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Every One Who ;Aeoepts It Will
• MI -doted IO Jing to Act of the parreent
oatala„ in the Lyfair One Thousand Nine Hun-
dred and One,,Iv 'Malan lla0,nf Tepid°, at -
0'4 Depai tispnt of Agriculture 0ttan.a.1
A despatch -from Washington says :
—Rev. Dr. Talmage preached from
the following texts, Genesis vi, 18,
; Revelation xxii., 17,
"Come,"
imperial, tender and all persua-
sive is, the 'word ,''come." , Six hun-
dred and seventy-eight times is it
found in the Scripturesit stands
at the front gate of the Bible, as in
,M3e first text,inviting antediluvians
int45NottlVs ark, and it stands 'at
the other gate 'of the Bible, as in
My second text„ inviting the post-
diluvians .of all later ages into the
ark el a Saviour's mercY. "Come".
is only a word of'four letters, but
, it is the queen of words, and nearly
the entire - nation of English Vocab-
ulary bows to its scepter., It is an
Ocean into which empties ten thous-
and rivers of meaning. Other Words
drive, but this beckcns, All moods
of feeling hath that 'svord "come."
Sometimes it, weeps and sometimes
it latighs. Sometimes it prays,
Bometfilies it tempts, and sometimes
it destroys. It sounds from the
:toor of the church and from the se-
raglios of sin, from the gates of
heaven and the gates of hell. It is
confluent 'and' accrescent of all poiv-
cr. It iS the heiress of most of the
past and the almoner of MOSt of the
future. ''Conie !" You may pro-
uounce it so that all the heavens
will be heard in its cadences or pro-
nounce it so that all the Woos of
time and eternity shall reverberate
in its one syllable. It is on the
lip of saint and profligate. It is. the
'flightiest' of all solicitants either
for
GOOD OR BAD. •
Receive
,"come.' it will take all eternity to
Ifind out the number of business men
\VileilaNe' been strengthened by the
promises of God and the people who
havo been fed by the ravens when
, ice, -Locos tmNe out and tl
men and women who going into thi
battle armed onl3r with needle 0
saw or axe or yardstick or pen o
type or shovel or shoe -last, hav
gained a victory that made.the hea
yens resound. With all the resource
of God promised for every exigency
no one need be left, in the lorch.
But the word "come"- applied to
those who need sOlace will amount
to nothing unless it be uttered by
some one who has experienced that
solace. That spreads the responsi-
bility of giving this gospel call am-
ong a great many. Those who have
lost property and been consoled by
religion in that trial are the ones
to invite those who have failed in
business. Those who have lost their
health and been consoled by religion
are the ones to invite those who are
in poor health.. Those who have
had bereavements and been consoled
in those bereaVements aro the ones
to sympathize with those who have
lost father or mother or companion
nor child or,, friend. What multltudes
of us are alive to -clay and in good
'health and buoyagit in this journey
of life who would have broken down
or died leng ago but for the sus-
,
taeeing and Cheering help of our
holy religion ! So we say, "Come!"
..,
1.rou nrust -remember that in many
cases our "come" has a mightier
'come" to conquer before it has any
effect at all.- just give me the
ac-
curate census the statietics of how
many are down in .fraud,. in drunk-
enness, in gambling, in impnrity or
in vice of any sort, and I will give
you the accurate census or statistics
of how many have been slain 4 by
the word. "come." ''Come and
click wineglasses with me at this
ivory bar." "Come and see what
we can win at this gembling ta-
ble:" "Come, enter with me thiS
doubtful 'Speculation.l,'"'Coin° with
me and read' those infidel tracts on
Christianity.'' "Come with me to
a plaeo of bad! amusement." "Come
with me in a gay bout through the
uaderground life of the city." If 111, this city -there are twenty, thousand
who are down, in moral character,
then twenty thousand fell under -the
.power of the word ”corne," 1 was
reading of a wife whose 'husband had
lAten overthrown' by strong drink.
