DAVID WINS
THE THRONE
STORY BY THE "HIGHWAY
AND BYWAY" PREACHER
IUojillii, i!Wf, ly tlio Aiilliur, W. H. IMmhi.)
ScrJpturo Authority: 2 Samuel
2:1-32.
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SERMONETTE.
David's success brought with
It no bitterness of regret over
the means by which that sue t
cess had been won.
Had David purchased success
at the compromise of principle, X
nr tho irimmlsdlntl of erlme. It
T u.nu i,au rio.iH una.. I
1 his life which would have over- 4 th Mr unconscious of tho trag
t shadowed him'to the very grave t ody of war-of the King and his
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4 Take success In the world to-
T day which Is achieved by qucs- T
4 tlonahle meant, how certainly 4
X do the misdeeds uncover them-
4 selveB at last, and relentleosly 4
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4. ana persistently toiiow mc per
4 petrator,
1. h.,t fnir
ss won by any out tair .
urtnna . B mit
brings unrest or soui,
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4- Success
4 means
' cr, h- tnrir
scorn of the world.
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What aha t profit a man
- if h. h. u,hAi. unriH t
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:; the sacrifice of honor, or obedl-
ence to God's law, or service to
hB pother man? -
Faith that can wait brings
success which will endure. The -
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anointing at Bethlehem until the I
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The man who Is willing to t
h. take only the success which -
:; God gives Is the man Into whose
hanH RnH rnmmlt. hi. mnct In..
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4 David's chief adviser was tha Z
T Hnau-ntw Pri.nH whn ,,iHnm t
Is above man's wisdom, and
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I ef18j t
I How often in tho r.hantr he. t
fore us we find the statement -
that David inquired of the Lord ::
- as to the course he nhm.irf nur. -
i B..e ru.n hi- ma r t
t Mlth the Hlnr.lnllne of he xear X
X upon him dare not trust to his 1
?own wisdom. He must seek r
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-t- me uivine gumance, Dy wnicn
T alone he could walk In tin T
4- straight path which would deliv- 4-
T er him from the snares of the t
X enemy and establish him in the X
1 klnadom which so lonn before T
had been promised to him. X
T In all of his tribulations and T
X advarsltles David was the cheer. X
tful optimist whose vision was T
4- from above even vh lie his feet 4-
T walked the uncertain pathways T
4- of the world. 4-
T We may not all be called to T
kingdoms, but we may all have
i the privilege of the Divine X
f guidance and the consciousness 4
X that God's presence is with us, X
'4 be the place we fill ever so
X humble,
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TH E STORY.
AFTER tho ocean tempest como the
subduod winds and tho subsiding
waves; the heavens stretch blue und
beautiful from horizon to horizan, and
the golden suubIiIuo 1111s all tho balmy
air. But along tho rock-bound shore
the wreckago lies In mad confusion a
Bad remlndor of tho storm of tho night
CHIMPANZEE HAD MUCH FUN.
Escaped from French Circus for Brief
Spell of Liberty.
A largo chimpanzee performing at
a fair in Montmnrtrc, Franco, escaped
recently, and created a panic in tho
district. The animal glvos his per
formance under tho direction of La
Goulue, tho Mouln Rouge dancer who
took to lion taming and went through
hor marriage coromony in a lion's
den. Zlzl, as ho is called, escaped
wlille his kooper's attontion was mo
mentarily attracted elsowhoro, and
niado straight for tho Metropolitan
railway station nt tho Boulevard
DarboB. Entering tho booking olllce
ho nearly frightened tho woman book
ing clork out of her wits. Ho seized
bundles of tickots, nnd amused him
solf by flinging thorn into tho air and
wntching thoir doacont in a shower.
When ho had thus nindo an end of
Bovoral hundreds of pnekagos ho ran
into tho station, creating a panic
among tho waiting pnssongers. Thoy
flod across' the lino and down tho
before. Thoro In miito protest to
Nature's friendly mood nro the torn
and shattered Umbers of tho noble
tilill) which has gone down Into the mer
ciless maw of tho mighty waters.
