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wQi5TON'J TRANSLATEb FR Xor, AKE up. Gaston-wake up man; are you so besottet Q W C that you can take no in terest in ;.his glorious day' 'WOW' Wake up, you fool, lister to the ,houts of the mob. listen to the sound of the tumibrils-away they go away to Dr. Guillotine. a brave sight my son. for all of us. and yet yo. sleep. You are a clown: you are un -interesting." Jean. the innkeeper. snapped his fingers in the air as he gave off with a burst of enthusiasm these last words Gaston Perodil raiscd his head from the table whereon it had been resting and looked with sleepy. bloodshot eyes at th- burly figure of Jean. the inn "No interest to ime." lie said. slowly "What do I care if a thousand aristo crats iose their heads today-let them." He reaciled over for the wine bottl and looked at it criticaliy. "Empty:' he 111111(red. "a;taon. you w-ary me. A man 01 your talents. a man of your strength a maln who could do so muUch for the "ause. Come. citizen. bestir yourself Out into the rabble-be the first t( seize the carrion when it is thrown fron the steps of the Conciergerie Hurrah. this is a glorious day!" Gastoni Perodil rose and shook him self like a big dog. He m.ts tall broad shouldered, dressed in a gari which bespoke him to be a soldier-al though that garb was now sadly be smirched and rent, the tricolor blazed in his cap, his tricolor sash. crumpled and torn. showed here and there dul stains-the stains of blood. "I have done enough." lie said. "I am sick of it. Jean. it is you who tall Jike a fool, no-not like a fool, like a tiger. Does the thought ever entei y6ur thick head that some of thest people whose deaths we gloat over are mere flesh and blood, as good-ay and better-than you or I: that therc is zoo much of slaughter in it all, tha the'e is scant justice? Haven't yot bee. there, man. i:n the Conciergerie' Haven't you listened to the sentences' (.tuilty: guilty: guilty: until the wort trips off tie tongue mechanically E'Ver'ybody guilty-you o-' I. Jean. if we were there: if we had done every thing possible in human power for the cause, if we were ranged there, i would be impossible for the mob to sho,)ut 'Not guilty'-they have forgortet how.'' Thit~'itle eyes of the innkeepel twinkled. "eaven help you. Gaston." he said "if you said such words to any othet nian but myself. How do you knons that I will not denounce you?" "Because." said Gaston. and ht pushed his way through the chairs t( the innkeeper's side and laid his hear.y hand on the innkeeper's shoulder "you dare not. I would find a meanm ot' killing you before my head los comtpaniy with my body. Pah! I mus: &e out. I must walk-anywhere awa. from~; those sounds." He pushed his hat tightly on his hen( and passed out into Gio street: a str'eel (deserted even of the chlidreni. who but a week or two back ha~d made th( very stones ring with their childisl ('lamnor-deserted, for the str'eet's popn la'tion was at the Coneiergerie. 01' at the foot of the guillotine. Gaistor I'er'di! walked rapidly dtown the street roedthe sqluare at the end and Taitntged into the narrow, alley-like and to-:tuous arteries of lower Partis. He .::ine to the end of the fortlitientions nnd zedC~ with eves or sonme meln ca31ly upon the works whic'h, prosecut ed once with so much vigor, were no0w a!! abandoned. -The af~Ctoon deepened.. Hie could fatintiy hear on the warm autumi breeze the clamor of tihe c'ity;: but herE hte sat in solitude, thinking, and think ing deeply. There had been a time when Gastor Perodil had Iusted for the blood of thE ariocrats. He had been among :h( first to shout for the cockade of thE eitizeni. he had been in the front raul, -tihose who had brought the dreadei ltastiile to a mere heap of masonry Fa it was who had received pron1o t~i after p:'omotion until, at that mo nant, he searcel' knew what his po sir:on w'as in the atimy of the republie Twilight deepened until night crep' aeross Paris. Gaston rose and pre par'e'd :o walk bac'k to the city, H-I had sear'ceiy taken'i tw\o steps. however 1.'fore a noise close at hlmnd ;arrestc' his pro'gress. It was a sounid whiel *w:'-s foreirn to iis ('ars-somel one sob hing. ITe re'ma'ined for a mnomen rot-d to 'e spot. Yes, he was no nista kcn: it was ntot the i'ustle of tI breez.e int the lilae trees of the litth garden, it was the sobbing of a womanI. Hio lookedI arounid. butt could1( see no011 ing i'then' crossed with a few rapih trdc t' the gate of the deserted ('01 t~~.pusi d it ope'n and peeredl with in.Si:i could .<ee nothing. Hi' w'em furthe wi'~ ith entlike tiread. am 11:9: per'(ve the tigur*. of a womnai 1n the lttle ben('h under the lilas tr"ees He erept around to thle back o th . res ad laid his hand gently o: the' w'nmn'n shoulder. Titizens. sid he. it his roug! TI: womanii''II starited to iher feet a ii fCed Gaslton. 