and she went to the saloon where 'he
WaS rtlilleCl, and she said, .'`Give me
back my. Irusband.'' Aia' the bar-
tender, pointing to a maudlin and
battered limn drowsing in the norner
oi 0 bar -room, said : "There he is.
jim, wake up. Here's your wife
come for you." And the
said : "Do you can that any hus-
band? What have you' ben doing
with him '?'Ts that tile -manly brow.
is that the clear eye, is ;that the
noble heart, that I married ? ,What
vile drug have you given him that
has:turned him into a fiend '? Take
your -tiger claws off of him. Uncoil
those serpent folds of evil habit
that are crushing him. Give me
back my husband, -Lhe one with
whom I stood at the altar ten 3 -ears
ago. Give 111111 back to me."
tine was he, as Millions of others
have been, Of
1HE WORD "COME.''
Now we want all the world over
to 'harness this word for good, as
-others have harnessed it for evil,
,ancl. it will draw the live coatineats
and .the seas between thein = yea, it
Will draw the whole earth )nack to
...the God from whom it ha S wander-
ed. - is the wooing end p ersu a -
sive word that will lead mn. eto
give lip their sins. Was skepticism
ever brought into the love of truth
by , an ebullition of hot words
against. infidelity ? Was ewer the '
blasphemer stopped in oaths by
denunciation of blasphemy ? '" Was
eVet' a drunkard weaned •from his
▪ cups by the temperance lecturer's
mimicry of stahhezing steps' and hic-
cough ? No. It waS, "Come with
to CI-MIX:II to -day and hear our
singing:" ' "Come and let'ine intro-
duce you to a Christian man whom
y,ofi. will lie Rine, to "COMe
With 1-110 into associations that are ;
cheerful and d gdod aninsforing.
"Come with me into joy such as you
never before experimmed." '
, With that Word which has done so ,
much fol' others I, approaCh ,you to-
day. Are :you all, right with God
No, you say, ''1 think not. s ain
semetiines alarmed when thiek
of him. 1 fear 11,01 1 net be ready
to nmet him on the last day. My
heart is not right -with GO." Come,
then,. and have it 011110 right.
Through the • Christ who to
save you, coine ! What is the use in
waiting 1 The longer you, wait the
farther off you are and 'the (100p(11', you are down. Strike out for hen -
von You remember that a few
yenre ngo a steamer called the Prin-
cess Ali,ce, crowd of excur"
sionists on board,. sank M. the
Thames, ,a,nd there was on awful
51-Ofi
rice 0 life. A boatman 110111the, shore pelt out for ,the reF,icue, and
,had. a big boat, 1111(1he got it so.
' it would not 1101d Qlletilc.r pee-
, gem, and, he lai(1. hold of the Oars
to pull for (he. shore, 1011)103 hurl -
(hods helpless and drowoing, he
cried out, "Oh, that I hada bigger
boatt!'' Thank God I am. not thus
, limited and that .can promise room
for all in this gospel boat. Room,
in the hen it of pardoning God
PCOM IN HEAVEN',
Whei we ell need whether up up or
down Hie or half way between, is
Alm 3» 1;11ilid SOIMie of the Christien
,And we ,employ the word 1
. .
THE s s Lussos nia,c a way of escape that we ma
S. Th()." -.0 WhO are not the ell i IdeCti 0
God often prosper in this world am
have comparatively fou trials. ``Thos
NOV 10. ' are tile 1111g0d1Y 1).e0Sper th
world. They increase in riches; the
i':IfetVeitliilleort 1111% 1S h100
0111-'110'
noon'' (Ps. lxxiii, 5, 12). When w,
turn bur backs on the peinee 01 thi
world then he will sock to make IA
knovir his hatred, and we shall tin
the contention with the world, the
flesh and the deVil often very severe,
11 will seem a hard bondege, and
our lives may be made very bitter,
that but lle deliver in ILs time am
O e'eerything and told 4..braham tnat meanwhile give us grace.
$ his seed should be gfilicted in a'
r strange land (Gen. xv, 13, 14) and
✓ that afterward He would bring them
e out with great substance. He 1)01-
mits His people to be tried that He
s may be glorified in them and that ile
may show His mighty power, that
people may know the hand of the
Lord that it is mighty and may re-
verence Him. (Joshua iv, 24; 1
Kings viii, 42, 43; II Kings xix, 19).
