si Ml. 1.1!"" it (Speoial). Some jrot effective gowns ""'Hi now oniiiK made " toh is to take place 1. Tbvaro to be of ''.o of pinkish liloo "lo. The materiul ,p'(Tho skirts, which i j'trninn, havo three i 'fall around the bot- fhavo yokes of the tucked, anil elbow "K'-tly satin. The col jiunll, tnckod, and ' to wear large white front, with rufllod down oo the skirts. sl '.ti young girls will parfcry effaotive. They iKl-ttll, with a band of Mild the oiown, and r''imull rosette nt the vi'' be brius, resting on rose of a very their hands they Ube latest novelty ' berty-satin muffs, Bo the gowns, with Jds of white mull. "' t to be imported p L, flie a seen here at Ut h will take place at lrl ihionable churches oi .fctodiy set a fashion be eft. At auother re n.i brideiu.iids carried iH-fuflled tulle, whioh M'-bridolo her chosen ;i ,, '-"'ifl Vnsl nines. I0'iew costumes are " illuntrsAiou, taken inl'tv. This Dublica- re ai d mnn flm ,ed silk gown, with ;oi.d trimmed with a uvknipnni" lace and " gray; eloth with ,Judyku points, and "Vow ijj f,.illge of J There is au ao- J5-'"' on: the under iua edged with iiskVo..,,.u., ttre ma(lo u!"rl;i 1 tone buckles. ;";' pi i-biue oioth, ;d 't to the hem of hiiKY.with deep ,al white; lace. The uiBoa anj there is a ,t,ie loft side. I iaiiul), 4 the Hijoet, longer ;,Bae, aiii it ploagOH woinu;! of ecouomi M h ""eep to the ,tli whlah gives u gives ,.iH to iL unman of IS tba f.'ulin i 'l'l " uo 1 1 i j dressmaker w;nts with the long yjtll '"Serial to bot- tho uses more of aiunKi to mannfan. ; ljut that is -" woman who :: A long "' '"'"g, if any . for it has a ' iu a rioh - iie by being tars. 'gber and utooks is of emstitohed, Hants' ears' wk. Others almost out ears. A "took is the either side, d, or edged k, and they U, they are ,r- & J vii r nt'd-DOVS HAT. to t YORK FASHIONg. For Costumes That Have Be- pj ;p Popular in the Metropolis. The nox.rieated Bark. The weight of your walking skirt will be sensibly increased by loading on to it 3 heavy box-pleated back. Still, what will we not do to be fash ionable? After all, it serves tis right for choosing such heavy materials for onr strert gowns. If a single box pleat adds its weight, what do yon think of the double or triple box pleat? All very stylish, and therefore desirable The double and triple box r.leatare far and away more graceful than the "single-ton." Klbnw l'rntectore For !,? Meeves, Up-to-date lace sleeves may liuvc nlbow protectors. They may not bo intended for that, but they will sorvo the purpose. A light cloMi gown has long sleeves of lace, n piece oC the cloth set in at wrist and shoulder, and another, broud at the outsido seam, with points ou either edge, the piece growing narrower iusido the arm. It may not be to hide a sharp elbow, but it might be. Vrelty Minn Helta For nlils. Pretty little bolts are worn by girlo tired of the plain little narrow belts. They are broad in front with two points abovo and below, sloping down on either side and passing around the waist iu a narrow band fasteuing in the back or at the side. Theso belts ore of embroidery or some materiul to match the trimmings of tlio gowu. One of ilii Honson Novelties. Floral muffs are ono of the scason'n novelties. An enormous and very lovely one is composed entirely of vio lets, and finished with great Hopping frills of shaded inanvo chiflbu. Mailt Grays Fur Spring Wear. Possibly the place of most impor tance ns a spring tone may be giveu to gray, the lighter the better. Perle, argent, nickel and platine are the four foremost tints. A Handsome Coinblnntlnii. Rnssiau laco in heavy quality and lino Venetian laces are very much em ployed for trimming handsome cloth gowns in the pastel colors. Handsome Negligees For Milady, Pretty little negligees are made of panne velvet, plain loose-fitting little jackets with lace trimmings. In Heantlful llroadcloth. Here is an illustration of one of the cleverest dresses in that dolightfal new shade, which is a softly pinkish ohocolate. Broadcloth is the material, and the skirt is stitched down to be low the knees in double tucks. The extra fulness is very beooming at the foot. r The trimming whioh liuiahos the edge so efloctivoly consisU of n stitched iniroir velvet band a shade deeper euriohed along the centre with floral appliques each and every petal being out out of the cloth and skill fully applied. The bodioe blouse, sleeves and all, is tucked to correspond with the skirt, and it is topped off by one of the new cape-like yokes with which nearly everybody has fallen in lovo. It is (if renaissanoe and the cloth appliques on velvet, and the ohio turn-up odgo is of the velvet plainly stitched. Ap parently it is caught together iu front by n creamy chiffon jabot edged with tiuy ruches, and held by beautiful . uronze enamel clasps, with rose gold shadings. The stock and V are com. posed of soft, narrow folds of the cream ohiffon. llll.