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tor EN. GEORGE WASIi NG TON died Deceniber 14. 3 o 1-.). at his seat, Vernon." His boly wns5 jgl placed in the oh Ilt:nly vault on the estate three Aays subsequently. For man sv ihere were memorial servi- in churches on the anniversary ueath, but it passes now ininl the happier unniversary --being alone remembered. I was one of a party ehatting t fleman's house. in which th ihree noted physicians aid -,f the city. The conversation lo the subject of Washing-ton a nd its caes ," itima te at iin - - f he sum totil r of wheh wa- in but rather ensaFl.1tionfl ai Si -Ws i g o ' d e t w a - -: - ---- v-pa pat ietws Washlin gvton::~ wasv rdiinal mlpractic 11uh- on -Yanes I my1110 foor it beaunintona l~ wron-ds TH*E NW !I nornc of~. mypoeso. a nd imgn ititAtre elai wit hs getcettoeotn thecas toa uryon y ria: 'er Zlght yeas old th ~ut an er:~ir tdiase pctig'. of a lnivit'yml of fasrmers;a' in evry ways lar, V "No, hot perfc" eaty"ine t eds.me on"Hot is iteh ety \hadnatrulsom drabscesvs in aija boandowaide subjd e toImg n rhati sm." irirghr a "elre, Cgenrall in rwno Jauhy a cod braye r inc Th onlv r p~rfci b evinces insl my b'orsenes .Ir: -r eut fbeting thuigh i.'i ~, . V aeinm. Th een oane ofhmt \\' sion. o n to I iagipeed Ditict Atno'ere h. wit hia sgret chest tones *' ihe ceto ban ury onera ' bust bil, of masi!siew frme in ru~t s~ eaetso the andeir oehl .V - .eIgt es oldwithpoceure ::: hee disase cmitur of amonlise'.'-i -f fearstnery ahi lorgr:: ''w e:: d, and hathe '"iit b ' : "N. Hit pfetl ealthyin ho '. ed o. oAe.blise ost nhi:s : 'o: Ird troubeoetbcss. b"G.an wasr bjcte tom uu nd' "bledmniered. prei . -Vh. cauha coldb bieiar va a s. Gator:;! in wh;;h eno an -9 sypomvereeelpd..~ --9 h re bloord. takle:1 o'e a .n: 21. irer. blood ta en 3i '-.:kl .1< Calomei and tartar emetic en: 4 p. n. ';;tient at 4.3o was so weak he :sktd for his two wills. Destroved one :;ni Said: 'I tind I :m gon1g.' "At 3.:; p. '. the patiilt said to the o-zur. 'I feel myself going. You had It:ter not take any more trouble about )ut :et me go off quietly. I cannot ong.' The great. strong man was !.usted by the frequent draughts of ood. and felt *blue.' . Biters applied to his legs, S Cron this time le nioared to A::he vill less ditticuily t:an he had >l--. as his se(retary will state: but othing was done to counteraet the 7--'ts of the loss of so muc1h b11lood, -i at 10 p. n. le said: "I am going. N h.\k A D IDt!,l. F 1:U.l T il E for a vrdh-t in accord With - ene e ouh! ' innlace., and SC nilISeen to be nlow awakenl a mahorri.d igh-tmare whle4 I :t ow a man in the vigor of a n soed, ithl every possibility of a igasoeo er oea 1:f-dyn aIiln eahb h :-iy w separated. ulber. the' h-:-t ve I sen tholuh af wahe n aaem hecentl buiedar andido no 2.m bod be0 aput in the vigor in ess than twi eas fer pIbilit dead aoou nd rstne of easkmoe t eretary whoeleth did, and-b the ret man uredt his lastiwords Tisean dda illewsmnuesa" "Ab oto te minutspefore het en > iredd ro his brethngnecmenuc eand xatae onthea hra or of1 thher cs evinar hoia:!id cau O the tr-d rain it mdeenl ui and ipresso not me, and "Washington was bled to death." "Washington died a victim of malpractice." rur.s in my bead yet. General Washington's private secre tary, Tobias Lear, mnade notes of the occurrences of the Ist illness of his chlief. wrtig h m l tu :!( Stunid y fo)i lowing his death, which ocurred Sat i urday night, lecenber 14. hetween the hours of 141 :nld 11. Hie : ::::es that the Ge(neral oil ThlIrsday. 1th. rode out to his farins about 1. o'ee!k and dia not return home till pa t " O'clock. Soon after he wvent out the weather ieeain very had. raiin und hail and snow falling alternately, with a cold wind. When lie came in his neck ap peared to be wet and] snow was hang ing on his hair. He went to dinner without changing his clothes. In tile evening lie appenred as well as usual. On Friday. the 1:th. a heavy fall of snow took piaeo, which prevLenjted(1 the Generaf from riding out. Anyway. he enught a slight (old and buried hii self in his study, when lie wrote his last letter. 