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Because man§ of the inhabitants ef India worship jewels as gods, they have gene to the ends of the eatth and made use of any means to collect the most remarkable of precious stones, Connected with the gems are leg- ends and traditions, many of which are hard to believe, though the peo- ple of India swallow them whole and ask for more. There is, for instance, the cobra jewel, several specimens of which may be seen in the Poona dis- trict, 200 miles south of here. The jewel is supposed to be carried about by a cobra, most deadly of snakes. It has the property of shining in the night. The cobra coils itself near the jewel and feeds on the toads, mice and insects attracted by its light. Aft er dinner, the cobra swallows the jew- el again and goes back to his siesta. The cobra jewel is supposed to be able to cure snake bites, It sticks to the wound only when the bite is poi- It falls off when the poison has been withdrawn from the wound. The jewel is then washed in cow's milk. A rich Zamindar of Poona has such a jewel, which he says bears out the traditions attached to it. One of the strangest type of jewels in India is that which is credited with sonous. the ability to weep. t an old necklace belonging to the royal house of Tanjore, South India, was sold in Madras. The purchaser sent it to a jeweler for resetting. The jeweler found that the pendant diamond, which was generally of a bluish tint. took on a rosy shade dur- ing the course of the day. But when it was put under the direct rays of the sun it turned a deep blue. The jeweler put the gem in His safe. Later, when he opened the safe, he found it flooded as with brilliant moon- light. The cotton wool on which he had placed the diamond was wet. As! he held the gem. his own hand be- came wet. Water seemed to ooze out of the diamond. He has now found that the stone loses its luster when the moon wanes emit light during the day. tears only on full moon does not and sheds night, In Ceylon is the wonderful elephant pearl, which has been examined and reported authentic by Dr. Joseph Pear “on. director of the Colombo museum. he jewel creamy-golden weighs 12 carats, has a hue. and is two thon When the pearl was a microscope, it was basis of ivory upon sand years old, examined under found to have a which one could see a perfect form of + white elephant. H. W.. B. Moreno, egislative council of Beng uhy which contains in its center the image of a dark man dressed in turban. No one is how the image got member of the al. possesses white rohes thle to explain within the ruby. A chief in the Bombay presidency has a mortar and pestle carved out of He gives the medi mortar as a cure whole sanphires cine made in the for anemia . = Whale Steals Cods Boston.—Thar she blows on the fishing banks Ol4 salts back from the Georges tell of seeinz whales some as long as schooners, codfish that were hauled in. some Sophs Healthiest Ann Arbor, Mich. —Sophomores re quire less hospital treatment than members of the other three cliusses at the University of Michigan. One stole! Seis) being | THE PATTON COURIER The Forgiveness of Sins By REV. JOHN C. PAGE Extension Department, foody Bible Institute, Chicago. $3 3 TEXT—Having forgiven you all trespasses.—Col, 2:13.» As a piclure appears to better ad- vantage in a suitable frame, so does this text appear when viewed in the suitable set- ting of its context. “Dead in your sins,” is the de- scriptive word im- mediately pre ceding it. This is spiritual death, the death of sep- aration from the life and fellow: i ship of God. Im- Rev. John C. Page mediately follow- : ing the text we read about “The handwriting of ordi- pances that was against us.” This is the sentence of judgment and condem- nation pronounced upon our sims. A sheriff who knew his Bible rath- er well, being asked by what author- ity he held a certain prisoner, replied, “By the handwriting of ordinances against him.” Even so, we are held by the law and the power of death. “The sting of death is sin.” And the strength of sin is the law which when broken stings us with its requirement and demand for the infliction of its righteous penalty. From all that is involved in this adverse handwriting, we are delivered by the death of Christ, so that as Christian believers we can say, “Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Sin may be r garded as a debt or requiring settlement. It is also a departure from God necessi- tating reconciliation and recovery. Furthermore, it may be considered as a spiritual needing healing power to combat it. And again, it may be regarded as spiritual necessitating a new life, All of these requirements and