TWO I. "With weary brain and aching hear! I greet another day; A hasty bite, and I inuat atart Upon my weary way; The sun may ehine above my head and oft, eweet winds may blow, But what are fair, blue skies to mef With tired feet I go To labor where no sunshine falls, fihnt in by cheerless, dingy walls, Estranged from all but woe, 'The day is done, but what have I That it has brought to me? The sinking sun may gild the sky Why should I stay to see? I that am doomed to merely rise and toil all day and then. Lie down to troubled sleep awhile and toil away again!. Day after day the same old round Until somo day the welcome ground Shall hide my face from men?" I Tns m With 8 By Frederic Upon my return to Manila In the spring of 1!K)0 from a four months' so journ It) the Southern Philippines I was reminded by my friend Feldmnu thnt I had promised, before starting for the south, to purchase for lilm a flue krls, a weapon much In evidence anions the savage tribes of the Islands of Mindanao and Jolo. I accordingly asked my friend to drop Into my quarters and select a weapon to his liking from my store of 200 or more krlses. Feldman lost no time In calling on me, and after some hesitation, owing to hlg Inability to de cide between a beautiful "snako-krls" from the Lake Lanao country, which had a fine Ivory handle, and a Jolo weapon, the handle of which was cov ered with leaf-gold, hammered from Spanish coins, he selected the former, as Lnko Lanao curios are extremely rare. Before Feldmnn left the room, however, ho spied a peculiar krls with a jilnln wooden handle wrapped with strong black thread, which was lying on my writing desk. The blade of this weapon was Inlaid with silver, and the curves nt Its base began In wide sweeps nt the hilt, nud ceased alto gether nt the centre of the blade, leav ing the point straight for at least a foot nud a half. "I say, old man," said my friend, picking up the krls with the plain han dle, "I didn't see this one. It Isn't very elaborate as to finish, but It cer tainly has a sinister look of business about It. If you hnve no objections, I think I will take It In preference to the 'snake.' Do you know, I -wouldn't wonder If thnt knife had a history. .Wherfj did It come from?" Feldman was right in his surmise. The krls with the plain handle had a history, and that a pretty exciting one. The odd thing about It was that no one knew thnt history better than my self, for I saw the keen, cruel knife sating Its lust for blood one dny, and could give direct testimony to the ef fect that It had taken the lives of at least five human beings, besides wounding and maiming as many more. It was early January In Parang-Parang, a town on the south coast of Mindanao, and the day of an event of the greatest Interest to the Inhabitants. The company of American soldiers which had been detailed to garrisou Parang-Parang had arrived In the morning, and the vertical rays of the fierce tropical sun nt noonday were beating down as If bent on showing .the newcomers how hot they could make a day along the seventh parallel of latitude. The people of the town were enjoying their siestas after the excitement caused by the coming of the first Americans they had ever seen with the exception of Major Brutt, Governor of Cotta-Itato, and myself, who had visited Pnrang-rarang a few weeks before. The binding of tho troops had been effected In the most satisfactory manner, and the soldiers were quartered temporarily In the ce ment church of the town, as the old Spanish barracks were In a most un sanitary condition. v Paraug-rurang bears rather a bad reputation. As a post of the soldiers of Spuln It caused the Don nearly as much troublo as all the rest of the great, unruly, unexplored Island of Mindanao put together. Nearly 800 Spanish Boldlers were killed In and about rarang-Paraug during tho scant eight years that Spalu maintained a garrison there. One day l.wns standing in the main street of Tarang-Parang, unmindful of the heat, engaged In an earnest en deavor to Induce a big, ugly Moro to place a price on his krjs, the blnde of which was of uncommon pattern, al though the knlf( bore a plain handle and the sheath was devoid of orna ment. As was frequently the case among the Meros, the owner of the krls did not ejre to part with It, and would not consider any offer, no mat ter how extravagant. In reply to my question as to why so fino a blade should bo Btted to so plain a handle he answered, In a surly tone, that he kept his weapon for use and not for sale. The remark wns one I had heard frequently before. In reply to similar questions, but I had good cause to re member It later In the day. When the cool of the evening begnn to replace the heat of tho day the en tire population of rarang-Pnrang turned out to see the "Americanos." The Dutto IJttnmama Baqul, tho chief among the Moros, who lived in the vi cinity of the town, was staudlug In the main street, not far from the church where the Americans were quartered, surrounded by a large group of his re tainers and followers. Suddenly a commotlou was notice able a few hundred yards up the street. Attracted by the sound of cries we at once centred our Interest on the stal wart figure or a man who came fun ning toward the little group, In the centre of which