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New York POINTED WAY TO SALVATION Preacher's Advice Was All Right but His Friend Also Had Something Wise to Say. Senator Samuel A. Ettelson, speaking recently at a banquet, told the following: "A colored preacher stood up on a Sunday and said, 'My text this morning, brothers and sisters, am "What shall I do to be saved?" To me there seems only one way to be saved, and that am to quit this'ere extravagant living. Back to the.simple life, say I. There am going to be no chance for yow to be saved so long as you keep up this high living. If there is anything that is going to kill our race it is these'ere luxuries. Better go hungry and cold like the wolf. Go out and face the rains and fight the storms. Uo wade like the crane, *ou will grow rugged and you will grow tough, but you'll walk like a man. Yes. Blr, that am de way to salvation, * that am de way to get Baved.' "Just then a tall colored man. rising from his pew in the rear of the church, interrupted the preacher. \ shouting: 'This am no way to be ; Baved. You just jump right through j that back window and run just as fast , as your legs will carry you, for the county sheriff am here with a warrant for your arrest for stealing them chickens from Massa Martin's coop last Friday night.' "?Chicago Tribune. 6TEP FARTHER. Mr Rastus?1'ze muzzled de dog. t An* now I'ze waitin'. Mr. Acker?For what? Mr. Rastus?To see if dey's gwlnter go de res' o' de way an' see to de puhtection o' us human beln's. Ef dey'U fix up some way o' muzzlln' er hin' feet o' er mule, de'll sho'ly stop er heap o' damage. ' NEVER TIRES Of the Food That Restored Her to Health. "Something was making me 111 and I didn't know the cause," writes a i Colo, young lady: "For two years I was thin and sickly, suffering from Indigestion and inflammatory rheumatism. "I had tried different klnd3 of diet, and many of the remedies recommended, but got no better. "Finally, Mother suggested that I try Grape-Nuts, and I began at once, * eating it with a little cream or milk. A change for the better began at once. "To-day I am well and am gaining weight and strength all the time. I've gained 10 lbs. in the last five weeks and do not suffer any more from indigestion, and the rheumatism is all gone "I know it is to Grape-Nuts alone that I owe ray restored health. I still eat the food twice a day and never tire of it." Name given by Postum Co.. Rattle Creek. Mich The flavour of Grape-Nuts is peculiar to itself. It is neutral, not too sweet and has an agreeable, healthful quality that never grows tiresome. One of the sources of rheumatism is from overloading the system with acid material, the result of imperfect digestion and assimilation. As soon as improper food is abandoned and Grape-Nuts is taken regularly, digestion is made strong, the organs do their work of building up good red blood cells and of carrying away the excess of disease-making material from the system. The result is a certain and steady i return to normal health and mental i activity. "There's a reason." Read , the little book, "The Road to Well- | ville," in pkgs. I Ever rend the above JetterT A new one appear* from time to time. They are nenulne, true, and fait bf human I latere* t. Adv. HER NtpJSBl An Old Man Marries Young Girl, That He May Teach Her Wisdom. BY FLORENCE E. CAMPBELL. Mam'zelle Lisette Guitard was weeping in the hyacinth beds, and Monsieur ; Gaston Drouet wept, too, unreservedly. But then be was only twenty-two ?four years older than Main'zelle, nevertheless. Outside the night air was fragrant with the odor of hyacinths and jonquils, and the moon 6'none as brightly as it always shines in New Orleans in spring?that is to say, twice a3 brightly as anywhere else. Ma'mzelle had stolen out of the house in which her father and mother and the two uncles and the maiden aunt and Sister*Tcinette and Brother Robert and the four bridesmaids and the ushers were busily rehearsing the part that they were to play at Ma'mzelle's wedding cn the morrow. Mon Bieur Thiboult was nrty-Beven ana enormously rich, and it was to be a fashionable affair. Ma'mzelle did not love Monsieur Thiboult, but her pa; rents did. i "Poor Gaston!" she murmured, laying her warm hand upon his icily cold one. "Tonight we must say goodby for ever." And, being only eighteen, she could not help hut feel a thrill of romance In the sadness of the separation. "Angel! Belov<id! Adored