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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Fordwich Record, 1901-08-29, Page 3THE BRO Life is Pull Dea A despatch from Was —Rev,. Dr. Talmage the following text:—" without, she uttereth h streets."—Prev. i. 20. We are all ready to voices of natura,the mountain, the voices o voices of the storm, the star. As in some rats of Europe, there i either end of the buil one instrument respond the other, so in the gs of nature, day responds night to night, and floe and star to star in t monies of the universe. time is an evangelist preaching of God's winter is a prophet, denouncing woe against ,are all ready to listen of nature, but how fen anything from the noisy and dusty street , your mechanism, and and to your merchan come hack again, ae how indifferent a hem through these streets. 'tufts of, truth growin these cobblestones bee feet of toil and pain the stow tread of age step of childhood. great harvests to be this morning I thrust because the harvest is dour erieth without, shy voice in the streets." In the first place the presses me with the life is a scene of toil By ten o'clock of every is jarring with wheels, with feet. and hummnint and. covered with t smoke stacks, and a-ru takers. You are jest: who have bargains notes to sell. Up this hod of bricks, out of t a roll of bills, on this load of goods, digging shingling a roof, or sh or building a wall, watch, or binding a b times I have stopped of the street as the m hither and yon, and it be a great pantomime, .ed upon it my heart groat tide of human down the street is as end turned aside and 'and driven back—beauti fusion end confused in the carpeted aisles of the woods from whit shadow is never lifted, of the sea over whose i ses the tangled foam cracked cliffs with whirlwind and tempest place to study Cod; bu Mg, swarming, raving best place to study down to your place of coming home again, look about; see these si ty, of wretchedness, sin. of bereavement, a through the streets, a through the streets, ga arms of your prayers al ell the losses, all the the bereavements of the pass, and (resent them fore an all-sympathetic Again, the street with the fact that all conditions of society mingle, We sometimes ' wicked exclusiveness. plses ignorance. Hen have nothing to do ness. Gloves hate t hand ; the hightorehes fiat head ; the trim h have nothing to do copsewood. ; and Athes reth. This ought - not bless God that all ela are compelled to meet The glittering coach against the scavenger robes run against the robust health meets honesty confronts frau of people meets every impudence and modest humility, purity and frankness and hypocri the name block in the the same city- Oh ! Solomon Meant when ace and the poor eu the Lord is the maker Again a the street with the fact. that it i thing for a man to k right, and to get to finite temptations sp from these places of pu amid so much affiuen temptation to covetou be discontented with o Amid so many op overreaching, what t extortion. Amid so what temptation to the, maelstroms and so many saloons of what allurements to d the street, how men eternal shipivrec.k. If -comes back' from a towed into the ha down to look at the ap and count the bullet h with patriotic admirat• that floated in victory head. But that man curiosity who has thirty years of shay business life, and yet over the temptations Oh I how many have under the pressure, le touch as the patch of tell where they perishe 'bad any peace. The kept tolling in their e• an axe and could beams of that fine ho would find in the very skeleton. In his very Is a smack of _poor is it'strange the LE 8A.IF atria Tow- ' Exposition listance of poet and olt," has; irthday at the Chris-' rs of age, ver a mil- Mess, the indus- ., whichl and even: schooner.' average Lion in the an $3.50 ty popula- ents are aved from h avenue which is HOME. the Ruler resort. children es - of the are_ given; Eugene Schuy-' Id. When' e about to they were I try palace! It was leaves a; —the king, and cps at al was ready I r bedroom h had be- queen ta.k-1 , and say-, ."-Schuyler, ought - him j . 