mm?
v. v sap
'sr.
Tli Femlnln Appetite.
How ninny women there must be
who nre blesed with n "henlthy nii
tito" which Is n constant source of 111:1 r
tyrdom to them, says tlits Lady's l'io
torlnl. No matter what her Inner crnv
lues mny smrgest the woman wlio
illiics In public knows that the Interest
she will awaken Is nut unconnected
with the mimber of course she re
fuses. VnreiMonnble Men.
Men say they en 11 nut stand pnlnt,
powder, 111:1k. '-Ill' or cosmetics of any
kind, yet, uhseVves Woman, they ex
jiect their, wo: mi 11U i ml to have an over
youthful complexion and never to look
la.vd or worn o-it. They releiMte to
women all the potty carr of a house
liold. mid often leave the wife in the
morning in a complete chaos of domes
tie affliction with the sane and stoic
advice "Not to worry!"
Miuinlfcti Mmle Aimln.
One cannot help reiHvttlng the ten
dency of feminine fashions to once
again become masculine. One fears
U little lest the leather that is to be 11
feature of feminine fashions this au
tumn, and the headu":ir that has
sprung from the masculine bowler and
tin1 old ".Tallies'" heavers, and the
walking sticks, which, like cigarette
cases, are now popular gifts for girls,
will not rub us of our pretty fal-lals
and our daintiuevv I.cn Ion World.
Tim Ku!i onnliio Coliir.
It Is next to Impossible to divide upon
the one and only fashionable1 color of
the winter, ir tin-re are so miuiy
eilors und s many shades of color
which are popular, that t say there
Js but one Is absurd. I'm ply In various
shades Is In style, a new red and a
now blue, also a new brown, and black
lias come into favor once more, so, af
ter nil, It Is a question to be decided
by the individual.
Prune, is a color that is markedly
popular this year, and Is certainly
attractive and most generally becom
ing. Trimmed with velvet of a deeper
shade of Willi embroidered velvet
bands or with narrow bands of fur, a
prune cloth costume Is most notice
able, while If the effect be too sombre,
a note of lighter color can be Intro
duced into the waistcoat. Cream
white, pale blue, pink, yellow, or a
much lighter shade of prune all are
permls-ilde colors to use. Harper's
r.a.ar.
l-'lreplnrre Old anil New.
The varieties of fireplace furnishings
are many. The andirons are, of course,
a necessity if food Is to be burned. In
addition there must be the shovel,
tonss and poker, with some sort of a
bidder, the fender, bellows, and either
a wood box or a coal scuttle. All of
the tire irons may be made of brass
from the Colonial designs, the steeple
top, the ball, the llame, etc., either an
1ii;ue or copies, or they may be of
some of the new designs in green
bronze, wrought iron or dull brass.
The creeii bronze and the wrought
iron are especially adapted to the rough
stone lireplnces. The Colonial design
speak for themselves as to their partic
ular adaptability. Some of the newer
designs are very good and some very
bad.
Those that are simple, dignified and
well adapted to their purpose are good,
but there are many, especially those of
wrought Iron, which are overloaded
with oruament, hence to be condemned.
Harper's Bazar.
htl.lren't Illrttiilnr Pnrljr.
I'or small children there is a new
Jack Horner nie which is charming. A
j.t at ball, three or four feet In diam
et or, is made of light wires twisted in
shine and covered with paper, with a
number of little gifts tied up, each one
fastened to a ribbon which falls out
of a I.'ole In the under side of the ball.
Then Hat paper roses are pasted all
ovtr the outside. This is .suspended
from the ceiling: the children am given
tlie ribbons and warned to hold them
lightly without pulling, and have n
M;;.v !i!-:nid-out l:i:rv, and at !M
olo.-v all are told to pu'.l the ribbons,
when down eo:::cs a shower of gifts
Ironi the hall.
A In
and ipili '. gr.iii
of hid" and
The children
toe Is called "cue::-1 1."
h iv in a circle on the ;! .or. and 011" child
haves the room and lilies, calling,
when hidden, "Cuckoo! Crokoo'." The
rest must sit still and gilesi where
the child is, gr.iib-d by the calls which
keep dti from time to time. As soon
lis tiie place is guessed the one who is
right hides, and the other comes back
to the circle. Harper's Ihiz.tr.
Clunililllii.
Chinchilla is delightfully soft and
becoming, but it is the most perishable
of all furs. Sable is, of course, in
beauty as in value, tha chief of them
all, and it is a lifelong possession, but
even a moderate nlzed tie of It Is worth
somewhere lu the neighborhood of $.100
at present well marked Itusslan sable.
that is to say, and even the less deslra
1 le' Canadian variety, and the neur but
l'umbler relation, mink, are at a very
high price. Cwacul and sealskin are
to be trimmed this winter with passe
lnenterle and embroidery, and finished
with lace ruffles. Two furs will be
mixed on a garment freely, and some
kinds nre best valua wbeu so used In
limited quantities; ermine, for Instance,
is an excellent trimming to a sable or
chinchilla cape, while by Itself It al
ways strikes one as having a hard
effect. Amonv the more moderate
priced furs a becoming one is white
fox, which in so deep a pile that there
Is none of the hard effect of the shorter
and stirrer hairs of ermine, and of this
fur, as It is very fashionable, wotneu
whose complexion Is suited by white
may well take uotlce in purchasing,
t'ronuiuy la Woineo.
