The Syracuse Journal, Volume 5, Number 33, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 12 December 1912 — Page 2

The Syracuse Journal* GEO. O. SNYDER. Publisher-. Syracuse,, - - • Indiana DISASTROUS BLAZE 1700,0C0 GOES UP IN FIRE AT CINCINNATI. MANY OVERCOME BY SMOKt Whether There Was Any Loss of Life Is Yet Undetermined —The Hotel Management Insists That All of Its Guests Were Notified in Time to Get Out—Other News of the Day. Cincinnati, Ohio. Dec. 11. —Three of the city’s leading establishments, as well as more than a hundred offices, were destroyed by fire here when the Gibson hotel, the Renidgs-Lotham Company, a depannent store; W. L. Douglas Shoe Company and the offices of the Missouri-Pacific Railway were swept completely by the flames while the top ten floors of the Union Trust building, a 17-story fireproof structure, were practically gutted. Whether there was any loss of life is undetermined. The hotel management insists that all of its guests were notified in time to get out, while the police are of the opinion that there may have been persons left in the rooms. This later opinion is based on the rapidity with which the 1 flames spread. Another report is that fatalities have occurred in the fire, but this cannot be verified. There were a number of scrub women working on the fifteenth floor of the Union Trust building when the fire broke out and were overcome by smoke. The loss as estimated by the management of the Gibson house is $350,; 000- That on Rendigs-Lothman, $100,000; Douglas Shoe Company, $25,000; Missouri-Pacific offices, $15,000, and the Union Trust building, ♦200,000. The theory of suffocation in the Union Trust building is upheld to a degree by the fact that eleven persons were taken out of the building below the fourteenth floor, all of whom were more or less overcome by smoke. Several who effected the rescue were taken out in a seriotis condition and rushed to hospitals. Didn’t Like the Noise. Atlanta. Ga., Dec. 9. —“I said to them prisoners: ’Here, you folks in there, if you don’t shut up that yellin’ I’m going to turn every one of you out, this fur from home.’ They would not stop, so I unlocked the cage and told ’em all to beat it. They did.” This was the explanation given to Chief of Police Bears by George Hamilton, driver of the city workhouse vancage, regarding the escape of five prisoners from the cage after he had started on a “joy ride” during the trip from city court to the workhouse. The yelling of the prisoners is said to have been due to the speed which Hamilton maintained with his team during the early stages of his ride. They have not been captured. “I had a real nice, comfortable ride, free from noise, after them prisoners beat , it,” said (Hamilton, closing his interview with the chief of police. He will be tried on a charge of intoxication and disorderly conduct. Whistler Did Good Service. Connersville. Ind., Dec. If. —Shrill whistling saved the life of Ed Baker, an insane prisoners, In the county jail. He tried to hang himself with his suspenders. They broke. He then tried to strangle himself with the longest piece of the suspenders and his face had turned black when the prisoner nearest him, an umbrella mender, began whistling with surprising shrillness. Taker quit choking himself and listened. The longer he listened the better he seemed pleased, and the whistler whistled away with all his might. The insane man threw down the suspender end and began to dance. While he was dancing the suspenders were whisked out of his cell with a long stick. Gouged Out Eyes of Infants. Cerebere, Dec. 11 .—A man and wife, living in the village of Gacve, In Catalona, were caught in the act of gouging out the eyes of their five-year-old child with the object of rendering it more pitiable and thus able to obtain, as a beggar, more sympathy from the public. The other Inhabitants of the village were attracted by the child’s screams and when they arrived on the scene found that it had already been blinded and otherwise mutilated. The man and woman were arrested. Bodies of Man and Woman Found. Hudson, Wls., Dec. 11 .—The bodies of A. L. Tilseth and, his wife, who were to cross the St. Croix river on ' skates, were found by searchers who had covered the river for many miles up and down stream. Lane Bandit Gets Haul from Limited. Vancouver B. C., Dec. 9.—The local police are searching for a masked robber who went through a sleeping car on the Canadian Pacific railway’s east-bound imperial limited as It left ' Vancouver and held up the conductor and all the passengers. Safe Blower Is Killed. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 11.—In a police raid on a house in the outskirts of Memphis "Kinney” Bergen, believed to be a widely known safe blower, was killed by city detectives. Sheriff Guards Six. Mobile, Ala., Dec. 9.—Details of the lynching of one negro and the reported lynching of three others neflr Butler, was brought by Sheriff Locke, who arrived here last night with stx ne rro~s, brought from Butler for safeBeeping.

