, NEEDLES IN HEK BODY.
TORTURES WHICH SURGEONS
CAN T EXPLAIN.
HmiIIn *mm »o (trow In llortf nf
Malvina Morford Pur Thrnn Tonrn
1 linjr Have Mono Cal Oal of llnr. anil
Morn Am Vat lo Coma.
I HOM THU BODY
of Melvlim Morford,
a nlneteen-yeur-old
girl living hi Hloir
M, I’u , pliydelHDN
have ill rtctril
wllliln tho p**t j
— three yeur* over
fb .y eight hundred need
J/ le* end fragn'enU
l)t n„w||,.H. ||nw
ninny am atlll lm*
la-ded In her fleah If ,ey do noi prelend
io My, hut operation* to remove the
•harp piece* of nlicl Iff Hill) KOlint «0
Till* glory Im true In every delnll. The
nurgcoiiM *uy It 1* without precedent for
the extraordinary number of needle*
bar body lm* combined. There ure wev
erul well known cane* of u woman cur
rying u needle In her body for year*,
nnd the needle hu* k* pi roiwtanljy mov
Ing from one limb to the cither. When,
not long ego, the aurgeon* cul out from
twenty to forty more needle* they
thought their ta*k wit* flnUbcd. But
It enema not.
If, a* gome Hiirgeon* contend, the cum
I* one of voluntary aelf-toilure, ttieu
the pa (.lent, a fragile young girl. P0*'
t»e»*e* wonderful endurance nnd ti
global Indifference to pain which far
»urpti**e« that of the New Mexican Jn
dlatt priest*, who, once h year, lu the
pet Air malice of u religion* penance,
flagellate tbemtclvc* with *barp cacti
brunette*, tilling tbclr back* with
tborn*, whldi are afterward* drawn
out,
■ kim, However. sireunousiy o*«i*n
that she tills her skin with needles, Him
ways that she has no Idea where they
come from, Her parent * corroborate
her. They have ev< n kept close watch
over her movements to detect, If pos
sible, whether the physicians' theories
«r« correct, hot they say they have
learned nothing, /
The operations for the removal of tho
steel pleei * lire exceedingly painful ami
cause the gbi to writhe under the cut
of the tiurgeou'u knife. Hhc is, In fact,
unusually si nsltlve to palm
A IVI KH 1C AN DIAMONDS.
A f fw i lMWw Jiitufiw uf Thriu An*
I'uu ii <1 I
Itlamouds have been found pcea.dou
aily at different places In the United
Htates, hut never lu sulllelent quantl
, ties to render systematic mining proflt
k able, saya tho New York World. The
r largest authenticated diamond ever
found in this country wan picked up by
a la borer engaged In grading the streets
of Manchester, Vu. Its original weight
wax about t wcnty-foiir < units and after
y cutting a twelve-carat stone resulted.
' On this stone, called by {'apt. Dewey,
Its owner, the Onlnoor, John Morrissey
once loaned $(1,00*1, hut Mr. Klltl/,, the
diamond export, appraised Its value at
less than $1,000, us It Is poorly colored
and Imperfect,
Next to this stone comes a sixteen
carat diamond found In 1HM at Wauke
sha, Wls. A stone over four carats
came from Dyturtvllle, N. in ISSti,
snd one weighing just u little less was
found In Dane County, Wisconsin, In
lMt.1, In (Jeorgja and North Carolina,
itaeolumltc or flexible sand,none Is
found. This stone, co clastic that a slab
of It can readily be bent Into a curve by
the lingers, la found associated with
diamonds In llrazll, and this fact led to
a search for the gems in these southern
states. Quite a number of small stones
wore consciucnuy louuu lucre, uioiujy
in the gold washings of Hall county.
Ueorgla.
In California's gold digging!*, diu
mondH have bIbo been found In sumo
numbers. About seventy stones have
been obtained from one locality at
Cherokeo Hat, tho largest weighing
about two and one-half curnts, and the
colors varying from rose through varl
ous shades of yellow to pure white. The
m, largest price ever puld for u California
*1 diamond In the rough was some |tU)t).
There ure twenty diamond-cutting es
tablishments now iu ihiH country,
lim y;.iik during each year about $t.
2,'j0,r>0 worth of atones.
True tloKlIam.
