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SYNOPSIS. The crowning desire in the life of old Baumgartner, a Pennsylvania German, is to obtain possession of the beautiful meadow which lies just between Baumgartner’s property and the railroad station. The property in question was inherited by Sarah Pressel, very pretty and athletic young girl, and belonged solely to her. But old Baumgartner had longed for it so many years and endeavored to purchase It from Sarah’s father so many times that the property became known as “Baumgartner’s yearn.” At the vicinage gatherings on the porch of the store old Baumgartner always declared that the property would some day be his. At length Baumgartner came to realise that his only hope of obtaining the property would be through the marriage of his son Sephenijah to Sarah Pressel. In a mock auction “Seffy,” as Sephenijah P. Baumgartner, Jr., is popularly known, is raffled off by his father to Sarah for sl. CHAPTER I.—Continued. a h-UmSh apple. - ••• *. The girl, laughing, surrendered the money, and the old man, taking an arm of each, marched them peremptorily away. “Come to the house and git his clothes. Eferysing goos in—stofepipe hat, butterfly necktie, diamond pin, tooth-brush, hair-oil, razor and soap.” They had got far enough around the corner to be out of sight of the store during this gaiety, and the old man shoved Seffy and the girl in front of him, linked their arms, and retreated to the rear. "What Sephenijah P. Baumgartner, Senior, hath j’ined together, let nobody put athunder, begoshens!” he announced.

The proceeding appeared to be painful to Seffy, but not to Sally. She frankly accepted the situation and promptly put into action its opportunities for coquetry. She begged him, first, with consummate aplomb, to aid her in adjusting her parcels more securely. “Sef —Seffy, I thought it was his old watch he was auctioning off. I wanted it so nest-egg! aha-ha-ha! You must excuse me.” "You wouldn't 'a' bid at all if you’d knowed it was me, I reckon,” said Seffy. “Yes, I would,” declared the coquette. “I’d rather have you than any nest-egg in the whole world—any two of ’em!”—and when he did not take his chance—“if they were made of geld!” But then she spoiled it. “It's worse fellows than you, Seffy.” The touch of coquetry was but too apparent. "And better,” said Seffy, with a lump in his throat. “I know I ain’t no good with girls—and I don’t care!” “Yes!” she assented wickedly. “There are better ones.” “Sam Fritz —” Sally looked away, smiled, and was silent. "Sulky Se/fy!” she finally said. "If he does stink of salt mackerel, and ’most always drunk!” Seffy went on bitterly. "He’s nothing but a mo-lasses-tapper!” Sally began to drift further away and to sing. Calling Fritz names was of no consequence —except it kept Seffy from making love to her while he was doing it—which seemed foolish to Sally. The old man came up and brought them together again. “Oach! go 'long and make lose some more. I like to see it. I expect I am an old fool, but I like to see it —it's like ol’ times—yas, and if you don't look out there, Seffy. I'll take a hand myself—yassir! go ’long!” He drew them very close together, each looking the other way. Indeed

he held them there for a moment, roughly. Seffy stole a glance at Sally. He wanted to see how she was taking his father’s odiously intimate suggestion. But it happened that Sally wanted to see how he was taking it. She laughed with the frankest of joy as their eyes met. "Seffy—l do—like you,” said the coquette. “And you ought to know it. You imp!” Now this was immensely stimulating to the bashful Seffy. “I like you," he said —"ever since we was babies.” “Sef—l don’t believe you. Or you wouldn’t waste your time so—about Sam Pritz!” “Er—Sally—where you going to tonight?” Seffy meant to prove himself. And Sally answered, with a little fright at the sudden aggressiveness she had procured. “Nowheres that I know of.” “Well—may 1 set up with you?” The pea-green sunbonnet could not conceal the amazement and then the radiance which shot into Sally’s face. “Set—up—with—me!” "Yes!” said Seffy, almost savagely. "That's what I said.” “Oh, I —l guess so! Yes! of course!” she answered variously, and rushed off home. "You know I own you,” she laughed , back, as if she had not been sufficient- I ly explicit. “I paid for you! Your pappy’s got the money! I’ll expect my property to-night.” "Yas!” shouted the happy old man. "and begoshens! it's a reg'ler bargain! Ain’t it, Seffy? You her property—teal estate, hereditaments and tenements." And even Seffy was drawn into the joyous laughing conceit of it! Had he not just done the bravest thing of his small life? ’^es! he cried after the fascinating Sally. "For sure and certain, to-night.” "It’s a bargain!” she cried. “For better or worser, richer or poorer, up an’ down, in an’ out, chassez right and left! Aha-ha-ha! Aha-ha-ha! But, Seffy,"-—and the I happy father turned to the happy son j and hugged him, “don't you efer forgit 1 that she’s a feather-head and got a j

