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5 ; fc Bü@! WHAT YUAN SHI SAYS, warn: BEWTBIIÏ sea- iraMlMw te éàly V■** eaMjila Malted m Emtslry 68 'AiWiot i w 8iljuiâ i w T«rsal STILL MAKING 7> 1 ,-<i : m i s i®. /% !. t -. ; . >1 è We Are Going On Exactly the Same Way as Our Fathers of Old. And they all with one con-, sent begun to make excuse.-- Luke adv., 18. 1 Here is a human nature if there -• is any such 'collective reality in the world! We are all of us good at making excuses, even though we " are good at .nothing else; This one ■ thing at-least we do ! Is it a lapse ; of memory--a failure to keep an [ engagement--a yielding to tempta- ; t%n---an open sin ? Our excuse is - ready upon the instant. We are quick to forgive ourselves,; even , though nobody else is in agreement • with us. Aud this applies not merely to the weaknesses and offences offences of our lives, but to the whole problem" of our relation to .society ; at large. Does" an eager idealist begin to talk about tlie ; abolition of child labor, the equalization of taxation, taxation, the establishment of international international peace, the conquest of poverty, the . extension of democracy democracy into the field of industry, the universalization of good will, the bringing in of the kingdom of God upon the-earth? Then immediately immediately with one consent, like the. people invited to the great feast "in the parable from which our text .. is taken, We All Begin "To Make Excusé," 'as to why these things c^pnot ; be done. From the very beginning of j human society men have had no; difficulty in finding innumerable ] excuses for not making the world better than it is. Never - has there been any trouble in explaining- and justifying inaction in. the face, of ; evil, injustice and oppression. | Every abomination ever fought and I destroyed in the past by valiant ; "ahd heroic champions of the right | has been excused a thousand times by the culture and respectability, as well as by the ignorance and. malice, of its age. Like our fathers of old, we are still making excuses, "with one consent," for not doing with all our hearts the will of God. That all such excuse making as this avails nothing; is perhaps apparent, apparent, but it may not be so apparent apparent that this excuse making is also devoid'of all. merit. The truth of the matter is well expressed in the old proverb that he who eoçcûses himself accuses himself! To make an excuse is at the same time to make a confession that one has not done, or tried to do, what he is conscious that he "ought to have done, or at least have tried to do ! 'It is a surrender at the outset of one's whole' case for virtue. The really virtuous * man never has to make excuse of any kind.. If he finds weakness or sin within himself himself he straightway tries to conquer conquer the one and banish the other. If he sees an evil flourishing in the ■world ■ He Tries To Destroy It, and if he. discovers some latent good he seeks.to foster and uphold it. If there is some great reform which he knows must be achieved if society is to endure he can think of no better time for such achievement achievement than the present and thus he gives himself at once and gladly to the cause". Never is he. concerned with conditions,-or probabilities, or expediences.". Always does he seek simply the right- and do it "with all his might". _ Excusés for inaction, acquiescence, ^surrender have no place in his scheme or life. Even when he fails he makes no excuse, but, "though defeated, battlës still." • • ■; Excuses are a poop, substitute for "virtue. Indeed, they, have no share in virt-uè at all ! The majcing of excuses must be counted in the last analysis as one_o£--our_many. sins. Not those, who tell, however plausibly, plausibly, why'they have not tried^ but those who • try, for better or for worse, and fail as gladly as they win, "are the chosen ones of earth. --Rev. John Haynes Holmes. i Remarkable Document Issued by The Chinese Napoleon. Here is » remarkable personal document in which . the Chinese Napoleon, Yuan Shi Kai, calls on the world "to believe that hé had been a convert to republican ideas long before thé revolution broke out; and took high heaven to witness witness that he would never be false to the charge the nation had. con*, fided to him." The document is published in a Foreign Office paper. "From my student days 1, Yuan Shi Kai, have admired the example of the Emperors Yao and Shun, who treated the empiré as à public trust and considered that the record record of a dynasty in history for good or ill is inseparably bound up with the public spirit or self-seeking, self-seeking, by which it has been animated. On attaining middle age I grew more familiar with foreign affairs, was struck by the admirable. republican republican systems in France and America, America, and felt that they were a true embodiment of the democratic precepts. precepts. of the ancients. When last year the patriotic crusade started in Wuchang its echoes went ; forth into alljbhe provinces, with the result result that this ancient nation, with : its 2,000 years of despotism, adopted adopted with one bound the republican system of government. 