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leallAVAItY 14, 1004.
Jesas Forgives SinseeMark2:14.
Colleillentarr...4. raieled sinner
brought 'to Christ (via 14), a and
ugattl-M the olose of tra 411041011 -
Ary tour in Oa sanoornauw-
Which wai4ht b.onto or 11,09.dellaa-
tore, It was nellied eLLQ it 0 w
spread TO rapidly. houne
.-Either the nouee wraela he 000a-
1ded, WIth hi mOther oriel his broth -
roe (Matt. iy. ea), ar poesibly that
O r at. Peter. -&m. 12. alanY
ware gathered -The audience includ-
ed Pharisees seed docters et ghe laW
Who bad 0014143 trent 'tile Wiens of
OaMee, Judeft field jerugalem sLuke
sa ay. abeett the door -Thera was
a great concourse of people, SO
that tha IIQUae and 'court were both
Mien. areacilee ehe word -The dee-
' trine or the Son of Ood.-,Clorke..
They had come partly to britio‘se
and partly out of curiosity, aud
now. Jesus seizes the opportunity to
preach the gospel. We ahoold be
Instant in season and out of ilea -
son to poiut othora to Jesus,
B Como unto Him-Accese to Jesus
seemed linpossIble. There wore
many obstacles to the Way. Should
they have waited for a convenient
leagon ? No. They must 'foroe their
way to Christ. aringing one -He
wail young, for Jesus calls him
son. but lie was grown, for It re-
quired four to carry him. There are
Many so wea.k and disoouraged that
thoy cannot go to Jesus without
assistance; we should always be
ready to help mutat. Siek of the
palsy -Palsy, a ?contraction ot the
word paralysis, is a disease that
deprives the part affected ot see-
setion, or the power of motion, or
both. Thliz patient was utterly itelp•
lees. The disease is coneidered in-
curable. "Palsy is a type of SUL
Sin in the *out takes all elle forms
erldoh paralysis does in the body.
Borne of four -Each ono holding a
oorner of the "r.allet," or bed, which
yeas merely a thiekly padded quilt
or mat. "There was co-operatices
In this work."
4. The press -It seemed quite im-
possible for there crowd to make
an opening sufficiently large for
them to pass through, Uncovered
ehe roof -Luke says, "through the
tiling." en the eastern countrief
the houses were flat -roofed and
joined together so one could wall
on them from one end ot the cite
to the other. Deoken it up -They
took up the tiling. They determin-
ed that nothing should stand In
their way. Let down -Imagine the
surprise of the crowd as this open-
ing through the tiles appeared, and
a pallet was let down before them
-II. Christ forgives eins.-vs. 5-7
5. Saw their faith -Many of the gift'
of• healing and restoration ev•ere c/b-
tained through the faith and pray-
ers' of friends of the sufferers. Bee
Matt. T111. 13; Marie v. 313; John iv
50. Jams "saw" their faith. Real
faith acts. Their holy boldness pleas-
ed him. Thy sins aro forgiven (R. V.
...Our first great need is the forgive -
nese of sin. jems rightly puts .thie
ah.ead of the healing of the body.
We cannot doubt that this paralytic.
was a conecIenceartrieken younl
man. The conditions neoeenry ti
forgiveness are repentance, confee•
won, forsaking sin and fain.
O. Certain of the eeribes-"The
ser:bee were the leaders of the na-
tion. the theologians, legieletors
pelitielane."-Geikle. In their heart.
-They hed not spoken openly. 7
Blasphemies -To blaspheme is tc
slander God or speak impiously
againgt God. But God only -They
raglitly understood all sins are sins
&galena Giod, and th.erefore only God
could forgive them. See Pea. 1. 4.
11. Christ heals disease -vs. 8-12
8 Jame perceived -In telling them
the thoughte of their hearts jesux
gave them the fullest proof of hi,
divinity. No sin emapes his notice
Why reason ye ?-ele,tthew- says
"'Wherefore think Ye evil ?" Why are
yon putting a misconstruction or
my words? 9. Whether is it easier
Bath are equally easy and equal-
ly difficult. Everything is equally
matey to that pow-er wheoh le unam-
ited. A unlyeree ca.n be as °eerily
produced by a sitigle Etat of the di-,
vies ri11 as the smallest part cla
Mat ter."-qtalire.
10. That ye may know -"External
miracles ere the proof' of internal
ones." Christ was conscious of di -
Tice power.- • If failure had been the
remit Hie humiliation would have
been overwheinming and fine)." He
proposes- now to proye His divinity
beyond queetion. Ban of man-Thie
le the title which Chilet most fre-
quently applied to himself, some-
times interehangIng it with the•
"Son of god." He appropriated to
himself the prophecy of Daniel. -
Matt. xxvi. 63, 43t; Dee. 11 13. It
applied to Christ more than eighty
tames in the New Testament. Pow-
er on earth -They were thinking o'
G d as being In Heaven, and Jesus
Goals attention to the fact that there
1. power on earth now to forgive
sins, The on of man has come to
earth and Ms brought this pavrer
with him. e,
'11. Arteee Here is the test. Christ
Dimwit his ability to heal. 1.2. He
arotie, The man had a part to per-
tOrm. Had, he not aoted at the word
of command ha could not have been
healed. Before them all. Thia thing
Imo "not done In a corner.' Christ's
rearaohes were performete in :tele moset
public manner and were never ques-
ttozied by those who witnessed them,
Amaxed. Luke add', "Thy were filled
vreth fear a Glorified God. They had
a high degree of reverence for God
and they were ailed with admire -
teen for hie power arid goodness,
Benson. On thin fashion. Christ'',
weeks are without precedent, tle
$ate independently and led -visor' with
no ora. They had seen three marbe
of late divinity ; 1. Forgiving sine. Q.
PeeceivIng thoughts. 3. Healing dis-
mal?). Tbe Works of Christ are as-
toniehing the World to -day.
