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TALM AUK'S SKRMOX. TALKS OF MEEDS OF THE CHURCHES. T«*tr Arte IP. |: -And when tbr dar uf |KC!'t«*out was f«Jy tkry were all wrath oat an ord la one place.'* H« aaad The bbrnuags of Episcopal Lent fraa a Proshytertae minister's stand point I* the thrmo of this sermon. The grimages. monasteries. juggernauts J human nr nSrrs end medicine men ! prune that dar* of fasting and supp’i r*tkm has* been among the sarred cus lima td ail get loan St. Agsea day, Candlemas day. St. Blaxe day. Valeo Ca*e s Cay Hoke day St Patrick's day. 1 Ft George a day. Shrove Tuesday, j Maypole dar. IWjr Innocents day. AH- 1 haiam C«a. St f'rhan a day. Roy*! Oak day. St Kk Solas day. St Vitas day. JriS * within Margaret Bridget, j Catharine. Andrew. James. Ethriburgh, I E *«a*bethBarnabas. Simon Jude days, liaiy Rood day. Martimas day. Car per t hru*.I day are only a fear of ike many aa could name m the gleaming tiastrUsthas of past ho y days. ** •eil as holiday*. Covenanter* dates ba<h to the time of Scujdtiih bigotries, when Lord Claver Souae. like Paul, ‘persecuted them even •MO strange cities/ As It meant life or death If an enemy fuersH the urorshipers they had their take®* or litCe pieces of leaden metal about the • ■sa td aa English penny. When these Covenanters cus* to the door where the common km urns to he hvld they presented throe tokens, urhhfc were the tame as a soldier's countersign So the modem custom of eating hot cross hun* on Good Friday Fad* its origin »«*id bring the sacred bread to lay » wpoh the alter*. Down to the reign of Henry VIII the Catholic rfcurca. in or der to celebrate- the triumphed entry <f Palm Sunday made s woodea ass •ad astride this ass they placed the woodea figure at Jesus Christ, sad the Would drag It through the streets before which the worshiper* towed la holy rapture. As was g igfot- J ■ f rapre»aed e ! U accent p » n» * A swift a** they tare aad *3Up * great that co hue rides. Bet naderersth the ass's feet a tah> ;% broad there .slides. Brief War oo a heels which ready drest aad all thiags matte there •sot. The asoe is brooch abroad aed set be fore the chwrrhe's door. *—•« «f a* Sows. *"iiot only did the Jeer* tare the ft-ast of the Pas* over. the feast of the Tabernacles, the fe**t of the fVetecoct. the feast of the Nee Mooes, the feast of Charity, the least at dedna’ion the ***** of trumpets, the feast of the Sab bath. for these feasts were only an other a»»* for fast, hut In Zcchanah we read. The fast of the fourth month * ad the last of the ftfth and the fast of the seteoth. aad the fast of the teatb •ba.i he to the house of Judah Joy aad gladness aad cheerful fact*.* After the •sceawoo. whew they were all with oae acres* la one place, the little band of 12* disorganized followers of Je*us Chrtat gathered together la aa upper ttna.be* *a Jerusalem, sad there they fasted aad prayed day after day nail! at last the Holy Ghost raate in the rosad of a aughty raafctag wind aad it ftlied all th* house a here they were ut- ! tcag sad there appeared unto them doeea league* of Ire sad it sat upon the head* of each. **The am redness ef the Leetee sea aaa Is the sstaral ootgrowth of heath- > ea as oell as Christian worship Though we hold not allegiance to any I bishop aor rrrerrare the Idew of apus oigy. let as gather nest hah Wedae* dsy la the difereat parishes under the shadow at the crone, sad for forty day* how the ha*e la worship. side by side with those aha ore merely sheep of another fed. at whom Jetus Christ tr *n ib* pia'e me test honor? the Eptecopaisa Lenten season br muse it u * protest against aerial dis sipations. la order ta dissipate some |«uf « k. »t» one has to he a drunkard l.A# IMgir A .*3 Pw a libertine like Lard Myron or an opium fiend like Thtmae de Quinrey, who on account ad his physical infirmities made that marteiou* mind a» wetrd and unbal anced that hi dreams he wandered among the clouds. The star, were tae shining knobs which opened the dark doors cd the a:rh? la the strange pa!. *■ *■* <jt * :eio* at L fj’a' an../! built. he heard his little 'baby playmate, the ioeang sister who died in childhood, sing the sap cd the nursery. As aa artist he painted kls picture* and a« n magician wared his wand until vast rrocenmims passed along in mournful pomp, friesrs cd never -ending stories, that «• my tn.ad were aa sad and sol emn as if they were atones draws from time* before Oedipus or ITiam before Tyre, before Memphis And at tbe ism lime a change took place is my dream*, a theater seemed suddenly spewed and lighted within my brain Which presented nightly epectadea of more vlakmt than earthly apk-adors. Psde at !