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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1901-8-22, Page 7RE BlIOTIIER110())) Dealing and Subterfuge. FIVE DOLLARS A WEEK. Wi.onarchs Who Receive Starva- , • tion Wages,, despe.tch from Washiogton says: • has devoured widowshouses he is Talinage, preached from disturbed with indigestion ? All the the following text:--"Wisclorn ceieth forces of nature are against him, without, she uttereth her voice ia the The floods are ready to Arown him, streets." ---Prov. 1. 20.- and the earthquakes to swallow hiin, We are all ready to listen to the and the fires to consume him, and voices of nature—the voices of the the lightning to smite him. Aye, mountain, the voices of sea, the all the ,armies of God are on the voices of the storm, the voices of street, and on the clay When the the star. As in some of the cathed- crowns of heaven are distributed, rals of Europe, there iS an organ at some of the brightest of them will be either end of the building, aod, the given to those men who were faith- qae instrument responds musically to ful to God and faithful to the souls /so; other, so in the great cathedral of others. amid the marts of busi- of oature, day responds to day, and ness proving themselves the heroes night to u,ight, and flower to floWer, of the street. Mighty were their and star to 'Ally in the great hors temptations, oisowy was thew ow monieS of the universe. The spring- liverance, and mighty shall b their time is ----------------------. gblossos, triu 1 e leir nip The Ring of Portugal' is probably the poorest sovereign in Europe. He is supPosed to i•eceive ^$400,000 a year, Ina it is 'alleged it is some time since'he received anything at all because money' is uncommonly "tight" in the national exchequer. Many of the royal dependents pay their eradesmea with credit notes, -but no doubt io the future when 'Portugal, by practising the, strictest economy, rights herself, they will be above par. The Sultan is a rich man, but his position is not responsible for his wealth. Were it not that he has en- ormous private means he could oot 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 pee 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- ficent salary of the Ring of Samoa. The Berlin. General Aet of 1889 brought this once powerful monarch face to face with poverty,' and set- tled the allowance mentioned upon him in lieu of the thousands he formerly played with. The most hu- miliating fact, however, is that his chief justice receives 8,6,000, and his President of Cohncil 85,000 a year, while his most insignificant subject has an. income little below his Own. Until quite lately the King Of Da- homey received the equivaleat `of $5 a week from alie lwrencli Government to ,entible him to live in exile at Martinique. But eventually he ap- pealed for an increase in salary in order to maintain a larger retinue, with the result that he was granted an additional five francs. After all, twenty-four shillings a week is not an exorbitant allowance for the Mall who WaS once the most power- ful monarch in West Africa. The privilege of being Ring of Luxemburg is not an enviable. oue from a financial point of view. at any rate, for although the salary accruing to the post is supposed to be $15,000 a year, there is often difficulty in collecting as many hun- dreds. The whole kingdom. only ex- tends over an area of 1,0b0 square miles, defended by an army of 350 men. The inhabitants pay taxes when they choose to do so, but di- reetly 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 Ring has to give his country credit, and at others finds it difficult to secure the funds neces- sary to uphold the dignity of the throne. The unfortunate Emperor Ravang Hsu of China is supposed to be able to live -Without. money ; all events, his Government, 'does riot provide him. with a penny. These is absolutely no grant to the reigning 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 Empress, but she receives pocket money in the shape of $1,250,000 per annum for "giving advice" to the Emperor on political matters-. preaching of od's love, anhe Again, the street impresses us with winter is a prophet, • white -bearded, the fOct that it is •a great field for denouncing woo against our sins. We Christian chariey. There are hunger aro all ready to listen to the voices and suffering ,and want