J A PUZZLED BOY. I wonder why m It that girla are always told that they Should do jM like their mammas do in every tingle way? It's offul easy for a girl to Kit along, beeui They praise her up fer actin' jiiit the way her mamma dui. I wonder why it in that boys can't go and do the way Their pa do, and itill not git licked or lectured erery day? Their pas they nearly always amoke, and many of them chew, And wunat my pa he got ao mad 1 heard him ewearin' toot I, wisht somehody'd tell me why it's always dreadful wrong Fer boys to do things that their paa keep doin' right along; I wiaht I knew why girla can act jist like their mammae do, And, what ia more, git loved a lot and praised up fer it, too! I Uncle Jam's "Water-Dragon." ! tlx CHARLES ADAHIa It has always seemod to me that Uncle Jarve'a "water-dragon" was the most useful, practical and efficient Are-fighter which I have ever Been, especially for mills, factories, cream eries and so forth, where there is water, steam or any other power It could be used, however, at farms, stores or residences at any place, In deed, where a small power Is In stalled. It was one of Uncle Jarve's odd contrivances when he was at Grand father Adams', lording It over my brother "Poley" and myself. He first rigged one up at the old paper-pulp mill In the woods, where we were turning dowels and manufacturing shovel-handles from ash. Uncle Jarve had not been at the mill for some time, but one afternoon about the middle of August, when our team came back from the railway station, lol there he sat beside the driver; and he had in the back of the wagon two empty oil-barrels, and a lot of wire and other iron gear. "Now look out," Poley said to me, tinder his breath. "Be on your guard, or he will stick us for something or other. Don't pay him another cent of money." Uncle Jarve, however, appeared to be in one of his absorbed, thought ful, inventive moods. He said hardly a word to us, but went walking about and round the mill, whistling low to himself all tho reBt of the afternoon. At last he took supper with us and stayed overnight, still without saying a word as to what he had come for or why he had brought the oil-barrels. But the next day he got to work; In fact, he had, as it now appeared, been - making his preparations and getting his ironwork done for a week or two. He rolled one of the heavy barrels into the mill, and during all the rest of the forenoon he was rigging a kind ot drum on the main shaft of the mill, for winding his coll ot wire. In the afternoon we saw him wind ing .the wire round the outside of the oil-barrel. He wound it very tightly apd made both ends fast at the chimes. That was about all he did that day; but tbe next day he brought, in his Iron gear, bored a hole in each head ot the barrel, and then passed a rod through the holes and through the barrel, so that the ends, which had been cut for a screw thread, project ed about two inches outside each head. ' Next he put a circular iron plate on each head, having a hole in the centre for the end ot the rod to come through; and then, applying a washer and a nut, he. screwed them tight down on both heads. This, ot course, waa to secure the barrel-heads against Internal pressure. ' He bad thus made his barrel Iron clad, bo to speak, and very strong. It was water-tight and nearly, If not wholly, air-tight. After that be whistled and walked round for a while, and sang a song or two In his rasping, unmusical TOlce; but In the afternoon he be came silently busy again, attached a crank to the spare end of the main shaft, so as to convert circular motion to backword and forward motion, and then connected to that a small but strong pump, set horizontally, with a pipe from it down to the water under the mill. to?" Pnlev ibaJ ma That was more than I could guess; we went about our business and pre tended to take no notice. Uncle Jarve whistled moat of the next day, but got to work toward night, set his barrel on end at tbe back ot the mill, and secured It in place with a collar and braces. He then connected his pump to the bung hole' ot tbe barrel with a bit ot iron pipe and went home. Alter ho bad gone. Polev and t looked It all over, but could make nothing out of it. "I guess he's crazy at last," Poley sold. - But the next day Uncle Jarve came back. He had walked all the way up to the mill; and he brought, colled over bis head and shoulders, about forty feet of hose, which he had wound with wire. The hose had a cozzle on It at one end, and at the other ay aire-and screw connection. "He' was whistling happily to him self; and be now proceeded to bore a hole In the top head ot the barrel