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WINTER RAIN. 71ain on tile roo% ri On t ue buria Ii',rkn i,'-' ~r.,, Toonce a voitce in v.air' 1hc pkedge of~ ' Rain oil the 'tree -c-.. Thaz !.dtll wno n'et Oi N Oi keeps thly lllpm 'Ti- liciu that te'wr1 -I:, Ihle range or eaiy P-yt l, B. Bbb. in If~ , .... A VICTIMV TO DUTY11 AU039 MU.I 01117' ilv? I ; ni 0 ate the 4mc fit ou 4'am i ooa fra kly Ii- it l.. h ;11~ ncr tht,~- oxssw ii ii o- " i $ hI.It1 0 ) iE ' 'T aid j 1!c'12 i:zm : . it 1: x o X~ 1 ' v.. iiu a , pa t' slch'"i. r nm t, !.'t 1fl '*S 4 0: fw: aih lo ic wO~i- xho hta yesuo,-ped, d U I it' shQ r 41" it':-i "no S :jkd Of .11-( '-f .teni I'e it ' 1 (2Izli~l. aind it aur :iu~ '1 'a0. oi fortraue N:S miec a'''-* pa-r!. tle~ crme! hk ef: to : ~i ~-not hiu-- of pareutal 1 Bsi d C'. I iva. reg-trd%'U :; ui *v gtood I ileif it wuzt one. by s.)rave IIja uin i~tiitded nu admiratio% :it rvilckI G it * cieserv- S to heIKItl t I(4 h "egin at flhe be-initi I4 myf'; wa ljVxy howo froz. il". V 'IeeI l::ma ,lust los-,v lI : p- 4"'mn l to cu'Stro :4 11' . ' ltio! +11.1:1 theyi actualO l ."'i. lvolail I I d .~I calb dri-ver4 i 1c':z ~o '. ilr' Ailily ies; t sentla~e::4 Kon.-1 41 ': for tile ntie !)eiz-g. : t I vi~tuh anda dp-pair I utdy'. v. Ima~ke, 1t~ Onelse ais uoh ~il:1pipl as VI :11:&X %P Illy-el . Ord ;!it. I i-;(.S 11'deiy. as I turned a z tr x'v rd' e- I I I 1~ l -11ii:... elli closets. watched my crderly polish my boots with every sign of approval and lastly, turned his attention to me and my bed. He regularly took possession of mec and made himself coapleteiy at home. After hi.s own toilet had been mide and the traces of his former inisery reioved, I prepnited him to the mess, wh'ierec, with perfect sIll.possession. he areepted the pettings and attentions )f my fellow oiticer. "He 'would ilake uii .xcelen ili lary dog." said the Colone. alway.s -in eminently pratic:i al mn. "Very true." said the, Liewtenant ::olonel, who invariably azrieed wii; ii. superior, as was proper. "Let me have him. Wilhieim.' siid n 11y chum1. a capttin in my own regi nnit. "Il teach hi ill the trii.ks of he trade. He'd he a tine mascor." And. indeed. it was toi low.g 1forp he intelligent animal had lea rned his etson well. He could give the alarml . ignal the approach of the en'nly. dis -over sentinels and spivs ind carry vritten mlessages. delieing tihemi ' le pr'oper prson. The Colonel wa ielighted with him. :In rd he som Ie -:iiiw the pet of' thergiment. There was on' thing. however. tim1t %edj;'h learned w ha te ve 'tryt ih y. tvent in a painted pjlire. anitd a l vasi the' French ithrm. Ini order Sinspire li.m wVithI a has; ingi se:iii netof this. naltr. Cly :ud i.'m tin. after fasteling t1h ' i le stable. had drevs" d up as a Vre-Ich ticer and the'fn prt d to strike The' expe'rimen: was a rempj ietl' sue ess, so much so Untato we ht! I(. iuje upt it for fear of ali neident. fcr etijeh was strainitn :n Iiis r' and :rolviing. After tat. Im: ei..red a reat hatred for anything that recalldc. he uniform. Alas. it was tids very enltim'dent that brog!t abIoult his Sen th. One day in July I wN- walkintg with iy friends o the outskirs of the city. dmiring the rich uri that- wul (on be 'iarvested. Ne1jeh was lith m on a leash. From time to time il Ib oked at ime ith a bored expression and y:wned idely. his white teeth gleaming i:n his outh. Seei:ig that I was Nund. t0 atinue my walk. 'le follolwed It my ees wit'. a resigned dro)I) t-' his a rs. We stopped where a vuieany of men repracticing :akmmhp n resently I felt a hard tu it te l '. cdjei. his eyes gleaming. his liir r'iftling. was standii:: I 1in h'i barking madly. [i vain I tried to socti e 1ra, pa tti:.g Ud calling him pet ;)a .11(S: 1. * oly ca nued to bark. hoarmely and chakingly, - he' st-raztined at hi- collrAt init.. he nre one lon,- sa:p71 at th!:' leash. which roke. Nedjeh tiumbled over in tl:. u.. but. rCOverin:: d::s'e ' at wild run. "Here, here, Nedjeh: come hack." I ammanded, but his ears were acaled. A t some distance ini the ii were 1c painted models of a mau. sta;inu. neling and lying dmywn. whith served Stargets for the men to shoot at. Oneo these was painted ini the hated lors of the French uniform. With a furious growl. Nedjieh rushed oin -this latter, biting it and teuiriig to pieces. The astonlished scidier i downVf l'' gunl. aniti the' 'Jnic kers. ?igted wuith the speciaele, :iathtnd I boisterously. "Bravo for the (dog: Downv; with thie renechmuan: Go ahead. Fidlo: eati him t: they cried. I hastened to cattcht held a gaiin of t leash, but by the time I did nall ot remained of lie mizforitr~ate olel was a scaittere'd 1)ile ofi woodte-i liters. torn and1. hiu(en. Neljet' h.ad it~sied his hatred, mal, pautin;:. .b.e saltedl lmy apiproach wih a t rium!'hi 'it air. Andl. althonul. 