BRITAIN FILES A VIGOROUS NOTE Asks U. S. Yield or Arbitrate on Panama Tolls. CLAIMS A TREATY VIOLATION Strong Resistance to an Attempt to Exclude English Vessels Owned by Canadian Railroads Is Threatened. Washington, Dec. 11. —The protest of Great Britain against the princii pie of free tolls for American ships in an American canal was filed officially Tuesday with Secretary Knox, and simultaneously in the British parliament, the main points in the protest being that such free tolls are a clear i violation of the Clayton-Bulwer and Hay-Pauncefote treaties. The ease of Great Britain was prepared by Sir Edward Grey, minister of foreign affairs, and was communicated to Secretary Knox by Mr. James Bryce, the British ambassador, accompanied by the counsellor of the British embassy, Mr. Mitchell Innes. It is an elaboration of the points of objection in the note presented to the state department last July. In brief, these objections are: That while it was clearly in violation of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty either to remit or refund tolls on all ' American shipping using the canal, the s~.me objection probably would apply to the coastwise trade shipping, in view of the probable impossibility of framing regulations that would not result in a preference to American shipping. In addition to supporting these points by long arguments, Sir Edward indicates clearly that strong resistance will be offered to any attempt to exclude from the canal British ships owned by Canadian railroads or whose owners may be guilty of violating the Sherman anti-trust act. He holds that this section of the act cannot apply to British shipping but only to United States vessels. He also indicates in his note that underlying the objection to the exemption from toll of American coastwise ships is an apprehension that in the future the principle might be extended to cover American ships In the foreign trade. Otherwise the note is devoted almost entirely to an effort to demonstrate that any such exemption of American shipping as is proposed is in direct conflict with the terms of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and that President Taft was clearly wrong when he took the contrary view. PROGRESSIVES IN BIG MEETRoosevelt Declares Party Will Fight for Social Justice. Chicago, Dec. 11. —The Progressive national party will run on its own tracks and fight consistently for the enactment of social justice legislation in state and nation. There will be no alliances with old parties. This was the announcement made by Col. Theodore Roosevelt on Monday. He voiced the sentiment of other new party leaders in attendance at the Progressive party national conference, 1 which opened this morning at the Hoj tel La Salle. < United States Senator Joseph M. Dixon of Montana, who was the director general of the Progressive party during the recent campaign, said before going into the conference: “Permanent organization and the devising of ways and means to have written into laws the declarations of the Progressive party platform are the big things to be decided by the conference. One of the most significant things to my mind is the indorsement of the Progressive party platform by the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America in Chicago. “This conference will prepare a plan to carry on the propaganda for the next four years. Originally I issued a call for a meeting of the national committee for this time. That call went forth the day before election. Since then it was deemed advisable to make the conference more pretentious and invitations generally were sent out.” RANSDELL NAMED AS CHIEFNew Senator Elected President of River and Harbor Congress. Washington, Dec. 9. —Joseph E. Ransdell, senator-elect from Louisiana on Friday, was elected president of the National Rivers and Harbors congress at the closing session. S. A. Thompson of Indiana was re-elected secretary treasurer, and John I. Martin of Missouri, sergeant-at-arms. /\ Resolutions adopted by the congress represented the development of the waterways policy. An appropriation of $50,000,000 yearly was the estimated expenditure considered necessary for constructive work. Life Sentence for Auerbach. Baldwin, Mich., Dec. 11. —O. M. Auerbach of Chicago, an ’O9 Princeton graduate, was sentenced to life imprissonment Monday at Jackson for the murder of his employer, Harry W. Fisher, former Chicago promoter. Taft to Go to Panama December 19. Washington, Dec. 11.—President ! Taft’s plans for a trip to Panama advanced Monday to a point where December 19 was tentatively selected as the date of starting. Dreadnaught Arkansas will carry hiip. Czarevitch Out for Walk. St Petersburg, Dec. 9.—The little czarevitch walked with assistance for a quarter of an hour on Friday in the Royal park at Tsarskoe-Selo. This was the first time he had walked since his illness. Vessel Goes on Rocks. Newport R L, Dec. 9. —The steamer Beaver Tall of the Jamestown and Newport Ferry company, grounded on the rocks off Rose island in the fog Friday. Her fifty passengers and crew were taken off by launches.

OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD . - J Representative Underwood, leader of the house, says the Democrats ar* going to revise the tariff “from agate to zinc.” VIEWS OF GOV. BLEASE CAUSE UPROAR AT MEET South Carolinan Declares He Was Menaced Four Times—His Remarks Repudiated. . 1 Richmond, Va., Deel 9.—After the stormiest session on record the governors’ convention adjourned sine di® Friday, to meet again at Colorado Springs, Colo., next August The feature of the closing session was the passage of a resolution censuring Governor Blease of South Carolina for his advocacy of lynch law and his declaration that the constitution of South Carolina could “go to .” Governor Blease, defending himself,, snapped his fingers in the faces of the other governors, and declared that he cared not a whit what the conference did or left undone. “Four times has my life been threatened for my utterances,” declared Governor Blease. « “I was quoted Thursday as saying, ‘To with the constitution.’ I say now to all the governors of all the states and to all the people of the United States what I said then.” The conference hall was thrown into an uproar. Governors of Alabama. Wyoming, Missouri, New York* Maryland and Wisconsin denounced the South Carolinan in strong terms for his utterances. Governors of North Carolina, Arkansas. Connecticut and Idaho voted against the resolution. The resolution adopted was introduced by Governor Mann of Virginia as an amendment to one offered by Governor O’Neal of Alabama. TRAIN ROBBED OF $20,000 GOLD. Two Men Loot Express Car of South Western Near Taft, Cal. Bakersfield, Cal., Dec. 11. —Twenty thousand dollars in gold was the haul of two robbers who held up the express car of the Sunset Western train bound from Bakersfield for Taft, Cal., Monday night. The money was consigned to the First National bank of Taft, Cal., by the First National bank of Bakersfield. It was not placed in the express safe. When the train arrived at Taft, railroad men wei*e forced to break down the door of the express car. In a corner covered with mail sacks was M. W. Hamby, the express messenger, who was just regaining consciousness. MATCH TRUST FACES FINE. Liable to $19,000 Penalty for Violating Child Labor Laws. Madison. Wis., Dec 11.—What la declared to be the most far reaching and most significant prosecution ever brought under the child labor laws of America was instituted by the state of Wisconsin against the Diamond <JMatch company, known as the “Trust.” Service was secured in charges involving fines aggregating $19,900. This is the maximum total possible under the statutes which provide for a fine of from $25 to SIOO for each specific violation of the law. New Fourteen-lnch Gun Bursts. Sandy Hook, N. J., Dec. 11.—A new 14-inch gun burst while being tested at the Sandy Hook proving grounds Monday. The muzzle of the gun was blown a hundred yards. The temporary carriage of the gun was shattered. Naval Officer Accidentally Killed. New York. Dec. 11.—Richard H. Townley, a retired naval officer and at one time state comptroller of Nebraska. accidentally shot and killed himself Monday in cleaning a gun preparatory to a hunting trip. Quake in South Carolina. Union, S. C., Dec. 10.—A distinct earthquake shock was felt at West Springs and Glenn Springs, near here, at 2:10 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Many persons rushed into the streets in alarm. No damage was reported. Colonel Wins California. Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 10.—Roosevelt carried California by 174 votes, although he will have but 11 of the state’s 13 electoral votes. The other two will be east for Wilson. These figures are final.

