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AM INDMPBNOBNT WKKIU.Y.

PublUned Every S»turda> Morning «t 506 Washington Street. Cope May, N. J.

S'" . —By— M. 1 SCULL, - HIM* III Pnylrtff.

SUBOOMIPTIONl On# Dollar Par Year In Advance.

Entered at tho post office at Cape May. K. J., as seoona-olasa,matter, March 11th, 1901.

The 60 cotton splnnlngmlllsof Japan arc threatened with dlsa^r During . rood times the- money made ■■was paid out In dividends, and now that/depresaion has come they are unable to atem the tide.

FBENDLY INFLUENCES. Or. Talmage Says Intlnences Once Hostile Arc Now Frieadly to Christ Weapon ForawHy Used Agalast th« Lard's Amies Captartd sad Pal n

Ws Service.

Washixotos. b. 0.—In this diaeonne Dr. Talmsfe call* the roll of influences once antagonistic but now friendly to'the gospel and encourage* Christian workers;

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David fled from hi* punuert. The world runs very last when it is chasing a good man. The country is trying to catch David and to alay him. David goes into the house of a pnest and asks him for a sword or spear with which to defend himself. —‘ ■- -- Idenly ♦' =-*

fully wrapped up and laid »w*y—the Verv Sl^i^fla^^^d-rS that thia is the very sword that wsa used

ki-p.u wh«i Br was in the * '

It Is a singular thing that a surplus In the national treasury causes almost as much anxiety as that unfamiliar condition, a deficit, would.. Whatever

money accumulates either

treasury

drawn from general use and tends to disturb business conditions. More- | ovcr'ldle money, with nations as with individuals. Is always a temptation to

extravagance. Still very few' of ns cit, •'There U.no

against himself when Be wsa in the fight with Goliath, and David can hardly keep his hand off it until the priest has unwound- it. David stretches out hi* hand that old sword and says. "There

iu.''—in ntkav-

i* none like that; give it me''—in oil words, *T- want in my own hand I sword wmch has been used a,— 1 —* —- -

against me against the cau*e of God. So it was given him. Well, my friends, that is not the first or the last sword once used by

mullates either In the giant and Philistine iniquity which is to 1

in private hands is with- : * f'nJl £ e r

o Afraid of getting a little money

Ahead.

Augustus B. Wylie. In his “Modi Abyssinia.” describes an interest-

ne into 'the possession of Jans Christ many a weapon which has been used

. ern —,— ; ; wiruciuie oi me eertn ana oy tne Ing custom, observed nt YeJJu. by : mept pf the heavenly bodies, that tho

which ^ ^ to a happy ending. TUp betrothed pair ! tion>'"Gpod men tmnblid, ‘Ibft'tdSoope.! go secretly to the outskirts of a vil- ! ^ ^ h^i*of’the PhUistinee BoTone to. Th,«...h,™,,. m u,., r? girl shrieks. The first mac who comes pened to *e the very old rvord that these

■ — 1> hiUstines had

U .btob b, b„ .w«,. j gbtoPtoto w

'Eke that; give it mev* And Copernicus and Gsldel and Kepler and Isaac Kewton' andJJerscbel and O. M. Mitchell came forfnsad told the world that in their,

long of the earth and hesreos they ‘ riming presence of the God'

heart. The couple may then go home and be married, for moral sentiment demands that .evefy bridegroom should

have killed his man.

The depopulation of. Ireland Is still going on; in fact, last year, a greater number of emigrants left the island than the year, befdre. and by far the greater part of them'came to the United States. The total number of emigrants in 1900 was 4S L 2S8, an Increase over 1899 of 3347. Over 82 percent of these were between the ages of 15 and 35, showing that Ireland Is being gradually drained of Its best bone and sinew. Of the total number of emigrants 37,765 Came to this country. Great Britain received 6050, New Zealand 64, Canada 472 and 'Australia 834. It is significant that of the 472 that went to Canada 229 came from the province of Ulster.

