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God Speaking to the Soul.

IT, has been remarked that "the subject
OF the first chapter of uenesis is not the
creation, but the Creator; what 1t gives US
is. not a world, but God"
Let those who will search the Scriptures
for the light they shed on past coneep-
tions of science and upon, the history OF ,i
nnioue race in the annals of the world.
Let them study their literary development,
and seek thus keener appreciation of the
men who wrote them: They cannot mot, fall fl,a
to be enlightened and interested, But the
sincere Christian approaches the Scrip
lures with different interest and purpose.
lie passes over the historical, the literary
and the scientific features of the Bible
with small attention to his passionate te
search for that which the Scriptures are
designed to reveal-namely, the person,
will and work of God, and the nature and
relationships of man. From Genesis t., to
Reyelaton.n 'storS 17or5is IN and aT episte a and
anocalypse. M on every page, God speaks to
the human soul.-Rev. George Z. Bates.
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Death For Incurables.

A professor in the French Medical
Academy advocates painless death
for incurable victims. The Paris cor
respondent for the Chicago Tribune
says: "Dr. Guermonprez, professor
Of the medical faculty in Lille. is about
to publish an elaborate work entitled
Medical Death and Protection For
Human Life The book, an elaborate
work, will advocate an international
understanding between physicians and
authorities, allowing the first to help
persons stricken with incurable dis.
ease to make an end of their pains and
Of themselves.
"In excuse Of this demand, the pro.
fessor cites law proposed during the
French Revolution, of which the con-
vent did or did not approve. 1t pro.
vidcd that 'virtuous and feeling citi-
zens should be allowed to give incura-
bles quick but painless DEATH The
professor thinks the convent passed
the law, yet it was never but into exc
cution.
In 1908 the First Chamber of the
Kingdom Of Saxony. denied a petition
to the same effect, namely, that ply.
siclans should be allowed to kill pa.
tients if the latter asked them to do
so in writing.
"'The late Crispi,' says the professor,
favored my plan to establish death
cells in every hospital where incur
ables may hide, at their pleasure, to
seek relief from their pains by death.
death to be produced by cases."
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Gods Best Gift.

we have but narrow and unworthy
conception OF prayer if our only thought
Of it is making requests of God. In human \
there we're never fellowship save when
there were favors to ask the one OF the
other. Loves sweetest hours are those IN
which two hearts commune on themes
dear to both, but in which neither has any
request to make.
The truest, loftiest prayer is one OF con.
munion when we speak to GOO ana ne
speaks to us. The deepest answer, we can can
% have TO our praying is not Gods gifts,
however precious these may be- but God
Himself, Ills love, His grace. The prayer
that rises highest and is divinest is that
in which we lose ourself in God, when God
Himself is all about us, filling US, insplr-
ing our dull life with His own INFINITE
blessedness.-J. r. Miller.
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No Ill Effects.

DR.. Edward Everett Hale tells q
story Of New York clergyman who
had received a call to a fashionable
suburb Of Boston. A gentleman, who
had in his employ two English grooms,
accidentally overheard the following
conversation between the two ser.
wants:
1t appears that the first groom, who
had for some time been endeavoring to
get the second groom to attend ser.
vices at the church presided over by
the New York clergyman, said:
"Dldn't you like the sermon?"
every much" replied the other, every
much. even hif e is a bit Ugh Church
and Hi Methodist. Hi thinks as 'ow
I'll prob-ly hatterl the haaftennoon
service, too"
Hi just knew you'd change your
mind" remarked the first groom, tri-
umphantly. Gas Hi told yer, I've 'eard
I'M twist an what arm as it done
1e?"-COllier'S Weekly.
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SAFEST FOOD
In Any Time of Trouble Is Grape-Nuts.

