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Winyard, who was a step behind
ner, appeared almost to have foreseen
the mishap, for his arm was
round her before it was possible to
know whether she would have fallen"
or not. It was doubtless owing to
the narrowness of the steps that he
found it necessary to throw his right
arm around her, instead of content
ing himself by supporting her with
his hand.
"Perhaps we are," he observed,
gravely, as' she recovered herself
quickly and passed on.
"Perhaps we are what?" she
asked, keeping her face studiously
turned from him, and plucking little
tufts of lichen from the wall as she
passed.
"Foolish!"
"I am, at any rate," said Lena,
with a little laugh. "I never do remember
that silly step. The way it
tilts forward when one stands on it
is most alarming. Now, I am sure
you had forgotten it."
"Excuse me, I remembered it."
"And you did not warn me. Perhaps
you wished me to tumble down
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timely end in the depths of the
Broomwater."
Winyard did not answer at once;
he appeared to be pondering over
the words before he spoke them.
"Perhaps," he said, in a voice so
low that Lena could scarcely hear it,
"perhaps I wished to have the pleasure
of saving you from all that."
Then the ingenuous youth changed
. " the conversation skilfully, khowing
that maidens are delicate in their
susceptibilities, and love little a joke
that is pressed too far. That loose
step, with its alarming weakness,
was never again overlooked by Lena;
and by some strange sinuosity of her
maiden mind, abetted by her imaginative
heart?an unfathomable shallow,
all criss-cross currents?she
came to loving it beyond its fortyseven
mossy fellows.
CHAPTER XVI.
An Interview.
The moon had bravely taken up
her nightly task of sweeping clear
the heavens. But there was some
huge clouds that promised to strain
her cleansing powers to the utmost.
Winyard Mistley sat on the stone
sill at His oearoom winaow, ien leei.
from the ground, with his legs dangling
in the darkness, and listened
absently.
The scene was bo lovely, the thousand
night odors so sweet, that the
time slipped rapidly away, while the
watcher almost forgot to note its
passage. He had been sitting there
nearly half an hour, when at length
he heard the rustle as if some one
moving through the underwood upon
the slope down the stream. With a
last whisper of admonition to Adonis,
he placed his two hands on the window-sill
and threw himself far out
into the darkness. He lighted softly
on the mossy turf and crossed the
lawn.
His eyes were accustomed to the
darkness, and he could recognize the
form of each stately tree, drawn in
sharp black filigree against the gray
sky. In the shadow of the wall at
the foot of the long flight of steps he
soon discovered a tall figure leaning
against a tree, with the leisurely patience
of one who knows that his
.waiting is not in vain.
"* . For a moment it struck Winyard
that if this man had evil intentions,
nothing would be easier than to
' shoot him as he descended the steps
with the moonlight shining full upon
his face; but the thought was only
fleeting, and untinged with any likelihood
of turning to a fear.
As the young Englishman approached,
Ivan Meyer stepped forward,
and, with an artist's ever-present
love of harmless effect, raised
his hat and said:
"Monsieur Mistley?" ,
Winyard was one of those unfortunate
people whose sense of humor is
irrepressible?unfortunate, because
it invariably strikes at the wrong
moment, and because the possession
of it makes one see deeper pathos
in every-day life than those whose
smile is slower. The incongruity of
the whole affair suddenly forced itself
into Winyard's thoughts, and he
was thankful that his face was in the
shade as he raised his hat slowly and
coldly, with a truer knowledge of
dramatic effect than Ivan Meyer possessed.
*1 am Winyard Mistley," he explained.
"It is is, perhaps, my elder
brother with whom monsieur wishes
to converse."
It may have been that Meye7 ,
thought he detected a slight shade of
irony in the formality of his repl>\
for he instantly dropped the cer^
monious mode of address in tb#
third person.
"No, monsieur, it is yourself whom
I seek," he said with a nervous hesitation
which did not fail to raise him
considerably in his companion's estimation.
"You will pardon my indiscretion,
but I was hard pressed
before I thought of assistance?you
-can believe that?"
With characteristic foresight the
young Englishman began to wonder
how much money he had about his
person, as he bowed in acquiescence.
Instantly Ivan Meyer saw that his
words had been misconstrued, and
he hastened to explain.
"I am here," he said in a tone
showing more self-assertion, "to ask
a strange favor."
"I will endeavor to assist you.
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"Meyer?Ivan Meyer. I am a Russian
by nationality, a Swede by
rights ? for I am a native of the
Baltic Provinces."
Again Winyard bowed, and waited
with some unsympathetic silence for
some further information.
"You know the name of Marie
Bakovitch, monsieur?"
"I do."
"She is at present at Walso, near
to here."
"Do you come to me on the part
of mademoiselle?" asked the Englishman
somewhat coldly.
