HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1897-9-10, Page 7,rakll'T. 10, 1307
A DEAD
ECKONING.
CTAP'1'TuR Sf V13I.
Jules Picot bad been carefully search-
ed. before being locked up in his cell,
and it was an'vitter puzzle to the jail
offiefals how he had contrived to tone
coal about him even so insignificant
an article as the tiny labial of poison
• so as to evade detection, One of the
wardens, however, of a more inquiring
turn of mind than his fellows succeed-
ed a day or two later, in solving the
mystery. The mountebank wore very
high -heeled shoes, as many of his coun-
trymen make a practice of doieg• Tho
heel. of one of lets shoes had been so
made that it could be unscrewed at wilt,
white inside it was a cavity just large
enough to hold. the phial. Picot bad
evidently prepared himself beforehand
fora contingency. the like of that which,
had at length befallen .aim. The let-
ter written a few hours before his
death cvas in French, and was ad-
-dressed to "Madame Brooke." The
followvng. is a. traanslation of it:
Madame -When these lines reach you,
the hand that writes them, will becold
.in death, I can tirecl of life, and life
is tired a mo; this night we part com-
pany for ever. I take the liberty of
.addressing you because of your kind-
ness to ley little Henri, whom to bon
Dieu leas seen fit to take from me for
my sins, and because you wore so much
.in his thoughts when he was dying,
I also address you for another reason,
which I will explain presently.
It was is the first week of lbs new
year that Henri met with the accident
'which proved fatal to him. Be lingered
for two weeks, and then died. Be had
but little pain; life laded out of him
like a. lamp that slowly expires for
want of oil. As I said before, he often
talked about lois belle madame. Be
• could not remember his motber, and it
was your face that attune on hien in his
•dreams, as it were the face oL an angel.
After he ons gone and I was alone
,in the world, I, too, began to have
,dreams such as I had never had before.
. Every night Henri came and stood by
any, bed. but it was always wibh an
.averted face; never would he turn and
look at me. I utsed to try to cry out,
'to seize his hand; but I was dumb and
motionless as a corpse. Then, after
. a minute or two, he would slowly van-
ish, with bowed head and hands pressed
to leis face, as though he were weeping C
silently. Night after night it was ever
tba same. Then a great restlessness v
'took possession oC me. I seemed to be
urged onward from place to place by
.some invisible power and without any
well of my own. ,When I rose in the
morning I knew not where I should
-sleep at night; onward, ever onward,
I was compelled to go. Last night I
.reached this place, end, this morning I
rose thinking to resume my wander-
.ings; but a conversation I chanced to
•overhear led rap to seek the court of
.justice. You, madame, know what
took place there.
Even before I had spoken a Word, I
knew why my footsteps had been di-
rected
irested to this place, and that my wan-
• derings were at an end. This after -
he's obliged to go leek to London to-
night, the governor has agreed to see
lax the since for once"
Crofton stared et they unto in stupe-
faction, To the ;Net, of his belief he
had no.such relative in the world as the
one just named. "Ale, you didn't ex-
pect to see him, I daresay,' continued
the warder. "A nice affable gent its
I ee; buI wouldn't peep bre
wautievenngsif 1 wast you,"
Croatia followed the man without a
word; and after being conducted
through a couple of eorriuors, was ush
Bred roto a sparsely funnelled while-
svaslted room, where a middle-aged.
well-built man of military carriage,
who had been perusing through his eye-
glass the printed rules and regulations
framed over the mauledpiece, ternsd
to greet him. Ilehaciclose-cut grizzled.
hair and a thick drooping ��rizzlod
moustache. Ile wore a li,ghtiy but-
toned frockcoat, gray trousers and
straps, end millitary loots bigbly
Polished. Ha carried his bat and a
tasselled malacca lin his hand, and 000
corner of n bandana handkerchief pro-
truded from his pocket behind.
