Ligonier Banner., Volume 42, Number 51, Ligonier, Noble County, 12 March 1908 — Page 2

The Zigonier Banney

LIGONIER,

BRIEF REVIEW OF A WEEK'S EVENTS

RECORD OF THE MOST . IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS IN ITEMIZED FORM.

HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS

Information Gathered from All Quarters of the Civilized World and Prepared for the Perusal of the Busy Man. -

One hundred and seventy-eight children burned, suffocated and were trampled to death in a burning school building at Collinwood, O. A sweeping,zinves}tligation by state and village authorities. was begun into the horror. The charge was made on the floor of the house by Mr. Hitchcock of Nebraska that the committee on ways and means was a party “to gigantic schemes of plunder.” ) An interpellation was introduced in the Russian duma demanding explanations of the charges that Russiax naval secrets had been given away. The eloquence of ex-Gov. Frank S. Black was enlisted at Albeny, N. Y., in the effort to defeat the anti-race-track bills. . Judge C. Richter, in Laporte (Ind.) circuit court, on application of stockholders representing. 2,000 shares of the Chicago-New York Electric Air Line company, appointed George F. Mull of Indianapolis receiver. ' William J. Bailey, former governor of Kansas, announced his withdrawal from the race for the Republican nomination for governor. Surgeon General Walter Wyman of the public health service submitted to Secretary Cortelyou at Washington a “report on milk in its relation to public health.” The budget passed the Japanese house of peers without amendment at Tokyo. Kansas' Republicans in state convention at Topeka, Kan., instructed to vote for the nomination of Secretary W. H. Taft for president. United States Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont died in Washington after a short illness following an attack of grippe.- : Nathan Vidaver, a special deputy attorney general, was arrested in New York, charged with attempted extortion. The body of Miss Rice Hill, an Indian woman, was found at. Black River Falls. Her death was caused by a stab wound inflicted by some unknown ‘person. i ‘Former State Treasurer Frank P. Glazier was placed under arrest at Chelsea, Mich., on charges of misapapplying state funds. - He had previously been indicted. Safe blowers robbed the Mount Orab bank, Mount Orab, 0., 40 miles east of Cincinnati, of $3,000 in curren-cy-and securities. : A complete shut-down of the coal mines in Jfowa, worked by 15,000 miners, is threatened. - The agreement expires March 31. Mrs. Margaret Dunn died while seated in her house in Williamsburg, N. Y., and three days later her death ~was discovered. = . Secretary Taft rebuked Simeon Ford, the New York joker, for poking fun at President Roosevelt at the annual banquet of the Boston real estate and auction board. Three Italians carved Joseph Piraino, a California farmer, almost to pieces, robbed him of $165 and threw him into the Sacramento river. - At the New York home of E. H. Harriman it was said that the condition of Miss Carol Harriman, Mr. Harriman’s daughter, was improving. ) ‘The Jong-pehding suit for divorce brought by Mrs. A. Hart McKee against her husband came up before the first tribunal in Paris. : After a business career of half a century in Chicago, the drug store of Dale & Sempill has been placed in the hands of a receiver.

Returns indicate a plurality of from’ 3,000 to 4,000 votes for John F. Miller, Republican candidate for mayor of Seattle, and the city council promises to be solidly Republican. Jesse Price was murdered at Darrington, Wash., at a smelter of the Pittsburg Gold Mountain Mining company, of which he was president and manager. ' ‘ ‘

The town of Eden, Me., has voted down a proposition to repeal the antiautomobile laws, which amounts to a practical prohibition of automobilges.

President E. D. Eaton: of the Beloit (Wis.) college announced a gift of $50,000 from Andrew Carnegie to the school. sty g -

In a quiet way naval officers in Washington are endeavoring to make Rear Admiral Evans vice-admiral of the navy. : :

By the overturning of a boat in which six small boys were fishing on a small lJake near Mart, Tex., four of them were drowned.

Mrs. Charlotte L. Noyes, rich Boston widow, was killed by W. P. MeComas, mining engineer, at Los Angeles, Cal. Harry Thaw has refused to indorse his attorneys’ bills until action for his release from the insane asylum is begun. :

The American “battle fleet” Ileft Callao, Peru, on the way to Magdalena bay, shortly before the torpedo flotilla arrived at Callao. Frank Pauley and wife were killed and Benjamin Eckenrode fatally injured at Transfer, Pa., when their carriage was struck by an Erie train. - Secretary of War William H. Taft addressed an audience of more than 2,000 persons in the Court Square “theater, Springfield, Mass. Postmaster General Meyer is of the opinion that it is prejudicial to the _ welfare ¢Z “young America” to employ * him as a special deliverv messenger.

