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THE PULPIT.
A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY
DR. THEODORE L. CUYLER,
(Subject: “The Soul’s Anchors.”
Brooklyn, N. Y.— The Rev. Dr. Theo-
dore L. Cuyler occupied his old pulpit
in Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian
Church, Lafayette avenue and South
Oxford street, Sunday morning. A
very large congregation was present.
Dr. Cuyler, who is now in his eighty-
fourth year, preached with his old-
time vigor on “The Anchors of the
Soul.” He.took as his text Acts xxvii:
29: “They cast four anchors out of the
stern and wished for the day,” and
said:
The account of Paul's voyage to
Rome is one of those graphic passages
of the New Testament which never
loses its interest. It not merely throws
a strong light upon ancient navigation,
but is strong confirmation of the truth-
fulness of the Acts of the Apostles; for
modern nautical services have estab-
lished every word of the narrative.
The chief interest to us to-day is its
rich, praetical, spiritual instruction.
I'he story of the storm and the ship-
wreck you have all been familiar with
from childhood. For fourteen days the
ship had been in the clutch of a terrific
“blizzard,” as we would call it, but
which is described in the narrative as
a ‘‘eurocyldon.” No sun or moon or
stars appeared during that terrible
fortnight. For safety much of the
cargo was heaved overboard and they
were obliged to bind around the crazy
craft with hawsers in order to keep
from foundering in mid, sea. They
imagined they were drawing nigh to
the land. and heaving the lead it tells
Off twenty fathoms. The next cast of
the lead shows fifteen fathoms. They
are now close on the lee shore. Only
one maneuver can save them. They
cast four anchors out of the stern, and
it is a striking fact that pictures on
the walls of Herculaneum and Pom-
peii depict.the galleys anchored in that
manner. What a long and dreary
aight was that to the drenched and
weary voyagers, while they listened to
the terrific thundering of the breakers
an the shore. But Paul Christ's pris-
oner, is on board, and he is the real
master of the situation. His précious
life is insured from heaven; for, re-
member until their work is done. It
was part of God's wish that the an-
chors shoulds preserve the most valu-
able life then on the’ globe until Paul's
mighty mission was accomplished,
Human life is a voyage, and all of
you now before me are bound on it for
the judgment seat and for eternity. It
is not a voyage over smooth seas and
before soft, south winds. “Everything
under God depends on the compass and
the anckors, You observe that the an-
chors are hot attached to anything
afloat, but they plunge through the
waves and bite into the tenacious clay.
And so it is with our spiritual anchors.
Make fast to God's immutable word
and to the omnipotent Saviour, the
Lord Jesus Christ. An anchor, too, is
unseen. And so it is with the inward
union with the unseen Christ that
keeps many a one safe in the hour of
temptation, and brings composure to
those in the depths of terrible trials.
When Martin Luther was struck with
a heavy head sea he used to let slip the
cable of the forty-sixth psalm and,
throughout the voyage of life you and
I have vital need of the anchors which
our divine Master, the Captain of our
salvation, has provided for our safety.
‘What are the four anchors?
The first and foremost anchor is
faith. That is often defined as trust in
an unseen God, and we take God's
word more implicitly than we take the
notes issued by the Government, be-
cause they bear the stamp of the Uni-
ted States with its vast resources be-
hind it. But the mightiest spiritual
force for you and me is the Christ-
faith. Now, that is a great deal more
than a mere opinion. Faith is infinite-
iy more than a sentiment or feeling or
opinion. It is an act; it is the positive
act of the soul laying hold of Jesus
Christ as our Saviour, joining our
weakness to His strength; our unwor-
thiness to His merits; our weak selves
to His infinite and almighty Self. We
are not commanded only to believe in
Christ, we are commanded to believe
on Christ, if we would be saved. A
friend of mine was staying at a hotel
in Albany and noticed a rope in his
room and had faith in .it bécause he
saw it was a well-braided rope. At
midnight he was aroused by a cry of
“ire!” On opening the door the
smoke and flames burst in, and he
grasped the rope and let himself down
in safety to the sidewalk. He believed
on the rope. That is saving faith
when you rest on Christ, clinging fast
to Christ, trusting in Him alone to up-
hold you to the end and assured of His
promise. “I will never leave thee nor
forsake thee.” Salvation of the soul is
an actual experience. It is the actual
-testing of Christ; thesactual attach-
ment to Christ, the actual love for Him
hid in the ‘very depths of the soul. The
British -Government requires all its an-
¢hors to be stamped. The eleventh
chapter of Hebrews is the Holy Spir-
it’s record of the stamps on the anchor
of faith. My mother’s Bible was
marked all through with pencilings on
the margin, proving how these various
promises had been tested, and the an-
chor never dragged.
