THE QUESTION OP TIME.
f'ot what was liia birth, but how did he
live,
Kot what hi estate, but how did he givn,
)'ot what whs hi name, lint what did he
Ho,
fs'ot what wag his place, but measured ha
true,'
Kot whence did ho come, but what wi
hi will,
Kot what wa his rare, but what wns h:'
.kill. .
Kot where did he die, but how did he
Hi rive,
Kot where it hi grave, but what shall
survive.
Frank Walcott Hutt.
: All Wrong. :
Br Clara Augusta.
My name 13 Brown Philip Brown.
My father's rime la Joel, my mother
rejoices In the old-fashioned cogno
men of Hannah.
Last summer a friend of mine, en
thusiastic, and Just, out of college,
went to Lansvllle to rusticate, and
visit a bachelor unclen He came home
In raptures with Laneville, but more
particularly In raptures with one Bes
sie Blake, a resident of that f-rtu-nato
town.
My mother, being of an inquiring
disposition, questioned young Ourley
In regard to this particular Bessio,
and learned that she wns the daugh
ter ot Moses Blake, ar.d Moses
Blake's wife was a third cousin to
my mother's uncle's win's brother-in-law.
So we were quite closely re
lated. My mother had once known
Mrs. Blake, and Moses was a man of
wealth. Bessie was his daughter.
Here was an opeilne! ,
My mother ought, to have been a
president, or a prime minister, she
was such a sharp one at planning,
and before nr.ny days she had decid
ed that I was out of health, and need
ed country a'.r. She wrote an affec
tionate letter to Mrs. Blake, stating
the afflicting circumstances, dwelling
on her an;.lety for her only son, and
asking that early friend it Bhe would
not receive the invalid into her fam
ily for a few weeks.
In due time a letter arrived, say
lnc that I -should be welcome to the
domicile of the Blakes.
"Deary me!" said my mother, ad
justing her spectacles to got a more
accurate view, "It Beems to me that
Betsey Ann Blake has neglected her
spelling dreadfully. Why, scarcely a
single wor" is correctly spelled, and
Betsey Ann used to be a good schol
ar!" It was decided on the spot that I
should go to Lanesville and recuper
ate. My wnrdrobe was soon put In
order, and I set forth for the home
of Bessie Blake.
"Bo very careful, Philip," said my
motn.er, at parting, "and keep on the
right sids of old Mr, Blake. He's an
odd stick, if I remember, and can't
bear to be crossed. And, recollect,
)ny son, that he Is worth fifty thou
sand, and Bessie Is all he's got."
Perhaps you were never in Lane
ville? If -ot, then, of course, you
do not know th.-.t .-.11 tho houses are
as much alike as tho pcrs in a bushel
bag full of peas, and tho man who
could tell one house from another
would lie a genius.
The village Is surrounded by brick
yards, and tho Lanevillltes believe
in encouraging home industry, so
r.ll the houses arc brick. Thero is a
patent roofing fictory in the place;
and so, for the came reason cited
above, all the housoi are patent
roofed. Green paper window shades
are manufactured here, and of course
all the shades are green paper.
It was nearly dark when I arrived
at Lanevilli, and it rained. It al
ways does Then anybody goc3 any
where. I inquired for Mr. Blake's, anu a
small, boy agreed to pilot mo thither
for ten cents. How tho little wretch
managed to single out this house
from all tho other houses just like
It I do not know; but seeing the
name Blako 1- large letters on the
door-plate, I gave him his hard
earned pittance and rang the bell.
They were delighted to see me, had
been expecting me for a month, old
Blake said, and remembering thrt he
did not like to be crossed I roCraincd
from contradicting him, though I
knew well enough that my mother
bad written them only a fortnight
before.
I wa3 shown into tho parlor and
t'.K' presence of Bessie.
"This (3 my daughter" said old
Elfeke. indifferently enough, as if
uch angels as Eesslo Blake were too
common w.th him to merit much no
'ice. And I felt chat if my panta
loons were not new, and I was sure
he carpet bad been Bwept that -ay,
It would be happiness to kneel down
at her feet and well, I didn't ex
actly know what.
Mm. Blake was .a fat old lady, and
he was knitting a gray stocking.
Sweet domestic employment!
I shook hands all round, and eat
down on the 3ofa beside Bessie. Tho
first chance I got. I squeezed her
band, and received an enchanting
amlle by way of encouragement.
Mr. Blnke got out his spectacles,
wiped them, and put them straddle
f hia nose. Then h straightened
hack In hi.j thiilr und took a good
look nt nie.
