Exeter Advocate, 1901-8-8, Page 6P1/0116-11 DEEP AM STRAIGIIT
Conviction Turns Up a Great Many Things
That Were Forgotten.
A despatch from Washington says: on the top there shall be a flowering
millennium after a while. All from
one 1'00 seed of doctrine. EvelW
word that parent or Sabbath school
teacher; or city missionary, Or
Christian worker speaks for Chri'St,
comes up with compound inte:est.
You, saving one soul, that one F,0
ing ten, the, ten a hundred, the, hun-
dred ia thousand, the thousatal Len
thousand, the ten thousand a hun-
dred. thousand -on, on forever. It
seems very insignificant to, see a
mother teaching her chilcl, "Now 1
lay me dowa to sleep!'
Again I remark, in grace as in the
farm, there
MUST BE A REAPING,
's -Rev. Dr. Talmage preached 'front
the following text: -"My father iS
the lil.U8baild111411A''-J0 11,11 XV. 1.
Will it not be a.ppropriete if I preach
a harvest sermen? We were near1Y
all of us born ha the eountrY, Wo
dropped corn in the hill, foul, grains'
to the hill; and went on S. aturdeY
to. the mill, tying the grist 'in thc.
centre of the sacks, $o tit' the &pa-
tents on either side the horse bal-
anced each other, and drove the cat-
tle a -field, our bare feet wet with ths
clew; and rode the horses with the
halter to the brook uatil we fell off:
and hunted the mow for nests until
the feathered occupants went cack-
ling away. In Bible times the land
was so plentiful and the inhabitants
so few that Noah was right whoa he
gave to every inhabitant a certain
portion of land, that land, if culti-
vated, ever after to be his own pos-
session. All classes of people. were
expected to cultivate ground except
ministers of' religion.
This was the rule in regard to the
culthre of the ground: "Thou shalt
not plough with an ox and 1111 ass
together," illustrating the folly of
ever putting intelligent and useful
Many Christians speak of religion as
thouh 111 wore a matter of econom-
ies or of insurance, They expect to
reap in the next world, Oh, no,.
now is the time (a sena), Gather iip
the joy of the Christian religion this
1no1'ning, this afternoon, this night.
If you have not as much grace. as
you- would like to. haye, thank God
for what you have, and pray for:
more. You are 110 W01'$0 enehaVed
than Joseph, or worse troubled than
was 'David or werse tempted than
was
and pliable men in, aesoatation with Daniel, or worse scourged than
the stubborn and the unwieldy. The was Paul. Yet amid the rattling of
vast. majority of trouble in the letters and the gloom of dungeons
and amid the horror of shipWreck,
churches and in the reformatory in-
stitutions comes from the disregard
of this command of the Lord: "Thou
shalt not plough with an ox and an
ass together." There were large
amounts of property invested in cat-
tle. The Moabites paid over one
hundred thousand sheep as an annual
tax. Job had seven thousand sheep,
three thousand cainels, five hundred
yoke of oxen. The time of vintage
was ushered in with mirth and music.
The clusters of the vine were put in-
to the Wille press and then five men
would get into the press and trample
out the juice from the grape until
their garments were saturated with
the wine, and they became the em-
blems of slaughter, Christ himself
wounded until covered with the
blood of crucifiction, making use of
this allusion. When the question
was asked: "-Wherefore art thou red
in thine apparel and thy garments
11110 011e WhO treadeth the wine vat?"
110 responded: "I have trodden the
wine press alone!"
In the first place 1 remark, in
'grace as in the fields there
MUST BE A PLOUGHING.
That which theologians call con-
viction is only the ploughshare turn-
ing -up the sins that have been root-
ed and matted in the soul. A farm-
er said to his indolent son: "There
are a hundred dollars buried deep in
that field." '.Theeon went to Work
and ploughed the field from fence to
fence, and he ploughed it very "deep,
and then complained that he had
not found the money; but when the
crop had been gathered and sold 101-
a hundred dollars more than any
previous year, then the young man
took the hint as to what his father
meant when he said there was a hun-
tired dollars buried down in that
field. Deep ploughing for a crop.
