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Chicago, Sunday, Dec. 25, 1S01. •
Tesi; **So teach ua to number pur days
that may apply our hearts unto wls-
energies
wisely directed, our ideals the noblest,
but, notwithstanding all this, we realize
at last that buxiian conceptions and
fexpectatlons bare failed, our plana
have miscarried, and the time spent
has been practically thrown away.
But if we had looked to a higher wisdom
than pur owa. if we had
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La vain to sorrow!
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tract wondrous wisdom; while others
let it lie uncovered, and then-die fools.
Time ia life's tree, from which some
gather precious fruit, while others lie
down under its shadow, and perish
with hunger. Time Is life's Ladder,
whereby some raise theimselvea up to
honor and renown and glory; and some
let themselves down into the deeps of
shame, degradation and ignominy.
Time will be to us what, by our use of
the treasure, we make it—a good or an
evil, a blessing or a curse.** With time
so laden with possibilities for good and
evit, for this life and the life to come,
well may we pause at this season of
the year, and Make Moses'prayer out
frayer: "So teach/us to number our
days that we may apply our hearts unto
V'iadorn." So iuwresa us with the value
of time that wisdom shall become bur
ttacber, and we shall no longer waste
or misuse tint whicb is so precious.
1 I always Uxs te see a man wb«'« hapoy
with his lot,
NiJn' not a-feelin' Jealous at what other
folks has got;
Who lakes whatever comes along wl£fi not
a fault to &ad,
And who 1* stwavs ceri-yin' a well-contented
mind,
1 Itke to git &rcjija!r.tcd an' touch elbows
with the in-si
Who, If t
Years, stern, inexorable, may so
iltuif 'iViijs lii "T^Jn;
The days we marred and uioum shall smlla
if from their perished pain
Distills a perfume; shines a fleam, to make
the future way
The brighter and tho easier because of
yeaterdaj'.y
A NOT HER thought which we would
l\. emphasize in connection with this
Matter of the use of time is the importance
of gathering the odd momenta
as they par J. In large" endea/-
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ly working out the will and purpose
of God. We uay be using the time In
the wisest and best way possible, and
yet, while our eyes are on t.K": ":.'t-ger
interests, we may be letting the fragmentary
moments slip unused away,
He Who told His disciples to gather
up the fragments after the 5,000 had
been fed, so values the precious moments
that He would have us gath*
er up the fragments that lie about unused.
In the paUce of industry of
one of the world's great exposiUons
vers several curious specimens of
art. wrought by oumbie indtriduais
oat of each ffagme' a of ttrae as they
could secsre from their regular occn-
G
p&^onsv Boyle remarks "toat sanev
OD alone, Who sees tfce end from g^Ttias are eaailjr sca&eied about; Vat
the begfnnifcg, Who knows oat skiSfnl arthlcers gatlier, melt
j^kiwa sftOKgamid oOTUpr^^gevWiwew tranmut^th^m to-^aatv of
"searefcsag eye_ jjsnetrates the^ hvtvtmM
heart deeper J^A* saan's eye can, ever-; &&®m, Kvtat sar y^ga^t Chrkt^taa:
go, is abteTa laaaisi^isdomiand^^^
to .aid m*i> in th» f^gn^^Ttr^>MB£ ~as*^ *ispjsy^^— them. 1¾^-"¾¾¾*^¾¾¾^¾^¾¾
of time. Aa we begin the day, God acts of facta, and i uwisvi Kl*fu at
knows how many hours are to pass truth; by which they become tooklaei-
into our hands, and He alone can glasses for their souls, and tdesenpes
teach as how to use those hoars to yeveaUng their promised Heaven.**
the best good of man, and to the hon­ Jewelers save the very sweepings of
oring of God. A day thoughtfully, their shops, becaaae they contain par-'
prayerfully begun la more than half- tleles of precious metal. "Should
conqe^red. A day feverishly and has­ Christians, whose every moment was
tily pluxged Into u filled with the pit­ purchased for them by -he Wood of
falls of failure «nd dlsapnointmeat Christ, be less careful of time? Sorely
into which are dumped many a pre­ its very minutiae," exclaims CoJay,
cious moment and franr. If the Spirit "aboald be more treasured than grataa
of Cod so ruled in the life as to ssak* «C gold or dust of a^amoada.''
