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Li "Are ym related to the bride or bridegroom ?" "No," Was the answer. "Then," the sexton said, "you will pardon the for asking what interest you have in tt ceremony that is to be of the quietest character?” " am," the young man announced, sadly, " an the defeated candidate.” NOTES AND COMMENTS paper an fail to be imprinted with tbo generous emu of the English mic. mu ,tthtyti-t..terfor - not heir own. may have tuirahnmetfmdrerintrftom their" to hear: wounded and crippled soldiers returning home, fanlliea in straits because the breadwinner is away, in- - reduced by heavy eaten. The demand on their resources and on their aympathies is very great. Yet they are voting zealously, for the vie.- time of German ambition in other land; They are raising hunts and giving personal service for their " lies almost as if they were at peace. The Refugee Children in margin, the Serbrian Prisoners, the Belgian Red Cross ' France's Wounded Soldiers, Montenegro, Polish Reiief--these are among the causes for which money is being asked and freely given. Thus supplies have been gent to 1198 mili- tary hospitals in France since the be- ginning of the year. Some six hun- dred pounds went to Montenegro alone in a little over a month. Mach larger sums have gone to Belgium, Poland and Serbia. A young man was stopped a door of a fashionable church by sexton with tht inquiry: . German Paper Says That it is Easier Said Than Done. The Deutuche 'rageszeitang .is in- dignant with those patriots who are perpetually declaring that the nation must "hold our," and who, as they say this, are chewing mouthfuls of good food and washing it down with ten glasses of Rood beer. These peo- ple are constantly referring to the "heroie field greys" in the trenches who are "holding out," but it is ex- tremely unlikely that chey have any notion what "holding out" means. But it must be made clear to these persons and to all others concerned the real moaning " this phrase. Though“: persons must understand that 033-. neat, potato“ are no long- " there to be simply devoured, but to “stain life, and when the air re- noun}: with endless wninimn about shortage and scarcity. not only those who are still feeding opulently, but the still greater number who are tighten- ing their belts must learn that in their querulous complaining!) they are displaying the most hateful form of unpatriotie conduct. ”V". -n. "v. '""mper- htr---ts Proof that they have hunt to endure. "Surely our kulture pride shou'.! forbid us to stand behind the Mujiks and the lazzaronl. To hold oat is to conquer self Ind the first thine to conquer is a wagging, foolish complaining tongue. Surely our suf- “rings are easy to bear when we remember what ‘holding out' " the front means." patched to the rear the British formed in line anti presented arms in honor of their courage. It “as a fine not and the most hardened paeiflst must read of it with a thrill. Such are the human touches even in the dreadful carnage which war brings. They should be remembered to the want if human nature. The writer adds: “In the first place we must see that our troops are sup- plied. That man is a bad German who will not renounce abundance for their sake. At the beginning of the pinch many thought they could 'hold oue with apittance, but it is now [rowing harder and harder for every- one, and we must simply accustom ourselves to endurance." Attention is drawn to enemy countries where food is also scarce and dear, but in those countries "holding out" seem! to be better understood and more pat- D‘AO:n1-II‘- ---- _-. . "* - All classes are taking part in this noble outpouring of charity. The truueriptions run from a shilling to a thousand pounds. Peers, bishops, fin- nneieds, all join to help. In every part of the land the women, with characteristic devotion, are laboringi night and day, regardless of their social pleasures, their personal com-l forts. Here is human nature at its best. War is terrible; yet it may lift man above the level of the beast, as well as plunge him below it. Each nation engaged in the conflict is being tested in its own way. What we see in England especailly is the breaking down of the barriers of class and creed and race, the quickening of sympathies as broad as humanity it- self, the spirit of abnegation, of sacri- tue, of endurance. A common hope, a common sorrow, have bound men together as they have never been bound