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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-22
TIL, SOLDIERS WITH LITTLE
SKIRTS"

1.-The ones that made us the most
trouble" said an old Boer, were those
that wore the little skirts, half men
and haf women
He meant the Gordon Highlanders,
and the pride of the killed regiment
and the pride OF the Beers who OPP
posed II was satisfied. There were few
officers left on either side TO tell the
tale. The sharpshooters were able TO
the British officers because
they carried no rifles and because they
were always standing up. That tact
and the preponderating part that Brit
ish artillery has played in the engage
nents thus far are the two most I'M
poreant features of the campaign yet
brought to light 1t is better policy,
perhaps. to have to kneel than TO have
TO lie down and wait for the litter
bearers. But it is not in accord with
the nature OF the Anglo-Saxon race.
Such an appalling loss Of officers as
the Gordon High1anders suffered n
any great engagement would be more
serious than the loss of twice as many
as the number Of enlisted men who
fell. The men can take the bit in
their mouths and charge without the
assis. ance Of officers, but icy cannot
maneuver.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-22
Christmas Celebration.

A Christmas Festival reception was
rendered the Sunday school children
OF the Central Union Church last even
ing, fully five hundred children being
present. The Sunday school room and
balcony were prettily decorated with
festoons and wreaths of greens, while
the wall behind the platform was
banked with branches holding tree
decorations. Each class was given
boxes of candy, enough to distribute
among all the members and refresh
ments of ice cream and cake were al
terward served. This is the give
year. Christmas of the Sunday sdhool
and consequently no Christmas tree
celebration was held. On Sunday last
the school collected 5000, which goes
to furnish a dormitory in the Castle
Home, and $50 for the Palama Sunday
school entertainment. Next Christ
mas will be the receive year, and the
Sunday school will chen receive pres
eutS.
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NEWS FROM TRANSVAAL
Continued from Page IL

pate wien British and German manufac-
turers. whose goods Will be sent east
ward in exchange for grain; ana the
German influence will now be felt in
Persia. where hitherto Russia has had
10 deal with Great Britain alone.
There is a conviction thac this rail-
way, under German auspices, means, in
fact. the peaceful occupation by Ger
many OF the Asiatic possession Of the
sultan wuhoul the shedding OF a drop
of blood.
Germany has achieved a greater vic
tory than Russia Obtained in 1879 at
the cos, of 10000 soldiers lives. Inis
result is due in the main to the atti-
tude taken by the British Government,
which is anxious 30 secure at all costs
the neutrality of Germany during the
progress of uhe war in South Africa
and which gave explicit instructions to
the British Ambassador at CONSTANT
nople to withdraw the opposition which
had previously been offered to the Ger
man proposals.
Germany, having already secured
Samoa, has thus sold her neutrality at
an exceedingly remunerative price.
What, then, is Russia 20 do 10 coun-
teracs the fatal consequences OF this
German invasion? Without losing a
moment she must concentrate her at
tenti0n on Persia and make her pre-
arations for emerging on the Persian
gulf at the first opportunity"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-08-05
An Odd Experience.

james Dillingworth, Cincinnati
man. had an experience In a Chicago
violin shop recently that might happen
once in 100000 times. Mr.. Dilling-
worth came over from Cincinnati with
his daughter, who Is a somewhat skill
ed viollnist On the road the daugh-
ter's pet violin got smashed In trunk.
1t was medium good instrument.
Mr.. DillIngworth paid $40 for it in a
London shop and had given it to his
daughter. He took 1t to a State street
store to have it repaired. The next
day ne went back to get it.
I'VE haven't finished the repair yet,"
said the clerk. You see we had to
take the violin apart" he explained,
exhibiting the pieces.
Mr.. Dillingworth was astonished to
catch sight of his name on the under
side Of the top piece. He examined it
more closely.
This Is q violin made so years
ago." he gasped, more surprised than
he had ever been in his life.
Half century ego Mr.. Dillingworth
made the violin Just as an experiment
and because he had knack for using
cabinet tools. He afterward sold the
violin to friend for $3.50. The friend
sold the instrument to man who was
just starting for Australia. billing,
worth bought his own fiddle back at a
London violin shop for S75.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
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prea,dent pwlght,s Pun.

