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MEDICALS. = ARTHY, OFFICE LATELY | oR. Meld vy Dr. corner Mon- | treal an 215. y the uniiuu 0 olders. you suffer so--what is mal a prisoner in the house? kidneys--let uric acid e poison into the nerves, WW; Bu-Ju to the root of the trouble. :| n. start them properly to 0 more urie acid to irfitat Rheumatis e that they ease. . Ryan, d Brock streets. ism : SYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN NORTH-WEST HOMESTEAD REGULATIONS | -- even mumnbered section of Domine ot] ante in Manitoba or the North- gest Provinces, excepting 8 and 26, not eserved, may be homesteaded upon by any 'who is the sole head of a family of apy male over 18 years of age, to thew stent of one-quarter section, of 160 more or less. Eatry may be made personally at the focal land oflice for the district in which the land to be taken i» #naated, or if the | Somesteader desires, he may. on applica- tion to the Minister of the Interior, | Ottawa, the Commifssioner of Immigre- | Won, Winmipeg., or the local agent for te district in which the land 1s' situate, | receive authority for sonie que to make for hi RUTMPESTEAD DUTIES ¥ A settler who | tas been granted un entry for a homer is required to perform the con- ditions connected therewith under one the following plans : | (1) At least six months residence wpom ad cultivation of the land In each year ing the term of tnree years. (3) If the father (or mother. if the ther is deceased) of any person Who is eligible to make a nomestead entry un- | dor the provisions of this Act, resides spon a farina {a the vicinity of the land | mtered for by such person as a home- stead, the requirements of this Act as to mesidence prior to obtaining patent may be satisfiud by ach person residing with be father or teother. 8) If the settler hus his permament ' ce upon farming land owned by tim in the vicinity of his honiestead, the quirements of this Act as to residence way Jib uatisted by residence wpom the said land. APPLICATION FOR PATENT should be made at the end ef three years, he- fore the Local Agent, Sub-Agemt or toe Homestead Imspector. Before making aplication for patent the settler must give six wmoaths' notice fa writing to the Commissioner of Do minion Lands at Ottawa, of his intention to do su, SYNOPSIS WES' Coal. will cure you nited WINDSOR, Ont A AS NAS AS oo AAS NS SAS NAS NS a NAS NSS Sf ASNT dN AN. UBBERS YBODY nly Rubbers. warm long Rubber Boots, bermens for rough r Granbys alue and OF CANADIAN NMNURTH T MINING REGULATIULAS. i ~Cpai lands may be purchased at | $10 ver acre for sofv cosi amd $20 for | sathracite. Not more tham 320 acres can be uired by one individual or com- pany. ayaity at the rate of ten cents or ton of 3,000 pounds shall be collected bn the gross output, Quarts --A free miner's certificate is ranted upon payment in advance of $7.50 per aunum for an individual, and from $50 to $100 per annum for a com- pany according te capital Vr miner, hevinge diseovered mineral , nay local m x rs et " 1.500. or recordin a claim Is $5, Atlesst $100 must be expended on the daim each year or paid to the mining re- corder in lieu thereof; When $500 has bean expended or paid, the locator may, pon having a survey made, and mpon womplying with other requirements, pur- shase the land at $1 am acre The patent provides for the payment of . and . The oni B royalty of 24 per cent on the sales. . Tem ay PLACER mining claims generslly are . khoen 100 feat square ; entry fes $5, renewable 3 sci~n | tively cure lost manhood is " RESTORINE.* A miner may obtain two leases to | an Remedy discovered by Dr. Ju! bredge for gold of five mil oticd in this Country by the Dr. } arm of twenty years, renewable at. the Kk Dyn Bscretion of the Minister of the Interior. ol lessee shall have a dredge im oper- ol Nithin One season from the date of ® lesse {or each five wjles. Hental, $10 Pr annum for each mile of river lewsed. loyalty at the rate of 24 per cent collect. od pa the output after it exceeds $10,000. 'OR Ww. Ww. C DRO! this lintater of the Interior. - autho publicat! of Wivertisement will not be paid fore tly { Sr ------------------------------------ , @ concern whi and old, w nen 5 uare sufiering fre gons such as lost'manhood, ext ous debility, the results of abuse il cure you to stay cured. The headact pain in the back and fai letely in the wo eatment. We ma your money. Thousands of test d FIV | r greatest successes have | h other treatments. This ren : & 3 the F! d G 1 1 5 a Samm ol iClean, .f) plain wrapper. ~ S H . Drawer L, 2341, Montreal. 