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TTTTD OMA1TA DAILY TJEE : SUNDAY , "D ISC 13 Ml $13 K 20 , 1800. I HIGHWAYS OF THE BIBLE Accent Researches and Identifications in the Holy Land. PALESTINE IN THE DAYS OF CHRIST IHnlm-lc * I'liii-cN nnil Monument * . . Aroiiml .IcriiNiilrtn mill Itrtlilclirm - Tt\u-TlilrilH of I IIMillcut lllClltllllMl. ( rVi | > rlKlit , IMfi. by B. 8 McClurc Company. ) ThereIs no comilry In the world thnt linn boon so thoroughly explored liy strangers as J'aUo'.lno. ivor lnce the tlmo of Constan- tlno pilgrims have vlsllrd It nnil liavo rec orded their Impressions In books. Hilt It was lett to the nineteenth century to Inves tigate this land lu n scientific manner. The ( real Itotilnton , nfler Ilftren yearn of prepa ration In hln American study , mastering all the results obtained In previous ages , made otiolllt , thoii atidthcr , and completed In 1&53 n wotk which rcinnlneil the standard for n quarter of a century. Then came the iur\cy of Wistorn Palestine by Condor and other otllicru of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Thlo work beted five years und then n suited In n map of iilmost perfect accuracy , and a collection of 10.000 topographical names. Of the 22 biblical names relating to Western Palestine found In the bible , 2C2 were known before the survey , 172 were re- roveted by the survey , leaving US , or only about .10 per cent still unldoiitincd. Of the NowTesttiii cut Hltcs hardly more than a dozen arc unknown. Hcnrc Chrltt may bo followed In his Jour ridiculous or revolting , according to the point of view. Some strenuous I'rofltcstnnls nre < io painfully affected by thcce ocencn , thnt tliouph thfy mme to Jerusalem believ ing In thr traditional sites , they relinquish their faith mil neck them elsewhere. These people ( and I 1me met them often ) do not realize that they nre showing n curious wanting In the historic spirit , the very lack of which leads to the choice of these sites. If a site be true , It continues true no matter what foolish things nrejlone at It by foolish people. If a site bo unproved , Id remains unproved no matter linxv attract ively It may work on the Imagination. Such a matter Is a question of facts , not of feelings. THR HOLY SCPULCHRn. And what are the facts relating to the The tomb was found under the nhrlno of Venus. Hence It was Inferred that the shrine wn erected to conceal the tomb. Thus the tradition turns out to be a product of the pious but merciful fourth century. LOCATION OP CAVALRY. The possibility of the site Is another ques tion , Christ was crucified outside the gale and the traditional site It not far from \\\o \ \ center of the present city. Much has bee written upon this question , but 1 need enl say that the north wall of the old city ha not yet been found , or at least thnt part o LOOKING TOWARD THE MOUNT Of OLIVES SHOWING 'SAMARITAN TNN. rsi S sFSE | i tyj > C- ' ? * Jiii T- " u _ , V- * . . - 31JJ. . f a n i . - ? 5 a'- " * ' * 7. - a'5iii.5 r = VlFWFROMGETHSErlANE N.W.LOCALITY or noys from town to town , from village to vil lage I'or Palestine Is really a small coun try. It has been estimated that It might be tr.-ucrsed by a fast express from north to houth In nix hours and from cant to west In less than two. The places vlaltcd by our Lord arc thus near together ; the loads today naturally follow the coun > c of the roads of Ills time. If you make allowance for the deterioration of the country , you can easily reconstruct KB ancient appearance. The main features are of course * the paine. Ik'hiln raised Its snowy dome north of the sea of Gnlllcc then ns It docs to day. Standing en the Mount of Olives you may look down over the extraordinary depression of the Jordan valley to the moun tains of Moah , cleft by splendid ravines , their base bathed by the Dead sea ( that mysterious sea , so densely blue ) , and feel thnt you arc looking at the same scene that our Lord fo often surveyed. In fial- llee you may rldo over the rich green plaliiH and may Imagine them richer and greener In the old times , but the red and purple and yellow of the wild Mowers have not altered. At the lake of Gcncssarct jou will miss the stately