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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1921-10-13, Page 6In TheOld Clock's Heart By Dorothy Gambo *PART11.• ' Now Anthony's fathee bed been a stone euetere and from hire he had learned much 'About peecione genre,. but Ulla stone he did net reeognize. It wee none 'teething he heed ever seem' As ho t there turning the stone over And over and examining it with his jeweeer'e glass, the furniture dealer *erne imek for his dollen "0.11, Chieries," cried Anthony, ex- titeal3f, "Sea what:I found in that old el'Oek!" . The men looked at it amusedly, "Ie it' any good?" he asked. "I don't know," replied Anthem!, troubled, "I've never seen anything like it before." "Wefi, Mr. Beesaseh," eaid the deal- er, who knew of old Anthouy's trouble, a4 eyineathized wholeheart- edly, "you'll probably find that Ws nothing but glee% , But if it is Any good, you bought the clack' and ettl that goes withit is yours. I give up my claim and as for the weenie I bought the clock from, she's moved away and left no ackleees.". Wong ,his dollar he departed with a friendly "S'Iong—geed luck." • Left alone with the atone, Anthony sat with it in .his hand turniug it so that it caught the full light .of the sun. Suppose it really was worth eoraethingt Suppose—oh, suppose it eimuld be the.emeans of hie getting that money for Constatice! The tired look left hts fuze and his i,yea twinkl- ed** all their eldetime light as he deemed of all it would mean to them. But he would say nothing about it; no one but tesneelf should be disap- poirrted, if It turned out to be valne- less. For the rest of the day he worked away busily, smiling to hie - as he thought nt the stone and ef Constance. In spite of every ;tea- ean he 'could think of against comet- ing toosteely on the value of the stone, Anehony could not. keep happy little thoughts from popping up ex. eitedly. Even the clocks had their mese:epees of •cheer, "She could go to the mountains," ticked one loud fellow in the corner. "She'd get well, she'd get well, she'd get welt" chattered a frivotens gold parlor edock by the window. "Worry's over. worry's over, worry's over!" whispered excitedly a tady'e watch on a rail ever Anthony's head, When darkness came, however. and elosed up his Ude elle)) for the night, Anthony resolutely subdued thoee rebellious thoughts; for Con- stance must not .euepect that enything; wee the matter. She must have no thlee hope; ,erroueed. Toe -narrow he weeld go ie the city, And SS to the city went oid Ans thony, the stone tucked carefully ',way in his battered wallet. _Down Chestnut Street he plodded, his shiny, square -teed shoes squeaking protest- ingly et the hetet city asphalt At Seventh Street he termed south and came to Sansom, little street of clock nakere and jeweere. It was to Wer- ner that Anthony was taking' the -itonc,' Werner of whom be had known 17•,!: years hut whom he had never met. Up 0 steep pair of dark stairs 'climbed Anthony and back through a long ealiWay te 'IVenster's office with its dirty 'window penes and filming yel- iew gee jet. It was there that Ai- thcny, with fingqnS that trembled, toil: the Atone from his wallet and herded it to Werner, master lapidary. 'Whcre did you -get this atone, Mr. Sersaseh?" asked Werner sieetply. sett Anthony, fairly stam- mering' in his excitement "I—I—f— found it." Werner looked again at the stone to held in his hand. 'Without a dobbt the Lairds' red ember!' F,xcesing him- 'eelf• no the pretence'of needing to ex- amine the stoneundera brighter light, Werner disappeaehd' into his WolicFbotr, while. Anthony paced heels and forth in the little dusty office, his stiff Sunday eluies squealdng at each btep. What could Werner be doing? wail he, too, baffled by the stone? The lapideny finally emerged, -and ree sooner heed he reached the counter when the door of the office opened, end a youngish male entered, With a necieive amide =Miele This is Bersasch, Mr. - Smithson said Werner. "He says he found it. There's no doubt but that it's the Lied red anther. It answers perfectly ihe dearrirlion." Anthony looked from 'one to the uttrr in 1.,Twil.dartnerit, What was it ell about? Wise was this man and why had he cemel "1 enderstaed, Mr. Bersasch," said its etrangcr, in crisp tones, ;What ru say you found this stone. You Iaeen't by any chance read bout. the Lutists' red amber, I suppose?" 