'1 110 record of names throughout the
Bible 'makes us think of our Lord's
words to the 70 in ,Luke x,20, that
they should rejoice rather that their
names were, written in heaven than
in being able to work wonders. The
Bible contains the names of bad as
well as good people, but the Lamb's
book of life has ,only the names of
those redeemed by His blood (Rev.
xxi, 27; xx, 15; xiii, 8), HaPPY
are all who hear .Tim say: "Fear
not, for I have redeemed thee. I
have ca,Ifled thee by thy name. ,Thou
art Mine.'' (isa xliii, 1)'
.
2-4, These are the names of the 11:
sons, besides Joseph, W110111 God
gstve to Jacob. The order in which
these names are given varies. greatly.
Here the first' six are Leah's sons,
Benjamin with Joseph were given to
Rachel. The last four were given to
Bilhah sand 'Zilpah, the maids of Ra-
chel and -Leah. We must recognize
Tsrael everywhere in Scripture either
as Jacob personally, or the descen-
dants of J acob through _these sons.
No others have any right to the
name. .A very high honor yet awaits
I 'them, inasmuchir as thenames are
to be written on the 12. gates of
pearl of the New Jerusalem (Rev.
xxi, 12, 21), not by' the virtue of
any merit in them, but only by the
blood of Christ, in whom alone is
salvation. The significance of these
11/11110.0 according to the nmrgin of
Gen xxix and xxx is—Reuben, see a
son; Simeon hearing; Levi, joined;
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
Text of the Lesson., Ex. 1., 1-14.
Golden Text, Ex.ii., 24.
1. "Now these are the names of the
children of lerael which came into
EgYPt.'' Ile led them into Egypt,
littewing that it would be for them a
house of bondage, au iron furnace
(petit. iv, 20; vi, 12). lle foresaw
THE WELL IS 'NOT.DRY.
The latickets are not empty. The
supply is not exhausted. There is
jast Os much mercy and condolence
and soothing Dower in God ns before.
the first grave was dug, or the first
tear started, or the first heart brok
en, or the first accident haPPeifed, o,
thi first fortune vanished. 'Whose of
us 'who have felt the consolatory
P00031 of religion. have a right to
speak out of our own :experience!'
and say, Come
What dismal work of condolence
ithe world makes when it attempts
to condole Thc plaster they
spread does not stick. The broke'
nes under their bandage: do no
koit. A farmer was lost in a snow
storm on a prairie of the far Nyest
Night coming on and alter he was
almost frantic from not knowing
which way to go, his sleigh struck
the rut of another sleigh, and he
said, " I will follow this rut,and it
will take me out to safety." I3'e
hastened on until he hen.rd the bells
of the preceding horses ; but, com-
ing up, he found that that man was
also lost and, as is the tendency of
those who are thus confused in the
forest or on the moors; they were
both imrcineg in a circle, and the run-
ner of the one lost sleigh WaS fol-
lowing the runner of the bther lost
.sleigh round arid round, At last it
occurred to them to look at the
north star, which was peering
through the -night, and' by the di-
rectionof that star they got home
again. Those who follow theadvice
of this world in' 'Mile of PerPlexitY
are..in a fearful round, for it is one
bewildered soul 'following another
bewildered soul, and only those who
have in such time got their eye on
the in'orning star of our Christian
faith can find their wa17 out or be
strong enough to.lead others with an
all -persuasive invitation.
I. As the one word "come'.: hhas
sometimes brought many souls to
Chris,t, I will tr3r the experiment of
pillng up into a mountain and then
send down in
AN AVALANCHE POWER
many of these gospel '002)10 0"
" Come thon and all thy house into
-the ark ; " "come unto Inc all ve
who labor and are heavy laden, ancl
I will give you rests'; " "Come, for
all thing's „041e now ready ; " "Come
with us, and 110 N7i11 do you good
"Come ,and ,see ; " "The Spirit and
the lnide say ' come,' and let him
that hearcth say: 'come,' and let him
that is athirst come." The, stroke
Of one bell in a tower" may be sweet,
but a score of bells n -ell ±1.1110C1 011C1
rightly lifted and skilfully swung in
one great chih-Le fill tile neavens with
music almost celestial. And 110 one
who has, heard the mighty chimes in
the towers of Amsterdam or Ghent
or , Copenhagen can forget them.
