Three Episodes and a Climax
By M. J.
(Copyright, igu, by Amuciaied Litcrury ProM.)
A line of blue-shlrted men came
polling over (lie entrenchments. The
Spaniards swarmed out the other
Bide In haste, ("apt. Louis Olfaro of
tho Royal Twenty-ninth Infantry was
the last to leave. Before he had re
treated far he found himself engaged
In a saber duel with an American
who pursued.
The American wore the yellow cord
of the cavalry, and his hat was
pinned upon one side. He swung bis
liugo saber with fierceness and skill.
Captain Olfaro, a swordsman of note
In old Madrid, was hard put to It to
defend himself.
The Spaniard took heart of grace
c hen he saw that the odds had turned.
The other Americans lmd stopped at
the trenches, a hundred yards In rear
it the duel. One of the captain's own
men panned long enough In his flight
o fire point blank at the American.
The bullet merely gave the Amer
ican's hat a more rakish tilt than be
fore; but It also detracted his at-
trillion. Captain Olfaro struck quick
ly, and gave his adversary a gash
across the right forearm. Then, with
a cruel smile, he prepared to kill at
his leisure.
l!ut the American was not ready
to die. The grazing bullet and the
slash simply spurred him to renewed
efforts. He leaped at the Spaniard
like a mountain cat; his blade flick
ered bewllderlngly In the hot Cuban
sunlight. Olfaro, In doubt, gave
ground.
"Yow-yow-yow, whe-e-c-e-ee!" the
American's battlecry, a high-pitched
roll of sheer delight In conflict,
broke out.
It waB more than the Spaniard
could stand. It told of a strength of
fiber, an unconquered determination,
which he could not match.
He turned suddenly and ran. In
blind panic he threw away his ma
t'hete as he fled.
"Whe-e-e-e-pe!" roared the Ameri
can again. "Run, you piker, run!"
"Doris," said Jack Rurnham, Third,
is he sat or. the stairB, "there's some
thing I want to say. If It isn't said
pretty soon, I'll be ashamed to open
my mouth. Why, I'm a doddering
uld man!"
"You poor old thing!" scoffed pret
ty Doris Van (illder; "you're all of
tliirty-two."
"I know; but you're only about
twenty."
"I'm nearly twenty-two!" flashed
Ihe Indignant Doris.
"Well"
Rut Just then Tommy Ruttersly
claimed his dance.
The next day there was a flurry
on the street, and Jack Rurnham
lost all lils money. After waiting
two months for him to call and finish
the conversation, Doris went away.
Senorlta Isabella y'Nogales, fellow
of Vassar college, and well versed In
things American, from fourth dlmen
lion to college friendships and fudge,
sat on the porch of her plantation
home, province of Santa Clara, Cuba.
The planter whose tobacco fields
joined her own vast estate on the
south half reclined In a long chair.
A third chair beside the senorlta In
dicated that the party which was now
two recently had been three.
A frown crossed the planter's face
when ho looked up to see a man con
fronting thema man with tanned
fiice, wide shoulders and slim hlns.
His khaki clothes were dust-covered.
His light shirt rolled open at ths
neck.
The planter was an aristocrat, ac
customed to crushing or Ignoring
those without money or position, and
bo, after an Insolent glance, ho fin
ished what ho was saying: "And I
have decided to marry her. She la
American, but handsome. And her
father has much gold." Ilo spoke Id
Spanish.
As for the senorlta, she gave a Ut
ile shrug of disapproval or doubt.
"A moment, senor," she replied.
Then, In English, to the man on the
palm-f ringed walk: "What la It?"
"A drink of water, if you will ba
eo kind."
The trip of a bell brought a black
sen-ant. While he was gone for the
water, the senorlta, who had Imbibed
democratic ideas at college, motioned
he man to be Beated. She studied
him, at first casually, then with in
terest. He was Americano; one could tell
that by the set of the shoulders, the
poise of the head, the firm, humor
ous mouth. She spoke with quick
resolve. "Perhaps the aenor deslreB
work?"
The man's face lighted as he an
swered; "Yes."
"I have a place, as overseer. If
you could speak Spanish"
.....
urn nre yon til Ilk ne of. anno-
rlta?"
broke in the planter, harshly.