before. There is some soul of goodness in things evil, after all. Another story of gallantry and chivalry comes from the front. Ovil- lore is one of the points on the Ge- men line of great strategic import- ance, and it has been desperately de- fended by the German troops. When ie was finally taken by the British there was appalling evidence of the character of the defense. Out of six thousand men only one hundred and twenty-six were left. Corpses were everywhere, and many of those left alive were little better than dead. Yet the rcmairt'er fought on with a valor which admiration cannot exalt- aerate. Perhaps all would have fal- len but for the wounded British sub- altern who led a charge which fore- ed them to surrender. Nor did the vanquished lack due tribute from the victors. As the prisoners were dis- patched to the rear the British formed ,,,..._ y... ”can“ to he better understood and more pat- riotically practised than in Germary. Russia. the writer points out, is starving, and he imagines what it must be like in 'rotrerty.tstrkken Italy. But these countries are not whimper- ' " -.-. ‘L _ _. _ No on. who sees an English news; HOLDING OUT' NOT EASY He Also Ran. was stowed at the the l Fabien has at last named to [combine comfort with (no. it} l charm. The sports costume predom- ,inates; various styles of middy and (Russian blouses are worn with trim I fltrtiettt skirts; chic suits of striped and plain mohair, pongee or linen, with l Norfolk costs and pleated skirts, are ifavored: Ind sweater cons, with so]! lot contrasting skirts, also .popular. lThe middy blouse costumes ore de- , veloped in the regulation white linen, lduck or plates, with collar and eutts :0! blue and skirts of the new striped : cotton novelties, mohair or plain white ilinen. The modified Russian and i"sli,p-on," blouses favored the white .and colored Japanese silks, pauses. plain or figured, Shouting, or, Geor- "rette, and are usually combined with iskirts of thin, light or dark silks. ,One especially pretty costume developed in plain natural colored _ pongee, trimmed and combined with a iskirt of dark blue foulard dotted with ibright green, is illustrated here. It -'is a slip-on model with cool, becom- inz sleeves, and an effective collar. The skirt is a simple gathered design, ‘short and full, but unusually grace- I ful. s 7263 BW-on Blouse and Foulard Shirt black satin and the embroidery is worked out in colored wools, soutache braid, or beads. These motifs may be as bizarre as desired and are often repeated in the trimming of the hat. Variety in Tailored Hats. l It is no longer the price of the hat which count-3, for there are some very inexpensive hats being worn just now by the best dressed women, but the chic of its coloring and trimming which is important. For instance the soft, light weight Bankok. the simple voiles, too, are being develop- ed in charming models with a touch of black, or n bright color at girdle or throat. The new voiles are wash- able in most mixtures, and generally satisfactory. Cool Frocks l or Street Wear Dark blue in taffeta, Georgette, serge and satin is the leading color for street wear, in spite of its appar- ent tvarmth. As most of these trocks. however, are made with white or self. colored transparent sleeves, they are in reality quite as cool as a light col- ored frock. Dark blue Georgette is oft-en used for the entire dress, collar- ed and cuffed with taffeta, and trim- med with a band or two of the taffeta on the skirt. A dark blue serge and Georgette frock has an odd, applique design in blue velvet trimming the jumper, which is of the serge; the de- sign, which is a small leaf, is re- peated on the collar and cuffs. Sashes. which are a feature of both linen and serge frocks this summer, often a pleasing opportunity for introducing a hit of colored embroidery. The sash on the serge frock is generally of The plain white Russian blouse co:- tume of Georgette crepe is particular- ly effective and cool for these hot summer days, and perfectly appropri- ate for summer evening wear. The Middy Blouse and Serge Skirt THE FASHIONS 'ch-Chow. are Ill fan touch of c bright bit which hm One of the T 1 tan Won-C to , quartered i 7. Covereth all things (margln) is {suggestel by the great declaration that love "covers amultitude of sins’ In Pet. 4. is), where, however, the lword used is different,. Ce must irather go back to 1 Cor. 9. 