*•• de Q l.li ey » la of heave* and tbe of the fields and the were driven away wkkh sent and shrieking through was a ,a*al*f shivering In cemeteries of chatt-rinc spirit* of Jetrrtrhiag forth their a across tke dark chasms ad horrors into which, he must flail and they could not c hange the gflmfltp of his wan • ftet theta sure SdN different ways of y«ad ‘And God aaid. Let there be light, and there was light And God saw the light that It was good, aad girt (tit the ight from the dark mmn A»d Gad called the light day and the dark**- he alW »***.* fss SmS UfM lm other words, those verse* mean ,au u the hag inning God ignited for dsn those found along ,r. H^fsfi of liquor and more! weak cess. The de spised worm destroys the monster oak as well as the woodman s ax. The lltlia seed or the froren stream cracks the solid rock as well as the angry dynamite. The flowing water* of Ni agara river dissolve the mountains. *'ln tbe first chapter of Genesis wa this planet two suns. The moon It nothing but a burnt-out sun. But after the creation God felt too much ligtl would destroy the human race, so he practically said: *My children must have a time to sleep. The flowers close their petals in slumber. The trees be come torpid In a winter nap to give forth tbe spring buds. Even the ma chinery must have a rest or It will soon wear ouL The angclus bell without quiet will cease to chime, so. In order to have man and woman sleep, I will show them my will. For ten hours st b*trt 1 will envelop the earth In total darkness.* Like our grandmothers with a candle-snuffer. God reached down and put out tbe light of that nni which we cal! the moon. And this is the reason we ought to go to bed with the chit kens and answer early to the tunning call of the crowing cock. * In the next place, the text honors tbe Lenten season because it is a pro t st against human perfection. If thcie were any people on earth who tty pby^ al contact were fitted for tho receiving cf the Holy Spirit on account of their natural conditions, they were the llttie band cf 120 Christians, com posed of Peter, James, John. Martha. 1- - Mary the mother of Christ, and Mary Magdalene, who had the seven d» v:is. and the rest of the apos t es who sat with Christ at the last supper. They ate cf bis body and drank cf h.s blood. Many of them knew Jr - it »l.cn he was In Galilee and made the wine at the weddiug of Cana. They saw him crucified. They saw the tomb st.rli was rifled. They saw him and taiked to him and touched him when he was resurrected. Taul said: After that be was seen of above 500 brethren at on *, of whom tbe greater part re c Uns unto this pcntecost. but some arc fallen asleep.’ M»lir!d I he Ascension. “They raw Jesus' ascension, when he mounted higher and higher, until the trees were under his feet; higher and L.ghrr. until bis hair was moistened ty tLe halo of clouds, as the gardens are bctweat^d by the morning mists; higher and higher, until other worlds crowed around him in love; higher and Lu;her. until his white, flowing garments 1 ••came as the wings of a d.ve; higL'r and higher, until earth !'-• if to li:m must have dwindled into a star. Yet these disciples, before the li y Spi.lt n:c, had to gather in one 9 a<e, with one accord, for supplica tion ard prayer. Cannot you and I see the tongues of Are; strain our ears to hear the spirit m.cds moving among the trees; reach 1 rrh our hands for the gospel heart <.~>p. and lift cur lips for the kiss of divine love? “One day among the arctic iceberg3 a whaling ship sighted a strange craft. 1* rap's wera ropes of Ice. Its sails and hull an Mf dock were all cov ered with ice Its rudder chains could not move, for they were In the grip of omnipotent ice. When the commander came near enough to this strange craft he lifted tie trumpet and called. ‘Ship ahoy, ship ahoy. Whither bound; from what port?' There was no answer. A boat was lowered When the rescuing pa;ty . imbed over the bulwarks they found the captain frozen dead In the cabin; the sailors frozen dead in the bunk*, the rook frozen dead in the ibe a; the wheelman frozen dead at the wheel. For thirteen long years that -hip had floated helplessly about, the sport of every current, the play tt.ng of every wind, and the only fu neral dirge