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-jr ? ' J V FORCED INTO EGYPT Jrrradafc the Propliet Brisk HI Css of Sorrow le the Uittrr lire. BY THE "HIGHWAY AND BYWAY" PREACHER (Copjrlsiit, two. Us lite Author. W. 8. lUaouj Prophecies of Jeremiah. They are not Jn chronological order, but seem to have been rearranged according to their sub jects, viz: 1. Warning to the Jews. 2. Sur vey of all nations, with a historical ap pendix. 3. Prediction of brighter days to come, with a similar appendix. 4. Prophe cies regarding Egypt. The concluding chapters from 51:34 are supposed to have been compiled from the latter portions of 2 Kings, and may have been added by Ezra. Jeremiah was contemporary with Zephanlah. Ilabakkuk. Ezeklcl and Dan iel, lie foretold the precise date of the Captivity, the fate of Zedekiah, the re turn of the Jews from Babylon, and the decay of that city. Tradition credits him with burying the ark. He predicted the abrogation of the Law and the inaugura tion of a spiritual worship centering around a Christ. He pictured the bless ings of the atonement, the call of the Gentiles through the gospel, and the final acceptance of the Jews. Jeremiah has been called the weeping prophet because of his mournful prophecies over the fate of Jerusalem and the Jewish nation, but there Is a note of triumph running all through, for his vision is clear and bright of a better future which gives to him as fully as to Isaiah the character of a prophet of the gospel. Scripture Authority Jeremiah, chap ters 42. 43. lK0O0iC0iCHCK00O0O0 A SERMONETTE. $ After Nebuchadnezzar had V A stripped Jerusalem of her treat- A -6 ure, and had taken the best of 0 the people captive to Babylon, he placed Gedaliah over the few n who had been left to care for A the land and dress the vine- O yards. A few months after this O v Ishmael formed a plot, mur- V a dered Gedaliah and assumed X a. control, and then entered into Q an agreement to deliver all the people into the hands of the Y Ammonites. Johanan and a band of men who had escaped Ishmael's murderous hand, bold ly attacked the latter as he was on his way to the Ammonites, recovering the spoil and the people and returning with them to Jerusalem. Johanan then became governor over the city, and fearing the wrath of Neb uchadnezzar because of the things which had been hap pening at Jerusalem, he de termined to flee into Egypt. But before doing so he and the people sought the advice of the Prophet Jeremiah, declaring sol emnly: "We will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee." Ten days later Jeremiah brings them God's message, commanding them to remain in Jerusalem and prom ising to protect and prosper them, but warning them that if they went into Egypt, they should perish by the sword, famine and pestilence. Then 0 o 0 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johanan and the people repu- o diated the prophet, charging 0 that he had spoken a lie and 9 not God's message, and forth- X with they seized him and forced Q him jo accompany them into Egypt. Such was the apparent re ward for standing with God and speaking his message. Did it pay? O TcmnnrarMv ncrhant ncv O 0 v From the standpoint of eternity, X yes. Hesitate, then, not to speak Q God's word, because you feel or know it will not be received, y Speak it because it is God's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 truth, and must finally pre vail.fc How many Johanans there are in the world to-day. Con scious they are of the need of Divine wisdom and guidance, but willful. Pretending to, be 4W0"WM ws riwvay wm w iiiw- b sage until that message runs X 0 counter to xneir own purposes A or ambitions, and then ready to justify their point of view by y repudiating God's message. To X S A such there remains but one re a- suit. Human failure, and O vine iudament. Kg 0 O 0OOOOXKXKOOCHOrO0 THE STORY. HOU spoakest falsely!" Like the keen blade of a knife rr the words cut through to the very depths of Jeremiah's heart. Silently, but with a look upon his face which told of the depth of agony which surged within, the prophet turned from the group of men standing be fore him and walked away. Further .protest or pleading on his part were useless. It was very plain that Jo hanan. the governor of Jerusalem, and ..the band of men with him, had not .'wanted God's message, but rather in dorsement of the course which they (had determined to follow, and when the word of God had been directly 'counter to these plans, they had turned upon the prophet, fiercely de nouncing him as a false prophet, and declaring vehemently: "The Lord our God hath not sent theelto say, 'Go not into Egypt to so journ there.' But Baruch, the son of Neriah, setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon." Ten days before the scene with which our story opens there had come to Jeremiah a deputation headed by Johanan earnestly beseeching him that he, the prophet, should seek the presence of their God and learn his will concerning the remnant which still remained in Jerusalem. And when he bad assented to do this thing for them they had solemnly pledged to obey, saying: "Whether it be good or evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the Lord our God." And with these reassuring words ringing in his ears, Jeremiah had withdrawn to a quiet retreat outside the walls of Jerusalem, whither ha was wont secretly to go when desir