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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-1-4, Page 13IS ,fe o4ec4 Of 0+0-nenen>+0 I TARDV 11 1)g0P81114 +0-0-04-0+04-04-0+04-0-nan-0-0+°' +1 will and purpose in his iceen, nrey inns which contrasted favoratily with his oaf as she had formerlY known it, eletty had not as yet trusted bele self to talie a full teed compreheneive view of him, her sidelong glance haviug been sullicient to cause lice heart to beat rapidly and her eyes to become dim and misty. What a little fool she had been not to accept his <neer of three years back, when they stood together that night at the gate of the farm. nI have always loved you, Betty darliage" he had said—ad oh, how low and totter hie vdice hied beim! —nand if only you could love in in return just a little bit---" And she had swept his elechteatiop aside with a laugh, spurning the of- I fel' even at the very moment when her oWn heart Was palpitating with Passion. Another word from him, 1 and she would have confessed her ' as love; but he had tented angrily epee he --. heel, and gone at a rapid peen down the load. Once she had called — him back; but her voice was choking,. with sobs and be did not hoar hoe. and, with a eeldness of death at her heart, she had stagnered into ten house and thrown herself in a pee- sion of rage and teneerness—the two: strangely blended—upon the bed. A week later, Harry had gone on his long trip to Australia withont so much as a word or a line of part- ing, and she had never forgotten. that hopeless, dreary winter's day on which she heard the news., with its long succeeding night of bitter tears and agony of remorse. How she had loved him! And he was lost to her for ever—he would never come back—oh, how elm cursed the feral t- ine folly and lightheartedness which had prompted her ti refuse his manly declaration! It was exactly three years to a day since Harry nforton had set foot in the village, and the news of his vetiern spread quickly amongst the habitants. The wildest rumors weie, cot course, afloat innext to no t.iuni, and he progressed from absolute beg- gary and failure to the very heient nf affluence and prosperity (and the ;reverse) in that brief winter's afte - zkoon. The simple truth, that be w neither rich nor poor, but that 'had just managed to save a few he 1rsds nd take jiin liorne, •vou never have satisfied the gossip-loying villagers, to whom a voyage from Australia was such a stupendous af- fair -that no nian in his eenses would undertake it otherwise than ender great pressure. It was getting late in the evening before the news reached as, far as Willowlea Farm. which lay some salles away on the outskirts of the village, and that it has not lost any-, thing in travelling was only to be expected. 'They do say," remarked Mr. Marsden, as he settled himself down comfortably in a capacious chair at the fireside, lifting „his churchwarden from -the mantel at the same time "they do say as how young Harry liorton's come bac.k." "Young Henry Morton back?" cried bis wife • incredulously., "Why—" A crash of breaking china in the scullery (which led out of the kitchni in which they were seated) cut short the worthy lady's sentence. "Whatever are you doing now, Betty?" she cried. "I declare you're other." always breaking something or aa There was a muffled expression oi regret, followed by a rapid accelera- tion in the speed of the du -ties beieg performed, and the farmer and his Wife took up the thread of their in- terrupted conversation. • ''Why, it's only three years since lie left," Mrs. Marsden said, "and if he's conte back the same as he went, then all I can say is that it's a bad job for his poor mother." "Ahl but he's not," chuckled ti farmer; "he's come back, so the feay, with a big fortune, made up o the goldfields of Australy, and as to tts being a bad job for hie mother I never could see any harm in the lad—a bit wild, perhaps, but nothing worse." Mrs. Marsden shook her head nadurnfully. “You've changed your tune lately, Fred, that's all I can,sae. then," she retorted. "Why, look at the thin you chased him across the spinney, and found when you laid hands upon him that he'd got his coat simply lined with hares." "And many' the time I've don; the same," he chimed in sententioue. ey, "only, of course, I didn't tell young Harry s�—that would never have done." 