HARD PROBLEMS IN RECLAMATION PROJECT
DO
KING UZZIAH
HUMBLED
MOTIVES
Three Episodes and a Climax
Suaitf Scbool Unoa for May 7, 1911
Specially Arranged forThi Paper
By M. J.
TiMWIiJI'iNJUl
(Coirilglit, iuii. by Atiuciaed Llitriy Frew)
A lino of blue-shlrted men come
relllng over (he entrenchments. The
KpanlnrdB swurmed out tho otlier
lido In haste. C'npt. IyOiilR Olfaro of
tho Koyal Twenty-ninth Infantry was
tho last to leave. Hefore he hnd re
treated far he found himself engaged
In a suber duel with an American
alio pursued.
The Amerlcnn wore the yellow cord
3f the cavalry, and his hat wan
(ilnn fid upon one aide. He swung tils
huge paber with fierceness and ak 111.
Captain Olfaro, a swordsman of note
In old Madrid, was hard put to It to
it fend himself.
The Spaniard took heart, of grace
piicn he saw that the odda had turned.
I'ho other Americans had Hopped at
the trenches, a hundred yarda In rear
of the duel. One of the captain's own
men paused long enoiiKh In hlR fllKht
'.o fire point blank at the American.
The bullet merely gave the Amer
icans hat a more rakish tilt than be
fore; but It ulao distracted tils nt
' : ut ion. Cuptaln Olfaro atruck quick
ly, and pave hia adveraury a gash
urosB the right forearm. Then, with
i cruel smile, he prepared to kill at
Hid leisure.
liut the American waa not ready
to die. The grazing bullet and the
slash simply spurred him to renewed
efforts. Ho leaped at the Spaniard
like a mountnln rat; hi blade flick
ered bewilderliiKly in the hot Cuban
lunllght. Olfaro, In doubt, gave
ground.
"Yow-yow-yow, whe-e-e e-oe!" the
American's ball leery, a high pitched
(fell of sheer delight In conflict,
broke out.
It was more than the Spaniard
rnuld stand. It told of a strength of
fiber, an uneonqucred determination,
which he could not match.
He turned suddenly and ran. In
blind panic, he threw away his ma
ihete as he fled.
"Whe-e-e-e-ee!" roared the Ameri
can again. "Hun, you piker, run!"
"Doris," said Jack Ilurnham, Third,
M be sat or. the stairs, "there'a some
thing I want to say. If it Isn't said
pretty Boon, I'll bo ashamed to open
my mouth. Why, I'm a doddering
ulil man!"
"You poor old thing!" scoffed pret
ty Doris Van (iilder; "you're all of
thirty-two."
"I kiiow; but you're only about
twenty."
"I'm nearly twenty-two!" flashed
the Indignant Doris.
"Well-"
Hut just then Tommy Puttersly
claimed tits dance.
The next day there was a flurry
on the street, and Jack Hurnham
lost all Us money. After waiting
two months for him to call and finish
the conversation, Doris went away.
Senorlta Isabella y'Nogales, fellow
of Vnssar college, and well versed In
things American, from fourth dlmen
(Ion to college friendships and fudge.
Bat on the porch of her plantation
home, province of Santa Clara, Cuba.
The planter whose tobacco fields
joined her own vast estate on the
outh half reclined In a long chair.
A third chair beside the senorlta In
tllcated that the party which was now
two recently bad been three.
A frown crossed the planter's face
when he looked up to see a man con
fronting them a man with tanned
face, wide shoulders and slim hlna.
His khaki clothes were dust-covered.
His light Bhlrt rolled open at the
neck.
Tho planter was an aristocrat, ae
rustomed to crushing or Ignoring
those without money or position, and
to, after an Insolent glance, lie fin
ished what he was saying: "And I
have decided to marry her. She Is
American, but handsome. And her
father has much gold." Ho spoko In
SpuniDh.
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 fringed walk: "What Is It?"