and to connect bis bose. He also screwed a little air-cock into the top head. After that be tested It all, then sat and looked it over, and walked round tbe mill for as much as an hour. By that time it was noon, and be came In to dinner with the rest ot us. Just as we were getting up from the table, Poley said, "Uncle Jarve, I'd like to know what you are making out there if you know yourself." Uncle Jarve regarded him a' mo ment thoughtfully. "Chuck," said he, "I .concluded you'd be asking that question just about now. A boy like you. Chuck Bey, with not over a plut ot brains, can stand only about so much curios ity; It burns him all up!" "Oh, yes, yes, we know that you've got all the brains there are In the family!'" exclaimed Poley, wratbfully. "But some ot us ran earn a living- which la more than you ever did." "A living!" quoth Uncle Jarve, -ontern)tuounly. "Why, Chuck, an grubber can. get a living, If he is .sordid enough to work!" Poley burst out with something or other In reply, but Uncle Jarve cut it short. "Oh, drop, that," said he, "and come along out to the mill; I want to show you the finest thing you ever saw." We went out with him, and our three hired men, who were also very curious, followed us. Uncle Jarve looked perfectly happy. "Now, Chuck," said he, "I've given you a dead-sure thing in the way of pretecting your mill- from Are. It's fully equal to a steam flre-eiiglne; and It is so inexpensive and cheap than anybody can have one." We smelled a rat, so to speak, and said nothing. "You see that oil-barrel," Uncle Jarve continued. "That cost one dol lar. You see these circular iron disks on the heads and that rod and the wire on the barrel. Well, they cost a dollar and eighty-five cents. You see that little force-pump, too; that was five dollars fifty. The hose, noz zle, wire and pet-cock were six seventy-five; and those bits of old iron piping cost sixty cents more. Fifteen dollars and seventy cents, all told. That's all It actually cost; but I ex pect to get twenty-five dollars for the rig, as it stands. The nine thirty over the cost is my profit for the patent." Uncle Jarve looked at us as if ex pecting appreciation or applause. But we said nothing. "Let me show you," he went on. "Suppose a fire started In the mill here, or in the lumber-yard outside. One of you shout, 'Fire!' and the other take out your watch and time me. Just three Jumps to make; first Jump, to hoist the gate and start the he let drive with that Jet and ac tually he could reach a hundred feet with it. In three minutes we all took to flight out of range. And then be danced a war-dance and shouted and whooped and cut great circles high over the mill with that Jet. . Poley, all dripping, came round where I stood behind a tree. "He's crazy as a coot!" said Poley. "What are we going to do wltfl him?" But suddenly Uncle Jarve stopped. "All right!" he cried to us. "The fun's over. Come in out of the wet!" We ventured back, all pretty angry, especially Poley. Uncle Jarve had shut the gate, stopped the power, and was colling up the hose. "Sorry, Chucks, that I had to wet you down!" he remarked. "But I couldn't seem to beat this thing Into your thick heads any other way. You understand it now. "Besides," said Uncle Jarve, throw. Ing back his head and tilting up that long nose of his? "I had to let off steam a bit! It was the high Joy of Invention. You 'don't know anything about that, Chucks, and you never will; so go dry yourselves, and thank your old uncle for giving you com plete fire protection at your mill here." "I'd like to thank you by playing that nozzle down your back!" ex claimed Poley. "Ungrateful Chuck!" said Uncle Jarve. "A pint of brains! Only a pint of brains!" We would all have enjoyed thrash ing him; but Uncle Jarve was then nearly twenty-five years old, and an atthletic fellow when not too lazy to display his strength. He came in to supper with us, and after doing ample Justice to the fare, remarked- that he feared he would have to take leave of us .that evening. Poley snorted relief. "You see," Uncle Jarve explained, "I'm going to get up another of these water-dragons. It is the greatest thing of the kind ever invented, I'm going out with one, to take orders, and I need a little ready money. So I shall have to trouble you for twenty five dollars for this one." "You Just let us know when you get it!" shouted Poley, so rngry that he sprang up from his chair and doubled his fists. Undo Jarve regarded him re flectively and shook his head. "Only a pint of brains!" he sighed, with great apparent sadness. Uncle Jarve went away, but throughout August and September he came round