"No; I come on my own account."
"Indeed!" Winyard moved restlessly
from one foot to the other, and
by casting glances up at the clouds,
down toward his own boots, and indiscriminatingly
around, indicated
gently that he was not desirous of
prolonging an interview with this
mysterious youth.
Suddenly Ivan Meyer took courage,
and stepping closer to his companion
said passionately:
"I come to you because you have
ruined my life. I am the lover of
Marie Bakovitch. Her love for me
?or the prospect of winning it?
was the one bright spot in my existence,
which has been as dark as
that of every young Russian. For
her I worked night and day in the
hopes of one day becoming a great
artist; for her sake I would willingly
have thrown my life away. But
for her sweet influence I would have
become a Terroist, fighting a glorious
battle by means so foul that God
can only frown upon the righteous
side and unhold the tyrant. For her'
sake I forgave my father's exile, my
mother's death, my own miserable
childhood; and just at the moment
when happiness seemed within my
reach, when I felt sure of winning
Marie's love, you rose upon the
bright horizon of my joy; and now?
now you are driving her mad. I
should have hated you; at one time,
I thought I did, but now I know that
it is not you, but your power, that I
hate. I have known of Marie's project
for a year, and have ever striven
to make her give it up. It is
not for your sake that I have done
this, but for hers;' nevertheless, I
have some claim upon you. Surely
I am justified in calling upon you
now, in the name of all you hold sacred,
to obey me?to come, now,
with me to Marie Bakovitch!"
"But," said Winyard, with true
British calmness, "but wh?t good
can I do?"
"I do not know; we are in the
hands of Providence; but she is forever
asking for you," replied the
Russian, defiantly.
"For me?"
"xes; m ner moments or calmness
the name of Mistley is ever on her
lips, and when she becomes excited
she attempts to come out to seek
you. I have locked her in our little
sitting room, promising to come and
find you. Sometimes I think she is
mad, monsieur, and at other times
I think I am so myself. Will you
come? I have provided for everything.
Marie is calmer to-night;
but she never sleeps now. Mrs. ArmStrong,
our landlady, has her room
in an outbuilding. All Walso is
asleep; it is safe."
Still Winyard hesitated. Ivan
Meyer evidently did not know of the
meeting by the stream, he reflected;
and the sight of the man she had attempted
to murder might have a
terrible effect upon the girl.
"Is it?possible?that you think
this a trap?" asked Meyer, slowly.
That decided the young Englishman.
"I will go with you," he said, simply.
"The thought you suggest
never entered my head."
CHAPTER XVII.
Crazed. ~
The streets of Walso were deserted
when the two men entered the
little town. The moon, now rapidly
clearing the heavens of a few fleecy
clouds that still remained, shone
placidly down upon the gray stone
houses with their red tile roofs. No
window was lighted up, and the
clean white blinds gave back the soft
moonlight, and seemed to speak of
healthy, quiet slumber, the reward
of a hard day's toil.
Meyer opened noiselessly the door
of Mr3. Armstrong's cottage.
"I covered the windows " he said
in a whisper, "from the inside, so
that one cannot see the light o.' the
lamp."
Winyard followed his guide into
the dark passage, closing the door
behind him. A moment later his
companion pusnea open mat or uie
tiny parlor, and a stream of light
poured out on to the plain wall and
oilcloth-covered floor.
"Come, monsieur," he said, after
glancing into the lighted room, and
as Winyard obeyed he mechanically
and critically noted the hideous pattern
of the oilcloth upon the floor.
Marie was seated near the table,
with both arms resting upon its dull
red cover. The soft lamp-light
gleamed upon her flaxen hair, and
defined her white profile against the
dark wall beyond. She turned her
eyes wearily toward the door as the
two men entered, but there was no
light of recognition in her face. It
v.as at that moment that Winyard
was struck for the first tin\e by the
wonder of her great beauty. He had
never before seen her without her
list, and in the soft lizrht her lovelv
supple hair had a gleam of gold upon
it, borrowed from the lamp's ray?.
Her light blue eyes looked darker by
Llie same reason, and from the reel j
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tablecloth there arose a pink glow
which cast over her pallid face a rosy
hue of life. But it rvas a soulles9
life, and the young Englishman
winced as he met those vacant, pleading
eyes.
Meyer motioned him to stand aside
in a corner near the ikon, where the
tiny oil-lamp flickered little ruby
shafts of light across the holy picture.
Then he approached her, and
said:
"Marie, I have brought him."
The girl took not the slightest notice;
indeed, she did not appear to
hear his voice, but sat gazing dreamily
at her own hands lying idly on
the table before her. And now the
patient lover went to her side and
laid his hand upon her lifeless wrist.