3 onest ' O That Is the kind we mel}--The ' 0 Wad you should burm i you want O ® satisfaction fire, 9 3 We are filling wrders mew for 3 Winter supplies. Have you ordered do ount Sale Q Yours yet ? 'Phone Noy 188; Q Q Q & ? BOOTH &CO.§ Everything in our big "THERE IS A TIME FOR ALL THINGS." ' ' . ' : Now, while prices are ent. Off J i.%%. J your coal bin with best $ ' ' $ quality SCRANTON COAL 3 : from P. Walsh's Yard BARRACK STREET. rnishings, Hats Ss and Shoes. ERVED. Up-Town Clothier Street. Crests and Headings for Paper and Envelopes ENGRAVING Eire + Letter Heads Eng han ve asses of Letter Press THE WHIG, Kingston MWY paren camese Restaurant INEST | MARROWBONE ound > Ope "83 Princess Street "rincess St. _ 200m from 1330 a.m. to 300 8m, : y @ te t Mhortest" 'ho citY. Meals of "ali" Kinds on IG fishies » gorice: Fuglish 'hinese ral Specialty, ened to eleven days, the number | dropped out of the count in 1752, when the reformation of the calen- Seeman EMBOSSIN | of foreign worksho or pri Insist en being supplied, with How Is Your Cold? Every place u hear : question in 2° Fo Hie a Do you know that there is nothing so dangerous as a neglected cold ? Do you know that a neglected cold will turn into Chronic Bronchitis, Pneumonia, disgusting Catarrh and the most deadly of all, the *" White Plague," Consumption. Many a life history would read different if, on the first appearance of a cough, is had been remedied with Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup This woriderful cough and cold medicine contains all those very pine principles which make the pine woods so valuable in the treatment of lung affections. Combined with this are Wild Cherry Bark and the soothing, healing and ex- pectorant properties of other toral herbs and Br i For Conghs, Colds, Bronchitis, Pain in the Chest, Asthma, Croup, Whooping Cough, Hoarseness or any affection of the Throat or Lungs. You will find a sure cure in Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. Mrs. C. N. Loomer, Berwick, N.S, writes : "I have used Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup for coughs and colds, and have always found it to give instant relief. I also recommended it to one of my neigh- bors and she was more that pleased with the results." Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup 25 cts. per bottle at all dealers. Put up in yellow wrapper, and three pine trees the trade mark. Refuse substitutes, There is only one Norway Pine Syrup snd that one is r. Wood's. OLD CHRISTMAS. Its Abandonment is Soon to be Complete. "Twelfth Night" the "eve" of Ep iphany, which has been observed ce the fourth century of the Chris- tian era in supposed commemoration of the visit pawl to the infant Jesus by the three wise men who "came from the Fast" Ipiphany always falls on 6th day of January, twelve days after Christmas. There was no ground for the observance of "Old Christmas" till after the reform. in the Calendar, 1582, more than twelve centuries after the institution of the Feast of The Epiphany. The differ- ence at first was only ten days, and so continued till 1700, when it wid dar was adopted in Great Britain and its possessions. The difference wid ened to twelve days in 1800, and tc thirteen days in 1900. It will be thirteen days ail through the next century as 2000 will be_a leap year, which 1700, 1800" and 1900 were not The change in .t calendar, (from dhe Julian to the Gregorian), was made to bring the date of Easter in- to harmony with the reckoning es tablished"by the Council of Nice in 325, which took it for granted that the sun always is in the vernal equi- nox about March 21. The Julian Calendar, in use up to the time of the reform, allowed a leap year every fourth year, making the average year to contain just 36514 days, which we | now know is too much. But it was | hard to make the average Britisher understand this a century and a half ago, and so he fretted about having | heen "robbed," as the change in Great Britain included a dating of the year from January 1, instead of from March 25, this making the legal year 1752 a very short one. The faint clamor now-a-days for an observance {of Old Christmas suggests a para- | phrase of the remark credited to St Paul, in the sermon on Mars Hill, that this ignorance might have been winked at