CROP OF 1912 WAS RECORD BREAKER Secretary Wilson Sends Annual Report to President. VALUED AT $9,532,000,000 Corn Yield Reaches High Mark of 3,169,000,000 Bushels and Estimated to Be Worth $1,750,000,000. Washington, Dec. 9.—The sixteenth annual report of Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, madt public on Saturday, shows that 1912 has’ been the most productive of all agricultural years in the country. The earth has produced its greatest annual dividend. The report also includes a review of the work and achievements of the department during the sixteen years throughout which Secretary Wilson’s service has extended. 1 Basing his figures on the census items of wealth production on farms. Secretary Wilson values the grand total of the 1912 crop at $9,532,000,000. Besides the production of the soil, this amount includes the live stock output. In commenting on the productiveness of the past year in relation to those preceding. Secretary Wilson said: “The enormous sum represented by the crop output of the United States for 1912 is more than twice the value of the wealth produced on farms in 1899, according to the census, and it Is about one-eighth more than the wealth produced in 1909. During the past 16 years the farmer has steadily increased his wealth year by year, with the exception of 1911, when the value declined from that of the preceding year.” The report of the secretary was one of the most bulky ever submitted by the department of agriculture. It oc cupied 259 pages and contained about 200,000 words. Most of this space was devoted to a lengthy review of the ‘ technical work of the department, covering such subjects as the epidemic of disease among cattle, the campaign of the department against Insects injurious to crops, reports on soils, and a detailed statement of the operations of the weather bureau. In addition to information of this nature. Secretary Wilson included a crop statement which showed that the corn yield held the lead. The estimated value of this product was $1,750,000,000. The yield reached the high water mark of 3,169,000,000 bushels. Hay was given second place in the , estimated figures. The yield was 72.425,000 tons, which was held to be worth $861,000,000. “The importance of this crop," says the report. “Is better realized when it is observed that its value is greater than that of the cotton crop and nearly as great as the combined values of the wheat, tobacco and potato crop." The report states that it Is too early to estimate the production of cotton this year, but $860,000,000 was placed as a possible figure tot" this crop. The wheat yield, as estimated by the department, will be worth to the farmer $596,000,000. Oats were placed as the fifth crop in order, the value being estimated at $478,000,000. The value of the potato crop was placed at $190,000,000; the barley crop at $125,000,- ' 000, and tobacco at $97,000,000. The value of the 1912 flaxseed, rye, rice, buckwheat and hops crops we.re set , at $39,000,000, $24,000,000. $20,000,000. $12,000,000 and $11,000,000 respectively The production of sugar from the beet was set at 700.000 tons. TRIAL OF ARCHBALD BRINGS LIE. Capt. A. W. May Is Made to Apologize to Senators for His Remark. Washington, Dec. 9. —Capt. A. W. 1 May, testifying on Friday in the impeachment trial against Robert W. Archbald, judge of the court of com- ' merce, told the United States senate that “if that claim is made, it is a lie." He didn’t know that he’ had offered 1 an unheard of affront to senatorial dignity until he saw Senator Gallinger 1 gasp and almost fall from his chair. 1 The next Instant Presiding Officer Bacon thumped his gavel on the desk ! and wrathfully demanded that the wit- 1 nes apologize. The witness did so. ’ and the trial proceeded. May, who is general manager of the i Hillside Coal & Iron company, was < provoked to his assault upon the ■ peace and dignity of the senate by the Insinuation from Archbald’s counsel that “fake” letters had been introduced as testimony which concealed May’s real object in withdrawing an offer to sell the judge the Katydid culm bank. The house managers who are prose- ■ cuting Archbald established clearly 1 that the culm bank had been offered to Archbald for a third of its value. Making the case still worse for the defense, the deposition of E. J. Williams, containing many damaging statements, was admitted as evidence. ! and W. I. Prior, another witness, verified the "silent partner” contract. Congressman Brown HI. Washington, Dec. 10.—Representative William G. Brown of West Vir- I glnia was seriously ill Sunday at his i apartment at Congress hall suffering * with a severe attack of heart disease, i complicated by acute indigestion, j 20.000 Put Under Civil Service. Washington, Dec. 10—More than 20,000 skilled workers in the navy ( yards throughout the United States 1 were placed under the protection of < civil service by executive order of < President Taft Saturday. ] Thief Overlooks SIOO,OOO. New York. Dec. 9.—Gathering up three diamond pins and a watch worth 1 S9OO, a bogus telephone inspector ! overlooked SIOO,OOO in jewels in the i home of Arthur Iselin in East Sixty- 1 ninth street and escaped Friday, i Bride Who Slew Sentenced. Logansport, Ind., Dec, 9.—Mrs. Joseph Lang, the bride of one day, who < shot and killed Mrs. Mary Coppie, was ] sentenced Friday -t,o serve from two 1 to fourteen years in prison at In- i dlanapolis and pay a $25 tine. 1