'e asked tea o visitors'l d that a go astray ailed out, 11, on the. " 011 1 1 pen; I have. ugh known " is " Wil-' t the king, f his early Icing come f anothar, uage. time of it 'but, thank marriage." i at Dekelitl. airs and see ever saw." was the its evening ed on and els. The o bed, and and kissed eking the one. YANKEE "l AY. d Mirth: Records. the Unit- 30.66 per , ions last -of total boats the' server to, offered to of San I public en award- 2,865,705. started to y, Mam., Whittier, k Presby. their mon- fous year.' ore that r. locomotive ., left his ore to the Museum of only $25,- the Inter- gton indi- of land Thus far- edto Mon- cage has n a letter e purpose' thing facil- go. He evvt °Of s purpose., ue, King - ied recent- the ferry-, ken Booth when the cape from: assination, of Moue-, is credit- -for news- an in the ibex for 56' ilies. He 3 teaching PhY. New York, the time round rail- g trains miles an, Iles' heacta n on one he rate of rmstrong, ,o the Masa chnology, •ge Robert , nor of his ant is giv- ause it so on of Toot. THERHOOD oF to of men mighty is . and boy the my get step Let or we to hide your up but never. t enter city. the me and widows' heaven brightest amid street' and congregate pauperism g Mr stopped know "Can then splashing "No, neither. to as Lord tying death of sins.0 lest that city, everlasting hearse ; gallery all %around of thousands, tienti-the gthat indigestion ready consume faithful themselves Mighty mighty country street staggers, alma. York. folks never don't these no knees us this go, of chariot trample street toil, and to they health know quintillions. Through march water Christ. are against to smite God the day are of who the marts was impresses a great There ere want hunger man and how made you the boy sir ; God,• father to I had as I could go out had road chance. they to on go Jesus our on that while off some might and go forth means, and then yourself the the city, and neglect. all the they A with dip rattles are gleam acts. ! Heaven They•thke for it. whirls above of Oh, of the Beide will, let of throng first open. they houses to swallow shall crime thrusts saw question on mi dwrite.Didn't things to want poor us ministers an elaborate Christian work. Empresses The inhabitants trees fruitage, not of strength, above in through IAN. Double he ? All drown lane him. are on when distributed, them will were faith- to the souls of the heroes were their bo us field are hunger and wretch- ; but these in our great end shame out Here smolt is going along a said a to read no. answer. read answered, the I can't sir, don't so long have to go along to eat. ? carry and no school- me nor write Born get up walk, the road forth in Christ, black clothes we are be saving hiding If and it if you get out in earth, comes along, you into thousands the curse people never river rounded of the crystal. over never glowing hew in the 0 heaven, n no is inhabited no man rank ; the heavens, millions quadrillions; start for the blood son of-God, for heaven. say, him come, Die freely." who time, espouse All the "And I were twel prowls, twice wander- mission. period yourself, in i those gallery -; Blessed is the him. him, him, and Aye, the the be busi- their de- their with for its • m meet poor" "My and and back read ago seen fetch and a pick to in from they to the to not knot in a lay- - you are of the lest, tee -of last your me are go weep- flows and life tend that sick, in to light -line cen- can host of the it of Como this doors saw. ye ; DO Who LLARRS.A. WEREtK.,._ HOnEairire7IS THE S . . S LESSON I . toes of our daily life and glorify Gad by unbounded and unwavering faith . In Him, withholding nothing from Him, but abandoning. ourselves ut- terly to Him for His good pier sure, that He may glorify Himself in us. dwel- This chapter leaves Abraham at Beersheba (verse 19); in the IT irerae dies at the age of 127 in Hebron. In chapter xxv the servant of. Abraham Elie- zer. obtains Rebekah from . Laban as a wife for Isaac. In chapter tr.7 tv ' Abraham dies at the age of 175 and is buried by Isaac and Ishmael beside Sarah at Hebron. The death of Ish- mael is also recorded at the age of 137. Isaac is seen dwelling by the well Lahai-roi, the well of Him that liveth and seeth me ( Gal. xvi, 14, margin), —0— AN HOUR WITH UNC _ HOW THE BUSY SPENDS THE DI Matters of /dement as Gathered from His The amount of money ir States last year was : • capita. Disbursements for pent year were $1.85 per cePit Population. On the Brooklyn ferry Police report one life-pre every ten passengers. Mr. Andrew ' Carnegie has give $750,000 to the Cit, Francisco fora public UM The contract for the n library in New York has b. to Norcross Bros. at $ A movement has been erect a statue at Amesbur to the memory of John G the poet. A searchlight on the Ele er of the Pan-American • at Buffalo casts rays for a t 50 miles. Thomas Dunn, English writer, author of "Ben B just celebrated his 82nd b his Mime. in Newark. Mrs. Eddy, the head of ti Scientists,'is 81 an Yu and is said to have made : 1 dollars ion out of the Ma Canoe-building is one of tries of lameebuttlePort, i used to build great ships, now launches an occesiona It is estimated that th: cost of crime through taxa United States is not less 1 per capita of the entire ci lion. Gravestones and menus being made of the marble 1 the Stewart mission ' , Fat and 