A KANSAS ROMANVB. THE FARMER'* EUREKA DITCH "KNOCKED DOWN." The Panhawn I’»I4 0*1/ • IO.imiii tmr li i mi • Mllli«» *m4 Mary «l » (•IlsparU lrrt|»lla« »rhaw»a la Arfcsx aaa Vslley. KIIKAHKA Farmer say* The remain' I ha In moils Ktir< kn li I Ich In Kansas, which cost tba tn vsstors an even million, was sold under Ihe hammer a few days ago for 110,000. The ditch whs projected by the Arkansas Valley Ir rigation company several year* ago. It was to he 100 miles long, extending from Ingalls, In Oray county, through Ford, Hodgson and Kdwards counties, to the town of Kinsley. This gigantic scheme to reclaim a vaat areu of arid land* and make It one of the richest agricultural districts on the continent, relate* a correspondent Of the Bt. l»ul* Republic, was the con ceptlon of J. C, Boule, a wealthy bit ters manufacturer of Rochester, N. Y. He had accumulated a large fortune In the bitters business, and tn the early '•O’* went to western Kansas to And an Investment for his surplus capital. He became an enthusiast, on the sub ject of Irrigation and made arrange ments for utilising the water of the Arkansas river to make the dry and worthless lands through which It coursed valuable for farming purposes, h After extensive surveys Mr. Boule Aledued on starting his enterprise In ;» Gray county. Helectlng an auvan ' tageous point on the banka of the Ar kanaaa river for beginning hla great Irrigation ditch, he laid off a townslte and started a city, which, In his npln Ion, was destined to become the inc tropolls of the plains. He christened It Ingalls, after the then senator from Kansas Gray county at that time was an unorganized prairie waste, hut Houle caused the legislature to have It regu larly organized, bringing to Topeka a powerful lobby. This had not been accomplished be fore a syndicate of speculators was formed to profit from the enterprise of the hitters man, and a rival town called Cimarron wns started. I'pon the organization of the county, Ingalls and Cimarron became rivals for tie county sent. A county scat election wns held, which whs lypliHl of western Kansas. The two towns were about equal In population, and each exert'd every effort to secure voters. Soule spared no expense In rounding up cow boys and floaters of all kinds to cast their ballots for Ingalls. Large sums of money were expended In this way by both towns, but the hank account of Houle was the larger and Ingalls carried the day. The county seat question having been settled to the satisfaction of the promoter of the ditch, work on the canal was begun and pushed forward as rapidly as men and money could do It. The first excavation was com menced near Ingalls, and It was on such a grand scale that It amounted simply lo changing the course of the __ A* ilxi.i i...In* tin. elt'ce lilsft ii full of eight feel to the mile. The full of the ditch was but two feel to the mile, ho that a gain of six feet was made In every mile of ditch dug. In twenty ml lei the canal had reached a point In the hllla 120 f**t above the river bed, and ten miles further east It bad reached the divide unit pror edeil eastward on Us court' , carrying Ilf* to the parched lands, which at cm yielded to Its influence and wire transformed from a sterling wu-i« t< an area of wondrous fertility. No expense whs spared In the mu •traction of ihe great canal At pain's on lls line Immense reservoirs wit constructed to hold the surplus water and ut frequeut Intervals, large • m bankments