-1 ; ( Oyl LIQIIT GHAV CLOTH. GOiICT:. PLUCKY LADY WILSON. ADVENTURES THAT BEFELL HER AMONG THE BOERS. Mors Estraordlnarv Than Any l'.nconn. tared by n Woman nf Hank tn This Onlnrr Alnim Among lha Knvnjrf-a A Vouiik ll.ior llnr Knlnhtly Nquli's, TADY S Alt AH WILSOX. the f handsome nnd adventurous V danghtor of the house of Marlborough, is regarded as .modem Joan of Arc by Lnghsh so olety. Tho Adventures through whioh she is passing in the Doer war are more extraordinary than have fallen to the lot of any woman of rank in this century, aud place her alongside of those women of the Middlo Ages who defended cities and endured the hor rore of war. Ample details have now been re ecived in letters from Lady Sarah of her experiences up to the timeBho re turned to Mafeking. She was first besieged, then es eapod; was caught after many thrilling adventnros; acted as a spy; was ordered to be confiued in certain town and escaped from it, and finally was exchanged for a lioer oillcer aud returned to the besieged placo from winch she had started. HFS1BORO IN MAFP.KINa. At the beginning of tho war Lady Harau was with her hnshand, Captain Gordon Wilson, in Mafeking. the chief town of British Deolinatinland, which lies northwest of the Trans vaal. It was held by Colonel lbiden Powell, with tbe Fifth Dragoons, about 1100 strong. Captain Wilson is an officer of the Horse Guards, but was out in South Africa on epeoial service, and had really attaohed him self to Colonel Baden-Powell for the sake of adventure. IIo has found it. Tho redoubtable General Crouic, who captured Jameson and his raiders, besieged Mafoking with 3000 Boers. Colonel linden-Powell rein forced his little body of regulars by enrolling aud drilling all the able bodied men of Maleking. Thus he gathered a force of nearly 2000 men. Lady Sarah took au active part in the work ot the sol.liers, and even ac companied the armored traius that went out of Mafeking to light tho Boers. At tho end of a month, however, it became clear to Lady Sarah that sho was a useless mouth to feed and an embarrassment to the brave garrison. On the other hand, if she could es cape from Mafeking, sho would be able to render a real service by carry ing exact nows of the condition of the belcagaerod town to the outside world. ALONE AMONO THE RAVAGES. She started out to ride over hun dreds of miles of desert and moun tain, infested not only by armed Boers, but by wandering bands of bloodthirsty savages. Tho chanco of falling into the hands of the lattor was the most appalling danger she ran. Sho may almost consider her self fortunate that she was captured by the rough but humane Boers. It was early on Thursday morning when Lady Sarah left Mafeking. She earriod her rifle aud plenty of ammu nition and three days' supply of pro visions. She rode alltltiy. During tho afternoon she was sighted by a band of savages, but having a much better horso sho was able to get away from them. At nightfall she reached Setlngoli, a small station in British territory, but in a region now occupied by the Boers. Here there was a hotel, where the proprietor and a few servants still remained. Lady Sarah put up here for tho night. Just at dawn she was awakcued by r terrific rattling of musketry aud rapid firing guns. She dressed her self, mounted her horse and rode in the direction of the firing, taking her caniera with her iu tho hope of ob taining some photographs. When she got to the scene of the trouble she found that a British armored train had been wrecked by the Boers. The train was command ed by Captain Nesbitt, of tho Mash ounland Mounted Police, who was trying to ruu through to Mafokiug with ammunition. He and all his men were killed or captured. Lady Sarah was seen by the Boers and taken prisoner. She was held for two days at Sotlagoli, but among the soldiers here v. me a number of blackguards, chioflv Uitlanders. who insulted her. The oflloer in command, who did his best to protect her, there fore sent her back to Moohudi, an important Boer centre in the viciuity of Mafekiug. Here she was given over to tho custody of a colonial farmer, a British subject, but of Boor descent. A CHIVALROUS TOl'NO BOER. This