ous of perfect quiet, and undisturbed communion with God. There God had met him after be had spent ten days in earnest, agonizing prayer, and had revealed to him his purpose concern ing those who still remained in the half-ruined city of Jerusalem. What was left of the beloved city of Zion should be preserved, if only those who still remained there would continue to abide in the city and trust God to de liver them from all harm and evil. How it had rejoiced the heart of the old prophet How he bad clung to the sacred place. When he had had the privilege of finding ease and safety under the friendly protection of Neb-uzar-adan, one of the chief captains of the Chaldean army, if he would only go to Babylon, he had chosen rather to return to Jerusalem and suf fer privation and danger with the few who still remained there. How he had prayed and how he had worked to bring order out of chaos and cause the deep suffering and distress of the people to turn the hearts of the peo ple hack to God. And now God had given definite word that if the peo ple would continue to abide in the land he would save them and de liver thera from the hand of Nebuchad nezzar, whom they feared. Hopefully, therefore, Jeremiah had returned to Jerusalem, and having gathered together Johanan and his fol lowers and the people, he plainly de clared unto them all that God had said. And while Jeremiah had noted the disappointed look on the faces of the men before him as he spoke, he was not prepared for the angry out burst and the brutal condemnation: "Thou speakest falsely!" And with these words ringing the death knell to all the hope he had had for better things for Jerusalem, Jere miah turned and passed out of the city and slowly wended his way toward his retreat Johanan and his followers watched him, but that bowed head and that form shaking with emotion brought no feeling of regret to their hearts, for only contemptuous sneers and angry looks were to be seen upon their faces. At last when the prophet had passed out of sight they, too, turned, and, with an air of triumph, were soon busy perfecting their plans for the flight into Egypt which had been defi nitely determined upon. "Be you sure," spoke up one, "that Jeremiah will use his influence to dis suade the people from following you." Johanan's eye flashed and a sneer was upon his face as he exclaimed: "The narrow-minded reprobate! It would serve him right if he were left here to suffer the fate which he would have the people remain to endure. But he shall not. He shall go down Into Egypt and eat his words concerning the evils which he has declared shall come upon us if we go thither. Evil! Why hath not Pharaoh given every as surance of help and protection? But what have we to hope for here? Naught but privation and suffering and certain punishment at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar. Yea, Jeremiah shall go into Egypt and he shall eat bread and water of affliction while we enjoy the bounty of Pharaoh's goodness." And Jeremiah in his retreat was bowed low in prayer, and while Jo hanan and his followers were plot ting he was pouring out his grief stricken heart to God. He knew that God had spoken and that only evil could come to the people should they go down into Egypt Oh, that he might be able to turn them from their purpose. Oh, that the people would listen to him as lie warned them against the folly of going with Jo hanan and his followers. "Why tarry I here?" he cried, impa tiently, "when I should be lifting my voice in Jerusalem?" And in obedience to the self-imposed challenge he arose immediately and went into the city. Later in the day word reached Johanan that Jeremiah had returned and was speaking to the people, urg ing them to hear the voice of God and go not down into Egypt. "Yea," exclaimed Johanan, ve hemently, "this very day the prophet himself shall start on his journey to Egypt, and there shall be a goodly company following him. Those who would follow him instead of me shall bear the brunt of the journey and shall go before us to open the way." And, suiting his actions to his words, he hurried forth into the streets and was soon directing his men to seize the prophet and the people who stood with him and to put them in fet ters and start with them on the long journey to Egypt. "Into Egypt!" groaned the prophet. "Oh, God, as though thy people had not known suffering enough." Then, lifting up his head and turning upon Johanan, he fiercely cried: "Ye dis sembler! Ye who sent me to inquire of the Lord and then wouldst not re ceive his word, know certainly that ye and those who follow you shall die by the sword, by the famine and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye de sire to go and to sojourn." "Enough, thou false prophet," cried Johanan, as he motioned to his men to move on with the prophet, "thou shalt eat thine own words in the land whither thou shalt be carried." The Sailor's Prayer Book. "This is what you call the sailor's prayer book," a seaman said bitterly, as he kicked a holystone out of the way. "Why is It called that?'Well.In the first place it Is called that because in using it in holystoning the deck, the sailor has to kneel down, and in the second place, because all holy stoning is done on Sunday. Don't you know the chantey? Six days shalt thou work and do all that thou art able. And on the seventh holystone the decks and scrape the cable. 