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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1912)
VMtnkc4c 4. MM iMbiM HMD ( i il'iWt,? kHMTlONAL SmsrscioL LESSON 3Jy I), o. enrxr.na. Director of n- nlnir Department Tho Moody lilblo In. stttuto of Chicago.) LESSON FOR DECEMBER 1 THE LUNATIC BOY. UES30N TEXT-Mnrk 9:11-3. GOLDEN TEXT "And Jemm cnlJ untt blin, If thou cannt! All tiling nro poasl bio to him that bellcvotli."-Mark 9:23 H. V. 1. The Dltclplet' Fallurevv. 14-19. Each of tho EvangollBtn plncca till! IcBBon In closo connection with tho mount of transfiguration. Sorrow and iln, crushed and bleeding hearts, are tlwayH to bo found ut tho foot of our Diountnlna of vJalon and of privilege. 3o alno in to bo found human, impo ioncc. Let us get the picture. Ab the littlo party reachca the base of the mountain they find an excited tnuitl tudo surrounding tho remaining dlB jlploB who were undergoing a Borlci )f questions propounded to them by tho scribcB. Arriving in tho midst )f this questioning Jcbub challenged tho BcrlbcB by Baying, "Why queHtlon ro them?" Iloforo cither tho ecrlbcH r the disciples could answer, "ono of tho multltudo" (v. 17) told his storj to Jcsub. The speaker hud brought tits only son, demon-poBscsBcd, to the disciples to bo healed. Ho goci or to tell Jesus tho tcrrlblencss of the boy's suflerlngs, and that to his bit ter disappointment and anguish he aas found that tho disciples are nol equal to tho tuBk of healing. Tlili Inability upon their part gave the icrlbcs their opportunity and had un doubtedly raised in tho father's mind ft doubt as to tho power of Jesus as well. f Takes Case In Hand. Jesus 'nt onco taken tho ca3o ic band. Rcbuko and pity nro mingled In Ilia words, "O faithless generation, how long shall I bear with you?" Tho disciples, the scribes and tho mul titude, ull alike, nro involved In his rcbuko. All woro in a greater or less decree faithless. Jcsub had bcon in their midst performing his mighty i deeds, speaking his marvelous words, and manifesting his wonderful power, yet they woro without faith. Full often tho prescnt-dny church and Christian workers stand Impotent bo fqro tho world's great need becausa of a lack of faith. How frequently wo miss n blessing becauso of our dopendenco upon soma ono who makes a failure of faith and prayer. Jcsub wan then and alwayB has been troubled and distressed at such failure (r. 19). However! tho father was rewarded when, In obedlenco to tho command, ho brought his boy to Je sus. Tho conversation that ensued la interesting and pathetic, ono that la too often repeated today. At last In his deep anguish tho father cried, "If thou canst do anything, hnvo com passion on us and help up." Ho there by, as all truo fathers should, com pletely idcntltlod himself with his son and his son's need. Fewer young men of today would bo demon-posscBscd It their fathers would havo Identified themselves more fully with their boys. Tho reply of Jesus forms tho gold en toxt. What a magnificent response this father made, "I believe; help thou mlno unbolicf." Small wonder that Jesus should again work a won dor of hoallng. II. The Master's Victory vv. 20-29. Tho eon of man, who had just bcon so wonderfully glorified, again manl-' fests to the world his power over as afflicted son of man. Tho evil ono however, never glveB up his posses slon without a struggle. Hcnco it wat that, as tho boy was brought near to Jesus, tho very worst manifesta tions of his. malady were exhibited, In somuch, that as tho multltudo rushed together to witness his paroxysm and saw him as tho demons left him, do dared tho boy to bo dead. Wo must remember how long tlmo tho demons had ruled tho boy (v. 21). A small boy onco defined a habit aa "somo- 'thlntr hnrrf in hrmlr?" vnrv run nnil Jtho longer tho habit tho harder it is o break. The father's faith was small (but very earnest: It was sufficient -jto cry to Jesus for relief and that is always enough. Jesus repeats the man's uso of tho word "It" as though (to challengo the implied lack of power and at onco throws tho burden t responsibility upon tho father? It was not tho question "It" Jesus could heal but rather "It" tho father could believe. Realizing his lack, tho father :ried, "Help mine unbelief." 