| Caught: | lin the I 112 Tails | fWW-OWOiX «'&> i-HEN I—John Jublier, veteran \i J butler at the Grange—took in t .> 5 oelock tea things one evening i i; was the footman's place, strictly . iking, to do so. but knowing that !'•' two old ladies preferred me, I ays made a point of doing HO). (i.of them, I think it was Miss Ma li; a, said: • Well, .lubber, :-iud what do you • m of the new housemaid? Tell i: andidly, do you think she will Kill.' '" • I think, ma'am." I replied, "she is ! remarkably good-looking young in. You see, ma'am, she only i yesterday, so it is Impossible i. Ie to tell exactly. I can only say ems a respectable girl enough, its > '-ertainly very clean and tidy, n.. \.m." . es, she Is very presentable, cer ; ," chimed in Miss Jane; "but. Mil know, .lubber, we want. Eome t! :■ : more than good looks. .'ou see, Jubbor, Ann Preedy had I. here so uiuny years, and ray sis tc. :id 1 were so familiar with her vthat we cannot get used to a ii - maid very quickly. Still, you u:j i stand, we have such very great f;:< h in your opinions upon nil do mestic . affairs, .lubber, that if you es . ssed yourself satisfied with M-■v Blake we shoirtd feel quite easy ip minds. i we will ask you, Jubbrr, to kc-j) your eyes on her, and to re in-; to us on her general conduct, • i ' :> on. iu-- Pay. a week's time fi o- : now." \V< 11, I did keep an eye on tho y:.i ,ur woman, as I was told, and a v.of he* - acquaintance only con- , tins;- a my original impression— i . : that she was as good-look !.. i iiirl as one would wish to see i hair, slightly Inclined to red, • i . . compact little figure, and such ; i; and ankle! r wouldn't give a r 'on for the prettiest woman i-.i . 'and, I assure you, if she hrd •; t feet and ankles. And thorn :flake certainly possessed. S : .e .; i onderfully quick, and re at, i. , i:\ her housework. rst morning after she came I •! -ended in person her dusting of old china in the drawing i ■ 1 c«uld not. have done it bet u df. Well, it's a remarkable c! -r. .ance, that every blessed •,.e.:g after t'nat did I find myself u , r. toward the drawing room, x -> f.-t-e Mary H!al:o was busy dusting t. • . laments. ••• vou fond of china?" enid I. ou i si' ning, as I watched the new !" : -■'■ Id tenderly taking up a lit tle ii • len shepeydeas. \es," sHo CNcialmed. "1 can 112i k ■ ou, Mr. J lbbtr. that dusting this ie , n of a morning is a labor of !<>•■ ' me.; it is, truly. My late mis t: ••.< g.tve me a hook all about old i' : ;\ and I I know something al-- it, sir. Next to listening to iu ic I think I like to looi; at beau i I c !na. And. oh! Mr. Jubbor. '.a • ly you do perform on that vi •'.in! When you was playing last i i your room 1 sat'and listen < ' d it was a treat to a poor girl. 1 when you played Home, ; t '.!ome,' oh! Mr. .lubber, you ■ : #w how I felt. '' )' Mr. .lubber. 1 could not help 1 I—l c-i -cannot help it now. ■ (•'!•. J-.T Jnbbcr, f-f-forglve me, . t you? T c-c-can't help it, so k-h kind to me." \:r!. with t!iat, biassed if she d' 1 :. : throw herself into my arms, as if her heart would break. V . . 'II can say is, when a young o>ely woman in distress twines h- -1 round the neck of a sus man. and goe<« on as Mary '. ! • did to I*l- that morning, T I ■■ there is only cue thing that ' i can do under the circumstances, j ; • ; ! did it, you may bo sure. I——in she ■ -kissed her! I hi t a somewhat undignified and i . ' y i t rea t. ( : ;,-i S i.y enough, that very raorn ii::'..ie up the week that my mis- ! t 1 given me in which I was to j ' i estimate of the character of j M .ry i lake. : I in happy to say," I reported "that 1 consider Mary Blake perfect i ! ' every possible way. .She is modest i ; - i >.: (assuming in her manner, and ; i ; ' hound to say that as a house i ' ; i never yet saw her equal. I i 1 ik, ma'am," I wound up, "the ! i;.o. fragile china In the world ' wo,.id be perfectly safe If she had j ti ■ handling of it." 