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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24
A Finland Boys Bath.

When the boys of Finland want
10 take bath. this Is the way they
do II, we are told by d writer in one
Of the children's papers:
IN the first place. 1t IL very. very
cold in Finland. and the bathroom
is not in the house at all. but IN, a
building quite separate
1t is a round building. about the
size OF an ordinary room. There are
no windows; so light and air can come
in only when the door Is open In
side. the benches are built all along
the wall. and in the center Ia a great
pile of loose stones. Early on Satur-
day morning wood is brought in, and
great vessel. standing near The
stone. La, filled with water
Then some one cuts ever so many
birch switches. and these are placed
on the floor OF the bath house Next
fire Is made under the stones, and II
burns all morning. In the afternoon,
when the stones are very hot, the
fire Ia put out, the place liz swept
clean. and all Is ready.
The boys undress in their houses
and run to the bath-house. AS II IL
often thirty degrees below zero out OF
doors, they do II in doubie-quick time.
AS soon as they are In the bath
house they shut the door tight and
begin to throw water on the hot
stones. This. OF course, makes the
steam rise. More water is thrown on.
and there Is more steam until the
place Is quite full.
And now comes the part I think
you boys would not like at ALL Each
boy takes birch switch and falls to
whipping his companions This IL to
make the blood circulate; and, though
IT is real hard whipping, no one
objects. but all think II great fun.
At last, looking like lot of boiled
Holsters, they all rush out and have
a roll in the snow.--Apples Of Gold.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

The Julian year consisted or Se5 Ia
days and exceeded ny IL minutes,
1895 seconds the solar year of 56o
days, 8 hours, IS minutes. 46 seconds.
In consequence of this the equinox
in the course of few centuries fell
back considerably. In the time Of
julius Caesar 1t correspondent TO
March rs, and by the sixteenth CEN
tury IL had refrigerated to March
IL. II was at this time that ply
sician or Verona named Ghiraldi pro-
posed a plan for amending the calen-
dar. He died before he had oppor-
tunity to carry II forward. but his
brother presented IT 10 Pope Gregory
Kill. who assembled a number of
learned men 10 discuss It. It was
passed upon favorably and adopted
and thus was given to the world what
has since been known as the Greg
orian calendar. In 1882 Gregory is
sued a brief, abolishing the Julian
calendar in all Catnolic countries,
and introducing the reformed one.
The reform of the Gregorlan or
new on the Julian or old consisted
In dropping ten days after October 4.
1882. SO that the fifteenth was reck-
oned Immediately after the fourth.
Every one hundretrh year. which
by the old style was leap year, was
to be common year, the fourth
century. Invisible by -FOUR. excepted
that is. 1900 was TO remain a leap
year. but 1900. 1900 and 1900 were
not to be reckoned as such, while
2000 is TO be so recxoned.
In this calendar the length Of the
solar year Is taken to be $50 days b
hours. 40 minutes. and l2 seconds,
the difference between which and the
true length Is immaterial.--The Chris
| tian Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24
vIRGINIANs WEEKLY SERMON
'"CHRISTIAN PERFECTION"

mistake of many right here Is that
they fail to realize that the work Of
grace In our hearts after conversion
is continuous. II the connection has
been broken, then We need a second
work. II 1t has not been broken, we
can live on and grow In love to God
and man. Can We grow into perfec-
lection? OF course, we can. Is not
mans life a continual development?
Have you ever marked the growth OF
friendship the ripeneing of mothers
love?
But some say that down deep in
us Is the root OF sin that In not re-
moved by conversion and we must get
1t out before We can grow. l answer
because sin has been removed from
your heart to not think that the can
cerous roots are still in your broth
er's heart. Some profess more than
they have and some have more than
they profess. God works in different
ways with different men. Impurity
can never grow into purity. but 1t can
be changed by an outside force. The
stagnant pool cannot cleanse Its Shiny
water, but the sun can dry IL up. We
cannot grow into perfection of our
selves.
BY prayer and faith and the con-
tinual cleansing of the blood We may
go on unto peTLecuOn- AS long as We
are in the body We shall be tempted.
Our besetting sins die hard. but we
can bury them. Yes, we can noise
car bury them. Yes, we can raise
the tomb over some OF our tempta-
ttons until the world, the flesh and
tho devil have small tenure upon
us
made trip recently to the Peaks
OF Otter. We ctrcled round the noun
tain, climbing higher and higher. Oc-
| casionally we would stop at some van
tage point to look out over the val
ley. At each stop the view was wider
and grander. AT last we stood upon
the summit and gazed upon a scene
whose beauty and sublimity words
| cannot describe. Often the clouds
rolled under the spot where We stood
and sometimes the ltghtnfngs fash ed
| beneath the travellers feet.
( SO 1t is with the journey OF life.
! We begin in the valley OF doubt over
| shadowed by clouds and rent by the
| storm. We climb higher. the view
IL better; We get above the fog of the
! valley above the storm line: the light
| nings Of human passion play harm
| less at our feet. We stand up on the
summit and gaze with enraptured eyes
! at the beauty and glory or God s
{ spiritual universe.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24
The City of Make Believe.

