THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG. PA.
(lEOPQE RANDOLPH QlOTriL
snd LILLIAN CHESTER u.
HLU3TCATrD4?-C.D,l?H6DES 1 I.
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SYNOPSIS.
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At vestry meeting of the Market
Bquare church (Jiill Burnt-nt l.-lls Kev.
hmllh ltoyj that Market Siiuara chureh
l apparently a lucrative bumm-Kg buut
priye. Allhuin take dull ml In In his
motor cur. Sim Hud celd illH.ipprovitl In
the eye of llnv. Kmlth Uoyl. Alllscm
tftrU a cwnumgn for consolhliitlnri nnii
control of tha entire trmmportiitlim sys
tem of the wtfrt'l. Gull boi-nnics popu'ur.
Allison Kltu control of trunHconiliiftitiil
trafllo mid arraru,'''H to fthsorb tin- Vd
lr court tt-tiufn-rit prn;mrrv of Market
tiijuara church. i:ill tells It'oyd thut tha
cathedni) M;ukM Hiiuure ehureh in'jp-'Ht-s
to build will ha out of prntlls wnini; from
miuulor. At it roet-tln of tin s-i!:i llri'in
lal mufnaio of too country. Alliton or
Kanlre tha IntTimiloiutl Transp -mutton
company. Kov. fc'nillh Hoyd timlf rtakra
Mall's iplrttunl Inainntlnii and Hall un-oonei-louwy
(rives Allison a hint that aulvnn
the Veddor court problem for him. On
an lnpoetieri trip In Allison's n--w auh
way tho tunnul eaves In. Call gM buvk
to her homo In the West. Her friend Itira
her and Arly bark to New York. In tha
midst of a etruiCKie with the drug of hu
manity In Voider court Itev. Btnlth BovJ
audilenly finds that ha Is a reel llvlnu
and loving mun. Ha propose to Gull
but, on the verge of acceptance, she re
members ttielr rt-llglous dliTerem-es. and
refuses. ThrnuKh Allison's ronnlvanee
with tha political boss Vedder court Is
ondemned by the eliy as unnnlturv.
Kov. Smith Boyd proposes to the vestry
to repluct the eld VeduYr court Luild.nus
with motlul tenement.
CHAPTER XVIII Continued.
"I attend a vestry meeting now and
then," ho replied, and then hu laughed
shortly. 'Td rather do business with
forty corporations than with one ves
try. A church always expects to con
duct Its share of tho negotiations on
a strictly commercial basis, while It
expects you to mingle a little charity
with your end of tho transactions."
"Tho Vedder court property," she
guessed, with a slight contraction of
l.er brows.
"Still after it." said Allison, aud
talked of other matters.
Jim Sargent returned, and glancing
Into the little reception teteatele as
he passed, saw Allison and came back.
"I didn't expect to set; you so soon,"
wondered Allison.
"We broke un In a row." laughed
Daifeim, i.i.iia aim t niM;uiin
were willing to accept your price, but
the rest of us listened to Doctor Uoyd
and Nicholas Van I'loon. and fell. We
insist oa our cathedral, and Doctor
lioyd'g plan secins the best way to
get It, though even that may necessi
tate a four or five years' delay."
"What's his plan?" asked Allison.
' "KebuildiHg," returned Sargent. "Wo
can put up tenements good enough to
pass tho building Inspectors and to
last fifteen yours,
ret.ts we are now
With the sanlo i
receiving, we can J
offer Hum better quarters, and, as
Doctor Hoyd suggested, redeem our
selves from seme of the disgrace of
this whole proceeding. Clever, sen
sible idea, I think."
Call was leaning forward, with her
fingers clasped around her knee; her
brown c; es had widened, and a little
red spot had appeared in either cheek;
her red lips were half parted, as she
looked up in wonder at her I'ncle
Jinx
"Is that the plan upon wlikii they
have decided?" and Allison looked at
his watch. '
"Well, hardly," frowned Sargent.
"We couldn't suing Clark and ('his
holm. At tho laat minute they sug
gested that wo might build lofts, und
the Impending fracas seemed too seri
ous to take up Just now. so we've
tabled the whole tiling."
Allison smiled, and slipped
watch back in 1 is pocket.
"It's fairly definite, however,
you wout sell," he concluded.
"N'ot at your figure," laughed
his
that
Sar-
gent. "If we took your money. Doctor
Cojd would ha too old to preach In the
new cathedral."