Chief of Police Shippy of 'Chicago was stabbed in the side, his son was fatally shot and his driver, James Foley, wounded by a Russian anarchist, Lazarus Averbuch, who attempted to kill the chief. The assassin was himself killed by the chief. A wholesale murder plot is suspected. Secretary Strans at Washington issued a sweeping order directing cooperation of the police and detective forces in an effort to rid the country of alien anarchists. ; Mayor Taylor of San Francisco has received a letter from President Roosevelt saying that neither he nor Secretary Root can be present on the arrival of the fleet under Admiral Evans. .

INDIANA.

Although Dr. Otto Schultze testified at the inquest in New York that an autopsy proved . conclusively -that Gerolamo Cella, a wealthy importer, was murdered, the coroner’s jury returned a suicide verdict. Application was made at Washington for the necessary authority to extradite fromm France Paul ¥. Roy, charged with responsibility for the death of George A. Carkins in New Hampshire. : - Guiseppe Alia, the slayer of Father Leo Heinrichs at Denver, Col., is declared absolutely sane in a report submitted to District- Attorney A. Stidger by four experts. ' Charge that the government has been robbed of over $70,000,000 since 1880 by railroads carrying the mails, was made on the floor of the house by Mr. Lloyd (Mo.). o The liberal gavernment of New Brunswick,. which has been continued for 25 years, was overthrown in general elections. ?

Four naval officers, all experts, testified before the senate naval committee in defense of the American navy against all criticism. '

Ohio Republicans held their state convention at Columbus, 0., dealing a staggering blow to the interests of Senators Foraker and Diek by wiping off the committee every man, known to have any bias in their faV(?r. Taft was indorsed. o : A great audience assembled in' Boston and heard addresses by Secretary of War Taft, United States Senator Elmer J. Burkett of Nebraska, Gov. Curtis Guild and Lieut. Gov. Eben S. Draper. - King Leopold and the Belgian government have come to a complete agreement on the question of the annexation of the Congo Independent State. ) .

The Ormsby county (Nev.) grand jury returned. indictments charging embezzlement against every director,_ the cashier and the assistant cashier of the defunct State bank. ' - William J. Bryan addressed the students of Park college and the citizens of Parkville, Mo., upon “Civilization and Citizenship.” - x The New York Women’s Peace cirtle denounced President Roosevelt for his support of rifle shooting for boys and girls in the publie schools.

One man was killed and several injured in the wreck of passenger train No. 19 on the Fort Worth & Denver railway two miles south of Alvord, Tex. = .

An unknown man entered the home of Steve Pushka, at Holden, W. Va,, killed Mrs. Pushka by beating her brains out with a hammer and fatally wounded her four-year-old son.

Mrs. Esabella: J. Martin hdas been indicted at Oakland, - Cal.,, by the grand jury on a charge of ‘having dynamited the residence of Superior Judge Frank S. Ogden in March, 1907.

It is understood President Roosevelt has decided to appoint W. S. Rossiter of New York to be public printer to succeed Charles S. Stillings of Massachusetts. Y :

Mayors of nearly 20 Illinois cities in the state attended a conference called for in Chicago, at which financial legislation for the state was the subject for discussion.

A cargo of powder carried by a Big Four freight train exploded while the train was running at full 'speed, two miles from - Litchfield, 111. Two men were injured. ;

Miss Carol A. Harriman, daughter of Edward H. Harriman, was said to be seriously ill of mastoiditis at her father’s home in New York. v Considerable concern is being felt in Madrid for the safety of King Al fonso and Queen Victoria on their appl;oaching visit to Barcelona. John H. Murphy, general counsel for the Western Federation of Miners and also for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, died in Denver, Col. Commander William H. Sims, naval aide to President Roosevelt, by his own statement is responsible for the “row” over criticisms of battleship construction before the senate committee on naval affairs. :

Acting under orders of County Judge Peter 'a raid was made on the two poolrooms in South Louisville, Ky., and 29 persons taken into custody. Two men were instantly killed by an explosion near Marcus, Wash. Indictments charging the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad company with granting rebates and a Kansas City, Mo., Lumber company with accenting rebates, were returned by the St. Louis federal grand jury. The entire extreme northern section of Tampa, Fla., was destroyed by fire, rendering thousands homeless, causing one death, a loss of $600,000 and necessitating a call for the state militia.

