THE NORTHWESTERN.
BEKbCIIOTRH A aiUSOM, Eds and Pub*.
LOUP CITY, - • NEB.
Non-union painters painted the state
fair buildings at Syracuse. The union*
threaten to boycott the fair, and offer
as their only plan of settlement that
the painting be done over again by
union painters.
A new spelling book will be used in
Cincinnati in which there are some
changes in the spelling of words.
Among them are "thru” for through,
"altho” for although, and "catalog” for
catalogue.
Competent authorities assert that
South America has greater undevel
oped resources than any other portion
of the world. Any crop grown else
where can be duplicated there, and the
Country abounds In mines of coal, sil
ver and gold, most of which have been
only slightly developed.
Some Idea of the magnitude of the
electric lighting machinery In this
(country may te obtained from the
statement that the public lighting sta
tions of New York city alone supply
Incandescent lamps each year to tne
number of 2,125,000. ThlB is Indepen
dent of tho*e furnished by private
plants.
Literary Paris Is greatly agitated
over the dlfllcailty of deciding which Is
the genuine copy of "L'Aml du Peu
ple," which was stained with the blood
of Marat when the revolutionist met
his death at the hands of Charlotte
■Corday. So far seven copies have
turned up, all solemnly accredited and
all bearing the blood stain.
The will of M. Alphonse Milne Ed
wards bequeaths Ills valuable scientific
library to the Jardin des Plantes, In
jParls, the proceeds of the sale to In
crease the stipend rl the chair of
zoology, which was fllljd by him. He
gives 20,000 francs to I he Geographical
Society for an annual prize to explor
ers, and 10,000 francs to the Society of
the Friends of Science.
Dr. Henry J. Costello, a Philadelphia
physician committed suicide while
of unsound mind. Knowing that he was
becoming insane, Dr. Costello kept a
Journal, In which are to be found most
minute details as to the progress of hls
mental derangement. He was an en
thusiast In hls profession and worked
himself Into a condition of mental and
physical decrepitude.
Margaret Vateline, a little girl of
Geneva, N, Y., has been frightened
nearly to death by a lot of bats. The
room was nearly full of them and they
were very large. Twenty-seven were
killed and a nest containing nineteen
had Just moved into the house, which
had been unoccupied for two years.
The doctors think the child may lose
her reason. There have been many
bats killed In the east this year and
the reason for tbeir visitation is not
known.
The Chamber of Commerce of San
Diego, Cal., Is making an effort to es
tablish the production of raw silk In
the agricultural districts about that
city. Steps have been taken to secure
a large number of silk worms, and
five thousand mulberry trees will soon
be planted. The climate of southern
California Is deemed even preferable
for this industry to that of France, the
home of silk culture. The consump
tion of raw silk in this country Is en
ormous, and the entire supply comes
from foreign countries, principally
from Japan, China and Italy. In 1899
the total imports of this raw material
were valued at $43,546,872.
At Hotilder, C'ol., a curious accident
occurred. The brake on a tank car
loaded with sulphuric acid refused to
work, and the car went down a grade.
Whistles were blown and the switch
man saw the train in time to shunt it
onto a sidetrack. The tank car struck
a box car loaded with household
goods; the tank car, which contained
about 4,f>00 gallons of the acid, slid off
the platform car and was telescoped
Into the box car. The acid began to
escape and ruined the furniture, ami
made a great pool in the yard, tem
porarily preventing the passing of
teams to obtain freight. The loss
amounted to several thousand dollars.