"Hu ll pull It through some way," do-'
clared Allison. "Ilos as smart as a
whip."
Neither gentleman had noticed Gail.
She had settled bat k In her chair dur
ing these last speeches, weary and
listless, and overcome with a sense
of some humiliation too evnslve to be
properly framed even'In thought. She
had a sense that shu had given away
something vastly precious, and which
would never be valued. Neither did
they notice that shi changed smldenly
to relief. She had been Justified in
her decision.
She took the reins of convention
herself after Uncle Jim had left, and
entertained Allison so brightly that he
left with Impatience at the tea party
which monopolized hr.
Later, when Kev Smith Hoyd
dropped In, he met with a surprising
and disconcerting vivacity. Ia his eyes
there were psln and suffering, and In
expressible hunger, but iu tiers there
was only dancing irivoKty; a little too
OLD-WORLD V.USIC REVIVID;
Connoisseurs Welcome With Delight
the Return to Instrument Eeiong
inj to the Pact.
for the musical connoisseur a new
and delightful experience during the
last season has been tbe appearance
of the Russian musician, M. Votitchen
ko, and the old-world instrument,
known as I tin tympanon. upon which
he plays, the London Chronicle slates
ThlB wventceiitli century tns'ru
mont ot the dulcimer lamlly, a run
steal ancestor T the riarectn. nas
been rowiiod Own oblivion by M. Vot
ltctiepko, uniler wnoce fingers It has
attained a Uili digte'i ot artistic tx
pressiou.
At a co:u r. held In aid ol funds
for the wpuiided Hie young kusiuii
player delighted Ins nearer. with a
number of seventeenth and eighteenth
century pieces, som i of lliem adapted
from music originally plnycd on the
Instrument In liuis AIVs time, and
others aranged from Russian folk
tunes. .
n tb esse ot the latter the music
ebullient, perhaps, if he had boon wise
enough to know; but he was not.
The study door was open when lato
that evening Houston Vnn I'loon se
dately escorted Mrs, Davies and Gall
into the library, one of those rooms
which appoint themselves the Instinc
tive lounging places of all family inti
mates. Call turned up her big eyes In
sparkling acknowledgment us the punc
tilious Van I'loon took her cloak, and,
at thut moment, as the stood grace
fully poised, she caught the gaze of
Key. Smith fioyd fixed on her with
such Infinite longing that It distressed
her. She did not want him to suffer.
Uncle Jim strode out with a hearty
greeting, and, at the sound of the
voices of no one but Gall and Mrs. Da
vies and Houston Van I'loon, old
"Duddy" Manning appeared In the
doorway, followed by the rector.
"The sweetest flower that blows In
any dale," quoted "Daddy" Maiming,
patting Gall's hand affectionately.
The rector Btood by, waiting to gr?et
her, after Manning had monopolized
her a selfish moment, and the newly
aroused eye for color In him seized
upon the gold and blue and red of her
straight K.-typtlun costume, and recog
nized In them a part of her endless
variety. Tho black on her lashes. Ho
was close enough to see that; and he
marveled at himself that ho could not
disapprove.
Gall was most uncomfortably aware
of him In this ncamess; but she
turned to him with a frar.k smile of
friendship.
"This looks like a conspiracy," she
commented, glancing towards the
study, which was thick tilth smoke.
"It's an offensively Innocent one,"
i returned Manning, giving the rector
but small chance. "We're discussing
plans for the new Vedder court tene
ments." "Oh!" observed Gall, and radiated
a distinct chill, whereupon Hev. Smith
Boyd, divesting himslf of some cour
fpous
compliment, nclianged Inane
adieus with Mrs. Davies and young
Van Ploon, and took his committee
back into the study.
Mrs. Davies remained but a moment
or so. She even seemed eneer to retire,
and as she left the library, fho cast a
hopeful backward glance at the dancing-eyed
Gail and the correct young
Van I'loon. who. with his Dutch com
plexion and his blonde English mus
tache and his stalwart Ametlean boc'y,
to say nothing of his being a Van
I'loon, rt preser.letl to her the Ideal of
masculine perfection. He was an eli
gible who never did anything a second
too early or a second too late, or de
viated by one syllabic from the esact
things he shoi.ld say.