1.now nothing about ed• amber, fInswnved old Anthony, "eltheugh me daughter Constance, when she was a !tile girl, wore yellow amber beads te ward off croup and whooping cough." "1 suppose you n.ever even heard," sneered the man, "that there is a reword of $250 offered Inc that stone yen S9.3''. ;MU bond -1" "Two hundred anetwfifty dollars?" chow) Anthony faintly. So the own- er was known and he couldn't sell the stone! Theis his face brightened —but $250 would at lete•St be a start end be had, that one hundred dollars in the A.thoeville hank! Dut Alan, Anthony was not to have even the $25d far 'bhp man Smithson, feelings net A whit in the *eying', Advised him with Inutal frankness that In could telt hie etory at the Pence station where he wee wanted. And Anthony, dazed elmaat gent of hie senses, was led 'limey, by the etran,ger, who held. his, nem en a vise -like grip, Poor old Anthony Bersnecht Lost was his hope of the money he longed for, gene were his dreams of the mountains and health for Constance! With head hawed in Inc 'misery, and looking pathetically old 'and tired, lee ctueggecl himself wearily along by the stile of the detective; His feet pained him eruelly, his head' ached, end hie mind 'Was, Confused, At first, the detective's, worde had mode little impression upon hien but anddenily there flashed, upon his mind the meaning of ono sentenee, "You can telt that to the police." The police—he, Anthony Bersasch, to be given over to the police! He stopped, -short, stopping his compan- ion. "Surely, sir, surely," be cried, "you ere ,not arresting me! 'You are not taking me to the pollee! 1 WW1% you I have done nothing—I found the stone in an old -elack I was about to fix. I didn't know. I gladly give it to you." The earneetn,ess of the old man's plea was not wittiest effect. After sal,Inc loolced,harintess and innocent. But then, that was eCu sign --you could never be sure! "I'll .tell you what fill do," said the detective. "I'll tuen you over to the Chief. 'Volt tell him that clock story and it Inc believes you, maybe Inc won't hold you over for a hearing before the magistrate to- morrow." Anthony regarded him uncompre- hendingly, Chief ? Magistrate? Hear- ing? F4ateringly, lie followed :Smithson to the fifth floor of the great City Hall, and into the office of the Chief of Detectives. "I have the ,Laird amber," said Smithson laconieally. "This man was trying to get Werner to appraise it for him. 'Says he found it in a clock." As Anthony was being asked the preliminary questions, the Chief re- garded him closely--notficed the large soft hat of black felt and the care- rfully brushed black frock coat. He 'looked quizzically at the gentle brown eyes, now so troubled, and nt the friendly, patient face with the marine of recent ,suffering. Suppose, Mr. Dente,ech," he sekl, kindly, "you tell me just how ybu got this stone. Anthony told him of the dealer who sold him the .elock, how the -stone was lodged in the coiled spring, and how the dealer had told Anthony to keep it becattse there was no way to trace the whereabouts of .the woman from whoin lee had bought the ellock. "And so," .conctuded Anthony, "I brought the stone to Mr. Werner, becauea, though as a lad I learned, much about precious stones from my father, I remake having seen no stone similar to it." "Well, Ms. Bersasch!" said the chief, "we'll ask Mr. and Mrs. Laird to come down here. If they're satis- fied to have the amber again, I'm satisfied to believe your story and let the matter drop as far as you are coneerned." During the half hour before Mrs. Laird arrived, old Anthony. sat hud- dled forlornly on chair an the de- tective's office, his hat resting on his knees, It was thus that Mrs, Laid saw him as she tame in. And while knowing nothing of the eircumstancea, her heart went out to the lonely, dis- tressed old man, Who arose at her entnance and watched the detective eageely, as 'he handed the stone to Mee, Laird Inc identification. The briefest glance enabled her to reeog- nize it. -She tensed to Anthony. "Won't you telt me," she said, with a , gracious winning smile, "how you found my amber? Detective Branson says it NINO hidden- in an old clock," She sat down' .and motioned to the chair beside her. Anthony took it and began ()merrier°, slowly and pain- ful:1w to :recount the circumstances that led to the -discovery of the amber, "I am wondering, Mr- Bersaser' she said, when Inc had finished, "why you came all the way from Arborville, which must be at full two hours' ride from Philadelphia, merely to have the atone appraised. Why did you do that?" Her evident interest and sympathy, coining after the strain and excite- ment of the last • few hours, stirred Anthony deeply, and fingering his hat nervously, he began speaking of Arborville and -Conetance. Then for- getful of his hearers, absorbed -com- pletely in the memory of the plans