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The Influence of Character Is Ex-
erted Unconsciously
They brought forth the sick into the
Oriels . . . . thut et least the shadow
of Peter passing by might overshadow
seine o1 them. -Acts v. 15.
While we are not told In so many
words that those upon whom the sha-
dow of Peter tell were healed, the con-
text inlplie3 that th.esa who had faith
to be healed received the gift of henllh.
The apostle would have been the first
b: disclaim that the healing was due
to any power er %irtue inherent in him-
self; it was an unconscaous pouring
forth of power That was his before tie
had been "with Jesus" and learned of
Hien.
\Iarve'ous as this unconscious pour-
ing forth of power seems, it is a fact
that each one of us is constantly exer-
cising an analogous power, not over the
brides of men, but over the minds and
souls of those with whom we come In-
to contact. One passes down the street;
al. unconsciously his shadow fails,
FOR GOOD OR FOR ILL, •
upon some one. An influence, like some
subtle perfume, has been exhaled. It
is this influence, unconsciously wielded,
thut really counts, tor it depends upon
what we are and we show our true
selves when we are off our guard.
A mon may seem everythieg that a
gentleman should be when away from
horse. His horse life may show that in
reality he is a cad or a blackguard. It
M the atmosphere of the home that real-
ly influences a child's life. 1f parents
are senile fault-flnding, quarrelsome,
the most faithful instruction in unsel-
fishness and levo will make little im-
prvession. The shadow unoonseiously
cast is more powerful than any consci-
ous effort.
One occasionally meets a physician
whose presence In the sick room is al-
niest as potent an agent of health as his
drugs. There ON men and women
whose presence la a benediction; before
thein evil seeress stilled, the voice of the
slanderer Ls stopped.
THE WHOLE COMMUNITY
is better bee:ause they ere living in it.
On the other hand, there are those
whose prexmco arouses all that Is evil
In us.
The sort of shadow we aro casting
depends. to a certain extent, upon treat-
ment. but mostly upon character. I(
palettes have cultivated in Ihemselvee a
spirit of un -elfishness end of love their
children will uni.onaclously breathe in
the sante spirit -it is the atmosphere
'if the home in which they live.
If we cultivate a aptrlt of contentment
end of choel fulness we will unconsci-
ously exhale the same spirit. If we
cultivate within ourselves the spirit of
Ic ve and of meekness and of peace,
ethers will feel better because we have
passed by -they will percetve that we,
tco, have been 'with Jesus."
REV. J. 0. DAVIS.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAi. iESSON, MARCii
29.
Lesson XIII. Temperance Lesson.
(..dden Text, Pros,
23. :12.
TIIE LESSON \VOitD STUDIES.
(Dared on the text of tho Revised
Version.)
The Book of Proverbs. -Tho great
master of Hebrew proverbs was Solo-
mon, "son of David, the king of Israel."
Of him we are told that he uttered
more than three thousand such say-
ings. The canonical book of Proverbs,
however, in the form in Which it has
come down to us, is of composite au-
thorship; That Is,`ln 1t are collected the
/wise sayings of a number of different
persons. This Ls clearly indicated by
the superscriptions of different groups
of verses, as, for Instance, chapter 22.
17 to 24. 24. of which we are told in
the first verse of tho passage that those
are. the words of the wise, and In chap-
ter 30, in which we are given thewords
of :\gur, and chapter 31. 1-9, where are
recorded exhortations to Lemuel, king
of Massa, spoken by tits mother. The
central portion of the book, in which
are found the proverbs, properly so
calked, constitutes the portion contri-
buted by Solomon. When and by
whom these Wise sayings from differ-
ent sources were collected and put in-
to their present form we .to not know.
The verses which constitute the textfor
our to -day's lesson are a part of n group
et verses belonging to the words of
the wise (comp. 21. 17).
Verse 29. Who hath woe? -The wont
translated "woe' in our Bibles in the
4lehrew is simply an interjection or
exclamation of distress. We might
translate 1t simply "O." The Hebrew
Idiom toads literally "To whom O!"
that is. to whom is there cause for ex-
claiming in distres.s?