and wretch - of nature, but how kew of us learn echress in the country ; but. these, anything ft.ons the voices of the' evils chiefly congregate in our great noisy and dusty street. You go to cities, On evesy street crime prowls, your mechanism, and to your work, and 'drunkenness stagers; and shame isnd to your • merchandise, and you winks, and pauperism thrusts out its conic bock again, and often with hand, asking for alms. Here want is how indifferent a heart" .you pass loWlost squalid. and hunger is mot thwiugh these streets. Are there no tufts of, truth 'growing up between 'eau'. A Christian Mow' going along a these cobblestones beiTten with the street in New York, saw a poor ;'My feet of toil and pain and pleasure, lad, and he stopped and said ', the, slow tread. of age' and the quick boy, do you know' how to read and step of childhood. Aye, there are write .?", The boy made no answer. etwice great harVests to be reaped, and The man asked the question , tlit morning I thrust in the sickle and thrice, "Can you read and write ?"and then the boy answered, because the' harvest is ripe. -Wis- with a tear splashing on the back dons crietls without, she uttereth,her of his hand, "No,. sir ; con't read voice in the streets." nor write neither. God, sir, don't in the first place the street ' im- presses me with the fact .that this want Inc to read and write. Didn't We is a scene of toil and struggle. he take away my father so long ago . 43y ten O'clock of every day the city I never remembered to have seen is jetging with wheels, and shuffling him ? and haven't I had to go along with feet., and humming' with' voices, the streets to get things to fetch and , covered with the breath of home , for the folks to eat, ? and smoke stacks, and a -rush with. twat- didn't I, as soon as I could carry 0 fickers. You are jostled by those basket, have to go out and pick who have bat -gains to make and up cinders, and never had ao school - notes to sell. Up this ladder with a ing, sir ? God don't want me to hod of bricks, out of this bank with read, sir. I can't read nor write it roll of bills, on this drasr with 'a neither." Oh ! these poor wander - load of goods, digging . a cellar, or ers ! They hay° no chance. Born in shingling a roof, or shoeing a horse, .degradation, as they get up from or - building a wall, or mending a their hands and knees to walk, they watch, or binding a book. Some- take their -first step on the road to times I. have stopped at the corner despair. Oh., let us' go • forth M the • of the street as the multitudes went name ,of the Lord Jesus Christ, to hither and yon, and it has seemed to rescue them:. Let us ministers, not be a great pantomime,•and as 1 look- be afraid of soiling our black'clothes ed upon it my heart broke. :Phis while we go down, on that mission,. great tide of human life that goes While we .ale tying an elaborate knot down' the street is as rapids tossed in our cravat; or while we are in ond turned aside and dashed ahead the study rounding off some period and driven back—beautiful in its eon- rhetorically, We might be saving fusion and confused in its ,beauty. In a soul from death and hiding the carpeted aisles of the forest,' in multitude of sins. 0 'Christian lay - the woods •fromwhich the eternal men, go out on this work. If you shadow is never lifted, on the Shore are not Willing to go forth yourself, of the sea over whose iron coast tos- ses the tangled foam sprinkling the then give of your means, and if you are too lazy to go, and if you are cracked cliffs with a baptism of too stingy to help, then get out of whirlwind. ,and tempest, is the- best the way and hide • yourself -in the Place to study God; but in the rush° dens and cavesof the earth, lest, Ing, .swarming„ 'raving street is the when Christ'w chariot -comes along, best Place' to study man. Going the horses' hoofs trample you into the down to your place of business and mire. Beware lest the thousands of coming- home again, I charge you look 'about; see these signs of pover- the destitute of your City, in the last great day, rise up and curse your 13r, of wretchedness, of hunger, of sin, of bereavement, .and Cupidity and your neglect. yon go • ahrough the streets, and come back Lastly the street imPresics. me tht•ough the streets, gather up in the with the fact that all the people are moms of your prayers a.11 the sorrows, looking