"A driuk of water, If you will be
to kind."
The tap of a bell brought a black
servant. While he was gone for the
ater, the senorlta, who had Imbibed
democratic ideaa at college, motioned
the man to ho seated. She studied
hlni, at first casually, then with In
terest. He was Americano; one could tell
"hat by the aet of the shoulders, the
l"ise of the head, the firm, humor
mis mouth. She apoko with quick
resolve. "Perhaps the senor desires
work?"
The man's face lighted as he an
swered: "Yes."
"I have a place, as overseer. If
you could speak Spanish"
"UM.... -
mu aro yoji miiiKing of. sono-
rlta?
broke In the planter, harshly.
''The man Is an American a' tramp.
He win rob you, or worse."
SWITZERLAND
Salary of the President Is $3,600 a
Year Some Officials Receive
30 Cents a Day.
Tho Swiss governruont as a political
Institution, Is tho most economical In
Kurope. The official salary of the pres
I'lent of the. Swiss confederation Is
fcMOO. The federal councilors, or
members of the cubinet, and the heads
u' the different departments, receive
a year during office.
The state councilors of tho cantons
f "ale and Zurich are the best paid
f their class, receiving $2,000 and
ll.SOt) u year, respectively, while Lu
Pefne and Schaffhausen como next,
h $1,000 per annum.
Then the salaries assume . a rapid
downward- scale until small cantons,
"kp I'll. Schwytz, Claris, Zug, N'id
M and Appenzell, are' reached.
hcre the councilors are paid 40 cents
tla during 'session.
The hair-canton of Obwald pays Its
j""lam:iian (president) $80 a your and
l stuto councilors 3 J cents a day dur
PHILLIPS
A rur.tle; they all turned. In the
doorway stood a girl; an Amerlcnn
girl, of the kind men love and cher
ish and din for.
Tho Amerlcnn Blood up. "I apeak
the language, as you see," he said. In
excellent Spanish. "I accept your
offer, and thank you."
Harris, which was the name the
American gave, fitted In. The negro
workmen of the plantation knew him
for a master. They Baw him take the
great machete left by the foreman, a
giant of a man, and weigh It fondly.
It was a blade as heavy as a broad
ax. They worshiped, lie was an
Americano, and a man!
He had a peculiarity. Very seldom
waa he In conversation with the sen
orlu or her guest; but he watched
over them.
When the 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 saw the overspor.
One ufternoon, following an Inter
view with the senorlta alone, he flung
himself away In deadly mge. That
evening she wna very quiet and
thoughtful.
The workmen noticed that the over
reer seemed to redouble hla watchful
ness. They saw him slip away a few
days later, melting Into tho Jungle
like a panther. They did not know
that he waa following one of the
maids from the big house, and that
he trailed her to a tryatlng 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, hlH machete
across his knees, a revolver on his
lilp, sat In the gloom of the old stone
house.
The planter, for whom he was wait
Ing, came. He swaggered up the pnlm
walk. Recuro in the feeling that the
American senorlta was unguarded.
The plantation workmen were snor
ing In their kennels half a mile away;
the overseer was also asleep In hia
quarters. And ten of the planter'a
own men waited by the road.
Twenty paces from the bouse, In
the center of an open apace where the
while moon beat down, he stopped
A tlgure with a naked machete ad
vanced to meet him.
Tho planter's own weapon leaped
out as he hissed curses. He recog
nlred the overseer.
At the clash of blade on blade the
planter'a bullies came running from
the fringe of the palma. With a laugh
the American presaed his attack until
his adversary gaye ground. He heard
the patter of feet and saw the ad
vanclng wave of his enemies.
The cave man who overcame hla
enemies with a stone ax awoke in
the American. He ahotited aloud In
sheer" delight of the conflict.
"Yow-yow-yow, whe-e-e-e-ee!"