farmer was a strikingly haud some young fellow, abont thirty years of age, over six feet high, broad shouldered and fair Laired, an ideal Boor in appearance. He displayed a chivalrous devotion to his fair pris oner, which she now fears may bring him into troublo with the Boer author ities. While at Mochudi Lady Sarah es tablished a regular spy system by raoaus of whioh she supplied Colonel Baden-Powell with information of tho utmost valuo concerning tbe Boer plans. By informing him that the Boers ou the southern side of Mafe kiug were being drawn away to the siege of Kimberley she enabled bira to muke a sortie in which he killed thirty Boers and captured 2500 rounds of ammunition. Lady Sarah secured the services of native runner, who became so de voted to her that he would have risked death iu any form to do her errands. She used to meet him late at uight on the outskirts of hor Boer host's farm, and tbore give him messages for the beseiged garrison of Mafeking. He hid these iu his luxuri'unt hair, which was bonnd up with a ooppor ring on top of his head. On these journeys be tweeu Moohudi and Mafeking he ran almost as much chance of being shot by the British as by the Boer sen tries. At this time a largo number of the Boers were witudiswu from Mafeking to aid in making the sioge of Kimber ley more severe, Coinmaudant Cronje himsolf went to Kimberley and left his subordinate commandant, Snyman, at Mafeking. CAUOUT IK VBYBUBO. Lady Sarah then became filled with desire to visit Vrybnrg, an important point on the railroad from Mafeking to Kiraborley. It was particularly in teresting jnst then because the Iioers were passing through it on their way to the latter place. The dauntless 1'najlish woman per snadod the young Boer farmer to take her to Vrybnrg. He inspanned bis great wagon with four oxen and they started out on tbe long journey to gether. At Vrybnrg Lady Sarah fonnd many things ot interest. She visited the hospital, where she fonnd a number of wounded English prisoners, whom she oonsolcd as well as she could. She bought some delicacies for these prisoners, and also some comforts which she needed hersolf. Then she was pained to learn that the Boor authorities had givnn orders that she should not be allowed to leave the town. Ono moro sho uiado nse of the young Boer farmer. She made him go with her before the Landdrost, or Magistrate, who had been put in chargo of the town by the Boers, and swear that Lady Sarah was his sister. He had to an swer many embarassing questions put to him by the Magistrate concerning his lack of family resemblance to his "sister," her Knglisli accent, her clothes so different from those worn by Boer women, and many other mailers. The young Boer explained that his sistor had boen educated in England, whiuh is tho case with a number of Boers. Fortunately, thero was no one at hand who knew the exact facts abont Lady Sarah, and the Landdrost, apparently a kindly man, let her go. In order to run no further risks she left Vrybnrg at 4 o'clock in tho morning with her Boer friend. When she got back to Mochudi an other calamity awaited her. Com mandant Snyman had discovered that sho had been sending dispatches into Mafeking. Up to that time he had been in some donbt as to how to treat her. Now he had no more doubt. Uo held her strictly a prisoner, locked her np and put an armed guard over her. Then Colonel Baden Powell demanded Lady Sarah's re lonso as a noucombatant. Com mandant Snyman replied that she was a spy, and thai ho was behaving with leuiency when ho consented to exchange her for an important Boer officer hold by the British. He inti mated that ho had a perfect right to shoot poor Lady Sarah ns a spy. The gallant Colonel Baden-Powell could not bear the thought of leaving a woman and such a woman in so distressing a position. He therefore exchanged his Boer prisoner for her, and sho was returned to her husband and the garrison of Mafeking. In a recent sortie from Mafeking her husband was wounded, and so sha has him to nnrso in addition to hor other occupations. Lady Harau Wilsou is tho tenth child of a former Duke of Marl borough, aud is about the same age ns her nephow, tho presont Duke. She is the youngost sister of the late Duke who married Mrs. Ham- orsley, of New York and of tho late Lord Iiaudolph Churchill, In 1891 she married Captain Gordon Chesney Wilson, son of Sir Samuel Wilson, an Australian millionaire. She is a tall, handsome woman, with an iusaliablo fondness for out door sports aud for foreign travel aud adventure. CURIOUS