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A STRONG DISCOURSE ENTITLED,
YMAN’S CONDITION: GOD'S REMEDY.”
: An Address Delivered at the Mildmay
Conference by Sir Robert Anderson, K.
: C. B., LL, D.~The Spiritual Helpless-
| néss and Hopelessness of Man.
|i” Loxpow, Exaravp.—The following ad-
i dress, entitled, *Man’s - Condition], God’s
Remedy,” was delivered at the Mildmay
' Conference by Sir Robert Anderson, K. C.
ddd.
The special subject assigned to me is
“The Spiritual Helplessness of Man by
Nature, and the New Birth From Above,”
I am“not here to defend the dogmas that
thealogy has based upon this truth. What
concerns us is the truth itself. I say this
with emphasis, because of what is puss-
ing around us. : j
{And ‘this should be our position in re-
gard to all the great doctrines of faith.
The age of creeds is passed. In days of
chivalry, when men had respect for truth
an onor, creeds shut out those who
could not honestly accept them. But now
they avail. nothing to protect the gold
against {thieves and robbers.” Men. will
‘publicly, and in. the most solemn way,
pledge their belief in every Christian
truth in order: to gain office in our
churches; and as spon as they secure the
prestige and pay. which- office affords, they
fuse the pulpits to*attack the very truths
they aré pledged and subsidized to defend.
This being so, lev us abandon the out-
works of our creeds, and, falling back
upon the Bible, stand four-square in its
defense.
In this spirit I approach my subject. I
am not ignorant of what theology teaches
about human depravity, nor of the contro-
versies respecting it which preceded the
settlement of our creeds. But on this
platform I will recognize no authority save
an open Bible. My reason for saying this
is because here, as on many other ques-
tions, the opponents of the truth owe their
vantage ground to what is called Chris
tian doctrine on the subject. For the
doctrine is inconsistent with facts, where-
as between truth and fact conflict is im-
possible.
A natural man, i. e., a man who has
not experienced the new birth, and who
has not the Spirit of God, may live a
life of the highest morality and rectitude.
Scripture testifies that in these qualities
the Apostle Paul made no advance after
his conversion. It is no answer to this
to say that in his unconverted days he
came under the external influences of di-
vine truth. The fact remains that they
were unconverted days, and that with
such an environment he was able to main-
tain. such a life of purity and piety ‘and
zeal, albeit he was spiritually dead in sins.
‘He: took to religion as another man might
take to pleasure, or to study,.or to trade,
or to drink. But in this, as he himself
declares, he was only following his natural
bent— ‘the desires of the flesh and of the
mind.”
Neither is ft an’ objection that such a
case is exceptional. VWhat man has done
men may do. If the Fall made it impos-
gible for men to live pure and upright
lives, in would be unjust in God to judge
them for their vices.
There are two great standards or prin-
ciples of divine judgment. With those
who hear the Gospel, the consequences of
accepting or rejecting Christ are final and
irreversible. As for the rest, men will be
judged by the law of their being, whether
as stamped on heart or conscience, or as
formulated in express commands at Sinai.
THE NATURAL MAN.
The first three chapters of Romans claim
notice here. he first chapter describes
the condition in which the mass of the
heathen world was sunk even in days
when the tide of human progress and cul-
ture was at the flood, and when, more-
over, the great religious cults of classic
Paganism held up a standard of life as
high as any that apostate Christendom
presents—cnlts of which one at least had
such spiritual vitality that three centuries
afterwards it bid fair to supplant Chris-
tianity as the religion (I am not speak-
ing of the true Christianity of the true
Church of God) maintained its ascend-
ancy, it was first by penal laws of ex-
treme severity, and second by adopting
the chief characteristic rites and errors
of the Paganism which it thus persecuted.
These things need stating if we are to
understand aright the closing words of
the first chapter of Romans. The vile
practices of the heathen world were not
due to ignorance. They knew that their
deeds were evil. They knew the judg-
ment of God, that they who practiced such
things were worthy of death, and yet they
practiced them.
. But the case of Saul of Tarsus: was
wholly different. If what men call con-
peience were the arbiter of human con-
duct; if that were right which a man
honestly believed to be right, his was a
erfect life. As judged by any and every
uman standard, Saul of Tarsus was a:
pattern saint; but as judged by God he
was a pattern sinner. And if you read
‘he middle verses of Romans 3 intelligent-
¥, this is the lesson you will learn from
them: It is God’s estimate of the life
of the natural man at his best—the life of
the upright, pious, zealous Jew under law.