President Dwight and President
Elect Hadley were returning home
from the annual alumni dinner When
they were caught in the rain. Presl'
dent Elect Hadley had an umbrella
with him, and President Dwight did
not. Professor Hadley, of course, wish
ed the retiring president Of Yale to
protect himself from the rain by the
use of the umbrella, but President
Dwight declined to rob Professor Had
ley Of his umbrella in order that be
himself might ward off the rain. Pro
fessor Hadley. however, insisted that
President Dwight accept the courtesy
and his arguments became so energetic
that finally President Dwight turned
and said:
"Sce here, Hadlcy. this is my reign
still. Your reign doesn't commence
until tomorrow.
President Elect Hadley allowed tie
president Of Yale to have his own
way on the last day Of his adminisua-
tion.-New Haven Register.
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May Be n Raphael.

An alleged new Raphael picture has
been discovered at the exhibition OF
sacred art at Como. In one of the gal
leries of the exhibition there IS n pic
ture representing THE Massacre OF
the Innocents," belonging to DR.. Bion-
di of Pavia a number Of artists, at
tracted by the beauty OF the painting,
formed committee to examine it at
tentively. The surface of the canvas
was carefully scratched in the spot
where the signature was expected to
be, and below the yarnlsb was found
the signature Raph. VRBl and the
year MDX. The picture would, there
fore, belong to the beginning Of the
last decade of Raphaels life, he hav-
ing died in 1920. 1t is believed that
the picture was bought toward the
middle Of the seventeenth century at a
sale of cardinals possessions.
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to be rchubilItated before we go into
the ivory palaces. Eternal God, let
the surges Of thy pardonng mercy roll
over us! want not only to wash my
hands and my feet; but, like some
skilled diver, standing OH the pier
head, who leaps into the wave and
comes up at Il far distant point from
where lie went in. so l want to go
down, and so want to come up. o
Jesus, wash me in the waves Of thy
salvation!
And here ask you to solve a mys-
terry that has been depressing me for
30 years. l have been asking 1t OF
doctors of divinity who have been
studying theology half century, and
they have given me no satisfactory
answer. ! have turned over all the
books in my library, but got no solu-
ton to the question, and today come
and ask you for an explanation. BY
what logic was Christ induced to eX-
change the ivory palaces of heaven
for the crucitiXion agonies OF earth! /
shall take the first thousand million
years in heaven to study out that prob
lem; meanwhile and now taking 1t as
the tenderest, mightiest of all facts
that Christ did come, that he came
with spikes in his feet. came with
tlorns in his brow, came with spears
in his heart, to save you and to save
me. God so loved the world that he
gave his only begotten Son. that who
soeyer belieyeth in him should not per-
ish, but have everlasting life" .
Christ, whelm all our souls with thy
compassion! Nov them down ike
summer grain with the harvesting
sickle of thy grace. Ride through to-
day the conqueror, thy garments smell
Ing "of myrrh and aloes and cassia
out Of the ivory palaccs.!'
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-08-05
The Mask.

A peculiar nature is that which COM
blnes impulsivc frankncss with the re-
serve acquired by a thoughtful mind
accustomed to depend upon itself,
Such a person hates to reveal trait
of character. In early times men
made their houses of tree branches
covered with mud. There is still much
of the savage In us, and we enjoy hid
Ing in such an aboriginal habitation.
We cover our true self with cynicism
or conceal IT under reserve. Occasion
ally passerby knocks off bit of the
outer crust and catches glimpse Of
the interior. and then we feel annoyed
at the mental Paul Pry.
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FAMILY FINANCIERING.


They tell me you work for dollar day.
How is it you clothe your boys on such pay:
II know you will think it conceited and queer,
But do it because am good fnancier.
There's Pete, John & JIM Joe, William Il Ned,
half dozen boys to be clothed and fed
II buy for them all plain vctuals to eat,
But clothing buy only for son Pete.
When Petes clothes too small for him to go
My wife makes them and gives them to John,
When for John who ten they have grown out of date
She just makes them over for Jim who is eight.
When for Jim they have become too ragged to fix,
She just makes them over for Bill who is six,
And when for young Bill they will no longer do,
She Just makes them over for Ned who is two.
Sc you see if get the good clothing for Pete
The family is furnished with clothing complete,
But when Ned got through with the clothing and when
He has thrown them aside what do you do with then?
Why once go round the circle complete
And begin to use them for patches for Pete
But where dear FRIEND you buy clothes that wear,
From Pete down to Ned without rip or tear?
90 down to CLICKS his stock is the best,
He can suit the whole family, my wife and the rest
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Aueer Innu furc

"Womcn are very hard to under
stand" he remarked scntentiOuSly.
well" she answered. men have
their curious ways too. have known
some of them to agree perfectly about
how the Alaskan and Venezuelan
boundaries ought to be settled and
then get hopelessly irascible over a
party wall."-Washington Star.
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Tennessee Nerve and Skill.

