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ftV A RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF 1 m INGT PRACTICAL JOKTR 1B OSTKMTY sees ii stiff, rormal pic- H PA turn of Washington standing In tho H H bow of a boat crossing tho Dclnwnro rH-flf amid Moating blocks of Ico on that H"1 memorable Christmas night, to I H I light llio Imttlo which turned tho I I tlilo of Hip involution In tho right I I direction. Hut no painter could A' ilcllnratu thn heroism of tho actual scene. Ills man wero ragged half naked. Ilosldes thn running Ico In tho river, thoro wiih a blinding blizzard, nnd It was no blttor cold that the chief loan on tho American-Bldo was of tho men who, though Inured to pioneer hardships, froze to death that awful night. Did General WaHhlngton atnnd In IiIh boat In that dangeroiiH current during n driving Htorni nnd Btaro pompously at tho nppoHlto shore? Not ho. IiihIi'ihI of thnt, ho "flat tight" and cujoled tho men, uhIiik every dovlco that might make them forget their terrible situation; even tolling them a fncotlotiH story, which, coming from him, star tlcd them, set their, blood tingling mid tnado them obllvloun to tho cold nnd dangers around thorn. Thnt watt tho grandest deed In tho military strat agem which made Frederick tho Great of Prussia, and, Indeed, tho uholo world, wonder at the gondii! of WaHhlngton. Nearly every ono knowu tho outside of the Htory of Ihe Blego f Hoston by tho now com-mniider-luchlcf, who had como to" tho continental congress as a wealthy Virginia colonel, nnd his nondescript crowd of raw recruits, wholly unused not only to military' discipline, but oven to mili tary forms. Hut fow know of the trnnBcondcnt bluff General Washington had to put up when he discovered that there were but u few rounds of gunpowder in tho possession of tho whole Ameri can nrmy, while tho Hrltlsh wero amply supplied with ammunition nnd might nally forth any hour against tho American "Irregulars." "Somo ono had blundered." Many a com mander would have shown up tho improvident officers who bad that matter In chatgo and pee vishly thrown up tho command us ridiculously Im possible. Hut General WaHhlngton did not tell his most trusted officers of tho excruciating dilemma he found himself in. Ho know the awful secret would spread If known to u fow, anil tho great causo of Justice might bu lost. Ho began quietly to Bcour tho country for gunpowder. Ho soon found that tho nearest place at which any quiiti tlty could bo had wns in a magazine on tho Island of Dermuda. To got that required a secret expe dition, much hazard and innriy weeks; but Wash ington's nerve was equal to tho fearful strain. During that long," tense Interval tho American troops wore working awny upon the fortirtcntlons, preparing for a grand attack. Mcnnwhllo tho young commander-in-chlcr wan ontcrtnlnlng hospitably nt his headquarters, the Crnlgo man sion, now best known as "longfollow's Homo," In Cambridge. As a ploasant diversion, "Lady" Washington, then ono of tho wealthiest women in America, enmo to vlBlt tho general, nnd till the countrysldn wns agog over her coach-and-four with six black postilions in white nnd scnrlot livery. Even tho Dryish, cooped up in Hoston, wcro Im pressed by tho reflourcos and apparent confidence of tho American generalissimo.1 Whllo ono expedition was gono to Hermudu for powder, General Knox, with a biiuiII foco, succeeded In bringing a number of cannon sov oral hundred miles on ox sleds in midwinter from Fort Tlconderoga. In those "times thnt tried mon'B soula" it was Washington's iron nerve, BUpported by his broad senso or humor, Hoinotlmes scintillating with a radiance worthy of a Franklin or a Lincoln, which saved tho dny This wbb only ono or many occasions on which Washington hnd to fight out tho revolution nlono. A friend of Lincoln's onco said of.hlm, "Tho president's laugh is his Hfe-proBervpr." This wnB truer of Washington than any ono seotns to have realized in a day when strict gravity without lovlty, was expected of public characters. To laugh or to seo tho humoroim Bide of an incident wiib considered tho sign or n frivolous disposi tion. I Washington's early biographers were solemn men. To hnvo told in tholr books how much their lioro laughed would hnvo been, In their opinion, wantonly exposing hla weakness to public gnzo. Men like "Parson" Wcoiiib, renegado preacher and tramp fiddler though ho was, had been brought up to think that laughing was "worse than wick edIt was vulgar!" In straining to in'nku their hero appear to have bocn a domlgod, those pedan tic biographers related not what George Wash ington really did, but what they imagined such u hoy or man ought to hnvo done