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‘"‘Brown‘s a luck dog." ‘‘What‘s he been doiaz now ?" . ‘"‘You kzow tiat $1,000 he inherâ€" ited a year igo? “Yes'f’ **Well, he still has it." The country rose to great heights under Stephen Dushan, the czar of the Serbs, but after his death Murâ€" ad I. conquered the country, and it was not until 1815 that the Serbs partially threw off the Turkish voke. P i Amerme C oi dn pricir wl i4 7. the consent or even at the invitaâ€" !(-, tion of the Emperor Heraclius L. § At any rate, they appear to hu\'e‘p] been considered as vassals of the | ly empire. Their first settlements lay ,Tl rather westward of the country now | ,,f called Servia, the Drave, the P"C | uy Kent western boundary, being the m dividing line between Bulgar and pa Serb in the eighth century. Here | |,, the Serbs dwelt more or less unâ€" ri eventfully for three centuries. They ,“-, generally formed a loose confederâ€" fa acy under chiefs called zupanc.}th They were commonly, in a loose of fashion, loyal to the eastern emâ€" pr pire mainly through fear of their sh dangerous neighbors, the Bulgarâ€" wi ians. About 840 they united under | .. The birth of Servia as a nation,i settled in or near its present nome, | may be dated in the first half of the seventh century. About 600 A.D., when the Avaric empire of desolaâ€" tion was established on the Danube, two tribes, the Coats and the Serbs, retiring before the ravages of the Tartar horsemen, settled in the countries now known as Croatia, Bosnia, and Servia. They were Slays, but the Croats perhaps had, like the Slays of Moesia in after years, adopted the name of a Tartar tribe. Both, flee ing from the Avars, were naturally |, hostile to them, and it is possible |, 'h.‘ th?\' soktbect tm thier sommanincs sectur It Originated in the First the Seventh Century they i each person, whereas the consumpâ€" tion of meat was less than three ounces; of butter, one and fifteenâ€" hundredths ounces, and slightly more than one pint of milk, of which nearly half was skimmed milk or buttermilk." it L TT t rivals, and by agreeing to reduce| Moist gangrene }'S always precedâ€" military budgets and keep them re.|®4 by inflammation. _ The part duced swells, and is painful ; the color, at LCckr. first livid, turns to blue and then y to black. Treatment, to be of value, Will not some levelâ€"headed ruler must be prompt. _ The poison of suggest another conference for the'gnngrene is at first local ; but if it discussion of armament limitation?) neglected and enters the system, The (Czar, in 1898, was in advance|the situation becomes grave. Even bli s Per} s amputation of the diseased member of public sc'ntxm(-nt. erhaps since may not save life. ‘ then experience has taught the| As3 impaired circulation is at the world that, after all, the best way |root of the trouble, the treatment to peace lies in the cultivation of must try to restore the circulation, and preparation for peace @ and combat the inflammation. Local Peep f 1 * heat is the best means of restoring NHlrHinn recs es Mffrecceiieviees iess the circulation. _ Hot bottles, or i warm irrigations, or mandages of' The CGermans are the greatest| hot flannels may be used. Gangrene ceuscadiee e s sk s us x & & M Bread, it appears, came secord fourteen and twoâ€"thirds ounces, t potatoes are the staff of life and ey are the food gift of the new th der by looking facts in the face, by reaâ€" hhe blood finds it is dxfiicul_t_:o force lizing that the insans armament|!ts WAÂ¥ through the thickened and C SX es i 'inehstic arteries that the extremiâ€" competition effects no change in the |ties of the body become gangrenâ€" relative positions of the furious| ous from sheer lack of nourishment. rivals, and by agreeing to reduce| Moist gangrene is always precedâ€" military budgets and keep them reâ€"|®4 by inflammation. _ The part duced swells, and is painful ; the color, at *10 to tmem, and it is possible they settled in the empire with eonsent or even at the invitaâ€" productive enterprise and labor. | buncles, , and soâ€"called "hospital The fools and parrots chatter about |E2D8rene"‘ are of the same variety. s o Benile gangrene and the gangrene preparing f"’f' war at any COSt ANMC | nynseq by frostâ€"bite are dry. The