'The stone is called holystone be cause the first holystones were bits of tombs stolen from cemeteries. It's got a pious, religious sound holy, and prayer book, and Sunday and all that but it is when he is using this stone J that the seaman is most profane." A Married Man. Station Sergeant Are you married Prisoner No, sir. Officer Beggin' your pardon, sarge, he's wrong. When we searched him we found in his pockets, a clipped recipe for curin' croup, a sample of silk, an' two unposted letters In a woman's handwritin a week old. London Tit-Bits. ROUND THE CAPITAL lafo itioa aad Gossip ricked U Hers ad There Squanders $4,000,000 in Five Years WASHINGTON. Countess Julia W. L. Seckendorf, the dashing beauty who rose from lady's maid to mistress of millions of dollars, through which she ran In five years, declares that she had no regrets because her for tune has been squandered. The countess is now said to be at least $100,000 in aeot, and was forced to undergo the humiliation of seeing the last of her property sold at a debt sale. "I spent it when 1 had it," the beau tiful countess is reported to have re marked to a friend. "I haven't any regrets nbw'tbat it is gone. Some people have money, but they won't spend it Frankly, I can pot see what good it does them." The career of the countess, who is an American girl, is as romantically, interesting as that of any woman in the world. Once the lavish entertainer of cabi net members, ambassadors, senators and social lights in Washington, the Countess Seckendorf, who five years ago fell heir to the $4,000,000 estate of her second spouse, gained a reputa tion as a spender, tearfully watched her last possessions passing into the Leper to Have Home with His Family THE strict isolation in which John R. Early has been kept by the district health officers is to be broken. Within a short time Early is to be permitted to live with his family. That is. he will be allowed to dwell in the same house, but will not come in direct contact with them. He will have his own sleeping apartment, bed linen, towels, dishes and other domes tic appliances. This has been practically decided upon by the health officials. The plan will not be carried into effect until the commissioners have received the re port from the solicitor of the treasury as to whether or not the federal au thorities have power to transport the leper to North Carolina, the latter's home state, regardless of the fact that that commonwealth has refused to accept him. Although the decision has not been forwarded to the commissioners, it is known that the solicitor's opinion ia adverse. He has said that the federal department is powerless to act, and has reported to the secretary of the treasury to that effect. The commissioners will take no ac tion until they have received the opinion in official form from the latter. That Early is to be a permanent care of the district is the conviction of the officials. Welsh Singers Refuse President's Wine ttfET thee behind me, Satan." is J what 25 husky Welshmen thought when offered some of Presi dent Roosevelt's sherry at the con clusion of a White House concert the 3ther evening. What each really said was: " "No, thank you; none for me." The Welshmen gave a private con cert for the edification of the White House family. The event slid along like a hunk of tallow on a hot stove pipe. The president nearly blistered his hands applauding the "Men of Har lech." Mrs. Roosevelt's face was suf fused with pleasurable enjoyment at the rendition of "Old Black Joe." The bad guess and its consequences came as the last words of the final chorus drifted out of an open win Civil War Veteran VESPASIAN WARNER, commission er of pensions, told President Roosevelt the other day of a remark able case of stricken conscience. Some time ago the commissioner received a letter from a pensioner of the civil war surrendering his certificate and enclosing two $500 coupon bonds of the United States and a uraft for $172, thereby making full restitution to the government of all money he had re ceived on account of the certificate of pensions. Commissioner Warner refused to give the name of the soldier and de clared he had not disclosed it to the treasurer of the United States, to JUST A CHEAP ONE. Campaign Spellbinder Could Have Done Much Better for $25. He had made a fair speech in favor of his political candidate for governor and against the other, and whea he had finished a friend stepped forward and shook hands with him and said: "1 want to compliment you on your effort It was great" "Then you liked my remarks, eh?" "They were bang-up. I didn't know it was in you to orate the way you did." "O. I did fairly well. I guess. But you must remember at the same time that this was only a cheap speech. The regular orator failed them, and they rung me in for $15. Of course, I could not spread myself for that Say.' I wish I had been making a regular $25 speech. If. I had been I should have called the opposition candidate a liar." "I should have shown his utter un fitness for offise. "I should have proved that his elec tion would ruin the country. "I should have advanced statistics to chill the blood. "I should have appealed to my hear ers not to bring about a state of an archy and bankruptcy. "I should have summoned every patriot in the audience to go to the polls early and die for American lib erty. "I should have trotted out Bunker