SIBERIAN CITIES.
1 bunch Proaprrlaii Thrjr Xrrer
tliele. Srrm Hull and 1
prmlng. Perhaps the most curious feature of
all Siberian cities and villages is the
quiet of them, gays Anna N. lienjaiuin,
Hi Ainl-e's. The American finds it de
pressing. Tho places seem half dead,
yet they are alive and thriving. Our
conception of prosperity in new cities
it so associated with the clang of the
trolley, tho smoke of the factory, the
weird wrf things of the steam siren, and
the bustle of the population, that it is
hard for us to realize that prosperity
may exist in a place of dead calm.
Vladivistok, Khabarovsk, Wajjovest
ehensk and Irkutsk all present the
same feature. Klajjovestcheusk, in
tho heart of eastern Siberia, on the
Junction of the Zeya river with the
Amur, is, perhaps, the most interest
ing city. On the central square of the
city, where the market is, face two
large department stores which for size,
beamy of architecture and variety of
stock would do credit fo any American
city. The bauk buildings, the museum,
and other business and government
houses, aru of brick or stone. Oood
schools have been established, so that
it is pOSsibls for a boy here, as well as
in all Siberian cities, to reecho a thor
ough education. In Vladivostok B
training school for eastern diplomats
turns out graduates accomplished in
oriental languages to begin their ca
reers as interpreters or secretaries of
legation.
CARRIED GRANDMA'S PICTURE
Prince Henry of Prnasln. Who Anton.
lshed the Captain sf a Trutl-
Inn Ship.
Pome time ago when Prince Henry
of Prussia, who, us all know, is the
grandson of Queen Victoria, was at
llnng-Konfr, the captain of a British
trading steamer Sailing out of that port
was walking hround the. gravintrdoek
in which the prin 's flagship was be
ing b' ushed up. when he saw an officer
binding near the gangway leading
from the qua- to the ship, and being
curious to have a look over the ves
sel, he saluted with a "'flood-morning,
eir," and okud if he had any objec
tion to his having a walk through the
ship.
"Not at nil," replied the officer. "T
(hull be delighted to escort you round."
After showing him over the different
parts of the warship the officer took
the captain into his cabin. He offered
him a cigar and a glass of wine, and
they had quite a friendly chat together.
Before leaving the captain happened
to glance round the cabin and saw
a photo of Victoria, Said he to the
officer:
"I notice you have a photograph of .
the queen of England."
' "Yes," said the officer, "T always
t;rij uub ui my granumouier s pic
tures with me."
W, the Captain's feelings were when
nd that he had been en camar
ileri with tie admiral, Prince ITenry
of Prussia, can be bet ter imagined than
described.
RAINED BATS AKD HAWKS.
Duts Blew Aboard Ilie Ship from
the East, and the Hunks from
the West.
i
The steamship Curityba, which ar
rived at New York the other day from
Cuban ports, had a weird experience
With wingtd things on her trip up the
coast. When she was olT Mntanzos an
off-shore gale, permeated with tropical
moisture, piled the combers about In r.
On the blast came thousands of land
birds and big bats. Mate Bregman says
the bats literally covered the ship,
rou ting on all the rails, lie says they
appeared to be a "cross between u vam
pire and 11 squirrel." When the weather
moderated and dawn came the bats
were near enough lo one of the lia
hanias to venture leaving the ship.
A hundred or more miles oil' Florida
the Curityba was visited by what the
seventh mate, who is English, declares
as a flock of "heaglea." The eighth
mate says he believes they were
"howls," und the ninth mate positively
asserts that they were " 'awks." What
ever they may be called, Capt. Hoppe
ainl his men captured two of then;,
which measure, according to the new
ultramarine reporter who was sent out
by the ship news experts to get the
yarn, "about eight feet from tip to tip."
There were altogether 30 eagles or
hawks or owls in the llock.
BRITISH LIKE CHEAP PAPERS.
The IncreaalBK I'oiiularltr t lluir-Ian-
Sheafs May Abolish
Reading" lluumi.