If the anxious Aunt Helen had
counted on any Important results from
this evening's opportunity s, she had
not taken into her caleu'atioi.s the
adroitness of C ail. In precisely five
minutes Von I'loon was on the door
step, with his Inverness on his shoul
ders and his silk hat In his hand, with
out even having approached llie elabo
rate Introduction to certain important
remarks he had definitely decided to
make. Gall might not have been able
to rid herself of him so easily, for he
was a person of considerable momen
tum, but he had rather planned to
make a more deliberate ceremony of
the matter. Impulsive opportunities
not brini? in his lint! of thought
A tall )Otmg man in an Inverness
walked ra;id!y past the door while
Van I'loon was saying the correctly
clever things In the way of adieu; and
before she had closed the door on Van
Ploon, Dick Itodley walked into the
house with careless assurance.
"Gracious, Dicky, you can't come
In!" protested Gail, with halt frown
ing, half laughing remonstrance. "It's
a fearful hotil for talis."
"I'm a friend of. the family." in
sisted Dick, calmly closing the door
behind them and hanging his hat on
the rack. "I guess you've forgotten
the progrutu."
"Oh, jts, the proposal. Well, have
it over with."
"All right," he agreed, and taking
her arm and tucking her shoulder
comfortably close to him, he walked
easily with her back to the library.
Arrived there, he seated her on her
favorite chair, and drew up another
one squarely In front of her.
"I'm going to shock you to death,"
he told her. "I'm going to propose se
riously to you."
Some laughing retort was on her
lips, but si e ksmht a look In his eyes
which suddenly stopped hox.
"I am very much In earnest about
it. Gnll." and his voice bore the stamD
seems to have a certain a'finlty for
the Inrtrtiment. which as a matter of
fact, has been In Russia for several
g'-ncriitioriB in M. Votltchenko's lam
lly. These "Did Memories of Little
Russia" and a "Rhapsody of Volga
Songs" both proved very exquisite and
delightful. s did also a f intnsy on old
French tunes, and sonn other p!e;es
.Much of the charm r.f each. It need
hardly be said, lav In tho very tieautl
lul and sympathetic way In whicti the
artist handled the Instrument.
Have Mere Man on the Hip.
There Is a sar! tate ""tiling for Mr.
Man If women stay home one day. as
the sultrngints threaten to do some
time In October. Their plan Is to In
duce all women of the I'ntted Stiles
employed In business to stay away
from work on a specified day.
This, they contend, will furnish a prac
tical refutation o the argument that
"woman s place Is in the home" by
demonstrating that the "place" of
about one-third of the sex Is In
schools, stores, factories, offices and
other commercial establishments. It
such a strika could be brought shout
of doop Rlnerrlty. "I love you. I want
you to be my wife."
"Dick," protested Gall, and It was
sho who reached out and placed her
hand lu his. Wo action was too con
lidlngly frank for him to mistake It.
"I was afraid you'd thluk that way
about It," he said, his voice full of
a pain of which they neither one had
believed him capable. "This Is the
first time I ever proposed, except in
fun, and I want to muke you take me
seriously. Gall, I've said so many
pretty things to you, that now, when
I am In such desperate earnest, there's
nothing left but Just to try to tell you
how much I love you; how much I
want you!" He stopped, and, holding
ber hand, patting it gently with uncon
scious tenderness, he gnzed earnestly
Into her eyes. His own were entirely
without that burning glow which he
had, for so long, bestowed on all the
young and beautiful. They were al
most somber now, and In their depth
was a humble wlstfulness which
made Gail's heart rlow out to him.
"1 can't Dick," she told him, smiling
affectionately at him. "You're the
dearest boy In the world, and I want
you for my friend as long as we live;
for my very dear friend!"
He studied her In silence for a mo
ment, and then he put his hands on
her cheeks, and drew her gently
towards him. Still Mulling Into his
eyes, she held up her Hps, and he
kissed her.
"I'd like to say something Jolly be
fore I go," he said as he rose; "but 1
can't seem to think of It."
Gull laughed, but there was a trace
of moisture In her eyes as she took
his arm,
"I'd like to help you out, Dicky, but
I can't think of it either," she re
turned. She was crying a little when she
went up the stairs, and her mood was
not even Interrupted by the fact that
Aunt Helen's door was ajar, and that
Aunt Helen stood Just beyond the
crack.
"Why, child, that Egyptian black is
tunning," was Aunt Helen's tlrst ob
servation. Gull dabbd hastily at the two tiny
rivulets which had hesitated at the
z, m mm
. v ' .J 4
"Poor Dicky," She Explained, and
Walked Into Her Own Room.
curve of her pink cheeks, and then she
put her head on Aunt Helen's shoul
der, and wept softly.
