Walkerton Independent, Volume 46, Number 13, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 August 1920 — Page 2

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT Puf'shed Every Thursday by THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS CO. Publishers of the WALKERTON INDEPENDENT NORTH LIBERTY NEWS LAKE VILLE STANDARD THE ST. JOSEPH CO. WEEKUEB Clem DeCoudrea. Boatneaa Manager W. A. Endley, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year 81.60 Six Months Sv Three Months JO TERMS IN ADVANCE Entered at the post office at Walkerton. Ind., as second-class matter. | INDIANA | J; State News : ~ t:: Indianapolis.—A suit intended to prevent operation of the Indiana fuel commission and administration of the fuel and food commission act enacted by the special session of the legislature, is being prepared for filing in the federal court by Charles Martindale, and other attorneys representing Indiana mine operators. It is ex. pected the suit will be ready to file In a short time. While legal action in an effort to make the law inoperative was expected by state officials, they did not expect that the action would be begun before the law was fairly in operation. The commission was organized two weeks ago, with Jesse E. Eschbach, chief examiner of the state board of accounts, as chairman. He was empowered to appoint a fuel director for the state, counsel for the commission, and accountant and clerks. Jeffersonville. —An electric locomotive. bought recently by the Interstate Public Service company, will be turned out of the local shops, but will require further work at the Greenwood shops before being put into freight service on the traction line between Louisville and Indianapolis. The locomotive is the first of its kind to be acquired for regular service in Indiana. It will haul a train of nine loaded cars. The company shortly will acquire additional rolling stock and will have 50 box cars in use. At present, the line has 30 freight cars, of which about one-half are flat cars. All equipment is kept in constant service. Indianapolis.—Percentages for coun-ty-wide horizontal increases in valuations for Jasper and Jackson counties were completed by the state board of tax commissioners. The county boards of review in the two counties refused to approve the 1010 horizontal increases. The tax board ordered increases of 11 per cent on real estate and 25 per cent on personal property in Jasper county and 15 per cent on real estate and 30 pec cent on personal property In Jackson county. Action of boards of review in 34 counties where 1919 horizontals were approved was affirmed by the board. Clinton. —James Henry, twenty-four years old, was instantly killed by electricity when his head came in contact with an overhead trolley wire at the Indiana & Illinois Coal corporation’s j mine. No. 2, southwest of this city, j Young Henry was a triprider and i started to move his motor out of the ' way for another motor to pass. In leaning over to make a switch, his hear touched the trolley wire. His body was found shortly afterward. Logansport.—Six elevators of Cass county are closed. Inability to get cars to move grain is given as the cause for the temporary suspension of operation. Cass county is in the midst of harvesting season and should any considerable time elapse under these conditions, serious consequences will result. Grain dealers say they do not know when they will resume the buying of small grain. Hartford City.—Joseph Pyles, held in jail on a charge of first degree murder, has partly recovered from a bullet wound in the head he Inflicted in an attempt to commit suicide. Pyles shot his wife and then turned the revolver on himself. He is blind as a result of the wound. The grand jury of the Blackford circuit court will consider his case. Indianapolis.—Ele Stansbury, attorney general of Indiana, has submitted an opinion to E. E. Chenoweth, superintendent of the Indiana Farm Colony for Feeble-Minded, holding that wheat produced upon the institution farm cannot be exchanged for corn purchased in the market. Lebanon. —John M. Schulse, age ninety, for forty years an elder with the Disciples of Christ church in Indiana. Illinois and lowa, is dead at his home west of Lebanon. He was born in Nicholas county, Kentucky, coming to Boone county with his parents at the age of six. Washington. D. C.—lndiana has a population of 2.930.544. an increase since 1910 of 229.668, or 8.5 per cent, according to the preliminary count announced by the director of the census. Indianapolis.—A late fall will be necessary to mature the Indiana corn crop, according to the prediction of George C. Bryant, field agent so the co-operative crop reporting service. Valparaiso.—A council of boy scouts will be organized here next month and a paid scout executive employed. There are 15 troops in the county. Henryville.—Citizens of Henryville have organized a corporation to supply electric lights and motor power for the town. Madison. —E. 11. Rogers of Madison has been appointed superintendent of public schools at Warsaw, 111. Hartford City.—The Blackford county board of review has confirmed the horizontal increases in assessed valuations in Blackford county, as fixed by ! the state tax commission on August 23, 1919. Brownstown. —I >ir< ctor< of the Jackson County l arn ors’ association have unanimously indorsed the action of th- Jackson emmry !■" ird of review in rejecting the horizontal increases on ■assessments. ; ; ,.y |,v J >■. *. board of ■. ■ of dire. • ■ and Democrats.