An avalanche descended near Goppenstein, Switzerland. The atmospheric pressure which accompanied it demolished a hotel, killing 13 ‘persons and injuring 15 others. ¢ John McGregor, county commissioner, was arrested at Indianapolis, Ind., on a grand jury indictment charging him with conspiracy to defraud and with accepting a bribe. George M, Woodby, J. J. Hicks and Mrs. Josie Schuck were arrested, at Los Angeles, Cal., as part of the campaign being waged by the police against socialists. Montague Roberts and the Thomas car, the American entry in the New York-Paris automobile race, now are on the second leg of their journey across the American continent. The big roadster left Chicago. " The house adopted a special rule restoring to the army appropriation bill the provision for an increase of pay for enlisted men and non-comniis-sioned officers in the army. e

President Roosevelt “appointed Charles D. Sigsbee, son of Rear Admiral Sigsbee, and a number of sons of eased naval officers as midshfizn.

A bill to tax the sale and transfer of stocks was introduced in the house by Mr. - Hepburn. £

Lucian 8. Blanchard, prominent in public affairs in lowa for the last 40 years, as lawyer, judge, representative and senator, died at Oskaloosa, la. At Allenstein, east Prussia, Capt. Von Goeben, who killed Maj. von Schoenbeck, a fellow officer and has been awaiting court-martial, committed suicide.

The marriage of Miss Cornelia Harriman, daughter of E. H. Hajriman, to Robert Livingstone Gerry, son of Elbridge T. Gerry, took place in New York.

Federal legislation is called a cause of the recent financial panic in the-an-nual report of James McCrea «f the Pennsylvania Railroad company. According to statements of Missouri railroad officials published at St. Louis, about 10,000 employes have been dismissed. ¥ s

James Oliver, the millionaire plow manufacturer, died at South . Bend, Ind. The cause was general debility and heart disease.

Before the Oakland, Cal., grand jury “Baby John” Martin confessed that his mother had planned to kill William J. Dyngee, the millionaire cement manufacturer. ’

Deputy Scott of Exeter arrived at Concord, N. H,, bringing the necessary documents to demand the extradition from France of Paul E. Roy, accused of the murder of George A. Carkins. Adjustment was secured. The Banco de Minero, at Chihuahua, owned by Ambassador Creel, has been robbed of $295,000 Mexican money. Formal notice of the creation of the “Republic of the United States of Rus: sia,” in place of the Russian monarchy, was sent to President Roosevelt and to the head of every European nation from New York by the republican administration of the provisional government of Russia. The interstate commerce commission at Washington decided to deny all petitions for the extensions of time within which to comply with the socalled hours of service law—the ninehour law. .

Every coal operator in the Pittsburg district is preparing for a strike of the coal miners on April 1. ; John Benham of Cincinnati, a fireman, was killed, Frank Brown of Maysville, Ky., fatally injured and three other trainmen seriously hurt in a.head-on collision. .

Bishop W. W.' Duncan, of the Spartanburg, S. C., Methodist Episcopal church South, is dead. i The total wheat clearings from the Pacific coast for the week ending February 29 amounted to 694,730 bushels, all of which was consigned to the United Kingdom. ~ .

More than 5,000 granite cutters and quarry men are affected by suspension of the New. England plants owing to a failure to agree on a wage scale. . . Thomas B. Wanamaker of Philadelphia, son of John Wanamaker, the well-known merchant and former paostmaster general, died suddenly at Liverpool. : i : Hypodermic injections of a serum similar té that used in-the treatment of diphtheria are being successfully employed in scarlet fever cases in New York, according to doctors in hospitals on the East side. . - Seven terrorists, condemned to death for complicity in a plot against the lives of Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch and M. Chtcheglovitoff, minister of justice, were hanged in St. Petersburg. : | District Attorney John F. Weiss ordered the release of E. C. Humphreys, who was arrested at Harrisburg, Pa., charged with having attempted to influence the jury in the capitol conspiracy case. : Andrew Hamilton, formerly counsel to the New York Life and other insurance companies, and in charge ‘for many years of insurance litigation and legislative matters, was found dead in bed at Albany, N. Y. Advices from Gen. d’Amade, commander of the French forces in Morocco, report another furious fight with the Madakara tribesmen, in which the French were victors.