The naphtha launch of L. A. Scott
of Philadelphia came suddenly to .1
stop recently In a swarm of myriads
of green tiles along the lower Jersey
coast. The engine refused to run. The
force was turned off and an Inveatlgt
tion instituted forthwith, which re
sulted In the rinding of about two gal
lons of green headers" tightly packed
into one of their air < hamiars which
fed the flume with oxygen The Hie#
had been drawn In by the suction un
til they were a* solidly packed as pow
der ami shot In a gun barrel! It re
quired sn hour of patlrnt work to re
move the mass of d«ad flies from the
hot cylinder and get th< boat ta work
ing order again
laidy Owendolm Ce ll. the lin ear
rled daughter who now presides over
the household of laird Hsllstmry, the
Hr 1*lets premier is esteemed ns one of
• he foremost of Kngltsh mat hemal I
A singularly gifts! fnutty are
the ('sells Th* marquis himaetf is a
mo*t scflwmpliehed electric Iso and
themUt and, besides has worked fir
aa laiome ss subeditor, laird Cecil,
•he of hia sons Is counted • m->ag tie
beet real political writer* sad work
era ih the Island. And there are ut 1
ere, not forgetting the he-tempi lag ed
and literary nephew Arthur IlsITw
FALMAGE’S SERMON.
SPEAKS ON GLORIOUS HERIT
AGE OP COD'S CHILDREN.
rhonghU SuggntMl by His Contact
With the Imperial Splendor* of Kuro
ropran Capitals—Christians Members
of the Koyal House of .Jeans.
(Copyright, 1900, by Louis Klopsch.)
In this discourse Dr. Talmage, who
during his journey homeward has seen
much of royal and imperial splendors
in passing through the capitals of Eu
rope, shows that there is no higher
dignity nor more illustrious station
than those which the Christian has a-s
a child of God; text, Judges vtli., 18.
"Each one resembled the children of a
king.”
Zebah and Zalmunna had been off to
battle, and when they came back they
were asked what kind of p eople they
had seen. They answered that the peo
ple had a royal appearance. "Each
one resembled the children of a king.”
That description of people is not ex
tinct There are still many who have
this appearance. Indeed, they are the
sons and daughters of the Lord Al
mighty. Though now in exile, they
shall yet come to their thrones. There
are family names that stand for wealth
or patriotism or intelligence. The
name or Washington among us wm
always represent patriotism. The fam
ily of the Medici stood as the repre
sentative of letters. The family of the
Rothschilds Is significant of wealth,
the loss of $40,000,000 In 1848 putting
them to no Inconvenience, and within a
few years they have loaned Russia $12,
000,000, Naples $25,000,000, Austria $40,
000,000, and England $200,000,000, and
the stroke of their pen on the count
ing room desk shakes everything from
the Irish sea to the Danube. They
open their hand and there Is war, they
shut It and there is peace. The Roman
offs of Russia, the Hohenzollerns of
Oermany, the Bourbons of France, the
Stuarts and Guelphs of Great Britain,
are houses whose names are Intertwin
ed with the history of their respective
nations symbolic of imperial author
ity.
But I preach of a family more poten
tial, more rich and more extensive—
the royal house of Jesus, of whom
the whole family In heaven and on
earth b named. We are blood rela
tions by the relationship of the cross;
all of us are the children of the
King.
First, I speak of our family name.
When we see a descendant of some one
greatly celebrated In the last century,
we look at him with profound Interest.
To havo had conquerors, kings or
princes in the ancestral line gives lus
ter to the family name. In our line
was a King and a Conqueror. The
Star in the East with baton of light
woke up the eternal orchestra that
made music at his birth. From thence
he started forth to conquer all nations,
not by tramping them down, but by
lifting them up. St. John saw him on
a white horse. When he returns he
will not bring the nations chained to
his wheel or In iron cages, but I hear
the strike of the hoofs of the snow
white cavalcade that brings them to
the gates In triumph.
l.iutar From Star and Sprar.
Our family name takes luster from
the star that heralded him and the
spear that pierced him and the crown
that was given him. It gathers fra
grance from the frankincense brought
to his cradle and the lilies that flung
their sweetness Into his sermons and
the box of alabaster that broke at his
feet. The Comforter at Bethany. The
Resurrector at Nain. The supernatur
al Oculist at Bethsaida. The Savior of
one world and the chief joy of another.
The storm his frown. The sunlight hla
ainlle. The spring morning his breath.
