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N O T THE SAM E
ABRAHAM AND THE STRANGERS
L ESSO N T E X T — O c n e sl» l l : l - t » .
G O L D E N T E X T — A ll n a tio n « o f th«
ra rth « h a ll be b le sa ed in d e e d .— tie u .
IS IS .
PR IM A R Y T O PIC — A b ra h a m 1« K in d
to S t r a n g e r s
JU N IO R T O PIC — A b r a h a m W e lc o m e s
T hree S tr a n g e r s .
IN T E R M E D IA T E A N D S E N IO R T O P ­
IC— A b rah am '« H o s p ita lity .
YOUNG P E O P L E A N D A D U L T T O P ­
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By PR O EH L HALLER JAKLON
HE gold fever has hrok-
scenes or the Klondike
gold strik e In the ’90s.
The lied Lake region of B ritish Co­
lumbia la th e goal of hundreds of
young and old prospectors, while In
our own country we find the K ram er
bills on the Mojave desert In Cali­
fornia th e objective of o th er hordes
of ad v en tu rers stirred to action by the
lure of gold.
L om e Howie last sum m er struck
gold In a wide lund of q u arts at lied
Lake. Now with more than 1,500
claim s already staked, they're calling
It C anada's "g reatest” strike. Ilow le
and his com panions reported how they
had discovered a vein of gold nearly
1.000 feet long, running from 10 to 50
feet In w idth. Subsequently the vein
w as observed to run for a distance
of more than 25 miles.
lied Lake Is about 150 miles from
the nearest rullroad, h u t us distance
Is nothing when gold is a t stake, th is
d istrict soon found Itself possessed of
a thriving, hustling population of gold
seekers lured front all points of the
«ornpass In th e hope of digging a for­
tune from the earth . D espite w eather
of 20 to 30 degrees below zero, these
prospectors pushed through the 150
miles of snow and discom fort to the
land of prom ised gold. U nheard of
prices w ere paid fo r dogs to m ake the
desolate trip, and one en terp risin g av­
iator, Ja c k V. E lliott, h as established
an a ir route betw een Hudson, Out.,
and th e gold fields. Hudson Is on the
northern tran sco n tin en tal line of the
< 'anadlan N ational railw ays, about 240
m iles e a st of W innipeg and 12 miles
to the w est of Sioux Lookout. It Is
the nearest railw ay point to th e Bed
l ake d istrict, and a short tim e ago
w as nothing m ore than u nam e on the
map.
W hat kind of a place Is Bed Lake?
Is It full of dance halls, saloons,
gambling Joints and o th er wild and
woolly in stitu tio n s w hich spring up
like m agic In such settlem ents? It's
hard to get Inform ation eith er Into or
out of this d istrict. O f course, th ere
are no telegraph lines, and all dls-
patches have to be sen t by dog team .
From E. P aul Beading, who mushed
across the b arren area Into Bed Lake,
comes the following Inform ation as It
appeared In the W ashington S ta r:
"Tucked snugly In one corner o f a
b a y . n ear the o u tlet of this strag g lin g
sheet of frozen w ater Is a clu ster of
tents. T hey a re pitched on hastily
constructed log cribs and roughly
floored w ith hewn spruce. Through
the roof of each a section of ru sty
stovepipe th ru s ts Itself at a rakish
angle, helcldng upw ard In the frosty
atm osphere. “O ne of the ten ts bears
above Its flaps the end of a packing
' a*e bearing hi stagg erin g black le t­
ters the p ortentous legend, 'Mining
R ecorder's Office.’ Another, though
It d o e s not yet boast a sign. Is a pro-
'tn c la l police p o st: a th ird Is th e of­
fice. and a fourth the cook tent, this
last perhaps th e m ost Im portant of all,
Astute Johnnie
Johnnie had Intently wntehed the
moving of th e fam ily th a t hail come
to occupy the house next door hut
hl’ chief Interest lay In the child who
seemed to be his own age. All at-
lem pta to m ake friend s with th e chiid
were unavailing, howevpr, so It was
"1th a g reat deal of enthusiasm be
announced.