Far away In the land OF "If and Per-
haps"
The city OF "Make-Believe" lies,
With its wonderful. beautiful towers
and domes
And turrets that reach the skies.
IT'S peopled by fairies, pixies and
gnomeS,
And mobiles and ladies fair.
And the poorest gamin that walks the
streets
Is prince II he enters there.
The very dust OF the earth, they say,
Is the purest and finest gold;
There is no one there unhappy or sad,
And nothing to harm, I'm told;
But all is beautiful, kind and good
That ever comes through Its gate,
For the sentinel posted the entrance
near
Keeps out all strife and hate.
But. alas! this strange and glorious
place
Is closed with years as wall;
And only those who are young In heart
Can enter it's portals small
But the children all can go in and
out,
And it's mysteries bring to view
This curious city of Make Believe"
So old and yet SO new.
--Exchanga.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24
HOW WASHINGTON MET
TREACHEKX.
And Escaped Capture ut the Hands
of Disioyal Host.

And Escaped Capture ut the Hands
OF IA Disioyal Host.
Among the many anecdotes told Of
Washington Is one of how he escaped
capture at the hands Of treacher-
Gus host, whom he afterward par
doned at the earnest pleading OF the
culprits family.
The American army was encamped
near West Point, when one day their
commander was invited to visit Il near
by mansion and dine with an old
gentleman at precisely : o'clock. Hav-
ing been accustomed to visit the fam
lily. he mad at first trusted this old
man, but whispers got about ques-
tioning his fidelity to the patriot cause,
which at last Washington resolved to
put to q test. The host had been
inslstent as to the hour for dinner
and Intimated that q guard would
not lie necessary. This somewhat
aroused Washington's suspicion, so he
decided to arrive At least an hour
earlier than the appointed time. The
host suggested a walk on the piazza
| and by his nervousness soon made II
evident to his guest that something
/ was wrong. Washington brought the
| conversation around to the subject
| OF traitors. and he wondered at the
| lack of principle that would cause
! native-b born Americans to join the
| enemy for little glIttering gold.
| His fixed look, as he made these re.
| marks. made the traitor quail; hui
| now the sound OF horses hoofs was
| heard, and up rode company OF
| dragons in scarlet coats.
| What cavalry are these" exclaim-
| ed Washington, What does thi:
mean?"
| "A party CT British light horse sem
! for my protection" answered his host
/ British horse-to protect you while
! l am your guest-what does this
/ mean, sir?"
| The troops, now dismounting, came
/ toward the piazza, and the old man
! getting close 10 his guest, said: Gen
erai, you are my prisoner.
Il believe not" said Washington
/ but. sir, | know that you are mine
Arrest this traitor. offlcer!"
Not knowing what to make Of thi.
I turr' of 'afrairs, me hypocrite looked
from Washington to the troopers. ane
! then saw that they were American
cavalrymen whom Washington hac
disguised in British uniforms, and whc
arrived promptly at a quarter before
! :, in order to protect their genera
and aid him to test the truth oil
| falseness of his host.
Being conducted. a prisoner. to tbs
camp. the false friend afterward con.
fessed. that he been bribed to de.
! liver Washington 10 q squadron OF the
enemy at o'eiock on the day wher
/ the American commander was hi.
! Visitor.-From II. A. Ogdens Wash.
ington's Ter - row Escapes liz
March ST. Nicholas.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24
The Way IL Goes.

