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HUMBLE It might not he so difficult to leai While the army cheered behind It might be rather easy. with th To forget the bite >f bullets and But to be a scrubwoman. with Babies or more Every day, every day setting y On the rack. And all your reward forever no A full bite Of bread for your babies. Say! In the heat of You might be a hero to head a br But a hero like her? I'm afraid It might be very feasible to forc To saddle public passion and to It might be somewhat simple to Because a second shout broke out But he who, alone and unknov To his view. Unswerved by the crush of the Blatting crowd. Unwon by the flabby-brained. I Which he sees Throned and anointed. Say! At the height o You might be the "-hosen to capt But to stand all alone? How lo -Edmund Vance Cooke. i A Str By ,A0A T'S all settled, Kit," cried I ka slim, beautiful girl, in a O 0 hard, despairing voice that she herself knew was OW strange; "no more poverty, and no more pinching. We've had our share and enough of it, and now we'll have no more." The speaker drew off her gloves leis urely, and held her hands to the ruddy blaze. She looked wondrously beautiful as she bent there, her eyes a thousand miles away through the glowing coal, and with the firelight playing aroutid her aquiline nose and perfect iips. And as she st-ood. her sister watched her in the gathering twilight, and thought she never saw her look so beautiful, nor yet so truly strange. "Oh. Mabel, have you reasly accepted the darling old milliona:re at last? How truly delightful!" Kitty jumped up from the sofa and clapped her hands, her face express ing intense delight. Oh, how beauti ful to have just as much money as you want. and everything you can set your mind on it: Truly. the prospect was grand. ^ed Kitty laughed with her seventeen-year-old laugh, and danced prcttily with all the abandon and jol lity of seventeen years. She completed the circuit by halting at her sist:'r's side. who still gazed into the firelight, with her face filled with an odd mingling of love and bit terness. Kitty l:new full well what wa.s passing in Mabel'.a mind, and she. but yet seventeen, could not feel. or had not lived long enough to feel, what it was or what it meant. Andl yet she wias just a little somber, -just a little depressed, as she put one hand into her sisters and the other - round her shoulders. "Poor Mab:" she said; "hiow sad you look:". "I have reason to be sad:' responded ~~ Mabel. with a short, hollow laugh;4 "I've chosen the road that's to be mine ti!J death!" ~? ittle catch in her voice that was niot natural to MIabel caused Kitty to draw her closer and comfort her as: best she could: and as she thought of all it meant. and all it wvould bring to them both, she burst into a reckless latugh that beva-me seventeen years so well. .^ "c.i have (Kosen just what I should -welth. Oi. think of it. 3Inhel! Think what our future wIll be when youi are mistress of Mtr. .Tohnson's love3y mansions and fortune! But I knew you'd do it. MIabel. I knew you wvould. It's just what I should have done my~self." "Don't. Kit. don't." pleaded MIabel. in a voice so strained and sad that Kitty looked up :larmed: "you don't know what you're - saying, and you dlon't know w:hat'you mean. You have never been called upou bLstern neces sity to saeriice your own true love, who is all the world to you, to marry an old man's millions." "No, I haven't." replied Kitty. qtick ly, with all the determination of her e'xperien:ce. "br.t if I had to I would. I s:-uidcn't hesitate at single minute betw-e?n the young love without a dol lar. antI millions-and esp'c'ially if the owier' f the i llionis elhaneed to bei such a ine-IcOking man as MIr. .Tohn soin is. :uimo know." she went on, coloring a little. 'he is really hand so:n'.\!:nhel, a:. :d he is only forty. I wishi :t wa:s;1 n " : wats go:in: to ma'rr ami! not you. ' A sm:!le v''-:pread 3oabel's eatuires. rtnd s!w !l ::e. -riht. Th'i ide:i of~ such a char :: sli 'f lo elinaes.s 'is milionaire Itwa toi' absurd.ii1 Umat son:- in:: was exp --d ctIter in e'xt'::n:2 of " c::dur. -and pnut n:-a ilt- ''-ou should in!w' it muore mt p,l2'. It 't right not to.'' things 'n :h the. the hutn-O, paitned * k se:vnt ia'- tno Mi:bel's pate 'How~ thou-:htle,ss she is," she mm' mur'ed. "and( eruel. It seems a light thin::. tis . to gie up my love for pelf for lht-r sak-e. Yes," she said. half savageiv. '-for her sake. not mine. If it were not for her bits mioney wotuld have beeni as dirt to me. I know what poverty 9, bu-r the bitterness is swveet compared with a life wuithout love, without him. And he conmes here to iiigh t,a nd. Godn tor;ive nme. I must tell lh:i.' 'li .: 'i:nr shoak htert frame. "Mlab.'ed hiiiy, s liithtly and as lnappily as :'ogh illi-s ta:- cd loves limd ::2 eher' way. mae's amll to look p! ai l htapay, and told Kitt v:ha h appejned to her' in her ea pareity as daly goVerness.