Deep ploughing -for a sout. He who
ma.kes light of sin will 1101101' amount
to anything in the church or in the
WOrld. If a man speaks of sin as
though it were an inaccuracy or a
mistake instead of the loathsome,
abomina,ble, consuming and damning
thing that Cod hates -that man
Will never yield a harvest of usefid-
hess.
The difficulty with a great many
people is that they are only scratch-
ed with conviction when the sub-
soil plough of God's truth ought to
be put in up to the beam. My word
is to all Sabbath -school teachers, to
all parents, to all Christian workers:
Plough .deep! Plough deep! And if
in your own personal experience you
are apt to take a lenient view of the.
sinful side of your nature; put down
beside your soul the ten command-
ments which boomed from the artil-
leried meant, and study the holiness
of God, and before you get through,
the team with flaming nostrils will
be harnessed to the sharpened and
glittering coulter that will turn up
your soul to the deepest depths.
Plough up to the croSs. Aim not at
either end of the horizontal piece of
the Cross, but at the upright piece,
at the centre of it -the heart of :the
Son of God who bore your sins and
made satisfaction. Crying and
weeping wilt not bring you through.
"Him hath God exalted to be a
prince and. a Saviour to give re-
pentance." Oh, plough up to the
cross!
Again: I remark, in grace as in
the field there
MUST BE A SOWING.
In the entail/mat weather you find
the farmer going across the field at
a stride of about tWenty-three inches
and at every stride lie pats his hand
in the sack of grain, and he sprink-
les it chger the field it looks Silty
.tio a Man Who does not know what
lie. is doing. He is doihg a very
portant work. He is scattering the
winter grain, and the snow may
come, bittathe next year thot- wili be
a great crop. Now, that is what we
are doing When we aro preaching the
gospel, when We are scattering the
seed." ' is. the foolislineSs of
preaching, but it is winter grain,
and though the snOws of worldliness
ning come down amen it, it will yield
aft:er11 while a glorious harvest. Let
Us be ;sure we Sow the rightsknd oS
Seed. Sew fl1i1lIjn talk,and tratIS
1 ei o stalk come uJ1 Saw Cans
ada thistles; : and Canada thistles
will-- come' up. -Sow wheat, and
wheat will coon) up. Let
betWeen ;truth and error, Let
.ttS knoW the difference between wheat
and hellebore. and henbane and Colo-
quintida. Tho Load Jesus Christ
nineteen Centuries 'ago planted one
red Seed of doetrines It sprang Up.
On one Side of the Stalk are all the
ehtirelleg 61 Christendom' Ma the
Other' Side Of the Stalk are 'all 'the
free gOvernment$ Of the eaatia, and
they triumphed in the grace of God.:
The weakest man in this house this
morning has 500 acres of spiritnai.
joy all ripe, Why do you not go
and reap it ? You have been groan-
ing over your infirmities for thirty
years. Now give one round Shout
over your emancipation. 'You say
you have it so hard. You might
have it 'worse. You wonder why
this great cold trouble keeps revolv-
ing. through your soil like 'a grind-
stone, turning ahd turning with black
hand on the crank. Ali 1 that trou-
ble is the grindstone on which you
are to sharpen your sickle. To the
fields 1 wake up 1 Take off your
green spectacles, your blue spec-
tacles, your black spectacles. Pull
up the corners of your mouth as far
as you pull them down. To the
fields ! Reap ! Reap 1'
'The Saviour folds a lamb ia his
bosom. The little child( filled all
the house with her music, and her
toys are 5eattered all Up and down
the stairs just as she left them.
What, if the hand that plucked fonr-
o'cloCks out of the ,garden is still ?
it. will wave in the eternal triumph.
What if the voice that Made music
in the home is still ? She Will sing
the eternal hosanna. - Put a white
rose in one hand, and a red rose in
the other hand, and a wreath of
-Orange blossoms on the brow -the
1White Rowel.' for the victory, the red
flower for the Saviour's sacrifiCe; the
orange blossom for her marriage day.
Anything ghastly about that ? Oh,
no. The sun went down and the
flower shut. The wheat threshed
out of the straw. "Dear Lord, give
me sleep," said the dying boy, the
son of one of my elders. "Dear
Lord, give me sleep," and he closed
his eyes and awoke in glory.
I have one more thought to pre-
sent. 1 have spoken of the plough-
ing, of the sowing, of the harrow-
ing, of the reaping. I must now
speak a moment of
THE GARNERING.