Hill, the American eagle and the star spangled banner and waved them around until men would have busted a Jobs In cheering for them. I la Washfarftoa. hands of others to the accompaniment of the droning voices of auctioneers. It is said that the countess owes about $100,000, although the figure has not been authoritatively announced. Seme years ago Miss Julia Davidson, the present countess, entered the em ploy of Mrs. John O. Donner as maid. The Donners bad a daughter named Elsie, and Miss Davidson cared for the child. About six years ago Mrs. Donner died and Donner married Miss David son. Immediately the house became the center of social life among the wealthy people of the district. Serv ants seemed everywhere, and the new Mrs. Donner.began to enjoy life to the utmost. Her millionaire husband was devot ed to her and his affection was re turned. Elsie, Donner's daughter, still lived on the estate. After Donner'.s death five years ago Mrs. Donner came into the great for tune. She went to Washington and mingled with the fashionable set there, meeting the count, who captured her heart. She soon squandered her money. Plans for Early's future care and treatment have been discussed by Health Officer Woodward and Dr. Wil liam Fowler, chief of the contagious disease service. It is settled between them that the strict isolation of the af flicted man is to be broken. It is considered likely that some old building belonging to the district will be turned over to the leper and his family for habitation and he will be in structed to provide for himself and keep his own quarantine. In the event that this building cannot be procured it may be that Early will be permitted to live in the house near the asylum grounds now occupied by his wife and child. On the other hand, it may be suggested to him that he buy a small place in the sub urbs. Physicians in charge of Early are considering a plan to inoculate him with the leprosy bacilli, which consti tutes the recently discovered Nastin cure of the malady. This method is said to have cured the disease in sev eral instances, when used while the disease was in its early stage, as In the case of Early. Early clings to the faint belief that his disease is not leprosy, and that the physicians have made a mistake in diagnosing his case. He does not favor this new treatment. dow. An attendant came into the room niftily juggling an enormous tray containing 25 glasses of sherry. He tendered a glass to the first man at the end of the line with black clothes and a white choker. He de clined with thanks. The next three men also refused. The other 21 had their mouths open ready to make similar announcement. The waiter likewise opened his mouth, but in astonishment. He rea lized that an awful blunder had been made somewhere. In a dazed manner he waved the tray until it was again waving around his head and hastily plunged from the room. Every mem ber of thj Mountain Ash choir is a total abstainer. Returns Pension whom was turned over the conscience money. When the conscience contribution first arrived the commissioner caused an examination to be made of the rec ords in the case. On the showing the veteran was entitled to his pension beyond a question. A special exam iner was sent out to make an investi gation on the theory that the soldier might be mentally irresponsible. The conscience-stricken man was found to be in excellent health and of sound mind. Thereupon the ac count with conscience was declared closed and the bonds and money were turned into the miscellaneous receipts of the treasury department "As I said, this was only a cheap effort a few remarks for $15, but If they have pleased you and strength ened your belief In our cause, why why" v And they drank' together and fig ured out that the country was saved again. Cincinaati Enquirer. ' Her Summer Studio in England. One of the American women who have a studio abroad besides one In New York is Miss Alethea Hill Piatt It Is in Chagford, Devonshire, Eng land that Miss Piatt has the studio during the season of the year when artists like to work out of doors. Chagford is a small village on the edge of Dartmoor. Miss Piatt' Is Interested in painting the old thatched farmhouses with roses over the doorways and Dart moor in the distance. This season, ac cording to word received here by friends of Miss Piatt, she also contem plated a visit to Germany to paint some interiors. For that purpose she will visit Gutachbei-Hornberg in the Black forest An Oil-Making Nut A new oil-making nut has been dis covered in the Philippine islands, which promises to have an important effect upon the trade in linseed oil. A sample of these nuts, called "lum bang" in Manila and "kimire" in Java, has been subjected to tests in Mar seilles, where the nuts have been found to produce an oil closely resem bling linseed oil. It appears to have a positive mercial value. com- 1 ' BY SEA v in J AHA ATATTI Atami! The name calls up one of the strangest and loveliest spots in Japan, a place where the orange trees seem to be in perpetual fruit, where warm winds blow almost all the year round, yet where the sea rolls in with unceasing thunderings, loud as on any Atlantic coast, to be drowned in their turn by the terrific roar of the geyser, which bursts forth thrice In the 24 hours, clouding the air with its fierce white steam. On either side of the smooth curves of the bay the rocks