11s prillipal physician in attendance Aas Dr. Cruik, an ild friend and ex army surgeon. ie was assisted in his heroic treatment of the patient by Dr. Gustavus R.. Brown, of l'vrt Tobacco, Mld.. and Dr. I lick: so there were plen ty oif ned:cal taIleInt presen t in the sick room. On tih liast (:y 1he General iliidf' a r:!r v. struggle i th lt'aill, for at ' o'clti'k !in the inorninL- III - lIo[ up and was dressed aun sat by the fire for twvo ho:.:-S. :1 !q [t .-71 t!: - in, l aft:-nolo l 1;o sn by th' tirt for :in hor. but was wek:I to !::'k. So w-at iiiit'clt'if i f his tre tnl i:I., not coiti' d wa nI(o us. ()n Sundaiy. Deceiler 1:. the collin w s orderedl frain1 .\l"N21lulrin. thef ni.esu1rem nt of tIhl h:1tly selit bein:: In l lgi. six feet Ilree anld one-ha f IMops eXMIt. Aero:'s the shozillders. one foot nine inches exNet. .\eross the chows, two feet one inch exact. Mr. Lear says lie paid Dr. Dick and Dr. Brown $40 eacl for their services which sumn Dr. Cruik advised as very proper. About 12 o'lock Saturday night thb body was taken down stairs and 1i:M out in the Irze rovmn. and on Tues'dy was placedl in the coflin-a imahoganiy one. lined wit lend-and on Wednes day. 18th. Pi : p. .. the internt took place, with modest mittltary and MaI some- ceromies.. On .1ionday"ma ures were t:ikeni tI ::e provision for the refroshiient r f a large nuimiber of ple." a'n a fter dipositin;g the body in I'tl- v:"101. * :1 it ii eturned to the hose and p:!rtok *f siiine refresh Inent, til ri is of tile provision were distributed amiion;g the blacks.'" Washington wa. not buried with the mtilitary honors due his .ank, nor was the funeril attended by niy repreen :ntive of the Government. Seven ololels atcted as pall hearers. and "the friends of the family" were its neigh bors. The Rev. '%fr. and Mrs. Davis read the Episcopal burial service, and thie Masons perfo-med their ceremon is, so. asidle from tile slight display of tie Alexandria militia, the funeral was that of an unostentatiouls pers5on. &T WASHINGTON'S hEADQUAUTERS RICHMOND. Very well knowni are the buildings of Philadelphia, Germantown and vicin ty which have associations with Gen 'ralI George Washington. Less famliia r s the "WVashington-'s Headquarters EIouse," the oldest building in Rich iond. Va., and sometimes called the ld Stone House. This was built in [73~. according to local authorities. nd is said to have often sheltered Patrick Henry. George Washiington,. efferson. Mlonroe anid Mandison. besidesI le M1arquis de Lafayette and others9 vho were prominent in the early strug des to achieve liberty for this Nationi. he Headquarters House stands on uain street. between Nineteenth anld rwenieth streets. Several young1 men~ of C'lyde, Pa., lear Philadelphia. have been engaged n catching and shipping frogs to the :ity market. One iligh grade A bordeen Angus ~teer. weighing 15440 pounlds, sold at ho stockyards recently for .'134, or ten *ents a pound. * - '4, - vo niCon.'e tomal At.tenuion. S [lit , 1: :: 1n r llii i 8 8II I yet it is a1 mantz te1:inuot escape eliphiatite intention thl u inl the tlistriim tionl of ti reasure nlti ten pI cent. of it Is exp lde l i the rural iistrietis. The,(I itis n ter I (%,-towns _net tie i'l ii' lhare. Thsi ri ation has rteslteiid very iylar::ly frim ill lek of t tention nirrdemiieain TheP time has eomlt when- Congre.-ss Shouh111 41 somel th11ingX d ir ctl ben ) eficia Il to the farmlin- (iasmes. Ilnd that thin" caln bestk be donek byN extending" the aid of the general govenment to th States in oa c1ivonlstr'lct ilIl and ill] hmOv liellt. The1 propojsitionl Ito d"I so. inl the form-,I 4-f what:1 i., now (ennunoilv knlown :Is the Bono-aie ilhsbe ien aly distlssl by I-. ilpres-. a11(1 sbeenl tdAr-sed by h Nl t io 1 - ! I.rIaiI te. Ihe Nan tnal ( ;m )Il Tini .