PRACTISAL StlaVEY.
aeons Gnarled in his name continu-
elle what his mission on earth was;
'And thou shalt call hie name Seats,
for he than( metro his people from their
Ansa (Matt. 1, 21), The. nein° ma -
rice tho same signifies...nee ncew that
it did at tiro*. These, who are "his
peo3elti" are those who choose to be
so, and thue it pvill be alWaYs. "Who-
soever will, let him take the water
of, tiro frooly" (Rev. 22, 17). Ile will
foree no one to become a 'member of
the divine Mealy. Ho inakeie its hide
uttlly reeponsible ; the invitation is
alike t� OIL Evens men in a etete
at nature la a sinner, and to save
han from hits sins Ls a greater work
than to make a world.
"'Twee groat to speak a world
from naught,
'Tame greater te redeem."
till!, le A./ vrorat thing that ever
afflicted the lunta,n family by tar.
To deliver rrotu tho gult, power and
dominion of sin, the death and truf-
faring Of the S3n of (lotl wao re-
qtarod, whielt Was the greatest sac -
valeta ever naado, and all that will
may be rodeerned. "Hint that tornatit
trt mei, 1 vont In no wise oast out"
(John 41, 37). To Ong() mon from sin
and till the heart with tile love of
God Is the only way to make them
lanye alf (10(1 Made anan at first, arat
•
it' l tho Only state In which ho will trea4 The prices of Staple goods aro
be nattefied with 111m, for Ito "has firm. !Vile outloolz for husinesti is
called him not unto uncleanness, but ,bright,
unto holinese Those. 4, 7). "Do I Toronto Cattlo
)1
16). TIM can person 13o Made for
ra 1101Y. for 1 atu holy (1 Peter -.3., 1
a plae0 'with the pUre and 1101Y
above.
Chriat woe oontinaalay, while upon
learth, about his Father's business,
and lae coming in contact with tit°
;sick of tho pang in tbo loeson Is
no exception, and ho could saY with
equal faellitY. "Ariao, take up thy
bed and walla" or 'Tin" sins are
forgiven thee." He 'possessed power
• to heal no body iv.hon lie eaw it
Mead be beet for the individual and
for hie own glory, or to heal the Hold
• when ein was repented of, awl tho
person behaved on the Lord Jeans
Christ, The leeetin ibows the in-
toroet he had in the sick man, as
woll ea tho faith of the four by wborn
ho was 13orno. No doubt be vvao him -
MU Epomewhat Inspired by their
oarneatnese, for when tbey found
thero was no other way to get to
him, became of the preEps, they open-
ed a' way through tlio roof and let
him down. The houses were con-
structed en thew days so that they
oould do thin. Nothing could bay°
pleased him better than the mani-
festation of melt zeal to got to lam;
eo wo enuet Nrant his salvation more
than anything, else In order to ob-
tain It. He eoUld not let 20 favor-
able an opportunity as that pees
to do good withou.t improving it, so
when he saw their faith bo saki unto
the siok of the palsy, "Son, thy sins
be forgiven time" (Meek ii. 5.) There
were some of the scribes present who
adubtless were desirous to °etch hien
ifn his words, and they thought this
their time, for tbey regarded him as
a mere man, and he had assumed the
prerogative of God and had claimed
to forgive shut.
Ilo perceived immediately in hie
epirit how) they reasoned witlan
themselves., and he said unto till=
"Why reason ye these things in your
hearte ?" He Mowed bimself to be
god by forgivIna sin, and that it
waft as easy to do that as to say,
"A.riee' take up they bed, and svalk."
Re didthee, In part, to•convince them
that bo rate God, though it le hard
to coneinee a man against his will,
for a man thus convinced will very
'ikely hold tho "same opinion still."
They were amazed, bowever, at this,
end glorified God, saying, "We never
90,5r it on thla fashion." Apparently,
et least, they were eienvinced by the
enenderful works which they saw
I,o.ne, and closed their mouths for the
timo being, for they knew not what
to say. The human heart is • yery
wryer's°, and often w,hen oonvinced
:hat it Is wrong, will continue to re-
ject the truth. Thus hae it °Ter been
with the human family. Croorge W.
aoleman.
IThe flarkets.
Toronto bummers' Market.
The offerings of grain on the
treet: continue small. Wheat is
egher, with offerings of only on(
oael of whites whica brought 138%c.
iate load of barley sole at 48e, am,
00 bushels of oats att 35o a bushel.
Dairy pro -ducts in modern eupply,
Arita prices firm. Chclee butter 18
21.e per ele. and new laid eggs
.35 to 403 per dozen. Vegetables
°arm and firm.
Hay dull and firm, ten loads sell -
.ng at $10 to UT a ton for timoth,y
tad at $7 to $8 for mixed. One load
straw Loki at ae a ton.
Dressed hogs are lower ett j$6.50
o $7, the latter for light.
Following are the quotations:
Wheat, white, bush., 88 to 88%e;
Lod, bush., 88 to 881gc; spring, ,bush.,
350; goseee, hush., 77 to 77%; peas,
suede, .65 to 660; oats, bush., 34% to
.35e; barley., bush., 46 to 48c; hay,
.imotby, or toe, 810 to $11; clover,
e6 to. 88; straw, per ton, 09 to
a10; seeds, aesik,e, Web., $1 to 85.50;
lo., red °lover, boob., e6 to 66.25;
elmothy, 100 lbs., $2.25 to $3; (sp-
ines, per bbl., $1.50 to $2.25; dress -
id bogs, 86.50 to $7; eggs, new
:aki, per doz., 35 to 40e; butter, dairy,
t8 to 21e; do., creamery21 to
25c; chickens, per lb., 12 to 13c;
pees% per lb., 9 to 10c; ducks, per
'b., 10 to 12m turke,ys, per lb., 14
to 16c; potatoes, per bag, 95c to
81; cabbage, per dozen GO to 75e;
'cauliflower, per dome, *1.50, 82;
selery, leer dozen, 45 to 500; .beef,
hindquarters, 66 to. $8;; beef, fore-
onarters, V4 to 86; beef, choice, car-
oms, 66.50 to 87: beef, medium, ear -
:ass, $5.50 to $6; lamb, yearling, 08;
to a9; :mutton, per cwt., 06 to 87;
veal, leer Cwt., e7 to $9.