FACTS. Lapland is the fisherman's paradise. Bracelet-wearing men are said to be ou the increase. A hon that mothers kittens is one of the animal curiosities of Iowa. The swallow has a larger month, iu proportion to its size, than any other bird. A barometer thirty-six teet long has been plaoed ou the tower of a Paris church. TIlAl'A ftl-A lnlfAl nf ntanAl in United States whero only one mail comes every fourteen days. Thimbles have ViAnn fnnnd in nrs. historic mounds, with every evidence oi naving ueeu maaa Dy machinery similar to our own. The largest tree iu tbe world lies broken and petrified at the end of a detllo in Northwestern Nevada. It is said to be CC0 feet long. A wonderfully retentive memory is possessod by Charles Dorr, of San franoisoo. After seeing a play once he can recite it almost word for word. There is in Russia a superstitious prejudice against helping one's neigh bor to salt at table on account of the liability to quarrels thereby incurred. Greece has followed Italy's example in forbidding the exportation of an tiquities. Notice has been served on foreign Governments and learned so cieties. AtStratford-on-Avoa. England, the poet's birthplace, is a desk said to have been used by Shakespeare. The desk looks Authentic It shows marks where generations of sohoolbovs havo whittled it. Tbe great industry ot tinnins in whioh housewives Are now taking special interest was known as long ago as the days of Pompeii, and our system is practically the same as was used at that .time. Itenlistio snow storms for theatres Are produced by a new maohine, which has two revolving perforated cylinders to drop flaked and granulated sub stanaes, respectively, with electrio fans under each cylinder to drive the snow" aoross tho stage as it falls. Running horses Are unknown in Russia. No one drives there without having a thin oard with a running noose around the neok of the animal. When the animal bolts the oord is pulled and the horse stops as soon as it feels the pressure on the windpipe. If the number of people daily en tering London were to Be dispatched from Any given elation by train, 1977 trains, each conveying six hundred persons, would be required for the purpose. Moreover, if all these trains were arranged in a straight line they would cover 221 miles of railway. The great libraries of Pekin contain volumes ot books numbered by the hundreds of thousands. In the ar chives of the Government are still to be found the anoient predictions of eclipses made with greet aoouraoy, together with works on Astronomy, whiuh show a fair knowledge of that iutorosting soience. SAUSAGES POPULAR HERE. No Cleaner or More Wholesome Food In the Market. Having in mind tho material of v hi eh the sausAges are made, and ;he manner of their manufacture, i man iamiliar with tho trade did not hesitate to declare it as his opinion thut there is no cleaner or more wholo iome food in the market than that to be fonud iu tho general run of sail oges. Moro sausages of the various kinds Made, are eaten in this country now than over before, and the production of sausages here amounts to hundreds of thousands of tons annually. Su agesare made in every eity and .con siderable town in the country; it may be by comparatively small makers, who oombiue sansage-making aud sell iug wifh the preparing and selling of other meats; by various concerns, some small and some large, devoted cxclu lively to sausage-malting, and by the great slaughtering and packing ostab lishmonts in which sausage-making bas beeu taken np practically within ten years, but which are now the largest producers of all. There is ono packing house iu the country that make lo0,000 pounds of sausages daily, and another that make almost, if not quite, so many. Other large packing establishments in various parts now produce great quantities of sausages. snd there are sausage-makers engaged solely in the business who turn out from 23,000 to 50,000 pounds daily. While enormous quantities ot sau sages are thus now turned out by the greater producers, tho number of the smaller sausage-makers still remain very largo. There are in Greater New York some thousands of men engagod in sausage-making, either solely, or as a part of a business in prepared meats, and employing each two or three to twenty bauds, tho aggregate production of these Bmaller makers being very large. Some of these sausage-makers maintain complete plants, others have their meats chopped for them. There are in New York eight or ten big chopping establishments busy all the