'And then his carryings -on with the girl up at the 'Mitre,' and—but there, that doesn't matter now. I , tell you what, though; I don't be-. lie've a word about this fortune o his. He's not the sort of chap to put money by—it's easy conee and easy go with him, to xay way of thinking." Mr. Marsden did not trouble to ar- gue the point with his wife; but, like the good-natured man he was, allow- ed her to have the last word. nEetty!" he cried. "Come hero, Iletty. I want you.'' She eame into the kitchen at .1e:s call, her face as white 'as a sheet of paper. "Why, -lord sake alive! whatever ails the child?" exclaimed her moth- er, "you look as though you'd s.' -i. a ghost. What's the matter with you?" , With a knowledge born of long ex- perience, Iletty threw herself don .in the rug at- her father's feet, mum- bling ords to the effect that her bead was aching, and the good 1331;73., with a frown and a shako of the fu - ger at 'his wife, pelt his month down skew to the girl's ear and whispee- ed: "Ha -e -e you hearer the news, Hette? Young Harry Morton's come home." He had expected to see her raise her head and a. bright sparkle to come into her eyes; but he was griev- ously disappointed, •for she °bet i l- ately kept her face averted and utter- ed merely a mechanical: "Oh! has he?" "Yes; and he's eonee. back as tine as a—as rich as a—n "Oh, fudge!" interpolated the peace Veal Mrs. Marsden; "don't you .be - neve what he's saying, 1101:y—ties only idle village talk." "But he is really- back?" ha-earth:4 Ffet tee, feeling that some initial k Sr= her was called eor. "Isn't hen' "Back? Yes," Cried her mother, "and—well,, bless my heart, if thine isn't his knock—I should know it in a thousand." She ran and opened the back door —the front one was only used. on state and ceremonial occasions—re- turning half •ti, minute litter followed by Ifarry 1Wortoa. Ratty had risen herriedly from her seat upon the floor, as red now as she had been white before, and -stood_ shrunk back into the shadow until the congratelations betiveen her par- ents and the visitor were over. Thee —there was no help for it—she ad- vanced timidly, yet with a certain an of defiance, and put out her hand. fTe took it quietly, with a quick look into her eyes and a 'sudden flush- ing of color into his bronzed cheeks, You haven't changed a bit lIetty," be said; andshe, latighi•ig now, assured him that if his name s had not been annotmeed she 'would elever have recognised him at all. Ins three years of .rough life han I certainly wrought a Wondroes change' in Mtn, .4A there vere now a dad., ston and manliness iti his bearinp;, i firmness in his strong mouth, and a to 7 London in time to reach the docks. She had gone into the village that day, the last, to malee a few pur- chases, and just as she emerged int, the open country he had come irp with her. "1 cern Just in time." he said, tak- ing the heavy bag from her hall:. "Why, what a weiglat for you to lug home by yourself." "Oh, I am used to it," she smiled faintly "and you know I am tt r TI. lelarry's home -stay was limited to one month, and -the dans sped swift- ly by., Hetty—her hope increased now ten fol —lived in a perfect frenzy of an ternating hope and fear, at ono moment declaring herself the unhap- piest mortal alive, at another confi- dent that till would be put right before he went away again. Thot he still loved her was certain, con ceal the fact how he might, and sit judged by the strength of her one feelings that it ' would be impossibi for him to leave her, perhaps for ever this time, 'without a word. Three weeks passed—four! In ten days more his ship sailed, and it yould be necessary for him to leave liome overnight in order to be ii her, and he was pressing his lips feverishly to her hot cheek. She endeavored to push him away, With all the strength of her two hands! but sbe was as a lietle child in hie oast), and at last, WOrn out with ear exertions, she bung, seeut and exhausted, at his mercy, °Tell me, ' he whispencel. "Tell me ined I will release you—only tell me." Ills persistency bad conquered, and pho gave the faintest shake of the head