The children's room ln the Smithsonian institution in Washington was opened recently.-to the great delight of thousands of resident and visiting children. This room fills a long felt want, . for previous to its opening children lb search of knowledge bad to roam all over the building to find what they needed and caused much unnecessary trouble, both -to themselves, the teachers and friends who tookftbem, and the employes of the Institution. The room Is spacious x and has been tastefully decorated, ana. It contains specimens of all the subjects which could possibly come within the proper range of child observation ^nd study. The room is no sense a kindergarten for girls and boys In their teens easily take advantage of opportunities afforded for investigation. The'collection of birds, butterflies and minerals is said to be unrivaled In thia or any other country.

and find* that tbs mdstions” may be better.

.jckets," Bo now we eee bow

read if it 1* translated right.' "Where waft thou when I eel the eockete Where is the socket! It

God'* hand—a socket Urge

world to turn in.

, , asophy said: "What an »bcurd story about Joshua making the sun and moon stand still. If the world had ■topped an inrtant,' the whole -universe would have been out of gear." "Stop.", said Christian philosophy, “not quite so .quick!" The world has two motion*—one oo it* own axis and the other around the son. It was not necessary, in making them stand still, that both motions should be stopped—only the one'turning the world on its own axis. There was no reason why the baiting of the earth should have jarred sad disarranged the whole nmverae. Joshua right and God right; infidelity

According to an estimation by the American Grocer the nation's drink bill amounts to $1,228,674,925. of which $1,059,563,787 Is for alcoholic liquids. Official statistics show It says that prosperity has brought with it ajp Increased demand for spirituous and malt liquors, while the “** of non-alcoholic beverages shows a very small gain and In the case of coffee, a decrease. Out of the total sum of $1,228,674,925 about 86 percent Is spent for alcoholic stimulants. The cost for nop-alcohollc stimulants is as follows: Coffee. $125,798,530; tea. $J7.312,«08; cocoa. $6,000,000. .This added to tho $1,089,663,787 spent oh alcoholic drinks represents a yearly per capita expenditure for beverages of 116:17 for the 76.804.799 Inhabitants of the United 'States, of a tittle less than 4 1-2 cents per day. The consbmptnm In 1900 of tea was 416,615,885 gallons, and of spirits and wines 112.675.873 gallons. The staUs''“tics prove that coffee and beer are the fhvorite national beverages and that coffee holds iu supremacy over fermented liquors; that the consumption of alcoholic llguor Increases in prospcrtiu* time*.and that It was larger in •1900 than for any year since 1893. It is less per capita now than 10 years .mgs In aplte of last year's gain. 1

rmn te Bhaster and Zcndavesta, with which it had been covered up, and lav on the desk of the scholar and in the laboratory of the. chemist and in the Up of the Christian un-, harmed and Unanswered, while the tower' of the midnight 'heavens struck s silvery

chime-in its praise.

Worldly philosophy said, "AD that story shout the fight 'turned as day to the seal', is simply an absurdity." Old time worldly, philosophy said, "The light comes straight/'| Christian philosophy says. "Wait ■afittlo' while.” And it goes on and make* discoveries and finds that the atmosphere curves' and bends the rays .of light around the earth literally "a* the clay to the eeaL" lible right ---**•—*■' *—

foundationi of tbeissrth U simply an ah- i bad: to the American pulpit to talk tssn ja?!.w-fti • —

The earth has i philosophy com*

Kaygifpi could not afford muleteers now easdv buy tickets from Constantinople to Joppa. Then let Christians travel! God speed the rail trains and gride the steamships this pight panting across the drop in the phasnhoracent wake of the during fed of Him who from wave cliff to ware cliff heetormed Tiberius. The Japanese come icross the water and see our rivilisatlan and examine our Cnnatianlty and go nacg and tell the story and keep that empire

rocking till Jesus shall reign

' "Where'er the sun

Does His successive journeys run.” And the firearms with which the ittflde)

And the firearms with which t

traveler brought down the Arab And the jackal* of the desert, hare been surrendered to the church, and we reach forth our hand, crying, "There is none like.

