TALMAGE'S SEEMON ,
REWARDS OF ENDEAVOR SUN
DAY'S SUBJECT.
From the Folio wing Text "I Have
Finished Ui Work Which Thou Gnvest
file to Do" John XVU , 4 The Ifrulta
of Well Won Victory.
[ Copyright , 1900. by Louis Klopach. ]
There Is a profound satisfaction in
the completion of anything we have
undertaken. We lift the capstone with
exultation , while , on the other hand ,
there is , nothing more disappointing
than after having toiled in a certain
direction to find that our time is wast
ed and our investment profitless.
Christ came to throw up a highway on
which the whole world might , if it
chose , mount into heaven. He did it
The foul mouthed crew who attempted j
to tread on him could not extinguish
the sublime satisfaction which he ex-
preesed when he said , "I hare finished
the work which thou gavest me to
do. "
Alexander the Great was wounded ,
and the doctors could not medicate his
wounds.and he seemed to be dylng.and
In his dream the sick man saw a plant
with a peculiar flower , and he dream
ed that that plant was put upon his
wound and that immediately it was
cured. And Alexander , waking from
his dream , told this to the physician ,
and the physician wandered out until
he found just the kind of plant which
the sick man had described , brought
it to him , and the wound was healed.
Well , the human race had been hurt
with the ghastliest of all wounds
that of sin. Itwas the business of
Christ to bring a balm for that wound
the.balm of.divine restoration. In
carrying this business to a success
ful Issue the difficulties were stupen
dous.
The Spiritual Upbuilding.
In many of our plans we have our
friends to help us ; some to draw a
sketch of the plan , others to help us
in the execution. But Christ fought
every inch of his way against bitter
hostility and amid circumstances all
calculated to depress and defeat.
In his father's shop no more inter
course was necessary than is ordinar
ily necessary in bargaining with men
that have work to do ; yet Christ , with
bands hard from use of tools of trade ,
was called forth to become a public
speaker , to preach in the face of mobs , [
while some wept and some shook their
fists and some gnashed upon him with
their teeth and many wanted him out ;
of the way. To address orderly and
respectful assemblages is not so easy
ns it may seem , but It requires more
energy and more force and more con
centration to address an exasperated
mob. The villagers of Nazareth heard
the pounding of his hammer , but all
the wide reaches of eternity were to
fhear the stroke of his spiritual up
building.
So also the habits of dress and diet tlsc
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were against him. The mighty men of scbi
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Christ's time did not appear in apparel bia
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without trinkets and adornments.
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None of the Caesars would have appeared
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peared in citizen's apparel. Yet here
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was a man , here was a professed king ,
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who always wore the same coat. In stm
deed , it was far from shabby , for after "i
he had worn it a long while the gamblers "iai
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blers thought it worth raffling about ,
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( imperial robe. It was a aoat that any
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ordinary man might have worn on an teHI ;
ordinary occasion.
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Neither was there any pretension in siY.
his diet. No cupbearer with golden to
chalice brought him wine to drink. th
On the seashore he ate fish , first hav ou
ing broiled it himself. No one fetched
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him water to drink ; but , bending over ed
the well in Samaria , he begged a st ;
drink. He sat at only one banquet , stwi
and that not at all sumptuous , for to fia
relieve the awkwardness of the host is i
one of the guests had to prepare wine isdi
for the company. "I
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All this was against Christ. So the th
fact that he was not regularly gradu toi >
ated was against him. If a man come dr
with the diplomas of colleges and th
schools and theological seminaries , hi
and he has been through foreign trav to i
el , the world is disposed to listen. But an
here was a man who had graduated lei
had not in academy ha
at no college , any
learned the wl
emy by ordinary means
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alphabet of the language he spoke.and "Iwi
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yet he proposed to talk , to instruct in
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subjects which had confounded the L
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mightiest intellects. John says : "The L
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Jews marveled , saying , How hath this inm
man letters , having never learned ? " m
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We , in our "day , have found out that
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a man without a diploma may know
as much as a man with one and that itkii
kii
a college can not transform a slug
gard into a philosopher or a theolog
ical seminary teach a fool to preach.
! An empty head after the laying on of na
bands of the presbytery is empty still. It
But it shocked all existing prejudices th (
in those olden times for a man with as i
no scholastic pretensions and no graduation enter
uation from a learned Inct il ution to set ter
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himself up for a teacher. It was
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against him.