mas sounded by storm demons, shriek.ng and hissing in tbs rigging So every man at 40 or SO years cC age ia a dereip-t. a divinely pitied hu man craft, drifting around with a full cargo of decayed opportunities, with ; s eorpaes of misapplied Influences. We nnst first throw overboard our dead selves before we can let Jesus Christ step upon the decks. *c«l1 K»i (onMil Contempt. * by our actions we try to push our selves down to the lowest depths of God s great ocean of contempt Thia was not the figure of the pentecostal gathering. Methinks we see them. There is Mary, the Mother, weak and old. with her eyes red from weeping. There is Frter. repulsive Peter, one mom* at all faith, next all discourage ment. TLere is doubting Thomas, with h:« fa«e growing longer every day. He says: ‘Do you think Jesus will keep t:s word and mud the Comforter? Do you believe he will forgive us the way *• treated him when upon earth? Why. 1 would not believe him until he let me probe my finger into his wound ed side.' They talk on. day after day. until at 1. ct gentle John says: ‘Breth ren. let me pray again, and then. Mol her, remember the Savior told me to tali you mother—then, Mother, you fo;.ow with another prayer.* While the party knelt, suddenly there was a ncise like a mighty rushing wind, and some one cried: What is that? A tornado it coming; listen!* As they I HIM their blanched faces. John point ed to Mary tLe Virgin. Over her head was s tongue of fire, and. like the in numerable lights of s chandelier which burt-t into a blaze when one tip Is tocw bid. the tongue of fire flamed over • very Lead and they all cried: *It is the Holy Ghost! It ia the Holy Ghost!' “1 love my church, my own church, tbs d*ar oid Presbyterian church. I was baptized at her altars. As a little iliiid 1 went to sleep in her pews. As a boy 1 found my Christ at her mercy seat Aa a husband there I brought my bride. As a young minister there 1 rec-ived the holy touch of ordination. When I lay me down to sleep the last steep at her pulpit 1 want to have spoken over me the same words which 1 have said, at the same place where 1 broke the bread of the holy com munion. But because s minister loves Lis wife, that is no reason he cannot j reverence his sister. At the holy altar at the Episcopalian chancel I have bowed and wept. 1 have reverently re peated the prayer: ‘From mil blindness of heart, from pride, sxln-glory, and hypocrisy; from every ’satred. malice, and all uncharitableness, good Lord, deliver us.' “And 1 now plead with you. my Pres byterian people, to answer with zn« ttw call of Episcopalian Lent and go to the upper chamber in Jerusalem, tfhers we can be all with one accord la on« ! 'lace.' " HERO OF MANY AVARS HAS SEEN SERVICE UNDER VARIOUS FLAGS. — A Score of Scan and Sixteen Decora Mona Tratify to Ilia Bravery In Action —Now Organizing an Army to Help the Brttlab. (Chicago Letter.) There is iu Chicago at the present lime an interesting figure in the per son of Gen. Henry Ronald Maclver. who is planning the organization of an army of Americans to light in the | British ranks against the Boers. Mac lver is truly a soldier of fortune. He has fought under fourtetli flags in different parts of the world, and be side# has taken part in scores of duels and undergone all kinds of peril by sea and land. Today he is hearty and vigorous, and the only traces of his narrow escapes from death are a score of scars. He wears sixteen decora tions which were conferred upon him for distinguished service in action. Maclver was a mere boy when he first began to fight with the sword. He was born on the Virginia eoast. of American parents. When eleven years of age he was sent to an uncle, who was a retired army officer, in Scot land. and there was drilled in military tactics. It was intended that he should enter West Point when old enough, but being anxious to see real fighting at once he was successful in getting an appointment as ensign iu the East In dia service of the Sepoys at the time of the mutiny, and he was an eye witness of many frightful atrocities committed by the natives. He saw some hard fighting in India, and once had a desperate battle with seven mounted Sowars, in which his head was cut open by a tulwar, but he man aged to pull through after months of suffering. When he recovered from his wound the mutiny was over and he went back to Scotland. Garibaldi and Lis soldiers were about this time fighting for Italian independence and