SENATOR BOuKNE IJ! | - Senator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon has announced that he will remain in the Republican party and work for its regeneration along progressive lines. AUSTRIA GETS BIG LOAN IN U. S. FOR THE CRISIS New York Bankers Take $25,000,000 Issue of Treasury Notes Despite Threat of Wai?. London. Dec. 11.—A dispatch from Vienna announces that the Austrian government has negotiated with the National City bank and Kuhn, Loeb & Co. of New York for an issue of $25,000,000 4% per cent, treasury bonds which will be taken over at 97 and made redeemable at par at the expiration of eighteen months and two years. That the breach between Austria and Servia iS steadily widening toward the point where ordinary diplomatic intercourse must fail to bring about an understanding is indicated by several developments today in both countries. Servia, so far as Austria has been concerned, has occupied herself mainly with the task in hand —the Balkan war—and apparently given little attention to the loud threats of the Austrian foreign office. During the past week, however, according to dispatches from Belgrade, several private citizens visiting Aus-tro-Hungarian frontier towns have been arrested for spying and ill treated even after showTng their proper credentials. These acts have inflamed the Servians, who declare they will welcome a second war on the heels of the one they have just fought if that is the only way to correct the Austrian attitude. The statement of the Pravada Is regarded here as a concise expression of the Servian irritation. The Pravada says: “If Austria desires war with Servia let it come. It will be the most bitter fight in history. Every Servian, man and woman, young or old, will taae part in it and Austria will have to exterminate the entire nation before conquering it.” The Standard prints a Constantinople dispatch stating that a report has reached that city to the effect that the Greeks who landed on the coast of the Gulf of Saros have been defeated by the Turks while endeavoring to march on Gallipoli. They had previously destroyed a Turkish village. GOV. OSBORN REMOVES TWOSheriff and Prosecuting Attorney of Missaukee County, Mich., AccusedLansing, Mich., Dec. 10. —Governor Osborn has issued formal orders for removing from office Sheriff William H. Brown and Prosecuting Attorney Henry Y. Miltner of Missaukee county. The governor adjudged the officers “guilty of malfeasance in office,” and directed that Justice of the Peace Wright and a superintendent of poor, also of the same county, tender their resignations. The action followed a report of the secretary of the state board of corrections, who investigated charges that the officials were guilty of aiding in an attempt to remove from the state, Myrtle McNeil, sixteen years old, an inmate of the industrial school at Adrian. WANTS FOUR DREADNOUGHTS. Secretary Meyer Outlines Plan For Most Formidable Fleet. Washington. Dec. 9.—Announcing his belief that the limit of size in warships has not yet been reached. Secretary Meyer of the navy outlined a plan for the most formidable fleet on the seas, to consist of the new dreadnought Pennsylvania and three other vessels of the same class, for which he hopes congress will make an appropriation at this session. The Pennsylvania has already been provided for. U. S. Banishes the Common Towel. Washington, Dec. 11.—The common towel was ordered abolished from railroad cars, vessels, all other interstate vehicles and from stations, by Secretary MacVeagh of the treasury department Monday. Oldest Odd Fellow Is Dead. Rockford. HL, Dec. 11.—Dennis P. Gray, regarded as the’ oldest Odd Fellow in the world, died Monday, aged eighty-seven years. Mr. Gray affiliated with Constantine lodge No. 22 in ! Michigan in 1847. Many Hotel Guests in Fire Peril. 1 Wheeling, W. Va., Dec. 10.—Fire in j the business district of McMechan Sunday destroyed six buildings, damaged two and caused loss of $75,000. Fifteen guests at Hart’s hotel, where the fire started narrowly escaped. Pigeon Files to England. Montreal, Dec. 10.—Ernest Robinson of Westmount received word that a pigeon he imported and which escaped had returned to England Sunday. It apparently took twelve days to nattke the journey.