Thore strewn along the beach 's tho
water-soaked cargo, and from beneath
the confusion of piled wreckage ap
pears the hand, tho foot, the bafored
head or some haplesB victim. Nature so
peaceful and reassuring, and yet bring
ing but poor comfort to the heart
which contemplates tho ruin before
It.
So was It In Israel. The storm of
battle has passed; tho clash Of arms
Is stilled, the thunder of rushing war
chariots and the mad cries of multi
tudes of men Joined In death strug
gle hnvo died away, and thoso who
have not fallen In battle have scatter
ed to their homes while the victorious
army of tho Philistines laden with
plunder has returned homo again.
Tho sky Is blue aa boforo, tho sun
cheery and warm, the breezes laden
with )orfumo from the flowering fields,
irons Hint II, arm ui uio mourning in
many a homo In Israel whither the
father, and tho son, tho sweetheart
nnd brother would never more return
pouring out their little souls In glad
melody, but In tho hearts of tho peo
ple a note of dee) anguish and anxious
foreboding. Oh, the agony of thoso
laVB. weeping for tho lost and foaring
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for the living. With blanched cheeks
... .. . ,,
and trembling Hps the people talked
together of the tragic end of King
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Saul and his sons, of tho mutilation of
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t,,c,r bodies, of their hanging from
tho walls of noth-shan, a ghastly
of tbe
,o q( Ashtarotll the Philistine
thousand and
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riblo battle the people talked, and
wondered what further misfortune
awaited tho nation
With Saul and his three sons dead,
who was there to load the nation
Confusion and uncertainty prevailed
Kvon Abner tho loador of tho
hosts of Israel was apparently
0 rally Ills forces and
BUggCSt SOIIIO plan Of BCtlOIl. TllO
leopIo wore as sheep without a shep-
ou ll" u,l-
"or a,ltl confusion continued, oven as
8011th as III the land Of Jlldah. And
thoro the stirring reports of tho bat-
1,0 w,th lts 111 consequences to Israel
wore repeated over and over again.
a,ul ,hc 8111110 questions stirred the
"OUrlS Ot tllO people as tO WHO DOW
would lead them as troubled tho
northern tribes. In tho spirit of much
doprosBlon tho elders of Judah came
together to consider the situation,
mooting socrotly In ono of the little
obscure towns lest If they assemblod
Hobroil, their Chief City, UOWS Of
tho mooting might reach the ears
of tho Philistines and stir them to
Immediato attack.
It was but natural that tho first
iougnt snouiu uo oi uaviu, anu some
woro for 1,11 immediato sending of
n messenger to him Inviting his re-
thought should bo of David, and some
turn to .Tudnh, but just as they were
ttbt to do so a manor brought tid-
"BB that David had Jolnod his forces
wlt' thoso of Achlsh, tho Philistine
kn luul llfttl shared in the recent bat-
l,u u ruaiuiua su iiiaubiiuusi
to tho army of Israel.
"What, David light against his
brethren In Israel?" the oldors ex
cuumou.
es,' replied tne messenger,
1 hou knoweBt how ho has been
dwelling in the land of tho Philistines
for now these many months, and how
King Achlsh gave him Zlklag in which
to dwoll. And Achlsh made league
with him and trusted him as ho might
a brother, so that when he gathered
his armies to go out against tho arm
es or Israel no took David and his
in nlong."
A long rminful silenco followed this
disconcerting news. Whither, now,
indeed, would Judah turn. David had
failed them. Now that he had taken
up arms against hla own countrymen
I thoro could nevor more be place for
stairs Into tho street, and two police-
mon and six porters woro summoned
to try nnd capturo Zlzl. As soon as
Zlzl saw them coming ho bolted lown
tho lino, and was so anxious to es
cape his pursuers that ho did not no
tlco an approaching train. Tho driv
er pulled up In tlmo to avoid killing
tho animal, and Zlzl capered off on
another lino, nnd stopped n second
train in tho same way. Aftor much
chasing and dodging Zlzl was even
tually caught In a sack, put Into a
Btrnlt waistcoat, and takon to the
pollco station, where La Gouluo ap
peared and balled him out early the
noxt morning.
A Thirty-Foot Snake.