the young soldier's love of adventure carried him to Italy. Here his reck less bravery attracted Garibaldi's at tention and he was made a colonel. He afterwards went to England and raised a small company to help tbe revolu tionists When Garibaldi's foreign GEN. HENRY R. MACIVER. legion was disbanded Lieut. Atacivcr was given a medal and the decoration of the Cross of Savoy for his bravery and skill. When the war between the north and south broke out Maclver was lead ing a quiet life in Scotland, but a strong desire came over him to visit his native land, and also to satisfy his thirst for war. His sympathy was naturally with the south, his parents being Virginians. He was first thrown into prison at Alexandria on suspicion of being a secessionist, and remained there two months when he escaped. He was recaptured but escaped hgain and made his way into the Confederate lines. When he arrived at the head quarters of the secessionists he was arrested as a Unionist, but was releas ed on giving an outline of his early career and secured a commission as lieutenant of cavalry. I^ater he was detailed on Gen. Stonewall Jackson’s staff. He organized a body of picked _ * ___a. j_a__a l ___a iLCU lUi d« util uutt , uuu mo vumiuuuu became well known for its dash and daring. He saw some severe fighting with Jackson, being wounded several times, and was captured by the enemy and exchanged. He also served with Gens. Stuart and Robert E. Lee, and performed some dangerous work as a dispatch bearer. He was sent to Lon don with dispatches for the Confeder ate agent there, and in England was given a commission as agent. When he returned he made his way to Mo bile. and the civil war closing shortly after he saw no more fighting, but managed to fight a couple of duels, in one of which he killed his antagonist. His next fighting was done with Maximilian in Mexico. With seven ether ex-Confederate officers he jour neyed overland to reach Maximilian's army. During his stay in Mexico he had many thrilling experiences with Indians, brigands and Maximilian’s rebellious subjects. After Maximilian's death his followers were in great peril. Maclver, after much difficulty succeed ed In reaching the coast, where he took passage on a steamer for Rio Janeiro. When Maclver reached South Ameri ca he found Brazil and Argentina al lied in a war to crush Paraguay. There was a number of ex-Confederates in the Brazilian army, with which he cast his fortunes, receiving the com mission of lieutenant colonel. At the close of this war he returned to Scot land, where he learned of the revolu tion of the Cretans against the Turks. He ran the blockade, reached Crete, fought with the Cretans and received a commission as colonel of the rebels, with permission to organize a regi ment in Scotland, where there were many Cretan sympathizers. He had no trouble in getting together a body of men. but the Turkish ambassador pre vented their departure. Maclver and two others went to Greece, intending to capture a Turkish gunboat in the harbor of Piraeus, but on arrival learned that the revolution had been crushed. Col. Maclver now found fighting to do under the Grecian flag, the govern ment being engaged in a struggle to suppress the depredations of brigands along the Grecian frontier. There were two months of brigand hunting and the outlaws fought desperately before being suppressed. Maclvei led a quiet life for a while, but this be came monotonous and he came to New York in time to join a filibustering ex pedition for Cuba. He was given charge of a force of infantry in one of the ten years’ wars and fought in many bat tles. guerilla tactics being employed. He escaped from Cuba in a rowboat and was picked up in an exhausted condition seven days later. He eventu ally wound up in New York. His next experience was in the Egyptian army, but his thirst for con flict was hardly satisfied there and he went to Europe to join the French, who were then engaged in war with Germany. He served on the staff of Gen. Chanzy, was wounded at the bat tle of Orleans, and received a commis sion as colonel of cavalry in the auxili ary army. After the fall of the com mune Maclver catered Paris with Mac Mahon and was an eye-witness of many terrible scenes which followed. We next find him fighting in the rank3 of the Carlists, in the efforts to place Don Carlos on the throne of Spain. The Carlists were successful for a while, but met with such a series of re verses later that