nod sudd walls of mu-ium were built to carry ihe wsler ove ob structiug ravines. No enterprise that was ever put under wav In th< west had brighter prospect* than »»»is "Kureka Hitch." as Mr Mottle del Titl'd In calling It. Many town* wete laid out glot.g ti» couise and water work* and elicitu light anti power contpanlea we»r 01 ■ ganltvd without nuuitur. all of winch were to depend upon the UH l) ft r itmrm i"i»et t he Muatry whirl It traversal gave prtmitae of wan b* coming a new Kldoradu The papula* Moa rapidly Increwaed and a beern was Inaugurated whbh ban never Nfor* n Since had Me equal In the west. About this time the people jf t'vtlo ratio began to laveaugate Ihe aubjev t or Irrigation, and they. tan. tapped the Arkansas river, the great alien through which the meltlag >aows of the Keehtea were being carried on Ihetr way la the tlulf Hitch after ditch was cut through I’olorsde soil, and la a short lime the subtly af U* Arkain'»s rivet was stlvsu «l b>t>ue the Kaaeaa llae waa reached Aa a r» sail the "Kureka Hitch ' v eat d'V. the laad aear Its banka la ka«*as re turaad to Ita original arid anUluoa Ingalls. t'lmaiiun and ath«r lean* brouaht Into extetema by t" go tl* * enterprise Iwat their popultvtaa sad the Tjttraha idtsh Ml lad ua *»th sand { Ur gavtle also hullt a rmlread forty at Ilea long la Ihe deaell attending froas (ledge i'tty to Mont 4 men fhe ealy Mltbsr* that tt it* aviated le lha twa atreaha af real se tose the thaerleaa peaiela, Hunt* |te'«vt the lawn af gpearvllte and h*h* tt hla haatlu wait eta lie mgatrll * ^ '► • van leva that waa Uf **• Iritgetma ditch fbi f “ «• »f ln> Ige I'M> he hullt t f rag him »?».mm It u gleg and stands there t M Ik# heat* ef hat* and « i ■— J Wntle the “ICnreka T»|'< h" baa r*- 1 Milted m dlnaotrounly, N la not g**n | orally believed tl at lit prlglnator to*t anything by reanon of !, He aite< ended j In aelllnic tar*e blo'ltof dock In tb* >nmpan* a* til* pri'ciJAjhi ui«n naeurad 11,fifth,Mth from Ktfiinh d tbut It can be 1 tapp'd and brouyli Into the led of , the hi* ditch, Hh« tld It be d'-mot. ! ntrated that thin (theory In practical ; the roncute vlalouf of the alder Houle , may yet be realized by hla mi" i «nora. NOT A DUlifc'S BA DC I. < hbo *« l,"»a«r Ifle apodal I'rlvlle** of ilia riiij»r ftiiaAy. “You know," >4(Id a dlacemln* gen* tleman to an Atliutu Connl Itutlon re porter, “It need I' la- nntd that a man who carrion a cat*- every day waa an Idler, a dawdler- worthlena for all practical purpoae^,. If you'll let mo nee bow a fellow bandlen a cane, I'll tell you whet be* be In worthier# or not. It’e not In Jie fad of carrying a cane, but how It » carried that the nlg nlfbnnce lien. Wjien u man come* Into my office wlib | cane In hla hand 1 watch him Homily. If he alia and twlrle It Idly iwd almleaaly about on hla Anger*, he It a worthlena Idler. Hut If he walkn Ip puta It up agalnet the u.-utl urwl nrnu-'-dh to hunlncnn, there la nomethlng It him. You m*y hope for him. If he told* It, firmly while he I* Inlklng to van end doe* not twirl It about, he’* iftl right. The fellow who ploy* with hi* rune, *wlng* It nrouhd, murk* llgure* on the rnrpet with H. punch*'* the furniture with the tip, lau't fit for much elle. Ye*, 11 decent, hard working fellov can carry a ratio all the time, and they do *o, many of them, ttnd the act d^e* not Indicate that they are Idler*. Put the fellow who got1* around KWlnglig 111* ennr find playing with It. 1* a nmaance