Liverpool Apple Markets.
Messrs. 'Woodall and Co. cabled Eben
Tames; 6,800 bbls.• selling. Market ac-
tive, but prices rather lower. Domin-
'on landed her apples In bad condi-
tion.
Leadi ?teat ,ILr'Ci1.
Pot:owing are the cloeing quota-
tions at important otheat cnetres
„o -day• :
N
Cafe; May. ew York •
91
Chicago. 963-8
eol:doe. 96
9
Duluth No. 1... ... 92 3-4 925 1 1:2
4
Bradsereets on Trade.
The dial:mit:es of transportation,
owing to snow blockade's delaying
.he recapts and shipment of gooes
eaueed mueh imonvenience in trade
oireice at Montreal this week. The
eonditions of trade are sound, end
he outlook peomieing. isinahed cot-
ton goods are showing increetsing
Agength and the domestic inals, are
displaying Inereaeing reluctance to
accept large orders. at current
p. ewe. Couatry remittanees are slow
owing to snow blockades.
Trade at Toronto has shown no
,xpansion thiS week as is 'usually
Looked for this mentit. In some nor-
thern factions the snow is 10 to 14,
Zeet deep, and auprnents have been
gr ay delay,d Cet on m 1 msn are
Withdrawing price'? again. Woollen
vole are very firm.
Businese has been moderately ace
(Ivo i Manitobz the pesaweek, ac-
cording to Bradstreee's repeats, in
epite of the cell weather, which na-
turally checks business in seam
limns •
At Victoria, Vancouver and other
Pacifin Coen eentrea trade le
falely good foe this soaam, which is
Dover a Very 'valve one,
Businees at ilamilton, as report-
ed to 13radstreeta, has been lair,
all things coal:total tide week, but
shipments of spring staple goods
have boon mach delayed, and the
label:sal? toads Ma oleo Weil .much
inconvenienced In the receipt of
vols. Travellere haVa been sending
In more orders than last Wesk, and.
mall orders are better.
London wholeaale traderreport,
a fair niovomont oorteidering tho In-
torraptio»e to traf,lo. Tho dti'Veal .a
of grain at country pointe having
fallen 01!, ba,..1noesi In a retail way
hag been advortrly afteoted.
Cola weather and Snow haVe kept
business from oapanding the overt
two week/ at Ottawa. The diffi-
Oultute of • slOpoing goode hmusing
IncOuvenionee at country con -
Owing to tho storm dollveates
woro light, 0 oat' loads, consiotiug
of 122 (tattle, 70 obvert 200 itogas
and 17 calves.,
Trade WAS ddlo With prices; easy
at quotations given 'below.
Vow exporters, wore offered and
the highest prim quoted wan about
81.50, although Ind there been
heavier weights probably more
nanny would havo aeon paid,
Dealers state that cattle mast be
bought at lower prioos, as the Eng-
lish markets will not warrant the
present, quotations on tble market.
cattla sold slowly, at
prima quoted, in sales glean below!,
A few mach cows sold all the way
from $30 to $155 orteh,
Priees for calves, sheep and
lambs were unchanged.
row gags were °leeredbut this 011
not ereeent prieee geeing 'ewer,
and dealers quote a drop of 25e
per viva for. next week,
• Exaorters-Best lots of exporters
aro worth 83.75 to $3.85 per cwt.;
medium at about $atill, to $4.50per
cwt. •
Export bulls-iCholca quality bulls
aro worth $375 to. $3.85 per ewto,
medium to gooel bull's sold at fe3.25
to pm,
Export cows -Export cows are
worth $35g to $3,75 per cwt,
Butehers' Cattle - Choice plokee
lots of butchers', 1,100 to 1,175 lbs.
eao,n, equal in quality to best exports
era, aro worth $1.30 to 84.50; loads
of good gold at $4 to $4,25; fair to
good, $3.00 to $3.B5; common'$3.15
to $3.80; rough to inferior, $3; can-
ners, $2.50 to $2•75.
Pea:tem-Steers of good quality,
1,050 to 1,150 Base eaoh, at $3.73 to
$1 POP cwt.
Stockers -One-year to two-year-old
steers, 400 to 700 lbs. meth, are
worth $3 to $3.50 per cote off -colors
Ind of poor breeding quality of mine
we4lite are worth. $2.50 to $3 per
owt.
Mich Cieevie-11111ele cows, and spring -
sass ore worth $25 to $50 oath.
Calyee-Calvae sold at $2 to $10
each. or from $1 to $6.2e per cwt.
Sheep -Prices, $3.75 to $1,23 per
ewtfor ewes, and bucks at $3 to
Lambs -Prices moped from $5 to
$5.25 per cwt., and $5.50 to rag'
"or ehoico ewes and wethers for ex-
port. , •
Hogs -Best select bacon hogs, not
less than 160 lbs. nor more than a00
lbs. each, fed and watered, are worth
$4.75 per cwt.; lialas and fats at
a1.e0; sows, $3.e0 to $3.75 per cwt.;
and rstags at $2 to $2.50 per cwt.
FAILURES LAST WEEK.
Feb. O. -Commercial failures this
week In tbe United States, as re-
ported by It. G. Dun & Coe aro 246,
against 002 last week, 358 the pre-
ceding week and 261 tin corresaond-
mg week last -year. Failures. In Can-
ada, number 20, against 28 last
week,i33 the •precedieg week and 32
.ast week. Of failures this syeek lo
the United States 97 were in the
epee:, 56 south, 73 west, and 20 in
the Pacifie States, and 87 teport
liabilities of 85,000 or moro. Lia-
bilities ot commercial failures for
January were $18,483.,573, against
$12,p73,97p for the same time last
year.