"Tl. . '
no man is an American a' tramp.
He will rob you, or worse."
SWITZERLAND
Salary 0f the President la $3,600 a
Year Some Officials Receive
30 Cents a Day.
Tho Swiss governmont as a political
liisiltutlon, Is tho most economical in
Europe. The official salary of the pres
cient of the. Swiss confederation is
13,600. The federal councilors, or
members of the cabinet, and the heads
of 'ho different departments, receive
M.noo a year during oHlce.
The state councilors of the cantons
f Rale and Zurich are the best paid
' their class, receiving $2,(100 and
1,800 a year, respectively, while Lu
cme and Schaffhuusen coino next,
wl'l J1.000 per annum.
Then the salaries Rssume . a rapid
oowiiwiu-a scnle until small cantons,
"kp I'll, Schwytz, Claris, Zug, Nid
M and Appenzell, ore' reached.
here tho councilors are paid 40 cents
(luting 'session.
The hulf-cunton of Obwald pays Its
anclatnsuan (president) $80 a year and
stata councilors 3J cunts a day dur
PHILLIPS
A rustle; they all turned. In the
doorway stood a girl; an American
girl, of the kind men love and cher
ish and die for.
Tho American stood up. "I speak
the language, as you see," he said, In
excellent SpanlHh. "I accept your
offer, and thank you."
HarrlH, which was the name the
American gave, fitted In. The negro
workmen of the plantation knew him
for a master. They saw him take the
great machete left by the foreman, a
giant of a man, and weigh It fondly.
It was a bladn as heavy as a broad
ax. They worshiped. He was an
Americano, and a man!
He had a peculiarity. Very seldom
was he In conversation with the sen
orlu or her guest; but he watched
over them.
When tho two young women drove
through the plantation the overseer,
on his horse, was In front or behind.
He was always hovering about. Just
out of sight.
As the days wore on, the planter
whose estates adjoined came more
frequently. Always he scowled when
ho Baw the overseer.
One afternoon, following an inter
view with the senorlta alone, he flung
himself away In deadly rage. That
evening she was very quiet and
thoughtful.
The workmen noticed that the over
reer seemed to redouble his watchful
ness. They saw him slip away a few
days later, melting Into tho Jungle
like a panther. They did not know
that he was following one of the
maids from the big house, and that
he trailed her to a trystlng place with
the planter.
It was bright moonlight, and two
o'clock In the morning. The traitor
ous maid had left the front door un
barred. The overseer, his machete
across his knees, a revolver on his
hip, sat in the gloom of the old stone
holme.
The planter, for w:hom he was wait
lug, came. He swaggered up the palm
walk, secure In the feeling that tho
American senorlta was unguarded.
The plantation workmen were snor
ing In their kennels half a mile away;
the overseer was also asleep In his
quarters. And ten of the planter's
own men waited by the road.
Twenty paces from the house. In
the center of an open space where the
white moon beat down, he stopped.
A figure with a naked machete ad
vanced to meet him.
The planter's own weapon leaped
out as he hissed curses. He recog
ulzed the overseer.
At the clash of bladn on blade the
planter's bullies came running from
the fringe of the palms. With a laugh
the American pressed his attack until
his adversary gaye ground. He heard
the patter of feet and saw the ad
vanclng wave of bis enemies.
The cave man who overcame his
enemies with a stone ax awoke Id
the American. He shouted aloud In
sheer' delight of the conflict.
"Yow-yow-yow, w he-e-e-e-ee!"
At the high pitched yell the plan
ter's thoughts fled back to the scene
of twelve years before on San Juan
hill. Again he was ("apt. Luis Olfuro,
of the Royal Twenty-ninth Infantry;
again he was crossing bladas beneath
the fierce sunlight with an American.
No wonder he had hated the ovcrseet
Instinctively It was the same man.
In his fright and amazement he
lowered his guard for the fraction ol
a second, and the American's machete
laid open his cheek from nose to ear.
Iilood streamed down his fare. He
wavered, retreated, turned. And then,
In sudden mad panic, he threw awaj
IiIh machete and fled, hlr. bullies about
htm.
"Whe-e-e-e-pe!" roared the victor
"Run, you piker; run!"
