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VOLUME XXVI1.
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Sermon
By Rev.
Frink De Witt Tahnage, B.D.
t
Les Angeles, ('ai., Mardi 8. -That
tho old Bible is still the best nnd In
leed thc only guide upon which man
may depend for the present life and
thal wblcb is to come is tbe lesion
taught in this sermon. Tho text ls
Acts viii, 80, "TJnderstandest thou what
thou readeetl"
Ot all tho narrativos and Incidents In
the Bible there is not ono that ba*
presses me as moro powerful and dra?
matic than this conTerslon of tbe sects,
tary of tbe treasury of Queen Candace's
court lt occurred In the midst of a
groat desert through the Instrumental?
ity of a humble traveling evangelist
Philip hy naino. This Ethiopian states
nian evidently had hoon sent to Jeru?
salem by his royal mistress on a mis?
sion of Inqnlry. Methinks 1 can hear
her say to this member of her privy
council: "Mr. Secretary, we are not get?
ting as much money from our taxes as
we ought. We must learn how to han?
dle heller our national system of
finances. The expenses of the govern?
ment are Increasing year hy year, the
people are growing wealthier all the
till'*-, and yet tho revenues are not
keeping pare with the prosperity of our
land. You had better hand over the
treasury department for a little while
to your deputy. Go north aud study
the Bonum system of taxation.
need not announce that you are going
there for that purpose. 1 .ut go and
keep your eves open and learn what
you can. and we will reorganize the
treasury department when you returu."
Thus, I think, Queen Candace spoke to
her chief secretary.
The mission would he a welcome
one to him. The Acts tells us he had
gone to Jerusalem to worship. Wo
may assume, therefore, that he was
either a .lev.- serving a foreign sover?
eign, as .Joseph served Pharaoh anti
Daniel Darius, or that he was a for?
eigner who had come to know the true
God and, Uko Naaman, desired to wor?
ship him. and him alone. As ^e had
gone to Jerusalem to worship and had
a Jewish hook to study as he traveled,
he was evidently no stranger to Juda?
ism.
Tho scone changes. We now
with the southern diplomat tho gates
ol' historic Jerusalem. Ile sta.
week after week, month after mAith.
He meets all the high officials of the
province. He talks wltn the Ronan
governor and lils council as wau as
with the men.lx?rs of the il' lue
hedrln. And, strange to say, while h?
is there he hears the disputes In Jeru?
salem over the arrest and the trial and
the sentence and the execution ole
young Hebrew of the name of ivett*
Christ, which had taken place ahoul
seven years before. Then, as every
Intelligent foreign statesman would do
this secretary of the treasury of thc
southland not only studies the Asea
system and government of these poo
pie, hut their religion as well. Hi
does just as you would do If you wen
to an oriental country. In India yoi
would study what Hindoolsm moans
if in Arabia, what IfobammedanlfD
means; if in china, what Confucian
Ism imans; if in Tibet what Buddhlsn
means. Not only did he study the He
u brew religion while in the Jewish cap
h. ital, hut he also took some of theil n
,h ligious hooks along to study on hi
;(' way home.
The Ride In the Chariot.
The scene again changes. The stu
G dious statesman of tho south ls ridm
es In his chariot over the hot, hlisterln
?e dc ert ou his way south. Ho is returr
lng to Queen Candace's court. In oi
fler to lessen the tedium of the joanie
^ he opens one of the religious hooks c
er the Hebrews, called the "Prophecy .