"Hum!" said be. "Tollerblo tall
and well built:. Six 'eet. ain't ye?"
1 assented, knowing that he did
not like to he crossed, but I am only
flvo feet six.
"I used to be six feet two mvself "
eald he; "that was when i was young
A hefty man, too. Takes arter his
father.-eh. Martha?" nodding to
wifa- that, tribe was tall.
Uot a nose like hix irandfather's
V. let me see; It's more Ilk his
prandniother's. Thoro's a great deal
tn noses eh, Martha?"
Yes," said Martha
counting her gtltches.
when tt body has .i cold.
absently,
"especially
I noticed tlm' the old gentleman
roado a mistake In calitug his wife
Martha, when tier name was Betsey
Ann, but 1 dldu't cross Ulm. J kept
till, and marfe wyU more devoted
to Uesile.
"Tea, yes," pursued he: "nosewida
at the roots, and sot tip good Blgn.
Hnln'tjvou had the smallpox lately7"
"No," said I, indignantly.
"Oh, you hain't? I seed the sides
of yer face and yer upper Hp was
kinder broke out and dingy."
Broke out, indeed! and my mus
tache as respectable a size as any
one could expect from three months'
nursing. And only yesterday Ara
ml'nta Jones had said it was divine,
and Just as "scratchy" as need be.
I was angry, but a glance at the
sweet face of Bessie made me re
strain my temper. What could I not
bear for her sake?
"I used to know pretty near all
your folks," said old Blake, "and
there's a heap of 'em I should like to
as!: about if I could only get my wits
to work. Thero wan your Uncle
Joshua you don't remember him, 1
guess; he died afore your time "
"I never had an Uncle Joshua,"
said I.
"Don't contradict me, my boy,"
said he, testily; "I guess I know.
'Taln't likely they ever told you any
thing about him. He was put in
the state prison for stealing sheep
or was it a pig?"
"Now, father," said the old lady,
"don't you go for to harrering up the
boy's feelings. He can't help what
his uncle did."
"I hain't a harrering," said old
Blake, crossly. "You mind your own
blzneBS, Martha.
And while the old people were dis
puting as to the real meaning of the
word "harrerln," I improved the
chance which offered, and kissed Bes
sie. Before this fact was accomplished,
a tall, red-whiskered man strode Into
the room, and, for an instant, Btood
glaring at me like a wild beast. Then
he dashed toward me, seized me by
the collar and planted hl3 foot at
that part of my body most convenient
to kick, and landed mo at the other
Bide of the room.
"Take that, you scoundrel!" he re
marked, impressively; but I could
not oblige him. I had already taken
it.
I rose to my feet and prepared to
strike out.
"What do you mean, sir?" de
manded I, before striking.
"What do you mean, sir?" de
manded he. '-What do you mean by
kissing my wife?"
"Your wife! Jupiter Jorum!"
cried I. "Bessie Blake your wife?"
"Bessie Blake?" said he. "Wbc
In thunder is Bessie Blake?"
"Don't be profane, ray son," said
old Mrs. Blake. "Scrlpter is agin it."
"Are you not Bessie Blake?" said
I, turning to the Vanus.
"No," said she; "my name is Annie
Hall."
"Well," said I. "this is a pretty
kettle of fish. Who are you, sir?"
to the red-whiskered man.
"I am Robert Hall, at your ssrvlce
Mr. Blake's step-son."
"Isn't this Mr. Moses Blake's
house?"
"No; my name is Jeremiah," said
old Blake.
"And I was going to Moses
Blake's," said I.
'Why In the deuce didn't you go
there, then?" cried Mr. Hall.
"Don't swear, Robert," expostu
lated Mrs. .Blake.
"How was I to tell one house from
another in this abominable village?"
cried I, indignantly, "whore every
house is Just like every other one."
"My house cost twice as much at
Moses Blake's," said Mr. Blake.
"Ain't your name Jeremiah?"
asked Mrs. Blake.
"Mercy forbid!" said I.
"Then," said she, "I guess thing!
is kinder mixed up. We are expect
ing our nephew, Jeremiah Muggins,
for to pay us a visit. He writ some
time ago to say he'd come. We hain't
seen him sence he was a child, and
naterly wo took you for him. And
tho fact of it is you've got into the
wrong house."
I saw how it was, apologized, ob
tained definite directions as to the
locality of Mr. Moses Blake's hcuso,
and departed.
The less I say of my visit there
the better. Bessie weighed a couple
of hundred, to say the least, and was
red and healthy as a washerwoman.
A fine girl, no doubt, but not to my
taste.