Now, it Seems to me that in this
Sabbath hour all heaven is clibnimg,
eye! the voices of departed friends
and kindred ring down tile sky say-
ing, "Come ! "- The angels who
never fell, bending from ‘sssapphire
thrones, are chanting, " Conte ! "
Yea. all the towers of hea,ven, tow-
er, 01 martyrs, tower of prophets,
tower of apostles, tower of evangel-
ists;• tower ef the temple, ofthe
Lord God and the Lamb are Chim-
ing; "Come ! Come !" Pardon for I
all, and peace for all, and heaven for
all who C01110.
When Rupeia was in Ong , of, her
great wars, the sliffering of the 801-
dim's hadeen long and bitter, and
they were -Waiting for the'send of the
strife. Ono''. day a TneSsenger 111
great. excitement Pell 11 131011g th\e,
tents of the army Shouting,. l`Pcm'm !
Peacc;‘,! " ,The sentinel °on guard
asked, `11,1a,o sn,ys `peace ? ' ", And
the sick soldier terned on his hospi-
tal mattress mid neked,. "Who Says
'peace 1 ' And nil np and edOWn
th o encampment of the 111 ssi ns
Judeh, praise; Isaahar, hire; Zebulan
- dwelling; Benjamin, son of the right
. 'hand (xxxv, 18); Dan, judgingeNaph-
tall, Wrestling; Gad, a troop; Asher,
liappy, which, paraphrased, might
read, thinking of Christ and our ree
lotion to Him. '
•
G. Seventy souls. Compare Dent.
x, 22; also Gen. xlvi, 28, 27, where
-.Tacob and Joseph and his two sons
added to the 66, make up the .
tWe aro reminded of the 70 nations of
Genx, among whom the earth was
divided' according to the number of,
the children, of Israel (Deut. 172(0111,3
8),' and , adso of the (Alio: '70 whom,
the Lord sent forth (Luke x, 1)-i5fL'
to every city and place whither He
would come. As Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob and joseph passed _through
trial and much patient waiting, so
must all Israel, and so must every
disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ.
' 6. "And .7oseph died and all his
brethren arid all -that generation."
All who died as .3 oseph did with a
firm faith ill GOd anel reliance upon
the great sacrifice for sin, gained by
their dying, and 'a greater gain
awaits them at the resurrhetion Of
the just "(Phil. i, 21, 23; Luke xiV,
lele Rev. xx. (i). To a child of God
absent from the body means present
with the Lord, and there•is no.funer-
al or grave for the redeemed.
7. "And the children of Israel were,
fruitful and increased abundantly and'
multiplied and waxed exceeding
inighty, and the land was filled with
t1100)." God , lied said to jacob
when he was leaving Canaam "Pear
not to go down to Egypt, for I will
there make of thee a great nation"
,(Gen. xlvi, 3). am1 1111 lSis proinisee
are sure, for ilto is the God of Truth
or, literally, the Go'cl•Amen (Ise, lxv
1(1). The blessing* 01 ±110 Lord was
uPon them, and that was everything
for toil without that accomplishes
PINE HARNESS.
The Most Interesting
InE
Many will be interested, especial, v
all lovers of horses, to hear of the
treasures in the saddle -room in the
Royal stables at Sandringham, in,
Norfolk, England, Everything is
kept in the most splendid condition
No State harness is kept there, but
Only at WindSor or Buckingham Pal-
ace; however, some Of the harness
at S'andringham is very fine. The
set used when --the Ring and Queen
arrive at Wolferton Station is solid
silver, engraved with the Royal coat -
of arms. Another set, whioh the
queen uses when lIer Majesty goes
out in the pretty little carriage
drawn by four most charming
ponies, has- exquisite gold fittings,
all bearing the Royal- arms.