forward. The inhabitants go alt the losses, all the stifferings, all up and o down, but they never weeP the bereavements of those whom You and they never toil. A rivet. flows . pass, and rresent them in prayer be- through that city, -with rounded and • lore an all -sympathetic God. luxuriantwbanks. and trees of life Again, the street impresses me laden with everlasting fruitage, bend with the fact that all classes and their branches to dip the crystal. oonditions of society must cons- No plunied hearse rattles over that' mingle. We sometimes cultivate a pavement, for they are never sick. • wicked , exclusiveness. Intellect des- With immortal health glowing in pises ignorance. Refinement will every vein, they know not how to have nothing to do with boorish- die.- Those towers of strength, those ness. Gloves hate „the • Sunburned palaces of beauty, gleam in the light . hand ; the high forehead despises' the of a sun that never sets.. 0 heaven, flat head_ ; the trim hedgerow i will beautiful heaven ! Heaven where have nothing to do with the wild otfr friends are ! They take no cen- copsewood ; and Athens hates Naza- sus in that city, for it is iohabited re. Thio .ought not so to be. I by. " a multitude which no man can. s :bless God that all classes of people number." Rank ' above rank ; host orecompelled to meet:on the Fitts:et. above host ; gallery above gallery O ',The gWttering coaeln -wheel- clashes sweeping all . around the heavens: •• against tha scavenger's cart ; fine Thousarids of thousandS, millions of • robesrips against the peddler's pack? millions, quadrillions of quadrillions.; s robust health meets 'wan sickness ; quintillioos of quintillions. . BlesOed honesty confronts fraud ; every class are they who enter in through the of people • meets every other class, gate into that city. Oh, start for it impudence and modesty, pride and this morning. Through the blood of "tiumility, purity and beastliness, the great sacrifice of the son of God, frankness andhypocrisy, meet on take up your march for heaven. the same bionic in the.same street in "The Spirit and the Bride say, Come ahe same city. Oh ! that is what and whosoever will, let him come, a'olomon meant when he said, "The and take of the water of life ,freely." rich apd. the poor meet together ; Join this great throng; who this 1110 Lord is the maker of them all." morning, for .the first time, espouse Again : the street impresses me their faith in Christ. All the doors with the fact, that it is a very hard of invitation are open. , "And I saw thing for a man to keep his heart twelve gates, and they were twelve right, and to get to heaven. In- PearlS•''' finite temptations spring upon us from these places of public concourse. &mid so much affluence, how Much temptation to covetousness arid to% be discontented with our humble lot. Amid- so many opportunities for overreaching, what 'temptation to , extortions.. Amid so much display, . what temptation to vanity. Amid. • the maelstroms and - Hell Gates' gif oo many saloons 01 strong deink, • what allurements to 'dissipation. In the street, • how ' many Make -quick eternal shipwreck: Ifa man-of-war comes back from a battle and is towed into the na,vy-yard we go down to look at the splintered spars, andcount the bullet holes, and look with patriotic admiration on the flag that floated in victOry from the most head. But that now is more of a curiosity who , has gene through thirty years of sharp -shooting Of _ business life, and yet 'sails on victor over the temptations of the street. Oh S how many have gone down Under the pressure, leaving not so moolt as the patch of a canvas to tell 'where -they perished. They never had any peace. Their dishonesties , kept tolling in their ears. ' If 1 had an axe and could split open the' beams of that fine house., perhaps I Would find in thewvery heart of it a 4keleton. In his very best wine there sisoaosma P001'- wit attls swea Dia 1 .is it strange that when a man &eyes. MODE THAN HE EXPECTED. A tailor named, Sam S----" from, a eduntry place .visited a large whole- sale warehouseoand ordered a quan- tity of goOds. He was politely re- . cowed, and one of the principals showed hint over the establishment. On reaching the fourth floorthe cus- tomer saw a speaking tube on the wall, the first he had ever seen. • What is, that? he asked. Oh,that is a, speaking tube. It is . a great convemence. •We eau talk with it to the clerks on the first floor without taking the trouble of going demist/airs. Can they Alcor anything that you say through it? * Certainly. . The visitor put his Mouth to the tube kind asked: , Are Sam S—'s goods 'packed yet? The people in the office supposed it was the salesman who had asked the question, and in a moment the dig - tinct reply came back: ' , No,We are Waiting for a reply from his banker. Ile looks like a , slippery customer. The largest deer park in the world ig';' CoPenhagell'.'s It`'.'cOVerSO4200 LESSON. INTERNATIONAL LESSON,: AUG. 25; Text of the Lesson, Gen. xxiio 1-14. Golden Text Heb. xi 17. 