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So also the brevity of his life was
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against him. He had not come to what
his
we call mid-life. But very few men do
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anything before 33 years of age , and
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yet' that was the point at which Th
Christ's life terminated. The first 15
tie
years you take in nursery and school. scl
Then it will take you six years to get rht
into your occupation or profession. but
That will bring you to 21 years. Then wil
it will take you ten years at least to the
get established In your life work , correcting is
ishai
recting the mistakes you have made. hai
If any man at 33 years of age gets "St
fully established in his life work he str
la the exception. Yet that is the
point at which Christ's life termin
ated.
"JDlosseil Are the Poor. "
Popular opinion declared in those
days , "Blessed is the merchant who
has a castle down on the banks of
Lake Tiberias. " This young man
said , "Blessed are the poor. " Popular
opinion said In those days , "Blessed
are those who live amid statuary and
fountains and gardens and congratu
lations and all kinds of festivity. "
This young man responded , "Blessed
are they that mourn. " Public opinion
in those days said , "Blessed is the Ro
man eagle , the flap of whose wing
startles nations and the plunge of
whose tiroru beak 'Inflicts cruelty upon
its enemies. " This young man re
sponded , "Blessed are the merciful. "
Popular opinion said , "An eye for an
eye , a tooth for a tooth. " In other
words , if a man knocks your eye out
knock his out. If a man breaks your
tooth break his. Retort for retort , sar
casm for sarcasm , irony for irony , per
secution for persecution , wound for
wound. Christ gaid , "Pray for them
that despitefully use you. " They look
ed at his eys. It was like any other
man's eye , except perhaps more
speaking. They felt his hand , made
of bone and muscle and nerves and
flesh , just like any other hand. Yet
what bold treatment of subjects.what
supernatural demands , what strange
doctrine ! They felt the solid earth
under them , and yet Christ said , "I
bear up the pillars of this world. " They
looked at the moon. He said , "I will
turn it into blood. " They looked at
the sea. He said. "I will hush it. "
They looked at the stars. He said , "I
will shake them down like untimely
figs. " Did ever one so young say
things so bold ? It was all against
him.
him.After
After the battle of Antletam , when
a general rode along the lines , al
though the soldiers were lying down
exhausted , they rose with great en
thusiasm and huzzaed. As Napoleon
returned from his captivity his first
step on the wharf shook all the king
doms , and 250,000 men flocked to his
standard. It took 3.000 troops to
watch him in his exile. So there have
been men of wonderful magnetism of
person. But hear me while I tell you
of a poor young man who came up
from Nazareth to produce a thrill
which has never been excited by any
ather. Napoleon had around him the
memories of Marengo' and Austerlitz
ind Jena , but here was a man who had
ought no battles , who wore no epaul-
3ts , who brandished no sword. He had
probably never seen a prince or shak-
n hands with a nobleman. The only
jxtraordinary person we know of as
jeing in his company was his own
nether , and she was so poor that in
he most delicate and solemn hour
hat comes to a woman's soul she was
ibllged to lie down among drivers
rooming the beasts of burden.
The Qcestlon of Lineage. :
I imagine Christ one day standing In ;
he streets of Jerusalem. A man de-
cended from high lineage is standing
leside him , and says : "My father was fi
merchant prince. He had a castle on fia fia
he beach in Galilee. Who was your a
ather ? " Christ answers , "Joseph , the tl
arpenter. " A man from Athens is tla tlt
tanding there unrolling his parch- a
icnt of graduation and says to Christ , hdi
Where did you go to school ? " Christ dibi
nswers , "I never graduated. " Aha , bih
tie idea of such an unheralded young h
lan attempting to command the at- ir
sntion of the world ! As well some tc
ttle fishing village on Long Island
here attempt to arraign New York ,
et . no sooner does he set foot in the ?
wns or cities of Judaea than every- S1
1E
iiing Is in commotion. The people go
ut on a picnic , taking only food
aough for a day , yet are so fascinat-
with Christ that at the risk of
a
arving they follow him out into the
ilderness. A nobleman falls down
at before him and says , "My daughter
dead. " A beggar tries to rub the
imness from his eyes and says , 01E
E
Lord , that my eyes may be opened. "
. sick panting woman ly
poor , , pressesp. .
