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NOTES AND COMMENTS Physiotherapy recently convened in Berlin Professor Ewald, perhaps the most eminent clinical teacher in the Berlin University, gave the coup de grace to alcohol as & stimulant when he said he had reached the conclusion that in no infectious disâ€" ease has the value of alcohol been proved and that it diminishes the natural resistance to the inroads of disease. This confirms what every clear visioned physician of experience has observed at the bedside, that whenâ€" ever alcohol is administered it handicaps the patient, because it lowers the blood pressure; it is & temporary spur to the failing heart, with a subsequent depression to which many a sick man has eutâ€" which many a sick man has sucâ€". ecumbed without realization of the eause of "beart failure.‘" One who has seen the purple hued complexâ€" ion, sodden features and perspirâ€" ing, relaxed skin of an intoxicated man needs no medical training to know that here is a case of comâ€" plete relaxation, the body presentâ€" ing as sad evidence of crippling as does the mind. If this result may ensue in an individual who is in health, how much more seriously must the vital powers be depreciatâ€" ed in diseases in which other poisâ€" ons are already playing havoe with the heart and nervous system. Alcohol as a stimulant is dying as hard as did bloodâ€"letting as a panâ€" acea. The latter succumbed to an enlightened pathology and the forâ€" mer is now sharing the same fate. When the quantities formerly conâ€" sumed in hospitals are compared with that now supplied to the best conducted institutions the view of Professor Ewald is confirmed. In the great hospital of which Dr. Ewald is the chief aleohol is ordered only in two conditions, in severe collapse and as a means of euthanâ€" asia, easy death, in hopeless disâ€" In the International The most enlightened physicians of the day realize not only the inâ€" utility but the serious harmfulness of the former free use of alcoholi¢ stimulants in disease. The layman who "takes a drink to warm up‘‘ should know that the warming a¢â€" tion is due to relaxation, widening of the blood vessels of the skin atâ€" b Claim That Many Infectious Disâ€" eases Can Thus Be Escaped. In view of the fact that innumerâ€" able essays, discussions in medical and lay societies, monographs and other literature on the purification of milk have appeared during the last twenty years it becomes matter for surprise if not concern to be inâ€" formed by so reliable an authority as the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal in its last issue that epiâ€" demics of milkâ€"borne discases are on the increase. It is stated that 800 cases of scarlet fever and 1,000 cases of tonsilitis were reported in Boston three years ago, and that typhoid fever has visited that city and its environs five times in as many months, and two epidemics of dangerous sore throat in two years. It is a matter of record that all the epidemics were traced to raw or imperfectly pasteurized milk, and that the diseases ceased or diâ€" minished when the board of health discovered this fact and safeguardâ€" ed the milk supply by pasteurizaâ€" tion. It was ascertained that inâ€" spection alone was ineffective, one inspector of large experience hayâ€". ing stated that if every dairy farm were guarded by an inspector he would not guarantes safe milk. And the national commission on milk standards has decreed that all milk must be subject to a temperature of 145 degrees Fabremheit for thirty minutes. There is no record of a disease being traced to milk that had been so exposed to this temperâ€" ature. There are numerous records of epulemics being checked or reâ€" moved by subjecting the milk supâ€" ply to proper pasteurization. Fortunate is the man who can find out things without butting in. â€"anyway, as well as you used to."‘ Husband â€"*‘‘Why ?‘ _ Witeâ€" ‘"Beâ€" cause you always let me get up to light the firs now.‘"‘" . Husbandâ€" "Nonsense, my love! Your getting up to light the fire makes me love you all the more."‘ Wifte (pleadingly)â€""I‘m afraid, Jack, you do not love me any more DRINK NO RAW MILK. Seen in Paris Shops. SBashes appear even on tailored suits. 