regularly about once a week and dunned us for that money. I'm thankful for the summer with its blossoms an' Its bees, I m thankful for the winter with Its bluster and its freeze, I m Buch a thankful feller that I couldn't, If I'd try. Say whether I'm more thankful for December or July. , Of course there's disappointments, an' there's trouble, mre or less. But I'm so brlmmln' over with the sweets o' happiness I don't have time to worry o'er the bitter things, you set For the Lord Jes' keepB me busy bein' thankfuls I can bt. Roy Farrell Greene, In Leslie's' Weekly. water-power going; second Jump, to this little lever, which connects the crank-gear to the pump; third jump, to catch up the nozzle and hose. How many seconds?" "Twenty-one," Bald I, for I was timing his movements. Uncle Jarve was in his element now, and waxed enthusiastic. He charged the pump with a quart or so of water, and then pumped the barrel half-full. "That is the way you al ways want to keep It, ready for fire," said he. "Now yell 'Fire!' and time me again." This time Uncle' Jarve had the gate hoisted, the pump In motion, and the nozzle in his bands, with a smart stream of water flying from It across the mill in eighteen seconds! As the pump went on, rapidly con densing the air and water in the bar rel, the jet irom the nozzle gained strength, till It was projected with creat force on all aides, clear out- "Now what do you suppose he is upj doors and high In the air; for it had tne iuii torce 01 ine water-power De- hind it "Hurrah!" Uncle Jarve shouted, cutting circles with the whizzing Jet. "Best tiding I ever did! It will save millions every year! What Is twenty-five dollars for a flre-flghtar like this?" and be turned to us again for appreciation. But we said nothing. "Is it possible. Chucks, that you don't see the bigness ot this?" he ex claimed, reproachfully. "You stocks! You stones! Haven't you any eyes to see? Haven't you any brains to un derstand? Wake up, can't you? What you need Is an eye-opener or a braln-openerl Stupid Chucks! But I'll make you wake up!" And before we knew what he was about, he turned that Jet on us. The first douche from it nearly took me off my feet. Poley tried to dodge, but Uncle Jarve caught him with It, and drenched him to the skin. I ran, but as I dashed out at the door, Uncle Jarve caught me again wlU It and lifted me clear over a pile ot birch bolts. Poley was crying, Stop ! Stop it ! " But it was of no use to tell Uncle Jarve to stop he was having . too much fun! He caught Poley flat In the face, whiz! splash! knocked him over, soaked him aud nearly drowned him before be could crawl out at the door on his bands and knees. Then he turned suddenly on' tne hired men, who stood a little to the rear and were roaring with laughter, for they thought that they were safe from him. "What are you three laughing at?" he shouted, aud let them have It, too. Two of them ran for the door, and were soaked as they rushed out the other tried to get at Uncle Jarve with a shovel-handle, but was caught by the jet plump under the chin, and bowled over into a heap ot shavings, where Uncle Jarve played on. him till be howled to.- mercy! He wet everything down In the mill, then came to the door, nozzle in hand, and wherever be saw ono of At first wo had no notion ot ever paying him a cent; but as it chanced, there were bad forest fires in Septem ber, which approached' so near the mill that we were glad to make use of the water-dragon, to save our lum ber and other property. It was the most practical, powerful fire-fighter I ever saw; and during October we decided that it was perhaps no more than Just to pay Uncle Jarve the sum which he demanded. He. took the money and went to Washington, with the design of se curing patent rights -on the water dragon. The patent officials held, however, that no new principle waB involved in It other than those al ready employed in steam and hand power fire-engines. This may be the fact. Nono the less, the water-dragon embodied a novel, practical and Inexpensive appli cation of those principles. Youth's Companion. Teeth For' the Villain. Tbe two sets of false teeth looked Just alike, but one set cost (10 more than the other. "There is a lot of extra work on those expensive teeth," said the dent ist. "They are made for an actor who always plays the part of heavy villain in melodrama, and he has to have teeth that he can hiss with. I experi mented on three dlfferentsets of teeth before I got tbe combination. Some how, the nice, even teeth that I usu ally turn out wouldn't permit the sibi lant 'ss-sses' that he deals in to es cape with sufficient venom. You