The Syracuse Journal, Volume 5, Number 44, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 27 February 1913 — Page 2

The Syracuse Journal GEO. O. SNYDER, Publisher. Syracuse. - • • Indiana IS QUIETING DOWN MEXICO CITY RAPIDLY RETURN* LNG TO NORMAL. \/ fe . POLICE RESUME DUTIES ■ Whether This Peaceful Condition Will Continue For Any Length ol Time is a Subject of Much Specu- I lation Among Government Officials —Other News of the Day. ’ Washington. Feb. 21.—Rapidly the , Mexican capital is returning to non i mai condition according to Ambassa- | dor Wilson’s reports to the state de- ; partment. These, disclosed that quiet | prevails, that the police have re- \ suffied their duties, and that it is even possible now to remit money ; through the banks from America to j persons in a necessltious condition in Mexeo as a result of the recent bat- i ties. Whether this peaceful condition ■ will continue for any length of time ! Is a subject of ■ much speculation ! among government officials. The general opinion is that, unless some spe- ’ ciai inducements can be held out in the way of desirable offices, the rebel leaders in the north refuse to recognize the new government . end will have to be hunted down by ; force before they can be subdued. It was fully expected that Zapata ; would be irreconcilable, being moved by cupidity rather than patriotic ! motives. Although his force is numerous it has never distinguished itself, by engaging in a general concert- ‘ ,ed campaign against the government. Instead their leader has preferred guerilla methods which, while annoying. are not particularly dangerous tar | the stability of the government and i !t is assumed that he will continue this policy. General Huerta informed Ambassador Wilson that Gustav Madero had beer, killed without the sol- i diers, but he also stated that Gusta- ■ vo had joined with the president in two attempts •to him ■ (Huerta), and had held him a prison- | er for a whole day. Looking back- ■ ■ward it is now perceived that this j was tho reason that Ambassador Wilson was refused a conference with Huerta, except in the presence of Madero himselg, Huerta being practically a prisoner at that time and under suspicion. One of the small clouds in the otherwise clearing sky of the new regime was the action of the congress. of the state of Coahuila in refusing on constitutional grounds to recognize the authority of General Huerta, preparing to arm troops to resist his authority and appealing to the governors of other states to adopt a similar attitude. Allies Suffer in Fighting. London, Feb. 19. —A Cettenje dispatch to the Times says that the allies suffered seriously in the three > days’ .fighting which ended "'in the captMfe of Bardanjolt. The Montenegrins lost 1,000 killed and wounded on the Tarabose side and nearly 4,000 at Bardanjolt. The Servians lost | 500 at Berdica. Scutari has poved itself able to withstand the attack of 50,000 troops. The Servians were handicapped by a lack of heavy artillery. It is believed that attack will be renewed before the end of the week. | . Railroads Submit. New York, Feb. 19.—There will be no firemen’s strike. The threatened walkout of 34,000 enginemen on the fifty-four railroads east of Chicago, which would have effected directly and indirectly 50,000,000 people, and caused a loss of untold millions, was averted when the roads agreed to arbitration mi der the Erdmap act. This broke the deadlock which for several weeks has caused intense* anxiety in the transportation world, and to the public in general. Oldest Notre Dame Brother Dead. South Bend, Feb. 21.—{Brother Alfred, aged 82, whose worldly name was Timothy Larkins, is dead at Notre Dame university after living there a quarter of a century. He was the oldest brother at the University. Skillful Blind Man Dead. Corydon, Feb. 21.—Wesley Hardaaw, of New Amsterdayn, Harrison county, is dead. He had been blind for a number of years, but was able to use farm tools almost as well as one having good sight. Italian Bey Freed. Marion, 0., Feb. 20.—Under the "unwritten law/’ a jury last night found 14-year-old Victorio Beneditto not guilty of a charge of second degree murder for shooting Antonio Stefano, his mother’s alleged parmour. Bribery Charges Fal/ Flat. Charleston, W. Va„ Feb. 19.-— Charges against Colonel William Seymour Edwards of offerihg bribes to further his candidacy i for United States senator, fell flat »when Delegate Rhodes, who made the charges, tailed to appear. j z . Record Prices on Rare Volumes. New York, Feb. 20. —A set of Dickens’ works selling for ,$8,400, set the price record of the Borden library sale. The .set was one of the first edition of 92 volumes. | ' Allen Von Behren Is Indicted. Evansville, Ind., Feb. 19.—The grand jury ‘ returned indictments against Allen Von Behren, son of B. F. Von Behren, wealthy manufacturer, charging him with first degree mur- „ ger. He shot and killed Walter ißTashlngton, John and Henry Gordon.

