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The Washington times., 1902-05-01

Hennessey, who was released to Toron-
to by Indianapolis. has again received his
walking papers. He started out fast
enough. but the gait soon told, and there
was nothing to IL.
The Washington times., 1902-05-01

3 o 2 1 o 0 0-S
West Va 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 90
The Washington times., 1902-05-01

II is reported that Pitcher Martin Glen
don has deserted the Reds and returned
TO his first Iove-the California League,
The Washington times., 1902-05-01
Townsend Was Hit Hard.

My, but how those visiting men did
whack the balls propelled by Mr.. Town
send.
After the affair was over the score sheet
showed that fourteen times did the Ath-
letic young fellows from the banks of the
Schuylkill land the ball out of the way
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Gave Up All For Christ.

There is a most impressive story related
Of the conversion of an old lady OF seventy
wears. in a little town in Western China
through the instrumentality OF Bible
woman. One market day, as she vas sell.
ing her wares she heard Bible woman
talking about a God who loved and cared
for people of every race and land. Becom'
ing much interested in this message the
old lady began attending the Sunday serv-
ices conducted by the missionaries, waiS'
ing four miles each way in order to DO It.
At last she was converted to Christ, Q
step which meant much to her, for IN sur.
rendering herself to the Master she must
give up her idol worship, which she real'
lied fully would bring upon her persecu'
ton and hatred.
After destroying all of her idolatrous
pictures on the walls and her many other
idols there yet remained in the centre
room OF her house a tablet to Heaven
and Earth" which she dared not touch,
for it belonged partly to a nephew whom
she feared to offend.
One night she had a wondetul dream.
She thought she saw Jesus Christ coming
across the valley to her house, and she
cried out, Saviour Of the people, am .
sinner; come and save me-" But though
He drew near her house it was only to
look sadly in and pass sorrowfully by. On
awakening she could not forget her dream,
and every time she looked at the idola-
trous tablet she felt that perhaps this was
Keeping Jesus out of her house. So she
determined, at whatever cost. to get rid
Of it. and accordingly wrote her nephew
to that effect. and was given permission
to do with it what she felt inclined, But
this was not all. So earnest was she IN
the new faith that she insisted that her
house be whitewashed throughout that the
Lord might not smell any trace OF the m
cense.
Thus was born into the kingdom what
proved to be one of the most devout OF
Christ's followers.
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Tho Crusade In Brief.

In this country it appears that the de-
scendants of alcoholic parents show an
excessive mortality in which tuberculosis
and meningitis is the most common form
Of disease.
From observations collected by two ltal-
ian authorities it was found that occupa-
tion and professional work. IN which alco-
holism was common, had a very high NOR
tality from tuberculosis.
Henry II. Faxon. the temperance advo-
cate OF Quincy. Mass. has again recoS-
nized the services of the Christian Church
in the work OF keeping the city free from
LIQUOR control. and sent his check for 500
each to the twenty-three ciergyTcn.
Nine.tenths Of the diseases and great
part OF the social evils OF this country are
caused by the use OF alcohol.
The announcement IL made that the
Government hos decided against the salc
OF intoxicating liquor OF any description IN
our Samoan possessions. This is encour-
aging to those OF our readers who took an
active part in securing the passage OF tho
law to protect native races from the curse
OF rum.
The federated churches OF Illinois united
under the name OF the Anti-Saloon League
are proposing a comprehensive local option
law which will make popular vote against
the saloon mandatory and directly opera
tive and enable the people in territory
from counties down TO city blocks to see
rid Of saloons a. . matter Of right.
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IL I an forsaken, He.H nl Eatkef; whss
II I am comfortiess, He 1 IKE ny mstlhsr:
what il I am cast down, He . ny 70
storer; what If I sm hopeless asa undone.
He n my hope.
God my rock" David VIZ . fugitive
and had little means OF defense. he V
continually pursued by his enemies, and
since the country ID full of mountains and
caves of refuge are on every side OF him
they become to him the picture OF God:
He calls Him my rock. The names OF God
are suited to every circumstance in life.
Nothing is more fitting for Us than to get
hold Of this expression Of Davids. You
is too strong for you. but literally Davids
He rises above the things of this world,
and He wants His children to understand
that wherever there is heart big with
sorrow, wherever there is an eye filed
with tears or q lip quivering with agony
His ear is wide open to all their cries.
He marks down every necessity in His
memory; He will not forsake His own.
vi.
"God my strength" This means my
strength belongs to God, and must use
it only for His glory. He is taking note OF
all that do, and one day ! shall be called
to an account. God might if He pleased
wrap Himself about with night as gar.
ment. He might dwell alone far above
this world, and look down with indifter.
ence upon the doings Of His creatures;
We might look up into the heavens and
behold the stars and say, i am nothing
care 'or me-" but not so. He notices
every ore Of US. He knows our names,
has numbered the hairs Of our head, and
not a sparrow falls to the ground except
beneath the gaze of His eye. Whatever
we do or bear or suffer the eye o! God =
upon Us.
One OF the most interesting pictures in
the Louvre is that Of Christ with eyes 30
wonderful that walk which way you will
the gaze is upon you. and so God Is the
God of my strcngth and one day l must
answer to Him for Wu Il
"God, my exceeding joy" This includes
all that has gone before. and it exceeds al
happiness, that depends upon. circum.
stances. It is joy OF which David speaks
which may be ours, though the night u
upon us and the burden is really too heavy
for US to bear. It exceeds. all others in its
duration, for it never ends. This can be
said Of no other experience, all others have
their boundaries, but this is an illimitablee
sea reaching beyond the bonds OF time and
lasting through eternity. % God" this
ia a souls cry, "the living God" no one
else can satisfy. MY God" He is mine,
and nothing can separate me from Him;
long to have Him be. God my rock -
He is nv defense in every time Of need.
Good nv strength" All that ] have. is
His. "God. my exceeding JOY" He is be;
when that joy fills the soul earth il
changed to heaven.
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rhs Candle Called Patience.