1 "It was my good fortune to see this glorious day at my life's late evé ; I cherished the hope that I I might dwell in the seclusion of my I own- home and participate in the blessings of an age of peace. "But. once again my fellow-countrymen fellow-countrymen honored me with the pressing pressing request that I should again assume assume a heavy burden, and on the day on which the republic was pro- r-rrz minutes is all the tiniev required for brewing Red Rose Tea; end the result is a beverage of matchless flavor and 'satisfying strength.; The verdict of your family will be that Yuan Shi Kai. FINE Gràin Sugar .Tw have" everyjpraift of dots extra •ugar, alike, alee rac choice MEDIUM Grain la &e bus* of K. 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Learn to resist the -temptation. -temptation. to spend, and every payday add a little bit to what you already have, thus making a little, bit more, as the popular, song runs. The time will come for you when an opportunity opportunity will afford itself to secure à lasting advantage by reason of your ready cash. - The. improvident will wonder at your luck, a thing that really doesn't, exist. Study the rudiments of banking and le-arn that- every dollar : working for you is also assisting others to become prosperous! Then you will understand understand why the frugal and provident citizen, constitutes "a brick in the wall of community strength, while the|'idle and wasteful member is as near being a hole as useless matter can be. Become a brick! -- «$•-- ----. . A Threat. "'Ye're a naughty go il to get yer face dirty. If ye do it again, I've a good mind to wash ye, ; ; WANTED -MOre W ° rk9r8 o« wonderful Ohem- loture coloring for ns 1b our claimed I announced to the whole nation that never again shall, a monarchy be permitted in China. At my inauguration I again took this solemn oath in the : sight of heaven above and the éar-tii beneath,' beneath,' Yet of late ignorant'persons ignorant'persons in the provinces have fabricated fabricated wild rumors to delude men's minds, and have -adduced the career career of the First Napoleon on which to base their erroneous speculations. speculations. It were best not to inquire as to their motives ; in some cases mi-s-oonocptioiR may be the cause, in others deliberate malice. ' ^ ."The republic has now been proclaimed proclaimed for six months ; bo. far there - is no prospect of recognition from the powers, while order is far from being restored in : "the! provinces. provinces. Our fake hangs upon a hair ; the slightest negligence may forfeit all. I. who bear this arduous responsibility, responsibility, feel it my bound en duty to stand at the ..helm" in the hope of successfully breasting the wild waves. /. : "But while those in office are striving with all their might to; effect effect <a satisfactory solution, spectators spectators seem to find a difficulty in maintaining a generous f.o vbcar- a-nce. They forget that I, wb o have received- this charge from m v countrymen, countrymen, cannot possibly ]• -uk. dispassionately dispassionately on when the fate of the nation is in the balance. If I ■were aware that the task was impossible impossible and played a part of easy acquiescence, so that the future of the republic might become irreparable, irreparable, others might not reproach me, Simple, mechanical work, rapidly done. All paV iih the Process end leal Prooeee. _ teT na furnished. Positively no experience required. We furnish - - supply you with pictures to color, which you return tons.. Good nnptly by the week or month. No canvassing or eelling--our travellers travellers sell the goods end the field ie unlimited for -oar work. If you want clean, pleasant work the- year round for whole or spare time, write us and we will send but my own conscience would never leave roe alone. "Mÿ thoughts are manifest in the sight of high heaven. But at this season of construction* and dine crisis. crisis. how shall these mutual suspicions suspicions find a place Once more I issue issue this announcement : if you, my fellow countrymen, do indeed place the safety o'f China before all other considerations it behooves you to be large-minded. Beware of lightly heeding the plausible