REGISTER FIRM ACCUSED US TRUST I i — Sensational Charges Aimed at McCaskey Company., —I—SPIES AS PART OF SYSTEM Suit Brought by Wickersham Brings Out Allegation That “Knockout” Men and Bribes Were Used. Cleveland, 0., Feb. 22.—8 y the or- ' i der of Attorney General Wickersham ■ \ a civil suit was filed here against the ; McCaskcy Register company, chargi Ing it with violating the Sherman anti- : ■ trust law. To acquire a monopoly of the inter- | ; state and foreign commerce in the sale : of account registers, appliances and i ■ systems for keeping credit accounts, ■ I the company, its officers and agents, I it is charged, wrongfully and traudu- ' leutly have obstructed and suppressed : the business of competitors, nribed their employees, employed agents to • spy upon their business, have waged : an unfair campaign of patent suits and i threatened suits, and Os other unlawful j i methods to stifle competition. The federal district court here was I asked to restrain the following-named , defendants from further monopoly and ■ ■ to prohibit a series of alleged unlaw-. ful and unfair practices: McCaskey Register company. Alfred C. Ryley, Stewart S. Kurtz. I G. Zimmerman, Edward A. I -Langenbach and Austin Lynch of Canj ton, Ohio. Henry F. Pollock, Theodore C. T ran, ■ George C. Russell, William G. Farnum, Milton Bejech and Grant Kiser of Alliance. Josiah W. Phipps,, Charles T. Baxter/New York city. David C. Bower, Pittsburgh. Harry M. Rowley, Chicago. William M. Hughes, San Francisco. •Johm'H. Jones, Kansas City. Fred Schneider, Seattle. George P. Hayes, Memphis. I Leslie G. Solar, Atlanta Edward T. Binghain, Washington, D. C. A campaign of ‘‘fierce and unfair competition” has been planned or consented to by officers of the company, the government alleges. A force of special men. sometimes called the; i “Hying squadron” or “knockout men,”; was employed, it is declared, to impart to salesmen and agents instructions to destroy the business of competitors, and for the purpose of interfering with negotiations" and inducing the cancellation by the of their contracts of sale with competitors. 0 . ' Cincinnati, Feb. 19.—President,John H. Patterson of the National Cash Register company of Dayton. €>., was sentenced to serve one year in the county jail at Troy, 0., and to pay a fine of $5,000 for violation of the Sherman anti-trust law on Monday. Twen-ty-eight other officials and employes of the company, were given jail sentences, varying from three months to one year, and were ordered to pay the costs of the prosecution. PROFESSOR TELLS OF POISON Dr. Haines Testifies at Hyde Murder Trial to Finding Strychnine. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 22.- Examination of the contents of the stomach of Chrisman Swope disclosed therein a small amount of cyanide, according to Prof. Waiter Haines of Chicago, who followed Dr. Ludwig Hektoen on the stand at the Hyde murder trial on Thursday. He said further tests showed also the presence of strychnine. “Sufficient poinson was found,” he added, “to have caused death.’’ it was Doctor Haines who conducted the analysis for poison in the viscera of Colonel Swope and in the case of Margaret Swope. An analysis in the latter case, he said, showed unmistakable traces of strychnine. Doctor Hektoen denied there were indications about the body of Chrisman Swope-that he had died of typhoid. SPECIALIST GOES TO MORGAN Illness of Financier Said to Be Slight Stroke of -Apoplexy. Cairo, Feb. 22. — The real illness from which J. Pierpont Morgan suffered in his recent attack was a slight stroke of apoplexy. ,lt is now known that this was the nature of his seizure on February 17, and this accounts for his summoning of Dr. Guiseppe Bastianelli, the famous Italian specialist, who left Naples for Cairo on Friday and will remain with Mr. Morgan until the latter leaves here about the end of the first week in March. Mr. Morgan is now much better. In fact, he is quite his old,self again. But fear of another seizure on account of his age has resulted in sending for Professor Bastianelli. Forbidden Sweets Fatal. tfrand Forks, N. D., Feb. 22. —Allen Brusnahan, nine years old, choked to death while eating candy in a schoolroom here Thursday. An hour before his death the teacher had warned him against eating peanuts. Plasterer Has Head Cut Off. New York, Feb. 22. —A tile falling 21 stories from a building in, the course of construction at Forty-second street and Madison avenue decapitated Richard McKeon, a plasterer, here Thursday. —\ 15,000 Garment Workers Strike. Philadelphia, Feb. 21. —Fifteen thousand members of the United Garment Workers went on strike here Wednesday. The strikers demand a 48-hour working week, an increase of from 5 to 25 per cent, in wages. Mine Explosion Kills Five. El Dorado, 111., Feb. 21.