their contest was abandoned. A quiet life of several months in Paris followed and then Maclver was sent by an English news paper to the scene of the conflict of the Bosnians and Herzegovinians against the Turks, joining the former, and with others of the soldiers took part with the Russians against the Turks in the Russo-Turkish war. The Servi ans next enlisted his sympathy and he was given a colonelcy in the Servian ranks. He subsequently served in the Soudan, in Chili, in Nicaragua and in Cuba. THE PROPHET’S MANTLE. Aunual Ceremony Which Is Dreaded My the Sultan of Turkey. There is no festival throughout the entire year in which the sultan stands in greater dread than that of the “Prophet's Mantle.” which has just taken place at Constantinople, for the route from the Yildiz Kiosque to the imperial treasury at Gulchane’s is so far that he is perfectly convinced that he will meet with his death by assas sination when either proceeding to or returning from the annual adoration of the holy coat. The coat is asserted to have belonged to Mohammed, is a kind of “chkra,” or robs with flowing sleeves, and its color is green, the hue of all others that is sacred to the pro phet. The extent to which the gar ment in question is venerated by all true believers may be estimated by the fact that the principal and most highly cherished title of the sultan is that of “Hadun u! Haremeen.” or guardian of the holy relic. According to Moham medan tradition, the coat in question was presented by the prophet to a Ye men dervish of the name of Was el Karani as a token of gratitude for his services in first discovering the use and preparation of coffee. It was brought to Constantinople by Sultan Selim I. along with the keys of the holy cities of Medina and Mecca, from Cairo, where they had been preserved until that time in keeping of the Caliphs. The shrine in which it was placed by Sultan Selim, and in which it remains to this day, is composed of massive gold and is further guarded by a sort of silver grating or cage, the key to which is of gold. The coat is wrapped in no less than 40 outer cloths and the sultan removes all but the last one on the occasion of the annual adoration. But the last one, composed of some thin, transparent kind of gauze, is left untouched, for no mortal eye may be hold nor human lips touch the sacred relic unshrouded. Reverently and with every token of the utmost veneration, the sultan bends and kisses the dingy - looking bundle, his example being fol lowed by the Sheik IT Islam, the grand eunuch, the grand vizier and the vari ous chief dignitaries of the realm, ac cording to their rank, verses of the Koran being meanwhile chanted by the Ulema. Subsequently the sultan, with his own hands, wraps up the bundle in the nine and thirty wrappers, replaces it in its gold shrine or cupboard and locks the silver cage or grating.— Washington Post. MARVELOUS FEAT. Of Rnlanclng Coins on Their Edges end the Way It Was Done. A young man from a wholesale house down on the river front pre sented a check at one of the banks the other day, and while the money was being counted out amused himself by balancing coins on the marble ledge in front of the paying teller’s window. Finally he performed an astonishing feat. He first balanced a silver dollar so it stood up on edge, then placed a i nalf-dollar edge to edge on top of it ; and completed the pyramid with a j bright new quarter. His manipulation : as he deposited the coins one on the J other was beautifully delicate, and the spectacle of all three standing without support made the teller’s eyes protrude from their sockets. “Why that’s per fectly amazing!" he exclaimed. “I wouldn’t have believed it could be done!” The other attaches looked and marveled. “It takes steady nerve to do it,” said the young man carelessly, and sweeping up the coins with a dex terous grab he dropped them into his pocket, picked up his money and strolled out. It was not a busy hour, and after he was gone all hands began balancing silver, or rather trying to. The thing was as fascinating as the old “pigs in the clover” puzzle, because one could come so near without doing it. Nearly everybody succeeded in bal ancing the first dollar and a few man aged to poise the flfty-cent piece for an infinitesimal, breathless instaut. but it always fell down again, and that was as far along as any one could get. For an hour or so there was silver all over the floor, and the bookkeeper had to