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A. Brimful. Faith,
(By the Rev, la DeWitt Talmage, D. D.)
"And they filled them up to the brim."
John II. 7.
there is any paesage in the Bible
teaebes lie to expeet big thinge
.from God, it is tint sentence which ben
chosen for my text. When Josue eem-
mended the servants. at the wedaing of
Cana of Galilee to fill up tbe water -pots,
they did not go grumbling, around say-
ing, "Oh, what is the ose? What the
guests need is wine, not water* Besides,
Jesus is not asking us to fill one water -
pot, hut six of thenel Why, those six
water -pats will hold one bemired ana
thirty-five gallons. .Think of the long
distance we will have to travel down to.
the well to get that water! Think of
all the fun aad the Mode -and the songs
we will lose while we are gone," No,
those young men spake not thus. They
obeyed orders. If they had _known what
was about to occur,. they would. have.
said:. "If Christ can change the water
into wine, then the more water we have,
the more wine we shall have.° So they
took their buckets ana started off for
the well. They kept emptying the water
into the waterpots until the water ran
over the tops of the waterpots. "Aud
they filled them up to the brim," They
didbig things for God, and they got big.
things, Mt we to -day learn to have "a
briinfni. faith," May we expect God to
Nese us mightily in every department of
life, and in our youth and midale age
and old age.
Let us, in the first place, have a brim -
la faith in reference to our prayers. Let
us learn that prayer to God is not a nar-
row ledge of rock upon the side of a
mighty 'precipice when we must stand
trembling and pleading for eternal life,
or else our foot will slip, and we o
tumble into the bettondess pit. But
prayer. is the broad invitation God givee
to His children to come and talk with
Hint and ask what they will, and He will
grant their requests, if it is best for
them to be granted. 'Prayer is a n,,o9111.
sory note that God puts into our hands,
and we are eneouraged to fill it out lib-
erally, Preyer is the hold we have on
the power that is capable of recreating
ourselves, and recreating our deer ones,.
and lowering the bars so that we can
enter into great fields of usefulness.
Preyer is the most vital spiritual power
we have on earth. With it we can °etch
the ear of the Lord God Almighty, ana
He will listen to our petitions ana grant
them, if it is best for us and. for thoae.
for whom we pray. What says the
Bible? Is then any limitations to the
petitions we are to make to Gad? Nay,
All things will be granted for our beit
welfare if these petitions are mule in the
spirit of Jesue Christ. "Ask, and it shall
be given to you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you."
But though this sweeping invitetion
given to make our prayers as big as hes-
yen itself, some of the most mieerable
and contemptible and insignificant things'
in the world. are those we ask in the cir-
cumscribed and limited petitions which
we make to God through the gateway
of prayer.
Instead of starting with a great sweep
of holy desires to benefit all mankind
through prayer, instead of filling up six
great waterpots with petitions for God's
boner and glory, we come to 'God with a
little thimble. filled with our selfish de-
sires, and we call that prayer. Thus
some of us go on year in and year oat,
making jot of miserable little selfish
petitions, and call those petitions prayer,
Not for years have we broadened the
scope of Our spiritual horizon. Not for
years have we made ono prayer bag
enough to obliterate self and take in
Goa's glory and honor. The way some
of us make poor, puny, silly, selfish
preyers is enough to make the angels in
heaven laugh, were it not for the fact
that those -prayers are so tragic.
Shall we never grow bigger than self?'
Are we living and praying for our own
personal ends? Thank God, all men are
not living for themselves. There. are
_thousands and tens of thousands, some
of them far poorer than we, who :lee
living and praying for others.
Amplify your prayers. Make them big
enough to take in tbe necessities of the ,
whole human race. But do more than
that. After you have prayea thus, go
forth with the confidence that Goa will
anewer your prayers upon a big scale.
Driving.
So lie drove out the man.—Gen, Hi. 24.
Oh, this driving power! It Ls driving
still, it is driving me. For me it singe
° its virgin regulem at the gate of Ed ut.
For me the flashing swerd gleams, turn-
ing every way. For me tbe crenee
down in torrents on the deck of the tuae.
Don't you heer the waters roar? They
rise, the sweil singing the mighty dirge
over a drowned world. They sing -for
me, for you. For me Abel builds his
altar and Cain wears his frown, For ine
Abraham etu'ries the lite and the knife.
For me the frogs croak and. stare nt
baby Moses on his raft, For me the
sheep bleats maternal hymn in Midian,
For me the liee bite the skia of Pharaoh
and frogs creep into. his bed. Vor
the darkness and the death while
is in the dwellings Of Israel. For me the
trumpet yoke, "Let my people go."
'Miriam sings for me.
Deborah shouts her eloquence for nie.
Samuel walks the dark with naked feet
for me. David tunes his harp for me.
Imtiah chant) his repartees for me, Daniel
braves the fire for me, Driving clouds
sail for nie. Strong winds howl for me.
The voice Of the Lord breaketh the ce-
dars. Angels give sings in the night for
me. Mary adores for me, Jordan's bap-
tisnial waters roll for me. The ass and
his Rider heads the protession, innocent
hosarinaes vibrate for tea Unbroken
waters of joy Toll for ine, Praises of
heaven and earth centralize for me. En-
ergy' of patrierehs, prophets, martyrs,
concentrate their forces on me.
Like a mighty tide they rise, they roll,
they press with vehement power, WI
hurl ine on the Rock of Ages, where I
tun safe for evermore.
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"Not a. bit of it," retorted Lavarielc,
airily, "I'd defy even Tmle to Bee
through tide get-up. Good, ain't itt"
and he chuckled and stroked the grey
beard, .
Jordau eyed him repellently.
"It is good nail it A penetrated," he
said, curtly.
Meta so," aseentea Litvarioa, cheer-
fully. "I thought it best to come to tho
front door this tirne. Some one might
have heara us talking in the room
there"—he jerked his finger over ais
ehoulder—"end, thinking It was bur-
glars, raise a row, And now what's it
to be, Sir Jordan? You've had tinae to
thank it over, sod, like a sensible man,
you've made up your mind, to come to
Prayer.
