Ligonier Banner., Volume 38, Number 50, Ligonier, Noble County, 10 March 1904 — Page 7

?MMO”W ¢ : iACROS S} : $ §HIS PATH; : & siyy ELL, my lad, it's good to have . WA you back once more.” “hanks, Uncle Harvey; it's very kind of you to say so.” : ‘‘Are you- really better?% =« “Sound as a drum! Never felt better .in my life. There is nothing like New Zealand air, after all.” “So I should judge!” exclaimed Sir Hervey Ralston, a world of affection in eve and voice, as he surveyed the sunburnt face before him. : “Talking of, health, you don’t look much amiss yourself, Uncle Hervey; which, under the circumstances, is not surprising.” = o Sir- Henry found his sunny smile infectious. . “Perhaps mnot. You -will be able ‘to judge for yourself this evening. There is a function at Lady Wolverton’s, and, although I am sorry it occurs on the.night of your return, ‘I thought you: would prefer to come.” o - ; Stifling his disappointment, Ralston rejoined: ‘“By all means, Uncle Her‘vey. .I would not have you change your plans on my account for the world. Besides which, I am anxious to make the acquaintance of'my {future aunt.” _ .'Sir Henry laughed. - “I never looked ‘at it in)that light before. ' She: is younger [than you, my boy.” o “And so are you in many Wways,” retorted Ralston, stoutly. “You are a .generation younger than most men of 45, Uncle-Hervey. You know you are.” - The deprecating, almost wistful look called forth by his words was not lost upon sthe younger man, who hastened to aver: ““I was desperately glad to hear your piece of news; found the letter waiting for me at Santa Cruz. You -are much too good to die a bachelor, so I shall kick my heels with a light heart at your wedding, notwithstanding the back seat now in store for yours to command.” Tli.)e laugh with which he ended was not & natural one, and his lips. quiv-, ered under the fair mustache. The undivided affection of many years’ -standing, affection that between uncle ~and nephew was almost unique, was undivided no longer. ° : yfA drive of half an hour -brought them to Sir Hervey’s house. ““H'm!” observed Ralston, with a: glance at the newly painted front. “Festive arrangements beginning early. - Which is the happy day?”’ “The sixth of April,” replied Sir Hervey, leading the way into the house. o

“And this is the tenfh of February; it will be .here in no time.” *- “I am glad you are back before April, lad. I began to think Dunedin was to <:laimfff you as a permanency, and I wantiyou as best man for the occasion.” Nl :

Hugh Ralston’s eyes shone with pride. “I feel ‘honored, Uncle Hervey. Any pretty bridesmaids to the fore?” ‘““You will probably meet one or two of them this evening., We have not much” time fo lose. ‘éou know your roeom: o _

Lady Wolverton's receptions were always well attended. In her position as queen of society .in which she moved she had been ably seconded by her daughter, Adelaide,., whose 'engagement to '_Sir.Herv?!Ralston she viefved with unalloyed‘delight. His fmmense wealth was an undisputed fact, their own property being known only to mother and daughter. How much of the achievenient of Sir Hervey’s desire had been due to the maternal pressure brought to bear upon the girl. was not realized by the latter herself, so subtle and ingenious had Lady Wolverton’s tactics been.

“Now for the fray,” murmured young Ralston as they mounted the staircase; ‘‘the usual crush is evidently insfore.”

They had entered the reception room, and there, standing under the friendly light of a hanging lamp, Ralston saw the most beautiful girl he had ever in his life beheld. 5

“An!” exclaimed Sir Hervey, the blood coursing through his veins with a rapidity almost boyish. “Come, Hugh, and let me have the pleasure of presenting you; it is éne to which I have long looked forward.” il

Adelaide Wolverten had seen them and was ready with a gracious we!come for the nephew about whom she had heard so much. “And this is ‘Hugh,”’> she said. ““You must not expect me to call you anything else; for your name has become a household word among us, has it not?” She turned to Sir Hervey, who met the shy, sweet glance® with one of gratitude. That these two, whom he loved better than, all the world besides, should be friends, was his one desire—a desire that seemed likely to be fulfilled as the'evening wore away. N

“Tell me,” said Adelaide Wolverton some- two hours later, ‘“that you do not look upon me as an .interloper. 1 was desperately afraid of you before I saw you.” o : . Ralston laughed. “And what did you fear in me?” ‘he asked.

