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CHAPTER XIV. 13
Continued.
"We'll stroll along as if we'd just
met and were chatting casual?I
don't want to act otherwise than as
a gentleman, if you're sensible; so
give up that instrument, and I'd better
take this unfortunate infant myself?there.
Now then, sir."
Yarker strode along by his prisoner's
side with one hand within his
arm; for some time he kept a solemn
silence, while Campion glanced with
a dull interest at the pragmatic face
under the helmet, and the letter and
number gleaming on the collar.
But the constable was not the man
to walk along without attempting
conversation; he was burning with
curiosity, and that passion for crossexamination
which distinguishes
members of even longer standing in
the force.
"Heigho, Mr. Campion!" he began,
"I little thought when I used to
announce you at Sussex Place that
one day I should have to show you
Into a police station."
Campion made no reply. "Come,
sir, be pleasant," said Yarker. "I'm
trying to make this walk as agreeT
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If you'd like to give some account of
how you came to contemplate such a
predicament, why I'm here to listen,
and it will pass the time if it does no
more."
"The less I say the better," was all
Campion said in reply to this exhortation.
That walk seemed to Campion like
a ghastly dream-pilgrimage, with
Yarker's conversation?which was
largely prompted by mingled malice
and curiosity?as a running accompaniment.
Now and then the constable
stopped to try a gate or a window
fastening, and once he reported
himself to a "fixed-point" sergeant,
but nothing interrupted his small-talk
long.
All at once a man in evening dress
passed them close and then stopped
and turned back.
"Campion!" he cried, "the very
man I was coming to look up!"
It was Babcock, who naa recovered
from his recent lethargy, and,
too late for the soiree, had started to
find Campion, who he expected would
reach St. John's Wood about the
same time, and whom he believed to
be the instigator of the liberties Nebelsen
had taken with him.
He was the last man Campion expected
or desired to see just then.
He thrust his hat down over his eyes
and took refuge in obstinate silence.
"Here," said Babcock, "just turn back
with me; I've something to say to
you."
"Very sorry, sir, but he's got an
appointment with me at present,"
aaid Yarker.
Babcock laughed. "Why, you
haven't found dynamite on him, nave
you?"
"No, no?not so bad as that, Mr.
Babcock, sir," said Yarker, who knew
him well.
"Do you mean to tell me you're
really taking him to the station!"
cried Babcock, in astonished delight.
"What have you been about, Campion?
Why don't he answer, Yarker,
eh?"
"Well," said Yarker, "you can see
for yourself that he ain't in no con-,
ditlon to answer questions."
"By Jove!" cried Babcock, as Campion
accepted the excuse resignedly.
Anything was better than having to
reveal his awful position to his rival
and enemy". "So he's been kicking up
a row, eh? dear-dear-dear! Well,
Yarker, I mustn't interrupt you?
Iwo are company?don't be rough
with him, poor devil!"
And he went Off hastily, lest he
might be called upon to furnish bail,
which he had no desire whatever to
do under the circumstances.
"Pleasant spoken little chap, Mr.
Babcock, ain't he?" said Yarker,
when they were alone, "and liberal
with his arf-crowns. I'm downright
fond of Mr. Babcock, I am, aren't you,
sir? Well, there's no occasion to
bu3t out like that anyhow?you are
behaving unsociable to-night, I must
say!"
And he said no more now, for they
were in a narrow, quiet street with a
square building at one end, over the
door of which burned a lamp with a
blue pane; one or two night-prowlers
joined them here and accompanied
them to the threshold, but Yarker
shut the door sharply in their faces,
and Campion found himself in a
brightly lit room with dingy, buffcolored
walls and a dado of mottled
green; There were a table and
benches at one end, and at the other
a little inner office like a hotel bar.
"Now, sir! " said Yarker importantly;
and presently Campion found himself
inside the railed dock, with the
bar clicked upon him.
"A child, eh?" said the inspector,
who regarded the affair as a mere
matter of business. "Dead or alive?"
"Alive, sir," said Yarker, "leastwise,
it was when I found it. Bellering
horful, sir."
"Why don't you send round for
the doctor at once? There, go at
once, somebody, and don't lose any
more time; leave the child where it
is now, we can do no good till we
know what the doctor says."
More minutes of suspense, during
which Campion strained his eyes to
catch some indication of life under
the folds. He could see none?the
bundle lay ominously stiff and silent,
and a new horror chilled his blood.
What if this diabolical thing had
completed its revenge by dying? i{
he were changed with actual murder,
convictcd, handed! Tk- clutched the
rail with moist palms as he thought
^ - of it?he would have joyed just then
to hear it give even one of those hid
or>vi h ill!' I n erf rill of
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this uncertainly!