If T.omeu are more economical than
men, as Is sometimes ktat.t.1, It Is to be
wondered at. Why should they be?
The v;oinitn shopper U led Jn various
-.vnyn to feel that she Is n m ist lin
poitaiit person. Obsequons clerks, un
der prualty of dismissal, wait upon her
pal t-i.tly, or sll attentloi t-J their
choicisf wni'fM The merchants s: nrn
mh:' ;v mr ur ra m wt m me a .. .,- .
no opportunity to part her from the
contents of hv purse, tlc wliil.j they
fl.tt'er her v.'l ity. The whole vast
r-tote, with nil Its wonders and nil its
fT.sh, exists for her. Sei'ioliigly Inno
ca lit temptations pull at her purse
dt'iiigs, and pleasant trifles wheedle
her witli their cheapness. The modem
store is a v liable pnU.v of teinpta
tion. The weak lire allured with prom
ise of credit, li e strong nre often bp.
gulled before they are aware, while
thoughtless women are likely to gather
the impression that the adornment of
th ':r persons and the beiiufillcatiou of
the home are the chief ends of money-spending.-
Harper's I'azar.
True Lore.
The modern, romantic, lilghspout
Ing, rapturous emotion portrayed In
story books Is about the poorest imita
tion of love there Is; but people match
their symptoms to those In these sen
timental almanacs, and then wonder
afterward what has become of the
dazzling fireworks they experienced
before marriage, foolishly growl ht
canse thrills ami raptures are known no
more after live years of matrimony.
True love is a matter of soul friend
ship rather than mutual physical ad
miration. It is founded on solid inner
congeniality rather than a kindred
taste for certain sports or tastes in art
and old china. True love depends not
on the roses In Amelia's ch"eks, nor
the style of Algernon's overcoat; yet
manv of our modern marriages are sev.
ercd because Algernon feels cheated
because Amelia's beauty has faded, or
Amelia Is mad because Algernon no
longer bow:i ami scrapes whenever she
enters the room. True love depends
not for lis life cither on look or
mnnncrs, but steadfastly loves on
through all the exigencies sure to crop
lip where two people marry, keep house
and rear hildren. Life Is not easy
proposition, as we all know, and mar
ried life lias all the everyday difficul
ties multiplied by two; but true love
makes it nil worth while, and Is the
only thing ru earth that can really
lighten the loud and make the way
straight. Philadelphia Tel 'graph.
Piece lace dved t:i mutch elmh s!'!.-
or velvet Is still fashionable.
Cloth skirts, with lace bodices of the I
same color, nre very modish.
The very newest brooch Is a cat i
design, n largj black cat, at that, with !
big diamond eyes.
Long evening coats, trimmed with !
fur and wadded comfortably, are being j
made of colored lace. I
Ilolcros, yokes anfl other trimmings j
of lace are used upon blouses of chiffon 1
or not and broad girdles of lace are also
fancied.
The green felt hat was worn with a
big pale-blue gauze veil, and the brown
fur cape, with long tabs, was Il'.ied
with pale-blue taffeta und fringed with
brown pendants.
Those belles who have gold and pearl
attachments to keep soft collars erect
are In despair, for the latest Paris Oat
Is that stiff, high collars are the thing
for all kinds of toilets short of the
dinner or dancing frocks. I
The tea gown of to-day Is considered
quite indispensable and after all there
is economy in changing the street gown
upon reaching home, while the loose- !
titling garment Is much more restful,
as well as more suitable to the house.
Young girls should always have their
hair arranged In the most becoming I
fashion and at the same time the situ-
plest possible. Bows of ribbon to I
match Hie corfur scheme of the dress ore '
dainty, but as in thv case of the shoes ,
and stockings, black Is always appro- I
priato, too. !
The most elaborate tea gowns aro
triumphs of. the dressmaker's skill.
The long loose coat of thin flowered
silk or gauze worn over a pleated un-
derdres of white lawn and chiffon Is
charmingly picturesque, while the nar
row gathered ribbon trims it most ef
fectively. House gowns, tea gowns and negU-'
gees play a most important part in
the modern outfit and, Indeed, so ex
cessively dainty and charming are they
it can scarcely be wondered at that
women consider that a good proportion
of 1U0 dress allowance must be tillotie.l
to their purchase.
Jd 8iaulllnK'a Joke.
The late "Jed" Spauldlng, of Mich
igan, who weighed 530 pounds and
stood six feet seven Inches in his socks, .
was oue of the Lest Jokers in the State.
