It 4 .. . fa 4 I H1 3.; I Chrishpas, Mi Cjladncss Dy NeUcll Tent-buke ii., 10: UcHold 1 brin you IVCE iiion the hallowed. I upon the earth. At last I the Ionic vear of toll over tools and arts nnd Indus tries Is all but ended. The Christmas festival, dedicated to happi ness and good-will, has fully come. This morning the whole city has. wak ened to quadrupled joy. The very at mosphere of our earth Is rosy, stained with the rich colors of the heart. AT. windows are bright with holly and evergreen. Parents have discovered tbut it Is more blessed to give than to receive. Y011.J1 overflows with animal spirits. Suddenly the aged have shed their years and become vounz again. Before the light bad fully dawned the carols had begun to be heard in the ebnrches. And every passing hour will behold larger multitudes throng Ing to these temples of the soul. All feel that no flowers are sweet enough, uo songs bright enough, no gifts rich enough for the Christmas Day. For onco all strife nnd enmity have disap peared from the market place. To-day nil swords are sheathed. This morning misers have become generous, pessi mists have become optimists, while generous natures glow and effulge like the sun. Verily, Christ mas II. s like a bar of sunshine across the face of our dart earth. I i o-dny. if some Christmas Chil visitant from a dren's Day. celestial realm were to draw near to our earth for the first time, to go away again when dark ness falls, the angel would carry with him tbe conviction that there is one unity planet among the host of worlds where all childhood is rich nod happy, knowing no care or sorrow. And it is literally true thai this era of happiness for children Is distinctly traceable to Ue Christum event nnd tin- Christmas spirit. All children do well to celebrate the Manger Child, because It was Jesus who discovered childhood. When rul ers nnd titled men ipiestioned Him. Jesus placed a child In the midst of them and said: "Of swell is the king dom of heaven." Socrates sneered the grief of a mother weeping for her babe. If Plato suggested that every village should select n distant hilltop and build a pen for the exposure of uuwoicome ctiildreu; If Aristotle urged laws muklng the drowning of sick and weakly children compulsory on their parents; If Seneca said, "We slay tbe worn-out ox and horse, and it is not wrntb, but reason, that separates weak children from strong;" if Cicero rebuked bis friend for grief because be uiissed tbe dead bab, then every lover of childhood must rise up to speak for that Christ who took a child in His arm, whose love brooded over the TI I EDO AH'S H E AD. TtinAucieDt Predecessor of the Turkey. . ffct boor's rjead in hand r l.x :ach d-wilh xjv and rosemary,. L H El , -use I gobble ot bnioKj IW the fcoiV bnijh. Flutter of Wing; ftrtf the morning, dumb, Vy of loon m Itie ciemntf. hush. 3ob of Wind and In jong of Ihrxijh. Brht jfor ond JirtMy lornbj 5ire and jliisx of Ihe lilac' fdumtv pronmn btej In KW urble dvnk,. flicher of bat in Ihe jilr moonj. Thut bnm Ihe eotlh in Ihe ormj of June With 1'l.y ond nyt and imi)l Giif and oteam of the tfoMen-rod. I.enf and Irndnt ot clemgtij. How'erj cuIm in me jcenltd od Where hurf '.t a'Jcr abode tticm nod Like iubyins amelliyjtj Snov-7lolif5 ovVr Hie lily'j bed, frozen devV on the volctj bloom. Sihes of frnjt uere the rove .hunj, red. nnd nie oolden heart of the homing JiheJ Itj liuht throufh the Summer moon. LoW huno mitj where Ihe jun flamed Uhilt, OnoiJ-dnftj ovVr the dolfj and dunev GtinK of ice where Ihe pratiej hunjribe, .Shilfin prav for Ihe jJoUien fivhl Of Autumn ajfernoony Scart of hobs when the jun jhone bi ifiht, rejn of JjiTh in a jnowbo'.r.d film, Whnhrr of lovtt lhroT a World of While, WJ the his of Cl on a Christina mpht. ' B.ac on earth, gjai Will to men CeoflpA 6.T1TUJ Dwioht Hilliv Itaod tiding, ot great juy." Gloria in Excelais. child as the stars looked down upon the little town of Bethlehem, nnd who sent through the ng. s this word, "Suf fer little children to come unto Me." Jesus said, "Take heed that ye offend not one of My little children" and "Their angels do always behold the face of My rather," and hope dawned for childhood. From that hour Jesus' disciples began to make life happy for children. They founded homes for the exposed children who had been left to starve. They founded schools for orphaned children who had been cast off by poor parent. They founded asylum for girl babe left