p. '
irough the crowd and says , "I must
uch the hem of his garment. " Chilor
ren who love their mother better pc
lan ; any one else struggle to get into f °
m
Is ! arms , and to kiss his cheek , and
w <
run their fingers through his hair ,
e
id for all time putting Jesus so in
ive with the little ones that there is
irdly a nursery in Christendom from
:
hich he does not take one , saying ,
en
must have them. I will fill heavsnen
ith these , for every cedar that I plant
heaven I will have 50 white lilies. .
the hour when I was a poor man
Judaea they were not ashamed of
sh
e. and now that I have come to a
lei
irene I do not despise them. Hold
th
not back , 0 weeping mother ! Lay CO
on my warm heart. Of such is the
sti
ngdom of heaven. "
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Victory Over Nature. co
See him victorious over the forces of tir
iture. The sea is a crystal sepulcher. tw
swallowed the Central American , of !
ie President and the Spanish armada thi
easily as any fly that ever floated
it. The inland lakes are fully as
rrible in their wrath. Some of us
ho have sailed on it know that Lake
ililee , when aroused in a storm , is j i
'erwhelming , and yet that sea f
ouched in his presence , and licked r
feet. He knew all the waves and
wind. When he beckoned they ,
me. When he frowned , they fled.
ie heel of his Th
foot made no indenta-
m on the solidified water. Medical we
iesce has wrought great changes in grc
eumatic limbs and diseased blood , 2 1m
when the muscles are entirely ( m
ithered no human power can restore am
em. and when a limb is once dead It a <
dead. But here is a paralytic his Wi
.nd lifeless. Christ says to him , wil
tretch forth thy hand , " and he ser
retches it forth. gra
In the eye infirmary how many ais- Ne >
eases of that delicate organ have been
cured ? But Jesus says to one blind ,
"Be open ! " and the light of heaven
rushes through gates that have never
before been opened. The frost or an
ax may kill a tree , but Jesus smites
one dead with a word. Chemistry
may do many wonderful things , but
what chemist at a wedding'when the
wine gave out could change a pall of
water into a cask of wine ? What human
voice could command a school of fish ?
Yet hero is a voice that marshals the
scaly tribes , until in a place where
they had let down the net and pulled
it up with no fish In it they let it down
again , and the disciples lay hold and
began to pull , when by reason of the
multitude of fish the net-broke. Na
ture is his servant. The flowers he
twisted them into his sermons ; the
winds they were his lullaby when he
slept in the boat ; the rain it hung
glitteringly on the thick foliage of the
parables ; the star of Bethlehem it
sang a Christinas carol over his birth ;
the rocks the'y beat a dirge at his
death. Behold his victory over the
grave ! The hinges of the family vault
become very rusty because they are
neveropened except to take another in.
There is a knob on the outside of the
door of the sepulcher , but none on the
inside. Here comes the conqueror of
death. He enters that realm and says ,
"Daughter of Jairua , sit up ! " and she
sits up. To Lazarus , "Come forth ! "
and he came forth. To the widow's
son he said , "Get up from that bier ! "
and he goes home with his mother.
Then Jesus snatched up the keys of
death and hung them to his girdle
and cried until all the graveyards of
the earth heard him , "O Death , I
will be thy plague ! O CJrave , I will be
thy destruction ! "
The Supernatural Nature.
No man could go through all the ob
stacles I have described , you say ,
without having a nature super
natural. In that arm , amid its mus
cles and nerves and bones , were in
tertwisted the energies of omnipo
tence. In the syllables of that voice
there was the emphasis of the eternal
God. That foot that walked the deck
of the ship in Gennesaret shall
stamp kingdoms of darkness into de
molition. This poverty struck Christ
owned Augustus , owned the sanhe-
drln , owned Tiberias , owned all the
castles on its beach and all the skies
that looked down into Its water , own
ed all the earth and ail the heavens.
To him of the plain coat belonged the
robes of celestial royalty. He who
walked the road to Emmaus the light
nings were the fire shod steeds of his
chariot. Yet there are those who look
on and see Christ turn water into
wine , and they say , "It was sleight of
hand ! " And they see Christ raise tha
lead to life , and they say , "Easily ex
plained ; not really dead ; playing
3ead. " And they see Christ giving
sight * to the blind man , and they say ,
'Clairvoyant doctor. " Oh what shall
they do on the day when Christ rises
ip in judgment and the hills shall
ock and the trumpets shall call , peal
n peal ?
