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Tim Example Of Patience.

The example OF Gods forbearance ana
the incentive Of His trust help to prepare
Us for that self-control and patient waiting
which are, perhaps, the most difficult arts
OF living. Preachers of the strenuous life
often forget that for one who dares to act
there must be many who are compelled to
wait and to endure. 1t is not the charge
which commanders dread for their COM
mands, it is the waiting before the word to
charge is given. Action relieves the tension
of the nerves and occupies the thought.
The example Of Gods patience is not in it:
self sufficient incentive in our time OF
need. God waits because He knows. He
sees the end from the beginning, and is
never tempted to gather unripee fruit as
we so often are. He asks US to be sharcrs
of His patience by the exercise OF faith.
We can wait because we believe: He
trusts US in the partnership O! work and
waiting. and we renouncc and have pa.
tience because we trust Him for tie end
He promiscs.-The Cougregationalist.
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THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELE.

Poem: eff We Only "-One Cannot Con-
quer Others when He 10 Sot Master
Of HInssiE-It 10 Dsngereas to Play
with AnythiaS So Powerful as s!n.
If we only, each one, would remember
The lesson ot patience and love
Not to judge-just to look ON the bright
side,
Lit up by the light from above.
If our own faults we only saw palmer
Than those Of our weak fcilow-nieu;
II we only would do unto others
As We would they'd do to Us again;
If instead OF the snecr we spoke courage;
II we fought down the wrong with tn"
right,
II we he.ped others ON in lifes pathway,
Keeping always our Leader in sight.
II we only would strive to be Christ-like.-
Do you ask. What ID all OF !. WORTH
All! life would grow fairer and purer,
And heaven seem nearer to earth.
Cora s. Day.
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The ch,nam.n's Favorite Medicine.

Wonderful curative prop cites arc
ascribed in China to the ginseng root. and
in cases Of emergency the poorer classes OF
the population will make tremendous sac
riices,' to quote Mr.. Ragsdale, the Ameri'
TAN Consul at Ten-Tsin. in order to obtain
the better qualities of this drug. It s
quite extensively used as a ,springtlme
tonic. The native ginseng, which srows
and sells at from 200 to 800 times its
weight in silver. Only the most wealthy
people are able to purchase this precious
drug freely. Cheaper varieties are import
ed from Korea, Japan and America. The
best American ginsens,. the popularity OF
which il increasing, sells at u an ounce.
Great quantities Of Korean ginseng are
snuesled into China. ..--.-
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Getting Rid of Our Burdens.

Getting rid OF our load is getting. rid, OF
our burdensome selves. Cast thy burden
upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee"
"God shall never suffer the righteous to be
moved" No wonder the Psalmist prompt.
ly responded: II will trust in Thee And
why should we not trust Him. seeing He
has promised to take and bear both our.
selves and our burdens. He never does
anything BY halves, but ather by doubles
and mu!tiples. 1t never takes long to cast
anything of from ourselves onto another.
Away with thy burden. this instant! Away
with thy weary. burdened. disheartened,
disconsolate, groaning; sinking self! And
60 over to God be sure to leave both hence
forth with Him. A great strong father can
essily and will gladly lift His little child
and all his bundles. Our Heavenly Faith
er's arm is already lifting us.-Rev. E. l.
D. Pepper.
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The Evil Amoue Women.