\ - I.I,int.: m v -* V ile i s. m :I i 1.y II: mI-( it I Ili A il :1 vI: r ;I N im - two year,*;1 :h;.th peo pl. hl n ri:: t t (is um a ! . Etveywh. h: t i I .:' ar I.tti ipr intnt If 'th . I ig hw1 1 T11 t R iv i Il t I i t i lqttt 'In t in Poto lii3o :ad (te Pilit1pinl. eiy o o owhniii' people s no ::osd rl'l' vl :11111 (ll-i)vC i't. 11hj it Il~ ut i ~c I io s- O : i::ni. will ui tion. Thimit 11 jut' t'rt'1 l~a i i tt t 'lol erndm nt'a 1u %ndi"ts l t. M; t titYi I:( Vo g ilt, v'ie'i'l' hait tliin d 1 1 ilt. Ih ti::br I':ii:: g lb rnlity :i iri**t . i i Tflf llt d t*i 5 putI1iijil. i'i;:i . htt ('t n ~tt 'Wthaety osErvvey iodued v hu errhuhur. .1:rle!N ::- iw t sb i kUd i ti i lI tIl) i inil: 5 iliiiii t fl en- c %iit'l 1 svei th i-l t m:::is t urr::: b : r':11 tOs t ile i t!::lis Inittpon es tI .li, To;;t buisntferu hsiorisi. It i at very h n:ires i-h the rs , Gth iS.oinso "Canractuer' its -ry i.nol. li - V l pi tion t i n t' slt e is: the W .:% a' l i a cf i l pih;.-tlh :er .st lon. horine she harin ii ,opp uiiTa inati~ oke uot ofe sthe ritndfnetu hrn: (iteress ofth 1) oun-l't I ry.o fre nenitled t recical hen-r -tise nc t w ofs'' ; oenmenti i nt if th publicw( th i'wtays. W ut AiFs wordtor: [t a teearlayii:1 (1g a li'inu evenli fee iof th Eiit Stif'atet fotefrstd ist. gnol sharein the prolgrest.'s ofathe lountry. lcl'I Wy treitow:ready2toOco- n ]ereil. tanslilttin lnd socilB in- : Lerests o thecunrln blni.V CUBA W0Ll li[EP US Friendly Santiment That "ists Be tw -en the Countries.~ a~i: de 'aba. is "; ('' bt e : il :::iit . : 1m .11 1 h 'p, e .I otca:s w :: . 1 -r 1'il din Pre;'n' 11- : : l' II1' rat . it t. I n .nin' 1 Pre 1ie1n l e141 vles4lt41l 1'V- ei Sa ub m oi 'id t iip' le 1 it '-ra 4 .\ dr a lepresi nti 4I rd the 4 l''4itet! 't lle 4)n4l the dilesr 41')' liesl 14!)1 ever i-enli1:4 i s)1 11 1:.)4l1 Lynching in Alabama Town. ::1 iv!nI. . I., Spe ial. - i hink ,N h-:dn w!n wb:n; - I h th In r ''1 1*l: w o i l'. 4 J>'41 - ; Ilo!r 11 & :sach sof.ihl! (. a o mti- r h .118 ast . ws an- 4b4 (4 ud:'' f:i'. The Union ill Case. ;I,(. 1 i. T vli- 4 1 u j4j4 V':'-. og't ' 'i - Co. si o (",I-'' 3 neli w ' S % I 1 .2- 1 4:11d 14-d i a- 4h:1r Y K'1'il ' am !Ie 44 i11111o '41)1 Mi!- I ,f -)11M i.11C CnLi Graves' New Paner. 1'\'ns1p'l !r 1. Snih II1 o l iilneof he m t -- e(Xd. Thrne i-. was r - ii. ee Un'.4.Vtll :i:I c ene'llt :1-1ill. bute (''4 . !W! week Go ' .h-!:lf4. belivin:0th1r '414: :ite lin t ' lleI. ) l31'I~ 'I' TohSe Fon il Cag Sse. NClu'rh.o n. S'ei:l*- 1'')41114he 1Iu-i: '.1 1Uni1n l 'tt2ni 3)4)e111112 of) 'ni11 . h 4 1 en l ': iii ne1xt Wednet Ibr:. : y i'1t e . ''h 1: - pr41o!'e1e4'iin e n - )4ra 'n- j)ar f rom4l' the( cas'I! agient bteo iLtc N.:awst in Brie . )ir pJnide . Tl. <'.' hua-I. which i'' lI i. dil III s ! t1~ 14 11104 r sin a a i. s 41' .::4 I)'4uirlest1V414ll la'.Ills l ni'.l l'4VUn 'in ('4'4'ton4 Mil(i14f Ma11in. i'; T )Newsi was:1 mmonneed Wednei1 4wspape ti'h4' ith a daily', WIo beS nown I: as The4 Evnn Geori.' The Pital. Ciol . (.'raves say.4ihati'1 a -rIce441 wil be l~n IN v I444' ti w44 re::4'4 4:: th 1 ~V lega l p oit :: ' hl~ ed4i11i Fail to Findve esLiigtship. bu e:eine cntipan werie aubnd tbo .9tralees (orntoila omj ill byrth elIit hell s t I':1U' n' ; 14) ' nuni'ii1', l:!1 "hva ThonulshlP. Fwh-r.'l Thes eln d'it as 4 oll o: .ll50.00041~ in M4 ..950. l:'ret Im of'14 Ltme News 1in0 Brief.1 'jrly of'~ the c: .Xhn dhlkins :.~nver IV9. di!4l of's!a' tt':l..ili ilarin~n. F ste :u t Ilple ar ITHE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATION.L LESSON COMMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 25. gubject: J Power to Forzive, Mark ii., 1-12-Golden Text. Mark. ii., 10 Memory Verse. 5-Topic: forgiveness of Sin-Comn:.entary. I. The multittde athers to hear Chris-t t s. 1. :). 