At the high pitched yell the plan
ter's thoughts tied back to the scene
of twelve yearB before on San Juan
hill. Again he was Capt. Luis Olfaro,
of the Hoyal Twenty-ninth infantry;
again he was crossing blades beneath
the fierce sunlight with an American.
No wonder he had hated the overseet
Instinctively It waa the same man.
In bis fright and amazement he
lowered hla guard for the fraction of I
a second, and the: American's machete
laid open his cheek from nose to ear.
Wood streamed down his fare. He
wavered, retreated, turned. And then,
In sudden mad panic, he threw awaj
hla machete and fled, hlr, bullies about
him.
"Whe-e-e-e-ce!" roared the victor
"Hun, you piker; run!"
A hand was laid on his arm. He
turned to look into the face of his fall
countrywoman. "And now, Mr. John
Harris Ilurnham, third," ahe said
calmly, albeit with a little tremble In
her voice, "perhapa you will flnlah
that llttlo conversation we began on
the stairs?"
"Hut, Doria," he remonstrated, "I'm
thirty-three now, and broke, besides.''
"I don't care If you were a nun
dred," she flashed; "and I have
money enough for us both."
So he dropped his machete and took
her in his arms.
How the Ostrich Travels.
Ordinarily two feet Is the stride
of the ostrich, but when the bird In
frightened It Is known to have run 30
miles un hour. When It runs It takes
both feet off the ground at erery
stride; Its progress being made in a
aeries of Jumps bo rapidly performed
that It seems one foot Is on tho
ground while tho other Is plarral
Birds of lesBer leg length usually
cover four or five feet of ground at
every normal step.
IS ECONOMICAL
ing the Besslon of parliament. Xew
York Tribune.
Italian Celebration.
With the dedication of the elghtti
wonder of the world, a gigantic statin
of Victor Emmanuel, which has been
under courso of construction for th
past twelve years and cost $12,000,000
Italy commenced on March 2C a cole
Iiration of the fiftieth anniversary ol
tiie Italian chamber's proclamation 01
the country as an Independent king
dom, which will last during an entlrt
year and open to the world exhibition!
of art, scletico, Agriculture, and me
chanics. His One Experience.
"Weren't you ever on a motor carT'
"Yes, once."
"What make was it?"
"I don't know. I was only on the
front of It for a second or so, and li
got away before I could pick mysel
up," embolic Standard.
Sit ifit
THK Halt Klver reclamation project In Arizona, the greatest ever undertaken by the government, Involved the
solution of problems of stupendous magnitude. Some of these concerned tho building of the Hoosevelt dam,
which was opened recently by the former president, for whom It was named. In order to render the dam Bite
accessible nnd to convey to it the vast amount of material needed tho engineers wero compelled to build a
lemarkablc 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.
Tupeka, Kan. The I' lilted States
:ensus bureau litis Just Issued the agrl
:ultural statistics for tho state of Kan
sas, aa collected at tho thirteenth
decennial census of last April. The
figures are given out a year ufter the
dato 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 a very favorable
ihowlng In tho agricultural statistics
as Just Issued. The total value of
farm lands increased three-fold In tho
deceiinlum from l'JOO to 1!U0, 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 yearn ago, more farms,
more tenant farmers nnd more farm
owners. Tho number of farm mort
gages Is about the same, which docs
not mean that the farmers are no
richer than ten years ago, but, on the
contrary, that they have been in
creasing their holding and placing
Improvements on their farms. Per
haps a few farm mortgages may be
duo to nutos, but the number Is prob
ably not large.
During the ten years the number of
smaller farms, with the exception of
truck patches, has diminished. Over
one-third of the farms of tho state
nre 175 acres and over. Thn number
0r negro nn, Indian farmers Is de-
creasing. The farmers of tho stale
spent less for farm fertilizers in 1910
than In 1900, but this Is probably
due to better conservation of the fer
tliity of their farms and the uso of
barnyard fertilizers.