stood tho Datto and myself. As the approaching figure drew near I noticed with surprise that H was the flerco looking, surly Moro whose plain-handled krls I had en deavored to purchase from him earlier in the day. The weapon, unshathed, wusm his right huud us he ran rapid Jy toward us, and we could see blood upon his sleeve aU,i uppcr Kai.UK,IlU Wlien the Datto heard the clamor and saw tho man running toward him TOILERS rr, The sunbeam piny across my way. The wind blows soft and sweet; . The sky is smiling down to-day, And I, with dancing feet, Speed onward to tiio duties that still claim my faithful care And to the pleasures that arise from faithful service there And in my heart I'll bear along A little of the West Wind's sonj For those I love to share. "M v tasks are done a golden glow Spreads out across the sky, And still the sweet wind whispers low, Htill sings the song that I Have, with a haunting gladness hummed through all the blissful day, And all the world seems happy as I hurry on my way To smiling lips and loving arms P"11 t',ro"Kn 'nd of charms ' TVhere pleasing funcies play. S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Kecord-llerald. trie Plain flanjile. Coleman. 2 with tho naked weapon he supposed that the participant, or possibly the survivor, of some Moro altercation was coming to him, cither In search of jus tice at Baqul's hands or else protection from Ills enemies. If such was tho supposition that the Datto placed upon tho case he was soon proved wofully In error. Tho Moro hnd been engaged In altercation, true enough, but, as we subsequently learned, he had little thought of seek ing for justice or protection. The events which bad transpired a few mo ments before were of such a nature that the Moro knew his part In them deserved little else than death. More over, he knew that It was his fate that his life should bo forfeited should bis townsmen be able to take It before he escaped from their midst. For the Moro had the blood of two women of his family on the krls with the plain handle, and by the Moro law of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth his life was already declared forfeited to the members of the family of the dead women. Tho commencement of the troublo and Its cause will ever remain un knownas Is often the case In an "amok." The Moro becamo enraged with bis wife for some reason known only to themselves, and in the heat of his anger adopted a course not uncom mon In Moro-lnnd. He attacked his spouse with his keen krls, and, driving her before him to the front part of the house, finally overtook nud killed her. They were alone In the house at tho time, and as the building was some what Isolated Beveral minutes elapsed before those who heard her screams arrived on the scene. By thnt time her cries hnd ceased and her troubles were over. Thnt her struggles must have been frantic in the extreme was proved by tho condition of the dwell ing. Leaving her mangled form, the Moro ran towards tlio stairway at the rear of tho house, and met another woman of his family ns she was ascending the stairs, attracted by the screnms of her neighbor. By that time the vengeful blood-lust which filled the maddened Moro's mind hnd gained complete con trol of him. Swinging his krls over his bend he cut his second victim from the shoulder-blade to the waist, leaving her in her death-agonies where he had Btruck her down. By this time hnlf-a-dozen people wore at the foot of tho stair way, but the murderer jumped down tha steps nud ran by them so swiftly that they hnd no opportunity of learn ing tho extent of his crime before he hud passed around the corner of tho house mid was nt some distance from It. In nn instant, however, two or three of his townsmen discovered the muugled form ut tho top of the stair way, and started off on the trail of the fugitive, crying. 'El Moro, cl Moro!" words whoso significance were that someone had "run amok" and calling upon anyone who had the opportunity to i:sslst In capturing or killing him. As tho Moro, now become a renegade, passed the lirst house on his way tow ards tha cm: re of the town several lances were hurled nt bis retreating figure, though none of them found their mark. It might seem peculiar that tho rene gade should make for tho centre of the town; but that was his shortest route to tho shore of the bay, where he could obtain a boat and soon plnco himself In the bands of a rival Datto on the opposite shore a few miles distant. This wbb no doubt his Intention. As Datto Baqul steppcu from out tho crowd about him, and walked toward the approaching Moro, ho put up bis hand as If to stop him, at the same time Inquiring the cause of the dlstur bunce. Iu uuswer, however, the naif crazed man swung his kris at full arm's length around his head, nud, without doubt, had the weapon landed where the Moro Intended, It would havo severed tho old chief's head from his body. But Uttuuiamu Baqul was a Moro himself, nud won his way to power in Moro-land as much by tho strength of his good right arm as by his powers of diplomacy. Although sixty years of age, he was still nglle, and tho scars of combat, which cov ered him from hend to loot, were evi dence of his years of experience. He hnd learned that to evade a blow was fur better policy