I "recuperated" speedily, went
home and married Aramlnta Jones.
Good Literature.
XtcoKou She Left.
Aunt Emeline is the best loved
woman in Saymouth, for her charity
is alike of hand and heart. Like,
many other excellent persons. Aunt
Emoline is not a church member, but
she i i a regular attendant at the vil
lage church, which is so near her
cottage as to seem under the same
roof.'
When, at the close of a recent
sermon, the minister requested all
those present who had never united
with the church to retire at the end
of service, everybody was surprised
to seo Aunt Emoline Blurt down the
aisle.
"Aunt ' Emeline," the mlnistei
called, softly, "that does not apply to
you."
"That isn't why I m going," Aunt
Emeline respondei, serenely. "1
smell my dinner burning up."
Youth's Companion.
Fusing Rubies.
Little ruuies, the price of which Is
considerably below that of large
ones ot the same quality, are finely
powdered, and then fused together
in the electric furuuee. The mass is
quickly cooled by some trick that
is not mado public, resulting in a
gem of good size, and retaining the
icslred lustre and tint. Neither the
sapphire nor the emerald can be
subjected to this treatment.
King Despised Ituchclors.
King Christian was one of the
greatest anti-race suicide enthusiasts
who ever lived. He bad no use for
bachelors. Everybody over thirty
years oil te besought to get mar-
rled. It is related that oue bachelor
wa pressed go hard by King Chris
tian on tM point that he fled to the
West lallos to koey from being per.
suaded.
NEW YORK AS SEEN BY
One tf "Seventeen Most Popular" ot the South Gives Her Impresslons-Hurrr In Work
and Play-Evan tho Rockr Island is Clamped Down Kith Steel to Keep It From Running
Away to Sea-Says Women Look Hard-Admires Kitchen tn Great Hotel, But Yearns For
Lima lorn Fon ar Beaten Biscuit.
.By
How New York hurries; hurries In
work, hurries in play! There Is
something electric about the very air
which makes one move the faster!
When I got back to Chattanooga I
shall find myself running across the
street and hurrying out of the cars
as though all the world depended on
my getting from one block to an
other. I know that I shall. The
thing which has Impressed us girls
who have come up from the South
to spend two weeks here is the fact
that so many persons in New York
do not seem to have anything else to
do but to hurry Just as fast as ever
they can doing nothing. How is it
that you all find so much time to
play while pretending that you are
so very, very busy?
Ono of the first Impressions which
this great city made upon me with its
noise, Its confusion, its scurrying
backward nnd forward, Its din of
bells and whistles and its roar of
wheels, was that in spite of all their
appearance ot being so occupied many
had nothing to do but to piny. But
then New York never really goes to
bed. People are toiling when others
play and playing when others work.
Somebody always has a holiday and
many are at their tasks when their
neighbors are up In the roof gar
dens. All Classes Have Piny Time.
Of course, I know that somebody
really does work, but when? At mid
day, in the afternoon, In the evening,
at any hour of the day or night you
go to places of amusement, you sit
in the restaurants at luncheon,
breakfast, tea, dinner, supper. It
certainly does seem to me that there
are no three meals a day here, for
there are bo many persons who have
nothing else to do but to eat at their
leisure at all hours and to look out
upon the streets, where thousands
come and go, Just as though they
were intended to run up and down
that way forever and ever.
Do you know that there is some
thing fascinating about this city of
yours? Of course you must know it,
or you would not stay here and keep
settling here year after rear. I won
der bow it is possible for so many to
find a place to live on this little,
rocky island, all clamped down with
steel and weighted down with big
masses of stone as though you were
afraid that the very ground would
hurry away from under your feet and
go galloping out to sea, playing to
be hard at work.
But you don't labor in this town as
they do down South as far a3
length of time is concerned, at !east.
In New York the people squeeze all
their work into a few hours, and then
away their go in their cars and auto
mobiles, hastening to the country,
hurrying to the theatres and running
toward the beaches. All classes have
time to play, for in the parks I see
laborers and their families taking life
as easy as a New York man can and
having such a good time. It isn't
any wonder that the fliBt thing that
a strange:1 asks of New York is,
"When do you work?"
New York Men Chivalrous.
Do you know that before I came
here I heard much about the coldness
and exclusiveness ot New York peo
ple, and I was not' prepared to like
them at all. Well, they do have that
constrained air about them, but it is
all an affectation. They don't mean
it. At heart they are kindly, polite
and attentive.