He hud a brother-in-law in politics
whom he Old not like very well and
once very vigorously opposed his can
didacy for .Mayor of Tort Huron,'
Mich. One day while the campaign
was at its height the Tnlnlsters of the
city held a meeting to decide which
candidate to support. Jed happened
to meet one of the pastors on the way
to the meeting. The preacher was jn
aged Scotchman nnd somewhat hard
of hearing. He told Hpaldlng that he
would do all he could to prevent the
brother-in-law's ' endorsement und
asked for u polater or two for a
speech, tpulding, ever ready for a
Joke, saw his chance, und, pulling the
pastor aside shouted In his ear: "My
brotner-ln-law Is living with another
mnifs sister." "You don't tell me,"
the pastor said, and he slurried off to
the meeting to spread the news among
the ministers. He got the platform
Immediately and said: "The candidate
la a most wicked wretch. He is living
with another man's sister. I bare the
word of his lirotbtr-ln-law, Jed Spald
ing for It." Immediately the meeting
was In r.n uproar. The mention of
Jed Spalding was enough. The laugh
ter became tumultuous, but the pustor
didn't not lee -.he mistake be bad muds
until told that Jed Spillding himself
was tUt "other man." Koosus City
8tai.
With the Funny
Feltotu-t
Mother 3noe Motlernlied.
Little .Inck Homer nt in a rorner,
Killing a "fresh fruit" pie;
Though Ins nia had rend it was mint ill
bred .
Still lie stuck in liia thumb, and triumph
antly paid,
"One can't be too careful on what one i(
fed;
What a lurkv lad am I."
Puck.
Onlte IMITprenl.
"I thought they didn't allow babies
in this apartment house."
"Slil That's the Janitor's baby!"
Chicago Tribune.
Force! to II.
"Blank bo-.sts that he lives entirely
on a cash system."
"Yes. poor fellow his credit ran out.-'
Hetrolt Tree Press.
The Only ffo t'lnrc.
"Can yon lay this carpet so the chil
dren won't wear it out?"
"Where shall I put it. madam on
the rool'V" -Harper's ltazar.
Mythology.
Teacher "What Is Ceres Ike goddess
of?"
Utile "Scries, ma'am. Is the goddess
of continued stories!" Life.
Mini! He Millie
"Perhaps smoking Is offensive to you,
Miss Smith."
"(Ill the contrary, I like the smell of
a gcjd cigar." Chicago Tribune.
More llillli ult.
Employment Agent -"I think we car.
suit you In a cook."
Mrs. Holmes "No doubt. The ques
tion is whether you can suit a cook in
me."
A Tolnt of Itevenihliincp.
"Warships remind tiie of automo
biles." 'How?"
"They are so froipiently in need of re
pairs." No llUk.
"I understand your life Insurance
company regarded you as an exception
ally good risk."
"No," answered the displeased policy
holder. "I wasn't ary'risk. I was a
sure thing." Washington Star.
liecoj;iilp(l nt Om-e.
Maud "Hid you see Kale's new bat
at church this morning?"
Alice "Yes, but It wasn't the lirst
tim- that I had seen it. I saw it in a
store window on Friday afternoon
marked 'Only J?:!!' " Soniervllle ,IoUk-
ual.
Her Tlllan I.n-ks.
Leslie ".Molly gave herself away aw
fully yesterday."
Curler "How?"
Leslie "Tom insisted that she had fl
liery temper because her hair was red,
and she had to admit it was dyed to
win the argttmt nt!" Detroit 1'r. 1
Press.
Rtnnrr.
"I hear Swelhome Grafters has got
to go to jail for throe months. Uos he
feel very badly about It?"
"Not so very; he's Just got sense
enough to know that he ought to In'
there for the rest of his life!" Hetrolt
Free Press.
One M'oninn't WUJoiu.
"Cut," queried the visitor, "what was
your object lu putt in;: a stove in this
room when It is steaii:-heai"d?"
"Oh," replied the hostess. "I did that
so the baby wouldn't cut li cold if II
accidentally touches the st.am pipes."
Chicago News.
mnvicnt.
Daughter "Oh, mamma. I do wish 1
were pretty."
Mother- -"You needn't. I'caV; sensible
tnoa ihlnl: very Utile about beauty."
Daughter "liut it Isn't sensible men
I'm thinking about, mamma; it's Char
lie." Town and Country.
An I'xiilntiatioii.
"Why Is li?" sild t li . young man
with long hair, "111111 the average wom
an would rather marry money than
brains?"
"She takes le.-s chances.'' answered
Miss Cayenne. "The average woman
is a l.ett.'i- judge of money than sh-. il
of brains." Washington Star.
11 If l rill!.' lilrn.
Instructor "You know the law pre
sumes that the person accu-ed Is In
nocent until he Is proved to be guilty,
do you not?"
Shaggy Haired Pupil "No, I didn'l
know that, b'.:t I Lrutv any luwyet
will presume that way if you pay liiui
enough." Chi. ago Tribune.
Boat U111 m I Ipnd.
"When tiie boss comes In do yon
hide your box of cigarettes?" utked
the caller.
"Sure," responded the office boy with
a grin.
"Ah, you are afraid to let hlin catch
you smoking?"
"Taint dat; I'm afraid he'll ask m
fer a smoke." -Chicago News.
tjulte 111. Contrary.