formerly, but now it is the duty of men and women to know bet- ter. Even the Russians, the last ones to stick to the Julian 'Calendar, are on the eve of abandoning it. Painting China Red. The Chinese paint the country red, figuratively speaking, on New Year's day. Red color with them denotes good luck and prosperity, and New Year's cards and invitations are on paper of that color. Every child gets its New Year's present wrapped in red paper, and red inscriptions are pasted over the doors of houses These inscriptions bear characters praying for good fortune, wealth and happiness, and they are posted on each side of the outer doors. New pictures of Chinese generals are put on the front doors, and the houses are scoured and made clean ---- The Exercise of Faith. The Bishop of London, presiding over a Diocesan Women's. Associa- tion meeting spoke on the "real truth" which underlies the tenets of the Christian Scientists, and which is being converted into a "gigantic her- esy." "We ought," he said, "to ap- proach our sick persons with far more faith than we have done. We ought to pray for their recovery with great- er earnestness and hope, and we (the clergy) ought to lay our hands upon | them with more expectation that they | will recover." At the same time he | asked every person who thought he } had special gifts of healing not to try Over tribute paid by 1905 to mankind's bet- astounding unless one has followed statistics eight-figu $5,000 has been the minimum to be THE DAILY WHIG, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 2. ------------------------ ---- THE GRAND ROLL OF PUBLIC GIFTS IN THE UNITED STATES. $100 a Minute Was the Christian Tribute of 1905--A Great Amount Was Given to Education. Over $100 a minute! is the Christian terment and relief. The total is x. become accustomed to iving -- $66,104,432! Yet records are necessarily incomplete. Much that is given passes without | pubic notice and in the above total considered. The multiplicity of small donations thus lost sight of would certainly raise the year's total to $100,000,000. Individual givers, too, are here accounted for only, which prevents the list from enroll- ing $500,000 which went to the suffer- ing Russian Jews. More than half has gone to the ad- vancement of education. Eighty- three colleges and schools are named. Mr. Carnegie set by $100000,000 for educators, followed by Mr. Rocke- feller with another $10,000,000 for general education; while the tragic death of Mrs. Leland Stanford threw into this same scale $4,675,000 more. The "baker's dozen" of most "lucky" universities was Leland Stanford university.. . $4,875,000 Harvard umiversity. . - Lo 1,500,000 Yale university. . . 1,405,000 University of Chica . 1,150,000 Union Theological s .. 1,100,000 McCormick seminary . 1,000,000 Millikin university . 1,000,000 Columbia university 599, University of Virginia. Brown university... . Ay College of New Jersey of 8 University of California. .. .. 400,000 "ollowing education the benefac- tions rank: To galleries, museums and kindred institutions, $7,024,000; to "homes," hospitals and asylums, $5,391,500, with $4,700,175 to miscel- laneous charities. Church works fol- low with $4,242757, and = $1,993,000 for library buildings. - Add $3435,- 000 which came in gifts other than cash, though valued "officially," and this country is found to have re- ceived in all $84,080,432; $2,015,000 wasagent to foreign fields. The yearly givings have been: $47,- $00,000 in 1900; then $107,360,000 in 1901; then $94,000,000 in 1902, with 1903 beating that by an even $1,000,- 000; $62,000,000 in 1904, and $61,100, the rank 000 in 1905. roll of honor, the givers of millic Andrew Carnegie. a John D. Rockefeller. . Mrs. Jane L. Stanford Stephen Salisbury. For this last year re one may ns, reads: ) John C. King General lsaac J. Wistar Mrs. E_D. Rand. Henry Phipps : 1,050, Margaret A. Jones. : 1,025,000 Mrs. Emmons 'Blaine. 1,000,000 yeorge W. Clayton. . 1,000,000 njamin Ferguson. 1,000,000 Cyrus McCormick 1,000,000 James Millikin. . 1,000,000 Darius O. Mills. . 1,000,000 W. F. Milton... .. . 