bright red temper like her daddy! And they both work mighty bad together sometimes. When you get her at the right place onct —well, nail her down —hand and feet —so's she can’t git away. When she gits mad her little brain evaporates, and if she had a knife she’d go round stabbing her best friends —that's the only sing that safes her—yas, and us!—no knife. If she had a knife it would be funerals following her all the time.” 11. What Have Feelings Got to Do With Cow-Pasture? They advanced together now, Seffy’s father whistling some tune that was never heard before on earth, and, with bi O arm in that of his^son^they watch- ■ hand. “Now you shouting, Seffy! Shout ag’in!” “I didn’t say a word!” “Well—it ain’t too late! Go on!” ’ Now’ Seffy understood and laughed with his father. "Nice gal, Sef—Seffy!” “Yes!” admitted Seffy with reserve. "Healthy.” Seffy agreed to this, also. “No doctor bills!” his father amplified. Seffy said nothing. “Entire orphen.” “She's got a granny!” “Yas,” chuckled the old man at the

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* / way his son w r as drifting into the situation—thinking about granny! — “but Sally owns the farm!” “Uhu!” said Seffy, whatever that might mean. "And Sally's the boss!” “And granny won’t object to anyone Sally marries, anyhow—she dassent! She’d git licked!” “Who said anything about marrying?” “Nobody but me, sank you!” said the old man with equally specious meekness. "Look how she ken jump a six-rail fence. Like a three-year filly! She’s a nice gal, Seffy—and the farms j’ine together—her pasture-field and our corn-field. And she’s kissing her hand backwards! At me or you, Seffy?” Seffy said he didn’t know. And he did not return the kiss—though he yearned to. “Well, I bet a dollar that the first initial of his last name is Sephanijah P. Baumgarten, Junior.” "Well!” said Seffy with a great flourish, "I'm going to set up with her to-night.” "Oach—git out, Sef!” —though he knew it. “You’ll see.” "No, I won’t,” said his father. “I wouldn’t be so durn mean. Nossir!” Seffy grinned at this subtle foolery, and his courage continued to grow-. “I’m going to wear my high hat!” he announced. “No, Sef!” said the old man with a wonderful inflection, facing him about that he might look into his determined face. For it must be explained that the stovepipe hat, in that day and that country, was dedicated only to the most momentous social occasions and that, consequently, gen- i tiemen wore it to go courting. “Yes!” declared Seffy again. “Bring forth stovepipe. The stovepipe, the stovepipe—” chanted Seffy’s frivolous father in the ! way of the Anvil Chorus. “And my butterfly necktie' with—” "Wiss the di’mond on?” whispered his father. They laughed in confidence of their secret. Seffy, the successful wooer, was thawing out again. The diamond

I . was not a diamond at all--the He- • { brew' who sold it to Seffy had con- j | fessed as much. But he also swore 1 that if it were kept in perfect polish J no one but a diamond merchant could | tell the difference. Therefore, there ] being no diamond merchant anywhere | near, and the jewel being always im- j maculate, Seffy presented it as a dia- j mond and had risen perceptibly in the < opinion of the vicinage. I “And —and —and —Sef —Seffy, what you goin’ to do?” "Do?” Seffy had beei^ absorbed in what he ( was going to wear. “Yas —yas —that's the most important.” He encircled Seffy’s waist and gently squeezed it. “Oh, of course! < Hah? But what yit?” I regret to say that Seffy did not understand. “Seffy,” he said impressively, “you haf’ tol’ me what you goin’ to wear. It ain't much. The weather’s yit pooty col’ nights. But I ken stand it if you ken —God knows about Sally! Now, what you goin’ to do —that’s the conuntrum I ast you!” Still it was not clear to Seffy. “Why—what I'm a-going to do, hah? Why—whatever occurs.” "Gosh-a'mighty! And nefer say a word or do a sing to help the occurrences along? Goshens! What a set-ting-up! Why—say —Seffy, what you set up for?” Seffy did not exactly know. He had never hoped to practise the thing—ln show you a other-guess kind a settingup —yassir! Make your mouth warter and your head swim, begoshens! Why, that Sally’s just like a young stubblefield; goth to be worked constant, and plowed deep, and manured heafy, and mebby drained wiss blind ditches, and crops changed constant, and kep’ a-go-ing thataway — constant — constant—so’s the weeds can’t git in her. Then you ken put her in wheat after a while and git your money back. “Now look here, Seffy," his father went on more softly, "when you git to this and this —and this,” —he went through his pantomime again, and it included a progressive caressing to