12.: love (puts up with insults and injuries. Be.. ilieveth all thines--The words might ibe misinterpreted of sheer good-na- itured credulity; hence the turn given in the paraphrase above. 8. "Aye. and when prophecy her ' tale hath finished, Knowledge hath withered from the trembling tongue. Love shall survive, uni love be tmdiminiiyteut, Love be impssrishable, love be young." Faileth--Literaily, "falleth." Com- pare 1 Sam. 8. 19. “The young men shall utterly fall." (Isa. 40. 80), but love will never stumble. Done away --Literally, 'made idle," a favorite word with Paul. The best comment- ary is Jer. M. 34, which tells of the I day when the prophet will have noth- ing more to do, since "all the Lord's people will be prophets." Knowledge -Tirne and discovery often make eup- erior "insight" look supremely foolish. ll came across I “gnostic” in Jan- E ". . . who to be deemed " good leaped fondly into Etnafiames, Empedoeles." These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer or from The McCall Company; TO Bond b-, Toronto, Ont. Dept. W. Wen-Chow, and the chair-am hats are 311 favored, finished with just I touch of colorod wool, buds, or t bright bit of applique mbtcidory which harmonize: with suit or frock. One of the smartest hats is a. dark tan tan Wen-Chow with one of the new quartered crowns in dark purple satin, trimmqi with u motif in delft blue and white Chinese embroidery. A purple satin hand-beg with another blue and white motif completes the effect, which is charming. This hat and beg are worn with adainty little corded frock of tan crepe do Chine, made with n Petticoat of cream butlete embroidery which shows just Ibit be- low the silken skirt. THE SUNDAY LESSON Chapter 12. Verse 31.--This last clause belongs properly to the new chapter, which it introduces. The way takes us to Him who said, “I am the way," whose name may be set in each of the jeweled places where love is named. Chapter 13. Verse 1. Tongues-- Clearly languages in the usual sense. This passage is enough to disprove the conception of mere tsbraeadabra which some scholars have found in the "tongues" of this epistle. The meaning is identical with that of the Pentecost story. The after-thought and of angels merely heightens the note of scorn, and need not be pro- saically interpreted. Else We might say that the "angels" or "princes' of of the nations in Daniel might be sup- posed to speak the languages of their peoples, as well as the one language of the heavenly world. Cymbal-- Specially used in the orgiastic wor- ship of Cybele, characteristic of Asia Minor. Lesson YL-The Greatest Thing In The World, I Cor. 13. Golden Trxt,--1 Cor. 13. 13. 2. Mysteries-There is more than a. half reference to the sham mysteries the people of "Knowledge? were " ways professing. to have fathomed, to the scorn of plain folks who could not see below the surface of a stone wall Knowledge, or rather insight (gnosis, whence came the later heme gnostie), was the special boast of these clever people, to whom Paul at tributed "the falsely named know- ledge" (1 Tim. b'. 20). In its full development it answers exactly to the always foolish and often foul stuff now called theosophy. But Paul's words would still be true if the "my- steries" and "insight" were true and divine; even the deepest theology is futile without love. "The heart makes the theologian." Remove mountains-The phrase. of course, suggests Matt. 17. 20, but it may have been proverbial. The question might be asked how such faith is possible in a loveless man--a question often recurring in these verses. Paul does not say it is: he is only isolating these graces for comparison. 3. All my goods-The rich young ruler was told that for doing this he would have treasure in heaven. A good illustration of the danger of prosaic literalness in interpretation! To be burned-The marginal reading, that I may glory, differing only ina single letter, is rather better attested. But the point seems rather to demand a heightening of the saeriflee than a scornful belittling of it. Both read- ings are well illustrated by the fam- ous story of the philosopher 5. Unseemly-Perhaps the leading thought is of the pitiful exhibition self-assertiveness often makes. Love never loses dignity when she sboops to the lowest iterviee---how supremely regal was Jesus washing the feet of the twelve! The adjective answer- ing as opposite to the word here is the usual Greek word for a 'gentle- man" (as in Acts 17. 