"Marie," he whispered; speaking
Russian for the first time in Mistley's
presence. "My little Marie! I
am Ivan?do you w>t know>me?"
She slowly raised her eyes from
the contemplation cf her own hands,
and fixed them searchingly on his
face.
"Ivan!" she said at length, in a
sweet, deep voice. "You have come
already! Are they waiting to take
me away?"
"Who, my Marie?" .
"The soldiers, for I have killed
him?I have killed him!" Her voice
died away to a whisper.
"No, you have not killed him,
Marie. He is here!" said Meyer,
speaking slowly, as one speaks to a
child.
"Who is here?" ? . "Winyard
Mistley. He has come
at your own request!"
"No, Ivan; I shot him a,t the
stream. I killed him. I shall never
see him again, for he is dead. I told
him to stop, but he came nearer; he
never took his eyes off mine?he
never hesitated; and as he came?as
he looked at me?I thought it was
the other; He looked so brave and
calm; but?but the other is bigger?
bigger and braver!"
When Winyard was excited, or at
moments when his nerves were on
tension, awaiting the time for action,
he had a peculiar habit of drawing
in his lips, first the lower and
then the upper, as if they were
parched and needed moisture. This
action made his square jaw look
squarer, and by sympathey his gray
eves erew dogged and dark beneath
the motionless lashes.
All this time he had been standing
in the darker corner of the little
room, with keen, observant eyes
upon the lovers. One brown hand
was religiously executing Mr. Czerny's
No. 1 five-finger exercise on the
top of an old three-cornered oak
cupboard, and his lips were slowly
moistening each other. Perfectly
calm and collected, watchful, alert,
and keen, he waited his time. At
last he stepped forward, and with a
littl^ sign to Meyer to let him speak,
he said:
"No, Mademoiselle Bakovitch, you
the entirely mistaken. You did not
shoot me."
The girl looked up at him with
eyes vague at first' and wondering;
but gradually the rays of a reasoning
soul shone through them, and
with a motion of her hand toward
her soft hair over her temple, she
spoke:
"You?here," she. said, "you!
Why have you comc? Where is the
other? He does not come. I want
him; not you." ' /
She rose from her seat, and wandered
vaguely up and down, glancing
at the two men from time to time
furtively, with troubled, distrustful
eyes. It seemed as if reason had
completely forsaken her brain, for
ctia mnrmnrprl in coherently in a
strangely medley of languages.
After a few moments she suddenly
recovered her senses, and appeared
to recognize the two men again. It
was a terrible sight, and even Winyard
Mistley looked pale and bewildered,
^while his companion watched
Marie with the dull calmness of despair.
(To be continued.)
Reason She Left.
Aunt Emeline is the best loved
woman in Saymouth, for her charity
is alike of hand and heart. Like
many other excellent persons, Aunt
Emeline is not a church member,'but
she Lj a regular attendant at the village
church, which is so near her
cottage as to seem under the same
roof.
When, at tho close of a recent
sermon, the minister requested all
those present who had never united
with the church to retire at tho end
nf servine. evervbodv was surprised
to see Aunt Emeline start down tho
aisle.
"Aunt Eraeline," the minister
called, softly, "that docs not apply to
you."
"That isn't why I'm going," Aunt
Emeline responded, serenely. "I
smell my dinner burning up."?
Youth's Companion.
Protect the Children.
If I pierce the young leaf of the
shoot of a plant with the finest
needle, the prick forms a knot which
grows with tho leaf, becomes harder
and harder, and prevents it from obtaining
its perfectly complete form.
OAmafViiniy Cimllof tfllrnC flffPV
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wounds which touch tho tender germ
of tho human soul and injure the
heart-Jeaves of the being of the child;
protect it from every rough and rude
impression, from every touch of the
vulgar. A gesture, a look, a sound,
is often sufficient to inflict such
wounds.
The child's soul is more tender
than the finest or teaderest plant. It
would have been far different with
humanity if every individual in it
had been protected in that tenderest
age as befitted tho human soul which
holds within itself the divine spark.
?F. Froebel.
Parts Nearer to Borden x.
New engines lo be Introduced by the
raris-Orlcaus Railway arc expected to
reduce the journey from Paris to .bordeaux
to five hours, or at the rate of
more than seventy-three miles an hour.
The present time is seven hours.
A wonderful pearl bearing the
ic:l likeness of the late Queen Vic.lv.
of England was found in a
| we'er mussel in the Mississippi
jiiiver near Davenport, la.
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In Message Roosevelt Says Texas
Rioters Deserved Death.
Conspiracy of Silence After Blackest
Crime?Act of Horrible Atrocity
and Unparalleled For Infamy.