The second anchor is loyalty to Christ
and obedience to His commandments.
Every day I attach less importance to
a religion of mere emotion. It is very
pleasant to sing and sometimes to shout
on the mountain tops, but a religion
of mere emotion is subject to its ebbs
and flows and is not reliable in the
strain and stress of temptation. Loy-
alty to the teachings of Christ, loyalty
to tlre everlasting right must be im-
bedded in the conscience if you and I
are not to drift upon the rocks. Even
faith without good works would be
dead. It has been this lack of loyalty
of conscience to the truth, integrity and
right which has strewed the beach
with so many pitiable and disgraceful
wrecks. The great demand in these
days is conscience; the great demand
in politics is conscience, and no man is
safe under the temptations of com-
merce or of public life when his con-
deience is loosened from God's com-
mandments. God never insures a man,
even in the church, except while his
anchor is fastened to the divine princi-
ples of right with the cable of obe-
dience to the Master. I would say to
these dear young friends, beware of
the first false step; keep off damgerous
power that wins the prize.
x
ground. In Swiizerland 1 sa
Mortenkarsh glacier, where Ty
had such a perilous experience.
and a companion were lashed to a:
guide, They began to descend on the
rough rocks and the companion sug
gested that they should walk on the
snow alongside. They“did so and their
weight disturbed the equilibrium of
the whole body and seht them down
as an avalanche. Just before they
reached the precipice the guide thrusi
his iron shod boot against a projecting
rock and shouted, “In the name of
God,- halt!” They were drawn up
when there was but a moment between
them and eternity. I would say to
every one of you, dear young men, if
you find yourselves being carried away
by your social surroundings or influ-
ences toward the precipice of ruin,
plant your feet firmly against God's
truth and God's right ere you are
swept away.
The third anchor is patience. That
fvas a tedious might of peril and gloom
which laid upon Paul and his ship-
mates, but they held out and waited
for the day. Patience is that staying
power in the will which Paul in his
epistle calls longmindedness. °It is the
power to endure a continued strain
without flinching; it is the staying
Mark how
much of the Old Testament makes of
waiting patiently upon God. In the
New Testament the word often is en-
dures, and I would say to all those
dear young friends, who have lately
been united with this church, that the
start is not sufficient, “he that endur-
eth shall be saved.”
This patient waiting is opposed to
every anxiety and the worry that frit-
ters away strength and produces no
result. I will give you three simple
rules to put into practice. First, take
short views; never cross a bridge until
you come to it; never fight the battle
until the evening is in sight. Second,
discharge the duty that comes next to
your hands; take the step that God
points. out immediately before you. If
in ascending a mountain you look up
you may grow weary, and if you look
down you may grow dizzy. One step
at a time is the secret of the successful
climb, and there is noone with strength
enough to bear to-day’s duties with
the worries and interests of to-morrow
piled on top of them. Third, never
yield to the demon of discouragement.
You parents have need of patience with
vour children to encourage everything
that is good, to bear with perverseness
until you can correct it, instead of only
increasing it by irritation. “Why do
You tell that boy twenty times?’ said
the father of John Wesley to bis broth-
.er. “Because,” replied the wise man,
“nineteen times go for naught and I
shall not gain my point without the
twentieth.” Wise Susanna Wesley
trained the founder of Methodism.
God’s delays are sometimes a test of
faith. Iook at that Syrophoeniciaw]
woman plucking the garment of Christ.
She persists, and clings to Him, until
He says: “Oh, woman! great is thy
faith,” ete. During the first charge of
my ministry I grew so discouraged
that I was abeut to give up when my
Master headed me off with one of the
most powerful revivals I have kaown.