.Altogether there ave over sixty
sets of the most elaborate harness,
and many persons are specially kept
to constantly clean it. The collec-
tion of saddles is quite unique, as
it comprises saddles from nearly ev-
ery country in Europe, including a
very peculiar Russian one, 'which ha!
gold fittings, with jewels let into it
'The saddles used by the Queen are
unique, as they are made with the
pommels fixed on just the reverse
side to the ordinary lady's saddle.
Both the Ring and Queen, Princess
Victoria, and other Royal members
of the Household, all have their
special saddles, which are hung up
3m handsome glass -covered
MAHOGANY CASES.
Sorne splendid pictures of horses
and dogs by Turner and other cele-
brated enimal painters adorn the
walls of the Royal saddle-roora.
There' are also ,several very comic
and clever Sketches from 'Vanity
Fair' and 'Punch' of! the Ring on 0
racecourse and- oat hunting, which
we were told,His Majesty was high -
13r amused at.
On the many tables are the hoofs
of 170110115 old favorite horses, beau-
tifully mounted in gold and silver,
and each bearing the name and par-
ticulars of the animal. The King
never forgets his old favorites. It
is interesting to note that when 1 -ler
Majesty is out driving there are an
extra pair of 'reins, which are placed
si,'ver the front of the carriage and
securedby a silver clasp. This is
done scr as to give greater security,
in ease of any sudden accident,
should the horse take fright.
'Probably the splendid set of har-
ness given to Prince Edward by his
devoted grandfather, the Ring, will
attract much attention. This is
beautifully made, and has silver fit-,
tings, with the initials of 01111 future
Ruler upon it. The fine set of sleigh
harness, which is only in use during
a 'very severe winter, was given by
the 'Czar. It. is very beautifully
carved in rich silver, and, is covered
with different sized silver bells.
The tiny saddle of the. late Fred
Archer, which only weighs a few
ounces, is an interesting relic of
past racing days. Photographs of
celebrated jockeys and trainers, in-
cluding one of the Ring's Own train-
er, Dick Marsh, adorn the -walls.
WI -LAT THE WORLD DRIN-Ks.
itemarka.ble Figures 'as to the
" Consumption of Alcohol.
The consumption of beer ,in ' the
United Kingdom.last year amounted
nothing, but that without toil mak- to 61.7 'gallons:per head of the Pop-
eth rich indeed (Prov. 1 22, R V.) illation, says 0 London newspaper.
8-11. -Now there arose tip a new Iii Germany and the United States
king over Egypt,' which knew not the consumption (ill 1.899) was 27.5
Joseph." Neither did hi: lolow the, and 13.5 gallons resPeettFelY; in
Lord of Joseph, for he talked about Prance it was only 6,2 gallons.
dealing wisely with,Israel, so that Nevertheiess. Great Britain , does
they might not multiply and tre did not, according to a Gloyernment
his best, by taskmasters. wrio ellPeted Panel' On arlS01101is beverageS just
them with heavy burdens, to keep issued, hold the premier position as
them from inultiP/ying, but ,the coun- a hcer'diTinking Country! In 1890 1:,'110
Lo stLicIe toi.ete1.•t,Ie13avarl n nrlritik54 p e head,
of ilis iaoatton11t:ne)ll.11latle3eigians47
tise1:1) (.25;f thle'h 0 11 eit-:lotirIcelnlitroingneat,iiiitglil0 t). '00111.1110.- 111p01'111.0;'111''adlici t12151(3c
.4" (3glicstltlniolnir)i° gallons.Inol
151210
Iii
Eng -
111151(0±1). the devices of the people of land it is only 0.30, in the United
none,, effect, cps, xxxoi, 10, 11). States 0.83, and hi Germany 1.45
12. ''But the more. they .afilicted • '
theta the more they inultiplied and No less than 36 Per cent of the
revenue of this country is raised by
duties on . alcoholic beverages. In
the. United StateS the percentage is
20, in Prance 19, and in Germany
18. The United States however
Orliwli a larger sum from this. eoures
, we .do. in 1809-1.900
amount was 11139,988,000, as • Cone.
pared, with £87,870,000 in the
Uniterl, Kingdom, i422„081,000 hi
Prange; ,and 218(717,000 .in
002'-
2111>113'.