Where is the garner? Need I tell
you? Oh! no, so many have gone
out from your own circle -yea, from
YOU)' own family, that you have had
your eye on that garner for many a
year. Wha't a hard time some of
them had. In Gethsemanes of suf-
fering they sweat great drops of
blood. They took tile trembling cup
and put it to , their hot lips and
cried, "If it be possible let this cup
pass from me." Pursued and hound-
ed and crushes" with tongues of
burning agony they cried: "0 Lord,
deliver my soul." But they got over
it. They all got over it. Garner-
ed 1 Their tears wiped away. Their
battles all ended. Their burdens lift-
ed. Garnered ! 'The Lord of the
harvest will not allow those sheaves
to perish in the equinox. Garnered!
Some of us remember on the farm
that the sheaves were put on the top
of the rack which surmounted the
wagon, and these sheaves were piled
higher and higher, and after a, while
the horses started for the barn, and
these sheaves swayed to and fro in
the wind and the old wagon creak-
ed, and the horses gave a struggle
and pulled so hard the harness came
up in loops of leather on their back,
and that when the front wheel
struck the elevated floor of the barn,
it seemed as if the mon would go no
farther, until the workmen gave a
great shout, and then with one last
tremendous strain the horses pulled
in the load. Then thcy were unhar-
nessed, and forkful after forkful of
grain fell into the mow, 0 my
friends, our getting Into heaven may
be a pull, a very hard pull, but
these sheaves are hound to go in.
The Lord of the harvest has prom-
ised it. I see the load at last com-
ing to the door of the heavenly gar-
ner. The sheaves of the Christian
soul sway to and fro in the wind of
death, and the old body creaks un-
der the load, and Os the load strikes
the floor of the celestial' garner it
seems, as if it Call go no farther. It
18 the last struggle ,until the voices
of aagels and the VOICe of dui: de-
parted kindred, and the welcoming
voice of God shall give a shout that
shall send in the harvest rolling in-
to the eternal triumph, while all up
and down the sky the dry 118 heard :
"Harvest home! Harvest home!"
The local carpenter had taken to
and the Minister (it liappened
in a, village in Scotland) determined
to have a word with him on the sub-
ject. 1 wes surprised to -day, John,
Said the minister, to see you come
out of the pill)] lc house. Weel, ye
see, meenister, retorted John
maun (*alio oot sometiMes..
THE IRONY 01' INITIALS.
Parents Should Be Careful In
Naming, Their Children.
When parents are exercising .their
ingenuity in choosing names for
their hopeful offspring it rarely oc-
cure to them to make sure that the
initials do not form some combina-
tion for which their children will
scarcely "riSe up and call 1110111
blessed" in later years.
For. instaace, the boy who was
given the not unpleasant name of
Arthur Stauley iinlL11 and the Orl
who signs her name Ida lifaiffe Pat-
erson will scarcely be proud of theli.
respective initials, A. S. S. and
1. M. P.
Some of the combinations which
have come under the writer's obser-
vation are, to say the least., amus-
ing. There is, for instance, a cer-
tain well-known teniperance aciv0-
cata W1lOSO initials ere R. U. M.,
but who very wisely drops the sec-
ond letter and is content with one
Christian initial': while a man who
IS constantly appearing in the Am-
erican police -courts, charged with
being drunk and disorderly, oaght,
accordi11g. to his initials, -drink noth-
ing stronger than T. E. A., for his
name is Titus Exeter Alexander.
gentieman who not long ago fig-
ured es defendant in a breach of
promise case had the sing-ularly ap-
propriate initials of W. 0. 0.; while
the plaintiff's name was Susan, and
she had, with unconscious prevision,
been addressed by her lover in scores
of amorous letters as -My darling
In another breach of promise case
the defendant's initials were sadly
ominous of the issue .of the action,
for his name was Percy Alfred Y—,
and he signed the initials "P, A. Y."
THE DIVORCE COURT
records are full of similar strange
coincidences, some of which are so
remarkable as to seem scarcely cred-
ible. The initials of one lady res-
pondent, were 1'. .A. L. S. ; an(1 of
another F. 11. A. L. ; one good ladY
whose conduct scarcely -seemed to
have justified the description had the
initials P. It, IT. D.; and the peti-
tioner in a case whith attracted con-
siderable attention a few years ago
was Stephen Oliver Lionel D—,
whose initials, S. 0. L. I) . , must
have strangely described his experi-
ences of matrimony.