In the market pluce by parent to wnom they were unwelcome. They purchased ufTerln,; children from their slave master. For children schools began to bo founded, book written and college established. For children thu wheel of Industry turned around. For children the wall became beau tiful with picture, and shelve were filled with book. For childhood bonie became happy, music became blgb and sweet Uallery and library took on new grace and richness. All institution are tested by their power to serve childhood and strength en youth. To day all Institution are beginning to Imitate the wise men from tbe East, who brought to the Divine Child their gold and arotuatiw spice, uieu frank incense anil treasure, 'Christ' estimate of the value of childhood has conquered Ui world. His tlioniriit of childhood Is tbe very upart and goulus of Chrlsllan olvlllr.a Hon. . 1 Bpcause Gbrlut iilrZ nun Rtnixls for th Coldcn Am. I 1K .... .. faliii-r of Hip uuiii, oud for the cradle, as the one point where futurity Is viilm-rniile. It will yet usher In the (tolden Age. To produce an Ideal world we ne?d only one t til dr.- a ( hrlstnma that lusts nil tho year. When the sun rises It throws Its beams of sunshine forward a half hour In ad vance of the orb of lire. When the sun I sets the light linger long In tbe cloud. And the Golden Age means that the iipproachlnir Christmas will cast Its eneroiiii b"uuis forward toward July, mid that when the Christmas Ia? lias iaed Its peace and good-will will linger to lend light to those months that end with June. Tc-day parents give liifts to their children, the prosperous help the poor, the happy stretch out friendly hands toward the widow and 1 he fatherless the Christmas spirit has 'ratisfiirmed selllshness Into service. This morning, without changing a sin :li law, economic or political, lol the iol.len Age Is come. It seems that to iroiiuce mi ideal world, without sor ow or strife or sin. It Is only necessary hat the benuis that stream from this 'night diiy should encircle our cold irih, not in robes of Trosty selflHlineas, init with the sweet blossom of the heart. I.lttle wonder that In the far-off for est and valley and plain, lir the frozen Xortb and in the sunny South, In the innumeruhlt homes of this jrreat Re public, nil people, young and old alike, through gifts and song nnd good-will, celebrate this greatest dny and the greatest event that lias ever befallen our earth. The civilization that ad I -Jiinces and rolls forward like a irolden flood represents a spirit that set forth from Itcthlchom. Universal happiness nd wisdom nnd ppnee will come to our earth when the Christmas comes to stay all the year. New York World. The Sunt lu l.wtUr. We smiled when little Willie wrote His note to auta Ciaus, And yet we ilnin t have the lioart To hid the youngster pause.' For li.-ive we not in alienee kept Tlie hopes that we have prized Without tlie chim e that illie's have Ul lieniK realized!1 t him who in his day dreams build No castle in the air. Who never hopes the morn will dawn Willi gilts snriasniim fair, Who never made the oejt of lem Than what he fain would ask Iet him make hold to stay tlie child In hit fun J, trustful task. The .Inpatient SkiiIu Clmia. This bus been called the era of chil dren, so much lire the little ones thought of nowadays and so complete ly have the old, hiirsli, unkind ways died out. Yet the Japanese long ago showed us t'ie way. In a country where ull tbe grown-up people laugh and the babies are treated with won derful tenderness, they worship n god, "the (iod that plays with little chil dren lu tbe sky." The Image of the god stands by the river nt Nikko, and Into bis lap the passers-by pour little white pebbles, in case the god should forget to gather them and the children have nothing to pluy with EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS Buuta Cluus "Hal ilu! Here' the usual list of urgent necessities, I up poie, Ws et (reading), 'Dear Banty -De inclosed siocklu' 1 mine. Ma little brudder Jimmy ain't got any ter hang up er odderwlse, but would ilka s etockln'-full, too, so please use mine ter ineusure it wit' an' dun dumoiblsu on d floor an' oblige your trool, Swlpsey Dugan.' " I'uck. A 150-TON LOADING CRANE. The loO-ton travelling crane shown above (the illustrution Is from tbe Iron Trade Review) has been erected at Iiuisburg, fiermany, for boat un loading. It Is it steam crane, despite the marked favor which electrically