Food to rebuild the strength and that
is pre- digested must be selected when
one is convaescent. At this time there
is nothing so valuable as GrapeNuts
for the reason that this food is al
nourshment and is also all digestible
nourishment. a woman who used it
says:
"Some time ago was very i'll with
typhoid fever, so i'll everyone thought
l would die, even myself. 1t left me
so weak 1 could not properly digest
food of any kind and I also had much
bowel trouble which left NE a weak,
helpless wreck.
Il needed nourishment as badly as
anyone could, but none of the tonics
helped me unit, finally tried Grape
Nuts food morning and evening. This
not only supplied food that thought
delicious as could be but it also made
me perfectly We'll and strong again so
l can do all my housework. sleep well,
can eat anything without any trace of
DOW I'll lOl ISuSoll
Grape-Nuts food is worth its weight in
gold" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Typhoid fever like some other dis
Eases attacks the bowels and frequently
sets up bleeding and makes them for
months incapable Of digesting the
starches and therefore pre- digested
Grape-Nuts is Invaluable for the well
known reason that in Grape-Nuts all
the starches have been transformed
into grape sugar. This means that the
first stage of digestion has been me-
chanically accomplished in Grape-Nuts
food at the factories and therefore any
one, no matter how weak the stomach,
can handle it and grow strong, for all
the nourishment is still there.
There's a sound reason and 10 days
trial proves.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
|ea Ceremony at the
hpaneSe Reservation.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
-S<-G-G-G-3
BY the Countess de Montaigu.

The "tea ceremony" is unique and
Sglly ceremonious function only TO
seen in the houses of aristocratic
rsonages. It Is q survival Of the
surtly etiquette Of old Japan, and IS
Lll practiced. Even at the public tea
Buses in Japan it is unknown, except
i the favored few, being too elaborate
Id expensive for an everyday thing.
The Toxic Tea Palace, at the Worries
air, the Governmental institution for
L, exploitation of the products OF
pan, is presided over by Mr.. K. Sano,
Renowned authority on tea, and also
antiquarian. Mr.. Sano
ks in his employ young lady from
bkio, who has a school for young
dies in that city. Here the daugh-
Fs Of wealthy and high born per-
Images are instructed in the intricacies
the "tea ceremony" for the daugh-
b of the house usually acts as hostess
! such occasions.
The etiquette Of Japan is as severe
that of the court Of Spain and even
ore so. -
Prompted BY curiosity requested
be initiated into the mysteries of
lis pretty ceremony. On entering an
bper room in the tea house I found
3e rather fat cushions placed in q
4micircle in the middle Of the floor.
ccording to immemorial usage, the
lhests must not, exceed five. Miss
ine Abe, the Toxic young lady, was
ready kneeling before the lacquered
Ia table, looking like an animated
[panese doll. Each guest on entering
Ink down on her knees upon a cush-
b., sa1uting the hostess by spreading
&r hands fat on the floor in front
her and bowling almost to the
bound, Miss Abe returning the salu-
5tion. The guest Of honor was al
tted the first seat, and to the one who
Srived last was delegated the serving
I the tea. ); ,,.
The position to an American IS most
3ying, as all throughout the cere-
3ony, which occupies at least an hour,
lie guests are, as 1t were, kneeling
Ikd resting on their heels. One cannot
kip- wondering whether the Japanese
hatomyIis not different from ours, as
them this attitude seems entirely
ktural. a. ,......
Miss Abe was attired in the pictur-
'que garb of. her native land. She
ore flowing kimono of some soft
epy material sprigged with cherry
ossoms, branches Of the same flower
forming her elaborate coiffure, and
bout her waist was an obi or wide
sh embroidered in swallows.
LATTER the usual compliments had
Een exchanged, Miss Abe proceeded to
AXE the tea. She took the beautiful
htsuma bowl, the little wooden ladle,
the bamboo whisk, washing them
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carefully in a brass pan, wiping on
crimson fushama (or 'kerchief), which
she folded in certain fashion before
tucking in her belt. When all of the
utensils were in q state of Immaculate
cleanliness the hostess proceeded to
make the tea. From a vase OF costly.
cloisonne she extracted fine SreenlSh
powder, throwing two teaspoonsful
into the bowl reposing on the floor De-
side her; lifting the lid Of the spout
less kettle, she peered into its depths
in order to see if the water was bub-
bling. Then with peculiar and stud
led movement of the hands she took a
ladle full of the water and poured 1t
on the tea powder, whisking it briskly
with q little bamboo implement much
resembling an egg beater; when a
froth as light as sea foam rises to the
top the beverage is ready.
The last guest wriggledo from her
seat, trayersing the distance which
separated her from the tea table upon
her knees and without rising offered
the fragrant liquid to the guest OF
honor, the bowl resting upon scarlet
fushama. 1t is etiquette for the per-
son served to receive the bowl, hold
ing it daintily with the right hand
clasped about it, the bottom resting
In the palm of the left hand. She
would stamp herself as unlearned in
the code of manners did she sip her
tea as we Western barbarians are
wont to do. 1t must be swallowed IN
exactly three gulps and a half, then the
spot touching the lips should be wiped
with a fushama which is returned to
the breast of the kimono, and the bowl
carefully set down in front Of her.
But one person is served ut q time,
which accounts for the length Of the
"tea ceremony" the same minute cere-
monia! with not the slightest variation
of gesture being omitted, being re-
peated each time. With the tea dainty
and crisp little rice cakes are eaten.
Everything is set upon the floor, the
tea bowl and the paper napkin which
holds the cakes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-09-27

