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ifl/ILUlAM, the tramp, was
YV on a llttle bank by ttlVSWp b*
the highway under the shadeNrf YHiflr!
elm. The day was warm^nt^jj 0 t /
■tKWtWrttreyWTBy'was eating a fru
mj^^ye^ngjtl^tywjtJuneh-ef. bread and
cheese, and nearby ran a brook from
wh|ch he coul d inumclt-liiu ihlrat~wheu
he had finished eating.,
-lit.iitaightjtfre' Of Tnfal 1 li'Pe, the "railroad]
■was only a .short rtisWwiee '• away, he
coijld Jujnp on a freight and
,t«iiqoidkly■' 'caVrtM' Trig' 6t charge to the
bu.. cMjb.o.AKllliAtu, tbwdramiv,- was content
ed iirltb $ls 1 $. .,pu|,his glanbe fell,
ab * 5 16n'& 1 '<!fde J cottage up the road, a vague
t'UtiresMHldd'hlw heart. Ayoungmoth
er followed byvaiohWiT eMwgtng'te her
skirt? haft Just come out.,of ,the cot
r >t"- 4 B*t 94 trtd'wak 'fwalKg'ihe h'ens arid
fib..■-flocks* at-her cMl:'" Near
the house,? mjyi;WM.Ailpwing.'j,Jt» also
' 1 ' 4 n t 4 «rd J thd young housewife's call^ and
hi, *k»k*ng tifl from the'fU'rVowi'tfirew her
•ublsp, , u-wiw.uji ■,v. u it
, ' "Must 'be sort of n/ce,. after .*11, to
* te ' J 'ikvd"a hdmfe'. and a wife, and a baby
-.,ikiike.i'that fellow's-got,** th 6 iigh't ''Wilr
Uam, the tramp, regretfully, "fftcd to
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The Lexington Advertiser
m ADVERTISER PUB. CO., Publishers
LEXINGTON. : : MISSISSIPPI.
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('rtktfllflk'T tvdtijft liiVe one'thyself, 'tiut'1
-ndgudSBrl'di better, igive up *trat- id'eaff ....
u.mli wr, : Abe. „(srui»ih». of
"oread and'resumed his journey, At the
bfi iMfiff fa 1 rirthoufe'''1id : sto{jpfe'd hurt 'asked
rtuthq. wajnaa *who came, to the door to
jPivo.him something-tp f»L , WJUIam
%as not hungry, hut he might be be
"•'ifUre-'ftlgflffall.'sci It'-Was' fhe'parf'Bf «
.ViiARWtep 1 .1 roan.4tw.try. and lay.tinva .sup
ply of food. Even if he did not care
to eat.yyjieaeillie vOOuid put it in
his pocket. - .. .. v
th'd J Wonlhii' callcd iilm a big,
4 , ila»y.. tramp, and slammed the door lh
This did not worry William.
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tX fl"4fertdltf 'fl'Mlter* bf' re-'
O 4 ,itu 6 al&<during.'tha"ooni!se.of a' day, but
Ijke.many^qther tramps,|n this, big,land.
'' llad found" that He was seldom forced
■' i ; t< 4 'fhe'?t(npleasant alternative ' 6 f either
...JWtiritinftAtn goingUa slBepnhungrw.. ■ So
^ -whistlitt^ cheerily he contlnued_ hip
(Wat Ae he neared the* curve Bf'the road,
j.j^'jljjam .hearrt. the. thudding..sound of
f iorses' hoofs. To his experienced ear
hft''gSlloiiih'g sounded louder'yef'moret'and
YtoMtMVHi-. than- that- cmamoitrib an
jpagy,isa.Dl b or fif l .^i.' on .ft.e-9' 1 ntry raad,j..,
"Either thatTeilow is driving mighty
,s *t«rf i 8t'if'*fS*a ruifa , w4>*lte feinbqulzed'.TW
w.lAiRl.duy iruraded'.around- the .curve 1 in j
the ,ro<tb. ■, - , , viuidin 6 (.( I't
'' Down ' the iifghway; "swaying fromVthe
-fi'lHfic WhlSe fri'titotr'trtaa'gail«b,'feh'mfe'!'Ttme*
ovoi v
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ootJspi. a X't '' ' ideals."
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•J.ArijShw.if aWf.uJ.*ure,iAat,li,<t; .L.it.l
* Would never throw a stone or tight.
kiil6i#)j«uv.s ho dosna* heja MtV~ .lJ ImUJ
1 think I'd like to lick that kid!
JjiiT.i 'ft a.i'iKi'Cilhi. '
Bhe says he never tears his clo'es.. .
k 'JW v 'f«vfes"to'VfltYh tefifanB f«6e. -
Ap',,wheq,he's >hrp,?gb.W lt b(f/ l . ln ri s /l 1 .ViB9e«
AW* puts 1 t¥em back light'fn thefr place.'
1 . I'.nj.glad .I'm .not likeJUjn, you betj.ou. ,
I'd hate to be a moinmer's pet,
r makes a no|pe,
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An' then he nev
But plays at some nice, quiet gdme-,4 " ;
Isn't bqllt ltge otWr boys, •
suutH-kii'. M-aK/ tfeeWzkae.4
I'd think they'd put his hair in curl; ,,
--4fl|fr'iat9r* -machibsmu:! tih'i* a-glrti- 4
He
4 *. Mam 1 iim all 1
An' wi»hes 1 was more like him.
^ J •Bhi^f'h 1 n k's 1 TiUfeh t *fd beit 1
oaATL'/hie.fi/iiir^ phifii. n.h .i,r,
i-Ch'icago Daily News.
