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THE PULPIT.
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
! B.SHOP C. C. McCABE.
Subject: God’s Littie Ones.
Brooklyn, N. Y.— Bishop C. C. Mec-
Cabe preached in the Hanson Place
M. E. Church Sunday morning. The
Rev. Charles E. Locke, the pastor, con-
ducted the service. Bishop McCabe
chose for his subject “God’s Little
Ones,” and preached from the text
Isaiah 1x:22: “And a little one shall
become a thousand and a small one a
strong nation. I, the Lord, hath said
it, in his time.” He said:
There are two thoughts that claim
our attention as we study this text.
One is the kind of workers God chooses
to do His greatest work in this world—
the little ones; and, second, the possible
rapidity with which God's work may
go forward in this world. God
chooses the lowly to do His great work.
The history of the world never yét
has been fairly written. We know
what the great have done, we know
what kings and emperors and generals
and philosophers and poets and inven-
tors have done, but the Macauley has
not yet arisen to trace out in history
what God's little ones have done, yet
the history of the world cannot be fair-
ly written without telling the story
of their lives, because they have done
80 much for the world, and what oth-
ers have done would have been in
vain had it not been for what God's
little ones have accomplished. He
chose the lowly. “God hath respect
unto the lowly, but the proud He
knoweth afar off.” He loves the lowly
heart that trusts in Him. What an
impediment to Christian work is pride!
We cannot build up a strong Chris-
tian character without humility. Hu-
mility comes from the Latin word “hu-
mus,” which means ‘the ground” —
the ground on which to build a strong
Christian character. Its corner stone
and foundation stone must be humility,
and if the chai..cter lack that grace,
it will not stand the test of time and
temptation; but, with humility, the
Christian character may be built up
with a symmetry and universalness
that will endure through life and eter-
nity. . What do you think of this pas-
sage? “I, the high and lofty one that
inhabiteth eternity, I will dwell in the
high and boly places with him also
that is of a contrite and humble spir-
it.” God chooses as His associates the
humble and the contrite.
Our Lord carried on His work after
the same plan. He chose the humble
and lowly workers and sent them out
to preach His gospel. And one day
they came back to Him surprised and
delighted with their experience, and
they said: ‘Master, even the devils
are subject to us in Thy name,” and
it is written that at that time Jesus
rejoiced in spirit and said: “Father, I
thank Thee because Thou hast hidden
these things from the wise and pru-
“dent and hast revealed them unto
babes. Even so, Father, for so it
seemeth good in Thy sight.” Paul un-
derstood this well when he wrote to
the Corinthians: © “Not may wise men
after the flesh, not many mighty, not
many noble are called; but God hath
chosen the foolish things of the world
to’ confound the wise, and God hath
chosen the weak things of the world
to confound the things which are
mighty, and the base things of the
world and things which are despised
hath God chosen; yea, and things
which are not to. bring to naught
things that are, that no flesh should
glory in His presence.” How low He
gets it down! That has always been
God's plan, even before the time when
the babe came to the manger in Beth-
lehem. Jesus born in Bethlehem in
answer to the world’s ery for help
and light. It was a little added weak-
ness to that we had already, poverty
added to the poverty we had already;
it was an infant's wail added to what
Paul calls the “groan of creation.”
man. .
I will just call your attention to the
possible rapidty with which the king-
dom of God can grow in this world, “a
little one becoming a thousand.” That
-Is a tremendous rate of gain; it seems
as if it could not be so. We say
Isaiah was a poet; a mystical man and
exaggerated sometimes, but this is no
exageration. It has often been the
case, Yea, a small one has become a
nation in the history of the onward
march of the kingdom of Jesus Christ,
our Tord. I believe that God wants
His kinzdom to grow rapidly, and I
think that was the spirit of Jesus
when He told His disciples the para-
ble of the talents. On another occa-
sion He gave them another parable of
the rich man who before going away
gave each of his servant a pound and
on his return required his own with
usury. One man said: “Lord, Thy
pound hath gained ten pounds.” That
was a big percentage of interest. And
another said: “Lord, Thy pound hath
gained five pounds.” That was a good
percentage, and Jesus said: “The
kingdom of heaven is like that.” That
- is the way invested lives may grow;
“that is the way life, no matter how
humble, may grow; that is consecra-
tion. That is the teaching of these two
parables.