\Vho ',nth sorr )w?-Ilebrew•, literally.
1c "whom alas'" the word translated
'snrrow" being again simply an inter -
ejection. though not the same Interjcc-
lion as In the preceding sentence.
r.ontentinns-"Quarrelsomeness su'h as
results from indulgence In strong drin:•c,
and which consequently lends to pug-
nacity and therefore else to wounds
without cense.
'lettuces of eyes -The actual meaning
of the expression thus !reinstated is not
certain. The word rendered "redness'
May elan be translated "darkness," or
".lark flashing." Any of Iheee Irnnsla-
tMns w..u1:I snake good sense and he
In hernnnny with the faels, that Is,
with the netting effect of excessive in-
dulg;enr.' In strong drink. though pro-
bably the rendering as we have it In
the h:nglish Bible is the preferable.
{ct. Seek out -The verb here Ilme.l !s
algae hare, as in Jnh 28. Y7. and iia.
d39. 1. toed of diligent search for w•is-
dean \rrhdenee.n Perow•ne, comment-
ing on this Veers(' in Ilk ('.nnitecid ,1C
113ib!e. points out the (Muth r.f irony
in the use of This wool in this eonnec-
1i. n.
Motet wine -Not n mixture of differ -
eel kinds of wine, nor yet wine mixed
meth ether forms of string drink- not
'nixed drinks in the American sense -
but wine mixed With spices of different
kin:ls In mako it more pungent.
31. (meth down smoothly (er. a•. e.ur
'Authorized for ...Ammon) Vereeen rf the
itih'e translates the phrase. "mox•eth
il+a!f nright." The rendering of the
Revised \'ersioh is, however, to be peo-
ny-roe
ryq.rroe ere! Le In harmony with the
m, r.1 tsar . f Snne of Sol. 7. !n. "end thy
:youth Lie, the leo! wine. That g.,eth
.!nen smoothly," er, as In tete Author-
. -,'I Ver ton, "Forth down sweetly"
fn+nrginal rending "straightly"),
3:1. Strnngze things -Marginal render.
Sng as In the Authorire'l Version,
roll-Ange women." The thought is ghat
the +maginat..m of the drrnkeni Is
heuntel by strange ani sinful sistone
as his mouth uttereth perverse things•
34. As he that lidh down in the maid
of the sea -That is, as one utterly fool-
hardy, because of having been robbed
el' his powers of reason and judgment
by strong drink.
As he that Meth upon the top of n
mast -Tho mast and salts of ancient
ships were more simple and clumsy
then those used to modern times: usu-
gIly but one large mast supporting n
largo square salt fastened 10 a yard of
groat length was used. The drunkard
is as foolhardy as one who would lie
(!e vii to sleep on the top of such a
mast.
35. Shalt thou say -The fact that
those words are printed in italics in
both the Authorized and Revs Ver-
sions indicates that they are supplied
fy the Irenslaters and do teat occur tri
the original Hebrew. in translating
from any one language to another it
is often necessary to thus supply wore.;
k; give the plainly intended nlosaning
c' the Idiom of the language front which
one is making tlta-translalion. Sion
supplying of words is not guesswol r,
but a necessity.
Not hurt -Or. "pained." The senses
s f the drunkare are so dulled that he
becomes unconscious of cold or mis-
treatment.
Seek it yet again -The antecedent
of the pronoun "it" Is left to be sup-
t.lied in thought by the reader. Wine
or strong drink is rcterrcd to, and the
evil influence of theso oe fills the
thought of the writer that he neglects
clearly to indicate the subje]t in this
wen tenets..
DIRE FAMINE IN RUSSIA
VIVID PEN PICTURES PAINTED BY
COUNT LEO TOISTOI.
Description of .the Sufferings of Ibe
Peasants In the Inland
Provinces.
