The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

w wm dr a t ifrrlo no other medicine so thorough as ayers statement of a well known doctor no other blood medicine that i have eter used and i have tried them all is so thoroukh in its action and eltects so maur permanent cures as avers sarsaparilla litb v mkbkiia augusta me lesson of a rescue rev da talmage preaches on the sacrifice of abraham sis ix b vnrsre p 1 but this la when anlft tli iamu of god who takes jxwmy thm tin of ti world a xtemrkably fowvrfal sad cir jslbu story abra ham and iaab new york oct 13 la his sermon for today rev dr talmage cbos for his subject abrahams supreme trial of faith and th angelic retcue of isaac from being offered by his father as a sacrifice the text vss genesis xxii 7 behold the are and the wood but where is the iamb here are abraham and isaac the one a kind- old gracious affectionate father the olfier a brave obedient re ligious son from his bronzed ap pearance you can tell that this son has been much in the fields and from his ahaggy drees you know that he has been watching the herds the moun tain air has painted his oieek rubi cund he is 20 or 25 or as some sup pose 33 years of age neveithsless a boy considering the length of life to which people ilved in those times and the fact that a son is never anything but a toy to a father i remember that my father used to come into the house when the children were home on some festal occasion and oay where are the boys although thejys were 25 and 30 and 35 years or jbfekk this igaacia only a boy to avers jpiuf j and ftoicela current sotes in view of englands readiness to enforce her uli malum by fleet of wr ships in the yangtsokiang china has yielded to the demand for the degradation of the viceroy v szechuen who is held responsible for the outrage committed last may at the mission stations in cheng fu the hesitation of the pekin government was dne to its reluo- tanoe to offend the literary or officeholding class of which the incriminated viceroy is a representative and the same motive will prompt it to resist the additional de mand said to be urged by the british and american ministers that all examinations for appointment to office and for promotion shall cease in the province of szechuen for tbreeyears the danger is that such a dis ciplinary measure may provoke the whole jiterary class already disaffected to insur rection and that the revolt of mohamme dans of the western provinces may be fol lowed by more serious uprisings in central and southern china against the dynasty so signal is the change which has of late come over the international relations of the middle kingdom that it has ceased to be the interest of england to sustain the manchu dynasty whereas the upholding of it for a time at all events deeply con corns both russia and japan the tokio government has not yet received a dollar of the original indemnity promised by the treaty of shimonoseki or of the extra com pensation due for the evacuation of port arthur and the liautnng peninsula their cbanoe of obtaining the money depends on the ability of the manchu river to retain control of chinas fiscal resources it is equally important to russia that nothing nhould impair ths authority of a owcoitn who through the acceptance of weighty ob ligations is fast lapsing into the position of a protege of the czar should the manohu dynasty succumb to a revolt of its chinese subjqctethe loan of 37500009 guaranteed by russia and now lodged at pekin would disappear and the japanese would retain port arthur on the ground that the price of that fortress had not been paid they would also keep wei-hat- we i for similar reasons but the two fortresses coupled with the likelihood of being embroiled with russia would be poor equivalents for an indemnity urgently needed to replenish the japanese exchequer in a word the inter ests of the czar and the mikado although originally opposed are now conjoined as regards the maintenance of the chinese emperor in a position to fulfill his oontraot j england on the other hand is threaten ed with a complete loss of influence at pekin so long as the manchu dynasty is able to sustain itself if che whole of the original and extra indemnities due from china to japan are obtained through rus sian guarantees as now seems likely to be the case the control of the chinese ous- toms will naturally pass from the present english administrator to russian hands moreover recent advices from pekin con firm the prediction that should russia become influential there frenehmen and americans might be welcomed but eng lishmen would not be suffered to share in the development of chinas great capabili ties by publio works under all the cir cumstances the british foreign office can not be expected to treat the