time, that are engaged solely in chopping customer's meat, thoir customers being from among the sausage-makers. This is a condition largely peculiar to New York, and due here primarily to the value of space and high rents. It is cheaper for many of the sausage-makers to send the meat they have to be choppod to a chopping concern than it would be to take the space and Bet up the plant that would be requirod for the chop ping of it themselves. This sausago maker buys his meat of tho nearest accessible abattoir; there tho parts and kinds of meat that he needs are exposed for sale and ho buys accord ing to his wants. Some of tho chop ping establishments employ a dozon wagons. The chopper sends to the sausage-maker for his meat to be chopped, takes it away, chops it and returns it. It might be say u hundred pounds of beef and twenty-five pounds of pork. The meat is worked sepa rately from nil others, aud chopped to auy degree of fineness, and the identical meat is returned, the parcel still separate, as they were recoived; tbe sansago-raakor mixes them him self. Oeiiltis nnd Long Hair. As a general rulo subject, like all general rules, to exceptions men of genius havo usually retained their hair till death. Tennyson had ambrosial locks. William Culleu Bryant became bald on top of bib head only in his ex treme old age, and even then he had mnoh hair on his head, whilo his beard was volumiuous enough to cover many laurelled heads. Longfellow wore his hair to the end of bis long life. So did Dr. Holmes. Carlyle had a scraggly mane. Washington, Andrew Jackson aud Calhoun were hirsute to the end. All artists are traditionally sup posed to wear long hair, and so are authors, especially poets. Several authors now living, Parke Godwin ind Edward Eggleston as exauiplos, havo Bbocks that would shame a hay jtaok. Paderowski's hair is almost as pbouoraenal as his musical perform tuoes, and iu all departments of art ibundant hair is the usual if not the necessary accompaniment of groat achievement. Is there then a causative relation between hair and genius? If so, is lair the cause of genius or does geuius promote the growth of hair? Or is it only that men of genius are too un ion ventioual to wear pot-hats and in '.hat way make themselves bald? New York World. liar Mistake. "There's no use talking," said the senior partner, fretfully, as he laid down the morning paper. "I can't ;et my wife interested iu foreign poli tics." "What's the latest instauoe?" in juired tbe junior. "It happened only last night," said the senior. "I said to my wife, 'I notice that the Samoan affair is dread fully muddled.' She smiled at me brightly And replied, 'I don't wonder it it a bit.' I was a little startled by tier confident tono. 'Don't wonder at what?' I atked. 'Don't wonder at all that his affairs should be muddled,' she replied. 'I never could under stand how they managedjto livo so ex travagantly ou his income. Why, his wife dresses better than I do.' I gasped for breath. 'Hold on, ray iear,' I cried. 'Will you kindly in form me what on earth you aro talk ing about?' She looked hurt. 'Why, tbout Sam Owen's affairs isn't that what you meant?' And I hadn't the hart to tell her it waBn't." Cleve land Plain Dealer. Kobla Lore. Every race of mankind from the - - j ""OJ - - - u v... birds as the interpreters of tbe will of heaven or of the gods. The robin especially is protected Horn slaughter, nttrliana hflAAna r, t ila uraftv Anft- p L- v, r-i dent ways and bright eyes; maybe be- 3BUBe oi me legend oi me "joanes ia the Wood ' Tn tha alitannth nautili -' WW.J there were well authenticated in stances of robins ooveriug the bodies of the dead with moss. , Whittier has embodied a legend in his verses. He tells that the robin burned its breast carrying the drops at water in its beak to relieve the an guish ot poor lost souls. Shake- ineara in Cvmhnlina rafai-a tn tha robin's habit ot covering dead men, ana many other Kindred references might be given. TIIE SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR FEBRUARY I I. Iiibjact: .tonus and Xltorfainu. John - III., 1-1S Uolden Text: John III., 1 fl fifluiiM j w.p.m. vninineuinry on the nay's I. bmoii. CoxjtifjTiwn I.ikks. After Jesus loft Itetlinlmra lie lnurimyd norlb up the Jnr nnn vailHV to uniiiae, ana ovor tun monn tnlns toOnnn, near Nnzurnt'i. Horn II was prnsent nt a wedding, nnd wrought His nrxt mlrmlD. turmoil tlia wntr Into wine, Thenne with His motlior sn l His brethren Ha want down to Capernaum, Hliont twenty miius to tlm nortiieast on t lie