3 | the kissing point—“well, chust when - you bose comfortable—hah?—mebby on one cheer, what I know —it's so t long sence I done it myself—when you bose comfortable, ast her—chust ast her—aham! —what she'll take for the r pasture-field! She owns you bose and - she can’t use bose you and the pasture. A bird in the hand is worth . seferal in another feller’s—not so?” ; But Seffy only stopped and stared at 1 his father. This, again, he did not ; । understand. > "You know well enough I got no • money to buy no pasture-field,” said . | he. I I “Gosh-a’mighty!” said the old man ; joyfully, making as if he would strike ! Seffy with his huge sist —a thing he । often did. “And ain't got nossing to . j trade?” . | "Nothing except the mare!” said the ; boy. : “Say—ain’t you got no feelings, you idjiot?” "Oh ” said Seffy. And then: “But what’s feelings got to do with cow-pasture?” “Oach! No wonder he wants to be an anchel, and wiss the anchels stand —holding sings in his hands and on his head! "Look a-yere, you young dummerux, feelings is the same to gals like Sally, as money is to you and me. You ken buy potatoes wiss ’em. Do you understand?” Seffy said that he did. now. “Well, then, I’fe tried to buy that i pasture-field a sousand times ” Seffy started. Yes, that’s a. little bit a lie—mebby a dozen times. And at last Sally’s daddy said he’d lick me if I efer said pasture-field ag'in, and I said it ag’ln and he licked me! He was a big man | —and red-headed yit, like Sally. Now, | look a-yere—you ken git that pasturefield wissout money and wissout price : except you dam' feelings which ain't no other use. Sally won’t lick you—if she is bigger—don’t be askeered. You got tons of feelin’s you ) ain t got no other use for—don't waste : em—they’re good green money, and ' we’ll git efen wiss Sally’s daddy for licking me yit—and somesing on the side! Huh?” (TO BE CONTINUED.)

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~rom jail. TWO ESCAPE i House and Call pawkers.” Go Through Sheriff'^ Officlers “Jayi the boldest jail fry of the county Rushville.—One ofP Charles Crawdeliveries in the hrst^ walked out of took place here wh^ doors had been ford and Walter Ra[ by a confederthe jail after three jo walk out the unlocked, presumably sheriff's resiate. The trio had feart of the city, front entrance to arrested at Terre dence, located in the If-d with having The two men were a»e here. It is Haute recently, char^n an was implirobbed a clothing sto^d that the two t nought that a local rw’ate him uncated in the robbery a w men threatened to irr the diningless he delivered then 1 • Mrs. Will The keys Were kepT^ with Mrs. room, hanging on a i? e d with comL. King, wife of the sk f her husband, Charles Coleman, chayhta-ajew feet plicity in the murder engaged in - were in tiic side y and posses nUh^jOlHbem«the escaped ccn fid en t of they were insolent to MinoarceraUon daring they were a nJ 6 officers, deers,” “tin star consta “jayhawkapple knockers.” s an d “yap This is the second the past two weeks. empt within came upon the two f< Sheriff King after they had batterei ows recent b' cell door. Since then a fiined in a cage. b were corvThree Persons Ar Marion. —During a ; njured. the Soldiers' Home, J ebration at ■who lives on Marion a '• Cull, wife and son were se nue> an d his by the explosion of a gi; us ly injured The son, Hayes, aged 1 firecracker, believed to be fatally ’ was at hist now thought that he ' s