make good a dollar that rolled into a crack. Next day the dexterous young man sauntered in with another check. “We were all trying that balancing trick of yours yesterday,” remarked the tel ler as he handed over the bills, “but none of us ceuld do it. You’re right when you say it takes steady nerves.” “Y-e-s.” replied the young man, grin ning, “and it's also facilitated by a little shoemaker’s wax on the edge of the coins.” The language used by the office immediately thereafter was high ly picturesque, but would not have sounded well at a Chautauqua meeting. —New Orleans Times-Democrat. COUNTESS BRI'ENINGr. THOUGH DIVORCED SHE REIGNS SUPREME. An American Woman Who Is Admired by the Old World Aristocracy—Tbs Devotion of ner Ks-Husband Still llanirested by Princely Presents. (Washington Letter.) An American woman. Countess Adolf von Bruening, is well known in the social circles in which European nobility moves, because of her mar riage to her husband, the count, but to the American people her name is familiar chiefly because of the touch ing devotion of her divorced husband. Gordon MacKay of Boston and Wash ington. The countess’ life has been most romantic. She was the daughter of Mr. MacKay’s housekeeper and had grown from childhood to mature beauty under his eyes. Although twice her age. Mr. MacKay paid her devoted attention and she finally became bis bride. Everything that wealth could provide was lavished upon the young wife and for a time theirs was a happy home. But a season of court life evi dently gave Mrs. MacKay new ideas for she made a pronounced sensation by her beauty and was loth to return to her native land. Mr. MacKay's life was always busy and it came about that while he work ed the fascinating daughter of his for mer housekeeper sumptuously enter tained Washington society. Finally Mrs. MacKay began suit for divorce and, in 1S90, was granted a decree with $25,000 yearly as alimony, the posses sion of two beautiful hemes and also the custody of their two sons. Mr. MacKay made no defense and by many pit. In their administration the town council seemed to have acted harmoni ously with the church authorities down to the disruption in 1813.—Dundee journal. A DREARY OLD WORLD TtaU Would Bo If Max Xoi-dau** Tropbeej Should Be Fultillod. The happy bachelor and the miser able married man were detailing their joys and sorrows, respectively, to that confidant of man’s troubles—the swell harkeep. says the Washington Star. “Max Nordeau,’’ said the bachelor, after he had reiterated the happiness of the single state, “says that woman, I at the close of the twentieth century will be on a par with man in law and custom; that the role of man as her ruler and protector will be a thing of i the past and that he will have to sue— : mark the word, sue—for her love by different means than used at present.” “W hat method do you picture bache lors will have to adopt to ‘sue’ for a wife and what will they do to us when i they get us where they want us; when the evolution of the sex so unsexes her that she will become our equal? in short, what will become of us?" The miserable married man thought of the present progress of the evolution and of its representative at home, as he gulped in great gaspy gulps the con tents of the glass the swell liarkeep had handed him. "Cod knows!” he answered, faintly. "Thank heaven. I won't be alive at the close of the cen tury. that’s all!" ”Ju-*t to think.” said the bachelor, meditatively, "no more presents, theaters, operas. Ice cream, soda water, chewing gum. candies, flowers, buggy rides, balls, parties, walks, moonlight strolls, gate swing | ing. blushes, kisses, squeezes, coquet ' ' FwWwf " '' COUNTESS ADOLF VON BRUENINK. was considered too magnanimous be cause of his quiet acceptance of the decree. Six years later Count von Bruening, then a secretary of the German em bassy at Washington, came into Mrs. MacKay’s life. After two years they became engaged. The marriage took place in Washington the latter part of last April, the count and countess sail ing at once to Constantinople.where the former was stationed as a member of the German embassy. The count and countess are now living in Berlin, where the beauty and charm of the ac complished Amerlcsn are greatly ad mired. As a wedding gift to the countess, Mr. MacKay presented her a check for $1,000,000. He still devotes himself to business and has amassed an enormous fortune. _ - THE KIRKMASTER. This Church Dignitary