$ andi Kitty~ had i.o'----e----to:rya to tell of dear, HIEROES. I the light brigade, iou, and the fifes and bugies p:ayed; war-shriek in your ear., the taste of blood and tears. four )ur back quite the day igade, I'm afraid! a great reform. ide upon the storm; gnore the roar of wrath. to cheer you on "our path. n, is true mutton-browed linking ea,. the'frav. in the throng: How long? in Phiiadeh>hia Saturday Evening Post. ge Temptation. idney J. Murray. And later, when Rudolf Turner. Ma bel's handsome, manly lover. caine upon the scene. Kitty ran off to spend her evening with Ada Bi'o%vn, who had the flat below. "Poor chap." thought Kitty, commis eratingly. as she saw the hopeful love light in his eyes as he rested his gaze upon all he loved in the world. "you'll be sent away to-night, I know: I'm awfully sorry for you, but, after all, it can't be helped. What is love, any way, when it means everlasting prov erty? She'll forget all about it when she is Mrs. Johnson. Why, it'll be just like fairyland after this!" And pretty Kitty, worldly because she had never felt the fire of love, went off to Ada Brown. And those two? They remained to gether, with all they both loved, in that small room. She had kept him hoping on for weeks, trying to decide the bitter struggle that raged in her breast. Now that it was all over. she knew her course, and he was to hear it to C night. How she told him she knew not: a dull clutching held her heart, and she was conscious only of those words ( which would keep them apart for ever more. As through a curtain that seemed to hide from her the fearful wrong she wrought, she saw his face become deadly pale, and his eyes darken with a strange despair. "And this is the end!" he said. in a low, hoarse voice that sought her heart. and stilled it; "this is the end I dreaded!a These are the last of thos enchantedc Ireams that kept me for you, and you0 for me-crushed beneath. the feet of r the woman I worshiped, the woman I e oved with all my hea't and soul,t better than life itself-r'uined and scat- n tered by you--" "Don't, Rudolf, don't reproach me,"C she sobbed, "I don't reproach you, M1abel; why t hould I? According to the world, you d bave done wisely. You have chosen I what is worthy of beauty such as d rours-and what matters it that you have walked over one man's bleed-ing beart to gain it?" His answer was her sobbing and her suivering frame; and he rose. Could she lose him like that? "Rudolf." she said, "it is for Kitty 's take-not mine-don't, oh, don't judge 1 we harshiy.''C "For her sake! What of miney' he l said, with a hard, cold laugh-and he. was gone. The next dlay the millionaire's be- ~ trothal ring, a magnificent cirelet of iamonds and rubies, glistening on Man- C bel's lovely hand, and, urged by her a iancee and Kitty, she consented to an early wedding. c MIr. Johnson was a constant visitor at- the little flat, and Kitty, whom he treated as a petted sister, was never 1, tired of expatiating at great lengths on his charms to M1abel. She thought he 1: was absolutely the most delightful ~ man she had ev<r met, and how stupid it was of 3Mabel not to fall in love with him: Mabel smiled when she listened to s these extrav'agant comments, and. ex eept when alone, contrived to keep lher a face so bright and so radiant, that iti was little wonder Kitty only ha!f ' guessed what a sacrifice Mabel wa s making. Tedays roH4ed on, am~. it was .inst woek before the damy appoinied for' the w*idd'ing, that Mabe!. while en a shop pin touar. ca:ne upon an old friend of her' sch:ooldayvs. "And do you know. Mah'el." she said at p:arting, "tb'at Rud~xolf Tiurn:'r is se oasly ill w'ith brain fever. The'y teli m2e it is some lov-e troub)le. Poor fel!ow. I hope he gets over it.'' All that evening and the next morn lug Mahel was lost in her own dis:mal h.u'zhts. It was hite in the afternoon when she suddenly sprang up, aind, whiite and resolute, flung away herI sewing, the light ef passion firing her "Kitty, I can't and won't stand it an hour longer:" she cried; "Rudolf Tur ncr is peirhaps dying, and he is mine! I am going to hini." "Mabel." said Kitty, "are you mad?" "I hr ;'e been, but I'm san: once more! My heart is Rudolf's, and he alone shall have it!" She wrenched awdjy her betrothal ring, andl threw it into her sister's ip. "There!" she said: "giv.e it back to Mr. Johnson. if he comes, and tell him the marriage is not to be.~ And, before Kitty could find words. sihe was alone. Long after.- when Mabel returned, her fa ce held such exqisite hIinelss that Kitty started up in wvonder. "Oh)l, %label(l, how hiapEy you look: I] "Yes. dear., I alt happy, and so is Ru dc,lf: anad he wi:1l get wvell, and ten-~~ Itut she hethlo':ht herself of what she left behind and her face tlushed "Did h' eomae? Poor boy:' "Don't be sorry, Mab," r'eturned witty vme demu-ry nd with a. leeply flushing face: you see. when le lost you he-he-asked if I would con sole him. --Ki:t :" Mah0 ; r.d -vithI amazed f'}es. at the piretty tii; -1; l tae'e. "'Vy cou little ro:ttu. I iiciee you were in love with him all the while" "I believe I was." repied Kitty. sim ply. There were two weddings a little later from the flat. ml. immediately ifter. Mr. .ohnson pre :n'".ted Mabel with a cheek for ten thousand pounds. "'Will you have it*': he asked, "as a wedding gift from your brother and sister? Kit says it includes both love and pelf."