'M- dear Jane," exclaimed Miss i ii!a. clapping her hands together !u g: at delight—"my dear Jane, j or were, I do believe, such lucky r 'iple as we are. We have actually j nd another treasure." 'I, dear reader, the Interest 1 \ in \lary Blake's career still . :ed. and 1 found myself every j ,ig Eupeilntending the dusting lions in the drawing room. The U bl ie eyes (no longer with" in 'eirO would still look into • In same pleading, trustful | the brother and sisterly kiss ; \ 1 still j..-i ;s between ns. ihn Jubbor —John Jubber!" I 1 a myself," this vill not do, my Vou who have made a vow of •tual celibacy togo falling in '■ like this, for that's what It Is, , t 's n» mistake about it; you! e - :t to he ashamed of yourself." .ie next morning I avoided the drawing room at dusting time. Ue- was a reproachful looW In the blu# eyes. I determined. though, to be firm, and the next morning, as before, to keep clear 112 t tho drawing room. AUx! for ray resolution. Happening to pass the door- quite by accident, of course--I, heard a sound as of some one choking with in. Mary 111, perhaps, I thought to myself, and (it once opened the door. Yes, there she was, sitting on the sofa with her head burled in the cushions, sobbing as If her heart would break. •'What Is the matter. Mary, my dear?" T exclsilraed, drying her eyes , with her own duster rs I evoke. ] "Oli! go away—go-a aw-a-a-y," she sobbed. ] "No, no; tell me what Is the mat ter-—what are you crjlng for?" said I. "Oh! Mister Jubbor, I 1-o-o-ve you too, and you're s-s-so cruel!" she replied, sobbing uway louder than ever. Well, here wns a pretty go. Of I made a fool of myself, and I loved her In return, and all Mie rest of it, if only to keep her quiet. ".And you will be lc-klnd to me, ami let riie help you clean tno p p-plato, as you promised?" said she. i "Oh! yes, of course I will, Mary, ; my dear," I replied, sealing the promise with a kiss. "And now be off. and I'll finish your dusting for you." Well, 112 dusted away at the china ornaments, thinking all the while what a fool 1 had made of myself, and was about to leave the room, | when by the sofa on which I had found Mary reclining. 1 caught of a crumpled piece of paper. It was a letter, and as it commenced "Dear Poll." I guessed at once who ii be longed to. So 1 pocketed It. mean ing ro hand It to Mary when I next saw her alone. Now, I am not an inquisitive man, a:> a rule, but before I gist to my pun try I could no more resist reading that letter than a moth could avoid going at a candle. This Is what it 6aid— Denr Poll Hasn't that there old Spooney lot you have a sight of the plate yet? 'Jet to see it immediate, as Bill and n.« want to do the crack next week, and Oliver's (the writer alluded in hi* slat!.?, to the moon) hold of the old girl's diamonds, yon can do 'em up ready for us at tho sumo time. Further pertlklers ou hearing from you. The kid.-, Ik all well, and so am I, and I remain, yours affectionate, Joseph Maggs. P. S. — Is thene a Barker on the premises? It didn't want much ncumen to understand this precious epistle. It was as plain a* day that the party who wrote it meant carrying off my mistresses' plat'*, and that tho newly found treasure word 1 I almost burst out laughing) I hoard 'em pegging away at the wine. "Rlivuy! tho cove might ha' been geateel enough to ha' left us out a ! wineglass- what do you think, B'.ll?" Iheard some one say, as he filled one of the tumblers which i had purposely