: SUNDAY SERMON :
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JJ A Scholarly Dlsooun by J
Dr. Otho Ba'rtholow
Brooklyn. X. Y.-Dr. Otlio V. Burtli
!nv, lor of Ilic .lanes M. K. Church,
prim-hrd Smiila.v on "Tin- Limitations
of I. Iff." The pxI was chosen from
Cnle--iiuis lv:18: ' Ki mi niher my
hnnd." In'. Harlholow mill:
It M Imril to rolii'i'tvi how tin' glow
ing mill comprehoiiKlv i.teme'its of
the Vst tlir.'p i hi'.;-tors of Paul's lipls."
t lt o tl:" Cm Inns coiilil h' rein-
'OlCI'd. lililil Sellletl.O I so full of
llivllK. Until It f:liWV OVeitloWK Willi
Its - l; i-i . i v iilir nlMii v Yet with the I
won's of oil" lo.vi I'hoI Id ino't posi
tively i.uil l tit 1 r ill reinforc every
citli'i- sent-nce of Mil intensely spir-
l.ui'l ipistle. lie ill. t it in tint t charm- j
ingly Iniei enf lal way that ailileil 111'
warmth ol Hi;- heart t' tin- purely
logical Hateltlcllts of 111'1 lllillil. In writ
lug lo tin- i iilos.-iji lis of Christ's diviu
l!y mill of the compii.' :iinl Joy mis
l".v."lty pi itv soul should lender to
lii:n. I'mil in tlie lew words of our tt'Xt
il"i';riil"ly relets to llu example found
i:i hi;: own i p.'i'i:'iuT. "K"iiiHinhor
my bonds." This was ;in infusion of
cxprience lo nil the preceding pre
cei!s that developed itu incalculable
force In Unit rnliitiili'J cP'iuciil of
nipnthy whic h wore lit once opera
tive. I'iiiiI had no intention .if i;l ni J'y in u
himself or his sufl fri n u neither did
hi" sentimentally long fit" liiiiii:tti eoir.
lort. This very brief allusion lo him
self In our text was lint to strengthen
Hint confirm tin'! feolinj which would
o.nlt und glorify Christ .lesus the Lord.
Wluit Cltristliin in 1 'olosso could have
road or limrd Paul's letter mid not
felt when he came to the words,
"lt"ii. ember in j- lionds." this iinin
ivrii-s on of lile's experience nud of
wliii i he knows - not HUo so many of
lllf l e'.iglolll.si s mill philosophers of
thnt :in.c out of Ills imaginations and
dreams.
Vft another inference is coniniiifil In
out lrxt. It is thai which emphasize s
lljf fai t of life's limitation. In writ
ing his advice mill directions to the
Coio-siaiis I'iiiiI did the very Itfst his
liosilimi would iillow liini tu tlo. He
wished and pray id io do more. That
liior-? was tu he with them In person,
lo give theiii all that he felt was in
personal effort for Christ and His
kingdom. Over against this wish,
tills de-ire. this prayer, was his physi
ic.l imprisonment - a limitation. I'aiii
was chained. The 1 1 1 i 1 1 -j - he would do
lie could tiot tlo.
The fact of life's limitation, its rec
ognition mid resolution are stmsestively
presented in these words of the heart.
The lit'-t of limitation U apparent
very where, in everythint; and every-p-r-iii.
Co to the iitteiiuosl bouml-.ir:f-s
of space to the sun mid stars,
limitations lire there, their boundaries
are li-ced that they cannot pass. Uruv
Jtiitinn. chemlciil atlinity and other
ajrents of liw bind tlteiii with invisi
ble --.'! ins to their limits. As with
tlie o miuhty spheres, so with the tini
est iitoiii: tli." plane of activity and ex-pres-ion
Is fixed. The relgu of law
mai'.is insiiperiibii- barriers.
In persons us well as In things the
f.ut of liinitatiou Is strikingly uuiul
fest. The body in which we live n
dearly toiitined In lionds. Kach body
ha- an iioiount of nervoiH nnd liiuscu
lin energy which limits all that may
he received or Kiveu. The bonds of
pliu e ami heredity bind each in.m to u
very narrow zone of physical and
mental activity. That a man is what
lie nils nnd w here lie lives is a certain
rio'rt'e innnifestiy true.
The spiritual in nniu is limited In
all Its expression ami life by the pres
ence of the ntrnal. I'iiiiI' pathetic
cry: "It. wretched niuii that ( am;
who shall deliver me from the body of
this deiithV" is applicable to all the
children of Adam s race. These ills
Unctions are the unirUs of a general
Mniitntion. tite bonds that nil men in
their investigations and experience
must re iiH'iniier because they lire of
themselves. Within the general llmlt
utlotis tin re are special and personal
limitations. Mental endowments, dis
position, health and grace are largely
iletermliiaiivc in establishing the Indi
vidual bonds that cannot be pass-d.
