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dn in Snees c ieeaiate. s e ‘"‘But with women it is a serious eonclusion reached from many exâ€" periments that few of them need tobacco. While the proportion of men whose salivary secretions. were stimulated and sterilized by smokâ€" ing was very large, the propertion of women, on the other hand, was very small. Even in women who have been habitual smokers for years th. action of this weed was found to be less marked, in fact, almost negligible.‘"‘ s So apparently Dr. Hargraves is of the cpinion that women shou‘d not smoke because they do not need It seems that at last a purely physiological reason has been found why â€" women should nog smoke, apart from the very general preâ€" judice which exists in this country. ‘‘Smoking,‘"‘ says Dr. Hargrave, a London physician, ‘"does not have the same effect on women that it does on men. An imperious necesâ€" sity felt by most smokers to satisfy their passion after eating is phyâ€" siologically explained by the exâ€" citation of the salivary glands whose secretions, so useful in diâ€" gestion, the smoke _ augments. Moreover, it has been shown that it sterilizes the saliva and thâ€"t this is really beneficial from the viewâ€" point of the possible infection from the foods themselves. Physician Tells Why They Should Not Smoke. Apparently no one has a word to say in defence of the village, and yet it shouldn‘t be hard to make out some sort of case. Gossip is by no means confined to villages, and it won‘t do to say, as some bitâ€" ter souls do, that dwellers in small towns are more malicious and more ecurious than other folk. Perhaps the fault is less with the villagers than with the villages, for the acoustic properties of the village are such that whatever gossip is going is carried straight to every ear. Courts in the good old time simply buzzed with gossip and scandal!, and yet the courtiers were the most polished men of their time. ’ But courts, too, were small and the | sound carried easily. No, if small towns are to be accused of too much gossip the fault is probably physiâ€" cal rather than moral or psychoâ€" logical. And for that there is no cureâ€"as long as the town is small. sponsible? ete Instantly other homeâ€"loving Britâ€" ons joined W. (i. in his attack on village gossip ; it has become one of the burning issues of the hour. Why is it that a village produces gossip as a thistle spines, and what can be done about it? Who is reâ€" wOoMEX NEED N0 ToBAcco Village Scandal â€"If there is a vilâ€" lage in England where one may spend the autumn of one‘s day in peace and quiet, free from the scandalous gossip of neighbors, the advertiser would be glad to hear of it. C W. G., 0. 23, The Times Office, E.C â€"the assumption being, apparentâ€" ly, that gossip reaches its fine flowâ€" er and highest development only in villages. A homeâ€"loving Briton set all the tongues wagging when he inserted the following adverticeâ€" ment in the London Times : England is torn just now by a discussion of gossipâ€"village gossip would have saved, and though Mr. and Mrs. Newly Wed may not realâ€" ize it, much of our social life is organized for the express purpose of keeping them from seeing too much of each other. The case of Mr. and Mrs. Haveâ€" lockâ€"Ellis is not quite the average ease perhaps. They are both writâ€" ing persons and writing persons are notoriously hard to live with: they suffer from nerves, eyeâ€"strain, not Nevertheless, there is much to be said for this view, and Mrs. Haveâ€" lockâ€"Ellis, wife of an English philâ€" osopher and herself a writer, gives it her fullest sanction. Most marâ€" ried people, she thinks, exhaust themselves and each other by conâ€" stant association ; they are talked out and "lapse into the pesvish or offhand ‘Yes, dear,‘ and ‘Nol dear‘"" of the breakfast table. If they saw each other less, theyf could write occasional love letters and meet with the lively interest" of casual acquaintances who are bubbling over with talk. She andl her husband maintain separate esâ€" twblishments and make quite an event of their occasional meetings. The result is people often mistake | them for unmarried personsâ€"they