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IT 18 A QUEER CAVE. MYSTERIOUS CHAMBER ON PORCUPINE ISLAND. Wm Thla Cap*. Kl«l«r# Mlraut-lli** araia, Chain* and aa Old Aaatiav War* Dtaeorarad, with Hnndrad* *1 Ll»ln* K R II A PH tha myatarloua with Its ruaty arms and anchors and chain*, which been dla on an unin habited Island of liar Harbor la the long-nought-for re treat of Oapt. Kidd. The pirate fre tbls part of the coast, which afforded many an Ideal harbor for hla ahlp. The newly found cava la close to an excellent anchorage, writes a New Y«irk f»iirrAinnnrl«nt Bald Porcupine la one of the many lalanda In Prencbman'e Bay, wblcb, on account of Ita Inacceeelblllty, baa not been made a place of vlaltatlon by the aummer tourlat. It baa been uaed for abeep ralelng. Harvey Hodgklna and Krl Bunker, of Bar Harbor, were atrolllng about the laland recently and when near the blgheat point eaw a dark apot on tho cliff. Tho top of the rough cliff towered fifty feet above. Bunker let blmaelf In for a dozen feet, but aoon appeared again and an Id It waa dark aa night within and that the paa aage led away to the right Into a big chamber. The two men then procured torchea and lanterna. They know that men were then digging for Capt, Kldd’a burled treaaure near Kiln worth, only a aoqre of mllea away, and they thought that If the pirate had burled hla wealth anywhere on the Maine coant he could ■ot have aelected a better place than the cave on Bald Porcupine, which guarda the entrance of a harbor fitted by nature for a plrate’a retreat. When they returned the light from a torch lit up a vaulted chamber about 10 feet long and from 10 to 20 feet In belgbt. There waa a nolae aa of run ning water. Tbe floor of tbe chamber waa found to be level, and It waa covered with an eoaing mud to tbe depth of a foot or more. The light from the torchea began to grow dim and the men realized that the foul air waa faat sickening tnern. They hurried out Into the open air with blanched faces, but with anticipations of the possible treasure to be found In the cave. The secret leaked out In Bar Harbor, and the discoverers consented to take a few friends to the spot. In the party were 8erenus Rodick, Milton Rodick and Fountain Rodick, the owners of Rodick or Bar Island, which llee near Bald Porcupine, and who know every •pot about Frenchman’s Bay. They were enjoined to secrecy and consented to share In the treasure equally. The party brought with them oilskin and flrearms|fezeemo- M ^ suits, long rubber boots, lanterns, torch es and firearms. The Rodlcks had been in exploring expeditions on Mount Desert Island before, and built a big fire at the entrance to the cave. In hair an hour the party entered, and the light from the half dozen torches and the bonfire Illuminated the cavern, disclos ing an ideal retreat for smugglers or pirates. The space before them ex tended half a hundred feet in one di rection, upward to the holght of twenty feet and waa about twenty feet In width. As the men stepped Into the room they sank In the mud a foot or more and cautiously poked their,way along the floor, oftentimes kneo deep In slime. On the side walls little scintillating glimmers cautioned them that there were snakes In the cave. A hissing noise all about caused the men to stop and listen. Colled In a corner was a huge bunch of snakes of all colors and sizes. The men fired a volley from their guns and blazed away wjth revolvers until the corner was strewn with brightly colored bits of snakes and writhing remnants of tails. It Is estimated that there were 200 snakes In the bunch. ► Suddenly one of the party stumbled across a rust-eaten anchor and chain. The links of the chain parted on bslng lifted, and the anchor crumbled at a toiK^, Further on were a number of ahwvss hewn out of the stone, and near by waa a passage extending beyond the celling, whleh appeared to lead to ths top. A few pieces of old crumbling Iron and half a short sword rewarded the Marchers. This part of the eava had also been umo lor a nrepiar*. • At another part of the cava a etreai" of wnter trickled through from the mountain cldc, and thta eiplaluad the mud on the floor. At oua and tho roof •lopad Into n dark, narrow paaaaga through which Milton Kodlek aquooaad hlmaalf agalnat tha