God never leaves US wholly in the dark:
When the great light OF heaven fails God
has given men wisdom to prepare some les
ser lights that shall carry them through
until the great light comes again; Even so
in mans spiritual experience: When the
great lights of hope, or revelation, or IN;
spiration, seem to darken, when we feel
me" then God has given the human heart
grace to go by a lesser light: Such hs light
one OF our modern novelists has @ termed
"Tbc Candle called Patience" We can
keep along by the aid of this until the
great lights begin to brighten once again.
Is not this what the prophet. meant when
he said: 1T is good man should quietly
wait for the salvation Of Jehovah" Pa
thence is one Of the humber lights, but the
beauty of it is that it shines brightest in
the times Of our greatest darkness. 1t IL
good to 20 forward checrfully, glowing in
hope, but let US not be ashamed If the best
we can do is to 90 forward brayely and
quietly in faith, carrying the candle OF pa
tience. More than half the noblest men
and women you meet carry such candies.'
-Sunday-School Times.
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A Safe Refuge.

The day may be one of calamity. Dark
clouds may be over Us and q terrible storm
about to break upon US. Where shall We
find safety? The providence OF God may
selves left destitute and helpless. Where
may we hide ourselves from the impending
evil? Or, while all is peace about Us, while
Others are rejoicing because Of great good,
we are depressed in spirit, and in the
thought Of ourselves see only sin and
Judgment. How snail we escape! Ihe
God Is our refuge; help in trouble most
readily to be found" He is at hand and
His ear is open to every cry OF distress.
He is the Almighty, and within His loving
care we are safe. He is the faithful, un'
changing One. and, therefore, will not for;
sake us. Hasten to the open door ana
love infolds you. and whose arm will guard
from every harm.-United Presbyterian.
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Nie SAI1!hc.

|lhe suu sinks ilswly down the w.st.
TIE mountains shade 70 deeper blue,
Day ssiitly slides unto the breast
OF evening, fresh with summer dew,
Whoo kic! Whoo kie"
The glad young voice rings sat - frecs
II you raise your eyes you will s,ireiy sec
How the cattle hasten at the refrain,
In glad response TO the welcome strain
ha. ever sounds with the sailing.
That call brings back TIE long ago..
The evening bird sings sweet and low.
Bhe walks again with girliah pride
Her handsome lover at her side.
''Whoo kie! Whoo kie!"
ftQrer the hills il comes to me.
My eyes are dim, but surely see
The form so loved, when the glad refrain.
Calls again in the welcome strain,
That ever sounds with the sailing.
MARY A. Kirkup, in the Des Moinea
Register and Leader.
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THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.