The nervoiu prostrations, the brain
fag. tiic strokes of apoplexy, the creep
ing lassitudes that sei. - many of our
bright and incrgetlc peopl.- are In u
treat majoii-y of instances but evi
dences of failure to know or rem .tuber
the physical uud mental limiiatlous
to which life is conditioned.
i'liiiure to record and recognize pcr
fcounl limitations nnd to be directed by
them causes not only inps and disas
ter in our service to Christ, but oft
times the essential breaking of the
mural iaw. Our fathers were accus
tom to keep the commandments, to
wo.'.-hip Cod and reverence It in day
by preparing hours in advance for that
most solemn nnd imperative duty.
l-':itiirdiiy preparation of body and spir
it whs. In the thought of our Puritan
ancestors, essential to the real keep
ing of those coiiitiiandinents that en
force our duty to Cod. They had a
lino recognition of the limitations In
herent in the body. Their preparation
for the Lord's day was a "renienilirani'e
of bonds." It Is only thv fashion In
these progressive days to ridicule the ,
religious practices of these fathers of
our country. With all of which ridi
cule we have no sympathy, continuing
to believe that o'lr g-ip on Cod, for
loyalty to Christ and His law they
continue to be tin most ln-piriu.g and
helpful examples. They certainly shed
n helpful light concerning the meeting
of limitations In the keeping of those
''.inmiindnieiit that refer to (lod and
II is day.
They made religion a life and found
delight In 11, largely beciuse they re
membered their limitations. They re
fused to rob Cod by Honing the
world and its activities to so rush In
upon them liming six days that there
was nothing for the Sabbath but physi
cal weariness anil dullness, in yet
uiioihi-r relation It Is Imperative that
we li'tiic liiber our own unit others' lim
itations. In relation to others we
should be ipiicU to ask: Are we un
derstood uud do We understand?
Believing fully that '-very man I
nioi'p than anything he does or says,
we are l"il to believe that all avenue
of expression mid reception are to n
dcglce limited uud li.tomplete "urn
In bonds." Kvery man has hi liini
foeki unl a worst, neither of which
fairly represents him. Many, however,
are M them linal f- m their experi
ence of one or tl'e other phase of life,
i When l read Cardinal Newmau'l
"Lend. Kindly Light," 1 think of a
highly lutellcctuul, devout uud chari
table character. On tuo ot!i'r hand,
iwlten I load his bigoted and narrow
estluiatH of ..rlus, fsre'dnlly his state
ment "that a publisher of heresy
Untuning, of course, anything contrary
to lis religious denomination), should
he treated as If ti were embodied
evil." X think naturally of a narrow,
unsympathetic and bigoted niaii. It Is
very evident that uuy fair estimate of
tthe cardinal ai a character cannot be
jbtajuel from elth.ej or both, of these
writings. He hail his llninntlons. They
must be remembered. Not until they
are estimated uin there be n substan
tial understanding of i. e person back
of tiro M terr. noes.
Hut are we understood? We. too,
commonly assume thr . we are. Think
ing we fully understand What we say
nnd menu, we naturally Infer that
others do. Hut do i icy? "Oh. the
trouble, the heartaches, the disasters
and the deaths to happiness nnd pence
that have conic to this old world sim
ply because people have not understood
one another." exclaims the writer of
an hundred years ago. Human na
ture has naturally changed since thai
day. An appeal to experience must
convince even the most riiperiliiab ob
server Hint this is deeply true, even
111 the everyday expeiiemi' of life. Ac
kno.iiedgiug .he fact i.uiltiiiioii mid
realizing Its force in life, we tltiil the
only mire approach to its resolution
Is In the Christ of l'aul.
Our Saviour entered our limitations.
He took upon Himself the form ol a
servant; He became obedient to death,
even the death of the cross; lie emp
tied Himself: lie was in nil pniiils
tempted ns nro we, lie rememberid
our bonds. Limitation itself brought
trophies lo His feet. Christ made it
minister lo His eternal irlory by living:
III The simple life-a life of fore
thought and order. In Hun Iheie was
Ho trespassing of body upon mind, or
mind upon spirit. Kach was kept to
Its sphere. There was In ills so.il no
conllict in the duties owed Cod, man
nnd self.
The temptation in the wilderness is a
perfect presentation of His clear and
simpl? lecngnit ion of thes duties that
leaves no confusion 111 the mini of the
disciple. In Christ was no haste, no
confusion whatever. He had for each
nnd evcrylhing the full measure of Us
claim. In Ills speech lie gave line
upon line, preivpl upon precept. He
did tiothlng in secret, il'i The chari
table life. Christ ever made allow
mice in nil human tiiuatioiis for the
elements of Iguorauec, inheritance and
condition. He remembered the IkuiiIs
of men, their limitations. Thus we
Uud Him dealing witli the ludividuiil
us the wise and loving parent does
with the child, ns the teacher with the
pupil. He built nn that best possible
interpretation of each man's nature,
which required ever and always a com
plete knowledge of limitations.
He healed some in public because
their bonds would stand It; others He
withdrew to the ipilet place alone. He
recognized conditions best for the In
dividual. When two of His favored
disciples de-ired to burn those men
whom they Judged heretics; when I'ct
er followed afar off and at last alto
gether denied Hini, with what divine
consideration He runenibervd their
limitations and forgave thornl With
Christ there was neither Creek nor
.lew. circumcision or uiicirciiiucision.