'One s.wi ft glance at ii uniftorn, 'at the tat *n'd sash and th ti'o01or co'd. andi~ she st'realmed anIl retreated i oiding her hands befor' h -r face, ani tottered un1ti: she fe] "Th'iere is m.ore in tlis.'' sail lie t h~iself. "than Iuee':sth~ee~ ye. A 1poo .-' tae. d1eserted. a wVomant crying. a. pe 1nt "augh-no: a dress of sill, a1 shoe of 5:atill, a bii ce whlichl mutli !:av. 'ost :'?iiity bouis. a hand wilit am:d with jeQveis on the tinger's. 01 Gas1toni you are inluc' way mad took he i.' inid in his. "And vet wo:virous fair'. A pity tha a; e('k like that should. be spoilhEd 1) I :. Guni!otinec:ai piy that such a face :bat stuel: a farm: shtou :d he worth li .'a mor0te tnan a han1 d2ul of udust. Br 'die is an aristo 'raz--my duty is eiear. lie lifwd ne:- i:: ,is ::rans as if hi p JA(RIFKCE ON THE FKENCH. d the cottage and gently laid her on a ii rough, wooden: bench. t ".Yes." he added. "my duty is clear. I C will take her to the Conciergerie." d He rose and scratched his chin t thoughtfully for a minute, wrinkled 1 his brow and tapped the floor with his a heavy boot. "Pah"' he said, at last. "what am I T thinking of?" Then ran through the I cottage to the yard and brought in his T cap some water, with which he liber ally besprinkled the white face of the unconscious woman. In a few mo- T ments Gaston Perodil had the sasfac- I tion of seeing her eyes open. She rose e and gazed at him with a look of such terror that Gaston feared she would faint again. "It seems." said the soldier, "that I have frightened you." She shuddered and pressed her hand upon her bosom. "You are a soldier of the people." she half whispered. Gastol nodded. -A soldier of the people, mademois elle. that is true. And you-** "Why do you question? You know I ime." t "Not at al!." replied Gaston. with an air of indifference--not at all. I assure you. Put I am a soldier of the people: that is true. every word of it. You are t not a citzeness. As a soldier of the people, I must ask you to come with me." "To the Conciergerie?" t "To the Conciergerie." "Money will not tempt you." she cried, looking at him with imploring eyes. "Oh. if you only knew." and here she broke down and sobbed. "If you only knew. I have been here two days. I fled. leaving them all, my father. my brothers! Heaven help me. where are they?" Gaston raised. his right hand and struck the back of his neck, then smileO. "Mademoiselle." said he. "you will aecompany me: but. better still. I will let you remain here, for you will prom ise me. as an aristocrat. that you will I not attempt to escape?" Then he laughed in a manner which was so bru tal that the girl fell back from him in horror. "You are mad." she cried. ."you are drunk-ah. I see. drunk with the blood which you and your compatriots have shed. Take tme with you. then, if you will. It is soon finished. it is soon over -it is better." "You have a mantle?" asked Gaston. She rose, and from a chair close by took her cloak and put it on her shoul Iders. "I am ready." she said. "Good," said Gaston, "let us go." JIean, the innkeeper, !ooked puzzled. "What the devil has come over vou. Gaston?" said he. "I can't make i Count Lovet. How could you be so foolish? You tell her you are taking her to the Conciergeric: you bring her e Ihei'e, she remains here. W'hat am I to t do? I am a fool not to have acted1 e upon my first impulse-I most. I will! "You won't." said Gaston. "I am a man of moods. As a soldier of the pe'o ple I should have taken her to the Con ciergerie. of course. But, you see, it a was a long walk to the Conciergerie. and I had to pass the inn. good1 citizen. and1( I had had time to retleet in the passage from the fortitientions to the inn. So MIlle. Louvet is here, and herea she wilI remain uniier our protect ion."r "Citizen." said JTean. "do vou know wlmht will happen to us if it is discov' cred':" "Paih:" retorted Gaston. He raised his hand and struck the back of his I neck again. "Don't talk; bring me some winle." The little street in which Jean's wine shop was situated was crowded with an excited mob, which concentrated it self upon the inn. Jean was there, his face aflame, his eyes twinkling. "Good citizens." he cried, as he waved his arms excitedly in the air, "I have done my duty, but it will be terri ble work. Gaston Perodil knows; he has armed himself: he will fight. Pre pare yourselves, citizens, if you would take her, if you would take him." "Tell us." said a tall, black-haired and brawny individual, who pushed his way to the front with an impetu osity brooking no denial, "tell us, Citi zen Jean, all you knowv. It is Louvet, ~ you say-what of Perodil?"e He raised in his hand the iron bar which he c'arr'ied. "Bring him here." he cried. "so that I can beat his brain- Mut-traitor? "Traitor:" echoed the crowd., in uni son. ..He has firearms!" screamed Jean. "What has he done? He suspected. he came down. he taxed me, but I de nied everything. He heard you com -ing, and he thenm came through the innt like a lion, breaking things, as a gladia to" would break things in his passage. ie threw~ things this way. he threw' them that, lie seized the guns, and he ~is now in the cellar. I heard the noise of bolts being shot. I heard the sound of heavy beams being torn from their fastenings. I heard the noise of those naams being put agai' st the door. IHow will youa et in?