palaces and syn agogues of which you have read , but the 8.11110 hills look down upon the waters once co\orod with a multitude of sails. The peasants you pass are tilling the soil In the sJinc old wny. In dress , In habits. In the very wny they salute jou , they differ llttlo fioin the ancient Galllccans. SITUS IDffNTIFIKD. I have said that with the exception of n dozen , all the Now Testament sites are known. Hut here wo must distinguish. ly ) n Hlie I do not mean a particular house or tree or ccve. I mean n proper name applying to a town , mountain or river. Anil Mere , If wo wish to be scientific ( which Is only another nanio for truthful ) , to distinguish between what Is really known and whit Is merely presumed , we must part company with the names of pilgrims who : have visited the Holy Land from the carllst times. llothlehcm wo know the MOUNT OF THE TEMPTATION exact spot In llethlchom where Christ was born we do not know 1 have taken this for Illustrating my point , because the cave shown today in Ilcthlchem as the plucu of the manger uai shown In the second ecu- tin y after Christ , as told by Justin Martyr. It Is avry ancient tradition. It U bopi- rated fiom the events by n space of only 150 yeais , Hut that t > pace Is Just where the trouble conies In. You may argue nn the one hand thnt Justin Martyr might liovii known come one whoso fuihnr had been con- tcmpornry with the npo-ulos and that the npostles would certainly have polntel out the spot. And I may uiMwor that HIP apostles tles did not soon ! to caio anything about the places whore Chi 1st taught and honied , so nili'd wcro they with the facts of his teaching and healing , that the Juiusnlom Chilstlnns lied beyond Jor.la-i before the aw ful destruction by Tltiid , and that ( hey do not bepiu to have ro'iirncd until Hadrian ic- constructPd the rlty under the new name of Aolla Capltollna , 'iiul lienco that the condi tions were not favorable for the iirciuva- lion of the tradl'.lon. Thcie Is probability on your side and on mine. Hut U Is err- talnly not probahllity that wo sli'iulj reck nnil U Is Just this certainty tluu we loth lack. WAKIUNa SKC'IS. If this uncertainty obtains In regard to elicit an ancient tradition , how much greater It become * wliPti wo deal with the crop of traditions that juit appear at the tlmo of Constantine , tiomc 175 jear Inter. Mont of these particularized Identlllcutloiii cen ter about the death and reMiiiectlon of Christ , The place of crucifixion , the Mono of nnnolniliii ; , the plnrp where the lort cm * * wni found , anil the very place where the trc < > grow from which the crtn.n was made ere all tdinwn and believed In. So potent IA this belief , Unit Christendom has for gotten Ita Christianity nnil Islam Is forced 1o keep the key of the church of the Holy Sepulchre , Icat the various Meets como to blows while they emulate each other In honoring their risen Lord. The lofty dome look * down on yurlous ceuc , Identification of the Holy Sepulchre' Eraeblus , a contemporary of the alleged discovery , Is our witness nnd Robinson his best Interpreter. Ciiaeblu.i says that after hla council at N learn ( A. I ) . , 325) ) the Emperor Con-tan- tlnc wished to adorn and render aacred the place of our Lord's resurrection , moved to this task by Christ himself. He na > s that BETHLEHEM FROM CHURCH Of Impious men had , previously to his time , made every effort to deliver over that illus trious monument to darkness and oblivion. shrine of Venus had been erected over the jpot by these name Impious men In oiJer to once I t The d s ovoiy soemoJ to bo beyonl ill hope and Constantine In a letter dracrlbia It ns being a miracle beyond the capacity of man to comprehend. Could language bo plainer ? Does It not Imll.atu that the flt < ; I had been lost ? Moreover , nuseblus , writing ten yearn before thep evcnta , sreaka of pil grim's vlcltlng the Mount of Oliver as the sceneof the Ascension , and the rate at Bethlehem , but In silent about the Holy Scpulchcr I'aithMti ? however , would mulcc It which would throw light on th'U matte line not > et been found , nor , may I add , \ \ \ it ever be found until some arclmcologlca millionaire can buy up a