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, CHAPTER IX—Continued. । 13— । ! Con had not known where his com- ’ rade was lodged. He became sure of > the voice. The three guards, perhaps J athirst, or for some like reason unlver- > sally valid with trios of men at night, ' were not holding their post of duty, > for the stairway was empty. A talk ' with Andrew March was worth a risk; 1 It was necessary’ if they were to work ' | together for. escape. They would need a policy to guide their remaining days ' In captivity. Anything was better than these brooding meditations alone. The fire in the young prisoner's veins focused to some purpose. He descended the stairs, but at the foot of them discovered that they had brought him no neprer the voice. In fact, there were other voices unpleasantly near. He went up again and leaned over his wall, to learn how .the monkey climbed up and down so readily. Quite certainly now he heard his friend talking. The stars were a cool, faint light upon the walls, which were rough-hewn. He could distinguish the ledge of a window below him, half-way to the ground. He knotted the silken cloths from the divan in the first room and fastened one end of this soft rope to the ! stone bench. It was not difficult to let ' himself down over the rim of wall, । easing the strain by pressing his knees j into the depressions of masonry. His . toes found the ledge. He grimly hoped that he had heard aright, that March was really near. The window was open, ’ the prayer stopped. “Hello I” The stillness of the whole earth I seemed to originate just at this window . ledge. Then a hand touched him and | March whispered: “Don’t talk.” The elder prisoner moved back into i the darkness, while Con came In at the window. Suddenly there began a scramble, with stormy blows and a rattle. March was at grips with his guard, having taken for granted that Levington meant to attempt escape. Con sensed this mistake, but It was not a time for explanation. He stepped i forward uncertainly, his hands feint- | ing for battle. In the gloom he leaped I at the larger form, a desert soldier, i whose arms whipped about like falling trees. Three throats strained for breath, but it was the warrior who smothered under a white man’s hand. He bit Con’s palm and that closed the i brief battle, for it angered Lovington and he sent In his free hand. The huge i son of Tau Kuan collapsed. The figure of a woman darted from a shadowy corner. She was moaning softly, and her robe fluttered as she ran out. “She will give an alarm,” said March, panting. “Your Kurdish friend?” “Yes, she hates me as much as they do.” “Because you refused—” Without further words the two pris- ; oners mounted the window ledge, । glanced back through the darkness at the motionless guard, a hulking, silent figure in dense shadow, and dropped to the earth. Their fall was considerable. It racked their legs, but pain was overlooked in haste. They ran close under the western wall of the palace, turning in the Gloom He Leapt at the Larger Form, a Desert Soldier Whose Arms Whipped About Like Falling Trees. at the north end, across the broad lawn, to the lane beyond which were the dwellings of the fighters. All was dark. They met no sentinel. The desert scarcely required watching. They sped over the heavy dust of the street and gained the high-arched gate. A worn ladder was hooked here for antique battle uses. From the top of the fortification they glanced down at another necessary jump, and took it. Side by side thej* ran, following the trail of the pack-camels. Behind them, within the walls, the aged crier of the hours sent up his voice, full to trembling with the news. And arousing ! every soldier, a bar of hollow brass clanged out into the sleeping city. “We tipped over the bumble-bees," said Con. CHAPTER X. Gemmed Eyes. Square patches of koresh lay on | each side of the trail. The mines were [ perhaps a mile or less to eastward’,

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXTXXXrxxxx and beyond that ridge an infinity of shifting dry naught. The stars sent a pallor that was diffused in the fog from the ditches. At night these lowlands about the city were cool. The black vague hill that was the palace was receding into the gloom as the two hastened on. The net of distant cries was spreading. “Do you suppose,” suggested Levington, “that we can keep under cover, and perhaps manage to get a beast of some kind, and then sprint for the water hole?” Con realized very well that the nearest water hole was a matter of days, once they left the zone of fertility. Food was yet to be considered, and a city was rising to seek them out and punish. But he felt the need of cheering his friend. “We can get into the vineyard,” he continued with enthusiasm he did not feel, “and the fruit will serve for water, too—and lay