Toss "I certainly was surprised Ic
hear that Maud was married."
Jess "YeS, It WUS rather unex
pected." ,
Toss "Her family's quite Incensed, 1
hear. They say her husuund Is a man
of absolutely 110 family."
Jess "That's all wrong. Ho was a
widower with four children." Phila
delphia Press,
Ills flnl Intimation.
"How did you tlnd out you could
draw?" Inquired the admirer of the cel
ebrated Illustrator.
"Dy th murks I received In school
for the excellence and Udellty of my
work," replied the eminent one. "My
work was a caricature of my beloved
teacher on the blackboard and the
morUs cam from the teacher's cane."
j Cleveland Plain JJesilwr.
In
to lllalklV VI-UIIMM
Obltlrll UI-llllll11
m
JJ A Scholarly Discourse By 2
Dr. R. T. Alsop.
sssasiss
Ilrooklyu, N. Y. Dr. Reese F. Alsop,
rector of St. Ann's P. K. Church,
preached Sunday morning on "draft,
Ancient nnd Modern." His text was
from Luke xl.vS: "Behold, Lord, the
half of my goods I give to the poor,
and If I have taken anything from
any man by false accusation. I restore
him fourfold." Dr. Also)) said:
We have lu these days n curious use
of the word graft. Probably the gar
dener would tlnd It a little hard to tinier.-In
nil how it came to have the mean
.Ing that It has, yet It ought not to be
dltheiilt to explain. He sets Into some
plant a bud or a twig, and by and by
it grows Into the plant. Then It lives
to a certain extent Its own life, bears
Its own fruit, drawing the while sap,
nourishment, vitality, from the plant
Into which It has been grafted. It be
comes, therefore, the figure of a thing
that draws that something else with
which It Is connected, that which It
uses for lis own purpose. So tlie habit
of drawing off for private uses some
thing that really belongs to some one
else. whether It be a government, ft
department, or an individual, has come
to be called graft. The use of the
word Is peculiar to our own times.
The thing which the word Indicates Is.
alas! us old as history. Something like
it we find In the story of him who
claims our ntrcntinu this morning.
Two or three things come out In our
study of Zai'Cliaeus,
First He was In a dangerous em
ployment. It surrounded him with
temptations. Its usual standard of
action was low. Its prevailing habit
was oue of wrong doing. It was a 1
course of life lu which every day one
could see opportunities ot getting gain
and take them. Hoth Insider and out
siders took for granted a certain meas
ure of pilfering.
Mr. Jerome has huel.v been holding
up to the ridicule of the public tlie
claim that there is such a thing as
honest graft, by which Is meant op
portunities which come to insiders to
take advantage of their knowledge and
of others' Ignorance to make great
profits. The employment of Zacchaeim
gave such opportunities, and men like
liiui were expected to gather In con
stantly what was culled perquisites of
their position. Just as a customs In
spector Is suppr rd to look for and to
wait for a fee, or as a policeman who
has a district like the Tenderloin, is
supposed to be waiting and ready
for bribes. We have men who have
shown u good deal of this spirit. We
have had those who call themselves
statesmen In New York who were lu
politics by their own confession not
for their health, but for their pocket
all the time. Zacchaeiis. we are told,
was chief of the publicans, and lie
stems to have Illustrated the spirit
which Is apt to prevail in a hated nnd
proscribed business, namely, that of
avenging itself upon the public by
uiuking tlie public pay.
Secondly It would appear that he
hud used .he opportunities which his
position gave him. Tax collecting
proper does not bring a man a large
fortune. The Income is usually grad
ed to give him merely a moderate liv
ing. Kut Zacchaeiis had not been
content with that. '1 here are thou
sands of people all through our land
who have the rare faculty of growing
rich in a few years on a very small
salary, .den like Heavers, senators
who have been indicted and convicted
of land frauds. Judges ho have used
appointments for personal reasons.
These things which we know of in our
day should give some Insight into the
methods in Jericho of old. -t was a
case or "high finance," of a constant
"rake oft ' in the year of our Lord "li.
It was graft nearly twenty centuries
before the word ca.je to have Its pres
ent connotation. And so Zecchaens be
came rich notoriously rich. He wa
probably like some Oi otu- high tlnun
elers of to-day. He had a fine house
and garden und establishment, so that
as men pass il it they pointed to it
and said, "There lives the richest man
in the city."
Third Still, In spite of bis prosper
ity, he was in bad odor. The community
will stand a good deal, but there comes
u time vhen even the glamour of
wealth cannot hide a man's true char
acter when Ids success can no longer
blind men's eyes, when his splendor
lK'comes an offense that cries to high
Heaven, there are houses and estab
lishments lu our day that inuke men
gnash their teeth, that stand lu the
community as an exhibition of what
fraud and trickery and legal Bteallng
ami breach of trust can do. AVltn,
wealth honestly earned nnd nobly used,
the legitimate reward of real service
to tli community, there is and should
be 110 quarrel; but with ill gotten
gains, gains got at the expense of the
community, gains which iireinot-the pay
of honest work, of brain, of body, but
the loot of cunning, of fraud, the'booty
lllehed by the strong or the clever, or
the high placed from the weak, or
foolish, or lowly; with such weultJi
tin re is and ought to be a quarrel eter
nal. And so Jt was with Zacchaeiis.