'TIs Huch cry as this God alwayB answers. Quickly avoiding tho fust gathering crowd ho tnkes tho bojr, by tho hand, laises him up and sends him to his father on their way. No fathor has tho right to trnnsfci his obligations, spiritual or otherwise, to any organization. ( Entering tho nearby houso tho dis ciples eet us a good example by in-, quiring of Jesus as to tho cnuso ol their failure, and be tells thorn that iho great necessity Is prayer. There nro moro defeats In tho church of Christ and In tho lives of his follow ers that can bo traced to a lack ol prayer than perhaps any other ono cloment. Theso disciples had cast out domons before this, but, shrinking from fellowship with him In tho death bo had foretold (Mark 8:32-33), tho)' stood condemned before, him, power less In the fact of a great need, and condemned by the multitude. STATE APPLE CROP WORTH NEARLY $1,000,000 MORE THAN YIELD OF GRAIN. GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL Items of Interest Gathered from Re. liable Sources and Presented In Condensed Form to Our Readere. Sccrctnry C. O. MnrBhnll of the Stuto Horticultural Bocloty has com pleted a tabulation of tho npplo crop for 1912, tho flgurcB being secured from returns of county assessors and from reports mado by tho orchardlstB directly tp tho Stato Horticultural so ciety. According to this report, the apple crop of Nebraska amounts to 17,378,899, being almost twice as much as tho potato crop, which Is estimated at $4,836,255. Tho apple crop Is worth almost ono million dollars more than the combined crops of spring wheat, barley, Bpeltz ,nnd rye, and is ex ceeded In vnluo only by corn, winter wheat, outfl, hay and alfalfa. This putB Nebraska fairly In tho apple bolt and ontltles her orchard possibilities to recognition not only by the resident, but by tho prospec tive Investor. Buildings Will Remain Closed. The board of public lands and build Iiirh, after discussing the advisability of creating a dellclt by furnishing two now buildings at tho Lincoln nsylum, decided not to expend any money on tho buildings until the legislature makes nn appropriation. Tho build ings uro practically completed, but It will coBt about $21,000 to connect them with tho asylum heating, sower, light and water plants and .to supply furniture. Tho board belloves It would bo impossible to complete th work In lees than sixty days. The legislature made no appropriation for tho connections or for furniture, so the buildings will remain Idlo until next spilng. Indian Rcllcn for State Museum. Tho state museum has just ro cehud from Prof. N. II. Wlnchell of Minnesota n valuable collection of niicioni Indian idles representing early neolithic nntl paleolithic man. Theso lollca were collected in tho Kansas alley during tho past cum mor by Professor Wlnchell himself. Llko ull early implements, thoy are characterized by crudity In chipping. Very few of tho Implements are properly formed, and all of tho chip ping Is of a crude order as compared with the flint implements of later In dians. The collection consists of rough scrapers, hoes nnd flint toma hawks, of exceedingly crudo design. May Have Platinum Thief. Tho thief who stolo several hun dred dollars' worth of platinum cups from tho laboratory of tho Nebraska state food commission Is believed to bo under arrest. Nino similar rob beries occurred In different partB of tho country, tho thief in each case be ing tho same man, according to de scriptions given. Tho American Chem ical society Issued a letter to all chemists In the country warning them ngainBt tho thief nnd giving a de scription of him. This society has no tilled Stato Chemist Rcdfern that a man nnswcrlng the description of tho thief haB been arrested nt Baltimore while nppnrontly planning a raid on tho laboratory of a steel company. $10,000 for Sub-Fisheries. Superintendent W. J. O'Drlon of the stato fisheries at South Hond and Chief Gnmo Wardon sillier have filed an estlraato of tho appropriations which thoy desire for tho support of tho fish and gamo commission for the coming two years. They ask for a little less than usual for tho state hatcheries at South Bend, but request an appropriation of $10,000 for tho malntonanco and Improvement of tho sub-hatchory at Valentine. The Val entino hatchery Is newly established and Is to bo used for hatching trout und bass. It la situated on Mlnnecha duza creok. Eleven surety companies will share In tho $5,000 premium to bo paid by tho state of Nebraska on the million dollar bond to bo furnished for State Treasurer George during the coming two