"Poor Dicky," she explained, aud
then turning, disappeared into her
own room.
Mrs. Helen Davies looked after her
speculatively for a moment; but she
decided not to follow.
CHAPTER XIX.
The Maker of Maps.
There began to be strange uew
stirrings in the world. Money! From
the land which was its home aud place
of abode It leaued over across the
wide seas, and made potent whisper
ings in the ears of the countries where
money is despised and held vulgar
They all listened. Tbe particular po
tency lay in tbe fact that the money
was so big, which took away tremen
dously from its desplcableness and Its
vulgarity.
A black-bearded grand duke, from
the wide land ot the frozen seas hum
bled himself to plain Ivan Strolesky
at the sound of that whisper, and hur
ried westward. A high dignitary of an
empire upon which the sun never sets
hid his title under a plebeian nom de
plume, and stalked stolidly away west
ward to that whisper of despised
American money. From the land of
fashion, from the land of toys, from
the land ot art and music, from the
land of cherry blossoms, from the land
of the drowsing drug, from the land of
the flashing Jewels, from the lands of
the burning sands and the landH of the
midnight sun, there came the highest
of power; und they all, light and
swarth. and beardid and smooth, and
for even one day It would throw the
organization of affairs out of Joint.
Public schools, department stores. and
many lar lories would bo forced to shut
down, the telephone system would be
paralysed, some of the restaurants
woull huve to close their doors antl
most otlices. without stenographers,
would proceed at half speed. And for
fear that the "sex" may carry out
their threat the suflraglsts say tha'
many usiness men heve asked the
newspapers not to print anything
about tho strike. "It Is dangerous.'
they say: ' dangerous to husutess. Do
nut cncournv this 1-wU'ss plan.
At last the sisters nav mure mun on
tho hip New York Times.
First Hand Grenades.
Hand grenades, which are playing a
prominent purl in iho present war,
were revived In modern limes by Gen.
Daden Powell during the sieve of Mafe
klng. They were afterwards used wltb
dire effect against the Russians by the
"Ellin" Japanese Hut they first ap
peared among tha equipment of the
British army In the suminet of 1678.
! whon -oba Svelyo record: "No
J t '
large and small, and robed and trou
sered, centered toward the city of
strong men, and, one by one, presented
themselves, In turn, to a grave and
silent, klnky-hulred old darky by the
name of Ephralm.
One motive alone had dragged them
over sterile plains and snowy moun
tains and bounding seas; the magic
whisper of Moneyl
Through Ephralm they came to the
stocky, square-standing, square-faced
chess player who was called Allison.
They found him pleasant, agreeable,
but hardly of their class. He was so
forceful as to be necessarily more or
less crude, and be had an unpleasant
fashion of waving aside all the decent
little pretenses about money. That
was the fault of this whole rude coun
try, where luxury had been brought to
the greatest refinement ever known lu
the history of the world; it was so
devoted to money, and the cultured
gentlemen did their best to get all
they could.
To Ivan Strolesky Allison was frank
and friendly, tor there was something
in the big Russian which was different
from these others, so he hastened to
have business out ot the way.
"Hero are your lines," he said,
spreading down a map which had been
brought up to date by hand. "The
ones I want are checked In blue. The
others I do not care for.
The grand duke looked them over
with a keen eye.
"I am rather disappointed," be con
fessed In excellent English. "I had
understood that you wished to control
our entire railway system."
"I do," assented Allison; "but I don't
wish to pay out money for them all.
If I can acquire tbe lines I have
marked, the others will be controlled
quite easily from tho fact that I shall
have the only outlet."
Tbe grand duke, who had played po
ker In America and fan-tan In China
and roulette In Monte Carlo, and all
tho other games throughout the world,
smiled with his Impressive big eyes,
and put his hand up under his beard.
"Tho matter then seems to resolve
Itself Into a question of price," he
commented.
"No; protection," responded Allison.
"If I were buying these railroads out
right, I should expect my property in
terests to be gunrded, even If I had to
appeal to international equity; but I
am not."
"No," admitted the grand duke.
"They cannot be purchased."
"The proposition resolves Itself then
Into a matter of virtual commercial
seizure," Allison pointed out.
The grand riuke, still with his hand
In his beard, chuckled, as he regarded
Allison amusedly.