driven hoists are enjoying at present. Tlie boom of the crane also exhibits n peculiarity that it does not swing through a complete circle. In the rear of tbe machine, fastened to tlie edge of the whurf, anchor supports project a nd lit tho same time do not Interfere with the movement of the load. THE STATUE OF THE SUMERIAN KING DAVID. By Edgar James lSnnkf Kleld Director of the lniiylouluu Y. peitltlon ot til University of Chieago. The white marble statue of tbe Suuierluu King David was discovered by the expedition of the University of Chicago while excavating at the cor ner of the ancient temple bill at the ruin known us Hlsinya, lu Centra! .1 ' t .1 ;a. . ..a '.--i. .- at iu a THK HTATI.K ir THE KUMKHIAN KINO DAVID, FOUND AT lilAUTA, BABT J.O.NIA, AND IIRI.IEVKD To DATE BACK TO 4500 B. C. ' Bubylouiii. Despite the discoveries of the fine old creniutorlum, the tlrst that has tome to light, and of the use of the arch in ifubylonia as early as 4000 B. C, the tinding of this ancient work of almost prehistoric art Is one of the most Interesting results of the expedition. When found it was lying upon its back, us head was missing, nnd the toes, which were broken from tbe feet ut the time of Its fall from tbe platform above, were lying Just beneath it. Tbe htad was later re covered from another part of tbe ruin, lu places, especially upon its fuce, Is un incrustation of saltpeter, eoiuuiou to objects which have long beeu burled In the soil of Kubyloula; other parts of the statue are as perfect as when It left the hands of Us sculptor. The tstutue Is centimeters high and HI In the clrcumfereuce of Its skirt. The bead Is buld, tbe face beardless, the trlaiigulur eye sockets, to which Ivory eyeballs were ouce tit led und held lu place by means of bitumen, ure now hollow. The shoul ders are broad and square, the body thick und short, the well-shaped arms are free from tbe body, and the bauds, ui'cordiug to tbe usual Uabyloulan custom, are clasped In front. Tbe up per half of tbe statue Is nude, and from the waist. Is suspended an em broidered or pleated skirt intended to represent heavy wool or fur. To give support to the stutue, tbe bare feet are Imbedded In the pedestal. Upon the right shoulder, the ileurly cut In scription of three lines lu the old Sumerian or pre-Unbylonluu lunguage, reads a roiiows: (The Temple) Kshar, King Duudu (Daud David), King (of) Uduuukl. The name of the king ia eutirely new to Assyrlologlsts. The name of the city and temple were first read upon the great stone of Hammurabi, recently discovered by the French in l'erslu. , The age of the statue 1 beyond dmibt several centuries more than six thousand years; the approximate date of 4.11s) H. O. 1 Died in several differ ent ways. , First, the archaic character of the writing Is that employed only la Ihe inscriptions long antedating the early Babylonian king, Hargon, of 8H00 B. C. Tbe character of tbe Inscription are lineal and nearly hieroglyphic; the wedce-shaped cburucterswere not yet developed. Second, tbe statute when found wa lying beneath the platform of sev eral reconstructed temple. The up permost of the platform contained brick Inscribed with the name of Dung!, of VIM B. 0.; beneath it wa a platform constructed of tBe brick of Bargon, 8800 B. 0.; atlU lower wera tracea of several other reconstructions. Tbe statue was beneath all of theso, among tbe ruin of a temple built of small plano-convex brick -which all Assyrlologlsts assign to tbe middle of tbe fifth millennium B. 0. Third, tbe style of the art; the trl-augulnr-ahapod eye, the nose forming a atratgbt line with the forehead, the tjle of dress employed only at that i MtfrMV W I II particular period, Identify it n be longing to the snme age as the famous bas-relief In the Ixmvre and a statu ette In the British Museum. The great Assyrlologlsts of F.urupe assign t the figures possessing these peculiar char acteristics to about 4oii0 It. 0., and no Assyrlologlst of repute, and who is acquainted with tbe enrliest Baby lonian art. would question the (lute. The statue, fully 1500 years earlier than any other from Bubylouln, not only presents history with the name of a forgotten king; It is a perfect specimen of the most ancient art lu tbe world, and opens a new chapter In tbe history of tbe earliest known people of Mesopotamia. Scientific American. HOOKS TO HOLD THE MEAT. Until carving is taught In the public schools as a part of the general