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Washington, D. C. ? President
Roosevelt sent to the Senate a reply
to a recent Senate resolution asking
for information on the discharge of
the three companies of negro soldiers
because of the Brownsville (Tex.)
episode. In concluding his brief for
justification in discharging the soldiers
"without honor," he says:
"It is of the utmost importance to
all our people that we shall deal with
each man on his merits as a man.
and not deal with him merely as a
member of a given race; that we
shall judge each man by his conduct
and not his color. This is important
for the white man,-and it is far more
important for the colored man.
"More evil ana sinister counsel
never was given to any people than
that given to colored men by those
advisers, whether black or white,
who, by apology and condonation, encourage
conduct such as that of the
three companies in question. -If the
colored men elect to stand by criminals
of their own race because they
are of their race they assuredly lay
up for themselves the most dreadful
day of reckoning."
The President also saj*s: "I challenge
as a rights the support of es'efry
citizen .of this country, whatever hi3 <
color, provided only he has in him
the spirit of genuine and far-sighted
patriotism."
The President, whose tone throughout
is absolutely uncompromising,
says he acted in the exercise of his
constitutional power and in pursuance
of his constitutional duty. .
Denying that their discharge was
ordered as a punishment, -the President
asserts that the only adcquat?
punishment for the Brownsville assault
is death. He declares his keen
regret at not being able to inflict that
penalty. *
That the shooting up of Brownsville
was done by a party of from
nine to fifteen negro soldiers, the
President says there can be no doubt
whatever, and he brands their act
as one "unparalleled for infamy in
the annals of the United States
Army."
They were the agressors from start
to finish, and nothing that had occured
offered in any shape or way an
excuEe or justification for their
atrocious conduct.
After breaking from their barracks,
the President says, they shot
at whomever they saw moving, and
Into houses where tney saw lights.
They fired into houses where they
must have known there were women
and children. They killed a barkeeper
and wounded the lieutenant
of police, who lost his arm.
These raiders, says the President,
were not schoolboys on a frolic. Notwithstanding
theiii full warning of
the consequences, their comrades entered
into a conspiracy of silcnce to
prevent the ends of justice. So it
became necessary to discharge them
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NEGROES SUPPRESS CRIME.
Seci'Ct Organization Truns Colored,
Offenders Over to .Law.
Galveston, Texas.?The delivery of
a negro assaulter to the officers in
San Saba County by members of his
c^wn race has brought to light a powerful
secret society for the suppression
of crime. It is called the U.
B.'s, is referred to as the United
Brothers, and is said to have a membership
of 3000 of the better element
of negroes in Texas.
The negro surrendered was anxious
to confess. The U. B.'s had evidently
had him on the rack. While prominent
colored pastors are preaching
reform this organization is quietly
assisting the authorities.
A number of mysterious confessions
of crime and reforms are traced
to the society.
BRINGS GRAFT CASE TO HEAD.
Pennsylvania State Treasurer Refuses
to Pay State Capitol Bills.
Harrisburg, Pa.?At a meeting of
the Board of Public Grounds and
Buildings State Treasurer Berry refused
to approve bills of J. H. Sanr1<*renn
of Phllndelnhia. for S108.000
for part of the furnishing and equipment
of the new $13,000,000 State
Capitol, and of Architect Joseph M.
Huston for $50,000 on account of
professional services.
Governor Pennypacker and Auditor-General
Snyder, constituting a
majority of the board, voted to approve
the bills, but ?the State Treasurer
says he will not pay them unless ;
compelled to do so by the courts.
This will force the whole question
of graft in the Capitol into the courts.
Mexican Southern Horror.
The engineer and fireman and nino
passengers were killed in the wreck
3f a passenger train near Tlacocepec
an the Mexican Southern Railroad,
according to a dispatch from Puebla.*
frtfore than twenty passengers were
injured.
Report 011 Japanese.
Secretary Metcalf's report and the
Prpsident's accomnanvins message
were a severe arraignment of San ]
Francisco for its treatment of Japanese.
Japs Fear a Maine Disaster.
The Japanese Consul at Honolulu.
Hawaii, says that the visiting squadron
which will arrive in Honolulu in
February will not proceed to San
Francisco as originally intended. A
repetition of the Maine disaster is
feared, he explained, owing to the
alleged overwrought condition of
American feeling.
South Dakota's Fuel Famine.
Fifty towns in South Dakota arc
out of fuel, and already people are
freezing to death.
Army is Dwindling.
In his annual report Secretary Taft :
said desertion was increasing, recruiting
slow and the strength of the army,
dwindling.
Investigating New York Life.
The Grand Jury began in New
York City an investigation of charges
against officials of the New York Lii*1
Insurance Company.
Postofflce liobber Caught.
Postal inspectors have arrested
L. Brown, a farmer, near Richmoii ,
Va., for robbing a mail box.
