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_ fv X A Tale j ^ oj I Y"0; j|i Anglo-Indian I VjjM is! SecretSeroice \ 4, v 5 i ' CHAPTER XVII. 11 Continued. With a gesture which was almost a command, he bid her resume her seat, and then in a masterful tone he spoke. "Mademoiselle," he said, "I must ask you to leave England at once. You will return home, and immediately send in your resignation to the Society of Patriots on account of your approaching marriage with Monsieur Meyer, which will disqualify you as a member. Have I your promise that you will leave here? if not to-morrow, as soon os possible? I ask this of you, though it is in my power to command. And now I beg of you, for the sake of Ivan' Meyer, for the sake of all you love on earth, to give up forever your connection with any political society. Politics is not for women; It is a man's work?leave it to men. Every woman who has meddled with it has brought misery to herself and sorrow to those who loved her." The girl slowly raised her 'eyes to liis, and watched his earnest face as he spoke. There must have been something strange in her gaze, for the young fellow winced beneath it. It had never been his lot to look on genuine, hopeless misery before; but he instinctively recognized what he saw in those sad blue eyes. "I will go," 6aid Marie, softly. Then Winyard mechanically moved toward the door. With a silent inclination -of the Tiead he left them. Meyer alone returned the salutation, but did not stir from his position near to Marie Bakovitch. "You see," he whispered, "she is .going mad!" In all and through all Winyard Mistley was eminently practical. "Are you quite alone?" he asked. "Have you no friends in England? "Has she no maid, even, with her?" "Yes, she has a maid who is now sleeping in her room. She is young, but intelligent." "You must rouse her. Let her persuade mademoiselle to go to bed, and she must remain by her side tonight. In the morning, if mademoiselle is better., you must get her -away from here at once. If?if she is worse, send to me, and my mother Will come TO ner?a. wuwau w.m know best what is to be done. I can not understand?anything; but I am convinced that -mademoiselle is not going mad; it is only temporary. I think it must be what is called hysteria. Have you no friends in England?" "We "have but one? a Monsieur Jaxjobi, of London." "Monsieur Jacobi, of "London. Who is he?" asked Winyard. "I know bim very slightly; but he tas been kind to Marie. He is a musician, and?*and is connected with some society to which Marie belongs." Winyard shook his head. "'He Is no good, then," he said. "You must go to your Consul, that is all. If I do not hear from you by eleven tomnrrnw rnnrnirn? T -will Vnow that you have left Walso; but if you require assistance of any description, writ? to me or telegraph at once. Put my name in full?Winyard? W-i-n-y-a-r-d?in the address, so that 110 mistake can arise. Do not thank me, for I have done nothing yet. Good-night." And so they parted. ^ Ivan Meyer re-entered the cottage and closed the door. Marie was waiting lor him In the little parlor. She was sitting by the table, and her attitude was characterized by ~ peculiar stillness which had no feeling of repose about. He stood watching her for some moments with weary, yearning eyes and haggard face. "Marie," he said at length, In a voice that was no longer pleading as of old, "let us understand each other." "Yes, Ivan," she replied, softly. 'What do you not understand?" He came nearer, and, leaning one 4 hand upon the back of her chair, he bent over her. -win you noi ao wnat tne englishman asks?" "Yes," she replied, in a dull voice.' *.. "All?" he asked, with trembling lips. "Yes, Ivan, all. We will go to 'America, as you desire. Oh, I am so tired! My head is throbbing! I will go to bed now. Good-night, Ivan!" She rose and extended her hand to him. In a wondering manner he raised the delicate fingers to his lips ?very tenderly, very lovingly?and held the door open while she passed nut Then he dropped into a chair, and sat staring stupidly at the: parafflne lamp till the distant chime of two o'clock aroused him, and ^sent him mechanically to hiu room _ I CHAPTER XVIII.1' The Love Scene.' Monday evening had been fixed for the first rehearsal of the great dramatic entertainment; and, as the time came ' near, Lena discovered that she was growing just a little nervous. Charles Mistley, as stage-manager, had naturally spoken much of the play, giving, in his good-natured, manner, tentative nnininns. and asking advice of Lena anil *his brother upon sundry situations to be depicted. Of all had he fully treated, excepting this one most trying scene between herself and Winyard, and this he appeared content to leave to their discretion. Instinctively she knew, however,, I" ill. \ Bv - | j UNG \ He"r'y s PLEY1 ! * / Merriman. & \ f y ... I; 9T !