-New York We'kly. ElE N108 The proposed hrc-hole twelve miles leep has brought out the ohjection that he great pressure of forty tons per ;q:ire inch would cause a viscous low of rock material. making the feat mpossible. The I-Ion. A. C. Parsons eplies that this idea can be tested )y subjecting a piece of quartz rock o a pressure of one hundred tons per quare inch in a close-fitting cylinder maing a small hole through its centre. ['his pressure is that expected at a lepth of thirty-eight miles. The value of evidence ha: been tested xperimentally by M'lle Marie Borst. Ier subjects were twelve males and welve females. and within a period of, ix weeks there were shown five scenes roin daily life, which they were after card required to describe in writing. nd about which they were then in errogated orally. Statements under ath were required. The results show haf accurate evidence is rare, that evi ence improves by practice, that the vidence of women is more faithful nd complete than that of men. but hat one-twelfth of the sworn state aents are incorrect. 3 The bioscope of De Gasparis. which onstituted a late striking exhibit in ,aples. is a microscope of very long ocus. the rock-mounted tube contain ig a system og achromatic objectives nd an eye-piece of wide field. The magnifying power is somewhat more han twelve diameters at a distance of wenty inches. The new instrument ives revelations that are marvelous, s it shows the actions and emotions E tuch creatures as ants. spiders and es in their ordinary undisturbed life. ives wonderfully clear views of the oings of aquatic animals. and enables ie medical man to peer intco the larynx nd other body cavities as never he re. It opens a new era in the study f nature. Museums of language will be of great nortance to the future historian. The lea was suggested in Vienna six years o. but has only recently taken shape, Ithough it has already resulted in a llection of 40)0 phonograph records a durable metal. The purpose is to ~cord the languages of Europe, and tentually of the world, the music of 1e different countries and speeches of otable personages. The collection now obraces the Slavic, Servian, modern reek. Portuguese and -Brazilian lan ages, with songs and dialects of na ves of India and of Arabians and Be uins. An expedition under Dr. Poech as penetrated New Guinea to repro uce the speech of the Papuans. Au extraordinary use of the same eeping quarters by djurnal and noc irnal animals is recordied by a natural t of Ceylon~. Barberyn Lighthouse sland, thirty-five miles south of Co mbo, is inhabited by day by fruit ats or flying foxes, and at night by *ows, and1 at sunrise and sunset may e seen the curious spectacle of two nn:ese floeks thying In opposite direc ois across the strait separating the land from the mainland, the flying >xes at a greaiter elevation than the rows. The cross migration lasting bout half an hour. is attended by ret chattering of flying foxes and awing of crows. Ambssadlor Meyer and King Tictor.' Roman society has suffered a double ss lately in the appointment to Paris f both the British and American Am assadors, until now accredited to the uirinal. 3tr. George von Lengerke MIeyer, the 'ransatlantic representative, has won olden opinions for himself here as a portsman and an all-round "good fel >w,'' being a favorite with the King ud a great friend of the Duke d'Aosta. 1s motor car is one of the best known Rome, and so far has never kill'od ny one' Cnte day he took the King ut in it. and feelng that law as well s majeMiy was at his side, kept well eiithin the) sp)eed limnits. His majesty 1i mco'hing at nrst. cnd thten i ni ated that they wete taking sonic time arriving. Mr. Meyer madei one effort I) escape) resp)onsibhiity and hinted that C they outdistanceed the royal bicycl s the King would be without protec ion. "Not at all,'' said King Victor, rawing a smail revolver from his oeket. "with this I can defy any one"' The bicyclists ctrred half cin hour fter, draggled, worn and out of breath. Mrs. Meyer may be said to keep open ouse. The Brancaccio Palace seems antic to show off her charminig person ity and the delicate b)eauty of her omnatriots. It is an embassy at r'hichi society exp)ects-and is never dis ppointed-to meet youth and beauty, ;e the latest thing in 'owns, admire he most gorgeous jewels, eat the sea ;on's greatest delicacy and dance the iew est dance.-Rom e Corresponldence a London Pall Mall Gazette. Canned Milk Preferred. t was her first visit to the country. he never before had been out of Chi 'ago. Everything she saw was a fresh iieht. Eve in the garden could not 1ve found it more novel. The cows 'specially interested her. At nilking time she citing so closely .o the hired man that to free himself 1 gave her a cup of new milk, warm md frothy from the pail. She took a leep dranaht. Then such consternation was pictured n the pretty, piquant face that her rother cried: "What is it. Dorothy' "h." she Sobbed in disgust and dis ippointment. 