- “T feared your jealousy,” was the prompt reply, “for I knew how much

5 THE BOOK-LOVER. I love a book, if there but run From title-page to colophon ¥ . Bomething siricere that sings or glows, Whate'er the text be, rhyme or prose. And high-perched on some window-seat, Or in some ingle-side retreat, : Or in an alecove consecrate : - To lore and to the lettered great, ¥or happiness I need not look 2 Beyond the pages of my book, 8 - Yea, I believe that like an elf . I'd be contented with a shelf, : It thereupon with me might sit, Some work of wisdom or of wit “Whereto, at pleasure, I might turn, And the fair face.of Joy discern! I love a book—its throbbing heart! And while I may nat hold the art That dresses it in honor scant— £ The tree-calf ‘tooled”’” or “crushed” + . Levani— i Rather a rave soul, verily, 2 Than a bedizened husk for me! = 80, though no Midas’ magic hands To gold transmute my barren sands, - Though friendly Fame deign not to lay About my brows the vine and-bay, Though fond eyes marry not with mine, Nor lip to lip give sacred sign, o 4 = The core of all content I know, ' A blessing that is balm for woe; ¢ ‘. On life with lexvet gaze I look, - - And all because X love—a book! @’ S ' =Clinton Scollard, in the Atlantic, S

| you and Sir Hervey had been to eack " other. Jealous people are so unrea- ! sonable, are they not?” ; ' : | “So I should imagine.” . . | “Ah, the conditional mood: That is | delightful. Then you do not bear me E any ill will?” = L o | Ralston looked at the upturned face and rejoined: “111 l will? How could ! I bear you anything but the Ver{]‘ire- | verse?? With grandiloquence ke tried | to cover his embarrassment, but A-t'de-l laide Wolverton was mnot deceived. | She knew, and knew also that Ralston | was aware of her knowledge, rthat | their fieeting had proved no ordinary { one. For love had awakened, a love i that would never sleep again. | “I see,” she said, slowty unfurling | her fan, “your emotion is due merely |to gratitude. Mr. Ralston, how long ; have you been away from‘En’glanfi?" | The change of tone and subject | was | not lost upon Ralston. They had heen | treading «on delicate ground, ani, | thanktul for the deviation, he. replied: | “Two years this month, but it seems

like four—l have. seen and don? 50 much in the time.” : |

Turning to the girl beside hin? he noted the shade of bitterness that had crept over her face, and somehow as he logoked he knew that she wasj not happy in her engagement. A wave Of pity for Sir Hervey welled up Ibi his heart, for the baronet idolized | his young betrothed. ° . ;

Sir Hervey Ralston, honorable and clear-souled himself, incapable of subterfuge or pretense, was never rEady to imagine evil of any shape in others. And if during the weeks that followed it seemed to him that Adelaide grew more and more impassive, whil‘p' a spirit [of unrest had seized upon his nephew, he strove to see no manner of conmection. 1 : And what about Hugh? }

At one and the same time had the gates of heaven and hell been openled to *him,, and he reveled .in his Dbliss, conly to writhe in the agony involved. No words on the subject had he and Adelaide exchanged, thus far they had been loyal to Sir Hervey. But Hugh smiled bitterly as he acknowledge}d 10 himself the limitaticns of that loyaity. None knew better than he the siubtlety of love’s confessions. |

On the evening of the last day in March he waited nervously for his uncle’s approach to the ‘smoxing-noom, which had been the scene of many a confidential talk before his voyage to New Zealand. Sir Hervey's | step seemed to have lost its lightness,i)r ‘SO it seemed to Hugh, as he l'ifstenid to its drawing near. He was tater, 100, in joining him than was his wont. Had any suspicion crossed his mind? Were his thoughts of next week’s happiness ‘unalloyed, or were they shadowed by a vague yet hnmistakable cloud? ; B

© Hugh Ralston wondered, but | said nothing as his uncle entered the 'xfoom. The latter, with his usual preqision and neatness; lit a cigar, seated thimself, ‘and was soon engrossed ifl ‘the pages of the evening paper. ‘

-Thanlg’ful to escape ;the ~custolmarry evening chat, Hugh paced monotonously up and down the room, withTtem« ples throbbing and the blood -sutging through his veins. How could] he broach the subject that to-nigh‘t "must be faced once and for all? gl

“My dear 'boy,” said Sir Hervey at length, glancing over the top of his paper, “could you not sit down?. You seem restiess to-night.” |

Hugh dropped into the nearest chair. Silence reigned for full five minutes, a silence that Ralston broke by sa;ying, with the composure born of despair: “I cannot stand England after all, Uncle Hervey. I am off again next Saturday. You can do without me on thé sixth, can you not?” He laughed la little curiously as he added: “I am hardly a necessary part of the play.” | Sir Hervey folded his newspaper, laid it'on the table and deliberately adjusted his glasses before looking in his nephew’s” direction. “Do I understand you aright? You prefer not to be with me on the day of my marriage?’ - :

Hugh Ralston bowed his head. - Sir Hervey rose from his chair and instinctively the y,punge'r man did the same, a movement thatm brought them face to face as the words: “You dare not be with me!’ broke from-the baronet’s lips. = e The eyes of the two men met, and the soul of each was read. Then as Hugh leaned on the mantelpiece, burying his face on his arms, with a groan, it was the elder man who proved the stronger, who first brought light into the darkness that had descended.