8 The small dolman coatees, cut with a shawl pointed effect at the back, are novel. Some charming evening cloaks are mfi:le of beaded net and brocaded silk. A most elaborate negligee is of pervenche blue crepe de chine, trimâ€" med with narrow bands of white ostrich plumage. For simple morning costumes many of the coats have martingale straps and lingerie collars and reâ€" vers, hemstitched and laid on those of the material. Two hats, one small and dark and chic, one large and picturesque, will be sufficient to see the summer girl safely through the season. A large flat or bulletâ€"shaped butâ€" ton of wood trims some of the tail ored suits, and leather buttons ap:! pear on motor and steamer coats. A charming simple frock which one could make at home is of pale blue batiste, the low belt of folded taffeta caught at the side with a pink rose ]Jllll\ EUSC: The color displayed beneath the lingerie dress may be repeated in a taffteta souple or figured crepe de chine short bolero fronted jacket mantlet. o % Tulle plaitings form a finish to bolero corsages and trim the neck and sleeves of many tailored coats in crepon soie as well as sergo. Nothing will usurp the popularity of the leghorn hat for midsummef wear. â€" Many lovely models are trimmed with plaited frills of lace and flowers. fes. * wildt HUWCIC. There has beer a noticeable and gradual change in the silhouette during the last month, the greatâ€" est width being at the hips, revivâ€" ing the peg top effect. 1 o un esn siile . shg y SE mE CE e Gies io New in millinery is the stiff ribâ€" bon bow standing upright in the front of a small, close fitting straw hat. Sometimes a bow, similar, stands upward toward the back. The dark blue tailored suit may be embellished by a yellow linen waistcoat fashioned with goffered The silk ratine is a lovely materâ€" ial and is effective for both morning and afternoon wear. A gown of this in gray shade of yellow or chamois is very lovely with a simâ€" ilar color of ratine lace. t _ Among the new and most attracâ€" tive dresses cAre *lose worn with the high neck ruffles of plaited tulle and lace. The sleeves are trimmed with similar ruffles of tulle strapped with bracelets of ribbon. F4 Tulle is fashioned in many effecâ€" tive ways for the neck. It is espeâ€" cially pretty arranged for the new collarettes made to cover the low cut decollete neck of some of the toilettes de course. Many of the smartest gowns are adorned with the fishwife sash of brocaded silk in brilliant coloring. It should be drawn well over the hips and the long ends are bordered with head or silk fringe. . Frequently robes of mousseline de soic and plaited gauze are trimâ€" med with a wide scarf embroidered in oriental style, which is turned about the hips and tied in a double knot, sometimes in front and again at the side. j The summer evening WrApS &TC oriental in effect and are made of silk, chiffon, and transparent crepeé. Brilliant eastern colors, embroidâ€" ered with huge golden dragons or large flower designs, are lined with chiffon. The well dressed woman turns to the black and white hat as the seaâ€" son advances, because such hats can be worn with all costumes. Just now in the shops are some smart black hate with jaunty white wings, birds, and feathers. When a man takes a â€"vacation he needs a rest; when his family takes one he gets it. Over 90,000 people die daily. Most of us are good bocause we dare not be bad. * The beliefs of the Pahouins, a West African tribe, shave the head and then dyse it yellow. _ The difference between genius and insanity is that the latter gots [ Thrco mBsih a. day. Men lose a lot of morey through the hole in the top of their pockets. The New Zealand hen is an exâ€" pert ratâ€"killer. _ The fact that we can‘t take our money with us when we die is a yers sOU A birth is announced in Holland by & eilk pincushion on the doorâ€" knobâ€"red for & boy and white for a girl. When marigolds do not open it :s | a sign of rain. | A strongâ€"n A man in love talks but little: a <has occasion woman in love does little but taik.| and doesn‘t. reo of”g;reat'. comfort to the lawâ€" Fact and Fancy. of mousseline wraps are just celebrated his fiftyâ€"cighth birthday.