thus preserving peace. But peace|circulation of the aged is always can be preserved as well or better| somewhat impaired ; and sometimes pital which already pays high proâ€" gressive taxes is to be taxed afresh. The tax ultimately comes out of 18 arming against Germany. Ausâ€" tria, largely Slav, is arming against Russia and the Balkans. Industry and commence are to be bled in time of peace by forced contribaâ€" tions frankly called war taxes. Caâ€" tion under Asquith and Lloy&- George, even though Shaw, the socialist, has indorsed conscription. Amer Cermany is arming against Panâ€" slavism and against France. France the London Westminster Gaâ€" zette, the able organ of the liberalâ€" radical party of Great Britain, deâ€" clares that the additional millions that are to be raised by Germany and _ France represent â€" "‘sheer waste."" _ England will not follow them; there will be no eonserin. NOTES ANDCOMMENTsS sSERYVIA As A xaTIOXx. We A Lucky Dog. C Ine JO0dG SiHt of the new They were not introduced ermany until 1710, though ‘re brought to England from a as early as 1386. But it is that there would be a without them now ; that the hich had its origin in Spanâ€" ‘rica is necessary to the life TY °* "Tesk? 1°s present nome, ed in the first half of the ntury. _ About 600 A.D., \varic empire of desolaâ€" ‘ablished on the Danube, the Coats and the Serbs, fore the ravages of the semen, settled in the ow known as Croatia, n nation the First Halt of iupan no conscripâ€" 1 opanâ€" the life "Oh, that doesn‘t matter, moâ€" ther! Lillie doesn‘t know how to read." "But my dear," laughéd the moâ€" ther, ‘"you don‘t know how to write." Lacrorx holds that the epposition to |rig‘d dirigibles in France is quite | wrong ; the supple type of airship favored by the French military auâ€" | thorities is, from the military point |of view, axceedingly risky, a pin | prick sufficing to destroy them. Air ‘ships of the German rigid type, Iwith their several compartmeits, |are capable of withstanding coxnsidâ€" ecrable damage before being put abâ€" 'solu!c]y out of action. "I‘m writing a letter to Lillie Smith," was the answer. ‘‘What are you doing, dear ?" askâ€" ed the little girl‘s mother, as she paused to look at some very strange marks the child had been making on a piece of paper. cruisers but a fleet of ‘‘penny steamers,"" and they strongly deâ€" precate the attitude taken generalâ€" ly in France towards dirigibles. They think the : udden development of aercplanes caused an entirely unwarranted enthusiasm for those machines, and a corresponding disâ€" paragement of dirigibles. General Lacroix holds that the opposition, to rig‘d ditrigibles in France is quite wrong; the supple type of airship Mavctcace cÂ¥ es uh zs . 1220 French opinion is waking up to the fact that Germany, in the sphere of military acronauties, is leaving France badly in the rear. General Lacroix and a number of other eminent strategists unite in declaring that France has nothing to show against Germany‘s aerial sruisers but. a fleet of ‘*‘penny \as can be borne. _ This process: should be repeated two or three times each day. | For a chronic sore throat the best treatment is hot and cold applicaâ€" tions to the throat daily (a series of three or four fomentations of brief| duration, as hot as can be borne, and alternating with cold compres-' ses or cold sponging, the treatment‘ ending with the cold application' and a thorough drying, the whulel occupying not more than fifteen or! twenty minutes), followed by a culd' compress at night. | Persons who are subject to sore | throat should, in warm weather, be-’ gin the practice of sponging the throat and chest, or the entire’ body, in cold water every morning, |. and continue the practice throughâ€"| out the year, thereby increasi.lgf the resisting power of this part ofl‘ the bodvy. ; Thisk The FREXNCHMEXN PEAR AIRSHIPS |_ The causes of sore throat are:â€" \Inhalation of dust and irritating | vapors, as tobacco smoke, smoke of | smelting _ furnaces, factory â€" dust, |etc. ; too sudden cooling of the surâ€" |face of the body ; draughts, especiâ€" ally in cool or cold weather; the use of irritating foods or drinks ; the use of ice water or iced foods immediately after the use of hot foods ; and, finally, straining the yoice by loud talking, faulty singâ€" ing, etc. i is not a matter for home treatâ€" ment, except under the constant and watchful care of the physician, for in many cases operation is the only means of saving life.