Sir Thomas Barlow, one Of the Kings
physicians, touched upon o most impor.
tant subject, which greatly concerns social
conditions in Great Britain, in q recent
address upon Present Day Dangers of In
temperance Among Women and the Best
Methods of Meeting Them" Lack of oc.
cupatiou and childlessness among women,
whose husbands leave them during the
day; worry, bodily weakness, nagging and
pains which women have to suffer, he
mentioned as some Of the causes. Cases
Of heredity were rare, and the encourage.
ment of example in youth was more often
Drink, he said, might become . disease.
but It started az an indulgence. Drugs,
shampooing and galvanic treatment were
all described as of little use a. cures. Rest
and removal Of the cause were the only
real remedies.
Even doctors and nurses, he said, were
foolish enough to say, Why deprive women
patients Of the thing which gives them
comfort? i was necessary, to stop that
vided there were no friends who were such
criminal lunatics as to smugglc in alcohol.
The lecturer would have teetotal doctors
and nurses.
DR.. Barlow having dealt with the medi:
cal aspect Of the question. the Bishop OF
London added that he, had bad case after
case OF character and life spoiled among
the rich by alcohol and inorphia.
Turing to the East End, which he knows
so well, the Bishop said that out Of 1000
women in an East End workhouae to-day
500 werexhere from alcohol. and that nine
ty per cent of women with children in
the workhouse infrmary were there
through alcohol.
Apropos of the drink question Mr.. Will.
lam s. Game, NJ. p, who has discovered
some startling facts in connection with the
drink question in India. will bring them
before the House of Commons.
Within the last few years there has been
q l25 per cent. increase in the consumption
of liquor in India. although the population
has increased only seventeen and half
per cent. Mr. Caine will suggest that the
Government apply the local veto act to
India to support the better class Of Mo
hammedans and Hindoos in their attempt
to prevent the spread Of alcoholism.
LIQUOR is. of course, \ Government mo-
nopoly in India, and Temperance. people
here are agitating against. the continuance
of these conditions.
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Work.

Work is given to men not only. nor 50
much, perhaps, because the world needs it.
Men make work, but work makes mea.
An Office is not place for making money;
it is q place for making men. 4 workshop
is not place for making machinery, for
fitting engines and turning cylinders; It !:
honest, modest, whole natured men. For
Providence cares less for winning causes
than that men. whether losing or winning,
should be great and true; cares nothing
that reforms should drag their cause from
year to year bewilderins,y. but that mer
and nations. in carrying them out, should
find there education, discipline, unseltish.
ness and growth in gracc.-Henry Drum
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AtI.ast q Hardy Orange.

The Department OF Agriculture at WASH
inStoa has for years been trying to pro-
duce a new orange that will Withstand the
cold waves that have devastated the groves
of Florida twice in the last decade. Her
bert J. Webber. Of the department. l: now
ready to announce that he has developed
ther north than the varieties hitherto
commonly grown in Florida. He has &c.
complished this by crossing tie Japanese
trifoliate orange, an ornamental tree, with
the common varieties successfully until a
fine fruit capable Of enduring extreme cod
has been produced.
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To GIorIfy God.

Many forget that the chief end OF man
That grand end God always had in view,
and He never loses sight OF it. We lose
sight of it often. and so neither aim to
g.orify Him in our bodies nor spirits, and
seek to enjoy everything else more than
God. Thus we miss both the noblest en-:
ployment in the world and the purest and
fulles. happiness OF living. There is no last.
ing enjoyment without God, in whom we
live. move and have our being" The
nearer we live to Him the more blessed
will be our existence. A loving family arc
never happier than with their own parents.
Christian Instructor.
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Victims Of Alcoholism.

Examination OF the records Of the COT
oner's Office Of Chicago shows that the
number of deaths due to alcoholism and
the saloon evil is steadily diminishing since
the enforcement of the midnight closing
law in January, 1901. Coroner Traeger
gave out the figures which disclose the fact
that in similar periods OF time before and
after the issuance OF the order to close at
midnight the number OF cases traced to
thi, source has decreased almost thirty
ger cent.
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Stormy Days.

Does it rain to-day: Is it dark and
gloomy: That is all right; there must he
some stormy days. Tomorrow the Clouds
will have silver lining or disappear entire.
ly. Does the sun shine? Enjoy the sun.
shine. Tomorrow may be bright also. Are
you we'll. Enjoy your health and use it 20
the best advantage. Are You i'll! Then it
is day in which to be patient and endure
cheerfully. Are you free from trouble!
Then it is a thanksgiving day. Are you
carrying heavy burdens for yourself or 9th:
.rs! Then it is day for the rolling OF
your burdens at the foot OF the cross
Louise Hevwood.
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Care Of o Runlon.