essm: He Bssys-Psrsonaiity u shs Liss
Of Appreseh - God-An Impsrsonsi
Rsiigion 10 an Impossible On. ehs
Esssucs Of All Joy 10 God.
Be brave, o Heart! Throw not away
Thy faith in God!
Who made thee from thy mother clay
Yet loves the clod!
What If thy way seems hard and long,
II leads to Light!
Nor can the craft Of Hate af Wrong
Prolcng thy Night!
And IL thou fall, and human arm
Refuse thee aid,
Trus. Him who keeps His own from harm
BE net afraid"
p. L. Stanton, in the Atlanta Conssitu.
ton.
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Tho Reckless Dog.

did you ever notice that a dog VIII
not wait for street car to pass II he
wants to cross the street" asked an
ohservant man. "Well. he never Will
do It. He will dash wildly In front OF
the car every time. and very often he
takes his life In his hands. as 1t were.
in order to make the crossing. Why 1t
Is I do not know. but the average dog
will become panlc-stricken In way II
q car rolls along at time when he Is
anxious to get on the other side OF the
street. With a desperate plunge he
will dash in front Of the car. In many
instances the car will not miss the dog
the fraction Of an inch. I have talked
to street car men about the matter. and
motormen have assured me that nine
ty-nine out Of every 100 dogs Will do
this very thing. 1t may be thnt they
do II Just for the excitement OF the
thing. Dogs seem to love excitement.
They seem to be particularly fond OF
anything that smacks Of the chase.
anything that will give them chance
ueNcluP anu "a
foot. We have all noticed how they
will run after and bark at any object
that Is in motion. I have known dogs
that would run 100 yards or more after
cloud shadow. or the shadow Of 4
buzzard. as 1t skinned along the land
scape. They will run after flying
birds. They will chase anything that
Is on the go. whether the object Is AMI
mate or inanimate. They will run nj.
ter wagons. street cars. bicycles. auto
mobiles or any old thing. and IT may
be that this old love Of the chase has
something to do with the practice I
have been discussing. At any rate.
the average dog will not wait for a
street car to pass II he wants to cross
over to the other side Of the street.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
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iFriendshlp With Jesus.

We offer Christ the submission II our
hearts and the obedience OF our lives, and
He offers US His abiding presence. We
take Him rs our Master. and He takes u
as His friends. Our Lord takes us up into
a relationship OF love with Himself, and
we 60 out into life in pircd with His spirit
to work His work. 1t begins with the
selfsurrcnder OF love; and love. not fear or
favor, becomes the motive. To feel thus
the touch of God on our lives changes the
world. Its fruits are joy and peace, and
confidence that all the events Of life are
suffused. not only with meaning, but with
a meaning of love. The soul that 10
bound by this personal attachment to
Jesus has life in the eternal. which trans
figures the life in time with great JOY
Hugh Black.
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than hak as large ~ the sther. but k
wis very near Florence. and very
much startled at the apparitioa ef a
GIRL Ia a blue dress. 1t crowded against
the creek bank ard showed its teeth.
evidently expecting immediate attack.
and growled and whimpered. as much
iu alarm rs in anger.
This stirred the old bear to wrath.
and poor Florence. standing In a mar
row channel between the angry mother
and the formidable cub. dared not
move q foot in either direction. She
might have dared to try passing the
small bear. but she knew the old one
would leap at her instantly.
She stood upon two big boulders.
slightly elevated above the bears. and
astride a little channel Of the brook.
She kept her position. and although
her heart beat so loudly that 1t sound.
ed in her ears like the tattoo OF a
drum, she controlled her agitation. and
turned her camera first upon one and
then the other OF the threatening griz-
zlies. until she had exhausted all the
exposures upon the film.
White she was doing this she noted
that the grizzlies were growing more
and more angry. and that the smaller
one. hugging an earth bank within
five or six steps Of her. had its nose
and jaws stained red with the juice OF
berries. which seemed to heighten the
ferocity Of Its expression.
The photographing. which occupied
but q few moments. seemed to clear
her brain. and she looked swiftly
about, seeking In vain for some line
of ascent up the steep banks. The
bears increased their threats and yag-
serings until the little canyon roared
with the horrid noise.
Florence felt sure the old dam was
about to pounce upon her. and rs 4
last resort. she stopped. laid her cam
era behind one Of the boulders upon
which she stood. and then suddenly
dropped at full length into the narrow
crevice between them.
The water in this small runway was
a foot or more in depth. and Flerence
sank upon the bottom with only her
face and floating skirt ut the surface.
She was completely hidden from the
bears. and to her great relief their
threatcninss quickly ceased. and pres
entity the cub leaped fairly over her
body on its way to join its dam.
Two or three minutes later Florence
dared tc peep over the rocks. and find
Ing the coast clear. crawled out and
made her way to camp. where. after
telling her story. she became n heroine
indeed.
Six photographs enlarged to real pic
ture size and handsomely framed now
hang In the dining-room at Black Rock
Ranch. Three OF these pictures show
a great grizzly standing at gaze upon
some rocks. nd two others show the
same bear " different attitudes Of
fierce threat. The remaining one dis
plays. In shadow. bear crowdins
against an earth bank and showing Its
teeth like an animal at bay. 1t is Ger.
tainly a notable collection Of photo.
graphs.
Recently. Mt a social gathering. my
mother related the story Of 'The Lady
or the Tiger" and some one proposed
the conundrum. What would Florence
Crissman do in such a case?" With
one voice all the company shouted.
Photograph the tiger" think such
things are enough to spoil any girl
Youths Communion,
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Sultan Won. Allow Excavations.