Breckinridge hall, one of the largest dormitories of Central uniyersity, Danville, Ky., was destroyed by fire. The loss is about $40,000. : Fire destroyed one of the largest business buildings in Albert — Lea, Minn., entailing a loss of $90,000. The British expedition under Maj. Gen. Sir James Willcacks, which has been engaged in the Bazar valley, India, in punishing the Zazkakhels, has come 'to an end. ' It was announced at Pekin that the Chinese government will surrender the- Japanese steamer. Tatsu Maru, which was seized by customs cruisers. E. V. Munn, 56 years old, died at Beloit,, Wis., of paralysis. He was for many years secretary and treasurer of the Fire Underwriters’ Association of the Northwest. . i

Fred Dolph was murdered while he slept in Clinton, la. His head was blown off by a shotgun. | Record-breaking destruction of telegraph and telephone property was averted by a narrow margin in and around Chicago. After 10,000 persons had viewed the body of Rev. Father Leo Heinrichs at Paterson, N. I, the slain Denver priest was buried. American railways have made arrangements to comply with the provisions of the “nine-hour law,” The New York state public service commission decided that scrip dividends cannot be authorized. Two fires in one day 4in New York caused a loss of $2,625,000. Patrick F. Garrett, until two years ago collector of customs at El Paso,. Tex., was shot and kiMed near Las Cruces, N. M., by Wayne Brazle, son of an old settler. Garrett gained fame as the slayer of the notorious “Billy the Kid” in 1880. “ ; The Italian and French car-~No. 1 left Chicago on the second lap of the world auto race. ~ Sevefal Chicago Catholic priests had police guard at their Sunday masses. : e e About 200 granite cutters employed in the Westerly (R. 1. shops went oa strike, demanding more wages. i

The Funny Things One Sees - in Smiling Round the World By - MARSHALL P. WILDER (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) : To one accustomed only to Atlantic travel the element of novelty begins at once on a Pacific steamer. Instead of smug English stewards, neat Chinamen in spotless linen gowns of blue, long cues, immaculate white stockings, and the broadest of smiles, fly nimbly about.carrying baggage or waiting on passengers with most theerful disparity.

The Chinese stewards interested us exceedingly, and when, directly after sailing from San Francisco, we descended to luncheon, we saw them in a new way. The long tables in the saloon were laid out invitingly with massive silver and piles of fruit, around which the neat boys whisked, making an attractive picture. Here we received our first‘introduction. to the far-famed “pidgin English,” which we had previously conceived to be very largely a figment of the story-teller’s brain. It was to be later impressed upon us how universal the use of it is, from San Francisco right through to Ceylon, wherever the Chinese coolie lives and moves and has his being. ‘When at hard or outdoor work, a Chinaman will twist his cue up like a woman, but never in the house, as it is a disrespectful act to appear before a superior *with the cue bound up. Foreigners in many cases do not know this, and the Chinaman, who instinctively hates all foreigners, will often resort to this method of insulting them, taking a deal of comfort out of it, even though the [foreigner may be in blissful ignorance of the intended disrespect. It was my luck to draw a waiter who was particularly shy on straight English, and when I asked for a nice piece of rare roast beef, and vegetables such as my wife had, his face remained as blank as a newly whitewashed barn door. Seeing my perplexity, a kind neighbor taught me what to say, and, though feeling rather silly, I repeated: “Boy, ‘you ketchee me number one piece roast beef, no too well done, and vegetables allee same lady have got.” His face beamed. with intelligence, and my order was executed with neatness and dispatch. - I subsequently discovered that if a chair was desired from the upper deck an order in plain English would not be understood. But say to him,

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HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH A FAT MAN’'S STOMACH.