manchu gov ernment at pekin with an excess of de ference or to go out of its way to check the rebellious tendencies of the chinese population a despatch from new yorf says policeman mcoovern otnegad avcpu nation appeared in thegrantftreepoliee jourt brooklyn on tuesday j before jus tice steers as complainant alainot mary divver who lives at 72 underbill avenue whom he acouaed of being irtoxicatod on monday night mcoovern found mrs divver insensibly drunk in vacant lot ear her home she clapsedjn her arms a wte baby girl onl jvtive months old naked andllivenng withcold mp divver was sent to the penitentiary for lour mouths by justice suenyshe had spent all the money her hasband gave her fordrink anil when that rac short she stripped her child for the pawnshop nd then bfftan pledging her own clothing at soon tf he ohild can be taken from themother he childrens society will take chsv 0 ft the little thing laughed in coorv pull justice steer moustache and crib goo goo at the court officers while her mother seemed wholly unmindful of her degradation isaac here and isaac the- if there is any festivity around the fathers tent isaac must enjoy 1u it is isaacs walk and isaacs apparal and isaacs maimer and isaacs prospects and isaacs prosperity the fathers heart strings are all wrapped around that boy and wrapped aealn until nine- tenths of- the old mans life is in isaac i can just imagine how lovingly and proudly he looked at his only son well the dear old man had borne a great deal of trouble and it had left its mark upon him in hieroglyph ics of wrinkle the story ms written from forehead to chin but now his trouble seems all gone and we are glad that he is very soon to rest for ever if the old man shall get de crepit leaac is s rong enough to wait on him if the ft6her gets dlmi of eye sight isaac will lead hta by the hand k the father become destitute isaac will earn him bread how glad wo are that the ship that has been in such a stormy sea is coming at last into the harbor are you not rejoiced that glorious old abraham is through with his troubles no no a thun derbolt from that clear eastern sky there drop3 into that fathers tent a voice witii an announcement enough to turn black hair white and to stun the patriarch back into instant anni hilation god said abraham the old man answered here i eim god said to him take thy son thy only son isaac whom thou lovest and get thee into the land of morlah and offer him there as a burnt offering in other words slay him cut his body in to fragments put the fregments on the wood set are to the wood and let isaacs body be consumed to ashes cannibalism murder says some one not so said abraham i hear him solloqulze here is the boy on whom i have depended oh how i loved him he was given in answer to prayer and now i must surrender him o isaac my son iraac how shall i part with you but then it is always safer to do as god asks me to i have been in dark places before and god has got me out x will implicitly dp as god has told me althoughit ts verywdarlc1canlteoemy way but i know god makes no mistakes and to him i commit myself and my dax- ling son early in the morning there is a stir around abrahams tent a beast of burden is fed and saddled abraham makes no dlclosure of the awful secret at the break of day he says come come isaac getup we are going off on a two or three days journey t hear the ax hewing and splitting amid the wood until the sticks are made the right length and the right thick ness and then they are fastened on the beast of burden thy pass one there are four of them abraham the father isaac the son and two ser vants going along the road i see ifaac looking up into his fathers face and saying father what is th5 mat ter are you not well has anything happened are you tired xean on my arm then turntmr aritsd to the servants the son says ah fath er is getting old and he has had trou ble enough in other days to kill him the third morning has come and it is the third day of the tragedy the two servants are left the beast of bur- denwhlle abraham and his son isaac as was the custom of good people in those times went up on the hill to sac rifice to the lord the wood is taken off the beasts bock and put on isaacs back abraham has in one hand a pan of coals or a lamp and in the other a sharp keen knife here are all the appliances for sacrifice you say no there is one thing wanting there is no victim no pigeon or heifer or lamb isaaq not knowing that he s to be the victim looks up into his fathers face and asks a question which must have out the old man to the bone my father the father said my son issac here i am the son said behom the fire and the wood but where is the lamb the fathers lip quivered and his heart fainted snd his knees knocked together and his entire body mind and