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OLIO Qr tho most prominent figures in
the financial world just now Is John W.
,Gates, the steel king. 1 -lis is a compara-
tively new figure. Ho is at the head of
;the American steel and wire trust, an
, AndastriaPcombinetion which has a cant-
ttal of 890 000 000. It is alleged that the
recent slump in the stocks of this trust
was due to the manipulations of Mr.
,Gates, who is said to have cleared sev-,
ere' millions by the transaction. People
who make nice Moral distinctions do not
approve of Mr. Gates' methods, Some
of them say he ought to be in jail. They
are even making attempts to put hira
•there. It is quite likely they will fall.
Just how big 'is the fortune of Mr.
Gates no ono SetEllIS to know. Perhaps
he does not, know himself. It Is estimat-
eed to bo somewhere in the neighborhood
„. •of $15,000,000. Fie is now only 45 years
• ,old. Fifteen years ago, when he was 30,
elm had hardly begun to get rich. His
'capital had barely outgrown four fig -
Aires. Probably he did not dream at that
-time that he would ever have a million.
:How he built up his big fortune, slowly
;at first and then rapidly, is a fascinating
,atory:
Like, those Of many other successful
anon, the career of John W. Gates,be-
igan on a western farm. His father was
ia. small farmer in Dupage county, Ills.,
'where Mr. Gates was born on May 8,
1855.
John W. Gates was graduated at
'Wheaton -college and subsequeutly was
egraduated from the Northwestern college
at Nepelville, Ills., being a member of
'the class of '73. Immediately upon leav-
ing college he became A grain merchant
at Turner, Ills. '
'FIis success began on the very thresh-
old of his business career. He sold out
his bueiuess at a handsome profit in 1875
and then opened a hardware store in
Warrenburg, Moe He made a success
te.
JOUST W. GATES.
,of this also, but the town was too- smeill
for him, and he moved to St. Louis,
where the wire business, then in its in-
fancy, attracted his attention.
At that them barbed wire was a new
product on the marltet. Thee° was an
-enormous demand for it for fencing, es-
epecially throughout the western states.
:The manufacture of the wire was con-
-need practically to one firm, the Wash-
burn -& l'sfocn company. Tis firm con-
trolled the business through very broad
'patents which it held. Prices were high,
and the industry yielded big profits.
Mr. Gates came to the conclusion that
these patents would not hold if put to
the test of law. Accordingly he quietly
.enabarkecl in the manufacture of barbed
wire on hie own account, opening a small
mill in St. Louis. Itannediately he began
to make money more rapidly than he ever
had done before.
For a time he was unnaolested, but as
his business increased the larger compa-
, say heard of his operations and at once
started in to drive him out of business.
Then began a struggle between the
Washburn te:, Moen company and Gates.
In the matter 02 capital, influence and
nominated of the ,trade there was no
eoinparison between -the two, but Gates
was eighting for hie business existence,
and he'refused to he beaten.
On one occasion it seenaccl that the bat-
tle had gone against him. His opponents
•eecurecl- an fnjunction from a Missouri
judge comnianding him to cease the man-
ufacture of wire, but Gates was equal to
the' emergency. He packed all 'his ma-
chinery and tsupplitt upon wagons one
night and moved across the river into
-the state of Illinois, where he continua
This businees until the case was decided.
• In 1886 the contest ende in a victory „foe
,
The young namenfacturer knew that
this would be•Sh6 signal for the opening
of, a nunabdr of new mills, and he deter-
mined to secure as large a share of the
• e• trade as possible. In 1889 he systemat-
ically began the absorption of ail the
barbed wire plants in the country, and
within the net three years he gathered
.25 millSo-practicallye all the important
miles in the country, .except that of his
,eld rival, the Washburn & Moen ,com-
'pany-into the organizationthat was
• eanoWn familiarly as "the barbed Wire
• artist." •
In 1893,John W. Gates; who had start -
ad in the steel wire bnsiness only ten
Seers before, was presidenteof two great
•companies -the Consolidated Steel and
Wire company and the Illinois Steel com-
many-and had made a big fortune.
tlefe was just planning to yetire from
emisiness and takeean extended tour of
,ettirope when a feiendtenegeeted the re-
organization end coMbining of the steel
and wire interests. '.elio sehome
fasil-
natcd him. He threw iovealmmel his
Thane fel' retleement and plunged into
the • bu si IICSS of 'flaking n monster timet.