“Boy, you go topside, ketchee my one plece chair, bring to me.” He will depart cheerfully, knowing just what you mean. :

“Pidgin” is the Chinese word for “business,” and a great many years ago this motley means of communication was evolved, piece by piece,as a medium through which the Englishspeaking traders carried on business with the Chinese, Despite the fact that numbers of Chinese, especially the merchants, speak excellent English, this absurd polyglot has held its own, and it is a benighted Chinaman, indeed, who cannot conjure up a few lame phrases. It is a means of communication, even among Chinamen, go it is said; for the different provinces of that country differ in dialect as so many countries, but with a little of the universal “pidgin” they make themselves understood. % * * * *

During our entire trip across the Pacific we were never off an almost

N I i, )M, , : . w Al N\ A, ' \ ) : - Mh ‘ HHLEN l\ | | &Y y q J My Order Was Executed with Neat: ness and Dispatch. ’ even keel,” It was so different from my first ocean trip, which was across the Atlantic. I'll néver forget that., 1I hadn’t been feeling well, and was told that the sea voyage wculd make another man of me. Imagine making another man of me, when there was hardly enqugh material for one! Well, the minute the ship left the dock I felt better. I threw out' my chest—and a lot of other things I didn’'t need-—and prepared to enjoy e, SO

By the time we got to Sandy Hook the shlfi“ was having St. Vitus dance, and most of the passengers decided to go below to unpack. I started to find my stateroom, and I think I butted into every one there was. I was finally hurled into -one just as the occupant, a lady, was climbing into the upper berth. She said, “Sir!” Then the ship went the other way, and 1 was never so completely sat on by a lady in my life! At last I found my own stateroom, which was a locker with a couple of shelves in it. ; !

The ship now seemed to stand on her nose and wag her tall in the air; I deliberated whether I shorid else the port hole and go to my berth, or close' my berth and go to the port hole. On the fourth day I began to take notice of things, and crawled out on deck just as the ship was doing a buck and wing. I was shot from one end of the ship to the other, finishing with a head-on collision with a fat man’s stomach. He was mad because I butted in on his breakfast. I apologized for the intrusion, and crawled into a steamer chair. .

It was so rough they had a fence built 'round the table to keep . the [ | 8 7 , s QO i 4 s . Dty a "g%'“ ,‘4 t.;‘/'.'l‘lll Ty Yol R L § s | : M—— .‘..us";/\ o 4 : iR, ;~\ 4 ; S (| B __%’:‘—s— i K R ‘~f?' o L — (—— o -——— : < v — Arrival at Honolulu. ; dishes on. I was pursuing a piece of bread when the ship did a “figure eight” and the lady opposite got my bread and I got her fish, For the rest of the meal we fed each other. The day it was roughest the pdssengers asked me to get up 'a concert.. There was a prima donna on board who was having her voice cul'tivated in Paris. I supposed she was going over to get it, for she certainly didn’t have it with her. She consented to take part in the concert, and chose a fitting selection for a _rough night—“ Rocked in the Cradle of the ‘Deep.” Just as she started in to sing the ship side-stepped and threw her under the table. A friend of mine was accompanying her on the piano, so, of course, he had to follow her. I said: “For heaven’s sake, is this a concert or a knockabout act?” *The prima donna thought she was down for a solo—but-she was down for an hour. ; : * * * * * - On the Pacific there were no such

experiences for us. And it is such a great,{ big, lonesome ocean—only once in all the 18 days did we see a ship, a big; fullrigged ship with all sails set—but seeming to stand perfectly still, utterly becalmed, “a painted ship upon a painted ocean.” . Captain Porter was a delightful raconteur and entertained us on.several occasions ‘with stories of his sojourn in the frigid zone. His tales of Esquimaux dainties, especially a duck soup, where the bird is put in for cooking not only undressed but unplucked, made us glad there were no Esquimaux cooks on board. v The- evening before our expected arrival at Honolulu the chief topics of conversation were the principal sights of the town, and the best methods of seeing them. . Within three days of Honolulu we realized our approach to the tropics by the sensible rise in temperature, the number of flying fish and the summer costume of the passengers and offiCcéers.