ers that the salvation Of Christ, instead of
releasing from moral obligations, is on the
contrary, precisely an enducment Of power
to perform it. Instead of abolishing the
law Christ fulfilIs it, and if there, Is any
one in the world who ought to be the shin.
ing exampar of obedience to the will OF
God, it is the Christian man.
Christ Himself is our great pattern in
this regard. He was an obedient Son. 1t
was His meat and drink. He said, to DO
His Fathers will. But He is more than
our pattern. He is our Saviour, nd as
such enables us to reproduce the pattern.
He presents an ideal and also, the dynamic
for its realization. This is why there Is;
place for Him in every heart. This is why
we all need Him. If we live IN fellowship
the law of God instead of being something
hostile to our spirit is our very life, and
we come to he able to say with, Him, i
delight to do Thy will, Q, my God.'
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Bcrcaved,

A Scottish fisherman was drowned
close to the shore and his body was
not recovered until the following even
ing. When it was taken from the wa
ter collection of very large crabs
clung to the clothing, and these the
minister detached and sold to help the
widow, who appeared to be inconsol-
able. When the money was being
handed to the woman, the giver asked
how she wished the body to be dis
posed Of. "D'ye no think" she said,
1--WE could do waur than just set him
a9aiu?"
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Amusing Incidents.

An incident related by Admiral
Schley in his new volume Of reminis-
cences contains a dreadful warning to
all who write an illegible hand. At
Nicaragua, in 1864, he was surprised
to find man of the American Minis
ter's tastes and talents assigned to q
post so little to his liking. The Minis
ter explained how it was. II wrote my
friend. Mr.. Lincoln" he said, asking
him for the position of marshal Of Ne
braska, but wrote such q horribly
bad hand that he read it Minister to
Nicaragua So here I an."
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Too Many Telephones.

"This custom Of having two tele-
phones in the Office has its disadvan-
tages, too," said the business man.
"We've got a new Office boy, and one of
his duties is to answer the telephone.
The other day he heard the bell ring,
and, coming to me, said: You're want
ed at the phone by a lady
"'Which one?' I inquired, thinking
of the phones, Of course.
"'Please, sir stammered the boy,
I'LL think it's your wife, .'"-Port-
land Express.
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Tho Tallest Occupied Building.

The Park Row Building, i'll New
York, is the tallest inhabited building
in the world. 1t covers $4,000 square
feet Of ground and is thirty stories
high. The distance from the curbing
to the cornice is 33G feet; to the top
Of the towers 800 feet; to the top Of
the flagstaff AT feet; the depth Of the
foundations below curbing is seventy
five feet, making total distance from
the foundations to the top Of the flag
staff 5I2 feet.
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Sunday School Workers Wanted-

TO be courageous like Joshua:
To be self.reliant like Nehemiah.
To be obedient like Abraham.
TO be persevering like Jacob.
TO be decisive like Moses.
TO be administrative like Solomon.
To be above reproach like Daniel
70 be long-sufiering like Paul.
To be self-disciplined like David.
70 be praycrful like Elijah.
To be masters of passions like Joseph.
10 be bold like Peter.
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Birxlh md Lizarda.