I inti." and logins to read. While li
ill reads and studies a young nnknow
[*? mun comes alongside the chariot an
' ns';s him, "Understander thou wh:
thoa readest?" The puzzled studei
answers: "How eau I unless some oe
explains this book to me? Come u]
young man, and ride with me, and te
me what lins prophet means." The
Phillp enters the chariot and sits 1:
Iii| side. Ile lieglns to rend at tho pat
of the parchment which was opone
This was the Messianic prophee
where balah descrilied Christ as heh
led ns a lamb to the slaughter. Thc
Phillp said: "Cnn you not soe that tl
prophecy of Isaiah has hoon fulflllec
; You heard in Jerusalem how they 1<
Christ hefore Pilate. You must ha1
1 heard how he was condemned and e
ecited, though he was innocent. Th
tho fulfillment of the predleth
yen have heen reading In this hook
Isaiah. His life and death were
Isaiah said they would be, and the ot
er prophets descrlhed them almost
plainly." Philip went on to preach
him sf) forcibly and earnestly that t
Ethiopian statesman became a huml
child of God nnd believed nnd was hr
tized. Such ls the simple nnd yet po
erful story of the conversion of a f<
eigner through the preaching of a si
pie, earnest sorvhnt of Christ.
Xow, as this great statesman sat
his charlot tho open Bihle in his ha
hnd homme a new book to him. full
life and menning. The vague, shndo'
r^mbols of the rites and ceremonies
the law led up to the clearer visions
the prophets, and at last the whole
came plnln In the glorious appearai
of Christ, a gradual revelation gil
In a connected book. How such
view transforms the Bible! Let
study the book in that aspect
morning. Would that the result in
be as effectual as was the eunu
study under Philip's guidance!
The Chief Hero of the Bible.
The Bible, in the first place, ha.
chief hero. It has a central perso
tty toward which its opening pages
silently and swiftly moving. This
line personality in Jesus Christ
casual reader may not at first gb
think that the story of creation
nay direct or indirect connection i
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not separate the Ural chapter or jonn
with hs opening sentence, "in the be?
ginning was tho word, and the word
was with Cod, and tho word waa j
dod," from the first rene of Genesis.
Nor can you separate tho idyl of Huth
from the birth of Jesus or perceive the
meaning of Isaiah without connecting
lt with the story of the crucifixion.
The bible declares that when Phillp
the evangelist climbed into the chariot
of Queen Candace'a secretary of the
treasury ho opened his mouth and be?
gan at tho same Scripture and "preach?
ed unto him Jesus." Thus we find
that, no matter how far ono book of
tho Bible may antedate another, they
all revolve about the personality of
J?SUa Christ.
If you were to separate tho books of
tiie bible from the personality of Je?
sus they would lie as meaningless as
one of the novels of Wilkie Collins
ited from its central hero or hero?
ine or. as ve sometimes say, "the play
of 'Hamlet' With the part of Hamlet
loft oul." As Dr. Saphir says: "If the
Bible were Uko a collection of stones
WS might select some and put aside
others as less valuable and beaut ifni,
and, although In such selections we
Bight make gloat mistakes, we should
ptill be in possession of something more
or loss complete, but the Bible ls like
a plant, ami all its parts ;ire no! me?
chanically or accidentally connected,
' but organically united, and hence a law
Of life mles here. Ho who reveres life
will neither add nor take away from
the beautiful plant which tho Father'
halli planted In and through Christ hy
thc Spirit. Nobody asserts that a man
would \?- killed If you cut oil' bis hair;
and bis nails, but there ls a vital union
of all bis members, if you cut off my
little finger I shall survive lt. but it ls
my little finger you cut off, and lt is a
.1 disfigurement Bo with the
Bible, it is not m,e a piece of cloth
you can clip undent. Il is a body ani?
mated by one spirit." Thal is true.
Thus, as all the different parts of the
physical body lind their Ibo action in
the throbbing heart, all the different
parts of tho bible Hud their potency
md their life giving force in the per
lonality of Jesus Christ. He is the
groat hero of this book. He ls the cen
tor. th,- circumference, the all in all of
the Scriptures. Whenever a man roads
any Chapter of tia- HIMo without rind?
ing Jens then he has failed to find
out the chief purpose for which that
chapter was written.
The Origin of Jesus.
Kow, who ls this bible hero'.' Where
was he born? How was he born?