1 was tobliged n ay for the destroiyed larget. I eouk' >t find any excuse b r scoAlnt: my g. who had donle nothlin;: u wht: had been tau::htV to con~'iderc his Now~ come3s thle sadi epiloz'tt of 1ay.I ory. which I hier' diedh-aite to allt my saders wvho are fond of do'is. I shoiubti ae wished to conlclude in ai lcs< .ineral strain. aind portray Nedjeh :is >ntinuing the course of his exploit s in real encounter wima the enemy where I he would be c'Overedi with glory. IBirt, as. the poor animnal died. thhough not pon1 the field of battle. yet non" the 'ss a vietim. Hie was made to p'a' ith his life for a too eomplete' obedi ne to the lessons he had received. He died during the night, poisoned by' :ie colors he had absorbed while de ouring the nainted Frenchman. All iy care was powerless to save him, ud even the veterinary was~ oblige'd to onfess himself battled. Poor little dog! We lnmented him. ont may be sure. and we buriiedl hiim ii earner of the mess igarden. ini a aniei. ieltered spot. and over his ;;rave we ut the il5nciption: The dog of the ItN,.it. A victimn io his dty Tranaslated from thte 4 e:Ea il for Il e v York Sun. "Crape Pulliers" Do Well. T' uiI'r is :1 I112n wto, wa.1c - thedet I nie in the -w - and silits orders'' for a flower for .. ''neriu~. We ', t'ti! sch it 'n a t::pe pu'dll eimfminrousil.' pe: .t (tht 1he pet B~ofr byl tloKs lnt ffte tider whi h hons fmwirom the rior1 a:! vAv wod non. Florists iin'sn -ie :-a'ne9wp !!g-id fe. ilie aonji it. 'T I :ry"' bykes h!nrdsi withlv.hNC lsign Pey mk. Wii thI b haps uiliim.1 e cn t'ijer it uor mt t is uthe aoit of I]the" flistmbu e rotan little disnst. Bu'et Working For Wido 'lrea. :IF, :1 Midland Farmer prints i anlrtcl showineg beow b O much more valuable wide Stirs re it) faiers than the usual uarrow tire* aound on most wagons. The U. S. Bureau of Rod Inqu:rv as been making a study of the width f tires prescribed by local and national uthorities in various parts of the world. In France every freighting u1d i market cart, instead of injuring We highway. improves it. Many of tle ires are ten inches wide. In the four wheeled vehicles in that country the ear axle is fourteen inenes longer than hie fore, and as a result tho rear Iheels run on a lin(. about an :11n utside the level rolled by th froat wheels. After 'a few loaded wagons are passed over a road the hiighwav >oks as if a steam road rolr had -en at work. A national law in Ct tcany preeribes that wagons heavily loaded must have tires nor less thtan ur inches wide. In Austria the min imtun for similar vehicles is six lnd 7*n-h:Llf inches; in Switzerland, six In a number of States in this tmory nV-s have been pas'sed grating retnite hiilway taxes ito citwin who ue 1' lumber wargons tires not less tn lree inches wide. On toll roaIs in \Centuky and several other tats armners hauling loads in wide-tired :vgons are eititled to lower rates tian those paid by tie ownter of narrow ired veicles. At an experiment stDai . itw as dem ).strated that it reguires for y per lent. more power to draw a load ):1 a agon with one ant! one-hall inch tires ban on one with a three-inch tire. iVith a Baldwin dyna:mometer. car'efuil Lsts were made with loaded wagons rawn over bluegrass sward. In a ivagoni weighing INVI pounds it was ound that a load of :248 pounis could e drawn on wide tires with thae sanle 'ree required to move i2000 pouids on arow tires. Moreovor. the wide tires id not injiure the ur'. while the nar w ones cut through it. In somLe parts )f the 'ountry pionee:'s in tiI' use of rido tires hnve h1:1l to stand ad leal of ridicule. The manifest benient : roads, however, sooaI ebauwes pib e( senItime it. The preoident of n leadi:g w agon ufactuing company states that e denmund for widte tires is incre'as u every year. Aluother coupaily II e same line of iushiess e3:diced series of tests, using a lairbanks lnom-tleter carefully valib-ratedI. and vs Convinced that onl very hard ro'.'Iads 1e preference. so far a,; dti i 'on erned, is for narrow tires, In the et upon the r'oads. how ver, wide i:es have the advantage. Public Interest is CrowIng. To the mere politic'ian the Americanl ole may at times appeatr