A very modest, hard-working min-
ister of the Gospel. goes through
life branded with the curiously inap-
propriate initials of F. 0. P. ; an-
other, whose eloquence is perhaps a
little florid and vaporish,boasts the
not unsuitable letters G. A. S., ini-
tials borne by the late Mr. Sala. A
third clergyman is known by the ini-
tials S. 1. N.; and a fourth goes a
step farther, ancl when he signs his
full initials, which he rarely does,
one may be sure, ,wri'see himself
down S. A. T. N.
One of the earliest of this cen-
tury's brides changed her initials,
W. E. N., to W. ED., a singularly
happy and appropriate change; while
a. well-known society,. young lady,
whO was married two Steers ago, be --
came, in ber new character of wife,
21. A. 1, D. The wife of one of Lon-
don's preachers, a laclY of singular
sweetness of disposition, has the ini-
tials S. H. R. E. W.; while, such is
the irony of initials, a wpman who
was ...charged at a Scotch police -
court a few weeks ago with a brutal
assault on an invalid husband,
boasted the letters P. E. T.
A clever tutor in the North of
England is Mr. J. A. Cass; and a
London official, who is very far
from answering to the description,
has to write himself down a II. A.
S. S."
STRIKE CAUSED BY A GHOST
Old Miners Have Some Strange
Experience to Relate.
Anyone who has been in a coal-
mine where the "darkness is but faint-
ly dispersed by the light Apt a" safety
lamp, and hears the mysterious
sounds that abound, will not easily
assure himself that they are due to
purely natural causes such as the
dripping of. water, the slipping of
shale, and the groaning and creaking
of props and thnber under the enor-
mous weight of .earth they sustain,
and they will be more ready to lend
0. syinpathetic ear to the strange,
uncanny stories that miners tell.
Many a collier can (ell of mysteri-
ous lights, knockings and warnings,
which few care to disregard, kn.ow-
ing the dangerous nature of their
trade. A short time ago a colliery
was stopped for over a 'week by
Such causes. The men refused to go
down the shaft one morning, as
strange lights and other omens,
which they took as warnings, had
been seen in the pits while only that
morning, on winding up the cage to
take the first lot of men down,. a'
figure dressed in men's clothes had
stepped out and (valked across to,
an old lamp room which had been
used as a in.ortuary at the last ac-
cident in the pit, and entered it.
When they had mustered up cour-
age to follow him and examine the
room, they found the place ,s locke0
and no one in it. Fully expecting
from this ,0001-11.101100 that there
would be an a.cciclent of some sort
in the pit, none of the men would
C01111001100 WOrk, and the colliery, as
a consequence, stood idle for several
clays, Most , old miners have some
strsinge experienee to selate if they
can be induced to talk about them,
but knowing. the scepticiem with
which such thing S arc regarded now-
atla,ys, they will bu11 rarely open
their mouths on the subject. .
WHEN THE KING IS CROWNED.
One of, the most curious perquisites
in connection with tile Coronation
is the right di one of the peers to
claim the bpd and bedding used bY
the Heir -Apparent On the night pre-
ceding s the CoronatiOn. In olden
times this wns a perquisite of con-
siderablevalue, as the "bedding"
80ally consisted of richly-ornbrold-
bred cove.flids of velvet or silk, with
prieeless '01,rigingS .of cloth of silver
and golds
THE S. S. LESSON.
.orrso
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, AUG. [1.
Text of the Lessen, 0031. xv,, 148. Golden
Tex Gen, tv,, 1.