-wtat will you do-and he has the aristocrat with Lim. What will you do?-be careful. I zood citizens. be careful." S"Out of the way:" cried the big man: 1 "let us attack the door: let us get at them. W\hat matter if lie does tight? SThe bigger the fight the better. A .' md man. you say-so are we madmen Sand madwomen. . Gastou Perodil was, indeed, mad. tBut twenty mninutes had elapsed. since Sh becamie conscious that he had been . herayed. What had he not done in that time? In the big wine cellar of i.Jean, the inkeeper. he stood at bay. Around him he had distributed a half t dozen tirearms. Mad-yes. but with a rmadness which could not be seen. He . was like a volcano ready to burst forth - into fire and fury. t"Good mnaden:.oiselle." he said, "don't "come too near. Take that lamp a little e away fromn that barrel. It looks like a p in b-arrel, dent' mademoiselle but it not-It Is gunpowder-ha hm gun owxder: When I tell you o hand me je --unls, you will d so. bece(':iU we must ight. nademioi-elle. to the very nd.'' The zirl was on her knees at his feet. -embling. huiiddering. andI the tears illing in streams from hir eyes. --Why do you protect me?' she er(ed. Save your own life: it will be better. Vt0 two must die if you persist." "Of no consequence." replied the sol ier. "Listen-they come! He sprang to the door, a huge pistol 1 cach hand, and waite '. The heavy n eams of wood which he had placed i rosswise and :engthwise against the a oor looked solid enough to resist all h lie force which could be broughit to- a ,ear by those without. le listened e ud then came back. t "MIle. Louvet." he said. "it is true g re must be prepared to die. You will i old the lamp a little higher, but do f ot tremble so much: do not 'rop the p Imp." lie went into the barrel a. pulled t gently into the mi(dle of the cellar. t ut his hands to the staves until they s reaked and creaked and gaped. Then, r rith a wrench he tore away the cover- r ag. and the black powde:: stood r. I ealed. "Take away the lamp. mademois- I le." he said: "you are too near. Take t t to the other side of the cellar." -e picked up the pistols again. went a n the door. and, hearing a shutiling of eet. fired through the woodwork. A r auffled scream came to hik ears, and t ie laughed as he turned tc reload his I >istols. Then there came a crash at I he door. but it yielded not. Gaston knelt down and handled his eapans dexterously. One, two. three, our, five shots went erashing through lie woodwork in rapid su'cession. The t ellar was filled with snoke and the iauseating smell of gunpowder. Crash! The door quivered. one of he heavy beams fell in and almost truck the kneeling soldier. Crash! but ach crash was followed by the report f one' of Gaston's firearDas. Crash! L panel fell in and a gaunt. hairy man ame through the aperture. Gaston arose and went over to the neeling girl. "Mle. Louvet," he said, "you are not fraid to die!" She looked at him, but could not peak. He leaned down and lifted her o his feet. "Mile. Lonvet." he said, "we are to lie. I will take your hand. I will kiss t. for it is glorious to die in such con aly:'' He drew her gently across the cellar v o where the lamp stood and he took f lie lamp in his hand and advanced to he harrel of gunpowder and held the likering flame high above his head. 5 "Mllie. Louvet." said the soldier, "you I re not afraid':" ( She looked up at him, her eyes now I stirously bright. "I am not afraid," she said, firmly. I nd before the iext crash of the batter ng ramn at thme door Gaston had I ropped the lamp. . Castonite, a double carbide of cal mm and barium, is a new product of he electrie' furnmi:ce that. like 'calciumn aride, is dlecomphosed lby water'. It ras tim'st made by J. Cartie:'. at French italurgist. It has been deeldeid that meat of mimals used for' obtaining vaccine is at made(I tift foi' foods. 