THE PULPIT. A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY DR. C. D. CASE, PH D 1 Forcsd obedience Is to lie changeC Into a second nature that voluntaril) does right. Tho believer Is not free from th law, but he does nnturally what the law requires. There Is but one secret for this marvelous trans formation, and that Is, Christ. Fot me to live If Christ, says Paul. In stead of the ten commandments we have the name of Jesus Inscribed or our hearts. Ho who 1Iv.-r th Christ. Brooklyn, N. Y. For his final ser- , nr.. 0b?ys the law without compul- Theme: Perseverance. gJte unbaij-&cftoof i Dan before going to Buffalo to be come, the pastor of the Delaware Ave nue flautist Church, the Rev. C. D. C-se, Ph. D., In trie Hanson Place 1 tlst Church, took as his subject " it Rewards of Perseverance." The ! was those passages found ion. What better comparison car we make between the old and the new dispensation, the old law and the new grace? Here Is the "secret of thf j Lord." Human flnkeness can only vaguely 1 understand God's omniscience. Hu- INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MENTS FOR MAY 21. tr In 11 the rewards of overcoming Dr. Case i which righteous Judgment shall be given. He needs u book of life bj ' which no mistake may be made In ' condemlng the Innocent and saving the wicked. He has a book of re ap Hook of Revelation, 3:7, 11. man ignorance needs a Journal and e 'i; :. " . aescrming ledger God needs many bookB bj aid The word "overcome" Is a martial term. It Implies an enemy, a conflict, a victory. It suggests the soldier of ' I. - . . . . , I . . , I . .. iiBuiu.K spirnuiM memiirance tor tnose that fear Ihf forces of wickedness and arrayed la jj0rd and think upon His name; the wanderings of the persecuted are I numbered and his tears are all re I corded. Th great day of Judgment 1 I Is simply the opening of the books j nun in? reading ui a rowaru or pun- the helmet of salvation, the breaBt plate of righteousness, the girdle of truth, the sandals of the gospel of peace, the sword of the Spirit and the nlelil of faith. It presents the Chris tian life, not In terms of rest and en joyment, association itnd service, but of struggle. It Is a word for the pres ent, a clarion call to achievement. The victorious crusndD of the Chris tian is nut here pictured as coming only at the end of life. A desperate encounter with evil Is to be met with, not only at the time of conversion and the time of death, but unceasingly through life. There Is no thought, of truce or furlough, no suggestion of recuperation or dress-parade. There Is to be no day of retreat. It Is the contest of the individual against his enemies. The message Is to the church, the task is personal. The heart Is the citadel, and the ap proaches are the source of constant attack. The flesh Is weak, even though the spirit is willing. There Is a conflict between the law of God and the law of sin In our members. Even though Christ be enthroned in the life, the outposts will be repeatedly assailed. Tho success of the church depends upon the faithfulness of the Individual members. seven promises to the churches . The st as "given I isninent already determined upon ; Blessed are those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life I Originally, probably, the Idea of o ! book of repir-.ti-y arose from the mu nicipal list of Jerusalem. "It shall come to pass that he that Is left In , Zlon and he that remalnrth In Jerusa I lent shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living In Jerusalem." Evidently the man whose Cltlienihlp Is in He.wen, and who being risen with Christ seeks ' those things that, are above, is thus registered in the now .; .rusulem. The people at Sardls had a name that Lhoy lived, but. they were dead. A j church registration is not always syn snymous with a Heavenly reglstra l tlon. "Remember, therefore, and re- pent." Not professors, but posses sors, count with God. The sixth promise of .he risen Christ la that the victor shall be a pillar in the temple Inscribed with the name of God, Heaven and Jesus. In Solomon's porch ti.ere were two ' pillars, one marked Jachln, "He shall ' establish." and the other Ttoaj "tn by Christ repeat the history i Ms strength." In the church militant of the race uj to the founding of the tnrone or uavia, tne period or is raelitish history most symbolical of the kingdom of God. The world's history begins with the tree of life which Is forbidden to the parents of tho race. Then follows as striking providences of God the punishment of death and the promise of the Deliv erer, the giving of the tables of stone and the heavenly manna, the repeated victories over the national enemies, the enrollment of the heroes of war, the building of the great temple and the establishment of the throne of David forever. God's plan Is one and the salvation to he given In the final award Is but the culmination of God's eternal purpose. What God will do for us at last Is to be seen in the his tory of the race In prophetic promise. The first promise, found in Revela tion 2:8, Is: "To him that overcom etb, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is the paradise of