Every one retired with the keenest anticipations, for even six days on the water create a longing to see land, proving that man, though he go down, to the sea in ships, is beyond qu_est?on a land animal. : Most of us were up betimes and were rewarded by the sight of a dark, low-lying island on our port bow. This is Molokai, the leper island and the scene of Father Damien’s herdic life and death. This Belgian missionary priest, who started life a simple unlettered peasant, so lived and worked and died that his name will ever be one of those who need no hall of fame to make their memory immortal. His will go ringing down the halls of time as one that loved his fellow men. Ahead, another island, with high, rocky promontory, stood out now quite plainly. As we came nearer we could distinguish fleets -of Ilittle fishing boats, their white sails dotting the blue water like flocks of birds. A snowy sickle of sand outlined the black and beetling cliff, and around it came the little “Alameda,” rolling and plunging in a swell that did not even disturb the stately calm of our _glantess. i . It was noon before we really warped to the wharf, alongside of which was a United States naval mfl% ship, whose band welcomed us, mpanied by the shouts of the white-clad boys. ;

Jesus Healsa . ° Man Born Blind Sunday School Lesson for March 15, 1908 ‘Specially Prepared for This Paper LESSON TEXT.—John 9:1-41. Memory verses, 10, 11 . ; GOLDEN TEXT.—“I am the light of the world.””—John 9:5. TlME.—About six months after our last lesson. October, A. D. 29. At the Feast of Tabernacles, which began that vear October 11. Toward the close. of the third year of Jesus’ ministry. "PLACE.—The pool of Siloam, at Jerusalem. A & Comment and Suggestive Tg@g@. V. 1. “As Jesus passed by.” lking to Jerusalem on a Sabbath day (v. 14), probably near the temple where he may have been worshiping, and around the gates of which were usually. crowds of the poor and unfortunate begging for help from the worshipers, whose hearts were softened by the religious influences of the place. “Saw a man which was blind from his birth.” Of the six miracles connected with blindness which are recorded in the Gospels, this is the only case described as blindness from birth. In this lies its sgecial characteristic (v. 32.) _V. 2. “Who did sin, this man, or his parents, that (as the result of his sin) he was born blind?” The R. V. “That he should be,” expresses the meaning. Sin, as Jesus himself reeognized in more than one instance, was the cause of suffering (Mark 2: 5; Luke 13: 1-5; John 5:14.) Hence the disciples wrongly inferred that special suffering was always caused by some special sin. V. 3. “Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents.” Not that they were perfect, and had never done wrong, but the affliction had not come as the result or punishment of any particular sin, beyond that of others who did not suffer an affliction, as in the case of those upon whom the tower of Siloam fell (Luke 13: 1-5.) Sufferings do come upon children from the sins of parents, as stated in the second commandment; but it is not a punishment of the sufferer. Everybody in the world to-day is suffering more or less from the sins of others, but the suffering is not a punishment for those sins. “But (the blindness came) that (expressing not the purpose of the blindness but the result, the outcome) the works of God should be made manifest in him.” Manifest to himself, and through him to the world all down the ages. Who would not be willing to be blind for a few years if thereby he could reveal and proclaim Jesus as the light of the world, and reflect the goodness, the power, the comfort of God to millions of his fellow-men? The blindness was no wrong to the man, for it gave him a knowledge of Jesus, a hope of heaven, new virtues, and experiences which could not have been his in any other way. : v

V. 7. “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam,” to wash off the clay from his eyes. The pool of Siloam is in the valley of the Kidron, south of the Temple Area, and 1,200 feet a little southwest of the Virgin’s fourntain (the probable pool of Bethesda) from which living fountain a stream flows through a rock-cut aqueduct to the pool of Siloam. It must have been a large pool 70 feet square, surrounded by an arcade. It was from this pool that the water was taken in a golden pitcher in the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles. “Siloam (Hebrew) . . . by interpretation, Sent” (Greek.) The pool may have been called “sent” because the waters were “sent” forth from the aqueduct from the Virgin's Spring. The word ‘“sent” is so frequently used by Jesus of himself that we naturally apply it here also to himgelf as if the noiseless sfream which their fathers had despised (Isa. 8:6), and which they could trace to its source, was a fit type of him whom the Jews rejected because they knew his.origin, and because he had no external force.”—Exp. Greek Test. He obeyed. He “washed, and came seeing” either to his home or to the temple region where Jesus had met him. . ; oo ¥ .