Statements relative to the acreage
of crops anil the yields will be made
later by Ceiisus Director Duiand 11s
the tabulation of this data has not
been completed.
The principal rates of Increases In
Kansas In 1910 ns compared to 1900
are: In the total value of all farm
land alone, 1SS per cent.; In tho av
rrago value per acre of farm land
alone, 178 per cent.; In the total valuo
of farm land nnd buildings, 109 per
cent.; in tho average value per acre of
farm land and building. 159 per
cent.; In the total expenditures for la
bor. 90 per cent.; In the total valuo of
farm buildings alone, 79 per cent.; In
the total value of all farm Implements
and machinery, 64 per cent.; in the
total Improved farm acreage, 19 per
cent.; In tho total farm acreage, 4 per
cent.; In the viole number of farms,
2 per cent., nnd In the average acres
per farm, 1 per cent.
Tho o?lly decrease during tho decade
occurred in the 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
rent.
TRAMP RESCUES
""hourar.ds of Well-Dressed and EvN
dently Well-Fed Pedestrians Pass
by Soulful-Eyed Canine.
Chicago. Like "yon Cassltis" 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 us "Romeo with
"he soulful eyes."
Whim he lay In the street, with his
paws limply banging over the curbing
and his bony ribs udvantngeously dis
played through his muddy white skin,
n. crowd gathered round him and "Ro
meo with the soulful eyes" was given
'ood in the forai of ham and beef
sandwiches bonsht nt a nearby res
taurant. Whatever Romeo's thoughts were,
he was too weak to utter them, even
In everyday dog language, and the
Btumpy tail moved ineffectually back
and forth and the cadaverous Jaws
dripped, while the ham and beef sand
wiches remained untouched. Romeo
as too far gono to eat. Romeo was
The total value of farm lands and
buildings was given in 1010 us $1,7:13.
li.'li.ooo, us agniiiKt $M3,firi3,O0O In l'JOO,
an Inert aso of $1.0'JO,000,OuO, or 1G!
per cent.
The total value of all farm land
alone was reported In 1!H0 at $1,534,
i"i2.noO, as compared with $:.;;:', 1SS.000
In l:oo, a gain of $1,002,364,000, or 1S8
per cent.
The total valuo of farm buildings
alone was given In 1910 nt $190.101,.
000, us against $111.4f:.,000 In 1900.
it 11 increasu of $S7,G2t,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, as
compared with S3 per cent. In 1900.
The reported volue of farm Imple
ments and machinery was $ 18,24 1,000
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 acres, as compared
with 41.r,3,0.iO in 1900, on Increase of
1, r9S,000 acres, or 4 per cent.
The improved acreage wos returned
in 1910 as amounting to 29,858,000
CUPID BUSY AT BRYN MAWR
Girls Deny New York Clergyman's As
sertion They Are "Puffed Up"
Forty Per Cent. Marry.
Philadelphia. The New York clergy
man who recently declared that only
an Infinitesimal percentage of tho
graduates of the big women's colleges
were able to find husbands is refuted
by the statistics Issued by Hryn Mawr
college. It Is asserted here.
Figures In the annual register of
f umnae and former students show
that 28.4 per cent of the entire grail
unto body, numbering 2,721, have mar
ried, while of three classes graduating
since 1SS9 more than 50 per cent are
married, and of seven other classes,
a'so since 1889, nearly 40 per cent,
have been wedded, a general average
of about 40 per cent.
Tho New York clergyman declared
that graduates of wouvn's colleges
wero "IncomiH'tent In the domestic
art s, puffed up with a llttlo super
ficial knowledge and entirely too ex
pensive a luxury for the average man
to undertake to support." This asser
tion the Hryn Mawr girls Indignantly
deny and point to tlw statistics to
bear them out.
DOG CATCHER USES AIRSHIP
Hopes With W-roplane to Trap Stray
Canines That Have Become Wary
Has Amassed Fortune.