And the men! Ob, I do like the
New York men. They are the very
soul of chivalry; they are courteous;
they never presume; they take tho
greatest pleasure !n doing any ser
vice: They are always so respectful
and attentive, yet when there is any
IX OLD WAR DAYS.
How the Great Struggle Made Busi
ness For the 5m ksport Stuye.
If one wants to hear marvellous
tales concerning stage driving in old
times ho should go to Bucksport and
secure talks with some of the old
chaps who can remember back to tho
days of the Civil War. Then, as now,
Bucksport was "eighteen miles from
everywhere" from Bangor, Belfast,
Castlne, Ellsworth and several other
smaller places. Stages left the old
Robinson House in processions every
day.
Some of those old drivers were re
markable men, skilled In handling
the "ribbons," very popular with
their patrons and heroic in their
labors to be on time under every con
dition of weather. The names of
these men would fill considerable
space in a newspaper. Most of them
are dead now, but they are r.ot for
gotten. There Is another aspect ot stage
driving during the Civil War times,
which no one has recorded us yet
the great traffic which was carried
on by backmen and stages in carry
ing persons who were anxious to get
away to New Brunswick as soon and
as quietly as possible. Tho demand
for soldiers was urgent, because the
needs of the nation were great. Many
young meu who were physically ab'.o
to serve In the. ranks did not have a
liking for the Job, and sooner than
argue the case, they sought rea.'. and
seclusion under her Majesty'8 flag,
even as many vesso'.B owners did for
their property, which was exposed to
the ravages of Confederate priva
teers. Not all of these young men who
sought New Brunswick for safety
were residents of Maine by any
means. Many came to Bucksport by
the Boston boat, and went Inland
on stage or on foot or by private con
veyance, as their finances dictated.
If the ctorles of those refugees could
be told, much ot interact would ba
revealed.
Every stago driver knew the ' ske
dadlers." as they were ' called, and
all paid heavy tribute to powers that
o m rolled the rouisa. From 18C2
A DIXIE GIRL.
KATHCRINC ROBERTSON
fun and any gayety they enter Into
it all with such spirit. They stop
at nothing. They have such an air of
knowing all about life; their manners
are perfect; they are so bright and
up to date, and their conversation Is
always Interesting and entertaining.
You hea.- of thechlvalry of the South
em people, but those In New York
know better how to be chivalrous.
Hero In New York a fclrl would soon
forget how to do her own "toting."
Now, about the women? I'm afraid
that I ought not to write this, but I
must say that those whom I have
seen Impress me as very artificial.
Compared to the women whom I have
seen In the South, they do not seem
to be sincere. But how they do dress!
What style and carriage they have!
How well they wear their clothes,
and what an air of distinction! A
New York woman would be known
anywhere.
Hard Look About the Mouth.
The expression of the faces of New
York women, although I cannot ex
actly describe It, is something which
one is not likely to forget. Well I
may as well say It they have a hard
look around the mouth and under tho
eyes, and I have not seen many of
them who looked really happy. I
think that one coming from the West
or South might learn In two or three
months to dress like the women of
New York, and probably In a year or
so she would get that same expres
sion. It Is something that one seems
to feel, but It Is hard to define or de
scribe. I don't know that I care for
It, and would not care to have my
friends look that way.
It Is very Interesting to watch
thousands of faces which you have
never seen before and will never see
again. It Is different from some ot
the little towns in the South that I
know, where you know everybody
and everybody knows you, and loves
you. Is It not a wonderful study in
human nature? I rather like it.
How you New Yorkers have re
duced living to a science! You cer
tainly do know bow to live. The city
Is so spick and span and smart. You
can see it in the hotels, little and big
where there Is always such system
and such a neae and expeditious way
of doing 'things. Why, the house
keeping ot these great inns of yours
is Just marvellous. They took us
through the Waldorf-Astoria tho oth
er night from cellar to roof garden.
The kitchen was certainly a delight.
Everything was shining and bright.
I saw them making little automobiles
out. of almond paste and Ice cream
and nesselrode pudding, but they
didn't have any corn pone or any
beaten biscuit in the whole house.
No Green Anywhere.
How big and clean and shiny Hbe
whole city is with its tall skyscrapers
without a speck on them, Just as
though they were dusted every morn
ing, and the great apartment houses
which look a3 tf they were washed all
over every night:
But how close together you all
live! Down South we like to have
large lawns and here you haven't
anything like that, not even the Van
derbilts. Even Mr. Morgan has only
a tree or two.
You scarcely have anything green
around the houses to give your eyes
a rest. We girls like to get out in
the yard under the trees, where wo
can have tea nnd talk.
