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For some lime watchful phy-siciats;
have been endeavoring to cheek the ath-
letic enure which Ila& exalled physical
prowess to an unwhoksoute degree. Dr.
Woods Hutchinson makes the laical pro-
test against overconfidence In the health-
fulness of exercise. Up to a certain
point exercise is necessary to the well-
being of the body, beyond that point it
is harmful. 1)r. Ilulchiuson finds Ili'
great eol:r•ee of danger of overexertion
to be Ilan feet_ that the muscles. which
are most abused are oontrolle. ny the
will. One may f.x'h-hty force musedes M
Stork long atter they are fatigued. The
heart, the lungs, the stomach, the brain
are uhvays working, but the muscles of
the awns and kgs may pass from a
stale of Idleness into one of intense ex-
ertion, straining and racking the body,
or may be deprived of the rest which
they require quite as Truly as the or-
gans before mentioned scorn rest while
life taste
The athlete ani the farmer on the one
hand and (he factory operative on the
other are at the extremes of the two
kind. of abusers of the muscles. The
v..orkm:ut in those industries where the
hour% are still on the unwholesome
schedule of an earlier generation work
on unremittingly until exhausted. Their
aln against the laws of health Is fail-
ure 10 give the muscles a sufficient por-
tion of the day for rest, even though
the work in itself Ls not more than a
man nould easily do if. the interval be-
tween hours of work was greater. The
athlete puts too great a strain upon his
frame during decisive moments of con-
test, and the fanner works too hard
and too many hours at a time during
a part of the year and too title, by con-
trast, at other seasons.
Tho statistics quoted seem to bear out
the contention of the doctor that athletes
ore a notoriously short lived class. Tine
hien that faun life in itself has anything
peculiarly invigorating about 11 has been
responsible for a great deal of suffering.
The life which is likely to be prolonged
i- that of lite Haan who docs not work
loo hard either at a particular moment
of the (ley or at one season of the year,
end who does not work each day beyond
the poser of the body to recover during
the remaining hours, but, who works
enough to keep the body in health. The
attempt of a city dweller to crowd the
exercise of a year into a brief vacation
;s slowly faint, quite as rnuch so as
tt hat Dr. Ilukhinson characterizes as
the alternate debauches of labor and of
idleness in which athletes and rennets
indulge.
.1,
\\ hat is the nmler with man? March
Philips points out that there is this pe-
cnhluiI' in the condition of man, as
tempered with the other inammnlin, Hint
his life is shorter now than by analogy
it ought to be. in other online's the
period of growth is about one-tenth to
cinr•Tifteenth of the whole life. The
lion, %%filch Is full grown nt 5, lives 'or
set rely or eighty years. The dog, full
grown nt 18 months, is as old at 15 as a
man al 80. Man, living as long as the
lion, is not full grown till 20. The
sone proportion would give man from
3e0 to 400 years. Thus his physical life
c not in this respect the normal life.
It is cul exceedingly short, and its bre-
vity points to rolne primal failure of
%Igor -In the presence of some nonnn-
lural- that Is, some diseased --condition
rapping his vitality. Prof. Virchow
notes that if we gniher togclher the
whole sum of the fossil men hitherto
known and put then( parallel with the,
of the pi -'sent time we decidedly can
pronounce there ere among living Hien
a much greater number of individuals
who, show a relatively inferior type than
among the fossils known of to this time.
IN I'i•:NTiONS ;ONE \\HONG.
(;nv„mess : "You're n naughty little
girt. ('hri Iubel, to kick your oottsin like
thin."
1.hrislabel : "1 didn't kick her."
Guwernois : "Oh, hush. dear, 1 saw
pmt kick her several times."
1 tirhlabel : "1 didn't. 1 mussel every
lane "
SO TIIOU6IITF1.1..
"ti'e'r." snorted \Ir. Stub)), as he came
eat of the sl• etstnrnt w ith dripping
shore, "1 am shaking like n leaf. g b-be-
iteve I have a ch -chill."
"Indeed. John?' replied Mrs. Sluhb,
sweetly. "Well, in that case you can
S hake the furnace without any exertion."