anywhere you put him." Ill* riitnr 1 ri* The JuggliB! fakir, having been drlv' id from met Iticraflve MChetne*, ha* been reduced) to a very common level, One of the dp* who wiim recoguUed a* having win lit diamond* live year* ago. and who wa* known .1* one of the tno»f hPlllful *holj worker* in tin* country, wa* the ceijler of an eager group of hoy* In the i»'ur of a big more at dinner hour Saturday, lie wa* needy and run down, and il wreck of III* former day*. Indicating dial, the «h*ll hwIihIIc I* too wrll-knowij nowaday* to lie »ucc#*aful ly worked,1 lie had n banket lit front of him, containing a number of *mall paper hag#, In one hand he held a pretty gold ring, and iIiIm he pretended to put lntii one of the hag*. Then he shook the pile tip. "I’lck I out for a cent, boy*!" he cried man*' time*. "It'* In that one," cried one. "There It Ik," shouted another: und *o the boy* vigorou*!] giiesiicd. hut they didn't pro duce the pennlea. When (he observer left the decayed t hlrnble-tlgger wa* mill mouotonoualy and despairingly calling out: ' Pick It out for a cent. l>oy*! There'* | no deception, und the lucky hoy get* a ' gold ring worth $.'>u. IMck it out for a ' i vmitunjMim ' mi. our OF THK OHUINAHY. Cf ito 08,000 poniofltrfH in the Unit*.! .■Amies mily attain on* Ihmiaailil urn «li-Kii|.|iiiriliiK The I'lielilu I ml miim m e ,i mural rnm liny him ri'Hleliil nil nttl’llipU til 1 truiieir lu Iniroilmt* whisky uml pluy mo ninlM in their, inlilat. V l-(. i ll*,OO0 Here* IIf grain In l.itue in in,iy Kan., have hewn Inuuml uaalnei hu Mi,ml uml toruailn. Thla l» u new kink n aarlculiui*. K*ai|i*r tieila w*r* employnl by (he it Her rla»s*» lu Knaluml ilmina (lie iu,i» u) lli-iii) VIII, though they wart* ■ oiituiritil luxuriea ami wet* *xprn< a! vt' in ikho th* bora** uf ill* I'ulleil tMate* u«e valunl til IMXtKHMHIU. In n>!<: I null*It lilt nuinhai haa iacr«u-e4 inei l.lHMiiam. ih* 'alii* uaaonly |ml. i tjm'.nh* In Hit luvitual Uepaiiiuein uf ilia t'bivtralty of \lnhi*uii Ih* luu atu atUlt a he aluutl hl*li**l »«r« Vlulylt Mbit auil 14a Khan, aula frum Klu kuna I'hln*. Tha haull Hi* Marl* lanal Uriur*b l ake* Huron anil Mlvhlnan. now ear • it* jouuuuuu lun* n >*ar, or i«n* ih* • *t*bt that pa»**« through th* Hu*« ean*l annually. nrk • topuimluu of .t,!8\uoo a.oi Min bet O.IWo uulv*ratty *iu4*nta. »h>» * *ih a pupulailua about ata tint** «• •> > * *!t»«Uti4 na* only O.aoo uui •at sti■ i i4t mu l n» i Uti I ma hi hi a i a* la gull* a* au i u • eurtaatty It i uta luuuu uuu *• i* » .lay, aa4 uui airuug** thaw *. i ut, *htrt th* h**4* at* put uu •I tM>m tala# tala of *p*«4 t> uettiai tty Ut«*4» lunuiupt" t* a ' ,« «rh teun4 ta on* hum or «tuuih*r I m no t Ourupaua *» ktiaiu langouga kitiitl a lltayaiutu I la aurliaut furm | «• hat - * 4 lu b* la Ih* Maaahrtl I ha h »i n-yuui p**t uf halt* kuna i«t l’v»oua4 uaa «hal a* a I hy is*pi i i"i .-III a* a pt***ai lu hiua a *ul at* i n «kt ul«» la 1184 ha thru* it »t II aaa Ih* lariHi p*al la lb* • mn i % »*r*m* fruab uf aatuta uevuntml ut I «•,'><«. N J •* Tuuatiay. klul ih* < i«4 natug lu M> A • Hublaaut, »•)* hHIh tu u ilthai ut h»* kttmnt *1^ u*ii klttil, tugwib'i th»y all m y i »at i# h* h»* uhy HOItltf Of f AMOUl I'l MIONI, | tjmmmt »t *•!«*•« *'•♦"> •• <*»• ; )r».