The divisional surgeon?a short,
rough, bustling man?csmc in. "Now,
ifceffc fetch tha? rliiid over here by
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the lamp, will you, and let us have a
look at it," he said.
Yarker trought the bundle to him,
ahd stood by as the surgeon slowly
unrolled the folds. Campion's heart
beat hard. "What did you say this
was?"
"Infant, doctor," laid Yarker,
whose gaze was directed to the ceiling.
"You're a pretty policeman!" said
the surgeon contemptuously; "there's
no infant here."
The idol had relented then?ah!
the relief of it.
v.orifpr rubbed his eves. "Well, I
could ha' sworn I heard it howl," he
said; "but if It ain't that, doctor,
what is it?"
"You've been wool-gathering; you
know, 24 7. I shall have to report
you for this," said the inspector.
"Mr. Campion, sir, j*ou can bear me
out, sir!" said Yarker; "you heard it,
and saw it, sir, too."
"I told you at the time you were
mistaken," said Campion; "you
wouldn't listen."
"And quite right, too. as it happens,"
said the surgeon; "do you see
what this is, inspector?"
The inspector touched it gingerly.
"It looks to me," he said, "like some
form of dynamite."
"Exactly?I've never, seen it in this
particular form, but I've no doubt In
my own mind it is dynamite."
Dynamite! Well, though Roland,
it was serious enough?but at least
it was more respectable than the
other charge.
"Why the devil couldn't you say so
at once, 247, eh?" said the inspector;
"you've made me make a ?alse entry
?what's come to you, to take a parcel
of dynamite for an infant??you'll
hear of this again, let me tell you!"
The unfortunate Yarker, with his
dreams of promotion shattered, stood
dumb and trembling as the inspector
altered the charge with some temper.
"Now, sir," he said to Campion, "do
you wish to say anything at this
stage?"
"No," said Campion, "except that I
know nothing whatever of any dynamite."
"Very well, you will be detained
for the night o^ suspicion, and tomorrow,
when we've made inquiries,
you will be taken before the sitting
magistrate at the Marylebone Police
Court?put him in number 3."
And so Campion found himself
locked in a cell; he sat there for long
with faculties benumbed, wondering
what would come next, and staring at
the gaslight in the corridor as it
flickered through the corrugated
glass.
CHAPTER XV.
The Day After.
Campion opened his heavy eyes to
find the blue light of morning streaming
ia through the glass pane of his
cell door; cocks were crowing lustily
from neighboring back gardens, venders
were crying mackerel in the
streets outside, milk cans were clattering,
and boys whistling?the
suburb was awakening with its usual
short-lived cheerfulness.
His heart was consumed with helpless
rage at the utter impracticability
of his situation. Thought recoiled
from it baffled, and he fell at last into
a state of what hebelieved was stoical
calm, which was actually a stunned
torpor.
At last a constable?not Yarker?
.unlocked his door. "Inspector wishes
to see you, sir, In the office," he said,
civilly enough, and Campion follewed
him to the room in which he had been
charged the night before.
The inspector looked up with a distinctly
worried expression. "Look
here, sir," he began, "we're not used
to this kind of thing here. I've taken
two distinct charges against you for
the same thing, and I should like to
hear any answer you may have now
before we go any further with the
case.
"I reserve my defense," said Campion;
"all I can say is, whatever the
charge is, I'm innocent of it."
"Come, sir, if you'll tell me what
the thing was that No. 247 found on
you, I may meet you further than
you fancy."
Was it a trap? It might be?but
Campion decided upon perfect candor
as his only chance.
"You won't believe me," said Campion,
"but it was neither more nor
less than an Indian image?in fact,
an idol."
"Right, sir," said the inspector,
"and if you'll cast your eye into that
bucket you'll see it." And in the
bucket of water was the idol, head
downward, but not appearing to resent
the indignity.
Campion breathed freely; whether
it had relented, or had mereiy arrived
at the end of its resources, it evidently
did not intend to carry things
further at present.
"Wei'," said the inspector, "I don't
kuow how I came to detain you?I
. really don't. I made certain last
night, and so did the surgeon, that It
was one of those dynamite preparations;
it's been locked up safe in my
inner room all night in that bucket,
and it certainly don't look any way
like an explosive now. Can't you exnlain
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"I think," said Campion, "you're
the person to explain things."
i The inspector coughed. "I am
sure," he said, "you are not the gen
tleman to make any fuss about this
little mistake. You see, we're bound
to look after ourselves, naturally, and
if you were not willing to meet us
half-way, why we could make it unpleasant
for you, as it is. It does no
. j man any good, in the long run, having
! i he police against him. If you follow
me, sir "
Campion saw that his immediate
discharge was only a matter of arrangement,
the inspector being mainly
.anxious to avoid ilio consequences
I of any public complaint or proceedj
ins, ami shynly after, to bis own lu
tense surprise, he left the station a
free man.