New York Is a wonderful place,
and sometimes I feel that If I had a
great deal or money I would like to
live here for a while, and then again
I am not so very sure of It. All tho
same, I must say that it certainly a
a charming locality. New York Her
ald. to 1S64 thousands of men from
Maine and other New England States
took advantage of the facilities of
fered 'by remote stage lines and ef
fected tht.tr escape, though a major
ity of them returned nnd "squared"
themselves v.lth the Government be
fore the close of the war.
Incidentally, It may be well to say
here that the famous Bar Harbor and
Bangor lino was claimed to be the
swiftest and most elegant service by
horse-power In the country. Bangor
(Me.) News.
Profit in Mexican Lund.
Laud In the arid portions of Mex
ico Is still very cheap and can b3
bought in tracts of 1000 to 1,000,000
acres. The price Is rising, but not
at the rate it will probably reach in
the near future. Without any effort
at improvement, investments made
with reasonable carefulness will
bring good returns by the'enliance
ment that Improved methods of com
munication, agriculture, etc., are
bringing about. There is a good
chance to enlarge considerably thi.i
area of Irrigable land in theso tracts,
aside from the gain In value due to
improved methods, better stock and
other improvaments a prom-jtslvu
rancher can make. The land invest
ment offers a surar, perhaps evt:i n
larger, prospect for profit than in
vestments in mining enterprises.
Comparatively few Americans engasj
in tho former, whilo nearly all who
como to the country ensago to Lome
extent In the hitter, Tho American
U prone to play fc the "highest
stakes, "regardless of the greater risk.
Mobile Register.
Tbc Salvation Army's Emigrants.
In March of this year the Salvation
Army transported 1200 emigrants to
Cunada. This month 1300 men,
women and children were snt oiu
to the Dominion by thrt agency. It
13 estimated that this -uligious and
very buslnesj-like body will this year
6--ud out C000, next yea. 10,1)00 and
the following year 20,000, in the
effo.'t to solv?, or pa. ilslly solve, t'ca
problem of poverty in En&laud. '
New Yorii F;-93.
OSS 111,1 M) J A' i.VJM.1 iiiju.
One IVnf in Every H.io, So n Recent
Census lteport Shows.
One Jerson in every 1200 was blind
and one In every 830 was deaf In tho
United States In 1900, according to
a special census report Just Issued
from Washington. The Inquiry was
conducted under the direction of Dr.
Alexander Graham Bell.
The total blind in the United
States In 1900 was 64,763, of whom
36,645 we-. i totally blind and 29,113
partially blind. Of the total blind
37,054 were males and 21,709 fe
males. Blindness Is chiefly a defect
of adult life, almost sixty-five per
cent, of the blind becoming so after
twenty years of age. About one
tenth of the total blind were born so.
The number of blind per 1000 of
population was greater among the
negroes than among the whites, and
greater among the foreign-born
whites than among the native whites.
In about six per cent, of the cases ot
blindness reported the parents of the
blind were cousins. Of the blind
whose parents were bo related twen-ty-flvo
per cent, were congenltally
blind, while among the blind whose
parents were not cousins the propor
tion congenltally blind was only 6.8
per cent. .
Of the blind at least ten years of
age, twenty per cent, were engaged In
some gainful occupation. The per
centage of persons engaged In pro
fessional pursuits, trade and trans
portation and in manufacturing and
mechanical Industries Is larger
among the totally blind than among
the general population.
Deafness, the report says, Is more
common in the northern part ot the
United States than in tho southern,
and thero are more deaf males than
females. The total deaf in the
United States is given as 89,287, of
whom 37,426 were totally deaf and
51,861 partially deaf. From the lat
ter class, however, are eliminated
those merely "hard of hearing."
The census report of 1890 gave
the number of deaf as 121,178, and
the opinion is expressed that the re
turns for 1890 are undoubtedly ex
cessive, while those for 1900 are de
ficient. Of the totally deaf 52.5 per
cent, were males. Negroes consti
tute 11.6 per cent, of the general
population and only 5.2 per cent, of
the deaf. That the negroes seem less
susceptible to deafness than the
whites, the report says, is probably
due in part to less complete returns
from the negro deaf.