12). Provoked -The corresponding noun is rendered “sharp contention" in Acts 15. 39. Bo at least: once Paul himself "walked not in Iove"-he was human! Taketh not aeeoant--A commercial word. Love's ledger has no debit side. 4. Suffereth long-Or is patient, as rendered in James 5. 7. Is Kind--. The word is one often used of God, who "is Love." Puffed up-A favor- ite word of Paul. Compare 1 Cor. 8. l, which we might colloquially render, "Insights" gives swelled head, it is love that builds up." 6. The antithesis of this is seen in Rome. 1. 32. INTERNATIONAL LESSON. A UGUST 6. tries who fixed the "Mi11ermU Bum" for tttttrt - . 9 . We &norr-Moee sadly, we ham Arr como la km . FGiiiGrL. Bet forth God’s mange, which in nature of things we can only partially realize. Hence the progressive. character of Old Testament prophecy. 12. In a mirror-Ancient mirrors were of metal, and to identify object: must often have dean like griddle (margin). Paul's ttgums reminds " of Plato's famous allegory of the cave- men confined in a cave with their backs to the entrance, and knowing 11. Put awtsr--The samdArdrd is done any. the external world only through the ssh-down cast on the inner wall. Even so men try to read the “Riddle of the Universe," and Nil the more egregi- oualy as they Show more confidence in their powers. Shell I know fully-. The Greek verb is a compound, as against the simple form in I know (learn, come to know) in part. But the rendering "know fully" in now dis- proved; the compound verb deals with particular kiowledge, the simple with knowledge in general. It was known ---By God. 13. Abideth---rt is agreat mistake to suggest that faith and hope are less than love because they have no place in heaven. The real distinction is that they belong to the creature, while love belongs also to the creator. The greatest-Mt is perhaps not iruperthr. ous to remind the student of Henry Drummond', superb little book The Greatest Thing in the World. Few Christian thinkers have been more fitted to comment on Paul's master- piece. Apoplectic strokes are of various degrees of severity. Some attacks are so severe that death is almost in- stantaneous; others are so slight that after a few months' care and appro- priate treatment the sufferer is able to resume almost all his wonted ac- tivities. The wisest treatment is the preventive. Certain constitutional changes are precursors of a stroke, and as soon as these are recognized it is wise to change the mode of life at) once. Marriage is indeed afailure when love grows 001/1 before the bride gets all the rice out of her hair. 3.--Bathe in tepid water before re- tiring. Do not use soap in great quantities. Rub the body briskly with a crash towel after the bath. One Glance Left. Husband-"Take dancing lessions! Not much! There are too many other ways by which lean make a fool of myself." The public is no longer uninstruct- ed about the dangers of high blood pressure, and it is a simple matter to ascertain the exact degree of that pressure. People who have high blood tension and weakened vascular walls (and these two conditions of- ten go together) live in daily danger of a cerebral hemorrhage. Such people should moderate their activ- ities, both in work and in play. until their lives can be properly described as "quietc' It is well to take gentle outdoor exercise, but they must avoid fatigue. The game of golf is a varit- able godsend to thousands of such per- sons. Their meals should be regular and light, and they should eat lit- tle or no meat; alcohol and tobacco shown be forbidden, dr very strictly limited. If he recovers, the patient must gradually take up the manner of life we have outlined above. Complete recovery will be very slow in any case but obedience to the doctor's rules,a quiet, regular life and faithful exer- cise to overcome whatever paralysis may exist will often work wonders--- Youth'a Companion. 4.--Bleep outdoors If possible. If indoors, do not sleep directly in a draft from open window, but, a little to one side. 6.