The revolution which the half-penny
tibwspuper has wrought in this country
was one of the questions miscd at tho
Library association's meeting held iu
Dtistol recently. Sir Rdward Fry gave
tho presidential address and urged
those who have the control of libraries
to discourage the frivolous use of books
end to stimulate serious effort in the
Pursuit of knowledge.
Durfhg a discussion, on the svrbjoct of
ssssss SB sicUse Hutwriea, wUsb sat
V present rsgnlatrd by set of paxlin-
eient, ft was urged that the tamo had
SUM to UbsAU library authorities
from the resitrietions at presami tm-
Cad upon them, says the London
1. The hadf-suusnfjumpaMr topic
sna a -us w as- sStmit,. -.. -
pssat, wise said ua. L a .. . ef
islldassissjr raassss sdlag
sbsbS) SBifM vsssj well be (Uipesvsod
Jth la fulU Utossi'ea sssd their stosos
UMsed for TsiSjire pry ism. Us es
Psrienoo showed that In many ease
sews rooms were the resort of men
bo went there with the object of
nothing but betting intern-
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COULD NOT BE PHOTOGRAPHED
Rallrnml Men at Philadelphia Pro
tected HISS Helen Uonld from
the Camera r-Aenda.
When Miss Helen Gould visited the
tent h annual convention of the railroad
department of the Young Men's Chris
lion association at Philadelphia some
weeks ago the newspaper artists were
hound to sketch her as she appeared at
Mu reception. To this Miss Gould ob
jected strenuously, but the artists were
not routed until ths railroad men
threatened to demolish the photograph
ers' expensive camera and tear up tho
artists' cardboards. A score of news
paper photographers aud artists ap
peared at the Y. M. C. A. building early
and were informed that they could not
enter with their machines.
A dom burly railroad men were ap
pointed to smash all cameras found in
side the building and tear up all artists'
materials. The piaturc men then wait
ed outside. When Miss Gould urrived
with Mrs. Sau'e a flank movement was
made and their carriage, was driven
around to a side entrance.
The nun of pictures rushed to the
side door, but upon arriving there
found the Women surrounded by over
SO tall men, who formed a bodyguard
clear into the building, shutting the
cameras out completely.
In the crush to close out the picture
men Miss Gould und Mrs. Sag-o were
almost crushed themselves. They
m i med amazed at the excitement at
lirst. but soon learned the cause and
helped to deprive Uiu picture nmu of
snap shots.
HOME FOR SCHOOL-TEACHERS,
wltserlaad win Found a pinee
W here 'l'bey t un Spend Thel
Vacations.
The Swiss educators aro taking ac
tive measures looking toward tho
founding of a lehrerheim, or home for
school-teachers during their holidays.
upon the model of the admirable eisen-banner-helm,
or home for railway
workers, on the Grubisbalra, upon the
slopes of the Kiyi, midway between
Vltznau aud the Kaltbad, says a for-;
eign correspondent of the Chicago
Chronicle. The hotel on the Qrubis
balm, hich owes its initiative entirely
to u committee of workers on the'
Swiss railways, has now been open for
three or four years. Any railway man,
or member of a railway man's family, I
i . be exc ntlj lodgl d and boarded
there at a cost of three to three and
one-half francs a day. The econouiie.il
question is exhaustively treated in a
little pamphlet circulating amongst
tho teachers in the Swiss common
schools. If the railway workers can
"help themselves" to so successful ft
cooperative hotel and pension, why
cannot their educators do the same?
asks llerr Walt, the writer of the pam
phlet. The railway workers' home on
the Hiri not. Anlv nnvs Us exnetisea. !
but st the end of the last season showed
a profit of 1,300 ' aufla, which is ex
pected to increase as it becomes more
widely used. The German school-masters
in Silesia have already provided
themselves with a similar cooperative
hotel and pension in the Schreiberhau.
ALL WANT TO BE HEROES.
Rivalry a mount iirituh Soldiers
I'll. in the Veltlt In South
Africa.