Barbarian. Scythian, bond nor free, be
cause His charity understood and
eliminated all differences Hint such dis
tinctions implied.
tli) The triumphant life. Christ saw
the crown above the cross, life beyond
deuth, nnd lived in them. Hope, with
all its expectancies, was His. He saw
the morning when it was midnight, lie
knew the Father knew. The trium
phant life of Christ was lived for us,
nnd so ow-unie vicarious. We could
not live it ourselves, because of nn un
natural bondage the awful bondage
of sin. ' hrist, howi ver, .Ives It for
us, and shares It with us, making it
possible for us to have His simple,
loving nnd triumphant life. "I live,
yet not I but Christ tiveth in o:e."
Oh, what comfort there Is to the
poor, wounded heart that Is struggling
to do Its best ntrainst sin and trial in
the narrow straits of life to say and
realize. "He remembers my bonds." He
took them upon Himself. Simple faith
In this truth brings relief and ultimate
triump. . This crncious truth sugests
another limitation that we spent of
with profoundest reverence, the limit
ation of God Himself in the matter of
bestowing pardon, peace and love upon
the heart of man. God has, according
to the revelation He has given us, lim
its that He cannot pass In the salva
tion of man. The salvation In Christ
marks the boundaries of Cod's ability
to save the human soul.
Cod cannot force the" soul's will to
accept of His Sou for salvation. He
presents Him with all love and power,
for He will have nil men to be saved
und to tome unto the knowledge of the
truth. Beyond this He cannot go.
Cod is bound uy His gift of free will.
Christ the God cried: "I would but ye
would not."
May God help all of us to recog
nize and net upon the limitations to
which Cod has commit ted us.
MmiKtll Kor Tn-Dw,
God promises strength to enable us
to uo our present duly. If we believe
that, and act accordingly, we shall
never, never fall. "As thy days, to
shall thy strength be." That Is the
promise a promise that never falls.
Yesterday has gone, not to return. Tomorrow-
has not come to us, and H may
never come. To-day is o.ir day, and It
Is the omy portion of time that is.
.Men who regret thut they did not do
their work of yesterday, lose their pres
ent time because they lire not giving
their whole strength to it. Men who
fear that they will not be uble to do
to-morrow's work are losing today,
and are not getting ready for to-morrow.
Cod does not pror-.h..' Strength
for yesterday which is gone, nor for
to-morrow which may never come, but
for to-dny, which Is here. Let us
therefore, trust, and use, while we
have It, Mi's promised strength for
to-day. "Sumcient unto the day Is
the evil land the good) thereof."
Sunday School Times.
The inlldel howls at the Bible mira
cles, but he aims at Its morals.
To Start a Balky Horse.
The account of a driver's brutality
to a bulking horse In u recent issue
leads n e to write you the fu'lowlng:
Some years ago in Cincinnati, dur
the noon hour in one of the husl
ist streets, a horse attached to an ex
press wagon became balky. Many
remedies were tried without effect,
fresently one of Cincinnati's best
known horsemen came ulong. When
lie saw thu trouble he smilingly ask
ed for a stone, which was given to
him. Then he asked the driver to
lift up one foot of the horse and with
the stone he struck the shoe a num
ber of times.
"Now." he said to the driver, "got
up on your seat and drive off."
This the driver did, amid cheers of
the uyBtanders, The horseman said
he had no Idea why this made a balky
horse go, but he hud found It an un
failing remedy. Letter In New York
Tlir.es.
Mink Climbed Tree.
A mink when put to It climbed a
t.'ce as was clearly demonstrated by
I eo Duchesnoau at Keene, N. H. He
chased tho animal some distance
ar.d at last the sly fellow took refug
in an elm. The boy secured the Lreaa
t re with the aid of his rid.
EPWOHTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4.
A Lifs That It Trust. Luke 19.
12-27.
To the Jew religion Included giving.
We talk about the Jewish tithes, but
tho devout Jew gave more tliun a
tenth for religions purposes, besides
the periodical gift which he must
make for the poor. The law claimed
from tho Jew a largo portion of his
Income for the maintenance of the
temple, service, and for tho support
ot prl.stly tribe. When the .lews
wore faithful to their Cod those
claims were, of course, honored lu
full. But when faith declined giviu;:
grew more Irksome and formal, be
ing robbed of Its inner nnd vital mean
ing. Slice Christ came the law of the
tithe liar, be n largely Ignored, ns
though It had been repealed. Opin
ions dlffir on the question raised;
tome say that the law is still In opera
tion, others that It has been set. as-iilo
by the law of grace.
But that question Is not Important.
The claim of the New Testament may
not ho the same In form, but In
HI); (It it decs not differ from the claim
of the Old. Giving Is in purl of wor-
ship, and the more earnest and sin- i
ccro the worship the more tho wor
r.hipi r will desire to gii-e visible
proof cf his devollon.