and a evemiflously xnutte -ed "No"; and he instantly released her to catch her again tile net moment as she was sinking half faintien to the ground. "Oh, let nie go!" she cried wildly "You must nota -oh, you must not t" "Really," he laughed, "I think I rea.y, leetty"--she shrank from the cool incisiveness of his tones—"ween I went away from here three years a I • t - • village again: but my love for you proved stronger than my resolution, ' and I was forced to return, Since I have been eack have 1 arnt to, love • u re d d, but I did not dare to confas it to eou. I have wavered and wa ere putting it on until this last da f all; and now—" Ile paused, and took her nieces be- tween his hands, forcing her to look, up into his eyes. "Now, Betty, darling! now you have said you will not repulse me, I have gathered the neressary cour- a e arid k t "leut—" "Oh!" he laughed, "you need not fear. I shall not be committing bia- amy. My first wife is a—a pure myth, and if you will say 'Yes'—'', She did not say "Yes" e•ere then. ' but under the circumstances, ie' - haps, words would have been super- fluous. The shippmg company trade no oh- jetstion to Harry's pestpcning his passage for a month, on the under-, standing that be would reeuire tice-1 ets for two in place of one.—Pear- son's Weekly. SAVING THE GOLD DUST. Precautions Taken in the Manirfactein ing Xeweller's Establishment. - Washing machines .seem all . right ° enough in a laundry, but they woeld _ scarcely be looked for in the es,ab- lishment of a raanfacturing jeweller. i Yet they play an important part in such a plant. In a washing machine are washed daily all the aprons and, all the blouses worn by the workers employ- a ed in the manufacture of articles of 1 • .1 strong." "I Mine somethieg to tell you, Hefty, something that has been npon my lips ever since I returned. I eto not know that it will concern you negeh; but---" She was looking up at him in won - dement. Not concern her much? Had he not guessed a thousand times how matters stood with the poor, pitiful, little heart? Had 'not her every wistful glance, her every timid response, her every pleading compliance with his lightest wish— had not these revealed to him lion passionately she loved him? "I am married, Hotty. 1—" She gave a low cry, like some afe frighted, wounded animal, and shrank helplessly away from him, restrained only by his hold upon her hand. "Yes, I was married a year ago in Australia. I found life right back in the heart of the bush was intolerably lonely, and—but what is the matter, Hetty—you are crying?" She felt she could not answer his question had the world been laid at her feet for so doing, but she crush- ed back the deadly sickness at her heart 'and said in a low voice: "It is very silly of me, but I have not been very well • lately, and—ohi do. please let us hurry home." No further word was spoxen until they reached the ,gate at which they bad parted three years ago; and here, despite her efforts to escape, he re- tained her. • "Do you remember the last time we stood here together?" he asked, She strove to disengage her hand:. but ho was too strong foe her. "Do you remember how you lauglie ed at me, and let ine walk off down the lane with never a word—" • "I called The words had escaped her lips unconsciously, wrung from her in the teeenness• ef her agony, and he looked at her in amazetnent. "You called me?" he asked. "Yes," she retorted defiantly, cast- ing pharne and reserve to the winds, called you back and you would: not come. I did not mean what •-1 MYSTERIES OF OCEAN BED I'llE .$TRANGE: TAPE SEIM BY A DEEP Changes in 81:11:11sinVogt [JIVER. at Great Depth — Giant Crabs and DevIl Fish. The diSeSter which happened to French vessel Sully not so very ago when it went to the bottom not fro.n Saigon has afforded, days Scientifie American, the divers intr. ed with examinatiOn of the submel ship opporttinilles for making exit tive tine important explorations of bottom of the sea. In these field sulaareous exploratiori special tine ion has been won by a young al engineer named De Plury, who Pie aid of an apparates of his own vention, succeeded in reaching a d 0 even more than 336 feet—a d which had e eon a al D Plury invented a kind of aralOr which affords