- to wait for what I
heal expected.
"Joe," 1 heard the other man say,
i"I feel precious qiief r quite drow
; sy like."
"Oh, you'll be all right directly
you get 3 into the fresh air," growled
Joe. In reply. "Come fill np once
i more, and then we'll mizzle."
A loud snore was tie response.
Again I listened and then i-fiu
' tiously took a peep at tho burglars.
They were 1-oth fast asleep.
Out of the bed I jumped like a
harlequin, fished o-it some stronß
cord I had purchased expressly for
the occasion, and l.o.ind the I«>g- ar.d
arms of tho insensible Joe Maggs
■ and his friend until they looked for
ail the world Just like a pair of
trussed fowls. Next, i lit my lamp
and every candle 1 could lay my
hands ui on, and finally I haw my
whistle for help.
I In rushed Inspector Bagshav. and
his two nan, and slopped pa-alj ed
with wonder at Ihe sight before him
—the plate all packed, the two bar
glars neatly secured. Ben, for once,
■ \\ as fairly puzzled.
"Why, how the- whet the—whats'
tho meaning of it all?" he stam
mered, looking from me to the two
men and then at me again.
1 struck an att'tude, and. pointing
to Joe Maggs an.l his friend, ob
served quietly, after the manner of
a conjurer at the conclusion of a
difficult feat of sleigh t-of-hand
"That's how It's done!"
Willi Ducks Steele 1 !"I h Pond.
Many people, not wlt'iout educa
tion and a general knowledge of
natural history. ai*e mystified by the
presence of fish in tn closed waters.
For many years there was open
mouthed wonder over the perch,
bream and crayfish fo nid in the new
ly cut dams n« a the Magtmr-.e Flivi-r
in New South Wales. In some cases
tho water had scarcely sotte-d alter
tho rain had filled the dam when
the fish were ob ; -i ved, and the Aus
tralian farmers started a theory of
spontaneous product ion.
This obtained and gained wide
credence until a Sydney professor
chanced to pick np a wild duck and
found its breafi feathers well dotted
with fertile and almost hatched "sli
ova, on which the "spontaneous pro
duction" theory was promptly with
drawn.
Clogs Worn by Mmjlisli Workers.
An acknowledge! authority has
estimated there are at least 4,0u0,-
000 pairs of clogs sold in the north
ern counties ot England every year.
Different woods are preferred in
different districts. The workers in
factories and other Indoor occupa
tions ia such districts as Bolton,
Oldham and Preston prefer a sole
made from either alder or birch,
wiiile In the colliery districts, such
as Wigan, beech, birch and ash are
mort generally used, the first named
in such Instance being in greatest
demand. Some Idea of the immense
! quantity of soles used may be gath
ered 'rom an estimate that each pair
of clogs will be resoled twice before
being replaced by a new pair, thug
averaging three pair of soles to tbe
lift of oae pair of clogs.
Motor cars are now carried to sea
by some of the officers of the Biitlsh
navy, for use In foreign ports.
NO TIPS IN FINLAND.
Maid's Surprise on Receiving Money
from Mistress' Guests.
A country where there .ire no tips
am] where small services are rendered
to the strung! r without hope of reward
would .seen) hard to tiud —yet such a
country is Finland.
So fHr the tourist has not appeared
in any groat numbers, and conse
quently the commercial spirit which
his advent always marks has been ab
sent. As an exctn plw of this, Mine.
A ino Malmbcrg, a Finnish lady. who
is paying a visit to this countiy, tolls
an amusing story. Ttvo English
friends whom she and mot while over
here had been staying with her at
her house in ileh-nngfors, and on leav
ing gave the maid a tip.
She was very much astonished and
did not know what it meant. Seeing
Mme. Malmberg's son coming down
str Ira, she ran to him and said. "They
gave me money. Did they give you
any?" Hearing that they had not
done so, she was much my stifle i. ' I
cannot understand why they should
give it to me end not to you. •when
they know you much fceuer than me,"
was her perplexed comment cm tl:e
Incident.