`The result was the COMbination 02 MAIM)
• he is nOW, ai the head. lie is now ITC-
• mrs,nizert as a poser in V,Tall street, and
la i operntione there Intim been compared
to the' alnlecious inanipulations et' Fisk
'4ancl Gould in the clays before 131ack Fri -
e. A ItaIleit-ve(V pot.
1 "Yon kree the bald spot on top of yeti'.
Instated's head'? How funny!" •
"Not, funny at all, el°got that bald
,epot sceatehiegato Make a living eor me
'4" t4e•-q4liar,e,1:14'-41xchange.
THE DYNAMITE MONOPOLY.
1 s Great Value and Why Hruror le Leik
to Give It Up.
The Transvaal dynamite monopoly
Is certainly one of the best things
which this nineteenth century has
known. When, • more than teventy,
years ago, the mines were first open-
ed in the Transvaal, President Kru-
ger saw themvaltie of the dynamite
business and proceeded to put one of
his closest friends in on the ground
floor. Dynamite Is an absolute ne-
cessity in the mining business. Re-
cognizing this, Kruger proceeded to
give his friend—a ,hfollender and not
a citizen or resident of the Transvaal
—a monopoly in the importation of
the stuff. This took the form of ab-
solute prohibition of the importation
into the country of any dynamite
save that sent in by his friend. ']'here
was a provision that this friend
should erect factories in the Trans-
vaal, but that has, never been done,
and the infraction of this part of the
agreement has been steadily ignored
by President Kruger, although more
than once he has been strongly criti-
cised by his fellow burghers for it.
Indeed, Allis dyiaainite monopoly has
caused internal trouble among the
Boers as well as trouble with the
English. •,
The great value of this monopoly
to somebody is shown by the figures.
For a long time this dynamite—and
the miners complained that it was of
inferior grade—was held at one hun-
dred and fifty shillings a case, and
later at one hundred and twenty,
though at that time reliable firms
offered to put a better article down
at Johannesburg at thirty-seven shil-
lings and six pence a case. The
present price at which the monopoly
• sells the stuff is seventy-five shillings
a case, twice as much as other deal=
ers offer it; and it is certain that the
other dealers fix their price so ,as to
allow a margin for themselves.
More than two hundred and fifty
thousand cases are used in the Trans -
octal mines each year. • That°, at
seventy-five shillings, costs • some-
thing like $4,687,500, a clear profit
to,e'somebody of $2,343,750 a year.
The uncharitably inclined among Pre-
sident Kruger's fellow citizens have
intimated that a goodly portion of
this found its way into that sturdy
ofacial's pocket, but those who are
informed as tomTransental affairs, be-
lieve that a geSod beg part of this
annual dynamite profits ,has gcine into
the secret service fund of the repub-
lic. If it has, Kreiger, lias had at
• his command funds with which to
create sympathy „in London if he de-
sired to do so.
THE CASE OF "FAGS."
'From Alice,i'e Fred in Memory or Hap-
..
pier Days.'
In an imeerestinm and graphic let-
ter from Ieaclysniitle one of two br,o-
thers, bcith • privates In the royal
artily medical corps, says:
"I have just returned from Nichol -
son's • Nek, which is several miles
away irom the town. Herbert and
I with the rest of the corps have
been collecting the wounded who fell
in the big fight :there. I found one
man propped up against a rock.