MEffIATiONAL SIWSffIOOI Lesson fßy E. O. SELLERS, Director of Ev»j ning Department The Moody Bible InI stltute of Chicago.) I LESSON FOR DECEMBER 15 FORGIVENESS. j LESSON TEXT—Matthew 18:15-35. i GOLDEN TEXT—“Be ye kind to one ) mother, tender hearted, forgiving each | >ther, even as God also in Christ forgav< j rou.’*—Eph. 4:33 R. V. I Our Lord's teaching on the subject j of humility as studied in last week’s ■ I lesson is inseparably connected with ; ; that of today. It presents a strong j I contrast between human and divine : forgiveness. It sets before us that which at first seems to be unattainable. Someone has raised the query whether or not 'forgiveness is ever possible where any trace of selfishness remains. He who has the shep herd’s heart of humility has also a forgiving heart or else he does not truly care to save lost and wandering sheep, vv. 12 and 13. This lesson naturally divides itself into precept vv. 15-22 and parable vv, ! 23-35. Precept Is Plain. * 1. The precept is very plain and i quite logical. If you have been j wronged, go to him (your brother) ’ who wronged you and frankly come to ! an understanding. Go alone and ‘‘have j ' it out with him.” Most quarrels will i settle themselves if men will only see ; “eye to eye.” It is the repetition of : >ur- grievances by the second or third j ' party that usually adds fuel to the I fire. The other steps are just as log- j leal. The outcome is suggested in verse 18, that to all the disciples, not to Peter alone, is given the power to admit and to dismiss from the com- ! tnunion of believers. It is the prerog- I itive of the church to bind and tc ' 'oose and to have agreement in prayer. The church must erect standards >f conduct, but in thus erecting standards the church must ever come to :he Father with tender compassion an behalf of the lost sheep. Verses 19 find 20 have been quotec in thousands of prayer meetings with >ften only the slightest realization of ;heir full significance. Three is an attainable number; more than that Is ess easily obtainable, and has the added danger of harboring a hypoirite, thereby spoiling that harmonj 'Acts 2:1) that is so essential to the presence of the Holy Spirit. Peter (v. 21) suggests that there is a point of possible limit for our mmility and forgiveness. True, h« goes much further than most of ais 50, even to that of the perfect number seven, but Jesus completes that and again multiplies it by seven; not that 490 is the exact number of times to exercise forgiveness though that vould usually suffice, but rather an 11imitable number of times. Resentnent, wrath, anger, clamour and evil ipeaklng are admonished to “put away” (Eph. 4:31). and in the words >f the Golden Text, “Be kind, tender rearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven is.” There is no deep work of grace n the human heart until it is willing o “let” these things be put aside. As ihough to make assurance doubly I »ure in the minds of his followers, fesus gives us a parable (v. 23-35) n which he applies the precept just {iven. God Is King. God, the King of Heaven, is taking account with the sons of men, his Sond servants. At the outset one is brought into his presence who owes about $12,000,000 (a talent of gold squals roughly about $1.200,000); he is lopelessly in debt and "had not to pay.” This is a picture of fallen, lost lumanity standing in the presence of i a righteous God (Luke 7:42, Ps. 103: J), etc. This man is brought into the : King’s presence,'' and so are we brought (John 16:7-9 and Rom. 14: 10). The terrible ought and ought iqt of the law is practically presented in Matthew 25. The lebt of our sins is a hopeless one for any to pay except a mighty Saviour H. Peter 2:24). Let the law have its course Is the meaning of verse 25 (read Gal. 3:10). But what a gracious contrast is preaented in verse 26. There w 4 see the sompelllng power of the compassion pf God, as shown in the person of Jesus Christ his Son, loosing th® man and setting him absolutely free from debt. Once men catch a glimpse of their debt of sin, they, too, will “fall down and cry for mercy. Salration is "by grace” (Eph. 2:8, 9), and by grace only. From verse 27 on w® jee the Lord Immediately dealing with this servant in grace. There is no future penalty held over his head. So 3od stands ready to deal with us so soon as we acknowledge the absolute Impossibility of paying the debt and jail upon him for mercy. The hardness of the human heart Is suggested by tthe awful sin of ingratitude pictured in the latter part pf this parable (v. 28-35). As twelve millions of dollars is to seventeen, ’ such is the possible and almost insredible hardness of the natural heart pf man. ’ How few of us would dare to "stand upon our rights" in the shurch or as individuals, did we but more often take stock of God’s dealings with us in his matchless grace. Yet we see this scene being re-en-v:ted about us almost daily. What a solemn warning is contained in rerse 32, “His Lord calling him.” Full 1 many a poor debtor would miss being ’called down,” to use a slang expresiion, if his creditor did but realize die certainty of his Lord calling him. 1 He who would have mercy must shew * himself merciful or else “pay all” ’ (v. 34). This hopeless expectancy of < sver paying the debt suggests the eter- ’ illy of our punishment. The applies- 1 don of the parable in verse 35 is ' rery plain. Unless many a professed 1 Christian repents o? his attitude to- 1 ivards some who have wronged them, ’ Lhey will have io run counter to their 1 lord’s wrath. ' c