A hand was laid on his arm. He
turned to look into the face of his fait
countrywoman. "And now, Mr. John
Harris Rurnham, third," she Bald
calmly, albeit with a little tremble In
her voire, "perhaps yau will finish
that llttlo conversation we began on
the stairs?"
"Rut, Doris," he remonstrated, "I'm
thirty-three now, and broke, besides.
"I don't care If you were a hun
dred," she flushed; "and I huve
money enough for us both."
So he dropped his machete and took
her In his arms.
How the Ostrich Travels.
Ordinarily two feet Is tho stride
of the oBtrlch, but when the bird Is
frightened It Is known to have run 30
mileB an hour. When It runs It take
both feet ofT the ground at eery
stride; its progress being made in s
series of Jumps so rapidly performed
that It seems one foot Is on the
ground while tho other Is placed
Ulrds of lesser leg length usually
cover four or five feet of ground aj
every normal step.
IS ECONOMICAL
ing the Besslon of parliament. New
York Tribune.
Italian Celebration.
With the dedication of the elghtti
wonder of tho world, a gigantic status
of Victor Emmanuel, which has been
under courso of construction for the
past twelve years and cost $12,000,000
Italy commenced on March 20 a eel
bratlon of the fiftieth anniversary ol
tiio Italian chamber's proclamation oi
the country as an Independent king
dom, which will Inst during an entlri
year and open to the world exhlbitioni
of art, science, agriculture, and me
chanics. His One- Experience.
"Weren't you ever on a motor car?'
"Yes, once."
"What make was It?"
"I don't know. I wns only on the
front of It for a second or so, and ii
got away before I could pick niysel
up, "Catholic Standard.
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TH10 Suit River reclamation project In Arizona, the greuteHt ever undertaken by the government, Involved the
solution of problems of stupendous magnitude. Some of these concerned the building of the Roosevelt dam,
which was opened recently by the former president, for whom It was named. In order to render the dum slto
accessible and to convey to it the vast amount of material needed tho engineers were compelled to build a
remarkable wagon road, the construction of which Involved 40 miles of rock blasting.
KANSAS FARM LANDS
Values Greatly Increased in Last
Ten Years.
State Makes Very Favorable Showing
In Agricultural Statistics Just
Issued Smaller Farms Have
Diminished.
Tupcka, Kan. The Vnltcd States
:ensus bureau has Just issued the agrl
:ultural statistics for tho state of Kan
sas, as collected at tho thirteenth
decennl.il census of lust April. The
figures nre given out a year after the
duto when they were collected, but
tho time of the census bureau has
been devoted principally to population
statistics since the work of taking the
census was completed.
Kansas makes u very favorable
ihowing In tho agricultural statistics
as Just Issued. The total value of
farm lands Increased three-fold In tho
deceniiium from l'JOO to 1310, or over
$1,000,000,000. Owing to tho Increase
In population and the advances In ir
rigation, tho farmed area Increased
during tho period by four per cent.
There are 4,000 more farmers In the
state than ten years ugo, more farms,
more tenant fanners and more farm
owners. The number of farm mort
gages is nbout the same, which does
not mean that the farmers are no
richer than ten years ago, but, on the
contrary, that they hnve been In
creasing their holdings and placing
Improvements on their farms. Per
haps a few farm mortgages may be
dun to nutos, but the number is prob
ably not large.
During tho ten years the number of
smaller farms, with the exception of
t.-uck patches, has diminished. Over
one-third of the farms of tho state
are 175 acres and over. Tho number
of negro and Indian farmers Is de
creasing. The fanners of tho stale
spent less for furm fertilizers In 10 10
than in 1!)00, but this Is probably
due to better conservation of the fer
tility of their farms and the use of
barnyard fertilizers.
Statements relative to the acreage
of crops and the yields will be made
Inter by Census Director Dura ml as
the tabulation of this data has not
been oomph-ted.