protaata of hla com radaa Whan ha emerged ho Mid that tho paaaage lad down a ntaap hole, and that ha waa compelled to retreat, hut that be believed It lad lo another room •a big m tha ana (hay wera than la. A battered pewter mug waa found la a era* loo oa tba aouthara aide of tha cave. Another eipadtttoa to fully n> plore tho atrangu cava la now being or gaalaed Tho atari oua paaage will ha lavMlIgetad aad a aaareh la to ha m^a for burled treaeure. Ha Hat a tatlaailMa MaOalm A vandal pet hunter named Courtney •hot aad hilled a huRale In tha Yellow •tuna park recently end enld the kaad te e teitdarmtet In llutta, Moat. Nr Ilia, lie wet treced by the t’altad | tltataa «A(ttle aad eea arreeted a tear Cara ago He will be tried ta Wywaa lag RW the eReaae FAME BY ACCIDENT. The Sr«>l French Painter Haetlen Lp page Thue Won Mia The French painter, Baatlen Lepage, who died recently, was pursued by un merciful disaster through his youth In his efforts to study art, says an ex change. Hla mother worked In the field to keep thet sickly boy et school. At 15 he went to Paris alone, starved for seven years, painted without succeee, but etlll painted. He hed just finished a picture to aend to the ealon when Parle was besieged and be rushed with his comrades to the trenches. On the. | flret day a shell fell Into bis studio and ' destroyed bis picture and another shell ( fell at bis feet, wounding him. He wa* carried home and lay III and Idle for j two years. Then he returned to Paris and, reduced to absolute want, painted cheap fans In order to earn for himself a living. One day a manufacturer of some patent medicines ordered a pic ture from him to Illustrate It* virtue*. Lepage, who was sincere, gave his best work to the advertisement He painted j a landscape In the April sunlight, tb# I leaves of tender green quivered In the breeze; a group of baautlful girls gath ered round the fountain from which the elixir of youth sprang In a bubbling ateam. Lepage believed there wa# reel merit In It "I/et me offer it to the salon,” be said to his patron. The manufacturer was delighted. "But first paint a rainbow arching over the fountain," he said, "with the name of my medicine upon It." Lepage re- | fused. “Then I will not pay you a sou ! for the picture!" The price of bis plo- j ture meant bread for months and the 1 painter had long needed bread. The chance of admission to the salon was small. He hesitated. Then he silenced his hunger and carried the canvas t* the salon. It was admitted. Its great •UCC6M faiured Lapage a place In pub He recognition end hta later work a place among the greatest living artists, SCOTCH HONESTY, A True Flrtnn of Ancient Mfo la Ita 1 High load*, At one time In the highlands of Beet land to ask for a receipt or a promissory note was considered an Insult, and such a thing as a breach of contract waa rarely heard of, ao strictly did tha peo ple regard their honor. The Preabyta rian Witness tells a story of a farmar who bad been In the lowland* and bad thara aoqulred worldly wisdom. After returning to bis natlra place he needed some money, and requested a loan from a gentleman In tha neigh borhood. Tha latter, Mr. Stewart, com piled and counted out the gold, when the farmer Immediately wrote a receipt “And what la this, man?" cried Mr. Btawart, on receiving the slip of paper. “That la a receipt, air, binding me to give ye back your gold at tha right time," replied Donald. “Binding, ye, Indeed! Well, my man, If ya canna trust yurself, I’m sura I’ll not trust ye. Such as ye canna baa my gold!” and gathering It up be returned It to hla deak and locked It up. “But, air, I might die," replied the needy Boot, unwilling to surrender his hop# of the loan; “and perhaps my sons might refuse It ye, but the bit of paper would compel them." "Compel them to sustain their dead father’s honor!” cried the enraged Celt. ; “They'll need compelling to do right, , If this Is the road ye’ra leading them. Ts can gang elsewhere for money, I tell ] ye; but ye'll find nane about here that’ll : put more faith In a bit of paper than a neighbor’! word of honor and bla lor* of rlsht " No Might to Think. "If you don’t take care what you are about you will simplify cavalry move ments to auch a degree that any fool will be able to drill a