--Exereise mildiy before retiring Avoid strenums calisthenlcs because they heat the blood unduly. A Masterpiece. First Trooper Imperial Yeomanry (discussing a new ofriearr)-Sweart, a bit, don' e', sometimes? Second Trooper-TN a masterpiece, 'e is; just opens 'it, mouth and lets it say wot it likes. Wifes-Hes, dear; but you have tried all those." . Many of those who live in danger of apoplexy are in middle life, of set- tled and even obstinate habits, and inclined to be more or less self-indul- gent. Others, who are in the midst of life's battle, cannot, or think they cannot, abandon any of their activ- ities. But intelligent persons can generally see apoint, if it is driven home, and selfish persons can always be frightened. A good plain talk from an honest physician is invaluable in these early stages. After the attack has occurred, the patient shoal} be handled with the at most care and gentleness. He should be placed lying down, but with his head and shoulders slightly raised, and his collar or any tight clothing should be loosened o.r cut away. Sometimes, his tongue falls back into the throat and threatens to stop the breath; in that case turn his head gently until the paralyzed side rests on the pillow. Summon aphysician at once, but until his arrival do not try to do very much, and do what you do gently and carefully. Flan- nel-covered hot-water bottles are sometimes helpful. Do not try to re- move the patient to another room if you can help it, but bring amattress to him. 2.---Drink hot drinks on hot, days. Avoid ice water and intensely cold drinks. Rules for Cool Sleep in Summer. 1.-lat largely from vegetable kingdom. Eat more frequently and less in quantity. Treatment of Apoplexy. TORONTO NEW MEMBER OF THE COALI- TION CABINET IN BRITAIN. lit Army Medical Corps When War Broke Out. Ind Ron to Rank of Corporal. EARL 0F CRAWFORD B l DEMOCRAT The inclusion of the Earl of Craw- ford in the British Cabinet as succes- sor to Lord Selborne, " President of the Board of Agriculture, is an Ip- pointment that is certain to be popu- lar with members of all parties. It will be very popular with members of the House of Commons, in which chamber the earl sat for fifteen suc- cessive years " member for thrChor- ley division of Lancashire, prior to his accession to the peerage on his father's death three years ago. For Lord Balcarres (pronounced “Bal- carrez" with the accent on the second syllable) as he was in his House of Commons days, was immensely popu- lar personally with political friends and opponents alike. In fact, it used to be said of him that he was one of the four most popular men in the House, the other three being Sir George Younger, Unionist Member for Ayr; Mr. Ure, then Lord Advocate for Scotland in Mr. Asquith's Govern- ment, and Sir Edward Carson. Which goes to show that the House of Com- mons is pretty catholic in its tastes as regards its favorites. For some years the then Lord Bal- carres was a junior Lord of the Treasury and one of the Unionist whips. In fact, his tact and genial- ity had not a little to do with keeping Mr. Balfour's Government, in the days when it was tottering to its fall, in office. When the wor broke out the Earl, who is forty-tive years old, went to the front as an ambulance bearer, enlisting as a private and sub- sequently attaining the rank of "Cor- poral Crawford." David Alexander Edward Lindsay is his full name, but he is known to his friends( and their number is legion) as "Hal." Though a Tory in politics, he is extremely democratic in tem- perament. He is an athlete, a fine boxer, a teetotaller, and possessed of a fund of humor which never degener- ates into bitterness. He owns about fifteen thousand acres, and a couple of fine country seats, Haigh Hall, Wigan, Lit Lord Weyles upoit Lonaon b le be are King Richard tf, my; j: queen," The sixth earl tell, with so many othgrogqottigh nobles, in the battle of Fl lden Field, and the six- teenth early fought on the Royalist side in the battle of Marston Moor. The Lindsays, of which family he is the head, are known in Scotland as "the Light Lindssys" because of the sandy hair which usually prevails in their family, though, as it happens, the present Earl's hair is dark. In the same way, all over Scotland the Camp.. bells are known as "the Red Camp- bells," and the Douglasses as "the Black Douglasaes." The present Lord Crawford has six children-two boys, of whom the elder, the heir to the earl- dom, is sixteen years old, and four girls. His wife is the younger daughter of the late Sir Henry Pelly, Baronet. Her elder sister, as Miss Annie Pelly, was well known in Can- ada as lady-in-waiting to H.R.H. the Duchess of Connaught, and married Capt. Rivers-Bulkeley, A.D.C. to the Duke, who was killed in action the year before last. Lord Crawford is an extremely good chess player. He is also an au- thority on Italian art, is