o (lull )p", where He remained it fnw dsys. John S: 1-12. From linre II" went to jHrussliim to intend the first Passover of His mini try, John i: 13 At Jrusnlem Ha assert.! His authority by oleansiiiir the tempi iron me trailers, .i.inn a: 14 il. 1. "Of tlm l'hnrlsras." A vcrystrlct and religious rwt or the Jows. Tlioy warn or thodox nuil liolln -nd In the Immortality nl the soul and a future slain. Thny laid Eront stress upon thnlr traditions, ostnem Intf them ns hlt-'.ly ns they did the HiTln turns. Thoy oxpf. :tod the Minh would be n temporal ce'lt-erer and kiuil. and ware generally lookliiK for Illni. ' Nlco demns." A rleh riilr of the Jew, a Phar isee and a member ot tho rlsiihedrlo, the supreme counuu ni tun jowisii uatlnn. !i. "Came to .Jiwm by night." The act or climnsliiB tun luinpio ha 1 Dniiiiht Christ Into promlnenoc J he plain inferenen Is also, that He had performed miraolos thnt are not mentioned ot the 'IiIjId rrritar He enmn privately, by iiIkIiI, "hs ao net ol prudence and discretion." The Interest, ln point Is not why ha eumn by nlnlit, but 1 urn. no t-nme 111 nn. "iiaum." 1UH wa showing great repei-t to one who had not been eiliiunted In the ihbtnicai scnooU. A teaeher come from 001." This w is 11 complete endorsement of Jeus and III! work, ami now, having thus andorsel Him, he was uudor greater obligations to nccopt the trutu that Jesus was about to proclaim. 8. "Verily, verily." Expresios the truth aud uncli inuring validity ot what was abaut to be spoken. This was considered ol annul Import with the most solemn oath. "I say unto thee." Jesus here entered Intn the very heart of gospel truth. H ill I not undertake to preach a nlninlnir sermo i in order to make a ueiv disciple of till? -master in Israel," nut gavo 11 porsonai, thorough, linart-senrchlng talk. In which Nloodemus was made to uudemtnnd thai he was not Iu the kingdom ot Oo.t simply because he was a pious Jew. "Kxceiit.- "Jesus meets the 'excopt' of Nloodomus with nnotuer 'except.' Nloodemus say Mo;' Jesus says 'be.' We must be before we ean do." "Horn again." "From above." Converted; regenerate I. To be gin lifo anew. A new life, with a nen nature, new principles, new nfToutlon?, new aims. It Is the being made a new creuturj In Christ Jesus. QhI. 0:15. As the natural blrtb Introduces ns luto natnral lllu, open! our natural senses, and prepares im tc enjoy natural tuings; so the spiritual birth Introduces us Into spiritual lite, opous our spiritual senses, and prnpuro. us to enjoy spiritual things. "(Jaunot sei." Enjoy, share In, enter. V. 5. "Kingd itnof Go I." Tbe klugdom ot grace hero mid ot glory hereafter. 6. "O: water nnd of tho Hpirlt." W. present three different view as to tho meaning of the term "water." 1. Water, washing and cleansing nre figurative ex pressions used In Huripturo to deuote a spiritual operatlou ou mau's tioart. It Is not necessary that we should understand two different things, as this Is probably only an elliptical form of speech for the Holy Hpirlt under the slmilltudo of water. 3. A number of expositors think the water has reference to Chrlstlnu baptism. 3. The expression refers to John's baptism, which was unto repontanoe, and was aloue known to Nlcodemus. Tbe last comment has un doubtedly tbe correct explanation. Jesus simply said to Nicoilomus, You must thor oughly repent aud be born from above. G. "Of the flesh Is flesh." 1, Ike produces like wltb regard to both flesh aud spirit. Wo nre thoroughly fallen, and a oleau thing cannot oome from nn uuolean. 7. "Marvel not." Do not wonder at this, there are many things vou do not under stand. Thou oniibt not even understand the blowing of the wind. "Ho Is every one." As with the wind tbe Spirit's opara tlons nro invisible, beyond our dlsooverv, and kuowu only by Its effects. 0. "How canthese thlugs be?" lis oould not comprehend spiritual t ilium. 10. "A master of Israel." One who lisd studied the Old Testament as he had, aud thought so much, aud accepted the posi tion ot teacher, ought to have known these things. 11. "We." Udershelm thinks that In all probability St. John was present during this entire Interview. "1)0 know." He spoko wltb the greatest possible assurance. Not upon hearsay but from personal knowledge. "Ve receive not our witness." They re ceived His miracles as genuine, yet refused to accept the spiritual truths He taught. Ye Is always plural aud this Is spoken with reference to the class to which Nlcodemus belonged. VI. "How shall yo believe." It you do not believe the II rat principles the be ginnings ot gospel truth how shall ye be lieve If I continue the subjeut farther nnd toll you of the deeper things, the heavenly things, such as "My divinity (v. 13); the atonomeut (v. 14); salvation by tnltb (v, 15); the great love ol God (v. IK)?" 