than to met It. He saw tho deudlly gleam of hlu assail ant's eye und tho evil Intent It bore before tho krls was fairly on Its way! By a clover duck of his head he es caped what seemed for a moment to be certuln death. Tho weapon fell, but lis razor-edge missed tho Datto, cut well luto the uock of tho servant fol lowing closely behind him, nud added a third to the list of Its victims. An other stroke of the cruel krls ended tho Ufa of one of the Datto's hunch meu who stood In the path of the mur derous Moro's escape. So suddenly was tho whole ufTuIr concluded that scarcely another weapon was drawn before the list of deaths to be credited to the krls with the plain hundlo hud been swelled to four. In cutting bin way through the crowd, most of whom had made a wild bieak-uwoy from tho affair, no fewer thun livo of his fellow-townsmen were Wounded by tlio renegade. Incredible uti it may kcoui, Uiu ficciuy; Moro gained tlie farther edge of the crowd and obtained a good start, unscathed, before tho Dntto's warriors had gath ered their scattered wits and given chase. A shot was fired at the re treating figure; but the Moros are no marksmen, and ho stood In no danger from their guns. It seemed for the moment ns though the man might make good bis escape. Indeed, such might have been the outcome hnd not tho desire to take human life been so strong within hint. As he was running down the road he met an aged and Infirm Moro who happened to be pnsslng, and nltbough tho old man was too weak to prove a fit nutagonlst for a mere child, the murderer ceased his flight long enough to bury the krls with the plain han dle from the crown to chin, straight through ue head of the old patriarch of the village. The blow that robbed the old man of his life, however, proved the Indirect means of the assassin's death. Be fore the maddened Moro hnd time again to raise tho dripping blade the campllans and krlses of tho avengers had struck deep into his head, neek, side and back, and the spark of life left his mnngled body before be could emit a single gronn. When I arrived nt tho depot a mo ment Inter the krls with the wooden handlo wns lying unnoticed In the long grnss a few yards from the corpse of its former owner. I picked It up, and subsequently obtained the permission of Datto Baqul to keep It as a souve nir of the lurid event. All this went on in the very midst of the town, and almost within a stone's throw of the American troops as they were lounging about their quarters. When the Moros scattered In every di rection, crying "El Moro, El Moro!" at the top of their lungs. Captain Gillen water, the commander, drew his com pany quickly and quietly Into line, not aware of the nature of the excitement, but resolved to be prepared to meet whatever developments might ensue. The whole affair was over, however. In far less time than It has taken to tell It, and the Americans breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that the Moro who "ran amok" would run no more. Thnt Is the -story of the krls with the wooden hnndlo which now forms tho gem of my friend Fcldman's collec tion. The World Wide Magazine. """ A FUNSTON STORY. The Gallant Knnsan's Exciting Experi ences With Cowboy. This Is the season for the Funston story. Some of the anecdotes told In reference to the captor of Agulnaldo are more or less apocryphal, but until the gallant general comes back from the Philippines to deny them they will probnbly pnss unchallenged, which bns been the case with a yarn that originated somewhere In the West. After Funston's brief but exciting; experience In Journalism he became a conductor on the Santa Fe line, and In this capacity found himself In al most dally association with various tough things In the cowboy line. Ono day a cattle puncher who had imbibed more whisky than was good for his nerves boarded Funston's train at a way station, and Immediately began to make trouble. Refusing to pay his fare and shooting holes In the celling of the car proved to be among bis spe entitles. He was a deal bigger than Funston, but the latter did not hesi tate to emphasize his authority by kicking the fellow's pistol from his hand and throwing nim off tho train. The cowboy grabbed a chunk of bal las. and smashed a car window; then ho fled down the track, with Funston In hot pursuit, and flinging gravel af ter the fugitive as he ran. Finally the cowboy got away and his pursuer, tired and breathfess. returned to his train. The chnse had occupied some thing over half nn hour and Fnnston's train was just so much behindhand nt the end of the run. The divisional su perintendent made an Inquiry and Funston explained. "You did right to Are him," said the superintendent, "but what did you chase him for?" "Because I was mad," replied the conductor. "You would be mad, too, If anybody flung a rock through your window." "Probably," said the superintendent, "but I wouldn't do It again if I were you." Brooklyn Eagle. l.auonchere on Queen Victoria. "I Jjad tho honor of being one of her Majtfty's dislikes. I do not siipppose that it was duo to my having opposed so uiany Uoyal grants, but probably had Its origin at my having Jeered ut tho Battenbergs or some other of her likfci. And yet I havo no doubt that I hoc a more sincere admiration for her