Osawatomie and Potfawatom!:.
The spelling of the two words
Osawatomie and Pottawatomie cu : ;
considerable confusion to this dry;
but that is the way maps have them
now, and that of course makes theia
'•official."
Osawatomie. famed in Kansas his
tory. is located between the Osage
River and the Pottawatomie. It is
named from these streams. In the
early days two "sV were frequently
used in its spelling, but the improprie
ty of their use was shown and pointed
out by the school teachers by simply
explaining the word's derivation.
The name of Pottawatomie, though,
bad about ten different spelling;, ac
cording to an old settler of that com
munity. "The tribe of Indians," he
said, "left the State and did not leave
us the correct spelling of the word. So
we people along the creel; final.y got
together and decided" to spell the word
the shortest way possible—Pot-a-wat
oiido. Now they are using two Vs' cm
the maps, and I guess that is the w: .
to spell It--now. We swelled it tl ■■
shortest way, and I have often thong .
tha. we were the original a mplified
spellers."—Kansas City Journal.
Sermons in Ancif it Times.
St. Augustine's sermo::* h .ted
about 18 miuutes. but. in that ai ■ ient
day It was no uncommon thin; to
have several at the same service.
When two or more bishops wee pies
eat It was usual for tiicm and the ,
pre." by tors to preach one after the
other, reserving the Is ( place for the '
highest dignatary. Some con. oh lion,
however, was to be fottad in the "act
trliat applause was permitted and
many of St. Chrysostom's sera or. 4 1
w< e hailed with the "tossin ' of }'.ar
ments and waving of handkerchiefs." ;
A Persons! Matter.
Clarence was usually o restless
Hiid fidgety in church that his mother
was obliged to reprove him frora t: ••••
to time. One Sunday he was so q slot
and well-behaved chat his mother no
ticed it, and spoke approvingly.
"What a good little boy Clarence
v.as in church to-»ay." she said.
"Mamma was so proud of him."
Well," said.Clarence, "I h;:d to be.
The choir looked right at me. and
sang over and over again. 'PI.- -se be
still, please be still!'"—Youth a Com
pa ni on.
Happy rskimor.
Kskimos nre all children, rentent
ed. peaceable, honeat an<l bor; ••:l»ie,
without rulers and without •" • ion
for fame or power. Ti-ey live ai. t
entirely on raw animal food, and tula j
explains the absence of a number of
diseases which are common tor • i!-
Ization. Salt water contains iodine,
and all sea animal 1 !, a we'i as all
who eat them uncoohed. absorb more
or lesa of this Bckl< substance.
Capital Punishment.
Capital puneiiment prevails in all
th-e States ar.d Te.-ritories of tha
Pnton except Mie _an, Wha • ,
Rhode Island, Kaiu-as P.i.d Maine. It
was abolished in lowa in IS7J. and re
stored in IS7S. It was r< 1- o aboli hed
In Colorado, but was restored in 1.1.
In N'eiv York and Ohio execution is by
electricity.
One Thing Vet to Learn.
We have learned how to tol- graph
without, wires and fly without gas
bags, but the antidote for a common
ordinary cold still mocks the foiled
searchlngs of the human race.—St.
Louis Republic.
Car.'t Eliminate Hir.i.
This country has g»lven up shirt
sleeve diplomacy and quit electing
presidents who were born in log cab
ins, but the man who picks his teeth
in public continues to be visible.
Do Pretty V.ell Yet.
"This motoring game isn't what it
used to be." "Speed ordinance too
carefully enforced?" "No; but pedes
trians are getting so careful."
Berlin's Linen Faetorles.
Berlin has about a hundred fr, lor
ries for linen goods- for more than
the kingdom of Saxony.
The Truth, In Most Cases.
A man tries to control his ch!Mr"»
before he has learned to contro; hii.i
self.-New York Press.
Good Advlcs.
Whatever you do, do wisely ar a
think of the consequencos.-—Geeta ito
manor um.