The Sultan of Turkey has refused to al.
low party of scientists that were sent out
by the University of Chicago to make ex.
cavations in the mounds near the Euphra.
tes River ut the supposed site of Ur, Of the
Chaldees. the traditional home Of Abra.
ham, and for long period the political
and religious head OF the Babylonian EN-.
pire. These ruins were first examined in
1884, and it is known that the ruins OF
Ave temples and the palaces of three dyn,
asties are hidden in the mounds.
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Byzantine London.

Are We to have Byzantine period In
London, asks the Westminster Gazette.
The big Byzantine cathedral ut West.
minister Is approaching completion; and
now the redecoration Of st. James's
Hall. which has Just been completed.
has transformed 1t from Moorish
more or less-to Byzantine. with deep
red wall-panels. snbdued green and
gold tints predominating in the color
scheme. ceiling panels Of Byzantine
design In green. yellow and cream.
modelled plaster balustrades in place of
the old iron ones. and windows Of
cloisonne giasa ---------
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Volcanoes Caused leo Are.

The novel theory that volcanic eruptions
produce glacial epochs is advocated by
Paul and Fritz Sorasin, German seolosists.
1t is calculated that lowering Of the
mean annual temperature by seven or
eight degrees Fahrenheit would be sufi.
cient to give all the phenomena of g.ac;a-
of by the krakatoa eruption Of 1884 and
remaining suspended in the air for years
satisfies these theorists that the simulta.
neous eruption Of many volcanoes could 50
veil the sun as to give the necessary slight
lessening os temperature. This would
make possible a new ice age at any tine.
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Every Days Blessing.

All that God gives to US day by day Is,
a. it were, a new creation. We never re.
ceived it before. 1t never was our need
until now. We may have received some.
thing like it before. but that was not this,
nor could that have filled the place Of this.
Every days blessing are to each Of Us as q
special miracle from the hands OF the ever.
Bunysn says, Things that we receive at
Gods hand come to US as things from the
minting house-though old in themselves,
vet new to US" What should we do if our
Father failed to give Us current coin Of his
mintina day by day!-Sunday- School Times
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DSyeIopins Character.

A GOOD man said to his wife, who was
complaining that she was tired beyond
bearing BY some persons with whom. she
had relations in her daily life: MY dear,
you are not taking the right view Of this
matter. You are forgetting that these
people are giving you a great deal Of help
in developing the finer qualities OF your
character. You are sweeter, more self.re-
strained and nobler, through the exercise
of tact, tenderness and unselishness tG
them. You ought to thank God that He
has given you just this discipline. Mar
garet Sangster.
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Found . Valuable Military Relic.