"I shall not mind if you cull it pi
racy," he observed. "We, in Russia,
must collect our revenues as we can,
and we are as frank as Americans
about It. Returning to your matter of
protection, I shall admit that the
only agreement upon which we car.
secure what you want, would not hold
In International equity; and, In conse
quence, the only protection I can give
you is my personal word that you will
not be molested in anything which you
wish to do, providing it Is pleasant to
myself and those I represent."
"Then we'll nrnke It an annual pay
ment," decided Allison, putting away
some figures he had prepared. "We'll
make It a sliding scale, increasing
each year with the eurnlngs."
The grand duke considered that
proposition gravely, and offered an
amendment.
"After the first year," he suld. "We
shall begin with a large bonus, how
ever Allison again put out of his mind
certain figures he had prepared to sug
gest. Apparently the grand duke need-1
ed a large supply of Immediate cash,
aud the annual payments thereafter
would need to be decreased accord
ingly, with still another percentage de
ducted for profit on the duke's neces
sities. "Let us first discuss the bonus," pro
posed Allison, and quite amicably they
went Into the arrangement, whereby
Ivan Strolesky filched the only valu
able railroad lines in his country from
the control ot Its present graft-ridden
possessors, and handed It over to the
International Transportation company.
"By the way," said Allison. "How
soon can we obtain possession?"
Ivan Strolesky put his hand In his
beard again, and reflected.
"There Is only one man who stands
in the way," he calculated. "He will
be removed immediately upon my re
turn." There was something so uncanny
about this that even the practical
Allison was shocked for an instant,
and then be laughed.
"We have still much to learn from
your country," be courteously con
fessod.
When Ivan Strolesky bad gone, Alli
son went to bis globe and drew a
bright red line across the laud of the
frozen seas.
There came a famous diplomat, a
heavy blond man with a red face
and big spectacles and a high, wide,
round forehead.
"I do not know what you want."
said the visitor, regarding Allison with
a stolid stare. "I have coine to see."
were brought Into service a new kind
of soldiers culled grenadiers, who were
dexterous in flinging hand grenadcB
They bad furred cups with coped
crowns, which made them look very
tierce"
These primitive grenadiers, after
hurling their missile, charged the en
emy with hatchets, aud were frequent
ly killed by their own fireVork. B
sides grenades In pouches and battle
axes, they were armed with muskets,
slings (?), swords and doggers: and
bayonets, when firs', v vented, were ap
propriated to tho g.tMiillers So they
must have beej walki.'g ursenals.
J of) re and Napoleon.
A saying of General Joffro's which
has never been given the publicity it
deserves comes from a correspondent
who vouches for Its accuracy. It Il
lustrates charmingly tin modesty of
tha man who. It Is claimed, saved
France. The general was explaining
to a favored American visitor tbe po
sition of the French army Intrench
ments on tbe plain beneath tbe hill
where they stood, and he traced the
courae of tba German lines beyond.
"I merely wish to chat International
politics," returned Allison. "There Is
an old-time feud between you aud your
neighbors to the west."
"That Is history," replied the visitor
noncommlttally. "We are now at
peace."
"Never peace," denied' Allison.
"There will never be friendship be
tween phlegmatism and mercurltillsm.
You might rest for centuries with your
neighbors to the west, but rest Is not
peace."
"Excuse me, but what do you mean?"
and the visitor stared stolidly,
"In your affairs of mutual relation
ship with the land to the west, there
are not less than a dozen causes upon
which war could be started without
difficulty," went on Allison. "In fact,
you require perpetual diplomacy to
prevent war with that country."
The visitor locked his thick finger
quietly together and kept on stolidly
staring.
"You are about to have a war," Alli
son advised him.
"No, It Is not true," and the visitor
went so far, In his emphasis, as to un
lock his fingers aud rest one hand on
tho back of the other.
"I think I am a very fair prophet,"
said Allison easily. "I have made
money by my prophecy. I have more
money at my command at the present
time than any man In the world, than
any government; wealth beyond han
dling In mere currency. It can only be
conveyed by means of checks. Let me
show how easy It Is to write them,"
and, drawing a blank book to him. be
wrote a check, and signed his name,
and filled out the stub, and tore it out,
and banded It to thevlsltor for Inspec
tion. The visitor was properly pleased
with Allison's ease In penmanship.
"I see," was the comment, and the
check was handed back. He drew his
straight-crowned derby towards him.