'I ion't like cow's milk. ['s horrid. I like milkman's milL-." 2haon Record.-Herald. iOOD e ROADS. + s w" . -------.. oo e-ee-a--w One Way to Build. , , T the convention of Aner can Road Makers. wli O A G met in Detroit, Mr. Geor Burns, the labor leader an President of the Miehign Labor Union, advocated te use o prison labor. either in builC ing road or in preparing material to be us: for hardening their surfaces. liehei the first labor leader to advocate thi course. although it has been suggeste by many speakers and writers on thi question during the past ten year. Mr. Burns sees that it would be cleari in the interest of such prison labo and also in the interest of free la:o to have the great army of prisoners flow in the jails in the various States who are doing no good for tLemselve and adding nothing to the commo wealth. applied to the road proposi tion in some form or other. Man; pleople object to a suggestion of thi kind because they say that the use o such labor for such a purpose w lou have a contaminating influence in t4h community where the work is dont But to avoid suc' a result Mr. Burn showed how this labor Could h)e iippiie in the preparation of material. eith.e brick or broken stone. where the pr' oners' could lhe worked in inclosuire rs they now are. The products so pro uced would not come in contact wit] !ree labor as the articles genera.1 produced by such labor do: conse quently by this course you avoid cr,:n petition with the manufacturer wh< hffers for sale the manufsetured ar licle. or competition with the free la borer who works to produce thesi articles, and. at the same time the prisoner is receiving more useful in struction. having more healthful exer cise and adding greatly in the cou:r"s of years to the common wealth. I Mr. Burns' idea. which is undoubtedly a sound and wvholesome one. shoulh be adopted by the labor unions of the country generally. it would bring to th( road cause a very great and much needed aid. The great meeting of the AutomobihE Manufacturers of America. held it hicago soon after this Detroit eon vention, developed the fact that al of the automobile manufacturers o Arerica are heartily in ffvo' of so:ni general plan of road haiiding that shal e applicable to all the States in tin n'oni. Being unanimou in this view they adopted a resolution inei:r5i:t thr' passage of the Brownlow 1i .Vich provides for a syten of N: tional. State and local cc-operation it the permanent impiovem:ent of h pulic highways. It is very eviden from the logic of events that the tire is rapidly approaching when th friends of the good roads cause wvil be able to unite many forces in favo of the general plan of road improve inent that have heretofore been eithe ndifferentor hostile. The labor lead ers generally have been hastiie to thi dea of applying the prison labor t< his work. but now one of the mos rogressive leaders of organizedI labo: as come forward and indorsed ini thi ost hearty and intelligent way thi idea of applying this labor to the gen eral welfare of the community b.a uilding up the puh>lic roads. In order owever, that this shall be made 1)0s sible the road-building authorities. i1 the various States and counties, tmus' e provided with funds of money in order to obtain the proper machinery egineering skill and expert labor. S< s to make use of the army of prison ns who would be put at their (dis!p'a nder the new plan. In order to seer:: this necessary fund it is more 'Pt ore evident that the aid of th:e Na tional Government shouizi hue callc( n to supply a p)ortion of tile money This is all provided for by the Brown low bill, which was not onfly indo:s& y the Chicago convention. hut als: y the Detroit convention of Anmrical oad Malkers.-HIon. Mar tin D)odge. Cood Rloads Preservat'on. Your recent editorial on "Gooc [ods.'' quoting a IRochester paper' was quite apt. Embodying self-he'n fulness,. but inot intended to dinminisi self-reliance, the good roads law was n amplifiention of the county roadh law. tunder which. notwithstanudinrg ou earnest efforts, the counties failed t ove; and it expressly p)rovided1 thi .hnI:, so soon1 as buiit, should b~ tlrned over to the counties .nnd ho threfter- maintained as county roads But, in furtherance of the home rub principle, was added. "But the Irar< f Supervisors may apiportion the cx itense as they may be emnowered by :w.'' titms allowving any to do withn their juisdi cion as migi: t e:m h as therin,. but I hlo:ted that the' mp:an ondats w4ould larcome a il:xt (out1!t -:arZe, as n:est junst aind equitbl [ or suchl ater ial systeml in ena cottn iv eo:a uv the interest of t he city s well as thne towmn. Thlice ronads tra verse the town, to be suare, but are: urden beyond it andi of more genera 1t rest. With main roads as a county charge the towns will bue be'tter able to ('art for the lesser roads. aind shoul., al ctid ptro ruo. In the -;anraI interes Some suggestion has been made b: hese now more promhinenit in thu ant oads