T. E. Waters, the manager Of Boston
Milk street building. came across a valia.
bic military relic during the process of rem
ovation, the existence Of which has been
known, while its place OF conccalment,
since trace of it had been lost. was un-
known. 1t is the enlistment roll of the
old New England guard. formerly one OF
the three best military corps OF Massachu.
setts. The roll was drawn up in Boston.
and bears the date OF February, 1914. 1t
Is in the fora Of letter to Caleb Strong,
the Governor at that time.
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The Personal Saviour.

HThat may know Him. Phil. 3: 10.
There 10 q great deal Of difference between
knowing things about Christ and knowing
Him. Reading the court news does not
make you q member Of the court or ac-
quainted with the king. And great many
might write lives Of Christ who have never
known the living Lord. The difference be.
tween theology and Christianity is similar
10 that between an essay on friendship and
The possession Of loving friend; theology
nay furnish good text book OF the geo.
,raphy Of the kingdom Of heaven. but real
Christianity finds you a title to all its re.
,lty. So it Is possible for the simple and
an1earned to come nearer to Christ by
means of personal love than for the scien.
list to discover Him by analytical lore just
Is Al infant may know the mother on
whose heart it lies better through person:
,lity than the most skilled anatomist could
~ scalpel and glass.
Personality il the line OF approach to
God. Men could find Him no other way,
and 80 He came as person into our world
and lived as q person among us. We could
aot understand the all.wise Jehovah, nor
comprehend the infinite Creator. and our
spirits were too dull to draw near to the
Father OF Spirits, but living man touched
as with His personality, and our apprehen.
sions and understanding went out on the
simple lines along which we come to know
our fellows, and 10, we found God In the
man Christ Jesus.
An Impersonal religion Is an impossible
one. Some men are so constituted that
they can satisfy their beings with the con-
temptation of pure mathematics, bat most
are born with heart in them. Arguments
on the Trinity may be as food to some, but
most OF US are not and will not be satisfied
till we taste Of the living bread, the words
that fall from His lips and the touch OF
His hand. 1t takes some long time to
find Il out, and we all easily forget it that
folks and not furniture make home, and
the same Is true of all things. What worth
were it to US il in gaining the whole world
we must lose our friends? What are gold
and stones to smiles and hands, faces and
hearts? And il our friends form our fair.
est treasures what of this friend of sin.
ners? To know Him constitutes the per.
feet knowledge of God, the essence Of oil
JOY and the substance Of all wealth.
Seek Him. 1t is not books Of meditation
We need, but meditation with our blessed
Lord, not guides to devotion, but taking
Him as our guide to whom We shall become
devoted as we know Him. The world
needs and we need. too, the living Christ
more than lives OF Christ, this ever.present
personal Lord and lover, the power OF q
full and perfect life. As true friends would
rather see all else 20 than lose one another
80 you may see goods and fame and all
things Of this changeful world pass from
you and still rejoice, saying, Christ is oil.
-Ram's Horn
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Tunnel jumping In Chicago Navigation.

Tunnel jumping Tn Chicago Navigation.
Chicago tugmen view mournfully the
passing OF one of their favorite diver.
sions through removal Of the top Of
the old cofferdam Of the Washington
street tunnel. For years tunnel
jumping" has been q feature OF river
towing. In jumping" the Washing.
ton street tunnel tugs. with free
river before them. have shot over the
tunnel. dragging a 4OO-foot vessel with
10000 bushels Of grain or 1000 tons
Of coal behind them. To get over :he
cofferdam the bi; ships have been
forced fifteen or eighteen inches out
Of water. their keels resting on the dam
while the propellers and tugs forced
them across and into deep water. Sew
enteen feet below the surface two
divers worked all day to cut away the
timbers OF the cofferdam. The flow
Of the river was stopped for time
while they worked.-Chicaso Tribune.
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Our Duty.

We must learn to take our faults humb!y
a proofs Of our weakness, and use them
to increase our trust in God and our mis-
trust Of self. Neither must we be discour.
aged at our own wretchedness or give way
to the thought that we cannot do or bear
any special thing. Our duty is, that while
confessing that Of ourselves It Is impossible,
TO remember that God Is all-powerful.-
jean Nicholas Grou.