The principal rates of Increases In
Kansas in 1910 ns compared to 11)00
are: In the total value of all farm
land alone, 1SS per cent.; in tho av
erage value per acre of farm land
alone, 178 per cent.; in the total value
of farm land and buildings, IGU per
cent.; In the average value per acre of
farm land and buildings, 1 5f per
cent.; lu the total expenditures for la
bor, 90 per cent.; In the total valuo of
farm buildings alone, 79 per cent.; In
the total valuo of all farm Implements
and machinery, G4 per cent.; In the
total improved farm acreage, 19 per
cent.; in tho total farm acreage, 4 per
cent.; in the v hole number of farms,
2 per cent., and in the average acres
per farm, 1 per cent.
Tho oily decrease during tho decade
occurred In tho total expenditures for
fertilizers, 73 per cent.
The statement shows In detail that
the number of farms reported in 1910
was 177,299, as compared with 173,098
in 1900, an increase of 4,201, or 2 per
cent.
TRAMP RESCUES
""hourar.ds of Well-Dressed and Evi
dently Weil-Fed Pedestrians Pass
by Soulful-Eyed Canine.
Chicago. Like "yon Casslus" he
had a lean and hungry look, and until
a playful wind blew him off his "pins,"
West Madison street pedestrians Jocu
larly referred to him as "Romeo with
ho soulful eyes."
When he lay in the street, with his
paws limply banging over the curbing
and his bony ribs advantageously dis
played through his muddy white skin,
A crowd gathered round him and "Ro
meo with the soulful eyes" was given
'ood In the form, of hum and beef
sandwiches boiijht at a nearby res
taurant. Whatever Romeo's thoughts were,
lie was too weak to utter them, even
In everyday dog language, and the
stumpy tail movod Ineffectually back
and forth and the cadaverous Jaws
dripped, while the ham and beef sand
wiches remained untouched. Romeo
os too for gone to eat. Romeo wus
HARD PROBLEMS IN RECLAMATION
Li
y .' t.
fair of run wa a orr A'oid
The totnl value of farm lands and
buildings was given In 1910 us $1.7:13,
t;,':i,MM, us against $fi I3.fin3.000 In 1900,
an Inert aso of $1,090,000,000, or 109
per cent.
The total valuo of all farm land
alone was reported In 1910 at $l,r;34,
;",2.imn. us compared with $f:',2,lSS,000
In 1900, a gain of $1,002,364,000, or 1SS
per cent.
The total valuo of farm buildings
alone was given In 1910 ut $199,101,
OiiO, us against $lll,4f:,000 In 1900,
an Increase of $S7, 03(5,00, or 79 per
cent.
In 1910 the valuo of tho farm land
alone constituted 89 per cent, of the
total value of land and buildings, us
compared with 83 per cent. In 1900.
The reported value of farm Imple
ments and machinery was $18,241,000
In 1910, as against $29,491,000 In 1900,
a gain of $18,753,000, or 64 per cent.
The total acreage reported in 1910
was 43.201,000 Hcres, as compared
with 41.(503.0.10 In 1900, nn Increase or
l,r.98,000 acres, or 4 per cent.
The Improved acrcago wns returned
in 1910 as amounting to 29,S5S,000
CUPID BUSY AT BRYN MAWR
Girls Deny New York Clergyman's As
sertion They Are "Puffed Up"
Forty Per Cent. Marry.
Philadelphia. Tho New York clergy
man who recently declared that only
an Infinitesimal percentage of the
graduates of tho big women's colleges
wero ulile to find husbands Is refuted
by Ihe statistics issued by Rryn Mawr
college. It Is asserted here.
Figures In tho annual register of
r. unman and former students show
that 28.4 per cent of the entire grad
uate body, numbering 2,724, have mar
ried, while of three classes graduating
since 1SS9 more than 50 per cent nre
married, and of seven other classes,
also since 1S89, nearly 40 per cent,
have been wedded, a general average
of about 40 per cent.
Tho New York clergyman declared
that graduates of woni'-n's colleges
were "lncouietent In (he domestic
arts, puffed up with a llttlo sup-T-llcial
knowledge and entirely too ex
pensive a luxury for the average man
to midcrtnkn to support." This asser
tion the Rryn Mawr girls Indignantly
deny and point to tho siatlstics to
hear them out.
DOG CATCHER USES AIRSHIP
Hopes With Woplane to Trap Stray
Canines That Have Become Wary
Has Amassed Fortune.