1,000,000 Jjevi P. Morton gave $650,000, Miss Helen Gould $700,000; Mrs. F. FI. Thompson - $650,000. Three other women who have generously helped the world's work are Mrs. T. F Ryan, $225,000; Miss H. T. Gardiner $200,000, and Mrs. Russell Sage, $75, 000. Carnegie's givings have reached $115,582,633. The new year opened with the Yerkes bequest of $4,000, 000 for an art gallery in New York The Ladies' Aid Society. Church Recorder, Towa We've put a fine addition on the good old church at home, It's just the latest fashion, with a gallery and a dome, It seats a thousand people--finest church in all the town," And when 'twas dedicated why thousand down; That is, we paid five thousand--every mem ber did his best, And the Ladies' Aid Society, it promised all the rest we paid ten We've got an organ in the church--the finest in the land in the lar K ta th < melody 1s grand when we sit on cushioned hear the master play, It carries us to realms of bliss unnumbered miles away It cost three thousand dollars, and it's stood the hardest test, We'll pay a thousand on it Aid the rest. seats and And the Ladies' They'll give a hundred sociables, cantatas too, and teas; They'll bake a thousand angel cakes, and tons of cream they'll freeze! They'll beg and scrape and toil and mail for seven years or more, And then they'll start all o'er again, for a carpet for the floor; No, it isn't just like scraping out the money from your vest, When the Ladies' Aid gets busy and says, "we will pay the rest." Of course, we're proud of our grand church from pulpit up to spire! It's a thing of beauty in our eyes, the crown of our desire, But when 1 see the sisters work to raise the cash that lacks, . I somehow feel the church is built on women's tired backs, And I can't belp sometimes thinking, when we reach the regions bles That men will get the toiling Aid the rest. t, and. the Ladies' A Strong Contrast. Christians believe that God cre- when we were not. Hindoos believe that the soul is uncreated and that it has already existed forever as it will continue to live forever. Christians suppose that at death the soul enters "an eternal state," where it will con- tinue forever, but Hindoos think of death merely as an incident in the long chain of endless changes which go on without beginning or end, un- Jess indeed in rare instances some one attains salvation. Salvation ' to the Christian means heaven, but to the educated Hindoo it*means ab- sorption in the Deity and the loss of our individual existence.' Save as it finds this salvation, then, "the soul goes on and on forever and exists in a vast variety of formson earth, in heaven, in hell, as god, devil, insect, animal, man, having all experiences and undergoing every possible form of happiness and woe, though on the whole suffering predominates. Why Wear Black ? Why is black regarded as the.ap- propriate color for a minister's clothes? Not because it is the color of mourning garb, but because Mart- in Luther set that fashion. When in 1524 he distarded the monk's dress, the" Electors of Saxony sent him some black cloth, which was at that time the fashionable color" at Court, and he had his garments made of it. Shes Enploregy Lands After Hus- band's Death. A BRAVE WOMAN. MRS. LEONIDAS HUBBARD After months "of privation and suf fering in the lands where her husband met his death, Mrs. Leoni- das Hubbard, widow of the famous magazine writer and explorer, has returned from Labrador and report- ed, as the result of*her hazardous trip, success in exploring the lands which cost that life. She traced the courses of two of the most import- ant rivers in Labrador, the George and the Nescapee, to their head- waters and has, for the first tine, placed the surrounding country on the map. She penetrated into the country of the dreaded Nescapee Indian, never before visited by white man or woman, travelling from the Labrador coast to Hudson Bay Mrs. Hubbard was born ilton" township, County - of umberland, Ontario. As quahified as a trained nurse, 'and took up residence in New York, where she was called upon to nurse Dr. Leonidas Hubbard, Jr. through a serious illness. Jt was a case.on his part of love at first sight, and a marriage followed The world knows how in 1903 her husband met his death, and it was to clear up un- certainties and also to complete the repott of her husband's exploration in Ham- North- girl she that © she undertook her recent journey 2 -- A Peculiar Finding. Recently in a bog near Roscom- mon, Ireland, a farmer, in digging, found a small wooden box badly de- cayed. Inside was a leather cover- ing, and inside this again in a wrap- ping was a book enfitled "Discours- es on the Sacraments, by King Henry VIIL," in a splendid state of preser- vation. On an innerjeaf is declared: "A Defence of the Seven Sacraments against Martin Luther, by Henry VIII, King of England, France and Ireland, to which are adjoined his epistle to the Pope. The oration of Mr. John @lark (Oratas-to his Maj- esty) on the delivery ofsthis book to his Holiness; and the Pdpe's answer to the oration, as also the Bull by which his Holinéss was pleased to bestow upon that King (for compil- ing this book) that most illustrious, splendid, and most Christian-like ti tle of Defender of tha Fath.' Sunlight soap is better than other soaps, but it is best when used in the Sunlight way. Buy Sunlight Soap and follow direction. Orange blossom is usually adopted for the bridal wreath in Britain, but Germany uses myrtle, Italy white roses, Spain red roses, Greece vine leaves, and Bohemia rosemary The eustom of Christmas "waits" and trees is declining in England The Physic Habit The Result of Using Salts, Castor 0il, etc., Instead of Thoroughly Curing Constipation by Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills nanan "Oh, a dose of salts will fix me up all right,j' you say, when the bowels become constipated and the liver and kidneys sluggish and congested. And the temporary relif you obtain in this way deceives you for a time, in distress but you aré soon again, and must increase the dose and re sort more frequently 'to the use of this weakening and debilitating treatment Constipation and intestinal indiges tion eannot possibly be eured until the liver is made active in work of filtering bile from the blood, and puring it into the intestines, where it 'acts as a natural cathartic, hasten. ing the procéss "of digestion, and the removal of waste matter from the body. Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills have a direct and fic action on the liver. They not only afford prompt re- lief, but positively strengthen and in- vigorate the kidneys, liver and bow- cls. Instead of encouraging the physic habit, they thoroughly cure constipa- tion, liver complaint, biliousness and kidney disease. If you would like to old-time' vigor, and feel strong and well again, use Dr. Chase's Kidney- Liver Pills. The backaches and body pains will disappear, your appetite and digestion will be good, you will escape sickness and disease because the filtering and execretory organs will keep the body cleaned from poison- ous waste matter, Mrs, Thomas Covert, Grove, Peterboro Co., Ont, "lI was a sufferer for years with sto- mach trouble and terrible headaches, and spent a good many dollars in medicine without receiving any bene- fit. Hearing Dr. Chase's Kidney:Liver Pills highly recommended, 1 determin- od to give them a trial and did so with most satisfactory results as | was very greatly benefited and do not hesitate to. recommend this treatment as the best obtainable for such ail- mente," Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills, one pill a dose, 25¢. a box, at all dealers, or Edmanson Bates & 'Co., Toronto. its i regain your Highland His pupils thought it péoper to fol- fo exercise those gifts apart from the medical profession. low the ctsom of their teacher. A PITILESS TYRANT A SOLILOQUY ON DEATH IS GIVEN. He is No Worshipper of Rank-- Death is the God 'of Worms-- He Has Some Good Points. evan Repositor "Death is the disturber of every man's felicity; an ugly shadow that darkens the brightest noon; a frost that defies swaddling clothes and the glow of summer. It is the"great hor- ror of every fancy, the great agony of every heart. A pitiless, pursuing, tireless, and unsated hupgerer, whose maw expands as it feeds, and whose thirst grows with the rush of the fountain that slakes it. A diséord shuffling between harmonies; a cloud black and baneful in the sky; a wind bitter and fierce over the waters; a thick, slimy mist in the air, and a sand waste on the earth, wherever we turn, No submission for bribe, -no flat- tery mor ovation, no prayer nor threatening, can avert him. He knows no time, no ceremony, no fear and no remorse. The king and the beggar, the rich and the poor, the tyrant and the slave, have his favor alike. Sleep- ers on velvet cushions, in dungeons, and upon the rack, clamor the roll- call of death. He carries a lantern the taper wick of which is fad by the light of souls struggling through pale! faces toward eternity. He is in the air, in the earth, ini the sea, on the gleam of the sword," and in the foam that sparkles the Ww of the world his music, its