run far out Into the sea black, forbidding rocks, honey-combed with deep caves, where you can row through arched water ways, rough and crested by the ever lasting breakers beyond, and come out Into the sunshine again accompanied by huge sea-birds startled from their eyries by the passage of your boat Your boatman must steer carefully, for the depths are spiky with sub merged crags running up to the day light, here and there, in island spires, where scarlet lilies have taken root and are waving their flaming banners in the midday sun. That is in high summer; but if it be winter, the land may be clothed in snow, the sea is one stretch of frosty diamond and sapphire, softened In the foreground by clouds of surf that breaks over the rocks In pearly spray, bluish in the shade and rosy gold where it leaps high against the sun. And behind you, through the foot-hills, one road to the outer world runs low between groves of greenest trees covered with tho tiny fiery globes cL the Mandarin or ange, 'which will enly grow in warm and sheltered spots. Directly behind the town the other road winds through the rice fields, up to the ruined temple in whose grove stands the oldest tree in Japan, the great camphor tree, reputed to have lived for a thousand years. Still it flings out tent above tent of radiant verdure, though its base is so worn and hollow that a little chapel has been made in the trunk, with a seat where travelers can rest and meditate on the superiority of trees to men. No wonder that earth clothes grate fully the venerable roots of this patri arch tree! Ages ago, the local wise men say, when the geyser tore its way up from the heart of the world, it belched its boiling flood into Atami bay and killed all the fish, so that the people were desperate, seeing their livelihood destroyed before their eyes. Then the good priest of the temple, praying earnestly for his flock, threw a branch of the sacred tree on the sea, commanding the boiling spring to re turn to earth and do no more damage. Instantly it obeyed; and I am sure that the priest, like a practical Japa nese, took advantage of its submission to set reasonable hours for its bub blings up, for, since the memory of man, It returns every eight hours, fill ing the hundreds of water-pipes that are laid to carry it away and provide hot water for the inhabitants of Atami. Dropping from here and wandering 1 ' ''"'"""" - - Wellesley Grows Mammoth Squash. A squash weighing 65 pounds and big enough to furnish the substance for a pie of sufficient size to feed a goodly number of persons is an agri cultural curiosity that was grown without special care by Frank G. Mur phy of Cedar street, Wellesley, says the Boston Globe. Five times the size of an ordinary squash, the mammoth vegetable is at tracting a great deal of curiosity among the skilled farmers of Welles ley. Mr. Murphy planted his squash patch in June. The patch had ordi nary care during the summer, but no special pains were taken to raise vegetables of more than ordinary size or excellence. Like Topsy in the old and familiar melodrama, the mammoth squash "just growed," along with near ly a dozen others which fell short of weighing 65 pounds by a matter of 20 to SO pounds apiece. Johnny's Lamb. Johnny had a little lamb. His fleece was black as night: And he couId butt to beat the band. iwiw was duui 10 ngnt. -Chicago Daily News. bbbbbbbbbI I aBrVBHaBBHaBBBaSSt VtC?'. 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Although Atami is but a short dis tance down the coast from Tokyo, change and progress have made but little way there. The old beliefs hold tenaciously, perhaps because they are really the oldest beliefs of all, and the men who wrest a living from the sea are those who come closest to the un tamed elements in nature, and, there fore, have more of the primeval man in their composition than any inland folk can retain. What can representa tive government and higher education do for the toilers of the sea? Their business is with an element that laws cannot bind nor armies terrorize, that will smile or frown at its own mysteri ous will, as it has smiled and frowned since the world began. So they let the new instruction preach to those who lead easier lives than theirs, and they cling to the old observances which give them fope, and incidental ly bring some gaiety into their own hard lives. Very different from the deep-sea fisherman's life is that of the river and canal boatman. With its one sail set to catch the softly constant breeze, his little craft winds in and out of the endless waterways that are never ruffled by off-shore storms, and draws into snug shelter when the steady Japanese rain pours down. The in land boatman sees, perhaps, more of the country than any of his fellow-inhabitants, and he has less trouble than most of them in providing for his wants. The river fish are rather poor in flavor compared with those of the great "Black Salt," as the local gulf stream is called; but they are readily caught and furnish many a good meal. The' Japanese are all fond of fish ing; it suits their patient philosophic temperaments. I have heard prim, el derly court ladies acknowledge that It was the one relaxation which gave thetn real pleasure. I am sure they envied, as I often did, the life of the river boatman, who, never hurried in the delivery of his cargo of rice or straw, stones or earthenware, -can cast his