Bo'ifhae also been with the learning and

eloquence of the world. People say, "Heligion is very good for aged women, it U very good for children, but not for men." But we have in the roll of Christ’s host Mozart and Handel in music; Can ova and Angelo in sculpture: Raphael and ReyVoids in painting; Harvey and Boerhaave in medicine; Cowper and Scott in poetry; Grotius and' Burke in statesmanship;

Mason in theology. ( writing* o| a worldly ,all aglow with Scriptural allusions. Through senatorial speech and through essayist's discourse Sinai thunder* and Calvary apeak* and Siloora sparkles. Samuel L. Southard was mightv in the courtroom and in the senate chamber, but he reserved his strongest eloquence for that day when he stood before the literary societies at Princeton commencement and pleaded for the grandeur of our Bible. Daniel Webster won not his chief- garland* while responding to Hayne nor when he opened the batteries of hi* eloqbtnce on Banker Hill, that rocking Sinai of the American Revolution, but on that day when, in the famous Girard will case, he showed his affection for the Christian religion and eulogized the Bible. The eloquence and the. learning that have been on the other side come over to our aide. Captured for God! "There is none like that; hire it me!” So, alao. has it been with the picture making of the World. We are •very anxious on this day to have the printing press and the platform on the side of Christianity, but we overlook the engraver** knife and the painter’s pencil. The antiquarian goes and looks at pictured ruins or examines the chiseled pillar* of Thebes and Nineveh and Pompeii, and then comes back to tell us of the beastliness of ancient art, and it is a fact now that many of the *—it specimens, merely artisticaHybonsidI. of script " —** * ‘

THE SABBATH SCHOOL loteraatioul Lesson Comments For May II

Subject Tbs Great Commlssios. Matt sxvIlL, 16-20--Golden Text Matt. xzvUL. 20-Mem-ory Verses, 1 J-20-Cow meets ry on the Day's Lessen.

t have » disci-

. *"■ "Then." Matthew doe* not notice sAS ts. pie* since the morning of the resurrection.

sto“'Si‘Kn«“wk!E t the sea of Galilee (John 21: 1-23),

them at the and fully restored sition among the that interview occ

Galilee (John

P*t*r te his former ihv

J' r“\-nr«si*e e. the eleven. While there is lUon here that -any besides the opiniondSIat 'thTwhok* hidy 1 * oVu-.rSSri! pies had come together, ahd that this wa* the time when Ohn*t appeared to the 500 ' — I Cor.

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.ks

a-'&'Jr'jhSs-sSiSi's fStoS te; Ik'M doubt* were afterw*rd,.heinoyed from their

AU/.sfc;;

moved from our mind*. The n of Christ is the p~—•—* — : — 1

ing amid these jm pun tire that stared on ’"jr^hordVi authority implie* power the bazaars of Corinth, he preached of the ■ ***•• *nd send them out with authoril

unclean Heiwy VIII. was a beautiful pio-. tore of the Madonna? What to Lord Jeffreys. the unjust judge, the picture of the "Last Judgmentr’ WTiat to Nero, the unwashed, a picture of the baptism in the Jordan? The -art of the world on the side. Bat that is ‘ '

•ra—

now. The Christian artist goes Home. looks at the picture* and bring* back to hi* American atndio much of the of these old masters.^ The Ubri*-

SffLJft.iK'Srvs n" Christian J and looks at that the word "Last Jodgme

American pulpit to talk aa of the sufferings of the Bavrivate tourist goes to Rome

I thank God that the time has cote» when Christians need nofhe scared at any scientific exploration. The fact i* that religion and science hari. struck hands in eternal friendship, and the deeper down The armies of the Lord Jemis Christ have stormed the obaervatorire of the world’* •cienee, and from the highest tower* have flung out the banner of the croae and Christianity now, from the.obaerratoriea at Albany and Washington, stretches out Ha hand toward the oppoaing scientific weapon, citing, "There is tyna like I vrea reading of Herechel, who wa* looking at a meteor through a telescope, and when it came over the"face of the telescope it was ao powerful he had to avert his eyes. And it has been just so that many an astronomer has gone into an observatory and looked up into the midnight heavens, and the Lord God has, through some swinging world, flamed upon hie vision, and the learned man cried out: "Who am I? Undone! Uncleqa! H*va

mercy. Lord Godl"