for a camel —and you still have the guidebook on your foot.” Andrew March laughed miserably. He saw what his friend was trying to do. “Why not knock nt the gates,” said March, “and demand water and provisions for our return trip?” “Well, we blundered out here,” said Levington, “and half the planet was I bucking us—stones for rain, ami spinning dust instead of a breeze, with a I few robber giants on the side —so maybe we can break away for home again.” “I don’t mean to be sarcastic.” said March very humbly. “I understand you. You are trying to make me feel happier. But I do not dodge the responsibility. I was grossly selfish. My work, and all my hopes, led me here. And I wanted a partner, to face the Gobi, some one strong and young, who didn’t take himself seriously, some one with the ability to lose decently. It had to be an artist. You were the one I found. But I did not want it to mean sacrifice. I made myself believe we should not actually lose. I held certain dreams. They were beautiful, they baited you, as they baited me long ago, and always. But I am done with dreaming. Tau Kuan Is death to all dreams except that yellow fantasy, I itself. It Is so cold—do you know what I I mean? The hand that guides I. is the I archetype of inflexible purpose. The empire is not contained within the walls. It spreads beyond the Gobi, in- I to Dory street; yes, and further, a we£ of horror. It does not spring j from life. The only human being within those walls has been slowly and , fully poisoned. She can never know life. You have seen that." March paused, and Levington shivered. They peered into the darkness ahead. One direction seemed as unprofitable as another. Far to the rear i the base of the palace showed red in torch reflection, and the brazen gong ceased its pulse of alarm. March asked: “Will you try to forgive me?” Con spoke quietly. “You are forgetting something. You are the differ- I ence between the past and future to me. Suppose I had found my man that night, away back in Cincinnati: I should have far thicker walls bothering me tonight, and all the rest of my nights. Whj’ do you forget that you are the man who got me out of all i that? You were a federal officer, and : ought to have jailed me. Instead, I owe every minute of my freedom to you. I don’t know now why I wanted to shoot him up, I can’t recall his name or his face, but I was out to get him, and would have finished strong, only you came In front of me, and—why. I never began to live until after you took me home that night! “I used to stand on Rush street bridge in Chicago and, if I was far enough gone, I could think I was looking at the Thames and the lights of the British shipping, or I’d think I was an Arabian caliph, nosing about my own city at night. Only it needed a big thirst to shift the globe around that way and make a Greek waiter look like the king of Ashamede in disguise. I’ve looked over toward Brooklyn and told myself I was on the Bund at Shanghai. But it couldn’t be done that way. I was close to the rocks. You seemed to know what I wanted. You opened the world. Do you think I would back up, even if I could? You did not bait me. It was understood that I should probably die along the way, in the Gobi. It's been a grand passage.” “Thanks, boy.” returned the elder man. And in the twilight their hands met and gripped an instant. Whatever turmoil was Imaginable within the city, the Americans were too far away to hear it. and the secrecy of the dark gave them a kind of leisure, with also a stimulation. They continued rapidly beside the gray ditches, not particularly heedful of direction. They jumped over the intersecting arms of irrigation, and at moments caught the low gurgle of springwater. It occurred to Con that his borrowed eastern garments were very practical. The firm, broad sash and twisted breeches gave support as he cleared the ditches, the sandals were snug and curiously satisfactory. He was not so sure that he was wholly a western person. He no longer marveled at his blouse, with Its inner pockets and folds. Once he thought that an advance guard of the pursuers had overtaken , them. They stopped short to listen, [ hut heard nothing. March was uneasy. I Con. who felt that there was nothing ‘ further to be lost, was almost indifferent. He could not think his way clear. It was grimly unpleasant to remember I what they had done to March’s guard, but one crime more or less in the eyes of Tau Kuan did not matter now. I There came the sense of some one be- ! hind them, but there was no sound in , the pale breath of the ditches. Con )