The earthquake the stamp of his feet.
The thunder the whisper of his voice.
The ocean a drop on the tip of his
finger. Heaven a sparkle on the bosom
of his love. Eternity the twinkling of
his eye. The nnlverse the flying dust
of his chariot wheels. Able to heal a
heartbreak or hush a tempest or drown
a world or flood Immensity with his
glory. What other family name could
ever boast of such an Illustrious per
sonage?
Henceforth swing out the coat of
arms. Great families wear their coat
of arms on the dress, or on the door of
the roach, or on the helmet when they
go out to battle, or on flags and en
signs. The heraldic sign Is sometimes
a lion or a dragon or an eagle. Our
coat of arms,worn right over the heart,
hereafter h{ki11 be a cross, a lanm
standing against It ami a dove flying
over It Grandest of all escutcheons!
In every battle I must have it blaxlug
on my flag the clove, the cross, the
lamb, and when I fall wrap me In
that good old Christian flag, so that the
faintly coat of arms shall be right over
toy breast, that all the world may see
that I looked to the Hove of the Spirit
and clung to the ('roes and depended
upon the l-uub of God, which taketh
away the aln of the world. • • •
I II •**»%«• of Jhu*.
You cannot *eo a larg-> estate in on«,
morning You must take several
walks around it. The family property
of this royal house of Jesus la so great
that we must take several walks to
get any Idea of Its extent, let th< ttrsi
walk be around this earth All these
vn’leys. the harvest* that wave in
them and the cattle that pasture them
- alt these mount tins and the pro Wiua
things bidden beneath them and the
crown of glacier they ca#t at the fee*
if the Aipiae hurricane ail these
lake*, these Island*, the*# (Mllsrsto.
are ours !a the second walk
among the etreet in in pa of heaven an I
see stretching ut a every side a vll<
Jeri«M «f w -fi ls fur ua they ehia*
for ue they sang at a gavMip’a nativ
ity fur ua they wilt wheel t|!u I we
ant with their gaming Ntrvhee add b»
ibe splendor uf mtr triumph <>* the
day to." whbh gt itber tut wage
mart*. In the third walk go around
the eternal city. As we come near it.
hark to the rush ol its chariots and
the wedding peal of its great towers.
The bell of heaven has struck 12. It Is
high noon. We look off upon the chap
lets which never fade, the eyes that
never weep, the temples that never
close, the loved ones that never part, -
the procession that never halts, the
trees that never wither, the walls that
never can be captured, the sun that
never sets, until we can no longer
gaze, and we hide our eyes and ex
claim: “Eye hath not seen nor ear
heard, neither have entered into the
heart of man the things which God
hath prepared for them that love
him!” As the tides of glory rise
we have to retreat and hold fast lest
we be swept off anil drowned in the
emotions of gladness and thanksgiv
ing and triumph.
What think you of the family prop
erty? It is considered an honor to
marry into a family where there is
great wealth. The Lord, the bride
groom of earth and heaven, ofTers you
his heart and his hand, saying In the
words of the Canticles, “Rise up my
love, my fair one, and come away.”
And once having put on thy hand the
signet ring of his love, you will be en
dowed with all the wealth of earth
and all the honors of heaven.
Thff I amlljr lloincitfid.
Almost every family looks back to a
homestead - some country place where
you grew up. You sat on the doorsill,
You heard the footsteps of the rain on
the garret roof. You swung on the
gate. You ransacked the barn. You
waded Into the brook. You thrashed
the orchard for apples and the nelph
borlng woods for nut3, and everything
around the old homestead is of Inter
est to you. I tell you of th» old home
stead of eternity. "In my father's
house are many mansions.” When we
talk of mansions we think of Chata
worth and Its park nine miles In cir
cumference and its conservatory that
astonishes the world. Its galleries of
art that contain the triumphs of Chan
trey. Canova and Thorwaldsen, of the
kings and queens who have walked its
stately halls, or, Hying over the heath
er, have hunted the grouse. But all the
dwelling places of dukes and princes
and queens are as nothing to the fam
ily mansion that is already awaiting
our arrival. The hand of the Lord
Jesus lifted the pillars and swung the
doors and planted the parks. Angels
walk there and the good of all ages.
