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8: ther to me al oh than "a challenge, It is a' ¢ "Old Tes- most. pic- , Carmel 'was a fittin pide for the proposed contest. Ric 'arboreal growth, commanding a d 'view of the surrou J and plains, it became' in. Ol ent literature, 'and elses re, the type of lofty: grandeur d fertility. The mountain still 4 the prophet's name (Mar ) and the spring of water whic! sisted the drought and' "Elijah's 'are still pointed out. 'The ynountéin murmurs with his ~prophets of Asherah -- They ot appear in the story again, eating 'at Jezebel's table that the: masterful men ue E abatkiik {de he Bh Their | means ¥. were maintained ab the queen's own expense. 131 And Elijah--On * one side fhody e prisss, kins, - peo le prophet of ° God 'stands His first 'appeal ig to 'the "It stirred the patriotic of Elijah to see his own peo- limping 'along in' inde- shot r answering him not a word was of guilt. Their course had been one of vacillation, now a service of now service of Baal. =~ ¢ ions of the con- he only prophet stand as' the repre: old form' of worship posed the fous aking to the 'number of ood an open acknowledgment! Suacrences tin the Land That 'Reigns Supreme in tho Com: f . mioreial World, During 1010; - huthming" birds' were sold in London: |. Prices have advanced '$1.90 per a 2 18. 8 1owt. on all command, the audacity: of in Tonds amps Elijuh as one of the' 'A fine otter has been killed while swimming acFoss "the Thames at Cookham. ; Medical officers in Islington are to be supplied free with diphtheria antitoxin serum. pi Bir John Aird, head of the. fam- ous contracting firm, died recently ab Wilton Park, Beaconsfield. Important alterations are pend- ing in the statutory regulations concerning the education and exam- ination of 'chemists' and draggists. «Prizes for good teeth were com: peted for by the Wickham School Children, Home 42 youngsters took part, 'and of these 'the girls were winners. ' The 'voluntary aid détachments to be formed by the ' Britien Red Cross Society in Sussex now num- ber'15, with a total membership of 1,459. Southampton is stirred up over the 'dangerous aliens'" question, which has seriously affected that part for some time. Many undesir- ables have landed here. Recent stormy weather having caused a scarcity of fish; cod fish were. sold at Bearvorough for $2.16 each; skate for 96 cents, and soles at 44 cenfs per pound, : Robert Coles, of Croydon, a €#- mean veteran, who was 103 on useful qualities of hops | Christmas Eve, drew: his first old-|' age pension a few days age, with Sei dor his | wile, _ who is 'nearly ninety. : oe rath As total of 1,778" cattle; '124,005 sheep atid lamb carcases, 3,008 box- os of meat, and 44,865 quarters of beet 'landed at. Liverpool from. 10 steamers during the first week in January, A : Between $10,000: 'and $15,000 'worth of jewels that were stolen from a firm of Hatton Garden dia- I been 'a than: .{ed:for {Long Valley and: Ma reets has mi on is carefu {tail it will be is h cal succens: A HARD PROBLEM. The problem in the case of the former is vomplicated by the first; requirement, the conquest of thah great force which, do what we will, pulls us back again to: éarth the moment 'we dare to rise' from its surface. / - No 'apecial motor appli ance is required to keep afloat on' the sea or to keep a stable po on land, but. we can enly gain sup- port in the air by means of moving machinery analagous to the wings of 4 bird or by utilizing/a buoy of 1 substance which is' much i than air and upon which 4 tenda to float upon it. The : éry 'in 'the former case must ob viously be well-nigh. perfect: and : incapable of breaking down, while the difficulty in the case is the en ormous bulk of floating gas that mish be used. UNCERTAINTY AS YET. In short, 'the advances yet to be madé. in order to bring aviation within the practical affairs of daily, life 'must still 'be very far resiching. Then, assuming the great consume mation has been reached, will the, human organization be able te stand aviation?! ' This is by ne means certain, having regard tq the constant changes of atmosphere ic" pressure, with their marked eh fects upon the respiratory and cin oulatory processes which a journey the air must entail, "7. ARMY BALLOONS. irk -- Long List of Fatalities W Deter Trials in England, Progressive development in cone i 'nection with the army oon school and the army balloon fagtory 80 "to: prove that the long list of serial fatalities in: 2910 will not de ter the military = authorities from = pushing on with the fo x : Gamma. ai are ready for on A they b Lebaudy, 'which ripped = while' en tering the balloon: shed '& few mong , has buen r 5 ir machines; short practios'f wap oman, This ig the ol ane whicly % AH a RA borough, fo; the ori inal il } gain iveaind: BY 0. ls Faliborough third ty o by an original biplane; "the: 3 tion of a young ci