years, Governor Besieged for Pardons. As usual Just before a retiring gov ornor leavoB his olflco, Governor Aid rich Is besieged with applications for pardons or of tho commutation of sen tences for convicts in tho stato poni tontiury. Tho stato board of pardons Is merely an ndvlsory board and un der tho constitution tho power to par don Is still vested In tho governor. Governor Aldrlch proposes to require applicants for pardon to run tho gauntlet of tho statu board of pardons before ho tnkes action, unless ho Is euro spocdy nctlon Is necessary. Ono hundred nnd forty-soven thou sand dollars will bo required to meet Iho expenses of tho stnto penitentiary during tho next two years, nccordlng to nn estlraato mado by Wardon Moltck and furnished to tho state au ditor. Notwithstanding tho fact that considerable more monoy Ib now ex ponded by the stato in furnishing the prisoners with bettor food, and more monoy is paid for guard sei'vlce, this amount Is not over $4,000 above the amouat required for the past two Tears. TOM MOORE IM BERMUDA Irish Poet Wrote Verses to Calabash Tree That Is Still Pre served. Ilarcolona. Winter 'tourists In tho islo of Uormuda(nro Htlll reminded of the sojourn In the Arcadia of tho poet Mooro, not only by tho religiously pre served roof that gave him Hheltcr, but by tho almost reverential caro of a "calabash tree," possibly better re membered than ninny more Interest ing relics of tho Irish lyrist through verso ho dedicated to them when ho wns "IiIb majesty's registrar" for tho Island of llermudn, says n correspond ent. In a poetic epistle to a crony he leaves this metrical souvenir of tho treo under which tho winter wnnderer perhaps now for tho first time reads tho "amorous and convivial outpour ings" of tho rollicking poet: " 'Twas thus by tho shade of a calabash tree, With n few who could feci and remem ber llko me, Tho chnrtn that to sweeten my goblet I throw Wan a tear to the past and a blessing to you." In this mingled merry-go-round of social dissipation and ccally astound ing accomplishment It would naturally jilfSstHr Moore's Calabash Tree. bo taken for an impossibility to relax Into tho hcavcrillost divorslon Inherit ed by tho sons of men courtship and marriage, nut tho engaging Celt, truo to his racial instinct, didn't forego that crowning completion of manhood, tho taking of a wife. When ho found leisure to win the ndorablo actress, Hessle Dyko, even his own memoir doesn't dllato on, but but ho was married at tho tlmo that half tho grand dames of Iho social cenaclo woro making soft oyeB to eyes that spoke back not less Inviting ly. Enrl Russell, who wrote Moore's biography, Blgnallzcd tho union la theso significant words: "Sho proved tho best of wives, re ceiving from her husband tho horn ago of a lover from tho hour of their nuptials to that of his dissolution." Tho equal of this testimony can hard ly bo found In literary unions; the single exception that comes to mind at tho moment la that of Elizabeth llar rctt Browning and her husband Rob ert For this wife, who fills James Rus sell Lowell's picture, "not as others are, she who to my soul Is dear," Mooro broke from tho enchantments of tho world he loved, took up his nbodo in a dovecot in Leicestershire, hard by tho mansion 'of Lord Molra, where ho substituted tho noble lord's library for tho Pierian spring, min gling its earnest drafts with tho Intox icating bliss of tho honeymoon drenm. In fact, to tho day of his death tho union wns n honeymoon, for tho gontlo Heslo found her gallant lord tho tnoBt domestic of rolllckors, tho ten derest of mates. SHE SELLS 10,000,000 STAMPS Mrs. Charles H. Parkhurst Disposes of Collection of Thirty Years. New York. -A collection of 10,000,- 000 canceled postago stamps, domestic and foreign, dono up In 100,000 neat packages, woro on exhibition recently at the offlco of a Now York dealer. They wero sold to him by Mrs. Charles II. Parkhurst, wlfo of tho pas tor of Madison Square Presbyterian church. Mrs. Parkhurst had been pa tiently collecting them for 30 years, and sold them becauso tho Parkhurst family moved to a smaller house, whoro there was no room for the stamps. Thirty years ago Mrs. Parkhurst read an advertisement which offered freo tuition for a Chlnoso lad at an American institution of learning in ex change for 1,000,000 canceled stamps. Mrs. Parkhurst began to collect thorn with great diligence, but when Bho had a million