As the people of Jericho passed his
gates it was with a sneer, perhaps a
curse. He Is rich; yes, but he is a
sinner; bis glory is his shame. His
Ylondor is the measure of his turpl
tj;de, lie has made his pile, but It Is
he result of extortlou and false accu
sations. He Is not only a renegade, lu
that he is a publican, and tlie chief of
them, but he Js a standing, living
monument of what conscienceless
greed cun makd of a man.
Fourth Now. with this Judgment or
his fellow citizens, Jesus seems to
agree, for when the people protest
against His being tills man's guest
Jesus says: "Tho Son of man is come
to seek aud to save that which was
lost." That word "lost" seems to'
concede the justice of tho people's
Judgment.' Zaccbaeus'ls a son of
Abruham, Indeed; th. 1 is, one of (he
chosen people. But he Is none the
less a lost man needing to be sought
and saved.
Now, If that was his true character;
If the Jerichoun estimate of him was1
correct, how are we to understand th
words: "Heboid, Lord, the hulf of my
goods I give to the poor; and If I have
'.akeu anything from uuy man by false
aeeusatlo, 1 restore mm toiirlotd."
How can a man who tdioxvs such geti
roslty to the poor; who rer tores four
fold to ad whom he bus Injured, be so
bad? Have the people, aud bus Jesii".
mistaken his character? Is he a mis
judged aud unappreciated man V
Not so do I read the story. The
words which we ure thinking of are
not meaut to describe hh past, but his
future. They do not set forth what
has been tils habit, .his manner of liv
ing; they are tlie uihiouik i-uieut of u
suddenly formed purpus?. Aud that
purpose, as wo shall sea presently, Is
the natural reaction from what have
been up to this time the motive und
met hud of i-ls life.
Though be bus done all these bad
things, justly won die odium that be
enjoys, uore the lis Jcmis sees In him
' possibi'tiiei of amendment mid nobil
ity and calls him down from the tree
on which he has perched himself to
become his guest. This condesceqtlon
involves an Interview nnd an Influx of
the personality of Jesus upon his soul.
This brings about a tremendous revul
sion. The revulsion iiu.y perhaps be
the end or a long, slow process. Has
he not round that Ids riches arter all
did not par him for the loss of bis own
peace of mint; and fc the bate of the
community In which 1 e lives, for the
scorn of a whole city? Has be- not
found that after nil his wealth did not
satisfy or make him happy? That U
sin ot Its acquisition was like a canker
at Its heart?
Afore than this. -hcn the light conies
It brings out the dark lines. Like a
flash of lightning, the presence of
Chrlt.t Illuminates his past; and just as
Peter, when he renllzeu the divinity
of bis Lord, cried: "Depart from me,
for I am sinful man, () Lord," so
Zaceliaeus feels all nt once the enor
mity of bis slu. It stands up In strong
relief against what bus been his mas
ter passion, bis greed. In an Instant
he sees Me turpitude, the ugliness of
what be tins been doing. What be has
seen before dimly Is now emphasized,
stands before bis inlml In clear, strong
lines. He is In the light and nil nt
once a mighty rr.wdve seizes him. He
will break with bis past, will give lip
bis besetting sin; yea, will with all bis
might battle with tt. Just as in l-lplie-sus.
among the converts of Paul, those
who bad been dabbling with magic
brought their bonks to burn; Just a a
drunkard knows that If he is to follow
Christ be must dash the cup rorovcr
from his Hps, so Zacchaeiis forms and
announces his purpose to break with
bis greed.
This resolve include two things.
First Cenerosity. "Heboid. I.ord,
the half of my goods, of my Income,
I give to ine poor."
Notice the proportion. Moses asked
nt least one-teuih. .uhl to thnt de
mands for public requirement nnd a
fifth wits reached. This man pays
"half." Compare that with the gifts
of some of our notoriously rich men
tn-i'ny. Very few attain to the mark
of this converted ' publican. A man
who died the other day left an estate
of some .7.rj(Hl,0IH)0, of which $KKl,O0()
wus bequeathed to charity, and the
newspaper soko or a large amount
being bequeathed for charitable be
quests. One hundred thousand dollars
out of IfT.oW.iHiO is a very small pro
portion. Let us hope that during his
life time the man did better than
that. There was something extraor
dinary in the bigness of this purpose
of Zacchaeiis. Our multi-inllllonalres,
most of tnem, even those who nt times
startle us by their gifts, have still
something to learn from Jericho's pub
lican. Secondly Restitution. "If I have
taken .'in;- thing from any man by
false accusation, I restore him four
fold." What n vista thtse words open back
Into bis life. They show bow n part
at least of bis wealth had been won.