The darkest hour was just before the
dawn. Here in Brooklyn to-day God's
voice to tue churches evidently is to
do their utmost work, to pour forth
the most fervent prayer, to engage in
the most personal effort and trust to
Him for the blessing. The best enter-
prises in this world have had their pe-
riodz of discouragement, when pa-
tience was the vital grace that won the
day. That glorious old missionary,
Judson, worked for five years in Bur-
mah witheut a convert. Then the cloud
burst and the great and permanent
Burmah mission résulted. The lesson
to-day, beloved members of this
church, is: stand by the pastor, assist
him in every movement, echo his every
exhortation and, with united pastor
and people, let us move on to spiritual
harvestings and victor
The fourth anchor is that beautiful
word, hope. That is not the possession
of good things; it is rather the confi-
dent expectation of good things that
are assuredly in store for us. “We are
saved by hope.” In our spiritual life
hope is vitally important. I thank God
that throughout my life He has en-
abled me to be an inveterate hoper.
The word, towever, in the New Testa-
ment has sometimes a peculiar mean-
ing in describing the Christian. The
apostle, in speaking of the hope of-sal-
vation, calls it “an anchor sure and
steadfast holding to that within -the
vale.” Let me ask each ane of you
this morning, Where is your hope? On
what are you resting for this world and
the next? Is your hope#an anchor
fastened to the Lord Jesus, or is it only
a mere cable attached to sand? That
great Christian, Harmon Page. who
made it a rule never to be with any
one ten minutes without saying some-
thing good. He went into his Sunday-
school with a note book in hand and
asked each one, “Have you a hope of’
salvation?’ Most of them gave him
an affirmative answer. He came to one
man, a stranger, in the adult Bible
class, who shook his head and said,
“I have none.” Sagactious Mr. Page,
instead of rebuking him, in a very pa-
thetic tone said. “Then I will put you
down as having no hope.” The gen-
tleman could not sleep that hight. He
said, “Page has me down in his book
as a hopeless man,”
of Christ and made his decision for the
Master, and the next time he met the
Superintendent he said, “Thank God
[or your plain, loving talk with me, for
I have a hope now like an anchor.” 1
cite the case of that philanthropist
who came to New York as a humble
carpenter, and who wrought such a
work that over 100 souls were con-
verted under him. Brother believers,
let the storms of earth howl as loudly
as they will, if we have committed
everything to Jesus all should be well.
for so it came to pass that when the
daylight broke the tempest-tossed mar-.
iners on the shores of Melita come
safe to land.
So it will be with us, through the
night’s darkness, through perilous voy-
ages we shall each have our souls fast
anchored to the universalizing Saviour,
whom alone we can trust for salvation,
My last, loving counsel to every one
of you before me, whom I am rejoiced
to address omce more from this dear
old pulpit, is, make fast your anchors
to the Lord Jesus Christ if at last you
would find peace in the desired haven.
The Reason.
Christ came into the world, not to
tell us what is right, but to give to
our right doing the right flavor.—Rev.
Frank Crane,
and he laid hold’
HOT POTATOES AND HO
«: CHESTNUTS AS FOOD
They. Provide: Chear, Cood and
Excellently Cooked Sustenance ta
the Cold and Hungry. °*
The man with the het potato can
and the man with his red, hot tnsty
tea tray riddled with holes; on which
the chestnuts are grilling over a per-
ferated ‘iron box filled. with glowing
coke, are a source of much cheer on
the cold winter nights te the “man in
the street,” and we should bg sorry to
see these time-honored institutions
abolished. In what ciub, restaurant,
fiotel, or bome ean be {ound potatoes
so admirably cooked as those in thé
street petato ean, or what chestnut
is more appetizingly ccoked than that
which is grilled al fresco on the hot
tea tray? It is not very difficult ‘to
prove that the potato can man and the
chestnut man are distinet benefactors,
at least, to a certain section of the pub-
lic, for they provide cheap, good. and
excellently cooked food to the cold and
hungry which at the same time com-
forts and warms, for both the hot po-
tato -and the hot chestnut are very
often placed in the pockets for the sake
of their warmth. "It is an interesting
fact that the hot potato and the chest-
niit have been picked out as practical-
ly the only foods offered for sale in
this way, and on reflection we can sep
that, after all. this choice is based on
sound dietetics. "According to a re-
cent analysis of the raw chestnut we
find that its composition is as follows:
Per Cent. Per Ce
53.640 Starch. 31.790
3.710 ‘Sugar and gum 6. 100
Mineral matter 0.8 Je Bibre.:.. .. 1hTH
+
The composition of the
raw potato is:
Per Cent.