â€"Youth‘s Companion. Gangrene. s Gangrene is the death of a part of the living body. Sometimes it results from an injury, such as burning or frostâ€"bite, or from a surgical operation. Sometimes it is the consequence of a physical condition, with such causes as diaâ€" betes, or senility, or embolism. Whatever the cause or whatever form it takes, it means that the obâ€" struction to circulation has been so complete as to prevent local nutriâ€" tion, and to bring about the death of the part. ;’ CGangrene may be either "moist‘"‘ or "dry." In the former case, the death of the part has been sudden, while it was still abundantly fed with the body fluids. Moist gang-‘ rene is, therefore, found in cases of severe accident. Bedâ€"sores, carâ€" buncles, and soâ€"called "hospital gangrene‘"‘ are of the same variety. | hey Arc Being Outclassed By the Germans, Logic. Sore Throat. ie practice throughâ€" thereby _ increasing wer of this part of Indolent Husband â€" "I should have started a little notion store and sold handkerchiefs,‘ Indignant Wifeâ€""I wonder what you would have done if you had lived when men were first compelled to carn their bread by the sweat of their browst" may. The sawdust is automatically 'gathero:l and conveyed to a place near the presses. From here it is ’(‘anivd over a heated belt conveyor ‘tu a ryingâ€"room. This has a eylâ€" indrical revolving drum about two feet in diameter and 30 feet long. Ia this rum the sawdust is partialâ€" ly dried, the pitch contained in the wood is softencd, acting hereafter as a binder. From here the sawâ€" dust is conveyed over an incline to the afterâ€"dryer of the same shape u‘ the first dryer which forms a part of the press. I New Industry Being Operated With Suceess in Germany, A new industry may be successâ€" fully ecombized with the planing mills, that of making of the sawâ€" dust briquettes to be used for firing under the boilers, thus considerâ€" ably decreasing th» cost of the fuel to the mill owner. This is being very advantageously done in Gerâ€" 34. The exceeding great and bitâ€" ter cry of Esau was characteristic of his ingenuous and impulsive naâ€" ture. The blessing given to Esau at his earnest request follows in verses 39 and 40. Like the blessing given to Jacob, it reflects the forâ€" tunes of his later descendants after they are become a nation. utterance of the solemn parental blessing, even though spoken under misapprehension and obtained by deception, was regarded as final and irrevocable. 33. Troubled very exceedingly In utter fear and astonishment. He shall be blessedâ€"The m utterance of the solemn narer him 31. He also made savory foodâ€" Entirely unsuspecting the wrong that had been perpetrated upon x6 20. Peoples ... nations . .. }; brethrenâ€"The descendants of Ish. mael and Esau, Ishmaelitesand Edomites, as well as other neighâ€" boring tribes, descended from Abraâ€" ham and from Lot. ‘"‘The vividness and consistency of the early prophetic portraits of Esau and Jacob favor a personal BRIQUETTES OF SAWDUsT 28. The dew of heavenâ€"Of the utâ€" most importance to crops in the land of sparse rainfall. The poem that follows reflects not so much the personal history of Jacob as the fortunes of the nation Israel, and these at a time when Israel was already in possession of the promised land, especially durâ€" ing the prosperous days of David and Solomon. 24. I amâ€"The writer of the narâ€" rative does not pass judgment nor comment in any way upon the falseâ€" hood ; he simply records the fact. 25. Venisonâ€"The dish requested of Esau (v. 3). 27. The smell of his raiment â€" The odor of the huntsman‘s garb, the smell of the field blessed of Jeâ€" hovah with vegetation and game. , The hands of Esauâ€"Hairy and rougher than Jacob‘s. _ Rebekah ’had taken "garments of Esau her elder son, and put them upon Jacob her younger son; and she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hand, and upon the smooth of his neck" (vs. 15 and 16). 