"My dear nephew -my dear George I"
he exclaimed with much effusion as ha
advanced a step or two and held out
hits hand. "This is indeed a dreadful
predicament in which to find you.
1Vbat, oh, what can you have been
iaba,t that I ahould have to seek you
in a place like this! , Your poor aunt
will be heart -broken when she hears
of it. I must break the terrible news
as gently as possible; but really, really,
in her delicate state of health I dread
the effect such a disclosure may have
upon her." Itis voice trembled with
emotion, be brushed away is tear, or
seemed to do so. .
George Crofton had undergone many'
that left him more dumbfounded than
surprises in his time, but never one
this, fur In his sof-disant uncle his
quack eye recognized at a glance no
less a personage than Lardy .Bill. Ill
at the moment his eyes fell on ben
be had been in the least doubt of the
fact, that would have been dispelled be
the expressive wink with which his
friend favored ham on instant later.
The man's audacity, fairly took Crof-
ton's breath, away.
"no first htolmy oasogresumed the samcoonel, stosses
the other time to recover himself, "of
course is whether anything can be done
for you, and if so, what. I need not
say that my purse is at your service;
for, shocked as I am to find you; in
this place, I cannot torget that you
are my brother's son. I leave for,Lon-
oonnmy akrvaltI will t kd ahe advice
of my own lawyers in the matter,
which will, I think, be the best thing
that can be done under the painful cir-
oumstances of the case,"
'I suppose that's about the only
rofton, who wagbs stillutterlyass to divine the motive of the other's
The warder, who had conducted Crof-
ton from the oell, was present at the
interview, ostensibly for the purpose
of seeing that none of the jail regu-
lations were infringed either by the
prisoner or his visitor; but a sovereign
raving been pressed into his unre-
luctent palm at the moment hs usher-
ed the latter into the waiting room,
he now discreetly turned his back on
the pair and stared persistently out
of the mento.
A little further conversation passed
between uncle and nephew, the chief
Part of it falling to tee lot of the
former, then the colonel looked at
his The �vetch nd. rose warderturned toatathe ke hsamis eaiin-
stant
As 1 remarked before, my dear
Gboth the nephew" said s hands in as his,'w clasped
ever pained -most deeply pained - T
may be, everything shall be done for
you that can be done. I refrain from
all reproaches -at present I can only
grieve. But your poor aunt, George -
your auet1 You are her godson
and favourite nephew. Ah nae -ah
met"
e
of the room wi
both heeds ead and slowly shek
ing his head, like a man whose feelings
were more than he could control,
:Phe jail officials, at an early hour
next morning, in addition to making
the night their yFrench prisonerpshof ad tak-
en leave of them after an altogether
illfurther asal toundedt by finding that the
inaniae of cell No. 5 had also reliev-
ed them of his presence, but in a
maltogether
rtthat hdoundfavowih themouoe-
bank,
,noon, after all was over, I lay down on
my pallet and fell asleep, and while I
.slumbered, Henri came to me; but this
time his face was no longer averted;
hes eyes gazed into mine, and lie smiled
.as he, used to smile at me out of his
.mother's arms. Ah, haw shining and
beautiful lac looked; Then, a soft cool
.Mind was laid on my brow, that had
burned and burned for months, and all
the pain went, and I knew nothing
.more till I awoke.
A word more and I have done. Ma -
demo, prayy, believe me when I say that
...never could a man he more surprised
.and astonished than 1:, Tulles Picot, was
to -clay when I found that it wee your
• good husband who was accused of the
.death of the Baron von Rosenberg.
When I made my way into the coua't
after hsasing that some one had been
arrested for the murder, I thought to
see only a stranger, one whom I had
.,never seen before. Buff even in that
case I should nave dere as I did to-
day,and
have
conJ[eased that it was by
my hand and mine alone that Von
Rosenberg met hie death. Conceive,
•the m
n astonishment when hen in the
•cased I c
e
xe aenused M, Baouke, whom
I had known en London antler the name
ca "M. Stewart!" S knew that when
in London he was in trouble -in bid-
ing -bust never did I dream of the
arena that was laid, to his charge. Had
I Mut known it, yen and he would long
ago wave leen maths happy by the con-
fession of hen who now signs his name
for the last tame, , Jules Picot.