Our God and Father, by whose (inert,.
ing wisdom ail our life has been foreeeen
and planned, We know that lit Thy peovi-
dence some tribrlation must enter into
every human lot. We bless Thee tbat
for every sorrow Thou hest provitlea
eortsolation, and that we 'can bring our
wounded hearts and tell our anguish to
One who is Able to heal. We thank Thee
for the assuraneeaef Thy titre. Our lives
sire precious in Thy sight, end ettlant-
ity cal• overtitke ra tholes not lertown
Thee ortil width Thou eaust not overrule
to our highest and most lasting good.
We thank Thee also for the eertain hope
of inimortality and for the expectation
of the heavenly mansions where ;resits
svelte to welcome all Ills own.
titled by the Truth, strengthened by the
Life, help us to walk the Way esibleh
Ietiele to life etetnel, Amon.
terms--chr
Jordan leaned back al his chair, hist
ey-es downcast.
"I have deoided on my eourse of action
in the matter," he said, slowly. "I will
give you the money you ask -0
Lavarick snapped his fingers triumph-
autly and chuckled.
"Thought you would," he said, nod-
ding. "You're a sensible mita, Sir Jor-
dan, Another man might have played
bluff a little longer—"
"On one condition," said Joadan,
haughtily. "And that is that you place
the will in my hands and a declaration
that you saw my—Sir Greville burn it
on the night of his death."
Lavarick stared and frowned.
"What's the meaning of that, now?"
he asked. "What's your drift, eh?"
Jordan looked up at him with an evil
smile,
"For a claming scoundrel, Banks, you
are 'singularly oletuzie,' he said, with a
sneer , "You forget, too, a little in.ci-
dent in your past career. I refer to
your conviction for forgery—"
Lavariek, still eyeing him suspiolously,
swore impatiently.
"What's that to do with it?"
"Merely this," reterted Jordan, almost
sweetly, "that I think it highly prolo
able that in exchange for my money
you would give me a forged copy of the
will and retain a genuine one for another
occasion."
A gleam of real admiration lit up Lay-
ariclas faoe.
"'Pon my soul, you're cute," he ex-
claimed, under hie breath. "That's what
you'd have done, lan't it?"
Jordan smiled. and east down his eyes.
"And I never thought of it!" raut-
tared Lavarick, with honest shame and
remorse. "I never thought of it, so help
mei Sir Jordari, you're a olever man,
and I admire you! And to prove it I
say—done with you.'
And he held out his claw-like hand..
Jordan looked at it as if he would ra-
ther handle a snake than touch it.
"Good," he Amid.. "That is my one con-
dition. Give me that, and 1 am con-
tent. You anay leave the country or "
"Wait here till you've hit upon a plan
for getting me safely lagged and sent
back to jail," finished Lavarick, with a
grin. "No, thank you. Onoe I touch the
coin I'm off. I did want to stay in tho
old eountry a little longer—"
He stopaed and his face darkenea
ivith an evil soowl.
Jordan watched him.
"Whether you stay or go is your
business," he said, coldly. "I have only
to arrange for the—the exchange*"
Lawtriok noddde.
"I've thought of that," he said. "Bring
the money—Ill take it in notes. Oh, I'm
not afraid you'll stop them. You
couldn't without ca using an in-
quiry, you know. Bring the
notes to Lynne Burrows on Friday night
at ten o'clock. meet you by the
clump of trees."
"Why not bring it here?" asked Jor-
dan, thoughtfully.
Lavarick smiled and shook his head.
"No, thank you, Sir Jordah. I wouldn't
truiet mystlf with that precious docu-
ment in my possession under your roof.
You're so clever, you see. Think of your
hitting upon the idea of my forging a
duplioatel No, no. 'We're safe, both of
us, in the Burrows."
Jordan pondered a moment or two.
"Way Friday?" he said, sharply. "The
wilkois not in your possession?"
o you mean do I oarry it about with
nee? No, I certainly do not; I'm not
sudh a fool, in fact. You don't carry the
Lyme diamonds in your coat pocket, do
you? Well, this will's worth almost as
-emu& to me as they aro to you. I've
got it hid away snug and safe, and I'll
predate it on Friday, as I say. rm not
afraia, you'll go back on me. You can
bring Trele if you like. But you know
better, What we both of us want is to
settle this little affair between ourselves
quietly and comfortably:.
"Very well," said Jordan, "I have no
more to say," he added, after a pause,
and he glaneed significantly at the door
and 10,14 his hand on the bell.
Lavaniek took up the higlay respecta-
ble hat, which formed part of his dis-
guise, then, AA if by a sudden impulse,
strati:flied out his hand and raotioned Sir
jordan mit to ring the bell.
"Half a momente' he Baia, hesitating-
ly, and looking down at the thick Tur-
key carpet with a strange and curious
expreesion on his face, "We've arrang-
ed boa little raetter, Sir Jordan; but --
but there's another matter I wanted. to
speek to you about."
"What is it a° said jordan) impatient-
ly, 6,nd risieg as she spoke, as if the
mates company grew mote intolerable
oath moment.
Lavarick gnawed at his lip, and evi-
dently made an effort to speak ituliffer-
just taisr he Bald, and his voice
was thieker and huskier even then us -
nal; "you might remember, Sir Jordstai,
that I"—he paused—"that I've got a
daughter?"