wouldn't believe how much tinkering It takes to lick teeth into shape for the 's'deaths' and 'od's bloods' to sound Just right. Ot all tbe people I ever made teeth for, the heavy stage villain Is the hardest to fit." New York Times. The Old Familiar Faces. "Hello, there!" exclaimed the cheerful man. "Glad to Bee you. Howdy do?" ' i "Why er howdy do? Howdy do?" returned the absent-minded man, somewhat dubiously. "How are you?" "Pretty well, pretty well; er " "You don't seem to remember me." "Why er your face is familiar, but er " "Don't remember my name, eh?" "Well er I hope you'll pardon me, but I must confess I don't," said the absent-minded man. "You'll find It on the handle ot that umbrella you are carrylng,"remarked the cheerful man. "You borrowed It from me six months ago.." New York: Times. be Doing Her lieV "Won't you try to love me? sighed. "I have tried," she replied, kindly but firmly. . "My rich aunt bas just died," he went on. Ho mi tXyp rrcw to PREPARE TIIEI'l Wcllcslejr Tapioca. This is a plenslng variation from the old fashioned baked Indian pud ding. Soak five tablcspoonfuls of pearl tapioca two hours in cold water to cover. Pour four cupfuls of scald ed milk over four tableBpoonfuls cf Indian meal and add three-fourths of a cupful of molasses, three table spoonfuls of butter and one and one half teaspoonfuls ot salt. Cook In double boiler twenty minutes, then add tapioca drained from water. Turn Into a buttered pudding dish and pour over one cupful of cold milk, but do not stir. Bake one and one-fourth hours in a slow oven. Serve with or without thin cream. Indianapolis News. Walnut Creams. Work half a pound of fondant un til creamy, and add a teaspoonful of vanilla flavoring, a few drops at a time. Have ready English walnuts shelled and divided in halves. Take a small piece of fondant, roll In a ball, put between two helves of walnuts and press together. Stand nslde to harden on a platter dusted with con fectioner's sugar. For creamed dates remove the stones and All tho centre with Sav ored fondant. Creamed fruits are made by dip ping in melted fondant. Add a littlo water, a drop at a time, until the fon dant is thin enough to cover the fruit. Melt It in a small saucepan over hot water, stirring constantly. White grapes, candied cherries, slices of or ange and nuts are treated In this manner. New York Tribune. To Hnko Potatoes. Baked potatoes aro a staple article of diet In most families. They are In expensive and ensy to prepare. Yet constantly as they aro used It Is rare to find one well baked the skin is either burned or tho contents ore not mealy. Do not have the oven too hot for baked potatoes. If they are done In a moderate heat, for a longer time they will be more cvrnly cooked. Pricking tho small end of a potato with a fork before putting It in the oven will keep the skin from bursting. A German cook noted for her dell clous baked potatoes washes them carefully, then rubs the skin with pure lard before putting them in the oven. They are muc'j more delicate and tender all through when so cooked. A pleasant variety in baked pota toes Is to skin them when raw, rub them over with a greased paper dipped In butter and baked in the or dinary way. In serving baked potatoes they should be passed on a folded r.apkln, and taken with the finders rather than with a spoon. New Haven Rcsister. BITTER WAR ON INTEMPERANCE 'fn thnf caga. Aaai f will trot j us hiding behind lumber or log piles, again!" Puck. Jellies often refuse to jell when put into largo receptacles. Cream cheese mixed with canned currants or jollied cranberries makes a good sandwich filling. To remove the odor of onions after peeling, put the knife and the hands in very cold water for a few minutes. This will entirely remove tbe scent. Small cold cream jars and the like, if scalded, make excellent containers for Jelly which at some time or other you will desire to place In a lunch basket. To get rid ot rats and mice, stuiT the holes where they come in with ab sorbent cotton moistened with for maldehyde, then -.over with plaster ot parls. To have bright llgh'.s bell the lamp burners In a strong solution ot soda and let dry thoroughly bofore using. Soak .the wicks in vinegar while tho burners aro drying. It dark wool material, men's suits, women's skirts and the like, become shiny, sponge with a solution of com. mon washing blue and water. Press while still damp under a thin cloth. At a certain cooking school they recommend hot gingerbread served with fried apple sauce. Tho apples are stewed and then reheated In hot butter and browned like ordinary fried apples. Whon tho edges of dollies or table