Who wer. his ancestors'/ These are
tiie questions which every author of a
biography or of a novel which is only
a fictitious biography answers. There
the author introduces you to his hero
or heroine. He finds the cradle of his
ni the Indian wigwam of Pow
liaim. as does the biographer of Poca?
hontas, or.be surrounds yoi with the
rivalries ind plots of Queen Anne's
r oes William Makepeace
en ba Introduces i
Henry Esmond, or he tells you how
King James VI. of Scotland became
King James I. of England because lie
was the direct descendant of Margaret
Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, of Eug
liMid. All books of biography natural?
ly give to us the genealogical history
of their heroes or heroines. They tell
how they were born and what blood ls
Hov. lng in their veins. So does the
Bible in reference to Jesus Christ.
His nativity had divine origin. His
conception was miraculous. He was
and ls omnipotent In power. All the
prophecies foretold lt. AH history
A. D. has proved it.
Oh, that you and I might lind a di?
vine and an omnipotent Christ in every
part of thal old Ibbie! May we do ai
du John Randolph, the great Vlrginli
ora ior. ono day he was entertaining
a family friend at dinner, and ho sab
to him: "I was raised by a pious moth
er?(bd bless her memory! who faugh
me the Christian religion In all its re
quirements. but. alas, i grew up ai
Infidel if aol an infidel completely, ye
a decided skeptic. Put when I be
? a man In this ns well as In polli
leal and other matters I resolved b
evan,inc for myself and never pin in;
faith to any other man's sleeve. So
bought a bible. I pored over lt am
examined it carefully. I sought nm
procured books for and against it. an:
When my labors were ended 1 came t
thia Irresistible conclusion: Tbe Bibi
ls true. It would have been as eas,
for an Ignorant rustic to have writte
Slr Isaac Newton's 'Principia' as fo
Uninspired men to have written tb
bible." So may we study the Ibbie i
reference to the divinity of Jean
Christ May we road all the Messiai
ic prophecies. May we read all Christ'
miracles. May we stand at tho cradl
and nt the riven tomb of Christ An
In every chapter of every hook ma
wo soe a divine and omnipotent Chrh
as the chief hero of this book. Ma
we find Christ tho center, the clrcun
ference, the all In all of tho Holy Seri]
tures. "Then Philip opened his mont
and began at the same Scripture ac
preached nnto him Jesus."
Why Christ Came.
FTaving asserted tbe divinity and or
nipotenl power of Christ, what ne:
does the Bible do? It tells us the chi.
motives which actuated that dlvii
life. As thc biographer of Simon Po!
var Blowly and irresistibly lends yt
alor : In the study of his hero until :
last you find the great Venezuelan ll
erator dedicating his life to the frc
dom of his adopted land; aa the bio
rapher of Handel tells about the t
nmphs, the struggles and the defen
of the gritud old musician, clinging
his high ideals of sacred oratorio lol
after the fickle multitudes of Loud
hud turned their hacks upon him in i
rision aud '??corn; as the biographers
King Alfred aud Robert Bruce and
Napoleon and Wendell Phillips a
Florence Nightingale and Cather!
Booth and Frances Willard tell wt
were the chief principles which cc
trolled ard inspired their lives, so t
Bible distinctly and clearly tells us w
Christ was bom, why he lived, why
Betted and why he rose fr<
the dead. He came to earth not to v
a throne. He came to earth not,
Hosea, to lift from the necks of I
Hebrew people the hated and tyri
Steal yoko of a Bonum pharaoh.
came simply for one purpose?to sc
and io save those that were mora
,vltli and spiritually lost. Ue came as l
IUUI tia ano smilers, j in > .....
ie a ohysli lan for tl' ? who were
tplrltunlly well, but for those who
vole Immoral, degraded and debased.
You and I may marvel at the noble
leif aneri!).f tbe Marquis de La
'ayette. Born of an aristocratic lam
ly, heir to title and untold riches, the
iiiiunced of a beautiful yoong girl, yet
ie was willing to sacrifice all for a
MOT. struggling people who had no
friends except the friendship and the
protection of Qod At a Parisian han?
nie! table be heard of what Washing?
ton and lils noble hand of patriots were
trying to win. At ones bo said, "I will
go and help them win their liberties."