,
1.11' lengland spirit-cleinking was
s tenthly i lICTell Sell from exa ctly one
gallon per head in 1,805 to 1„1 2 gal-
lons last year. In Frolic° Ole' in-
crease has been from 1.73 to 2.02
gallons, ill Oell1111111' from 1.80 to
1 ,01, and in America from 0.81 to
1.08.
go.lc,\tyl; t
1 cillifecoY Of111r101''g
;:,ratelf:ve1. "' )(leu
in.1;eryc.
• .i 1 1
purpose of the Lord shalt be per-
formed, and He says, '`I will work,
and ' who shall id;orhinder it?"
(Jets 11, 29; 'Ise,. Tfic
Isorci of Ilioste liath swore, . soYingi
.Surely as 1 have thought so shalleit
come to.PLISS, and 115 haVe promieed
so ,shall 11.;stand. (Ise,: xiv, 24!). The
0001111023 of God may associate them-
selves and gird themselves imbl teke
counsel together, but it shell come to
nought, and they shall be broken in
P111008 (ism viii, 9, 1.0).'
1 3, 11. Made to serve with rigor,
made bitter with hoed bondage—
these are sta,temeets concerning the
life which the Egyptians; caused the
tile' (4000(1011, "Wil0 says ,
'P0110131, Then 3110:13.e113.0,1, res-
ponded, The Czar says'. 'peace.'
That woe mangle fl'hat meant go -
103 1101110. riliat Meant. the war was
SiVen. No miore, wounde end '110 3110244
10314 1>811101105 Se to-dfiy, ,as ono
of the iseird'eehleri'S,C11k(11.13j, :I: move
through these encampments of' souls
and cry 1 peace .betWeleiteerth' and'
ficaven ! PeaCe .betWeen Guif nmi
1112,1) ! Peace be.tween your- repenting
0,0111 and a pardoning Lord ! "
7030 ask )ne, ",Wh.o says 1)000031
I answer, '' Christ, our King, de-
clares. it Ey ,yive, unto;
ou Peace 01 Gbd
3)1111 1)0 028-
0.11 nil ithderlitiending 1 " filverlaSt-
ng peace 1
Israelite.s to live, eTet, inifler a life
'like that; they prospered, for God
'was withthenf. peogperity
does /lot consist of' fre,edond 'rem
trial, -liut 01 God's preSenee end
bleesing, in the trial. David, peese-
121.tf,01 and fleeing for 1>18 life frcim
Saul, wae truly prosperous, bet Saul
wes not. Dallied an>1 his friends
peosnered in the lions' doll and in
the fiery fu 1>1100, but their enemies
did not prosper. irlowever severe
our, t11013 May be, neee hath 110 trial
titlien US but ,that'lyllielt 18 0011)111011
1,(1 111 5111, 11i1d. Cied is faithinl who will
not senne uS to, be tried above; that
100 1110 able, 'bIlt Will with thc trial
AirsNod\ i R S
'1110 two fleas that, had been travel-
itig, will' the iiieriagerie were 00131-
1)1111(13 11(1100
"1 003 11. see why they call that fni-
nen] 110 musk ox," said oho of the
le doeSii'L smell a bit 111(0
musk."
` (1 101' cen 1 1>1(51018 Le. >1(1'' said
elle thier, ihey call tlitLI,
animal in tile liext cage 11, (1l1>121111>011
Iie doesn't, taste at like
(.',111120111011.''
1 A.
BTTLESHIr,S
WEAKNESS,
FA711ILY UP SUJOIDES
Barbettes on English Craft Said
to' Have Sunk Six Inches,
lhe report that the Implacable's
sboaribsetatesvolliyievoseis,illkonus
000, but 1511110
it is an error to niinimizcl the mat-
ter, noththg :is gained by exaggerat-
ing it, says the LoodonfeEngineer.