Jordan was standing in front of his
chair, sod as Limerick spoke he seemed
10 grow suddenly stiff and elgid; then he
tamed to the letters on the small table
beside him, so that hie back was toward
LaVierick, as he rep,d:
"Yes, I retaember:
pausea again, and
geeing 04 if ha found it diffieult to pro-
teea—"ette—the was my only °Mid. She
Was like her niother." Ile glitaced
Sit laden as if he expectea him to
sneer, and meant to revolt the sneer if
it mune; but Jordan looked steadily at
the carpet* "Irer--hee mother Wall a
gooa woman, better wife than de-
ecirvea, and it Wiui a good job she died be -
fora -a, avite very fond of my little girl,
Sir Jordan. You laugh, I tlare say, ahd
you think that 'melt- as I aro haven't any
right to feelings,"
"X Was hot laisghing," mild Jordan,
Wetly, and without raking his eyes.
o on."
"Well," returned Lavarlek, huskily,
"my rl Was all tls world tO Ine, end
Ant if anythitig would have kept Me
atraight, she would; but I'm one of
those who can't go straight. I suppose
there's something in the blood Viet
drives a outo to the devil whetber he will
or won't I'm a bad lot, I knoare but I
was fond, and proud of my girl, and the
worst part of tato business when I was
mint off Was the thought that I was
leaving her all alone and without any
one to look After her,"
Ile paused and cleared his throat.
"It was the &mislaid longing to see
her that drove me to invoicing out of
quod. I thought if I could get away and
take leer to some place on the other side
cif the herring pond, she and me could
make a fresh start. Well, I got out," he
continue& with a touch of pride in his
tone, "end I risked, everything to come
down here end see her, I know I was
running into danger, just putting ray
head into the lion's mouth, as you'd say;
but I risked it, And when I got down
here I foUnd"—he stopped and turned
his head away—"I found that my Rachel
had. gone."
.Tordan still gazed at his boots, out-
avardly °aim and indifferent, but his
heart was beating nineteen to tho dozen,
and his brain was hard. at work.
"She eves gone. Thet was bad enough,
but there was worse hehind. My girl
bad Wiwi into bad hands, Some
villain aad—had played her false, and
she'd gone off with him."
His harsh voice trembled, and Jordan,
gleaming up, eaw that he wae shaking
AA if with ague.
"That's all I could hear, It nearly drove
Tao nand, I couldn't make inquiries; 1
daren't stop and try and find. her. I had
to bolt as you know. But I swore I'd
come bank and find out who it was that
ruined her and—well, I've come back.
But I'm as far off as ever. No one of
course—know anything more than that
she went off with some one, and that
ghee not been seen in Stoneleigh since,"
He dashed his hand. across his eyes
with an oath at the emotion which he
ould not conceal, and looked out of the
window.
"It occurred to me." he went en, after
a pause during Which Jordan remained
silent and watchful, "that you might
have tweed—something; that you might
know who it was that led her astray.
You see you're a magistrate and the lo-
cal swell, and—things generally come to
the ears of a man in your place. I want
to find her." He stammered hoarsely. "I
don't care what she's done; ehe's my girl,
my Rachel still, and .want her. But I
want the man that ruleed her woriel
I've sworn—look here, Sir Jordan, most
good men like yourself, for instanee,"
and he laughed, grirnly, "say their pray-
er's at night. I'm not 'good' anyway, and,
instead, I've sworn an oath every night
before I've laid down that I'd have my
revel? on the man that robbed me of
my g rl. And if he'e alive and e,an find
him I'll keep that oathl"
lie raised his clenched hand as he
spoke and swore fearfully.
"That's all I wanted to ask you," he
said. "Just answer it, and I'm off. Just
tell me anything you may have heard—
anything might give lite a clue, Why,
look here -"and he struck the small table
so that the letters danced again—"I'd
rather lose the money I'm to get from
you than give up my hope of revenge up-
on the villain that ruined my little girl!'
It was at that moment that an inspir-
ation visited Jordan. It came as a flash
as most inspirations do, and its sud-
denness sent the blood to his pale face.
"You will get into trouble, my good
Banks," he said, gravely, "You had Let-
ter forget your daughter. and put your-
self beyend the reach of the pellet."
Levan* laugbed, a gruesome d
of laugh.
"You think so. Well, look here; if the
anan I want was standing with a police-
man on each side of him I'd fly at his
throat and as I choked hint I'd say Ten
Jim Banks, the father of the girl you
ruined!' and I'd *ill hiM and be haig-
ed for it afterward."
Jordan turoeci pale. and his yes aid
themselves under their thick lids.
"I—I scarcely know whether I shmild
be justified in telling you,' he begen,
hesitatiagly.
Lavarick turned upon him eagtely.
"You know something!" he exclaimed.
"What is it. Tell me!"
Jordan bit his Hp softly as if etill
considerihg, then he said, slowly:
"I cannot refuse a father's appeal.°
Lavarick swoee impatiently.
"Curse that!" he said, hoarsely. "Out-
with what you know."
Jordan rose end looked deem at the
carpet pensively".
"You say that your daughter's name
was Rachel?"- he said.
"Rachel!" assented Lavarick, huskily,
"What is it? Wbat do you know?"
Jordan sighed.
ly with your aaughter Reehele awl my
fatitel taaml Neville with hia intetale4
perfidy, and bade him re up hie do.
ewe upon a young an innocent girl.
Rut I am asaamea te say thet my half.
brother Neville well ea Wilful end ebsta
mete ea he Wei vicious, He persietell in
hie evil emerges.; a etormy !igen!) onsuea
between my !tether awl him, and thole
Nevin°, disappeared. I feer—eI greatly
feer that lie perituade4 your unhappy
daughter to aecompany him."
Lavaricie stood white and treMbling.
"la this One of your Hee?" he get out
at last. "Is this a dotige, a yours to
oeme over met"
JimIan sbook his hood,
"Yoo do right to aletrust law, Banks.,"
he said, "but I am telling you the truth.
Why sboald eoncoet this, story? ady
brother Neville is tioubtlees dead, end
' beyond the reach ot your vengeance; in-
dweient.1,,,, if I did not think so, I should not
have told yen, for I bear him oo W
Levartak's trembling lam twisted into
a Sneer.
"You hate him," he seide hoarsely,
"But that's nothing to do with me. Give
me proofs. What's that in your hand.?"