"1 know what the little boy next
(loot name la. It'» Original."
for hunger gnaw s unceasingly In the
cold.
"To th e little poplnr trees th a t stud
the shore u legion of dogs are chained
—huskies, collie curs, nondescript
m ongrels of In tricate ancestry, fish
eaters—th e uncivilized and unrequited
slaves of a harsh regime. They fill
th e n lr with doleful sound, th e collies
yelping shrilly, the huskies, unable to
bark, rousing the echoes w ith th at
w alling ululatlon th n t resem bles the
i cry of neith er dog nor wolf, but Is
the song of the wolf-dog alone.
"M ining history Is being w ritten,
and these are th e ch aracters th a t
record it, for the Howie claim s, now
th e property of the Howie Gold Syn­
dicate, a re th e focus of th e g reatest
gold rush C anada has seen In a score
of years, am i this desolated commu­
nity assu res Itself th a t It Is to form
the nucleus of a g reat cam p.”
W hat are th e chances of striking It
rich? Is th e field already too crowd­
ed? Mr. B eading Is en thusiastic
nhout th e possibilities, b u t It might
be well to w ait for positive results
before you tak e th e follow ing too se­
riously :
“T his will be a stam pede probably
unequaled since th e Klondike. It will
not assum e Its full projtortlons until
the spring break-up clears the way
for fu rth er prospecting. Assnys on
the properties now being tested have
shown ex trao rd in ary values and su r­
prising consistency.
On th e main
vein, which strik es roughly n ortheast
and southw est, you can pick up sam ­
ples bearing free gold, little ¿litterin g
specks thnt perm eate the quartz, right
across on a width of 20, 40, and even
00 feet.
“G reat lakes and rivers make sum­
m er travel easy and rapid. Eor ten
miles to the east, and nearly as fa r
J west, th e country is staked solid, and
th e peculiar thing Is th a t practically
all of the claim s have yet to be pros­
pected.
“If the anticipations of the mining
men here are fulfilled, th ere will be
[ fresh discoveries elsew here In spring
and fresh belts to be stakisl. In a zone
of possible gold-bearing rock nearly
ten miles wide and th irty long. At
present Interest centers In E ast bay.
, the n o rth east arm of the lake, which
Is 1C mile« aw ay but In line with the
strik e of L om e Howie's lead.
"So fa r th e sour dough has had his
Innings. A census of Bed Lake's float­
ing population this w inter would have
rend like a map of the original P or­
cupine staking, with the nam e of Alex
Gillies, who discovered the Hollinger,
at the head of the list. Gillies hns
been In charge of developm ent work
on the Ilowle claims. He is quite un
assum ing and cautious In his state
m eats, but does not conceal his faith
in this new camp.
“John Hammcll, chairm an of the
Howie Bed Lake Syndicate, nlso sees
a big future. He is not lacking In ex­
perience, for he has the development
of four or five successful mines to Ids
credit, and be declares o utright th at
the surface showings nt Bed Lake are
the most encouraging he hns ever
seen.”
T urning to o u r own country, we
find the desert w astes of th e Mojave,
about 12d miles from Bakersfield,
Cal., filled with prospectors for the
gold discovered In the K ram er hills.
H ere the going Is easier, and m iners
nre nrrlvlng In every kind of convey­
ance from flivvers to nlr taxis, which
leave on reg u lar schedule from Los
Angeles, Sun Francisco, and other
coast cities.
Buck o f this scram ble Mes a real
romance. N early th irty years ago
one Austin Burcham , a miner, drilled
pow der holes 35 feet Into th e ground
n ear the site of th e presen t diggings.
Then along came new s of a new gold
strike, and B urcham deserted his
stak e before setting off the dynamite
he hail ready fo r the last step In his
long labors. B ecently Edward Iler-
kelrnth found B urcham ’s uncompleted
work and set off th e blast. When the
smoke cleared aw ay he found gold ore
la te r estim ated to be w orth $1,000 a
ton.
Then the rush of the ’20ers began.