Water ..
76.700 S 119.100
Bragteid.s .. .... 1.300 5 vd gum 1.400
Nigeral matter 0.000 I + 0.800
ak.. . A... 0.100
4 “chestnut contiins, therefore, less
water, more proteid, more starch; more
fat, butiless’ mineral matter than.the
potato. The chestnut is, in fact. more
nutritious than The potato. not because
it contains different co stituents. but
beeause ‘weight for weight it comtains
a greater proportion of them. Lancet.
WISE WORDS,
Originality is Simply | personality.
Time servers. are cternity losers.
Heaven is the interproter of earth:
A live meeting needs little leading.
It is never hard to hold the people
if you are really helping them.
Some men will not believe that they
are saved from drowning untii they
feel dry.
Wondrous is the strength of cheer
fulness; altogether past calculation its
powers of endurance. Efforts, to be
permanently useful, must be uniformly
joyous—a spirit all sunshine, graceful
from very gladness, beautiful, because
bright.—Thomas Carlyle.
The habit of self-control may be ac-
quired until one becomes so self:
poised that no trouble, no misfortune,
can rob one of its happiness. When
the day is dark, he forgets the day
and lives in a brighter one. When
the troubles roll up, the mind slips
away and counts its haopier treas
ures.
There is in the memory and the en-
vironment plenty of pleasing material
with which the mind may work. When
a disagreeable proposition has been
carefully thought over, dismiss it at
once by thinking of something else.
The mind will jump back every few
minutes, but persist until: you get the
victory.
Essays of Little Bobbie.
CURLING.
curling is a nice game that was first
played in Scotland and my Pa says it
was invented by a man naimed C.
Roberts or sum name like that. Whenn
yu want to curl yu thro stones around
on the ice ahd yell Soop her Oop and
yu ware a cap with a tossel on the
cap and yu wear rubbers so yu wont
slipp.
My pa curls sumtimes and one time
I asked him how long it took to curl
and Pa said 2 hours about and Ma said
Thenn why doant yu evver git home
till 4 in the morning and Pa shut up.
i went with Pa one time whenn he]
curled and thay was some nice ladies
watching them curl and Pa was talk- |
ing to thé ladies and dident do very |
swhenn i grow up i am;
going fo be a curler and yu jest watch,
good curling.
me talk to the ladies too.
RIDDLES.
riddles is lots of fun.
tions wich yu ask and thenn the peeple
yu ask them to guess ‘thie anser if they
can. i know 2 good riddles:
1. what goes round ‘the house and
dosent go in ihe dont. A porch
‘climber. h
car? When it isa Owl. : +=
thare is lots of other good riddles too!
and thenn thare is ruddle’s riddles but
when foaks read them thay always say.
What's the answer and nobody knows.
Whenn i think of sum other riddies i
will write another essay on them.—
Milwaukee Sentinel.
How He Found It.
A man went into the general’ reading
room of the Congressional Library the
other day to get some specific data for
a paper he was writing. He told an
attendant he wanted to find out soie-
thing about Papal buils, and asked
if they had any record of anything
of the kind. He had never been in the
reading room before, and he did not
know the limitations of some of its
attendants. He selected & desk snd
sat down. At the end of Lalf an hour
the attendant returned.
“1 think, sir,” he said, “you may
what you want here.” and he laid be
fore him an Agricult ur Deparfme
report, opened at an article on cattle.
They are ques-
2. when is a street a not a street
HOW TO AMUSE THE CHILDREN.
Some one wanted fo know how to
‘amuse little ones. Perhaps this may
help. I have three, and some days I
am at my wits’ end to know ‘how to
amuse them. Rainy days are a source
of regret among most children, and
no wonder they get mischievous. 1
take some pieces of brown paper, such
as comes” from the store, and. cut it
into a convenient size and sew it in
the middle, making a book. Then I
give them each an old magazine and
let them in. I make a dish of flour
paste and they use toothpicks for
brushes. I let them sit at the kitchen
table, and this keeps them busy.—Bos-
ton Globe.
TWO PLUCKY WOMEN.