agony banquet. Death is the the god of worms. genius of graveyards, He snatches the his wreath, the judge from his er- mine, and the bishop from his mitre. The hearth is made desolate and the altar refit of its worshippers. Lovers, parents and children, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, and friends. are parted at his nod. Even the poor miser, who has pined and suffered a life-time, he robs his gold. undisputed, no seal unbroken. Yet Death has some good points. His indiscriminancy is not without merit. He takes the whip from the tyrant, and the chain from the op- pressed. He relieves the beggar of his rags, the sufferer of his pain, and the weeper of his grief. Death is a sterling democrat, a leveller, without stint or measure, and, withal, a right- cous, impartial and unflinching judge. He feels no ferocity, for he has no will; commits no atrocity, because he is a tool. He saves as many buds as they are main features of the brillant are carried in procession to the beat- ing of a deafening gong, and manda- rins go by hundreds to the Emperor and that much maligned sovereign, e Dowager Empress; with congrat- call upon the elder. Children call up- on their parents, pupils pay respects to their teachers A light collation is offered every visitor, but no wine is served. Tea takes the place of strong drink. In China gentlemen never call upon the ladies, but upon each other, and the women make social visits among themselves. Nor is one obliged, happily to make all his calls on one day; all made before the 15th are considered correct Spirituality Its Essence. Ohio State Journal tive and financial problems enter the ministry in larger numbers. We do not remember ever having seen the commercial trend of the agesbetter illustrated than in this ar- gurffent. Probably the writer would consider a great poet a great scholar, or a great statesman a failure unless his success were attested by the num- ber of his disciples or the size of his bank account. Business ability is a good thing to have, whatever one's calling, but the need of the church is more true spirituality in its Jeader- ship. ------------------ The Lost Tribes. Jewish World. ; It was perhaps inevitable that the lost ten tribes of Israel should be sought in the Japanese, for their mu- seums contain engravings of pictures representing a landing of the Jews in the days of long ago. A picture shows a procession in which soldiers and priests take part, the latter wear- ing hats of biblical pattern, and in which the Holy Ark is easily dis- cerned. There is also a drawing that depicts Solomon receiving gifts from els of his palace and the Temple Strangest of all, the founder of Ja- pan's dynasty of 126 emperors in B.C.E. bore the same name ("Osea") as the last King of Israel (Iloshea), who was his contemporary. little city of Pasadena, Cal, the home of the late Helen Peabody, founder oi the Western College Mor women ot Oxford, Ohio: Miss Peabody, died recently, provided in her will th that loveliest in 1 lovely should be uscd as Chase's Backache Plaster drives oll pains and aches, ii hithe church, rim of the wine-cup. The extinction of races is his inheritance, the wail | his | The Public a Great Simpleton at king from' his crown, the victor from | from | There is no expectancy he | will not cut off, no honor he leaves | he blights flowers, from obedience k 8 rather Bn ron instinct. Why ly a great simpleton. It appoints dis should we fear him more than any rectors who don't direct, overseers other servant of Go dilly ¥1who wax chronically blind, officials tier sory ' who shy at office duty, and watch . men who lapse into absentees." Wall ~~ A Shige Lounaty calls street a few years 480 Se stock ne ens New years $ | exchange, the like of which for cost- came originally from China, where|, gorgeousness surpasses Solomon's the Queen of Sheba, as well as mod- 30 who that her Pasadena residence, one of town, a resting place for the weary Christians, either from other property for the advancement of missions under the Presbyterian It's Food and Drink. There's no better " THE DISHONEST CROWD. Times. Chicago British American: The air is yet too thick with news- paper indictments of leading men in State, municipal, financial, commers cial and social positions of honor and trust, to grant a clear view of the situation. The nation is feeling like a man just waking out of a stunning assault, sure that somebody has taken