When he saw me, hecalled out in a.
weak voice, and I went up to him at
once. I saw that both arms were
broken and that he could not raise
either of them. About two yards
away there was a cigarette case
which some one had dropped in the
battle.
"I'm all right, old boy," said the
wounded man. 'There's lots worse
than me all round. Get them on the
stretchers first. I can last out a
bit. I'll tell you evleat you can do.
See that case of "fags?" Well, just
• take one out and stick it itt my
mouth. . I've been watching it for
ever so long, but I couldn't pick it
up. I'd give anything,for a sinokee
"I gave him a cigarette. • It -would
have done your heart good to see
how he pulled away at it, The poor
fellow scented quite contented and
happy when he had got it. T saw
this inscription inside the cigarette
case, 'From Alice to Fred In Memory
of I-Iappi er Days . '
An Extra Fittht on the Veldt.
It was at the tiine of the • Zulu
war, Buller's troops, 'which had been
skirmishing to the front, were '
Sud-
clenly taken to , the rear by their'
commander for reasdne that were of
course cogent. A war correspondent
who was out with the fighting lines
•evils dissatisiied and expressed his
coneempt for the leader, who • had
thought; the movement necessary. Bill
Beresford' (Lord William), rwho was
on Buller's staff at the time, over-
heard and took the grumbler up
sharp, declaring that he would not
allow his chief to be abused. The
eceerrespondent was not to be put
doegh and ropeeted his aepersions.
"Yee must take it .e.11 back or fight
e
Me", ceiod the puemaciously • loyal
Beresford.
'`Gome on, then!" sturdily cried
the other, and • both jumpedoff
their horses and fell to ...fisticuffs
then and there alone, their own peo-
ple fast disappearing overthe veldt
and the Zulus coining on' hand Over
not until Buller missed
his aide-de-camp" and' hearing of the
minor encountertiprogress that he
eent back an escort to bring the
two combatants in. '
The story is a etre,nge one and by
no means discreditable to either sol-
dier or newsPaPee man. -- London
To -day, .
111oild WItes of Itemans.
'Icuton i c peasants evere the provid-
ers of 1)Iond hair for rich 1.loniarl
prinCesses, who loved the contrast of
Me flaxen hue evith their black eyes.
They even had morning wigs, snetall
ame tightly curled, of 'any color,, and
kept ,t11(.1 beau t u 1 fair ones to Wear
\ellen ecceiving their admileers in the
CV0t1ing.
Lancevity of 1:raio 'Workers'.
Staiie iCS have been ptiblished to
show that brain worlters are lone-
lieed. Teive 111111(11mi end thirt,'3r emi-
nent, man end women of the present
ceti tory „wawe taken anct titeir dura-
tion of lite plvii$ an average of .66
etirs nncl 8 months
• CRONJE,
Besidetb Modder's bloody mad
Etc took his laet determined stend,
While Masim ball anti beldite ellen
Ilia hunter Maipt Win). iireS Of hell.
110 Strittqc his flag, htit not to those,
The' 11 eh 1511 arms-hls nation's foes;
A higher'atin that than British intglit
Dropped o'er Ills hopes the veil of ni4lat.
1''he warrior spirit shouts In glee
At such defiance of destlay.
NO admiration is withhold
TbI heee of the rand and veldt. ,
But calmer ',hearts lament that he
alletoolc the flights of liberty,
And lacking clearer vision still
Held out against the, higher
The .erimson rand,shall bloom again
Above the (lust of these brave men,
Aud higher forms of law and life
Be the great outcome of 'the strife.
And Goa forgive themrring zeal
That seeks but sees not Innnari weal,
And dies believing that his sword
Strikes for the wisdom of the eVercl.
-By Prof. A. C. Piereon, Hiram Ohlo,
Glee IN THE. KHAKI DRESS.
lbein she t‘OC.S In OR shopping square,
The 111011 100k beet, the mennee stare,
The 011 dos' reillarkS arc passing lona'
But 0.e wends iiec \vies threugh ',he gaping
crowd;
13nt she 'wars them not, fled see cares
small less;
She's one of the first In khaki dress.