Montclnir, N. J. David Stelnfeld.
who is official dog-cntcher In ten tow ns
In Essex, Union and Morris counties
and who has amassed a small fortune
from his work, announces that he has
awarded a contract for a small aero
plane and a large net for use In his
work. Mo adds that he will try it on
the stray and unlicensed dogs lu Mont
clalr first.
Stelnfeld has been hunting dogs so
long In the three counties that the ani
mals recognize him half a mile away
and rush for shelter long before ho
gets within striking distance.
HUNGRY DQGBIGGEST SHER,FF w worlc
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too dirty and bedraggled to entitle him
to the respect of any Godfearing or
otherwise deserving pedestrian Ro
meo was too weak to make use of his
skinny legs. Romeo's eyes blinked
us he looked up at tho muddy sky and
down at tho muddy street, and there
didn't appear' to be much encourage
ment in cither, for ho closed his eyes.
No one ventured to soothe his poor
feelings, and Romeo might hnve died a
suffering martyr or hero or something,
If a man whose appearance w as not
greatly different from the starving
hound, had not cmc along and picked
him up. As it was, Romeo let his
head rest agnlnst the tattered coat of
his unshaven benefactor, nnd In some
manner gave vent to vibratory glad
ness by means of his tall. Tho man
and the dog went away, while the
crowd stood looking nftcr them.
Girls, Take Notice!
A wealthy Vonkers (N V 1 man hr.
Just married his housekeeper because
she made' such capital apple pies.
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acres, as against 2ii.011.000 lu 1900, an
lucreaso of 4,817,000 acres, or 19 per
cent.
The Improved ncreage formed 69
per cent, of the total ucreugo in 1910
and 00 per cent, in 1900.
The average acres per farm report
ed in 1910 were 244. as against 241
in 1900, an increase of three acres, ot
1 per cent.
The average value per acre of farm
land and buildings In 1910 is stated
ns $40.07, as against $1.1.45 In 1900
n rise of $21,62, or 159 per cent.
The average value per acre of furm
land alone In 1910. was reported ns
$3.1.47, while In 1900 It was $12.77, the
amount of gain being $22.70, or 178
per cent.
Of the whole number, 177,299, ol
farms reported In 1910, there were
175,618, or 99 per cent., opera
ted by while farmers and 1,681, oi
1 per cent., by negro and other non
white farmers, as compared with a
total of 173,098 In 1900, of which 171.-
2o2. or 99 per cent., were conducted
by white farmers, and 1.866, or 1 pet
cent., by negro and other nonwhlln
The Increase lu the number of farmi
of white farmers during the decade
amounted to 4.3S6, und the decrease
in the number of farms of negro and
other nonwhlto farmers to 1S5.
He has repainted his wagon, put or
false wigs and whiskers and resortec
to oilier expedients In his efforts tc
fool the unlicensed dogs, but without
avail. Now ho says he will try the
neropVine, Hoar a few feet above the
ground, load his machine with frest
beef bones, and then, after nil the dogi
assemble beneath his machine, drof
the net over them and alight anil sep
arate the licensed from the unlicensed
dogs.
FLYING TESTS FOR BERLIN
Airships Will Start and End Summer
Competition at German Capital
Limited to Germans.
Rerlin. A great flying competition
limited to German nvlators, will take
place early In the summer. The flight
will be over a circuitous courso bo
ginning and ending in Rerlin and wil'
Include Magdeburg, Hamburg-, Rremen
Dusseldorf and Dessau. The declslor
to hold the contwst Is the result of the
failure of plans for a Joint competi
t Ion by French and German flyers
caused by the objections of tho chau
vlnlsts.
Withdrawal of t!io French nvlrjton
aroused much bitterness in Oermanj
and the officials of tho Aviation Engl
neers' Vereln, who ore in charge ol
tho preparations, are on their mettle
to make the Independent competitor
a brilliant success. The contest hni
unique Interest from tho fact tha
special attention will be pnld to tlx
military phase of aviation. It Is pro
posed to offer a special prize for ma
chines carrying two passengers, so ai
to admit of their taking military ob
servations.
Zeppelin to Carry Passengers.
Dusseldorf. Rhenish Prussia.