1. "And it came LO Pass after these things that, God did tempt Abraham." In our last lesson we looked Oust a little at °Laptev xix concerning the destruction of Sodorn and rescue of Lot.. In chapter xx Abraham went to sojourn at Gerar and fellinto the same sin which troubled him in Egypt and was rebuked by Abitnelech. His answer-, io verse 11 was testi- mony against Ininself, for lie should not willingly have gone where the fear of God was not. In chapter xxi we have the birth orlsaim and the casting out of Ishmael and find Ab- raham dwelling at 13eershelsa and wcirshipping the Lord under a new mime, the everlasting Clod. Note in verse 6 Sarah's testimony, "God hath made me to laugh," and io verses 17 aocl 18 God's promise to _Hagar, with Iii s "Fear not," which Is, I thiok, the second in the book. "God did tempt Abraham" signifies that God tried him (Heb. xi, 1.7!, for "the Lord trieth the righteous" (Ps. xi, 5), but He will not try any one above that he is .able (1 Cor, x, 13), ancl patience under trial will bring the crown of life (jos, i, 12; Rev. ii, 10). 2, 3 "Offer him for a burnt offer- ing." This froin. God concesoing his only solo his well beloved, for NC 11011-1 he had waited -25 years at least. ,Compare xii, and xxi, Yet see his ready obedience, for he believed that God would raise him up C.;NCII 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 Gocl ia his ex- perience? In Israel all God's prom- ises to Abrahazn centered, and if they were not fulfilled in Isaac the word of God would fait (chapter xxi, 12), a thing which could not possibly oc- cur. ' Mount Moriah, where Abraham was to offer up Isaac, was the same as that whereon the temple was IN A LONDON SLUM. How the Other Hall Lives, as Shown in Clerkenwell. They were a courle of dirty little urchins tossing pennies at the en- trance of a Clerkenwell court on a sminner Sunday • afternoon. Their hats were crownless, their bodies coatless and their feet bootless. In- deed, their entire apparel scorned to consist of two hat rime and some tattered ticking shirts and, trousers, Whe bottoms of which were torn into scallops, squares and other, fancy patterns. The little alleywaywhere they stood guard was dark' and ill - smelling, yet from:the gear there is- sued 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 head. "What? You mean the hymn tunes and scch! Them's the mission folks what comes round every Sunday to preach and pray and sing," he an- swered. "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, Jinn let's stop tossin' cop- Pers—'taint right nohow on Sundays —an' we'll 'scort the laidy in among the mission folks. Can ye sing laidy?" On assuring him' that I could sing, he and his companion, onabn either side of me, escorted me in through' the narrow alley to- wards the centre of the court. There I found it wider .than at the en- trance, so wide that it was posoible to stand six or seven abreast. Three- storybuiLdings were on either side of the court, and from every window there peered several • faces. There were men in their shirt sleeves, smok- ing pipes,' and men with aprons tied round their necks. They had stop- ped in the nidc1be Of their Sunday shave, wit,h, hatids holding a razor in midair. There were • women with plaid sha.Wls crossed, upon • their breasts, their hair in knots which had apparently not been untwisted • since the preceding Sunday; and there Were children of all ages and both sexes, garbed in the simt lest and .scantiest of summer rainient, sitting and standing by -We open windows and doors intent on listening. NOT AN EPICWIR.E. dinnall at,M'stell 11enry'4, yisterday? dionah at 31 itch Henry's, Wistwrday? Parser, Y erhy--Well, Sall, I done fo'got to ask what it was, It, tasted little like Legitorto, but it might, bee no C °chi tis China. or.. I' I yin otith, Reek fo' all I know, builded by Solomon (II -Owen. iii, 1), for both tabernacle and temple stood, in a figure, upon atonement, the silver sockets of the tabernacle being, made from the ransom monsy of the people. 