he had made and, the dreams the amber had inspired, which the men,- tiop of Constance recalled, he talked on—of their life together and of the Runniness and sweet charm of Con- starece, he told, and of her efforts to be .cheerful in spite of the brooding shadoev that hung over therm His eyes grew dim as he described how happy he had been; as she sang about the house, and his terror at the little dry cough that .seamed to have re- placed the song. And then, ea• he spoke of the althea*, and .a his dreams and hopes, his fece fairly shone at the memory. But sea- dienIW, es Inc a:pproecliedethe end of his story, his lace saddened, and all the animation and hope of the mo- ment before left him. With the con- clusion' ,of the story came the rea,iiza- tion of his hopelessness, and he stop- ped short, "And now please," he said sally, "if you aro satisfied about the stone, let Inc go home. My daughter will be worrying. She dislikes to have Inc come to the city alone:" As Anthony- erne, Detective Bsion- 5010 his neee very hard said cleared hie throat tastily. MIS. Laird, her eyes wet with tears, put out her hand, f'Plestee, Mr. Bersasele," she said, "don't go yet. I want to balk to you a little more about Constance. You see, the amber id sweefous to me because it was given to ane at the birth of my own tittle daughter who liter died. The memories of i.ny amber are very dear, and after all, you know it is through youthaA it ilea come back to me:" She pariSed: and ,laid he hand on He arm, aringeo grateful to you," she .centinned, "that I went to expreas sony apprecietiore. Why not let me eetet Oonstarice to Lake Roundee- ae? 1 shoillsi dearly love to do this and 1 knOW you will let Inc' And that is how the red. ember was restored to Ilere. Laird And Cone stance was teetered) te old Anthony in all the glory and blessing of health, (The EMI.) • Trial by NO IS said to have existed in 2000 O. • When to 00441,e, Don't dedide anything wheg role are feeling down; at Serele time your quo thought is to the thing settled; yea Are ready to yield everything, Whet you want to do when you are belles; like that Is to wait et bit; etave, tiro thing oft for a While OW, you are feeling better, as yen surely will. There never war, a storm yot but it cleared oft brine, ing bright WO and cheery • weather. It will he just the same with your little period of depression; it will pass, too, and restore to you a' Sense of egret - deuce god eourage,© This ie the frame of mind In vetlelt you want to attack the problem: don't decide anything wheels you are feeling down, The Current Mind. Sono naiads aro barn receptive., re- sponsive, almost Med, as it were, eo readily 'do they adant themselves to the movement of the world about them, Others are stiff, inappyebendive, In- oompreheaslve, not necessarily dull, but snore prone to !mimeo themselves 'apart life than to let life react mien' thein. The rigid mind may have every ad- vantage of education and training and yet not profit by it, or not fully. Such people—we all know thetn—seem never quite to grasp what ts going on in the world about them: They read the papers, oh, yes. They hear goner. al cenversation, oh, .yes, They may make earnest and conscientious effort to know the beet thought of mankind, both in the present and in the past, in a sense they do know it, Blit some- how it does eat affect their being. They always live apart in a restricted world of their own ego; you do not feel that YOU can confide in them and get an understanding answer. The current mind is altogether dif- ferent. It does not think of itself, its own theories, its own opinions, cares nothing for them, It is intensely alive to the opinions, to the whole lives, of others. It is quick and eager to ap- prehend and comprehend, ready Inc all influences, sensitive to all Impres- sions. It seems to know by instinct what is going on round it, but the in- stinct is really only subtle attention and syrnpathy. It asks not futile and bnpertinent question, but the quiet and searching questions that bring floods of light. When it is not ques- tioning, it is observing, darting its keen eye to the very bottom of men and things. Doubtless the world has many of such current minds thet never express themselves. But of those who have expressed theraselves the greatest ex- ample is Shakespeers. Ile is the most magnificent instance that we know of a man who drew in the world by actual contact, made all forms of nature and all conditions of souls pay tribute to his mastery. No other ever by sheer attention so fully extracted from the rushing world about hini all its secrets, alt its mysteries, all its