23. So he blessed himâ€"Not imâ€" mediately, but after first partakâ€" ing of the savory meal which Reâ€" bekah had prepared for the occa-1 sion. _ Verse 22. Jacob went near unto Isaacâ€"to set at rest his father‘s suspicions concerning his identity. Felt himâ€"To discover whether his hands were indeed those of Esau. Isaac was almost blind and no longer trusted his sense of hearâ€" ing ; but his sense of touch was less impaired. duah is inss WT 42077 uunul, [ the betrothal and marriage of Isaac and Rebekah, the birth of Esau and Jacob and the descendants of Ishâ€" mael. The longer passage assigned for toâ€"day‘s study includes the acâ€" count of Esau‘s sale of his birthâ€" right to Jacob, Isaac‘s increasing prosperity and the marriage of Esau to two Hittite women, who were ‘"a grief of mind unto Isaac and Rebekah.‘"‘ Then in the openâ€" ing verses of our lesson chapter are given (1) the request of Isaac to his oldest son to prepare for him a meal preparatory to receiving the solemn parental blessing and (2) the plotting of Rebekah to secure that blessing rather for her favorâ€" ite, Jacob. The reading of the enâ€" tire chapter is essential. Lhe narrative intervening beâ€" tween the lesson for March 16 and this one records the death and burilal of Sarah and ofi Abraham, THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY Wasted Sarcasm. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, APRIL 6. n I.â€"Jacob and Esau.â€"Gen. . 27+34; 27. 1â€"45. Golden text, Isa. 30. 18. mere is married. For three nights after the marriage the Chinese bride veiled, must stay awake and liston to the banterings, the teasings and jokes of some girl friend who is there just on purpose to make her laugh, ery, or anything else that will cause a sound. But the Chiâ€" nese bride must not allow her voice to escape her. She must show, by staying silent those three nights, that she will be a quict wife. Would you like it if you could talk to no one for three days! Yet that is the fate of the Chinese girl who "~ sSClipLor sought a tit.e, the emâ€" poror, unable or unwilling to grant the request, exclaimed : ‘"‘Bah! What‘s the use of being Carpeaux! Isn‘t that better than baron ?" Napoleon did not forget this reâ€" mark. A few months later, when the sculptqr_ sought a title, the emâ€" "I wouldn‘t dare,". laughingly said Napoleon, amused at the idea of the Emperor of the French, mounted on a scaffold, throwing pellets of clay at his subjects. ‘"Here," he oontinfied, holding out some of the little clay bullets, "try it yourself." One day Carpeaux, in a particuâ€" larly merry mood, told him that when he wished to rest from his laâ€" bors, he would make tiny pellets of clay, and drop them on the heads of passersâ€"by. "It‘s very amusing,"‘ he explainâ€" ed. ‘"People stop and look about them. They can‘t imagine where the missiles come from. _ Some years later, when Carpeaux had received the commission to do the decorations for the Pavillon de Flore of the Tuileries, Napoleon ofâ€" ten came to watch him at work on the scaffold that had been built against the face of the building. Occasionally, the emperor mounted aloft to this improvised studio, hung betwecr} earth and sky. ‘"Bah‘" _ muttered ’Crarrbeaux. ‘What‘s the use of being an emperâ€" _\ Mow Napoleon H. Got Even With | Sculptor Carpeaux. ? Although he was a man of great |earnestness and seriousness of purâ€" |pose, Carpeaux, one of the most | famous French sculptors of the last century, had a droll tongue and a ‘eapricious humor that he vented on lackey and emperor alike. Lecture \Pour Tous relates some amusing anecdotes of him. |__At a reception at the Tuileries, f?\’apoleon III. engaged in a few minutes‘ private conversation with ](':lrprcaux. At its conclusion, the young sceulptor was besieged by a crowd of courtiers and envious rivâ€" ‘"Promise to tell no one!‘ whisâ€" pered Carpeaux, as he drew the eaâ€" ger listeners to one side of the ballâ€" room. _ ‘"Well, then, the emperor was trying to borrow five francs from me." als, who wanted to know what the emperor had talked about. K We have all heard of the fabled mouse that saved the lion. In plain truth, his little winged cousin, the flittermouse, may do far more. Some dayâ€"who knows!