'The .mar asses of many calves that have been -acinate'd areo sold int thei Londonn :arke:, anid their use as food ellect' saving of maniy thou.saind dullars an ually. Convini'ing evid.eiie of thle relatIive~ urabnity of pot set in natural posi ion and those inv~erted has been given ~ yv Andrew Whiton, an Amueric'an me hanic. Posts set in Connecticut in och positions were cai'efully mairked, ndl aftei' nine years the inverted ones ere found to be practically sound chie others were much decayed. An electrolytic process is one of the w suggestions in color photography. erain substances. such as selenium. ae an electric resistance varying t vith the degroes of light, and when t uch a substance is usedl as an elec rode, and the image projected on it, ~ .galvanic deposit would be formed rithi a rampidity varying with the in- I ensity of the illumination. The art of making diamonds has been t :iven a step) forward through a study f the diamiond-bearing me(te'orie iroiu c f Canon Diablo. In a section of this amu mi't5iieteori to Professor Molissan ii as found numner'ous diamnonds-both lack and transparent-together with :raphite, and phosphorus and suilphurt' -ombined w'ith iron, and has made ex erimients to deterine tile effect of 1 ilicon, sulphur and phosphorus. The production of liquid air is ius utlined: Air is compressed to 12(0 o 100 ptounids per square inch: passedi< nto receptacles where it is freed fi'o:n noisture and other impurmities: ten to expansion chambers aind through ong coils of pipes. It becomes in ensely cold, reaching finaily 31l2 de trees below zero, at which point it be oes liquid. The liquid is dIrawn off ito insulated vessels, and keeps for lays. gr'adually lessening until it is ill evaporated.. Electrical Wrcnderq. Aladdin's luminary and atll the won hers of the fairy tales calnnlot coim >are with the modern magicians in very: day twvent ieth c'entury3 en ineers, whose marvels, up to 1902. 1re detailed in a recent government ensus report. In the yeai' the census wvas taken there were :3d20 central electric stations, representing .~>00. )X0.000; 30.000 officers and laborers. whose wages amounted to $20,000, 100: 125.000) miles of wire had been aid: 419.000 are lamps and 18.000.000' inandescent lamps were in service: the stations had an output of 3.300. L00.00) horse power hours, with a laiy output of nearly 13.000.00() horse power hours, which is approximately equivalent to the work possible were t"verv man in the c'ounitry to sptend the ay in rning a crank. SOUTHERN : TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLAN Feeding the Dairy Cow. There are two common mistakes iade in feeding cows: tirst, not feed ig liberally enough: second, feeding ration not properly balanced. It as been found by experiment that bout sixty per cent. of what a cow can at Is necessary to merely maintain er without producing any milk or ining in weight. This being true, it evident that it is not economy to eed only a little more than this sixty er cent. needed to keep up the cow's ody. Below are given balanced rations at will furnish the materials neces ary to produce milk in about the right roportions. By the term "rations" is eant the feed for twenty-four hours. f a cow will not give a good flow of ilk in the early part of the milking erlod when fed a liberal amount of ese rations, it indicates that she is ot adapted by nature to be a dairy nimal. and should be disposed of. The mounts given are considered about ght for a cow giving from twenty to wenty-five pounds of milk per day. 'or heavy milkers these rations are to e increased- and reduced for lighter nilkers. In making up these rat. s t is designed that the cow be given ractically all of the roughness she will at and then sufficient wrain is added o furnish the necessqry amount of di ;estible material. 1. Clover hay, twenty pounds; bran. ye pounds; corn, six to eight pounds. 2. Clover hay. twenty pounds, oats, our to five pound;; corn, six to eight hounds. 3. Clover hay. twenty pounds: corn nd cob meal, eight to ten pounds; luten or cottonseed meal, two pounds. 4. Alfalfa or cowpea hay, fifteen to wenty pouxis; corn, nine to twelve ounds. 5. Alfalfa or cowpea bay. ten ounds: corn stover. ten pounds; corn. ight to ten poursds, and bran. two lunds.-Professor C. H. Eckels. of :issouri Agricultural College. Ronuhness Por Beef Making. During the past winter an interest ng experiment with sixty head of beef attle was conducted at the Experi nent Station. The twenty cattle fed lage made an a-erage gain of 1.41; ond per lieAd ppr day: the twenty attle fed timothy hay. 1.10 pound per ead per day. and the twenty cattle ed sfircdded corn stover, .97 pound er head per day. There was thus a fference of one-third to one-half ,und of gain pe head per day in vor of the silage fed cattle. The lage fed cattle finished off the best id showed more quality than the hers, and in any discriminating mar t would have brcught a considerably igher price. The strong prejudice gainst using silage for the winter eedig of beef cattle is hard to under tand, for it has been f,uily (demon trated that silage fed cattle will kill t quite as wvell as the dry