show so much interest in each other. There is an old saw to the effect that sea captains make excellent husbands, which is ounly another way of saying that absence, which is supposed to make the heart grow fonder, also keeps it fond. Cold and calculating wisdom of the eldâ€" ers, which the young lover rejects utterly as the extreme of cynicisn! NOTES ANDCOMMENTS | Armless Chicago Girl Makes Al hinds of Furniture, A remarkable demonstration of | the control the mind has over the | body is provided by Miss Kittie M. | Smith, an armless Chicago girl who uses her feet to do the things the !a\'erage person accomplishes with the hands, says Popular Mechanics. | So adept has Miss Smite become that she makes cabinets, bookcases, desks, and _ like furniture, using with skill all the necessary tools, such as saws, chisels, planes, etc. In nailing, however, she uses a hatohet instead of a hammer as the shape of the former is better adspted for a tight clutch between the toes. Miss Smith also sketches with pen ‘and pencil, does excelâ€" len needlework, and uses a typeâ€" writer for her correspondence. The daily task of making a toilet, inâ€" cluding brushing her teeth and washing her face, is done with comâ€" parative .ease. She is also an adept gardener, using all ordinary implements with her toes in the garden of the home for disabled children which she has founded at Maywood, a Chicago suburb. ‘ ‘‘point a l‘aiguille." 7:\”tâ€"iâ€"r;ymb;)u quet of rococo roses closed the col lar opening. a pretty finish. A delightful chemâ€" isette of India lawn was seen in one of the big lingerie houses. It was embroidered with dots in high relief, after the old fashion, and slightly yellowed with a wide sailor collar, very long in the back, in old “puintta laiguille.‘"‘ A tiny bouâ€" Lace and embroidery blouses will be always pretty. Fine allâ€"over Valenciennes lace, which does not erush and which gives such filmy effects _ ,makes exquisite blouses mingled with Irish lace, dotted net, ete. A narrow satin collar makes d vaies Pu ies Artaratss Ti d cÂ¥ BB iA Lh td The satin blouse is still vyery| may be in their minds as to either smart, especially in white and butâ€"| his identity or his kindly disposiâ€" toned in the front with large ballâ€"| tion toward them. shaped buttons in satin or ivory, 14. And he fell upon his brother and either very apparent button. Benjamin‘s neckâ€"Now that Joseph holes or else thick satin loops. A ' had succeeded in making his brethâ€" little embroidered pocket breahs / "O" understand the situation and the simplicity of the corsage on one ' actual greeting takes place, Benâ€" side, and the little silk handkerâ€" Jamin receiving the first and warmâ€" chief placed there gives a px'ett';!eSt welcome. touch of color. e 15. Rissed all Chit Wrathaaw /‘ |__Most of the new waists are made :with a suggestion of color about | them. This color can be introduced with small glass or china buttons and used as trimming as well as for the closing. They can be apâ€" 'plied to the cuffs in a row from top | to bottom and at the corners of | the flat collar. T Mn it hh alveait t AP w x sa so hold the fulness wherever it is arranged. Since the new waists are supâ€" posed to be worn blousing slightly over the belt it is well not to belt them permanently, for no one knows how soon an edict will go forth saying that they must be worn smooth and taut about the waist, perhaps even before the embroidâ€" ery is finished. Very satisfactory rubber belts can be bought for from 10 to 25 cents, which, after they are once fastened about the waist, seldom slip from their place, and 20R PC | _ There is some difficulty in making | cendant: long sleeves which look really well. ' least to Those made by the best dressmakâ€"| God‘s p1 ers are often somewhat baggy about | Abrahan the wrists, so the home sewer needb Bv a not try to make hers wrinkeless. b. gre They can end in frills or end in a| 8. A f; little shirred ruffle which is cut ative ex with the sleeve and shirred in ntf viser ar the wrist with a narrow smocking | Turkish stitch. If the sleeve is plain and | "chief f comes down to the hand it can be ) title for ended off with picot edge of