IF THE APS LOSE,
they'll Blow Up Their Ships Rather,
Than Surrender.
Despite -me iesson of the Boer
war, the Japanese did very little
open order and extended formation
work in their last manoeuvres, but
operated in solid masses as trim
and right angled as 'though shaped
with a spirit level. When Field Mar-
shal Marquis Yamagata was asked
If japen would not change her field
tactics to suit the conditions of
modern fighting, he replied:
"Japan will reveal her lactics in
battle .,13e sure that they Will be
those necessary to insure victory."
This was net the 'self-confidence
of the unbeaten warrior, but the
expreession of the only spirit japan
knows, for she never considers de-
feat even as a remote possibility.
On the sea, officers and men are
spoiling for a fight. From the
crews of the huge Mikassa and her
sister battleships down to the
men on such craft as the White-
naped Crane and the Dragon's
Lamp - torpedo destroyers. they
are ew,earing by every ancestor
that, if let loose, they will sink or
capture each consonantly named
Ruesian warship in the Pacific. And
do they not contemplate a possible
defeat? Yes, but capture no. Never
will a Japanese ship, high or low,
go into port a prize. 1
When the turrets ate jammed rind
the big guns dumb, when the screws
aro still and all defence is dead.
and done, the men ichosen by lot
before the beginning of nation will
from their station In the heart of
the ship perform "the last full mea-
sure of devotion," in exploding the
magazines, and the sixteen -petalled
chrysanthemum on the imperial
stemdaed will go deep '.down in a.
welter ot blood and steam and
smoke till, streaked w,ith ash and
sleeked • iveth oil, "the lukewarm
'
whirlpools close."
Sentence Sermons;
Sin ehaepens sorrow.
All flange aro easy to the earnest.
A leader is never afraid ox being
alone.
Burden bearing brings blessing
sharing.
Self-indulgonce is the secret of
indigence.,
Faith's foaelook brightens leaday's
outlook.
There aro no rights without re-
sponsibilities. I
Honor is toe big a rice to pay
for any honor.
Blows from the bellows of ridicule
Iona° no bruiees.
The beet cure of a bad habit is
the culture of a good one.
Where vulgarity passes for wit,
virtue mane for folly.
The man wile has Voice to burn has
to borrow' a, anaach to &tart it.
The faust Way to bury your eorrOwe
is to get your Erympeethies busy.
IThe Man who fleecier a plate ebould
look tor the place that -male lithe
It fe f011y to Meet of your frills
tiltigno.re you Imee built your foundae
No man thinks' or his life as a
'
grind whO haft any grist worth
grinding.
I Ho bout expresses his own grati-
ItInduLo who Calmest another to be grate-
_ '
I It does 'not' take much of a Stant to
denottnoo tho sine ho cannot digest,
i Tim man who Mena enough tang -
1011 tO last tilt he get e hOme hem
mooting haen't enougit to take lam
to Mardi.
Prate° ie said tee brave become tIM
moot 'Intemperate counaky In the
wtoll, and wItar that incraeot to II.
Ittetrato 'we can almost bellevelt.
Tho telatiVeS Of a Frenchman who
loaf: 0300,000 for life building of hal-
ritals foe teetotalore are contenting
the will, principally on the grennee
that there are not eufflolont teeto.
tillers/ in tha noighborhOOd to make
1110 boar:Rai neeerautry.
,..°.,,F"...TelFortWOrserwtffla
TEXAS RANGERS.
Battles 'Which are Never
Men ar
"rr yon aro bunting for active fier-
/dee Cfat got It any day of your
life, and you won't have to leave
Amorlett °Maar. I earl gaarantee to
get you the oxp4arionce of Wing under
are before the ma ot nfertniglit,"
The listeners turned from the militia-,
uutn ita uniform, who had been cola-
piatiniag 'Wet n alohlier• had no avow°
theme days, to the san-tanned
nitil-
taty-tooking Man in civilian clothes.
"A week ago Last night," he contha
mad, "I was in a fight in which mon
were allied. You aeo, Van from the
country of constant trouble -I'm a
captain of tile Texas llargers-,and
In the last two years I've taken part
la at least 1,00 fights in which men
wero aistin and often nutny men at
that. Yea," oontlaued,•tho caPtain,
. "If you want to ace active canmaian-
Mg join the Ranger .service, and
'merit with tho boys along the Mexi-
can border for a year. You Mae'
not get your name In tho papers, as
you would in a regular war, but
you Wel got the experience, If the
pross were to record all the fighting
going on down there, there wouldn't
bo much Meow, Inc other news.
"It's a three -cornered sort of fight
that goes on tong the Rio Grande,
in which the Mexican rurales, or re-
gular troops,' the cattle thieves,smug-
glers and frontier desperadoes and
teo rangers from the three censors.
Comotimes we cross the aeorder aol
help tlie Mea,IcEins, eometimes the
elexlcan,s come over into American
teritory and take a liand in corral -
lug mine particularly desperate band
of cattle, raiders, Bat usually we
do our own fighting and easet Mexi-
can theirs, each of us on our own
side of the Rio Grande. The cattle
raiders and smugglers are just as
regularly organized as we are, and
they also fight according to mili-
tary tactics. Meet of their leaders
have Leal commissions in regular
armies, and they teach their mon to
put up a pretty stiff scrap.. They
oome, acro.es the Rip Grande, some-
times 100 strong, round in a herd
of cattle from the ranges, and be-
foro dawn they are baokagain in
Mexican territory.Often we run
into them, but their horses; or In-
dian panie,s, are usually fresher than
aura, and they get away, unless we
cao corner them. Then they light
as men of their caliber always fight-
deeporately, like wild beasts.