regiment," wao the remonstrance addressed by Lord Cardigan to Gen. Sir Jamea Scarlett, hla coadjutor on a committee appointed about forty years ago to bring Into har mony with utility and common sense the then prescribed evolutions, which were so fanciful as to suggest a circus show and so complicated that the bi nomial theorem might he accounted comparatively simple. The Indignant reproach of the light cavalry hero to the heavy cavalry hero was, however, but the keynote to a principle which formerly governed mil itary auperlors In their opinions and subordinate officers In their actions; for these latter never presumed—at leeet In theory—to entertain any "opinion" whatever. "I thought, sir-” might be the exculpation of some unwary sub altern, wlgged by hie colonel. "Yen thought! Who gave you lenvd to think T“ was the stereotyped reply, heedless ef the obvious mental rejoin der: “The great God who gave you leave to breathe.”—Blackwood’s Magaalne. Speslsfc TrsSlllw. A tradition In the Spanish army re quires that an officer should never fall farther bach than the Ural rank and It te considered the proper thing te pre cede It—a bit of bravado which costs Hpaln many valuable men every time she ladulgee in lbs pastime of etreet fighting with barricades Llautenant Winston t'hurchlll. who has been ob serving the Mpanlsh campaign In Cuba, uotad with garnishment the manner In which the officers exposed them- 1 selves te tha Insurgent ftro IMpkltisH* sag ne»ae» la Uarmaay MB caaee ef diphtheria have beau treated by serum Inoculation, t.tdo ef them In hospitals, according te a report ef the geveraweat's a**41 eel department, Of these Ml per seat roeevered. III per seat died, sad the rest were still under treatment. In Urn hospitals alone the cures »m w I end the denthe lit per cent The remarks I sltachvd to the reports ef the oeeee were bight j fe>»r*bie te Its trset in eat in l kit and unfavorable In ditf ARNOLD’S COUNTRY PLACB. Wkm <h. Traitor On«r r.awntta«4 ■•ID mod R(a« 4r# Sow Bold. If you wander far enough through the broad driven and crone the ample fields of Kairmount park, Philadelphia, you will presently encounter a oorn modlous atone building, eurmountlng a wooded knoll, aet down between two eubaldlary onee of the aame material, Into and out of whloh a email crowd of people, mainly women and oklldren, are conatantly paaelng, eaye the New York Preen. It Is now known vaguely and generally a« the "Dairy’' and la a pleasant enough little place for Ice cream, lea and other light refreehmenU, pleasantly dispensed by a neat maiden, In the employ of the leeeeee of the house, nut probably not one In 1,000 of the persona who ao Indulge them selves Is aware of the fact that this quiet little refectory, with Its trim gravel walk In front and its grveey banka In thJ rear, sloping gently down to the Schuylkill, was once the country •eat of Benedict Arnold. It waa conveyed to him In 1776 by John McPherson, a Philadelphia mer chant, for 16,240 pounda, subject to a mortgage of 1,760 pounda and a lease to Don Juan Mlralllea, the Spanish min ister. In tble sumptuous mansion, with Its high celllnga, decorated walls, mas sive mantelpieces and deeply carved oaken doors and windows, Arnold lived and entertained for more than three yeara. The north room on the Aral floor, where the visitor now sips hla tea and leisurely munches hla sweet cakes, was probably, from Its appear ance, the morning-room of Arnold and the gay party ho constantly gathered about him. In the fine wide hall, where tho guest* were wont to he received with stately courtesy, Is now a row of small tables on one side and a con fectionary counter on the other. The portion In front, to which queued gal lant* and powdered dames were wont to retreat In tho cool of tha evening, Is now covered with small signs, calling attention to the ham sandwiches, bam „ and egg* and other delicacies that may)' MDDDODDA Lu it.. u When Arnold was attainted ol® treason in 1780 HiIm property wa* con . flscated by the government and wai® subsequently owned, among other*, bjW the Hon. Kdward Hhlppen, chief Jus-1 tlce of Pennsylvania; (Jen. Jonathac Williams and Haron von Steuben, ln< specter-general of the army under (Jen Washington. It was acquired by tbq city of Philadelphia In 1868. 