Count Zeppelin's dirigible ballool
Deutschland II arrived today froti
Frankfort on-the-Maln and will ho sta
tioned here permanently to carry out
tiie contract with tho municipality foi
passenger flights.
He Is 6 Feet 7 Inches Tall am
Weighs About 440 Pounds More
Popular as "Big King."
Atlanta, Ga. Certainly not th.
least among tho city's pronilnen'
guests lust week was W. R. King o
Anderson, S. C, widely known as thi
iargest sheriff In tho world. Loomlnj
6 feet 7 Inches In the nlr, tipping tin
beam at the 4 -ID mark, ho was niak
lag big fellow delegates look like LC
liputlans, and even the bulk of th'
nation's chief executive sank Into lu
significance beside the embodiment o
the majesty of Carolina law.
Up In Anderson the sheriff Is fawlll
arly known us "Rig King" to every
body, nnd ho accepts his nlcknam.
with a ready good nature which ha,
mndo him the friend of all. That hli
constituents do not think his size af
fects his nblllty as sheriff Is shown b;
the majorities which he always r
celveB at election time.
Mr. King visits his friends here 84V
crul times each year.
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A,
motives!
I By HENRY F. COPE
By HENRY F. COPE
TKXT TIkiii (IIiIhi well that it wns In
Line heart,--!. Kuiirs. 8: IK.
Iiy their motive!; men are both
.ii"asured and made. Theso ore the
.Motors, the engines of our humanity.
Fortune may offer many allurements
md fate may seem to lay many a lash
jii our shoulders, but when wid how
so sliall reach tho goal and whether
;hat goal be worth tho raco depends
) tho character and power of the
Ideals und desires within us.
.Many a life lies by the wayside, oo
:he Junk heap that on superficial el
imination seems to be an admirable
,ileco of mechanism. It lies there be-.-hum)
It Is Just that and no more, only
liuililsni, Intricate, adjusted, pol
ished, but powerless, valueless fur
ack of a sufficient dynamic force, a
;iower and motion of its own.
Kfllciency Is a plcndld thing, wholly
desirable and essential, but life do
inands also sufficiency, motive as well
us mechanism. Schools and dally ex
perience give us tho training In cdl
:lt ncy, but from within must arise the
lynamlo forces, the motives, pulsions,
aspirations, mid real powers of tho
personality.
The sun of our motives makes the
purposes of our lives and this deter
mines the course we go, the work we
:lo, the character we have, and tho
Jejilny that Is ours. Tho deepest need
:if every life Is a passionate purpose
in living, an etui and goal that calls
forth all tho possibilities and enlists
ail tho powers.
Life's purpose depends on Its
philosophy; that, is your aim and goal
will depend on your Interpretation of
the moaning of life, on the uuswer
which you mako to life's significance.
Wiui t is the meaning of It all to you?
Is It but accident or chance' 'vn
you will drift without purK.- Is Is
a bloody light? Then you will wago
war for yourself and against nil oth
ers. Are there yet higher purpose i
running through all? Then you will
si ek them.
In a most lmKrtant sense this an
swer which a man makes to the enig
ma, of living constitutes his religion
an. I religion becomes the dominating
motive lu life, For religion surely for
us nil, as for all people ami lu ali
time. Is our conception of thf which,
for us, Is highest und best, that which,
because it seems to us to give mean
ing to existence, furnishes the motives
for whatever wo may be and do in the
world.
This bus been at the root of all
high endeavor; tills spirit accounts for
all great and worthy work the world
has seen, (localise they have believed
that existence has meaning only as It
contributes to progress, only as it
finds fruitage lu larger, nobler being,
they have rejoiced to lay down life if
need bo that the race might find
larger life.
Faith In the future, hope for our fel
lows, love of that w hich is highest and
best fuse together and niuko a suffi
cient motive for living und tolling.
And life Is a tedious business, without
such motives. A man becomes merely
n part of the bread winning mnefiino,
a slave bound to the wheel, unless he
bus some sense of his own life as bo
lug worth while for the contribution
It makes to all life.
Youth abounds with high motives
normally; the yours often blast them
with tho curse of cynicism. Wo des
poil our own hearts and steal our own
happiness whenever we allow tho em
bittering experiences of dally living to
take from us tho faith that It Is pos
sible to ilo good, to Increase the
world's store of joy ar.d strength and
hope, ii nd to make our lives worth
something to our times.