At his own expense be titted out a
shit) anil lilied lt with what the Amer?
ican troops most needed, and in a log
ho ran past the British blockade which
Was trying to intercept his passage. He
crossed the Atlantic and catered Wash?
ington's headquarters and said: "Here,
general hore are my sword and nay life.
Do with them as you will. I volunteer
to light under your Hag for humanity's
sake." Thal was a noble, self sacrific?
ing act for tho young French peer. The
reading ol' that heroic act should arouse
a feeling ol' gratitude in every Amer?
ican breast. With quick beating heart
and Hushing cheek We have road the
tragic sacrifices of "the most impor?
tant citizen of New Orleans," Margaret
Haughey, whose name is known to ev
BTJ ono in Louisiana. She was not one
who could count her fortune by the !
millions. She was not a Joan of Arc, |
with a physical frame knit as with j
bands of stool. She was simply a poor, i
fit:!, crippled girl who. lu order to earn j
her living, started out as a schoolteach?
er. She used to work during the day i
for her own bread and butter. Then
in thc evenings She started to teach (lie
I.r girls and boys who had lo work
during tho day and who could not get
an education unless they were taught
in the evenings. Her night schools
grew. Out of them grew a hospital for
crippled children. Her work grew un?
til a short time ago all New Orleans
turned out In the public parks to honor
her memory. "Ah." yon say. "that was
a noble life. That was a noble pur
tor which to live." Its nobility
consists in its resemblance to tho in?
finitely greater purpose for which Je?
sus came down to earth to suffer and
to die. He came to suv.-a lost world. He
came to give up his life for Hie lives
sinful outcasts. He came that you
and I might bc made uno with him in
spirit and nature. 0 bord, the hook
of books tells us that thou didst c. DM
to save sinners aud to offer up thy di?
vine lifo as a sacrifice for man's sins.
Does not that word "sinner" moan me?
By thy revealed word and thy tragic
crucifixion I know that thoa hast come
to save me?yea, to save even me.
A Guide of Life.
Salvation through the atoning blood
of Jesus Christ is an active as well as
a passive condition. It is placing our?
selves lu a yielding position, so that
we are willing to let the great loving
arms of God encircle our hearts aud
dr.iv na--<mte>-himself, but salvatlou
through Christ must Ik? supplemented
by the actions of a life consecrated to
him and his service after we have al?
lowed Christ to encircle us with his
love. The Bible ls the code of conduct
which we should follow after we have
been saved hy his blood. It ls a col?
lection of moral aud spiritual rules,
which will not only teach us how ta
live in harmony with God, but alsc
how we should deal with men. It b
not ooly .a collect!) n of rules of faith
bul of rules of practice. In othei
words, lt is a spiritual guidebook. Il
leila OS how we should talk, how wt
should walk, how wo should give, how
we should pray, lt tells us how to be
Uko our great prototype, Jesm
christ. And if we are true christian!
lt would be willful blindness to shu
our eyes to its commandmetna.
In tint sacred I ok there are no deac
lei ter laws, as there are In some of thi
statutes of our earthly governments
Some years ago a noted prise light wa:
to be fought in one of our easten
(Hies where I was at that time living
A few days before the fistic battle i
parly of ministers, of whom I was om
entered tho mayor's otiice to prates
against lt as a defiance of law am
common decency. The mayor heard v
patiently; then he said: "lt Is true, gen
tlemen, tho city laws forbid this con
lng exhibition, but that law In the eye
of most people ls a dead letter. Ther
are scores and scores of laws upon ou
statute booka which the people do nc
expect us to enforce, and I believe thi
Is ono of them. I shall allow the priz
tight to go on." Wh"ther the mayor c
that eastern city was right or wrong
am nor here to discuss, but one fact
do know?In the Bil de there are n
dead lotter rules of faith or practic
When Christ speaks to us In the se
mon on the mount he expects us to fe
low out the commandments of th:
sermon. When he tells us the story <
the geod Samaritan he expects us to 1
good Samaritans. There Is no use 1
you" and me to say: "Well, I am r
selfish and bad. After all, I nm doi
only what other church members di
That ls not the question. On the gre
day of Judgment (Jod will not ask |
"Have you done as other people hu
done'.'" but he will ask: "Have y
done as I commanded you to do? Ha
you done as christ would have dc
had he boen in your place?" There
US getting away from this deduction
Bible study. The question here a
now is, "Are we willing to accept 1
Bible as our rule of life?" If we
not, then all we may profess to bell*
as to the divinity and omnipotence
Christ and the saving power of
blood will avail us little. "Faith ls
evidence of things uot seen," hut "fa
without works is dead."