"The proof you. ask for," said Jordan,
and then, as if reluctantly, he handed
Lavarick the poper,
It was an ola letter which had tipper -
(mile been partly burned. The date and
the 'commencement were destroyed, but
the body and the signature remained.
Lave.rick seized it and examined it,
then ao glared up at Jordan.
ber handwriting!" he said,
hoarsely. "It's her name—Rechel's1"
atunide,he dashed leis aaad on the signa-
"You rectegnize it?" saki Jordan, greve,
ly, alinoet pityingly. "It's a heartrend-
ing letter; the appeal of a. helpless girl
to the man who has ruined end deserted
her,"
"Where—where did you get it from?"
demanded leevarick, wiping his eyes as if
the sight of the familiar hand.writing
had blinded thern.
"I found it in my brother's room when
I wile cleaning it out after my father's
death," said Jordan, quietly, "It was
lying among some burned papers. Will
you return it to me, please?"
Lavariek folded it mid thrust it in
his pocket, his oyes lixed Jordan's
face with an awful look.
"Return. it? Nol I'll return it to
him! I'll return it to him when I'm kill -
hal him! Oh, my God!" and he seized
his bead -with both hands and held a
as if he were going toehaeO a fit, "My
poor girl—my poor girll Deacl—you
say he's deadl He's not! He's alive,
and :all find him! I'll—" He stop-
ped as if ,he were choking, end tore at
his collar and ueektie. "Give mo some
water."
ato seized a carafe from a side table
and gulped down a glassful, then stood
breathing hard and staring vacantly at
Jordan. '
Jordan stood, rather paler than usual,
but with hie eyes fixed on the carpet.
"For your own sake," ho said, tiled
you will not commit any rash deed. For.
your own sake—"
ai.avariek stopped him with a gesture
at once defiant and savage.
"Lean that to me!" he said, broken-
ly; then he leughed horrible laugla
"If you'd only told me this, given me
this letter last night, I'd. have Iet you
off -the money." •
iisitseritaecde,. and a gleam of
r4grPLoaevotrar°jircildelaaanughed again.
"But I'll have the money and my re-
venge, too. Curse you both; curse every-
body by the name of Lynne! It's. you
and the likes of you that drive us to
the devil. My girl—my pretty, innecent
girl—" He broke .down again, but re..
covered himself as if he had a suspicion
that Jordan, for all his grave face, was
enjoying the sight of his misery. "Pm
going," he said, breathing hard. "Friday,
remember! I'll have the money, It will
help me to find him. Your brother won't
trouble you . after I've done with him,
Sir Jordan-"
He went to the door, but his hand
shook ab that he could aot turn the
handle.
"Open it!' he said, roughly.
Jordan obeyed and aeoompanied him
down stairs and to the halI door.
"You will take care of te papers, Mr,
Smith,' ho said, blandly, for the bene-
fit of the footman in the hall.
But Lavarielc, as if he had forgotten.
his assumed character and part, strode
down the steps and along the drive with
bent head and white, distorted face, his
hand clutching the pocket in veal& he
had. thrust the letter.
AN HONEST DOCTOR
ADVISED P141141A,
Mr. Sylveater IA. Smith, Rem, 21%.
Granite liteek, St, Lonis, MO., writes:
"PerUna le the beet friend a siek nasal
eau lien.
"A few months ago X eame here in
Ivrea/404 eonditton. Expoeure, damp -
Doss had ruleted oleo. robust heeltit.
I beet eaterrhal Offectione of the bron-
Wel tubee, and Or a time there. Wee a
doubt aa to lay reeovery.
goed bonest old doctor. advhtd
-me to take Peruna, which X -.did awl 14
a 400 time my health began to im-
prove rapidly, the bronchial trouble
gradually dioappeared, and in three.
months my health was fnlly restored.
"Aocept a grateful Mane for
his. restoration, to perfect healta,"
Peerueno for tila Pailenta
"Heaven knows whether I am actiag
Wisely in—in telling you what I know,"
he said, "and if I do so it in the hope
that I may aid you to recover your
daughtera-not that you may wreak your
vengeance upon her betrayer. I think
saw her but once or twice as passed
through the town. I should not remem-
ber her if I were to meet her agaiii—"
"Go onl" broke in Lavarick, impati-
ently.
"You must let rne tell you in iny own
way," said Jordan, rebukingly, "Did you.
know my half brother, aTeville?" he
asked, as if with painful reluctanee.
Lomita* darted.
"No," he %mid. "He woe at college,
suppose, when I was at home bere.
never saw him, Whate—why--"
"'Wait," said Jordan, almost gently.
"Wait here for a moment."
/14 went out and returned after a
minute er so with letter i tails hand.
minute or so With a letter in his hand.
down with the gait, and, indeed, the ex-
pression, of a tiger thirating for blood,
stopped and glared at him.
"What's that?" he asked.
3Ordan held the letter
"I do not know, as I said, whether I
am noting wisely in showing you this.
ain not coital/iced that it—ma—brings
home the guilt of your daughtera be.
ttayiti the person vela! received this
letter, but I cenriot withhold my myna
path" from you, or refuse 0) help a
father in the scorch for his bet chile
Lavarick eyed him with savage
credulity arid suspicion,
"Stow all Ire said hoarsely.
°What Is it?"
"I will tell you," told loam, gravely.
"Yon taunted me that night with being
the cause of the TAM) betWeert my
father and my half-brother Neville. It
was an ignorant and unjutt accusation.
The cause ef the trouble between Sir
Greville and Neville, who was his favor -
Ito son, Vats—your daughter."
Levert& started back, gasping.
"WW1" be enid, alecost initudibla,
his eyes fixed on Jordan'. free.
Jordan shook his head gravely.
"What X tell aou is truer lie seal. "It
CHAPTER XXIV.
A wise maxim maker has aeserted
that there can be no love between two
women when both are young and pretty.