She easaes tbe cop on the "eheening beat;
He smiles lulu paints out Into the street,
111e cele.r's the eame,!' 110 SYSP
gria-
"trhe same as tbe anul she's waleing In."
But she hears these pot, and she' cares
much. less;
She's ote of th.e Arst In A khaki drSel.
The new,sboy grins: "Get on to her nibs!
Now, wedn't chit tickle yer under de ribs!
".els awning stuff wid a mustard smear;
e'alce it away! It don't, go here!"
I3ut she hears them net, and she cares
much less;
She's oue of the first In it klialid ares.
'Tis a gauntlet reel for a thousana eyes,
But she braves the "Whews!" and the rude
"Oh, rays!" , • •
And tbe ghee who gape aed love to saY,
"elle looks Ince a read on a rainy des'!"
But she hers theta not, and she cares
mach less;
ehe's one of the first In a khaki dress.
In the Van of the Great Army Now Marching to Pretoria.
• Group of Officers, Royal Canadian Mounted Rifles.
LIEUT. ELMBLEY. LIEUT. XING. LIEUT. COCKBURN.
CAPT, HARRISON.
CAPT. NELLIS.
CAPT. rximelf,, • COL. EVANS.
TIIE BOER NETIIODS.
ONE'BORN AND REAREDAMONG THEM
TALKS OF THEIR MANNERS.
Their Political Enicrna--Thrifty, Dirty,
Ignorant. They Hate the English. and
Are in Turn Hated by the Native.,
W hom They -Have Treated A.bomluably.
Mr. Fergus Donovan, mining ex-
pert, of Toronto, is authority for
the statement that perhaps a quar-
ter and certainly an eighth of the
Beers favor British government of
the Transvaal. Mr. Donovan .,was
Vern in the Orange Free State 49
,years ago, and lived in South Af-
rica until three years ago. Prior to
that he was a resident of the Trans-
vaal. for 20 years, built the second
house in Johannesburg, was a pion-
eer of Kimberley also, and was in the
mining metropolis, of South Africa at
to time • 'of tlie Jameson raid.
"There'll be no more Boer Republic
after this is over," Said he, referring
to the '‘var; "it will be the final
disposition of •the whole, question."
The fact that so many of the 13oers
evero pro -British, though not of much
consequence now, would, after the
"Strugg'le was over, greatly aid in the
pa.cincation of -the country.
Their l'olitical Enitona.
Speaking of. the cause of the trou-
ble, Mr. ponovan said the sudden ad-
vent irito their country of a couple
of hundred thousand restlessly pro-
gressive people had presented a pro-
blem too „difficul.t for the political
actnnen of the Boar, a,ccustorned to
legislate only for a sparse and stay-
at-home fgriner, population. The so-
lution they arrived at, and which
they put vigorously intO operation,
TYPES OF TUE BOER ARMY.
, ,
1 -Officer of Pretoria 'Volunteer Infantry.
2-eaoherniesberg Volunteer Infantry. 5-
' Officer of Shit° Artillery in Parade dress.
4-0facer otatate Artillery in undress unl-
'forni.. 5 -,Private on sentry duty. 6 -Pri-
vate in undress eniform.
,
was to tax them out Of existence.
In the . beginning President Kruger
Warmly wel copied th e 2Jitlancler,
and :under' the. London 'convention
promised him equal rights and priv-
ileges ;with the burgher. As long as
1,110re Wer0 0011COSSI.0118 tO sell, and
considerations in the way of 'shares
continued to .augment' Mr, „ Kruger's
private wealth,' the ',welcome WaS
continued, but when the cohcessions
wore gone and half the landed wealth
of the Ilepubeic had pesecd iheo the
hands of foreigners, the Boers be-
thought them of their 'independence
and,,,liberty, and the tax -gatherer be-
came the despeiler of the, strangers.