&. I fftWifWRWffWWWsM i a that the part was within the scope j of her little-tried histrionic powers, i She felt that she could endow it ; with life and semblance; and, above \ all, she understood the character of E the girl she intended to represent. j Such stage intercouse as she had c with Charlie gave her no trouble. c He was, indeed, supposed to be her j lover; but of an old standing in love, c and therefore less -embarrassing; while the difficulties that lay in Win- \ yard's path, of a cross and under- t current stream of passion, flowing t into and discoloring with its villainy t t.he purer and colder river of mild i affection, required a tact and dra- i matic delicacy which Lena knew him j to possess. i The first rehearsal bid fair to real- 1 ize the misgivings of the elder ladies, s so intensely ridiculous was it after t the preliminary nervousness had s quite worn off. This was the result i of a deliberate plan on the part of c the stage-manager, whose experience x taught him that rehearsals beginning I with laughter usually finish up with n successful acting. Winyard and I Lena were not in the first scene, and 1 Charles Mistley's part was too unim- c portant to have effect on it; and r Mrs. Wright, who was prompting, ? had but little work to do. The sec- ^ ond scene began in the same manner, a "Win, this will never do," whispered Charlie. "It is more like a a board-school examination than anything else. We must wake them up somehow." Winyard obeyed his brother's instructions, and on receiving his cue, introduced two new elements into the performance?merriment and earnest acting, which, can be com- c bined with great facility. In the midst of all the laughter, the idea suddenly came to Winyard that it would be a worthy triumph to quell the merriment, supplementing it with the opposite emotion, which is so near at hand. ' In a whisper he said to Lena: t "Now we will show them what we e can do!" leaving her to understand t it as she could. r But soon she did understand, and t aided him beyond his expectations. F The difficult scene appeared to pass c away as if it were a portion of their p real and earnest lives?for life is as a real and earnest to the merriest of us A as it is to those who pull long faces x and suffer from dyspepsia. By the r sheer force of his dramatic power he t carried her away, and brought for- t ward the talent of expressing pathos t which he had detected when she had s sung unwittingly to him. For the moment she was no longer happy t Lena Wright?for assuredly nothing v could whisper ot sorrow in ner young a life?but the heart-broken girl, part- t ing from her lover forever; and he, t Winyard Mistley, acted the part as o if he knew too well the pain and h anguish he depicted so cleverly. First the laughter died away, then 1' vanished the last smile, as these two s searched deeper and deeper into h every human heart for the emotions a which cannot fail to be hidden some- fl where there. It was almost an in- S spiration, and quite a passing stroke p of genius. No word of forethought h had passed between them, and yet no I mistake could be detected?the art, b if art there were, was so well hidden, so craftily covered, that none could determine where it lay< The spectators were hushed into silent wonder. With the majority of them, however, it was merely a piece ? of clever acting ? an exhibition of dramatic talent such as lies in the J power of most of us, though the demand for it may never come. But ' to two of them it was something 0 more. The prompter drew in a long t deep breath, and glanced nervously ^ toward the stage-manager. Of course ^ it was acting?mere acting?but Mrs. ^ Wright did not like it. Such acting, c such rehearsals were dangerous, and t why had that gray, drawn lo?k come 1 over Charles Mistley's calm face? ? When it was over there was a mo- ^ mentary silence, as if each person 1 present were waiting for some one c else to speak. Winyard dusted some 1 imaginary specks of carpet from his c knees, as if family prayers had just ^ been offered up, and proceeded to c move the furniture and rearrange f the improvised stage. This he did 1 quietly and mechanically, which r served very well to ease the breaking I of that silence, and tc allow Lena 3' *: * ~ +rv rnnrlfn rln V i UUIC LU vuaic i/uvn. vv i. speech and thought. T "Well done?" said the colonel E softly; and Charlie suddenly clapped r his Btrong hartds together, and