© As his name indicates, he is partly of foreign extraction, for his father was a Portuguese. His mother was Miss Williams, sisâ€" ter of a noted Trinity Pilot of Gravesend, and it was in that disâ€" trict Sir Arthur spent the days of his youth. He was at one time inâ€" tended for a business ‘career, and studied at Birkbeck College, but the call of the stage proved too strong. He made his debut before the footlights as a general utility actor at a salary of one pound a week, but the experience he gained has proved of inestimable value, and there is no living playwright who is his superior in stage techâ€" nique. One of his earliest efforts at writing for the stage was a curtainâ€" raiser for the late Sir Henry Irvâ€" ing, but it was with his striking play ‘"The Magistrate‘‘ that Sir Arthur gained his first big success. Sir Arthur Pinero‘s method of writing a play is certainly unique, for he first devises the final scene, and from that works back to his opening. When he is about to reâ€" hearse a play he has planned out the minutest detail of business. He is a kindly autocrat at rehearsals, and the actor or actress who does not follow his direction is soon brought to task. Terrifying Experience of an English War Correspondent. On the way up the Adriatic coast to Ragusa, during the campaign in Herzegovina in 1875, Mr. Melton Prior, the English war corresponâ€" dent, â€"passed a night that, he deâ€" clares in ‘"Campaigns of a War Correspondent,‘‘ was one of the most terrifying experiences of his adventurous life. He was with a party of Montenegrin soldiers, and they were likely at any time to enâ€" counter a large band of Turks. . We had descended inw aâ€"vallay when we heard firing. As the men said it was from the enemy, we deâ€" termined to pass the night where we were, and do tha dangerous four hours‘ trip in the early morning. Our guides very soon discovered a | hut. It was actually within a mile of a Turkish fort, where there were no less than two hundred soldiers. The worst was yet to come, while we thirtyâ€"two men were all hudâ€" dled together in this cattleâ€"shed. I was lying on the ground, with nothing except a rug rolled over me, when I heard a stealthy noise, and then a sudden rush. I felt certain that the enemy was upon us, and that I was going to be killed. While I lay on the ground, something rushed over me, and jumping to my | feet, I made a dash at itâ€"to find that it was only one of a flock of sheep that had come into the hut, which they had been accustomed to use for shelter. We very soon |turned them out, and tried to go 'to sleep again; but a short time afterward a man crept in and woke us all up, and told us that a friend of his, who lived in the fort, had told him that he had heard the Turks talking about us. Thev knew we were there, and they intended to attack us in the morning, and had actually decided upon the exact moment when they intended to do it. This put my friend Monteverdi on the qui vive. He was an old colonel in the Rusâ€" sian army, and the scent of danger set him on his mettle. He very quickly decidéd what was the best thing to do. "‘Prior,"‘ he said, "we must start at once. We must travel at night in the darkness, and get as far as we can on the road, so that when the Turks come down to look for us they will be mightily disappointed. We shall slip them.‘" _ A The rain was coming down in torâ€" rents, but that could not be helped ; there was nothing for it but to keep on our Korses and ride through it. I really believe that lots of officers have earned their V. C. with less agony of mind than I experienced that night, for I knew only too well that if I were captured by the Turks, my life would not be worth an hour‘s purchase. We got safely through the valley, and arrived toâ€" ward evening at the headquarters of Pavlovie, the Herzegovinian chief. * Knickerâ€""A judge has ruled that a woman shouldn‘t spend more on clothes than on rent."‘ Mrs. Knickerâ€""Well, then, we shall have to pay a bigger rent." A strongâ€"minded man is one who has occasion to say "I told you so‘‘ ESCAPING THE TURKS. Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. That‘s All. inboatcrediih n .