to be asleep n important pub it questiors. but h.:n this condition e~xists it is safe' to 17 that, instead~ of bteing indifferent. hey ar" then more deeply than ever tudying pending problems of state. Lhis was never more true than in the netter of the Br'owlilow-Latimer' goodt ads propositiou-be~yond anty do~ubt e most important measure.: 5s atpply i to the wvhoie body of American peCO eo, possible of suggestion in this day iC our' history. The~ mian who lets uimself believ'e fi~at tile <tfu('tion of ~ational Uidl to highway irmprot euen't neht ntext t" the ho:;ris of the peninie nd all that pertains thereto. me"konts vIthout reasen. and will one d'ay imi t'f awaken from t ere speentlai~tian iscver that he is far' bethind iht mre'h of inevitable events. Nai tttion aid to highway imjprovemlenr is no 'eamU. It stands upon practical reason id thle true philosophy of governmeiint. \o nation has evert en),ioyed~ imiproved uighways that did not build or help to tild them. It is a recogna'zed fiunction f government everywhere in civilza iot except here, andi is r'ecognizedt by his Government in our' outlying los e cssions., It will bie so r'ecogrtized :as ipplying to the States if 1-he people( ho already belic re iln it. will get to ork in earnest with their Senalt'rs d Representatives along the ies ire have so many times indiented. The most effective 'way the citizen ca n find i impressing his wIshes on thea no tional law-make-rs Is to 'write them narnest personal letters. Petitions of eeigborhoods should also be sent in, oc be presented to Congress. Public aecgtings should be held at whichi in terchage of views enn be had. Talk-I rg to one's neighbor tends to stir ae-ti ity in the community. Cotlecting Sp':ts. No mor'e IlllL~'h t'ounters for mr.t said a mni whose buisine9Ss ma kasi :csary for' him to take his m i ly "'fr'esiintent dlowntowt l- ie~ .rI want not only a table to i .io I wat; a place to hang ipll . he( reps't cost a few teents more gnt h a ar:age, hut mty mtives are piarl'2* hote of' economlty. I dis.'overed: tid n011 of sa ving mneyf by3 ant' ane' 'iew with myr tailor. \\-h~en I c:' j,'.td :ind him 'ip" 1 n the l ad (xiurle 0f1'. t'lo tth iihe taiimr'a :e't de spot- w''rv tdue the inn I nda he i- rig~t. ('ra'iid ap a One' on the Can uctor. n Irisbirt~an boarded a street itr m.! handed the contdt< a ra1. t^t f is fatra. Tih' conudI''or iooi>d . he coin eritically am'. handed it l.a0.:. 'a'is ti,'' he saMd. "Sure, I thought it was a foiret. as he put th2 pice back inl his p1ocke .an produced at nickel,-Li'oinOtt':: LIVING OUR RELIGION OUR REGULAR SUNDAY SERMON Service to God Implies an Intensely Practical Employment of Our Reli gious Faculties in Active Work. Brooklyn. N. Y.-The Rev. Luther R. Dyott, pastor of the United Conzgre gational Church. preaohed Sunday morning on -The Indestructible Foun dations." He took his texts from Psalms xi.:;: "T.f the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do' Hebrews xi:1 (revised version): "Faith is the assurance of thiugs hoped for. th proving of things not seen:" 1. Timothy i:11 (revised version): i know whom I have believed. and am pe:suaded that He is able to guard that which I have committed unto Him against that day." 'Mr. Dyott said: We seek the solid and safe in the things of the unseen wcrld. This is of supreme importance. Other things in this connectio: are relatively im portant. They are to be:thought of, and appreciated. and even sought, foand and kept. We must have them. Room for the active life of a growing belief is indispensable. A place for the . sweet and sustaining comforts of the larger hope of humanity is desirable. The garniture of refined and immortal lo,:e is ever to be regarded as more than a mere luxury of the inner life. 01 her work is important; but only so to a comparative degree. Tedious and teluporary is the task of the theologian. Unsatisfactory is the task of the creed-maker. Small is the task wJ:e jarring sect. ries" le irn their selfish interest to discern, aid. not unfrequently. to become irre ligious in the name of religion. Spas fliodie the task. and thankless the ef lbrt of the iconoclast. Feverish and *tful. though somewhat sensational Mnd imperious, is the task of. the sci entist. But all who are concerned about building character upon inde structible *oundations and are actively engaged in this work, are realizing that which is of supreme import*ance, as day t by day. hour by hour, moment by mo- t ment. rises that "house not