With what a host of conflicting emo-
tinne this document was read by her
to whom it was addressed may be more
readily imagined limb described.
George Crofton sat atone in his cell
devouring hie heart in a bitterness too
deep for words. All was over; all
the bright pe'ospeets of his youth and
early manhood had ended in this; his
home for yenas to come wotuld be a
felon's sell, his only companions the
lowest of the low, the vilest of the vile.
Facilis est descensus',Averno " he
muttered with -a sneer. "Yes, in my
case the descent has been swift and
easy enough im all conscience." One
gleam of lurid joy, and one Only, illum-
ined the black cavernous depths in
which his thoughts, litre fallen spirits,
winged their way aimlessly to and fro,
finding no spot• whereon! to Feet, Ger-
ald Brooke, the maim he hated with an
intensity of beetroot bred only in natures
steak as his, was a prisoner even as ho
was, and it was his, Crofton's, band
that had braught hilae there! He had
but spoken the truth when he said that
the boar n his rwvonge would Dome
at last. 1t was here now, although
it had. come after a fashion altogether
dilflerent froze wtai lm bad expected,
'Amalie to his IIlcdly, his own outlook,
was a dreary ane enough; but what
Was it in comparison with, the grim
prospect ;:hitt stared has hated cousin
sa olOsel, in the lace 1 When he
thought at this it was as the, one sweet;
drop in the bitten cap which Fate hacl
pressed with such unrelenting fingers
to his lips.
While he eat brooding over these and
other matters, ,just as daylight was
deepeiebig into dusk, a warden un-
locked the door of hie sell. Yoolre
Wanted in the waiting -room," said the
man. ' You,r uncle, Colonel Crofton,
has called. in see yon, Its past the
hour ter vi,silore ' lett na lie's liuntt;•ht,
a irgigistrate's order, unci eahe says
Crofton, n unhear
d bya
contrived to file throughnythe sat.id dle
bar of his cell window and thee to
squeeze himself through the aperture
thus, made after
Wha11 a was
nothing but a high wall between him-
self and llbenty. Jleyona this wall
were some market gardens, the jail
being situated in the outskirts of the
town, and then the open fields. Out-
side the wall, a coil of rope with. a
strong steel hook et eaoh end was
found; and the footsteps of two if not
of three men were plainly traoeablefort
some distance in the soft mould of the
garden. As to how Crofton had be-
come possessed of the file, and by whose
connivance and help he had been able
to climb the well and descend safely
on the other side, there was no evf-
denee forthcoming. The only fact the
jail officials could affirm with certain-
ty. was that their prisoner was no-,
where to be found. '
,At as early an hour as possible on
the morning following his capture,
Crofton had obtained permission to,
send a telegram to his wife, and be-
fore noon, Stephanie was spending
northward by the express it response
to his summons. When she reached
Cp"lmerhays, it was too labs for her to
visit her husband that night; so, oar-
rying her Iittle handbag, she walkea
trona the station to the inn nearest
to it and asked to be accommodated
with supper and a bed. She had ass
curtained from a constable in the
street that the earliest hour at which
visitors were admitted to the jail was
ten o'clock,
Next morning, whi.oh' wag theft of
Saturday, Stephanie rose betiunes,
While she was eating ber breakfast the
landlady bustled in, carrying an. open
newspaper. "Heroes the weekly per
par, ma'am, shs said, "Tho boy has
ljust brought it; and e.5 it contains a
ong account of the doings at the jus-
tice -room yesterday, about which, you
may have heard, .I thought tbatper-
haps you would like to road it over
your breakfast."
"Thank you very much; 1 shall be
glad to do so," said Stephanie qulotte.