When all ban been said and nil
other ways tried we find that the only
motives that give perennial satisfac
tion and constantly strengthen tho
heart are the unselfish ones. One gets
weary of gaining, but never of giving.
Ambition falters on Its wings. Hut
the aspiration to serve, to help, to
bless, to cheer, to lovo never dies
down.
You may nieasuro any mnn's re
ligion by the extent to which It nets
ns a constant motive In his life,
whether It gives htm a vision of tho
life that awakens an enthusiasm for
living, of n world that Is worth liv
ing In and dying for and a race that
bus such promise In liself as to call
for tho investment of all that is
worthy in us.
In Christ Our Hope.
Prayer is not th most effective,
thing In the Christian's life. Jesus
Christ is better nnd more effective
than the host prayer ever offered. In
him. and not In prayer, lies our whole
hope. One w ho dated the beginning of
his richest Christian life nnd experi
ence from a time of prayer when ha
had asked everything nnd received
everything, was reminded of this rs
he prayed later, In gratitude for his
new blessings: "Not because It was nn
effective prayer, but because thou art
an effective Christ, was my prayer so
gloriously answered."! Those who nra
united "mighty In prayer" think h-nst
nbout prayer as such, and most aboil
Christ. Yet tho more we think about
Christ nnd the bet'er we come to
know him, tho greater will be
place that wo give to prayer In
lives.
the
our
Cod's Plan For Us.
The great apostle, writing to the
Kpheslnns says H ut n are "createe
In Christ unto good works, which
God hath Jiet'ore ordained that we
should walk In them." The works nre
ready, waiting for us, all we hovn tc
Jo Is to be willing to he led Into them
Mow many disappointments we shou'.d
have been spared in life If we had al
ways acted on tills conviction! God
knows what we ore fitted for far bet
ter than we know ourselves. He whe
made us knows whereof we nre mndo
. . . If we would be useful Ir
Christ's service our wisdom Is "tr
hnve no plan except to enter Into hl
plan for us," and sny with Paul. "Lord
what wilt thou have me to do?"
KING UZZIAH
HUMBLED '
aiij School Ltitoa for May 7, 1911
Specially Arruisod tor Thle. Papor
I.KSRON TRXT-2 Chronicles M. Mem
ory Verses 19, In.
f;')I.IKX Ti:.T "rrldo roelh before
fl'iMru"tl.n. and an tiHiighty spirit b
Con. u fnll."--rrov. liMS.
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n from H. c. m Ut H ('. 7ri; (FtuHtlnes)
H i". Sid to 7!!. I'zzlftli ni.iy Iiuvh bocoms
IfpiT nbuut n c. Jotham tifln ths
r K'-nl ft, ni Hut tlmo.
li.Ai'K-The Teinple In JenisnMrn.
Kl.Vijsi lsraoi, .I.rob.min II. In
AHsyrla, Sliulinun'-ser III.
litDlilLTS-Aino. liescii, Iaul.-ih, th
?- luirlub nf eur lexmm.
On tho murder of King Joash ha
was slice led by his eldest son,
Aniazliih, a man of piety and forcn,
who slew tho murderers of his father,
sparing their kuiu, nnd then turned up
on the eneiuicM of his country, the
Kdomltes south of the Dead Sea, who
had been ravaging southern Judeu.
He hired thousands of mercenaries
from tho Northern Kingdom, to aid
him lu the war. When a prophet re
buked hlui for thus involving himself
with an Idolatrous nation he dismiss
ed the mercenaries, who, on their way
home, plundered the cities of Judah.
Amazlah went on, however, and with
bin own (roups conquered tho Kdom
ltes In tho Valley of Kult south of
the Dead Sea, and thoroughly sub
dued the cruel nation.