ABOUT ITS UI:.SIGN,
"i'a. what is R hypothclical question;"
"A hypothetical question. my sun, le
a question which noleely who is asMyl
en.• is suppxo' ell lu know how to
atsflrr,"
"Ilan you stand on your head?" nskel
▪ t IYltor of Little Dudley. "No,- he re.
pliers, "lis too high use
"h'el Jerk• ever realise anything en
fli ,r geddnurre investment .'f ill. ;'' "Oh,
ye "What dal ti' mitre?" "Whnt a
C. he bad leen 10 go title 1t."
J. w •11er : "And w null ilei Tike In put
Ili• fatly., 'tame .,n the ring. sir:'..
Cannot, loung \fan : "Er- v..•11 1
think yet might just put "To t' be -
b %irl.
IN THE HOUR OF NEED
Mutual Helpfulness the Chief Object
of Religion
"'They helped everyone his neigaeor
and everyone said to his brother, Be of
geed towage." -Isaiah xli. 6.
This is the secret of Christ's institu-
tion of the Church. It was that in ifs
fellowship itis disciples might aid one
another in holy living.
Certainly this mutual helpfulness of
the communion of saints is one of rho
incalculable: blessings of the teirisliait
church, and tt should show those their
error who think that they can be reli-
gious as twcll w'iliout as within the
church. For religion, above everything
else, nerds the strengthening and nur-
tuo that come from Christian fellowship
and demands that self-sacrifice be shown
foe iso good of our fellows.
Tito best defence of Christianity is to
practice it. The surest tray to silence
skepticism is not by an argument but by
11 man. The atheist who spent a few
days with the saintly Fenelon said : "If
1 slay here a low days longer 1 shall be-
come. a Christian in spite of myself."
Fenelon was too meek and gentle for
polemics and had not uttered a won' of
controversy or of appeal. Ile simply
presented the. quiet, convincing argu-
ment of a beautiful, unselfish, holy life.
Ills was
AN UNCONSCIOUS IiELPFULNESS.
"No man or woman,' weolo Phillips
Brooks, "can really he strung, gentle,
pure and good without the world be:ng
better for ft, without companions and
observers being helped and comforted
by that goodneas."
But helpfulness can bo shown directly
by .kindly feeling, by proofs of disin-
terested friendship, by the assurance
that our heart norms toward our bro-
ther. In the intercoures of lift it can
easily bo seen whether one is wholly
self -centrad or vltelhe' he has a heart
for the welfare of others. And if an
associate shows that he can forget him-
self in his eager interest in our handi-
caps or successes, in our sorrows or
joys, it heartens us liko 'he fish morn-
ing breeze, and drives weariness and
care from our brows. We feel that there
are higher sentiments in life than Idose
of selfish strife and gain and we see its
horizon tilted with hue of love and
hope.
especially can the grace of help-
fulness be exemplified in the hour of
need. Crises conte in life, critical junc-
tures arise. Such epochs aro often
turning points in one's personal fate.
Wo stand on the brink of a Rubicori.
One path leads to success, the other trill
bring failure.
As we act note our whole future shall
be shaped to our honor or regret, to our
joy or pain. And tlu'n is the hour when
helpfulness is most pleeiuus. One little
decd of uplift, aro zoite of aid,
ONE Afer Ol' KINDNESS
will bear fruit a thousand -fold.
How many a young man owes a bril-
liantly succeesfui career to Tho faille
placed in him by some wealthy friend
who ricked a small financial adtil) ce to
hint in a crisis tvlretn lie would have gone
to the wall.
Aye, it is in the time of need that sin-
cerity is tested and that it conies out
whether helpfulness is genuine or shal-
low pretense. Ile who Ihett draws near,
shares his neighbor's sorrow, puts his
own shoulder under the burden, assists
the struggler to his feet, stands by hire
until the storm's tierce blast is over,
proves That he has the Christian spirit,
whatever mune lie bears.
Wrote tho great glad good Norwegian
poet lejornsen : "When 1 am able to help
a friend along it seems to rue That every-
thing else 1 may have accomplished does
not mine up to if. 1 non sure this feeling
is traceable to the brotherly instinct
slumbering within us all."