They show also how the methods of the
past look now to his awakening con
science. He proposes to deal with his
habit by a heroic treatment. "I will
restore fourfold." As In carries out
that purpose, imagine, If you can, the
effect upon those, who In the past,
had had bitter and exasperating exper
iences with lit 111. Should the like lie
done to-day. what a stirring up there
would be. What a change of places
between the rich and the poor. What
vast swellings of the conscience fund
of the government! What thousands,
perhaps millions of acres of public
laud would be returned to government
control. What a dis u-glng there
would be of exhorbltnnt freights. How
many policy holders would be made
glad. How ninny crushed out firms
would be resuscitated. Imagine, If
you can, the restitution of all wrongly
gotten w.alth. Why it would be like
streams of water flowing through dry
'places. It would be like a transforma
tion scene lu 11 pantomime.
It Is almost inconceivable, and yet
that Is what Christianity meant to
Zacchaeiis. It was a salvation not
from death eternal, it was primarily a
salvation from bis greed, from his sel
fishness, :rom his isolation, from his
fellows. And notice that Jesus accepts
his purpose- as a perfectly proper
thing. He has the true spirit of a con
verted life large-hearted liberality,
restitution of nil wrongly taken prop
erty. Ulven these two thltgs, every
where and religion becomes real and
vital. Deny them aud there Is only n
name to live.. It Is b.ie to talk about
being Christians, unless our religion
means opeu-heartedn"ss nnd righteous
ness.. C'htiat Anchors the Soul.
Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler, speaking
of Christ us an anchor to the soul, says
significantly: "You nre certain to be
assailed with troubles. No hurricane
can strike a full rigged idiip more sud
denly than h .onus of adversity may
burst UMn you. But If Jesus Christ
Is in your soul you cannot suffer
wreck. The anchor sure and steady
will hold you. IVople do not see what
holds a vessel when the gale is sending
the billows over her bow. The anchor
is Invisible, ns It lies full many a
fathom deep on tile solid ground be
neuth the waves. So, wbeu we see a
good man beaten upon with heavy ad
versities aud yet preserving a cheerful
spirit, we do not discover the secret of
his serenity. "But the eye of (iod sees
that there lsnu Interior life hid with
Christ in that; soul which no storm can
touch.' There is many a bereavement,
many a trouble that may strip a man
of canvas or cordage, but never touch
the solid stxeugih of his godly character."
The nearer you are to the Saviour
the farther are you from sin.
TO HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS.
Indians Plan to Help Dead Man In His
Journey.
Many strange Indian tribes live
around Hudson Bay. The Creek and
Nascopplo Indians are among these
tribes who have a peculiar custom in
regard to their dead. As soon as one
of their number Is dead, '.he surviving
relatives place the dead one In a box
which they beg from the Hudson Bay
company. In this box are placed, with
a loaded gun, a powder born, a tobacco
pouch, a flint stone for striking Are,
the snowshoes for travel and an ax.
This box Is then carried to the top
of the nearest hill and set there with
atones upon the top ot it. For ten
days It Is left undisturbed, and then
the relatives remove the gun and other
valuables, believing that by that time
the dead one has reached the happy
bunting grounds and has no further
use tor them.
, , .- Long Drive of Aged Man.
A few days ago Nathaniel Mllllken
of Buxton Lower Corner. Me., who U
In his 97th year, lode to Suio in an
open buggy, a distance of eight miles,
to pay a nonresident tax bill amount
ing to 54 cents.
EPWDRTH LEAGUE LESSONS
8UNDAY, JANUARY TWENTY
EIGHTH. Korea: The Progress of Two Decades.
Luke 1. 70-79.
Korea has two claims to the atten
tion of all Western people. She was
practically the last country on the
Asiatic seaboard to open her doors
to lotvlgners. and she was one of the
chief centers ot Interest In tho recent
struggle between Russia and Japan.
To Christians Korea Is of yet great
er Interest as ono of tho youngest and
yet most promising of all the world's
mission Holds,
A medical missionary's Bklll In
treating a royal patient opened
Korea to the gospel. In view of this
beginning medical missions havo
ntituruily been made prominent, and
their work in Its own highest praise.
Dr. John F. Goueher .proposed tho
beginning of Mothodl.it mission work
In the ''Hermit Klugdom" twenty
years ngo. More than that, he sup
ported his proposal by tho gift of two
thousand dollars, to form part of the
fund which the planting of the work
would require. Tho first missionar
ies, W. It. Srranton, M. I)., and Rev.
II. 'o. AppeiiKcller. went out In 1885,
and began what has proved to be a
most fruit rul and prosperous mission.
Korea has much or little religion,
as one may choose to look at it.
Confucius is tho great, teacher, but
Buddhism has its place, and an even
larger ono is occupied by a degraded
Spiritism, In which sorcery and
witchcraft nro Important elements.
The best Korean religion is a present
day, worldly-wise svstetu of conduct,
with small thought of tho great real
ities. Its fruits nre selfishness,
Jealousy, and tho degradation of wo
man. The worst or Korean religion
Is an Indescribable mixture of supor
alilit ion, licentlouKhei'8, and misery.