him every Mellen, wail° by means Of a sPe chemical combination reSpiratiOn IS tomatically provided for. Thanks this, he has already made more t 115 most daring deseent,s with per 'safety. He has thus been able to cover a most marvellous world. hitt Lc, seen by no eye but his; the s a ie a scene of rnaiwels combined t no small Meant of tragic horrors. "The first sensation experience said this intrepid diVer at a recent terview with an ltaliln ournalist, sernethi g • tic is e on Seending into a mine, but you soon nocustomee In it. At a depth of oh lnvianleo,,feet medusee beean to be found tarn quart titles. Seen through fi and than an, appnar e n nt l ley ors magni ENORMOUS PROPORTION. cd hy the awfUl panoramas of death and disaster, which have been witness- ed by Engineer de Plury in the couree of his professional exeperiences as u diver. • "hi. the vicinity of Ostend," he le- lates, "I Was requested once to examine the wreck of a vessel wl,ich had sunk not king before. This WAS the occee- ion upon wIliell I was assailed by a the Veritable horde of those giant crabs of 043 which I have already epoken. They lee were at the time busy devouring the Hie corpses of the dead sailors. One id .tigttd. Iliese MW°OnultrhaVeeiZebdeenincerabihedti,easlegif aus.: squeezed by a Jew of steel, had it -lot tee; been protected by tbe powerful armor - 1 had a kind nay_ succeeded In -killing two of these aloe- sointreg:swe; intrhidrelyindiolyng hand, shells I still possess. nne All objects at the bonoin of the sea oton are covered with a hind of curious gowdete and a terrible gloom and si- oPth encetprevalls. What a seen° of menet- nhinAn etelly The floor of the ocean is strewn 7. wilh bones, not a few of them of hu- plii,13- n engin. A very singular fact which eial f have observed is that the sea for a lc) certain period of time keeps bodies in , a perfect state of preservation. I onee an ,fect dis moment when the disaster occurred, ann had thus practically passed 'n - welted the hull of a vessel winch had gone down with all hands. "The crew were MOstly asleep at tee vith stantaneously from. sleep to death. Po fai they had not been bitten or gnew- tn- orl by any fish. as most of the hatch- Alt recollection of the protection forded by the glass front of the heln le forgotten. and the first impression that these masses of honed flaccid a slimy meduew wel adhere to your fa "Just a little lowee down, and a sc Hinting multitudinous shoal of sm fishes is encountered, shimmering 1 so -many strips of shining copper, inner metal, In a state of continuous bration a depth of about 162 feet thi masses of seaweed are traversed; sO of these are heirlike vegetable growt yith arms from twenty to ehirty yar o length. eaten, with a kind of h Id vitality, wrap themselves round err art of theb d, . T stitute a el'ave danefer, as they c easily parelyze the diver's movemet nd by rising iip above and nrou im. can wd!�il him ( own wit weight amounting to several hundr weight—sufficient to break a rope. lifeline when hauled on. "Below 1r2, Pat there are small spa! like fishes of Ottert three feet In tenet Peri atm other denizens of the de revembling dolehins. These latter hi themseline • 1 tl • 1 as already remarked, he is som what young at the game. mid has fn gotten the procection afforded by I el•ret.- he. is still filled with a mortal reae they slineld ,sitcceed nashine the glass front of the helmet ssnite its femr inches of thieleness. ourse. shonle that eerier, death weuld e almost Instantaneous. "Stilt other and worse moneters ire ✓ polypi or devilfish. who wrest then ime teelacles mann the bold explorer; u t although rer•uguant, these mon- erq' are cowardly, and Immediately flounce their atteck in coming in con- ct with the utefamiliar feel of the etal nrtnor plating ef my diving nines. ire ,are filen equally horrible, one en, more intrepid. giant crabs. Scene thoee I have seen have measured as uch as ways were closed. The men still ap- e peered as if asleep,Th lay, ; wrapped in a calm and mysteriaes get „ slumber. annroached, and climbing cnn down to the hatchways, touched ()mei se the corpses with my hand; the tient lue. seemed to disnalve and vanish under , my and, leaving nothing but A CHINNING SKELETON. „ "Ane