: ! WORLD NEWS"OF!
THE WEEK.
Covering Minor I -pper.ings From j
All Over the. Giitie
DOMESTIC.
Agnes %ooth, formerly a noted ac
tr<. s, died at Brookline, Mass.
Demands of the oa •:<■>>. -as for con
fevent es on w. • e •«,creases v/ore
served on thii:y-two Eusie-n railroads
and .'an. 20 was set as a dr«f» for the
officials to agree.
Mayor Gonzales of Hoboken, N. J.,
ttiade his llrst Sunday in office a
"blue" one for that city.
Tailed Slates Judge Hough In do
• cid'rig tint Charles W. . orre, the < on
victcd banker, had no right to a new
trial, declared that otn h >t<!e of liquor
a day was not to much to be allowed
a jury.
Wu Ting-fang form -r Ch'nose Min
is:- r to America, sail, d fi.r e.
Employees ot Eastei n railroads de
cided to make formal d 'ands for the
w ,;•» iiicrca .a tin v de -a ri-i . n.l
; conditions wire declared rijio for a
strike of 200,000 men.
Newark's Mayor rwd a pro> 1 . ua
; tion warning persons bitten toy a dog
In rhorpiijg erow i ■■■ he Thursday 1
the r.niianl had hj d: o,di abia :. 'ha',
the vie".as aie in {wave peril.
The New York f.tot k. Exebang- in
quiry into the Rock island flurry re
vs •,! d the fact tliat orde;to bey u,-
i (00 shares at market, were placed by
a broker who bar. sometimes acted for
. the Rock Island svndica e.
Governor Hughes is <•::< •'•ted to be
i a candidate for re-.omia.: ion if the
I egislature refuses to enact r- .. rai
i.K'-tf ares.
Fifteen lives were lost and >O,-
000 damage was done by the st nan
■ which swept New England's coast
Sunday.
Wn'l Street was nearly thrown Into
•a panic b- a mysterious ri:of more
: th.n [',(> points in Ro k It-land within
1 twelve mlnu'es.
WASHINGTON 1 .
The Senate commit tv< which has
been inspcc.in:,- the IV.iiaa.ia Canal, re
; turned to Washington on the disp eh
t ■ iat Dolphin.
Dr. A. D. Mulvin, chief of the Bu
i reau of Animal Ind-.iar.i-y, decla-.e:? ia. it
j cat men have cau<r- d typhoid fever
l int ho-Is to be r- : re das p:om; ine
| ptiisoning.
There are 582 ] • ro-.s oat of every
! ten thousand of popm itlon arrest d
! a :d lodged in Jail isw.li year, accord
! ins to Census Bureau i - .ires just
made public.
I Railroad switi-lu a a «•:' th" North
! west plan o ---t-k fed •ul li. ervee.J. n
ijy laying their grievanc. a before
' Pic; ident Tr.ft.
Secretary .James Wilson, of tl'e De
partment i.f .'i:'-; 'ilane '•> pl'.'.a. lit
j Ing an inv?ft:ge.:ion iato the re.ail
pt I- • -t of food ;
| President Tafi in his foithcoming
; me s; ;-e to Congros« will point out
the i d'.'ii' a , o; f'. aI.: ale., - . re., of
corporations.
The State De i. rt; ent is s'all in
i favor of K-traua for President of
Nh >: ag but i a - . i.a. lor a
i bona tide eleation. al \ al a ."o aeo
; jile's real choice shall b : lio. >n.
I The Statu Department demanded
' f:Mc.icn an <• .plauaiion why
Jaraea Cook, an American, is hi'
in prison withoui trial.
Inevstiga 'ion of the ti a arnliaation
\- •( • : under tli* pi ' law sh wed
it to be a pi''! i. a-
FOfa.'C-l.