soul shiver in sickening anguish as he strggle3 to gain equipoise for he doe3 not want to break down v and then he looks a han of method the presmest of a large accident cam- piny told this story recently some time ago a urge policy holder in my cotrpany was ran over by a trolley carand his right le- painfully crashed he remained conscious after the shock for three minutes during hich time he polled out his wateh and aftfathe attention of the crowd to the fact thai it waa tost fifteen minute to 12 oclock hi policy expired at noon and hu foresight waa rewarded by the immed iate payment of his weekly idemoity without controtsrsy or litigation rushin sn gosfj the twain tranow the hill lhonaco which is to mous for a most rnscend nt occurs rence- they guhrred sme stones out of the field and build an altar 3 o 4 feet high then they take this wood off isaacs back and sprinkle it oyer the stones so as to help and invite the flame the lar is done it is all done isaac has helped to build it with hs father he has discussed whe ther the top of the table is evon and whether the wood is properly pre pared then there is a paute the son looks around to see if there is not arne living animal tac can be caught and butchered for the offering abra ham tries to- choke down his fatherly- fcellngs and suppress his grief in or der that he may break to his roci the terrific news that he must be the vic tim ab isaac never looked more beauti ful than on that day to his father as thj old man ran his emaciated fingers through hi sons hair he said to hlm- iclf how shall i give htm up whet will his mother sty when i come back without my boy i thought he would have been the comfort of my declining days i thought he would have been the hope of age to come beautiful ind loving and yet to die under my own hand o god is there not rome other sacrifice that will io take cy life and epare his pour out my bl 2nd wive isisc for his mother rnd trt world but this was an inwaid st-uff- gle the fmher conrils hf feeling itcd okj into hi sons face om says i leaac musx i tea you a tmus but tns w zr said tes father i thought yu bad jesus ooe ft scmethtog on your mind tell it the over cajvary there father said my son law jsjlisl that cried stop and the lamb oh you say y 1 that yountr nn kbe f years of age smite to the dust his infirm father he could nave done ah isaac knew by this time that tne sconce was typical amwul who was to come and so ba nsade no struttfe they fell on each 5 necks and wailed out the parting aw ful and matchless soene of the wud ness the rocks echo back the d ins of their hearts the cry m n my son the answer my fatner my father i do not compare this as some people have to agamemnon willing to oner up his daughter iphlgenla to pleas the gods tliere is nothing comparable to this wonderful obedleoc yo tee true cod you know that victims for sac rifices were alwaysbound so that they might not struggle away ka the martyr when he was dying for christs sake said to the blacksmith who held the manacles fasten tbse chains tight now for my flesh may struggle mightily so isaacs arms are fastened his feet arejued- the old man rallying all bis strength lifts him on to a pile of wood fastening volc that cr n p siii through nerve dousit cut down tt ro j arter until the mood j or the 0 over- it sun dropped a endure the face because f mount mortons spectacle o isaac of better o jesus of mou awa into an- could god tatbwtjsrm nuulatlon a son it wa have sacrificed hto onl 00 not one of ten nslt as x son if he had wtf g and i would have perished he gave his j wsa bc j5- loved the world tn ruse x have onlyi atop ther beca forgotten the potation i want to oriy begotten world that he 8 in him son that hosyer be i everlast should sjjvsk w heart ilngllfe 0 isaac at the though of uwt oal e only wj the hiu and you see isaac going he thougniu om the only typical ol lesu you l abraham why carrying the wood o ad ra x not take the load off thej w is going to die nam knew sasssjsi p mount thong on one side of the altar he tnat m carrying makes it span the body or isaac and morlan isaac was to be a symbol of fastens the thong at the other side of cnrist carrying his own cross up cal- the altar and another thong and an- i vory i do not know how heavi other thong there is the lamp flick- cross was it was inside of erlng in the wind ready to be put unjoa or acacia or lebanon cedar i der the brushwood of the altar there j supp03e it may have weighed h is the knife sharp and keen abrai jqq pounds th ham struggling with hk mortal f i nart j t m1 of god on the other takes that knife 1 rubs the flat of it on the palm of his fzsr- haind cries to god for help comes up fsjl to the side oif the altar takes a part- j we lng kiss on the brow of his boy takes j ii a message from