Callers at tho Paris building this
morning onjoyod tho sight of a snako
skin of mammoth proportions. It was
that of a boa constrictor shot 10 miles
north of Zamboanga by two Amorican
prospectors, Boll and Newman, Tho
akin measures 29 feet, but Mr. Wick
orHhnm, who brought tho skin to Man
ila, says when Ilrst killed tho snako
measured 30 feet 0 Inches.
At tho tlmo It was shot the con
him In .Tudnh. And with oven great-
or depression thnn before iho elders
departed to their homes.
Hut tho next day strange things had
happened In Judah. The elders sent
messengers to each other with the
query:
"Hath David sent might to thee?
Behold, when I arrived home I found
there awaiting me a goodly portion of
the spoil which David had sent with
loyal greetings. What thinkest thou
concornlng It?"
It can bo Imagined what surprlso
and astonishment such tidings brought
to each of the elders and hastily they
renssemblcd early on the following
day to consider the matter. Then It
was that the full details of David's re
turn to Zlklng, his pursuit of tho en
emy which had burned his city and
carried off tho women and children,
and of his recovery of everything
which had been taken, wore made
mown.
'Then ho did not fight with the
Philistines against Israel?" they ex
claimed, ono to the other, their de
pression giving place to the Joy of a
new hope.
"Let us send greetings at once to
David, and Invite him to return," eag
erly suggested one.
"But who is there who will daro go
nto the land of tho Philistines to
carry him word. If tho coming of
such messengor reaches tho ears of
the Philistines, I fear It will go hard
with David, und may bring tho Phil-
Btlno nrmles down upon us," spoke
up another cautiously.
Then followed an earnest discussion
which was suddenly Interrupted by
the entrance of a breathless runner
who exclaimed as soon as ho was
ablo to recover the power of speech:
"David! Hebron!"
"What's that you say?" fairly shout
ed tho elders, so excited were they.
'David has como to Hebron?"
The mcsBonger nodded his head In
assent, and added:
"Yea, and he hath brought all his
men and all his substance, and his
wives and all whatsoever he hath."
"Then let us go up to Hebron and
tliero anoint him as our king. Sure
ly God has looked down upon us In our
distress, and hath sent a deliverer."
And so It was that the men of Ju
dah eamo and there they anointed
David king over tho house of Judah.
Kashgaria.
Thoro are fow places In tho world
so difficult to get at as Kashgaria.
Though it lies In Chinese territory the
journey from Pokin occupies no less
than six months. From India cara
vans take two months, having to cross
meanwhile tho three highest mountain
ranges In tho world by way of several
passes measuring 18,000 feet above
sea lovel.
Then from the tailend of tho Ru3
slan railway system In Central Asia
ono may reach Kashgar In three
weeks by several routes, all involving
tho transit of difficult and storm
swept passes.
Kashgaria Is said to cover an area
of 350,000 square miles a statement
that has little Interest until consld
ored In relation to the proportion
which is cultivated by man. It Is
stnrtllng to relnto that human en
deavor has been capable of rendering
fertile little moro than a hundredth
part and that nlnety-nlno hundredths
of It Is irredeemable desert.
Natural Soap Baths.
Natural soap baths aro not an un
mixed blosslng. The curious soap
spring that forms a wonder of a vil
lage In Timor, East Indian Islands,
consists of a small elevated mud
cone, from which bubbles up water
heavily charged with alkali and
radium, tho discharge giving the ap
pearance of a miniature volcano. A
disadvantage of such a washing place
Is that vegetation Is ruined for miles
around.
Boots Worn by Great Protector.
In London tho other day a pair of
riding boots worn by Ollvor Cromwoll
woro sold for $43. They were discov
ered 30 years ago during some exca
vations at Canonbury tower, Islington
stridor had Just selzod a deor by tho
nose and was choking off its wind.
Tho constrictor received a chargo of
buckshot full In tho nock nnd fell with
out a struggle. The wound is now
represented bv a JaKued hole In th
BKin about three Inches in diameter.
Mr. Wtckersham says ho has soon
one constrictor even larder. 36 foot
For the purposo of convincing the
sKoptlcal that there are such mnn
stors in tnese Islands be has agreed
to piaco tho skin on exhibition. Ma
nlla Times.
Novelty in Entertainments.