third of Jcrusalcn and dcmolHh It In the interests ot th ! pioblcm. My view .Is that the probabllltlt nro against the Idea that this site was outsld the city , but 1 do not press upon the pub He an Idea In probabilities. With the site of the Holy Sepulchre go of course , most of the others. If Calvary Is not known , then the way to Calvary Is not luioun , and the Via loloroa disappears The upper room , the house ot Calphns , the ciact spot of 1'hlllp's Judgment hall , arc al In the same category. During the tourist season here In Jerusalem the most frequent question asked mo Is : "What do you think cf Gordon's Calvary ? " To the north of the city , a little to the cas of the high road to Nabbls , Is a nnimlei hill , with a cliff and cave on one side , sug gesting to some the effect of a skull. This lias been advocated by many , Including Gen eral Gordon , whose name has done much to give the Idea popularity , as the true place of crucifixion. And clotv by Is a tomb which Bonio regard ns the tomb of Christ As wo asked before , what are the facts ? INSIM'TICIKNT H1HL1CAL. DATA. If wo reject tradition , then a correspond ence to biblical data can bo our only guide In choosing n new Bite. The more detailed the- data , the more probable will be n given Identification , It the correspondence holds gcoJ throughout. The more general and , in definite the data , the greater the number'ol places thnt may appear to correspond. From the New Testament we learn that Christ was crucified outside the city , yet near the city , at Golgotha , which was called flip jdace of a Skull , or accord ing to St. Luke , at Golgotha , the place called Skull ; and that lie was burled In a new tomb In a neighborly garden. Tha ( Is really all the description o : the place , which might bo north , eouth , easter or west of the city. Hut what a host ot In ferences have been drawn from the narrative. I'as prsby mocked nt Chrlat , nnd It Is In- WFIVIT ) ferred that the place must be on a public road. It could , be seen from afar , and It 13 Inferred that It must bo on a hill. It was called "skull' and It In Inferred that it must bo a hill resembling a skull. I need not cite all the arguments which have led Protestants to believe In this new site with the same fervor that Roman Catholics and others lavish on the old. Some day another Gordon will choose another site , and the slight bib lical facts will lend themselves to the new argument as readily as to the old one for the simple reason that they are Insufllclcnt In themselves to establish any site. Hut If all these sites go , what Is left ? Kro'ii a broad point of view , the best re mains. Christ was baptised In the Jordan , and the barks of this stream alter little In miles and miles ; what Is gained by fixing the precise spot ? The exact location of the Gar den of Gclhtcinano Is not known , but If your ojo ranges up and down the olive groves In the Kcdeon valley It must pass the scene of the Agony , At Bethany you are certainly In the small village where Lazarus waa raised fiom the tomb , and It matters little. that where the tomb Itself Is no man really knows. On returning from Ilcthany suddenly the view of Jerusalem bursts upon you right below > ou Is the deep Kcdeon valley ; towerlnr above tha ! the great courtyard ot the Mosque of Omar ; and still higher the domes ot the city. And It was this same view , only far moro extensive and stately , with the temple and Ita court occupying the area where the Mosque of Islam now stands , that burst uron our I/ml whenever he also returned from Bethany ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA. ' While the traditions are In general worth less , some of them are supported by ar chaeological und other considerations. If jou walk around the area ot the Mosque on the outside- you may sec In many places the massive stones of the wall forming the enclosure of Herod's temple , and ex cavations have pnned that eighty feet of this wall nro still standing beneath the rubbish. The Pcra haunch-ctoncs , known rib Robinson's arch , springing from the west wall of the Ilacam , represent all that Is left of a great bridge across the valley VIEW SHOWING CORDONS. CALVARY ON THERICHTOFTHE BETHANY ROAD ' S&31 * # WR - 9 r l -y f dnrsf i Ej2.