A Giles county citizen is reported to
have carried a bushel Of eggs in a
meal sack on horseback to Aspen Hill
without breaking an egg-Nashville
Banner.
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On and after July 1st daily
trips will be made to Chinco-
league from Bloomtown Station.
Hacks will leave station about
l p. m. daily, connecting with
Steamer Winnie at Wisharts
Point, arriving at Chincoteague
about 81 p. M, returning to
Wisharts Point about 6 O'Clock.
Steamer Winnie will also leave
Wisharts Point for Chlnco-
league daily at Z q. M, leaving
Chincoteague at 81 am.
Fare each way rs cents. Extra
charge for baggage.
S. w. MATTHEW'S,
President.
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lSLORIES OF HEAVEN.
REV. DIR. TALMAGE DESCRIBES THE
WORLD TO COME.
rhe Great Divine Paints the Attract
lyencss of Christ In Glowing COL
ors-Erom Ivory Palaces to Cruel
H1ion Agony.

copyright, Louis Klopsch. 1891
WAsuINoToN. July 30.-In this dis
course Dr. Talmuge sets forth the gio-
rlcs of the world to come and the at
tractiyeness of the Christ. who opens
the way; text, Psalms. xiv. s. All thy
garments smell Of myrrh and al0es and
cassa out of the ivory palaces"
Among the grand adornmcnts of the
rity of Paris Is the Church of Notrc
Dame, with great towers and elaDo-
rate rose windows and Sculpturilg or
the last Judgment. with the trumpctiliS
angels and rising dead; its battlemcnts
of ountre foil: It's sacristy. with ribbed
ceilings and statues Of saints. But
there was nothing in all that building
which more wildly appealed to my
plain republican tastes than the costly
ycstments which lay in oakcn presses
robes that had been embroidered
with gold and been worn by popes anu
urchbishops on great occasions. There
was robe chat had been worn by
Plus VII at the GROWING OF the hrSt
Napoleon There WAS also Il vestmcht
that had been worn mt the baptism Oh
Napoleon H. AS our guide opened the
oaken presses and brought out these
yestments of fabulous cost and lllted
them up the fragrance of the punScht
aromatics In which they had been pre-
sor,.od filnd the place with Il sweet
ness that was almost oppressive. Notl'-
ing that had been done in stone more
yiyidly impressed me than these things
that had been done in cloth and EN-
broidery and perfume. But today
omen the dra wer of this text. and look
upon the kngly rohes of Christ. ana as
| lift them. flashing with eternal jew
els. the whole house Is Tiled with the
aroma of these garments. Which smell
Of myrrh and alors am. r;iSS;a out OF
the ivory palaces.
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Spice GILES From Heaven.


know that to many he is only like
any historical person; another John
Howard; another philantllropic ODER
lin: another Confucius; Il grand sub
ject for painting; Il heroic theme for
n poem: a beautiful form for Il statue;
but to those who have heard his voice
and felt his pardon and received his
benedIction he is music, and light and
warmth, and thrill, and eternal fra
erance-sweet as friend sticking to
YOU when all else betray; lifting you
I'D while others try to push you down;
not SO much like morning glories. that
bloom only when the sun is coming
I'D. nor like -four o'clocks." that bloom
only when the sun is going down, but
like myrrh. perpetually aromatic-the
same morning. noon and night, yester-
day. today, forever. 1t seems as II we
cannot wear him out. We put on MIN
all our burdens and afIilct him with all
our griefs and set him foremost in all
our battles; and yet he is ready to INT
and to sympathize and to help. we
have so imposed upon him that one
would think In eternal affront he
would quit our soul; and yet today he
addresses US with the same tenderness,
dawns upon us with the same SMILE
pities us with the same compassion.
There Is no name like his for us. II
Is more Imperial than Caesars. more
musical than Rccthoven's. more con-
1uerlng than Clarlemagne's more eio.
uupnt than Cicpros 1t throbs with all
life. IL wceps with all pnthos. IL
GronnS with all pain. 1t stoops WIN
oil condeScpnsion. Fl breathes with all
uerfume WHO like Jesus to set Il
broken bone. to pity homeless or
plan. to nurse sick man. to take
prodigal back without any scolding'
to illumine q cemetery all plowed With
graves, to make queen unto God out
of the lost woman. to catch the tears
of human sorrow In lachrymatory
that shall never be broken? Who has
such an eye to see our need, such lip
to kiss away our sorrow, such hand
TO snatch us out of the fire, such q
foot to trample our enemies, such
heart to embrace all our necessities!
l struggle for some metaphor with
which to express him. He Is not like
the bursting forth of a full orchestra.
That is too loud. He is not like the
sea when dashed to rage by the tenn
pest. That is too boisterous He Is
not like the mountain. It's brow wreath
ed with the lightning. That is too soil
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The One pay Cold Cure.