Now these are commercial figures.
Let us take them into the light and
fry to understand them. In the para-
ble the master speaks of three rates
of gain. When the man who had five
talents brought five more he was
worth 100 per cent. to his master; and
he who had two and brought two
more was also worth 100 per cent. to
his master, but when the man who had
only one pound brought five pounds
more he was worth 500 per cent. to
his master, and the man whose one
pound had gained ten pounds was
worth 1600 per cent. to his master; and
Jesus said: “The kingdom of heaven
is like that.” ®All those rates of gain
are possible in the kingdom of heaven.
We cannot receive it right off. Let us
try to comprehend the Master's mean-
ing. Six per cent.—we know all about
that—will do wonders if we will only
give it a little time.
bought by the white man from the In-
dians for :$24, which is an -insigpifi-
cant sum. Yes, but put it out at inter-
est a+ six per cent. and add interest
to interest and let it grew for 285
years and how much would you have
way the kingdom of heaven ought to
grow. And if you keep that money
out at interest for 450 years it will
be able to buy Manhattan Island with
all there is on it, and then there will
be enough left to buy every State in
the Union, and then there will still be
enough left to buy Great Britain. And
if left out at interest for 500 years
there would be enough to buy the Uni-
ted States, England and Germany.
And the Master said: “The kingdom
of heaven is like that,” and that is the
way it ought ta grow, and that is the
way it would grow if we would simply
keep the idea of the power and com-
pound spiritual interest of the church
of God. If you kept out the $24 with
interest added to interest for 600 years
it would wreck the world. Six per
cent! That is entirely too small a rate
of gain to suit my soul. What does it
mean? It means this: That here is
the church of 100 members instrumen-
tal in the conversion of six souls to
Christ in a year. I would not be sat-
isfied with that rate at all. One hun-
dred per cent. is the least rate of gain
that any Christian church ought to
think worthy of the kingdom of God.
The bells of the millennium would be
ringing before we ated if we only
would keep our soul winning for a few
years. It is not difficult to win a soul.
I have been trying to work out this
problem for years—trying to be worth
something for Jesus. One night I ar-
rived at New Haven, Conn., and took
a hack at midnight to the house where
I was to stay. When the hackman
asked for his fare I dropped a quarter
into his hand, and, grasping it, said:
“Good night, sir! I hope to meet you:
in glory some day.” He jumped on the
‘box, whirled his horse around, and
was ‘gone. . : :
I did not expect to see him again.
Away after midnight my host knocked
at my chamber door and said: “A
hackman is here, acting queerly. He
says he wants to see you and has got
‘to see you to-night.” 1 said: “Let
him come in.” 1I.arose and threw a
shawl over me, ‘and in came a great
stalwart: hackman with his whip in
his hand and tears running down his
cheeks and he said: “If I meet you in
glory I have got to turn around, for I
am not going that way. I have come
to ask you to pray for me. I could not
keep away.” What a joy it was to
pray for that man! He went out com-
forted by God’s holy spirit, and I be-
lieve, I was worth 100 per cent. fo my
Master that night. The :ossible
growth of the kingdom is what I am
talking about.
In 1865, when the war was over, I
was on a train going from Lancaster,
Ohio, and saw a drunken soldier sitting
by himself. Nobody would sit, by a
drunken soldier, but that is the very
kind of man I like to sit by. I sat
down by him and by and by stole my
arm gently around his neck and whis-
pered to him: “Comrade, when are
you going to give your heart to Jesus
Christ and be a Christian?” He
looked embarrassed and got up and
went to another part of the train.