â€"a greater Titan of the sea than the lost Titanâ€" ic may owe her safety to a bat. The ingenious apparatus which Sir Hiram Maxim, acting on this hint, has invented to warn ships at sea of approaching icebergs, vesâ€" sels, rocks or fogâ€"veiled shores could be described fully only at considerable length ; the unscientiâ€" fic reader will probably understand it quite as well if he is simply told that it is an echo test. These sensitive spots, together with the fine nervous network of the entiro head and wings, are all closely connected with each other and with the brain. As the bat flies about, the beat of its wings sends out a succession of airâ€"waves or pulsations. _ These are not rapid enough to constitute sound, but striking against surrounding obâ€" jects, they are reflected back just as sound or light would be ; and these reflected vibrations, received by the sensitive organs so exquisitely arâ€" ranged, enable the bat to judge the distance of any object by the lapse of time between the departure and return of the airâ€"waves. in most of the small bats which catch insects on the wing, we fined two little leaves, not unlike the wings of the insect that it pursucs, standing up just in front of the ears." Silence of Chinese Bride. _‘"In many cases, the organ that gives the bat the sixth senso is spread all over its face. In the vampire bat, the organ is on the tip of its nose ; it stands up in the air and is called the ‘shie{)d’: but sCULPTOR AND EMPEROR. l Bats, nocturnal though they are, have not especially powerful eyes for secing in the dark. Moreover, in total darkness no creature can see, but a bat in the thick blackness of a cave at midnight can fly about with perfect security ; so can a bat that is blind. The sensitive nerves of the face and wings are so arâ€" ranged as to produce the echo sense, which warns them always of any solid mass near by. j Bafety Device for Preventing.Colâ€" lision at Sea. * Bir Hiram Maxim, inventor of those terrible agents of destruction, cordite, smokeless powder and the Maxim gun, has just invented a safety device for preventing colliâ€" sions at sea. <The tragic fate of the Titanic moved him to try, and he had reflected only four hours on the problem when it occurred to him that ships could be provided with what might be called a sixth sense, ‘ by which they could detect large objects near at hand without the aid of a searchâ€"light. This sixth sense, which may be called an ‘"‘echo‘‘ sense, bhe knew to be posâ€" sessed by bats. THE ECHO TEST. TORONTO If you have. too much money you can easily acquire more. “Ob9” and Mrs ed heartily, it breadâ€"boards * Two weeks later, when Mrs. Emâ€" berson returned home, her husband was delighted to see how fresh and rested she looked. Nevertheless, he tried to speak severely : ‘‘Now, see here, Martha, I thought you went for a rest and change. Laura wrote that you had been baking bread for them ever since you got there. I‘d like to know what change there was in that t ‘‘You bring home some yeast this evening,"‘ â€" said. Mrs. Ember: on, ‘"‘and I‘ll make you some homeâ€" made bread." â€" At dinner the second day Mrs. Emberson said to her brotherâ€"inâ€" law, ‘"John, do you like baker‘s bread 1 ‘‘No," confessed John, "we don‘t any of us like it, but Laura has so much to do that I insist on buying the bread." "All right," said Laura, laughâ€" ing, "you can depend on me. I‘ve always wanted you to rest and let somebody else take the work and worry for a little while." pect me to turn my hand to help with a thing. I‘m sick and tired of housework, and I don‘t want even to hear it mentioned." _ Mr. Emberson was more than willing. He had often urged her to take a rest. It was decided that she should pack up that very day and go to visit her younger sister in the West. *‘Now, Laura," said Mrs. Emberâ€" son, as soon as she had got into a loose house dress and dropped into an easy chair, "I‘ve come to rest and visit. I don‘t want you ever to ask me what I want to eat, or exâ€" At last Mrs. Emberson decided she must have a vacation. "I feel," she told her husband, "that if I had to siand up to that breadâ€"board and make one more batch of bread I should drop dead. I‘ve got to have a change." ‘Hlow One Woman Enjoyed a Wellâ€" Earned Rest. Mrs. Emberson did all the cookâ€" ing, washing, mending and other housework for her family of five. Among her other duties was the making and bak‘ng of five loaves of bread three times a week, for Mr. Emberson and the three growing children had hearty appetites. Thus taught by the animals, the children turned back to school very willingly, finding that play is alone the reward of industry and work. ’ ‘‘What!