the treasures of the seas! Mil- lione alone are engulfed not, far from let Vigo. Personally, I have never been is there, but one of my men once went nd down there clad In the old diving dress. ee• The unhappy man died almost directly le- he reached the surface again, but tie all bad haft time to see several galleons !Ice nine. at ihe bottom, with the Masts still! tr &ending and the timberwork still VI- sound. The.se. of course, were some nf the famous treasure ships, but I do not en think it would be possible to recover me them. All metals would have been de- ns, stroyed by rust by now. as they have 'Is been below water ever since 1707. 0e- "I have seen personally the vessel ev- which, about 1808, was conveying Na- poleenls treasures to Holland, but it an was wrecked en route and sank with 315 100.00e.e00 of gold on' hoard. Of these. nd 56.000.090 have been recovered but the e remainder. as I have snicl, is still hi Um ed bottom of the ocean. The Prince of Mon - 9r flop stat eg that he hits found near Cy - pine a galley still full of °Meets of eft (0- et the bottom of the sea. This is where In submarine boats will have such n great CP future before them, as. by their aid, we lel shell one day be able to exnlore un . • • known de n sea grottoes. net) in un - LI' known farms of life. eaulta full of en - Loki wealth. and the tomb of many a 'Is poor sailor." gold. Then the water in which these things have been washed is piped to a roam where the gold contained in it is extracted and saved Particles of gold adhere to the hands and faces of the workein in the precious metal, and even get in- to their hair. Twice a day all the operatives wash their hands and faces; and the water is, like that from the Washing machine, piped to e e- iac mg loom. h Here there is installed a big -inter, d with its filtering- section made of e canvas, and resembliag outwardly d the "pleated section of a giant seuare c concertina, as it wapiti look partly, b drawn out. AH the water from tha washing machine and from the wash th bowls in the factory is forced through el this find.; and at regular intervals b the 'filtering section. is taken out and sl the gold removed from it. re An the floors in the factory is ta covered with tar paper, which eatch-1 Tr! es and holds all the gold particles' TI that fall, upon it. ' From time to m time a new paper covering is laid onni of the floors, the old being burned for the gold contained in it, By these means there are saved in a factory 'annually thousands of dol- lars worth of gold that without such precautions would inevitably be lost. SENTENCE SERMONS, Faith's fervor le naore than effer- vescence. The lights of the world are not ad. vertising signs. He knows no good who boasts he does no harm. Losing the temper takes the edge off any arg-ument. He can easily be fearless who dare not make foes. Sow the sand and you reap only grit in your teeth. Love's music is never perfect with- out the chords of pain. , Obstacle is often only another wan of spelling opportunity. No man ever broke his back under his brother's burden. You are not likely to slay the enemy by- drawing a long bow. A niggardly purse in the pocket becomes a thoin in the side Many a man mistakes a floating iee indebtedness for a sinking fund, sill Tears over to -day's broken toys blind ns to to -morrow's treasures. Many a man thinks he is mellowing lien he is only getting moldy. you cannot cure your sorrowe by aking thorn out in a wheel chair, The fear of reputation is often aken for the love of righteousness. He wh'o has a good word for no no cannot have the word of God or any one. Many ae.man thinks he is virtuoue ecause he feels vicious when he sees others happy. The reason some are not wedded to, one bad habit 18 becate;eethey are courting so Many. When folks get to fighting oven creed the own, takes his forces to another part of the field, When, you bave to do with thoee who axe blatantly 11011081 it• 18 time to buy more padlocks, The next' best thing to the oppore teeny to take a ccdlege couree is the ability to forget most of it. Cheerfulness is a Vittue hand to practice when you persist in indul- gence in late slippers and manufac- tined 'thappitess.' THREE FEET IN DIAMETER. Due to their strone shells