thin most of the flunkeys who bowed and scraped before her. "What I admired in her was her contempt for those who were trying to buy social distinction by means of their money bags, and the simplicity ji of her habits; while I always felt that If sho did occasionally Interfero too much In politics, bub did so less than any other of her predecessors and al ways yielded to tho advice tendered to her by responsible advisers In re gard to policy nud sometimes In regard to less important matters. Sho would not have been u woman had sho not acted on her likes and dislikes, aud iu everything she was thoroughly wom anly." London Truth. - No "Keep OCT the Orass" Signs, "Keep Off the Gruss" signs are no longer to be found In Cleveland parks, or, If they are, they have been over looked. According to tho Plain Deal er. Mayor Johnson has ordered them all removed. "What's the use of having parks that peoplo may ou'y look at?" said ho yesterday. "It those people whose business It Is to keep the parks green nud pretty can't do It we'll get others who can. But the people are golug to walk ou tho grass If they wuut to."' . ' The Live of 'Due Horses. The averugo working life of a Lon don omnibus horse In flvo years; that of u tram horse Is only four. He Is tho same sort of horse; be comes to work at the siiiiie. uge; he costs about tho same; nud ho works the sumo few hours; but so much greater Is his ef fort that it costs a Hbiltlug a week moro to feed hlin. uud ho Is worked out iu four-llllm of the time. . ME TROOPS IN CHINA tVHAT THEY EAT AND HOW THEY ARE LOOKED AFTER. the Camp Arrangements of the Different Nations Were All Dissimilar Onr Troops Paid Small Attention to Dress -.Russians Bad the Best Cooking. The report of Captain Thomas Franklin, of our commissary corps, al ready referred to in these dispatches, gives a Tery interesting account of tho wny the various troops were fed and cared for during tho campaign of tho allies In China. The Japanese has rlco bread, dried fish and tea, which they supplemented by the use of tho sheep and cattle the country produced. They also had American canned meats, but these were not used freely, and seemed to bo more in the nature of a special or emergency arti cle of their diet. Tho British white troops had n ration similar to ours in quality and quantity, but not so varied or flexible. They used tea In stead of coffee. The British Indian troops hnd about three-quarters of a pound of flour, about one pound of rice, one gill of vegetable oil, salt, and once a week a pound of fresh meat, bone and all. The Slhks a to only meat or goat, but the Mohammedans ate everything except pork. Tho Rus sians had little besides n biack bread and soup. They were given quarter pound cans of some sort of meat preparation at Intervals, much In the same way as the Japanese used American meats. They had the finest cooking arrangement, though, of any. On a sprlnglcss wagon was mounted a iron furnace under a semi-spherical boiler, water-Jacketed. The boiler was fitted with a tight cover and the whole was very strongly and compactly built. Into this they put all the ma terials for a soup or stew that they possessed and nothing came amiss screwed down the cover, lighted the fire, and away went the perambulat ing soup tureen with its company. Whcn.tbey made camp all they had to do wns to "stack arms," and then march past the soup machine, the cook opening a faucet, and each man receiving his ration of hot, well-cooked thick soup; tho assistant cook In the meantime was chopping up a loaf of black bread with an axe, and each man got a liberal chunk. The camp arrangements of the dif ferent nations varied as much as their nations. Tho Americans appear to have kept the cleanest and best po liced camps. All garbage was prompt ly removed and burled In pits at a distance, and other offal limed or cov ered with dry earth dally. The British kept fairly clean camps, but in a spasmodic way. They would let them get dirty and then turn a thousand coolies loose and do a. week's cleaning In two' hours. The Japanese kept their Immediate quarters clean, but were not at all particular concerning their surroundings. The Russians and French paid little attention to camp sanitation, and but for the cool weath er in September would probably have hnd a hard time. On the other hand, the Germans kept their camps very clean and guarded the health of their men by the most stringent rules, but withal hnd tho biggest sick report of any. The American transportation ar rangement seems to have surprised the foreigners. We used light wagons, loaded with from 3500 to 4000 pounds, so as to defy the muddy roads. One man enroll for four mules, and each mule hauled from 700 to 1000 pounds of stores. Tho other armies depended on carts which carried loads of only COO pounds per animal, and each ani mal required one man to enre for it. Tho way our mules followed the hell mare excited general interest; a herd of fifty mules would be turned loose and kept under control by two or three men, and when in harness they could be driven without any change of speed over a crowded road or through the laybrlnthlne streets of Chinese cities. The Japanese had many little stal lions with shaggy manes and bulging eyes, serving as pack-horses with