passions, all its sorrows, all its ecstasy. No other so perfectly illustrates what we mean by a current mind, Won't it pay you to try to he a little like Shakespeare? Dyed Her Draperies and a Faded Skirt "Diamond Dyes" add 'years of wear to worn, faded skirts, waists, coats, stockings, sweaters, coverings, hang- ings, draperies, everything. Every package contains directions so simple any woman can put new, rich, fadeless, colors into her worn garments or draperies even if she has never dyed before, Just buy Diamoud Dyes—no ether kind—then your material will come out right, because Diamond Dyes are guaranteed net to streak, spot, fade, or run. Tell your druggist whether the material you wish' to dye is wool or silk, or whether it, is linen, cotton, or mixed goods. ' ' Lug b WhilP.719U May. • Learn to laugh; 5 good laugh is bet- ter then medicine.: • . Learn how to, tell, a story; a gOod stere, well told,' is as welcome SS a sunbeam in a sick-rocim, Learn -ea ,keep your 'own troubles to yourself; the world Is too busy to care Inc your ills and sorrows. Learn to stop croaking; if you can! not see 'any 'good, in the, world', keep the bed to yoerself.: Learn to hide ,your aches and pains under pleasant smiles; 120 0110 came to hear. whether you have headaches, earaches, or rheumatism. Learn to meet your 'friends with a smile; a good-humored man or woman is always welcome, but the dyspeptic is not wanted anywhere. Above all, give • pleasure; lose no chance of givingpleasure. You will pass through this world but once, Any good thing, therefore, that yen can do, or any kindness that you car' show to any human being, you had better do it now; do not deter or ne- glect it For you will not peas this way again. Although the area of Holland is less than that of either Denmark or Switzerlend its population of 7,006,000 exceeds the Combined population of those two countries. Within the Law Canadian Cream of Malt Matrttet Is matte frotn Pure Malted Barley and the, V ellbsTt esFdlaj)18P' usedeeted, wIll meta finer home brew tient you cap inake With any ether a,t '10 o el any brew that you can buy 1,, settles or hags, YOU do not ',take an Imitation bp substItttte with Cream of 0Iclt lbxtraet, but a better beer than you over taste& Pure and eParklIng, *Rh 5 Hatt creamy foam. This home brew NW. 5 snap and testing saver that makes it (Ito favarite and healthful bovoresio for the whole family, The Man, the Wife and the Children all enjoy it. You brew it at holing. It Is meet intereatine work, and vers eerie; no kineCial kegs or tubs are needett 1110 metro 11110 brdvi Ete oar otn, direc- tions. Yon 5111 hceo a fine bre*. On Sale at all leading Grocery and Drug Mcrae, Monts wanted tc all terelterfee, tiAttiklitA0 AittitACT d04, Psiti:t Street, tegoitt* Health and Beauty MOS. Tile iittlIc pimples which look loko bolls and, which sometimes faster arei Wessel by practically the swim candlk t.10710 Which cause blackheads. Mikli cases are eeneetinve relieved by :bath - lug the Paul with a simple lotion cane elating of two or. three drops each of tincture of benzoin and cqrbolic acid. in half a pileb of Water, A.t the same time, it would Inc advis/able to take the yeast treatment, which is so highly recommended by physicians.. 'Yeast is 10corrective, not a laxative, but it assists the normal funotious of the body and furnishes' beidee a eer- lain quantity of the vitaraines which are so esseintiall to health., One yeast cake a day is the regular dose.' The yeast eart,'Jbe 'Made ,into pellets and taken the same ae OHS, spread on bread, or dissokved in water, in grape - juice or other fruit juices, When the pimples, form yellow heads, steam the face, then puncture the heads with itt sterilized needle and press out the (=tents, Press gently, keeping a bit of soft, -clean, old linen in the hands and avoid hawing any of the pus touch the -akin lest other parts become infeeted, 'Cleanse the open- ings with peroxide of hydrogen, then massage with cream. After care- fully removing all the cream, bathe the lace iirst with hot water, then with .eold water, Do this , several times, and.into the last cold water pa so few deeps of benzoin, or babhe the face with ice -water, which acts as an astringent, contracting the enlarged pores. A fonts of pimples diagnosed as "acne" is thought by some skin spe- cialists to he of parasitic origin. For such cases, es well as for blackheads, the use of green soap is recommended. This soap is about as thick as cue - teed, eantains• sodium hydrate and potassium hydrate and is used by sur- geons for washing the hands before performing operations. Green soap can be purchased at any