God." Thus are connected tho be ginning and the end of history even as Christ Himself is the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last. Yet the second Paradise differs widely from the first. In the passage of the text, Paradise Is Heaven, not the in termediate state, and It is presented not as a garden where two human be ings are surrounded by the luxuries of nature, but a city throbbing with life, teeming with multitudes. Not isolation but association. Is the strik ing feature. The tree of life Is the fulfillment of the spiritual meaning of the prayer, "Give us this day our daily bread." As the tree of life bean twelve manner of fruits, yielding Us fruit every month, so life abundant Is the reward of victory. And life is more than mere existence; It Is wealth of thought, It is richness of companionship, It Is the acme of un selfishness, It Is the larger life when comes the statelier Ederl back to man," when family, society, govern ment, national and international, is 'he creation of God-fed and God-led children of men. The sffond promise Is that the vic tor shall not be hurt of the second death. Tiiere Is a first death and a second death, though the term Becond death is not mentioned in the Gospels or epistles. But Christ Himself tells ub not to fear him who ct'n destroy the body, but rather fear Hint who :ar. cast both soul and tody into hell. The flrBt death -is the heritage of the race, and is not directly th? punish ment of Individual sin. Even Christ became obedient unto death, though He knew no sin. Neither sickness nor death may mean that either a man or his parents have sinned. The necond death la the exact result of sin. It Is for the fearful and unbe lieving and abomlnnbl- and murder- aot all are pillars. Paul declares that James, Peter and John were cousld- ered to be pillars. But In the new i temple of God all are pillars, not only ' :olumns of support, but also monu- 1 -neuts commemorating the great , leeds of the past. The saved of i ; Heaven shall record salvation by jrace and be "songs without words" 1 :n praise of God. Upon each pillar shall be the name i it God. of the new Jerusalem, and 'mine own new name." What new name? Emmanuel, "God with us?" j Redeemer, the one who has purchased Jur redemption? Jesus, tho name , ;reclous to every believer? We do i not know; still, as the name signifies ' the personality, so we shall receive , ! that name of Jesus, which answers j j to our own inner experience. What we are th?n will be what Christ has , iiren to us. The Father will see re- fleeted In us the looks of Christ; His Image and superscription will be on us. The last promise Is to the Laodl ccans "He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with Me ' In My throne as I also overcame i and sat down with My Father in His 1 j throne." When Napoleon had been ! appointed emperor by the senate, the Ceremony took place In 1804 accord ing to the solemn ceremonial of the I Holy Roman Empire. Plus VII. had taken the crown from the nltar ready to place it upon Napoleon's head, 1 when the latter seized It and put It on j 1 his head himself. Christ seized no crown for Himself. In that He 1 humbled Himself, God highly exalted Him. Now He in turn exalts the one who humbled himself and gives life to him who is willing to lose It. Sov- ; erelgnty that is, victory, authority, ' mastery belongs to those who over- ! rum? with Christ. Whoever, hearing Christ at the door knocking, and then opens the door, shall admit a Com- ! 1 anion who will bind fellowship by a common meal. Such a one now en- I Joying friendship with Christ in His ! humility Bhall enjoy it with Christ .'n His glory Round to Go Right. Rev. Mark Guy Pearse says that many years ago he sat with Rev. Charles Spurgeon on the platform at ' Spurgeon's Tabernacle, and In an In- 1 terval during the meeting he wills- 1 pered to Mr. Spurger-n, "When I was I a young fellow in London, I used to lit right over there and hear vou I I reach, and you will never know how i much good you did me. I cannot for get," says Mr. Pearse, "the bright light that came Into his face as he turned to me and said, 'You did?' " "Yes," replied Pearse, "and I am o iiiri in nave ins inanre ot to ni: 5Us and whore mongers and sorcerers i you of It. You used to wind me up ind idolaters and all liars. The. first like an night-day clock; I was bound Is momentary In Its effects, the sec- to go right for a week after hearing ind eternal. you." He put out bis hand and took The Smyrna Christians were bit- that of Mr. Pearse, and the tear" terly persecuted, but Christ promises them freedom from the second death. The church Is challenged because it makes its rewards future. Wrongs need present righting, says the critic; what we want is Heaven on earth brimmed to his eyes as he said. "God bless you! I never knew that." The Sun- Refuge. , The historian. Uulzot, set out as a True, very true, but the Ideal for free-thinker. He said, "Reason will earth Is Heaven. As long as the sense if immortality Is In man, as long as there remain unavenged wrongs on earth, as long as any Individual life passes out Into the groat unknown with present hopes thwarted, as