covers curl up, run weight tapo into the horns and they will He perfectly smooth. The same Is very good to run in edges ot sash curtains on book cases und the like. Did you ever uso s shower bi'.i'a hose on ironing day to sprinkle tlis clothes? A watering pot with a ilno stream should do Just as well. 1 he clothes ure sprinkled more cvcniy and In a shorter time. A perfectly clean paint brush is a good thing to keep on band to clean dusty trult. Grapes, sandy dried poaches, strawberries and otber fruits in their season are quickly cleaned in this way. If you aro beginning to havo trou ble with your feet, bathe them oftsa, powder .them freely, rub alcohol on thorn occasionally give thorn enroful attention until you discover the sort of treatment they respond to. In choosing footwear for youns children, It should be remembered that lace boots aro belter for them than buttoned footwear. Tbe shanks ot the button aro apt to press on tho instep or ankle aud causo discomfort, while better support is naturally given to tbe ankles when it is possi ble to draw la. the laces at will. Tho flavor of tho seeded raisin Is bettor than that of the seedless sul tana raisin, but some cake makers and pudding makers find the stoning ot the fruit tedious and object to the waste Involved for there is a cer tain amount ot pulp cleaving to the seeds when removed. A little butter, rubbed on the fingers and on the. I knife will do away with much stick!-' D.38S and waste of tinto and trult. ' SOLDIFRS FIGHTING THIS Cl'RSQ GREATLY CHliKUED. Accidents and Drink, After recapitulating tho striking statistics on the subject of railway accidents caused by drink collected by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion, and relating some facts showing the state of physical and mental strain to which trainmen are sub jected. Dr. H. O. Marcy, ot Boston,' writes: "Until the very recent past, the medical profession believed and taught and the great public religious-' ly accepted as orthodox, the advan tages to be derived from the nse of alcoholic beverages. "Every Individual subject to special strain, either mental or physical, con sciously believed that the difficult orj dangerous period might be tided over with much greater safety by the use' of alcohol in some form. "Twenty-five years ago the en gineer and fireman upon a train, subject to their long hours of ex posure on duty, oftentimes demanded for a whole twenty-four hours of ser vice without sleep kept the bottle handy in the cab for conscientious use. This was approved of by the authorities as beneficial to the men and adding safety to tbe trains in transit. "Since it has been clearly shown, and that by unprejudiced observers n different parts of tbe world, that alcohol, even in moderate quantities, lessens the functions of all the senses. For example, the soldier cannot march so far, or have as many hours in the year of able service, when per mitted to take, even in moderation, alcohol. "The railroad service in Germany Is a semi-military organization, and therefore 1b more easily under disci pline and control. The Prussian rail way management has issued orders forbidding any engine driver, switch man or dispatcher all use of beers or spirits when on duty. "The order closes with the state ment that total abstainers will be given preference In the matter of promotion and permanency of em ployment. The sub-offlcers of divis ions have Issued more stringent rules, requiring total abstinence of all per sons holding responsible positions.' stating that no one need apply unless his character as a temperate man can be sustained. "Dr. Ennls, of the University of Heidelberg, has declared that over fifty per cent, of all accidents occur ring on the German railroads are due to the bewilderment of the operatives who have used stimulants, and if total abstainers were employed, the expense of managing the road could be reduced very greatly. Such action is fundamental and far-reaching, since, for generations, the German has conscientiously believed that his beer was advantageous in the devel opment and strengthening of both his mental and physical powers." Four Good Reasons. Rev. Dr. Thomas Guthrie gave these four reasons for being a total abstainer: "First, my health is stronger; second, my head Is clearer; third, my heart Is lighter; fourth, my purse Is heavier." Let every young man who reads these lines adopt this principle and live by it, and his life will be happier and his soul safer. There Is here an argument for a strong body, one that should hold a place in the ambition of every young man. There is here the argument ot a clear brain, which no man, young