84th street, New Tort being d aished elm' - • Churches In the New Ye (cry last year exceeded in ey gifts those of any peer aye 11 109 242 n - e g •. , , . $150,000 ahead of last yet Jacob S. Rogers, the builder of Paterson, N. .1 fortune of $8,000,000 or it New York metropolitan Art, giving his relatives 000 apiece. News continues to reach for Department at Wealth; eating an extensive syste; frauds in the North-west. the revelations are confin tana and Idaho. Henry E. Weaver of Chi sent to Mayor Harriet] guaranteeing $1,500 for tl of inaugurating beach ba hies-for-the _for the poor of Chic hopes it will bo only Hui many contributions-Ter thi lam of Do! Will' Rollins, County, Va., who e v was widely known as I- ' man who carried John WP across the Rappahannock ' wasmakinghiset latter r. his pursuers afterthe'as: of President Lincoln. Professor W. H. Lynch fain Grove, Mo., Academy ed with reading more pal( Papers than any other m United States, He susses newspapers, six of them d Oa them in his' cl s to current history and geogre _ Fifteen minutes Rom the City Hall to Harlem it promised when the underg road is completed. Exp, will make a.' speed of Ea hoof, and lain oh two min way. Local trains will r minute headway, and at i 14 nales an hour. The will of George W. I Boston, bequeaths $5,1100 t sachusMts Institute M 'I to be called "The °eel ,Armstrong Fund,';' in hp only son. The same amol en to Dates. College Mc largely aide in the ethiatal boys, you 6, Lion Wages. The King of Portugal Is probably the poorest sovereign in Europe. He realleve gedarr00 lsyeesruphpou ed ittois some time since he received anything at all because money is uncommonly Many of the royal dependents pay their tradesmen with credit notes, but no doubt in the future when Portugal, by practising the strictest economy, rights herself, they will bo above par. The Sultan is a rich man, but his Position is not responsible for Ms wealth. Were it not that he has en- ormous private means he could not rule over Turkey, because some years have now elapsed since he drew even a portion of his salary, although the Turks boast that he is paid at the rate of $4,000,000 per annum" for occupying the throne. This is true— on paper ; but in reality Abdul Ha- mid gives his services for nothing owing to the bankrupt condition of his country. Twelve dollars a week is the muni- flcent salary of the King of Samoa. The Berlin General Act of 1889 brought this. once powerful monarch face to face with- poverty, and set- tied the allowance mentioned *ma him in lieu of the thousands ho formerly played with. The most hu- miliating fact, however, is that his chief justice receives $6,000, and his President of Council $5000 a year, while his most insi • subjectonlyhiswell graficant has an income little below his own. Until to latelytheKing1 D qu' ° Da-his homey received. the equivalent of $5 a week from the . French Government to enable him to live in exile at - . . I Martinique. But eventita my he ap- pealed Mr an increase in salary in order to maintain a larger retinue, with the result that he was granted aa additional five francs. After all, twenty-four shillings a week is not an exorbitant allowance for the man who was once the most power_ ful monarch in West Africa. The privilege of being King of Luxemburg is not an enviable one any rate, for although the salary accruing to the post is supposed to be $15,000 a year, there is often difficulty fit collecting as many hun- dreds. The whole kingdom only em tends over an area of 1,000 square miles, defended by am, " army of -a ' men., The inhabitants pay taxes when they choose to do so, but di- racily the -Government becomes un- popular the country refuses to sup- port it, and the soldiers, whose pay is months and not infrequently years overdue, side with the, people. At such times the King has to give his country credit, and at others finds it difficult to secure the funds neces- nary to uphold the dignity of the throne. The unfortunate Emperor Kwang Hsu of China is supposed to be able -to live without money ; at all events, his Government does not provide him with a penny. There at absolutely no grant to the reigning.ed monarch in China, but the Emperor has the privilege of being able to order any goods he may require, and will not be asked to pay for them. The Same rule applies to the Dowa- ger . Emprees, but she receives pocket theshapeof $1 250 000 money n „ per annum for "giving advice to the Emperor on political matters. • business and Lord "tight" in the national exchequer.ed from a financial point of view, at Thev INTERNATIONAL LESSON, AUG. 25, • — Text of the Lesson, Gen. sail, 1-14. Golden Text, Neb. xi, 17. 