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j^y BAD TELEPHONE MANNERS.*
«4tJi4i. j-,-,7 4IW>l4-r. -J,il .-r-'W. • Ill'll
pignifled Matron Who Has a Just,
'^"'' Complaint to Make—Inexcusable
XJA'.f.tui 'Cttritteess 0'V^"t'tffe"'Wftre.' ,: '
-it. Hill
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Ignlfled AWISOU Who haft-ft-mijiile
of debutantes in her fanjlly .com,,
" plklA'ed'tfte'flfiifer da'y tteartiie" l p 1 ione"
tiiWSB'riondftciwe 'tO'-badimatarierw, reixffts'
< 'AtoLCWfiMTO J-lftrota.cil .J. yn.lm
lt$ J wevfeit ' 1 shell k- hftoferitfe *'riiicfudfbm*il'"to'
Tkia.lfl ,what, tap
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0 d>-aWhriltWi«»M?'*»Mroetof 1 ^s^fetmg|
1 ol^iotuttat
4 «c-« ... m.- C JS 1
IBf Wniy OfefcohSdered aatUfac
tattolltt«a,' 1 'bfet hWrtwg twttstflfed
W!.iM 1 ft/M t> BftriwW»Wsi/gattefiio
tion fte'^.Proceeds: ■
*"*08# An n Mrs. :B.; Well ,'Mrs. B.,
Ji*«tentn*d sM JttmttHf 'iWW'yoif"(ifeU"
JMHs.^.^iWlkntJla^ftjeagjtd-hariJlii'ui.i I
"""""Tie doe? qot ajiqlogJ/^, .eyldo^^s J,
of
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Wto'tWiWte* bfell'7'tings. ' 1 t! ll rieirig' dfm-'
Y4«)» 1 lJ>>iftMTiftr-4MkS9culi«e/»otM.j*ailst
2 «r-wM' v 4 qriM" 1 "yesebt the'
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JtSatry.
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IFtoaseJ.uqd WoMe mfe'Ao'tettht'illt
x.cun'* (MtVi j
• team of horses, drawing a wagon
which bounded up and down over the
rough road, threatening each second to
turn over. William's first instinct was
to stapd in safety at ona'side and let
the frightened t«%n»,pasa. Then he ode
ticed- that a little ^tri was clinging In
white-fgced terror to- the seat of the
i S3 fFoiiH morifent hd hysffated/ To try
to stop the team was to risk hla life.
Then' TBS" tramp gave a second glance
at the frightened child, little more than 1
a hal»y. on the seat of the wagon. He
drew a long breath and ran in the di
rection of the team. Unless they were
Blopped-batore they reached the curv*
Xtbe-wagon wontd be - BUTTSd Into the
seated-v-d^tch. , ^ "i /,
P Wliea » few,yards distant <*pra the'
rufrawat1*'aM William whirled around
jtBt.AnA^h*gW»-rs»l*m-thevh. As the
'horses caught up to him, he hurled his
bbdy forward, his hands shot out, he
Shipped the ■ reins" firmly, He was
! dragged from Tils Teet.
Whenever.bgL.Blft-now.thelensBndvarledexperi
ence of the trajnp ,to patching fast
j freights stood' him in good stead. As
.bsq.ftte horse? plunged forward he only
; clung the t^lfter,. fJeafer.ABd nearer
[ to the'curve drew the team. But evan
frenzied horses oannot rrin with 170
pounds of sturdy humanity hanging
ffoiri the bits. Little by little they
slowed down, until at'raStV'with a few
final, fierce tugs. William brought them
to"a standstill little more than a yard
from-fhe oitrih attherturVc 6 f the road.
And now that the danger was over,
the little girl, who had Been clinging
- to the'Seat, broke into tearful sobs.
.The owner , of the farmhouse from
which William had just been scornfully
driven had seen the galloping team and
wf»s running to William's assistance.
His wife, yhp had just turned William
away, was hurrying behind him. The
farmer's face grew a little pale As he
saw how near t^e. ditch the, beam had
been halted.
"It**'onr Minnie," he said to his wife.
"A ,naver .eould have got there in time.
She would have been killed if. this
brave man hadn't stopped the horses
At the.risk of.hto own life."
"Anq I jusf refused,him something to
eat," replied the woman, with a big
sob Iriteer Vdiee as she helped the child
down from the wagon.
The farmer looked hard at William.
TT 6 had a deep-robted dislike to tramps.
But this-one seeriied different from the
..others, m "•
"Can't you leave the life,you're, lead
ing and come on my farm?" he in
quired In tones far more cordial than
William was accustomed to hearing:
"I'll give you good wages, and the
place'win'be a ■permanent one. It won't
l>g, long before, a young man. like you
will have a home of his own, and per#
hap* a wife and child like the one you
saved to-day. You'r.e too good a man
to be on the road. And you will, find
It grows harder and harder each year.
By and. .by. your strength will be gone,
or you will miss your grip catching a
freight some night, and then all that
will be left for-you Will be the poor
^Oltse.Pf the morgue."
William, the tramp, could feel, his
'heart'dealing quicker. The vision of
the little cottage with a wife and home,
of his own was drawing v.ery close to
'him. Perhaps, after all— Then he
looked down the long higltWay, border
ed by green, arching trees in which the
birds were singing. The smoke from
a distant freight train floated lazily
over the tree tbps. At' the Sight a vague
feeling ,pf unrest .stirred his pulse. The
love of the careless, wandering, reck
less life, banished for a moment, re
turned with renewed force. Arcady was
calling bPt child., and the undefined call
thrilled his heartstrings. William, the
tramp, shook his head with a sigh.
, "No..I can't.do id," said he.. "Some
how the love of the road is in my,.bones
Tm bound to go'back to it, even if
'oStdi-'i'ib'dd^s mean* what you"say in the feted."
,Ajid,, pirnlng away,, William, the
tramp, walked rapidly in the direction
fh'C 'dYlftirig smoke.' He had heard
the. call--of. Arcady and answered it.
.jEoy fhottah.the end thereof,.was death,
path was very pleasant—N. Y:
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'tyvefe'tHe 'HBtffee'for IHe orie he wants;
sometimes grows impudent when 1
can't find her, and seems to ignore the
Wgh'ts'of eVery 1 one' btlf himself.'*
A DEPARTMENT OF CRAFT.
University of Michigan Plans to
1 Traih ' Gradtifetes to Withstand
Boodling Spirit.'
