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:t4lU> taC^KdkfitiaUM^^. CURRENT TOPICS. There have been printed two nynopses of the interview between the German emperor and Dr. Wil- liam Bayard Hale. Each is assert- ed to be "absolutely accurate and authentic." It is difficult to be- lieve that either is. The London Times, writing of the synopsis first printed, says that its authenticity has been "authoritatively denied." Probably that means a denial from Berlin. The second synopsis has more wild and perilous -matter in it than the first. If it be accurate the emperor told a stranger and a foreigner that his uncle, King Ed ward, had been hounding or hu- miliating him for two years; that he held France in the hollow of his hand ; that in the event of a great A Dark World for the Living This But for Our Love for the World "That where I am there ye may be also." â€" -John xiv., 3. Friends go on before, but friend- ships abide. The grave cuts no chasm through love aid through the dark door of death runs warm and holds firm the cable of affection No voice may come to us ; no eyes look into ocrs; years may dim the memory of featuras, but still with- in us is this cherished treasure of their love and firm as eternity the faith that they love us still. We plant the flowers on the mounds in the churchyard not be , . , _ , , . ,1 cause we ever thing they are lying war m which England was involved, there, but because our love for Germany would content itself with them must find some expression ! taking Egypt and liberating the welling up within it must work it- boly land from the yoke of the in- !e|f out at hands and finger tips. -J.I i • a u J '^u • Bunded by tears, watering those fidel. A sovereign flushed with winel^^^^^^^ ^^ weep not with sorrow or anger might make remarks cal- , jj^at they are gone but with sur- culated to set Ihe world by the ears; feit of emotion, more the pain of it the world heard them, but trust-! joy than of bitterness, that we can thus in such a little way express our love to them. Here is a form of friendship al- together unaffected by the passing of the years or by the tides of for- tune. It has laid hold on that which is eternal. Its bonds bind not flesh nor clay, but spirit to spirit and heart to heart. Friend- ed bosom friends, cot magazine writers, would be his confidants. If it be true that the emperor dis- coursed of rulers and peoples with ruch dangerous freedom and that h's comments would have been pub- . lished but for the blue pencil of ^^ip defies the fading leaf, the witb the discreet foreign office censor, the latter preserved the peace of Europe. The angry nations the *mperor is said to have criticized would have demanded satisfaction. ering cheek, the devouring worm its possessions are in personality, its treasures are beyond moth and rust and intruder. IN THE OTHEE WORLD. It comes to pass that some of us If the emperor is as wildly indis- have the best part of ourselves over creet in his talk as the latest synop- j|h«';«' \"d ^^^ °^.f '^J^ '^'"^'' "^^H ,, ... , , . 1, Mender by thoughts of unseen eyes â- is would make him out to be there , ^i^j^j. ^^^^ jown on us, measuring might be war in Europe any day us with hearts freed from the bias unless the censor was always awake and lusts of the world we yet are and vigilant. He slept when the j i"*-, , , ^, interview with the retired English I ^l °^'1° J^fn^W^t frY^n'ds ... , . ° : will know them again, those trienas diplomat which made so much ^y^ose faces lightened ours in days trouble for the emperor was sub- gone by, for though they be chang- mitted to bim. If the emperor has led to a seraph's beauty, we shall been a loose, reckless talker in thel^ee not their faces, but their af- fection. He lives yet in the dust is the basis of friendship is immor- tal. This sense of the persistence of friendship is more than a state of feeling ; it is the first flower of im- mortality ; it is the eternal and di- vine in us answering to the eternal and divine in lives that have been loosed from our limitatioas. It has nothing to do with alleged com- munications from the other world. It i^ the deep, abiding and strength- ening sense that the web of love cannot be cut by the keen edge of death, that friendships abide through all, that love is immortal and loving the measures of our im- mortality. No wonder the immortal hope burns low when unfed by this sec- ret supply ; no wonder men doubt the future, when their hearts find no vitai contact with its life, when thoy must depend on what the head may reason from analyses and pro- babalities. THERE IS LOVE BEYOND. I am not worried as to life beyond because I know tlierc is love be- yond. The only going out from life I need to fear would be going out into the world where love was not. Precise plans of eternal redemption lie beyond my reasoning, but on the fact of infinite friendship I rest and know that the eternal affection will find me and teach me the lar- ger life of the world where love shall have its liberty and shall be the law of all. I know not where I shall meet in this a^d the two succeeding verses (02-64). 