Battle bunion in hot water to which
q teaspoonfui Of salt. tablespoonful
Of starch and a few drops Of arnica
have been added. Wipe dry with q
soft linen towel and apply iodine with
q camel's hair brush. Wear q loose
shoe out Of doors. and while in the
house q shoe which has the leather
covering the bunion entirely cut away.
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HOUSEHOLD sss; /;
:.sss . MATTERS 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Keen the Home Neat.

No matter how plain the hons may
be II It Is In accordance with the hus'
bands means and he finds 1t neatly
kept and the meals (no matter how
slmple) served from shining dishes and
clean table linen. that husband will
leave his home with loving words and
look ahead eagerly to his return.
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Poiiteness An Attitude,

Poiiteaess appears to he what goodness
really is, and is an attitude rather than an
action. Fine breeding is not the mere
learning Of any code OF manners any. more
than gracefulness is the mere learning OF
any kind of physical exercise. The gentle.
man apparently rs the Christian really,
things of Others, and the selfish person ID
always both un-Christian and ill-bred.-El
len r. Fowler
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House Heated With OIL.

Chief Engineer Parkhurst, Of the Ma
tionai Museum at Washington, D. C.. is
condnctinc some experiments with a view
Of making use of oil for fuel instead OF
coal. He said recently: If the. strike had
Continued we would have made final ar
ransements to burn oil altogether, but as
il stands now I don't know exactly what
NAV be done. We will, however. continue
with our experiments. I have installed OIL
heating apparatus in my house, and l am
perfectly satisfied with it. ! shall never
again burn coal I can now. with oil, FUR
nish all the heat in the house need AZ a
cost of bnt SIS for the cntlre Win'sf'
whereas last winter I'paid $50 for COAL
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Tho Goudola Vase.

A new design In china. which clevs
er woman decorator Is using with sue.
cess. Is gondola vase. Gracefully
fashioned, the china bark Is represent
ed in the midst Of blush toned waves,
on the top Of which beautiful nymphs
appear to be floating. This vase makes
an exceedingly pretty receptacle for
orchids or for sweet peas.
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Sobriety.

Tti,a fact proved by drinking statistic,
that America is becoming more temperate.
but the bes. authorities do not attribute
the Improvement to the effects o., LEGAL
penalties. Hard drinkers are no lonSer
,ountenanced by desirable society. This
e one reformatory force, and stronger
one yet is the increasing demand in many
lines of business for r,en who are always
sober and reliable.
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While the carpet sweeper Is q reas
labor saving article. yet It cannot take
the place OF good broom. for the car
pet Will still need thorough sweeping
with the old.fashioned broom occasion.
ally. There Is right way and wrong
way to care for broom. One that Is
used every day should be washed once
a week. The best way to preserve the
straws and keep them clean Is to pre-
pare bucketful of suds by dissolving
enough washing powder to make q
good, strong suds and dip the broom
up and down In It until the straws look
clean. Have the water warm but not
hot; rinse well In warm, clear water.
as this toughens the straws so they
will not break easily. Never set q
broom down In the corner. Have q
screw hook In the end Of the handle
and hang It up when not In use. To
set 1t down bends the straws over and
makes 1t one sided.-The Epitomist.
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Copper For the Te. Tsble.

New and pretty ideas for the tea
table are always welcome. In genuine
copper there are quaint little ten and
coffee pots, silver lined. There Is the
graceful little melon-shaped kettle.
with an ebony knob. and there are old
can-like tea pots with brass handles
and spouts. And also slender. tall af-
ter-dinner coffee pots. With these are
beautiful copper trays. simple In de-
sign, but most attractive.
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A Peruotual Life.