one!" exclaimed the young man, "I cannot let you go. Come with me now and let us be married somewhere. You do not love him, that old pig of a Thiboult" "No, poor Gaston, I love you only," answered the little bride-to-be. "But consider. Monsieur Thiboult will give me much money and 1 shall make my parents rich; poor parents, who have slaved so hard for me." "You shall not marry the pig!" shouted Gaston. "I will kill him first!" "Hush, Gaston!" exclaimed the girl. "He will hear you. He prowls about mnM 'SifflF Gazed With Wonder Into Her New Husband's Face. his garden by night?yes, would you believe me, he Is like a young man since he loves me, and he composes songs to the moon?as you do. He told me so himself." "Kiss me, Lisette!" pleaded Gaston, drawing very close to her. "When you have kissed me you will no longer resist my entreaty. Then we will go?" "No! No!" cried the girl, struggling out of his arms. "It is wrong. I am pledged to him. Let me go!" "LlBette!" cried Uncle Henri from the door. "Where are you, little one? Come! We are to have cakes and wine." For an Instant Gaston hesitated; , then, with a despairing Bigh. he plunged through the hyacinths and disappeared Into the darkness. Uncle Henri came dow n the path. "Psst! Cats!" he exclaimed, throwing a clod of earth in the d rtctlon of the retreating Gaston. "Why do you 1 roam umorg the flowers so late, little niece? Ah. it is the Inspiration of i Monsieur Thiboult! It Is love for, ' him! Never was any marriage so < happy!" Ma'mzelle Llsette cast a glance of contempt at her uncle, but he did not see It, because It was quite dark under < the eaves of the cottage. He followed j her indoor. The w edding was over and Monsieur 1 and Madam Thiboult were seated com- t fortably upon the porch of their home. < It was only a few steps to the cottage ! next door, occupied by the bride's pa- t rents, for Monsieur Thiboult had simply taken his bride home with him. f That was his arrangement, and his will was law-, for it was the will of a t seml-milllcnaire. Madam gazed with t wonder into her new husband's face. It was indeed wonderful to think that r two hours before she had been Made- c moiselle Guitard while now she was I Madame Thiboult. Her silly little head was swimming with pride and astonishment, and the passion for poor Gaston was already buried, although r deep down beneath the surface of f things there was a little ache?If she I had let herself perceive It. h But monsieur was very much older w than she She had never before no- a ticed how red his face wan, how white his beard and hair. He was an old. old man, and she wished he were young like Gaston. And suddenly the sense of her ine~#erience of life, the tragedy of Gaston's sorrow, and her own little fleeting happiness which had been accomplished at such a cost to him overwhelmed her. She began crying, and she looked at her husband timidly, as though she had done something that she ought not to have done. Monsieur Thiboult had been smoking in the darkness. Now he laid his cigar aside and Lisette saw the red rim of it circle and descend and rest upon the rail of the porch. Her husband took her little hands in his and spoke to her. "Do you love Gaston very much, Lisette?" he asked. She started and then began sobbing convulsively. He knew then! He knew! How wicked she had been. "Yes, I knew for a long time, my dear," said Monsieur Thiboult. "It must be quite two months since' you have loved Gaston. And before that it was Leon Brevet; and before that Charles Bourget; and before that? who was it before that?" Lisette was shaking with fear. He had known all the time, then, of these little childish love affairs! "My dear little Lizette," said monsieur, caressing her cold hands, "listen to what I am going to tell you. I have never thought that you loved me?an old man like me, old enough to be your father's father. But I love you, just as though you might be my own daughter, and I married you because I knew that if I did not you would some day run away with Gaston or some other foolish young fellow and live a hard life and taste the realities of existence. And you are not made for hardship, my little Lisette. So I considered, and I thought to myself: 'If only she were a few years older and wise and knew the world, and had plenty of money, so that when the real love came she would know htm and go to meet him.' Then I said to i myself: 'How can you help