It sensitive to the Divine will, aad the
moments were* used as He would have A COLORADO REGIMENT.
them, lite wo*M take on new meaning;
business, social aad domestic aCalrs
would be dignified with higher Ideals
and bolter methods, aad the boars aC
recreation, the play tines which ia eaten
tiai to healthy, vigorou* Itfe, would
be wholesome and enapbllsg* The
prayer of our text la Justified by the
innumerable promises of God that Ha
v. ill give wisdom, that He will guide
HOW often one heirs the words tad direct Jama* sums it aM ap by
spoken with regretful sigh: "If raying: "If any or you lack wisdom,
I had' iaoro time, I would do so and let bim ask of God. that giveth to All
to," referring to some neglected duty, men liberally, and upbraldeth not; and
some unimproved opportunity, some it shall be given" him." It is the priv­
kindly word or service left undone. ilege of God's children to draw oa the
And the soul would unconsciously seek banking house of God for unlimited
refuge in the thought that the fault supplies of wisdom. No check proper­
lay not within the individual, but was ly drawn and presented is ever dis­
charg^abJe to time itself. But we honored. Man may have all the help
have all the time there le. We have he needs In wisely and faithfully us­
all the time whicb, God intended we ing the time as it patses. And in the
should have. He has placed 24 purpose and will of God each moment
lours in each day, for which we may become studded With priceless
are accountable to Hiin, and sure­ ferns of endtirlns brilliancy and beauly
this Is respousibiliry enough, withty. Using the time as God would
out wishing that the day were have!us is building for eternity.
lunger, that we had more time. Idle
Is the wish for more time. Reckless
and unrighteous is the longing for
the hours to ifess swiftly and bring
another day. It is not a case of the
changing of time, a retarding or a hastening
of its passage. It is a matter
ol the use to which time Is put. >3od
dees not come to you and to me and
ask us how many hours we had in
the .day, but Uow did we use those
hours. And He from Whose hands
the hours have come with such faithful
regularity is the One to Whom
we must render our accounting. I
do not think it is possible for man
in and of himself to decide how best
be can use the Urns which is given
him. He needs Divine gu.tuip.ee :n the
i'se of that which God treasures so
highly as to give it with frugal
hand, moment by moment. Fenelon
ha* said that God has done this tbat
He might impress man with the worth
ox time. "He never gives us two mounts
together, nor grants us a secend
till He has withdrawn the first,
stilt keeping tbe third in His own
hands, so that we are in perfect uncertainty
whether we shall have it or
not." —
UQO TEACH us." We need io enter
O God's school and learn cf Him
just how to use time. We ne^d to
Know the Divine values and to understand
the highest uses tc which
**me may be put. With what • unworthy
aims and motives man fills the
moments as tbey pass. With what
greedy hand he rea.cbe.s out and gathers
from the fleeting days the treasures
of tbi? life which perish with the
losing. With what thoughtless endeavor
aud aimless purpose he tills (
ihe hOu^s as they nass. But rasn, even I
r a wine supper that diminished Mr. Dobbins
roll to some extent; then th*y took
in the local theaters, then a gambling
house or two, then with a few other
kindred spirits, sat about a tab's at tbe
hotel, and Just drank, drank, drank. Mr.
Dobbins kept constantly at the side of
Mr, Debevoise, and kept up a flow of
conversation that was remarkable.
"Hlgginson," remarked Mr, Dobbins
.:ey tumble down, don't stay, but
hustle up as&ln.
to himself, "may know bow to make
An' buckle ir; the harder, all tbe keener money, but I certainly know how to
for the faJL
spend it, all right, all right"
Kot worr>m' about what people say or Mr. Debevoise was not altogether at
think, at al>. ::ease.
Something seemed, from time to
There's lota o" chaps who'd like to win time, to trouble him. He was trying
grand *W.T>/»** wnne fine /?y, evidently sot to forget himself. But i
If 'twaii't fer what the crowd would think,
or whj,t the crowd Would say, Dobbins was constantly on hand with a |
A. little flins, a little aneer, at what they fresh ordtr 5*d a fresh saiiy, and a mer­
do, an' then
ry burst of laughter which attracted' Mr.
Away.they .go,'an' never have the heart to Debevolse's attention from whatever h#
try ajraia.
Boost tip yer serve and tackle In, deter- may bave bad in mitid. ~^
. mt^od you'll succeed,
Once he took out & note book, "I—!