—Five men, all foreigners, were burned to death by an explosion In the Seagrhves mine near here Wednesday. Two or three hundred were in the workings at the time. <1 .. / • .-dr- ■•:

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ROAD MANAGERS YIELD. BIG WALKOUT AVERTED Demands cf Firemen Are to Se Arbitracted Under the Erdman Act. New York, Feb. 20.—The eastern railway managers on Tuesday yielded to the demands of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and have agreed to arbitrate the grievances under the Erdman act. Therefore the danger of a big strike is past. The firemen had stood to a man for i this method of arbitration ever since the deadlock began. The railroads had stood firm for arbitration before a commission of six or seven men. Three men, acting under the law, will decide the firemen’s claims. Their decision will be binding. Judge Martin A. Knapp of the United States commerce court and GW. W. Hanger, acting federal commissioner of labor, acting as mediators under the Erdman act, at the firemen’s request, conducted the negotiations which resulted in the agreement to arbitrate. The question to come before the arbitrators is principally one of wages The firemen ask for increases, depending on the size of the locomotives, giving them a wage varying from $2.55 to $4 a hundred miles They ask also for two firemen on the heavier locomotives. The railroads already had expressed a willingness to raise wages, but not to the maximum demanded. PRAYER STOPPED BY GAVEL Lieutenant Governor of Indiana Haltp Minister in Invocation. Indianapolis, Feb. 22. —The senate gasped in astonishment when Lieut. Gov. W. P. O’Neill on Thursday interrupted the opening prayer by Rev. J. R. Henry, pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist church, with a crack of the gavel. “Make a prayer,” snapped O’Neill, a political speech.” The minister had prayed only a short time and was speaking as follows when interrupted: “O Lord, hasten the day when we shall cease to use the law to make .drunkards, murderers and thieves —” Bang went the lieutenant governor’s gavel and he called for the reading of the journal: After the interruption. Rev. Mr. Henry concluded his prayer with a few words. SEVEN CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE Parents Are Absent as Fatal Fire Destroys Their Home. Harrisburg, Pa.. Feb. 22. —Seven children, ranging in age from one to twelve, were burned to death when the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, at Ebenezer, near here, was destroyed by fire. The parents were absent from home at the time. The father and mother aad been in the city purchasing supplies for the family and made the gruesome discovery upon their return. Many of the packages the parents carried were toys and candies for the children. Rockefeller Makes New Record. Sea Breeze, Fla., Feb. 22. —A new record for the Hotel Clarendon golf course was set by John D. Rockefeller Thursday. He made the nine holes out in 36 and back in 34. Mr. Rockefeller was elated over his victory. Dies Under Graft Cloud. New York, Feb. 22.—Police Captain Frederick W. Martens, who was recently accused by the gambler, James Purcell, before the aldermanic police investigating committee of having accepted graft, died here Thursday. Valuation Bill Approved. Washington, Feb. 21.—The senate ■ interstate commerce committee voted to report favorably the La FolletteAdamson bill for valuation of rail- ’ roads and all interstate commerce carriers Wednesday. Finds $300,000 In Ambergris. . Christchurch, New Zealand, Feb. 21. i _A fortune in ambergris is reported ' by the whaler Norvegia, which arrived ‘ Wednesday with nearly half a ton of ! the pieclous substance aboard. It Is said to be worth >300,000.