or old, can neglect and make success ful headway against the competitions of this age. A clear brain is as neces sary as a strong body. There Is here the argument ot a light and joyous heart. While trouble will come to the abstainer as it must to all man kind, . yet none of those Ills which flow from the intoxicating cup will be his: none ot those sullen and melan choly hours which follow In the wake of the bacchanal. He will awake from his slumber to greet tbe dawn of each new day free from the humilia tion of the past night and the mem ories of his dishonor. There is the argument ot a full purse. You can not empty your money into the sa loonkeeper's wallet and keep It in your own. If you supply his. yours muBt go empty. Many a magnificent fortune has been dissolved in the wine cup, and if you are weak enough to Indulge, you are too weak to avoid the consequences of your Indulgence. United Presbyterian. , Run the Next Mill by Water. A popular temperance advocate told a pointed story the other day. A minister met an acquaintance, who was formerly a prosperous young business man, but whose habits of drinking resulted In ruin, though he has reformed and Is trying to do bet ter. "How are you?" said the minister. "Pretty well, thank you; but I've just been to a doctor to have him look at my throat." "What's the matter?" "Well, the doctor couldn't give any encouragement; at leaBt, be couldn't find what I wanted him to find." "What did you expect him to find?" "I asked him to look down my throat for the sawmill and farm that bad gone down there." "And did he see anything ot them?" i "No. But he advised me If I ever get another mill to run it by water." Louisiana More Than Half Dry. State Chairman E. E. Israel writes the Associated Prohibition Press, from Baton Rcuge, July 23th, that there are thirty-three dry out of a total of Afty-nlno parishes in Louis iana to date. Temperance Notes. One million, one hundred thousand people out of s total population ot 1,350,000 In South Carolina are now uuder county prohibition law as re sult of the recent election. The temperance forces of Hawaii are taking tbe Initiative in the move ment for territorial prohibition, and the affiliated church organizations have' already presented a plea to tbe United States Congress, asking for the passage of a law providing for complete prohibition In Hawaii. The official records of tbe police department of Memphis, Tenn., show that during the first month undor the new State law, with Us former 700 saloons outlawed, arrests tor drunk enness were sixty-one, as compared with 164 during July, 1908, under wide-open conditions. The body of a man was taken from the Detroit River early on Labor Day. In the pockets ot tbe unfortunate man were found $2.95 and a bottle ot whisky. Tbe salooukeepers failed to rob the deceaaud of his last dollar, but the drink manufacturers helped him to eternal judgment. Micbtgau Catholic. V 4.1 I 0 .. 1.1. - 'HAXKSGIVING BONO. J9 - V Tnnei "Old Hundred." With heart and soul we'll praiae the Lord. All nations join with one accord, For mercies pant and care bentowed, 'io heal each wound, remove each load. Our word are feeble to reveal The gratitude our hearta must feeL Thou knowest, Lord, each aecret thought The atrugglea gained, the conflict fougut. We'll dwell in peace, in friendship strong, Uphold the right, put down the wrong. And waiting, trust in God above. The King of Light, the Lord of Love. Mary Stuart bymomU, in Christian Register. Somnolent Eutychus. That poor young man, Eutychus, who heard no lesson himself, has been the means of teaching many a good lesson to others. Doubtless he became the text for many a discourse in his own Troas, as In towns Innum erable ever since. He must have been mortified severely, and sorry enough that he took that nap. Doubtless he had good reason for his sleepiness. Probably he was a hard-working lad, for most of the early Christians were tollers. It was at the end of a long day. Certainly it was hot in that upstairs room, and there were many lights there, too. Eutychus may have taken his seat in that open window just to get a breath of fresh air. He was not the last church-goer to suffer from poor ventilation. But to go to sleep when Paul was preaching! Ah, what a colossal mis fortune! It would be easy nowadays to find one hundred million persons who would sit up all night, for a week or for ten weeks, did nature hold out. Just on the chance of hear ing Paul speak a single r.entence, were the master thinker back on earth again. And Eutychus had the chance to hear the greatest of the apostles discourse till midnight! It was a farewell