|ilaii»K M»tler*. A very peculiar hobby win dial of an old woman who had been employed a* court In lb* capacity of bum*, and wh<< had a miai extcoalve collection of plitcea of weddina lull lu, nnllltl count 3f>5 speclraenta In meerschaum, brier, glass, china, and clay. The Duke of Sussex, brother of King George II„ had a pair of bobbles that were wide as the poles asunder. He was an Inde fatigable collector of lilbles and of cigars. Pope Plus IX was a collector of slippers. He always had twenty four pairs In his wardrobe, made of red cloth embroidered with gold, and ornu i inented with a solid gold crons, Ills chamberlain being strictly enjoined not | to part with a single pair, however well ' worn they might be, to any of the many ! devout applicants for them. Wigs and ' walking stli-ks were the especial vani ties of Mr, William Kvuns, some time | principal clerk In the prothonotury's office for Anglesea, Carnarvon, and Merioneth, and so highly did he value i them thut lie bequeathed one of each | to three different maiden ladles, for I whom lie had in turn felt a tenderness In early life. Another gentleman had a i bobby for scurf pins. He is said to have | kept a book contulnmg as many pug.es I us there are days In the year. In each j of which a different pin was stuck, Kvery morning be fastened Into his scurf the pin which occupied the space allotted to thut particular dale, return ing It to Its place when lie undressed ! at night. A Miib-HlitcMulk liillMitv. A novel plan for a sub-sidewalk rail road, to take the pliuti of elevated roads | for rupid transit, has been designed by a Chicago Inventor. The roiul, as Us I name Implies, Is fo be built under the sidewalk of the street, the space r ! ijulred being only eight feet in wldih | by eight feet III bight. At Hie curb line | a wall Is laid from one end of the street i io the other. Under the other side of ; ibe walk the curb wall Is parallel with tt stone tounuuiinn mi post* aim a 1 feuce. On this foundation and on iho bam- of the cut'll wall tall* are laid. Iron column* are wet on the Inner wall importing girder* level with the top of the curh wall and marking tin line he ! tween the sidewalk proper null tljc *o* , called area space. A wire fence con nect* the post* and separate* the rail road fium the area apace. Tin* space ' will he for Mtulrway* and entrance* to liuHeineut*. With the curh-wall, gnu are and liases of building* for nuppor., a prUluatlc walk I* laid fur the purpose of admitting light Into the span below, Kloctrlelty I* to lie the motive newer The speed, the plan act* foil It will not he lew* than thirty mite* ou hour, and may lu some cases he aa high as sixty miles an hour One of the udvuutag-s | claimed tin the road la that tt will con* I vert the haaementa of hutldlugi Ion, valuable properly. This ami othei ill* cumat*to at*, it i* believed would make the property owner* readily give their couaeul to the cotuiruvtlon ot the road ' «... nr n. i — a xi.-r* tuM ia lugtauU blue of the mo»l valuable Hock* «.f MuulbdoWn > .«p til the I tilled plates I* the property of Mr Maawau Mlgg tha beet-root sugar magnate sat a the l.ou doit Tti l* A peculiar tact tn ion in. Hull with the Hoi k |g that It la looked hftet not by aheep dog* but bv [ ait trathed ttpattlsh game cm he. They I are armed each moralag with »put*. wad have *o tierce a way ol atiaiktug | any sheep that tries to rug away or | will out be drlyea that the animal* are ' Mow thoroughly afraid of the bird* and | obey their directions perfectly Mi Mlgg * daughter brought lb* bird* tivue the t auat * Island* ttwftag the hsatlilaa Pe*b*4 (the Kr Ueetrpe' Me tt well, last*' like I I ihtah we uad*r*i%gd mi ether, tlawf* hut hut la It my place er yours la nut the <|u«ettoa and ought t te cp*ah to v out m«mma about tt or ought you to go gad ash papa tTk I ego frlhuae. , I tytifsa* ■ tt*i|i ees ashed sltet her little broth . '< jpg, aped 4 and I one age r*pitr*t 'they are lilting aw the dooeatep lath* hf ever «iJ nan " FOR TIIF, IIOcTsKWIFK' •OM> U*» FUL NKClPItS FOH TM*, CUl IN AMY. 1 NUili IIn(|iU* rr; %U»rg4r »*<*»»•»• I mil I #rl I I «•!»