We have not OWNED the whole Gospel
when we point to the four Gospels and
say: at is all there" Only in a limited
sense is that true, for the life they record
il q perpetual life among men. There are
volumes Of it in the life Of to-day that are
not put into print and bound up in book
Rev. J. A. aondthaler.
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0ovsrumsnt- Owned Buildings.
In Berlin, Germany, s33 public building
are owned by the State and 497 by the mu'
picipslity.
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nor invited me to the church, nor asked II
he could be nv friend. and I have never
craved money from any one, for have not
needed it, but my heart has teen hungry
for sympathy and the touch OF brothers
hand" Do YOU notice the manner of Jesus.
First. He stopped down and wrote in
the dust" Some one has said that He did
it Just because His mind was occupied
with thinking what He should do with the
sinner. and it was much tae same spirit n
you would have il you would scribb!e upon
a piece of paper while your mind was TAX.
ing in some weighty problem. Some one
His nature. standing in the presence Of the
woman OF sin, He stopped down to write
because He would hide the flushing OF His
own face. That dust that was then at His
feet u gone forever: only God Himself
could bring it back. and yet il by miracle
He should bring it before US tonight | be-
lieve l know what would be written there.
on, Neither DO I condemn thee; 20 and
sin no more And am glad that we are
truth. II is writte!. IN this boos. There
il. tn .resore. no condemnation to them
which are in Christ Jesus" and this record
Is eternal. Heaven and earth shall pass,
but Nv word shall never pass away.
Second, when He continued with bowed
head to write the crowd became exceed.
ingly anxious, and finally they asked Him
what He had to say about the woman who
wa, !: sinner. and then comes one OF the
grandest sentences that ever fell from His
Iips, and gives us all the beauty of His
manhood. as we'll as the power OF His God.
hood when He said. let he who is with.
out sin cast the first stone" doubt not
the woman began to tremble. and she must
have said to herself. "My punishment ID
have made loud professions Of their purity.
surely they win cast the first stone" but
never q hand was lifted and never stone
was thrown. which only reveals to me thu
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at me. o horrible wreck. my family gone,
my situation taken from me, my friends
have forsaken me-" and before they could
stop him he had sent his soul into the
presence of his maker. This story of q
man il OF common occurrence. but know
Almost identically the same wrctched story
concerning woman. Satan has no respect
tor sex, and since women seem to fall from
greater heights than men. somehow, a!as.
chat we all Of us fall because we come to
kriie with sin. You avoid the house that
has the mark OF contagious disease upon
it, and yet you can scarcely read news.
paper but in it you will see the awful de.
halls OF some heartbreakinS scene. and be-
fore you know it you are as familiar with
the circumstances Is IL you had lived in
them yourself, and you place yourself in
danger of being inoculated with the virus
Of q worse disease than the world has ever
ssen. Possibly we fail all Of US because we
with deadening influence which may be so
imperceptib!e ut first il blinds our eyes to
our danger, and causes US to be Indifferent
10 every appeal made to US. When the
old elm on the Boston Common was cut
down q aattened bullet was found almost
nc ito heart, and men estimated as they
could well do that the bullet had been
there for 200 years, and many of Us have
allowed sins to enter our hearts in the
days OF our youth which have pursued US
until old age and caused our wreck. II
women are not exempt from sin God pity
the men.
I But this mob that hurried this poor
1onan into the presence Of Jesus was not
an honest company Of men. know It be-
cause in the seventh chapter read they
called Him . deceiver. while in the eighth
khey addressed Him as Master and Teach.
er. In the sixth verse of this eighth chap.
Ter we also read that they brought this
woman, tempting Him. for they wanted
10 catch Him on either one Of these two
points. first, II He accepted Moses law
Msn they would turn the Roman citizens
eeainst Him and condemn Him because
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BONNIE GRANDSTAND
TAKEN FROM COURT ROOM
Raised Floor Constructed for Benefit
of Crowds Removed.