‘‘ exclaimed the finch, greatly surprised, ‘"‘can I believe my ears? You children seem to me under a great mistaks. . I‘ve no time.to. play, not 1 !Here I‘ve been chasing flies all day, and now my young ones want me to sing them to sleep. I‘m singing to them the praise of labor. How can you chilâ€" dren think so badly of me?! _ No, you turn back again, lazy children, and don‘t disturb the industrious folks in the wood." The cildren were growing quite disheartened, and thought they must give up all hope of finding playâ€"fellows in the wood, when they saw a finch sitting upon a branch, singing and eating by turns. They called out to him their invitation. But the stream asked, quite astonished, ‘"What do you mean, children? _ Yes, indeed! I don‘t know what to do, I am so very busy, and yet you ask me to play with you! I can‘t stop either night or day. _ Men, beasts, gardens, woods, meadows, valleys, mounâ€" tains, fields, I must give them all water to drink and wash all the dishes and clothes besides! I must turn the mill, saw planks, spin wood, carry along boats upon my back, put out fire, and heaven only knows what else besides. I stop and play with idle children, inâ€" deed ‘‘ And away the stream flowâ€" ed as fast as ever it could. Then the children accosted the little stream that was running along so merrily. ‘"Do, dear little stream, come and play with us." The _ little _ strawberryâ€"blossom said, "I must make use of this fine day, and ripen my fruit that it may be ready when the old beggerman comes to look for it." The hare only nodded to them. "I can‘t come and play with you for the whole worfi!.” said he, "I‘ve got such a dirty face, and must go and wash it.‘"‘ ‘"‘And I," said the little white dove, ‘"‘am carrying dry sticks for my nest." The little mouse cried in a shrill little voice, "I‘m gathering up corn and seeds for the winter." The children crept softly past the antâ€"hill; and as for the bee, they ran away from her just as though she had been a venomous beast. The beetles hummed : ‘‘That would be fine if we were idle with you, children; we must build a fresh bridge of grass, the old one is not safe." When they came to the wood they asked the animals both great and emall to play with them. ‘‘We are very sorry, but really we‘ve just now no time,‘‘ replied the animals. ‘"‘Let‘s set off to the wood !‘ they all three cried at once. ‘"Let‘s set off to the wood, and play with the little animals thereâ€"they never go to school !" A Good Lesson,. There were once three children, who, instead of going to school, as they should have done, stood loiterâ€" ing about, grumbling that learning was such a stupid thing. a 5> A COMPLETE CHANGE. and Mrs. Emberson laughâ€" as £i%a 1 was a change _of Carved tortoise shell and amber are also much favored. The ballâ€" topped comb of dark tortvise shel} ror those who admire more elabâ€" orate combs, there are a number of jewelâ€"studded designs. Among the new importations are plain _ but _ beautifully _ marked casque combs, each one having two squareâ€"topped pins to match. Every one who desires to be correctly dressed should adopt this set as a proper finish to their coiffure. For those who admire more elabâ€" Following the caprice of fashion. milady must softly coil her hair at the back of the head and use pins of tortoise shell to hold it in place. Should her tresses be of a golden hue, combs and pins of blond torâ€" toise shell must be used. Other collars are fashioned of black moire silk M pleated cream @olored shadow ) . ,.., It is an easy task to fashion a rabat collar of handkerchief linen bordered with Irish lace. Cut the collar and rabat from the linen, usâ€" ing a good pattern. Turn in a narâ€" row hem and slipâ€"stitch it neatly in place. To the outer edge of the colâ€" lar and rabat whipstitch an edging of Irish lace an inch and a half or two inches in width. : matches perfectly. There is great satisfaction in making one‘s own collars, for