1. "A f ter these things the word of
the Lord came unto Abram in a vi-
eioii." Among "these things" must
be inoluded the Melchisedek story of
the previous chapter which the Holy
Spirit considered of euch importance
thall he epeaks of it and its relation
to Christ in Ps. ex and in Pleb. v,
ro'eshigh Lel110
1110lG
teacher
tohscsreesorrie.
pass it by. Note tile 1100721111110 of
Oeity ''(110 in
of heaven and earth," and consider
)IS use elsewhere. The blessing 02
'Him who oNVIIS all things enables us
to rise above the temptation to tools
at oe long for the things or the help
of this world. All believers, as,
children of Abram, must not fail to
give at least the' titlabs to our Mels
chisedels. Note the suggestiveness of
the bread and wine. We have in our
lesson to -day a, good Many words
and phrasee used for the first time,
such as "the 11010 of the Lord,"
"fear not," t'shield,"' "reward,"
' ' be li eyed,' ' 'righteousness, " etc.,
and as the first use of a word helps
us to undersand its significance, We
have a most important lesson. "The
WOrd of the Lord" may refer to the
message which came to Abram or it
may refer to the messenger, the
Lord Himeelf (John i, 1; Rev, *ix,
18.) When we read the' word of God
we must accept the messages as spe-
cially for us. This first "fear not"
takes us to the many other similar.
words in this precious book, among
which these have been and are a
great help, Ise. vii, 4.; xli, 10, 13;
'dill; I; Joel ii, 21; Mark v, 36.
2-3. "And Abram said, Loed God,
what wilt thou give 1110, seeing I go
childless?" He reminded God that
he was still childless and Seemed to
wonder hew and when the promised
seed would come. His faith was still
weak, but growing. Faith cemeth
by hearing "the word of God (Rom.
x, 17), and the more of His word we
hear and receive the more faith we
.will have. In the New Testament
record the failings are omitted, and
only the mighty faith is seem. So
When our story is finished it shall be
seen that the precious blood has put
away all that was of us, and there-
fore :sinful, and onlythat which was
wrought in us .by God shall be seen.
Note xi, 8-19; Roia iv,' 18-21.
4,6. -And he believed in the Lord,
and 1 -le counted it to him for -righ-
teousness." Abram is assured that
his heir shall not be any one merely
born in his house, but shall be his
very own child, whom heaven shall
in clue time give him. How. Sugges-
tive the words, ."Look 11020 'toward
heaven!" This should be the attie
tude of every believer at all times,
never relying upon an arm of flesh
nor Upon any human device, but up-
on the 'Lord alone.. The record of
the next chapter had never been if
Abram had persisted in looking
hea-
vonward. In last lesson we noticed
the promise that his seed should be
as the stars and its probable, sig;
nificance. Abram received the word.
.Literally he athen'd God or said
amen to God. The Holy Spirit has
noticed this three times in the New
Testament (Rom. iv, 3, 21, 22 ;
iii, 6 ; Jas. ii, 23) and strong -
131 emphasizes this great truth, that
the righteousness which Cod requir-
eth Can never become ours by any
works, of ours, but only by faith in
Jesus Chr.ist (Rom. iv, 5 Eph. 11,
8, 9 ; Titus, iii, 5).
7. "I am the Lord." That should.
Settle e-verything and dispel every
fear. Notice howit begins and
ends' the seven great "I NViiiS” of
Exodus vi. 6-8. •Notice it as a stile
ficient reason for all that God re-
quires of them (Ex. xx, 2 ; Lev.
xxii, 31-33 ; ,xxiii, 43) and an all
sufficient assurance tothem that He
will do what He says (Ezek. xxxvi,
22, 23, 32, 36), ,and. 'the great 'truth
that all nations have 'yet to learn
(xxxviii, 23).
.8-11. "Lord God, *hereby shall I
know that 1 shall inherit it ?"
Strong and weak, 'steadfast and
wavering, up and down,- Seems to
have been the way with him as he
grew in grace and in theknowledge
of God. Therefore be not discour-
aged, weals and trembling one, for
the Lord will perfect all that con-
cerns you for His name's sake. The
creatures that he took. at God's
command an0 prepared as a sacri-
fice comprisethall ever used as types
of the great sacrifice of the Son of
God. 11 you ask, "I-Iow shall S.
know?" the answer is, "Behold the
Lamb of God." See the love of God
iii the gift of dear Son and be-
lieve Rom. viii, 32.
12-16. The - shadow of coining
events casts itself upon him, and_ the
Lord tells him of the coming centur-
ies, of a grea.t bondage and a great
deliverance at an appointed time.