: The giant cracker struF wbl recover. ' right shoulder and expf k On ^5 him. The boy sufferedf oded d hit to his side and was bul S9riOUS injurv hands and face. The A ned about the injured his mother, lacerl 111 } 6 6 x Pl° s i° n and tearing away her her hand i Mr. Cull escaped withS^^ 6 finger. I hand. There were sewhu rns on b i s people on the parade »' al thousand Soldiers' Home at the « ,un< l s of the cident and it was impof ll ^ ^ be ac ‘ who threw the firecrackj s ^^ e to learn ported that a woman, wr r - It was renot learned, lighted the ^,9^ name was a dare and in her excite- on into the crowd. The p threw it ducting an investigatioi ^e? re con ^o Sonntag Made Pre . Evansville. — The & V of the Evansville ra. ua ^ election ing the Evansvßif*—£ °P era ^' and the Evansville & y annt YernQU tion lines, was held in ^-hport tracresulted as follows: Pr his city and Sonntag. Evansville; ient> LIW. I. Rudd, Rockport; s e-president, W. Reitz; treasurer, M 4 cetary, Fred ■ tag; directors, W. H. IV i us ^onnman; John M. Funke, j/'Curdy, chairC. H. Batten, Philip SpO f d W ’ Reitz > Sonntag. William M. Marcus S. pher Manseler, W. L. W' ord ' ChristoKarges and W. I. Rudd^ onnta g’ ' Hough Back as v Laporte.—W. F. H<lCo,lvictyears shipping clerlw us h. for five diana state prison in ■ a ^ ^ be was sentenced by j u ^WMichigan Citj, jin Laporte circuit cot» e C- R ' c h* er to 14 years for steal ing ■ 5 *° ^ rom one valued at $450, which dozen shirts, factored by convicts. w bad been manuthe goods to confederal Hough shipped olis. from where he cB tes in Indianapthe prison. He willB 5 ™ 6 w ’ oib ’ n fence this week, pro&V begin his senold position. fihly g° in S t 0 his

1 Small Boy Bad a—- — — Horae-By Burned- > year-old son or Johß Turner, five--1 shal of Nashville, Turner, matburned in a tardy cew as dangerously 1 Fourth. The child, fWlobration of the I candle, lighted it. ■'Winding a Roman above his head it holding it fire to the voungsterW xploded ’ se Hmg । father heard the chill 8 clothing. The smothered the fire w d s screams, and not before serious b his coat, but flicked about the b< rns had been in- * s face and body. Fire Destrov — Morristown. — F 1 f r * our Mill. Morristown flour L destroyed the loss of $16,000. Th( ’.niß. causing a is not known, but ’ or ’^ n of the the have started fPorff "^supposed to elevator adjoining fireworks. The fire, but the fl- Ie ™ill also took 1 guished by the pr« | tes were extinteer firemen. The ip t work of volunjointly by C. A. P? min was owned ! and Clem Correll. 1 tten > Joseph D ?” e ly covered by insuri ^ ie l° ss * s P ar Hal Darlington Nf Crawfordsville. — :ws ,s S° ld - News has been sol Tbe Darlington Rue Miller to Charl db Y Homer and shall of Darlington. es and Hdith Matporter, another w Tbe Linden Rehas been purchasec eekly publication, rett & Son of Pestis by Thomas Barjo, Wis. Want Oil, Fit Washington.—A * ld Only Gas. gas was struck I dow natuial Allen farm, southea 011 tbe J° na than people are glad, b st of ^is city. Ihe are disappointed. ut tb e prospectors They wanted oil. Body Is Fol 7 Campbellsburg.— Ind in River - unknown man wi ^ be body of an “W. B. M. 1848,” 01 th the inscription, was found in Wh 1 the light forearm taken in charge b he river and was The man had apj Coionei Paynter, several weeks. H< larently been dead was about 50. Shops Run * 1 Howell—The L Full Tlme - ville shops at ouisville & Nashbeen running but Howell that have started up on pr four days a week > The shops emoloy actically lull time, about 1,500 men.

NEW PHASE OF MEASURE. Wayne County Courts Called Upon to Straighten Tangle. Richmond. —A new phase of the i blind tiger law developed in Wayne 1 county and was presented to the courts for decision. Three saloons in Hagerstown ceased business as a result of a blanket remonstrance which makes Jefferson township dry for two I years. One of the saloon-keepers had ’ a very large stock of whisky and wines on hand which he could not dis- I pose of in the rush unless he did so at a loss. He has stored the liquors in a room over the saloon and will convert the j saloon room into a cigar store and bi’.- I Hard parlor. The former saloon matt claimed the right to store the liquors ' in a room kept locked and not used for business purposes of any kind. The authorities assert that liquors kept in the building constitute a violation of the blind tiger law. Prose--outer Jessup, it is asserted, expected to take action immediately, holding the opinion that liquor cannot be legally stored in a building unless some form of license is held. Vincennes Girl Is Killed. Vincennes.—As the result of a shooting Mamie Baker, aged 20, until recently employed as a waitress in a Hazleton hotel, is dead and her cousin, Mrs. Ellis Baker, 25, and Charles Ingles, 36, are under arrest. Ingles is in the hospital with a bullet in his neck, it having been received almost at the same time that the girl i received the one w’hieh caused her death. Although his Injuries are not necessarily fatal his condition is Geri- ’ ous. The shooting occurred at the | home of the Bakers and a series of