Of the totally deaf ninety-one per
cent, were so from childhood (under
twenty years of age) and thirty-six
per cent, from birth. Of the 89,287
persons returned as deaf, 55,501
were able to speak well, 9417 Im
perfectly and the remainder not at
all. The report presents figures to
show that the schools for the deat
are doing excellent work in teaching
articulate speech. ,
It would seem that heredity has
played a part in producing congeni
tal deafness and the deafness occur
ring in adult life; whereas deafness
occurring in early childhood, after
birth and under the age of five, is
probably to a large extent adventi
tious. Of those at least, ten years of age
among the deaf, 3S.5 per cent, were
gainfully employed, as compared
with 50.2 per cent, among the gen
eral population. Of the deaf who
were gainfully employed, 89.7 per
cent, were found in occupations in
which perfect or even partial hear
ing is not essential.
Liquid Stone.
Concrete is the new medium of tho
engineering wonder-worker. First he
builds the gaunt, steel skeleton of a
skyscraper, with a wooden mould of
the desired width about the thin steel
Birders. Into this mounld ho forces
the liquid stone, and waits a few
hours for it to harden. Then the
wooden shields uro removed, nnd
there stands a smooth wall, which
grows harder with tho passage of
each day and will withstand a greater
pressure than granite or steel itself.
Or he builds a great bridge, leaping
a hundred and fifty feet at a single
span, ot slender steel rods, forces the
concrete inside tho temporary wooden
Bkjn which marks tho desired shape,
and has, next morning, a structure
of strength and beauty, which will
defy all the power of winds and
waves alike. Or, where twenty years
ago a tall chimney would have been
laboriously built up, brick by brick,
and a dozen feet In thickness at the
base, he spins his steel-splred web,
poiirs his liquid stone into a thin
shell of le3s than a dozen inches, and
beholds a slender structure towering
hundreds of feet into the air and
strong enough to stand anything
hort of a cyclone. D. N. Harper, iu
Technical World.
The Founder of Kindergartens.
Born in Thurlngia in 1782, Froebol
began his career as a teacher in 1805
at Frankfort-on-lhe-Maln, and later
took part ar, a soldier In the war of
liberation. It was uot till 3 SI 0 that
he began to put his theories ot edu
cation into practice. Ten years later
he expounded them In bis first Im
portant book, and shortly afterward
began the training of teachers. In
1830 he opened his first kindergarten
school at Blankenburg. The rest of
his life was devoted to organizing
kindergarten schools. Ho died In
1852.
The first successful kindergarten
In tho United States was opened at I
St. Louis in 1873. Milwaukee was
not long in taking up the Idea, and
for a time was a Mecca for educators
desiring to witness the system of
Froebel in practical operation. The
number of kindergartens in the coun
try nt the tnd of 1873 was forty
three; 1882, 348: 1S92. 1311; 1898,
4 36S. There aro now In tho neigh
borhood of 5000. Milwaukee Wis
consin. Earliest Musical Note.
The earliest written signs for mus
ical notes were the letters of the al
phabet; and their use for this pur
pose dates from a very early period.
The ancient Hebrews employed cer- j
tain accents to mark th. rise and '
fall of the human voleo ti chanting
ineir psaimB ana -prayert.
THE REBUILDING OK CITI.S.
Wonderful Enterprise and Vitality of
Americans In Furc of Disasters.
Commercial forces, In whose pres.
ence the hopes and fears and opin
ions of Individuals are as nothing, de
termine where cities shall stand, tnd
when these forces have fixed tipoi a
site for a city they afe not to be
thwarted by fire or flood, or hostile
army or even by the convulsions of
nature.
Some ancient cities have dlsap
peared. The archaeologist dlga
through tho sands of the desert, the
accumulations of vegetable mold,
and the debris of human habitation
in a search for the palaces of great
kings, tho markets of wealthy trad
ers, and th 3 homes of a once numer
ous people. The massacres of aft
clent warfare may explain some of
these dead and buried cities. The in
ability of people in early history to
deal with the sanitary problems of a
congested population may have been
a contributing cause to their de
struction. Cities may have died be
cause their people could not live.
But In most cases a change In the
routes of commerce will bo found to
have diverted (he stream, of nourish
ment from a city and left It to die of
starvation. Yet tho "Eternal City"
and Athens. Byzantium, Jerusalem,
Antioch, and Damascus Illustrate the
tenacity of municipal vitality, even
though a long succession of centur
ies brings great changes In tho meth
ods and subjects and courses of traf
fic. The destruction wrought by the
Chicago fire was so vast that, there
was a moment when It seemed as If
tho site might be abandoned, but the
ruins were not cold when contracts
had been let for rebuilding.. Fire
was a calamity that might befall In
one locality as well as in another,
but the destruction of Galveston by
tidal wave was promoted by its lo
cation; and thero were suggestions
even from Galveston itself that the
.city be rebuilt on the mainland In
stead ot an Island almost washed
over by the Gulf ot Mexico. But It
was only a suggestion; the city gird
ed Itself with a sea wall; it raised its
own level many feet, and, defying
hurricanes and tidal waves, it has
established Itself more firmly than
ever upon the sand-spit whence It
was so nearly washed away.