0 _______________ O' ra Where She Got It, j "I tell you 1 need nothing," abe sal<kn conclusively, preparing to abut th< ll( door. ; “But,” pleaded tha peddler, despair ji Ingly, "surely I can sell you some little a thing or other— hairpin*?” But the woman laughingly shook herti short, curly locks, showing that shel had no use for such articles. "Some new ribbons," urged the man. "A dainty powder-puff; a button book?" "I tell you, nothing," she repeated, becoming angry. "Ha!" exclaimed the peddler, sud* denly catching sight of her bloomers. "The very thing. Let me aell you a pair of suspenders." "Don’t need them,” was the reply. “Don’t need them?” echoed the ven der. "How do you keep your blomoers up without suspenders? By will power, I suppose,” he added, sneerlngly. "Sort of," she asserted, tersely. "Call It hypnotism.” "Hypnotism, eh?" said the man, packing up his wares. “Keep your bloomers up with hypnotism! Where do you get It?" "I get It-” Here the woman glanced complacent ly over the bewitching bulglness of her curvilinear figure. "-from the hip!” And the door banged slammlly.— New York world. Almont Incredible ( olnrldence. The recent accident In Manitoba In which A. M. Bell of Portage La Prairie fatally shot J. Muir of Pembina, N. D., mistaking him for a deer, formed part of an almost incredible coincidence. On the same day, a similar accident took place near Sault Ste. Marie, in which A son of Mr. Bell figured. The son was out hunting with a doctor of ths town and mistook the doctor for a deer that he was stalking and shot him. The wound, though dangerous, has not proved fatal, and the victim la recover ing. A more remarkable coincidence has seldom occurred, father and sou ou the same day, hundreds of miles apart, mistaking thslr comrades for doer end ■hooting them. How Sho Volootl He* I.lf*. Postmaster Kd Voris of Crawfords vllle, Ind., has received word that he has bean left 1600 by the will of Mrs. Kilim J. Tolmsn of Minneapolis, Minn. Several years ago Voris was traveling in Germany and rescued Mrs. Telman from being run ovsr by a train at the risk of his Ufa. Ha had bis foot In jured and was tossed from ths track and severely Injured He bad almost for gotten ths Inrldsnt until he received word et |fum having been left him by bar will. Wile Sot* I* la 1*6* hundreds of people assembled In ths town of Hudlsy, Kuglaad, to at-j land a wife sals. The first bid was three half pence, and ultimately rose le alt pence Ths husband. In hts Ig norance, thought that, after the cere mony hod been repealed three times, j aha actually hsd no claim upon him ml t Stao That wondsrful people ths Chinese, are said to hava constructed bridge# from vary early times, hut (hues hm>«a in ua dots front eompsintlvaly late perl ada, sad many af I best are timber •truotaies af tha SMtiiever type. 1E VASSAR GIRLS.' IA RECENTLY FORMED AN ATHLETIC CLUB. th. Owa.r. .1 • Flare* C.U«p I—What Will llaeam* ot lb* M*. 10 MarTf Thn.. Toaif Warn**— la Field Kaaarda. HR field day wblah was held at Vaaaar Collage laat Novem ber marked tha opening of a broad er Internet la ath letic* for women, and the examplo will probably bo followed by other college*. In aplto of bad weather, hundred girl*, whoa* enthualaam d not bo damped by tbo fog, which e tbo curl out of their hair, put on ■ahoea and macklntoaho* and hied n to the college oval, wbora they 0 the gray and dl*mal day glorloua h their about* and cheora. ho Athletic A**oclation la tho ling of the heart* of over ao many a, and ao la the prealdent of the Mlatlon, Mlaa Marie Champnoy, tbo ghter of the popular artlat, J. Well* impney. Ho, a* a little «urprlao for , whan the banket ball gam* waa progreaa tho enthualaatlo girl* ared her pluck In playing with a alned ankle by giving the new II"—“O»eawowwow-wow wow, o*«a vwow-wow-wow-wow, skinnywow v-wow-wow-wow-wow <very long wn out), V. C. A. Arab!)