"1 have made a mistake," said Alli
son. "I have left off a cipher," and
correcting this omission with a new
check, he tore up the first one.
"I see," commented the visitor, and
put the second check In bis pocket.
That hud required considerable out
lay, but when Allison was alone, he
went over to his globe aud made an
other long, red mark.
A neat-walsted man, with a goatee
of carefully selected hairs and a lux
uriant black mustache, called on Alli
son, and laid down his hat and his
stick and his gloves. In a neat littlo
pile, with separate Jerks. He Jerked
out a cigarette, he Jerked out a match,
and Jerkily lit the former with the
latter.
"I am here," he said.
"I am ablo to give you some Impor
tant diplomatic news," Allison advised
him. "Your country Is about to have
a war with your ancient enemy to the
east. It will be declared within a
month."
"It will be finished in a week,"
prophesied the neat-wnisted caller, his
active eyes lighting with pleasure
"Possibly," admitted Allison. "I un
derstand that your country Is not In
tho best of financial conditions to un
dertake a war, particularly with lhat
ancient enemy."
"Tho banking system of my country
Is patriotic.' returned tho caller. "Its
only Important banks are controlled
under one system. I am the head of
that system. I am a patriot!" and he
tapped himself upon the breast with
deep und sincere feeling.
"How much revenue does your po
sition yield you personally?"
A shade of sadness crossed the
brow of the neut-wnlsted caller.
"It does not yield you this much,"
and Allison pushed toward him a lit
tle slip of paper on which were In
scribed some figures.
The culler's eyes widened as they
read the sum. He smiled. He shrugged
his shoulders. He pushed, back tbe
slip of paper.
"If your bunking system found It
Impossible to be patriotic, your gov
ernment would be compelled to raise
money through other means. It would
not withdraw from the war."
"Never!" and the neat-waister caller
once more touched himself on the
breast.
"It would be compelled to negotiate
a loan. If other governments, through
some understanding among their
bankers, found It difficult to provide
this loan, your government would find
It necessary to release its ownership.
or at least its control of Its most valu
able commercial possession."
The caller, who had followed Al
lison's progressive statement with In
terest, gave a quick little nod of Ms
head.
"That moBt valuable commero U
possession," went on Allison, "is tin
state railways. You were convinced b
my agent that there Is a nev and
powerful force In the world, oi you
would not bo here. Suppose I pilnt
out that It Is possible to so cran.y
your banking system that you couln
not help your country, If you would;
suppose I show you that. In tho end,
your ancient enemy will lose his Iden
tity, while your country remains In
tact; suppose I show you that tbt
course I have proposed is tbe only
way open which will save your coun
try from annihilation? What then?"
(TO T.K CONTINtUCD.)
"Its a big Job." said the visitor.
"But I guess even Napoleon, If he had
had all our troops to fight with here,
would bave hnd to dig himself In Just
the same."
"Ah," said Joffre, slowly stroking
his chin "Nopoloon! No, I think Na
poleon would have thought of some
thing!" Manchester Guardian.
Not an Industrious Lad.
Young Henry Higgs. the miller
son, who bad been apprenticed to
FarniPi-Grubhlns. had not proved w hat
might be descrlbi-o. as a conspicuous
success. Ant so, when old Higgs came
along one day to ask what progress
tho lad was making, there came a cer
tain dnblouj expression Into the old
farmer's eye.
"Well." ho drawled, "'tlsn't that I
wish to dlBcournge you nor your son
neither. Tlsn't that I wish to be grura
blln' at htm one bit. He don't do uotb
ln' wrong nothln' at all, If be can
help It. But I will say, Miller Biggs,
that It's my opinion that If your son
Harry had another hand, he'd wunt
another potket to put l In." Loidon
Tit Bits.
Eternal Life, a
Present Possession
By REV. WM. W. KETCHUM
Direct of Practlrt) Work Court
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
TEXT These things have I written un
to you that believe on the name of the
Bon of Ood; that ye may know that ye
nave rternil lire, and mat ye may De
lleve on the name of the Bon of Ood. 1
John fiilS.
Ood has given one book In the Bi
ble particularly to tell us how we
may have eternal
life; that book li
the Gospel by
juiiii, eve juuu tv.
30-31. God has
Kir en another
book for thoso
who believe, par
tlcularly that thoy
may know that
they have eternal
life; that book It
the First Epistle
ot John, see our
text, I John 6:13.