Tor that which is highly esteemed among
men is abomination in the sight of God.’
The story is told of the first Duke of
Cambridge, that when, in the reading of
the Decalogue, the Seventh Commandment
was reached, instead of the orthodox re-
Spop%e; he answered, in an aside, that was
ainly audible, “I never did that.” But
ere was a man who could make a like
response to every commandment in the
ecalogue. ‘As touching the righteous-
ness that is in the law, blameless.” Such
was his pround boast.
You will say, perhaps, that this only
roves that he was utterly blind and dead.
ut that is precisely what I am insisting
on; that so far is it from the truth that
human nature is hopelessly corrupt and
depraved, as men judge of corruption and
depravity, that a natural man may live a
life that would put to shame half the
saints in the calendar. By a course of un-
Christian asceticism and severe penances
for “punishing the body,” these calendar
saints attained to what men deem saint-
ship. But to this ‘man saintship was as
natural as sin was to many of the saints
of the calendar.
One of the tests which people hold to be
final is that man shall “do his best.”
What more can possibly be expected of
him? This man *‘did his best,” and his
best was a “record” that has never been
beaten. What purity of life was his!
What piety! What burning zeal! What
self-sacrificing devotion to what he be-
lieved to be the cause of God! But looking
back upon it all, he writes, “Who was be-
fore a blasphemeér.” And what a Dblas-
phemer!
And so, when he comes under the Divine
searchlight, he declares himself the chief
of sinner Scanning the long line of all
the sinners of the race, he takes his place
at their head, “of whom I am the first.”
If these were not the words of an in-
spired Apostle in an inspired epistle, we
might suspect exaggeration. And yet they
only express the well recognized principle
that privilege increases responsibility and
responsibility deepens guilt. Of course he
knew no better. But that only made his
case the worse, for if ever there was a
man who ought to have known better it
was he. And so he takes his place as
“chief of sinners.” And he humbly adds,
“1 obtained mercy.”
And he repeats this. For he was twice
mercied. It is not (God's way to put
slasphemers into the ministry. And so, as
he thinks of the Lord’s ‘“‘exceeding abun-
dant grace’’ in calling him to the apostle-
ship, he says, “I obtained mercy, because | self shall be with us.
I did it ignorantly in belief.” But for a !
lost, dead sinner a plea like this avails
absolutely nothing. For such, the one
and only plea is “that Christ Jesus came
into the world .to save sinners.” v
THE WORK OF REDEMPTION.
The Epistle to the Romans goes on to
unfold the doctrine of salvation. Sin ar-
raigns the sinner before the Divine judg-
ment seat, and he stands there as guilty
and doomed. Salvation therefore can only
be through redemption, and redemption
must be by bload. But asi we have seen,
sin has another aspect: it corrupts and
depraves. the whole spiritual .being. The
sinner therefore needs a new nature. He
must be born again, born from' above.
But these truths must never be separat-
ed. The Spirit's work depends upon the
work of Christ. Hence the emphasis with
which we are told that Christ came by
water and blood; not by water alone, but
by" water and blood——as the R. V. renders
it, “by the water and the blood.”
We all know what the blood means. We
are “redeemed by the precious blood’ of,
Christ as of .a lamb without blemish and
without spot.” But some of us are much
at sea about the water. The water and
the blood are figurative expressions." But
the figures are. typical. And if we under-
stand the types; both will turn our
thoughts to the sacrifice of Calvary. The
water was ‘“‘the water of purification” of
Numbers 19. Water that owed its cere-
monial efficacy to the sin offering. - But
the sin offering was only for a redeemed
people; a people already redeemed by the
blood of the Paschal Lamb. Wlen the
Lord returns in. blessing to Israel, then,
as Ezekiel 36 teaches us, He will come “by
the water.” But this is because His first
coming was not by the water only, but
by the water and the blood. The blood
has already been shed, redemption is ac-
complished. . tint rem
The two, I repeat, must never be sepa-
rated. And as redemption is altogether
God’s work, so also is the new birth. Like
the Apostle’s ministry (Gal. 1: 1, R. V.),
it is ‘not from. men, neither through
man.” No ordinance or ‘sacrament” has
anything to do with it. Men can’ fix time
and place for ordinances, for ordinances’
relate to earth; but the new birth is from
ahove, The Spirit breathes where He
wills. : ¥
It is to this thirtyssixth chapter of Eze-
kiel that these words of Christ refer.