Following Its Guidance.
Thus the last purpose of the Bibb
a natural sequence lo the other thi
The Bible beautifully pictures w
salvation means and the rules of c
duct by which we should all press
ward the mark for the prize of
high calliug in Christ Jesus. lf<
are you. my hearer, like the treasu
of Queen Candace's court, ready
look Bible truths squarely in the fa
Do you realize that one road of li
Journey will lead you to the precl)
of a bottomless pit and the other rr
which goes by the way of the cr
will lead you into life everlastl
With your open Ibbie In your hi
"Lnderstandest thou what thou n
est?" Will you follow the oleadi
and say. "My alaster and my King, I
accept tiiee. and I will live for thee by
thy rules of faith and practice?"
When Rev. Dr. Harris was dead and
his last will and testament was opened
it was found that he had left to each
of his children as a legacy a copy of;
tho Holy Scriptures. On the Hy leaf
of each bible were written these three
words: "None hut Christ." So today
as a divine gift I would place iu youri
hands an open ''.Hilo bead lt. bead
lt Intelligently, bead lt as (Jod would
have you read it. And then after you
lune read it and determined to live by
its teachings seal your consecration by
writing upon tho Hy leaf these three
trenchant words: "None but christ."
Will you accept this bible as a gift
from Cul, a rule for your faith and
practice? "Underatandeat thou what
thou readest?" Aye, you understand.
Will you now do what you ought to do
for Christ'.'
[Copyright, 1908, by Louie Klopach.]
Saved His Throat.
The German steamer Tolosan, from
Puget sound to Vladivostok, recently
put Into Honolulu battered almost into
junk from the fierce" lashing of wind
and waves in her battle with a fright?
ful hurricane. The Tolosan carried one
passenger, a Qreek merchant who own?
ed a large shipment of fruit that form?
ed part of the Tolosan's cargo. When
the storm was at its height the Greek,
with a razor gloaming In his hand,
fought his way against the gale to the
bridge ami signaled to tiie captain that
he wished to speak with him.
"Will the shiji sink?" demanded the
passenger.
"Perhaps," replied the skipper.
"Ale we going down now?"
"No. We still have a chance."
"Will you send word to me when
there is no longer hope?"
"(let oh the bridge:" screamed thc
skipper. "Why do you trouble me at a
time like this? Go to your room!"
"But will you let mo know?" persist?
ed the Greek. "I'm afraid of drown?
ing, and before tho ship sinks I want
to cut my throat!"
The gentleman from Greece arrived
at Honolulu with his throat intact, but
would travel no more on the Tolosan
and look passage for the orient on the
liner China.- San Francisco Call.
The Two Sides.
Education has two sides?the mate?
rial and the immaterial?and of these
the immaterial ls tho nobler. But so
j severe apparently is the contest among
' individuals for wages and so keen
? among nations the struggle for au
'pi. macy in commercial and industrial
! pursuits and operations that the ad
I vantages of education In tbe lutellect
i ual and spiritual development of man
; kind are often kept out of sight. The
i Danes In Iheir people's high schools
have, helter than other nations, suc?
ceeded in combining the two sides ol
| continuation school work. Against the
I danger involved lu excessive utllltarl
! anfsm Professor Sadler utters a thnelj
warning.
I "Let us not Identify the world foi
j which we seek to train every child
1 solely with the world of material In
terosts and of visible things. Let u<
not forgot In our educational plans th<
weight that should he attached to th<
claims of the spiritual realm whose
frontiers transcend political frontier!
and whose commonwealth is In heav
en."?London Athenaeum.
Precious Woods.