And 80 it came to pass. He declares
the end from the beginning'and from
ancient times the things that are not
yet 'done, saying, -My counsel shall
stand, and I will do all my plea-
sure" (Isa. xlvi, 10). Compare Ex.
xii, 40, 41, and note how all came
to pass just as the Lord said. See
also I Kings xii, 2, and 11 Kings
16., 17, as an illustration o£
the literal and exact fulfillment. of
prophecy. Neithei1 Abram nor his
seed coulci inherit the land just then
because the iniquity of the inhabi-
tants was not yet full, One reason
wily our Lord does not cothe and
judge the nations is because their
iniquity has not yet come to a; head,
There is a proper time to lance a
boil. Our Lord will not be too late
in attending te' the gatherings
17. The smoking furnace, and the
bathing iaanp describe -the way of the
people of God as they journey to the
kingdOm. There will be the furnace,,
but word will prase) an tmfailing
taint). In the WO1id we shall have
tri bu 1 at i on, We my st, throu gh much
tribulation enter -the kingdom, but
We need not be troubled (John xiv,
1, 27; Xvii' 33; ,Ants .xiV, 22; Math.
xxiv, (3), for nothing can come to
us that will not peeve to be the best
ror us in the light of the glory, and
Ills presence wilt always sustain us
(Rom. viiia 28; Isa. xliii,, 1, 2).
18-21. Ilere we have fOr. the first
11
tiltle the boundaries of the Mad wet
defieed, not simply what 'We 1(1I007 as
Gelman, but from Egypt to the Elus
plirates, all abundant: possession for
all Israel .when they shall have re-
turned to their own land froni 1(11
the nations whei.e they are 11010
Scattered, for they Elle tO CiWeii 111
Llieir land, a tmited people under one
King, llsver to be scattered or pulled
up out of it any more (Ezek'xxx-vii,
21, 22; ,Zeph. iii, 19, 20; Amos ix,
14, 15), lie will yet perform 1140
truth to Jacob and (ho mercy to
Abram -which lie has swora from the
days ef old (efic. vii, 20). Dray tve
be fully persuaded that what God
lias promised He is able to peeforni
utnbiy
NCOnfi-
dayeiiinsdfearlele inign tno eivi eisl, waik 111 11
FAMOUS SWORDS.
1
Some of the Latest Inventions 0
NEWDAis:DovSexT:A. NOM
m
Sheep with a green fleece 1110 L
novelty, but they are to be seen in
'Clernmay near some &epees works.
They iiVe 111 the dust and fumes, a,nd
drints water contaminated by copper.
A waterpeoof paper that has 'just
been brought out in Blanchester' is
meeting with great success. It is
made up of two sheets of brown pa-
per stuck together with- a rubber so-
lution.
A stingless bee has been discovered
in 'Montserrat, in the. West Inches. .14
gathers honey, the quality of Wilith
Calk be improved by modern hives.. It
will be introduced into England.
A new kind of sealing wax has.
been produced on the Continent. It
is contained in 0, glass tube, and
when required for use it is sufficient
itlioAake:e't:IlinuildweLitxhienfleocYowini.:eclectriol: w0irtcillersotl:4114::
der will doubtless be arpreciated by
those who wish to make it clean
joint, readily-. It is sold im sticks -
with a core of resin, so that you
have the whole thing complete in one
11.1' ticle.
The strange power of a volcano
WaS 6110070 in the last eruption of
Vesuvius, when a mass of rock
weighing thirty tons was peojected
high above the crater. To 00 this,.
according to an Italian professor,
the -volcano exerted a force of nearly
-
7,000 h o rse-power.
Coffee' is the latest disinfectant.
The meres11 pinela thrown on a hot.
iron so that it roasts, will cleanse aai
sick room of ' disagreeable oclors.:" 1.
Half a pound of coffee emptied o0.
hot embers will be sufficient to de-
stroy -not simply cover up -the,
worst smell arising from decompos-
ing matte/..
A brand-new state, intended to bea
run as El republic, is being formed in,
the forest land Lhat extends into!
Brazil and Bolivia. A large rubber
merchant has created it, and has'
been elected the first president by the,,
20,000 inhabitants, most of whom
-
are in his employ. The amine of the.
bow Republic is "Arc."
The strangest form of decoration
has been intrOduced in Itsance. It is.
a medal for criminals who leave the
great State trison; these medals are.
the work of one of the greatest of'
modern medallists. Money earned by
a convict for work and good behav-
ior is useful to enable him to rnake:
a start, but no one would care to
show a decoration of this kind.