panniers, each led by a soldier. Be sides these they had a multitude of small one-horse carts, consisting o n ll3ht plntform, with neither ldes nor ends, mounted on two small wheels. The Russians also had carts larger than the Japanese, with flaring sides and ends and drawn by Man churiau ponies of great strength. Tho British had a number of scllvo, vicious llttlo pack mules, led tandem, throe In a bunch, a coolie leading the head mule. Tiio burdens were hold In plr.ro by au ingenious apparatus with loaps aud hoo'.is, b.U the lead did not stay on If tho inuie trotted or acted fool ish. Tho same army had also nt first a number of carts with wooden axles and solid wooden wheels, which proved too cumbrous ncd were cast aside all along tho road. Afterwards some very good pans, steel built, ar rived from India and proved service able. The French, Italians und Aus trlaas had ao transportation except what they picked up in tho country. The Germans were similarly lacking until Into in tho season, when a large number of military buggugo wagons reached them, Theso wagons were not nearly the equal of ours In shape, capacity or strength, and required two teamsters to our one. All the foreigners appear to havo paid more attention to the appearance of their uniforms than our troops did, but to have been less sensibly dressed. In bats and shoes our men were bet ter off than any, and their blue flannel shlrta were greatly admired. The Japanese marched with very light equipments, but seemed to have all they wauted. The British troops were also lightly loaded. But both theso nations took along a small army of coolies to attend upon their men. The Russians carried little. Their rough blankets were rolled and tho ends tied together, and stuck Into their soup cans and a wooden water bottle and a canvas haversack completed their outfit. Tho French and Italians cur ried very heavy packs. The Germans were heavily laden and seemed to huvo a pelt and a poiinoh for every thing from a pair of boots to a meer schaum pipe. AU the armlcB except tho American revelled iu color and gold laee In their winter uniforms, und hud to spend much labor In keep ing tbem:.-lve presentable. Boston 'i'lsuseript. ... - .. MUSTARD TOO SLOW.V In Skipping Rope the Highest Speed Is Called Tabasco. Tbey were two handsome old ladles sitting nt the window with their work In their laps, one the hostess and the other the visitor. They were children together and still talked of their form er playmates as tho "girls." "Where's Margaret?" nBked the visi tor. "Out In the back yard with, some little friends skipping the rope. My favorite granddaughter, you know." "Rather delicate, I'm afraid. I de clare I don't know wbnt the race is coming to, judging from the girls now growing up. They don't seem to en dure anything. Do you remember how we used to skip the rope, Sue?" "Just as though it was yesterday. 'Salt' was the designation when we just jumped an ordinary rate of speed, 'pepper was faster and 'mus tard' was the fastest. "That's right. To do anything fast er than 'mustard' meant fits or palpi tation of the heart. Dear me! I don't suppose that there Is one of those children out there could skip 'mus tard' without having a sick spell. We certainly go backward with each gen eration. Sue, Let's take a look at them." When they reached the back door there was Margaret flying up and down as though she hud wings, springs nud lungs like a long-distance runner. She wns jumping two ropes going in oppo site directions at the same time and whirling as rapidly as tho operators could mnke them. "Come here at once, Margaret," called the hostess, "what In the world are you doing, child? It's enough to give you convulsions. Why, it's fast er by far than mustard." "Mustard," sneered the granddaugh ter, who was breathing easy. "It's too slow for us. That's 'Tabasco' I'm doing." Then the old ladles filed back, looked sheepishly at each other, and went to talking about how much better looking girls used to be than they are now. Detroit Free Press. Hawk and Bnsxard Fight. The Observer saw a fierce aerial battle recently between a buzzard and a hawk. The hawk had a nest in a giant sycamore along the Olentangy and the buzzard in flying over the tree hud evidently gone too close to the nest of the hawk. The female bird left her home and gave battle to the sailing buzzard. The hawk- would soar up above the buzzard and then come down with the rapidity of a stroke of lightning. Every time she landed a few feathers would fly and the buz zard would croak out a protest. Final ly the "skeleton cleaner" evidently learnt d a little wisdom, and dodged the hawk as she made her downward plunge. Then the hawk tried the side attacks, and for a time the buzzard was powerless. Then he got on the curves again, but as far as the Ob server could see the combat kept up. The buzzard's mate paid no attention to the trouble his companion was In and calmly sailed along about a quar ter of a mile from where the fight between the welter and the heavy weight was waging. Columbus Dis patch. Snakes In the Philippines. Thnt our men In the Philippines are not campaigning In Ireland Is brought homo every now and then in a start ling manner, as was the case with First Sergeant Ducklott, of Company A, Forty-ninth