It promised to be a very hot day;
already the heat made a pearly haze
in the middle distances, and heavy
lurid clouds, touched with pink and
gold, rose like a mountain range at
the end,of each long vista; Campion
walked slowly with his detested burden
under his arm, half-expecteing
it to develop some fresh peculiarity.
I-Ie was annoyed, as he went in by
the studio door, to find Bales there
dusting. "You're up early, sir, this
morning!" said the man, with his eye
on the idol, which it was useless to
ennwa 1
"Why, yes, I am rather early,
Bales," sa'id Campion, in a tone he
hoped was jaunty.
"There's that furrin party as used
to have all them curls waiting 1;o
see you," he added; "he said he
couldn't stop long. I told him I
thought you was a-bed."
And Campion,on going to his room,
found Nebelsen just about to leave.
Campion felt for a certain embarrassment
at the recollection of their
last interview, but the Chela was evidently
willing to resume the old footing.
and the painter was in no mood
just then to decline any overtures.
"Ha!" said Nebelsen, as he observed
the idol, which hi3 friend was
still carrying under one arm. "So
you have him still?"
"Yes," said Campion, wearily; "he
doesn't seem tired of me yet. I've
given him the slip several times?but
he always turns up smiling. Last
night I tried putting him in a hole."
"And he would not remain?no?"
said the Chela, sympathetically.
"He not only would not remain, but
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lit? 111c111cL&CU I U put II1C 1U U1C liUiC 1X1stead,"
said Campion, "with the pleasing
result that we both spent the
night in a police station."
"Ach!" cried Chela; "wunderbar!
But I knew always that alone you
could nefer esgape?you may dry and
dry, but always will it the same be.
And now when I haf learnt still more
?but you will not listen; you think
IamstofRng!"
"Nebelsen," said Campion, rather
shamefacedly, "if you'll forget how I
behaved last time, and help me like
good fellow, I shall be grateful. I've
found out by bitter experience that
I'm no match for this devilish thing
alone."
"Because you are all on the wrong
track. I tell you, last night I meet
vour lofelv Mees Elsvort. and?and I
haf som talk wit her. I want to gif
her some bleasure, and I find there is
now but one way. And so if you will
only gonsent to place yourself entirely
in my hand, I will see if there is
not yet i way to bacify that idol."
"But in the meantime," objecte I
Campion, "how do you know that this
beastly thing mayn't begin again?"
"It is too soon yet, after so moch
force-manifestations. Leave him
down in your paint room till I can
com at him. Oh, he will be all quiet!
I answer for him."
Of what Nebelsen intended to do,
Campion, of course, had not the
vaguest conception, though he gathered
that it would be performed with
a wand; he could only pray that it
might have as little of the ludicrous
in its operations as was compatible
with the nature of the case.
Campion had not, of course, forgotten
Sybil's promise to bring her
father that day, though it had seemed
extremely uncertain for a time
whether he would be at home to receive
them. Fortunately the worst
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doubt whether this interview, if it
came, would be much of a success,
and when, later in the morning, Colonel
Elsworth was shown down to the
painting room?alone, Campion felt
a pang of dread. Why had not Sybil
come? Was she angry with him for
not appearing last night? and if so,
how should he excuse himself?
The colonel felt, and indeed looked,
by no means at his ease; he did not
relish his mission, which he had been
dispatched upon, as the result of a
long interview between his sister and
daughter the night before, and he
was an easy going, peace-loving man,
who hated giving pain.
"Now, Mr. Campion," he began, embarrassment
making him brusque,
I uT'i?a nnllorl tn VAn nloinlv fhof
anything like an engagement between
my daughter and you can't be?it's
quite out of the question?now don't
you see that yourself?"
To be Continued.
Radium in Hocks.
The announcement of the discovery
of radium in the Simplon Tunnel in
sufficient quantity to appreciably
raise the temperature is of considerable
interest from a geological point
of view. For if it can be shown that
this element exists in any considerable
quantity in the earth's crust,
then the time during which it may be
supposed the earth has been a possible
scene of geological operations may
be greatly extended. The earth, in
fact, may be greatly older than was
admitted possible by physicists. For
radium would retard the cooling of a
once molten globe by continually radiating
heat, and thus prolong the
time necessary for it to reach its
present temperature. And this slower
cooling would also prevent, to a
large ettent, the radical contraction
upon which so many geologists have
relied as the means of the elevation
of mountain chains and other secular
movements of the earth's crust. The
presence of considerable quantities
of radium in the earth thus renders
more probable the theories of earth
movements which have been advanced
by those well known geologists, M.