Some woods are so precious that the:
toll by thc pouud instead of by boan
measurement French burl bring:
from IQ cents a pound up. and a singh
log was sold in New York for $2,5Uti
It Is curious to note that the value o
this wood depends upon the wart o
knot which forms ou the tree whei
young sud that the protuberance 1
supposed to be caused by the stlug o
an Insect. The twisted burl produce
In time strange combinations of Hue
which lake a high polish. A more es
pensive wood (han the French burl 1
a rare wood that comes from the eoas
of Africa and is commonly known a
amboy. This frequently sells at 20 t
28 ' ents a pound. It is a reddish brow
wood, Irregularly veined, aud is held 1
high esteem for inlaying. Even ehou
is sold by weight, commanding Bomi
thing Uko $70 a ton.?Chicago Recon
Herald.
Damage of Sun's Rays to Ships.
"Did you ever wonder if there WI
system In the way vessels are faci
when they are placed at the docks f
the winter?" asked a shipping int
chant aa he stood at his office wlndo
1 looking out at the winter fleet.
"You will notice," he coutluuc
; "that some of the boats face one wi
and some the other, from which y
WOOld naturally infer that therowasi
any method about it, but if you had
picture of the same boats laid up ll
' year you would invariably dlscov
'ot (hat then they wore turned the otb
iot way. The vessels are reversed fr(
"g year to year for the reason that-4yl
>?" at the docks one side Is much more <
;at posed to the weather thau the oth
HS, not so much the wind and rain as t
ve sunlight reflected from the water,
ou "A boat wintered always In one |
ve sltion will require new bulwarks a
ne decking on the water side in just b
ls the time required to rot the timbi
of on the unexposed side. When y
nd con.'dder that the decking und Ij
:he warks of a ship must be entirely
do newed once every seven or eight yei
ive the scheme of reversing tho vos
of really works a great saving."?Detr
his free bress.
?"*. Fireless Stoves.
Fireless or self cooking stoves wh
I have been so popular lu Germany fo
> ls number of years have been recen
?eo. much Improved. The early types w
bat simply boxes made with double wi
on- so as to retain the heat, and food to
to- boiled or stewed was lirst thoroug
tho heated and thea Inclosed In the 1
ow, for a sufficient time to cook by the
ireii fained heat. The latest apparatus
to' stated hy Deputy Consul General J.
ce? Dye of Berlin to he heated by a ste
feV This ls made sufficiently hot in an o
dee' or over any fire, then placed In
md,' cooker with the steak or roast, and
oss/ box ls sealed up aud left for an h
ng? or so until the food is thoroughly cc
ind, e(l lin'l ^ot. WW- double boxes I
>atl. Ing, frying and roasting may all ]
ng3' ceed at once without cijre.
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The Story of the Last Deal In a
Lively Game of Poker.
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The Hand That Won the Rich Stake*
and the Man Who Held lt?What
Senator Sharon Had to Pay to Sat?
isfy His Lingering Curiosity.
There were many lively games of
poker played In Sau Francisco lu the
old days, aud many good stories have
been told of the nerve aud coolness of
the players who participated therein.
The following story of one of those
games was printed In a San Francisco
paper some years ago:
The Palace hotel lu the early days of
bs existence was the arena of some big
poker games. Senator Sharon was au
enthusiastic lover of the game, and
wheu lt happened that Senators Stew?
art and Joues of Nevada and Judge
Di( k Mesick "occurred" lu the hotel at
the same time there was sure to be hot
work. It happened upon one of these
occasions that a certain Mr. Hall from
boston was at the hotel.
Mr. Hall was a smooth and affable
gentleman and completely won Sena?
tor Sharon's heart becaudc of his love
for byron and his excellent memory,
he being able to quote hundreds of
lines of the poet's verse without a halt.
Byron was Sharon's favorite bard. He
had made his works his life's study,
and any oue who appreciated him had
a call on the senator's friendship.
On a certain evening the three sena?
tors and Judge Mesick met iu the hotel
lobby, lt was just before dinner, and
while they were chatting Mr. Hall put
In an appearance. Mr. Sharon at once
Introduced Mr. Hall to his friends and
invited the party to dinner, which was
served In Senator Sharon's room.