For men »uh *rlt ian' men with sand are mustn't," he murmured to Dobbins, "I
ieet the men we neec*.
—I mustn't forget—business. Business
Don't let the "knockers" Jar you, but if
you should take a fall.
before pleasure, don't you know. 1—I
Keep tryin'—dun't mind what tbey say or mustn't forget."
what they thi«k, at aUI
_ "Pleasurr/^ returned Mr. Dobbins,
It's »y Idee tbat wc shouM try to carry neatly, "is my ousuieas. bol nave treas­
out the Plan
ure before pleasure and pleasure after
Of workln' without fretfln'-^oin* jest the pleasure; in fact I'm very busy at it ail
heat we ca*. *
the time."
Of course a feiier's bound to sit a-plenty
of hard knocks—
Whereupen Mr. Debevoise called for
You can't sail unknown channels without another round, and time went on—and
biunpic'on the rocks.
on—and oa.
But what's the use o' whinin' or of settln'
idly by?
The others left, but the two still re­
Tbe only thine a teller ousht to do l£ try mained? Debevoise kept constantly re­
ar.' try.
ferring to something that he had to do.
An* keep rlfrht on a-trytn' every thne he "I mnst not forget business," he said.
takes a fall.
AD' not be frettin' bout what people say But he did forget b»si!«*8. He forgot
or think at all.
everything It was afte? five o'clock In
^-Farm nr>4 Hante.
tbe morn ir»g that hfs head sank upon tat
table aad be fell asleep. Mr. Dobbins,
1 who had drunk apaatagly during the
evening, bat who. nevertheless, -was
JfflE STORY weary, called a hotel porter.
"I think I caa improve oa Hlggiasop-s
OF DEBEV0ISE plant",he whjspered to himseif. Then
he spoke aloud to the ports
WeVBtw a light tar Gountty
Wa* yoOoWed by • flgnt
for the Pay.
1
. ^'Porier,'*^
E ARE all familiar with the story
W of the lady, who, floating over
the sea in a boat, was suddenly waktned
to discover, that her magnificent
necklace of pearls had become, unfastened
by ao;at> accident uz>} txU k>ose
end hangiii^ down in the water was
dropping vie precious pearls one by
cue into the unrecoverable depths. So
vith us. vk/ C let the pearly moments
slip into the unredeemable past May
we awaken to a sense of our loss. The
lines of Susan Coolidge's "TL: as cash wr* beetled
to equip the regiment and place it oa
a war footing. Gov. Gilpin wsxi obliged
to issue orders on the treasurer of the
United States, which virtually amounted
to paper money. These orders were
taken by merchants acd supply dealers
who equipped ihe troops. After
awhile the m'ets were paid off in these
orders. 'X^'~--
A sensation was created some time
later, however, when it became, known
that the governor had issued the orders
without government authorization.
Uncle Sam repudiated them, and
the troops and .the business men of
Colorado found themselves in possession
of thousands of dollars' worth of
these orders, which Were not worth
the paper tbey were written on.
Gov.';'Gilpin's, intentions were right,
but there was no doubt that he had
.•exceeded, his authority. The soldiers
and other holders presented their
claims to congress, but after a long
contest they were declared to be illegal,
and were disallowed. Then' they
were filed with the court of claims for
adjustment, and after the war was
over they were allowed in full. Gov,
Gilpin became a national character as
a result of this caa*. while the First
And they front us with reproachful eyes
as tbey wena forth with tJhe year. Colorado cavalry was known from one
end of the nation to the other as the
"The lost days which except for ua so
blessevl uilgui have been.
regiment that had to fight for its coun­
Blighted by our 5>erveraJty, or shadowed try and fight for its pay.
by our sin.
The vextne days, the moody days, the days To Turn a Port Into a Park.
of stress and pain,
The shrill, perverse, unhappy days, we face Prof. J. C. Blair, of the state univer­
them all again,
sity at Urbana, 111., has arrived in
" 'Come back, dear days,' we cry; 'we will Metropolis, 111., to take charge of the
atone for all the wrong;
work of converting old Fort Massac into
Your emptiness stisull b* reads tvl) your a national park. With 20 teams and a
discords turned to song.'
large force of men, Prof. Blair has begun
Only thf. echo answer*; all vain the grieving
sore.
to execute the plans for the improve­
The piLSt is past, tfye dead is dead, the ments covered by the appropriations of
chance returns no more,
the last legislature and tbe Daughters
as the .swettest hopes are born ot of the Revolution.
sharjH'Si suffering',
And n-.Mr.iaht is the womb of day, and. wiri-
For IHer.
tor of the spring.