and formid- able claws. •they constitute a continent Menace to the safely ef the diver whieh ie by no means to he despised. "This is ahmit all that can he said .n the score of the deep sea fauna. rhl deformation of fish is not very nntne. able at such a small denth; by defor- mation I meen not only change if form. but also of character. Tins Mites piece at a denth of about 1,094 yawls' here their nature changes en- tirelr. awl they aesume the forms nnd ccnst ite Mon n I modifinations 11007880 13? ti enable there to hear the enermoes essure to which they are subjected, en' Noe their 'mine. "Inithertn it has been quite impoesi- ble to obtttin living' specimens of tbeee sunmanne ceenturee, es they reached the surface with' their volume quadrun- led. dee to the reduction of nressere. All 'Nee crenteres are carniyormis, ani. their capacious rnnws not infre- quently serve as t•he tombs of unfortu- nate snilors whneft shins tinve wine to the bottom. and their bodies gradually sink tleeeer and cleaner. weile the for- midable pressure to wliWt they are sub - ted in an increasing Intensity poen Ashes all their bones. and finally crusens the coenses mete flat. letzt enour_ey st?flicP it to Say that this aw- ful specteale is seinnely visibie after a death 'of thine feet. One Quieten feet attending them subMinene exnlorntinns is rifleirded nv the lieht, which forms a strenge blend of ereen and violet. the color beine litlle sineler to that of the caverns whien Inc to be felon teebertts, denth of' thirty-two yards the lirfht beeins to rzet more find more diffueed, anti 111n SIM viewed through the lenge Of siMerinnembent water menears like n re4clish matinee (lobe. leit--and (hie a seMeatent st ran en sheltered froli the rave of the smi (behind' n. melt, for instance) the stare beeolie nleinle evert nt midday. . inlet° dew Jest anout neon. I n. never to be forgotten siren at a (-lenti) 01 lee feet. The elm was Motif nt tee zenith. Tfir. 1)01 I orn linen 1,yel fell 1 etooci consisted of fine Wlete ennd. and the reffeetien et the ligihmtprIem8sotnon07 ermevy cereal, gave me the Standing unon A PLAIN OF MOLTEN GOLD. At a depth of Me feet the obscurity le: complete: at 327 feet tile darknees impeeetrable, and it 18 beeCOSSall tO have recourse to electricity for Mimes- es of vision. use eleetric lanme of elja)n'Tinot (Claitliftcisirt°11°Irighthitte;ovnetill Teed)! ue Of, ninety' feet. A, meet tragic epee- taele is then peese»ted einikerl ten- eree, broken. boatiee ,eplinfered huns, gaping (leeks' and broken masts." said, and—ohl but what is the use of talking like this?" she cried passion -:t ately. "It'a all over and past now, and I wish I was dead and away 0 from everyone.'" f He had released her hand, and she ' stood leaning against the gate, her b face buried in her folded eums, her tears flowing unrestrained. J Ilo touched her lightly and pityinee ly upon the shoulder. "You must not Cry tio, Iletty," lie said. "It has all been e, horrid mistake -1 can see it riow, and," the felt his breath upon. her face, "if T were to ask yet the stone question, would you -- She turned her tear -stained face report hire. "Yee ratietn't ask nue" She cried, her cheeks aflame, "Yoe a70—mare ried, teed I---," Again he seized her heed. "But if' were single," lie urged "Tell nio, watild you roelso ree again? There can be no harm. 411 a imple *reply, and X really have a reason for asking," But you have no right tie atilt nee' she flamed; "it is' an ineelt--yoti are taunting ette, Mid it is cowardly.' There was a et•range einning n his eyee, and suddenly, ere AO eould eeeitpe, hia AVMS We* ttrOtbld e_ye, It Would be. Wrong to send E0113,0 people to heaven; they wound miss tee much the &melee to everrn Over the wildness' of their neighbor's children.' • It Isn't always adViaable for a man 'With a SarldSt eotaPPOtion, td - etigagO'll) the allgctr, besittees. No scenes of horror' can be enrpess. TIIE SUNDAY SCHOOL ••••••••• INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JAN. 14. Lesson II. The Wise Men Find Jesus. Golden Text, Prov. 23. 23. LESSON WORD STUDIES. Note.—The text of the revised version 13 used as a basis for these Word GStudies.IadTidings to the Jews.