I thought I had offended him. I went
that night to preach in the little town
of Putnam, where I once was pastor,
and there sat that man and his sister
beside him. Ye had a glorious meet-
ing that might. I did not see him
again for thirty-five years, but one
night I" was avout to ‘speak to the
Grand Army in the old -Dutch Church
on ‘Fifth avenue. There were 1800
soldiers there.: “A "splendid looking
man came down the aisle and I said to
a gentlemsn: “Who is that man?’
.and he said: “That.is Colonel Hadley,
the head of the St. Bartholomew Mis-
sion. He has been instrumental: in
planting fifty-four Testue missions in
this country.” I went down, and said:
“Brother Hadley, I am glad to see
you. I have heard. about your work,
but I never saw you before.” ‘Oh, yes
you have,” he replied.. ‘Thirty-five
years ago I was sitting on a, train and
you came and sat down by! ‘me and:
wanted to know when I was going te-
be a Christian and give my heart to;
God. I never got over that question.
You have seen me ._efore.”” I belieye
it is possible for every Christian to
gain over 100 per cent. for our blessed
Lord every year. :
There are souls that are worth’ a
thousand per cent. There was tha?
noble woman in the Epworth Rectory
with her nineteen children. Do you
know she adopted five orphans be:
sides—twenty-four altogether—and her
husband was a preacher, (Laughter).
Surely the invested life of Susanna
Wesley was worth more than 1000 per
cent.
The bishop then reviewed at some
length the progress of Methodism
since the first conference in 1773, par:
ticularly in Ohio. He then spoke of the
work in Russia, where there are now
2,000,000 converts, and liberty to wor-
ship according to conscience, and
then said:
There will come a time when God
Himself will get in a hurry and when
He will say, “The earth has wept long
enough, There has been enough war,
enough trouble,” and when He will
hasten on the kingdom and bring it
quickly. I think He will hasten when
we hasten. Oh, brothers, let us hurry
with the gospel!
After an urgent appeal for increased
subscriptions to missionary work, Bis-
hop McCabe concluded his sermon as
follows:
Brothers, your children will see thiy
world converted. In a great meeting
the other day we sent this message to
Theodore Roosevelt: ‘“We are looking
to you to bring about a movement for
universal arbitration.” I find twen-
ty-one nations have asked him to take
the initiative, and your children sill
live to see the day when war will be
no more, and when that happens we;
who have believed it all the time, will
say, “I told you £0.” There are two
kinds of -aith, one that believes before
a thing happens, and the other after.
What amd have you? I thank God 1
believe it now before it happens. I
believe the whole earth is geing to be
converted. The time is coming when
no man will have to say to his neigh-
bor, “Know the Lord.” And the time
is coming when “the glory of the Lord
shall fill the earth as the waters cover
the sea.” May He hasten it in His
time.
All Light.
The difference between receiving the
Spirit and being filled with the Spirit
is a difference not of a kind, but of a
degree. In one case the light of
Heaven has reached the dark chamber,
disturbing night, but leaving some
deep shadows. In the other, that light
® thei? The $24 would then Lave in-
creased to $192,000,000. and that is the ;
has filled the whole chamber and made
HOUSEHOLD
SEFEAIRS
CONVENIENT TABLE" DEVICE.
A convenient little table device is a
spoon rest for use in connection with
Jellies, jams and other sticky pre-
serves. It consists of a wire frame to
be attached’ to the edge of the jar car-
rying a spoon clip, which holds the
bowl of the spoon over the receptacle.
LEFT-OVERS.
When working up left-overs in cro-
quettes season by taste rather than by
rule, as the food has already been sea-
soned and is easily made too salty or
peppery. The flavor of all croquettes
is much enhanced by serving them
with tomato or some other savory
sauce,
AFTER DINNER CHEESE.