13. "Aud no man, etc." There was a false notion among the Jaws tbat Moses had Hsconded up to liouven to got the law. Jksus in effect says, No one, not evsn Moses, bntb ascended up to heaven to search out heavenly things; but the Hon of Man has dwelt " from all eternity In tho bosom of the Father," aud has come direct from hoaven. "Iu Heaveu." He is omni present, filling heaven and earth with His presence, and even now is in heaven. 14. "The Herpent." Num. 31: 4-9. The history of the brazen serpent Is a parable ot tbe gospel. ".Sou ot Man bo Hired up." 1. in jus cruouixion. 2. la tils exhaus tion. 3. In the publishing and preaching ol His everlasting gospel. 15. "Whosoever." Geutlles ns well as lews. "Not perish." Not bs b&Hlshet from the presence of God. "Have eternal life." Here Is a double benellt olfered.l. Those who believe In Christ are exempted from eternal perdition. i). They nre brought to eternal glory. 16. "Bo loved." Huoh a love could nol be described. Jesus does not attempt It Thore Is an eternity of meaning iu thai little word "so." 17. "To ooudamn the world." To A stroy the Gentiles which the Jews supposed would lake place when the Messiah came. 18. "JJellevath on Him." This Implies n separation from the world nnd a thorough repontauoe, as woll ns obedience and faith. "Bulleveth not is condemned." Tlx greatest sin we ean commit against God ii to reject His Hon. The moralist, ns well Si the profligate. Is condemned nliendv If hs rejects Christ. What 1 Your Weight From recent statistics the following interesting facts have been ascer tained: The heaviest men of all are butchers, who average within a few ounces ot 170 pounds; next to them come hotel-keepers, whose average weight Is 167 pounds. Clergymen are tho third heaviest poople, weighing 161 pounds all around. But healthful, open-air work, not -too laborious, wltb good living, is a great fattener, too. Masons and bricklayers weigh 162 pounds, or only two less than tho cler gymen. Farmers, dockers and barris ters are all a good average weight, th first weighing 161 pounds, tbe second 160ft pounds, and the third 160 pounds Commercial travelers turn the scale al 158 pounds, and, what would hardly bi expected, are three pouuds heavier than blacksmiths, who weigh only 151 pounds. Bankers, Insurance agents and merchants are all very close to 154 pounds; carpenters and coopers stah'tf at 153 pounds; teachers and manufac turers are slightly over 151 pounds; la borers, druggists and shoemakers av erage 148 pou-Js; clerks and shopmen only weigh '147 pounds. The tailor comes last, weighing but 14S pounds. $cottlBh-Amerlcan. Too Much for Rim. Tbey are telling this story In Wash ington about Congressman Clayton of Alabama, who used to be district at torney In his state: It became his duty et one time to prosecute an old man for making Illicit whisky. It was not a very serious Infraction of the law, but the old backwoodsman had been reckless In his open violation, and It was necessary to make an exam ple of him. He was brought Into court and, after the government had stated Its case, the old man, who had no law yer, asked to be allowed to go upon the stand. He was told that this would render him liable to answer any ques tions, but he Insisted. "Well, Uncle John," said Clayton, "did you really make any whisky In your sUll?" "Hen ry," replbd the old man, with pathetic tone. "I know'd yonr pa; I voted for your pa every time he ran for Jedge. And, Henry, your pa would never have axed me no question like that!" Tbe Jurors laughed, the court smiled and Clayton relented. The old man drove home that night. New York Tribune. An Egyptian flower show, Vnder the patronage of the khedlve of Egypt, who is a raro lover of gar dening, an exhibition is to take place nt Oheulreh, Cairo, on March 30 and 31 and April 1. 