Again, I remark, that the traveling die-' position of the world, which »»» adverse to morels and religion, is to be brought on our side. The man that went down to Jericho and fefl amid thieve* war a type of a great many traveler!. There is many a man who is very honest at borne who when ha is mbroeri has his honor filched gnd hi* good habit* stolen. .fEreere but very lew men who can stand the strere of. an expedition. Six weeks, at a watering place We ruined many 4 man. In the olden times God forbad* the traveling of

men for the purpose* of trade became of the corrupting influences attending it. A‘ good many men now cannot stand tba tranaition from one place to another. Borne men who seem to be vazr consistent here in' the way of keeping the Sabbath when they get into Bpemcm the Lord's day always go to aae tne bullfights. Plato said that no city ought to be built nearer te the sea than ten miles lest it be tempted; to commerce. But this traveling disposition of the world, which was a2verss to that which is good, is to be breught on our side. These mail trains—why, they! take our.Bibles; three steamer., they; transport cuf missionaries: thro* roOm:

rushing from city to cite world, arc to be c —'

herald* and go among the hrotl

infinitely multiplied “ beauty and power since Robin*oa and Thompson and Wkbardt have oc-a back and talked to ns about SUoaa and Capernaum and Jerusalem. pointing out to us the hlie* about which Jesus preached, the beach upon which Pari, was shipwrecked, the fords at

— private tourist goes t >ks at Raphael's p-"

odgment." The U

he gore back to hi* room in ths hotel and prays ’God for preparation for that day

"Shriveling like a perched scroll. The flaming heavens together roH

Bo, 1 remi

and tact. ? ■the people that followed Him for the most part had no social position. There was but one man naturally brilliant in all the apostleship. Joseph, of Arimathea, the neb man,, risked nothing whan be offered * hole in the rock for the deadvChrist.

of the merchants in Asia Minor

' ' think of only

— Whan Peter cam* to Joppa — stopped with one£imem. a tanner. What

power had Christ'

exchange os ’

None. The

a hole in the roc How many of the 1

befriended Jreue? . , Lydia. How many of the dalle* on the beach at -Galilee entertained Chrjat? > Not

Joppa be

anner. What u the Roman j of Corinth!

of the day did not want to riak their reputation for sanity by pretending to ba one of Hia followers. Now that is aD changed. Among the mightiest inen in our great rtire today are the Cbriatian merchant* and the Christian bankers, and it to-morrow, at the Board of Trade, any man'should get np and malign the name of Jesui. ne would be quickly silenced or put out In the front rank of all our Christian worker* to-day are the Christian merchants, and Use enterprises of the world are coming on the right aide. There wa* a farm willed away some years ago, all the proceeds of that farm to go for spreading infidel hooka. Somehow matters hare changed, and now all the proceeds of that farm go toward the missionary cause. One. of the finest printing presses ever built was built for the express purpose of publishing infidel tracts and boots. Now it 'doe* n thing but print holy Bibles.. *" ' I believe that the time will come when in commercial circle* the voice of Christ will be the mightiest of aD voice* and the ahips of Tarabah wilftbring presents anS the queen of Sheba her glory and the wist men of the Esqt their myrrh and frankinI look off upon the businre* men of this land and rejoice at the prospect that their tact and ingenuity and talent are being brought into the service of Christ. It -is one of the mightiest of weapon*. 'There

is none like that: rive it me!"

Now,- K what 1 have said be true, away with all downbeartednea*! If scienot is to be on the right side and the traveling disposition of the world on the right side and the learning of th* world on the right aide and the picture making on the right side and the business acumen and tact of th* world on the right side. Thine, O Lord, is the kingdom! Oh, fall into line, all ye people 1 It is a grand thing to be in. such I have aaijlrts true, then Christ is going to gather up for Himself out of this world everything that is worth anything, and there VST be nothing -but the acmn left. W* have beta rebels, but a proclamation of amnesty goes forth now from the throne of God, saying, "Whosoever will, let him come." 'However long you may bsre wandered, however great your crime* mar haveiecn. "whosoever will, let hhn com*/’ Oh, that this hour I could marshal all the world 00 ths aide of Christ! He is the W friend s man rvar bad. He is *0 kind. He *6 loving, so sympathetic. I cannot as* how,you can stay away from Him. Come now and accept Hi* mercy. Behold Him A* H* stretch** out the arms of His salva- ,!>■$&; SSSf'fc/S cither be rtriDows planted by (he water oourere or the chaffwhkh th* wind driv-