Tho message of Malnehl Is not
po much a promise ns a challenge. Uo
not epiote it unless you arc ready to
meet. Its conditions. The ti(he3 there,
spoken of may not be the same In
form and amount ns the offering you
owe, but you cannot prove the prom
ise unless you pay the price. Apart
from all question of what proportion
you should give, as a Christian
ateward, there Is another question:
"Am I givin;; to God's work as much
as I ought?" The prophet's phrase,
"all the tithes," may be better trans
lated "the whole tithe," and there Is
no promise of reward for partial pay
ments. "S'pon tho first dav of tho week let
evt rv huh lay by in store" is not a l uie
for giving, but for getting the abili
ty to give. It is the scriptural rule
for systematically helping the work
of God. We make provision for every
other expenditure of money. We
plan our finances so that the rent
shall bo paid when It is due. Other
obligations nre provided for lu the
laying out of our Income so much
for this, so much for that. We do
these things of necessity. We could
not keep our placo among our fellows,
or retain our self-respect. If we did
not pay our bills. Public opinion,
conscience, and tho law combine to
nialio us honorable in our business
dealings.
FEBRUARY FOURTH.
Njw Work We May Do ''for Christ
and the Church." Luke 12:43
(last half); Gen. 12.1-3;
Gal. 3:9.
The size, the irifluonoe, tho oppor
tunities, the fame, of Christian Kn
ileavor are all talent.! for which the
Society must give a good account to
God.
God nevfr hlrs. s any ma.i xnept
v.ith the purpo e, that he shall h a
lib K3'ng.
It Is alte'dy true i f Christian Rn
iVavor thut In the so iety all famUi s
of the ea-th are blessed. Ot r pledge
Is repeated In all iands.
Kvery faithful Endeavorer that has
over lived may help to make tw more
faithful; and w may Incras-" tne
faithfulness i,f til that come alfr.
Suggestions.
If we do not now and then hunt up
new work to do w shall soon ceas'
to keep up the old worit.
A tr.e iCn.ieaviucr s.o enjrys Chris-,
t an work that whatever he undertake'
for Christ, howi vi r monotonous to
others, has lor him the zbt of n.ivel y.
New plans, tlousih no b'tter than
the old plans In other r tp. cts, are
oftn better Jib: heiau-c they ore
new.
The true hnrteivr.rrr never asks.
"Why need I do this?" hut always.
"What mortf can 1 do?"
A merchant knows that If he would
r.ttract trai.e he must constantly gt
r.ew goo is and ailvcrlse in new ways.
It is eo Willi "our Katiier's business."
S imetinit s a h usewjfe m rely re
arranges the furniture, and makes the
house look n w. So In re.lsloua
work you freshen up old tasks by tio
Ing them In new ways.
(Quotations.
I,ot me be content with no second
be.. . I me n-luse lo go to llethel
when the road to Jerusalem Ilea op n.
- - el ue.
Thorp are tho e who do not do all
thrlr duty; there are those who only
t ""- to do their 'L'ly; nnd there is
u nurd cs, lar m tier I in "if ottiu
two, that do their duty a. id a little
more. rtiiurew C '.rnegu.
Doing is the gie.tt thing; for If. res
olutely, people do what Is right, in
time tney tome lo like doing U. John
Iliiskln.
Majesty and Magician.
Jugglers, sword swallowers and ma
gicians travel all the way around the
world, stopping at the big cities and
usually paying their respects to tho
rulers of the regions visited. Thus It
was that a magician, well known in
Loudon and New York, found himself
at ono time in the presence of the
King of the Maoris. Turn to a map of
the great South seas, put a finger on
New Zealand, and you will have Indi
cated the country of the Maoris. Well,
after some parleying It was decided
that bis dusky highness himself
should conceal an article which the
magician should discover. The mind
reader left the room, and after a while
was brought back blindfolded. Ho
cogitated for a moment, and then ex
claimed that the bidden article was In
the King's mouth. The "professor" In
sisted that the article was there, and
finally demanded thut the royal mouth
should be opened wide. The King re
fused. The "professor" was flrn.
Great was the exclti ment among the
Maoris who crowded around. Hy and
by the King's mouth was slowly and
reluctantly opened. The lost article
a button was not there! The next
Inutant, however, the King began to
coiig'.i. He tried to hold In, but
couldn't. He coughed up the button,
which he had tried to swallow. They
didn't know wblc'i to admire the mora
the wisdom of the muglcian or tho
heroism of the King. .
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL UESSON COMMENTS
FOR FEBRUARY 4.
Riilijirt: 1 lie Temptation of Jeana. Mutt.
I., 1-11-loililrn Trxt, Hah, I.. 15
Mrmnry Vre, 4 Topic: A MtldT of
liirKt'i TunpiHlli n Coiniiif ntarr.
I. .leans In the wilderness (vs. 1. U.
1. "Then." Immediately nfler Ills
baptism. Such me thu violent nlternn
Hons of human experience; baptized
and tempted: approved of God and
handed over to Hip devil. "Led up."
our lives nve so ordered thnr we are
carried Inlo places where the metal of
.iir religion Is tried. Temptation is
pnrt of the illvine scheme. The devil
is under the control of God. Open the
page of history where you will nnd
you cm hardly tlnd the story of any
great, no'ole soul, that has not hnd Its
hour of lialtle with the powers of dark
ness "Oi the spirit." Luke says He
was "full of the Holy Chost:" Mark
says. "Tho spirit ilriveih Illm." A di
vine inllueni.e led Hini on. "Into tho
wiltlern:.ss." Tradition has fixed upon
n high ridge ealHl Quaranlaiihi. near
.leiieho. "To be tempted." Christ be
gins His work with n personal encoun
ter w ith Satan. To tempt is. literally,
hi stretch out, to try the strength of.