A little boy made him wee snow
ball,
And rolled 1t about In the snow:
And II gathered the crystals and chung
to them all.
Aid o how that SNOWFALL did grow!
o my.
You've made one. Of course. so you
know.
A little boy whispered word one
day
Tnkind of some one he knew:
And each one who heard 1t repeated
his way
The story till. o how It grew!
O my!
And heartache was caused by IL
too.
Two little red mitten the small BAH
That grew in such d magical way;
And little red tongue was the one
that told
The tale that grew big In day.
o my!
Be careful. wee tongues what you
--Paulina Frances Camp. N u
HouaskeeDeE. '',7'T' j
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

coy etousness by fighting eoVetous de-
sires than you can get rid OF wire
srass by moving Il down. The Only
way To get rid of wire grass is to
root il out and 10 put something else
IN its place. The root OF covetousnesS
IS seiashness, and II you would get rid
uf covetousness you must get Ed OF
selfishness. And the only way TO get
selfishness out Of the heart ia to open
It wide To the Cnseltish pne--to him
who came not to get but 10 give. not
to accumulate but TO scatter. not 20
be ministered unto but to miniser. If
we Will open our hearts wide 10
Christ and let him take complete pos
session he win root out all selfish
ness and then having mis- spirit it
viii be easy 10 cultivate n deeper ap-
probation OF our own possessions and
20 think more of the rights Of others
and less of our own desires.
other Important Truths.
/ The trouble with Ahab was that
he was not a man. He Was cry
baby. spoiit chlid, who sulked when
things didn't ga his own way. Lack
ing in manhood hc lacked In every
thing except wickedness. Crime Is
what men !aIl into when they haven't
the manhood to stand up.
may Say AlidA a ilsA2 &abtAAhk w
do with a certain sin that was COM
mitted. hut il ] am willing 90 accept
the fruits of thar sin / am guilty
and / know that / am guilty.
3. Here Is ii warning against max
ing bad matrimonial matches. II ID
terrible thing tor IA good woman to
marry q bad man, II Is worse for a
good man 10 marry IA bad woman. for
Il bad woman Is likely to pull a man
farther downward than a good woman
is likely to -nft him upward. But not
me- y young men are likely TO marry
u ~ezebel; the trouble is with the
sympathetic young women who are
willing to marry an Ahab to reform
him. / never knew man to marry
a bad woman to reform her: | can
see no better reason why a woman
should marry bad man to reform
him, If you cannot save a man with
out marrying him beware lest you
lose your own soul by marrying him.
4. Hugh Macmillan in his Corn of
Heaven" says this words are con-
densed by TarbelD, that every sin
ia punished in kind, and does not de-
pend upon whether 1t is detected by
others or not. Everything around us
and within us attests the truth that
God is a God of judgment. making
men reap as they have sown. and IL
needs not to wait to the great tudE-
ment day to realize this---for every
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

day after its own fashion Is a judg-
ment day, in which the sin Of the sin
ner is disclosed to him by its conse-
quences upon himself or others. The
wages OF sin is death. and these wages
are paid here and now 10 every sin
as soon as they are earned---the death
of some faculty or power or possess
sion or affection. Then. too, men =
sins often find them out, though no
visible sign or token may betray the
fact to the world. All may outwardly
stand fair; there may be no check to
the worldly prosperity: nay, the pros
perity may be greater than ever. and
yet in the soul there may be that
which takes all the JOY and the relish
out of life: the memory of that old
sin which was as nothing when COM
mitted, but which now darkens all >"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

Macon and master of arts and doctor
of philosophy Of he University Of Viz
ginia. He married Miss Lizzie Greasy.
Of Newport News. Va. sister OF DR.,
w. +. Greasy. and Mrs. w. f. Cot
trell. OF Newport News. DIR. Moss
Joined the Virginia Conference in
1888. He Is a son OF Rev, James o.
Moss, now a superannuated preacher
of the Virginia Conference. and resid
ing in Portsmouth. Va The Laurel
Street church Is In fine condition In
all departments of its work. This is
DR.. Moss' last year in this passionate
and the work he has done has been
notably successful and enduring.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24
A Little Nonsense

