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i t _. .. _.___.‘_.___._..._._.._â€"-~.n-.u_a mien-mmkm n pwm ..-p A”... ._ .» mm. ........â€"............- M”.â€" IIIE. SIN. per SELPISHNESS It Is a Fatal Barrier of the Life. “And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then shall thy light rise in obscurity It is the things that draw as out that lift us up. The measure of any life In in the extent to which it; goes out to the interests of other lives, the extent to which sympathy is cultivated and tin telligent service is rendered where it is most needed. The difference between the wise and the- ignorant. is in the range of the ki‘iowledge, the experience, and life in- terests which each is able to use. The difference between the great life and tin, little one is similar; the former finds nothing foreign to him; the latter limits his horizon usually by living wholly for himself. If you desire greatness only for your own sake, indeed, if you are thinking of either greatness or of yourself you never will find it. The lives that‘have been flung away in sublime abandon, those that have poured themselves out in answer to love's imperative are those- that have found the full life. Selfishness is the saddest sin, the one that seems to underly almost all others. ail the fair flowering and rich fruitagc I nor-“3’0! any life that yields to it. ‘It compels u;- ,, lose our legitimate prizesby snatching greedin at all the prizes; it insures pain by leading us to seek ONLY OUR OWN PLEASURE. Under how many guises comes this form of soul suicide! One calls it cul- ture, another ambition, another seflâ€" respect, y-et often each does but mean advantage, every action but one mo- tivc, personal advantage, and consci- ence asks but one question, What do I make by this? ' « ‘If in every act, in every hour you are thinking first or only of yourself; if you have adopted the policy of car. ing for “number one" as the guiding principle in life, you may make money, you even may make a reputation, but there are some other things you will not make, some other things your money cannot buy nor your reputation secure. You will not make friends; you will not make joy or life or'an endur- ’ ing name. Somehow in the press of life we too 9.“ WEAPONS OF TIIE NORTH AMERI- CAN INDIANS. __ Wood Not the Only Substance Used-â€" Bone and Deer IIorn Also . 'mOâ€"l: of Slantler were more for show than Figured. The bows of the North American In- ' dians were made of wood, bone or horn. Sometimes the bow was made of a 'sii’iglc piece of wood, sometimes of sev- eral pieces; perhaps it was of wood alone, or it might be backed by sinew or by the skin of some animal, accord- :ing to Forest and Stream. The ma- terial. for the weapon was gathered whenever it was possible, and a man might have in his lodge a number of sticks each of which he intended ulti- mately to fashion into a bow, or, if he did not live long enough for this the .bow would descend to his heirs. As the most important implement of hun- ter or warrior, the bow was highly valued. Bows of bone were made sometimes of sections of the rib of large animals, spliced and glued together. and were usually backed by sinew. Those of the .antler of the elk were sometimes in a single piece and at other times in sec- tions. bevelled at the ends and neatly glued and spliced. Bows of horn were often made of several pieces similarly 'ghaed and spliced, but the horns of the mountain sheep were sometimes cut in- to long slender rods. which were laid together, glued, and backed by sinew. SHEEP IIORN BO\\'S. Another type of sheep horn bow was in a single piece, the horn being cut. in. a spiral from base of horn to point, this spiral being steamed or boiled and than straightened and caused to dry straight. Bows such as these were un‘ usual, but. they were also very boater- ful and never were out. On the other hand. it is said that bows made of bone Emulsion. system. MW?» . and thy darkness be as the noon dart closely the rules of business, by play- â€"â€"!saian, Win, 10. ' ing the game of life with an eye single It 'blightS‘ .with its first breath‘ that the life has only one end, its own \dm Cares of other-s, is the one who, ocoecceccooéeoooococo‘ The effect of malaria lasts a long time. . You catch cold easily or become run- ,5 down because of the after effects of malaria. Strengthen yourself with Scott's It‘ builds new blood and tones up your nervous ALL DRUGOISTS: 50c. AND 8|.OO. eooceoceoeeeocceececeeee ' to Any Enlargement _. “often think of it as wholly a matter of business sln‘icwdncss; we look to find success and satisfaction by foil-owing to our own glory and personal profit. But in what way is such a life, no mat- ter what its profits may be, better than that of any galley slave chained to the our? It is not the life that seeks only to gather and rake in, it is the life that ra- diates, gives out, reaches its interests, thoughts and helpfulness to ever widen- ing circles, that grows, that finds life, that knows its joys, that really is cul- turcd, developed, educated. This is the vital principle of the Chris- tian religion, but we too often have ob- scured it WlTll our. SELF-SEEKING. flow often has religion meant simply the passion to insure the individuals soul against some dreaded punishment, or to secure to the individual some pe- culiar )CtlSO or joy. The surest way to miss any such blessings is to seek them for themselves and for ourselves alone. lie who lets othersinio his life en- larges thus his own.’ He who opens the doors of his heart to the needy, the lonely, the sad, the mourning, finds that as they bring in their sorrows and their tears fair flowers of joy spring up about him, the cheer he gives them be- come in greater measure his own, and the love he gives away becomes his choicest possession. The man who went about doing good, who had no thought save for the. needs above all others, found the full and satisfying life. He who knew so well the way of life called on no man to save his own soul, uttered no slu‘ewd precepts of selfâ€"preservation, but taught by a life of self-giving the secret of full living. There is only one way to discover whether this philosophy is best or not, try it for a. while. Try thinking of the helpless, planning pleasures for dreary lives. hearing some loads for weak and weary backs, being willing to lose your own life, and see whether he was not rzght'who said, “He that loseth his life shall find it." HENRY F. COPE. for use. They were good to look at, and for a time were effective. but after a few years became dry and brittle. Next to the bow, and, in fact, so much a part of it that it cannot be sep- arated from it, is the arrow, a com- plex implement the development of which we may imagine to have been very slow and which no doubt was well advanced toward its present form before the bow was thought of. We may fancy the arrow to be the out- growth of a simple stabbing instrument, which developed into a dart to be thrown. similar to certain toys still in use among the children of our plains Indians. 'MAKING THE ARRO\V. The arrow consisted of three essential parts, the head, the shaft and the fea- thers. Sometimesthe shaft was com- pound, consisting of piece of wood. The .p‘rimitive head was very varied. The feathering is comparatively a modern invention, so much so that to-day traditions exist as to its development and the various steps toward the imprOved feathering of modern times are given. Even within the last forty or fifty years the children. among our wilder tribes have employed very primitive forms of arrows, using in their hunting of little birds arrows without heads and having merely a' sharpened, fine- hardened point; arrows without fea- thers, and zigain, arrows feathered after an earlier method, of which, as prac- tised by adults, we know only by tra-- dition. The bowslring was usually made of twisted sinew, sometimes put on the bow green and allowed to dry there. In the south-west, however. the string was sometimes made of vegetable fibre. in other sections it might be made of strips of raw hide or intestines of ani- mals. more than one â€" ...___..s‘l< Danes seem more prone to commit suicide. than any other people. About 226 Danes per million die yearly by sui- cide. which is nearly treble the average for England. NEW STRENGTH Nature Needs initiation in Making New Health-[living Blood. In the spring your system needs ion- ing up. In the spring to be healthy and strong you must have new blood, just as the trees must have new sap. Nature demands it and nature's laws are inexorable. Without new blood you. will feel weak and languid. You may have twinges of rheumatism. or the sharp, stabbing pains of neuralgia, there may be disfiguring pimples or eruptions of the skin, a tired feeling in the morning, and a variable appetite. These are some of the signs that the blood is out of order, that the long try- ing months of indoor winter life have told upon you. A purgative medicine. such as too many people take in spring, can't help you. Purgativcs merely gal- lop through the system, and further weaken you. Any doctor will tell you that this is true. What people need in life spring is a tonic medicine, and in all the’world there is no tonic can equal Dr. Williams" Pink Pills. Every dose of this medicine helps to make new, rich. red blood~â€"you’r greatest need in spring. This new, red blood clears the skin, drives out disease and makes weak, easily tired men. women and children bright. active and strong. Try this great bloodâ€"building medicine this spring, and see what new life and energy it will give you. You can get Dr. Williams' Pink Pills from any medicine dealer or by mail post paid at 50 cents a. box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams’ Me- dicine Co., Brockville, Ont. â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"-*.â€"_â€"â€".â€"â€"~ SHNTI‘ZNCE SERMONS. Wandering thoughts seldom find safe harbor. Every honest doubtaipcns into larger faith. The heart of all reform is the reform of the heart. . Souls are not lifted up by preaching down to them. I A frowning brow often indicates a shrinking head. Too many sow sand and then pray for strawberries. What you are when no one is look- ing is what you are. There can be no moral muscle with- out moral struggle. If you would lead you must be wil- ling to be lonesome at times. There are too many churches trying to win the poor by courting the rich. The value of your religion depends on how much of yourself is invested in it. No man can win righteousness who will not take some risks on his reputa- tion. ' It doesn't take long to discover all kinds of good in anything that has gold in it When a preacher tries to be a star he is sure to shut out somebody’s sun- light. . The heart is best nourished when we are ministering to the needs of our neighbors. He who expects to die like a dog usu- ally goes to his expectancy long be- fore he dies. The hope of this world does not lie in the stall fed saints who are fatten.