htm for mother and j marian home and then hf tins the glittering weapon for the plunge of the death was thej i the iweri ar or 200 htest s and ound w sunday school pfttbsahonal lesson stroke his muscles knitting for the work the hand begins to descend it falls not on the heart of isaac but on the arm of god who arrests the stroke making the wilderness quake with the cry abraham abraham iay not thy hand upon the lad nor do him any harm what is this sound baclo in the woods it is a crackling as of tree branches a bleating and a struggle go abraham and see what it is oh it was a ram that going through the woods has its crooked horns fastened and entangled in the brushwood and could not get loose and abraham seizes it gladly and quickly unloosens isaac trom the altar puts the raim on in hs place sets the lamp under the brushwood of the altar and as the dense smoke of the sacrince begins to rise the blood rchls down the sides of the altar and drops hissing into the fire and i hear the words behold the lamb of god who takes away the sins of the world well whnt are you going to get out of this there is an aged minister of the gctspel he says i should get out of it that when god tells you to do a thing whether it seems reason able to you or not go ahead and do of two worli his shoulders tdlsa wood of sacrifice up mojin esus carrying tha wood up mount calvary of earth and hell that cross i shall oct 20 tkelee bh i8rx stsi is cinekai statbmkxt fhs book of ruth opens a picture of la the midst of centuries of war whil gideons triumphs are in progress is north quiet reigns in the south of j u the peaceful relations between d israel a family of bethlehem fiia their ancestral home to the athesut of the dead sea here jjoei nsrry the daughters of the land it uw brief years of happiness p men and the widowed and child- kaomi left alone of her family pre- j to retara to her own home her two glitatsin4w the widows of her eons gofotthto see her on her way at the xwdersof mcabare tears and embraces ens dahter giving the kua of farewell the other clasping her hand resolves to btc her companion together they c y to israel and ruth the moabiteas aes rnth the israeuto having chosen jehovah for her god and israel for her pple at bethlehem she enters upon a life ol poverty and toil gleaning in the fields tor her daily supplyof food but her faith is rewarded by thecare of god by the fellowship- of gods people and by her honor io after yeara as the anoestiesa d ol davida greater oh the king of king87j w saorlflca the agonies wrapped arouni never see thebjhayy load on isaacs back that i shauot think of the crushing load on cwfs back for whom that load forou for ou for me for me woui that all the tears that we have ever v sorrows had been saved until this morning and that we might now pour them out on the lacerated back and of the son of god you say if this young roan was 20 or 30 years of age why did not he resist why was it not isaac binding abraham instead of abraham bind ing isaac the muscle in isaacs arm was stronger than the muscle in ab rahams withered arm no young man 25 years of age would submit to have his father fasten him to a pile of wood with intention of burning isaac waa a willing sacrifice and so a type of christ who willingly came to save the world if all the armies of heaven had resolved to force christ out from the gate they could not have done it christ was equal with god if all the battaiibns of glory had armed them selves and resolved to put christ forth and make him come out and save this world they could not have succeeded in it with one stroke he would have it here abraham couldnt have been j toppled over angelic and archangellc mistaken god didnt speak so lndis- j dominion tinctly that it was not certain whether i but there was one thing that the he called sarah or abimeleeh or some- omnipotent christ could not stand our body else but with divine articulation sorrows mastered him he could not divine intonation divine emphasis he bear to see the world die without an said abraham abraham rushed offer of pardon and help and it all blindly ahead to do hfs duty knowing heaven had armed itself to keep him that things would come out right like back if the gates of life had been wise do so yourselves there is a mys- bolted and double barred christ would tery of your life there is some burden i have flung the everlasting doors from you have to carry you dont know i their hinges and would have smung why god has put it on you there is forth scattering the hindering nests of some persecution some trial and you heaven like chaff before the whirl- dont know why god allows it there t wind as he cvled lo i come to fe a work for you to do and you have suffer lo i cante to die christ a not enough grace you thinkto do it willing