fed cattle. d the meat is. generally speaking. of uperior quality. Wherer-.s, the silage as nil eaten up. 13.5 of the stover d 4.10 per cent. of the hay was ~astd. The gains show that the ati fed w~ere nrt of a satisfactory ali::y. In previ us experimnents a und of gain has been made for a onsumption' of th ree to four pounds grain. The silage fed cattle in this et consumied ('.54 poundIs of grain for pound of gain: the stove:~ fed cattie .1S pounds. or about twic-e asmuh 1 the hay fed cattle 8.99 pounds. or .45 poundus more per head than the lage fed catle. W\ith better bred nimals fed in previous e.xperimients. he average gain per head per day has ten been :2.15 pounds through the six: ionths' feeding period, which again estifies to the unsatisfactory quality fthe animals fed in this test.-An rew M. Soule. Director, Virginia Ex eriment Station, Blacksburg. Feeding Dlairy Cows. The Kentucky Experiment Station as published a superior bulletin en itled "Feeding Dairy Cows." It gives he result of experiments that affect arious dairy questions. and is sum aarized as follows: . Select cows of dairy type. While ure bred dairy animals will bring a igher price. they will also tend more Sreproduce the dairy type, and are herefore recommennded. 2. Take al strict accounlt of the cost fmilk and butter from each inidiv-idu1 Icow of the herd, so that the unprof table ones nrauy be cuiled out. 3. Exercise and ipu -e air are very *sential to the best re-ulits from ileh COWS. but exposure to severe reater', espre (ially cold rains, should ic avoided. I. Feed to) get the largest amount of nilk withi profit. The yield of milik .id thereby the yield of butter. is :esaly inftluenc'ed by the amount amnd haracter of tihe f'eed, the percenmtage ffat remaining fairly constant. 5. Inrese thme aimmunt anmd the ngh of the season of pastures. t'" Reflections of a Bachelor. A woman can always see a joke if tisnt one. A fine wvay not to understand a Wo nan is to miarrv her. All that some people have to do to cake stocks go down is to buy them. A woman is rearly always sure hat a cup of nice, hot coffee will heip er huhband 's business when it iu Bits of Brightness. "What. Bobby in trousers!'' ex daimed the visitor. ''How long have ou rea ve-ring themi'' '"Not ver.3 ong.' replied Bobby. ''Only dowi oo my knees. ''-( hicago News. Oh John. I saw a sign in Bargen S ~. 's widow today that reminded mn ff what I am most in-'' Mr. Spen er (interrupting hastily)-I. too aw a sizn in their window that re minded me of what I am. It reads os to 49c. ' '-Philadelphi: A RM *. IOTES. "ER. STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER, they represent profitable gains in dairy ing-. 6. Good roughness is essential in dairying. and the more palatable these foods may be. the more of the higher priced grain feeds they will replace. Of our coarse feeds grass. corn silage, alfalfa and elover hay rank high. 7. Study the profits in grain feeding in order to avoid giving more grain than the value of the resulting in creased yield. Our leading grain ra tion is a combination of ground corn and bran. This ration may under some circumstancez be bette-ed or cheap ened by the addition of certain by-pro ducts cf cereal and oil raills. Grow Eape For Pasture. Rape is not used as much In the South as it should be. It would af ford succulent pasture throughout the cooler portion of the year in the rice belt and would be of great help to stock-especially sheep. Experiments by Professor Craig at the Iowa Exper iment Station show that one acre of well grown rape is worth 2600 pounds of ihe mixture of two-thirds corn and one-third shorts by weight. The exper iments were carried on for two years with two lots of pigs. One lot grazed the rape and received the grain mix ture, while the other received only the grain. For producing gain in hogs one? acre of rape is worth forty six bushels of corn. Professor Craig ndds that the hogs receiving the rape were thriftier and made more rapid gains from a heavy feeding of grain after being removed from the rape, than di Qose that had received grain only. They were unusually strong and ac tive on their legs after having been fed grain for twelve weeks. Twenty eight hogs. averaging 210 pounds when rape feeding ended. were pen fed twelve weeks on grain, at the end of wLich time they averaged 340 pounds. This is a gain of a little over a pound and ai half per day for three months. Yhe rice farmer cannot hope to pro duev forty-six busiels of corn regular ly per aere. But lie canl grow rape and one acre of rape is worth forlty-si bushels of corn for hog feed. More rape will mean more hogs. eheapeL hogs, healthier hogs, much more protit from hogs. Eurn Weed Seeds. Someone who knew what lie Was ta!l:ing about said, Destroy a serpent while it is in the egg. If