63. Two and twenty thousand ox- en, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheepâ€" The mention of the number of sheep is omitted from the Septuagiat, the earliest Greek translation of the Old Testa- ment, which antedates our earliest Hebrew manuscripts by many cen- turies. The sacrifice of so huge a number of animals could only be possible on the supposition that the animals were slain in other plac- es as well as in the temple court, and that the entire number of sac- rifices offered by the nation on this occasion are included in the num- ber recorded. 64. This verse enumerates the types of offerings made. 0.5. So Solomon held the feast The fea.st of tabernacles, the same referred to in verse 2, and the great autumnal feast of the Jews The entrance of Hamath â€" The northern boundary of the kingdom The brook of Egypt â€" The wady el-Arish, the southern boundary of the kingdom. This stream enters the Mediterranean about fifty miles southwest of the site of Gaza. 66. On the eighth day â€" In accord ance with Deut. 10. 13, 15, the fe-st of tabernacles lasted seven days, the people departing for their homes on the eighth. So on this occasion, the glad festive season being ended, the people bid fare- well to the king and return to their respective homes. RULES FOE JAP CHILDREN. Taught in Their Schools How to Treat Foreigners. An English newspaper published in Japan printed at one time an in- teresting synopsis of the rules which the public schools of that country were teaching tneir pupils THE MAN WHO WINS. The man who wins is an average man ; Not built jn any peculiar plan, Not blest with any peculiar luck; Just steady and earnest and full of pluck. When asked a question he does not "guess" â€" He knows, and answers "no" or "yes"; When set a task that the rest can't do, He buckles down till he's put it through. Three things he's learned : that the man who tries rinds favor in his employer's eyes ; That it pays to know more than one thing well ; That it doesn't pay all he knows to tell. So he works and waits ; till one fine day There's a better job and bigger pay, And the men who shirked whenever they could Are bossed by the man whose work made good. For the man who wins is the man who works. Who neither labor nor trouble shirks. Who uses his hands, his head, his eyes; The man who wins is the man who tries. » i iiii- niii Hi nmti i past it is to bo hoped that he has reformed. He has had a lesson. The Royal Society for the Pro- tection of Birds is waging a vigor- ous campaign in England in behalf of what is known as the Importation cf Plumage Prohibition bill. This bill is explained by its name. Those who have inaugurated the move- ment believe that once Great Bri- tain has set the example other ci- vilized nations can be persuaded to adopt the same principle of pro- hibition. It is possible, therefore, that the bill offered by Lord Ave- tury may have a far-reaching ef- fect in protecting birds and "dislo- cating the whole nefarious traffic in ornamental feathers and jlumes." In America the friends of the Urds have n:et with only who worries as to physical preserva tion and identification. This we all know, who hold deep within us the friendships of those who are living in larger life, that love can never die, that affection enlarges despite the decays of time and grave and that something of the self which on the subject of the treatment of those friends, where father and mo- foreigners. thcr and child will wait, but a love xhis synopsis is reprinted in a re- light, that burns clear here with- j g^nt book, "The Empire cf the in, will lead me to the_m and I sha 1 1 ^g^^^^ > , ^y H. B. Montgomery, and know them by that light. Love will : j^ accompanied by some interesting cx>me into its own ; friendship into : j^^^g concerning the schools of Jap- its fullness. The barriers will have been broken down. We shall know even as we are known, for we shall love even as he loves. So what can I do better in these days than cherish this hope, magni an. The rules are as follows: Never call after foreigners pass- ing along the streets or roads. When foreigners make enquiries answer them politely. If unable to ! make them understand inform the police of the fact. fy this life of loving, make more friends that I may have greater, _, ^ . , fullness of living there, and if the' Never accept a present from a great hope of that life be this free i foreigner when there is no reason fullness of friendship, bring into ^or '^'s gjving it, and never charge as much of that life him anyt.iing above what is proper. this drear world as I may by being good friend to as many as I may? HENRY F. COPE. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, DEC. 13. Lesson XI. Solomon Dedicates the Teinplc. Golden Text, l»sa. 122. I. man in my sightâ€" Hebrew, "There shall not be cut off unto thee a man from my sight." This verse and the for fearing foreigners. Do not crowd around a shop when a foreigner is making pur- chases, thereby causing him much annoyance. The continuance of this practice Oisgraccs us as a nation. Since all human beings are broth- ers and sisters there is no reason Treat them DISGRACE OF BEING USEFUL. Alma Servine is a daughter of reasonably well-to-da Nebraska people who suddenly sent her to Omaha to study music, for which she had tclent. She grew in musi- cal skill, and was invited to the homes of her fellow students, un- tilâ€" It was discovered that Alma Ser- vine was tiding over a scarcity of fundi by working for wages and the use of a piano in a private fam- ily in Omaha. And when those daughters of western "Republicans" and "De- mocrats" gave the world a proof of the deep disgrace it has become, even in the laboring west, to be becoming neck fixtures useful. They dropped her from their vis- iting lists. They cut her with all the cruelty Fashion Hints. W-l-l-t-fr-M -W-M-i-l-M-fr ii i l f fc FADS AND FANCIES. Fancy waistcoats for men are po- pular. Plain and chaced gold bracelets are popular. No end of braid is used on fach- lonable gowns. The appreciation of soutache is greater than ever. Fur hats are pretty in new shapes and styles. Coats are long and they were never of more graceful cut. A greet deal of swansdown is used to trim the black hats. The belt and bag set is one of the fancies of the season. Plainted ribbon trimming apft^ar -^ - on the directoire coats. The colored new waistcoat is one of the novelties of the day. Dyed in every available tint, the ostrich plume still holds sway. Black coats and graj', brown coats, and blue are all to have col- ored collars. The thraldom of the "touch of black" is more aftparent than ever before. The bracelet is now often substi- tuted for the ring as a symbol of betrothal. The mourning veil of to-j^ay, though of crepe, is not heavy and IS not stiff. Black and white is likely to be an endearing favorite through an- other seaso;i. The great breadth. of the crown of the new huts makes the brim ap- pear moderate. Trimmings of velvet have a cer- tain degree of novelty and in all cases are effective. A new boot has patent leather vamps, braided cloth tops, and two inch Cuban heels. Some skirts are made with the high empire corselet belt in taffetas,- generally in black. Many blouses are made without collars to accommodate the many /' / For actual warmth the goat skin and opossum coats, lined with cloth, are successful. Big pigskin, walrus, or leather of girl barbarism. They objected | auto bags, ten by twelve inches, are to her contaminating presence in ! seen in the shops, the studio, and the music master, | One of the handsomest coats seen for self-protection, told bcr and j this season was made of broadtail asked her to come at times when i in directoire style, they were not there. Nowadays nearly all women wear Then Alma Servine gave her de- ] jabots, and among the prettiest ia one succeeding contemplate a still larger fulfillment of Jehovah's pro- nijise in the permanent establish- ing of the new founded dynasty. 27-30. The verses give in general terms the substance of the detail- ed petitions which follow. Solo- mon's earnest request of Jehovah | by their nationality. as equals and act uprightly in all your dealings with them. Be neither servile nor arrogant. Beware of combining against the foreigner and disliking him be- cause he is a foreigner ; men are to be judged by their conduct and not Verse 1. The elders of Israel â€" These were chosen from the heads of the tribes who were the princes partial success in their efforts to ' or senior male members of family prevent the wanton destruction of S^oups. the innocents, carried on to meet! ^<^ ^P^S up the ark of the coven- the millinery demands of fashion's devotees. Undoubtedly a large sym- pathetic interest in the new move- ment will develop here. Naturally, the feather trade has protested against the proposed leg- islation, objections being based on the ground that it would impair wages and throw many out of em- ployment. The reply to these ob- jections has been that prohibition of importation would lead to a greater demand for ostrich plumes â€" which are not included in the pro- visions of the bill â€" and for floral decorations, so that wageworkers will not suffer in consequence of its enactment into law. SIGNALLING WITH LRUMS. All through the continent of Af- rica the natives have a very per- fect syttem of signalling with drums, by which means they wrap out mes- sages from village to village, and it is quite wonderful how swiftly and how far they arc able to spread news. The drumming is always done at night, when sound travels farther, and, as one lies awake on a still clear night the ear is often Cently assailed by the low musical roll from a drum in the village near, and one waits with pleasant expectancy till the answering echo come.?, muffled by distance, from a village sometimes two miles away. The bone frame of the average »hale weighs about forty-five tons. Glass windows are still scarce in the city of Mexico. Germany can now put 4,750,000 troops in the field. Dentists and chiropodists are al- -vays fighting tooth and nail. ant â€" The transfer of this sacred symbol of Jehovah's presence from its temporary abode to its abiding dwelling place was an important part of the service of dedicating the new sanctuary. 