Wns no Impor tant r«Mona;e In Scotland. At a recent meeting of the Church of Scotland Officebearers’ association, J. A. Rollo, solicitor, delivered a most interesting lecture on "The Kirkmas ter of Dundee; His Duties of Old and Present Sphere of Usefulness.” He vividly described the duties performed by the kirkmaster in olden time3. The penalties to be inflicted upon trans gressors had to be exacted with all rigor by him. Among those were the following: No man to "carry timber, red stones, or dlcht his malt” in the kirkyard—penalty, 40 shillings. No wine or ale sellers to receive any per son in their homes or keep table to them “in the morning while prayers and preaching be done, and likewise on the Sunday in time of preaching”— penalty, suspension from business for one year. No person to “swear blas phemy"—penalty, for first fault, two shillings, or two hours in the branks; for the second, twenty shillings, or 6ix hours therein, and for the third, ban ishment of the burgh. No children to "play, cry. or perturb in the kirkyard. or break the glass windows in the kirk”—penalty, parents to pay eight shillings and mend the skaith. No merchant or mariner to sail or take voyage on Sunday, and all inhabitants to keep "public exercise as precise a3 the ordinary days of preaching"—pen alty, £10. No person “to bring infanta and bairns under the age of five years within the kirk in time of sermon or prayers," and no person “to rise and depart forth of the kirk before the end and conclusion of the sermon and prayers”—penalty, for the first and second faults, admonition, and for the third, forty shillings, or 24 hours' im prisonment on bread and water, and declaration of the fault from the pul I tish glances, bashful ‘oh! it‘s so sud den f’ No more crimps, primps, pom poms. powders, pomades, pads, rouges, tight shoes, spider waists, soubrette locklets, silken hoselets. picture hat lets and a thousand and one of the component parts which go to make up the courtship of today. It will be a forlorn old world from our present standpoint, eh ” “Max Nordeau.” said the married man, miserably, “is a lobster.’* Nervous Children. A word about nervous children. Nev er scold them nor “make fun" of them. They sufTer enough without your threats or sarcasm. Pretend not to see their awkwardness when in company, nor their grimaces when alone. A case was reported the other day of a boy of ten years of age, on being vexed, and often without any apparent provoca tion. will clench his hands and make the most frightful contortions of the muscles of his face and head till his poor mother fears he is idiotic. By no means. He is the brightest boy in his class at school, fond or reading and of natural history, but he is of a highly nervous temperament, and has not been taught to control the littie wires, so to speak, on which he is strung. This is no single case. There are thou sands of children who give way to their nerves in similar fashion. Talk to them about these curious little fellows that should be their servants, not their masters. Never whip them. The man or woman who whips a nervous child is on a level with brutes that have no reason. Encourage them. Help them. Be patient with them. They are the making of our future successful men and women, for they will work hard at whatever they undertake. Brace up your own nerves first, and then be in dulgent toward the capers of your over nervous children. The Ages of Tree*. As there has been more or less dis cussion about the ages of trees, it will be gratifying to know that a German forester, who is considered as authori ty, says that the oldest trees in Ger many are known to have lived 600 years. The silver fir has flourished for upward of 400 years, and the evergreen oak has been known to live 410 years, while other varieties of oak are from 315 to 320 years old. The larch has stood the storms and shines of 275 years, the red beech 245, the ash 170, the birch 200, the aspen 220, the moun tain maple 225. the elm 130 and the red alder 145 years. That few men have self-confidenc* enough to argue with a pretty woman. ANEW YORK HEROINE. EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL BAT TLES WITH FLAMES. Site* llln.ite Sw»rt* Honored by the Mea Sb® Nobly A**i*ted in a rire That Saved Two Hrc«uen I'rom the Dcrourin; Element*. (New York Letter.) Miss Minnie Swarts. 