Bullet-proof millboard is one of the
latest novelties. and it collies Prom.
Sweden. A bullet from a carbine,
capable of going through five inches,
of wood, could not pierce the
board. A projectile from a machine
111-
vg0111towrealts through it, b5
it,b.nifincathneg 111S
s-
liew substance even more resisting,
. .
so that a succession of layers would
form a 'Protecting vall for fortifica-
tions
ts
A compressed air fire escape has'. •
been patented in Chicago, which its ,
inventor declares offers a quick and
safe method of carrying firemen id'
the upper stories of a burnjog build-
ings with, their hose, and whic11 is a,
great improvement on ladders for
taking persons from upper rooms,'
especially women and children,l
smothered by smoke. The apparatus:
stands on a truck, which may be -
propelled by electric or horse -power.
Compressed air, according to the in-
ventor, is the safest and quickest'
expedient for handling material in,
factories and warehouses. One. Chi-
cago firm of car builders ,alone has.
fifty air hoists in constant service.
FORTUNE TOLD BY FEATURES.
Weapons of Britain's Great Fight-
ers at Auction.
• It is but 60106111 that the .swords
of Great Britain's famous fighters
find their way into a public auction-
roath, but a few have been thus dis-
posed of . Among :the items of more
than ordinary interest put up a year
or two ago by a well-known London
auctioneer was the sword supposed
to have been used by the lion-heart-
ed Earl of Cardigan at the Battle of
13alaclava. It changed hands at
eight and a. half guineas,
A better resullj attended a sale of
some still more famous swords at
the rooms of Messrs. Christie. On
that occasion the s2001d used
by Nelson, 0711011 a Mate, called
forth some spirited bidding. Al-
though it was only an ordinary regL.
illation weapon, of no intrinsic va-
lue, the price was run up to no less
than 200 guiaeas.
Strangely enough, this was 233
more' :than was realized' for 0 very
valuable and artistic sword that
had belonged to another famous Ad-
miral, Lord Collingwood, sold on
the saane occasion. This had been
presented to him by the City of
London, Its golden hilt and scab-
bard mounts, which were beautiful-
ly engraved and chased, were enrich-
ed with diamonds and enamel.
The gold pillow -formed grip had
on one side the of the City in
colored enamels, surrounded with
brilliants, and on the other side the
arms of the recipient, with similar
precious surroundings. On the
knuckle -bow, set in brilliants in blue
eimmel, was the
FAMOUS INSCRIPTION,
."England expects every Mall to CIO
his duty," together with the magic
word 'Trafalgar.'' This beautiful
weapon wa,s bought on behalf of
Lady Bleux for 2240.
Her ladyship also -secured the
Sword presented, to Lord Coiling --
wood -by the Corporation of Liver-
pool,in retognition of the same
stirring Victory. It was a very
h ands °rile 070711)0/1, gold -hilted and_
mounted with engraved bands. , The
price realized was 2160.
The sword of Admiral Villeneuve,
Comma00er-in-011ie1 of the combined
fleets of Prance and. Spain in that
fight, brought sixty guineas. That'
of Don Baltazar Ilcl'ialgo Cisneros,
Rear -Admiral of the Spanish fleet,
commanded only twenty-five guineas.
which was, however, stwo guineas
more than the highest bid for the
sword of the captain of the Santa
Anna. These three weapons were all
captured by Lord Collingwood.
At the same time a very interest-
ing and remarkable sword -handle of
Indian agate was submitted to pub-
lic- competition. It had formerly
been the property of the notorious
Tippoo' Sahib, and was inlaid with
five fine large, old Oriental brilliants.
It realized the substantial sum of
2260.
The market value of relics of Brit-
ain's great naval and military he-
..
roes seems to fluctuate in a really
extraordinary fashion. In the month
'of July, 1898, there was offered by,
public auction in a, London sale-
room the sword worn by the galfant
Nelson when he first went -to sea.
No adequate bid forthcoming it had
to be WithdraW1.1, 11 ciretunstance
which contrasts strangely with the
spirited contest for the intrinSically.
worthless weapon mentioned above.
A 'REFUGE FOR ROGUES.
Outlaws From Every Country Ga-
ther in Honduras.