Christ a Sympathizer.
My subject also reassures us of the
'act that in all our struggles we have
sympathizer. You cannot tell Christ
mything new about hardship. I do not
hink that wide ages of eternity will
ake the scars from his punctured side
ind : his lacerated temples and his sore
lands. You will never have a bur-
len weighing so many pounds as that
mrden Christ carried up the bloody
i
till. : You will never have any suffer-
ng worse than he endured , when with
ongue hot and cracked and inflamed
nd swollen , he moaned , "I thirst. "
i
fou will never be surrounded by
,
erse hostility than that which stood
round Christ's feet , foaming , revll-
Qg , livid with rage , howling flown his ,
irayers , and snuffing up the smell of
lood. O ye faint hearted , O ye _
roubled , O ye persecuted one , here ! s '
heart that can sympathize with you !
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Ahead ot America.
I know it would be wrong to explain nj
ur being three years ahead of a New e (
Ingland : boy merely from the scholar- cj
preparation of our teachers , says
'rofessor Hugo Munsterberg. A sec-
nd factor , which is hardly less im-
ortant , stands clear before my mmu ,
DO ; the help which our school found a
th
our homes. I do not mean that we
-ere helped in our work , but the
jachers were silently helped by the ar
jirit which prevailed in our homes
f
ith regard to the school work. The
heel had the right of way , our par-
its reinforced our belief in the work
ad our respect for the teachers ; a
jprimand in the school was a
ladow on our home life ; a word or n
raise in the school was a ray of sun-
line for the household. The excel-
nt school books , the wise plans for
te upbuilding of the ten years *
mrse , the hygienic care , the external
Imulations , have all , of course , help- B
toward the results ; and yet I am
mvlnced : that their effect was en-
rely secondary compared with those
vo features , the scholarly enthusiasm
our teachers , and the respect for :
ie school on the part of our parents.
Atlantic Monthly.
aw ;
Help "Wanted to Use the Seeds.
do
A member of congress from an agrl- an
iltural district in the west read a let-
on
recently received from one of his
lople. It read thus : "To the Very j ie ,
onorable Mr. Blank : Kind sir and tal
teemed friend I have the seeds. iy
ley came this morning and suit veryi
ill , specially the cabbage seed which * :
ows well in this soil , pleas send me on :
loads of fertiliser and a new harrer we
line is broke so it ain't no good ) alv
id if you could send me a man foi "
couple of days I would be obliged , old
ith this help I know the garden stuff "
11 turn out al rite and I will send r
me to you and the president. Your1 nic
ateful well wisher and Supporter. " > ful
w York Tribune , old
FOE BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.
Trick on "Old" Jones Whora Is Stor-
T ll Inland ? Jimmy Doollnp , Aged 13 ,
8 T d Four I.lren Twelve Things for
Ulrls to Kemomber.
Her Weary Wooden Soldier.
My wooden head Is cracked across ,
I've lost my youthful charms ;
I've lost , alack , one wooden leg ,
And both my wooden arms.
Full many a fight have I been in
'Twixt Fred and brother Hugh ;
I've been officer and private
( I've been ammunition , too ) .
I've been used to poke the fire with ;
I've been dipped into the ink ;
And I've made a perilous journey
Adown the kitchen sink.
I've been drowned , and I've been mar
ried ;
I've been buried and dug up ;
I've been "worried" round the garden
By that seven months' old pup.
In short , this mortal life is such
That , though I'm truly brave.
I long with all my wooden heart ,
For just a quiet grave.
Jimmy DooIlnR Saved Lives.