under given con ditions. Washington vould huve laughed heartily at Weoms' hutchet-nndcherry-treo Btory If ho had ever heard It which ho nnvur did, for It was not invented till a Inter edition or tho erring rector'B juvonilo history, six yenrs after Washington's death. Yot tho real hero of tho cherry-tree fic tion would havo found it the occasion of gravity na well as mirth. In tho stilted, story ot "Little Goorgo nnd His Pa," Wcems was only carrying out tho Idea of his time; to tell not what tho small boy actually did, but what tho cotiBummatn Utile prig ho conceived llttlo Goorgo Washington to havo been would hnvo dono if ho had cut down his father's fnvorito cherry treo. If llttlo George Washington had been tho Insuf ferable llttlo prig described by Mr. Weoms, his half-brothers would not have loved him bettor than tholr own brothers, or tholr own chlldrou, for that matter. His oarly life was fuller of ox citing experiences than any fiction. Yet tho lire or young Washington Is yet to bo told as an ad venture stqry. Even in his quaint llttlo diaries ho early discloses a lively nonse of humor 8av ago humor sometimes, but broad nnd boyish. Ho showed this by tolling only tho Jokes against him self. When he was a lad of sixteen ho led a sur veying party to lay out tho lands of hla old friend, Lord Fairfax, In tho wilderness of the Shenan doah. Horo Is one of his own experiences as a "tenderfoot," recorded on Tuosday, March IG, 1747-8: "Wa got our Suppers & waa lighted Into a Hnoin, and I, not being so good n Woodsman as yo rest of my company, stripped myself vory or derly, K- wont Into yo lied, as thoy called It, when to my surprise I found It to bo nothing but a llttlo straw matted together without shoots or anything elso but ono thrcadbaro blanket, with doublo its weight of Vermin, such ns Llco, FIpos, ftp. "I wan glad to get up (as soon as yo light was i rrled from us) 1 put on my Clothes and lay as I ON AS A Jif my Companions. Hud wo not been very tired, I nm sure wo should not havo slept much that night." Tho next night ho related that they "had a good dinner & a good Feather Hud, which was a very agreeable regale." In describing an Indian war dance, ho went on, "Some liquor elevating their Spirits put thorn In yo Humor of Daunelng. Ye best Dauncor Jumped about yo ring In a most comlclo Manner!" Others of that wilderness gang told a story of tho boy surveyor which ho was too modest to rolate about himself how young George turned tho tables on Hlg Hear, the wily chlor, who was In tho habit of holding out hla sinewy hand with seeming friendly Intent and saying, Indian fash ion, "How?" Woo to the unsuspecting whlto man whoso hand Hlg Hear seized In his terrlblo grasp, whllo ho laughod In savage gleo at tho pale face's anguished contortions. Young Washington had been warned In time. Ho had a hugo, strong hnudof his own and know a trick or two that he thought he would like tc try on that Indian's wiry claw If ho could Just get tho right hold. His chance, came soon enough for Big Heat, who presented a seemingly amicable paw with an Innocent "How?" Tho young surveyor seized the Indian's hand with such friendly oiithslnsm that Hlg Hear did an agonizing llttlo dance "In a very comical manner," whllo tho spectators, both whlto and red, stood by and shouted with glee to soe tho cruel savage caught In his own trap. Never again did Hlg Hear show such solicitude for the health of George Washington. At tho ugo of twenty George was tho chosen envoy to carry a "notice to quit" from tho gov ernor of Virginia to tho French commander on camped In tho Ohio region Ho woto In his Jour nal of that expedition concerning tho supper given him by the French and Indians nt the fort at Ven ango: "The wine, as they dosed themselves pretty plentifully with It, soon bunlshed the restraint which at first appeared in tho conversation, and gave a license to their tongues to reveal their sentiments moro freely. They told mo that It was tholr absolute, design to take pobscbbIou of the Ohio and by Q they would do It!" At tho French fort, whllo awnltlng the coin mnndnnt'B reply, tho young envoy from Vlrglnlu played a diplomatic game for tho friendship of the Indians. When tho Fronch piled tho IndlaiiB with liquor, young Washington promised them guns; nud tho gamo of diplomacy, seasonod with savage sauco, went on betwoon tho grizzled chevalier, old In tho arts or war and duplicity, and the young Virginia major, who possessed common sense and humor withal. A After tho awful Blnughtor of Fort Duquosne, Into which ho had rushed frcan a bod or rover, In a vain attempt to savo Hraddock nnd his army, Major Washington was left In command of the scattered forces, At