-- = S S = out Kiueblits to mean that It W known thnt the hrlne of Venus atoad over the ancrc'l ' tomb ( iivJ that the miracle wan onu of iiue ccvifut r\ra\atlon , a known but burled ulte. Hut n plain man , with no theory to prove , would HCO here u cz po t facto argument. that ueparsteil the temple from the upper chy. And Ihlx bridge stood In thu lime of Chrlsl , The xu-niIod | tomb of Divld occupies the slto of one of Herod's Ilojal Tonias. The lui't word has not yet beun nald about the excavations lu which wo Young and old find enjoyment in this store , The merchandise itself forms unique decor ations in the changes that make the old store a new store every day. ftV a Christmas store all over ready for frequent visits from the thousands of people within easy reach , and just as ready for enjoyment by the far away people who can come to Omaha. Includes every article in our large and well selected stock , each price has been greatly reduced in our grand special sale , Hundreds of new and beautiful things for the Parlor , Chamber , Dining Room , Library and Hall arc priced with out regard to cost or value. We are determined to make this week a record-breaker in furniture selling. To do this we shall offer all goods at the lowest possible price. IT IS POLICY TO BUY EARLY. Store Open Evenings , , Our reputation is established thoroughly for giving Honest Quality and Lowest Prices. are following1 the south wall of the city with Its tqwcrs and gatcn , but part of this wall Is undoubtedly Jewish. The pool of Slloam'ls known certainly , and the , pool of jethcmln Is all probability. Again Jacob's well In Samaria Is a slto accepted by schol ars. Hut I have no space to give n com plete list. If I have succeeded In show ing the reader that traditional sites un supported by other evidence are of llttlo worth , then I may leave him to work out particular cases by reference to the author- tics. That so few ancient monuments remain in lerusalem Is no wonder. No er was a city so overturned ; never was a city occupied by such various civilizations. From the tlmo of the Jebusltcs to that of Saladln , it suffered wcnty sieges. The Jerusalem of the Jo\\a vas blotted out by Titus , Hardly had they rc-cstabllshcil themselves when Hadrian ransfcrred It Into a Roman city , with n Ro- nan name. In the seventh century come he Moslems with their Ideas of architecture. n the eleventh came the Crusaders with heir western notions. Now we have the Turks. And what Is true of Jerusalem In mrtlcular Is true of the whole country In ; eneral. Palestine la the battlefield of na- .lons. Hut while armies may ravage towns ! As they como to the end of their march th people of Hethlchcm will come out to mee l them , and then , preceded by gayly attired wand bearing lioralda , and followed by ni immense throng of men , women and ehll dron , they will march toward the Church o the Nativity , the oldest monument of Chris tlan architecture In the world. There maws will be celebrated while armei Tuiklsh soldiers lu full uniform of red fezzes blue jackets and baggy trousers aland 01 guard beside the altar and around the brll ! llant silver star where Christ Is supposed to have lain In the manger. This star gleams up from the pavcmen and Is the most conspicuous object In the grotto. Lamps , the figures of many aalnta and other ornaments are In this grotto , nut I In one corner are lamps which are nlwaya kept burning. CIcse by this altar are the manger am another altar , on which the wise men are said to have presented their gifts to Christ All thcso objects are considered of incstl mablo value by the members of the differ cut church sects , and wore It not for the presence of Turkish soldloivs it Is more than likely that disputes would arise as to the right of proprietorship. With this visit and mass In the grotto ' i'trwrTrmilWNt\ ffi \ VTOS , / - ill fifiP iS fi wifjjjjl nd temples , and while tlmo nnd decay may ompluto the destruction , In Its broad , na- ural features the country la the same nn when our Lord trod Its paths. p. J. I1LISS. ciiui.yr-M.