| ~ :o< coitanle dpeciensie t pOvel monia, or scute rheumatism, the patient must have absolute rest in bed. The physician in charge is generally mble to enforce the rule, but there are a good many disordâ€" ers in which ‘"rest" as part of the treatment must be leit to the judgâ€" ment of the patient, or of, those who care for him. f s s Then, again, there are difficult cases, in which the physician can only recommend "more rest‘" in a general way, and must depend on the common sense of his patientâ€" when it existsâ€"for the carrying out of his advice. There are certain halfâ€"exhausted, nervously tired, restless persons who keep hard at work until they drop into neryous prostration. Perâ€" sons of this temperament are often of great intelligence ; they are perâ€" fectly aware of their own folly, but they seem to be driven by some malign force within them, like leaves before the wind. } No general advice can help such nntiant«> thar can be aided only by No general advice can help suco patients ; they can be aided only by submitting themselves to jronâ€"clad rules. That is one of the reasons why the sanitarium treatment is so successfulâ€"the insubordinate, never quiet neurasthenic is made over inâ€" to a meek and submissive patient by the sheer weight of rule and disâ€" cipline. ud s vie heru‘ nunk \;tplsuc. For a third person who has not quite broken down, but â€" shows every sign of doing so, there is nothâ€" ing like bed. The treatment will vary in duration in different cases, but the physician should simply inâ€" sist on the prescription, and refuse to enter upon the wearisome arg!!â€" ments that wornâ€"out people seem to enjoy. He can usually persuade a perâ€" son who is not too badly off to start the treatment by a few days in bed, and then to spend one entire day there every week. Of course bed will do no good if the patient bounces about actively and impaâ€" tiently between the covers. By "bed,‘‘ the physician does not mean merely a piece of chamber furniâ€" ture, but long hours of deepâ€"breathâ€" ing drowsiness in a reclining posâ€" ture in a wellâ€"ventilated but dimly lighted room.â€"Youth‘s Companion. The digestion has a very great| deal, indeed, to do with beauty of | complexion, or the reverse. But| the complexion and the eyes deterâ€"| iorate from injudicious eating, even | in cases where no dyspepsia may be compldnolff. If, the blood be in the slightest degree overheated, or ever so little charged with bile from inactivity of the liver, the skin comes to grief, and it is the skin of the face that suffers first. The best cosmetic ever invented could not cure this state of matters till the blood gets right again. Nature \will clost a cure, however, if the diet be lowered, and only cooling food be partaken of. When one, in summer, suffers from thirst to a considerable degree it is a sign that more than the system requires has In been eaten. If then large qua.nti-‘ ties of fluid be swallowed matters are rendered far worse, perspirationl; is induced, and once again the comâ€" plexion suffers. No better drink can be partaken of for health‘s sake than the juice of a lemon in soda water, or simply in cold water sweetened with sugar. What medâ€" ical men call acne, or pimples, are very disfiguring. They usually deâ€" note poverty of blood, and, thereâ€" fore, small doses of quinine and iron should be taken twice a day for, say, a_ month, while codliver oil and extract of malt, if taken after every meal, a dessertspoontful, often acts like a charm. Digestion and the Complexion. The Royal Family have done much during the London season to revive the glories of Hyde Park, which, toâ€" gether with its surroundings, is far and away the most beautiful park to be found in any capital of Euâ€" rope. His Majesty, by his early morning ride, â€" accompanied by Princess Mary, has popularized Rotten Row, and the Queen, who has never shown & liking for horse exercise, has led the way in restorâ€" ing the _ fashionable afternoon drive, and has thus earned the thanks of all lovers of horses. The ‘Park about four o‘clock in the afâ€" ternoon is now filled with equipâ€" ages, more worthy their beautiful setting than the motor car could ever be, for the latter, even though it may have cost $7,500, arouses but little interest in the spectator. It does not ‘add to the attractiveness of the scene. A little city chap was offered a chance to spend a week in the counâ€" try, but refused. Coaxing, plea?