xiiimixurmnimmr noted a low shape like a dog, across the nearest ditch. Quickly a second joined it. Two figures hurtled out of the gloom and landed at the white man’s feet. They were the hunched and deformed little men of the sandhills, a dozen or more, and they broke into talking. Their arms were like metal bands upon Levington. The gong had reached them and brought them up out of their warrens. It seemed they were animated by curios- i Ity and a natural malice more than by ' the idea of reward. Struggled was unavailing. These miners ha^< terrible arms, despite bodies tha^^'ere shrunken ami grotesque. M^rch was speaking in native dialect. Le^^tgton was borne off his feet, lifted ovtV the last ditch, and then doffj. ^tfAtched face downward upon the s. n ^. v March was pleading. The hills xLrgjjear. Con did understand the appeal March was making, but was surprised at the force of it. They were listening, reluctant, like some blind evil turned aside for a moment. March went on fervently. Points of light were low toward the city, the torches coming out. It seemed that the gray-haired man’s argument bad an effect, for Levington was picked up as before, and carried. In the confusion he saw that they were not going In the direction of the city. The bones of their shoulders hurt his back. He was unable to turn. Forty paces of this and they paused. March repeated his phrases. Levington was allowed to stand upon his feet, but his hands were held. Then the group ran with him up the hill. “What did you say?” inquired Con. "I reminded them that they have no more love for the city than we, and that our enemy is their enemy." “What made you think of that?” “They are slaves, worse—” This was cut short as the workers let go Con’s wrists, and he pitched feet first into perfect blackness. The fall was giddy; then a scramble down an Incline of loose earth. Choking with the dust, he could not guess to what depth he was sliding. Something came down upon his head, and this was Andrew March. “You asked them to take us In?” “Yes. It occurred to me that they do not love their masters. 1 referred to that, and promised everything I could think of, if they would not turn us over to the horsemen.” The center of the world gave forth a speck of light that was a torch. The party that had come up at the summons of the distant gong was close about the white men again at the has > of the shaft? which seemed endlessly large; and other torches were coming nearer out Qf blackness. Still it was not clear to Con why the miners did not take them to the city. The hovering figures in the cavern seemed half afraid, half spiteful. March was doing his best in Chinese. The torches threw a serried glare j on the rock walls of the underground i passage. It was low but very wide. In another chamber, to which the pris- | oners were led, the roof was higher, of ragged sandstone, and the floor had been swept. Here was the settlement of workers, every one deformed below the shoulders. Out of the red-lighted press of these I came a figure but slightly more erect than his fellows. He was dark of skin, : but his eyes were full and did not slant or pinch. His bared throat was significant of strength and poise, from no mean ancestry, but his knees locked and jointed pitifully, as from some । calamitous accident. “Friend,” he said In a low voice. It was music to hear the English ' word. The miners were waving torches of bitumen over their large heads. The length and agility of their arms was ape-like. They looked to be a race of Asiatic changelings, their hair coiled into little caps, one or two showing queues, and all with the peculiar malformation of spine. Every eye gleamed upon Levington. “Friend,” replied Con. “They come for you,” said the darkskinned person who stood before the crowd. “Down here?” “Yes. All where.” “Hide us. Give us protection, friend.” j “Yes. You dn-v you befriend us.” The speaker turned to March, who answered : “Yes. We will, If you protect us now. A^e come from the most powerful country In the world. Help us return to ItF “No, no!” saM the dark-faced man. “I beg of vol!” urged March. “Gobi too big* too big.” “Talk of that later. But hide us away now.” “They see your footprints, and ask us. What?” “Say that we were killed and thrown 3 In the ditches.” “Yes,” said the speaker of English. He turned to confer with several others, in a rapid monotone. Con said to his friend: “What is । he?” “Looks Arabian,” replied March. The speaker had heard the word, and he turned sharply, with a smile parting his lips. From the waist up he was a handsome man of forty. “Yes, Arab,” he said. “Fifteen, big. , I was, at sea. I know your country— Saint Lawrence, Buffalo—” “Niagara Falls.” offered Levington. “Ah. yes!” exclaimed the sailor from Araby. lie smiled more broadly at the recollection. “Twenty year — yes—twenty—that. Does she fall continue?”! “Yes,” replied Con, joining In the | smile. “How did you come here?” “Caravan. The sea weary me, fifteen years more now. Caravan from Djarobed. Ah! She never destination, never. The riders appear one day at evening—you know?”