left on the table so as j to be handy. j I had not lonß- to wait for what I heal expected. "Joe," 1 heard the other man say, i"I feel precious qiief r quite drow ; sy like." "Oh, you'll be all right directly you get 3 into the fresh air," growled Joe. In reply. "Come fill np once i more, and then we'll mizzle." A loud snore was tie response. Again I listened and then i-fiu ' tiously took a peep at tho burglars. They were 1-oth fast asleep. Out of the bed I jumped like a harlequin, fished o-it some stronß cord I had purchased expressly for the occasion, and l.o.ind the I«>g- ar.d arms of tho insensible Joe Maggs ■ and his friend until they looked for ail the world Just like a pair of trussed fowls. Next, i lit my lamp and every candle 1 could lay my hands ui on, and finally I haw my whistle for help. I In rushed Inspector Bagshav. and his two nan, and slopped pa-alj ed with wonder at Ihe sight before him —the plate all packed, the two bar glars neatly secured. Ben, for once, ■ \\ as fairly puzzled. "Why, how the- whet the—whats' tho meaning of it all?" he stam mered, looking from me to the two men and then at me again. 1 struck an att'tude, and. pointing to Joe Maggs an.l his friend, ob served quietly, after the manner of a conjurer at the conclusion of a difficult feat of sleigh t-of-hand "That's how It's done!" Willi Ducks Steele 1 !"I h Pond. Many people, not wlt'iout educa tion and a general knowledge of natural history. ai*e mystified by the presence of fish in tn closed waters. For many years there was open mouthed wonder over the perch, bream and crayfish fo nid in the new ly cut dams n« a the Magtmr-.e Flivi-r in New South Wales. In some cases tho water had scarcely sotte-d alter tho rain had filled the dam when the fish were ob ; -i ved, and the Aus tralian farmers started a theory of spontaneous product ion. This obtained and gained wide credence until a Sydney professor chanced to pick np a wild duck and found its breafi feathers well dotted with fertile and almost hatched "sli ova, on which the "spontaneous pro duction" theory was promptly with drawn. Clogs Worn by Mmjlisli Workers. An acknowledge! authority has estimated there are at least 4,0u0,- 000 pairs of clogs sold in the north ern counties ot England every year. Different woods are preferred in different districts. The workers in factories and other Indoor occupa tions ia such districts as Bolton, Oldham and Preston prefer a sole made from either alder or birch, wiiile In the colliery districts, such as Wigan, beech, birch and ash are mort generally used, the first named in such Instance being in greatest demand. Some Idea of the immense ! quantity of soles used may be gath ered 'rom an estimate that each pair of clogs will be resoled twice before being replaced by a new pair, thug averaging three pair of soles to tbe lift of oae pair of clogs. Motor cars are now carried to sea by some of the officers of the Biitlsh navy, for use In foreign ports. NO TIPS IN FINLAND. Maid's Surprise on Receiving Money from Mistress' Guests. A country where there .ire no tips am] where small services are rendered to the strung! r without hope of reward would .seen) hard to tiud —yet such a country is Finland. So fHr the tourist has not appeared in any groat numbers, and conse quently the commercial spirit which his advent always marks has been ab sent. As an exctn plw of this, Mine. A ino Malmbcrg, a Finnish lady. who is paying a visit to this countiy, tolls an amusing story. Ttvo English friends whom she and mot while over here had been staying with her at her house in ileh-nngfors, and on leav ing gave the maid a tip. She was very much astonished and did not know what it meant. Seeing