Miss Nudge: do you know. our land
/ lady has tnc clAmmiest lands. Ugh,'
Mir. Mudge, Wei, you can't ssy that OF
her chowders. "-Boston Transcript
\ school inspector Ia a rural district
OF Iowa asked tae pupils a word which
ho pronounced "Eggwtped.' When
| they failed, he roughly oersted them
/ for their Ignorance. and then spelled
the word himself. K g-y-p-t, Egg
w.ped."
The portrait painter man. on being
asked what were his duties IN the stu
dto. SAID, ''W by. SIR, / stretches tho
canvaAscs for 'ifn.--sets up Is palette.
--harranEes In heasel.-and hall % as
to do is to shove EN- on."-Happy por-
trait painters.--PGnch-
Young Lady. Well, Mira Higginbot-
tom, and how are you getting on?
" ont you have another piece of oaks?"
Old Woman with an eye to the ham
sandwse chess: ~ ell, mum, IL it's all the
same to you, I'd rather ave q taste y
suinmat as has drored breath. PUNCH
a conscientious church goer said To
the darSy VINO was working for her. 4
hope you go to church regularly, joan"
Well. ma am, wld all dis talk bout
Confucius and Boudotr. my ioees gos
Kind O. malgamated.
why. you mean Buddha. don't you,
John?"
"Oh. you may call IL Buddha. ma'am.
but the French they calls 1t Boudoir."
Victor Hugo at first said he would
vote against admitting Eugene La
niche to the Academy. But when the
| candidate called on him to solicit his
rs cote against you l have changed
my mind, and l viii explain to you the
reason OF the change. / was suffering
greatly from violent insomnia. ] set
L
laughed SO much that my disorder wore
out. and l am now in good health"
Homlers, Fresh Picked.
A naturalist Is a man who catches
gnats.
taiiow chandelier. '".o4 80
The MILKY Way came when the cow
jumped over the moon.
A coauette II what they make out or
fricasseed chicken on the second DAY
An octagon is many-sided animal
that grabs you when you go in SWIM
ming.-Boston Transcript.
Once Mr.. Fields WAS on his way in
the cars from Boston to his summer
cottage at Manchester by tho Sea. Two
men sat in front of him, discussing
places and the persons who lived In
them. Mr.. Fields caught his own
name, and bent forward to listen.
Lets see" said one.--"Fields. the pub
Usher. lives around here somewheres.
don't he2" Yes, he's got house on
the hill just beyond here" Lectures
don't he?" "Oh, yes, he lectures a lot"
"Well. how ia he. anyway" "Well. he
amt Cough. by a big sight!'
The late Duke of wellington got
letter once from lady. saying she was
soliciting subscriptions for n certain
church. and had taken the liberty 70
put his name down for 600. and hoped
he would promptly send her q check
for that amount. He forthwith replied
that he would respond to the call; but
he, too. was interested In certain
church which needed subscriptions,
and, counting upon his correspondents
weli-known liberality, he had put her
down for f200. And so." he conciud-
ed. mo money need pass between US
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

debt on the tmproy ements is $500,
and 1t is expected that this Will be
reduced this year to $4,000. The
church is Gothic in architecture, with
raised floor steam heat, electric light
and art glass windows
Dr. Moss was educated at Ran
dolph- Macon College. University OF
Virginia and Vanderbilt University.
He is bachelor. of arts OF Randolph
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

The portrait-palnters man. on being
asked what We're his duties IN the stu-
do. said, ny. SIR, / stretches tho
canvasSes for itn.-Sets up In palette.
--harra nEes In heasel.--and hall q as
10 do is to shove EN- on."-Happy por-
trait painters Punch.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

Young Lady: Well, Mira Hlgginbot-
tom. and how are you getting on
ont you have another piece of oaks?'
Old Woman with an eye to the ham
sandwaches): ~ ell, mum, IL its ali the
same to you. I'd rather ave taste ~
summat as has drored breath" Punch.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

boys who read this may be nobler be-
cause for twelve years little Paul
Gellert lived upon the earth,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24
n DE-. nduuedby
"A Rev. RI Pitt D.