4. The tout of meetingâ€" The tab- ernacle in which up to this time the ark of the covenant had been kept. Holy vessels â€" Those used in con- nection with the services of the sanctuary. 6. Sacrificing sheep and oxen â€" The numerous sacrifices referred to were apparently offered at stages on the route, the ark being brought from its abode on the lower south- ern spur of the eastern hill of Je- rusalem, to which the name "Zion" used in verse 1 was originally re- stricted, to the higher northern plateau on which the temple now stood. 6. The oracle of the house â€" The innermost sanctuary, the Holy of holies. 7. The staves thereofâ€" The bars or handles by which the ark was carried. 9. Nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone â€" The golden pot of manna and Aaron's rod men- tioned in Num. 17. 10, and in Heb. 9. 4, had apparently been tempor- arily removed to some other place. At Horeb â€" That is, Sinai. 10. The cloud filled the house of Jehovah â€" The placing of the sym- bol of Jehovah's presence into the shrine is followed by the appearing of the glory of Jehovah in the form of a cloud, the familiar symbol of his overshadowing presence used in E.xod. 33. 9, and other passages. 14. Blessed all the a.ssembly â€" Perhaps in the words of verses 57- 61 below, or in similar language. 15. The dcdica'ory prayer proper IS that the temple may always be the symbol and pledge of inter- course between Jehovah and his people, and the pledge also of an- swer to prayer. The heaven of heavens cannot contain thee â€" As intercourse with foreigners be- comes closer and extends over a series of years there is danger that many Japanese may become enam- ored of their ways and cus- toms and forsake the good old cus Words which indicate a profound j toms of their forefathers. Against conception of the spiritual nature , this danger you must bo on your of God on the part of the suppli- j guard. cant. Taking off your hat is the proper Pray toward this placeâ€" With fac-l way to salute a foreigner. 'The es turned toward Jerusalem, as I bending of the body low is not to be pious Mohammedans still pray with commended. Hold in high regard the worship the grandfather's frill. Royal blue, golden brown, mul- berry, and maize are fashionable colors in high class costumes. Embroidered dots of various sizes are used in dainty ties. The dots may be white or a color. Paris has again set the fashion monstration of the awful thing "so- ciety" is prone to deem the crime of usefulness. That is, the poor girl went mad â€" actually insane â€" and between spells of destroying the written music, improving on the piano, declaring that she was a mu- sician, "not a hired girl," she rav- ed and babbled, and finally went | for fall cravats, the material being to the state insane asylum, pro-ia corde ' satin or silk. Dounced incurable. Soft taffeta is being used more So the story goes, of a life ruined' than any other material in the con- struction of the evening hood. Cashmere de sole is a miiterial that is being employed to a great extent by the smartest dressmak- their faces turned toward Mecca 31. If a man sin-^Or, "Wherein- soever a man shall sin." 32. Hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants â€" Giving ef- fect to the oath taken in the sanc- tuary. Condemning . . .justifying â€" De- termining the guilt or the innocence by means of the test made before the altar of Jehovah. 33-37. The mercy of Jehovah is asked for in cases of national apos- tasy and consequent defeat at the hands of their enemies, and in cas- es of drought and famine occasion- ed by similar forgetfulness of Je- hovah and his commandments oa the part of the people. 38. The plague of his own heartâ€" The special visitation or judgment sent upon the individual for his per- sonal chastisement and correction and for which consequently only tiie individual himself can pray. 41. Concerning the foreigner â€" From p-a&sages such as Exod. 22. 21 ; 23. 9, 12, we note that consid- eration for foreigners was a marked fejiture of Jewish legislation. 43. That all the peoples of the earth may know thy name â€" The thought of the foreigners sojourn- ing among the people of Israel leads to the thought of the peoples and nations whom these foreigners re- present and sugcfcsts the influence' upon the nations of the earth which the merciful answer of the petition of such foreigners in the sanctuary o" Jehovah's chosen people may ex- ert. 50. Forgive thy people â€" The bur- den of prayer is for forgiveness and mercy in cab.j of any possi'ale which ia recorded in verses 22-53 is forgetfulness on the part of indi- preceded by an cxpre.s.sion of thanksgiving to Jehovah for the ful- fillment of his promise to David, perhaps uttered in a brief address to the people, perhaps in the form of a prayer of thanksgiving. vidual or nation in respect to the commandments of Jehovah. C2. And the king a»d all Israel with him, offered sacrifice unto Je- hovahâ€"The prayer of dedication being completed, the dedicatory of ancestors and treat your rela- tions with warin cordiality, but do not regard a person as your enemy because he or she is a Christian. Beware of selling your souls to foreigners and becoming their slaves. Sell them no Rouses or lands. Aim at not being beaten in your competition with foreigners. Re- member that loyalty and nlial piety are our most precious national treasures, and do nothing to violate them. -* . â€" HUMMING OF WIRES. It is said that the humming of telegraph wires running east and west presages a fall of temperature often ten or more hours before it is marked by the thermometer ; and, on the other hand, the humming of north and south wires foretells a rise of temperature. by the consciousness of crime â€" the crime of being useful. 