Jesus the Light of the World.— 1. Jesus is the Light of the World be: cause he brings light' from heaven, the light we need in our darkness: The light of the knowledge of God, of his fatherhood, his love, his forgiving mercy, his truth, his law, of heaven and the way there. Jesus himself, with his character, his teachings, his deeds, was himself Light in the world, revealing these things. . 2. He is the Light of the world because he opens our eyes to see the light of heaven, and ourselves, and life, and the world in, the light of heaven. New Life in the soul, the life: given by the Holy Spirit, is the means of our seeing the light. 3. Jesus is the Light because he sheds light on all our sicknesses, and troubles, and burdens. He cures. diseases, he makes all things work together for good to those that love him, he gives new motives and hopes that lighten our burdens, An Example—Very much of our growth and progress depends on better seeing—seeing more of the meaning of God’s Word, seeing God, seeing eternal realities, seeing the significance of life, seeing opportunities of doing good, seeing better ideals and possibilities. Heaven and earth, so full of blessings and truths, and opportunities and glories, are often invisible to us, as chariots and horses defending Elisha were invisible to his servant. . ‘Wanted to Meet Him. He was a drummer of the more flashy type, and had just finished telling a startling story to his newly-made acquaintance in the parlor car. “That reminds me of one of Munchausen’s yarns,” remarked the vietim, for want of something better to say. : } “Munchausen? Who is he?” “Why, don’t you know about him? He is the most colossal example of mendacity that civilization has produced!” Bl 5 A brief, painful silence . ensued, which was broken by the traveler in a' tone that was almost timid. ~ “Excuse me, my friend,” he said, “if 1 seem inquisitive, but would you mh;a telling meé what house he travels for'

HER GOOD FORTUNE.: ',' After Years Spent in Vain Effort.. Mrs. Mary E. H. Rouse,” of Cambridge, N. Y., says: “Five years ago g I had a bad fall and ki it affected my ~kid- ‘ neys. Severe pains 2 1) .in my back and hips "{’3""3‘ _ became constant, and o et]) sharp twinges: fol- . :’5??4 - lowed any exertion. :;‘/a‘ &) The kiQney secreZ/” ; fg“h tions were badly dis- : colored. I lost flesh and grew too weak to work. Though constantly using medicine I despaired of being cured until I begam taking Doan’s Kidney Pills. Then relief came quickly, and in-a short time I -was completely cured. lam .now in excellent health.” : §old by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. * SPITE. : .% » N y * =/ e - R f Pl :\ "":Q.\ 'U‘:: lf X NI L [\ i bl Q@) 1) ) % ’o ‘ e ,f L 2 N 2 { 08 Proud Mother—Everybody says the baby looks like me. ? Her Brother—The spiteful things don’t say that to your face, do they? CURED HER CHILDREN. Girls. Suffered with Itching Eczema— Baby Had a Tender Skin, Too— Relied on Cuticura Remedies. ' “Some years ago my three little girls had a very bad form of eczema. Itching eruptions formed on the backs of their heads which were simply covered. I tried almost everything, but failed. Then my mother recommended the Cuticura Remedies. I washed my children’s heads with Cuticura Soap and then applied the wonderful ointment, Cuticura. I did this four or five times-and I can say that they have been entirely cured. I have another

baby who is so plump that the folds of skin on his neck were broken and even bled. I used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and tfie next morning the trouble had disappeared. Mme. Napoleon Duceppe, 41 . Duluth St., Montreal, Que., May 21, 1907.” - -

Wonderful Phraseology.

A party of American tourists who were comfortably established in a hotel in Germany discovered a new contribution to “English as she is spoke,” only this time they found it in the written word. The building had been recently wired for electricity and under the bulbs in each room directions were. posted in French, German and English. The French was irreproachable, the German nearly 0. The English read as follows: ‘To open and shut the lightening electrical on, is re.quested to turn to the right hand. On going to bed it must be closed. Otherwise the lightening must be paid.” Cause for Alarm. : A young man had beeh courting a girl for nine years. “Jennie,” he said, one evening, “I read the other day that in 650,000 years Niagara falls ‘would dry up.” o : . Jennie clutched his arm excitedly. “Why, what's the matter?” he asked. : ' >

“Why, you promised to take me there on our bridal trip. Don’'t you think you had better be a little careful that it does not dry up before we get there?” o .