Hugh was conscious at last of the pressure of a hand upon his shofillder, and as through a vast space and time he heard the voice of Sir Hervey saying: “It is well, my boy. I am not worthy of her, and might not—and should not—have made her happy. You must not blame yourself;| far from it. I am going now to Lady Wolverton’s and—will—release ther.” The last words were wrung from lips that were growing pale. Sir Hervey walked slowly to the door. Hugh had never moved. B i

Turning round as his fingers c¢losed over the handle, the uncle said, imploringly: “Don’t, my lad! ‘Don't take it so to heart. I shall get over it, and you-—you will be happy, as you deserve to be.” ; mi

j’Coi'n. Corn, Corn. . - Were the corn of the seven states loaded on wagons, 40 bushels to thejL‘lqa,d, and plaeed so'the heads of the horses would come just to the rear end-board of the preceding wagon, and it were possible for this line of march to cover the land and sea, an average ”‘year’si crop from these. seven corn-growing states would make a éomplete belt of ,corfi; wagons six times around the world. ?.Place the crop of 1902 in cars holding 500 bushels each, and allow 40 feet for car and coupling, and we would have F eontinuous freight train 38,378 miles| long. After considering these figures one readily believes that, in the list of cereals, corn stands first in point of adreage, yield and value.—Walter H. Oljin, in Four-Track News. &l . ,An Easy One. T ; - She—Do you know what causes niorg talk about a woman than anyt_hint elset He—Certainly, I do. Her> tongue.—~, Yonkers Statesman. : ' Glory in Defeat, loe “Is your father a politician?” | “No. He's a statesman. He didn’t get elected.”—N. Y. Times.

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BRING DISASTER AND PANIC Protection and Subsidies to Favored Industries Have ' But the ; f One_ Result. ; If there is one country on this green earth that enjoys more tariff ‘‘protecti‘on" and that shows more favoritism to monopolies and trusts than does the United States, that country, is Russia. Although Russian protective duties may not include as many articles and protect as many industries as do our Dingley duties, yet Russian protection is intended to resuit in complete monopolies, ‘or trusts, in many important industries. Bxpectations have been fully realized. Trusts and monopolies now flourish in Russia. But the Russian peasants are impoverished as never -before. = ! The worst industrial and financial crisis in Russia's history is now on there. It is so serious that even the controller of the state to the czar is compelled to attribute it to the overstimulation of domesic indwWstyies by protective duties and government subsidies. 2

The late minister of finance, M. Witte, was a censistent advocate of the policy of granting subsidies out of the state bank to everything. He had extremely high import duties put upon the products of manufacturing industries which he wished to foster and then he gave large government or~ders at high prices to these protected manufacturers. This policy was inaugurated, or rather greatly extended, some 15 years ago. The favored manufacturers prospered as long as the government could continue to give big orders for goods at two, three, or four times the cost of these goods if purchased from foreign -manufacturers, and as long as the Russian. people could stand the strain of high taxes and high prices for most ‘that they had to buy. But, by 1897, the peasantry of Russia were behind 94,000,000 rubles ($48,000,000)@in their taxes and, by 1903, their overdue taxes had increased to 121,300,000 rubles. These arrears, even after granting extensions .of time, are now so great that the controller says that “more radical measures are necessary” to relieve the rural population of “fiscal charges they are not in a position to bear.” The plain meaning of this is that the policy of protection and subsidies has been so disastrous to Russian farmers that even autocratic Russia will never be able to collect these back taxes and now has to admit that she has overdone her policy of favoritism. ' " It takes a greater country than Russia to endure the burden and blight of protection and subsidies, such as the republicans have given us here and under which our marvelous country is now staggering even while it is blessed with a succession of ¢rops never before realized by any country on earth. To claim that the Dingley bill has given us what prosperity we have Td since 1897, is as absurd as to claim that a wagon with a heavy load will run easier up hill and through sand than will an empty wagon on a smooth, hard and level road. Neither in Russia, nor in the United States, nor in any other countfy were farmers ever made prosperous by high tariff taxes. Their prosperity will always be increased by relieving them of the burdens of taxation for protection and for subsidies to manufacturing industries. ! *

: BYRON W. HOLT. The Only Way. The republican party, which has several times promised a revision of the tariff schedules, does not mean to undertake that job during the present session of ahngress. Senator Spgner has so declared bluntly in a 'spéech in the senate. When Mr. Gorman .asked why, the answer was that. it was because a-presidential election is a disturber of business. We do not pre¢isely see.the connection, unless it be between the republican campaign fund and inaction in tariff reforms. The Buffalo Times has the right idea when it says: e A

“The people are convinced that the only way to secure proper tariff reform is to ‘nlace the ‘matter in the hands of the democratic party, which will fix the roof when the sun shines, thus affording shelter from the storms of republican mononoly, extravagance and raisrule.”—lndianapolis Sentinel. Foraker’s Tariff Bomb. The republican leaders of the senate have been fearful for weeks that somebody would throw a bomb, and now that it has fallen Trom tne hands of so influential a republican senator as Mr. Foraker they are afraid it will work serious harm to .everybody concerned. A tariff discussion.* they anticipate, will -not only prolong the session of congress beyond the time when they hoped -an adjournment could be reaclied, but will enable committees which have before them bills ' that everybody has been anxious to suppress to get them before the senate and house for consideration. The outlcok created by Senator Foraker’s determination, therefore. is not a pleasant one.—Chicago Chronicle. .