As is usual with maxim makers, he was
'Wrong, and Sylvia and Audrey proved
ehim so.
They were drawn toward each other
by a mutual sympathy which acted with
qua...force. Sylvia had gene through the
furnace through which Audrey seemed
novrko be passiag. But though Sylvia
saw that something was troubling her
newly made friena, she did. not ask for
Audrey's confidence, and Audrey did not
give it, But notwithstanding this) the
two girls had fallen in love with each
other with that quiet fervency Which
evidences somehing warmer, deeper, ana
more lasting than a transient fancy.
The day after their meeting in Syl-
via's room Audrey drove round to Bury
street and. carried Sylvia off to Gienve-
nor Square.
Lady Marlow at first received her with
a mixture of kindness and reserve, bat
before an Lour had passed, Sylvia had
made her way, unconsciously aria with-
out any effort on her part, into ber
ladyship's heart, and the viscount, hap-
pening to como in to lunch, wais as
promptly captured and enslaved. .
The two girls went out for a drive to-
gether, and Aadrea promised on their
returit to call at Sylvia's abiding place
on the following afternoon, and take tint
with het, and afterward ea:m*1y hot
to the theatre,
Audrey Mune the next afternoon, mid
the girls sat and talked over their tee,
as women who are fast and loving
friends delight to talk. Andrey wee res-
plendent in her evening dress, and Syli-
via was laughingly admiring her, and
holding up a hand mirror that Audrey
Might survey herself When the Maid-
servant enteria,
Sylvia, think* she lied. come to
WINO the tea aervice, paid her no attea.
tioh; eviem Audrey, who evas .trying to
put aside the mirror, suddenly uttered
it cry and hale rose,
turned her heed to eee whet
was the 'Matter and- saw a tell 'tiger°
etaralieg tboldoorway.
She dropped the glass and ran forward
with both hands outdretthed, eitelstim-
ings
"Lord Lerrintore!"
He took her hands and held them so
tightly that he hurt her, 33nt his eyes
did not meet hers, they were fixed on
the pale and downeast face of Audrey
Hope.
"Audrey! Miss Hope, you hovel" ex.
claimed Lorrimore, hie dark foes flush.
ing, his eyes lighting up with a sudden
joy and gladnees,
looked front olio to the other,
but not a glimmering of the tenth
tame to my father s ears that dawned upon her,
wae—well, well—being sten too frequent- lac be continua)
strAee rPo
all Mee of 'eatarrh, and. find it to be
.y3,3:. 0,85;4;980 liabley
"1 am using your Peruna, myself, and
am Teem:unending it to my patikutik in
more than you represent. Peruna can le
lead now of all druggists in this eve-
tion..At the time I began using it, it wpm
unknown."
4*
MUOkr.pte Attack Picnic Party.
A picnic was breken ap by large rats
yesterday at Lafayette Island, on tho
Sohuylkill, Thee. luneteen young lady
membere of the club evith their escorts
landed on the island in the morning, All
went well tuitil the afternoon, evhen
swarrne of muskrats began to appear
and soon every table held groups of
frighten:ea girle.
Miss Gertruae Biernetz, Miss Alioe
Wirnot and Mise Sara Hilson were all
bitten by the rata. The pionickere fin-
ally escaped boats,—Frora the Phila-
delphia Press.
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BETTER THAN .SPANKING.
Spanking does not cure' children of
bed-wetting, There is a constitutional
cause far this trouble. Mrs. M. Sum-
mers, Box W. 8, Windsor, Ont., will send
free to any mother her successful home
treatment_ tvith full instrutions. Send
no money, but write her to -day if your
children trouble you in this way. Don't
blame the child, the chances are it can't
help it. This treatment also cures adults
Rid aged people troubled avith urine dif-
ficulties by day or night.
• tie
KILL THE FLIES!
Tphheeyy caarrerydadngeaetrhouisn. many instances.
They oome to the kitchen bearing foul-
ness.
They force thelr way into the very
siekTlirer delight in filth, as well as fresh
talele supplies.
They bring yet more microbes to the
sick and auffering,
,And from the sick they carry them to
others who may be made ill.
'After meals all food save such as is
worth earefully screening and putting in
the ice box should be burned or burred,
Zerosene should be poured in drains,
and in rooms the burning of pyrethrum
powder will kill these dangerous pests,
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Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria.
Fate of Alaskan Fur Seal Horde.
"The Alaskan fur seal herd 'is being
rapidly exterminated by pelagic sealing
vessels, mainly Canadians," said Profes-
sor David Starr Jordan. Those sailing
vessels follOw the herd as it moves along
our Pacific coast in the spring, and en-
ters Bering Sea at the end of the clove
season i,n August, when they are free
under the ineffectual regulations adopted
by the Paris tribunal to use the spear—
more deadly than the sholigun—in kill-
lhg, outside of the sixty -mile zone, the
seals that frequent these waters in pur-
suit of food. As these seals are mainly
feznales that have' brought forth their
young on the Pribiloff Islands, the kill-
ing of 'the mother seals results in the
starvitioo of the young upon the land,
and the inevitable rapid extinetion of the
fur seal herd. Unless something is done
for the grotection of the seal herds with,
in five years not only the Alaskan but
aslo the Russian seal herds will be coin-
pletely exterminated, and deprive this
country of a. valuable source of revenue
and tha world of a great boon.a—From
the Washington Herald.
A Grammatical Exception...
BIG LOAP OF OYSTER SHELLS..
...01•1%,0,10
Wm to Which it is Prepooed to Put
a ahlpment of 30,000 Bushels.
The barge W. Cooklin, of New 1700 -
don, Qapt, Law, carried the largeet eon -
filament of °eater shello ever teken
/rein this harbor when the ealled on Sun-
day. There were about 30,000 bu.shels of
elielle in the carte°, representing 30,000
gallorei of oysters. The nsual barge ship.
ment of shells from thie port is between
10,000 and 10,000 buthele, although the
largest previeus cargo was 0,000 bosh -
els. The shells are to be used in cover-
ing oyeter bede in New Haven.