Irish| state. lace sewed on by hand. This costs| 9. (Go : only 15 cents a yard in the correct| he had width, and half a yard will easily | now the do two sleeves. If it is used on the him to et sleeves it can be used to edge the | relation. eollar. larvg ol USES FEET FOR HAxDS. Ruffling suggests itself as a formland of covering for the meeting place| for , of the embroidery when the pattern poin cannot be neatly cut and must simâ€" and ply be slashed regardless of matchâ€" have ing leaves and flowers and stems 6. or circles, squares and twirls. plow Fastened under a narrow box pleat | whic opening and turning away from itltwicf ruffling of any width can be used.| only If it is used on the front of the | grea waist it forms also a good finish‘cume for the sleeves. he .3 An applied hem can also be made of contrasting material. If the waist is stamped and embroidered on white voile, plaided, striped or figured voile can be used for the hem and for turnovers on collar and cuffs, if long sleeves and high collar are used, or frills about the at, turnâ€"back collar and at the ends of the sleeves. An applied hem of the material of the waist can be put on for the buttonholes and a facing or underâ€" lap can be made for the buttons. The hem can be made in the form of a narrow. stitched hox pleat. Sometimes the pattern will be so open and loose that it will not be difficult to cut the waist from top to bottom either in the centre front or else on the left side for a closâ€" ing there. Many of the prettiest of the new waists have side closâ€" ings which run either straight up and down or diagonally from shoulder to waist. _ Most of the stamped patterns for embroidered waists presuppose a back closing, and most of the waists this year are made with a front closing. The problem which conâ€" fronts the woman who buys two or three stamped shirt waist patterns for pickâ€"up embroidery in the ~arm weather is how to make a froat closing right through the centre of the embroidered design. Fashionable Blouses New Waists of Old Patterns. & i TaaaPiafin ts hatialt BBR ts 4 d As a s c c 30014 n 14 C1 w 'mzlkl‘;]g!cemlantSwsufiimem in number at _WEN| 5. God did send me before youâ€" it the | As in his earlier life and during the : ends| time of his humiliation in prison, so now in the day of his triumph form | and glory Joseph gives God credit place|fur every good turn in events, and ttern ) points out the providential purpose SMâ€" ) and direction in the events which atchâ€" | have transpired. st.emsl 6. Yet five years . . . neither wirls. | plowing nor harvestâ€"The famine pleat| which had already brought them m ltitwice into Egypt was thus really, used . | only well begun. The years of‘ fE the | greatest privation were still to Mugginsâ€"‘‘How changed Wigâ€" wag is since he lost him money .2‘ Bugginsâ€"Yes; it has altered him so that lots of his old friends fail to recognize him.‘" Cows are apt to cheat the unsusâ€" pecting dairyman unless he keeps tab on the performance of each one: many dairymen have found this out to their utter astonishment and regret. Don‘t take chances with your herd, be certain that each cow pays ; it pays you to find out. Individual cow records help the practical herd.â€"C.F.W. \ What does this mean t Just this:! that despite all the experience gained from years of practical| dairying; the farmer finds that in order to become thoroughly ‘pracâ€" | tical‘ he must requisition the aid | of dairy records. Neither the cow‘s| appearance, nor the owner‘s know-] ledge of some shortâ€"period yield of | milk (extraordinary as that yield may have been for a day, or one week, or a month) will testify with certainty to each individual cow‘s ability to pay her way for the whole year. Cow testing provides a simâ€" ple and eminently practical way of discovering, not only if each cow pays, but which cows pay the most profit on the twelve months‘ transâ€" ‘ action of feed consumed, and milk and fat produced. Those largeâ€"| â€" profit cows are revealed only by|â€" practical cow testing. 