Urnmatle Author I understand Hist
you ure looking for a new play.
Manager- Yes, but I am very hard to
suit. I want a play which shall cotu ,
nine all the elements of tragedy, com '
edy. farce, pantomime um| spectacle.
"That’s It, That’s what I’ve got. i
Chock-full of tragedy and human *ut j
fering, tears and smiles, joy aud woe, ,
startling surprises, unheard of mishaps,
wreck and ruin, lamentations and |
laughter,"
"W hat’s the tlth*”’’
"A May liny Moving,"
"What's the plot’
"Hasn't any plot Ju«t an ordinary
May day moving."
H>«t IStuilwi
"Are yen sure you love him*
* Am I sure! Im you see Hits dr * >« *
>1)1 < turee I do t\ hat ul It 1'
"Will yon kindly tell m* if it bears
HikWitgbteM n sratblatiio to the presem
faokMMt*’
"Well, really. It tr It
)"H doosa '»?'*
"Km"
Well I am wearing It kc.-*<i«. k* |
lines It Tld Hits
r«m Wear lt>
In iurrs> • Klammer lla* tkore boon t
any Inaantiy In yaur family * Mra lv
Armm w*'l my *tste> married a man |
• be 'tadn't k vent
1
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BATTLING WITH A RATFISH.
A (Ja«#r Marin* Monster killed OB th*
4'altfornl* Coast.
The Italian settlement at the foot of
Franklin street waa agitated thla morn
ing by the capture of a monster of the
deep, saya an Onklund correspondent of
the Han Franelnco Kxamlner. An Italian
flnherman gave battle to the queer tlsh.
and he aaya he will long remember the
encounter. The capture wus marie near
(lost Island. It took several hours to
land the fish und during the contest two
bouts were nearly Wrecked. The Ital
ians call the monster a "ratfish,” bo
rause it has somewhat the appearance
of a rat. The llsli weighs 24b pounds
und measures eleven feet from the tip
of the nose to the end of the tail. The
lull Itself, which was used by the tlsh
ns u meant) of defense, measured six
feet In length, The story of Ihe buttle
wus told by u man named l.agorla, who
employs the fishermen to go on! every
morning und fish for him.
"Tin re Is one old man In my employ,"
mild Logorln to-day, "who seems to
Ituve particularly hud luck In catching
freaks. Several days ngo he got a man
eater while fishing near (lost Island and
hud uri exciting encounter, This morn
ing the same oh) fisherman had his lines
out near float Island when he captured
the ratfish. lie win, alone at tine time
and was somewhat excited when the
mouatir came to the surface of the
water und made straight for his little
boat, limbing hlu lull In all directions.
The fisherman hud to devote hla efforts
In getting away from his catch. He
ulmuted for aaslatance, und three com
panions, who were flshlr.g In the vi
cinity, uinic to his rescue. After u long
struggle they succeeded in drowning
the monster und towed him to shore, A
tlsh that weighs 240 pounds and la
eleven feet long, and a tall almost like
ii rod of Iron, can do some lighting when
It gets mud. Thai Is whut my Usher
irion fimti/l skid uliiin M.i-v li'irwl (n Irttwl
the mounter. The man who made the
capture has given up the sea for a few
days. He U a little superstitious about
bln captures and does not want to do
any more fishing for awhile. The
Italians call It a 'ratfish,' but that In
not the proper name. We have been In
the fish business for n great many
years, but we have never hail anything
like this before. It Is not n shark. The
fall Is very peculiar and has great
strength That Is Its weapon of de
fense. The nu n who captured the fish
tell me that the monster can work ter
rible havoc with Its tall."
A WONDERFUL STAGE.
Mi Tit o tin (I If <> IV«»pJ<* Cun IS<* Tut Itrlilint
lilt* t ooMlg Jil».
London now posse:;;,ea not only the
largest wheel but the- biggest theater
In tin* world. Until reepntly Chicago,
with Its tremendous Auditorium thea
Lr, nitty be sold to have had the largest
building erected solely for theatrical
displays, but now Earl's court, with the
Empress theater, goes one better than
the American city, says London TU
RKS. The only building in London In
which theatrical displays have been
given to be compared with the Empress
threter Is Olympia. As this huge struc
ture was not built expressly for theatri
cal purposes the claims of the Empress
theater still hold good.