Count Leo Tolstoi, in an appeal for
old for the famine stricken, paints a
vivid pen picture of the oondittun he
Muni In his homo town of Jasneja,
Palyans. Ile wrltesr•-
"Yesterday I awoke at G. A fine
frosty morn, the snow crackling un -
ser my heavy 810p8 as 1 entered the
yard. 'It is lo) early her Iho beggars,
i said to Inv elf, '1 can take a walk
In p:oaoe now.'
"\'alta hope, Iwo were already On
hand. They looked bks a portion of
the swarm of Loggias that infested the
yard all (lay yesterday.
"One was a peasant fellow, big, strong
limbed► with an ernacinled and tired
face. ile were a abort, almost hairless
fur coat, and had a sack on his shoul-
der.
A BOY. T00.
"With him was a boy of fourteen, per-
haps. Ile had on a jacket, a mere
mass of rags and holes. rho boy, loo,
carrion n sick.
":\s 1 was trying lo avoid Rime flg;-
ores of misery they speed me. Follow-
ed tho usual appeal for aid, and well-
known and well-worn story of hard
luck. 1 thought: 'Well, since 1 am their
prLsoner, let 115 boyo it over es quick -
As possible.' With (hat 1 retreated
to the vestibule; they followed.
"'Whet do you want?' i asked, like
a fool.
"'Little Father. we only ask Ihn1 yon
concern stair elf °bout us poor, starv-
ing ponpte."
"'Very well, give me the nano of
your village and things will no attend-
ed to In the due course of lime.'
COW ANI) tIORSE DYING.
"Endless tamentetinns, rerest.d over
and over again. i have heart them so
often I scarce believe hell that is dome
nn'.l into my (ars about the famine.
"The same old yarn: 'Leal exhatlshrn
-the acres will rot yield foodstuffs any
more. The soil Ls loo poor. Eight
Children howling for something. The
sow dying for want of fodder. The
last horse died of hunger. For him-
self the big fellow cared little. but his
children didn't have a bite for throe
dev.s.' At.d he aided: 'Never ben. e.
did I beg. To -day God sent nee out it)
I:n bread for my children spine-ho%v '
'"Very well.' I said retreating toward
the door. '1 shall drive to your village
this afternoon and attend to your
wentee
"As I was about to close the door be -
tend me I gave a glanco to the leo.
Ile was garng et nits with his lin.-,
t town grief-stricken eyes, eyes full of
despair. A big tear was rolling down
his face.
FACE THINNED BY HUNGER.
"Hunger had robbed that face of near-
ly all flesh, a sad, thin taco it was.
framed by blond curia.
""The old man's waillegs did not touch
me at all. 1 hear tho like a hundred
tunes daily, but how they twist cut in-
to the child s heart! That bob leaCeed
out of his father's mouth that emitter
01 those awful tontine years was on;
that he and his mother, and his bro-
there and sisters must starve all
through the winter and spring as they
did a year or two ago, as they will ( o
in years to come.
"And 4r ole all that was rublrsa,
stale and unprofitable, and 1 had nc
other thought but to escape and go
Walking undisturbed.
"That old story -to the boy °t
frightfully new. Wo of the satistkl
stomach do not want to bo troubleder
about the masses. But the masses
aro hungry, and are always striving to
keep life In their bodies.
"Those beautiful, dreamy, wet eyes of
the good, unhappy child taught ole my
duty.'
YES
1
A SUMPTUOUS MASTERPIECE.
(fly A. Banker.)
Probably one of the most magnificent
structures ever erected on this curt!'