A new way of preparing an after-
dinner cheese will be found worth try-
ing. Put two-thirds of a cup of salted
almonds twice through the meat chop-
per, and mix with a cup of grated
American cheese; add a very little salt,
a'pinch of cayenne and a desert spoon-
ful of some suitable flavorings; mix
well, press into a small mould until
needed; turn out and pass salted waf-
ers with it,
‘FOR STUDIOS ,AND DENS.
Rich tinted burlap worked in raffia
makes very effective curtains for stu-
dios, while pretty striped madras flow-
ered and’ striped cretons and chintzes,
ruffled muslins, lawns, dimities, silko-
lines, mercerized goods, cotton and silk
«wvelours and damasks all work up with
uiarvelously artistic results, says the
Chicago News. The color of the dra-
peries depends upon the color scheme
of the rooms. Dull'red and rich toned
hunter’s green burlap prove an effec-
Nive combination for almost any back-
ground.
REMOVAL OF STAINS.
Remove all stains in the table lihen
as soon after they are made as is pos-
sible. Wash out milk or meat stains
with warm water. When the linen is
stained by tea, chocolate, coffee or fruit
stretch the portion of linen discolored
over a bowl. Have ready a kettle of
water, at the boiling point; hold the
kettle high and let the water fall. from
it onto the stain until it disappears.
Most stains will yield to this treat-
ment. Peach stains are the most diffi-
cult to remove. If the stain be small,
wet it thoroughly, then burn a sulphur
match beneath the spot. Cover wine
stains with common salt, then pour
boiling water over them as described
above,
THE HANGING OF PICTURES.
The greatest stumbling block of the
‘amateur decorator is the hanging of
pictures. Ixcellent {aste is required in
this art, a true eye and a knowledge of
suitable combination. For example,
photographs should never be: mixed
with paintings.. Have a corner devoted
to them and try to form a design in
your mind when hanging the frames.
Do not have the square, oval and panel
frames all’ hung in‘incoherent confu-
sioh, ‘and méver mix< old prints: with
new ones: The fine effect of a really
good ‘old print+is: often lost by disre-
garding this rule. And speaking -of
rules, the first one to observe in picture
hanging is not to overcrowd the sky
line. By that is meant an imaginary
line which should ‘mark the top of the
picture frame. This sky line must take
a height commensurate with ‘the size
of the room; what that is must be left
to the individual to decide,
C PAOUSENSLS
”' RECIPES. {
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Crab Apple Jelly — Wash the fruit
clean, put in a kettle, cover with water
and boil until thoroughly cooked. Then
pour it into a sieve and let it drain.
Do not press it through. For each
pint of this liquor allow one pound of
sugar. Boil from ‘wenty minutes to
half an hour. The apples must be
juicy and not over-ripe.
Left-Over Caulifiower—Cooked cauli-
flower which is left over may be used
in a variety of ways, and forms a very
savory and inexpensive addition to the
table. The white part dipped in batter
and fried to a rich brown in dripping
is very nice; or the remains may be
heated up in the oven after being
sprinkled with fine bread crumbs, and
with small pieces of butter on the top.
Bake until brown.
Quince Jelly—Wipe the fruit, quarter,
core, but do not pare. Select those
medium ripe; they should be a fine yel-
low; put them in a preserving kettle
with a teacup of water for each pint;
stew gently until soft; do not mash;
put in a muslin bag, ‘press lightly; to
each pint of the juice put a pound of
sugar; stir until it jellies; turn it into
pots or tumblers, and when cold cover
and put in dark closet.
Grape Jelly—Put your grapes over
the fire in a large double boiler with-
out water. Cover closely and cook un-
til the fruit is broken to pieces. Rub
through a colander, then squeeze
through a flannel bag. Measure the
juice, and to each pint allow a pound
cf sugar. Put the sugar in pans and
set in the oven to heat, but not to melt.
Stir it from time to time to prevent
scorching. Return the juice to the fire
in a porcelain-lined Kettle and bring to
a boil. Cook for twenty minutes, add
the heated sugar, boil up just once, and
pour the jelly into glasses set in a pan
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR DECEMBER 24.