T he extent of the golden spread down
through the gulches and over the low
brown desert hills Is yet undeter­
mined, but enough real gold has been
found to a ttra c t throngs of treasu re
seekers to the field. The town of
K ram er, a short tim e ago nothing hut
a railw ay siding along the Santa Fc
tracks, became overnight a gold-mad
town.
Old-time
prospectors
and
“greenhorns“ have staked out thplr
claim s and are w orking furiously day
and night.
Everyone who has staked a claim
constantly Is on th e lookout for claim-
jum pers and high graders, ltevolvers
and rifles put In th eir appearance soon
a fter the hordes arrived, and old-tim­
ers In the mining game shook their
heads dubiously ns the Jumble of be
cation notices piled up In the record
e r’s office.
Gne tra c t of land adjoining the orlg«
Inal discovery sh aft of Edward Her-
k elrath and his cousin John, original
discoverers, nealy 4<«l ucres In extent,
which hns been thoroughly staked
from end to end. was found to he
owned by Mrs. H. S. Kelly of Sari
B ernardino. The land was purchased
from the sta te m any y ears Hgo.
Tt was with no success s t all fh st reached on stilts, th ere will still re­
his m other tried t s dissuade him from main w onderful things to do. The
th is notion or Interpret It until she greatest things of all to explore—and
heard her neighbor next door calling: develop—are hum an naturea snd hu­
man soula. And maybe we shall have
“Oh, Reginald.”
more tim e for these greater adventures
when we have exhausted all the
L ife’» E n d le n A dven tu re»
Exploration will never come to an lesser I
end, and one need not fear th at ad-
Mind» and Education
) venturers will shortly find life very
To provide equal educational facili­
1 dull. Even when Everest has been
j conquered, th e source of the Amazon ties for unequal minds Is like provid
has been tapped. El Dorado unearthed, tng equal buttonholes for unequal but
i the moon visited, and the North pole 1 tons.—Lord Bobert Cecil,
I. Tho Lord Appeared to Abraham
(vv. 1 8 ).
While Abraham sat In Ids tent dour,
he lifted up Ills eyes und Io, three
men stood by him. His reception of
these three men Is a beautiful picture
of oriental hospitality. These beings,
w hile called men are also called angels
(see 19:1). When the men arose to de­
part, Abraham according to custom,
accompanied his guests some distance
on the way. One of the men was the
angel of Jehovah, or Jehovah mani­
fest In human form. The Jehovah
angel remained behind to commune
with Abraham. T his Is clear from the
fact that three started out—one talked
with Abraham and only two entered
Sodom (see 18:22 and 19:1).
II. God's Promise to Abraham Re­
affirmed (vv. 9-15).
The I^»rd communed with him about
his personal Interests, showing how
Sarah should have a son In her old
age, according to the covenant prom­
ise. This conversation being over­
heard by Surah from her place In the
tent only provoked laughter on her
part. Although she thus expressed
unbelief, It fleubtlesa was a great com­
fort to Abraham who bad been aw ait­
ing the fulfillment of the promise for
years. “Is anything too bard for the
Lord?” la a striking rebuke to S arah's
unbelief, and shows th at the Lord
la able to discern even our Inmost
thoughts.
III. The Doom of Sodom and Go­
morrah Revealed to Abraham (vv. 10-
21).
The Lord now communed with Abrn-
bnin about Sodom and Gomorrah.
) Though Abraham bad no personal In­
terest In Sodom, the Lord revealed
1 unto him His secret purpose concern­
ing It. He did not bunt up Lot to
m ake known unto him Ids purpose
concerning Sodom. He never goes to
the persons who are entangled with
the things of the world. The only way
to know G ods thought touching the
age In which we live Is to remain
sep arate from It. “The secret of the
Lord Is with them thnt fear Hint.”
(Ps. 25:15). The reason for this dis­
closure may be stated as follows:
1. Because be was bis friend (Jas.
5:23; John 15:15). Friends confide In
each other. The m uster reveals his
purposes to bis friends, not to Ids
servants.
2. Because he was to be the head
of a great nation (v. 18).
As such he was to be the medium
of blessings to them The Interests of
hum anity were at stake In the destruc­
tion of Sodom. It was good that Abra­
ham should know that he might ba
able to instruct coming generations.