Cold in head and sore throat cured by ker-
motifs Chocolates Laxative Quinine. AS easy
to take as candy. Children cry for them"
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ACCOMAC c. IT, VA. SATURDAY, AUGUST s. 89

tary. Give us Il softer type. gentler
comparison. We have seemed to see
him with orr eyes and to hear him
with our ears and TO touch him with
our hands. Oh, that today he might
appear to some other one of our five
senses! Aye. the nostrIl shall discover
his presence. lie comes upon us like
spice gales from heaven. Yea, his CUR
ments smoll of lasting and all porya-
riuo rnyrrI,
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The Robes OF Christ.

In nv text the King Steps forth.
His robes rustic, and blaze AS he All
yances. His pomp and power and
glory ovcrnuStcr the spectator. More
brilliant is lie than Queen N;iShtl NOV
Ing amid the Persian princes: IMAM
Marie Antolncttc Oh the day WHEN
Louis XVI put upon her the necklace
of SDO diamonds; than Anne Bolcyn
the day when Henry VIII welcomed
her to his palace--all beauty and all
pomp forgotten while we stand IN the
presence OF this imperial glory. King
of Zion. King Of earth. King OF heaven
King forever. Her garments not worn
out. not dust bcdraggled. but radiant
and jewelcd and redolent. 1t seems as
if they must have been pressed 100
years amid the flowers of heaven.
The wardrobes from which they have
been taken must have been sweet with
clusters OF camphor AMI RANKIN
cense and nil manner OF precious WOOD.
Do you not Inhnle the odors? Aye
ave. They smell of myrrh aud aloes
and cassla out of the ivory palaces"
Your first curiosity is to know why
the robes Of Christ are odorous with
myrrh. This was bright lcafed
Abyssinlan plant. 1t was trifoliated.
The Greeks, Egyptians. Romans and
Jews bought and sold it at high price.
The first present that was ever given
to Christ was sprig Of myrrh thrown
on his infantile bed in Bethlehem, and
the last gift that Christ ever had was
myrrh pressed into the cup of his
crucifi1ion. The natives would take 4
stone and bruise the tree, and then II
would exude gum that would saturate
all the ground beneath. This gum was
used for the purposes Of merchandise.
One piece of it no larger than q chest
mt would whelm whole room with
odors. 1t was put in closets, in chests
in drawers. In rooms. and its perfume
adhered almost Unfortunately to any
thing that was anywhere near it. SO
when in my text read that Christs
garments smell of myrrh immedi-
ately conclude the exquisite sweetness
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OF life and death cross each other,
throwing upon the grave the broken
law and Il great pile of mislmproved
privileges, so that those going by may
look at the fearful mound and learn
what n suicide it is when al immortal
soul, for which Jesus died. puts itself
out Of the way.
When Christ trod this planet with
foot of flesh, the people rushed after
him-pcople who were sick. and those
who. being so sick they could not walk,
were brought by their friends. Here
see mother holding up her little
child, saying: Cure this Group. Lord
Jesus! Cure this scarlet fever" And
others: Cure this ophthalmia! Give
ease and rest to this spinal distress!
Strengthen this club foot" Christ
made every house where he stopped q
dispensary l do not believe that in
the 10 centuries which huve gone by
since. his heart has got hard. feel
that we can come now with all our
wounds of soul and get his benedic-
ton. 0 Jesus, here we are. We want
healing. We want sight. We want
health. We want life. "The whole
need not a physician, but they that are
sick" Blessed be God that Jesus
Christ comes through this assemblage
now, his garments smelling OF myrrh"
that means fragrance, "and aloes"-
they mean bitter sacriicial memories,
"and cassin"-that means medicine and
cure.
Out of Ivory Palaces.
According to my text. he comes "out
Of the ivory palaces" You know, or
if you do not know will toll you now,
that some of the palaces OF 0lden time
were adorned with ivory. Ahab and
Solomon had their homes furnished
with 1t. The tusks Of African and
Asiatic elephants were twisted into ill
manner of shapes, and there were
stairs Of ivory. and chairs Of ivory.
and tables of ivory. and floors Of ivory,
and pillars Of ivory. and windows OF
ivory, and fountains that dropped Into
basins of ivory, and rooms that had
ceilings Of ivory. oh, white and over
mastering beauty! Green tree branch
es sweeping the white curbs. Tapestry
trailing the snowy floors. Brackets OF
light flashing on the lustrous surround
lngs. Silvery music ripping on the
beach of the arches. The mere thought
of 1t almost stuns my brain, and you
say: "Oh, if could only have walked
over such toorsl If | could have
thrown myself in such a chair! If
could have heard the drip and dash or
those fountainsw You shall have
something better than that If you only
let Christ introduce you. From that
place he came, and to that place he
proposes to transport you, for his gar
ments smell of myrrh and aloes and
cassia out of the ivory palaces" What
n place heaven must be! The Tuileries
OF the French. the Windsor castle OF
the English, the Spanish Alhambra, the
Russian Krcmlln, are mere dungeons
compared with it! Not so many cas-
files on either side the Rhine as on both
sides of the river Of God-thc ivory
palaces. One for the angels, iusuffera-
bly, bright, winged, fire eyed, tempest
chariotcd; one for the martyrs, with
blood red robes from under the altar;
one for the King the steps of his pal
ace the crown of the church militant;
one for the singers, who lead the 144,-
600; one for you, ransomed from sin;
one for me, plucked from the burning.
~. 4I,o
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Realms of Beauty.