The raised floor which was placed in
the rear part of Criminal Court room
No at the City Hall last fall has been
removed. 1t was the last vcstige of ma
terial evidence in the building to re-
mind one of the trial and acquittal OF
Mrs Lola Ida Henri Bonine of murder
on December 10 last. She was charged
with the murder Of James Seymour
Ayre3 at the Kenmore Hotel on the
Eight OF May IS. 1901.
The trial was the talk OF the town
Tor weeks before it took place. Great
interest was manifested in the case. and
il was known that the courtroom would
he crowded TO its utmost seating ac-
commodation and standing room. In
the room the west half Of the floor was
about six inches lower than IN the cast
eyn part Immediately in front Of the
seat of the presiding justice.
IN order that persons admitted to the
rear. or west part Of the courtroom.
might be able to see and nrar the bet
ter. Mir. Palmer. the United States
Marshal foi the District, ordered that
the floor in that portion OF the room be
raised to the level of the flooring in the
east side.
This was done. and 1t is safe to say
that every foot of available room was
occupied every day during the trial
The flooring has been removed from
Criminal Court room No. l and is now
being removed from the building.
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COL. MCKAY DIES ON
HIS HONEYMOON

of Massachusetts. who paid high tribute
to the Mckay family il general. includ-
ing Nathaniel. who was the youngest ci
eighteen brothers.
Miss Ge!er. who became the bride of
Colonel Mckay on June IS. Is very
young woman. whose father is the pro-
pTietor Of livery stable in this city.
Fine Physical Development.
Colonel Mckay was of magnificent ap-
rearancc, being tall well developed, and
cf commanding presence. In the nails of
Congress he was probably as well
known as the President himself. He
leaves two daughters, the bride with
when he was en- his wedding trip, and
a divorced wife. who is nov living in
Brooklyn.
Always a liberal contributor TO all
public Enterprises. he was much sought
after and never with disappointment.
His last donation was $500 to the Grand
Army cncampmcut fund. he telling
Chairman Frank K. Raymond at the
time that he would increase the amount
ii il we're necessary
Colonel Mckay was a Mason OF the
highest standing. being thirty-third
degree man and Il member OF Aln.as
Temple of many years standing. The
funeral arrangements have not been
con pleted hut Will be participated in by
the highest Masonic bodies in the city.
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ENGI> AND MAY NOT
BE ASKED TO ACT

for communication TO his government.
There is not much doubt that the cor
respondence would result in facilitating
the efforts of this Government TO secure
the needed extraditicn papers.
Whether the British government would
take any steps to prevent in the future
Canadian government officials from
maintaining their connection with pri-
vate law firms during their tenure of Of
fcc-a practice which might lead to
much corruptior-cannot be predicted
but il is thought quite likely that this
exposure will ultimately result either IN
the resignation OF some of the Canadian
officials. or in the breaking up of the
;rm of Fitzpatrick. Parent, Taschereau.
Roy & Cannon, of Quebec.
Indisposed to Act.
An indisposition on the part of the
State Department to take the radical
acticn suggested by the Department of
Justice comes mainly from the fear OF
establishing a precedent which might
prove embarrassing TO the United States
in the future.
This Government has always exer-
cised the greatest care in its communi-
cations with foreign governments con
oerning subjects upon which foreign jul
dcial bodies have passed. Only re-
Gently, as was explained by Solicitor
Penfcld. of the State Department, in
his RESPONSE to Senator BGiley's attack
on him. he had refused to draw an in
struction to the United States ambassa-
der in Mexico, General Clayton, TO ask
the Mexican government to cverrule the
decision of one OF its courts, this being
an unusual and perhaps unprecedented
proceeding which would probably be
regarded as offensive.
The State Department officials intend
to go slowly. therefore, in determining
what to do in the Grcene-Gaynor case.
II Is appreciated that . complaint to
Great Britain that the courts in Canada
acted unfairly toward the United States,
might be regarded by all foreign nations
as reason to decline to abide by decis-
ions OF American courts in cases where
foreign interests were concerned
1t is believed that If the State Depart
ment takes any action at all on Mr..
Erwin's complaint, II will not extend to
making a complaint to the British gov
ernment. The most that the department
will probably promise is that ii will re-
view the extradition proceedings when
they are concluded to determine II there
has been Il denial OF justice TO this Gov
ernment When that has been deter
mined, there may be some exchanges
with Great Britain on the subject.