8. Because of the responsibility of
Instructing his own family aright (v.
19). God Is alw ays careful thnt His
Judgm ents have a rational explana­
tion, serving to deter others from the
sam e sin. The Lord declared that His
purpose was to go down atxi see
w hether the Sodomites had done ac­
cording to the cry which had come up
from It (v. 21).
IV. Abraham's Intercaaalon for Sod­
om and Gomorrah (vv. 22-23).
The two men departed for Sodom,
leaving Abraham alone In the presence
of the Lord. He stood there as an In­
tercessor. In this unselfish act A bra­
ham represents our High P riest (Heb.
7:23-28; Bom. 8:34; I John 2:1). Jesus
|a»ssesses the divine right to stand be­
fore the F ather. Abraham made his
plea on the ground of Justice to the
righteous who might be In the city.
Because of the infinite sacrifice which
C hrist made by His blood for our sins.
He can plead our cause before God on
the ground of strict Justice. He ven­
tured his plea six times, each time
diminishing the number. We should
learn from this th a t petitions granted
give encouragem ent to ask for others.
A braham 's power as an Intercessor was
limited. He was afraid of overdraw ­
ing his account with the Lord. This
Is not the case with our High Priest.
Ills credit nntl Influence with the
F a th e r are Infinite. He is able to save
unto the utterm ost those who come
unto God by Him, seeing He ever
llveth to make Intercession tor them
(Heb. 7:25L_______________
The Road of Life
It Is not designed th at the road
should be made too smooth for us
here upon e arth .—Ja n e Porter.
The Stain of Sin
Besides the guilt of aln and the
power of sin there is the Ntaln of sin.
-—N athaniel Culverwell.
To Be Converted
A m sn to he converted hsa to give
np his will, his ways and bla thought*
—I). L Moody.
The rookie hud been at the naval
training station two weeks und had
spent most of th a t tim e In digging
ditches, chopping trees, leveling htl-
locks and filling depressions. Finally
he sought his Im m ediate superior.
“You see, sir,” he complained, “when
I Joined the navy they said I'd see the
world, and here for two weeks I've
done nothing but rearran g e It.”—Amer­
ican Legion Weekly.
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proved snfe by millions and prescribed
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Colds
Neuritis
Toot lincha
Neuralgia
Headache
Lumbago
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RLACKHEADS
cannot be hidden. Get rid of then!
now by regular treatment® with
“On w hut grounds did she get her
divorce?”
“Chicago, I believe.’’
A P lea for Inform ation
Resinol
P A R K E R ’S
H A IR B A L S A M
Oh c h e m la t, p le a s e I n v e s t ig a t e
A nd d rop m e Just a lin e
I'd lik e to k n o w w h a t c a r b o n a te ?
A n d w h e r e did Io d in e?
N ot So K een
BamovtMDandruff Stop« llalr Falline
Heat or»« Color and
B eauty Io C r a y and Faded H a ir
Äix* and » I no at Druvrlxta
lh»g>« ih r m Wki .T»aJ.»«u«.N T
H IN D E R C O R N S
EetnoTM Corns. Cal«
loiDten, e tc , s to p s a l l pain, on aum s c o m fo r t t o th e
F or m onths young Sim pkins had fe
e t makcH w alking ea»y. 16o hr m all or a t Drug-
been calling on the town belle, hut glais. I lla o o s C haiuloal W orks, P atch ogu e, N. ¥.
with no m arked success.
STOP TH AT COUGH
“I suppose,” he at last suggested
desperately, “th a t If we lived In the with Boschee’s Syrup— the old reliable
family rem edy th a t hns been In use
Stone age I’d hit you over the head
with u club und drug you off and 1 for 00 years. Loosens and brings up
the phlegm nnd eases the dryness and
m arry you.”
“You'd have to,” she responded Irritation. At all druggists. 30c und
sweetly, “In order to m arry me.”— 90c. If you cannot get It, w rite to
American Legion Weekly.
G. G. GREEN, INC., Woodbury, N. J.
S t MAN
Turn A b o u t
"B ut we were only 15 m inutes get­
ting here 1” expostulated the passenger.