"Formerly, when we did capture
some of tlibm, their organization
would hire lawyers to defend them Le
tho efvii courts, and they usually got
off for lack of evidence. This be-
came so much the regular. thing that
we got discouraged. But one hay the
woni was passed down that Instead
of ;holdIngantuee captives, we ehould
turn them over at the nearest Mex -
loan post. Mexican law is best for
cattle thieves. Not long after this I
got information of a, band that would
cress -the river time night ae EL cer-
tain ford, and 1 got my men ready.
After dark we roae down to the ford
and iaid low. At about 11 wo saw
the raiders. 50 strong, crossing the
thallowS. We gave them time to.cross,
then dashed clown along the bank,
cutting off their retreat to elexican
territory and the znountains. 11
was a stiff scrap, but we outnum-
bered the raiders, and they scatterea
leaving 20 dead.. Next day we cap-
tured 10 more, but the rest got away.
Remembering orders, I didn't turn
these 10 men over to our authorities.
Instead, I camped my men out till
night, and then we crossed over into
alexia° and made for the nearest.
Mexican post, a small place called Ar-
gentina., not Inc from Ciudad Juarez •
but Inc enough to prevent interfer-
ence from the cleal authorities. At 2
In the morning we reached the poet,
and Inc commandant() came out in
his pajamas te receive us.
" !Call querren, senore8 ?' (What
can I (10 for you, gentlemen ?) he said.
." 'Horse thieves.' I answered.
"1 saw the commandante grin. He
'had my men Shown te the sleeping
quartera one he shared his bed with
me, 1 .
"Before daybreak he called me.
" 'If you want to show your men
an execution,' he said, 'line them 'up
•
"'Aren't you going to 'try them?'
asked. •
"'Afterward,' he said, laconically
"I lined my men up with the 111exl
can garrison in the plaza. allee 10
prisoners, most of them half-breed
Indians and Mexicans, were lined up
Iagainst au adobe wall, and I must
say tbey died like men. Some were
only wounded, but the rurales shoves!
their bayonets into them and ended..
their troubles quickly. That band of
cattle thieves never bothered the
ranchers on our side again.
"'A few weeks later NVC ran into
'another band, but they got away, -
all except five of them, whom we
out of! from the river. Those five
retreated to a sniall village, clear-
ed out all the inhabitants, took pos-
session of the adobe council hall and
prepared to stand us Off. We knew
they had heard of the previous scrap,
we knew that they realized they
would be given no quarter, so we
expected them to fight until the
last. Excited by the skirmish, my
mon, numbering 50, galloped up to
within range of the raiders' gun%
and before / could get them off to a
safe distance, five dropped out of
their saddles. ,Finally wo scattered
about among the houses and kept up
a steady fire. Afterward, when we
examined the adobe wall ef the coun-
cil hall, we found that hardly a
brick in it that did not contain a
bullet, At Met we circled nbout the
house on our horses, and in that way
dropped three of the desperadoes.
Just befOre dawn the other two made
a break to get away, but we saw
them, ,WO tried to get them to sure
rerteler, but they fought on until my
mon killed them both,
"OLice We had news from our
friend, the Unlace .conceurnaante,
that he lind cornered over 100 rai&
oes ti ravine, and he asked us to
emno over to help lam smoke them
out. at dian't tako no long to get
over, and we foetid two companies
of runlet; stretched in firing line
across the Meath Of. the etenYOnewhile
the raldere, intrenelied beland rocks,
woro dropping the t4Iox1oann by two
and throes. alto canto just in tine
prevent a stampede of, the command -
antra/ troop. Thon we ,ohargod tho
raiders and kIllod 70 of nom. .The
comma ndatito took no prisoners. Bat
10 etextenale and 10 of any nion went
down. Considering tumbortt engaged,
thnt Wan no bloody a battle as you
tont find ha modern hietory."
"Aro eattle tinoves tho only peo-
ple you fight?" broke in ono of tho
captain's atulletioo. .
"Officially, yes, not entuntIng an oc-
casional bruela with sanugglore," he
replied. "but nearly all of us have
(alight for President Dina, of 110X -
lora aVe ditl It for practico-put It
Met laity.
"Almotat &Very aatta the 'Valuta lot
out their Marlette of exuberant •splr-
Ito by rising against the lifoxioan
Governmont. The Yatoda are not
wlld indlatairt, Merely' -at IOW,
•
Heard of, 13tit- in Which
e Killed,
they don't at all fight in titat
way', Aaeolor them. are White talsolt,
tureass, who drill them accoiallag to
Inedorn taotioe; Dad ouo Yaqui has
moro figitalaa spialt titan 10 aver-
• ago Mexican eoldiers, Whenever
thee° risings taloe 'Agee there Is a
Marked Inorettae lat our furloughliet,
.awetivecleratihe.sytruis apo,unisitsieta ibo mtelax-r.
cane meet severely, my tere came.
r :went on three-meattlea furlough,
ItTeed eitiliirldo:Yratlaatpe: Ioe wan° MweexaireIgn
captain awl, oonuoanalug a goo:Urea
of oavalra, 11 waseet eeeeseary, but
I did take my moa up to the border
near nry• own post, and the boys
were kind monis to lend me twO
Small field iploces and a Maxim.
Then wo 111; gillt for the Yaqui. court -
try,
"Wo joined a brigade under Qom
Roeoles, and pushed right up into
the moitiotaine, Neat day our lines
of .conununication with the ne•areet
past were oat. The Leconte sent . out
to reconnoiter tnever returned. We
were entirely teurrounded by g,000
Yaqtala. Next tatorniog they cloee4 in,
but we were well ontronorrod behind
rocks on a Leah, rise of ground, The
firing was getting pretty, hot, We
had with ue a big bull -like Mexican
Who etood up, fully exposed, and fired
• in to tlio 'Yaqui lines. Sudddenie
ealy him start and bole hls band
to les head for an lastant, and
then continuo firing. I named close
to him and saw -that he had a emall
blue mark in the zniddle of his fere-
acad. A Moser bullet ' had entered
hie head iteeeept on Iighting,
firing fully 20 rounds before Le fell
back dead.
eSueldonly' I tiecteraft elf the Maxim
we Lad. borro.vred frene the boys a,t
tte post. It wasn't on, tho regular
list of our ordnance supplees, and so
Lad eltppod my Mind temporarily.