necessities are met in the redemptive work of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to Romans 4:25, He was delivered over to death for our offenses; thereby meeting the righteous requirement of the law and removing forever the handwriting that was against us because of our trans- gressions. As a consequence we are reconciled to God by the death of His Son; healed of all spiritual diseases by the power of the Great Physician. and also quickened into newness of life by our spiritual =nion with Him Multitudes of people on the Lords day repeat the words of the Apostles’ Creed, “I believe in the forgiveness of Such an affirmation of faith must be made on the basis of God's own Word as found in I John 2:12, “Your sins are forgiven you for His name's sake.” There is in the death of Christ that which makes it pos- sible for God righteously to forgive us all our trespasses. It is through Christ that “Grace reigns through trespass disease sins.” righteousness unto eternal life.” “We are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus On such a this, the forgiveness of sins becomes real. The good news of a full, free, and sufficient pardon for sin is just the news that the world needs to hear. Other blessings would not avail apart from this gracious provision for the putting away of sin. A fellow worker put it in this way: “Look at a poor man condemned to die. Suppose a messenger comes 10 him and says, ‘The governor has tak- en your case into consideration, and sends you this check of one-thousand dollars’ The man would doubtless reply. ‘What good will that do me? I am a condemned man and sentenced to die within the next two weel “On the following day the visitor again appears and says to the con- demned man: ‘1 have another mes- sage for you. The governor has been considering your case, and sends you this deed to a million-dolla The condemned man shakes his head. as he ‘What can I do with that? I am to die soon for my trans gressions.’ basis as estate. says: “A few hours later the messenger again appears with tion. ‘I have come, he Says, to the condemned man, ‘bringing these spe cial garments and this tine robe as an expression of the governor's inter- est in your Then the mun bursts into tes ‘Why di you mock me? [ cannot wear this ap parel, 1 cannot put on this robe, | am condemned and must die ‘I have one more message,’ replies the another proposi case.’ 'S, and says: soon messenger: ‘The governor your consideration, and has sent you a full and free pardon What do you say to that? The pool man looks at him and rceely believe it’ But the messen has giv al case special says, ‘'l cun ger hands him the pardon signed hy) the governor and “with the Stamp upon it. Then the man shouts for joy, while tears of relief and grat itude run down his cheeks. ‘Now. says he, ‘1 can use the check and the deed to the estate. 1 can wear the garments, and put on the robe. is the mes official ze of the Gospel Lhis is what is meant by the forgive ness of sins. This is whut enables the forgiven one to say with the prophei of old: “1 will x eiatly rejoice in the | Lord, my soul shall be joyful“in my { God, for He hath clothed me with the I garments ered me of salvation, [Ie with the robe of righteous Ness, death hath sov. | WNU Servics The || Colfax Bookplate By AGNES MILLER © by The Century Co. CHAPTER XII—Continued —20— 1 couldn't speak; voiced my thought: “That goes with the theoory that | the attack was made by some one in the rear of the new-book alcove.” “Yes; it is further sustained by the fact that in the dust on that fourth shelf, between the front and rear ranks of books, we found fresh streaks, such as would be made by fingers thrust in from the rear. And Professor Harrington says he made them.” “He admits he was there!” | gasped. “Candidly ; says he reached into that shelf from the rear to search for books. Yet he absojutely denies hav- ing seen Mr. Grosvenor then or at any other time that morning, or having any knowledge whatever of the spring-lancet.” After a Jong added : “The whole story will have to come Peter, however. silence, Mr. Almy out tomorrow, after one final check: up.” “Who's the witness?” demanded Pe- ter. “That’ll come out, too. It won't be long to wait.” “Wait I” echoed Peter, in a tone of frenzy. “Wait what for? To tell that girl whose grandfather and cousin were thieves and liars that her uncle is a murderer? You take fit lying down, seems to me! Isn't there anything a man can do?’ Mr. Almy looked him up and down in rather a kindly manner. He an- swered quietly: “There might he. Do you want to come along and find out?” And so, as we reached Fourteenth street. with Washington and Lafayette exchanging patriotic raptures across a sea of parked taxicabs in a spirit of rainbow hope strangely at variance with that afternoon of gloom, the two men disappeared into the subway. leaving me to pursue my solitary way back to Darrow’s, thinking of how. fast Monday, Professor Harrington had looked sharply down the aisle from his position at my desk, plucked the yellow note from the basket, and bounded away. CHAPTER XIII Daylight. The shadt ws began to fall in the silent, dese ‘ted shop. 1 attempted. Jjuite unsuccessfully, to feel delight over the fact that 1 had now driven a wedge into the week’s work, and resolved at least te find solace in that sovereign remedy sgainst the blues, a particularly good dinner, within half an hour. Sudden’y the front decor was flung open, afid in marched Mr. Almy at the head of a procession: Peter Burton, three men unknown to me, and a tall, broad-shouldered. rough-looking younz fellow in a gray sweater and a soft gray hat. We faced each other open-mouthed. the procession and 1 “What are you doing 1ired Mr. Almy. “My work,” said 1; “but | am going rectly.” “Finish it you want to,” said he: “we shall be in the back of the shop mly.” Ard off filed the wxeepting Peter. whom a zlance from me ddtained. “That man in the gray sweater’s the me who came in fot the shipping-office Monday!” 1 gasped in here?” in- procession frantic position last is ear witness who saw rtm and Mr wor in the alcoves! ' Where did they find him? ‘Sure He's the Harri Grosve 'rafossor employmeft agency traced him all week fucker! im Almy's heen after ws, Frank “3 art's his storv?” | demanded. ‘Well von remember he came in nd walked down the aisle past as hoot fen forty o'clock that Monday? ver gat the shipping oflice hon Mr | S awns pight 1 re telly mething aro ed his rosity when he had gol part way wn the aisle He went through rhe Stoaleove on the right, hid behing in the oarrow right-hand I watched He saw plenty.” Whit aroused nis curiosity 7? spring-laneet.™ He called it a tittle brass hox.? It ix in Mr Grosvenor's hand He was mpaiing it with books from the orf "That's whut Choovdes Maclvor sug vated and laying it at his right. on a neant placa on rhe shelf, when not Ning in.” ‘ont why did all this interest fucker” “Gress Scott, Constance!” said Pe rel testily and 1 could see he was very “you've seen Tacker He's iow grade, lust one of thoy people who'll stop anything deyre doing to stare at anything out f the common. Anc even | will say that an old man in + book-alcove com- paring a brass box with books is out it the common. Koesides, in a minute a two, Tucker heerd this box give a ®d cl'ck!” ervous. relly dands of “The heard!” “And before he had a chance to get nearer, Harrington came down the aisle and stood looking at books there. and then disappeared, after speaking to Miss Abbott, toward the rear Tucker stood gaping at Mr. Grosvenor a while longer, unable to make his ue tions out, when suddenly he heard an other click, and Mr. Grosveno slumped to the floor. Instantly, he says, the professor walked around from behind the rear alcove and up the aisle, without looking to right or left!” “Why alarm?” “He was scared stiff. You see, while there’s no great harm in him, he had just got out of the city prison on a disorderly conduct charge. He was hunting his first job since, and natu: rally it’ occurred to him that, with a record, he'd be suspected of the attack himself if he told about it.” “And Professor Harrington corrobo- rates all that part ol that story about himself!” 1 sighed. Peter said noth ing, but looked very downcast. “But how,” I puzzled, “did Tucker get out of this shop without somebody secing him? There were five employees here.” “Easily. He waited his chance. which came when the alarm was giv- en, and all of us dashed down the cen- ter aisle. Then he ran up the right hand aisle, and out at the front door, unnoticed.” “Very simple,” I agreed. “And now you all have come here to check up his story by re-enacting that scene.” “Can’t hide much {rom you, can we said Peter. “But I'll bet you don't know why I'm Lere.” “Well, IT confess | don’t.” “There are to be two men just the height of Mr..Grosvenor and Professor Harrington, respectively, and 1 am the professor's height exactly. So Almy drafted me.” I looked at Peter; it was plain that Mr. Almy, though selecting him osten- sibly because he filled physical re- quirements, had also chosen some one who would give I'rofessor Harrington every favorable chance that honesty could give him. 1 grasped Peter's hand as he turned down the aisle, and wished him good luck. I couldn’t think of a few well-chosen words; all that occurred to me was that it was said to he darkest