• I .Imiw "iNHliffri I m I nil# Nln Mm*** MKOKTAHHK Ha lad* , - In making vega- j , laid* salad*, which I ‘d‘'Vkk' are, *! i»* - ally In AhK/3®: spring unf ▼ .refreshing anil eon dilrlvr to appetite, the prerequisite Is | to select the very freshest vegetables, and the next Im portant condition Is that In your dressing no mailer how many flavors are used, no one of them should dominate u salad dressing should be on even blend of Davor*. A further requisite Is that the dressing should never be added to the prepared vegetables until you are ready lo serve. Among the salad vegetables are lettuce, asparagus, dandelion. water cress, celery cauliflower, cucumbers. Ionia toes, string beans, and very young lima beans. The nasturtium Is useful to give tone and sharpness to the more tuste less sorts of vegetable*. English Fruit Tart. Make without an under crust. Kill a shallow dish with one and one-half pints of seeded cherries; sprinkle with one cup of sugur and one tablespoonful of flour. Make a rich pie-crust and roll out a little larger Ihan the top of the dish, but of the same stupe. Prick It with a fork and spread over the top of the cherries, turning In at the edges. Hake about an hour lu a moderately hot oven i a* Kngllah sprinkle sugar over the tart before It Is brought to the table. Coffee Cuke. • Heat half a cup of but ter and n cup of sugar together until light, then add two eggs well beaten and one cup of milk, mix and add suf II(lent Hour to roll out; this will take from three and a half to four cups. Measure three cups of flour first, add a teaspoonful of baking powder, and sift tt. Knead this In and then add more If necessary. Flavor with nutmeg and roll out half an Inch thick, cut Into square cakes and bake lu a moderate oven. Strawberry Ten Cake Two eggs, re serving the whites of one, one cupful of sugar, butter the size of an egg. half cupful of in I IK, two cupfuls of Hour, one teaspoonful of cream tartar, half a teaspoonful of soda. Hake In three layers. Filling: White of one egg beaten very stiff, three-fourth of a cup ful of sugar; beat again, then add half a cupful of fresh strawberries bruised to a pulp, and beat till stilt enough to stand alone. This gives a filling of a lovely pink color. Cherry Rolypoly.-81ft half a pound of Hour Into a bowl, add one-quarter of a pound of suet, ( hopped tine, about a quarter of a tenspoonful of salt and Jus! water enough to make a dough that can he rolled out on a board. Stem and seed one pint of Morello cherries. Roll the crust nearly an Inch thick, spread (he cherries evenly over It and dredge them lightly with flour. Roll It up. put It In a floured cloth and pin It se ctirely. Put It In a pot of Imillng water and boll It. without stopping, two hours. Hlmk larry Pudding llcut together I he yolks ami white* of time egg** uud w )>• it tight stir In two cupful* of milk, thn-e iimi it huir of Hour, n pinch uf Halt, ii tahlespoouful of incited liutter a ml two heaping ten spoonful* of Imk Ing powder. Ileal