Imagine an iron and brick building
towering above everything at Earl's
court except the great wheel, almost
as long os Trafalgar square and nearly
ns wide! The span of the roof Is only
beaten by one erection In tho kingdom
that, we believe, being the span of St.
Patterns fetation. This roof span of the
Empress theater la 220 feet, while the
height from ground to lantern Is no I033
than 117 feet, or more than half the
height of the monument, and only
seven feet shorter than the duke of
York's column In Carltonhouse terrace.
An the auditorium Ik one of the larg
c Ht In this country, so, too, Is the im
mense stage. In d< signing this latter
work some remarkable and curious de
vices wore adapted. The entire stage
ill hneo on.l tVw.no
put up In (sections In such a mechanical
wuy th«t it can be made to assume any
form called for by the < xigenclcs of the
ccene.
On thla great stage of the Empress
theater there ie room for at least 0,000
people, without undue crushing, and at
l»ust 2,000 performers, in addition to
500 workmen carpenters, shifters,
property-men, etc are on It in one
scene in the production. When to this
main stage is added another seventy
fret in depth, which can he made to ap
pear and disappear at will, some idea
may be obtuiued as to the hugeness of
the place.
To provide for thla immense unnibei
of performers there are scores of dress
ing room* at the rear of the stage.
To light ibis great stage aud the audi
torium over thirty electric arc lamps
are used, while twenty lime ight* help
to produce the beautiful color effects
now se«m In every iheatrlcsl display.
Ill addltluu to these greater llgt ts over
.1UMI |m awlcm eut burners are ta use
all aver the building.
t MtSHMOetolSH.IlMS
itai< or ttrg par date fur Interrupt
tag. but I *c have Just came er
that h. I have Just tsevu speaking I •
i uur daughter, and she referred m» to
yeu. old tl^ailemsa IN itickets' I
waadsr It Ikal girl Ikinhs I am made of
atoae* V au are about the lurtlstk bill
islhctsi she has seal in tadav, If ska
K>esaT mui > pr*Hv *»•<« I II be h.,uh
»upt,
tsteaUsd l«s VS sue Iks
Mrs ft ad eats*. I» Hare yen cam
msneed ta buy any sf year Iroageau
vet fur yeur marriage neat meath*
Mtsa Mats a* lyss its iabss.J Ye*.
Isrdsy I get sir new pair et tlwssuis, a
laps skirts and soma ruhetjenf awa*
y* stern, fit a Yurk YV ttld
NEW KIND OF BRIDGE.
COSTLY APPROACHES CAN BE
DONE AWAY WITH.
' A Spiral Hoad way at Either End -Hero
la a Plan liy Which It la (lalmad
Mllllona Ian Be *•»«<! In Naw York's
Naw llrldgaa O
N order to save
I he vast expense of
purchasing ground
to make the long
approaches to a
bridge in New
York elty, an In
vention has heen
perfected whereby
torses, wagons and
(rot passengers cnn
iscend at the tow
er. Thla Is an Important question In
view of the projected new bridges on
the North and East rivers, says a New
York paper.
In order to comply with the require
ments of the federal government, these
bridges will have to bo constructed
some 160 feet above the water In the
central span. Ah the shores of New
York, Brooklyn and Jersey City art
comparatively low, It will be seen that
this necessitates long und costly ap
proaches like those of the Brooklyn
bridge. In this ease the land was con
demned and purchased ut u cost of mil
lions, hut If the approaches could have
been done away with this money would
have been wived.
The new bridge which has been de
signed by James P. O’Brien of this
city has Indeed projecting parts over
the land, but these are merely to
FARGO’S NOVELCHURCH.
No C’renl. ( al ertilam. or C nllectlou llox
I'crmltteil.
“There Is a ehureli In Forgo," said
Col. Irons of that city to a Minneap
olis Journal reporter, “that recognizes
the fatherhood ot Cod and the brother
hood of man. Any man ran belong to
it. He need pass no lest as to faith;
he can believe what be pleases, or he
ran be an agnostic on every subject.
He is as welcomo to a place In the
church as any one else; all lie has to
do Is to behave himself while he Is
there, and permit others to enjoy the
same freedom that he Is accorded.