: The le.aoiiati u. -a China
' and P. rtugal ovei he Ma -o he .ud
nay r.ihd and China . i--d Pt.atu
g>.l to ev. caate all .la? territory in
disi; a,e e.«-(-yt tbe ca. of Ma to,
lCngii.-h pci!' are ah nv a; feverish
j anxiety as the time jgpioaebes when
\ they tn v' cease tae'r c ■•<■■;ioneer : ag.
Narat-;aa's a ay !r. : I. -a re
: duc.ed by defeat and c a-0..r-a,> ient
la,at K. tr a- • bo; .. ; ar. h 1 ..lana
g-ai witlioat much opposition.
The cen eaaay of M illinai Ewnrt
. Giad. toue's birth was celebrated at
Westminster and In his favorite
Church at ii rvard. a, n. ay f«-.e : gn
countries being rep re-a a ed.
.loreph Chamboa'.tln. in manifcato
issued to Blrrui.a 1.a.. ede.-'ot,; - iid
Croat Britain we r.se e. d by .or
eign nation« as nevc-r be:'arc.
10 1 :-Pros Ident Zed ; a'a l a -nt
that lie was ca'.aed a-yluai on the
15riti.ll ship Saeii v aler was d r ied
j in Managua.
General tSewart 1.. Woodford, on
ht.lia.lf i.f the li .tham-'.'a a n Com'vis
siuu, pre.-.eni. da.-a > . orati a .hi
medwl to Qac a Wilheimina of Hol
land at The ' i "a e.
The I'rt-nch i'or- ign Miai ter duids
the system of aatieaal onfentes
• as a Prevent;:livp of war.
I Balloon thernto; c;e s sent up by
Prof. Hergesell ovor .la, . ilei re: -acr
ed colder we.uher than has been
found at the same height in the Arc
tic rogl- i.s.
Rear-Admiral Kimball arrived In
the capital of N'carr-gmi. Zelnya
reached Mexican territory and said ho
would remain six months.
Justice Fitt.s' Successor Naired.
Ithaca, N. Y„ l a 29. Randall J.
I.ebeenf, whom Governor Hashes
ii'ea-ed to the r.uprau.e ev.ut to 1:11 the
vacancy ca d by t'e dor th <>t las
tice Pitts, was a ; : admit a of the Cor
nell Colleg? of I aw in ■ ; He- was
a student wV.ci. Govt , nor Hughe*
taught In.v lr. this colleae. and one of
the governor's tvoiia pui.lls.
Too 'inch Curiosity,
"My curios >y is gettina the better i
of me," ga -p-ed the side-show prop; le
ti r as the tl.ree-legged man kic'ne i
hi.a oao In iho solar plexus.
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KING INAUGURATED
International Bible Lesson for Jan 9,
1910—(Matt. 3:13-17; Matt. 4:1-11).
I
r'* 3 "™I"'*' 1 "'*' " """1 The gospel of
I I Mp.ttb- w wa t>
» a-. > | written by a Jew,
| jt o converted
; i... , Jews to prove
I G&pi ''j «hat Jesus Christ
| I was the Jewish
'' Messiah. The au
f j thor, Matthew,
j | w.i'. a converted
_ tli > r. or tax ga'.h
-- ; .;Vs/.." c"•••!•. who had
t " ." H'-'j given up his bus-
I , -• -j iness at the per
sonal Invitation
i of Christ, to become an itinerant
preacher of th<> fco-tpel He proclaimed,
fi'':3' persuaded in his own mind that
his Vaster was what He claimed to
h-. tho tviiig of the Jews. Hence,
the gospel of Matthew id full of re'er
: ences to the Old Testament, tiie Jew
ish scriptures, 65 passages being quot
ed from the prophecy and the hope of
i Israel. The genealogy of Christ he
».:••• oa back to King David to show
; th.'.c he has the right to sit as David's
i-on upon David's throne. Thus we
find tlis word kingdom 56 times in
il.is gospel, the phrase, "the kingdom
of he ven," times, and nowhere
?:=>« l.i the New Testament. Matthew,
; 1 the •ay through sets forth
the fact that "Till. Is Jesus, the king
of the Jews. We have seen the her
ald of the kins; in John the Baptist.