1. "Aw m i_-Jain." At the einse of the missionfary tour in call lee. *Into Caperiauim." "Which was His home or headtuartire'. "After some days." Some days after the leper had been healed and the excitement had quieted down. *It was noisod." The news spread very rapitdly. -In the liouse." Either the house which He occupled witi His motheri and His brethren (Matt. 4:1:;, or possibly that of St. Peter. When Christ is in the house. I. (ood men will be attracted to i. 2. Bad men will be benefited in It. 3. Divine benediction will rest upon it. 4. lUenelicent minii4ries will flow from it. M. .any were gath ered." The audience in-luded Phari sees and doctors of the law who had come from the towns of 4:atlileo. Judea and Jerusalem (Luke 5:171. They had rome to inspect and criticis" this new Teacher. It was like the atherinr of israel on CarmeI to witiess the issue between Elijah anrd the priests of Baal. "About the door." There was a great coneourse of per-ple so tiat the house 1ITwl c0u1rt were .both tilled. "Preached tho word." The doetrine 'f the Son of (;(1d. They hail com- p:i'.tly to criti cise :nd partiy out of* cuiosity. and now .1esus s the opporitulity to preaeh tie Gospel. TH. A palsied sinner brought to Ch~rist (vsz. 3. 41. --. "*Comle unto Him." A -ss to .Tesus seemed impossible. ThIre wre niny obstacles in thIm' way. Simould they have waited or a conVen i-it scason? No. They rust force their way to ChrIst. "Bringi ong oe." Hie was young for Jesus calls him son. but he was full grown for it required four men to carry him. There are niany so weak and discouraged that they cn rinot go to Jesus without assist ance; we shoul always h read yto help such. "Sick of the palsy." 1. It takes away the sense of feei:. 2. It weakens the will so that when men would do good evil is preseit with the,. 3. It produces a fixed condition of evil. with intense suffering. "Borne of four." Each one holding a corner of the ":alet" or bed. whieh was mere ly a ithkicy padded quilt or mat. There was co-operation in this work. One I conid rot have done it: it n'eedel four. In the u1ion of hea ts and. hanIs there Is strng 1h. 4. "The piress." It semed nquite impossible for the crowd to mvake: :w. cipening- sutificiently lar1ge for th,:ni lo pasz thr.oug-h. "Unicoveredl the roo." L - say. "through the n" ".oken :t un." Oriental roofs wer made of different kinds of nate rIal. Iuke says;z they let this man down iohhe "tiling." They appear to Lve broken up the tilin.g or thin scone slabs. so etimes used at this day. III. Christ for-gives sins (vs. 5-7). 5. "Saw their faith." Many of the gifts of healing and restoration were ob laied through the faith and prayers of Ihe friends of the sufferers. See Matt. 8:13: 3;rk 5:3(: John 4:50. Jesus "saw" their faith. Real faith acts. Christ always notices arid commends faith. "Son." He spoke with tender ness. Matthew adds, "Be of good cheer." "Thy sins are forgiven." mR. Y.) Our first great need is the forgive ness of sins. Jesus rightly puts this ahead of the healing of the body. (. "Certain of the scribes." "he scribes were the leaders of the nation,1 the theologianis. "Reasoning in their hearts." Our word "dialogue is de rived from the same Greek word. 7. "Blasphemies." -'But God only." They rightly understood thrat all sins are1 sins aigainst God, and therefore orly lie could forgive them. See Psa. 51:4. IV. Christ heals disease (vs. S-12).1 S. "JTesuis pereelved." JTesus knew thei thoughts (Matt. 9):4). When Bar Cocav declared himself Mcessiah. tire rabbins, I (uote'd Isau. 11:3. and examined him to see if lie could reveal the throughts of their hearts. H-e fa'iled andt they slew himu. "Why reason ye' MarttheW says. "Wherefore think ye evil'" 9. "Wihether it :s easier to say." em-. Some thi-n'k that in these expressions Jiesus is merel'('y ask ing wich is ft easier claim to mai~ke. But He evidently means mior'e than that and uses the term "to . say " with the farther thought of "do 1n-"le then shows that Hie han~s the power to forgive sins by at once heal ing the palsied man. 10. "That ye may know." "Son of Man." T1his is the title which Christ, most frequently applied to Himself,I sometimes interchanging it with the "Son of God." This title is never ap plied to Christ by the writers of the1 Gospels. Jlesus appropriated to Him self the prophecy of Daniel (Matt. 26: 63. 