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A graft department, has been organ
ized at th? University of Michigan under
the' riartlfe '"ndrifeflifet'feHc boferd'of con
trol.".. The aim of this new educational
mo.vqfflent ,js, jtg. ,.,out graduates
trained to withstand the boodling spirit
of American cities. 1 The''aeparlriient is
working on. a big- scale, creating-legal
corporations for its.boys tf,.tattd 1 e,,and
buying a newspaper to serve practically
as a tdafesrootet 'tfiridel.''' " '"
..The- name, .ttoonathletie -board,''"ex
plain? thf, qrjfllf?, 9f Michigan's.work-in
political-business honor. The "nonath
letlc 'hoard" W4s ''ctoatod' to supervise
,/evasylhing -else,. -It looked at'-the stu
dent set.^qJ 1 ?cf>?,tpe?
triarkabie mission.
''Gfft'rif 'febllegfe' 'firlrioi- ' offices students
were .fouiul to' be earuttig from Jl 0 to
tad lo'ind, ita re
150/1J^e.-roosI.reiJrflltonsible.of
these schemes was the two-prjee class
*th? >s to dent committeeman pocketed the
extr^ ^uart?r ?s,p?y forhifi.Wprk. , \i
fat*',' by 'wlrtc'h' i'ri'jigS emblem,'ttee pin
.perhaps, .was -sold'-to-dhe sttiderit'pin 1
committeq. > ft,/)qf(idfilIar„Prid retailed,to
the class at.$1.25. Mannfacturers se
VYWfy' bfffeYed the rdfe to'fe'fecliYfe bids, and
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i i I-- i-i .i-AgW *of Utility ' 1 '''' ' J ''
AbWrdftlg ta.the direetor ot the mint
the coins qf Greece in t^o fourth qgn
•m flto"rfegardltf as morTbeau
-tlfta-ttatt any made ttwday. Why cate
not wp havp ah hpaiitifnl cnins?
Ssf we ^desire "Jow^elief," thalft'
'riridrfefl'lrifleh ■tfertl not come orit hlgfcfer .
2 "^ o ^
fritfetofeti' ril 'beferilf and util-, ■
,. — 4 ta >7 canfllC «7 und-thlstea
ur ^M ia i aa" ' "
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j-,,., <Md-'ffnJuno«on' OI»*yi 4 a. f
A su^Rgqi},,ln*^qvaqp?h cwwd.a Ais
ease by an operation on himself. This
q# o»ft' 1 rif the 1 few IriPta'ri'fefes 6 ri record,
Wfl .Bke Chicago• Dally Haws, In wMeh
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"Putting th* World'4 Bn
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In tht ■Plact
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Sermon by the " Hlgliwuy ana Byway" Preacher.
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-- •• ^htesgo, ■uMdr.'MtYT 1
ain S°f
^^M^oHh^hfuMlpfdab^ejtrendthi
treasure' of the king a house; he took ail
away; he took away atso the shields of gold
and committed them to the hands, vf the
ttiptaihs or the guar'd, that kept thb'docktj
of the king's hough. And It ajas-fo, Ulat, at
j-hovah.'ths g^ulrn'rome'enti haneahtm.
and brought them back into the gn*rji_
chamber. 1 '—H. -cBMm. U!M 1 .. .
OLD. shields., pos
sessed, but lost,
Brass shields made
and displayed! The
has# and,,Qommon
'h substituted for the
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mumilMf preciohs and pure
JMWd The ■ counter f e 1, t
m,, taking the,.place of
K; the genpine., ,T h e
false appearing in
M't the light of the
j®\ true. Jhifiri® ian
a' N ' epitome of the life
» 6t KlngRehoUoam.
Heir to. the -glory v
rjehes, honor and, power qf Solomon, his
father, he had great opportuhides and
possibilities before hint.'' At the mature
age.of 41 he began his reign, but"he for
sook the law of Jehovah, and all I^rAel
with him,'' and within five years' time
the judgment of God had fallen upon
him by the hand qf Shi shall, king of
Egypt, who came up against Jerusalem'
With an immense arrr.y; arid f-apturdd all
the fortified cities of Judah and looted
(he treasure city, Jerusalem. The mag
nificent temple wh!Htf"Solnrrimi had
hn(!,ded and furnished with US.golden,
vessels and gold-covered furniture was
Stripped 6 f its trdasfife: ''The'kihg's''pa1'
did not escape. In the raid, and all
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that was precioqs ,jy,as parried,, off.
Among the things specially mentioned
as being seized'by Shi'shak itnd'h'tsArmy
were the 300 shialds which Solomon had
made of beaten gold,, Three pounds of
pure metal had gone into each shield.
These •shields were' in the hair of the
ho.psq.of Lebanon, and were carried by 1
the guard which attended the king alien
hewent from h'fs palace In state pro
cession to the tempi? to worship.
f|l HH..shield was symbolic aad - sug - 1
1 gestive of the Diving, protection, and
the gold from which they were made was
Indicative of that ptwity'Whieh Go'tf de
sired in His people. Mere .display is
never pleasing to God, He is pot to be
flattered artd' appeased by glitter and
show. The flashing of those magnifi
cent gold.shields in. the sunlight as the
king passed in royal state to pay hip,
vows unto his God was not pleasing and
acceptable to God, unless every blazing
shield proclaimed the protection God.
gave to His children who were pure an.d,
sincere in their worship. As every part
of the temple service and worship was'
significant and symbolic, so we are war
ranted in believing that Solomon in mak
ing these shields of gold for the dec
oration of the walls-- of the beautiful
house of Lebanon, and for parrying when
he went to the temple, desired to con
vey the thought of purity afi 3 th'fefblvine
protection. And these were the shield**'
which came jnto the, possession of jte
hoboam, and which we have reason to
suppose (retook dsbglft jptUnplhy/btg and
using because his vanity was gratified.