Jimmy Dooling , 13 years old , of 38
Front street , New York , is aggrieved
and the whole of the First ward , in
cluding the police , sympathize with
him , and it is something for the po
lice to sympathize with a small boy in
the First ward. Although so small in
stature that he looks not more than 9
years old , Jimmy has rescued at least
five persons from drowning. "An * at
dat , " he said last night to a Sun re
porter , "I hain't got no medal fer wet
I done. I hope dis one'll git it fer me. "
Dooling's fifth rescue was achieved
yesterday afternon on the remains of
pier 5 , East river. The pier is being
torn away , and the boys from the
houses near by have been playing tag
in it , jumping from pile to pile. Jim
my Dooling was "it" yesterday. He
was chasing James Hart , 12 years old ,
of 12 Stone street , when Hart slipped
and fell into the water. Hart cannot
swim , and Jimmy Dooling knew this ,
and plunged in after him. He man
aged to boost Hart upn one of the
piles far enough to enable a workman
on the pier to reach down and pull
him up. Then Dooling climbed out
himself and went home to dry his
clothes. Jimmy Hart was put to bed ,
and his father , who is a policeman at
tached to the Old Slip station , prom
ised him a whipping if he ever played
on the pier again unless Jimmy Dool
ing was there. Jimmy Dooling ac
quired the habit of life saving last
summer. It began when his pet dog
fell into the river. Jimmy jumped in
and brought the animal safe to shore.
Within two weeks he had pulled two n
small boys out of the river. Then he
stopped life-saving until January last ,
when he rescued 10-year-old Michael .
rague , as the Sun related at the time. .
A. month later he jumped into the icy
ivater again and pulled out a small
boy whose name Dooling can not re-
nember. "If ever a kid ought to get a
medal , " said Capt. Killilea of the Old si
Slip station last night , "that kid de sid [
serves one. " Policeman Quinn of the 01
Did Slip precinct has a reputation as tl
life-saver , too. Quinn has more tr
han fifty rescues to his credit. Last trm
two to admire him
light girls stopped ec
vhile the Sun reporter was talking to ecCi
rimmy ; Dooling about his rescues. All Ci
he boys in the neighborhood crowded re
tround the youthful hero. Quinn P (
ooked at the crowd and scattered it re
uickly with many threats. "He's get- is
in' jealous , " said one of the girls , si
ooking at Quinn. "Dat kid is stealin' tv
lis business. " Quinn looked disgust- fu
d and Jimmy Dooling grinned. Ex- sti
hange. nc
or
Trick on "Old" Jone . fo
Jimmy and Tommy Bright lived in tr
little New England village , where oc
tie boys hang May baskets every May re
ay. It is an exciting time of year , gr
nd the affair is conducted with all
tie secrecy which makes the sending Pa
valentines such good fun. gr
For weeks before May day mothers to
amplain of the snips and scraps of ini
ardboard and fancy paper which lit- isl
3r the floor after the boys have spent obMJ
evening making their May baskets , MJ
nd , when the day draws near , every ex
irefully hoarded penny is spent for ed l
ttle gifts with which to fill it , and is
very little maid is on tiptoe of ex- tet
ectation , hoping that she will not in
forgotten when they are distrib- Ire
ted. wi
Well , on the May day I am telling tin
an about Jimmy and Tommy had rer
leir baskets , and they were very wh
etty ones , too. They were covered pla
ith colored tissue paper , cut in little
rips and curled and puffed until they
eked fluffy and light enough to blow
vay with a breath , but they couldn't thi
that , for they were filled with candy sh <
id nuts , and topped off with a big lea
ange. em
Jimmy never told me the name of but
little girl for whose sake he had are
ken so much pains , and it don't real- the
matter , for it has nothing to do ow
ith my story. hoi
That evening , while the boys were ma
their way to the place where they a b
sre to meet the other boys , for they Ah
ways go in companies , Jimmy said : Ne'
"I wish we could hang something on son
Jones' door. " for )
"Let's , " said Tommy. wit
Now the boys didn't want to hang a you
ce basket , such as they were care- eno
lly carrying , but something to annoy Nei
Jones , for the May basket custom oth
Is absurd , much as the sending of val
entines is , and if the boys have a
grudge against one of their neighbors
they like to play some joke on him on
that night.
"What can we do ? " asked Jimmy.
"I don't know , " said Tommy. "What
can we ? "
Jimmy thought a while. Then he
exclaimed :
"We'll get a bag from Johnny Hop
kins , and catch old Jones' dog and put
him in it and hang the bag. "
"That's just the thing. " exclaimed
Tommy ; so when they met the other
boys they told them the plan they had
made , which was just naughty enough
to please their mischievous compan
ions.
ions.They
They made their rounds and hung
all their pretty baskets , but they were
in too great a hurry to get into mis
chief to hide and wait to see if the
gifts reached the hands they were in
tended for , and when the last one was
gone Johnny Hopkins ran Into the
barn and came back with a large potato
tate sack.