a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, and belongs to the Fine Arts Club. As a Parliamentary speaker he is bright and original, and, while he has no pretensions of eloquence, his speeches are full of sound common sense. Al- together, he is one of those aristo- crats of whom it cannot be said, as it can of many, that they are like potatoes because the best part of them is under the ground. His Famous Lineage. The Lindsays are one of the great- est houses in Scotland. The Earl of Crawford is the twenty-seventh earl--. the premier Earl of Scotland. The house has a very remote feudal, and even legendary, history, an early an- cestor being reputed to be descended from "Thor," who was reputed to be the son of "Odin." The family is sup- posed to be related to Willicm the Conqueror, and members of it fre- quently intermarried with the Royal Rxtttish houses of Bruce and 'ttmrt, Waiter de Lindsay, an ancestor of Lord Crawford’s. at in the Scottish Parliament " a lord, in virtue ot " estates. The flrtst earl, who was known: es the ninth Lord ot Crawford, ob. “in? " earidom from King Rich- ard li. in the year 1398 as a rewatd tthiy 'teyeiy in a ”Page " arms and Balcarres House in Fifeshire, for one division of which Scottish county Mr. Asquith is member. Some idea of the high “he. in The Tory Democrat. Earl of Crawford, ( "Get thee a teacher." It is the l Beer’s advice to the young. The years ‘of childhood and of youth are the years when knowledge flndt, e 1e- Esponslve soil. It then lmplmte it- self securely in the mind, safe against japt-outing. The mini of a child has been compared by another an- cient seer to paper that he: never lbeen written upon before and which .therefore retains clwly whatever in inscribed thereon, whereu the mind (of older people [I likened to peper (that has been wrltoan upon may timer and therefore and“ only blurred impreeelona. Thu In good ipayeholotry " well no good ethlce. Let not the young be encourlged merely to nibble eh knowledge end make it a elde lune to emu-meat or menus. Do not allow your long and daughters to neglect their echool rtasks for trivial reasons. Youth i. lthe tp.t.att use of learnhte--tum In “I‘m so tied!" cluttered his little wife. "And I do hope the wen-owe htrven't trot into our house. Do you remember what a time we had set» ting them out last year?" _ -- "We in almost there, my dent!" twitterod Mr. Bluebird one glorious spring morning. They were wine- ing their way back from the want Southhnd, for the spring had come.‘ " certainly do." answered Mr. Bluebird. "it took almost two days' iUrhtintr, and then the lady in the big house had to help drive them away. Saucy things? .. "t wonder if that awful boy still lives next door? How he used to frighten met." Mrs. Bluebird mutter- ed after a while. The next morning they caught sight of the little town where they had liv- ed before, and in a. little while they had Batarei down into the yard of their home. But there 3 great dis- appointment awaited them. “I can’t understand it," said Mr.l Bluebird, a. he hopped about the no} tie bluebird house. The sparrows; had not come to live in their house.! Something worse had happened. Right I in the doorway, and stuck very firmly, l was a Clothespin. They could not get into the house. 'i To make matters worse, a group of l saucy sparrows hopped about and I jeered and laughed at them. Mr. Bluebird said nothing. The boy next door had frightened him, too, but ho did not like to say so before his timid little wife. “Oh, what shall we dot" cried Mrs. Bluebird. "I'm afraid we'll have to find u new nest, and I'm so tired'." " wonder where the lady in the big house is?" said Mrs. Bluebird sadly. "She was always ttln dto see us, o dear, there's that awful boy! Let's go right away from here and get anest somewhere else." which the family held itself, and was held by others, may be gathered from the fact that when King James IV of Scotland, in 1488, created the Earl of Crawford of that day, who was Lord High Admiral and Lord Justiciary of Scotland, Duke of Mont- rose, the earl didn't assume the title. He thought his dignity of such a de- grcc that it was not in the power of any monarch to enhance it. His suc- cessors in the earldom took the same view, and a couple of hundred years later, the dukedom of Montrose was conferred upon the house of Graham, another ancient Scottish house, who hold it to-day. However, we live in other days. The Earl of Crawford in