After dinner Mesick proposed a lit?
tle game of "draw." No one said nay,
though Mr. Hall diffidently remarked
that they did not play much In Boston,
whore lie came from, but that still bo
was willing to stand In and do his
best. .
"Look out for Hall," remarked Shar?
on. "I never heard S man make that
remark yet who was not to be watch?
ed." He spoke In Jest, but his words
were sooth.
The cards were produced, and the
game at a dollar ante was inaugurated.
There was no limit. Now, with such
veterans as Mesick, Jones and Stewart
the pot v as uot allowed to get cold for
lack of chipping. The men played with
varying success, and things ran pretty
even for an hour or so. Mr. Hall was
cautious and dribbled away his checks
with indifference. After oue of Hall's
deals Mr. Stewart hopped In with a
twenty dollar bet. Jones, evidently
pleased with his baud, saw him and
?o better Mesick and Sharon
were not afraid and took some of the
pie themselves. Mr. Hall, the dealer,
scanued his hand carefully and con
Claded that there was something in lt
for him. All drew?Hall one card?and
then the fun began. Bound and round
again went the "deft." Stewart and
Jones dropped out. Mesick stood a few
more raises and then retired, leaving
the tight to Sharon and Hall. There
was by tl'.is time $20,000 In the pot.
"I'll raise you $10,000, Mr. Hall,"
said Sharon, his thin lips set and his
voice low and determined.
Hall's answer was to ring the bell,
and when the waiter appeared he ask?
ed him for a blank California bank
check.
"I presume, gentlemen, my check ls
sj |0 i as cash," he said politely.
"Certainly, slr," replied Senator Shar?
on. "You see our checks in the pot
already."
Blowlj and deliberately Hall filled
check, signed lt and spread the
blotter over lt without u tremor. Then
he pushed it quietly to the center of tho
table and said:
"I have seen your $10,000, senator,
and go you $15,000 bettor."
Sharon looked at him steadily for
some moments. Hall's composure was
perfect There was a half smile of
confidence ou his face, but no Indica?
tion of boastfulness or exeltement.
"Mr. Hall," said Sharon, "I feel sure
you hold the better haud, aud I do not
care to waste my money. The pot ls
yours, sir."
Without any appearance of exulta?
tion Hall raked lu the coin, bills aud
checks, separated them and put them
lu his pockets. Meanwhile his hand
lay face down upon tbe table.
"Mr. Hall," said Sharon, "I will give
you $100 If you will 6how me your
hand."
"Senator Sharon," replied the Bos?
tonian, "lt is not enough. Nor would
I show it to you now for $1,000. Still,
to satisfy your curiosity, I will put
this hand in an envelope, seal lt up In
your presence and put it In the hotel
safe, to be ca Heil for by you teu days
hence, but upon this condition: That
you will put $250 lu an envelope, to go
into t!ie hotel safe and to be delivered
to me nine dayB hence."
Sharon reflected for a few minutes.
It was a struggle between curiosity
and coln. Finally curiosity conquered,
aud both envelopes were sealed and in?
trusted to the custody of the clerk.
When the ten days elapsed, Mr. Shar?
on called for bis package and exam?
ined the hand?nothing but a pair of
deuces and ton hfgh. He had been the
victim of a colossal bluff.
An Aggravating Boy.
Lord Curzon exhibited brilliant qual?
ities both at Eton and Oxford. At tho
same time he was by no means a
quiet, studious boy when he attended
the famous public school. One of thu
mathematical masters there told how
Curzon gave him more trouble than
any boy he ever taught. "He was In?
cessantly playing the fool and 'rag?
ging' and apparently paid no attention
to what I was teaching. But what
made him more especially aggravating
was that, whenever I came down on
him suddenly and asked him to go
through some difficult problem that I
had boon explaining, he never failed
to give me a perfectly lucid and sat?
isfactory proof. And very often he
was tbe only boy in the class who
could."?Pearson's Weekly.