They are put on the bode in prepare -
tion for the spawning seaeon, whieh le
close at hand. Oyster spewn, unlike
other fish spawn, is a creamy subetanee
whieh rittes te the serfage) ef the water
aod (after fleeting about in the form of
Scum Oinks to the bottom and. adheres
to whatever heed substance it comes in
contact with, Thus the ;hailing of the
beds faollitatee propagation, and a large
number of &wile are useil evety year in
that manner, The pilee of shells front
whieh thipments were being made eon-
tained over 110,000 bushels before it
was broken Ina:a—From the Providence
Tribune. '
The Teacher of Elocution—Do you
mean to sa.y that you said "no" to Mr.
Stuper twice?
The Grammar Teacher—Yes; and
then he went away and said he would
never °epee back any more; anal was
so sure he would know what I meapt by
a double negative.—The Bohemian Mag-
azine.
7 SUTHERLAND SISTERS
SCALP CLEANER
Is the only Dandruff Curel.Por shampooing
it htte no equal. Sold by all druggists; Mi.
or sent postpaid front the Seiven Sutherland
Sisters 179 King Street, Toronto, on reoeipt
of ;1414.
ISSUE 190$
Qoeer Virginia Oystere.
But sure enough, did you know there
were some oysters, and Virginia oysters
et that, which cannot live always under
sheete of water? The seaside oyster does
not grow in deep water,. say over ten
feet, and the most and best of them
grow in water so shoal that it is dry ebb
half the time. These. latter are the most
prolific eeed bearers we lutve; hut they
will die if planted in deep water or in
the Chesapeake Bay. The inside or bay
oyster should never ebb bare to thrive
best. Singular, isn't it, Went the .Virginia
oysters, one and 'the mune bivalves, can
lead a double life, but only one phase of
it at a. time The seaside fellow must
be out of water a good. portion of his
time to thrive, while the bay and river
fellow will die in summer and freeze in
winter if exposed to the eir,—From the
Virgin* Citizen.
Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper.
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"BOBS."
(Lord Roberts Will attend the Quebec! ter-
centenary celebration.)
There's a little red -face man,
Which is Bobs.
Rides the tallest 'orse he can—
Oar Bobs.
If It bucks or.kleks or rears,
'E can sit for twenty years,
With a smile 'round both his ears—
Can't yer, )3obs?
Then. 'ere's to Bobs Bahadur—little Bobs,
Bobs, Bobs!
,a,s our pukkaKandaratlar—Plgeitin' Bobs—
Bobs, nobs!
kE's tha Dook of Aggy
'E's the man that. done us well,
'An' we'll follow 'inz to 'ell —
Won't we' Bobs?
If a limber's slipped a trace,
'Ooit on Bobs.
If a marker's lost 'is place,
Dress by Bobs.
Per 'e's eyes all up 'is coat,
An' a bugle in his throat,
Au' not play the goat
Under Bobs.
'Vs a little down on drink
Chaplain Bobs ;
But R keeps us outer Clink—
Don't it, Bobs?
• So we will not complain
esize"ea water on the brain,
If 'a Ieads us straight againJ
lilue-light Bobs.
If you stood 'lin on 'is head,
rather. Bobs,
You could spill a quart o' lead
Outer Bobs.
'E's bean tit it thirty years,
An—amasain' souvetteers
In tho way o' slugs opears —
Ain't yer, Bobs?
What 'e does not know o' war,
Clon'ral
You can ar,st the shop next door—
Can't they, Bobs?
0-11, 'e's little, but 'e'e Wise!
'E's a terror for 'is size,
An,--'e—does—not—advertlse—
Do yer, Bobs?
New they've made a bloomin' Lord
Outer Baba,
WAS hut 'Li, fair reward—
Weren't it Bobs?
An' wear a coronet
Where 'is helmet used to set,
But we know you woa't torget—
Will yor, Robs?
Then 'are's to Bobs Bahadur—little Bobs,
Bobs, Bobs!
oeeket-wetun'ton an' arder—rightin' Blobs.
"Bobs, Bobs!
alit't no bloomlii' oda,
But you've helped the seldier's load,
An' for benefits bestowed,
Bless yer, Bobs; .
—Rudyard
After suffering eighC years*
thiswornan was restored to health
by Lydia E. Pinkharn's Vegetable
Compound. Itead her letter.
Mrs. A. D. Trudeau, .Arnprlor,
Ontario, writes to Mrs. Plnkham:
"X auffefed terribly atone uleeria
tion of the eeminine organs for eight
oeare. I tried lour doetoris but got no
relief) and thooght IwOula have t.o die.
" 0Oe da.y X saw an edvertiaeinent of
Lyditt Pinkham's Vegetable Com-
pound in the paper. X sent lot some,
and before I had used fivo bottles I
woke entirely cured. X hope every sof-
feriage 'amazon will take my adVloo and
two Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compthend."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMENN
FOr thirty yearn Lola E. Pink-
haia's Vegetable Conipouncil made
from roots and herbs, has been the
Standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively owed thousands of
WOM6ti Wh011itY6 been troubled -with
displateinents, inflammation, uleera.
blot fibroid tuniors, irregularities;
peridio pains, baokaehe, that bear'
hig &Tit feelhigs flatuleney, indigos.
tion,diviness or tOrt01.13 prostration.
Why- don't you try it?
1300 hesitate to wirite to l'ffrn
ritikliant If yoti need advice about
Yire She Will treat your
matt lit tonlIdeliee and aalletela0
yoln free. lReentine of her *ant
Ottpolotkoo the hos hol
tairidloi Address, Liao, ask
10C. The latest
success,
tatatli:*
The big
black plug
chewing tobacco.
Act
1•111,01.1Pv.a.
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LOOOMOTIVE NESTING PLACES,
Strango Preferences Shown by Birds
in Home Making Arrangements.