Small wonder that the present king,
In his memorable interview with the
Into Bishop Nlnde, said. '-Send more
teachers." The attitude of the king
Is alto shown in the fact that he gave
the name to our school In Seoul by
which It has always been known
Pal Chal Hukdang, ''Hall for Rearing
Useful Men."
One of the noteworthy features of
Korean missions is the beautiful fel
lowship of the various denomination
al groups. The Presbyterians and
Southern Methodists have been es
pecially helpful to our own mission,
and have co-operated with It In many
ways.
Seventeen years after the baptism
of the first convert these are the
facts that can bo shown by figurpj;
3 presiding elders' districts, 7.7!ii
members end probationers, 14 local
preachers, 111 churches and chapels.
Korean ministers contributed last
year $1,504 for self-support. A pub
lishing house Is l:i prosperous opera
tion. The Hall Memorial Hospital, a
monument to ''the salntiicst man that
ever crossed the shores of Korea,"
has 6,t)00 patients in a year.
JANUARY TWENTY-EIGHTH.
Horns Missions in Our Cities. Luke
19:41-48.
Since Christ wept over Jerusalem,
must Ho npt be grieving over our
modern cities?
Our cities think they know what
contributes to their peace and pros
perity, but often chooso what causes
turmoil aud disaster.
The thieves that make dens of our
cities aro not always thieves of
money; often they are thieves of hon
or and purity, of health aird happi
ness.' "The people" are always "very at
tentive" to Christ, or to whoever
carries the true Chrhttlan message.
Cities have been called the failures
of our Christian civilization. They
a, re failures only so far as they are
Hot Christian.
Mission rooms are generally small,
but they are the greatest rooms In
the greatest cities.
No church can do so much for It
self as by doing much for a city mis
sion. ,
Too many churches sit down and
wonder why "the highways and hed
ges" do not come and hunt them up.
BAPTISM.
Alternate Topic for 'January 28:
The Meaning of the Ordinance of
Baptism. Matt. 3: 13-17;
Rom. 6: 1-11; Gal. 3 27.
The duty of baptism rests on
Christ's example and Christ's com
mand; either of them Is enough.
Baptism leads the devout soul Into
the inner experience of Christ's death
and life. Is not that worth every
thing? Baptism Is a token the commonly
accepted token of Christian disclplo
Bhip. It Is the tokon Christ chose to pre
scribe, and He alone- had the right to
prescribe tt.
"Repent and be baptized" they are
always linked together. ,
If we have entered Into baptism, It
should be a present, as well as a past,
experience. It was a death to slu; It
Is a life In Christ.
HOME OP SIAM'3 ROYAL FAMILY
City in Which No Man but tho King
May Enter.
Perhaps the queerest city l:i the
world U that of Nang Harm, tho homo
of the royal family of Slam. This
city's peculiarity Ilea In the fact that
It Is composed of women and children
alone. It Is la-tho center of Bangkok,
has high walls around It, and In (ts
population of 9,000 there Is not a sin
gle man, though the king occasionally
pays a visit. The name Nang Harm
means "veiled women." There are
shops, markets, temples, theaters,
streets and avenues, parks, lakes,
trees, and flower gardens; a ball of
tustloe. Judges, executioner, , polloe,
generals, and soldiers; all the posi
tions, official and otherwise, being
flllod ty women. The only man In all
Slam who can enter this city Is the
king. It Is the borne of his family
and of the family ot the kin? before
him. The ruler ot Slum may have as
many wives as be leases. Bach wife
has her own children and slaves
therefore a small city is needed to pro
vide accommodation for them alt.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
, FOR JANUARY 23,
Subject! Tti6 ftnptlntn of tlenno, Mark, f J
iiiUDiiin icit, m niiin, vii.t o
Memory Yemen, 10, UToplol Clirlat'i
Preparation For HI t.lf.i Work.
I. Preparing the way (vs. 1-3). 1.
"Tho beginning." Matthew begins
with a genealogy of our Lord and Luke
with the history of His Infancy, but
Mark commences In tho midst of gos
pel events. He seems anxious to come
at once to Christ's public life nnd min
istry. "Uospel." . The gospel of Jcsnt
Christ denotes tho "glnd tidings" or
"good news," concerning Jesus Christ.
"Jesus." Jesus meuus "Saviour."
This name shows His human nuture.
"Christ." This name means "anoint
ed," nnd Is the Greek equivalent of the
Hebrew "Messiah." "Sou of Ood."
This shows His divine nature. See
John 1: 1-3, 14. ne was very God, the
second person In the Trinity. 2. "Is
written.:' See Mill. 8:1; Isa. 40:3. "I
send." This "I" In the prophet is spo
ken by Jehovah. But this Jehovah is
tlie Messiah. So that we have here a
true Jehovah-Jesus. "Mv mejsener."
John tho Baptist, Christ's herald.
3. "The voice." Attention Is called
to the message rather than to the mes
senger. John was weak and Insignifi
cant, but h was delivering God's mes
sage, and bis words produced a mighty
effect. "Crying." Heralding, pro
claiming. "Wilderness." John preached
In tin wild, thinly Inhabited region ly
ing west of the Jordan and the Dead
Sea as far north as Knott, two-thirds
ot the way to the Sea of Galilee, and
on both sides of the lower Jordan.