They never raise a collection In that [
church; In fact, there Is no such thing
as passing the plate. The society has ;
a treasurer whose business It Is to call
upon those who seem to be Interested 1
In the work and exercises of the j
ftjurch. present the needs of the or- {
ganlzatlon, take what they Imve to
give, anil pay the hills. That church j
Is run on tho theory that when It Is no j
longer able to pay Its wuy it has out
lived Ith usefulness and ought to dio.
The church lias among Its members and
supporters all sorts and conditions of
men. It bus those who, In other com*
in uni ties, would belong to Methodist
or Huptlst congregations; there are
jews as well us those who were brought
up lu the Catholic faith. The spiritual
ists and tho theosophlats are repro
j settled. Then there are u number that
i hud about given up all church-going
| until they came to this society. Hero
they find themselves at home, and the
function and purpose of the church Is
to make them so. They have parties
and dances; dinners are given In tho
church, and the best people of tho
town, socially, attend Its gatherings.
I'he chief justice of the state of North
THE WORLD’S DIAMONDS.
*omp|h)D| About lb* Tilt Wfillfc Tl#i
I p I n Opmi.
There Is always something fascinat
ing about the subject of diamonds, and
rich and poor like to read about pre
cious stones, says Yencwlne’s News. It
Is estimated that during ihe last twen
ty-five years tbs American people hnve
paid duty on at least *180,000,000 worth
of diamonds ard o-ber precious stents.
In 1803 alone they Imported *16,203,
003 worth, but In 1894 there was a
falling off owing to bard times, and |
the totul was only *4,8.',0,983. Ibis
does not Include uncut diamonds, of
which we Imported more than *1,000,- I
000 worth in 1892, *800,000 worth In
1893 and *'.00,207 worth in 1894. Dur- j
lug the last twenty-four yeurs we have
imported *7,087.817 worth of uncut dia
moods. In 1880 we imported only j
*129,000 worth of uncut diamonds, and i
In 1889 only *230,000 worth. The larg<
Increase of late has been due to the
fact that a number of American Jew
el's have opened diamond-cutting es
tablishments, There are now fifteen
establishments In the I oiled Wales
which employ from one lo twenty men.
There are 4,000 manufacturers In Hu
rope and about 200 In the I nlloil
Slates who employ between 7,<HHI and
8,000 persons as cutters and polishers.
Perhaps 28,000 people ore employed
In the diamond mines throughout tin
world. We read that In past centur
ies 60,000 people were worklug in some
single Indian mines at one time, and
perhaps that statement Is not exagger
ated, since by the aid of modern ma
chinery one miner can now accomplish
as much as twenty who used the prim
itive methods. The total value of all
the diamonds In the world undoubled
NEW DESIGN FOR A II III DOE OVER EAST RIVER.
| counterbalance the weight of tho part*
| of the bridge over the water, an the
; structure in built on tho cantilever
l principle. When you pass over this
bridge you never go beyond tho tower*
A great, strong spiral roadway wind*
around each tower for horses, wagons
and foot passengers. The number of
turns which this roadway makes
around tho towers depends upon tho
! nature of tho traffic aud the height 'o
bo attained.
With only horses, light wagons, bi
cycles, etc., the spiral might have a
higher slant. Hut for heavy traffic
the elevation would need to be '.css m.d
tho spirals more numerous.
it Is not impossible that railroad
trains could ascend and descend In
this manner. In tho famous St.
Gothnrd there Ih such a spiral railway
track cut out of the solid rock ou either
side of the famous tunnel. The rail
way thus winds upon Itsolt iilddo Ihe
i mountain and emerges to go into tho
tunnel, upon leaving which It enters
1 another spiral for a short distance.
The principle of railroad trains as
! rending by a spiral Is thus well cstah
i llshed, and only variations of gear and
1 In tho build und weight of the loomo
| tlvos are necessary to fit to these now
; conditions which tho construction of
the North and East river bridges pre
j Bent. A slight curb uround the . d
■ of the spirals 1s all that is necessary
I for the safety of wagons aud toot paa
I sengera.
London's now bridge acro-s tho
j Thames has a high central span lor the
i passage of largo vessels and it tins
| short approaches, but this 1b acconi
| pllahed by elaborate machinery which
! permits of the entire span being lifted,
which thus shuts out truffle tor the time
being. It Is estimated that In the pro
posed North river bridge the cos' of
the approaches, together with the pur
chase price of the necessary lan I. will
fully equal, if uot surpass, the cost of
the bridge Itself.