From, being practically bankrupt the
Transvaal .cos:,-0/•,,i-ient, accumulated
a surplus Of -S415;000,000, and it dif-
fered from, another much -heard -of sur-
plus -in that it, was in cash. At the
same time the burghers remaine un-
taxed, and the situation was just
this, the IT -Wanders put up the pub-
lic money and the Boers spent it in
their own way, and after their own
manners and customs.
Boer Characteristics.
Mr. Donovan entertains a very
poor opinion of the ordinary Boer
faience. As a class he says they
are lazy, dirty, and shiftless. Ordin-
arily they are hospitable, • but they
hate an Englishmanlf one ap-
proaches a farm house he will pro-
bably be seen by one of the children,
who will run to its mother with the
cry, "Here comes a person" (to be
idiomatic.) The mother will look
out, and at once recognize the race
of the Stranger, and say, "No it's
not, it's duly an Englishman" The
• much -talked -of ignorance of the Boer
is not, Mr. Donovan says, exaggerat-
ed. They do not read newspapers,
nor anything, in fact, save the Bible,
In morals they aro strict, arid half-
breeds are almost unknown: They
visit much among themselves, assem-
bling first at one house then a.t an-
other, and talk politics. The only
Official they have abroad in the'Re-
public is the field cornet, whose chief
duty is to see that the burghers are
armed and equipped. He holds
field day for his district once a. quar-
ter, and every burgher must attend,
mounted, armed, equipped andpro-
vided with two days' provisions.
During that time they are drilled in
marching and engage in rifle practice.
Their arms are supplied by the Gov-
ernment.
Even in the field the Boers are prac-
tically without military organiza-
tion. • They have no company forma-
tion and the officers of a coltnnn will
consist:, of the three or four field cor-
nets of districts, a commander, and
a general. When something is to • be
done.the chiefs hold a council of war;
then decisions are communicated to
the burghers, and if, for instance, an
attack is to be made, each lean goes
about it in his (peen way, and looks
to, his own safety; in fact every man
is his own general
Natives Hate the Boer-
derhe relations of the Boers to the
native tribes is steel] that the blacks
would all take the field against theni
were they perthitted. These tribes
are for the most part located on the
Transvaal' boundaries; and .the Boers
have always oppressed the native
territory •edjacent to them. The
blacks that line with them as serv-
ants,pretty much inthe condition,.of
slaves,. they .de not treat cruelly. The
blacks ,bccome attaelied to a family,
and although this service population
is about, equal in ninnber to .the
I3oers themselves, no serions trouble
is to be anticipated from, them,
But the native tribes hate nb re-
spect', for the Boer, and regard him as
,o1. a level .with. themselves, while the
EugliShman they look up to. During
the Se no eo en i 00111120 ign , itt \v11 Leh
Boers and Swaziea acled to-
gether, it WaS agreed that, the Sewetze
ins and Beer10. should, carry a .c(ff'tain
Strong positi en Of the enemy, the nne
Lives to make 'the assault, the
Boers to silpport them.. The SWazies
carried the position, and held it, but
the :Boers made 7)0 rrIOVC 10 aid Or
support 'them, and when., the affair
was over the ,se,va,ges ',appealed tO pa
vm,glisiunall commanding the expedi-
tion to be allowed to attck the Boers;
and from that time forWard they
have regarded the Boer with disdain...
LESSON XI, SECOND QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, JUNE 10.
Text of the Lesson, Maelc yl. 1.4-29
2wen1o1'y Verses, 21-24--Gol0en Text
riph. v, IS -Commentary Vrepore(
by the Rev. D. 55. Stearns.