“I know,” assured Levington. “They—spoil me,” said the Arab, glancing down humorously at his “spoiled” legs, and Con winced. “But come, my two friends.” The relief was dreamlike to Con. He realized that no physical effort on his own part could help; in fact, he was perilously near to trusting In God. and this seafaring Arab, who had fifteen years ago answered the call of the Sha Mo, was the very hand of Providence. Con wondered how strong the hand might be. The desert seemed further away, to be under it. But in memory he could hear the penetrant singing of the hollow brass through the night. Chee Ming would not give up easily. There seemed a limitless multitude of the earth-dwellers, moving in quiet disorder through the cavern everywhere. Levington had an uncanny sense of being under the crust of the । earth. They led him to an adjoining j chamber, as large as the entire palace. । The floor of this second cavern was i riven across, and a long greenish line !of flame wavered In the warm air. , Through and between the gently leaping blaze, he saw a great host of faces. । The gas hissed as It was consumed | along the lips of the rock, and cast an “Friend," He Said in a Low Voice. expansive glow upon the high walls, where were a number of black holes. In each shadowy pocket were human beings, looking down upon the strangers. Con distinguished women, who were gaunt and small but not so broken ns their husbands. In the limited Chinese vocabulary of Andrew Man h. and the nearly forgotten English of the Arabian sailor, assurances Were hastily exchanged. The telling factor was the Arab’s high opinion of Buffalo, the port of grain and hogs. March agreed to bring five hundred troopers to stop the production of koresh. and so free the work- | ers, if they aided him to escape from Tau Kuan and the Gobi. Remembering the wealth of Buffalo, the Arab | interpreter was ready to believe that ; this could be done. i “Come,” repeated the Arab. (TO BE CONTINUED.) — BRING GOOD AND BAD LUCK Belief in Power of Various Flowers Is Strongly Held in Eastern and Western Lands. It Is good luck to eat the first mayflower you see in the spring. If It Is a crocus, let it alone; In Austria they say it draws away one's strength. Nor must you dig up a cuckoo flower or tempt luck by moving a wild daisy into the garden. In Egypt the anemone Is one of the lucky flowers of spring; ! wrap the first one In red cloth and, ■ If not disturbed, it will cure disease. ■ On the French coast it is useless to try to catch fish unless the waters are first strewn with flowers by the flsher- | men’s wives and daughters. In DevonI shire (England) they regard it as unj lucky to plant a bed of lilies in the course of twelve months. The Turk sees misfortune in so light a thing as । the fall of a rose petal and will somej times guard against such dropping by - carefully picking the flowers before they fall apart. In Samoa the head of a corpse is wreathed in flowers to aid the soul to gain admission into paradise. Ten Different Winds. When the wind is blowing at an Indicated velocity of 35 miles an hour i the force in pounds per square foot j would be 4,900. This would be known as a high wind and wnnT?! travel over a distance of 3.050 feet every minute. A perceptible wind travels one mile an hour; just perceptible, two or three miles an hour; gentle breeze, four or five miles an hour; pleasant breeze, ten to 15 miles an hour, brisk wind, ■ 20 to 25 miles an hour; high wind, 30 । to 35 miles an hour; very high wind, j 40 to 45 miles an hour; storm at 50 3 miles an hour; a great storm, 60 to 70 I miles an hour, and a hurricane attains a velocity of 80 to 100 miles an hour. New Substitute for Gold. What is said to a sevlceable substl- ■ tute for gold Is obtained by combining ninety-four parts of copper with six parts of antimony and adding a little I magnesium carbonate to increase the ! weight. It is said that this alloy can I be drawn, wrought, and soldered very I much like gold and that it also re- । ceives and retains a golden polish. Different Version. ' “So you say the detective had his j man spotted?” “No; I said when the detective I caught him, he found he had the I measles.” Visitorial Amenities. Mrs. Hashdeigh—Some of my boarders are very witty. Her Caller —Well, they say that hum j ger sharpens the wits, you know.