Although*-he' had'foYsrikfen the law of
Jehovah and drawq.all the^pojjple away
with''him'hf hVaibenish and idolatrous
practices, nevertheless it'is to be pre
sumed that, hecontinued bl« Stately and
magnificent; processlonaJs. to the tem
ple, flanked qn cf.tlifer Bi.de by, tine.splen
didly caparisoned g,uard,bsaring.tho i ?00
glittering, golijen shieidq, Ro ft cpptin r
nfed through five years.' Hve years of
glorious display, toft fneabingless wor-'
ship. Five years in which'063 pritifehtly
waited, and then the judgmetet fell'And.
the king was atripped of all his treasure.
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B UT although Rehoboam had Jost
golden shirildfe, he'was hofld be de
nied the vainglorious, pleasure-'of his
parade tp.thq tsropto and return. .The
300 shields, mq?t flash,Jn. ttlP sunshine
as of '^ore and dazzle the eyje?, pf. his
people. '.The 300' shields in th? ^and
the 'guard must circle the temple
door end mufet' tell a Waiting people
that their king was withfri Worshiping.
The 300 shields must'open to receive
h(m as. he- reappeared-and must move
stately magnlfloeacu back to the pal
ace. And to gratify this ...passion,for,
display,' taring Jost. the gold shi.sidsv he
"made In their stead shields qi |/ras 8 ."
This may appear on the surface like *
very innocent and proper procedure on
the part of the king.Jt... may i,saem
that In' sO readily and quickly adapting'
himself to the circumstance,? qf his
misfortune he displayed Ski'li and wis
dom, hut when we consider what 1 ffl'ese
shields signified, .and, the circumstances
which culminated in their confiscation
by a heathen king. We stall''begin to
understand .the steal ■ meaning otf' fhfe'
making pf ( the. brqss,shields 1 , and ,b*
able to make deductions that will twch
Important' lefesoiiS. " ''
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I t HERE ?re ,th??e perlodp or epochs
. in this experience of Rehoboam—
the possession of the gbld sri 1 elds;"the
lgss, of the gold; shields, -and the* mak
ing of the brasa shields, And under
these thtoe' divisions we wish to con
aider our topic: Bplritllal CdtfntterWlt-
*"«' Rehoboam was a ^counterfeiter,
P*°®to tsnday are prone to commit
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ttlW'lOT It TM WOTld 6 We put
he b "« for taretheTaiaeforthe
-,»® eq H taejrf ? l,t ,$qr IJte ggnutoe.
areof
which,should ff.-N
TesUs' dtay had learned the art of coun
Herfelttag. *< TMy hW i«ld,
and unwilling to los*i the,,glasum*->of
the outward display of their religion
a y fth.b/Mftutpd.tta baae tqeMlof their
own fuBtog. They made for thi
Wtefeifis df'brfesk'triat they' mlg
the sasae show. aDd Uppeaf to kStV*
,nothin-;, ITq?y„ .ggred^moys,. for iwtat
the byes of man saw than tor what
.v/ijiU-- 7. /'tnitiwt. i«i omw , -
t make
lest
'f tM tUf-sWl^r^s'df dni'lihkli kVd
with-Jtehoboara, amt as with- the
Air^ca-aafPhaus^s «f Jasus'-j^y, so
Milh mmtljlut^s yf pfonl* )tD-d|w. G1P
ttlWg feirtd# tba.
Pa ®" ly take "
tiscd./vjjba Goffs goRl is not to be had
ptcaaiag cl . UAholmam might bel
ter have gone without shields altQr
gether after he lost the gold ones than
la. Ijtlje Jlje ^sf-^OBes of
"'his own making" ' Why should he tpy<
govmt**. rt-fcppaar that, he* kad lOfR,
nothing, py Shishak's r?id? Why
should tife'IwuMy^HdlS'lite^head aloft
anc j flatter, hun anif with,the glitter and
display which he had enjoyed before
his sin and punishment? And whf
'shonid people to-day,' having -forfeitoff
the gold of God's favor and .presence,
seek to ignore the loss and substitute
therefor'the brass shields of their owii
making'?-' 'O — ■ • " . >!» •»/.
Possession —Rehoboan* -. pos
'JJl HR
sussed shields of pure . . They
constituted a rich treasure which had
been 'cdtoihftted io"hU h&ndk They
typified God's protection, and 'th«- gold
ffoffi wtjich they wer$ ipade was syi^r
,bolic of
purity. Their possession was a
Algn of God's favor add blessing.''Gold*
shields for Rehoboam-when hocame In
to the kingdom, and .gold shieid.s fqr
you and me when we enter the kingdom
Of our Lofd JfdSnS Christ. Ribh treas-'
ures committed to our. hands. Gold
Shields typifying >d e protection of God
and His purity.. Ah, how we delight in
their pddsesdioh! We have them hung
about the walls of the palace of our heajL.
and we delight to take fhem down |ind
march with them to the temple of our
God, where we may worship Htttt.' Gold
shields of. protection promised to ,them
thaf love antf obey Him. Gold shields
of purity, because through the blood of
Jesus Christ we'are made clean and His
righteousness,and purity are counted tor
us. Purity and protection—what more
can God give? Within thbsefW©' afe"
comprehended all that God has to giv*
tfl the.trustjng.soul. Purity is,fiod-Uke-,
And the Christian attains that
ness.
("o'fidfUori o'Y ^lKy fn'tw' 6 '^ayfe: k
and by acquirement.
imputation
Throqgh thecleansing and transforming
power of Jesus' blood the sinner is made
ptrffe. That ri,' jeSU's; havlffg borne thfe
punishment of pur sin, is able todhrow;
oyer up as a mantle His righteousness
gpd purity. Apart from Jesus Christ
there cart be'no purity in God's sight. If
God sees in' us Christ, Hosees purity and
holiness. If by faith the h? art .' a J' s ,
hold of Christ, by that act of surrender
and obedience'we become possessed of
Hia purit y an d righ teousness, an d God, in,
beholding us, sees not the marred and
scarred life, but His precious Son, behind
Whom the sinner takes refuge. Tints is
His purity and righteousness imputed
unto us. And the acquirement of purity'
Is hut another manifestation of the
Christly presence within. Here Is the
germ fif the pew Mfe, within, formed in
purity and righteousness and planted
'by thfe 'Cte'rhh'l love of God. This'germ.