BY, Edward Leigh PeIl, D. D


reprint
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

20 palm tree. wave your fans" said
Maude
"And keer the weather cool.
Umbrella trees, please make q shade ,
Along my way to school"
YOUTHS Companion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

Rev. John NJ Ferris, D. D.. who
died last week in Brooklyn In his
eighty-seventh year. was a leader In
the Dutch Reformed Church, q for
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

The Free Baptist church OF Wind
ham voted Feb. 10 by a majority Of
one TO ally itself with the Methodist
denomination. but by the same ma
Jority refused to turn over the church
property to the Methodists. The mat
ter will come before the Cumberland
County Free Baptist Association for
adjustment
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

y school inspector Ia rural district
OF Iowa asked tae pupils a word which
ho pronounced Egg wiped When
they failed, he roughly oersted them
for their ignorance. and then spelled
the word himself. --"E-g -y-p-t, Egg
w.ped."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

A bronze bust OF Mr.. John D. Rookie
Teller. founder of the University OF
Chicago. has been presented to the
university by friends in Chicago and
placed on the mantel of a fireplace in
Hutchinson Hall. tho dining room for
men. The bust was made by William
Copper, Of New York
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

Miss Nudge: do you know. our land
lady has tnc clAmmiest lands IGN"
Mir. duage. Wei, you can't ssy that OF
her chowders. boston Transcript.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

There are 24,6oo Indians in South
Dakota, and one-half of these are
members OF the Episcopal church and
one In every six n communicant.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

The South Londonderry Vt. church
celebrated It's Tooth anniversary this
week, with services continuing from
Sunday through Tuesday. During its
century OF life the church has had Is
pastors. 20 deacons and 10 clerks
The present clerk, Elijah +. Rngg
has just completed AZ years of con-
tinuous service.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

Mcssrs. Chapman and Alexander
with their Immediately party win go
TO Wales the last OF this month to
hold evangelistfc services.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

Recently one hundred Baptist busi-
ness men of Chicago. with their pas
tors. met for luncheon In the Hotel
Stratford to discuss the adyisability of
attempting to raise a church extern
sion fund of $4,000. Four men
pledged $4,000. Orher pledges OF
$1,000, $3.50 and less were made, so
that, in fifteen minutes. the sum of
$1S,42 was pledged.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

The Rev. DIR. Amory II. Bradford,
pastor emeritus Of the First Congre-
gational church of Montclair. n, j.,
and one OF the most widely known
Congregational ministers in the coun-
try. dropped dead Saturday night
while out walking, He was 65 years
old.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

Young Mems Christian Associa-
lions have been established at thirty
seven different army and navy points,
with sixty-five men giving their fun
time, in charge of such activities,
while Y. M. C.. A secretary now ac-
companies the various fleets on their
long cruises, and in time of war the
Y. NJ. c.. A. tent is a godsend and
about the only bright spot in the army
camp.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

When l saw him / fell at his feet
as one dead" Rev. l; II. was the text
from which Rev. Andrew Mowatt was
about to preach a sermon on "A Wis.,
Ion Of Christ" at the Erskine Pres
byterian church in Montreal, Sunday
when he was fatally stricken with
heart failure Dr. Mowatt was ~
years old.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

Heinrich Meyer began to preach in
Budapest in 1879, and founded. in
that year. the first Baptist church In
Hungary, There are now in that city
four Baptist churches. and according
to the last published report there were
about 20, 600 members in that coun-
try.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

January ~ was the anniversary OF
the beginning of the second mission
by our Moraviau brethren. The work
In Greeland began ITS years ago.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24
ITEMS OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST

Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church.
New York. which has Just called Dr.
Jowett from England, gives upwards
OF 100000 a year, only about S40,-
900 Is spent at the Fifth avenue cor
ner. DIR. Jowett In to get $4,000,
including the parsonage.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

Fifth Avenue church. New York
city. has raised Dr. Aked's salary by
$4,000. making a total of $4,000.
He is on on vacation in Califor-
MIA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-24

mer secretary OF the Board of For
eign Missions and editor OF The
Christian Intelligencer.
One hundred clergymen In Chica-
go have started a movement. further
cd by the Chicago Christian EndeaVor
Union, TO relieve mail clerks and car
riers of Sunday work.