long as the successes of transitory years ilssatlsfy, so long shall we need the prospect of a Heaven where neither the first nor the second death shall ttnter. A third reward of perseverance Is the bidden manna, and the white stone inscribed with the secret now name. The very name of "manna" carries the mind back to that period of hunger when God rained down from Heaven the sustaining food. The real meaning of this miracle Is revealed when Christ says: "I am the bread of life which came down out of Heaven." It is Christ that sustains. Not only Is His life the Ideal but His . .. companionship the Inspiration. ChrlBt Is unseen, but His presence no less real and more vital than the friend seen at our side. Christ as the bread of life Is "hidden manna," because the. process of partaking of Christ Is as unseen as the assimilation cf food, and the asa iranca ot salvation Is a matter between the soul and Chrlsl lone. "Blessed are those that hun ger and tMrat after righteousness. There Is nothing that satisfies the hungry soul but Christ, Then there Is that secret name in scribed on the white stone. There arc many Interpretations of Its moaning, such as that the stone Is a ticket ot admission or a vote of acquittal. But 'after all, the believer with his bidder manna has a new heart. There ii both a new power of assimilation ant' a new food to be assimilated. Tin old law was written on two tubles ol stone, but the new law, sj Ezekle' declares. Is to be written op tbs heart solve all." But as his yecrs increased he found himself in a whirlwind ot conflicting doubts and perplexities, and finally, with unspeakable Joy, he tied to the authority of the Scriptures as the Word of God Homo Herald. Sin. nl. ii Ituhiness. That business, however remunera tive it may be, which takes all one's time, at)d leaves no opportunity for the culture and growth of the soul, is eternally suicidal. The Rev. Charles Bayard Mite-bell. Cloveland. Our First "Comic Paper.M An excerpt from the Philadelphia Ledger in your last night's Issue says that John Donkey was tho first comic sheet published In the United States. In this InsU.z-.ce, and maybe only this Instance, Philadelphia Is a little too previous. In the year 1842 I wasn't alive then, but the record shows It a comic paper with the name of the Pictorial Wag was published in New York City, whereas John Donkey did j not see the light till 18 48. The pro I prietor of the Pictorial Wag was one I R. H. Elton, a manufacturer of val entines, the editor being Thomas Nichols. The publication didn't last long. Eltou finding that the manufac ture of valentines was a trifle more profitable. He afterward built up Morrisanla, and gave his name to the adjacent village of Eltonla. It is a curious thing that, though we have the reputation of being a witty nation, the history of our comic papers is being marked by no less than half a hundred tombstones. La Touche Hancock, In the New York Evening Sun. Subject: .Testis' Death and Bnrlnl, John 10:17-12 Golden Text. I Cor. lfl:8 Commit Verses 39, 40 Commentary. TIME. Wednesday, between the evenings, April I, A. D. 30. PLACE. Golgotha. EXPOSITION. I. "It Is Fin ished," 20-80. What was finished? (1) His own sufferings were finished. From the beginning of His ministry the shadow of the cross darkened the Saviour's life. Now It was all over. The dread and horror of all those years was over at last. Thank God! (2) The mission upon which tho Father had sent Him Into this world was finished. The Father hnd given Him a certain work to accomplish (John 1:11), It was His very meat to finish this work of the Father f.Ino. 4:34). Now the death In which that work was to be completed was right at the door and In anticipation of It Jesus rrled, "It Is finished." (3) The prophecies concerning the suffer ings of death of the Messiah (Into which nngels and the prophets them selves had desired to look, 1 Pet. 1:11-13) were finished. This Is the immediate thought of the context (vb. 28. 2!)). The Old Testament proph ets, centuries before, had set forth step by step the sufferings the com ing Messiah would meet In redeeming His people. One by one Jesus had fulfilled the details of thoseOld Testa ment prophecies. The last prediction of the long list of sufferings and dis honor which Jesus had doubtless often conned until they were Indelibly printed upon His mind Is fulfilled and with a cry of victory and relief He ex- claims. "It is finished." (4) The ! work of ntonement was finished. The I curse of the broken law must be borne and Jesus had borne It (Gal. I:U; 2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Pet. 2:24). It la finished. There is nothing left for you or me to do to atone for sin. It h all done. "It Is finished." Would i that we might all believe It and not try to add anything to the finished work of Christ. (5) The Mosaic law, 1 as far as Its claims on the believer i are concerned, was finished (Rom, i 10:4; Col. 2:14; Eph. 2:15, 1ft). I Every claim of the MoBalc law was ! settled and the law itself done away by the death of Christ on the cross. (6) Satnn's power was finished (Heb. 2:14, R. V.; Col. 2:15, R. V.; Jno. 12:31). The death of Christ on