Volunteer infantry, stationed at Cordon, Isabela Province, Northern Luzon. He was walking down the main street, when he camo face to face with a boa coustrlctor that had just made a meal of a yonng pig and was casting voracious glances at a juvenile Filipino. Sergeant Duc kett's Krng clipped off the boa's head, to the great relief of the natives. The Aparri News says that the constrict or was "young." If the baby boas out thero enjoy a pig for breakfast, prob ably thoso full grown can get along on nothing better than a rotund pork er, or eveu a private, U. S. A., uni form, ammunition belt and nil. Prob ably this may account for the disap pearance of native guides sent out ahead of American columns, that nev er come back once tbey get into the brush. Army and Navy Journal. ' Why the Chinaman Is Different. He shakes his own hand instead of yov.rs. Ho keeps out o? stop when walking with you. Ho puts his hat on In salutation. Ho whitens his boo; 3 Instead of blackening them. lie rides Willi his heels In bis stir rups Instead of his tec3. His compass points south. His women folks nro often seen in trousers, accompanied by men In gowns. Often he throws nwr.y the fruit of the melon and ens thi seeds. Ho laughs on receiving bad news. (this is to deceive evil rylrlts). Hia left band Is the place of honor. Ho thinks It polite to ask your age and Income. He Bays west-uorth Instead of north west, and .sixths-four Instead of four- sixths. His favorite present to a parent is a coffin. Tit Bits. Shop Assistants' Hoars. Shop assistants in Australia work only fifty hours per week. In Bailor- at every shop, except thoso of tobuc conUts, fishmongers and hairdressers, closes at 0 p. m. for the first four days of the week, on Friday at 1 p. in., and on tSnturday at 10 p. m. The majority open at 8 a. in., to be swent and dusted by errand boys, the assist ants arriving at 8.30 . m. An hour is allowed for dinner and on Saturday an hour for tea, the total being about fifty hours' labor per week. There are also eight or ten whole holidays iu tho year. Slow Recruiting or til English Clergy, The steady nud increasing diminu tion in the number of candidates for holy orders In the Church of England is a painrui symptom. At the lust ud vent ordinations only 405 deacons aud priests were ordained as acalnst Bill it the previous udveut. The seriousness or this condition of affairs rises out of Hit! 1'SlL-t til II I lilt- lllUllllntlr.il r irn. lurid Is still increasing nt the rate, it Is suld, of 3'jO,000 per annum. Church Eclectic. THE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lesson Comments For June 16. Sab:ct: Jciai Appears to John, Rev. I, 9-20 Golden Text, Hen. xllL, 8-Memory Verses, 17, 18-ConimeoUry on tht Day's Lettoa. 9. "X John." John, the author of this book was 8t. John, the Apostle, the eon of Zebedee. the beloved disciple, and the author of the four other books of the New Testament tht besr hia name. "Yonr brother." A member of the family of God. a Christian. "Companion." "Part ner." (R. V.) "In tribulation." A word derived from the threshing of wheat. It took hard blows of sorrow and persecution to separate the chaff from the wheat. John was at this time aa exile for Jesns's sake, and had all the reasons other perse cuted Christians had for being discouraged. "In the kingdom." He was a member of Christ's kingdom, which was in time to triumph over every enemy. "Patience." Meekly bearing all sufferings for the sake of his Lord and Master, "l'atmos." This island is in the Aegean Sea, about seventy miles southwest of Eohesus. "For the word of Ood." etc. He was banished to this lonely place because he was faithful in expounding and obeying the word of Ood, and because he testified about Jesus. John was the only apostle who died a nat ural death: that is, if he ever did die, for John Wesley and others believe that he was translated. John survived all of the other apostles a whole generation. At the time he wrote the Apocalypse, Paul and the other apostles had been dead thirty years; hence John was truly the patriarch of the apostolic age. 10. "In the Spirit." Under the influ ence of the Spirit, and fined and quickened by the Spirit. "The Lord's day." The day made sacred to all Christians for all time by the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. It was the day of light and salva tion. John arrived in Patmot late Satur day evening, epent the night in prayer, and with the opening Sunday morning the glorified Savior opened heaven to his vi sion. Why is onr Sabbath the first day of the week? We see here the apostles kept the first day, and, because of its sanctity, called it tha Lord's day. "Be hind me," etc. This was his first intima tion of the presence of Christ. 