In the stress and rivalries of modern
life no duty is more apt to be neglected
than Ills to "help every one his neigh-
bor, and to say every one to his broiler,
Re of good courage." And this ieg legit
is to our neighbors hurt and none the
less to our own. For the hearing of
others' burdens is the secret by which
we find our own lives. For lIu ieby we
are, led to higher ideals and to place our
happiness not in fitful fortune. but in
netts of Motherly love. And ifs rano
fruitage will be growth in diameter,
strength in our own hour of need, and,
above all, the blessing of our Fattier
above, which is unto eternal life.
HOME.
Griddle Cakes. -Rub six ounces e 1
goal dripping into a pound of flour,
and two teaspoonfuls of good baking
powder, and mix thoroughly. Work
into this one-half pound of dried cur-
rants, add a pinch of salt, grating of
nutmeg, and make up into n light dough
jjg Willi milk. Roll (J..i on a floured board,
statnp into rounds with the edge of a
small teacup bake for fifteen minutes
COOKING RECIPE..
Minute Pudding -To one quart of rich
milk add one pint of water; when this
comes to a boil, add a cupful of stewed
raisins, prunes or peaches and a little
salt. As 80011 as It corns to a boil,
stir in flour until it is the proper con-
sistency. Serve with cream and sugar.
Cream of J'omato Soup. Gook some
strained tomato until thick and reluced
to Mss than a cupful, seasoning pala-
tably with salt, pepper and parsley.
scald n .strait of milk and thicken it as
directed for potato soup and season to
taste. When reedy to serve lake beth
milk and tomtit front the lire. Add
to the letter a pinch of baking soda and
stir it slowly into the milk. Serve at
once. If reheated it will curdle.
Grated Apple Pie. -Line a very deep
pie plate with a rich paste. Peel three
tart ripples and grate then. Cream
three ounces of butter with three ' 1
Auger, or use thick crena instead of
butter. tIix edit the apples and add
the grilled) peel and one-half the juice
of a lemon. (lent !hire eggs well, yolks
and Whites separately and mix all to
gelher. Bake in a moderately slot oven
wvitheut nny crust. Serve with cream.
Holy Poly Jan i'udding.--Suet crust
end ten maces of any kind of jam.
!laving mnde n nice suet crust, roll lc
the Thickness of about one-half Inch.
place the jam in the centre and spread
equally over the paste, allowing a mar -
pen of about one-half inch for the pud-
ding to pain. Boll up lightly, jnih the
ends ereurc'ly. place upon a floured
cloth noel secure with falx', allowing n
little ter the pudding to swell. Plunge
Into toiling water and boil for two
hours.
(toiled Eggs with Crennt Sauce. --Roil
the eggs hard: remote the shell and cut
in halves; put in a warm covered dish
and pour over them n settee made ley
heating one and one-half cupfuls of
milk tp» art cream Le better), stirring into
it two tablespoonfuls of butter and one
of flour rubles! together; season with
sail and paprika, and cook for Ion min-
utes, until thick and smooth. A tea-
spoonful of curry powder added to the
armee is an improvement, nr a piece of
onion cooked in the butter may tie used
as a flavoring.
\Incaroni and cheese.-- In n saucepan
have hilly three quarts of boiling salted
water. Into, (leie drip a half package
al macaroni broken in hyo -inch pieces:
cover until al n fnst heal. then •pnrlly
unerwer and keep boiling until lender.
Drain in n colander. On n hot plotter
put niternate layers of the macaroni and
grated cheese. sprinkling each layer
with melted better. 'Turn through with
Iwo forks rind serve al nice. This niay
tx changed by substituting n nice areal
entice or a eireirted tomato sauce for
the tetter.
Span:dh Fritters. --.\n excellent any k.
nee stale loaf of bread is to make a -hal
1-t: coin n♦ Spnntsh fritters. Cut stale
1, eel into turn slice=. Dip Inch into
n nstxtitre of egg and milk. using one
egg to one and elle-halt cupfuls of milk.
Butler n hat frying pan and brown the
sire: h1 it. Serve thele tool, either
with n little p,w•.kred sugar and cut
lemon nr with a let of currant jelly.
Sometimes a pinch of grated nutmeg
is tilde(' In the egg and milk, end as this
1• n suflt"ient Haver when it is used
the ferret bill not be needed,
either on n griddle or in the oven.