Mellard Reade and the Rev. O. Fisher.?London
Globe.
Freak Insurance.
"Is it a fact?" asked a judge?
. Justice Darling?the other da}', of
; counsel in a case that was before
him, "that insuranco companies insuro
against a successful appeal by
; the other side?" "Yes," answered
. the learned gentleman. "I have been
, told so. And they have different
rates for different judges."?London
Daily Mail.
Charles H. Lord, of Dunbarton, N.
H., recently cut a large pine tree on
his farm which, from tie rin???3, was
2 00 years old. The treo wj.b 134
feet tall, measured five feel four
I .inches on the etu&p.
Household f
% Matters. J
Cocoanut Macaroons.
Add to a scant cupful of sifted
lfour one cupful of granulated sugar
and two cupfuls of the best shredded
cocoanut. Mix thoroughly, then fold
into the mixture the "whites of three
eggs whipped to a stiff froth. Make
~11 holro in a
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slow oven until crisp and a delicate
brown?New York Telegram.
Dnmson Cheese.
Stew damson plums unin tender,
then drain olf the juice and remove
the skins and stones. To the pulp
add the juice, "weigh it, then boil
until it is a dry paste. Stir in six
ounces of sugar to every pound of
fruit and keep stirriug until the mix;
ture will leave the sides of the kettl?
and adhere to the spoon in a solid
- mass. If it will yield to the finger
without sticking when touched it is
done. Turn into glasses or china
molds. This is fine for meat or game,
and many prefer it to currant jelly.
?New York World.
Potato Croquettes.
A delicious way of serving potatoes
is the following: Boil and mash
twelve mediurs-sized white potatoes,
using one tablespoonful of butter instead
of milk. When they are nearly
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one tfeaspoonful of chopped parsley,
one-quarter teaspoonful of grated
nutmeg and six drops of onion juice.
Stir these ingredients together until
they are smooth. Make up into small
cone-shaped croquettes and stand
away to harden. When they are firm
roll them in the beaten whites of the
eggs and cracker dust and fry in
deep boiling lard until a light brown.
This will make twenty-five croquettes.?New
York Times.
Stuffed Potatoes.
Select potatoes of even size, cut a
thin slice from one end that they
may stand firm and put in the oven
to bake; when well done, remove
from the oven and with sharp scissors
cut a lid from the upper end and
scoop out the potato into a hot bowl
with a teaspoon, keeping the skiD
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I with a little cream, a teaspoonful of
butter, a speck of salt and pepper,
then fill the skins with the mixture,
heaping it high on top; set the potatoes
carefully on end and return to
oven for ten minutes to heat. Serve
on a platter with sprigs of parsley
and a few tiny, specks of butter.?
Boston Post.
Cornstarch Souffle.
Hajf an ounce of cornstarch one
cupful of milk, one tablespoonful of
sugar, quarter of a teaspoonful of
vanilla extract, two eggs, pastry to
line pudding dish. Line a pudding
dish with pastry, decorating the edges
| with pieces cut with a fancy cutter.
Blend the cornstarch smoothly with
| a little milk and stir it into one cup|
ful of milk when boiling. Cook for
two or three minutes, and then stir
! in the sugar, yolks of eggs and vaI
nilla extract. Whip up the whites
; of eggs to a stiff froth and lightly stir
j into the miiture. Pour into the lined
dish and bake for about twenty minutes.
Shake a little sugar over the
top and serve at once with chocolate
sauce. To make the chocolate sauce,
boil one and a half ounces of grated
in half a cunful of milk.
remove from the fire and stir in one
tablespoonful of sugar. Flavor with
a few drops of vanilla extract.?New
York Press.
jttllS.TS FOR* THE.
I HOUSEKF.EPERo
j Oil paintings may be cleaned by
sponging with lukewarm water and
drying thoroughly.
Acid fruit drink?Pour boiling
water on mashed cranberries. When
; cold sweeten to taste.
To renovate black lace wash the
lace in water to which a little ammonia
has been added, then rinse it
in strong coffee.
Many housewives sprinkle water
on the broom before sweeping to col
| lect the dust and keep it from blowing
around the room.
Buttermilk which has turned
slightly sour is an excellent wash for
the face. It is harmless and efficient
and is a great purifier.
The best housekeeper is the one
who passes less time in making
things clean and more thought in
keeping them clean as she goes.