Sc, winning blowing from despair, lest c-:v- . Caller—Do you tlink this is going to
portunity
be a hard winter? 1
May £i>rv*.- to make the fruitful soil cf har- Miss Gay—Oh, yft, fearfully; my envi
a is ,\ i.-t lo bir.
Kagoment book is lompletily filled. I
"For each tiny heavy made by us, some
ilny rr.uy gather whigs,
know I shall-be neamy- e'ead by spring! —
[>«• hin: awa'y from P. B. Hathaway &
Co/ That's all."
They landed in Donaldson. And sur^
enough, as they sauntered down th«
eireet, there was Debevoise walking 02
the other side, grip ib. hand, hot and tir 6
and dusty.
They caught up with him, aud Mr
Dobbins wu duly introduced. "Now
remember," whispered Hlgglnson, into
the ear of Dobbins, "keep him away
from that big factory that; u see ther*
In the hollow, and keep him drunk all
day tomorrow."
Mr. Dobbins, past master In the art ol
soaking an evening go pleasantly anrf
fast, r>fc*rted In. And Mr. Debevoise, Sodtag
that Mr. Dobbins was mfcde up of the
real gtic, Joined him They began witt
;
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iMll'sillsilllCirJfts!
As set «*rth in TsU GOi.K>
nUZJC TKKATXSfc, Us be
VwfsTV Um er say a**, «sUUed
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: The rig was procured—a large,
old-fashioned affair; and they hoiKted
Mr. Debevoise inside, aud Dobbins took
a seat beside him, and they were off,
for a long! gentle, weary drive up the hlli
sice It was such a tedious drive that
Mr. Dobbins himself, was forced to close
his eyes; and side by side, the two men
siept. At East Monroe the driver woke
Dobbins, and. as DebavolEe still slept
they carried him gently into the village
tavern and put him carefully to bed.
Then the carriage turned aroutfd and
went back home. "Now," whispered
X lilletiiW be* ac e«uals^-Besioa Berate.
Dobbins to himself, as he sat beside Ci^
prostrate form of Debevoise In the little
room, "now I've got to keep awake, to
see that he keeps asleep." Twice did Debevoise
start up somewhat wildly, his A WONDERFUL WORK.
hand on his notebook, aad cry that he To ee*
must attend to business. But Dobbins ta^isMebsngroae IbeN
religiously plied him with tbe cup that fas*l.taw>
BtTwort
cheers and inebriates as well, and he stnoV tti
dropped oft* once snort. All that day TtSsVr. ^
lastrater of
Debevoise slept and all that £ay Dob­ raa^aad"Arcaiid
bins watched At dusk the landlord Jt.(« books) '
drawiag ° called Dobbins down to the telephone.
Higginscs was at the other end of the
wire. He had found out at Donaldson
that they had climbed ihe mount? taside.
"You can come down now," he sale
to Dobbins, "just as ECOU as you like.
Good-by." Then be rang off. Dobbins
went back to Debevoise with a broad
grin on his face.
"Hey, old man,'' he said, "wake up.
You've got some business to transact.
Don't forget that you've got to go down
to P. B. Hathaway's."
Debevoise stretched his arms above
his head and yawned.
"P. E. Hathaways," he asked. "For
what?"
Dobbins grinned. "To get an order
for that glue."
Debevoise snorted. Then he reached
In his inside pocket and Jrew forth'
paper. "Good Lord," he answered,
"there's their order, for the whole
blamed thing-. I had it in my pocket
yesterday afternoon, and had packed
my grip aud was go^nghome when you
chaps met me." He rose and slapped
his thigh. "By George,' he exclaimed.
"1 knew thare was something. For IJ
hours I've been trying to send back tc
the shop a good news telegram and
haven't done It yet."
Places '-Italians Above ISu^liah.
Reporting upon the "Little Italy" ot
one of London's most crowded uistrJcts,
the health officer of the district says that
the Italians are "generally superior" to
the English persons who are their neighbors.
They also take more care of tbeir
children, among whom the death rata i*
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