a mean advantage of lis easy faith in the street crowd, but he hes- | itates to believe that the eminently respectable gentlemen in the police- man's grasp can have done it. The magnates of the Wall street district have been for a generation the pride of the average man, and most of them the idols of their circle and church, { The old, old story proves trie once more, the little thief gets social con- demnation, while the big thief adds new jewels to his crown of hypo- critical rascality The sting of it is, these lapses from genteel honesty need wot have happened if the average smart man had been half as smart as he thinks he is. The great public is occasiopal- temple and the Queen of Sheba's pal- BENSDORP'S You save L4 either way you use it. That's why for economy careful people are buying Bensdorp's. THE COCOA WITH THE YELLOW WRAPPER, cocoa made than THE HERODS OF OLD: Their Atrocities and Despotic Per-~ formances. Herod was the name of a family which rose t8 power in Jude in the century imme ately preceding the birth of Christ. They were of Idu- mean descent, but Jewish in religion. Herod the Great, second son of An- tipater, Procurator of Judea, was born about 62 B. C, and in 47 B. C. was made Governor of Galilee. Ulti- mately he and his elder brother were made joint tetrarchs of Judea. Dis- placed by Antigonus of the Hasmon- ean dynasty, Herod fled to Rome, where he obtained through Anton; a full recognition of his claims, an became sole tetrarch of Judea 40 B. C. On Antony's fall Herod secured the favor of Augustus, and obtained the title of King of Judea, 31 B. C His reign was stained with cruelties and atrocities. © Every member of the Hasmonean family, and even those of his own blood, fell a sacrifice to his jealous fears, and latterly the lightest suspicion sufficed as the ground for wholesale butcheries. The slaughter . ofthe innocents at Bethlehem was quite in keeping with his character, but is not alluded to by Josephus; so was his ordering the death of his wife Mariamne and his two sons hy her. Herod's one eminent qualit was his love of magnificence in archi- tecture: He married ten wives, by whom he had fourteen children, Ie died 4 B. C. A Touching Psalm. and lengthy New Year celebration. | ce combined. At the opening cele- Every Chinaman pays a visit to each | heation the President said, "We have of his superiors and receives one got every blessed thing--but busi- from his inferiors. Images of gods| oss" Of course he must have meant legitimate business, for the other variety has evidently been flourishing right along. If our high financiers have not been doing legiti- mate business they have been "doing" ulatory addresses Their robes are | (he public beautifully, So long as gorgeously embroidered and = are narging show profits it almost ap- heavy with gold. The younger people | nears as though the cream of the millionaire brotherhood have agreed to go for the dollar and let the evil one take the hindmost. Maybe that expert in worldly ways will not stop when he grabs the hindmost, the poor, weak, deluded victims, but will make a flying leap and carry off some of the foremost on the prongs of his fork. Another Opportunity. Thousands of Japanese have gun the study of English, and more advanced are eager for litera- be- the A magazine writer says the church | tre There are a few foreign books is in crying need of "business cler-] there of a good tendency, while gymen"; congregations he knows have the native Jroduct 3 sensational grown from almost nothing to great and risque. The mental famine sug- size because of the business ability | gests an opportunity tor good in- of pastors. The influence of the fluences in right cultivation of wind church will wane and dwindle unless | At the Tokyo sity are 4.000 men fitted to deal with administra-| Japanese students, at the College for Foreign Languages 400, and at other colleges 2600 Chinese stu- dents seeking Japan's advanced ideas and courses The great Pnglish Missionary So cietids are moving to fill the want Over 2.500 volumes have been de- spatched to Japan as a gift, a Japan- ese steamship line carries them free, and an English lady has contributed a library building "Books youn have read" will be acceptable to the appreciative and ambitious stu- dents of the Kingdom of the (Rising Sun Are Not Responsible. A London vicar who recently con- ducted a mission among convicts at Dartmoor, declares after a deep