he had been talking about weeds, no doubt he would have said. Destroy weeds while they are in the seed. At this season there is spare time that should be used in cleaning the farm of weeds. They are along the levees and fences. They a:e in almost every neglected corner of the farm. 3Many of themn have thou sands of seeds for each one. To permit them': to remain standing. so that every passing wind can shatter and spread the seed, is to sit idly.y and watch the trouble growing. trou ble that could now be easily turned aside. D~urinlg the (dry weather a wag on1 and team could be used to haul straw from the stacek to weed patches. F1y placing a foundation of sta on a dry piace and piling the weeds on it lire will soon destroy all the seeds. Care must be used not to shatter the se:ds on1 the land. Some( of. the weeds save dropped part or ail of their seeds; but in case~ of doubt use the tire cure. it never fails to accomplish its pur poe. Objection nay be raised that this work1 will req1uire somec time. Do0 not give that objection too much wveight. Time is not very vaiuable onl most rice farms just now, and an energetic workman can nispose of many noxious seeds in a short time. In any case. there is mnore time now to destroy seeds than there will be during. the busv season. Feeding Hogs For Profit. A series of experiments by the Mils souri Agricultural College showv that farmers. who fatten hogs this fall can add r -aly fifty per cent. to the value of ths r corni by3 feedin.g linseed meal with it in proportion. by weight, of five ~arts corn to one part meal. That is to sy. cornl worth thirty cents per bushel when fed alone. is worth forty-live to forty-right c-ent when fed. with lin -eed meal. For ths purpose the corn may be ground or shelled. It is necessary to suppllemlent corn in some such manner owing to the fact that it is defielent in protein, one of the essential e>aments of p0ori pro ductionl. This substamnce is found in every tissue of the body and is the principal element of lean meat. Corn frnishes the miner-al matter for the bones, and the starch. sugar and fat for the prnoduction of fat aind the main tenance of the animal body, but it dc0as not furnish the protein essential o the tissues. It oeomes necessary. :eefore. to supply- this through some -,t her food. I Pointed Paragraphs. A nice way for a woman not to have cold feet is to wear a pear neck lace. A man could have a lot of fun do in thing-s that bore him because they Iare respectable, if they wearn't. It is just like a shower bath to have one of your child; -a ask you why one of your neighbc: is so much more successfua than 3.:. Notes of Interest. Goenouontague. in person, read his message to the Virginia Legisla ture. Dr. Win. F. Drewry was elected superintendent of the State Insane Asylum at Staunton, to succeed Dr. Blakfor-d. Vive-president H. H. Rogers. of the Standard Oil Company. obtained a delay when he must show cause why :1he slhould not be compelled to answer the questions of Attorney-Genceral \adley in wMoui TB SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JANUARY 28. Subject: The Baptism of Jesus, Mark. 1. 1.11-Golden Text, I Sam. vii., 3 Memory Verses, 10, 11-Topic: Christ's Preparation For His Life Work. I. Preparing the way (vs. 1-3). 1. "The beginning." Matthew begins with a genealogy of our-Lord and Luke with the history of His infancy, but Mark commences In the midst of gos pel events. He seems anxious to come at once to Christ's public life and min istry. "Gospel." The gospel of Jesus Christ denotes the "glad tidings" or "good news," concerning Jesus Christ. "Jesus." Jesus means "Saviour." This name shows His human nature. "Christ" This name means "anoint ed," and is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew "Messiah." "Son of God." This shows His divine nature. See John 1: 1-3. 14. He was very God, the second person in the Trinity. 2. "Is written." See Mal. 3:1; Isa. 40:3. "I send." This "I" in the prophet is spo ken by Jehovah. But this Jehovah is the Messiah. So that we have here a true Jehovah-Jesus. "My messenger." John the Baptist, Christ's herald. 3. "The voice." - Attention is called to the message rather than to the me senger. John was weak and insignif cant, but he was delivering God's mes sage, and his words produced a iighty effect. "Crying." Heralding, pro claiming. "Wilderness." John preached in the wild, thinly inhabited region ly ing west of the Jordan and the Dead Sea as far north as Enon. two-thirds of the way to the Sea of Galilee, and on both sides of the lower Jordan. "Prepare-paths straight." This is figurative language. The words illus trate the straightening force of the gospel. There must be a thorough preparation before God, our King, will come to us. The self-life must be "brought low;" the crooked life must be "straightened;" the obstructions of unbelief and carnal desires must be re moved. II. John baptzing (vs. 4, 5). 