1. "And it came to pass after buried these things that God did tempt Abraham." In our last lesson we looked just a little at chapter xix concerning the destruction of Sodom -and rescue of Lot. In chapter xx Abraham went to sojourn at Gerar arid fell into the same sin which troubled him in Egypt and was rebuked by Abimelech. His answer in verse 11 was testi- mony against himself, for he should not willingly have gone where the fear of God was not. In chapter and we have the birth of Isaac and the casting out of Ishmael and find Ab- raham dwelling at Beersheba and worshipping the Lord under a new name, the everlasting God. Note in verse 8 Sarah's testimony, "God hath made me to laugh," and -in verses 17 and 18 God's promise to Hagar, with His "Fear not," which is, I think, the second in the book. "God did tempt Abraham" signifies that God tried him (Hob. xi, 17!. for "the Lord trieth the righteous" (Ps. xi, 5), but He will not try any one above that he is able (I Cor. x, 13), and patience under trial will bring the crown of life (Jas. 1. 12; Rev. ii, 10). 2, 3 "Offer him fora burnt offer- ing." This from God concerning his beloved,forh son, a out he had waited 25 years at least. Compere xii 4 and aid 8'. Yet see ' • f . • d ready obedience, or he belteve God would raise him up men that j from the dead, from whence also he received him in a figure. Was ever a mortal man so tried, or did ever man come so near to God in his ex- Perience? In Israel all God's prom- toes to Abraham centered, and if they were not fulfilled in Isaac the word China of God would fail (chapter xxi, 12), a thing which could not possibly oc- M M 'ehwhereAbrahamWe cur. Mount of, , was to offer up Isaac, was the same as that whereon the temple was builded by Solomon (II Citron. iii, 1), for both tabernacle and temple , stood, m a figure, upon atonement, the silver sockets of the tabernacle being made from the ransom money Of the people. - * e, 5.„. •e On the thud day. et, fa to be a resurrection story, and the third day is the resurrection day whether of Jonah or Christ, whether . n Gen. i or John ie 1, or Ha* al, 2.1 When He said, "Surely I come quickly." He may have thought of the 2,000 years of this present age as two days and referred to His com- ing again on the morning of the third . . , • Gay. iebraham SI words to his young men, "I and the lad will go yonder and worship and come again to hisstrong faith that ' you,"show In some way Isaac would be given back a_ lank. "" 7. "Where M the lamb for a " Did a sword Abraham's heart as his only son ask- him this question? See Isaac telearing the wood and think of the sen. of God bearingthe crosson r Abr which Hewas to sufle .See m ham carrying the fire and the knife and lremetmheber that it is writen -et to brunt Hi a, •• PleaSe 'e " —. All that Christ suffered from His enemies must have been as nothing when ' compared with His agony as He cried, "My God, my God, why hest Thou forsaken Me?" (Math.' xxvii, 46). No tongue can tell, no words can describe, what it cost the Father to give Him up to die for our sins or what He suffered as our sub- stitute. self a lamb fora burnt offering. So they went both of them together." "Behold the Lamb of God" said John the Baptist ao be pointed Him out. The redeemed as they fall be- fore the Lamb sing, "Thou art wor- thy for Thou Went slain and hest re- deemed us to God laY Thy blood," and a hundred millions of angels ere, 'Worthy ,is the Lamb that was slate (John i, 29; Rev. v, 8, 9, 12). He had been foreordained before the foundation. of the world, but Was manifest in due time. 9, 10: How the father's heart must have been torn as he built the altar and laid the wood upon it! But what were his feelings as he bound — -Isaac and laid him on the altar upon the vacated and took the imp -in hie hand to slay his smelt-- Who can tell but God?.. Fos-no one had ever Met the same fellowship with God. How deop-the meaning of the words "God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son," or these. "The Son of God loved me and gave Him- self for me" or "Ms own self bare our sins in Ms own body," "Bruised for, our iniquitiee!" 