4, 5. "On the third day." It is to be a resurrection story, and the third day is the resurrection day whether of Jonah or Christ, whether in Geni or John ii, 1, or vi, 2. 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 day. Abraham's words to his young nign, “I and the lad will go yonder and worship and come again 'to you," show his strong faith that in some way Isaac would be given back to him, 6, 7. '3Vhere is the lamb for a burnt offering'?" Did a sword pierce Abraham's heart as his only son ask- ed him this question? See Isaac bearing the wood and think of the Son of. God bearing the cross on which 1 -le. was to suffer. See Abra- ham carrying the fire and tlie knife and remember that ,it is written, "It pleased the Lord to .bruise 'Him." 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 host 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. 8. "MY son, God will provide Him- self a lamb for a burnt offering. So they went both of them. together." "Behold the Lamb of God" said John the Baptist as he pointed Him Out. 'The redeemed as they fall be- fore the Lamb sing, "Thou art wor- thy for Thou wast slain and host re- deemed -us to God by Thy blood," and a hundred millions of angels cry, 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain" (John i, 29; Rev. v, 8, 9, 12). He had been Wireordained 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 wood and took the 'knife in his hand to slay his soft? Who can tell but God? For no one had ever just the same fellowship with God. How deep 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 "'His own self bare our sins in His own body," "Bruised for our iniquities!" • 11, 12 "Now I know that thou loosest dodo seeing thou Mist not withheld thy son from Me." Thus spoke the angel of the Lord, the Son of God, the Lamb of God Himself, as He stayed the uplifted aim of Ab- raham. He had' tried His servant aud found Him leaning not . upon Isaac, the gift of God, but upon God' Himself: - We are, apt to allow the good gifts of God to come between Him and us and lean upon them ra- ther thati upon 111111, so that for our good He often removes His gifts. 13. "Abraham went and took the ram and offered him tip for a burnt offorirtg in the stead of ids sou" As truly. was Christ, the Lamb of God, offered in our stead, as 'our substi- tute, bearing our sins. There, is no salvation by trying. to live 08 He lived, lot' we cannot live ,His life ex- cept as Ile shall live it in us, and He is tiot itt us Mail rye receive lain 05 the One who died in our stead. The redemption whieh God has provided begins in our experience with the for- giveness of sins, and he ,whose sins are not forgiven has not Christ in hint 14, "And Abraham called the name of Cost place Wehotah-jireh." The margin say§ that the name signifies 'the Lord will see or provide toes of our daily life aini glorify Cod A V mi inp 'turfy(' tiNcLE sAlt, by unbounded and unwavering faith 2141 u II in HMI withholdingg nothing from but, abandoning ourselves ut- terl,v to film for His goo(1 plestsore, that lie may glorify in us, Tins chapter leaves Abraham dwel- ing at Beersheba (verse 19); in, the nex.1 Sarah dies at the age of 127 and is buried in Hebron. lo chapter xxiv the servant of Abraham, Elie - zero obtains Ltebekall from Labatt as a wife for Isaac. ia chapter xxv ,Abralutot dies at tale age of 175 aod is twirled by Isaac and Ishntie1 hesicle Sarah at Hebron, riOlie death of Ish- mael is also recorded at the age of 187. Isaac is see11 dwelling by the well Lahai-roi, the well of that livetli and seeth inc ( Gal. xvi, niargin)., WHY CHINESE CAN'T FIGHT, Because They Live on Rice and a Vegetarian Diet. To a very large extent the fighting qualities of a nation are governed lar 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 t lr ey world that lodr as r elu(ttl-seeayaaVy t er sl, aaasd ti is- thave been. Not only are the meat -eaters the best fighters, but they are the lead- ers in every branch of human achieve- ment, and this to itself explains away why the Chinese Ore such a poor race in the pugnacious line. Soldiers of the Celestial • Empire thrive, after a fashion, on rice, cab- bage, and a vegetarian diet, with just an occasional smackering of meat, which is Scarcely worthy of taking into consideration. No doubt vegetarians would at- tempt to explain away the matter as merely a phenomenon, and souse have ventured .to 'prophesy that in time to come China will with its -vast population govern the world and ac- complish this on rice and cabbage. We have little to do with the uncer- tain 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 besides being the 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 arid 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 questioning their fighting qualities, no matter what shape they take. The weak races of people are the rice -eating Chinese, .Hindoos and Siamese, regarded since the dawn of history as non-progressiVe, suPer it - and inferior physically and mentally to the meat -eating nations .who dominate them. 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- veals what poor soldiers the Chinese are. The most remarkable feature in connection with the Chinese war- rior is the extraordinary coolness with which lie will meet death. It is not an easy matter to explain away -unless one takes it for granted that death is either treated lightly as an inborn instinct or that life is not valued to any extent. Since Ilo liaO given for us Iris dear- est and best, how can We think for a moment tliht He will Withhold aught from us that, will be for our good? (Ps. lxxxiv, 11). Let -as ad opt these ,,WOrdso I,f we -,haYe. not already done so, as one of the mot- HOW THE BUSY YANHEr SPENDS THE DAY. Matters of Moment and Xirtli. Gathered from riii.s* Records. The amount of money in the Unit-, ed States last year was 830.66 Oibri capita, Disborsenients for year were $1.85 per population, On tWe 13rooklyn ferry boats the' police report one life -Preserver to every ten passengers. Mr. Andrew Carnegie Isa,s offered to give $750,000 to the City of San Francisco for a public library. The contract for the new public library in New York has been award- ---+ ENGINEERING IN CHINA. Celestials Anticipated 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 suc- cessfully along stationary lines, it hasrested for centuries without pro- gress in all that involves motion. Thus, while their fixed structures are notable and 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 buildings, has been practiced by the Chinese-. for centuries, and is found all over- China. This is one of the many interesting onervations made by Mr. William Barclay Parsons during a railroad survey in 1898, and recorded in his book entitled ''An Amerielus'Engineer itt China.''s. Another example of how the Chi- nese have, by centuries, anticipated some of our modern inventions, is afforded by the, system of dividing up the hull of a boat by bolkheac18 as a protection against leakage, this, with the Chinese, dating back further than the thirteenth century. The numberof .compartments in the Chinese trading vessels depended up - `ort the ntunber of owners in'tv ves- sel. Mr. ,John IL Morrison, in an article in Gassier's, agagazine several years ago, told that in a large ves- sel there were sometimes as many as 100, each partner shipping his own goods in his own compartment which he fitted up to suit himself, and either- weet in person or sent one of his family to take charge of his property. There is thus some question whe- ther the Chinese bulkheads or coma\ postulant system was designed for insuring safety for the vessel, rather than for commercial convenience but there is no doubt that the com- partment plan existed at that early „date and that, the compartnients, too, were made substantial and wa- terproof. HE WAS CONSIDERATE. Papa, Arr. SPooneigh has asked for rot hand; • • , Well—or—Waughter, Ms2 Spooneigh is a very nice young main and as I .have nothing against him I'll save ,1•3i0s t, pap— al ' BY refusing., pensionslast apita of total est to Norcross Bros. at $2,865,705.1 A inovement has been started to erect, a statue at Amesbury, Mass., to the memory of John G. Whittier, the poet. A searchlight on the Electric TOW-. er of the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo casts rays for a distance o 50 miles. ,Thomas Dunn, English poet and writer, author of `93en Bolt," has; just celebrated his 82nd birthday at' his home in Newark. Mrs, Eddy, the