MUCH OFFICIAL ‘“GRAFT.” Appropriations Diverted to Furnish Carriages for Social and Personal TUse. The ‘“‘official carriage’” graft has received. considerable airing since the subject was first brought up in congress. -The statements of the heads of deparimenis show thaf there are 38 carriages and 36 horses kept for the use of department officials and that it requires 24 coachmen to drive these carriages with their sumptuous furnishings in which the cabinet and minor officials attend to their official and social duties and theéir personal pleasure. This number does mnot include those used by the interior department or the department of agriculture, which for some unexplained reasen were not. called upon by the house of representatives for informatiom afid volunteered none. : ‘

The department that is most lavish in the number of horses and carriages used is that of commerce and labor, which, considering it has only been in existence about dn_e year and already employs eight horses and ten carriagBs, may be expected tq largely- increase its luxurious way of doing things whefi it reaches the age of even the. youngest of the other departments, unless congress puts a stop to the extravagance.

That this carriage gralt has gradually grown under republican administrations, without warrant of law, may be seen from the returns which show thal only one out of Z 4 men-is carried on the pay roll as “driver.” The other 23 are named in the appropriation bills for more useful purposes, namely: One as a watchman, ten laborers, eight assistant messehgers and four messengers. So the labor of all but one of the 24 has been diverted from the business that congress: created the office for and even the new department of commerce and labor follows in the old footsteps of demanding four messengers and then using them for coachmen. The purchase of carriages and horses are nearly all covered up under similar guise, most of the appropriations used for that purpose being scheduled for transportation, or miscellaneous expense. : . But few will ofl:ect_to cabinet officers being furnished with a horse and carriage to allow -them to attend cabinet meetings and other official fgnc—tions in appropriate style, but tiat minor officials whose time should be spent in their offices and who have no outside worK to attend to, should have these luxuriescunder false pretenses is preposterous and should be cut off as an excrescence more fit for a monarchy than a repubiic. e LATE POLITICAL POINTERS. ——The trust makes big profits, the foreign consumer buys American gooils at a low figure and the American people foot the bill. All of which goes {0 show that there is a very intimate connection between the trust and protection by tariff.—lndianapolis Sentinel. ——Rooseveit was unpopular in New York before he was made vice president, and it cannot be pleaded that Wall street had anything to do then 'with his unpopularity. It is not an appreciable factor in the opposition :to him that exists in hiS own state now, but a factional fight, intensified by Roosevelt’s tactlessness, that is likely to divide fhe républican forces this year.—Nashville News. ——A beautiful object lesson in the tariff for the American people is in the contract of a steel mill in the United States to .deliver at Montreal 40,000 tons of raiis for the Canadian Pacific railrway at $21.25 a ton. This, allowing for cost of delivery, is $lB a ton less than the cost to American purchasers of steel rails at the mill. The contract price to the Canadian Pacific railway left a margin of fair profit for the manufacturers and all _ that is above this price is an iniquitous extortion upon American consymers which can be practiced only under cover of a shamefully exoTbitant tariff.—Phila@€lphia Record.

| The Scramble in Ohio. Senator Hanna had scarcely drawn his last breath when a scramble began among Ohio republican politicians ror the place made vacant py his death. There’is an element of the grossest indecency displayed not to be looked for except among the men who rule. the fortunes of the repubiican party in Ohio. To.them when a man is dead he is just dead, and that is all there is to it. And what is the use of waiting until he is buried to seize his political mantle? Not they; not these Ohio republican politicians. No mawkish nonsense about them. Each is afraid that the other will get the start of him, and according to the Ohio code that would disgrace him. So he has his mouth at the telephone ready for business as soon as the word “dead” is clicked from the wires. It is shameful, of course, but the peoplé of our neighboring state have become used to shameful things and expect them ‘in the ordinary course of republican politics.— Indianapolis Sentinel. . ;

GEOLQGIC WORK [N DAKOTA. Investigations in the James River Valley and Their Value to - Industrial Research. =~ . o g The geology and water resources of part of the lower James River valley in South Dakota have been exploited by Messrs. J. E. Todd, and C. M. Hall in a publication of the United States geologcal survey. . The region treated in their paper includes the Alexandria, Mitchell, Huron and De Smet quadrangles. Its peculiar geologic interest arigses from the presence, in its southern portion, of a low buried mountain range, carvetd cut of pre-Cambrian rocks, over whi_ch cretaceous strata were laid down until the whole became a plain. The way in which this plain formed has been clearly revealed by numerous borings made for artesian wells. :

The economic value of the investigation is mainly connected with the underground water resources, for the greater part of the region lies in the artesian basin. The number of water-bearing strata, the pressure of the water, and various other questions connected with the development.of this resource have been studied with care. ‘