Today it seems to me as if the win
dows Of those palaces were illumined
for some great victory, and look ana
see climbing the stairs Of ivory and
walking on floors Of ivory, some whom
we knew and loved on earth. Yes, l
know them. There are father and
mother, not 50 years and 70 years, as
when they left us, but blithe and
Young as when on their marriage day.
And there arc brothers and sisters, mer-
rier than when we used to romp across
the meadows together. The cough
gone. The cancer cured. The eryslpc-
las healed. The heart break over. Oh,
how fair they are In the ivory palaces!
And your dear little children that went
out from you-Chrst did not let one OF
them drop as he lifted them. He did
not wrench one of them from you. No.
They went rs from one they loved well
to one whom they loved better. If
should take your little child and press
its soft face against my rough check,
I might keep it little while, but when
YOU. the mother came along, it would
struggle to go with you. And so you
stood holding your dying child when
Jesus passed by in the room and the
little one sprang out greet him. That
is all Your Christian dead did not go
down into the dust and the gravel and
the mud. Though it r;lincd all that
funeral day. and the water came up to
the wheels hub as you drove out to
the cemetery it made no difference to
| them. for they stepped from the home
| here to the home there. right into the
| ivory palaces. All is well with them.
| All IS we'll.
/, Is not IL dead weight that you lift
Ihcn you carry Christian out. Jesus
makes the bed up soft with velvet
promises, and he says: Put her down
here very gently. Put that head which
will never ache again on this pillow
of hallelujahs Send up word that the
procession is coming. Ring the bells.
Ring! Open your gates, we ivory pal
aces! And so your loved ones are
there. They are just as certainly there
having died in Christ, as that you are
here. There Is only one thing more
/ they want. Indeed, there is one thing
In heaven they have not got. They
want t. What is it? Your company.
But, n, my brother, unless you change
your tack you cannot reach that har-
Dor. You might as well take the
Southern Pacific railroad, expecting
In that direction to reach Toronto, as
to 20 on in the way some Of you are
going, and yet expect to reach the
ivory palaces. Your loved ones are
looking out of the windows Of heaven
now, and yet you seem to turn your
back upon them. You do not seem to
know the sound of their voices as well
as YOU used to or to be moved by the
sight of their dear faces. Call louder,
We departed ones! Call louder from
i the ivory palaces!
Mystery Solved.
When think of that place and think
Of my entering it, feel awkward.
feel as sometimes when have been
exposed to the weather, and my shoes
have been bemired. and my coat is
soiled, and my hair is disheveled, and
I stop in front of some fine residence
where 1 have an Grand feel not
At to 20 In as am and sit among the
guests. So some of US feel about heav-
W. led to be washed; we Reec