spoke 1 a little rapidly. "Splendid!" he said. "Splendid! Everybody is all that a manager could desire. We will bring down j the house with applause, I am cer- j tain. I am very much obliged to f every one for the intelligence and a diligence with which they have I studied their respective parts!" c When at length the two brothers s were left alone to smoke a last pipe f before* going to bed, they sat for 1 some time without speaking. They 1 had never been so much together, f thppp two and nerhans it was owing s to this that they were somewhat dif- I ferent from other brothers in their mutual love. Mutual respect had an important place in the love they bore i toward each other, and, as a rule, i brotherly affection is without it. r Charlie knew that his younger I brother was cleverer, quicker and in ( every way more brilliant than him- s self, and he was content that it should be so. Indeed, he was proud of it?proud to be the brother r of Winyard Mistley. Ard Winyard, t tho observant, was fully aware that t v r ?. i r t I his big, grave brother of his was a J letter man than himself. On this particular evening Winard felt a strange increase of affecion toward his brother. Never beore had they possessed so many inerests in common; never had the hought come so prominently before lis mind that too little had been aid between them, .too much left to he imagination. Charlie sat by the open window of he little study in a low basket-work ihair, and smoked with that goodlatured placidity and sense of strong epose which suited so well his fair ace and splendid stature. Winyard, ieated near the screened fire-place, imoked more rapidly, as if to keep >ace with his quicker thoughts, conmming more tobacco, enjoying it perisps less. The calm peacefulness of lis brother's demeanor quelled the vords that were within his heart, )id him to be as self-contained and self-suppressing, drove back the restess eagerness of his soul, and spoke >f a quiet attendance on the course >f events which was beyond his com>rehension, and had no place in his :haracter. If Winyard could only have seen >eneath that calm and indifferent exerior, he might have put into word? he unusual thrill of brotherly love hat warmed his heart. But Englishnen are not made so, and the monent passed, never to return; the op>ortunity came no more, and Silence lUThbered another victim to her ruthess bow and spear. It is only on the itage that men have time and opporunity to make that little farewell ipeech which is to put a graceful finsh to our comedy, clearing up the toubtful passages, explaining away nisunderstandings, and mingling a irayer for charitable remembrance vith the rumble of the curtain roller, t almost seemed as if Winyard Mistey knew that this was a last chance if breaking down that invisible barter which stood between his brothir's heatt and his own, a barrier vhich was naught else but shyness ,nd a habit of reserve on either side. . It almost seemed as if his imaginition could span the 400 miles of sient, night-ridden land that lay beween him and two gray-haired, jrave - faced men, who were at that noment speaking of him within a ittle curtained room beneath West , inster's great tower. It seemed af f he could read the message adIressed to him, and containing the nandate of an almost certain doom hat lay l3rteath the anxious statesnan's hand. CHAPTER XIX. On Duty. The following morning at the ireakfast table, a telegram was handid to Winyard, with the intimation hat the messenge'r was awaiting the eply. The young man broke open he envelope and read the flimsy pink taper. It took him scarcely a couple >f seconds to glance over it, and he >roceeded Immediately to fill in the iddress in tne repiy iorm mcioBeu. l11 at the table noticed that there was to hesitation, no indecision in his novements, and they remembered hat incident later. Then he added he single word "Yes," and handed he reply over his shoulder to the ervant. "May I trouble you for the jam?" le said, with an impudent smile toward Mrs. Wright; and it was only iter he had helped himself largely o th^t condiment that he tossed the elegram to his brother at the head if the table. Life had, it seemed, for lim no earnest side at all. The bite of toast which Mrs. Mistey had just placed between hei trong, short teeth tasted as no toast iad ever tasted to her before. It was , peculiar mixture of absolutely no lavor and a nauseating bitternesa ;he knew that this telegram was imortant, and meant the end of these lappy days; ail ner nve senses wert ost in one great throb of sad foreoding. (To be continued.) A Dissatisfied Subscriber. ' "I hereby offer my resignashum .s