At the same time, the traffic Is de
llvered at a much more Inconvenient
point thau the river front. With the
bridge here proposed you would step
upon the bridge practically on the
shore. From eud to cud of the Brook
lyn bridge more thau one-half of the
distance Is over the laud, a ad people
dealrtug to go. say to Fraukltn square,
have to retrace their steps for several
blocks after leaving the bridge.
Mra. Fotteonby presents herself to
Mute. Valerie, the modiste, to point dot
sn error lu the muuumeutal bill for her
summer costumes.
"Madame will nolle* that the ribbon
on the chalite gown In charged nt ai
rente n yard, end the rlbbou on the
surah gown nl It a yard and yet prw
< ts*iy the miss kind of ribbon waa J
used1 A mistake of course'' murmur*
Mr*. ISmsonby In auspiciously sweet j
tones, n asewty glitter In h«r eye the I
whit*.
"Ah?" cries madams, gost fust he or ?
What a stupid bowhkeeper is nuns' Of
tours* tt ta a Hi I stabs, lit) dear Mra
I'uosoebt | am deeoiat-d it should a
,ur? I will i*«iifv It nt was* Moth
ribbHua should hs*e been charged *t
|l' Trntb
Ttsrbrr Which teller ta th* best
one t* the tetter tt?
Hoy !mawe mn am,
1'eathtr What hare t w hath sides
ef my Me**
Hey Freckle*, ma'am New V«rfc
tlsrwtd
Dakota 1h a member, an arc the lead
ing business men of Fargo, lawyers,
our leading doctors, and there la even
room for myself. Then they have u
preacher who la broad enough and
kindly enough to set’ good In every
tnan; salvation iri every religion that
is honestly followed; tolerance for ev
erything except Intolerance, and lovo
for the world. All he uslcs la that a
man be decent, und hla addresses are
rather to stir u man to do the good that
he knows and feels than to teach him
new goodness that ho has no use for.
It In a religion of thin ltie and to-day;
not of the life to conic; of the oneness
of humanity und the aacredness of
simple everyday duty.”
BICYCLE HIDING ON SUNDAY.
Recognized h» night by tba Kev Jamo#
llrtidj of Holton#
The question whether It la right to
ride a bicycle on Sunday or not, has
disturbed a good many people of high
moral character, but those ministers
who have made arrangements for a
bicycle storage-room In tlielr churches
aecm to think there la nothing wtong
lu It, especially If used as u means of
attending divine worship, says the L.
A. \V. Bulletin. T!ie Rev. James 13.
Brady of the People’s church in Boston
was one of the first to Introduce this
method of attending church, lie con
ceived the idta that young men would
come to church in much large numbers
If they were allowed to ride an hour
or two lit the morning through country
Holds and In the fresh uir, bringing up
at the church In time for the opening
service. Consequently he made u
special provision lu a room In the base
ment of the People's church, uud thus
makes the churcn me oujecuve paint
rather than a roadhouse or some lower
resort. A large number or young men
attend hta church, checking their bi
cycles at the church door, and going In
and sitting under the services with
their minds much clearer, and doubt
less imbibing much more good than
those who go ouly to sleep through the
service. Other ministers have followed
the example, several Huston preachers
being In that number. One uf the lat
ter has organised a bicycle club In h!a
church, and takes a regular Saturday
afternoon excursion with a gay party
of young people, making himself so
pleasant and ugreruble to them that
they Hock to hta church Sunday morn
lug A pastor tn one of the Oranges in
New Jersey has offered accomodations
to wheelmen on Sundays, and the ex
periment has attracted utuuy bicyclers
from other towns.
Aw
"Old you Mode nay wbcu you wu«
ter town'” waited rttis* Oaihia.
"Ye*, ' icplled t 01 Mussel, "some '
"Mow did voo com, Ottir*
•• 'Tw»« what ye'd > all a stand off. |
give a teller a counterfeit t o hill for *
gold bti.h" Washington Star.
The cuavsi >atton loracd upon the
fatal number fnday salt spilling and
Other supsisllimits.