- 1 F «0% i~ u33 COW T he oteu e caleercay a h 9 Ja1â€" ing, arguing, promising of untold wonders alike brought from him nothing but the stubborn ultimatum No country for mine.‘"‘ ‘"But why not?"‘ someone asked finally. "Because,‘‘ he responded, ‘‘they have ‘thrashing‘ machines out the_r?, :;;"it’:.i);";;lzflgh here, where it‘s done by hand." ‘"‘My wife," said Mr. Clarke, "sent $2 in answer to an advertiseâ€" ment ofa sure method of getting rid of superfluous fat."‘ ‘"And what did she get for the money! Was the information what she wanted !" asked Mr. Bimmons. ‘‘Well, she got a reply telling her to sell it to the mp m}‘ Bed as a Rest Cure. e case of a serious The Glories of Hyde Park. *4 Afraid of Machinery. . serious illness, fever, or phneuâ€" THE SUNDAY $CHOOL STUDY Our lesson passage is taken from one of the soâ€"called historical psalms, in which later generations in Israel commemorated the goodâ€" ness and guidance of Jehovah durâ€" ing the earlier period of the naâ€" tions development. In the verses of the psalm assigned for study Jeâ€" hovah is praised for his faithfulâ€" ness in protecting his people when they were oppressed by the EgyPpâ€" tians in Egypt. The preceding verâ€" ses (1â€"22) and those that follow (37â€" 45) teil of the earlier and later manâ€" festations of divine goodness as rc-l flected in the connected history of‘ God‘s chosen people. The historâ€" jcal narrative as recordedâ€"in Exoâ€" \dus is very much fuller and goes more into detail than the brief poâ€" etical summary which constitutes our lesson. (Compare Exod. 7. 8 to 11. 10.) The inspired poet is, moreâ€" over, not interested in the chronoâ€" logical sequence of the events so much as in the greatness of the deâ€" l]i\'emnce wrought by Jehovah in each instance. To this fact we may | ascribe the omission on his part of Ee PE mm ENC COd all reference to two of the plagues (those of pestilence and boils}) menâ€" tioned in Exodus. This religiouns interest of the psalmist may also account for the order in which the plagues are mentioned, which again differs from the order in Exodus. According to the Exodus narrative they occurred in the following orâ€" der: (1) Nile water changed to blood ; (2) frogs ; (3) lice; (4) flies ; (5) pestilence ; (6) boils ; (7) hail ; (8) locusts ; (9) darkress ; (10) death of firstâ€"born. Verse 23. Israelâ€"The reference is to Jacob as the immediate anâ€" cestor of the twelve tribes. The poâ€" etical form of the reference permits the use in close proximity to each other of the two names for the same person?! The land of Hamâ€"Egypt. 24. Increased his people greatly â€"‘"And the children of Israel were fruitful. and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceedâ€" ingly mighty; and the land was filled with them"‘ (Exod. 1. 7).; Stronger than their adversariesâ€" Stronger than the Egyptians, whom they served. is C lughess s Saks Semmgel Ltuuc« Aitcaitedidinatigat 25. He turned their heartâ€"The subject is Jehovah and the referencte is to the Egyptians, whose hearts, like the heart of Pharaoh, were hardened and embittered toward the Israelites, whom they came gradually to fear because of their increasing numbers. _ _ . || INTERNATIONAL LESSON, ‘ AUGUST 4. To deal subtly treacherously. CPOORUITERC CCOY C 26. Moses ixis servantâ€"It is as the servant of Jehovah and his repreâ€" sentative to the people that Moses appears throughout the Exedus narâ€" rative. keron> . . .. > whosen ~« Chosen Asaron> . . .. Chogeli~~+â€" HOsen to serve Moses as spokesman and in other ways. C a# 27. They set among them‘-:Moses' Bobby knew that there were egg!.‘ and Aaron among the Egyptians. ) because Mother Robin sat on the | His signsâ€"The manifestations Ofi nest a long, long time, and then'i his power and will. \later he knew that there were little: 28. He sent darknessâ€"The EgYP~ pirds, for he heard them crying,| tians were worshippers of the $UDâ€"| @Ohirp| chirp! chirp!