18 years old. who lives with her parents at 641 East Ninth street, is the heroine of New York firemen. At a recent fire at 308 and 310 West Fifty-ninth street she saved two firemen from slipping into a cellar where they might have lost their lives, and she revived a number who were overcome with smoke, with 1*^ milk which she secured from a nearby drug 6tore. She went into the burn ing building and helped the firemen in every way that she could. She placed a handkerchief over the mouth of one of the firemen who was being over come with smoke and helped him from the building. She continued to help those who were overcome with smoke until she, too, was overcome and had to be led away. Since then Fire Chief Croker and all of his men have been praising her noble work. Fir© Commissioner Scannell heard the praises of the firemen and sent for the young lady. When she reached the commissioner’s office Fire Chief Croker happened to be presenL He immedi ately recognized her and holding out his hands said, “Why. here la our heroine! We are glad to see you. ‘ Commissioner Scannell then said to her: “It is very unusual for us toi send for anyone to thank them for a public service. We are deeply sensible of the disinterested work you did at the fire. Every man in the department is praising your heroic conduct. We all feel that we are deeply indebted to you for your kindness and sacrifice. As for the men you assisted and whose lives you were instrumental in saving, nothing we can say or do can reward you for what you have done for them.” Commissioner Scannell then opened a drawer in his desk and took out a purse that appeared to be stufTed with bank notes. He handed it to Miss Swarts. saying: “We hope you will accept this small token of our regard, and we wish that it was a good deal larger.” Tears came to the eyes of Miss Swarts. Several times she tried to speak, but failed. She placed her handkerchief to her eyes, and theu said, with considerable emotion: “No, no; I cannot take the money. I sim ply did what I thought was my duty to do. I want clerical work, but I can not take money for that." Miss Swarts, noticing a look of dis "V ' MISS MINNIE SWARTS. appointment on me races or uommis- • sioner Scannell and Chief Croker, said* “I beg of you, do not be offended. I do not mean to be rude in refusing your kindness, but really I cannot tako~ money for that.” Miss Swarts was asked if she would accept an engrossed resolution c.' thanks, and she signified her willing ness. A handsome affair will be pre sented to her. Miss Swarts was offered a cab to take her home, but she re fused this and went away In a street car. The men gave her a cheer as shi left the building. Miss Swarts is a brunette and ener getic in her manner. On the morning of the fire she was von her way to an swer an advertisement relative to cler ical work. She is very modest and de clined to say anything about herse.y, farther than that she needed work and desired a clerical position if she could get one. TRANSLATION FOR FILIPINOS Of the Bible Into Their Dialect Circu lated In Taxon. A new method of circulating the Bible among the natives of the Philip pine islands is projected by the Amer. can Bible society. Instead of depend ing on missionaries from the United States, a native Tagalog and a native Pangasinan are employed to go into the interior of the country. The scrip tures are now in progress of translation into the curious dia lects of the islanders. The Bible society is pushing the work for ward with all possible rapidity. The work already undertaken comprises the dialects of the Tagalos, Pangasinans and Viscayans. Scholars are studying the other dialects. These translators will be the first to make a written language of many Filipino vernaculars. Another plan of work in the Philip pines which the society has in view i9 a scheme for distributing Bibles among the ships that come into Manila har bor. This idea is suggested by the plan already In effective operation in Port Said harbor. All this work in the Philippines is under the control of the secretaries of the American Bible society, whose office is in New York. They have just received the first report of Rev. Jay C. Goodrich, who was sent from New York to under take the distribution of Bibles and Testaments, and he is already at work. A Sort Sign. Jenks—That baby of yours ought 11 be a good tennis player later on. Jones —What makes you think so? Jenks— Oh, the way he keeps up his racket. **I will not be afflicted at men’s not knowing me (personally). I will be af flicted when I do not know men."