Site had given no name at the Inn, and
the landlady had riot the slighteee us
picion that her guest 3fad any reason
for being more intorestei than any
stranger might be supposed' to be in
the sews enetaittod in the paper. Nor,
is feat, had Stephanie any Itnowiedge
of
TRE ' BRUSSELS POST,
what had happened. Her bus -
band's telseratn had been of Umbria.
est; it had merely said: I tun Ip
trouble. C,uuu at once. tiring manse.
Inquire for nae et the jail," But from
what she knew a10aadty, she guessed,
and rightly, that the enterprise on
Which Crofton was bent when he left
grie
humf.s had failed, and that by some
mischance he himself bad come to
The eminent. she was left alone Ste -
Pimple opened the paper with eager
fingers, Der quick eyes were not long
in lending the partirutar news of which
they were in search. elle read the
story of the attempted rubbery, as
detailed in the evidence, with ever-
growing wonder -a wonder that was
intensified twenty -fold when she read
haw Gerald Brooke had been arrested
at lbs sante time as her husband, and
b3' what strange chance the two cou-
sins had once more been brought face
to face, But when, a few lines low-
er down, her eyes caught sight of an-
other well-known name, all the col-
or ebbed from her face, leaving It as
white as the face of a dead woman.
She read to the end, to the last word
of Picot's strange confession before the
magistrates, and tben the paper drop-
ped from her hands.
"rely rather the murderer of Von
Rosenberg, and 1-I the cause of ltl"
she murmured in horror strioken ac-
cents. For a little white she sat like
a woman stunned, stupefied, her eyes
staring into vacancy, Lee mind a
whirling chaos, in which tbougbts and
fancies the most bizarre and tecon-
gruous came and went. nixing and
mingling with each other in a sort
of mad Brocken d.anoe. ail the ele-
'rtnts of which were lurid, vague, and
elusive.
How long she sat thus she never
knew; but she was roused by the en-
trance of the landlady, who had come
to reclaim the newspaper, there be -
'ung three or four people in the tap-
room who were anxious to obtain a
glimpse of it. Fortunately, the good
woman was somewhat short-sighted,
and perceived nothing out of the or-
dinary in bee guest's demeanor. But
ber entrance broke the spell andserv-
od to recall Stephanie to the realities
of hsr position.
For a little while all thought of
her husband had vanished from her
min. :This second blow had smitten
bar so much more sharply than the
first that the pain paused by the for-
mer seemed deadened. thereby. But
now that her waking trance was brok-
en, the double nature of her calamity
forced itself upon her mind. " My
father and my husband shut up in one
prison!" sba said to herself; and it
was all she could do to refrain' from
bursting into laughter. For are
there not seine kinds of laughter the
sources of which lie deeper than the
deepest fountain of tears?
Suddenly she started to her feet and
pressed both bands to ber forehead.
But why -why should my father have
gone to Von Rosenberg to demand
from him tidings of me, when I wrote
to him from London telling him all
tbat had happened to me and where I
was? Can it be possible that my let-
ter never reached hen? Had he re-
ceived it there would have been no
need for him to seek Von Rosenberg.
.Sven after so long e. time I couldAl-
most repeat my letter word for word,
In it I told my father how I had left
home with Von Rosenberg, but only
after he had given me his solemn
promise to make me bis wife the mo-
ment we set foot in England. I told c
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
IN'TERNAT1oNAL LESSON, SEPT. 12.
"linemen Living," ing," nota, Ie, e•,J, C;ordtm
Met, (tent r0
PRACTICAL NO'rlis.
Verso 9. 'Gell dove be without dis-
i3inuilation. 'Revised Version, "hypo-
crisy;" net formal, merely, but sincere;
net bunion courtesy, merely, but di-
vine autltbrity. The parlor pretenses
Of the etiquette:al hays hi) 50008 moral
standing. 1 Peter 1. 22; 1 Jebel 3. 18.