made with s hands." Here we must toil with clear e understanding, magnificent courage s and untiring patience. Here we must a be serious and certain. I It is a fine intimation and a hopeful f Indicaiion that, in some respects, at t least. we are equal to the dema:ids. s We do desire foundations which can- o not be destroyed. Here we are serious f enough when we are serious at all. i; We do not wish to be deceived with t reference to these things. We delib- e erately prefer not to have our fountains of life poisoned. We object to the , destruction of the foundations of be- e lief. Error. falsehood. deceit are bad t enough anywhere. but they do the most ( harm if admitted into the affairs Df re- I Rgion. He who poisons my bods may I only affect the place where my real t' Life sojourus for a liftle while. but he r who poisons my mind and my soul. does y n.e untold harm for eternity. He and 1 0 ray never be able to make satisf' ctory I repairs of some kinds of destructive work. Most of us think so. We do k desire the solid and safe things of the d immutable verities of truth vhici will k stand the tests. "If the foundations n 1e destroyed what tnn the righteous - The strongest emphasis of our times, g especially in matters of religion, is be- o ing placed upon- the demand for the tj real. Notwithstanding the prevralent i, superficiality of our age, the quickg sales of birth-rights for potta'e. the j b~eated passion for pleasure, the gaudy b show of those who "glory in appear- ~ ance and not in heart;" notwith.3tand- e ig the fact that we are living in "grievous times' whe'1 so many are a 'lovers of self, lovers of money. boast- s ful, haughty. railers, disobedient to t parents, unthaukfui, unholy, without tl naturai affectioas, implacable. slander- r. es, without sel.-control, fierce, to lov ers of good, tran~ors, headstrong. puffed t: up, loveu of pleasure rather than bov- ti ers of God, holding a form of godliness , but dlenying the power thereof:" not-C withstanding the fact that in th.1 very a hurch, itself, there are certain o'scilla- y tory movements calculated to perturb c the life of some believers; notwith- ti s~tanding all these things. and many a more, still the underlying current is to- d ward the fuller and freer life, and the a immediate and increasing dem':nd in 1 the religious life is of the "assurance of things hoped for, the prov-ng of hings not seen," and for that certitude e of knowledge which enables th-y Hindi idual believer to stand upon some in-u destructible foundation and say. "I1t know whom I have believed, arnd am persuaded that fle is a'ble to guard h :hat which I have committed unto Him .gainst that day." Good is deeper than evil even in per sons who do not profess to be good. The oscillations of: belief may be per- a mitted of God Himself. and. end in doing much good for the common faith of Christendom. The unsettled condi tion of certain moods of faith may only reveal at last that there are some e things which can not be shaken and must remain. God may be permitting the shaking up in order that we may have the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made. that those things which can not be shaken may remain. Ours has been called an "age of doubt." hut the evi dence and proof of the claim are not atogether satisfactory. Pr-ofessor James says: "Our religious life lies more, and our practical life less, than it used to on the perilous edge." But does not the professor attempt i~o draw a distinction where no distine:ion be longs? Is not our :-eligious life , in fac't anid in fine, a practical life? Are ne ot most practical deeds in the wo-ld bor of religon? Good life- good thoughis good words-. goodl deeCds belon: 11>)e iiion whlether they' bo done o~ this or that~ chureb. or- h.':ir no eerlesiasln stam pi at all1. Reality is at a pr-em: im .a the rel:'o of Clo-y L'4 us Pc-I liev e that'the P-'" T!On Lfor ine ra.1 men)ts of old tuthl, 'the ''"writing - som tho''" y, the r v it .0y 'hom oft thlin. nOllE( notl'0 lna iif iy the'p ;l'. i i'n t dstroy our foundations.1 It will nrov' no:hding mio'e than 1hat ve were on1 1 mp orary an utesctr".et il 'endillS, whl.'n weV shouhtil have h:au goet:cihi ; bet ter. KinIg enlis our attenltionl to the fatct that "just as the acceptance of the principle of the correlation of for-cea called for a rewriting of physics-a new physics, or the the~ory of evolution for the rewriti g of bsiology-a new biol ogy. so, in the sam'e sense, the accept ance of