must grow or be stunted and dwarfed by
Unfavorable ,cqnclit)qns. It needs the
pure air and bright sunshine of God's
presence, and this can ortl j''be gained as
the will and purpose are united-to that,
end. It is our par}.,by ,sefe. purpose, of
heart to seek God, and it Is His promise
to give His presence and bTessmg'in ret
turn, "Blessed .are they which do hun
ger and thirst after righteousness,, for'
'they shall be filled." "Seek arid ye shall'
find, knock- and "It shall be operie'fl unto,
ypu,'.', This then is-lhe twofold aspect of
God's dealing with us. The purity and
righteousness of Christ are imputed un
to us by. faith, and then by stirfertder of,
Will ai)fi ob.edie.npe of heart, and life we
acquire more and more of tjiat purity
'and rlghtedusnesk' 'Arid this purity in
cludes all the graces and virtues: ,,
,y.
flillE Shield of Protection.—This 4 ?,of
A ffensiVe ailll' defensive. It implies
the surroundiBg presence of'GOfftVh'lch
shieldsfrom ?Y.?f;y danger, which.narives
for'every conflict, which sweeten? every
Joy; which sootHefe every sorrow, which,
intensifies, and., deepens every relation
ship and responsibility o,f.life,,,This is
what God's protection means.
•eludes 'dverything'efeSeiitial to the wel
farfl and enjoyment and.suceess of life.
The child enjoy^t^e protection ,of its,
father, and this proteetlbn comprises
shelter, • food, oiothirig, as' protection
ggainst exposure, .hunger and cold;- It.
includes ^provisjop for wejfarp
hri'3 needs', and development of the child
as weil-as a shielding frorit'fhe dangers
.thftUur.k on every, hand to harm and
destroy. God speaks of hoicking ps in.the
hollotfe'of Hifeharirf. Arid Jesus in Hi's
last prayer'witir'Hls idlsclbles repdried
,tp the Father that He had guarded them
and not one of them had pepisted ?pve
the' SBri of perdition, who never really
belonged to Him. "The protection'or
Cjod,, Js,,pf q, tb(ee-fold .character,:,.. Of 1
fensive, defensive and intensive. Of
'fferiSiVe afe fhrit ptritectlori enables us to
.grow .from weak- and immature babes
W?j 4 *,¥Jl^tft tul t ?!4 Wrt. ■ strong,,saints,
ready for aggressive warfare in His
name!' Dfefehslv'd' ln tfikt He prevents'
the world, the flesh and the DeMi?, the
Iniquitous triqity, fpom crushing to
eternal''destruction. When talkingabout
His rlghteoud servant Job,' Grid Said' to
the Devil: You ntay test Aim to the
point of taking his life, but upon k 18 life,
yori stiaii riot even lay so much as your
flayer. PeteY tfeas 'in'immlrifeht pfenl of
ut^er annihilfttlp* by, the/ IJevli, but-J
are kept from utter .defeatatnd deetruc
tion His Protection is defenalve., And
Grid 1 * protfefcOdn ™ «>«;*«*IVi ft gives
the sunnhina-and''the'rain, the rich fetoil
and the tendeR.tfftrft,which,aye,essential'
to the deeper rooting in Him and the,
pushing npwiril of'thfetrtfrik'dhd branch
and,the.bearing of much,fruit.for Him.'
,A larger grqsrih nod.wa, ^,3MP"
ens the ^ soil of oub experience and en-,
richer it * 1 fend 'teteUttW* It So'thit 'the
roofs,,pan spread far- and,wide.SDBd'att-'
tato nourishment and, drink deep ql.tjie
hidden springs ' 61 refreshing. Mote
fB»Jt|'God i -saysp<raa'He'CUt»awky th«'ii( 3
iflWLftPP ufel^s*,Aranqkss,.,He Rurgos
It in
■of
Jesus prayed for him jind set thftbpqpds
Wthfe'DeVirripo>ver over him. And Jt
to so wRhGod't'fehHdreri Wwriy^/ They
the branches of frult-bearlng possibil
ities, He sends the dew and gentle
shower and the warm sunshine as they
eeded. This
intensive pro
on of pod. Any tbi-ai are the gold
at
--hi
Mi
m.
,/T01.1.» Rlftrid*., Lost. ltchohoaui
'^''was^thljiroira anlrfiaphy possessor
of 300 gofd'shields. But tffe day came
"when he'Tost Orem. He was stripped
.AU'i.-hpvsft: M 1
.desolate. Sin had been eat jpg Jlke a
corypdBig acid at.the very,roots apd
1 vitals'w'lil^dnd IhV'riafihh^Hfe. aftd
within five years sre-hehohtShisluk and
Jf/'a , u P on Judab
anti Jerusalem ffhaxaKffig'away those
Ibiflgs grlne*. had been the gloty and de
In'ing Gdd s proteefionand purity
lent.' And ■the Gtrristlan-sotnetlmes.yea,
9jtivu,,lpsqs,hi* goldetn shields of Cod's'
purity and prptectiop. His heart is
'StVihhefi bare of (he splendid treasure,
Sin, as in the- case of Rehoboam, has
crept y|g aiuj. pp, and,up Into the life
until the enemy has come and stripped
lls of fflre puritj- of* t»d pfhserice of
Christ and oarried off into a fat oountry
^the sense p^tb^.proteoilon,of The
gold shields lost. Rehol»am forsook the
law of'll Is God; andtheenteflhg tvi-dgp,
<I..Bjn inclined fOt.believe*-.wasi.a mere
perfunctory disojiarge of,.hig. rpljgiotts
obligations. He lost sight of God, he
-forgot' the meaning of fhbre shields of
gold and .gloried only in.tbeiiheJrtemal
beauty and richness., IJe_ d^iglitfd, in
the magnificent procession to the temple
only .beoause Vheglltter'and show of the
gqlden shljql<is )vent withbim.Andfrom
the liqliow pretense of j'onnali.sqi is only
a Atop (iitb positive and destructive sin. '
He-forsook God hi spirit, and he soon
forspok the law.of.God as, well. And per
haps here is where every Christian first
ttfrnS SrildelntO'th'e w»ys of vHcltedness.'