netted stone down for an anchor under the shade of a spreading tree, throw a line and wait for the gladden ing nibble that Is sure to come ia time. - "" - ' - - 'virfiiTtrimiTiWuVuUAJU Novelties in Hatpins. Hatpins have come to be such an important feature of the modern cha peau that she who can make them for herself and have pins to harmonize with every hat is Indeed fortunate. Sealing wax can be used with charm ing effect by those who have the requisite skill In the manufacture of hatpins, and apparently to meet this demand the wax of the markets has taken on the most artistic colors. There are rumors also of a prepara tion In which real flowers can be dipped, coming out all silvered or golden or coppered, as the case may be, the finished product being used to head a hatpin. The Mightiness of Truth. "Truth Is mighty," said the moral ist "Yes," rejoined the demoralizer, "it is mighty scarce." Chicago Daily News. Strange. When debts pile up, Tfs then we know. Although It's strange. That down we go. Detroit Free harry k mm SON OF MARTYRED PRESIDENT HEADS WILLIAMS COLLEGE. Installed as Successor of Recently De ceased Prof. Henry Hopkins Turned from Law and Poli tics to Teaching. Boston. For the exercises attend ing the induction into office of Harry Augustus Garfield as president of Wil liams college, which took place a few days ago. the pleasant little towu of Williamstown. in western Massachu setts, entertained the largest crowd in its history. Presidents of nearly four-score universities or colleges and a great number of prominent educa tors, clergmen and statesmen, as' well as the alumni generally were present. Williams college has become famous through two great names. Hopkins and Garfield, in its 117 years of activity. Mark Hopkins, who was president of the college for 3G years, was one of the most forceful and renowned of modern educators. James A. Garfield, the president of the United States. who was shot by an assassin, was a graduate of William and sent his four sons to the college. Harry Augustus Garfield is the oldest son, the others graduated being James Rudolph Gar field, the secretary of the interior; Irvin McDowell Garfield and Abram Garfield. Until James A. Garfield became a candidate for the presidency, Williams, though well known in New Eng!and. was hardly known nationally. Opened as a school of higher learning in 1791. it was for many decades a modest in stitution, obscured among New Eng land colleges by the fame of Harvard and Yale, but winning notice from the educational world by its graduates and especially by its life under Mark Hop kins as president. The attention brought to it by Garfield's nomination for president, his election and his Harry A. Garfield. tragic death, identified the college in the popular mind with the assassin ated president henceforth. Harry Augustus Garfield succeeds President Henry Hopkins, who died a month ago. Graduated from Williams 23 years ago, Mr. Garfield is now 45 years old. Born in Hiram, O., Harry Augustus Garfield returned to his native state as soon, as his legal education was finished. After his graduation from Williams he was master for one year or St. Paul's school, Concord, N. H., where he was prepared for college, then he studied law for a year in Columbia law school and in the office of Bangs, Stetson, Tracey & Mac Veagh. The following -year he con tinued his law studies at the Inns of Court, in London, and at Oxford uni versity, devoting much attention te the courses in political science. Upon his return to the United States in the spring of 1888 he was admitted to the bar in Ohio. In June, 18S8, he married Miss Belle H. Mason of Cleveland, daughter 4of a leading railroad lawyer. After his marriage he formed a partnership, with his brother James and began the practice of law in Cleveland. They soon developed a large practice. Harry Garfield took a keen interest in politics and was the organizer of the Municipal association, which de feated and broke up the notorious Mc Kisson gang, then controlling city poli tics. Until 1903 Harry Garfield served this association as president and in 1S98 he was president also of the Cleveland chamber of commerce. In 1903 he retired from the practice of law to accept the chair of politics at Princeton university. Here he made a record for learning and ability by his lectures on colonial government and government by party. The selection of Mr. Garfield for the presidency of Williams college is an other example of the tendency of New England Institutions of learning to se lect for their heads men of a different type from the college presidents of former years, who were uniformly Clergymen, of little or no experience with the world outside of college walls. President Eliot of Harvard was a chemist, President Hadley of Yale was an economist and President Luther of Trinity college (Hartford) was a mathematician. Outside of New Eng land the tendency has been more pro nounced. The college draws students from every state in the union, as well as from several foreign countries. Alum-, ni associations of the college are to. be found in all the large cities of the United States. Williams has been called "the cradle of foreign missions," and its name is mentioned with the spread of the missionary movement A Sign of Success. "She's certain to be a big hi'c on the stage tnis year." 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