drug-stote. Before applying the soap, bathe the face with hot water, then wring olbths out of hot water and lay them ovei the face, renewing 'them frequently. Continue this operation for fifteen or twenty minutes, bhen anoint the face with the green soap, rubbing it well into the pores Inc five or six ininuies. Rinse the soap,froni the face with hot water ,and hob with a Turkish wash- cloth or a eamelis hair complexion brush in order to remove the soap and as many of the blackheads as will come. Alter rinsing with sold water, ,dry the face and anoint with a skirt feed or face women. Continue this treatment every night until the blackheads have disappeared. If the green soap irritates the skin, as it sometimes will, use it every other eight In connection with this treatment, tcebiets known as "acne' could Inc taken four times daily. Acne tablets are made by various manu- facturing chemists and can be pur- chased at most drugestores, ' In addition to these precautions and remedies, care must be taken that the face cloths are alitiolately clean. Powder -puffs shonial net be used, as they epreart infection., Use instead a bit of abserbent cotton which eat he thrown away. If powder is applied by means of a bit of chamois skin, larthe chamois is used to reineve the "Shine" from the skin, see that Inct ehatiois is kept perfectly clean by fre- quent washings. It is well not to expect results too soon, Inc skin troubles anis Slow in yielding to treatment Later on in life, 'there will be compensation in the realization that an oily skin is slow to wrinkle. Tested Recipes, Pumpkin Butter—Seven pounds of Peelothstralpkin, four pounds of sugar, three oranges and three leMonS. Put the pumpkin through the food -chop - pee ,and then cook it ,clown, think. Add the juice of the oranges arid lemons .'anst the peebinge, -after putting them through the faod,ehopper. Parboil thetlie peelimgs noon or twice, if iran don't like a strong flavor, Then add the sugar, cook until thick and seal in earns ,While ha, Spanish Steak.—Cut ni slice of bacon in small pieces, add a chopped onion, and brown in. frying pan. When the onion is tender, add two, cupfuls of cooked tomatoes, two tablespoonfuls of Roue rubbed smooth in the juice of the tomato, a seasoning of salt and -peppee, a pinch of ground cloves, all- spice and cinnamon., and one-half tea- sponful of Worcestershire ,e,auce. Place one and one-half pounds ef flank steak in the batons of a pan, pews the sauce over it and hake one hour, or until perfectly tender. Norwegian Cheese—Prepare milk as far cottage cheese .but let it drain longer, as you want the curd drier than for cottage -cheese, then with a fork or fingers curable it into a jar or deep dish and covet. Set in et wan= place for two or three days, or until it is almost all soft or "ripo," then put in a skillet and -cook, Stir it constantly until all the lumps are dis- solved. Add salt to taste and a little butter before pouring into a deep dish. When cool it is ready to eat, It looks and tastes almost like brick cheese, buts somewhat -softer. 'Sandwiches.—Try cream cheese mixed with chopped green or red sweet pepper. It makes,' a pretty filling and is d'elicious, Then there is the combination of minced ham and 'sickles chopped fine, especially sweat cucumber pickles. Any kind of ehop. ped pickles can also be used with minced tongue or any kind of meat Cream cheese and jelly or .strawberry jam, plain cream cheese between slices of brown bread, very thin slices of white breasi with chili sauce and of course minced chicken with chopped olives, ate other egggestions. To make cin- namon boast which may Inc served with afternoon tea, toast thin slices of bread, butter quickly and put te- getelser with a generous sprinkling of cinnamon and sugar. Do You Wear a Mask? Some years ago, a man presented himself at a New York hospital to see if science could so patch up his face that he could go about among his fel- lows without wearing a mask. The man waa a chemist. In experimenting with explosives, the ingredients blew up, causing the accident which had marred hie fatee. He was holding a car- bon of nitric acid, at the time, and he stumbled and fell. For months he was not expected to live. His face was so frightfully disfigured that even his • wife fled from him in horror. After many experiments in grafting skin. from other parts of his body to bis face, the surgeons told bine that no power on earth could make him presentable again, that lie would for- ever hey° to conceal lite face behind a Mask. Itis a dreadful thing to he obliged to conceal one'S face from one's fel- lows and never, show it again; but