Well, we got out that email Maxim
foul let it loose on those Indians, and
that turned the tide elf battle. It
was like turningen a Mee of fire.
Tao ranks Of advancing ,Yaquis sim-
ply withered and shriveled up. Those
who didn't tumble among the recite
. turned and ran, and we never( -saw
• or heard of thorn again. And that's
the way a Yetekee gun gained a Mex-
ican battle. A month lator the bat-
tlo wee Over, and 1 returned to my
post with the Maxim and a commis -
Mee of lieutenant-polonel in the
Mexican army!, but I prefer being
a captain In the ranger .service -
theme's? more real 'fighting in it." -
Kansas, city Star.
THE GREAT SMITH FAMILY.
lt Beats the Joneses. the Browns and7
All Others,in British islands.
if numborki make for greatness then
. Ls the Smithfamily incontestably
the greatest, of all the families in-
habitating thoSo Islands.
'The 'pride of Smith ie writ large
upon tee pageee the new Post. Office
London garectery, .for in the "court"
section are enshrined the names of
501 Smiths, to which may be added
21 amine and 9 Smythe's. There are
individually recorded here 33 ladlen
whose sole appellation is plain "ears.
S An ittl.tal
; head of the family list stand
•
a judge, a Barone 2 Knights, 2 porn-
bors of Parliament, au Admiral, 3
Colonels, 1 Lientenant-Colonel, 1
Major, 4 Capteine and 13 Reverends,
all of. the nem of Smiele
In the Much larger "cominerciel"
section of -the directory are found
eighteen columns ot Smiths, each con -
tattling the mance of about nienty
individual Smiths; so we may take
it thee there are' at. least 1,e00
Smiths inhabitating' the commercial
world of London. . • .
A large. number oeirernantations and
combinations of Smitle are to be
found, Thus sve have Smith-. and
Smyth, or, with the addition of the
gentool "ee. Salina and Smythe. In
the plural we have Smiths, Smithes,
SmIthyes, Smythies. In the compar-
ative. degree, Smither, andters, and
Snlythers; there is no •Smithest. 'We
also have the allied active forms
Sint -them, Sinitic= and Smithett, also
Smit arson and Sugthsen. '
Foreign forms aro • Saila Selina
Saimaa Schnildt, Scbmitz and
Smits. There aro. doubtless other var-
tants, but the above, aro all that the
eyie oe the untrained ina.n is likely
to detect; further' differentiation
may be loft to SmIth -experts.
The Jones muster buio295, of whom
42 are plain "airs. Jones," There are
203 persona named Brown, 3, named
Browns and .57 trownee: The Robin -
eons are nowhere, by comp -Liaison. -
London Dally. Mall.
DON'T ALWAYS SEE SNAKES.
Delirium Teemens Patients Frequent-
ly [lave Pleasant Hallucidations,
The general accepted belief that
wheel a man is suffering from de-
lirium tremens he sees snakes in his •
boots was dispelled yesterday by a
hospital superintendent, who says
that he hail observed several thous-
and caeca. Ho declares that he never
encountered one patient who imagin-
ed, that he Mee serpents, but that on
the contrary tho hallueinatione of
sem° of them aro -Very happy. He
mid that it was customary in the
local hospitaltz. Meg such cases
to keep men fres li fro's] prolonged
sprees in a general room, where they
were •alloweel to play cards or other
games and engage in conversation
With ono another. For inteery likes
tompany. Iio rolate:;t
tioa of ;the froake of men no derang-
ed, tho case of a bartender who was
happily playing cards In this gen-
eral room, Peetningiy at peace with
all the world and to the average
porsoo aerfootly free from liquor.
Tho man 'soddenly began te, tell a
/dere", laughing heartily as he did
co. Bo said that be had just served
Owes gentlemen with drinks Of whis-
key and that when he turned to re-
store the, bottle to the shelf bis tWo
guests disappeared as' thoegli by
Magia Ilei had turned but ma instant
but tho ompty ghtssos wore all that
were loft to indioate that any ono
Wtts there. The bartender sald lie
loaned over the bar to •see if the
men bad hidden thoro• to avoid pay -
moot and that ho aould not COG them,
lett thet to satisfy Iiiineelt lin had
stopped aroundthe her to thefront.
"Do you know," said ho, rolatina'
the story, "that thoso fellows had
shrank •to little bits of follows not
tnoro than six Inches tall, and they
wore engaged in a splaitod ttegta
moat Over who should aay. As 'walk-
ed 'up to thearo ono of the little fel-
'Iowa leapod into any Docket and the
other jumped into my left trousers
pookot, and, do yoo boliovo It, try
no tottela tos1 avokild, I aould not Alio-
Iola° them?" •
An tite old habitues of the tremens
depart/Matt of the hospital lietottel
to thle ntory, minion the sugatnten-
dont, they looked knowingly al 0110
another and quietly 'walked to a
drain lave/ pasalng thrOugh the room
.401 vigorouely rappea It. It was a
sigma for the attendants below, who
come int with lutudouffa and removed
tbe story tolbIng bartondor to the
"booby hatch" below, a name they
have given to the Retitled con In willeh
reealeitrant mon erased froni liquor
ere threst for their own moteetion
. and for that of ell concerned. Tito
hospital euperintondont told me that
that fellow war; raving Mao a mad
bull within) a half an hour, and that
for tbroo dant they despaired of Ms
tiro. IXo nahl that In their raisin cons
dition -the victiaes believed that some
one was pursuing thom, and that to
nal intents anti purposes theY wero
maniaos, aim only Mao for Winch was
sleep, induced more liquor. He seal
however that the premotatory eigns
of a,pprOaohing madam wore always
some queer speech, such as that of
tho bartendea-Pittsburg Post.