A charming woman who in an in-
stant was left a widow several yeurs
ago, with a tiny income and two Dba-
bies, has provided a good living for
herself and family ‘ever since Ly mak-
ing children’s sailor suits for exclusive
trade. Ske has a small apartment in a
good neighborhood, the little boy and
girl are in a private school, and all
three are going abroad soon for a year.
Later, the son expects to enter col-
lege.
Another woman, out in Ohio, is con-
ducting a flourishing business in in-
fants’ moccasins’of kid.. She began
five years ago by making the little
shoes herself at home, but ‘so great
has the demand -grown,” says The
Woman's Journal “that now she em-
ploys twenty workers, who turn out
a thousand pairs of moccasins a week.”
—New York Tubune.
THE BACHELOR GIRL'S DUTIES.
“1 feel—
“Wherever you start off ii eo that,”
said Cynthia, studiously refilling the
ball, “I make it strong, and—put a
stich in it.”
“An. impulse to—"
“Well, don’t; for the women’s clubs
will find it'6ut and be moving and sec-
onding things.”
~o stop every bachelor girl on the
street, for I can tell them—"
“Um-m, a few things, you think.
Well; I doubt it.”
“I can tell a bachelor girl any time
by her freedom of step, her look of
joyous independence, and her—"
“Pin wrinkles,” said Cynthia, putting
down the pot.:
“No, happiness; her look of general
content at doing something.”
“Now, I thought that independence
fad had been overworked.”
“It hasn’t. It's limitless.
solving of everything.”
“Gracious!” said Cynthia, taking pre-
cipitately to her cup.
“But whenever I see a bachelor girl
I feel like stopping her and ‘saying,
‘What did you do with your mother? ”
“Mother? Now, er—husband don’t
you think would be—"
“Don’t try to be clever and things,
Cynthia, it isn’t like you, and it only
sounds affected.”
“Ah, me,” sighed Cynthia. ‘It has
gone deep in. Let me get another cup
and I shall stand it.”
“People, I think, would better stop
writing daughter papers and make
them ‘What shall we do with our
mothers? ”
“Why don’t you? There’s a good
topic: ‘Our mothers, and how we should
bring them up.’ ”
“Kor I tell you there never was
anything like the companionship of
mother and daughter. It's so acute
it hurts. When I see the growing
world of independent girls, I realize
the whole family relationship has to
be changed. The convention of the
family is upset. ' Then there, don’t you
see; is the dangerous stage of girls’
forgetting their mothers. I do not
mean they really ever forget their
home training. I do not mean to preach.
I think pretty well of the girls of the
day. But don’t you know it’s the lit-
tle things, the little outward expres-
sions of love and sympathy that must
It’s the
go on, that our mothers positively |
feed upon. “So infinitely much more is
expected: of a. girl who goes. into the
world and does things than a man.
A man is. taught from the beginning
that he is meant to leave home and
to do; he is a free age nt to work out
his own success.
separates herself from home. The
bachelor girl is the daughter still until
she has a home of her own. I know
that Emerson says a lot of idealistic
things -about being individual and liv-
ing out one’s own destiny. Don’t you
think -some over idealistic people ap-
ply. this .a little selfishly.
are not equal to Emerson. The bach-
elor girl is a problem which faces them
something like the strange duckling
faced the hen.
“You know we are never more than
nine years old to our mothers. And
sometimes even the most tiresomely
self-reliant bachelor girl is glad to be
only nine years old. Mothers are good
institutions, Cynthia,
“I met a splendid woman recently,
who is very successful in New York.
She was quick in understanding. She
said, ‘My dear, you are trying to do
the impossible. You are working with
one sense and worrying about your
mother with the other. It won't do.
Let me tell you something. Do all that
you know is your duty, then stop.
Write regularly. Go to your home
when you can. In between times put
it entirely out of your mind. That
A girl never quite |
Many of
our mothers are old-fashioned. Hhey |
is the only thing to do. When you
have gray hairs and have been away:
from home as long as I have you will
learn this philosophy.” ”
“But how about them?” said T
“They, why they are so much strong-
er than we are that we can’t ever
comprehend it. They have ways of
enduring things we cannot understand.
Seriously, Cynthia, did you ever think
of the colossal unselfishness of moth-
ers? I shouldn't ever want---*
“You shouldn't ever ws
“To be one. The terrible “self efface-
ment she lives out is too great The
world doesn’t repay mothers -we can
never do enough to make it up to
them.” -New York Evening Globe.