Was the groat temple of Diana at
Ephesus, the ruins of which were dis-
covered not many years ago. And
judging from these ruins, and from tho
fragmentary portions of some of the
magnificent. columns sent by the discov-
erer to the British Museum, London,
the Blakey fane must indeed have been
-with, the ono possible exception of
the temple of Solomon at Jerusalem,
gemmed with precious stones, and ever-
ted with pure gold -the most imposing
and the most majestic edifice which the
world has ever seen. Each of the sti-
perh columns, which according to Pliny
were sixty feet high, and of which there
were a hundred and twenty-seven, Is
encircled with sumptuous life-size sta-
tuary in the most exalted and most re-
fined style of Greek art, upon which,
up to this present day, the hand of
Time has in some cases made scarce
any impression; and In addition to all
this splendid embollishmont, the temple
was enriehed with innumerable statues
and other works of art by that great
master. Pruxitelea, end by other of
those illustrious princes of art. whose
works have never been equalled. or
even scarce approached, by any suc-
eceding gel:eretlon in any nation.
But what Innumerable scenes of sav-
agery and of fiendish cruelty were wit-
nessed in connection with tho worship
cf that goddess Diana in whose honor
This nuighly Fane wag erected. 'How of-
ten did the cry "Great is Diana of the
Ephesians" resound oe n tocsin of iul-
pending doom to those who w 'uld not
how the knee to the gold and ivory be -
Jewelled image.
A fair young maiden gree• f:a'y robed
11. white flowing raiment Monies before
the image, In charge of a negro Janitor,
and surrounded by a throng of Roman
soldiers, temple servitors, and weep-
ing friends. The haughty priest sitting
by the anu.king altar In front of the
image is adjuring the brave girl to do
sscriflco to the goddess -"Cast the in-
cense, but one grain, and thou art free;
refuse, end list art thrown to the
(ions." Her affianced, a hands.nne Ro•
neon omcer, fearing Ihnt he is to lose
her for ever, seizes her hand and en-
deavors to compel her to obey the press!.
But not not even for the mike of him
whom she loves so well, not even for
the whole round world and all It con-
tains would she deny her Moder and
sacrifice to the idol. And then the flat
gout forth -"To the hone," anal in n
short time the savage brides are tear-
ing her, limb from limb, and her pure
spirit s'anlla upward on angel -wing to
the Paradise of Gd.
For she knows That her Redeemer
had sufferei for her far worse agony
than any she eoul.J he subjected tn.
For Ile during those lona,, three hours
of dakness was bearing the dread !and
of mankind's sins, which. like a loath-
some vnmpire, were hevorinq over Him
ns a foul and pestilential burden, too
henvy to bear. And then with a Irl•
=pliant cry Ms pure spirit Is releas-
ed. and the gates of heaven are opened
le all (relievers.
HOME CURES.
Prevent a Gold. -If members of the
family come home with wet feel. have
them remove their shoos and stockings,
spreading a hath towel on the floor.
and quirky rub the feet on It until they
tingle and burn. A cold will be avert-
ed.
F lneeeed Ten. -When yeti fuel "worn
out," get one pound of flaxseed whole
and gi Ind it fine through nn cold coffee
grinder. 'Take two teaspoonfuls oiter
each meal. You soon will feel strung
and well.
ANGELIC WORK.
"I don t eey that all lawyers are
crooks," said the doctor. "but you'll
have to admit that your profession
doesn't make angels of Hien."
"No." retorted the lawyer, "you doc-
tors certainly have the best of us
there."
MARY'S \\ INK.
Mary hal a little wink
Within her eye s . Hee;
Ant everywhere. that \lary went
You bet the wink %Vont, too.
\\'ii.VT IIE REALLY S.\ID.
\t fk:ns--"I understand vett slid that
hod outlive! Inv usefeltesioe
i3riking-"1' et have L.•.•n misinformed,
1 said that I .11.Ie1't believe you ever
were Of any u+e."
.
THOSE RATS MUST GO
DECIDED Tit %"I1.0\DI)\ -IIA .I.
1'1LLI:D 1110\1 1111:11.
BE
At Least One Authority Declares That
the Great City Contains 6,000,000
of Them.