RMININE SUPERSTITIONS,
Ity Dorothy Dix,
Most aeoplo ere fluperatitlous.
Wo thig as a general charge.
although Most of us aro 'waling to
atiailt that we cherish some oet
!Amory hi regard to lima. One in-
dividual Welke that it Is eimely
ing th tho fam of Provieerme to turn
back ?later you start anywhere. ()th-
ere are confident that there Is some
occult comeetion between Ithaing a.
on lima good fortune. Women aro
eorticulaily given to a belief io
agile, end in good trutie there
are a number of feminine eupersta
tiolls that generally come true. Foe
lesstance;
Togo to a ball is a elan tavat
strange man .will cross your oath
who may bay° a great influence on
your life,
For a man to tell you that lie loves
you, tho first time lio meets you, Is
an tatfailing 'sign that you aro about
to engage in a pleasant flirtation.
1! a man foods. you on chocolate
°reams lt is a sign that ho bas no
Intentions, bet if he insists ueon your
eating stholemme beefsteak 1210 in-
Lent:Ions aro serious.
When a rich ance eligible widower
begins to tell you about Low much
you resemble his eaintecl Matta, it
0, suro sign that fate bas destined
yon to . become somebody's second
svifc.
When a man (alone poetry when he
makes love 'It aim sago that he has
had unuoll eeevious expeelenee.
When a man peewees in the even-
ing it male or it inny siot, be a biod-
Ina contract, but if be proposes in
the (broad light of cley lie means
business,
res marry a little man is a sure
sign that you will be bossed all the
balance of your life.
Do merry a man who boasts of
bow ho willmanage his wife is good
leek, forit le a sure tap' Mat ;toe
will be able to wrap lam around
your finger.
fo marry a husband who knows
how to mix a. salad dressing and
niako rarebit is a sigu Mat a man
•Is concha; into your life Who will
cause you bousekeeeing trouble.
It is bad luek to marry a epor
man, for after the love wears out
you will still lea,ve to do tho cook-
ing.
_Co marry a rich man for bis money
is a save sign of divorce and all -
Many. -
It is gooti luck to have a peachy
complexion, •a classical arofle •ani a
May (stare, for it, Is -a wire sign
that you will marry a huebend who
is wealthy, wiso and devoted to you,
and that you wia be harpy ever af-
ter.
After -you are niarrled it ia al-
ways good luck to stead the stock
market reports before von get out
of bed in the morning...Pals wil pre-
vent domestic difficulties, as it will
ehow whether it is time to sneak
tho children but to 'school without
making!: any Melee,' or to strike him
Tor a new dress. -
If there are grounds in your ma
1G0 cup it Le a. sign that your hus-
band is going to say that he doesn't
know wby ho never ean have. any-
thing but atop to drink at bome, and
tell you about no Meter he gets at
the club.
Ma len,ve, the bills. come In on the
nest of the month ie•a, sure sign of
cloud on the •domeetic horizon.
To have your husband's mother pay
you a visit in a sure sign that there
Lo a Woman coming who will &me
you 'much trouble. ,
To toll a woman Feigning in con-
fidence- is a• sign that it wilabe all
over the nem before 'atilt.
Mo hire a neW chambermaid ia the
sign that a tall andathletic)wo-
man eeill do you much slamaga
To go to a bargain ,salo is a tsign
that you will purchase, many thinge
that you don't went.
'1)0 tako a house for the isOmmer
oti the eashore is an unfailing in-
dication that you will beam° eue-
-deztly and:enormously 'popular.
pass titular a waiter's tray. of
&shoe en a restaurant is a sign
that a Misfortune well befall your
beet dinner gown.
To lend money to another 'wo-
man ie the eign you will lose both
your money and your friend.
To oat a 16661T Of ice cream EOM
'Astor salad after a hard day's
shopping is •el. *feign that you: will
havo a mysterious and inexplicable
einem
To leave 'our doareat enemy tell
you how well you are looking te a
elan that you need to consult a
complexion epeciallat and get a new
dressmaker.
To try to Make over your last win -
toga frock is et, entre sign that you
will spend more on it than a now
one) would have cola. •
To knowi how to, do flange in a sure
sign that you will bavo them tea do.
To have a largo and mascaline fig-
ura a homely face and an aggrea,
ivo ale is an unfailing' sign that
there is no Imeleanclein the cards for
Them signs never fail.
lie Pelt
A dentist in 'Glasgow baying em-
ployed a now. nessietant, while In-
structing him in his new duties
said -"New, John, when anybody
comas in te got a tooth extracted
you jest sit' him on tble chair With
the canvas bottom, and then stand
at the back of the soot until / am
ready to draw it. When I say 'GO,'
s'Ou take this( pin n.nd push ittthrouge
tho bottom of the chair, and Whe.,
the patient • tholittu '011,' I 'will have
thb tooth out, and be won't feel it,"
A littlo atter in eanie a 100.0 les get
a tooth extracted. "Sit down here,"
said john, nO ho took up Ids poi -
tion t the patient'"? back. After the
dentist had everything ready, he
called "Goa* John oushod up the pia,
±120 oationt abotatod "0111" and out
route tho tooth. "Now," staid tho
tat, "did aott fool it sore?" "I slieuld
jest 'nay go," shouted the patient. "I
didn't Oink a tooth had roote so
Inc down an that." ,
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_ SAMOS OF _
r THE SAO:E,5,
4vooilfkwolsou~woommovotvoie
Discretion in Speech is more than ele.
quence.-Ilacon.