nil the while as the neternl Ingredient* are added, stir In it pint of him kberrle* and turn the hat I ler Into a greased mold Pov i cl one I,, and steam over a kettle of hailing water for three hours. To finer Jam Pots. When the Jam or Jell.t I a* become quite cold dip tissue pnper or Mlchcit paper either in hot milk ei In the while of an egg. lei it i get mil > saturated, hut do not keep ! u ip Hi* liquid long, or II will bleak j (lenity strain th. paper over the top edge* of the put, plena it «uto shape at the side*, and >011 will tlmt lu * few hour* the pi*pei will become Hitu Itka a piece of pare hum at M ■ ftectmdl) r» elude* the air Harsaparilia Mead Three pound sugar, three ounce' tartaric add Me one mart cream tartar one ounce of Hour, on* ounce essence of sarsaparilla n.rea quart* water ittraln *ad M> lie It, then let It ataad ten dots before using HUobai b Pool Mt.» the rhubarb ,iud th. u pte*a It through acoUud.M >.ad retuta thh> to the Pro Ml the tolk* ot this* egg*, irmote the thoharb iiom the hr* aad stir th*w all la then quick U stir In the «*ll be*tea white* *gd turg late a «IUh to .sail He* • Ot* •»*»»» take M *g Oakland Ml haibecu* recegi |y (weutt sheep tea hug*, two tot %,<*r* Jo» leave# of bread and th# a* ual tried •hbheg*, ptvhhm. tried vahea and other lUth* oer# prodded for the se.ouu people preaegt <»*• ot the old timer# there Mid that the J»kM) sake rv minded him et o«e that •*• baked •I • bathe- or t* Hamilton tthh* dor tug the prvoMeuttal campaign ot I*to Tht* tube he Mid om It teet long and tue feet old# M *•» rut tu |«r*t) »t« pi*.*# vu* lor ##ch at th# toetttv •IV rtalv* #hd leouired tour men o tor# it A Joksa* . ahe ippi> th* i 1 THR fRiPt* CALL-DOWN. Don m Iriiliinufi lll*f»r»4 • fl**4 Iper* w.r# four of them, aa g*nlal, rooil-natured, whole aoulad retallera of will wives’ isles t* ever got together In ih" .looking compartment of s sleeping i nr. They had all f.-«l well In the diner soil settled down with ihe anticipation of enjoying s long evening of yarn swapping They MpM-ad themaelvas over as many of the seals of the smoker as they could encapo. IndlunupolU people want tile horn hitching pout* removed front the *tr>ei*. They have a country villa) appeal nine MANNERibMb. Vlfiid the Cleat eaiil: "A lull PS olfolil to he polite tun I) l le la’fcepr mu ,k tree type i tUi I-1 cut n pentlemah. Calhoun v.u* e'l atvelll »iltu * I II'. ;u o .in Ik ryot tie want tu con.pauy. .\ioiiroe vvuk even !|> hU own tint called ■' ii gelttleuh lt of the old .* '.tool i llaueroft waa ut'her re* t veil tb* Jlfiiwi.e with tuoit per* l* v holt) > i me* Cat rick w a* genet a.ly »p uut**t tht | he olteu erected the iu.pie*»!cn ot di lldeuie Viil.un ««• uulat at 1 r* erved in cot '. neat toll hut tlioui.igi.iy teHne.t «i .veil Pi e<| li.inte wait eplinvi v te HO tiePIt*. *« t.v bin a iaieilty vt lied mo t *t the a hum l>e in el lieni v Clay cue >atd u vt imm lit* Hivwt eltgv«.l>g ho» O* eh) |*»*b 1 men of lit* 'Ita*. vtwh«a-io t tie u!