&Ex important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and -children, and see that it ! - Bears the : . Signature of 3 In Use For Over 30 Years. . : The Kind You Have Always Bought. Application Put on File. The Needy One—l say, old man, could you lend me a doliar for a day -or two? F e ¥, _ The Other One—My dear fellow, the dollar I lend is out at present, and I've several names down for it when it comes back.—Harper's Weekly. Sudden Changes of the Weather - often cause Bronchial and Lung troubles. “Brown’s Bronchial Troches” allay throat irritation apd coughs. 6 . The best acting at an amateur performance is always done by the people who sit down in front and act as though they enjoyed it. WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE. From October to May, Colds are the most freuent cause of Headache, LAXATIVE BROMOaUININ Eremoves cause. E.W.Grove on box 25¢ : Goethé: There is nothipg _ more frightful than ignorance in action. PILES CURED IN 6TO 14 DAYS. - e fiohing. Blind, Blesding o Prowruding Piles gt.o 14 daf‘l'or money retunfled. 50e. : 7 Why do people who pick quarrels always select such ugly ones? Lewis’ Single Binder_ costs more than other 5c cigars, Smokers know 'wlfiyl: “Your dealer or Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, ' Some silence may be golden, but much of it is ironical. - — _ Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup., ‘For children mtbpl.:fi‘loneu the gums, resnou ine Bammation, allays cures wtndoolw 25¢a bottle. ‘ It is possible to smile and smile and be a hypocrite still.

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HE REALIZED $3B PER ACRE. HIS OATS $37 PER ACRE IN SOUTH- . ERN ALBERTA, WESTERN ° . : CANADA. : ~ Cealdale, Alta, Can., Nov. 19, 1907. Sir: ' I beg to’say that this year we had 349 acres of grain, consisting of 197 acres of spring wheat and 152 acres of oats. The average yield of wheat was 38 bushels per acre and oats T 4 bushels. We were offered $l.OO per bushel - for wheat and 50 cents for oats, making the acre values for the two crops $38.00 and $37.00 respectively. v ~ We also had 50 tons of hay worth $13.00. per ton, and 500 bushels of potatoes, worth 60 cents per bushel, the latter off 215 acres of ground. ‘ Our best yields this year were 107 cres of wheat, making 4 shels per acre at $l. 00 per bufige/l,m'l would be $41.00 per acre; 47 acres of oats, yielding 95 bushels per acre were sold for 50 cents per bushel. Proceeds, $47.00 per aere. : : - I might add that 50 acres of our oats were ‘‘stubbled in’” . During the spring of 1906, we hired about 300 acres broken by steam. We put in and harvested 55 acres of grain last - year, did the remainder of our breaking, worked up the ground and seeded this year’s entire crop, put in seven acres of alfalfa and five acres of garden potatoes, trees; etc., all with one four-horse team. During har¥est we hired other teams, but, aside from this, and part of the breaking, the one team did the work of raising practically 19,000 bushels .of °grain, worth $12,000. : Yours truly, : . < W. H. PAWSON, JR. WINTER WHEAT 25 TO 30 BUSH. .- ELS TO THE ACRE IN SOUTHi ERN ALBERTA.

_ Warner, Alta, Canada, Jan. 9, 1908. Dear Sir: This is the first year of farming in this settlement. Mr. A. L. Warner raised twenty-five hundred and fifteen bushels of fine winter wheat on one hundred acres of breaking and Tenny brothers had sixty acres that went thirty bushels per acre. The winter wheat that is in this year looks fine. :

- Spring wheat here went thirty bushels per acre, oats fifty to eighty, parley fifty, and flax ten to fifteén on sod. - : : ‘The settlers here are all well pleased with the country. The stock have not required any feed except the grass up to this date and are all fat. Yours truly, e F. S. LEFFINGWELL. (Information as to how to reach these = districts, rates, etc., can be secured from any agent of the Canadian government, whose advertisement appears elsewhere.—Ed.) : = In Demand., - “I hear you have a new automobile, old man,” said the motor-car fiend. “What does it look like?” “Well, to tell you the truth,” replied the amateur motorist, “it .is as ugly as a steam roller, makes as much noise as a traction engine, knocks over as-many people as a freight en.gine and raises as much dust as a ‘street sweeping machine. - The motor-car fiend was wild with enthusiasm. : “You don’t say!” he blurted eagerly. “Tell me where I can buy the same make and I'll give you my old machine as a present.”. : " Every Lover of Good Music should take advantage of the offer the Jerome H. Remick Co. of New York make in the advertising columns of this paper to send for 25 cents the words and musie of nine of the best pieces of the Merry Widow Olgerp, all the rni;: at present in London, Paris and New York. '

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