Montclair, N. J. David Stelnfeld,
who Isolllclal dog-cntcher In ten towys
in Essex, Union and Morris counties
and who has amassed a Ktiiull fortune
from his work, announces that he has
awarded a contract for a small aero
plane ond n largo net for use In his
work. He adds that he will try it on
the stray und unlicensed dogs lu Mont
clair 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 he
gets within striking distance.
HUNGRY DQG
too dirty and bedraggled to entitle him
to the respoct of any Oodfeorlng or
otherwise deserving pedestrian Ro
meo was too weak to muke use of his
skinny legs. Romeo's eyes blinked
as he looked up at the muddy sky and
down at tho muddy street, and there
didn't appear' to be much encourage
ment in either, for ho closed his eyes.
No one ventured to soothe his poor
feelings, and liomeo might have died a
suffering martyr or hero or something,
If a man w hose appearance was not
greatly different from the starving
bound, had not otune along nnd picked
him up. As it was, Romeo let his
head rest ngolnst the tattered coat of
his unshaven benefactor, and In some
manner gave vent to vibratory glad
ness by means of his tall. The man
and the dog went away, while tho
crowd stood looking after them.
Girls, Take Notice!
A wealthy Yonkers tN Y I man hn
Just married his housekeeper because
she tmule such capital apple pies.
ApXW-"- -- i --r -. vV' J'r1
ai res, as against 25,041,000 In 1900, an
Increase of 4,817,000 acres, or 19 per
cent.
The Improved acreage formed 69
per cent, of the total acreage in 1910
and 60 per cent. In 1900.
The average acres per farm report
ed In 1910 were 2U. as against 241
In 1900, an increase of three acres, or
1 per cent.
The average value per aero of farm
land and buildings In 1910 Is stated
as $10.07, ns against $15.45 In 1900
a rise of $24,62, or 159 per cent.
The average volue per acre of farm
land alone In 1910. was reported ae
$35.47, while in 1900 It was $12.77, the
amount of gain being $22.70, or l"f
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 fanners nnd 1,681, 01
1 per cent., by negro and other non
while fanners, as compnred with a
total of 173,098 In 1900, of which 171,
2"2, or 99 per cent., were conducted
by white farmers, ami 1,866, or 1 per
cent., by negro and other rionwhltn
The Increase iu the number of farm
of while farmers during the decade
nmounted to 4.3S6, und tho decrease
In the number or farms of negro and
other nonwhlto farmers to 1S5.
He has repainted hla wagon, put or
false wigs nnd whiskers and resorted
to other expedients In bis efforts tc
fool the unlicensed dogs, but without
avail. Now ho says he will try the
aetopVine, soar a few feet above the
ground, load his machine with frest
beef bones, and then, after all the dogi
assemble beneath bis machine, dror.
the net over them and alight and sep
a rate the licensed from the unlicensed
dogs.
FLYING TESTS FOR BERLIN
Airships Will Start and End Summei
Competition at German Capital
Limited to Germans.
Merlin. A great flying competition
limited to Herman aviators, will tak
place early In the summer. The fllghi
will be over a circuitous courso be
ginning and ending In Berlin and wll
Include Magdeburg, Hamburg, Premen
Dusseldorf and Dessau. The declsior
to hold the eontwst Is the result of thi
failure of plans for a Joint eompeti
Hon by French nnd German flyers
caused by the objections of tho chau
vlnlsts
Withdrawal of the French avlton
aroused much bitterness in (lermanj
nnd the olllclals of the Aviation Kngl
neers' Vereln, who nre In charge ol
tho preparations, are on their mettl
to make the Independent eompctltlor
a brilliant success. The contest hat
unique interest from tho fact tba'
special attention will be paid to tin
military phase of aviation. It is pro
posed to offer a special prize for ma
chines carrying two passengers, so at
to admit of their taking military ob
scrvations.
Zeppelin to Carry Passengers.
Dusselderf, Rhenish Prussia.