The reVIgious Hfe and obligations be
pome , perlunctpry , and meaningless.
There is no real communion and fello.vY
ehip-With'GOd. There are Joy add satis
faction In-the gtitter and display of the
church Hf^ and fellowship, .b.vut, poheart
experiences, ho spiritual growth, no
frttlt-betfrlng. Lower and Ioweh settles
the baromster of the spiritual Hfe.unti 1 '
the storm of temptation break^ jn.upon
the soul, and begins its und'ermihlng and
destructive work. . The gold shields are
lost, Ttl® heart, stripped of its purity
in Christ and its Divine protectiqn, is
distfesded and'disttif'hed. ShaTI'It ad
mit. its.desolate condition, to- the worlhj
gpd gq withqut,the display and,glitter
of the religious life? Here Is where the
struggle comes,''kti'd herd Is wlto'to the
spiritual counterlettlng. begins* -1
flj HE Brass Shields.—When
■A hoboaun lost his shields of 'go 1 d he
made him-shields of. brass that he'
might continue his, pfftferinjg djsplays
and iiihfch in magnificence to the tem
ple." 'Hfe 4vas wHling to pnt'thc base in
Staatl;Of <th.«i.pure..,,JHo .would be satis
fied with the,false now that he Uhd lostj
"tlife 1 true "through sin. lie would substi
tute his cownterfeltS' tot the- genuine
An<j dh>, .how many,..many Christiana,
who are doing that very thing! Sinful
ffidul^fenc'C had fobbed them 6t that
first, flush pfr purtty, b ,W . b , am6 with
Jesds' Into* Ihe'ir hearts. Sin" has come,
as a gigantic' barriOf 'bfetOrefeh' them
selves and God..,,What* 8 ball they do"'
Admit th.^ir condition Jo (.lie world, and
their fellow worshippers? Miss the
•gWtter-and display of outward show
and discharge of roligtous obligations?
What if God does see their desolate
dori'ditlon? What if We does hnow that
Re
the gold'Shlclds have 'bfeen lost? * ft is
o£ what mep think and ,B»y. iwhirh is
their concern. The genuine are gone,
brit'there riritst V& the 'feTTt'tef*' arid dis-.
.play stili. And so. they make for them
selves shields, ,of ; brftfe?ii, ,Tb e y, ,u$fl, th«
base metal of their own endeavor to
cOhStrffCt' shields* thitt''#111 ^littfer and
flaisli,.,They..wRl. hanfe something to-dis
play wlfen tb,ey jo f^rth tq,, .lyqrBhip..
The counterfeit must'take the place of
the real. 'niCy mUSt tceep 'rtp appear
ances with, men,, even-.,though • .ths
chamber of their heap; Is harp,of, the
precious shield ^!' 1 Rrass shields!' 'Are
you, Ots, Christian,''hearihg'abOnt-'trith
0 U A ,braz,en shiqld,,which.flashfla,be
fore the eyes of your fellow men and
'appear^to ttieref ad 1 He 1 b'unty'arid' pro
tecting. prescnce-of God , 1 but whlch yon
kpoyif,. is,A, bas,e„snrt..1 l ricHP<I . Sham,?.
Away with it!
,
are- bsarlng ahoat/or whether'threyoare
the brass one? yoa have made, .and,
loat' th'erii'tttoAViKh sin .' 1 You have felt
you. must keep.,up .'appearances wItK
men and. have made yourself shields of,
Ptw, „P a ftt Sben^.^dR, , 0 ^.precious
soul! Get the genuine! You may .be
ibife to ffeHMVff'tto%4''rf , ih*H.''^qI*o'^
tahed. brass does .Hookillki* I fold,'hut
you cannot deceive God, and, 11 1* with
Wm you have toWt 1? His holy'
presence iteto *hlrffi tertistri'dhtoe
some day. 1 ffb*s«qUftB*il#iAuil>cdU!»<ier
felUpg and posses Jfourself' ,wlth;,„tht
g^Sulne gold' of God's mintage!
counsel thee to buy of Me gold toll tied
by fire, that .thou m*ye 8 t becQiqe,rich;'i
i 6 d"Htt^'tHV'd , Alte; 1 ^o»i'ijite , *grfit no
where .efoeJ Then buy of Him. '
nl!T you need not be without "the
shield? you hqve .lost throqgh sin
Rehob'oaih never recovered his shields'
of * ptWelteuS'' gold. ' Thfey 'werit fnto
Egypt.taVfeLtoreitwrn., He could never
get them baclf. put, thanks be to the
grafelous and'merciliil Heavenly Father,
He will replace th» fost'gulden shield?
with others as precious and genuine as
■febose.'We- hfev# lodto-'Me* wilp.gfve- us
back the purifying prespqcq, of the
tehfist, He will ' shfelter us. about with
HI* -blessed ■ threS-W!d' l ptt»tection/ ,, 'But
not,If Wc..dtat tp^jesort.. to «dril,nat
counterfeiting. Not if we put brass ol
ptolensft' 'arid deefeil'YriV the prfecfous
pure, gold .ofHIB. eolnage. ■ AwayWlth'
GASi-.thwu qaid.q as
the peril of your very soul! Give
the'glftteif feted (Hsplfey 'fend sit alonef
the • desolate chamber of - your' heart I
.Qpd ,wl) 1 , c,ome.,l 9 ,the p?pit?nt
and forgive! He will come to th
that teas''lost btet ■tteir' 1 b^ 8 ' , Wr the
genuine, instead, of. the. counterfeit, (and.
He win, b?ng qpqn,,1hft Bftjftce, w?ils of
yotir heart the golden shields of His
-ptiYffy and ■ ^rof*tetism'.' l "Fei l hapi -
have beep.counterfeiting.wltltout,being
U P
In
.bitart
e heart
you
ork.