[Copyright, ,I900, by D. 31,'SteAras.1
,14. "And King Herod heard of Him
HOW WON THE v,e,
al/Astra' of Malo' ,!,raittift et ute
In (he curreet number Of the
Oetiois...,
Dni-
tisit Medical Jotiroa,t, Frederick Tr
i\igeetwi.11,1'°()solaenl'S.O,and
• viddeseorfhiteana
ti9n°tilli-
P in which INIajor 13aPLie W9n 1-110
Via -
1 teria Cross, fate observes:
The haLteries were moving toward
the river \yetit the usual British mi.
concern and in the quiet, of it SULW..-
trier s morning. Suddenly there was
poured, upon them from the shelter
of a mimosa wood such a torrent of
lead tnat in 0 few moments i Leese
was scarcely a horse or a Innen stand-
ing. The men faced the 'wood as
only the British soldier can face
death. * * Isrear by the guns
was a donga„ and into this many oi
the 'wounded had crawled. The gal-
loper who took up the news of the
disaster, reported the need of help
for the injured. To this call Major
13aptie at once responded as a volun-
teer. He rode down to this inferno.
He might as well have ridden beCoro
a roW of targets during the smart-
est moment of ride practice. Three
thries was his horse shot under hies
before he reached the donga. Here,
in the face of a galling fire, he drag-
ged the wounded -into shelter, alai
a little later he ventured oue ,untler
a rain of lead to bring in Limit. 'Bali-
erts, who was lying in the open des-
perately wounded' For some seven
hours Baptie kept by the veoundesi
In the shallow donga, no one daring -
to lift a hand above the edge of the
dip. He alone had a water bottle,
and he doled out what water lie had
in a 60 -minim measuring glass. He
also was able to relieve pain by Mor-
phine, and he sheltered poor llob-
erts' face from the scorching sun by
holding above it a letter he chanced
to have in hes pocket.. It was not
until darkness was setting in that in
was possible to venture from the
scant shelter the donga provided.
for His name was spread abroad," In
Math. xis', 1, the words are, "Herod the
tetrarch heard of the fame of .Teetis.'
His works and 1 -lis words were being
talked about, or, in other, words, that
Willett God said and did through Him
(John xis', 10) was noised abroad: How
much or how often are you telling the
doings and sayings of Jesus to make His
name known? We are not on earth to
make a name for ourselves, but to bear
His naine and magnify it that the Lord
alone may ,be exalted, that in all things
He may have the pre-eminence (Isa. jj
11; Col. i, 18),
15, 16. "It is John whom I beheaded.
He is' risen from the dead."' In Math.
xiv, 2, it is said that Herod added,
"Therefore mighty works do shew forth
themselves in aim." Why Herod should
associate mighty works and one risen
frOln the dead we are not told, but We do
know that in every believer there ought
to be manifested the eower °P.a resurred-
tion life. We should pray as Paul did,
"That I may know Him and the power
of His resurrection," and give heed to
the commandments, "Set your affection
on things above."
17 18. "Herod himself had sent forth
and laid hold upon John and bound him
in prison." This he dkl because John
had rebuked him because of sin in his
life. Thus the righteous for righteous-
ness' sake End imprisonment and death,
while the ungodly prosper in the world.
This perplexed David and Asaph (Ps.
xxxvii and lxxiii) and many a righteous
one before and since, but our Lord Jesus
taught that the righteous are in the
world as sheep in the midst of wolves
and must not fear them who kill the
body (Math. x, 16, 28). Sixty years after
He had returned to heaven He said to
the church on earth that she must ex-
pect suffering and tribulation and the
hatred of the devil, but He encouraged
her to faithfulness by setting before her
the crown of life (I-tev. ii, 10). All that
will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suf-
fer, persecution (II Tim. iii, 12).
19. "Herodias would have killed him,
but she could not." She was a murderees
at heart and therefore related to Lim of
• whom our Lord tells in John yin, 44. The
murderers on earth are very many, for
• "Whosoever hateth his brother is a mur-
derer" (I John iii, 15). Instead of hav-
ing a quarrel with him the margin says
she had an inward grudge against him.
If an inward grudge -is as murder in the
sight of God and .11. lustful look or desire
breaks the seventh commandment (Math.
v, '28), should not each one ask himself,
What does God.thhak of me?