We stillhope that a gochl deal of
exaggeration be found to exist
in the early report*. So far as we
can gather Lenin Um vague Para-
graphs going around in the doily
press, the thing that, has happened
is not altogether without precedent.
Twice before it bas occurred , \vitt)
that syetern of -gun mounting of
which the eesenee is on inunense
weight supported 00 0 vely 832)011
base at the bottotn of ithe ship. The
principle is, roughly, that Of ail 111-
ver11ed scone, and has been used in 0
not very diesimiler form by the
Frenc1 for a good ten years. 11 has
certain great advantages, but, like
Ilily,a0iSatneLili‘ligVailiatentgoerS,s. re11 alillyretheinOg.1111 10i111-1
tile 0111VS e0110trUetiOrl is faulty, the
whole mountino: is ' ,
and the fault may he created by' the
strain of docking. This ;Lethally oc-
eurred with' the Japanese battleship
Shileisima, and it Would puzzle any
one where to lay the blame.
So far as we can gather her bar-
bette guns Wore moved in dock, and
the ship did not happen to be fully
supported directly underneath the
barbette. A sinking resulted; and
it was remedied by cutting off some
of the base of the cow, Now it was
obviously impossible fox. either laund-
ers or gunmakers to anticipate 'an
iacident of this sort. Probably, we
should say, the Implacable trouble
is on all fours with that of the Shin
kisinia. 'rho Glory started for Chi-
na with a defective barbette: this,
SO far as we can ascertain, was the
direct result of rushing things, parts
destined for -various other ships being
crowded into her so as tci complete
her in a hurry. It would be inter-
esting to learn whether any Peters
were robbed to pay the implacable
Paul. In any case, however, bad as
the.accident may be, there is no
reason for the shriek that a certain
class of people love to raise directly
anything goes Wrong. Any number
of foreign ships meet similar or
somewhat similar 'accidents. The
foreigners, however, are never in a
hurry tcoadv,ettise the fact.
A WOMANLY QUEEN.
Some Characteristics • of Queen
Alexandra.
The womanliness reflected in the
face of Queen Alexandra is radiated
by her life, During the nearly forty
years, that she has spent in England
her generosity, sympathy, 011051t,3„ •
and thonghtfulnessthave never failed.
As Princess of Wales she has been
instrumental, directly or indirectly,
in obtaining subscriptions to philan-'
,thropie' and charitable work to the
extent of two hundred and fifty mil-
lion dollars. She regularly visited
the hospitals, and the poor and ot-
pressed luive ever. been her special
chtuto. She is religious, and what ;
is perhaPs exceptional in a woinan 12)
any rank 'of life, she is corefia' and
gentle in judgment, rarely expressing
,criticism or condemnation of anyone.
To illustrate her kindness of heart a
story may be quoted: '
in one of Ring Christian's weekly
letters to his daughter he wrote that
an elderly lady in waiting to her
mother, the late Queen of Denmark,
was dying and that her one wish was
to speak again to her "dear Princess
Alex.'' '
At that time,it was impossible for
Alexandra to leave England, but shc
Spoke a long, tender message of love
and hope and remembrance into 15
phonograph, and sent it by special
carrier to Copenhagen. It arrived
Only a 'short time before the aged
lady's ' death, bat it made her last
hours serenely happy.
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ESKIMO WRESTLING.'
Next to gambling the Eskimo men
like to wrestle. . The usual' way of
doing this is test rather of
strength than :skill. The wrestlers
Sit down on the floor, or in any con-
venient place, side by side, and foe-
ing in opposite directions, say with
right elboWs touching. Then they
lock arms, and each strives to
straighten 'out the other's arm.
TWENTY -7'W°
Y
Suicide, Wiped
itdt::,Afa‘01C7ste.tilleetieut
Family That Has Nearly
,
ar jay 13 rigge ,
himself on his farm in Sheeina11,,
Conin, a few "days ago, Was almost,
the laSt 11117VIV1I13 member of a °nee
aael tTcalL11,eeblot
011)0(1
out Of-existenCe.hy suicide, The his-.