a subscriber to yure papier, it leing a pamphlet of such smal] monsewuenc as not to beefit my amily by takin' it. What you need n youre "sheet is brains, and some me to russell up news and rite ediorials on live tiopics. No menshun ;as been made in youre shete of me lUtchern' a polen china pig weighin' 69 pounds or the gapes in the hickens round herfe. You ignore hat I bot a bran' new bob sled, and hat I traded my blind mule, and ay nothin' about it. Hi Simpkin's ersey calf breakin* his two frunt egs fallin' in a well, two important uivcicua nave uccu uuciij mtjui cu >y yure shete & a 3 column >bitchuary notis rit by me on the [eath of grandpa Henery was left >ut of yure shete to say nothin' of he alfabetical poem beginning "A s for And and also for A.'k" rit by ae darter. This is the reason yure apier is so unpopular in town. If ou kant rite eddytorials & ain't gong to put no news in yure shete ve don't want sade shete. If you >rint the obitchury in yure next I nay sine again for yure shete."? ladson Republican. Avalnuche's Secret. An Alpine avalanche has just 'ielded up one of its secrets. Last (anuary an enormous mass of snow ell from the mountains above Halle ind a theological student named Jecken perished in it. He was aught while making an ascent on iki. All efforts to recover the body Mled at the time, but with the meltng of the snow in the valley it has at ast been laid bare. It has been perectly preserved * - refrigeration, but hows marks of terrible pressure.? -ondon Globe. King Edward, like his mother. a nlwnve Tmnftunl tn tho co/?r?nrl n his public engagements. If the irogram is that he shall be at the lorse Guards at 1.48 and Victoria Jate at 1.53, he is there, for all to ;ee, on time. Chinchillas have been so much In equest for furs in the last few years hat the species is in danger of eiinction in Chile and Bolivia. . Salting the Horse. 'All horses need salt and often suffer for the want of It. A lump of mineral salt or a salt brick may be put in one corner of the stall where the horse can take it when he likes; but do not put the salt where it will mix with the grain, for in that case the horse will get more salt than he wants. This method of having salt always before him will prevent him from eating too much at one time. The next best plan is to give the horse all the salt he wants once a week, say Saturday night or Sunday morning. Have some regular time for this, or else you may forget it. ^ White Holland Turkeys. The Fattening of Hogs. The cheapest method of fattening hogs is to feed a variety of food. On the majority of farms the hogs are pushed forward after the fall is nearly over, hut they are not always penned in a condition in which to facilitate the fattening operation. One method of using corn is to "finish oft" with it, thereby hardening the fat. To really fatten a hog it should be fed in such a manner previous to being penned as to force growth. First build up the frame for the reception of-the meat that may be laid upon It, feeding such foods as should not only forward growth, but also keep the animal in a condition that will entail but little expense when the time arrives for getting it fat. To do this in the most economical manner pumpkins, beets, turnips, carrots, water squash and parsnips, together with finely cut clover hay, may be fed with good results. It will not do, however, to feed such substances in a wasteful manner. A cauldron or steamer may be used for cooking a large quantity of roots, and a warm feed should be given early in the morning, the mass thickened with ground grain or some of the wellknown mill products rich in protein. At noon a feed composed of chopped roots, fed raw, but not too cold, will be sufficient. At night they may be given a liberal supply of corn. Such foods will not only keep the hogs in good health, but will be the cheapest diet at this season that can be allowed, as the varied articles will rapidly push them forward while the weather is not severe. Do not crowd the hog3, and feed In a manner so as to permit them to eat without competition. The farmer 6hould utilize anything on the farm that will serve to assist in making growth or fat, and should not overlook the fact that the market prefers hogs which contain a fair proportion of lean meat 9S well as fat. A Home For Pekin Ducks. A yard fifty feet long and ten Wide will be sufficiently large to provide exercise for a small breeding flock; and the wire netting need trnly be eighteen inches high, which will not cost more than $1.50. mougn tne rence neea not De nign, It must be very securely fastened to the ground; for ducks seem to possess abnormal powers when it