1 Almost every dairy farmer who commences to weigh and sample his cows‘ milk individually says at the end of a few months "I find some in my herd were kept at a loss."" Some men find only one or two cows, others state that they have found too many in the herd play a losing game. 15. Kissed all his brethrenâ€" Showing to each individual this mark of personal attachment. Ig: Your eyes see ...‘ . it is my mouthâ€"He appeals to the eviâ€" dence offered by their own senses to allay any lingering doubt which may be in their minds as to either his identity or his kindly disposiâ€" tion toward them. come are past. The bitter, abject poverty which came upon the Egyptians themselves is vividly described in the succeeding narraâ€" tive. 11. I will nourish theeâ€"Similar favoritism shown by a Hebrew in high position in a foreign land to a fellow countryman is given in Esther 8, 1â€"8, which compare, Lest thou come to povertyâ€"The inevitable fate which must come upon them in Palestine before the remaining years of famine still to i\ nome, or administrative district, in lower Egypt between the Nile River and tfie Bitter Lakes, a lowâ€" land region made marvelously fruitâ€" ful by means of canals leading from the Nile. This district is still conâ€" sidered to have the best pasture land in Egypt. 10. The land of Goshenâ€"From the Egyptian ‘"Kesem‘""‘ or "Kes.‘" A nome, or administrative district, Bs (Bpuicl o ohete w!as F ut 9. Go up to my fatherâ€"Thus far he had said only "your father‘‘ ; now the longing of his heart leads him to emphasize his more personal relation. least to receive the fulfillment of God‘s promises to their forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. By a great deliveranceâ€"Or, to be a great company that escape. 8. A father to Pharaohâ€"A figurâ€" ative expression for beneficent adâ€" viser and administrator. In the Turkish language the expression "‘chief father‘‘ is still used as a title for the principal minister of‘ state. | |_ 2. He wept aloudâ€"Hebrew, gave forth his voice in weeping. The |literature of all ancient Oriental ’pcuple bears testimony to the fact | that the emotions played a much |larger part in the life of these early !Eastern peoples than they do in | modern â€" Occidentals. _ Thus the | soidiers in royal armies ofttimes gave way to loud lamenting and ' weeping when they met with disapâ€" | pointments in their plans of camâ€" | paign. ‘ 3. Troubled at his presenceâ€"As well they might be, their conâ€" sciences accusing them strongly for the past great injury done the brother in whose power they now find themselves. Every man . . . no manâ€"Reâ€" ferring again to the court servants attending Joseph, and to other Egyptians who may have beer preâ€" sent. Lesson X.â€"â€"Josepk Forgives His Brethrea. Gen. 45.1 io 46.7. Goliden Text, Psa. 133.1. Verse 1. With the beginning of this chapter we reach the climax of the whole story of Joseph. All them that stood by himâ€"His Egyption servants. Practical Dairy Records., THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY INTERNATIONAL â€" LESSON, JUNE 8. reserve you a remnantâ€"Desâ€" Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Bome people bear three kindsâ€"all they have had, all they have now, and all they exâ€" pect to have, sex Ways,‘" tells the stor) personal observation. â€" "I known a person,‘"‘ he wrote, went a long distance to have snake applied to the thro goiter, and I have known of vant girl who tried the vir a dead one for the same ai It was discovered, and, obliged to throw it away, sh she would go somewhere to ‘dead _ man‘s hand‘ put t« neck." A snake slung round the neck for goiter was an old Sussex (Engâ€" land) charm. _ The Rev. Coker Egerton, in "Sussex Folk and Susâ€" sex Ways," tells the story from personal observation. â€" "I have known a pereon,” he wrote, "who wrawmk o Je c# en ) wlils ! Many and varied are the charms that man has used for the cure of ldiseases. For instance, whooping _cough is the subject of many "‘charm cures.