‘ It le Hot well te make loo much fun
of such matiei •.* gravely remarked i
lt«i, kanteao t*v»r instance I ban ah i
old uncle who al the age of seventy- i
•ov*a lommltted the imprudent* of |
making on* of a dinner pony of Ihir
Men “ I
" \nd he died the nett day r Is* Hihl |
impaired
• Nn. but evoctly thirteen year* after i
ward '
4 chuddc i ran ikrocgh th* au fieo;* i
Iw A '*jkuitm cd-na iSciidHHyi
ly exceeds 11,000,000.0(10. There are
perhaps 8,Odd dealers In diamonds In
the world, who carry In their slock
stones worth perhaps $330,000,000. Tin
remainder are In the hands of private
Individuals. To compare present con
ditions with those of the past, It li
Instructive to note the enormous In
crease In the production of diamonds,
and the Important Industrial change?
wrought thereby, which have resulted
from the discovery and working of the
great Mouth African mines. During
the last i)uarter century ten tons of
diamonds, selling for more than $300,
000,000 uncut and $t<00,000,000 after
rutting, have been added to the
world's wealth an amount more than
twice as great os the value of dia
monds known to exist before.
DON’T LIKE PENNIES.
Citizen* of Arizona Have No l<fgur«I for
HumiI Change.
Have you noticed that men In Ari
zona do not pay their bills with chicken
feed or small change? asked the Phoe
nix (Arizona) Gazette. In the older
states when a purchase In made exact
change Is usually tendered, and one
thing certain—a bill Is not broken If It
can possibly \>c avoided. Here In the
west any ordinary little purchase Is
made simply by asking for the urtlcle.
and when It Is passed across the coun
ter a piece of money amply large to
cover the cost Is thrown down. When
cnaugc is mttuu wm ctimumcr carek-usly
drops It Into his pocket, apparently
without counting it, and goo:-: out with
out once mentioning the cost of the ar
ticle. He gets JiiHt as good a deal ar
though he had Jewed the dealer for half
an hour. The custom of throwing
down a lurger piece of money than Is
necessary is • ot done, a/a rule, to ex
hibit the rath, for In Mils territory
everybody has money. It |g only to
show apparent Indifference and j, ,,
mark of liberality. It may be said
that pennies have uo abiding place In
the west, especially in this territory.
Kven at the postothce, where every
thing ia supposed to be legal tender,
pennies. 2-cent and 9-ccnt pieces
ure auk nova, t'hauge is math
to the cent by the postmas
ters. but they do It with postagu
•tumps or postal cards. Now here else
ire odd peuuiea recognised, even iu the
banks. A check drawn for It si would
be paid with a 15 bill without a word.
The same is true In all the shops and
•tores; change Is made to the nearest
nickel, sometimes only to the marocl
luarter or dollar. Poor Klchard'a cay
ug Take care of the pe-uutrw, etc dots
not apply to triwilt. as imull t-haug .
•nythiua under a dollar, I* hv most
ieoplo considered only as Irash of little
llliw
tV hen I was out west. »ald the in an
who runs a (tout the country sWiiug
windmills I struck a saloon In a little
mining '-own that was called the t'lvli 1
•ertic# HeftMW bar M
"That was tather gueei " said Ihs j
nan who stem at home end s*|,s whose i
"I thought so, too. until I found out
h« reason of the name I wont in to
tot w glass of P*o», got U and laid doon
t dollar The man behind tbs bar took
he dollar, dr *oped It In tbo till and
ticked up his newspaper ia mul lus t
got any vhangof says I Nope sa t a
te tats la run an elvll service primt- J
ties and wo doa'l hoitovo in making j
iwv on necessary chang* ' As k* bed *
t shotgun In handy roach I * on* tinted *
a M it go at tint " t'in anatl I rib .
that j
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LE&BON IX — SUNDAY. DECEM
BER I KINO DAVID.
II*Itl.a 1**1: "Man lenk.th .a the «»#*>
waul Appearance. bat tha lefJ
*tli nn IIm Heart''—I *n*»nel lilil •
t (Ithrulneae In All Thing..
NTRODUCTORT :
Thaatctlcn Is
1 elude* chapter III.
Time: About M, C.