!" n paper, this looks like Welsh, or ie other unpronounceable language, when it comes in the musical voices tyO charming young women It is In ijng to a degree. The athletic or ikatlon, now that It has officers and |ccluslve cheer, feels Itself of full cm stature and able to take car* of of, allowing only for the chance of l*le spreading and strengthening as cb aa well as the members indivld 8, which is the raison d'etre of an tic club. e feeling was so strong In the col ) last season that there should be ie definite athletic stand made, that tune, before the girls scattered far 1 wide to their homes, the new as lation was started, a constitution wn up and submitted to the faculty, > gave their approval, and then the ers for the coming year were ted. These are: President, Miss Ie Champney of the class of '96; president. Miss E. Lester Baker •7; secretary, Miss Amy Wentworth, and treasurer, Miss Marie Rhel . '97. lere are five branches of work un the auspices of the organization, :h does not Include the regular naslum work-basket ball, battle lawn tennis, golf and bicycling, captains for these divisions are Harriet Sketchley Banks,of Engle f, class of '98; Miss F. B. Scott, i of '97, and Miss Harriet Isabel Intine, the gymnasium director. He nks Is captain of both lawn ten nd basket ball. Miss Scott of battle and Miss Balllntlne of golf, e captain of the bicycle corps has et been chosen, for, although many ie students ride, the faculty has •et been willing to allow any con in wheeling, feeling that they d be very dangerous on the nar V/i I <■* MIHM M. L. IIAKKU. rack around the oval, which U the otvallablo racing ground at praa efhaee eapialna and lha ragular «l of the aaam latloa form tha R« •a Board, and all queallona *r„ ert tp tham, airept In caaea whara a gU opinion la nm-aaaary, when a Igaaatlng la tallad la lha college k ha matiar uf rewarda and dla* then for alhlailca thara ara not aha pat, the whole tntereat la lha •t halng ao new, Thera ta a baa Bt which are tha worda “V, C A. Aid l»ny," aad uadar that la to h tha year of the vlaao which wlaa lhaar each geld day. the wlnaer to boloaa with geta the moot potato w iihioi , ru >nti g juaeptag and vtg. la Novambar the haauer win by ** •tt,** which riaea proudly a« It off the gold aad will point to Itiatr pride and glory aa It ataada j ugymaaelum all wiaiar There ere two raor* dlatlncttena to ha won by the "aweet girl athletes.” One le a "V” on the aweater, whteh may be worn by any girl who haa made a rec ord that la, won In any event; and the Other la the class date home In the iame faehlon acroee the cheat of Ita wearer, who can only attain this honor when aha baa been admitted te the basket ball team. For haeket ball Is th* football of tb* glrla' college*, and th* "elevens” are as proud of their prowess a* th* stoutest and longest haired collegian among the boys. Tb* right to wear the whit* "V,” therefore, and also th* date, may be owned by th* earn* young woman, who In such a case would probably be compelled to ask for an Increaae In her allowance that ah* might own two sweaters and not have her trophies claab with each other. Work In tb* gymnasium la obli gatory, unless the student Is excused by the phyalclao on account of her health; so a good standard of muscular development Is kept up, and there was a good foundation to build on when th* era of more active sthlstlcs wss In augurated. Wvery girl on entering th* college must go to the cosey little office In the gymnasium, where Miss Ballln tlns and her aselstsnt, Mir* May, make a thorough physical examination and record, and tell th* student what exer cises she esn take and what muscles need developing. Dr. D. A. Sargent's system of physical training la used, and In all month* work In the gymnasium laat year, lean than two hour* per week being re quired, the average strength of a claaa of 127 student* waa Increased moat ma terially. On* hundred per cant of tha das* added nearly live kilos to tha cheat measurement, and Improved In tha same degree In all parts of the body. The gymnasium ball la large and well fitted up, and In an adjoining room there la a swimming bath, 43 feet long by 24 feet wide, where the physical di rector gives lessons In swimming to any who wish to learn. In the theater, above the exerclae room, there Is a sufficient space for Indoor tennis and basket hall. But, of course, the new Athlalta As sociation has In view systematle train ing In outdoor exercise more than gen eral gymnasilcs, and In these llnas the girls have done very good work, con sidering tha recent date of their Inter est In the matter. In the 100 yard dash on field day, Mias Wilkinson of ’M won the first