eth away. —

, but it was firm titled to it and in-

raaugureted end en1:32. Ae God. equal

was originally

uk ruuniain oi an n King (Pea. 2: 6). ii

throned Him. Luke I with the Father, all power 1 and. essentially'His, but as

alj power was given id m earth." Christ 1

, ,-Xwev in heaven. 1. t i to!”."'- ’ Tr ^ d ^

-_ originally Mediator, as

_ _---Ti Him. "In Christ has author-

n. 1. to in(

Ip His

heaven and in'earth. 1 itv and power in ‘

with the Father. _ _ _

Holy Spirit. 3. To raise op His folk «. To give them a seat at Hia right hand S.'swns. pur 1 ?; k pf ."wu. , “h: also has authority and power over sD-the

forces of -nature. -

. 19. "Go ye therefore." This ’commission is given primarily to the apostle*, who were to carry on and establish the work Christ had inaugurated. What must hare hern the feelinc* which such a commission awakened!. We conquer the world for Thee, Lord, who have scarce conquered our own misgiving*—we. fishermen of Gal-

n.%

They were not to go and subdue, or pronounce judgments against the nation*, but ^ ’SiM ^““P*** by preaching the gospel « Christ—a gospel of--peace and lore. Henceforth they jrrre to be fisher* of men. If we are truc minirtere oT Cbnat we will win men to the troth and thna lead them to obtain Nil ration. "Of all the nation*." ' :L ..Tbis word of JTbrist btreks down the middle wall of partition whit* had ao long, excluded the Gentile* from the

o be christianized 'without first bring node Jews. The commi**ion given to the -tx-tlre 1* still binding on Ike Christian ekBrcn. Chrwf* word*, according to Mark, are, ‘_Go re into all the world, and preach the gospel to errrr creature." How can Omrt.sD* fold thrir arm* contentedly, in the piewT.ce of the world’s great need? "Baptizing them.” Tlii* was to be a rign that they hail left their heathen relicK-n*. and had become true convert* to Christianity "Into th* ham*." (R. V.) Thia means that converts are niedeed by baptism to a faith which has for.ite object the being designated bv that name, and - which bnne* them into union with Him. The word "name" baa a wide and deep mean•ng: it imnlire a living realitv. a newer, and in Seripture. wb-n anplied to God. i* eouiralcnt to the Gadhead. “Fether—Holv Gho*t." -Here we have the trinity clearly rot forth. There i* One God. with one undivided name and nature, who exist* aa three Diriur Persona, under th* personal distinct>nn of Father. Bon and Holy Bpirit. 20. “Teaching them." It is the «i°ty'of the apostles and roini*ter» of Christ to instruct lbo»e who become disciple* or learners. Tc observe.” etc. What Christ h«s commanded must be taught and observed.. We are to '’observe'’—pey attention to and obev. "all thing*"—n-it merelr those thirv* which suit ns best, hut all the moral duties. without wreeption. that Christ h«* commanded. "1 am with ytm.-alway.” Literally, I am-with yon every dav. In the person W the Holy Spirit, Christ would Thia shOTild'be 1 * ^S?e*il ” agement to all true minis pel. He is not coming. He is here with u* now. 1. He: is with both th* weak and the strong. 1 He i* in the hstile as well as the victory. 3. He is with u* in Ufa and in death. 4. In time »nd in eternity. ■‘Unto the end." etc. Unto th. end of "Amro " OmiMeA m ',1 V

listers of tbe.goaherewithu*

a Carry YsDow 1

f Dre. which

ever Im-

portant conclusions, firet, eifle cause of the filaoaae Is unknown, and second, that it can be carried only by mosquitoes. Coriteqnently the diaInfection of clothing and houses Is use less. It has been settled furthermore, yellow fewer la not dne to dirt. It may occur in the deaneet localities What b pUr to'the etroai Is deat> to th* week. -

FLED FE0M THE B0XEES. THE THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF A CHINESE CHRI8TIAN_£AMILY. Mr*. Wau's Ulorr — B*lag Drlv.n Tr.ln 1'lac* lo fUe., the lUfagro* S'lnally !».- cld* lo (lire Tfc*roMlv.a Iu Tli.lr Per•cculor* ■ml 111*, for Tbolr l»lih. The following experience is that of the family of Deacon Wau. of the TTrsf. Congregational church In Pekin, told in the words of his wife. The family lived in a large court with several other fi were Boxers. Here story: We were not afraid, though we felt anxious' on account of our four children. If we should be killed and they left, who would care for them? June IS F was alone in the bouse with the children. All day the neighbors had be«n talking of the terrible things that were to happen to the Christians. I heard of the burning of the Methodist Episcopal Mission and the Laid don Mission—beard the shouting on the street of "kill, kill, kill." About 8 o'clock 1 could see the flames of the American Board chapel and bear the noise made by the multitude gathered about the place. My husband did not come, and 1 thought he had been killed. I took the children all up stairs and then sat down and waited. They were crying for their tether. While trying to comfort them, a friend came quietly up stairs and told me not to make any noise, hut to cSme out on the street, where my husband was waiting for . me. My little two-year-old girl was asleep, and I thought I would first go and see what was wanted and then come back for

her.