Bovdeir
J CHAT:
When a machine drags a man out to
register and vote his wife brags about
him as, a political leader.
Don’t wear tight shoes. In time they
bring a permanent agonized expression
that is not beautiful to behold to even
a young face.
Don’t speak with all the muscles of
thie face. It is very charming and cap-
tivating to be deeply, deadly in earn-
est, but facial maces form creases,
which in time become wrinkles,
Don’t neglect ten minutes’ rest dur-
ing the day, if you anyhow manage it,
with ‘the feet raised. It gives the
whole body a ‘gr sense of repose
and works wonders in smoothing out
the lines of the face.
Same: of .the . women's clubs are
greatly worried over how the feminine
American - should ‘salute the flag”
when they meet it on the street. More
real respect and less outward show is”
a good thing to cultivate toward the
nation's emblem.—-Boston Transcript,
She may arise at what she calls dis-
tinction. She may marry a man who
continues - to sufround her with ‘the
limelight she demands. She may have
every gown noticed at every ball she
attends. She may, go into local his-
tory. as a “belle,” but she is not the
popular girl. ;
Ifor, the first time in the history of
the medical profession in the United
States a statue stands to-day a memor-
ial to a woman doctor. It is that
dedicated at the Art Institute at
Chicago, Ill., when the friends and ad-
mirers of the late Dr. Mary Harris
Thompson presented a portrait bust of
her to the institute. \ -
We have her with us always.” Her
nose droops, her mouth turns down at
the corners, her complexion is gener-
ally sallow, her eyes lustreless and
when small tribulation or great ca-
lamity happens to the family she ‘‘feels
it more than the others.” Wonderful
is Dickens's delineation of Mrs. Gum-
midge, whom little Davy found such
treasure-trove for his interested ob-
servation; who, when the chimney
smoked or the potatoes failed wept
silently, because, forsooth, “I feels it
more than others.” She is the girl
at school who forever is having her
feelings hurt; “very sensitive,” say her
friends: ‘very self-conscious,” sniffs
her critics.—Philadelphia Telegraph.
Voile lends itself better to costumes
than to jacket suits.
Something quite new in embroidery
for full dress parties is frosted silver,
a lovely application upon lace when
used’ as the outline of a bold pat
tern.
Black chiffon makes an excellent
back-ground for frosted silver, and
gives a somber gown of this descrip-
tion all the beauty it can possibly
pPOSsess.
Wide hats, especially those of long
nap beaver, retain their vogue for
young girls. A little license is allowed
in the children’s hats, and they may be
trimmed as much as goed taste per-
mits.
An example in blue voile was a gown
recently seen in process of construc-
tion. The skirt was double, each skire
being crossed with a wide band of
coarse lace insertion dyed te match
the voile. The front otf.the skirt had
a plain panel, stitched on either edge;
and running from pelt to hem. The
waist had a square yoke of the lace
and a panel to match the skirt panel.
A belt of blue suede, with a square
gold buckle. completed the suit.
Long cloth wraps are fashionable
both for afternoon and evening wear,
and there are few more sensible pur-
chases for a woman of limited means
than a smart cloth wrap... Black as
well as light cloths are fashionable
this season, the smooth satin finished
cioth, and while a heavy ecru em-
broidery or lace adds to the elaborate
appearance of the garment, quite as
smart an effect is obtained by the more
simple style that has long lines of
braid from the shoulder to the hem
at the back of the coat, as well as in
front. Some absolutely plain wraps
have no trimming, save the fancy but-
tons that are so smart this year.
During 1904 460 national banks were
organized with capital of $24,504,300.
Dancing at Inaugurations.
In a contribution to the current
number of the Century on “The First
Inaugural Bali” Mr. Gaillard Hunt
notes that each of tho three Presi-
dents that preceded Mafd
permitted to close the ada
auguration by.going early to bed. Gen-
eral Washington and Joan Adams had
been inaugurated at temporary capit-
als and Thomas Jefferson would have
rebelled against a ccremony plainly
modeled upon the custo royally.
The new. crder of things,
observes Mr. Hunt, had not given |
to new ideas of how to r
joicing. Moreover, “if thc
method
chosen seems to some to have been
an imitation of momnrarchical customs,
they should reflect, in extenuation,
that it is an instinct of man co-equal
with his feeling the sensation of pleas
ure to show his joy by dancing.”