Subject: The Character ot the Messiah,
1sa. ix., 1-7—=Golden Text, Matt. i., 21
—Memory Verses, 6, 7—Commentary
»n the Day’s Lesson.
I. Great darkness (vs. 1,2). 1. “Nev-
ertheless.” A transition word from the
dark picture of chapter 8:5-22. describ.
ing the woes from Assyrian predom-
inance to the bright dawn and consum-
mation of the Messianic era. “Shall
not be such.” The darkness shall not
be as great as it has been. There was
a ray of encouragement for those who
were ready to receive the prophet’s
words.” “Zebuiun.” Galilee was the
land that principally suffered in the
first Assyrian invasion.
2. “The people... .in darkness.” The
people of Judah. They were at this
time under a two-fold darkness. 1.
The darkness of outward trouble. See
2 Kings 15:37; 16:4-8, 17; 2 Chron.
28:5-8. 2. They were in moral dark-
ness. Ahaz had led the people into the
most abominable practices in honor of
the heathen divinities. Finally, toward
the close of the reign, he shut up the
gredt doors of the temple (2 Chron.
28:24), discontinued the offering’ of in-
cense and the: morning and evening
sacrifice, and left the whole interior to
decay, neglect and ruin.
IL." A great light (vs. 2.5). 2. “A
great light.” The sudden change from
dense darkness to the shining light
which the prophet saw is quite remark-
able. What light was this? The prom-,
ise of redemption; the prospect of the
coming of Immanuel.
3. “Hast multiplied the nation.”
Isaiah with prophetic eye pierces the
centuries andsees the hosts that would
come under the reign of the Messiah
and be numbered with the true spirit-
pal Israel. “And not increased.” See
R. V. for correct rendering. “They joy
before Thee.” The prophet notes it to
be a religious joy because it is said to
be before God—that is, in His pres-
ence and with a grateful acknowledg-
ment of His benefits,
4.- “Thou hast broken the yoke.”
The Jews were successively delivered
from the burdensome and galling yoke
of the Assyrians, Chaldeans,. Persians
and Macedonians, but these deliver:
ances were only a shadow of redemp-
tion from the yoke of Satan, and that
redemption seems here especially pre-
dicted as if already accomplished. “As
in the day of Midian.” As Gideon with
a handful of men conquered the hosts
of Midian, so Messiah, the “child” (v.
6). shall prove to be the “Prince of
Peace,” and the small company under
Him shall overcome the mighty hosts
of Antichrist. See the same contrast
in Micah 5:2-5.
5. “For every battle.” It was the
custom of antiquity to pile the arms
of prostrate enemies, the spoils of less
value, and their spotted garments, into
a heap and then burn them. All that
belongs to war shall be swept away;
the war itself shall die. The Messiah
abolishes all war, but not until His
foes are either swept away by His
judgments or melted into .penitence
and won over by His love.
III. A vision of the Messiah (v. G)." 6.
“Unto us.” The prophet spake of the
predicted blessings as if already com-
municated. “A Son is given.” .God’s
gratuitous gift, upon which man had
no claim (John 3:16). A gift of love, of
joy, of universal fitness to our needs.
As Son of man Jesus ‘was “a child
born,” as Son of God He was a “Son
given.” “Government.” . The ensign
of government, the sceptre, the sword,
or key, was borne upon or hung from
the shoulder. ‘All government shall be
vested in Him. “His name.” A name
stands for all that the man is and- has
—his character, his principles and. his
property. “Wonderful.” . Because; His
nature was both human and divine.
Whoever refuses to believe in the su-
pernatural must pause at the manger.
He can go no farther. How Godhood
and manhood could be knit together
in the person of Christ is beyond us.