Try adding a little lemon juice to
the water when boiling rice. It gives
the rice a nice white appearance, and
also keeps the grains well separated.
A piece of flannel soaked in paraffin
and rubbed over linoleum will
j preserve the surface and remove all
dirt and stains, and make it last
much longer.
When bunches of sweet grass begin
to lose their fragrance plunge
them for a minute into boiling water
tknv will ho -atrnin as aromatic as
ttUU Ulicrj "ill wv/ ?
1 when first gathered. Dried lavender
1 may be similarly treated.
When filling oil lamps place a
small lump of camphor in the oil vessel.
It will greatly improve the light
and make the flame clearer and
brighter. If you have no camphor
add a few drops of vinegar occasionally.
" It is said that the juice of the
*)ina2pi7le^*coiT:^iiie the natural fer1
ments of healthy digestion to a remarkable
degree, and, if adopted by
American people., they would never
know what dyspepsia and indigestion
J were. A considerable amount of the
' juice should be taken each day.
There is nothing prettier for the
centre of the dinner table than one i
of the new deep silver baskets, with
or without handles over the top,
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kets also come in glass. A more
charming effect can be had by placing
under the basket one of the
j found tabic mirrors.
ANIMAL PROFITS. |
4. Rostock Chimpanzee Shouing Ofl
at ?100 Per.
To invest one's money In the purchase
of wild, forest-bred animals in
o/der to train the same for public
performances, is a somewhat speculative
business, for apart from the
expense of capture and the cost of
training there is always a danger
that the animals will ran to Decome
acclimatized to foreign countries, and
die when the unlucky showman or
circus proprietor has spent hundreds
of pounds upon them. Lord George
Sanger has confessed that he once
paid ?1200 cash down for six young
giraffes. Two days later two of the
animals died, and shortly afterwards
the remaining four died also.
Barnum used to say that only one
elephant, tiger, lion or monkey in
eix which he purchased brought him
any profit, and other showmen make
similar complaints. The most aggravating
part of the business is, however,
that often when an animal has
been trained, seems to be thoroughly
used to foreign climates, and is repaying
some of the money its owner
lias spent ou us purunuae tiuu leaiiug,
it suddenly dies. Take the case of
Consul, for instance, Mr. Bo3tock's
remarkable chimpanzee, which died
some time ago in Berlin. This animal
was insured for ?25,000, and
was earning ?100 to ?150 a week
when it died. Furthermore, Mr.
Bostock has booked contracts for it
to appear at a price of ?300 per
week.
Luckily Mr. Bostock was able to
discover two other exceptionally fine
specimens of the chimpanzee tribe,
which he has named Consul I. and
Consul II. The former, which is the
cleverest animal of the two, will appear
at the forthcoming Earl's Court
Exhibition, and earns as much as
?160 per week, while Esau, another
of Mr. Bostock's wonderful chimpanzees,
appears at ?S0.
These animals are most difficult to
rear, elephants, tigers and lions,
which cost anything from ?200 to
?500 each, being also very susceptible
to climatic changes. They fully repay
the care and attention which must
be bestowed upon them, however.
Mr. Bostock, for instance, has a
diminutive elephant for which he has
been offered sums varying from
?1000 to ?2400, all of which he
has refused. This is the smallest performing
elephant in the world, and
earns from ?80 to ?100 per week.
Another troupe of elephants earn
from ?90 to ?125 per week, a group
of tigers from ?100 to ?150, while
a group of lions bring in as much as
?200 per week.
Performing dogs are perhaps the
least expensive. These animals can
be bought for about ?10 apiece, and
well trained easily secure ?50 per
week. Some of Mr. Bostock's dogs
earn as much as ?80 per week, while
from ?50 to ?80 is paid for the performance
of his sea-lions.?Tit-Bits.
A Vivid Picture.
An accident to one of Sammy Peters'
eyes had led the doctor to order
a bandage and a dark room for several
days. It fell to the lot of Sammy's
patient mother to furnish the
sufferer with amusement.
"What do you want me to read to
vou this mornine. Sammy?" she
asked. "Here's a nice book of adventure
Aunt Elizabeth sent over
after you went to bed last night.
Shall I try that?"
"No, please, mamma," said the
sufferer, politely. "P'r'aps later, but
couldn't you tregin with the baseball
game? It was a very important one
yesterday, and I think you'll find it
on the ninth page."
"Certainly, dear," assented his
mother, and started in, slowly making
her way through the maze of
strange terms.
" 'Bates opened the first inning
with a hot drive into the crowd in
right field for two bases. Young sacT
oTOio fr* Tnr/lan QnH Rinnio
duplicated Bates' drive into the
other corner, Bates scoring. On McGann's
single Binnie went home.