"Freparo paths straight." This Is
fliruratlvo language. The words Illus
trate the straightening force of the f;
gospel. There must be n thorough
preparation berore God, our King, will 4
come to us. The selMlfe must be '
"brought low;" the crooked life must (
be "straightened;" tho obstructions of
unbelief and carnal desires must be re
moved. II. John baptizing (vs. 4, 5). 4.
"Preach." Herald; a word suggesting
the proclamation of a king. John was.
a great reformer. "Baptism of repent
ance." John was n repentance preach
er. This was n baptism required nnd
; representing an - inward Spiritual
change; the pledge of remission of sins
to those who were truly penitent. "For
the remission." The remission was to
be received of Christ, the repentance
was preparatory to Christ's coming and,
work, and John's baptism was a sign
of true repentance.
5. "All the land." A figure repre
senting the sweeping Influence of
John's preaching. "Confessing." Con
fession of sin Is one of the elements In
true repentance. Repentance Includes
(1 conviction, (2) contrition, (3) con
fession, (4) reformation, and leads to
conversion.
III. John's testimony (vs. G-8).
"Camel's hair." In appearance John
resembled KHJah, the prophet He
was clothed In the coarse, rough cloth
called sackcloth In the Scriptures. It
was cheap, but admirable for keeping
out the hent, cold and rain. "Girdle."
'The Orientals delight In costly, orna
mental girdles, but poor people must
content themselves with a strip of hide.
-"Locusts." The low of ilosas gave
permission to eat locusts (Lev. 11:21).
The common locust is about three
Inches long and closely resembles our
grasshopper. Locusts are abundant
and cheap and no still used as food
by tho poorer classes. "Wild honey."
Honey stored by bees in holloytr trees
or iu the clefts of the rocks. Jdhn's
habits were in keeping with his wilder
ness life. 7. "There cometh." The
preaching of John was preparing the
minds of the people for the coming of
the Messiah, and they began to ask
themselv-es whetherhe were tho Christ.
But John was not slow to undeceive
them regarding himself. "Mightier."
John clearly outlined the work of the
coming Messiah. His baptism will ef
fect what mine Is powerless to do.
"Latchet." The latchet, a word now
obsolete, was tho thong or lace with
.which the shoes or sandals were fast
ened. "Shoes."- Or sandals. "Not
worthy." John shows his greatness by
bis self-abasement
8. "With water Holy Ghost." John
had administered the outward rite, but
could not renew their hearts.
IV. Jesus baptized (vs. 9-11). 0.
"In those days." While John was
preaching and baptizing. "Jesus
came." Jesus was about thirty years
old. This was tho age when priests
entered upou their ministry (Num. 4:
8). and when the rabbis began to teach.
"From Nazareth." Where He had
lived In seclusion all these years. So
far as we know this was His first pub
lic net since He was twelve years of
age. "Was baptized." Any confession
of sin was of course out of the ques
tion. There was only a profession on
the part of Jesus that as an Israelite
He became subject to the luw, and
thnt He was connected with humanity,
by the ties of blood, of suffering and
of love. "Of John." At first John hes
itated about baptizing Jesus (Matt. 3:
li, 15). 10. "Ho saw." Christ saw,
it, and John saw It (John 1:33, 34), and
It is probable that all who were pres
ent saw it; for this wns intended to bo
His public Inauguration. "The heav
ens opened." Luke says that Jesus
prayed as soon as He was baptized
(Luke 3:21). Here Is tho first recorded
prayer of Christ and Its answer. "Like
a dove." A symbol this "of perfect
gentleness, purity, fulness of llfo, and
of tho power ot communicating It
1 11. . "Voice from heaVen." At tw
other tlmaci 1lirlnir mil T.mi1'e. anrt-Mv
, ministry was a voice heard from- Jxeoy
en 1 At the transfiguration (.Uurjc i:7),
and In the courts of the temple during
passion, week (John 12:28). The Father
Indorsed tourist's earthly mission. "My
beloved rqnV"v Jesus Christ Is the Bon
of Ood from eternity.
Made a Clock From Slate.
A slate quarryman living at Del
ta, Pa., Humphrey O. Prltchard, has
made a clock out ot slate. The vari
eties he used Include peach bottom
blue slate and the red, green and pur
ple, slate of Vermont,
About 164 separate pieces of this
material were used In the construc
tion and are held together by twenty-three
dozen small metal screws.
Many of the slate sheets are as thin
as paper, and scores were broken be
fore the timepiece was finished after
eight months' work. '
The clock Is four feot high, fwe
feet wide and ono foot deep. It has
a cathedral gong and la lighted by ?
nine Incandescent bulbs. Jewaler's '
Circular Weekly. j
Mnk Cllmbsd Tree.
A mink when -put to It climbed t
tree as was clearly demonstrated by .
leo Pucbesneau at Keene, N..H. He k
phased the animal . some distance '
and at last the sly fellow took refuge
In an elm. . The boy secured the treaa-i-re
with th aid of his rifle.
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