A great rivalry exists among the
private soldiers in South Africa for the
honor of performing ihe mosit heroic'
di ed of the campaign. The most dra-;
matic feat of the war. perhaps, wra the
hoisting of the union jack over l'rc
toria, and it is interesting to note that
this was done by a man who is often
described as the richest man In Eng
land the duke of Westminster. It is
the lirst notable thing the young duke
has done since his secession, and he
well deserved his reward a cigar
handed to him by hold Robertson be
half of a lover of the weud at home.
The flag at I'loemfontein was hoisted
by Viscount Acheson, son of Lord Gos- 1
port, though the honor has been
claimed for Lord Herbert Scott. The
first man to enter Mafeking on its re
lief wtis "Karri" Davies, who received
I'M) from a I.iverpiol merchant as his
reward. It is pleasing to know that
Davies is an Australian, as was the
first man to enter Bloemfontein, Mr.
Donohoe, a correspondent. The first
colonial V. C. was T rooper Morris. So
far nobody has succeeded in winning
the "! offered in Melbourne to the
man who would first lay his hands on
President Kruger.
NEW ARMORED TRAINS
Are Beslcaed lo Traverse a Coun
try Where There Are No
Uullronds.
Two new armored trains, intended
for use in a country where there are
BO rails or permanent ways, have lately
been placed upon the establishment at
Aldershot. bach consists of a locomo
tive or tract ion engine, and four trucks,
all of which aro painted the now fa
miliar but ever unlovely khaki. The
locomotives, which are of exceedingly
powerful cunntruction, are oomplt tely
ensed with steel, the vital parts being
(ac-sefetlVy ; inil. Aa tsresaeets ae
r.v -i.nfiii of pvissn eo4 ssirross.
somewhat niter the nisnnee of the
camera obsousa. enables ths driver In
itio ths db sT'Uio engine to see with
out being seen or In any wuy exposing
himaaaf. Tho ssjki im built with
Mi'-V -t-va JfK tMhm (4t are
plrrctrt so. v. m o" ..' st esy
eaOe the seseysmis Us afcssjsjt
Oieca, Thaw ew Moo sjrvid wflh
skits sA either m as foe est oi gusai
and wagons being ran tato the truohs.
The steel sides of ths earriages are so
constructed that wheat necessary they
may tall inward and lie flat on the plat
form of the truck, which can then bo
used for ordinary transport purposes.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Uhud la the International testes for
ovruihrr IS. mini The Ten
I Lepers i'leanaeil.
Prepared by II. C. I.rnlnRton.l
THE I.KSSON TEXT.
1 U.uke 17:11-1.)
' 11. And It came to DSfaa, as tie went to
Jerusalem, that He passed through tho
midst nt lamarta ami Galilee.
1-. And as He entered into a certain vll
'inBO. there met Him ten nun that were
lepers, which stood afar off:
13. And they lit I, U up their voices, und
suid: Jesus, ataater, have mercy on us.
, H. Aiui when He saw them. He said
unto tlu-m: io slow yourselves unto the
prli sts. And It came to pass. that, as they
went, they were cleansed.
16. Anil utiH of them, When he saw that
he was healed, turned back, ui.U with a
.loud voice glorified lied,
I 16. -And he fell down on his face at His
feat, living Him thanks: and he was a
Samaritan.
17. And Jesus answering said: Were there
not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
18. There are not found that returned te
give glory to Qod, save tills Itrangsr,
19. And He said unto him: Arise, ko thy
way: thy talth made theu whole.
OOlaDBM TEXT Be e thankful,
Col. Slid,
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
We have come to March, A. 1). .10, a
time shortly before the crucifixion.
Jesus mid His disciples are on the bor
der linn between Samaria and Galilee,
on the Way from Kphr.iim across the
Jordan, ami down through Perea to
Bethany. The events intervening be
tween this lesson and the last are two:
(1) .lesui raises Lazarus, the brother
of Mary and Martha. (2) lie ret ires to
(Ephrslm, in northern Judeu, till nest
Ihe time for the feast of the Passover,
It Is somewhere on this Journey that
Jesus tnitets the ten lepers.
LESSON ANALYSIS.
The Tn l.prs vs. II -IS.