They hurried to old Jones' house ,
and crept up cautiously to the front
gate.
gate.They
They were lucky enough to find the
dog , which was of a good-natured ,
good-for-nothing kind , and easily
coaxed him away. But when they
tried to put him in the bag he objected
strongly and barked and yelped and
twisted and turned so vigorously that ,
at last , he slipped out of their hands.
"There , now , our fun's spoiled , and
it's all your fault , Jimmy Bright , "
said one of the big boys. Jimmy made
no reply , but he couldn't see just how
It could be his fault when he was but
one of the half dozen or more that
were trying to hold the dog ; but Jim
my was always full of ideas , and one
occurred to him then.
"Say , boys. Put me in the bag. "
"No , don't , " exclaimed Tommy. "Old
Jones'll lick you. "
'No , he won't. I'll tel him I was
afraid the boys'd lick me if I didn't do
it.said Jimmy.
But Jimmy didn't have to tell the
lie. Old Jones , though cross and
stingy , knew boys pretty well , and
when he heard the dog bark and yelp I
he suspected some trick and looked
out to see what was going on. So when
he heard a loud knock at his door and
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heard the boys scampering down the 1
walk he opened the door quickly &nd \
saw the bag lying on the top step.
It lay before him so temptingly that fis
fiI
he did not take the trouble to exam I
ine its contents , but putting his foot
under it carefully he sent it flying to
the ground.
Jimmy was not hurt much , but he
was lame and sore for a week , and he
never wanted to clay dog again.
Where Is Morrell Island ?
The United States steamer Iroquois
is about to start in search of a lost
island in the middle of the Pacific
Dcean. This island , called Morrell , is
supposed to be situated in N. Iat. 29
lep. 55 min. and E. Ion. 174 deg. CO
nin. It was discovered in 1823 by a
nan named Morrell , according to a
eport made by him when he returned
lome. He represented it to be so low
.hat it was almost level with the wa-
.er , and that it was about four miles
n circumference. But later navigators
lave declared their inability to find it.
Jap makers placed it on their charts ,
ind : it is still kept on official maps is-
ued for the guidance of sailors. The
anger ; that ships might be wrecked '
in its reefs if there were nothing on
he charts to indicate its presence in
hat locality has prevented its re-
aoval from the map. It is represent-
d to be nearly on the line between
lonolulu and Yokohama. But Capt.
looksey of the transport Grant , who ,
ecently arrived at San Francisco , re-
orts that on Februarv 6 he sailed di-
m
ectly over the place where the island
supposed to be , and that he saw no pf
ign of land within a radius of pl
iventy-five miles. It requires a care-
Jl survey to determine whether a
mall island like that really exists or :
ot. Defects in chronometers and
rrors in calculations may account is
r mistakes in locating such a small th
act , of land in the middle of a vast pr
cean , and in the days of Capt. Mor- gl :
jll this liability to err was much thi
reater than it is at present. thi
Recent trade developments in the yo
aciflc have caused the PU
ocean hydro- I
raphic officers of the navy department up
inquire with more care and deeper
iterest into the existence of small
lands of this kind , which may be an
jstacle in the path of navigation , A
any are kept on official charts as an in
inDu
ctra precaution , but they are remov- Du
as soon as their mythical character rei
shown. It is for the purpose of de- sta
rmining in a definite way the truth ges
regard to Morrell island that the to
oquois will be sent on its cruise. It
ill make an accurate survey of all tie
at part of the Pacific , and upon the
port it brings back will depend ver
tiether Morrell island retains its
ace on the official charts or not. yoi
For Girls to Remember.
Some one has suggested twelve T , . .
ings that every girl can learn before D/ ,
e is twelve. Not every one can ls
irn to play or sing or paint well
ough to give pleasure to her friends , Hot
t the following "accomplishments" P
within everybody's reach : Shut son
door , and shut it softly. Keep your bill
n room in tasteful order. Have an ued
ur for rising , and rise. Learn to thai
ike bread as well as cake. Never let bea
button stay off twenty-four hours , for
ways know where your things are. son ;
iver let a day pass without doing pair
mething to make somebody com- of r
table. Never come to breakfast
thout a collar. Never go about with
ur shoes unbuttoned. Speak clearly It
ough for everybody to understand , Yor
iver fidget or hum so as to disturb a yt
iers. Never fuss or fret.