Count Zeppelin's dirigible ballooi
Deutschland II arrived today froir
Frankfort on-tbe-MuIn and will be Eta
tloncd here permanently to carry out
the contract with tho municipality foi
passenger flights.
BIGGEST SHERIFF IN WORLC
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 last week was W. 13. King o
Anderson, S. C, widely known ns tin
iargest sheriff In tho world. I.oomlni
C feet 7 Inches in the air, tipping tin
beam at the 410 mark, he wos mak
Ing big fellow delegates look like I.ll
llputlans, and even the bulk of th
nation's chief executive Bank Into lu
significance besldo the embodiment o
the majesty of Carolina law.
Up In Anderson the sheriff Is fa--ill
arly known as "Dig King" to every
body, nnd ho accepts his nlcknam
with a ready good nature which lis,
made him the friend of all. That hh
constituents do not think his size 11
feels bis nblllty as sheriff Is shown b;
the majorities which be always re
reives Rt election time.
Mr. King visits his friends here set
oral limes each yeur.
By HENRY F. COPE
TKXT Thim ili'Ni well that It wna In
blue heart.--! Klines, 8:111.
l!y their motives men are both
le-aMired ami made. These are the
.notors, the engines of our humanity.
Fortune may offer many allurements
md fate may seem to lay many a lash
ju our shoulders, but when tuid bow
c shall reach the goal and whether
:hat goal bu worth tho race depends
.in the character and power of the
Meals and desires within us.
Many a II fn lies by the waysldo, on
he Junk heap that on superficial ex
initiation seems to be an admirable
,)leco of mechanism. It lies there be-
aiiM) It Is Just that and no more, only
mechanism, Intricate, adjusted, pol
shed, but powerless, valueless for
aek of a sullielent dynamic force, a
;ower and motion of Its own.
Kfllclency Is a plendld thing, wholly
leslntblo anil essential, but life
mands also sufficiency, motive as we!l
M mechanism. Schools and daily ex
perience give us tho training In cm
?lt ney, but from within must arise the
lynninlc forces, the motives, passions,
aM'Irutlons, and real poucrs of the
,'iersoiiallty.
Tho sun of our motives makes the
Purvises of our lives and this deter
mined the course we go, the work we
.lo, the character we have, and the
Jeitlny thut Is ours. The deepest need
:if every lifu Is a passionate purpose
In living, on end and goal that calls
forth all the possibilities and enlists
ill the powers.
I.lfo's purpose depends on Its
philosophy; that, Is your aim and goal
will depend on your Interpretation of
the meaning of life, on the answer
which you mako to life's significance.
What Is the meaning of it all to you?
Is It but accident or chance' vn
vou will drift without purMi Is Is
a bloody tight? Then you will wago
war for yourself and against ail oth
ers. Are there yet higher purpose
running through all? Then you will
si ek them.
Iu a most lmKirtant sense this an
swer which a man makes to the etilg
ni.i.of living constitutes bis religion
and religion becomes the dominating
motive In life. For religion surely for
us all. as for all people and In all
time, is our conception of tht which,
for us. is highest mid best, that which,
because it seems to us to give mean
ing to existence, furnishes the motives
for whatever we may be and do in the
world.
This has been ot the root of all
high endeavor; this spirit accounts for
all great and worthy work the world
lias seen, llecause they have believed
that existence bus meaning only as It
contributes to progress, only as It
rinds fruitage In larger, nobler being,
they have rejoiced to lay down life if
need bo that tho nice might find
larger life.
Faith In the future, hope for our fel
lows, love of 1 hat which Is highest and
best fuse together and mako a Rllfll
cient motive for living and tolling.
And life is a tedious business, without
such motives. A man becomes merely
a part of the bread winning nuicfiino,
a slave bound to the wheel, unless he
has some sense of his own life as do
ing worth while for the contribution
It makes to all life.