11, 12 ."Now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hest not ' la f M " Thus Shown in Clerkenvrell. • -II' the mission folks. Can ye sing snake the angel of the Lord, the Son es a protection against leakage, running upstairs two at ring upon us laidy?" On assuring him that I of God, the Lamb of, God Himself, this, with the Chinese...lath* back time to see if the queen bile concourse. could sing, he and his companion, as He stayed the uplifed arm of Ab- further than the thirteenth century. to receive the guests, the ., how much MORE THAN HE EXPECTED. one on either side of me, escorted me reliant He had tried His servant The number of compartments in the ing Mrs. Schuyler into he sness and to • in through the narrow alley to- and found Him leaning not - upon Chinese trading vessels depended up- to show her an ikon whic - wards the centee of the theft. There Isaac the gift of God, but (Mon God on the number of owners in a yes- longed . to. Peter the' Gift! •ortunities for Country place visited a large whole- I Munda it wider than at the en- Hinaselre "We are apt to allow the 1,, Me. -John -II. -.Morrison, in an big, "Do you think Aff Onntstion _ to Sale warehouse and ordered a quern- frame, so wide that at was possible good gifts of God to come .between arsetiele in Camier's Magazine several would"be shocked if I b, much display, tity of „goods. He was politely re- to stand six or seven abreast. Three- -Him and us and lean upon them ra- years ago, told that in a large yes- in here 9" When they we vanity. Amid ceived, and one of the principals story buildings were on either side of thee than upon Him, so that for oul- eel there were sometimes as mane- write their names in tl tell Gates of showed him over the establishment. the court, and from everywindow His- shippingirisb k d 't f trong drink, On reaching the fourth floor the cos- there peered several faces. There 13. "Abraham went and took the own goods in his own compartment, queen's writing materials lssipation. in tomer sate a speaking tube on the were men in their shirt sleeves, amok- ram and offered him up for a burnt which he fitted up to suit himself, like other - people's, she c make quick wall, the first he, had ever seen. ing pipes, and men with aprons tied offering in the stead of his sou." As and either went in person or sent as any other wile might c a men-of-war 'What. is that? he asked. round their necks. They had stoPe truly was Christ, the Lamb of God, one of his family to take charge of man of the house for hell go a great c . .shave, with hands holding a razor in tote, bearing our sine. There •M no There is thus some question whe- no •ink." The king, the II to eettee. with it to the clerks on the first midair. There were women ' with salvation by fryieg to is as He ther the Chinese bulkheads or tom- to the public as "George, elm and look floor without taking the trouble of plaid shawls crossed upon their lived, for we cannot live His life ex- partment systeme d I d forlie" to his own femily. on on the flag going downstairs. ' you breasts, their hair in knots which cept as He shall live it in us, and He insuring safety for the vessel, rather It was at breakfast the froM the mast Can they hear anything that had apparently not been untwisted es not in us until we receive Lan as than for commercial convenience ; spoke to Mrs. Schuylee o is more of a say through it? since the preceding Sunday; and the One who died in our stead. The but there is no doubt that the cona life in Greece and of ha lone through there were children of all ages and redemption which God has provided partment plan existed at that early there a boy of eighteen, e ashooting of both sexes, garbed in the simrlest begins in our experience with the for- date and that the compartments, religion and another lanp ails on victor and scantiest of summer raiment, giveness of sins, and he whose sins too, were made substantial and arm bey will have an easier of the street. - • yet? sitting and standing by tne open are not forgiven has not Christ in terproof. than I had," he said, ' gone down windows and doors, all intent on ham God, I have bad a happy wing not so . listening. 14. "And Abraham called the name --6.-- -----e---- ' A lady spending a day a canvas to ---e. of that place Jehovah-jireh." The was asked to "come upst d. They never margin says that the name signifies the prettiest thing. you a dishonesties "the Lord will see or prberide." Papa, Mr. Spooneiala has asked for She went up, and there ire. If I had dinnah at Notch Henry's. yisterdaye Since Ile has given for us His dear- my hand. queen giving the baby gait open the dinnah at Ninth Henry's. yisterdaYa est and best, how can we think for Well—er—daughter, Mr. Spoeneigh bath, while the king bob use, perhaps I . —.e. Parson YallerbY—Well, sah, I dose' a moment that He will withhold is a very nice young anan, and as I handed sponges and to heart of it a fo'got to ask what it was. It tasted aught from us that will be for our have nothing against him I'll save other children were put t Wit wine there The largest deer park in the world a little like Legkorn, but it might good? (Ps. lxxxiv. 