the cross was the death-knell to Satan's power. It seemed the moment of Satan's mightiest protest; It was the moment of his utter defeat. "It Is finished." II. "A Bone of Him Shall Not Be Broken," 31-37. It was "the Prepara tion," i. e., "the Preparation of the Passover," the day before the Pass- I over began (v. 14: cf. cb. 18:28). I The next day would be a Sabbath, I not the weekly Sabhath, for the flrBt day of the Passover was always a Sabbath with the Jews whatever day I In the week It came (Lev. 23:7). This year It came on Thursday. The Passover Sabbath was a high day. The Jews would not endure the thought that their great day should be polluted by criminals hanging on a cross. They were not at all sensitive about Its being polluted by their own hands being stained with the murder of the Son of God. Jesus was dead already and His legs were not broken. By this seeming chance the O. T. prophetic type of the Pascal Lamb was literally and minutely fulfilled (v. 36). But the soldiers will make sure that Jesus is dead indeed, so a spear is thrust Into His side. Jesus is "pierced" according to Scripture (Zech. 12:10). And then a notable thing comes to pass; forth from that pierced side flows blood and water, not blood only, but blood and water. John Is Impressed by the' fact and records it, though In the state of scientific knowledge then existing he could scarcely have understood its full significance. That water mingled with the blood shows that Jesus died of extravasation of the blood, 1. e., of a broken heart (cf. Ps. 69:20). What broke that heart? Sin, your sin and mine. The record of the fact, which of course could not have been fabricated by one who did not know its significance. Is one of the many incidental but conclusive proofs of the genuineness of the story and one of the numerous Indications that the record here given Is by an eye-witness of the factB recorded. Is there any spiritual significance in the blood and water coming out? Water came forth from the rock smitten by Moses, and we are told that "that rock was Christ" (1 Cor. 10:4). It Is from the smitten rock, Christ, that the liv ing water and atoning blood flow. III. He Made His Uruvo With the Ki.ii, 3M-42. Another Old Testament prophecy Is fulfilled in the place and manner of Jesus' burial (v. 38; cf. Matt. 25:67-60; la. 53:9). The death ot Jesus transformed Joseph and Nicodemus from secret disciples Into open ones. Their dlsclpleship did not count for much until they become open disciples. They had made feeble protests but were soon silenced (chap. 7:50-52; Luke 23:60. 51). Unless they bad come out openly the Lord would not have confeased them and they would not have been saved (Matt. 10:32. 33; Rom. in :, 10). They did their beat for Jesus. They embalmed His body. But this was unnecessary, for God promised hun dreds of years before that He would not suffer that body to lee corrup- 1 lion (Ps. 16 10). KE GRASPED THE IDEA. "Tommy," Bald bis teacher, "the words 'circumstantial evidence' occur in the lesson. Do you know what cir cumstantial evidence Is?" Tommy replied that he did not. "Well, I will explain it to you by an lllusiratlon. You know we have a rule agulust eating apples In school. 8uppos some morning I should see you In your seat with a book held up In front of your face. I say noth ing, but presently I go round to where you are sitting. You are bus ily studying youi lessons, but I find that your face Is smeared, while under the edge of your slate I see the core of a freshly-eaten apple. "I should know. Just as well as if I bad caught you at it, that you have been eating an apple, although, of course, I did not see you do It. That Is a case In which circumstantial evi dence convicts you. Do you think you know what it is now?" "Yoi, ma'am," Mid Tommy. "It's eating apples In school." Youth's Co, ii- anion MAY TWENTY-FOURTH. Being a Christian. III. At the Bal lot Box. Ps. 28: 1-9. Ood the supreme Ruler. 1 Sam. 16: 6-12. HlKhteousness pnrnmouut. Prov. 14: 28-34. Rulers are of God. Num. 27: 21- 23. Obeying rulers. Rom. 13: 1-7. The consent of the people. Ex. 24: 1-3. Bearing false witness. Prov. 14: 59. Voting associates your closely with those that vote the same way; you become their partner. A nation's strength Is not In Its lands, money, ships, army, but In Its God. A nation's safety lies In Its being not Its own, but God's. A nation Is literally fed by Ood; all Its prosperity depends upon factors that never appear In the financial re ports. Thoughts. A vote Is never meaningless or useless; even If It means nothing for any one else, It means much for you. Voting Is one of the highest human nets, and yet we expect to do it with out study, knowledge, or planning. The only wise course Is to suppose that upon your one vote hangs the result of the entire election. Your responsibility for your vote carries with It a responsibility for all the voters you can Influence. Illustrations. The ballot box Is the nation's Pan dora's box cf ills or treasure box of blessings. Voting in the dark is as if men came together to build a house, and only the foreman the boss had his eyes open ! Parties are as necessary as are or ganized armies In war; only, be sure that you are In the right array. Liberty's throne I on the ballot box, and every evil vote shakes Its foundations. The Story of an Ancient Mine. By HERBERT VV. HORWTIX, M. A. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, MAY 24. God's Unseen Protection (2 Kings 6. 14-19; Luke 12. 4-12.) There Is In all of us, though often unexpressed and often unrecognized, a demand for proof that God cares for us, and this Is the more necessary because God's care has so many dis guises. Sometimes It does not look like protection at nil, and we are In dined to complain. Of course com plaining does no good but it betrays the attitude of the helpless. We must endure our lot whether we like It or not, and yet, by that very experience, so varied are God's methods, we may be receiving an education and a fit ness for greater and more noble liv ing. One way to prove that God Is caring for us now is to remember how he has cared for us In the days that are gone. Very few thoughtful people can look hack over their lives without discovering that the years that are past seem to have been controlled By a power greater than the events, and greater than the Individual. To the eye of faith that power Is the providence of God. Recognizing It In past events, we may say with rev erence and not a little awe: "God has thus far helped me." Once a stone of remembrance was set up, when this thought came to a man's heart, and he called the place of it Ebeuezer, that is to say, "Hitherto hath the Lord helped." An old proverb reads: "God's providence Is my Inheritance." If It Is true, and every Christian knows It Is true, how rich we ought to feel! Others have wealth and position and power which we do not possess. Even In the face of their enlargement we do not need any evidence that God cares for us if we believe him. The very sky above us becomes a shining proof of hl8 love. What Is the lesson of It all? That the Christian, confessing his faith, and living his religion, has taken out the best Insurance nollev In the I world. Like other Insurance poli ces, it has Its conditions and Its limi tations, but so long as we meet Its conditions and observe its limita tions there can no harm befall ms; what seems harm Is real help. WISE WORDS. A duck of a girl can make a goose out of any man. A contented heart Is a cash register full of gold coin. When extremes meet they don't always recognize each other. Ever notice how many friends you have when you don't need them? There are three kinds of lies white lies, black lies and society lies. Because Life hands you a lemon, don't try to corner the Vinegar Trust. A literary editor knowB that the whole world is trying to do "fancy work." Typewriters tell no tales, but an uncommunicative stenographer would be a curiosity. With summer coming , In such strides, spring poetry will soon bs too pithy to print. The famous shot he id round the world Is a toy platoi compared to the modern chorus gl l's kiss. A man who has money to throw at the birds can hardly see the sky for the flocks that hover over him. If lots of people were portioned out the kind of cake they deserve life would give them sponge cake. Opportunity, like repartee, hath a feminine way of ringing her bell when she turns the corner out of sight. Boauty may be only skin deep, but the ugly old world is appreciative enough to adore even attractive ve neering. A woman when she puts her money in a bank has the same feeling as when she leaves her best frleud In the graveyard. Consider the ways of the diligent man, my son; he standeth In the presence of princes. Observe the methods of the diplomat; he sits right along up beside them! From "Epigrams," in the Pittsburg Dispatch. The modern graduate of a technical school who has specialized In mining would probably be rble to five a sat isfactory list of the most Important recent publications on bis own sub ject. It Is not so certain that he would be ready with an answer to the question: What Is the earliest recorded description of mining opera tions In the literature of the ancient world? He would naturally excuse his Ignorance by the plea that the scientific portions of the ancient vlasBlcs are of no practical service to-day, and that, such as they are, they belong properly to the domain of the philologist or the antiquarian. As it happens, the passage In question does not occur In a technical book or Indeed In an out-of-the-way and obsolete volume at all. but In a poet ical composition which Is easily ac cessible, which Is still read by a large number of persons, and which Is sup posed to be more or less familiar to every man possessing a fair general education the Book of Job. The fact that this most Interesting pnssage is so little known Is largely due to the obscurity of Its translation In tho Authorized Version. One might easily read through the twenty eighth rhnpter of Job In that version without the least idea that it con tained a detailed account of th pro cesses by which the miner earns his livelihood. The first two verses, It la true, point to something of the kind, but at the third the writer appears to diverge Into a not too Intelligible panegyric of