Snmo cooks add n little sugar to the
above ingredients. but the general pre-
ference is for the unsweetened crisp lit-
tle cake produced by the above method.
Boiled Salt. Fish. -As salt fish are apt
te be ton salt•, a couple of hours is not
long enough to soak them in cold water,
and for the following. recipe 1t is bet-
ter to sank them over night, changing
the water as often as passible - four
limes at lenst. Boil it Then for about
nn hour in the Inst venter in which it
has been socked, which may be halt
milk If preferreil. \Viten boiled, pound
In n mortar with a gill of cream sauce.
When smooth, reheat and add two oun-
ces of gond butter, stirring till the but-
ter Is melted and well nttxed with the
fish. Juet before serving squeeze 1;1 the
julee of n loner).
llome-mnde fried ('nkee.--Stir to n
cream hyo rnpfuls of sugar and four
Inblespeonfuls of softened butler or
drippings. Add one cupful each of
milk and Water. two well -beaten eggs.
tour lenspnnnfnls of baking powder sift-
ed in four cupfuls of ik,ur. n lenspnon-
ful nt salt and cinnamon or nutmeg to
taste. Add enough more flour to snake
n soft dough, cut fn rings or twists and
drop into a kettle of boiling fat. \\ hen
lilt► entree rise and brown on one side
turn on the other without piercing 1h"
cruller. As soon ns browned on both
sides lift out on n butcher's paper to
drain. When nearly cool these may he
rotted In powdered sugar if so desired.
Clelenial Breakfast Cakes. --These nre
mixed end allowed to rise over night.
In the evening mnke a smooth halter
with one gill each of liquid yeast and
molasses, n teaspoonful of salt and
enough lukewarm water to mnke it (hick
tatter. I'ut the batter in an earthen or
Pr pitcher and cover with a folded Moth.
Put In a warm place. The nest mernitiA
if the taller is n lillle our *lir in n
snitspoenful of baking mete dfssoh•ed in
n little hot water just hetere linking the
cakes. Some people object to using !no-
lnsses, ns it eometintt's gives a biller
Mete In the enkes. They substitute the
same nmrnml of yelp w' corn meal, which
makes the rakes brown nieely.
English \ulas.-At night add to one
cupful of srnlled milk Ihnt has been
tested four tablespoonfuls of Auger, one
egg well Menten. one -tilled teaspoonful
of self oar -Third of n yeast Cake, die -
reeved In half n cupful of milk, scalded
and cooled. Iwo Inblespnnnfuls of wnrm-
el bolter and flour In make a thick
sponge. Bent thoroughly and let 11
strati entered until n►nrhing. Rent
sprain, nnrl, When Tight. a third time.
fake in well -buttered muslin rings .or
nn the griddle. In aging the griddle,
I utter it thoroughly. arrange the but-
tered rings upon it carefully. so Her nal
It disturb the bubbles of gas. Fill the
ring* in two-thirds their depth. \Viten
linked nn one side. turn the muffins
end the rings together and bake on the
other side.
HINTS F(llt THE IIO\tE.
Veal suet Is cnnsidernhly more deli-
cate than beef, and may With advant-
age he 'teed in its place.
Clear your windows with paraffin,
being very clean cloth. 1n polish them
thoroughly. Flies nhje.-t to the smelt
of paraffin and will not approach )1.
Use only a small quantity on account
ot the smell.
Breadcruulbs fur Frying -tel the .e he
baked in the oven, without being allow-
ed to take color: Then pound finely
and pass through a sieve. By this me-
thod the fish or meat will be much
crisper.
How to Preserve Buller. -Dry some
Intl thoroughly in the o•en and pmol
as finely as possible. Spread a layer
at the When of a jar, then press and
feat down the bolter with a wooden
rammer. Cover the top with another
layer of salt, so that when converted
into brine it will completely protect the
butter.
The cracks in your felt hat may be
taken out ns fnllt>.Ws• Piave a damp
clout over it and then iron. 'There
should be a wooden block or something
hard that will fpr the inside of the hat,
115) as lo resist the pressure of the iron.
11 you have not got this block, you had
better send your hat to a batter.