certain great convictions of our day calls for a rewriting of theology a new theology." Cail it a new theol ozy if you will, but do'ho.t let pre.iudice blind you to truth, no BDatter from whiich direction truth may come. A thing is true not because its'statemen~ft is old, nor yet because that haemn is new, but because it conformgteO the great fact, or facts, for which th-at truth stands. The great fact, or fts.t5 ao not Cange. rneoog-a: srnmenr and systems may change. Some per sons may become angry, others fright ened. and still others foolishly and flippautly declare that they have n1C Jheology: but. in the nuean:ine. theo! gy remains the greatest science im the universe, even the scne of God and divine things. based upon a reve iation made of God. through Jesus Crist: and that science, itself as zuch, :ioes not change. God's foundations are firm amid all the mutations which mark t-he history )f the human race: amid all the storm ind shocks; amid all the disintegrating agencies; amid the rise and fall of Impire-s; amid the birth. the growth. naturity, the old age and deatb ot itions; amid things present and -hings to come, life and death, in spite )f everything that may oppose, or as ;ail, belief. character, hope, love. in oiruptible life all may have perfectly ndestructible foundations. What are ;ome of these foundations? Religious xperience; that is an experience of 3od in the soul of man is an inde tructible foundation. Such exper ence is knowledge derived from faet Lnd abiding in spiritual consciousness. 'God is a spirit." Man is a spirit. Ehere is possible contact :,nd commun on here. There is the possibility of he best knowledge in the world right iere. Fact, evidence, proofs, knowl .dge. they are all here. Hnowledge ias found the proof: proof implies the ristence of the evidence, evidence mplies the existence and reality of he fact. while the primary datun bides in experience. When a man has a religious experi' nee then he has an indestruetdle oundation. He cannot then be morally gnorant. lie knows something. That vhich a man sees may deceive him. hat which he hears may not always ie so, but that which he knows. he :nows, and no man can take it from im. He is upon a foundation which annot be destroyed. Then faith iinds er best function in establishing the act. in dealing in the great uuseen ealities which are always more than he seen, in giving the "assurance of hings hoped for, in proving things not een." A man cannot subject such an xperience to the test of the natural enses. It is too large for such a test s that, but he knows he is right. and e knows he is upon an indestructible oundation. It is not only our knowli dge of God. There is another inde tructible foundation in His knowledge f us. It is written: "Howbeit the rm foundation of God standeth. hav ag this seal. the Lord knoweth them at are His." He cannot mistake. We ould not deceive Him. even though we 2ight deceive others. or be deceived by 7hat we might suppose to be experi nce. even religious experience. even liough we might deceive ourselves. od knows. Of this we are certain. e knows us perfectly. If we are His. le knows it. If we are not His, by be regeneration of the Holy Spirit, we 1ay become Ris. He will know. He ill cause us to know it. "The secret f the Lord is with them that fear [im." He desires it to be there. Every man has .iust as much right to now that he is alive spiritually as he oes that he is alive physically. This nowledge is brought to us in the wit ess of God's, spirit. Thus it is that re go deepei' than religious experience nd find another foundation in that rm foundation of God-His knowledge f us. Jesus Christ is another founda on. He is our chief cornerstone. The leals He holds, His simplicity. His randeur. His humanity. His Deit [is faith, His love, His life.-all (93 ne to make Him the perfectly 4q l: arable one among all religious~ 'eadl is; and while. in a_ certai pq g ~nse Christ and Christia' nd inseparable, there is6 ( nse in which Christ, aqg ' g on, is more than Chitg , g ie sun is more than tne mu it'uTmoa tys which fall upon our little portion the earth: Christ is more than CThris anity, as the thinker is more than his 3ought, as life is more than that hich embodies life. We build. as ristians. not upon this or that creed bout Christ. but upon Christ Himself. [ is our indestructible foundlation. ur faith rests at last, not in a creed, ough we should all have a c'reed. ad not in a book, though we can never o without the