heat In JS»4 seconds, wbll* Miss Vassar's time for the final heat, In which aba won, was 1< seconds. In the running broad jump, Miss Baker mad* a record of 11 feat 6 Inches, which was not considered a fair test of her abilities, as the ground was very slip pery on account of rain. In the high Jump Mias Baker waa expected to win, aa ah* bad the highest record before, but she sprained her thumb, and, In consequence of this mishap, was beat MISS HAIllUlflT BANKS, en by Miss Brownell, who made 48 Inch es, which height Miss Baker had made In practice before field day. Horn* Old Story. Near Mead’s, a lumber station, twelve miles from Ashland, Ky., Robert Jenkins accidentally shot and fatally wounded Charley Qudgell, while bunt ing wild turkeys. The men had separated after locating the feeding ground of a flock of tho fowls, and each for a time began sounding decoy calls. Answers which each took for the cries of the flock reached both, and working toward the supposed flock, each kept as closely beneath the underbrush as possible. Filially Jenkins saw some thing he eupposed was a turkey and fired. Qudgell, with a cry, toll to the ground, struck with six buckshot, two of which penetrated his lungs, tho others lodging in his breast and shoulders. 4 Hon«| III Its Jlmson ’’Hello, old boy, 1 hear yon spent several hundred dollars learning a new, sure, quick and easy way of aettina rich." Jit mao o -"Yea, I did." ‘'Making any money ?" "Lata." Hair "Teaching ether people the new, aura, quick and eaay way at get Hag rich."—New York Weekly. IlM Malta* "Whan I waa In India," aald Ih* inaa who had traveled, 'the native thieve* atol* the a It eel* from under uia while I slept and I neve* knew It." "Yee, and when I waa In lha north " went during the boom," aald the ntaa who will never admit that America can bo outdone, "I had la steep la a room where there were tour reel estate agenti and one of them etele a poree• plaster front my bach without ceahea* , ;ng me '* Indlaueputia Journal, •tent t»«net*e Hoar trapping la a prettable beaten** la Maine this year One trapper, of j ktrlghten, realised Ml ea ana bear laet aeeh III tor the ahla, M tor bounty tag twn gallon* ef edl at M a gatlaa THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON III., JAN. IR—JOHN THI BAPTIST- LUKS 3HB-22. Holden Teitl "the Neil Hay John death Jean* < oming Toward Him and Balthi Mehotd Ihe lemb of t.od Which Taheth Away tha Mac" John I ItR. OD ATM LlSt. can Inelndea a pie. lure of tha whole Ufa of John aa tha fora, runner of Jeaua Chrlat, l.uke gfvee the datee and namea lieeauaa he wlahed lo lneoi|H<rate tha (loapel Into a gener al hlalory of lha world. John began lo preach In the auirt* mer of 2*, A. If. Ha lireaehed for (wo reara, one year and three moutha of whleh waa colneldant with Ihe Hedeemar. Ha preaehad weal of the Head Men and tha lower Jordan. I'outtua I'llale waa gov etuor. Jeaua waa now W yeara old. Ha atlll lived at Naaaielli. The full teit of toduy'a leaaon followai It. And aa Ihe iwople were In eapeeta lion, and all men muaed In their heart# of John, whether he were Ihe Chrlat, or not; 1*. John auawered, eaylug unto I hem all, I Indeed baplltcr yon with water; hut on* mightier than I comath, the latchet of whoae aline* I am not worthy to on* looae; ha aliall bupilxe you with lha Holy Ohoet and with fire IT. Whoae fan la In hla ham), and ha will thoroughly purge hla floor, and will gather ihe whe»i Inin hla garner; hut the nhaff he will burn with lire umjuench. a hla. 1* And many other thtnga In hla eg. hortallon preached lie unto lha people. It, llot Herod, the tetrarch, being re proved by him for llerndtua Ida brother Hhlllp'a wife ami for all Ihe evlla which Herod had done, Hi. Added yel tide alaive all, that ha abut up John In prlaou. Zl Now when all the people were bap. ilied, It came lo paaa, that Jeaua alao being baptlied, ami praying, the heaven ri A ltd the I lofy tllioal data ended In a bodily alia pc Ilk*- a dove upon him, and a vole** came fr*>m heaven, which aal*1. Thou art my beloved Hon: In ihee I am well pica**-*!. Tha neoeaaary explanation* are aa fol low*: 17. "Whoae fan I* In hi* hand." Th# fan la not a fan In our aenaej It I a a I,road, light, wooden ah*»v«l, with which Ih* grain la thrown up to th# hrecge, ao Ihal