IBOMB RUINS HOME OF LW6EOK ' Country Residence Badly Battered by High Explosive. HATPINS THE ONLY CLUE Police Declare Outrage on Chancellor of Exchequer to Be Work of Militant Suffragettes or'Their » Sympathizers. London, Feb. 21. —The country rest deuce of Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd-George, at Walton Heath, was practically destroyed by a bomb on Wednesday which the police say. was placed there either by suffragettes or their male sympathizers. Mr. Lloyd-George himself is on a motor trip in France. Nobody was injured, as the* übsidence had not yet been occupied. The only clues obtained by the police are two broken hatpins. It is declared by neighbors that an automobile containing several women passed through the village in the early hours. Mrs. Pankhurst, speaking at Cardiff, declared that she personally accepted full responsibility for the explosion at Lloyd-George's house. She added if sent in penal servitude she would declare a hunger strike and the government would either have to let her die or set her free. Paris, Feb. 21. —Miss Cristabel Pankhurst, daughter of the leader of the English suffragettes, declared ■ openly for violence and bloodshed in the campaign for woman suffrage. “The methods we must adopt are those taken by the people of the Balkans and Mexico.” she said. “Hitherto women of our cause have destroyed only property, but the bomb explosion in Lloyd-George’s home marks the beginning of a more effective revolutionary campaign—the real campaign has begun.” Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 21.—8 y three votes of the required two-thirds the amendement providing for woman suffrage failed to pass the senate. Elkton, Md., Feb. 21.—“ General” Rosalie Jones and her baud of suffragists arrived in Elkton after an 18-mile walk from Wilmington, Del. “Officers’ of the “army” attended a banquet at which they made addresses in behalf of woman suffrage. <, — JAIL MISS EMERSON AGAIN. London Court Sentences Michigan Girl to Two Months Hard Labor. London, Feb. 20. —Zelie Emerson, the miltiant suffragette of Jackson. Mich., who has been carrying on a campaign of window smashing with Hiss Sylvia Pankhurst, was arrested again and was sentenced to a term of two months hard labor by the police magistrate before whom she was taken on Tuesday. Miss Pankhurst was arrested at the same time and received the same sentence Transport Meade Sails. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 22.—The government transport Meade, with 1,200 marines on board, sailed from the Philadelphia navy yard Thursday. The marines will be held in reserve at Guantanamo, Cuba. Falls to Abolish Royal Court. Stockholm, Sweden, Feb. 22.— • Deputy Lindhagen’s motion in the i riksdag to abolish the royal court was i defeated in the second chamber or ■ lower house by a vote of 125 to 61 Thursday. Makes Postal Bank His Fence. » Green Bay, Wls., Feb. 20.—Frank ■ Roack, who pleaded guilty Tuesday to • robbing a grocery store, admitted that - he deposited >65 in the postal savings > bank because he knew it could not be touched by the owner. Find $3,200 in an Oats Bln. . Burlington, Kan.. Feb. 20.—A search 1 for gold at the home of R. D. Harrold, I who was killed by a horse, ended f Tuesday, when >3.200 was found in an > oats bin in a barn, where Harrold had hidden it

7,000 FALL IN BATTLE, BUT DATE IS MYSTERYStory of Turco-Bulgarian Fight at Bu- f lair Is Believed to Be an Old One. London, Feb. 22.—The story of a ! three days’ battle at Bulair, in. which i 3,500 men on each side were reported , l killed or wounded, contained in a dis- ' patch received here on Thursday is : now believed to be a revival of an old ■ report of fighting in that district. Ru- | mors that Enver Bey had landed a large force at Rodosto were current , : on February 16, but since have been denied. An unceusored Constantinople disi patch says that Schefket Pasha visited ! ! the Bulair lines Wednesday, but has given no indication that a new battle I I had been fought. The situation at Adrianople remains ; unchanged. The porte having refused . to permit foreigners to leave Adriano- 1 j pie, the governor of the fortress has : offered to set apart the Karagatch j quarter on the right bank of the Ma-, i ritza river as a sanctuary fur the 1.400 . ! foreign residents. It is doubtful, how- ’ ever, if Bulgaria will consent to ibis. The Servians have brought up heavy i artillery to assist the Montem grin? in ' a renewed attack on Scutari. M. Popoi vitch, the Montenegrin delegate in '■ London, visited the foreign office and ■ informed the British government that I ■' under no circumstances could Munte- i : negro acquiesce in any .transaction un- , i der which she would be required to i I abandon her claim to. Scutari. He add- : ■ed that Montenegro would take the , ! town soon, and. after the sacrifices i made, would suffer annihilation rather , than give it up. A semi-official statement issued at St. Petersburg says that Bulgaria and Roumania have already accepted the mediation of the powers. “POET OF THE SIERRAS” DIES. End Comes to Joaquin Milter In Hie Cabin Near San Francisco." San Francisco, Feb. 19;—Joaquin Miller, in reality Cincinnatus Heine Miller, the venerable “Poet of the Sierras,” is dead. He passed away on Monday in his one-room cabin, ' “The Heights-,” which he built with his own hands in the Piedmont hills, hear Oakland, many years ago. His daughter, Juanita Miller, and his wife were with him. Joaquin Miller y.as born November -10, 1811, in Indiana, but as a child went with his parents to Oregon and later to California He was lionized in Europe, /where his “Songs of the Sierras” and “Songs 1 of Sunland,” and other volumes of poems were acclaimed. - • , WILL CONFIRM SOME IN Jt)BS. Dsmocratic Senators Ready to Ap- ‘ prove Part of Taft Washington, Feb. 21. —No longer fearful of the possibility of having the senate enter on a general confirmation of pending nominations of President Taft, Democratic senators have decided to move an executive session at the first opportunity. “We will confirm the army, navy j anti diplorhatic nominations and possibly some others,” said Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia. It is believed promotions in the revenue cutter service, the marine corps and a few miscellaneous nosninat.ions may be confirmed, but 1,000 or 1,200 nominations will remain pending. 12,C00 WORKERS ON STRIKE. Philadelphia Garment Employes Ask Better Pay and Shorter Hours. Philadelphia, Feb. 20.—Alleging that manufacturers here are filling orders for New York firms whose employes ■ went on strike Tuesday, the United Garment Workers' union called a general strike in this city According to strike leaders 12,000 workers have responded.and 150 shops are closed. A demand for more wages, shorter hours and improi ed working condi-. 'tions was formulated by the strike leaders. HOUSE SUSTAINS TAFT’S VETO Immigration Bill Passed by Senate Turned Down by Lower Body. Washington, Feb. 21. —The immigration bill, which President Taft vetoed last Friday, went into the waste basket of the house of representatives by a narrow margin on Wednesday. By a vote ot 213 to 114, only five less than the necessary two-thirds, the house failed to override the veto of the president and the long and bitterly contested battle was over for the session. HAMILTON FALLS 200 FEET. Noted Aviator Is Badly Hurt But Will Probably Recover. Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 21.—Charles K. Hamilton, world noted aviator, fell 200 feet at Pablo beach on Wednesday. Hamilton had only been in the air a short time when the machine was seen to tilt forward and then turn a complete somersault and come to the earth. Executed by Firing Squad. Salt Lake City, Utah. Feb. 21.— Frank Romeo, an Italian miner, was executed at the state penitentiary. Romeo collapsed when he faced the. firing squad. He confessed his guilt of murder to the governor. Twain’s Nephew Slain. Selkirk. Man.. Feb. „ 21. — John Clemens, son of William Clemens of this city, and a nephew of the late Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), is dead here as the result of a fight in a local hotel Wednesday. Yale Defeats Southern Team. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 20.—Yale defeated Washington and Lee, the southern basket ball champions. 33 to 16, Tuesday, leading \om the start and having the match when the first period closed with. Yale ahead, 20 to 7. Nine Hurt in Wreck. Earl Grey, Sask., Feb. 20.—Nine passengers "were seriously Injured when a Canadian Pacific passenger train on the Kirkella branch was wrecked »ne mile east of here by a snreading rail Tuesday.