Allegories are lino ornanients and Sfeed
illustretions, but not proof. --Luther.
The less men think, the more they
talk. --Montesquieu.
Tog often those 'who entertain Arabi.
tion expel remorse and nature,-Slittka,
spear°.
Everyone is eagle-eyed to taa an-
other's faults and deformity.-Pryden.
Life itanot so short but that there its
awe time for courtesys--Emereon.
A man is allied sel8sh not for purees,
ing his Own good, but for neglecting his
neighbor's.-WinacelY,
To be over -polite is to be rude.-Jtaa
mese proverb,
Mod deeds ring 'clear through Heaven
like
A thousand times listen to the court-
sel of a your friend. but seek it ouly
(>11(.0.-A. S. Ikeda
High seats aro never but uneasyeand
crowns are always sallied with- thorns,.
-Brooks. -
A good action is rover lost; it is a
treasure laid up and guarded. for the
doer's need. -Calderon.
Kindness is the golden eliain by wbich
society is bOun'd togethere-Goethe.
Gossip is the henchman of zanier and
Success may sometimes come unex-
pectedly, but work alone can hold M-
a. W. Murray.
Who makes quick use of the moment
is a geniusof prudenceaeLavater.
Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of
villamy.-Joheson.
RUSKRAT 114 S A SNUG HOME:,
_-
ilo Does Not Care What the 1.yeactieg
Conditions May be.
The home the muskrat builds for
the protection of hisneelf and 010
family from stress •of weather is
etriatiy a utilitarian structure,
The entrance, dug With great and
persistent toll from the very bot-
tom of the bank, for the better ale,
couragemeet of the Inuskrat's dead.
Rest enemy, the mink, ruus inward,
for nearly two feet, end then up.
ward through the natural soil to a
point where the shore is dry land
at the average level of the water.
Over this exit, •whIch is dry at the
time of the building, the muskrat
raises his hoese.,
The Muse is a seemingly careless,
roughly rounded heap of grass
roots, long youter weeds, lily • roots
and stems and Mud, strait a few
steam woven- into the •foundation.
Tho sitaas ouoningly chosen, so
that the roots .and stems or alders
or other trees give It 'secure anchor,
age, and the whole structure, for all
Ito apparent looseness, is so well
compacted as to be secure against
the sweep of the spring freeliets,
About six root in diameter at its
base, it rises about the Same dies
twice from the foundation, a male,
se:Igo-thatched dein, of wiiiela some.
thing more than three feet may
show itself above the 130.
To the umbservaat eyo, the norsks
rat bouso in the alder.. might look
like a mass of drift in wieeli the
rauk water grass haa taken loot,
But wattle the clumey pit is a slave-
WeX'in chamber, lined w;th the
softest greases.' Frcni One eitle of
this ehatuber the burrow alants
down to another and much larger
chamber, the floor of wheeli, et filo
water, may be partly flooded'. Prom
this chamber lead down two bur.
rows, one, the main passage, opon•
Ing frankly in the cheeriol of the
creek, and- the -other, longer' and
more devious,. terminating in a nal..
row and cunningly concealed exit be-
hind a submerged root. This paw
sage is little used and Is inteeded
chiefly as a way of escape lb ease
of, oat bit:tame emergency, such as,
for example, the invasion of a par-
ticularly enterprising mink, by way
Of the main water gate. •
The muskrat is no match for the
snake -swift, blood -thirsty mink, ex-
cept in thes one accomplishment of
holding his breath under •water,'end
a- mink must bo very- ravenous or
quite mad with the blood lust to
dare the deep water gate. and the
long subaqueous passage to the
muskrat's citadels nt seasons of
average high water. III times at
elrouth, however, when the entrance
Is nearly uncovered and the water
goes but a little way up the (lark
tunnels,' the mink will often glide
in, slaughter the garrison and oto
copy the .well•bullt citadel.
TO KEEP IT IN.'
13ell Boy (outside of rOow 55)-Elne,
tho gam is escaping in there,
Countryman (Inside of room 55) -No
aireta I locked ther door.
How to Waltz on •Siippery Strome.
Vlore are right and 'wrong Ways to
do most :Ganges, and walking upon
s ppery streets Is no exception
the rulo. ielany people folioly the
wrong metheid, and, eue a rule, they
often Make exhibitionu'of themeelves.
Moro Waistling to the spectators than
to tho exhibitors. Valle are frequent
during the winter. Some Of them are
absolutely dangerous, anti many etre
painful.
d The dangere of slippery tend. icy
pavemento may be reduced to a; min -
mum by ming eaution wlion Walking,
Dy going on tiptoe 'and keeping the
heol el tho elme•frem striking.. tho
pavereent mail the' foot in firmly in
position, slipping is avoided, if,. on
the eontrary, you start with the
a,00l-rind-too gait popular with ,ped -
salaams your hoots will slip from un -
dor atata, aha yoti Will 111 befere you
lingo held time to Select the safest
Apo t. •
This le teelellar explained by the
fact tlutt when the hall of Om foot
Is Placetl On the atoned, a largo sec-
tion of tho shoo touchee tho pvc
moot, and tbe body moat noun/gorily
'ho pretty Well balanced on the foot.
Bat When the heal comes down first
oo1 n small portion of Um shoe
'amebae tho payment, and often the
toot to woll In advarteo of the body,
Try it onee and bo oonVincod that
the anittielng Walk of taplear
dandy 14 001116tiniee erste, ir not pato.
Cul.
Better than potato paringe for ,
cleaning glees carafeie 0 ratato' cot
111 email died, 11t1f Ai the carafe, 0)1i.
in n, littlo water, and shako lila), oir.
ettlar Motion Very 'briskly. If the tar -
ale In Stained With something bealde
Water. It hatty br, nettetaten,ry to Me
an 'SW, Naive, never ttdviso the 1150
of dangorotor or pelsoritare agents.