Ihe wind may carry <>IT lha lighter chaff while Ihe heavier grain alnka down clean. And he will thoroughly purge." (leariae, aeparale Ihe good from Ih* bad. "ilia floor," Threahlng-floor, which la iiaually a circular area of beatan earth, aurrounilcd by a fow hank. Hera th# grain l» separated rrom ine »ir«w 07 » •ledge drawn by animal*. The threshing floor, with lie mingled wheal and chaff. I« a type of the Jewish nation and of the world In which we live, "And will gather the wheat." The fruit of his worli on earth; those, who, hy believing on him, become fit for his kingdom on earth and In heaven. "Into hi* garner." Oranaryj the right place for wheal; the kingdom of heaven; heaven. "Hut 1 he chaff." The refuse, the useless, reprr venting all who continue In sin, unrepentant, good for nothing, harmful. Those who refuse to be converted, end lime to tie made Into good wheal. "He will burn with fire un I uuenchahle," Hymbollxes, apparently, Anal, Irresistible, and utter destruction. 1*. "Many other thing*." He u»*d «v •ry poNsllile form of expression, lllu»ira tion, and point In view, In order to Im press the truth upon the people. “Preached he." The word mean* "preached good tidings," "preached the gospel," It, "Herod , . , being re proved by him." Thl* story Is placed here by Luke to complete the account of John before en tering upon the ministry of Jesus. A fuller account Is given In Mark 8; 14*20. "Keproved . . , for Herodlas . . . and for all the evil things.” Herod was then living In open adultery. He had gained llerodla* by the baseat perfidy. 11* waa gulliy of rnvelllnga, oppressions, and murders, John could not conscientiously, or effectively reprove the sins of the pen pis, and not the sins of the great who could Inflict Injury upon film. Unre proved crime in high places endorses and multiplies crime among the people. More than this, the sins of Herod were Inflict ing great evils upon the people. John stood up as their champion, like David before Oollalh, Aretas, an Arabian king, whose daughter Herod bad divorced for the suke of Herodlas, Indlgrmnt at the affront Herod bad put upon him, had de clared war; and at the very time of John's reproof, preparations for war were ac tively going on. John sought to stop th* flood of horrors the war would roll upon the people, 20. "He shut up John In prison," accord ing to Josephus In the castle of Mocheru*, seven miles northeast of the Dead Sea. Here John remained a year, a silent and powerful preacher of rlghteousnesa. Dur ing this time be once sent a delegation of Ills disciples to Jesus in (Jalllee to know If he really ware the Messiah (Matt. U: 2-8). These are deocrlbed In Matthew 14: 5-12; Mark «: IH-2V. After lying In prison for » year, John waa tieheaded hy Herod, In accordance with a drunken prumlae, In March, A. D. 20. at Caatle Mae her us, at th# age of n. Tima perished the greatest and most sitecesaful of I be prophet*. He was successful, for (II John llidshed the work that was given him to do, Ills Ilf* waa a completed whole. Had he lived longer, he would have marred the perfec tion of this work. After the Messiah had come and was established, the work of the forerunner was elided. truered by HI* llreeebaa. A ...aa. aaUdwwi kofot I & dake.M.W Iii l*ugat round rrt rutly. Hr bad on a oalr of oouiblnatton rubbrr tioota and trousers. raartalng up tu hie uruiplte. Hy Mime mlschent-e be (ell overboard bead first; (he air In ble trouaere rushed upward and buoyed up hla teot un lop of the water ae though held there by A lifebelt and the Rehrriuau waa unabla to get hie heed above the eurfa«o. Ho eut such au orld Raure, apparently walking In the water head downward, that hla rompantone were unable from mirth lo help him for a few seven d*. and when they got him out ho waa more than half drowned NQTKD Ml INI* MAN. Thomas Hlaeklcwk, It. !>, one of Ike moat learned m«a el the eighteenth eeuiurr. waa blind et the age of three months Crenels Huber, the K*Im naturalist, lost hie eight at an early age, beeem* aa eminent entomologist, and wrote on heee. ante and other lewd* Ha* Id Mae both, Ike taveatar of the etrtag alphabet for the blind, waa bora hllnd Ho waa aw *.>«>mpl taped mosU'ise. a perfwel prodigy In maths metis*. and an <n««atur of n* maah order ol merit