- ing on sermons. If you would find gladness you must play life's great game with eagerness and fairness. Some folks are starving because they don't know the difference between die- tetics and a dinner. ' -q.__.,_.. 'I'IIE SIIRINKAGE OF TIME. Disappointment of the Man Who Went Back to His Boyhood Home. “I got a great shock last summer," said the man who has been immersed in business in a distant city for thirty years, “when I made my first visit to my boyhood home. “All my life since I left the country I have looked back on those childhood scenes with a great deal of reverence. Everything connected with those early days loomed large in the mind. “The river that flowed through my grandfather’s farm was something mag- nificent, the house was a mansion, the trees grew to extraordinary proportions, the garden was mighty roomy, the or- chard was the greatest War, in fact the whole scheme of life was on a large scale. , “Now i was wont to boast of these scenes to any of .my friends who would consent to be bored. They couldn't Show me anything in the country line but l was ready with a remark begin- ning. ‘Wcll. when I was a boy,’ and so on through boast after boast. “I have stopped all that new. for when I went back last summer I found that it was just an ordinary farmhouse and the river was a tiny, lazy stream, and the orchard was small, and there wasn't much left of the garden. I wish I hadnt gone back at all. It was much more comfortable to keep that. IlllCllll‘C in the mind and talk about it to my heart's content. The subjects of con- versation are few enough as it is.” a«â€"- â€"â€" 'l‘IlF. Ltltili Y \\'Ili~'.l-‘.l .82. The only wheels of fortune you May play with certainty. And pin your hopes of profit to Are “wheels of industry." . '01.!) GlRCUS MAN'S STORY I A REVELATION “'IIEN TIIEY GOT IN- TO \‘VINTIER QUARTERS. Tells About the Great Giant‘s Singing Voice and [low It Hit the People. “A very curious thing about the great- est of all giants," said the old circus man, “was the difference between his speaking and his singing voice. “llis speaking voice was that of a man of ordinary stature; his singing voice was in keeping with his own gi- gantic size. And we never discovered this ourselves until he had been with us for some months, not in fact till the end of his first season with us, when we‘d gone into winter quarters. “We were sitting, the old man, the giant and myself, in a room that we had fixed up for the giant by taking out a second story floor and so carry- ing a ground floor room up through two stories to give the giant head room â€"silting there one evening about a cou- ple of days after we'd come in from the road, and pmtty soon we heard the cook. over in the kitchen at the other end of the house, lnunming a tune; and then the first thing you know we heard the giant singing it. And singing? Why, you never heard anything like it; and nobody would have believed, if he hadn’t heard it, that anybody could have such a voice. - “For comparison it was like the roar of Niagara compared to the sound of a little waterfall over a stone in a brook. Sound? Why, I thought it was going to make. the walls bulge and Bf..O\V OUT TIIE \VI:\’DO\VS. “And it wasn’t a harsh, rough voice, you understand, either, it was a good. smooth voice; not the most beautiful v< ice you ever heard. but still a smooth, round, deep voice of the most amazing volume, vastly greater than anything you had ever ducamcd of in a human voice, and it made the old man and me 5‘}! upvin wonder. “And when the giant stopped we found the whole circus was standing around outside the headquarters build- ingâ€"animal men, canvas men, driv~ crs, the whole outfit had come up to hear the giant sing, and these were men you know, accustomed to strange things. We had eighty-odd acres in our reservation. but you could hear the giant's voice in the furthest corner of it, and I didn't know then how much further beyond; and at the first note of it men had stopped their work and then they had all come to listen. “Well, it was- a revelation to us to be sure; and of course the old man set about to turn it to account, as he did‘ everything;the old man never let any- thing get by him. But we had some things to attend to about the voice that winter. “As I was saying to you, you could hear the giant's voice all over the rico- sorvatlon, and. I didn't know how far l:-eyond: but we soon found out about that. The village was only about three- quarlers of a mile away, and on still nights and when the wind was right you could hear his singing then plainly; and it didn't exactly scare the people; they all. knew the giant and they all liked him, but they all went to bed early, and TIIAT WONDERFUL SOUND coming to them after they had gone to ted did disturb 'cm somewhat. And so the old man got the giant not to sing after 9 o'clock at night; and that winter he had him practise up on a number of songs, which, of course, he was going to have the giant sing under canvas in our next season on the road. “In