No deposits of mineral ores or coal are found in this area. Fragments of coal are sometimes detected in the drift, but they have been brought by the ice or by the streams from the northern part of James river valley. ‘Valuable quarries of red quartzite have been opened near Spencer and Alexandria, and might be operated at perhaps a dozen other points. Chalkstone and the upper Benton sandstone have also been used for the construction of buildings, but the material is not considered sufficiently durable., Much of the stone iocally used for foundations and other rough buildings is derived from the drift. It consists of bowlders of granite, limestone and greenstone, which are very durable and with a little care may be neatly laid. ' Deposits of clay of economic value are not certainly known to exist. A bed was opened southeast of Mitchell, from which.bricks were manufactured at that place, but the frequent occurrence of lime nodules in it made its preparation too expensive for practical purposes. It is not improbable that diligent search might reveal beds of silt near James river, or of gumbo in the lake basins, in sufficient quantity to be of value in making brick for local use. The chances are, however, that such a deposit would contain too much lime and“coarse material to make it especially desirable for brickmaking purposes, and it is therefore not likely that the clay industries will ever be conspicuously successful in this region. 5 2 2 PRODUCTION OF GLASS SAND. Only Ten States in Which the Right § Kind Has Been Found for . Gla'ss Making. " Plenty of sand mankind has always had, but the discovery of sand that would make glass it owes to a fortuitous circumstance, if that/ ancient encyclopedist, Pliny the elder, can be trusted. ‘When those observant old Phoenicians of his story rested their cooking pots on blocks of natron and found that a shining, translucent substance, unknown to them, had been produced under the heat by the union of the alkali and the sand of the seashore, they probably did not realize that the quality of the sand had anything to do with this unexpected transformation. That it must have been sand rich in silica we now know. In all our country there were’ only ten states that produced in 1902 sand sufficiently siliceous for the manufacture of glass. These states are given in a report by A. oT. Coons, on production of glass in 1902, published by the United States geological survey as an extract from the annual volume of mineral resources. They are Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and their total production of glass sand for 1902 was 943,135 short tons, valued at $807,797. ; Small quantities of glass sand have alsd been quarried in Henry county, Tenn.; in Richland county, S. C and near Lumber City, Montgomery/cbunty, Ga. In Florida the natural deposits of B X sand, although very fine, contain;, as decomposed coral, too :much calcium oxide to be suitable for many kinds of glass. 'Tt{erg are undeveloped deposits in other non-producing states, and some undeveloped deposits in states that are already producers. . The value'given for the glass sand is the value of the sand free on board at the quarry or mine, and does not include freight or transportation. If that were included, it would raise the value considerably, as most of the sand mined must travel far before it reaches its final destination at the glass works. The values range from 50 centsto $2 a ton, according to the purity of the sand, the cheapness of labor, and -the ease with which the sand can be obtained.

Ancient Ruined City. At Lop Nor, the ancient ruined city of Asia explored by Dr. Sven Hedin, many written records were found. The data thus far deciphered point to the period between the middle of the third and the beginning of the fourth century, A. D. The particular place where the discovery was made seems to have belonged to a well-to-do Chinese merchant, who carried on a sort of livery business, for he let out carriages and beasts of burden on hire and undertook to deliver letters to Sachow. One document speaks of a military expedition. The inhabitants must have carried on agriculture, for the documents make frequent mention of seed corn. Very possibly at the place where these pieces of paper were excavated there formerly stogd a sort of treasure house or species of seed-corn bank where seed corn was bought and stored or received as security for debt.

Opened to Improvement. More than 22,824,299 acres of the public lands were turned over to the private individuals last year. This means that an area almost equal to That of the state of Indiana has within that time been added to the productive regions of the United States. Most of these newly opened lands were homesteads by farm€ers. fuoaay ' Arthur’s Good Fortune, Alice—Dolly is going to' be married. Jilate—Who is the lucky man? “Arthur., She rejected him last August. Now, she is going to marry Jack.” ~Somerville Journal, L

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Leljon in the International Series for March 13, 1904—Denath of John the Baptist. THE LESSON TEXT. (Matt, 14:1-12)) - GOLDEN TEXT.—%Ze thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a erown of life.—Rev. 2:10. ' OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION. Healing of Demoniacs........ Matt, 8:28-34. Healing of Demoniacs.......... Mark 5:1-20. Healing of Demoniacs........... Luke 8:26-39 Raising of Jairus’ Daughter.. Matt. 9:18-26. Raising of Jairus’ Daugfiter..Mark 5:2:-43. Raising of Jairus’ Daughter.. Luke 8:49-36. Healing Two Blind and One Dumb..