'There ia not one American family in a million which is even one gen- eration removed from Jshnft'aiV-^ves'^r^j.^. -,,,...,,^ _ „,, ^, and kitchen apron, save among | A little ToucTT oif white crepe'," 'SS' southernersâ€" and they are return- [a. turnover at the neck and wrists, ing to the regalia of labor. ] i.: allo\.-ed now in the deepest We as a people are rescendedj mourning, from the poorest of European peas-] A noteworthy characteristic of the antry. The lime of toil is in our ; i^ilk filet net blouse is its simplicity, bones, the weight of labor in our | The net is coarse, in beautiful old fistsâ€" and the common sense of la- j world shades, embroidered with bor should be in our brains. It is , large self-colored spots, both square not aristocratic blood, nor proud j and round, overlapping tucks being descent, that makes us such snobs their sole adornment, and fools and cads and toadies as we must be to rear girls that would drive a fellow student crazy with scorn for her serving. It isâ€" it must be â€" that, conscious of our own pea- sant originâ€" and ashamed of it-^^we drive ourselves to a ' A BOY'S RECORD JUMP. remarkable young athlete. Tommy Barton, aj^ed eighteen, of the Government Collegiate School, Burma, has at the Rangoon annual nt'.ilotic nie'-.tihg cle.ired in the hi,q;h jump 5 feet 11% inclies. This is be- lieved to be a world's record for a schoolboy. is sick, NOT DANGEROUS. Patâ€" I hear yer woife Moike? Mike- She is thot. Patâ€" Is it dangerous she is? Mike â€" Not a bit. Slie's too weak to be dangerous any more. Many a boy keeps from- getting tanned by keeping shady. It is estimated that there arc al- ways 4,000,000 people at sea. It is believed that only 2.000 bui- WHY HE HATED MONDAY. "I tell you what it is," said a man, I am firmly convinced that every ho8tilil.y j 'n*'^" ^^ ^'^ particular dajr for against sociaT "equality that pco- good and bad luck. Monday la my pie of descent from real "gentility" I unlucky day. I have been watch- would not feel. We have no capi- ing it for twe;- ty years, and noth- tal in "sociaty" save what we our- ing can shake me in this belief. I selves have scraped together in one never begin any enterprise, - no generation, and if we lose that by matter how trivial, or start on any association with "servant girls" journey on that day. Therefore I we lose all. In "descent" we are|raake Monday an. off-day, and do f.o near bankrupt that we must be "exclusive" or the world will su- sp'^ct I Suspect? Why, the world knows that those Omaha girlsâ€" and the same would have ben true in any ether American city â€" are them- selves the daugliters or grand daughters of women who worked in i coal-scuttl nothing but potter around the house. Even in these little affairs everything goes wrong. Take the record of last Monday, a fair aver- age, and be convinced : â€" "Smashed finger while nailing board on fence. Fell down cellar stairs with kitchens, and scrubbed and mopped and washed â€" and did it for wages if they got the chance. The sad thing is that even in the democratic west the virus of snob- bery seems to have gone so deep. For every s'ep along this aristo- cratic road will have to be retrac- ed in coming to the day wlien all will serve, and when the ones who refuse to serve will be the outcast and â- 'espised. â€" Denver Express. BRINGING IT TO A CLIMAX. â- 'I know what's passing in your the maiden. mind," suddenly said as the habitually .silent caller star cd at her. "I know, too, why you are calling hero ii];ht after night, appropriating my time to yourself j Was afraid whil» 85. There shall not fail thee a sacrifices are offered, as described . f aloes are now in existence. "Fell over wheelbarrow carrying steplatlder. "Sat down on chair where child- ren had been pulling taffy. "Got swindled by pedlar. "Got thumb pinched in gate. "Received summons to serve on special jury. "Forgot all about it. "Was fined £60. "Income-tax man called. "While eating supper sqvi.iri yard of ceiling fell on dining-tr.l'lf "Went to bed to escape fuiiiif disaster. Had nia,htraare, Th< ncM I was falling from top of Kifff' Tower. Fell out of bed and lirok* arm. Looked at clock, and "^sw i* lacked fifteen minutes of midnig-'''- Lay sti.i till clock struck twelve- I moved before Tik-S' and keeping other nice young men \ day ushered in would have brokea away. You want me to marry you, 1 neck. d«n;t y"V''', , .u "^'^''- »n<^«?ed," conqlu*<M''« "I-I dol gasped the young' man, "Monday is my unl«* f'' ' man. '1 thought so. Very well ; I will. land I approach it akin to terror." with .1 f'*""^ WWIijiiâ€" I