voice of calumny, calumny, and of thus furnishing a medium medium for fostering anarchy. If evilly-disposed peraons,. who are bent on destruction," ; seize the excuse excuse for sowing dissension to the jeopardy of the situation, I, Yuan Shi Kai, shall follow the behest of my fellow-countrymen in placing such men beyond the pale of humanity." humanity." -- . --s. ' All Night with Asthma. Every one knows how attacks of asthma often keep their victim awake the whole night long. . Morning finds him wholly unfitted for a- day of business,. and jet, business must still be carried through. All this night suffering and lack of rest can be avoided by -the prompt use of Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy, Remedy, which positively does drive away the attacks.^ ■•" Time Will Tell. A story is going the ■ rounds about a local juryman, an Irishman, who cleverly outwitted the judge, and that without lying. He came breathlessly into.. court saying, "Oh, my Lord, if you can excuse me, pray do ! I do not know *which will die first, my wife or my daughter." daughter." "Dear me-i That's sad," said the -innocent judge. "Certainly "Certainly you are excused." The next day the Irishman was met by a friend, who, in a sympathetic voice, asked, "How's your wife ?" "She's all right, thank . you." "And your daughter ?" "She's all right, too. Why do" you ask?" "Why, yesterday yesterday you said you ' did not know ...■uinl-i /He rsf, ! " "Nor do which would die first !" "Nor do I. That is a problem which time alone can solve."' A Story About a Wilful Pussy. "Now come to. bed," said Cinders, Cinders, Blue Persian Tabby, to her baby I£ac, who was busily chasing spiders across the stable floor. ; "Wait a minute," he cried, "till I. catch this big fat one, It looks so nice and juicy." Mother Cinders miauwed.. and trotted over to her charge, who hid behind a sack of corn to escape the usual bite. "Come out of that," she cried, catching one of his hind legs with her teeth. * With a fiz and a squeak the poor little pussy bounced out and meekly meekly followed hie mother to their bed in the straw, and tenderly licking his smarting leg, he vowed vengeance vengeance on his strict parent. "Just wait till I get a chance !" he thought, squinting at her with his left. eye. "I'll run away and do what I like then." _ But his mother knew nothing of these rebellious thoughts. She was fast purring herself to sleep. "If .1 only dared go out myself !" ■wished the naughty young rascal, "what a time I would have.'" Just then "iniauw ! miauw !" sounded beneath the stable door. Mac softly raised... himself, all the time keeping an eye on his sleeping mother. Then he quietly stole over to .the stable window and peered put. "Is that you, Cadger ?" he asked. "Yes," hissed a big black cat, 'his eyes gleaming wickedly in the moonlight. "Come out with me. I'm going hunting. I heard the.old mistress saying there were some: fine bunnies on the^ moor." But Mac was afraid: .His mother had often warned him against straying on the moor, where there were great big iron things, that made holes in your legs, and sometimes sometimes even killed you. But she hadn't said anything about not going going with a friend. And" bunnies were such nice things to eat. He would risk it. Jumping down noiselessly he-joined he-joined Cadger, and the two prowled off down the moonlit road. Gut of sight of the • stable they started to run, and at last came to the place where the soft fat bunnies lived. For a long time they hunted about, but the delicious supper they expected expected wasn't to be found. Then Mac began to ! get a little frightened and thought he would go back to the barn. ' But, alas ! he had hot gone • many steps when ■something snapped his foot, and he felt, a stinging pain in his leg. He yelled, and yelled, and pulled and pulled, but he couldn't get away. Then he began to cry, and wished he'd done what his mother told . him. ' Cadger, hearing the yells, came "across, but despite all his efforts he couldn't relieve Mac from his terrible pain... The more Cadger tried to help him the more Mac yowled. At last, in a fit of temper, the black cat scrambled home, crying "--"You can just get out of the .trap the way you went into it." And -poor Mac was left; .to his fate. How he sobbed and cried, until until quite tired out he at last- fell fast asleep. ,,, ■VWm V' Vg ms A RIVAL TO THE SUN. Substitute for Daylight in Businesses. Many Dr. Herbert E. Ives, a prominent scientist of Philadelphia, claims to have invented a substitute for daylight. daylight. He has been at work for a dowm years at the research"laboratories research"laboratories of the city's gas plant, and finally has produced, he