64: Dan. 7:13). It is applied to f'hrist morei than eighty times in the New Testament. "Power on earth:" They were thinking of God as being in H-eav'en. ind Jesus calls attention to the fact that there is power on earth now to forgive sins. 11. "Arise." Hiere is the test. Christ shows His 'blity to forgive sins by His ability to I he'al. 1". "H1e a ros-." "Before them all." This- thrinr was "not done ini a corner." 1 Chis t's mit'rel"s were perfCor'med in the m'ost public manner and were never a (1uestined by those who witnessed them. "mazed. Tuke adds. "They w-ere fihl'-vd with fear. "Glorified God." T hey Iin ad igm'h do"eree of rev-erence 1o: God and were tilled with admira ti-n for iii plower andt goodnovss. "O this~ fai-on. "Chrlist-s wor'ks are wi thout ore en H le n-t- independ my nd aises wahu no tine. They 1-i even ;*hree maks of Ills divinity: thonwhts. ::. Hlinh~g disease. The w.-'. -:-:iay. I.' P the sam te i-:lty Snh tour'. and is still able to forgive. The Will To Die-. Two o: reew years ago. in a h~an casi~hirie it)I . while a fai' was ir proturess. :0 the o: imrito" of a si eamn roundt-ahu: r here camne a shopkecepert w\hos;- wife v~as lying supposedly at< he poin1 of dlea ih. "Thou munp stei:1 hy. organ." lhe s:uhd. "Why?" asked the other. "Thou mrun siOp it. I telli ta': my missus cn'vn't tlee. "was the i rel-a dlialogue for which the writ. er can vocitc. A clergyman had pla.C ed on record a similar instance. V'isit ing at sick parishioner, he was toldt by the dloctor that the sickroom was full of mourners, assuring the woman that she was about to die. And the1 woman wa~s dying-from suggestion. thougch organically there was not the least reason why -sh-e should. The clergyman entered the room and cleared Out the (doleful ones. "You're not going to die," he said. "What! Am I not dying, parson? Then, thank God, I won't" That woman was well4 in next to no time, and round at the1 vicarage thanking its master for hav ng saved her life.--St. James Gazette. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25. A Pure Life.-Rom. G. 15-23. "This one thing I do." said Paul. He beKeved in irheaess, that is to say, purity of aim. He made a specialty of salvation. The captain of an ocean steamer is in charge of fifteen hundred people. and has au thority and responsibility over a thousand activities. But his greg business is to get his ship alongside her pier, safely at any cost, and as, swiftly as may be. That one business. settles many questions which might)i otherwise trouble the captain. The Christian's g:eat business is to make his Christian life productive and profitable. He has been set apart for this. He must le in command of himself, and for this definite pur pose. He is to develop a character fit for heaven. and it is so great a task that it demands all his powers, linked to and co-operating wit +f. might of God. He must live e sim ple, the true, the pure life"' The Christian who ha'this conc' tion of his lifework is saved from much trouble and vexation of spirit. Some things are impossible to him, not because they are wrong in them selves. but because they will hinderf him in his great task. Will he dance? play cards? spend his evenings at the theater? or at some cheap and frivol ous "party"? Will he keep his mind constantly occupied with the details of his temporal affairs? Will he be c'rer for the small rewards of earth? Tic will do none of these things, or the thonsand other things unworthy :f the Christin name. He is "de voted." -snti'ied." "cnacrated," " a life which has no room for these things. "I