Tito sparrow which was disoevered a
few days ago sitting on a mat among
tho coal of a, Great Eastern Company's
engine running between 13'0, Margaret's
Buntingfora has bad several precle-
ceseors in her preferenoa for a locomo-
tive nesting place.
A year or two ago a thresh's nest con-
taining two eggs was found snugly en-
sconced on the Westinghouse brake pipe
of a earriage on au express train which
had just returned to Yorle from a trip to
Newcastle. The nest, we are told, ras
"quite warm and comfortable,"
About the same time a couple of rob-
ins built their nest on the axle ot oul.
limy wagon which was standing idle for
a few days et Saghill, Northumberland,
Six eggs were laid, and then the 'wagon
was started on its journeys again. The
parent birds followed it all the way to
the Tyne, and it was their excited hey-
ering over the wagon which led to an
inyestigation and to the diseovery of
their strenge nesting place.—Ifrora the
Westminster Gazette,
Itlinard's Liniment Co., Limited.
Dear Sirs,—This fall I got thresvn on
a fence and hurt my chest very lad. so
I eould not work and it hurt mo to
breathe, I tried all kinds of Liniments'
awl they did me no good.
One bottle of MINARD'S LINIMENT,
warmed on flannele and applied on my
breast, cored me completely,.
0. H. COSS &BOOM,
Ressway, Digby Co,, N. S.
The Girl Graduate.
Did you ever have a girl graduate from
the high echool out of your family? If
so, you know what it is, but if you have
not you have iniesed about all that is
worth anything in life. There is nothing
like it, The happiness, the satisfaction,
the succees that hes come Is worth many
times the money and effort put forth.
What is the finest product of Amerioa?
fasiontary Loeb insists it is rabbits; Car-
negie stande for libmrieej Mrs. Hetty
Green considers it feady meney; while
Seeretera of Agriculture Wilson croWs
over the American hen. They aro,all
wreng. It's the girl graduate. As Daniel
Webster remarked of Massachtusettss
"Gentlemen, the needs no apology; there
she stands" For yeart father has ootrred
out his windy in buying her frocks and
litces excl. hats, la paying for her chem-
istry and mimic and thesving gain. Mo.
ther lots spent years of her life in teach-
ing her morality, truth, the cetethilen
and the proper way to do up her hair.
And they feel that she's worth all the
trouble ana care and money elm hes cost.
—From the Leavrenee
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Rhinoceros BIond a Cure -AIL
The blood of the thinocens la very
highly. esteenied by Burmese and Mineola
es a medicine for all kinds of naliments,
Whenever party of Minters axe suetese-
till lit shooting a thinoemos--they ate
lees numerals than they used, to be—
the native beaten carefully draw oft the
blood mut brieg it to RangOOD. Phored in
"Snot? haMbOOS.
The arteious le worth Ile Weight
In eihrer.—London Riasdard.
Ah Office to Illustrate.
"What do you nee the whip ten mire-
' ter?" asked the etreet urchin of the
motor ettb chauffeur.
°Got on 'behind and show yoti."
.411.
NO Liking Apparent.
, "'Your wile Mee the Teat word, doeim't
t"
"X 'don't think so,'' ansivered
Meektoto "Anywa she'd mighty).
lacitent about reach ng ita —Washin
Stan
Okihahoma Wolf Story.
Orli° laizer,of near Lawrie woe in, the
city yesterday to claim hiunty on a
couple of large wolf soalpe, Kevin ma-
sion to go down into a gulch, he threw
his shotgun over his shoulder in hopes of
a chalice shot at a rabbit. Ile noticed a
stir in a clump of bushes and found that
they contained a evolf, part of its body
being visible. With only a single bar-
reled shotgun, he took chances and fired.
Through the *loud of smoke he saw
the animal coming straight ak him, and
jumped to one side as its jaws snapped.
Quickly reloading, he fired again, killing
it
On examination of the bushes he fouud
that he had killed the wolf that be had
first seen, and that its mate had been
there also and had made apring alt him.
--Guthrie correspondence Dallas News.
•
,,The New York American of Dec. reth,
1907, says the common house fly is one
of the greatest enemies of man. It is
a solemn scientifically aseerteined fact
that he is one of the veorst disseminators
of disease known, far surpassing the
mosquito in thie respect, Wilson's Fly
Pads will kill many times more flies
than any other article.
Indian Engineer.
A descendant of Tama's band of Mies-
qua,kie Indians is now the engineer of a
fast passenger train on the Burlington
road. He is here on the same graund
where his ancestors lived for many gen-
erations. He orosses the same rivers,
surveys the same landscapes, observes
the same phenomena of wind, tempera-
ture, storms, etc., that were familiar ta
his ancestors of centuries ago. He wears
more clothes than they wore, and he
speaks a different language, end he is
serving civilization instead of barbarism,
Few if any of the passengers who ride be-
hind him know that a, Tama Indian sits
in the oab of the engine as it speeds
over the prearies.—From the Burlington
Post
HOW TO SUBDUE A ROOSTER.
Expert Says it Oen be Done by 00944
ing Him High.
Rubber tiree for trelley care, muzzlesi
tor crowing roostere and mufflers for
automobile horns were disclosed. at the
meeting of the bXontelair towa council
last night, when. a long petitioza from
victor la, MAIlford, Frederick S. Gage,
airs, Catherine Texuple, W. L. Oliphant
and 10 other residents of the areecent
and eolith Mountain, avenge, tasking thet
the noisy romitere, duolcs and geeee of
the town be euppressed, was presented,
mays the New a:cork Times,
The petition etted striet legal phras-
es that the fowls constituted a milieus
nuisance by reason of their crowing and
(Invading between the Ileum of rtikluight
and 0 a, en.