"I don’t give n hang about thnt,”
snarled the taxi driver. "T he meter
says we’ve come 20 miles. Now you
fork over I”
"All right,” assented the passenger, ’
paying. "Now get ready to come with [
me for driving 80 miles an hour.
I'm a speed cop.”—A m erican Legion
Weekly.
The M a rtyr
“Yes," said the bankrupt, “I lost I
my fortune reai'hlng for un Ideal.” !
“How noble! And w hat wns the
Ideal?”
"A bigger fortune than I had."
Goe» W ith th e Job
I . KAHN NK K II IIIK R C T
I H IO I
G u a r a n te e d a b s o lu t e ly fr e e f r o m
g r a s s Heeds.
L a s s t h n n 10 p o u n d s ,
16c p e r p o u n d ; 10 t o 80 p o u n d « , 1 2o p er
p o u n d ; 81 t o »9 p o u n d s . lOo p e r p o u n d j 100
to 400 p o u n d s . 9c per p o u n d . C h a r g e s p r e ­
p a id
J o h n H llb e r s s c k . Il 2. O r la n d , C a lif.
5 o r o h w n s e o r n .
I 'r r lle ld S u m m e r M uni«.
P e d a g o g y , High®
H in g in g , M u h k -lan alilp . T e a c h e r s W td . U ffa
K ills p o r fle ld , 121 M a d iso n A v e .. N. T C ity .
I o n ’ t N e g u
inflam ed eyelid® or oth er
e y e ir r ita tio n s. Y ou w ill
find a so o th in g and aaf®
rem ed y In M IT C H E LL
EY E SA L V E .
HALL A RUCKIL
N e w Y o r k C ity
it all
d iu g g ltitg .
CARBUNCLES
Carboil draws out the core
and 8lvrs quick re lie f
CARBO IL
Clerk—T h at fellow gets a cold j
At eeuH
All L
D
iutU
stt —
back Oust
OoN
1*^.««^
to Money
h»l«vui
tinn ante®
shoulder every time he conies In here.
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Grocer—Who does?
V ancouver’» Progre»»
C lerk—The Ice m an.—Progressive
In 1914 only five deep-sea steam ­
Grocer.
ship lines were operating out of Van­
couver, while today 54 operate front
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Ye», W h a t?
“My brother w as a finished saxo­
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“Who finished him?”
The W ise O rator
H e d id n o t s e e k fo r « lo r y
W ith I n te lle c tu a l s h o w .
H e to ld a fu n n y s to r y
A c r o s s th e ra d io .
D on’t T ry It
Art—What's all the noise down
there?
D art—Fella turned a corner I
“ Well?”
“T h ere w asn't any corner."—Penn
Punch Bowl.
M utual
B eggar—T ake pity on a pore nilz-
zahle w retch, m ister. I have a wife
and seven children.
"My poor fellow, accept my con- I
doleucea. So have I.”
Som etim e» T h ey A d d T w o
“A proverb Buys, 'Add naught to
the truth.’ ”
“ I sus|iecf th a t Is what those movie
sta rs do when they are telling w hat
salaries
they
get -»500
becomes
$5,000.”—Boston T ranscript.
The P rescription
D aughter—W hat did the specialist
ssy about auntie's frightful a ttack of
kleptom ania?
Mother— He said she must take
things more quietly In the future.
Clerk—T his lin t of powder m atches
your face perfectly, madam.
L ady—Then I don't w ant It. W hat'»
the use of pow der If It's the saute
color as my fare?
New health
in Tanlac
• 7 t a f f t r td a f t "
a a tla g . (r«s$Z «$
Vt/A to rp id Harr,
n a itip a tio n , had tin
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30
Poaadt. A ftar lo t-
tag Taaloc Z mu,/«
lot) p a r t a e l Zm>
p n v ta rr n l and four
kottlri rid m t af my
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Owes, to Clarradna
A r t.. C tlo m h u . (A
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whut over one hundred thousand
gratefu l users have said about
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AZ. N. U., San Francisco, No. 1S--I92«.