\s DAY i.N iiiTji iiuin. : VMNtx , 1'nnls null l''iin In < luI'lc'tnr - t'HiiutOlil Ton n. This Is a great season In Hethlchcm. The Icturesquo old town where Christ was born , elates the Now York Herald , never forgets o do honor to the Savior of mankind as urely au the year rolls around. To this place , as the followers of Mahomet ock to Mecca , tho'followers ' of Chi 1st como nnually on the dayi of his'nativity. . Hcio hey kneel and prayt and upend the tlmo In ely meditation. Pilgrimages arc mlso made to n grotto car the Church oMtho Nativity , which Is upposcd to bo tho' elto of the palace of ustlcc , where Innumerable children wcro aln by order of King Herod. These pilgrimages are not lightly under- aken. They began several weeks ago , and veil now the G.OOO Inhabitants of Hothlohom re cnjojlng n long , happy festival , Many re the banquets , the social visits and the oyous betrothals. After the carnival then li n feast , during hlch there Is no self-glorlllcatlon , no pain- cilng of the llcsh or love making. At the ml of the fast , which will clone next week , lit Christine * ceremonies will take place. On Christmas CVP the Chrlatlara In Jcru- olem will gather together und Hock out of le tlty wlih their faces 3t for the Church of ho Nativity , In Ilcthlehom , They will march own through the valley of Glhon , tlu > old cmulary between Ilen'amln ' and Judith , 'hey will see , as tliuy pans the tree on which ho trailer Judas Is void to have hanged him- elf , the well out of which the wise men row water after they had left Herod , Within their view will altio be thu Coin cut f Klljah , crccicd on the spot where the rophct rented during bU night from Jezebel. the Christmas cvo ceremonies end. On Christmas ( Jay the regular Roman Catholic fcrvlce will be held In the same church , and the remainder of the day will bo spent In merrymaking. During the evening ! friends will visit each other and exchange courtesies. The spirit of peace and Joy will biood over the old town , and when the ceremonies end the Christians of llethlchem may hay to themselves ) "Verily , for us as for BO many j generations of our ancestors ( hid has been ' " a happy season. During the visiting period an abundance of coffee , sweetmeats and tobacco will bo consumed , ami many young men and maids who became betrothed before the fast will be Joined In the bonds of matrimony. Cymbals - bals nro favorite Instruments In the eaHt , 1 and their music IE never louder than duilng Christmas week In Hothlchcm. With fiiiph music the pilgrims are wel comed , and the eatne music l heard con tinually ad long us the ceremonies last The Turkish suldler who guard the holy relics during the ceremonies are not more flgurchcada. That the member. ] of the \a- rlous Christian ficctH In the east are not o\or friendly to each other la well known ami the solJlcra are considered ubaolutel ) essential to guard against an outbreak of fanaticism. The trouble lies in the fact that each nod claims poracssrilon of the holy plaira , an * ' naturally regards any other ccct which wor ehlps In them as an Interloper. ThanK. howMor , to the vigilance of the soldiers an < the other authorities no nerlous tiutbrcaki have ever arUen at this aceiton , and as tin yeam pass there aio many Indication * thai an amicable undciiUandlng will bo finally ar rived at. Indiana has an up-to < latc rhurch which hai opened a nursery In the buhemcnt of the building for the iiccoinmndutlon of mothers who desire to attend the icrvltcs , but have no one with whom to leave their habits. The same church haw albu a loom ( or blcyclto , .IIST : lcld , "lyivc Songs oC Chllilhooil " Father calls mo William , sister calls mo Will , .Mother calls mo Wllllp , but the fellers call me Hill ! Mighty g-lnd I ain't n girl rntliur bo n boy , Without them sasbes , curls an' things Unit's worn by Kiumtlcroy. Love to chuwnk green npples an' go swim ming In the lake- Hate to take thu castor lie they give for bellyache. 'Most all the limp the year 'round there ain't no llle.x on me , Hut Jest "fore Christmas I'm as good ns I kin be ! Got a yeller dog named Sport , sick him on thr cat ; First thing she knows she doesn't know win-re flic Is at. Got a clipper nlcd , an' when us kids goes out to slide. . 