Bible. but in a person. nd that person. Christ, places our es upon God. Let us resolve to go deeper, deeper. we are at all unsettled in matters Creligion, we shoulId not despair. We in find the solid and the safe. Let s build there. Let us build according the plans of the Supreme Architect f the universe. Let all build until umanity shall become a temple comn lete filled with the light and music of [eaven, filled with the life of God: and en, even though storms may come nd the last night fall about us. it will aly be the servant of a new day, and 'e shall be able to say, "I know wn1oml have believed and am persuaded that e is able to guard that which I have :>mmitted unto Him against that daty." ur foundations cannot be destroyeid. hank God: The Talent That MultIplies. God blesses you that you may be a lessing to others. Then He blesses ou also a second time in being a lessing to others. It is the talent hat is used that multiplies. Receiving, unless one gives in turn, askes one full and proud and selfish. live out the best of your life in the Ister's name for the good of others. end a hand to every one who needs. 0 rEady to serve at any cost those rho requiie your service. See'k to i)e blessing to every one who comues for mt a moment uder' your influence. This is to be angel-like. It is to b~e ~od-like. It is t. be Chrisi-like. We r in this world to hte useful. God vnts to pass His gifts a~id blessings brough us to others. When we fail iHis mecssenge'rs. we fail of our mis' The Bichop and the WaffeCs. It would indeed be a cqucer bishop vho could niot tell a good story of imslf. The late Bishop Dudley ot Ctucky. vas wont to relate with uch rel'iish an interesting experience hich he oacc had in ecnnection with At a fine old Virginia homestead vere he was a frequent gucst the ;aie:s were always remarkably good. One morning, as breakfast dre; ear an end, thec tidy little linen-coat d black boy who served at table ap roached Bishop Dudley and asked in L low voice: "Bishop. won't y' have 'n'cr waif "Yes," said the genial Bishop," jiieve I will" "Dey ain' no mo'," then said th. icer little black boy. "Well." exclaimed the surprised 7evernd gentleman. "if there area't any more waffles, what made you asi e if [ wanted another one?" "Bishop." exclaimed the little blaci boy. "you's done et ten a'ready, an [thought y' wouldn' want no mo'." Emma Carleton, in Lippincott's. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JANUARY 21. Subject: The Boy Jesus, Luke If., 40-5s Golden Text, Luke i., 52-Memory Verse, 51-Topic: The Bc. Jesus a Pattern For Youth-Commentary. I. The growth and advancement of Jesus (vs. 40, 52). 40. *The child grew." From this verse and verse 52 we learn that .Tesus had a human body and soul. He was a genuine boy and grew like other boys, but He was sin less. Evil had no place in Him. "Waxed." An old English word for grew. "$trong in spirit." "In spirit" Is omitted in the Revised Version, but spiritual strength is mea-nt. He be came strong in mind and understand ing. "Filled wth wisdom." He was eminent for wisaom even when a child. 'Grace of God." Grace commonly moans favor. God was pleased with Him and showed Him favor and blessed Him. 52. "Increased in wisdom." This refers to His spiritual and intellectual development. Some one has said that "wisdom is knowledge made our own and properly applied." "And stature." There could be no increase in the per fection of His divine nature, but this is spoken of Ills human nature. His body increased in stature and His soul developed in divine things. "FaTor with God." Though His entire being was in the favor of God. yet as that being increased in amount, the amount of favor increased proportionately. "And man." His character and life 'were beautiful and the better ITe be came known the more He was aamired II. Jesus at the Passover (vs. 41, 42). 41. "Went-every year." The Passover was one of the three great Jewish feasts which all males over twelve years of age were required to attend. 42. "Twelk years old." To a boy who had never been outside the hills of Nazareth. the journey to Jerusalem, the appearance of the city at this time. a sight of the temple, the preparations for the feast and especially the feast itself, must have been an imposing sight. III. Jesus lost and found (vs. 43-46). 