sacriflct willing to take do as abraham did advance and-u-r-pyv- hnjnif3ftij s your whoe duty be willing to give up outrage and jsjkipptai explanatory akd practical notes verse 14 and they the three women on the borders of moab naomi and her daugh tersinlaw orpah and ruth wept again in the unwillingness to part after ten yeara of life together orpah kissed she kissed in token of farewell as is customary in the east her kiss showed that her affection t oyer our j f jjoab was stronger than her love for naomi and for israel she went back to her country and her gods 1 how many love gods caueeyet not enough to forsake all for it 1 ruth clave showing her re- polve to aocompauy naomi into her own land a choice of naomis god as well as of her people one sister showed a kind heart the other a selfsacrificing purpose 15 and she said naomis words show a clear conception of the religious choice involved in the decision unto her people the moabites descended from lot and living east of the dead sea and south of the brook arnon at this period their relations with israel were friendly but afterward they became enemies and moab was made subject unto her gods religion was generally regarded as national rather than individual jehovah was the god of israel and chemoshto whom afterwards the moabite stone was inscribed was the divinity of moab return thou this was spoken not from lack of love or of desire to have ruth among her people but to mak her choice free and voluntary we are to remember also that the age for mak ing oouvereiona among the gentile nations had not yet come 16 ruth said showing in her answer a mingling of lovedeoisiouwholoheartednesa and self sacrifice for the very reason that orpah had left because naomi was old poor and childless ruth clung to her 2 we should choose for the good we can do not the gain we can get entreat mo not this was in reply to the entreaties of the verses preceding the lesson i will go to a land which sho had never seen and against which there was a prejudice among her peo- pjo where thou lodgest naomi was poor and could promise no worthy home to her dopted daughter yet for her sake ruth could dwell in the lowliest cottage gople shall be my people prairie fires lois or life and threat dasoaxe re pre perl 1st the vicinity or winnipeg a decpatch from winnipeg aayai while lighting a prairie fire near st vital several mile south of the city on friday night arthur st germain aged twelve con of pierre st germain wis burned to death and an elder brother waa probably atally burned the two boys were trying to save several hay stacks from the names when their clothing ignited john the elder brother ran towards the house with bis clothing ablaze being frightfully burned befote the flames were put oat by his parents on searching later for the younger boy his body was found on the prairie almost burned to a crisp at rim greek two fatalities occurred from the same cause edward lukjn a resident of winnipeg was engaged with a gang of c p r section men in keeping prairie fires from destroying the companys pro perty the foreman uame unknown and lukyn were suddenly surrounded and could not escape from the fire the fore man was burned to death on the prairie lukyn was rescued by some fellow work men but succumbed to bis injuries at an early hour this morning deceased came here from england about four years ago and was well known in the city it is feared that other fatalities have occurred as fires were raging on all aides of the city last right later reports received show that the loiaea have been widespread atstcnarles david tail a young larmer waa hunting with hia sister the flames overtook them and tait was badly burned at oakville hundreds of tons of hay on the big meadowa southeast were burned fortunately very little damage waa done to grain stacks the fire started from burning straw in hblo field the fire around baldur j didottiooumaj ings burned in south and east those burned out are messrs geo sexsmith moknightcraiggerolamy monkman and preston h most successful remedy for man or beast oeztaia la lu eoeets aa asrer fauttan n bead proof btiov i kekdsllsspavihcure j jjm bjr rmes cad nk of yozr hen booiusuidbue lhvudbrc6dleryiir a kiajr5parm curo with good meo i tt is j voalrfulixwdiirhtt one tsma m nun tiit had a oomu fcavla and or bottim caiwl bar 1 h yoantnlr qbjjl fowzu kendallsspavihcure ciyroxo afrsst m dr b j kixpau co r dear smi bare used ereral battles et tear kradalrsspatln care vita muc hmo 1 t junk tt lb bmt liniment i ercr ukd iar r rnocvtioim curb ae ittood tpvlu m krua txo ltbe ftpavlt liar ivcomttmaded it to event ct ray fxiendi who are sanca pleand wltll acdeceplt respectfully s rtbat foboxsis for sale by au druggists or address xtr b jricjurdjuoi oombarr cnosaunch falls vt isaac and