‘ all day god, and with them, therefore, t‘h°:long. plague of darkness would be “pe" Mother and Father Robin were cially calculated to inspire fear Of pusy sitting on the nest and carryâ€" Jehovah upon them. This interpr®â€"|;, g home big, fat, juicy worms from tation of the plague appeare t’h“‘t,he garden. _ Sometimes Father more probable from the next 880| popin would bring home a bright tence, ‘‘And they x"ebelle_d not| red cherry in his bill, and then what against his words,‘‘ in which the| a noise those little baby robins made pronoun "‘they‘"‘ is generally t.keniubout it 1 to refer to the Egyptians. ";'ho| "I wish I could see the inside of whole sentence _ therefore reflects the attitude of the Egyptian people: toward the Israclites, to whose deâ€" parture out of the land the people were reconciled much earlier than was their stubborn king. 29. Their watersâ€"Those of the Nile river. (Compare Exod. 7. 20â€" 25.) 30. Frogsâ€"According to the Exoâ€" dus narrative, the second plague. (Compare Exod. 8. 1â€"15.) 31. Swarms of fliles . . . lice â€"Literally, swarms of dogâ€"flies and gnats. (Compare also Exod. 8. 16â€" 32.) 32. Hail . . . flaming fire â€"â€" Hail accompanied by thunder and lightning. The reference is to a single plague, the seventh, accordâ€" ing to the order in Exodus (Exod. 9. 23â€"35.) s s 33. Smote their vines . . . brake the treesâ€"By means of the hail and lightning. (Compare Psa. 78. 47, 48.\ 34. Locust . . . grasshopper â€"Again referring to a single plague. The Hebrew word probably denotes the locust in its larva state, and in the English revised version is thereâ€" fore translated cankerworm instead of as in our text. 35. Every herbâ€"Grass and vegeâ€" table foliage. The fruit of their groundâ€"This expression may refer to such bulbs as were used for food. sty > 36. The firstâ€"born in their landâ€" Both of cattle and of human beings, and therefore the chief of ail their strength. This was the tenth and last plague, and proved so convineâ€" ing tLt even Pharaoh was not only willing but anxious, to have the Isâ€" raelites depart from Egypt. _ The manner in which the Hebrews themselves eoc;fled from the ravyâ€" ages of the death angel is recorded in our next lesson, in which we reâ€" vert to the Exodus narrative, Ww £ELETHE$ CRECEU NEA ART N ME M e ED. C raelites depart from Egypt. above him ! I The manner in which the Hebrews Mother and Father Robin came| themselves ooclged from the ravâ€"| hopping and whistling "Ohirrup ! | ages of the death angel is recorded chirrup !‘‘ all the way up the lawn, | in our next lesson, in which we reâ€"| and tilting their saucy tails nntil‘ vert to the Exodus narrative, |\ they heard the cry of their little | ce rnmmncen ffonomamtmcmme 'lfs'!;fily o{x:nlxxngry birds. | ey botli whistled as they eaw | dezgt:;e:::t:ll:v:::x ‘tvh.o"l.;c;nd :J:‘.o&c‘} of their 'blbies atruggling wu'.'\i Mra. Casey, across the way ?bur:m l:'! sefi y sn | ved this. _ ‘"‘Pat," she called s omae h e iss ts tor ul has an‘ Oi see ye ;ir thavin‘ -o’n EAUES | been sending us in meat !:,ey brogk-i CB "‘he nded, " teide. 1(&0“" asked Mother Rohbin, with egoOrTA, responded, ‘"‘and did| par bright eyes shining | ols c c * m ds s . OW an‘ Oi see ye air shavin‘ â€"outside.‘‘ "‘Begorra,‘‘ he responded, ‘"and did ye think Oi was furâ€"lined ?" Â¥. The Plagues of Egyptâ€" . 105, 23â€"36. Golden Text, Matt. 23. 12. Or There Comes a sommeatsmmamnmenmmmmmmmemmiesicmememmnameeeeeee zes s i * * e e earad d INEVITABLENESS OF DEATH xwil., 21. Jesus was undoubtedly one of the gentlest of men, but He was also upon occasion one of the most terâ€" rible. What could be more pitiless, for example, than the manner in which He rebuked the two brothers who disputed over their inheritance by telling them the story of the rich man who was congratulating himâ€" self that he had ‘"much goods laid up for many years‘‘ and was pullâ€" ing down his old baras to ‘‘build greater‘"‘ for his stores when he died! ‘"God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee, and ‘the things which thou hast prepared, where This is a terrible question, but it is one which it is well for us to face. Nothing is more wholesome, after all, than to be reminded now and then of the inevitableness of death, and to be required to measâ€" ure our earthly ambitions and purâ€" poses from the standpoint of this tremendous event. The king reigns in unexampled splendor, but there comes a day when he is stripped of crown and sceptre and is left with nothing to distinguish him from the veriest beggar. shall they be !" The Multiâ€"milliongire has more money than he can estimâ€" ate, but sooner or later he is doomâ€" ed to lose every dollar of