pro gram of educatiou the average man will never become an artist as a carver. There are very few people who can develop a system without having a foundation plan of some sort for a .Tuldnnce, nnd, despite tbe universality of tbe cook-book in the modern borne, very few men ever reach that perfec tion In their allotted task that they look for In the housewife in the culin ary department. However, tbe in structlous to cut along the line C D to the line A B, etc., are no longer a cabalistic In significance as they ouce were. True, the primitive appliances for carving have for the most part not Improved much, except In the matter of form or shape; but this Is all to be chnnged in tbe ueur future, as a Chi cago inventor has devised a carving appliance tbut should make the task almost mechanical. This device Is meat bolder for carving platters, the HOOKS ON TBE MEAT PLATTER. general scheme of which cun be sven at aglaucefrointheuccompuuylug Illus tration. The frame consists of expansi ble members having hooked portion udupted to engage with the edge of tbe platter, and, of course, adjustable to any size. These arms carry books which are adjustable thereon und adapted to engage with und hold tbe roast or fowl securely, allowing tbe carver great freedom of movement. I'hlladolphlu Record. HIGHEST ELECTRIC-LIFT. The highest electrtc-llft la the world tho B20-foot iron tower from which visitors to the Burgeustock gain a view orer the Lake of the Four Canton. Mra, Oeorge Gould la to bar pub lished a book on bar recent trip abroad. 1 ' S Iv 1 SI I ' The Champion of Champit Strong Men Was Donald Dinnie, a Draw Scot. 1 BnJ NOTHER champion strong 1 man looms up 011 the nth- 7T I letlc horizon, Orubn J name, a London-born Get t-w ufr muii, 1 iiiscniimpionniroiig mnn business has been much overdone. Henry I.aboucbere ance snld nnd bis opinion on any sub lect was always worth having refer ring to Rochester, the hero in "Jane Eyre" (and whnt a hero! matinee Idols (dense note!), "what enr.thl.v good does It do to your fellow mortals even though you can bend a poker double with yont hands, etc. Mere brute strength is nothing." tnarlle, or Charley, Mitchell ns shrewd ns you mnke 'em and wealthy now (old-time boxing Is to modern boxing whnt the horse car homeward plodding ll Weary way Is to tbe swift l.v fi lining trolley) once said: "I've no use for champion strong men, socailcd Ihey make me tired. They're thu biggest babies In the world. If they are not hendlincrs in the bills nt benefit they put up a boiler, nnd bark out nt tho last moment." A former champion all-round athlete now in New York (he Is a Scoti says: "My nl most Invariable experience has been tbut these so-called strong men cer talnly lack tho fighting Instinct. Jef fries could take Hundow, Rolnndow Iluckcnschmldt nnd tlrulin In a ring In one night, nnd knock them out one nfter the other Inside of three rounds each, with the grentest cuse, "One would think, from the amount of sickening gush that appears- from time to time nbout these so-called champion strong men. that a strong man was not only, n rnru nvis. hut nn up-to-date Institution. Nothing of the kind. Why. in our own day there was tlie great Highland model. Donald Din nie. the greatest all-round athlete the world has ever sren. I have seen Dinnie not only 'llft but dance nbout the stage for some time with a ton strapped to his shoulders. I have seen him slowly muscle up with his right arm not Jerk up; that's nothing, for it brings the whole body Into play a ITS- pound dumbbell; then hold out his arm nt full length and with his open palm support a ilfty-sixpound weight for some time, "The Highland Idea of the athlete means not a runner or Juniper, but a strong man first; then If he likes he may be nlso nglle. Dinnie held the record for putting the sixteen-pound 11 nil the twenty-two-pound shots, and nt some of tho Highland gatherings I have seen him take prizes at flat rac ing, in almost record time, notwlth standing his 225 pounds. He could cb nr the hurdles like 11 deer cbnsed by wild hunters through the Adiron ducks. He was certulnly the most magnificent specimen of athletic man hood I ever saw, and I bnve seen all the top-notcbers blnck, white and yel low lu the last thirty years. In bis prime, nbout fifty-six Inches around the chest and nearly nineteen inches around the bleeps; trunk and limbs like n gnarbd oak tree, and five Inches taller than either Snndow or Hacken