neighborhood troubles is said to have been the cause. Plan to Run Special Train. Indianapolis. — The Prohibitionist state committee of Indiana has arranged to run a special Indiana train to Columbus, 0., for the benefit of those who want to attend the Prohibitionist national convention which will be held at Columbus July 14, 15 and 16. The special train will leave Indianapolis over the Pennsylvania line at 12 o'clock (noon) on Tuesday, July 14. The train will arrive at Columbus at 4:40 p. m., in time for the session of the convention that evening. Hough’s Wife Seeks Pardon. Laporte. — Deputy Sheriff Antiss took W. F. Hough to the Indiana prison north at Michigan City to commence his term of one to 14 years for grand larceny. The young man was convicted of stealing 96 ' dozen shirts from the prison shipping ; rooms, where he was employed as a । clerk. His young wife declares that she will remain close to the prison and intercede with higher officials for a pardon. Lightning Kills Harvester. Lafayette.—John Bierly, 24, was killed by a bolt of lightning on the Samuel L. Mitchell farm. A number ot other men were badly shocked, a horse was killed and a wagon was torn to pieces. Bierly was loading wheat ints a wagon and was thrown several feet. One shoe was thrown into an adjoining lot. the back of his head was burned and his clothes were ripped almost entirely from his body. Stolen Horse Is Man’s Captor. Wabash. —The horse he is alleged to have stolen proved the captor of Harry Stephens, and as a result he is in Wabash county jail. Stephens is said to have stolen a horse and buggy belonging to Charles Barnhart of Urbana, who had driven to this city.

On his driving away Stephens fell ; asleep after traveling several miles and his horse turned and proceeded to the barn of Barnhart. To Speak at Winona Lake. Winona Lake.—Mrs. Charles Henroten of Chicago will address the Winona and Warsaw chapters of the i D. A. R. August 7 on “Lafayette's Visit to the West.” The Indiana regent, Mrs. William Guthrie, expects to be present. Other speakers for the ; day are to be Dr. Carolyn Geirl, who will speak on “Revolutionary Workers,” and Miss Georgia Ray MacMillan, reader. Brower Goes to Emporia. Crawfordsville. —Hugh T. Brower of this city has accepted the chair of English in the College of Em poria, Kan. This institution is under ; the control of the Presbyterian synod of the state of Kansas. Prof. Brower is a Wabash graduate of the class of I ’O6 and during the past year was head of the department of English at j a college at Fulton. Mo. Prepare for Annual Picnic. Newcastle. — At a meeting held in this city arrangements were completed for the annual picnic of the township trustees of Henry county and their families, which will be held at Harvey's park Thursday, July 23. Gets Notice He Is Heir. Jeffersonville. — Frank Payne, an engineer of this city has been notified that he is one of five heirs to an estate of between $75,000 I and SIOO,OOO left by an uncle in Chicago. Wayne County ts Listed. Richmond. — The total valuation of taxable property in Wayne county is $28,725,140. Os this sum about one-half is on property in Richmond. The true value of lands in the county is $7,992,450; of lands and improvements. $9,939,850; lots, $,3,890,670; lots and improvements, $9,4^'5,970, and personal property, $5,339,320. Ihe abstract shows 6,920 polls in the county. Os this number 3,637 are in Richmond. The amount of mortgage indebtedness In the county is $952,580, and in the ] city $486,570.