Mme. Malmberg's son coming down str Ira, she ran to him and said. "They gave me money. Did they give you any?" Hearing that they had not done so, she was much my stifle i. ' I cannot understand why they should give it to me end not to you. •when they know you much fceuer than me," was her perplexed comment cm tl:e Incident. Osawatomie and Potfawatom!:. The spelling of the two words Osawatomie and Pottawatomie cu : ; considerable confusion to this dry; but that is the way maps have them now, and that of course makes theia '•official." Osawatomie. famed in Kansas his tory. is located between the Osage River and the Pottawatomie. It is named from these streams. In the early days two "sV were frequently used in its spelling, but the improprie ty of their use was shown and pointed out by the school teachers by simply explaining the word's derivation. The name of Pottawatomie, though, bad about ten different spelling;, ac cording to an old settler of that com munity. "The tribe of Indians," he said, "left the State and did not leave us the correct spelling of the word. So we people along the creel; final.y got together and decided" to spell the word the shortest way possible—Pot-a-wat oiido. Now they are using two Vs' cm the maps, and I guess that is the w: . to spell It--now. We swelled it tl ■■ shortest way, and I have often thong . tha. we were the original a mplified spellers."—Kansas City Journal. Sermons in Ancif it Times. St. Augustine's sermo::* h .ted about 18 miuutes. but. in that ai ■ ient day It was no uncommon thin; to have several at the same service. When two or more bishops wee pies eat It was usual for tiicm and the , pre." by tors to preach one after the other, reserving the Is ( place for the ' highest dignatary. Some con. oh lion, however, was to be fottad in the "act trliat applause was permitted and many of St. Chrysostom's sera or. 4 1 w< e hailed with the "tossin ' of }'.ar ments and waving of handkerchiefs." ; A Persons! Matter. Clarence was usually o restless Hiid fidgety in church that his mother was obliged to reprove him frora t: •••• to time. One Sunday he was so q slot and well-behaved chat his mother no ticed it, and spoke approvingly. "What a good little boy Clarence v.as in church to-»ay." she said. "Mamma was so proud of him." Well," said.Clarence, "I h;:d to be. The choir looked right at me. and sang over and over again. 'PI.- -se be still, please be still!'"—Youth a Com pa ni on. Happy rskimor. Kskimos nre all children, rentent ed. peaceable, honeat an>. -as for con fevent es on w. • e •«,creases v/ore served on thii:y-two Eusie-n railroads and .'an. 20 was set as a dr«f» for the officials to agree. Mayor Gonzales of Hoboken, N. J., ttiade his llrst Sunday in office a "blue" one for that city. Tailed Slates Judge Hough In do • cid'rig tint Charles W. . orre, the < on victcd banker, had no right to a new trial, declared that otn h >t 1 . ua ; tion warning persons bitten toy a dog In rhorpiijg erow i ■■■ he Thursday 1 the r.niianl had hj d: o,di abia :. 'ha', the vie".as aie in {wave peril. The New York f.tot k. Exebang- in quiry into the Rock island flurry re vs •,! d the fact tliat orde;to bey u,- i (00 shares at market, were placed by a broker who bar. sometimes acted for . the Rock Island svndica e. Governor Hughes is <•::< •'•ted to be i a candidate for re-.omia.: ion if the I egislature refuses to enact r- .. rai i.K'-tf ares. Fifteen lives were lost and >O,- 000 damage was done by the st nan ■ which swept New England's coast Sunday. Wn'l Street was nearly thrown Into •a panic b- a mysterious ri:of more : th.n [',(> points in Ro k It-land within 1 twelve mlnu'es. WASHINGTON 1 . The Senate commit tv< which has been inspcc.in:,- the IV.iiaa.ia Canal, re ; turned to Washington on the disp eh t ■ iat Dolphin. Dr. A. D. Mulvin, chief of the Bu i reau of Animal Ind-.iar.i-y, decla-.e:? ia. it j cat men have cau pl'.'