But things incomprehensible are not
incredible. All divine works are won-
derful. There are marvels enough in
a drop of water to bewilder the wisest,
“Counselor.” One who has wisdém
to guide himself anf others. Jesus
was the embodiment of the wisdom of
God. He was a Saviour, both God
and man, a personal revelation of
God's love, a perfect character and ex-
ample. He is *our Counselor, never
guiding us astray, but always by the
best ways to the best ends. “Mighty
God.” Gog the mighty One. As He
has wisdom, so He has strength; He is
able to save to the uttermost, and such
is the work of the Mediator that no
less a power than that of the mighty
God could accomplish it. “Everlasting
Father.” Expressing the divine love
and pity for men, a love that can never
fail .for it is everlasting. “Prince of
peace.” As a king He praserves, com-
mands, creates peace. His peace both
keeps the hearts of His people and
rules in them.
IV." The Messianic kingdom (v. 7).
7. “Of the increase,” ete. The govern-
ment shall increase in numbers, in
power, in the completeness of its rule.
It shall increase in the blessings it he-
stows. It is like the powers of nature,
which are exhaustiess. There is no
limit to their application to the uses of
man. . With all our marvelous inven
tions and discoveries of what .na
a
can do. we have yet gathered a
few »r from the world of lig a
few s from the ocean of blessings
Ged has in store for man. ‘Throne of
David.” To sit upon the throne of Da-
vid means. to reign over the true peo-
ple of God, and in this sense Christ sat
on David's throne. “To erder it.” To
rule it.« “Irom henceforth even for
ever.” Only such a kingdom can en-
dure. Northing is really settled till it
is settled right. The powers of evil
seem very stron, but every one is
doomed to fail before Christ.
PLUM PIE.
Have a light crust of puff paste,
bake this in the oven then put in. if
previously stoned,
slightly stewed. If
Place on the tor
Put on ice
fresh, plums
sweetened and
canned add sugar.
of the pie and heat again.
until cold.
For cleaning spouts of tea and cof-
fee pots always have a small bottle
brush hanging in your pantry. This
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY DECEMBER 24.
A Christmas Gift to the Christ.—Matt.
2, 11; 2 Cor. 8. 5; 1 Chron. 29. 5,
The passages selected for our
Christmas lesson teach the duty of
giving all to Jesus. The example of
the Magi who brought precious gifts
to the infant Jesus, that of the Mace-
donian Christians who first “gave
themselves to the Lord,” and the old
invitation of the king of Israel “Who
is willing to consecrate his service
this day unto the Lord?” form the
foundation of a fitting appeal to us to
entirely consecrate ourselves fully to
God as a worthy Christmas gift of
love. These Magi are to us a type as
we come and give him gifts—the gold
of service, the frankincense of our
worship, and the myrrh of our love.
Consecration is preeminently the
lesson of the Scripture. This is the as-
sociated thought of the Christmas sea-
son. As the wondering Magi brought
their gifts to Christ, so may we bring
ourselves and give everything to him.
Consecration centers around two great
facts; first, God has a right to de-
mand it, and, secondly I have the
power to make it. The consecration
of a Christian differs from the sur-
render of a sinner. The army of
ee surrendered at Appomattox. IT
after their surrender they had come
and voluntarily offered themselves for
service in the Union army it would
have been a type of consecration, We
surrender to God when we receive
our pardon; we consecrate when we
voluntarily give our newly ransomed
powers to the service of Christ. Look
at the characteristics of a genuine
consecration: 2
“Who then is willing?” is the voice
of Scripture. It must never be a
forced service. These mentioned in
our lessen were free to do or not to
do. But the Magi chose to come; the
early Christians first “gave them-
selves” to God. God never drafts
people into his service... He accepts
only volunteers. Our Christmas gift
to Christ must be a purely voluntary
one. We give to him. as freely as he
gave himself to us.
Our consecration to be acceptable
must be a perfect one. All our ran-
somed powers—not a few of talents of
our mind, our time and property, our
wills, are all to be given to him. We
must not keep back a part of the
price. Put everything in and there
will be no question in the future.
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CHNSTINENDEAOR NOTE
DECEMBER TWENTY-FOURTH.