‘" In Northamptonâ€" ! shire, England, a few hairs from a sick child‘s head are rolled in a piece of meat and given to a dog in the belief that the disease beâ€" comes thereby transferred to the animal. In Cornwall the child is fed with the bread and butter of a family whose heads bear the names of John and Joan, or, as an alternative, is passed three times under the belly of a piebald horse. Gypsies swear by roast dormouse as a cure for whooping cough, and in Lancashire it is believed that no child will contract that disease who has ridden upon a bear. vessel of cold water should be placed under the bedstead, and vefilled at frequent intervals. Loose mats are better than carpets for the sick room, as they may more easily be kept quite clean. Heavy hangings and elaborate draperies should be avoided. Soiled linea, dirty glasses and plates, and odds and ends of food should not be allowed to remain in the room ; and while glaring lights should be avoided a feeling of brightness should as far as possible dispel the gloom inseparable from suffcring.‘ â€"A Physician. to keep down the temperature of the room, and to free it from obâ€" jectionable odors. In cases of offenâ€" sive or contagious diseage a second vessel of cold water shonld he the window and daily replacing a clean piece. A pail of cold water placed in the room â€" and refilled night and morning will do much P e s o we a mÂ¥oP i# 7 In most illnesses it is quite safe to leave the window partly open; on warm days it may be open to its fullest extent. But care should be taken to place the bed so that it is not in a draught, as it is sure to be if directly between the window and a door. Most sick people are susceptible to chills, especially old people. In a town where smoke and dust fill the air. as in parts of our manufacturing centres. the air may be sifted by straining a piece of thin muslin across the opening of | There are several ways in which confinement to a sickroom can be made more endurable in summer. In the country the difficulties to be combated are never so great as. in the town, where in cungcsted‘ areas pure fresh air is almost a thing unknown. Good ventilatiun; must always be aimed for; and in | this we must bring good sense and | ingenuity to bear to make the best’ of the possibilities of each particâ€"! ular case. If the illness is one| which allows the patient to be| moved to another room even for a| short period each day, advantage| should be taken of that interval m{ throw open all the windows and doors, and flood the room with] fresh air. All reâ€"arrangement of| the room and cleaning should also| be done in that interval if possible, | so that the patient may not suffer any disturbance. When the paâ€"| tient is confined to the bedroom the whole of the time, or for many hours at once, good ventilation must be insured for the whole of|, that period, . 4# M f Charm for Whoopingâ€"cough. Deaaasetetrecessreresseeted ‘HEALTH Snake on A oneâ€"piece walking suit by Laâ€" eroix, Paris. A oneâ€"piece walking suit of copperâ€"colored charmeuse with narrow lace collar. Rraeeeeeeeece es e t The Sickroom in Summer. TORONTO Neck for Goiter. ied the virtue of he same ailment, red, _ and, being it away, she said to have a live 0 throat for @re to get a put to her When a young fellow sows his wild oats it‘s his father who usually has to do the digging up, "I hereby make known to Bibia what follows: As regards myself, Gimili Marduk, may the gods Saâ€" mas (the sun) and Marduk (the Merodach of the Bible) for my name‘s sake (i.e., out of love to me) grant you a long life. I hereâ€" with send to inquire as to your welâ€" fare ; send me tidings if all is well with you. â€"I am at present in Babyâ€" lon and have not seen you, which makes me feel very anxious. Do send me word how you are getting on, so that I may rejoice; come in the month of Arachsamna. For my sake may you live for ever.