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BITS I NEWS"
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WASHINGTON.
Minister Grip, of Sweden, presented
his letters of recall.
New navy personnel plan, it is eB- Su
timated, would save Government $5,000,000
in seven years.
The Government will build a torpedo
factory at Newport, R. I., to
faiake it independent of manufacturers.
en
Rear-Admiral Mason, Chief of the
Bureau of Ordnance, urges the build- th(
ing of ships to carry ammunition for an
the fighting vessels of the navy.
Miss Jane Addams and Miss .Mary ^
McDowell, settlement house enthusi- agc
asts, asked Speaker Cannon to favor
a bill to authorize the President to tllj
call an international immigration
: conferenbe.
Professor Henry Fairfield Ofborne, of
chosen secretary of the Smithsonian th<
Institution, has declined the office ity
because it would Interrupt thirty tli<
years of investigation which he is To
Just bringing to a close. th<
In his annual report Postmaster- exi
General Cortelyou urged a continu- Go
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fctuue ui iuo yuiAV/j ui, ouuoubuuuo
business for politics in the adminls- soi
tratlon of'the department. soi
President favors recommendation Rj1
for more pay for sailors of pavy. ^
. The officials a$ Washington reiter- jn
ated the denial .'that any new treaty
with Japan is being drafted or is
even .under consideration. pa,
President Roosevelt will Illustrate
his special Panama Canal message, dei
submitting to Congress photographs tio
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. da
Senor Guma, the beat sugar statist 3lD
tician in Cuba, estimates the coming ?C(
crop as high as 1,524,714 tons, the *at
product or 183 central factories. a
The Territorial .Board of Immigra- da"
tion, in Hawaii, has decided -to bring a?:
1000 laborers from Spain to the isl- ?,p.
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The special message to Congress ph:
urging American citizenship and th<
other reforms for Porto Rico, has pat
pieasea ine lsjauuerts. tut
According to the proposed election
law, the coming Philippine Assembly P?'
will consist of eighty-one members,* *ac
each representing a population of 90,- da000.
The election of members of ev(
the Assembly is to be held July 1, ?e!
1907, and the Assembly is to convene *>o<
within ninety days after election; * **9
> 6 / wo
Manila residents to the number
of 1000 are having telephones installed
in their hon'se^r The hello
girls are Fjilltflno maidens. gel
An investigation made at Bilibid, or
Manila, where the ten prisoners who oni
had been inoctflated from the cholera, is
serum recently died, has disclosed ari<
traces of plague germs in the dead An
bodies. i * pei
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DOMlESTtC. -. an
Clifford Hooe, negro coachman for
Augustus Hartje, was taken to the ,
penitentiary foi. purjury in the Hartje
divorce case, while a mob clamored "
for his life, in Pittsburg, Pa.
At a meeting of the National Civic to
Federation, New York City, Andrew eni
Carnegie opposed an income tax, but gej
favored a heavy , tax on fortunes at da;
the death of their owners. voi
The United States and jocal authorities
in San Francisco have' decided- '
on a line of argument, in the Jap- vei
anese educational controversy that be
is expected to settle the question, in'
the courts. as
V*W ?* ? . *' JC- T' ' rV.. T?^j
Maine's .Governor and Council have ue<
decided they have no power to in- se*
vestigate conditions at the Holy ?oi
Ghost colony, at Shiloh.;
The 'Armour Gratin .Gotapany waa wr
one of those named-as memb^s of rax
an alleged Elevator. Trust in a suit ^
brought In, Chicago:' r
Ten year^' imprisonment and a jea
.$.1500 fine were given Dr^J, D. Eggleston,
at Denver, ^or counterfeit- grt
Ing. . ' " ' 'i 4 . ere
The late Otto Young left $400,- e.ai
000 as an endowment for the Chicago
Home for Incurables. CU1
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A member of the jury which broke .
the will of Uriel H. Crocker, a wealthy
lawyer of Boston, was convicted in ,
that city of receiving a bribe while
serving on the panel; ' ^
While resisting arrest on a charge mi;
of running a "blind tiger," Sanders it i
Day was killed by Marshal Clay Shaw ed
at New Orleans.' / iiv
T*V.^v nhaat nf +Vm T"la Vntn fi lV
IUU TTU^ab J iViU vi. vuv 4^M.*wvv-? -v
and Minnesota is about 109,445,000 pes
bushels, or less than estimated. the
While waiting to take a train ter
home, Peter Hoffman, of Cleveland,
dropped dead at a Louisville railroad
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FOREIGN. mc
The new Spanish Cabinet was ac?