the fifteenth century would accept no title from his king. The Earl of Crawford of to-day has wooed the tmttrattes of the electors, and very successfully, too, for he came triumphantly through seven elections in his Home of Com- mons days. And as member of the present Cabinet is more simple and unaffected, and less "stuek on him- self" than he is. The atudént pimdered a moment. "I know sir," he answered. "Mar- tinge" "Now," said the professor of chem- istry, "under what combination is gold most quickly released t" Some Suhfutlon. Miss Green-Of course you can't believe everything you hear. Miss Gadleitth---oh no; but you can repeat it. "Get thee n teacher" was a favorite maxim of an ancient Palestinian teacher. Rabbi Joshus, the son of Paraehiah, u contemporary of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. It is I splendid text for modern people, as it was for the Incients. “Get thee awaken“ Na in the was": advice likewise to the old. It should have puma!” weight with people who have had to go into the battle of life with m incomplete edu- cation. " is at supreme tmpomnoe that their intellectqu and spiritual man. He has u, to orrireGre "Cr". on hamdicpps and has, wcceedod nev- ertheless, but the trouble with the culture none like it. culture shall In” pace Ta, Kiiri'; creased economic "Home”. l lave great idnxtration for the self-made The Blue Bird. Ind the no! " Get Thee a Teacher," Is the Seer's Advice to the Young and isttitSiEi21l0l2lidi,ii.di'; TEXT FOR MODERN PEOPLE The BGIf-ul‘e Man. He Knew. Also to the Old. Next I Just then tht. bor, Gilior." Mr. Bluebird W as. (to - brave. and together he Ind 1h!- little wife new to nun-by tree, _iiU,"iGriGterrt?htt1hteatt.t inext door, but they could not under. ‘mnd what he aid. I will all you. l “Mother! Mother!" he celled. “The lbluebiro have come back to their ghouse next door. And Mrs. Morris in mway, and the left . urge clothecpin iln the doorwey to keep the sparrow: Iout, and now the bluebird: can't get in. l'm afraid they will go some. {where else before she gets back." _ The boy's mother came to the door mm looked over at the bluebird ham t "I think Mrs. Morris would be glad lif you would take the Clothespin out, to her birds out get into their home." ,she said. "They are back earlier "hart she expected them, and Mrs. Perris will not be here for a week wet. . Get the steplndder, sonny." l Mrs. and Mr. Bluebird, watching anxiously from the near-by elm tree, Isaw the boy come out with astep- (ladder, climb over the fence and 'irq jthe ladder over after him. Then Killed by EieetHeitr--Kow French Cleaa Rode-ta Out. Numerous have been the methods employed by the soldiers in the French trenches to kill the rats which constitute a veritable plague in the western war Bone; but perhaps none {has been so interesting-amd so eftec- 'tive-att the electric method. A trough is excavated along a rat-run adjoin- Jntt the trenches, and over this are Iplaced three wires running parallel to each other. A constant supply of cur- ' rent is maintained in the wires, which -are spaced only a few inches apart. The rate. in croaaing the trough, come lin contact with the wires, resulting in {immediate death. It in reported that ,hundreds of rats are killed each week _by this method. H3 nothing of the kind. The elephant, iwhen captive and in chains, has every ireuon to regard with terror the llittle rodent, which, in the still Hutches of the night, gnaws the toe- ': mill of the helpless pnchyderm. Not _ much of this sort of thing is required I to make the huge creature lame. "Get thus . teacher" in advice that should be taken to heart likewise by ;older people who have had a gun-1 oodueotion in their youth but who m.- ite, to discontinue their interest m knowledge owing to the press of Inn-J. GL' and the they new him wry it over to the pole on which the bird house stood, climb the ladder and take out A. clotheapin. After that he went bark to his own yard. "I think if we hurry we can get there before the Imam," twitwrett Mr. Bluebird sharply. "Hurry, my dear." They tiutteral over to their little house. "How good it is to back againt" muttered Mrs. Bluebird. "And what a kind boy'. He can't be so bad, after all." "No, you will not need to be afraid of him any more," said Mr. Bluebird; and he “I ghd that he should not have to be "raid of him, either.--. Youth'l Companion. Elephnu Not (inwards. 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