Sconce has pronounced sentence of
death against rets. They have been de-
Ctar.d a menace to mankind so formid-
able that nothing sl►ort of their com-
item exlrrinrnal.on can satisfy the re-
quirements of human progress. The.r
creation, it seams, was n mistake. Their
o' ntutued survival has only ruu!t:plted
the proof of their unfitness ter exist-
ence in the modern world. 'they have
got to go -every last ore of them. And
the Society for the Extermination of
Vermin has been duly formed, organ-
ized, constituted, and all the real of it,
to led theme islands of them, writes a
I.oneon correspondent.
It was at the Hotel Mlellr.pole, the
other night, while pleasure -loving Lon-
doners, unwttting of the dire diseases
that threatened thein from the myriads
of rats In Iho sewers beneath their feel,
were flocking to the theatres and music
halts, that the decree of extermination
agam.st rats was pronounced. Str
Jaynes Crichton Browne, an eminent
(.hyslcian who hes little (tlllh in the
efficacy of drugs, but great faith in the
value of preventive measures, presided.
Enthusiastic anti -ratters sheered his
periods as he indicted the rat at the
Leer of civilization. He described the
familiar rodent as
AN AWFUL. TiIING.
wilier and more poisonous than the ser-
pent -the disseminator of plagues and
di their unholy terrors -"a ghoullsh
gaiitager whose fecundity was: some-
thing terrible to contemplate. One pair
of rats he said, under favorable con-
ditions would produce 800, each one
of which might become a vehicle of the
most awful scourge that could afflict
humanity.
The rat, ho told his audience, had
Leen proven to be mainly responsible
for the propagation of the plague in
India cnd had there caused the death
of 5,25J.000 people since 1896. The rat
was the great reservoir of diseases, and
the flea was the channel for its carri-
age, and if plague was to ke got rid
of they must fill up the reservoir -stamp
out the rat.
Sir Jarmo called upon the assemblage
le adopt the rote of the modern Pled
Piper. Ile advised all earnest rat -ex-
terminators lo avail themselves of the
discovery of Dr. Dansyz. Ttiis distin-
guished Frenchmen had evolved a dead-
ly virus, harmless to other animals.
which when spread on bread and but-
ter or toast 'I cheese. forms a dainty
dish for the raps"allion rodent. Rut
after he had partaken of 0. 11. made him
ill -very ill Indeed. Anal after s certain
time it afflicted hint with a feverish d"
sire for fresh air an.1 open spares. Then
the poor rat crawled forth from his
hale to die with his tall In knots and
his little pink eyes
ABUi.GE WITiI AGONY.
Meanwhile he had spread the disease
(rodentiosis) to all the neighboring fami-
lies; and presently they bocame ob-
sessed with the craving for freat' air;
and met they come gasping -to die the
dreadful death. it wee war -war with-
out mercy and no quarter -that Sir
James wanlel waged against the rat,
Therefore he would not depend on the
deadly virus atone. Cats, terriers, fer-
rets, traps -anything and everything
that would reduce theft' number.; --
shenild be ruthlessly employed ngninst
tli.•ln. As a motto for the society he
suggested this quotation from Ifntnlel:
"How row! A rat? Dead. for n (ucat!"
One enthusiastic anti -tether declared
that London was the greatest rat -cen-
tre in the world. Ile said there were
6.001,%Y) of them In tete city. Just how
he had managed to take a census of
them he did not explain, but nobo'y
ventured to dispute his flgure.s, nor his
nsvertion that the existence of such o
vast army of rats constituted o die
grace to the metropolis of the wor11
which should bring the blush of shame
4: every public-spirited citizen who
lived in it. Rut nolvdy blushed,
Commissioner Nicoll of the Salvation
Army put in a good word for the cat.
The army, he said, had Martel two cat
farms in India and were breeding cats
a'. rapidly as possible - recruited by
such specimens of stray pussies as they
could Import from Engle'''. Given tare
and chnnee he .though) the Sahetien
Army cafe. by killing off the rats, would
ec ompl!sh a great deal in an minting
THF. PLAGUE IN INDIA.