11. "Alpha and Omega." These are the first and last letters of the Greek alpha bet. This is a figurative expression, used to show that Christ was "the source and the consummation" of all things. He is from eternity to eternity. "What thou scest." The prophetic vision that was re vealed to him on that Lord's day. "A book." A pnrchmental roll. "Seven churches." Seven" denotes perfection. Doubtless there were hundreds of churches in Asia Minor at that time. The reason why seven only are mentioned is because the church is the bride of Christ, and seven is the sanctified number always rep resenting Christ. Four represents hu manity, as man is the king of the world, specified by the cardinal points, north, south, east and west Three represents di vinityFather, Son and Holy Ghost. Christ is both man and God; therefore, seven symbolizes Christ. "In Asia." This Asia does not have reference to the continent of Asia, nor to Asia Minor, but to a small province in Asia Minor called Asia, of which Rpheans was the capital. "Ephe sus." Mentioned first because the church here was the largest and most important. 12. "The voice." He turned to see who it was that spoke, the word "voice" being used to signify the person speaking. "Golden candlesticks." Compare Zech. J: 2-11. Lampatsnds would be s better terra. 13. "In the midst." 8howing Christ's presence among His people. "The Son of man." Compare Dan. 7: 13. This term is used here because His glory might hide from view His oneness of sympathy with His people. "A garment." This is a de scription of the long robe worn by the high priest. Jesus is our high priest in heaven. "Oirt golden girdle." He was girt around the breast (R. V.) as "a sign of kingly repose." It represented "the breastplate of the high priest, on which the names of His people are ensraven." 14. "White like wool." Wool is sup posed 0 be an emblem of eternity. The whiteness signified antiquity, purity and glory. With Christ, His hoary head was no sign of decay. Compare Dan. 7: 9: 10: 6. The whiteness, three times mentioned (white, white wool, snow), is greatly in tensified, and denotes unlimited age, even eternity. "His eyes," etc. This certifies His omniscience. The eye is the great re ceptacle of knowledge, and symbolizes all the senses. 15. "Burnished brass" (R. V.) This de notes His stability and strength. His feet are like brass when in the furnace and sub jected to a very great heat. His feet were strong and steadfast, supporting His own interest, subduing His enemies and tread ing them to powder." "His voice." De scribed the same in Ezek. 43: 2. He will make Himself heard; it is a commanding voice that must be obeyed; it is terrible in its denunciation of sin. 18. "In His right hand." The "right hand" is an emblem of power. "Seven stars." These stars are the faithful preach ers of the gospel. "A sharp two-edged word." His word, which both wounds and heals, and strikes at sin on the right hand and on the left. This wonderful word has two edges, sharp a God'a light ning the edge that saves and the edge that destroys. Compare Heb. 4: 12; Eph. 6: 17. The sharpness of the sword represents the searching power of the word. As the sun." We know of nothing brighter than the sun shining in its strength. Christ is the true light. John 1: 9. 17. "As dead." His countenance was too bright and dazzling for mortal eyes to behold, and John was completely overpow ered with the glory in which Christ ap peared. Compare Ezek. 1: 28: Dan. 8: 17. ''Bight hand upon me." His hand of power and protection, in which the churches were held. "Fear not." There is no occasion to fear when in the presence of Christ. 18. "The living One" (R. V.) The source of all b:e the One who possesses absolute life in Himself. "I was dead." I became a man and died aa a man; I am the same One you saw expire on the cross. "I am alive." Having broken the bands of death, I am alive "for evermore." "The keys." An emblem of power and authority. "Of death and of hades" (R. V.) Hades is a compound Greek word, meaning the unseen world, and including both heaven and hell. Gehenna is the Greek word which always means hell, and nothing else. Christ has power over life, death and the grave. 19. "Which thou hast seen." The vis ions he has just seen. "Which are." The actual condition of the seveu churches. See chaps. 2 and 3. "Which shall be." In the future of the .church. U. "The mystery." Write the myste rious the "secret and sacred" meaning of what you have seen. "The angels." The ministers or pastors ia charge. A Haiti-Millionaire' Peculiar Death. John P. Duncan of New York, who made $6,000,000 in the wholesale gro cery buaineis and in real estate deals In Broadway and Fifth avenue in that city, died from blood poisoning, Sun day. While eating oysters a bit of shell was swallowed which lacerated a membrane of tha stomach leading to poisoning of the blood. Mr. Duncan was 72 years old, born in New York, of Scotch parents. He was a Presby terian of tho Calvanlstlo school and one of his customs was to close the shades of the bouse and serve cold meals on Sunday so that the -servants might spend the day religiously. bugar from siawduit. A patent for the manufacture of glu cose kUgar has been granted in London, to a resident in Germany, says the Lon don Pall Mall Gazette. The process is sa follow : "Fennentttblts sugar is ob tained by beating sawdust with sulphur ic acid ; llien compressing the mixture and boiling the pressed mass with water. The sol mum thus obtained is ready fof treatment in the usuul maimer." CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. June 16 - Reverence for Sacred TblofS Exod. IIL, Mo. Scripture Verses rsn. Ixxxlx. 7; ext. 10; Heb. xll. 2H; Lev. xix. 30; I'sa, Ixxxvl. 