Divine omnipotence as shown especially In floods and earth quakes. Turn to the Revised Version, and the puzzle at once becomeB a pic ture. From the first verse to the eleventh Inclusive we are now able to follow an exact description of the methods employed by the ancient miner, and still pursued In the main wherever there is discovered a de posit worth working. The ksy to the whole Interpreta tion Is In the meaning of the word "he" in the third verse. In the old version It appeared to denote God; the Revisers apply It to man. Ac cordingly, the passage refers not to Divine omnipotence but to human en terprise. "Man," we read, "setteth an end t darkness, and searcheth out t j the furthest bound tbe stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death." Here we see the miner with his lantern bringing light into a re gion hitherto sealed from man's gaze and searching not only near the sur face, but, as "stones of thick dark ness" seem to Indicate, the very gloomiest recesses of tho earth's in terior. "He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; they are forgotten cf the foot that passeth by; they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro." This is severely scien tific, but it Is poetical also. Ab Dr. Samuel Cox has said, the writer brings out, in a few deft strokes, "the pathos of the miner's life and occupa tion Its peril, Its loneliness, its re moteness even from those who stand nearest to it." The ancient poet had probably In his imagination the wil derness of Arabia Petraea, but the same feature of distance from crowd ed cities has usually been a charac teristic of tho beginnings, at any rate, of a great mine, whether in Cali fornia, or In Nevada, or in Australia. And even if it is not so utterly re mote from human habitation, the casual passenger goes on his way ig norant or oblivious of the burrowing far beneath his feet, where the miner "hangs" or "swings" at his work, hav ing been lowered to the desired spot by some primitive cross-bar slung be tween ropes or chains. The picture 1b now relieved by n suggestive parallel. The earth, on Its surface as well as in its recesses, con tributes to the welfare of man and supplies a sphere for his industry. "As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; and underneath It is turned up as It were by fire." Man, the worker and magician, both cultivates the soil that it may yield him his food, and pierces far below In quest of hidden treasure. The second clause of the verBe is generally Interpreted as a reference to the Egyptian method of removing ore by "fire setting, " I. e., by lighting a Are at tbe base of the rock to be removed so that the heat might split the harder portions and make cracks in which a chisel or pick could be inserted. The value of the miner's finds is-flext indicated. "The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and It hath dust of gold," or, as the marginal rendering gives It, "he winneth lumps of gold." There follows a graphic contrast between the boundless Ingenuity of man and the limited sagacity of tho brute. "That path" the road which the miner hews out for himself "no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath the falcon's eye seen It; the proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the fierce Hon passed thereby." Man's detection of the secret gems of the earth Is keener than the acuteBt predatory Instinct of hawk and vul ture. H1b strength in pursuit of his Bpoll excels that of the tyrants or the Jungle or the forest. For "he putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. " The last phase of the description reminds us of the cleverness of the underground explorer in preserving himself and his operations from dis aster, and ot the persistent thorough ness of his investigation. "He cut teth out channels among tbe rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. He blndeth the streams that they trlcklo not (Heb., from weep ing); and the thing that is hid brlugeth be forth to light." The miner Is here depicted as using mechaulcal expedients for preventing leakage through the roofs or walls of the passages In which he works, and as cutting canals to drain away water that may have percolated through An alternative explanation of "he blndeth the stream from weeping" 1 that a reference Is Intended to the damming up of the waters In the river while the auriferous alluvial gravel Is dug out. In either case the result is that nothing escapes his scrutiny, and that his energy and skill are rewarded by the discovery of the riches he seeks. . The whole passage Is thus a strik ing poetical representation of the art of raining as practlcel In early times, and, except for the absence of elab orate machinery and powerful ex plosives, as still carried on to-day. And It Is a picture with a purpose to Impress us with the wonders wrought by human enterprise bo far exceeding the utmost marvels of ani mal Instinct. As we read further on In the chapter, we find that this ex ulting tribute to the achievements of man Is Introduced Into the poem that It may emphasize the limitations of even his Intelligence. The close of the above description Is immediately