OFTH MANOR.
ORIGIN _
tt Wa , Once Synon ou *
ship or Villa.
through
"manor" runs all
The term
the r feudal
as
elements of manors or
possessors , all the rural POPBlatIO !
England were ranked. Even since
by tne
this word has been rescued
economic historians from the vague ,
intangible unreality of its use by lawyers
of law , It
historians
yers and the early
has been supposed that its significance
in the eleventh century was the same
as in later centuries , and that It
district
therefore represented a territorial
conception , being
trict as well as a legal
ing synonymous to 'this extent with
township or villa , saye the Interna
tional Monthly. That is to say , a .
manor was a stretch of land with the
people on it , over which the lord of
the manor possessaed Judicial and
semi-proprietary rights. England was
considered to be made up of a multi
tude of such manors , each of which
was , to a considerable extent , a micro
cosm of the whole nation. The mean
ing which Prof. Maitland extracts
from Domesday Book is a far differ
ent one. "A manor is a house against
which geld is charged. " By a long
and skillful analysis of the uses of the
term he reaches the conclusion that
it had in the eleventh century a dis
tinct. technical signification , and that i < * -
a manor was simply the place where t
the government land tax due from cer
tain land and its occupants was paid
in one lump sum. The man to whom
the government looked for the tax
was the .holder of the manor. A
manor was , therefore , sometimes a
single tenement of a few acres , some
times a whole vill , sometimes a num
ber of holdings scattered in many
vills. . other manors being represented
in the same agricultural groups. It
was not , therefore , either an agricul
tural or a judicial whole , but merely a
tJ tt unit of taxation. If this is so , it has
great significance for that most vital
of all the questions in the early social
history of England still in dispute ,
whether the mass of the people began
in serfdom and only gradually emerged
into freedom , as Mr. Seebohm , Prof.
Ashley and others , with various reser
vations suppose ; or whether they bean -
an in freedom and sunk later into
serfdom , as is taken for granted by
Freeman , Green and their school.
SCIENTIFIC RECREATION.
Milk and Water Chance
Clause * .
A pretty bit of scientific recreation
rvhich conies in handy after dinner is
sometimes called by the high-sound-
ng title of "The Revenge of the
Daniades. " in allusion to the daugh-
ers of Danaus. who , as a punishment
or their crimes , were condemned to
orever draw water
with leaky ves-
iels. Fill completely two glasses of
xactly the same size
and shape , one
vith water , the other with milk.
Jtretch over the mouth of the glass
ontaining the water
a circular cover-
ag of tulle or other thin goods some
what larger than the glass and pre-
iously moistened. Now smooth the
apiung over tulle as closely to the
lass as possible , and holding the palm
f the right hand squarely to the
louth of this glass , seize the stem
'ith the left and turn it quickly up-
ide down , avoiding the entrance of
ir. Next slide the right hand softly
way from underneath , and much to
our astonishment , the
tulle will re-
iain , sticking to the glass , while not
drop of water will fall out through
iat exceedingly leaky tissue. You
ill very soon succeed in this experi-
lent. Hereon folllows the second
art : Place your full , but not drip-
ing glass of water , thus turned up-
de down , but not inside out , over the
ill glass of milk , and you will soon
e little jets of white liquid
pene-
atmg the tulle in
every direction. It
the milk , progressively mounting
ie superior glass , while in the same
-oportion yields water to the lower
ass m the opposite direction At
ie end of about
a
quarter of an hour
ie exchange will be complete , and
M will see the lower glass filled with
± ! : a.nSP rent .water- while the
of
r
to Take Something
A deaf woman
figured as the plaintiff
a minor case recently tried
at the
"ham ( England
) assizes and after *
r uner-
the proceedings the
judge sug-
sted
that her ?
counsel
saould get hr
agree to a compromise '
wants to
pie smilingly replied :
I thank Ms lonishlp
some invaUds
and c
Dutiful dispositions doe
the reason that
relief and
"Protection"