Abhor that which is evil. "Ye that
love the Lord, Lute evil." Cleave to
that which its geed, Literally, cohere,
gltuo yourselves to the good. You can -
net find words wbsiklb express losIb-
aume revulsion and energetie loyalty
more forcibly than "abhor" and "cleave
tie."
10, Be kindly affectionate; ane to an-
other with brotherly cove. The true
children of God are brothers; and sis-
ters. The 1095 of home which fills
the beasts of children of one household
is a good figure of the mutuet love of
those who trolly love God. In honor
preferring one another. 'Literally,
"antibipating each other," Not rival-
ing each other as candidates for post -
Urn and dignity, but, each seeking the
wei!fare al the other. -
11. Not sfbthful in business. "Sloth -
fu! iia business" is a contradiction of
term*„ but it is a contradiction that:
obmea over from thet Cireek, which has
been literally translated thus, "In your
weed be net indolent." Give your
whole heart, rated, and strength to
the smallest task. "Whatsoever thy
hand fihdeth to do, do it with thy
might." Be tremendous in everything.
Fervent in spirit. "Bjoiling in spirt."
And now noltiee the climax to which
the apostle is steadily working. In
conduct we are, to be energetic; in
the spirit that loads to that conduct we
are to be seething hot; but tbe pur-
pose of all this "business" or conduct,
and of this spirit, is serving the Lord;
busy for the Lord; fervent for the
Lord; - serving the Lord. We are to
bfy God.o ready for every "chance" to glori-
•
12. Rejoicing in hope. The sunshine
of heaven lighting our foreheads,
warming our hearts, and brightening
our minds. The Christian's hope can
never he disappointed. It is an anchor
sure and steadfast, A Christian should
be joyful. Well sing the Sunday
schools, "How can I keep from sing-
ing?" Patient in tribulation. Remem-
ber the origin of our, word "tribula-
tion:" It is matte up from the name
of the three -pronged threshing sledge
used by the Roman farmers. Recasts
not merely bodily pain, or domestic
distress, or the helpless inactivity of
disease, but includes all the afflictions
that press down the human soul, and
which rightly used are the mean of
nlctireg the true grain, of God of the
chaff which has incidentally grown
up 111113 it, flee sorrows that
bine to us in life are to
how, within an hour after our arrival
in ,London, I had claimed the fulfil-
ment of his promise, and how he had
laughed me to scorn, thinking that
he had now got me completely in his
power. I told how I flung all Von
Rosenberg's presents at his feet and
left him, there and then, and going out
into the rainy streets of the great
city, fled as for my life. b told how I
hid for weeks in it garret, living on
little more than bread and milk; and
how at last, when my money was
all gone, I found my way to the near-
est cirque, and there obtained an
engagement. All this I told my
father in my letter, and then I pray-
ed him to forgive me, and told him
how I longed to get back to him and
my, mother. Weeks and months I
wanted with en aching heart for the
answer which never came. Then I
said to myself: 'My father will not,
forgive me. I s'hnll mover see him or
my, mother again." But the letter
never reached bion. HA it done so
ha would not be where he is to -day."
Tearless sobs shook her from head to
foot.
At this juncture in burst the land-
lady with en air of much importance.
"As you have read the paper, 1 thought
thee maybe you would like to bean
the news that one of the warders just
off dui
Y has brought from the jail.
Sr�b banes as we live s in, toobe sure!"
;•
News -what news?" asked Stephanie
faintly.
Sohn Myles r bas brought .ought wvard-and
he ought to know, if anybody does -
that ons of the prisoners-Crifton or
Crofton by name -managed. to break
out of his cell in the night, and hue
got clear away. Belt that's not all
?by any means. The foreigner -him-
as accused himself inn open court of the,
murder -was found dead this morning
poisoned by his own hand. The news
will be all over England before night-
fall. -Gracious me, ma'am, whatever is ell
the • matter! - Mary, Eliza, -quick, ma
quick I" ti
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be endured with patience because
they work out; for us afterward the
fruits of righteousness. Continuing in-
stant in prayer. The .thought of Jesus:
"Pray without ceasing." Not ;every
minute, not even every boor, can a
man ctelbne his petitions by words or
eves. think them. out with precision;
and, neither oar Lord nor his apostle
teethes that we are E13 neglect any,
duties for prayer; bursas hos been oft-
en, said, prayer in its last analysis is
attitude of soul; "Prayer is tbs soul's
sincere desire, uttered or unexpressed."