cepted by King Alfonso. SP*
Russia and Japan disagree over a fin
treaty of commerce. rph
Prince Gustav of Sweden has as- fir:
sumed the regency during his father's
Illness. "F
Dispatches from St. Petersburg in-' En
licate a fear in Russia that the de- the
Bant attitude of the Japanese means ail
l plan to compel abdication of Rus- dia
sian sovereignty on the Amur. an(
England, France and Italy have IV*1
signed a treaty guaranteeing the in- '
tegrity of Abyssinia. da,
Defeated by ten votes on the ques
lion of the German Southwest Africa ent
oudget, Chancellor von Buelow dis- COr
solved the Reichstag. cer
France has ordered a battleship boi
squadron made ready to sail for Mo- sto
rocco at a moment's notice. 3ix
The rebellion in Kiang-Se is an anti-dynastic
movement which began
in Ho-Nan; missionaries have not I
been molested. Fili
The Mexican Government has rati- in
fled the treaty with the llnited States nat
referring to the great irrigation dam reCl
at Engle, Texas. tbe
is Is
Partly official sources confirm the * "
report that Norway has asked several t, ?
Powers to unite in guaranteeing the
integrity of that Kingdom. gjQJ
Emperor William promptly dis- g0j,
solved the Reichstag after it rejected the
his Southwest African Colonial bill. S1,e,
As a result of insurance scandals gan
Mutual Life lost insurance In Great
Britain worth $5,000,000.
Advices from Madrid said that the ,
Bishop of Tuy had retracted his pas- t
toral letter and that the Spanish Gov- bee
ernment had abandoned plans of acc
prosecution. _ lje
Advices from Guayaquil say that sta
the rebels under Colonel Vega are COc
moving to cut communication with str;
Quito, and that a conspiracy has been dra
discovered in that city.
The exhibit of the American Insti- q
tute of Social Service at Milan has ,
received the unusual honor of being
transferred to. Rome. | j
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EE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
TERNATIONAL LESSOX C*M.
VIENTS FOR JANUARY 13 BY
THE REV. I. W. HENDERSOX.
bject: Man Made in the Image of"
God. Gen. 1:26:2-3 ? Golden,
Text, Gen. 1:27 ? Memory
Verses. 2<>. 57.
Having created, in order, the heavand
the earth, light, Heaven,
rth, vegetation, the sun, the moon,
a stars, the fish, the fowl, the tame
d the wild animals, God creates
in in His own image, after His
rn likeness. And having created
m and woman God, blessing them
creatures of His own heart, delivj
unto them dominion over everyIng
alive upon the earth.
The central point of this story is
at man was made in the likeness
God. To him is given a similar
Dugh not identical creative capac ;
to him is given sight, hearing,
3 sense of sound,of taste, of touch.
him. God gave the power of
aught and the added power of the
Brcise of a sovereign will. ' For
id says "Thou shalt have dominl."
God, in man, creates a pernality
like unto Himself. A per-,
aality not so full and not so infl:e,
but a personality essentially
; same as His own. Gcd creates
in as a ruler and in order to rule
the likeness of God it is evident
it man must partake in some
jasure, at , least, of the moral ca-.
cities of God.
The second part pf the lesson
als with the seventh day of crean,
the day on which God finished^
s work. This seventh day has
ne down to us as the Sabbath, the
7 of rest. Here also we find in
aple language the record of great
momic, physical and spiritual
its. If God had not rested, if God
d not by example, if we may so
r, set apart the seventh ,day as.a
y . of rest, wq should nevertheless,
hitman beings, require one day in
ren for cessation from economic
es, for the recuperation of^ our
ysical natures, for the culture and
/ cultivation of our spiritual cajlties.
It is a well-known fact
it too much attenton to business
airs dulls the fine edge of business
tver. It is an equally well-known
.t that we must have at least one
r'a recreation and rest out of
jry seven in order to the proper
ilth of the functions of the human
3y. It is a scientific physiological.
it that, each, day, a busy man or'
man uses up precisely one-seventh
ire of vitality than is stored up for
y one day's use. And as a horse,
o Is worked seven daysT a week
:s weary and worn out, so must we
we shall also become weary, give
2-seventh of our time to rest. This
the law of God written in the life
f the experience of humanity,
d not less true is it that the nro
husbanding of our spiritual reircea
demands the giving of
eqital and regular portion our
time to God. The soul
man meeds refreshment and
'igoration as well as his body (ftmind.
Especially is this so in the
le of men who are, by virtue of
iir callings in life, brought face
face with the materialism and the
iless distracting influences of our
leration. Such men need a rest
1, a day of recuperation, a day de:ed
to the strengthening of the
ole man..
rhe following notes on the various
-ses in the lesson may be found to
of value: .
Vs. 26. "Us." Qod is understood
being surrounded by the angelic
ivenly court, by cherubim and
aphim, etc. "Man," Heb. Adam, a
lective, common noun. "Image?