her, you old fellow?' And the answer came to me: 'Marry her yourself, but let her be like your daughter to you, so that, when you are dead she can inherit all your money and marry some young fellow whom she really loves.'" He paused. "My dear," he said, "I shall ???? Irtntr Tho Hnrtnr told uuv ii?u ?vi; iuiiq. mw me that only last mouth. Perhaps one year, perhaps two?not more than three. And then, If you still love Gaston, you will go to him and make him happy, and your little head will be filled with wisdom Instead of foolishness." He pressed her to him and kissed her cheeks reverently. "Good-night, little daughter," said Monsieur Thlboult (Copyright, 1912, by W. O. Chapman.) WORLD LANGUAGE OF SIGNS Sir William Ramsay Has Plan to Use Pictorial Characters Based on Chinese. To make possible the eichange ot ideas among all peoples of the world Sir William Ramsay, the English nrlpntlst. haB beeun to develop a pic tortal sign language, based somewhat upon Chinese, which he hopes will eventually spread among all races. Tho Chinese character to express "man," for Instance, Is made with two converging lines that represent simply his legs, looking much like the legs of the crude man that the schoolboy draws. Sir William's character goes further and adds a vertical straight line above the converging lines to represent the body. "The first thfng that one thinks of," he argues, "Is existence expressed in the verb 'to be.'" So he has selected the arithmetical equality mark to denote existence. All things relating to one's state and condition, he said, can bo expressed by these two parallel lines. For time which stretches away, or action that is constant, he uses a dash. Instantaneous time or action he represents with a dot Thus a dot placed squarely between and in the middle of two llneB of the equality mark denotes the Immediate present, or "I am." Similarly the dot, when placed at the left and between the two llneB denotes past or "I was," and when placed to the right Indicates the future tense, or "I am to be." To denote a woman Sir William draws a line closing the diverging ends of the legs of the 6lgn for man. On the theory that "1" 1b the most important thing in the world to any man, Sir William utilizes the straight vertical line that irpresents the body of his man figure to depict the word. What He Was After. It was a very hot day and the fat Irummer who wanted the 12:20 train ?ot through the gate at Just 12:21. rhe ensuing handicap was watched vith absorbing interest both from the rain and the station platform. At its ;onclusion the breathless and peripiring knight of the road wearily ook the back trail and a vacant faced 'red cap" came to relieve him of his ,Tip. "Mister," he inquired, "was you ryin' to ketch that Pennsylvania rain?" "No, my son," replied the patient 1 nan. "No; I was merely chasing it 1 iut of the yard."?Saturday Evening Jost ( Wisdom Comes Slowly. TownB?"I believe it's a fact that a ( aan must get to be at least thirty be- j ore he really knows anything." , Irowne?'Tes; and he must be at east forty before he quits telling ( rhat he knows."?Catholic Standard nd Times. | intumtionalI Siinmsqiool Lesson (By E. O. SELLERS. Director of Eve. nlng Department The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) LESSON FOR DECEMBER 15 FORGIVENESS. LESSON TEXT?Matthew 1V15-33. GOLDEN TEXT?"Be ye kino to one another, tender hearted, forgtv'ng eacli other, even as God also in Christ forgave you."?Eph. 4:32 R. V. Our Lord's teaching on subject of humility as studied in last week's lessen is inseparably connected with that of today. It presents a strong contrast between human and divine forgiveness. It sets before us that which at first seems*to ue unattainable. Someone has raised the query whether or not forgiveness is ever possible where any trace of selfishness remains. He who has the shepherd's heart of humility has also a forgiving heart or elst he does not truly care to save lost and wandering sheep, vv. 12 and 13. This lesson naturalij divides Itself into precept vv. 15-22 and paiable vv. 23-35. Hrecept Is Fiain. 