—That Jesus of Nazareth was of a truth the long - looked -for and eagerly expected Mes- Slab of the Hebrew people, the Son of David and the Saviour Eine of Israel, is the burden, though not the sum total 0' the first evangelist's message to his fellow -countrymen, who, having believ- ed on Jesus for his work's sake, yet needed for the strengthening of their faith just such a setting forth of his life and work In the light of the Old Testa- ment prophesies which in tern found their complete and only fulfillment. The author's purpose being argumentative rather than biographical, he does not al- ways in his narrative observe the ex- act chronological order of events for which the gospel of Mark is a better guide. In addition to endeavoring la strengthen the faith of, Jewish Chris- tians in Jesus as the Weston, he sought also to enlarge the vision of those for whom he wrote by making plain that the kingdom established by Christ WaS universal in scope, embracing all na- tions and all peoples and thus abolish- ing all narrow Jewish limitations. Very early tradition uniformly ascribes the writing ot the first gospel to Mat- thew, one of Ute less conspicuous of the apostolic group. But the book itself dees not mention the name of its au- thor, and there are many able and con- scient,ious scholars who believe that this tradition in its earliest form means simply that the Substance of the gospel message, though probably not the fain of the narrative, is to bc ascribed to the apostle Whose name the gospel bears. There is, however, no positive proof for this contention. the problem resolving itself rather into a queetion or the interpretation Of the rather mett get data available. We are therefore justified in tresurning that t•he earliest tradition eoncerning the attthership Of the gospel is correct—that IS, that Mat- thew, the apostle, did write the gospel bearing his Melee and that he Wrote it in Senelantially the form In which it has come doven to us. Canoe -mine the datn and place of the cornposition'' of Matthew's gospel nothing definite is known, though the data available points it, the yeers 68-70 as the approxininte tele and to lettleStine its the probable place of its composition. Verso 1, When Jesus Was born—Our el present system of ehronolOgy. aetiord. din ing to which We ntirnber years forward dre and bancivarci front the birth Of Christ ed (A.D., Anno Domini, Year of Ottr Lora, ish rind D.C., before Christ), dotes back bre bele to the middle of the sixth een., da tory, about which time a nornan abbot, rile t/tOrlySillS Exigitus, is reputed to have he bce» instrinnental in inaegurating the fin( system, Ent M. fixing the date of the the birth of :testis which Was to be thio tie) starling point of ,.the neW Order of ealen,ho lotion en error tees made by netigtien see and bis co -laborers, the Clete ot 100 Nee the, titity being placed several :mare ta„felO than It should have been. Frietee. slene gospel narrative we know that eeette , was barn shortly before the death of Herod the Great, But Herod died in the year of Reale 750451, whieh Corre- sponds to the year which we now dett' igoate as 11,C. 4 to D. C. a. HOW Jesus was born at least as efarist 04 13. C. 4, But allowing tor some Monate te elapse betWeen the birth of . Jesuit and the slaughter , of the babes At inehlellere by Herod, and again be- tween this event and the death of the Egyptkngd(eU0r1Mn..4 ‘IeVitailtctb, 21,i Mee, jio6s7:9), wti hthe Mary and the young child sojourned in , Kire probable date becomes 13. C. 5 tO Flered the King—Son of Antipater, governor of Idumma (Edorn), ilie terri- tory south of the Dead Sea Where nw,ele the denteridents to Esau; founder of ale Herodian family and dynasty, and known later as Heron the Great. Soon after Syria and Palestine ibecame part of the Roman empire, at the time tee the invasion of Asia by Pompey the gi this doubtless accounts sTonsPepris'oeveedutianhilmasnelif on goodfriendnQdecoal ne.tiiseerryaelotyf cruelty, as owldellaagse. to learned men, priests, and physicians plots, suspicions, and intrigues, and the Jews. His life was surrounded by seems never to have indulged in reli A cruel, unscrupulous, and arnbitioue he had eight sons and six daughters. tyrant on the throne, he nevertheless C. 37 Mark Antony, the friend and avenger of Julius Ceesar, placed Herod oft the throne of Judea. Jesephust enumerates eight wives of Herod, and he is known to have had two others; pCiii.oeleotirielobtis in Idpuomlesecatinoe faariefiallyrs. berocan1B, Wise Men—Gr-eek, Magi, a title given. foforrittleiefetirinrcreaasnd-;'• of the Persians and Babylonians, who were also versed in astrology, soothsay- ing, and in the interpretation of dreams. In Jer. 39. 