The commercial forces which have
built up San Francisco will rebuild
it. The lines of commerce there con
verge; there Is the deep and land
locked harbor, and there must al
ways be a city. The steel-frame con
struction, so familiar in the Eastern
cities, though only sparingly em
ployed in San Francisco, is proof
against the tremors of the earth, but
in the earthquake belt the height of
buildings will be limited and the en
closing wall will have to be of metal
or better attached to the frame than
is necessary elsewhere.
In two or three years San Fran
cisco will be larger and more beauti
ful than ever, nnd will defy confla
grations and seismic shocks. Phil
adelphia Record.
AVOI5DS OF WISDOM.
Need makes the neighbor.
The lowly heart finds the higher
life.
Difficulties are but doors of de
light. Evil spreads as necessarily as dis
ease. Eliot.
The lazy man Is always proud of
his patience.
It Is better to right wrongs than
to revengo them.
If your religion Is not in every
thing, It is in nothing.
The virtue lies in the struggle, not
in the prize. Houghton.
You cannot get at a man's heart
by getting under his skin.
The Bins we wink at to-day are
the ones. we work for to-morrow.
A lean compromise is better than
a fat lawsuit. German proverb.
There Is a world of difference be
tween the rule of gold .ind the golden
rule.
Things do not work together for
good to the man who will not work
at all.
Bind together your spare hours by
the cord of some definite purpose.
Taylor.
To be happy Is not tho purpose ot
our being, but to deserve happiness.
Fichte.
It Is eonio compensation for great
evils that they enforce great lessons.
Eovee.
You car. never lift the submerged
io long as you fear to soil your
sleeves.
If poverty Is the mother of crimes,
want of sense is the father of them.
Bruyere.
Money you may bet on the mare
doesn't always make her go under
the wire first.
It's easy to think you are standing
for public liberty when private license
is in your eyes.
Be sure no mau was ever discon
tented with the world who did bis
duty in it. Southcy.
Bo not careless in deeds, nor con
fused In words nor rambling in
thought. Marcus Aurellus.
, We neve:- realize how much nva
we have until we have occasion to
occupy a dentist's chair.
We ought to pray as we love, by
mingling prayer with .all our
thoughts. Madame de Stael.
; A woman never has much confi
dence in a grocer who doesn't be
long to the samo church she does.
Money In Tea Koom.
Ono of the very first things t'jat
presont themselves as a means of re
quiting a wrecked fortune Is opening
i tea room. Fortunes do not always
follow this venture, but a nice, com
fortable income can be derived from
men an establishment If conducted
oy experienced hands and Judicious
management. Madame?.
' New York consumes close to 3
000. 000 tons of ice annuallv. i,f
which the :.upply of tho manufactured
krodust amounts to 700. 030 to.
THE SL'MUY Si'JIOCL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENT?
FOR AUGUST 19.
Snbjerf ! The Jndge, (lie riinrlsr and
the Publican, Luke xvlll., 1-14
tiolden Text, Luke xvlll., J
Topic:. Effect I vo Prayer, ,
1. Tho Judgo nnd the widow (vs,
1-8). 1. "Spake a parable." In re
sponse to a question of the Pharisee
as to when the kingdom of God
should come. Jesus gave them warn
ings and Instruction as to the coming,
and especially as to the need ot being
always prepared (17:20-37), and
naturally turns to the subject ol
prayer as a means of preparations
"Men ought." It is their "duty" to
do this. "Always to pray." Tho habit
of prayer In private, in the famllv and
In public should bo cultivated. "Not
to faint." Not to grow weary and
discouraged because of tho delay of
the answer. Why must prayer be im
portunate? 1. Not because of God'
unwillingness to answer. 2. To cher
ish and cultivate our' faith. 3. To in
tenslfy our desire to receive. Prayer
that. Is not persevering indicates s
lack of faith.
2. "A Judge." According to Dcuk
16:18, iBrael must have in all the
gateB of the city Judges, who were un
der obligation to administer Justice,
without respect of persons. See Exod.
23:6-9; Lev.l9:15. "Feared, not God
man." Ho was unprincipled and
cared for no one but himself. 3. "A
widow." A widow, without influence
nnd unable to bribe, had little to hope
irom a wicked Judge. "Avenge."