mov-ement since it has becomt potular than they were in the long am ifut Pieriod which paved the wal and secured the legislation. The zea of new converts is p)roverbil. Bu there is in the archives of the Stat. D)epartment a delightful letter fron Tanmes Russell Lowell. then Ministe: to Spain. to Thomas F. IBayard. Secre tory of State. exemplifying the disad vantages of dIisregardling the whole some doctrine of ne quid nimis in mat ters of State concern. Having provided the good roads legis lation a ffording Staite co-operation t< n initial and iimited extent to thit )unties and towns by the two comple entary statutes of 1598 and their per 'tion since. without impinging upon a l option.,lhomie rule or the admninis ::tive enrtt of the counties anad thit w~ns. but preservaitiv-e of the samte t 11s 50 (ondluct matters that the tt's contribuntion and (O-op)erai Ot stop with thuis hwIf share in tirist ton :ruition in jus: iee and equity.-Joii A. C. Wri:hi. Mak1- a virue of necessity. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MARCH 12. Subject: The Slavery of Sin, John vilii. 31-40-Golden Text, John viii.. 34 1 Memory Verses, 31. 32-Commentary on the Day's Lesson. I. The test and blessings of discipleship (vs. 31, 32). 31. "Then said Je:ns." Bet ter, as R. V., "Tesus therefore said." be e cse many had believed on Him after His s declaration that He was the Light of the world, and after His answers to the Phari sees, and now Jesus directed His remarks to these new disciples. "Which believed." The term "believed" applies here to the 1 disposition, openly expressed. to acknowl dg edge Jesus as the Messiah. "If ye abide" (R. Y.) Not a fitful, intermittent rela tion. but thorough. intense and continuoua. "In "My word." If ye obey My command - ments and follow My teachings carefully. Our spirits must drink in Christ's words as our bodies inhale the atmosphere. No man is worth listenin.; to on questions of faith and doctrine who is not himself a reverent listener to Christ. Abiding in God's word must become the permanent condition of our life. "Disciples." A dis - ciple is a learner; one who accepts and fol lows another as teacher and master. True disciples are real representatives of Christ, who live a holy life before the world. 1' 32. "Shall know the truth." Shall know l it doctrinally, spiritually, experimentally, not as a mere theory, but as a living pow er; shall know the reality of things, and s}mll know Christ Himself. the embodi s ment of truth (John 14:1). The rulers had I spoken of knowing the law, Jesus speaks of knowing the truth. This is a species of learning infinitely transoending all the - guesses of doubting scientists and sneering philosophers. "Make you free." Intelli gence is not sufficient. A learned man is still a wicked man under the bondage of sin unless he has been made free. Knowl edge appears as the fruit of faith. and free . dom as the fruit of knowledge. Christ as so4iates liberty always with the4 truth, which He is Himself. and so presents the truth as the cause of liberty as the effect. II. Freedon, offered from the slavery of sin (vs. 33-36). 33. "They answered." Many commentators refer this "they." not to the many who believed (v. 30), but to the other Jews who had not believed. The little episode of verses 30-32 is thus held as a pleasant parenthesis, and the believers are all allowed to be genuine and perhaps permanent. The words cannot be spoken of the simple people who had already be lieved, but to the carping, caviling Phari sees. "Abraham's seed." They had Abra ham's blood in their veins, but not his faith in their hearts. "Never in bondage." This answer was not more true than the language of pride ordinarily. Politically, the seed of Abraham had been in bondage to Egypt, Babylon, Persia, Greece. Rome. Spiritually, they had been in bondage to idolatries in past times. were now to the rabbis, who were literalists in interpreta tion. and without spirituality or sympathy (Matt. 23:4). "How sayest Thou." Upon what possible principle dost Thou promise to us that which we already are proud of possessing, viz., glorious liberty? We al ready possess as our birthright what Thou art offering to us as the full result of dis cinleshin. 34. "Verily, veriiv."' A solemn declara tion enforced by these words. "Whoso ever committeth sin." In these words Jesus utterly expels the political question from His scope. He states first the prmei p ple and then the application. He spoke of a more degrading bondage and a higher freedom than they imagined. He whose tendency and habit is to commit sin. He who makes choice of sin; prefers the way of wickedness before the way of holiness; [ who makes a covenant with sin. enters into . league; who makes a custom of sin; who walks after the flesh and makes a trade of sin. "Is the servant of sin." Is the slave. the bond-servant of sin. He does the work .of sin, supports its interests and accepts its wages. He cannot dismiss sin at pleas ure; the moment be attempte it he finds the chains drawn tighter. Dream not of freedom while under the mastery of your desires. Temperance instruction may be brought in at this point. No bondage is greater than the bondage to strong drink. Servi tude is repulsive to all men. In our land of freedom men demand their rights in business, yet there are hundreds of men and boys and sometimes women who put themsetves under the bondage of the drink habit. 