The Brotherhood of Man. 1 John 2:
7-11; 3: 12-15. (A Christmas
Missionary Meeting.
Hatred is a sin in itself, and it
speedily leads to other sins; it is a
stumbling and an “occasion of stum-
bling.” .
Love is the atmosphere of heaven,
the breath of heaven's life. If we
breathe our love, we are living in
heaven.
“If.all“the real murderers' were
hanged, the gallows would soon: be
worn out;. for murder is of the de-
sire, not of the deed.
* Brothers often have friends that
are .nearer to each than his brother.
.There is‘a kinship nearer than that
of. ‘the flesh, :
Brothers have the same home. We
are . brothers of all whose home is
heaven.
Brothers do not stop with each op-
portunity for kindness to argue,
“This is my brother.” And so also
our spiritual brotherhood must be-
come an instinct.
Brothers of the flesh often look
alike; brothers of the spirit see
alike.
Brotherhood is like electric attrac-
tion—not imposed upon us from
without, but a law working from
within.
Missions are not brotherhood, but
the necessary outgrowth of brother-
hood; they are not the fire, they are
the heat.
Christmas is the family festival.
When the earth becomes one great
family, we shall keep Christmas
every day.
The fatherhood of God is the trunk
of the tree of love; the brotherhood
of man is the branches.
Is there any man whom I could not
honestly hail as my brother?
What fruits of brotherhood am I
bringing forth?
How can I deepen my love for man-
kind? ’
To assert that the law of brother-
ly love is impracticable to the needs
of society is simply to deny the very
first law by which society exists.
Solemn warning is given by the cu-
rator of the Alhambra, in Spain, that
the seven hund r-cld palace is
fa 2 te piece ancient home of
Spain’s M has withstcod
both ear fire. The
and
French scldiers blew up eight of the
towers and tried to level the entire
fabric. It is. the of the
building which is threatening it with
destruction now.
A writer who has bes
the old subject of su:
burglars giv
rstition among
3 conclusion that
{’ a house where
hat squintis is kept.
> different horses
» will not work
ishman in the
a female seo
If a burglar
slip down in a day 1}
that night. One
dcek confesse mbers of his
profe-sion “burgle”
houses with the number 22, 93, 111
and 444. ii
Fifteen par cent. error, say?
Chief Willis L. Mcore. is the record of
the weather bureau. Not only is this
proportion lower than in any foreign
bureau, but in ten years not a crite
cism of its work has come from any
every corner light. —William Arthur,
of hot water.
helps wond=rfully in cleaning and
ensta only a few cents.
commercial, maritire or scientific or-
ganization.
KEYSTONE STATE GULLINES
GOVERNOR’S LIBRARY SOLD
Then Thousand Dollars Realized from
Pennypacker’s Franklin
Library.
which Governor Pennypacker’s great
library will be disposed of took place
in Philadelphia. It included all the
Governor’s collection relating to Ben-
jamin Franklin, In it were books
printed by Franklin, letters written
by Franklin and his son William, and
books relating to Franklin. “Poor
Richard’s Almanac,” records of the
Pennsylvania Assembly and 100-year-
old copies of the Pennsylvania Ga-
zette. About $10,000 was realized.
The state superior court at Phila-
delphia, after declaring portions of the
miners’ certificate act, passed by the
legislature in 1897, to be unconstitu-
tional, upholds the law as a whole.
The court confirms the conviction of
a miner convicted in Lackawanna
county who was found guilty of hav-
ing engaged in the occupation of a
miner in the anthracite field without
having previously obtained a certifi-
cate of competency from the miners’
examining board of the district, and
without having been duly registered
as provided by the act.
Sherif George Seanor took pos-
session and announced a sale of all
the holdings of the J. M. Rumbaugh
Brick company situated in Westmore=
land and Allegheny counties. The
suit was brought at the instance of
Lucien Clawson, of Greensburg, trus-
tee. The property consists of about
35 acres in Mount Pleasant township,
on which is erected a brick plant; 10
acres in North Huntingdon township,
which is divided into separate tracts
and on which are erected brick plants
and seven acres in Allegheny county,
at Pitcairn, on which are erected brick
works.