RS b epe s s S eey n NERL L. 972724, Rejection at Nazareth.......:..Matt, 13:54-58, Rejection at Nazareth........... Mark 6:1-6. Third Preaching T0ur..........,.Matt. 9:25, Third Preaching T0ur..............Mark 6:6. Sending Forth the Twelve.. Matt, 9:36—11:1. Sending Forth the Twelve...... Mark 6:7-13. Sending Forth the Twelve........ Luke 9:1-6, Death of John the Baptist..... Matt. 14:1-12. Death of John the Baptist.... Mark 6:14-29. Death of Jehn the Baptist.......LLuke 9:7-9. TlME.—Spring A. D. 29 (about the close of “The Year of Public Favor’). J¢hn the Baptist had been in prison about a year when he was beheaded by Hercd. : PLACE.—John was probably executed at the castle of Maclkaerus on the Arabian frontier, nine miles east of the upper end of the Dead sea. 7 NOTES AND COMMENTS. '

(Matt. 14:1; 2). The sending cut. of the Twelve as missionaries attracted a great deal of attention. Every ore saw that the movement was growing, dnd now, perhaps for the first time, it attracted the attention of Herod. ‘At that season:’”. The time of which Matthew has been speaking, in general—thesame spring. “Herod the tetrarch:” = This was Herod Antipas; a son of Herod the Great, and like him in many ways. He was tetrarch, or goverror, of Galilee and Peraea for more than 30 years. “Said unto his servants:” Nol his menials, but the courtiers. “This is John the Baptist:” A guilty conscience malkes men superstitious.” Herod had not recovered from the shock which his cwn firible act had given him. 'He was ny times a murderer; but he was nct ‘many times a murderer incold blocd and to humor a whim, of such men as John. “If we mistake not, that dissevered head was rarely absent from Herod’s haunted imagination from “that day forward till he lay upon his dyirg bed.”—Farrar. “Therefore Co these powers work in Him:” “Not, ‘He does the mighty works,” but ‘the powers werk in Him,” the powers of the invisible world: vast and vague in the king’s-imagisation.”— Bruce.

(Vs. 3-8). Matthew now goes back to | tell of Herod’s wanton murder of John, ; that we may betterqndersta;nd hissuper- | stitious fear of Jesus. “Itisrotlawful for thee to have her:” The fact Ihat‘ John did rot.spare Herod himself in his aenunciations is a commentary on the courage of thé man. “He feared the multitucde:” Herod was always arxious | to be popular; and saw that to kill John ‘ would be a decidedly unpopular " move. | “The daughter.of Herodias danced in the | midst:” At the birthcay feast. Hetr name was Salome; She was later mar- l ried to her uncle, Herod Philip 11. This ‘ dance was probably {he firal voluptuous | scene of a night of °revelry. The {east } must have taken place at the castle of Machaerus, where John was imprisoned. ‘“He promiged . . . to give her whatsoever she should ask:” A mad promisefcr any king tc make, but it was ldte; his brain wasinflamed with drink,thedrunken courtiers were. cheering him on, and Le made it with many a great oath. He supposed she would ask a necklace cf precious, stones—a fortune, or a palace, ““She. be‘{xrg put forward by her mother:” Herodias saw her chance; the king when uncer the infiuence of liquor could be led to do what in his scber senses he would never do—liquor was the same then as now—and so the.horrible request was made. . Lo, (Vs. 9-12.) “The’king was grieved:” Herod did not want to kill John; it would be unpopular, and he was unpopular enough now for having needlessly brought on the war with Aretas; then, he thoroughly respected the man—had become acquainted with him during his imprisonment.. Almost everything—conscience, his own best interests, the gocd of the kingdem—counseled one course, but Herod tcok the other. Why? In the first place, liquor. Men dnderthe influence of liquor are enemies to themselves and all that during their sober Hours they hold most dear. In the second place, cowardice. He made a rash promise with the fumes of liquor in his | brain; he kept it, not because he was in | the habit of keeping promises, but be- | cause “of them which sat at meat with ‘ him.” He was ashamed to back down | in the very hour of his'boastful promise. He was too much of a coward to do what ‘he knew was right. His code of honor was a false one; he did not realize that to keep a bgd p;‘ovmise was a greater disgrace than to make it. And so he committed one of the most ghastly murders in all history. His life is a warning, for his weaknesses, dargers and temptations are the same as ours.

| Worldly Prosperity. ~ Wings of wealth carry no souls to the skies. ‘ : ~ The modern Tower of Babel is built .out of dollars. - . " Heart’s-ease does not grow on the heights of ambition. . : Prosperity becomeg a poison when it grows at the expense of piety. He is a fool who loses God’s crown of glory for man’s crumbs of gold. - T e b MUSIC AND D‘RAMA. 3 Nothing tickles a small man more than to be told that he looks like an actor. A school for theatrical eritics is to be opened in Paris. The students are to attend dress rehearsals and write them up for pravctice. “A horrible idea,” exclaims one of .the*Paris journals, “to actually foster the existence of theatrical crities!”