perhaps you will not have to give up anything jehovahjlreh the lord will provide a capital les son this old minister gives u3 out yonder in his house is am aged woman the light of heaven in her face she is half way through the door she has her hand on the pearl of the gate mother what would you get out of this subject oh she says i would learn that it is in the last pinch that god comes to the relief you see the altar was ready and isaac was fastened on it and the knife was lifted and just at the last moment god broke in and stopped proceedings so it has been in my lf of 70 years why sir there was a time when the flour was all out of the house and i set the table at noon and had nothing to put on it but five minutes or 1 oclock a loaf of bread came the lord will provide my son was very sick amd i said dear lord you dont mean to take him away from me do you please lord dont take him away why there are neighbors who have three and four sons this is my isaac lord you wont take hlrm away from me will you but i saw he was getting worse and worse all the time and i turned round and prayed until after awihlle i felt submissive and i could say thy will o lord be done the doctors gave him up and we all gave him up and- as was th cus tom in those ulmos we had mtde the grave clothes and we werewhisncrlng about the last exerolses when i looked and i saw some perspiration on his brow showing that the fever had broken and he spoke to us so natvrclly that i knew he was going to get well and my son isaac whom i thoueht w9 going to be slain and consumed of dis ease was loosened from that altar and bless your souls thats been so r 70 years and if my voice were not o weak and if i could see better i ould preach to you younger people a rmon for though i cant see much i n see this whenever you get into touch place and your heart is break- you will look a little farjthex into the woods you will see caught in ho bnches a substitute and a dolv- rnce sfy son god will provide hirr- soir -hr-lamb- thankyon mother for thit short sermon i could peiich back to you a minute or two rnfsajvnevfir do fear i wish i had half aiftgc hopeof heaven as you have i was ing up a long flight of stairs and saw an aged woman very decrepit and with a cane creeping on up she made but very little progrjs and i frit very cxuterantand i said to her why mother that is no wiy tr go up stairs and i threw my arms around her and i carried her up and put her down on the landing at the top of the stairs she said thank you thank you i am very thankful oh mother when youlget through this vtcm work and you want to go up stairs and rest in the good place that god has provided for you you will not have to climb up you will not have to crawl up painfully tho wo arms that were stretched on the cross will be flung around you and you will ba hoist ed with a glorious life beyond all weariness and all struggle may the god of abraham and isaac bo with you until you see theeamb on the hilltops now that aged minister has made a wuggxtlon and this aged woman bats made a sogtsrestlon i will make a sug gestionisaac going up the hill makes me think of the great sacrifice isaac the only son of abraham jesus the only ten of ood on those two only ment and hbldbtha v ing to be bburid willllng willing to die willing to save you i have been told that the cathed ral of st mairk stands in a quarter in the centre of the city of venice and that when the clock strikes 12 at noon all the birds from the city and the regions round about the city fly to the square and settle down it came in this wise a large hearted woman passing one noonday across the square saw some birds shivering in the cold and she scattered some crumbs of bread among them the next day at the same hour she scattered mor crumbs of bread among them and so on from year to year until the day of her death in her will she be queathed a certain amount of money to keep up the same practice and now at the first stroke of the bell at noon the birds begin to come there and when the clock has struck 12 the square is covered with them how beautifully suggestive christ comes out to feed thy soul today the more hungry you feel yourselves to he the better it is it is noon and the gospel clock srikes 12 come in flocks come as doves to the window all the air is filled wih he liquid chime come come conie- coreas rebellion- details or the hattacre or he oneen japanese troops countenanced the blot a special despatch from seoul coreai whiofiwas delayed in traosmisi by the authorities attokiogives the details of the atttck on the palace as follows the palace was broken into on tuesday morning t at 5 oolock by a body of corian lp and a band of jspsncse soshi ruff aral civilian dress tne colonel in troops on refusing to enter the staaxeaillod and