those days, you know, we used to give a concert after the show; Send around mien. before the last act selling tickets for this concert; and then when the show was ever peoplo'that hadn’t bought tickets would pass out, and those that had would stay to. the con- cert, and sometimes would stay, or maybe only {i quarter of ’(-Ill; but whatever we got that way was velvet, and what the old man was go- ing to do was to substitute for the mu- sic and singing we used to give in that concert singing by the giant. And he didn't m-isealculate, for the first time the giant sang everybody stayed from curiosity, and after that they all stayed, everywhere. because they wanted to. “We used to stand the giant up on a platform built around the centre pole, with the band around him, where they was plenty of mom for him and where everybody could soc him. And the land would play a tune through, and giant would sing, with the band ac- companying him. “And he‘d get the people from the first note. It. was a wonder just to see him standing there, but it was a in" greater wonder to hear him sing. He didn't make fun of it, you under- stand; he took his singing seriously, and so did the people, for SO 'l‘RlSMENDOUS A VOICE had never teen heard befone, but it was not unmusical. andvaliogethcr it Came pretty close to being awe inspiring. “You see. the giant was by far the greatest ,man ever seen, but hisvoice was far grealcr still. Great as he was. the giant was yet a man like ourselves. lll human form. but his voice seemed s nmething more than human. and it is an interesting fact that in all the Con- certs the great giant gave he was never mice 4,-ncz'ired. People were drawn as by a. fascination to hear him sing, we half the people, . â€"â€"->~// A CHOIR man? 22115 [1010 Pc-ru-mz Rid Hz" of Ad? Catarr/zal 37'! “files. PE-RU-NA SCORES Another Triumph in Canada. '_"A Rollef to analâ€"tho Freely one. More." ' “It. . W. MARTIN, Hartford, Ont.,' choir leader at St. Paul's Episcopal church, writes: “Peruna is a wonderful remedy for catarrhal troubles. “I have been troubled with catarrh for a great many years, and always trying something for it, but was able only to secure temporary relief until I used Peruna. “Only five bottles rid my system 0? oh traces of catarrh, and I have not noticed the slightest. trouble for several months. “My head was stopped up, my breath offensive. and it is a relief to be able to breathe freely once more." - m played to capacity from the beginning. there never were before or since such circus concerts, but there was someâ€" thing about this. colossal, stupendous, reverberating voice that, as I said. was more than human; and while it didn't exactly scare 'em, any more than it did those folks living out there by our winter quarters, yet one song was all they wanted. “And it sure was wonderful. As I, look back at the great giant, great as ' he actually was, he looms up to me now greater than ever; he was a wonder in many ways, but I guess the most wonderful thing of all about him was his singing voice." ____.*â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- I'OINTED SKULLS. Admired by Some Tribes. “'ho Secure Them by Head Binding. The egg-shaped heads of some of the natives of Malekulu, in the New Hebriâ€" des, were once thought to be naturall conical. For that reason scientific me: decided that the Malekulans were in the lowest rung of the human ladder. Later it was found that the conical heads were produced as the Chinese women distorted their feet, by binding them in infancy. The egg-shaped head is still fashionable in Malekula, where some extraordinary results are achiev- ed. “A conical head," says a writer in the National Geographic Magazine, “re- treats from the forehead in such. a manner that one is amazed to know the owner of this remarkable profile preserves his or her proper senses, such as they are. I could not hear, however, that the custom was supposed to at- .fect the intellect in any way. “The conical shape is produced by winding strong sinnct cord spirally about the heads of young babies and tightening the coils from time to time. A piece of platted mat is first put on the. head and the cord.is coiled over this, so as to give it a good purchase. The crown of the head is left to devel- ct. in the upward and backward fash- ion that is so much admired. One fears the poor babies suffer very much from the process. The child I saw was tactful and crying and looked as if it were constantly in pain; but the mother, forgetting for the moment her fear of the strange white woman, ‘then a flourish or two. and then the showed it to me quite proudly, pointng out the cords with a smile. “She had a normally shaped head herself and it seemed that she had suf- fered by her parent's neglectof this important matter, for she was married to a man who was of no particular ac.- count. A young girl who was standing beside her bad evidently had a mom careful mother. for her head was al- most. sugar-loaf shaped. it is inter- esting to know that this well brought up young woman had married a chief." 914*...- S.\YI.\‘GS OF GREAT MIC-Na Value is the first. quality to be con‘ sidered in 'the choice of a fricnd.â€"~ Johnson. ' The people who suffer most are al- ways those who have a sense of justice â€".lohn Oliver Hobbes. 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