there are =Mendes 'of people who al- ways yoleritarily wear a mask, They never show the'face of their real self. They aro always hiding behind a mask ,ef duplicity or tleeett—belend a lying -inack--bel,insi ti mask of dishonesty and Insincerity.? - Malty people ere conscious that they 'are not genuieli, not true, that they are not whirl: they pretend to bo; but "they do not seven to realize what a de- moralizing influence this is, bow it un- dermines the :character, the con- scioustiese of Wearing a mask, a not 'being: time, of -appearing to be some- thing.. which wit are not acts like a leaven its one's nature. It weilkone self-respect .and self-conticleince. There is one person in tine world wo must believe in if wo are going to make the most of life, We inuet be• lieve In oarself, and we cannot believe In oursele if we know that we an not genuine, that WO are not true, if we knew we are wonting a mask. "This above all: to thine own seal be • - tree. And it must follow, as the night the clay, Thon canst nat then be false to any man." Magazine. The Empire Supply of Timber. Even if we do 0101 accept the idea at a world timber fremine, we 'mut admit that never was there a time before in which the Empiee dependesi more on ite own efforts for its simply of tim- ber, nor has there ever been a time more favorable than the prawn tor urging the Examination of our Empire resources rind, if thought advisable, the definition of alt Empire foeest poliey.—Lord Levet at Edelen Pon fest* Conference. Of (he Scottish cities, Glasgow's POPulation is now 1,084,060, an lin creme of 25,6432 on 1811, White Edit - burghs goo& la 420,567, at decreeee of 3t770'. rtwereleall Oil Searchers' Fish Find. The oil prospector is busy all over the world. A coal mine may last for centuries, but the age or an oil well is but a few montha—a year or two at most. Often the drill has to be driven down thousands of feet before the oil - hearing sand is reached, and in pro - Gess of bering the' diamond -heeded point may encounter all sorts of curi- ous objects. A company at work on a new oil prospect in Southern California had' gone down about three hundred feet when beautifully clear cold water bubbled up. One man taeted it and almost immediately was doubled up in agonies of pain.. Analysis proved that the water contained arsenic. Another party, boring in Texas, got down to about four hundred and seven. ty feet when the drill, passing through solid rock, struck a cavity filled. with thin, sand and salt water. When the sand pump was brought into play, up came the sand and salt water, and wilt it hundreds of tiny shell -fish of (Inc "clam" variety. These were not fossils—the were alive, and it uumber were cooked for supper, s nsta.m.6401101.9.11134.41aaaMmIgooroMuumemmuartm.wqrsaromarawarn.wa mv.r, pwayerrewee The Young 01(1 Land Now Gullten, second largeet island an the glebe, occupies the paradoxical Position of being at once the oldest and youngest spot on the earth, There are found animals that roamed cen- turies ago, when ferns grew to the size of giant trees and glaciers were making valleys, and there too is cue of the few unexplored pertioni of ileo world. Thirty-six years ago Great 13ritain, Holland and Germany divided the is- land on paper, and with the exception of a few trading posts on the coast little change has been made. The pon Goa formerly hold by Germany has been placed under the control of Aus- tralia. The interior is 51111 held by Wild tribes which bear 11 ,strange re- semblance to the Negroes of Africa and their origin is a mystery. The Papuans, as the natives are called, are Pnbiopen in almost every eharac- teristic—woolly hair, flat noses and thick lips, while the natives of the alt. jaeent 'elands are Malayan. The Papuans seem to nave a weak - nese for elevated homes. In the north- ern and eastern portions of the island they build their houses on piles mel in the south-eastern part they live in rude huts in the trees. While undeni- ably savage, head hunting and canni- 'Allem are still practiced there, The natives liave the virtue Of cleanliness to a :narked degree, Balling with them Is almost is part -of their religion, and they believe the spirits of the de - Parted are as much addicted to water as tho living. Thjs Incliai aecounts for the carefully made petite which lead from store grave in a tribal cemetery to the water. The living have Made emooth the way of the dead to the, bna Tot 11,000 s mw eed' the island is cloise to (By., miles end supports a Population eetimatect at 1,000,000. Virtually the only portion of the is. land known IS 016 coastal region and is, of course, tropleel