aumbjir of the pall tiold and bodies were taken the japanese troops t took no part in the in the kings soon after the ef authority inownto have japanese party jueens party more have ueen dowager o united staus sstan cruiser at d up great is thought that tion on the part have been arrested fled it is believed tl waa killed guards warship york town chemulpo have been excitement prevails the butchery will hsi of russia aa mad si a dospatch fr days ago baron of the bavarian his periodical vi he found the than ever h about like an incessantly ti the windows fined are bnil of hgbt ijjtfjtsfi king hitefc tto frlia aya tht a few ruaheim president i of mfautert mado ho mtsuic king otto of the king worae i naked and j urn pi a all four he eau food off the ground loco where be is con- prevent the entrance ways at rand 5flnmgg through a drawer trange i can never find jtrart find faalmtteeons jriyi she would mjecicikrjotytripiwimoab and become israelite 3 such should be the resolution of every young disciple to possess full fellowship with the people of god thy god my god probably this did not mean the same fullness of experience with ruth aa with us yet it was a renunciation of the idolatries of moab and a putting on of jehovah of whom she had undoubtedly received much knowledge during the ten years of married life in an israelite family 4 wo should seek god above every earthly possession 5 how ma7 are won to the service of god by the character of gods people 1 17 will i be buried most people desired a burial place in their own land as did jacob and joseph but ruth renounces all ties that bound her to her native country 6 let us break every band that attaches us to moab and fasten every link uniting us to isreal tho lord do so to me an ancient form of imprecation frequently found in the books of samuel and kings invoking the severest penalties upon the nonfulfillment of a vow it may have been spoken with some expressive gesture is when she saw naomis advice was in a measure sincere for she knew the hardships awaiting ruth in her land from poverty toil and the scorn of narrow- minded israelites yet she was no doubt more glad at her refusal than at orpahs obedience she left speaking 7 a firm resolution puts temptation to silence id bethlehem ab that time and all through bible history a village of a few hundred inhabitants it is six miles south east of jerusdlemamong the hills of judah and famous as tho birthplace of david and of jesus christ it iftetill a prosperous town of much better appearance than most in palestine when they were come their journey was arouid tho north of the dead seacrossing the jordan at the ford opposite jeriohoand up the mountains to bethlehem the city this term is applied in the bible to all places largo and small having walls moved about them their coming attracted attention as the family had once been prosperous and of noble position they said in the hebrew the women said is this naomi in surprise at her altered appearance and lonely state 20 call me not naomi a namo mean ejleasant beautiful call me mara jfj troubles widowhood bereavement and poverty tho almighty sho had a measure of faith to see that god ruled in her afiliotioop but a small measure since she could not trust him though she called him tho almighty dealt vory bitterly the word is from mara bitterness 8 how fleeting are earthly blessings when ten yearsturn naomi to mara i 9 how great our need of faith to trust god at all limes 21 i went out full with husband and children in happiness the lord hath brought me thi toirg waa by her own will tho returning bv gods restraint 10 often sorrow britg home those who in enjoyment have wandered iron god testified against me god had borne witness against her by his dispensations and in appearance was turned lo he hex enemy 22 ruth the moabites this is tht name by which she was generally known among the peoplo of bethlehem and a name of honor as it represent the first fruiu of the gentile world brought into gods true israel tho church of christ barley harvest named to introinco the evenu of the next chapter the barley harvest is id the middle of april in south ern palestine a 50000000 claim mr w m hill of dutton woe in st thomas the other day eu route to buffalo to tak ifgal proceedings to secure posse sion of fiftyone acres of the business centre of new york city of which he and a num ber of others claim to bo the legal heirs his grandfather it is claimed owned fifty one acres on manhattan island which he company business fijgd qrjtjhisjandf fand the estate lisolh 521000000 street car business here are some figures relative to the street car milage of the united states nine hundred and seventysix roads 1914 miles of track for horse traotion 10363 for electric 632 for cable and 679 for miscellaneous