IMPROVED 'JNIFO2M INTERNATIONAL SOWSOIOOL Lesson (By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D, Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (Copyright. IS2O, Western Newspaper Vnion.) LESSON FOR AUGUST 29 BEGINNING OF SOLOMON'S REIGN LESSON TEXT—I Kings 1:5; 3:13. GOLDEN TEXT—The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil is understanding.—Job 28:28. PRIMARY TOPlC—Solomon’s Choice. JUNIOR TOPlC—Solomon’s Wise Beginning. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC —Choosing the Best Things. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —True Wisdom and How to Get It. I. Solomon Anointed King (1: 5-40). David had hitherto failed to show the people who should be king after him (v. 20). He is now stirred to action by the combined appeals of Bathsheba and Nathan. He immediately sent for the faithful three, Zadok, Nathan and Renaiah, and bade them to anoint Solomon king. They speedily executed their comniission and soon the people shouted “God save king Solomon!” 11. Solomon’s Acts to Establish His Kingdom (1: 41-2: 46). Coming to the kingdom at such a time as this, he noted certain dangerous elements, which, if allowed to develop, would weaken if not destroy his rule. 1. Adonijah placed under surveillance (vv. 41-53). Though he had attempted to usurp the kingdom, Solomon placed him on good behavior. In this treatment. Solomon displayed both clemency and dignity, which are praiseworthy in a ruler. 2. Adonijah executed (2: 13-25). Solomon ordered him executed because he made an underhanded effort to become king. 3. Abiathar removed from the priesthood (2:26. 27). This man had joined Adonijah in his plot of usurpation. Solomon removed him from office and appointed Zadok in bis stead. 4. Joab executed (2:25-35). Joab, too. was a party in Adonijah’s rebellion. Beside this he had treacherously munlereri his rivals in the army. He was succeeded In the generalship by Benaiah. 5. Shimei executed (2:36-46). Shlmei had deserted Dflvid and joined his enemies, even bitterly cursed him. Solomon first paroled him and confined him to Jerusalem, but when he broke his parole he had him executed. 111. God’s Gracious Offer to Solomon (3:4. 5). Solomon made a lavish sacrifice to ] the Lord. It was not that the Lord cared for the number of animals, but the attitude of the man’s heart toward him. “Ask what I shall give thee” placed very wide possibilities before the king. God, as it were, signed blank checks and turned them over to Solomon to till in any amount that his heart desired. IV. Solomon’s Wise Choice (3:6-9). ^.le Lord’s gracious offer brought the king face to face with the responsibility of making a choice. God so deals with his children that a choice must be made by everyone. Solomon was keenly sensible of the difficulty and the responsibility of his position. David was a great king. For a young man to take up the work of an Illustrious father and push it to completion is a most difficult task. Besides all this, the disturbing elements set in motion by the usurper, Adonijah, were to be dealt with. In his reply to God he pleads that he was not king as a result of his own choosing, but because of God’s loving kindness. All who have been called of God to fill positions of honor and trust can truly exercise that same boldness of faith. This is true of the minister, Sunday school teacher, and Christian worker in general. When called to positions of honor and trust we should not become high-minded and vain, but humbly present ourselves before God for help. His petition was most unselfish; he desired inward worth, not outward show. Let us learn, like Solomon, to be grateful to God for his gifts and to keenly recognize our responsibilities, showing becoming humility. V. God’s Unstinted Gift to Solomon (3:10-15). Solomon’s speech pleased the Lord. The Lord is always pleased when we place ourselves before him in such attitude. Solomon got more than he asked for. Because he put wisdom first, God saw that he could be trusted with material gvod. also. Christ taught the same thing when he said, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”— Matt. G :33. He rhat puts God and spiritual things first in • n. a-. i 1 portance can be trusted with temporal things. That which God promised him above what he asked was riches, honor and length of days. All who feel the lack of wisdom can co to God with confidence (James J :5). Gol blessed Solomon with a singularly comprehensive mind (I Kings 4:29-34). He was a botanist, zoologist, architect, poet, and a moral philosopher. When we ask what God wills, we shall surely get what we ask. Persistence. One of the sterling virtues in practical life is continuance—continuance through all obstacles, hindrances, and discouragements. It Is unconquerable persistence that wins. The paths of life are strewn with the skeletons of those who fainted and fell in the march. Life's prizes can be won only by those who will not fall. Success in every field must be reached through antagonism and conflict.—J. R Miller. The Bible. I can readily conceive why the Bible was one of the four books which always lay on Byron’s table and it would be easy to fill a lecture with which painters, sculptors, or; rs, and poets have rendered to the ino«t thought-suggesting book in t; e world. —James Hamilton.

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