1. The precept is very plain and quite logical. If you have been wronged, go to him (your brother) who wronged you and frankly come to an understanding. Go alone and "have If mil w.lfVi liim " Xfi.ut niinrrfds will settle themselves if men will only see "eye to eye." It is the repetition of our grievances by the second or third party that usually adds fuel to the fire. The other steps are just as logical. The outcome is suggested in verse 18, that to all the disciples, not to Peter alone, is given the power to admit and to dismi s from the communion of believer::. It is the prerogative of the church to bind and to loose and to have agreement in prayer. The church must erect standards of conduct, but in thus erecting standards the church must ever come to the Father with tender compassion on behalf of the lost 6heep. Verses 19 and 20 have been quoted in thousands of prayer meetings with often only the slightest realization of their full significance. Three is an attainable number; more than that is less easily obtainable, and has the added danger of harboring a hypocrite, thereby spoiling that harmony (Acts 2:1) that is so essential to the presence of the Holy Spirit Peter (v. 21) .suggests that there Is a point of possible limit for our humility and forgiveness. True, he goes much further than most of us go, even to that of the perfect number seven, but Jesus completes that and again multiplies it f>y seven; not that 490 is the exact number of times to exercise forgiveness though that would usually suffice, but rather an illimitable number of times. Resentment, wrath, anger, clamour and evil Epeaking are admonished to "put away" (Eph. 4:31), and in the words of the Golden Text, "Be kind, tender hearted, forgiving one another, ev-m as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven us." There is no deep work of grace in the human heart until it is willing to "let" these things be put aside. As though to make assurance doubly sure in the minds of his followers, Jesus gives us a parable (v. 23-35) in wmcn ne applies me precept jusi given. God Is King. God. the Kln|: of Heaven, Is taking account with the sons of men, his bond servants. At the outset one is brought into his presence who owes ubout $12,000,000 (a talent of gold equals roughly about $1,200,000); he is hopelessly in debt and "had not to pay." This is a picture of fallen, lest humanity standing in the presence of a righteous God (Luke 7:42, Ps. 10.1: 3), etc. This man is brought into the King's presence, and so are we brought (John 16:7-9 ar.d Rom. 14: 10). The terrible ought and ought not of the law is practically presented in Matthew 25. Tho debt of our sins is a hopeless one for any to pay except a mighty Saviour (I. Peter 2:24). Let the law have Its course is the meaning of verso 25 (read Gal. 3:10). Rut what a gracious contrast is presented in verse 26. There we see tho compelling power of the compassion of God, as shewn in the person of Jesus Christ his Son, loosing the n.nn nnrl Rf.ttire' him nhsnlutf-lv fren from debt. Once men catch a glimpse of their debt of sin, thoy, too, will "fall down and cry for mercy. Salvation is "by grace"' (Eph. 2:8, 9), and by grace only. From verse 27 on wo Fee the Lord immediately dealing with (his servant in grace. There is no future penalty held over his head. So < God stands ready to deal with us so soon as we acknowledge the absolute impossibility of paying tho debt and , call upon him for mercy. The hardness of the human heart is suggested by ttte awful sin of in- j gratitude pictured in ^the latter part ( of this parable (v. 28-^5). As twelve millions of dollars is to seventeen, such is the possible agd almost in- < credible hardness of the natural heart " cf man. How few of us would daro i I to "slaiid upon our rights" in the ' church or as individuals, did we but more often take stock of God s deal* ng3 with us in his matchless grace i'et we see this scene being re-en- j icted about us almost dally. What a solemD warning is contained In verse 32. / (t This is a Duke's I Si . _ . Whether you smoke Duki - ette, it is delightfully satisfyi WU choice of meu who want real, \JMju gin each 5c sack there are ^ choice Virginia and North Cai WM rich?best sort of granulated Srm many good, satisfying cigarei rolling popular. And with ea St coupon and a book of cigarctb Get an Uml jA i The coupons can be exeh able presents. The list includ presenti Made-to-Order Kind. "My wife is always bringing home bo much toothpowder." complained a man the other day to a friend. "Its a waste of money. As for me I Just i take the bathtub cleanser and scrub my teeth." The pair were walking down Chestnut street and his companion stopped in amazement. "What! 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