'Long1 comes the grocery cart , nn' we all hook n rldo. Hut sometimes vhon the groceiy man in woirltcil an1 ciosi. Ho ivache.s nt us with a whip , an' larrups up lilH IIOSH , An' then I laft nn' holler , "Oh , ye never toched me , " Hut JpHt 'foro Christmas I'm as good as I kin be ! Gran'mn says she hopes that when I git to bo a man , I'll bo a mlsslonarcr like htr oldest brother , Dan , As WIIH et up liy the c-annlbuls thet lives on Ceylon's lnlp , Where ery pros-pert pleases , an' only man Is vile. Hut Kniii'mn sbo has never bopii to BOO a Wild WfHl show , Nor red the llfu of Daniel Hoonp , or cist I guess slu-'d know- That llurfalo 1)111 ) an' cowboys. Is good enough for mp , i\cept Jest 'fore ChrlHtimiH , when I'm nn good as I kin bo ! An' when old Sport lie Imngs around , BO Holemii-llke an' still , Ills c os thpy ' " ' > hpem n-snyln' , "Wlmt's the matter , llttlo Hill ? " The old cMt .snonk.s down oft her pcich an' wondeis whnt'd become Of them two enemies of hern that UheU to maku thlng-H hum ! Hut I am so porllto an' 'tend so earnestly to biz. ' That mother pays to father : ' < llow Im proved our Willlo l . " Hut father lm\liiB been a boy hlsaelf , hiisplclons me When jest Toio Clnlstmas I'm as good as I kin be ! For Chrlstmnx , with Its lots an' lota of randies , fakes , an' toys , Was miiiio , they s.iy , for pioper kids an' not for naughty boys ; So wash ypr face an' brcsh yer hnlr , an' mind yer II'H an' CJ'H , An * don't bust out jer pantaloons , an' don't wear out yer shoes : hay "yosHum" to the ladles , nn' "yes. sur" to the men , An' when there's company , don't P.IHS yer pl.ito for pic again ; Hut. thlnkln' of the things yer'd like to see upon that tree , Jest 'foro Christmas bo as good ns yer kin be I v A cnitivriiAS I.KC.UV. TlnHlyVln.lfiill IVlilcli I SlocKliiKN \\Vrr mini anil u llomr Sri-uri'il. Hero Is a bit of Hotel ly confidence ) .mil reminiscence of a Chrlt'tmas Incident that will find an echo In many lieartH and. ma > - inp. recall to the mlddle-uged pleasant nomorlcs of youth's Yuletldo : DHS MOINKS , la , March 17 , 181(1. ( .Mrs. M. 13. Wilson Dear May : Tcdiy. when I came homo from n conference with the Jew- tier on the subject of having my diamonds reeet , I found > our letter dorrlblng your low onyx tablo. It must be a beauty and I lope your boy won't run his "blkti" Into It and crack It. as llttlo Jnck did curx. Hut , lo you know , thcso two recent expenilltuits of yonrV ) nnd mine make me think of how Illfrrent things wcro with us ten , or. phail wo jy , twenty years ago. Maybe you don't like to have UIOHO factu iroiight to light , but I rather do , for I 'Iko ' to hlnlc that wo have gotten on and really are -mebody , oven If wo wore us poor a Joh'a urkoy then. I wonder If you remumbjr thu Ittlu IIOIIPC of five roomo wticro wo eight hlldrcn lived anil throve , and always vcumod o have plenty of room , too. It miiHt lu\r bren a pleasant placu , for wo always haJ iiore company than we wanted , and there never was a time when there wax not uomn one Haying with UK. I'm gild my memory alls mo when I try to remember where thc > slept. I don't suppose > ou over knew where wo got the money to buy even that lltllo house If you over thought of It at nil , you would lie Miru that It could never have been saved nut of fatlier'n two dollars and u half n day with eight children to feed U waw the winter that we were harder up than ever before , for every man , woman nnil beast In town had , or had hnd the "epizoot ic. " nnd the teams that hi ought In our liv ing were lu the fashion with both feet coulil not work and hnd to be fed. Things were * mighty blue all around. Thnt Christmas eve mother took me , th eldest , Into her confidence , and told mo that there was simply no money for Chrtatniaa 7 * " 1 presents , nnd that I must not say one word about It , for father was feeling badly enough without having any complaints added to his. burdens. She had baked a lot of fancy cook ies you know how nho used to cut them out and had popped corn to help fill the llttlo ours' stockings. After nil this rlchnftis shu titlll had 20 centH that Mie could use for candy , nnd I was to go uptown with father when ho went for the groceries and get na much candy no I could for the money. It makes mo sick yet to lemember how sho- looked when sl\ little tots hung up their Mocking * and told Santa Clans what they wanted. > Well , father and I went uptown and I know It was the Lord that t > cnt us to the poatolllce , for wo never went there al that time of night. There was a letter a big lawyer- looking affair that I tiled lo road because my eyes wcro " > ounger" than father's. It didn't mean a thing to me , but what a dif ference In father ! 