Youth abounds with high motives
normally; the years often blast them
with the curse of cynicism. We des
poil our own hearts and steal our own
happiness whenever we allow the em
bittering experiences of dally living to
take from us tho faith that it Is pos
sible to do good, to Increase the
world's store of joy nr.d strength and
hope, and to make our lives worth
tioniething to our times.
When all has been said and all
otlier ways tried we find that tho only
motives that give perennial satisfac
tion and constantly strengthen tho
heart tire the unselfish ones. Oiie gets
weary of gaining, but never of giving.
Ambition falters on Its wings. !!ut
the aspiration to serve, to help, to
bless, to cheer, to love never dies
down.
You may rueasuro any man's re
ligion by tho extent to which It acts
as a constant motive In bis life,
whether It gives him a vision of tho
life that awakens an enthusiasm for
living, of a world that Is worth liv
ing in and dying for and a race that
has such promise In Itself as to call
for tho Investment of all that is
worthy In us.
In Christ Our Hope.
Prayer Is not the most effective
thing in the Christian's life. Jesus
Christ is better nnd more effectlvo
(ban th-"! hest prayer ever offered. In
him. and not in prayer, lies our whole
hope. One who dated the beginning of
bis richest Christian life and experi
ence from li time of prayer when ho
bail asked everything nnd received
everything, was reminded of this as
he prayed later, in gratitude for his
new blessings: "Not because it was an
effective prayer, but because thou art
on effective Christ, was my prayer so
gloriously answered "! Those who ata
.ailed "mighty In prayer" think least
about prayer ns such, and most aboil
Christ. Yet the more we think about
rhrist and the better we come tn
know him, the greater will be the
place that wo give to prayer In our
lives.
Cod's Plan For Us.
The great apostle, writing to th
Kphesinns snys that "n are "crenteo
In Christ unto good works, whirr
Clod hath before ordained that wt
should walk tn them." The works lire
ready, waiting for us, all we havo tc
Jo Is to be willing to be led Into them
How many disappointments we should
have been spared -In II To if we had al
ways acted on this conviction! God
knows what we nre fitted for far bet
ter than we know ourselves. He wht
nuule us knows whereof we nre made
. . . If we would be useful tr
Christ's service our wisdom Is "tr.
have no plan except to enter Into bis
plan for us," and Ray with Paul. "Lord
what wilt thou have mo to do?"
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lit()lilL;TS-A111.M. Iloa.-ii. Inulali, the
Z liurluh of our Icison.
On tho murder of King Joush h
was succecle.l by his eldest son,
Aniazlah, a man of piety and force,
who slew the murderers of his father,
sparing their sons, and then turned up
on the enemies of bis country, the
Kdomltcs soutii of the Dead Sea, who
had been ravaging southern Judea.
He hired thousands of mercenaries
from the Northern Kingdom, to aid
lilm In the war. When ;i prophet re
buked him for thus involving himself
with an idolatrous nation he dismiss
ed the mercenaries, ho, 011 their way
home, plundered the cities of Judith.
Amalah went on, however, and with
Ills own troops conquered tho Kdom
lies in tho Valley of Salt south of
the Dead Sea, and thoroughly sub
dued the cruel nation.
He brought homo with him some of
the Kdomlte Idols and worshiped,
them, thus dishonoring Jehovah, who
had so signally helped him, In favor
of gods w ho bad proved their-on a
I powerlessness! A courageous prophet
1 relinked him, but we are told what the
! effect was.
I In his pride of success, and perhaps
1 to avenge the towns which tho Israel
j III: h mercenaries had plundered, ha
I sent a boastful message to Joa.ii king
! of Israel, challenging him to fight. Jo
I ash promptly accepted the challenge,
! completely worsted Amalali, ruptured
' Jerusalem, und went U'.vay with all tho
j treasure of tho Temple and royal pul
I IK.', and with many of the cltifeiiB IU
j hostages. Aina.iah continued to
I reign for fifteen years, but his sub-
Jeeta never were contented, ami nt last
1 they 10.se in revolt and murdered him.