in character, us the &water ts only About twenty miles oft its northernmost point. The animal life in New Guinea is strange to western oyes and repre- sents a fauna of bygone ages. All of the native animals aro marsupials, having pockets, like the opossum of North America, and many of them lay eggs, like birds. In the number and beauty of its birds the Island Is with.. out a rival, Oue of the incest beautiful members of the feathered family ne• tree to the island is the gorgeous bird of patadise. Bird skim, form one of the tibia items of export from the is- land. The Power of Position. We began our trip with a day at Niagara Falls. As we stem.' watching the rush of mighty water the tremen- things through Christ which strength- dous power of it fascinated its ani enett me"? It wes not the poiver 155 made us forget ourselves. There is hereat in Paul, himself, for not maws - enough power in the falls to turn all the wheels. of that part of the countwr. Ye'a" before 1113 "°W". was ltb ow like e water of the Dead Sete Where does Niagara Falls get s He had sunk into the depths a selfish. Power? And how is it that such vast nese and sin. power is stored up in the water of Niagara, whereas water of 'twiny times that volume, such as the Dead Sea, is Powerless? Of course the power is not inherent in the water itself; if the Dead Sea could be raised to the top of a cliff and poured over the edge, it also would have 'vast power: but there it lies thirteen hundred teat below the level of the sea, lacking the power even to lift a tiny stream out of its own depths to serve the world.. No, the power is not inherent in the water itself; it is the power of position! water. I thought of another power, not of water, but of souls—the power of an endless life. What wan it that made Paul able to Bay, "I can do all The power of Paul and the power of every soul 'mighty in Chriet is the power of position. -. is the power 01 the life lired above the sordid world. Christ said, "And e if I be lifted ap, . . . . will draw all men auto me." He was "lifted up," and He has shone dime with hie infinite light and warmth Inter the sea of sin and raised souls to blot:mit Th.ere in that posh tion of power beside Christ we are no longer lichees like the dead Sem but have infinite power so that via an say, And as I looked at the rushing "I can ,lo all things. Stories of Fa °Its People Sonie people ean never make 1112 their minds, white others often defer their decision because, they love argu- ment for its own sake. Perhaps the reputation Mr. Balfour has lo sound quarters tor indecision is explained by the fact that be relishes a discussion, whether it is on the subject or Bee tains foreign relations or the advisa: bility of holdiug on to a nnad bull's tail. One day, during an important de- bate, Mr. Balfour rattled off a, string of logic, while M. Clemenceau listeued to him with deferential resignation. At last. after about tweuty minutes, the speaker sat down, "C'est fini?" querried M. Oaten. mr. Ellrour intimated than he had finished. '!Tell me," said M. Clemenceau blandly, "are you for or against?" * There have been many rumors of the return of Mr. Boner Law to the rirl. tieh House of Commits, but apparent- ly ho has no preght intention of emerging from his retirement. He does not soem anxious to "face the music again." perhaps because he has act „inherent' dislike of =Isle of any kind. There is an amusing story which illustrates his avereion, The incident occurred during the Peace Conference, when he waa taken to hear the comic opera; "La Mile de Maclaine Angot," tis Pette. Afterwards Inc was asked: hove he had enjoyed it, . . "Well, it wouldn't be so bad,".he re n11811, "if It wean% for the singing!" 0 * It, fel pleasant to reeall, in the midst of micomeertable ;,:hought about India, that Hindus nosses,s their, sense ot humor and can enjoy the lighter side 01 1110. An 111i11an maharajah's car was re, cantly held up before Buckiegimin Palace. He scintillated with emeralds, pearls, and fusmanas, and. an Amer". can woman stopped to admire his dez- zling brilliance. At last she could not contain her curiosity, and addressee him. "Do you speak English?" sho eslcod. The mahatojait rewarded her with n beautiful smile. and shook his head es though regretting tint conversation between thorn was impossible. "Now I erongler," sail oho ,linerican Duly to her companion, "I wonder how much those jewels nrn worth? Tine is," she edited, "if they are real?" As the maharajah's motet, moved on the noble occupant beet forward and murmured in her ear: "Paste." 154. 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