they usually fit well and are of designs and materials to suit the personal taste. If you do not embroider well, charming collars can be made of fine allover embroideries. Many of the loveliest designs are colored to represent the old colonial needleâ€" work. Select a pattern which fits well and arrange the strip of emâ€" broidery around edge. Carefully miter the corners so that the design A pretty jabot can be made of tulle or Brussels net cut in a strip 12 inches long by seven inches wide. On this embroider a dainty design with mercerized cotton. This can be more successfully executed if a piece of stiff paper is basted under the tulle. Whipstitch an edging of valenciennes lace to the edge of the: strip and baste the pleats in place. ‘ Finally press with a heated iron and bind the top with a bias strip’ of lawn. Not only changes in theological | belief but a changed attitude in reâ€" gard to man‘s moral freedom has a tchdency to _ silence the song. ‘"‘Heredity and environment have us bound hand and foot,‘"‘ men are saying. Man does not as he choosâ€" es, but as he must. Whatever it had to be and whatever will be, will be, whether we like it or not. This gloomy, pessimistic determinism is not confined to the dark closets ol a few philosophers; it is boldly preached from the housetops and On the Street Corners. And the song of aspiration has been silenced in other hearts by the changing and advancing ideals in the world of industry. It is being insisted upon, man fashion, that fortunes shall be won as well as spent or given away by methods which harmonize with the higher ideals of life. It was a clever paraâ€" phrase which said: "A new comâ€" mandment give I unto you that ye remember the week day to keep it holy.""‘ It seems impossible to many people to reconcile Christian ethics with the present economic condiâ€" tions under which we are compelled The song of trust and aspiration has been %mshed in many hearts these days by the changing condiâ€" tions of religious belief. _ When some man believed in an infallible church or in an infallible book or in some system of doctrine implicitâ€" ly accepted, faith was easy and he found himself singing. â€" But the study of history and of science, of literature and of philosophy, has changed all this for the man of inâ€" telligence. He can no longer take his faith upon the authority of anâ€" other. He feels impelled to work out his own theological salvation with fear and trembling. And beâ€" cause the task is hard he often foels that he cannot sing the Lord‘s song in this strange land. American Passenger (waxing 1 ders of the United States)â€""‘Then could hardily throw a stonc in Pitts} millionaire,‘‘ English Ladyâ€"‘‘Yes, how do th American Pasanngerâ€"~"Steel. of English Lodsâ€" Bow amazing, a they all steal it * SONG OF HOPE HUSHED _ pAYION When Men Feel Themselves a Part of That Which Is Nothing More Than Mechanism Coiffure Ornaments, Jabots and ColHlars. THE EASIEST way Benevolent Old Lady (to Weary Willie, whom she finds resting in the shade of a telegraph pole) â€"â€" ‘‘Alas, my poor wayfarer, travelâ€" ling through this vale of tears ! What has caused you to become dis. couraged and abandon the race so early in life?" Weary Willie lady *‘ Stecle innocent, might have preserved his fnen_d,’ or made his fortune.â€" Nothing is more /y â€"<han _the pleasiire some ‘people take in ‘"speaking their minds." A man of this make will say a rude thing for the mere pleasure of saying it, when an opposite behavior, fully as ig loquacious on the wonâ€" ‘hen there‘s Pittsburg ; you ittsburg without hitting a ) they make their money * The virtue of prosperity is perance; the virtue of advers fortitude. â€"Bacon. Tan shoes are having an after math of success, and they harmon ize very happily with the dull tints of the satins and furs worn by the smart woman. Bhoes are now more elaborats than ever. High boots are worn in the morning only with the tailor made costumes and for travelling or for sport. The shoes are of an in finite variety. The vamps are short er than ever, the uppers made of stuff to match the dress or in lea ther of the same shade. The newest fastening is arranged with small in terlaced straps buttoning on each side with flat buttons. with pins to match