The poorest man in that house is a mil
lionaire and the lowest a king, and the
tamest word he speaks is an anthem
and the shortest life an eternity.
It took a Paxton to build for Chats
worth a covering for the wonderful
flower, Victoria Regia, five feet In di
ameter. Hut our Lily of the Valley
shall need no shelter from the blast
and In the open gardens of God shall
put forth its full bloom, and all heaven
shall come to look at It. and Its aroma
shall be as though the cherubim had
swung before the throne a thousand
censers. I have not seen It yet. I am
In a foreign land. But my Father is
waiting for me to come home. I have
brothers and sisters there. In the
Bible I have letters from there, telling
me what a line place it is. It matters
not much to me whether I am rich or
poor, or whether the world hates me or
loves me, or whether I go by land or
by sea, if only I may lift my eyes at
last on the family mansion. It Is not
a frail house, built In a month, soon
to crumble, but an old mansion, which
is as firm as the day It was built. Its
walk are covered with the ivy
of many ages, and the urns
at the gateway are abloom with
the century plants of eternity. The
queen of Sheba hath walked in Its
halls, and Esther and Marie Antoinette
and Lady Huntington and Cecil and
Jeremy Taylor and Samuel Rutherford
and John Milton and the widow who
gave two mites au.1 the poor men from
the hospital—these last two perhaps
outshining al lthe kings and quecos of
eternity.
The family Keunlon.
A family mansion means reunion.
Some of your families are very much
scattered. The children married and
went off to St. I^ouIb or Chicago or
Charleston. But perhaps once a year
you come together at the old place.
How you wake up the old piano that
has been silent for years! Father and
mother do not play on it. How you
bring out the old relics and rummage
the garret and open old scrapbooks and
shout and laugh und cry and talk over
old times and. though you may tie
forty-five years of age. act as though
you were sixteen. Yet soon It Is good* '
hy at the car window and goodby at
the steamboat wharf. Hut how will
we act at the reunion in the old fumiiy
mansion in heaven? It in a good while
since you parted at the door of the
grave. There will he Grace and Mary j
und Martha und Charlie and I.issie
and all the darlings of your houae- ■
hold, not pale and sick and gasping for
breath, aa when you saw them last,
but their eye bright with the luster
of heaven and their cheek roseate with
the hush of celestial summer.
What clasping of hands' What em
bracings* W'hat coming together of
lip to lip* What tears of Joy! You |
*ay. I thought there were no tear* In
heaven ' There must he. for the Bible
says that "U**d shall wipe them away,
•nd It there wer* no tears there how
could he wipe I he in away? Tl.ey can
not Ue tears of grief or dtaappoint
to* up t he* must tie tears of gl * tin si
Christ wilt routs and say. “What child
of heaven is it imt much for |i>o>*?
Usl thou break down uniter the glad
ness of th.» reunion* then I will
h*tp thee ■* %ad with hi* uu' arm
around us sad the othrt arm * s is I
oor tosmi ones he shall hold us ap In
the •terns) luUilee
Wklre | speak some of )>»t with
.
peace V ii i feet as If yon i wold apeak
out an t hi ilk M»h«4 gay. Wrest
«**' t av d thsa t prssa nd fc-ntei
ed feet over the desert way. My eym
fail for their weeping. I faint from lis
tening for feet that will not come and
the sound of voices that will not
speak. Speed on, oh day of reunion!
And then, Lori Jesus, be not angry
with me if after I have kissed thy bless
ed feet I turn around to gather up the
long lost treasures of my heart. Oh,
be not angry with me. One look at thee
were heaven. But all these reunions
are heaven encircling heaven, heaven
overtopping heaven, heaven com
mingling with heaven!”