1900, at which Americans pro especially Invited to be competi tors. A program In very good English has been prepared, which may be had by addressing W. Wilfred Carey, secre tary, Kosr-cl-noubara, Cairo, Egypt,. Carnations, lilies, pnnslcs, phlox, stocks, violets, roses and "any good thing not specified" are among the upeelnl articles to be exhibited by flor ists, for which silver medals and sums of money are offered. Eczema In Uio Feet. In fact, tetter, ringworm and all skin diseases are cured by Tetterine. Mr. Lee D. Martiu, of Sun Antonia, Tex as, says; "I am suffering with a vio lent case ot eczoma in my feet. Please reuil me a box of Tetterine. Mr. Moore, of Moore fr- McFarlanil, Mem phis. Tenn., says it cured him of a similar case." Sold nt druggists 50c. a box or sent postpaid by J. T. Shup trine, Savannah, Ga. Ilnylsli films. "It Is Btrnngo what queer Ideas we had when we were young," said a gen tleman the other day. "My father once nsked me how I supposed the French managed to spell wagon wheel, when they had no 'w' in their language. I never could solve the problem." "And when I was a bny," replied an other, "I thought' it was an easy mat ter to translate from foreign languages. I had an Idea thnt the only difference was tho alphabetical characters, and If I were to leurn the CSreck alphabet, for Instance, I would have no trouble In turning Greek into English. I found out my mistake after I went to school, though." Harlem Life. Acceptable t I should say so; they all say the same, too, when thoy get them. Who Is there that would refuso such works of art when Ihey can get them for almost nothing. Ask your grocer for a coupon book, which will ennnln you to gt onn largo lOo. pack age of "lied Cross" starch, one largo in.-. package of "Huhluger'H tlest" starch, wlt'i the premiums, two Hhnknspearo panels. printed In twelve bnautlful colors, ns nnt. nrnl ns life, oroue Twentieth Century Girl cnlendnr, the flutist of Its kind ever printed, all for So. The Earmarks. "Your son is devoted to art, l.w't he?" asked Reynolds. "I suppose bo." replied Easel. "He's continually draw. Ing on me." We refund 10c for every package of Tt T, nam Finn. Dir. that falls to give satis faction. Monroe Drug Co., Vnlonvllle, Mo. bold by all druggists. Clouds tbat mo7e In a contrary direction to that of the surface current Indicate a ubniige of weather, because thi'V Drove the existence of two nlr currents, one nrnrm aud the otner cold, and tbe mingling of these frequently cnuses rain. Statb or Ohio, Citv or Toledo, I l.lil'AH I HVBTI, I Frank.!. Cur. nicy mski-s oath that he Is the srninr partner of the II rm of P. J. Cbinst A Co., doing business lu thrCltvof Toledo, County una niAH sinresniii.aiiu tnai, saia nun win pay the sum of onh hiiniirsii hollars tor twh and ever? case of i-atarrh that iiannnt ba cured by the use of IIai.i.'s Catabiiu Core. FRANK J: (JHIHir. Sworn to before me and subscribed In tny I presence, this Stb day of Ueoembsr, SAL A. D. IBM. A. W. Gil A son. - S Sotary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taknn InternallT.anit acts directly on the blood nnd mucous surfaces of tbe system. Hend for testimonials, frac. t . J. l husky ai uo., loleao, u. Bold by Dms-glid., 75c. Hall's family Pills are the best. In Tyrol the rose is believed to be a slnen- producer, and rose leaves are thrown Into tbe flrofor "good luck." Mrs. Wlnslnw'e Soothing Syrup for children teething.soltent the gums, reduuinK Inflamma tion, allays pain, cuius wiud ouliu. 2&0. a bottle. The statement is made In all seriousness that Lord Huberts Is afraid of cats. Ills tear is due to superstition. Plso's Cure for Consumntlon la an A Vn. I A stoma medli-ine. W. 1L Wiluiii Anil. och. 111., April U, 1MM. An electrical device which drooa a feed of oats Into a horse's trough bas been Invented at Voungstown, O. Vitality low, debilitated or exhausted cured by Dr. Kline's Invlunrating Tunic. KKFKfl. trial bottlo Inr Ii wenk'strvatment. Dr. Kline. L(i 0J1 A roll (St, Philadelphia. I'ouuded 1SU. A bill, has been lntroduo d In the legisla ture of New York to abolish common law marriages In that state. ' 'Nature Abhors a Vacuum. ' ' &Cothing in the -world sUnds still. If you are wll nd strong Uy by dty the blood supplies Us tide of vifor. If you are St, the blood is wrong and carries increas ing quantities of diseased germs. You can not change Nature, but you can aid her by keeping the blood pure. Hood" s Sarsapa rUla does this as nothinq else can. Be sure to get Hood" s. because HOW TO GET OFFICE MMV?. Iha (Invaritma ift niH.. T..1..I... wi I u.-i tuu, D. U, Womsil hllKllile. l'...lliom 1'eruisiiaut. UflHTFn I-lve sgents everywhere t fllournsw yyanitu aA8 La . F.A.iM.Mt.nr.uMMth.i elect rlrlt mr 1 nlllwhl'ltviiu I'liasm rlhan k..-. nsen IMl i-au.lle llulit, mill s ilir. lllUbt lira,, fully Ruarau.ext. Iiisll uo. bin mnnsy router. tmlr.l lias i.mp Co., IW MI. )ilBn 81., rbli en". CBnTEnsnnii . Buy It of your storekeeper.
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