comes to creeping under anything. A trio of good ordinary market stock should be purchased for about $7. Ducks are not like hens?they do not lay all the year round; but when they start they are attentive to the business of egg production daily, so that a couple of mature Pekins will provide you with a sitting in six days. As you will want to keep some of the young one's for next year's stock, ask the breeder you buy from to ship you birds two years Id, as their progeny is stronger. Pekins never want to sit; so hens must be used for hatching until your stock is large enough to fill an incubator in a few days. Artificial duck-raising is without doubt the best. There is one farm in Massachusetts that markets fifty-five thousand young ducks annually, sells two tons of feathers and keeps twplvA hiinrirpH hrepders. Would such an immense business be possible In the old way? Though Pekins don't need water to swim in, they must have quantities to drink, always fresh and clean; which means that drinking-pans must be refilled three times a day, and be so constructed as to enable the birds to submerge the whole bil! in the water. Why? Because there are two small holes in the base of the bill which become clogged with feed or mud, and unless they c:>? rinse these out when drinking the poor things smother. A man who had a broiler farm near our place three years ago bought a' hundred ducks' eggs, hatched out a fine lot of youngsters, and lost every one within two weeks through using a water fountain in ttio v>rnnr1f?r thaf- was tnn Shallow. As I had lots of ducks at tha time, te brought some over for me to see. , ^' > 1 ' '* A '> ? ; - ? i - '' There was nothing whatever the matter with them except that their nostrils were all stopped up with the soft food. So pray remember this very important direction when you are arranging drinking water for ducks, young or old; they must not be able to get into the pan with their feet or bodies, but their entiro heads must have free entrance.? The Self-Supporting Home. "Can't Kill 'Ems.'* It is important for the beginner t j garden making to choose varieties of plants and vines that are not delicate. It is, to say the least, disheartening to get one's grounds in apple-pie order, to dig and fertilize the soil at cost both of time and money, to build delightful plans for color and succession of bloom, only to have it all come to naught because one was not careful in the selection of plants that do not require pampering. Foolish, indeed, is it for the amateur to waste his time and energies on uncertainties when there are so many interesting varieties that are absolutely sure to succeed even under the most unfavorable conditions. A young woman whose garden is renowned for the great variety, quantity and beauty of its flowers (she takes entire charge of them herself), when asked the secret of her success, replied: "Oh, I always grow 'can't kill 'ems.' " "What in the world are they?" I asked. v She replied: "They, my ignorant friend, are the things that make ' nature do the work Instead of me. In plain English, they are the plants that will grow pretty much anywhere, except In dense shade or under trees; and some of them will even grow there. "You wish me to name some of them, do you? Well, the real 'can't kill 'ems' are perennials. Among ths best are Coreopsis lanceolata, Hemerocallis fulva (orange day lily), perennial phlox (especially if the color is bad), monarda or bergamot, peonies, golden glow, funkia, subcordata or day lily, honeysuckle and trumpet vine. "The following annuals will also grow almost anywhere: Sweet alyssum, Calendula (pot marigold), Centaurea eyanus (cornflower), Convolvulus major (morning-glory), Eschscholtzia (California poppy), Impatiens (balsam), ladyslipper, mignonette, Shirley poppy, portulacca, Tagetes or the marigold (African and French), Tropaeolum (nasturtium) and zinnias. "Now, don't,you tell me after that list you can not have a garden. If you can't, it's just because you're a hoodoo. For, really, those flowers should do well under the worst conditions." "Well," the writer laughed, "I might be able to grow the flowers, but I never could reel off all those awful names." "Oh, yes, you can; it will only be too easy to you after a while. Indeed, you'll have to be racking your brains to remember the common name, lest people think you are trying to show ofT."