20. "Herod feared John, knowing that
he was a just man and an holy, and ob-
served him." The margin says, kept him
or saved him. Although he heard him
gladly -and did many things, he was un-
willing to break off.his sins by righteous-
ness (Dan. iv, 27). The revised version
says she was much perplexed.
21-23. A king's birthday party, with
revelry and dancing, a sample of what
the devil gives people to enjoy and of the
way he works out his purposes. Herod
is so carried away with this girl's danc-
ing that he offers her anything she may
ask, even to the half of his kingdom. See
the three times repeated similar state-
ment of the' king to Esther (v, 3, 6; vii,
2), but contrast the circumstances. In
Esther's case it was to resist the devil,
but in our lesson today it was to gratify
the devil. .
24, 25. "And she went forth and said
unto her mother, What shall I ask?"
Did ever a mother make such awful re-
quest through a daughter, "The head of
John the Baptist?" Let a righteous man
be slain. Perhaps such request was nev-
er made in just such words, but it may
be that many a mother has, like Athaliah,
counseled her child to do wickedly (II
Chron. xxii, 3), for mom Rebekah lecl Ja-
cob iuto deceivinee, and lying to his father
Isaac. 'IOW 11111C11 better is the testi-
mony concerning Timothy that from a
child he had known the,lioly Scriptures.
26. "And the king was exceeding sor-
ry, yet for his oath's sake and for their
sakes which sat with him he•would not
reject her." 1 -lis honor in the eyes of
others WftS more than all else, for lie
knew not God and theretore thought not
of Him, though he had heard of 1 -Ent by
the mouth of John. He preferred to re-
ject what he had heard from John and
the God of whom John seek° rather than
reject the wicked request of this wicked
girl and her mother. It is ever the SUMO;
either living for God and doing right in
His sight or living in the eyes of the
world and thinking only of what the
world says and thitilm of ns.
27, 28, "And immediately the king sent
an executioner and commanded his head
to be brought, and he went and beheaded
him in the prison." Thus the girl re-
ceived on a dish the head of the man who
was great in the sight of the Lord, no
greater ever born of woman (Luke i, 15;
Math. xi, 11), and she 'gave it to her
mother, and so that wicked woman had
her desire and John was slain. nem
Herod's birthday was celebrated and
John found a birthday in heaven, absent
from the body, present with the Lord (IL
Cor. v, 8). That God 'ihould thus permit
the devil seemingly to tritnuph over ails
saints is a mystery until ,ave enter the
sanctuary of God and considel. the end
(Ps. lxxiii, 17), for death is not the end,
and the sefferings of this present time are
hot worthy to he compared -with tbe glory
that Shall be revealed (Rom. viii, 18).
Stephen was stoned to death, James slain
with the sword, and thousands upon
.tbousrind's of the gfeeple of Gocl have
been permitted to be touched by hinl tlmt
has the power of death, that ie the -devil
(Hob, ii, 14) since, so long ago, Cain
killed his brothiu• Abcl; but 110 child of
God has ever been really harmed.
29. '"And when his disciplee hefted or it
they came 'mid took up 1115 corpse and
hid it in'tt tomb." 'Untie sir, 12, says,
"His disciples came and took up elle
body and buried it and went end told je-
st:S." I al Ways like to commend Anna
.Shipton's little book entitled Jesus,"
for it indkes so plein and prectical our
privilege of telling Plan everythingTho
vary next verse following our. lesson Says
that the apostles told Jesus all things,
both what they had done and taught.
Phil. ill, 6, 7, forbids anxious cave about
anything and commends that everything
be laid before God, so that HiS peace,
passing 011 understanding, may keep our
hearts and minds to His glory.
Cecil Took the Top ene.