Temptation is the testing of n person.
The three temptation f Christ were
typical ones", eoinpreliriidiiig all the
forms of temptation by which human
nature cm be assailed. They cover
t he same ground ns "the lust of the
flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life" ll John iMiil. "The dev
il." "iiabo!os," always in the singu
lar nnd with Ihi? defitiil" nrlicle.
J. "Forty days." .Moses, Klljnh
and our Lord could fast forty days lie
cause I hey were In communion with
God and living a heavenly life. Luke
says He was tempted during the whole
foiiy days. "Afterward nn hungrcd."
Alter the forty days wore elided the
reaction cnine with terrible force.
II. The iii'it temptation ivs. ;i, 4).
3. "The tempter came." How Satan
appeared to Christ we do not know,
lint if he came lu bodily form It must
have been as an nugel of light. "If
Thou be." r.ewnre of temptation (hat
comes with an "If" In it mouth. "The
Son of God." Tlie consciousness of
His divine Sonsliip may now In 11
measure have been withheld. Alone
in the wilderness nnd weak and worn
from fasting, Satan saw his chance.
"Stones bread." You are hungry;
now if You are the Son of God use the
power You have to supply Your neces
sities uud thus prove Your divinity.
-!. "It is written." Soo Dent. S:.'l.
In cncli case Jesus answered and de
feated Satan by a proper use of the
word of God. A man who has scrip
ture hid in his heart lias a sharp sword
to fight the devil with. "Not live by
bread nlone." Human support depends
not on bread, but upon God's unfailing
word of promise and pledge of all need
ful providential care.
III. The second temptation (vs. 5-7).
The order of the temptations Is differ
ent in Luke, but this is immaterial, ns
there Is no statement that insists on
any particular order. 5. "Taketh
Him." So far ns the necessities of the
trial required, yet with no power of
violence or eontnniinntioti, our Lord's
person whs In his hand. How else did
Satan take Him to tho temple's sum
mit or to the mountain top? "Into the
holy city." Whedou believes that Ills
person was transported "with the
quickness of a thought, so that He is
not to be conceived as on His way nt
nny intermediate point." There seems
little reason to doubt that Jesus actu
ally went with Sntan to the plnuncle
of the temple. "I'innncle." Probably
the royal jiorch built by Herod, over
looking the Cedrou.
0. "If Thou be," etc. Sntnn presses
his point. In Ills llrst reply to the
devil .lesus had shown Ills unbounded
confidence In God. Now Satan takes
HI m at that very point and assumes
that if He did not cast Himself down
It would show that He lacked faith In
God and that His claim to divine Son
ship was unfounded. "Cast Thyself
down." Show your faith in God.
All the world will wonder nt so grand
an exploit. J'rovo at once that You
are the Son of God. ''It is written."
In I'salm 01:11, 12. The devil has a
Kible, hut he misquotes und misapplies.
This was n temptation to presump
tion. 7. "It is written again." lu
Dent. ti:1(. There Is always danger in
using isolated texts. One text ex
plains and modules another. The Bible
is often perverted by wicked men..
"Not tempt." To tempt God is to put'
Hint to the proof to demand evidence
of His power and of His will to fulfil
His protuli-es, instead of waiting pa
tiently and trusting. This is mani
festly wrong. The llrst temptation ap
pealed to the animal appetites. This
one rises to the higher sentiment, the
love of show the gratification of ad
miration. IV. Tho third temptation (vs. Kill.
8. "Exceeding high niountnin." Some
high mountain in J mica where a gen
eral view could be had of the country.
"Slieweth kingdoms of the world."
'The root of the third temptation lay in
the supposition that the kingdoms of
the world were the devil's kingdom
Hid that he could dispose of them. 1.
"All give Thee." Hy this Satan evi
dently meant that he would withdraw
his opposition to Christ und niuke Him
n great earthly ruler. "If worship
me." Here the devil appears In hi
true charaiier. Christ was tpmpted to
Idolatry, which is the root of all evil.
10. "Get thee hence." Jesus parleys
with him no longer, but with authority
commands him to go to his own place.
11. "Devil leaveth Him." Sntan
had made tho strongest effort of which,
he was capable und had been baffled ut
every point. "Angels." Heavenly
messengers; spiritual beings of n high
er order than man. ".Ministered."
Supplied Him with uecessary food to
support nature.
Modern Version.
The king had Just opened hi lus
cious pie and tne birds began to
sing.
"Ye crowns," spoke the king, smack
ing his lips, i'but this Is a dainty dish.
I shall eat until I cannot eat more."
But just tiien the court physician
crrived.
"Hold on, your majesty," called the
medical adviser, lifting bis hand In
worning, "you know 1 forbid you eat
ing pastry of all kinda and limited
your diet to health food." With, a
sigh the king closed up the pie and
told thti slaves to band It out to some
passing tramp.
Gasoline Dries a Race Track,
At a recent French motorcycle race
it'eting rain began to full, and the
r.ctng was 'abandoned. The cloud
ventully rolled away, but the truck
wus too wet for hith speeds.