this tlmo ho wrote to his brother "Jack" u letter, which at loast suggests Mark Twain's attitude toward tho "grossly exag gerated" story of his own death: "Forth Cumberland, 18 July, 1765. "Dear nrothor: As I havo heard, slnco my ar rival nt this piano, a circumstantial account of my death nnd dying speech, I tnko this early oppor tunity of contradicting tho first, and of ussurlng you that I havo not as yot composed tho latter, MlMnONAL SlINMTSfflOOL Lesson (Hy B. O. SBLLBHS. Director of Bvenlnff Department, tho Moody IJIblo Institute, Chicago.) LESSON FOR. FEBRUARY 15. GAS. DYSPEPSIA . UNO INDIGESTION Hut by the all-powerful dispensations of I'rovl donee I have been protected beyond all humat probability and expectation, for I had four bullet! through my coat, and two horses shot under mo yet escaped unhurt, altho' death was leveling mj companions on every sldo of me! "Wo havo been most scandalously beaten by s trifling body or men, but fatigue and want ot tlmo will provent me rrom giving you the details, until I hnvo Uie happiness or seeing you at Mount Vernon. OKOHGK." War is not supposed to develop tho latent Bonne or humor in a commanding general, but Washing ton's wit never forsook him. HIb successful strata gems wero llttlo more than practical Jokes raised to the highest power. Thoy always "worked." and then he waited, laughing In his military sleeve, whilo his fat-witted enemies tried to play his own tricks back on htm. Even In his retreats and escapes from the British ns at Long Island and beforo Princeton ho laughed and kicked up nimble heels in the face of the sursulng enemy. It was whllo his headquarters wero In Jersey that Washington perpetrated the great Jersey Joke still perpetuated by so many millions. He told an English traveler named Weld that he "was nover so much annoyed by mosquitoes, for they used to bite through the thickest boot." When the war was over tho victorious com mander entertained tho vanquished general, Lord CornwulllB, nt dinner, with boiiio of tho leaders among tho French nlllPB. Washington presided. In calling for toasts, CornwulllB, with an oblivi ousness of tho changed conditions that was truly English, proposed "Tho King of Englund" nB a subject for high praise. Tho other guests were In consternation, Would tho presiding genius, on whose very head King George had set a price, resent this as an Insult? "The King of England," announced tho tonst master general, raising hts glass. The guests gazed at him, transfixed with astonishment. "Loiik may he," continued Washington. " ;Loug may he stay there!" He pronounced the last two words In a stugo whisper, with a shrug nnd a rueful grimace which made all the company, including tarn Cornwallls, who now naw his mistake, applaud with hearty laughter; and Washington's ready humor had prevented a disagreeable complication. After the Revolution, Washington was permit ted tho long-coveted happiness or living peacerully under his "own vine und flgtroe," as he called it hundreds, of times in as many letters. It is a great mlstako to think thnt his life at Mount Vernon was either stale or stilted. Nelly Custls, his adopt ed daughter, Is authority for tho statement that retired general was always full of gayety and good spirits, surrounding himself with young peo ple's company, enpoylng their lively conversation, "particularly tho jokes," as he once said. Nelly went so far as to claim that she round no one quite ho willing to keep pace with her own ex travagant spirits ns her dear, delightful old fos ter father. How Washington did enjoy his home when ho waa finally permitted to stay there! Mount Ver non wns a Mecca for pilgrims from all over tho world. Ho onco wrote to Tobias Lear, "Unless somo ono pops in unoxpectedy Mrs. Washington und myself will do what I bollevo has not within tho Inst 20 years been dono by us that Is, to sit down to dlnnor by ourselves!" CHRI8T'S HATRED OF 8HAM8. LESSON TEXT-Lnke 11:37-51. GOLDEN TBXT "Be not deceived; God Is not mocked." Gal. 6:7. This Is a strango breakfast episode (to "dine" means literally, to break fast). Jesus accepted throe sucb Invitations from the Pharisees and was accused of being a glutton and a wine bibber, Matt. 11-19; Luke 7:3C, .19, 44. In this instance wo are told plainly (v. 54) why ho had been asked to this feast. At a later time, e. g., during tho Passion week, Jesus deliv ered a special discourse against the Pharisees (Matt. 23) in which ho re peated many of tho things we Htudy today. Mutt Be Clean. I. False vs. True cleansing (vv. 37 44). The orthodox Jew is very punc tilious to avoid ceremonlnl unclennll iices. In Christ's time this ceremoni alism was at Its highest development. To