11; xcvl. 1-10; John iv. 24. LESSON THOUGHTS. While reverence will manifest ltsbf In outward forms. It Joes not consist of those manifestations; it is an inner consciousness. All ground Is holy ground; all time Is holy time; every honest work Is holy work, if we realize that Ood Is everywhere, and we are constantly In his presence and under his eye. Beverence is not servile fear, but worshipful love. SELECTIONS. In the spirit of that significant Oriental usage which drops Its sandsta at the palace door, the devout wor shipper will put off his mvel-tarnlshed shoes, will try to divest himself oC secular anxieties and worldly projects, when the place where be stands is converted luto holy ground by the words, "Let us worship God." We must come to God; we must not come too near him. When we meditate on the great mysteries of his word, we come to him. We come too near him when we search luto his counsels. The sun and the Area r of themselves. Come not too near; bow mucn more the light which none can attain unto? We have all our limits set us. None but a man ha vine fellowahln with God could have seen the bnsh that day, for It required eyes un sealed to the insight of faith. Ood reveals bis secrets and gives his calls to those who live in communion wlta blm. EPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS. June 16 - Reverence for Sacred Things -Exod. IIL, 1-16. It is probably true that the universal sin of our time is irreverence. The most sacred things are referred to in a manner that we are coinmnnded not to profane, is used In the most ordi nary conversation, as though it had no significance beyond any ordinary name. Objects which, by their long association with religion, devout peo ple have learned to revere have no meaning to the average person. God's day as well as God's house are ig nored. It Is believed that everyone may push aside with ruthless hand whatever Is designed to hide the mys teries of the faith from the vulgur gaze. Much of the Irreverence undoubtedly comes from the spirit of Inquiry which Is abroad. Science hns disclosed so many of the deeper truths, which were hidden from the wisest of other days, that there Is a general Impression that no knowledge is too deep for us. The man with the probe and the scnlpel has gone everywhere, end behind him are a large company who rather take delight than otherwise in seeelng these instruments used, whatever may be the cost In pain or suffering. In the minds of many religion Is only another name for mystery. It Is associated with superstition and Ignorance. To remove or break down the symbols of religion seem to be a means to the dis closure of truth. This Is the way many feel. Tho there Is the rabble that gets enjoyment simply out of the de struction and suffering that are cnusod. For the cultivation of rever ence several things must be observed. Objects of Our Reverence. Next to those things which best Interpret God. To one person It will be one thing; to another, another. To many, by reason of their early training and habits of thought. It will be the Church, with Its symbols of worship. To others the Bible will be Invested with a sacred awt. Whatever the object Is which seems to us to represent God or Is the means by which we draw near to God, It should be handled reverently, or spoken of In a reverent manner. Let us beware how we spoil for our selves our early habits of reverence by any thoughtlessness. HAMS' HORN BLASTS fT OVE Is the per. IUU1U UL I1LO. Only he who can worship can at tain. Religion Is not a rouge tor rogues. A modera'to drinker is simply a moderato drunk ard. There is no do- ivTK?.'" Uge in tha Chris- I 3 t1an life. Somo sort ot creed preceeds every deed. A swift run somotlmes indicates a light cargo. Christ gave no law till he had tiled It in life. The devil is the president of the sin combine. It Is the grip on a better world that enables us to rise above this one. The Jordan will divide when faith moves on to conquest. You cannot scatter sunshine if yout religion Is all moonshine. Chrtstllke Indignation is always ac companied with compassion. The scheming preacher seldom for. wards the plan of salvation. Souls are not saved by concerts whatever concerted effort may do. The llfo ot our Lord has value to ui only as He is tho Lord of our life. You cannot take the road wltbou1 the road. Religion without conviction is llki a lean to shed, without foundation. The man who Is moat conscious 0 coming' from Ood will bs moat like!) to return to Him. ' It we are not hurablo toward God, wi are not forgiving toward our brother Probably the story of this earth be but a chapter in the history y heaven. 1 The man who packs water on boll Shoulders Js liable to stand in mud. He who tunes his efforts by his in cllnatloas la pretty sure to miss boll opportunity and blessing. T.seh Me Day by Iy. I need Thee to teach mo day by day, according to each day's, opportunities nntl neo.l. Give me, O my Uird, tUut purity of roiiHcieiuo which uloiie ran rereh-e, wliuli 11 lone van improve Thy luHiiimtioiiH. M.v cars mo dull, so thnt 1 cii'iiiot lu'ur Thy voice. My eyes art dim, so that I rauuot wee Thy tokens. Thou alone runs! . nuickeu my ht-iiriug. end pm'gu my Hixht, unit 1 u.-w uul renew my beurt. Teach lue to hit ut Tliy feet, nud to hear Thy wurj. Amen.
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