The Lepers Healed vs. h
a Lessen on Gratitude vs. 16-18,
A Lesson on Faith vs. ly.
The Ten Lepers. - The prominence in
tho Gospel given to the healing oi
leprosy is probably iiue to two facts:
(t) The disease was. and Is to this day,
Invariably (in so far as concerns phys
ical science) fatal and incurable. (2)
Leprosy is a type of sin and its effects.
Like sin. It Is unclean and defiling, It
i contagious. Like sin. It is destruc
tive. William M, rhompson says of the
results nf lepros) that "the hair flails
from the head and eyebrows: the nails
loosen, decay and drop off; joint after
joint of the litr.rors und toes shrink up
and slowly fall away; the gums are ab
sorbed, nnd the teeth disappear; the
'nose, the eves, the tiuiL'iie anil the
palate are slowly consumed." Like sin,
it is often latent, its presence l ot be
ing known to others by any physical
appearance, It is said that modern
medical treatment removes for a long
time the external signs of the disease.
The cure of these leperi has a moral
significance. Science lias not 1 n able
to cure leprosy; science cannot help
the man who is burdened, diseased,
with sin.
The Lepers Healed. They stood
"afar off." because the law protected
the untainted. I!ut they had heard
of Jesus, aud cried to him: "Jesus,
Master, have mercy ou us!" There is
no wji- savb that of love which is so
full of meaning SS that word "mercy,"
and it Implies love of th- most bound
less character. One of the beatitudes
is fur the merciful. It is a Divine qual
ity. Happy Is he who emulates the
Master by showing mercy. In answer
to the ptayer of the lepers Jesus said:
"Go show yourselves to the priests."
This assumed that they were healed.
When a leper was cured lie showed
himself to the priest and so restored
to his former status as a member of
society. It implied n certain amount
of faith on their part that they started.
On the way they were cleansed.
A Lesson ou Gratitude. Trom the
fact that we are told special emphasis
is given (verse 16) to the fact that
the one w ho returned was a .Samaritan
we may fairly imply that the other nine
were Jews. The lesson on this account
was all the more striking. The Samar
itans hated the Jews. A Jew might
have been expected to return to thank
JestlS, Himself n Jew, but it remained
alone for the Samaritan to come back
to own his gratitude to a Jew for his
healing. The Jews, we may take for
granted, saw little connection between
the word of Jesus and the fact that
tiny were healed. The les-on for such
as they is this, that even though one
gives thanks unto God for what can
not be done without the Divine agency,
yet should he be grateful for the kind
Ij wish and word of fellow mm;. The
Samaritan had probably cultivated the
grace of gratitude, and assuming no
more, yet nro we in debt to him for a
lesson we all need to learn.
A Lesson ou Faith. - Yet there was
more than gratitude in the heart of
the Samaritan, for Jesus commends
also his faith. Without faith he could
hot have been healed.
timolol or opposition.
Who that pleads for the King would
not rather face opposition than heart
less acquiescence? Missionaries write
that the Muhsmmedans In Persia have
a way of assenting readily to all they
suy. Here is difficulty almost to hope
lessness. Ezekiel knew it: "And. lo,
thou art unto them as a very lovely
SOng of one that hath a pleasant voice
and can play well on an instrument;
for they hear thy words, but they do
them not." Bitterness Is better tban
fnhwkishness, and cold than lukewann
uess; and contradictions aro worth
wore to boos si people sad their caimm
then esnjjty eoorpUmests.- 8. S. Ttaes.
rim aait Tlilstle.
Our domlnsnt duties determine our
destiny.
Kvery alu bocomes a tiger ou our
track.
BB1 a. , J seV Teay Vg
yi 1 -
oeVs sum iar ui il Hi i ytwm
ha ss seeded she meed.
Oo4 m sod iw tho rollgsoo, the is
nod using both heads to lift up moo.
The raven who failed to retwm to
the ark is a picture of many Christ
tions who, being saved, never; look
back to say so. Barn's Horn.
Fonnd Her Anytinr.
Mrs. TJorem You weren't in when I
called the other day. 1 wrote to you
that I would call. Didn't you get the
letter?