"Mrrding cats to get rid of rats is
Net lime and money wasted," sniffed a
sceptic. "1 reckon we've Rot 200.000 or
7no,fl00 cats in London and we've just
I,•'en toed we have 6.010,000 rats here,
ten. If that don't prove you can't fight
rats v th cats 1 don't know anything
about logic. Cats ain't going to do any
getter in India then they do in i.oneon.
I'm for giving 'em the French poison
ani I don't care how much it hurls
Sir Lauder Brunton. nnother teemed
physician whese specialty 1s the diges-
tive organs. formally moved the reso-
Inlf tt by which the Nalionnl Society
Ih:erntin°f
Vmw'
uforsheree id slexteminxistencn. 11 was
erin carriedas
with only one dtseentlent vole. That
cnme from a women in reel- roe hat,
Teo cloak and red Checks -and the cour-
nqe ( f tier convictions. She mounted
the petitions ani anode a little speech.
She, pr.:lr;te 1 ngninsl the fiendish cru-
e'ty involved In the k:lling of rats by
the Dative. virus. She didn't pretend
I . know much about science. but she
would beck the Creator ngatnst all the
l(arn• d s.ientists preeenl. The Creator
never made n mistake end when Ile
create -1 rots 11e had creole(' them
Fon SOME Wi.SR PURPOsg,
Whnl tl w•as the sclenlisls might find
mel to Ihefr mat, if ever they succerd-
e.I in k.l!ng off all Iho rots. 13esl.ks,
ehr urged, no -noting to the Aconite's
them -elves, the rats were not respon•
alble for the spread of the plague. it
..-as the fleas, ant it was wring to visit
the sins of the fleas upon the rats. Sci-
ence should devise some means of kil-
ling the fleas without killing the rat:.
One movement alwaye begets another
and In due time, no doubt, there will
lo formed a Rat Protection Associa-
tion. Meanwhile, Ihe Rat Exterminating
League hold: the field with Sir Lauder
Brunton as president and Lore Ave -
bury, tetter known as Sir Jelin huh -
beck, the judge, philosopher and friend
of the ant, es treasurer. \\'hen enough
money has been raised to make a fair
start operations will be begun on a
large scale in London. Bill the exter-
mination of the rat is a pretty large or-
der.
- -----d.
NOW TO RUN A FURNACE
.t, FEW HINTS WIMCiI IT WILL PAY
TO REMEMBER. -
Facts That Will Save Coal and Keep
House at the Proper
Temperature.
Remember all furnaces have certain
f's1ures to oommon. 'These are chim-
ney pipes, tot air pumps, dampers Mr
chimney pipe. dust dampers, drafts,
checks and so on.
In lighting your furnace remember to
open all the drafts and smoke dam-
pers and close the checks.
Burn some pieces of paper near the
chimney flue. This will start a cur-
rent of air upward. Now light the fire,
and as soon as the wood begins to ig-
nite, put on a layer of coal.
When this get. to burning well, add
enough coal to make a deep bed.
MAKING UP FOR DAY.
Remember in the morning to first put
a thin layer of coal on the lir, close the
Checks and open all the drafts. Remove
the ashes from the bottom of the fur-
nace.
Open tho dust damper. Rake the
Pre. removing all the cinders and
clinkers.
Put on a thick bed of fresh coal, lel
Vic flre burn about ten minutes, then
close the dust damper and take up the
hot ashes.
Remember to close the drafts when
the coal begins to look red on top.
When the house is warm enough, par-
tially open the checks.
In very cote weather, put a couple
of hodfuLs on in the middle of the day
and keep the drafts in the lower door
open slightly.
Remember that If oold air comes up
tluuugh the register it shows that more
nir comes Through the air box than
can be heated in the furnace.
In this case the slide in the air box
must be closed a little more.
if there Is a trot firs and yet but lit-
he heat corning through the registers,
11 shows that there is not enough air
admitted to the furnace.
To remedy this open fully the slido
in the air box.
OUTSIDE AIR.
Remember that the furnace draws the
greater part of its supply of air from
cut of doors through the oold air box.
it also draws some air from the cel-
lar. If the cold air is pure, the at-
mosphere of the house must be pure,
provided the ventilation Ls good.