A Paris paper says that on evory
Sunday Mrs. Mackay rocolvos ho
fiiouds in a secluded corner of tho
Latin quarter's most famous park in
Paris. Tho refreshments at thoso
entertainments aro supplied bv imas
lug vondors, such as old women who
sou tempting raisin cako and othor
like dainties. Tho paper adds to this
account, which, whothor or not nn
thontle, Is pleasant to bolleve. that
these novel llttlo nffairs have boon
most successful and aro a groat relief
aftor moro formal entortalnmouta
HELPING TIE T
IN
HINTS AS TO MAKING THE HOME
MARKET BETTER.
HANDLING OF FARM PRODUCE
How Merchants and Farmers Can Co
operate to Their Mutual Advan
tage in a Business Way.
Many agricultural towns could be
vastly improved by affording farmers
bettor markets for the produce that
they have to dispose of. In tho ra
dius, of every country village thore
Is sufficient butter and eggs and other
products to be marketed, the hand
ling of which would make a profitable
business.
The custom that has prevailed for
many years of storekeepers indiscrim
inately handling produce does not ap
pear to bo to tho best interests of
towns or it may be said, to the mer
chants or tho farmers. In the first
place the average storekeeper has
no facilities for the proper handling
of perishable products. He may not
receive sufficient to enable him to dis
pose of the product to the greatest
advantage. Therefore instead of mak
ing any profit upon what he handles,
many times he is the loser and looks
for his compensation in the trade that
may be given him by the farmers who
bring In the produce.
It is important to a town whether
it Is reputed to be a good produce
market or otherwise. Where tho
farmer can receive a cent or two
moro for his butter and eggs he Is
likely to turn his attention. In some
towns there are regular buyers of
produce, but often these methods aro
such as to be unsatisfactory and re
sult In loss of trade to the place.
Merchants generally exchange goods
for whatever produce may be brought
to them. In many places they will
not pay cash, and It has been known
where cash has been paid that It Im
mediately found its way to some other
town where goods was purchased.
Each town that has any consider
able patronage from tho farming com
munity surrounding it, should have
a small cold storage plant. One plan
that has been found practicable In
many towns is the organization of a
produce company in which merchants
of the town as well as the farmers
are stockholders. These concerns pro
vide every facility for the proper
packing and storage of eggs and but
ter and other perishable produce, and
sometimes include a butter renovat
lug plant. Where such companies are
onerated tho merchants refuse to
handle produce, referring all who have
such to sell to the produce company
The company pays tho highest mar
ket price for what It buys. Instead
of paving cash, due bills are issued
which are accepted the same as cash
at all the stores in town. Each week
tho merchants who receive these due
bills in exchange for goods have thorn
cashed at the office of the produce
company.
By paying from a cent to two cents
a dozen more for eggs or por pound
for butter these produce companies
have beon wondorful factors in bring'
ng trade to the place. Not alone do
they benefit the town by bringing ad
ditional patronage to the merchants,
but the business enn be highly profit
able if managed rightly. It requires
but little capital to operate such an
establishment. It Is well when organ-
zatlon is taken up to limit the
amount of stock that each shareholder
recelvos to one or two shares of a
par value of $50 or $100. An effort
should bo made to have as many mer
chants as possible shareholders. Also
to securo us many shareholders among
the farmers as can be had. It should
be understood that instead of paying
cash, farniers pay for their shares
of stock In produce at prevailing mnr
lcet pi Ices. With all the inorchnnts
In tho town Interested In tho sue-
BANKERS GETTING WISE.
They See Danger In the Mall-Order
System of Business.
It is only lately that hunkers of tho
west have come to a realization that
tho mail-order system of business has
boon a serious injury to them, killing
oft' the business of their towns, taking
out of circulation money that should
help swell tho local bank deposits and
otherwise interfering with town pro
gress. Tho trouble has beon with many
bnukors that thoy failed to consider
tho buylng-goods-nway-from-homo ovll
as anything of particular concorn to
them. When Farmer Smith would
buy a draft for $50 or $100 to uund
to Chicago, tho banker got bin ton
cents oxchungo and thought ho wiih
that much ahead, while tho facts re
mained that If ho could koop Iho
monoy from being sunt from homo
that $50 of tho farmer for tho hunker
might make a dollar or two of protlt.
cess of the company, and tho farmers
throughout tho country also share.
holders and participants in profits that
may bo made, it will be soon found
that the produce company will be
handling all tho produce business that
originates in tho community.