-*t*d |. t‘te; * » i lib* ktuati He Wat pi* «l It ! imp*' man levut o' »'«» lib* t,\ hole P‘ fv w *»bd eti*i t»t» ah | veiioN to the pun tRv el cktkJi •«» movie I wt *t udti t p*tllt*a»M tiveiivovko • *» rod* e»d *> (t aw •**Mt«d l« h* IM a pergetaai had bulb* I «tth hiav*eit aad #»*♦> we* ala* Mobeeplvtr* eaa at haw* in »*»«• iid vubiUbba, though brief le thua who a Mb bached htai bb bda’bea* icraa *** affahit t* to* »s-i*u an t* thaw* a hum ha atahad tw *'•#»* he hawghll aad dtataal t* but at beta rhe Ouh# al Marthurbigti aatd the ha waail hta aaa***# a* tamh t* hi *t*«abt d*ta*OM*«t a* v# hi* taiaakh Tali*) < wed abad hta auee#** 14 lit tu au email *«t*bl tb lb* w* fotm ceur i«*i with a blah ha ttweiad avaap *«* vudtaw iaahabg »*» •«-*gh ta h* buiM*, hat could ba )*»•'*« a boa h gd»w*e4 It* aaa ala*}* vout twou# b tad tea THE SUNDAY SCHOOL i - LESSON XII. SUNDAY SEPT. 2 A -"THE NEW COVEN ANT.” Iliildrn Te.l: ' I ••• I .nr A ll«> (M Will Urn* mini HU l»li* Will OUf" ■» .loali.i* 94 i 94 “H|lnr>« »mm of Hnl.' NTRODUCYORY I The (mo Moo for to day Include* Jonh * 118. 24 14-26. Tha cum * recorded were enacted 1426 Before t'hrlat, Right**n ymm hove j)in-"l nine* the lent |e**on, Jonlmu flow tret tig 110 year* old I yearn were nholter then than now). The rellglonn capital wan nMII at Hhl ( loh. Jonlina 'itHi lived »t Ti'onath, Met ah. not far from Hh*ch*tu At tins latter place the great u/uembly, held for the pnrpone of renewing the cove nant, wan MMHcmblcd. 14. Now, therefore, fear the laird and nerve him In *ln<;t?rlty and In truth; and put nway the god* which your father nerved on the other Hide of fho flood anil In Kgypt, and nerve ye the laird. l.lonhua to the a»*emblage at Hhechem. lie hud noticed that u nplrlt of degeneracy wan becoming more 1 manlfent, and called the aanemblag* to . renew the covenant with Clod.). Ifi. And If It neem evil unto you to nerve the Ix>rd, chooae you Mil* day whom ye will nerve; whether the god* which your father* nerved that were on the other aide of the flood or the ' godn of the Amorlte*. lu whone land ye dwell; but, tin for me and my hottne, ..... ...Ill .......... lUo r »e,l 1(1. And the people answered and * Mid: Ood forbid that we should for sake the Lord to serve other gods. 17. For the Lord. Our Ood, fi« It 1* r that brought us up and our fathers out ' of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and whlrh did those great I signs In our sight tmlraelea), and pre ' served us In all the way wherein we II went, and among all the people whom we passed. (The tribes In their pur ’ suit of earthly wealth had forgotten God and his works that all come* from Ood, and the rebuke of Joshua is tilting. * 18. And the Lord drove out from be fore us all the people, even the A mortice * which dwelt In the land: therefore will IM we also serve the Lord: for he Is our h God. I 11*. And Joshua said unto the people, *’ Ye cannot serve the Lord for he Is a H holy God; he Is a Jealous God; he will !■ not forgive your transgression* nor ’* your alna. '** 20. If ye forsake the Lord and serve ’* strange gods, then he will turn and dp H you hurt, and consume vo.il ifc-cr that’*** n he hath done you good. '' 21. And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; hut we will serve the laird. * 22. And Joshua said unto the people, II Ye are witnesses against yourselvea 11 that ye have chosen you the Lord, te *' serve him. And they said. We are 1 witnesses. O' 2:1. Now. therefore, put away, said he, *• the strang* gods which are among you, !• and Incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel, 24. And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our Ood will we serve, and in his voice will we obey. 25. So Joshua made a covenant With u the people Unit day, and set them a ■tatute cud an ordinance In SUecheiu, Witnessing Against Ourselves. It It* II’ 11' ;♦* It »5 ■ ! 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