! The son of Atnaiah, l'..lah, n lad
I ,-if sixteen, was chosen by the people,
j He continued bis lather's conquest of
the Fdoinitcs by fortitying Kloth, aa
Important city at tho bead of the east
era blanch of the Red Sea, thus put
Mug Jii'l.ih In a position to renew the
rich commerce with India which Solo
mon bad establish d.
I'.iah's was a religious life. He
did that which was right iu tho sight
of the Lord, lie followed Aiua.lah In
the better part of hi lllo, and not la
his Idolatry. TJieiv Is no better prep
aration for the eyes of the world thaa
to be conscious ever of Cod's cyei
upon us.
The period of U.ziah and Jeroboam
wus the golden age of Israel. As a
result of conquest und of coniuirrci.J
enterprise the accumulation of wealth
was greater than bad ever been
known before. The rich lived la
palaces of hewn stone and of Ivory.
They reposed on couches with damask
coverings. They lay i:;on beds of
ivory, and stretched themselves upon
botus. They ute lambs selected out
of the flocks, and calves fattened iu
the stall. They sang to tho accom
paniment of harps hongs that they
thought us tine u-s those of David.
They drank beakers of rare w ine, and
anointed themselves with precious
ointments. This prosperity, however,
was restricted to thu upper classes.
While the nobles flourished, the poor
grew constantly poorer. Tho peasant
proprietors were crowded out, and all
tho land came Into the hands of n few
great nobles. The lice-born Israelites
mink to tho position ol serfs. Pros
perity has more perils than adversity,
ujni pride is one of them. Dressed, ac
cording to Joseplius, in priestly attire,
und perhaps on (lie celebration of sumo
high national feast, I'zziuh presumed
to enter tho Holy Place, which It was
death for any but a priest to enter,
und to offer Incense upon the sacred
ullar. I'zziuh appears to have desired
to become supremo pontiff as well as
king, and to exercise the same dual
inactions us the Kgyptlan Pharaoh
were wont to do. He had to disregard
tho direct command of Jehovah that
the priests alone should burn Incense,
on his ultar; ho had to dei-plse the his
tory of his people, to defy the holy
tiaiiie by which he himself was called.
Thus a reign of tltly-two years wa
spoiled iu an hour.
What terrible punishment came to
I'zzluh? Tho inlliction of that most
loathsome, Incurable disease, leprosy.
Thus Miriam had been punished, and
tiehuzi. According to Joseplius, it wan
ut this very moment that the famous
earthquake of I'zzlah's reign occurred.
For tiie rest of his lifo ho lived In a
separata house. It wa-s perhaps some
place In the country to which the king
confined himself. We are not told
whether he repented of the sin that
he had committed; but wu may per
haps a.-sir- tiiat be did so.
The story of Ainu reinforces the
warning that coir.es to us from the
story of Czziali. The prldo of Abas
was pride of opinion; that of I'zzah
wus pride In accomplishment. Prldo
may spring from good looks, fine
clothes, plenty of money, a keen Intel
lect, distinguished social position.
hoy n.ay be vain of his ball playing
and a girl of her white hands. What
ever may be the source of It, prldo i
ulwuys a terribb? danger.
It alienates from un tho sympathy
and uffivtton of others. No one loves
a proud 1 orson. It bunt's our eyes
to our real condition. Vt t. think we
are stronger or brighter cr better than
we are. it shuts us away from the
sources of wisdom nnd strength, be
cause we do not ft el that we ticod
strength or wisdom. Tho most learned
teacher cannot teach a sell-sullkient
scholar, who thinks that ho "knows It
nil." Worst of all, It shuts us away
from God. Only those thut will hum
ble themselves and become like little
children can filter hia Mrgdom. Tho
meek inherit tue earth, and the poor
lu spirit luherit bevt-n.