3, 13 Nergalsharez- or, a prince of the king of Babylon, is given the title "Bab -mag," chief of the Magi. That the wise men were three in number, and that they were kings, is mere tradition resting on very rneeger foundation. 2. His star—A supernatural phenom- enon vouchsafed these men to guide them first to Jerusalem and then to the house in Bethlehem (comp. verse 9). The simplicity of the narrative aL this point is characteristic of all New Tes- tament nassages in which miracles are rnentioned. 3. He was troubled—Herod's reign had been much disturbed by plots and intrigues. and as he grew older he be- came doubly suspicious and fearful lest Scene usurper or pretender should rob him on his throne. He knew also of the expectation of the Jews concerning Messiah who was to be their King. Ali Jerusalem—All who heard of the visit and in quiry of the wise 'nen, especially those in authority whose pea sitiOn, like that of the king, was appar- ently endangered. An example of lay-, perbole. 4. Chief Priests and scribes—Men 1Tr'SOCI in the Hebrew Scriptures, and ho therefore might be expected to ben fcmiliar with every prophecy concern- ing the Christ, the anointeen that i the Messiah. Probably inemt Sanhedrin are referred to 5. Thus it is written -1 "But thou, Bethlehem Eph art little to be amorne e Judah, out of thee shall one e unto me that is to be ruler • . . And he shall stand, and shall fe bis flock irt the strength of Jehovah., in .the majesty of the name of Iehovali his Ged: and they shall abide." 8. Sent them to I3et•hlehem—In ac- cordance with the information gained from the priests and scribes. 9. The star . . . went before them - They were not permiti,ed to remain de. pendent upon the directlops received from the treacherous king, who was an ready, plotting the death' of the new. born babe. 11. The house—Not necessarily tin same hi which the babe had beett born. now doubtless some days, if nal weeks. ago. Frankincense and myrrh—Both res inous gums obtained from trees found ia Arabia, used for medicinal purposes and for embalming, and very expen. swe. e 12. Another way --Possibly pro south from Bethlehem, past Halt and through Mumma eastward, or to the nertheast across Jordan, leaving Jerusalem to the west. p......_-_4_01soN IN EGGS, Another Startling —1-1iseovery of Frenett Medical Investigation. One by one our most cherished articled of diet disclose deadly deeigns upon our well-being under the fostering nun te the medical profession, supported by the Medical press. Heeled° the egg has been regarded as absolutely innonuotis, until an least, it has reached an age which qualifies it to take an active part in politics. ', But now a French .niedibal man has dieCovered a hidden danger lurking in its yolk, and the dreadful iatelligenee has been, spread fan and wide by thd "Lancet." The yolk of the eggs of hens, duke, . and tortoises, he declares, contain e. tslu'iebsNt,Benincse, eliveltieccrhihewisleknin,inOi°Ptienclio ittrt general body cavity, eventually .clauetif death trent' an aeute intoxication of thit central nervons ay,stem. Hen's egg yolk is lass toxic then that Of the &MR, but that of tile tortoise it mOre !poisonous than either. It Is eomforting to observe, however, that the great majority' of the g,enera publie who eat egge in the'"orcliner) Way are riot threatened. NEW DRINX 'CURE. lc authorities in Norway havt covered a novel way of cering lnketnleSS. The "patient" is, plan under lock and key, amt. his mane mot consists in great part of ee soaked hi port wine. The Beef ' y the drunkard eats his food wit aaure, and even oh the second dai enjoys it. On the third day bt Is that it is very intinoteoue, OX fourth day he beeemes Milan it, and at the end of eight elan( rerentes the wine with horror, 33 Ms that the diagust increaSes, en( t this care giVes good tette*.