.a. lit j Ing an inv?ft:ge.:ion iato the re.ail pt I- • -t of food ; | President Tafi in his foithcoming ; me s; ;-e to Congros« will point out the i d'.'ii' a , o; f'. aI.: ale., - . re., of corporations. The State De i. rt; ent is s'all in i favor of K-traua for President of Nh >: ag but i a - . i.a. lor a i bona tide eleation. al \ al a ."o aeo ; jile's real choice shall b : lio. >n. I The Statu Department demanded ' f:Mc.icn an <• .plauaiion why Jaraea Cook, an American, is hi' in prison withoui trial. Inevstiga 'ion of the ti a arnliaation \- •( • : under tli* pi ' law sh wed it to be a pi''! i. a- FOfa.'C-l. : The le.aoiiati u. -a China ' and P. rtugal ovei he Ma -o he .ud nay r.ihd and China . i--d Pt.atu g>.l to ev. caate all .la? territory in disi; a,e e.«-(-yt tbe ca. of Ma to, lCngii.-h pci!' are ah nv a; feverish j anxiety as the time jgpioaebes when \ they tn v' cease tae'r c ■•<■■;ioneer : ag. Narat-;aa's a ay !r. : I. -a re : duc.ed by defeat and c a-0..r-a,> ient la,at K. tr a- • bo; .. ; ar. h 1 ..lana g-ai witlioat much opposition. The cen eaaay of M illinai Ewnrt . Giad. toue's birth was celebrated at Westminster and In his favorite Church at ii rvard. a, n. ay f«-.e : gn countries being rep re-a a ed. .loreph Chamboa'.tln. in manifcato issued to Blrrui.a 1.a.. ede.-'ot,; - iid Croat Britain we r.se e. d by .or eign nation« as nevc-r be:'arc. 10 1 :-Pros Ident Zed ; a'a l a -nt that lie was ca'.aed a-yluai on the 15riti.ll ship Saeii v aler was d r ied j in Managua. General tSewart 1.. Woodford, on ht.lia.lf i.f the li .tham-'.'a a n Com'vis siuu, pre.-.eni. da.-a > . orati a .hi medwl to Qac a Wilheimina of Hol land at The ' i "a e. The I'rt-nch i'or- ign Miai ter duids the system of aatieaal onfentes • as a Prevent;:livp of war. I Balloon thernto; c;e s sent up by Prof. Hergesell ovor .la, . ilei re: -acr ed colder we.uher than has been found at the same height in the Arc tic rogl- i.s. Rear-Admiral Kimball arrived In the capital of N'carr-gmi. Zelnya reached Mexican territory and said ho would remain six months. Justice Fitt.s' Successor Naired. Ithaca, N. Y„ l a 29. Randall J. I.ebeenf, whom Governor Hashes ii'ea-ed to the r.uprau.e ev.ut to 1:11 the vacancy ca d by t'e dor th <>t las tice Pitts, was a ; : admit a of the Cor nell Colleg? of I aw in ■ ; He- was a student wV.ci. Govt , nor Hughe* taught In.v lr. this colleae. and one of the governor's tvoiia pui.lls. Too 'inch Curiosity, "My curios >y is gettina the better i of me," ga -p-ed the side-show prop; le ti r as the tl.ree-legged man kic'ne i hi.a oao In iho solar plexus. goocooooooa § SATT). g NIGHT TAi,ii o —— . 0 fcy UEV. F. E. DAVISON $ Rutland, Vt. 1 OOCCCOOCCCOOCCOOOCOC KING INAUGURATED International Bible Lesson for Jan 9, 1910—(Matt. 3:13-17; Matt. 4:1-11). I r'* 3 "™I"'*' 1 "'*' " """1 The gospel of I I Mp.ttb- w wa t> » a-. > | written by a Jew, | jt o converted ; i... , Jews to prove I G&pi ''j «hat Jesus Christ | I was the Jewish '' Messiah. The au f j thor, Matthew, j | w.i'. a converted _ tli > r. or tax ga'.h -- ; .;Vs/.." c"•••!•. who had t " ." H'-'j given up his bus- I , -• -j iness at the per sonal Invitation i of Christ, to become an itinerant preacher of th<> fco-tpel He proclaimed, fi'':3' persuaded in his own mind that his Vaster was what He claimed to h-. tho tviiig of the Jews. Hence, the gospel of Matthew id full of re'er : ences to the Old Testament, tiie Jew ish scriptures, 65 passages being quot ed from the prophecy and the hope of i Israel. The genealogy of Christ he ».:••• oa back to King David to show ; th.'