‘" 1 Is at Constantinople and Dates From Time of Abraham, _ The following epistle from a loveâ€" stricken swain to the object of his alfections dates from the time of the patriarch Abraham, and forms part of a large collection of private letâ€" ters and commercial documents found in the ruins of the Babylonâ€" ian city of Bippas and now doposit,-l ed at Constantinople : The Briton may traverse the ] or the zone And boldly claim its right, For he calls such a vast domain own That the sun never sets on might ; Let the haughty stranger seek know The place of home and birth, And A fl\lBh will nane ts sox There‘s a flag that waves o‘er every sea, No matter when or where ; And to treat that flag as aught but the free Is more than the strongest dare. For the lion spirits that tread the deck, Have carriedl the palm of the brave, And that flag may sink with a shot torn wreck ; But never float o‘er a slave ; Its honor is stainless, deny it who can, The flag of a trueâ€"born Engâ€" lishman. f There‘s a land that bears a wellâ€" known name, Though ‘tis but a little spot ; ‘Tis first on the blazing scroll of fame And who can aver it is not : Of the deathless ones who shine and live In arms, in art and song; The brightest the whole wide world can give, To that little land belong; ‘Tis the star of the earth, deny it who can, The island home of an Engâ€" lishman. inhe place of home and birth, nd a flush will pour from cheek to brow, As he tells of his native earth ; Its honor is stainless, deny it who can, That‘s breathed in the words â€"I‘m an Englishman. Goldfish was in his globe smiling a "good morning‘‘ at May and May thought she saw him wink at her, as much as to say ‘"Don‘t tell anyâ€" one where we were last night," and she didn‘t. Just then goldfish saw a flying fish passing so he and May settled themselves on its back and in "two shakes of a lamb‘s tail" they landâ€" ed in May‘s bed where her mother found her next morning. Then they swam toward the ocean and May saw such large fish that she almost pulled goldfish‘s fins out, she held on to her escort so tightly. ‘"‘Please take me home, I‘n afraid of those big fish," she cried She saw strange looking flowers and weeds growing there, and the goldfish told her that they were composed of tiny animals. f ‘"Goodie!"" said May. ‘"I love oysters. May I take some home to mother? She loves them too." ‘"Keep quiet and look.‘"‘ May obeyed and she saw hunâ€" dreds growing on the bottom. She peeped into a shell to say "howdy" to the oyster. She saw animals that looked like stars go creeping along; some were swimming. There were crabs and lobsters, and May‘s mouth watered for the good cooked kind that they had at home. 1 ‘"We are in a bay where oysters grow."‘ â€"_ *.. n A oy: OLDEST Love: â€"‘‘Where am 19‘ she asked as the fish stopped for a minute. _‘"Will you really? Oh you‘re a dear." 4 May jumped out of bed and flopped herself on the fish‘s back. In a second she was splashing through water. "I‘m dreaming of the big oceans, and rivers, and how I should like to see the bottom of them."‘ "Is that so?"" answered the gold fish. ‘"Then seat yourself on my back and I‘ll take you to the botâ€" tom of the sea." _ One night she had a strange dream. ‘"What are you dreaming of?" asked one of the gold fish of May. ‘ A Fish Story. May had a dear little glass globe, in it swam several dear little gold fish. They were quite tame, and every day when May fed them they would swim to the top of the water and nibble at the food in her hand. This fishâ€"globe stood on a little table next to her bed and every night after her ‘"Amen" had been said May said : ‘"Good night fishes" and turned to go to sleep. The Englishman. ake known to Bibia As regards myself, , may the gods Saâ€" and Marduk (the he Bible) for my â€"e., out of love to never sets on his traverse the pole i LETTER, seek to his oh. uh AnnelCupintt ©* it nb Fn. sb s ~ evidence before the B. C. Agriculâ€" tural Comumission, charged that the milk from tubercular cows was beâ€" ing shipped to Vancouver, Fletcher T. Hamshaw, a mining expert, with his wife and nineâ€"yearâ€" old daughter, covered the long trail from White River to Whitehorse, a distance of 1,200 miles, in 64 days, alter severo hardships, The ground was not frozen in British Columbia when the snow fell last fall, and in consequence there is little danger of high water ] this summer, The ground. will soat | __John Ross and Isaac James, forâ€" merly of Rossland, have sold their 160â€"acre farms at Bow Island, Alâ€" berta, for $12,000 each. Twelve _ million young _ salmon Li 9 . P A new â€" $650,00 milling plant is t« quitlam by the W Davidson & Smith F. C. McKinnon is building _ a $25,000 hotel in New Hazelton. It will be three storeys high, and conâ€" tains 60 rooms, 0 2O A2CARCTOTH, Andy Murphy has 