43. "Fulfilled the days." The Pass over week i.Exod. 12:15'. "Tarried be hind." Jesus was so Intensely inter ested in the teaching of the rabbis that He failed to start with the caravan on the homeward journey. "Knew not of it." This shows the perfect confi dence they had in the boy. 44. "In the company." The people traveled in caravans. Jesus evidently had been allowed a more than usual amount of liberty of action. as a child, by parents who bad never known Him to transgress their commandments or be guilty of a sinful or foolish deed. 43. "Found Him not." They had probably left in the night to avoid the heat of tht day, and in the confusion Jesus was lost. 46. "After three days." An idiom for "on the third day;"- one day for their departure, one for their return and one for the search. "They found Him." Jerusalem was overcrowded with millions of people packed into a small area, and they had none of the means to which we would at once look for assistance in saakhing for a lost child in a great city *"~' the teinple." Joseph and Mary'e iently knew where they would be most likely to dei ait'iygu sbMbly in one 40t1rtimes Jih~got~rnie worn ramagrpt~ilag&i &tlthel rabbis .We f 1w8. qeh i'to 1tie doe fg*gthei. (l'lcre eatuet lw.d tntish tey weri a tasory &dsasi His destind ing4."ooHe brougait Pith..im baeakoledgei if d'es honoery foiv o er boy, an tose tuhy boes in holingpr fa dicusio mnantukwith thsadandm.ation." "t his unds tenidest. Hoto eroofh honobablye givtenivaely. andThse father." TIhis form of speech was necessary, for how else could she speak? "Sought Thee sorrowing." The word here rendered sorrowing is ex pressive of great anguish. 49. "How is it that ye sought Me T' This is no reproachful question. It is asked in'all the simplicity and boldness atonished t~tIe shibuN 'have been sought, or even thought of, anywhere else than in the only place which He felt to be properly His home. "Wist." Know. "About My Father's- business.'' See IR. V. "In My Father's house" un necessarily narrows the fulness of the expression. Better: in the things or affairs ot My Father, in that which belongs to His honor and glory. I'bese bear with them the stamp of au thenticity in their perfect mixture of dignity and humility. It is remarka ble, too, that He does not accept the phrase "Thy Father" which Mary had employed. 50. "Understood not." They did not understand His mission. V. .Jesus subject to His parents (v. 51i. 51. "WVent down with them." If His heart drew Him to the temple, the voice of duty called Himi back to Gali lee: and, perfect. even in childhood. He yielded Implicit obedience to this voice. "To Nazareth." Here He re mained eIghteen years longer. These were years of growth and preparation for Is great life work. "Was sub ject unto them." There is something wonderful beyond measure in the thought of Him unto whom all things are subhject subm'itting to earthiy par ents. "In her heart." Expecting that hereafter they* would be ex:plained tc her and she would understand their To Point a Moral. Almos t everything ih' ha,' Th::1 - he:ld mna ke a person ghtd 'Just to i,e' alive: good friends. l .iratht. po'sit i. .n. all that lend HIapiness t( mst o1 us I shoud have- been htappy thus: .ife~ he loved for its own sa'k.. And he hotp'ed to live to mnake Others~ se his point of view. And he op)timistic. too. T'hen one d'i. 1 lttle worry. Casdhsr'ind 'a minute's fiurry; H ~e di:-misd ' -it returnmed Fvr hour. 5 (iU~"d then he~ learned Th'at it wo'ul'd "ot down unso.ved As ' i' daily ta ck rn"volved T h.s sma rob lem interfered. With hi s work . .n it appeareu Each day large r than before. So it grew and more and more. Colored al! his spe'ch and thought; Other id'as shrunk to naught. Day and night this worry fed On his soul. unciuietod, TijI its everilasting paint. Broke his heart and wrecked his bramn. When he klied himself, at last. All who knew him we aghast (And forgot it in a hurry:) That one said: "Did you know, my dear, I always did thmnk he was-queer." -Ceveland Leader. For fifteen yeats no suiclde of a few was recorded in the seven great districts that comprise the most pop' ,,osc par- of entral I..ondon. BRICE LAW UPHELD Supreme Court Rules That It is Constitutional ISSUE IS SETTLED BY OPINION Only Part of This Local Option Law Rejected by Court Was the School Fund "Rider." The Brice law is constitutional. Such is the decision of the State Su preme Court. The dispensaries kept open by injunction must be closed hereafter and prohibition will prevail in all of the northmest portion of the State, from Edgefield to the North Carolina line, except in Abbeville county. where no election has been held. The