I was at Mount Vernon and went
into the dining room in which our
first president entertained tile promi
nent men of this and other lands. It
was a very interesting spot. But oh,
the banqueting hall of the familyy
mansion of which I speak! Spread
the table, spread it wide, for a great
multitude are to sit at it. I«'rom the
Tree by the river gather the twelve
manner of fruits for that table. Take
the clusters from the heavenly vine
yards and press them into the golden
tankards for that table. On baskets
carry in the bread of which if a man
eat he shall never hunger. Take all
the shot torn flags of earthly conquest
and in.twine them among the arches.
Let David come with his harp and Ga
briel with his trumpet and Miriam
with the timbrel, for the prodigals are
at home, and the captives are free, and
the Father hath invited the mighty of
heaven and the redeemed of earth to
come and dine.
FAMOUS BRIGAND
Of Italy Killed by a I’eanaut Whom He
Threatened.
Rome correspondent New York
Times: News has come to Rome of the
death of the famous brigand, Flora
vantl, who for so many years has
eluded every attempt on the part of
the Italian authorities to capture him.
Ills body was found last Saturday in
a woed near Grasseto, in the Tuscan
Maremma, It seems that the cele
brated bandit was shot by a peasant,
whom he had threatened with death
because ot ids refusal to take a letter
of Floravantl to a certain we.ll to do
person, demanding the Immediate
payment of a sum of 5,000 francs. Lu
ciano Fioravanti may well be said to
have been the laat of the old race o?
brigands which once infested the Ma
remma and the neighborhood of Rome.
For a long space of time he was the
companion of the terrible Tiburzi.who
was shot by the gendarmerie, near
Hapalbio, In the Merema mountains,
some three or four years ago. Since
the death of his friend and companion
in arms Fioravanti had led a compar
atively quiet life in the Ciminian For
est and the neighborhood of Viterbo,
eluding every effort made by the po
lice and guards to capture him. Late
ly he seemed to have returned to his
old haunts, nearer Grasseto, where in
an unguarded moment he met his end
at last. For some years a reward of
4,000 francs had been hanging above
his head for his capture or death. The
news of his shooting has caused a deep
sensation throughout the country, and
the South Tuscan Maremma and the
country between Lake Balsena and
Rome is now virtually free of all real
ly desperate disturbers of the public
peace.
SANDGLASSES
Mill I toil to Measure \iir.vlnK Periods of
Time.
Strange to say, the sandglass is still
used to measure varying periods of
time. The size depends upon the pur
poses to which they are to be put.
The hour glass is still in use in the
sick room and in tiie music room, in
both places affording a sure and si
lent indication of the progress of time.
Half-hour glasses are used in schools,
and fifteen-minute glasses are used for
medical purposes, and the sandglass
also goes into the kitchen as an aid
to exact cooking. There are also ten
minute glasses, five-minute and three
minute glasses, the two latter being
used to time the boiling period of eggs
The three-minute sandglass Is called
an “egg boiler." Sand-glasses are also
used for scientific purposes and on
shipboard. The sand Is carefully pre
pared by a thorough cleaning, includ
ing boiling. It is then baked dry. and
then ground into the requisite fineness
and uniformity, as sharp sand would
be likely to become wedged In the
opening between the two sections of
the glass. The sand is then intro
duced Into the glass through an open
lug left for that purpose In the end of
one bulb, the opening then being
sealed, the right quantity In each sand
glass is gauged by actually timing the
How from one part of the glass to the
other, and every glass Is individually
treated like a good thermometer. Tlis
glasses ate usually mounted In cylln
driial frames or holders, so that the
twin bulb* can be seen at all times,
Why Its tre like the Ism.