Some one bad a bright Idea, which
was carried into effect. By spreading
a thin film of gasoline over tbe cement
and flaring It off the track was made
quite safe. Tbe Motor Cycle.
S( J .;i ., r,
KmtiroioVrj on Cloth.
W'lint Is considered very effective
among (hp latest noveltlps iu embroid
ery upon cloth is the using of coarse
threads Instead of fine ones, nnd rather
heavy woolen strauils ns well. This Is
apparent chiefly In the decoration of
collars and cuffs to short or long coats
of white or pulp color cloths. There is
a touch of Orientalism in the delicate
colors used, and something of the Bul
garian In slylo. White cloth long coats
with such touches of color are greatly
Improved.
Tfarock Ciitori.
About the most satisfying m5csslnn
n woman can own nt this time is a
hat trimmed with peacock fenthors
nnd n gow n to go with it. of course.
Since thpso xhiilly colored plumes have
become tho rage they have rlsi'M In
price, nnd Instead of attaching a super
stitious significance lo thetn. ns some
do. many women feel it will bp sheer
good luck if they nro able to wear
thorn. Mrs. John Jacob Astor. who
has been staying In town tho Astor
house being in a stnte of "soini-open-inc"-has
been soon In n peacock
gown which has aroused admiration.
It Is of peacock gropn cloth trimmed
with blue velvet. The bottom of the
skirt and the bodice nre ombrolilprod
with a peacock feather design In vari
ous shadings. Her tiny hnt is fairly
covered with ppncncU feathers aud she
wears peacock colored shoes.
Ill alt I us Over a Muff.
One may economically put herself In
tho newest fur muff fashion by ripping
up an old round muff and making it
anew Into n fiat one. A paper pattern
may be taken from any friend's muff
ns a guide. Here is a clever example:
The fur of nn old muff lining being
inadequnle, the owner cut It tip into
slrips. These strips slip sewed onto
a piece of cloth (the color green be
cause it matched her suitl. this doth
having first been cut out Into muff
shape. After the strips were sewed on,
the cloth showed about half on inch
between, the effect being quite pretty.
Then the wool padding and lining was
sewed in. This fur had to be matched
for the neckpiece, says Vogue.
The model was first cut out of the
same green cloth, nnd then the fur
was cut Into strips. In shape, this
broad collur was fitted to the shoulders
nnd crossed partly nbove the wnlst
line. The stripes of fur worked In
extremely well, while muff tond neck
collar when worn together, proved be
coming nnd a success. The fur strips
must each be sewed on as fur borders
nro. so that no stitches nre seen. Tho
collar needs wool padding and lining
and two large green cloth buttons for
fastening.
Children and Prrrrpta.
One sometimes wonders if children
do not get tired of being so everlast
ingly "improved;" of having everything
shown to them from the ethical stand
point, even stories saturated in pre
cepts. Mnny pn rents seem to look upon a
child ns simply a means to an end, a
school for training to be grown up, nnd
so they poke their tiresome little pre
cepts and morals Into every available
cranny of a child's dny. They never
seem to renllze thnt childhood Is le
gitimate and is a respectable period of
existence quite as well worth while for
itself as for what Is to follow; that it Is
the little room to be decorated nnd
lived In and made lovely for its own
sake, rather than the reception hall
whose only mission Is to lead to the
larger room beyond.
Those who write for children show
this precept attitude oftenest. In a
great pile of children's stories that
was examined recently nine out of evf
pry ten wore so obviously mora! as to
be offensive.
And the good lesson Instead of being
tucked into a separate clause nt the
end, where the little "readers and
hearers" might skip It without miss
ing any of the story, was Inserted iu
nn underhanded way right in the heart
of tilings, and insisted on and rubbed
in.
Chlldreu must be wiseiy helped to
grow up.'of course; but surely n mod
ernlp amount of pure amusement, with
no harm lu it, would be welcome to
thelf Imghter-lovliig spirits. New
Haven Uogistcr.
George Meredith's Wotnen,
Willi his conception of nature as liv
ing, throbbing and palpitating beneath
the touch, with his diligence in the
study of her and his perennial spring
of humor. George Meredith has ere
a ted for us In his novels a series of
flesh and blood men und women rivalled
by no other living writer. And it is
no slight praise to say thnt his women
are as good- as bis men, if not better.
1'ew there are among our great novel
lsts who have given us any adequate
conception whatever of women, or
tnken the least trouble to distinguish
the particular from the type. George
Kllot bus' Indeed given us good, all
round women. Charlotte Bronte's
women are quite wonderful, but a.ren'
they simply lyrical embodiments of her
own passionate nature? Thackeray
nud even more especially Dickon nre
woefully lucking lu good women char
aclers. Meredltb has the honor of be
ing pre-eminent in his treatment of
women; Indeed, he bus been called the
"ultra feminine Mr. Meredith." He
bus u power that is really marvelous of
throwing himself Into women' feelings
i nd analyzing their motives of action.
He makes hi women think, too. "The
motive life with women must be lu
the head equully with men." His
women one feels all along are essen
tin My feminine, not men masquerading
a women. The subtle shades of fetnl
nine character are admirably brought
out. He patiently set to work to on
alyzc tbe so-called caprice and moods
of women, due, according to lilm, to
women more delicate nervous (us
ceptlbllily to outside Influence, to their
quicker habit of thought, ratler than
to uiei volatility of character, a men
an
often erroneously uuppose. Leonie Gil.
niour, In National Magazine.