Three elements in the new birth are speci-
fied in the prophecy: ! Sb
(1) “I will sprinkle clean water’ upon
you, and ye shall be clean.” (v. 259) ;
(2) SI. will give you a new heart.”
v. 26. % . : :
(38) “And I will put My Spirit within.
you” (v. 27.) ts
“THE WATER OF REGENERATION.”
In Matt. 19:28, the time: of its’ fulfill-,
ment for the man is designated. by..the
Tord as “The Regeneration.” And in, the
only other passage in the New Testament
where that word occurs, it is used in con-
nection, with “the water of purification’
and the Ezekiel prophecy. I allude of
course’ to Titus 3:5: “He saved us by
the washing of regeneration and’ renew-
ing of the Holy Ghost.” The word’ here
used is loutron. - It is m¥s-rendered
“washing,” for it is a noun substantive
and not a verb; and the R. V. gloss’ (mar-
gin) is misleading, for loutron is mever
used in the Greek Bible for “the layer.”
But in the Greek Version of Eeclus. 34:25
it is used for the vessel which held “the
water of purification.” ots 42
But to return te the Divinely appointed
rite of the Jewish religion, What was the
symbolism of the water? Scripture itself
supplies the answer. The word loutron,
ike the word “regeneration,” occurs -onl
twice in the New Testament. I have al-
ready spoken of Titus 3:5; the other pas-
sage is Eph. 5:26. Christ gave Himself
for the Church, “that He might sanctify
and cleanse it with the loutron of water
by the Word.” ‘In the type the. Israelite
reached the sacrifice by means of the wa-
ter; in the antitype the believer reaches
the sacrifice by means of the Word. Hence
the language of Scripture, “the loutron of
water in the Word.” The water of puri-
fication was, as we have seen, the water of
regeneration; and it is by the Word that
the sinner is born again to God. It has
nothing to do with mystic arts or shib-
boleths after the pattern of ancient Pa-
ganism. ‘“We are born again’ (as the in-
spired Apostle teaches) “by the Word of
od”’—“the living and eternally abiding
Word of God.” x
And to guard against all possibility of
error or misapprehension, it is added,
“And this is the Word which by the Gos-
pel is preached unto you’—preached, as
he had already declared, “with the Holy
Ghost sent down from Heaven.” Not
the Spirit without the Word, nor the
Word without the Spirit, but the Word
preached in the power of the Spirit. |
In all this the truth of Christianity is
the counterpart and complement of the
teaching of the Old Testament. How can
sinners, helpless, hopeless, dead — as dead
as dry bones scattered on the earth—be
born again to God? “Can_ these bones
live?’ was the question which: led the
prophet to cast himself on God. - And the
37th chapter of Ezekiel gives the answer:
Preach to them. Call upon them to hear
the Word of the Lord.” (v."4).~ This is
man’s part; or if anything more remains
it is “Prophecy unto the breath”—pray
that the Spirit may breathe upon these
dead. 1e rest is (God’s work altogether.
For “the Spirit breathes when He wills.”
Men preach: the Spirit breathes; and
the dry bones live. Thus it is that sinners
are born again.—London Christian.
Look Ahead,
There is glory for the time to come. ‘A
reat many people seem to forget that the
est is before us. Dr. Bonar once said
that everything before the true believer is
“glorious.” This thought took - hold on
my soul, and I began to look the matter
up and see what I could find in Scripture.
that was glorious hereafter.
I found that the kingdom we are going
to inherit is glorious; our crown is to be a
“crown of glory;” the city we are going to
inhabit is the city of the glorified; the
songs we are going to sing are the songs of
the glorified; we are to wear garments of
“glory and beauty;” our society will be
the society of the glorified; our rest is to
e ‘“glorious;” the country to which we
are going is to be full of the glory of God
and of the Lamb. :
There are many who are always looking
on the backward path and mourning over
the troubles through which they have
passed; they keep lugging the cares and
anxieties they have been called on to bear
and are forever looking at them. Why
should we go reeling and staggering under
the burdens and cares of life when we have
such glorious prospects before us?—D. L
Moody.
The Opposer of Christ.