Judge W. D. Porter in court at
New Castle, decided the pure food
laws unconstitutional and dismissed
the indictment brought against Grocer
William Arrow, by agents of the Pure
Food commission. Attorneys for Ar-
row moved to have the indictment
quashed and it was argued, the de-
fense pleading that the pure food act
was defective in that the title fails
to specify that the law prohiibts both
the manufacture and sale of adulter-
ated foods, the title merely declar-
ing that it is to prohibit the adulter-
ation of edibles. ,
' Thomas H. Hartman, Jr., Wiliiam
Reagan and Charles J. Juge, elec-
tion officers in the twelfth precinct
of the Iourteenth ward, of Philadel-
phia, were fined $500 and sentenced
to two years imprisonment. They
were convicted ® of padding the as-
sessors’ lists and conspiracy to make
fraudulent returns of the election held
last February. Benjamin Williams,
another officer of the same precinct,
was fined $250 and sentenced to one
year in prison. isa ‘4
Joha Belford and John |" Metzker,
each aged 15 years, charged with
wrecking a .passenger train on the
Cresson and Clearfield Railroad, ‘near |
Mahaffey, November 20, confessed
their crime in'rthe Clearfield’ County
Court’ and were sentenced - to. the
House of Refuge.: ‘Fhe:'boys ‘opened 1
a switch leading to a coal -mine, de. |
railed the. passenger train and three
persons were injured. :
Six of the eight children of Mr. and
Mrs. William Morgan were burned to
death in a fire ‘that destroyed their
home ‘on the" outskirts “of Clayville,
Jefferson county and Mrs. Morgan
was fearfully burned. Mr. Morgan
made a heroic effort to save his
family, but fell unconscious from a
window, ° suffocated by the smoke,
after getting his wife and two. of
the children out of the house.
Prof. H. F. Brooks, ex-principal of
the public schools at Uniontown,
who wis convicted for alleged em-
bezzlement of school funds, is in the
Fayette county jail, his bondsmen
having surrendered him. It is i
his attorneys will appeal to the
United States Distriet court for a writ
of habeas corpus.
The new Western
road, being built from New Castie
to Butler for the Pennsylvania rail<
road in order to have the freight
traffic avoid the congested Pittsburg
district, it is stated, will be extend-
ed westward from New Castle to
Youngstown.
On account of the discovery that the
Allegheny rail-
insane und the consumptives at the
Philadelphia hospital are suffering
from over-crowding and disgraceful
neglect, a specjal session of coun-
cils will be called to make emergency
appropriations to remedy the condi-
tions.
Ermina, the 12-year- old daughter
of N. W. Silvermore, of South Sharon,
was smothered to death. The child
had been ill and, it is said, its head
was covered with bedclothes to pre-
vent her catching cold.
Norman, the 11-year-old son of
George Nace, of New Haven, died
from injuries received by being rum
over by a Pennsylvania railroad
train.
Rev. Thomas B. Anderson, D. D.. of
Rochester, has announced that he
has declined a call to the Presbyter-
ian Church at Derry, tendered him a
week ago.
An oil well boiler in
Rich Hill
township, Greene county. exploded
and Roger McCracken, aged 3 years,
was killed.
George Hen of Dunbar town-
ship, wa 1 p by ith negroes
and robbed of $40. Hennessey came
to Dunbar from Oliver and was going
to the home of his brother when
robbed.
Robert J. Wallace, 20 years old,
died at hjs home, 5167 Dauphin street,
Pittsburg from the effects of injur-
ies received at an ameteur game of
football two months ago.
Harry Wonder, 21 years ‘old, of
Lovett, was killed by a train. at
South Fork. He was crossing the
tracks in a buggy when a coal train
struck him,
The first of the series of sales at -