Birds, it may come as a surprise to
learn, are nearest related to lizards OF
any other families Of living creatures.
There is South American bird, the
hoetzin, of which the young are pro-
vided with lizard-like claws on their
wings; they also possess a very rep
tilian appearance for their short life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-09-27
The Persistence of Unbelief.

After God had made SO many visible
manifestations of His power and Wiling
ness to deliver and provide for His people,
YET many of them "helieved not, IN COG
and limited the Holy One OF israel:
Many to-day, after enjoying blessing AFTER
blessing from H5 h1na 49, are uasng aGang Ise very
Church Advocate and Holiness Banner.
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PLANE.

The toboggan plane shown in the ac-
commanding cut is so-called because OF
it's resemblance in shape to the tobog-
gan, being turned up at both ends IN
the same manner as the real toboggan
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Heart Power.

Tn some respects Our present age is seek
ing to lay the stress and in some cases the
balance of emphasis upon Interpretation
and not life. TO make men all intellect
with little or no heart is the idea of some
mechanical minds. But Jesus greatest
power was His heart power which lntuses
His entire intellectual being.
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The Saving of the Soul.

Every provision in the divine plan Of sal.
vation is to protect and increase the high.
est life in man, and that life is the spirit
ual life. This is what is meant by the pri-
ority Of life. This is what is meant by the
sayinn of the soul.
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The Allan steamship Victorian,
which is to be launched at Belfast
next month, will be the first turbine
steamship to take part in the Atlantic
passenger trade.
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IS at the front. The tool may be either
used as a bench or smoothing plane
and can be held in one hand as block
plane. 1t is said to be exceptionally
durable and free from damage in hard
use.
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The Rome newspapers comment fav-
orably on the scheme for the erection
in that city of a monument to Shakes
peare. n. Y.43
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How a Lamb is Shorn.
Rosy hopes.
Unexpected rcverses.
I owe U.
Nothing left.
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FITS permanently cured. No flts ornervous.
ness after first days use of DR.. Klines Great
NerveRestorer, S2trial bottleand treatise free
DIR. R. Il. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
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Happiness increases on the path of life
if it is always advancing toward the perfect
bliss.-Arkansas Methodist.
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= In Quito every one uncovers to fash OF
lightning.
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IamsurePiso'sCu Cure forConsumptlons saved
my life three years ago.-MRs. THOMAS ROB
EMS, Maple St., Norwich, NY, Feb. II, 1909
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The life of a bicycle, if regularly used, is
four years.
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cost addressed by sick women Perhaps
the knowledge that WILL help your ner tooay
nothing. -
The Yale expositor., 1905-10-06
oraIlties Unlike In the sexes.

"a man Is man down TO his thumbs
and a woman is q woman down to her
little toes" writes DR.. Havelick Ellis
in his book Men and Women" There
is hardly q measurable quality of any
sort which ia not unlike in the two
sexes. Women even button their gar
ments on the other side from that cho-
sen by men and choose Sunday instead
Of Monday as their favorlte day for
making way with themselves. SO far
as laboratory tests go Dr. Ellis says
that women are unquestionably SUI
perlor in general tactile sensibility and
probably superior in the discrimination
of tastes, with no advantage either
way in the case Of the other senses.
Women have better memories, read
more rapidly bear pain better, recover
better from wounds and serious illness,
are less changed by Old age and live
longer.
The Yale expositor., 1905-10-06
An Odd Old Custom.

Citizens OF the old Devonshire town
Of Honiton, in England, are immune
from arrest until sunset one evening,
for while the horse fair is In progress
the arm Of the law is powerless. This
is in continuation Of quaint and pic
turesque ceremonial which has been
handed down from the time of Henry
III. When the horse fair begins the
town crier, In the gorgeous dress Of a
beadle Of the last century, appears car
rying pole, at the end of which is n
large gilt glove decked with flowers
Having rung his handbeil three times,
the crier, in his three cornered hat, an
nounced: "Oyez, Oyer. Oyer! The fair
is begun the glove is up; no man can
be arrested till the glove is down. God
save the king Each sentence is cho-
ruscd by the children standing round
and at the conclusion they scramble for
nuts. The glove is taken down at sun
set.
The Yale expositor., 1905-10-06
DoWIe Is Dyinu.