followed by the question: "But where shall wisdom be found? And where Is the place of understanding?" There are some darknesses of which man cannot make an end; some priceless treasures that baffle even his re search. Wisdom and understanding, of far greater worth than rubles, are neither to be purchased by the gold the miner discovers, nor are they to be attained by the exercise of his most penetrating Ingenuity. Tho date of the book In which this remarkable passage occurs Is by no means a settled question among Bib lical scholars. The traditional view which ascribed Its authorship to Moses Is now generally abandoned. The majority of modern critics place It somewhere between the seventh and the fourth century B. C, so it may be accepted as of a sufficiently remote period to make its description of the mine one of the earliest. If not absolutely the earliest, to be found in any literature. The four metals mentioned In the beginning of the chapter silver, gold, Iron and brass (or rather copper, as a more exact translation would render It) are those which were discovered and worked In the first ages of which we have a record. It Is thought that the writer of this book was best ac quainted with the mining operations of the Egyptians, who worked gold and silver mines in upper Egypt, and copper and turquoise mines in Arabia Petraea or the Slnlatic peninsula. There were no mines in Palestine it self, which explains the fact that this the only reference to them in the OH Testament. The Egyptian Conner mines In the Sinaltlc mountains are known to have been carried on suc cessfully as far back as the times of the early Pharaohs. Shafts, slag heaps, smeltlng-places and ether dis tinct relics of the working of these mines may be seen to this day in some of the "wadls," or channels of dried watercourses. Many of them appear to be in the same condition in which they were left by the Egyp tian workmen four or five thousand years ago; "the very marks of their tools," It is said, "being so fresh and sharp in that pure, dry atmosphere, that more than one traveler has felt, while looking at them, as though the men had but knocked oft work for a spell and might come back to It at any moment." Scientific American. Newspapers as "Personal" Organs. Iu Leslie's Weekly Chnrlea T Run. aparte, Attorney-General of the Unl- tea states, writes an article on this subject. Mr. Bonanarte st.ii.- Ma views as follows: "As soon as a uaner 1b recni.nle,l as somebody's 'organ,' as expressing the views and wishes unit nrilnlnno .if any particular man or set of men, Its iieauntui influence as a newspaper is gone; It may, Indeed, have another kind of infuence, for those who con trol or conduct it may be powerful men, but tu editorial utterances are simply their 'open letters.' In my Judgment, this Is a matter of very se rious and urgent concern to the Amer ican neunia to-riflv Portnln nf . newspapers, Including some whose in- nuence witnin my memory Indeed within a comparatively few years was a power, and a power for good, in the community, are now flrmlv anA widely believed to be virtually, ot even literally, owned by well known 'Interests' or. in other nri hv wealthy men engaged in far-reaching j enterprises. This widespread and very confident belief as to such own ership makes them virtually 'trade organs,' with but little more influnnen than the papers published avowedly as sucn. Champ ( lark's Story on Arkansas. Champ Clark, Representative from Missouri, dearly loves a good story at the expense of the State of Arkansas. ''One day," said Mr. Clark, In the course of a political conversation, and branching off from the mnln subject, "as a train from- the East pulled up at the dinky little station of a most depressing town In the fever-aud-ague district of Arkansas, a passenger, thrusting his head out of the car window, demanded, in bitter tones, ot a dejected-looking citizen who was leaning against the station door: 'Tell me, what do you call this dried up, dreary, God-for-sakeu place?' 'That's near enough,' replied the native in a melancholy voice, let it go at that.' " Washing ton Herald. How Very "Radical." ' They order some things with a sterner sense of Justice In France. In Paris a Professor having been run over and killed by a taxlcab, the chauffeur was sentenced to three months' imprisonment and damages of 10,000 were awarded to the vie tlm' widow, together with $5000 to an unmarried daughter. Four other children received $1400 each. The total cost of the accident to the com pany was 125,000. New York World. Parisians' New Auto Lv. T Pari has added to its automobile regulations law requiring automo biles to stop after causing an acul dent and Imposing both imprisonment and flue as ihe penalty of an attempt to escape. Doctors Most Dangerous Carriers of Infection in Modern Life World-wide attention has been given an article which npprnred Id La Revue by Dr. J. Herlcourt, arr is Ing doctors of being the most dan gerous carriers of Infection In mndprn life. The French physician said: "The medical profeeslon Is so loud In Its protestations ot zeal In the war against the spread of disease b; contagion, they have dwelt so on