If the air drawn from the cellar be,
or the cold -air box Is, contaminated,
the whote atmosphere of the house will
to contaminated.
Remember to keep the cellar perfect-
ly clean. and that the cold air box be
where it will, receive pure dry air.
1f the weather is mild or the wind
is strong, the slide is to be only partly
opened.
Remember if, on the other hand, the
fire Is hot and there Is little wind, the
slide should be opened wide.
Every part of the house should have
n thorough airing each morning.
A person will feel warmer in a tem-
perature of 65 degrees. if them Ls a
general supply of oxygen, than In one
of 70 or more It the oxygen has been
exhausted.
f
WAS AN UNKNOWN LAND
IDE SUDAN TIiOUSANDS OF YEARS
AGO.
British Goxernmenl !Ina Opened 11 up
Inc the first "1Irne - - The
Desert Train.
There, at Wilily delta, where today
you first touch the Soudan soil and
leave the Nile boat for the train that
bears you across the desert, at itaifa,
or at Seyne, which is r:ow Assuan, was
for centuries the !est outpost of Europe
ane Ash, the final vedette of civiliza-
tion, writes Sidney Low in the London
Standard. The level sun flamed uorcss
the waste of sant upon the spearheads
o' Pharaoh's rnercennries and the hel-
mets of itoman soldiers as it did upon
the boyonols of Kitchener's sentries.
Beyond the frontier camp the Nile
wound its way slowly upward towards
the Unknown. the region of many names
--Cush, Ethiopia, Merc"e, `npata, where
Only vague rumor and doubtful travel-
lers' tales told of dirt kingdoms, ris-
ing and falling and restless tribes of
untamable savages.
NOW LIES OPEN.
Rut to -day this vast realm lion open.
For the first time in its history it is In
full touch with the outer world. Wien
our generale overthrew the Kha..fas
hordes ten years ago. thea .tld r:+ore
than moody reconquer th.: a..d'n for
Egypt; they conquered it in a settee 'n
which conquest had never been effec-
tual here before.
It Is true that previou- 'o th, Man,.
Jet revolt the 'Turks" ruled ell thrnvgQh
the Sudan. even to the equejor en the
south and to the furlh•st borlere of
Darfur on the we..1. 1) .!. though P.gypp
loan ofcials took hoe vy k:1 from the
natives, end though Egyptian and ";Lrk-
Ish soldiers hvod ,and plupdeMi) aU
user the provinoes, the country tengaln-
t,1 maccesible, remelt) and ittltospi-
tab:e.
TI1.\VEL WAS DANGEROUS.
For these who were not officials or
emissaries .,t the Government, the jour-
ney into It was difficult, and even dam
gerous; for all it was long and slow.
But the noel and well appointed ex-
press boats of the Sudan Government
serv.ce float you smoothly up to Ilalfa
in the extreme of comfort.
And at Haifa you transfer yoelgelf
and your baggage to the train, which
is also run by the Sudan aullloritic ,
with no greater trouble than you would
at Clapham junction.
You will mako your first nequnintance
with the realms of Queen Capdace
through the windows of a fine dining -
room car. You enter the barrier des-
ert to Iho whist:o of a locomotive that
will mil you up to the capital of North
Central Africa in a night and a day of
luxurtous travel.
NOW IS EASY.
It is a very simple business to get
to Khartum now -a -days. Yeti can book
through from Charing Cross if you
pie,ise, and the worst adventure that
need befall you on the way will be a
tad Channel encasing or an inadequate
luncheon at a railway buffet. Measured
by time of Irall, which is the only
practical method of calculating dis-
tarvses. Omdurman la nearer London
than Inverness when George III. was
King or Venice when Charles Dickens
disooverei Italy.
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Des0000doesiscas
YOUNG
FOLKS
MARJORIES VICTORY.
"Uncle Hoard," asked Marjorie,
kok.ng up from the book she was read -
Ing, "what is a coincidence?"