?Indianapolis News. Movable Poultry House. My best all round poultry house is a movable one, and if I were to build T +Vt4a AnA mure uuusco x duuuiu wyj wu uuu. It holds a dozen fowls. It is 4x9x5 feet high in the middle. Three feet at one end is lattice or netting. Three feet from the end near the door is a partition, giving a Movable House. litle room 3x4 feet, which is for roosts. Nests are here also, fastened to the wall by a large wire nail and easily pulled down for cleaning or moving. The roosting room has a floor, the larger room has none. When moving to a fresh spot the fnwls are shut into the roost room, ' or the house can be moved in the evening, a couple of boards and some small rollers being used. In winter the house is set on a little raised bed < of gravel, is floored with litter and banked outside with leaves. In summer the door and windows are of netting, making a cool house.?I. A. L., Middlesex County, Conn., in the American Cultivator. Farm Xotes. Sunflower seed adds lustre to the plumage. Pullets rarely make good mothers; old hens are the best. All fowls require a variety of food and get excessively tired of using one kind. a wot BPssnn is not a erood one for sheep. High, dry land yields the most mutton to the acre. A bunch of hogs alike in color, alike in size and alike in condition, will always strain the market up a notch or two. The two-year-old ought to be as gentle as a dog by this time, and it is well to be handling the weanlings and the yearlings. The clover plant is the cheapest and most effective subsoil plow that can be used on soils where it will work; runs deeper, is self-propelling and in passing leaves more fertility than it takes. ( -"V - ' * - V ^ \ 7 THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMME NTS FOR JANUARY 20 BY THE REV. I. W. HENDERSON. Subject: Man's Sin and God's Promise, Gen. 3:1-0, 13-13?Golden Text, 1 Cor. 15:22 ? Memory q Verse, 15. This lesson, which is termed Man's-." Sin and God's Promise, might better be , termed "the result of disobedience." When God nut Adam* and Eve into the Garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it, the Lord God com- j manded the man, saying. "Of every tree of the Garden thou mayst freely j eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thou shalt surely die." God gave this command unto the man and the woman because He desired to teach q them the lesson of obedience. If the story in Genesis tells us anything G it r.learlv tells us that Thp- mnn and the woman being gifted with the power of free moral choice were to be tested as to theif fitness in this demand of God that they obey Him in this one thing. Strictly sneaking j\, the Genesis story tells us that the man alone was definitely commanded "5 of God to obey. But in God's plan It is nreposterous for us to assume that the woman was, not as conscious of the divine decree as was the man. It is noticeable that God gave to the man and woman in the Garden of fi Eden absolute freedom save in one particular. Their test of fitness lay X in their ability to obey one simple solitary command. The results of that disobedience we have read. The age long consequences of this first disobedience and ot centuries of sin we know. Wherever man is commanded to obey and disobeys the demands of God there trouble comes. So long as Adam and Eve obeyed the will of q God so long were they happy. And in p like fashion in our day and genera- p tiCn joy only is to be found in the 6 service of God, in the keeping of His g eternal commandments, in the doing c of His divine will. Sin is disobe- ^ dience. Adam and Eve were sinners t because they willed to disobey their u God. Disobedience, brings for us as n it brought to them inevitable, inexor- 0 able, vicious consequences. If we are to enjoy life- tD its fullest we B must as individuals and as a society t obey God. And if we shall decide by g the exercise of our own free wills to t disobey the voice of God as He j, speaKs 10 us in our soui s nie we r, must expect logically, consequen- j( tially and inescapeably to endure suf- $3 fering and sorrow. That la the law ? of life. . I But thanks be to God we have the r promise that however great may 0 have been our disobedience true r&> t pentance will meet with divine, favor a and human sins will be nullified by a the grace of God in Christ. Listen- g ing to His gospel, accepting His reve- a lation of the redeeming and sanctify- a ing love of God, taking Him as our j, guide and our Saviour, we may enter into eternal happiness and become y the possessors of eternal life. j The following special notes may a prove of some v&lue: Vs. 1. "Serpent," represents sin ^ and evil external temptation. With- ^ out much of an imaginative stretch ^ we might consider it the symbolism of inner self will. "Yea?said," a 5 subtle implication that the command g was nonsensical. "Any," but God ^ hadn't made such a prohibition. He v had commanded