No: ice now, the i; tuguration of tHo
• ki ig.
' Inaugural Ceremony.
Monarrhs are inducted into o/lice
by solemn ceremonies, and from the
ir.< , I :-u; when t y are invested with
the purple they break away from the
t old life ami all things become new.
1 intivm was an ordinance of God, in
t.'i. . to the new dispensation,
I and as such Jesus submitted to it. And
; wh ■'.*>, In 1 case, it was not an act
expressive of <• mfe. ion oi sin. it was
Kl.'. Investiture with the awful dignity
| of riic Messiah, a ceremony in which
the opening heavens and the De
scending Spirit bore witness to the
divine approval and consecration. For
tile "people, baptise.: was the symbol
o." ti.fir separation from sin and con&e
tion to God; in His case it was the
:bo! of . i nation from His hither
to uilvate life t>i d the assumption of
j his royalty as Messiah-King, John
: had opened 'he door of the new Icing
i flora, i i oat the wilderness of sin the
i people had flocked into it. Now from
j the seel'."ion of thin.v years of prepar
-1 a*ion Jesus entered it as both Kin;
! and Priest. Here is where He took
j r>> His royal pr TOJT ives. Here He
• received the seal of i. ~ t he
i fullness of puwc t>pir.v.
And ho"e . made in
i .ling tliim.. r ire., he open
?d iiv.t.'cns, "This is My Beloved Son,
in whom 1 a:n well pleased!"
The King Tested.
No sooner was the Kins inaugurat
ed tl;; 1 '" He was tested as to His king
ly iUalir'es. It must be sho./n to all
the asjs thst lie reigned by divine
i i t ' 1 t, ihat He was lioiy, harmless, uu
defili d, separate from sinners. Or,
as iho Scripture puts, "Then w;.s
J"ses led up oi the spirit into the
: wlld< ;uesß to be tempted of the devil."
\Vhat< ver else is involved !n those
■ words, it is pretty certain that dur
i ing I hat forty days, two kingdoms met
in inequable warfare, and at its close
Christ stood forth the conqueror over
every po . i: !.■> temj tation that can ap
! peal toman.
Three-Fold Temptation.
Lyman Abbott sums up the tempta
tions: Tli" temptation was threefold
and it took place in regular progres
sion. i-< • first appealed <o the body;
: t! •' seeo/.i to h.ve of admi.atlon; the
' third to lov<i of power, ''..a first was
to mere bcd.'y appetite: the second
to a r. ore honorable desire for fame;
t: e third to a noble ambition pervert
ed. The first called for an act miracu
-1 lous; the second for one ostentatious
and presumptuous; the third for one
; blusphrmously wicked. The first was
disguised as an appeal to reason; the
second was speciously an appeal to
■ tl>» the third was a bold and
naked re,elation of Satan. The first
wis the most deceptive; the second
the most plausible; the third the most
a-ulnrious. In the iirst Satan tried to
mislead by hiding the sin; in the sec
ond. by sanctioning the bin, because
of the greater good to be accomplished
by it; in the third, to compensate for
sin by a promised reward.
The r-irst Adam and the Second.
It is interesting to trace in Christ's
, temptation, a perfect anology to the
temp l alio i In the Garden of Eden.
There, as here, the appeal was made
to the lust of the flesh, the last of the
: eyes and the pride of life. The ap
peal was first to appetite. Eve saw
that the tree was good for food. The
appeal was tie*! to the aesthetic na
tuiShe saw that it was pleasant to
iiie eyes. And thirdly, the appeal was
to spiritual pride. She saw that the
tree was to bo desired to make one
wise. In the first instance ihe attack
PUI seeded; in the second it failed.
The P.rst Adam fell in a garden; the
second Adam was a victor in a wilder
ness; Adam the first was conquered
in a garden and made it a wilder
ness; Adam, the second, conquered la
a wilderness, and made it a paradise.