An unloving spirit is the worst treachery
to Christ that we can offer. How oiten do
those who are full of good works for the
Lord stop to think of this? The harsh
word spoken by the busy teacher or super-
intendent or pastor is a travesty on the
profession such a one makes. Ior Christ
1s one with God, and God is love. Unlove
is anti-Christ. We cannot serve Christ
while unlove for any child of His is in our
hearts or words. “And if 1 have the gift
of prophery, and know all mysteries and
all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so
as to remove mountains, but have not love,
I am nothing. And if I bestow all my
goods to feed the poor, and if I give my
body to be burned, hut have not love, it
profiteth me nothing.” “This is My com-
mandment, that ye love one another.”
Pray For Holiness.
Let our prayer be ever for more holiness
and more fitness for the kingdom. Then
shall the tabernacle of God be with men,
and we shall be His people, and God Him-
Cocoanut Macaroons. :
Mix two cups of. grated cocoanut
with a cup and a half of powdered su-
gar and enough cream to wet the mix-
ture, Add the beaten whites ‘of two
eggs and beat the' mixture thoroughly.
Line a bakihg pan with buttered paper
and drop the mixture upon the paper
by the spoonful, Bake quickly, sifting
powdered sugar over the macaroons
while they are: still warm. .: «= = o
How to Make Coffee. .
The easiest and quickest way is to
make it with cold water. Allow four
table-spoonfuls of coffee to one quart
of water; if you can spare Half an egg
or have an eggshell, add’ to the coffee
in the pail or pot, pour the cold water
over it, shake vigorously and set on
hot stones over the bed of coals or
hang ‘on a stout crane; allow it to
come to a boil vigorously three or
four minutes, and settle with two ta-
ble-spoonfuls of cold’ water,
Pickled Grapes.
Pick fresh grapes from the stems
without breaking, and put in a jar for
seven pounds of the fruit, a quart of
vinegar, three pounds. of sugar, a ta-
blespoonful each of whole cloves and
cinnamon sticks; boil the other ingred-
ients together for a few minutes, then
cool till the finger ean be borne in the
liquid. = Pour this upon the grapes,
which are not to be cooked, put a
plate over the mouth of the jar, and
set it in a cool place, where it is not
to be disturbed for two or three weeks.
Pineapple Sauce.:
A delicious hot pineapple saiice to
serve with ice cream is made in this
way: Put a cup of pineapple juice
over the fire with a cup of granulated
sugar and cook 10 minutes. Set'the
saucepan over a dish of hot water, add
the beaten®yolks of two eggs and whip
until foamy. Remove from" ‘the fire
and mix gradually with the ‘beaten
whites of the eggs. 'Pass' with the
ice creanx for each one to help him-.
self or serve on the same dish with
the cream, taking care that it does not
stand a minute, as it would melt the
cream.
Household Helps.
No, odor irom onions will pervade
the house, it is said, if a generous
piece of stale bread is cooked with
them.
Eggs should be kept in a receptacle
to themselves since the shells (when
fresh) are so porous every strong od-
or is absorbed.
.Use a small clam or thin-edged mus-
sel shell for scraping pots and ket-
tles and the. cake turner for cleaning
off the molding board.
When the bars of the fire-grate have
burned red, a little sugar mixed with
the black lead will cause it to adhere
and last for some time.
An ingenious cook has a holder fas-
tened to the dress belt by a long tape
while working in the kitchen, thereby
saving steps and burns.
After a can of condensed milk has
been opened, keep the lid raised, or
better still, cut it off so the contents
will be exposed to the air.
Perch or other small fish are much
better if fried quickly in deep, hot fat.
Larger fish can be fried slowly in a
skillet in hot salt pork fat.
For the meringue on pies use one
tablespoonful of granulated sugar to
the white of one egg.’ It is more satis-
factory than powdered sugar.’
If the cups in which custard is cook-
ed are well buttered before the mix-
ture is turned in, it will be found
much easier to wash the cups.
When sweet corn is served on the
cob, leave a few of the inner husks on
the ear when boiling as it will be much
sweeter and keep warm longer.
Stand the jar to be filled with hot
fruit on a steel knife blade or a cloth
wet with very hot water and there
will be no danger of a broken jar.
A novel pickle is made by combining
sweet corn and cabbage, each cooked
separately then scaldéd in sweet spic-
ed vinegar and canned for winter
use. > hu
The novice should memorize this
rule: white meats well done, dark
meats underdone, except in fowls
which should always be thoroughly
cooked. -
One of those “in” and “out” regis-
ters in the front hall and a little care
on the part of the members of the
household to keep them adjusted will
save the maid many unnecessary steps
as well as much valuable time to the
caller.