Such was the genesis of the inang-
auration ball, a function which had
theretofore been associated with the
celebration of the coronation of kings.
It is interesting to know that, while
Jefferson,” as Mr. Hunt intimates,
might have condemned Madison's
inauguration ball, the sage of Mon-
ticello did not frown upon dancing.
On the contrary, he declared that the
terpsichorean art “is a necessary ac-
complishment.’ —Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
Time And Books.
The economy of saving time is wise
but there is an eccncmy of spending
time. In reading, especially, hurry
is most wasteful. Reading is the
making of thoughts, of ideas, of pict-
ures in the brain. All young photo-
graphers know how little is. to be
made out of an “underexposed plate,”
but do they understand that there
may be such a thing as an under-
exposed brain? It takes time to
make impressions on the mind. if
you read tco fast, either aloud or to
yourself, or skin over your reading,
the mind receives the poor impres-
sicns or none at all.—St. Nicholas.
How to Sleep.
The right time for sleep is dodoutt
edly the time before midnight, because
the sleep before that time is the most
beneficent, as is well known and prov-
en by scientific research, and counts
double... Nine o’cock or a little later
is the .right time to go to bed, and if
possible do not go to bed later than
10 o'clock. The above may be taken
as a general rule, but of course thero
are some exceptions to every rule.—
Kneipp Magazine.
The Old Chesapeake.
The Chesapeake, famous for her
encounter with the British ship Shan-
non, in the war of 1812, is still in
existence. When she was captured
by the British she was taken to Eng-
and by her captor, Sir Philip Brooke,
and some years later her timbers
were sold. The purchaser was a
niller in Wickham, and when he
pulled down his old mill he built a
new one from the timbers of the
Chesapeake.
Large Legacy to Servants.
Under the will of the late Rev. Dr.
William Edmond Roope of Under
Rock, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, a
priest of the Roman Catholic Church,
munificent bequests of £10,000 each
arc made wo his two servants, Ruth
Blaza and Cecily Guy. To the latter
ne also left a life interest in his free-
hold house, Under Rock, and he ap-
pointed both as executrices of his
will. Dr. Roope’s estate is valued at
£48,725 gross.
Size of Atlantic Waves.
The size of the Atlantic Waves has
been carefully measured for the Wash-
ington hydrographic bureau. In
height the waves usually average
about 30 feet, but in rough weather
they attain from 40. to 48 feet.
During storms they are often from
500 to 600 feet long and last 10 or 11
seconds, while the longest yet known
measured half a mile and did not
spend itself for 23 seconds.
THE SIMPLE LIFZ
Ways That Are Pleasant aud Paths That
Are Peace,
‘It is the simple life that gives length
of days, serenity of mind and body and
tranquility of soul,
Simple hopes and ambitions, bounded
by the desire to do good to one's neigh- *
bors, simple pleasures, habits, food and
drink.
Men die long before their time be-
cause they try to crowd too much into
their experiences—they climb too high
and fall too bard. A wise woman
writes of the good that a simple dict:
has done her:
“I have been using Grape- Nuts for
about six months. I began rather
sparingly, until I acquired such .a iik-
ing for it that for the last three months;
1 have depended upon it almost en;
tively for my diet, eating nothing else
whatever but Grape-Nuts for break:
fast and supper, and I beiieve.l could ¢
gat it for dinner with fruit and be sat-"
istied without. other food, ang feel !
much better and have more stre ength to’
. do my housework.
“When 1 began the use — Grape- :
Nuts I was thin and weak, my muscles
were so soft that I was not able to do
any work. I weighed only 108 pounds,
Nothing that I ate did me any good.
1 was going down hill rapidly, was ner-
vous and miserable, with no ambition
for anything. My condition improved
rapidly after 1 began to eat Grape-
Nuts food. It made me feel like a new
woman; my muscles got solid, my
figure rounded out, my weight in-
creased to 126 pounds in a few weeks,
my nerves grew steady and my mind
better and clearer. My friends tell me
they haven't seen me look so well for
years.
“1 consider Grape-Nuts the best food
on the market, and shall never go back
to meats and white bread again.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Look in each pkg. for the little books
“The Road to Wellville,”