'He ' grew an Inch , I'm Mire , and I can sco his blue ejea gleam yet. You know ho never wasted words , and ho- didn't begin then. Thu only thing ho said was , "Won't mother bo glad ? " That meant r our mother , not his , for his mother had been dead for jears. I think wo wpnt to a lawyer after that nnd found thnt the document was all right , and that it meant a fortune to us only a mut ter of $1,000 , but what a Christmas present for people ns "short" us wo were. Well , my dear. > ou got more In your stockIng - Ing that night than jon'd iner had before , for father's credit \\ns good , and ho bought , everything ho thought the babies would like. They didn't run delivery wagons In our town then , hut ho and I and the gioccry boy man aged to get home with our loads. When mother haw the packages ho began to cry and said : "Now. jou'vo Just gone la debt for thobo things , nnd whc.ru Is the money to como from to pay for them , I'd 111(0 to- know ? " Father put her off by saying that ho didn't like to have the children disappointed , hut tdio burst out with : "They'll Iia\e to get lined to being dliiappoliitcd , and It won't bo long ; till they'll ha\o to stay at home fiom school , too , for I have to wash their last decent clothes every Saturday now to have them clean for Monday. They need tihoes worse than thoho diuniH and dolls and fooleries. " This was warm , je.s , but I think father was glad of It. for he was having hard woilc lo not lueak down In the telling of his ncun. Ho Jiut put his hand on her rdumldcr wltli 'Cheer up , honey The Lord'll take care of the children's ( duration , and hero's the. . assurance ot u , lajing 1110 IO.IIIT nciorc ncr. Wo had a KOPIIO , of roursc you know , wo are built that wa > but jou knew nothing about It for the rnindman held your big brown t' > efc .is jau lay besldo our other llttlo ulster , long.slnco gone to the beautiful land beyond. Wo 111 led the blockings , and , oh , such a dinner next day. Our mother cooked It , oniL you know that nobody before or slnco could touch the hem of her gnimc'iit when It camo- to cooking. They paid what they called "their dehls" t really bcllovu that amounted to as much ua (10 bought n few much needed articled of fiirnitmu and Invented the rent In that llttlo honso whcro wo all know the happiest hours of our HVCH. Wo know very well that there was never a. man on earth that could compare with our father , nnd I think our mother must bnyo been a wondeiful woman. Thu way < iho kept u In at the elbows had us educated ana. Bteereil us clear of gutting engaged to' undo- Klrablo menT convinces mo ( hat she could have run the nation and itlll have hail plenty of tlmo left to got up church xociablcn and touch u Sunday xehoQl clans I wlnh you or I hud half her contiglaus energy , don't jou ? Hut. then. I HIIPJUSO wo don't need | _ or It would ho on hand , for It niiiNt ho latout. In uu both. JA.N'KV REKDKH. The ( riinilrxl llrnieil- . .Mr. R. II. ( Ireeve , meichnnt , of Chllhowle , Va. , certifies that he luul consumption , wan. given up to dlo , sought nil medical treat fift ment that money could pioruie. tried all cough remedies ho could hear of , but got no relief ; wpuit many nights Hitting up _ In. a chair ; was Induced to try Dr. King's II ; eovery , and wu ( tiled by the UNO of 'two- " bottles , For Iho past Ihiea year has been ; , y" attending to biHlnrtw , and na > n Dr. Klng'u Now Dlueo\ery Is the grandest remedy ever madp , ns It IIUH done mi much for him and nl o for others In his community. Dr. Klng'w New DI coviry U guaranteed for Coughs , t'ohlw and t'oimumptlon , It don'k . full. Trial bottles fuo at Kuhn & Co. ' * drug store , i