There is one corner of Central Am-
erica that is at present a perfect
paradise for men who have commit-
ted any -crime. It is a place, where
the outcasts of tlie world's society
rule the land of their adoption, and
where -the ofliaa,ls of the Government
protect all thieves that come to
them and make it dangerous for any
detective to Molest theni.
Thls is the I-lepulalic of I-Tonduras,
one of the least ady'anced of the.
States of Sbutli or Central America.,
I-Iondinais, indeed, is a curious ' mix-
ture oS jinigle and gigantic forest, of
cocoa and of rubber- trees, of bugs,
Vampires, snakes, and crocodiles -of
all manner of things that ereep and
crawl and sting and bite; a region
where life in the daytime is a mock-
ery, and at night cnie fdels as though
sleeping in red pepper.
in every hamlet and city, are
to be fond men from different lands
Mostly outlaws from their o'tvn coun-
try. Chicago, Boston, -New York,
and Philadelphia, all furnish their
quota. England, France, y, ancl
even far away Russia have their
share. They make no attempt at
ttoncealment, bear the naines they
were born to bear, and go, a,l,otag
About their 02011 business as if the
laws of their OW11 country had not
made them outcasts.
PROTECT.] NG BEM:II-DRINKERS.
Beer -drinkers 111. 1gunich are con-
gratulating themselves becanSe of a,
neW law. It intposes upon saloon-
keepers a line of 225, with two
weeks' imprisonment, if they serve a
patron with a - glass of beer which
lias too deep a 'collar -that is,, too
snitch froth. About :in inch of froth
is considered the legal quantity, but,
it iS to be observed that the glasse8
in which the beer is :served are 80n1.0 -
what larger than they are in other
parts' -of the world.
HOW Character Can 'be Read in a
Pers on's Countenance.
Teeth that are long ancl not liars
row denote' large, liberal views, -
strong passions and heroic virtues ;
if 'they, are long and narrow, asweak
character is denoted. Evenly groive
ing teeth show a better disposition
and better developed mind than I -
those that -crowd and overlap. Long'
noSt.is a,re cautions and prudent si
short ones impulsive ; and tiii-tilted
ones hopeful, impulsive and. joyous.
Deep c,olored cyes, with well -arched .
lids, both upper and lower, show
truthful and affectionate nature. An;
eyebrow slightly curling at the outerl
edge indicates a jealous natures
There is a whole world of tell-tale
indications in the apex of the ear.
If it lies close sto the head the owner
iposseeses -a refined natuise. But if
the top starts away from the head
at a well-defined angle .that, person
has an uneven disposition and is not*
to be relied wipon. if a girl's thumIW
lies .flat, or drops a, little,- marital:
submission to the master mind is in -1
dicated. If the thumb has a tenden-
cy to stand at right ans,,les to the',
hand, the damsel owning it is head-'
strong. A person of weak character
has a pendant thumb ; the strong,'
character has .a strong, erect' thumb.;
Fingers which bend backward mean.
;powerful determination. If they are
1012110, strength, bothphysical, and
mental, is indicated. Stubby fie
gess are grasping' fingerS,' Pii)g.44v-
nails that. are rounded' show refine-
ments. if long and rather square ,at
the top, firmness and energy are de-
notecB.rliTisH
The annual ''wages of the
II:1NET WAGES.
British Ca,binet is no light um -at,
present it nearly reaches 21 00,000 ;
or, to be exact, it amoents 1 293-
550. Of the Cabinet as at preseet
constituted the best -paid is the Lord -
Lieutenant of Ireland, who receives
220,000 a year ; the Lord Chancel-
lor-no/nes neXt with Z10,000, and
the Irish Lord ellancellor's salary,
is 28,000, Seven ,Ministers -re-
spectively stationed at the 'Foreign,'
Colonial, War, India, Treasury, and
1 -Tome Offices, and the 01171110011 01 of
the Exchequer -are paid 25,000 each
which is the standard salary f or a
Secretary of State ; while the First ,
Lord of. the Admiralty has 24,550g
The remnining eight 3110111i;101.5 of the
Cabinet arb each given 22,000 per
annum. The' offices of the ,.111-1Sh
Chief Secretary and of Postrria.F3ter-
General ai7e respectively rated at, .01-
425 and 22,500,