before dawn, which, however, presupposed a dawn, While I was setting my desk in final order, there was no sound in the shop save steps, and now and then voices, in the rear. The voices 1 ueard dis tinctly, however; no traffic outside in- terrupted them that quiet Saturday evening, “Tucker,” came Mr. Almy’s “did you ever see this before?” A rough deep voice answered: “Yes, sir; I saw that piece ot yellow paper when | was here Monday.” “Where did you see it?” “In the old gentleman’s hand.” “In Professor Harrington's hand?” “No, sir, he didn't have it; it was in Mr. Grosvenor’s hand.” “Go and stand where you were when you saw it, Tucker.” I turned and glanced down the aisle, hearing a movement, Far back, | saw ten-forty click—the first we didn’t Tucker give any voice, | GBS | TW hi | hi ! ‘Great Scott, Constance!” Said Peter Testily, and | Could Sce He Was ' Very Nervous. the man in the gray sweater. He dis- | | appeared into the rear alcove to the 1 right. Mr. Almy then stepped into | the aisle on Tucker's heels, and not- position, asked: Grosvenor come to | ing his | “How did Mr. { show this paper?” “He picked it up ofi the floor,” gatd | Tucker's voice. “The young lady with the yellow hair had laid it down on the table, on some books she had brought the professor, It fell off when she swished round to go hack up the aisle. It flew over to the edge of that alcove, right near whe*e you're stand ing now.” “And then Mr. Grosvenor picked it up? “Yes, sir. He had been feelfhg in his pockets—1 could see him well he- ci.use the light in that alcove wus on and 1 was in this shadow here—und as he kept feeling, he happened to turn and caught sight ot the paper which had been lying on the floor a little while then, He grabbed it, and took it in his left hand, and took that little brass box in his right, and spread the paper over the hox, and pressed some- thing. Then there was a click—the first.” “That was at ten-forty,” said Mr Almy. “Then what, Tucker?” “He tossed the paper away; it blew up the aisle, because the elevator came down just then and made a draft.” “And where was Professor Harring ton all this time? Come and show us.” Tucker emerged from the history al cove, and walked a few feet up the aisle, on the side of the tables toward the law-hook alcove, where he halted. facing toward the front door. “Was the professor in that tion?” demanded Mr Almy. “Yes, sir.” “With his back to the law-hook al- cove?” Posi “Yes, sir; he was glancing over books on this table.” “How did you see him from that place where you were standing inside that history alcove?” “1 didn’t stay right time,” said Tucker. “Came forward, eh, and around the shelves?” “Looked through ‘em; across the tops of those little books,” answered Tucker, pointing toward one of the shelves in the history alcove. “Some one would have seen me if I'd come out far enough to look around the shelves.” “Now, tell me: did the professor do anything, while you were watching. except look at those books?” “Positively oot,” answered Tucker “He ‘was wrapped up in 'em; he didn’t turn his head wmn the young lady vrought the books and the yellow pa per; he didn't even seem to notice the click. He just stood there reading. until he turned to go down the aisle behind that last shelf.” “Very well,” said Mr. Almy. “Go back now, will you, Tucker, to the po- sition you were in in the history al- cove. Burton!” “Yes, sir,” said Peter’s voice, “Step behind the law-book alcove, right in. front of that large book on the fourth shelf, which the professor says he was examining—‘History of Roman Law.” [ hearu Peter move, and hastened my preparations to leave Tucker's story disqiieted me more every minute. “Now, Farrell,” said Mr. Almy. Hearing another movement, I glanced down the aisle again, and saw one of the strangers, a man several inches shorter than Peter, stepping into the law-book alcove. “Here's your book, Farrell,” went on Mr. Almy; “‘Acts and Laws of the Virginia Legislature, also on the fourth shelf, on this side, you see. And here, at your right hand, as it was at Mr. Grosvener's, we'll put the spring-lancet. I've set it. Is that po- sition right, Tucker?” “A little farther forward,” said Tucker. “It was right on the edge of the shelf. The little lever held fit there, and that long black thing was toward me.” “He means the hammer,” said Far- rell. “There! How's that?” “Right,” said Tucker. “F see; the trigger is just hanging over the edge of the shelf,” said Mr. Almy. “Now, then, Farrell, you and Burton draw your two books off the shelf. What happened next, Tucker?” there all the looked “Mr. Grosvenor stooped down and looked hard into the open space on Pr and sacritice, and all submarine