be defiled was far worse than to be morally unclean. This Phnrlseo "mar veled" that. Jesus was not likewise concerned with his outward acts (v. 39, so also Matt. 23:25, 2G). To havo a clean cup and platter was more Im portant than to have a clean heart In a fragment of Gospel found at OxyrhyncUB, Jesus is reputed to have said tt a Pharisee: "Thou hast washed in waters wherein dogs and swine have been caBt, nnd wiped tho outside skin which also harlots anoint and beautify, but within they are full of scorpions and all wicked ness. Hut I have been dipped in the waterB or eternal life which come from the throne of God." PIoub plat ters, presented In pride, must be In wardly purified. Jesus pronounces three "woes," griefs that like nn avenging nemesis hang over men of such a character. (1) A "woo" ugaitiBt those wlio make a show of tithing the common garden mint and herbs nnd at tho same tlmo avoid tho weightier matters or Just re lations to their rellow men and love to God (v. 42). We nre not to neg lect our churchly duties at all, but theso cannot be substituted for rlghteousners (see Mlcha 6:8). i (2) A "woo" against those who love tho places or pre-eminence (v. 43, cL Matt. 23 :C, 7). TIiIb spirit has not departed rrom the church after a lapse or cen turies. It Is unchristian, unchristlike. The great ono must be tho servant of all (Matt. 23:11, 20:28, John 13:14, 15. Phil. 2:5-8). (3) (v. ,43), Tho third "woo" Ib directed ag'alnst hypocrisy. To touch n grave was to becomo un clenn, nnd hence they were white washed to give men warning. Many Christians aro without bcnutirul to be hold, yet within full or dead men's bones and all manner or uncleaillincss. The Three Woes. I II. Real vs. Sham Lives (vv. 45- j 54). The lawyers wcro the theologians,' tho exnounders or tho Mosaic law. 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At night tlmo I often happened to scratch the sore in my sleep. Then I had to stand up,, get out of bed and walk tho floor till the spell was over. "I bought lota of salves,, and tried many different kinds of medicine but without any success. I got a cake or Cuttcura Soap and a fifty-cent box of Cutlcura Ointment and when I had used them I was nearly over tho Itch ing. Out I kept on with the Cutlcura Soap for six weeks and the cure was complete." (Signed) S. O. Gorden, Nov. 20, 1912. Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each free, with 32-p. Skin Hook. Address post card "Cutlcura, Dept. L, BoBton." Adv. it takes a pretty- evenly balanced man to be as strop g in prosperity as in adversity. idently the words of Jesus produced great conviction. The word "reproach est" (v. 45) means "to entreat spite fully," and the probabilities are that I he apoke to Jesus na if to rebuke him. ( Jesus at once pronounces three woes , upon him and his class. (1) A "woe" i becauso they laid burdens upon others ' which they themselves would not oven touch with ono or their fingers (Matt. 23:4). That is, they added to the law mluuto and ' troublesome details, which they declared to be moro im portant than tho law itself. (2) (v. 47) A "woe" is pronounced upon them for honoring the dead prophets and at the same tlmo rejecting and persecuting thoso thnt were living. To honor dead teachers, to praise the prophets of the past, thoso whom wo cannot endure whllo living, is a form of hypocrisy which costs but little. It ImplieB thnt had they lived In the days or their fathers their conduct would have been indifferent, yet they aro with tho living prophetB, following the ex nmplo of their fathers. God foresaw this (v. 49) and tho falthrul 'minister or his word must expoct a like treat ment (Mk. 10:29, 30). (3) (v. 12) The third "woe" was pronounced against these reltglouB teachers because, pos sessing the key to knowledge, they neither entered themselves nor would they allow others to enter; "yo enter not In yourselves, neither surfer yo them thnt are entering in to enter." (Matt. 23:13, Am. Rv.). TheBe law vrtrs theologians, were orofessedlv In terpreters of tho law, that law which was the foundation and bulwark of the Jewish nation. In fact, however, they had bo obscured and "explained" that law as to leave men In dnrkness. Supposed to lead men Into truth, thoy were shutting them out of the truth. What n terrible Indictment of many of this present age. We quote from the letter of a Wis consin business roan: "The average man Is interested In the teachings ot the Bible. If tho Bible cannot stand upon Its own feet, It is foolish to bol ster it up by any personal ideas. Wo make too many apologies for Scrip tures -and do not stand squarely by what it teaches." 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