Hcbmldt; nnd nil over ns rugged as tbe rugged Highland hills whence be sprang. We never shall look upon his like again. "But, I repent, this champion strong man business gives me a pain. There's Corbel t. When In training for bis last encounter wllh the lusty bollermnker be made the mistake of his life fiddling with weights and trash of tbut kind to make himself strong (sic), Instead of sticking religiously to his natural bent quickness lu jabbing and getting away. He danced around tho erst while redoubtable John ,. like n cooper uround a barrel ns quick as a dancing shadow am! cut him to pieces, Little rnpld-flre guns sometime get there Just ns well as long toms and pom-poms "If so Inclined, any one by Incessant prnetlee over a series of years can make himself exceptionally muscular, very often, uins! at the expense of his vitality; but, a we have said, 'cul bono?' The game Isn't worth the cundle. Saudow by the hardest kind or labor has worked out his idea and Ideal of the strong man to wellnlgh perfection. But very ordinary-looking maps are walking the streets of New York to-day, pursuing their modest" vocations, who do not know what a dumbbell or n burbell Is, but who, in virtue of some inherent nervous force. or whatever you like to call It, could make some of these so-called champion strong men look like thirty cents in a rough house. One night, in the wee stun' Tiours, I saw quite a slim-looking chap toss anout, not one, but seven of tbe finest. all-powerful looking men thnt could be got together. He handled them as if they wero so many empty sack of flour. 'We are Heven had to exeoute a sort of wedge-like Interference man euvre before they could Bubdue this unknown Bumsou. Truly the world doesn't know Its grentest men. "Now, what 1 the conclusion of tbe whole matter? Perfect health, endur ance and vitality, not brute strength. And these must be worked for Just as hurd as In getting muscularity. One of the greatest law of life Is activity. The wine for cure on exercise depend; God never mads His work for man to mend, "In nature, nothing Is given; all is sold. The first wealth is good health (wholeness, soundness), and It must be worked for like ninterlul wealth. Don't Jump Into a cur on the slightest provocation, but see It out, oven though you huve to wnlk Ilfty blocks. 'Ihe best mnlleliie chest I deon breathing. It Is Irksome at first, but keep It up and great will be your re ward. Ilnckenschnildt say that five minutes' vigorous exercise every morn. Ing Is all that is required at home. And when tlie good things of life are put before you In tbe tempting shnne of all tlie delicacies of the season, have Iko moral fibre to say 'Well, blessed be lie who crle, "Hold! Enough!"' Edison say people eat too mucbt and Xiipitleou said thut most of us dig our graves with our teeth. "It was Montesquieu, I think, who said that dinner killed one-half the people and supper the other half. Voltulre, a perfect glutton for work, aald at eightyfour tjigt, he owed, bit life to lemonade and common sene. The average duration of life I double what It was 100 yenr ago, and there Is no good reason why mun should not live past the century mark." -Victor Smith, In the New York Tress. FALCONRY A Sport That mill HlonRs to tha Lira of ths F,rth. Most persons today think of falconry ns n sport belonging to the picturesque pust to the day when knights and pages nnd fair ladles, mounted on steeds with rich trappings, their hood ed hnwks perched on their gnuutleted wrists, rode through green fields In such a gaily moving ragennt as poets and painters loved to celebrate. But in Cbltrul, a State on the northwestern frontier of India, under British auaer- ' alnty, it Is still the popular pastime, and tbe skilled Cbitrolt falconers tbluk nothing of training a wild hank tlie wildest of wild crentures to obedience and servlcea bleness In fourteen dnyg, nnd bnve even been known to oc compllsh tbe feat in live. Major R. I.. Kentiioii. who went hawking with ShuJu-ul-Mulk, tbe mehtar, or native ruler, of the country, has recently de scribed the sport ns he saw nnd shared It. The ground covered was wild and precipitous, nnd the qunrry, driven up on the approach of the hunters by beaters posted beforehnnd, was tbe cbakor, n kind of fine, large native partridge. "Almost ns the first distant shouting of the bentcrs reached us, a yell of 'ITnl! Hal!' (Coming! Coming!) and garments wildly waved In the air signaled a