Aside from the special question of
profit and loss, we have a warm side
toward the trow, he is so much Ilka
ourselves, said the late Henry Ward
in e. her He is ls*y. and that Is hu
man. he is i uniting and that Is human
He thmka his own color is best, and
loves to heir his own i v *• Wh. h ara
eminent traits of humauity. Me will
peter wtiih when h» can gel another
to work for him a genuine human
trail lit eal< whatever he can (at big
claws upon, slot ta legs tuts. Mtemt
• ith a led I > full lb in lion hungry,
and tats is lth« man Take off tgelr
wings and pul litem in bias n«s. wad
croaa would make fair average man
Hive men wringi and r«<lu<'a thalr
•marines* a little and many uf 1 h*tn
would ha almost g>**4 enough to ks
grows
If a man in Usd telrti cs an t frugal,
he ms a- quire n g* •! deni of gooey
wlhout know ug much site
| TIIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
i -
LESSON XI. SEPT. Q — LUKE
lO: 2D-37.
Oolden Text— Lovo Thy Neighbor in
Thyself"—Lev. 101 IS — The tloo.l
Samaritan —The Way lo Eternal Life
—The Lawyer aa a Tempter.
15. "And behold, a certain lawyer stood
up and tempted him, saying, •Master,
what shall 1 do to Inherit eternal ltfe?'
The lawyer, without doubt, had his own
opinions on the matter, lie was self-as
sured. He did not expect to learn, for ho
knew already. He also knew something
of the reports of Jeans' teaching. The
two did not agree, and tin re seemed to
be nn opportunity for showing that Jesu3
was wrong.''
26. "And lie said unto him, ‘What Is
written in the law? how rradest thou.’"
It was the lawyer's business to know tho
answer given in the Scriptures. Jesus
did not express any optnlcn, but referred
him to the Scriptures, which both be
lieved, and thus avoided all earplug crit
icism. and all opportunity for fault-flnd
lng with his teaching.
2". "And he answering said, ‘Thou
shalt love the Lord thy Ood with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, und with all
thy strength, und with all thy mind; and
thy' neighbor as thyself.' This love Is
the principle In the heart from which
flows the Holden Rule In practice, and
the perfect keeping of all the command
ments which refer to our duties to our
fellow'-men.
li*. "And he said unto him, ‘Thou hast
answered right; this do, und thou shalt
live.'
2!'. "Hut he, desiring to Justify himself,
said unto Jesus, 'And who Is my neigh
bor?' Kor the degree in which he had
kept the law of love would depend on the
answer to this question. If his neighbor
meant his personal friends, "Jew. spelt
large,” he may have kept the law In
some measure, or, at least, had come
much nearer It than If "neighbor” Includ
ed a wider circle. Doubtless this was a
dispute.I question among the Jews.
3U. "And Jesus, answering said, 'A cer
tain man went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho and fell among thieves, which
stripped him of his raiment, and wound
ed him, and departed, leaving hltn half
dead.' ” This "road was so notorious for
robberies and murders that n portion of
It was called 'the red or bloody way,' und
was protected by n fort nud rt Homan
garrison."—M. It. Vincent. Even now
the consuls at Jerusalem have an agree
ment with th' chiefs of the local Arahs
(o protect travelers on this road. One
of these escorts told Kcv. William Ewing
that recently the Arabs had wounded a
traveler In the neighborhood of Jericho,
stripped him, and taken away his beast
und all his goods.
31. "And by chance there came down a
certain priest that way: and when he saw
him, he passed by on the other side."
These men were under solemn obligations
to assist an Injured brother; but It Is
fin indication of the spirit of the ruling
i lass"s to llnd that there were limits to
these obligations, marked by the rank of
the sufferer, in passing by they were not
bound to rescue one who followed the
humble calling of "keeper of sheep," even
If he should belong to the house of Is
rael.
32. "And likewise a I.evlte." The I,e
vltes performed the humble service of the
temple, such as cleaning, carrying fuel,
and acting as choristers. Devltes were
also writers, teachers, preachers and lit
erati. "I’ame and looked oil him.” He
did a little more than the priest, but re
sisted the humble Impulse.
33. "Hut a certain Samaritan, as ho
journeyed, came where he was: and when
be saw him, he had compassion.”