Madame Bernhardt no longer carries with her on her journeys the coffin which used to be her.constant companion. When asked by a friend what had become of the coffin, she answered, “Oht I never travel with it now. You know I am a grandmother, and grandmothers should think of living, not dying.” ’ . It is amusing .to recall that M. Paderewski’s introduction to music was as a student of the trombone at Warsaw conservatoire, an instrument which he failed so dismally to master that under the strong urging of the principal he left the conservatoire to discover some more promising career that that of music.

oW9 £ ; R > "\H ;AR - L_q d (o) % (fi ol Y N = - ’ =0 o) g &;‘ £ RN WU T < ; & ¢ == IR s =" P _’-—-—-—;__{ '\LL—' B e Y THE ' FUSSING PLACE. - I have to go to the Fussing Place o When I'm very bad, e - And mother ha¥ such a-sorry face, And her eyes look sad. L But she says in just the firmest tone: “The -boy that fusses must stay alone,” Wkhen 1 have been bad; At first 1 pretend I do not eare, : And I hum a tune, e And walk off quick with.my head in the air. But pretty -soon L . I begin to hate thd Fussing Place, ) And to be there seems a great disgrace, So I stop my tune. And then I think'of mother’s eyés With that sorry lock, v And soon I think if is time to surprise Herover her book. L : So I hunt up a-smile, and put it on (For I can’t come out till_the frowns are gone), sl T ER s T How happy she’ll look! : ; The Fussing Place?. Ohb, it's where yvou're sent ) . ' When you're naughty and mean, And there‘you must stay till. you're good , again; - . And fit to be seen. - ’ ’ It's up in the attic, or under the stairs, Or seated on one of the-kitchen chairs, And oh, syou feel mean! .

But it dcesn’t matter much where it is— This old Fusfiing place;: | ; ) For the very spot that seems so bad When you're in disgrace, - - Is nice enough when you're loving and true, 8o it’s not where you are, but how veu do, That makes it a “Tussing place!"” —Annie Willis McCulough, in Youth's Companion,. ; vl )

THE ‘GAME‘ OF BATTERY. It Not Only Affords Plenty of Amuses ment But a Fine Chance for . Real Skill as Well.- ' I am going to tell the boys how to make a new game-.that will afford plenty of .amusement.and a chance for much skill. The "game -is called Battery, and was orig’inafed by the writer. The little blocks on each side represent a fort, and the rings used are are bombshells.” When" a player succeeds in throwing one over the peg of his opponent, the bomb is supposed to have dropped.into-the enemy’s fort. Any smart boy, who can use a saw, plane and pocket knife, can ‘make the game in a few hours: The material, excepting the ‘rings, you will probably find somewhere ‘about the premises, but if not, a few pennies -will purckase them. . 7 TR Procure .'a nice, smooth piece of board, soft or hard wood, one-half inch thick and eight inches square as shown in the illustration. . Next make four little wedge-shaped pieces, 1% inches long by two inches wide.at top, and tapering to one-fourth of -an inch:-at the bottom end. The pieces'should be one-half inch thick and taper from the wide end to almost nothing at the small end. .This is to give them 'a slanting surface when "glued in their proper places on the board. ‘Now draw

s —— . | Q T” > ' GAME OF BATTERY. a line across the center orf -the board each way, and glue or tack one of these blocks on the line on each side of the board and close to the edge, as shown in the illustration. Next measure off from the inside edge of the blocks, toward:the center, and on the line, one inch from eac¢h block drive a one-inch brad or shingle nail, so that it shall stick up above the surface of the board exactly five-eightlis of an inch. Next buy at the hardware store five little brass curtain rings one-half inch .in diameter, which should not cost over a penny or two, and the game is finished. The-board may be painted or stained some- pretty color if desired. Two or four may play the game. If four are to play you may play partners. Having seated . yourselves "about the board, which should be placed -upon a small center table, the first player begins“by taking the five rings, which count five .each, and .one at a time places them® on ‘the sloping block (called a battery); and placing the index finger on the inside of the ring, gives it a quick snap up the.incline sothat it will encircle the peg of his opponent, fiiréctly opposite. - Should -he fail to land it, he allows it to remain on the board until he has thrown all the rings. If he succeeded in getting any of the rings over the peg, the one chosen to keep tally puts down the score to'the player. ‘The next player in turn then takes theirings and proceeds as with the first, and’ so on until all have.played, when the score is counted. It is best to have a fixed number at the start to play for; say 50 or 100.—N. K. Briggs, in Orange Judd Farmer. - ’ Lincoln Declined the Case. A lawyer who .was reading as a young man in Lincoln’s office, when the latter was practicing at the bar, tells a story which would seem too stamp Old Abe as a man of conscience even in a field where conscience is. regafded -as an unnecessary sentiment. He had been listening for a half hour or longer to a would-be client, who had pointed out the merits and demerits of his case with considerable attention to details, and asked Lincoln to take it up. The latter, who had been gazing fixedly at the ceiling during the other’s. explanations, turned in his chair and replied: “You've got a great case as to technicalities, but one absolutely without equity or justice. You're bound to win—but I guess you'd better get some other fellow to win it for you. I couldn’t do it. “All the time I'd be talking to the jury I'd. be saying to myself: ‘Lincoln, you're a liar!’ In fact, I believe I should forget myself and say ftoautual? o o e