abstinence from but ? one. Vs. 2. "Fruit?eat," the woman tfi with a greater fidelity to the truth ' corrects the erroneous statement .of ^ the serpent. Vs. 3. "Touch," but with a laxity of expression that was possibly . born of not the fcest of motives, she * herself makes an addition to the divine command. God didn't tell them not to touch it. - P Vs. 7-12 inc. are skipped in the ** lesson, but they ought to be under- " stood. Especially is it wise to call w attention to verse 8. The man and ? the woman in their sin "heard the sound (R. V.) of the Lord God v walking in the garden." They didn't b have to see Him to know the depth a of their disobedience. They had merely to hear Him in order to become frightened. The lesson is obvious. In passing the man's unmanly excuses are worth noticing. s Vs. 13. God passes over the man's j excuses and addresses the woman a for an explanation. Vs. 14. "Belly," It would seem p that at some time the serpent moved ? upright, as anciently he was some- ^ times represented. "Dust," the 8er- u pent was supposed to eat dust. Vs. 15. "Bruise," better "crush." u Of course we all understand that the ? heel is the part of a man's body a jj snake can reach quickest.1 And we B are also aware that our first Instinct y is to crush a snake with the heel. * But aside from other meanings it j? seems as though there is a deeper meaning in this verse. We are told ju by reliable commentators that "this verse is regarded as the first an- ^ nouncemeui ui iuc gu^^ci ui - j?? tion. The seed of the woman is ? Christ, who crushes the serpent's l{ head, i. e., destroys the power of sin and Satan, although He Himself suffers in so doing. There is nothing to indicate that such ideas were in g the mind of the writer, but the con- tl test between mankind and the ser- q pent naturally became the symbol of b the conflict between good and evil, in a: which good triumphed in the person n of Christ, but conquered through w suffering. Moreover, ancient readers a; of this story knew parallel narra- fi tives, in which the serpent was an ki evil god and his antagonist a divine n redeemer, and would naturally find st a similar meaning here." Tropical Disease Study. Sir Alfred Jones, president of tho a( Chamber of Commerce, who was the t fftiindor /if thp T.lvprnnol School of Tropical Medicine, has heard from ^ Brazil that the yellow fever microbe ^ has been traced there. Hebelievesalso a that we are on the eve of solving the m mystery of sleeping sickness. The m School of Tropical Medicine is about ^ to send an expedition to Africa for w the 'purpose of studying black water tj fever. 0] H Prussian Farmers Want Coolfes. The Agricultural Association of West Prussia adopted a resolution empowering its Executive Committee to prepare to import Chinese as farm f3 laborers on account of the scarcity of tl such labor. The resolution expresses ? iVlQt the stpn Is Ull- ! " patl 1UC1V/ ACOAVk r ? , avoidable. ^ More Expensive Slippers. a, Slippers are to be more expensive ai abroad. The other day at a meeting t held in Berlin by the Free Associa- 0: tion of Slipper Manufacturers it was h resolved, on account of the rising c] prices of the raw materials, to in- tl crease prices ten to fifteen per cent, oi . > t inhered jor rhc 1 H ogmrHou^ l B THE ONLY WAY. - H )nce I knew the grief of. doubt, .11 Once I sought a? friendly doe; BU a the twilight groped about; Sfl Seeking what to be and do. . ~ Now with others I can eav" " , H Whatso'er our system be, XfofViA^ nlon rtf fKoAWr piuu V* IIUVW4JJ ' .? Jesus Christ is still thq Way. 'or a vision came to me? H| Christ upon a Cross of shame; Hfl 'hen and there X came to see Saviour is His kingly name; -iMB So to others I would say, ? .HK Whatso'er our system he, HD Method, plan or theory,1 . * <H| Jesus Christ is still the Way. H| Ihrist to us is righteousness, He is our redemption, too, . rlorified, He lives to bless %. . Not your sight of truth but yov. - \ So to one and all I say, Whatso'er our system be, Method, plan or theory, > y-WM Jesus Christ is still the Way. lethods fair we mar devise, I Offspring choice or cultured thought, ret like vanity and lies \ Cbristless plans shall come to naught. So in earnestness I say, Whatao'er our system be, -"> Method, plan or theory. Jesus Christ is still the Way. BB fl ince in Him we are "complete," '* Let us live as in His sight, , . - ' <et us walk with filing feet. Ever, only, "in the light," 1 Then, methinks, the Lord will say. fl "While the worldlings strayed uonfl Me, H| You have solved each myster^y T_ *!._ t_ 1X7.? <? i ' xu tuc uuc auu uunr iv a/ ^ ?Mephiboshetb, in London Christian. Foolish Theology. I Facts