If you are not
K 1 k a Christian, the
X irL&vl b00k for yu to
Biuuy IB LUtt UUb-
pel by John; If you are a Chris
tian and not sure of your salvation,
you should study tho First Epistle of
John,
After John Wesley had beon preach
ing some time, but without results,
someone snld to him: "Are you suro,
Mr. Wesley, of your salvation?" Wes
ley replied he was sure that provision
had been made for his salvation. "But,
are you sure, Mr. Wesloy, that you
are saved?" It went like an arrow,
and he had no rest until be was sure
of his salvation.
But is It not presumptuous for one
to say, "I know I am saved?" Cer
tainly not, It one really doea know
be ia saved. It honors God and
Christ, "for by grace are ye saved
through faith, and that not of your
selves, It is the gift of God." Paul
was able to say, "I know whom I bave
believed, and am persuaded that ho
is ablo to keep that which I have com
mitted unto him against that day."
Why should this not be your testi
mony, if you are a Christian? It can
be If your assurance centers in
Christ.
Your church membership does not
save you. No church on earth can
save a man. It's Bad, but true, there
are undoubtedly multitudes of uncon
verted church members who are lost
It Is not the church, but Christ, who
paves. "There Is none other name
under heaven given among men
whereby we must be saved."
If you are depending upon your mo
rality, it won't save you. Nothing is
quite so dishonoring to God and
Christ as a sinner's boastful righteous
ness, which God says is in his sight
as filthy rags. To pay your debts, to
be a good, truo husband or wife, par
ent or neighbor, does not constitute
you a Christian. A Christian Is one
who, having accepted by faith the
Lord Jesus Christ as his Savior, is
born from above. Thus he becomes
a partaker of the divine nature and
will manifest in his life the Ufa of
God. See Titus 3:5.'
Again, let me say that you are not
saved because you feel you are saved.
You can feel saved, and be lost I
board a train. Someone says, "Are
you sure you are on the right train?"
"Oh, yes, I'm on the right train."
"Well, how do you know you are?"
"Oh, because I feel I am." "Non
sense," the person would say. "You
can't depend upon your feelings In this
matter; what you need is not feeling,
but fact." So the right order in the
matter ot salvation Is fact, fuith, feol
Ing. If I can believe what man says,
assuredly I can believe what God says.
Seo I John 5:9-13.
We do accept the testimony of men;
why then should we not accept the
testimony of God who says "Ho that
hath tho Son hath life?'' The matter
tor us to decide Is whqther we have
the Son or not, for upon this depends
whether we we saved or not. "He
that belleveth on the Son hath ever
lasting life," John 3:36. It is for
us to recolve by faith God'a gift ot
his Son. If we really and truly, do
this, God will do his part give unto
us eternal life.
To believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
Is not simply to believe that he Is
the Son ot God, the Savior of the
world. "The demons," we read, "be
lieve and tremble." Saving faith is a
personal appropriation of Christ as
one's own Savior.
When I was a boy I was greatly
holped by the testimony I used to
hear In the Railroad Y. M. C. A. on
Sunday afternoons, from old Mr. Bab
bage, for years the sexton of th Brick
Presbyterian church, Rochester, N. Y.
Mr. Bubbage had the palsy and with
faltering, stammering tongue he gave
his testimony.
So far as I can remembor it never
varied and today I thank God for the
oft-rcpeated testimony of his child.
Leaning heavily on the chair in
front of him, In faltering accents he
would say: "John three thirty-six, He
that bolleveth on the Son hath,
h a t h, present tenso, thank God, ever
lasting life."
That testimony burned its way Into
the heart ot the boy who today thanks
God for eternal life, a present pos
session. "If we accept the testimony of men,
Lie testimony of God Is groater; he
that hath the Son Lath life."
True Fear of Gud.
The fear of God consists In a con
stant habitual senso of the glory ol
his being and porfcctlcns. Low and
mean thoughts of tho great God can
never subsist In a heart that truly
fears him; the consideration of the
divine majesty naturally engages us
In reverence. His excollcucy makes
us afraid. Neal
He that will believe only what he
can fully comprehend must have a
very long head or a very short creed
Colton.
Get the Habit, of
Drinking Hot Water
Before Breakfast
Says we can't look or feel right
with the system full
of poisons.
Millions of folks bathe internally
now Instead of loading their system
with drugs. "What's an Inside bath?"
you say. Well, It Is guaranteed to per
form miracles If you could believe
these hot water enthusiasts.