4. "Preach." Herald; a word suggesting the proclamation of a king. John was a gi'eat reformer. "Baptism of repent ance." John was a repentance preach er. This was a baptism required and representing an inward spiritual change; the pledge of remission of sins to those who were truly penitent. "For the remission." The temission was to be received of Christ, the repentance was preparatory to Christ's coming and work, and John's baptism was a sign of true repentance. 5. "All the land." A figure repre senting the sweeping influence of John's preaching. -Confessing." Con fession of sin is one of the elements in true repentance. Repentance includes (1) conviction, (2) contrition, (3) con fession, (4) reformation, and leads to convewsion. III. John's testimony (vs. G-8). "Camel's hair." In appearance John resembled Elijah, the prophet. He was clothed in the coarse, rough cloth called sackcloth in the Scriptures. It was cheap, but admirable for keeping out the heat, cold and rain. "Girdle." The Orientals delight in costly, orna mental girdles, but poor people must content themselves with a strip of hide. "Locusts." The law of Moses gave permission to eat locusts (Lev. 11:21). The common locust is about three Inches long and closely resembles our grasshopper. Locusts are abundant and cheap and are still used as food by the poorer classes. "Wild honey." Honey stored by bees in hollow trees or in the clefts of the rocks. John's habits were in keeping with his wilder ness life..- 7. "There cometh." The preaching of John was preparing the minds of the people for the coming of the Messiah, and they began to ask themselves whetherbe were the Christ. But John was not slow to undeceive them regarding himself. "Mightier." John clearly oiftlined the work of the coming Mes'siah. His baptism will ef fet what mine is powerless to do. "Latchet." The latchet, a word now obsolete, was the thong or lace with which the shoes or sandals wvere fast ened. "Shoes." Or sandals. "Not worty." John shows his greatness by his self-abasement. S. "With water-Holy Ghost." John had administered the outward rite, but could not renew their hearts. .IV. Jesus baptized (vs. 9-11). .9. "In those days." While John was preaching and baptizing. "Jesus came." Jesus was about thirty years old. This was the age when priests entered upon their ministry (Num. 4: 3). and when the rabbis began to teach. "From Nazareth." Where He had lived in seclusion all these years. So far as we know this was Hi3 first pub lie act since He was twelve years of 'age. "Was baptized." Any confessiqp of sin ,was of course out of the ques tion.. There was only a profession on the part of Jesus that as an Israelite He became subject to the law, and that He was connected with humanity by the ties of blood, of suffering and of love. "Of John." At first John hes itated about baptizing Jesus (Matt. 3: 14, 15). 10. "He saw." Christ saw it and John saw it (John 1:33. 34), and it is probable that all who were pres ent saw it; for thIs was intended to be His public inauguration. "The heav ens opened." Luke says that Jesus prayed as soon as He was baptized (Luke 3:21). Here is the first recorded prayer of Christ and Its anaver. "Like a dove." A symbo! this of perfect gentleness, purity. fulness of life, and 'of the power of communicating it. 11. "Voice from heaven." At two other times during our Lord's earthly ministry was a voice heard from heav en At the; transfiguration (Mark 9:'7), and in the courts of. the temple during passion week (John 12:2S). The Father indorsed Christ's earthly mission. "My beloved Son." Jesus Christ is the Son of God from eternity. A Little Parable. Hatred and Selfishness fell in love with each other because they saw that their deeds were alike evil. So they sought Beelzebub and asked him -,marry them. "I will do it," he said. "but it must be on one condition." "What is the condition?" they asked. "That the two of you, when legally ma:' one, shall take a new name." "It 1s agreed." they said. So they were wedded with much pop) and ceremony. "Now what is our new name?" they immediately inquired. "Human Folly," was the answer. "That name hereafter will include the both of you, as, indeed, it practically has done heretofore." So the united two wander over the earth. covering it with unhappiness and frequently we refer to them by teir former names, but not the less dces their wedded name apply to either or both of them.-San Fran cisconCall. [PWOHJH [E901 LESSONS SUNDAY, JANUARY TWENTY EIGHTH. Korea: The Progress of Two Decades. -Luke 1. 