are stronger than theories.M| 'he qulvtft* of an earthquake inSanH 'rancisco jarred business blocks andfl alatial buildings to the ground. AsdH o it is with some Qf the fine theolo-^H leal theories of the day;. They wouldH ut ua loose from the past and makeH s believe that we are so whollyH aodern that nothing old applies tofli s. It Is alleged that we are In aH ew age and must have a. new theoI-M gy, a new Bible, etc. H But some outbreak of human pas-H Ion turns over these theories withH he suddenness of an earthguaka^B 'his Is especially true of the startling^! ragedy at Madison Square Qarden,H lew York. It set the dally press tofl reaching old sermons! A leading* ournal said: "Never has it been more? irmly established that 'the wages ofH In Is death.'" And a brilliant cpr-JB espondent, commenting on the affairH emarks that "under the surface ofH ur civilization men and women are? he same now that they were lO&OPI nd 3000 years ago." ClaraMcrris dds to this by saying, "And now tha reat wave of crime, sweeping higher nd higher, has cast its reff*-Sjmaio gainst the hands of the educated and ighly placed." "Men and women the same as-3000 ears ago." Just so. Progress has lfted us up, but not above passion nd crime. In a word, the inoderj* nan Is the same old sinner that man as always been. He coveis, he lusts? e lies, he steals, he kills, he breaks is marriage vows, he runs away, ho lays hypocrite and pretender, and oes all the mean and wicked and hameful things that ever hare been Ana Wo itcori tho a*-to anit aii. VMVt **V UMW UMW VHV ? * VW WfAM antagea of civilization to be more Iy and more effective, but he is the ame old sinner. The same old emptations catch him, and the sam$; Id Nick knows where to look, for im. And yet a theology which calls itelf "sane" and "modern^ and all hat overlooks these facts. It is not sane theology. It is not a "modrn" theology, for It does not know r understand the modern man. It nows only an artificial man, a man aade up for the purposes of theofcrl^ al discussion. Such a theology ti&y lake headway among men who haved do only with theories, but xcCea. rho have to do with real flesh and lood people will be wise to let it. lone.?Advance. Educating Power of Temptations/ "Blessed Is the man that endureth emptation, for when he Is tried, hehall receive a crown of life."? ames, 1:12. You can not be a man nd live a man's life without coming ato this world where sin is and ' rhere you must be tried, once said >r. Phillips Brooks. That great emptation that comes swaggering p and frightening you so has got the est part of your character held nder his brawny arm. Yon can not et it without wrestling with him, nd forcing it away from him. That aountaln that towers up and defies ou has got your spiritual health way up on Its snowy summit. That i wnat snines tnere in me sun. xoa an not reach It, except by tha terrlle climb. Ask yourself what you rould have been if. you had never een tempted, and own what a blessd thing the' educating power of smptation is.?Ram's Horn. The Greatness of Little Things. Men are always eager to do some > reat thing. Let them remember E lat self-mastery, is the greatest conuest, an achievement not of a day ut of years. It is not the result of'" ny single heroic endeavor, but the,sward which comes when the little' orries of everyday life, the petty ad aggravating trifles, are cheerllly and bravely borne. He who nows self-control in little things will ot lack strength when the sterner ruggles comu.?Dr. Geo. R. Lunn. 1 4 Real Kingliness. True greatness is in the character* svfir In thfl rlrr.u instances. No mat ;r about wearing a crown, make ire that you have a head worthy of earing a crown. No matter about le purple; make sure that you have heart worthy of the purple. No latter about a throne to sit on; iake sure that your life ia regal in s own intrinsic character?that men ill recognize the king in you* lough you toil in the field, or mine, : serve in the lowest place.?Ram's orn -. Dogs Carry News of Death. While one of his hunting dogs uarded his dead body in the woods, [enry C. Smith's two other dogs relrned to his home in Baltimore, Md., , ad by their whining and howling* l >ld his wife and children that harm ad befallen their master. Several 1 iends of Mr. Smith, who was an old 'I unter, followed the dogs' lead, and 1 t midnight came upon Smith's body, I t which the other dog stood whining. I here was a large wound on the sid^J f Smith's head. It is believed th&1H|^ e stumbled and that his fall dis-^ iarged an old-fashioned horse pistol lat was found in the inside pocket L Ul? 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