Ho brought home with liiui Home of
the Kdomlte idols and worshiped
them, thus dishonoring Jehovuh, who
had so signally he'ped him, in favor
of gods who had proved their-ow a
powerlessness! A courageous propVot
rebuked him, but we are told w hut tha
effect wus.
ill his pride of success, and perbapl
to avenge the towns which the Israel
Itlsli mercenaries had plundered, he
scut u biMiblfu! message to Jon.ii king
of Israel, challenging him to light. Jo
ash promptly accepted the challenge,
completely worsted Amazlah, captured
I Jerusalem, and went uway with all tha
I treasure of the Temple und royal pal
! ace, and with many of the cit icons a
j hostages. Ama.iuh continued to
! reign for fnteen years, but his sub
I Jects never were contented, and at last
i they rose In revolt and murdered him.
The son of Ama.iuh, I'zzlah, a lad
.if sixteen, was chosen by ihe people,
lie continued his lather's conquest of
the Kdomltes by fori Hying Kloth, nn
Important city ut the head of the east
ern branch of the Red ri. a, thus put
lug Judah lu a position to renew th
lieu commerce with India which Solo,
luon had establish' d.
I'zziah's was a religious life. Ha
did that which was right in the sight
of the Lord. He followed Amazlah la
the better pan of hi life, and not la
his Idolatry. TJioro Is no better prep
aration for the eyes of the world tliaa
to be conscious ever of God's eyes
upon us.
The period of Uz.iah and Jeroboam
was tin; golden ago of Israel. As a
result of conquest and of cominrrchj
enterprise the accumulation of wealth
was greater than had over been
known before. The rich lived in
palaces of hewn stone and of Ivory.
They reposed on couches with damask
coverings. They lay i:miii beds of
ivory, ami streiciu-d themselves upon
sofas. They ate lambs selected out
of tho flocks, and calves fattened lu
the stall. They sang to tho accom
paniment of harps hongs that they
thought as fine a.s those of David.
They drank beakers of rare wine, and
anointed themselves Willi precious
ointments. Tills prosperity, however,
was restricted to the upper classes.
While the nobles flourished, the poor
grew constantly poorer. Tho peasant
proprietors w ere crow di d out, und all
the laud came Into the hands of a few
great nobles. The tree-born Israelites
KMik to tho position ot serfs. Pros
perity bus more perils than adversity,
and pride is one of them Dressed, ac
cording to Joseplius, lii priestly uttire,
unit perhaps ou the i -elebrallon of some
high national feast, Cz.iali presumed
to inter tho Holy Place, which It was
death for any but a priest to enter,
und to offer Incense upon the sacred
ultar. I'zziali appears to have desired
to become supremo pontiff as well as
king, and to exercise the same dual
functions ns the KgypUan Pharaohs
were wont to do. He had to disregard
the direct command of Jehovah that
the priests alone should burn Incense
on his altar; he had to despise the his r
tory of his people, to defy the holy
luuiio by which he himself was called.
1 litis a reign of mty two years wu
spoiled In un hour.
What terrible punishment came to
I'zzlah? The Infliction of that most
loathsome, Incurable disease, leprosy.
Thus .Milium had been punished, and
Gehuzl. According to Joseplius, it was
ut this very moment, that tho famous
earthquake of I'zzlali's reign occurred.
For the rest of his life ho lived in a
separate house. It was perhaps soma
place In the country to which the king
confined himself. We are not told
whither he repented of the sin that
ho had committed; but wo may per
haps ussutee that he did so.
The story of Ainu reinforces the
warning that comes to us from tha
story of I'.ziah. The ptido of Abas
was pride of opinion; that of I izah
wus pride in accomplishment. Pride
may spring from good looks, Una
clothes, plenty of money, a keen Intel
lect, distinguished social positiou.
hoy may be vain of his ball playing
and a girl of her white hands. What
ever may be tho source of It, prldo is
always a terrible danger.
It alienates from us tho sympathy
and affection of others. No one loves
a proud iM'soii. It bunt's our eyes
to our real condition. W. think we
are stronger or brighter tr better than
we are. It shuts us away from tha
sources of wisdom and strength, be
cause we do not ft ol that wo need
strength or wisdom. Tho most learned
toucher cannot touch a sell-suincient
scholar, who thinks that ho "knows It
nil." Worst of all, It shuts us away
from God. Only those that will hum
ble themswKes hud become like little
children cur. .'liter his kingdom. Tho
meek Inherit tue cirth, and the poor
lu spirit Inherit heaven.