Inga
arid leads astofey s 6 often:'Many's dear
soul.perhaps,has.fa-Uen into the mis
take of Rehoboam wftt^out being rq^lly
conscious or*Tte Without the "purpoec
being' a bypocntte"or.derieivet'.' But
let m?..wAft}, yoq.ito exariftne. yourself
and see whether they are. th? gold
IHlrildfe-'GOte lids gtVfen Moll 'Vfi'icti jkni
THE DREAMER.
BY JOHN WICKLIFFE OKAY.
The wind was groaning Incessantly,
and then it grew to a piercing
shrigk, as it whirled snow under the
eayef and In the corners of the big bay
wtifflow.V^It laid an Icy grasp on the
frames and shook them angrily, en
viously, Because It could not enter and
destroy the scene of comfort within.
She was a jewel of a landlady who
would keep the fire burning for him so
long, Herbert mused. "To keep the
Now
chilL.nuL" Sirs. Williams had told him
«"«- h ' a w or<ls of thanks did not
fully convey his gratitude for her
mothering him* > h ■>
, He llg n'® d brinrwood
werepij^pulledjhebig leathern chair be
"forethe fender,' leaned back in its
depths aid the -luxurious folds of his
lounging robe* His feet perched on
the fender, for the fifth time since the
office close^ that afternoon, he pulled
out' a 'dainty little blue lfnen envelope
" He read his own name and address
two or three times before he took out
(he sheets within,
'''Round and fifm, and—just like Mil
d^sd.'i.be tnusedi
He. spread out the sheets on his knee
add read:
11 *ff)ear Herbert 1 —^We are having a
glorious,time trying to forget the snow
and ice up north. The weather is per
fect, except for an occasional misty
day, and,outdoor amusements are the
rul# with everybody.
"I am glad to know that businesa
will soon permit you to take a vaca
yon,, Ar® y°u .. thinking of coming
south? 1 know you must be, though,
for therd'S hardly anywhere else to go,
now. that everything up there is Ice—
and snoW:b oun d.
"What do you think of Joining our
We will
party here at Palm Begch?
remain ffere another week, when wo
have ,planned an altogether original
tour^of either Jamaica or San Domingo
on bicycles. Ail of us brought our
wheels from home, and these suggested
the trjp. We have discarded the auto
mobile idea because two or three ma
rbftnss .would be required for the niue
at 11 s, two in the crowd are indifferent
chauffeurs, and because we are not
certain about the roads down there.
(Jicyples will go anywhere and we havo
determined to use them, see the coun
try 1 fhoronghly and get a healthy trop
deal.tain.. .•/, , .
"Wire me if ypu can come. And if
you can, be sure to bring your bicycle.
It will be indispensable to a thorough
ly, good Um^.
"Mary begs to be remembered to
you. As'fever, Mildred Halcomb."
....ThW? pm i.ViUi./. •• ■'
"P. S.—Don't forget the bicycle."
The warm firelight was having ita
effect after Coming in from the cold
quter air. lie was drowsy. An invol
britoy yawn showed two fine rows of
teeth as he placed the letter on the
table. . .
He and Mildred had been chums
since Childhood. They always cor
responded when one or the other was
away. And in the past few months
he had come to realise that he could
.not live without her. There had been
po vows, but since as children they
had roamed the parks together on
their bright, new bicycles, they had
been cpqsciouji of a mutual exhilara
tion 'and joyousness in one another's
presence. 'Yes, bicycles, and the inti
mate companionship they bring,
seemed' strangely interwoven in their
lives.
iii
"We'll go-.wheeling, wheeling, wheeling
Down the distance-dwindling pike;
Heart* arfeeling,.feeling, feeling,
Ali the Joy that's in a bike."
"He had heard the doggerel parody of
a .popular song somewhere, and the
lines continued to repeat themselves in
drowsy fifSfildh: " ''*"'**
"We'It get wheeling, wt.eeltng, wheel—"
, , 111 s pipe fell from nerveless fingers,
^ne foot slipped from the fender.
H*e and Mildred were resting on the
sod beltfeath a towering palm tree. Not
far off several people'of their party
W 0 T 9 , Jaughing and talking together,
He saw the surf come rolling in not 20
yards*;lawny.; dWindlinH-from mighty
waves to a smooth, even flow as they
•reached' the higher beach. Beside
.them were thetn bicycles. Cries of
strange,}rird? wer?, b,e?rd, fiud a bright
pltimaged fellow flew over their hedds'
and fluttered away Inland.
How beautiful Mildred was! She was
looking straight Into his eyes. And in
the big gray orbs'He saw her soul
shinfpg tbfW W waa shining for him,
all lor him! He knew it, and that was
enough. '' '
i. "You AYe mine," he was saying. "All
t,hes?, years I have, loved you, and
waited for you. And now we must
part no more. Your life shall be my
fife, gnd, mine shall be yours."
Out of the distance he heard the
'chirrife of Hells. One—two—three—four
4 »-frve^« 4 x—And stlll lt rarig.
Jlj,? ,?lqcper,awoke with a start. The
clock claimed his attention first, for it
was striking 12. He rose quickly, and
as h# d,i,d so a telegraph, .blank on the
table caught his eye.
• "''Setter write It nqw and send the
first thing in the morning," nfe thought
Rapidly his pencil traced the words:
"Miss Mildred Halcomb, Hotel -,
..pa-kn Beach, STat.—Be theYfe Thursday
^ibb, btoynto-. Herbert.". .
,.T, aB -. c WP ro , fo W^-. a »4, enough of the
rem ' oved and grafted
** W Wo mhtl.
"7/.. ' pl ^„ Too s' low .
jfe'andthftf case'witfere thfe poeU
hwra . amedlrtea , the M t« n tiets, according
XT v . ~ -
i f h » i W e *' Yo,r J , ' T } 1bu **' ^ f * '
.Pfei!! lsbe<1 •
statement to the effect that the source
tef4e''Clltrfnrtms, a small Umbriao
rlvee shrired to the Romans, may con
t *lfti5?rt 1 , (, n ?'/i baBlng hl8 °P lnlon on
a description of Pliny and on passage*
'I®'tfce 1 wdftkU of taany writers and po
*t*,ilfrom Virgil to Byron." The wa*
1 b S, r . l 1 e f ar *
tne'color of violet. The matter is
being investigated 'by scientists.