single chnknr. A stiff wind was blowing down the valley, nnd be passed out of gunshot below us at a terrific pace. As Ire went by, tbe mehtar balanced nnd swung forward the goshawk on his fist, and tbe bird, with two strokes of her powerful wings, was launched in pursuit. "As she got under way the Chltrnlis ralseda prolonged shout, and the excite ment was so Infectious we could bnrely refrain from cheering her on ourselves. We leaned over the wnll to watch the result, and were In time to see the fly ing chakor a brown ball 200 yards nway; but a lugger brown muss was rapidly closing on it, and the two came to earth together. A falconer at onco plunged down the bill to retrieve the quarry and take up the hawk. "The uiehtar immediately turned and took n fresh hawk on his fist, but scarcely h.id he done so when shouts of 'Ham! Hunt!' (Muny coming!) came from the stops, and a covey flew down the wind close below us. Tbe mehtar threw off his goshawk, nnd another of the purty a shnbeen falcon. And now the game wns at its height. Cries of 'Hal! Hal!' or 'Hnnl! Hani!' followed encb other in quick succes sion, and the chnkor shot by in single birds and coveys. One after another the hawks were thrown off, and it wns a magnificent Bight to see 11m greut birds wheel round in the wind nnd dart In pursuit. As each wns thrown off, a falconer dashed aftor her at full speed to take up the hawk if a kill bad been scored, or to call her off if unsuccessful." It will be observed thut these swift hunters of the air were all "she." Male birds, or tercels, are also em ployed, but never nt the snme time with the female, because In the falcon family the ludy is unmistakably the better mnn. She Is larger and stronger and at least equally tierce; and in tbe excitement of the occasion is too like ly to mistake her neighbor's mate, or even her own, for the qunrry, and to strike him down without allowing time for explanations. A Christinas Pnokaga. The real things lu this world are the unreal; the things which we are sure nre the iutanglbh memory, sentiment. As we verge past tbe meridian of life the lessons taught us iu childhood ome back to us revealed as truths misunderstood. Iu yoftth and middle age we doubt these truths. Apparent contradictions confront us on every baud. But tbe passing years tell us unmistakably, if we have eye to see and hearts to understand, that the contradictions are but seeming. Ex cept ye become as little children, ye cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven! I'luln living; high thinking! I saw a poor old woman at Christ mas time put a package In one of Un cle Sam's mulling receptacles for large parcels; a postage prepaid package of huppluess. She had a thlu, worn and faded red woolen shawl over her head. As she turned I suw her face. It was beautiful, though rugged und homely. Her thoughts were fur away with tbe loved one for whom tho package wa Intended, and her features anticipated the pleasure of tlie recipient; a plain, simple, homely face Ut up, beautified, truiisflgured by love and sulf-sucrlflce. No one could look at her and not say, with reverence, truly it is more blessed to give than to receive. George Har rison McAdanj. Touih an English Fathar. Dr. L. L. Taylor, tbe Brooklyn clergy- mnn whjise sermon are now trans mitted to Uivulld and deaf parishion ers by telephone, has an apt way of bringing out a point with an anecdote. At a men' mooting bo snld recently; ' Father ought to consider their chil dren and look out for them more than they do. "In London recently a boy entered a butcher' and aald: " 'Gimme a pound o' steak rump or round and let It be good and tough.' The butcher wa .amused. He laughed. "'What do you .want It tough for?" be asked. " 'Cause if If tender.' aald the boy, father eat It all up himself) but if It'a tough, us children get a whack at It.'" Maw Tobacco yialila. The experiment that are being Hindu In tbe Madras Presidency with the cur ing of tobacco, grown there, are of a must encouraging nature, and there ,1a no reason why Indian-grown tobacco if It get fair play, should not cnt auf American In the English market Cal cutta Englishman. Ia Favar af If aw Cabla, Owing to the impossibility of re pairing the Canary Island lubmarin cable, the Spanish Minister of tho In terior 1 in ravor of laying g new cable between Spain and ttta Ganarli. and another tfltbe poryj of l-Vfrlct, , .,
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