and Ss is the result of experiment air disasters are courageous efforts to which hinder scientific development, explains an ed- torial in Liberty. “If ¢ is big enough it anes thetizes the mind,” continues the edi torial. “We understand one death het ter than six, or six hundred. So, when a dirigible falls, a transatlantic flyer is lost, or a submarine is wrecked, | there comes the protest that all this ] must be stopped. “We venture another point of view When these pioneers are killed, much as we regret their death, we are prond overcome the obstacles disaster that such men have lived. Without Ripen Corn Quickly fn the Pyrenean uplands on the Franco-Spanish frontier corn is grown to some extent, hut the season is foo short to let it ripen in the usual way We see the farmers cutting off the up per part of the stalks to let in the sun, throw the strength !ato the ears and hasten the ripenlug. The part cut off is used for fodder.—Pathfinder | Magazine, ftem———————n rt | | | | straight to the shelf, like be was [00a.1g TOW something.” “Bend down, Farrell, until you ean see into the gap,” directed Mr, Almy. “Is that the way it was, Tucker? You see, he's just Mr, Grosvenor's height.” “Yes, sir; but he ought to have his book in his left hand, and his right sort of stretched out along the shelf on the empty space, like as if he was going to take something off it. . . . There, that's it.” 1 “Now, Farrel,” said Mr. Almy, “what do you see?” “There's a gap clear across the shelf from front to baek,” answered Farrell, “1 see burton plainly; nothing else.” “All right: hold your position. Rur- ton, do you see the spring-lancet?’ There was ui very brief pause; then Peter answered: “Yes, sir.” “Then reach through the gap, and pick it up—" That was the last | heard. I fled out of Darrow’s as before fire or flood. 1 was useless there—as use- less, it seemed to me, as everyhody else was before that devastating story of Tucker, who nad been unearthed f.om his obscurity to save Julia, It was true, but only thereupon to in- ‘vlve her distinguished uncle, our old friend My superb dinner simmered down into a glass of hot milk to make me sleep. which desirable end it ac- complished at three o'clock Sunday morning. : And at seven the telephone rang, arousing every one in the house ex- cept myself, for whom the message was. It was from Mr. Almy, and he asked me to come into town on the “You Think | Get Married?” He que- ried Coguettishly, first train 1 could get, and come Normandy terrace This was all he said; he sounded very tired. l could not ask for details; in fact, I | did not wish to hear them until 1 had | | to. So, merely obeying orders, I reached Normandy terrace soon, and in a state of extreme anxiety. And who should come dashing for- ward out of the restaurant but Er- ne Yes, Ernesto, and as I knew him of old, before we had mysteries and midnight alarms! He was in gala array, Sunday suit, a daz- sto? his black zling, collar, a purple houtonniere, “Ah-h-h-! This morning 1 go to church!” eried Ernesto, rubbing his hands. “Not much I don't go there, it's too long in church, but this morn- ing, yes!” Brought up with a shock, “What for?” I demanded, as much at sea as a regular heathen. Creases bordered Ernesto’s eyes and nose and lips. “You think 1 get married?” he qie- ried coquettishly. “Not me! But other people, mayhe notta?” He glanced up the stair well and repro- duced his classic wink, this time sof- tened by regard. “I go burn a candle for them this morning, anyway!” “Oh!” I breathed, clutching the ban- ister. “You don’t mean . has something, something nice hap- pened?” “You don’t kno-o-ow?” cried Er- nesto, crescendo. upstairs!” “My God! You go (TO BE CONTINUED.) + ee Sacrifice Ever Part of World's Progress their courage progress would stop, tor progress is nearly d defeatists.” alway “The voice of the rous. con- 1 cludes the editorial, “should not be tha rning voice. ists in Paris at tha turni the war, lumbus’ here were defeat- 2 point of There were defeatists in Co- crews, and in M lan's, They all wanted to turn back. What if they had had their way? Spellbound Ten-year-old Mary had won Jeol. arship, and about the papers, The subject for essiy had been, “How | Spend My Saturday Morning” and after discamrsing on minding the baby, helping mother wash up on, Mary ended with the anazing Statement, “and then | play a game ot chess with my brother.” queried her you can't play chess!” “lI know. 1 wanted to put domine but | couldn't spell it.” was telling ber mother and so “hess I” mother. “Mut The most dangerous man is the cow- ard who finally gets cornered.— Atchi- soi filobe,
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