We went out in the street, and there in a dark corner was my husband. His first words were: "Where is our precious baby, can it be that youhaveleft her?" 1 said no. I wanted to see him first, and then if we were going to try to escape. I -would go back for her.

ail had prayer together. After a time the cart came, and we started for Pekin. We did not meet any Boxers, hut saw them In the distance. We went to one of the church member's homes, only to find it in ruins, then to a place we owned, hut iiad rented. Our tenanta not only would not take us In, but refused to.pay ua money they owed u*. We drove from street to street. At last I taw my husband was nearly desperate, and I Whispered to him. "God has let us come ah this road and we have not met Boxers; we must not seek death; perhaps He mean* us to

live."

The carter then got to talking with some people and learned that the Methodist Epiicopai mission had not been attacked, to with great Joy wo made our way across the city and were received with open arms. The children Jumped up and down In the cart and aald: "it Is almost as nice as getting to heaven." it did seem so to us after the anxious Bours. the siege our dear little gl hoavrn seems very near to us now.— The CongregationaliEt.

escape. I

After - we got the baby we made our way along in the dark to a rear court

a C From this court Mr? Wau climBetJ to the top of a temple belonging to a rich man living in a court at the front I stood below and he whispered down to me what be saw and heard. We heard the church at American Board chapel fall and a general shouting of voices. Afterward a man went by. calling out if there were any followers of the foreign devils aboirt they had better escape at once, as a house-to-house search, Is to be made by the Boxers before midnight Every follower may be killed. From the temple roof my. husband saw them go' 'to our house three times. At last he said it it no use to think we can escape them, but we-will try. Don't let the children make a bit of noise. I will carry them one by one to the roof here, then we can talk and plan. He took the children up. and one by one carried them along the wall, then got onto the roof. I told my little girl not to cry, that papa would be very careful. She aald "Yes," and-was perfectly still. 1 do not know how I managed to climb to the top

seemed m If ^1 was helped from behifid. A big ‘tree overshadowed the roof and we hid nnder the branches, watching the burning of t£e chapel and homes of the friends wc loved. All over the city were fires, and the acreaming of the mob was terrible. It was a horrible night. At last we climbed Into the tree and reached the ground—bruised and torn.- Wc bid In a little empty room back ot the temple. At last, about light, one of the servants saw ua, and told his master. We all six got down on our knees and .entreated them to hide us for a few days, but they said do. there was to be a house to house search in tho city, and if they sheltered Chribtians they would be killed themselves. My husband walked ahead, cairriDg the baby and I followed after with the other three children. Soon me met a band ot soldiers.' Some did not notice us; others said: “Yet’a kill theta.’* Qne said: "L*t them go; cannot/you see It Is a whole family.. Let theni off this time.” Even with their knives drawn l did not tremble. We walked for some distance till we came to a large family cemetery. The peeper was a kind man and lived there ail alone. He told ua to come in and said he would do hjs best, but the

was not safe for Christians to stay. He got us some supper, it was very poor and dry- Onr'llpe were cracked from fever and thirst, and I asked

him to give us some porridge.

We had a quiet night, but in the morning he said It would not do for us to stay. Then my husband became discouraged. He said the best and only thing for us to do is to go and glte-ourselveuto'the Boxers. We will only ask theur'lo please kill the children first, and then you and I will die together. The Buffering will not

lax? over two hours, and then all

row will be over. I agreed to this. ... then called the three oldeat children.

Weu Ping, Paul and Peter,

them:

“My children, your father would suffer for you If he could, but he cannot.

Christiana. If you say no they will let you off. IT you ^sar yes then they will kill you; but that only means suffering for a. little, and then we will be with Jeaus." Tue children one after the other aald: “1 will say I am a phriaUan.1 love Jesus, l am not afraid

todie."