sho could Hud no plnca where thoy might bo exchanged for college days for a celestial, so sho just wont on saving them. LOSES FOOT; SHEDS NO TEAR Boy Living at Petersburg, Ind., Showi "Nerve" wnen Hun over by a Freight Train. Petersburg, Ind. Ono of tho logs ol Howard Smith, ago fourteen, was sov cred at tho anklo whllo ho was hop ping on a freight near hero tho other day. Ho never shed a tear, and told bystandors to hurry to get a doctor, but not to toll his father. Sure of Her Age. Boston.T-Marshall Hatch of Norwoll haB a hen that is 21 years old and still laying eggs. Hatch is sure the hen la twenty-one because her g waa aet the day bla mother died. REGION III AMAZON Brazilian Traveler Sees More Here Than In Africa. Declares Big Game lo Plentiful and Many Virgin Rubber Forests Are to Be Found Far From Civilization. Rio do Janeiro, Brazil. In speaking of tho wonders and tho resources of tho Amazon region in Brazil in con nection with tho International Rub ber Exhibition which was held at tho Grand Central Palace Dr. LouIb Weiss Bald: I "My knowledge and acquaintance with this most interesting region has extended over a period of twelve years. On one of my expeditions I never left my canoo for over two and one-half years, all of which time was spent on the Amazon and its count Icsb tributaries, and yot I did not be gin to touch upon all tho wonderful possibilities of theso mighty water courses. "As long as we need rubber we must get the best from Brazil. There are still many virgin rubber forests that very few Brazilians hayo any Idea of. At the present tlmo thoy col lect rubber along only the rivers and very few go further than two or three miles from the rivers.. Ninety per cent, of the rubber forest is yet un touched. Of all tho Brazilian states, Amazonas is the greatest producer of rubber. It is tho largest state in Bra. zll and has moro than three times the area of Texas. It Ib one of the most interesting regions intho world and many parts are yot unexplored and unknown. , "On the Amazon River, with Its countless tributaries, a man can travel in his canoo for months nnd for years, procuring all his necessary food supplies dally from tho streams and the forests in great abundanca and in great variety. "Tho most wonderful fruits grow in tho forest from which ono can make the best of drinks in n fow minutes by processes which can bo quickly learn ed from tho natives, thus furnishing both food and drink. On exploration trips, when we stopped any length of tlmo in a place, I would take my gun, knife nnd Hint and for days, even weeks, nt a tlmo go off into the for ests nnd yet Invariably come buck a few pounds heavier. "Tho wholo Amazon 1b Wko a zoo logical garden without n gate. Along Skirting the Shores of the Mighty Am azon River. tho banks of the rivers or in the woods of tho Amazonas, with a gun and fishing tackle, tho traveler can at tho snmo tlmo cast a hook for fish and shoot monkeys, roptllc3 and am phibians and innumerable varieties of birds. When ono first hears tho how ling monkeys (Stentor guarlbas) from a great distance he thinks at onco ot linns, the sound greatly resembling tho roar ot that animal. Tho flesh ot some monkeys makes very good eat ing. Alligator steaks aro also very good. Fried caterpillar is another dainty, but I never liked caterpillars broiled. Smoked ants aro another delicacy. "If tho traveler doos not care for theso dishes ho can have turtle, in Kany varieties large, small, water or forest and also large or small turtle eggs. Thcro aro ovor a hundred va rieties of fowls, fish and other game suitable for food. The tapir also is eaten nnd makes a very flno dish when Finoked with tho hldo on. It tastes llko beef, and tho longer the meat Ib smoked tho better It is. At tho last It gets soft, llko liver sausage In tho tropics nil big game meat must bo cooked with tho skin on, else it will bo tasteless and tough. DUNNED FRIENDS AT QIER Funeral Orator at Hungarian Funeral Asked for Returne of Loan to "Protect iMemory." Budapest. -7 Tho best friend of a villager who died recently at Teraesh var, Hungary, was chosen to pro nounce the funeral ortlon. His words, however, bad not the desired effect on the audience, and no satisfactory response was mado to his appeal. "Frlonds, tho good man whom we mourn onco borrowed 100 francs from me, but he died before he could repay it. 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