Folks who like the decoration on
chinaware to be in keeping with the
use to which the dish is to be put will
probably fancy some recent additions
to the vegetable dish group in the
form of asparagus platters and plates,
each adorned with a bunch of aspar-
agus, with a few radishes in the cen-
ter.
A long box, preferably a low pack-
ing case, will be found a great con-
venience by the woman who has not a
regularly fitted up sewing room. In
this she can place an unfinished skirt
at full length without danger of hav-
ing it crushed during the intervals of
work. Provided with a lid and cov
ered with cretonne, it can pass for a
divan without a hint of its utilitarian
purpose.
OLDEST LIVING THING.
A Cypress Tree in Mexico Over 6000
Years of Age.
A statement recently made that
there are vews in England that are
the oldest living things on this earth
is not correct.
These yews are old, very, very old;
there is no doubt about that. Some
of them’ were stalwart trees even he-
There is cne now standing im the
chufchyard at Fertingal, in: Pertn-
shire, which Decandole nearly: a: cen-
tury .ago proved to the satisfaction. of
botanists to be over twenty-five cen-
turies old, and another at Hedsor, in
Buclas, which is 3240 vears old. How
Decandole arrived at an apparently
correct estimate of the enormous age
of these living trees is a simple thing,
and the principle is doubtless well
known today to all. The yew, like
most other trees, adds one line (about
one-tenth of an inch) to its circum:
ference each year. He proved this
after an investigation extending over
several vears, and we know now, 10u
years later, that his deductions were
correct. The old yew at Hedsor has
a trunk twentv-seven feet in diame-
ter, proving its great age, and it is in
a flourishing, healthy condition now,
like its brother at Fortingal.
Their years . are few, though, com-
pared with those of the trees I had
in mind when I made my first asser-
tion that the statement printed about
them in a scientific journal was incor-
rect. In one chapter of his writings
Humboldt refers to a gigantic baobab
tree in Central Africa as the ‘oldest
organie monument” in the . world.
This tree has a trunk 29 feet in dia-
meter, and Adanson, by a series of
careful measurements, demonstrated
conclusively that it had lived for no
less than 5150 years.
* Still it is not the oldest organic
monurhent in the world, as Humboldt
declared, for now Mexican scientists
have proved that a huge cypress tree,
standing in Chapultepec, with &
trunk.118 feet and 10 inches in cir-
cumference, is. older than it—older,
too, by more than a thousand years—
for it has been shown as conclusively
as these things can be shown that its’
age ‘is about 6260 rears.
impressed with wonder over this, one
has only to dwell on that duration for
a- little’ while in thought.
Yet it is not so
one stons for a moment to remember
‘that, given favorable conditions for
its growth. and substance, the aver-
age tree will never die of old age—its
death is merely an accident. Other
younger and more vigorous trees may
spring up near it, and perhaps rob its
roots of their prover nourishment;
insects may kill it, floods or winds
may sweep it away, or its roots may
come in contact with rock and be-
come so gnarled and twisted because
they have not room to expand in
their growth that they literally throt-
tle the avenues of its sustenance;
but these are accidents. If such
things do not hapoen a tree may live
on for century after century, still ro-
bust, still flourishing.—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Indian Convicts! Strange Delusion.
The number of convicts who have
succeeded in making their escape
from the Andamans is.comparatively
small, the natural difficulties of al-
most impenetrable jungle with which
the islands are densely covered and
the the stretch of sea separating them
from the Indian or Burman mainland
presenting almost insurmountable ob-
stacles to the’ enterprising runaway.
Among a large number of the con-
valent that the Andamans are in reali-
ty a part of the mainland of India,
the long sea vayage being merely a
ruse on the part o fthe Sirkar, which
endeavors to deceive them as to the
real position of the settlement hy
making the ship that brings them go
round in a circle for several days be-
fore landing them in the harbor of
Port Blair. Many of them according-
ly are firmly convinced that if they
can only succeed in making their way
through the belt of the jungle that
hedges them in they must eventually
find themselves back in their own
country and not even the disastrous
fate of the misguided few who from
time to time make the attempt, only
to perish miserably of starvation or
by an Andamanese arrow, is sufficient
to discourage them or to destroy their
faith in this astonishing delusion.—
Madras Mail.