To polish brass and Silver easily,
Hake this fluid, and keep it always at
hand for use. Take half a cup of whit-
ing and unix it with mid water so as
1.: fill the cup. Pour the mixture into
the bottle and add one ounce of liquid
ammonia. Shake the bottle well before
using. Wet a flannel with This mixture,
rub it all over the surface, stand for a
few moments, and then polish in the
usual way.
Light Poste for Tartlets. --Take three
quarters of a pound of fine flour and
naix With a teaspoonful of baking pow-
der. Add the while of an egg beaten
to a stiff froth and as much water :es
Is necessary. Atoll out very thinly and
spread with two ounces of butter. Fold
ui and roll again. Then repeat the
process twice more, using in all half
a pound of butter or lard. Set aside
for two hours in a cool place and then
use for covering farts.
Cleaning Glass and China. -Glasses
should be washed and rinsed in cold
water and wiped at once with a dry
cloth; then rub, dry, and polish with
another. Cut glass should be rubbed
with a damp sponge dipped in whiting:
brush this off with a clean brush and
wash the vessel in cold water. Earth-
enware and china washed in soapsuds
and rinsed in cold water are freed from
grease and stains with little or no trou-
ble. Soda is good for greasy dishes.
To Make Common Soap -For making
hbout 50 pounds of fat into soap about
71 pounds of caustic soda is necessary.
(ally spring or river waterhould le
ae•ed. Some use a lyre of 'the same
stienglh, others commence with a weak
lye. First put the fat into the pan
and then add about hall the caustic
soda to as much water as will cover
the pal. As the boiling continues add
the lye by degrees. When the whale
Is transfortned into a clear liquid in
which neither fat nor lyre can bo dis-
covered and the paste no longer drops
from the stirring rod, but slides down
tr. long threads, the process is com-
pleted. Pour the soap into frames, and
in a day or two it may be cut up.
e.
TUFFS CURED 111' SURGERY.
Abscesses Conseil by Parasites Opened
and Treated Antiseptically.
The sue •essful treatment of trees by
surgery is the subject of a report made
recently by n botanist ntunel Eberhardt
to the Academy of Sciences in Paris. M
).iberhnr.l tuns practised it, he says, with
entire sucres in Indo-China. Ile has
performed operations on tea planus, mut-
terry trees, orange trees and other tro-
pical plants.
Experirn nus in cold etltnnies have not
met with success so far, but it is be-
lieved the system can be used with ad-
vantage in the southern regions of Eu-
rope. The operations are not ampule -
liens, neither are they mere subcutane-
ous injections. sin hi as have been made
successfully in Europe for the cure c f
,sane parasitic diseases of plants. They
are surgical in the strictly modl'rn
tense.
The melhnd i% adopted when the Trees
ore nllnrkep low insects. which penetrate
the nark an(1 deposit (heir eggs in the
wood. The long horned beetle is n seri-
ous plogne in halo -China.
The larvae hollow out galleries in the
tissue of 1!ue trunk and brnnehes, these
interrupt the a eo:Wein of the sap and
the Tree s;a'relil• withers and dies.
Eberhardt's melhnd consists of ripen -
Ing up the glittery with a scalpel. re-
moving the larvae with n forceps or cur-
etting instrument and then flushing out
the cavity with an antiseptic fluid cnn-
sisling of f(.rty park of glycerine. 110
of forninline and e54) of venter. 'Three
nr fine washing are given n1 Intervale
extend ng over nhnul fifteen days, and
nt the end of that time cushions el
'vegetnb:e begirt begin to nppt'ar nlnng
the edge of the sear. which heals com-
pletely in h- m six to eight menthe. 11
is essential during the first. two or Three
months to protect the wound from light.
whiff seems to stop the formation of
now tissue. .
When the trunk is en seriously al -
Melded its to matter SO rndicnl nn opera-
tion undtesirntee . 1. 1;lx rhadl pricks the
cavity in the Tree with n trnenr to which
he affixes n syringe nail injects n solt:-
lion of 180 parts of fetrmnline. sixty -f
glycerine and 7601 of writer. This he
((Tees in until the cavity is filled In
overflowing. Either the larvae enure In
the surface when they are exlrne1ed
with the forceps or else they are poison-
ed.