35. "The servant abideth not." The reference. may be to Hagar and Ishmael and Isaac-the bond and the free. They had spoken of themselves as the seed of Abraham. Jesus shows them that there may be of that seed two kinds: the son, properly so call, and the sla-:e. These Jews might be the seed of Abraham, and yet, not being his spiritual children, might not abide in his household of faith. Not many years after this their capital and na tion were destroyed, and the Gentiles took their p'ace in the kingdom of God. Think not to be made free from sin by the rites and ceremoniez cf the law of Moses, for Moses was but a servant and had not that parental authority in the church which the Son had. "The son abideth" (R1. V.) TheI comnpa rison here is betwveen any son and a bond servant, and son should not begin with a cauital. Sinners are slaves, Chris tians are s~ons and heirs. 36. "If the Son." Christ now refers to Himself. The Son of God alone has power to liberate those who are slaves to sin. Jesus Christ is the head and has full authority and ability. 'The Father hath given all things into Flis hand (John 17:2). "Free indeed." The Jews boasted of an i-naginary freedom, but the libert; which Christ offered was real and lastinI i'its effects. It would have saved the n.ion from the bondage of captivity to Babylon centuries before: it wvoulil save them from bondage to the Romans. What freedom they had under the Romans was due to what they had learned and practiced of the word. Jesus knew that deliverance from the Roman yoke was the ereat w'ork expected from the Messiah. IIe therefore sdiritualized this hope. IlI. .Jesus shows the character of the wicked Jews (vs. 37-40). 37. "Abraham's seed." Christ admits their claini that they are the natural descendants of Abraham, but den.ies that they are his children (v. 39:' in the highiest and best sense. "Seek tokill."' 'That they desired the death of tAbraham's truest son is proof that they are not true sons of Abraham. Their mur derous intent proves~ that they are children' of the devi4 (v. 4..) instead of Abraham. -"No lplace i-n you. You do not allow My word to enter your hearts and lives. 3i. "Y speak." ctc The Son existed with the Father during past eternity and He reports the thines He~ hiad seen. "Ye do." etc. Their father wa~s Satan (v. 44), and they were instructed and led Ig him. :0, 401. The argument here is that they were not true chiildren of Abraham because thq~ were not like Abraham in character and utiors. Abraham's life was who"ly unlikel The Motor De Luxe. Railway traveling, observes The Tatler, is getting old fashioned; the up-to-date millionaire goes every where nowadays by motor. Mrs. Mackay, the widow of the Silver King, claims to have the most perfect machine yet invented in which she in tends to make the long jouraey from .Paris to Rome this, month. This mar .velous car is fitted with every imagin .able convenience, including revolving .chairs and movable tables, so t'hat .meals can be served while on the road. Mrs. Mackay is also credited .with havinig the most beautiful flatt in Paris, if not in the world. It cov ers tne center floor of one of the big' -buildings in the Bois, and the spa - os hail is like the gorgeous inte rior of some Eastern palace, with -priceless traasrEs in every nook and corner. The groat drawing room ia n the French style, with Louis XVI I ilt furniture and Aubussont carpet; he white dining room is hung with crimson and paneled with wonderful tap:stry, whilst t'he prevailing tones in the bedro,oms are pale blue and pink, each being fitted with a marble bahhroom. MARCH TWELFTH. "Christ, the Great Physician."-Luke 4:1G-19; 5:27-32: I Peter 2:24. Scripture Verses.-Luke 4:18. 19: .Tohn 1:14; 2 Cor. 8:9; Matt. 11:28 30: Matt. 9:35, 3";.23:37; Luke 7:1-10; Matt. 8:8, 9. t-esson Thoughta. Christ's power to heal was not limited to any one disease, to one pos sessed of an evil spirit, to one sick of a fever, to one blind, in every case his word meant salvation. It is our greatest blessing that Christ is a Physician who can cpre not only the disease of the body, but that he heals our spiritual diseases, and saves our souls for eternal life. Selections. Mr. Maclaren compares human love to the Venus of Milo, which, though a statue of most magnificent qualities as a work of art, has no arms. It may smile in pity, but has no arms to aid; it may look on in sympathy, but pas no power to help. MaRy a time human love stands helpless, armless, impotent to aid; but in Jesus Christ we have One who is not only matchless in beauty and grace, but is mighty ' to save.