The original means "to vindicate
one's right." The rights of this
widow were Interfered with and she
was asking the Judgo for protection.
Tho widow Is often taken as a repre
sentation of the church after Chrlst'8
death.
4, 5. "For a while." These verses
show tho abandoned character of the
Judge referred to. 6. "The Lord."
That is, Jesus. 1. "Shall not God."
We nre not to suppose that the char
acter of God is at all represented by
this Judge. The great truth which
our Saviour designed to teach is that
"men ought always to pray, and not
to faint." The application of tha
parable may be made by contrast.
1. God is not compared to the unjust
Judge, but contrasted with him. If a
hard-hearted, wicked Judge, who
cared for neither God nor man, but
only for himself and his own inter
ests, would yet grant Justice on &y
count of the perseverance of the
widow, how infinitely more readily
will God give us the help we need. 2;
And if the unjust Judge does this fof
a poor widow, in whom he has no in
terest, how much moro will ouf
Father grant the prayers of His own
children. 3. And if the unjust Judga
will do it for the sake of deliverance
from some vexation in common llfej
how much more will God save Hut
children from their adversaries.
8. "Speedily." Suddenly, unex
pectedly. "Son of man cometh."
Whcdon thinks this entire parable
has reference to the second coming
of Christ. He says: The church is s
widow in Christ's absence; she hai
an oppressive adversary, being th
persecuting world, or the devil
"Faith." This word is sometimes
taken to denote the whole of true re
ligion. 11. The Pharisee's prayer (vs. 9-12).-
9. "Trusted In themselves."
Jesus now proceeds to show anothet
reason why many prayers are not an
swered. The Pharisees did not trusl
to God, or the Messiah for righteous
ness, but in their own works. They
vainly supposed they had hemselve
complied with tho demands of the
law ot God. "Despised others." Dis
dalned, treated them with contempt.
10. "Two men." Both Jews. Two
extreme cases aro here chosen a
rigid, exclusive, self-satisfied membef
of tho religious society of Israel; and
a Jewish officer ot the hated Roman
government.
11. "Pharisee stood." Tho Jews
were accustomed to pray standing,
The Pharisee went to the temple to
pray, because it was a public place,
nnd therefore he would have many
eyes on him. "I thank Thee." HIS
prayer Is a thanking, his thanking it
a boasting, not of God but alone of
himself. At first he boldly contrasts
himself with all men considering him
self better than they. "Extortion
ers." Selfish, greedy men who tak
away the goods of others by force and
violence. "Unjust." Those who arf
unfair and dishonest in their deal'
ings. 12. "I fast," etc. The law re
quired but one fast day in the year,
the day ot Atonement. (Lev. 16:29),
"Tithes." A tenth. "Ot all that I pos
sess." Rather of all that I require.
See Revised Version. He was clothed
with phylacteries and fringes, not
with humility. He felt no need ol
confessing sins.
III. The publican's prayer (vs. 13,
14). 13. "Publican." One employed
as collector ot the Roman revenue,
It wns the basest of all livelihoods.
Ho felt that he was a sinner, and
shame and sorrow caused him to
look down. It was usually the cus
tom to pray with uplifted hands, and
with look turned toward heaven (1
Tim. 2:8; Psa. 123:1, 2). "Smote
breast." A token of anguish and
self-reproach. I am a sinner and can
not be saved but in Thy way.
14. "Justified." His sins were
blotted out, and he was accepted.
"That exalteth himself." Boasts of
his own goodness. "Abased." Shall
bo brought to shame. "That hum
bleth himself." By confessing his sin
and unwortblness, and pleading tor
mercy from God. "Exalted." Lifted
up from the depths of sin, and rnada
an heir of God. From sorrow he is
udniitted into the realm of praise.
Pussliis of Philadelphia Elms.
Another of the old trees in Inde
pendence square has succumbed to
the dry rot of age and boon felled
by the woorUnan's axe. It is be
lieved that It was one of the 100
trees planted by George Morgan in
t e square In 1785. All were elms
brought to thl3 city from New York
Stato at the suggestion of Samuel
Vaughan, who took an especial in
terest in the square.
The number of largo trees in la
dependence Bquare ha3 cf lato veam
bson much induced by death, decay
and storm The last signs of nr.,
In the oJm which has just been felled
were noted last summer. It was a
noble gptclmen ot in kind, bains
about three feet In diamet-r and be
tveen sixty and iteventy foet hlgS
It will require jtrtrny years for the
majority of the trees in the sqaare
planted by Gen. Grant, to reach th's
sire. Philadelphia pllb ic .cdSJ.-.'
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