11). Let ue his life--- their mother went round man's sweat. is at Copenhagen. It covers 4,200 hab been Coceili China or Plymout adopt these words, if we have not Oh, papa! them all good-night, •J t when- a man acres. ' ' ' - Hoek to' all I know.' ear, ,•• . - early done see .as-one of the amt., . By refusing, ' _ 'sign, of the cross over eacl ' A Pretension, Shame, . mg arid Subterfuge. cep hington .says, attached from tisdom crieth ur voice in the listen to the voices of the f the sea, the he voices of if the cathed- I an organ at ding, and the amusically to 'eat cathedral a to day, and oar to flower, he great am'- . The spring- In blossoms, love, and the Fr/ate-bearded ' nor sins. "e to the voices v of us learn voices of the . You go to ° your work, Ilse, and you id often with ,t you, pees Are there ale g up between rtes with the and pleasure, and the quick ye, there are reaped, and in the sickle • -wee rye. uttereth her street im- act that this and struggle. day the city and shuffling e With voices, he breath of sit with traf- led by those ,o make and ladder with a his bank with dray with a • a cellar, or ming a horse, or mending a mac. Some- at the corner altitudes went has seemed to sad as I look- woke. This life that goes rapids tossed dashed ahead ful in its con- its beauty. In the forest, in h the eternal on the shore 'on coast tea- sprinkling the baptism of fs the best t in the rush- street is the , non. Going I charge you .gee of pewee- of hunger, of ' id as yon go a d come back Liter up in the 1 the sorrows, sufferings, all as whom you in prayer be- God. • iinpeessea me classes and must cora- . cultivate a Intellect dee- nement Will with boorish- he sunburned d despises the adgerow i will 'ith the wild a hates Naza- so to be. L seas of .people on the street. wheel clashes 's cart ; fine eddler's pack? ran sickness ; l ; every class . other class, Y. pride and beastliness, sy, meet on mine street in that is what he said, "The 'et together;—Join of them all." .impressm me p a very hard his heart heeema; In- pearls." has .devoured disturbed forces of The floods and the earthquakes and the fires the lightning all the armies street, and crowns of some of the given to those fail to God of others. ness proving of the street. temptations, liverance, triumph. Again, the the fact that Christian and suffering edness in evils chiefly cities. On and drunkenness . winks, and hand, asking most squalid lean, A Christian a street in lad, and he bo do you Y. write " The man and thrice, write ?" and with a tear of his hand, nor write wan mo he take away him ? and the streets home for didn't 1, as basket, have up cinders, ing, sir ? read, sir. neither.” ens ! They degradation, their hands take their despair. Oh, name of the rescue them. be afraid while we While we ate in our cravat, the study rhetorically, a soul from multitude men, go out are not willing then give are too lazy too stingy the way and dens and when Christ's the horses' mire. Beware the destitute great day, stupidity Lastly a with the fact looking forward. up and down, and they through that luxuriant laden with their branches No plumed pavement, With immortal every vein, die. Those palaces of of a sun that beautiful our friends .sus in that by " a multitude number." above host sweeping Thousands quintillions are they who gate into this morning. the great take up - "The Spirit' and -"whosoever and take this morning, their faith of invitation twelve gates. Certainly. tube and asked: slippery customer. t toread I never remembered millions, quadrillions with nature are to on and and it charity the every New The asked haven't to the soon and God I can't Oh I have and first let of soiling go down roundiog on of your to to help, caves hoofs of rise and your the never banks, for they towers beauty, heaven aro city; Rank of that sacrifice your of the Mr in burnt offering? pierce George WHY CHINESE CAN'T FIGHT. — BecauseThey ed Live on Rice and a Vegetarian Diet. To a very large extent the fighting qualities of a nation are goverped by the nature of the food which is consumed every day, or made the staple diet of the great bulk of the population. At present the ruling nations of the world are mc - (-eaters, and his- tory records that they always have been. Not only are the meat-eaters the best, fighters, but they are the lead- ers in every branch of human achieve- meat, and this in 'Reel/ explains away why the Chinese are such a poor race in the pugnacious line. Soldiers of the Celestial Empim thrive, after a fashion, on H'ee, cab- bage and a vegetarian with st 'an occasional sinack diet, u ering of meat, which Is scarcely worthy of taking into consideration. t No doubt vegetarians would at- the lit to explain away the matter as merely a phenomenon, and some have to prophesythat in time ventured to come C ' ' will with all vast population govern the world and ac- Cow fish this. on rice and cabbage. have little to do with the uncer- thin future in this article. What we do