is freque: preferred to all other designs. T Thus through the joy and {e ship of this broader service will enter more deeply into form of satisfaction worthy i called "the joy of their Lor Rev. Charles R. Brown. The dificulty and vastness . undertaking will serve to ma} "attack"‘ of the singers sharply defined and will add ness and impressiveness to the volume of praise rising fro lips of men devoted to this ) enterprise. The song of aspir will be sung in this changed and the music of it will help to it the Lord‘s land. It will be from throats attuned to those ; harmonies and from hearts ins by the wider vision of po: achievement. Gh 1 course,"‘ k and do you mean to say 'in matters of belief, the d..,.;:.'; sense of all that is involved in thig mysterious thing we call persoj;). :i',_lnd the moral heroism demand. in undertaking to make the six days of labor as holy as the sey enth day of rest and worship, all this will only serve to bring out new notes and finer arcents in the song of the higher life. l What shall we say in the face of it all? The task of keeping the faith and of singing the song of trust has become undoubtedly _ a differenty and a harder task, The changed pe. ligious beliefs of the people, the new psychology making this human ng. ture of ours seem a more compley affair, the emergence of mor» exâ€" .cting ideals in the world of indug try will of necessity Modify the Song, But all this need not, it must not, drown it. The finer discrimioai.? to live, And because they a, willing to sing on Bunday wha do not see their way cleay ; tice on llondn,y, they declare inability to sing the Lord‘s ; such a strange land. Fashions in Shoes. Grains of Gold. Congenital, good : myself ‘"‘Tire trouble, abroad among y should make . One person Y WhAt they AY to n‘p?;' make the I‘s more add richâ€" K. 1 rd ten ty i EC nog. 1 lation deepep in this Are © prac. ‘e th!_lt bung in ‘and make sung icher it that men PC y n People Maroot Livi sayvs: All those hundred been maroon« section of flo« This was the This was the n Thursday by « staff man, the 1 perilous task «© north as the which runs th the town. (_'h[e‘ 0‘ PU”(‘ himself maroone« directing the res first information in what has h waterbound dists Except for possi} the north side <f will not be more 1 Dayton, according estimate after he h formation as to the south side. The worst condition 1« the centre of the flood workhouse, where 60 pris not had a drop of water of food for two days. D volted and demanded th and a chance to fight for Bince then the workhous Johnson asked that a d« of the National Guard be #to help handle the men. clared that the men wou! be shot if they escaped 1 «cells. a madâ€"house, according intendent Johnson. Th« repeatedly fought with J. threatened to kill both 1 family. North of Burns Avenue Fourth Street the water s #%o be from three to «six fe« From Fourth Street to the ami River relief work was by a committee headed | Allaback. All grocery et« «©commandeered, and alt most cases the goods wer with water, yet suficient were found to prevent & Tering among those in th «lry strip. Beyond Fourth Street has receded to make it ; many places to proceed Ho «@ X« firs where any cons people were h None had had « approaching ac found . No Cases of Starvai While there may be ma in individual homes, wh been‘ without food or dri was no place but the x Knowledge likely to prov« town section that e which aband« atively abandoned, there might D atively few deaths. The progress of the 1 into the waterbound 4 greeted with appeals for / water, In nearly every standing people were aske there had been any de with only a few exceptic plied that there had not. Beckel Hotel Not Bu It was impossible to within several blocks of that the HOne od « Hou t acute suffering. An © made at once to rescu« Victim‘s Cheerful merged 4 safe fron mljul‘“_\' tions lool great sw ing water fle T One was t I In some 0 attitude of 1 choerful. 4 beneath the fired whes of he Accord impossib aske« hind ist1 Ol« AN Y sod L1 despatch fron Pt W even in i nearly n The wat floor, hi moved t« Worst Condit Were 0o n th V s 1€ D) May Have to Shos 00 ble to estumnAte i7 rished in the & L1 fir Da ng 14 id M » had been the situati u€ the than 14 D P tark the ns N the Ag at tho « n t&