I Samuel Warns Saul j I and His People I ■ Sunday School LessonforJuly 19,1908 ■ ■ Specially Prepared for This Paper f LESSON TEXT.-l Samuel 12:1-5, 12-25. I Memory Verses. 23, 24. GOLDEN TEXT.—“Only fear the Lord, i and serve him in truth with all your ’ he^rt; for consider how great things h« . hath done for you.”—l Sam. 12:24. TlME.—About B. C. 1094 (Ussher). PLACE.—Gilgal, in the Jordan valley; a little north of east of Jerusalem. Comment and Suggestive Thought. The Scene. —It is midsummer with clear skies. We are still present at I the great coronation assembly of the leaders of all the tribes, which Samuel had convened after Saul had proved himself a great general and leader of armies by his victory over the invading Ammonites from the northeast. Gilgal was hallowed by many sacred associations, calculated to inspire every patriotic heart. Here was the heap of stones set up to commemorate the miraculous crossing of the Jordan. | Here the covenant had been renewed. Here was celebrated the first passover in the Promised Land. Here had been maintained a camp during the early conquest (Josh. 9:6; 10:43). Here the first king had been crowned with impressive ceremonies. Saul had returned in triumph, “every inch a king.” The people were now enthusiastic over the splendid-looking man. Every tongue of opposition was silenced. It was probably the last opportunity Samuel would have of meeting the nation as a whole, flushed with victory, and rejoicing in the king that Samuel to his own cost, had presented to them. The account has almost the form of a dialogue. Read it. Samuel goes on to say that although j the people seemed to fear that God I would not continue to save them as of ■ old by judges, and thus showed a lack j of faith, yet Ged had proved, by the victory their new king had achieved, I that he would be the same to them

under the new regime as under the old. i The One Eternal Condition. —1. Posi- , five. V. 14. “If ye will fear the Lord,” etc. Samuel proceeds to name five things the king and nation must do, I ' if they would win God's favor and maintain their own safety: they must I (1) fear the Lord; (2) serve him; (3) obey his voice; (4) not rebel against his commandment; (5) continue (persevere) in following the Lord. "Then shall both ye,” etc. A better transla- ; tion continues the condition: “And if both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord your God.” The conclusion, perhaps "It shall be well with you,” is to be supplied, as in Ex. 32:32. “Samuel ; piles up one upon another the conditions of their happiness, and then from the depth of his emotion breaks off, leaving the blessed consequences of j their obedience unsaid.” —Dean Payne Smith. 2. Negative.—V. 15. “But if ye will not obey,” etc. In stating the alternative Samuel names only two out of the | five conditions just laid down; but ! these are the most important. Indeed, the one word, obedience, would include them all. Then shall the hand of the Lord be against you,” not from hatred, but of necessity. Just as a stream is against an oarsman that pulls up it. Samuel was to be no longer chief ruler of the nation, but was to continue his moral and religious work for many years, as the chief religious factor in the development of the nation. Hence, he gives his farewell message from his political vantage ground. | 1. Fear Not. —Rest assured of the forgiveness of your sins. 2. Serve the Lord with all your heart, turning not aside to any idol i anything that pretends to help you. i For all things outside of, or contrary to, the service of God are “vain things,” (v. 21), mere “nothings.” 1 “emptiness,” “bubbles” that burst with a touch. 3. Trust God, “for the Lord will not forsake his people” (v. 22). You can trust him to the uttermost.

4. Realize your destiny, your purpose and work in the world, to which God has set you apart. This is one of the great sources of strength, when we realize that we are doing what God made us for. 5. Serve God because you shall have the continued help of the ' prophet. (a) Samuel would pray for them without ceasing. And they had just seen how the prayer of the righteous availeth much. (b) He would continue to teach them the good and right way. Instruction and devotion, teaching and prayer are the need of all men. i 6. Feel the force of the great moj fives, which will be a perpetual inspiration. (a) Gratitude for what God had । done (v. 24). (b) The certain consequences of I w’rongdoing (v. 25). j To realize this fact is not abject fear, but a reasoning, common sense ! judging of any course of action by its consequences. Practical Points. “If we fill the corner where we are with light, we shall sooner or later be set on a candlestick high enough for the light that is in us.” Self-seeking is a root of all evil, the curse of politics, of business, and of society. Samuel was a good man. The investment of his saintly character has » yielded large dividends. It often requires some heavy calam- , ity, such as the loss of friends, or health, or possessions, to dethrone our pride and make us see that happiness ; and success depend on God alone. Test on French Railroads. Some tests have been made on rhe Northern railway of France to deter- ; mine the economy of using one powerful engine instead of two smaller ones, i The tests extended over six months ■ time, and covered over 12.400 miles. : Both trains were of the same weight—■ 950 tons. The cost of fuel, oil, main- ; tenance and wag«s for the six months ■ was $761 for the one and $1,041 for the j two engines, or a saving of S2BO. The i first cost was $23,280 for the single en- 1 gine, and $17,900 and $12,220 for the two engines.

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