The prayerful soul is the receptive soul,
and ha who is in. condition always to
receive suggestions and help from heav-
en is really rosy.tiaiuing instant in
prayer." The soul is a cup which may
be burned bottom up,„ to reject the grace
Of God, but which, used as it was made
to be used, receives divine blessings
"�brimf•ul and running. over." Bea3.er
lies a very helpeul Influence on all our
quallties of mend and heart. 'Ars wd
to rejoice int hope? Prayer will chast-
en this hope and make Lt immeasurably
more tender, and loving, and Wand/Sul,
Are we to be patient in trilyulati,on3
Prayer will sustaeDnt this patience: It
will fit us for'every experience of life,
13. Distributing to the necessities of
the sweets: We have already studied
the meat
na of the word word " l
Meaning "salute," as
it is ,used. int the Alts and the epistles}
11 was used; by Clbristigers to describe
fellowv"Cbaistians, and means the holy
one or
e obese that s, the hive been set apart,
Live eclnseoreted ones. ,;But even the
thoroughly consecrated Christian gets
?ru r • a
t meal
tem
ing yd ' ,
ss„ cal s winter,
and weak wwhen exposed to storm; he
deeds food, clothing,t and shelter. Paul
does not aakl us to distribute; to blue
luxuries of saints; but to their neces-
sities.Por 'distributing" the Revised
an baa'atifiilly reads, "communi-
a ting." Given to •bospil airily. ' Liter-
y. pei'suiug hsspi:tality;" earnestly
king a point cif this gracious ac-
idly, tai the ancient world there
we few inns and no boarding ,houses
ady for h1ritngere who came to a
eat city, and many a person, of com-
rtable means well, at home, was ex-
od to danger and privation when
a foreign city. This turned the
tertainment of strangers Tinto a
ace and beneficence; and it cvas so re-
rdedbyJenvsand pagans. Christian -
was held in general contempt by
classes, and a Christian who alight -
in town was less likely„ to be4 ,enter-
ned than almost any other man
MURDERED HIS GRANDFATHER.
A Venus Hahn OS6o21e Tanibu'i• Wag Itl'yeild
Alii c„nti•o! -. 511nots Oslo a 9wronp or'
t5en,
A despatch from Coatesville, Pa., all
ed
says. Ira a fit of ungovernable rage ta.i
he
the grace of Christian hospital -
1
lsttes;libutlt is a beautiful andhells-
on Sunday afternoon, Ralph Moore, a' h
young man, fired a shot guns into a try
group of four men at Nfortonville in- olil
staftlykilling his seventy -five-year-old do
grandfather, Huebert Segner, and sur- ors
lonely wounding Victor Ssguer, his un- lied
ate, and 'Charles and Benjamin Moore. U
There was a dispute among the five ding
men in front of old Segner''s House and I 1,•
young Moore, beer/roles incensed., rush- 'Act
ell into the house with the threat that , the
be would shoot lis opponent's head off,
A moment later he appeared at an up-
stairs window and tired directly into'
the group. He made his escape but was
soon af1erwardls captured. Charles and
ilerija,min ittoore are not related to
is pec, tarty emphasized in the.'
me uandythougho'fe vage
C'hrist nnvisi
r b -
have the same needs now tint most
then We may still. gain .for our-
ves a special blessing by pursuing
itality, "Some j have entertained
els tinwares,”
I. Bless thorn that. polesoute you,
in ;your daily life according to
Sermon on the Iefounb, Remember
what Jesus said, as reported by ,Lute+,
'Stove ea your enemies and do good!,
and lend, never despairing.' 1n Pauls
day all C'.hr'istinns were persecuted; not
911 aro now, The world has a.' very
high opinion of Christian virtue so
tongas it does not criticize, theworlree
fauts,
15,e Rejoice with Olean that ldo .t•e- I
jO ae, and weep with them, that; were)!