Two lnje^llnns nee mutely made at
eight days interval. The formaline
tinnily seeing In penetrate the woody
fibre beyond the surface broken down
by the pnrnsitos. The wound heals in
time and the trio' seems to suffer no
dnrnnge from the treatment. while its
Inecllnhlr destruction by the parasite is
prevented.
f
OCT FOR THE DUST.
Ern : "Ilave you decided to accept the
young conn. Katharine?'
Katharine : "No; at present i look
upon him merely as a pack of cards."
v'a : "A peck of cards?"
Katharine : "Yes. if he has the long
green 1 Anil make a deal."
Et a: "And if he has not 7"
Katharine : "Then I shall cut him."
"Will you give nen kiss?" "Sir, 1
am opposed to tndaseeminate kissing !"
"Well, 1 didn't ask you to kes tany-body
but me 1"
•
THE SUNDAY SCHOOLJFIFTY BRIGANDS SEIZED
IN i'ft\ SAMNA!. F.EesoN,
MAIL :11 31.
1. 'ii \111. Easter Lesson. Golden
Teel: 1 Cor. 15. 20.
TIIE LESSON \VOBU STUDIES.
Based ort the text of tlto Revised \'er-
sion.
Corinth. -The Doctrine of the Bestir -
rection. -'The city of Ceuiutlt wee in the
time of our Lord and during the decades
immediately' following, the capital of an
important Roman province, and as such
was probably in many respe cots more iu►-
purtant even than :\theirs itself. It was
the centre of government and commerce,
and ot- Bit actual busy We of the
Grecian people. Paul visited Corinth on
his first European mission tour (Acts 18.
1-18), and at once -saw the strategical
value of the city as a centre from which
the influence of a strong 1:hristiut church
might radiate. His lirst converts in-
cluded both Jews and Greeks; but in the
church which he organized the Gentile
element largely pis delineated. The
probable dole of i'uul's first letter to the
i:ui-iuthians Is b7 A.D,
In no other passage in the New 'les -
lament is the Christian doctrine of the
IrSurreetiun set forth with such cogency
isnot fullness ns in the fifteenth chapter
of This Epistle. The curly apostles recog-
nized in this ek,ctt'iuo the keystone e f
HIP gospel- a•eh, and it consequently
formed the chief feature in their preach-
ing. It was clearly the dominating note
in the teaching of Paul, Who everywhere
preached "Josue and the resurrection."
Years afterwards when he wits com-
pelled to answer for his heresies, so
eonsidercd, at n tribunal of his fellow
countrymen, his. first remark was: "For
the hope and resurrection of the dead ant
1 called in ipie-he11.' Ills argument. in
the chapter of which our lesson text
fists n portion, in 10 ief ns its follows :
Witt10111 the resu►'reelien of the dead
there can be no Christianity, no escape
from the consequences of sin, no future
life. '1'o deny the resurrection is to de-
clare false all the preaching of the apos-
tles. Ile therefore takes especial care to
bear witness to the fact and places the
whole emphasis of his nrgutnent upon
this great miracle.
\'erre 12. it is iunporlant. that the she
rend carefully the entire chapter 111
ce uneellen with to -day's lesson, the
ver -es chosen for a lesson text being
simply brief portions from the begin-
ning and the end respectively of the
apostle's masterful argument.
flow sny some among you that there
is no resurrection of the .dead? -'Pile
doctrine of the resurrection of the ixxly
was the chief stumbling block in the way
of an early reception of Christianity by
the heathen world. Epicureans. etoic-,
and disciples of Plato, alike were tie
antagonists. Among the Jews also the
Sadducces, -who "believed not in the
r(.urteclion," were the determined
et.1 10s of the gospel of a risen 1:hrist.
I trine a church like the C11ure11 at I i,r-
inlh. composed principnily of Gentiles,
would naturally be expose(' to the subtle
influences of the almost universal dis-
leclief in this doctrine shared by their
fellow citizens outside their own little
company. It was natural. also. that very
early there should appear in the church
Itself, both in Corinth anti elenvlicre,
different sects, claineng to be 1:hri,lians,
yet calling in question this fundamental
doctrine of the failli, Against these, es-
pecially, this portion of Paul's letter is
directed.