discourse, too, and probably the last opportunity Euty chus had to hear him. Had the young man realized what we now understand about Paul, had he known that the Insignificant lit tle man in that hot third-story room was the most profound philosopher and the greatest religious leader and tho noblest hero among the sons of men. that he was an author whose writings would be the study of mill ions to the end of time, a Christian statesman whose activity and organ izing ability would affect kingdoms and influence all the centuries in mat ters of the deepest moment, the very excitement, curiosity end wonder of It would have kept him awake. But, like many of us, he did not under stand. Like many of us, I say. For, though we cannot hear Paul In the flesh, we can hear him In the spirit; and that is even more real than any pulsation of air against a tmypanum. Nay, we can hear In the same way Paul's Master Himself. We have been In meetings where they were present, where they were speaking. Where two or three. only two or three, were gathered togther, Christ was In the midst of them, and was speak ing. And we were fast asleep! t do not mean with our eyes shut and our mouths open and our noses snoring; nothing so rude and crude 8r that. But I mean asleep, the part of us that counts asleen, our minds asleep, sitting in the vindew of the third story. Too tired. Hot and weary in the chase after money or power or fame. Our brains fagged out with the beat ing of dollars, per cents., votes, the clash of tongues, the rattle of the market place. Too tired to Ilsien, veritable Eutychuses. up In the third storv In the twentieth century. "Taken up dead?" Why, of course. What Is that condition but spiritual depdness? And there will be no Paul at hand to work a second miracle on us. Amos R. Wells, In Sabbatb Reading. EPWNI LEAGUE LESSONS f SUNDAY, JANUARY 9. How to Make Our Will God's Will. (John 7. 17; Acts 22. 10; Psa. 25. 9.) John 7. 17. There Is an acid test for gold; His is the acid test for Christianity. Many a critic of our faith would be forced to put his hand on his mouth, If In the midst ot his attack on the religion of Jesus he were asked. "Have you ever tried it?" All our Lord asks Is a fair chance. Tbe more nearly you come to doing; tbe will of God the more wonderfully reasonable and real will Jesus and his message seem. Let us be fair with him, and not say that the claims ot the Saviour are Impossible until we have put them to the test Acts 22. 10. The great question ot Phillpplan Jailer waa "What shall I do to be saved?" He got his answer, and It has served to answer the same question for countless thousands since. But Saul of Tarsus had no need to ask that question. His first inquiry, after he had heard Christ's voice, was as to the business of his life and from the first moment of bis acquaintance with the persecuted One of Nazareth this was always his ques tion: "What Is thy will for me?" Its answer led him to the Arabian soli tude and the Epheslan mob, to the market pluce of Athens and the prlpon cell of Rome. And It helped to make him the greatest evangelist of Christ's salvation, the greatest missionary of all time. With all his natural gifts and powers, Paul would have never come to his great place in the thought and life of Christendom If he had not made his will work with God's will always. Psa. 25. 9. The meek man 13 not the fainthearted man. apologizing for his own existence. Rather he Is tho man who has come to quiet content ment because he has been humble enough to let God guide him, and has found that guidance a source of power. This meek man is not the crlnglngly submissive man, but the man who has measured his need against God's pow er, and has yielded to the Divine be cause the Divine can do so much for him which he cannot do for himself. The weak man Is coerced, and obeys unwillingly; the meek man Is convinc ed nnd obeys by helping God to shape his life for good. ri! L JANUARY NINTH Living the Heavenly Life Now. When the disciples were on the Mount of Transfiguration, they want ed to stay there and continue the transfiguration companionship and glory. But they could not do this they had to return to the struggle! and temptations of the lower world. We, too, have our transfiguration vis. ions, but they come only to give ut new assurance and strength. We must return again to our work and our dally life of care. But the Master wants us always to live the transfig uration life, to live every moment ai if the holy vision were shining before our eyes. We are to carry the com munlon'fact and spirit with us to out homes. We are to live the Immortal life wherever we go. A Prayer. Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for making clear In Thy word the blessedness ot service. Teach us tbe supromacy of our allegiance to Thee as above all claims of earthly profit. Help us to count all things but lost to gain Christ and the joy of Thy sal vation. As we walk by the quiet paths or the rugged ways of our earthly lite, give us to be a friend to many and bring others into the joy of friendship with Christ. Put heart into us, O Lord, for our day's work, and use our weakness to teach Thy power, limitless and everlasting, that saveth to the uttermost all who trust In Thee. Need of To-day. The need of to-day Is a creed with a God in It big enough to worship with all your heart and soul aud strength. Tbe main postulate ot out" creed must be, "I believe In God, the Father Almighty." Humility. To serve Is not mean. It Is Christ like. It Is not to cringe. ' No gentle man in Rome In the old day ever thought humility a virtue. Humility was Wtt tor slaves to cultivate. NEVER FORGETS 'EM. "Maude Is continually gigglln She seems to have an ever-present sense of humor." "Not st all. What she bai is sim ply sn ever-present consciousness of dimples." Boston Transcript. French la Algeria. Ia ths French schools In Algeria and Tunis the Arabic boys sit with tbe French In school, but oui ot s'.'bool they do not tulx much. , Bringing Others to Christ: Wh Should Do It? How Is It Done? John 1: 35-51. The preacher. 1 Cor. 9: 18-27. The Christian. Acts 8: 1-8. The friend. Mark 2: 1-12. By word. Luke 4: 16-30. By example. 1 Tim. 4: C-16. By the Spirit. John 16: 5-11; Acts 2: 37. In all our soul-winning work let us remember that we are to bring others to Christ, not to ourselves (v. 36). We are never alone In giving tho Invitation to Christ; the Savior also adds His. Begin your soul-wlnnlng with those nearest you; that nearness is a divine command. "Come and see" Is Infinitely better than "Go and see." Suggestions. Who should bring others to Christ? Any one that has been brought there himself. Whom should we try to bring? Any one that Is not there. Fear to invite another to Christ? Yes. when you would be afraid to tell a man that he Is heir to ten mil lion dollars! The Invitation to Christ Is not best given until you cannot help giving It. The oftener you give the Christian. Invitation the more easily will you, give it. Make evangelism a habit. Illustrations. You cannot Introduce some one you do not know to some one you do not know. You must be acquainted with, both Christ and the man whom you would bring to Christ. The Christian Is like an elcctrlo magnet, which is powerless to draw until the current flows through the coll that la around It. That coil is the Influence of the Holy Spirit. You cannot attract patients to a physician by any better argument than "He cured me." When the President Invites people to the White House how glad they are to go! Give the Christian Invi tation as if it were to the palace ot a king. Shaving Guards Health. ' ' "Clean Shaving as a Prophylactic Measure" Is the subject ot an article In the London Lancet. Tbe matter is brought up by a contributor In The Lancet noticing that clean-shaven persons enjoy a kind ot immunity, from common colds or are less fre quently attacked than those who cul tivate a mustache. The Lancet says that it Is conceiv able that the mustache affords s nursery for organisms, whereas a. dally shave acts as a regular antisep tic routine. At this rate women should enjoy similar immunity, says The Lancet, unless stress be laid on, the fact that no method ot their toilet equals the drastic cleaning; process of the razor and soap. ( Moreover, tbe downy hair is natural to the lips of women and children.- ew York Times. THE MACHINE WITHOUT THREAD "I like to sew where there Is not thread In tbe machine, It runs so east-t ly," Bald a little girl. A good many people, I think, are pretty fond of running their machines without thread. When I bear a boy talking very largely of the grand things be would do It be only could and It things and circumstances were only different, and then neglecting every dally duty and avoiding work and lessons, I think he Is running his machine with-, out any thread. When I see a girl very sweet and pleasant abroad, ready to do anything for a stranger, and cross and disa greeable In ber home, she, too, Is run ning her machine without any thread.; Ah, this sewing without thread is very essy indeed, and tbe life machine will make a great buzzing! But la bor, time and force will in f..o and be far worso than lost. Th Frio-iJ For Boys and Girls, j
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