)06.r> to 1044. Has*
lid was now about
JHU year* old. Prob
ably In bln Uit
year* be wa* writ
ing the chronicle*
of hi* tlmn anil of
the Judge*, the aub
I'aticr of which haa coin* down to u*
In Hie hooka of Jiulgi-a. Ruth, and I and
S flarnucl. David <lh« beloved) wa* the
ion of Jer.ro of the tribe of Jndab.
Lorn ut Bethleh* m, (ili)ill B. C.
At the time of thl* lemon lie wa> it
gifted, charming, Ut retlr|ng youth of
ri vi ntocn to twenty yeai* Today a
li chon Includer 1 Knmuel '.vl 1-13.
3. And tin Urd aald unto rtamuel,
Mow long wilt thou mourn for Haul,
uiIiik 1 hat* rejected him from reign
log over Israel? fill thine ho n with
oil, and go, I will send thee lo fence the
lieUi-lC'hemite: for I have provided m*
a king among hi* aon*.
2. And Samuel raid, Mow can I £0?
It Haul hear It, he will kill rne. And
the Lord said, Take a heifer with then,
ami *a: I am come to sacrifice to tho
Lord.
•£. And <0)1 .lease to the luirrldre, an l
I will shew then what thou shall do:
and thou rhalt uiiolnl into rne him
whom I name unto thee
<1 And Hamuel did tliat which tho
Lord spake, and came lo Bethlehem,
And Mi* elder:, of the town trembled
at hie coming, and anld, Comeat thou
I < ui ‘ ably 7
f>. And he raid. Peaceably: I am
< ome to sacrifice unto the I su'd sanc
tify yourselves, and come with me to
Shepherd Tending Sheep.)
ihe sacrifice. And he sanctified J-»*e
eiid his low*, and called them to rh j
‘.icrlflce.
l And li dime to pass, when lh>y
i.c;t come, lhat he looked on 1-31 tab, an4
said. Surely the Lord's anointed Is be
fore him.
7. Hut the Lord said unto Samuel,
Look not on his countenance, or on the
height of his idature; because 1 have
refused him: for the Lord wain not as
man sreth; for man looketh on the out
ward appearance, but the Lord looketh
on the heart.
8. Then Jesse called Ablnadub, and
trade him pass before Samuel. And he
► aid. Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
0. Then Jesse made Shammah to pass
by. And he said. Neither hath the
Lord chosen this.
10. Again, Jess" made seven of his
i-ons to pass before Samuel. And Sam
uil said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not
i horiu these.
II. And oauiupi huiu uuiv *it*>»vf ajo
hfj't ull thy children? And he su'd.
There mualnetb yet the ,votinge*t. un i.
behold. he keepeth the «heep. And
Hemucl ruld unto Jease, Hend and fetch
him- fer we will not *tt down till ho
come hither.
11’. And he aent. and brought him In.
Now be wua ruddy, und wlthei of a
beautiful countenance, and goodly to
look to. And the Lord aald. Arum,
anoint him: for thl« I* he.
13. Then Samuel took the horn of nil
aud anoluted him In the tnldat of bla
brethren uud the Spirit of the Lord
lame upon llavld front that day for*
ward. Ho Samuel roae up. und went to
litunab.
Laud a Falthfulnew* in ITepuruiton.
Lev lit. even If he knew at title time
that he we* to he king, could not po/*
ait tv fwreeei the great work he waa to
Uo. He "knew not whore he wae
going.'' but he know that, wheiever It
waa. lalfbtulfceee In preaeut duty we*
the out) way to reach it. The only
way to large thing* u through t.vtth*
toluene lb ItiHe thing* I It * a* by
the etiettglh und activity gained lit
uotMg hi* l**t a* a ubephrrd that he
waa enabled to Hi*#' tiolluh und do
many deed* of daring which gave biur
povur a* king f. He apont HI* !*,*•
are hour* la practicing ntu*lc.
HAM * MtUIN*.
The a. I eeg Ig the *y JOIj 4OUT in»4gg
that the tie’ II eon eaiuatlatae he
aahamed of hlweelf
I'to devil to n«M wa*Uttg <o >U > dart#
tg the man who ha* «ne bin I of rwltglog
at harae and anether at ehvueh
ttohue Je*wa taught Ik tlvacipie* hew
to pray be tehi theta at the fat bar se
wb,iu their prayer* ilanlil be *4*
d it Med
To say thir father mean# tag
hr*tier/ to every ataa. »• tt ui.au*
act king
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