;Weer of 22e11=deetruetion ie the 1314335
suicide family, as it Cala° t0
known in that part of Conneetieat,,
extends over a period of move than
liftY years and in that time at least
; twenty-two of the d escei a I oh is of
j;;;dg9e; 'Briggs, the original. Briggs
suicide have taken their owe
Lying in suicides' graves in the vil-
lage cemetery where Jay Edgetit,
Briggs was bUried on Wednesda,v, are
his great-grandfather, grandfa,ther,
father, brother and two sisters, l'he
suicide of dgai Jay Briggs was not
a surprise to the village nor to thoee
who had been long- acquainted wit13.
the family tor he had said for -years'
that he expected to die ae his eela-;
ittis\e'elesssillatlt
o pritit v
eleaeinthiTuulicilb•oriei.;
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all unusual way of ending his life.i
IIe had been watched for several daysl;
by his 'friends because they saw that'
the suicidal mania was upon huiu.'
EL-Ul/EI)
and going by a circuitous route into
the dense woods, threw a halter that
he had taken from his barn 0003' 0
stout sapling and, making a noose by
fastening the snap into the ring of
the halter, Ile bent his feet beneath
him and with his toes 'touching the
ground, strangled to death,, lle was,
found after a two dftys' search.
The record of suicide In the Briggs;
family does not appear .to be confined'
' strictly to blood relations, for soon,
'after the death of Edgar Brigge,
half a century ago, his stepmother,
Mrs. Henry Briggs, hanged herself.
Thirty-four years ago Charles Briggs,
grandfather of the latest suicide,
tied a rope about his neck and jump-
ed from a beam in his hay barn.
George Briggs, father of Edgar Jay
Briggs, went out from his home one
morning thirty-two yearS ago and
held his face in a shallow brook 'un-
til he was suffocated. Soon after-
wards. Royal, his oldest son. hanged
I himself in the barn. _Victor Briggs.'
a cousin of Edgar Jay, withdrew 'the
charge of shot from a gun and sub-
stituted a (3 -inch iron bolt, which he
fired into his head. That happened
twenty years ago.
FOURTEEN. YEARS AGO
Airs. Smith Icnapp, wife, of a iniel-
„
ness man in .Danbary, Conn., went'
to her childhood home cm the shore
of 13a11's Pond and, walking into the
water until it was over her head,'
drowne.d, herself. A few years later,
her sister. Mrs. Charles Ilaviland,;
'a:1'0Se from bed, and procured 15 rifle
and, returning, placed the muzzle at
her head and pulled the trigger With
her foot. Both 'Were sisters of Ed-
gar jay Briggs. ,
Andrew Briggs, a wealthy farmetO
in New Palrfield, Conn.; went .to
mill -pond near his form. and careful -i
ly erected an upright stick with a.
crosspiece . pointing toward the pond
like an 'arrow. Isaaving a note by;
'the side of the stick saying that'
searchers after his body woulcl save
themselves trouble by following the
direction indicated by the pointer,
Pc buckled a dog collar around his
neck and tied a large stone to it.
Carrying the stone in his arms, ho
waded into ,the pond, keeping in
range of the pointer, and permitted
the stone to ,c1rag- his head beneath
the water.
ly1a,ny of the ,suicides happened so
long ago that they have passed out
of the recollection of the present gen-
eration and there is no acoOrate re-
cord 'of them. They include cousin's,
uncles and aunts of the; bri.gianil
Briggs suicide.
CLEANSING LINEN.
A laundryman of Paris has discos',
ered a method of cleansing fine linen
and other fragile textures without
of tlie
aP0sre
toes, which lie rubs into the goods
and then rinses out. It is said, that
this method will Make soiled linen,
silk or cotton much 'whiter and purer
than_wasiiing 111 11)0 Ordilla ry way.
i*asmple“,r--Any references from your last place?
re. 1 150>)(30r0 five yeorie an' got six months off fer gems bell