12 men dove]â€" oping the Corinth Mine in the Sloâ€" can. The tunnel is in 1,000 feet. For a postâ€"office site of three lots in Prince Rupert the Dominion Government is paying V. W. Smith $95,000, A Fernie, B.C., syndicate is subâ€" dividing 400 acres into â€" 20â€"acre tracts in the Roosville Valley, All the railway camps are conâ€" nected by telephone for a distance of 200 miles from New Hazelton. Andy Murphy has 12 men dove]â€" oping the Corinth Mine in the Sloâ€" In Merritt Alexander Marieu was fined $10 for depositing rubbish upon private property, This summer at a salmon cannery on the Fraser River, 25 Sceotch girls will be employed, d o me s o0 O P e d L be plentiful in the vicinity of Okanâ€" agan Falls, For getting drunk in Kaslo, Red McLeod is serving six months in jail at Nelson. Cars J A thousand peach trees were plented in Deer Park, B.C., by C. W. Stirling. At Mission City shipments of rhuâ€" barb are being delayed for lack of For the present no liquor licenses will be granted to hotels at Newâ€" port. In the Skeena district there are 8,775 registered voters, The Royal Bank is putting up a building in Fort George, Oroville has a factory that makes 35 gallons of ice cream an hour. A runaway in Penticton last week severely injured three men and a bov. Abbotsford will soon have a powâ€" der factory, Lillooet will have electric lights before Christmas. proved. Progress of NEWS FROM SUNSET COAST wWHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE ARE DOING. Mountpiq sheep Instead of fearing doubt and run ning from it, we should approach it prayerfully and courageously. Instead of criticising it we should The philosophy of faith is not half so important as the personality of faith. The why and wherefore of the Christian life becomes seeâ€" ondary when we have once learned to kngow and to love him who is the embodiment and incarnation of our belief. It took a great man like Augustine to write that marâ€" velous sentence at the close of his career: ‘"I do not feek to know in order that I may believe, but believe in order that I may know." Man Must Be Convinced. But doubt, aiter all, is the exâ€" pression of weakness rather than strength. Henry Clay Trumbull has well begun his splend‘d book upon this subject with this senâ€"| tence: ‘"A man has more power| through believing one thing Lhan! in _ disbelieving â€" ten â€" thousand| things.‘" He also adds: "No man is capable of disbelieving or doubtâ€" ing intelligently and sensibly unâ€"| less he first has strong and positive | belief,‘‘ _ Doubt is inherent in‘ many. It is as natural for sume, men to dowbt as to breathe. They must be convinced, but when con-} vinced their faith is enthusiastic. rogress of the Great West Told in a Few Pointed Paragraphs. Hillerest has a new Masonic Hall. The park at Coleman is being imâ€" Why be afraid of dowbt and the dowbter? Many of the most loyal ~supporters of tie truth have come from this class. To doubt honestly is anything but a disgrace, for it shows not only thoughtfulness, but the blending of mind and conâ€" science. The doubter becomes the believer, not when he fully underâ€" stands, but when he trusts nnd} loves. Saul wf Tarsus, the unbeâ€" liever, became Paul, the apostle, when he knew whom he believed.| He tlien could say: "I am not( ashamed of the gospel of Christ, | for it is the power of God unto| salvation." ‘ Assurance Wins Victories Where Doubt Does No Admit or Accept Defeat DOUBI AND THE DOUBIER 650,000 elevating and t is to bP' built at Coâ€" the Winhipeg firm of are reported to lorâ€" their Bir Laurence Gomme, London, statistician and archaecologist, re gards music as an aid to work. He relates that at the beginning of his official career he used to add up huge columns of figures for statisâ€" tical purposes by the simple proâ€" cess of doing the task to a Gregorâ€" lan tune, and that he was always correct in his totais. *‘*Fertig?"