13. if there be no resurrection-lf Epi-
cureans, Stoics, Soddiieee:s, and i'latonic
philosophers and 1,keptics elite,* the
Christian fold are right, Then necessarily
Paul and the other apostles must be
wrong.
15. Yen and we are found false wit-
nesses - Either impostors or self -
deceived.
16. Neither bath Christ been raised-
Nol only the point of Pout's whole nrgti-
nienl, but the faith of the Chtisliaf
church in all s►icceerling centuries hinges
on This question of r^••' \\ .• nos -1 bear
in mind th.nt ibis hp i lta. written
w11hitt t iiit)-lite )eats oie uf the II
to
which this verse refer tvMelt fact makes
the einit.itnling confidence of the nulhor
the more conwmcin:r.
17. Ye ate yet in your sins -Poul
challenges the motile!, of the Corin-
thian church to look s•lunrely at the hull
consequent es of disbelief in the re-ur-
reclion of Chest, %%Aleut whirl they
tiove no advattiige over their Idolatrous
Gentile t.r'ighbor,c.
18. Fallen asleep in ('Eris! -An ex-
pression ap.,earently used uuconseiously
by the ap calk. yet for that very reason
reflecting( 11* mere spangly his mu un -
watering faith in Christ and his resnr-
rcc t ion.
111. Of all nu•n most pitiable -Ile muse
dcluelerd npd self -deceived, end living for
ail ideal having no r•enlitt in fact.
20. itul now hnlh Christ been raised -
The triumphant h•stim0ny of the oposlle,
who for a moment drops the thread of
argentine, kneel by nn inner compile
sem 10 nets regi=re: again his own pro -
k and belief.
Firstfruils-"Phe first fruits tl-ev. 23.
ln; were the Ilr•t ripe Corn, under the,
law, solemnly offerers to Jehovah. a ill
typo of hint who 11,4 presented our
opened humanity before the throne of
God, nn enrneet of the mighty harvest
heafter to bo gnth 're.f..
55.reVerse. 22-a4 w-hidrh"-- 1110iasomillel
from our text arc to be eonsidercd as
part of the lesson and carefully studied.
0 death, whee is 'hy victory? -The
apostle lets in mint• doubtless, the
words of ilos. 13. 11 : x.:1 death. where
are thy plagues ? 0 Sh.'ol, where is thy
destruction y'.
56. The power of on is the lav --That
which gives sin its power is the fact That
it 1s the transgression of the righteous
taw of an all -wise nnil all holy Goff.
57. Victory through our lord Jesus
Christ -Through his lite, death, and
resurrection.
58. Wherefore- in view of the feet
that through and in Christ Jesus the
Christian disciple may have victory over
depth it is worth while in this life t0 be
stedfnst, unmovable in the faith, Rd%oys
abounding in the work of the 1!erd.
Thus the conclusion of Preen argument
is an eehertntion fn steniffnetrons oud
faitlfulneee in Christian eertioe.
1i %\7i LONG 11 111iO1t17.ED TIIE
NORTH OF FIteNCF:.
Leader of Desperate Gime 11'1. Lent
and `cissa ;4110d Record of
/:rinse.
Fifty members ..t a desperate hand ot
1011 brigands, wile for years have terror•
iced lire north of France, have been
arse;lid by the police.
According to the Matin, Abel Pollel,t
the leader of the gang, who is in capliv-i
rty, has a sensntional record of crime.'
As a boy he secured the place of Ironer
among a number of candidates prepared
for the first communion, but sold it tai
rho son of a pork butcher for $10 and a.
suit of ck,tl►es. Ilo followed this up hyi
slipping away from the party of com-
municants nicants and robbing the till of ai
trndeswornan who was prctsent at rho
ceremony. For this he was sent to al
reformatory for three mentis.
On his release he laid the foundation
for a long series of crimes. Ile entered
the service of a horse -dealer named
Decleiey, and Wean* familiar with some
of the best known lin ss in the north ot
France. 'Thirteen years later these
houses received the attentions of Polled
and his band.
BECAME A SMUGGLER. •
Ile was -imprisoned again when 15
years of age for a jewel robbery, and on
obtaining his release induced a brother
t+, join him as a smuggler. While smug-
gling cotf€e over the Belgian frontier ho
was again captured and handcuffed, but
managed to break away. and crossed the
frontier, where the police were unable to
follow hint. Ile jeered at them from a
distance, and releasing himself from the
handcuffs, threw them back to the pollee.