"Let me see," replied Uncle Howard,
trying to think how to make a simple
deflnition, "When two things happen at
the same timo that have nothing to
do with eael► other, but seem to have
a great deal to do wlih each other, we
call it a coincidence."
Seeing that Marjorie still looked puz•
z:od, he started to explain further, when
a telephone message called him away.
A: he took down les hat in the hall,
however, he paused long enough to
say, "III loolt out for a first -rare oo-
il,eidence to show you, Marjorie, and
then you'll understand better."
The next day happened to be Friday,
rind because there was no one to drive
\ierjorie 10 school, and because she
was not able to walk so tar, she was
obliged to remain at home.
Mamma and Uncle !toward were very
sorry, and they all thought of the two
shining gold pieces in etarjories bank
that meant two whole years without
nanahaence, and of the third that was
le have joined them so so3n; for Great -
Aunt Morton, who lived in the big
house on the hill. had laughingly told
Marjorie the very first day she went
l., school that she shoul.l have a five -
(loner gold piece at the ail of each
year that she was neither Lscnt nor
lardy'.
But Ile gotJwpiece was as nothing
compared with the broken record, and
Marjorie sobbed aloud for a few min-
utes; then, like the brave little girl that
she was, she dried her tears, got out
her paint -box, and began coloring tip
Some sunbonnet babies for the other
children.
When she went to schcol on Monday
morning everybody was talking stout
the fire that had n •currei the day be-
fore, and to her relief. nobody said any-
thing to her Meant her absence. She
said to herself lint she just could not
have stood it, If anybody had.
Two weeks later the monthly report -
cards were given out. Marjorie receiv-
ed hers with a sad heart. ns she Thought
of the broken record. She did not even
epen Ihe envelope unlit Gertrude (gar-
ris had tun a'd off on her own street
and she was alone.
Rut as she glanced over the card,
something within her give a great leap,
Could she believe her own cies? There
wore no marks in the absence c ehtmnl
The teacher must have made a ,nLstake.
Mamma and Uncle thwart looked
the card over, and said they were g!+ t
Marjorie had gone from "(T' to "G plus"
ue her needing, hut neither of them
thought of the omission.
Than carne a great temptation to
Marjorie. If she should Any nothing
about the mistake, the record woul•l
remain as it was. end the teacher and
pupils would forget by next year, arid
Great -Aunt Morton need never know.
S4; tho reiorl,•nrd wag returned to the
teacher without anythng being said.
All the next week Marjorie struggled
with the temptat.on. She seemed un-
like her'elf.
Friday came again. the last day of
school. Marjorie could. stand it no Mu -
ger. Summoning all her enurage, she
slims hick Into the sch•eol-ronin et re-
cess, after the otiose were ail out, and
sobbed out her eters. to her teacher.
"So you Thought 1 mole n mtdlahe,
did your' asked the teacher. "1'm .,o
Glad you told ins. boomer. 1}nn nesure
you that you are the MIP estt has made
the mistake. That day Was it very cold
one. you remember. and snrnething
broke about the furnace rorty in Rio
morning, an
we eyeuiJn't have s.chro•tl
that day. We sent word to all whom
we could reach easily, and disnulss:d
the others as soon as they came. You
live so fur away we could not nnlify
you. I'm .worry thea has (rouble;l you
er much: you should have told your
mother oir me sooner.'
Marjorie ran round to Grcnl-runt
Morton's nfkr school with her report-
cerd, and then fairly flew home to tell
tar Atony to mamma and Uncle (low•
n ri
"That's what 1 call the happiest kind
oo! a eon ldrn e," sell Uncle lI' 'and,
he heard the Ave.dellar motet) p1ses
raMle 4o'.Vn with Ihe mates. "Yoe you
know the meaning el tka word."
"t es.1 it a greet Toeery," said mann.
ma, thtnking e f e eneth!ng quite 411.
WOW. !lilt M'irjo-i•e understood kol4.
-Youths Cou►0Jl19a.
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