Chicago, Oct. John Alexander
Dowie, first apostle of the Christian
Catholic Apostle church in Zion," has
been stricken with paralysis and is
now on his way to Mexico in condl-
ton which even he himself admits 10
the foreshadowing of death. His phys.
zeal affection he attributes to the sin
of overwork. Standing in the very
shadow of eternity, as he believes, he
has decided upon his successor as
head of Zion. The identity of this
man, however, is withheld. The news
of Dowie's illness was kept profound
secret, but is now freely admitted at
Zion City, where sorrow prevails.
Ell Paso, Tex, Oct. John kSexan-
der Dowie and party of Chicago ar.
rived here Sunday enroute to the pro-
posed Zionist colony at Tamaulipas,
Mexico. Members of the party deny
that Dowie has been stricken with
paralysis, but they admit that he is
Ill. He has been locked in his private
car all day and all inquirers were de-
MED admission.
The Yale expositor., 1905-10-06
Slightly Supcrnuous.

The man of this story Is a very light
sleeper, one who Is easily Weakened and
who is long time getting to sleep.
In Vermont hotel he had at last got
sound asleep when a loud rap, repeat
ed, awoke him.
whats wantedT
Package downstairs for you"
We'll, it can walt till morning,
suppose?"
The boy departed, and after a long
time the man was sound asleep again,
when there came another resounding
knock at the door.
"Well, what is 1t now?" he inquired.
"'Tain't for you, that packagev-
Boston Herald
The Yale expositor., 1905-10-06
Greater Battle Creek.

Battle Greek, Mich, Oct. mime
miles of residences is what Battle
Creek is looking forward to, stretch
ing between this city and Augusta, in
Kalamazoo county. The main road to
Kalamazoo has an interurban railway
along which several villages have
been established. Two of these, Level
Park and Urbandale, are stretching
closer to Battle Greek on the one side
and Augusta on the other, and real es-
tate men foresee the day not far away
when the nine-mile road will merely
be continuous street of rural homes
A new addition to Urbandale will be
plated this week.
The Yale expositor., 1905-10-06
MICHIGAN BRIEFS.

Earl Abbott, who lived three and a
half miles northwest of Elwell, shot
and killed himself instantly by placing
the muzzle of shotgun to his breast
and pulling the trigger with a string.
No cause is known for the deed.
The Citizens Telephone Co. Of
Grand Rapids, which has exchanges in
several cities of the state, including
Lansing, has filed amended articles of
incorporation increasing its capital
stock from 100000 to 100000.
Daniel Lee, prominent farmer, was
found dead at his home near Plain
well. Hemorrhage of the brain Is sup
posed to have been the cause. He had
been in unusually good health and had
oeen working in the field short time
before.
Henry Chamberlain, Jr, son of a
prominent citizen OF Brimfield, Ill.,,
committed suicide at the sanitarium
in Battle Creek Thursday afternoon
by stabbing himself with scissors. The
suicide was not reported to the police
until two days later.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wood OF Niles Is
dead six and a half months after pass
ing the century mark She was bora
in New York state March Is, 1905, the
oldest Of family of twelve children,
all of whom she survived. She came
to Michigan with her husband In 1916
Mrs. James Page of Mt. Pleasant
lighted her kitchen fire with kerosene
and is dead as a result. She poured
the oil on the wood and lighted 1t, but
thinking it was not going to burn, she
took the can and poured on some
more. 1t blew the bottom out Of the
can and scattered the contents over
the unfortunate woman who, envelop-
ed in flames, rushed out doors crying
for help.
The Yale expositor., 1905-10-06
a Shot Rrnm behind.

One of the most interesting features
of the tragedy in 1859, in which King
Kamehameha ". shot his secretary,
Mr.. Nelson, arises from the manner in
which the monarch fired his revolver.
1t is said that both men were in a
room alone and were drinking beer.
The king walked over to mantel
above which was hung a large looking
glass. He toyed with a revolver for
awhile. his back 10 his victim, and
then, taking note of Nelson's position
at the opposite side of the room by
means Of the mirror, he pointed the
revolver over his shoulder and fired.
the ball striking the secretary with
fatal effect-Paclfic Commercial Adj
YertiSer