Ile afterwards served his time as a
soldier in n most exemplary manner,
and on his return to civil life married a
girl of fifteen. Ile celebrated his wedding
day by robbing a house at l'radelles.
Again joining forces with his brother, he
accomplished 200 robberies within two
months. So successful were his raids
Hat other bandits towed to servo undett
his leadership, and the band increased in
numbers until it had a hundred mem-
bers.
it was net long he -fore murder was
added to the list of the band's crimes.
Three people were found murdered and
mutilated in -January of last year. Mys-
tery surrounded the murders for a lime,
batt they were eventually traced to the
band, and Pellet and a man named Vro-
utent were arrested. Since then other
arrests have been made, and the police.
believe they Will be able to capture the
rest of the band.
CHINESE \WONtN HONORED.
•
Gets n 'met ter Diet Mil a Chinese
Superstition About the Itt.un11ing.
Te I'ut-moi, a t:hinese anima of I1ong-
long, has reeve ed a mobil for bravery?
.tel played during lite great Typhoon off
eeetenher 18 last. She is the only wo-?
man who has ever been- decorated for
signal bravery in the history of the col -
city and pur,bably the only Chinese wo-
man who holds a medal of honor pre.
seated by foreigners.
• 'Te Pat-tnui won the medal simply
through not losing her heals when in
danger. She was on the waterfront
when the storm broke and she saw her
house swept away by the waves that
drove in from the outer harbor.
Instead of joining the mad rush back
to the upper lands, she stayed just out-
side the 7(1110 of the floating wreckage
and busied herself pulling people off
floating roofs and dimcling them to
places of refuge. When most of the
Chinese water de tillers had Ileal To Pet.
mut was noticed by the white men who
were doing rescue work along the Hong.
kong bund still busy directing those 4;1
her rare who carne drifting in to land
where to go to get out of reach of the
Wt. tees.
Along with the Wonsan there were
fem. Chinese I11en who i.eeived M nIlnr
medals from the representative of the
Governor of Hongkong. 'I'i►ese were
Iwo ligitthnuee keepers, it lishermon
and n Constable.
(lin Jnnuury pit the presentation was
made. The Governors nchnttiislrn1or
gave Te i'nt-moi the favor of n special
cominendntion. Ile heard That she al-
ready had two sons and he gallantly
wished tier the joy of another soon.
"May the fourteen gods look over
veer Excellency," she answered, "but
11►' best wish that 1 inn have is that
if 1 ever get in (rouble with your hon.
feeble court you w ill remember me end
be good to tae."
Knowing the superstition Hint t•on-
ce•ns dro wn:tie persons, the English
citizens of Ile ngkeng-r marvelled greatly
et the fact Ileac live (:t innlnen hnd been
feund worthy of medals for sating peo-
ple frnrn drowning. 'i'he Chinese po-
pular rub' is, if 11 mat: is drowning het
him drown.
The accepted belief i• that if (no
drowns 11 Is boomer, the king of alt the
spirits so wilts 11 and has nrdaine'd that
the soul of the drowning man shall join
the throng nn the other stile. If the ono
drowning in 'rescued 11101 !net forever
damn' his prospects for eternity and,
whet I* tte,rse for the rescuer. the king
cf the spirits is ns likely se lint to take
his life in payment fear the one of tth:ch
h� has been cheated.
FOOD FOIL TIIOUGIrr.
Mistress : 'Thal was a very nice letter
of Patrick's. offering you marriage.
\\ hat shall I sny to him in the teller you
wish me In write (nr you?"
Bridget (who can't • tv rile) : "Ye may
tell hint, if ye pinzr. mune, that when 1
gets me wages raised next month. mum,:
sure 01 mane to begin sa'in' for the
weddin' hangs."
Ji:AI-(tt SY.
George : "1- Matel jrnteus of her hues
bandy
Elsie'. "Jealmis? t should think so.
\Yhy. en the f:r..rrymo•tn. she w•lhlhdn'P
gvcn let hint admire the sca►lery."