WUBNATIONAL SONWSOIOOI Lesson (By E. O. SELEEKS. Director of Evening Department The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) ; LESSON FOR MARCH 2 I ' t GOD’S COVENANT WITH A&RAM i i i LESSON TEXT—Gen. 15:5-18. GOLDEN TEXT—“He is talthfll that I promised.”—Heb. 10:22. Until within recent years it was fr& quently asserted that Abram’s battle, as recorded in Gen. 14, “had npt one i whit of proof,” yet the archaeologists , i have not only reconciled the apparent discrepancies but have proven beyond a question the accuracy of the rec- , i ord. Abram’s victory over th£ four confederate kings is a story riep with typical suggestions. „ i i I. “After These Things.” vv. 1-7. God’s word (v. 1) came to Abrejm not only as a counsel but for assurance as well. So, too. our assurance Is his word, I John 5:13. In the midst.of i the uncertainty and the strife, ’or we j must remember Abram never possessed the land. God appeared to him in a vision and said. “Fear notj.” See Isa. 41:10. There in the midst of foes (Jas. 2:23) God promised 1 to be i to Abram a shield and an exceeding ' great reward. A “shield” for there Is to the Christian life a militant side. Eph. 6:13. 14, I Tim. 6:12. A “reward” which was far more rich than any given by man. See 14121 J Prov. 10:22. Abram Was Human. But Abram was. after all, lluman, and we read in verse 2 his question about descendants, he being as yet childless. Even so. however. Abram was willing to count the child of his steward as fulfilling the promise of God. Not so with God for the promise (12:3) was to include Sarah also. God very clearly makes this plain In verse 4. the heir was to be Abram’s indeed and not the child of a lother. But not only is Abram to hs.ve an heir but the land in which he was sojourning as a pilgrim was to be his and his seed to be as the stars for multitude. “And he believed.” The great test to this faith came later. Heb. 11:19, but here in this first distinct scriptural history of faith we find set forth those principles that have governed through all time. (1) The acceptance I of the word of God, e. g., to halve our i trust built upon or supported |by the word of Jehovah, see Isa. 30:21: (2) to act upon that faith so that our course in life manifests the belief of the heart. Abram had already Obeyed f12:4) thereby manifesting his faith. We need to remember that all of this was centuries before Moses gave the commands and so Abram’s faith was i not In the keeping of rules and regulations, but the simple acceptance of God’s word. Rom. 4:16-18. Thus there Is set before us two principles. (1) the Master’s right to John *13:13, and (2) the servant’s right to direction in service, Isa. 6:8-11. God’s covenant. 12:1-4. is confirmed tn seven ways, Posterity, (a) natural. “earth,” (b) spiritual, “heaven.’* (c) also through Ishmael, Gen.; 17:1820: 2, Blessing, both temporal and spiritual: 3. great name: 4, Be a blessing. Gal. 3:13, 14; 5, “I will bless them that bless thee;” 6, “and curse •them that curse thee; 7. the families of the earth blessed through e. g., through Christ, Gal. 3:161. “And he believed in the Lord” (v. 6). Abram bu’lt upon the naked word of God. he simply looked at that and that alone, Rom. 4:20. R. V. All God asks of us is for us to take hlnj at his word. So it is that as we take his word about Jesus, he reckons that faith to us as righteousness; no matter how unrighteous we may have been, see Rom. 4:3-6: Gal. 3:6-7. The ■ one think that God demands Is that we believe him and bis word/ 11. “Whereby Shall I KnovM.” vv. 8-18. The weakness of human faith indicated by Abram’s question (v 8) is answered by God giving to him directions for the preparation of a sacrifice. Abram did not really doubt God’s word (v. 6). but he did desire a confirming sign. Many today are looking for assuring signs from God when his bare word should be enough. Asking for signs is not always safe. Luke 1:18-20, but as in Abram’s case God does give us a pledge a sign of our inheritance, 2 Cor. 1:22. Eph. 1:14. God gave Abram, after he had explicitly followed his directions, a symbolic vision of himself. Someone has suggested that the»vile birds of prey (v. 11) are symbolic of Satan, and Affiram, driving them away, a symbol of one victory over evil, Jas. 4:7. God is always nearer to man and best reveals himself when we are in the midst of sacrifice. God tells Abram of those days of servitude on the part of his descendants while they are to be in Egypt, of God’s judgment to be brought upon that land and of their ultimate deliverance. Symbols of God. ■ Every detail of these - predictions and promises was fulfilled. In verse J 5 there is presented the great thought of the need of preparation in youth for the future days of “good old age”—also in this verse a suggestion of the life beyond the grave, “ga ’o thy fathers.” Abram’s end was Iso to be “in peace.” The smoking furnace and the flamng torch were symbols of God hlmclf. Four centuries of opportunity vere to be allowed the powerful. Amorites who now possessed the land before the land came into bona-fide possession in accordance with the promise, for God’s judgment was conditionad upon the “measure of their iniquity being full.” In the midst of this horror of darkness came God’s final as- - surance .to Abram in the symbolic ’flaming torch” which passed between the pieces of the slain animals typical pt the two parties to the conI tract