34. "And nmt to him und bound up
his wounds, pouring In oil and wine, and
set him on his own beast, and brought
him to an Inn, and took care of him.
His care of the wounded mun must have
consumed considerable time; but this was
the greatest magnanimity, and much
more than common kindness required.
Heal love does not ask how little, but
how much it may do.”—Jacobus. "To an
inn." More like our hotel than the com
mon khan. “And took care of him."
Gave him his personal attention, which
li more costly and more blessed than all
our money.
36. "And on the morrow ... he took
out two pence” (denarii) from his girdle.
Shilling Is a more exact translation of
"denarius" than penny, it is worth
about seventeen cents. But two such
pence would be equivalent to three dol
lars in our day. "Whatsoever thou
spendest more," etc. He did all he could
consistently with his other duties.
36. "Which now of these three . . .
was (proved) neighbor unto him?" The
Herd's question has been admirably put
as. "Which now of these three under
stood best what thou deslrest to know?"
—Sadler.
37. "He lhat shewed merry on him."
There was no other answer possible to
the question ns Jesus put It. Kor the
Samaritan certainly acted In a neighbor
ly manner, although technically the law
yer might have acknowledged that he was
a neighbor. "Go. and do thou likewise.
Then you will know that you have eter
nal life He would see that many of the
Jewish teachings and practices were con
trary to the conditions of entering into
eternal life. The question with him now
v.as no longer one of understanding the
law, hut of obeying It; not. Who Is my
neighbor, hut, Do I love him?
IteromliiK Mil Outdoor l’oop'o*
Americans are becoming an out-of
door people. Tliere lias been, perhaps,
no more striking changes In the habits
of American* during the lust 25 years
than the limnen.a< extension of their
out-of-door interests and activities. A
generation ago th< numl»er of men en
gaged in business life who took any
form of recreation was so small that
It w.i» hardly calculable. Men of for
tune were comparatively few. and the
country was given over to ste»dy-go
Ing pel sis lent. hard work A genera
tion ago a business man took his vucu
tion |f he to >k it at all with reluct
sure, regarding It as a kind of unlaw
ful pleasure; today he takes It not
only >i a pleasure but as a business
duty In many raws he lakes a day
out of ea> h week during the season
which permits him to be out of doors.
As a rnul: he Is a stronger man th m
Uis lather was. he bears heavier re
gp iitsibl ties and dots more work.
A spirit*
\\ hen Jesus t’hrtst said tkrl Is a
spirit," he struck a note to which all
g , „t mult l»rf If* him responded tlnd
.
S spirit U what spirits are, ws are
tplrils ourselves Man Is wot a mere
handful ul clay He la a spirit Whea
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spirit* We become (Ml#
w* speak the truth sad
that la as '» '*4*1 »* <’
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in Atttrlt
ELEPHANT_TRAGEDY. ^
Itlz Mammal Makes Short Work of III*
Tormentors.
Last Sunday afternoon, while a con
cert was being held at the Crystal Pal- -
nee, an elephant belonging to a circus
which had been performing there
broke from its fastenings and killed
Its keeper. It then brushed through
various partitions of wood and glass,
and appeared in the main building,
where a great number of persons were
listening to the music. It did not at
tempt to hurt any of the crowd,though
It broke off with its trunk the uplifted ,
arm of a statue, probably under th»
idea that this represented a man about,
to strike. After some time it allowed
itself to be secured by another ele
phant. It was then decided to kill the
animal, and after a dose of poison had
failed, a London gunmaker was sent
for as executioner, and shot the animal
dead. On the following Wednesday an
inquest was held on the body of the
man. The evidence in favor of the
elephant could not have been more
clearly put. Mr. Sanger, its owner,
admitted that the animal had once be
fore killed a former keeper; and he
gave the facts which led to the death
of the second. The first man had been
discharged by Mr. Sanger fifteen
months previously for gross brutality
to the animals. He came back and
asked to be employed again. This was
granted, and he was taken on, not as
a keeper, but as a laborer. The very
first time he went into the stable the ^
elephant, though it was quite dark at
the time, instantly recognized the man's
voice, and at once crushed him to
death against the stall. The creature
had acted only in a panic of horror at
the reappearance of a tormentor was
so well established at the previous in
quest that it was retained in the men
agerie. It was exceptionally docile,
and was taken through towns and vil
lages all over England. Why, then,
did he kill the second keeper? Be
cause this man, after his Sunday din
ner, declared that he would "pay out’'
the elephant for striking him with his
trunk. He actually took a lace, one
of those taken from the Arabs in the
Soudan. (Those who have seen the
trophies taken from the Mahdi’s fol
lowers will realize what a horrible
weapon it was.) Followed by another
keeper, also armed with a lance, he
proceeded to "prod"—i. e., pierce the
chained elephant savagely. And Ills
death was the elephant’s revenge.