In many localities where this plan
has beon put In operation tho farmers
have discovered that thoy could ro-
ceivo better prices for their butter
and cream and eggs than under the
old system. Being associated In a
way with the business interests of the
place they become more interested in
all affairs of the town and are moro
Inclined to work In harmony with the
merchants towards anything that has
the Improvement of tho homo town
In view. One of the desirable things
about this plan is Its tendency to
lessen the pructlco of residents of
rural communities trading with mail
order houses and department stores
in tho large cities. Another admir
able featuro Is the adding of an
additional labor-saving Industry to
the town and tho keeping of the earn
ings of the people in circulation In
the community.
WHERE THE MERCHANT FAILS.
An Iowa Farmer Tells Him He Should
Advertise, and How.
An Iowa farmer contributes to the
Des Moines Capitol the following very
pertinent suggestion as to why the
mail order houses succeed in getting
the business of tho rural communities
away from local merchants:
"If the mall order housoB got $1,000
out of this county each month that be
longs to the home merchants the fault
Is with the merchants themselves. Tho
mail order houses advertise and give
us prices on everything they offer for
sale. They tell us what they have
and what they want for It. Of course
we get soaked once In awhile and If
we do we can try some other house.
Most of the home merchants who ad
vertise at all don't quote prices. They
neglect to tell us what we want to
know the price. Of course wo can go
to the store and ask the price of this
article, and that, but you know how
It is one doesn't know so well exact
ly what ho wants to buy when he gets
In a store as when he is nt home. And
thore Is where the mall order houses
make their hit. They send us their
advertising matter into homes and we
rend It when we haven't anything else
to do and every member of the family
who reads their stuff usually finds
something th.at he or some other mem
ber of the family wants and many or
ders are made up and sent out just at
such times.
"Right here is where tho home mer
chant falls down. If he talked up his
business to us In our homos the same
as the mall order houses do the people
would be In to see him tho noxt time
they came to town and in many cases
extra trips would be made to get the
things at once that we didn't know
we wanted until they were brought
to our attention.
"The homo merchant can save tho
expense of getting up a catalogue. We
people read the homo papers more
carefully than we do the catalogue,
and if the merchant wants to talk
business with us let him put his talk
in tho home papers, and put It In so
that wo know ho moans business. The
homo merchant likely, nine times out
of ten, sells his goods as cheap as the
mail order houses, and 1 believe on
many things they are much cheaper,
but how aro we to know If he doesn't
tell us about it.
"A merhant must not think that
even his best customers know Ills
goods so well thai they can tell what
ho lias without being shown.
"It Is none of my business how tho
home merchant runs his business, but
I don't llko to sou these roasts in the
papers all the time about us follows
who got a Utile stuff shipped in once
in awhile and never anything said on
tho other side. There are always two
sides of a question, and I have given
you mine. If It is worth anything to
you you can take it."
It was only when tho catalogue
houses started In to solicit deposits of
tho peoplo of country towns and farm
lug communities that tho bankers
took a tumble.
Then again some bankers have such
an exalted idea of their position In
tho town that the goods to be had
from the local merchants nro not good
enough for themselves and "families,
and set a bad example boforo tho peo
plo by sending away themselves for
what thoy desire In tho way of staples
and luxuries. Bankers uro conserva
tive; and aro not forward in making
iiuggoHllouH (o thoir patroiiH as to
what I hoy Hhouhl do wllli their money,
but In this mat lor it appears sulllcleut
ly Important to Justify the oxorclso ol
what lulluomio tlio hanker can com
mand in lioluilf of homo patronage. It
hi Iho IiuhIiuuih of tho town and sur
rounding count ry Hint affords a protlt
to tho hnnk. The groator (his volumo
of liiitiliit'tiH (Miu bo made tho bettor
for tho banker and every Interest of
tlio town, and Iho farmers and other
laborers as well,
D. M. CAIUl.