>ness," somewhat synonymous,
able statement of name fact; the
Iter throws no immediate light
an what Is the constituency of the
age of God; he probably inferred
it without longer description his
iders would grasp his meaning.
Vs. 27. "Created," the ihird
?atest formation, of God. He
lated first the heaven and the
rth, and secondly the conscious
?. Man was the third and by a
nulative process the greatest jdiie
creation.
Vs. 29. "Meat," in itsr earlier
ailing of "food." As it stands we
ght be Led to suppose that the
iter was announcing a vegetarian
t as a divine decree. But however
ich some of us might wish to have
that way, and despite the undoubtgood
points of such a system of
ing, the writer Wasn't this evidentin
mind. It is likely that in the
iceful early days they did live on
> fruits of the earth, but the wricannot
be accused of making a
> vegetarian argument.
Vs. 30. "Beast?herb," universal
ice, it would seem, ruled then
ong men and animals. "Life," R.
"Lining soul," animal life com n
to all creatures, men included,
is is not to be confused with the
ritual life.
vs. 61. me, la an except tuw
>t and sixth days it is "a day."
is indicates the importance of the
st and sixth beyond the others.
Vs. 2, Chap. 2. ?"Ended," R. V.
inished." It seems likely that
glish is unable to define just what
? writer means here. God finished
His six days' wcrk with the immeite
beginning o:? the seventh day,
i in a certain sense He may be
derstood as having finished it on
s seventh day by His divine decree
icerning rest. If hallowing the
v is labor, then it ueems that God
I not finish the work till the sev:h
day was started. But if we
isider "work" in the common acitation
of that term then God's la
must be considered to have
pped with the last moment of the
tli day.
Protestants in Philippines.
>rot;stant missionaries among the
ipinos report favorable progress
religious instruction among the 1
ives, and this is confirmed by the
rill ciliii Uttl I cpui l sjl r* via v*.
American Bible Society in those
nd3. It sets forth that the comrcial,
social and religious life of
people there is receiving new and
yerful influences from the mislary
work and Bible distribution
Qg on, the last year having been
most prosperous in these rects
since our occupation there beSlnai
Boundary Settled,
rhe Sinai boundary dispute be;en
Great Britain and Turkey has
;n settled. The maps prepared in
ordance with the agreement have
>n signed and the Turkish troops
tioned at Kuseimeh, which Turkey
tsidered to bo the most important
Viova V\oqn with#
dicgli; yuiui, uuig uwu >.???.
,wn.
Jerman Immigrants in Anicrica.
n 1905 2S.075 Germans ernited
to foreign countries, 26,006
ng to the United States.
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{m^UGHTS
THE MAN WHO WON.
He kept his eoul unspotted ' W
As he went upon h is way And
he tried to do some service
For God's people day by da?;
He had time to cheer the doubter v v
Who complained that hope was dead;).
He had time to help the cnpnle , \
When the way was rough ahead; '
He had time to guard the orphan,, and on*
day, well satisfied . ;
.With the talents God had given him, h4
r>1naad Ho orrta and Hum? -C'Jl
He had time to see'tht beauty
, That the Lord spread all around;
"He had time to h&r the music ^ ^
' In the shells the children found;
He had time to keep repeating
' As he bravely worked away : "It
is splendid to be living
, In the splendid world to-day!"
But the crowd??the .crowds that hurry;
After golden prizes?said ?? ' {{$&
That he never had succeeded,
When the clods lay o'et his head?He
had dreamed?"He was a failure," they, '
compassionately sighed; 4
For the man had lintle money in his popk* - ^-.
ets when he-dfed. , , L
. ^ ' f. - -Record-Herald. ) . .
t 7 ' ..
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Ijacred and Secular Gospel/ . ; vv'Jg
Whatsoever ye do In word or deed, fl
do all in the namg of the Lord Jesus.;
?Col., ilU 17- *
\The Apostle Is^eeklng to teach the
Cblosslan Christians that all the re- ; i:
lations and affairs of life should be
permeated by th^.-Christian spirit. t
' ThqTdistlnction made nowadays be- |
tween the sacred and the secular i* *
false, mischievous distinction. It is
working incalculable harm.' We have
the pfcthetici harmful spectacle of
men standing high in church circles,
and yet who on the street or. in the
market jflo not; Hesitate to employ
Questionable business methods. H
When' theS go-to church on Sony I
day they say; "Let us have no ,secu* B
lair things in the pulpit; we hare
! enough, ofr these things down town. H
Here in ihuwh^e want repose, se- B
datives and;healing balm; all ia
prose doyn street, let us have poetry/ -<.
up' here.' We want to sing hymns-?; -fl
hear about heaven. In short, we /fl
want the pute Gpspel without anjj
worldly Admlxtifre." fl
Now, tfte r/Bligleus man who talk#
inai way nas na reugiun. ntuiguiu .