There are vast numbers of men and
women who, Immediately upon arising
In tho morning, drink a glass of real
hot water with a teaspoonful of lime
stone phosphate In It. This Is a very
excellent health measure. It is In
tended to flush the stomach, liver, kid
neys and the thirty foot of intestines
of tho previous day's waste, sour bile
and indigestible material left over in
the body which, If not eliminated every
day, become food for tho millions of
bacteria which infest the bowels, the
quick result is poisons and toxins
which are then ahsorbed into the
blood causing headache, bilious at
tacks, foul breath, bad taste, colds,
stomach trouble, kidney misery. Bleep
lcssnesa. Impure blood and all sorts
of ailments.
People who feel good one day and
badly the next, but who simply can
not got fooling right are urged to ob
tain a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate from any druggist or store
keeper. This will cost very little but
Is sufficient to make anyone a real
crank on the subject of Internal sani
tation. Just as soap and hot water act on
the skin, cleansing, sweetening and
freshening, so limestone phosphate
and hot water act on tho stomach,
liver, kldnoys and bowels. It Is vast
ly more Important to bathe on the in
side than on the outside, because the
skin pores do not absorb impurities In
to the blood, while the bowel pores do.
Adv.
When a wife wants pin money her
husband Is compelled o come to the
scratch.
If cross, feverish, constipated,
give "California Syrup
of Figs."
A laxative today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Children simply will hot
take tho time from play to empty their
bowels, which bocome clogged up with
wasto, liver gets sluggish; stomach
sour.
Look at the tongue, mother! If coat
ed, or your child Is listless, cross, fev
erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't cat
heartily, full ef cold or has sore throat
or any other children's ailment, give a
teaspoonful of "California Syrup of
Figs," then don't worry, because It Is
perfectly harmless, nnd In a few hours
all this constipation poison, sour bile
and fermenting waste will gently
move out of tho bowels, and you have
a well, playful child again. A thor
ough "Inside cleansing" Is ofttlmes all
that la necessary. It should bo the
first treatment given In any sickness.
Beware of counterfoil fig syrups.
Ask at the store for a 50 cent bottle of
"California Syrup of Figs," which has
full directions for babies, children of
all nges and for grown-ups plainly
printed on Hie bottlo. Adv.
It costs Great Britain cm an average
91,500 a year for each man in regular
army at the proscnl time.
BIG EATERS HAVE BAD
KIDNEYS AND BACKACHE
Take a Glass of Salts at Once If Your
Back Is Hurting or Kidneys and
Bladder Trouble You.
The American men and women must
guard constantly against Kidney trou
ble, because we eat too much and all
our food is rich. . Our blood is filled
with uric acid which the kidneys
strive to filter out, they weaken from
overwork, become sluggish; tho ellml
nattve tUsucs clog and the result Is
kidney trouble, bladder weakness and
a general decline In health.
When your kidneys feel like lumps
of lead; your back hurts or the urine
is cloudy, full of sediment or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night; If you suffer
with sick headache or dizzy, nervous
spells, acid stomach, or you have rheu
matism when the weather Is bad, get
from your pharmacist about four
ounces of Jad Salts; take a table
spoonful In a glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your kid
neys will then act fine. This famous
Baits is made from the acid ot grapes
and lemon Juice, combined with Hthla,
and has been used for generations to
flush and stimulate clogged kidneys;
to neutralize tho acids in the urine so
It no longer Is a source of irritation,
thus ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts Is Inexpensive; cannot In
jure makes a delightful effervescent
lithla-wator boverago, and belongs In
every home, because nobody can make
a mistake by having a good kidney
flushing any time. Adv.
Since the Chinese monarchy Is re es
tablished, the emperor receives an
annual allowance of $12,000.
TJne Marine nftrr Eipoanre In Cold,
OtittlnK Winds and Dust. It Re.itnn-s,
I'.ef reflhes ami Promotes Eye Health.
Hood for all Eyes th.it Need Care.
Murine Eyo Remedy Co., Chicago,
Bends Eye Book ou request.
Greeks are supposed to he the best
bargainers In tha world.
Ec-Zene Kills Eczema.
Let prove it. Accept no substitute. If
rour Druggist does not hnve It, write to
Ec-Zene Co., St. Paul, Minn. Adv.
The average walking paco of a
healthy man Is 7.1 steps a minute.
mm look jit
CHiSIOllGUE