SYMPATHY WITH BOERS.
Many Ways In Which It Finds Kxprcfl*
sinn In Kurope.
In Brussels, In Amsterdam, in Paris,
In Berlin, one hears the music of the
Transvaal hymn everywhere, says a
writer. The Anglo-Boer war has rous
ed a tremendous sentiment in Europe.
In every school of Belgium, Holland,
Germany, the children have made up
collections for the families of the dead
Boers. Millions of marks, guldens,
francs have thus been sent to the suf
ferers of the veldt. In churches, in
cafes, in concert hall, at social gather
ings, the most popular form of benevo
lence this winter has been the Boer
subscriptions. If a few friends in
Cologne or The Hague gathered for a
game of whist th®y sent the money
played for to the Boers,who never play
cards. If a dinner was given at a fash
fonable hotel the guests remembered
the farmers of the veldt, who hardly
ever saw a hotel. At one restaurant in
Brussels, 1,800 francs were collected in
au evening. Every city and town that
has a newspaper has had a subscrip
tion fund. A German rural paper
lifted 50,000 marks. Sentiment in Hol
land, Belgium, and Germany Is prac
tically a unit pro-Boer, while in France
at least 9S per cent lean the same way.
One quite pathetic form of Boer sym
pathy in Europe was the “Haus
Samml'ang," or house collection. This
was a subscription taken in little boxes
by children who called from house to
house.
St liGOl Mt*ps la MlndnnM^
Wliile comparatively uew maps of
Singapore, Hongkong, Tokyo and
other oriental cities, showing in detail
the streets and public works, are hung
upon the walls, the youthful scholar iu
Mindanao, Philippine Islands, has to
depend upon n large map of the west
ern hemisphere for his information as
to the United States. While in many
respects the maps are excellent, they
utterly fail to convey the slightest In
telligence respecting the country whoso
people are now so closely related to
them. No state lines are shown on the
maps at all, and the following cities
comprise all of the points given: Bos
ton, New York. Washington. Charles
ton. Montgomery, (Ala.), New Or
leans, Jackson (Miss.), and Ban Fran
cisco.
Of the whole sisterhood of stutes but
two are represented Florida and
Michigan Chicago does not appear of
record, nor do Philadelphia. Baltimore,
Cincinnati, or any of the larger towns
have place. In the face of thia fact It
la i»eciillar that Jackson and Mont
gomery should he shown George
Thomson Fry In Chicago Itecnrd
(tew Urt»*n» t‘r..|-—rU lu.iwawr).
New Orleans received in |m,i (
bequest from Btmoti V HP kies, a drug
gist. a fund of ItHMt for the ratal*
'Ishmeitl of g dispensary to furnish
drugs and medical advice free to the
go->r of the i tt> Until It’I the income
use used for this purpose, but the dtp
tens il. finding that the expense muvh
j» retted the receipts, voted to slop (he
Pshurretncuts until the Ion-- whew the
fund should have to Increased that the
t ould equip a fte* dupen««i v tn I
ihus entry out the testator's desire i.(
ike letter. The amount of the fund It
* I
Itun.ate the ptnn will k- earned out