Lewis threw wide on Ritchey's hard
one, and the latter got to first. Taylor
flied to Hummel, and McGann
tried to score on Sweeney's single.
" 'About fifteen hundred people
then suggested that Smithy wallop it
over the fence. Just at the moment
when it appeared that he might not
obey instructions, he lifted his club
against one of Ritchey's fine ones,
and sent it two feet above the chocolate
sign on the right side field fence.
The top of the grand stand was lifted
bodily about an inch by the glad yells
of the Smithy association.' " She
paused for breath. "I hope you understand
this. Sammy, for I'm sure
I don't."
"Understand! Why, mamma," exclaimed
the sufferer, "can't you just
see it, can't you just smell the peanuts?
Please read that over?that
about the chocolate sign."?Youth's
Companion.
The Bore of Guns.
To the word "bore," when used to
tell the gauge of a shotgun, there attaches
an interesting bit of history.
In the days when rifle balls were
spherical and long cylindrical, conical-headed
bullets and rifle barrels
were undreamed or, me gunsmnu
adopted a curious but convenient
method of designating the gauge or
diameter of the bore. He expressed
it by stating how many bullets of the
size that would fit a particular musket
would go to make a pound. Thus
a ten-bore musket would be one of
such a bore than te:i of its bullets
would go to make a pound weight;
a sixteen-bore gun would be one
whose bullets would run sixteen to a
pound, and so on. Hence, the
anomaly that the larger denomination
musket has the smaller bore.
Dillon iuisi iiiuiau iuiihrt.
Considerable interest continues to
be evinced in the cultivation of rubber-poducing
trees throughout the
Dutch East Indies, and the suitability
of the climate and soil, coupled with
undoubted labor advantages which
Java possesses over most other tropical
countries, have resulted in a steadly
increasing trend of European capiat
toward rubber enterprises in that
ountry.?Engineer.
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR AUGUST 16.
Subject: Saul Tries to Kill David, 1
Samuel 18:6-10?Golden Text,
Ps. 84:11?Read Chapters 18,
19?Commentary. ,
TIME.?1063 B. C. PLACE.?
Gibeab.
EXPOSITION.?I. Saul's Envy of
David, 6-11. David's great achievement
raised him at once to a high position
in the estimation of Saul, and
in the army. But it did not turn
David's head. He acted with remarkable
modesty. He was perfectly obedient
to all Saul's orders, though he
knew that he had been himself divinely
appointed to the chief leadership
in Israel (cf. vs. 18, 23). He conWtlf
Vl fVWAnf A TM
U UUCU liiiiiocu ?uu gicat niauuui.
He patiently awaited God's time.
Saul himself was at first disposed to
put David forward (v. 5). He was
commander in chief over the rude and
undisciplined army which Saul had
gathered together (cf. ch. 14:52). In
our day in times of war, men rise rapidly
from obscurity to a place of great
prominence by some act of great courage
and prowess.' Much more would
this be true in atimeofsuch primitive
warfare. His deed was so splendid in
the eyes o? all that none dreamed of
disputing his superiority. It was the
custom of the women of Israel to
greet their conquering armies with
dances and songs of victory? and
praise as they returned from the battle
(Ex. 15:20; Ju.11:34; Ps.68:25).
Nothing is dearer to the average soldier's
heart than the admiration and
praise of the fair women of the land.
David was naturally the idol of the
hour. He was the nation's saviour.
Moreover, he had performed a deed
of unparalleled bravery. It is no
wonder that the women went wild
with enthusiasm. Their comparison
was just enough, but not wise. Saul
was king and it was natural he should
be stung to the quick by having one
i who had just come to the front thus
I highly exalted above himself. Fur|
thermore, it was only a short time
i since Saul himself had been the idol
of the people (ch. 11:11, 12). It is
I hard to give up a place like that to
I another without a pang of jealousy.
I The song of praise to David was taken
I up far and wide and became known
i even among other peoples (cf. ch.
21:11; 29:5). It was the popular air
j of the day. Probably Saul heard
it wherever he went. David was not
! to blame. Doubtless he would rather
i that the women had not thus sung.
! But greatness, no matter how humble
: it is, is very maddening to mediocrity.
The small man can not forgive the
great man for being great. Saul
whimpered like a spoiled child. In
the story of Saul we see the tragedy
of a soul. The same story in all its
essential features has been repeated
again and again. From that day on
there was no more peace nor joy for
I Saul. David was the ghost of his existence.