Dr. Curry renders this phrase, "Laugli
with the laughing, a.nil sorrow wii.h tee
sor1owing,n We should seek to be rich
in syanea ler
010,, I[Is of the 1aane nil id ono Lo.
d another, Mils verse must be stn-
all tagebli r. .Cn such of its thtree
Oen
es sono forin nt rho wend rendered 'e
rid" mourn, 1\"o are ,to have a het.-
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match making.
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Quick Response o#' a Depleted Nerve
System to a Treatment; Which
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MR. FRANK L'AURR., BEIILIN, 0a -T
Perhaps you know him 1 InWater-
loolis is known as one of the most
popular and sueeessfulbusiness men of
that enterprising town. As ..,anag-
ing executor of the Kuntz estate, he is
at tho head of a vast business, repre-
senting an investment of man; thous-
ands of dollars, and known to many
people throughout the Province.
'3alid financially, Mr. Frank Bauer
also has the good fortune of enjoying
solid good health, and if appearances
indicate anything, it is safo to predict
that there's a full half century of
active life still ahead for him. But
it's only a few months since, while
nursed as an invalid at the Mu.
Clemens sanitary resort, when his
friends in Waterloo were dismayed
with a report that he was at the point
of death.
i0 There's no telling where I would
have been bad I kept on the old treat-
ment," said 111r. Bauer, with a merry
Laugh, the other day, while recounting
iris experiences as a very sink man.
"Mt. Clemens," he continued, was
the last resort in my ease. For
months previous I` had been suffering
Indescribable tortures. 'began with
a loss of appetite and sleepless nights.
Then, as the trouble kept growing, I
wog getting weaker, and began losing
flesh and strength rapidly, My
stomach refused to retain food of any
kind. During all this time I was
under medical treatment, and took
everything prescribed, but without
relief, dust about when mvcondition
grMi
seemed most hopeless, I beard of a
wonderful cure effected in a cast,
somewhat similar to mine, by the
Great South AmericanNervine Tonic,
and I finally tried that. On the first.
day of its use I began to feel that it
was doing what no other medicine
had done. The first dose relieved the
distress completely. Before night I
actually felt hungry and ate with an -
appetite such as I had not known for
months, I began to pick up in
strength with surprising rapidity,
slept well nights, and before I knew
it 1 was eating three square meals •
regularly every day, with as much
relish as ever. I have no hesitation
whatever in saying that the South
American Nervine Tonic cured me
when all other remedies failed. I
have recovered my old weight—over
200 ponnds—and never felt better
in my life,"
Mr. Frank Bauer's experience is
that of all others who have used the
South American Nervine Tonic. Its
instantaneous action in relieving tlia.
tress and pain is due to the direct
effect of this bleat remedy upon the
nerve centres, whose fagged vitality
is energized instantly by the very first
dose. It is a great, a wondrous euro
for all nervous diseases, as well as
indigestion and dyspepsia. It goes
to the real source of trouble direct,
and the sick always feel its marvel-
lous sustaining and restorative power
at once, on the very first day of ita
5255.