GAVE PLACE TO THE MOTHER St. Peter’s Careful Computation of Benefits Conferred Resulted in Defeat of the Spinster. St. Peter, at his gate, perceived two ladies approaching. He rose to greet them. “Names?” “Mary Smith, widow,” said one. “Jane Jones, spinisterl" replied the other. “Occupation?” I “Suffragette speaker,” said Jane, j “Just a mother,” answered Mary. St. Peter looked' troubled; j : “I’ve only room for one just now,' , he said. “It’ll go to the better of you i two.” I Jane looked pityingly at Mary. ‘I,” she said, “have been a successful speaker for my cause. 1 have slirred women up till they got the vote. Owing to their having the vote they have accomplished the passing of certain bills. These bills have beni elited some two thbusajid human be- ■ ings. I'm afraid that ‘just a mothor* here can't total to equal j that!” “I’m afraid I can't;'" sighed the I I mother. “I never did a thing except i bring up .my seven boys. They turned out well, but—that only makes seven human beings I'vp benefited.” She turned meekly away. “Hold on,” said St. Peier. "She turn--1 ed back. “What about; those sons? j What have they dope for their 1 kind?” The mother’s eyes shone. “One discovefed a ne>v anaesthetic. One secured the passage of a bill which did good to hundreds. The I other established a home for blind I children.” St. Peter penciled down some figures. The fourth led his regiment past a danger point and saved them all. The fifth is a parson, who lives what he preaches. The sixth is an artist, who has delighted hundreds. The sev-enth-well, he’ s busy bringing up his sons. His wife is a suffragette!” » “Come right in,” said[ St. Peter. : “Your list totals two thousand and j eleven!” —New York Times. — New “Missing L,.nk.” An important find of human remains has been made in Sussex, England. It is part of a skull and jawbone, and will come to be known las the “Piltdown” skull. So far, ijt is believed possible, the remains belong te that immensely remote period when the North Sea was dry and the mastodon roamed the land; in short, to the Pliocene era. The skull is extraordinarily thick, nearly one-half 01. air inch. It has a good" straight forehead, and undoubtedly had brain. Tire jaw seems to indicate, however, that there was ! no power of speech. There are mereI ly two well worn molar teeth in place. | but other things shpw; that in life ’ there were great canines and large front teeth. In this it differs from the famous Heidelberg skull.' which is also apelike in form but hmah as to teeth. It was found with mastqaon and Pliocene elephant bones, ahd primitive flints; but these. Sir Rtiy Lankester considers, may or may rot have been coeval. The skull is being restored. It seems to link man tp a new species and confirm his/ne.tr relation to the ape. The find was made by an amateur geologist. Charljfes Dawson, F. S. A Quite Good Interest. Mr. Andrew Carnegie tells the following story with great «relish. When his father was leaving his native country to settle in America he boi* rowed twenty pounds frbm a relative. The family had an upliill battle on the other side of the 'Atlantic, but. when the tide of prosperity turned with the son, he remembered his father’s indebtedness, arid determined to clear it off, together with its accumulated interest. He started by remitting the sum of twentiy pounds, and for several years sept the same amount—a dividend equal to exactly 100 per cent. Returning to Scotland, the Pittsburgh ironmaster met his old relative. “Well,” said Mr. Carnegie, “having paid up a good deal of the interest, I should like now to cleair off the principal.” ” “Ah, ay, Andrew, dipna 1 ye sash fersel’ aboot the loan! A’m pairfectly satisfied with the interest.” “Ah, but I’m rich enough now, J think, to clear off the principal!” replied the millionaire. “Dinna mind the principal, Andrew,” said the relative, “it’s very weel invested as it is!” Her Last Chapice. “You can’t deny it,” hp said sternly. "Penelope, you’ve been chewing gum again!” Desperately, frantically, she sobbed on his chest. Firmly lifting her off the chest and depositing her on the scifa, he dashed the beads of agony off his brow. They fell on the hardwoqd floor with a metallic clatter. I “I warned you,” he continued, "that I would break off our Engagement if I caught you at it again. A girl that chews gum is no fit wiife for a man. A girl that chews gum wbuld take in a matinee with the butcher money. Penelope, all is over between us.” With a final outburst i>f desperation she was on his chest again, begging, beseeching ft|r the love of Mike. “One more chance,” she cried, “and I swear another drop of gum shall never pass these lips.” “So be it,” he replied ’ “One more chance.” And reaching grimly llor his hat, he departed, pausing on the doorstep only long enough to bite off a fresh chew of tobacco. —Detroit Free Press. When Wisdom Lingers. The operation was successful; also the patient was dead. The doctor spoke kindly to the mourning widow: “Marvellous that the poor man Jived through so many years of so much disease and suffering!" “Yes, doctor,” the widow replied, “we had tried our best to make him have the operation long, long before this.’’—-Life.