--Rev. F. D. Kelsey. The one who wishes to do good to others can find a field anywhere. Those who need the ministry of help and sympathy lie all about us. Most eyes are too dull to see the need. The duty of one who is healed is immediate. No time for longer re flection belongs to him. The heart which has been ministered unto should minister immediately to others. When Christ restores, he means that the restored one should take up his work, and continue It by aiding to restore others. "A physician once said that he kept himself in health by going to see his patients. Whenever he dis continued this, and required his patients to come to him, or when he tried to abandon his practice he speedily became lethargic, stupid. and dull; but when he resumed nis efforts, and tried and tested his powers, he recovered his strength and vigor. So many a Christian man would find spiritual health and strength in trying to bring others to Jesus."-Hulbut. There are in the Bible nine terms for sin,-debts. missing the mark, lawlessness, disobedience, transgres sion, fault (moral aberration.) de feat, impiousness, dis-harmcny or dis cord. For all these kinds of sin we need forgiveness. And there are- as many words for forgiveness as for sin-forgive, remit, send away, cover up, blot out, destroy, wash away. cleanse, make them as if they had never been. E OOTH [EACUE [ESSON MARCH TWELFTH. Christ, the Great Physician.-Luke 4. 16-19; 5. 27-32: 1 Pet. 2. 24. Our first.- Scriptture selection de scribes the visit of Christ to his na tive town and his message to his fel low townsmen, quoting what- Isaiah had centuries before prophesied atDout him. In this selection we have the whole programme of Jesus Christ as to the, work of the gospel. The poor, the broken-hearted, the captives, the blind and the bruised are to be reach ed and healed. This is just what is being done to-day in all the world. Jesus the Great Physician Is healing the sore of the world. In the next accoulmt of the calling of Matthew we have the same thought. He came to the sinners because they needed him; and he came to the worst because they needed him most. Peter echoes the same truth again when he de clares that "by his stripes we are healed." All these passages set forth the healing power of Jesus. There are many terms used in the Scriptures to set forth the work of Jesus Christ, but none is more ex pressive than this -one of "Physician." It was just like Luke, himself the "beloved physician," to use this term and apply it to the Master, He more than the other evangelists, knew of the significance and meaning of the term. The lesson teaches the power of the gospel as a healing force. Jesus is the Great Plfy-sician. When on earth he healed the body, cured disease, cast out devils, recov ered the lame. The gospel has ,a mes sage to the body.' We do not have to adopt the errors of the s'faith heal ers" to see a healthy and helpful in fluence of religion upon the body. But more than that Jesus is healing the p,hysical ills of the world. All of sanitary science, of better hygienic ccditions, of a wiser medical prac tice, is but the effect of the spirit of the Great Physician. Jesus is not only the Saviour from sin, but also from sickness and suffering. His precepts and injunctions tend to long lire and health. His teachings will go a great way toward healing: the physical ills of the world. The po,or, the broken-hearted, the oppressed' have i-a Jesus Christ their best friend. Jesus is the wise Physic ian, who will yat cure the social ilis of our world. Greed, selfishness, and oppression, on the one hand, are met by violence, strife, and lawlessness, on the other. Nothing but the p)rin ciples of Jesus Christ can settle the labor troubles, the municipal mis rules, the tenement cramming, and social crimes of our day. Jesus is the only doctor who can cure our so cial sier. He is the only Physician who can or will purify our social life and remedy the evils of our oody politic. But he is able to save so ciety from anarchy and injustice. The greatest need of man is a salvation from sin. The world is fill. ed with babel voices crying, "Lo, here," and "Lo, there." But every professedi cure of si-a is a confessed failure save the gospel of .Jesus Christ. But in all ages, and to all kinds of men, he has been the Great Physician who has cured and saved the sin-sick soul. He is able to lift the burden, to case the pain, to strengthen the will, to rectify the de sires, and to regulate the passions. It makes no difference just what phasec of evil sin may assume i:i any life, Jesus is able to cure it. He has the only panacea in this world. Woolly Calf in Vermont. John W. Averili of Barre, Vt., is the owner of a heifer calf whose hide is covered with a black wool instead ot hair. The calf is a little over a week ld. FIGITS TilE DIVORC Wife of Buffalo Bill Gives Direct Re plies to Questions of the Court SUE DID NOT ADMINISTER POISON Wife of the Wild West Showman De on the Stand That She Ever Her Husband "Dragon's Blood" to Make Him Love Her More and Other Women Less. North Platt, Neb., Special.