couldn't help it." is often a good reason and a poor excuse. The apol ogist may speak the truth, but he cannot avoid his responsibility. The nan who has formed the habit of swearing is likely to be profane with out being conscious of it. The im pulse to swear springs up at the in stant of provocation. and the act is inicker than his perception of it. He idn't mean to swear, he may say. Nor did he. this time. But ten years ago he could not swear without stop ping to think what to say. And he is responsible for the habit. CHRISTlIN ENOEO NOTI[ FEBRUARY''WENTY-FIFTH. Meesima, and Missions in Japan. Isa. 50:4-10. Neesima knew that whate ained of the western le ng was is only in trust, and he-yas a faith ul trustee. Neesima could say with Paul, "I vas not disobedient to the heavenly -ision.'" What he said he followed. .nd what he heard he obeyed. Neesima was one man against a tation, but he was also one man with bod; and he was "not ashamed." 'Neesima had many trials but one rust, and the one trust was more han equal to the many trials. Facts in Neesima's Life. , Neesima was born In Tokyo, Feb uary 12, 184i3. When he was six een years old, the reading of a ~eography of the United States caus d him to long to know more of kmerica. A chance copy of a Bible n Chinese gave him the principles of he true religion. On July 1S, 18;4. at the risk of his ife, Neesima ran away to this coun ry. On the way, at Hong Kong, he old his sword to buy a New Testa ent in Chinese. The owner -of the hip in which he sailed, the Hon. lpheus Hardy, ef Boston, became in erested in him and gave him an edu ~ation. He graduated from Amherst Colleg n 1870. He spent a year with the apanese government embassy, visit-. g all European capitals to study ystems of education. Craduatir.g rom Andover in 1874. he was ordain d as the first Japanese Chriian ~vangelist. and returned to Jadan in4 ecember.] His great work was the etablish g at Kyoto of the greatest thristian ollege and theological sebcol in Ja an, the Doshisha. The name mean one endeavor.' The Doshisha was olened Novem e29, 1875. There was tremenous pposition, both to the foreign relig ,' and to the foreian teachers,. but eesima had strong friends at court In 1S3 Neesimat againu visited the inited States, and the Doshisha soon fter broadened into a university. At e time of Neesim'a's death it hade '00 students. Neesima died on January 23, 1890. is last words were "Peace! Joy! [eaven' Four thousand persons attended s funeral. including the governor d a delegation of Buddhist priests. .nd the funeral p'oession wvas a mile n a halt long. FORGIVENESS. Alternate Topic for February 25: hat Christ teaches about the for iveness of sins.-Matt. 6:12, 14, 15' :21, 22; Luke 7.^,6-50; John 3:14-21. Four-Focted Police. That dogs make exc'ellent detec it-s is well known, but their use as etual members or a olice for'ce is an dd and interest ir.g experiment hich WV. G. Fitzgerald describes in is story. "Dog Police on Guard," in e December Techniiical World Maga "When the Ghen: (Belgium), chief f police had got his ptack of -recruits' ogeter, he began to train them to istinguish between skulking crimi als and the ordinary, reputabl~e citi en. who walks by day. Some very ateresting demonstrations and experi ents were triedl by means of dum ies; and it is a fact that within ew weeks the, more intelligent dogs tad learned how to spring upon and ake hold of a man by his clothes 'ithout driving their teeth into him. "Special kennels were then built in he police stations, with the name of ts occupant over the door of eacn. ~oats, collars and muzzles were pro ,ided by way of 'uniform,' aad there ere even little boots provided for ;nowy weather. A veterinary surgeon ras appointed at police headquarters o care for the dog policemen when hey were sick, and the matron at ~ach station was charged with tpe, luty of getting their meals ready hen each dog came off duty with his