says, a light which has passed the test and is in every way equal to sunshine and the light of day. He has designed designed a powerful incandescent lamp with a special mantle which is so placed in the top of a specially- made cabinet that its rays are immediately immediately beneath a reflector. This is made of metal and the light- is forced downward through a .series of delicately colored screens. In telling of his . discovery, Dr. lyes said : "My recent invention has a field of usefulness in certain industries, such as textile manufacturing, manufacturing, dyeing, color printing and similar arts. In color printing the presses can be run only so long as the ink put in by daylight lasts. With" the aid of my invention the presses can : be run' every hour of the twenty-four. In the sorting of cigars their color cannot be told by artificial light. In dental work the color of. artificial teeth "cannot be told at night. In paper manufacture manufacture and the manufacture of flour they cannot tell the different grades. With the aid of this : machine machine they can tell the grades all ; The; Bowels Must- Act Healthily. In most ailments the first care of the médical man is to see that the bowels are open and fully .perforuling .perforuling their functions. Pârmelee's Vegetable.Pills are, so compounded that certain v ingredients. in them act on the bowels solely find they are the very best medicine available to produce healthy action of the bowels.: bowels.: Indeed, there is no other specific specific so serviceable in keeping the digestive organs in healthful action. "Poor pussy ! poor pussy !" came faintly through his dreams, and he AoiitrAct End tii# prices EouMEHCIAL ART WORKS, 311 COLLEGE STREET, TORONTO, ONT. $200.00 IN GOLD GIVEN AWAY FREE THIS is a HOME DYE that ANYONE, Grains of Gold. What is the use of health or. of life, if not to do some work therein ? --Carlyle. - - , ' He who waits to do a great deal .of good at on<^e will never do any. --Dr. Johnson. . A man has generally the good or ill qualities which he attributes to mankind.--Shenstone. v He that calls a man ungrateful sums up all the evil that a man can be guilty of.--Swift. Righteous judgment oometh hereafter hereafter j here we'are subject to error and the misjudging of the other.-- Stratford.. ,.. ^ Love labor ; for if thou dost not want it for fobd thou màyest for physic. It is wholesome for thy body and good for thy mind.--Penn. It is a brave act of valor to contemn contemn death ; but where life is more terrible than death it is then the truest valor to dare to live.--Sir Thomas Brown. _ - awoke to find the moon gone and a great tall man bending over him. "That'll teach you not to. hunt bunnies," he said, as he pressed his foot on a bit of the cruel thing that was holding Mac's leg. And the "foot was free, although poor little pussy's leg was twice it's usual usual size. " *!, "Run' away home now," tile man said kindly, , but Mac was only able to hop on three legs. What à scolding he got from nis mother when at last he reached home ! Her eyes were swollen with crying; for she thought ; she'd lost her baby. But although she was angry Mac didn't care. She kissed him all over, and- gave him a rice plump mouse to eat. And Mac told Cadger afterwards he would never disobey mother again. For it's better to stay at home and get fat mice to eat than to run away and get your foot caught in a trap. ■ : -- --A* the time. Thread manufacturers will use it to test the color of threads. Even in the daytime they cannot match threads exactly, whereas with this invention they will be able to tell the color of eacn thread at any time. Diamond buyers buyers will only deal in the daylight. Now they will be able to make deals at any time. Surgery is" another field of usefulness. The color of tissues, cannot be detected by artificial artificial light. Surgeons depend upon the color of tissues to tell whether they are diseased or not, and as a consequence major surgical operations operations cam now be performed at night. The invention can be made in various forms to be used for different different purposes. It can be used to light a small room or closet, or it can be used to light a table so that one can read as by-daylight at any time of the day or night." Plain. "There, I think I have made myself myself plain, have I not?" she finished finished her tirade. "Made yourself plain, dear ?" sweetly answered the -- ttrvk -- once friend. "Oh, no, near; you were born that way." Impertinent Things. The phonograph talks back. The pitcher has lote of lip. The dictionary gives us impudence! impudence! The wagon sticks its. tongue out. 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