Pigskin Grafted on Woman.
By using the skin qf a,,
iriOritted' 'old' the 1 lire or Mary
colored woman of Richmond, Va., has
been saved. Some weeks ago/ the wom
an was fearfully burned about the body
Uy'the'fetpldslori Or a lririJp. Much of
hervSkJ 11 was destroyed-,, and could not
be replaced to, flitqre, Efforts were
made tq'get'her relatives to supply the
necessary fehticle for grafting, but they
objected,
procured
pig two
Grant, a
The physician In charge then
a 1 toung 0 'White pig, which
WOMEN'S WOES.
Much of women's daily woe is due to
kidney trouble. Sick
kidneys cause back
ache, languor, blind
ri) headaches, dizziness,
/ insomnia and urinary
troubles. To cure
yourself you must
H cure the kidneys,
m Profit by the experi
ence of others who
have been cured.
M Mrs. William W.
H Brown, professional
purse, of 16 Jane St.,
Paterson, N. J., says:
M "I have not only seen
||w much suffering and
■ v' \ many deaths from
kidney trouble, but I have suffered my
self. At obe time I thought I eonld not
live My hack ached, there were fre
quent headaches and dizzy .spells, and
the kidney secretions were disordered.
Doan's Kidney Pills helped me from the
first, ami soon relieved me entirely of all
the distressing and painful symptoms."
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mrs. Brown will
be mailed an, application to any part of
the United States. Address Foster
Milburft eb'„ Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all druggists; price 60 cents per box.
BRIDGE WHIST RULES
IN RHYME
iT H. O. X>XT
TO LEAKN AND
TO REMEMBER
THS BEST WAT tO OBTAIN A
THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OP THE OAMX.
FOB BALE BT ALL NEW8 DEALERS.
PAFRAET8 BOOK CO.,TROY. N.Y.
EASY
One Ahead of Him.
Two candidates for office in Mis
souri were stumping the northern part
Of the State and in one town their
appearance was almost simultaneous.
The candidate last arriving happened
to stop at a house for the purpose of
getting a drink of water. To the little
girl who answered his knock at the
door he said—when she had given him
the desired draught and he had offered
her in recompense some candy; "Did
the man ahead of me give you any
thing?"
"Oh! yes, sir," replied the bright
girl; "he gave me candy."
"Ah!" exclaimed the candidate,
"here's five cents for you, I don't sup
pose that he gave you any money?"
The youngster laughed merrily.
"Yes, he did, too! He gave me ten
cents! ''• .
Not to be outdone, the candidate
gave the little one another nickel, and,
picking her up in his arms, kissed her.
"Did he kiss you, too?" he asked,
genially.
"Indeed, he did, sir!" responded the
little girl, "and he kissed ma, too!"—
Collier's Weekly.
A Soft Snap.
Ex-Senator Mason, of Illinois, was
seated with a party of friends in a
Washington cafe ort'e evening when
the circle was Joined, by the son of a
big Western capitalist whose aim in
life seemed to be a contlnuousMubllee.
Ho was of that.* class inelegantly
known as "butters In." and it was soon
evident that his presence was dis
tasteful to the senator. "My old man
doesn't put up a cept for me," saifl the
young man, displaying a fat roil ol
greenbacks. "I'm on my own re
sources." .,1 ,
"How did you manage it?" asked
one of the party. 'Y'ou must have
some sort of a 'snap.* "
"This is my isnap,' said the gay
spendthrift, impressively touching his
head.
"And there's not a, softer 'snap' in
the world," assented Senator Mason.—
Troy Titoes. .
"Why aren't you as smart fts some
of these story-book detectives?" "I
would be," answered the piain-ciothes
man, "if I could follow their method
and invent a crime to 'fit my theories
instead of inventing theories to fit a
crime."—^Washington Star.
"Goodness only'kriows," said the old
parson, "I have had a hard time sepa
rating the good from the bad." "Ex
cuse me," spoke up the doubtful dea
con, "but are you alluding to the con
gregation qr the collection box?"—
Chicago Qaily News.
Daniel Boone was cutting pis way
through the forests of Kentucky. "I
am wondering," he" rimsed, looking
down at the. dark and bloody ground,
"whether,, [they will ever get off any
newspaper Jokes on me about whisky
It seems they never did.
or coldriels?"
SOAKEDIM COFFEE
Until Too Stiff, to Bend Over.
"When I drank coffee I often had «lck
headaches, nervousness and biliousness
much of the-time but about 2 years
ago I went tp visit a friend and got
to the habit of drinking ftostum.
"I havfe never touched 1 coffee • since
and the result has been that .1 have
been entirely cured of all my stomach
arid nervous trdteble . 1 '
"My mother was just the same, way,
we Aft drink, Postum now and have
nfever had any coffee inthe house "for
2 years and we are all Wfeli.
... "A neighbor ol. nd.ta* a,gYfiatj coffee
drinker, was troubled with pains in her
side'tor years and was'an invalid. 'She
was not,able to do, her .work and cpuld
not even mend clothes or do anything
at all whfere she Would hrive td bend
forward. If she tried to do i«- -little
hard work she wqqi^ get ?uch,, pains
that she would have to lie down tor
the rest of the day. "'"'" T
"I. persuaded her at lost to , .stop
drinking coffee gnf try Postum Food
Coffee and she did so and she has used
Postum ever- since; the result has
beep that fthe ,can noty, do, her work,
can sit tor a whole day and mend and
Can sfew on tbe mrichinfe'and she never
feels the least bit of pain Ir. her-side
In fact she has got wen and it shows
cdffee Was the cause' 'of 11 the 1 "whole
trouble,.
"I could also tell you abptel several
other neighbors who have been cured
by quitting; coffee and using Postum
|p its place."; , Naroe.glyeh.teKjPpfttoini
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
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