making a total of 135s3 miles 44741 cars averaging 329 per mile of track 748014206 total capital stock averaging 55000 per mile of track 552- 129950 total funded debt or 40600 per mile of track si 300711000 total capital liabilities or 95600 per mile of track grave dilemma old ladyduriug tha hard times well have to trust to province for somethin g to eat but i dentknow what in the world we are going to do for something to wear caught dora mr spooner says he always feels like a fish out of water when he is with me cora then youve hooked him have you oil on troubled waters the crew of the er williams founder ed at green bay wis during the great storm owe their lives to the resourceful ness of capt huntoon who smoothed path for the lifeboat through the mighty waves by the liberal use of nil without this precaution no boat could have lived out the storm and reached land the men had given up hope but the captain ordered them into the boat and then took on a big tank of oil by dripping this on tho wind ward side the surface of the water was smoothed and while the waves tossed the lifeboat about as a cork the sea did not break and to this tho men attribute their escape from what must otherwise have been certain and speedy death in the forenoon of tfee day after the schooner sank the men drifted on an island and succeeded in get ting ashore without injury hard to please discouraged lover its going to be a hard winter and im afraid your father will object to my coming up every evening oh no dear i lorgot to tell you jtheres a new electric light right across the street and it makes the parlor as light ai day v discouraged lover that has its disad vantages too full of encouragement heroes jslaa 3 in bed 5 months had given up all hope of getting well a kemedy found at last to which i owe my life the tables turned shall yon keep a latchkey my dear asked mr xewlywed of his uptodate wife certainly not yon men are so fond of late hour i shall expect you to ait np and let me in science has fully established the fact that all the nervous energy of our bodies is generated by nerve centres located near the base of the brain when the supply of nerve force has been diminished either by excessive physical or mental labours or owing to a derangement of the nerve centres we are first conscious of a languor or tired and wontout feeling then of a mild form headkhe or stomach trou ceeded by nervdlroseratipn chronio indigestion and dyspepsia and a gen eral sinking of the whole system in this day of hurry fret and worry there are very few who enjoy perfect health nearly everyone has some troublo an ache or pain a weakness a nerve trouble something wrong with the stomach and bowels poor blood heart disease or sick headache all of which are brought on by a lack of nervous energy to enable the difierentorgansof the body to perform their respective work south american nervine tonic the marvellous nor vo food and health giver is asatisfying success a wondrous boon to tired sick and overworked men and women who have suffered years of discouragement and tried all manner of romedies without benefit it is a modorn a scientific remedy aud in iu wake follows abounding health it is unlike all other remedies in that it is not designed to act on the different organs affected but by its direct action on the nervo centres which are natures little batteries it turn thoroughly oils as it were tha machinery of the body thereby en abling it to perform perfectly its dif ferent functions and without the slightest friction if you have been reading uf the re markable cures wrought by soutl american nervine accounts of which we publish from week to w are still sceptical w vestigate them by cotj becomoconvl to the letter such a course i you months perhaps years of suitet ing and anxiety thp words that follow are strong but they emanate from the heart and speak the sentiments of thousands of women in tho united states and can ada who know through experience of the healing virtues of tho south american nervine tonic harriet e kii of waynetown a prominent and much respected lady writes as follows i owo my life to tho great south american norvine tonic i have been in bed for five months with a scrofulous tumour in my right side and suffered with indigestion ana nervous prostration had given up all hopes of getting well had tried three doctors with no relief the first bottle of nervine tonic improved mo so much that i was able to walk about and a few bottles cured mo en tirely i bclievo it is tho best medi cine in the world i cannot recom mend it too highly tired women can you do better causes an increased supply cf nervous j than income acquainted with thir energy to be generated which in it i trnly great remedy i jollix xa xmcceats3tt the old iwuble druggist