the necessity of Instructing the public In the theory of germs and the mod ern system of antiseptic prevention of Infection, that It Is curious to ob serve that the doctors themselves are the worst offenders In this re gard, the carelessness of the average physician being amazing, except thai we are so accustomed to It. We are not shocked at the sight of a family doctor visiting a case of scarletlna, or even diphtheria, and leaving the house on his way to other patients, having taken no precaution except the very elementary one of washing his hands. Dr. Remlinger has recent, ly observed several cases, especially eruptive feverB, which could be at tributed to no other cause than a visit from the doctor who called to prescribe for a trifling Indisposition and left behind him the seeds of a dangerous disease." The Review of Reviews, comment ing on this article and the world wide discussion of It, says: "The statement of conditions applies quite as accurately to the Amerlcnn 'gen eral practitioner" as the European, and there Is the same need here, as In Europe, to insist on n reform." It is the part of wisdom to insist that your family doctor disinfect him self thoroughly before coming to your house. If he doesn't caro about your health, except for the fees he can get out of you when you are sick, It Is time to get another doctor. Learning to Swim. Persistence In undertaking Is a laudable virtue, but It can be a bit overdone sometimes, as In a case de scribed by Mr. Y. L. Molloy In "Our Autumn Holiday on French Rivers." Mr. Molloy and his friend, longing for a good dive, went to a swimming school on an island in the Seine. They donned their rented costumes and were preparing for the plunge, when a man with ropes came along nnd In sisted on tying them about their waists. It was according to police regulations, and although they made an Indignant protest, they were obliged to submit. While we were dressing, says Mr. Molloy, we asked the two swimming masters for an extra towe!. "Pardon," they replied, "wc must attend to our monsieur." Then we saw that there had come upon the platform a short and ab surdly fat man, dressed In bathing costume, swimming sandals and oiled cap. "Let's see him go in," said we. "What a splash he'll make!" The swimming masters received the new arrival at the middle of the plat form. There he balanced himself on his stomach on a wooden stump two feet high. The masters seized him by his hands and feet, and with slow and deliberate movements made him strike out with the action of swim ming. They kept this up for a quar ter of an hour, and the perspiration rolled off him in great drops. "He'll be awfully hot to go into the water after that," said I. But he did not go into the water. The swimming lesson over, he moved toward the dressing room, saying: "I have done better to-day." "Ah, yes," answered one ot the masters. "Your progress is admira ble." The fat man beamed with com plaisance, and went Into dress. I called the swimming masters aside. "Does 'our monsieur' practice often like that? He must have great per severance." "Perseverance! He hac worked like this for five years, and he has never been in the water! " The Strength of Strong Families. Sundry divorce suits and remar riage propositions that take up space in tbe papers Just now illustrate that it makes less difference how much money a man leaves behind him than In what hands he leaves It. To leave abounding means In foolUh hands Is failure. To leave wise children in the world Is succesB, and If they can be left In a position ot fiscal advan tage, so much the better. To found a good family, or give good human stock a lift, and put it In a position ot enlarged opportunity and Increased power. Is a work that Is legitimated attractive. But It is the human Ituff. that Is Important. What every coun try needs is families that will breed true to high standards and give su perior Individuals to the service of the world. We have such famllit that generation after generation turn out high-class men and women. Every progressive country has, and must have, such families. Whether at u given time they are rich or not Is a matter of secondary Importance If the human material Is strong and good, money In sufficient quantity will come to it first or last. If the human stock is inferior, Immoral ot 111 trained, money dumped upon it will merely advertise its inferiority. Harper's Weekly. Disseminating Enthusiasm. "When you feel yourself so en thusiastic about, the good points of your business that you must writ some one and tell them about It you're going to put out a letter that will be a business bringer the mm ' ' it gets In a prospect's hands," sayf Buek'e Shot. Letter? When yo feel that way It's the time to wrlto t newipaper advertisement rather than a letter. The enthuslaitlc letter !' spires confidence in tbe bread of on , man Its recipient. The enthusiast! newipaper "ad" awakens a reapon slve chord In hundreds of thousand But It must be printed in the rig medium. Philadelphia Record. No horse are to be seen ou farms ot Bolivia, bullocks or o"' being universally en.iuvad. i
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers