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The le of the Soul Is Attained : by Self- “Sout welfare demands an honest, sactive mind. Ignorance is not of it- self ubitives,. but it is the fruit- ful soil in macs many forms of sin flourish. ma; a ee ae 8 impossil Med ' Sehr ee will fanaa develop one-sided souls and one- sided institutions. hi hand, intellectual candor, seahined bias r ld lea t+ astonishing results. The long indulged dream of church unity, for|state t reps will pe realized aye the turn fiction, the experiences and into fields of pation. tion against evil usiasm for righteousness become alike im- possible. resolute will Regulate and contro} the desires, on is eats is ¢omparatively easy. purposes ‘ich -| growth. Gro is also Mere |" aie AS ‘pal were in the first place merely wrong wishes, Control. Paul wrote, ‘I can do all things through Him who strengthened me.” He had discovered the secret of soul power. This must be sought, not in ourselves alone, but in the moral and spiritual reinforcement arising from the sense of favor and friend- eae of soul demands soul wth is the replacing of worn out tissues and new greater supplies. r|sumed in vanquishing temptation is replaced by renewed and increased force, and this is soul growth. All growth proceeds from Ses to maturity, THE CULTURE STAGE. This is the goal in ay field. The ry om workman aims e expert. and the scholar to bebe cultured. atop short of the cutltured stage. while the tough, woody becomes a mass of luscious crystals. pbs he anaes of the pny its e, its faith, its ion, its Neuoses all blend in tie Brorosrons soul into one meilow nd pleasing personality, of which only is it safe to pray, ‘‘Mayest thou prosper in all things, even as the soul prospet Rev. MacDonald Reach. THE S. §. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, V. 28, Lesson IX. (World's Temperance Lesson.) Rom. 14, 21. Verse 10. Why... judge, ... thren, with a claim on one another’s affection and forbearance. Soupate Rom. 11. It is written—Isa. 45. 23. Of- y fe as proof of a universal judg- nifies visible wor- ie, audibl acknom- - Tedgment. of his might and. go: sigh is Paul’s idea of the con- Ape of the ages, St poet © pro- the indgnent wall be not merely universal solitary. he i rn work of making in that ei Ta all godine we must | > w of lov r bown ne to amine from cate act that is bkoly to inj jure another bro- maeeM 13. Judge ye this. rather—“Make 0 decision about your brother’s ee but make this decision iM, | science may a igh| At i TeAavon W hy pven mista Paul on Self-denial. why us . {relations and dealing: ossible a od account of our: selves al day. Aron a cherished habit, if by so do- he may save from rain one for whi Clint paid so dearly estroy—Violation of the layatot love exaerids with it possibilities of endless ruin to the one we seem merely to Gi iev You eed seu: faith, eral meaning of evil spoken see you persist in aes is ship on the part of the Supreme Be- a ing—God. Soul force con- |; Tho progress of the soul should not |; sa with itn liberty, may be resis ‘Git. x ) by 1 {TWO VERY CLOSE GALLS '* THOUGHTS OF A MAN WAS TWICH IN GREAT PERIL Came Once Near Drowning and Once in Danger of Falling From a Roof. men were recently discuss- ing various psychological phenome- na. h were professional men and familiar with the Jechnical as well as the popular side of the sub- ject they were reviewing, wi ite was imminent death,’’ re- T have alwa; a little scepti- plete revival of memory and the # | condensation of ie events ofa life- time into the minute and a half it takes t 0 drow: has fallon 2. my ee on nave ne! rate 0 be t extensive review o! ee ee EXPERIENCE one of ee Mr. Brown. we should guide it, “After least the small price of refraining |! of any efforts, and I went down. Yot knowing anything about swimming except no idea of the Tecieades my arms, ae unquestioned right, but which leads to the destruction of another, for “they will think that what you value most in the gospel is that it breaks down the restrictions of Ju- Aer and allows men to eat any- thi 17 Kingda of God—Conne: Paul’s teaching with Christ’s. tice He si ding contrast 6 cting No: reat things s ne kingdom are right n in with Gtheee Lain suvouat pre g harmony betwe: he weak and trong and the oy an brotherhood which grows out of thee common in- dwelling Holy Spirit. erein—In races ot vig shteousness, a spiritual pees 10 a w of love, ae ot fo is owik’ahital | appetite: Helepletsine & to God— fore a fit member of his kingd Approved of men—Your Coraue ies be “nie instead of evil, spoken the a not—Do not pull i duh the: building’ erected ae cask cost. Having stated his broad prin: ciple Paul roturns to the s\ ae te a eat it jf it makes another evil, spoken \ of verse. Not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine —Flesh and wine 1s are meant, ugh, of course, the ; [application i is bros, and includes anything which my brother’s con- 1. Tt is - good— wea to the] w the previous ci tural consequence came to the si The water being very miuddy in jthis part of the river and ¢ | rent very A t, difficult for Mr. Smith to locate me, ae Mr. out and pointed my hands came up last. oat. | where Beg n got to the a notions i a d me i domi for the t Itional third time Mr. ee [re sta HAD CEASE | Fortunately for mo it had, ee a fina ftailiresto Reanclt aie Miss Beis happened t touch with hi be a half sunken sod 0 of which float down under the surface. Inst made another dive and upon it only to find that itehad held of the iny head. “This is what went on _aboue the ce, a: [learned later e eee the: f turf, many ae _Shanaon a my oe wh. he owas sittin, in the beat rowing, had noticed tnat T had gone down, Mr. Brown knew had his back to “As fong as I reuanet: ‘conseious- ness I bent up the breast ate ke ith i re: at e. whole ities oven when er began to tri into my pee ais a soft, sound, and I felt. myself swallo eptial it in large quantities, there was no review of any past life. rv of death, no thought of — the Ape ever ente: my mind for a ae agent) nothing but a Sones effort of the memory to recall whether or oat this: ease there was nae idea fF death, no realization of immin- eit danger even, and therefore must have nC absolutely —prohobit, |! but which he may be led to do by ¢[my example “e : VILLAGERS FIGHT. =o Foud Lends (@ » Thivee ‘Men Killed and Thirty Injured. jorts have — received ai tee Portugal, of a great Herele [botmeen the iphabitants of the Vil- FBEA Gs and eee (Each side mustered a hundred ers, most of them being armed with wii Bees liyottact. 7 ‘The authorities at Fao, the aati town of the ae were informed ‘fo ea for nearly wg minutes, let me. tu: pie CASE, in which I had to face aad ae sepetcatly conan death ii tl eculiar way. sing an architect's iy duty k house, with the wae area and 3 4 i nee ab Patt of i it. Tit necessa: limensions of he Se wall” iad chi finney ree S rojected above the roof of th eho e [ was measuring. ge Loni ‘ety eS and heavy which re ca WHO marked the siege 2e the two, ‘but cal about the Possibility of that com- “But 2) objected the other, “it Instead of: a rapid and of the kind was in the River Shan- outcome: ol , who was a very fine Swine, proposed that | ake George Smith stayed in the faa to r Thad tried a few strokes, staying close to the boat, L would 8! oat and gave it a good push ahead as I reached for the stern after one the stroke, I had movements neces- °. roke. This, of course, ed_my fees avery ‘tite to h m Brown stood up in the at ev the p! ae tradi- Smith notic- ed ee ay) fingers were quite limp o-|'n the little half round iron the thoughts may have been quite nor- | hauled me toa zavlaceos safer beei ae stick that held it pea and that. it as falling shut. If I did not ae fi fupport had given way the skylight had Pec begun its descent and it not more than four feet to tal During the time that it fell those four feet I had ample time to review the consequences of losin, my right hand if I held on and the result of FALLING as STORIES T let go. was nothing al tho edaeof the thot bata less bel round gutter held up by a few hold- a eTe occurred to me that it ie ¢|be possible to pull out my right and and sarin my left, as it woul: Be peltee to fe my left hand than iscussed wita ich a heavy skylight ae that r should slide down to the street ae “This idea aot the nett of port my opi ne: Tie sug- h Gq | ested ee it might be better to stick my into the op pening ant that ssevisae? the i injury to it m ee 80 severe as to RUE abi I dis sale E [eae te recall whether the muscles r relaxed and A MAN GETS THREE MONTHS IN JAIL FOR IT. Cowardly Brute Sentenced in Lon- don for Blinding Birds— Proud of It. rues story of systematic irds was told at the Police Court recently, |t wl Hopkins sentenced aged tbaree named Easdsra cole Le to three months’ imprisonment ith hard uabor for Buading chaf- pr mn of catching wild birds ay Binding them by in- e | Serting a needle in the corner of the eye and destroying the optic nerve. to “The f sing , and the birds are ee toe singing com- petitions. This has been going on a great ceeine of ve and ek society has made attempts to secure a conviction at various times but in consequence of the GREAT SECRECY OBSERVED by these men it has hitherto been difficult to eee ee rooms where the birds are “Great skill is eon in blinding {1 the birds, which recover after a ¢ | blind state in a wonderful way. | otormination to cae hands to sacrifice the left instead of the seit tbe me: d already changed my opinion as to the respective merits ¢ two hands at least a dozea tenet “All this time, remember, the i | skylight was falling shut. As back at it it seems incredible tose t did not spend at least half an hour thinking over the pros and cons of the situation, but it must have been an A FIFTH OF A SECOND. My final sec ip the was a fe eee tion to hold on, as there was no time to Ones hielo andl ae tothe ehredater my mangled finge old me on th and the kylight actually fell shut my hand was not in the opening. I was slid- ing down the roof on my way to the dieoet ibs : edge was at least ten feet was gaining spee ae only. effect o: 1 ch at the edge of the skvlight, the’ slates, or anything, was to bring distinctly eae to my eoebeomsaset the fact that I was in motion, sliding a Theard my rule go over the e “in that fraction of a second ite curren’ ch ene should be mang- would Istrike when ti. at e|. “I distinctly remembered the rail- ine around the area and also the sence of any cornice on the eave d. T reached the foot what he souk to (of the roof—nothing but a rusty ola drip gutter. The thing I could remember, although T made albapacat ate was whether nd {cr not that area falling had spik>s in it. “Thi: same expe: ther or mot oe question pe isted with ie al I es nith was looking in the River | ° Tae x should fall di- | rectly upon’ those railings, and the L{ spi ate al about the the alterations that were to be made in ib, the sketches we ‘ha prepared the new ideas we had talked over —all these things were roviewed Ta | mnee Mi ae oeotkes ot them Something [that would answe Ia Miia aper cease ont | “1 suddenly became [iat I as no Jonger 8 | stion | ng! | ious ane down | ; ting ne dream, “Tthen teal Jed that my toes in dropping ‘over! en ve edgo of the slates had seen ae “In another minute the akybiaht bwak pushed “up by people who Lad heard the crash and come up to see was the matter. soon es bor fete Benson used to tell she good ae ot ome ies a ie Ain whether still had as much to do as ever. ho answer was sublime : “There's always a apts Bie de: sir; but it has @ nee pages on M a gare into the businass.”? - ie Rb. Edw: Party Mane then recently been igppoinied ‘ Suffragan of Dov aes story te ‘used to an I be we ishop | alee to|n w who called b , an extremely cruel on.”” Inspector Arthur Wilmot, of the society, told how he secured necessary evidence by was introduced to Collins by a man iamed John Boswell, and all three ins’ house in Sultan t. floor was practically full he ‘binds ” said the inspector. ‘Collins showed me sev- kjeral chaffinches all of which were blind. drow my attention to two bisa, saying. ‘This one T caught roydon, tnd the other just out- ais Orping! put them ae te eight out.’ to him, ‘What do you eek ch Sink out ? Collins replied, ‘Blinding, but it is A DANGEROUS WORD to use. IfT given away it would mean three months. I play- ch siaedent ine eat lae one ia just oe teight other blind eaetin ie in inspector bought two chaf- saahee and hhree men. after- wards entered a public house. “I noticed that Collins drank Eder ” the inspector continued, ‘o I remarked that he was a’tec- tetaee Collins sented ‘Yes, at jmy game you hay be, as you want a ve neal and.” A vete' surgeon said Shs 9 jand 4 the pain would last for some ‘day | \v. NCLE min AM 101 WIS) EPHEW Tiow He Can he rs ain of Getting Square Deal. Henry,”’ said Unel shops young nephew, we owe it a rule not to our limitations or ts lack oF opportunities uurtereae lack of thoroughness, using ‘TE x Nitram oe ie that it still remains new those who oe it for the firs’ to and, new hearers coming into heat ing all the time, to Whom everything, the whole worlil, is new? Now let me say this sa; again for vour benefit. “When I see the window cleaner nj failing to get down into the corn- ers to dig out there, failing to make a perfect io not only that he lace inspiration, know that he lacks the two simple esse eras of appli hor- jacks the oe elemen- story may be nan ghnes: tay reairements for g ae ee ‘OWS ue r he will wonder see he doe: ae head faster, and whe faite ‘tl {ues come he will yiiee ly: bs i iaid off while other men are ken work; and then, unless inom 25 should come to him, he’l and discontented and” in Ss cleaa- 0 eB swith every ome ‘at us in we may have t We of We 16 ink we can ae ‘hin thiags ae en. sav, ‘we get a chance’ ; ut. ati eee that Bales: we can « little thing mee we can’t do ‘ bi thing well ai B chance. thi G Weciie can get hat ae eS ti Snes ee no matter. wi may ay be, mi TREATED BIRDS CRUELLY | - | also time. and adapt themselves to their By 4] are | eration ould cause acute suffering, |? ¢ |are strong in its praise and earnest- 1S For ans set Aw that. ae > ny t— a4 ois Uebel RMANY READY FOR waRyC my, ib pie AN FUNDS ON HAND. The Only Country in the World| ‘That is Always Prepared for Battle. If war involving Germany should | be declared the men liable to mili- tary service wow present them- selves at their reapective eh ters all over the quarters for sel of peace, would be prepared for the recep- tion of the various contingents along the line of invasion or de- fence, the supplies necessary for. carrying on a prolonged war against a Kuropean nation, always kep' readiness, would be issued, and be an extreme that even ‘y money eal a A the ontset is kept on hand. so-called Julius Turm at ie He jatosiy hoarded for this purpose. w this war fund can be used ene ee daorente that arise at wen outbreak of DURING A WAR. tie Reichsbank (State bank) would amount, that is, 360,000,000 r sufficient to meet all requite- ments ey loans are raises Germany stands alone of ati coun- tries in the world in being financi- ally mebilized for war and in. pos- the othe cost ne a Con-|" peer war might entail, yet it bieehe nable the aunts to tide ver site first few days and to ad- ae ister the first blow tbh de- lay, before its foe had able to aeaneontiene most prominent bankers, and danger of being compelled fapsete operons in a pr lack of mean a minimum. All German fone an fortresses armed and e ped to over- flowing with anhsaythion supplies, stores and provisions, so that the; are ready for the outbreak of hos- tities and gould undergo prolong- uch forethought is be- cared on Bees preparations that THE VERY BREAD, a dark brown kind called kommis brot, is especially prepared to keep fresh Millions of the so-called ciserne ‘at‘onen, or iron rations (the soldi- ers’ food in war time), are keut in stock, and countless field icecsaltne kitchens attached to every brigade jae Eepha in reserve. rracks re crammed with _aceoutrements, rides, bedding, tents, ete. ; uf. ficient stores are in Pats rea s to equip 000 out fresh supplies being ordered. verything, 0 the last 2,000. ready. Officers who haye been present at jthe trials of the new machine gun ly urge its adoption. At Juterbog, the great artillery experimental camp near Berlin, these tests have heen exhaustively carried out un- der conditions as nearly ‘approaeh- inet a Be im. erat of waryas can ot construction, i the new gun are aohagndios pacaraig 8 reports from Juterbo; rounds were fired from ci 5 a single ae minute, for a couple of days, gun showing no signs of par HIS UNLUCKY Day, Wanst T got mad at maw, on’t remember why, age ist walked right of to. school ’Thout tellin’ her good: bye. bo A big ol’ pie came ii my throat |™ a puri Aa ane ee good-bye. An’ might’ near eve hing Idid jo Went wrong, looked like to me; is stubbed my toe, ome tore my waist. ~ Aw’ fell an’ skinned my knee. T misged in 2 cine ans ost chanst to git oe in the erellias elas r left A letter out: of “dead.” “lump rose says: . x ““S?pose if may aa tale ight now, an’ m “steavn hep oa Thout, kissin’ d-bye.”? Geo! That's ease ?At I ever oe _| Tt seemed like oe n ae ’Fo e to go. An’ never mind what happened _ When I = y maw, but I no Difectly war had been declared | 2 the camp. own and play tunica Snstrumenta Cards are also allo co a ae cubic yards of solid ri one of a $4.03. the care -of the the button on the last salaiae 8 coat, is | sonvlots einployed at the cai ae rty Oil, Sunlight and Heat itis wei dor ‘The list of States now usit ict labor on the ean a to mention in det: Mechanics, gang at work im the southern pee of Colorado ning bers cigl eight men. re course, and the penal cree by any convict who has WITHIN THE PRISON WALLS, Only five officers are in charge the camp, which “ATnNoMAE is sewed: ee alt in Some conyvi thy ‘or |that State was passed in 1907, ani r| the point selected for first experiment was making the war for | # s has hace reduced to is ni large amount of dynamite, The ama 3 rock encountered wi : sexiness HARD, ily work ac. each man amounts to ‘OCk eye and one cubic yard of ear! pi ison rock removed, earth 40 cents, the lee a convict was valued at The cam) o! men _with- of the eke and adjoining it was buile — ie guardhowse. The number of never been more thee ed by five tiaras CARD OF RUBRER FOOTWEAR, Are All Harmful. ne Some valuable | ‘suggestions ontained in a circular is: sued by as an average speed of 450. shots a |P* ots as small as they oth athe comnl tort even and crack, espe or the ontsid: cae ‘ubber is der a