case, argued before the supre me court last Monday were decided Friday and the court decrees that the law is constitutional with one excep tion. and that may be eliminated with out affecting the law itself. The ex ception singular to relate is the 'rider' whieb was put on the Brice bill by the dispensary people. the clause which provides that counties svoting out the dispensary have no partici pation in the surplus school fund ac cumulated from the dispensary pro fits. The State of South Carolina, in the supreme court. November term, 1905: W. W. Murph. petitioner, against B. G. Landrum. et al.. respondents. Louis B. Cox. petitioner, against James Hodges. et al.. respondents. -Joseph W. Coward. petitioner, against J. H. Blackwell, et al., re spondents. John A. Weir, petitioner. against F. P. Walker. et al., respondents. Robert E. Ligon, petitioner. against F. 1. Burriss, et al., respondents. Pickens County. petitioner, against A. W. Jones. as comptroller general. respolideat. Oronee County, petitioner. against A. W. Jones, as comptroller general: respondent. Adam I.. Aull. petitioner. against A. W. Jones. as comptroller general. reslonaenit. In each of these cases brought in the original jurisdiction of this court the question is raised as to the con stituionality of the act commonly known as the Brice act, approved February 25. 1904, amending section 7 o the genarl dispensary law, ap proved March 6. 196. After careful conside-ation .this court is of the opinion that said act is not unconstitional on' any of the ground alleged except in so far as said Brice act declares that "any county voting out a dispensary shall not thereafter receive any part of the .urplus that may remain of the dis pensary school funds after the defi iencies in the various school funds have made up as prov-ided by law." While the court considers this provis ion unconstitutional. the court is of thp11Qpiion that it is separable from ejn wistnder of the act and that smidsaftobands as constitutional with (9i-piS4id% treated as stricken out. :u eso R1n renders it necessary o 3 e ''jtjmporary injun'eion gralmtd :1k*iq; .ie above entitled eases~ yestrisiethe closing of the dispensiaristdomin mentioned. -and also that the temporary injunction granted in the remaining three above entitled eases restrining the comp trolle general frotm drawing his offi ial warrant for the several sums arising from the surplus of the dis pensary fund as therein mentioned be dissolved and the comptroller gen-y. rai left free to disburse said fund as it would have been disbursed before the enaction of the said Brice. act, and it is so adjiudged. The reason for these conclusions will be stated in an opinion hereafter to be filed. T. J. Pope, C. .J., .Eugene B. Gary, A. ., Ira B. Jones. A. J., C. A. Woods, A. J. The action of the court means that the dispensary must be and must re main closed in Greenville, Spartan burg. Anderson. Laurens, Union. Pick ens. Newberrv. Cherokee, Horry, Oco nee. Darlington. Marion, York, Lan caster. Edzefield and Saluda counties. Greenwvood and Marlboro have never had dispensaries. Williamsburg voted the dispensary out. but the election was illegal and the result was so de ela red. Thus 19) out of 14 counties have al ready (leclared against the dispensary system andl in 20 others there has been no election. Two counties have stcod by the dispensary. Florence and Fair field, in several others the people , w:mt elections but are being kept frm an expression of their views. Those counties whch now hiave dis reisaries must contribute of ther schoo fund to the couinties inii h here arec no dipeais;)t5l'C unho an enthlyv new systeml is enalctedl. Nego Child Burn-:d. Swan-eu. Special.-Meltoni Jamisonl, e negro living on Mr. Lenm Berry's place niear Swansczi. lost a child fromn a severe b)urn. The ch ild ' ltin in some w\ay* caiught on fire a:s.i least one halt the skia on its en: ire body and extremities was borned. N cnticle peeled o!T. The child was~ 21 moths~ old and did not seem t' e - for* any pain. It lived about 18 h:2s a ier being burned. Sheriff Corley Acquitted. Brookland, Special. - The 'x.se aainst Sheriff P. HI. Corley, chtar':ed with assault upon the person of Sinon P. Clark. was tried here before Ma:i traie Marchant. The defense r4kad for a jury. They heard the ens:- a:.d after retiring for a few miin::es brought in a verdict of ''not guity.'' The prosecution was represented by, E. M. (larkson: the defense by W. H. Sharpe. T. C. Sturkie and W. W.