"The evil spirit" was a
I demon (cf. Acts ^16:16-18; Mark
| 1:23-26). It was said this evil spirit
! was "from God." He was a messenj
ger of Satan, but permitted by God
j for Saul's discipline (cf. 2 Cor. 12:7).
| As far as God's permission was couI
cerned he was intended to torment
! Saul and thus to bring him to re1
pentance. In this aspect of mercy he
j was "an evil spirit from God." Even
the evil spirits and the devil himself
; do God's work (cf.Matt. 4:1), though
unwittingly to themselves. The furj
ther truth is hinted at here that if
I men will not have the truth and the
! good Spirit, then God gives them over
I to error and evil spirits (2 Thess.
I 2:10-12). This is a solsmn thought,
| but it is taught by both Scripture and
i experience. Under the influence of
j this evil spirit Saul "prophesied," i.
! e., he went into an ecstatic state when
! he was under the control of tha
i evil spirit (cf. Acts 16:16-18; 1 K.
j 18:29; 22:12; 20:23). We see the
i same tmng in some iorms 01 moueru
1 clairvoyance and "inspirational speakI
ing." There is but a step from envy
to murder (cf. Matt. 27:18). Saul
j took that step. In murderous hate lit?
! hurled his javelin at him. Nowadays
! the envious man casts his javelin not
i at the body but at the reputation of
! the man he envies. Saul missed his
j mark, but he was no les3 a murderer
I at heart. God was taking care of
i David, and no Saul can hurt the one
j that God protects (Ps. 37:32, 33; Isa.
54:17; Lu. 4:30; 10:39).
li. Saul's Fear of David, 12-10.
Saul's tormenting hate now becomes
! coupled with tormenting fear. David's
I conduct commended him to God and
I "the LORD was with David" (cf. ch.
16:18). He had been with Saul in
j the past (ch. 10:7), but He was now
| "departed from" him. There is no
more miserable man than the one
J who once knew the presence and
I power of God and has now lost it.
j The man who hasn't the presence of
God fears the man who has. But
, David was still recognized as leader
(Nu. 27:1G, 17; 2 Sam. 5:2). David
I continued to conduct himself with
j great discretion, going on from success
to success. Saul read his own
I doom in each new triumph of David.
I While Saul envied and hated and
i feared, the hearts of the people bsj
came more and more completely
David's (cf. Lu. 19:48; 20:19).
Oar Duty.
i Our business iu the kingdom is to
' see that the ground iu Cod's vineyard
i is most carefully tilled and tha<; we
{ do all in our power to win men 10
God.?The Rev. Bowlev Gresu, Olney
! tille, R. 1.
Sirlss Prohibit Abslntlie.
The national referendum of the
j question of prohibiting the manufac:
ture and sale of absinthe in Switzeri
laud has resulted in a majority of
| more than 80,000 in favor of the proj
hibition. The most famous brands
cif absinthe are made in that country,
: svhence the liquor is largely exportj
rd. The increasing home consumption
has been the subject of crusades
similar tn thnsp nftriMPfl nil in Prance.
i Prohibition will involve a big loss of
j revenue to the Government.
Recruiting Falling Off.
I The British authorities never allow
j the public to know how recruiting
! for the regular army is proceeding,
hut they have been unable to conceal
the fact that the number of youths
presenting themselves for enlistment
has dropped most alarmingly during
I the past few months.
I
I * -zn~ Pi?:/in<TA
] A study of the mortality of Chicago
for the first sk months of 1908
shows that 1567 fewer persons have
died this year than last. If allowance
is made for the increase of population
the calculated saving is li'9 S j
lives. _ . ; . '
RETAKING THE HAND.
Many iystems^ne^ and old^ ^ j
i nrong ine naina s aoor. ubv ujr uaj,
Every one with truth of gold
Which should not be thrust away. ->
But, 0 needy human heart! .
If thou knowest what is heart,
Never with thy childhood part,
Faith alone con give thee rest.
Let the hungry intellect
Search the great philosophies;
Should not Mind the mind inspect? . ^
See how marvellous it is?
But when baffled is the brain,
And life's mystery deeper grows,
Put thy hand in God's again;
There alone is thy repose!
?Charlotte Fiskc Bates, in the Christian
Eegister.
i
Everything Supplied in Christ.
Soul, dost thou desire eternal life?
Is there within thy spirit a hunger*
ing and a thirsting after such things
on mau ooHcfv tViv anlrit and make
Cko mckj vuj <* vu?
thee live forever? Then hearken
while the Master's servant gives thee
the invitation: "Come, for all thing?
are ready?" all, not some, but' all.
There is nothing that thou canst
need between here and Heaven but
what is provided in Jesus Christ, In
His person and in His work.