76-79. Korea has two claims to the atten tion of all Western people. She was practically the last country on theI Asiatic seaboard to open her doo to foreigners, and she was one of the chief centers of interest in the recent struggle between Russia and Japan. To Christians Korea is of yet great er interest as one of the youngest and yet most promising of all the world'F mission fields. A medical missionary's skill in treating a royal patient opened Korea to the gospel. In view of this beginning medical missions have naturally been made prominent, and their work is its own highest praise. Dr. John F. Goucher proposed beginning of Methodist mission w in the ''Hermit Kingdom" twe years ago. More than that, he supe ported his proposal by the gift of two thousand dollars, to form part of the fund which the planting of the work j would require. The first missionar4t les, W. B. Scranton, M. D., and Rev. H. G. Appenzeller, went out in 1885, and began what has proved to be a most fruitful and prosperous mission. Korea has much or little religion, as one may choose to look at it. Confucius is the great teacher, but Buddhism has its place, and an even larger one is occupied by a degraded Spiritism, in which sorcery and witchci'aft are important elements. The best Korean religion is a present day. worldly-wise system of conduct, with small thv'ght of the great real ities. Its fruits are selfishness, jealousy, and the degradation of wo man. The worst of Korean religion is an indescribable mixture of super stitition, licentiousness, and misery. Small wonder that the present king, in his memorable inter-iew with the late Bishop Niade, said, Send more teachers." The attitude of the king Is also shown in the fact that he gave the name to our school in Seoul by which it has always been known Pai Chai Hakdang, "Hall for Rearing Usef'ul Men." One of the noteworthy features of Korean missions is the beautiful fel lowship of.the various denomination al groups. The Presbyterians and Southern Methodists have been es pecially helpful to our own missioh, and have co-operated with it in many ways. Seventeen years after the baptism of the first convert these are the facts that can be shown by figures: 3 presiding elders' districts. 7,796 members and probationers, 14 local preachers, l1 churches and chapels. Korean ministers contributed last year $1,504 for self-support. A pub lishing house is in prosperous opera tion. The Hall Memorial Hospital, a monument to ''the saintiest man that ver crossed the shores of Korea," has 6,000 patients In a year. CISTIA NEYMfETS JANUARY TWENTY-EiGHTH. Home Missions in Our Cities.-Luk 19:41-48.. Since Christ wept over Jerusalem, must He not be grieving over our modern cities? Our cities think they know what contributes to their peace and pros perity, but often cho"'e whar enses turmoil and deier. .The tmuees that make dens of our cities are not always thieves of money; often they are thieves of hont or and purity, of health i'nd'happi ness. "'The people" are always "ver', at tentive" to Christ, - or- to whoev crries the true Christian message. Cities have been called the failure of our Christian civilization. The are failures only so far as they not Chr istian. Mission rcoms are generally smnal but they are the greatest rooms i the greatest cities. No church can do so much for I self as by doing much for a city ml sion. Too many churches sit down arn wonder why "the highways and he ges" do not come and hunt them BAPTISM. Alternate Topic for January The Meaning of the Ordinance of Rom. 6: 1-11; Gal. 3 27.. The duty of baptism rests Christ's exatmple and Christ's co mand; either of them is enough. Baptism leads the devout soul i the inner experience of Christ's de ad life. Is not that worth av thing? Baptism is a token-the common accepted token-of Christian disciple ship. It is the token Christ chose to pre scribe, and He alone had the right to prescribe it. -- "Repent and he baptized"-they are always linked together.4 If we have enteredi into baptism, it should be a presenlt. as well as a past, experience. It was a death toi sini; it is a life in Christ. ~xpensive Umbrellas. "Fewer persons may carry umbrel las now than formerly," said J. T. Lu cas of Baltimore, at the Hotel B more. "but they 'are centainly cc ing more expensive ones.' Mr.L is a traveling salesman for an brella factory. "It is hard to believe that a pe would pay $1,000 for an umbrella I have had several orders of amount. We had one for Tiffany year. It seems difficult to fi where the cost comes in, but it I in the handle, which is rich In jew First we take an ivory tusk wl is brought direct from India, it be two feet long in its crude at and it is polished and workedo this feature sometimes takino month. Then it is studded with. nonds or some other jewel. I orders in Kansas City to-day for brellas costing $200. "I will concede, however, that raincoat is cutting down the ni of men's umbrellas used."