American Giantesses. 1
The American womnn hns added a
full inch to her average height. She
Is growing stendlly tnller, while the
future American man, the business
mnn In particular, threatens to be n
small and wiry sppclmen of humanity,
who will have to look up to his tnll
wife, physically, nt all events.
Statistics show that nt the age of fif
teen tlie average height of boys nnd
girls Is the same, each measuring sixty
two inches.
It Is after fifteen thnt the girl pushes
ahead, for she hns nil the opportunities
of pbyslcnl development denied her
brother.
Under ordinary circumstances a boy
goes to work immediately upon grad
uating from the high school. He then
goes into a Btoro, factory, or takes his
place behind a -desk nnd remains there
for most of his days. The store Is
badly ventilated. He sloops over his
work. Ho exercises ns little ns pos
sible. All this is not conducive to
growth. At the age of eighteen, so
snys a physician who hns mnde a
study of the mutlor, the average mnn
who Is denied nny form of outdoor
work censes to grow. After thirty
years of ngo, providing the same seden
tary life is observed, a man often con
tracts a stooping habit, which takes
another Inch or so off his height.
Dr. Robert Hutchinson thinks it pos.
slblo that nature Is producing by de
greps a race of men particularly fitted
to survive the wear nnd nervous strain
of Amerlcnn business life.' The future
man will be short and stocky, capable
of getting along with a comparatively
suinll amount of food, which will not
overstrain his digestive capacity. His
force will go toward the preservation.
of nervo and brain, and not to be
wasted on mere muscle or height. The
future man will be much less than
medium height.
Not so tlie future woman. For the
first time since the Golden Age she has
censed to be a drudge. While her
brother Is going to work she is con
tinuing to develop herself physically as
well as mentally. She longs to be
tall. And what she longs for she us
ually gets. Gibson set for her an ideal
in the tall girl. This ideal she is stead
ily achieving in a surprising manner-out-of-door
exercise, physical culture.
mechanical methods of Increasing tbe
height, rational and irrational means
she tries them all, and by her indomita
ble perseverance she has raised the
standard of size for the set a full Inch
in the past few years.
The perfect 'woman used to measure
five feet five inches. The correct height
Is now five feet six inches; but the
American woman's Ideal is nearer five'
feet eight.
Housework for the vromnn of to-dny
has been brought down to a minimum
by the host of modern inventions of
which her grandmother never dreamed.
I-'Iat life has reduced her Indoor sphere
to a third or less of the space oceu
pied by her former home. All this
gives her more leisure, moro time to
bo out-doors, more opportunity for the
physical development that was denied
tho generations before her. In depart
ment stores all the sizes In garments
have increased. Skirt lengths used to
nverage from thirty-seven to forty-one
Inches; now the ordinary length la
from forty -two to fifty-one inches. )
But strange to say, the tall woman of
to-day and the small but successful
man find each other most congenial,
and so it happens that ministers are in
no wise astonished at performing the
marriage ceremony for a couple who
have quite reversed the old ldeaa that
a woman, to be the right height, should
reach to a man's heart. Brides of to
day are quite as often a trifle taller
than bridegrooms, and the couple show
no embarrassment whatever at turn
ing the tables lu this -way. Tbe bride
recalls that most great men were small,
bogluuing -with that immortal trium
virateNapoleon, Wellington, Caesar.
The bridegroom consoles himself ivlth
the knowledge that ftp is in the advance
guard of the age where the tall woman
will have to choose small men because
there will be no others. New York
World.
Silver tissue hats nre seen In plenty.
Indeed, the sliver tissue, appears to be
quite as popular, certuiiily it is more
retlncd than gold.
A pretty hot model was a marquise
shape, with a wide brim, the founda
tlon of gauze being entirely covered
with frills of silver.
A cavalier shupe with a high crown
wa covered smoothly with pale blue
silk, and was trimmed with a crush
scurf of silver gauze, '
In the novelties one sees a beautiful
girdle made of deep brown satin. The
girdle Is exceedingly wide in the back
and very narrow in tbe front.
In one of tho New York City shop
windows there is a very handsome'
cloth dress, trimmed around the. neck
nnd down the front with a tan colored
luce Jabot.
A beautirul creation in pink and sil
ver, which .looked fragile enough to
blow away In the geutlest breeze, had
a low sailor crown of transparent sil
ver crochet bordered with a wide fold
of silver gauze over pink tule.
Fur hats trimmed In silver gauze
were among the effective methods. A
very smart but of chinchilla in a tur
ban shape bad n fold of silver gauze
tucked in between the crown and the
rolled-up brim, while on tbe side waa
a rosette of silver gauze ribbon and a
scurf bow ot heavy renuisaance lace,
deep cream fastened la 4ue middle
with a handsome turquoise brooch,
"Noah's wife," said a boy in an eft
MUilnatlou, "Baa calUd Joan of Arc,'; i
km
The human body varies greatly in
Its resistance to electric shocks, and
healthy men have been killed by a little
more than one hundred volts, while
other men have survived mnny thou
sand volts. Nervous affections, heart
disease, intemperance and other morbid
conditions increase the danger.