Kissing the Blarney Stone.
Last year, while in the south of Ire
land, I paid a visit to Blarney castle
and while there had the queer experi:
ence of kissing the Blarney stone, fa-
mous in song and story,
One of our narty, having gone
through the ordeal before, volunteered
to kiss the stone first and show us
how it is done. When it is under
stood that you are attempting to kiss
a stone set in the outside wall, and
you on the inside, one can guess that
it is no easy task. It is best to take
off your coat and watch and chain and
empty your pockets. There is an
opening, as it were, in the floor. You
dit on the edge of this, catch hold of
two bars in the wall and lower your:
self backward down the opening till
you are able to stretch out and reach
the stone. As you do this the rest 6f
the party hang on to your legs.
The precaution of taking off the
watch and chain and removing money
from your pockets is a very wise one,
as you have to hang head downward
to get at the stone.—The Gael.
Before the Paris Academy of Sci-
ences, M. Bouchard stated that mice
exposed to emanations from radium
! died in six hours.
fore Caesar landed on those shores.
To become
remarkable when
victs there is a curious belief pre--
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
TERRORIZED SCHOOL.
Boy Carries Weapons to School and
is Arrested and Sent to Juvenile
Court.
wi ow Lagi oar
When ordered to be quite by a
teacher in the Wylie ‘avenue sc¢hool,
Washington, Charles Branch, aged 11
years, drew’ @ pair of knucklers from
his pocket’ and made for the instruc-
tor. = Another pupil interfered and
was dealt a stunning blow. Young
Branch then drew a razor and a re-
volver and terrorized the entire
school, threatening: teacher and pu-
pils with death. He . was arrested
and turned over to the Juvenile
Court.
In imitation’ of lynchings in ~ the
South, seven boys, in Franklin, came
near burning John Haney, 15 years
old, alive at the stake. The lads cap-
tured Haney and tied him to a post.
They then poured oil on a pile cf
leaves two feet from the stake and
applied a match. Enveloped in
smoke, the lad succeeded after a
while’ in’ breaking the rope. The
prank was reported to the police, who
brought the boys before Alderman
McVay. On account of their youth
they were not prosecuted, being let
off with a reprimand.
With the forehead crushed and
throat cut, the body of 4-year-old
Michael , Mayerski, who was kidnap-
ped near his home in, Phoenixville,
28 miles from Philadelphia, by men
supposed to be gypsies, was found to-
day in an abandoned farm house a
few miles from Vallew. . In connec-
tion with the crime six. gypsies were
arrested. by Chief of Police Carter,
of Phoenixville, and, several consta-
bles, and after an exciting time the
prisoners were lodged in the jail at
that place.
The Scottdale board of health, dis-
covered that some: :of the : streams
leading into the Green Lick reservoir,
from which Scottdale gets its water
supply, were contaminated by typhoid
germs. Recent cases of typhoid fev-
er in town led to an investigation and
several cases of the disease were
found in houses above the reservoir.
Joseph” Eckley and wife, of Beile-
fonte, have worked hard for! several
years to get ‘a home. They were to
make the last payment of $90 oa it
last Tuesday.: Monday night a burg-
lar entered the house- and secured
the money from under the "pillow cn
which Mrs. Eckly was sleeping. Mr.
Eckley gave chase, but the burglar
escaped into the mountain.
Six workmen were severely injured
in a hand car wreck on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad near Wampum. All
were brought to the hospital at New
Castle. The worst hurt’ were for-
eigners. One hand car was following
the other closely when the first one
jumped the track, allowing the other
to crash into it.
Seif Newcomer, 24 years old, was
killed and John Ward, 13 years old,
was severely hurt when the wagon in
which they were riding was struck
by a Pittsburg, Virginia and Charles-
ton railroad train at a grade cross-
ing at Charleroi.” One of the horses
was killed, while the other. animal
had to be shot.
Edwin Mills, a negro, who made a
murderous attack on Emma Love, a
sister of Judge John G. Love, of
Center county, cone “week ago on a
road near Tyrone, was sentenced to
nine years in the penitentiary. Mills
was acquitted of a similar crime last
June, the jury disagreeing. He con-
fessed this time.