- Greatest Ocean Highwayp. About. 1,000 ships cross the Atlantic, every month, - . - i

WHAT THE LION ' MEANT, True Account of a Conversation ‘OJ> - tween the Foolish Hippo and His | © Majesty, King Leo.> . | “I wish you would teach me to xjoar.f*, said the Hippo to the Lion one day. | i : “Why do’you wish it?” asked he. ! © “Oh, it would be just grand, ¥y know, to.sit on the banks of the Nile and roar away at the passing -bo and heat all the touriSts and travele say, ‘Oh,-listen to the king of'the jumgle!” 3 Ll - “My;, but you're ambitious,” replied his" ' majesty - Leo, “but-I should warin you against trying it. I'm afraid it won’t agree with you—have to be buiit along that plan, you know.” ) ! “I'll take the risk if yon'll talke thh_ trouble. But what will it cost me?” | ~““Oh, as for the cost.” said his majesty, “I'll agree to make you roar’ i*‘

- i “ D o R 7 %2. S N =) ) {g i r*@ £} . {\' :»I,‘ A i = K =" 1. N/ i / : I o) i T /4 “YOU'RE PAW ENOUGH.” 7 twe days. I only charge for the cure.” “For ‘the cure!” said the.Hippo, in surprise. “Why, I don’t want to ba cured.” » “I'm nol so sure of that,” said the Lion. : P So he set him to work practicing howls and yells and yelpséand roaring, until- the poor fellow was so tired he could hardly stand and his throat was so lame he could hardly swailow. Then he went to Mr. Lion. “Open your mouth,” -said the ILion, sharply: 3 = ! The Hippo stretched wide his hug 3 jaws, while he grunted with pain and the tears ran down his cheeks.k ‘ “I told" you I'd do it,” said the Lion. “Do what?” gasped Hippo. . < “Why, make you raw (roar), to be sure. You're raw enough -to proceed with the cure, and for that ‘I shall charge you heavily, for you should have been satisfied to be as you were. Now take this. cannon ball. pill and go home, and not try to be an ass hereafter.””—St. Louis Post-Dispateh. SONG-LOVING LIZARDS. The Tuataras of New Zealand Are Said to Be Particularly Fond of Rol- | licking Choruses. . " A curious fact has lately been learned about th}e‘ tuatara, the large native ‘lizqrd of New Zealand. ) It is a great fat,-skeepy thing, from a foot upward in length, with a measurement around-of about 12 inches. It is kept tamed, about rocks. .Wild specimens are growing rare, though one island off the coast’yet swarms with them. ° - »

These harmless tfiings‘mme out as a rule only for food. But some one in Christchurch, at Auckland, has discovered a way of bringing them out. at any time. This is by singing to them.. - ‘ '

« They have their preferences in music, too. . They evince much more satisfaction at a rollicking chorus than at a solo” .

Onz day a song sung by a girl brought some out, but only their heads were visible, their sleepy eyes opening every few minutes. -Then the charmer tried “Soldiers of the Queen,” and.- when all joined in the chorus there was no doubt about the effect on the tuataras. :

" They wriggled about on the rocks, almost dancing in their excitement and joy, until ‘the repemtoire of the singers was - exhausted, whemr the lizards sneaked back _again to their. home among the -rocks. - New Zealand is the only place in

the world where these great -lizards are found, and they are sa® by biologists to be out of -their place in this stage of ‘the world’s histery. They belong to the coal period, and like the moa, ought, by natural laws, to have become extinct iong ago.

A WONDERFUL APPETITE.

New York Man Who Can Eat Twenty Meals a Day, But Must Take His ' Nourishment Through a Tube. -

Twenty hearty meals a’ day is ‘the modest claim of an appetite recently on exhibition at the College of Physi--cians and Surgeons in New York. Three. hundred students.sat spellbound for two hours watching a phenomerfon discovered by Prof. W. T. Bull. “This wonderful man.” explained Dr. Bull to expectant students, ‘“has stenosis eof the esophagus with esophageal diverticulum, or, in other words he can eat without end. He’ll never have dyspepsia, as food never passes into his stomach by way of his throat. How much he enjoys eating we shall see later as he disposes of this food and drink we have here. His life is sustained by liquids administered through a gastrie fistula of his stomech.” ‘Whereupon the gastronomic marvel began devastating piles of fooa and buckets of drink. As he gorged the sack at the base of his neck began to bulge. Prof. Bull explained that for economy’s sake the patient ate only- six meals a day, but hiscapacity possible was as great.as 20, and that the man had swallowed some acid a year and a half agn which resulfed in a contraction of the esophagus, making it neeessary [or him to take his nourishment through a tube. - Mosquito Plant of Nigeria. A German paper reports the finding in North Nigeria of a plant two or three of which, when placed in a room or on a veranda, will remove mos-. quitoes. The natives extract an essence from the plant, which is an excellent substitute for quinine. It is not only equal in its effects, but it lacks many of quinine’s ddsagreeable attributes. : T