Is to him mere sentiment. If it is of
nq.nse to.him in the store, in the oU fl
flee, in politics, it. 4s of no lise to him? H
in the house of God. V
What do we mean by the sacred! fl
and the secular ?,.*By the sacred we I
mean usually'ay -that which is assoV 'fl
i elated with worship and the exercise! 9
of the religious' .feelings, while the Jfl
. secular 4$ supposed to Include all I
that falls outalda of this category.
Granting tl^e distinction for a mo* fl
ment, we note that in the history of fl
civilization it is invariably the sacred' I
that comes firsts The secular Is aK fl
ways a later evolution. All legis- fl
lation originally had a divln?^origin* fl
. So of the .drama.^jThe Greek dr?,ma' fl
was origigallfr a religious function:' ~*fl
Its arts of painting and sculpture^ fl
were immediately associated , with' , fl
worship. The modern drama has ita fl
roots ih the mystery plays. Archi- Ma
tecture was first mainly concerned fl
In thp hnilrHner of fihnrches. Lltera- '^^fl
!> ture. in the early ages was confined! iH|
fo theology and tbe lives of the
saints. All that is best in civiliza-^^M
tion, v our .liberty, political.. and
ligious, oar benefits of a material^^H
kind, had its rise in the domain oifl^l
the dtetfiictively sacred. n|
l But here comes the question, Wha^HH
! led llori the distinction? WhaflHjfl
brought about tbe divorce wbich wS^^H
now beljiold? jt was tbe mistake ofilH|
the Church. The Church refused
have anything to do with such things
as would not directly minister unto I
spiritual devotion and feeling. There I
has been thlp going astray of the sec- I
ular from the sacred. We need to> I
reverse the process and find the way m
from the secular to the sacred. There m
must be the profounder recognition t M
of the fact that at the heart of every- M
thing is God..
Th.e. Christian religion must' re^HM
sume tbe original relation y/hich if
had with science, art, . commerce,
the drama and amusement. religion
is complete without a relation j[m
to every, department/of'ltfe- No de
^ mtm
yaruiitm gi- iuc 4io, w n?vuvu?
a relation to Religion. There is no Mi
science, no' amusement of a leglti*^^H
mate kind, no true pleasure, no hon-fcgH
orable vocation in which a properly;
adjusted native may not Immediate- .
ly find and enjoy God. t . .fg
The hour has arrived for each man . 9
!n his place to regard himself as s' :ll
berald of the gospel of righteousness
and his work in life as affording op- jCB
portunity for the more complete establishment
of the kingdom of God
upon the earth.?Rev. William C. SB
Stinson, D. D., Bloomingdale Re- jW
formed Church, New York City, in ill
the Sunday Herald.. r
Hand-Picking. /I
Hand-picked fruit is the best and I
hand-picking is the best way^to get I
the fruit. .It is personal work that , 1
tells. It is so in religion; it is so in
everything. Five minutes' private j SB
personal entreaty will often accom- |
plish more in winning a poul to I
Christ than five months' public I
preaching. Close work is effective* I
When you talk to me you medn mer~ I
and I know it. .Be a committoe of
one.- Andrew was a committee ofc j
one when he found his brother and I
VT./Mi>rVit hfm tn .TMma -John followed I
Ills example. When God wanted &lft i
people delivered from Egypt, He did 1
not send a committee; He sent a man.;
The Church is to be multiplied byj
addition; and this is not by wholesale
but by the addition of ones, led
to Christ through the personal work ?
of believers.?Rev. G. B. F. Hal-,,/"
lock, D. D. ' > W.
God's Plan. - j
To know the will of God and how.
to do it; the deepest meaDings in *
'life's experience; hOw to be' brave,; )
n*noV vnf cfrnntr* V* nnf %
JCI uuaxuic, * * j VU WUD,
to endure trial, yet keep sweet; how.
to use time to the best advantage;-;
how to select between apparently,
conflicting opportunities of service;!
how to love God more and more, and ^
to think no uncharitable thoughts,
and to say no uncharitable things of
our brethren?this It is to unda?. v
stand God's clan for us. r
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Nature Supplies Soap.
Near Ashcroft, In British Colum
bia, are a number of small lakes,
whose shores and bottoms are covered
with a crust containing borax x,
nnri finrift in RHf>h rmnntlMpc; nnH nrn.
portions that when cut out it serves |
as a washing compound. The crust I
is cut into blocks and handled in the I
same manner as ice, and it is est!-* 1
mated that one of the lakes contains I
20,000 tons of this material. A
Money From Opium.
The British Government makes |
$50,000,000 a year from its many ''I
opium factories in India. I