Under the ordinary conditions of ser
vice, priming is produced by suspend
ed matter In the boiler, and without
regard to tlie amount of alkaline salts.
The loss of water and heat through
priming creates much dnnger In the
boiler from the uncertainty of the
height of the water nnd detracts from
the power and efficiency of the loco
motive. The atmosphere contains a groat
quantity of solid matter usually im
perceptible, though visible when a ray
of sunlight enters a dark room. A.
Ditte stales that a cubic metre of the
nir of Paris usually contains six to
eight milligrammes of dust somp me
twenty-three milligrammes but away
from cities there is less. Nearly a
third of the city dust is orgnulc mat
ter containing living gorms.
The Japanese ore oxpprts on smoke
rings, nnd it is said In Japan it Is con
sidered no uncommon trick to blow
three rings of smoke in succession, the
second traveling through the first and
the third through both. Some stage
performers are credited with being so
expert in smoke blowing that they aro
not only able to multiply tlie number
of rings thus made, but uctunlly form
Japanese characters representing
words aud sentences.
Meteorites are usually regarded as
stones from space, differing In compo
sition, but nil having a similar origin
and belonging to one general class.
From twenty-five years of observation,
the Director of the Geological Survey
of Mexico reaehps a novel conclusion.
Mexico is a region of. many meteorites,
which range in size from a monster
of twenty-seven tons downward, nnd
n study of these stones gives pvldpnce
that there aro throe zones In the coun
try northern, central nud southern
marked by a different tiuss of meteor
ites for eucli zone.
Scntlsts arc again on the trail of
the "missing link." Two years ago
certain marks were found on a block
of sandstone near Warranambool, In
Australia, which were thought to be
the lmpiiflts of the footsteps of a pre
historic man. At the time this ide.i
was ridiculed; but a piaster enst was
sent to Germany, and the inevitable
German savant went out to investigate
the matter. Ho now reports that, in
his opinion, they were genuine human
imprints, and this, taken in conjucMon
with the extraordinary human skulls
to be seen lu the Wnrrunmbool mu
seum, Is supposed to show that a link
between liumanlty nnd the npe hns
been discovered. Tho idea of the Ger
man doctor is that at an early period
the sandstone where the Imprints were
found had been a great level beach ou
which, perhaps, prehistoric men were
accustomed to camp. - -
CURIOSITIES Oh SENSES
Some Cono:uelous of l'hrnlclaoi Regard-log-
Sensation.
An English medical authority gives
an Interesting account of some conclu
sions reached by physicians concern
ing the remarkable, though not un
familiar, phenomenon known as "syn
aesthesla" the association of one sen
sation with another of a different kind.
One of the most common examples is
the shivering sensation felt by many
persons on hearing the squeak of n
pencil drawn across a slate. Others
have their teeth put on edge by the til
ing of a saw. Such sensations are de
scribed as "souud-feclius." Co'or
hearing or sound-seeing, as it Is
sometimes called Is a rarer form of
synaesthesia. It consists In thf asso
ciation of color- with some definite
sound. These color sensations are con
stant In the same person, but vary con
slderably in different individuals. Kor
example, the sound of the vowel "a"
may be red to one person, bltio to an
other, nnd biiick to a third. When
light, instead of color, is associated
with sound, the phenomenon is known
ns "photlsni;" on the other hnud, when
n color or some definite image sug
gests a sound, the condition is termad
"iihonlsm."
V singular case Is recorded of a
"ei'cymnu who, with his three chil
I'ren, was offected iu this manner.
Since early childhood the father had
I'ssoc.'ttted the sound of each letter of
the alphabet rttli a particular color.
Tiio letters f, J, k. r, and s, for In
stance, were reddish brown; o and c
were white; a, t.', g, n. s, q und u were
transparent. The remaining letters
were of a dull lead color, shading down
to black. Whole words received a
dominant color from their capital loi
ters. When a child he was laughed
at because he asked why a certain hay
hoj'se was given "the white ouuie of
CharlleV' Harper'a Weekly.
Failed to Scare.
"Will tbe gentleman nllow mo to ask
him a question?" interrupted a man la
the audience. .
"Certainly," said tbe orator.
"Did you or did you not once run for
the office of Lieutenant-Governor?"
In breathless silence the vast assem
bly awaited bis answer.
He drew himself up to his full helffb.
flashed a glance of concentrated scorn
Ut the presumptious varlet and ralseil
his voice till it Jarred tbe rafters.
"Ye, sir," he sa'd. "I did! I once
ran for tho offlco of Lieutenant-Governor
of the State of New Jersey anil
I was defeated, sir, by the largest ma
jority by which any man ever escaped
that oftico in the history of the United
States!"
Utterly crushed and humiliated by
the outburst of applause that greeted
nn triuinpnauc rcjoiuucr, tne crcstiai
leu man who bad presumed lo meas
ure wit with a seasoned campaign
slunk ignoiululously out of tho build
ing. Chicago Tli bu uo.
A market bus Juut beeu opened 1
Paris whsre the bnir of famous pei''
aounge Is on ale. '