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monized mind, each with the other : an
impartial mind, loving the low asseli
we the bight; a humble mind, net swag-
gering
about
g g our ower wisdom/ 'SVe
cannot agree 112 all opinions; God never
meant that we should. i1Ve are limited
in our mental powers; rs ' each of s is
u of
ecce
e
p, d by God to carry as much of
divine truth as our l'itt'le souls will
hold, but no mora: .The Revised Ver-
sion substitutes '
n utas
tics word rd "things"for
men" in the second dowse, but that
does not grbatt alter the meaning. We
are to accomodate ourselves to all
conditions et life. One can hardly read
this verase without thinking of another
written by the same apostle, "The
greatest oft 1hnt,a is charity'' ' \With
hearts overfioww�ing with love we shall
find. it easy to harmonize with otb'ens
find no, one below oar sympathy, and
no anis from wbom we cannot learn swis-
dean,
k7.- xvitl for evil An eye for an
e3'52, a, tooth for a tooth," Provide
things boniest in the sight of ell men;
Notice the thought brought out by
the change 4n lbs Revised Version. Paul
1'OWman. It isnot a sign of goodness to
be inattentive to public opinion, but we
tnitbtentive to public opinion, 'bat acre
are not to allow public opiuiee to sway
Us from our duty.
,18. If it be possible, as .much as; lieth
in you. Two conditions which remind
us of our 113uster's tender words "Not
every one Can receive this saying,
But ems ivlarlc 0. 30;12 Con 7.a\ 11; 1
.rheas, b. 12. le. ;,ive peaceably' with
all men, df. your life lis! right 11 will
be a rebuke to many, bub it ;will tot
neediessly provoke any., .
19, Dearly beloved. There wits noos-
ing eonclitional in this, but: the out-
pouring of the apostle's affection, Av-
enge nut ;yourselves. .This is the first.
clause of verse 17 oxpres5551 1n differ-
ent verbiage. 'Pio punishments of Civil
lnity are not vengeance; the discipline
of the O1urch has in i.t: no spirit. of re-
venge, and even in prtva,te Life a man
may be compelled by justioe to do
things or to saythi.mge to vindicate
righteousness. A' person who hes been
wronged ie naturally inclined to be
his own avenger; but give place unto
wrath. For it is written. Acott 32,
55., Icahn 04.1. Vengeenee is mine.,
We wrong God and ourselves when
aye try to 101551 it: from! hie leends.
20. '111torofore. I3aceuse Gori has pro-
mised to repay, and because God never
I.elegates to any creature the right
to require the wvrongdoer. If thine
nervy hunger. See Prov. 25. 21, 22,
I!'eedl trim, Difficult pertness for you
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to feed him, hot nearly so difficult as
for him to be fed. This is the mean-
ing of ie so doing thou shalt heap coals
of his fire on his head, The most se-
vere and overwhelming punishments
that a wrongdoer can receive comes
in acts of kindness and love from the
person he has wronged, But if such
acts ars done for the sake of lieapin
coals of fire on the wrongdoer's bee
they are just as wrong ea it literal:
coals of fire were used,
:31, 13e not overcome of evil, bests
overcome evil with good, This has to
do primarily, probably, with the last
Mirage, the retaliation of Wrong.
But it also applies to our entire more
aI lives. Life fe a struggle, a battle.
In it some one must be overcome, eith-
er Myself or the .Evil One, It is possi-
ble to overcome the Evil One and se-
stina a triumph' for Gad and goodness,
SUN -SPOTS AND THE \VEATHERt;
Phe interesting question avhetheg
there is nay measurable influence ex-
erted upon the earth's atmosphere, anoi
particularly upon %stet we call "the
weather," by the black spots on the sunt
is again under discussion, Sun -spots in-
crease end decrease in size and number
Periodically, the average time from one
metisivauan of spots to jinother being
about eleven years. ,At present the
snots aro becorni g less numerous, and
their minimum period is approaching.,
At recent teeetiaig of the Royal,
1VIetoorological Society Mr. A. 13. l d e-
llewail gave reasonsfor believing that,,
as the sun -spot rnini.nuirn draws near,.
there is a tendency toward greater heat1
ie the summer and. greater cold in this
winter than le the case near the sun,
spotmaximum. alto part of the world
s eeiaily considered by Mr. llTeeAoly
till was eastern I tirope, but if Euro e
is affected by men -spots, Aaneriea must
be affected by theut also, ,