LEGEND OF NATURAL BRIDGE It Saved the Mohegans and Wa» Thenceforth Called by Them the Bridge of God. At a height of 215 feet above Clear ereek in Virginia stands the famous natural bridge known all over the world. Built pf solid rock forty feet, thick, it spans the creek. It is a great natural wonder. Our gt’eat and beloved national hero, George Washington, once climbed it and carved his name upon its side. The Mohegan tribe of Indians called it the Bridge of God and ascribed to it this superj natural origin. Once upon a time it happened that the Mohegans were at war with a hostile tribe of Indians. The fight was hot, and a stand they made against their foe. But at last the Mohegans were forced to give v.aj and j to retreat. On and on they nt. the whole tribe with their women and I children, and the enemy behind them. I Finally they came to a precipice. Below yawned a cavern, wide and deep, and ho way to cross or means to escape was anywhere to be se4n. Perilous and helpless indeed was the plight of the Mohegans. They were ready to give up and submit to. the cruel fate that was pursuing them. Phen a wise man of the tribe spoke. My children,” he said, “go down upon your knees and pray to the Great Spirit above, who alone can save us from our misfortunes." All in a body they obeyed the words of the old medicine man. Long and hard they prayed. When they finally lifted up their heads, 10, there stood a mighty bridge. Across it they now led the women and children. p> U then turned upon their foes, who were i close at hand. They* gave th enemy i a hard battle and finally repulsed and : defeated them. Tn gratefulness to Manitou, the Great Spirit of the world, they ’tamed this bridge the Rridf.e of God. ' ’ . , Smoke Abatement in Scotland. The gas and electrical departments of a corporation in Glasgow, Scotland, j are competing keenly in the exhibl- | tion of appliances for the reduction of I smoke from furnaces and kitchen ranges. The electricity department has a complete electrically fitted restaurant, where all the cooking, the kitchen work, the cleaning, the heat- ; ing and the lighting are effected by electric current. The gas department has a “gas equipped house,” in which all the cooking and heating is done by gas fires, as well as many of the other operations in connection with.housekeeping, and in which all the lighting is obtained from incandescent gas burners of different types. The corporation is encouraging the reduction of smoke, not only by holding these periodical exhibitions, but also by lending gas cookers free to all the citizens. It has loaned 37,000 of these cookers since March 1. It is also supplying gas fires, and the demand for these has been so great that it cannot be met without considerable delay. . Down the Scale. A certain bride Is very much tn love with her husband and very willing to admit it. She likes to sound his praises to her mother and to her girl friends. Sfte has a number of original expressions. When her husband is good she says he is “chocolate cake, three layers deep.” When he is very good he “chocolate cake, four layers deep,” and so on up the scale. Occasionally, however, things take a turn. The bride’s mother dropped In the other day. The bride was a trifle peevish, but her mother pretended not to notice this. “And how is John today?" was her inquiry. "Chocolate, four layers deep?” “No." “Three layers deep?" “No.” “Two layers deep?” “No." This with a pout. “Then what is he?” “Dog biscuit!” —National Monthly Virtue in the “But.” “Justice is blind;” but she see® more than she takes official notice of. “Put something by for a rainy day;** but don’t let that lead you to forget the pleasant weather of the moment “The world owes you a living;" but it’s just as well to go out and collect the debt. “Old friends are best;” but every pnee in a while a new one turns up fit to make into an old one. “Make friends;" but don’t expect friends to make you. “Man proposes;” but, often enough, the baby disposes. “The way of the transgressor hard;" but his wife’s is harder. “Opportunity knocks once at every door;” but if you’re knocking at the same instant you’re not likely to hear the lady.—Lippincott’s. Beauty of Youth. What an unbearable world it would be if we were all sent into it full grown. Just think of it! What a grand institution youth is, and not only our youth, but the youth of everything—the young leaves, the tiny blossoms, the inimitable green of the growing grass, the merry foals, and calves and lambs in the field,- the downy little ducklings and the neat little chicks; what an enormous source of pleasure would be absent without all these. We all keep one special corner of our hearts for what is small, and young—the very softest corner. Even the most pompous and pragmatical of men forgives many things injurious to dignity on the part of a' playful puppy or a graceful little kitten. How humanizing the effect ot the brute creation is on us we have never prroperly appreciated Practical Monetary Standard. At the science congress held at> Nlmes, France, a report made by M, Gobin was adopted, namely, that a, monetary standard be used by all countries which is adapted to the values now in use. The unit is known as the “mono" and has the value of $0.05. It corresponds to the well-known monetary units as follows: Franc, 4 monos; mark, 5 monos’ florin, 8 monos; shilling, 5 monos, piastre, 10 monos; peseta, 4 monos. The dollar will correspond to 20 monos.