head of the Chris-, tiau Scientists, is 81 years of age, and is said to have inade over a lion dollars out of the business. Canoe -building is one of the inch's - tries of Kentiebuilisport, Me., whichi used to build great ships, and even% flow launches an occasional schooner. t It is estimated that the average cost -Of Chime through taxation in the United States is ,not less, than 83.50 per capita of the entire city popula- tion. Gravestones and monuments being made of the marble saved froin the Stewart mission, Fifth :avenue and 34th street, New York, which is being demolished. Churches In the New York Presby" -tory last year exceeded in their mon- ey gifts those of any previous year. They gave $1,109,24.2, more than $150,000 ahead of last year. Jacob S. Rogers, the locomotive builder of Paterson, N. J., left his fortune of $8,000,000 or more to the New York. -metropolitan Museum. of Art, giving his relatives only $25,- .,000 apiece.. • News.continues to reach the Inter- ior DepaAment at Washington indi- cating an extensive system of land! frauds in the North-west. Thus far. the revelations are confined to Mon- tana and Idaho. •I e Henry E, Weaver of Chicago has sent to Msoror Harrison a let,ter guaranteeing $1,500 for the purpose' of inaugurating beach bathing facil- ities for the poor of Chicago. He hopes it will be only the first of many contributions for this purpose.' William Rollins, of Hogue, Ring George County, Va., who died recent- ly,-, was widely known as the ferry- man who cariied John Wilkes Boothl, across the Rappahannock when the, latter was making his escape from - his pursuers after the assassination, of President Lincoln, Professor W. H. Lynch of Moun-, tain Grove, Mo., Academy. is credit- ed with...reading more paid -for news- papers than any other man in the United States. He subscribes for°56' newspapers, six of them dailies. I -le, uses them in his class for teaching currentohistory and geography. Fifteen_minutes from the New York: City Holl to 1-larlem is the time promisedowhen the underground rail-, road is r cpmpleted . Express trains will makea speed of 30 miles an hour, and run on two minutes' heads; way. Local trains will run on one minute headway, and at the rate oV 11 miles an hour. The will of George W. Armstrong, Boston, bequeaths $5,000 to the Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology, - to be called "The George Robertl Armstrong Fund," in honor of Ins only son. The saibe amount is giv-. en to Bates College because it so' largely aids in the education of poor boys. swwww..+. KING AND QUEEN AT HOME. Interesting Glimpses of the Ruler of Greece and His Consort. ' Some interesting glimpses of the King and Queen of Greece are given in the introduction to Eugene 'Schuy- ler's essays, just published. When Mr. and Ml's. Sh -,110 “.bout to leave Athens, in the '80's, they were invited to the king's country palace at Dekelia to say, good-bye : It was nil quite charming, and leaves a pretty picture in my Mind—the king making jokes with the children anct! running upstairs two steps at a time to see if the queen was ready to receive the guests, the queen tak- ing Mrs. Schuylee, into, her bedroom to show her an ikon which had be- longed to Peter the Great, and say- ing, 'Do , you think Mr. Schuyler , would be shocked if J brought Inuit in here ?" When they were asked to write their names in t the visitors' book, and • it was foutid that a; queen's writing materials go astray like other people's she called out, as any other wife might call, on the man of the house for help 1 Oh ti Vil-lie, Vil-lie, I have no pen; I havei no ink.''. '1:1.19 king, though known to the public as "George," is " lie" to his own fuinily It was at 'breakfast that the king, spoke to Mm. Schuyler of hio early! life in Greece and of having come; there a boy of eighte,en, of anotherl religion and another language. 'ittyi boy will have an easier time of it than I -had,'' he said, ''but, thank, God, I have, had it happy marriage:"1 A lady spending a day at Dekelan Was risked tos"come upstairs mid see, the prettiest thing Wou ever sattr.13-, She, went up, and there was the queen giving the baby its eveningi bath, while the king lookea on and handed sponges and totrelso. The other children were put to bed, and their mother went, roOnd arid kissed theist , good -night, making the Sign of the cross over emelt one. •