searching into characters that intoxi- cating liquors are not responsible. for serious crimes to the extent some people imagine. He is an ardent tee- totaller and the revelation was a sur- prise. Many men undergoing long sentences had been life-long abstain- ers. But this only proves the more viciousness of their natures, since they were committing crimes in their full natural senses. The missioner was, however, touched by the respect and appreciation shown by thé con- victs to this message from the Bishop of London: "Always turn your eyes to the light and then the shadows will be behind you." Missioner's Rest. The First Cause. A beautiful 'memorial to a noble Mrs. Logan. woman will be maintained in the The church may establish canons and make decrees, the legislative bodies may pass uniform laws, but they will avail nothing so long as the church sanctions and the laws legal- ize unholy first marriages. There is scarcely a minister or bishop or car- dinal who has not solemnized marri- ages which he felt-shonld not be solepmized. He knew that the par- the home or foreign field, and is to be] ties to the marriage contract were called the House of Rest." For its] unequally yoked, that there existed maintenance money has been set] moral reasons why they. should not aside. Miss Peabody willed all her | be joined in holy wedlock, and yet he pronounced them man and wife, and added "whom God hath joined together let no man put assunder." Prof. McFadyen, writing on the 126th psalm, asks: "What shall we say of such a lyrical gem as this? Within the compass of six short verses, the highest heights are scaled, and the deepest depths are sounded. We pa from laughter to tears, and from tears again to laughter. The sob of the exile echoes across a score of years; then Jehovah has done great things for them, and they were glad. Within their old ancestral city they send up ringing shouts--shouts which turn to something like despair, as they see how unlovely that city is, despite all her ancient and holy memories, We see the tear-stained face. of the man who bears his seed, and knows not how long and how wearily he may have to wait for the harvest. We hear, too, the ringing shouts of harvest home, as the la ers come back from the master's field with their arms full of sheaves. I'ears and laughter, sorrow and joy, dejection and exaltation, exile and redemption, dreams both stern and lovely, spring and aututhn, Israel and heathen--all pass in rapid and mov- ing succession across the verses of this marvellous lyric. All life is here; the changing moods which are but too familiar to every human Heart are reflected here with the fidelity of a soul which had known it all only too sorrowfully well." Where Science Dictated. An advanced young woman, who rejoiced in academic degrees, attack- ed a clergyman distinguished for his deep reading, with the intention of proving to him that science has de- stroyed the myths of religion. "Ma- dam," he said aly, "I once knew a member of your sex who perfectly reconciled science and religion. She is a prominent member of the Young Women's Christian association and she was making an address to a large gathering of women, which was in- terrupted by a terrific thunder show- er. She shared with many the awful fear of thunder and lightning and trembled in silence for a few mo- ments. When a blinding flash was swiftly followed by a frightful clap of thunder, she struggled to her feet and began to pray: "Oh, Lord, take us under Thy protecting wings, for Thou knowest that feathers are non- conductors." Church Choirs. The voluntary members of choirs deserve far greater appreciation than is sometimes shown to them. They are oiten confined to the study of such music as gives them little or no train- ing in their art; and if they do render a difficult piece, there are not want: ing cynical opinions that it is sung for their own glory rather than to help the congregation's worship. They attend a weekly "practice," often at considerable inconvenience. They make their regular Sunday attendance (and how regular many of them are!) a binding duty. By their help music. al service of a church is made hearty and uplifting. Those who serve the church in the choir are rarely re- ferred to in personal acknowledge- ments. Those who know the best value of church organizations make no such omission. oe . Many a church is praying for more consecration when it needs to put more in the n, ;