Mrs. Tewkute Why. no. Isn't that
too bad! Are you sure you sent it to
the right address?
Mrs. Borem Oh, yes. I addressed
it to t'Jt North Sixteenth street.
Mrs. Tewkute No, you didn't. You
wrote it "Fifteenth street." Phila
delphia Tress.
Leading i i.
"Before I make any business propo
sition to you, would you mind telling
me just what, your financial condition
is?"
"My business has been established
for 25 years; my yearly profits are
constantly increasing; 1 am known
every-.here, and have unlimited cred
it, and have besides private) property
worth half a million."
"Very good. May 1 ask for tho hand
of your daughter?" N. Y. World.
The Charitable Egotist,
It- was net bull) upon u perfect plan.
Yet never s poke he III of any man.
And Hi. ii n something In these davs. ul-
though
Tie only talked about himself, you know.
Chicago Record.
KEEPING I r" Till: BLUFF.
T3ij im
HS i-.-i
Employer - Wasn't a dollar-fifty
rather a stiff price for that prescrip
tion 1
Clerk Yes; but 1 forgot and let the
customer wait 'nearly an hour! N. Y.
Journal.
Ki letup or mucous items rlcs,
'Tii now the bustling candidate
For ink and pa er reaches;
And with deep study he prepares
His bright, "Impromptu" speeches.
Baltimore Ami rlcan,
lrrl ll Simulation.
"Good night, dearest." ho mur
mured, as ho prepared to go forth into
tuo uurkness iih the cuckoo C10CK
chirped li:13.
"Better stick to facts ami make, it
goodi morning, young man," said a
gruff voice from the top of tho flairs.
Chicago Daily News.
The Fuel.
yAi bu ne,l .1 great ocal
of ... uuigilt oil before you became
eminent us a statesman," said the
friend.
"No, sir," answered Senator Sor
ghum. "I burned mono)," Washing
ton Star.
The Cheerful idiot.
"I am going to win my suit against
the railroad company," said I lie young
lawyer boarder, "It hasn't a leg to
stand on."
"Then, indeed, it mint ! a noteless
corporation." said the Cheerful Idiot.
Indianapolis I'ress.
An lufniii Industry.
Do Writer- What arc you doing
now ?"
Scribbler - Writing (10,000 prize
stories for the Gnat North American
Literary Syndicate.
"What do they pay nil?"
"Ten dollars a week." X. Y. Weekly.
Ills Hull t li.ii.ee.
"Well," said ti e poet, "I never can
he spoiled by praise, nilj w: v."
"No," the critic admitted, "not un
less your stuff Improves wonderfully
in the future." Chicago Times-Herald.
He 'dude u Mile.
"I don't quite like tin- shape of
1 liege shoes."
"They conform precisely to tin
shape of Tour fool, UHlihun, and noth
ing could be more beautiful than
that." Tit-Hits.
Her Revcnu'c'ul Katore.
"I wish I had a voice like yours,"
said her rival, flatteringly.
"Do you really?" said the singer.
"Yes, Indeed, I do; I know some
people I'd sing to every chalice 1 had."
Chicago Post.
A t hen .- ICxtrlcntlon.
"How did you finally get rid of thai
man who wanted you to become a mil
lionaire by letting liim put you in on
the ground floor of a mining scheme?"
"Oh, i gave him "a cent - to buy his
lunch."-Chicago Times-1 b raid.
l'eil to Heavy Burdens,
"1 want to hire half n dozen men
who nro usedi to bearing heavy bur
dens. Do you know of any such?"
"Not especially; but you'll find lots
of married men looking lor n job."
Harpers Hsisr.
A 0aa)a(arn.
She If e man has been married
twiee what will happen if he oboe Id
meet both wives in Heaven?
Me Perhsps he'll wish ho was some
where else. Puck.
JoaJ lo,
lisho4
me- X. n St as a aaeeta,
Bcsserrnis Jomrusl. ,
Alaekt AJait J
Of sll the bores detestable, R'
Ticre's none disliked so well, '
As the one who docs anticipate) .u :
The Joke you start to tell, ; J
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