"I have banisbed rooster!! from my
beuneryr said Town Olerlt l'rippett, "be-
cause the neighbors coraplained about
their croWing,"
Ctlkief of Police Harry Gallagher reedy -
ed a communication from a man at Bev-
erly, Masse Who wishes to aid the anti.
noise crusade. He told the chief that lt
sure way to stop the roosters from
crowing is to place them on roosts too
high to allow them to stand upright in
their coops: Ho eve tha.t roosters can-
not crow When compelled to stand in a
crouching position,
• • •
The source of all intestioal troubles
is the common house fly; his buzz is the
first symptom of typhoid. Wilson's Fly
Ped is the only thing that kills them
all.
• • •
All Druggists, Grocers and general
stores sell Wilson's Fly Pads.
Original Conversations.
One of 'em goes like this: "Yes, air,
tbat dog can do anything but talk."
"Well, it's wonderful the intelligence
they have. Why, I bad a fox terrier ono°
"And yet they say dogs can't reason!
Why, a friend o' mine ---a
"That's right. You can't tell me ----P
"And when he was kilied, it was just
like losing ono of the family. My wife
"Well, sir, believe if there's a here-
after for hiunan beings, bhere's one for
dogs. don't see—,"
"fiere—herei Come here, sir! You
bralolees little mutt!. Have I got to lick
you evety day to teach you to quit not -
in' those ecraps on the barroom floor?
over in the Omer and lay doWnl" —
Puck.
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Adventurous Life ln India.
Tram travelling in Calcutta eviaently
calls for special trainhig of the nervous
System. A eorreepoodent gives details Of
them) mishaps which he Observed during
the spate of a few hours. Ile Mew 000
car wiTh no apparent eximee emelt trite
another staading at a junction. To the
next case he saw a car, upon evIdoh the
driver WAS engaged in drinking a "iota,"
of water, &urge a, number of bullock
darts, and hit final experienie wits of a
cyelist Nualteinolating the mina of hie
bicycle and eddreseleg ineasared ana ado
jeetival language to an offielal at the
ateering wheel.' —From the Advocate of
India.
Local Option In Norway.
"The eause of temperance is working
great headway in Norway. We have
adopted the local option policy, with ex-
cellent results," said P, Anesen, a manu-
facturer of white paper, from Skien,
Norway,
`Whenever the people of a, certain. dis-
trict or county wish to abolish drinking
houses an election Is held, at which an.
adult males in that territory are suppos-
ed to vote. If any are absent their
votes are counted for prohibition. An-
other election cannot be held until after
five years, and it is very seldom that a
vote is ever taken when a community
once goes against license. Another thing
that has made national sobriety is the
regulation ,in many places, that liquor
owlet be bought exoept by the bottle,
and requiring the purchaser to take the
bottle to his home before using any of
its contents.—Baltimore eixaerican.
Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in Cows.
"Ownership" Fraud.
It is doubtful whether there could be
gotten together a body of men more
specially fitted to investigate mind:aped
lighting than the six who were selected
by the Civic League of Bt. Louis. Their
report, excerpts from which are given
elsewhere in this issue, containe three
distinot contributions which.are worthy
of the thoughtful consid,eration of all
citizentl. In the first place it shows
why the actual cost of operating a mu-
nicipal plant is likely to greatay exceed
the estimated cost. It also shows how'
almost impossible it Is to get at the
real cost of operation of munieipal
plants, because the officials who compile
the reports. "are advoeates of a cause
rather than disinterested compilers of
atatistics." And, lastly, the report
gives in detail the items Which should
be ineluded to secure a true eetimate of
toanieipal cost as compared with con-
tract prices. In some respects title is
the most important feature. of the re-
port, for it is the touchstone which en-
ables even the inexpert to deteet the es-
sentially misleading character of almost
all municipal reports. It is only by ig-
noring some of -these items that M. O.
"experts'. are able to make a showing
of success and economy for municipal
as compared with eontract
Exchange.
A glass of iced "Siaada," Tea. will be
found milt refreshing this warm
weather. As cotling as a summer
breeze.
• • e
Has Had Enough.
Spirit Lake, Iowa, recently voted by
a good majority to sell or lease the elec-
tric plant which Wag presented to it a
few days ago, because, as the town clerk
writes
"It certainly cannot be Operated ewe
°easefully under muiziolpal ownership. It
has never paid and never will."
For the first eight months of 1907 the
earnings were $3,823, and the operating
expensee were $0,328. This means that
the street arcs cost at the rate of some,
thing over $360 a year, with no allow-
ance for depreciation or lost taxes. Quite
a showing for a plant that has no inter-
est to par.
Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, etc.
44 •
Italy Recruiting in Africa.
I was surprised the other day when I
dropped into the office of G, P. Baccelli,
the Italian coneul, to learn that he was
receiving applieatione from young Hal-
lam, wile desire to join the army of
their native land. When I spoke of it he
laughed. and said that was nothing new
with him as he bus been doing for
years, often "ideating Syracuse and other
nearby cities to secure recruits. In Italy,
as in other European countries, all
certain length of time, and although
Hallam living in thie country cannot
be compelled to do military :service,
many of them do enlist. Consul Theecoltt
telld me that he reecivea about 50 ap-
pliattions at Syreenee Ole week) and al -
NO a few in this city. These young men
will be sent to Italy, where they will re.
Main in the army for three years.—Al-
bany Journal,
a a
Inconsistency.
"Clraciou s 1 " cried the night -singing
toineat, dodging the prefeeeor's beet
lack, "how ineentistent you are!"
"How am I inconsistent?" engultel the
learned man.,
"Why, you teach Ow beauties of poe-
try every day, yet now you wouht dig-
nurage my mews."
ALWAYS,
,f.:%/ )(NV tit RE IN .0 A N AD A,
AsK rot
HATCHES
,iimallimasks.s0014041.11
ltddy's Matches home Hailed from since 1851—and
thebe 57. yOare Of Cobitant Dettirment have twitted in
thydds)°65 0Mtaht:risiese reaching 11-neight et Porfeetion. attained
Sold mid used evotywhoro in ainada,
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