his forâ€" tune. ‘The patron of art and literâ€" ature gathers his treasures from nll‘ quarters of the globe, only in the end to surrender every book and picture to his heedless heirs or yield. them to the tender mercies of the suctioneer. All these have gained something from the toys and bauâ€" bles of their little hour. The king has enjoyed his brief moment of reâ€" gal power, the millionaire has reâ€" velled in the glitter of his gold, the connoisseur has stood enraptured belfore many a great canvas and handled fondly many a rare folio. But what have they gained in the long run? What is the permanent § C E+ somane u9 .mmm.mv." "What silly birds, to build a nest |upside down!‘"‘ said Mother Robin The Redbreast Family. with a laugh. ‘‘No wonder their Bobby «at on the corner of the‘b‘".‘kf",t’ fell downbi.xwo our nest! burgalow piazza, and looked up, Chirrup! chirrup! chirp! j up, up to the, board roof above, *Apd that . is what that stupid weed e2 0t § i rool aDoye:=>â€"@Riyin® sedbreast fanmily @weays What do you suppose was up there 1 % Robby could see a part of the big round nest that Mother and Father Robin had built out of mud and dry grass. Bobby watched them fiying back and forth all day. And now he was sorry to see that they were afraid of him. Bobby knew that there were eggs, because Mother Robin sat on the nest a long, long time, and then later he knew that there were little birds, for he heard them crying, "Chirp! chirp! chirp!"‘ all day long. Ccg "I wish I could see the inside of that nest,‘"" said Bobby, and his father replied, "Look toâ€"morrow morning, and you will see the robin family at home.‘"‘ 5 i 3 caestaniuts."Ailtcatvaiactacametathy "Are you going to bring a ladâ€" der?‘‘ asked the little boy, with his eyes wide open. Es a» c2% i¢0 #.%Law PVC RNPVIRE RTW MV NC CWECOCC When the sun woke Bobby up the next morning, he ran right out and looked up into the corner. Ther» was a little mirror fastened just above the nest, and he could see reflected in it the soft, round nest, and four of the funniest little baby robins. Bo is he that laycth up treasure {for himself, and is not rich toward God.â€"Luke "As soon as it is light.‘"‘ "Where did you get such Oig mouths ?‘ asked Bobby. with his own mouth wide open with surprise. "And why didn‘t your mother buy you some feathers f"‘ "Chirp! chirp! chirp!‘‘ cried all the little robins, and they looked so sorry for themselves that Bobby ran out into the garden and dug for worms until he had found four big, fat, juicy ones, one for each little bhungry mouth. c a s BVME MWmb Z CCOCCC Bobby climbed up on & high chair and stood on his tiptoes, and stretched way, way, way up until he could just reach the nest. Chirping louder than ever, the baby robins bhuddled together over the edge of the nest, and opened their mouths way down, and fought for the four big, fat juicy worms that wriggled themse}ves almost into s knot.®"â€" .â€"~~ 4 a chirping ‘"come and dress !" | Bobby ran to his mother, but luo‘u! a chirvning as he heard in the nutl "‘Wait :’:’B;b;;."".r called his mother, Father Robin ljlooked gee,""‘ said his father g E!'é!u &m 7 . Day When the King Is Stripped of | Crown and Sceptre get such big CE CE nutl A Poser For Teacher. | The teacher was resding the hisâ€" ame | tory of England to some of the little rup!| pupils. When she came to the siate" “'"_'..ment that Henry L. nevor laughed until | after the death of his son, she no little | ticed one of the Vitle girle had rai« ~ led her hand and seemed vory de #aw |sirous of attracting her sitontion. with» "‘Well, Amy,"" seaid the teaohe!, \""what is it?‘ ‘"Please, ma‘aim,‘" | l“"llid little Amy, "wha; did Benry reakâ€"| 1. do wher he was tisk‘edt" worth of their ‘"‘much goods?"‘ How are they different in the end from‘ so many little children who gathe; sparkling ;‘)ebbl:_l all :hy upon the sands, and, taking them home in the evening, ask that they be exâ€" changed for gold! _ _ In the GtemitLof death, however it may be in the flitting moments of life, it is things spiritual and not material which really count. The barbarian buries food and drink, clothing and jewelry, spear and shield with the body of his dead chieftain, in the confident expectaâ€" tion that these things can be carâ€" ried over into the great beyond. But this superstition is no longer ours. The clothing we wear, the houses we build, the lands we buy, the money we invest, the jewe‘!s and pictures and bricâ€"aâ€"brac we accumâ€" ulateâ€"all, as we well know, t. is just. It makes the programme of existence simple and the pathâ€" way of endeavor plain,. Like the magic formula in the test tubs of the chemist, death separates from the solution of life the clear preâ€" cipitate of the Spirit. It separates the earthly from the heamvenly, the mortal from the immortal, the worthless dross from the priceless gold. Death tells us, if life does not, that it is the soul that is alone worth having. How fitting the in scription _ on the ancient Roman tomb: ‘"I have expended ; 1 have given; I have kept. What I exâ€" pended, I had ; what I gave, I have ; what I kept, I lost.‘‘â€"Rev. John Haynes Hoimes. mirror above his head, and saw the nest upside down, with the four little birds in it. e â€"_"It was the family overhead," whistled Father Robin, and pointed his bill at the mirror above. thought about the four big, {st, juicy worms that Bobby brought to them.â€"Youth‘s Companion. * xEW SPECIES OF WILD DUCK. Carries Its Young on Its Male Bird Feeds Docklings. A brand now species of wild duck, brilliantly colored, which carries :ts young on its back, and the young of which is regularly fed by the male bird while the female bird is sitting on a second setting of eg«s, 2“ been found near Lacombe, A}â€" erta. DCE VE, The birds were first discovered by Senator Peter Talbot. When the birds have reared their young ones an effort will be made to trap them for further study. "The birds were found on & slough adjcining the rosd allowâ€" ance near my farm,‘‘ said Benator Talbot recently, in discussing his find, ‘"and they bave attracted a great deal of attention. The male bird at the prosent time takes care of the yourg, while the female bind is sitting on more ‘“.fw:nd alâ€" though many people have been near the nest and the younger ones, the birds do not appear to be the least bit frightened. The male bird is apparently able to form its boOz and wings into a kind of boat, an the young always ride around on the back of the parents in this faâ€" shion. Even when the parent bird goes under a wire fence across the slough and the younger ones are scraped off, they always mavnaged to scramble back on to the backs of their parents, and as far as we have been able to sese make Bo efforb to shift for themselves, the male bird feeding them constantâ€" ly.l’ s & whhey 1 P nen oo o cut e s se duck is also remarkable, accoro ng to those who have been nwhlit them. Except for a dark stre rupning from the bill back sacross the head, the head is purs white, while the eys is big and of a bright red color. The neck and breasts of the binds are bropze in color, while the back is a lw grey . ‘‘No one in vicinity has ever seen ducks of that kind before," said Serator Talbot, "and aithoug» we have made enquiries all aver this Province, we oanpot find that this particular apecies has even invaded the Province belfore." Don‘t rur to meet trouble. . It will meet you soon enough. The color of the new ‘"much goods?" How the younger ones are they always managed back on to the backs nts, and as far as we able to see make no & for themselves, the ONTARIO‘ The Government | of Colomi A despatch from Ontario will break a season in the constru izration roads. Mr. C Provincial Superinter izration Roads. savs th ization $u04 ment expe 1,000 and 1 lore th present and some 6 hands so fu augment th tional 300. to employ : ting out, 4i All the co year is being done Oy Heretofore a certain per been ‘done under contr day labor work has p satisfactory to the Gove year, also, for the first Bennett reports that da been plentiful and excell able weather condition tained throughout the PRICES OF FARM P REPORTs FROM THE LEAD CENTRES OF AMER #rices of Cattie, Crain, Che Produce at Home and grades. Ontario Oateâ€"2 ecountry point; routo. Manitoba Oats track. bay rru 1 feed, 86 14%¢. No. 3, 960; feed wheat Outario Wheat â€"No. 2 lots outside, ranging 4 Montreal, Millfeedâ€"Manitoba bri track, Toronto; shorte, #19, in bage; shorts, $ ute page @e Honey and 80 in er oont. ter » bulk. 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