All things are ready, life for thy v
death, forgiveness for thy sin, cleans*
ing for thy filth, clothing for thy
nakedness, joy for thy sorrow*
strength for thy weakness, yes, mora
than all that in the boundless nature
and work of Christ.
Thou must not say, "I cannot come
because I have not this, or have not
LLlttl. ai l LUUU lu iuc >nwi.<
Art thou to provide anything? Art
thou the purveyor of even so much a*
the salt or the water? Thou know- *
est not thy true condition, or thou
wouldst not dream of such a thing.
The great Householder Himself hatfr
provided the whole of the feast, thotr
hast nothing to do~with the provision*
but to partake of it. If thou lackest,
come and take what thou lackest; the
greater thy need the greater reason*
why thou shouldst come where alf
things that thy need can possibly:
want will be at once supplied. If
thou be so needy that thou has nothing
good at all about thee, all thing!
are ready.
What wouldst thou provide mor?
when God has provided all things?'
Superfluity of naughtiness would if
be if thou wert to think of,adding tc
His "all things." It would be but 8"
presumptuous competing with th<
provision of the great King, and thil*
He will not endure. All that thort
wantest?I can but repeat the worde*
?between the gates of Hell, where"
T\r\nr llflot onH the cratpfl nt)
Heaven, to which grace will bring
thee if thou believest?all io provided*
and prepared in Jesus Christ, the Sav>
lour.?C. H. Spurgeon.
Teaching Nnggets;
Faith knows no last farewell.
Every life has limits until deatlr
breaks down the walls.
It is easy to allow our brief loss tc
hide His bitter cross.
He ascended from the few that Hr
might descend on the many.
They who will not be convinced bytruth
will be convicted by it.
It's hard believing in the Hoi]
Spirit whom you will not receive.
It is better to know that God is fo*
us than to see that He is with us.
It makes all the difference whethe*'
you are facing death or looking tc
larger life.
It is worth while to lose the Christ'
you can see to gain the Christ whfl
can be seen in you. ( y
If we really believe the things wr *
sing of heaven, our mourning is either
selfishness or hypocrisy/
It makes all the difference whether
truth is a way along which we arr
led or a predigested food with whiclr
* a in i n fh i.
w0 are i^u. ncurj r *u ***?
Sunday-school Times.
Preparing For Heaven.
The good are preparing for heaven.
No one goes home on earth who: *
cares nothing for home, takes nc
thought for it, does not plan with ardent
longing for the home coming. v
The very" life good people live on*
earth is a preparation for heaven and7
an unfitting of them for any othei
future. Each soul will go "to bif
? - * J AM.
own place." 'mere is a legeuu vi ?*u
Indian chieftain who, migrating witbhis
tribe, journeyed over the high
mountains and through dismal
swamps, and at last, having reached^ a
valley fair to behold and good tc
dwell in, threw down his burdens,
exclaiming, "Alabama!" meaning
"Here we rest." The true ChristianIs
journeying toward the real "Alabama,"
the valley home of the redeemed,
where they lay down thoii
burdens and rest. "They rest from*
their labors, a id their works do folI
low them." There is such a "home
of the soul."?The Rev. G. B. F. Hallock,
D. D.
Highest Knowledge of All.
The more sincerely and faithfulljwe
deal with our own minds, the more
I believe we shall discover that the
highest knowledge cf all does not
I come at once, and never comes Id
I phrases and abstractions. If man ie
capable of knowing God, it must be
I because there is that in him, that Id
J every part of his being, which reI
sponds to something in God.?Frederick
D. Maurice.
The Universal Longing.
It is not to taste sweet things, but
to do noble and true things, and vindicate
himself under God's heaven, as
a God-made man, that the poorest son
of Adam dimly longs, snow Dim me
way of doing that, and the dullest
day-drudge kindles into a hero.?
Thomas Carlyle.
Be .1 Soul Winner.
It is easier to preach publicly to a
great congregation than to win one
soul by private means.
Idle Ships on Great Lakes.
On the great lakes 1780 vessels
are idle at the present time and 14.000
marine laborers are unemployed,
?ntailing a monthly loss to the labor
_ a ? o 4 A AAA ?n/l 4-Ki-v ehtn ATV11AN
ers 01 ^oiu,vuu ajiu ciic
of $2,000,000. President William
Livingstone, of the Lake Carriers*
Association, says that not more than
forty per cent, of the total tonnage of
the association is in use at present.
Duma Approves jjuuu,uoo,ooo Loan.
The Russian Duma adopted the
Finance Minister's bill authorizing
an internal loan of $100,000,000 to
cover the anticipated budget deficit. ,
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