‘ he inquired of th first guard, who turned to the se ond also to ask "fertig ?" This wa repeated along to the last car where the signal system double« on its trail. It having been ascer tained that everything was ‘"for tig,‘ the information was relay to the engineer, who nodded sol emnly and turned in his seat. A bell tiukled, the crossing | gate: (numerously manned to prevent suicide) arose and the train pulled out with the pomposity that cha: acterizes everything official in Ger manyâ€"the ‘‘verboten‘‘ land. This extreme caution amuses the visitor, but it also makes him re flect. The Government‘s paternal ism may not be affectionate, but it is farâ€"reaching. There are no handy ways to die when danger can be forestalled. The last trunk in, baggage sma:» ers retired, still arguing. The co ductor went to the end of the tra and the guards stationed the selves alongside at intervals. / eves were on the engineer. ! climbed into his cab, disposed hi welf on his seat in a leisurely w n(nd‘protruded his head from t ically and the engineer ph cally talked to a bystander platform. mo S ty P The recollection of the runs back to the time wher small boy he first behold the of a German railroad train. impression is selfâ€"evident!y to have lasted so long. First there was a prod powwow between the head gageman and the porters, wi gued excitedly over the dispo trunks. _ Everything â€" awaite conclusion of their jabborin; the loading of the car. Nobod seemed animated or even 0o ed. The conductor looked 0: ically and the enrinaer nhlan ‘‘Because,‘"‘ answered the ductor, ‘""we have cut out five s and the train is now an exprc pod D 18 On one of these vagrant trips had surrendered his ticket and | nothing on his mind but his de= ation when the conductor came and said ; ‘"Extra fare, please." ‘"Why ?" demanded the « xJ ienced voyager. ed into the observation of rail ing in the Empire. <~He rod: most on local trains, though having set purpose, and pro« ing only for short distances A returned traveller who much of his time in Germany There is Nothing Frivolous in the Ceremony in Germany. _ _The old "ghost house," on the Hopeâ€"Popcum Road, about half a mile from Vancouver, was recently destroyed by fire. It was said to bo haunted. In 1873 two Chinamen lived there, and one killed the other. The guilt of the murderer could not be proved, but he was drowned shortly after. In the suc ceoding 40 years there were man; tales of strange things seen and heard at the old cabin. ndow up much of the water as the melts from the heat of the sun as it is senseless. What solondid men toâ€"day doubt from necessits rather than from choice. How rea sonable they are and how frequent ly we find them eager to overcome this condition. Kindly and fai» le.dership. with patience, will clear their vision, and win their con{iâ€" dence. The open word of God, backed by a consistent character and a clear brain, will transorm conditions. Courteous and discrect approach finds ready response. The master‘s voice was filled with love when Thomas could not beliove, but when, at last, that voice was heard again, and bid him reach hither his finger, that loyal soul had not only lost his doubt, but gained his life and inspiration as he replied: ‘‘My lord, and my God."â€"Dr. John Timothy Stone jfor the sake of doubt, nor to that selfâ€"assertive bravado of speech which is the manifestation <{ sy. perficiality and egotism. We are dealing with the subject in the yen. uine. Poubt is troubling many a life. Doubt will lift the fop when the sunlight shines through. ; will lift from below and rise ung) }hidden points stand out clearly in the morning light, but that sup must be the sun of righteousness, that light that lighteth every one thlt mmeth lntO th(! world ])pr sonified belief, incarnate truth, must answer the question of unbe lief. **Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how can we know the way ?‘ There was but ons anâ€" swer; the master used it> "| up the way ,the truth, and the |i%e." Doubt From Necessity, Disregard and narrow criticism of doubt and the doubter are noi ther fair nor sensible. 1t is so easy to dismiss this class from our thought with an impatient or irrit able criticism, but this is as unwise Music as Aid to Work. appreciate the opening it offers us for conversation and enlighton. ment. We do not refer to doup; for the sake of doubt, nor to thay STARTINXG A TRAIX. ng n them sp« H 61 L0 d nommarer THE Plfl FOR sU LEE ASK