Commissioners of Somerset county
opéned bids for the $250,000 Court
House bond issue. = The whole issue
was sold to Kountze Bros. of New
York, the highest bidders, for $266,-
627.50. The bonds bear 4 per cent
interest and are in denominations
of $1,000. Four may be redeemed
each year. ! :
P. F. McCann has been awarded
the contract by the State Bureau of
Highways for the first stretch of road
to be improved in° Westmoreland
county under the provisions of the
Sproull bill. The road begins at
Greensburg and extends northeaster-
ly four miles. ‘The cost will be ap-
proximately $31,000.
Greensburg is to have a public
park. Dr. Frank Cowan, announc-
ing that he intended to bequeath his
farm of about 100 acres, lying a mile
west of town, for that purpose. Dr.
Cowan has been in poor health for
several weeks, and has concluded to
leave the farm. ?
Surveys have been begun for a rail-
road from Monongahela to Zollars-
ville, to .be buiit by the Pittsburg &
Buffalo Company. The road will tap
a rich territory and will make connec-
tions at Ellsworth with the Mononga-
hela & Washington road.
The dead body of Mrs. Susan Swan-
nager was found in a run, near Rog-
ersvilie. Mrs. Swannager disappeared
on Saturday evening. She was 70
vears old and leaves two children.
The bleached bones of an unknown
two miles
road Com-
pany additional freight
employing 72 men, on the
Crews,
idd sion between Altoona and
national
borough
the old
Uniontown
naving of
from the
li to the Fayette Cc y Home
has been completed.—Typhoid fever
is demic in the Gilmore addition
o Uniontown. There are about 20
cases.
A foreign miner was severely burn-
an explosion of gas in the Eu-
mine at Port Royal. The fire
put out before much dama
property was done.
Samuel Mitchell, of New Castle, a
contractor, was painfully burned
while rescuing a quantity of dynamite
from his burning barn.
ed by
clid
was to
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BABYLONIAN SCHOOLS.
Discoveries Prove That They Were
Much Like Ours.
Schiel, the French archaeclogist,
has unearthed, in the ruins of a Ba-
bylonian town of Sippara, a perfect
schoolroom with all the materials for
writing and instruction. Lessons
were taught and learned in this Ba-
bylonian school rcom 4,000 years ago,
much in the same manner as they are
to-day. Where Sippara once stood
is now only a mound of earth cover-
ed with potsherds, but beneath :the
surface Schiel has found bits of walis
and remnants of houses and public
buildings. The most interesting find,
however, was that of a school located
in a house opposite the temple. Clay
tablets, the predecessors of our modern
slates, are abundant. Ora tablet
bore the inscription: .
“He «who distinguishes himself in
the .school of writing. will shine even
as the sun.” e :
The school house contained seven
rooms, one being filled with clay tab-
lets arranged in regular order. Most
of the tablets," being unbaked, the in-
scriptions have become undeciphera-
ble, but many of the tablets are as per-
fect in condition as childish Babylon
fan hands. Some of them when laid
aside 40 centuries’ ago by = tablets
bore hymns written.in the oldest Su-
merian—that is, the pre-Semitic Tur=.
anian language, of Babylonia. dthers’
contained primers, dictionaries and
arithmetical problems.
Some of the tablets had evidently
served as ‘‘copy books,” as was prov-
ed by the beautiful clearness of the
letters. These were used for class
exercise. On several of the tablets
could be seen how the pupils had
scratched out faulty writing, smooth-
ing the clay over again with a stylus.
All the dated texts that Schiel found’
bore the name of King Hammurabi,
about whom the recent controversy
between Prof. Deitzsch and the Kai-
ser arose, and from this date it is
known the school was used as late as
21 centuries ago. Despite the dif-
ficulty of cuneiforming writing the
tablets show the pupils were bright.—
Brooklyn Eagle. 3
Some of the leading French states-
men, including Rouvier, Combes and
Trouillot, have given their sanction
to the socialists scheme of grant
ing every person aged over 60 a pen-
sion of. $72 a year. This scheme, if
carried out, would cost the country
$60,000,000 a year. i
Plenty of ‘Rats Left.
On the docks of London in one year
76,800 rats have been?destroyed, but
the medical officer of health for the
port is doubtful whethey that was as
much as the natural increase of
births. over deaths,~and more vigorous
measures are to. be taken.
There are 67,000 more men’ than
women in Michigan and the State does
not like to be reminded that there are
more Michiganders than Michigeese.
The number of divorces in Prussia
in 1902 was 5,278. The percentage’
was from twice to ten times as. high
in Berlin as elsewhere.
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