Cecil Rhodes, when a schoolboy,
went sometimes to spend his holi-
days with two aunts in the north of
London. One of the women in the
neighborhood writes: "My husband
occasionally would invite the some-
what brusque boy to dinner. Orders,
were always given to the parlormaid
that Cecil's place at table was to be
laid close to that of the head of the
house. Like all good servants, Han-
nah saw to it that the particular
weakness of each one of our family,
should be especially handled. Thus,
dates were always at my end of 'tha
table, and figs at my husband's..
Hannah invariably arranged that
there should be an ideal fig on top of
the pile, and that the dish should be
patronized, first by her master. When
young Vhodes had dined several times
at our house, it chanced that I my-
self...told the parlormaid that he was
expected again that evening. The
information produced so thunderous
an expression on Hannah's usually -
serene face that I said, seeking an'
explanation: "Isn't he a favorite of
yours?" "No, indeed, ma'am' Mas-
ter Cecil always takes the top
Sir Charles Warren's Tiorninr, Tub.
There is something extremely Eng-
lish in the story of Sir Charles War-
ren "doing trimbies," as Bouncer ex-
pressed it, in the open air on the bat-
tlefield of Vaal' Kranz. Sir Charles.
under no circumstances intermits his
morning bath, says The Lon d on
Daily News. On the occasion of 13u1-
ler's last effort to relieve Ladysmith.
Sir Charles found it impossible to.
leave his post, so when day broke
on the battlefield he ordered his ser-
vant to bring his bath, with sponge
and towel, and there and then, in the
open air, Sir Charles Warren, com-
manding the Fifth Division, proceed-
ed to take his bath, sublimely indif-
ferent to the fire of the enemy. The
enemy was perhaps foo much aston-
ished at the British eccentricity et
bathing at all, much more of bathing
in this extremely public fashion,- to
attempt any.. violent interruption.
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Artrig 011 the Armless Doers.
A resident of Wellingborough has
received a letter from a relative who
was wounded in one of the earlier
engagements and is noev in the hos-
pital. -Some of the incidents in hos-
pital make us leugh," says the wri-
ter. "You, know Tom I -I., who used
to do a turn at A— Music hall? He
Is in my ward and keeps our spirits
up. He did a funny thing tile other
day when tobacco was given out.
You remember his hand elocution at
the hall'? Well, one of tem Boers has
lost both his arms, and when the to-
bacco was gtven out he shook his
head, and a tear fell doevn his cheee.
Tom saw it and was by his side in a
neomene. He placed his arms each
side of the.13oer and performed tile
office of the missing ones, givhig the
Doer a good smoke. He brought,
down the house -with cheers.
When.the ,Cowboy Ts a Hero.
"I a,m very 'fond of the .genuirta
cowboy, how fast disappearing,"
says Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady,.
narrating his experiences as •
Missionary in the Great West," 211
The ..11,s.dies' IlobnO Journal..,3ro•
ridden, and hunted with him, 'eaten,
and laughed with him, camped' and
sleptewith him, wrestled and prayed
with him, and I always fonnd hine
rather good sort; fair, honorable,gen-
eroUsi kindly, leyal to his .friends,
his'OWII 'worst enemy. The impres-
sion he makes when he ride's through
a town in it drunken revel, shooting
miscellaneously at everything,is it
desorvedjy ba;cl' one, / grant you.--A)itt
you Should see hien on the prairie 11
a 'round -up' or 'bofora a 'stampede;
there he .is a hero."
Hatred OMY on the
Another little inotc.lent shewed how
eve lee,ve our hatred in tbe 21011),
Wri 105 0 Brit,ish priva,tlt froM the
front, One of our nien 11041 lost A
left arm and a 13oor his right.. They
received elleir tobacco in despair 141 -
til a b3fghl thought struck Tonlitly
A. 't 1', shift im closer," he Said.
"I've cigarette papers in rny pouch,"
They rolled the eigaret,tes, one man
usieg hie right hand and the oth.ctr
his left, and this was lloW thee al.
wuys nia,(le their cigarettes until thv
men lejL hosOitalt
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