It did not seem as .though we could vralk .any more. The keeper aald at last he would tee if he cou/d get the •art of a friend. He went oht. and we

LONGEVITY IN FROZEN FISH.

rentyr rifle

Afire Klevrn Yr*r* Till* Dam Wa* Tliaocd

' Out and Mir M*'rird a llalrtirry. , l have read w4th a great deal of in-

terest an article headed "Life in Frozen Fish." While U does not seem credible that fish can be frozen until they are as hard az a stone and ‘upon being placed In cold water for a few moments only become a* lively as

ever, it Is nevertbf Icts true. in 1673 I was reriding at Junction

City, a pretty little city located in a romantic spot on the banks of'- SHU creek in central Wisconsin. The country at that time was hew and fish and gome were plentiful. Mill creek was at the time famous as a trout stream, it being no trouble at ail to catch '50 pounds of speckled trout in a half day's fishing. Feb. 15, 18J3—I remem-

ber the date because it was my tweet first birthday—I tool: down my r and struck out into the (Brest fpr

purpose of killing a deer- 1 bad wandered along the basics of the vstream for a distance of perhaps two miles when I ran Into an old hunter who had cut a hole in the ice. through which he was fishing for trout. He was meeting with great suteras. for scattered all around him could be seen the speckled beauties, where -ne -bad thrown them as he took-them off his hook. I was invited to help myself, which invitation I cheerfully accepted and I proceeded to pul a number of the fish in my game

bag.

It was Just 4.47 o'clock when I returned home that afternoon, tired and hungry, and after hanging up my rifle took one of the largest of the trout and placed it out in-& large cold-stor-age warehouse that stood near my house. Intending to present it -to "Uncle" Sam Carson for his breakfast the next morning. The fish was forgotten and ms a result lay in that warehouse solidly frozen until June 10, 1884. Now. here is tne etrangc part of my story, which I should hesitate to relate had not the article referred to paved the way. as It were. 6n the night of the date last mentioned. just about 11 years after this fish had been placed in the cold storage. the building was totally destroyed by fire. During the process of the fire the fire department, in the effort to save the^property. -had thrown sufficient water to fill up the cellar/ which, by tl^ way, was wailed up In rock and cement, and was. therefore, water tight. Three years later U.wgs decided to rebuild the cold-storage warehouse and taen set to work pumping the water out of the cellar, which the rains had kept well filled. To our amazement. 447 fair-sized speckled trout were taken out, beside* the old one. which had evidently fallen into the cellar at the time the warehouse was destroyed. thawed out and spawned. The original trout was easily Identified, one of its eyes having been accidentally knocked put and a part of its tall broken off before it was .placed in the warehouse. Any one doubttog'the truthfulness Of this story can easily be satisfied by writing to -Frank Blood or Arthur Sturtevant af Stevens Point. Wis_ cr to.Eugene Sheppard of Rhinelander. Wla—George E. Octer, in Chicago Inter Ocean. Life Aboard - aa Arcll* K<mt. “The days and weeks pass without cur taking any adbount of them. We get up' at C.'SO En the morning. At 7^.. we feed the dog*. I At S we have break- ; fast, and at 12 w^dlne. Then we work

till 6.30. when we have supper, after which we smoke and play cards or rhrrg un bedtime. . It is not at ajl ' cold. Rarely does the thermometer descend below moxx Yesterday the tun unone gloriously. The Ice reflected It with a blinding glare and In brilliant colors. The ship-baa withstood all the assaults of tho ice. !t Is splendid to see how it breaks up ice that la sometimes three or, four feet thick^- At other times, when it la even thicker, the ship is rushed against it at full steam. The shock splits and breaks It very often for a distance of 40 or 50

yards. The. Duke of Abruzxl is always Said to «n the bridge, and loses no bpportuai- »

ty of gming ahead. Sometime* be docs not even come down to his meals. Whenever we get the smallest opening he orders us tp go on and w« are tUtd of it because the more we ad--vance et tlie present time the loss we /rhall have to do next year."—Leslie'!

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Ob th* Kaemy'* fire, af CoUrw. cnem: range, captain." aald tl tar. "Bow. In the world are we to cook our dinner!" replied the captain, ab-sent-mindedly.—What to Eat