-Mrs. Louisa Cody took the witness stand Thursday in defense of her character and good n.me, which have been as sailed by W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) in 7; his petition for divorce. Mrs. Cody emphatically denied that she had ever attempted to poison her husband. She was asked: "Did you ever administer 'dragon's blood' for the purpose of making the 4 Colonel love you more and other wo- 4 men le?s?" "No, sir, and I don't know what dragon's' blood is. Never saw any and never heard of such a thing." "Did you ever give the Colonel any thing to make him sick?" "No, sir." Mrs. Cody declared she had never old Mrs. Rogers (a witness for the plaintiff) or any person that she had ever di.:ged her husband to make him love her or gain control over him so that he would sign certain papers for her. She also denied that she had ever poisoned any of the Colonel's dogs in tentionally. Mrs. Cody denied that she was ever intoxicated, as had been testified by witnesses for the plaintiffff. She never drank liquor except for medicinal pur poses, she said, and never used Dro fane and obscene language. "Do you still love Col. Cody?" asked the attorney. "Yes, he is the father of my children, and love him still." "Do you desire a reconciliation at this time?" "Yes, I do, but I think the Colonel ought to retract the poisoning accusa tion." Mrs. Cody recited the incidents of the funeral trip from Spokane to Roch ester, N. Y., when they buried their daughter, Arta. "Did you at that time- threaten to denounce Col. Cody at the grave of your daughter as being her murderer?' "No, sir." "Did you ever send hi ma threatening telegram in connection with the mate ter?" 'I wi 4d him that I thought he had been the cause of breaking Arta's heart." A pathetis scene occurred here when Attorney Wilcox introduced a letter and asked Mrs. Cody to identify it. _ Tears streamed down her cheeks, and between her broken sobs she said it was a letter from her daughter Arta thret days before she'died. Among other things written by Mrs. Thorpe (Arta) was the statement that the bringing of the suit for the divorce by her father had broken her heart. Blaze on Passenger Steamer. San Francisco, Special'-Fire -breke out in the cargo of the steamer Or. gon Tuesday, when the ship was about 15 miles southwest of Crescent City, on her voyage from San Francisco tO Portland. There wer'e 56 passengers on board the Oregon besides the crew, but the passengers were safely trans ferred to the stdamer Del Norte,- and taken to Crescent City. The Cregon proceeded to the harbor under her own steam, the flames having been put under control. The Oregon left this port Sunday with a cargo of gen erai merchanidse and passengers. When the steamer was about 12 miles southwest of Whale Rock, which Is but a few miles off Crescent City, Cap tain Warner dis:cvered that the fire had broken out in .the afte.r freight deck, and was rapidly spreading. He made directly for Crescent City, and attacked the fire in every manner pos sible. The steamer took a decided list, and while she was- in that plight. Captain Payne, cf thie Del Norte,' steamed to her rescue, and transferred the passengers to his vessel. The Del1 Norte then entered the harbor at Cres cent City, followed by the burning Oregon. Company Bankrupt. Meridian, Miss., SpeciaL-The Meri dian Water Works Company has been thrown into bankruptcy and A. M. Lynn, of Birmingham, has been ap pointed receiver. Mr. Lynn is district manager of the. American Water Works Company, which owns the Meridian plant. Meridian has already voted $150, 000 bonds for a new plant if the pres ent company's franchise can be an nulled. Live Items of News. The deed for the "Captain vineyard place" was made to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of South Carolina , by W. E. and H. C. Beattle on Satur day, says the Greenville 'News, when Grand Master J. J. McSwain and Jas. F. Mackey, chairman of the local com mittee, paid the Messrs. Beattle.$5,000 the amount of the purchase price, and this splendid property was transferred to the Grand Lodge I. 0. 0. F. of South Carolina. A sensational advance of $7 a share in New York Central Railroad stock and $6 a share in Union Pacific yes terday caused immense interest, says the Phladelphia Press. The stock tick er, which 1s a most accurate barome ter of coming events, seemed to be ver ifying the reported open merger' of these two great railroad properties. Rockefellers and Harriman have long controlled the one, and J. P. Morgan and the Vanderbilts the other. But all evidence points now to the domination of the Rockefeller-Harriman party in the New York Central as well 'z in Union Pac.W^. Receiver for Lumber Company. Valdosta, Ga.. Special.-Judge Em ory Spear, of the United States Dis trict Court, has appointed W. J. But ler, of Macon, and J. P. Coffee, of Olympia, joint receivers for the Min nesota Lumber Company, which has large milling plants in Colquitt and Clinch counties. The receivers were appointed upon petition of the re eiver of the First National Bank, of Faribault, Minn., which holds claims of $110,000 against the lumber comb pany. The company's assets are giv _ - e n aAA0 and Tiabil+tie. at $1Ad0.