.c he has the right to sit as David's i-on upon David's throne. Thus we find tlis word kingdom 56 times in il.is gospel, the phrase, "the kingdom of he ven," times, and nowhere ?:=>« l.i the New Testament. Matthew, ; 1 the •ay through sets forth the fact that "Till. Is Jesus, the king of the Jews. We have seen the her ald of the kins; in John the Baptist. No: ice now, the i; tuguration of tHo • ki ig. ' Inaugural Ceremony. Monarrhs are inducted into o/lice by solemn ceremonies, and from the ir.< , I :-u; when t y are invested with the purple they break away from the t old life ami all things become new. 1 intivm was an ordinance of God, in t.'i. . to the new dispensation, I and as such Jesus submitted to it. And ; wh ■'.*>, In 1 case, it was not an act expressive of <• mfe. ion oi sin. it was Kl.'. Investiture with the awful dignity | of riic Messiah, a ceremony in which the opening heavens and the De scending Spirit bore witness to the divine approval and consecration. For tile "people, baptise.: was the symbol o." ti.fir separation from sin and con&e tion to God; in His case it was the :bo! of . i nation from His hither to uilvate life t>i d the assumption of j his royalty as Messiah-King, John : had opened 'he door of the new Icing i flora, i i oat the wilderness of sin the i people had flocked into it. Now from j the seel'."ion of thin.v years of prepar -1 a*ion Jesus entered it as both Kin; ! and Priest. Here is where He took j r>> His royal pr TOJT ives. Here He • received the seal of i. ~ t he i fullness of puwc t>pir.v. And ho"e . made in i .ling tliim.. r ire., he open ?d iiv.t.'cns, "This is My Beloved Son, in whom 1 a:n well pleased!" The King Tested. No sooner was the Kins inaugurat ed tl;; 1 '" He was tested as to His king ly iUalir'es. It must be sho./n to all the asjs thst lie reigned by divine i i t ' 1 t, ihat He was lioiy, harmless, uu defili d, separate from sinners. Or, as iho Scripture puts, "Then w;.s J"ses led up oi the spirit into the : wlld< ;uesß to be tempted of the devil." \Vhat< ver else is involved !n those ■ words, it is pretty certain that dur i ing I hat forty days, two kingdoms met in inequable warfare, and at its close Christ stood forth the conqueror over every po . i: !.■> temj tation that can ap ! peal toman. Three-Fold Temptation. Lyman Abbott sums up the tempta tions: Tli" temptation was threefold and it took place in regular progres sion. i-< • first appealed » the third was a bold and naked re,elation of Satan. The first wis the most deceptive; the second the most plausible; the third the most a-ulnrious. In the iirst Satan tried to mislead by hiding the sin; in the sec ond. by sanctioning the bin, because of the greater good to be accomplished by it; in the third, to compensate for sin by a promised reward. The r-irst Adam and the Second. It is interesting to trace in Christ's , temptation, a perfect anology to the temp l alio i In the Garden of Eden. There, as here, the appeal was made to the lust of the flesh, the last of the : eyes and the pride of life. The ap peal was first to appetite. Eve saw that the tree was good for food. The appeal was tie*! to the aesthetic na tuiShe saw that it was pleasant to iiie eyes. And thirdly, the appeal was to spiritual pride. She saw that the tree was to bo desired to make one wise. In the first instance ihe attack PUI seeded; in the second it failed. The P.rst Adam fell in a garden; the second Adam was a victor in a wilder ness; Adam the first was conquered in a garden and made it a wilder ness; Adam, the second, conquered la a wilderness, and made it a paradise.