know is that the British, Ameri- cans. Germans, Russians and French are the meat-eating nations of the world, and besidesbe' thet mg most energetic and progressive, and thriv- ing, they are far and away the best fighters in every sense of the word, not only in standing up to shot and shell with bull-dog pertinacity, but also in clever tactics—the winning factor in modern warfare. The principal food of the brave Boer soldier; known as "biltong," is a sort of dried beef, affording a great deal of nourishment in a highly con- centrated form. The Doers eat a good deal of this, and there . is no uearl ' the' fi hti u flies I tang ir g ng q a l • nor m atter what shape they take. The weak races of people are the rice-eating Chinese, Hindoos and SID-mese, regarded elute the dawn of history as non-progressive, super- stitions, and inferior physically and mental]to themeat-antis nations y g wh dominate them. o It is not to be expected that a man who lives upon rice, cabbage and the like could ever equal an eater of meat, no matter in what respect the comparison is made, and history re- Yes what poor soldiers the Chinese are, The most remarkable -feature in connection With the Chinese war- I 's theextraordinary coolness r or i with which he will meet death. R is not an easy matter to explain tale* it for granted away unless one -uses treated that death is either lightly as an inborn instinct; or that life is not valued to any eeeents . -sued 4....-- IN A LONDON SLUM. — How the Other Half Lives, as They were a conk, of dirty little urchins tossing pennies at the en- trance of a Clerkenwell court on a summer Sunday afternoon. Their- hats were crovvnless, their bodies coatless and their feet bootless. in- deed, 'their entire apparel seemed to consist of two hat rims and some tattered ticking shirts and trousers, the bottoms or which weeeetorn into scallops, squares and other : fancy Patterns. The Retie alleyway enter they stood guard was dark and ill- smelling, yet from. the-rear there Is- sounds of Music such as one would scarcely expect to hear in that neighborhood. "Who makes the Music?" I. asked of the boy whose penny -had turned up on its heads "What? You mean the hymn tunes and Meld Them's the mission folks What comes round every Sunday to preach andnrey and sing," lie.- awered- "Never seen 'em -or 'card 'em before, miss?" asked -the other boy, with that happy, self-satisfied air so often assumed by. children when they find they are in possession of knowledge denied their elders. ''See 'ere, Jim; let's stop tocsin' cop- pers—'taint right nohow on Sundays — an' we'll 'scort the laidy in an g ned in the middle of their Sunda 8: "My son, God will provide im - ENGINEERING IN CHINA. — Celestials Antempa e Us in Some of Our Modern Inventions. From what has been learned about China in recent years the conclusion lies uppermost that while Chinese engineering has proceeded quite sue- cessfully along statiogery lines, `it has rested Mr centuries without pre-' gross in all that' involves motion. Thus, while their fixed structures are notable anal- ' frequently beautiful. their machines for doing work and moving people and goods are rudely primitive. The curious Chinese wheelbarrow is still a most import- ant factor in-:land transportation, but modern "cage construction" for butidings, has been practiced by the Chinese for centuries, and is found all over China. This is one of the many interesting observations made by Mr. William Barclay Parsons during a railroad survey in 1898, and -recorded in his book entitled ,,An American Engineer in Chine." Another example of how the Cli- nose have, by centuries, anticipated some of our modern inventions, is afforded...by the system of dividing tap the b bulkheads -jokeswits Aaron withheld t y son rom e. hull of a oat by making wi gocel He often removes gifts as 100, each 'partner book,-:and , en I was out y offered in our stead, as • ' ti his - Vitale, Vil-lie, I have no Our t.ti Ds t- property. was esigne -----f KING AND QUEEN Al — , • • Interesting Glimpses of of Greece and His Cc Some interesting glimps King and Queen of Greece in the introduction to ler's essays, just publish. Mr. and Mrs. Sch., a- ••••, leave Athens, in the '80's Melted to the king's cour at Dekelia to say good-by all quite. charming, and pretty picture in my mint the ir humble lot. A tailor named Sam S— from a battle and is Oh,• that in a speaking tube. It. Is yard we onvenMnce We can talk — The visitorismouth to the put his Are Sam S—'s roods packed The people in the office supposed it was the salesman who had asked the question, and in a moment the dat- from his banker. He looks like a tract reply came back: HE WAS CONSIDERATE. No. e are waiting for a. reply NOT AN EPICURE. •